Betty Archdale – 1939 cricket picture – Kannada magazine

This may be a rare pic:

In 1939, a Kannada magazine – Swadeshabhimani – reported on growing interest in women’s cricket.

Pictured is a shot by Betty Archdale, the then women’s cricket captain in England (according to the caption in the picture).

A copy of the magazine can be found here:

https://archive.org/details/karnataka-state-archives-RGVlcGFrMTA0MjYz-RGVlcGFrMQ/page/n23/mode/2up

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