Robert Sprot
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 December 1873 Cambusnethan, Wishaw, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 October 1947 (aged 73)[1] Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Wishaw BC | ||||||||||||||
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Robert Sprot (1873-1947) was a Scottish international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.[2]
Bowls career
[edit]At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the singles event.[3]
He was capped 33 times and was the Scottish singles champion in 1910, 1920 and 1929 becoming the first player to win the title on three occasions. His uncle George Sprot also won the Scottish National Bowls Championships in 1894 and 1896 (the former being the inaugural singles championship).[4]
His three singles titles stood as a record for 96 years. Although equalled several times by David Dall in 1949, Joseph Black in 1962 and Darren Burnett in 2005,[5][6][7] it was not beaten until 2025, when Iain McLean won his fourth.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bob Sprot". Wishaw Press. 17 October 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- "Profile". Bowls Tawa. - ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ Warters, Bob (1984). Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. Key Publishing Ltd.
- "Past Winners". Bowls Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019. - ^ "Bowling Scottish Championships". The Scotsman. 8 August 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scottish Bowling Championships". Dundee Courier. 9 August 1920. p. 4. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Round the Bowling Greens". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 7 August 1929. p. 9. Retrieved 17 April 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "National Championships". Bowls Scotland. Retrieved 3 August 2025.