Lawn bowls at the 1950 British Empire Games explained

Event:	Lawn bowls
Games:	1950
Venue:	Auckland
Dates:	04 February – 11 February 1950
Competitors:	29
Nations:	5
Prev:	1938
Next:	1954

The lawn bowls competition at the 1950 British Empire Games took place in Auckland, New Zealand from 4–11 February 1950.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medallists

Singles	James Pirret	Albert Newton	Lionel Garnett
Pairs	Phil Exelby and Robert Henry	W. Gibb and H. J. van Zyl	Leslie Brown and James Poulton
Fours	Alfred Blumberg Herbert Currer Harry Atkinson Norman Snowy Walker	Charles Cordaiy James Cobley John Cobley Len Knight	Fred Russell Arthur Engebretsen Noel Jolly Pete Skoglund

Results

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Results

width=90	Round	width=90	Date	width=150	Tie 1	width=150	Tie 2
Round 1	Feb 6	Aus 25 SAf 18	Nzl 25 Fij 20
Round 2	Feb 6	Fij 26 Can 21	N/A
Round 3	Feb 7	Aus 26 Fij 18	Can 26 SAf 19
Round 4	Feb 7	Nzl 25 Can 22	N/A
Round 5	Feb 8	Nzl 26 Aus 16	Fij 26 SAf 17
Round 6	Feb 8	Nzl 25 SAf 10	Aus 25 Can 18

width=20	Pos	width=200	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		4	4	0	101	68	8
2	Albert Newton	4	3	1	92	80	6
3	Lionel Garnett	4	2	2	89	89	4
4		4	1	3	87	94	2
5	G Jacobs	4	0	4	64	102	0

Results

width=90	Round	width=90	Date	width=150	Tie 1	width=150	Tie 2
Round 1	Feb 6	Nzl 23 SAf 16	Fij 23 Aus 21
Round 2	Feb 7	SAf 15 Fij 14	Nzl 23 Aus 22
Round 3	Feb 8	SAf 19 Aus 17	Nzl 47 Fij 14

width=20	Pos	width=300	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		3	3	0	93	42	6
2		3	2	1	50	54	4
3		3	1	2	41	83	2
4		3	0	3	60	65	0

Results

width=90	Round	width=90	Date	width=150	Tie 1	width=150	Tie 2
Round 1	Feb 6	Aus 44 Fij 8	Nzl 19 SAf 11
Round 2	Feb 7	Aus 23 Nzl 14	SAf bt Fiji
Round 3	Feb 8	Nzl 41 Fij 6	SAf 25 Aus 15

width=20	Pos	width=650	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		3	2	1	50	48	4+
2		3	2	1	82	46	4
3		3	2	1	74	40	4
4	Patrick Costello (skip), Nathaniel Stuart Chalmers, Harold Brockett Gibson, Eric Hastings McIlwain	3	0	3	28	100	0

+ Play Offs
Eliminator - South Africa beat New Zealand 22-17
Final - South Africa beat Australia 23-14

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Times Archives. The Times.
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. Book: The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. 2013. Lulu.com . 9781291576382.