it is difficult to remember that cricket was once seen as unsuitable for women.
in 1925 it released a film will ladies ever play at Lords? 1931 this pathe news film had the heading is cricket suitable for Eve? in response to newspaper reports that it was not.
you can browse more period gems like this on their website
A good recent article giving an overview of the history of Womens cricket by Raf Nicolson was published in June 2017 Cricket Monthly. She is a specialist historian on this topic and her twitter CRICKETher covers recent and historical events.
The Guardian newspaper also published a useful brief article.
Other starting points include the
Womens Cricket history website
which has Women's Cricket Association Yearbooks and reports from 1926 onwards.
there are also some fascinating archive copies of Womens cricket magazine from the 1920s onwards.
they include the first special issues in Hockey and Lacrosse magazine and then the launch of a magazine devoted entireley to cricket where you can find photographs of players, adverts of equipment, match reports and tips!
Keep up to date with recent academic research on the H-Sport network (covering all sports) it has lists of recent theses as well as discussion and events.
one such was
A History of English Women’s Cricket, 1880-1939
For information on rising participation in the last couple of years see the recent English Cricket Board annual report
Sport England's Active PeopleSurvey began in 2005/06 and measures the number of people taking part in
sport across the nation, with findings published every six months.It also has a section on women's participation in sport in general.
For information on campaigns seekign to increase female participation see Women in sport which has a research library. and the current This Girl Can initiative.
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