Lives in Cricket No 49 - Enid Bakewell

55 Then came two games for North versus South played at Blackpool over the holiday weekend, which were presumably in some sense trial matches but also an attempt at getting more exposure for the women’s game. The first was a 45 over match, in which Enid scored 88 not out in a total of 158 for four. The North won by one run as the South reached 157 for seven. Enid bowled nine overs without a wicket but conceded only 31. Rachael Heyhoe Flint was left on 82 not out. The game on August 28 was for 60 overs a side, and was more than a little attritional. The North made 106 for seven after Enid was run out for eight, but the South managed to bat even less convincingly, being all out for 92. Enid’s figures were 12-2-26-3 and she took the first three wickets. Almost immediately came two 60 over games for England Women versus the Rest at Hove, where the batting would be a good deal easier, though Enid failed to take advantage. Unhelpfully for the selectors, The Rest beat England twice. On September 1 The Rest scored 251 for six (Enid 11-0- 37-1) and England only managed 177 for eight (Enid four), and the next day The Rest made 198 for eight, Enid, now playing for the Rest, 19, and England made 187 for nine (Enid 12-1-28-1). We have one other score before the World Cup as North Midlands beat Lancashire: Lancashire 125, North Midlands 126 for six, with Enid making 53. Enid was to be vice-captain for the 1973 World Cup, and the programme for the tournament described her Opening bat and left-arm spin bowler. Has toured Australia, Holland, New Zealand. Highest score 124; seven centuries. Took 118 wickets on last tour. Retired from PE teaching; has a family of three. Has represented Midlands and Notts (where she was born and still lives) at hockey. 32, collects stamps and enjoys gardening. Only one other member of the squad, June Stephenson, had a family (one daughter). Balancing family and cricket was still unusual. Enid from 1969