Margaret Joyce Inness (; 4 November 1931 – 5 October 2012) was a New Zealand
cricket
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er who played as a right-arm
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bowler. She appeared in three
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for
New Zealand
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between 1954 and 1957. Her first and last Test matches, three years apart, were against England. She played domestic cricket for
Canterbury
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and
Wellington
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1931 births
2012 deaths
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