Lawn bowls at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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Lawn bowls
at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Lawn bowls pictogram.svg
VenueCardiff
Dates18–26 July 1958
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The lawn bowls competition at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958.[1]

Medallists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles South Africa
Phineas 'Pinky' Danilowitz
England
Percy Baker
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Bill Jackson
Men's pairs New Zealand
John Morris
Richard Pilkington
South Africa
John Myrdal
Rudolph van Vuuren
Southern Rhodesia
William Yuill
Hector Philp
Men's fours England
Norman King
John Bettles
Walter Phillips
John Scadgell
South Africa
Wilfred Randall
Edward Stuart
Edward Williams
Norman Snowy Walker
Northern Rhodesia
Alex Pascoe
Charles Bradley
Basil Wells
Ronnie Turner

Results[]

[2]

Men's singles – round robin[]

Pos Player P W L Pts
1 South Africa Phineas 'Pinky' Danilowitz 11 10 1 20
2 England Percy Baker 11 8 3 16+
3 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Bill Jackson 11 8 3 16
4 Scotland William Downes Jones 11 7 4 14
5 Australia Glyn Bosisto 11 7 4 14
6 New Zealand James ‘Ham’ Pirret 11 6 5 12
7 Hong Kong Eric Liddell 11 5 6 10
8 Northern Ireland Roy Fulton 11 4 7 8
9 Wales 11 4 7 8
10 Kenya 11 3 8 6
11 Canada 11 3 8 6
12 Jersey 11 1 10 2

+ Silver medal play off
Baker beat Jackson 21-18

Men's pairs – round robin[]

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 New Zealand John Morris & Richard Pilkington 11 10 0 1 20
2 South Africa John Myrdal & Rudolph van Vuuren 11 8 0 3 16+
3 Southern Rhodesia William Yuill & Hector Philp 11 8 0 3 16
4 Australia & 11 7 0 4 14
5 Northern Ireland William Rosbotham & Percy Watson 11 7 0 4 14
6 England Fred Horn & Harold Shapland 11 6 0 5 12
7 Canada Sandy Houston & 11 6 0 5 12
8 Hong Kong C C Ma & Robert Gourlay 11 5 0 6 10
9 Wales Wilf John & Jack Lewis 11 4 0 7 8
10 Kenya A Graham & W Careful 11 3 0 8 6
11 Scotland J Kerr & D Smart 11 1 0 10 2
12 Jersey & 11 1 0 10 2

+ Silver medal play off
South Africa beat Southern Rhodesia 17-10

Men's fours – round robin[]

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 England Norman King, John Bettles, Walter Phillips, John Scadgell 11 9 0 2 18+
2 South Africa Wilfred Randall, Edward Stuart, Edward Williams, Norman Snowy Walker 11 9 0 2 18
3 Northern Rhodesia Alex Pascoe, Charles Bradley, Basil Wells, Ronnie Turner 11 8 0 3 16
4 Australia , , , 11 7 1 3 15
5 Hong Kong , Alfred Coates, , Raoul da Luz 11 7 0 4 14
6 Scotland John Hampson, Thomas Smetherham, George Ferguson, Alexander Hodge 11 6 1 4 13
7 Wales Evan Jones, D Prosser, Jack Griffiths, Len Hill 11 6 0 5 12
8 Northern Ireland George Best, Tom Henry, Jack Webb, Gerry Crossey 11 4 0 7 8
9 Kenya C Cochran, J Trowsdale, R Roberts, S Strachan 11 4 0 7 8
10 New Zealand Robin Andrew, Stanley Snedden, Jeff Barron, Bill Hampton 11 3 0 8 6
11 Jersey , , , 11 2 0 9 4
12 Canada , , , 11 0 0 11 0

+ Gold medal play off
England beat South Africa 22-13

References[]

  1. ^ "Times Archives". The Times.
  2. ^ The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. 2013. ISBN 9781291576382.

See also[]

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