Bill Irish

William Crane Irish, known as Bill Irish, was an English lawn and indoor bowler who lived from 10 May 1932 to 27 April 1992 and played for England at international level. At the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg he won a silver medal in the triples and a bronze medal in the fours, bowling alongside John C Evans, Tommy Armstrong and Peter Line, and he also took silver in the team event for the Leonard Cup. He represented England in the fours at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. On the domestic scene he won the national singles title in 1967 and again in 1974, and in 1975 he won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships.