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1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

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Women's World Outdoor Championships 1973
2nd Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
LocationNew Zealand Wellington, New Zealand
Date(s)3–18 December 1973.
CategoryWorld Bowls Championship
← 1972 1976 →

The 1973 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship[1] was held at the Victoria Bowls Club in Wellington, New Zealand, from 3 to 18 December 1973.

Elsie Wilkie won the singles which was held in a round robin format. The pairs was won by Australia whilst the triples, fours Gold and Taylor Trophy all went to New Zealand.[2][3][4][5][6]

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's singles New Zealand
Elsie Wilkie
England
Mavis Steele
Australia
Mary Underwood
Women's pairs Australia
Lorna Lucas
Dot Jenkinson
England
Mavis Steele
Phyllis Derrick
Papua New Guinea
Gladys Doyle
Betty Glassey
Women's triples New Zealand
Irene Foote
Noeleen Scott
Cis Winstanley
Australia
Mary Underwood
Joan Vaughan
Olive Rowe
Papua New Guinea
Con Newbury
Olive Howard
Margaret Ramsbotham
Women's fours New Zealand
Irene Foote
Noeleen Scott
Cis Winstanley
Verna Devlin
England
Nancie Colling
Eileen Smith
Joan Sparkes
Phyllis Derrick
Australia
Joan Vaughan
Olive Rowe
Dot Jenkinson
Lorna Lucas
Women's team New Zealand New Zealand Australia Australia England England


Results

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Women's singles – round robin

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Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4
Round 1 Nzl 22 Eng 13 Can 23 Fij 16 Aus 22 USA 3 Ire 23 PNG 18
Round 2 Nzl 21 Can 15 PNG 21 Aus 17 Eng 21 Fij 3 Ire 21 USA 19
Round 3 Nzl 21 Ire 4 Eng 21 Can 15 Aus 21 Fij 14 USA 21 PNG 10
Round 4 Nzl 21 Aus 20 Can 21 PNG 15 Fij 21 Ire 13 Eng 21 USA 3
Round 5 Nzl 21 USA 17 Can 21 Ire 20 Eng 21 Aus 17 PNG 21 Fij 5
Round 6 Nzl 21 Fij 12 USA 21 Can 17 Aus 21 Ire 13 Eng 21 PNG 17
Round 7 Aus 21 Can 12 Nzl 21 PNG 18 Fij 21 USA 15 Eng 22 Ire 6
Pos Player P W L Pts
1 New Zealand Elsie Wilkie 7 7 0 14
2 England Mavis Steele 7 6 1 12
3 Australia Mary Underwood 7 4 2 8
4 Canada Anne Flook 7 3 2 6
5 Fiji Maureen Watson 7 2 5 4
6 Republic of Ireland Sadie Little 7 2 5 4
7 Papua New Guinea Gladys Doyle 7 2 5 4
8 United States Muriel Pat Boehm 7 2 5 4

Women's pairs – round robin

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Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4
Round 1 Aus 24 USA 14 PNG 20 Ire 20 Fij 21 Can 18 Eng 22 Nzl 20
Round 2 Aus bt PNG Eng bt Can Ire bt USA Nzl bt Fij
Round 3 Eng 22 Fij 11 Ire 31 Can 16 Aus 27 Nzl 13 PNG 25 USA 14
Round 4 Aus 40 Can 6 Nzl 35 Ire 14 Eng 23 PNG 10 Fij 18 USA 15
Round 5 Aus 31 Fij 16 PNG 23 Nzl 21 Can 31 USA 10 Ire 22 Eng 20
Round 6 Aus 30 Ire 10 PNG 26 Fij 17 Nzl 26 Can 6 Eng 21 USA 12
Round 7 Eng 21 Aus 14 Fij 26 Ire 17 PNG 23 Can 13 Nzl 35 USA 10
Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 Australia Lorna Lucas & Dot Jenkinson 7 6 0 1 12
2 England Mavis Steele & Phyllis Derrick 7 6 0 1 12
3 Papua New Guinea Gladys Doyle & Betty Glassey 7 4 1 2 9
4 New Zealand Elsie Wilkie & Verna Devlin 7 4 0 3 8
5 Republic of Ireland Sadie Little & Jean Hayes 7 3 1 3 7
6 Fiji Maureen Watson & T Hughes 7 3 0 4 6
7 Canada Anne Flook & Olive Parker 7 1 0 6 2
8 United States Dorothy Mumma & Muriel Pat Boehm 7 0 0 7 0

