The 1966 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was the inaugural edition of the outdoor world championship. The event was held at Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia, from 10 to 23 October 1966.

David Bryant won the singles which was held in a round robin format.

The pairs and triples gold went to Australia which helped them win the overall team competition called the WM Leonard Cup. The fours gold was claimed by New Zealand.

Medallists Event Gold Silver BronzeMen's singles David Bryant John Hershaw Roy FultonMen's pairs Geoff Kelly Bert Palm Tommy Press Norman Snowy Walker Cedric Smith David Bryant Men's triples Don Collins Athol Johnson John Dobbie Sandy Houston Karl Beacom John Henderson Kelvin Lightfoot Tommy Harvey Leon Kessel Men's fours Norm Lash Ron Buchan Gordon Jolly Bill O'Neill Don Collins Athol Johnson John Dobbie Bert Palm Willie Adrain Willie Dyet Bert Thomson Harry Reston Men's Team Australia Scotland England

Results

Men's singles – round robin Round Date Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4 Tie 5 Tie 6 Tie 7 Tie 8Round 1 Oct 17 Eng 21 Jer 12SAf 18 Ken 21 Nzl 21 Hkg 12 Rho 21 Aus 14 Sco 20 Ire 21Can 18 Mwi 21 USA 21 Wal 17 Fij 21 PNG 14Round 2 Oct 17Eng 21 Ken 17 USA 21 SAf 12 Mwi 21 Nzl 19 Rho 19 Sco 21Aus 21 Fij 8 Can 20 Hkg 21 Ire 13 Jer 21Wal 21 PNG 13Round 3 Oct 17USA 9 Eng 21 Jer 13 SAf 21 Nzl 21 Can 12 Fij 8 Rho 21 Mwi 7 Aus 21 Sco 21 Wal 19Ire 21 Ken 16 HKg 21 PNG 18Round 4 Oct 19MWi 12 USA 21PNG 18 Ire 21Fij 17 Nzl 21Ken 21 Hkg 15Jer 16 Sco 21Wal 21 Rho 14Can 10 Eng 21SAf 21 Aus 10Round 5 Oct 19Eng 21 PNG 18Sco 21 SAf 14Nzl 21 Wal 20Rho 21 USA 15Aus 21 Hkg 20 Can 21 Ken 15Ire 21 Fij 15Jer 16 Mwi 21Round 6 Oct 19 