James McAlpine

James B. McAlpine, born around 1867 with the date of his death unknown, was a lawn bowler who competed for Scotland at the British Empire Games, the event now known as the Commonwealth Games. He was a member of the Cardonald Bowls Club of Glasgow, and in October 1937 he was chosen by the Scottish team for its tour of Australia, which included the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney. At those Games McAlpine played in the pairs discipline with Alexander Templeton. The pair won one match, against their rivals England, but finished fifth in the group standings despite that victory. At the time of the Games he was a retired manufacturer and draper living at 33 Forfar Avenue in Glasgow, which makes him one of the oldest bowlers ever to represent Scotland at the Games.