Lawn bowls at the 1930 British Empire Games

Lawn bowls at the 1930 British Empire Games was the first appearance of the Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, from 16 to 23 August 1930 and featured three disciplines.

Competition featured three events for men: a singles, pairs, and a rinks (fours) contest. The event was held at the Roselawn Bowling Club, within Gage Park.

England topped the medal table by winning all three gold medals.

Medal table

Medal summary Singles Robert Colquhoun James Thoms William FieldingPairs Tommy Hillsand George Wright William Fieldingand Peter McWhannell Wilt Mooreand Arthur ReidRinks/foursErnie GudgeonJames EdneyJames FrithAlbert HoughHarry AllenJimmy CampbellMitch ThomasBilly RaeDavid FraserJohn OrrTom Chambers (*)William Campbell

Notes (*) Tom Chambers was a Canadian. One of the original Scottish team members (Mr John Kennedy) had died suddenly while visiting friends in Buffalo, New York, on the journey to Canada. The other teams agreed that Chambers could be used as a substitute even though he was not Scottish.

Men's singles – round robin

Results Player 1 Player 2 Score Colquhoun Reid 21–20 Colquhoun Fielding 21–19 Colquhoun Thoms 21–12 Thoms Reid 21–7 Thoms Fielding 21–15 Fielding Reid 21–20 Pos Player P W L Pts1 Robert Colquhoun 3 3 0 62 James Thoms 3 2 1 43 William Fielding 3 1 2 24 Arthur Reid 3 0 3 0

Men's pairs – round robin

Results Player 1 Player 2 Score England South Africa 36–8 England New Zealand 20–13 England Canada 17–14 New Zealand Canada 19–16 New Zealand South Africa 21–13 Canada South Africa 24–10 Pos Player P W L Pts1 Tommy Hills & George Wright 3306 2 William Fielding & Peter McWhannell 32143 Wilt Moore & Arthur Reid 31224 Edmund Hall & Constantine Giovanetti 3030

Men's rinks (fours) – round robin

Results Player 1 Player 2 Score England South Africa 22–20 England New Zealand 29–9 England Canada 19–27 England Scotland 19–16 New Zealand South Africa 18–19 New Zealand Canada 27–20 New Zealand Scotland 11–20 Canada South Africa 29–14 Canada Scotland 19–21 South Africa Scotland SA Pos Player P W L Pts1 Ernie Gudgeon, James Edney, James Frith, Albert Hough 4 3 1 6 2 Harry Allen, Jimmy Campbell, Mitch Thomas, Billy Rae 4 2 2 43 David Fraser, John Orr, Tom Chambers(*), William Campbell 4 2 2 44 John Armstrong, J N Brooks, John Southern, E H Walters 4 2 2 45 William Fielding, Peter McWhannell, Edward Leach, Harold Frost 4 1 3 2

References

See also List of Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games