Alfred Thomas (bowls)

Alfred Thomas
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born21 September 1899
Wales
Diedunknown
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubDafen Bowls Club
Medal record
Representing  Wales
National Championships
Gold medal – first place1937singles
Gold medal – first place1950Singles
Gold medal – first place1947fours

Alfred Thomas also known as Fred Thomas (21 September 1899 - date of death unknown), was a Welsh international lawn bowler who competed at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Thomas was a farmer, butcher and cattle dealer by trade and lived at Pwllbach Farm in Dafen, Carmarthenshire[1] and was a member of the Dafen Bowls Club, near Llanelli.[2] He made his Welsh international debut in 1946.[3]

Thomas represented the 1954 Welsh team[4] at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada[5] in both the fours/rinks event with Robert Devonald, Obadiah Hopkins and Ivor Thomas[6] (as skip)[7] and the singles event, where he finished in fifth place.

Thomas was a three-times champion of Wales having won the singles in 1937 and 1950 and fours in 1947.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "25 June 1954, Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal Passenger List on Empress of France". Ancestry. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "International Bowls". South Wales Daily Post. 18 May 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn). p. 459.
  4. ↑ "British Bowls Team". Western Mail. 6 February 1954. p. 5. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  6. ↑ "Wales Vancouver 1954". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Welsh bowls success". Western Mail. 6 August 1954. p. 9. Retrieved 26 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  9. ↑ "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.