Kim Dolton – the driving force behind Penrith Cricket Club’s first Women’s teams
Kim Dolton, the youngest of six children, four of them big brothers, was raised at Chester Hill in a fibro house ‘of the times’, the 60s. It turned out that she, and none of her brothers, would be the cricketer.
At Sefton High School, Kim was encouraged by Patsy May, a teacher who had played for Australia at both softball and cricket. Miss May bowled tidy outswing, and, in 1976 aged 29, played against England at Lord’s, taking the first wicket