Lawn bowls at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Lawn bowls
at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Venue| Edinburgh
Dates| 16–25 July 1970

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1974 →

The lawn bowls competition at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games took place in Edinburgh, Scotland from 16–25 July 1970.[1] Lawn bowls returned to the Commonwealth Games following the exclusion of the event in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games because Jamaica had insufficient bowling greens.

## Medal table

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*   Host nation (Scotland)

Medal table, by nationRank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  England| 2| 0| 0| 2
2|  Hong Kong| 1| 0| 0| 1
3|  New Zealand| 0| 1| 0| 1
Scotland*| 0| 1| 0| 1
Zambia| 0| 1| 0| 1
6|  Northern Ireland| 0| 0| 3| 3
Totals (6 entries)| 3| 3| 3| 9

## Medallists

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Medal winners, by event Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's singles  |
David Bryant |
Neal Bryce |
Roy Fulton
Men's pairs  |
Norman King,
Peter Line |
Bob McDonald,
Robbie Robson |
Jimmy Donnelly,
Syd Thompson
Men's fours  |
Abdul Kitchell,
Saco Delgado,
George Souza Sr.,
Roberto da Silva |
Alex McIntosh,
David Pearson,
John Slight,
Norman Pryde |
Edward Gordon,
Harold Stevenson,
John Higgins,
William Tate

## Results

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### Men's singles – round-robin

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Men's singles, round-robin results Pos  | Player  | P  | W  | L  | Pts  | Shots

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|  David Bryant | 13 | 12 | 1 | 24 | +128
|  Neal Bryce | 13 | 9 | 4 | 18 | +49
|  Roy Fulton | 13 | 9 | 4 | 18 | +36
4 |  Geoff Kelly | 13 | 8 | 5 | 16 | +49
5 |  Bob Motroni | 13 | 8 | 5 | 16 | +20
6 |  Eric Liddell | 13 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 0
7 |  Denis Gosden | 13 | 7 | 6 | 14 | +17
8 |  Dai Wilkins | 13 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -12
9 |  J Bradley | 13 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -31
10 |  Tony Lapsley | 13 | 6 | 7 | 12 | -1
11 |  Charlie Woodhard | 13 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -53
12 |  Phil Skoglund | 13 | 2 | 11 | 4 | -67
13 |  Harold Clayton | 13 | 2 | 11 | 4 | -69
14 |  Bob Ewing | 13 | 1 | 12 | 2 | -66

### Men's pairs – round robin

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Men's pairs round-robin result Pos  | Player  | P  | W  | D  | L  | Pts  | Shots

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|  Norman King & Peter Line | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 24 | +80
|  Bob McDonald & Robbie Robson | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 | +17
|  Jimmy Donnelly & Syd Thompson | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | +83
4 |  Alex Henderson & Bill Scott | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | +26
5 |  C Slight & Stuart Flanders | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 16 | +8
6 |  C Pilgrim & Harry Smith | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | -18
7 |  Harry Elliott & John Henderson | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | +8
8 |  Alan Schulte & Thomas Holden | 13 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 12 | -7
9 |  Augusto Pedro Pereira & Osman Adem | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | -19
10 |  P Smith & Peter Underhill | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -32
11 |  Alan Ramsbocham & Jack Spears | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -51
12 |  G Howells & D Jenkins | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 | -25
13 |  Donald Ingrouille & Norman Le Ber | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | -52
14 |  A Kay & C Harvey | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | -78

### Men's rinks (fours) – round robin

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Men's fours round-robin results Pos  | Player  | P  | W  | D  | L  | Pts  | Shots

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|  Abdul Kitchell, Saco Delgado, George Souza Sr., Roberto da Silva | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 23 | +128
|  Alex McIntosh, David Pearson, John Slight, Norman Pryde | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 18 | +25
|  Edward Gordon, Harold Stevenson, John Higgins, William Tate | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 17 | +81
4 |  A Haythorne, D Coetzee, F Hynd, H Ellis | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | +21
5 |  Evan Aeron John, Harry Thompson, A.R (Roy) Jones, Bill Pattimore | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 | -12
6 |  Ted Hodgson, Sam Caffyn, James Denholm, Tom Jarvis | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0
7 |  David Hamblen, Frank Harrison, John Dobbie, Reginald Purcell | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | +28
8 |  Cliff Stroud, Harry Powell, Norman Hook, Bobby Stenhouse | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | +15
9 |  Barrie Baxter, M Brix, Oswald Dent, P Allum | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 12 | +4
10 |  A Graham, B Scott, C Pilgrim, L Yeomanson | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | -62
11 |  Gordon Jolly, Robbie Robson, Percy Jones, Bob McDonald | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 10 | +2
12 |  Cyril Smith, E La Cras, George Hollings, W Hobbs | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 | -66
13 |  F Moffett, J Whyman, Peter Oates, V Costello | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 | -98
14 |  Alastair Davidson, Alexander 'Sandy' Ross, Henry Lakin, Jack Patterson | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | -90

## References

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1. ^ "Times Archives". The Times.
2. ^ The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. Lulu.com. 2013. ISBN 9781291576382.

## See also

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* List of Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
* Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games

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