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Sep 29, 1913 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Died on 03 Aug 1982 (aged 68)
South Australian athlete
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About Dot Laughton
- Dot Laughton (29 September 1913 – 8 March 1982) was a top-ranking sportswoman in South Australia representing Australia and South Australia in cricket and field hockey during the 1930s until retirement in 1953. In Cricket, Laughton scored 40 centuries in first class cricket domestically and made the world-record score of 390 in 1949.
- A State captain, she was selected for Australia tour to England in 1951 where she scored 47 runs from her only appearance.
- An award ‘The Dot Laughton Trophy’ is awarded to outstanding South Australian women cricketers.In field hockey, she was selected as left-full back for Australia in 1947 in a series versus New Zealand.