SAf 21 PNG 15Nzl 21 Aus 14Eng 21 Mwi 14Rho 21 Ken 8Sco 21 Hkg 17Can 7 Fij 21Ire 21 USA 10Wal 21 Jer 5Round 7Oct 20Rho 21 Jer 9Can 21 PNG 11Aus 21 Wal 17Eng 21 Ire 13SAf 21 Mwi 10Nzl 21 Ken 14Sco 21 Fij 15USA 21 Hkg 18Round 8Oct 20Nzl 17 Sco 21USA 21 Ken 19Jer 19 Can 21Eng 21 Fij 5SAf 10 Wal 21Rho 9 Ire 21Aus 11 PNG 21Mwi 14 Hkg 21Round 9Oct 20Hkg 16 Fij 21Wal 21 Mwi 4Rho 21 PNG 8USA 20 Jer 21Eng 21 Sco 18SAf 21 Can 15Nzl 13 Ire 21 Aus 21 Ken 9Round 10Oct 21Ire 21 Wal 10 Can 5 USA 21 Sco 21 Ken 7SAf 21 Fij 15Eng 21 Hkg 8Nzl 21 PNG 17Rho 14 Mwi 21Jer 7 Aus 21Round 11Oct 21Sco 21 PNG 2Rho 21 Can 12Fij 21 Can 7Eng 18 Wal 21SAf 21 Hkg 12Nzl 21 Jer 2Aus 17 USA 21Ire 21 Mwi 12Round 12Oct 22Ken 21 PNG 16Sco 19 Mwi 21SAf 21 Ire 19Nzl 21 USA 18Eng 21 Aus 9Rho 21 Hkg 13Can 14 Wal 21Jer 21 Fij 15Round 13Oct 22Wal 21 Ken 18 Fij 21 Mwi 18Aus 20 Sco 21Can 8 Ire 21Eng 21 Rho 19SAf 21 Nzl 17USA 21 PNG 18Jer 12 Hkg 21Round 14Oct 23 PNG 21 Mwi 19 Sco 20 USA 21Eng 21 Nzl 5SAf 21 Rho 10 Aus 21 Can 16Ire 21 Hkg 16Jer 21 Ken 16Wal 21 Fij 7Round 15Oct 23Aus 21 Ire 12Mwi 21 Ken 12 Sco 21 Can 15Nzl 20 Rho 21Eng 21 SAf 18USA 21 Fij 14Wal 21 Hkg 17Jer 13 PNG 21 Pos Player P W L F A Pts1 David Bryant 15 14 1 312 196 28 2 John Hershaw 15 11 4 308 245 223 Roy Fulton 15 11 4 288 231 224 Maldwyn Evans 15 10 5 293 225 205 Norman Snowy Walker 15 10 5 282 243 206 Arthur Hartley 15 10 5 282 257 207 Bill Jackson 15 9 6 274 233 188 Geoff Kelly 15 9 6 270 236 189 Phil Skoglund 15 8 7 273 260 1610 Harry Lakin 15 6 9 236 287 1211 Augusto Pedro Pereira 15 4 11 248 295 812 Cliff de Rungary 15 4 11 235 285 813 Gordon Bewhay 15 4 11 210 295 814 Len Smales 15 4 11 208 286 815 Jack Spears 15 3 12 232 295 616 Sandy Houston 15 3 12 215 297 6

