John Scadgell

George Harry Scadgell, known as John Scadgell, lived from 1912 to 2002 and was an English international lawn bowler. He won a gold medal for the England team in the fours at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, bowling alongside Norman King, John Bettles and Walter Phillips. At national level he won three championship titles, taking the pairs in 1955 and 1966 and the fours in 1961, and he finished as runner-up to Peter Line in the 1964 singles. Away from the green, he and his father, H G (George) Scadgell, both bowled for Worthing and together ran a house and hotel furnishing company.