John Somerville (bowls)

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

Bowls career

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

A member of the Rewa Bowling Club, Somerville won the 1971, 1985 and 1986 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships.

Awards

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

References

1926 births

1987 deaths

New Zealand male bowls players

Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand

Bowls players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls

20th-century New Zealand people

Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games