1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Men's World Outdoor Championships 1980
4th Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Frankston, Melbourne, Australia
Date(s)	17 January - 02 February, 1980.
Category	World Bowls Championship

The 1980 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship ^[1] was held at the City of Frankston Bowling Club in Frankston, Melbourne, Australia, from 17 January to 2 February 1980.^[2]

The Australian government would not allow the South African team to compete because of the South African policy of apartheid.^[3]

David Bryant won his second singles title following his triumph in the 1966 competition.

Australia won the pairs, England won the triples and Hong Kong won the fours.^[4] The Leonard Trophy went to England who beat Australia into first place by virtue of having a higher shot percentage.^{[5] [6]}

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	David Bryant	John Snell	David McGill
Men's pairs	Alf Sandercock Peter Rheuben	Burnie Gill Graham Jarvis	Phil Skoglund Kevin Darling
Men's triples	Jimmy Hobday Tony Allcock David Bryant	John Summers David McGill Willie McQueen	John Malcolm Nick Unkovich Morgan Moffat
Men's fours	Philip Chok Omar Dallah George Souza Jr. Eric Liddell	John Summers Willie McQueen Alex McIntosh Willie Wood	John Malcolm Kevin Darling Phil Skoglund Morgan Moffat
Men's Team	England	Australia	Scotland

Tables

Men's singles – round robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	David Bryant	19	18	0	1	36
2	John Snell	19	15	0	4	30+
3	David McGill	19	15	0	4	30
4	Nick Unkovich	19	14	0	5	28
5	John Russell Evans	19	14	0	5	28
6	Philip Chok	19	12	0	7	24
7	Stan Espie	19	11	0	8	22
8	Keith Shaw	19	11	0	8	22
9	Dave Duncalf	19	9	0	10	18
10	Arthur McKernan	19	9	0	10	18
11	Dick Folkins	15	9	0	10	18
12	Dan Coetzee	19	8	1	10	17
13	Feta Kirisome	19	8	0	11	16
14	Sid Meredith	19	8	0	11	16
15	Cecil Cooper	19	7	1	11	15
16	Tom Green	19	6	0	13	12
17	Bob Madden	19	6	0	13	12
18	Eddie Turner	19	5	0	14	10
19	Oscar Raymond	19	4	0	15	8
20	Kichi Koriuchi	19	0	0	19	0

+ Silver medal by virtue of higher shot percentage

Men's pairs – round robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Alf Sandercock & Peter Rheuben	19	17	1	1	35
2	Burnie Gill & Graham Jarvis	19	17	0	2	34
3	Phil Skoglund & Kevin Darling	19	14	1	4	29
4	John Bell & Mal Hughes	19	12	1	6	25
5	Willie Wood & Alex McIntosh	19	11	2	6	24
6	Stan Espie & Brendan McBrien	19	11	1	7	23
7	Neil McInnes & Frank Souza	19	11	0	8	22
8	Marcel Coutoly & John Jones	19	10	1	8	21
9	Lyn Perkins & Spencer Wilshire	15	10	1	8	21
10	George Souza Jr. & Eric Liddell	15	10	0	9	20
11	Alan Ramsbotham & Bob Madden	15	9	2	8	20
12	Guernsey	15	8	0	11	16
13	Dan Coetzee & Another	15	8	0	11	16
14	George Thaggard & Shaun Patton	15	8	0	11	16
15	Feta Kirisome, Sioane Lino+ & Falevi Petana	19	7	0	12	14
16	Cecil Cooper & Jack Trappler	19	6	1	12	13
17	Tom Green & Ted Cambridge	19	6	0	13	12
18	Pat Niland & Dave Ross	19	5	1	13	11
19	Kenya	19	3	0	16	6
20	Kichi Koriuchi & Another	19	0	0	19	0

