Lawn bowls at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Lawn bowls at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perth
Dates	19 November – 01 December 1962
←  1958 1970  →

The lawn bowls competition at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Perth, Western Australia, from 19 November until 1 December 1962. ^[1] The bowls competition started several days before the official opening of the Commonwealth Games.

The competition took place at the Dalkeith Bowling Club on the 'Paratai Drive' (Jutland Parade). ^[2]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Medals won by nation, ranked and sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	2	0	0	2
2	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
3	Scotland	0	3	0	3
4	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	0	0	3	3
Totals (4 entries)		3	3	3	9

Medallists

Medallists by event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	David Bryant	Joseph Black	Alan Bradley
Men's pairs	Robbie Robson Bob McDonald	Thomas Hamill Michael Purdon	Charles Bradley Bill Jackson
Men's fours	David Bryant Les Watson Sidney Drysdale Tom Fleming	Michael Purdon Thomas Hamill Joseph Black William Moore	John Milligan Malcolm Bibb Ronnie Turner Victor Blyth

Results

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Men's singles – round robin

Men's singles round robin results

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	David Bryant	12	12	0	259	153	24
2	Joseph Black	12	10	2	240	158	20+
3	Alan Bradley	12	10	2	232	147	20
4	Leigh Fitzpatrick	12	9	3	216	187	18
5	F. R. Kermani	12	7	4	236	175	14
6	Jeff Barron	12	6	6	231	186	12
7	B A Henry	12	6	6	195	227	12
8	Percy Watson	12	5	7	208	218	10
9	Stirling Shields	12	4	8	193	226	8
10	Albert Evans	12	4	8	211	216	8
11	Bill Askew	12	3	9	159	242	6
12	Jimmy Noon	12	1	11	142	248	2
13	G Page	12	1	11	106	245	2

+Silver play off
Black beat Bradley 21-14

Men's pairs – round robin

Men's pairs round robin results

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Robbie Robson & Bob McDonald	10	9	0	1	265	143	18
2	Thomas Hamill & Michael Purdon	10	8	0	2	241	160	16
3	Charles Bradley & Bill Jackson	10	7	0	3	211	181	14+
4	Les Watson & Tom Fleming	10	7	0	3	195	189	14
5	Robert Kelly & Willis Teague	10	6	0	4	196	157	12
6	C C Ma & P Gardner	10	5	0	5	211	184	10
7	H Robinson & W Holborrow	10	4	0	6	193	193	8
8	Lynn Probert & Tom Griffiths	10	3	1	6	167	202	7
9	George Ashford & Bill Coackley	10	3	0	7	164	221	6
10	Aiia Hoar & Ross Moir	10	2	1	7	169	220	5
11	A Barnes & Wally Jackson	10	0	0	10	105	267	0

+ Bronze medal play off
Rhodesia & Nyasaland beat England 23-14

Men's rinks (fours) – round robin

Men's fours round robin results

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	David Bryant, Les Watson, Sidney Drysdale, Tom Fleming	10	8	0	2	239	125	16
2	Michael Purdon, Thomas Hamill, Joseph Black, William Moore	10	7	0	3	216	158	14+
3	John Milligan, Malcolm Bibb, Ronnie Turner, Victor Blyth	10	7	0	3	229	156	14
4	Arthur Baldwin, George Makin, Leslie Edgeworth, Richard Gillings	10	6	1	3	219	186	13
5	Claude Stephens, Lynn Probert, Tom Griffiths, Albert Evans	10	6	1	3	178	168	13
6	John Rabone, Malcolm Boon, Richard Pilkington, Bill O'Neill	10	6	0	4	230	157	12
7	Augusto Pedro Pereira, Eric Liddell, F. R. Kermani, George Souza Sr.	10	4	0	6	203	214	8
8	Ted Wiltshire, George Ashford, Malvin Katzler, Bill Coackley	10	4	0	6	160	226	8
9	G Williams, J Daunt, Max Bay, V Costello	10	3	0	7	177	243	6
10	Aiia Hoar, Stirling Shields, Edward Brown, Ross Moir	10	2	0	8	154	249	4
11	Territory of Papua and New Guinea	10	1	0	9	137	160	2

+ Silver play off
Scotland beat Rhodesia & Nyasaland 20-19

References

1. "Times Archives". The Times .
2. "1962 Commonwealth and Paraplegic Games". Museum of Perth. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
3. The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. Lulu.com. 2013. ISBN   9781291576382.

See also

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