Forgotten Pioneers: The Story of the Original English Lady Cricketers

Forgotten Pioneers tells the extraordinary tale of the world's first professional women cricketers.

Founded in 1890, the 'Original English Lady Cricketers' played exhibition matches all over Britain. Enormous crowds flocked to see them and sceptical journalists were gradually won over by their obvious skill. However, the women were more than just cricketers: most evenings, they performed in local theatres and music halls, singing, dancing, fencing and putting on acrobatic displays.

But after...