Robert Sprot

Robert Sprot, who lived from 1873 to 1947, was a British international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games, where he won the gold medal in the singles event. He was capped 33 times and was the Scottish singles champion in 1910, 1920 and 1929, becoming the first player to win that title on three occasions. His uncle George Sprot also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships, in 1894 and 1896, the first of those being the inaugural singles championship. His three singles titles stood as a record for 96 years: David Dall equalled it in 1949, Joseph Black in 1962 and Darren Burnett in 2005, and it was not beaten until Iain McLean won a fourth in 2025.