1984 World Outdoor Bowls Championship Explained

Men's World Outdoor Championships 1984
Number:	5
Series:	Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location:	Aberdeen, Scotland
Dates:	11–28 July 1984
Category:	World Bowls Championship
Prev:	1981
Next:	1985

The 1984 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Westburn Park in Aberdeen, Scotland, from 11 to 28 July 1984.^{[1] [2]}

Peter Belliss won the singles defeating Willie Wood in the final. Wood qualified for the final because he finished with a seven-shot advantage in section A over David Bryant despite identical records of winning nine rounds each.

United States won the pairs, Ireland won the triples and England won the fours.^[3] The Leonard Trophy went to Scotland.^{[4] [5]}

Medallists

width=110	Event	width=200 style="background-color: gold;"	Gold	width=200 style="background-color: silver;"	Silver	width=200 style="background-color: #cc9966;"	Bronze
Men's singles		Willie Wood
Men's pairs	George Adrain+ Jim Candelet Skippy Arculli
Men's triples	Stan Espie Sammy Allen Jim Baker	Brian Rattray Doug Lambert Jim Boyle	Rowan Brassey Morgan Moffat Jim Scott
Men's fours	George Turley John Bell Julian Haines Tony Allcock
Men's Team	Scotland	New Zealand	England

Results

Men's singles – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=20	Shots
1		10	9	0	1	207	146	18	+61
2		10	9	0	1	207	153	18	+54
3		10	7	0	3	202	134	14	+68
4	Ronnie Jones	10	6	0	4	194	158	12	+36
5		10	6	0	4	190	164	12	+26
6		10	5	0	5	189	162	10	+27
7		10	4	0	6	164	172	8	-8
8		10	4	0	6	158	193	8	-35
9		10	3	0	7	153	204	6	-51
10		10	1	0	9	121	208	2	-87
11		10	1	0	9	110	201	2	-91

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=20	Shots
1		10	9	0	1	206	135	18	+71
2		10	9	0	1	196	139	18	+57
3		10	7	0	3	189	143	14	+46
4	Garin Beare	10	6	0	4	179	138	12	+41
5		10	5	0	5	179	155	10	+24
6		10	5	0	5	158	145	10	+13
7	John Jones	10	4	0	6	142	162	8	-20
8		10	4	0	6	157	179	8	-22
9		10	2	0	8	146	196	4	-50
10	Julian Dannevig	10	2	0	8	128	189	4	-61
11		10	1	0	9	102	201	2	-99

Bronze medal matchBryant beat Williams 21–14.

Gold medal matchBelliss beat Wood 21–20.

Men's pairs – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=20	Shots
1		10	9	0	1			18	+76
2		10	8	0	2	258		139	16	+119
3		10	7	0	3	197	159	14	+38
4	Peter Belliss & Phil Skoglund	10	6	1	3	222	170	13	+52
5		10	6	0	4			12
6		10	4	0	6			8
7	Graham Croft & Laka Rawali	10	4	0	6			8
8		10	4	0	6	166	225	8	-59
9		10	3	0	7	168	248	6	-80
10		10	2	0	8	152	241	4	-89
11		10	1	1	8	161	215	3	-54

+ injury replacementSection B

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=20	Shots
1		10	9	0	1	226	151	18	+75
2		10	8	0	2			16
3		10	7	0	3	222	159	14	+63
4	Cecil Bransky & Cecil Cooper	10	6	0	4			12
5		10	5	0	5	205	179	10	+26
6		10	5	0	5	186	195	10	-9
7		10	4	0	6			8
8		10	3	1	6			7
9		10	3	0	7			6
10		10	2	0	8			4
11		10	1	1	8	166	241	3	-75

Bronze medal matchAustralia beat Ireland 26–14.

Gold medal matchUnited States beat England 21–20.

