Trish McKelvey

Patricia Frances McKelvey CNZM MBE (born 5 January 1942), often known as Trish McKelvey, is a former New Zealand cricketer, cricket administrator and educator.

Trish McKelvey
CNZM MBE

Personal information
Full name	Patricia Frances McKelvey
Born	(1942-01-05) 5 January 1942 Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
International information
National side	New Zealand (1966–1982)
Test debut (cap 15)	18 June 1966 v England
Last Test	26 January 1979 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 21)	23 June 1973 v England
Last ODI	6 February 1982 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI Matches 15 21 Runs scored 699 320 Batting average 29.12 21.33 100s/50s 2/1 0/1 Top score 155* 54 Catches/stumpings 8/0 3/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 April 2018

Early life

McKelvey was born in Lower Hutt in 1942. She was educated at Wellington Girls' College from 1955 to 1959, where she was captain of both the senior 'A' netball and 1st XI cricket teams.[1]

Cricket career

She played 15 women's Test matches for New Zealand, captaining the side in all of them. The record was two wins, three defeats and five draws. Her Test career spanned the period 1966 to 1978/9, and included Tests against not only traditional rivals England and Australia, but also against South Africa and India. The three-Test tour of South Africa in 1971/2, which was won 1–0, was the last official representative match any South African cricket team, men's or women's, would play for 18 years as teams boycotted South Africa because of the apartheid regime.

McKelvey scored 699 Test runs at an average of 29.12, with a highest score of 155 not out. She also captained New Zealand in all 15 women's one-day internationals she played in, winning seven, losing seven, with one tie. McKelvey also played for the International XI in the 1973 women's World Cup, finishing fourth out of seven teams.

McKelvey's 15 Tests as captain means she has captained New Zealand more times than the next two women in the list combined. As of July 2005, she remains the only New Zealand women's Test captain to have won a Test match.

In 1992, McKelvey became the first woman board member of New Zealand Cricket.[2] She has also served on the board of Bowls New Zealand.[3]

Education career

Outside of cricket, McKelvey had a distinguished career in education. She trained as a physical education teacher and taught at Hutt Valley Memorial College, Solway College and Wellington High School. She was principal of Wellington High School for seven years, retiring in 1994.[4] She has since served on the boards of other educational institutions, including being a member of the Council of Victoria University of Wellington from 2007 to 2012[5] and chair of The Correspondence School board of trustees.[6]

Honours

McKelvey was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to women's cricket in the 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours.[7] In the 2005 Queen’s Birthday Honours, she was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education.[8]

References

1. School Ties: Wellington Girls' College alumnae newsletter. Issue 16, December 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
2. Trish McKelvey — cricket. Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
3. Lampp, Peter (9 September 2009). "Role 'an honour' for Wing". Manawatu Standard. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. Governance. Victoria University of Wellington, 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
6. "Annual report of the University Council" (PDF). Victoria University of Wellington. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
7. London Gazette (supplement), No. 48641, 13 June 1981. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
8. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2005". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 6 June 2005. Retrieved 28 April 2020.