HISTORY OF LAWN BOWLS IN TASMANIA
Lawn bowls began in Sandy Bay at the
"Beach Tavern" on 1st January 1845.
"The Hobart Town Courier" and "Van Diemans Land Gazette" reported the first game - "Old English
Recreations - The first game of bowls ever played in Van Diemans land, or perhaps in the Southern
Hemisphere, was played at
Mr. Lipscombe's Sandy Bay residence, on Wednesday last, 1st January
1845".\
Beach Tavern" Sandy Bay Road, Sandy Bay The game of bowls was put on a more organised basis in
1846 as part of the Bowling Green hotel on the corner of Fitzroy Place and Byron Street, Sandy Bay.
Again the newspapers reported that the club was formed on 28th October "with upward of 50 subscribers
of the highest respectability".
The club lasted until 1853 when the hotel was sold and the sport ceased at that location.
