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| Nationality | Scottish / Welsh | |||||||||||||
| Born | 16 February 1920 Hawick, Scotland | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||
| Club | Rhiwbina BC | |||||||||||||
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John Dawson Hedley Thompson was a Scottish born former Welsh international lawn bowler.
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| Nationality | Scottish / Welsh | |||||||||||||
| Born | 16 February 1920 Hawick, Scotland | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||
| Club | Rhiwbina BC | |||||||||||||
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John Dawson Hedley Thompson was a Scottish born former Welsh international lawn bowler.
Introduced to bowls by his father in 1938 and moved to Wales at the end of World War II. Thompson was a Welsh international from 1961 to 1973 and captain from 1966 to 1968.
He bowled and captained Wales in the 1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in New South Wales, Australia. [1]
He won the 1965 fours title and 1982 pairs title at the British Isles Bowls Championships and the Welsh National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Rhiwbina Bowls Club. [2]
He was a civil servant by trade.
The 1966 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia, from 10 to 23 October 1966.
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