John Bettles

John Bettles

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1907-03-30)30 March 1907 Raunds, Northamptonshire, England
Died	30 April 1983(1983-04-30) (aged 76) Raunds, Northamptonshire, England
Sport
Club	Irthlingborough BC Northamptonshire
Medal record Representing Commonwealth Games 1958 Cardiff fours

John Harris Bettles (1907–1983) was an England international lawn bowler.^[1][2]

Bowls career

He won a gold medal in the fours at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff with Norman King, John Scadgell and Walter Phillips.^[3][4][5]

Personal life

He took up bowls in 1931 and was shoe and boot operative by trade.^[6]

References

1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. "Splendid tribute to bowler". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 13 February 1958. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
5. ""Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 26 July 1958. p. 3.
6. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.