John Bettles

John Bettles
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1907-03-30)30 March 1907
Raunds, Northamptonshire, England
Died30 April 1983(1983-04-30) (aged 76)
Raunds, Northamptonshire, England
Sport
ClubRaunds Methodists BC
Northamptonshire
Medal record
Representing England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1958 Cardifffours

John Harris Bettles (1907–1983) was an England international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

He won a gold medal for the England team in the fours at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff with Norman King, John Scadgell and Walter Phillips.

Personal life

He took up bowls in 1931 and was shoe and boot operative by trade.

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ↑ "England's Bowls Team for Empire Games". Nottingham Evening News. 13 February 1958. p. 6. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Splendid tribute to bowler". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 13 February 1958. Retrieved 28 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  6. ↑ ""Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 26 July 1958. p. 3.
  7. ↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.