Edward Shuttle

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Edward Shuttle
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1877-04-12)April 12, 1877
Reading, England
Died1955
Reading, England
OccupationEmployment exchange manager
Sport
SportLawn bowls

Edward Shuttle (1877-1955), was a bowls player from England who competed at the British Empire Games. [1]

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Bowls career

In 1937 Shuttle was selected for a tour of New Zealand and Australia, which culminated in the Empire Games. [2]

Shuttle represented England at the 1938 British Empire Games [3] in Sydney, Australia, [4] where he competed in the fours/rink event, finishing in fifth place. [5]

Personal life

He was an employment exchange manager at the Ministry of Labour by trade and lived at Castle Street in Reading. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Lawn Bowls Fours/Rinks - Men Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "The Empire Games British bowlers for tour" . Belfast Telegraph. 18 October 1937. Retrieved 6 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. pp. 23–32. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  4. ↑ "Sydney 1938 Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Lawn Bowls Fours - Men Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Edward Shuttle". Ancestry.co.uk.
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