Cricket Witness No 4 - Women at the WIcket

37 ‘The cohorts of cricket are being swollen’ The English tourists play ‘deck cricket’ with officers onboard the SS Cathay in 1934. The game was a welcome break from boredom on the long journey to Australia, and was part of other social events such as dances, swimming, sack races and water fights. (WCA archive, Somerset Cricket Museum)