Lorna McConchie
{{Short description|Australian netball player and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox netball biography
|name = Lorna McConchie
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|fullname = Lorna Jean McConchie
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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1914|07|22}}
|birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2001|12|09|1914|07|22}}
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|school = University High School
|university = University of Melbourne
|occupation = University lecturer
|relatives =
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|children =
|positions = GA, GS
|clubyears1 = 192x–193x
|clubteam1 = East Kew (East Kew)
|clubyears2 = 192x–193x
|clubteam2 = University High School Old Pupils
|clubyears3 = 192x–193x
|clubteam3 = Melbourne University
|clubyears4 = 1931–1940
|clubteam4 = Victoria
|nationalyears1 = 1938
|nationalteam1 = Australia
|nationalcaps1 = 1
|coachyears1 = 1959–1979
|coachteam1 = Melbourne University
|coachyears2 = 1956
|coachteam2 = Australia
|coachyears3 = 1963
|coachteam3 = Australia
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Lorna Jean McConchie (22 July 1914 – 9 December 2001) was a former Australia netball international and national team head coach. In 1938 McConchie played for Australia in their first international match against New Zealand. McConchie was later head coach when Australia won the inaugural 1963 World Netball Championships. In 2009 she was inducted into the Australian Netball Hall of Fame.
Early life and education
McConchie attended East Kew Primary School and University High School before studying physical education at the University of Melbourne. She subsequently became a lecturer at Melbourne and helped establish the university's physical education course. One of her students was Eunice Gill who was influenced by McConchie's views and went on to play, coach and administer Australian netball.{{Citation |last=Smart |first=Judith |title=Eunice Elizabeth Perrott Gill (1918–1987) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gill-eunice-elizabeth-perrott-12539 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-10-11 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}
In 1949, McConchie represented the Australian Physical Education Association at the first women's conference in Denmark.{{Cite web|url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2269b.htm|title=McConchie, Lorna Jean (1914 - 2001)|publisher=www.womenaustralia.info|work=The Australian Women's Register|date=25 January 2007|accessdate=25 August 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.vassoapostolopoulos.com/2004_Honour_Roll_0_copy.pdf|title=Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2004|publisher=www.vassoapostolopoulos.com|accessdate=1 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://sport.unimelb.edu.au/netball-100|title=Celebrating 100 Years of Netball|work=University of Melbourne|publisher=sport.unimelb.edu.au|accessdate=1 February 2021}}
Playing career
=Clubs=
McConchie played netball for East Kew, winning premierships in 1928, 1929 and 1930. She also played for University High School Old Pupils and Melbourne University.{{Cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/news/photograph-lorna-mcconchie-c-1930s|title=Photograph of Lorna McConchie, c. 1930s|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|date=20 April 2020|accessdate=31 January 2021}}
=Victoria=
Between 1931 and 1940, McConchie played for Victoria in the Australian National Netball Championships. In 2000, together with Sharelle McMahon, Wilma Shakespear, Myrtle Baylis, Shelley O'Donnell and Simone McKinnis, McConchie was named in Netball Victoria's Team of the Century.{{Cite web|url=https://vic.netball.com.au/team-century|title=Team of the Century|publisher=vic.netball.com.au|accessdate=21 August 2020}}
=Australia=
On 20 August 1938, McConchie played for Australia in a 40–11 win against New Zealand at Royal Park, Melbourne. This was the first netball Test between Australia and New Zealand. She was then named vice-captain of the Australia team that was due to tour New Zealand in 1940. However the tour was cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II.{{Cite web|url=https://diamonds.netball.com.au/player/lorna-mcconchie|title=Lorna McConchie|publisher=diamonds.netball.com.au|accessdate=31 January 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Other/Women_Tests_1938.html|title=Women Netball International Tests Matches 1938|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=1 February 2021}}
Coaching career
=University of Melbourne=
Between 1959 and 1979, McConchie coached several Melbourne University club teams .
=Australia=
In 1956, McConchie was head coach when Australia toured England, Scotland and Ceylon. The team was captained by Pat McCarthy. She was also head coach when Australia won the inaugural 1963 World Netball Championships. The team featured Joyce Brown and Wilma Shakespear.{{Cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Other/Women_Tests_1956.html|title=Women Netball International Tests Matches 1956|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=1 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/1956.html|title=1956 Australian Netball Team|publisher=www.womenaustralia.info|accessdate=1 February 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/05192322/WorldCup_History.pdf|title=Australia at the Netball World Cup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026074707/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/netball-wp-assets/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/05192322/WorldCup_History.pdf|archive-date=26 October 2020|accessdate=26 August 2020|publisher=Netball Australia}}{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_1963.html#Teams_Composition|title=Women Netball I World Championship 1963 Eastbourne|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=27 February 2020}}
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! Tournaments ! Place | |
| 1963 World Netball Championships | {{gold01}} |
Umpire and administrator
McConchie also served as a netball umpire and sports administrator. She served three terms as President of Netball Victoria in 1955–58, 1969–70, and 1980–81. In 1959, she was one of two Australian delegates at the inaugural conference of the International Netball Federation. This conference helped formulate the modern rules of netball. She subsequently became a member of the INF's rules interpretation committee and attended every World Netball Championship between 1967 and 1983 in this capacity.
Honours
=Head coach=
- World Netball Championships
- Winners: 1963
=Individual awards=
References
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{{Australia netball coaches}}
{{Australia squad at the 1963 World Netball Championships}}
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Category:Australian netball players
Category:Australia international netball players
Category:Netball players from Melbourne
Category:Australian netball coaches
Category:Australia national netball team coaches
Category:Australian netball administrators
Category:Australian netball umpires
Category:Australian women referees and umpires
Category:Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
Category:University of Melbourne alumni