Barbara Peden
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| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm medium pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 4 January 1935 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 26 June 1937 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]