Katelyn Pope

Katelyn Pope
Personal information
Full name
Katelyn Pope
Born (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 28)
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium fast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–2019South Australian Scorpions
2016–2019Adelaide Strikers (squad no. 18)
Source: Cricket.com.au, 19 March 2017
Personal information
Original team(s) North Adelaide (SANFLW)
Draft No. 12, 2023 AFL Women's supplementary draft
Debut Round 2, 2021, West Coast vs. Fremantle, at Fremantle Oval
Position(s) Midfielder/forward
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 44
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2021 West Coast 6 (1)
2023– Port Adelaide 8 (1)
Total 14 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Katelyn Pope (born 29 March 1996) is an Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer. She played cricket as a left arm swing bowler for South Australian Scorpions and Adelaide Strikers[1] and plays football for Port Adelaide.

Cricket

Pope made her debut for the Scorpions in round three of the 2014–15 season against the ACT Meteors. She played a total of 11 matches that season.[1] The following season, 2015–16, she was a member of the title winning Scorpions team in the WNCL Grand Final.[2] In December 2015, she was recruited by Wellington to compete in the New Zealand Women's Under 21 Tournament.[3]

Pope was added to the Strikers' squad for its WBBL|02 campaign (2016–17). She has been described by the Strikers as being renowned for her consistent line and length bowling.[4]

She was part of the Adelaide Strikers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[5][6]

Despite sharing a surname and also having red hair, she is not related to fellow South Australian cricketer Lloyd Pope.[7]

Australian rules football

Pope switched to play Australian rules football for North Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL Women's League. In 2021, she was selected by the West Coast Eagles as an injury replacement player for Mhicca Carter.[8] She made her debut in the AFL Women's league in the second round of the 2021 AFL Women's season in the Western Derby.[9] In June 2021, West Coast delisted her along with seven other players.[10]

After missing the two 2022 AFLW seasons, Pope was selected by Port Adelaide with pick 12 in the 2023 AFL Women's supplementary draft.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Katelyn Pope". Cricket.com.au. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Katelyn Pope". SACA website. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. ^ SACA Media (9 December 2015). "Pope set for New Zealand". SACA website. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Katelyn Pope". Adelaide Strikers website. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. ^ "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  6. ^ "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  7. ^ Abbracciavento, Daniela (5 December 2018). "Making her own name". Messenger - Eastern Courier. p. 42.
  8. ^ "SA speedster signs on as new Eagle". The West Australian. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Hooker ruled out for season after shock accident". The West Australian. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  10. ^ "AFLW: Eagles announce further list updates". West Coast. Telstra. 9 June 2021.
  11. ^ Laughton, Max (4 April 2023). "Cats ruck returns after four-year absence as No.1 AFLW draft pick: See the supplementary draft selections". Fox Footy. Retrieved 5 April 2023.



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