1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Women's World Outdoor Championships 1973
	2nd Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Wellington, New Zealand
Date(s)	03 December - 18 December 1973.
Category	World Bowls Championship
← 1972	1976 →

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][3][4][5][6]

Medallists

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

Results

Women's Singles - Round Robin

Round	Tie 1	Tie 2	Tie 3	Tie 4
Round 1	Nzl 22 Eng 13	Can 23 Fij 16	Aus 22 USA 3	Ire 23 PNG 18
Round 2	Nzl 21 Can 15	PNG 21 Aus 17	Eng 21 Fij 3	Ire 21 USA 19
Round 3	Nzl 21 Ire 4	Eng 21 Can 15	Aus 21 Fij 14	USA 21 PNG 10
Round 4	Nzl 21 Aus 20	Can 21 PNG 15	Fij 21 Ire 13	Eng 21 USA 3
Round 5	Nzl 21 USA 17	Can 21 Ire 20	Eng 21 Aus 17	PNG 21 Fij 5
Round 6	Nzl 21 Fij 12	USA 21 Can 17	Aus 21 Ire 13	Eng 21 PNG 17
Round 7	Aus 21 Can 12	Nzl 21 PNG 18	Fij 21 USA 15	Eng 22 Ire 6

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

Round	Tie 1	Tie 2	Tie 3	Tie 4
Round 1	Aus 24 USA 14	PNG 20 Ire 20	Fij 21 Can 18	Eng 22 Nzl 20
Round 2	Aus bt PNG	Eng bt Can	Ire bt USA	Nzl bt Fij
Round 3	Eng 22 Fij 11	Ire 31 Can 16	Aus 27 Nzl 13	PNG 25 USA 14
Round 4	Aus 40 Can 6	Nzl 35 Ire 14	Eng 23 PNG 10	Fij 18 USA 15
Round 5	Aus 31 Fij 16	PNG 23 Nzl 21	Can 31 USA 10	Ire 22 Eng 20
Round 6	Aus 30 Ire 10	PNG 26 Fij 17	Nzl 26 Can 6	Eng 21 USA 12
Round 7	Eng 21 Aus 14	Fij 26 Ire 17	PNG 23 Can 13	Nzl 35 USA 10

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Lorna Lucas & Dot Jenkinson	7	6	0	1	12
2	Mavis Steele & Phyllis Derrick	7	6	0	1	12
3	Gladys Doyle & Betty Glassey	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 & Olive Parker	7	1	0	6	2
8	Dorothy Mumma & Muriel Pat Boehm	7	0	0	7	0

Women's Triples - Round Robin

Round	Tie 1	Tie 2	Tie 3	Tie 4
Round 1	Aus 15 USA 19	PNG 21 Ire 14	Fij 25 Can 19	Eng 18 Nzl 19
Round 2	Nzl bt Fij	Aus bt PNG	Eng bt Can	Ire bt USA
Round 3	Ire 31 Can 19	PNG 44 USA 11	Nzl 17 Aus 13	Eng 30 Fij 11
Round 4	Aus 26 Can 13	USA 29 Fij 14	Nzl 22 Ire 18	Eng 25 PNG 20
Round 5	Aus 20 Fij 17	PNG 26 Nzl 9	USA 26 Can 18	Eng 18 Ire 8
Round 6	Aus 20 Ire 19	PNG 37 Fij 11	Nzl 45 Can 5	Eng 24 USA 20
Round 7	Eng 16 Aus 22	Fij 17 Ire 17	PNG 20 Can 15	Nzl 24 USA 15

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	Con Newbury, Olive Howard, Margaret Ramsbotham	7	5	0	2	10
4	Nancie Colling, Eileen 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, Mary Pollard, Dorothy Weeks	7	0	0	7	0

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Women's Fours - Round Robin

Round	Tie 1	Tie 2	Tie 3	Tie 4
Round 1	Nzl 21 Eng 15	Aus 31 USA 12	Fij 22 Can 14	Ire 22 PNG 12
Round 2	Nzl 31 Can 9	Aus 33 PNG 15	Eng 26 Fij 10	Ire 23 USA 16
Round 3	Nzl 38 Ire 18	Eng 38 Can 16	Fij 26 Aus 14	PNG 24 USA 9
Round 4	Aus 24 Nzl 18	Fij 21 Ire 19	Can 21 PNG 24	Eng 23 USA 18
Round 5	Fij 15 PNG 26	Nzl 21 USA 9	Ire 29 Can 14	Aus 19 Eng 19
Round 6	Nzl 31 Fij 10	USA 29 Can 22	Aus 18 Ire 16	Eng 21 PNG 17
Round 7	Aus 33 Can 10	Nzl 17 PNG 16	USA 22 Fij 17	Eng 16 Ire 15

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Irene Foote, Noeleen Scott, Cis Winstanley & Verna Devlin	7	6	0	1	12
2	Nancie Colling, Eileen Smith, Joan Sparkes & Phyllis Derrick	7	5	1	1	11
3	Joan Vaughan, Olive Rowe, Dot Jenkinson & Lorna Lucas	7	5	1	1	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	Con Newbury, Olive Howard, Margaret Ramsbotham, Betty Glassey	7	3	0	4	6
7	B Service, Pageen Barker, Betty Ewen, Dorothy Mumma	7	2	0	5	4
8	Olive Parker, I Todd, Mary Pollard, Dorothy 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

References

Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
"1973 Sports Results". The Age.
"Elsie Wilkie World Champ". The Age.
"Bowls win on Last end". The Age.
"NZ triple fancies; Australian pair beaten". The Age.
""Sports in Brief." Times, 5 Dec. 1973, p. 9". Times Digital Archives.

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

[2] "1973 Sports Results". The Age.

[3] "Elsie Wilkie World Champ". The Age.

[4] "Bowls win on Last end". The Age.

[5] "NZ triple fancies; Australian pair beaten". The Age.

[6] ""Sports in Brief." Times, 5 Dec. 1973, p. 9". Times Digital Archives.