Lawn bowls at the 1930 British Empire Games
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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]
Lawn bowls at the 1930 British Empire Games | |
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Venue | Gage Park, Hamilton, Ontario |
Dates | 16–23 August 1930 |
Medal table
edit* Host nation (Canada)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Canada* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Medal summary
editEvent | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Singles | Robert Colquhoun | James Thoms | William Fielding |
Pairs | Tommy Hills and George Wright |
William Fielding and Peter McWhannell |
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
edit(*) 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
editResults
editPlayer 1 | Player 2 | Score |
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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 |
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1 | Robert Colquhoun | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
2 | James Thoms | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
3 | William Fielding | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
4 | Arthur Reid | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Men's pairs – round robin
editResults
editPlayer 1 | Player 2 | Score |
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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 |
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1 | Tommy Hills & George Wright | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
2 | William Fielding & Peter McWhannell | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Wilt Moore & Arthur Reid | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
4 | Edmund Hall & Constantine Giovanetti | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Men's rinks (fours) – round robin
editResults
editPlayer 1 | Player 2 | Score |
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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 |
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1 | Ernie Gudgeon, James Edney, James Frith, Albert Hough | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Harry Allen, Jimmy Campbell, Mitch Thomas, Billy Rae | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
3 | David Fraser, John Orr, Tom Chambers(*), William Campbell | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
4 | John Armstrong, J N Brooks, John Southern, E H Walters | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
5 | William Fielding, Peter McWhannell, Edward Leach, Harold Frost | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
References
edit- ^ ""Bowls." Times, 30 June 1930, p. 7". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 30 June 1930. p. 7.
- ^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
- ^ "Notes by Toucher". Coatbridge Leader. 16 August 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 6 May 2021 – via The British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "George W. Ferguson and Scotland's 1930 British Empire Games Team". Sports Heritage. 28 May 2014.
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Bowls. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.