Eileen Hurly

Eileen Mary Ann Hurly (born 6 May 1932) is a South African former cricketer who played as a batter.During her first league match in 1947, aged only 13, she hit the first recorded century in women's cricket in South Africa.In each of the first three Tests of the series she top-scored for South Africa in the first-innings, posting scores of 37[5] and 29[6] after narrowly missing out on a century in the opening match.[4] During this series, Hurly was involved in a 124 run partnership with Jennifer Gove made in under an hour.[8] By the end of her playing career, Hurly had made over 100 appearances provincially, served on the Transvaal executive committee and the South African and Rhodesian Women's Cricket Association.
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