Lawn bowls at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Lawn bowls at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Sophia Gardens and Guest Keen Sports Club, Cardiff
Dates	18–26 July 1958
←  1954 1962  →

The lawn bowls competition at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958. ^[1]

The event was held at two venues; at the Cardiff Bowls Club in Sophia Gardens ^[2] and the Guest Keen Sports Club, which was located on the former site of White City Stadium, Cardiff.

South Africa topped the medal table by virtue of winning one gold medal and two silver medals. ^[3]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Wales)

Medals won by nation, ranked and sortable, with totals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	1	2	0	3
2	England	1	1	0	2
3	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
4	Northern Rhodesia	0	0	1	1
	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	0	0	1	1
	Southern Rhodesia	0	0	1	1
7	Australia	0	0	0	0
	Canada	0	0	0	0
	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0
	Jersey	0	0	0	0
	Kenya	0	0	0	0
	Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
	Scotland	0	0	0	0
	Wales	0	0	0	0
Totals (14 entries)		3	3	3	9

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Phineas 'Pinky' Danilowitz	Percy Baker	Bill Jackson
Men's pairs	John Morris Richard Pilkington	John Myrdal Rudolph van Vuuren	William Yuill Hector Philp
Men's fours	Norman King John Bettles Walter Phillips John Scadgell	Wilfred Randall Edward Stuart Edward Williams Norman Snowy Walker	Alex Pascoe Charles Bradley Basil Wells Ronnie Turner

Results

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Men's singles – round robin

Men's singles round robin results

Pos	Player	P	W	L	Pts
1	Phineas 'Pinky' Danilowitz	11	10	1	20
2	Percy Baker	11	8	3	16+
3	Bill Jackson	11	8	3	16
4	William Downes Jones	11	7	4	14
5	Glyn Bosisto	11	7	4	14
6	James ‘Ham’ Pirret	11	6	5	12
7	Eric Liddell	11	5	6	10
8	Roy Fulton	11	4	7	8
9	Bernie Williams	11	4	7	8
10	John Weir	11	3	8	6
11	John Linford	11	3	8	6
12	Harry Hall	11	1	10	2

+ Silver medal play off
Baker beat Jackson 21-18

Men's pairs – round robin

Men's pairs, round robin results

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	John Morris & Richard Pilkington	11	10	0	1	20
2	John Myrdal & Rudolph van Vuuren	11	8	0	3	16+
3	William Yuill & Hector Philp	11	8	0	3	16
4	Ronald Marshall & Allan Rafton	11	7	0	4	14
5	William Rosbotham & Percy Watson	11	7	0	4	14
6	Fred Horn & Harold Shapland	11	6	0	5	12
7	Sandy Houston & George Dewar	11	6	0	5	12
8	C C Ma & Robert Gourlay	11	5	0	6	10
9	Wilf John & Jack Lewis	11	4	0	7	8
10	A Graham & W Careful	11	3	0	8	6
11	Jim Kerr & David Smart	11	1	0	10	2
12	Graham Bewhay & Billy McDowell	11	1	0	10	2

+ Silver medal play off
South Africa beat Southern Rhodesia 17-10

Men's fours – round robin

Men's fours, round robin results

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Norman King, John Bettles, Walter Phillips, John Scadgell	11	9	0	2	18+
2	Wilfred Randall, Edward Stuart, Edward Williams, Norman Snowy Walker	11	9	0	2	18
3	Alex Pascoe, Charles Bradley, Basil Wells, Ronnie Turner	11	8	0	3	16
4	Richard Gillings, William Pope, Arthur Baldwin, George Makin	11	7	1	3	15
5	Augusto Pedro Pereira, Alfred Coates, Mohammed B Hassan Sr., Raoul da Luz	11	7	0	4	14
6	John Hampson, Thomas Smetherham, George Ferguson, Alexander Hodge	11	6	1	4	13
7	Evan Jones, Danny Prosser, Jack Griffths, Len Hill	11	6	0	5	12
8	George Best, Tom Henry, Jack Webb, Gerry Crossey	11	4	0	7	8
9	C Cochran, J Trowsdale, R Roberts, S Strachan	11	4	0	7	8
10	Robin Andrew, Stanley Snedden, Jeff Barron, Bill Hampton	11	3	0	8	6
11	Tom Williams, Fred Tucker, Arthur Crossley, Cyril Cracknell	11	2	0	9	4
12	Bert Gallagher, Stirling Shields, Harry Gardler, Harry Robertson	11	0	0	11	0

+ Gold medal play off
England beat South Africa 22-13

References

1. "Times Archives". The Times .
2. "Mile of Golden Sands" . Reading Standard. 17 January 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 4 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Bowls". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
4. The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. Lulu.com. 2013. ISBN   9781291576382.
5. "Bowls" . Daily Mirror. 25 July 1958. p. 18. Retrieved 27 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.

See also

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