An Historical Overview

The "Sportsman" Newspaper

October 18th, 1895

"There are still many places in London and the Southern Counties where the ancient game of bowls is played with as much zest as in the age of the Spanish Armada and members of various clubs still hold their friendly games, but in these busy times claims to sporting publicity have been scantily catered for".

The article carried on to say.............

In order to remedy this and popularise the game, it occurred to Messrs Price and Foster of the Brownswood Club and Messrs Stokes and Wilkins of Bounds Green to start an Association of Bowling Clubs and to this end they called a meeting of Metropolitan and Southern Clubs at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, EC on the 17th of October 1895.