Joe Marsh (bowls)
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| Nationality |  South Africa | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1928 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | January 2025 (aged 96–97) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joe A. Marsh (1928 – January 2025) was a South African international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
Marsh was the Transvaal and Southern Transvaal bowls champion and was the South African National Bowls Championships runner-up in 1970.[2]
He won a silver medal in the triples at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing with Edgar Davey and Doug Watson.[3][4] He also won a silver medal in the team event (Leonard Trophy).
Personal life and death
Marsh was a gold refining official by trade and took up bowls in 1948.[2] Marsh died in January 2025.[5]
References
- ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ a b Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- ^ "Passing of Joe Marsh" (PDF). Bowls South Africa. Retrieved 8 February 2026.