Men's pairs – round robin Section A Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4Round 1 Eng 22 USA 12 Can 33 Ire 13 Ken 30 Jer 13 Nzl 34 Mwi 5Round 2 Ken 13 Ire 21 USA 19 Nzl 12 Mwi 7 Eng 30 Can 37 Jer 10Round 3 Mwi 21 USA 29 Eng 23 Can 12 Jer 17 Ire 26 Nzl 34 Ken 10Round 4Can 24 Mwi 13 Ire 14 Nzl 19 USA 27 Jer 17 Ken 16 Eng 24Round 5 Jer 16 Nzl 20 Mwi 21 Ken 18 Eng 19 Ire 10 USA 9 Can 21Round 6 Jer 4 Eng 26 Ken 16 USA 17 Ire 18 Mwi 12 Nzl 23 Can 17Round 7 USA 22 Ire 17 Eng 18 Nzl 26 Can 20 Ken 14 Mwi 16 Jer 25 Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 Cedric Smith & David Bryant 7 6 0 1 173 87 12 2 Ron Buchan & Phil Skoglund 7 6 0 1 168 99 123 Ray Reidel & Joe Dorsch 7 5 0 2 164 116 104 Ezra Wyeth & Arthur Hartley 7 5 0 2 135 126 105 Joe McPartland & Patrick McGuirk 7 3 0 4 119 135 66 Dennis Coombes & Cliff de Rungary 7 1 0 6 117 150 27 Gordon Bewhay & Cyril Cracknell 7 1 0 6 102 182 28 Harry Lakin & Jack Patterson 7 1 0 6 95 178 2 Section B Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4Round 1 Rho 26 Sco 19SAf 27 PNG 16 Aus 22 Wal 15 Fij 22 Hkg 18Round 2 Aus 15 SAf 26Fij 16 Sco 23PNG 19 Wal 23Rho 17 Hkg 15Round 3 Fij 19 Rho 25 Hkg 25 Aus 12 Wal 16 SAf 19 Sco 20 PNG 14Round 4 SAf 26 Hkg 21Aus 37 Sco 12PNG 13 Fij 30 Rho 12 Wal 18Round 5 Fij 17 Aus 18 Rho 29 PNG 12 Wal 17 Hkg 15 Sco 24 SAf 10Round 6 Aus 17 Rho 19 Wal 16 Sco 31SAf 26 Fij 11 Hkg 22 PNG 15Round 7 Sco 19 Hkg 19Fij 27 Wal 14PNG 13 Aus 34 Rho 18 SAf 14 Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 Geoff Knott & Bill Jackson 7 6 0 1 146 114 12 2 Tommy Press & Norman Snowy Walker 7 5 0 2 148 121 103 John Hershaw & Willie Adrain 7 4 1 2 148 138 94 Geoff Kelly & Bert Palm 7 3 0 4 155 127 85 Len Smales & Gordon Maxwell 7 3 0 4 142 137 66 Brian Maund & Aeron John 7 3 0 4 119 145 67 Eric Liddell & Augusto Pedro Pereira 7 2 1 4 135 128 58 Barry Welsh & Jack Spears 7 0 0 7 102 185 0 Final round Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4Round 1 Eng 15 Aus 22 Nzl 10 Sco 18 Can 15 SAf 27 USA 12 Rho 19Round 2 USA 17 SAf 21 Can 12 Rho 17 Nzl 25 Aus 26 Eng 18 Sco 15Round 3 Eng 26 SAf 20 Nzl 18 Rho 15 Can 16 Aus 18 USA 18 Sco 20Round 4 USA 25 Aus 24 Can 19 Sco 18 Nzl 15 SAf 17 Eng 18 Rho 16 Pos Team P W L F A Pts1 Australia 4 3 1 90 81 6+ 2 South Africa 4 3 1 85 72 63 England 4 3 1 77 73 64 Scotland 4 2 2 71 65 45 Rhodesia 4 2 2 67 60 46 United States 4 1 3 72 84 27 New Zealand 4 1 3 68 76 28 Canada 4 1 3 62 80 2 + Position decided on (shots for) if points are tied.

