1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

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Men's World Outdoor Championships 1966
1st Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
LocationAustralia Kyeemagh, New South Wales
Date(s)10–23 October 1966.
CategoryWorld Bowls Championship
1969 →

The 1966 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia, from 10 to 23 October 1966.

David Bryant won the singles which was held in a round robin format.[2]

The pairs and triples gold went to Australia which helped them win the overall team competition called the WM Leonard Cup. The fours gold was claimed by New Zealand.[3][4] [5]

Medallists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles England
David Bryant 		Scotland
John Hershaw 		Republic of Ireland
Roy Fulton
Men's pairs Australia
Geoff Kelly
Bert Palm 		South Africa
Tommy Press
Norman Snowy Walker 		England
Cedric Smith
David Bryant
Men's triples Australia
Don Collins
Athol Johnson
John Dobbie 		Canada
Sandy Houston
Karl Beacom
John Henderson 		South Africa
Kelvin Lightfoot
Tommy Harvey
Leon Kessel
Men's fours New Zealand
Norm Lash
Ron Buchan
Gordon Jolly
Bill O'Neill 		Australia
Don Collins
Athol Johnson
John Dobbie
Bert Palm 		Scotland
Willie Adrain
Willie Dyet
Bert Thomson
Harry Reston
Men's Team Australia Australia Scotland Scotland England England

Results[]

Men's singles – round robin[]

Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4 Tie 5 Tie 6 Tie 7 Tie 8
Round 1 Oct 17 Eng 21 Jer 12 SAf 18 Ken 21 Nzl 21 Hkg 12 Rho 21 Aus 14 Sco 20 Ire 21 Can 18 Mwi 21 USA 21 Wal 17 Fij 21 PNG 14
Round 2 Oct 17 Eng 21 Ken 17 USA 21 SAf 12 Mwi 21 Nzl 19 Rho 19 Sco 21 Aus 21 Fij 8 Can 20 Hkg 21 Ire 13 Jer 21 Wal 21 PNG 13
Round 3 Oct 17 USA 9 Eng 21 Jer 13 SAf 21 Nzl 21 Can 12 Fij 8 Rho 21 Mwi 7 Aus 21 Sco 21 Wal 19 Ire 21 Ken 16 HKg 21 PNG 18
Round 4 Oct 19 MWi 12 USA 21 PNG 18 Ire 21 Fij 17 Nzl 21 Ken 21 Hkg 15 Jer 16 Sco 21 Wal 21 Rho 14 Can 10 Eng 21 SAf 21 Aus 10
Round 5 Oct 19 Eng 21 PNG 18 Sco 21 SAf 14 Nzl 21 Wal 20 Rho 21 USA 15 Aus 21 Hkg 20 Can 21 Ken 15 Ire 21 Fij 15 Jer 16 Mwi 21
Round 6 Oct 19 SAf 21 PNG 15 Nzl 21 Aus 14 Eng 21 Mwi 14 Rho 21 Ken 8 Sco 21 Hkg 17 Can 7 Fij 21 Ire 21 USA 10 Wal 21 Jer 5
Round 7 Oct 20 Rho 21 Jer 9 Can 21 PNG 11 Aus 21 Wal 17 Eng 21 Ire 13 SAf 21 Mwi 10 Nzl 21 Ken 14 Sco 21 Fij 15 USA 21 Hkg 18
Round 8 Oct 20 Nzl 17 Sco 21 USA 21 Ken 19 Jer 19 Can 21 Eng 21 Fij 5 SAf 10 Wal 21 Rho 9 Ire 21 Aus 11 PNG 21 Mwi 14 Hkg 21
Round 9 Oct 20 Hkg 16 Fij 21 Wal 21 Mwi 4 Rho 21 PNG 8 USA 20 Jer 21 Eng 21 Sco 18 SAf 21 Can 15 Nzl 13 Ire 21 Aus 21 Ken 9
Round 10 Oct 21 Ire 21 Wal 10 Can 5 USA 21 Sco 21 Ken 7 SAf 21 Fij 15 Eng 21 Hkg 8 Nzl 21 PNG 17 Rho 14 Mwi 21 Jer 7 Aus 21
Round 11 Oct 21 Sco 21 PNG 2 Rho 21 Can 12 Fij 21 Can 7 Eng 18 Wal 21 SAf 21 Hkg 12 Nzl 21 Jer 2 Aus 17 USA 21 Ire 21 Mwi 12
Round 12 Oct 22 Ken 21 PNG 16 Sco 19 Mwi 21 SAf 21 Ire 19 Nzl 21 USA 18 Eng 21 Aus 9 Rho 21 Hkg 13 Can 14 Wal 21 Jer 21 Fij 15
Round 13 Oct 22 Wal 21 Ken 18 Fij 21 Mwi 18 Aus 20 Sco 21 Can 8 Ire 21 Eng 21 Rho 19 SAf 21 Nzl 17 USA 21 PNG 18 Jer 12 Hkg 21
Round 14 Oct 23 PNG 21 Mwi 19 Sco 20 USA 21 Eng 21 Nzl 5 SAf 21 Rho 10 Aus 21 Can 16 Ire 21 Hkg 16 Jer 21 Ken 16 Wal 21 Fij 7
Round 15 Oct 23 Aus 21 Ire 12 Mwi 21 Ken 12 Sco 21 Can 15 Nzl 20 Rho 21 Eng 21 SAf 18 USA 21 Fij 14 Wal 21 Hkg 17 Jer 13 PNG 21
Pos Player P W L F A Pts
1 England David Bryant 15 14 1 312 196 28
2 Scotland John Hershaw 15 11 4 308 245 22
3 Republic of Ireland Roy Fulton 15 11 4 288 231 22
4 Wales Maldwyn Evans 15 10 5 293 225 20
5 South Africa Norman Snowy Walker 15 10 5 282 243 20
6 United States 15 10 5 282 257 20
7 Rhodesia Bill Jackson 15 9 6 274 233 18
8 Australia Geoff Kelly 15 9 6 270 236 18
9 New Zealand Phil Skoglund 15 8 7 273 260 16
10 Malawi 15 6 9 236 287 12
11 Hong Kong 15 4 11 248 295 8
12 Kenya 15 4 11 235 285 8
13 Jersey 15 4 11 210 295 8
14 Fiji 15 4 11 208 286 8
15 Papua New Guinea 15 3 12 232 295 6
16 Canada Sandy Houston 15 3 12 215 297 6

