Harold Frost (bowls) explained

Harold Frost
Full Name:Harold William Frost
Birth Date:1874
Birth Place:Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
Death Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation:Dentist
Country:New Zealand
Sport:Lawn bowls
Club:Carlton

Harold William Frost (1874 – 5 September 1950) was a New Zealand bowls player who represented his country at the 1930 British Empire Games.

Early life and family

Born in 1874 at Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, Frost emigrated to New Zealand with his family when he was seven years old.[1] He studied at the University of Otago and the University of Pennsylvania, becoming a dentist.[1] He began practising in Napier,[1] where he married Florence Gruchy at Napier Cathedral on 9 June 1898.[2] The couple went on to have four children.[1] Frost lived in Wellington for about 20 years, before moving to Auckland in about 1928.[1]

Lawn bowls

A member of the Carlton Bowling Club,[3] Frost represented New Zealand at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, in the fours.[1] [4] The foursome of Frost, William Fielding, Peter McWhannell and Edward Leach finished fifth.[5] [6]

Death

Frost died in Auckland on 5 September 1950.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Obituary: Mr H. W. Frost . 6 September 1950 . New Zealand Herald . 8.
  2. News: Marriages . 9 June 1898 . Daily Telegraph . 27 May 2017 . 3.
  3. News: Winter bowling . 11 June 1930 . Auckland Star . 27 May 2017 . 15.
  4. Web site: H Frost . 2016 . New Zealand Olympic Committee . 27 May 2017.
  5. News: Bowling team for Canada . 25 June 1930 . Evening Post . 26 May 2017 . 12.
  6. News: Empire Games: keen bowling contest . 9 October 1930 . Auckland Star . 24 May 2017 . 18.
  7. News: Deaths . 6 September 1950 . New Zealand Herald . 1.