Edward Shuttle

Edward Shuttle
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1877-04-12)April 12, 1877
Reading, England
Died1955
Reading, England
OccupationEmployment exchange manager
Sport
SportLawn bowls

Edward Shuttle (1877-1955), was a bowls player from England who competed at the British Empire Games.[1]

Bowls career

In 1937 Shuttle was selected for a tour of New Zealand and Australia, which culminated in the Empire Games.[2]

Shuttle represented England at the 1938 British Empire Games[3] in Sydney, Australia,[4] where he competed in the fours/rink event, finishing in fifth place.[5]

Personal life

He was an employment exchange manager at the Ministry of Labour by trade and lived at Castle Street in Reading.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Lawn Bowls Fours/Rinks - Men Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. ^ "The Empire Games British bowlers for tour". Belfast Telegraph. 18 October 1937. Retrieved 6 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. pp. 23–32. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  4. ^ "Sydney 1938 Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Lawn Bowls Fours - Men Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Edward Shuttle". Ancestry.co.uk.