1975 World Netball Championships

The 1975 World Netball Championships was the fourth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It took place from 22 August to 4 September and was held in Auckland, New Zealand. It featured 11 teams with the debut of (Fiji and Papua New Guinea).

1975 World Netball Championships
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
Dates22 August – 4 September 1975 (1975-08-22 – 1975-09-04)
Teams11
Final positions
Champions Australia (3rd title)
Runner-up England
Third place New Zealand
← 1971
1979 →

After each team had played ten games, Australia successfully defended its 1969 title with nine wins and a draw (against New Zealand). England took the silver medal and New Zealand took the bronze medal.[1][2]

Results

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Table

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Place Nation[3] P W D L F A Pts
    Australia 10 9 1 0 596 239 19
    England 10 9 0 1 624 255 18
    New Zealand 10 8 1 1 691 246 17
4   Trinidad and Tobago 10 7 0 3 544 335 14
5   Jamaica 10 6 0 4 427 401 12
6=   Wales 10 4 1 5 366 423 9
6=   Scotland 10 4 1 5 406 493 9
8   Fiji 10 3 0 7 330 595 6
9   Northern Ireland 10 2 0 8 271 520 4
10   Singapore 10 1 0 9 248 550 2
11   Papua New Guinea 10 0 0 10 237 693 0

Round 1

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22 August
14:05
Jamaica   41–36   Scotland    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

22 August
14:05
England   67–12   Singapore    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

22 August
15:30
Fiji   38–35   Northern Ireland    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

22 August
15:35
Trinidad and Tobago   48–36   Wales    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

22 August
15:35
Australia   86–12   Papua New Guinea    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

Round 2

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23 August
13:00
Wales   55–27   Fiji    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

23 August
13:15
Trinidad and Tobago   64–22   Northern Ireland    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

23 August
14:30
New Zealand   58–23   Jamaica    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

23 August
14:45
England   114–16   Papua New Guinea    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

23 August
14:45
Singapore   10–65   Australia    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

Round 3

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25 August
13:15
Singapore   35–53   Scotland    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

25 August
13:15
Jamaica   38–31   Wales    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

25 August
14:30
Australia   45–37   Trinidad and Tobago    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

25 August
14:45
Fiji   50–38   Papua New Guinea    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

25 August
14:45
New Zealand   80–11   Northern Ireland    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

Round 4

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26 August
13:00
Scotland   32–55   Trinidad and Tobago    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

26 August
13:15
Australia   66–20   Northern Ireland    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

26 August
13:15
New Zealand   96–25   Fiji    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

26 August
14:45
England   59–15   Jamaica    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

26 August
14:45
Wales   61–14   Papua New Guinea    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

Round 5

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27 August
13:00
Singapore   20–36   Northern Ireland    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland
Scoring by half: 9–20, 11–16
Ong Kay   16
Heng   4
Lyttle   24
McIvor   12

27 August
13:15
New Zealand   88–16   Wales    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

27 August
13:15
Jamaica   52–24   Papua New Guinea    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

27 August
14:30
England   39–37   Trinidad and Tobago    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

27 August
14:45
Scotland   24–65   Australia    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

Round 6

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28 August
13:00
England   56–28   Wales    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

28 August
13:15
Singapore   17–64   New Zealand    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

28 August
14:30
Jamaica   32–62   Australia    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

28 August
14:45
Scotland   49–47   Fiji    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

28 August
14:45
Trinidad and Tobago   82–17   Papua New Guinea    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

Round 7

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29 August
13:00
Papua New Guinea   30–40   Northern Ireland    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

29 August
13:15
Australia   65–20   Fiji    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

29 August
13:15
England   61–24   Scotland    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

29 August
14:30
New Zealand   49–33   Trinidad and Tobago    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

29 August
14:45
Singapore   31–56   Jamaica    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

Round 8

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1 September
13:00
Jamaica   50–53   Trinidad and Tobago    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

1 September
13:15
Wales   53–22   Singapore    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

1 September
13:15
Scotland   56–33   Northern Ireland    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

1 September
14:45
New Zealand   103–13   Papua New Guinea    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

1 September
14:45
Fiji   23–82   England    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

Round 9

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2 September
13:00
Scotland   60–38   Papua New Guinea    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

2 September
13:15
Singapore   39–62   Fiji    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

2 September
13:15
Australia   67–14   Wales    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

2 September
14:30
England   39–38   New Zealand    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

2 September
14:45
Jamaica   60–27   Northern Ireland    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

Round 10

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3 September
13:00
Singapore   45–35   Papua New Guinea    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

3 September
13:15
New Zealand   81–35   Scotland    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

3 September
13:15
Trinidad and Tobago   76–28   Fiji    Windmill Road Court 3, Auckland

3 September
14:30
Australia   41–36   England    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland
Scoring by half: 18–20, 23–16

3 September
14:45
Wales   35–26   Northern Ireland    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

Round 11

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4 September
9:30
Fiji   20–60   Jamaica    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

4 September
9:45
England   71–21   Northern Ireland    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

4 September
11:00
Scotland   37–37   Wales    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

4 September
11:15
Singapore   13–59   Trinidad and Tobago    Windmill Road Court 2, Auckland

4 September
14:00
Australia   34–34   New Zealand    Windmill Road Court 1, Auckland

Medallists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Australia
Coach: Joyce Brown
  England
Coach: Mary French
  New Zealand
Coach: Lois Muir
Chris Burton
Margaret Caldow (c)
Gail Dorrington
Margaret Gollan
Sharon Hayes
Maryanne Kruyer
Norma Plummer
Pam Redmond
Cheryl Stevenson
Betty Taylor
Linda Allison
Pat Cane
Lesley Darby
Madeleine Dwan
Cathy Hickey
Lynne Macdonald
Christine Maylor
Anne Miles (c)
Colette Reeder
Marie Stewart
Patricia Watson
Maxine Blomquist
Beth Carnie
Frances Granger
Lyn Parker
Shirley Langrope (c)
Millie Munro
Christine Pietzner
Georgie Salter
Anne Taylor
Yvonne Willering

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References

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  1. ^ ""For the record." Times [London, England] 5 Sept. 1975". Times Digital Archives.
  2. ^ "Women Netball IV World Championship 1975". Todor 66.
  3. ^ Netball Australia. "World Netball Championships placings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Women Netball IV World Championship 1975 Auckland". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 27 February 2020.