Mollie Dive

Mary Clouston Dive OAM (26 June 1913 – 10 September 1997) was a scientist and an Australian cricketer who played seven women's Test matches between 1948 and 1951.[1] Dive graduated from Sydney University with a science degree and was employed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) for most of her life.[2] She was usually known as Mollie Dive or, less often, Molly Dive.[3]

Mollie Dive
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition Test
Matches 7
Runs scored 177
Batting average 16.09
100s/50s 0/2
Top score 59
Balls bowled 96
Wickets 1
Bowling average 22.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/6
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 January 2008

Dive was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to the sport of women's hockey and women's cricket".[4]

References
  1. "Molly Dive - Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. Dive, Mollie (1913 - 1997), The Australian Women's Register, https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2224b.htm
  3. "Molly Dive lends name to new stand". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 25 April 1985. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  4. "Miss Mary Clouston DIVE". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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