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| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1872-09-07)7 September 1872 Camberwell, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 March 1958(1958-03-23) (aged 65) Parkes, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Parkes BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Cobley (1872–1958), 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 James 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. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- "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
- 1872 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 Melbourne
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- People from Camberwell, Victoria
- Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)