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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Creswick, Victoria, Australia | 13 November 1978||||||||||||||
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Matt Flapper (born 15 November 1978) is an Australian international lawn bowler. He competed in the men's fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a bronze medal. [1]
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