# 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship – Men's fours

The 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship men's fours was held at the Northfield Bowls Complex in Ayr, Scotland, from 23 July – 7 August 2004.
Jonathan Ross, Noel Graham, Neil Booth and Jim Baker of Ireland won the gold medal.

## Qualifying round

Four sections, three teams from each section qualify for championship round.

### Section 1

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Jonathan Ross, Noel Graham, Neil Booth, Jim Baker | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 65 | 8 |
| 2 | Matt Tew, Russell Marks, Stephen McManus, John Sullivan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 93 | 8 |
| 3 | Neil Rees, Dai Wilkins, Robert Weale, Jason Greenslade | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 113 | 62 | 6 |
| 4 | Adrien Mellows, Roy Garden, Chinky Marillier & Richard Hayden | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 69 | 6 |
| 5 | David Bramley, Mark Svenningsen, Louis Erasmus & Derek James | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 98 | 2 |
| 6 | Hiroyuki Oda, Daisuke Takimura, Stephen Wedge & Makoto Yamada | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 117 | 0 |

### Section 2

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | John Rednall, Mervyn King, Robert Newman, Andy Thomson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 65 | 8 |
| 2 | Eric Johannes, Michael Steyn, Neil Burkett, Gerry Baker | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 113 | 77 | 6 |
| 3 | Sandy Joubert, John Shelley, Ewald Vermeulen, Graham Snyman | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 80 | 6 |
| 4 | Hugh Finlay, Richard Broad, Jack Behling & Neil Furman | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 85 | 6 |
| 5 | Safuan Said, Ramble Dallan Rice-Oxley, Fairul Izwan Abd Muin & Mohamed Aziz Maswadi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 99 | 2 |
| 6 | Warren Cranston, Ian Webb, Philip Billman & Noel Rawlinson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 106 | 2 |

### Section 3

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Jim McIntyre, Willie Wood, David Peacock, George Sneddon | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 58 | 10 |
| 2 | Damien Allison, Angelo Morales, Peter O'Donnell, Harry Anderson | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 85 | 6 |
| 3 | Ascendino Melo, Fabo Melo, Mercantonio Fabra, Gary Oughton | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 86 | 5 |
| 4 | Adam Poynton, Robin Chok, Jimmy Chiu & Loy D'Souza | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 90 | 4 |
| 5 | Aryeh Ben Dor, Tzvika Hadar, Colin Silberstein & Raymond Sher | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 81 | 84 | 3 |
| 6 | Semesa Naiseruvati, Shushil Deo Sharma, Rajnish Lal & Keshwa Goundar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 103 | 0 |

### Section 4

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Brett Duprez, Kelvin Kerkow, Kevin Walsh, Michael Wilks | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 61 | 10 |
| 2 | Keith Roney, Lyall Adams, Wayne Wright, Ryan Bester | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 62 | 8 |
| 3 | Rowan Brassey, Sean Johnson, Gary Lawson, Paul Girdler | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 62 | 4 |
| 4 | Andrew Jones, Allan Gilham, Kiernan Day & Ian Stamp | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 97 | 4 |
| 5 | Talaimanu Keti, Harry Porter, John Silva & Namulauulu Letufaga | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 132 | 4 |
| 6 | Alan Shaw, Derek Boswell, David Le Marquand & Lee Nixon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 66 | 106 | 0 |

## Championship round
### Section 1

| Pos | Player | P | W | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 118 | 66 | 10 |
| 2 | England | 5 | 3 | 2 | 98 | 710 | 6 |
| 3 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 77 | 80 | 4 |
| 4 | Wales | 5 | 2 | 3 | 76 | 90 | 4 |
| 5 | Namibia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 101 | 4 |
| 6 | Philippines | 5 | 1 | 4 | 81 | 104 | 2 |

### Section 2

| Pos | Player | P | W | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Ireland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 102 | 54 | 10 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 5 | 4 | 1 | 97 | 78 | 8 |
| 3 | Scotland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 86 | 81 | 4 |
| 4 | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 3 | 92 | 92 | 4 |
| 5 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 3 | 78 | 82 | 4 |
| 6 | Brazil | 5 | 0 | 5 | 495 | 117 | 0 |

## Bronze medal match

England beat New Zealand 18–17.

## Gold medal match

Combined Ireland beat Australia 19–18.

