Fred Biggin
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 February 1869 Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 September 1968 (aged 99) London, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Temple BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Frederick Biggin (16 February 1869 – 30 September 1968), was an English international lawn bowls player[1] who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.[2][3]
Bowls career
[edit]At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks/fours event with Robert Slater, Ernie Gudgeon and Percy Tomlinson.[4][5][6]
He was the Surrey singles champion and was a member of the Temple Bowls Club.
Personal life
[edit]He worked in Insurance by trade and lived at 108 Cheviot Road, West Norwood.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- ^ "England win rinks bowling title". The Scotsman. 11 August 1934. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "England and Wales Register 1939, Lambeth". Ancestry.co.uk.
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