Walter Phillips (bowls)

Walter Phillips

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Sport
Club	Boscombe Cliff BC
Medal record Representing Commonwealth Games 1958 Cardiff fours

Walter F Phillips is 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 John Bettles.^[3][4][5]

He was twice a runner-up in the National Championships; in the singles in 1968^[6] and fours in 1968.^[7]

References

1. "Profile". Bowls tawa.
2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
4. ""Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 26 July 1958. p. 3.
5. "Splendid tribute to bowler". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 13 February 1958. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Third Time Lucky". Daily Mirror. 24 August 1968. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Past Records". Bowls England.