List of Bowls England Men's National Championships
Men's Fours Champions

List of Bowls England Men's National Championships

Section Title: Men's Fours Champions
Table Section Text: None

Year	County	Champions	County	Runners-up	Score

1905	Cumberland	Unknown (Carlisle Subscription)	Middlesex	Unknown (Bounds Green)	Unknown

1906	Northumberland	Unknown (Newcastle West End)	Middlesex	Unknown (Upper Clapton)	Unknown

1907	Cumberland	Unknown (Carlisle West End)	Kent	Unknown (Forest Hill)	Unknown

1908	Cumberland	Unknown (Carlisle Edenside)	Middlesex	Unknown (Upper Clapton)	Unknown

1909	Northamptonshire	J. T. Goode, C. Vorley, J. W. Bellamy, G. P. Coe (Wellingborough)	Northumberland	Unknown (Newcastle West End)	Unknown

1910	Somerset	A. H. Pearce, S. O. Hall, W. N. Wake, F. Blackmore (Victoria)	Cumberland	Unknown (Carlisle Subscription)	Unknown

1911	Oxfordshire	Unknown (Banbury)	Berkshire	T.Waldron, F.E.Blackmore, F.W.Thompson H.F.Lindars (Reading)	Unknown

1912	Northamptonshire	A. J. Rowe, C. S. Jinks, T. Lee, C. C. Jinks (Wellingborough)	Middlesex	unknown (Paddington)	Unknown

1913	Surrey	T. G. Dunno, P. Laing, F. MacGregor, W. Taylor (Dulwich)	Kent	Unknown (Bellingham)	Unknown

1914	Berkshire	T. Waldron, J. Higgs, J. Burling, H. F. Lindars (Reading)	Kent	Unknown (Gillingham)	Unknown

1915-1918 No competition due to war

1919	Leicestershire	Unknown (Belgrave)	Surrey	Unknown (Dulwich)	Unknown

1920	Durham	W. T. Wallace, R. Peacock, W. B. Shaw, C. Gibb (Sunderland)	Oxfordshire	H. E. Alden, T. Basson, J. Elson, F. C. Sherlock (South Oxford)	Unknown

1921	Northumberland	S. J. Dawson, W. Oliver, G. Elder, James Frith (Belgrave)	Northamptonshire	S. Booth, R. Dexter, C. Vorley, W. J. Mitchell (Wellingborough)	Unknown

1922	Leicestershire	unknown (Belgrave)	Durham	E. Dinsley, T. Eckford, T. F. Heslop, J. J. Hall (Darlington East Park)	Unknown

1923	Northumberland	W. Nixon, C. Thompson, W. E. Pitt, F. Hindmarsh (Alnwick)	Essex	Unknown (Central Park)	Unknown

1924	Essex	F. Lucking, F. Taylor, W. Whife, G. Owen (Southend-on-Sea)	Northumberland	Unknown (Summerhill)	Unknown

1925	Northumberland	S. J. Dawson, J. A. Gibson, A. Butterfield, W. H. Pallett (Belgrave)	Berkshire	Unknown (Prospect Park)	Unknown

1926	Sussex	A.Robinson, C Wheater, W.T.Cripps, R.John (Preston, Brighton)	Berkshire	W. J. Jones, H. A. Cannan, T. Webb, F. Bennett (Newbury)	25-24

1927	Kent	A.Y.Robertson, Percy Snow, G.Rogers, J.T.Dalton (Margate)	Middlesex	E.Potts, H.S.Wright, J.Booth, Tom Potts (Harrow)	18-17

1928	Bedfordshire	S. J. Tomlin, R. Hawkins, W. Plowman, A. J. Tibbett (Luton Town)	Northumberland	J. Parr, J. Gray, J. Buglass, W. E. Pitt (Alnwick)	28-10