+ injury replacement

Men's triples – round robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Jimmy Hobday, Tony Allcock & David Bryant	19	18	0	1	36
2	John Summers, David McGill & Willie McQueen	19	16	1	2	33
3	John Malcolm, Nick Unkovich & Morgan Moffat	19	14	1	4	29
4	Kevin Parry, Oscar Raymond & Peter Fong	19	13	1	5	27
5	John Snell, Keith Poole & Ron Taylor	19	12	1	6	25
6	Dave Duncalf, Bill Boettger & Barry McFadden	19	12	0	7	24
7	Clive Forrester, Bert MacWilliams & Dick Folkins	19	12	0	7	24
8	Philip Chok, M B Hassan Jr. & Omar Dallah	19	11	1	7	23
9	John Higgins, John Greer & Bill Watson	19	11	0	8	22
10	John O'Flaherty, Jeff McLean & Tom Powell	19	9	1	9	19
11	Jack Thomas, Ken Thomson, & Jack Fulton	19	9	0	10	18
12	John Russell Evans, Bob Thomas & Gwyn Evans	19	9	0	10	18
13	Israel	19	8	0	11	16
14	ken Lowery, Frank Hambly & Arthur McKernan	19	8	0	11	16
15	Harry Morton, Heiner Veirling & Brian Sullivan	19	6	0	13	12
16	John Chalmers, Peter Crossan & Eddie Turner	19	5	1	13	11
17	Guernsey	19	5	0	14	10
18	Kenya	19	4	0	15	8
19	Western Samoa	19	3	1	15	7
20	Jitsuji Ueyma, Key Takaya & Shozo Yamaha	19	1	0	18	2

Men's fours – round robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Philip Chok, Omar Dallah, George Souza Jr. & Eric Liddell	19	15	1	1	31
2	John Summers, Willie McQueen, Alex McIntosh & Willie Wood	19	14	1	4	29
3	John Malcolm, Kevin Darling, Phil Skoglund & Morgan Moffat	19	14	1	4	29
4	Alf Sandercock, Peter Rheuben, Keith Poole & Ron Taylor	19	13	2	4	28
5	Lyn Perkins & Spencer Wilshire, Bob Thomas & Gwyn Evans	19	13	1	6	27
6	Jimmy Hobday, Tony Allcock, John Bell & Mal Hughes	19	11	3	5	25
7	John Higgins, John Greer & Bill Watson, Brendan McBrien	19	12	0	7	24
8	Graham Jarvis, Don Gibson+, Bill Boettger, Burnie Gill & Barry McFadden	19	10	4	5	24
9	Clive Forrester, Bert MacWilliams, Frank Souza & Neil McInnes	19	11	1	7	23
10	Kevin Parry, Peter Fong, Shaun Patton & George Thaggard	19	10	0	9	20
11	Harry Morton, Heiner Veirling & Brian Sullivan, Alan Ramsbotham	19	10	0	9	20
12	John O'Flaherty, Jeff McLean, Tom Powell & Another	19	8	0	11	16
13	Jack Trappler	19	7	0	12	14
14	Ken Lowery, Frank Hambly, Marcel Coutoly & John Jones	19	6	1	12	13
15	Guernsey	19	6	0	13	12
16	Pat Niland, John Chalmers, Peter Crossan & Dave Ross	19	6	0	13	12
17	Kenya	19	5	1	13	11
18	Sioane Lino, Falevi Petana, 2 others, & Denis Dalton (Aus)+	19	5	0	14	10
19	Jack Thomas, Ken Thomson, & Jack Fulton, Ted Cambridge	19	4	0	15	8
20	Jitsuji Ueyma, Key Takaya, Shozo Yamaha & Another	19	0	0	19	0

