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1992 World Indoor Bowls Championship

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World Indoor Championships 1992
14th World Indoor Bowls Championships
LocationEngland Preston, Lancashire
Date(s)21 February - 01 March, 1992.
CategoryWorld Indoor Championships
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The 1992 Midland Bank World Indoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, from 21 February - 1 March 1992.[2][3][4][5]

In the Singles Ian Schuback won the title beating John Price in the final. Schuback had beaten David Holt in the quarter-finals in a match that lasted four hours 45 minutes. In the Pairs David Bryant and Tony Allcock secured their sixth world title and fourth consecutive title.

The Women's World Indoor Championship took place in Guernsey during April with the final being held on 5 April. The event was won by Sarah Gourlay.[6]

Winners

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Event Winner
Men's Singles Australia Ian Schuback
Women's Singles Scotland Sarah Gourlay
Men's Pairs England Tony Allcock & England David Bryant

Draw and results

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Men's singles

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First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals
2 Australia Ian Schuback 7 7 4 5 7
England Mel Biggs 5 4 7 7 6 2 Australia Schuback 7 5 7 7
New Zealand Gary Lawson 7 7 7 New Zealand Lawson 4 7 0 2
15 Scotland Graham Robertson 6 6 4 2 Australia Schuback 3 7 7 2 7
7 Scotland Hugh Duff 7 5 7 7 England Holt 7 0 6 7 6
Northern Ireland Ian McClure 2 7 5 2 7 Scotland Duff
England David Holt 7 7 2 7 England Holt
10 Scotland Willie Wood 5 5 7 5 2 Australia Schuback 2 7 7 6 7
6 England Gary Smith 7 7 1 7 6 England Smith 7 1 4 7 6
Canada Keith Roney 4 1 7 1 6 England Smith 7 3 4 7 7
11 Northern Ireland David Corkill 2 7 6 7 7 11 Northern Ireland Corkill 2 7 7 1 4
Israel Cecil Bransky 7 0 7 6 6 6 England Smith 6 2 7 7 7
14 England Wynne Richards 7 7 3 7 14 England Richards 7 7 1 3 0
New Zealand Rowan Brassey 2 2 7 0 14 England Richards 7 2 2 7 7 Final
3 England Tony Allcock 2 7 7 7 3 England Allcock 0 7 7 5 5
Canada Peter Mutter 7 6 4 2 2 Australia Schuback 5 7 7 7
8 Wales John Price 7 7 7 8 Wales Price 7 6 6 4
Australia Trevor Morris 2 2 4 8 Wales Price 7 7 6 7
9 Australia Rob Parrella 7 6 5 7 7 9 Australia Parella 6 5 7 6
Wales Carl Lewis 0 7 7 5 3 8 Wales Price 7 5 7 4 7
16 Northern Ireland Jim Baker 7 7 7 16 Northern Ireland Baker 4 7 3 7 2
New Zealand Brian Baldwin 5 5 2 16 Northern Ireland Baker 7 4 2 7 7
1 Scotland Richard Corsie 7 5 7 7 1 Scotland Corsie 2 7 7 6 4
Wales Jason Greenslade 2 7 3 2 8 Wales Price 7 7 6 5 7
12 Wales Stephen Rees 7 7 5 7 12 Wales Rees 4 6 7 7 5
Guernsey Adrian Welch 3 4 7 2 12 Wales Rees 7 7 4 7
England Jim McCann 7 7 7 Scotland McCann 6 6 7 1
5 Hong Kong Mark McMahon 3 2 3 12 Wales Rees 7 7 7
4 England Andy Thomson 2 7 7 7 4 England Thomson 6 1 1
Scotland Alex Marshall 7 4 4 5 4 England Thomson 7 7 2 1 7
13 England David Bryant 7 7 7 13 England Bryant 2 6 7 7 6
Jersey Lee Nixon 2 4 3

Men's Pairs

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First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 England David Bryant

