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Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Born | Camberwell, Victoria | 7 September 1872||||||||||||||
Died | 23 March 1958 Parkes, New South Wales | (aged 65)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
Club | Parkes BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Cobley (1872–1958), was an Australian lawn bowls international who competed in the 1950 British Empire Games.[1]
At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the fours event with his brother James Cobley, Len Knight and Charles Cordaiy.[2][3][4]
He was the 1949 Australian National Bowls Championships rinks (fours) winner, bowling with the same trio and for the Parkes Bowls Club in New South Wales.[5]