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Lawn bowls
at the 1950 British Empire Games
VenueAuckland
Dates04 February – 11 February 1950
Competitors29 from 5 nations
← 19381954 →

The lawn bowls competition at the 1950 British Empire Games took place in Auckland, New Zealand from 4–11 February 1950.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

Medals for lawn bowls by nation, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 New Zealand*2013
2 South Africa1102
3 Australia0202
4 Fiji0022
Totals (4 entries)3339

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Medallists for lawn bowls by event
Singles New Zealand James Pirret Australia Albert Newton Fiji Lionel Garnett
Pairs New Zealand Phil Exelby
and Robert Henry 		South Africa W. Gibb
and H. J. van Zyl 		Fiji Leslie Brown
and James Poulton
Fours South Africa Alfred Blumberg
Herbert Currer
Harry Atkinson
Norman Snowy Walker 		Australia Charles Cordaiy
James Cobley
John Cobley
Len Knight 		New Zealand Fred Russell
Arthur Engebretsen
Noel Jolly
Pete Skoglund

Results

Men's singles – round robin

Results

Men's singles round robin results
Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2
Round 1 Feb 6 Aus 25 SAf 18 Nzl 25 Fij 20
Round 2 Feb 6 Fij 26 Can 21 N/A
Round 3 Feb 7 Aus 26 Fij 18 Can 26 SAf 19
Round 4 Feb 7 Nzl 25 Can 22 N/A
Round 5 Feb 8 Nzl 26 Aus 16 Fij 26 SAf 17
Round 6 Feb 8 Nzl 25 SAf 10 Aus 25 Can 18
Men's singles round robin ranking
Pos Player P W L F A Pts
1 New Zealand James Pirret Jr. 4 4 0 101 68 8
2 Australia Albert Newton 4 3 1 92 80 6
3 Fiji Lionel Garnett 4 2 2 89 89 4
4 Canada Dr Weston Krupp 4 1 3 87 94 2
5 South Africa G Jacobs 4 0 4 64 102 0

Men's pairs – round robin

Results

Men's pairs round robin results
Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2
Round 1 Feb 6 Nzl 23 SAf 16 Fij 23 Aus 21
Round 2 Feb 7 SAf 15 Fij 14 Nzl 23 Aus 22
Round 3 Feb 8 SAf 19 Aus 17 Nzl 47 Fij 14
Men's pairs round robin ranking
Pos Player P W L F A Pts
1 New Zealand Robert Henry & Phil Exelby 3 3 0 93 42 6
2 South Africa W. Gibb & H. J. van Zyl 3 2 1 50 54 4
3 Fiji Leslie Brown & James Poulton 3 1 2 41 83 2
4 Australia Bert Palm & Robert Lewis 3 0 3 60 65 0

Men's fours – round robin

Results

Men's fours round robin results
Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2
Round 1 Feb 6 Aus 44 Fij 8 Nzl 19 SAf 11
Round 2 Feb 7 Aus 23 Nzl 14 SAf bt Fiji
Round 3 Feb 8 Nzl 41 Fij 6 SAf 25 Aus 15
Men's fours round robin ranking
Pos Player P W L F A Pts
1 South Africa Norman Snowy Walker (skip), Herbert Currer, Harry Atkinson, Alfred Blumberg 3 2 1 50 48 4+
2 Australia James Cobley (skip), John Cobley, Len Knight, Charles Cordaiy 3 2 1 82 46 4
3 New Zealand Pete Skoglund (skip), Noel Jolly, Fred Russell, Arthur Engebretsen 3 2 1 74 40 4
4 Fiji Patrick Costello (skip), Nathaniel Stuart Chalmers, Harold Brockett Gibson, Eric Hastings McIlwain 3 0 3 28 100 0

+ Play Offs
Eliminator - South Africa beat New Zealand 22-17
Final - South Africa beat Australia 23-14

References

  1. "Times Archives". The Times.
  2. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
  3. Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
  4. The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. Lulu.com. 2013. ISBN 9781291576382.

See also

Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games
Sports at the 1950 British Empire Games (Auckland)
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