| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  England | |||||||||||||
| Born | June 26, 1870 Dibden | |||||||||||||
| Died | 1951 Southampton | |||||||||||||
| Occupation | Wholesale Grocer | |||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||
| Club | Atherley BC, Southampton | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Edney (1870-1951), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games. [1]
At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks (fours) event with Ernie Gudgeon, James Frith and Albert Hough. [2]
He was the 1932 fours National Champion bowling for Atherley BC, Southampton. [3] [4]
He was a wholesale grocer by trade and lived in Southampton. He married Edith Catherine Edis, who accompanied him to Hamilton in 1930. [5]
David John Bryant was a three-times World (outdoors) singles bowls champion, a three-times World indoors singles champion and a four times Commonwealth Games singles gold medallist. He is generally considered to be the greatest bowler of all time, winning 19 World and Commonwealth gold medals in total.
James Edward Charles Carr was a Scottish footballer who played at outside left for Reading and Southampton in the 1920s. He was also a bowls player who competed for England at the Commonwealth Games.
The lawn bowls competition at the 1930 British Empire Games featured three events for men: a singles, pairs, and a rinks (fours) contest. The event was held at Gage Park.
Noel Ernest Jolly was a New Zealand lawn bowls player. At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, he won the men's fours bronze medal alongside teammates Arthur Engebretsen, Fred Russell and Pete Skoglund. The New Zealand, Australian and South African fours each finished the round robin with two wins, but New Zealand then lost an eliminator match against the South Africans and did not progress to the final.
Lawn bowls at the 2014 Commonwealth Games were held at the Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre in Glasgow, Scotland from 24 July to 1 August 2014.
Robert George Colquhoun (1882-1970), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.
Norman Stewart 'Snowy' Walker was a South African international lawn bowler.
Thomas Curtis Hills (1884-1963), was an English bowls player who competed in three British Empire Games.
George William Arthur Wright (1893–1949) was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games and 1938 British Empire Games.
Ernest Frederick Gudgeon (1880-1965), was an English bowls player who competed in two British Empire Games.
Albert Percy Hough (1877–1960), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.
James Frith (1860-1946) was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.
James Gibson Cuthbert (1875-1959), was a Scottish born bowls player who competed at the British Empire Games for England.
John Orr, was a Scottish international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.
William Campbell was a Scottish international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.
David Fraser (1878–?), was a Scottish international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.
Thomas M Chambers was a Canadian international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games for Scotland.
Leonard Thomas Knight was an Australian lawn bowls international who competed in the 1950 British Empire Games.
John Cobley (1872–1958), was an Australian lawn bowls international who competed in the 1950 British Empire Games.
James Cobley (1877-1958), was an Australian lawn bowls international who competed in the 1950 British Empire Games.
