Lawn bowls at the 1930 British Empire Games explained

Event:	Lawn bowls
Games:	1930
Venue:	Gage Park, Hamilton, Ontario
Dates:	16–23 August 1930
Next:	1934

The lawn bowls competition at the 1930 British Empire Games featured three events for men: a singles, pairs, and a rinks (fours) contest. The event was held at Gage Park.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medal summary

Singles	Robert Colquhoun	James Thoms	William Fielding
Pairs	Tommy Hills and George Wright	William Fielding and Peter McWhannell	Wilt Moore and Arthur Reid
Rinks/fours	Ernie Gudgeon James Edney James Frith Albert Hough	Canada Harry Allen Jimmy Campbell Mitch Thomas Billy Rae	David Fraser John Orr Tom Chambers (*) William Campbell

Notes

(*) Tom Chambers was a Canadian. One of the original Scottish team members (Mr John Kennedy) had died suddenly while visiting friends in Buffalo, New York, on the journey to Canada.^[4] The other teams agreed that Chambers could be used as a substitute even though he was not Scottish.^[5]

Men's singles – round robin

Results

width=200	Player 1	width=200	Player 2	width=20	Score
Colquhoun	Reid	21–20
Colquhoun	Fielding	21–19
Colquhoun	Thoms	21–12
Thoms	Reid	21–7
Thoms	Fielding	21–15
Fielding	Reid	21–20

width=20	Pos	width=200	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1	Robert Colquhoun	3	3	0	6
2		3	2	1	4
3		3	1	2	2
4		3	0	3	0

Men's pairs – round robin

Results

width=200	Player 1	width=200	Player 2	width=20	Score
England	South Africa	36–8
England	New Zealand	20–13
England	Canada	17–14
New Zealand	Canada	19–16
New Zealand	South Africa	21–13
Canada	South Africa	24–10

width=20	Pos	width=450	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1		3	3	0	6
2		3	2	1	4
3		3	1	2	2
4		3	0	3	0

Men's rinks (fours) – round robin

Results

width=200	Player 1	width=200	Player 2	width=20	Score
England	South Africa	22–20
England	New Zealand	29–9
England	Canada	19–27
England	Scotland	19–16
New Zealand	South Africa	18–19
New Zealand	Canada	27–20
New Zealand	Scotland	11–20
Canada	South Africa	29–14
Canada	Scotland	19–21
South Africa	Scotland	SA

width=20	Pos	width=600	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1	Ernie Gudgeon, James Edney, James Frith, Albert Hough	4	3	1	6
2		4	2	2	4
3		4	2	2	4
4		4	2	2	4
5		4	1	3	2

References

• Commonwealth Games Medallists - Bowls. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
• Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games

Notes and References

1. News: "Bowls." Times, 30 June 1930, p. 7. The Times . 30 June 1930 . 7 . Times Digital Archives.
2. Book: Bolsover, Godfrey. Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1959. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
3. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
4. News: Notes by Toucher . 16 August 1930. Coatbridge Leader . 6 May 2021. 3 . The British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
5. Web site: George W. Ferguson and Scotland's 1930 British Empire Games Team. 28 May 2014 . Sports Heritage.