Lawn bowls at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Lawn bowls at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Edmonton
Dates	03 August – 12 August 1978
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The lawn bowls competition at the 1978 Commonwealth Games took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 3-12 August 1978.^[1]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hong Kong	2	0	0	2
2	England	1	0	0	1
3	Australia	0	1	0	1
	New Zealand	0	1	0	1
	Scotland	0	1	0	1
6	Wales	0	0	3	3
Totals (6 entries)		3	3	3	9

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	David Bryant	John Snell	John Russell Evans
Men's pairs	Eric Liddell Saco Delgado	Alex McIntosh Willie Wood	Jim Morgan Ray Williams
Men's fours	Philip Chok M B Hassan Jr. Omar Dallah Roberto da Silva	David Baldwin Morgan Moffat John Malcolm Phil Skoglund	Ellis Stanbury Gwyn Evans Ian Sutherland John Thomson

Results

^[2] David Bryant defended his title with a fourth successive Commonwealth Games singles gold medal, the fifth of his medals cache despite not competing in 1966.
Hong Kong win both the Pairs and Fours.

Men's singles – round robin

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	David Bryant	15	13	2	310	172	26
2	John Snell	15	11	4	288	210	22
3	John Russell Evans	15	11	4	286	215	22
4	Kerry Clark	15	10	5	292	205	20
5	David McGill	15	10	5	277	233	20
6	Bruce Matheson	15	9	6	280	238	18
7	George Souza Jr.	15	9	6	269	231	18
8	Arthur McKernan	15	9	6	268	250	18
9	Robert Madden	15	8	8	260	245	16
10	Stan Espie	15	7	8	242	266	14
11	Charlie Woodhard	15	7	8	235	276	14
12	Cyril Turner	15	5	10	220	278	10
13	Ram Harakh	15	5	10	218	279	10
14	Si’imoa Tolova’a	15	4	11	198	296	8
15	Thomas Green	15	2	13	192	289	4
16	Denis Gosden	15	0	15	163	315	0

Men's pairs – round robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Eric Liddell & Saco Delgado	13	10	0	3	291	213	20
2	Alex McIntosh & Willie Wood	13	9	0	4	321	211	18
3	Jim Morgan & Ray Williams	13	9	0	4	304	213	18
4	Bruno Panozzo & Geoff Oakley	13	9	0	4	301	216	18
5	Graham Jarvis & Ronnie Jones	13	9	0	4	296	221	18
6	Ivan Kostanich & Bob McDonald	13	8	1	4	286	239	17
7	Brendan McBrien & John Higgins	13	8	0	5	275	228	16
8	Chris Ward & Jim Ashman	13	7	1	5	259	237	15
9	Robert Balenzuela & William Madden	13	7	0	6	230	256	14
10	Fetalaiga Kirisome & Maurice Fenn	13	3	1	9	198	291	7
11	George Thaggard & Peter Oates	13	3	0	10	217	282	6
12	Harry Smith & Reg Fright	13	2	2	9	217	350	6
13	Derek Pocock & Michael O'Connor	13	2	1	10	181	347	5
14	Edward Davy & Peter Crossan	13	2	0	11	205	277	4

Men's fours – round robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Philip Chok, M B Hassan Jr., Omar Dallah, Roberto da Silva	14	12	0	2	300+	226+	24
2	David Baldwin, Morgan Moffat, John Malcolm, Phil Skoglund	14	11	1	2	333	223	23
3	Ellis Stanbury, Gwyn Evans, Ian Sutherland, John Thomson	14	9	2	3	304	225	20
4	Jimmy Donnelly, Michael Dunlop, William Murray, Willie Watson	14	9	1	4	297+	211+	19
5	Douglas Copland, John Fleming, Dick Bernard, Willie Adrain	14	8	2	4	303	256	18
6	Charlie Burch, Mal Hughes, Bob Robertson, Bill Irish	14	8	1	5	285	218	17
7	Clarence Watkins, Errol Bungey, John Wilson, Philip Bushby	14	7	0	6	272	256	15
8	George Hodkinson, Jeffrey McLean, John Keeling, Thomas Powell	14	7	0	7	275	265	14
9	Clarence Blondel, Cyril Smith, Derek Hurford, Norman Leber	14	6	0	7	254	303	13
10	Clifford De Rungary, High Barnes, Sydney Meredith, Williams Watson	14	5	0	8	232	323	11
11	Robert Henderson, Rolf Meyer, Thomas Menton, Thomas Langton	14	5	0	9	254	263	10
12	Asaili Hughes, Neumi Tabuyaqona, Peter Fong, Peter Underhill	14	4	1	8	251	291	10
13	Barrie McFadden, Burnie Gill, James Morrison, Neal Salkeld	14	4	0	10	249	293	8
14	David Thompson, John Thomas, Ken Thomson, Willem Lorentz	14	3	0	11	206	320	6
15	Ale Sam Ale, Falevi Petana, Lata’a Devoe, Sioane Tapasu Lino	14	1	0	11	208	350	2

+ Missing Hong Kong v N Ireland score

References

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
• Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games

This page was last edited on 28 September 2023, at 19:45