It was the 11th Women's Cricket World Cup, held four-yearly, (the third to be held in England) and was the first in which all participating players were fully professional. Eight teams qualified to participate, with England winning the final against India at Lord's by 9 runs.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Women's Cricket World Cup, 2017
We have assumed that the lost plaque read the same as the one at The Oval.
The ICC is the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Club.
Footballer. Born in Silvertown and known as 'Nobby'. He worked for the local electrical engineering company Seimens, and played for Charlton Athletic football club. In WWI, he signed up with the Ro...
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
Founded by John Fleming and A. F. "Peggy" Bettinson. First president Hugh Cecil Lowther, Fifth Earl of Lonsdale. It became the home of modern glove boxing, with bouts taking place in silence, after...
A carrier of the 2012 Paralympic Flame. At that time he was the Inclusion Manager at Hackney Learning Trust, where he created the Hackney School Sports Championships, the largest inclusive sports c...
Athlete. There is little information about her. At one time, she lived with her family in South Norwood, at 6 Clifford Road, where her father Tom Wright, had one of his cobblers’ shops. She later e...
Looking at London has a page about these little blue people but even there we can find no origin story explaining why and when the first such statues were erected. We note that there seems to be a ...
In 1740 this French Hugeonot church moved into the building in Hanbury Street, with a patent granted by King James II.
The first Unitarian service was preached by Theophilus Lindsey on 17 April 1774. Supported by Joseph Priestley, Richard Price (see scientific life assurance) and others he used space recently vaca...
This plaque was first erected at 7 Essex Street in 1962 and then re-erected here, at Essex Hall in 1964.
Part of the Regent's Canal. Built in 1820 to allow boats to moor and unload cargo, initially brought long distance but it soon became used primarily to transport local coal and building materials. ...
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