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Ann Jago

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Ann Jago
Personal information
Full name
Ann Jago
Born(1939-02-20)20 February 1939(age 85)
Kingston upon Hull,Yorkshire,England
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap59)31 December 1960 vSouth Africa
Last Test13 January 1961 vSouth Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1957–1961Kent
Career statistics
Competition WTest WFC
Matches 2 7
Runs scored 7 16
Batting average 7.00 8.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 6 6*
Ballsbowled 270 600
Wickets 1 8
Bowling average 59.00 14.75
5 wickets in innings 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/17 5/14
Catches/stumpings 1/– 4/–
Source:CricketArchive,16 November 2023

Ann Stubbs(néeJago;born 20 February 1939) is an English formercricketerwho played primarily as abowler.She appeared in twoTest matchesforEnglandin1960 and 1961,againstSouth Africa.She played domestic cricket forKent.[1][2]

Jago's parents were both full-time artists.[3]She was educated atWolverhampton Girls' High School,where she played in the cricket team alongsideRachael Heyhoe FlintandJacqueline Elledge.[4]She studied atDartford College of Physical Educationin Kent, founded as Madame Bergman Österberg's Physical Training College and now part of theUniversity of Greenwich,where Heyhoe was a fellow student.[5]Jago and Heyhoe are said to have chosen Dartford as their college becauseMary Duggan,the England cricket captain and "the best coach they knew of", was a lecturer there,[6]Jago later worked as a physical education teacher atHatton SchoolinSevenoaks.[7]

She married New Zealander Alister Stubbs, who she met when touring New Zealand after her cricket tour. They live atWaitomoon North Island, with their three adult children and several grandchildren, on land where the grandchildren are the fifth generations of Stubbs. She enjoyswatercolour painting.[3]Caves on the Stubbs' land are of interest to scientists, and have been the location for the discovery of new species of spiders.[8]

References

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  1. ^"Player Profile: Ann Jago".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved5 March2021.
  2. ^"Player Profile: Ann Jago".CricketArchive.Retrieved5 March2021.
  3. ^abWarwick, Jane (17 November 2022)."Moa bones, caves and velvet worms: Explore the prehistoric treasures at this family's Waitomo farm".thisNZlife.Retrieved16 November2023.
  4. ^Brian Levison; Christopher Martin-Jenkins, eds. (2012). "Opening the Innings".All in a Day's Cricket: An Anthology of Outstanding Cricket Writing.Hachette UK.ISBN9781780339061.Retrieved8 January2018.
  5. ^"Rachael Heyhoe Flint... Reminiscence from Ann Stubbs (Jago)"(PDF).Bergman Österberg Union Magazine:81–82. 2018.Retrieved16 November2023.
  6. ^"Rachael Heyhoe Flint [obituary]"(PDF).Bergman Österberg Union Magazine:79. 2018.Retrieved16 November2023.
  7. ^"Ann hopes to go back".Sevenoaks Chronicle.10 February 1961. p. 1.Retrieved20 November2023.
  8. ^Taylor, Christopher; Probert, Anna (14 August 2014)."Two new species of harvestmen (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Neopilionidae) from Waitomo, New Zealand".ZooKeys.434:37–45.doi:10.3897/zookeys.434.7486.PMC4141165.Access to caves on Stubbs Farm was provided by Alister and Ann Stubbs.
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