Phyllis Joyce (Brewer) Bonwick O.A.M. (1915 - 2011)

Ancestors

Biography

Phyllis Joyce Brewer was born in 1915 at or about Cordalba in Queensland, Australia. She was the daughter of Thomas Brewer and his wife Gladys Bailey (née Heilbronn).

Joyce Brewer was an Australian cricketer, playing for both her home state Queensland and the national side. She played two test matches for the Australia national women's cricket team against England in 1935. Joyce Brewer was credited as being the twelfth woman to play Test cricket for Australia.

In the Brisbane newspaper The Telegraph of Friday 18 October 1940, we see her Engagement Notice below:

MISS JOYCE PHYLLIS BREWER,

fourth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Brewer, Targo Street. Bundaberg, whose engagement is announced to Mr. Albert Bonwick, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Bonwick, Leamington Street, Deshon Estate, South Brisbane. Miss Brewer, besides representing the State in women's cricket for many years, represented Australia in 1935 against England.

On the 1st of February 1941, Phyllis Joyce Brewer married fellow athlete Albert Henry Bonwick at St. Paul's Church of England, in East Brisbane, Queensland. And from the society pages of the Brisbane newspaper the Sunday Mail of Sunday the 2nd of February 1941, we see both a wedding photograph and this Marriage Notice below:

OF interest in the sporting world was the wedding of Miss Phyllis Joyce Brewer and Mr. Albert Henry Bonwick, celebrated at St. Paul's Church of England. East Brisbane, yesterday Afternoon, for the bride and bridegroom are both well-known Brisbane athletes, and the bride has also played cricket for Queensland. Sydney is their honeymoon destination.

Joyce Phyllis Bonwick was awarded the Australian Sports Medal on 30 November 2000 for her contributions to sports administration.

Phyllis Joyce Bonwick OAM passed away in 2011 in Brisbane Australia.

Sources

• Queensland Births, Deaths & Marriages: BIRTH: Phyllis Joyce Brewer - Event date: 22/03/1915 - Event type: Birth registration - Registration details: 1915/C/6444 - Mother: Gladys Bailey Heilbronn - Father/parent: Thomas William Edward Brewer. from the Queensland Government's Family History Research Service online. first accessed on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/

• Queensland Births, Deaths & Marriages: MARRIAGE: Marriage registration: Phyllis Joyce Brewer - Marriage date: 01/02/1941 - Spouse's name: Albert Henry Bonwick - Registration details: 1941/B/42739. from the Queensland Government's Family History Research Service online. first accessed on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/

• Joyce Brewer from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Brewer

• Joyce Brewer - Australia her profile on ESPNCRICINFO website.

• Name: Mrs Joyce Phyllis BONWICK, OAM - Award: Australian Sports Medal from the AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT'S DEPARTMENT OF PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET's Australian Honours Search Facility. first accessed online on the 26th of November, 2023.

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 26 November 2023), memorial page for Phyllis Joyce Bonwick (22 Mar 1915–26 Jun 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #153184545, citing Mount Gravatt Cemetery and Crematorium, Mount Gravatt, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia; Maintained by Michele (contributor 48474807). (note: there is no gravestone photograph as yet)

• Of Sporting Interest from The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) of Friday 18 October 1940, Page 5. first accessed on TROVE on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186267478?

• Wedding Snapshot from the Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1926 - 1954) of Sunday 2 February 1941, Page 22. first accessed on TROVE on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/98249468?searchTerm=Joyce%20Phyllis%20cricket%20Bonwick

• Saturday's Happy Bridal Couples from the Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1926 - 1954) of Sunday the 2nd of February 1941, Page 22. first accessed on TROVE on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/98249466/10220441

• Girl Athlete Races On Her Honeymoon a full page spread from the Pix. Volume 7 No. 11 (15 March 1941), page 36. first accessed on TROVE on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-431662594/view?sectionId=nla.obj-475263444&partId=nla.obj-431951731#page/n35/mode/1up

Further Reading

• LADIES CRICKET: Brewer Girls Bowl Team from the Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954) of Sunday 8 March 1931, Page 6. first accessed on TROVE on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206269897?

• WOMEN'S CRICKET from the Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954) of Sunday 9 April 1933, Page 6. first accessed on TROVE on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206125162?

• LADIES' CRICKET from the Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954) of Sunday 28 January 1934, Page 7. first accessed on TROVE on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198666034?

• THE HOME TEAM TO MEET ENGLAND ON SATURDAY from the Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1926 - 1954) of Sunday 16 December 1934, Page 5. first accessed on TROVE on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97786690?

• WOMEN'S CRICKET from The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) of Friday 4 January 1935, Page 2. first accessed on TROVE on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/187295791?

• WOMEN'S SPORT: J. Brewer Performs Hat Trick from The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) of Monday 18 November 1935, Page 8. first accessed on TROVE on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35930948?

• Women's Cricket: BREWER SISTERS EXCEL from The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) of Monday 2 November 1936, Page 9. first accessed on TROVE on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37023994?

• JOYCE BREWER IN FORM WITH THE BAT from The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) of Monday 1 November 1937, Page 8. first accessed on TROVE on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37928156?

• WOMEN'S SPORT: BREWER SISTERS KEPT THEM HOPPING from the Truth (Brisbane, Qld. : 1900 - 1954)of Sunday 14 November 1948, Page 14. first accessed on TROVE on the 26th of November, 2023 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203228307?