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James Cobley
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born(1877-12-22)22 December 1877
Shepparton, Victoria
Died17 April 1958(1958-04-17) (aged 80)
Parkes, New South Wales
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubParkes BC
Medal record
Men's Lawn bowls
Representing   Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1950 Auckland fours

James Cobley (1877-1958), was an Australian lawn bowls international who competed in the 1950 British Empire Games. [1]

Bowls career

At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the fours event with his brother John Cobley, Len Knight and Charles Cordaiy. [2] [3] [4]

He was the 1949 Australian National Bowls Championships rinks (fours) winner, bowling with the same trio and for the Parkes Bowls Club in New South Wales. [5]

References

  1. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  3. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  4. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN  0-7091-3658-7.
  5. ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James Cobley
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born(1877-12-22)22 December 1877
Shepparton, Victoria
Died17 April 1958(1958-04-17) (aged 80)
Parkes, New South Wales
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubParkes BC
Medal record
Men's Lawn bowls
Representing   Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1950 Auckland fours

James Cobley (1877-1958), was an Australian lawn bowls international who competed in the 1950 British Empire Games. [1]

Bowls career

At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the fours event with his brother John Cobley, Len Knight and Charles Cordaiy. [2] [3] [4]

He was the 1949 Australian National Bowls Championships rinks (fours) winner, bowling with the same trio and for the Parkes Bowls Club in New South Wales. [5]

References

  1. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  3. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  4. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN  0-7091-3658-7.
  5. ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).

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