Men's pairs – round robin[]

Section A

Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4
Round 1 Eng 22 USA 12 Can 33 Ire 13 Ken 30 Jer 13 Nzl 34 Mwi 5
Round 2 Ken 13 Ire 21 USA 19 Nzl 12 Mwi 7 Eng 30 Can 37 Jer 10
Round 3 Mwi 21 USA 29 Eng 23 Can 12 Jer 17 Ire 26 Nzl 34 Ken 10
Round 4 Can 24 Mwi 13 Ire 14 Nzl 19 USA 27 Jer 17 Ken 16 Eng 24
Round 5 Jer 16 Nzl 20 Mwi 21 Ken 18 Eng 19 Ire 10 USA 9 Can 21
Round 6 Jer 4 Eng 26 Ken 16 USA 17 Ire 18 Mwi 12 Nzl 23 Can 17
Round 7 USA 22 Ire 17 Eng 18 Nzl 26 Can 20 Ken 14 Mwi 16 Jer 25
Pos Player P W D L F A Pts
1 England Cedric Smith & David Bryant 7 6 0 1 173 87 12
2 New Zealand Ron Buchan & Phil Skoglund 7 6 0 1 168 99 12
3 Canada & 7 5 0 2 164 116 10
4 United States Ezra Wyeth & 7 5 0 2 135 126 10
5 Republic of Ireland & 7 3 0 4 119 135 6
6 Kenya & 7 1 0 6 117 150 2
7 Jersey & 7 1 0 6 102 182 2
8 Malawi & 7 1 0 6 95 178 2

