George Budge

George Budge
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born(1884-05-09)9 May 1884
Dumbarton, Scotland
Died29 July 1962(1962-07-29) (aged 78)
Ayrshire, Scotland
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubDalry Bowls Club
Medal record
Representing
Commonwealth Games
1954 Vancouver pairs

George Burnet Budge (9 May 1884 - 29 July 1962), was a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]

Biography

Budge was a cinema company director by trade and lived in James Street, Dalry, North Ayrshire and was a member of the Dalry Bowls Club.[2]

Budge represented the Scottish team[3] at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada, where he won a bronze medal[4] in the pairs event with John Carswell.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "25 June 1954, Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal Passenger List on Empress of France". Ancestry. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  3. ^ "British Bowls Team". Western Mail. 6 February 1954. p. 5. Retrieved 1 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  5. ^ "profile". Bowls tawa.
  6. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics.