Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Nixon NV 1980, The History of the Kew Bowling Club 1880-1980. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.John Dobbie Jubilee Shield, Glenferrie Hill Recreation Club won by Kew Bowling Club, 1984.GLENFERRIE HILL RECREATION CLUB / JOHN DOBBIE JUBILEE SHIELD / 1984 KEW / A THOMPSON, N BUSHBY, R HARRIS, F O'CALLAGHAN (C)kew bowling club - wellington street - kew (vic), clubs - lawn bowls - kew (vic), kew bowling club - trophies

Black and white photographNote attached to photograph- Ringwood Bowling Club, 1954. Cnr Miles Ave/Warrandyte Rd. Green opening day, 9.9.54 Prior Clubhouse fire.

Black and white photographNote attached to photograph- Ringwood Bowling Club,1958. Cnr Miles Av/Warrandyte Rd. Green opening day 11.9.58. Prior to Clubhouse fire.

Stawell Bowling Club 1925-1926 Lady bowling in front of large group of people standing in front of pavilionstawell sport

Black and white photograph (4 copies)Note attached to photograph: Ringwood Bowling Club 1959 season. Mrs Leigh throwing the kitty. Rear Mrs Gil Aird- First Ladies Club President.

Copy of Letterhead.Ringwood Bowling Club Club Pavilion Hon General Secretary, A. R. Catron, Telephone: WU 8281, 4 Byron Street, Ringwood. Ringwood 21. 6.1961.

Black and white photograph (2 copies- 1 large, 1 smaller)Written on rear of backing sheet: "Joe Archbold, father of Ringwood Bowling Club. Mr Bamford in centre. Gilbert Chandler, M.P. left. Later to become 'Sir'.

Portrait of Mr William Lemin secretary of the Stawell Bowling Club 1895-1896 when the club was in lower Main Streetstawell sport

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH PROPERTY OF MR. WILLIAM HARRIS OF SUTHERLAND STREET CLUNES.BLACK & WHITE COPY OF ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH - GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN ASSEMBLED AT EDGE OF BOWLING GREEN AT CLUNES BOWLING CLUB WITH BUILDING BEHIND. ORIGINAL PHOTO MADE BY HORNBY PHOTOGRAPHERS OF CLUNES.ON ORIGINAL "CLUNES BOWLING CLUB MID 1920? "HORNBY CLUNES" ON BACK "H. BARKELL CLUNES" "V. B. OWENS FRASER STREET CLUNES"local history, photography, photographs, sport, bowling club clunes

Sepia photograph of 1900 Bendigo Bowling Club. Group of well dressed men outside a building. Men wearing waistcoats, suits, ties, hats. Four bowls (for playing law bowls) right front of photo. Inscriptions: Card, front - R Dermer Smith, Photo Bull St., Bendigo. Card back - GP88. Stamped 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch, 1959, 145)' Paper posted to rear of card. Stamped - 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch' Hand written in stamp '1959', '145'. Hand written in blue ink '1900 Bowling Club'. 'M Yates (Bendigo Station Master), F Brown, Roeder (Hotel Athenaeum), Howel (Band Manager), Town Clerk W Honeybone, Jackson Parker, AJ Pearce (Grammar School), Fred Barder, Pascoe, JA Deravin (Dolfe), WHB Neill, Charley Satchell (Solicitor_, Charlie Fly (Grocer), Andrews (Commercial Traveller), MA Bosselman, Mr WJ Jackson Sen, Mr WJ Jackson Jun. (tailors), John Fly (brother of Charles), Dr. Garnet, Dr. Theodore Deravin. (old Grammar School at back of St Andrews about to be demolished). Not Bendigo. Rear Admiral Dr St---dee, 1893.person, group, sports team

Stawell Bowling Club 1929 opening day. Seated front centre Mayor Cr C Brown and Mayoress Mrs. Brown (Holding flowers)stawell sport

Black and white photograph"Written on back of photograph" Mrs. W. Bamford, (Ringwood), putting down the kitty, opening season Croydon Bowling Club. The back of the photograph states, "Mail" 17/9/1953".

Catalogue card reads, "Ringwood Bowling Club. Mr. Bert Dear, Burwood receives first prize on behalf of J. Delaney. K. McLellan, J. Gorman and J. Warner".

Sepia photograph Framed plaque presented by A. C. Loughman Esq. Vice President representing Victorian Bowling Association, to the Ringwood Bowling Club. S. F. Hunt. President. A. J. Roberts. Secretary.

Copy of Letterhead.Ringwood Bowling Club Telephone 87-6767 Hon Secretary: Norman W. Parker, J.P. 114 Heathmont Road, Heathmont. 87-5261. Ringwood, Jan 5th, 1962.

Black and white photograph"Written on back of photograph" Ringwood Bowling Club , 11/9/58. Left to right: W. Bamford, Mr. Cateron, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Manson, M.L.A., A. Dale, S.E. Dickins.

