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
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
- ^ "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).