{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer (born 1938)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Betty Thorner | female = true | image = | country = New Zealand | international = true | internationalspan = 1957–1961 | fullname = Betty Irene Thorner | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|2|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Upper Hutt, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = All-rounder

| testdebutdate = 18 January | testdebutyear = 1957 | testdebutagainst = Australia | testcap = 37 | lasttestdate = 17 March | lasttestyear = 1961 | lasttestagainst = Australia

| club1 = Wellington | year1 = {{nowrap|1954/55–1964/65}}

| columns = 2

| column1 = WTest | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 76 | bat avg1 = 15.20 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 37 | deliveries1 = 240 | wickets1 = 4 | bowl avg1 = 19.50 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/33 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| column2 = WFC | matches2 = 41 | runs2 = 1,558 | bat avg2 = 24.73 | 100s/50s2 = 1/14 | top score2 = 101 | deliveries2 = 4,595 | wickets2 = 101 | bowl avg2 = 12.91 | fivefor2 = 5 | tenfor2 = 2 | best bowling2 = 8/24 | catches/stumpings2 = 16/–

| date = 26 November 2021 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17330/17330.html CricketArchive }}

'''Betty Irene Thorner''' (born 23 February 1938) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting left-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in three Test matches for New Zealand between 1957 and 1961. She played domestic cricket for Wellington.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/54453.html |title=Betty Thorner |access-date=21 April 2014 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref><ref name="CA">{{Cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/17/17330/17330.html |title=Betty Thorner |access-date=8 June 2016 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref>

Thorner also represented New Zealand at field hockey. She married Russell Watt, a New Zealand rugby union representative, in Wellington in April 1961.<ref>{{cite journal |title=People in the Play |journal=Press |date=15 April 1961 |page=5 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19610415.2.32}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=54453}} * {{cricketarchive|id=17330}}

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