1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship Explained

Men's World Outdoor Championships 1972
Number:2
Series:Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location: Worthing, England
Dates:5–17 June 1972
Category:World Bowls Championship
Prev:1969
Next:1973

The 1972 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Beach House Park in Worthing, England, from 5 to 17 June 1972.[1] [2]

Maldwyn Evans won the singles which was held in a round robin format. The pairs Gold was won by Hong Kong, the triples Gold by the United States and the fours Gold went to England. Scotland lifted the Leonard Trophy with just one point more than South Africa and the United States.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Medallists

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Men's singles
Dick Bernard

Tommy Harvey
Men's pairs
Men's triples
Men's fours
Men's team Scotland South Africa United States

Results

[15] [16]

Men's singles – round robin

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Round 1Wal 21 Aus 18Sco 21 Hkg 6SAf 21 Fij 11USA 21 Isr 3 Eng 21 Nzl 8Ire 21 Jer 9PNG 21 Gue 11Mwi 21 Can 18
Round 2Wal 13 USA 21Sco 7 SAf 21Aus 21 Isr 9Eng 16 Hkg 21Ire 9 Fij 21Nzl 21 PNG 19Mwi 21 Jer 16 Gue 21 Can 13
Round 3Wal 21 Isr 10Sco 21 Fij 11SAf 21 Hkg 8Aus 19 Ire 21 USA 21 Mwi 19 Eng 14 PNG 21Nzl 21 Gue 8 Jer 20 Can 21
Round 4Wal 21 PNG 19Sco 21 Isr 15SAf 21 Jer 11Aus 21 USA 5 Eng 20 Mwi 21 Ire 21 Can 0Nzl 19 Fij 21 Hkg 9 Gue 21
Round 5Wal 21 Fij 14Sco 21 Nzl 8SAf 21 USA 13Aus 21 Mwi 11 Eng 21 Gue 19Ire 21 PNG 10Hkg 21 Jer 11 Isr 21 Can 7
Round 6Wal 21 Mwi 12Sco 21 Can 10SAf 18 PNG 21Aus 21 Hkg 11 USA 21 Fij 18 Eng 21 Jer 7Ire 15 Nzl 21Isr 12 Gue 21
Round 7Wal 21 Eng 6Sco 21 Ire 11SAf 19 Aus 21 USA 21 PNG 16Nzl 21 Can 11Gue 14 Jer 21Hkg 21 Mwi 7Fij 21 Isr 16
Round 8Wal 21 Gue 7Sco 21 PNG 16SAf 18 Mwi 21 Aus 20 Fij 21USA 21 Eng 19Ire 19 Isr 21Nzl 21 Jer 15HKg 21 Can 8
Round 9Wal 21 HKg 15Sco 19 Mwi 21SAf 21 Gue 10 Aus 21 Can 1USA 12 Ire 21Eng 21 Fij 2Nzl 13 Isr 21 PNG 21 Jer 16
Round 10Wal 25 Jer 12Sco 21 USA 8 SAf 21 Isr 8Aus 10 Eng 21 Ire 21 Gue 15Nzl 21 Mwi 7 Hkg 21 Fij 10PNG 21 Can 16
Round 11Wal 21 SAf 17 Sco 18 Eng 21Aus 21 Jer 10USA 21 Nzl 14Ire 21 Hkg 16Can 17 Fij 21Mwi 21 Gue 19PNG 21 Isr 20
Round 12Wal 21 Ire 18Sco 21 Jer 4SAf 21 Can 10Aus 19 Nzl 21USA 21 Gue 9Eng 21 Isr 4PNG 9 Hkg 21 Mwi 18 Fij 21
Round 13Wal 21 Can 11Sco 21 Gue 11SAf 21 Nzl 18Aus 21 PNG 15USA 19 Hkg 21Eng 21 Ire 20 Mwi 21 Isr 13Fij 14 Jer 21
Round 14Wal 12 Sco 21Nzl 21 Hkg 12SAf 21 Eng 17 Aus 21 Gue 19 USA 21 Can 15Ire 21 Mwi 10PNG 21 Fij 15Isr 21 Jer 6
Round 15Wal 12 Nzl 21Sco 16 Aus 21SAf 17 Ire 21USA 21 Jer 20Eng 21 Can 2PNG 21 Mwi 17 Hkg 15 Isr 21 Fij 15 Gue 21
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1 15 12 3 289 222 24 +67
2 15 11 4 291 196 22 +95
3 15 10 5 299 218 20 +71
4 15 10 5 296 219 20 +77
5 15 10 5 267 251 20 +16
6 15 9 6 281 216 18 +65
7 Roy Fulton 15 9 6 281 233 18 +48
8 15 9 6 269 244 18 +25
9 15 8 7 272 274 16 -2
10 15 7 8 239 248 14 -9
11 15 7 8 246 291 14 -45
12 Syd Snowsill 15 6 9 236 288 12 -52
13 Chunk Treisman 15 5 10 215 270 10 -55
14 Don Ingrouille 15 4 11 226 280 8 -54
15 Ben Van Niekerk 15 2 13 198 301 4 -103
16 Harry Figg 15 1 14 160 314 2 -154

