Gwen Nagel

New Zealand cricketer and umpire

Gwen Nagel

QSO

Nagel in April 2009

Personal information
Full name|

Gwendolyn Anne Nagel

Born| (1946-05-20)20 May 1946
Auckland, New Zealand
Died| 17 October 2009(2009-10-17) (aged 63)
Auckland, New Zealand
Batting| Right-handed
Bowling| Left-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1965/66–1968/69| North Shore Women
FC debut| 27 December 1965 North Shore Women v Canterbury Women
Last FC| 30 December 1968 North Shore Women v Wellington Women
Umpiring information
Tests umpired| 1 (1977–1977)
ODIs umpired| 3 (1982–1982)

Source: CricketArchive, 12 January 2017

Gwendolyn Anne Nagel QSO (née Townsend; 20 May 1946 – 17 October 2009) was a New Zealand advocate for people with vision impairment, cricketer and international cricket umpire.[1] She umpired in one Women's Test Match and three Women's One Day Internationals.

## Career

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Nagel made her first-class debut in December 1965. She played 14 first-class matches for North Shore Women.[2] She was a right-handed batter and bowled left-arm medium fast.[1]

Nagel has a master's of education degree from Massey University.[3] Nagel spent over 25 years advocating and working for improved educational services for blind and vision-impaired children. She was a senior lecturer at the Auckland College of Education, where she was the coordinator of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education of Students with Vision Impairment. She spent many years as a vision research teacher, travelling to schools across the North Island to teach blind students. She also served as chief executive of the Vision Education Agency.[4] In the 2009 New Year Honours, Nagel was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order, for services to special education.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Gwen Nagel". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 January 2017. (subscription required)
2. ^ "Women's two innings matches placed by Gwen Nagel". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017.
3. ^ Nagel, Gwen (1996). Stories to tell: families of children with vision impairment (Master's thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/7085.
4. ^ "Gwen Nagel". Government House. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
5. ^ "New Year honours list 2009". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

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