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Betty Archdale (Helen Elizabeth Archdale) was born on 21 August, 1907 in Paddington, London, England, is an English-Australian educator and cricketer (1907–2000). Discover Betty Archdale's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 93 years old?

Popular As Helen Elizabeth Archdale
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Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 21 August, 1907
Birthday 21 August
Birthplace Paddington, London, England
Date of death 2000
Died Place Killara, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australia

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1907

Helen Elizabeth Archdale (21 August 1907 – 11 January 2000) was an English-Australian sportswoman and educator.

1929

After school, Archdale attended McGill University in Montreal, graduating in 1929 with a BA in economics and political science.

She studied law in London.

Specialising in international law, she conducted part of her studies in the Soviet Union.

1934

She was the inaugural Test captain of the England women's cricket team in 1934.

Archdale played as a right-handed batter and appeared in five Test matches for England between 1934 and 1937.

She was the first captain of England, leading the team on their first tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1934/35.

She played domestic cricket for various regional teams, as well as Kent.

1938

In 1938, she was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn.

1941

During World War II, she served in the WRNS as a wireless operator in Singapore, arriving in July 1941 at the head of a group of forty Wrens trained in wireless telegraphy.

She was awarded an Order of the British Empire for helping nurses escape from the conflict.

1946

A qualified barrister and Women's Royal Naval Service veteran, she moved to Australia in 1946 to become principal of The Women's College at the University of Sydney.

She later served as headmistress of Abbotsleigh, a private girls' school in Sydney, and was an inaugural member of the Australian Council for the Arts.

Archdale was born in London, the daughter of Helen Archdale (née Russel), a suffragette who was at one time jailed for smashing windows at Whitehall and was later renowned as a leading British feminist.

Her father was an Irish professional soldier in the British Army, who died in World War I when Archdale was eleven.

Her godmother was Emmeline Pankhurst.

Archdale attended Bedales School in Hampshire where she learned to play cricket and, thence, to St Leonards School in St Andrews, Fife.

Having moved to Australia, in 1946 she was appointed principal of Sydney University's "Women's College", a post she held for 10 years.

1958

Archdale was headmistress of the private girls school Abbotsleigh in Wahroonga, Sydney for 12 years from 1958.

She was credited with breaking down the rigid system of discipline at the school, introducing sex education, and abandoning gloves and hats as part of the school uniform.

She also reformed the curriculum, introducing physics and cutting back on British, in favour of Australian, history.

1960

Archdale was a member of the University Senate for 25 years, and a television and radio personality throughout the 1960s.

1963

The Assembly Hall (1963) and Chapel (1965) both date from that time.

She lived on an estate in Galston, Sydney, with her brother Alexander Archdale, an actor.

1968

In June 1968, Archdale was named as an inaugural member of the Australian Council for the Arts.

1997

In 1997, she was listed as a National Living Treasure.

1999

In March 1999, Archdale was one of the first ten women to be granted Honorary Life Membership of Marylebone Cricket Club in England.

2000

She died on 1 January 2000 at the age of 92, in Sydney.

The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools "Archdale Debating" competition, involving Sydney's private and Catholic girls' schools, is named in her honour.