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Origin of nine-pin bowling, 14th centuryMen 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 centuryMen 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 centuryMedieval 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 skittles in a pub garden, late 18th centuryMen 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 skittlesMedieval 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)
Villagers playing a game of skittles, 17th centuryVillagers playing a game of skittles, while others watch from a swing. From a print by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 17th century