George Wright
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born(1893-10-28)28 October 1893
Norwich
Died3 April 1949(1949-04-03) (aged 55)
Southampton
OccupationCinema Proprietor
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubSouthern Railway BC, Eastleigh
Medal record
Men's Lawn bowls
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place 1930 HamiltonPairs
Gold medal – first place 1934 LondonPairs

George William Arthur Wright (1893–1949) was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games and 1938 British Empire Games.[1][2]

Bowls career

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the pairs event with Tommy Hills.[3] The pair repeated the success four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games.

He was the 1928 singles National Champion.[4]

Personal life

He was a cinema proprietor at the Variety Theatre, in Eastleigh, by trade and married Jessie Mary Parker, they lived in Upper Bassett, Southampton.[5]

References

  1. ""The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4". Times Digital Archives.
  2. Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  4. "Past Records". Bowls England.
  5. "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.


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