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Full name | Dorothy Anne Gordon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Australia | 24 December 1941|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut(cap 65) | 27 December 1968 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 15 January 1977 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 3) | 23 June 1973 v Young England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 8 August 1976 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1967/68–1976/77 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986 | West | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,24 November 2023 |
Dorothy Anne Gordon (born 24 December 1941) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a left-arm medium bowler. She appeared in nine Test matches and eight One Day Internationals for Australia between 1968 and 1977,including captaining the side in 1976. She played domestic cricket for Victoria,as well as playing one match for West. [1] [2]
She was the first fielder to take three catches in a Women's Cricket World Cup match. [3]
Gordon lived and grew up in Moe,Gippsland,Victoria. After retiring from playing she became a selector for the Victoria Women's Cricket Association,Surrey and then England Selector and Chairwoman of England Selectors from 1992 to 1996.[ citation needed ] She was awarded life membership of Cricket Victoria in 2018. [4]
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