Robert Colquhoun (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1882 Rochester, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
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Robert George Colquhoun (1882-1970), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.[2]
Bowls career
[edit]He was the champion of Bromley, Kent and England in 1929[3] and was an English international from 1929-1933.[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
[edit]He was a retired Army Officer [4] and coal merchant by trade. He married Nellie Maud Sands, who joined him in Canada during the Games.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ """Bowls." Times [London, England] 30 June 1930". The Times.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "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.