Samuel Jones (bowls)

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Samuel Jones
Personal information
Nationality{British (English)
Born(1867-01-20)20 January 1867
Battersea, London, England
Died15 November 1944(1944-11-15) (aged 77)
Coulsdon, London, England
OccupationPlumber/Builder
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubCroydon BC

Samuel Jones (20 January 1867 – 15 November 1944) was a bowls international from England who competed at the British Empire Games. [1]

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Bowls career

In 1937 Jones was selected for a tour of New Zealand and Australia, which culminated in the Empire Games. [2]

Jones represented England [3] in the 1938 British Empire Games at Sydney, in the pairs event [4] and finished in fourth place with Ronald Weeks. [5] [6] [7]

In 1935 he won the Surrey county pairs title with C E Cramp bowling for Croydon Bowls Club. [8]

Personal life

He was a plumber/builder by trade. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. pp. 23–32. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  2. ↑ "The Empire Games British bowlers for tour" . Belfast Telegraph. 18 October 1937. Retrieved 6 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Sydney 1938 Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "Lawn Bowls Pairs - Men Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Lawn Bowls pairs - Men Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ↑ ""Empire Games." Times, 8 Feb. 1938, p. 5". Times Digital Archives.
  7. ↑ ""Empire Games." Times, 9 Feb. 1938, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
  8. ↑ "Past Pairs winners". Surrey County Bowling Association.
  9. ↑ "Samuel Jones". Ancestry.co.uk.
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