1929	Hampshire	D. Spencer, W. G. Dear, T. Hopkins, C. H. Noyce (Basingstoke Town)	Somerset	H.Rebbeck, R.Bishop, F.Shell, A.S.Pearce (Frome Selwood Printing Works)	22-20

1930	Middlesex	Fred Hindmarsh, Dyer, Haigli, Richings (Lammas Club)	Hertfordshire	Unknown (St Albans)	19-17

1931	Surrey	W.J.Suckling, E.W.J.Coffee, W.H.Mowlam, G.Redstone (Kingston Canbury)	Isle of Wight	Unknown (Ryde)	24-23

1932	Hampshire	H. Parsons, E. S. Fuidge, J. Pollock, James Edney (Atherley, Southampton)	Somerset	F.Ross, J.Phipps, Reginald Bryant, W.Price (Sydney Gardens, Bath)	23-18

1933	Hampshire	B.H.Matthews, H.J.Head, H.W.Johnson, J.W.Rhodes (Southsea Waverley)	Devon	Harold Webber (Torbay Country Club)	27-17

1934	Sussex	A. Cole, W. T. Bevan, S. C. Griffin, R. Whiteside (Worthing)	Hampshire	Unknown (Southbourne)	Unknown

1935	Durham	C. Pickersgill, J. S. Reed, J. Pickersgill, C. Gibb (Sunderland)	Warwickshire	C. D. Billington, W. J. Wrigley J. A. Meredith, F. T. Miller (Avenue, Leamington Spa)	20-9

1936	Hampshire	E. Havelock, A. Walters, H. Perkins, George Curtis (Boscombe Cliff)	Middlesex	Unknown (Parsons Green)	20-14

1937	Surrey	J. Killick, P. C. W. Silcock, W. Taylor, J. A. Morrison (Sheen Common)	Leicestershire	C.Thorne, J.Garratt, G. Orams, W.F.Wade Hinckley	19-14

1938	Middlesex	H.A.Betteridge, G.Canning, Major W.H.Godby, C.A.Birtles (Paddington)	Cumberland	H. Stevens, A. Millar, G. Roden, J. Kilgour (Siddick)	16-15

1939	Buckinghamshire	L. Hart, E. Yates, V. Cartwright, E. Jefferies (High Wycombe)	Bedfordshire	W. Inskip, A. Gillett, H. Bull, S. Crawley (Bedford Borough)	18-14

1940-1944 No competition due to war

1945	Essex	C. W. J. Miller, W. C. Porter, H. N. Porter, R. Wadsworth (Ilford)	Kent	Unknown (Faversham)	Unknown

1946	Kent	Unknown (Faversham)	Suffolk	Unknown (Marlborough, Ipswich)	22-8

1947	Surrey	G. Godwin, S. A. Vallance, C. H. Godwin, Charles Walder (Redhill)	Oxfordshire	J. W. Gordon, M. L. King, H. J. Wallace, S. H. Smith (South Oxford)	17-14

1948	Oxfordshire	H. T. Allen, H. I. Fisher, J. Holden, Algernon R. Allen (Oxford City & County)	Gloucestershire	Unknown Gloucester Wagon Works	20-16

1949	Bedfordshire	F. Oliver, H. Burgon, C. Jones, C. Tomlin (SKF Luton)	Durham	R. Haggle, J. Rosser, J. Pannett, A. E. Jones (Stockton United)	31-16

1950	Hampshire	L. A. Walters, J. W. Curtis, H. W. Richardson & W. E. Oxenham (Richmond Park)	Kent	Unknown (Eltham)	21-19

1951	Oxfordshire	H. T. Allen, J. Fingland, J. Holden, Algernon R. Allen (Oxford City & County)	Surrey	Unknown (Motspur Park)	22-20

1952	Berkshire	C. Snow, N. Wakefield, R. H. Wrate, V. C. Wakefield (Prospect Park, Reading)	Hampshire	Unknown (Fleming Park, Eastleigh)	22-21

