English lawn and indoor bowler
Peter Line
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| Nationality | British (English) |
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| Born | (1930-10-13)13 October 1930
Southampton |
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| Sport | Lawn bowls |
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| Club | Atherley BC
Banister Park BC |
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Peter A Line is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Bowls career
World Championships
Line won the fours gold medal with Norman King, Cliff Stroud and Ted Hayward at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2] Four years later, he won two more medals: a bronze medal in the fours with John C Evans, Bill Irish and Tommy Armstrong and a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Cup).
Commonwealth Games
Line won the gold medal in the pairs with Norman King during the 1970 British Commonwealth Games[3] and four years later won a silver medal with John Evans in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.[4][5]
National
Line bowled for the Atherley Club and Banister Park in Southampton, Hampshire, and won the national singles title in 1961 and 1964.[6][2][7][8] In 1999, he won the national senior singles.[9]
He first played for England in 1955.
Personal life
In 1984, he married fellow England international, Wendy Line (née Clarke).[10] and by trade he was a civil service cartographical draughtsman and joined the Banister Park Bowls Club in 1948.[2]
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