1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Men's World Outdoor Championships 1976
3rd World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location South Africa Zoo Lake Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
Date(s) 18 February - 06 March, 1976.
Category World Outdoor Championships
 1972 1980 

The 1976 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at Zoo Lake Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 18 February - 6 March 1976.
Doug Watson won the singles which was held in a round robin format.
South Africa completed a clean sweep of events by taking the Pairs, Triples and Fours Gold which also help them lift the Leonard Trophy.

Results

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Mens Singles - Round Robin

Pos Player P W L Pts
1 South Africa Doug Watson 15 14 1 14
2 Australia Bob Middleton 15 11 4 11
3 England David Bryant 15 11 4 11
4 United States Dick Folkins 15 10 5 10
5 New Zealand Peter 'Kerry' Clarke 15 10 5 10
6 Wales Maldwyn Evans 15 10 5 10
7 Scotland Willie Wood 15 9 6 9
8 Rhodesia John Allman 15 9 6 9
9 Samoa Tolova'a Si'moa 15 8 7 8
10 Guernsey Roy de Feu 15 8 7 8
11 Israel Matt Gordon 15 6 9 6
12 Hong Kong Eric Liddell 15 5 10 5
13 Republic of Ireland Roy Fulton 15 4 11 4
14 Malawi Harry Lakin 15 2 13 2
15 Jersey Ben Van Niekerk 15 2 13 2
16 Japan Shingo Sarumaru 15 0 15 0

Mens Pairs - Round Robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 South Africa Doug Watson & Bill Moseley 15 13 0 2 26
2 United States Neil McInnes & Dick Folkins 15 11 0 4 22
3 Australia Don Woolnough & Bob Middleton 15 10 1 4 21
4 England John C Evans & Peter Line 15 10 1 4 21
5 Wales Wales 15 9 1 5 19
6 Republic of Ireland Roy Fulton & John Henry 15 9 1 5 19
7 Rhodesia Rhodesia 15 9 0 6 18
8 New Zealand Peter 'Kerry' Clarke & Vic Sellars 15 9 0 6 18
9 Samoa Western Samoa 15 8 1 6 17
10 Scotland John 'Jack' Christie & Alex McIntosh 15 8 1 6 17
11 Hong Kong Hong Kong 15 8 0 7 16
12Israel Israel 15 5 0 10 10
13 Malawi Peter Crossan & Harry Lakin 15 3 0 12 6
14 Jersey Jersey 15 3 0 12 6
15 Guernsey Guernsey 15 2 1 12 5
16 Japan Japan 15 0 0 15 0

Mens Triples - Round Robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 South Africa Kevin Campbell, Nando Gatti & Kelvin Lightfoot 15 14 0 1 28
2 England David Bryant, Bill Irish & Tommy Armstrong 15 12 0 3 24
3 Republic of Ireland Willie Murray, David Hull & John Higgins 15 11 0 4 22
4 New Zealand David Baldwin, Jack Somerville & Bob McDonald 15 10 0 5 20
5 United States Jim Candelet, Harold Esch & Francisco 'Frank' Souza 15 10 0 5 20
6 Wales Wales 15 9 1 5 19
7 Hong Kong Hong Kong 15 9 0 6 18
8 Scotland Willie Wood, Dick Bernard & Willie Adrain 15 8 0 7 16
9 Australia Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter & Keith Poole 15 7 1 7 15
10 Rhodesia Rhodesia 15 7 0 8 14
11 Malawi John Chalmers, Stuart Flanders & Alexander 'Sandy 'Ross 15 5 1 9 11
12Guernsey Guernsey 15 5 1 9 11
13 Jersey Jersey 15 4 1 10 9
14 Israel Israel 15 3 1 11 7
15 Samoa Western Samoa 15 3 0 12 6
16 Japan Japan 15 0 0 15 0

Mens Fours - Round Robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 South Africa Kevin Campbell, Nando Gatti, Kelvin Lightfoot & Bill Moseley 15 14 0 1 28
2 Australia Don Woolnough, Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter & Keith Poole 15 14 0 1 28
3 England John C Evans, Bill Irish, Tommy Armstrong & Peter Line 15 10 1 4 21
4 Wales David Richards, John Russell Evans, Ellis Stanbury, Ray Williams 15 9 1 5 19
5 United States Jim Candelet, Harold Esch, Richard Folkins, Francisco ‘Frank’ Souza 15 9 0 6 18
6 Scotland John 'Jack' Christie, Alex McIntosh, Dick Bernard & Willie Adrain 15 9 0 6 18
7 Republic of Ireland John Henry, John Higgins, David Hull, Willie Murray 15 8 1 6 17
8 New Zealand David Baldwin, Bob McDonald, Jack Somerville, Vic Sellars 15 8 0 7 16
9 Rhodesia Alan Bradley, Theo Easterbrook, Dick Boucher, Pat O’Brien 15 7 1 7 15
10 Hong Kong Omar Dallah, CC ‘Saco’ Delgado, Roberto de Silva, George Souza 15 6 0 9 12
11 Jersey Gordon Bewhay, Joe Dolan, Frank Hambly, Tim Mallett 15 6 0 9 12
12Samoa Leta’a Sulu Devoe, Graham Johns, James Williams, Falevi Ierupa’ala Petana 15 5 0 10 10
13 Malawi John Chalmers, Peter Crossan, Stuart Flanders, Alexander ‘Sandy’ Ross 15 5 0 10 10
14 Guernsey Ernie Baker, Norman le Ber, Henry le Tissier, Cyril Smith 15 4 0 11 8
15 Israel Harry Esakov, Robert Goldwasser, Sam Skudowitz, Yehuda ‘Sabra’ Lebel 15 4 0 11 8
16 Japan Mitsuaki Izumi, Kichizaemon Sarumaru, Tadao Nishi, Shigeya Nabeshima 15 0 0 15 0

W.M.Leonard Trophy

Pos Team Singles Pairs Triples Fours Total
1 South Africa South Africa 4 4 4 4 16
2 England England 2 1 3 2 8
3 Australia Australia 3 2 0 3 8
4 United States United States 1 3 0 0 4
5 Republic of Ireland Ireland 0 0 2 0 2
6 Wales Wales 0 0 0 1 1
=6 New Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1 0 1

References

  1. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  2. "1976 Sports Results". Sydney Morning Herald.