Horace Harvey was a South African international lawn bowler of the 1930s. In 1938 he won the gold medal in the singles event at the 1938 British Empire Games, the forerunner of the Commonwealth Games. He had been the national singles champion in 1937 while bowling for the Brakpan Bowls Club in Gauteng. Bowls ran in his family: his father Andrew Harvey competed at the 1934 British Empire Games, and his son Tommy Harvey won two medals at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. His dates of birth and death are not given in the article.
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was a South African international lawn bowler
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In 1938 he won the gold medal in the singles event at the 1938 British Empire Games.
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He was a 1937 singles National Champion bowling for the Brakpan Bowls Club
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was a South African international lawn bowler
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In 1938 he won the gold medal in the singles event at the 1938 British Empire Games.
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