1966 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Men's World Outdoor Championships 1966
	1st World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Kyeemagh, New South Wales
Date(s)	10–23 October 1966.
Category	World Bowls Championship
	1972 →

The 1966 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship ^[1] was held at Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia, from 10–23 October 1966.
David Bryant won the singles which was held in a round robin format.^[2]
The pairs and triples gold went to Australia which helped them win the overall team competition called the WM Leonard Cup. The fours gold was claimed by New Zealand.^[3]^[4]

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Singles	David Bryant	John Hershaw	Roy Fulton
Men's Pairs	Geoff Kelly Bert Palm	Tommy Press Norman Snowy Walker	Cedric Smith David Bryant
Men's Triples	Don Collins Athol Johnson John Dobbie	Sandy Houston Karl Beacom John Henderson	Kelvin Lightfoot Tommy Harvey Leon Kessel
Men's Fours	Norm Lash Ron Buchan Gordon Jolly Bill O'Neill	Don Collins Athol Johnson John Dobbie Bert Palm	Willie Adrain Willie Dyet Bert Thomson Harry Reston
Men's Team	Australia	Scotland	England

Results

Men's Singles - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	David Bryant	15	14	1	312	196	28
2	John Hershaw	15	11	4	308	245	22
3	Roy Fulton	15	11	4	288	231	22
4	Maldwyn Evans	15	10	5	293	225	20
5	Norman Snowy Walker	15	10	5	282	243	20
6	Arthur Hartley	15	10	5	282	257	20
7	Bill Jackson	15	9	6	274	233	18
8	Geoff Kelly	15	9	6	270	236	18
9	Phil Skoglund	15	8	7	273	260	16
10	Harry Lakin	15	6	9	236	287	12
11	Augusto Pereira	15	4	11	248	295	8
12	Cliff de Rungary	15	4	11	235	285	8
13	Graham Bewhay	15	4	11	210	295	8
14	Len Smales	15	4	11	208	286	8
15	Jack Spears	15	3	12	232	295	6
16	Sandy Houston	15	3	12	215	297	6

Men's Pairs - Round Robin

Section A

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Cedric Smith & David Bryant	7	6	1	173	87	12
2	Ron Buchan & Phil Skoglund	7	6	1	168	99	12
3	Ray Reidel & Joe Dorsch	7	5	2	164	116	10
4	Ezra Wyeth & Arthur Hartley	7	5	2	135	126	10
5	Joe McPartland & Patrick McGuirk	7	3	4	119	135	6
6	Dennis Coombes & Cliff de Rungary	7	1	6	117	150	2
7	Graham Bewhay & Cyril Cracknell	7	1	6	102	182	2
8	Harry Lakin & Jack Patterson	7	1	6	95	178	2

Section B

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Geoff Knott & Bill Jackson	7	6	0	1	146	114	12
2	Tommy Press & Norman Snowy Walker	7	5	0	2	148	121	10
3	John Hershaw & Willie Adrain	7	4	1	2	148	138	9
4	Geoff Kelly & Bert Palm	7	3	0	4	155	127	8
5	Len Smales & Gordon Maxwell	7	3	0	4	142	137	6
6	Brian Maund & Evan Aeron John	7	3	0	4	119	145	6
7	Eric Liddell & Augusto Pereira	7	2	1	4	135	128	5
8	Barry Welsh & Jack Spears	7	0	0	7	102	185	0

Final Round

Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Australia	4	3	1	90	81	6+
2	South Africa	4	3	1	85	72	6
3	England	4	3	1	77	73	6
4	Scotland	4	2	2	71	65	4
5	Rhodesia	4	2	2	67	60	4
6	United States	4	1	3	72	84	2
7	New Zealand	4	1	3	68	76	2
8	Canada	4	1	3	62	80	2

+ Position decided on (Shots For) if points are tied.

Men's Triples - Round Robin

Section A

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Kelvin Lightfoot, Tommy Harvey & Leon Kessel	7	7	0	203	87	14
2	John Dobbie, Don Collins & Athol Johnson	7	5	2	172	120	10
3	Robert Stenhouse, Tom Brown & Derek Cooper	7	5	2	148	134	10
4	Sandy Houston, Karl Beacom & John Henderson	7	4	3	137	143	8
5	Maldwyn Evans, John Thomas & John Thompson	7	3	4	157	129	6
6	Alan Ramsbocham, Wally Jackson & Eric Carburn	7	3	4	129	162	6
7	Jock Noble, Peter Oates & Max Bay	7	1	6	113	192	2
8	Harold Lines, Arthur Crossley & Harold Tunwell	7	0	7	109	201	0

