James Frith (bowls)

James Frith (1860-1946), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.[1]

James Frith
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1860-11-16)16 November 1860
Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire
Died18 November 1946(1946-11-18) (aged 86)
Newcastle upon Tyne
OccupationLife Assurance agent
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBelgrave BC

Bowls career

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

He was a 1921 rinks (fours) National Champion bowling for the Belgrave Bowls Club, Northumberland.[3][4]

Personal life

He was an Life Assurance agent by trade and lived in Newcastle upon Tyne.[5]

References

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