Bill Jackson (bowls) explained

Bill Jackson
Nationality: Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Birth Date:1915 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Cape Town, South Africa
Club:Avondale Sport Club, Salisbury

William J. R. Jackson (born 19 October 1915) is a former Rhodesian international lawn bowler.[1] [2]

Jackson won two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games; a singles bronze at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff and a pairs bronze at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth.[3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile. Bowls tawa. 2017-01-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20170104090531/http://bowlstawa.com/titles/players/titles/2467. 2017-01-04. dead.
  2. Web site: William J. R. Jackson. Rhodesian Sport Profiles.
  3. Book: Newby, Donald. Bowls Yearbook 91. 1991. Telegraph Publications. 0-330-31664-8.
  4. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GBR Athletics.
  5. News: "Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3. The Times . 26 July 1958 . 3 . Times Digital Archives.