James Edney Explained

James Edney
Birth Date:	26 June 1870
Birth Place:	Dibden
Death Date:	1951
Death Place:	Southampton
Occupation:	Wholesale Grocer
Sport:	Lawn bowls
Club:	Atherley BC, Southampton

James Edney (1870-1951), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.^[1]

Bowls career

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks (fours) event with Ernie Gudgeon, James Frith and Albert Hough.^[2]

He was the 1932 fours National Champion bowling for Atherley BC, Southampton.^{[3] [4]}

Personal life

He was a wholesale grocer by trade and lived in Southampton. He married Edith Catherine Edis, who accompanied him to Hamilton in 1930.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: "The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4. Times Digital Archives.
2. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GRB Athletics.
3. Web site: Past Records. Bowls England.
4. Book: Bolsover, Godfrey. Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1959. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
5. Web site: UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton. Ancestry.co.uk.