# Lawn bowls at the 1938 British Empire Games

The lawn bowls competition at the 1938 British Empire Games took place in Waverley, Sydney, from 7 to 9 February 1938.
Horace Harvey won the singles going undefeated, New Zealand won the pairs and fours (the latter after a gold medal play off).

## Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Australia* | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |

## Medallists

All events were for men only.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Singles | Horace Harvey | Frank Livingstone | Jack Low |
| Pairs | Walter Denison and Lance Macey | Percy Hutton and Howard Mildren | D.A. Adamson and J.R. Appleford |
| Fours/Rinks | Alec Robertson Ernie Jury Bill Bremner Bill Whittaker | F. Stevenson J. G. Donaldson Norman Walker T. H. Samson | Aub Murray Charlie McNeill Harold Murray Tom Kinder |

## Men's singles – round robin
### Results

| Round | Date | Tie 1 | Tie 2 | Tie 3 |
| Round 1 | Feb 7 | Nzl 25 Eng 18 | SAf 25 Rho 17 | Aus 25 Ire 9 |
| Round 2 | Feb 7 | SAf 25 Eng 11 | Nzl 25 Ire 9 | Aus 25 Rho 13 |
| Round 3 | Feb 8 | Eng 25 Rho 19 | SAf 25 Ire 14 | Nzl 25 Aus 12 |
| Round 4 | Feb 8 | Ire 26 Rho 17 | SAf 26 Nzl 19 | Aus 25 Eng 9 |
| Round 5 | Feb 9 | Eng 24 Ire 10 | Nzl 26 Rho 9 | SAf 25 Aus 15 |
| Pos | Player | P | W | L | Pts |
| 1 | Horace Harvey | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Frank Livingstone | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Jack Low | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Tommy Hills | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | L W Clarke | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | A Bourne | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

## Men's pairs – round robin
### Results

| Round | Date | Tie 1 | Tie 2 | Tie 3 |
| Round 1 | Feb 7 | Nzl 21 Eng 20 | SAf 36 Sco 8 | Aus 23 Fij 10 |
| Round 2 | Feb 7 | Sco 21 Eng 18 | Fij 21 Nzl 20 | SAf 29 Aus 19 |
| Round 3 | Feb 8 | Eng 27 Fij 11 | Aus 38 Sco 8 | Nzl 24 SAf 13 |
| Round 4 | Feb 8 | SAf 21 Fij 17 | Aus 27 Eng 13 | Nzl 25 Sco 21 |
| Round 5 | Feb 9 | Nzl 25 Aus 21 | Eng 21 SAf 17 | Sco 13 Fij 22 |
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Lance Macey & Walter Denison | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Percy Hutton & Howard Mildren + | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | D A Adamson & J R Appleford | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Samuel Jones & Ronald Weeks | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Annesley Benjamin & J Taylor | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Alexander Templeton & James B McAlpine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
+ Hutton & Mildren defeated Adamson & Appleford 13–12 in a play off to win the silver medal

## Men's rinks (fours) – round robin
### Results

| Round | Date | Tie 1 | Tie 2 | Tie 3 |
| Round 1 | Feb 7 | Aus 27 Eng 13 | Nzl 26 Fij 11 | SAf 21 Can 13 |
| Round 2 | Feb 7 | Eng 28 Fij 16 | Nzl 21 Can 19 | Aus 25 SAf 18 |
| Round 3 | Feb 8 | SAf 29 Eng 11 | Nzl 19 Aus 14 | Can 21 Fij 14 |
| Round 4 | Feb 8 | SAf 17 Nzl 16 | Aus 28 Fij 17 | Can 32 Eng 14 |
| Round 5 | Feb 9 | Nzl 22 Eng 12 | Can 21 Aus 20 | SAf 30 Fij 12 |
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Bill Bremner (skip), Alec Robertson, Ernie Jury, Bill Whittaker + | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | J G Donaldson (skip), F Stevenson, Norman Snowy Walker, T H Samson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Tom Kinder (skip), Aub Murray, Charlie McNeill, Harold Murray ++ | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | R Gray (skip), Arthur Reid, Jim Flemming, R. Adam | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | James Cuthbert (skip), Edward Tappenden, Edward Shuttle, George Hiscock | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Ernest Dobell (skip), Frederick Clapcott, S. Coffey, W. E. Lindsay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
* + New Zealand defeated South Africa 19–16 in a play off to win the gold medal
* ++ Australia defeated Canada 30–10 in a play off to win the bronze medal