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James Edney

James Edney

English bowls player

James Edney (1870-1951), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.[1]

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Bowls career

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks (fours) event with Ernie Gudgeon, James Frith and Albert Hough.[2]

He was the 1932 fours National Champion bowling for Atherley BC, Southampton.[3][4]

Personal life

He was a wholesale grocer by trade and lived in Southampton. He married Edith Catherine Edis, who accompanied him to Hamilton in 1930.[5]

References

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