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Barbara Peden (born 2 August 1907 in Chatswood, New South Wales - died 31 July 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian cricket player. Peden played four test matches for the Australia national women's cricket team alongside her sister Margaret Peden, who captained the team.

Peden was an architect outside of her cricket career. She and her sister Margaret were adherents of Christian Science, as was inaugural England captain Betty Archdale; their mothers had previously corresponded. The inaugural English tour of Australia was initiated by Margaret, who asked Barbara – then working in England – to contact Archdale and suggest that she organise an England team.

References

1. "Barbara Peden - Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
2. "Barbara Peden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
3. "Miss Barbara Peden - Cricketer for England". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 8 August 1935. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
4. Michell, Deidre (2012). "Divine Horizons: Religion and Social Class in the Lives of Two Leading Australian Women, Betty Archdale and Kylie Tennant" (PDF). In Francis, Rosemary; Grimshaw, Patricia; Standish, Ann (eds.). Seizing the Initiative: Australian Women Leaders in Politics, Workplaces and Communities. pp. 185–197. ISBN 9780734047977.

• 1907 births
• 1984 deaths
• Australia women Test cricketers
• Cricketers from Sydney
• Sportswomen from New South Wales
• Australian Christian Scientists
• 20th-century Australian sportswomen