Bill Bremner

New Zealand bowls player

For other people with the same name, see Billy Bremner (disambiguation).

Bill Bremner

Personal information
Birth name| Charles William Henry Chilcott Bremner
Born| (1879-03-25)25 March 1879
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died| 4 November 1961(1961-11-04) (aged 82)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height| 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Spouse|

Alice Genevieve McLachlan

(m. 1902; died 1949)​

Sport
Country| New Zealand
Sport| Lawn bowls
Club| West End Bowling Club, Auckland
Achievements and titles
National finals| Men's pairs champion (1932, 1940)
Men's fours champion (1924, 1929)

Medal record

Representing  New Zealand
Men's lawn bowls
British Empire Games
|  1938 Sydney | Fours

Charles William Henry Chilcott Bremner (25 March 1879 – 4 November 1961) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who won a gold medal in the men's fours at the 1938 British Empire Games. He also won four national lawn bowls titles.

## Biography[edit]

Born in Dunedin on 25 March 1879, Bremner was the son of Mary Ann and George Goddard Bremner.[2][3] He was educated in Dunedin, but spent much of his life in Invercargill, before moving to Auckland.[3] He was a land agent and architect.[3] On 26 December 1902, Bremner married Alice Genevieve McLachlan,[4] and they had two children.[3]

Bremner won four New Zealand national bowls championship titles, representing the West End Bowling Club from Auckland: the men's fours in 1924 and 1929; and the men's pairs in 1932 and 1940.[5]

At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Bremner was the skip the men's four—with Ernie Jury, Alec Robertson and Bill Whittaker—that won the gold medal.[3][6][7]

Bremner died in Auckland on 4 November 1961, having been predeceased by his wife in 1949.[8][9] He was buried at Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland.[10]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "New Zealand, Police Gazettes, 1878–1945". Ancestry.com Operations. 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
2. ^ "Birth search: registration number 1879/5441". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
3. ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Mr C. W. Bremner". New Zealand Herald. 9 November 1961. p. 2.
4. ^ "Marriage search: registration number 1902/6412". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
5. ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
6. ^ "Bill Bremner". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
7. ^ "Bremner wins". Auckland Star. 10 February 1938. p. 24. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
8. ^ "Deaths". New Zealand Herald. 6 November 1961. p. 16.
9. ^ "Burial record for Alice Genevieve Bremner". Auckland Council. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
10. ^ "Burial record for Charles William Henry Chilcott Bremner". Auckland Council. Retrieved 26 May 2018.

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1938 New Zealand British Empire Games team

Athletics|

* Theo Allen
* Arnold Anderson
* Pat Boot
* Betty Forbes
* Alan Geddes
* Stan Lay
* Jim Leckie
* Doreen Lumley
* Cecil Matthews
* Mary Mitchell
* Jack Morgan
* Bill Pullar
* Graham Quinn
* Alan Sayers
* Frank Sharpley
* Doris Strachan
* Rona Tong
* Harold Tyrie

Boxing|

* Joseph Collins
* Darcy Heeney
* Kenneth Moran
* Jack Parker
* Hugh Sheridan
* Artie Sutherland
* Ron Withell

Cycling|

* John Brown
* George Giles
* Frank Grose
* Gordon Patrick
* Roy Taylor
* Ronald Triner
* Ron Ulmer

Diving|

* Gwen Rix

Lawn bowls|

* Bill Bremner
* Walter Denison
* Ernie Jury
* Frank Livingstone
* Lance Macey
* Alec Robertson
* Bill Whittaker

Rowing|

* Howard Benge
* Ken Boswell
* George Burns
* John Charters
* Jim Clayton
* Oswald Denison
* James Gould
* Albert Hope
* Gus Jackson
* Les Pithie
* John Rigby
* Bob Smith
* Cyril Stiles
* William Stodart
* Rangi Thompson

Swimming|

* Noel Crump
* Jack Davies
* Winnie Dunn
* Peter Hanan
* Mona Leydon
* Joyce Macdonald
* Len Newell

Wrestling|

* Torsten Anderson
* Jim Dryden
* Joe Genet
* Harcourt Godfrey
* Leo Nolan
* Jerry Podjursky
* Vernon Thomas

Chef de Mission: Horace McCormick

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