1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Women's World Outdoor Championships 1973
2nd World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Wellington, New Zealand
Date(s)	03 December - 18 December 1973.
Category	World Bowls Championship
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The 1973 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship ^[1] was held at the Victoria Bowls Club in Wellington, New Zealand, from 3–18 December 1973.
Elsie Wilkie won the singles which was held in a round robin format.
The Pairs was won by Australia whilst the Triples, Fours Gold and Taylor Trophy all went to New Zealand.^[2]

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's Singles	Elsie Wilkie	Mavis Steele	Mary Underwood
Women's Pairs	Lorna Lucas Dot Jenkinson	Mavis Steele Phyl Derrick	Gladys Doyle Betty Glassy
Women's Triples	Irene Foote Noeleen Scott Cis Winstanley	Mary Underwood Joan Vaughan Olive Rowe	C Newbury C Howard M Ramsbotham
Women's Fours	Irene Foote Noeleen Scott Cis Winstanley Verna Devlin	Nancy Colling Eileen Smith Joan Sparkes Phyl Derrick	Joan Vaughan Olive Rowe Dot Jenkinson Lorna Lucas
Women's Team	New Zealand	Australia	England

Results

Women's Singles - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	L	Pts
1	Elsie Wilkie	7	7	0	14
2	Mavis Steele	7	6	1	12
3	Mary Underwood	7	4	2	8
4	Anne Flook	7	3	2	6
5	Maureen Watson	7	2	5	4
6	Sadie Little	7	2	5	4
7	Gladys Doyle	7	2	5	4
8	Muriel Pat Boehm	7	2	5	4

Women's Pairs - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Lorna Lucas & Dot Jenkinson	7	6	0	1	12
2	Mavis Steele & Phyl Derrick	7	6	0	1	12
3	Gladys Doyle & Betty Glassy	7	4	1	2	9
4	Elsie Wilkie & Verna Devlin	7	4	0	3	8
5	Sadie Little & Jean Hayes	7	3	1	3	7
6	Maureen Watson & T Hughes	7	3	0	4	6
7	Anne Flook & O Parker	7	1	0	6	2
8	Dorothy Mumma & Muriel Pat Boehm	7	0	0	7	0

Women's Triples - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Irene Foote, Noeleen Scott, Cis Winstanley	7	6	0	1	12
2	Mary Underwood, Joan Vaughan, Olive Rowe	7	5	0	2	10
3	C Newbury, C Howard, M Ramsbotham	7	5	0	2	10
4	Nancy Colling, E Smith, Joan Sparkes	7	4	1	2	9
5	B Service, Pageen Barker, Betty Ewen	7	3	1	3	7
6	A Patton, R Wilson, M Ross	7	2	1	4	5
7	A Wright, L Browne, R Forster	7	1	1	5	3
8	I Todd, M Pollard, D Weeks	7	0	0	7	0

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Women's Fours - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Irene Foote, Noeleen Scott, Cis Winstanley & Verna Devlin	7	6	0	1	12
2	Nancy Colling, Eileen Smith, Joan Sparkes & Phyl Derrick	7	5	1	1	11
3	Joan Vaughan, Olive Rowe, Dot Jenkinson & Lorna Lucas	7	5	1	2	11
4	A Patton, R Wilson, M Ross, Jean Hayes	7	3	0	4	6
5	T Hughes, A Wright, L Browne, R Forster	7	3	0	4	6
6	C Newbury, C Howard, M Ramsbotham, B Glassey	7	3	0	4	6
7	B Service, Pageen Barker, Betty Ewen, Dorothy Mumma	7	2	0	5	4
8	O Parker, I Todd, M Pollard, D Weeks	7	0	0	7	0

Taylor Trophy

Pos	Player	Singles	Pairs	Triples	Fours	Total
1	New Zealand	4	1	4	4	13
2	Australia	2	4	3	1	11
3	England	3	3	1	2	9
4	Papua New Guinea	0	2	2	0	4
5	Ireland	0	0	0	1	1
6	Canada	1	0	0	0	1

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