William Fielding (architect)

William Fielding, born in 1875 at Lower Darwen in Lancashire and died on 26 July 1946, was a New Zealand architect in Wellington who was also a lawn bowls player. A member of the Hataitai Bowling Club, he represented New Zealand at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, and competed in the singles, pairs and fours. He won the silver medal in the pairs with Peter McWhannell and the bronze medal in the singles, while the foursome of Fielding, McWhannell, Edward Leach and Harold Frost finished fifth. Away from the green he ran his own practice from 1909 and designed nearly 300 buildings in and beyond Wellington.