HARLEY MINTER MEDIA

Thirty-two potential members attended. The new organisation was named Worthing Sports Ground Bowling Club Ltd. Less than four months later, on Saturday, May 1, the greens were opened and Percy, as club president, bowled the first wood of the first match. Membership had already grown to 54. After the game, 82 players and friends took tea with the president in the clubhouse... Percy was an established international bowler (he gained 20 caps in all) and in that first season his clubmate Arthur Knowling was also selected to play for England against South Africa. The club's official opening on May 4, 1949, was marked by a match between a strong host team and representatives of the English Bowling Association, Sussex County Bowling Association (now Sussex County Bowls), the London & Southern Counties BA, the Banks BA, the Dennyside Association and Worthing Town Council... Percy agreed to return as president of Worthing Pavilion, a position he held until his death, aged 67, on May 11, 1954...

Primary location: Worthing United Kingdom