Joe Marsh was a South African international lawn bowler, born in 1928, who died in January 2025. He was a champion of Transvaal and Southern Transvaal in bowls and finished as runner-up at the South African National Bowls Championships in 1970. His main international success came at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing, England, where he won a silver medal in the triples event alongside Edgar Davey and Doug Watson. At the same championship he also took a silver medal in the team event, which is contested for the Leonard Trophy. Away from the green he worked as an official in gold refining, and he had taken up the game of bowls in 1948.
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was a South African international lawn bowler
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was a South African international lawn bowler
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He won a silver medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing
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