John Somerville (bowls)

Jack Somerville
Personal information
Birth name John Somerville
Born (1926-09-10)10 September 1926
Died 5 March 1987(1987-03-05) (aged 60)
Auckland, New Zealand

John "Jack" Somerville (10 September 1926 – 5 March 1987) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.

At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games he won the men's fours gold medal partnering David Baldwin, Kerry Clark and Gordon Jolly.[1]

In 2013, Somerville was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[2]

References

  1. "John Somerville". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  2. "Bowls legends honoured at inaugural Hall of Fame celebration". Bowls New Zealand. 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2016.


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