John Dawson Hedley Thompson, known as Jock, was a Scottish-born Welsh international lawn bowler who lived from 16 February 1920 to February 2000. His father introduced him to bowls in 1938 and he moved to Wales at the end of the Second World War. He was a Welsh international from 1961 to 1973 and captained Wales from 1966 to 1968, including at the 1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in New South Wales. Bowling for the Rhiwbina Bowls Club, he won the British Isles Bowls Championships fours title in 1965 and the pairs title in 1982, and he won Welsh national titles. A civil servant by trade, he played the pairs at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch and won a bronze medal in the men's fours at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.
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John Dawson Hedley Thompson (16 February 1920 – February 2000) was a Scottish-born Welsh international lawn bowler who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.
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John Dawson Hedley Thompson (16 February 1920, February 2000) was a Scottish-born Welsh international lawn bowler who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.
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John Dawson Hedley Thompson (16 February 1920, February 2000) was a Scottish-born Welsh international lawn bowler who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.
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represented the Welsh team at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he competed in the pairs event, with Ellis Stanbury.
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