Men's World Outdoor Championships 1976
3rd Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
LocationSouth Africa Zoo Lake Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
Date(s)18 February – 6 March 1976
CategoryWorld Bowls Championship
 1973 1977 

The 1976 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship[1] was held at Zoo Lake Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 18 February to 6 March 1976.

Doug Watson won the singles which was held in a round robin format. South Africa completed a clean sweep of events by taking the pairs, triples and fours Gold which also help them lift the Leonard Trophy.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles South Africa
Doug Watson
Australia
Bob Middleton
England
David Bryant
Men's pairs South Africa
Doug Watson
Bill Moseley
United States
Neil McInnes
Dick Folkins
Australia
Don Woolnough
Bob Middleton
Men's triples South Africa
Kevin Campbell
Nando Gatti
Kelvin Lightfoot
England
David Bryant
Bill Irish
Tommy Armstrong

Willie Murray
David Hull
John Higgins
Men's fours South Africa
Kevin Campbell
Nando Gatti
Kelvin Lightfoot
Bill Moseley
Australia
Don Woolnough
Leigh Bishop
Barry Salter
Keith Poole
England
John C Evans
Bill Irish
Tommy Armstrong
Peter Line
Men's Team South Africa
South Africa
England
England
Australia
Australia

Men's singles

Round-robin results

Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4 Tie 5 Tie 6 Tie 7 Tie 8
Round 1
27 Feb
WAL 21 IRL 10AUS 21 JEY 15USA 21 JPN 7ZAF 21 MWI 4ENG 21 HKG 7ISR 21 NZL 16SCO 21 GGY 7RHO 21 WSM 14
Round 2
27 Feb
RHO 21 GGY 19WSM 21 HKG 11IRL 21 JEY 11ENG 21 JPN 3USA 21 MWI 7ZAF 21 WAL 9NZL 21 SCO 15AUS 21 ISR 19
Round 3
28 Feb
SCO 21 JEY 6ZAF 21 ISR 7NZL 21 AUS 13ENG 21 IRL 12WAL 21 JPN 10HKG 21 MWI 10USA 21 RHO 17GGY 21 WSM 19
Round 4
28 Feb
AUS 21 ENG 18ZAF 21 GGY 18WAL 21 SCO 13USA 21 JEY 14RHO 21 JPN 4MWI 21 IRL 15ISR 21 HKG 16NZL 21 WSM 8
Round 5
1 Mar
ZAF 21 JEY 7WSM 21 MWI 7IRL 21 HKG 10USA 21 WAL 3ISR 21 JPN 5GGY 21 ENG 14AUS 21 SCO 17RHO 21 NZL 20
Round 6
1 Mar
USA 21 IRL 8NZL 21 HKG 16WSM 21 JEY 10ZAF 21 RHO 9SCO 21 MWI 3AUS 21 JPN 1ENG 21 ISR 3WAL 21 GGY 12
Round 7
2 Mar
WAL 21 MWI 7AUS 21 GGY 5NZL 21 ENG 5JEY 21 JPN 5RHO 21 HKG 18USA 21 ISR 19ZAF 21 WSM 20SCO 21 IRL 19
Round 8
2 Mar
HKG 21 WAL 18ZAF 21 USA 19SCO 21 RHO 7ENG 21 JEY 13GGY 21 JPN 6WSM 21 ISR 11AUS 21 IRL 12NZL 21 MWI 17
Round 9
3 Mar
ZAF 21 IRL 5WAL 21 RHO 18NZL 21 USA 20SCO 21 ISR 12AUS 21 HKG 11WSM 21 ENG 20MWI 21 JPN 8GGY 21 JEY 11
Round 10
3 Mar
IRL 21 JPN 4WSM 21 WAL 20GGY 21 NZL 20RHO 21 AUS 19ZAF 21 HKG 11ISR 21 JEY 13SCO 21 USA 8ENG 21 MWI 14
Round 11
4 Mar
RHO 21 IRL 9AUS 21 WSM 13WAL 21 ISR 14GGY 21 MWI 13NZL 21 JEY 6ZAF 21 SCO 15ENG 21 USA 15HKG 21 JPN 9
Round 12
5 Mar
WAL 21 AUS 13SCO 21 WSM 9ZAF 21 JPN 1USA 21 GGY 8HKG 21 JEY 4ENG 21 RHO 18NZL 21 IRL 19ISR 21 MWI 16
Round 13
5 Mar
AUS 21 USA 17MWI 21 JEY 19RHO 21 ISR 12ENG 21 WAL 16GGY 21 IRL 18ZAF 21 NZL 20WSM 21 JPN 5HKG 21 SCO 11
Round 14
6 Mar
ZAF 21 AUS 12USA 21 WSM 16IRL 21 ISR 2NZL 21 JPN 5RHO 21 MWI 18GGY 21 HKG 16WAL 21 JEY 18ENG 21 SCO 16
Round 15
6 Mar
AUS bt MWIISR bt GGYUSA bt HKGWSM bt IRLSCO bt JPNJEY bt RHOWAL bt NZLENG 21 ZAF 10

