John Dobbie (bowls)

John Dobbie
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born(1914-08-03)3 August 1914
Died19 October 2005(2005-10-19) (aged 91)
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubGlenferrie Hill BC
and Victoria
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Kyeemagh triples
Silver medal – second place 1966 Kyeemagh fours
Gold medal – first place 1966 Kyeemagh team

John Dobbie (1914-2005) was an Australian international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

Dobbie started bowling in 1934 for the Glenferrie Hill Bowls Club. He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 [2] and won a gold medal in the triples with Don Collins and Athol Johnston and a silver in the fours.[3] He also won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).

He was club champion 11 times of which his first win in 1947 was against his father in the final.[4]

Family

His father was Frank Dobbie who won the 1927 & 1931 singles titles at the Australian National Bowls Championships when bowling for the City of Camberwell Bowls Club.[5]

He died in 2005.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Australian Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original on 14 October 2016.
  2. ^ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  3. ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  5. ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  6. ^ "John Dobbie - Australian bowls legend dies". The Bowls Network.