First World Bowls Championship Australia 1966: Sponsored by Ampol Petroleum

A real gem for a sports or bowls fanatic - a celebration of this historical sporting event that Australia was the first nation to host. This volume contains photographs of the Championship Executive Committee, the Organising Committee, articles on the Leagues Bowling Club at Kyeemagh, the game of bowls, ladies' bowling, David Bryant, Neil Benjamin, how bowls became a business, conditions of play and of course - individual photographs of the team members who competed: Australia, Canada, England, Fiji, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, Kenya, Malawi, New Zealand, Papua-New Guinea, Rhodesia,Scotland, South Africa,United States and Wales. There is a daily programme featured and this copy includes a stapled-in alternate programme and a pass card; AND this copy also contains numerous autographs. On a loose slip: David Bryant (World Champion) and Harry Reston 'Scottish Skip' (Scotland); Australia: autographs of Geoff Kelly (Captain) and Peter Rheuben (acquired later since he did not compete in '66); England: autographs of Robbie Stenhouse, Derek 'Mick' Cooper, David Bryant, Tom Brown and John L. Coles (England Bowling Association, replacing William H. Lewis, President, English Bowling Association); Ireland: Cecil Beck and Charlie Taylor; New Zealand: George Boulton, N.Z. Bowling Association President, Norman Lash, Gordon Jolly, Phil Skoglund; Papua-New Guinea: Eric Carburn, Allan Ramsbocham, Barry Welsh, Wally Jackson, Jack Spears; Rhodesia: W.J.R. 'Bill' Jackson; South Africa: Thomas Crossan Press. Numerous photographs.