This item forms part of the large historic Auburn Heights Recreation Club collection, with items relating to the sports of lawn bowls, tennis and croquet, gifted to the Kew Historical Society in 2020. 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. 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. Chapman J & C 1999, The history of the Auburn Heights Recreation Club, 1904 to 1908. 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.Framed and glazed photograph of men's bowling club members sitting in front of the Bowls Victoria flag/pennant they won as Division 1 Premiers in 2013-14. Team members are named below the team photo.mcc kew sports club - barkers road - kew (vic)

Collection of Newspaper Clippings from Scrap Book 1960 - 1973Article and photo of the new second Bowling Green for the Phillip Island Bowling Club in Cowes in 1968phillip island bowling club, harry jobe, newspaper clipping, bowling green construction, jean jamieson, cowes phillip island

Bert Graham Collection, Bendigo East Bowling Club, receipts, membership details, financial detailsbendigo, clubs, bendigo east bowling club

BENDIGO DISTRICT BOWLING ASSOCIATION. General rules and rules for competition. revised and amended 22nd September 1937 15 pages, small scale booklet.Bendigo District Bowling Associationclubs, bowling, bendigo bowling club, bendigo, bowling, clubs

Black and white photographRingwood Bowling Club- Group of members, c1950's. (No names)

Typed below photograph, "Heathmont Bowling Club foundations". [no date].

Catalogue card reads, "Ringwood Bowling Club members". [no date].

Black and white photographRingwood Bowling Club- New Clubrooms at Miles Avenue, 1931.

Black and white photograph"On front of photograph" Ringwood Bowling Club Warrandyte Road, 1991

Original standard Clearance form.CLEARANCE No 1181 The Committee of the Bacchus Marsh Ladies Bowling Club hereby grant Mrs J. M. Robertson a clearance to the Ringwood Bowling Club. Dated 23rd September, 1959. Signed- Mrs J. H. Tudball, Hon Secretary, Bacchus Marsh Bowling Club.