Tommy Hills
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 22, 1884 Scotland | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1963 Woolwich, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Auctioneer/Estate Agent | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Eltham BC | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Curtis Hills (1884-1963), was an English bowls player who competed in three British Empire Games.[1]
Bowls career
At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the pairs event with George Wright.[2][3]
The pair repeated the success four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games.[4] He also represented England at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Australia,[5] where he competed in the singles event, finishing in fourth place.[6]
Personal life
He was an auctioneer and estate agent by trade and married Beatrice Nellie Foster, they lived in Lewisham.[7]
References
- ^ ""The Empire Games." Times, 23 Aug. 1930, p. 4". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 23 August 1930. p. 4.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ "English team success at Emire Games". Rugby Advertiser. 29 August 1930. Retrieved 26 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 23–32. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "Sydney 1938 Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Lawn Bowls Singles - Men Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 2 Sep 1930 Southampton". Ancestry.co.uk.