1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Men's World Outdoor Championships 1980
4th World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Frankston, Melbourne, Australia
Date(s)	17 January - 02 February, 1980.
Category	World Outdoor Championships
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The 1980 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship ^[1] was held at the City of Frankston Bowling Club in Frankston, Melbourne, Australia, from 17 January - 2 February 1980.
David Bryant won his second singles title following his triumph in the 1966 competition.
Australia won the Pairs, England won the Triples and Hong Kong won the Fours. The Leonard Trophy went to England who beat Australia into first place by virtue of having a higher shot percentage.

Results

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Men's Singles - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	David Bryant	19	17	0	2	34
2	John Snell	19	15	0	4	30+
3	David McGill	19	15	0	4	30
4	Nick Unkovitch	19	14	0	5	28
5	Russell Evans	19	14	0	5	28
6	Philip Chok	19	12	0	7	24
7	Stan Espie	19	11	0	8	22
8	Keith Shaw	19	11	0	8	22
9	David Duncalf	19	9	0	10	18
10	Arthur McKernan	19	9	0	10	18
11	Dick Folkins	15	9	0	10	18
12	Dan Coetzee	15	8	1	10	17
13	Feta Kirisome	15	8	0	11	16
14	Sid Meredith	15	8	0	11	16
15	Cecil Cooper	15	7	1	11	15
16	Tom Green	15	7	0	12	14
17	Bob Madden	15	6	0	13	12
18	Eddie Turner	15	5	0	14	10
19	Oscar Raymond	15	4	0	15	8
20	Kichi Koriuchi	15	0	0	19	0

+ Silver medal by virtue of higher shot percentage

Men's Pairs - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Alf Sandercock & Peter Rheuben	19	17	1	1	35
2	Burnie Gill & Graham Jarvis	19	17	0	2	34
3	Phil Skoglund & Kevin Darling	19	14	1	4	29
4	John Bell & Mal Hughes	19	12	1	6	25
5	Willie Wood & Alex McIntosh	19	11	2	6	24
6	Stan Espie & Brendan McBrien	19	11	1	7	23
7	Neil McInnes & Frank Souza	19	11	0	8	22
8	Marcel Coutoly & John Jones	19	10	1	8	21
9	Lyn Perkins & Spencer Wiltshire	15	10	1	8	21
10	George Souza Jr. & Eric Liddell	15	10	0	9	20
11	Alan Ramsbotham & Bob Madden	15	9	2	8	20
12	Guernsey	15	8	0	11	16
13	Dan Coetzee & Another	15	8	0	11	16
14	George Thaggard & Shaun Patton	15	8	0	11	16
15	Feta Kirisome, Sioane Lino+ & Falevi Petana	19	7	0	12	14
16	Israel	19	6	1	12	13
17	Tom Green & Ted Cambridge	19	6	0	13	12
18	Pat Niland & Dave Ross	19	5	1	13	11
19	Kenya	19	3	0	16	6
20	Kichi Koriuchi & Another	19	0	0	19	0

+ injury replacement

Men's Triples - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Jimmy Hodbay, Tony Allcock & David Bryant	19	18	0	1	36
2	John Summers, David McGill & Willie McQueen	19	16	1	2	33
3	John Malcolm, Nick Unkovitch & Morgan Moffat	19	14	1	4	29
4	Kevin Parry, Oscar Raymond & Peter Fong	19	13	1	5	27
5	John Snell, Keith Poole & Ron Taylor	19	12	1	6	25
6	David Duncalf, Bill Boettger & Barry McFadden	19	12	0	7	24
7	Clive Forrester, Bert MacWilliams & Dick Folkins	19	12	0	7	24
8	Philip Chok, Majid Hassan & Omar Dallah	19	11	1	7	23
9	John Higgins, John Greer & Bill Watson	19	11	0	8	22
10	John O'Flaherty, Jeff McLean & Tom Powell	19	9	1	9	19
11	Jack Thomas, Ken Thomson, & Jack Fulton	19	9	0	10	18
12	Russell Evans, Bob Thomas & Gwyn Evans	19	9	0	10	18
13	Israel	19	8	0	11	16
14	Ken Lowery, Frank Hambly & Arthur McKernan	19	8	0	11	16
15	Harry Morton, Heiner Veirling & Brian Sullivan	19	6	0	13	12
16	John Chalmers, Peter Crossan & Eddie Turner	19	5	1	13	11
17	Guernsey	19	5	0	14	10
18	Kenya	19	4	0	15	8
19	Western Samoa	19	3	1	15	7
20	Jitsuji Ueyma, Key Takaya & Shozo Yamaha	19	1	0	18	2

Men's Fours - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Philip Chok, Omar Dallah, George Souza Jr. & Eric Liddell	19	15	1	1	31
2	John Summers, Willie McQueen, Alex McIntosh & Willie Wood	19	14	1	4	29
3	John Malcolm, Kevin Darling, Phil Skoglund & Morgan Moffat	19	14	1	4	29
4	Alf Sanderock, Peter Rheuben, Keith Poole & Ron Taylor	19	13	2	4	28
5	Lyn Perkins, Spencer Wiltshire, Bob Thomas & Gwyn Evans	19	13	1	6	27
6	Jimmy Hodbay, Tony Allcock, John Bell & Mal Hughes	19	11	3	5	25
7	John Higgins, Brendan McBrien, John Greer &, Bill Watson	19	12	0	7	24
8	Graham Jarvis, Don Gibson+, Bill Boettger, Burnie Gill & Barry McFadden	19	10	4	5	24
9	Clive Forrester, Bert MacWilliams, Frank Souza & Neil McInnes	19	11	1	7	23
10	Kevin Parry, Peter Fong, Shaun Patton & George Thaggard	19	10	0	9	20
11	Harry Morton, Heiner Veirling, Alan Ramsbotham & Brian Sullivan	19	10	0	9	20
12	John O'Flaherty, Jeff McLean, Tom Powell & Another	19	8	0	11	16
13	Israel	19	7	0	12	14
14	Ken Lowery, Frank Hambly, Marcel Coutoly & John Jones	19	6	1	12	13
15	Guernsey	19	6	0	13	12
16	Pat Niland, John Chalmers, Peter Crossan & Dave Ross	19	6	0	13	12
17	Kenya	19	5	1	13	11
18	Sioane Lino, Falevi Petana, 2 others, & Denis Dalton (Aus)+	19	5	0	14	10
19	Jack Thomas, Ken Thomson, Ted Cambridge & Jack Fulton	19	4	0	15	8
20	Jitsuji Ueyma, Key Takaya, Shozo Yamaha & Another	19	0	0	19	0

+ injury replacement

W.M.Leonard Trophy

Pos	Team	Pts	shot %
1	England	72	1.604
2	Australia	72	1.581
3	Scotland	72	1.500
4	New Zealand	71
5	Hong Kong	59
6	Canada	58
7	Wales	56
8	Ireland	55
9	United States	49
10	Jersey	38
11	Fiji	37	1.500
12	Zambia	37	0.967
13	Guernsey	32
14	Papua New Guinea	31
15	Israel	29
16	Swaziland	19
17	Western Samoa	18
18	Malawi	16
19	Kenya	15
20	Japan	4

References

1. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
2. "1980 Sports Results". Sydney Morning Herald.