Ernie Jury
![]() Jury (second from right) as skip of the Karangahake four that won the fours title at the 1919 New Zealand national lawn bowls championships | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Ernest Jury | ||||||||||||||
Born | Ōakura, Taranaki, New Zealand | 19 April 1872||||||||||||||
Died | 6 June 1966 Whangārei, New Zealand | (aged 94)||||||||||||||
Occupation | Carpenter | ||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Jane McClymont
(m. 1902; died 1944) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
Club | Karangahake Bowling Club Ponsonby Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
National finals | Men's fours champion (1919, 1921) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ernest Jury (19 April 1872 – 6 June 1966), also known as Nipper Jury, was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who won a gold medal in the men's fours at the 1938 British Empire Games. He also won two national lawn bowls titles.
Biography
Born on 19 April 1872, Jury was the son of Eliza and Richard Jury.[1] In 1902, he married Jane McClymont,[2] and the couple had two children.[3]
Jury won two New Zealand national bowls championship titles, as skip of the Karangahake Bowling Club team, in the men's fours in 1919 and 1921.[4][5] He was the first player to skip a four to two titles at the national championships.[6] Not long after, he moved to Auckland, and played for the Ponsonby Bowling Club.[7]
At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, Jury was part of the men's fours team that won the gold medal, along with Bill Bremner, Alec Robertson and Bill Whittaker.[8]
Jury died on 6 June 1966, and was buried at Maunu Cemetery, Whangārei.[9] He was predeceased by his wife, Jane, in 1944.[3]
References
- ^ "Birth search: registration number 1872/678". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "Marriage search: registration number 1902/3594". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Deaths". Auckland Star. 25 July 1944. p. 1. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "Bowling". Evening Post. 15 October 1931. p. 20. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "Fours commence play this morning". New Zealand Herald. 13 January 1939. p. 12. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ "Bowling". Waikato Times. 16 December 1922. p. 16 (supplement). Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Ernie Jury at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- ^ "Cemetery record details". Whangarei District Council. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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