Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Lawn bowls
at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Lawn bowls ; at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Woolston Working Men's Club
Location	Christchurch, New Zealand
Dates	24 January – 2 February 1974

Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was the ninth appearance of the Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games.^[1] Competition at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games took place in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January until 2 February 1974.^[2]

The events were held at the 2,000 seating capacity Woolston Working Men's Club, where three greens consisting of Cotula weed provided the playing surface.^[3]^[4] The pavilion had been recently refurbished.^[5]

David Bryant won his third successive Commonwealth Games singles gold medal, with a medals cache of four golds although not competing in 1966. Host country New Zealand won the fours (their seventh gold medal since the start of the games in 1930).

Medal table

* Host nation (New Zealand)

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	David Bryant	Clive White	Willie Wood
Men's pairs	Jack Christie Alex McIntosh	John Evans Peter Line	Bob McDonald Phil Skoglund
Men's fours	Kerry Clark David Baldwin John 'Jack' Somerville Gordon Jolly	Robert King Errol Bungey Errol Stewart Keith Poole	John Marshall Morgan Moffat Bill Scott John McRae

Results

^[6]

Men's singles – round robin

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	David Bryant	13	11	2	267	147	22
2	Clive White	13	10	3	269	197	20
3	Willie Wood	13	9	4	257	191	18
4	Percy Jones	13	9	4	260	215	18
5	Maldwyn Evans	13	9	4	232	213	18
6	Denis Gosden	13	7	6	212	212	14
7	Roy Fulton	13	6	7	220	210	12
8	Omar Dallah	13	6	7	232	251	12
9	Harry Lakin	13	6	7	213	239	12
10	Sydney Snowsil	13	6	7	209	266	10
11	Roy De Feu	13	4	9	200	241	8
12	Neal Salkeld	13	3	10	195	262	6
13	James S Williams	13	3	10	201	259	6
14	Oswald Dent	13	3	10	180	264	6

Men's pairs – round robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Jack Christie & Alex McIntosh	13	11	1	1	294	202	23
2	John Evans & Peter Line	13	11	0	2	366	185	22
3	Bob McDonald & Phil Skoglund	13	10	1	2	297	201	21
4	Jock Thompson & Ellis Stanbury	13	9	1	3	296	228	19
5	Sean Patton & Peter Underhill	13	9	1	3	299	238	19
6	Peter Rheuben & John Dobbie	13	8	0	5	323	214	16
7	Gary Forbes & Alan Ramsbocham	13	5	0	8	297	252	10
8	Billy Pimley & Billy Tate	13	5	0	8	243	264	10
9	Saco Delgado & Eric Liddell	13	5	0	8	231	285	10
10	Ioapo Iosia & John Suhren	13	4	0	9	181	358	8
11	Peter Cross & Alexander 'Sandy' Ross	13	3	0	10	235	289	6
12	Harry Smith & Reuben Rose	13	3	0	10	227	285	6
13	Donald Ingrouille & Cyril Smith	13	3	0	10	173	364	6
14	James Macauley & Edward Franklin	13	2	0	11	188	353	4

Men's fours – round robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Kerry Clark, David Baldwin, Jack Somerville, Gordon Jolly	12	10	0	2	308	171	20
2	Robert King, Errol Bungey, Errol Stewart, Keith Poole	12	9	0	3	297	196	18
3	John Marshall, Morgan Moffat, Bill Scott, John McRae	12	8	1	3	271	188	17
4	John Russell Evans, Dai Richards, Gareth Humphreys, Ian Sutherland	12	7	1	4	257	205	15
5	Dave Crocker, Bob Robertson, Harry Taylor, Ted Hayward	12	7	0	5	261	211	14
6	Barrie Baxter, Robert Henderson, Charles Carter, Harley Triggs	12	6	1	5	234	228	13
7	Peter Fong, George Thaggard, Ram Harakh, Peter Oates	12	6	0	6	224	268	12
8	Oscar Adem, Abdul Kitchell, George Souza Sr., Roberto da Silva	12	5	0	7	205	269	10
9	J Fridenthal John Cadogan, John Stalker, Ray Pears	12	4	0	8	209	248	8
10	Gerry Sloan, Jim Craig, Jimmy Donnelly, Jimmy Dennison	12	4	0	8	206	262	8
11	Falevi Petana, Sione Lino, Si'imoa Tolova'a, Leta'a Sulu Devoe	12	4	0	8	185	294	8
12	Clifford de Rungary, Charles Gibbons, John Eatly, Ronald Hedges	12	3	1	8	207	286	7
13	George Robbins, Graham Jarvis, John Miller, Ronnie Jones	12	3	0	9	220	250	6

References

^ "Medal Standings Christchurch 1974". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
^ "Times Archives". The Times.
^ "Christchurch prepares!". Ireland's Saturday Night. 11 August 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "The Post Office, too, is ready... (advert)". The Press. 24 January 1974. pp. S6.
^ "Christchurch 1974". New Zealand on Screen. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
^ The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. 2013. ISBN 9781291576382.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	1	1	0	2
2	Scotland	1	0	2	3
3	New Zealand*	1	0	1	2
4	Australia	0	2	0	2
Totals (4 entries)		3	3	3	9