Bill Jackson (bowls)
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| Nationality |  Rhodesia and Nyasaland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 October 1915 Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Avondale Sport Club, Salisbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William J. R. 'Bill' Jackson (born 1915) is a former Rhodesian international lawn bowler.[1][2]
He won two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games; a singles bronze at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff and a pairs bronze at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth.[3][4] [5]
References
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
- ^ "William J. R. Jackson". Rhodesian Sport Profiles.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ^ ""Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3". Times Digital Archives.
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