Bill Scott (bowls)

Bill Scott
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Bornc.1910[1]
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubCraigentinny BC, Edinburgh
Errol BC, Perth
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1974 Christchurchmen's fours

William "Bill" Garry Scott (1910 – date of death unknown) was an international lawn bowler from Scotland.[2]

Biography

Scott was born in 1910[1] and was a member of the Craigentinny BC, Edinburgh and then the Errol Bowls Club in Perth.[3]

He represented the Scotland team,[4] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[5] in the pairs event, partnering Alex Henderson. The duo finished one place outside of the medal positions in fourth place.[6] At the time of the Games he was a first-aid attendant.[1]

Four years later, he won a bronze medal in the men's fours at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, with Morgan Moffat, John Marshall and John McRae.[7][8]

Scott won the pairs with Henderson at the Scottish National Bowls Championships in 1968[9][10] and subsequently won the British Isles Bowls Championships the following year in 1959.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "60-year-old gets place in Games team". Ireland's Saturday Night. 30 May 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 28 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  3. ↑ "Whitehall Bid To Boost Game". Aberdeen Evening Express. 29 June 1974. p. 6. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Twelve teenage girl swimmers are in Scotland Games team". The Scotsman. 27 May 1970. p. 26. Retrieved 18 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "They'll carry Scotland's hopes". Aberdeen Evening Express. 16 June 1970. p. 11. Retrieved 23 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Fulton's mixed luck". Belfast News-Letter. 21 July 1970. p. 10. Retrieved 28 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  8. ↑ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  9. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  10. ↑ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  11. ↑ "County winners". Motherwell Times. 20 September 1968. p. 24. Retrieved 28 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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