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5 ' QUIZ 1 FOR e i I BOWLERS Here are soma interesting - questions which will test . your knowledge of the his '. tory of Bowling. (The / answers are printed at the ■ foot). 1. What is the oldest Bowl--1 ing green in the World? i 2. Who first standardised play ? and gave the game laws? t 3. When were biased bowls ’ first introduced? ’4. What English King lost 1 £lOOO playing Bowls? • 5. Are Frock Coats and Top : Hats worn regularly on P any green? 1 Whether you like playing ’ in competitions or just enjoy ' an occasional game you will I appreciate the value of good footwear! Sucklings Men’s Shoe Store have 35 years of • experience in selling Bowling 1 Shoes, so you can rely on their ’ judicious buying. Currently in stock at Suck- ’ lings are—“ Monarch Glace i Kid Bowler” shoes $10.95 “Cloudwalker’’ Tan $9.90 , “Cloudwalker” white $9.95. ! QUIZ ANSWERS r i. The Southhampton (OlC| i Bowling Green founded 1 1299 12 The Scots, headed by W W, 51 Mitchell (1803-1884), one of thf ) greatest Bowls Authority that ever lived, framed the laws, which almost in tot* I govern today. Biased bowls were s in the sixteenth Centura Robert Record? (1510-155W comments on them in hia 5 “Castle of Knowledge " S 4. Charles I (1600-1644). Charles / played Richard Shute, a wealthy merchant, for £lOOO and lost. His famous reply when offered another game 1 was:—“No Shute, thou hast a won the day, and much aood r may it do thee, but I must remember 1 have a wife and children." 15. Yes. each year the South- • hamptop Town Bowling Club J has a “Knighthood Tournament" the ‘‘Knights" wear Frock Coats and Top Hats and ; wear the Insignia of their rank. > Sucklings Men’s Shoe Store • is at 627 Colombo Street. • (Near corner of Tuam St). », ■■■■■■■■■■■■■l