Robert Thomson (born 1927) is a Scottish international
lawn bowler
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.
Bowls career
Thomson competed in the first
World Bowls Championship in
Kyeemagh,
New South Wales,
Australia
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in 1966
and won a
bronze medal
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in the
fours with
Willie Adrain,
Willie Dyet and
Harry Reston at the event. He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).
References
1927 births
Possibly living people
Scottish male bowls players
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