Ethna Rouse

{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer (1937–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ethna Rouse

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSM|size=100%}}

| female = true

| image =

| country = New Zealand

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1972–1973

| fullname = Ethna Frances Rouse

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|12|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|06|07|1937|12|29|df=yes}}

| death_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

| family = Mary Rouse (sister-in-law)

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling =

| role = Batter

| onetest = true

| testdebutdate = 25 February

| testdebutyear = 1972

| testdebutagainst = South Africa

| testcap = 62

| odidebutdate = 30 June

| odidebutyear = 1973

| odidebutagainst = International XI

| odicap = 14

| lastodidate = 21 July

| lastodiyear = 1973

| lastodiagainst = Young England

| club1 = Canterbury

| year1 = {{nowrap|1953/54–1972/73}}

| columns = 3

| column1 = WTest

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 36

| bat avg1 = 18.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 35

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| column2 = WODI

| matches2 = 3

| runs2 = 90

| bat avg2 = 30.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 48

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| column3 = WFC

| matches3 = 43

| runs3 = 1,228

| bat avg3 = 22.32

| 100s/50s3 = 2/5

| top score3 = 116*

| deliveries3 = 624

| wickets3 = 19

| bowl avg3 = 12.11

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 3/9

| catches/stumpings3 = 23/–

| date = 12 November

| year = 2021

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17312/17312.html CricketArchive

}}

Ethna Frances Rouse {{post-nominals|country=NZL|QSM|size=85%}} ({{nee| Woods}}; 29 December 1937 – 7 June 2023) was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a left-handed batter. She appeared in one Test match and three One Day Internationals for New Zealand in 1972 and 1973. She played domestic cricket for Canterbury.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ethna-rouse-54435 |title=Player Profile: Ethna Rouse |access-date=12 November 2021 |publisher=ESPNCricinfo}}{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17312/17312.html |title=Player Profile: Ethna Rouse |access-date=12 November 2021 |publisher=CricketArchive}}

In the 2004 New Year Honours, Rouse was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service.{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2004 | title=New Year honours list 2004 |date=31 December 2003 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | access-date=21 July 2019}}

Rouse died in Christchurch on 7 June 2023, at the age of 85.{{cite news |url=https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/obituary-ethna-rouse/ |title=Obituary: Ethna Rouse |date=10 June 2023 |publisher=New Zealand Cricket |access-date=11 June 2023 |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611005018/https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/obituary-ethna-rouse/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/nz/obituaries/the-press-nz/name/ethna-rouse-obituary?id=52181322 |title=Ethna Rouse obituary |date=9 June 2023 |work=The Press |access-date=11 June 2023}}