Doreen Lumley
New Zealand sprinter
Doreen Lumley (21 August 1921 – 1 October 1939) was a New Zealand sprinter of the 1930s from Auckland.
Doreen Lumley represented New Zealand in the 1938 British Empire Games in the 100 yard and 220 yard events.[1]
Doreen and her sister, Bernice, were educated at Auckland Girls' Grammar School, taking part in athletics, basketball, swimming and tennis; and then worked as shorthand-typists.
The sisters were killed in a road accident in Auckland when the small car that they were in collided with a truck. Their deaths shocked New Zealand, and resulted in widespread grief across the nation.[2] They were buried together at Waikumete Cemetery in Glen Eden.[2]
References
- ^ McMillan, N. A. C. "Lumley, Bernice; Lumley, Doreen". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ^ a b Gray, Matthew (2009). "City of the Dead". In Macdonald, Finlay; Kerr, Ruth (eds.). West: The History of Waitakere. Random House. p. 381. ISBN 9781869790080.
External links
- Doreen Lumley at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
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1938 New Zealand British Empire Games team
- Theo Allen
- Arnold Anderson
- Pat Boot
- Betty Forbes
- Alan Geddes
- Stan Lay
- Jim Leckie
- Doreen Lumley
- Cecil Matthews
- Mary Mitchell
- Jack Morgan
- Bill Pullar
- Graham Quinn
- Alan Sayers
- Frank Sharpley
- Doris Strachan
- Rona Tong
- Harold Tyrie
- Joseph Collins
- Darcy Heeney
- Kenneth Moran
- Jack Parker
- Hugh Sheridan
- Artie Sutherland
- Ron Withell
- John Brown
- George Giles
- Frank Grose
- Gordon Patrick
- Roy Taylor
- Ronald Triner
- Ron Ulmer
- Bill Bremner
- Walter Denison
- Ernie Jury
- Frank Livingstone
- Lance Macey
- Alec Robertson
- Bill Whittaker
- Howard Benge
- Ken Boswell
- George Burns
- John Charters
- Jim Clayton
- Oswald Denison
- James Gould
- Albert Hope
- Gus Jackson
- Les Pithie
- John Rigby
- Bob Smith
- Cyril Stiles
- William Stodart
- Rangi Thompson
- Noel Crump
- Jack Davies
- Winnie Dunn
- Peter Hanan
- Mona Leydon
- Joyce Macdonald
- Len Newell
- Torsten Anderson
- Jim Dryden
- Joe Genet
- Harcourt Godfrey
- Leo Nolan
- Jerry Podjursky
- Vernon Thomas
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