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Hugh Andrews

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Hugh Andrews
Personal information
Full nameHugh Simpson Andrews
NationalityWelsh
Born(1924-01-26)26 January 1924
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Died20 March 2011(2011-03-20) (aged 87)
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Sport
ClubBrynhyfryd BC
Medal record
Representing  Wales
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Worthing triples

Hugh Simpson Andrews (26 January 1924 – 20 March 2011) was a Welsh international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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Andrews won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2] He was capped 27 times by Wales between 1960 and 1972 and was the captain in 1970.[3]

Andrews won the 1971 fours title and finished runner-up in the 1972 pairs at the Welsh National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Brynhyfryd Bowls Club.[3]

Personal life and death

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Andrews was a civil servant by trade and took up bowls after his discharge from the Royal Air Force in 1947.[3]

Andrews died in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire on 20 March 2011, at the age of 87.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Hugh Andrews Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  3. ^ a b c Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  4. ^ "Hugh Simpson Andrews". GRO Index. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Hugh Andrews". Funeral Notices. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2023.