Fred Biggin Explained

Fred Biggin
Birth Date:	16 February 1869
Birth Place:	Derbyshire
Death Place:	London
Sport:	Lawn bowls
Club:	Temple BC

Frederick Biggin (16 February 1869 – 30 September 1968), was an English international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.^{[1] [2]}

Bowls career

At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks/fours event with Robert Slater, Ernie Gudgeon and Percy Tomlinson.^{[3] [4] [5]}

He was the Surrey singles champion and was a member of the Temple Bowls Club.

Personal life

He worked in Insurance by trade and lived at 108 Cheviot Road, West Norwood.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletes and Results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
3. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GRB Athletics.
4. Book: Bolsover, Godfrey. Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1959. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
5. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
6. Web site: England and Wales Register 1939, Lambeth. Ancestry.co.uk.