Batting style Right-handed Role Cricketer | Name Faith Thomas | |
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1956-1958 South Australia Women's cricket team | ||
Faith thomas
Faith Thomas, née Coulthard (born 22 January 1933) is an Australian former cricketer and hockey player. She was also a nurse in regional South Australia.
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Australia's first Indigenous Test cricketer
Early life
Thomas was born at the Nepabunna Aboriginal Mission in South Australia. Her mother, Ivy, was a traditional Adnyamathanha woman and her father German. Her mother took her to the Colebrook Home for Aboriginal Children in Quorn when she was a baby.
Cricket career
After being introduced to cricket by a colleague at Royal Adelaide Hospital, she soon made the state women's team. She played for the South Australia Women's cricket team between 1956 and 1958.
In 1958 she was selected for the Australian national team. She played her only international match against England. She was the first Aboriginal woman to be selected to represent Australia in sport.