Joseph_Black_(bowls)

Joseph Black (bowls)

Joseph Black (bowls)

Scottish lawn bowler

Joseph Watson Black (c. 1909–c. 1988) was a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]

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Bowls career

He won two silver medals in the singles and fours at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth with Thomas Hamill, William Moore and Michael Purdon.[2][3][4]

He holds the Scottish National Men's Singles Championship record equally with Robert Sprot, David Dall and Darren Burnett, with three titles which he won in 1958, 1959 and 1962.[5][6]

Trade

He was a miner by trade being the pit deputy at the Fauld Hill Pit in Dumfries and Galloway.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. [2]
    "profile". Bowls tawa.
  3. [3]
    "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
  4. [4]
    "Team Scotland Commonwealth Games Medallists". Team Scotland.
  5. [5]
    "Harry Reston beaten in semi final". West Lothian Courier. 8 August 1958. p. 12. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
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    "Bowling". Wishaw Press. 14 August 1959. p. 14. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  7. [7]
    "J Watson Black of Sanquhar". Future Museum. Retrieved 17 April 2021.


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