Hugh Alexander Robertson (20 October 1884 – 12 September 1977) was a New Zealand

lawn bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gr ...

player who won a gold medal in the men's fours at the

1938 British Empire Games The 1938 British Empire Games was the third British Empire Games, the event that evolved to become the Commonwealth Games. Held in Sydney, Australia from 5–12 February 1938, they were timed to coincide with Sydney's sesqui-centenary (150 yea ...

. He also won two national lawn bowls titles.

Biography

Born on 20 October 1884, Robertson was the son of Euphemia and David Scott Robertson. He was a member of a pioneer farming family in

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. In

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on 28 October 1924, he married Norma Moore (née Moore), who had a son from a previous marriage. At the

in Sydney, Robertson was part of the New Zealand men's fours team that won the gold medal, along with Bill Bremner,

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and Bill Whittaker. A member of the Onehunga Bowling Club, Robertson won two New Zealand national bowls championship titles in the men's fours, in 1940 and 1948. Robertson was a dairy farmer at Robertson Road, Māngere, supplying town milk, until retiring in 1942. He died on 12 September 1977, and his body was cremated at Purewa Crematorium, Auckland. He was predeceased by his wife, Norma, in 1968.

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