Mavis Gray

Mavis Gray (née Beckett) is a former Australian field hockey player. She was born in Bunbury, Western Australia on 12 February 1944 and represented Australia and Western Australia in a comparatively long career.

She grew up near Cowaramup and started playing hockey at the age of nine. Mavis played in her first country week carnival in 1959. She represented her state between 1963 and 1978 with a few interruptions and was vice-captain in 1969 and captain in 1974-75 when W.A. won the national title.

Mavis played against Japan in 1969 and went to Auckland, New Zealand as a reserve in the 1971 World Championships. In 1975 she captained Australia in Edinburgh, Scotland, and went to the Netherlands in 1976 also. Her international career spanned 1969 to 1977.

Gray was inducted into the Western Australian Hall of Champions in 1990.