| Margaret Pawson | |
| Full Name: | Elizabeth Margaret Pawson |
| Maidenname: | Elliott |
| Birth Date: | 25 August 1940 |
| Height: | 1.78 m |
| Positions: | GK, GD |
| Nationalyears1: | 1960 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Elizabeth Margaret Pawson (née Elliott; 25 August 1940 – 9 November 1997) was a New Zealand netball player. She played one Test match for the New Zealand team on their 1960 tour to Australia.
Pawson was born Elizabeth Margaret Elliott on 25 August 1940.[1] [2] She was educated at Hastings High School, where she was a member of the school's top netball team for three years.[3] After leaving school, she found employment as a typist.[4]
Elliott played netball for the Hastings High School Old Girls' club, and was a Hastings and Hawke's Bay provincial representative from 1956.[3] At the conclusion of the 1959 New Zealand national netball championships, she was named in the North Island team for the annual inter-island match, which was won by the North Island, 29–28.[5] [6]
In 1960, Elliott was selected as a goal keeper for the New Zealand team that toured Australia that year.[4] She played in the third of the three Test matches, in Sydney, which was won by, 46–45.[1] [7] Australia won the series 2–1.[8]
Elliott continued representing Hawke's Bay. After the 1962 national championships, she was selected for the North Island team for the inter-island game for a second time, with the South Island winning 36–34.[3]
Elliott married Gary James Pawson. Margaret Pawson died on 9 November 1997, and her ashes were buried in Kaiapoi Public Cemetery.[9] [10]