Alphington Bowls Club Centenary 

1921 was a pretty great year in Alphington. The Alphington Paper Mills opened for production and the Alphington Bowls Club opened their doors. This year the club’s centenary celebrations included a retrospective exhibition of photos, stories and memorabilia at the club house, parts of which we are sharing.

• Check out the people who attended the opening of the bowls club in 1921.

• Meet Les (perhaps the club’s best bowler) and Myrtle – they won 36 club championships between them.

• Ponder the rules that framed the Alphington Ladies Bowls Club when it was created back in 1928, and were still in place in 1972!

• Speculate on the cause of the fire that destroyed the original club house in 1951 … The ladies had a picture night that finished at 11.30pm, the fire was reported at 2.45am …

• And admire the bowlers’ uniforms over the years.