Joe A. Marsh (born 1928) is a South African 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 ...

Bowls career

Marsh was the Transvaal and Southern Transvaal bowls champion and was the

South African National Bowls Championships The South African National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls South Africa (BSA). The first National Singles Championships were held in 1897 in Kimberley despite the fact that the South African Bowls Association was not formed until 1904 ...

runner-up in 1970. Marsh won a

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in the

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at the

1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 1972 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Beach House Park in Worthing, England, from 5 to 17 June 1972. Maldwyn Evans won the singles which was held in a round robin format. The pairs Gold was won by Hong Kong, the triples G ...

in Worthing with Edgar Davey and Doug Watson. He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).

Personal life

Marsh was a gold refining official by trade and took up bowls in 1948.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marsh, Joe 1928 births Possibly living people South African male bowls players