Bowling Collection (page 2)

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

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

Men playing kayles or skittles, 14th century
Medieval kayles or skittles. Game played with ball, stick, hoop and target (top), men playing kayles or skittles with stick and six pins (middle)

Men playing bowls with a jack, 14th century
Medieval bowling. Three men playing bowls with a jack, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Two men playing bowls, 13th century
Medieval bowling. Two men playing bowls with target cones or marks, 13th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Men playing bowls, 14th century
Medieval bowling. Two men playing bowls, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Medieval bowling games: Two men playing bowls, 14th century (top), two men playing bowls with target cones or marks, 13th century (middle), and three men playing bowls with a jack

Men playing skittles in a pub garden, late 18th century
Men playing the game of skittles (quilles) in a pub garden. One man clutches his shin after it has been hit by the bowling ball. From an English caricature of the late 18th century

Medieval Europeans and Siamese women playing skittles
Medieval noble women playing skittles on a castle terrace, and Siamese women playing skittles. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

Five old men play a game of boules or bowls, circa 1800. Copied from Martinets Caricatures Parisiennes. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

Villagers playing a game of skittles, 17th century
Villagers playing a game of skittles, while others watch from a swing. From a print by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 17th century

Medieval men bowling and playing marbles
Medieval men bowling down a hill, while others play la fossette, wherein they try to throw as many marbles into a hole as possible

Illustration, Bowled out. first published 1838

Bowling Green, New York City, USA. 1857

Australia beating England at cricket by three runs
An eventful cricket match in which England was beaten by Australia by three runs. This photograph shows Australia at the wickets; Trumper is receiving the bowling from Rhodes; Duff is the batsman at

Cricket - England versus Australia at Lords, 1905
England versus Australia at Lords-the second test match. Haigh bowling to Victor Trumper(1877-1915), who scored 31 before falling to Jackson

T Richardson, cricketer
T Richardson cricketer. circa 1897

J T Herne, cricketer. 1897

C L Townsend, cricketer. circa 1897

Alfred Shaw, cricketer, bowling. circa 1897

Bowling Greens and Sands, South Shields, Tyne and Wear. circa 1900

Group photo, boys and men at a bowling club. Date: circa 1908

A fine general view of Penparcau, a suburb of Aberystwyth, showing the council estate, caravan site and bowling green. Date: 1960s

A Young cricketer preparing to bowl
A young bowler, Master Charles Beck, preparing to deliver a wicked off-break... circa 1880

Strike Date: 1941

The Cricket Ground, Harrow School, Middlesex. Two games are being played simultaneously. Date: circa 1906

Medieval bowling
Early bowling. Date: 13th century

SPORTSWEAR 1940S
Sports or leisure wear worn on the bowling green includes white shorts, blouse and white sandals or mini-skirt, striped top and a skull cap with a large tassel. Date: early 1940s

BOYS AND GIRLS BOWL
Boys and girls play ten-pin bowling (under the watchful eye of their parents, of course) Date: 1960s

MUYBRIDGE / MAN / CRICKET
A man bowling and batting in cricket. Date: 1880s

Men playing boules in the small town of Beaumont sur Oise
A group of men play a game of boules in the small town of Beaumont sur Oise, in the Val-d Oise department in μe-de-France in northern France

Port Sunlight - Cheshire, Merseyside - Mens Social Club and Bowling Green. Date: circa 1910s

WW2 - Home Front - Red Cross Women playing bowls. Date: 1944

Grand Floral Piano - Bowling Park, Bradford, Yorkshire Date: 1923

Three boys on a comic New Year card -- Manners and Customs of Ye English. Date: circa 1890s

Women police officers at a bowling alley, possibly taking part in a competition. They are, from left to right, Margaret Newbon, Monica Ryan, Jennifer Smith, Alison Blair and WPS Roberta Strickland

Street view, Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts, USA
Street view of Ocean Echo and Lucians Tavern at Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1930

Genesee Amusement Company, Rochester, New York State, USA
Genesee Amusement Company building, Rochester, New York State, USA, offering a rollerskating rink, billiards, pool, bowling, baths, cigars and dairy lunch. Date: circa 1910

Gentlemen v Players, 200th Cricket Eleven
Photographs of the eleven Players in the 200th Gentlemen and Players cricket match. The match was played on an annual basis, the tradition having started in 1806

Peggy Moran / 10-Pin Bowl
Actress Peggy Moran, one of Hollywoods top-ranking female bowlers, boasting an average score of 175

Tatler cover - Victorious England cricketers
England cricketers of 1933 featured on the cover of The Tatler at the time of a tour in Australia where they played five test matches and won the Ashes four matches to one

Condado-Vanderbilt Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Condado-Vanderbilt Hotel, Ashford Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico, North Atlantic Ocean. Back of a postcard, with prices and other details. It was built in 1919 in Spanish Revival style

USA - Produce Exchange. New York - Produce Exchange. New York. The building has been replaced by 2 Broadway next to the historic Bowling Green.. Part of Box 160 Modern New York, Boswell collection

USA - Washington and Bowling Green Building. New York - Washington and Bowling Green Building. New York.. Part of Box 160 Modern New York, Boswell collection. Date: circa 1900

Cartoon, Political Skittles -- ex-Prime Minister Gladstone bowls over his Tory rivals. 1879

Man at a bowling alley, sitting at a table with his back to the action. Date: 1970s

Bowling club event. Date: 1970s

Francis Drake Bowling
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE The sign at the bowling green at Plymouth Hoe, Devon, where Sir Francis Drake was playing a game of bowls when he saw the Spanish Armada in 1588. Date: 1545 - 1596

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