.jpg) McWhannell in 1940 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1875-03-03)3 March 1875 Coatbridge,Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 July 1943(1943-07-26) (aged 68) Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Engineer | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Hataitai | ||||||||||||||
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Peter McWhannell (3 March 1875 – 26 July 1943) was a New Zealandlawn bowls player who competed for his country at the1930 British Empire Games, winning a silver medal in thepairs competition.
Born inCoatbridge,Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1875,[1] McWhannell served his engineering apprenticeship on theClyde.[2] He emigrated to New Zealand in the early 1900s, initially settling inDunedin before moving toWellington.[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 theNewtown Bowling Club, McWhannell moved to theHataitai 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 inHamilton, Ontario, he competed in the pairs and fours.[4] He won the silver medal with his partnerWilliam Fielding in the pairs event.[5] The foursome of McWhannell, Fielding,Edward Leach, andHarold 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 atKarori Cemetery.[8][9] His wife, Mary McWhannell, died in 1961.[10]