1953	Dorset	Unknown (Poole Park)	Hampshire	Unknown (Moordown)	23-20

1954	Leicestershire	Jock Latto, R Burton, A Toach, B Branston (Belgrave)	Northamptonshire	W. J. Stone, Frank Purser, C. J. Knight, Albert Knight (Abington, Northampton)	28-14

1955	Wiltshire	G. King, John Day, A. Boulter, C. R. Waite (Wootton Bassett)	Durham	J. E. Archibold, D. W. Richie, S. Thompson & J. E. Addis (Eldon Grove, West Hartlepool)	20-15

1956	Hampshire	T. Ellis, R. Squires, L. Lane, A. Spooner (Fleet United)	Suffolk	unknown (Rookery)	19-17

1957	Somerset	Reginald Bryant, David Bryant, L.Harris, Roger Harris (Clevedon)	Berkshire	M. Manifold, J. Rivers, C. S. Reed, G. K. Collyer (Wokingham)	25-15

1958	Cumberland	H. Heap, J. A. Wilson, G. Sewell, J. Bell (Morton Sundour)	Kent	S.Martin (Livesey Memorial)	21-18

1959	Buckinghamshire	E.Barnard, E.Goodchild, J Paton, W Clark (Princes Risborough)	Cornwall	T H Tonkin, F H Tonkin, J. Blewett, J F Stafford (Penlee)	17-11

1960	Essex	A.Pratt, R.Stevens, H. G.Brigstock, P.Smith (Essex County)	Durham	R. Wealands, C. Holiday, G. Coates, C. Richardson (Darlington Park)	25-11

1961	Sussex	Gordon Sparkes & Arthur Knowling Jr., John Scadgell, Harry Ward (Worthing)	Herefordshire	N.Knight (Hereford)	27-13

1962	Buckinghamshire	A.Whitehead, H.Harwood, H.Soen, L.Hall (Slough I.C.I.)	Oxfordshire	W. R. Scaldwell, R. J. Room, C. W. Lester & Algernon R. Allen (Oxford City & County)	20-16

1963	Northamptonshire	Stan Carter, Frank Marchant, Les Hough & Bobby Stenhouse (Wellingborough)	Buckinghamshire	H. Phillips, J. Abbot, C. Small, A. W. Philbey (Aylesbury Borough)	21-12

1964	Sussex	J. Evans, J. B. Hogan, H. Turrell & Ralph Lewis (Preston, Brighton)	Middlesex	Michael Stone, Arthur Stone, Arthur Morgan & Tom Smith (Clissold)	21-12

1965	Hampshire	A. Carter, W. T. Rich, R. A. Stephens, J. A. Gibson (Bournemouth Electric)	Essex	F.Humphrey, A. E. Moore, G. H. Salter, W.F.Johns (Colchester West End)	26-9

1966	Northumberland	W. Charlton, Arnold Bryson, George Boag & Fred Lumley (Summerhill)	Gloucestershire	R.Aubrey, H.Robertson, A.Bailey, W.Holder (Greyfriars)	28-15

1967	Kent	Jack McMeakin, Ibbotson (Sandwich)	Hampshire	Jack Stainer, Daniel Hishon (Civil Service, Portsmouth)	22-20

1968	Somerset	William Elliott, Reg Bryant, David Rhys Jones & David Bryant (Clevedon)	Hampshire	C. Jones, S. Bonner, Jimmy Davidson, Walter Phillips (Boscombe Cliff)	21-20

1969	Somerset	William Elliott, Reg Bryant, David Rhys Jones & David Bryant MBE (Clevedon)	Hampshire	unknown (British Legion Farnborough)	20-13

1970	Durham	Eric Alderton, Danny Winning, Harold Strong, Bob Main (Blackhall C. W.)	Middlesex	unknown (Cambridge) Park	21-19

