Lawn bowls - New Zealand - Auckland Region

Date: [ca 1907-1932]

From: Ryan, Henry (Rev), 1881-1971 : Papers

Reference: 83-230-2/08

Description: Some cuttings relate to Rev Ryan's participation in lawn bowls at Remuera, Auckland in 1930s Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1907-1908

By: Phillips, Jillian, 1950-

Reference: PA1-q-1069

Description: Photograph album of Wellington and trips around the North Island. Includes views of the opening of Victoria Bowling Club, bowling matches and other bowling clubs in the North Island, the contruction of the Grafton Bridge, Rotorua geysers, Te Wairoa buried village, and Dominion Day celebrations at Newtown Park, Wellington, Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 310 x 260 mm Provenance: Photograph album was compiled by Jill Phillips' great-grandfather.

Date: January 1969

By: Salmon, Bernard, active 2006; John H McLachlan & Company

Reference: PAColl-8807

Description: Photographs of the Dominion Bowls Championships, Auckland, taken January 1969 by an unidentified photographer. The man smoking a cigarette is possibly Walter D Ferguson of Newtown, Wellington. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Accompanying material - Envelope addressed to Mr Furgerson, 279 Adelaide Rd, Wellington Arrangement: Arranged into numerical order Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints 16.5 x 11.7 cm Provenance: The photographs had been found in a house in Thorndon, Wellington.

Date: 1915

From: Everton, Margaret Eila, 1919-2010: Family papers and photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-1367

Description: Four participants in the Dominion of New Zealand Bowling Tournament "Runners-up" Rink Championship, Auckland, 1915. The men are from left - Edwin James Hill (Skipper). Frost (no 3). Fowler (no 2). Baskiville (no 1). Source of title - Title supplied by the Library Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - EJ Hill (Skip) Frost (no 3) Fowler (no 2) Baskiville (no 1). Dominion of NZ Bowling Tournament "Runner-up" Rink Championship Auckland 1915 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 28.8 x 22.3 cm, on cardboard mount Provenance: Donation, Estate of Margaret (Meg) Eila Everton, 2010

Date: 1933, 1952-1956

From: Hill, Edwin James 1860-1960 : Scrapbooks

Reference: fMS-094

Description: Includes clippings and photographs re Carlton Bowling Club dinner to mark Hill's 93rd birthday, 1954; clippings re bowls, Sir Winston Churchill, Beniamino Gigli; photographs of Singleton children; obituary for Tohuroa Parata; photograph of Hong Kong's radio station; photograph of Sir William and Lady Appleton and family Quantity: 1 volume(s) (8 pages).

Date: 1972-1985

From: Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020

Reference: EPH-B-FEBRUARY-2021/2

Description: Comprises programmes from North Island bowling clubs: Orewa bowling club Official handbook, 1981-1983 Parnell bowling clubs Official handbook, 1981-1985 Point Chevalier Programme, 1981-1985 Rawhiti women’s bowling club Official handbook, 1981-1985 Rocky Nook bowling club Programme, 1982-1984 Takapuna bowling club Golden jubilee, 1972 Takapuna RSA bowling club Programme, 1984-1985 Taranaki Centre Open fours bowling tournament, 1966, 1979-1983 Taranaki women’s bowling centre Annual open fours, 1980-1984 Tauranga city Open mixed fours, 1983-1984 Tauranga women’s combined clubs Annual fours, 1983-1984 Waiheke bowling club Official booklet, 1981-1982, 1983-1985 Waikato-Thames Valley Centre / Waikato Bowling Centre Official handbook, 1972-1973 Waikato-Thames Valley Centre / Waikato Bowling Centre Tournaments, 1974, 1975, 1983, 1984 Wairarapa women’s bowling club Official programme, 1983-1984 Wellington indoor bowls association Member’s handbook, 1972. See also EPH-B-FEBRUARY-2021/1 for bowling club programmes and handbooks A to W. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Booklets were received by the Library in an archival folder containing to booklets for bowling clubs with names O to W. Booklets have been retained in the same folder. Quantity: 1 folder(s) with 43 pieces of ephemera.

Date: 1972-1985

From: Ephemera donated to and collected by the Alexander Turnbull Library from 2020

Reference: EPH-B-FEBRUARY-2021/1

Description: Comprises programmes from North Island bowling clubs: Auckland bowling club – Programme, 1978-1979, 1980-1981 Auckland women’s bowling club Official handbook, 1980-1981 Auckland ladies’ bowling club Golden jubilee, 1984-1985 Avondale bowling club Official handbook, 1972-1973, 1982-1983 Bay of Plenty bowling centre 50th jubilee, 1983 Carlton bowling club Programme, 1980-1985 Edendale bowling club Official handbook, 1982-1985 Glen Eden bowling club Official handbook, 1977-1985 Grey Lynn bowling club Fixture book, 1980-1985 Henderson bowling club Programme, 1983-1984 Henderson women’s bowling club Programme, 1984-1985 Howick women’s bowling club programme, 1983-1985 Mangere bowling club Official booklet, 1982-1983 Mission Bay women’s bowling club Official handbook, 1981-1985 Mount Albert bowling club –Programme, 1981-1984 Mountt Roskill bowling club Official booklet, 1972-1973, 1980-1981, 1983-1984 New Lynn bowling club Official handbook, 1981–1985 North Shore bowling sub-centre Official programme, 1983-1984 North Shore bowling sub-centre Open fours, 1972, 1974 See also EPH-B-FEBRUARY-2021/2 for bowling club programmes and handbooks O to W. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Booklets were received by the Library in an archival folder containing to booklets for bowling clubs with names A to N. Booklets have been retained in the same folder. Quantity: 1 folder(s) with 50 pieces of ephemera.

Date: 1988

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Selkirk, John, active 1968-2005

Reference: PAColl-9882-074

Description: Sports photographs of events in the greater Auckland area, taken1988, by the Dominion newspaper's Auckland staff photographer, John Selkirk. Most photographs include the date and a caption under the print. Events include bowls, cricket, America's Cup yachting, track and field, wood chopping, ice hockey, soccer netball, motorcar racing, yachting, squash, boxing, roller skating, tennis, horse racing, and golf. Quantity: 163 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Processing information: Prints are organised by month and year

Date: 1909

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001682-G

Description: View of men and women playing tennis on grass courts and men playing lawn bowls on the green behind. The formal opening took place on Saturday, 6 Nov 1909. Taken by William A Price. Duplicate copy held in Northcote Library Photographic Collection. N/0108-018 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Opening day Birkenhead & Northcote Bowling Green, 1068 William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1925-1930]

From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs

Reference: 1/2-055821-F

Description: Group outside the Remuera Bowling Club, Auckland, circa 1925-1930. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - File print. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1989

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Selkirk, John, active 1968-2005

Reference: PAColl-9882-075

Description: Sports photographs of events in the greater Auckland area, taken January to October 1989, by the Dominion newspaper's Auckland staff photographer, John Selkirk. Most photographs include the date and a caption under the print. Events include rugby, bowls, cricket, softball, soccer, netball, motorcar racing, tennis, horse racing, martial arts, canoeing, weightlifting, and golf. Quantity: 220 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Processing information: Prints are organised by month and year