Ina Lamason

Ina Lamason

MBE

Lamason in 1951
Personal information
Full name	Ina Mabel Lamason
Born	(1911-05-02)2 May 1911 Palmerston North, New Zealand
Died	30 April 1994(1994-04-30) (aged 82) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Jack Lamason (husband) Joy Lamason (sister-in-law)
International information
National side	New Zealand (1948–1954)
Test debut (cap 18)	20 March 1948 v Australia
Last Test	24 July 1954 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1935/36–1961/62	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition WTest WFC Matches 4 70 Runs scored 86 2,299 Batting average 21.50 29.47 100s/50s 0/0 1/13 Top score 37* 104* Balls bowled 222 5,427 Wickets 2 146 Bowling average 68.00 15.15 5 wickets in innings 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 2/23 5/9 Catches/stumpings 0/– 30/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 November 2021

Ina Mabel Lamason MBE (née Pickering; 2 May 1911 – 30 April 1994) was a New Zealand cricket and field hockey player. She was also an international hockey umpire, cricket and hockey administrator, and sports journalist.

Biography

Lamason was born in Palmerston North in 1911. A right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batter, she played in four Test matches in 1947–48 and 1954, captaining New Zealand in two. All her games were against England, and she was never on the winning side, losing both the games she captained. She was the vice captain of the New Zealand team that played its first Test match in 1934-35 but had to withdraw from the match with a pulled leg muscle. She captained the side that toured Australia (no Test matches) in 1938. She played domestic cricket for Wellington. Lamason also represented New Zealand at hockey.

Lamason died in Auckland in 1994.

Awards and honours

In the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours, Lamason was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to cricket and hockey.

Family

Her husband was Jack Lamason, who played cricket for New Zealand on the 1937 tour of England, but did not play in any of the Tests. They married in Wellington in December 1938.

Her sister-in-law Joy Lamason was a Test cricketer. Ina Lamason managed the New Zealand tour to England in 1966. Joy was the manager and Ina the assistant manager of the team that took part in the first Women's Cricket World Cup in England in 1973.

External links

• Ina Lamason at ESPNcricinfo
• Ina Lamason at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• "The Story of Pic: a Pioneer of New Zealand Women’s Cricket" by Tiffany Jenks at NZ Cricket Museum