Tom Fleming (bowls)
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English lawn bowler
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||
| Born | 22 September 1910 Sedgefield, England | |||||||||
| Died | July 1977 (aged 66) | |||||||||
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| Club | Albert Park BC, Middlesbrough | |||||||||
Medal record
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George Thomas Fleming (born 1910, Sedgefield, died 1977)[1] was an English international lawn bowler.[2] [3] [4]
Bowls career
[edit ]He won a gold medal in the Men's Rinks (Fours) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, with Sidney Drysdale, David Bryant and Les Watson.[5]
He won twice the runner-up in the 1959 and 1960 singles National Championship representing Albert Park Middlesbrough and Yorkshire.[6] [7] [8]
References
[edit ]- ^ "David Bryant reaches semi-final". Bristol Evening Post. 19 August 1960. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
- ^ "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "Bowls" . Birmingham Daily Post. 22 August 1959. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bowls" . Daily Mirror. 20 August 1960. Retrieved 23 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.