This article is about the English cricketer. For the American author, see Mary M. Duggan

Mary M. Duggan

Mary M. Duggan is an American children's book author.She was born in 1921 in Belleview, Missouri. Her father was a teacher and local government official. She attended the University of Arizona. On March 13, 1941, she married M. P. Turney, a mining engineer. She had one daughter with him. They...

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Mary Beatrice Duggan (7 November 1925 – 10 March 1973) was an international cricketer, who played 17 test matches for the England women's cricket team between her debut against Australia

Australia

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 in Adelaide

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 in 1949, and her last game, against the touring Australians, at the Oval in 1963.

A right-handed batsman, she scored 652 runs at 24.14, with the highlight an unbeaten century in her last game. She was an effective bowler, and versatile, too, taking 77 wickets at just 13.49. She took a remarkable 7 for 6 against Australia, the best test figures in English women's test history. In addition to her hundred in her final match, she took 7 for 72 with her fast-medium left-arm swing and left-arm orthodox spin, and was instrumental in England winning the match and the series.

Born on 7 November 1925, she died on 10 March 1973 in Ledbury

Ledbury

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, Herefordshire

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. In addition to her long test career, she played for Middlesex Women, South Women, and Yorkshire Women, as well as Worcestershire women, whom she captained for several years.

She served as vice-principal of Dartford (Kent) College of Education for a decade before her untimely death. She left £500 to the Women's Cricket Association

Women's Cricket Association

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for the coaching of young women cricketers.