Title | Bowls: How to Play the Game - Correct Style and Delivery | ||
Author | Dr C E Williams | ||
Publisher | City Bowling Club, Mackay, Queensland, Australia | ||
First published | 1935 | ||
ISBN | Pre-ISBN system | ||
Edition reviewed | 3rd (reprint) published 1974 | ||
Hardback/softback | Softback | ||
List price | Not known | ||
Cover size (cm) (height x width) |
21.3 x 14.0 | ||
Number of pages | 72 | ||
Number of pages with | Coloured photos | Black & white photos | Line drawings |
None | 12 | 8 | |
Synopsis | Bowls: How to Play the Game - Correct Style and Delivery was originally published in 1935 from a series of of articles specially written for The Daily Mercury in Mackay.
This is one of the earliest books to concentrate on delivery and the text is well written and supplemented with explanatory photos and line drawings. The headings of the main part of the book read as follows:
This is followed by a number of miscellaneous articles that include such titles as 'Straight Line'; 'Stance in Relation to Delivery'; 'Muscle Relaxation'; 'Getting Extra Length'; 'Concentration'; and 'Spin'. |