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1951
First Round Group Stage
12 teams in a game round Robin. Top seven progressed to the quarter finals with the winners of a junior tournament.
Debut teams
Belfast
Birmingham
Cardiff
Croydon {as junior Champions}
Glasgow
Kent
Liverpool
Sheffield
Stoke
Sunderland
Wandsworth
West Ham
Willesden
Quarter Finals
Sheffield Steels 2-7 Belfast Weavers
Cynthia Michaelis 41 ----- Barbara Campbell 9, 15, 30, 32, 34, 48
Jean Dudley 51 ----- Stephanie Bell 14
Stoke Trents 2-1 Croydon Crystals
Nicolette Oldham 14 -----Jean Graham 15
Jennifer Jones 31
Sunderland Wasps 1-0 Glasgow Claymores
Joan Diamond 35
Willesden Saxons 0-2 Liverpool Liverbirds
Rosalie Williams 28
Mattie Bulger 37
1951 Final
Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland
Pauline Yates 76
After Sudden Death
Semi Finals
Liverpool Liverbirds 1-0 Stoke Trents
Pauline Yates 29
Liverpool 1951 Champions
Liverpool were crowned Champions in their debut season
Team {Bold - Played in the Final}
1: Janet Horsbrough: Age 16, Born: Liverpool, Rated 3, Apps: 23
2: Barbara Brothwood: Age 32, Born: Waterloo, Rated 2, Apps: 22, Goals: 2
3: Bessie Melia: Age 32, Born: Seaforth, Rated 4, Apps: 24, Goals: 0
4: Emma Kehoe: Age 16, Born: Liverpool, Rated 1, Apps: 20, Goals: 1
5: Mattie Bulger: Age 33, Born: Liverpool, Rated 1, Apps: 25, Goals 5
6: Pauline Yates: Age 22, Born: Birkenhead, Rated 1, Apps: 23, Goals 10
7: Rosalie Williams: Age 32, Born: Liverpool, Rated 0, Apps: 23, Goals 17
1: Shirley Doyle: Age 18, Born: Bootle, Rated 0, Apps: 2
2/3: Charlotte Conlon: Age 33, Born: Liverpool, Rated 0, Apps: 3
2: Marion Mitchell: Age 20, Born: Liverpool, Rated 0, Apps: 1
4/6: Anna Callan: Age 30, Born: Liverpool, Rated 0, Apps: 3, Goals 1
4: Amy Martin: Age 21, Born: Liverpool, Rated 0, Apps: 3
6/7: Katherine Molloy: Age 18, Born: Bootle, Rated 2, Apps: 2
7: Sally Kelly: Age 20, Born: Liverpool, Rated 0, Apps: {1 sub}
7: Virginia Dempsey: Age 32, Born: Liverpool, Rated 0, Apps: {1 sub}
7: Helen Walsh: Age 33, Born: Liverpool, Rated 0, Apps: {1 sub}
7: Gertrude Keegan: Age 29, Born: West Derby, Rated 0, Apps: 1
Season Records
Golden Bat: Nicolette Oldham - Stoke Trents - 30
Silver Bat: Lois Riccobonia - Glasgow Claymores - 26
Bronze Bat: Kathy Stobart - Sunderland Wasps - 20
Player of the Year: Bessie Melia - Liverpool Liverbirds
Young Player of the Year: Janet Horsbrough - Liverpool Liverbirds
Team of the Season: 1:Horsbrough {Liverpool}, 2: Garbutt {Sunderland}
, 3 Melia {Liverpool}, 4:Kehoe {Liverpool}, 5; Bulger {Liverpool}, 6:Randall {Sunderland}, 7:Oldham {Stoke}
Record Victory: Glasgow Claymores 9-1 Stoke Trents