Jack Somerville | |
Birth Name: | John Somerville |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1926 |
Death Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Sport: | Lawn bowls |
Club: | Rewa Bowling Club |
Nationals: | Fours champion (1971, 1985, 1986) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
John Somerville (10 September 1926 – 5 March 1987) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player.
At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, Somerville won the men's fours gold medal partnering David Baldwin, Kerry Clark and Gordon Jolly.[1] [2]
A member of the Rewa Bowling Club, Somerville won the 1971, 1985 and 1986 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships.[3]
In 2013, Somerville was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[4]