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| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1877-12-22)22 December 1877 Shepparton, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 April 1958(1958-04-17) (aged 80) Parkes, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Parkes BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Cobley (1877-1958), was an Australian lawn bowls international who competed in the 1950 British Empire Games.
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.
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.
References
- "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- Australian male bowls players
- 1877 births
- 1958 deaths
- Bowls players at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Sportspeople from Shepparton
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)