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George Wright (bowls)

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George Wright
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born(1893-10-28)28 October 1893
Norwich
Died3 April 1949(1949-04-03) (aged 55)
Southampton
OccupationCinema Proprietor
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubSouthern Railway BC, Eastleigh
Medal record
Men's Lawn bowls
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place 1930 Hamilton Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1934 London Pairs

George William Arthur Wright (1893–1949) was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games and 1938 British Empire Games.[1][2]

Bowls career

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the pairs event with Tommy Hills.[3] The pair repeated the success four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games.

He was the 1928 singles National Champion.[4]

Personal life

He was a cinema proprietor at the Variety Theatre, in Eastleigh, by trade and married Jessie Mary Parker, they lived in Upper Bassett, Southampton.[5]

References

  1. ^ ""The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4". Times Digital Archives.
  2. ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  3. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  4. ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  5. ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.