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Katharine Victoria Winks (born 16 March 1978) is a former international cricketer who represented England in seven One Day Internationals and played for the West of England and Somerset. She was a right-arm medium bowler and left-handed batter.

Katherine played for West of England in the Women’s Area Championship and latterly the Women’s County Championship between 1992 and 1999. After West of England were abolished, she played for Somerset in 2000. She also made four appearances for Midwest Women, including three in the Women’s Territorial Tournament and one tourist match against New Zealand.

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The Somerset Team features both Steph Davies and Anya Shrubsole, both went on to be England players. Steph would have been aged 14, and Anya probably only aged 10.

Some notes re the above: Anya Shrubsole didn’t play that often for the U15’s. She was playing boys cricket at the time, and she often played u17’s as it was more challenging.

Also included are a couple of 4-fers, but no 5-fers. One U17 game has been included. The U17’s were short of players, so four U15s were called-up.

In terms of opposition: Beth Langston played for Essex, she was probably quite young then. She went on to make the England squad. Alex MacDonald played for Glos. She was an England academy player, and still plays for Yorkshire based Regional team(s). Lauren Onojaife (Essex) was also England Academy.

Nicole Richards played for Cornwall. She also played for Somerset Women at a later stage, and still plays for Western Storm and Welsh Fire. She married and became Nicole Harvey. Emma Plush and Karen Baker, both Kent, also made the England Academy set-up.

The photograph below was taken at the England players (Men & Women) cap presentation set up by Andrew Strauss, believed to be in 2017.The players below are 7 out of the 10 Bath/Somerset players who attended.

L-R Fran Wilson, Jackie Hawker, Kathryn Wilkins, Jan Godman, Hannah Knight, Katharine Winks and Anya Shrubsole. Sarah Collyer, Laura Harper, Steph Davies didn’t attend.

Taken in 2002 at the u15 County Championship semi-final against Kent. Jan Godman’s mother, Pat, is on the left. The others are. Back row, left to right; Jenny Withers, Bethan Smith, Annie Riccio (capt), Charlotte King, Katherine Feather, Hannah Williams, Lucy Allison (coach). Front row; Suzanne Powell, Anya Shrubsole, Liz Tilley, Laura Gladman, Kiri Purssy, Kayleigh Smart (12th).

Taken in 2004 a photo of the Somerset Girls U15 team, having won a trophy at a week long, residential County Development Tournament, in Hampshire.

It was a young side. Left of picture in maroon top is Lisa Pagett. Current Director of Western Storm. The then England player presenting the trophy, and in her England kit ( 4th from right) is Beth Morgan. Team manager/coach on the right is Lucy Allison. In the shadow somewhat next to Lisa is Frances Wilson (aged 12 or 13). 

Taken c.2005, possibly 2006 the photo below features Tamara Gould ( back row, second from left) – she only played for these two seasons.

Back Row: Lucy Allison (manager & player), Tamara Gould (wk), Helen Davies, Laura Harper, Hannah Lloyd (c), Anya Shrubsole, Steph Davies, Richard Askew (coach)

Front Row: Jenny Withers, Coleen Ashbee, Jackie Hawker, Beth Howe, Liz Tilley

It is believed that these are the correct names (at that time, as some have subsequently married and changed names). Anya was the youngest, probably around aged 13, Beth was 16, Jenny 17, Liz, Steph & Tamara 18, Coleen 19.

In the two photos below Laura Gladman is bowling in the nets against the Australia women’s team, in 2005 during a County U15s tournament/festival at Christ’s Hospital School in Sussex. The Aussie team were in the UK preparing for the Ashes series that summer, and training at the school. Is the foreground is Aussie fast bowler Kathryn Fitzpatrick (still regarded as the fastest female bowler of all time).

In the second photo, Laura Gladman (in Somerset whites), is preparing for the same nets session against the Aussie women. Four bowlers were selected from the Counties playing at the Tournament. Two others in the picture, in blue tops and caps, were Devon players. The player in the centre is Heather Knight. The one missing from the photo was Daisy Gardner (Hampshire player, we think).

From 2007. An U19 Somerset girls team (though mostly younger and in one case much younger.) This team includes Frances Wilson. She would have been aged 15 at that time.

Anya Shrubsoles’ younger sister, Lauren, is featured. She must have been 13 or so then, and the youngest in this team. Both Frances and Lauren went on to play many times for Somerset Women.

Weather was a problem in 2007. They were supposed to play 4x 50 over matches, but only one was completed, against Essex. Frances scored a half century, and Laura Gladman’s bowling figures were 9 overs 2 for 20. They also played a T20 game against Cornwall.

Notice the kit differences: Typically, the girls teams did not wear sponsored kit. And Sophie is wearing their usual kit. However, in 2007 the women’s team were wearing the Marston sponsored kit. The Pegasus sponsored kit was in the process of taking precedent, maybe the men were wearing this kit?

Stephen Cox Newton (21 April 1853 – 16 August 1916) was an English cricketer who represented, and captained, Somerset County Cricket Club in the late 19th century. 

Newton assisted Somerset from 1876 until 1890. The county cricket club had only been formally set-up the previous year, and was seeking first-class status. The majority of matches played by Newton for the county between 1876 and 1878 are recorded by CricketArchive as being for the ‘Gentlemen of Somerset’, and are not categorised as first-class cricket, and although those from 1879 onwards are recorded as being for ‘Somerset’, they are generally regarded as remaining a ‘second-class’ of cricket.

Somerset gained first-class status in 1882, and retained it for four seasons. Newton was the club captain for the first three of these seasons, becoming the county’s first official captain.

He did not, however, appear in Somerset’s first three matches: as a schoolmaster in London, he only played for the county in late-July and August. In his first match as a first-class cricket captain, he top-scored in both innings, with 57 and 67, as Somerset lost to MCC by one wicket.

In his three years of first-class cricket for Somerset, he scored no centuries, five half-centuries, and averaged 24.56 with the bat, higher than he finished with any other first-class cricket side.

Newton returned to play three further matches for Somerset in 1887 and 1890, when they did not hold first-class status. He opened the innings for the county twice in 1887, passing 20 on three out of four occasions. During Somerset’s successful 1890 season, when they remained unbeaten against other county opposition, Newton batted at number four, scoring 3 and 0, his final recorded appearance for Somerset.