John Scadgell Explained

John Scadgell
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Date:26 May 1912
Birth Place:Hampshire, England
Death Date:2002
Death Place:Worthing, England
Club:Worthing BC

George Harry Scadgell known as John Scadgell (1912-2002) was an England international lawn bowler.[1] [2]

Bowls career

Scadgell won a gold medal in the fours at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff with Norman King, John Bettles and Walter Phillips.[3] [4] [5]

He won three National Championship titles, two in the pairs (1955[6] and 1966[7]) and once in the fours (1961).[8] [9] He also finished runner-up to Peter Line in the 1964 singles.[10]

Personal life

He and his father H G (George) Scadgell both bowled for Worthing and ran a House and hotel furnishing company.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile. Bowls tawa.
  2. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GBR Athletics.
  4. News: "Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3. The Times . 26 July 1958 . 3 . Times Digital Archives.
  5. News: Splendid tribute to bowler . Peterborough Evening Telegraph . 13 February 1958 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 28 August 2024.
  6. News: Worthing pair are champions . Nottingham Evening Post . 18 August 1955 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 22 August 2024.
  7. News: Scadgell double in the pairs . Western Daily Press . 18 August 1966 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 22 August 2024.
  8. News: Bowling ace opens bid for win No.5. Bristol Evening Post . 17 August 1961 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 26 August 2024.
  9. Web site: Past Records. Bowls England.
  10. News: Ice-cool Line joins the bowls greats . Birmingham Daily Post . 22 August 1964 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2024.
  11. Web site: Club history. Worthing Bowls Club. 10 February 2019. 20 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920025142/http://www.worthingbowlsclub.co.uk/GENERAL/HISTORY.htm. dead.

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