Ernie Gudgeon
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 28, 1880 Luton | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1965 Brighton | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Insurance Collector/salesman | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Preston BC (Brighton) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ernest Frederick Gudgeon (1880-1965), was an English bowls player who competed in two British Empire Games.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks (fours) event with James Edney, James Frith and Albert Hough.[2][3] He repeated the success four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games, this time with Robert Slater, Percy Tomlinson and Fred Biggin.[4]
He finished runner-up in the 1929 Men's National Championships.[5][6]
Personal life
[edit]He was an insurance collector and salesman by trade and lived in Brighton. He married Minnie Rose Hudson.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ ""The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 23 August 1930. p. 4.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ "English team success at Emire Games". Rugby Advertiser. 29 August 1930. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "England win rinks bowling title". The Scotsman. 11 August 1934. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "The English Champion". Bromley & West Kent Mercury. 23 August 1929. Retrieved 22 August 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.
Categories:
- English male bowls players
- Bowls players at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Bowls players at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- 1880 births
- 1965 deaths
- Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games
- Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games