Sepia photograph "Attached to photograph" From the Members of the Ringwood Bowling Club and the Ladies Section, to their President ---- Mr. A. A. Williams ---- in appreciation of his untiring efforts to achieve our new Clubrooms ..... 7-9-68.

Stawell Bowling Club Opening Day. Large group of people on verandah of two storey Club house building with a line of people on bowling green level. Flags show 1945 and 1947stawell sport

Typed letterRingwood Bowling Club- Circular to Members includes a short resume showing the present position of the Club and proposed future programme. Letter also asks for assistance for the Club by labour at working bees or donations to the Club funds.

Orbost Bowling Club was founded in 1929 and still operates in Orbost today. The Bowling Club was founded by a group of farmers and businessmen. They set about providing a sporting icon for the town. Six rinks were constructed on the current site using horse drawn scoops and drags. The "Back to Orbost” 1937 book, describes the greens as "a bit rough for the first two seasons but now compare favourably with most country greens". Funds for the construction were raised by the issue of debentures at £5 each, and subscriptions were £1/1s/0d ($2.10). (info. Margaret Smith) This menu suggests that dinners for members were held regularly - at least annually and were fairly formal events. This item represents an era when formal dinners were important as a community event. Local clubs were significant in providing recreation and companionship by bringing people together and providing opportunities for social interaction.A green card dinner menu for the Orbost Bowling Club. It is dated 16/6/38 and is black print on a green background. It has 6 courses for choice.orbost-bowling-club recreation bowling

Black and white photograph"Written on back of photograph" Ringwood Bowling Club. Ringwood bowlers, L. to R. D.B. Leigh, G. Gordon, W. Hancock, C. Paris who received trophy for second prize". c1970/71. (Occasion unknown).

Copy of black and white photograph, South Bendigo Bowling Club 1906. Men on bowling green, dressed in white trousers, dark blazers, straw bowler hats. The spire on LH side is the Congregational church, later a school in Olinda Street, Quarry Hill. Poppet head in background, RH side, is the Cosmopolitan and Summer Hill United Gold Mining company ( registered) on 2nd September 1870. Brick chimney on extreme RH side of photo. Mine not in image, but close by was the Palmerston. The mine was on the Sophia Reef, Manager George Wilsn Froggatt. Shareholders 1870: Robert Taylor, Ellen Taylor, Henry Hattam, Michael Cock, Robert Carr, William H. Casey, John McCrae, Joseph Millin, William Moran, Morton Hansen, George W. Froggatt, John A. Woodward, Robert Moorhead, William Nicholls.bendigo, mining, cosmopolitan anfd summer hil united

Stawell Bowling Club Season Opening Day. Large group of people on verandah of two storey Club house building with a line of people at lower level. Sometime in late 1950'sor early 1960's. Shows willow trees around Cato lake in background.stawell sport

Catalogue card reads, 'Ringwood Bowling Club, 1959. Opening of the bowling green. Left to right Mr. D. Leigh, President, Mrs. Leigh, Mrs. Manson, Mr. J. Manson M.L.A., Mrs. G. Aird, Mr. Gil Aird'.

Colour photographNewspaper article attached to photograph is headed- "Hedge fire was arson". A hedge valued at several thousand dollars was partially destroyed by fire at the Ringwood Bowling Club in the early hours of last Friday, 12 January, 1990, destroying a 10 metre section.

Sports Clubs in Kew in the final decades of the 19th century and in the early 20th century were often umbrella organisations with facilities for a number of sports. Typically in Kew, this included teams in lawn bowls, tennis and croquet. The Kew Bowling Club was formed in 1880 while the privately owned Auburn Heights Recreation Club was opened in 1904. By 1998, the two Clubs decided to amalgamate at the Auburn Heights site in Barkers Road, forming the Kew Heights Sports Club. The combined club was itself taken over by the Melbourne Cricket Club in 2012 becoming MCC Kew Sports Club. In 2017 MCC Kew closed and its landholding was subsequently sold to Carey Baptist Grammar School. Both the Kew and Auburn Heights Clubs assembled important collections. These historically significant and large collections were donated to the Society in 2020. The collections include manuscripts, pictures, trophies, plans, honour boards etc. References Barnard FGA 1910, 'Sports and Pastimes' in Jubilee History of Kew Victoria: Its origin & progress 1803-1910. Nixon NV 1980, The History of the Kew Bowling Club 1880-1980. Reeve S 2012, City of Boroondara: Thematic Environmental History, p.216.The combined collections of the four sporting clubs making up the collection number hundreds of items that are historically significant locally. They are also significant to the sporting history of the greater Melbourne area and to the sports of lawn bowls and tennis in Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection illuminates two of the Victorian historic themes - 'Building community life' through forming community organisations and 'Shaping cultural and creative life' by participating in sport and recreation.Silver gelatinous hotograph mounted on card of the Kew Bowling Club's VBA Pennant Winners, “B Team” 1931-2.kew bowling club - wellington street - kew (vic), clubs - lawn bowls - kew (vic)