Marie Cornish
{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Marie Cornish
| fullname = Marie Janice Cornish
| female = true
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm off break
| role = All-rounder
| international = true
| country = Australia
| internationalspan = 1976–1982
| testdebutdate = 7 May
| testdebutyear = 1976
| testdebutagainst = West Indies
| testcap = 85
| lasttestdate = 26 January
| lasttestyear = 1979
| lasttestagainst = New Zealand
| odidebutdate = 1 August
| odidebutyear = 1976
| odidebutagainst = England
| odicap = 15
| lastodidate = 7 February
| lastodiyear = 1982
| lastodiagainst = England
| club1 = New South Wales
| year1 = {{nowrap|1974/75–1981/82}}
| columns = 4
| column1 = WTest
| matches1 = 9
| runs1 = 90
| bat avg1 = 15.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 46*
| deliveries1 = 1,845
| wickets1 = 25
| bowl avg1 = 20.12
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/51
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–
| column2 = WODI
| matches2 = 16
| runs2 = 147
| bat avg2 = 24.50
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 55*
| deliveries2 = 866
| wickets2 = 16
| bowl avg2 = 17.06
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/22
| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–
| column3 = WFC
| matches3 = 32
| runs3 = 446
| bat avg3 = 17.15
| 100s/50s3 = 0/2
| top score3 = 56
| deliveries3 = 4,815
| wickets3 = 76
| bowl avg3 = 16.56
| fivefor3 = 1
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 5/51
| catches/stumpings3 = 17/–
| column4 = WLA
| matches4 = 33
| runs4 = 289
| bat avg4 = 19.26
| 100s/50s4 = 0/1
| top score4 = 55*
| deliveries4 = 1,782
| wickets4 = 36
| bowl avg4 = 16.61
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 3/8
| catches/stumpings4 = 6/–
| date = 10 November 2023
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10840/10840.html CricketArchive
}}
Marie Janice Cornish OAM ({{nee|Lutschini}}; born 1 October 1956) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in nine Test matches and 16 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1976 and 1982. She was vice-captain of the national team and played in Australia's victorious teams at the 1978 and 1982 Women's Cricket World Cups.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53489.html|title=Players/Australia/Marie Cornish|work=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.|accessdate=11 April 2014}} She played domestic cricket for New South Wales.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10840/10840.html |title=Player Profile: Marie Cornish |work=CricketArchive |access-date=10 November 2023}}
Personal life
Cornish was born Marie Janice Lutschini on 1 October 1956 in Wellington, New South Wales. She was the daughter of Peter and Jan Lutschini. Her paternal grandfather immigrated to Australia from the Soviet Union via Italy and Canada; his original Russian surname was Italianised. Her mother is of South African descent.{{cite web |last1=Burnett |first1=Adam |title=Queen of country: Marie Cornish and a story of survival |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/feature/marie-cornish-australia-women-trailblazer-girls-cricket-western-nsw-litchfield-world-cups-wellington/2020-02-17 |website=Cricket.com.au |publisher=Cricket Australia |accessdate=21 February 2020 |date=17 February 2020}} Her brother Mitchell is a businessman in Papua New Guinea and has served as deputy chairman of Cricket PNG.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wellingtontimes.com.au/story/213610/double-medal-family/|title=Double medal family|date=14 August 2012|access-date=4 August 2023|newspaper=Wellington Times}}
Cornish grew up in country New South Wales where her father worked as a farmhand. She spent her early years in Ivanhoe before the family settled in Wellington, where she attended Wellington High School.
Cricket career
From a young age Cornish played cricket on boys' teams. At the age of 15 she top-scored for the New South Wales Under-25s against New Zealand.
=International career=
Cornish made her international debut for Australia on a 1976 tour of the West Indies, aged 19. In the second Test of the series she took 5/51.
Named vice-captain of Australia at the age of 22, Cornish played at the 1978 World Cup in India and the 1982 in New Zealand. She was at the crease when the winning runs were scored in the 1982 World Cup final against England, finishing with 24 not out as Australia won by three wickets with one over to spare.
Personal life
Cornish retired from international cricket at the age of 25 to work full-time at the Commonwealth Bank. She had two children with her husband Peter, and remained involved in cricket as a coach, manager, and selector.
In 2008, Cornish was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to cricket and the Wellington community. She was named a life member of Cricket New South Wales in 2012 and the Marie Cornish Trophy is awarded to the winner of the state schoolgirls' knockout competition.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/820470/cornishs-dedication-leads-to-recognition/|title=Cornish's dedication leads to recognition|newspaper=Daily Liberal|date=8 November 2012|access-date=4 August 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=53489}}
- {{cricketarchive|id=10840}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140227082121/http://www.southernstars.org.au/cornish.html Marie Cornish] at southernstars.org.au
{{Australia Squad 1978 Women's Cricket World Cup}}
{{Australia Squad 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup}}
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Category:Cricketers from New South Wales
Category:Sportspeople from Wellington, New South Wales
Category:Australia women Test cricketers
Category:Australia women One Day International cricketers
Category:New South Wales Breakers cricketers
Category:Australian people of Russian descent
Category:Australian people of South African descent