Ruth Symons
New Zealand cricketer
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Ruth Evelyn Martin (née Symons; 3 October 1913 – 11 September 2004) was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She played one Test match for New Zealand, their first, in 1935. She played domestic cricket for Canterbury.[1]
Fullname
Ruth Evelyn Symons
Born3 October 1913
Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died11 September 2004 (aged 90)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
Ruth Symons in 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ruth Evelyn Symons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 October 1913 Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 September 2004 (aged 90) Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 10) | 16 February 1935 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1938/39–1939/40 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 28 November 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Symons captained Canterbury, and she was selected to captain New Zealand in their first women's Test match, against England in Christchurch in February 1935, which England won.[2][3][4] In Canterbury's victory over Otago in March 1937 she took 6 for 6 and 3 for 23.[5]
She married Lester Martin at St Mark's Church, near her home in Opawa, Christchurch, in April 1935.[6] She died in Christchurch in 2004.[3]
