Helen Elizabeth Archdale was an English-Australian sportswoman and educator. She was the inaugural Test captain of the England women's cricket team in 1934.
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Helen Elizabeth Archdale was an English-Australian sportswoman and educator. She was the inaugural Test captain of the England women's cricket team in 1934. A qualified barrister and Women's Royal Naval Service veteran, she moved to Australia in 1946 to become principal of The Women's College at the University of Sydney. She later served as headmistress of Abbotsleigh, a private girls' school in Sydney, and was an inaugural member of the Australian Council for the Arts.
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deceased
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Lived 1907 to 2000 · aged 92
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