Lawn bowls at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

The lawn bowls competition at the 1978 Commonwealth Games took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 3-12 August 1978.[1]

Lawn bowls
at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
VenueEdmonton
Dates03 August – 12 August 1978
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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Hong Kong2002
2  England1001
3  Australia0101
  New Zealand0101
  Scotland0101
6  Wales0033
Totals (6 entries)3339

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles  
David Bryant
 
John Snell
 
John Russell Evans
Men's pairs  
Eric Liddell
Saco Delgado
 
Alex McIntosh
Willie Wood
 
Jim Morgan
Ray Williams
Men's fours  
Philip Chok
M B Hassan Jr.
Omar Dallah
Roberto da Silva
 
David Baldwin
Morgan Moffat
John Malcolm
Phil Skoglund
 
Ellis Stanbury
Gwyn Evans
Ian Sutherland
John Thomson

Results

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[2] David Bryant defended his title with a fourth successive Commonwealth Games singles gold medal, the fifth of his medals cache despite not competing in 1966.
Hong Kong win both the Pairs and Fours.

Men's singles – round robin

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Pos Player P W L F A Pts
1   David Bryant 15 13 2 310 172 26
2   John Snell 15 11 4 288 210 22
3   John Russell Evans 15 11 4 286 215 22
4   Kerry Clark 15 10 5 292 205 20
5   David McGill 15 10 5 277 233 20
6   Bruce Matheson 15 9 6 280 238 18
7   George Souza Jr. 15 9 6 269 231 18
8   Arthur McKernan 15 9 6 268 250 18
9   Robert Madden 15 8 8 260 245 16
10   Stan Espie 15 7 8 242 266 14
11   Charlie Woodhard 15 7 8 235 276 14
12   Cyril Turner 15 5 10 220 278 10
13   Ram Harakh 15 5 10 218 279 10
14   Si’imoa Tolova’a 15 4 11 198 296 8
15   Thomas Green 15 2 13 192 289 4
16   Denis Gosden 15 0 15 163 315 0

Men's pairs – round robin

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Pos Player P W D L F A Pts
1   Eric Liddell & Saco Delgado 13 10 0 3 291 213 20
2   Alex McIntosh & Willie Wood 13 9 0 4 321 211 18
3   Jim Morgan & Ray Williams 13 9 0 4 304 213 18
4   Bruno Panozzo & Geoff Oakley 13 9 0 4 301 216 18
5   Graham Jarvis & Ronnie Jones 13 9 0 4 296 221 18
6   Ivan Kostanich & Bob McDonald 13 8 1 4 286 239 17
7   Brendan McBrien & John Higgins 13 8 0 5 275 228 16
8   Chris Ward & Jim Ashman 13 7 1 5 259 237 15
9   Robert Balenzuela & William Madden 13 7 0 6 230 256 14
10   Fetalaiga Kirisome & Maurice Fenn 13 3 1 9 198 291 7
11   George Thaggard & Peter Oates 13 3 0 10 217 282 6
12   Harry Smith & Reg Fright 13 2 2 9 217 350 6
13   Derek Pocock & Michael O'Connor 13 2 1 10 181 347 5
14   Edward Davy & Peter Crossan 13 2 0 11 205 277 4

Men's fours – round robin

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Pos Player P W D L F A Pts
1   Philip Chok, M B Hassan Jr., Omar Dallah, Roberto da Silva 14 12 0 2 300+ 226+ 24
2   David Baldwin, Morgan Moffat, John Malcolm, Phil Skoglund 14 11 1 2 333 223 23
3   Ellis Stanbury, Gwyn Evans, Ian Sutherland, John Thomson 14 9 2 3 304 225 20
4   Jimmy Donnelly, Michael Dunlop, William Murray, Willie Watson 14 9 1 4 297+ 211+ 19
5   Douglas Copland, John Fleming, Dick Bernard, Willie Adrain 14 8 2 4 303 256 18
6   Charlie Burch, Mal Hughes, Bob Robertson, Bill Irish 14 8 1 5 285 218 17
7   Clarence Watkins, Errol Bungey, John Wilson, Philip Bushby 14 7 0 6 272 256 15
8   George Hodkinson, Jeffrey McLean, John Keeling, Thomas Powell 14 7 0 7 275 265 14
9   Clarence Blondel, Cyril Smith, Derek Hurford, Norman Leber 14 6 0 7 254 303 13
10   Clifford De Rungary, High Barnes, Sydney Meredith, Williams Watson 14 5 0 8 232 323 11
11   Robert Henderson, Rolf Meyer, Thomas Menton, Thomas Langton 14 5 0 9 254 263 10
12   Asaili Hughes, Neumi Tabuyaqona, Peter Fong, Peter Underhill 14 4 1 8 251 291 10
13   Barrie McFadden, Burnie Gill, James Morrison, Neal Salkeld 14 4 0 10 249 293 8
14   David Thompson, John Thomas, Ken Thomson, Willem Lorentz 14 3 0 11 206 320 6
15   Ale Sam Ale, Falevi Petana, Lata’a Devoe, Sioane Tapasu Lino 14 1 0 11 208 350 2

+ Missing Hong Kong v N Ireland score

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives". The Times.
  2. ^ The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. Lulu.com. 2013. ISBN 9781291576382.

See also

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