Tommy Hills

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Tommy Hills
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1884-01-22)January 22, 1884
Scotland
Died1963
Woolwich, England
OccupationAuctioneer/Estate Agent
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubEltham BC
Medal record
Men's Lawn bowls
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
British Empire Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1930 Hamilton Pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1934 London Pairs

Thomas Curtis Hills (1884-1963), was an English bowls player who competed in three British Empire Games. [1]

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Bowls career

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the pairs event with George Wright. [2] [3]

The pair repeated the success four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games. [4] He also represented England at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Australia, [5] where he competed in the singles event, finishing in fourth place. [6]

Personal life

He was an auctioneer and estate agent by trade and married Beatrice Nellie Foster, they lived in Lewisham. [7]

References

  1. ""The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 23 August 1930. p. 4.
  2. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  3. "English team success at Emire Games" . Rugby Advertiser. 29 August 1930. Retrieved 26 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 23–32. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
  5. "Sydney 1938 Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  6. "Lawn Bowls Singles - Men Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  7. "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.