1971	Somerset	John Knight, William Elliott, David Rhys Jones, David Bryant MBE (Clevedon)	Lincolnshire	Royal Mail Cart	27-13

1972	Lincolnshire	Dick Meades, Brian Sherriff Dick Vinters, Ray Stanley (Burton House)	Middlesex	Maurice Ellicott, Dave Thomas, Stan Hayward. Eddie Hunt (Paddington)	25-16

1973	Dorset	Ken Edmonds, Don Carrier, Eric Blaston, Ron Porter (Poole Park)	Somerset	Frank Worth (Bristol)	18-8

1974	Worcestershire	A.C.Hall, Alec Jackson, R. Watkins, Tony Russell (Brotherhood)	Middlesex	Jack Horn, J.Sambrook, P.Down, Tony Bantock (A.E.C.Southall)	19-17

1975	Norfolk	Arthur Rix, Cecil Whitwood, George Ward, Chris Ward (Cromer & District (EBA))	Middlesex	Reginald Paine (London Transport)	23-19

1976	Hertfordshire	Reginald Cross, Gordon Turner, Norman Kemp, Ernest Barker (Baldock Town)	Somerset	John Knight, William Elliott, David Rhys Jones, David Bryant MBE (Clevedon)	25-8

1977	Essex	Fred Bromley, Dennis Cullum, Clifford Smith, David Wakefield (Aveley)	Hampshire	Jack Gough, Norman Shelley, John Wiseman, Peter Line (Atherley)	20-15

1978	Warwickshire	Russ Robinson, Reg Hacker, Ken Dodd & Keith Robinson(Erdington Court)	Buckinghamshire	Len Somers (Chesham)	22-10

1979	Cumbria	I. Graham, H. Graham, J. Heap & R. Moore(Carlisle Subscription)	Berkshire	George Shepherd, Neil Stradling, Brian Griffiths & Michael Willis (Wantage)	Unknown

1980	Norfolk	Graham Pease, George Ward, Reggie Baker & Chris Ward (Cromer & District (EBA))	Hampshire	Graham Standley, Ray Bundy, Norman Shelley & Peter Line (Banister Park)	19-16

1981	Durham	David Kilner, Maurice Alsop, Ronnie Pringle, Cliff Simpson (Owton Lodge)	Northumberland	Steve Proctor, Chris Palmer, Ian Spoor & Kevin Bone(Gosforth)	27-11

1982	Nottinghamshire	A. Lovatt, B. Clark, K. Euerby, Bob Dickens (Castle)	Surrey	D. Walsh, J. Fitzharris, D. Campbell, J. Rideout (Old Dean, Camberley)	21-14

1983	Lancashire	Duncan Wilson, Tony Horobin, Alec Atkinson, Gordon Niven (Bolton)	Oxfordshire	Peter Sargeant, David Lewis, Clive Weston, Robin Hewson (Summertown)	25-18

1984	Hampshire	Laurie Pull, Peter Pull, Russell Morgan, Chris Paice (Boscombe Cliff)	Yorkshire	Ronnie Baker, Dick Moore, Les Berry, Tony Frosdick (Middlesbrough)	18-16

1985	Essex	David Griggs, David Jarrold, Graham Arnold, Jim Aiton (Aldersbrook)	Cambridgeshire	Tony Harley, Mick Chamberlain, Derek Rutter, Colin Chamberlain (Christchurch)	27-15

1986	Buckinghamshire	unknown (Stony Stratford)	Sussex	Alan Clarke, Chris Reynolds, Malcolm Fever, Doug Whetstone (Lindfield)	Unknown

1987	Buckinghamshire	Derek Plater, Colin Perrotet, Les Richardson, Mick Richardson (Aylesbury Town)	Surrey	Mark Whatling, Gary Davidson, Tim Orr, Kelvin Barnard (Temple)	20-17

