1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship Explained

Men's World Outdoor Championships 1976
Number:3
Series:Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location: Zoo Lake Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dates:18 February – 6 March 1976
Category:World Bowls Championship
Prev:1973
Next:1977

The 1976 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship[1] was held at Zoo Lake Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 18 February to 6 March 1976.

Doug Watson won the singles which was held in a round robin format. South Africa completed a clean sweep of events by taking the pairs, triples and fours Gold which also help them lift the Leonard Trophy.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Medallists

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Men's singles
Doug Watson
David Bryant
Men's pairs
Doug Watson
Bill Moseley
Neil McInnes
Dick Folkins
Men's triples
Kevin Campbell
Nando Gatti
Kelvin Lightfoot
David Bryant
Bill Irish
Tommy Armstrong
Willie Murray
David Hull
John Higgins
Men's fours
John C Evans
Bill Irish
Tommy Armstrong
Peter Line
Men's Team
South Africa
England
Australia

Men's singles

Round-robin results

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Round 1
27 Feb		WAL 21 IRL 10AUS 21 JEY 15USA 21 JPN 7ZAF 21 MWI 4ENG 21 HKG 7ISR 21 NZL 16SCO 21 GGY 7RHO 21 WSM 14
Round 2
27 Feb		RHO 21 GGY 19WSM 21 HKG 11IRL 21 JEY 11ENG 21 JPN 3USA 21 MWI 7ZAF 21 WAL 9NZL 21 SCO 15AUS 21 ISR 19
Round 3
28 Feb		SCO 21 JEY 6ZAF 21 ISR 7NZL 21 AUS 13ENG 21 IRL 12WAL 21 JPN 10HKG 21 MWI 10USA 21 RHO 17GGY 21 WSM 19
Round 4
28 Feb		AUS 21 ENG 18ZAF 21 GGY 18WAL 21 SCO 13USA 21 JEY 14RHO 21 JPN 4MWI 21 IRL 15ISR 21 HKG 16NZL 21 WSM 8
Round 5
1 Mar		ZAF 21 JEY 7WSM 21 MWI 7IRL 21 HKG 10USA 21 WAL 3ISR 21 JPN 5GGY 21 ENG 14AUS 21 SCO 17RHO 21 NZL 20
Round 6
1 Mar		USA 21 IRL 8NZL 21 HKG 16WSM 21 JEY 10ZAF 21 RHO 9SCO 21 MWI 3AUS 21 JPN 1ENG 21 ISR 3WAL 21 GGY 12
Round 7
2 Mar		WAL 21 MWI 7AUS 21 GGY 5NZL 21 ENG 5JEY 21 JPN 5RHO 21 HKG 18USA 21 ISR 19ZAF 21 WSM 20SCO 21 IRL 19
Round 8
2 Mar		HKG 21 WAL 18ZAF 21 USA 19SCO 21 RHO 7ENG 21 JEY 13GGY 21 JPN 6WSM 21 ISR 11AUS 21 IRL 12NZL 21 MWI 17
Round 9
3 Mar		ZAF 21 IRL 5WAL 21 RHO 18NZL 21 USA 20SCO 21 ISR 12AUS 21 HKG 11WSM 21 ENG 20MWI 21 JPN 8GGY 21 JEY 11
Round 10
3 Mar		IRL 21 JPN 4WSM 21 WAL 20GGY 21 NZL 20RHO 21 AUS 19ZAF 21 HKG 11ISR 21 JEY 13SCO 21 USA 8ENG 21 MWI 14
Round 11
4 Mar		RHO 21 IRL 9AUS 21 WSM 13WAL 21 ISR 14GGY 21 MWI 13NZL 21 JEY 6ZAF 21 SCO 15ENG 21 USA 15HKG 21 JPN 9
Round 12
5 Mar		WAL 21 AUS 13SCO 21 WSM 9ZAF 21 JPN 1USA 21 GGY 8HKG 21 JEY 4ENG 21 RHO 18NZL 21 IRL 19ISR 21 MWI 16
Round 13
5 Mar		AUS 21 USA 17MWI 21 JEY 19RHO 21 ISR 12ENG 21 WAL 16GGY 21 IRL 18ZAF 21 NZL 20WSM 21 JPN 5HKG 21 SCO 11
Round 14
6 Mar		ZAF 21 AUS 12USA 21 WSM 16IRL 21 ISR 2NZL 21 JPN 5RHO 21 MWI 18GGY 21 HKG 16WAL 21 JEY 18ENG 21 SCO 16
Round 15
6 Mar		AUS bt MWIISR bt GGYUSA bt HKGWSM bt IRLSCO bt JPNJEY bt RHOWAL bt NZLENG 21 ZAF 10

