Bowls England National Championships (men's singles four wood)
| English National Bowls Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Men elite | singles | singles 2w |
| singlesCC | pairs | |
| triples | fours | |
| Women elite | singles | singles 2w |
| singlesCC | pairs | |
| triples | fours | |
| Men junior | singles | pairs |
| Women junior | singles | pairs |
| Men senior | singles | pairs |
| fours | ||
| Women senior | singles | pairs |
| fours | ||
| Men team | Middleton | Balcomb |
| WhiteRose | TopClub | |
| 2Fours | ||
| Women team | Johns | Walker |
| AmyRose | TopClub | |
| Mixed | Pairs | Fours |
The Bowls England National Championships (Men's Singles Four Wood) is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships.[1]
The Four Wood singles is the traditional variation of the game, see - Glossary of bowls terms.
The 1908 final was started at the Upper Clapton greens but was suspended with Knight leading 14-7 following the death of the skip during the fours event. The final resumed at the Streatham Constitutional Club the following day.[2]
Past Winners
| Year | County | Champion | County | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | Middlesex | James Carruthers (Muswell Hill) | Northumberland | James Telford (Newcastle, West End) | 21-1 |
| 1906 | Durham | C. L. Cummings (Sunderland) | Middlesex | A. Taylor (Finsbury Park) | 21-8 |
| 1907 | Cumberland | James Emmerson (Edenside, Carlisle) | Leicestershire | H. W. Gibson (Leicester) | 21-12 |
| 1908 | Surrey | R. Knight (Loughborough Junction) | Cumberland | M. Turner (Carlisle Subscription) | 21-9 |
| 1909 | Northumberland | J. W. Dick (Gosforth) | Berkshire | Harry Childs (Reading) | 21-10 |
| 1910 | Northamptonshire | Frank Shatford (Kettering) | Somerset | J. Dauncy (Victoria) | 21-10 |
| 1911 | Cumberland | John Postlethwaite (Carlisle Courtfield) | Kent | James Work (Tunbridge Wells Grove) | 21-14 |
| 1912 | Middlesex | W. J. Jones (Crouch Hill) | Cumberland | G. E. Edmondson (Holme Head, Carlisle) | 23-12 |
| 1913 | Durham | D. C. Gibb (Sunderland) | Middlesex | James Carruthers (Muswell Hill) | 21-9 |
| 1914 | Surrey | D. Irvine Watson (Maldon) | Surrey | W. Dean (Balham) | 21-15 |
| 1915-1918 No competition due to war | |||||
| 1919 | Kent | E. E. Moore (Bellingham) | Hampshire | E. Dean (Richmond Park, Bournemouth) | 21-16 |
| 1920 | Kent | A. E. Godsall (Forest Hill) | Northumberland | W. F. Hamilton (Summerhill, Newcastle) | 21-14 |
| 1921 | Surrey | A. F. Warner (Belmont) | Sussex | J. Harwood (Preston, Brighton) | 21-3 |
| 1922 | Northumberland | W. F. Hamilton (Hexham) | Devon | C. G. Roach (Plymouth Hoe) | 21-16 |
| 1923 | Leicestershire | William Wade (Hinckley) | Buckinghamshire | G. Sainsbury (Wendover & Chiltern Hills) | 21-15 |
| 1924 | Devon | R. Hodge (Torrington) | Hampshire | E.C Redman (Banister Park) | 21-18 |
| 1925 | Devon | Harold Webber (Plymouth) | Somerset | W. Jennings (Taunton Deane) | 21-15 |
| 1926 | Devon | Robert Jack (Sir Francis Drake, Plymouth) | Kent | Alfred P. Poingdestre (Bromley) | 21-16 |
