Lawn bowls at the 1934 British Empire Games

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Lawn bowls
at the 1934 British Empire Games
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VenueTemple Bowls Club & Paddington Bowls Club
Dates04 August – 11 August 1934
Competitors68 from 10 nations
← 1930
1938 →

The lawn bowls competition at the 1934 British Empire Games took place at the Temple Bowling Club in Denmark Hill and the Paddington Bowling Club in Maida Vale, London from 4-11 August 1934.[1] [2] [3]

Scotland won the singles event and England won both the pairs and rinks events.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Medal summary[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Singles Scotland Robert Sprot Canada William McDonald South Africa Charles Abbott
Pairs England Tommy Hills
and George Wright 		Canada William Hutchinson
and Alfred Langford 		Wales Thomas Davies
and Stan Weaver
Rinks/Fours England Robert Slater
Ernie Gudgeon
Percy Tomlinson
Fred Biggin 		Republic of Ireland Cecil Curran
Charlie Clawson
George Watson
Percy Watson 		Scotland William Lowe
Charles Tait
James Morrison
James Brown

Men's singles – round robin[]

Results[]

Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4 Tie 5
Round 1 Aug 6 Eng 13 Sco 21 Ire 13 Wal 21 Aus 21 SAf 20 Rho 21 Nzl 18 Can 21 Hkg 5
Round 2 Aug 6 Eng 21 Wal 14 Ire 17 Sco 21 Aus 19 Rho 21 SAf 21 Can 8 Hkg 21 Nzl 9
Round 3 Aug 7 Ire 19 Hkg 21 Rho 15 Wal 21 Nzl 1 Can 21 Eng 21 Aus 16 Sco 21 SAf 19
Round 4 Aug 7 Ire 21 Nzl 13 Wal 15 Can 21 Rho 21 Hkg 4 Eng 20 SAf 21 Sco 21 Aus 14
Round 5 Aug 8 Eng 21 Hkg 19 Sco 21 Rho 9 Ire 18 Can 21 Wal 14 SAf 21 Aus 21 Nzl 6
Round 6 Aug 8 Eng 21 Rho 17 Sco 21 Hkg 5 Ire 13 SAf 21 Wal 21 Nzl 11 Can 21 Aus 11
Round 7 Aug 9 Ire 21 Rho 19 Wal 21 Aus 17 SAf 21 Hkg 14 Eng 21 Nzl 8 Sco 21 Can 19
Round 8 Aug 9 Ire 6 Aus 21 Wal 21 Hkg 15 SAf 21 Rho 14 Eng 16 Can 21 Sco 21 Nzl 13
Round 9 Aug 10 Eng 15 Ire 21 Sco 21 Wal 18 Aus 21 Hkg 19 SAf 21 Nzl 13 Rho 10 Can 21
Pos Player P W L Pts
1 Scotland Robert Sprot 9 9 0 18
2 Canada William McDonald 9 7 2 14
3 South Africa Charles Abbott 9 7 2 14
4 England James McKinlay 9 5 4 10
5 Wales 9 5 4 10
6 Australia 9 4 5 8
7 Southern Rhodesia 9 3 6 6
8 Republic of Ireland 9 3 6 6
9 Hong Kong 9 2 7 4
10 New Zealand Len Keys 9 0 9 0

Men's pairs – round robin[]

Results[]

Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4
Round 1 Aug 6 Eng 28 Sco 14 Ire 17 Wal 21 Aus 18 SAf 26 Can 18 Hkg 15
Round 2 Aug 6 Eng 21 Wal 17 Ire 18 Sco 24 Aus 17 Rho 17 SAf 21 Can 16
Round 3 Aug 7 Ire 23 Hkg 14 Rho 15 Wal 32 Eng 18 Aus 17 Sco 26 SAf 14
Round 4 Aug 7 Wal 25 Can 16 Rho 16 Hkg 35 Eng 31 SAf 11 Sco 29 Aus 11
Round 5 Aug 8 Eng 30 Hkg 19 Sco 29 Rho 13 Ire 19 Can 20 Wal 20 SAf 21
Round 6 Aug 8 Eng 25 Rho 16 Hkg 23 Sco 16 Ire 24 SAf 15 Can 22 Aus 16
Round 7 Aug 9 Ire 15 Rho 16 Wal 22 Aus 10 SAf 11 Hkg 20 Sco 14 Can 25
Round 8 Aug 9 Ire 25 Aus 10 Wal 24 Hkg 25 SAf 18 Rho 27 Eng 16 Can 9
Round 9 Aug 10 Eng 25 Ire 21 Sco 19 Wal 27 Aus 14 Hkg 23 Rho 13 Can 22
Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 England Tommy Hills & George Wright 8 8 0 0 16
2 Canada William Hutchinson & Alfred Langford 8 6 0 2 12
3 Wales Thomas Davies & Stan Weaver 8 5 0 3 10
4 Hong Kong & 8 5 0 3 10
5 Scotland & 8 4 0 4 8
6 Republic of Ireland & 8 3 0 5 6
7 Southern Rhodesia & 8 2 1 5 5
8 South Africa & 8 2 0 6 4
9 Australia & 8 0 1 7 1