Final table

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1 15 14 1 14
2 15 11 4 11
3 15 11 4 11
4 15 10 5 10
5 15 10 5 10
6 15 10 5 10
7 Willie Wood 15 9 6 9
8 15 9 6 9
9 15 8 7 8
10 15 8 7 8
11 15 6 9 6
12 Eric Liddell 15 5 10 5
13 Roy Fulton 15 4 11 4
14 Harry Lakin 15 2 13 2
15 Ben Van Niekerk 15 2 13 2
16 Shingo Sarumaru 15 0 15 0

Men's pairs

Round-robin results

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Round 1
18 Feb		HKG 20 IRL 17ZAF 31 JEY 12RHO 21 NZL 15WSM 18 MWI 14ENG 33 GGY 12USA 18 WAL 15AUS 24 SCO 20IRL 47 JPN 2
Round 2
19 Feb		IRL 20 JEY 19AUS 34 ISR 7HKG 19 WSM 17USA 21 MWI 16RHO 27 GGY 15ENG 51 JPN 8NZL 25 SCO 21WAL 22 ZAF 19
Round 3
19 Feb		ENG v AUSZAF bt GGYHKG v ISRIRL v MWIRHO bt JPNJEY v USANZL v WSMSCO v WAL
Round 4
20 Feb		GGY 17 WAL 17SCO 34 MWI 14HKG 17 NZL 15WSM 28 JEY 12USA 21 IRL 15AUS 66 JPN 3ENG 21 ISR 15ZAF 29 RHO 7
Round 5
20 Feb		AUS v USAENG v WALIRL bt GGYISR v RHOWSM bt JPNJEY v MWIZAF bt NZLSCO 26 HKG 11
Round 6
21 Feb		WAL 23 IRL 12USA 50 JPN 4ENG 16 HKG 13WSM 24 RHO 18ZAF 38 MWI 10AUS 34 JEY 7NZL 27 ISR 16SCO 36 GGY 21
Round 7
21 Feb		RHO 22 MWI 13USA 26 WSM 16ISR 27 IRL 15ZAF 30 AUS 17NZL 49 JPN 8WAL 23 JEY 16ENG 24 SCO 18HKG 16 GGY 15
Round 8
23 Feb		WAL 22 MWI 17USA 28 ISR 13ZAF 45 WSM 5IRL 28 SCO 13RHO 30 HKG 10AUS 27 GGY 17NZL 21 ENG 19JEY 36 JPN 8
Round 9
23 Feb		WAL 53 JPN 7HKG 29 MWI 16RHO 25 USA 14WSM 26 GGY 22SCO 35 JEY 11NZL 26 AUS 22IRL 21 ENG 12ZAF 28 ISR 11
Round 10
24 Feb		ISR 24 SCO 17ZAF 25 IRL 18RHO 16 WAL 15ENG 35 WSM 12AUS 22 HKG 20GGY 22 JEY 13MWI 33 JPN 15USA 21 NZL 16
Round 11
24 Feb		AUS v IRLENG v JEYGGY bt JPNHKG v WALISR v WSMNZL v MWISCO 21 RHO 11ZAF 26 USA 16
Round 12
25 Feb		ZAF 36 HKG 14IRL 45 JPN 3ENG 27 MWI ?JEY 26 ISR 16AUS 19 RHO 16WSM 20 WAL 19NZL 23 GGY 19USA 24 SCO 21
Round 13
25 Feb		ENG 21 ZAF 12AUS 32 MWI 13NZL 25 WAL 17RHO 26 JEY 14IRL 18 WSM 18USA 22 HKG 13ISR 20 GGY 12SCO 44 JPN 12
Round 14
26 Feb		ZAF 41 JPN 7HKG 22 JEY 19WAL 26 AUS 17SCO 34 WSM 10IRL 23 NZL 18USA 23 GGY 16ENG 17 RHO 16ISR 18 MWI 17
Round 15
26 Feb		AUS 25 WSM 22ENG 22 USA 14MWI 23 GGY 11HKG 60 JPN 5IRL 18 RHO 15WAL 23 ISR 15NZL 35 JEY 18ZAF 32 SCO 10