## Results

Men's fours section 1 :
| Round 1 – Aug 1 | | |
| Ireland | Zimbabwe | 17–16 |
| Spain | Swaziland | 19–18 |
| Wales | Japan | 32–4 |
| Round 2 – Aug 1 | | |
| Ireland | Swaziland | 23–8 |
| Spain | Wales | 18–17 |
| Zimbabwe | Japan | 24–7 |
| Round 3 – Aug 2 | | |
| Ireland | Japan | 22–12 |
| Wales | Swaziland | 29–7 |
| Spain | Zimbabwe | 19–15 |
| Round 4 – Aug 2 | | |
| Ireland | Spain | 28–6 |
| Swaziland | Japan | 19–11 |
| Zimbabwe | Wales | 19–14 |
| Round 5 – Aug 3 | | |
| Spain | Japan | 20–15 |
| Wales | Ireland | 21–14 |
| Zimbabwe | Swaziland | 16–11 |
Men's fours section 2 :
| Round 1 – Aug 1 | | |
| England | Malaysia | 17–14 |
| South Africa | Norfolk Island | 29–5 |
| United States | Namibia | 14–13 |
| Round 2 – Aug 1 | | |
| England | United States | 22–11 |
| Norfolk Island | Malaysia | 19–10 |
| South Africa | Namibia | 29–15 |
| Round 3 – Aug 2 | | |
| England | Norfolk Island | 28–11 |
| Namibia | Malaysia | 24–11 |
| South Africa | United States | 26–17 |
| Round 4 – Aug 2 | | |
| Namibia | England | 19–14 |
| Malaysia | South Africa | 22–19 |
| United States | Norfolk Island | 21–11 |
| Round 5 – Aug 3 | | |
| United States | Malaysia | 20–13 |
| Namibia | Norfolk Island | 18–12 |
| England | South Africa | 18–10 |
Men's fours section 3 :
| Round 1 – Aug 1 | | |
| Brazil | Fiji | 17–14 |
| Scotland | Philippines | 15–11 |
| Hong Kong | Israel | 15–14 |
| Round 2 – Aug 1 | | |
| Philippines | Israel | 23–17 |
| Scotland | Brazil | 28–9 |
| Fiji | Hong Kong | 14–13 |
| Round 3 – Aug 2 | | |
| Hong Kong | Philippines | 18–16 |
| Israel | Brazil | 15–15 |
| Scotland | Fiji | 21–16 |
| Round 4 – Aug 2 | | |
| Philippines | Fiji | 28–19 |
| Brazil | Hong Kong | 21–11 |
| Scotland | Israel | 23–11 |
| Round 5 – Aug 3 | | |
| Philippines | Brazil | 18–16 |
| Israel | Fiji | 24–8 |
| Scotland | Hong Kong | 25–11 |
Men's fours section 4 :
| Round 1 – Aug 1 | | |
| Australia | Canada | 16–11 |
| Jersey | Kenya | 15–11 |
| New Zealand | Samoa | 42–2 |
| Round 2 – Aug 1 | | |
| Australia | Jersey | 23–18 |
| Canada | Samoa | 21–11 |
| Kenya | New Zealand | 21–20 |
| Round 3 – Aug 2 | | |
| Australia | Samoa | 21–10 |
| Canada | Kenya | 26–13 |
| New Zealand | Jersey | 27–7 |
| Round 4 – Aug 2 | | |
| Australia | Kenya | 26–12 |
| Jersey | Samoa | 20–19 |
| Canada | New Zealand | 17–16 |
| Round 5 – Aug 3 | | |
| Canada | Jersey | 26–6 |
| Australia | New Zealand | 15–11 |
| Kenya | Samoa | 28–10 |
Men's singles championship section A :
| Round 1 – Aug 3 | | |
| Australia | England | 21–9 |
| Spain | Philippines | 24–15 |
| Wales | Namibia | 15–13 |
| Round 2 – Aug 4 | | |
| Australia | Namibia | 32–10 |
| Spain | England | 18–13 |
| Philippines | Wales | 24–13 |
| Round 3 – Aug 4 | | |
| England | Philippines | 28–7 |
| Namibia | Spain | 16–10 |
| Australia | Wales | 22–14 |
| Round 4 – Aug 5 | | |
| England | Namibia | 30–10 |
| Wales | Spain | 19–13 |
| Australia | Philippines | 26–21 |
| Round 5 – Aug 5 | | |
| Namibia | Philippines | 16–14 |
| Australia | Spain | 17–12 |
| England | Wales | 18–15 |
Men's singles championship section B :
| Round 1 – Aug 3 | | |
| Ireland | Scotland | 14–12 |
| South Africa | Canada | 23–17 |
| New Zealand | Brazil | 15–13 |
| Round 2 – Aug 4 | | |
| Ireland | South Africa | 20–14 |
| New Zealand | Canada | 19–15 |
| Scotland | Brazil | 27–7 |
| Round 3 – Aug 4 | | |
| South Africa | Brazil | 22–11 |
| New Zealand | Scotland | 27–15 |
| Ireland | Canada | 16–10 |
| Round 4 – Aug 5 | | |
| Ireland | Brazil | 33–7 |
| New Zealand | South Africa | 25–16 |
| Canada | Scotland | 16–13 |
| Round 5 – Aug 5 | | |
| Ireland | New Zealand | 19–11 |
| Scotland | South Africa | 19–17 |
| Canada | Brazil | 20–11 |