James Frith (bowls) explained

James Frith
Birth Date:	16 November 1860
Birth Place:	Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire
Death Place:	Newcastle upon Tyne
Occupation:	Life Assurance agent
Sport:	Lawn bowls
Club:	Belgrave BC

James Frith (1860-1946) 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, Albert Hough and James Edney.^[2]

He was a 1921 rinks (fours) National Champion bowling for the Belgrave Bowls Club, Northumberland.^{[3] [4]}

Personal life

He was an Life Assurance agent by trade and lived in Newcastle upon Tyne.^[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.