Books on Bowls. The Bowling Green

Title	The Bowling Green
Author	Edward T Ayers
Publisher	Jarrold & Sons, London
First published	1907
ISBN	Pre-ISBN system
Edition reviewed	1st
Hardback/softback	Hardback
List price	Not known
Cover size (cm) (height x width)	19.3 x 12.6
Number of pages	248
Number of pages with	Coloured photos	Black & white photos	Line drawings
	None	17	None
Synopsis	Portions of the text of this book also appear in the author's Bowls, Bowling Greens, and Bowls Playing which was published 13 years earlier in 1894, but The Bowling Green - a misnomer of a title - contains much new material and a fresh set of illustrations. The result is a book that makes fascinating reading for the bowls historian. Included among the numerous titbits of information is the discovery that the word 'bowls' rhymed with 'owls', and that boys aged 10 to 13 were employed by players to pick up, clean and hand to them their bowls 'in due order', and rewarded by payment of a penny each evening from every player. They were also responsible for collecting and returning the bowls to the 'bowl-house' after play, and cleaning and oiling them, as well as assisting in cutting and rolling the green, clearing leaves, etc when required. The seven chapters are entitled: Description of the English Game of Bowls Experiences and Incidents of Actual Play, with Practical Instructions and Suggestions to Players, and Explanations of Technical Terms Match-playing Hints to Beginners, etc History of the Game Curious and Humorous Records, Extracts, etc Statutory Enactments, Restrictions, etc Shakespearean References There follows a four-section appendix, three parts of which deal with rules and the fourth the making and repairing of greens. Also by Edward T Ayers: Bowls, Bowling Greens, and Bowls Playing

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