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| Full name | Née: Downey | |||||||||||
| Born | (1953-10-23)23 October 1953 (age 72) Matamata, New Zealand | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
Spouse | Phil Taylor | |||||||||||
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Anne Taylor (née Downey; born 23 October 1953) is a formernetball player who representedNew Zealand on three occasions, including in the1975 World Netball Championships.[1]
Anne Taylor attendedMatamata College inMatamata in theWaikato region of New Zealand'sNorth Island and then obtained a diploma in teaching of commerce and physical education from the Auckland Teachers' College, later known as theAuckland College of Education and now part of theUniversity of Auckland.[2]
Taylor had two elder sisters, Claire and Faye, who were both netball players, and she followed in their footsteps. She played for the Arahi netball team inAuckland at the age of 16 and then joined theAuckland team. While playing for Auckland she was selected for the North Island team to play theSouth Island. She was then chosen in 1974 for the New Zealand Under-24 team, which toured England and Australia and was the first New Zealand team to be coached by DameLois Muir. Taylor played in the Goal Shooter (GS), Goal attack (GA) and Wing attack (WA) positions.[1][2]
Taylor was selected for theNew Zealand national netball team, known as theSilver Ferns, for the 1975 world championships, which were held in Auckland, making her debut against Fiji on 26 August, and playing in two other matches. New Zealand came third in the tournament.[1][2][3]
In 1974, Taylor returned to Matamata College, as a teacher of accounting and physical education. Married to Phil Taylor, she left the school in 1978 to have four children, returning to the College in 1985. Her two daughters went to the same school and played for its netball team, which Taylor coached for a number of years.[2]
