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"Originally bowling literally meant 'to bowl the ball along the ground' as in the style of lawn bowls. By 1750, however, a mixture of grubbers and fully pitched balls were seen."

Peter Scholefield, Cricket Laws and Terms [Axiom Publishing, Kent Town Australia], page 34.

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