Joe Marsh (bowls)

Joe Marsh

Personal information
Nationality	South Africa
Born	1928 (1928)
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Medal record Representing World Outdoor Championships 1972 Worthing triples 1972 Worthing team

Joe A. Marsh (born 1928) is a South African international lawn bowler.^[1]

Bowls career

Marsh was the Transvaal and Southern Transvaal bowls champion and was the South African National Bowls Championships runner-up in 1970.^[2]

Marsh 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

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

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.