Mavis Jones (10 December 1922 - 1990) was an Australian
cricket
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er.
Jones was born in
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
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, and played three
women's Test matches for the
Australia national women's cricket team
The Australian women's national cricket team, formerly known as the Southern Stars, represent Australia in international cricket. Currently captained by Alyssa Healy and coached by Shelley Nitschke, they are the top team in all world rankings ...
.
She died in
Lakes Entrance
Lakes Entrance is a town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It is situated approximately east of Melbourne, near a managed, artificial channel connecting the Gippsland Lakes to Bass Strait. At the 2016 census, Lakes Entrance ...
, Victoria.
References
1922 births
1990 deaths
Australia women Test cricketers
Cricketers from Melbourne
Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
20th-century Australian sportswomen
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