Lawn bowls at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

The lawn bowls competition at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games took place in Edinburgh, Scotland from 16–25 July 1970.[1] Lawn bowls returned to the Commonwealth Games following the exclusion of the event in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games because Jamaica had insufficient bowling greens.

Lawn bowls
at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
VenueEdinburgh
Dates16–25 July 1970
← 1962
1974 →

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  England2002
2  Hong Kong1001
3  New Zealand0101
  Scotland*0101
  Zambia0101
6  Northern Ireland0033
Totals (6 entries)3339

Medallists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles  
David Bryant
 
Neal Bryce
 
Roy Fulton
Men's pairs  
Norman King
Peter Line
 
Bob McDonald
Robbie Robson
 
Jimmy Donnelly
Syd Thompson
Men's fours  
Abdul Kitchell
Saco Delgado
George Souza Sr.
Roberto da Silva
 
Alex McIntosh
David Pearson
John Slight
Norman Pryde
 
Edward Gordon
Harold Stevenson
John Higgins
William Tate

Results edit

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Men's singles – round robin edit

Pos Player P W L Pts Shots
1   David Bryant 13 12 1 24 +128
2   Neal Bryce 13 9 4 18 +49
3   Roy Fulton 13 9 4 18 +36
4   Geoff Kelly 13 8 5 16 +49
5   Bob Motroni 13 8 5 16 +20
6   Eric Liddell 13 8 5 16 0
7   Denis Gosden 13 7 6 14 +17
8   Dai Wilkins 13 7 6 14 -12
9   J Bradley 13 7 6 14 -31
10   Tony Lapsley 13 6 7 12 -1
11   Charlie Woodhard 13 5 8 10 -53
12   Phil Skoglund 13 2 11 4 -67
13   Harold Clayton 13 2 11 4 -69
14   Bob Ewing 13 1 12 2 -66

Men's pairs – round robin edit

Pos Player P W D L Pts Shots
1   Norman King & Peter Line 13 12 0 1 24 +80
2   Bob McDonald & Robbie Robson 13 10 0 3 20 +17
3   Jimmy Donnelly & Syd Thompson 13 9 1 3 19 +83
4   Alex Henderson & Bill Scott 13 7 3 3 17 +26
5   C Slight & Stuart Flanders 13 8 0 5 16 +8
6   C Pilgrim & Harry Smith 13 6 2 5 14 -18
7   Harry Elliott & John Henderson 13 6 1 6 13 +8
8   Alan Schulte & Thomas Holden 13 6 0 8 12 -7
9   Augusto Pedro Pereira & Osman Adem 13 5 1 7 11 -19
10   P Smith & Peter Underhill 13 4 1 8 9 -32
11   Alan Ramsbocham & Jack Spears 13 4 1 8 9 -51
12   G Howells & D Jenkins 13 4 0 9 8 -25
13   Donald Ingrouille & Norman Le Ber 13 3 0 10 6 -52
14   A Kay & C Harvey 13 2 0 11 4 -78

Men's rinks (fours) – round robin edit

Pos Player P W D L Pts Shots
1   Abdul Kitchell, Saco Delgado, George Souza Sr., Roberto da Silva 13 11 1 1 23 +128
2   Alex McIntosh, David Pearson, John Slight, Norman Pryde 13 9 0 4 18 +25
3   Edward Gordon, Harold Stevenson, John Higgins, William Tate 13 8 1 4 17 +81
4   A Haythorne, D Coetzee, F Hynd, H Ellis 13 7 1 5 15 +21
5   Evan Aeron John, Harry Thompson, A.R (Roy) Jones, Bill Pattimore 13 7 0 6 14 -12
6   Ted Hodgson, Sam Caffyn, James Denholm, Tom Jarvis 13 7 0 6 14 0
7   David Hamblen, Frank Harrison, John Dobbie, Reginald Purcell 13 6 1 6 13 +28
8   Cliff Stroud, Harry Powell, Norman Hook, Bobby Stenhouse 13 6 1 6 13 +15
9   Barrie Baxter, M Brix, Oswald Dent, P Allum 13 6 0 7 12 +4
10   A Graham, B Scott, C Pilgrim, L Yeomanson 13 5 1 7 11 -62
11   Gordon Jolly, Robbie Robson, Percy Jones, Bob McDonald 13 5 0 8 10 +2
12   Cyril Smith, E La Cras, George Hollings, W Hobbs 13 4 0 9 8 -66
13   F Moffett, J Whyman, Peter Oates, V Costello 13 4 0 9 8 -98
14   Alastair Davidson, Alexander 'Sandy' Ross, Henry Lakin, Jack Patterson 13 3 0 10 6 -90

References edit

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

See also edit