Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Birth name | John Somerville | ||||||||||||||
Born | 10 September 1926 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 5 March 1987 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 60)||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
Club | Rewa Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
National finals | Fours champion (1971, 1985, 1986) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Somerville (10 September 1926 – 5 March 1987) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.
At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, Somerville won the men's fours gold medal partnering David Baldwin, Kerry Clark and Gordon Jolly. [1] [2] [3]
A member of the Rewa Bowling Club, Somerville won the 1971, 1985 and 1986 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships. [4]
In 2013, Somerville was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame. [5]