South Australia - Sport

Bowling

A bowling alley is discussed in the Observer,
28 July 1855, page 4h.

A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
February 1877,
May 1889, page 68,
November 1894, page 185 (photograph).

A report of a meeting at the Prince Alfred Hotel aimed at forming a bowling club is in the Register,
4 May 1887, page 5c; also see
Express,
17 March 1898, page 2c.
A report on the opening of the Adelaide Bowling Green is in the Observer,
10 December 1898, page 20e.

"Lawn Tennis and Bowls" is in the Advertiser,
26 March 1898, page 4f,
"Intercolonial Bowls" on
16 April 1900, page 3d,
"A New Pastime" on
18 April 1900, page 4e.

Also see Register,
18 February 1897, page 4h,
3 and 5 December 1898, pages 7b and 7f,
7 October 1899, page 5a,
27 January 1902, page 3d,
10 and 29 March 1902, pages 7g and 7d,
2 June 1903, page 8f,
11 April 1903, page 4e.

Biographical details of B.H. Pascoe are in the< Register,
17 February 1900, page 7b -
"It was due to his enthusiasm as a bowler that the Adelaide Bowling Club was established..."

An inter-colonial match is reported in the Express,
18 April 1900, page 2b.

The formation of The Adelaide Oval Bowling Club is reported upon in the Register,
28 October 1901, page 4e;
also see 27 January 1902, page 3d.

The first local inter-club match is reported in the Register,
10 March 1902, page 7g.

"A Bowling Association" is in the Register,
17 November 1902, pages 4g-6e.

Photographs taken at a bowls' tournament are in the Chronicle,
5 April 1902, page 39,
13 December 1902, page 41; also see
2 April 1910, page 31,
Observer,
18 April 1903, page 26,
7 January 1911, page 29.

"First Association Match" is in the Express,
24 November 1902, page 4d.

"The Game of Bowls" is in the Register,
2 June 1903, page 8f,
Observer,13 June 1903, page 19d.

"New Bowling Clubs" is in the Register,
27 June 1903, page 5a.

A photograph of Quinton Smith, a "champion of champions" is in the Observer,
22 April 1905, page 23.

"Bowling and the Bottle" is in the Express,
4 May 1905, page 4e.

A match played under electric light is reported in the Register on
22 February 1906, page 7i,
Chronicle,
3 March 1906, page 50a.

The opening of the South Park Lands Club is reported in the Register,
24 February 1908, page 9e.

"Bowling" is in the Register,
27 March 1909, page 8e.

"An Afternoon at the Green" is in the Advertiser,
7 February 1910, page 10h.

Also see Register,
26 December 1910, page 6d,
Advertiser,
11 May 1912, page 6d,
Register,
1 January 1913, page 6f,
24 June 1914, page 8d.

A history of the South Park Bowling Club is in The Critic,
19 February 1913, page 12.

"`White Cities' and Bowling Greens" is in the Register,
24 June 1914, page 8d.

"Bowls and Bowlers" is in the Register,
31 October 1914, page 8d.

"Father of Bowling - Chat With Clarence Moody" is in The Mail,
12 February 1916, page 9d.

"Bowlers and Alcohol" is in the Observer,
28 October 1916, page 16b.

"Bowlers and the War" is in the Register,
17 September 1918, page 7e.

"A Bowls Match Forfeited" is in the Advertiser,
15 December 1920, page 7a,
"An Ancient Game" on
29 April 1921, page 8f.

A history of the game in South Australia is in the Register,
14 October 1921, page 7i; also see
31 October 1925, page 10e,
11 November 1925, page 14f,
Advertiser,
28 March 1947, page 13.

"An Ancient Game" is in the Advertiser,
27 January 1923, page 10h.

A despondent housewife has this to say in the Advertiser,
17 January 1924, page 13e:

Loneliness is purely a matter of temperament, and a husband forever on the premises is no remedy. As the happy possessor of a rather charming bowler husband I would make it a law for all husbands, who were not commercial travellers, to be bowlers.
(Advertiser, 19 January 1924, page 18g.)

"Indoor Bowls - A New Evening Game" is in the Register,
17 August 1923, page 9f,
"Veteran Bowlers" on
9 April 1926, page 5a.
Photographs are in the Observer,
10 May 1926, page 32,
20 April 1929, page 37.

A photograph of a South Australian team is in the Observer,
3 April 1926, page 34,
Chronicle,
23 April 1927, page 20.

"Women and Bowls" is in the Register,
26 February 1924, page 7d.

Biographical details of A.M. Pettinger are in the Register,
14 March 1924, page 6f.

"An Afternoon at South Park" is in the Observer,
7 March 1925, page 49a.

"Bowls and Business - Mr T. Crase Abroad" is in the Register,
1 December 1925, page 11f.

Biographical details of C.M.D. Bower and W.J.A. Barton are in the Register,
10 December 1925, page 4f,
of C.L. Mathews on 30 April 1926, page 4g.

"Sunday Drinking - Attack on Bowling Clubs" is in the Register,
9 March 1926, page 10a.

An obituary of George Beale is in theObserver,
1 January 1927, page 48c.

Photographs are in the Observer,
10 May 1926, page 32, 20 April 1929, page 37,
Register,
20 April 1927, page 12 (interstate carnival).

A photograph of a South Australian team is in the Observer,
3 April 1926, page 34,
Chronicle,
23 April 1927, page 20.

"Growing Army of Players" is in The Mail,
22 October 1927, page 1f.

"Workers for Bowls" is in The News,
25 October 1928, page 19c,
1 and 8 November 1928, pages 15c and 15c.

Biographical details of S.J. Jacobs are in the Observer,
27 October 1928, page 43d -
it includes historical information on the game in SA.

"Beginning of Bowls [in 1887]" is in the Observer,
10 November 1928, page 56b.

"Bowls for Women" is in the Observer,
31 August 1929, pages 10d-53c,
Register, 16 November 1929, page 20b.

"Adelaide Men Bowlers Ban Women" is in the Observer,
30 November 1929, page 51c.

"Signs Replace Initials on Bowls" is in The News,
19 November 1931, page 11a,
"Women on the Greens" on
8 February 1933, page 8c.

Historical information is in The Mail,
10 March 1934, page 11; also see
The News,
22 October 1934, page 4f.

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