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| Material Type: | Booklet |
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| Monographic Author(s): | Bowles, William Henry |
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| Author Affiliation: | Head Groundsman, Eton College, Founder of the National Association of Groundsmen |
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| Monograph Title: | Sports Ground Maintenance: An Elementary Guide to Club Committees, 1967. |
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| Publishing Information: | London, England: [National Playing Fields Association] |
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| Edition: | [1st] |
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| # of Pages: | 40 |
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| Collation: | 40 pp. |
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| Geographic Terms: | England |
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| Abstract/Contents: | Includes: Introduction; Main Grass Playing Areas (General Treatment; Outfields; Cricket Table on Winter Games Pitch; Football; Hockey; and Turf); The Cricket Table (General Considerations; The Autumn Scene; Further Off-Season Maintenance; The Spring Scene; Pitch Preparation; and After the Match); The Bowling Green (General Considerations; End of the Season; Winter and Spring; and The Playing Season); Lawn Tennis Courts (Grass Courts; and Hard Courts); and Grass Seed Mixtures (General Requirements; Sprouted Seed for Small Areas; Grass Species; and Suggested Seed Mixtures). |
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Library of Congress
Subject Headings: | Turf management; Sports facilities; Sports grounds -- Grass playing areas -- Maintenance manuals; Grounds maintenance; Athletic fields; Athletic fields -- United Kingdom -- Maintenance and repair; Sports facilities -- Maintenance and repair; Turf management -- United Kingdom |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | See also 2nd edition (1978), R=33144 R=33144
See also 3rd edition (1989), R=64747 R=64747 |
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| Note: | Pictures, b/w |
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| Annotation from Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf, by James B Beard, Harriet J. Beard and James C Beard: | "An abbreviated handbook on the maintenance of turfgrasses for sports fields, cricket wickets, bowling greens, and tennis courts. It is practically oriented to cool-season turfgrass conditions in England." p. 181 |
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| Beard Section Heading: | Bibliography of books/monographs on turfgrass culture |
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| Beard Special Note: | Identified by James B Beard in Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf (2014) as being old and rare based on his experience. |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Bowles, William Henry. 1967. Sports Ground Maintenance: An Elementary Guide to Club Committees. 40 pp. London, England: [National Playing Fields Association]. |
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MSU catalog number: b7092773 |
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