Cliff Stroud

Cliff R Stroud (1920-2015), was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.

Cliff Stroud
Personal information
Nationality England
Born(1920-11-07)7 November 1920
Tottenham, London
Died2015
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
1972 Worthing men's fours

Bowls career

Stroud started bowling in 1954 for the Trowbridge Westbourne club in Wiltshire (outdoors) and the Christie Miller club (indoors).[1]

He was an England international from 1967-1972 and won the gold medal in the fours at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship with Peter Line, Ted Hayward and Norman King.[2] [3]

He also represented England at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in the fours event.[4] [5]

Personal life

He took up bowls aged 12 for the Tottenham Somerford BC. Stroud was a company director and general manager by trade and in 2015.[1] [6]

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References
  1. "Bowls column: Moonrakers will never forget their England star Cliff Stroud". Somerset Live.
  2. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  3. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  4. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  5. "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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