Lawn bowls
at the 1930 British Empire Games
VenueGage Park, Hamilton, Ontario
Dates16–23 August 1930

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 table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England3003
2 Canada*0112
 New Zealand0112
4 South Africa0101
5 Scotland0011
Totals (5 entries)3339

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Singles England Robert Colquhoun South Africa James Thoms New Zealand William Fielding
Pairs England Tommy Hills
and George Wright
New Zealand William Fielding
and Peter McWhannell
Canada Wilt Moore
and Arthur Reid
Rinks/fours  England
Ernie Gudgeon
James Edney
James Frith
Albert Hough
 Canada
Harry Allen
Jimmy Campbell
Mitch Thomas
Billy Rae
 Scotland
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

Player 1 Player 2 Score
ColquhounReid21–20
ColquhounFielding21–19
ColquhounThoms21–12
ThomsReid21–7
ThomsFielding21–15
FieldingReid21–20
Pos Player P W L Pts
1England Robert Colquhoun3306
2South Africa James Thoms3214
3New Zealand William Fielding3122
4Canada Arthur Reid3030

Men's pairs – round robin

Results

Player 1 Player 2 Score
EnglandSouth Africa36–8
EnglandNew Zealand20–13
EnglandCanada17–14
New ZealandCanada19–16
New ZealandSouth Africa21–13
CanadaSouth Africa24–10
Pos Player P W L Pts
1England Tommy Hills & George Wright3306
2New Zealand William Fielding & Peter McWhannell3214
3Canada Wilt Moore & Arthur Reid3122
4South Africa Edmund Hall & Constantine Giovanetti3030

Men's rinks (fours) – round robin

Results

Player 1 Player 2 Score
EnglandSouth Africa22–20
EnglandNew Zealand29–9
EnglandCanada19–27
EnglandScotland19–16
New ZealandSouth Africa18–19
New ZealandCanada27–20
New ZealandScotland11–20
CanadaSouth Africa29–14
CanadaScotland19–21
South AfricaScotlandSA
Pos Player P W L Pts
1England Ernie Gudgeon, James Edney, James Frith, Albert Hough4316
2Canada Harry Allen, Jimmy Campbell, Mitch Thomas, Billy Rae4224
3Scotland David Fraser, John Orr, Tom Chambers(*), William Campbell4224
4South Africa John Armstrong, J N Brooks, John Southern, E H Walters4224
5New Zealand William Fielding, Peter McWhannell, Edward Leach, Harold Frost4132

References

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

See also

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