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| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1893 Norwich | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 April 1949 (aged 55) Southampton | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Cinema Proprietor | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Southern Railway BC, Eastleigh | |||||||||||||||||
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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]
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 a cinema proprietor at the Variety Theatre, in Eastleigh, by trade and married Jessie Mary Parker, they lived in Upper Bassett, Southampton. [5]
References
- ^ ""The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
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- English male bowls players
- Bowls players at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Bowls players at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- 1893 births
- 1949 deaths
- Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
- British bowls biography stubs
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1893 Norwich | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 April 1949 (aged 55) Southampton | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Cinema Proprietor | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Southern Railway BC, Eastleigh | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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 a cinema proprietor at the Variety Theatre, in Eastleigh, by trade and married Jessie Mary Parker, they lived in Upper Bassett, Southampton. [5]
References
- ^ ""The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4". Times Digital Archives.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
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| This biographical article relating to United Kingdom lawn or indoor bowls is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- English male bowls players
- Bowls players at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Bowls players at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- 1893 births
- 1949 deaths
- Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
- British bowls biography stubs