Arthur Wilkinson Saunders (1913 - date of death 1959), was a South African international lawn bowler.[1]
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| Nationality |  South Africa | |||||||||||
| Born | 1913 | |||||||||||
| Died | 1959 East London, RSA [ Spouse. = Eleanor Phyllis (nee Lawrence) [ Children. = three, James Richard Wilkinson Saunders, [ Robert Sydney Saunders, Peter Percival Saunders | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | lawn bowls | |||||||||||
| Club | East London Railway BC | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
editHe won a bronze medal in the singles at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver.[2][3][4]
He won the 1953 singles at the National Championships bowling for the East London Railway Bowls Club.[5]
Personal life
editHe was a company manager by trade.
References
edit- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
- ^ "British Players win and lose on opening day at Empire Games". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 31 July 1954. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
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