List of Bowls England Men's National Championships
Men's Singles Champions (Four Wood)

List of Bowls England Men's National Championships

Section Title: Men's Singles Champions (Four Wood)
Table Section Text: None

Year	County	Champion	County	Runner-up	Score

1905	Middlesex	James Carruthers (Muswell Hill)	Northumberland	James Telford (Newcastle, West End)	Unknown

1906	Durham	C. L. Cummings (Sunderland)	Middlesex	A. Taylor (Finsbury Park)	Unknown

1907	Cumberland	James Emmerson (Edenside, Carlisle)	Leicestershire	H. W. Gibson (Leicester)	Unknown

1908	Surrey	R. Knights (Hero of Switzerland)	Cumberland	M. Turner (Carlisle Subscription)	Unknown

1909	Northumberland	J. W. Dick (Gosforth)	Berkshire	Harry Childs (Reading)	Unknown

1910	Northamptonshire	Frank Shatford (Kettering)	Somerset	J. Dauncy (Victoria)	Unknown

1911	Cumberland	J. J. Postlethwaite (Carlisle Courtfield)	Kent	J. Work (Tunbridge Wells Grove)	Unknown

1912	Middlesex	W. J. Jones (Crouch Hill)	Cumberland	G. E. Edmondson (Holme Head)	Unknown

1913	Durham	C. Gibb (Sunderland)	Middlesex	James G. Carruthers (Muswell Hill)	Unknown

1914	Surrey	D. Irvine Watson (Maldon)	Surrey	W. Dean (Balham)	Unknown

1915-1918 No competition due to war

1919	Kent	E. E. Moore (Bellingham)	Hampshire	E. Dean (Bournemouth)	Unknown

1920	Kent	A. E. Godsall (Forest Hill)	Northumberland	W. F. Hamilton (Summerhill, Newcastle)	Unknown

1921	Surrey	A. F. Warner (Belmont)	Sussex	J. Harwood (Preston)	Unknown

1922	Northumberland	W. F. Hamilton (Hexham)	Devon	C. G. Roach (Plymouth Hoe)	21-16

1923	Leicestershire	William Wade (Hinckley)	Buckinghamshire	G. Sainsbury (Wendover & Chiltern Hills)	21-15

1924	Devon	R. Hodge (Torrington)	Hampshire	E.C Redman (Banister Park)	21-18

1925	Devon	Harold Webber (Plymouth)	Somerset	W. Jennings (Taunton Deane)	21-15

1926	Devon	Robert Jack (Sir Francis Drake, Plymouth)	Kent	Alfred P. Poingdestre (Bromley)	21-16

1927	Berkshire	T. Tickle (Park Institute, Reading)	Hampshire	E. C. Redman (Bannister Park)	21-17

1928	Hampshire	George Wright (Southern Railway, Eastleigh)	Kent	W. Barlow (Bellingham)	21-14

1929	Kent	Robert Colquhoun (Bromley)	Sussex	Ernie Gudgeon (Preston, Brighton)	21-20

1930	Leicestershire	William Wade (Hinckley)	Devon	Harold Webber (Plymouth)	21-10

1931	Isle of Wight	Edwin Topp (Ryde)	Gloucestershire	H. Duggan (Gloucester)	21-8

1932	Dorset	Percy Baker (Poole Park)	Somerset	Ernie Fortune (St George's, Bristol)	Unknown

1933	Middlesex	James McKinlay (Paddington)	Isle of Wight	Percy Guy (Shanklin)	21-18

1934	Hampshire	A. K. Cochrane (Southampton)	Durham	Matthew Burdon (Dunelm)	21-7

1935	Yorkshire	W. Linton (Smith's Docks)	Isle of Wight	Jack Gallagher (Cowes)	Unknown

1936	Buckinghamshire	Dick Goodson (Chesham)	Sussex	Arthur Knowling Jr. (Worthing)	Unknown

1937	Yorkshire	William Prentice (Redcar, Zetland)	Devon	Harold Webber (Torbay C. Club)	21-14

1938	Hampshire	Keith Cross (Cosham)	Northumberland	Harry Cook (Tynemouth)	21-15

1939	Northumberland	Jack Laws (Summerhill)	Oxfordshire	Algernon Allen (City & County Club, Oxford)	21-8

1940-1944 No competition due to war

1945	Yorkshire	Albert Allison 'Bert' Keech (Bootham)	Gloucestershire	Robbie Robison (Henleaze)	21-19

1946	Dorset	Percy Baker (Poole Park)	Berkshire	Ernest Newton (Windsor & Eton)	21-20

