James Frith (1860-1946) was an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

bowls 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 ...

player who competed in the

1930 British Empire Games The 1930 British Empire Games were the inaugural edition of what now is known as the Commonwealth Games, and were held in Hamilton, Ontario, from 16 to 23 August 1930. The games were organized by ''Hamilton Spectator'' sportswriter Bobby Robinso ...

Bowls career

At the

he won the

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in the rinks (fours) event with Ernie Gudgeon,

Albert Hough Albert Percy Hough (1877–1960), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games. Bowls career At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks (fours) event with Ernie Gudgeon, James Frith and Jam ...

and

James Edney James Edney (1870-1951), was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games. Bowls career At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks (fours) event with Ernie Gudgeon, James Frith and Albert Hough ...

. He was a 1921 rinks (fours) National Champion bowling for the Belgrave Bowls Club, Northumberland.

Personal life

He was an Life Assurance agent by trade and lived in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frith, James English male bowls players Bowls players at the 1930 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls 1860 births 1946 deaths Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games People from Chapel-en-le-Frith