Trish McKelvey
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Full name | Patricia Frances McKelvey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lower Hutt, New Zealand | 5 January 1942|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 15) | 18 June 1966 New Zealand v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 26 January 1979 New Zealand v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 20/8) | 23 June 1973 International XI v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 6 February 1982 New Zealand v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1960/61–1961/62 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1962/63 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963/64–1981/82 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 11 November 2021 |
Patricia Frances McKelvey CNZM MBE (born 5 January 1942), often known as Trish McKelvey, is a New Zealand former cricketer, cricket administrator and educator. She appeared in 15 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1966 and 1982. She also appeared in 6 One Day Internationals for International XI at the 1973 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for Wellington and Otago.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]McKelvey was born in Lower Hutt in 1942. She was educated at Wellington Girls' College from 1955 to 1959, where she was captain of both the senior 'A' netball and 1st XI cricket teams.[3]
Cricket career
[edit]She played 15 Test matches for New Zealand, captaining the side in all of them. The record was two wins, three defeats and ten draws. Her Test career spanned the period 1966 to 1979, and included Tests against not only traditional rivals England and Australia, but also against South Africa and India. The three-Test tour of South Africa in 1971–72, which was won 1–0, was the last official representative match any South African cricket team, men's or women's, would play for 18 years as teams boycotted South Africa because of the apartheid regime.
McKelvey scored 699 Test runs at an average of 29.12, with a highest score of 155*. She also captained New Zealand in all 15 One Day Internationals she played in, winning seven, losing seven, with one tie. McKelvey also played for the International XI in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup, finishing fourth out of seven teams.
McKelvey's 15 Tests as captain means she has captained New Zealand more times than the next two women in the list combined. As of July 2005, she remains the only New Zealand women's Test captain to have won a Test match.
In 1992, McKelvey became the first woman board member of New Zealand Cricket.[4] She has also served on the board of Bowls New Zealand.[5]
Education career
[edit]Outside of cricket, McKelvey had a distinguished career in education. She trained as a physical education teacher and taught at Hutt Valley Memorial College, Solway College and Wellington High School. She was principal of Wellington High School for seven years, retiring in 1994.[6] She has since served on the boards of other educational institutions, including being a member of the Council of Victoria University of Wellington from 2007 to 2012[7] and chair of The Correspondence School board of trustees.[8]
Honours
[edit]McKelvey was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to women's cricket, in the 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours.[9] In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Player Profile: Trish McKelvey". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Player Profile: Trish McKelvey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ School Ties: Wellington Girls' College alumnae newsletter Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Issue 16, December 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ Trish McKelvey — cricket. Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ Lampp, Peter (9 September 2009). "Role 'an honour' for Wing". Manawatu Standard. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ "Council Members Profiles". Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ "Annual Report 2012 - Governance" (PDF). Victoria University of Wellington. p. 7. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Annual report of the University Council" (PDF). Victoria University of Wellington. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ^ "No. 48641". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 13 June 1981. p. 45.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2005". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 6 June 2005. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- New Zealand women cricketers
- New Zealand women's Test captains
- New Zealand women's One Day International captains
- New Zealand women Test cricketers
- New Zealand women One Day International cricketers
- Cricketers from Lower Hutt
- People educated at Wellington Girls' College
- Wellington Blaze cricketers
- Otago Sparks cricketers
- New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire
- New Zealand schoolteachers
- New Zealand cricket administrators
- International XI women One Day International cricketers
- Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu faculty
- New Zealand women cricket captains