Evan Jones (bowls)

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Evan Jones
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born
Wales
Sport
Sport Bowls
ClubPort Talbot Municipal

Evan Jones is a former Welsh lawn bowler who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Jones bowled for the Port Talbot Municipal club [1] and was part of the rinks (fours) team with Danny Prosser, Jack Griffiths and Len Hill that won the 1957 Welsh National Bowls Championships. [2] [3] [4]

The 1957 success led to their selection for the British Commonwealth and Empire Games qualification tournament in Cardiff, [5] which they subsequently won. [6]

He represented the Welsh team [7] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the fours/rinks event, [8] and helped Wales finish in seventh place with Danny Prosser, Jack Griffiths and Len Hill. [9]

In 1962 he was once again part of the Port Talbot Municipal rinks team that won the Welsh National Championship. [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Sporting Chatter" . Neath Guardian. 2 August 1957. p. 15. Retrieved 17 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Sporting Chatter" . Neath Guardian. 30 August 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 17 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. 1 2 "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn). p. 456.
  5. ↑ "Sportsmen's Dilemma" . Glamorgan Gazette. 27 December 1957. p. 3. Retrieved 17 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Games place for Bernie" . Western Mail. 28 May 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 17 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  8. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 31. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  9. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
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