1973 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

Women's World Outdoor Championships 1973
2nd World Outdoor Bowls Championships
Location	Wellington, New Zealand
Date(s)	03 December - 18 December 1973.
Category	World Bowls Championship
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The 1973 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship ^[1] was held at the Victoria Bowls Club in Wellington, New Zealand, from 3–18 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]

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's Singles	Elsie Wilkie	Mavis Steele	Mary Underwood
Women's Pairs	Lorna Lucas Dot Jenkinson	Mavis Steele Phyl Derrick	Gladys Doyle B Glassey
Women's Triples	Irene Foote Noeleen Scott Cis Winstanley	Mary Underwood Joan Vaughan Olive Rowe	C Newbury C Howard M Ramsbotham
Women's Fours	Irene Foote Noeleen Scott Cis Winstanley Verna Devlin	Nancy Colling E Smith Joan Sparkes Phyl Derrick	Joan Vaughan Olive Rowe Dot Jenkinson Lorna Lucas
Women's Team	New Zealand	Australia	England

Results

Women's Singles - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	L	Pts
1	Elsie Wilkie	7	7	0	14
2	Mavis Steele	7	6	1	12
3	Mary Underwood	7	4	2	8
4	Anne Flook	7	3	2	6
5	Maureen Watson	7	2	5	4
6	Sadie Little	7	2	5	4
7	Gladys Doyle	7	2	5	4
8	Muriel Pat Boehm	7	2	5	4

Women's Pairs - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Lorna Lucas & Dot Jenkinson	7	6	0	1	12
2	Mavis Steele & Phyl Derrick	7	6	0	1	12
3	Gladys Doyle & B Glassey	7	4	1	2	9
4	Elsie Wilkie & Verna Devlin	7	4	0	3	8
5	Sadie Little & Jean Hayes	7	3	1	3	7
6	Maureen Watson & T Hughes	7	3	0	4	6
7	Anne Flook & O Parker	7	1	0	6	2
8	Dorothy Mumma & Muriel Pat Boehm	7	0	0	7	0

Women's Triples - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Irene Foote, Noeleen Scott, Cis Winstanley	7	6	0	1	12
2	Mary Underwood, Joan Vaughan, Olive Rowe	7	5	0	2	10
3	C Newbury, C Howard, M Ramsbotham	7	5	0	2	10
4	Nancy Colling, E Smith, Joan Sparkes	7	4	1	2	9
5	B Service, Pageen Barker, Betty Ewen	7	3	1	3	7
6	A Patton, R Wilson, M Ross	7	2	1	4	5
7	A Wright, L Browne, R Forster	7	1	1	5	3
8	I Todd, M Pollard, D Weeks	7	0	0	7	0

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Women's Fours - Round Robin

Pos	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Irene Foote, Noeleen Scott, Cis Winstanley & Verna Devlin	7	6	0	1	12
2	Nancy Colling, E Smith, Joan Sparkes & Phyl Derrick	7	5	1	1	11
3	Joan Vaughan, Olive Rowe, Dot Jenkinson & Lorna Lucas	7	5	1	2	11
4	A Patton, R Wilson, M Ross, Jean Hayes	7	3	0	4	6
5	T Hughes, A Wright, L Browne, R Forster	7	3	0	4	6
6	C Newbury, C Howard, M Ramsbotham, B Glassey	7	3	0	4	6
7	B Service, Pageen Barker, Betty Ewen, Dorothy Mumma	7	2	0	5	4
8	O Parker, I Todd, M Pollard, D Weeks	7	0	0	7	0

Taylor Trophy

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

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