Men's triples – round robin Section A Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4Round 1 SAf 21 Wal 14Can 20 Aus 18Eng 27 Jer 23PNG 24 Fij 15Round 2 Eng 24 Fij 17 PNG 13 Aus 25 Can 17 SAf 24 Wal 24 Jer 16Round 3 Aus 31 Eng 11 Jer 15 PNG 24 Can 14 Wal 31 SAf 34 Fij 13Round 4Wal 13 Aus 28 Fij 15 Can 25 Jer 7 SAf 48 Eng 31 PNG 19 Round 5 Can 12 Eng 29PNG 24 Wal 19SAf 29 Aus 12Jer 17 Fij 23Round 6 Jer 13 Can 22 Eng 14 Wal 13Fij 18 Aus 25SAf 30 PNG 12Round 7 Eng 12 SAf 19Wal 43 Fij 12 Can 27 PNG 13 Aus 33 Jer 18 Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 Kelvin Lightfoot, Tommy Harvey & Leon Kessel 7 7 0 0 203 87 14 2 John Dobbie, Don Collins & Athol Johnson 7 5 0 2 172 120 103 Bobby Stenhouse, Tom Brown & Mick Cooper 7 5 0 2 148 134 104 Sandy Houston, Karl Beacom & John Henderson 7 4 0 3 137 143 85 Maldwyn Evans, Ron Thomas & Jock Thompson 7 3 0 4 157 129 66 Alan Ramsbocham, Wally Jackson & Eric Carburn 7 3 0 4 129 162 67 Jock Noble, Peter Oates & Max Bay 7 1 0 6 113 192 28 Harold Lines, Arthur Crossley & Harold Tunwell 7 0 0 7 109 201 0 Section B Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4Round 1 Hkg 23 Ire 17Ken 23 Sco 20Nzl 22 USA 14Rho 25 Mwi 17Round 2 Hkg 13 Nzl 31USA 21 Rho 17Mwi 18 Ken 17Sco 18 Ire 18Round 3 Rho 30 Ken 8 Nzl 18 Sco 17Ire 11 USA 26 Hkg 20 Mwi 24Round 4 Ire 17 Rho 22 USA 30 Hkg 21Sco 22 Mwi 19Ken 14 Nzl 25Round 5 Mwi 20 Nzl 18 Ken 6 Ire 26Rho 30 Hkg 17Sco 17 USA 17Round 6 Rho 12 Sco 28USA 25 Mwi 14 Nzl 23 Ire 18 Hkg 25 Ken 8Round 7 Ken 10 USA 21 Nzl 22 Rho 24Sco 24 Hkg 18 Mwi 21 Ire 13 Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 Harold Esch, Ron Veitch & Jim Candelet 7 5 1 1 154 112 11 2 Cappie Royston, Edgar Morris & Ronnie Turner 7 5 0 2 160 130 103 Norm Lash, Gordon Jolly & Bill O'Neill 7 5 0 2 159 120 104 Harry Reston, Willie Dyet & Bert Thomson 7 3 2 2 146 125 85 Alastair Davidson, Alexander Sandy Ross & Albert Hall 7 4 0 3 133 140 86 Eduardo Maria Remedios, Abdul Kitchell & Ronald Raymond Girard 7 2 0 5 137 164 47 Charlie Taylor, Cecil Beck & Roy Fulton 7 1 1 5 120 139 38 Malvin Katzler, Laurie Lawrence & Harry Smith 7 1 0 6 86 165 2 Final round Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4Round 1 SAf 17 Sco 20Aus 32 Nzl 9 Eng 9 Rho 21Can 22 USA 22Round 2 Can 35 Rho 10Eng 17 USA 26Aus 39 Sco 10SAf 17 Nzl 26Round 3 SAf 26 Rho 12 Aus 26 USA 24 Eng 16 Sco 15 Can 17 Nzl 22Round 4 Can 25 Sco 17 Eng 23 Nzl 21 Aus 22 Rho 18SAf 27 USA 20 Pos Team P W D L F A Pts 1 Australia 4 4 0 0 119 61 8 2 Canada 4 2 1 1 99 71 53 South Africa 4 2 0 2 87 78 44 New Zealand 4 2 0 2 78 89 45 England 4 2 0 2 65 83 46 United States 4 1 1 2 92 92 37 Scotland 4 1 0 3 62 97 28 Rhodesia 4 1 0 3 61 92 2

