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Title Gregory's Australian Guide to Bowls
Compiler Jack Pollard
Publisher Grenville Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
First published 1962
ISBN Pre-ISBN system
Edition reviewed 2nd (year of publication not stated)
Hardback/softback Hardback
List price Not known
Cover size (cm)
(height x width)		 22.5 x 13.8
Number of pages 192 (including advertisements)
Number of pages with Coloured photos Black & white photos Line drawings
  None 43 21
Synopsis This is a comprehensive handbook of instruction, records, maps, rules, teams, history of bowls in Australia, and much more. Chapter headings include:
  • A History of Bowls in Australia
  • All You Need to Know About Equipment
  • Use the Mat this Way
  • Australia Makes the World's Best Bowls
  • It's Etiquette that Gives Bowls its Charm
  • The Women Move in
  • Roll Call of Champions
  • Directory of Australian Bowls Clubs
  • Capital City Club Locations
  • Honour Board
  • Rules of Bowls
The latest date recorded in the text of this book is 1963 which would be the earliest publication date of this (2nd) edition. The first edition (published 1962) was confined to the bowls scene in New South Wales, whereas the 2nd edition covered all Australian states.

See also Murray's Guide to Bowls which bears many similarities to this book and may have been a later version of Gregory's Australian Guide to Bowls.

Also by Jack Pollard (as editor):

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