Geoff Kelly

{{short description|Australian lawn bowler (born 1921)}}

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Geoffrey Kelly (born 10 June 1921) is an Australian international lawn bowler.{{cite web|url=http://www.commonwealthgames.com.au/page/69/by-sports|title=Profile|publisher=Australian Commonwealth Games Federation|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014133438/http://commonwealthgames.com.au/page/69/by-sports|archivedate=2016-10-14}}

Bowls career

Kelly competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966 {{cite book|last=Ampol Petroleum Ltd|title=First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN|year=1966|publisher=Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia}} and won a gold medal in the pairs with Bert Palm at the event.{{cite web|url=http://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/worldbowls2008/275.html|title=World Bowls Champions|publisher=Burnside Bowling Club}} He also won a gold medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).

Kelly won the 1965 fours title at the Australian National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Coogee Bowls Club.{{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}}

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