Men's triples – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=20	Shots
1		10	10	0	0			20
2		10	8	0	2	208	131	16	+77
3		10	7	1	2			15
4		10	5	0	5	180	168	10	+12
5		10	4	1	5	181	157	9	+24
6		10	4	0	6	134	169	8	-35
7		10	3	1	6	158	154	7	+4
8		10	3	1	6			7
9		10	3	1	6			7
10		10	3	1	6	151	190	7	-39
11		10	1	0	9	106	255	2	-149

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=20	Shots
1		10	10	0	0	240	113	20	+127
2		10	6	0	4			12	+33
3		10	6	0	4			12	+27
4		10	5	1	4	176	162	11	+14
5		10	5	0	5			10
6		10	5	0	5			10
7		10	4	1	5	174	163	9	+11
8		10	4	0	6	161	168	8	-7
9		10	3	0	7	156	185	6	-29
10	James Haggerty, C Radbone & Brian Jennings	10	3	0	7	132	202	6	-70
11		10	3	0	7	139	211	6	-72

Bronze medal matchNew Zealand beat Hong Kong 27–8.

Gold medal matchIreland beat Scotland 29–11.

Men's fours – round robin

Section A

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=20	Shots
1		10	7	1	2	228	153	15	+75
2		10	7	1	2	202	167	15	+35
3		10	7	0	3		208	156	14	+52
4	Allan Bernstein, Jack Shiel, Trevor Vincent & Manie Vollgraaff	10	6	0	4	195	176	12	+19
5		10	5	0	5	215	165	10	+50
6		10	5	0	5	182	175	8	+7
7		10	4	1	5	177	190	9	-13
8	Bill Crawford, Cyril Smith, Clarry Blondel & Derek Hurford	10	4	0	6	168	193	8	-25
9		10	3	1	6	172	218	7	-46
10	Orville Artist, Bert McWilliams, Ian Beattie & Skippy Arculli	10	3	0	7	167	221	6	-54
11		10	2	0	8	153	253	4	-100

Section B

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=20	Shots
1		10	9	0	1	270	139	18	+131
2		10	8	0	2	257	157	16	+100
3		10	8	0	2	215	168	16	+47
4	David Le Marquand, Ken Lowery, Arthur McKernan & Tim Mallett	10	7	0	3	239	175	14	+64
5		10	5	0	5	203	200	10	+3
6		10	4	0	6	182	125	8	-43
7	John Chalmers, Peter Crossan, Sandy Ross & David Broad	10	3	0	7	163	210	6	-47
8		10	3	0	7	177	206	6	-29
9		10	3	0	7	165	213	6	-48
10	Maurice Fenn, Jack Ah Loo, Ioapa Iosia & Sioane Lino	10	3	0	7	161	256	6	-95
11		10	2	0	8	156	239	4	-83

Bronze medal matchScotland beat Hong Kong 30–15.

Gold medal matchEngland beat New Zealand 18–17.

W.M.Leonard Trophy

width=20	Pos	width=200	Team	width=20	Singles	width=20	Pairs	width=20	Triples	width=20	Fours	width=20	Total
1	Scotland	21	18	21	20	80
2	New Zealand	22	16	20	21	79
3	England	20	21	15	22	78
4	Australia	19	20	18	17	74
5	Ireland	14	19	22	18	63
6	Zimbabwe	16	13	15	15	59
7	Canada	15	17	12	15	59
8	Zambia	18	11	17	12	58
9	Hong Kong	11	6	19	19	56
10	United States	12	22	16	3	53
11	Israel	17	15	9	10	51
12	Wales	9	15	8	13	45
13	Jersey	10	3	13	16	42
14	Guernsey	13	9	4	8	34
15	Fiji	7	7	10	9	33
16	Malawi	8	12	6	7	33
17	Swaziland	4	4	11	11	30
18	Botswana	6	8	7	3	24
19	Papua New Guinea	2	10	5	5	22
20	Western Samoa	5	5	3	4	17
21	Argentina	3	3	1	6	13
22	Kenya	1	1	3	1	6

Notes and References

1. Book: Sullivan, Patrick. Guinness Bowls Records. 1986. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 0-85112-414-3.
2. Web site: Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 11 July 1984]. The Times.
3. Web site: Gordon Allan. "Bowls." Times [London, England] 19 July 1984]. The Times.
4. Web site: 1984 Results. Glasgow Herald.
5. Book: Warters, Bob. Fifth World Bowls Championship Official Souvenir. 1984. Key Publishing Ltd.