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Born | 1894 | ||||||||||||||
Died | before 1990 | ||||||||||||||
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Club | Cavehill | ||||||||||||||
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Percy Thomson Watson (1894 – ?), was a Northern Ireland international lawn bowler. [1]
He represented Ireland in four Commonwealth games. He won a silver medal in the fours at the 1934 British Empire Games in London. [2]
Twenty years later he won a gold medal in the pairs at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, with William Rosbotham. [3]
He also competed at the 1958 and 1962 Commonwealth Games and won the 1933 and 1938 Irish National Bowls Championships singles. [4] [5]
In addition to his two National singles titles he also won two National pairs titles in 1926 and 1930 bowling for the Cavehill Bowls Club. [6]
He was a director of a linen manufacturers by trade and lived in Bedford Street, Belfast. [7] He was married to Margaret who died in 1982. [8]
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Nationality |
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Born | 1894 | ||||||||||||||
Died | before 1990 | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Club | Cavehill | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Percy Thomson Watson (1894 – ?), was a Northern Ireland international lawn bowler. [1]
He represented Ireland in four Commonwealth games. He won a silver medal in the fours at the 1934 British Empire Games in London. [2]
Twenty years later he won a gold medal in the pairs at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, with William Rosbotham. [3]
He also competed at the 1958 and 1962 Commonwealth Games and won the 1933 and 1938 Irish National Bowls Championships singles. [4] [5]
In addition to his two National singles titles he also won two National pairs titles in 1926 and 1930 bowling for the Cavehill Bowls Club. [6]
He was a director of a linen manufacturers by trade and lived in Bedford Street, Belfast. [7] He was married to Margaret who died in 1982. [8]