Lawn bowls at the 1950 British Empire Games

Lawn bowls
at the 1950 British Empire Games
Lawn bowls ; at the 1950 British Empire Games
Venue	Auckland
Dates	04 February – 11 February 1950
Competitors	29 from 5 nations
	← 1938 1954 →

The lawn bowls competition at the 1950 British Empire Games took place in Auckland, New Zealand from 4–11 February 1950.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Medal table

* Host nation (New Zealand)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand*	2	0	1	3
2	South Africa	1	1	0	2
3	Australia	0	2	0	2
4	Fiji	0	0	2	2
Totals (4 entries)		3	3	3	9

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Singles	James Pirret	Albert Newton	Lionel Garnett
Pairs	Phil Exelby and Robert Henry	W. Gibb and H. J. van Zyl	Leslie Brown and James Poulton
Fours	Alfred Blumberg Herbert Currer Harry Atkinson Norman Snowy Walker	Charles Cordaiy James Cobley John Cobley Len Knight	Fred Russell Arthur Engebretsen Noel Jolly Pete Skoglund

Round	Date	Tie 1	Tie 2
Round 1	Feb 6	Aus 25 SAf 18	Nzl 25 Fij 20
Round 2	Feb 6	Fij 26 Can 21	N/A
Round 3	Feb 7	Aus 26 Fij 18	Can 26 SAf 19
Round 4	Feb 7	Nzl 25 Can 22	N/A
Round 5	Feb 8	Nzl 26 Aus 16	Fij 26 SAf 17
Round 6	Feb 8	Nzl 25 SAf 10	Aus 25 Can 18

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	James Pirret Jr.	4	4	0	101	68	8
2	Albert Newton	4	3	1	92	80	6
3	Lionel Garnett	4	2	2	89	89	4
4	Dr Weston Krupp	4	1	3	87	94	2
5	G Jacobs	4	0	4	64	102	0

Round	Date	Tie 1	Tie 2
Round 1	Feb 6	Nzl 23 SAf 16	Fij 23 Aus 21
Round 2	Feb 7	SAf 15 Fij 14	Nzl 23 Aus 22
Round 3	Feb 8	SAf 19 Aus 17	Nzl 47 Fij 14

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Robert Henry & Phil Exelby	3	3	0	93	42	6
2	W. Gibb & H. J. van Zyl	3	2	1	50	54	4
3	Leslie Brown & James Poulton	3	1	2	41	83	2
4	Bert Palm & Robert Lewis	3	0	3	60	65	0

Round	Date	Tie 1	Tie 2
Round 1	Feb 6	Aus 44 Fij 8	Nzl 19 SAf 11
Round 2	Feb 7	Aus 23 Nzl 14	SAf bt Fiji
Round 3	Feb 8	Nzl 41 Fij 6	SAf 25 Aus 15

Pos	Player	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	Norman Snowy Walker (skip), Herbert Currer, Harry Atkinson, Alfred Blumberg	3	2	1	50	48	4+
2	James Cobley (skip), John Cobley, Len Knight, Charles Cordaiy	3	2	1	82	46	4
3	Pete Skoglund (skip), Noel Jolly, Fred Russell, Arthur Engebretsen	3	2	1	74	40	4
4	Patrick Costello (skip), Nathaniel Stuart Chalmers, Harold Brockett Gibson, Eric Hastings McIlwain	3	0	3	28	100	0

+ Play Offs
Eliminator - South Africa beat New Zealand 22-17
Final - South Africa beat Australia 23-14

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^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
^ Bolsover, Godfrey (1959). Who's Who and Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Rowland Publishers Ltd (Pre isbn).
^ The complete book of the Commonwealth Games. Lulu.com. 2013. ISBN 9781291576382.