Summer 2026
Honouring Our Past
Celebrating and Documenting Histories of Women and Girls' cricket
Partnering with Cricket Scotland and the SWAGCRN we are collecting oral histories and memorabilia from the past to start to document the history of women and girls' cricket in Scotland.
Look out for events, webinars and where to send your own stories or pictures as we develop the project over this summer of cricket.
In the meantime, please email us with your contact details and when you were playing cricket (at any level) at fiona.reid@bayfirth.co.uk and we will get back in touch with you to hear more about your experiences..
Do you recognise any of these cricketers from St George's School, Edinburgh 1st XI in 1932?
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Thanks to St George's School archives.
Scottish Women and Girls' Cricket Network
Launched in 2023, this is a group of interested and enthusiastic people looking to get involved in, or find out more about research projects in Scottish women's cricket - both contemporary and historical.
We recently presented at The Cricket Research Network Conference 2024 and a recording from a webinar in October 2024 is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GFcj3cGssk
We are keen to find new members and work with partners to increase understanding of the women and girls' cricket community in Scotland. Please contact fiona.reid@bayfirth.co.uk for more information.
Please register for the FREE online event on Tuesday 11th November 2025 7-8.30pm at https://SWAGCRN.eventbrite.co.uk
2024-2025
Catching History
Supported by Sporting Heritage Community Grant.
Oral history project to capture the stories and experiences of women who played cricket in Scotland 1998-2002, including those who represented Scotland in 2000 and are pictured here (image from Cricket Scotland). Project led by Bayfirth Research CIC In partnership with Cricket Scotland (Cricket Scotland | Official Site of Scottish Cricket)
If you think you might be able to contribute, please contact fiona.reid@bayfirth.co.uk.
Catching History WEBINAR - Launch of the project report on 30th September 2025.
Catching History Webinar Recording can be found here: https://youtu.be/5P13Mh7RwQQ
The published report Catching History can be found here: 41304031-6f97-40c9-945b-e877d679eca0
Accompanying short video about the Catching History Project can be found here: Catching History Project: Women's Cricket in Scotland - YouTube
Project 2028
Proposal to create an exhibition to celebrate 150 years since the first known recorded women's cricket match in Scotland in 1878.
A review of the evidence from the past 150 years revealed that there is a lot of research required to document the history. There is almost no documentary or published material and there is only a limited archive.
Cricket Scotland have started to award retrospective caps to those who represented Scotland since 2000 - a group is pictured here in 2019 (photo courtesy of Cricket Scotland).