Section B

Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4
Round 1 Rho 26 Sco 19 SAf 27 PNG 16 Aus 22 Wal 15 Fij 22 Hkg 18
Round 2 Aus 15 SAf 26 Fij 16 Sco 23 PNG 19 Wal 23 Rho 17 Hkg 15
Round 3 Fij 19 Rho 25 Hkg 25 Aus 12 Wal 16 SAf 19 Sco 20 PNG 14
Round 4 SAf 26 Hkg 21 Aus 37 Sco 12 PNG 13 Fij 30 Rho 12 Wal 18
Round 5 Fij 17 Aus 18 Rho 29 PNG 12 Wal 17 Hkg 15 Sco 24 SAf 10
Round 6 Aus 17 Rho 19 Wal 16 Sco 31 SAf 26 Fij 11 Hkg 22 PNG 15
Round 7 Sco 19 Hkg 19 Fij 27 Wal 14 PNG 13 Aus 34 Rho 18 SAf 14
Pos Player P W D L F A Pts
1 Rhodesia Geoff Knott & Bill Jackson 7 6 0 1 146 114 12
2 South Africa Tommy Press & Norman Snowy Walker 7 5 0 2 148 121 10
3 Scotland John Hershaw & Willie Adrain 7 4 1 2 148 138 9
4 Australia Geoff Kelly & Bert Palm 7 3 0 4 155 127 8
5 Fiji & 7 3 0 4 142 137 6
6 Wales & 7 3 0 4 119 145 6
7 Hong Kong Eric Liddell & 7 2 1 4 135 128 5
8 Papua New Guinea & 7 0 0 7 102 185 0

Final round

Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4
Round 1 Eng 15 Aus 22 Nzl 10 Sco 18 Can 15 SAf 27 USA 12 Rho 19
Round 2 USA 17 SAf 21 Can 12 Rho 17 Nzl 25 Aus 26 Eng 18 Sco 15
Round 3 Eng 26 SAf 20 Nzl 18 Rho 15 Can 16 Aus 18 USA 18 Sco 20
Round 4 USA 25 Aus 24 Can 19 Sco 18 Nzl 15 SAf 17 Eng 18 Rho 16
Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 Australia Australia 4 3 1 90 81 6+
2 South Africa South Africa 4 3 1 85 72 6
3 England England 4 3 1 77 73 6
4 Scotland Scotland 4 2 2 71 65 4
5 Rhodesia Rhodesia 4 2 2 67 60 4
6 United States United States 4 1 3 72 84 2
7 New Zealand New Zealand 4 1 3 68 76 2
8 Canada Canada 4 1 3 62 80 2

+ Position decided on (shots for) if points are tied.

Men's triples – round robin[]

Section A

Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4
Round 1 SAf 21 Wal 14 Can 20 Aus 18 Eng 27 Jer 23 PNG 24 Fij 15
Round 2 Eng 24 Fij 17 PNG 13 Aus 25 Can 17 SAf 24 Wal 24 Jer 16
Round 3 Aus 31 Eng 11 Jer 15 PNG 24 Can 14 Wal 31 SAf 34 Fij 13
Round 4 Wal 13 Aus 28 Fij 15 Can 25 Jer 7 SAf 48 Eng 31 PNG 19
Round 5 Can 12 Eng 29 PNG 24 Wal 19 SAf 29 Aus 12 Jer 17 Fij 23
Round 6 Jer 13 Can 22 Eng 14 Wal 13 Fij 18 Aus 25 SAf 30 PNG 12
Round 7 Eng 12 SAf 19 Wal 43 Fij 12 Can 27 PNG 13 Aus 33 Jer 18
Pos Player P W D L F A Pts
1 South Africa Kelvin Lightfoot, Tommy Harvey & Leon Kessel 7 7 0 0 203 87 14
2 Australia John Dobbie, Don Collins & Athol Johnson 7 5 0 2 172 120 10
3 England Bobby Stenhouse, Tom Brown & Mick Cooper 7 5 0 2 148 134 10
4 Canada Sandy Houston, Karl Beacom & John Henderson 7 4 0 3 137 143 8
5 Wales Maldwyn Evans, Ron Thomas & Jock Thompson 7 3 0 4 157 129 6
6 Papua New Guinea , & 7 3 0 4 129 162 6
7 Fiji , & 7 1 0 6 113 192 2
8 Jersey , & 7 0 0 7 109 201 0

