Bowls, now known as lawn-bowling, is played on a lawn with wooden balls. The player's goal is to get the ball nearest to a specified point.[1] Bilbo Baggins was good at this game.[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, John D. Rateliff (ed.), “The Second Phase: Mirkwood,” in The History of The Hobbit: Mr. Baggins (2007), note 25, p. 321
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, "Flies and Spiders"