Stanley Snedden

Stanley Snedden
Personal information
Birth name Stanley James Snedden
Born (1902-09-23)23 September 1902
New Zealand
Died 30 April 1980(1980-04-30) (aged 77)
New Zealand
Spouse(s)
Hazel Mary Elizabeth Nixon (m. 1926)
Sport
Country New Zealand
Sport Lawn bowls
Achievements and titles
National finals Men's fours champion (1938)
Men's singles champion (1960)

Stanley James Snedden (23 September 1902 – 30 April 1980) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.

Snedden represented New Zealand at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff,[1] finishing 10th in the men's fours, alongside Robin Andrew, Jeff Barron, and Bill Hampton.

In 1938, Snedden won the fours title at the New Zealand lawn bowls championships, representing the Linwood club. Twenty-two years later, in 1960, he won the national singles title, also representing Linwood.[2]

References

  1. "Stanley Snedden". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 8 December 2016.


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