Leigh Bishop (bowls)


Leigh Bishop was an Australian international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

World Championships

Bishop won a silver medal in the fours with Don Woolnough, Barry Salter and Keith Poole and a bronze medal in the team event, at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.

Personal life

He served in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II, and played a variety of sports before settling on lawn bowls in 1951.
He died in 2016.