Robert Henry | |
Death Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
Occupation: | Police officer |
Country: | New Zealand |
Sport: | Lawn bowls |
Club: | Sydenham Bowling Club |
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Robert Henry (– 21 September 1954) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player. At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the gold medal in the men's pair alongside Phil Exelby.[1] The pair, with Henry playing lead, won all three of their round-robin matches to take the title.[2]
Henry arrived in New Zealand in about 1910.[3] He was a police sergeant in Christchurch, and a member of the Sydenham Bowling Club in that city.[4] [3] He died in Christchurch on 21 September 1954, and was buried at the Ruru Lawn Cemetery.[3]