James Frith (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 November 1860 Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 November 1946 (aged 86) Newcastle upon Tyne | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Life Assurance agent | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Belgrave BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Frith (1860-1946) was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.[1][2]
Bowls career
[edit]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
[edit]He was an Life Assurance agent by trade and lived in Newcastle upon Tyne.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ ""The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 23 August 1930. p. 4.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ "English team success at Emire Games". Rugby Advertiser. 29 August 1930. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "New Bowls Champion". Sunday Illustrated. 31 July 1921. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.