Introduction
'Bowls humour' is a popular search term that brings many visitors to my site, but compiling a list of humorous bowls books was not entirely straghtforward. For while many titles are automatic choices for this category, some, such as John Snell's So You Want to Be a Skip . . . , merely contain elements of humour (as cartoons) in a secondary role to the main objective, while others, such as Gauvinier Takes to Bowls, are perhaps best described as lighthearted rather than humorous. In the end I decided to include both publications and other borderline titles in this category to reflect their humorous/lighthearted content.
Books marked with an asterisk are also listed in the Fiction category to reflect their 'invented story' characteristic.
Title (Click title below) |
Author, Cartoonist, etc |
Best of Bowlin' Grin, The |
Earle Wright |
Bowl 'em Over |
Neville Odell |
Bowling Club, The* |
Paul Hammond |
Bowling with Lu |
Ted Lucock |
Bowls is a Funny Game |
Jack Girling |
Bowls - Light and Merry |
Evan Llewellyn |
Bowls Mad |
Ted Lucock |
Bunnies on the Bowling Green |
June Hall-Bentick |
Crazy World of Bowls, The |
Bill Stott |
Drawn Shots |
Richard Gregory |
Gauvinier Takes to Bowls* |
Hugh de Sélincourt |
Going Indoors* |
Paul Hammond |
Golden Rules of Bowls, The |
Ian Heath |
Humour of Bowls, The |
John P Monro |
If Your Aunty Had Bowls . . . |
Ron Tarrant et al |
Incomplete Indoor Bowler, The |
Nick Fenwick |
Jack's High* |
Phil Rowlands |
Lawn Bowls Dictionary, The |
Keith Dunstan et al |
Living With the 'Woods' |
Earle Wright et al |
Murder on the Bowling Green* |
Richard Derbyshire |
New Season, The* |
Paul Hammond |
One Up One Down |
Strom |
Rally Round the Jack* |
Leonard L Knott |
Roll up for a Laugh |
Neville Odell |
Sex & Bowls & Rock & Roll* |
Alex Marsh |
Shot! |
Charles Playfair |
So You Want to be a Skip or a Third or a Second or a Lead |
John Snell |
Tad More Grass, A |
Neville Odell |
That's Bowls! |
L G Lanchris |
Top Shot Mate! |
Kenn Rogers |
Trials of Wayward Bowlers, The |
June Hall-Bentick |
Vern's Best Bits |
Vernon Algernon Lewis |
What a Load o' Bowls or I'm All Right Jack!* |
Don East |