Bowling Collection

An Aerial Cricket Match of the Future, c1918 (1919). Artist: W Heath Robinson
An Aerial Cricket Match of the Future, c1918 (1919). From The Wonder Book of Aircraft for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward. Lock & Co. Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto, 1919]

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

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

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

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

Fittleworth Bowling Club, 1926
7 members practising, all wearing jackets and hats George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N340

Victorian cricket match, 19th Century
Vintage woodcut illustration of a Victorian cricket match, 19th Century

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

Old people playing bowls at Penzance in West Cornwall, UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Africa, South Africa, Gauteng, Pretoria, local lawn bowling club, equipment bag

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

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

Ajit Agarkar India 21 May 1999 Date: 21 May 1999

Cricket at Gads Hill Place, Rochester, c1868. Charles Dickens Bowling the first ball at a charity match at the back of Gads Hill Place near Rochester, September 16th 1868. From The Studio Volume 108

Norton, Derbyshire, surveyed by Joseph Dickinson, 1737
Full title: A map of all the lands belonging to Robert Newton esquire at Norton in the County of Derby, surveyed by Joseph Dickinson

Ten pin bowling
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Bowling ball hitting pins for a strike. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

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

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

Bobby Charlton and some of the Manchester United football team go ten pin bowling at Cheetham Hill Bowling Alley, Manchester

Clerkenwell Prison
Engaving depicting the old House of Detention, Clerkenwell

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

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

Cricket bowling poses (litho)
7201194 Cricket bowling poses (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cricket bowling poses)

England v Pakistan 3rd Test 1st innings at the Oval. (Picture) Englands David Lloyd bowling. 22nd August 1974

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

BOWLING TOURNAMENT, 1905. The International Bowling Tournament in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in February, 1905, sponsored by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company. Lithograph, 1905

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

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

Ian Schuback Australia 23 February 1994 Date: 23 February 1994

James Cobbett, c1830s. Creator: Unknown
James Cobbett, c1830s. Portrait of English cricketer James Cobbett, (1804-1842), one of the best all round players of his time

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)

Miss Muriel Malted, the girl cricketer of Ashford, Kent. 19 August 1922

DON CARTER (1926- ). American bowler. Photograph, 1963

Group of young people at Silver Blades bowling alley, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1965

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

S Haigh - Cricketer
Schofield Haigh - Yorkshire cricketer

Cruikshank / Bowling Alley
The bowling alley at Worcester

Old people playing bowls at Penzance in West Cornwall, UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Sport / Bowls C16
A bowling green in Tudor times

Mr William I'Anson, racehorse trainer, pictured practising on the bowling lawn at Highfield House, Malton, Yorkshire. Date: 1906

Bay Street, Watch Hill, Rhode Island, USA - Bowling Alley. Date: circa 1908

The Bowling Alley, Pocono Manor, Pennsylvania, USA
The Bowling Alley, Pocono Manor, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1910

Playing bowls, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Bowling Green and Summer Theatre, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Date: 1970s

The winner of a customary bowling game, Schweinauskegeln, folk festival, historical wood engraving, 1886

Belltafel in WrocNaw, Breslau, now Poland, historic wood engraving, ca. 1880

Men playing Bocce, Rome, Italy, 19th Century, Europe

Cheadle Royal Hospital, Wilmslow Road, Heald Green, Greater Manchester, England, 19th century

Skittles club ca. 1910, exact location unknown, Germany, Europe

In the Belltafel at Breslau, today Poland, historical woodcut, ca. 1880, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, coloured

Fair, Kirchweihfest in Upper Bavaria, c. 1876, Germany, The bowling alley, historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century template, original date not known, Europe

Fair, Kirchweihfest in Upper Bavaria, Germany, The bowling alley, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Charging Bull sculpture, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE, Bowling Green, Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America

United States Custom house. Occupying a square block at the foot of Broadway, facing Bowling Green. It is a magnificent Maine g… United States Custom house

New York City: Visitors in front of gabled facades of 17th century Dutch buildings at the New Amsterdam Village New York City Visitors in front of gabled facades of 17th century Dutch buildings at

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Bowling ball hitting bowling pins

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Zu Besuch in Katalonien
Eine Frau lehnt mit dem Rücken zur Kamera an einer niedrigen Mauer, die das umliegende Gelände von einer Kegelbahn im Freien trennt, Katalonien 1957