Women's triples – round robin

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Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4
Round 1 Aus 15 USA 19 PNG 21 Ire 14 Fij 25 Can 19 Eng 18 Nzl 19
Round 2 Nzl bt Fij Aus bt PNG Eng bt Can Ire bt USA
Round 3 Ire 31 Can 19 PNG 44 USA 11 Nzl 17 Aus 13 Eng 30 Fij 11
Round 4 Aus 26 Can 13 USA 29 Fij 14 Nzl 22 Ire 18 Eng 25 PNG 20
Round 5 Aus 20 Fij 17 PNG 26 Nzl 9 USA 26 Can 18 Eng 18 Ire 8
Round 6 Aus 20 Ire 19 PNG 37 Fij 11 Nzl 45 Can 5 Eng 24 USA 20
Round 7 Eng 16 Aus 22 Fij 17 Ire 17 PNG 20 Can 15 Nzl 24 USA 15
Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 New Zealand Irene Foote, Noeleen Scott, Cis Winstanley 7 6 0 1 12
2 Australia Mary Underwood, Joan Vaughan, Olive Rowe 7 5 0 2 10
3 Papua New Guinea Con Newbury, Olive Howard, Margaret Ramsbotham 7 5 0 2 10
4 England Nancie Colling, Eileen Smith, Joan Sparkes 7 4 1 2 9
5 United States B Service, Pageen Barker, Betty Ewen 7 3 1 3 7
6 Republic of Ireland A Patton, R Wilson, M Ross 7 2 1 4 5
7 Fiji A Wright, L Browne, R Forster 7 1 1 5 3
8 Canada I Todd, Mary Pollard, Dorothy Weeks 7 0 0 7 0

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Women's fours – round robin

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Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4
Round 1 Nzl 21 Eng 15 Aus 31 USA 12 Fij 22 Can 14 Ire 22 PNG 12
Round 2 Nzl 31 Can 9 Aus 33 PNG 15 Eng 26 Fij 10 Ire 23 USA 16
Round 3 Nzl 38 Ire 18 Eng 38 Can 16 Fij 26 Aus 14 PNG 24 USA 9
Round 4 Aus 24 Nzl 18 Fij 21 Ire 19 Can 21 PNG 24 Eng 23 USA 18
Round 5 Fij 15 PNG 26 Nzl 21 USA 9 Ire 29 Can 14 Aus 19 Eng 19
Round 6 Nzl 31 Fij 10 USA 29 Can 22 Aus 18 Ire 16 Eng 21 PNG 17
Round 7 Aus 33 Can 10 Nzl 17 PNG 16 USA 22 Fij 17 Eng 16 Ire 15
Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 New Zealand Irene Foote, Noeleen Scott, Cis Winstanley & Verna Devlin 7 6 0 1 12
2 England Nancie Colling, Eileen Smith, Joan Sparkes & Phyllis Derrick 7 5 1 1 11
3 Australia Joan Vaughan, Olive Rowe, Dot Jenkinson & Lorna Lucas 7 5 1 1 11
4 Republic of Ireland A Patton, R Wilson, M Ross, Jean Hayes 7 3 0 4 6
5 Fiji T Hughes, A Wright, L Browne, R Forster 7 3 0 4 6
6 Papua New Guinea Con Newbury, Olive Howard, Margaret Ramsbotham, Betty Glassey 7 3 0 4 6
7 United States B Service, Pageen Barker, Betty Ewen, Dorothy Mumma 7 2 0 5 4
8 Canada Olive Parker, I Todd, Mary Pollard, Dorothy Weeks 7 0 0 7 0

Taylor Trophy

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Pos Player Singles Pairs Triples Fours Total
1 New Zealand New Zealand 4 1 4 4 13
2 Australia Australia 2 4 3 1 11
3 England England 3 3 1 2 9
4 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 0 2 2 0 4
5 Republic of Ireland Ireland 0 0 0 1 1
6 Canada Canada 1 0 0 0 1

References

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  1. ^ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
  2. ^ "1973 Sports Results". The Age.
  3. ^ "Elsie Wilkie World Champ". The Age.
  4. ^ "Bowls win on Last end". The Age.
  5. ^ "NZ triple fancies; Australian pair beaten". The Age.
  6. ^ ""Sports in Brief." Times, 5 Dec. 1973, p. 9". Times Digital Archives.