Frank Mitchell (bowls)
Appearance
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Nationality | South Africa | |||||||||||
Born | 1911 | |||||||||||
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Sport | lawn bowls | |||||||||||
Club | Pretoria BC | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Frank N Mitchell (1911 – date of death unknown), was a South African international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
He won a gold medal in the fours at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, with Wilfred Randall, George Wilson and John Anderson.[2][3]
He won the 1950, 1952 and 1958 rinks at the National Championships, bowling for the Pretoria Bowls Club.[4]
Personal life
He was a civil servant by trade.
References
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).