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George Wright

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George William Arthur Wright, who lived from 1893 to 1949, was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games and the 1938 British Empire Games. At the 1930 Games he won the gold medal in the pairs event with Tommy Hills, and the pair repeated the success four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games. He was the 1928 singles National Champion. By trade he was a cinema proprietor at the Variety Theatre in Eastleigh, and he married Jessie Mary Parker; they lived in Upper Bassett, Southampton.

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1893 1
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2-4 1
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was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games and 1938 British Empire Games
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    George William Arthur Wright (1893-1949) was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games and 1938 British Empire Games.
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    At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the pairs event with Tommy Hills.
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    was an English bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games and 1938 British Empire Games
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