1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Men's World Outdoor Championships 1980
4th World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location Australia Frankston, Melbourne, Australia
Date(s) 17 January - 02 February, 1980.
Category World Outdoor Championships
 1976 1984 

The 1980 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at the City of Frankston Bowling Club in Frankston, Melbourne, Australia, from 17 January - 2 February 1980.
David Bryant won his second singles title following his triumph in the 1966 competition.
Australia won the Pairs, England won the Triples and Hong Kong won the Fours. The Leonard Trophy went to England who beat Australia into first place by virtue of having a higher shot percentage.

Results

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Mens Singles - Round Robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 England David Bryant 19 17 0 2 34
2 Australia John Snell 19 15 0 4 30+
3 Scotland David McGill 19 15 0 4 30
4 New Zealand Nick Unkovitch 19 14 0 5 28
5 Wales Russell Evans 19 14 0 5 28
6 Hong Kong Philip Chok 19 12 0 7 24
7 Republic of Ireland Stan Espie 19 11 0 8 22
8 Guernsey Keith Shaw 19 11 0 8 22
9 Canada David Duncalf 19 9 0 10 18
10 Jersey Arthur McKernan 19 9 0 10 18
11 United States Dick Folkins 15 9 0 10 18
12 Zambia Dan Coetzee 15 8 1 10 17
13 Samoa Feta Kirisome 15 8 0 11 16
14 Kenya Sid Meredith 15 8 0 11 16
15 Israel Cecil Cooper 15 7 1 11 15
16 Swaziland Tom Green 15 7 0 12 14
17 Papua New Guinea Bob Madden 15 6 0 13 12
18 Malawi Eddie Turner 15 5 0 14 10
19 Fiji Oscar Raymond 15 4 0 15 8
20 Japan Kichi Koriuchi 15 0 0 19 0

+ Silver medal by virtue of higher shot percentage

Mens Pairs - Round Robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 Australia Alf Sandercock & Peter Rheuben 19 17 1 1 35
2 Canada Burnie Gill & Graham Jarvis 19 17 0 2 34
3 New Zealand Phil Skoglund & Kevin Darling 19 14 1 4 29
4 England John Bell & Mal Hughes 19 12 1 6 25
5 Scotland Willie Wood & Alex McIntosh 19 11 2 6 24
6 Republic of Ireland Stan Espie & Brendan McBrien 19 11 1 7 23
7 United States Neil McInnes & Frank Souza 19 11 0 8 22
8 Jersey Marcel Coutoly & John Jones 19 10 1 8 21
9 Wales Lyn Perkins & Spencer Wiltshire 15 10 1 8 21
10 Hong Kong George Souza Jr. & Eric Liddell 15 10 0 9 20
11 Papua New Guinea Alan Ramsbotham & Bob Madden 15 9 2 8 20
12Guernsey Guernsey 15 8 0 11 16
13 Zambia Dan Coetzee & Another 15 8 0 11 16
14 Fiji George Thaggard & Shaun Patton 15 8 0 11 16
15 Samoa Feta Kirisome, Sioane Lino+ & Falevi Petana 19 7 0 12 14
16 Israel Israel 19 6 1 12 13
17 Swaziland Tom Green & Ted Cambridge 19 6 0 13 12
18 Malawi Pat Niland & Dave Ross 19 5 1 13 11
19 Kenya Kenya 19 3 0 16 6
20 Japan Kichi Koriuchi & Another 19 0 0 19 0

