Maureen Hume
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | born c.1941[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 October 1971 (aged 30) Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Glasgow BC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Maureen Hume formerly Maureen Ross (c.1941 – 21 October 1971) was an international badminton player from Scotland who competed at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Formerly Maureen Ross, she took the surname of fellow international player Ian Hume, whom she lived with and played under the name Maureen Hume.[2]
Hume played badminton out of Glasgow[3] and won the first of her three singles titles at Scottish National Badminton Championships in 1968.[4]
Hume was a Scottish international[5] and represented her nation in world tournaments including the Uber Cup.[6] She won the 1969 East of Scotland title defeating Joanna Flockhart in the final[7][8] and reached the final again the following year.[9] In November 1969 she was selected for the Scottish Commonwealth Games trials.[10]
Hume subsequently represented the Scottish team[11] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[12] competing in the badminton events.[13]
On 21 October 1971 Hume was killed in the Clarkston explosion.[14] At the time of her death she was living at 51 Busby Road in Clarkston and had earned 15 Scottish caps from 1966 to 1971.[1]
References
- ^ a b "The Paths That Led To Tragedy". Daily Record. 23 October 1971. p. 2. Retrieved 13 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Sports Girls In Love Triangle". Daily Record. 9 October 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 13 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Maureen v. Eva in North Final". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 20 March 1971. p. 16. Retrieved 13 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "McNeillage, Hume in surprise win over Malaysians". The Scotsman. 18 January 1969. p. 15. Retrieved 13 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dorothy reaches semi-final". Belfast Telegraph. 17 February 1968. p. 14. Retrieved 13 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Uber Cup badminton". The Scotsman. 17 February 1969. p. 134. Retrieved 13 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Top seeds in East badminton finals". The Scotsman. 6 December 1969. p. 16. Retrieved 13 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Marshall a surprise double winner in East badminton". The Scotsman. 8 December 1969. p. 15. Retrieved 13 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Maureen Hume again in badminton final". The Scotsman. 21 November 1970. p. 16. Retrieved 13 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Fit Barbara will play for Ireland". Ireland's Saturday Night. 8 November 1969. p. 11. Retrieved 13 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Swimming for their country". Aberdeen Evening Express. 26 May 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 13 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "They'll carry Scotland's hopes". Aberdeen Evening Express. 16 June 1970. p. 11. Retrieved 13 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Lanarkshire Badminton News". Wishaw Press. 29 October 1971. p. 21. Retrieved 13 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.