Lawn bowls

A DigitalNZ Story by Kelly

lawn bowls, sport

19th century bowling greens

New Zealand's first bowling club, the Auckland Bowling Club, put down a green in 1861. It was located on Grafton Road.

Image: Lawn bowls trophy presentation

Trophy presentation

Lawn bowls trophy presentation

Wairarapa Archive

Uniforms

Image: Lawn bowls 1891, Mathewson playing.

Lawn bowls 1891, Mathewson playing.

Tairāwhiti Museum Te Whare Taonga o Tairāwhiti

Types of bowls

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Image: Bowl, Lawn

Bowl, Lawn

Puke Ariki

Image: Bowl, Lawn

Bowl, Lawn

Puke Ariki

Image: Bowl, Lawn

Bowl, Lawn

Puke Ariki

Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games

Image: Poster, 'Xth British Commonwealth Games'

Poster, 'Xth British Commonwealth Games'

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Lawn bowlers

Lawn bowlers

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Clubrooms

Image: Lawn bowls, Kaitaia

Lawn bowls, Kaitaia

Alexander Turnbull Library

Lawn bowl clubrooms

Image: Riverton Bowling Club, Riviera of the South

Riverton Bowling Club, Riviera of the South

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Image: Thorndon Bowling Club

Thorndon Bowling Club

Alexander Turnbull Library