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1. The Women's Game - Born in Colwall in 1926....


During the summer of 1926, a group of ladies came to Colwall to play cricket. What follows is from: https://womenscrickethistory.org/

Miss Cox and Miss Doman sponsored a two/three day tour to Colwall, where the Park Hotel, then owned by Colonel and Mrs. Scott-Bowden, was their headquarters. So successful was this venture that, when a small body of the players foregathered afterwards at The Park, they were desperately keen that some sort of Association must be started and that a meeting should be called in the Autumn of that year to consider it. Thus the seed for having an official association was sown.

On October 4th, nineteen people met in London to take a far-reaching step, with the support of twenty others who could not be present, but approved and supported the motion formerly put by Miss Doman "that a central association for women’s cricket be formed." It was decided, pro-tem, to call it "The Women’s Cricket Association". The idea having been launched at Colwall, it became the home of the annual Festival known as "Cricket Week", which is still in existence today."

For the latest news of this year's Colwall Women's Cricket Week visit:

https://cricketweek.wordpress.com/#:~:text=Cricket%20Week%20aims%20to%20provide,side%20of%20the%20Malvern%20Hills.