Dot Laughton

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Irene Doris Laughton | nickname = Dot | birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|9|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|3|8|1913|9|29|df=yes}} | death_place = Adelaide, South Australia | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right arm off break | role = Wicketkeeper | female = true | image = | country = Australia | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | international = true | onetest=true | testdebutdate = 19 February | testdebutyear = 1949 | testdebutagainst = England | testcap = 34 | club1 = | year1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = Tests | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 47 | bat avg1 = 47.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 47 | deliveries1 = - | wickets1 = - | bowl avg1 = - | fivefor1 = - | tenfor1 = - | best bowling1 = - | catches/stumpings1 = 1/0 | date = 10 December | year = 2021 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53529.html CricInfo }} '''Irene Doris "Dot" Laughton''' (29 September 1913 – 8 March 1982) was a top-ranking sportswoman in South Australia representing Australia and South Australia in cricket and field hockey during the 1930s until retirement in 1953.

In Cricket, Laughton scored 40 centuries in first class cricket domestically and made the world-record score of 390 in 1949. A State captain, she was selected for Australia tour to England in 1951 where she scored 47 runs from her only appearance.<ref>{{cite web|last=Quarrell|first=Lois|title=Dot Laughton Retires Happily|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48294186|work=Lois Quarrell|date=May 1953 |publisher= The Advertiser|accessdate=17 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dot Laughton|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/53529.html|publisher=ESPN CRICINFO|accessdate=17 May 2013}}</ref> An award 'The Dot Laughton Trophy' is awarded to outstanding South Australian women cricketers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Annual Raport AWCC|url=https://secure.ausport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/86677/Womens_Cricket_Australia_1998-99.pdf|publisher=AWCC|accessdate=17 May 2013}}</ref>

In field hockey, she was selected as left-full back for Australia in 1947 in a series versus New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|last=Quarrell|first=Lois|title=Dot Laughton Retires Happily|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48294186|work=Lois Quarrell|date=May 1953 |publisher=The Advertiser|accessdate=17 May 2013}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Laughton, Dot}} Category:Australian women cricketers Category:1913 births Category:1982 deaths Category:Australia women Test cricketers Category:Cricketers from Adelaide Category:Australian women's field hockey players Category:Field hockey players from Adelaide Category:Sportswomen from South Australia Category:Wicket-keepers Category:Women's field hockey defenders Category:20th-century Australian sportswomen