Lawn bowls at the 1938 British Empire Games explained

Event:	Lawn bowls
Games:	1938
Venue:	Sydney
Dates:	05 February – 09 February 1938
Competitors:	42
Nations:	9
Prev:	1934
Next:	1950

The lawn bowls competition at the 1938 British Empire Games took place in Waverley, Sydney, from 7 to 9 February 1938.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Horace Harvey won the singles going undefeated, New Zealand won the pairs and fours (the latter after a gold medal play off).^{[5] [6] [7]}

Medallists

All events were for men only.

Singles	Horace Harvey	Frank Livingstone	Jack Low
Pairs	Walter Denison and Lance Macey	Percy Hutton and Howard Mildren	D.A. Adamson and J.R. Appleford
Fours/Rinks	Alec Robertson Ernie Jury Bill Bremner Bill Whittaker	F. Stevenson J. G. Donaldson Norman Walker T. H. Samson	Aub Murray Charlie McNeill Harold Murray Tom Kinder

Men's singles – round robin

Results

width=90	Round	width=90	Date	width=150	Tie 1	width=150	Tie 2	width=150	Tie 3
Round 1	Feb 7	Nzl 25 Eng 18	SAf 25 Rho 17	Aus 25 Ire 9
Round 2	Feb 7	SAf 25 Eng 11	Nzl 25 Ire 9	Aus 25 Rho 13
Round 3	Feb 8	Eng 25 Rho 19	SAf 25 Ire 14	Nzl 25 Aus 12
Round 4	Feb 8	Ire 26 Rho 17	SAf 26 Nzl 19	Aus 25 Eng 9
Round 5	Feb 9	Eng 24 Ire 10	Nzl 26 Rho 9	SAf 25 Aus 15

width=20	Pos	width=200	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1		5	5	0	10
2		5	4	1	8
3	Jack Low	5	3	2	6
4	Tommy Hills	5	2	3	4
5	L W Clarke	5	1	4	2
6		5	0	5	0

Men's pairs – round robin

Results

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Round 1	Feb 7	Nzl 21 Eng 20	SAf 36 Sco 8	Aus 23 Fij 10
Round 2	Feb 7	Sco 21 Eng 18	Fij 21 Nzl 20	SAf 29 Aus 19
Round 3	Feb 8	Eng 27 Fij 11	Aus 38 Sco 8	Nzl 24 SAf 13
Round 4	Feb 8	SAf 21 Fij 17	Aus 27 Eng 13	Nzl 25 Sco 21
Round 5	Feb 9	Nzl 25 Aus 21	Eng 21 SAf 17	Sco 13 Fij 22

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1		5	4	0	1	8
2	Percy Hutton & Howard Mildren +	5	3	0	2	6
3		5	3	0	2	6
4	Samuel Jones & Ronald Weeks	5	2	0	3	4
5	Annesley Benjamin & J Taylor	5	2	0	3	4
6		5	1	0	4	2

+ Hutton & Mildren defeated Adamson & Appleford 13–12 in a play off to win the silver medal

Men's rinks (fours) – round robin

Results

width=90	Round	width=90	Date	width=150	Tie 1	width=150	Tie 2	width=150	Tie 3
Round 1	Feb 7	Aus 27 Eng 13	Nzl 26 Fij 11	SAf 21 Can 13
Round 2	Feb 7	Eng 28 Fij 16	Nzl 21 Can 19	Aus 25 SAf 18
Round 3	Feb 8	SAf 29 Eng 11	Nzl 19 Aus 14	Can 21 Fij 14
Round 4	Feb 8	SAf 17 Nzl 16	Aus 28 Fij 17	Can 32 Eng 14
Round 5	Feb 9	Nzl 22 Eng 12	Can 21 Aus 20	SAf 30 Fij 12

width=20	Pos	width=600	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1	Bill Bremner (skip), Alec Robertson, Ernie Jury, Bill Whittaker +	5	4	0	1	8
2		5	4	0	1	8
3	Tom Kinder (skip), Aub Murray, Charlie McNeill, Harold Murray ++	5	3	0	2	6
4		5	3	0	2	6
5		5	1	0	4	2
6		5	0	0	5	0

• + New Zealand defeated South Africa 19–16 in a play off to win the gold medal
• ++ Australia defeated Canada 30–10 in a play off to win the bronze medal

See also

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

Notes and References

1. The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 Feb. 1938, p.15; ibid, 10 Feb. 1938, p.15
2. Book: Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard. the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1974. Robert Hale and Company. 0-7091-3658-7.
3. Book: Bolsover, Godfrey. Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. 1959. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
4. Web site: COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS – BOWLS. GRB Athletics.
5. News: "Empire Games." Times, 8 Feb. 1938, p. 5. The Times . 8 February 1938 . 5 . Times Digital Archives.
6. News: "Empire Games." Times, 9 Feb. 1938, p. 6. The Times . 9 February 1938 . 6 . Times Digital Archives.
7. News: "Empire Games." Times, 10 Feb. 1938, p. 6. The Times . 10 February 1938 . 6 . Times Digital Archives.