Section B

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Harold Esch, Ron Veitch & Jim Candelet	7	5	1	1	154	112	11
2	Cappie Royston, Edgar Morris & Ronnie Turner	7	5	0	2	160	130	10
3	Norm Lash, Gordon Jolly & Bill O'Neill	7	5	0	2	159	120	10
4	Harry Reston, Willie Dyet & Bert Thomson	7	3	2	2	146	125	8
5	Alastair Davidson, Alexander Sandy Ross & Albert Hall	7	4	0	3	133	140	8
6	Eduardo Remedios, Abdul Kitchell & Ronald Girard	7	2	0	5	137	164	4
7	Charlie Taylor, Cecil Beck & Roy Fulton	7	1	1	5	120	139	3
8	Malvin Katzler, Laurie Lawrence & Harry Smith	7	1	0	6	86	165	2

Final Round

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	119	61	8
2	Canada	4	2	1	1	99	71	5
3	South Africa	4	2	0	2	87	78	4
4	New Zealand	4	2	0	2	78	89	4
5	England	4	2	0	2	65	83	4
6	United States	4	1	1	2	92	92	3
7	Scotland	4	1	0	3	62	97	2
8	Rhodesia	4	1	0	3	61	92	2

Men's Fours - Round Robin

Section A

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Ray Reidel, Joe Dorsch, John Henderson & Karl Beacom	7	6	1	165	92	12
2	Kelvin Lightfoot, Tommy Harvey, Tommy Press, Leon Kessel	7	5	2	160	103	10
3	Norm Lash, Ron Buchan, Gordon Jolly & Bill O'Neill	7	5	2	154	115	10
4	Evan Aeron John, Brian Maund, John Thomas & John Thompson	7	4	3	154	115	8
5	Alan Ramsbocham, Barry Welsh, Wally Jackson & Eric Carburn	7	3	4	121	176	6
6	Charlie Taylor, Cecil Beck, Joe McPartland & Patrick McGuirk	7	2	5	148	125	4
7	Malvin Katzler, Laurie Lawrence, Dennis Coombes & Harry Smith	7	2	5	119	170	4
8	Harold Lines, Arthur Crossley, Harold Tunwell & Cyril Cracknell	7	1	6	70	195	2

Section B

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Willie Adrain, Willie Dyet, Bert Thomson & Harry Reston	7	6	0	1	166	102	12
2	Don Collins, Athol Johnson, John Dobbie & Bert Palm	7	5	0	2	156	119	10
3	Robert Stenhouse, Tom Brown, Derek Cooper & Cedric Smith	7	4	2	1	153	119	10
4	Harold Esch, Ron Veitch, Ezra Wyeth & Jim Candelet	7	5	0	2	145	114	10
5	Alastair Davidson, Jack Patterson, Alexander 'Sandy' Ross & Albert Hall	7	3	0	4	109	149	6
6	Eduardo Remedios, Abdul Kitchell, Ronald Girard & Eric Liddell	7	2	1	4	117	145	5
7	Eddie White, Cappie Royston, Edgar Morris & Geoff Knott	7	1	0	6	116	143	2
8	Jock Noble, Peter Oates, Max Bay & Gordon Maxwell	7	0	1	6	101	172	1

Final Round

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	New Zealand	4	3	1	0	93	71	7
2	Australia	4	3	0	1	103	69	6
3	Scotland	4	2	2	0	93	79	6
4	Canada	4	2	0	2	76	87	4
5	United States	4	2	0	2	68	81	4
6	Wales	4	1	1	2	71	96	3
7	South Africa	4	0	1	3	82	89	1
8	England	4	0	1	3	79	93	1

W.M.Leonard Trophy

The scoring for the overall team title was four points for the winner of an event, three points for the runner-up, two points for third place and one point for fourth place.^[5]

Pos	Team	Singles	Pairs	Triples	Fours	Total
1	Australia	0	4	4	3	11
2	Scotland	3	1	0	2	6
3	England	4	2	0	0	6
4	South Africa	0	3	2	0	5
5	New Zealand	0	0	1	4	5
6	Canada	0	0	3	1	4
7	Ireland	2	0	0	0	2
8	Wales	1	0	0	0	1

References

↑ "1966 World Championships". Google Newspaper Archives.
↑ ""Title goes to Bryant." Times [London, England] 24 Oct. 1966". The Times Digital Archive.
↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
↑ ""Australia's Titles." Times [London, England] 17 Oct. 1966". The Times Digital Archive.
↑ Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.

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[1] "1966 World Championships". Google Newspaper Archives.

[2] ""Title goes to Bryant." Times [London, England] 24 Oct. 1966". The Times Digital Archive.

[3] Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.

[4] ""Australia's Titles." Times [London, England] 17 Oct. 1966". The Times Digital Archive.

[5] Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.