1971 World Netball Championships

The 1971 World Netball Championships was the third edition of the World Netball Championships, the premier tournament in international netball, held every four years. The 1971 tournament was held in Kingston, Jamaica, and featured nine teams which included one team that was debuting at the tournament (Bahamas). The tournament actually began in 1970, on December 31, with England and New Zealand winning their opening matches on New Year's Eve.[1][2]

1971 World Netball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Jamaica
DatesDec 31 (1970) – Jan 13
No. of nations9
Final positions
 Champions Australia (2nd title)
 Runners-up New Zealand
 Third place England
← 1967
1975 →

After eight matches was played, Australia took out their second title after winning all eight of their matches with New Zealand finishing runners-up and England third.

Results

Table
Place Nation[3] Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 Australia880050016416
 New Zealand870152522214
 England860251217912
4=  Jamaica84133472609
4=  Trinidad and Tobago84133502609
6  Scotland83052063766
7  Wales82062214244
8  Northern Ireland81071714982
9  Bahamas80081145720

Matches
31 December 1970 England 61–27 Trinidad and Tobago    National Stadium, Kingston
31 December 1970 Wales 57–11 Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
31 December 1970 New Zealand 61–17 Scotland    National Stadium, Kingston
31 December 1970 Jamaica 70–17 Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston
1 January Australia 47–21 Jamaica    National Stadium, Kingston
1 January New Zealand 90–12 Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston
1 January England 88–7 Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
1 January Trinidad and Tobago 45–19 Wales    National Stadium, Kingston
2 January Australia 70–9 Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston
2 January New Zealand 108–10 Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
2 January England 44–30 Jamaica    National Stadium, Kingston
2 January Scotland 41–37 Wales    National Stadium, Kingston
4 January Australia 96–4 Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
4 January New Zealand 42–40 England    National Stadium, Kingston
4 January Trinidad and Tobago 34–34 Jamaica    National Stadium, Kingston
5 January Australia 43–27 Trinidad and Tobago    National Stadium, Kingston
5 January England 94–13 Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston
5 January Scotland 40–15 Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
7 January Australia 71–16 Scotland    National Stadium, Kingston
8 January Australia 87–8 Wales    National Stadium, Kingston
8 January New Zealand 47–33 Trinidad and Tobago    National Stadium, Kingston
9 January Australia 38–37 England    National Stadium, Kingston
9 January New Zealand 52–32 Jamaica    National Stadium, Kingston
9 January Wales 34–30 Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston
9 January Trinidad and Tobago 72–24 Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
11 January Scotland 46–27 Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston
11 January England 72–12 Wales    National Stadium, Kingston
11 January Jamaica 61–15 Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
12 January Trinidad and Tobago 66–14 Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston
12 January Australia 48–42 New Zealand    National Stadium, Kingston
?? January Northern Ireland 50–29 Bahamas    National Stadium, Kingston
?? January Jamaica 55–33 Wales    National Stadium, Kingston
?? January New Zealand 83–21 Wales    National Stadium, Kingston
?? January England 76–10 Scotland    National Stadium, Kingston
?? January Jamaica 44–18 Scotland    National Stadium, Kingston
?? January Trinidad and Tobago 45–18 Scotland    National Stadium, Kingston
?? January Trinidad and Tobago 66–14 Northern Ireland    National Stadium, Kingston

Medallists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Australia
Coach: Wilma Shakespear		  New Zealand
Coach: Taini Jamieson		  England
Coach:
Terese Delaney
Margaret Gollan
Stella Gollan
Elsma Merillo
Ricky Pyatt
Noela Routley
Cheryl Sidebottom
Annette Simper
Anne Walker
Gaye Walsh (c)		 Joan Harnett (c)
Nancy King
Shirley Langrope
Lorraine Mair
Olwyn McKay
Sandra Norman
Coral Palmer
Tilly Vercoe
Brenda Walker		 Judi Day
Sally Dewhurst
Pat Dudgeon
Judy Heath
Cathy Hickey
Elizabeth Kelly
Anne Miles
Carol Percy
Rita Rees
Linda Scovell
Eunice Smith

Source:[4]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2015-10-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ""Sports in Brief." Times [London, England] 14 Jan. 1971". Times Digital Archives.
  3. Netball Australia. "World Netball Championships placings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. "Women Netball III World Championship 1971 Kingston". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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