+ injury replacement

Mens Triples - Round Robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 England Jimmy Hodbay, Tony Allcock & David Bryant 19 18 0 1 36
2 Scotland John Summers, David McGill & Willie McQueen 19 16 1 2 33
3 New Zealand John Malcolm, Nick Unkovitch & Morgan Moffat 19 14 1 4 29
4 Fiji Kevin Parry, Oscar Raymond & Peter Fong 19 13 1 5 27
5 Australia John Snell, Keith Poole & Ron Taylor 19 12 1 6 25
6 Canada David Duncalf, Bill Boettger & Barry McFadden 19 12 0 7 24
7 United States Clive Forrester, Bert MacWilliams & Dick Folkins 19 12 0 7 24
8 Hong Kong Philip Chok, Majid Hassan & Omar Dallah 19 11 1 7 23
9 Republic of Ireland John Higgins, John Greer & Bill Watson 19 11 0 8 22
10 Zambia John O'Flaherty, Jeff McLean & Tom Powell 19 9 1 9 19
11 Swaziland Jack Thomas, Ken Thomson, & Jack Fulton 19 9 0 10 18
12Wales Russell Evans, Bob Thomas & Gwyn Evans 19 9 0 10 18
13 Israel Israel 19 8 0 11 16
14 Jersey Ken Lowery, Frank Hambly & Arthur McKernan 19 8 0 11 16
15 Papua New Guinea Harry Morton, Heiner Veirling & Brian Sullivan 19 6 0 13 12
16 Malawi John Chalmers, Peter Crossan & Eddie Turner 19 5 1 13 11
17 Guernsey Guernsey 19 5 0 14 10
18 Kenya Kenya 19 4 0 15 8
19 Samoa Western Samoa 19 3 1 15 7
20 Japan Jitsuji Ueyma, Key Takaya & Shozo Yamaha 19 1 0 18 2

Mens Fours - Round Robin

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 Hong Kong Philip Chok, Omar Dallah, George Souza Jr. & Eric Liddell 19 15 1 1 31
2 Scotland John Summers, Willie McQueen, Alex McIntosh & Willie Wood 19 14 1 4 29
3 New Zealand John Malcolm, Kevin Darling, Phil Skoglund & Morgan Moffat 19 14 1 4 29
4 Australia Alf Sanderock, Peter Rheuben, Keith Poole & Ron Taylor 19 13 2 4 28
5 Wales Lyn Perkins, Spencer Wiltshire, Bob Thomas & Gwyn Evans 19 13 1 6 27
6 England Jimmy Hodbay, Tony Allcock, John Bell & Mal Hughes 19 11 3 5 25
7 Republic of Ireland John Higgins, Brendan McBrien, John Greer &, Bill Watson 19 12 0 7 24
8 Canada Graham Jarvis, Don Gibson+, Bill Boettger, Burnie Gill & Barry McFadden 19 10 4 5 24
9 United States Clive Forrester, Bert MacWilliams, Frank Souza & Neil McInnes 19 11 1 7 23
10 Fiji Kevin Parry, Peter Fong, Shaun Patton & George Thaggard 19 10 0 9 20
11 Papua New Guinea Harry Morton, Heiner Veirling, Alan Ramsbotham & Brian Sullivan 19 10 0 9 20
12Zambia John O'Flaherty, Jeff McLean, Tom Powell & Another 19 8 0 11 16
13 Israel Israel 19 7 0 12 14
14 Jersey Ken Lowery, Frank Hambly, Marcel Coutoly & John Jones 19 6 1 12 13
15 Guernsey Guernsey 19 6 0 13 12
16 Malawi Pat Niland, John Chalmers, Peter Crossan & Dave Ross 19 6 0 13 12
17 Kenya Kenya 19 5 1 13 11
18 Samoa Sioane Lino, Falevi Petana, 2 others, & Denis Dalton (Aus)+ 19 5 0 14 10
19 Swaziland Jack Thomas, Ken Thomson, Ted Cambridge & Jack Fulton 19 4 0 15 8
20 Japan Jitsuji Ueyma, Key Takaya, Shozo Yamaha & Another 19 0 0 19 0

+ injury replecement

W.M.Leonard Trophy

Pos Team Pts shot %
1 England England 72 1.604
2 Australia Australia 72 1.581
3 Scotland Scotland 72 1.500
4 New Zealand New Zealand 71
5 Hong Kong Hong Kong 59
6 Canada Canada 58
7 Wales Wales 56
8 Republic of Ireland Ireland 55
9 United States United States 49
10 Jersey Jersey 38
11 Fiji Fiji 37 1.500
12 Zambia Zambia 37 0.967
13 Guernsey Guernsey 32
14 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 31
15 Israel Israel 29
16 Swaziland Swaziland 19
17 Samoa Western Samoa 18
18 Malawi Malawi 16
19 Kenya Kenya 15
20 Japan Japan 4

References

  1. Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  2. "1980 Sports Results". Sydney Morning Herald.