:Doris Gubbins

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Dorothy 'Dolly' Gubbins (married name Dorothy Evans) was a Welsh international table tennis player.{{cite web|url=https://tabletennis.guide/profile.php?name=Dorothy-evans-129751|title=Profile|publisher=Table Tennis Guide}}

Table tennis career

She won a silver medal at the 1926 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's singles. Two years later she won a bronze medal in the women's singles{{cite web|url=http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChWSingles.pdf|title=Women's Singles results|publisher=International Table Tennis Federation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412005823/http://www.ittf.com/museum/WorldChWSingles.pdf|archive-date=2012-04-12}} and another silver medal at the 1928 World Table Tennis Championships in the women's doubles with Brenda Sommerville.{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|title=Table Tennis World Championship medal winners|publisher=Sports123}} She also won three English Open titles.

Personal life

She moved from Wales to Maidstone in Kent and her daughter June Evans was a county player for Kent.{{cite web|url=https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1961-62/tt_issue162.pdf|title=Mrs Dolly Evans obituary|publisher=English Table Tennis Association|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222100616/http://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1961-62/tt_issue162.pdf|url-status=dead}} She died in 1961.

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