Bill_Whittaker_(bowls)
Bill Whittaker (bowls)
New Zealand bowls player
William Whittaker (26 December 1883 – 13 August 1980) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.[1]
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Birth name | William Whittaker | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1883-12-26)26 December 1883 Atherton, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 13 August 1980(1980-08-13) (aged 96) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Occupation | Builder | ||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Elizabeth Caldwell
(m. 1907; died 1977) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
Club | Onehunga Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||
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National finals | Men's fours champion (1940) | ||||||||||||||
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At the 1938 Commonwealth Games in Sydney he was part of the men's fours team that won the gold medal; with Bill Bremner, Ernie Jury and Alec Robertson.[2] [3]
He won the 1940 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Onehunga Bowls Club.[4]
- "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
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