Alec Robertson (bowls) explained

Alec Robertston
Birth Name:Hugh Alexander Robertson
Birth Date:20 October 1884
Occupation:Farmer
Country:New Zealand
Sport:Lawn bowls
Club:Onehunga Bowling Club
Nationals:Men's fours champion (1940, 1948)
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Hugh Alexander Robertson (20 October 1884 – 12 September 1977) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who won a gold medal in the men's fours at the 1938 British Empire Games. He also won two national lawn bowls titles.

Biography

Born on 20 October 1884, Robertson was the son of Euphemia and David Scott Robertson.[1] [2] He was a member of a pioneer farming family in Māngere.[3] In Onehunga on 28 October 1924, he married Norma Moore (née Moore), who had a son from a previous marriage.[4]

At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Robertson was part of the New Zealand men's fours team that won the gold medal, along with Bill Bremner, Ernie Jury and Bill Whittaker.

A member of the Onehunga Bowling Club, Robertson won two New Zealand national bowls championship titles in the men's fours, in 1940 and 1948.[5]

Robertson was a dairy farmer at Robertson Road, Māngere, supplying town milk, until retiring in 1942.[6] He died on 12 September 1977, and his body was cremated at Purewa Crematorium, Auckland.[7] He was predeceased by his wife, Norma, in 1968.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Death search: registration number 1977/39453 . Births, deaths & marriages online . Department of Internal Affairs . 18 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Birth search: registration number 1884/8857 . Births, deaths & marriages online . Department of Internal Affairs . 18 January 2021.
  3. Web site: H. Alec Robertson . New Zealand Card Index . Auckland Council Libraries . 18 January 2021.
  4. News: Marriages . 15 November 1924 . New Zealand Herald . 1 . 18 January 2021.
  5. Book: McLintock . A.H. . Alexander Hare McLintock . Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners . An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . 18 January 2021 . 1966 . Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
  6. News: Auctions . 28 November 1942 . Auckland Star . 9 . 18 January 2021.
  7. Web site: Burial & cremation details . Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium . 18 January 2021.
  8. Web site: Burial & cremation details . Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium . 18 January 2021.