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Lawn bowls at the 1954 British Empire & Commonwealth Games

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Lawn bowls
at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
VenueVancouver
Dates30 July – 07 August 1954
Competitors61 from 11 nations
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The lawn bowls competition at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Vancouver, Canada from 30 July until 7 August 1954.[1]

Results

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Men's Singles - Round Robin

Pos Player P W L Pts
1 Southern Rhodesia Ralph Hodges 9 8 1 16
2 New Zealand James Pirret Jr. 9 6 3 12
3 South Africa Arthur Saunders 9 6 3 12
4 Northern Rhodesia Jack Fairburn 9 5 4 10
5 Wales Alfred Thomas 9 5 4 10
6 Australia Glyn Bosisto 9 5 4 10
7 Canada John Linford 9 4 5 8
8 Scotland Robert Laing 9 3 6 6
9 Hong Kong Jose da Luz 9 2 7 4
10 England Stanley Lee 9 1 8 2

Men's Pairs - Round Robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 Northern Ireland William Rosbotham & Percy Watson 9 7 1 1 15
2 Canada Sam Gardiner & Richard Williams 9 6 1 2 13
3 Scotland George Budge & John Carswell 9 6 0 3 12
4 Hong Kong Eric Liddell & Raoul da Luz 9 5 0 4 10
5 South Africa Harry Barker & William Stead 9 5 0 4 10
6 Northern Rhodesia James Rae & John Milligan 9 4 0 5 8
7 Australia John Bird & David Long 9 4 0 5 8
8 New Zealand Arthur Snaddon & Eliphalet ‘Lifey’ Ravenwood 9 4 0 5 8
9 Southern Rhodesia Alan Bradley & Robert Turner 9 3 0 6 6
10 England Edwin Bateman & Tom Stewart 9 1 0 8 2

Men's Fours - Round Robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 South Africa Frank Mitchell, George Wilson, John Anderson, Wilfred Randall 9 8 1 0 17
2 Hong Kong Alfred Coates, Jose da Luz, Raoul da Luz, Robert Gourlay 9 7 0 2 14
3 Southern Rhodesia Alan Bradley, Alex Pascoe, Fred Hockin, Ronald Turner 9 6 0 3 12
4 Australia Charles Beck, Elgar Collins, Neville Green, Walter Maling 9 4 3 2 11
5 Northern Rhodesia James Rae, John Milligan, Samuel Goatley, William Hynd 9 4 1 4 9
6 New Zealand Arthur Webster, Arthur Connew, TT ‘Pete’ Skoglund, William Freeth 9 3 1 5 7
7 Canada Edward Brown, George Mackintosh, Harold Jenkins, W.E.Calder 9 3 0 6 6
8 England J.E.C.Carr, John Coles, Stanley Lee, W.C.Parker 9 2 1 6 5
9 Wales Alfred Thomas, Ivor Thomas, Obediah Hopkins, R.S.Devonald 9 2 1 6 5
10 Scotland Finlay McIver, George Budge, H.W.Morton, John Carswell 9 2 0 7 4

References

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