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William John Greer Rosbotham (1909 - date of death unknown), was a Northern Ireland international lawn bowler. [1]
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William John Greer Rosbotham (1909 - date of death unknown), was a Northern Ireland international lawn bowler. [1]
He won a gold medal in the pairs at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, with Percy Watson. [2] [3]
He was the 1973 Northern Ireland singles champion. [4]
He was a civil servant by trade and lived in Loughgall, County Armagh.
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