This is a story about the Original English Lady cricketers, the first professional women players from the 1800s. And to talk about it, we have someone who has written a book on the subject, Giles Ebor. We talk about the man behind it, the women who played, crowds, copycat leagues, George Lohmann, WG Grace, soap and clowns. - To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. Jarrod also now has a Buy Me A Coffee link, for those who would prefer to support the shows there: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jarrodkimber. Each week, Jarrod Kimber hosts a live talk show on a Youtube live stream, where you can pop in and ask Jarrod a question live on air. Find Jarrod on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/c/JarrodKimberYT. To check out my video podcasts on Youtube : https://youtube.com/@JarrodKimberPodcasts - This podcast is edited and mixed by Ishit Kuberkar, he's at https://instagram.com/soundpotionstudio & https://twitter.com/ishitk Mukunda Bandreddi is in charge of our video side.