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Title Gregory's Australian Guide to Bowls
Compiler Jack Pollard
Publisher Grenville Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
First published 1962
ISBN Pre-ISBN system
Edition reviewed 2nd (year of publication not stated)
Hardback/softback Hardback
List price Not known
Cover size (cm)
(height x width)		 22.5 x 13.8
Number of pages 192 (including advertisements)
Number of pages with Coloured photos Black & white photos Line drawings
  None 43 21
Synopsis This is a comprehensive handbook of instruction, records, maps, rules, teams, history of bowls in Australia, and much more. Chapter headings include:
  • A History of Bowls in Australia
  • All You Need to Know About Equipment
  • Use the Mat this Way
  • Australia Makes the World's Best Bowls
  • It's Etiquette that Gives Bowls its Charm
  • The Women Move in
  • Roll Call of Champions
  • Directory of Australian Bowls Clubs
  • Capital City Club Locations
  • Honour Board
  • Rules of Bowls
The first edition of this work, published about 1954, was titled Gregory's Guide to Bowls (including bowls for beginners by Jack Giles) and contained 122 pages of which Jack Giles' contribution accounted for about one-third. Its material was confined to the bowls scene in New South Wales, whereas the 2nd edition covers all Australian states.

See also Murray's Guide to Bowls which bears many similarities to Gregory's Australian Guide to Bowls and may have been a later version.

Also by Jack Giles (contributor to 1st edition):

Also by Jack Pollard (compiler of 2nd edition):

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