Percy Holloway
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | |||||||||||
| Born | 21 August 1900 Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales | |||||||||||
| Died | 3 September 1980 (aged 80) Llantwit Major, Wales | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||
| Club | Barry Athletic BC Roath Park Bargoed Welfare BC | |||||||||||
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Edward Percy Holloway (21 August 1900 – 3 September 1980) was a Welsh lawn bowls international who competed at the British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games).
Biography
Holloway bowled for Barry Athletic Bowls Club when winning the 1923 Welsh national singles title.[1][2] After a spell with Roath Park, he joined the Bargoed Welfare Bowls Club and was a postmaster by profession in Deri, Caerphilly.[3] By 1929 he was captain of the Bargoed club.[4]
He represented Glamorgan at county level,[5] won the 1934 Welsh national singles title[6] and represented Wales at international level.[7] By virtue of winning the 1934 national singles, he was selected for the 1934 British Empire Games in London the following month.[8]
He subsequently represented the 1934 Welsh Empire team[9] in the singles event.[10]
References
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 49. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "Sport in Brief". Daily Herald. 27 August 1923. p. 7. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bowling Successes". Merthyr Express. 20 September 1930. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bargoed Bowlers". Merthyr Express. 21 December 1929. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Local Bowler". Merthyr Express. 18 June 1932. p. 19. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn). p. 458.
- ^ "P.Holloway wins W.B.A Title". Western Mail. 28 July 1934. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wales London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Empire Games". The Scotsman. 10 August 1934. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.