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Subiaco Museum > Records

SPORT EQUIPMENT: PAIR OF BOWLING BALLS

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c. 1905

Subcollections

Sport in Subiaco

Overview

A pair of wooden bowls for lawn bowling, lead weighted. Ivory dedication plaques inscribed "Subiaco Bowling Club, Maiden Trophy, won by J. Lake, Season 1904-5". Also ivory numbered plaques 1 and 2.

Historical information

Ball were won by J. Lake, Season 1904-5 at the Subiaco Bowling Club.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1990.296a-b

Item type

Objects

Material

Wood

Inscriptions and markings

Maker's mark: Thomas Taylor, Glasgow. No.3 Bias Full British Lawn Bowling Association. ALC Propty Ltd, Melbourne, plus swan facing left inscribed "BA"

Keywords

LAKE, Joseph

Recreation - Games

Subiaco Bowling Club

Sport

Sporting Groups- Associations, Clubs And Societies (minus Football)

Awards

Year

Statement of significance

Social - bowls used for recreational lawn bowling and competitions at the Subiaco Bowling Club.

Provenance: Rarity: Social: Historic:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Monday, 30 June, 2025

Completeness

94

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