1988	Oxfordshire	Steve Beacon, Chris Quainton, Chris Allen, Gary Harrington (Summertown)	Middlesex	Colin Hopper, Bob Middleton, Gerry Smyth, Steve Halmai (Paddington)	15-14

1989	Kent	John Chandler, Jimmy Cross, Terry Heppell, Martyn Sekjer (Blackheath & Greenwich)	Leicestershire	Alan Hewitt, Ian Wynter, David Hemstock, Colin Shaw (Brush)	17-16

1990	Somerset	Steve Gait, Derek Chivers, Terry Perkins, Ian Middlemast (Bath)	Nottinghamshire	Paul Jackson, Geoff Hufton Jr., Geoff Hufton Sr., Jamie Mills (Mansfield Colliery)	20-13

1991	Berkshire	John Smith, Bill Bayliss, Ian Baker, Jim Clarke (Wokingham)	Wiltshire	Norman Remington, Iain Cameron, Steve Remington, Andy Moore (Spencer, Melksham)	21-20

1992	Hampshire	Ian Rawlinson, Mark Warren, Chris Stanger, Nicky Jones (Bournemouth)	Hampshire	Michael Scripps, John Winkley, Robert Robinson, James Marsland, (Cove)	17-15

1993	Berkshire	Graham Waldron, Adam Graves, Robert Newman, Michael Newman (Reading)	Middlesex	S. Wheeler, W. Hulbert, A. Lines, Gerry Smyth (Shepherds Bush Cricket)	22-13

1994	Gloucestershire	Andrew Wills, Les Gillett, Simon Jones, Tony Allcock MBE (Cheltenham)	Hampshire	K. Manderson, D. Archibald, Peter Line, Graham Standley (Atherley)	21-13

1995	Sussex	John Pannett, Michael Rapley, James Morley, Leigh Prince (Hollingbury Park)	Middlesex	A. J. L. Barker, R. M. Clarke, L. P. Mulligan, Steven Stockley (Parsons Green)	18-17

1996	Cambridgeshire	Maurice Miller, Brian Baxter, Tony Merrell, Lee Miller (March Conservative)	Cumbria	Ken Johnston, David Taylor Richard Sampson, Trevor Taylor (Courtfield)	20-18

1997	Wiltshire	Mark Dyer, Tony Stevenson, Mel Biggs, Steve Warren (Swindon Westlecot)	Somerset	Barrie Smith, Mike Davies, Richard Billington, Don Fowkes (Bridgewater BCL)	19-15

1998	Oxfordshire	Alan Prew, George Moon, Greg Moon, Les Gillett (Banbury Borough)	Northumberland	Keith Wood, Mike Bennett, Mick McGreevy, Richard Train (Summerhill)	20-13

1999	Buckinghamshire	Mark Bantock, Alan Price, John McGuinness, Kirk Smith (Gerrards Cross)	Kent	Ben Hornsby, Martyn Sekjer, Gary Smith, Andy Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich)	21- 5

2000	Lancashire	Alan Mayne, Gary Harrington, Ian Mayne, David Holt (Acton Bridge)	Cumbria	Craig Docherty, David Taylor, Stuart Airey, Trevor Taylor (Courtfield)	24-14

2001	Derbyshire	Andrew Harris, Darren Allsopp, Martin Allsopp & Stuart Thomas (South Derbyshire Miners Welfare)	Durham	Tony Bousfield, Neil Buckley, Peter Edwards & Andrew Kirtland (Darlington Railway Athletic)	24-14

2002	Nottinghamshire	Nick Cammack, Michael Owen, Duncan Robinson, Brett Morley (Siemens)	Cornwall	Gary Watkins, Tim Phillips, Mark Foster, Steven Lawer (Carnon Downs)	25-12

2003	Cornwall	Ian Powell, Mike Sturtridge, Ian Ball, Richard Bray (Stenalees)	Lancashire	Duncan Wilson, Martin Crellin,Fergus Muat & Alec Atkinson (Manchester Commonwealth)	20-17