Men's pairs – round robin

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Round 1Ire 32 Jer 14Eng 16 Nzl 15SAf 30 Fij 7Aus 24 Wal 15USA 20 Isr 18Mwi 26 Can 19 PNG 21 Gue 18Sco 23 Hkg 19
Round 2Can 28 Gue 14Mwi 24 Jer 16Hkg 23 Eng 21Aus 25 Isr 18USA 23 Wal 26Fij 21 Ire 20Sco 25 SAf 17Nzl 20 PNG 16
Round 3Jer 27 Can 11Nzl 20 Gue 16 Ire 21 Aus 14Wal 21 Isr 8Eng 22 PNG 13 Hkg 23 SAf 18Sco 24 Fij 16USA 24 Mwi 20
Round 4Ire 29 Can 19Fij 20 Nzl 18Mwi 24 Eng 19Hkg 24 Gue 20USA 24 Aus 21Isr 21 Sco 8PNG 25 Wal 13SAf 40 Jer 9
Round 5Fij 26 Wal 14Jer 12 Hkg 30Can 18 Isr 17Eng 28 Gue 11PNG 14 Ire 27Nzl 19 Sco 26Mwi 20 Aus 21SAf 21 USA 15
Round 6Eng 19 Jer 15Isr 32 Gue 14 Ire 27 Nzl 19Hkg 17 Aus 13Can 21 Sco 14 Mwi 19 Wal 16SAf 18 PNG 15 USA 27 Fij 15
Round 7Gue 17 Jer 14Sco 19 Ire 17Hkg 30 Mwi 9Fij 29 Isr 14Eng 28 Wal 20Nzl 29 Can 8SAf 20 Aus 17 PNG 24 USA 12
Round 8HKg 23 Can 20Mwi 16 SAf 15USA 25 Eng 5Nzl 22 Jer 13Aus 32 Fij 11Wal 21 Gue 16Isr 21 Ire 17Sco 21 PNG 8
Round 9HKg 16 Wal 14Eng 23 Fij 12Gue 20 SAf 16Aus 30 Can 10Sco 34 Mwi 10Nzl 29 Isr 12 PNG 24 Jer 15Ire 25 USA 16
Round 10Hkg 33 Fij 6Can 24 PNG 13Nzl 31 Mwi 10Eng 24 Aus 20USA 23 Sco 11Wal 25 Jer 10SAf 27 Isr 14Ire 18 Gue 13
Round 11Aus 41 Jer 8Can 27 Fij 17SAf 37 Wal 19Mwi 26 Gue 21Sco 20 Eng 11Hkg 24 Ire 15Isr 21 PNG 28USA 23 Nzl 18
Round 12Hkg 36 PNG 11 Nzl 22 Aus 21Fij 24 Mwi 15SAf 25 Can 14USA 22 Gue 10Eng 26 Isr 14Ire 28 Wal 18Sco 32 Jer 17
Round 13Hkg 13 USA 20Aus 22 PNG 23Can 8 Wal 28SAf 12 Nzl 14Isr 17 Mwi 20Gue 17 Sco 15Fij 21 Jer 15Eng 26 Ire 16
Round 14Nzl 26 Hkg 17SAf 23 Eng 14Gue 17 Aus 12Sco 26 Wal 9Isr 20 Jer 18Can 31 USA 20Mwi 18 Ire 18PNG 21 Fij 17
Round 15USA 31 Jer 12Gue 14 Fij 14SAf 26 Ire 18Hkg 25 Isr 17Wal 31 Nzl 10Eng 21 Can 18Aus 17 Sco 14Mwi 20 PNG 18
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1 15 12 0 3 353 245 24 +108
2 Jim Candelet & Bill Tewksbury 15 11 0 4 325 250 22 +75
3 Tommy Harvey & Brian Ellwood 15 10 0 5 344 241 20 +103
4 Rennie Logan & Harry Reston 15 10 0 5 319 242 20 +77
5 Norman King & Peter Line 15 10 0 5 302 272 20 +30
6 Bob McDonald & Peter Kerry Clark 15 9 0 6 312 268 18 +44
7 Roy Fulton & William Tate 15 8 1 6 328 282 17 +46
8 C Slight & Stuart Flanders 15 8 1 6 277 323 17 -46
9 Errol Bungey & Barry Salter 15 7 0 8 330 264 14 +66
10 Ram Harakh & Peter Underhill 15 6 1 8 256 327 13 -71
11 M Hutton & Oswald Dent 15 6 0 9 264 308 12 -44
12 Bob Mackintosh & Jim Watkin 15 6 0 9 266 331 12 -65
13 Maldwyn Evans & D Jenkins 15 5 0 10 282 302 10 -20
14 I Driman & Matt Gordon 15 5 0 10 264 320 10 -56
15 Don Ingouille & Roy du Feu 15 4 1 10 238 311 9 -73
16 W Gorman & J Arthur 15 1 0 14 215 389 2 -174

