Bill Moseley (born 1945) is a former South African international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

World championships

Moseley came to prominence in 1976 when he won the pairs, fours and team

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at the

1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1976 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Zoo Lake Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 18 February to 6 March, 1976. Doug Watson won the singles which was held in a round robin format. South Africa completed a clean sweep ...

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. In the pairs he partnered Doug Watson as they won 13 of their 15 matches. In the fours with Kevin Campbell,

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and

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the team won 14 of the 15 matches played. The South African team completed a clean sweep of all events at the

. The lawn bowlers from South Africa were denied further opportunities to win medals due to the Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era.

National

Moseley played bowls from the age of eight and reached his first

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singles quarter final in 1970 before winning the national fours in 1971.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moseley, Bill South African male bowls players 1945 births Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Bowls World Champions