2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's fours

The 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's fours was held at the Northfield Bowls Complex in Ayr, Scotland, from 23 July – 7 August 2004.

Jonathan Ross, Noel Graham, Neil Booth and Jim Baker of Ireland won the gold medal.

Qualifying round Four sections, three teams from each section qualify for championship round.

Section 1 Pos Player P W D L F A Pts1 Jonathan Ross, Noel Graham, Neil Booth, Jim Baker 5 4 0 1 105 65 8 2 Matt Tew, Russell Marks, Stephen McManus, John Sullivan 5 4 01 82 93 83 Neil Rees, Dai Wilkins, Robert Weale, Jason Greenslade 5 3 0 2 113 62 64 Adrien Mellows, Roy Garden, Chinky Marillier & Richard Hayden 5 3 02 90 69 65 David Bramley, Mark Svenningsen, Louis Erasmus & Derek James 5 1 0 4 63 98 26 Hiroyuki Oda, Daisuke Takimura, Stephen Wedge & Makoto Yamada 5 0 0 5 49 117 0

Section 2 Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 John Rednall, Mervyn King, Robert Newman, Andy Thomson 5 4 0 1 99 65 8 2 Eric Johannes, Michael Steyn, Neil Burkett, Gerry Baker 5 30 2 113 77 63 Sandy Joubert, John Shelley, Ewald Vermeulen, Graham Snyman 5 30 2 89 80 64 Hugh Finlay, Richard Broad, Jack Behling & Neil Furman 5 3 0 2 83 85 65 Safuan Said, Ramble Dallan Rice-Oxley, Fairul Izwan Abd Muin & Mohamed Aziz Maswadi 5 10 4 70 99 26 Warren Cranston, Ian Webb, Philip Billman & Noel Rawlinson 5 10 4 58 106 2

Section 3 Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 Jim McIntyre, Willie Wood, David Peacock, George Sneddon 5 5 0 0 112 58 10 2 Damien Allison, Angelo Morales, Peter O'Donnell, Harry Anderson 5 3 0 2 96 85 63 Ascendino Melo, Fabo Melo, Mercantonio Fabra, Gary Oughton 5 2 1 2 78 86 54 Adam Poynton, Robin Chok, Jimmy Chiu & Loy D'Souza 5 2 0 3 68 90 45 Aryeh Ben Dor, Tzvika Hadar, Colin Silberstein & Raymond Sher 5 1 1 3 81 84 36 Semesa Naiseruvati, Shushil Deo Sharma, Rajnish Lal & Keshwa Goundar 5 0 0 5 71 103 0

Section 4 Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 Brett Duprez, Kelvin Kerkow, Kevin Walsh, Michael Wilks 5 5 00 101 61 10 2 Keith Roney, Lyall Adams, Wayne Wright, Ryan Bester 5 40 1 101 62 83 Rowan Brassey, Sean Johnson, Gary Lawson, Paul Girdler 5 2 0 3 115 62 44 Andrew Jones, Allan Gilham, Kiernan Day & Ian Stamp 5 2 0 3 85 97 45 Talaimanu Keti, Harry Porter, John Silva & Namulauulu Letufaga 5 2 0 3 52 132 46 Alan Shaw, Derek Boswell, David Le Marquand & Lee Nixon 5 00 5 66 106 0

Championship round

Section 1 Pos Player P W L F A Pts 1 Australia 5 5 0 118 66 102 England 5 3 2 98 710 63 Spain 5 2 3 77 80 44 Wales 5 2 3 76 90 45 Namibia 5 2 3 65 101 46 Philippines 5 1 4 81 104 2

Section 2 Pos Player P W L F A Pts 1 Ireland 5 5 0 102 54 10 2 New Zealand 5 4 1 97 78 83 Scotland 5 2 3 86 81 44 South Africa 5 2 3 92 92 45 Canada 5 2 3 78 82 46 Brazil 5 0 5 495 117 0

Bronze medal match England beat New Zealand 18–17.

Gold medal match Combined Ireland beat Australia 19–18.

Results

Men's fours section 1Round 1 – Aug 1 Ireland17–16 Swaziland19–1832–4Round 2 – Aug 1 Ireland Swaziland23–818–1724–7Round 3 – Aug 2 Ireland22–12 Swaziland29–719–15Round 4 – Aug 2 Ireland28–6 Swaziland19–1119–14Round 5 – Aug 3 20–15 Ireland21–14 Swaziland16–11

Men's fours section 2Round 1 – Aug 1 17–1429–514–13Round 2 – Aug 1 22–1119–1029–15Round 3 – Aug 2 28–1124–1126–17Round 4 – Aug 2 19–1422–1921–11Round 5 – Aug 3 20–1318–1218–10

Men's fours section 3Round 1 – Aug 1 17–1415–1115–14Round 2 – Aug 1 23–1728–914–13Round 3 – Aug 2 18–1615–1521–16Round 4 – Aug 2 28–1921–1123–11Round 5 – Aug 3 18–1624–825–11

Men's fours section 4Round 1 – Aug 1 16–1115–1142–2Round 2 – Aug 1 23–1821–1121–20Round 3 – Aug 2 21–1026–1327–7Round 4 – Aug 2 26–1220–1917–16Round 5 – Aug 3 26–615–1128–10

Men's singles championship section ARound 1 – Aug 3 21–924–1515–13Round 2 – Aug 4 32–1018–1324–13Round 3 – Aug 4 28–716–1022–14Round 4 – Aug 5 30–1019–1326–21Round 5 – Aug 5 16–1417–1218–15

Men's singles championship section BRound 1 – Aug 3 Ireland14–1223–1715–13Round 2 – Aug 4 Ireland20–1419–1527–7Round 3 – Aug 4 22–1127–15 Ireland16–10Round 4 – Aug 5 Ireland33–725–1616–13Round 5 – Aug 5 Ireland19–1119–1720–11

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