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  2. Spare (bowling) - Wikipedia

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    A player achieving a spare is awarded ten points, plus a bonus of whatever is scored with the next ball (only the first ball is counted). It is typically rendered as a slash on score sheets in place of the second pin count for a frame. Example: Frame 1, ball 1: 7 pins Frame 1, ball 2: 3 pins (spare) Frame 2, ball 1: 4 pins Frame 2, ball 2: 2 pins

  3. Glossary of bowling - Wikipedia

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    Handicap scoring: Though the second bowler's scratch score 183 is higher than the first bowler's scratch score 181, the first bowler's higher handicap (58 vs. 53) causes his total 239 to exceed the second bowler's total 236. Greek Church: A 4-6-7-9-10 or 4-6-7-8-10 split, resembling five spires of a Greek Orthodox church.

  4. Candlepin bowling - Wikipedia

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    Although never achieved, [10] the maximum possible score in a single game/string of candlepins is 300. This is scored by bowling 12 strikes: one in each box, and a strike with both bonus balls in the 10th box. In this way, each box will score 30 points (see above: scoring: strike).

  5. Perfect game (bowling) - Wikipedia

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    A perfect game is the highest score possible in a game of bowling, achieved by scoring a strike with every throw. [1] In bowling games that use 10 pins, such as ten-pin bowling , candlepin bowling , and duckpin bowling , the highest possible score is 300, achieved by bowling 12 strikes in a row in a traditional single game: one strike in each ...

  6. Tenpin bowling - Wikipedia

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    Poster for the first national bowling competition sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress. Highest per-game average scores: individual competition (216), doubles (200), five-man teams (181). [108] A protest was filed against the highest-scoring doubles team, alleging use of a ball that was a quarter-inch larger in circumference than permitted.

  7. Arkansas State beats Bowling Green in 68 Ventures Bowl, 38-31

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    On Thursday night, the Arkansas State Red Wolves defeated the Bowling Green Falcons in the 68 Ventures Bowl 38 to 31. ... Jaylen Raynor was named the game’s offensive MVP, completing 18 of 30 ...

  8. Man sets new record for backward bowling with almost-perfect game

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    He scored 280 in a single game, 20 points shy of a perfect game.' Cowen seems to be so confident with his skills that instead of taking a peek at the pins after the ball hits, he just listens.

  9. Strike (bowling) - Wikipedia

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    A ten-pin bowling score sheet showing how a strike is scored The number of sanctioned perfect (300) games per league bowler has increased substantially since the 1990s. . Freeman and Hatfield posit that the increase in perfect games is due to factors such as the introduction of reactive resin coverstocks, asymmetric ball cores, synthetic lane surfaces, and precision lane oiling mach