Jean Fay Field (née McNaughton; born 10 April 1936) is a South African former cricketer who played as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. She appeared in three Test matches for South Africa in 1960 and 1961, all against England. She was the first South African woman to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match. She played domestic cricket for Southern Transvaal.[1][2]
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| Full name | Jean Fay McNaughton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1936-04-10) 10 April 1936 (age 86) Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National side |
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| Test debut (cap 8) | 2 December 1960 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 13 January 1961 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954/55–1960/61 | Southern Transvaal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 6 March 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Part of the Southern Transvaal women's cricket team, McNaughton made her first appearance of the English tour in 1960–61 for her club side.[3] Batting at number five, she scored 15 runs in 22 minutes.[4] In the English innings, she only bowled four overs, taking no wickets and conceding 22 runs.[4]
Playing in South Africa's first Test match she made a pair,[5] becoming only the second woman, after England's player/manager Netta Rheinberg in 1949,[6] to do so on debut.[7] She also remained wicket-less in the match, bowling a total of nine overs.[5] She did not play in the second Test,[3] and scored one run in each of her two innings for South African XI women against England during a tour match.[8]
Back in the team for the third Test at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban, McNaughton claimed six of the eight English wickets to fall in their first-innings,[9] making her the first South African woman to take a five-wicket haul in Test cricket.[10] In spite of her achievement, England won the match by eight wickets.[9] In the final Test of the series, she scored her highest total in Test cricket, hitting 28 runs to help give her team a first-innings lead, and support Yvonne van Mentz as she closed in on her century.[11]