Lawn bowls at the 1954 British Empire & Commonwealth Games

Lawn bowls at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Vancouver
Dates	30 July – 07 August 1954
Competitors	61 from 11 nations

The lawn bowls competition at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 30 July until 7 August 1954.^[1] The host clubs were the West Point Grey Lawn Bowling Club of Vancouver and the New Westminster Bowling Club of New Westminster.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	1	0	1	2
	Southern Rhodesia	1	0	1	2
3	Northern Ireland	1	0	0	1
4	Canada*	0	1	0	1
	Hong Kong	0	1	0	1
	New Zealand	0	1	0	1
7	Scotland	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		3	3	3	9

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Ralph Hodges	James Pirret Jr.	Arthur Saunders
Men's pairs	William Rosbotham Percy Watson	Sam Gardiner Dick Williams	George Budge John Carswell
Men's Fours	Frank Mitchell George Wilson John Anderson Wilfred Randall	Alfred Coates Jose da Luz Raoul da Luz Robert Gourlay	Alan Bradley Alex Pascoe Fred Hockin Ronnie Turner

Results

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Men's singles – round robin

Results

Round	Tie 1	Tie 2	Tie 3	Tie 4	Tie 5
Round 1	Aus 11 SAf 21	NRho bt Can	Hkg bt Eng	Nzl bt Wal	SRho bt Sco
Round 2	Aus bt Eng	SRho bt Can	Nzl bt Hkg	NRho 21 SAf 12	Wal bt Sco
Round 3	Aus 21 Nzl 20	Can 12 Sco 23	Eng 18 SRho 21	Hkg 15 NRho 21	SAf 11 Wal 21
Round 4	Aus 21 Hkg 4	Can 21 Wal 14	Eng 15 NRho 21	Nzl 21 Sco 7	SAf 21 SRho 14
Round 5	Aus 21 Sco 12	Can 21 Hkg 12	Eng 18 SAf 21	Nzl 17 SRho 21	NRho 19 Wal 21
Round 6	Aus 20 SRho 21	Can 20 SAf 21	Eng 13 Sco 21	Hkg 20 Wal 21	Nzl 14 NRho 21
Round 7	Aus 19 Can 21	Eng 8 Nzl 21	Hkg 10 SAf 21	NRho 16 Sco 21	SRho 21 Wal 20
Round 8	Aus 21 NRho 18	Can 8 Nzl 21	Eng 20 Wal 21	Hkg 15 SRho 21	SAf 21 Sco 14
Round 9	Aus 11 Wal 21	Can 21 Eng 7	Hkg 21 Sco 11	Nzl 21 SAf 8	NRho 15 SRho 21

Pos	Player	P	W	L	Pts
1	Ralph Hodges	9	8	1	16
2	James Pirret Jr.	9	6	3	12
3	Arthur Saunders	9	6	3	12
4	Jack Fairburn	9	5	4	10
5	Alfred Thomas	9	5	4	10
6	Glyn Bosisto	9	5	4	10
7	John Linford	9	4	5	8
8	Robert Laing	9	3	6	6
9	Jose da Luz	9	2	7	4
10	Stanley Lee	9	1	8	2

Men's pairs – round robin

Results

Round	Tie 1	Tie 2	Tie 3	Tie 4	Tie 5
Round 1	Aus 27 SAf 14	Can 23 NRho 14	Hkg by Eng	NIre 29 Nzl 12	SRho bt Sco
Round 2	Aus 21 Eng 20	Can 17 SRho 15	Nzl bt Hkg	NIre 20 Sco 12	SAf bt NRho
Round 3	Aus 21 Nzl 19	Can 14 Sco 19	Eng 19 SRho 29	Hkg 16 NRho 18	NIre 24 SAf 21
Round 4	Aus 17 Hkg 22	Can 18 NIre 18	Eng 21 NRho 16	Nzl 20 Sco 21	SAf 25 SRho 21
Round 5	Aus 12 Sco 27	Can 13 Hkg 23	Eng 14 SAf 29	NIre 16 NRho 18	Nzl 17 SRho 28
Round 6	Aus 28 S Rho 22	Can 24 SAf 13	Eng 13 Sco 22	Hkg 16 NIre 26	Nzl 21 NRho 18
Round 7	Aus 15 Can 24	Eng 20 Nzl 21	Hkg 19 SAf 23	NIre 18 SRho 13	NRho 16 Sco 20
Round 8	Aus 18 NRho 20	Can 27 Nzl 13	Eng 17 NIre 23	Hkg 20 SRho 17	SAf 19 Sco 20
Round 9	Aus 12 NIre 26	Can 19 Eng 16	Hkg 27 Sco 15	Nzl 25 SAf 22	NRho 26 SRho 12

