Lawn bowls at the 1938 British Empire Games
The lawn bowls competition at the 1938 British Empire Games took place in Waverley, Sydney from 7 February until 9 February 1938.
Horace Harvey won the singles going undefeated, New Zealand won the pairs and fours.
Medallists
All events were for men only.Men's Singles - Round Robin
Results
| Pos | Player | P | W | L | Pts |
| 1 |  Horace Harvey | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 |  Frank Livingstone | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 |  Jack Low | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Tommy Hills | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  L W Clarke | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 |  A Bourne | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Men's Pairs - Round Robin
Results
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Lance Macey & Walter Denison | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Percy Hutton & Howard Mildren + | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | D A Adamson & J R Appleford | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Samuel Jones & Ronald Weeks | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  Annesley Benjamin & J Taylor | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 |  Alexander Templeton & J B McAlpine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
+ Hutton & Mildren defeated Adamson & Appleford 13-12 in a play off to win the silver medal
Men's Rinks (Fours) - Round Robin
Results
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Bill Bremner, Alec Robertson, Ernie Jury, Bill Whittaker + | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | J G Donaldson, F Stevenson, Norman Snowy Walker, T H Samson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Tom Kinder, Aub Murray, Charlie McNeill, Harold Murray ++ | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  R Gray, Arthur Reid, Jim Flemming, R. Adam | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | James Cuthbert, Edward Tappenden, Edward Shuttle, George Hiscock | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Ernest Dobell, Frederick Clapcott, S. Coffey, W. E. Lindsay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
- + New Zealand defeated South Africa 19-16 in a play off to win the gold medal
- ++ Australia defeated Canada 30-10 in a play off to win the bronze medal