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John Anderson (bowls)

John Anderson (bowls)

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John William Hamilton Anderson (born 1912, date of death unknown) was a British born, South African international lawn bowler.[1]

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Bowls career

Anderson won a gold medal in the fours at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, with Frank Mitchell, Wilfred Randall and George Wilson.[2][3]

Anderson won the 1949 rinks at the National Championships, bowling for the Durban Bowls Club.[4]

Personal life

Anderson was an company director by trade.

References

  1. [1]
    "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. [2]
    "profile". Bowls tawa.
  3. [3]
    "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
  4. [4]
    Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).


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