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England's Meghan MacLaren remains the leader of the Australian Women's Classic after rain forced an early end to play at Bonville on Friday.

Fifteen-year-old amateur Sarah Hammett has shone amid a field of international professionals in a rain-hit second round of the Australian Women's Classic.

When teeming rain flooded the already-soaked Bonville course on the NSW mid-north coast forcing a halt to play in mid-afternoon, overnight leader Meghan MacLaren still held sway in the event co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

The English star picked up three shots through 10 holes to reach eight under, one shot clear of Spain's Carmen Alonso, with England's Alice Hewson a further three shots back in third.

But perhaps the most impressive performance came from Gold Coast youngster Hammett.

The winner of the NSW Amateur in January, Hammett is tied for fourth after picking up two shots through 16 holes despite the difficult conditions and has posted only one bogey in the first two days.

Maclaren, a two-time winner of the NSW Women's Open, has yet to drop a shot through 28 holes.

"No bogeys is the thing I'm most satisfied with so far," she said.

"I think not dropping a shot is probably more important than picking up shots because it's very easy to let a round get away from you when the weather is like that.

"It's going to be an early start tomorrow and it could be a really long day ... so I'm just going to go and get as much rest as I can."

Sweden's Maja Stark, the highest ranked player in the field, is at three under alongside Hammett and Argentina's Magdalena Simmermacher.