Wilfred A Randall (1914 – date of death unknown), was 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

He won a

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in the fours at the

1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fi ...

in Vancouver, with Frank Mitchell, George Wilson and John Anderson. Four years late he won a

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in the fours at the

1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18–26 July 1958. Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,130 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games ...

in Cardiff, with

Norman Snowy Walker Norman Stewart 'Snowy' Walker (1901 – 1977) was a South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career Walker who was born is Dundee in Scotland won three medals at the Commonwealth Games. In 1938 he won a rinks (fours) silver followed by ...

, Edward Williams and

Edward Stuart Edward Craig Stuart (1827 – 15 March 1911) was the second Anglican Bishop of Waiapu, whose episcopate spanned a 16-year period during the second half of the 19th century. He was born in Edinburgh, the son of Alexander Stuart and Mary McKnigh ...

. He won the 1951 rinks at the

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, bowling for the Kensington Bowls Club.

Personal life

He was an engineer foreman by trade.

References

1914 births Date of death unknown Bowls players at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games South African male bowls players Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-bowls-bio-stub