Leslie Purvis

Leslie Purvis (1927 to 2015), born Olive Leslie Black in Greymouth, was a New Zealand netball player who played as goal defence in the second Test against the touring Australian team in 1948. She first played provincial netball for Poverty Bay in 1944 and, while studying geography at Canterbury University College, captained both the Canterbury University and New Zealand Universities sides in 1947 and 1948. In 1947 she was vice-captain of the Canterbury team that won the national championships in Nelson. Her Test, played in New Plymouth, was her only appearance for New Zealand, because the three-Test side was chosen on a regional basis and the country played no more internationals until 1960. She graduated Master of Arts in 1950 and later married a general practitioner in Papakura.