Bowling Collection

A Game of Bowls, Britain, 1903
Photograph showing an English gentleman about to deliver his bowl during a game of lawn bowling, 1903. Fellow players and spectators closely watch his technique

Harold Larwood Bowling, 1933
Photograph of the English bowler, Harold Larwood, in action during the MCC tour of Australia, 1933. During that tour, D.R

Men playing bowls on a lawn
A group of men playing bowls on a lawn

Girls Play Bowls / 1940S
Faith Dorn, Alice Talton, Juanita Stark, Lucia Carroll and Jean Ames wearing various sunsuits show a bit of leg on the bowling green

Bowling green at a holiday camp, Paignton, Devon
People relaxing on a bowling green at a holiday camp in Paignton, Devon, with chalets in the background. Date: 1950s

A Game of Bowls, England, c. 1872
Engraving showing a close game of bowls on a bowling lawn somewhere in England, c.1872. Four players appear to be vigorously contesting the result

Cricket Field, Campbell College, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1904

Larwood / Cricketer
Harold Larwood, English cricketer, famous for his Bodyline bowling (1904-95)

Charterhouse / 17C?
The Charterhouse, in the City of London

Gentlemen Bowling 1950S
Older gentlemen (and one lady) enjoying a leisurely game of bowls on an English bowling green

Drake Plays Bowls 1588
Sir Francis Drake, learning that the Spanish Armada has been sighted near England, insists on finishing his game of bowls at Plymouth

Daisy Nook The Village, Failsworth, Lancashire
Daisy Nook The Village, Failsworth, Oldham, near Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England. Showing Bowling Pavilion Date: 1904

New York / Broadway 1895
New York: Lower Broadway, looking north from Bowling Green

Bowling in Chicago
Belles of the Bowling Alley - the Athletic Diversions of an Association of Dashing Damsels in their Club Rooms in Chicago

Gentleman bowling at a skittles alley in a German Beer Hall Date: circa 1905

Music Hall, Leominster, Massachusetts, USA
Music Hall in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA, with shops on the ground floor. Date: circa 1911

Steamboat Pier, Fleetwood, Wyre district, Lancashire
Steamboat Pier and Railway Station, Fleetwood, Wyre district, Lancashire Date: circa 1907

A Googlie by Lawson Wood
A bear batsman looks concerned as a determined monkey bowls a googlie at his batting partner. Date: 1930

William Lillywhite
WILLIAM LILLYWHITE The Father of Modern Cricket A right-handed bowler, who played for Sussex in the 1820s. Date: early 19th century

Clerkenwell Prison
Engaving depicting the old House of Detention, Clerkenwell. Clerkenwell (old) Prison, also known as the Clerkenwell House of Detention or Middlesex House of Detention, was a prison in Clerkenwell

The Park and Bowling Green, Bangor - an elevated view looking down on people bowling with a lot of onlookers and people sitting in Ward Park. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Bangor)

S Haigh - Cricketer
Schofield Haigh - Yorkshire cricketer

New Zealand - Bowling Green at Te Aroha, opened in 1903 Date: circa 1908

At the Oval / Ally Sloper
Ally Sloper bats at the Oval against Australia, dressed in medieval armour for protection

Cruikshank / Bowling Alley
The bowling alley at Worcester

Sport / Bowls C16
A bowling green in Tudor times

Monsanto Textiles - Girl in smart two-piece trouser suit
Client: Monsanto Textiles - Girl in smart two-piece trouser suit, holding a ball - shoot date: July 24, 1969 Date: 1969

Comic postcard, Our Demon Bowler Date: 20th century

German Men at an open air spa, taking exercise, playing cards and lifting weights. Date: circa 1905

Knaresborough Castle in the 1930s

Playing bowls at Knaresborough Castle in the 1930s

A bowling match, early 1900s

Bowling green

Crumpsall CWS Biscuit Factory in 1908 - social activities - bowling

West Bowling - Gaythorne Road - Bradford

Advert, Great Player's cigarettes, with cricketers
Advert, Great Player's Medium Navy Cut cigarettes, with caricatures of cricketers (cards to collect) Date: 1926

Hedley Verity bowling, F Chester as umpire
Yorkshire and England cricketer Hedley Verity bowling, F. Chester as umpire Date: circa 1930s

Clarrie Grimmett bowling
Clarrie Grimmett, Australian Cricketer bowling Date: circa 1930s

Writer A. P. Herbert, bowling
Writer A.P. Herbert (1890-1971) bowling during an actresses versus authors cricket match in Regent's Park. Date: 1939

View along Eastbourne pier with sign for Rifle Saloon
Opposite the Rifle Saloon with its Electric Targets is the American Bowling Saloon and in the centre distance is a magnificent multistoried building with many flags. Date: 1903

Men playing Skittles inside in the East End, London pub. Date: 1903

Ightham Mote, Kent, North Front from the Bowling Green

Ightham Mote, Kent - View from the Bowling Green Date: circa 1940s

The Kurhaus - Wiesbaden, Germany
circa 1910s

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - Stovel Co. bowling team champions 1908-09 of the Saratoga (lanes) com bowling league. Date: circa 1910s

Old Tennis Court
The old Tennis court near the Haymarket, London, appears to have formed part of Piccadilly Hall, a celebrated gaming house established about 1635

Colonel Bloods house in Bowling Alley, Westminster. Colonel Thomas Blood (1618-1680) was an Anglo-Irish officer and self-styled colonel best known for his attempt to steal the Crown Jewels of England

Origin of nine-pin bowling, 14th century
Men playing club kayles or skittles by throwing a club at eight pins (origin of nine-pin bowling), 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports

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