Dell Bandeen

Dell Bandeen (1922 to 2009), born Marjory Dell Turner in Christchurch, was a New Zealand netball player who played in two Tests against the touring Australian team in 1948. She played for the Canterbury provincial team for many years, first in the defensive third and then at centre. After Canterbury won the 1947 national championships she was chosen at centre for the New Zealand side, but was switched to goal defence before the first Test at Forbury Park in Dunedin, where she was reported to have relieved her team on numerous occasions. She missed the second Test and returned for the third, in Auckland. She was later named in the South Island team for the interisland match in 1949 and 1950. By trade a dressmaker and pattern maker, she was married twice and died in Dunedin aged 86.