Books on Bowls. With the First British Bowling Team to Visit Australia and New Zealand, 1925-6

Title	With the First British Bowling Team to Visit Australia and New Zealand, 1925-6
Compiler	Ivor B Thomas
Publisher	Priory Press Ltd, Cardiff, Wales
First published	1927
ISBN	Pre-ISBN system
Edition reviewed	1st
Hardback/softback	Hardback
List price	Not known
Cover size (cm) (height x width)	21.3 x 13.7
Number of pages	179
Number of pages with	Coloured photos	Black & white photos	Line drawings
	None	13	None
Synopsis	This is a fascinating and detailed account of the visit in 1925-6 of the first British Bowling Team to visit the Antipodes. The party consisted of 40 bowlers, 'each of the four countries comprising the International Bowling Board of Great Britain and Ireland being represented, and 17 accompanying ladies.' The party sailed from Tilbury on 25 September, 1925 and reached Adelaide on 31 October. During the tour, which officially ended on 13 February, 1926, an amazing 71 matches were played, of which 36 were won, 32 lost and 3 tied. Nine test matches were played in Australia, of which only the last two were won. In New Zealand, only two test matches were played of which one was lost by the tourists and the other tied. Apparently W G Grace had tried to organize a tour in 1903 but it fell through.

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