| 1927 | Berkshire | T. Tickle (Park Institute, Reading) | Hampshire | E. C. Redman (Bannister Park) | 21-17 |
| 1928 | Hampshire | George Wright (Southern Railway, Eastleigh) | Kent | W. Barlow (Bellingham) | 21-14 |
| 1929 | Kent | Robert Colquhoun (Bromley) | Sussex | Ernie Gudgeon (Preston, Brighton) | 21-20 |
| 1930 | Leicestershire | William Wade (Hinckley) | Devon | Harold Webber (Plymouth) | 21-10 |
| 1931 | Isle of Wight | Edwin Topp (Ryde) | Gloucestershire | H. Duggan (Gloucester) | 21-8 |
| 1932 | Dorset | Percy Baker (Poole Park) | Somerset | Ernie Fortune (St George's, Bristol) | 21-14 |
| 1933 | Middlesex | James McKinlay (Paddington) | Isle of Wight | Percy Guy (Shanklin) | 21-18 |
| 1934 | Hampshire | A. K. Cochrane (Southampton) | Durham | Matthew Burdon (Dunelm) | 21-7 |
| 1935 | Yorkshire | Billy Linton (Smith's Docks) | Isle of Wight | Jack Gallagher (Cowes) | 21-15 |
| 1936 | Buckinghamshire | Dick Goodson (Chesham) | Sussex | Arthur Knowling Jr. (Worthing) | 21-16 |
| 1937 | Yorkshire | William Prentice (Redcar, Zetland) | Devon | Harold Webber (Torbay C. Club) | 21-14 |
| 1938 | Hampshire | Keith Cross (Cosham) | Northumberland | Harry Cook (Tynemouth) | 21-15 |
| 1939 | Northumberland | Jack Laws (Summerhill) | Oxfordshire | Algernon Allen (City & County Club, Oxford) | 21-8 |
| 1940-1944 No competition due to war | |||||
| 1945 | Yorkshire | Albert Allison 'Bert' Keech (Bootham) | Gloucestershire | Robbie Robison (Henleaze) | 21-19 |
| 1946 | Dorset | Percy Baker (Poole Park) | Berkshire | Ernest Newton (Windsor & Eton) | 21-20 |
| 1947 | Sussex | Peter Mercer (Worthing) | Northumberland | Jimmy Thompson (North Shields) | 21-14 |
| 1948 | Berkshire | Ernie Newton (Windsor & Eton) | Gloucestershire | Ernie Fortune (Bristol Greenbank) | 21-9 |
| 1949 | Oxfordshire | Algernon Allen (Oxford City & County) | Middlesex | Arthur Collins (West Ealing) | 21-8 |
| 1950 | Northumberland | Jimmy Thompson (North Shields, West End) | Durham | Lloyd Whitworth (New Herrington) | 21-15 |
| 1951 | Hertfordshire | Alfred Pikesley (St. Albans) | Bedfordshire | Stanley Jackson (Luton Town) | 21-17 |
| 1952 | Dorset | Percy Baker (Poole Park) | Oxfordshire | Algernon Allen (Oxford City & County) | 21-20 |
| 1953 | Essex | Richard Cramp (Clay Hall) | Warwickshire | Frank Watts (Rugby) | 21-12 |
| 1954 | Northumberland | John Griffiths (Wallsend Borough) | Gloucestershire | George Ham (Stroud) | 21-14 |
| 1955 | Dorset | Percy Baker (Poole Park) | Yorkshire | Jack Fletcher (York Co-op) | 21-13 |
| 1956 | Berkshire | Norman Butler (Windsor & Eton) | Devon | Charlie Webber (Rock Park, Barnstaple) | 21-16 |
| 1957 | Middlesex | Norman King (Parliament Hill) | Hertfordshire | Frank Smith (Hatfield) | 21- 4 |
| 1958 | Hampshire | Harry Powell (Farnborough British Legion) | Isle of Wight | Frank Crockford (Bembridge) | 21-10 |
| 1959 | Surrey | Kenneth Coulson (Croydon) | Yorkshire | Tom Fleming (Middlesbrough, Albert Park) | 21-11 |
| 1960 | Somerset | David Bryant (Clevedon) | Yorkshire | Tom Fleming (Middlesbrough, Albert Park) | 21-11 |
| 1961 | Hampshire | Peter Line (Banister Park) | Lincolnshire | Ernie Hopcroft (Ruston Bucyrus) | 21-9 |
