George Wright (bowls)

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]

George Wright
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1893-10-28)October 28, 1893
Norwich
DiedApril 3, 1949(1949-04-03) (aged 55)
Southampton
OccupationCinema Proprietor
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubSouthern Railway BC, Eastleigh

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

References

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


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