Joyce Sullivan

This article is about the New Zealand netball player. For the Canadian mezzo-soprano and radio and television host, see Joyce Sullivan (mezzo-soprano).

Joyce Sullivan
Personal information
Full name Joyce Evaline Sullivan (née Bennett)
Born (1918-01-05)5 January 1918
Died 3 August 2002(2002-08-03) (aged 84)
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse
Ronald John Sullivan
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(m. 1939; died 1955)​
Netball career
Playing position(s): C, WA
Years National team(s) Caps
1948 New Zealand 1

Joyce Evaline Sullivan (née Bennett; 5 January 1918 – 3 August 2002) was a New Zealand netball player. She played in the New Zealand team in the second Test match against the touring Australian team in 1948.

Early life

Sullivan was born Joyce Evaline Bennett on 5 January 1918, the daughter of John Henry and Florence Catherine Bennett.[1][2][3]

Bennett was a foundation member of Te Arakura Tennis Club, and was also active in the local table tennis club and Women's Institute.[4][5] In 1939, she completed her final music examination for the Licentiate of Trinity College London diploma.[6][7] On 16 December 1939, Bennett married Ronald John Sullivan, at the Church of Christ, Palmerston North.[8]

Netball career

Sullivan played provincial representative netball for Manawatu.[1] In 1948, she played for New Zealand national team in the second Test against the touring Australian team in New Plymouth. The Australian team was victorious, winning 44–13, with Sullivan's play reported to have been "weak in the centre third".[9][10] The match was the only occasion on which Sullivan represented New Zealand, because the New Zealand side for the three-Test series was selected on a regional basis, and New Zealand did not play another international game until 1960.[1]

Later life and death

Sullivan's husband died in 1955.[11] She died in Palmerston North on 3 August 2002, aged 84, and her ashes were buried in Kelvin Grove Cemetery.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Joyce Sullivan". Netball New Zealand. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Birth search: registration number 1918/4180". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Death search: registration number 2002/18074". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Te Arakura". Manawatu Standard. Vol. 60, no. 13. 13 December 1939. p. 25. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Te Arakura". Manawatu Times. Vol. 62, no. 61. 13 March 1937. p. 12. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Te Arakura". Manawatu Times. Vol. 64, no. 210. 6 September 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Music and elocution". Manawatu Times. Vol. 64, no. 194. 18 August 1939. p. 11. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Marriage". Manawatu Times. Vol. 64, no. 308. 30 December 1939. p. 1. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Runaway win". Otago Daily Times. No. 26863. 30 August 1948. p. 7. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  10. ^ "N.Z. basketball team outclassed by Australians". Gisborne Herald. Vol. 75, no. 22729. 30 August 1948. p. 7. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Warrant: Sullivan, Ronald John". Palmerston North City Council. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Warrant: Sullivan, Joyce Evaline". Palmerston North City Council. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.