Men's fours – round robin Section A Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4Round 1 SAf 31 Ken 15 Jer 12 Wal 25 Nzl 20 Ire 18 Can 29 PNG 9Round 2 PNG 20 Nzl 17 Wal 12 SAf 15Ken 22 Can 12 Ire 34 Jer 5Round 3 Wal 37 PNG 11 SAf 19 Ire 14Nzl 13 Can 22 Jer 18 Ken 14Round 4 Jer 9 Nzl 27 Wal 8 Can 23 Ken 8 Ire 35 PNG 10 SAf 34Round 5 Nzl 24 Wal 18 PNG 19 Ken 28 Jer 5 SAf 32 Can 22 Ire 18Round 6 PNG 30 Jer 11 Nzl 30 Ken 11 Can 24 SAf 12 Ire 9 Wal 29Round 7 SAf 17 Nzl 23 Can 33 Jer 10 Ken 21 Wal 25 PNG 22 Ire 20 Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 Ray Reidel, Joe Dorsch, John Henderson & Karl Beacom 7 6 0 1 165 92 12 2 Kelvin Lightfoot, Tommy Harvey, Tommy Press, Leon Kessel 7 5 0 2 160 103 103 Norm Lash, Ron Buchan, Gordon Jolly & Bill O'Neill 7 5 0 2 154 115 104 Aeron John, Brian Maund, Ron Thomas & Jock Thompson 7 4 0 3 154 115 85 Alan Ramsbocham, Barry Welsh, Wally Jackson & Eric Carburn 7 3 0 4 121 176 66 Charlie Taylor, Cecil Beck, Joe McPartland & Patrick McGuirk 7 2 0 5 148 125 47 Malvin Katzler, Laurie Lawrence, Dennis Coombes & Harry Smith 7 2 0 5 119 170 48 Harold Lines, Arthur Crossley, Harold Tunwell & Cyril Cracknell 7 1 0 6 70 195 2 Section B Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4Round 1 Eng 22 Fij 22Rho 12 USA 24Aus 12 Sco 20Mwi 18 Hkg 15Round 2 USA 15 Aus 24Sco 18 Eng 26Fij 14 Mwi 21 Hkg 16 Rho 15Round 3 Mwi 9 Sco 35Eng 20 Hkg 20Rho 22 Aus 23USA 30 Fij 13Round 4 Hkg 15 Aus 29Rho 25 Fij 13Sco 18 USA 15 Eng 27 Mwi 10Round 5 Fij 11 Aus 30 Mwi 18 Rho 13USA 20 Eng 14Sco 28 Hkg 12Round 6 Rho 13 Eng 25 Hkg 17 USA 18 Aus 22 Mwi 17Fij 12 Sco 22Round 7 Hkg 22 Fij 16Eng 19 Aus 16Rho 16 Sco 24USA 23 Mwi 16 Pos Player P W D L F A Pts 1 Willie Adrain, Willie Dyet, Bert Thomson & Harry Reston 7 6 0 1 166 102 12 2 Don Collins, Athol Johnson, John Dobbie & Bert Palm 7 5 0 2 156 119 103 Bobby Stenhouse, Tom Brown, Mick Cooper & Cedric Smith 7 4 2 1 153 119 104 Harold Esch, Ron Veitch, Ezra Wyeth & Jim Candelet 7 5 0 2 145 114 105 Alastair Davidson, Jack Patterson, Alexander 'Sandy' Ross & Albert Hall 7 3 0 4 109 149 66 Eduardo Maria Remedios, Abdul Kitchell, Ronald Raymond Girard & Eric Liddell 7 2 1 4 117 145 57 Eddie White, Cappie Royston, Edgar Morris & Geoff Knott 7 1 0 6 116 143 28 Jock Noble, Peter Oates, Max Bay & Gordon Maxwell 7 0 1 6 101 172 1 Final round Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4Round 1 Nzl 24 Aus 18SAf 24 Eng 24Sco 24 Wal 24Can 25 USA 13Round 2 Nzl 21 Sco 21Aus 36 Wal 10USA 22 SAf 17Can 23 Eng 20Round 3 Aus 28 Can 15 Sco 22 SAf 21 Nzl 25 USA 15 Wal 23 Eng 18Round 4 Sco 26 Can 13Aus 21 SAf 20Nzl 23 Egn 17 USA 18 Wal 14 Pos Team P W D L F A Pts 1 New Zealand 4 3 1 0 93 71 72 Australia 4 3 0 1 103 69 63 Scotland 4 2 2 0 93 79 64 Canada 4 2 0 2 76 87 45 United States 4 2 0 2 68 81 46 Wales 4 1 1 2 71 96 37 South Africa 4 0 1 3 82 89 18 England 4 0 1 3 79 93 1

W. M. Leonard Trophy The scoring for the overall team title was four points for the winner of an event, three points for the runner-up, two points for third place and one point for fourth place. Pos Team Singles Pairs Triples Fours Total1 Australia 0 4 4 3 11 2 Scotland 3 1 0 2 63 England 4 2 0 0 64 South Africa 0 3 2 0 55 New Zealand 0 0 1 4 56 Canada 0 0 3 1 47 Ireland 2 0 0 0 28 Wales 1 0 0 0 1

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