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Bowls - the game
How not to play the game.....
THE GAME OF BOWLS
From the English rule Book of all sports 1856.
This is almost as simple as a game of football, requiring only a bowling green and an
indefinite number of bowls, one for each player. Unlike football, however, it is a very
quiet game, and calculated rather for the steady gentlemen, then for his rackety son.
The bowls are spheres of Lignum vitae, or any other wood ; and they are generally
made of one side of a tree. The heart being heavier than the outside, makes one side of
the bowl heavier than the other ; the consequence is that each bowl has a bias of it's own,
and every player must learn it's peculiarities before he can play it successfully.
The bowling green is, or should be a perfectly level piece of turf, square in shape or nearly
so, and 30, 40, 50 yards wide, according to the capabilities of the ground. This should
be kept smooth and closely shaven, by means of the scythe and roller; and from it's
possessing these qualities in perfection the expression has arisen,"as smooth as a bowling green " !
The game is very simple in theory, and consists only of each player endeavouring to bowl
his own so as to remain as near as possible to a particular bowl. The bias creates the difficulty, which is greater than might be imagined ; and 30 or 40 elderly
gentlemen will often amuse themselves every evening throughout the summer without
arriving at anything like an absolute control of their eratic instruments !.
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