Hugh Simpson Andrews (26 January 1924 – 20 March 2011) was a Welsh international

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Bowls career

Andrews won a

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in the

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at the

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in Worthing. He was capped 27 times by Wales between 1960 and 1972 and was the captain in 1970. Andrews won the 1971 fours title and finished runner-up in the 1972 pairs at the Welsh National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Brynhyfryd Bowls Club.

Personal life and death

Andrews was a civil servant by trade and took up bowls after his discharge from the Royal Air Force in 1947. Andrews died in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire on 20 March 2011, at the age of 87.

References

1924 births 2011 deaths Welsh male bowls players {{UK-bowls-bio-stub