Robert Taylor (bowls)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Northern Irish |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Lawn bowls |
| Club | Shatfesbury BC |
Robert David Taylor was a Lawn bowls international from Northern Ireland who competed at the British Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games).
Biography
Taylor was a member of the Shatfesbury Bowls Club in Belfast[1] and in 1933 represented Ireland at the 1933 International Games.[2]
Taylor then represented the 1934 Northern Irish Team[3][4] at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, participating in the pairs event with John Downing, finishing in sixth place.[5]
In January 1939, Taylor was voted in as the Chairman of Shaftesbury BC[6] and would later become honrary secretary of the club. [7]
References
- ^ "Bowling in Ireland". Ireland's Saturday Night. 28 June 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 29 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Bowling Notes". Ireland's Saturday Night. 8 July 1933. p. 7. Retrieved 29 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ "Northern Ireland London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
- ^ "England Win Title". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 10 August 1934. p. 14. Retrieved 29 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Shaftesbury Bowls Club". Belfast Telegraph. 19 January 1939. p. 6. Retrieved 29 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Shaftesbury Bowls Club, very successful year". Belfast Telegraph. 19 January 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 29 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.