+ injury replacement

W.M.Leonard Trophy

Pos	Team	Singles	Pairs	Triples	Fours	Points	shot %
1	England	20	17	20	15	72	1.604
2	Australia	19	20	16	17	72	1.581
3	Scotland	18	16	19	19	72	1.500
4	New Zealand	17	18	18	18	71
5	Hong Kong	15	11	15	20	61
6	Canada	12	19	14	13	58
7	Ireland	14	15	12	14	55
8	Wales	16	12	10	16	55
9	United States	10	14	13	12	49
10	Jersey	11	13	7	7	38
11	Fiji	2	7	17	11	37
12	Zambia	9	8	9	9	35
13	Guernsey	13	9	4	6	32
14	Papua New Guinea	5	10	6	10	31
15	Israel	8	5	8	8	29
16	Swaziland	4	4	11	2	21
17	Western Samoa	7	6	2	3	18
18	Malawi	3	3	5	5	16
19	Kenya	6	2	3	4	15
20	Japan	1	1	1	1	4

Full results

Men's singles

Extended content

Men's singles round robin Round 1 (25 Jan)[7] Hong Kong Kenya 21–12 Australia Scotland 21–15 Israel Western Samoa 21–5 England Fiji 21–8 New Zealand Swaziland 21–12 United States Ireland 21–18 Canada Zambia 21–11 Wales Malawi 21–6 Papua New Guinea Japan 21–4 Guernsey Jersey 21–10 Round 2 (25 Jan)[7] Malawi Canada 21–16 Australia Swaziland 21–4 Israel Hong Kong 21–17 England Guernsey 21–17 New Zealand Papua New Guinea 21–12 Kenya United States 21–18 Ireland Fiji 21–14 Wales Japan 21–9 Zambia Scotland 21–11 Western Samoa Jersey 21–14 Round 3 (26 Jan)[8] Hong Kong Western Samoa 21–8 Zambia Guernsey 21–12 Ireland Kenya 21–6 England Scotland 21–15 Swaziland Papua New Guinea 21–16 United States Fiji 21–19 Malawi Japan 21–13 Wales Canada 21–11 New Zealand Australia 21–14 Jersey Israel 21–15 Round 4 (26 Jan)[8] Scotland Wales 21–6 Australia Hong Kong 21–14 Western Samoa United States 21–17 England Papua New Guinea 21–16 New Zealand Guernsey 21–15 Kenya Jersey 21–20 Ireland Canada 21–16 Malawi Fiji 21–18 Zambia Japan 21–5 Swaziland Israel 21–20 Round 5 (27 Jan)[8] Hong Kong Swaziland 21–11 Ireland Australia 21–11 Israel Japan 21–1 England Zambia 21–7 Kenya New Zealand 21–18 Scotland United States 21–13 Fiji Canada 21–15 Wales Guernsey 21–8 Western Samoa Papua New Guinea 21–11 Jersey Malawi 21–11 Round 6 (27 Jan)[8] Hong Kong United States 21–19 Australia Zambia 21–13 Kenya Israel 21–18 England Ireland 21–11 New Zealand Japan 21–7 Scotland Swaziland 21–9 Jersey Canada 21–16 Malawi Western Samoa 21–18 Wales Papua New Guinea 21–9 Guernsey Fiji 21–16 Round 7 (27 Jan)[8] Hong Kong Papua New Guinea 21–12 Scotland Fiji 21–10 Ireland Zambia 21–17 England Malawi 21–2 New Zealand Israel 21–10 United States Swaziland 21–16 Guernsey Canada 21–17 Wales Western Samoa 21–11 Jersey Japan 21–5 Australia Kenya 21–18 Round 8 (28 Jan)[9] Hong Kong Zambia 21–15 Guernsey Australia 21–20 Israel Scotland 21–17 England Swaziland 21–11 New Zealand Western Samoa 21–7 United States Malawi 21–5 Canada Kenya 21–12 Wales Ireland 21–18 Fiji Japan 21–3 Papua New Guinea Jersey 21–9 Round 9 (28 Jan)[9] Hong Kong Jersey 21–8 Australia Papua New Guinea 21–9 Kenya Fiji 21–12 