Margaret Hughes (sportswriter)
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Margaret Patricia Hughes (1 October 1919 - 30 January 2005) was a sportswriter.
Her first book, All On A Summer's Day (1953), was described by Neville Cardus
in his foreword to the book as "the first book on first-class cricket not written by a man".
Margaret was brought up in Kent, one of four children of Dorothy Maude and Arthur Hughes. She worked for the advertising department of the Star newspaper, taking the job "to see the cricket scores before the general public". During World War II
she served as a Wren. She then resumed her newspaper career and became a close friend of Cardus. He bequeathed her his copyrights.
Following All On A Summer's Day, she covered the Ashes series of 1954-5 for the Sydney Daily telegraph, the only woman ever to cover an Ashes series for a daily newspaper until Chloe Saltau did so in 2005. Her tour diary was published as The Long Hop (1955).
Her first book, All On A Summer's Day (1953), was described by Neville Cardus
Neville Cardus
Sir John Frederick Neville Cardus CBE was an English writer and critic, best known for his writing on music and cricket. For many years, he wrote for The Manchester Guardian. He was untrained in music, and his style of criticism was subjective, romantic and personal, in contrast with his critical...
in his foreword to the book as "the first book on first-class cricket not written by a man".
Margaret was brought up in Kent, one of four children of Dorothy Maude and Arthur Hughes. She worked for the advertising department of the Star newspaper, taking the job "to see the cricket scores before the general public". During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
she served as a Wren. She then resumed her newspaper career and became a close friend of Cardus. He bequeathed her his copyrights.
Following All On A Summer's Day, she covered the Ashes series of 1954-5 for the Sydney Daily telegraph, the only woman ever to cover an Ashes series for a daily newspaper until Chloe Saltau did so in 2005. Her tour diary was published as The Long Hop (1955).