Cliff R. Stroud (7 November 1920 – 23 April 2015) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.
Bowls career
Stroud started bowling in 1954 for the Trowbridge Westbourne club in
Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to ...
(outdoors) and the Christie Miller club (indoors).
He was an England international from 1967 to 1972 and won the gold medal in the fours at the
1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 1972 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Beach House Park in Worthing, England, from 5 to 17 June 1972.
Maldwyn Evans won the singles which was held in a round robin format. The pairs Gold was won by Hong Kong, the triples Go ...
with
Peter Line,
Ted Hayward and
Norman King.
He also represented England at the
1970 British Commonwealth Games in the
fours event.
Personal life
He took up bowls aged 12 for the Tottenham Somerford BC. Stroud was a company director and general manager by trade and in 2015.
[
Stroud died in April 2015 at the age of 94.]
References
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1920 births
2015 deaths
English male bowls players
Bowls World Champions
Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for England
20th-century English sportsmen