:Thomas Davies (bowls)

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Thomas R Davies was a Welsh lawn bowls international who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.{{cite book|last=Bolsover|first=Godfrey|title=Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls|year=1959|publisher=Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn)}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/482001|title=Athletes and Results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}

Bowls career

At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the pairs event with Stan Weaver.{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS|publisher=GRB Athletics}}{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2500|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls Tawa}}{{cite book|last=Hawkes/Lindley|first=Ken/Gerard|title=the Encyclopaedia of Bowls|year=1974|publisher=Robert Hale and Company|isbn=0-7091-3658-7}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19340810/149/0014 |title=Empire Games|work=The Scotsman |date=10 August 1934 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=9 April 2025}}

He bowled for the Swansea Bowls Club, was a Welsh international from 1926-1936 and won three Welsh national titles in 1927 & 1933 (rinks/fours) and 1934 (pairs).{{cite web|url=https://www.welshbowls.co.uk/WBAHandbookFinalProof.pdf|title=WBA Handbook|publisher=Welsh Bowls}}

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