Tom Chambers (bowls) explained

Tom Chambers
Sport:	Lawn bowls

Thomas M Chambers was a Canadian international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games for Scotland.^{[1] [2]}

Bowls career

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the rinks (fours) event with David Fraser, John Orr and William Campbell.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Bizarrely, he won the medal for Scotland despite being Canadian because John Kennedy, a member of the Scottish rinks team, had died in the United States en route to Canada. The other teams agreed that Chambers could be a substitute even though he was not Scottish.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletes and Results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. Web site: Profile. Bowls Tawa.
3. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS. GRB Athletics.
4. Book: Bolsover, Godfrey. Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1959. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
5. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
6. Web site: George W. Ferguson and Scotland's 1930 British Empire Games Team. 28 May 2014 . Sports Heritage.