John Cobley

Australian lawn bowler

John Cobley

Personal information

Nationality|  Australia
Born| (1872-09-07)7 September 1872
Camberwell, Victoria
Died| 23 March 1958(1958-03-23) (aged 65)
Parkes, New South Wales
Sport
Sport| Lawn bowls
Club| Parkes BC

Medal record

Men's Lawn bowls
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
|  1950 Auckland | fours

John Cobley (1872–1958), was an Australian lawn bowls international who competed in the 1950 British Empire Games.[1]

## Bowls career[edit]

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]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
3. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
4. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
5. ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).