Leigh Bishop was an Australian international lawn bowler, born on 2 March 1922 and died on 26 February 2016. At the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg he won a silver medal in the fours, playing with Don Woolnough, Barry Salter and Keith Poole, and a bronze medal in the team event for the Leonard Trophy. Outside bowls he served in the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War and played a variety of sports before settling on lawn bowls in 1951, so that his international success came when he was in his fifties.
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Leigh Bishop (2 March 1922 – 26 February 2016) was an Australian international lawn bowler.
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Leigh Bishop (2 March 1922-26 February 2016) was an Australian international lawn bowler.
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Bishop won a silver medal in the fours with Don Woolnough, Barry Salter and Keith Poole and a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy), at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.
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Leigh Bishop (2 March 1922-26 February 2016) was an Australian international lawn bowler.
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Leigh Bishop (2 March 1922-26 February 2016) was an Australian international lawn bowler.
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Bishop won a silver medal in the fours with Don Woolnough, Barry Salter and Keith Poole and a bronze medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy), at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.
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