Glyn de Villiers Bosisto (15 February 1899 – 16 December 1990) was an Australian international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

After moving to Adelaide he took up bowls under his father's tuition at the Prospect Bowls Club. After being transferred to Melbourne by the bank in 1932, he became the club champion at Glen Iris BC before returning to Sydney in 1935. He was seven times City Club champion and also North Sydney club champion. In 1941 he won the fours at the Metropolitan and State championships before joining the Victoria Bowling Club and later the Auburn club. He won the

Australian National Bowls Championships The Australian National Bowls Championships and the Australian Open are organised by Bowls Australia. Bowls dates back to 1845 in Australia but it was not until 1910, during the 1910 Carnival of bowls that South Australia proposed the formation of ...

singles title four consecutive years from 1949 until 1953 in addition to skipping the fours to two titles in 1951 and 1957. He represented Australia, New South Wales and Victoria 256 times and appeared for Australia in the singles at the

Lawn bowls at the 1954 British Empire & Commonwealth Games The lawn bowls competition at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 30 July until 7 August 1954. The host clubs were the West Point Grey Lawn Bowling Club of Vancouver and the New W ...

and again in the singles at the

Lawn Bowls at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The lawn bowls competition at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958. Medal table Medallists Results Men's singles – round robin + Silver medal play off Baker beat Jacks ...

Personal life

He was the youngest of eight children and was educated at Gawler District High School before joining the National Bank of Australasia Ltd aged 16. He married Audrey Davies in 1928 and his banking career forced several re-locations throughout his career. He became a bank manager before retiring from the banking industry in 1955. In 1977 he was appointed MBE and was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame eight years later in 1985.

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* * 1899 births 1990 deaths Australian male bowls players Bowls players at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees People from Gawler, South Australia Australian bankers Sportsmen from South Australia {{Australia-sport-bio-stub