Obadiah Hopkins

Obadiah Hopkins

Personal information
Nationality	British (Welsh)
Born	January 1879 (1879-01) Cardiff, Wales
Died	7 November 1955(1955-11-07) (aged 76) Cardiff, Wales
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Fairoak BC, Cardiff

Obediah Hopkins (January 1879 - 7 November 1955), was a Welsh international lawn bowler who competed at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Hopkins was an accountant by trade and lived at 96 Roath Court Road in Cardiff ^[1] and was a member of the Fairoak Bowling Club of Cardiff. ^[2] He made his Welsh international debut in 1925 ^[3] In 1950 he was the secretary of the Glamorgan County Bowls Association. ^[4]

He represented the 1954 Welsh team ^[5] at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada ^[6] in the fours/rinks event with Robert Devonald, Alfred Thomas and Ivor Thomas. ^{[7] [8]}

He died in 1955. ^[9]

References

1. "25 June 1954, Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal Passenger List on Empress of France". Ancestry. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
2. "Fairoak Bowling Club" . Western Mail. 22 October 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 26 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn). p. 458.
4. "Bowlers aid the National" . Merthyr Express. 6 May 1950. p. 16. Retrieved 26 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "British Bowls Team" . Western Mail. 6 February 1954. p. 5. Retrieved 26 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
7. "Wales Vancouver 1954". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
8. "Welsh bowls success" . Western Mail. 6 August 1954. p. 9. Retrieved 26 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Recent wills" . Western Mail. 18 February 1956. p. 5. Retrieved 26 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.