![]() McWhannell in 1940 | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland | 3 March 1875||||||||||||||
Died | 26 July 1943 Wellington, New Zealand | (aged 68)||||||||||||||
Occupation | Engineer | ||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Mary Cook McCole Love
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m. 1905) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
Club | Hataitai | ||||||||||||||
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Peter McWhannell (3 March 1875 – 26 July 1943) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player who competed for his country at the 1930 British Empire Games, winning a silver medal in the pairs competition.
Born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1875, [1] McWhannell served his engineering apprenticeship on the Clyde. [2] He emigrated to New Zealand in the early 1900s, initially settling in Dunedin before moving to Wellington. [2] In 1905 he married Mary Cook McCole Love, [3] and the couple went on to have two children. [2]
McWhannell was foreman at Robertson's foundry in Wellington, and subsequently established his own engineering firm of Ross, Jory, and McWhannell. [2]
Initially a member of the Newtown Bowling Club, McWhannell moved to the Hataitai Bowling Club when it was established in 1910, and served as that club's president in 1918. [2] He skipped Hataitai teams to five titles at Wellington tournaments, and won numerous club championships. [2] He was the Hataitai singles champion in 1912, 1917, 1920 and 1935; pairs champion in 1916, 1924, 1927 and 1937; and fours champion in 1918, 1929, 1935, 1938 and 1939. [2]
At the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, he competed in the pairs and fours. [4] He won the silver medal with his partner William Fielding in the pairs event. [5] The foursome of McWhannell, Fielding, Edward Leach, and Harold Frost finished in fifth place in the fours competition. [6] [7]
Not long before his death, McWhannell was elected a life member of the Hataitai Bowling Club. [2]
McWhannell died at his home in the Wellington suburb of Hataitai on 26 July 1943, [2] and his ashes were buried at Karori Cemetery. [8] [9]