Section B

Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4
Round 1 Hkg 23 Ire 17 Ken 23 Sco 20 Nzl 22 USA 14 Rho 25 Mwi 17
Round 2 Hkg 13 Nzl 31 USA 21 Rho 17 Mwi 18 Ken 17 Sco 18 Ire 18
Round 3 Rho 30 Ken 8 Nzl 18 Sco 17 Ire 11 USA 26 Hkg 20 Mwi 24
Round 4 Ire 17 Rho 22 USA 30 Hkg 21 Sco 22 Mwi 19 Ken 14 Nzl 25
Round 5 Mwi 20 Nzl 18 Ken 6 Ire 26 Rho 30 Hkg 17 Sco 17 USA 17
Round 6 Rho 12 Sco 28 USA 25 Mwi 14 Nzl 23 Ire 18 Hkg 25 Ken 8
Round 7 Ken 10 USA 21 Nzl 22 Rho 24 Sco 24 Hkg 18 Mwi 21 Ire 13
Pos Player P W D L F A Pts
1 United States , & Jim Candelet 7 5 1 1 154 112 11
2 Rhodesia , & Ronnie Turner 7 5 0 2 160 130 10
3 New Zealand Norm Lash, Gordon Jolly & Bill O'Neill 7 5 0 2 159 120 10
4 Scotland Harry Reston, Willie Dyet & Bert Thomson 7 3 2 2 146 125 8
5 Malawi , & 7 4 0 3 133 140 8
6 Hong Kong , Abdul Kitchell & 7 2 0 5 137 164 4
7 Republic of Ireland , & Roy Fulton 7 1 1 5 120 139 3
8 Kenya , & 7 1 0 6 86 165 2

Final round

Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4
Round 1 SAf 17 Sco 20 Aus 32 Nzl 9 Eng 9 Rho 21 Can 22 USA 22
Round 2 Can 35 Rho 10 Eng 17 USA 26 Aus 39 Sco 10 SAf 17 Nzl 26
Round 3 SAf 26 Rho 12 Aus 26 USA 24 Eng 16 Sco 15 Can 17 Nzl 22
Round 4 Can 25 Sco 17 Eng 23 Nzl 21 Aus 22 Rho 18 SAf 27 USA 20
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Australia Australia 4 4 0 0 119 61 8
2 Canada Canada 4 2 1 1 99 71 5
3 South Africa South Africa 4 2 0 2 87 78 4
4 New Zealand New Zealand 4 2 0 2 78 89 4
5 England England 4 2 0 2 65 83 4
6 United States United States 4 1 1 2 92 92 3
7 Scotland Scotland 4 1 0 3 62 97 2
8 Rhodesia Rhodesia 4 1 0 3 61 92 2

Men's fours – round robin[]

Section A

Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4
Round 1 SAf 31 Ken 15 Jer 12 Wal 25 Nzl 20 Ire 18 Can 29 PNG 9
Round 2 PNG 20 Nzl 17 Wal 12 SAf 15 Ken 22 Can 12 Ire 34 Jer 5
Round 3 Wal 37 PNG 11 SAf 19 Ire 14 Nzl 13 Can 22 Jer 18 Ken 14
Round 4 Jer 9 Nzl 27 Wal 8 Can 23 Ken 8 Ire 35 PNG 10 SAf 34
Round 5 Nzl 24 Wal 18 PNG 19 Ken 28 Jer 5 SAf 32 Can 22 Ire 18
Round 6 PNG 30 Jer 11 Nzl 30 Ken 11 Can 24 SAf 12 Ire 9 Wal 29
Round 7 SAf 17 Nzl 23 Can 33 Jer 10 Ken 21 Wal 25 PNG 22 Ire 20
Pos Player P W D L F A Pts
1 Canada , , John Henderson & Karl Beacom 7 6 0 1 165 92 12
2 South Africa Kelvin Lightfoot, Tommy Harvey, Tommy Press, Leon Kessel 7 5 0 2 160 103 10
3 New Zealand Norm Lash, Ron Buchan, Gordon Jolly & Bill O'Neill 7 5 0 2 154 115 10
4 Wales , , Ron Thomas & Jock Thompson 7 4 0 3 154 115 8
5 Papua New Guinea , , & 7 3 0 4 121 176 6
6 Republic of Ireland , , & 7 2 0 5 148 125 4
7 Kenya , , & 7 2 0 5 119 170 4
8 Jersey , , & 7 1 0 6 70 195 2

