Frederick 'Harold' Shapland (1900–1977), was an England international

lawn bowler Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curve ...

Bowls career

He competed for England in the

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at the

1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: ''Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad'' 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958. It was the sixth edition of what would come to be known as the Commonwealth Games, the ...

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with Fred Horn, where they finished in sixth place. He was an English international from 1950-1958. In 1948, he won the national pairs title, bowling with Reg Grater for the Tiverton Boro club.

Bowls official

He was President of the English Bowling Association in 1959.

Personal life

He was a farmer and company director by trade and Chairman of the British Wool Marketing Board. In 1952 he became

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and repeated the role in 1953 and 1971. His son Eric was a third successive generation to be mayor in 1973.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shapland, Harold 1900 births 1977 deaths English male bowls players Bowls players at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bowls players for England 20th-century English sportsmen