Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was the ninth appearance of the Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games. Competition at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games took place in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January until 2 February 1974.
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. The pavilion had been recently refurbished.
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
Medallists Event Gold Silver BronzeMen's singles David Bryant Clive White Willie WoodMen's pairs Jack Christie Alex McIntosh John Evans Peter Line Bob McDonald Phil SkoglundMen'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
Men's singles – round robin Pos Player P W L F A Pts1 David Bryant 13 11 2 267 147 222 Clive White 13 10 3 269 197 203 Willie Wood 13 9 4 257 191 184 Percy Jones 13 9 4 260 215 185 Maldwyn Evans 13 9 4 232 213 186 Denis Gosden 13 7 6 212 212 147 Roy Fulton 13 6 7 220 210 128 Omar Dallah 13 6 7 232 251 129 Harry Lakin 13 6 7 213 239 1210 Sydney Snowsil 13 6 7 209 266 1011 Roy De Feu 13 4 9 200 241 812 Neal Salkeld 13 3 10 195 262 613 James S Williams 13 3 10 201 259 614 Oswald Dent 13 3 10 180 264 6
Men's pairs – round robin Pos Player P W D L F A Pts1 Jack Christie & Alex McIntosh 13 11 1 1 294 202 232 John Evans & Peter Line 13 11 0 2 366 185 223 Bob McDonald & Phil Skoglund 13 10 1 2 297 201 214 Jock Thompson & Ellis Stanbury 13 9 1 3 296 228 195 Sean Patton & Peter Underhill 13 9 1 3 299 238 196 Peter Rheuben & John Dobbie 13 8 0 5 323 214 167 Gary Forbes & Alan Ramsbocham 13 5 0 8 297 252 108 Billy Pimley & Billy Tate 13 5 0 8 243 264 109 Saco Delgado & Eric Liddell 13 5 0 8 231 285 1010 Ioapo Iosia & John Suhren 13 4 0 9 181 358 811 Peter Cross & Alexander 'Sandy' Ross 13 3 0 10 235 289 612 Harry Smith & Reuben Rose 13 3 0 10 227 285 613 Donald Ingrouille & Cyril Smith 13 3 0 10 173 364 614 James Macauley & Edward Franklin 13 2 0 11 188 353 4
Men's fours – round robin Pos Player P W D L F A Pts1 Kerry Clark, David Baldwin, Jack Somerville, Gordon Jolly 12 10 0 2 308 171 202 Robert King, Errol Bungey, Errol Stewart, Keith Poole 12 9 0 3 297 196 183 John Marshall, Morgan Moffat, Bill Scott, John McRae 12 8 1 3 271 188 174 John Russell Evans, Dai Richards, Gareth Humphreys, Ian Sutherland 12 7 1 4 257 205 155 Dave Crocker, Bob Robertson, Harry Taylor, Ted Hayward 12 7 0 5 261 211 146 Barrie Baxter, Robert Henderson, Charles Carter, Harley Triggs 12 6 1 5 234 228 137 Peter Fong, George Thaggard, Ram Harakh, Peter Oates 12 6 0 6 224 268 128 Oscar Adem, Abdul Kitchell, George Souza Sr., Roberto da Silva 12 5 0 7 205 269 109 J Fridenthal John Cadogan, John Stalker, Ray Pears 12 4 0 8 209 248 810 Gerry Sloan, Jim Craig, Jimmy Donnelly, Jimmy Dennison 12 4 0 8 206 262 811 Falevi Petana, Sione Lino, Si'imoa Tolova'a, Leta'a Sulu Devoe 12 4 0 8 185 294 812 Clifford de Rungary, Charles Gibbons, John Eatly, Ronald Hedges 12 3 1 8 207 286 713 George Robbins, Graham Jarvis, John Miller, Ronnie Jones 12 3 0 9 220 250 6
References
See also List of Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games