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'''Spenceley Noel Stanley Crump''' (18 December 1916 &ndash; 25 October 1995) was a New Zealand [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who represented his country at the [[1934 British Empire Games]], where he won a bronze medal, and at the [[1938 British Empire Games]].


==Early life and family==
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'''Spencely Noel Stanley Crump''' (18 December 1916 &ndash; 1995)<ref>[https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search.aspx?Path=%2fqueryEntry.m%3ftype%3ddeaths#SearchResults Government of New Zealand Death Search]</ref> was a [[New Zealand]] [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] [[Swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who competed in the [[1934 British Empire Games]] and in the [[1938 British Empire Games]].
Born in the [[Auckland]] suburb of [[Ponsonby, New Zealand|Ponsonby]] on 18 December 1916, Crump was the son of William Arthur Harry Crump and Ellen Spenceley Crump (née Walker).<ref name="Te Papa">{{cite web |url=http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Person/22547 |title=Crump, Spencely |date= |website= |publisher=Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |accessdate=19 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19161220.2.2.1 | title=Births | date=20 December 1916 | work=New Zealand Herald | accessdate=19 June 2017 | page=1}}</ref> He was educated at [[Takapuna Grammar School]], where he was the senior swimming champion in 1933,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19331214.2.36.2 | title=Takapuna Grammar | date=14 December 1933 | work=Auckland Star | accessdate=19 June 2017 | page=5}}</ref> and was a member of the [[North Shore, New Zealand|North Shore]] Amateur Swimming and Lifesaving Club.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19340126.2.149 | title=Swimming: North Shore Club | date=26 January 1934 | work=Auckland Star | accessdate=19 June 2017 | page=12}}</ref> In July 1943, Crump married Eileen Hilda Wallace, a theatre sister at [[Rotorua]] Public Hospital, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, [[Cambridge, New Zealand|Cambridge]].<ref name="NZ Herald 1943">{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19430710.2.19 | title=Cambridge ceremony: swimming champion weds | date=10 July 1943 | work=New Zealand Herald | accessdate=19 June 2017 | page=4}}</ref>


==Swimming==
He was born in [[Auckland City|Auckland]].
At the 1934 New Zealand national swimming championships, Crump won both the 100 yards and 220 yards men's freestyle titles.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=McLintock |editor-first=A.H. |editor-link=Alexander Hare McLintock |title=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand | chapter=Swimming – national championships |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/swimming-national-championships |accessdate=19 June 2017 |year=1966 |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |location=Wellington}}</ref> He was then selected to represent New Zealand at the [[New Zealand at the 1934 British Empire Games|1934 British Empire Games]] in London, where he won the bronze medal in the [[Swimming at the 1934 British Empire Games|men's 100 yards freestyle]], and was also a member of the New Zealand team that finished fifth in the 3{{nbsp}}x{{nbsp}}110{{nbsp}}yards medley relay.<ref name="NZOC profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/noel-crump/ |title=Noel Crump |year=2016 |website= |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |accessdate=19 June 2017}}</ref>


Four years later, he again competed at the [[New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games|British Empire Games]], this time in [[Sydney]], where he did not progress beyond the heats of the men's 110 yards and 440 yards freestyle events.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HC19380208.2.46 | title=Empire Games swimming | date=8 February 1938 | work=Horowhenua Chronicle | accessdate=19 June 2017 | page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19380216.2.137 | title=A triumph for Matthews | date=16 February 1938 | work=The Press | accessdate=19 June 2017 | page=16}}</ref>
At the 1934 Empire Games he won a bronze medal in the 100 yards freestyle event. He was a member of the New Zealand team which finished fifth in the 3×110 yards medley competition.


==Later life and death==
Four years later he participated in the 110 yards freestyle contest and in the 440 yards event at the 1938 Empire Games.
[[File:Captain SNS Crump 1942 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Crump in Libya during World War II]]
A bank officer, Crump served with the [[2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="Cenotaph">{{cite web |url=http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C20108 |title=Spencely Noel Stanley Crump |date= |website=Online Cenotaph |publisher=Auckland War Memorial Museum |accessdate=19 June 2017}}</ref> He embarked as a [[second lieutenant]] with the first echelon,<ref name="Cenotaph"/> and saw active service in Greece, Crete, Egypt, and Libya, before being invalided home in mid 1942.<ref name="NZ Herald 1943"/><ref>{{cite news | url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19420606.2.39 | title=Middle East men: sick and wounded | date=6 June 1942 | work=New Zealand Herald | accessdate=19 June 2017 | page=6}}</ref> Promoted to the rank of captain, he then served as adjutant at the Raventhorpe Convalescent Depot in [[Bombay, New Zealand|Bombay]].<ref name="NZ Herald 1943"/>

Crump died on 25 October 1995,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/search?path=%2FqueryEntry.m%3Ftype%3Ddeaths |title=Death search: registration number 1995/56257 |date= |website=Births, deaths & marriages online |publisher=Department of Internal Affairs |accessdate=19 June 2017}}</ref> and his body was cremated at the [[Karori Crematorium]] in [[Wellington]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wellington.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/cemeteries/cemeteries-search/details?id=65026&serviceType=Cremation |title=Cemeteries search |date= 12 July 2012|website= |publisher=Wellington City Council |accessdate=19 June 2017}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Crump's swimming costume and bronze medal from the 1934 British Empire Games are held in the collection of the [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]].<ref name="Te Papa"/>

==See also==
* [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)]]


==References==
==References==
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{{1934 New Zealand British Empire Games team}}
==External links==
{{1938 New Zealand British Empire Games team}}
*[http://www.commonwealthgames.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?print=&id=0&ContactID=26678 Profile at Commonwealth Games website]


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Latest revision as of 23:37, 22 May 2024

Noel Crump
Crump in 1934
Personal information
Birth nameSpenceley Noel Stanley Crump
Born(1916-12-18)18 December 1916
Auckland, New Zealand
Died25 October 1995(1995-10-25) (aged 78)
Spouse
Eileen Hilda Wallace
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(m. 1943)​
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportSwimming
ClubNorth Shore
Achievements and titles
National finals100 yd freestyle champion (1934)
220 yd freestyle champion (1934)
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Men's Swimming
British Empire Games
Bronze medal – third place 1934 London 100 yd freestyle

Spenceley Noel Stanley Crump (18 December 1916 – 25 October 1995) was a New Zealand freestyle swimmer who represented his country at the 1934 British Empire Games, where he won a bronze medal, and at the 1938 British Empire Games.

Early life and family

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Born in the Auckland suburb of Ponsonby on 18 December 1916, Crump was the son of William Arthur Harry Crump and Ellen Spenceley Crump (née Walker).[1][2] He was educated at Takapuna Grammar School, where he was the senior swimming champion in 1933,[3] and was a member of the North Shore Amateur Swimming and Lifesaving Club.[4] In July 1943, Crump married Eileen Hilda Wallace, a theatre sister at Rotorua Public Hospital, at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge.[5]

Swimming

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At the 1934 New Zealand national swimming championships, Crump won both the 100 yards and 220 yards men's freestyle titles.[6] He was then selected to represent New Zealand at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, where he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 yards freestyle, and was also a member of the New Zealand team that finished fifth in the 3 x 110 yards medley relay.[7]

Four years later, he again competed at the British Empire Games, this time in Sydney, where he did not progress beyond the heats of the men's 110 yards and 440 yards freestyle events.[8][9]

Later life and death

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Crump in Libya during World War II

A bank officer, Crump served with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War II.[10] He embarked as a second lieutenant with the first echelon,[10] and saw active service in Greece, Crete, Egypt, and Libya, before being invalided home in mid 1942.[5][11] Promoted to the rank of captain, he then served as adjutant at the Raventhorpe Convalescent Depot in Bombay.[5]

Crump died on 25 October 1995,[12] and his body was cremated at the Karori Crematorium in Wellington.[13]

Legacy

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Crump's swimming costume and bronze medal from the 1934 British Empire Games are held in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Crump, Spencely". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Births". New Zealand Herald. 20 December 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Takapuna Grammar". Auckland Star. 14 December 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Swimming: North Shore Club". Auckland Star. 26 January 1934. p. 12. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Cambridge ceremony: swimming champion weds". New Zealand Herald. 10 July 1943. p. 4. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Swimming – national championships". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Noel Crump". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Empire Games swimming". Horowhenua Chronicle. 8 February 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  9. ^ "A triumph for Matthews". The Press. 16 February 1938. p. 16. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Spencely Noel Stanley Crump". Online Cenotaph. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Middle East men: sick and wounded". New Zealand Herald. 6 June 1942. p. 6. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Death search: registration number 1995/56257". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Cemeteries search". Wellington City Council. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
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