bowls
Sign in to saveBowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curved path when being rolled. The game is played either in teams or one against one.
Key facts
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- Lawn Bowling - Tim Mason1.jpg
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- Canadian lawn bowler Tim Mason
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- 13th century
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- Bowling
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- Bowl/wood and jack/kitty
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12 sectionsContents
- History
- Game
- Scoring
- Bias of bowls
- Variations of play
- Tra bowls
- New Zealand Indoor Bowls
- Competitions
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- External links
Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a "jack" or sometimes a "kitty"). The bowls are shaped (biased), so that they follow a curved path when being rolled. The game is played either in teams or one against one.
The game was first played in the 13th century. The game is played on grass, although other surfaces are sometimes used. Matches are held either until one player gets to a score, or when a number of ends are played.