Lawn Bowls at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
| Lawn bowls at the 1978 Commonwealth Games | |
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| Venue | Edmonton |
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| Dates | 03 August – 12 August 1978 |
The lawn bowls competition at the 1978 Commonwealth Games took place in Edmonton, Canada from 3 August until 12 August 1978.[1]
Results
[2] David Bryant won an incredible fourth successive Commonwealth Games singles gold medal and his fifth gold medal in total despite missing the chance of competing in 1966.
Hong Kong excelled winning both the Pairs and Fours.
Men's Singles – Round Robin
| Pos | Player | P | W | L | F | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  David Bryant | 15 | 13 | 2 | 310 | 172 | 26 |
| 2 |  John Snell | 15 | 11 | 4 | 288 | 210 | 22 |
| 3 |  John Russell Evans | 15 | 11 | 4 | 286 | 215 | 22 |
| 4 |  Kerry Clark | 15 | 10 | 5 | 292 | 205 | 20 |
| 5 |  David McGill | 15 | 10 | 5 | 277 | 233 | 20 |
| 6 |  Bruce Matheson | 15 | 9 | 6 | 280 | 238 | 18 |
| 7 | .svg.png){kind=small} George A Souza Jr. | 15 | 9 | 6 | 269 | 231 | 18 |
| 8 |  Arthur McKernan | 15 | 9 | 6 | 268 | 250 | 18 |
| 9 |  Robert Madden | 15 | 8 | 8 | 260 | 245 | 16 |
| 10 |  Stan Espie | 15 | 7 | 8 | 242 | 266 | 14 |
| 11 |  Charlie Woodhard | 15 | 7 | 8 | 235 | 276 | 14 |
| 12 |  Cyril Turner | 15 | 5 | 10 | 220 | 278 | 10 |
| 13 |  Ram Harakh | 15 | 5 | 10 | 218 | 279 | 10 |
| 14 |  Si’imoa Tolova’a | 15 | 4 | 11 | 198 | 296 | 8 |
| 15 |  Thomas Green | 15 | 2 | 13 | 192 | 289 | 4 |
| 16 |  Denis Gosden | 15 | 0 | 15 | 163 | 315 | 0 |
Men's Pairs – Round Robin
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Liddell & CC ‘Saco’ Delgado | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 291 | 213 | 20 |
| 2 | Alex McIntosh & Willie Wood | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 321 | 211 | 18 |
| 3 | James Morgan & Ray Williams | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 304 | 213 | 18 |
| 4 | Bruno Panozzo & Geoff Oakley | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 301 | 216 | 18 |
| 5 | Graham Jarvis & Ron Jones | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 296 | 221 | 18 |
| 6 | Ivan Kostanich & Bob McDonald | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 286 | 239 | 17 |
| 7 | Brendan McBrien & John Higgins | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 275 | 228 | 16 |
| 8 | Chris Ward & James Ashman | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 259 | 237 | 15 |
| 9 | Robert Balenzuela & William Madden | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 230 | 256 | 14 |
| 10 | Fetalaiga Kirisome & Maurice Fenn | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 198 | 291 | 7 |
| 11 | George Thaggard & Peter Oates | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 217 | 282 | 6 |
| 12 | Harry Smith & Reg Fright | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 217 | 350 | 6 |
| 13 | Derek Pocock & Michael O’Connor | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 181 | 347 | 5 |
| 14 | Edward Davy & Peter Crossan | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 205 | 277 | 4 |
Men's Fours – Round Robin
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip Chok, Majid Bin Hassan Jr., Omar Dallah, Roberto da Silva | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 300+ | 226+ | 24 |
| 2 | David Baldwin, David Moffat, John Malcolm, Phil Skoglund | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 333 | 223 | 23 |
| 3 | Ellis Stanbury, Gwyn Evans, Ian Sutherland, John Thomson | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 304 | 225 | 20 |
| 4 | James Donnelly, Michael Dunlop, William Murray, William Watson | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 297+ | 211+ | 19 |
| 5 | Douglas Copland, John Fleming, Richard Bernard, William Adrain | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 303 | 256 | 18 |
| 6 | Charles Burch, Malcolm Hughes, Robert Robertson, Bill Irish | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 285 | 218 | 17 |
| 7 | Clarence Watkins, Errol Bungay, John Wilson, Philip Bushby | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 272 | 256 | 15 |
| 8 |  George Hodkinson, Jeffrey McLean, John Keeling, Thomas Powell | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 275 | 265 | 14 |
| 9 | Clarence Blondel, Cyril Smith, Derek Hurford, Norman Leber | 14 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 254 | 303 | 13 |
| 10 | Clifford De Rungary, Hugh Barnes, Sydney Meredith, William Watson | 14 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 232 | 323 | 11 |
| 11 | Robert Henderson, Rolf Meyer, Thomas Menton, Thomas Langton | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 254 | 263 | 10 |
| 12 | Asaili Hughes, Neumi Tabuyaqona, Peter Fong, Peter Underhill | 14 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 251 | 291 | 10 |
| 13 | Barrie McFadden, Burnham Gill, James Morrison, Neil Salkeld | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 249 | 293 | 8 |
| 14 | David Thompson, John Thomas, Ken Thomson, Willem Lorentz | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 206 | 320 | 6 |
| 15 | Ale Sam Ale, Falevi Petana, Lata’a Devoe, Sioane Tapasu Lino | 14 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 208 | 350 | 2 |
+ Missing Hong Kong v N Ireland score
References
- ↑ "Times Archives". The Times.
- ↑ "The complete book of the Commonwealth Games". Google Books.
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