Harold Murray (bowls) explained

Harold Murray
Sport:	Lawn bowls
Club:	Hamilton BC, NSW

Harold Frank Murray was an Australian lawn bowls international who competed in the 1938 British Empire Games.^[1]

Bowls career

He bowled for the Hamilton Bowls Club, New South Wales.^[2]

At the 1938 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the rinks (fours) event with Aub Murray, Charlie McNeill and Tom Kinder.^{[3] [4] [5]}

He was the 1938 Australian National Bowls Championships rinks (fours) winner when bowling with McNeill, Murray and Kinder. In addition Harold Murray won the 1934 national rinks title.^[6]

The fours team were known as the Big Four in Australia because they also won four state titles.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletes and Results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. Web site: Australian Men's Representative Caps. Bowls Australia.
3. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GRB Athletics.
4. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
5. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
6. Book: Bolsover, Godfrey. Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1959. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
7. Web site: McNeill, Charles Arthur Henry (1888–1974) by Louella McCarthy. Australian Dictionary of Biography.