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1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship

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Men's World Outdoor Championships 1976
3rd Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championships
LocationSouth Africa Zoo Lake Park, Johannesburg, South Africa
Date(s)18 February – 6 March 1976
CategoryWorld Bowls Championship
← 1973 1977 →

The 1976 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship[1] was held at Zoo Lake Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 18 February to 6 March 1976.

Doug Watson won the singles which was held in a round robin format. South Africa completed a clean sweep of events by taking the pairs, triples and fours Gold which also help them lift the Leonard Trophy.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Medallists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles South Africa
Doug Watson
Australia
Bob Middleton
England
David Bryant
Men's pairs South Africa
Doug Watson
Bill Moseley
United States
Neil McInnes
Dick Folkins
Australia
Don Woolnough
Bob Middleton
Men's triples South Africa
Kevin Campbell
Nando Gatti
Kelvin Lightfoot
England
David Bryant
Bill Irish
Tommy Armstrong

Willie Murray
David Hull
John Higgins
Men's fours South Africa
Kevin Campbell
Nando Gatti
Kelvin Lightfoot
Bill Moseley
Australia
Don Woolnough
Leigh Bishop
Barry Salter
Keith Poole
England
John C Evans
Bill Irish
Tommy Armstrong
Peter Line
Men's Team South Africa
South Africa
England
England
Australia
Australia

Men's singles

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Round-robin results

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Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4 Tie 5 Tie 6 Tie 7 Tie 8
Round 1
27 Feb
WAL 21 IRL 10 AUS 21 JEY 15 USA 21 JPN 7 ZAF 21 MWI 4 ENG 21 HKG 7 ISR 21 NZL 16 SCO 21 GGY 7 RHO 21 WSM 14
Round 2
27 Feb
RHO 21 GGY 19 WSM 21 HKG 11 IRL 21 JEY 11 ENG 21 JPN 3 USA 21 MWI 7 ZAF 21 WAL 9 NZL 21 SCO 15 AUS 21 ISR 19
Round 3
28 Feb
SCO 21 JEY 6 ZAF 21 ISR 7 NZL 21 AUS 13 ENG 21 IRL 12 WAL 21 JPN 10 HKG 21 MWI 10 USA 21 RHO 17 GGY 21 WSM 19
Round 4
28 Feb
AUS 21 ENG 18 ZAF 21 GGY 18 WAL 21 SCO 13 USA 21 JEY 14 RHO 21 JPN 4 MWI 21 IRL 15 ISR 21 HKG 16 NZL 21 WSM 8
Round 5
1 Mar
ZAF 21 JEY 7 WSM 21 MWI 7 IRL 21 HKG 10 USA 21 WAL 3 ISR 21 JPN 5 GGY 21 ENG 14 AUS 21 SCO 17 RHO 21 NZL 20
Round 6
1 Mar
USA 21 IRL 8 NZL 21 HKG 16 WSM 21 JEY 10 ZAF 21 RHO 9 SCO 21 MWI 3 AUS 21 JPN 1 ENG 21 ISR 3 WAL 21 GGY 12
Round 7
2 Mar
WAL 21 MWI 7 AUS 21 GGY 5 NZL 21 ENG 5 JEY 21 JPN 5 RHO 21 HKG 18 USA 21 ISR 19 ZAF 21 WSM 20 SCO 21 IRL 19
Round 8
2 Mar
HKG 21 WAL 18 ZAF 21 USA 19 SCO 21 RHO 7 ENG 21 JEY 13 GGY 21 JPN 6 WSM 21 ISR 11 AUS 21 IRL 12 NZL 21 MWI 17
Round 9
3 Mar
ZAF 21 IRL 5 WAL 21 RHO 18 NZL 21 USA 20 SCO 21 ISR 12 AUS 21 HKG 11 WSM 21 ENG 20 MWI 21 JPN 8 GGY 21 JEY 11
Round 10
3 Mar
IRL 21 JPN 4 WSM 21 WAL 20 GGY 21 NZL 20 RHO 21 AUS 19 ZAF 21 HKG 11 ISR 21 JEY 13 SCO 21 USA 8 ENG 21 MWI 14
Round 11
4 Mar
RHO 21 IRL 9 AUS 21 WSM 13 WAL 21 ISR 14 GGY 21 MWI 13 NZL 21 JEY 6 ZAF 21 SCO 15 ENG 21 USA 15 HKG 21 JPN 9
Round 12
5 Mar
WAL 21 AUS 13 SCO 21 WSM 9 ZAF 21 JPN 1 USA 21 GGY 8 HKG 21 JEY 4 ENG 21 RHO 18 NZL 21 IRL 19 ISR 21 MWI 16
Round 13
5 Mar
AUS 21 USA 17 MWI 21 JEY 19 RHO 21 ISR 12 ENG 21 WAL 16 GGY 21 IRL 18 ZAF 21 NZL 20 WSM 21 JPN 5 HKG 21 SCO 11
Round 14
6 Mar
ZAF 21 AUS 12 USA 21 WSM 16 IRL 21 ISR 2 NZL 21 JPN 5 RHO 21 MWI 18 GGY 21 HKG 16 WAL 21 JEY 18 ENG 21 SCO 16
Round 15
6 Mar
AUS bt MWI ISR bt GGY USA bt HKG WSM bt IRL SCO bt JPN JEY bt RHO WAL bt NZL ENG 21 ZAF 10