Final table

Pos Player P W L Pts
1South Africa Doug Watson1514114
2Australia Bob Middleton1511411
3England David Bryant1511411
4United States Dick Folkins1510510
5New Zealand Kerry Clark1510510
6Wales Maldwyn Evans1510510
7Scotland Willie Wood15969
8Rhodesia John Allman15969
9Samoa Tolova'a Si'moa15878
10Guernsey Roy de Feu15878
11Israel Matt Gordon15696
12Hong Kong Eric Liddell155105
13 Roy Fulton154114
14Malawi Harry Lakin152132
15Jersey Ben Van Niekerk152132
16Japan Shingo Sarumaru150150

Men's pairs

Round-robin results

Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4 Tie 5 Tie 6 Tie 7 Tie 8
Round 1
18 Feb
HKG 20 IRL 17ZAF 31 JEY 12RHO 21 NZL 15WSM 18 MWI 14ENG 33 GGY 12USA 18 WAL 15AUS 24 SCO 20IRL 47 JPN 2
Round 2
19 Feb
IRL 20 JEY 19AUS 34 ISR 7HKG 19 WSM 17USA 21 MWI 16RHO 27 GGY 15ENG 51 JPN 8NZL 25 SCO 21WAL 22 ZAF 19
Round 3
19 Feb
ENG v AUSZAF bt GGYHKG v ISRIRL v MWIRHO bt JPNJEY v USANZL v WSMSCO v WAL
Round 4
20 Feb
GGY 17 WAL 17SCO 34 MWI 14HKG 17 NZL 15WSM 28 JEY 12USA 21 IRL 15AUS 66 JPN 3ENG 21 ISR 15ZAF 29 RHO 7
Round 5
20 Feb
AUS v USAENG v WALIRL bt GGYISR v RHOWSM bt JPNJEY v MWIZAF bt NZLSCO 26 HKG 11
Round 6
21 Feb
WAL 23 IRL 12USA 50 JPN 4ENG 16 HKG 13WSM 24 RHO 18ZAF 38 MWI 10AUS 34 JEY 7NZL 27 ISR 16SCO 36 GGY 21
Round 7
21 Feb
RHO 22 MWI 13USA 26 WSM 16ISR 27 IRL 15ZAF 30 AUS 17NZL 49 JPN 8WAL 23 JEY 16ENG 24 SCO 18HKG 16 GGY 15
Round 8
23 Feb
WAL 22 MWI 17USA 28 ISR 13ZAF 45 WSM 5IRL 28 SCO 13RHO 30 HKG 10AUS 27 GGY 17NZL 21 ENG 19JEY 36 JPN 8
Round 9
23 Feb
WAL 53 JPN 7HKG 29 MWI 16RHO 25 USA 14WSM 26 GGY 22SCO 35 JEY 11NZL 26 AUS 22IRL 21 ENG 12ZAF 28 ISR 11
Round 10
24 Feb
ISR 24 SCO 17ZAF 25 IRL 18RHO 16 WAL 15ENG 35 WSM 12AUS 22 HKG 20GGY 22 JEY 13MWI 33 JPN 15USA 21 NZL 16
Round 11
24 Feb
AUS v IRLENG v JEYGGY bt JPNHKG v WALISR v WSMNZL v MWISCO 21 RHO 11ZAF 26 USA 16
Round 12
25 Feb
ZAF 36 HKG 14IRL 45 JPN 3ENG 27 MWI ?JEY 26 ISR 16AUS 19 RHO 16WSM 20 WAL 19NZL 23 GGY 19USA 24 SCO 21
Round 13
25 Feb
ENG 21 ZAF 12AUS 32 MWI 13NZL 25 WAL 17RHO 26 JEY 14IRL 18 WSM 18USA 22 HKG 13ISR 20 GGY 12SCO 44 JPN 12
Round 14
26 Feb
ZAF 41 JPN 7HKG 22 JEY 19WAL 26 AUS 17SCO 34 WSM 10IRL 23 NZL 18USA 23 GGY 16ENG 17 RHO 16ISR 18 MWI 17
Round 15
26 Feb
AUS 25 WSM 22ENG 22 USA 14MWI 23 GGY 11HKG 60 JPN 5IRL 18 RHO 15WAL 23 ISR 15NZL 35 JEY 18ZAF 32 SCO 10

