Eileen Whelan-Ash interviewed by David Rayvern Allen

Reference

MCC/AAL/3/189

Date:

2012-08

Level of description

item

Extent

1 CD: 20 minutes 20 seconds

Part of

David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)

Scope and Content

1 CD, Eileen Whelan-Ash, cricketer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 1 track.

Track 1: [0:00-1:06] Rayvern Allen tests the equipment and introduces Whelan-Ash, [1:07-2:08] Whelan-Ash talks about when she first started playing cricket and being part of a cricketing family, [2:09-3:09] Whelan-Ash talks about working in the civil service and being able to take days off to play cricket, [3:10-3:32] Whelan-Ash talks about playing weekly for the South of England and in weekly matches, [3:33-5:02] Whelan-Ash talks about Marjorie Pollard and Women's Cricket magazine which she's brought her own copy, [5:03-6:04] Whelan-Ash talks about the standard of England Women's Cricket Team (bang at 5:50), [6:05-7:05] Whelan-Ash talks about her bowling and how much she would have bowled in a match, [7:06-7:17] Whelan-Ash talks about playing 2-day Test Matches, [7:18-8:07] Whelan-Ash talks about her batting, making a century in Australian and getting good coverage by Australian press (sound of trolley's from 7:32-7:38), [8:08-8:56] Whelan-Ash talks about travel to Australia by boat and paying their own expenses, [8:57-9:28] Whelan-Ash talks about how many matches she played on the 1948-1949 England Women's tour of Australia and the Second World War affecting her career, [9:29-10:31] Whelan-Ash talks about working in the civil service during the war and not playing for England again after the war.

[10:32-12:02] Whelan-Ash talks about clothing women cricketers used to wear, contrasts it with contemporary players and says how she would love to play in the present day, [12:03-12:43] Whelan-Ash talks about oragnsing a match at the Oval where Molly Hide 99, [12:44-13:19] Whelan-Ash talks about using Gunn & Moore cricket bats, [13:20-14:08] Rayvern Allen talks about Gamages manufacturing a blue cricket ball in 1897 for women's cricket, [14:09-15:22] Whelan-Ash talks about how clothing has changed but the quality of elite hasn't and how she got praise from Lindsay Hassett, [15:23-16:08] Rayvern Allen talks about how fielding in men's cricket has improved with Whelan Ash talking about how women cricketers used to field, [16:09-17:46] Whelan-Ash talks about what she doesn't like in the present day including the questioning of umpires and how cricket balls and bats have changed, [17:47-18:19] Whelan-Ash talks jokes about how she still could play now, loving cricket and playing other sports, [18:20-18:37] Whelan-Ash talks about her grandson and great-grandson, [18:38-19:11] Rayvern Allen talks about the nature of the recording and closing remarks, [19:11-20:20] Whelan-Ash's grandson talks about photos of her being in a scrapbook in the MCC Museum and owning a white blazer.





A back-up copy of this CD is included.

Associations

Eileen Wheelan-Ash
David Rayvern Allen
England Women's Cricket Team
Marjorie Pollard
Arthur Lindsay Hassett
Gamages
Gunn & Moore Ltd

Subject

women's cricket, England Women in Australia 1948-1949, World War, 1939-1945, umpires, cricket balls, cricket bats

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 CD: 20 minutes 20 seconds

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