Lawn bowls at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the seventh appearance of the Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games. Competition at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Perth, Western Australia, from 19 November until 1 December 1962. The bowls competition started several days before the official opening of the Commonwealth Games.

The competition took place at the Dalkeith Nedlands Bowling Club on the 'Paratai Drive' (Jutland Parade).

England topped the medal table by winning two gold medals.

Medal table

Medallists + Event Gold Silver BronzeMen's singles David Bryant Joseph Black Alan BradleyMen's pairs Robbie Robson Bob McDonald Thomas Hamill Michael Purdon Charles Bradley Bill JacksonMen's fours David Bryant Les Watson Sidney Drysdale Tom Fleming Michael Purdon Thomas Hamill Joseph Black William Moore John Milligan Malcolm Bibb Ronnie Turner Victor Blyth

Results

Men's singles – round robin + Pos Player P W L F A Pts 1 David Bryant 12 12 0 259 153 24 2 Joseph Black 12 10 2 240 158 20+ 3 Alan Bradley 12 10 2 232 147 20 4 Leigh Fitzpatrick 12 9 3 216 187 18 5 F. R. Kermani 12 7 4 236 175 14 6 Jeff Barron 12 6 6 231 186 12 7 B A Henry 12 6 6 195 227 12 8 Percy Watson 12 5 7 208 218 10 9 Stirling Shields 12 4 8 193 226 8 10 Albert Evans 12 4 8 211 216 8 11 Bill Askew 12 3 9 159 242 6 12 Jimmy Noon 12 1 11 142 248 2 13 G Page 12 1 11 106 245 2 +Silver play off Black beat Bradley 21-14

Men's pairs – round robin + Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 Robbie Robson & Bob McDonald 10 9 0 1 265 143 18 2 Thomas Hamill & Michael Purdon 10 8 0 2 241 160 16 3 Charles Bradley & Bill Jackson 10 7 0 3 211 181 14+ 4 Les Watson & Tom Fleming 10 7 0 3 195 189 14 5 Robert Kelly & Willis Teague 10 6 0 4 196 157 12 6 C C Ma & P Gardner 10 5 0 5 211 184 10 7 H Robinson & W Holborrow 10 4 0 6 193 193 8 8 Lynn Probert & Tom Griffiths 10 3 1 6 167 202 7 9 George Ashford & Bill Coackley 10 3 0 7 164 221 6 10 Aiia Hoar & Ross Moir 10 2 1 7 169 220 5 11 A Barnes & Wally Jackson 10 0 0 10 105 267 0 + Bronze medal play off Rhodesia & Nyasaland beat England 23-14

Men's rinks (fours) – round robin + Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 David Bryant, Les Watson, Sidney Drysdale, Tom Fleming 10 8 0 2 239 125 16 2 Michael Purdon, Thomas Hamill, Joseph Black, William Moore 10 7 0 3 216 158 14+ 3 John Milligan, Malcolm Bibb, Ronnie Turner, Victor Blyth 10 7 0 3 229 156 14 4 Arthur Baldwin, George Makin, Leslie Edgeworth, Richard Gillings 10 6 1 3 219 186 13 5 Claude Stephens, Lynn Probert, Tom Griffiths, Albert Evans 10 6 1 3 178 168 13 6 John Rabone, Malcolm Boon, Ted Pilkington, Bill O'Neill 10 6 0 4 230 157 12 7 Augusto Pedro Pereira, Eric Liddell, F. R. Kermani, George Souza Sr. 10 4 0 6 203 214 8 8 Ted Wiltshire, George Ashford, Malvin Katzler, Bill Coackley 10 4 0 6 160 226 8 9 G Williams, J Daunt, Max Bay, V Costello 10 3 0 7 177 243 6 10 Aiia Hoar, Stirling Shields, Edward Brown, Ross Moir 10 2 0 8 154 249 4 11 Territory of Papua and New Guinea 10 1 0 9 137 160 2 + Silver play off Scotland beat Rhodesia & Nyasaland 20-19

References

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