Lawn bowls at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games explained

Event:	Lawn bowls
Games:	1958
Venue:	Cardiff
Dates:	18–26 July 1958
Prev:	1954
Next:	1962

The lawn bowls competition at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958.^[1]

Medallists

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Men's singles	Phineas 'Pinky' Danilowitz		Bill Jackson
Men's pairs	John Morris Richard Pilkington	John Myrdal Rudolph van Vuuren	William Yuill Hector Philp
Men's fours			Alex Pascoe Charles Bradley Basil Wells Ronnie Turner

Results

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Men's singles – round robin

width=20	Pos	width=200	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1		11	10	1	20
2		11	8	3	16+
3		11	8	3	16
4	William Downes Jones	11	7	4	14
5		11	7	4	14
6		11	6	5	12
7		11	5	6	10
8		11	4	7	8
9		11	4	7	8
10		11	3	8	6
11		11	3	8	6
12		11	1	10	2

+ Silver medal play off
Baker beat Jackson 21-18

Men's pairs – round robin

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1		11	10	0	1	20
2		11	8	0	3	16+
3	William Yuill & Hector Philp	11	8	0	3	16
4		11	7	0	4	14
5	William Rosbotham & Percy Watson	11	7	0	4	14
6		11	6	0	5	12
7		11	6	0	5	12
8		11	5	0	6	10
9	Wilf John & Jack Lewis	11	4	0	7	8
10	A Graham & W Careful	11	3	0	8	6
11	J Kerr & D Smart	11	1	0	10	2
12		11	1	0	10	2

+ Silver medal play off
South Africa beat Southern Rhodesia 17-10

Men's fours – round robin

width=20	Pos	width=600	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1		11	9	0	2	18+
2	Wilfred Randall, Edward Stuart, Edward Williams, Norman Snowy Walker	11	9	0	2	18
3		11	8	0	3	16
4	Richard Gillings, William Pope, Arthur Baldwin, George Makin	11	7	1	3	15
5		11	7	0	4	14
6	John Hampson, Thomas Smetherham, George Ferguson, Alexander Hodge	11	6	1	4	13
7	Evan Jones, D Prosser, Jack Griffiths, Len Hill	11	6	0	5	12
8	George Best, Tom Henry, Jack Webb, Gerry Crossey	11	4	0	7	8
9	C Cochran, J Trowsdale, R Roberts, S Strachan	11	4	0	7	8
10		11	3	0	8	6
11		11	2	0	9	4
12		11	0	0	11	0

+ Gold medal play off
England beat South Africa 22-13

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: The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. 2013. Lulu.com . 9781291576382.