Final table

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Pos Player P W L Pts
1 South Africa Doug Watson 15 14 1 14
2 Australia Bob Middleton 15 11 4 11
3 England David Bryant 15 11 4 11
4 United States Dick Folkins 15 10 5 10
5 New Zealand Kerry Clark 15 10 5 10
6 Wales Maldwyn Evans 15 10 5 10
7 Scotland Willie Wood 15 9 6 9
8 Rhodesia John Allman 15 9 6 9
9 Samoa Tolova'a Si'moa 15 8 7 8
10 Guernsey Roy de Feu 15 8 7 8
11 Israel Matt Gordon 15 6 9 6
12 Hong Kong Eric Liddell 15 5 10 5
13 Roy Fulton 15 4 11 4
14 Malawi Harry Lakin 15 2 13 2
15 Jersey Ben Van Niekerk 15 2 13 2
16 Japan Shingo Sarumaru 15 0 15 0

Men's pairs

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Round-robin results

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Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4 Tie 5 Tie 6 Tie 7 Tie 8
Round 1
18 Feb
HKG 20 IRL 17 ZAF 31 JEY 12 RHO 21 NZL 15 WSM 18 MWI 14 ENG 33 GGY 12 USA 18 WAL 15 AUS 24 SCO 20 IRL 47 JPN 2
Round 2
19 Feb
IRL 20 JEY 19 AUS 34 ISR 7 HKG 19 WSM 17 USA 21 MWI 16 RHO 27 GGY 15 ENG 51 JPN 8 NZL 25 SCO 21 WAL 22 ZAF 19
Round 3
19 Feb
ENG v AUS ZAF bt GGY HKG v ISR IRL v MWI RHO bt JPN JEY v USA NZL v WSM SCO v WAL
Round 4
20 Feb
GGY 17 WAL 17 SCO 34 MWI 14 HKG 17 NZL 15 WSM 28 JEY 12 USA 21 IRL 15 AUS 66 JPN 3 ENG 21 ISR 15 ZAF 29 RHO 7
Round 5
20 Feb
AUS v USA ENG v WAL IRL bt GGY ISR v RHO WSM bt JPN JEY v MWI ZAF bt NZL SCO 26 HKG 11
Round 6
21 Feb
WAL 23 IRL 12 USA 50 JPN 4 ENG 16 HKG 13 WSM 24 RHO 18 ZAF 38 MWI 10 AUS 34 JEY 7 NZL 27 ISR 16 SCO 36 GGY 21
Round 7
21 Feb
RHO 22 MWI 13 USA 26 WSM 16 ISR 27 IRL 15 ZAF 30 AUS 17 NZL 49 JPN 8 WAL 23 JEY 16 ENG 24 SCO 18 HKG 16 GGY 15
Round 8
23 Feb
WAL 22 MWI 17 USA 28 ISR 13 ZAF 45 WSM 5 IRL 28 SCO 13 RHO 30 HKG 10 AUS 27 GGY 17 NZL 21 ENG 19 JEY 36 JPN 8
