Jack Webb

Jack Webb was an international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games. His date of birth is not recorded, and he died on 23 February 1983. He was a member of the Musgrave Bowling Club of Belfast, with whom he won the Irish national pairs championship in 1950 alongside Alex Carr, and he later took the singles championship of Ireland in 1955 and 1958. He represented Northern Ireland in the fours at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, with Gerry Crossey, Tom Henry and George Best, and the team finished eighth. He won the Musgrave singles championship for eight consecutive seasons and became club president in 1959. After moving to the Falls Bowling Club he won two rinks national titles, in 1962 and 1968, and the Falls bowlers went on to win the British Isles titles in 1963 and 1969.