| Jean McNaughton | |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Fullname: | Jean Fay McNaughton |
| Birth Date: | 10 April 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Female: | true |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Role: | Bowler |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 1960–1961 |
| Testdebutdate: | 2 December |
| Testdebutyear: | 1960 |
| Testdebutagainst: | England |
| Testcap: | 8 |
| Lasttestdate: | 13 January |
| Lasttestyear: | 1961 |
| Lasttestagainst: | England |
| Club1: | Southern Transvaal |
| Year1: | 1954/55–1960/61 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | WTest |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 45 |
| Bat Avg1: | 9.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 28 |
| Deliveries1: | 276 |
| Wickets1: | 6 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 19.33 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/39 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
| Date: | 6 March |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17379/17379.html CricketArchive |
Jean Fay Field (; 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]
Part of the Southern Transvaal women's cricket team, McNaughton made her first appearance on 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]