Lawn bowls at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Cardiff
Dates	18–26 July 1958

The lawn bowls competition at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games took place in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958.^[1]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Wales)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	1	2	0	3
2	England	1	1	0	2
3	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
4	Northern Rhodesia	0	0	1	1
	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	0	0	1	1
	Southern Rhodesia	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		3	3	3	9

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Phineas 'Pinky' Danilowitz	Percy Baker	Bill Jackson
Men's pairs	John Morris Richard Pilkington	John Myrdal Rudolph van Vuuren	William Yuill Hector Philp
Men's fours	Norman King John Bettles Walter Phillips John Scadgell	Wilfred Randall Edward Stuart Edward Williams Norman Snowy Walker	Alex Pascoe Charles Bradley Basil Wells Ronnie Turner

Results

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Men's singles – round robin

Pos	Player	P	W	L	Pts
1	Phineas 'Pinky' Danilowitz	11	10	1	20
2	Percy Baker	11	8	3	16+
3	Bill Jackson	11	8	3	16
4	William Downes Jones	11	7	4	14
5	Glyn Bosisto	11	7	4	14
6	James ‘Ham’ Pirret	11	6	5	12
7	Eric Liddell	11	5	6	10
8	Roy Fulton	11	4	7	8
9	A. B. (Bernie) Williams	11	4	7	8
10	John Weir	11	3	8	6
11	John Linford	11	3	8	6
12	Harry Hall	11	1	10	2

+ Silver medal play off
Baker beat Jackson 21-18

Men's pairs – round robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	John Morris & Richard Pilkington	11	10	0	1	20
2	John Myrdal & Rudolph van Vuuren	11	8	0	3	16+
3	William Yuill & Hector Philp	11	8	0	3	16
4	Ronald Marshall & Allan Rafton	11	7	0	4	14
5	William Rosbotham & Percy Watson	11	7	0	4	14
6	Fred Horn & Harold Shapland	11	6	0	5	12
7	Sandy Houston & George Dewar	11	6	0	5	12
8	C C Ma & Robert Gourlay	11	5	0	6	10
9	Wilf John & Jack Lewis	11	4	0	7	8
10	A Graham & W Careful	11	3	0	8	6
11	J Kerr & D Smart	11	1	0	10	2
12	Gordon Bewhay & Billy McDowell	11	1	0	10	2

+ Silver medal play off
South Africa beat Southern Rhodesia 17-10

Men's fours – round robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Norman King, John Bettles, Walter Phillips, John Scadgell	11	9	0	2	18+
2	Wilfred Randall, Edward Stuart, Edward Williams, Norman Snowy Walker	11	9	0	2	18
3	Alex Pascoe, Charles Bradley, Basil Wells, Ronnie Turner	11	8	0	3	16
4	Richard Gillings, William Pope, Arthur Baldwin, George Makin	11	7	1	3	15
5	Augusto Pedro Pereira, Alfred Coates, Mohammed B Hassan Sr., Raoul da Luz	11	7	0	4	14
6	John Hampson, Thomas Smetherham, George Ferguson, Alexander Hodge	11	6	1	4	13
7	Evan Jones, D Prosser, Jack Griffiths, Len Hill	11	6	0	5	12
8	George Best, Tom Henry, Jack Webb, Gerry Crossey	11	4	0	7	8
9	C Cochran, J Trowsdale, R Roberts, S Strachan	11	4	0	7	8
10	Robin Andrew, Stanley Snedden, Jeff Barron, Bill Hampton	11	3	0	8	6
11	Tom Williams, Fred Tucker, Arthur Crossley, Cyril Cracknell	11	2	0	9	4
12	Bert Gallagher, Stirling Shields, Harry Gardler, Harry Robertson	11	0	0	11	0

+ Gold medal play off
England beat South Africa 22-13

References

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
• Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games