Nancy Lilian Parbury (16 December 1885 – 14 August 1959) was an Australian amateur golfer. She won the Australian Women's Amateur in 1910 and 1911 and won the

New South Wales Women's Amateur Championship The New South Wales Women's Amateur Championship is the state amateur golf championship of New South Wales, Australia. It was first played in 1903. Winners *2011 Grace Lennon *2010 Sue Wooster *2009 Justine Lee *2008 Bree Arthur *2007 J ...

in 1910, 1911 and 1914.

Golf career

Parbury was runner-up in the Australian Women's Amateur in 1907, 1908 and 1909. She was 12 strokes behind

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in both 1907 and 1908 and 11 strokes behind

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in 1909. She was also runner-up in the

in same three years. The NSW event was match-play, Parbury losing in the final to Leonora Wray in 1907 and 1908 and to Nell Caird in 1909. Parbury was the favourite in 1909 but lost 2 and 1. She was also runner-up to Nellie Gatehouse in the 1909

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. Parbury led Gatehouse by 14 strokes after the first round but finished three shots behind. Parbury's first big success came when she won the 1910

, finishing 21 strokes ahead of the runner-up, Nell Caird. The following month she won the Australian Women's Amateur beating Florence Fowler 7 and 5 in the final at Royal Adelaide.

had led the qualifying round but was beaten 5 and 4 in the first match-play round. Parbury retained both the

and the Australian Women's Amateur in 1911. She beat Ruby Lethbridge 6 and 4 in the final of the NSW amateur and then beat Winifred Duret 5 and 3 in the final of the Australian amateur, Parbury having led the qualifying in both events. Parbury was in England in 1912 and 1913, missing the important Australian events but played in the 1914 NSW amateur, where she led the qualifying and beat Nonie Purdie 4 and 3 in the final.

Personal life

Parbury was born on 16 December 1885 in Scone, New South Wales, the daughter of Frederick Augustus Parbury and Helen Ryrie. She later moved to England where she died, unmarried, on 14 August 1959.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Parbury, Nancy Australian female golfers Amateur golfers People from Scone, New South Wales 1885 births 1959 deaths