Round 9
23 Feb
WAL 53 JPN 7 HKG 29 MWI 16 RHO 25 USA 14 WSM 26 GGY 22 SCO 35 JEY 11 NZL 26 AUS 22 IRL 21 ENG 12 ZAF 28 ISR 11
Round 10
24 Feb
ISR 24 SCO 17 ZAF 25 IRL 18 RHO 16 WAL 15 ENG 35 WSM 12 AUS 22 HKG 20 GGY 22 JEY 13 MWI 33 JPN 15 USA 21 NZL 16
Round 11
24 Feb
AUS v IRL ENG v JEY GGY bt JPN HKG v WAL ISR v WSM NZL v MWI SCO 21 RHO 11 ZAF 26 USA 16
Round 12
25 Feb
ZAF 36 HKG 14 IRL 45 JPN 3 ENG 27 MWI ? JEY 26 ISR 16 AUS 19 RHO 16 WSM 20 WAL 19 NZL 23 GGY 19 USA 24 SCO 21
Round 13
25 Feb
ENG 21 ZAF 12 AUS 32 MWI 13 NZL 25 WAL 17 RHO 26 JEY 14 IRL 18 WSM 18 USA 22 HKG 13 ISR 20 GGY 12 SCO 44 JPN 12
Round 14
26 Feb
ZAF 41 JPN 7 HKG 22 JEY 19 WAL 26 AUS 17 SCO 34 WSM 10 IRL 23 NZL 18 USA 23 GGY 16 ENG 17 RHO 16 ISR 18 MWI 17
Round 15
26 Feb
AUS 25 WSM 22 ENG 22 USA 14 MWI 23 GGY 11 HKG 60 JPN 5 IRL 18 RHO 15 WAL 23 ISR 15 NZL 35 JEY 18 ZAF 32 SCO 10

Final table

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Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 South Africa Doug Watson & Bill Moseley 15 13 0 2 26
2 United States Neil McInnes & Dick Folkins 15 11 0 4 22
3 Australia Don Woolnough & Bob Middleton 15 10 1 4 21
4 England John C Evans & Peter Line 15 10 1 4 21
5 Wales John Russell Evans & Maldwyn Evans 15 9 1 5 19
6 Roy Fulton & John Henry 15 9 1 5 19
7 Rhodesia Rhodesia 15 9 0 6 18
8 New Zealand Kerry Clark & Vic Sellars 15 9 0 6 18
9 Samoa Western Samoa 15 8 1 6 17
10 Scotland Jack Christie & Alex McIntosh 15 8 1 6 17
11 Hong Kong Hong Kong 15 8 0 7 16
12 Israel Matt Gordon & Robert Goldwasser 15 5 0 10 10
13 Malawi Peter Crossan & Harry Lakin 15 3 0 12 6
14 Jersey Jersey 15 3 0 12 6
15 Guernsey Guernsey 15 2 1 12 5
16 Japan Japan 15 0 0 15 0

