Robert Taylor (bowls)

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Robert Taylor
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NationalityNorthern Irish
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubShatfesbury BC

Robert David Taylor was a Lawn bowls international from Northern Ireland who competed at the British Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Taylor was a member of the Shatfesbury Bowls Club in Belfast [1] and in 1933 represented Ireland at the 1933 International Games. [2]

Taylor then represented the 1934 Northern Irish Team [3] [4] at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, participating in the pairs event with John Downing, finishing in sixth place. [5]

In January 1939, Taylor was voted in as the Chairman of Shaftesbury BC [6] and would later become honrary secretary of the club. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Bowling in Ireland" . Ireland's Saturday Night. 28 June 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 29 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Bowling Notes" . Ireland's Saturday Night. 8 July 1933. p. 7. Retrieved 29 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  4. ↑ "Northern Ireland London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "England Win Title" . Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 10 August 1934. p. 14. Retrieved 29 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Shaftesbury Bowls Club" . Belfast Telegraph. 19 January 1939. p. 6. Retrieved 29 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Shaftesbury Bowls Club, very successful year" . Belfast Telegraph. 19 January 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 29 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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