Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | 1951 |
Sport | |
Sport | Lawn bowls |
Club | Boscombe Cliff BC |
Jimmy Hobday is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
Hobday won double gold in the triples at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne with Tony Allcock and David Bryant and the team event (Leonard Cup).[2][3]
He represented England in the fours, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[4]
Hobday was an international from 1977 until 1984[5] and won the 1976 Junior Singles Championship at the National Championships.[6]
He bowled for both Wiltshire and Hampshire, the latter for the Boscombe Cliff BC.