Jock Thompson

John Dawson Hedley Thompson (16 February 1920 – February 2000) was a Scottish-born Welsh international lawn bowler.

For the Rhodesian cricketer, see Jock Thompson (cricketer).

Jock Thompson
Personal information
NationalityScottish / Welsh
Born(1920-02-16)16 February 1920
Hawick, Scotland
DiedFebruary 2000 (aged 80)
Glamorgan, Wales
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubRhiwbina BC
Medal record
Representing  Wales
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place1983pairs
Gold medal – first place1966fours

Bowls career

Introduced to bowls by his father in 1938 and moved to Wales at the end of World War II. Thompson was a Welsh international from 1961 to 1973 and captain from 1966 to 1968.

Thompson bowled and captained Wales in the 1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in New South Wales, Australia.[1]

Thompson won the 1965 fours title and 1982 pairs title at the British Isles Bowls Championships and the Welsh National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Rhiwbina Bowls Club.[2]

Personal life and death

Thompson was a civil servant by trade.

Thompson died in Glamorgan in February 2000, at the age of 80.[3]

References
  1. Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  2. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  3. "John Dawson H Thomson". England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
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