Alf Sandercock

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Alf Sandercock
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born(1924-08-29)29 August 1924
Saddleworth, South Australia
Died21 August 2007(2007-08-21) (aged 82)
Maitland, South Australia
Sport
SportLawn bowls

Alfred 'Alf' Norman Sandercock (1924-2007) was an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career[]

World Bowls Championship[]

Sandercock won the pairs gold medal at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Frankston, Victoria with bowls partner Peter Rheuben.[2] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).[3]

National[]

Sandercock was the 1978 National Singles champion and represented Australia 73 times and South Australia 198 times.[4]

Awards[]

He was inducted into the Australian Hall of Fame.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  2. ^ ""Bowls." Times [London, England] 25 Jan. 1980". The Times.
  3. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  4. ^ "HALL OF FAME PROFILE". Bowls South Australia.
  5. ^ "Hall of Fame". Bowls Australia.
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