Final table

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1 15 13 0 2 26
2 15 11 0 4 22
3 15 10 1 4 21
4 15 10 1 4 21
5 15 9 1 5 19
6 Roy Fulton & John Henry15 9 1 5 19
7 Rhodesia 15 9 0 6 18
8 15 9 0 6 18
9 Western Samoa 15 8 1 6 17
10 15 8 1 6 17
11 Hong Kong 15 8 0 7 16
12 Matt Gordon & Robert Goldwasser 15 5 0 10 10
13 15 3 0 12 6
14 Jersey 15 3 0 12 6
15 Guernsey 15 2 1 12 5
16 Japan 15 0 0 15 0

Men's triples

Round-robin results

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Round 1
18 Feb		NZL 19 RHO 16WSM 17 MWI 16AUS 15 SCO 15ENG 26 GGY 13ZAF 35 JEY 11ISR 37 JPN 8HKG 16 IRL 14WAL 17 USA 11
Round 2
19 Feb		SCO 21 NZL 14HKG 17 WSM 16AUS 20 ISR 8IRL 25 JEY 7RHO 27 GGY 11ENG 64 JPN 7USA 22 MWI 12WAL v ZAF
Round 3
19 Feb		ENG 14 AUS 13GGY v ZAFHKG v ISRIRL bt MWIJPN v RHOJEY v USANZL v WSMSCO v WAL
Round 4
20 Feb		AUS 37 JPN 5WAL 29 GGY 10NZL 19 HKG 18SCO 22 MWI 14IRL 21 USA 15JEY 16 WSM 11ENG 18 ISR 17ZAF 32 RHO 7
Round 5
20 Feb		AUS v USAENG bt WALIRL bt GGYISR v RHOWSM bt JPNJEY v MWIZAF bt NZLSCO 21 HKG 15
Round 6
21 Feb		IRL 15 WAL 13ENG 28 HKG 5SCO 23 GGY 4AUS 28 JEY 10NZL 23 ISR 7WSM 15 RHO 13USA 30 JPN 8ZAF 19 MWI 15
Round 7
21 Feb		NZL 52 JPN 4USA 28 WSM 14ZAF 22 AUS 17HKG 22 GGY 13ENG 18 SCO 13MWI 16 RHO 12IRL 27 ISR 14JEY 22 WAL 22
Round 8
23 Feb		AUS 15 GGY 18ZAF 30 WSM 5 JEY 42 JPN 4USA 28 ISR 7NZL 35 ENG 11HKG 16 RHO 11WAL 25 MWI 13IRL 22 SCO 15
Round 9
23 Feb		AUS 22 NZL 16MWI 20 HKG 15SCO 28 JEY 17WAL 43 JPN 5GGY 20 WSM 10ZAF 23 ISR 12IRL 20 ENG 14USA 19 RHO 16
Round 10
24 Feb		ISR 16 SCO 16ENG 16 WSM 12WAL 22 RHO 18ZAF 18 IRL 13HKG 16 AUS 13USA 18 NZL 10MWI 49 JPN 9GGY 18 JEY 14
Round 11
24 Feb		AUS v IRLENG v JEYGGY bt JPNHKG v WALISR v WSMNZL v MWISCO v RHOZAF 24 USA 10
Round 12
25 Feb		IRL 49 JPN 3JEY 20 ISR 17NZL 29 GGY 4USA 20 SCO 5ENG 19 MWI 9WAL 22 WSM 14RHO 13 AUS 11ZAF 21 HKG 15
Round 13
25 Feb		RHO 22 JEY 16IRL 23 WSM 9MWI 14 AUS 10SCO 51 JPN 2ISR 21 GGY 12NZL 21 WAL 12USA 16 HKG 13ENG 25 ZAF 15
Round 14
26 Feb		SCO 24 WSM 11ZAF 52 JPN 2ENG 21 RHO 9MWI 22 ISR 14HKG 23 JEY 14WAL 14 AUS 12IRL 19 NZL 10GGY 15 USA 14
Round 15
26 Feb		AUS 37 WSM 5USA 20 ENG 7GGY 20 MWI 20HKG 39 JPN 6RHO 18 IRL 10WAL 18 ISR 15NZL 24 JEY 12ZAF 16 SCO 15

