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   Women's Penny Paper (Newspaper) - May 31, 1890, London, Middlesex                                PENNY The only Paper and Published by EDITED BY HELENA Seventy years ago a man might rise to high positions in Parliament or the State and take no notice whatever of the humbler THEY HAD NO VOTES AND COULD BE October Registered at the for transmission IL MAY PRICE ONE f t MISS DAISIE CAPTAIN OF THE BLUE ORIGINAL ENGLISH LADY matches played during the past month by the Original English j Lady Cricketers have aroused an immense amount of enthusiasm among the general In where the ladies played their first public visitors assembled in thousands to witness the spirited contest between the Red and Blue Elevens of the lady Ladies cricket up to the present time has hardly been regarded as a serious affair whenever the play has been between ladies and the latter have for the nonce assumed and treated their adver saries as weaker women in these days are not going to be whatever profession or business they may take and they are succeeding in as they do in everything else which they seriously The really fine cricket of the Original English Lady Cricketers has been much noticed I resolved to seek them out in the interests of the readers of the Womens Penny and to give a and particular account of our women in the cricket Following definite instructions from Captain I found them at Georges Wands which is easily reached by train from Here the two teams were in daily practice under the training of Mat superintended by George Hearne and Maurice and as I entered the hall I found them all hard at They were certainly an exceed ingly picturesque and I was struck by their exceptional They without healthy The daily even if severe and needing considerable had been undeniably beneficial to them and had developed their muscular as was to be I inquired of Matthews where Captain Stanley was to be and he at once courteously left his work walking across practice led me to the rooms set apart for the I had not waited long before the door opened and a well built girl in picturesque costume and at once readily acceded to my request for an Is this your cricketing dress I attracted by the suitability of the loose tunic which reached nearly to the lightly confined at the waist with a permitting perfect freedom of while the full knickerbockers were daintily bound with scarlet and gathered in at the she this is my gymnasium dress for nine months I was assistant teacher in the School of Music Kensington I performed before the Princess of Wales and her three in a display of ladies I am sorry to say I have not time to keep it up for I should be a good gymnast with What is your cricketing dress I I have been told it is very and that at the Oxford and Cambridge boat race your teams were quite a feature on your and attracted much Our costume was designed for said Captain It con sists of a loose sailor body of white and a somewhat full skirt of the same which reaches midway between the knee and the white cricket The distinctive blue or are shown in the on the and above the hem of the with a flowing sash tied at the left This is completed by a which is very becoming to most The pads are skeleton quite as serviceable in protecting the legs are far lighter than those used by Miss Daisie Stanley was born at on October She is five feet nine in height and looks even her weight is eleven stone she is admirably and looks capable of much execution in the way of She was educated in and has in Kensington nearly all her which is contrary to the idea I had formed that she was a This fact speaks well for our smoky for Miss health is As a child she was considered to have much mental although occasionally she lacked the necessary She has taken the Trinity College certificates for music and science and art In botany she gained a first in and until she took up cricket these were her favourite When she joined the Original English Lady about the beginning of Miss Stanley knew absolutely nothing of the practice of though she understood the Until she had actually taken part in the game she considered it impossible for girls to excel in but her opinion has materially altered in the last three In reply to my question as to whether she considered the game one to be taken up successfully by she quickly There is not a more beneficial game than cricket for our sex it is less fatiguing than tennis and less exhausting than gym One can enjoy fresh air at the same time that all the muscles of the frame may enjoy equal I am a lefthanded overarm she went It took me about six weeks to learn bowling I do it with my left hand because I am naturally left handed and it is easier than using my My style is said to be with moderate pace and variable I am generally successful as a bowler and a moderate I have been presented with a bat by the Surrey indeed many of our lady players have presentation bats Miss Violet captain of the had her bat given her by George I possess a thorough knowledge of technique of the and thanks to the excellent teaching of our we all hope to give a good account of ourselves this Will you only play against your own was my next This season we shall only have matches with other lady amateurs and between our two elevens not that we do not feel equal to playing against the opposite but this is Our first public and our matches are all We give amateurs immense invariably playing our eleven to their and we beat them thus showing the advantage of our We accompanied in all engagements by a matron and an assistant who see to our comforts and engage suit able for us in the towns where we We are generally a party of 27 or 28 there are the two a few players in reserve in case of accident or the our trainer and the Surrey and the I was anxious to see Captain Stanley take her stand at the but she excused herself upon the plea of a severe cold which had prevented her from practice for some Come out and see our team at I wish you could have seen a regular she said I have five good bowlers in my Miss Ada Heather whose righthand overarm with break to leg is very Miss Ella Miss Miss and Miss The latter is also a capital to whom I have presented a pair of wicket As I came on the the captain of the Red Eleven was at the and I was surprised at her capital The balls were delivered in turn

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