Doreen Lumley - Wikipedia

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[edit]

^ 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[edit]

Doreen Lumley at the New Zealand Olympic Committee

v t e 1938 New Zealand British Empire Games team
Athletics	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
Boxing	Joseph Collins Darcy Heeney Kenneth Moran Jack Parker Hugh Sheridan Artie Sutherland Ron Withell
Cycling	John Brown George Giles Frank Grose Gordon Patrick Roy Taylor Ronald Triner Ron Ulmer
Diving	Gwen Rix
Lawn bowls	Bill Bremner Walter Denison Ernie Jury Frank Livingstone Lance Macey Alec Robertson Bill Whittaker
Rowing	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
Swimming	Noel Crump Jack Davies Winnie Dunn Peter Hanan Mona Leydon Joyce Macdonald Len Newell
Wrestling	Torsten Anderson Jim Dryden Joe Genet Harcourt Godfrey Leo Nolan Jerry Podjursky Vernon Thomas
Chef de Mission: Horace McCormick

v t e New Zealand national champions in women's 100 m
Note: 100 yards before 1970
100 yards	1926: E. Porter 1927: Rachel Manttan 1928: Norma Wilson 1929: Elaine Martyn 1930–1932: Thelma Kench 1933: Norma Wilson 1934: Kathleen Callinan 1935: Fay Gudsell 1936–1937: Ida Campbell 1938: Kathleen Callinan 1939: Doreen Lumley 1940–1941: Gladys Symes 1942–1944: not held 1945: Joan Hart 1946–1947: Ruth Dowman 1948–1949: Shirley Hardman 1950: Dorothea Parker 1951–1953: Shirley Hardman 1954: Dorothea Parker 1955–1956: Joy Crotty 1957: Betty Cuthbert (AUS) 1958: Beverly Weigel 1959–1960: Valerie Morgan 1961–1962: Doreen Porter 1963: Avis McIntosh 1964: Doreen Porter 1965: Margaret Snow 1966: Brenda Matthews 1967: Margaret Snow 1968: Brenda Matthews 1969: Penny Haworth
100 metres	1970: Penny Hunt 1971: Wendy Urquhart 1972: Brenda Matthews 1973–1974: Wendy Brown 1975: Penny Hunt 1976: Sue Jowett (AUS) 1977–1980: Kim Robertson 1981: Wendy Brown 1982–1983: Kim Robertson 1984–1985: Andrea Wade 1986: Bev Peterson 1987: Andrea Wade 1988–1989: Bev Peterson 1990: Briar Toop 1991–1994: Michelle Seymour 1995–1996: Chantal Brunner 1997–1998: Jane Arnott 1999–2000: Caro Hunt 2001: Chantal Brunner 2002–2003: Caro Hunt 2004–2006: Chantal Brunner 2007–2009: Monique Williams 2010: Anna Smythe 2011: Andrea Koenen 2012: Monique Williams 2013: Mariah Ririnui 2014: Fiona Morrison 2015: Kelsey Berryman 2016: Rochelle Coster 2017–2024: Zoe Hobbs

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