2004	Surrey	Norman Vigor, Andy Hawes, Graham Vigor, Dave Clark (Croydon)	Durham	Tony Bousfield, Neil Buckley, Peter Edwards & Andrew Kirtland (Darlington Railway Athletic)	22-14

2005	Berkshire	Dale Hall, Malcolm Edney, Ian Snowden, John Stradling (Hagbourne)	Hampshire	Barrie Seymour, Derick Faulkner, Roy Leake, Peter Ward (Ringwood)	18-17

2006	Cornwall	Charlie Gay, Bill Lawer, Dave Perrin, Tim Phillips (Carnon Downs)	Lancashire	Mark Dawes, John Walker, Barry Kitson, David Colbourne (Bolton)	21-20

2007	Cumbria	Danny May, Ian Airey, Richard Chandler, Stuart Airey (Carlisle Subscription)	Essex	Steven Mahoney, Brian Whiteley, Mark Morhall, Joe Stamper (Falcon)	20-18

2008	Somerset	James Branfield, Pip Branfield, Darren Mason, John Hick (Clevedon)	Nottinghamshire	Paul Martlew, Mike Owen, Duncan Robinson, Brett Morley (Trent Vale)	18-17

2009	Leicestershire	John Torrington, Vic Mayes, Steven Wade, Andrew Irons (Blaby)	Devon	Mark Hopkins, Jeff Tolchard, Alan Hirst, Sean Johnson (Kings, Torquay)	23-22

2010	Cambridgeshire	Martin Pankhurst, Kevin Bane, Ian Miller, Richard Catton (Cambridge & County)	Kent	David Mason, Scott Whiting, Joe Kelly, Grant Allen (Herne Bay)	18-17

2011	Berkshire	Bernard Byles, Matthew Hyde, Simon Jones, Alan Price (Desborough)	Somerset	Ben Hamilton, Matt Hamilton, Steve Turner, Louis Ridout (Ilminster)	27-14

2012	Northamptonshire	Mark Corbyn, Darren Lyman, Neil Corbyn, Paul Broderick (Wellingborough)	Cambridgeshire	Martin Pankhurst, Kevin Bane, Ian Miller, Richard Catton (Cambridge & County)	29-10

2013	Cornwall	Colin Smith, David Parr, Nigel Laity, Colin Binny (Chacewater)	Cambridgeshire	Roger Mansfield, Les Bradford, Neil Flack, Steve Jacobs (Sawston)	27-7

2014	Durham	Phil Dixon, Neal Ridley, Ian Riches, David Bolt (Silksworth)	Yorkshire	Ben Render, Shaun Wells, Dominic Kelly, Nigel Brignall (Nafferton)	21-19

2015	Worcestershire	Tony Yapp, Mark Atkins, Allan Griffiths, Ryan Atkins (St Dunstans)	Devon	Joe Melmore, Matt Bass, Louis Ridout, Sam Tolchard (Kings)	19-14

2016	Northamptonshire	Rob White, Ian Bland, Wayne Stanley, Dominic Graham (Northampton Express)	Devon	Ollie Lewis, Stuart Evans, Lee Haywood, Ryan Whitlock (Shaldon)	20-19

2017	Herefordshire	Tom Holmes, Mark Atkins, Phil Middleton, Ryan Atkins (Ledbury)	Kent	Josh Tingey, Roger Williams, Dex Weyand, Ken Weyand (St Lawrence)	27-12

2018	Wiltshire	Kyle Anderson, Mike Snell, Dave Godwin, Steve Snell (Royal Wootton Bassett)	Lancashire	Jason Parkinson, David Lockhart, Ian Mayne, Chris Gale (Heaton Hall)	17-15

Sentence(s)

James Edney was the 1932 fours National Champion bowling.

final_sentence: James Edney was the 1932 fours National Champion bowling.