Kenneth Coulson
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||
| Born | 3 July 1910 Croydon, Surrey | |||||||||||
| Died | December 1987 (aged 77)[1] Worthing | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||
| Club | Croydon BC | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Kenneth Walter Oxenford Coulson (1910–1987) was an English international lawn bowler.
Bowls career
[edit]Coulson became the first British singles champion after winning the British Isles Bowls Championships in 1959, when bowling for England and the Croydon Bowls Club.[2][3] He qualified for the event by virtue of winning the English singles crown the previous year.[4][5] He was a motor car salesman by trade and was first capped by England in 1955.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kenneth Walter O Coulson, vol 18, page 2529". England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Bowls". Birmingham Daily Post. 22 August 1959. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
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