Joe Marsh (bowls)

Joe A Marsh is a South African international lawn bowler.[1]

Joe Marsh
Personal information
Nationality South Africa
Born1928
Sport
SportLawn bowls

Bowls career

He 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

He was a gold refining official by trade and took up bowls in 1948.[2]

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References

  1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  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.
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