Gerry Crossey

Gerry Crossey
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born1910
Lurgan, Northern Ireland
DiedApril 1989(1989-04-00) (aged 78–79)
Lurgan, Northern Ireland
Sport
SportLawn bowls
ClubFalls BC, Belfast
Medal record
Representing  Northern Ireland
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 1963 fours
Gold medal – first place 1969 fours
National Championships
Gold medal – first place 1954 pairs
Gold medal – first place 1961 pairs
Gold medal – first place 1962 fours
Gold medal – first place 1968 fours
Gold medal – first place 1972 fours

Patrick Gerard Crossey (1910 – April 1989), was an international lawn bowler from Northern Ireland who competed at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).[1]

Biography

Crossey was a member of the Falls Bowling Club of Belfast and in 1954 won the pairs championship of Ireland at the Irish National Bowls Championships, partnering Jimmy Burns.[2][3]

Crossey represented the 1958 Northern Irish team[4] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales[5] in the fours event, with Tom Henry, George Best and Jack Webb,[6] where the team finished in eighth place.[7]

Crossey went on to win four more national titles in 1961 (pairs), 1962, 1968 and 1972 (fours),[8] in addition to claiming two British Isles Bowls Championships in 1963 and 1969.[9]

He died in April 1989.[10]

References

  1. ^ "One of the great bowlers of Falls, Gerry Crossey, a former international". Ireland's Saturday Night. 7 June 1975. p. 6. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "5, 6, 4 in a row...Falls win bowls pairs". Northern Whig. 16 August 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  4. ^ "Bowls Rink for Empire Games". Belfast Telegraph. 6 March 1958. p. 16. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  6. ^ "Northern Ireland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Bowls". Daily Mirror. 25 July 1958. p. 18. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. p. 138-140. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  9. ^ "Seal set on Crossey career". Belfast Telegraph. 3 July 1963. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Elliman v Morrison highlight". Belfast News-Letter. 11 April 1989. Retrieved 27 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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