Section B

Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4
Round 1 Eng 22 Fij 22 Rho 12 USA 24 Aus 12 Sco 20 Mwi 18 Hkg 15
Round 2 USA 15 Aus 24 Sco 18 Eng 26 Fij 14 Mwi 21 Hkg 16 Rho 15
Round 3 Mwi 9 Sco 35 Eng 20 Hkg 20 Rho 22 Aus 23 USA 30 Fij 13
Round 4 Hkg 15 Aus 29 Rho 25 Fij 13 Sco 18 USA 15 Eng 27 Mwi 10
Round 5 Fij 11 Aus 30 Mwi 18 Rho 13 USA 20 Eng 14 Sco 28 Hkg 12
Round 6 Rho 13 Eng 25 Hkg 17 USA 18 Aus 22 Mwi 17 Fij 12 Sco 22
Round 7 Hkg 22 Fij 16 Eng 19 Aus 16 Rho 16 Sco 24 USA 23 Mwi 16
Pos Player P W D L F A Pts
1 Scotland Willie Adrain, Willie Dyet, Bert Thomson & Harry Reston 7 6 0 1 166 102 12
2 Australia Don Collins, Athol Johnson, John Dobbie & Bert Palm 7 5 0 2 156 119 10
3 England Bobby Stenhouse, Tom Brown, Mick Cooper & Cedric Smith 7 4 2 1 153 119 10
4 United States , , Ezra Wyeth & Jim Candelet 7 5 0 2 145 114 10
5 Malawi , , & 7 3 0 4 109 149 6
6 Hong Kong , Abdul Kitchell, & Eric Liddell 7 2 1 4 117 145 5
7 Rhodesia , , & Geoff Knott 7 1 0 6 116 143 2
8 Fiji , , & 7 0 1 6 101 172 1

Final round

Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4
Round 1 Nzl 24 Aus 18 SAf 24 Eng 24 Sco 24 Wal 24 Can 25 USA 13
Round 2 Nzl 21 Sco 21 Aus 36 Wal 10 USA 22 SAf 17 Can 23 Eng 20
Round 3 Aus 28 Can 15 Sco 22 SAf 21 Nzl 25 USA 15 Wal 23 Eng 18
Round 4 Sco 26 Can 13 Aus 21 SAf 20 Nzl 23 Egn 17 USA 18 Wal 14
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 New Zealand New Zealand 4 3 1 0 93 71 7
2 Australia Australia 4 3 0 1 103 69 6
3 Scotland Scotland 4 2 2 0 93 79 6
4 Canada Canada 4 2 0 2 76 87 4
5 United States United States 4 2 0 2 68 81 4
6 Wales Wales 4 1 1 2 71 96 3
7 South Africa South Africa 4 0 1 3 82 89 1
8 England England 4 0 1 3 79 93 1

W. M. Leonard Trophy[]

The scoring for the overall team title was four points for the winner of an event, three points for the runner-up, two points for third place and one point for fourth place.[6]

Pos Team Singles Pairs Triples Fours Total
1 Australia Australia 0 4 4 3 11
2 Scotland Scotland 3 1 0 2 6
3 England England 4 2 0 0 6
4 South Africa South Africa 0 3 2 0 5
5 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1 4 5
6 Canada Canada 0 0 3 1 4
7 Republic of Ireland Ireland 2 0 0 0 2
8 Wales Wales 1 0 0 0 1

References[]

  1. ^ "1966 World Championships".
  2. ^ ""Title goes to Bryant." Times [London, England] 24 Oct. 1966". The Times.
  3. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  4. ^ ""Australia's Titles." Times [London, England] 17 Oct. 1966". The Times.
  5. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  6. ^ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
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