| 1962 | Dorset | Charles Mercer (Lyme Regis) | Surrey | Ernie Lake (Old Coulsdon) | 21-20 |
| 1963 | Cumberland | Charlie Graham (Edenside, Carlisle) | Hertfordshire | Harry Haynes (Welwyn Garden City) | 21-20 |
| 1964 | Hampshire | Peter Line (Banister Park) | Sussex | John Scadgell (Worthing) | 21-19 |
| 1965 | Sussex | Ralph Lewis (Preston, Brighton) | Dorset | Percy Baker (Poole Park) | 21-16 |
| 1966 | Somerset | David Bryant (Clevedon) | Northumberland | Harry Kinnersley (Morpeth) | 21-17 |
| 1967 | Worcestershire | Bill Irish (Droitwich, Vines Park) | Devon | Freddie Horn (Torquay) | 21-12 |
| 1968 | Essex | Norman Groves (Witham) | Hampshire | Walter Phillips (Boscombe Cliff) | 21-15 |
| 1969 | Hampshire | Jimmy Davidson (Boscombe Cliff) | Dorset | Jim Burns (Greenhill) | 21-10 |
| 1970 | Northumberland | Harry Kershaw (Heaton Victoria) | Somerset | Sandy Sandall (St. Andrews) | 21-12 |
| 1971 | Somerset | David Bryant MBE (Clevedon) | Cornwall | John Blewett (Penlee) | 21-18 |
| 1972 | Somerset | David Bryant MBE (Clevedon) | Yorkshire | Bob Robertson (Middlesbrough Co-op) | 21-16 |
| 1973 | Somerset | David Bryant MBE (Clevedon) | Buckinghamshire | Ian Harvey (Marlow) | 21-12 |
| 1974 | Worcestershire | Bill Irish (Droitwich, Vines Park) | Northumberland | Tom Wilkinson (Swan Hunter) | 21-10 |
| 1975 | Somerset | David Bryant MBE (Clevedon) | Middlesex | Robert Gibbins (L.T.A.S.S.A.) | 22-15 |
| 1976 | Surrey | Tony O'Connell (Wimbledon Durnsford) | Lincolnshire | Bill Hobart (Boston Sleaford Road) | 21-17 |
| 1977 | Norfolk | Chris Ward (Cromer) | Buckinghamshire | David Goldring (Woburn Sands) | 21-9 |
| 1978 | Somerset | Charlie Burch (Taunton) | Somerset | David Bryant MBE (Clevedon) | 22-11 |
| 1979 | Cornwall | David Cutler (St. Austell) | Suffolk | Chris Southgate (Risbygate) | 21-14 |
| 1980 | Durham | Tom Buller (View Lane Park) | Dorset | Lou Trim (West Moors Memorial) | 21-18 |
| 1981 | Kent | Andy Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich) | Surrey | Alan Windsor (Woking Park) | 21-20 |
| 1982 | Norfolk | Chris Ward (Cromer) | Buckinghamshire | Bret Long (Slough) | 21-10 |
| 1983 | Cumbria | John Bell (Wigton) | Northumberland | Kevin Bone (Gosforth) | 21-13 |
| 1984 | Surrey | Wynne Richards (Mid Surrey) | Leicestershire | John Kilyon (Loughborough) | 21-15 |
| 1985 | Devon | Ron Keating (Plymouth Civil Service) | Cumbria | Ron Gass (Wigton) | 21- 8 |
| 1986 | Surrey | Wynne Richards (Mid Surrey) | Cumbria | David Taylor (British Rail) | 21-18 |
| 1987 | Lancashire | David Holt (Bolton) | Gloucestershire | Tony Allcock (Cheltenham) | 21- 5 |
| 1988 | Cornwall | Richard Bray (Stenalees) | Somerset | Ian Middlemast (Bath) | 21-12 |
| 1989 | Norfolk | John Ottaway (Wymondham Dell) | Isle of Wight | Barry Croad (Ventnor) | 25-13 |
| 1990 | Gloucestershire | Tony Allcock MBE (Cheltenham) | Buckinghamshire | Kirk Smith (Denham) | 25-12 |
| 1991 | Gloucestershire | Tony Allcock MBE (Cheltenham) | Warwickshire | David Hobbis (Stratford upon Avon) | 21- 3 |
| 1992 | Cumbria | Stephen Farish (Wigton) | Yorkshire | Hugh Duff (West Park, Hull) | 21-18 |
