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Wilfred Randall

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Wilfred Randall
Personal information
NationalitySouth Africa South Africa
Born(1914-09-17)September 17, 1914
Sport
Sportlawn bowls
ClubKensington BC
Medal record
Representing South Africa
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1954 Vancouver fours
Silver medal – second place 1958 Cardiff fours

Wilfred A Randall (1914 – date of death unknown), was a South African international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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He won a gold medal in the fours at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, with Frank Mitchell, George Wilson and John Anderson.[2]

Four years late he won a silver medal in the fours at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, with Norman Snowy Walker, Edward Williams and Edward Stuart.[3][4]

He won the 1951 rinks at the National Championships, bowling for the Kensington Bowls Club.[5]

Personal life

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He was an engineer foreman by trade.

References

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  1. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "profile". Bowls tawa.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
  4. ^ ""Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3". Times Digital Archives.
  5. ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).