Final table

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1South Africa Doug Watson & Bill Moseley15130226
2United States Neil McInnes & Dick Folkins15110422
3Australia Don Woolnough & Bob Middleton15101421
4England John C Evans & Peter Line15101421
5Wales John Russell Evans & Maldwyn Evans1591519
6 Roy Fulton & John Henry1591519
7Rhodesia Rhodesia1590618
8New Zealand Kerry Clark & Vic Sellars1590618
9Samoa Western Samoa1581617
10Scotland Jack Christie & Alex McIntosh1581617
11Hong Kong Hong Kong1580716
12Israel Matt Gordon & Robert Goldwasser15501010
13Malawi Peter Crossan & Harry Lakin1530126
14Jersey Jersey1530126
15Guernsey Guernsey1521125
16Japan Japan1500150

Men's triples

Round-robin results

Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4 Tie 5 Tie 6 Tie 7 Tie 8
Round 1
18 Feb
NZL 19 RHO 16WSM 17 MWI 16AUS 15 SCO 15ENG 26 GGY 13ZAF 35 JEY 11ISR 37 JPN 8HKG 16 IRL 14WAL 17 USA 11
Round 2
19 Feb
SCO 21 NZL 14HKG 17 WSM 16AUS 20 ISR 8IRL 25 JEY 7RHO 27 GGY 11ENG 64 JPN 7USA 22 MWI 12WAL v ZAF
Round 3
19 Feb
ENG 14 AUS 13GGY v ZAFHKG v ISRIRL bt MWIJPN v RHOJEY v USANZL v WSMSCO v WAL
Round 4
20 Feb
AUS 37 JPN 5WAL 29 GGY 10NZL 19 HKG 18SCO 22 MWI 14IRL 21 USA 15JEY 16 WSM 11ENG 18 ISR 17ZAF 32 RHO 7
Round 5
20 Feb
AUS v USAENG bt WALIRL bt GGYISR v RHOWSM bt JPNJEY v MWIZAF bt NZLSCO 21 HKG 15
Round 6
21 Feb
IRL 15 WAL 13ENG 28 HKG 5SCO 23 GGY 4AUS 28 JEY 10NZL 23 ISR 7WSM 15 RHO 13USA 30 JPN 8ZAF 19 MWI 15
Round 7
21 Feb
NZL 52 JPN 4USA 28 WSM 14ZAF 22 AUS 17HKG 22 GGY 13ENG 18 SCO 13MWI 16 RHO 12IRL 27 ISR 14JEY 22 WAL 22
Round 8
23 Feb
AUS 15 GGY 18ZAF 30 WSM 5JEY 42 JPN 4USA 28 ISR 7NZL 35 ENG 11HKG 16 RHO 11WAL 25 MWI 13IRL 22 SCO 15
Round 9
23 Feb
AUS 22 NZL 16MWI 20 HKG 15SCO 28 JEY 17WAL 43 JPN 5GGY 20 WSM 10ZAF 23 ISR 12IRL 20 ENG 14USA 19 RHO 16
Round 10
24 Feb
ISR 16 SCO 16ENG 16 WSM 12WAL 22 RHO 18ZAF 18 IRL 13HKG 16 AUS 13USA 18 NZL 10MWI 49 JPN 9GGY 18 JEY 14
Round 11
24 Feb
AUS v IRLENG v JEYGGY bt JPNHKG v WALISR v WSMNZL v MWISCO v RHOZAF 24 USA 10
Round 12
25 Feb
IRL 49 JPN 3JEY 20 ISR 17NZL 29 GGY 4USA 20 SCO 5ENG 19 MWI 9WAL 22 WSM 14RHO 13 AUS 11ZAF 21 HKG 15
Round 13
25 Feb
RHO 22 JEY 16IRL 23 WSM 9MWI 14 AUS 10SCO 51 JPN 2ISR 21 GGY 12NZL 21 WAL 12USA 16 HKG 13ENG 25 ZAF 15
Round 14
26 Feb
SCO 24 WSM 11ZAF 52 JPN 2ENG 21 RHO 9MWI 22 ISR 14HKG 23 JEY 14WAL 14 AUS 12IRL 19 NZL 10GGY 15 USA 14
Round 15
26 Feb
AUS 37 WSM 5USA 20 ENG 7GGY 20 MWI 20HKG 39 JPN 6RHO 18 IRL 10WAL 18 ISR 15NZL 24 JEY 12ZAF 16 SCO 15

