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Robert Colquhoun (bowls)

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Robert Colquhoun
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1882-11-15)15 November 1882
Rochester, Kent
Died28 June 1970(1970-06-28) (aged 87)[1]
Bromley, Greater London
OccupationCoal Merchant
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBromley BC (outdoors)
Crystal Palace (indoors)
Medal record
Men's Lawn bowls
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place 1930 Hamilton Singles

Robert George Colquhoun (1882-1970), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.[2]

Bowls career

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ """Bowls." Times [London, England] 30 June 1930". The Times.
  4. ^ a b Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  5. ^ "English team success at Emire Games". Rugby Advertiser. 29 August 1930. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ ""The Empire Games." Times [London, England] 25 Aug. 1930". The Times.
  7. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  8. ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  9. ^ "The English Champion". Bromley & West Kent Mercury. 23 August 1929. Retrieved 22 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.