Horace Harvey (bowls)
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Nationality | South Africa | ||||||||||
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Horace Harvey was a South African international lawn bowler.[1] [2]
Bowls career[]
In 1938 he won the gold medal in the singles event at the 1938 British Empire Games.[3]
He was a 1937 singles National Champion bowling for the Brakpan Bowls Club, Guateng.[4]
Personal life[]
His father was Andrew Harvey who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games and his son was Tommy Harvey, a winner of two medals at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
Categories:
- South African male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- Bowls players at the 1938 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls