Errol Bungey (born 1931) is a former Australian international
lawn bowler
Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...
who played 68 times for his country.
Bowls career
Bungey won a
silver medal
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in the
fours with
Robert King,
Errol Stewart and
Keith Poole
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at the
1974 British Commonwealth Games
The 1974 British Commonwealth Games ( mi, 1974 Taumāhekeheke Commonwealth) were held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974. The bid vote was held in Edinburgh at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. The Games were off ...
in
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...
.
He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1986 and was inducted into the South Australia Hall of Fame.
References
1931 births
Living people
Australian male bowls players
Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Bowls players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
20th-century Australian people
Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Place of birth missing (living people)
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