Alex Niven (bowls)
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||
| Born | 1877 Galashiels, Scotland | |||||||||||
| Died | unknown | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||
| Club | Abbotsford BC, Galashiels | |||||||||||
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Alexander Niven (1877 – date of death unknown) was a Scottish Lawn bowls international who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.[1]
Bowls career
Niven was a member of Abbotsford Bowling Club of Galashiels and was a Yarn Merchants Clerk, living at 46 Douglas Place in Galashiels.[2] In 1933, partnering his younger brother George Niven,[3] they won the inaugural Scottish National Bowls Championships pairs title.[4][5][6]
He represented the Scottish team[7] at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, England.[8] He competed in the pairs event with George Niven,[9] where they finished in fifth place.[10]
In 1939 he was the honorary treasurer of the Border Bowling Association.[11]
References
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ "The Scottish Team". The Scotsman. 8 June 1934. p. 15. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Three pictures". Daily Record. 7 August 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scottish Bowling Titles". The Scotsman. 7 August 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Previous Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ "The Scottish Team". The Scotsman. 8 June 1934. p. 15. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "England London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "Selected Bowling Teams". Daily Record. 8 June 1934. p. 24. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "Border Bowling Tourney Draw". Berwickshire News and General Advertiser. 28 March 1939. p. 7. Retrieved 25 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.