Ted Hayward

Ted Hayward
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1924-09-26)26 September 1924
London, England
Died28 October 2022(2022-10-28) (aged 98)
Worthing, England
Sport
SportLawn & indoor bowls
ClubPaddington BC
Medal record
Representing
World Outdoor Championships
1972 Worthing fours

Edward "Ted" Henry Hayward (26 September 1924 – 28 October 2022) was an England international lawn bowler.[1][2]

Life and career

Hayward was born in London on 26 September 1924. A works foreman by trade, he first played bowls in Hyde Park during 1961 before becoming the Middlesex champion.[3] His brothers Stan and George were both significant bowlers.[2] Originally he bowled for Maida Vale BC before joining Paddington BC in 1966. He made his international debut for England in 1967.[2]

Hayward won a gold medal in the fours with Norman King, Cliff Stroud and Peter Line at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.[4][5] He competed in the fours event at the Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games finishing in fifth place.[6]

In 1977, he joined Shadwell BC before moving to Century BC in Wembley, where he was working in a carburettor factory in Stanmore. At county level he played 84 times for Middlesex before moving to Sussex in 1988.[2]

Personal life and death

Hayward lived in Worthing, West Sussex.[7]

Hayward died in Worthing on 28 October 2022, at the age of 98.[8][2]

References

  1. ^ "Ted Hayward Profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Remembering Ted Hayward". England Bowls. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  4. ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  5. ^ "Bowls column: Moonrakers will never forget their England star Cliff Stroud". Somerset Live.
  6. ^ "Young England hopes for Games". Daily Mirror. 27 July 1973. p. 23. Retrieved 3 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Memories Flood Back For the Four Musketeers". Evening Standard. 21 July 1992. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Edward Henry Hayward". Forever Missed. Retrieved 7 November 2022.