First English women's cricket club (1887–1957)
The White Heather Club was a women’s cricket club founded in 1887 in Nun Appleton, Yorkshire which is often noted as the first cricket club for women. It was founded 'in consequence of the large amount of cricket at Normanhurst, Glynde, and Eridge,' the Sussex manor houses of the founders. In women's cricket, it developed out of country-house cricket and informal women's and mixed teams. An amateur club which drew mainly from the upper classes, it predated semi-professional women’s cricket such as the Original English Lady Cricketers. It was followed by a small number of other women’s clubs such as the Dragonflies and the Clifton Ladies' Club.
The Club was founded in the summer of 1887 by eight ladies, most of them from aristocratic backgrounds. By 1891 its membership had grown to fifty. The players wore the club's colours of pink, white and green on their ties, blazers and boaters.
The Club toured the country playing other women’s teams. From 1908 the team had a regular fixture against Miss Evelyn Tubb's Eleven in Oxfordshire. There was also an annual Married vs. Single game. Presidents of the club included Lucy Baldwin, who hosted a General Meeting of the club at her home at 10 Downing Street while her husband, Stanley Baldwin, was Prime Minister. 
As part of a general decline in the membership of cricket clubs after World War II, the White Heather Club was dissolved in 1957.
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