Men's triples – round robin

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Round 1SAf 24 Fij 9Mwi 22 Can 12PNG 21 Gue 14Isr 13 USA 13Jer 21 Ire 13Hkg 16 Sco 12Wal 25 Aus 11Eng 16 Nzl 11
Round 2Fij 23 Ire 14Jer 21 Mwi 18Wal 25 USA 14Isr 13 Aus 19Hkg 16 Eng 12SAf 13 Sco 19Nzl 10 PNG 20Gue 15 Can 16
Round 3USA 23 Mwi 10Wal 26 Isr 13Nzl 25 Gue 11Aus 19 Ire 7Eng 20 PNG 7SAf 20 Hkg 16Jer 27 Can 11Fij 13 Sco 11
Round 4Ire 23 Can 15Nzl 22 Fij 15 Eng 19 Mwi 14Hkg 30 Gue 11Aus 21 USA 12Sco 27 Isr 9Wal 18 PNG 17SAf 21 Jer 12
Round 5Fij 27 Wal 12Jer 11 Hkg 22Can 25 Isr 13Eng 34 Gue 8PNG 9 Ire 25Nzl 18 Sco 19Mwi 17 Aus 15SAf 15 USA 16
Round 6Hkg 20 Aus 17 Isr 21 Gue 14Wal 19 Mwi 13USA 25 Fij 12SAf 23 PNG 10Ire 22 Nzl 11Eng 19 Jer 11Sco 25 Can 8
Round 7Gue 14 Jer 8Hkg 27 Mwi 13USA 17 PNG 13Ire 17 Sco 9Isr 19 Fij 9Eng 20 Wal 9Nzl 12 Can 10SAf 23 Aus 13
Round 8Hkg 30 Can 5SAf 20 Mwi 9Nzl 17 Jer 13Fij 19 Aus 17Wal 24 Gue 9 USA 18 Eng 13Isr 13 Ire 13Sco 22 PNG 7
Round 9Wal 15 Hkg 14Eng 17 Fij 11Aus 21 Can 15 USA 20 Ire 16Nzl 19 Isr 16SAf 18 Gue 15PNG 20 Jer 15 Sco 21 Mwi 9
Round 10Hkg 25 Fij 24PNG 24 Can 7Nzl 20 Mwi 9Aus 23 Eng 20USA 19 Sco 12Wal 22 Jer 16SAf 17 Isr 17Ire 30 Gue 9
Round 11Jer 16 Aus 15Gue 22 Mwi 15PNG 25 Isr 13Fij 18 Can 16SAf 24 Wal 7Ire 17 Hkg 13Sco 23 Eng 5Nzl 15 USA 15
Round 12PNG 23 Hkg 15Nzl 18 Aus 10Mwi 21 Fij 10SAf 27 Can 8USA 19 Gue 15 Isr 15 Eng 13Wal 27 Wal 11Sco 21 Jer 12
Round 13Hkg 9 USA 20Aus 22 PNG 11 Can 15 Wal 22SAf 14 Nzl 15Isr 14 Mwi 11Gue 5 Sco 35Fij 15 Jer 18Eng 21 Ire 9
Round 14Nzl 19 Hkg 13Ire 19 Mwi 15Aus 16 Gue 12PNG 21 Fij 12Isr 19 Jer 15USA 16 Can 11Wal 19 Sco 19SAf 17 Eng 11
Round 15Fij 22 Gue 7USA 19 Jer 13Eng 28 Can 10Mwi 31 PNG 9 SAf 16 Ire 15Sco 20 Aus 15Hkg 24 Isr 21Wal 20 Nzl 13
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1 Bill Miller, Clive Forrester & Dick Folkins 15 11 2 2 268 213 24 +45
2 Edgar Davey, Joe Marsh & Doug Watson 15 11 1 3 292 192 23 +100
3 John Russell Evans, Hugh Andrews & Gareth Humphreys 15 11 1 3 290 236 23 +54
4 Dick Bernard, Alex McIntosh & Jock McAtee 15 10 1 4 295 185 21 +110
5 Phil Skoglund, Bill MacAthur & Bruce Sinclair 15 9 1 5 251 223 19 +28
6 Cliff Stroud, Ted Hayward & David Bryant 15 9 0 6 269 201 18 +68
7 Oscar Adem, Abdul Kitchell & Roberto da Silva 15 9 0 6 292 242 18 +50
8 Barry Welsh, Barrie Baxter & Robert Henderson 15 8 0 7 259 249 16 +10
9 Gerard Sloan, Tom Kennedy & Jimmy Dennison 15 7 1 7 251 241 15 +10
10 Stan Coomber, Frank Perry & John Dobbie 15 7 0 8 251 249 14 +2
11 Ben Krivy, Chunk Treisman & Harry Esakov 15 5 3 7 229 270 13 -41
12 Sydney Snowsill, Sean Patton & Gordon Maxwell 15 6 0 9 239 269 12 -30
13 Joe Dolan, Ben Van Niekerk & W Croft 15 5 0 10 220 271 10 -51
14 Harry Lakin, Peter Crossan & D de Grandhomme 15 3 0 12 220 271 6 -51
15 Harry Figg, Sam Caffyn & Robert Leadbetter 15 2 0 13 196 320 4 -124
16 Cyril Smith, George Hollings & Charlie Woodhard 15 2 0 13 181 334 4 -153

