Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Lawn bowls
at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Venue| Christchurch
Dates| 24 January – 02 February 1974

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The lawn bowls competition at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games took place in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January until 2 February 1974.[1] David Bryant won his third successive Commonwealth Games singles gold medal, with a medals cache of four golds although not competing in 1966. Host country New Zealand won the fours (their seventh gold medal since the start of the games in 1930).

## Medal table

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*   Host nation (New Zealand)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  England| 1| 1| 0| 2
2|  Scotland| 1| 0| 2| 3
3|  New Zealand*| 1| 0| 1| 2
4|  Australia| 0| 2| 0| 2
Totals (4 entries)| 3| 3| 3| 9

## Medallists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's singles  |
David Bryant |
Clive White |
Willie Wood
Men's pairs  |
Jack Christie
Alex McIntosh |
John Evans
Peter Line |
Bob McDonald
Phil Skoglund
Men's fours  |
Kerry Clark
David Baldwin
John 'Jack' Somerville
Gordon Jolly |
Robert King
Errol Bungey
Errol Stewart
Keith Poole |
John Marshall
Morgan Moffat
Bill Scott
John McRae

## Results

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### Men's singles – round robin

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Pos  | Player  | P  | W  | L  | F  | A  | Pts

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1 |  David Bryant | 13 | 11 | 2 | 267 | 147 | 22
2 |  Clive White | 13 | 10 | 3 | 269 | 197 | 20
3 |  Willie Wood | 13 | 9 | 4 | 257 | 191 | 18
4 |  Percy Jones | 13 | 9 | 4 | 260 | 215 | 18
5 |  Maldwyn Evans | 13 | 9 | 4 | 232 | 213 | 18
6 |  Denis Gosden | 13 | 7 | 6 | 212 | 212 | 14
7 |  Roy Fulton | 13 | 6 | 7 | 220 | 210 | 12
8 |  Omar Dallah | 13 | 6 | 7 | 232 | 251 | 12
9 |  Harry Lakin | 13 | 6 | 7 | 213 | 239 | 12
10 |  Sydney Snowsil | 13 | 6 | 7 | 209 | 266 | 10
11 |  Roy De Feu | 13 | 4 | 9 | 200 | 241 | 8
12 |  Neal Salkeld | 13 | 3 | 10 | 195 | 262 | 6
13 |  James S Williams | 13 | 3 | 10 | 201 | 259 | 6
14 |  Oswald Dent | 13 | 3 | 10 | 180 | 264 | 6

### Men's pairs – round robin

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Pos  | Player  | P  | W  | D  | L  | F  | A  | Pts

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1 |  Jack Christie & Alex McIntosh | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 294 | 202 | 23
2 |  John Evans & Peter Line | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 366 | 185 | 22
3 |  Bob McDonald & Phil Skoglund | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 297 | 201 | 21
4 |  John Thomson & Ellis Stanbury | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 296 | 228 | 19
5 |  Sean Patton & Peter Underhill | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 299 | 238 | 19
6 |  Peter Rheuben & John Dobbie | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 323 | 214 | 16
7 |  Gary Forbes & Alan Ramsbocham | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 297 | 252 | 10
8 |  William Pimley & William Tate | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 243 | 264 | 10
9 |  Saco Delgado & Eric Liddell | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 231 | 285 | 10
10 |  Ioapo Iosia & John Suhren | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 181 | 358 | 8
11 |  Peter Cross & Alexander 'Sandy' Ross | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 235 | 289 | 6
12 |  Harry Smith & Reuben Rose | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 227 | 285 | 6
13 |  Donald Ingrouille & Cyril Smith | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 173 | 364 | 6
14 |  James Macauley & Edward Franklin | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 188 | 353 | 4

### Men's fours – round robin

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Pos  | Player  | P  | W  | D  | L  | F  | A  | Pts

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1 |  Kerry Clark, David Baldwin, Jack Somerville, Gordon Jolly | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 308 | 171 | 20
2 |  Robert King, Errol Bungey, Errol Stewart, Keith Poole | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 297 | 196 | 18
3 |  John Marshall, Morgan Moffat, Bill Scott, John McRae | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 271 | 188 | 17
4 |  John Russell Evans, David Richards, Gareth Humphreys, Ian Sutherland | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 257 | 205 | 15
5 |  Dave Crocker, Bob Robertson, Harry Taylor, Ted Hayward | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 261 | 211 | 14
6 |  Barrie Baxter, Robert Henderson, Charles Carter, Harley Triggs | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 234 | 228 | 13
7 |  Peter Fong, George Thaggard, Ram Harakh, Peter Oates | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 224 | 268 | 12
8 |  Oscar Adem, Abdul Kitchell, George Souza Sr., Roberto da Silva | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 205 | 269 | 10
9 |  J Fridenthal John Cadogan, John Stalker, Ray Pears | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 209 | 248 | 8
10 |  Gerard Sloan, James Craig, Jimmy Donnelly, James Dennison | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 206 | 262 | 8
11 |  Falevi Petana, Sione Lino, Si'imoa Tolova'a, Leta'a Sulu Devoe | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 185 | 294 | 8
12 |  Clifford de Rungary, Charles Gibbons, John Eatly, Ronald Hedges | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 207 | 286 | 7
13 |  George Robbins, Graham Jarvis, John Miller, Ronnie Jones | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 220 | 250 | 6

## References

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1. ^ "Times Archives". The Times.
2. ^ The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. 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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