Lawn bowls at the 1930 British Empire Games

Lawn bowls at the 1930 British Empire Games
Venue	Roselawn Bowling Club, Gage Park Hamilton, Ontario
Dates	16–23 August 1930
1934  →

The lawn bowls competition at the 1930 British Empire Games featured three events for men: a singles, pairs, and a rinks (fours) contest. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The event was held at the Roselawn Bowling Club, within Gage Park. ^[4]

Gage Park

Medal table

  *   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

Medal summary

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

Notes

(*) 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. ^[5] The other teams agreed that Chambers could be used as a substitute even though he was not Scottish. ^[6]

Men's singles – round robin

Results

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

Men's pairs – round robin

Results

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

Men's rinks (fours) – round robin

Results

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

References

1. ""Bowls." Times, 30 June 1930, p. 7". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 30 June 1930. p. 7.
2. Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
3. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN   0-7091-3658-7.
4. "History". Roselawn Bowling Club. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
5. "Notes by Toucher" . Coatbridge Leader. 16 August 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 6 May 2021– via The British Newspaper Archive.
6. "George W. Ferguson and Scotland's 1930 British Empire Games Team". Sports Heritage. 28 May 2014.

• Commonwealth Games Medallists - Bowls. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
• Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games