Ethel Withell

Ethel Withell, born Ethel Joyce Neame on 4 March 1919, was a New Zealand netball player and a member of the New Zealand team in its first Test match. She was educated at Southland Technical College in Invercargill, where she captained the school netball team and was described in 1934 as a really clever centre. She played representative netball for Southland from 1935 and was named in the South Island team. In 1938 she was selected for the New Zealand side that travelled to Australia, and she played in the single Test, the first between New Zealand and Australia, in Melbourne on 20 August 1938, which New Zealand lost 11 to 40 under Australian rules. She died in an accidental drowning at Christchurch on 8 January 1956.