Women's cricket in Australia

Women's cricket in Australia
Women's Test Cricket. Anne Palmer (VIC) bowled, with Spear, Snowball and Partridge (England), 2nd Women's Test match in Sydney 1935.
Country	Australia
Governing body	Cricket Australia
National team(s)	Australia

While not being urged to avoid competition, women had few opportunities to compete in sport in Australia until the 1880s. After that date, new sporting facilities were being built around the country and many new sport clubs were created.^[1]