Hazel Pritchard

Full Name: Hazel Doreen Pritchard
Married Name: Scanlan

An all-round cricketer Amy attended Petersham High School.
Talented from an early age she made her NSW debut three days after her 16th birthday. She was a successful slow bowler and in her first match she took four wickets.
Her NSW performances were outstanding and included the incredible figures of 8 for 7 against South Australia in 1938-39 and 118 in 1949-50 – seventeen years after her debut.

For Australia, Amy debuted aged 18 played in nine Tests between 1935 to 1951. She was the only Australian to go on the first two Women’s Cricket tours abroad in 1937 and 1951, in a career that was interrupted by the 2nd World War.