John Cobley
Australian lawn bowler
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Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1872-09-07)7 September 1872 Camberwell, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
Died | 23 March 1958(1958-03-23) (aged 65) Parkes, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
Club | Parkes BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Cobley (1872–1958), was an Australian lawn bowls international who competed in the 1950 British Empire Games.[1]
Bowls career
At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the fours event with his brother James Cobley, Len Knight and Charles Cordaiy.[2][3][4]
He was the 1949 Australian National Bowls Championships rinks (fours) winner, bowling with the same trio and for the Parkes Bowls Club in New South Wales.[5]
References
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).