Men's fours – round robin

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Round 1USA 24 Isr 23PNG 25 Gue 16Ire 19 Jer 12 Aus 18 Wal 16Eng 25 Nzl 22Fij 17 SAf 15Can 18 Mwi 12 Hkg 29 Sco 28
Round 2Ire 22 Fij 12Mwi 23 Jer 17Wal 24 USA 15Aus 27 Isr 22Hkg 24 Eng 17Sco 27 SAf 10Nzl 24 PNG 23Can 25 Gue 16
Round 3Jer 24 Can 17Nzl 24 Gue 13Ire 24 Aus 14Sco 45 Fij 5USA 19 Mwi 13Wal 31 Isr 14 Eng 36 PNG 14SAf 26 Hkg 15
Round 4Aus 19 USA 13Sco 30 Isr 13SAf 40 Jer 6Nzl 19 Fij 15Hkg 33 Gue 12PNG 21 Wal 17Ire 27 Can 13Eng 22 Mwi 12
Round 5Wal 27 Fij 12Hkg 20 Jer 14Isr 31 Can 15 Eng 30 Gue 18PNG 17 Ire 15Sco 32 Nzl 18Mwi 20 Aus 20USA 17 SAf 16
Round 6Isr 32 Gue 12Ire 20 Nzl 16Eng 39 Jer 10Hkg 28 Aus 11Can 16 Sco 14USA 20 Fij 19SAf 31 PNG 8Mwi 26 Wal 19
Round 7Aus 21 SAf 18Jer 33 Gue 10Ire 21 Sco 14Mwi 17 Hkg 17PNG 27 USA 17Isr 23 Fij 19Eng 20 Wal 18Nzl 26 Can 12
Round 8Hkg 25 Can 12SAf 20 Mwi 10Eng 24 USA 17Ire 29 Isr 12Sco 22 PNG 15Nzl 34 Jer 13Fij 24 Aus 18Wal 36 Gue 13
Round 9Eng 28 Fij 11SAf 25 Gue 20 Aus 27 Can 19 PNG 24 Jer 13Wal 37 Hkg 13USA 19 Ire 18Sco 26 Mwi 11 Nzl 23 Isr 16
Round 10Hkg 18 Fij 17Can 23 PNG 22Nzl 32 Mwi 21Eng 18 Aus 18Sco 21 USA 17 Wal 32 Jer 12Saf 33 Isr 16Ire 27 Gue 12
Round 11Aus 35 Jer 8 SAf 28 Wal 17Gue 26 Mwi 19USA 21 Nzl 15Fij 22 Can 15Ire 29 Hkg 10PNG 27 Isr 18Eng 23 Sco 22
Round 12Nzl 24 Aus 13Fij 21 Mwi 13 SAf 35 Can 8USA 17 Gue 16Ire 22 Wal 12Sco 25 Jer 11Hkg 25 PNG 11Eng 21 Isr 12
Round 13USA 25 Hkg 11Aus 19 PNG 16Wal 27 Can 11Nzl 19 SAf 18Sco 30 Gue 9Fij 27 Jer 20Eng 17 Ire 15Isr 23 Mwi 18
Round 14Mwi 30 Ire 13Aus 20 Gue 19Sco 35 Wal 9Jer 21 Isr 11USA 43 Can 7Hkg 21 Nzl 19Fij 21 PNG 13Eng 30 SAf 17
Round 15Fij 30 Gue 11 USA 31 Jer 14Eng 22 Can 18PNG 33 Mwi 12SAf 33 Ire 23Sco 23 Aus 14Hkg 30 Isr 13Wal 25 Nzl 20
width=20Poswidth=500Playerwidth=20Pwidth=20Wwidth=20Dwidth=20Lwidth=30Fwidth=30Awidth=20Pts width=20Shots
1 Norman King, Cliff Stroud, Ted Hayward & Peter Line 15 13 1 1 372 254 27 +118
2 Rennie Logan, Alex McIntosh, Jock McAtee & Harry Reston 15 11 0 4 397 221 22 +176
3 15 10 1 4 319 288 21 +31
4 Gerard Sloan, Tom Kennedy, William Tate & Jimmy Dennison 15 10 0 5 325 251 20 +74
5 Bill Miller, Clive Forrester, Dick Folkins & Bill Tewksbury 15 10 0 5 315 267 20 +48
6 Edgar Davey, Joe Marsh, Doug Watson & Brian Ellwood 15 9 0 6 365 254 18 +111
7 Kerry Clark, Phil Skoglund, Bill MacArthur, Bruce Sinclair 15 9 0 6 336 287 18 +49
8 Stan Coomber, Frank Perry, John Dobbie & Errol Bungey 15 9 0 6 294 292 18 +2
