And there is deepening concern among lawn bowlers that their sport could die out as they themselves pass on.

The problem with recruitment, as the lawn bowlers point out, is that the game can at first seem both boring and frustrating.

This allows the skilled lawn bowler to introduce sophisticated levels of strategy to the game.

But he had come too late in the day and all the lawn bowlers had left or were about to head off to dinner.

Some people go in fancy dress, for example, school girls, nurses, clowns or lawn bowlers.

Later he would be a competitive cricketer and lawn bowler.

In later life he was a competitive lawn bowler.

Alex Marshall (born 8 February 1967) is a lawn bowler.

"It could be put in the tea of any lawn bowler who gets out of line."

An older brother and sister also are lawn bowlers.