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	William Rosbotham & Percy Watson	9	7	1	1	15
2	Sam Gardiner & Dick Williams	9	6	1	2	13
3	George Budge & John Carswell	9	6	0	3	12
4	Eric Liddell & Raoul da Luz	9	5	0	4	10
5	Harry Barker & William Stead	9	4	0	5	8
6	James Rae & John Milligan	9	4	0	5	8
7	John Bird & David Long	9	4	0	5	8
8	Arthur Snaddon & Eliphalet ‘Lifey’ Ravenwood	9	4	0	5	8
9	Alan Bradley & Ronnie Turner	9	3	0	6	6
10	Edwin Bateman & Tom Stewart	9	1	0	8	2

Men's Fours - Round Robin

Results

Round	Tie 1	Tie 2	Tie 3	Tie 4	Tie 5
Round 1	Aus 22 SAf 22	Can 13 NRho 29	Eng 20 Hkg 26	Nzl 18 Wal 24	Sco 10 SRho 35
Round 2	Aus 21 Eng 13	Can 20 SRho 24	Hkg 26 Nzl 20	NRho 12 SAf 22	Sco 18 Wal 14
Round 3	Aus 14 Nzl 30	Can 28 Sco 13	Eng 20 SRho 13	Hkg 22 NRho 16	SAf 23 Wal 10
Round 4	Aus 20 Hkg 26	Can 25 Wal 20	Eng 21 NRho 25	Nzl 14 Sco 26	SAf 21 SRho 14
Round 5	Aus 31 Sco 14	Can 14 Hkg 20	Eng 19 SAf 20	Nzl 11 SRho 26	NRho 22 Wal 10
Round 6	Aus 20 SRho 19	Can 12 SAf 29	Eng 23 Sco 6	Hkg 20 Wal 19	Nzl 26 NRho 20
Round 7	Aus 25 Can 16	Eng 20 Nzl 20	Hkg 18 SAf 21	NRho 20 Sco 11	SRho 38 Wal 12
Round 8	Aus 21 NRho 21	Can 18 Nzl 29	Eng 12 Wal 19	Hkg 17 SRho 24	Sco 18 SAf 21
Round 9	Aus 19 Wal 19	Can 18 Eng 17	Hkg 34 Sco 11	Nzl 14 SAf 26	NRho 16 SRho 20

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Frank Mitchell, George Wilson, John Anderson, Wilfred Randall	9	8	1	0	17
2	Alfred Coates, Jose da Luz, Raoul da Luz, Robert Gourlay	9	7	0	2	14
3	Alan Bradley, Alex Pascoe, Fred Hockin, Ronnie Turner	9	6	0	3	12
4	Charles Beck, Elgar Collins, Neville Green, Walter Maling	9	4	3	2	11
5	James Rae, John Milligan, Samuel Goatley, William Hynd	9	4	1	4	9
6	Arthur Webster, Arthur Connew, Pete Skoglund, William Freeth	9	3	1	5	7
7	Edward Brown, George Mackintosh, Harold Jenkins, Billy Calder	9	3	0	6	6
8	James Carr, John Coles, Stanley Lee, William Parker	9	2	1	6	5
9	Alfred Thomas, Ivor Thomas, Obediah Hopkins, Robert Devonald	9	2	1	6	5
10	Finlay McIver, George Budge, Herbert Morton, John Carswell	9	2	0	7	4

References

1. "Times Archives". The Times.
2. "British Empire Games Results (31 Jul, page 8)". The Montreal Gazette.
3. "British Empire Games Results (2 Aug, page 16)". Vancouver Sun.
4. "British Empire Games Results (3 Aug, page 17)". Vancouver Sun.
5. "British Empire Games Results (4 Aug, page 18)". Vancouver Sun.
6. "British Empire Games Results (5 Aug, page 14)". Vancouver Sun.
7. "British Empire Games Results (6 Aug, page 23)". Vancouver Sun.
8. "British Empire Games Results (7 Aug, page 19)". Vancouver Sun.
9. The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. 2013. ISBN 9781291576382.
10. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
• Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games