Final table

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1South Africa Kevin Campbell, Nando Gatti & Kelvin Lightfoot15140128
2England David Bryant, Bill Irish & Tommy Armstrong15120324
3 Willie Murray, David Hull & John Higgins15110422
4New Zealand David Baldwin, John Somerville & Bob McDonald15100520
5United States Jim Candelet, Harold Esch & Francisco Frank Souza15100520
6Wales David Richards, Ray Williams, Ellis Stanbury,1591519
7Hong Kong Hong Kong1590618
8Scotland Willie Wood, Dick Bernard & Willie Adrain1572616
9Australia Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter & Keith Poole1571715
10Rhodesia Rhodesia1570814
11Malawi John Chalmers, Stuart Flanders & Alexander Sandy Ross1551911
12Guernsey Guernsey1551911
13Jersey Jersey1541109
14Israel Harry Esakov, Sam Skudowitz, Yehuda Sabra Lebel1531117
15Samoa Western Samoa1530126
16Japan Japan1500150

Men's fours

Round-robin results

Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4 Tie 5 Tie 6 Tie 7 Tie 8
Round 1
27 Feb
SCO 23 GGY 17NZL 30 ISR 13RHO 21 WSM 13ENG 20 HKG 20IRL 24 WAL 23USA 49 JPN 4ZAF 28 MWI 10AUS 37 JEY 11
Round 2
27 Feb
ZAF 16 WAL 14AUS 28 ISR 12ENG 42 JPN 10SCO 23 NZL 18HKG 22 WSM 13RHO 31 GGY 10JEY 24 IRL 19USA 22 MWI 18
Round 3
28 Feb
AUS 29 NZL 14WSM 29 GGY 17HKG 26 MWI 10SCO 22 JEY 8USA 20 RHO 19WAL 40 JPN 9ENG 19 IRL 12ZAF 35 ISR 7
Round 4
28 Feb
AUS 20 ENG 14ZAF 26 GGY 14WAL 20 SCO 15NZL 24 WSM 13RHO 23 JPN 8MWI 21 IRL 17HGK 25 ISR 15USA 30 JEY 18
Round 5
1 Mar
AUS 22 SCO 16ZAF 28 JEY 12IRL 18 HGK 15ENG 21 GGY 15NZL 24 RHO 12ISR 34 JPN 14USA 17 WAL 13MWI 17 WSM 26
Round 6
1 Mar
MWI 21 SCO 18JEY 22 WSM 14WAL 44 GGY 8ZAF 29 RHO 16NZL 25 HKG 13AUS 36 JPN 13ENG 26 ISR 17USA 16 IRL 13
Round 7
2 Mar
ZAF 27 WSM 15SCO 22 IRL 12ENG 25 NZL 16AUS 31 GGY 10HKG 24 RHO 10WAL 30 MWI 6ISR 20 USA 15JEY 20 JPN 16
Round 8
2 Mar
RHO 22 SCO 12GGY 37 JPN 5ZAF 24 USA 14AUS 19 IRL 15MWI 19 NZL 18ENG 21 JEY 12HKG 18 WAL 18WSM 22 ISR 18
Round 9
3 Mar
IRL 24 ZAF 13RHO 16 WAL 7NZL 19 USA 16SCO 28 ISR 8AUS 22 HKG 17ENG 21 WSM 16GGY 31 JEY 14MWI 18 JPN 16
Round 10
3 Mar
IRL 47 JPN 6WAL 27 WSM 23NZL 28 GGY 12AUS 27 RHO 12ZAF 30 HKG 8ISR 25 JEY 12SCO 18 USA 17ENG 21 MWI 9
Round 11
4 Mar
JEY 17 NZL 16ZAF 32 SCO 11RHO 18 IRL 18AUS 21 WSM 17GGY 20 MWI 19WAL 33 ISR 13HKG 26 JPN 21ENG 23 USA 17
Round 12
5 Mar
