Frank Livingstone (bowls)

Frank Livingstone (1 August 1886 – 17 August 1966) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.[1]

Frank Livingstone
Personal information
Born(1886-08-01)1 August 1886
New Zealand
Died17 August 1966(1966-08-17) (aged 80)
Auckland, New Zealand
OccupationFarmer
Spouse(s)
Hazel Irene McMaster
(
m. 1915)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubOnehunga BC
Medal record
Men's lawn bowls
Representing  New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
1938 SydneySingles

Bowls career

At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney he won the men's singles silver medal.[2] Livingstone died on 17 August 1966 and was buried at Waikaraka Cemetery in Onehunga.[3]

In 2013, Livingstone was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[4]

He won the 1936 & 1952 singles titles, 1949 & 1962 pairs titles and 1940 & 1948 fours titles at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships and also won the Australian National Bowls Championships singles title in 1949 (all when bowling for the Onehunga Bowls Club).[5]

gollark: It's from Terrafreaky, as always.
gollark: I don't really care a huge amount, I just want a bit more variety.
gollark: Probably.
gollark: I mean, with a male, is the decision for it to be purple/green biome-based?
gollark: I know that part.

References
  1. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  2. "Frank Livingstone". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. "Cemetery records". Auckland Council. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  4. "Bowls legends honoured at inaugural Hall of Fame celebration". Bowls New Zealand. 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
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