Men's rinks (fours) – round robin[]

Results[]

Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4 Tie 5
Round 1 Aug 6 Eng 21 Sco 12 Ire 21 Wal 17 Aus 18 SAf 20 Rho 16 Nzl 21 Can 19 Hkg 10
Round 2 Aug 6 Eng 34 Wal 17 Ire 20 Sco 19 Hkg 16 Nzl 18 Rho 18 Aus 18 SAf 26 Can 16
Round 3 Aug 7 Ire 28 Hkg 10 Rho 27 Wal 11 Can 19 Nzl 14 Eng 28 Aus 6 Sco 17 SAf 16
Round 4 Aug 7 Ire 31 Nzl 10 Wal 19 Can 22 Rho 22 Hkg 18 Eng 15 SAf 22 Sco 40 Aus 10
Round 5 Aug 8 Eng 31 Hkg 15 Sco 23 Rho 14 Ire 23 Can 15 Wal 19 SAf 16 Aus 12 Nzl 24
Round 6 Aug 8 Eng 29 Rho 8 Sco 25 Hkg 16 Ire 24 SAf 21 Wal 17 Nzl 31 Can 14 Aus 18
Round 7 Aug 9 Ire 22 Rho 14 Wal 11 Aus 25 SAf 21 Hkg 19 Eng 28 Nzl 16 Sco 17 Can 17
Round 8 Aug 9 Ire 33 Aus 13 Wal 25 Hkg 17 SAf 37 Rho 8 Eng 19 Can 13 Sco 29 Nzl 13
Round 9 Aug 10 Eng 21 Ire 15 Sco 17 Wal 17 Aus 25 Hkg 27 SAf 30 Nzl 15 Rho 22 Can 16
Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 England Fred Biggin (skip), Robert Slater, Ernie Gudgeon, Percy Tomlinson 9 8 0 1 16
2 Republic of Ireland Percy Watson (skip), Cecil Curran, Charlie Clawson, George Watson, 9 8 0 1 16
3 Scotland William Lowe (skip), Charles Tait, James Morrison, James Brown 9 5 2 2 12
4 South Africa James Thoms (skip), , Charles Abbott , 9 6 0 3 12
5 New Zealand George Carter (skip), Harold Grocott, George Pollard, Billy Dillicar 9 4 0 5 8
6 Canada (skip), , , 9 3 1 5 7
7 Southern Rhodesia A E W Stodart (skip), H S Taylor, J Houston, C E Harrison 9 3 1 5 7
8 Wales Isaac Rees (skip), R Williams, William G Kent, Michael Manweiler 9 2 1 6 5
9 Australia (Skip), , , Sir Henry Barwell 9 2 1 6 5
10 Hong Kong Hugh Nish (skip), , John F McGowan, George H Sherriff 9 1 0 8 2

References[]

  1. ^ "Times Archives". The Times.
  2. ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  3. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  4. ^ "FROM OUR BOWLS CORRESPONDENT. "Bowls." Times, 6 Aug. 1934, p. 2". Times Digital Archives.
  5. ^ "FROM OUR BOWLS CORRESPONDENT. "Bowls." Times, 7 Aug. 1934, p. 3". Times Digital Archives.
  6. ^ "FROM OUR BOWLS CORRESPONDENT. "Bowls." Times, 8 Aug. 1934, p. 3". Times Digital Archives.
  7. ^ "FROM OUR BOWLS CORRESPONDENT. "The Empire Games." Times, 9 Aug. 1934, p. 3". Times Digital Archives.
  8. ^ "FROM OUR BOWLS CORRESPONDENT. "Empire Games." Times, 10 Aug. 1934, p. 3". Times Digital Archives.
  9. ^ "FROM OUR BOWLS CORRESPONDENT. "Bowls." Times, 11 Aug. 1934, p. 4". Times Digital Archives.

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