Zu Besuch in Katalonien
Zuschauer betrachten die Vorgänge auf der Kegelbahn, Katalonien 1957. Spectators watch the events at the bowling alley, Catalonia 1957

20 year old dancer and singer Vicki Lane finds that Ten Pin Bowling is the ideal way to keep her figure in trim. This picture was taken looking through the machine which resets the pins

Bowls JLP01_08_095923
Laing Sports Ground, Rowley Lane, Elstree, Barnet, Greater London. A group of women playing a game of bowls at Laings Sports Ground

USA, Oklahoma, Route 66, Tulsa, Rose Bowl bowling Alley

Hermann Lang
Der Autorennfahrer Hermann Lang beim bowlen, Deutschland 1930er Jahre. The racing driver Hermann Lang bowling, Germany 1930s

Hermann Lang
Der Autorennfahrer Hermann Lang beim bowlen, Deutschland 1930er Jahre. The racing driver Hermann Lang bowling, Germany 1930s

Hermann Lang
Der Autorennfahrer Hermann Lang beim bowlen, Deutschland 1930er Jahre. The racing driver Hermann Lang bowling, Germany 1930s

Hermann Lang
Der Autorennfahrer Hermann Lang beim bowlen, Deutschland 1930er Jahre. The racing driver Hermann Lang bowling, Germany 1930s

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Patrons During Early Bowling Game
(Original Caption) A Ten Strike

Nuns Bowling
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Lithograph Of Bowling At Bowling Green
(Original Caption) New York, NY: Bowling at the Bowling Green, New York's famous bowling alley. The first sporting field of the new World. Undated chrome lithograph. BPA 2 #4777

Bowling Ball Heading Toward Pins
A bowling ball going down a bowling lane. Undated photograph

Newlyweds Bowling
(Original Caption) 11/30/1939-Pittsburgh, PA: Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Shpakoff start their married life by bowling a few lines of duckpins

Renee Cettel Bowling
(Original Caption) 4/6/40-New York: Although she has not long been a devotee of the sport of bowling, Renee Cettel, showgirl, obviously gets a kick out the pin game

Truman and Vets Bowling
President Truman today presented championship awards to three paralyzed bowling champions from veterans administration hospitals at a White House ceremony

Harry S. Truman Pitching Bowling Ball
(Original Caption) 4/19/48-Washington, DC: Harrys Truman, the Missouri Southpaw, followed form today when he inaugurated the newly-installed bowling alleys in the basement at the White House

View Of Hudson River From Bowling Green
(Original Caption) New York, NY: Hudson River North West from Bowling Green. Undated Photograph

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"Bowling: A Timeless Game of Skill, Strategy, and Camaraderie" Step back in time to Britain in 1903, where the sport captivated both young and old alike. In this vintage photograph titled "A Game of Bowls, " we witness a group of gentlemen engrossed in a friendly match on a sunny afternoon. The meticulously maintained lawn serves as their battleground, each player aiming to outwit their opponents with precision and finesse. Fast forward three decades to 1933 when Harold Larwood's name became synonymous with bowling excellence. Renowned for his lightning-fast deliveries during cricket matches, Larwood's technique revolutionized the game. His powerful throws left batsmen trembling at the crease while spectators marveled at his skillful mastery. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic Ocean, Victorian-era cricket matches held sway over England's sporting landscape throughout the 19th century. Amidst sprawling green fields and enthusiastic crowds cheering from afar, bowlers showcased their artistry by expertly propelling balls towards wickets with unwavering accuracy. Bowling wasn't solely reserved for men; women too embraced its allure during the 1940s. As captured in an enchanting snapshot entitled "Girls Play Bowls, " ladies donned elegant attire while gracefully participating in this beloved pastime. Their laughter echoed through the air as they aimed for victory amidst friendship and spirited competition. From holiday camps like Paignton's Devon Bowling Green to historic venues such as Campbell College Cricket Field in Belfast or even South Africa's African landscapes – bowls knew no boundaries nor borders. It united people from all walks of life under one shared passion – an unyielding love for this timeless game that transcended cultures and continents. Even as time marched on into modernity, bowls retained its charm among generations who sought solace within its tranquil embrace.