Viola White (tennis)

{{Short description|British field hockey and tennis player}}

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| name = Viola White

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| fullname = Viola Steeds White Cameron

| country_represented = {{GBR}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|03|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Wiltshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2006|07|25|1917|03|20|df=yes}}

| death_place = Winchester, England

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| Wimbledonresult = 4R (1952)

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| WimbledonDoublesresult = QF (1951, 1952, 1953)

| WimbledonMixedresult = 3R (1953, 1957)

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Viola Steeds Cameron (nee White; 20 March 1917 – 25 July 2006) was a British field hockey and tennis player.

Born and raised in Wiltshire, White lived on the family farm in Zeals. Locally she captained the Wiltshire country team and was a six-time singles champion at Winchester.{{cite news |title=Obituary: Viola White |url=https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/933031.obituary-viola-white/ |work=Wiltshire Times |date=22 September 2006 |language=en}}

White was a regular in the Wimbledon draw from 1947 to 1961, reaching three women's doubles quarter-finals with Mary Eyre. She made the singles fourth round at Wimbledon in 1952 and captained England that year against Wales.{{cite news |title=Heroines Of Welsh Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/814992623 |work=Western Mail |date=5 August 1952}}

As a field hockey player, White was good enough to go on a tour to South Africa with the national team in 1950. She scored four times in a tour match against an International Wanders team, for which she was singled out for praise in the Johannesburg Star newspaper for her control and footwork.{{cite news |title=Wiltshire Hockey Star |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001671/19500819/229/0008 |work=Wiltshire Times |date=19 August 1950}}