England Tony Allcock

7 7 5 7
Republic of Ireland Ronnie Garland

Republic of Ireland Victor McCrea

1 2 7 2 1 England Bryant

England Allcock

5 7 0 7 7
England Mel Biggs

England Wynne Richards

7 5 7 7 England Biggs

England Richards

7 4 7 4 0
Jersey Lee Nixon

Guernsey Adrian Welch

2 7 6 1 1 England Bryant

England Allcock

3 7 7 1 7
Northern Ireland Ian McClure

Northern Ireland Stephen Adamson

1 7 2 7 7 Northern Ireland McClure

Northern Ireland Adamson

7 1 5 7 3
4 England Andy Thomson

England Gary Smith

7 5 7 6 6 Northern Ireland McClure

Northern Ireland Adamson

7 7 4 5 7
5 Israel Cecil Bransky

Hong Kong Mark McMahon

0 7 7 4 7 5 Israel Bransky

Hong Kong McMahon

5 4 7 7 3
Wales W Killa

Wales Brian Kingdon

7 1 0 7 2 1 England Bryant

England Allcock

7 7 4 7
Australia Rob Parrella

Australia Ian Schuback

7 4 4 7 7 Australia Parrella

Australia Schuback

5 3 7 4
Scotland David Gourlay Jr.

Scotland Robert McCulloch

5 7 7 1 5 Australia Parrella

Australia Schuback

7 7 7
New Zealand Brian Baldwin

New Zealand Rowan Brassey

New Zealand Baldwin

New Zealand Brassey

2 2 5

Australia Parrella

Australia Schuback

7 7 7
2 Scotland Richard Corsie

Scotland Willie Wood

7 7 7 2 Scotland Corsie

Scotland Wood

4 5 6
New Zealand Gary Lawson

Australia Trevor Morris

2 6 2 2 Scotland Corsie

Scotland Wood

7 7 7
7 Scotland Graham Robertson

Scotland Jim Muir

7 7 7 7 Scotland Robertson

Scotland Muir

0 1 5
Wales Jason Greenslade

Wales David Harding

3 3 0

Women's singles

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Group stages

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Group C
Player 1 Player 2 Score
Gourlay le Feuvre 7-1 7-5
Stead Jones 7-6 7-3
Jones Gourlay 5-7 7-4 7-6
Stead le Feuvre 2-7 7-0 7-6
Gourlay Stead 7-4 2-7 7-4
le Feuvre Jones 7-2 7-6
Pos Player P W
1 Jersey Val Stead 3 2
2 Scotland Sarah Gourlay 3 2
3 Guernsey Wilma le Feuvre 3 1
4 Wales M Jones 3 1

Knockout

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                     
Scotland Sarah Gourlay 7 2 7 7
Northern Ireland Margaret Letham 2 7 3 1
Scotland Gourlay 7 0 7 4 7
Northern Ireland Johnston 3 7 5 7 0
Northern Ireland Margaret Johnston 0 7 7 7
England Doreen Hankin 7 3 3 2
Scotland Gourlay 4 7 7 7
England Price 7 0 3 2
England Mary Price 3 7 7 7
Northern Ireland Barbara Cameron 7 3 3 3
England Price 7 7 7
Wales Froud 5 5 2
Wales Sylvia Froud 0 7 7 7
Jersey Val Stead 7 4 3 0
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References

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  1. ^ "Home". worldbowls.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Corsie Wood pair in semi final". Dundee Courier. 26 February 1992. p. 61. Retrieved 12 February 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Scots interest guaranteed". Dundee Courier. 21 February 1992. p. 19. Retrieved 12 February 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Indoor bowling". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 22 February 1992. p. 24. Retrieved 12 February 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "McCann puts out McMahon". Dundee Courier. 18 February 1992. Retrieved 22 January 2023 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ ""For the Record." Times [London, England] 6 Apr. 1992". The Times.
  7. ^ "Oxfordshire Library Archives". The Times Archives.