Men's triples

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Round-robin results

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Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4 Tie 5 Tie 6 Tie 7 Tie 8
Round 1
18 Feb
NZL 19 RHO 16 WSM 17 MWI 16 AUS 15 SCO 15 ENG 26 GGY 13 ZAF 35 JEY 11 ISR 37 JPN 8 HKG 16 IRL 14 WAL 17 USA 11
Round 2
19 Feb
SCO 21 NZL 14 HKG 17 WSM 16 AUS 20 ISR 8 IRL 25 JEY 7 RHO 27 GGY 11 ENG 64 JPN 7 USA 22 MWI 12 WAL v ZAF
Round 3
19 Feb
ENG 14 AUS 13 GGY v ZAF HKG v ISR IRL bt MWI JPN v RHO JEY v USA NZL v WSM SCO v WAL
Round 4
20 Feb
AUS 37 JPN 5 WAL 29 GGY 10 NZL 19 HKG 18 SCO 22 MWI 14 IRL 21 USA 15 JEY 16 WSM 11 ENG 18 ISR 17 ZAF 32 RHO 7
Round 5
20 Feb
AUS v USA ENG bt WAL IRL bt GGY ISR v RHO WSM bt JPN JEY v MWI ZAF bt NZL SCO 21 HKG 15
Round 6
21 Feb
IRL 15 WAL 13 ENG 28 HKG 5 SCO 23 GGY 4 AUS 28 JEY 10 NZL 23 ISR 7 WSM 15 RHO 13 USA 30 JPN 8 ZAF 19 MWI 15
Round 7
21 Feb
NZL 52 JPN 4 USA 28 WSM 14 ZAF 22 AUS 17 HKG 22 GGY 13 ENG 18 SCO 13 MWI 16 RHO 12 IRL 27 ISR 14 JEY 22 WAL 22
Round 8
23 Feb
AUS 15 GGY 18 ZAF 30 WSM 5 JEY 42 JPN 4 USA 28 ISR 7 NZL 35 ENG 11 HKG 16 RHO 11 WAL 25 MWI 13 IRL 22 SCO 15
Round 9
23 Feb
AUS 22 NZL 16 MWI 20 HKG 15 SCO 28 JEY 17 WAL 43 JPN 5 GGY 20 WSM 10 ZAF 23 ISR 12 IRL 20 ENG 14 USA 19 RHO 16
Round 10
24 Feb
ISR 16 SCO 16 ENG 16 WSM 12 WAL 22 RHO 18 ZAF 18 IRL 13 HKG 16 AUS 13 USA 18 NZL 10 MWI 49 JPN 9 GGY 18 JEY 14
Round 11
24 Feb
AUS v IRL ENG v JEY GGY bt JPN HKG v WAL ISR v WSM NZL v MWI SCO v RHO ZAF 24 USA 10
Round 12
25 Feb
IRL 49 JPN 3 JEY 20 ISR 17 NZL 29 GGY 4 USA 20 SCO 5 ENG 19 MWI 9 WAL 22 WSM 14 RHO 13 AUS 11 ZAF 21 HKG 15
Round 13
25 Feb
RHO 22 JEY 16 IRL 23 WSM 9 MWI 14 AUS 10 SCO 51 JPN 2 ISR 21 GGY 12 NZL 21 WAL 12 USA 16 HKG 13 ENG 25 ZAF 15
Round 14
26 Feb
SCO 24 WSM 11 ZAF 52 JPN 2 ENG 21 RHO 9 MWI 22 ISR 14 HKG 23 JEY 14 WAL 14 AUS 12 IRL 19 NZL 10 GGY 15 USA 14
Round 15
26 Feb
AUS 37 WSM 5 USA 20 ENG 7 GGY 20 MWI 20 HKG 39 JPN 6 RHO 18 IRL 10 WAL 18 ISR 15 NZL 24 JEY 12 ZAF 16 SCO 15

