Lawn bowls at the 1930 British Empire Games

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Lawn bowls
at the 1930 British Empire Games
VenueGage Park, Hamilton, Ontario
Dates16–23 August 1930
1934 →

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
Colquhoun Reid 21–20
Colquhoun Fielding 21–19
Colquhoun Thoms 21–12
Thoms Reid 21–7
Thoms Fielding 21–15
Fielding Reid 21–20
Pos Player P W L Pts
1 England Robert Colquhoun 3 3 0 6
2 South Africa James Thoms 3 2 1 4
3 New Zealand William Fielding 3 1 2 2
4 Canada Arthur Reid 3 0 3 0

Men's pairs – round robin

Results

Player 1 Player 2 Score
England South Africa 36–8
England New Zealand 20–13
England Canada 17–14
New Zealand Canada 19–16
New Zealand South Africa 21–13
Canada South Africa 24–10
Pos Player P W L Pts
1 England Tommy Hills & George Wright 3 3 0 6
2 New Zealand William Fielding & Peter McWhannell 3 2 1 4
3 Canada Wilt Moore & Arthur Reid 3 1 2 2
4 South Africa Edmund Hall & Constantine Giovanetti 3 0 3 0

Men's rinks (fours) – round robin

Results

Player 1 Player 2 Score
England South Africa 22–20
England New Zealand 29–9
England Canada 19–27
England Scotland 19–16
New Zealand South Africa 18–19
New Zealand Canada 27–20
New Zealand Scotland 11–20
Canada South Africa 29–14
Canada Scotland 19–21
South Africa Scotland SA
Pos Player P W L Pts
1 England Ernie Gudgeon, James Edney, James Frith, Albert Hough 4 3 1 6
2 Canada Harry Allen, Jimmy Campbell, Mitch Thomas, Billy Rae 4 2 2 4
3 Scotland David Fraser, John Orr, Tom Chambers(*), William Campbell 4 2 2 4
4 South Africa John Armstrong, J N Brooks, John Southern, E H Walters 4 2 2 4
5 New Zealand William Fielding, Peter McWhannell, Edward Leach, Harold Frost 4 1 3 2

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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