Robert George Colquhoun (1882-1970), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.[2]
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1882 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 June 1970 (aged 87)[1] Bromley, Greater London | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Coal Merchant | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Bromley BC (outdoors) Crystal Palace (indoors) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
editHe was the champion of Bromley, Kent and England in 1929[3] and was an English international from 1929 to 1933.[4]
At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the singles event.[5][6][7]
He was the 1929 singles National Champion.[8][9]
Personal life
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ↑ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ """Bowls." Times [London, England] 30 June 1930". The Times.
- 1 2 Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ↑ "English team success at Emire Games". Rugby Advertiser. 29 August 1930. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ ""The Empire Games." Times [London, England] 25 Aug. 1930". The Times.
- ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ↑ "Past Records". Bowls England. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ↑ "The English Champion". Bromley & West Kent Mercury. 23 August 1929. Retrieved 22 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.