Jock Thompson
John Dawson Hedley Thompson known as Jock was a Scottish born former Welsh international lawn bowler.
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| Born | 16 February 1920 Hawick, Scotland |
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| Sport | Lawn bowls |
| Club | Rhiwbina BC |
Bowls career
Introduced to bowls by his father in 1938 and moved to Wales at the end of World War II. Thompson was a Welsh international from 1961-1973 and captain from 1966-1968.
He bowled and captained Wales in the 1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in New South Wales, Australia.[1]
He won the 1965 fours title and 1982 pairs title at the British Isles Bowls Championships and the Welsh National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Rhiwbina Bowls Club.[2]
Personal life
He was a civil servant by trade.
References
- Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
- Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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