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Doris Lilian Bailey (née Hatcher) (1916 – 2009)
At the time of her death in
November, Dot Bailey was
the last surviving member
of Wellington’s first official
representative women’s
game against Wanganui
played at Wellington College
in 1934.
A determined opening bat
and handy medium pace
bowler who played for the
YWCA club, Dot scored 16
and 7 in that first game, and
in February 1935 was in the
Wellington team that played England at the Basin Reserve.
Despite Wellington being well beaten the game did much
to promote women’s cricket as more than 5000 spectators
attended.
In 1936 Dot moved to the Wellington College Old Girls (COG)
Club as YWCA had ceased to exist. That season she made
her first representative half century with a score of 54 against
Nelson at the Basin Reserve. On Boxing Day 1937 Dot made
117 against Auckland at Kilbirnie Park which was the first
representative century by a Wellington women player. It was
her only first-class hundred.
Robert Bradley (1922 – 2009)
Originally from Auckland
Robert Bradley came
to Wellington to teach
Mathematics and Physics at
Wellington College in 1946.
He stayed there for over forty
years, returning as bursar
after retiring from teaching
and left an indelible mark on
generations of students who
remember him as stern but
fair and a very good teacher.
Robert never played cricket
but loved the game and
joined the Wellington Cricket Umpire’s Association in 1975.
Three years later he successfully sat the English Association
of Cricket Umpire’s examination, becoming one of the few
New Zealand umpires to pass that demanding exam.
For many years Robert umpired senior club cricket in
Wellington, always courteously and with great respect for the
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Dot toured New South Wales with the New Zealand team in
1937/38 although no Tests were played. She had a fine match
double of 40 and 94* for Wellington against Canterbury at the
Basin Reserve the following season.
In 1940, Dot married Bert Bailey, in a marriage that was to
last for nearly 70 years. They raised three daughters with
Dot making a comeback to cricket after a seven year break.
After just two games of club cricket, Dot was selected for
Wellington and scored 66 against Canterbury in her first
game back.
In March 1949 Dot and her younger sister Joan became the
first sisters to play for New Zealand when both were selected
for the one-off Test against England at Eden Park. Dot had
scores of 1 and 5 in what was to be her only Test.
Dot’s last season for Wellington was 1949/50 and she scored
54 in her final innings against Canterbury at the Basin Reserve
to help Wellington win the Hallyburton-Johnstone Shield after
a gap of 11 years.
It was a fine way for this self-taught player to bow out, and
for the remainder of her long life Dot proudly wore her New
Zealand blazer on the occasions that merited it.
players and the Laws of Cricket. He served on the national
umpires’ B panel and in 1979 he and another Wellington
umpire, Stan Cowman, were appointed to the New Zealand
Umpires’ Association examination sub-committee. Together
they created a large ‘bank’ of questions for use in both oral
and written examinations.
Robert umpired two Women’s One Day Internationals -
England v International XI at the Basin Reserve during the
1982 World Cup and Australia v New Zealand at the Hutt
Recreation Ground in January 1986. He umpired a Data
General series match between Auckland and NSW at Eden
Park in November 1986 and a highlight in his umpiring career
was when he stood in a 50-over game between Wellington
and Canterbury that season and Richard Hadlee bowled from
his end.
Robert was a former President and Life Member of the
Wellington Cricket Umpires’ Association.