Joseph Black

Joseph Watson Black, who lived from about 1909 until about 1988, was a Scottish international lawn bowler. By trade he was a miner and the pit deputy at the Fauld Hill Pit in Dumfries and Galloway. He won two silver medals, in the singles and in the fours, at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, the fours with Thomas Hamill, William Moore and Michael Purdon. In 1962 he equalled the record for wins in the Scottish National men's singles championship, which he held jointly with Robert Sprot and David Dall after winning titles in 1958, 1959 and 1962, a total not beaten until Iain McLean won his fourth title in 2025.