# Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

The lawn bowls competition at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games took place in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January until 2 February 1974. David Bryant won his third successive Commonwealth Games singles gold medal, with a medals cache of four golds although not competing in 1966. Host country New Zealand won the fours (their seventh gold medal since the start of the games in 1930).

## Medal table

* Host nation (New Zealand)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Scotland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | New Zealand* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles | David Bryant | Clive White | Willie Wood |
| Men's pairs | Jack Christie Alex McIntosh | John Evans Peter Line | Bob McDonald Phil Skoglund |
| Men's fours | Kerry Clark David Baldwin John 'Jack' Somerville Gordon Jolly | Robert King Errol Bungey Errol Stewart Keith Poole | John Marshall Morgan Moffat Bill Scott John McRae |

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

| Pos | Player | P | W | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | David Bryant | 13 | 11 | 2 | 267 | 147 | 22 |
| 2 | Clive White | 13 | 10 | 3 | 269 | 197 | 20 |
| 3 | Willie Wood | 13 | 9 | 4 | 257 | 191 | 18 |
| 4 | Percy Jones | 13 | 9 | 4 | 260 | 215 | 18 |
| 5 | Maldwyn Evans | 13 | 9 | 4 | 232 | 213 | 18 |
| 6 | Denis Gosden | 13 | 7 | 6 | 212 | 212 | 14 |
| 7 | Roy Fulton | 13 | 6 | 7 | 220 | 210 | 12 |
| 8 | Omar Dallah | 13 | 6 | 7 | 232 | 251 | 12 |
| 9 | Harry Lakin | 13 | 6 | 7 | 213 | 239 | 12 |
| 10 | Sydney Snowsil | 13 | 6 | 7 | 209 | 266 | 10 |
| 11 | Roy De Feu | 13 | 4 | 9 | 200 | 241 | 8 |
| 12 | Neal Salkeld | 13 | 3 | 10 | 195 | 262 | 6 |
| 13 | James S Williams | 13 | 3 | 10 | 201 | 259 | 6 |
| 14 | Oswald Dent | 13 | 3 | 10 | 180 | 264 | 6 |

### Men's pairs – round robin

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Jack Christie & Alex McIntosh | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 294 | 202 | 23 |
| 2 | John Evans & Peter Line | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 366 | 185 | 22 |
| 3 | Bob McDonald & Phil Skoglund | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 297 | 201 | 21 |
| 4 | John Thomson & Ellis Stanbury | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 296 | 228 | 19 |
| 5 | Sean Patton & Peter Underhill | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 299 | 238 | 19 |
| 6 | Peter Rheuben & John Dobbie | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 323 | 214 | 16 |
| 7 | Gary Forbes & Alan Ramsbocham | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 297 | 252 | 10 |
| 8 | William Pimley & William Tate | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 243 | 264 | 10 |
| 9 | Saco Delgado & Eric Liddell | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 231 | 285 | 10 |
| 10 | Ioapo Iosia & John Suhren | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 181 | 358 | 8 |
| 11 | Peter Cross & Alexander 'Sandy' Ross | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 235 | 289 | 6 |
| 12 | Harry Smith & Reuben Rose | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 227 | 285 | 6 |
| 13 | Donald Ingrouille & Cyril Smith | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 173 | 364 | 6 |
| 14 | James Macauley & Edward Franklin | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 188 | 353 | 4 |

### Men's fours – round robin

| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| 1 | Kerry Clark, David Baldwin, Jack Somerville, Gordon Jolly | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 308 | 171 | 20 |
| 2 | Robert King, Errol Bungey, Errol Stewart, Keith Poole | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 297 | 196 | 18 |
| 3 | John Marshall, Morgan Moffat, Bill Scott, John McRae | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 271 | 188 | 17 |
| 4 | John Russell Evans, David Richards, Gareth Humphreys, Ian Sutherland | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 257 | 205 | 15 |
| 5 | Dave Crocker, Bob Robertson, Harry Taylor, Ted Hayward | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 261 | 211 | 14 |
| 6 | Barrie Baxter, Robert Henderson, Charles Carter, Harley Triggs | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 234 | 228 | 13 |
| 7 | Peter Fong, George Thaggard, Ram Harakh, Peter Oates | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 224 | 268 | 12 |
| 8 | Oscar Adem, Abdul Kitchell, George Souza Sr., Roberto da Silva | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 205 | 269 | 10 |
| 9 | J Fridenthal John Cadogan, John Stalker, Ray Pears | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 209 | 248 | 8 |
| 10 | Gerard Sloan, James Craig, Jimmy Donnelly, James Dennison | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 206 | 262 | 8 |
| 11 | Falevi Petana, Sione Lino, Si'imoa Tolova'a, Leta'a Sulu Devoe | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 185 | 294 | 8 |
| 12 | Clifford de Rungary, Charles Gibbons, John Eatly, Ronald Hedges | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 207 | 286 | 7 |
| 13 | George Robbins, Graham Jarvis, John Miller, Ronnie Jones | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 220 | 250 | 6 |