Horace Harvey (bowls)

Horace Harvey was a South African international lawn bowler.[1][2]

Horace Harvey
Personal information
Nationality South Africa
Sport
ClubBrakpan BC
Medal record
Representing South Africa
Commonwealth Games
1938 Sydneysingles

Bowls career

In 1938 he won the gold medal in the singles event at the 1938 British Empire Games.[3]

He was a 1937 singles National Champion bowling for the Brakpan Bowls Club, Guateng.[4]

Personal life

His father was Andrew Harvey who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games and his son was Tommy Harvey, a winner of two medals at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5]

References

  1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  4. Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  5. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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