Natalie Medhurst
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Full name | Natalie Butler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Victoria | 20 January 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Mercedes College (Adelaide) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Netball career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position(s): GA, GS, WA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Club team(s) | Apps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2009 | Adelaide Thunderbirds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | Queensland Firebirds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2018 | West Coast Fever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 |
Collingwood Magpies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | National team(s) | Caps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2017 | Australia | 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated: 27 March 2012 |
Natalie Butler (born 20 January 1984) is an Australian international netball player. As well as playing for several clubs in Australia's domestic competitions, she also made multiple appearances for the Australian Diamonds in various international competitions and tests.
Netball career
Domestic career
Born in Warracknabeal, Victoria, she moved to Millicent in South Australia at the age of 3.[2]She played for local club Millicent Saints as a junior.[3] Medhurst rose to prominence in 2004, when the then-twenty-year-old had a strong debut for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. Replacing club stalwart Jacqui Delaney, Medhurst put many of the world's best defenders to task with her accuracy, speed, and elusive nature. With the start of the ANZ Championship in 2008, Medhurst re-signed with the Thunderbirds for the inaugural season in. She stayed at the club for two years, before signing with the Queensland Firebirds for the 2010 season. At the Firebirds she claimed the 2011 premiership and was named the season's MVP.[4]
In 2014, Medhurst moved to Perth to play for the
Super Netball statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2018 season.[10]
Season | Team | G/A | GA | RB | CPR | FD | IC | DF | PN | TO | MP |
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2017 | Fever | 185/240 | 119 | 6 | 248 | 273 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 60 | 14 |
2018 | Fever | 124/152 | 413 | 3 | 266 | 556 | 1 | 10 | 50 | 55 | 14 |
2019 | Magpies
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0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 309/392 | 532 | 9 | 514 | 829 | 5 | 26 | 86 | 115 | 28 |
International career
Medhurst went on to represent Australia at the 2005 World Youth Championships, in Fort Lauderdale Florida, where they finished in third place. She continued to develop as a player at open level, and in 2007 she finally made her debut with the Australia national netball team against Jamaica on 8 July 2007. Her shooting accuracy was 100% during the quarter she was on, shooting 7 from 7.
Medhurst continued her strong debut season for Australia during the
References
- ^ a b "Natalie Medhurst". netball.com.au. Netball Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Love of netball came late, writes West Coast Fever skipper Nat Medhurst". Adelaide Now. 14 March 2014.
- ^ "From a country player to an Australian Diamond, netballer Natalie Medhurst farewells a sparkling career". ABC News. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ AAP (14 September 2009). "Medhurst switches camps to Firebirds". ABC Sport online. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ^ "Fever re-sign Nat Medhurst". SBS News. 30 September 2016.
- ^ a b Nat Medhurst (7 March 2019). "One Day's Notice". Players Voice.
- ^ "Collingwood Magpies Netball Team". magpiesnetball.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 March 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "Medhurst takes maternity break". Collingwood Magpies. 17 January 2020.
- ^ "Ex-Diamond Medhurst retires from netball". ESPN.com.au. 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Nat Medhurst". Netball Draft Central. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ^ "Medhurst left out of netball Diamonds". SBS News. 27 June 2017.