Robert Colquhoun (bowls)

Robert George Colquhoun (born 1882), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.[1]

Robert Colquhoun
Personal information
Nationality England
Born1882
Rochester, Kent
OccupationCoal Merchant
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBromley BC (outdoors)
Crystal Palace (indoors)

Bowls career

He was the champion of Bromley, Kent and England in 1929[2] and was an English international from 1929-1933.[3]

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the singles event.[4][5]

He was the 1929 singles National Champion.[6]

Personal life

He was a retired Army Officer [3] and coal merchant by trade. He married Nellie Maud Sands, who joined him in Canada during the Games.[7]

References

  1. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. """Bowls." Times [London, England] 30 June 1930". The Times Digital Archive.
  3. Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  4. ""The Empire Games." Times [London, England] 25 Aug. 1930". The Times Digital Archive.
  5. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  6. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  7. "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
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