James Frith (bowls)

James Frith

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1860-11-16)16 November 1860 Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire
Died	18 November 1946(1946-11-18) (aged 86) Newcastle upon Tyne
Occupation	Life Assurance agent
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Belgrave BC
Medal record Men's Lawn bowls Representing   England British Empire Games 1930 Hamilton Fours

James Frith (1860-1946) was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games. ^{[1] [2]}

Bowls career

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks (fours) event with Ernie Gudgeon, Albert Hough and James Edney. ^{[3] [4]}

He was a 1921 rinks (fours) national champion bowling for the Belgrave Bowls Club, Northumberland. ^{[5] [6]}

Personal life

He was an Life Assurance agent by trade and lived in Newcastle upon Tyne. ^[7]

References

1. ""The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 23 August 1930. p. 4.
2. Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
4. "English team success at Emire Games" . Rugby Advertiser. 29 August 1930. Retrieved 26 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Past Records". Bowls England. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
6. "New Bowls Champion" . Sunday Illustrated. 31 July 1921. Retrieved 26 August 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.