Bowling

For the use of this term in cricket see Bowling (cricket).

The sports known as bowling may be divided into two distinct groups.

The first group is played along an "alley", most commonly of wood. Here the players by throwing a ball to knock down pins. Included in this group are

• Ten-pin bowling
• Five-pin bowling, played in Canada
• Nine-pin skittles[?]
• Candlepin bowling[?], played in eastern Canada and New England
• Duckpin bowling[?], commonly found in the Baltimore, Maryland area and in eastern Canada, is a popular variation of ten pin bowling, where the player gets to roll three times per frame, instead of the normal two.
• Turkey bowling[?], in which the participants throw frozen turkeys along the aisles of supermarkets to knock down 2-litre soft drink bottles, is not a sanctioned sport.

In the second group the players throw a ball (which may be eccentrically weighted) along a lawn in an attempt to put their balls closer to a designated point. This group includes

• Lawn bowls
• Bocce
• Petanque