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Title	Gauvinier Takes to Bowls
Author	Hugh de Sélincourt
Publisher	Longmans, Green and Co, London
First published	1949
ISBN	Pre-ISBN system
Edition reviewed	1st
Hardback/softback	Hardback
List price	7s 6d (38p)
Cover size (cm) (height x width)	19.1 x 12.6
Number of pages	148
Number of pages with	Coloured photos	Black & white photos	Line drawings
	None	None	22
Synopsis	The ageing Gauvinier, already known to readers of Hugh de Sélincourt's cricketing stories, is now persuaded to take up bowls. From being a complete novice he progresses until he is a reasonably accomplished player and the book describes a series of games, culminating in one particularly fierce game. The other members of the country bowling club, and especially John Baskerville, his 'bowls-bitten boss' are delightfully portrayed and the author has captured the charm of the West Sussex countryside. The complications and technicalities of the historic art of bowls and the intricacies of bowling etiquette are described in a leisurely and friendly style, and the good humour which Hugh de Sélincourt always brings to his writings makes this a story which will appeal to sportsmen and the general reader alike.

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