John Somerville (bowls)
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| Birth name | John Somerville | ||||||||||||
| Born | 10 September 1926 | ||||||||||||
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5 March 1987 (aged 60) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||
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John "Jack" Somerville (10 September 1926 – 5 March 1987) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.
At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games he won the men's fours gold medal partnering David Baldwin, Kerry Clark and Gordon Jolly.[1]
In 2013, Somerville was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[2]
References
- ↑ "John Somerville". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ "Bowls legends honoured at inaugural Hall of Fame celebration". Bowls New Zealand. 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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