Robert Colquhoun (bowls) explained

Robert Colquhoun
Nationality:	British (English)
Birth Date:	1882 11, df=yes
Birth Place:	Rochester, Kent
Death Date:	^[1]
Death Place:	Bromley, Greater London
Occupation:	Coal Merchant
Sport:	Lawn bowls
Club:	Bromley BC (outdoors) Crystal Palace (indoors)

Robert George Colquhoun (1882-1970), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.^[2]

Bowls career

He was the champion of Bromley, Kent and England in 1929^[3] and was an English international from 1929-1933.^[4]

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the singles event.^{[5] [6]}

He was the 1929 singles National Champion.^{[7] [8]}

Personal life

He was a retired Army Officer ^[4] and coal merchant by trade. He married Nellie Maud Sands, who joined him in Canada during the Games.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Index entry. 10 June 2021. FreeBMD. ONS.
2. Web site: Athletes and Results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. Web site: ""Bowls." Times [London, England] 30 June 1930]. The Times Digital Archive.
4. Book: Bolsover, Godfrey. Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1959. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
5. Web site: "The Empire Games." Times [London, England] 25 Aug. 1930]. The Times Digital Archive.
6. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GRB Athletics.
7. Web site: Past Records. Bowls England.
8. News: The English Champion . Bromley & West Kent Mercury . 23 August 1929 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 22 August 2023.
9. Web site: UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton. Ancestry.co.uk.