Ernie Jury
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Jury (second from right) as skip of the Karangahake four that won the fours title at the 1919 New Zealand national lawn bowls championships | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Ernest Jury | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1872 Ōakura, Taranaki, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 June 1966 (aged 94) Whangārei, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Carpenter | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Jane McClymont
(m. 1902; died 1944) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Karangahake Bowling Club Ponsonby Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | Men's fours champion (1919, 1921) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ernest Jury (19 April 1872 – 6 June 1966), also known as Nipper Jury, was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who won a gold medal in the men's fours at the 1938 British Empire Games. He also won two national lawn bowls titles.