Robert Henry was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who won a gold medal at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland. In the men's pairs he partnered Phil Exelby, with Henry playing lead, and the pair won all three of their round-robin matches to take the title. He was born in 1889 or 1890 and arrived in New Zealand in about 1910. He worked as a police sergeant in Christchurch and was a member of the Sydenham Bowling Club in that city. He died in Christchurch on 21 September 1954 and was buried at the Ruru Lawn Cemetery.
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he won the gold medal in the men's pair alongside Phil Exelby
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was a New Zealand lawn bowls player
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was a New Zealand lawn bowls player
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At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland he won the gold medal in the men's pair alongside Phil Exelby.
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