The section won its first premiership in the Victorian Bowling Association’s (now Bowls Victoria) competition in 1897. It currently fields teams in pennant competitions, which can be a mix of men and women, across a range of divisions played on Saturdays and mid-week.
Regularly hosting social bowls events, the section’s headquarters are based at Swinburne Avenue, Hawthorn, in addition to a grass and synthetic green at Glen Street, Hawthorn.
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Milestones
- 1865 – MCC establishes a bowling green outside the MCG.
- 1894 – MCC Bowls Section is formed following the takeover of Richmond Bowling Club. Two greens laid outside western end of MCG.
- 1897 – Section wins its first premiership.
- 1901 – Club promotes the Championship of Australia bowls tournament.
- 1969 – New clubrooms and greens opened at MCG following completion of the Western (later Ponsford) Stand.
- 1996 – Club merges with City of Hawthorn Bowls Club and relocates to Hawthorn.
- 2001 – Club merges with Glenferrie Hill Recreation Club.
- 2006 – MCC Ladies Section established.
