Charles Bradley (bowls)

Charles Stewart Bradley
Personal information
Nationality South Africa
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Born1919
South Africa
Sport
ClubBulawayo BC
Medal record
Representing Southern Rhodesia
Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff fours
Representing Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Commonwealth Games
1962 Perth pairs

Charles Stewart Bradley (born 1919) is a South African-born former international lawn bowler who competed for Rhodesia.[1]

Bowls career

Bradley won a bronze medal at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in the fours with Alex Pascoe, Basil Wells and Ronnie Turner. Four years later he won a second bronze in the pairs competition at the 1962 Commonwealth Games with Bill Jackson.[2][3]

Personal life

His son Alan Bradley was also Rhodesian international bowler.[4] He was a farmer by trade.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Bill Jackson profile". Rhodesian Sport Profiles.
  2. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  3. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ^ Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  5. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.