George Gladstone Pollard (30 December 1874 – 10 September 1963) was a New Zealand

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player who competed for his country at the 1934 British Empire Games.

Early life and family

Born in Auckland on 30 December 1874, Pollard was the son of Sarah and Alfred Pollard. On 26 January 1898, he married Helen Oliver Knox at the Wesleyan church in Grafton Road, Auckland.

Builder

Pollard was a builder, and served on the committee of the Auckland Master Builders' Association. He was responsible for the construction in 1923–24 of the (former) W.A. Thompson and Company building, designed by architects Holman, Moses and Watkin, at 307–319 Queen Street, Auckland, that was given historic place category 2 status by the

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in 1987.

Lawn bowls

A member of the Carlton Bowling Club in Auckland, Pollard was a member of the men's four—alongside Billy Dillicar,

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and George Carter (skip)—that represented New Zealand at the 1934 British Empire Games in London. They won four of their nine round-robin matches, finishing in fifth place. Pollard was elected president of the Carlton Bowling Club in 1933.

Death

Carter died in Auckland on 10 September 1963, and he was buried at Purewa Cemetery. He had been predeceased by his wife, Nellie, in 1950.

References

External links

Photograph of George Pollard and other members of the New Zealand lawn bowls team at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, ''Northern Advocate'', 14 September 1934, p. 10
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