Final table

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Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 South Africa Kevin Campbell, Nando Gatti & Kelvin Lightfoot 15 14 0 1 28
2 England David Bryant, Bill Irish & Tommy Armstrong 15 12 0 3 24
3 Willie Murray, David Hull & John Higgins 15 11 0 4 22
4 New Zealand David Baldwin, John Somerville & Bob McDonald 15 10 0 5 20
5 United States Jim Candelet, Harold Esch & Francisco Frank Souza 15 10 0 5 20
6 Wales David Richards, Ray Williams, Ellis Stanbury, 15 9 1 5 19
7 Hong Kong Hong Kong 15 9 0 6 18
8 Scotland Willie Wood, Dick Bernard & Willie Adrain 15 7 2 6 16
9 Australia Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter & Keith Poole 15 7 1 7 15
10 Rhodesia Rhodesia 15 7 0 8 14
11 Malawi John Chalmers, Stuart Flanders & Alexander Sandy Ross 15 5 1 9 11
12 Guernsey Guernsey 15 5 1 9 11
13 Jersey Jersey 15 4 1 10 9
14 Israel Harry Esakov, Sam Skudowitz, Yehuda Sabra Lebel 15 3 1 11 7
15 Samoa Western Samoa 15 3 0 12 6
16 Japan Japan 15 0 0 15 0

Men's fours

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Round-robin results

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Round Tie 1 Tie 2 Tie 3 Tie 4 Tie 5 Tie 6 Tie 7 Tie 8
Round 1
27 Feb
SCO 23 GGY 17 NZL 30 ISR 13 RHO 21 WSM 13 ENG 20 HKG 20 IRL 24 WAL 23 USA 49 JPN 4 ZAF 28 MWI 10 AUS 37 JEY 11
Round 2
27 Feb
ZAF 16 WAL 14 AUS 28 ISR 12 ENG 42 JPN 10 SCO 23 NZL 18 HKG 22 WSM 13 RHO 31 GGY 10 JEY 24 IRL 19 USA 22 MWI 18
Round 3
28 Feb
AUS 29 NZL 14 WSM 29 GGY 17 HKG 26 MWI 10 SCO 22 JEY 8 USA 20 RHO 19 WAL 40 JPN 9 ENG 19 IRL 12 ZAF 35 ISR 7
Round 4
28 Feb
AUS 20 ENG 14 ZAF 26 GGY 14 WAL 20 SCO 15 NZL 24 WSM 13 RHO 23 JPN 8 MWI 21 IRL 17 HGK 25 ISR 15 USA 30 JEY 18
Round 5
1 Mar
AUS 22 SCO 16 ZAF 28 JEY 12 IRL 18 HGK 15 ENG 21 GGY 15 NZL 24 RHO 12 ISR 34 JPN 14 USA 17 WAL 13 MWI 17 WSM 26
Round 6
1 Mar
MWI 21 SCO 18 JEY 22 WSM 14 WAL 44 GGY 8 ZAF 29 RHO 16 NZL 25 HKG 13 AUS 36 JPN 13 ENG 26 ISR 17 USA 16 IRL 13
Round 7
2 Mar
ZAF 27 WSM 15 SCO 22 IRL 12 ENG 25 NZL 16 AUS 31 GGY 10 HKG 24 RHO 10 WAL 30 MWI 6 ISR 20 USA 15 JEY 20 JPN 16
Round 8
2 Mar
RHO 22 SCO 12 GGY 37 JPN 5 ZAF 24 USA 14 AUS 19 IRL 15 MWI 19 NZL 18 ENG 21 JEY 12 HKG 18 WAL 18 WSM 22 ISR 18
Round 9
3 Mar
IRL 24 ZAF 13 RHO 16 WAL 7 NZL 19 USA 16 SCO 28 ISR 8 AUS 22 HKG 17 ENG 21 WSM 16 GGY 31 JEY 14 MWI 18 JPN 16
Round 10
3 Mar
IRL 47 JPN 6 WAL 27 WSM 23 NZL 28 GGY 12 AUS 27 RHO 12 ZAF 30 HKG 8 ISR 25 JEY 12 SCO 18 USA 17 ENG 21 MWI 9
Round 11
4 Mar
JEY 17 NZL 16 ZAF 32 SCO 11 RHO 18 IRL 18 AUS 21 WSM 17 GGY 20 MWI 19 WAL 33 ISR 13 HKG 26 JPN 21 ENG 23 USA 17
Round 12
5 Mar
ENG 24 RHO 17 WSM 20 SCO 16 JEY 27 HKG 14 AUS 20 WAL 12 ZAF 47 JPN 2 IRL 22 NZL 17 USA 26 GGY 13 MWI 21 ISR 17
Round 13
5 Mar
WSM 34 JPN 8 SCO 19 HKG 18 IRL 32 GGY 13 RHO 29 ISR 15 ZAF 37 NZL 18 JEY 19 MWI 18 WAL 22 ENG 18 AUS 18 USA 15
Round 14
6 Mar
ZAF 25 AUS 16 RHO 22 MWI 14 IRL 22 ISR 9 WAL 24 JEY 17 GGY 24 HKG 19 NZL 47 JPN 9 SCO 28 ENG 21 USA 28 WSM 16
Round 15
6 Mar
AUS bt MWI ISR bt GGY USA bt HKG IRL v WSM SCO bt JPN JEY bt RHO WAL bt NZL ZAF 15 ENG 13

