Betty Plant

Betty Plant
QSM
Personal information
Full name Betty Alice Plant
Born (1920-01-11)11 January 1920
Wellington, New Zealand
Died 15 November 2002(2002-11-15) (aged 82)
Wellington, New Zealand
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
School Wellington Girls' College
Occupation Clerk
Netball career
Playing position(s): C
Years National team(s) Caps
1948 New Zealand 1

Betty Alice Plant QSM (11 January 1920 – 15 November 2002) was New Zealand netball player. She played as centre and was captain of the New Zealand team in the third Test against the touring Australian team in 1948. She was later active in netball administration and Guiding, and was closely involved in saving Old St Paul's, Wellington, from demolition in the 1960s. In 1979, she became verger of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington, the first woman to be appointed to the role.