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George Wright (bowls)

George Wright (bowls)

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George William Arthur Wright (1893–1949) was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games and 1938 British Empire Games.[1][2]

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Bowls career

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the pairs event with Tommy Hills.[3] The pair repeated the success four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games.

He was the 1928 singles National Champion.[4]

Personal life

He was a cinema proprietor at the Variety Theatre, in Eastleigh, by trade and married Jessie Mary Parker, they lived in Upper Bassett, Southampton.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    ""The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4". Times Digital Archives.
  2. [2]
    Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  3. [3]
    "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  4. [4]
    "Past Records". Bowls England.
  5. [5]
    "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.


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