Mollie Dive

{{Short description|Australian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2017}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Mollie Dive

| international = true

| female = true

| testcap = 33

| image = Molly Dive, woman scientist at CSIRO, 21 August 1950.jpg

| country = Australia

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1913|06|26}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1997|9|10|1913|06|26}}

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| columns = 1

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 7

| runs1 = 177

| bat avg1 = 16.09

| 100s/50s1 = 0/2

| top score1 = 59

| deliveries1 = 96

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 22.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/6

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 2 January

| year = 2008

| source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53495.html Cricinfo

}}

Mary Clouston Dive {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (26 June 1913 – 10 September 1997) was a scientist and an Australian cricketer who played seven women's Test matches between 1948 and 1951.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53495.html|title=Molly Dive - Australia|work=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.|accessdate=17 January 2015}} Dive graduated from Sydney University with a science degree and was employed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) for most of her life.Dive, Mollie (1913 - 1997), The Australian Women's Register, https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2224b.htm She was usually known as Mollie Dive or, less often, Molly Dive.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19850425&id=cmolAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3896,5666063|title=Molly Dive lends name to new stand|date=25 April 1985|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=17 January 2015}}

Dive was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to the sport of women's hockey and women's cricket".{{Cite web |title=Miss Mary Clouston DIVE |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/887368 |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility}}