John Scadgell
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 26, 1912 Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2002 Worthing, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Worthing BC | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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George Harry Scadgell known as John Scadgell (1912-2002) was an England international lawn bowler.[1][2]
Bowls career
[edit]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.[3][4][5]
He won three National Championship titles, two in the pairs (1955[6] and 1966[7]) and once in the fours (1961).[8][9] He also finished runner-up to Peter Line in the 1964 singles.[10]
Personal life
[edit]He and his father H G (George) Scadgell both bowled for Worthing and ran a House and hotel furnishing company.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ^ ""Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 26 July 1958. p. 3.
- ^ "Splendid tribute to bowler". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 13 February 1958. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Worthing pair are champions". Nottingham Evening Post. 18 August 1955. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scadgell double in the pairs". Western Daily Press. 18 August 1966. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bowling ace opens bid for win No.5". Bristol Evening Post. 17 August 1961. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "Ice-cool Line joins the bowls greats". Birmingham Daily Post. 22 August 1964. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Club history". Worthing Bowls Club. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2019.