Mary Loy (née Allitt) OAM (born in 1925 at Deniliquin, New South Wales) captained the Australia national women's cricket team on 3 occasions in 1963. She played 11 tests, after making her debut against England in 1951, making a top score of 76. She also played for New South Wales Women.
On 23 August 2000, she was awarded the Australian Sports Medal and on 1 January 2001, she was awarded the Centenary Medal for her contribution to cricket. Under her married name of Mary Loy she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in June 2007 in recognition of her lifelong commitment to the game.
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“The others “acted” a role; I was the role. She who was Mary Garden died that it might live. That was my genius ... and my sacrifice. It drained off so much of me that by comparison my private life was empty. I could not give myself completely twice.”
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