Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games explained

Event:	Lawn bowls
Games:	1974
Venue:	Christchurch
Dates:	24 January – 02 February 1974
Prev:	1970
Next:	1978

The lawn bowls competition at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games took place in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January until 2 February 1974.^[1] David Bryant won his third successive Commonwealth Games singles gold medal, with a medals cache of four golds although not competing in 1966. Host country New Zealand won the fours (their seventh gold medal since the start of the games in 1930).

Medallists

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Men's singles		Clive White	Willie Wood
Men's pairs	Jack Christie Alex McIntosh	John Evans Peter Line	Bob McDonald Phil Skoglund
Men's fours	Kerry Clark David Baldwin John 'Jack' Somerville Gordon Jolly	Robert King Errol Bungey Errol Stewart Keith Poole	John Marshall Morgan Moffat Bill Scott John McRae

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=30	F	width=30	A	width=20	Pts
1		13	11	2	267	147	22
2		13	10	3	269	197	20
3		13	9	4	257	191	18
4		13	9	4	260	215	18
5		13	9	4	232	213	18
6	Denis Gosden	13	7	6	212	212	14
7	Roy Fulton	13	6	7	220	210	12
8	Omar Dallah	13	6	7	232	251	12
9	Harry Lakin	13	6	7	213	239	12
10	Sydney Snowsil	13	6	7	209	266	10
11	Roy De Feu	13	4	9	200	241	8
12	Neal Salkeld	13	3	10	195	262	6
13	James S Williams	13	3	10	201	259	6
14	Oswald Dent	13	3	10	180	264	6

Men's pairs – round robin

width=20	Pos	width=400	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=30	F	width=30	A	width=20	Pts
1		13	11	1	1	294	202	23
2		13	11	0	2	366	185	22
3	Bob McDonald & Phil Skoglund	13	10	1	2	297	201	21
4		13	9	1	3	296	228	19
5		13	9	1	3	299	238	19
6		13	8	0	5	323	214	16
7		13	5	0	8	297	252	10
8		13	5	0	8	243	264	10
9		13	5	0	8	231	285	10
10		13	4	0	9	181	358	8
11		13	3	0	10	235	289	6
12		13	3	0	10	227	285	6
13		13	3	0	10	173	364	6
14		13	2	0	11	188	353	4

Men's fours – round robin

width=20	Pos	width=500	Player	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=30	F	width=30	A	width=20	Pts
1		12	10	0	2	308	171	20
2	Robert King, Errol Bungey, Errol Stewart, Keith Poole	12	9	0	3	297	196	18
3	John Marshall, Morgan Moffat, Bill Scott, John McRae	12	8	1	3	271	188	17
4		12	7	1	4	257	205	15
5	Dave Crocker, Bob Robertson, Harry Taylor, Ted Hayward	12	7	0	5	261	211	14
6		12	6	1	5	234	228	13
7	Peter Fong, George Thaggard, Ram Harakh, Peter Oates	12	6	0	6	224	268	12
8		12	5	0	7	205	269	10
9	J Fridenthal John Cadogan, John Stalker, Ray Pears	12	4	0	8	209	248	8
10	Gerard Sloan, James Craig, Jimmy Donnelly, James Dennison	12	4	0	8	206	262	8
11		12	4	0	8	185	294	8
12	Clifford de Rungary, Charles Gibbons, John Eatly, Ronald Hedges	12	3	1	8	207	286	7
13	George Robbins, Graham Jarvis, John Miller, Ronnie Jones	12	3	0	9	220	250	6

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. 9781291576382.