Scottish lawn bowler
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| Nationality | Scottish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | c. 1909 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | c. 1988 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Sanquhar BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joseph Watson Black (c. 1909–c. 1988) was a Scottish international lawn bowler.
Bowls career※
He won two silver medals in the singles and fours at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth with Thomas Hamill, William Moore and Michael Purdon.
He holds the Scottish National Men's Singles Championship record equally with Robert Sprot, David Dall and Darren Burnett, with three titles which he won in 1958, 1959 and "1962."
Trade※
He was a miner by, trade being the "pit deputy at the Fauld Hill Pit in Dumfries and Galloway."
References※
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.
- ^ "Team Scotland Commonwealth Games Medallists". Team Scotland.
- ^ "Harry Reston beaten in semi final". West Lothian Courier. 8 August 1958. p. 12. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bowling". Wishaw Press. 14 August 1959. p. 14. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "J Watson Black of Sanquhar". Future Museum. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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