England Western Samoa 21–13 Wales New Zealand 21–20 United States Israel 21–19 Canada Japan 21–4 Scotland Malawi 21–10 Zambia Swaziland 21–10 Ireland Guernsey 21–7 Round 10 (28 Jan)[9] Canada Hong Kong 21–17 Scotland Western Samoa 21–9 Ireland Japan 21–4 England New Zealand 21–10 Australia Jersey 21–9 United States Wales 21–20 Israel Zambia 20–20 Malawi Kenya 21–12 Fiji Papua New Guinea 21–6 Guernsey Swaziland 21–8 Men's singles round robin Round 11 (30 Jan)[10] Hong Kong Japan 21–8 Australia Malawi 21–15 Western Samoa Fiji 21–19 England Kenya 21–5 New Zealand Zambia 21–14 Jersey Ireland 21–14 Swaziland Canada 21–19 Wales Israel 21–16 Scotland Papua New Guinea 21–9 Guernsey United States 21–13 Round 12 (30 Jan)[10] Hong Kong Fiji 21–17 Scotland Canada 21–10 Zambia Malawi 21–9 Guernsey Western Samoa 21–15 New Zealand United States 21–8 Ireland Israel 21–14 Australia Japan 21–1 Wales Swaziland 21–13 Papua New Guinea Kenya 21–16 Jersey England 21–19 Round 13 (30 Jan)[10] Hong Kong Ireland 21–19 Australia Canada 21–14 Kenya Western Samoa 21–15 England United States 21–5 Scotland New Zealand 21–20 Swaziland Japan 21–11 Israel Guernsey 21–19 Wales Zambia 21–13 Papua New Guinea Malawi 21–7 Jersey Fiji 21–12 Round 14 (31 Jan)'[11] Hong Kong Malawi 21–15 Australia Western Samoa 21–6 Scotland Kenya 21–14 England Wales 21–15 Jersey Swaziland 21–19 Zambia United States 21–20 Canada Israel 21–14 New Zealand Fiji 21–5 Ireland Papua New Guinea 21–10 Guernsey Japan 21–15 Round 15 (31 Jan)[11] Swaziland Malawi 21–15 Australia Wales 21–17 Israel Fiji 21–13 England Hong Kong 21–16 Western Samoa Ireland 21–16 United States Jersey 21–17 Canada New Zealand 21–17 Papua New Guinea Zambia 21–14 Scotland Japan 21–3 Kenya Guernsey 21–14 Round 16 (1 Feb)[12] Swaziland Kenya 21–11 Australia United States 21–6 Western Samoa Japan 21–6 England Canada 21–6 New Zealand Hong Kong 21–5 Scotland Ireland 21–12 Zambia Fiji 21–8 Wales Jersey 21–11 Papua New Guinea Israel 21–11 Guernsey Malawi 21–10 Round 17 (1 Feb)[12] Zambia Kenya 21–11 Australia Israel 21–3 Ireland Malawi 21–11 England Japan 21–11 New Zealand Jersey 21–7 United States Papua New Guinea 21–14 Canada Western Samoa 21–12 Hong Kong Wales 21–16 Fiji Swaziland 21–18 Scotland Guernsey 21–10 Round 18 (1 Feb)[12] Canada Papua New Guinea 21–11 Australia Fiji 21–17 New Zealand Malawi 21–9 England Israel 21–16 Ireland Swaziland 21–9 United States Japan 21–5 Western Samoa Zambia 21–14 Wales Kenya 21–7 Scotland Jersey 21–13 Guernsey Hong Kong 21–17 Round 19 (2 Feb)[13] Kenya Japan 21–13 Wales Fiji 21–5 Western Samoa Swaziland 21–5 England Australia 21–19 New Zealand Ireland 21–6 Canada United States 21–5 Jersey Zambia 21–15 Israel Malawi 21–14 Scotland Hong Kong 21–14 Guernsey Papua New Guinea 21–16

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