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British lawn bowler

John Scadgell
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1912-05-26)May 26, 1912
Hampshire, England
Died2002
Worthing, England
Sport
ClubWorthing BC
Medal record
Representing England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1962 fours

George Harry Scadgell known as John Scadgell (1912-2002) was an England international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

Scadgell won a gold medal in the fours at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff with Norman King, John Bettles and Walter Phillips.

He won three National Championship titles, two in the pairs (1955 and 1966) and once in the fours (1961). He also finished runner-up to Peter Line in the 1964 singles.

Personal life

He and his father H G (George) Scadgell both bowled for Worthing and ran a House and hotel furnishing company.

References

  1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  4. ""Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 26 July 1958. p. 3.
  5. "Splendid tribute to bowler". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 13 February 1958. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Worthing pair are champions". Nottingham Evening Post. 18 August 1955. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Scadgell double in the pairs". Western Daily Press. 18 August 1966. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. "Bowling ace opens bid for win No.5". Bristol Evening Post. 17 August 1961. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  10. "Ice-cool Line joins the bowls greats". Birmingham Daily Post. 22 August 1964. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. "Club history". Worthing Bowls Club. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
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