Lawn bowls at the 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth appearance of the Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games.

Competition at the 1950 British Empire Games took place in Auckland, New Zealand, from 4 to 11 February 1950.

The events took place at two locations; the Carlton Green Bowling Club in Epsom (which was located on Alpers Avenue at the time) and the Remuera Bowling Club on Market Road.

New Zealand topped the medal table by winning two of the three gold medals available.

Medal table

Medallists + Medallists for lawn bowls by eventSingles James Pirret Albert Newton Lionel GarnettPairs Phil Exelbyand Robert Henry W. Gibband H. J. van Zyl Leslie Brownand James PoultonFours Alfred BlumbergHerbert CurrerHarry AtkinsonNorman Snowy Walker Charles CordaiyJames CobleyJohn CobleyLen Knight Fred RussellArthur EngebretsenNoel JollyPete Skoglund

Results

Men's singles – round robin

+ Men's singles round robin results Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2Round 1Feb 6 Aus 25 SAf 18 Nzl 25 Fij 20Round 2Feb 6 Fij 26 Can 21 N/ARound 3Feb 7 Aus 26 Fij 18 Can 26 SAf 19Round 4Feb 7 Nzl 25 Can 22 N/ARound 5Feb 8 Nzl 26 Aus 16 Fij 26 SAf 17Round 6Feb 8 Nzl 25 SAf 10 Aus 25 Can 18 + Men's singles round robin ranking Pos Player P W L F A Pts1 James Pirret Jr. 4 4 0 101 68 8 2 Albert Newton 4 3 1 92 80 63 Lionel Garnett 4 2 2 89 89 44 Dr Weston Krupp 4 1 3 87 94 25 G Jacobs 4 0 4 64 102 0

Men's pairs – round robin

+ Men's pairs round robin results Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2Round 1 Feb 6 Nzl 23 SAf 16 Fij 23 Aus 21Round 2 Feb 7 SAf 15 Fij 14 Nzl 23 Aus 22Round 3Feb 8 SAf 19 Aus 17 Nzl 47 Fij 14 + Men's pairs round robin ranking Pos Player P W L F A Pts1 Robert Henry & Phil Exelby 3 3 0 93 42 6 2 W. Gibb & H. J. van Zyl 3 2 1 50 54 43 Leslie Brown & James Poulton 3 1 2 41 83 24 Bert Palm & Robert Lewis 3 0 3 60 65 0

Men's fours – round robin + Men's fours round robin results Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2Round 1 Feb 6 Aus 44 Fij 8 Nzl 19 SAf 11Round 2 Feb 7 Aus 23 Nzl 14 SAf bt FijiRound 3 Feb 8 Nzl 41 Fij 6 SAf 25 Aus 15 + Men's fours round robin ranking Pos Player P W L F A Pts1 Norman Snowy Walker (skip), Herbert Currer, Harry Atkinson, Alfred Blumberg 3 2 1 50 48 4+ 2 James Cobley (skip), John Cobley, Len Knight, Charles Cordaiy 3 2 1 82 46 43 Pete Skoglund (skip), Noel Jolly, Fred Russell, Arthur Engebretsen 3 2 1 74 40 44 Patrick Costello (skip), Nathaniel Stuart Chalmers, Harold Brockett Gibson, Eric Hastings McIlwain 3 0 3 28 100 0 + Play Offs Eliminator - South Africa beat New Zealand 22-17 Final - South Africa beat Australia 23-14

References

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