Lives in Cricket No 49 - Enid Bakewell

31 After Dartford In January 1963 Enid was now working at Sherwood Hall (now a sixth form college). At the same time she was certainly seen as a contender to play against the visiting Australians, turning out against them twice early in the summer. Indeed Women’s Cricket (volume 28 number one) has a piece from Enid headed ‘To be a possible’ (with a companion piece from Rachael Heyhoe) in which she said: ‘ My first feelings on hearing that I was a ‘possible’ for the coming Test matches versus Australia were ones of excitement and surprise, These were tempered somewhat on reading the other correspondence which accompanied the letter giving a full list of ‘possibles’. I was interested and rather amused to read the list of conditions of fitness – with regard to smoking and drinking – these ‘things’ not to be done – and early bedtimes and vests ‘things’ to put up with! I can somewhat ashamedly say that I have so far sinned in all departments (lingerie and all). So far I’ve managed to bowl one over, which I deeply The Oval, two teams of possible players, early 1960s. Enid writes: “The other badges which you can see are England badges. I had not played for England as yet.” Left to right, back: Susan Hilliam (Yorkshire), Jill Cruwys (Kent and England), Mary Wright (Buckinghamshire), Dorothy Macfarlane (Durham or Yorkshire and England) Olive Marshall (Yorkshire and England), Sheila Plant (Surrey and England), Rosemary White 12th man. Front: Enid, wearing an East Midlands blazer, Edna Barker (Surrey and England), Rachael Heyhoe Flint (West Midlands and England, captain) Jackie Elledge (Kent and England), Sandy Brown (Surrey and England).