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James Frith (bowls)

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James Frith
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1860-11-16)16 November 1860
Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire
Died18 November 1946(1946-11-18) (aged 86)
Newcastle upon Tyne
OccupationLife Assurance agent
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubBelgrave BC
Medal record
Men's Lawn bowls
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place 1930 Hamilton Fours

James Frith (1860-1946) was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.[1][2]

Bowls career

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At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks (fours) event with Ernie Gudgeon, Albert Hough and James Edney.[3][4]

He was a 1921 rinks (fours) national champion bowling for the Belgrave Bowls Club, Northumberland.[5][6]

Personal life

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He was an Life Assurance agent by trade and lived in Newcastle upon Tyne.[7]

References

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  1. ^ ""The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 23 August 1930. p. 4.
  2. ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  3. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  4. ^ "English team success at Emire Games". Rugby Advertiser. 29 August 1930. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
  6. ^ "New Bowls Champion". Sunday Illustrated. 31 July 1921. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.