About John Orr
Born 1870. John Orr was a bowls player.
John Orr (1870-date of death unknown), was a Scottish international lawn bowls player who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.
Bowls career Orr was a member of the Whitehouse and Grange Bowls Club of Edinburgh.
At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the rinks (fours) event with David Fraser, William Campbell and Canadian Tom Chambers who joined the team following the death of original team member John Kennedy.
Personal life He was a doctor by trade and lived in Park Terrace, Edinburgh.
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Who was John Orr?
Scottish international lawn bowls player, born 1870
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John Orr was born in 1870.
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John Orr was a bowls player.
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