William Whittaker (26 December 1883 – 13 August 1980) was a New Zealand

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player.

Bowls career

At the 1938 Commonwealth Games in

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he was part of the men's fours team that won the gold medal; with

Bill Bremner Charles William Henry Chilcott Bremner (25 March 1879 – 4 November 1961) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who won a gold medal in the men's fours at the 1938 British Empire Games. He also won four national lawn bowls titles. Biography Bor ...

, Ernie Jury and Alec Robertson. He won the 1940 fours title at the

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when bowling for the Onehunga Bowls Club.

References

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