Elizabeth Rowley

Elizabeth Olive Rowley (born 6 May 1949) is a former New Zealand netball player. She was a member of the New Zealand team at the 1967 World Netball Championships, when New Zealand won the tournament for the first time.

Early life Rowley was born on 6 May 1949, the daughter of Helen Fay Rowley (née Scott) and Rewi Thomas Graham Rowley who farmed in the Clifden area of Southland.

Netball career Rowley first played representative netball for Southland when she was 16 years old.

After the 1966 national championships, Rowley was one of 21 players named as trialists for the national team to travel to the 1967 World Netball Championships in Perth. She was duly selected after the trials held in March 1967, and was the youngest member of the squad. At the tournament, Rowley only played in one match, in the mid-court against Singapore.

Rowley moved to Christchurch in 1967 to study to become a dental nurse, and played for the Hagley club. The following year, she was selected to be a Canterbury representative player. Rowley graduated from the School for Dental Nurses in February 1969, and she returned to Southland. Subsequently, she did not appear in either of the two tests. She later lived in Coromandel, and Queenstown. She participated in the 1988 Golden Oldies World Netball Festival in Brisbane, playing in a team alongside Robyn Broughton and Elva Simpson.