Samuel Jones (bowls) explained

Samuel Jones
Birth Date:20 January 1867
Birth Place:Battersea, London, England
Death Place:Coulsdon, London, England
Occupation:Plumber/Builder
Sport:Lawn bowls
Club:Croydon BC

Samuel Jones (20 January 1867 – 15 November 1944) was an English bowls international who competed at the British Empire Games.

Bowls career

He represented England in the 1938 British Empire Games at Sydney, in the pairs event and finished in fourth place with Ronald Weeks.[1] [2] [3] In 1935 he won the Surrey county pairs title with C E Cramp bowling for Croydon Bowls Club.[4]

Personal life

He was a plumber/builder by trade.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lawn Bowls pairs - Men Sydney 1938. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. Web site: "Empire Games." Times, 8 Feb. 1938, p. 5. Times Digital Archives.
  3. Web site: "Empire Games." Times, 9 Feb. 1938, p. 6. Times Digital Archives.
  4. Web site: Past Pairs winners. Surrey County Bowling Association.
  5. Web site: Samuel Jones. Ancestry.co.uk.