Lurline Hook

Lurline Elsie Hook (1915 – 11 March 1986) was an Australian diver who won a gold medal at the 1938 British Empire Games. She was Australian springboard champion in 1931 and six times New South Wales diving champion.

Lurline Hook
Hook in 1938
Personal information
Birth nameLurline Elsie Hook
Nationality Australia
Born1915
Hay, New South Wales, Australia
Died11 March 1986(1986-03-11) (aged 70–71)
Ballina, New South Wales, Australia
Medal record
Diving
Representing  Australia
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place 1938 Sydney10 Metres Platform

Born in Hay, New South Wales in 1915,[1] Hook moved with her family to Lismore in the State's north-east, where she received a certificate from the Lismore Ladies' Life Saving and Swimming Club in 1924 for completing 50 and 100 yard swims.[2]

In 1926 Hook won the title of Queen of the Olde English Fayre, raising over £102 for the church she represented, St Luke's, Lismore and enabling repayment of a loan for its construction.[3]

At her first attempt, Hook placed third in the NSW junior diving championships in 1929[4] and fourth in the senior event.[5] In the 1930 NSW championships she was injured and unable to perform up to expectation.[6]

Hook won her first Australian national diving championship in 1931, winning the springboard event in Brisbane at age 15.[7][8] It was the first time a country girl had won.[9]

She won gold in the 10 metre platform event at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney.[10]

Hook met her first husband, Hylton Davies at the 1931 championships.[11] They married before he joined the AIF shortly the outbreak of WWII. He was killed in Borneo in July 1945.[12] She married Loyal George Cavanagh in 1947.[1]

Hook died in Ballina, New South Wales on 11 March 1986.[1][13]

References
  1. "Hook, Lurline Elsie". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "Swimming". The Northern Star. Vol. 49. New South Wales, Australia. 15 December 1924. p. 2. Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Queen Competition". The Northern Star. Vol. 51. New South Wales, Australia. 7 July 1926. p. 6. Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Swimming". The Northern Star. Vol. 53. New South Wales, Australia. 29 January 1929. p. 8. Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Miss L Hook". The Northern Star. Vol. 53. New South Wales, Australia. 6 February 1929. p. 7. Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Hook Family". The Northern Star. Vol. 54. New South Wales, Australia. 26 March 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "New Champ". Truth. No. 1609. Queensland, Australia. 25 January 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Lurline Hook". The Northern Star. Vol. 55. New South Wales, Australia. 26 January 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Still More Records in National Swimming Championships". Referee. No. 2288. New South Wales, Australia. 28 January 1931. p. 11. Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Empire Games". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No. 19, 136. New South Wales, Australia. 10 February 1938. p. 10. Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "Spotlight on Society". The Sun. No. 9306. New South Wales, Australia. 31 October 1939. p. 9 (Late Final Extra). Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "Capt. H. C. Davies Killed in Action". The Northern Star. New South Wales, Australia. 24 July 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "Death notice: Cavanagh, Lurline Elsie". The Northern Star. 12 March 1986.
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