ENG 24 RHO 17WSM 20 SCO 16JEY 27 HKG 14AUS 20 WAL 12ZAF 47 JPN 2IRL 22 NZL 17USA 26 GGY 13MWI 21 ISR 17
Round 13
5 Mar
WSM 34 JPN 8SCO 19 HKG 18IRL 32 GGY 13RHO 29 ISR 15ZAF 37 NZL 18JEY 19 MWI 18WAL 22 ENG 18AUS 18 USA 15
Round 14
6 Mar
ZAF 25 AUS 16RHO 22 MWI 14IRL 22 ISR 9WAL 24 JEY 17GGY 24 HKG 19NZL 47 JPN 9SCO 28 ENG 21USA 28 WSM 16
Round 15
6 Mar
AUS bt MWIISR bt GGYUSA bt HKGIRL v WSMSCO bt JPNJEY bt RHOWAL bt NZLZAF 15 ENG 13

Final table

Pos Player P W D L Pts
1South Africa Kevin Campbell, Nando Gatti, Kelvin Lightfoot & Bill Moseley15140128
2Australia Don Woolnough, Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter & Keith Poole15140128
3England John C Evans, Bill Irish, Tommy Armstrong & Peter Line15101421
4Wales David Richards, John Russell Evans, Ellis Stanbury, Ray Williams1591519
5United States Jim Candelet, Harold Esch, Dick Folkins, Francisco Frank Souza1590618
6Scotland Jack Christie, Alex McIntosh, Dick Bernard & Willie Adrain1590618
7 John Henry, John Higgins, David Hull, Willie Murray1581617
8New Zealand David Baldwin, Bob McDonald, John Somerville, Vic Sellars1580716
9Rhodesia Alan Bradley, Theo Easterbrook, Dick Boucher, Pat O'Brien1571715
10Hong Kong Omar Dallah, Saco Delgado, Roberto da Silva, George Souza Sr.1552912
11Jersey Gordon Bewhay, Joe Dolan, Frank Hambly, Tim Mallett1560912
12Samoa Leta’a Sulu Devoe, Graham Johns, James Williams, Falevi Ierupa’ala Petana15501010
13Malawi John Chalmers, Peter Crossan, Stuart Flanders, Alexander Sandy Ross15501010
14Guernsey Ernie Baker, Norman le Ber, Henry le Tissier, Cyril Smith1540118
15Israel Harry Esakov, Robert Goldwasser, Sam Skudowitz, Yehuda Sabra Lebel1540118
16Japan Mitsuaki Izumi, Kichizaemon Sarumaru, Tadao Nishi, Shigeya Nabeshima1500150

W. M. Leonard Trophy

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Pos Team Singles Pairs Triples Fours Total
1South Africa South Africa1616161664
2England England1413151456
3Australia Australia+151481552
4United States United States1315121252
5Wales Wales1112111347
6New Zealand New Zealand12913943
7 Ireland411141039
8Scotland Scotland10791137
9Rhodesia Rhodesia9107834
10Hong Kong Hong Kong5610728
11Samoa Western Samoa882523
12Malawi Malawi346417
13Guernsey Guernsey725317
14Israel Israel653216
15Jersey Jersey234615
16Japan Japan11114

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