Peter Line (13 October 1930 – 17 February 2025) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

World Championships

Line won the fours

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with Norman King,

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and

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at the

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. Four years later, he won two more medals: a

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in the fours with John C Evans, Bill Irish and Tommy Armstrong and a

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in the team event (Leonard Cup).

Commonwealth Games

Line won the gold medal in the pairs with Norman King during the 1970 British Commonwealth Games and four years later won a silver medal with John Evans in the

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National

Line bowled for the Atherley Club and Banister Park in

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, and won the national singles title in 1961 and 1964. In 1999, he won the national senior singles. Line first played for England in 1955.

Personal life and death

In 1984, he married fellow England international, Wendy Line (née Clarke). By trade, Line was a civil service cartographical draughtsman and joined the Banister Park Bowls Club in 1948. He died on 17 February 2025, aged 94.Remembering Peter Line – World and Commonwealth Games Medallist
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Line, Peter 1930 births 2025 deaths English male bowls players Bowls World Champions Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games 20th-century English sportsmen Sportspeople from Southampton English draughtsmen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls