Harold Shapland

Harold Shapland, whose full name was Frederick Shapland, was an English lawn bowler born on 6 October 1900 and died on 6 July 1977. He made his debut for the England international team in 1950 and remained an English international until 1958. He represented England in the pairs event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, partnering Fred Horn, and the pair finished sixth. In 1948 he won the national pairs title, bowling with Reg Grater for the Tiverton Boro club. Away from the green he served as President of the English Bowling Association in 1959. By trade he was a farmer and company director, chaired the British Wool Marketing Board, and was Mayor of Tiverton in 1952, 1953 and 1971; his son Eric also became mayor in 1973, the third successive generation of the family to hold the office.