Gerry Crossey
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| Nationality | Northern Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1910 Lurgan, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | April 1989 (aged 78–79) Lurgan, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Falls BC, Belfast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Gerard Crossey (1910 – April 1989), was an international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).[1]
Biography
Crossey was a member of the Falls Bowling Club of Belfast and in 1954 won the pairs championship of Ireland at the Irish National Bowls Championships, partnering Jimmy Burns.[2][3]
Crossey represented the 1958 Northern Irish team[4] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales[5] in the fours event, with Tom Henry, George Best and Jack Webb,[6] where the team finished in eighth place.[7]
Crossey went on to win four more national titles in 1961 (pairs), 1962, 1968 and 1972 (fours),[8] in addition to claiming two British Isles Bowls Championships in 1963 and 1969.[9]
He died in April 1989.[10]
References
- ^ "One of the great bowlers of Falls, Gerry Crossey, a former international". Ireland's Saturday Night. 7 June 1975. p. 6. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "5, 6, 4 in a row...Falls win bowls pairs". Northern Whig. 16 August 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ "Bowls Rink for Empire Games". Belfast Telegraph. 6 March 1958. p. 16. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Northern Ireland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ "Bowls". Daily Mirror. 25 July 1958. p. 18. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 138-140. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "Seal set on Crossey career". Belfast Telegraph. 3 July 1963. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Elliman v Morrison highlight". Belfast News-Letter. 11 April 1989. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.