Lawn bowls at the 1950 British Empire Games

The lawn bowls competition at the 1950 British Empire Games took place in Auckland, New Zealand from 4–11 February 1950.[1][2][3]

Lawn bowls
at the 1950 British Empire Games
VenueAuckland
Dates04 February – 11 February 1950
Competitors29 from 5 nations
← 1938
1954 →

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  New Zealand*2013
2  South Africa1102
3  Australia0202
4  Fiji0022
Totals (4 entries)3339

Medallists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Singles   James Pirret   Albert Newton   Lionel Garnett
Pairs   Phil Exelby
and Robert Henry
  W. Gibb
and H. J. van Zyl
  Leslie Brown
and James Poulton
Fours   Alfred Blumberg
Herbert Currer
Harry Atkinson
Norman Snowy Walker
  Charles Cordaiy
James Cobley
John Cobley
Len Knight
  Fred Russell
Arthur Engebretsen
Noel Jolly
Pete Skoglund

Results edit

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Men's singles – round robin edit

Results edit

Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2
Round 1 Feb 6 Aus 25 SAf 18 Nzl 25 Fij 20
Round 2 Feb 6 Fij 26 Can 21 N/A
Round 3 Feb 7 Aus 26 Fij 18 Can 26 SAf 19
Round 4 Feb 7 Nzl 25 Can 22 N/A
Round 5 Feb 8 Nzl 26 Aus 16 Fij 26 SAf 17
Round 6 Feb 8 Nzl 25 SAf 10 Aus 25 Can 18
Pos Player P W L F A Pts
1   James Pirret Jr. 4 4 0 101 68 8
2   Albert Newton 4 3 1 92 80 6
3   Lionel Garnett 4 2 2 89 89 4
4   Dr Weston Krupp 4 1 3 87 94 2
5   G Jacobs 4 0 4 64 102 0

Men's pairs – round robin edit

Results edit

Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2
Round 1 Feb 6 Nzl 23 SAf 16 Fij 23 Aus 21
Round 2 Feb 7 SAf 15 Fij 14 Nzl 23 Aus 22
Round 3 Feb 8 SAf 19 Aus 17 Nzl 47 Fij 14
Pos Player P W L F A Pts
1   Robert Henry & Phil Exelby 3 3 0 93 42 6
2   W. Gibb & H. J. van Zyl 3 2 1 50 54 4
3   Leslie Brown & James Poulton 3 1 2 41 83 2
4   Bert Palm & Robert Lewis 3 0 3 60 65 0

Men's fours – round robin edit

Results edit

Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2
Round 1 Feb 6 Aus 44 Fij 8 Nzl 19 SAf 11
Round 2 Feb 7 Aus 23 Nzl 14 SAf bt Fiji
Round 3 Feb 8 Nzl 41 Fij 6 SAf 25 Aus 15
Pos Player P W L F A Pts
1   Norman Snowy Walker (skip), Herbert Currer, Harry Atkinson, Alfred Blumberg 3 2 1 50 48 4+
2   James Cobley (skip), John Cobley, Len Knight, Charles Cordaiy 3 2 1 82 46 4
3   Pete Skoglund (skip), Noel Jolly, Fred Russell, Arthur Engebretsen 3 2 1 74 40 4
4   Patrick Costello (skip), Nathaniel Stuart Chalmers, Harold Brockett Gibson, Eric Hastings McIlwain 3 0 3 28 100 0

+ Play Offs
Eliminator - South Africa beat New Zealand 22-17
Final - South Africa beat Australia 23-14

References edit

  1. ^ "Times Archives". The Times.
  2. ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  3. ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  4. ^ The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. Lulu.com. 2013. ISBN 9781291576382.

See also edit