Cricket Witness No 4 - Women at the WIcket

151 Acknowledgements I would like to express my gratitude to Stella Moss for her supervision, advice, support and meticulous comments throughout the entirety of this research. I owe a debt of thanks to Andrew Hignell for his dual role as editor of this series and secretary of the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. His cheerful, knowledgeable self made long meetings a pleasure. I would also like to thank Sarah Ansari for her support and ever- illuminating ‘landing chats’, as well as Peter Griffiths, Simon Sweetman and the many other ACS members who willingly offered their help. Without the support of the ACS this research would not have been possible. For their diligent and extensive proof-reading and commentary, I would like to thank Clare Povey and John Winnifrith. For supporting an often-sulky student, and instilling in me a love of the game, a thanks to Gordon McKie. As with any research project, I was also fortunate to meet dozens of individuals who voluntarily gave their time every week in archives, schools andmuseums. I’d particularly like to thank DavidWood of Somerset Cricket Museum for housing and maintaining the WCA archive, and for being a generous and welcoming host. In no order, I would also like to thank Toni Nash and Marion Collin (Women’s Cricket Associates), Rosemary Moon (Bergman Österberg Union), Anne Stuart (Mayfield Grammar School), Pippa Blackstone (Tonbridge Grammar School) and Howard Bailes (St Paul’s Girls’ School). All have been an immeasurable help to me, and no doubt many other researchers. Finally, I would like to thank Andrew Heath (University of Sheffield), Annabel Valentine and Harriet Costelloe (Royal Holloway), Sarah Foden (Cadbury archive), Alex Hutchinson (Nestlé) and Robert Curphey (MCC).