1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Men's World Outdoor Championships 1976
	3rd Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Zoo Lake Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
Date(s)	18 February - 06 March, 1976.
Category	World 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 - 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]

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Singles	Doug Watson	Bob Middleton	David Bryant
Men's Pairs	Doug Watson Bill Moseley	Neil McInnes Dick Folkins	Don Woolnough Bob Middleton
Men's Triples	Kevin Campbell Nando Gatti Kelvin Lightfoot	David Bryant Bill Irish Tommy Armstrong	Willie Murray David Hull John Higgins
Men's Fours	Kevin Campbell Nando Gatti Kelvin Lightfoot Bill Moseley	Don Woolnough Leigh Bishop Barry Salter Keith Poole	John C Evans Bill Irish Tommy Armstrong Peter Line
Men's Team	South Africa	England	Australia

Pos	Player	P	W	L	Pts
1	Doug Watson	15	14	1	14
2	Bob Middleton	15	11	4	11
3	David Bryant	15	11	4	11
4	Dick Folkins	15	10	5	10
5	Kerry Clark	15	10	5	10
6	Maldwyn Evans	15	10	5	10
7	Willie Wood	15	9	6	9
8	John Allman	15	9	6	9
9	Tolova'a Si'moa	15	8	7	8
10	Roy de Feu	15	8	7	8
11	Matt Gordon	15	6	9	6
12	Eric Liddell	15	5	10	5
13	Roy Fulton	15	4	11	4
14	Harry Lakin	15	2	13	2
15	Ben Van Niekerk	15	2	13	2
16	Shingo Sarumaru	15	0	15	0

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Doug Watson & Bill Moseley	15	13	0	2	26
2	Neil McInnes & Dick Folkins	15	11	0	4	22
3	Don Woolnough & Bob Middleton	15	10	1	4	21
4	John C Evans & Peter Line	15	10	1	4	21
5	Wales	15	9	1	5	19
6	Roy Fulton & John Henry	15	9	1	5	19
7	Rhodesia	15	9	0	6	18
8	Kerry Clark & Vic Sellars	15	9	0	6	18
9	Western Samoa	15	8	1	6	17
10	Jack Christie & Alex McIntosh	15	8	1	6	17
11	Hong Kong	15	8	0	7	16
12	Matt Gordon & Robert Goldwasser	15	5	0	10	10
13	Peter Crossan & Harry Lakin	15	3	0	12	6
14	Jersey	15	3	0	12	6
15	Guernsey	15	2	1	12	5
16	Japan	15	0	0	15	0

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Kevin Campbell, Nando Gatti & Kelvin Lightfoot	15	14	0	1	28
2	David Bryant, Bill Irish & Tommy Armstrong	15	12	0	3	24
3	Willie Murray, David Hull & John Higgins	15	11	0	4	22
4	David Baldwin, John Somerville & Bob McDonald	15	10	0	5	20
5	Jim Candelet, Harold Esch & Francisco Frank Souza	15	10	0	5	20
6	Wales	15	9	1	5	19
7	Hong Kong	15	9	0	6	18
8	Willie Wood, Dick Bernard & Willie Adrain	15	8	0	7	16
9	Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter & Keith Poole	15	7	1	7	15
10	Rhodesia	15	7	0	8	14
11	John Chalmers, Stuart Flanders & Alexander Sandy Ross	15	5	1	9	11
12	Guernsey	15	5	1	9	11
13	Jersey	15	4	1	10	9
14	Harry Esakov, Sam Skudowitz, Yehuda Sabra Lebel	15	3	1	11	7
15	Western Samoa	15	3	0	12	6
16	Japan	15	0	0	15	0

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Kevin Campbell, Nando Gatti, Kelvin Lightfoot & Bill Moseley	15	14	0	1	28
2	Don Woolnough, Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter & Keith Poole	15	14	0	1	28
3	John C Evans, Bill Irish, Tommy Armstrong & Peter Line	15	10	1	4	21
4	David Richards, John Russell Evans, Ellis Stanbury, Ray Williams	15	9	1	5	19
5	Jim Candelet, Harold Esch, Dick Folkins, Francisco Frank Souza	15	9	0	6	18
6	Jack Christie, Alex McIntosh, Dick Bernard & Willie Adrain	15	9	0	6	18
7	John Henry, John Higgins, David Hull, Willie Murray	15	8	1	6	17
8	David Baldwin, Bob McDonald, John Somerville, Vic Sellars	15	8	0	7	16
9	Alan Bradley, Theo Easterbrook, Dick Boucher, Pat O'Brien	15	7	1	7	15
10	Omar Dallah, Saco Delgado, Roberto da Silva, George Souza Sr.	15	6	0	9	12
11	Gordon Bewhay, Joe Dolan, Frank Hambly, Tim Mallett	15	6	0	9	12
12	Leta’a Sulu Devoe, Graham Johns, James Williams, Falevi Ierupa’ala Petana	15	5	0	10	10
13	John Chalmers, Peter Crossan, Stuart Flanders, Alexander Sandy Ross	15	5	0	10	10
14	Ernie Baker, Norman le Ber, Henry le Tissier, Cyril Smith	15	4	0	11	8
15	Harry Esakov, Robert Goldwasser, Sam Skudowitz, Yehuda Sabra Lebel	15	4	0	11	8
16	Mitsuaki Izumi, Kichizaemon Sarumaru, Tadao Nishi, Shigeya Nabeshima	15	0	0	15	0

Pos	Team	Singles	Pairs	Triples	Fours	Total
1	South Africa	16	16	16	16	64
2	England	14	13	15	14	56
3	Australia+	15	14	8	15	52
4	United States	13	15	12	12	52
5	Wales	11	12	11	13	47
6	New Zealand	12	9	13	9	43
7	Ireland	4	11	14	10	39
8	Scotland	10	7	9	11	37
9	Rhodesia	9	10	7	8	34
10	Hong Kong	5	6	10	7	28
11	Western Samoa	8	8	2	5	23
12	Malawi	3	4	6	4	17
13	Guernsey	7	2	5	3	17
14	Israel	6	5	3	2	16
15	Jersey	2	3	4	6	15
16	Japan	1	1	1	1	4

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gollark: I do sometimes wish I could chain together prefixes.

gollark: Ah, they're up to survey feet now.

gollark: It's probably better than being stuck on bad units forever.

gollark: I'm not sure how much that would actually cost. If a lot, maybe some sort of incremental approach could somehow work.

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