Ernie Gudgeon

Ernie Gudgeon

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1880-10-28)October 28, 1880 Luton
Died	1965 Brighton
Occupation	Insurance Collector/salesman
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Preston BC (Brighton)
Medal record Men's Lawn bowls Representing  England British Empire Games 1930 Hamilton Fours 1934 London Fours

Ernest Frederick Gudgeon (1880-1965), was an English bowls player who competed in two British Empire Games.^[1]

Bowls career

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks (fours) event with James Edney, James Frith and Albert Hough.^[2][3] He repeated the success four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games, this time with Robert Slater, Percy Tomlinson and Fred Biggin.^[4]

He finished runner-up in the 1929 Men's National Championships.^[5][6]

Personal life

He was an insurance collector and salesman by trade and lived in Brighton. He married Minnie Rose Hudson.^[7]

References

1. ""The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 23 August 1930. p. 4.
2. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
3. "English team success at Emire Games". Rugby Advertiser. 29 August 1930. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "England win rinks bowling title". The Scotsman. 11 August 1934. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Past Records". Bowls England.
6. "The English Champion". Bromley & West Kent Mercury. 23 August 1929. Retrieved 22 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.