MCC Bowls Section
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Welcome
Welcome to the MCC Bowls Section, a Sporting Section of the Melbourne Cricket Club.The section has four greens at two facilities in Hawthorn. Headquarters at Swinburne Avenue has two grass greens. The Glen Street complex has a grass green and a synthetic green. Members are able to bowl on both surfaces all year round. Excellent clubhouse facilities are provided at both locations.The club fields seven sides in Saturday pennant and four sides in the Tuesday pennant competition as well as one Tuesday evening and two Wednesday evening pennant sides.Whether you are an experienced bowler or a novice, we would love to hear from you.
About MCC Bowls
In 1865 the MCC established a bowling green at the MCG “for the recreation of its members”. However, the MCC Bowls Section was not formally established until 1894 when the MCC assumed management of the Richmond Bowling Club.The section won its first premiership in the Victorian Bowling Association’s (now Bowls Victoria) competition in 1897. It currently fields teams in pennant competitions, which can be a mix of men and women, across a range of divisions played on Saturdays and mid-week.
Regularly hosting social bowls events, the section’s headquarters are based at Swinburne Avenue, Hawthorn, in addition to a grass and synthetic green at Glen Street, Hawthorn.
MILESTONES1865 – MCC establishes a bowling green outside the MCG.
1894 – MCC Bowls Section is formed following the takeover of Richmond Bowling Club. Two greens laid outside western end of MCG.
1897 – Section wins its first premiership.
1901 – Club promotes the Championship of Australia bowls tournament.
1969 – New clubrooms and greens opened at MCG following completion of the Western (later Ponsford) Stand.
1996 – Club merges with City of Hawthorn Bowls Club and relocates to Hawthorn.
2001 – Club merges with Glenferrie Hill Recreation Club.
2006 – MCC Ladies Section established.2023- New clubrooms at Swinburne Ave2024 - MCC Bowl's first ever triples tournament
Regularly hosting social bowls events, the section’s headquarters are based at Swinburne Avenue, Hawthorn, in addition to a grass and synthetic green at Glen Street, Hawthorn.
MILESTONES1865 – MCC establishes a bowling green outside the MCG.
1894 – MCC Bowls Section is formed following the takeover of Richmond Bowling Club. Two greens laid outside western end of MCG.
1897 – Section wins its first premiership.
1901 – Club promotes the Championship of Australia bowls tournament.
1969 – New clubrooms and greens opened at MCG following completion of the Western (later Ponsford) Stand.
1996 – Club merges with City of Hawthorn Bowls Club and relocates to Hawthorn.
2001 – Club merges with Glenferrie Hill Recreation Club.
2006 – MCC Ladies Section established.2023- New clubrooms at Swinburne Ave2024 - MCC Bowl's first ever triples tournament
