David Fraser (bowls)

David Fraser
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born1878
DiedUnknown
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubSt Andrews BC, Fife
Medal record
Men's Lawn bowls
Representing  Scotland
British Empire Games
1930 Hamilton Fours

David Fraser (1878–?), was a Scottish international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.[1][2]

Bowls career

Fraser was a member of the St Andrews Bowls Club of Fife.[3]

At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the rinks (fours) event with John Orr, William Campbell and Canadian Tom Chambers who joined the team following the death of original team member John Kennedy.[4][5]

Personal life

He lived in St Andrews, Fife.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. ^ "Empire Games". Edinburgh Evening News. 29 September 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  5. ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  6. ^ "UK, Outgoing Passenger Lists, 2 Aug 1930 Greenock". Ancestry.co.uk.