Lawn bowls at the 1950 British Empire Games

The lawn bowls competition at the 1950 British Empire Games took place in Auckland, New Zealand from 4 February until 11 February 1950.[1] [2] [3]

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

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

Results

[4]

Men's Singles - Round Robin

Results
Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2
Round 1Feb 6Aus 25 SAf 18Nzl 25 Fij 20
Round 2Feb 6Fij 26 Can 21
Round 3Feb 7Aus 26 Fij 18Can 26 SAf 19
Round 4Feb 7Nzl 25 Can 22
Round 5Feb 8Nzl 26 Aus 16Fij 26 SAf 17
Round 6Feb 8Nzl 25 SAf 10Aus 25 Can 18
Pos Player P W L F A Pts
1 James Pirret Jr.440101688
2 Albert Newton43192806
3 Lionel Garnett42289894
4 Dr Weston Krupp41387942
5 G Jacobs404641020

Men's Pairs - Round Robin

Results
Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2
Round 1Feb 6Nzl 23 SAf 16Fij 23 Aus 21
Round 2Feb 7SAf 15 Fij 14Nzl 23 Aus 22
Round 3Feb 8SAf 19 Aus 17Nzl 47 Fij 14
Pos Player P W L F A Pts
1 Robert Henry & Phil Exelby33093426
2 W. Gibb & H. J. van Zyl32150544
3 Leslie Brown & James Poulton31241832
4 Bert Palm & Robert Lewis30360650

Men's Fours - Round Robin

Results
Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2
Round 1Feb 6Aus 44 Fij 8Nzl 19 SAf 11
Round 2Feb 7Aus 23 Nzl 14SAf bt Fiji
Round 3Feb 8Nzl 41 Fij 6SAf 25 Aus 15
Pos Player P W L F A Pts
1 Norman Snowy Walker (skip), Herbert Currer, Harry Atkinson, Alfred Blumberg32150484+
2 James Cobley (skip), John Cobley, Len Knight, Charles Cordaiy32182464
3 Pete Skoglund (skip), Noel Jolly, Fred Russell, Arthur Engebretsen32174404
4 Patrick Costello (skip), Nathaniel Stuart Chalmers, Harold Brockett Gibson, Eric Hastings McIlwain303281000

+ 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". Google Books.

See also
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