Joe Marsh (bowls)

Joe Marsh
Personal information
Nationality South Africa
Born1928 (1928)
DiedJanuary 2025 (aged 96–97)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
Medal record
Representing South Africa
World Outdoor Championships
Silver medal – second place1972 Worthingtriples
Silver medal – second place1972 Worthingteam

Joe A. Marsh (1928 – January 2025) was a South African international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Marsh was the Transvaal and Southern Transvaal bowls champion and was the South African National Bowls Championships runner-up in 1970.[2]

He won a silver medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing with Edgar Davey and Doug Watson.[3][4] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).

Personal life and death

Marsh was a gold refining official by trade and took up bowls in 1948.[2] Marsh died in January 2025.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. 1 2 Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  3. ↑ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. ↑ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  5. ↑ "Passing of Joe Marsh" (PDF). Bowls South Africa. Retrieved 8 February 2026.