JULIA PRICE FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club has had two womens’ Australian Representatives in Julia Price and Sally-Ann Cooper. Julia Price first played for Wynnum Manly District Cricket Club in the 1995/96 season when women’s cricket was restructured into the club competition, scoring 613 runs at 47.15. She played 119 matches and scored 4878 runs at 44.75, with a highest score of 159, six centuries and 37 fifties, and has taken 132 dismissals with 96 catches and 36 stumpings. She continued to play for 13 seasons retiring in March 2008. She played eight matches in fifth grade in the men’s competition in the 1995-96 season and has played other men’s matches since then.

She played 91 National Cricket League matches for Queensland between November 1996 and December 2007 where she scored 1890 runs and has took 78 catches and 23 stumpings. She played 84 one day matches for Australia from February 1996 to September 2005 where she took 70 catches and 30 stumpings. She played in three World Cups - 1997-98 in India which Australia won, 2001 in New Zealand where Australia lost the final to New Zealand by four runs and 2005 in South Africa which Australia won..

Price played 10 Tests for Australia starting against New Zealand at North Melbourne on 8 February 1996. She last played against England at Worcester on 24 August 2005.

Price coached in Australia’s off season in Ireland, Holland and Zimbabwe and was assistant club coach to Adam Dale in 2003. She served on the Committee for five seasons from 1996 to2000. In the 2011 season she again played National Cricket League with five matches for Tasmania.

The Club honours Julia Price with the Julia Price Trophy Women's Cricketer of the Year.

2023/24: Clodagh Ryall

2022/23: Clodagh Ryall

2021/22: Delyse Laycock

2020/21: Chelsea Gan

2019/20: Tia Richardson