1. Lily Poulett-Harris was an Australian sportswoman and educationalist, notable for being the founder and captain of the first women's cricket team in Australia.
26 Facts About Lily Poulett-Harris
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Lily Poulett-Harris's father was renowned for being the head of the Hobart Boys' High School and a founding father of the University of Tasmania, so it is no surprise that she and several of his other children followed him into careers in education.
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Lily Poulett-Harris's mother was 31 and her father was 57 when Lily and her twin Violet were born.
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Lily Poulett-Harris's father was a part-time rector at Holy Trinity Church of England, Hobart.
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Lily Poulett-Harris grew up in this devout, resolutely high church environment.
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Lily Poulett-Harris mourned the separation from the three daughters left in England [from his first marriage] and the early death of his son Richard from severe burns.
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Lily Poulett-Harris was allowed to sit the major exams as a "trial of strength" in 1884 even though she was not eligible for a scholarship.
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Lily Poulett-Harris would go on playing this instrument, and the piano, all of her life, giving occasional public performances at Peppermint Bay and Hobart.
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Lily Poulett-Harris was to spend her adolescence and young adulthood here.
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Lily Poulett-Harris played cricket for the Wellington Club and was regarded as one of the most graceful batsmen in the State.
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Lily Poulett-Harris was a member of the State team when a youth, and toured New Zealand with the Tasmanian team under the captaincy of the late Sir George Davies.
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Lily Poulett-Harris was a champion footballer and a member of the Cricketers' Football Club, some of his contemporaries being Messrs.
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Lily Poulett-Harris's sporting career is well-documented in the newspapers of the time.
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Lily Poulett-Harris was generally either the opening or third-order batswoman.
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Lily Poulett-Harris has the honour of having put up the record for Tasmania, making 64 in an innings, and 78 in a match.
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Lily Poulett-Harris left Peppermint Bay to teach there in December 1894.
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Lily Poulett-Harris lived at the school itself, having permanently relocated to the city from Peppermint Bay.
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When she visited her home town, Lily Poulett-Harris was still actively involved in social and church activities.
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Lily Poulett-Harris evidently became a congregant at All Saints in Macquarie Street in South Hobart at this time as well, this church being a relatively short distance from the school.
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Lily Poulett-Harris died on the evening of 15 August 1897 at the school's 26 Davey Street address after what her obituary described as "a painful illness".
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Lily Poulett-Harris was 23 years and eleven months of age.
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Lily Poulett-Harris's grave is located at Plot J80, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart.
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Lily Poulett-Harris moved to Melbourne for a time and was trained in Shakespearian performance but eventually settled on light comedies as her area of interest.
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Lily Poulett-Harris spent her remaining days teaching music and elocution.
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Lily Poulett-Harris died on 26 December 1941, at the Albuera Street address whilst Nellie died in the New Norfolk Asylum in July 1935 from arteriosclerosis.
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In March 2016, a new article on Lily Poulett-Harris appeared in Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper.