1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

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Women's World Outdoor Championships 1973
2nd Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location Flag of New Zealand.svg   Wellington, New Zealand
Date(s)3–18 December 1973.
Category World Bowls Championship
←  1972 1976  →

The 1973 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship [1] was held at the Victoria Bowls Club in Wellington, New Zealand, from 3 to 18 December 1973.

Contents

Elsie Wilkie won the singles which was held in a round robin format. The pairs was won by Australia whilst the triples, fours Gold and Taylor Trophy all went to New Zealand. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Medallists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Women's singles Flag of New Zealand.svg
Elsie Wilkie 		Flag of England.svg
Mavis Steele 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Mary Underwood
Women's pairs Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Lorna Lucas
Dot Jenkinson 		Flag of England.svg
Mavis Steele
Phyllis Derrick 		Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
Gladys Doyle
Betty Glassey
Women's triples Flag of New Zealand.svg
Irene Foote
Noeleen Scott
Cis Winstanley 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Mary Underwood
Joan Vaughan
Olive Rowe 		Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
Con Newbury
Olive Howard
Margaret Ramsbotham
Women's fours Flag of New Zealand.svg
Irene Foote
Noeleen Scott
Cis Winstanley
Verna Devlin 		Flag of England.svg
Nancie Colling
Eileen Smith
Joan Sparkes
Phyllis Derrick 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Joan Vaughan
Olive Rowe
Dot Jenkinson
Lorna Lucas
Women's team Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Flag of England.svg England


Results

Women's singles – round robin

RoundTie 1Tie 2Tie 3Tie 4
Round 1Nzl 22 Eng 13Can 23 Fij 16Aus 22 USA 3Ire 23 PNG 18
Round 2Nzl 21 Can 15PNG 21 Aus 17Eng 21 Fij 3Ire 21 USA 19
Round 3Nzl 21 Ire 4Eng 21 Can 15Aus 21 Fij 14USA 21 PNG 10
Round 4Nzl 21 Aus 20Can 21 PNG 15Fij 21 Ire 13Eng 21 USA 3
Round 5Nzl 21 USA 17Can 21 Ire 20Eng 21 Aus 17PNG 21 Fij 5
Round 6Nzl 21 Fij 12USA 21 Can 17Aus 21 Ire 13Eng 21 PNG 17
Round 7Aus 21 Can 12Nzl 21 PNG 18Fij 21 USA 15Eng 22 Ire 6
PosPlayerPWLPts
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Elsie Wilkie 77014
2 Flag of England.svg Mavis Steele 76112
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mary Underwood 7428
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anne Flook 7326
5 Flag of Fiji.svg Maureen Watson 7254
6 Flag of Ireland.svg Sadie Little 7254
7 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Gladys Doyle 7254
8 Flag of the United States.svg Muriel Pat Boehm 7254

Women's pairs – round robin

RoundTie 1Tie 2Tie 3Tie 4
Round 1Aus 24 USA 14PNG 20 Ire 20Fij 21 Can 18Eng 22 Nzl 20
Round 2Aus bt PNGEng bt CanIre bt USANzl bt Fij
Round 3Eng 22 Fij 11Ire 31 Can 16Aus 27 Nzl 13PNG 25 USA 14
Round 4Aus 40 Can 6Nzl 35 Ire 14Eng 23 PNG 10Fij 18 USA 15
Round 5Aus 31 Fij 16PNG 23 Nzl 21Can 31 USA 10Ire 22 Eng 20
Round 6Aus 30 Ire 10PNG 26 Fij 17Nzl 26 Can 6Eng 21 USA 12
Round 7Eng 21 Aus 14Fij 26 Ire 17PNG 23 Can 13Nzl 35 USA 10
PosPlayerPWDLPts
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lorna Lucas & Dot Jenkinson 760112
2 Flag of England.svg Mavis Steele & Phyllis Derrick 760112
3 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Gladys Doyle & Betty Glassey 74129
4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Elsie Wilkie & Verna Devlin 74038
5 Flag of Ireland.svg Sadie Little & Jean Hayes 73137
6 Flag of Fiji.svg Maureen Watson & T Hughes 73046
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anne Flook & Olive Parker 71062
8 Flag of the United States.svg Dorothy Mumma & Muriel Pat Boehm 70070

