Ernie Gudgeon

Ernest Frederick Gudgeon (1880-1965) was an English lawn bowls player who competed at two British Empire Games. At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the rinks, or fours, event, playing with James Edney, James Frith and Albert Hough. Four years later he repeated the success at the 1934 British Empire Games, this time in a fours team with Robert Slater, Percy Tomlinson and Fred Biggin. He had also finished runner-up in the 1929 Men's National Championships. Away from the green he worked as an insurance collector and salesman by trade, lived in Brighton and married Minnie Rose Hudson. His career is documented in a short article that records his results and his personal life but not his club.