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| Full name | Hugh Simpson Andrews | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Welsh | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 January 1924 Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 March 2011 (aged 87) Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Brynhyfryd BC | ||||||||||||||
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Hugh Simpson Andrews (26 January 1924 – 20 March 2011) was a Welsh international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
Andrews won a bronze medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[2] He was capped 27 times by Wales between 1960 and 1972 and was the captain in 1970.[3]
Andrews won the 1971 fours title and finished runner-up in the 1972 pairs at the Welsh National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Brynhyfryd Bowls Club.[3]
Personal life and death
Andrews was a civil servant by trade and took up bowls after his discharge from the Royal Air Force in 1947.[3]
Andrews died in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire on 20 March 2011, at the age of 87.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Hugh Andrews Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ↑ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- 1 2 3 Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ↑ "Hugh Simpson Andrews". GRO Index. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ↑ "Hugh Andrews". Funeral Notices. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
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