| 1993 | Devon | John Wickham (Totnes) | Kent | Gordon Charlton (Folkestone Park) | 21-17 |
| 1994 | Nottinghamshire | Brett Morley (G.P.T.) | Derbyshire | Paul Wilkinson (Long Eaton Town) | 21-14 |
| 1995 | Durham | John Leeman (Craghead) | Gloucestershire | Les Gillett (Cheltenham) | 21-13 |
| 1996 | Norfolk | John Ottaway (Wymondham Dell) | Durham | Andrew Kirtland (Hundens Park) | 21-18 |
| 1997 | Warwickshire | Richard Brittan (Erdington Court) | Hertfordshire | Martyn Coles (Garston) | 21-17 |
| 1998 | Worcestershire | Grant Burgess (Gilt Edge) | Oxfordshire | Les Gillett (Banbury Borough) | 21-20 |
| 1999 | Huntingdonshire | Nick Brett (White Hart) | Warwickshire | Graham Ashby (Stoke, Coventry) | 21-20 |
| 2000 | Norfolk | John Ottaway (Wymondham Dell) | Buckinghamshire | Andrew Wise (Marlow) | 21- 9 |
| 2001 | Kent | Gordon Charlton (Sandwich) | Warwickshire | Mark Clarke (Kings Heath) | 21-18 |
| 2002 | Hampshire | Martyn Sekjer (Southampton SC) | Hertfordshire | Andrew Briden (Herts) | 21- 2 |
| 2003 | Yorkshire | Paul Allenby (Riverview) | Yorkshire | Mark Walton (Nafferton) | 21-13 |
| 2004 | Yorkshire | Mark Walton (Nafferton) | Essex | Joe Stamper (Lionmede) | 21-17 |
| 2005 | Middlesex | Simon Jee (Parsons Green) | Nottinghamshire | Nick Cammack (Trent Vale) | 21-11 |
| 2006 | Yorkshire | Mark Walton (Nafferton) | Gloucestershire | Lee Williamson (Barnwood) | 21-16 |
| 2007 | Essex | Andrew Squire (Maldon) | Yorkshire | Mark Walton (Nafferton) | 21-10 |
| 2008 | Devon | Sam Tolchard (Kings, Torquay) | Derbyshire | Simon Skelton (Stute) | 21- 8 |
| 2009 | Derbyshire | Simon Skelton (Stute) | Surrey | Steve Tuohy (Egham) | 21-20 |
| 2010 | Essex | Steven Mitchinson (Romford) | Sussex | Scott Edwards (Hove & Kingsway) | 21- 8 |
| 2011 | Durham | David Bolt (Silksworth) | Warwickshire | Graham Ashby (Rugby) | 21-15 |
| 2012 | Hampshire | Tom Bishop (Atherley) | Norfolk | Wayne Willgress (Norfolk) | 21-20 |
| 2013 | Worcestershire | Andrew Walters (Worcester) | Suffolk | John Rednall (Suffolk) | 21-14 |
| 2014 | Gloucestershire | Lee Williamson (Cheltenham) | Devon | Jamie Chestney (Kings) | 21-18 |
| 2015 | Cumbria | Ben Sherwen (Whitehaven) | Yorkshire | Vinnie O'Neill (Middlesbrough) | 21-19 |
| 2016 | Kent | Simon Green (Sandwich) | Worcestershire | Andrew Walters (Worcester) | 21-13 |
| 2017 | Northamptonshire | Jamie Walker (Northampton West End) | Northamptonshire | Darren Childs (Northampton West End) | 21-14 |
| 2018 | Devon | Louis Ridout (Kings) [3] | Essex | Andrew Squire (Maldon) | 21-16 |
| 2019 | Essex | Edward Morris (Essex County) [4] | Northamptonshire | Jamie Walker (Northampton West End) | 21-14 |
| 2020 | cancelled | due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] |
References
- ^ "Past Records". Bowls England.
- ^ "Bowling". The Scotsman. 22 July 1908. p. 13 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Latest News". Bowls England.
- ^ "Ed Morris Wins Bowls England Men's Singles". Bowls International.
- ^ "PLANS FOR 2020 IN RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK". Bowls England.