Trish McKelvey
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Patricia "Trisha" Frances McKelvey MBE
, CNZM (born in 1942 in Lower Hutt, Wellington
, New Zealand
) is a former New Zealand
cricket
er. She played 15 women's Test matches for New Zealand, captaining
the side in all of them. The record was two wins, three defeats and five draws. Her Test career spanned the period 1966 to 1978/9, and included Tests against not only traditional rivals England and Australia, but also against South Africa and India. Indeed, the three-Test tour of South Africa in 1971/2, which was won one-nil, was the last official representative match any South African cricket team, men's or women's, would play against South Africa for 18 years as teams boycotted South Africa because of the apartheid regime.
McKelvey scored 699 Test runs at an average of 29.12, with a high score of a mammoth 155 not out. She also captained New Zealand
in all 15 women's one-day internationals she played in, winning seven, losing seven, with one tie. McKelvey also played for the International XI that competed in the 1973 women's World Cup in a team that finished fourth out of seven.
McKelvey's 15 Tests as captain means she has captained New Zealand more times than the next two women in the list combined. As of July 2005, she remains the only New Zealand women's Test captain to have won a Test match.
Outside of cricket, she has a distinguished career in education. She trained as a physical education teacher and taught at Hutt Valley Memorial College, Solway College
and Wellington High School
. She was principal of Wellington High School for seven years, retiring in 1994. She has since served on the boards of other educational institutions.
She has received and MBE and is a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
.
MBE
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, CNZM (born in 1942 in Lower Hutt, Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
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) is a former New Zealand
New Zealand women's cricket team
The New Zealand women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1935, when they lost to England. Since then they have only won two Tests, once against Australia, and once against South Africa....
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. She played 15 women's Test matches for New Zealand, captaining
New Zealand national cricket captains
This is a complete list of all of New Zealand's national cricket captains at official international level. As such it includes details of all the men who have captained at least one Test match or One Day International, all boys who have captained in at least one Youth Test or Youth ODI, and all...
the side in all of them. The record was two wins, three defeats and five draws. Her Test career spanned the period 1966 to 1978/9, and included Tests against not only traditional rivals England and Australia, but also against South Africa and India. Indeed, the three-Test tour of South Africa in 1971/2, which was won one-nil, was the last official representative match any South African cricket team, men's or women's, would play against South Africa for 18 years as teams boycotted South Africa because of the apartheid regime.
McKelvey scored 699 Test runs at an average of 29.12, with a high score of a mammoth 155 not out. She also captained New Zealand
New Zealand national cricket captains
This is a complete list of all of New Zealand's national cricket captains at official international level. As such it includes details of all the men who have captained at least one Test match or One Day International, all boys who have captained in at least one Youth Test or Youth ODI, and all...
in all 15 women's one-day internationals she played in, winning seven, losing seven, with one tie. McKelvey also played for the International XI that competed in the 1973 women's World Cup in a team that finished fourth out of seven.
McKelvey's 15 Tests as captain means she has captained New Zealand more times than the next two women in the list combined. As of July 2005, she remains the only New Zealand women's Test captain to have won a Test match.
Outside of cricket, she has a distinguished career in education. She trained as a physical education teacher and taught at Hutt Valley Memorial College, Solway College
Solway College
Located in Masterton, New Zealand, Solway College is one of New Zealand's oldest girls' boarding schools, being founded in 1916. It is an integrated school for girls from Year 7 to Year 13 , offering a variety of boarding options and a limited number of day girl places.-Teaching Philosophy:The...
and Wellington High School
Wellington High School
Wellington High School is a co-educational secondary school in downtown Wellington, New Zealand. In 2005 the roll was approximately 1100 students. It was founded, as Wellington College of Design, in the 1880s with the intention of providing a more appropriate education for the Dominion than the...
. She was principal of Wellington High School for seven years, retiring in 1994. She has since served on the boards of other educational institutions.
She has received and MBE and is a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
New Zealand Order of Merit
The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order established in 1996 "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have rendered meritorious service to the Crown and nation or who have become distinguished by their eminence, talents, contributions or other merits."The order includes five...
.