Barbara Peden

Barbara Peden

Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm medium pace
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut	4 January 1935 v England
Last Test	26 June 1937 v England
Career statistics
Competition WTests Matches 4 Runs scored 94 Batting average 13.42 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 33 Balls bowled 120 Wickets 1 Bowling average 50.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 1/9 Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: CricInfo, 6 December 2014

Barbara Peden (born 2 August 1907 in Chatswood, New South Wales - died 31 July 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian cricket player.^[1] Peden played four test matches for the Australia national women's cricket team alongside her sister Margaret Peden, who captained the team.^[2]

Peden was an architect outside of her cricket career.^[3] She and her sister Margaret were adherents of Christian Science, as was inaugural England captain Betty Archdale; their mothers had previously corresponded. The inaugural English tour of Australia was initiated by Margaret, who asked Barbara – then working in England – to contact Archdale and suggest that she organise an England team.^[4]

References

1. "Barbara Peden - Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
2. "Barbara Peden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
3. "Miss Barbara Peden - Cricketer for England". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 8 August 1935. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
4. Michell, Deidre (2012). "Divine Horizons: Religion and Social Class in the Lives of Two Leading Australian Women, Betty Archdale and Kylie Tennant" (PDF). In Francis, Rosemary; Grimshaw, Patricia; Standish, Ann (eds.). Seizing the Initiative: Australian Women Leaders in Politics, Workplaces and Communities. pp. 185–197. ISBN 9780734047977.