Robert Laing (bowls)

Scottish lawn bowler

NationalityBritish (Scottish)

Born1888 (1888)

Scotland

Died9 November 1966(1966-11-09) (aged 77–78)

Capetown, South Africa

Robert Laing
Personal information
Nationality	British (Scottish)
Born	1888 (1888) Scotland
Died	9 November 1966(1966-11-09) (aged 77–78) Capetown, South Africa
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls
Club	Crieff Bowls Club

Robert Peters Laing (1888 – 9 November 1966), was a Scottish international lawn bowler who competed at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Laing was a proprietor of a laundry and cleaning works in Alloa. He retired in 1952 and resided at 12 Dollerie Crescent in Crieff and was a member of the Crieff Bowls Club.^[1]

He represented the Scottish team^[2] at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada,^[3] where he participated in the singles event and finished in eighth place.^[4]

In 1950 Laing was the president of the Scottish Bowling Association^[5]^[1] and the Gymnastic Association. He was also the president of the Alloa Gymnastic Club for 25 years.^[6]

After the 1954 Games, he continued to visit relations in Canada and wrote articles for the local press.^[7]

In 1966, he died while travelling in South Africa and lived at Lochview Avenue in Gourock at the time.^[8]

References

1 2 "British Bowls Team". Western Mail. 6 February 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "British Bowls Team". Western Mail. 6 February 1954. p. 5. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
↑ "Scotland Vancouver 1954". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
↑ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn). p. 1230–1234.
↑ "Two National Bodies". Strathearn Herald. 13 February 1954. p. 4. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Scottish Bowling representative at the Empire Games". Strathearn Herald. 11 September 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Laing". Strathearn Herald. 12 November 1966. p. 3. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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