Women's triples – round robin

RoundTie 1Tie 2Tie 3Tie 4
Round 1Aus 15 USA 19PNG 21 Ire 14Fij 25 Can 19Eng 18 Nzl 19
Round 2Nzl bt FijAus bt PNGEng bt CanIre bt USA
Round 3Ire 31 Can 19PNG 44 USA 11Nzl 17 Aus 13Eng 30 Fij 11
Round 4Aus 26 Can 13USA 29 Fij 14Nzl 22 Ire 18Eng 25 PNG 20
Round 5Aus 20 Fij 17PNG 26 Nzl 9USA 26 Can 18Eng 18 Ire 8
Round 6Aus 20 Ire 19PNG 37 Fij 11Nzl 45 Can 5Eng 24 USA 20
Round 7Eng 16 Aus 22Fij 17 Ire 17PNG 20 Can 15Nzl 24 USA 15
PosPlayerPWDLPts
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Irene Foote, Noeleen Scott, Cis Winstanley 760112
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mary Underwood, Joan Vaughan, Olive Rowe 750210
3 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Con Newbury, Olive Howard, Margaret Ramsbotham 750210
4 Flag of England.svg Nancie Colling, Eileen Smith, Joan Sparkes 74129
5 Flag of the United States.svg B Service, Pageen Barker, Betty Ewen 73137
6 Flag of Ireland.svg A Patton, R Wilson, M Ross 72145
7 Flag of Fiji.svg A Wright, L Browne, R Forster 71153
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg I Todd, Mary Pollard, Dorothy Weeks 70070

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Women's fours – round robin

RoundTie 1Tie 2Tie 3Tie 4
Round 1Nzl 21 Eng 15Aus 31 USA 12Fij 22 Can 14Ire 22 PNG 12
Round 2Nzl 31 Can 9Aus 33 PNG 15Eng 26 Fij 10Ire 23 USA 16
Round 3Nzl 38 Ire 18Eng 38 Can 16Fij 26 Aus 14PNG 24 USA 9
Round 4Aus 24 Nzl 18Fij 21 Ire 19Can 21 PNG 24Eng 23 USA 18
Round 5Fij 15 PNG 26Nzl 21 USA 9Ire 29 Can 14Aus 19 Eng 19
Round 6Nzl 31 Fij 10USA 29 Can 22Aus 18 Ire 16Eng 21 PNG 17
Round 7Aus 33 Can 10Nzl 17 PNG 16USA 22 Fij 17Eng 16 Ire 15
PosPlayerPWDLPts
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Irene Foote, Noeleen Scott, Cis Winstanley & Verna Devlin 760112
2 Flag of England.svg Nancie Colling, Eileen Smith, Joan Sparkes & Phyllis Derrick 751111
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joan Vaughan, Olive Rowe, Dot Jenkinson & Lorna Lucas 751111
4 Flag of Ireland.svg A Patton, R Wilson, M Ross, Jean Hayes 73046
5 Flag of Fiji.svg T Hughes, A Wright, L Browne, R Forster 73046
6 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Con Newbury, Olive Howard, Margaret Ramsbotham, Betty Glassey 73046
7 Flag of the United States.svg B Service, Pageen Barker, Betty Ewen, Dorothy Mumma 72054
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Olive Parker, I Todd, Mary Pollard, Dorothy Weeks 70070

Taylor Trophy

PosPlayerSinglesPairsTriplesFoursTotal
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand414413
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia243111
3 Flag of England.svg England33129
4 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea02204
5 Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland00011
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada10001

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References

  1. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN   0-85112-414-3.
  2. ↑ "1973 Sports Results". The Age.
  3. ↑ "Elsie Wilkie World Champ". The Age.
  4. ↑ "Bowls win on Last end". The Age.
  5. ↑ "NZ triple fancies; Australian pair beaten". The Age.
  6. ↑ ""Sports in Brief." Times, 5 Dec. 1973, p. 9". Times Digital Archives.
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