George Gladstone Pollard was a New Zealand lawn bowls player, born in Auckland on 30 December 1874 and died there on 10 September 1963. According to the English Wikipedia article read for this entry he was a builder who served on the committee of the Auckland Master Builders Association and built the former W. A. Thompson and Company building on Queen Street. A member of the Carlton Bowling Club, he was elected its president in 1933 and played in the men's four, with Billy Dillicar, Harold Grocott and George Carter as skip, that represented New Zealand at the 1934 British Empire Games in London. The four won four of nine round-robin matches and finished fifth.
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was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who competed for his country at the 1934 British Empire Games.
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Born in Auckland on 30 December 1874, Pollard was the son of Sarah and Alfred Pollard.
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Pollard was a member of the men's four
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They won four of their nine round-robin matches, finishing in fifth place.
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was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who competed for his country at the 1934 British Empire Games.
Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Lawn bowls, 1934 British Empire Games
that represented New Zealand at the 1934 British Empire Games in London
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