Cliff R. Stroud (7 November 1920 – 23 April 2015) was an English international lawn and indoor bowler.

Cliff Stroud
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1920-11-07)7 November 1920
Tottenham, London, England
Died23 April 2015(2015-04-23) (aged 94)
Medal record
Representing  England
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1972 Worthing men's fours

Bowls career

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Stroud started bowling in 1954 for the Trowbridge Westbourne club in Wiltshire (outdoors) and the Christie Miller club (indoors).[1]

He was an England international from 1967 to 1972 and won the gold medal in the fours at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship with Peter Line, Ted Hayward and Norman King.[2][3]

He also represented England at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games[4] in the fours event.[5][6]

Personal life

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He took up bowls aged 12 for the Tottenham Somerford BC. Stroud was a company director and general manager by trade and in 2015.[1][7]

Stroud died in April 2015 at the age of 94.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bowls column: Moonrakers will never forget their England star Cliff Stroud". Somerset Live.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  3. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  4. ^ "Bowls". Cambridge Daily News. 7 February 1970. Retrieved 14 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  6. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  8. ^ Ochyra, Sue (27 May 2015). "Cliff Stroud – 7th November 1915 to 23rd April 2015". Bowls Wiltshire. Retrieved 6 September 2021.