Final table

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Pos Player P W D L Pts
1 South Africa Kevin Campbell, Nando Gatti, Kelvin Lightfoot & Bill Moseley 15 14 0 1 28
2 Australia Don Woolnough, Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter & Keith Poole 15 14 0 1 28
3 England John C Evans, Bill Irish, Tommy Armstrong & Peter Line 15 10 1 4 21
4 Wales David Richards, John Russell Evans, Ellis Stanbury, Ray Williams 15 9 1 5 19
5 United States Jim Candelet, Harold Esch, Dick Folkins, Francisco Frank Souza 15 9 0 6 18
6 Scotland Jack Christie, Alex McIntosh, Dick Bernard & Willie Adrain 15 9 0 6 18
7 John Henry, John Higgins, David Hull, Willie Murray 15 8 1 6 17
8 New Zealand David Baldwin, Bob McDonald, John Somerville, Vic Sellars 15 8 0 7 16
9 Rhodesia Alan Bradley, Theo Easterbrook, Dick Boucher, Pat O'Brien 15 7 1 7 15
10 Hong Kong Omar Dallah, Saco Delgado, Roberto da Silva, George Souza Sr. 15 5 2 9 12
11 Jersey Gordon Bewhay, Joe Dolan, Frank Hambly, Tim Mallett 15 6 0 9 12
12 Samoa Leta’a Sulu Devoe, Graham Johns, James Williams, Falevi Ierupa’ala Petana 15 5 0 10 10
13 Malawi John Chalmers, Peter Crossan, Stuart Flanders, Alexander Sandy Ross 15 5 0 10 10
14 Guernsey Ernie Baker, Norman le Ber, Henry le Tissier, Cyril Smith 15 4 0 11 8
15 Israel Harry Esakov, Robert Goldwasser, Sam Skudowitz, Yehuda Sabra Lebel 15 4 0 11 8
16 Japan Mitsuaki Izumi, Kichizaemon Sarumaru, Tadao Nishi, Shigeya Nabeshima 15 0 0 15 0

W. M. Leonard Trophy

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Pos Team Singles Pairs Triples Fours Total
1 South Africa South Africa 16 16 16 16 64
2 England England 14 13 15 14 56
3 Australia Australia+ 15 14 8 15 52
4 United States United States 13 15 12 12 52
5 Wales Wales 11 12 11 13 47
6 New Zealand New Zealand 12 9 13 9 43
7 Ireland 4 11 14 10 39
8 Scotland Scotland 10 7 9 11 37
9 Rhodesia Rhodesia 9 10 7 8 34
10 Hong Kong Hong Kong 5 6 10 7 28
11 Samoa Western Samoa 8 8 2 5 23
12 Malawi Malawi 3 4 6 4 17
13 Guernsey Guernsey 7 2 5 3 17
14 Israel Israel 6 5 3 2 16
15 Jersey Jersey 2 3 4 6 15
16 Japan Japan 1 1 1 1 4

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