1947	Sussex	Peter Mercer (Worthing)	Northumberland	Jimmy Thompson (North Shields)	21-14

1948	Berkshire	Ernie Newton (Windsor & Eton)	Gloucestershire	Ernie Fortune (Bristol Greenbank)	21-9

1949	Oxfordshire	Algernon Allen (Oxford City & County)	Middlesex	Arthur Collins (West Ealing)	21-8

1950	Northumberland	Jimmy Thompson (North Shields, West End)	Durham	Lloyd Whitworth (New Herrington)	21-15

1951	Hertfordshire	Alfred Pikesley (St. Albans)	Bedfordshire	Stanley Jackson (Luton Town)	21-17

1952	Dorset	Percy Baker (Poole Park)	Oxfordshire	Algernon Allen (Oxford City & County)	21-20

1953	Essex	Richard Cramp (Clay Hall)	Warwickshire	Frank Watts (Rugby)	21-12

1954	Northumberland	John Griffiths (Wallsend Borough)	Gloucestershire	George Ham (Stroud)	21-14

1955	Dorset	Percy Baker (Poole Park)	Yorkshire	Jack Fletcher (York Co-op)	21-13

1956	Berkshire	Norman Butler (Windsor & Eton)	Devon	Charlie Webber (Rock Park, Barnstaple)	21-16

1957	Middlesex	Norman King (Parliament Hill)	Hertfordshire	Frank Smith (Hatfield)	21- 4

1958	Hampshire	Harry Powell (Farnborough British Legion)	Isle of Wight	Frank Crockford (Bembridge)	21-10

1959	Surrey	Kenneth Coulson (Croydon)	Yorkshire	Tom Fleming (Middlesbrough, Albert Park)	21-11

1960	Somerset	David Bryant (Clevedon)	Yorkshire	Tom Fleming (Middlesbrough, Albert Park)	21-11

1961	Hampshire	Peter Line (Banister Park)	Lincolnshire	Ernie Hopcroft (Ruston Bucyrus)	21-9

1962	Dorset	Charles Mercer (Lyme Regis)	Surrey	Ernie Lake (Old Coulsdon)	21-20

1963	Cumberland	Charlie Graham (Edenside, Carlisle)	Hertfordshire	Harry Haynes (Welwyn Garden City)	21-20

1964	Hampshire	Peter Line (Banister Park)	Sussex	John Scadgell (Worthing)	21-19

1965	Sussex	Ralph Lewis (Preston, Brighton)	Dorset	Percy Baker (Poole Park)	21-16

1966	Somerset	David Bryant (Clevedon)	Northumberland	Harry Kinnersley (Morpeth)	21-17

1967	Worcestershire	Bill Irish (Droitwich, Vines Park)	Devon	Freddie Horn (Torquay)	21-12

1968	Essex	Norman Groves (Witham)	Hampshire	Walter Phillips (Boscombe Cliff)	21-15

1969	Hampshire	Jimmy Davidson (Boscombe Cliff)	Dorset	Jim Burns (Greenhill)	21-10

1970	Northumberland	Harry Kershaw (Heaton Victoria)	Somerset	Sandy Sandall (St. Andrews)	21-12

1971	Somerset	David Bryant MBE (Clevedon)	Cornwall	John Blewett (Penlee)	21-18

1972	Somerset	David Bryant MBE (Clevedon)	Yorkshire	Bob Robertson (Middlesbrough Co-op)	21-16

1973	Somerset	David Bryant MBE (Clevedon)	Buckinghamshire	Ian Harvey (Marlow)	21-12

1974	Worcestershire	Bill Irish (Droitwich, Vines Park)	Northumberland	Tom Wilkinson (Swan Hunter)	21-10

1975	Somerset	David Bryant MBE (Clevedon)	Middlesex	Robert Gibbins (L.T.A.S.S.A.)	22-15

1976	Surrey	Tony O'Connell (Wimbledon Durnsford)	Lincolnshire	Bill Hobart (Boston Sleaford Road)	21-17

1977	Norfolk	Chris Ward (Cromer)	Buckinghamshire	David Goldring (Woburn Sands)	21-9

1978	Somerset	Charles Burch (Taunton)	Somerset	David Bryant MBE (Clevedon)	22-11

1979	Cornwall	David Cutler (St. Austell)	Suffolk	Chris Southgate (Risbygate)	Unknown

1980	Durham	Tom Buller (View Lane Park)	Dorset	Lou Trim (West Moors Memorial)	Unknown

1981	Kent	Andy Thomson (Blackheath & Greenwich)	Surrey	Alan Windsor (Woking Park)	21-20

