Claude Stephens
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| Nationality | British (Welsh) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 May 1905 Abergavenny, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 January 1988 (aged 82) Pontypool, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Abergavenny BC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Claude Leopold Vernon Stephens (13 May 1905 – 16 January 1988), was a Welsh international lawn bowler who competed at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).
Biography
Stephens lived in Hatherleigh Road and was a member of the Abergavenny Bowling Club. After the war he became a newsagent.[1]
In 1953, partnering Albert Evans, the pair won the Welsh National Bowls Championships title[2] and Stephens subsequently made his Welsh international debut in 1954.[3]
In 1960 the Abergavenny quartet of Stephens, Albert Evans, Tom Griffiths and Lynn Probert, won the national fours title at the Welsh Championships.[4] Subsequently, the four then won British Isles Bowls Championships in 1961.[5]
Stephens represented the 1962 Welsh team[6] at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia[7] in the fours/rinks event, with Evans, Griffiths and Probert,[8] where they finished in fifth place.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Abergavenny Bowls Club goes misty eyed at a little blast". Abergavenny Chronicle. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn). p. 453.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn). p. 459.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 210. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls – The Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 53. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "The Family Affair". Daily Mirror. 16 August 1962. p. 19. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
- ^ "Wales Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ^ "Shock Defeat for England Bowlers". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 20 November 1962. p. 8. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Wales in front after 7th round". Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 22 November 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.