Lawn bowls at the 1938 British Empire Games was the third appearance of the Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games.
Competition took place at the Waverley Bowls Club in Waverley, Sydney, Australia, from 7 to 9 February 1938.The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 Feb. 1938, p.15; ibid, 10 Feb. 1938, p.15
Horace Harvey won the singles going undefeated, New Zealand won the pairs and fours (the latter after a gold medal play off).
New Zealand topped the medal table by winning two of the three gold medals available.
Medal table
Medallists All events were for men only. Singles Horace Harvey Frank Livingstone Jack LowPairs Walter Denisonand Lance Macey Percy Huttonand Howard Mildren D.A. Adamsonand J.R. ApplefordFours/Rinks Alec RobertsonErnie JuryBill BremnerBill Whittaker F. StevensonJ. G. DonaldsonNorman WalkerT. H. Samson Aub MurrayCharlie McNeillHarold MurrayTom Kinder
Men's singles – round robin
Results Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3Round 1Feb 7 Nzl 25 Eng 18 SAf 25 Rho 17 Aus 25 Ire 9 Round 2Feb 7 SAf 25 Eng 11 Nzl 25 Ire 9 Aus 25 Rho 13Round 3Feb 8 Eng 25 Rho 19 SAf 25 Ire 14 Nzl 25 Aus 12Round 4Feb 8 Ire 26 Rho 17SAf 26 Nzl 19 Aus 25 Eng 9Round 5Feb 9 Eng 24 Ire 10 Nzl 26 Rho 9 SAf 25 Aus 15 Pos Player P W L Pts1 Horace Harvey 5 5 0 10 2 Frank Livingstone 5 4 1 83 Jack Low 5 3 2 64 Tommy Hills 5 2 3 4 5 L. W. Clarke 5 1 4 26 A Bourne 5 0 5 0
Men's pairs – round robin
Results Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3Round 1Feb 7 Nzl 21 Eng 20 SAf 36 Sco 8 Aus 23 Fij 10 Round 2Feb 7 Sco 21 Eng 18 Fij 21 Nzl 20 SAf 29 Aus 19Round 3Feb 8 Eng 27 Fij 11 Aus 38 Sco 8 Nzl 24 SAf 13 Round 4Feb 8 SAf 21 Fij 17 Aus 27 Eng 13 Nzl 25 Sco 21Round 5Feb 9 Nzl 25 Aus 21 Eng 21 SAf 17 Sco 13 Fij 22 Pos Player P W D L Pts1 Lance Macey & Walter Denison 5 4 0 1 8 2 Percy Hutton & Howard Mildren + 5 3 0 2 63 D A Adamson & J R Appleford 5 3 0 2 64 Samuel Jones & Ronald Weeks 5 2 0 3 45 Annesley Benjamin & J Taylor 5 2 0 3 46 Alexander Templeton & James McAlpine 5 1 0 4 2 + Hutton & Mildren defeated Adamson & Appleford 13–12 in a play off to win the silver medal
Men's rinks (fours) – round robin
Results Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3Round 1 Feb 7 Aus 27 Eng 13Nzl 26 Fij 11 SAf 21 Can 13Round 2 Feb 7 Eng 28 Fij 16Nzl 21 Can 19 Aus 25 SAf 18Round 3Feb 8 SAf 29 Eng 11 Nzl 19 Aus 14 Can 21 Fij 14Round 4Feb 8 SAf 17 Nzl 16 Aus 28 Fij 17 Can 32 Eng 14Round 5 Feb 9 Nzl 22 Eng 12 Can 21 Aus 20 SAf 30 Fij 12 Pos Player P W D L Pts1 Bill Bremner (skip), Alec Robertson, Ernie Jury, Bill Whittaker + 5 4 0 1 82 J G Donaldson (skip), F Stevenson, Norman Snowy Walker, T H Samson 5 4 0 1 83 Tom Kinder (skip), Aub Murray, Charlie McNeill, Harold Murray ++ 5 3 0 2 64 R Gray (skip), Arthur Reid, Jim Flemming, R. Adam 5 3 0 2 6 5 James Cuthbert (skip), Edward Tappenden, Edward Shuttle, George Hiscock 5 1 0 4 26 Ernest Dobell (skip), Frederick Clapcott, S. Coffey, W. E. Lindsay 5 0 0 5 0 + New Zealand defeated South Africa 19–16 in a play off to win the gold medal ++ Australia defeated Canada 30–10 in a play off to win the bronze medal
References
See also List of Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games