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 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 | Ed Morris (Essex County)[4] | Northamptonshire | Jamie Walker (Northampton West End) | 21–14 |
| 2020 | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic[5] | ||||
| 2021 | Devon | Sam Tolchard (Kings, Torquay)[6] | Durham | David Bolt (Silksworth) | 21–12 |
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.
- ^ "Bowls England National Finals 2021". Bowls England. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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