Jock Thompson

John Dawson Hedley Thompson known as Jock was a Scottish born former Welsh international lawn bowler.

Jock Thompson
Personal information
Nationality Scotland and  Wales
Born(1920-02-16)16 February 1920
Hawick, Scotland
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubRhiwbina BC

Bowls career

Introduced to bowls by his father in 1938 and moved to Wales at the end of World War II. Thompson was a Welsh international from 1961-1973 and captain from 1966-1968.

He bowled and captained Wales in the 1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in New South Wales, Australia.[1]

He won the 1965 fours title and 1982 pairs title at the British Isles Bowls Championships and the Welsh National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Rhiwbina Bowls Club.[2]

Personal life

He was a civil servant by trade.

References

  1. Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  2. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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