Lily Addison

Lily Addison
	Addison in 1914
Full name	Marion Lilian Addison
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	21 December 1885; Adelaide, British Colony of South Australia
Died	27 November 1982 (aged 96)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1924)
Wimbledon	2R (1919)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1924)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	SF (1919)

Marion Lilian Addison (21 December 1885 – 27 November 1982) was an Australian tennis player.

Biography

Addison was born in

Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales. She was champion of South Australia in 1906 and from 1908 to 1911. In 1909 and 1911, she won the title at the Victorian championship. In 1910, she won all three events – singles, doubles and mixed doubles – at the championships of New South Wales. In 1911, she could defend her singles title at Sydney again. By 1910, Addison lived at Melbourne.^[1]

In late 1913, Addison started nursing training at the

Salonika, Greece. Because of lung problems, she was transferred to the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford in February 1919.^[1]

In England, Addison took the chance to play at the

Max Décugis

, she could reach the semifinals where the pair was stopped by Dorothea Lambert Chambers and Albert Davis Prebble.

After the tournament, Addison returned to Australia. She was selected into the Victorian tennis team to play against New South Wales in November 1919. In 1921, she worked at Melbourne Hospital again, but was able to win the Victorian championships for a last time.

Australasian Championships. In doubles, she lost the first round 4–6, 3–6 partnering J. Hope. In singles, she retired before the match against Edith Johnson

.

Addison nursed at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1937. By 1940, she had returned to Melbourne and lived at Mont Albert. In 1972, she is recorded as living in Kew. Addison, who apparently never married, died at an age of 96 in 1982.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Harris, Kristie (28 June 2010). "Addison, Marion Lilian (Lily) (1885 - 1982)". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
^ "Victorian Tennis Player Killed by German Shell". The Argus. Melbourne. 23 June 1915. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[awr-1] Harris, Kristie (28 June 2010). "Addison, Marion Lilian (Lily) (1885 - 1982)". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[2] "Victorian Tennis Player Killed by German Shell". The Argus. Melbourne. 23 June 1915. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

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