Kenneth Coulson
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Nationality | English | ||||||||||
Born | 3 July 1910 Croydon, Surrey | ||||||||||
Died | December 1987 (aged 77)[1] Worthing | ||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||
Club | Croydon BC | ||||||||||
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Kenneth Walter Oxenford Coulson (1910–1987) was an English international lawn bowler.
Bowls career[]
Coulson became the first British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1959, when bowling for England and the Croydon Bowls Club.[2] [3] He qualified for the event by virtue of winning the English singles crown the previous year.[4] He was a motor car salesman by trade and was first capped by England in 1955.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Kenneth Walter O Coulson, vol 18, page 2529". England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
Categories:
- 1910 births
- 1987 deaths
- English male bowls players
- British bowls biography stubs