Final table

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1 15 14 0 1 28
2 15 12 0 3 24
3 15 11 0 4 22
4 15 10 0 5 20
5 15 10 0 5 20
6 David Richards, Ray Williams, Ellis Stanbury, 15 9 1 5 19
7 Hong Kong 15 9 0 6 18
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9 Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter & Keith Poole 15 7 1 7 15
10 Rhodesia 15 7 0 8 14
11 15 5 1 9 11
12 Guernsey 15 5 1 9 11
13 Jersey 15 4 1 10 9
14 15 3 1 11 7
15 Western Samoa 15 3 0 12 6
16 Japan 15 0 0 15 0

Men's fours

Round-robin results

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Round 1
27 Feb		SCO 23 GGY 17NZL 30 ISR 13RHO 21 WSM 13ENG 20 HKG 20IRL 24 WAL 23USA 49 JPN 4ZAF 28 MWI 10AUS 37 JEY 11
Round 2
27 Feb		ZAF 16 WAL 14AUS 28 ISR 12ENG 42 JPN 10SCO 23 NZL 18HKG 22 WSM 13RHO 31 GGY 10JEY 24 IRL 19USA 22 MWI 18
Round 3
28 Feb		AUS 29 NZL 14WSM 29 GGY 17HKG 26 MWI 10SCO 22 JEY 8USA 20 RHO 19WAL 40 JPN 9ENG 19 IRL 12ZAF 35 ISR 7
Round 4
28 Feb		AUS 20 ENG 14ZAF 26 GGY 14WAL 20 SCO 15NZL 24 WSM 13RHO 23 JPN 8MWI 21 IRL 17HGK 25 ISR 15USA 30 JEY 18
Round 5
1 Mar		AUS 22 SCO 16ZAF 28 JEY 12IRL 18 HGK 15ENG 21 GGY 15NZL 24 RHO 12ISR 34 JPN 14USA 17 WAL 13MWI 17 WSM 26
Round 6
1 Mar		MWI 21 SCO 18JEY 22 WSM 14WAL 44 GGY 8ZAF 29 RHO 16NZL 25 HKG 13AUS 36 JPN 13ENG 26 ISR 17USA 16 IRL 13
Round 7
2 Mar		ZAF 27 WSM 15SCO 22 IRL 12ENG 25 NZL 16AUS 31 GGY 10HKG 24 RHO 10WAL 30 MWI 6ISR 20 USA 15JEY 20 JPN 16
Round 8
2 Mar		RHO 22 SCO 12GGY 37 JPN 5 ZAF 24 USA 14AUS 19 IRL 15MWI 19 NZL 18ENG 21 JEY 12HKG 18 WAL 18WSM 22 ISR 18
Round 9
3 Mar		IRL 24 ZAF 13RHO 16 WAL 7NZL 19 USA 16SCO 28 ISR 8AUS 22 HKG 17ENG 21 WSM 16GGY 31 JEY 14MWI 18 JPN 16
Round 10
3 Mar		IRL 47 JPN 6WAL 27 WSM 23NZL 28 GGY 12AUS 27 RHO 12ZAF 30 HKG 8ISR 25 JEY 12SCO 18 USA 17ENG 21 MWI 9
Round 11
4 Mar		JEY 17 NZL 16ZAF 32 SCO 11RHO 18 IRL 18AUS 21 WSM 17GGY 20 MWI 19WAL 33 ISR 13HKG 26 JPN 21ENG 23 USA 17
Round 12
5 Mar		ENG 24 RHO 17WSM 20 SCO 16JEY 27 HKG 14AUS 20 WAL 12ZAF 47 JPN 2IRL 22 NZL 17USA 26 GGY 13MWI 21 ISR 17
Round 13
5 Mar		WSM 34 JPN 8SCO 19 HKG 18IRL 32 GGY 13RHO 29 ISR 15ZAF 37 NZL 18JEY 19 MWI 18WAL 22 ENG 18AUS 18 USA 15
Round 14
6 Mar		ZAF 25 AUS 16RHO 22 MWI 14IRL 22 ISR 9WAL 24 JEY 17GGY 24 HKG 19NZL 47 JPN 9SCO 28 ENG 21USA 28 WSM 16
Round 15
6 Mar		AUS bt MWIISR bt GGYUSA bt HKGIRL v WSMSCO bt JPNJEY bt RHOWAL bt NZLZAF 15 ENG 13

Final table

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1 15 14 0 1 28
2 Don Woolnough, Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter & Keith Poole 15 14 0 1 28
3 15 10 1 4 21
4 15 9 1 5 19
5 15 9 0 6 18
6 15 9 0 6 18
7 15 8 1 6 17
8 15 8 0 7 16
9 15 7 1 7 15
10 15 5 2 9 12
11 15 6 0 9 12
1215 5 0 10 10
13 15 5 0 10 10
14 15 4 0 11 8
15 15 4 0 11 8
16 15 0 0 15 0

W. M. Leonard Trophy

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1 South Africa 16 16 16 16 64
2 England 14 13 15 14 56
3 Australia+ 15 14 8 15 52
4 United States 13 15 12 12 52
5 Wales 11 12 11 13 47
6 New Zealand 12 9 13 9 43
7 Ireland 4 11 14 10 39
8 Scotland 10 7 9 11 37
9 Rhodesia 9 10 7 8 34
10 Hong Kong 5 6 10 7 28
11 Western Samoa 8 8 2 5 23
12 Malawi 3 4 6 4 17
13 Guernsey 7 2 5 3 17
14 Israel 6 5 3 2 16
15 Jersey 2 3 4 6 15
16 Japan 1 1 1 1 4
+ more shots

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sullivan, Patrick. Guinness Bowls Records. 1986. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 0-85112-414-3.
  2. Web site: 1976 Sports Results. Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. Web site: Allan, Gordon. "British teams expected to make their mark." Times, 13 Feb. 1976, p. 9. Times Digital Archives.
  4. Web site: Ashford, Nicholas. "Pomp and pageantry for a sport ignored by the protesters." Times, 19 Feb. 1976, p. 8. Times Digital Archives.
  5. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 20 Feb. 1976, p. 10. Times Digital Archives.
  6. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 24 Feb. 1976, p. 8. Times Digital Archives.
  7. Web site: "S Africans set to become double world champions." Times, 25 Feb. 1976, p. 10. Times Digital Archives.
  8. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 26 Feb. 1976, p. 9. Times Digital Archives.
  9. Web site: "Two world titles clinched by South Africa." Times, 27 Feb. 1976, p. 12. Times Digital Archives.
  10. Web site: "South Africa take clear lead in Leonard Trophy." Times, 28 Feb. 1976, p. 15. Times Digital Archives.
  11. Web site: "Australian sets the pace." Times, 1 Mar. 1976, p. 9. Times Digital Archives.
  12. Web site: "World bowls championships." Times, 2 Mar. 1976, p. 10. Times Digital Archives.
  13. Web site: "South African takes clear lead in singles event." Times, 3 Mar. 1976, p. 10. Times Digital Archives.
  14. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 5 Mar. 1976, p. 12. Times Digital Archives.
  15. Web site: "Bowls." Times, 6 Mar. 1976, p. 6. Times Digital Archives.
  16. Web site: "Bryant defeats Watson as final gesture." Times, 8 Mar. 1976, p. 10. Times Digital Archives.
  17. Web site: "For the Record" Times, 21 Feb. 1976, p. 17. Times Digital Archives.
  18. Web site: 3rd World Bowls 1976. Ayelet Sport.

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