Peter Line (bowls)
English lawn and indoor bowler (1930–2025) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter Line (13 October 1930 – 18 February 2025) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 13 October 1930 Southampton, Hampshire, England |
| Died | 18 February 2025 (aged 94) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Lawn bowls |
| Club | Atherley BC Banister Park BC |
Bowls career
World Championships
Line won the fours gold medal with Norman King, Cliff Stroud and Ted Hayward at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2] Four years later, he won two more medals: a bronze medal in the fours with John C Evans, Bill Irish and Tommy Armstrong and a silver medal 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[3] and four years later won a silver medal with John Evans in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.[4][5]
National
Line bowled for the Atherley Club and Banister Park in Southampton, Hampshire, and won the national singles title in 1961 and 1964.[6][2][7][8] In 1999, he won the national senior singles.[9]
Line first played for England in 1955.
Personal life and death
In 1984, he married fellow England international, Wendy Line (née Clarke).[10] By trade, Line was a civil service cartographical draughtsman and joined the Banister Park Bowls Club in 1948.[2] He died on 17 February 2025, aged 94.[11]
References
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