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Born | [1] Edmonton, London, England | 26 March 1912
Died | 1996 Bexley, London, England |
Valerie Lilian Bromfield (26 March 1912 – 1996) was a female English international table tennis player. [2]
She won two English Open titles in 1931. She won the women's singles and mixed doubles with Sándor Glancz.
She represented England as part of the women's team for the 1935 Corbillon Cup (women's world team event). The team consisting of Dora Emdin, Margaret Osborne and Wendy Woodhead just outside of the medals and finished in fourth place. [3]
Her father was Percival Bromfield (1926 world team champion) and they played mixed doubles together. She married John Law in 1938 and re-married to Robert MacConnachie in 1964. [4]
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