9 John Russell Evans, Hugh Andrews, Gareth Humphreys & D Jenkins 15 8 0 7 347 280 16 +67
10 Barry Welsh, Barrie Baxter, M Hutton & Oswald Dent 15 7 0 8 296 309 14 -13
11 Ram Harakh, Peter Underhill, Sean Patton & Gordon Maxwell 15 7 0 8 279 307 14 -28
12 C Slight, Stuart Flanders, Peter Crossan & D de Grandhomme 15 3 2 10 263 331 8 -68
13 Ben Krivy, I Driman, Matt Gordon & Harry Esakov 15 4 0 11 279 360 8 -81
14 Bob Mackintosh, Jim Watkin, Sam Caffyn & Robert Leadbetter 15 4 0 11 229 373 8 -144
15 Joe Dolan, W Croft, W Gorman & J Arthur 15 3 0 12 228 387 6 -159
16 15 1 0 14 223 406 2 -183

W. M. Leonard Trophy

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1 Scotland 3 1 1 3 8
2 South Africa 2 2 3 0 7
3 United States 0 3 4 3 7
4 Hong Kong 0 4 0 2 6
5 Wales 4 0 2 0 6
6 England 0 0 0 4 4
7 Ireland 0 0 0 1 1
8 Australia 1 0 0 0 1

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
  3. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 5 June 1972, p. 10. Times Digital Archives.
  4. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 6 June 1972, p. 12. Times Digital Archives.
  5. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 7 June 1972, p. 13. Times Digital Archives.
  6. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 8 June 1972, p. 13. Times Digital Archives.
  7. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 9 June 1972, p. 12. Times Digital Archives.
  8. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 10 June 1972, p. 112. Times Digital Archives.
  9. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 12 June 1972, p. 10. Times Digital Archives.
  10. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 13 June 1972, p. 12. Times Digital Archives.
  11. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 14 June 1972, p. 12. Times Digital Archives.
  12. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 15 June 1972, p. 8. Times Digital Archives.
  13. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 16 June 1972, p. 10. Times Digital Archives.
  14. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 17 June 1972, p. 6. Times Digital Archives.
  15. Web site: The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search . . Jun 14, 1972 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221002065313/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lL5f5cZgq8MC&dat=19720614&printsec=frontpage&hl=en . October 2, 2022 . live .
  16. Web site: WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS. Bowls USA.