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Robert Colquhoun (bowls)

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English bowls player

Robert Colquhoun
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1882-11-15)15 November 1882
Rochester, Kent
Died28 June 1970(1970-06-28) (aged 87)
Bromley, Greater London
OccupationCoal Merchant
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBromley BC (outdoors)
Crystal Palace (indoors)
Medal record
Men's Lawn bowls
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place 1930 Hamilton Singles

Robert George Colquhoun (1882-1970), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.

Bowls career

He was the champion of Bromley, Kent and England in 1929 and was an English international from 1929-1933.

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the singles event.

He was the 1929 singles National Champion.

Personal life

He was a retired Army Officer and coal merchant by trade. He married Nellie Maud Sands, who joined him in Canada during the Games.

References

  1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. """Bowls." Times [London, England] 30 June 1930". The Times.
  4. ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  5. "English team success at Emire Games". Rugby Advertiser. 29 August 1930. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ""The Empire Games." Times [London, England] 25 Aug. 1930". The Times.
  7. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  8. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  9. "The English Champion". Bromley & West Kent Mercury. 23 August 1929. Retrieved 22 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
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