Marjorie Pollard

Marjorie Anne Pollard OBE (3 August 1899 – 21 March 1982) was an English field hockey and cricket player, film maker and writer.

She was educated at Peterborough County Grammar School for Girls, and St Peter's College, Saltley.

[3][6] In July 1929, the WCA organised their first public match: London and District v Rest of England.

[4] Pollard narrowly missed the selection for the first England Women cricket tour of Australia in 1934-35.

[8] In March 1982, suffering ill-health and the death of her long-term household companion May Morton, Pollard committed suicide with a shotgun.