Kōrero: Bowls, pétanque and tenpin

Bowling champions, 1897

Bowling champions, 1897

Whanganui bowlers sit beneath the champion flag of the Northern Bowling Association in 1897. The association had been formed in 1890 to bring together the North Island clubs with those at the top of the South Island.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Edith Williams Collection
Reference: 1/1-024414-G
Photograph by Edith Emily Williams

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Lindsay Knight, 'Bowls, pétanque and tenpin - Lawn bowls: game, history and organisation', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/37978/bowling-champions-1897 (accessed 23 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Lindsay Knight, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013, updated 1 Jan 2015