Len Hill (bowls)

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Len Hill
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born
Wales
Sport
Sport Bowls
ClubPort Talbot Municipal

Len Hill was a Welsh lawn bowler who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Hill bowled for the Port Talbot Municipal club [1] and was the pairs champion at the Welsh National Bowls Championships, bowling with J. Miles. [2] [3] He was also the rinks (fours) champion at the Welsh National Bowls Championships in 1937, 1939 and 1941, with Jack Griffiths, J. Miles and J. B. Davies. [2] [3]

He made his first international appearnce for Wales in 1937. [4]

He later teamed up with Jack Griffiths in the pairs and after two final appearances in 1943 and 1950, he won a second pairs title at the 1957 Welsh Nationals. The same year he was part of the rinks (fours) team with Evan Jones, Danny Prosser and Jack Griffiths that won the 1957 National Bowls Championships. [5]

The 1957 fours success led to his selection for the British Commonwealth and Empire Games qualification tournament in Cardiff, [6] which they subsequently won, although he was forced to withdraw from the pairs due to him not being able to take part in more than one event at the Games. [7]

He represented the Welsh team [8] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the fours/rinks event, [9] and helped Wales finish in seventh place with Evan Jones, Danny Prosser and Len Hill. [10]

In 1962 he was once again part of the Port Talbot Municipal rinks team that won the Welsh National Championship. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Sporting Chatter" . Neath Guardian. 2 August 1957. p. 15. Retrieved 17 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. 1 2 3 "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn). p. 456.
  4. ↑ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn). p. 457.
  5. ↑ "Sporting Chatter" . Neath Guardian. 30 August 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 17 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Sportsmen's Dilemma" . Glamorgan Gazette. 27 December 1957. p. 3. Retrieved 17 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Games place for Bernie" . Western Mail. 28 May 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 17 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  9. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 31. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  10. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.


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