A club with a long history
Rose & Crown Bowling Club
Shows side and rear of Rose and Crown Inn, the rear of Churchside Farm, main road, the Bowling Green and Cricket Field. The Bowling Green with a small pavilion.
There is the old pavilion in NW corner of the cricket field, as shown on 1908 map, and the sight boards. Looking over the cricket field there is quite a large plantation at the top of Church Lane and Woodrow Hill can be seen.
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https://www.methleyarchive.org/
Methley Bowling Club 1950
Back Row: H Millar, W Backhouse, W Beards, W Bedford.
Middle Row: A Iveson, C Bielby, J Sidebottom, A Hardbottle, A Pollard, G Williams, J Beards,T Allen.
Front Row: T Varley, HT Nicholas, R Allen, H Abrahams, G Taylor,
Dog unknown.
Cups: Nicholas Trophy, Movely Trophy & the Fox Cup.
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Methley Bowling Green – 1981
Crown Bowls bowling green on land leased to Methley for a very small sum by Methley Estates. Originally this land was held by Methley Cricket Club from Methley Estates.
The green was laid by a Methley man, Mr. Joe Hill, in 1905. In its early days it was connected and maybe affiliated with the Rose and Crown (now the Boundary House), the inn being the Club headquarters. Some old trophies were inscribed ‘Rose and Crown Bowling Club’.
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https://www.methleyarchive.org/
The Queen – Lower Mickletown
The land at the rear on which is now the beer garden and some semi-detached houses, was, up to the 1930s, laid out and used as a crown bowling green.
The ‘Queen’ had its own bowling team for many years, – some recall the successful players of the early 1900s. Round the green was a high wooden fence which sheltered the green and gave privacy. Unfortunately the pub has been demolished and replaced by housing.
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https://www.methleyarchive.org/