1982	Norfolk	Chris Ward (Cromer)	Buckinghamshire	Bret Long (Slough)	21-10

1983	Cumbria	John Bell (Wigton)	Northumberland	Kevin Bone (Gosforth)	21-13

1984	Surrey	Wynne Richards (Mid Surrey)	Leicestershire	John Kilyon (Loughborough)	21-15

1985	Devon	Ron Keating (Plymouth Civil Service)	Cumbria	Ron Gass (Wigton)	21- 8

1986	Surrey	Wynne Richards (Mid Surrey)	Cumbria	David Taylor (British Rail)	21-18

1987	Lancashire	David Holt (Bolton)	Gloucestershire	Tony Allcock (Cheltenham)	21- 5

1988	Cornwall	Richard Bray (Stenalees)	Somerset	Ian Middlemast (Bath)	21-12

1989	Norfolk	John Ottaway (Wymondham Dell)	Isle of Wight	Barry Croad (Ventnor)	25-13

1990	Gloucestershire	Tony Allcock MBE (Cheltenham)	Buckinghamshire	Kirk Smith (Denham)	25-12

1991	Gloucestershire	Tony Allcock MBE (Cheltenham)	Warwickshire	David Hobbis (Stratford upon Avon)	21- 3

1992	Cumbria	Stephen Farish (Wigton)	Yorkshire	Hugh Duff (West Park, Hull)	21-18

1993	Devon	John Wickham (Totnes)	Kent	Gordon Charlton (Folkestone Park)	21-17

1994	Nottinghamshire	Brett Morley (G.P.T.)	Derbyshire	Paul Wilkinson (Long Eaton Town)	21-14

1995	Durham	John Leeman (Craghead)	Gloucestershire	Les Gillett (Cheltenham)	21-13

1996	Norfolk	John Ottaway (Wymondham Dell)	Durham	Andrew Kirtland (Hundens Park)	21-18

1997	Warwickshire	Richard Brittan (Erdington Court)	Hertfordshire	Martyn Coles (Garston)	21-17

1998	Worcestershire	Grant Burgess (Gilt Edge)	Oxfordshire	Les Gillett (Banbury Borough)	21-20

1999	Huntingdonshire	Nick Brett (White Hart)	Warwickshire	Graham Ashby (Stoke, Coventry)	21-20

2000	Norfolk	John Ottaway (Wymondham Dell)	Buckinghamshire	Andrew Wise (Marlow)	21- 9

2001	Kent	Gordon Charlton (Sandwich)	Warwickshire	Mark Clarke (Kings Heath)	21-18

2002	Hampshire	Martyn Sekjer (Southampton SC)	Hertfordshire	Andrew Briden (Herts)	21- 2

2003	Yorkshire	Paul Allenby (Riverview)	Yorkshire	Mark Walton (Nafferton)	21-13

2004	Yorkshire	Mark Walton (Nafferton)	Essex	Joe Stamper (Lionmede)	21-17

2005	Middlesex	Simon Jee (Parsons Green)	Nottinghamshire	Nick Cammack (Trent Vale)	21-11

2006	Yorkshire	Mark Walton (Nafferton)	Gloucestershire	Lee Williamson (Barnwood)	21-16

2007	Essex	Andrew Squire (Maldon)	Yorkshire	Mark Walton (Nafferton)	21-10

2008	Devon	Sam Tolchard (Kings, Torquay)	Derbyshire	Simon Skelton (Stute)	21- 8

2009	Derbyshire	Simon Skelton (Stute)	Surrey	Steve Tuohy (Egham)	21-20

2010	Essex	Steven Mitchinson (Romford)	Sussex	Scott Edwards (Hove & Kingsway)	21- 8

2011	Durham	David Bolt (Silksworth)	Warwickshire	Graham Ashby (Rugby)	21-15

2012	Hampshire	Tom Bishop (Atherley)	Norfolk	Wayne Willgress (Norfolk)	21-20

2013	Worcestershire	Andrew Walters (Worcester)	Suffolk	John Rednall (Suffolk)	21-14

2014	Gloucestershire	Lee Williamson (Cheltenham)	Devon	Jamie Chestney (Kings)	21-18

2015	Cumbria	Ben Sherwen (Whitehaven)	Yorkshire	Vinnie O’Neill (Middlesbrough)	21-19

2016	Kent	Simon Green (Sandwich)	Worcestershire	Andrew Walters (Worcester)	21-13

2017	Northamptonshire	Jamie Walker (Northampton West End)	Northamptonshire	Darren Childs (Northampton West End)	21-14

2018	Devon	Scott Ashby (Kings)	Essex	Andrew Squire (Maldon)	21-16

Sentence(s)

Robert Colquhoun was the 1929 singles national champion.

final_sentence: Robert Colquhoun was the 1929 singles national champion.