Lawn bowls at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

The lawn bowls competition at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games took place in Edinburgh, Scotland from 16–25 July 1970.^[1] Lawn bowls returned to the Commonwealth Games following the exclusion of the event in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games because Jamaica had insufficient bowling greens.

Lawn bowls at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Edinburgh
Dates	16–25 July 1970
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Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Medal table, by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	2	0	0	2
2	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
3	New Zealand	0	1	0	1
	Scotland*	0	1	0	1
	Zambia	0	1	0	1
6	Northern Ireland	0	0	3	3
Totals (6 entries)		3	3	3	9

Medallists

Medal winners, by event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	David Bryant	Neal Bryce	Roy Fulton
Men's pairs	Norman King, Peter Line	Bob McDonald, Robbie Robson	Jimmy Donnelly, Syd Thompson
Men's fours	Abdul Kitchell, Saco Delgado, George Souza Sr., Roberto da Silva	Alex McIntosh, David Pearson, John Slight, Norman Pryde	Edward Gordon, Harold Stevenson, John Higgins, William Tate

Results

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Men's singles – round-robin

Men's singles, round-robin results

Pos	Player	P	W	L	Pts	Shots
	David Bryant	13	12	1	24	+128
	Neal Bryce	13	9	4	18	+49
	Roy Fulton	13	9	4	18	+36
4	Geoff Kelly	13	8	5	16	+49
5	Bob Motroni	13	8	5	16	+20
6	Eric Liddell	13	8	5	16	0
7	Denis Gosden	13	7	6	14	+17
8	Dai Wilkins	13	7	6	14	-12
9	J Bradley	13	7	6	14	-31
10	Tony Lapsley	13	6	7	12	-1
11	Charlie Woodhard	13	5	8	10	-53
12	Phil Skoglund	13	2	11	4	-67
13	Harold Clayton	13	2	11	4	-69
14	Bob Ewing	13	1	12	2	-66

Men's pairs – round robin

Men's pairs round-robin result

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts	Shots
	Norman King & Peter Line	13	12	0	1	24	+80
	Bob McDonald & Robbie Robson	13	10	0	3	20	+17
	Jimmy Donnelly & Syd Thompson	13	9	1	3	19	+83
4	Alex Henderson & Bill Scott	13	7	3	3	17	+26
5	C Slight & Stuart Flanders	13	8	0	5	16	+8
6	C Pilgrim & Harry Smith	13	6	2	5	14	-18
7	Harry Elliott & John Henderson	13	6	1	6	13	+8
8	Alan Schulte & Thomas Holden	13	6	0	8	12	-7
9	Augusto Pedro Pereira & Osman Adem	13	5	1	7	11	-19
10	P Smith & Peter Underhill	13	4	1	8	9	-32
11	Alan Ramsbocham & Jack Spears	13	4	1	8	9	-51
12	G Howells & D Jenkins	13	4	0	9	8	-25
13	Donald Ingrouille & Norman Le Ber	13	3	0	10	6	-52
14	A Kay & C Harvey	13	2	0	11	4	-78

Men's rinks (fours) – round robin

Men's fours round-robin results

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts	Shots
	Abdul Kitchell, Saco Delgado, George Souza Sr., Roberto da Silva	13	11	1	1	23	+128
	Alex McIntosh, David Pearson, John Slight, Norman Pryde	13	9	0	4	18	+25
	Edward Gordon, Harold Stevenson, John Higgins, William Tate	13	8	1	4	17	+81
4	A Haythorne, D Coetzee, F Hynd, H Ellis	13	7	1	5	15	+21
5	Evan Aeron John, Harry Thompson, A.R (Roy) Jones, Bill Pattimore	13	7	0	6	14	-12
6	Ted Hodgson, Sam Caffyn, James Denholm, Tom Jarvis	13	7	0	6	14	0
7	David Hamblen, Frank Harrison, John Dobbie, Reginald Purcell	13	6	1	6	13	+28
8	Cliff Stroud, Harry Powell, Norman Hook, Bobby Stenhouse	13	6	1	6	13	+15
9	Barrie Baxter, M Brix, Oswald Dent, P Allum	13	6	0	7	12	+4
10	A Graham, B Scott, C Pilgrim, L Yeomanson	13	5	1	7	11	-62
11	Gordon Jolly, Robbie Robson, Percy Jones, Bob McDonald	13	5	0	8	10	+2
12	Cyril Smith, E La Cras, George Hollings, W Hobbs	13	4	0	9	8	-66
13	F Moffett, J Whyman, Peter Oates, V Costello	13	4	0	9	8	-98
14	Alastair Davidson, Alexander 'Sandy' Ross, Henry Lakin, Jack Patterson	13	3	0	10	6	-90