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Margaret Pawson

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Margaret Pawson
Personal information
Full name Elizabeth Margaret Pawson (née Elliott)
Born (1940-08-25)25 August 1940
Died 9 November 1997(1997-11-09) (aged 57)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Netball career
Playing position(s): GK, GD
Years National team(s) Caps
1960 New Zealand 1

Elizabeth Margaret Pawson (née Elliott; 25 August 1940 – 9 November 1997) was a New Zealand netball player. She played one Test match for the New Zealand team on their 1960 tour to Australia.

Early life

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Pawson was born Elizabeth Margaret Elliott on 25 August 1940.[1][2] She was educated at Hastings High School, where she was a member of the school's top netball team for three years.[3] After leaving school, she found employment as a typist.[4]

Netball career

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Elliott played netball for the Hastings High School Old Girls' club, and was a Hastings and Hawke's Bay provincial representative from 1956.[3] At the conclusion of the 1959 New Zealand national netball championships, she was named in the North Island team for the annual inter-island match, which was won by the North Island, 29–28.[5][6]

In 1960, Elliott was selected as a goal keeper for the New Zealand team that toured Australia that year.[4] She played in the third of the three Test matches, in Sydney, which was won by Australia, 46–45.[1][7] Australia won the series 2–1.[8]

Elliott continued representing Hawke's Bay. After the 1962 national championships, she was selected for the North Island team for the inter-island game for a second time, with the South Island winning 36–34.[3]

Later life

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Elliott married Gary James Pawson. Margaret Pawson died on 9 November 1997, and her ashes were buried in Kaiapoi Public Cemetery.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Margaret Pawson". Netball New Zealand. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  2. ^ Ninety-fifth annual report. Netball New Zealand. 2019. p. 34. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "HB performances at NZ tournament". Knowledge Bank. Hawke's Bay Digital Archives Trust. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "N.Z. basketball team for tour has young players". The Press. Vol. 99, no. 29273. 3 August 1960. p. 11. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Title quest at Invercargill". Vol. 98, no. 28986. 29 August 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Canterbury beaten in championship final". Vol. 98, no. 28987. 31 August 1959. p. 14. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Women's basketball: Australia beats N.Z." The Press. Vol. 99, no. 29301. 5 September 1960. p. 13. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  8. ^ "History". Netball New Zealand. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Death search: registration number 1997/46402". Births, deaths & marriages. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Cemeteries viewer". Waimakariri District Council. Retrieved 10 October 2021.