| Lawn bowls at the 1930 British Empire Games | |
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| Venue | Gage Park, Hamilton, Ontario |
| Dates | 16–23 August 1930 |
The lawn bowls competition at the 1930 British Empire Games featured three events for men: a singles, pairs, and a rinks (fours) contest. The event was held at Gage Park. [1] [2] [3]
* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  England | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 |  Canada* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Scotland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles |  Robert Colquhoun |  James Thoms |  William Fielding |
| Pairs | Tommy Hills and George Wright | William Fielding and Peter McWhannell |  Wilt Moore and Arthur Reid |
| Rinks/fours | England Ernie Gudgeon James Edney James Frith Albert Hough | Canada Harry Allen Jimmy Campbell Mitch Thomas Billy Rae |  Scotland David Fraser John Orr Tom Chambers (*) William Campbell |
(*) Tom Chambers was a Canadian. One of the original Scottish team members (Mr John Kennedy) had died suddenly while visiting friends in Buffalo, New York, on the journey to Canada. [4] The other teams agreed that Chambers could be used as a substitute even though he was not Scottish. [5]
| Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Colquhoun | Reid | 21–20 |
| Colquhoun | Fielding | 21–19 |
| Colquhoun | Thoms | 21–12 |
| Thoms | Reid | 21–7 |
| Thoms | Fielding | 21–15 |
| Fielding | Reid | 21–20 |
| Pos | Player | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Colquhoun | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | James Thoms | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | William Fielding | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Arthur Reid | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| England | South Africa | 36–8 |
| England | New Zealand | 20–13 |
| England | Canada | 17–14 |
| New Zealand | Canada | 19–16 |
| New Zealand | South Africa | 21–13 |
| Canada | South Africa | 24–10 |
| Pos | Player | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Hills & George Wright | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | William Fielding & Peter McWhannell | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Wilt Moore & Arthur Reid | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Edmund Hall & Constantine Giovanetti | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Player 1 | Player 2 | Score |
|---|---|---|
| England | South Africa | 22–20 |
| England | New Zealand | 29–9 |
| England | Canada | 19–27 |
| England | Scotland | 19–16 |
| New Zealand | South Africa | 18–19 |
| New Zealand | Canada | 27–20 |
| New Zealand | Scotland | 11–20 |
| Canada | South Africa | 29–14 |
| Canada | Scotland | 19–21 |
| South Africa | Scotland | SA |
| Pos | Player | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernie Gudgeon, James Edney, James Frith, Albert Hough | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Harry Allen, Jimmy Campbell, Mitch Thomas, Billy Rae | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | David Fraser, John Orr, Tom Chambers (*), William Campbell | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | John Armstrong, J N Brooks, John Southern, E H Walters | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | William Fielding, Peter McWhannell, Edward Leach, Harold Frost | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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