Ted Pilkington

Richard Edwin Pilkington, known as Ted Pilkington, was a New Zealand lawn bowls player born in Waihi on 2 August 1908 who died in Christchurch on 21 February 1994. A schoolteacher by profession, he served as head teacher at several New Zealand schools. He won the men's pairs title at the 1953 New Zealand championships, skipping for Balmoral Bowling Club with Jack Benson, a title his father had won in 1931 and 1935. At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff he won the men's pairs gold medal with John Morris, and at the 1962 Games he was part of the men's fours team that placed sixth. He later acted as Auckland regional coach and joined Elmwood Bowling Club in Christchurch in 1983.