Evan Jones (bowls)

British lawn bowler

NationalityBritish (Welsh)

Born

Wales

ClubPort Talbot Municipal

Evan Jones
Personal information
Nationality	British (Welsh)
Born	Wales
Sport
Sport	Bowls
Club	Port Talbot Municipal

Evan Jones is a former Welsh lawn bowler who competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Jones bowled for the Port Talbot Municipal club^[1] and was part of the rinks (fours) team with Danny Prosser, Jack Griffiths and Len Hill that won the 1957 Welsh National Bowls Championships.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The 1957 success led to their selection for the British Commonwealth and Empire Games qualification tournament in Cardiff,^[5] which they subsequently won.^[6]

He represented the Welsh team^[7] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the fours/rinks event,^[8] and helped Wales finish in seventh place with Danny Prosser, Jack Griffiths and Len Hill.^[9]

In 1962 he was once again part of the Port Talbot Municipal rinks team that won the Welsh National Championship.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ "Sporting Chatter". Neath Guardian. 2 August 1957. p. 15. Retrieved 17 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Sporting Chatter". Neath Guardian. 30 August 1957. p. 8. Retrieved 17 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
1 2 "WBA Handbook" (PDF). Welsh Bowls. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
1 2 Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn). p. 456.
↑ "Sportsmen's Dilemma". Glamorgan Gazette. 27 December 1957. p. 3. Retrieved 17 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Games place for Bernie". Western Mail. 28 May 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 17 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
↑ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 31. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.

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