Doreen Lumley

{{Short description|New Zealand sprinter (1921–1939)}}

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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.{{DNZB|McMillan|N. A. C. |4l18|Lumley, Bernice; Lumley, Doreen|17 July 2013}}

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.{{cite book |last1=Gray |first1=Matthew |chapter=City of the Dead |pages=381 |editor-last1=Macdonald |editor-first1=Finlay |editor-link1=Finlay Macdonald (editor) |editor-last2=Kerr |editor-first2=Ruth |title=West: The History of Waitakere |publisher=Random House |date=2009 |isbn=9781869790080}} They were buried together at Waikumete Cemetery in Glen Eden.