Stanley Snedden
Personal information | |
---|---|
Birth name | Stanley James Snedden |
Born | New Zealand | 23 September 1902
Died | 30 April 1980 New Zealand | (aged 77)
Spouse |
Hazel Mary Elizabeth Nixon
(m. 1926) |
Relative(s) | Cyril Snedden (cousin) Nessie Snedden (cousin) Owen Snedden (cousin) |
Sport | |
Country | New Zealand |
Sport | Lawn bowls |
Club | Linwood |
Achievements and titles | |
National finals | Men's fours champion (1938) Men's singles champion (1960) |
Stanley James Snedden (23 September 1902 – 30 April 1980) was a New Zealand
lawn bowls
player.
Bowls career
Snedden represented New Zealand at the
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff,[1] finishing 10th in the men's fours, alongside Robin Andrew, Jeff Barron, and Bill Hampton
.
In 1938, Snedden won the fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships, representing the Linwood club. Twenty-two years later, in 1960, he won the national singles title, also representing Linwood.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ "Stanley Snedden". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.