Jock Thompson


John Dawson Hedley Thompson known as Jock was a Scottish born former Welsh international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

Introduced to bowls by his father in 1938 and moved to Wales at the end of World War II. Thompson was a Welsh international from 1961-1973 and captain from 1966-1968.
He bowled and captained Wales in the 1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in New South Wales, Australia.
He won the 1965 fours title and 1982 pairs title at the British Isles Bowls Championships and the Welsh National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Rhiwbina Bowls Club.

Personal life

He was a civil servant by trade.