John Cobley
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Born | Camberwell, Victoria | 7 September 1872|||||||||||||
Died | 23 March 1958 Parkes, New South Wales | (aged 65)|||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||
Club | Parkes BC | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Cobley (1872–1958), was an Australian lawn bowls international who competed in the 1950 British Empire Games.[1]
Bowls career[]
At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the fours event with his brother James Cobley, Len Knight and Charles Cordaiy.[2] [3] [4]
He was the 1949 Australian National Bowls Championships rinks (fours) winner, bowling with the same trio and for the Parkes Bowls Club in New South Wales.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
Categories:
- Australian male bowls players
- 1872 births
- 1958 deaths
- Bowls players at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls