Nancy Parbury

Parbury was runner-up in the Australian Women's Amateur in 1907, 1908 and 1909. She was 12 strokes behind Leonora Wray in both 1907 and 1908 and 11 strokes behind Nellie Gatehouse in 1909.^[1][2][3] She was also runner-up in the New South Wales Women's Amateur Championship in same three years. The NSW event was match-play, Parbury losing in the final to Leonora Wray in 1907 and 1908 and to Nell Caird in 1909.^[4][5] Parbury was the favourite in 1909 but lost 2 and 1.^[6] She was also runner-up to Nellie Gatehouse in the 1909 Victorian Women's Amateur Championship. Parbury led Gatehouse by 14 strokes after the first round but finished three shots behind.^[7]

Parbury's first big success came when she won the 1910 New South Wales Women's Amateur Championship, finishing 21 strokes ahead of the runner-up, Nell Caird.^[8] The following month she won the Australian Women's Amateur beating Florence Fowler 7 and 5 in the final at Royal Adelaide.^[9] Nellie Gatehouse had led the qualifying round but was beaten 5 and 4 in the first match-play round.^[10]

Parbury retained both the New South Wales Women's Amateur Championship and the Australian Women's Amateur in 1911. She beat Ruby Lethbridge 6 and 4 in the final of the NSW amateur and then beat Winifred Duret 5 and 3 in the final of the Australian amateur, Parbury having led the qualifying in both events.^[11][12] Parbury was in England in 1912 and 1913, missing the important Australian events but played in the 1914 NSW amateur, where she led the qualifying and beat Nonie Purdie 4 and 3 in the final.^[13]

Parbury was born on 16 December 1885 in Scone, New South Wales, the daughter of Frederick Augustus Parbury and Helen née Ryrie.^[14] She later moved to England where she died, unmarried, on 14 August 1959.^[15]