Pennant 8s – Eltham Bowling Club
There are 4 players in each team in a pennant game with each player having 2 bowls. Assuming all players are of equal ability and all are attempting to just draw to the jack, the probability of a team scoring an 8 on an end is 1 in 12,870. In a pennant season each team would play around 400 ends so one might reasonably expect to score an 8 once in 32 seasons. That’s a long career. Yet, remarkably, there are many Eltham players who have scored multiple 8s. Even more remakably, there several players who have scored multiple 8s in the same season.
In practice the above assumptions don’t always apply. Many 8s result from players driving, both well and poorly, which means the real probability would be substantially lower.
Here is the complete list of Eltham players to have scored an 8 in pennant matches:
| Season | Players | Date |
| 1990/1991 | Daniel Bullock / Kevin Dean / Don Robertson / Joe Burkett | Sat 10/11/1990 |
| 1992/1993 | Joyce Carroll / Helen Bennell / Joyce Devine / June Clark | Tue 10/11/1992 |
| 1993/1994 | Roma Trotman / Elva Howard / June Rickard / Eileen Turner | Tue 1/3/1994 |
| 1993/1994 | Neville Fraser / John Dinsmore / Alf Heffey / Joe Burkett | Sat 13/11/1993 |
| 1996/1997 | John Rose / Herd Sheppy / Tom Bakker / John Edwards | |
| 1997/1998 | Barbara Simpson / June Baker / Roma Trotman / Marj Rouse | |
| 1997/1998 | Lexie McVeigh / Sydney Finney / Lorraine Robertson / Lorraine Reid | |
| 1997/1998 | Tuppy Devine / Don White / Doug Cameron / Tony Brockman | |
| 1997/1998 | Doug Botting / Ray Millard / Harry Walton / Brian Moore | |
| 1999/2000 | Nobby Campbell / Jim McKenzie / Dick Dodd / Les Engblom | |
| 2000/2001 | Peter Cameron / Colin Haywood / Archie Shaw / Brian Jones | |
| 2000/2001 | Charles Watson / Tuppy Devine / Bob Cairns / Ian Allen | |
| 2001/2002 | Graeme Webster / Don Evans / Doug Stuart / John Dall’Amico | |
| 2002/2003 | Nobby Campbell / Steve Fry / Don McVeigh / Geoff Burch | |
| 2004/2005 | Don White / Don McVeigh / Vern Sharp / Harry Walton | |
| 2004/2005 | Lorraine Pulham / Judith Watson / Teresa Dall’Amico / Peggy Lynch | |
| 2004/2005 | Brian Jones / Charles Watson / Marj Rouse / George Reid | |
| 2005/2006 | Peter Wright / Bruce Goodman / Geoff Burch / John Edwards | Sat 19/11/2005 |
| 2006/2007 | Brent Arnott / Noel Smith / Les Engblom / George Rizzi | |
| 2007/2008 | Bruce Goodman / Harry Walton / Jim Waugh / Nobby Campbell | |
| 2008/2009 | Ron Lorey / Leo Crimmins / Neville Ralph / George Peterson | Sat 20/12/2008 |
| 2008/2009 | Eric Langford / Jim McKenzie / David Gillespie / Don White | Sun 8/3/2009 |
| 2008/2009 | Marj Baussman / Harry Ophetveld / Betty Wood / Lorna Sparke | |
| 2009/2010 | Peter Osborne / Vern Sharp / Judith Furlong / Ray Carroll | Sat 23/1/2010 |
| 2009/2010 | Jeff Ashelford / Cath Andrew / Trevor Pulham / Brian Jones | Sat 13/2/2010 |
| 2009/2010 | Lee Williams / Steve Williams / Frank Camera / John Baker | Sun 21/2/2010 |
| 2009/2010 | Zoe Sinnott / Alfrida Psaila / Joyce Devine / Veronica Merino | |
| 2010/2011 | Greg Patrick / Rob Bingham / Bruce Goodman / Jan McDermott | |
| 2010/2011 | Don White / Veronica Merino / Gary Marshall / Di Debney | |
| 2010/2011 | Graeme Climas / Rob Bingham / Trevor Pulham / Rina Baker | |
| 2010/2011 | Leo Crimmins / Noel Spargo / Cliff Lynch / Bev Sharp | |
| 2011/2012 | Cliff Sloggett / Brian McIntosh / Joyce Devine / Patty Williams | |
| 2013/2014 | Ernie Richards / Noel Spargo / Carol Schilling-Collins / John Baker | Mon 14/10/2013 |
| 2013/2014 | Greg Lambert / Christine Guest / Alfrida Psaila / Steve Veitch | Sat 23/11/2013 |
| 2013/2014 | Gary Marshall / Bev Jones / Trevor Pulham / Julie Pattison | Tue 3/12/2013 |
| 2013/2014 | Hugh Robertson / Cliff Lynch / Ian Jones / John Baker | Sat 25/1/2014 |
| 2014/2015 | Carol Schilling-Collins / Gary Marshall / Elaine Shaw / Treenah Wadham | Tue 20/1/2015 |
| 2014/2015 | Cliff Sloggett / Jenny Millar / Riekie Sloggett / Kaye Taylor | Sat 24/1/2015 |
| 2014/2015 | Eddie Azzopardi / Jim Yarwood / Brent Arnott / Daryl Chidley | Sat 17/1/2015 |
| 2014/2015 | Ron Stafford / Ernie Richards / Rod Kelley / Noel Spargo | Tue 27/1/2015 |
| 2014/2015 | Graeme Lewis / Bob Cairns / Peter Carter / Bruce Hill | Sat 21/2/2015 |
| 2014/2015 | Ernie Richards / Terry Bain / Eric Butcher / John Sparke | Sat 21/2/2015 |
| 2015/2016 | Ernie Richards / Cliff Lynch / Bruce Irvine / Vicki Williams | Tue 24/11/2015 |
| 2018/2019 | Hugh Robertson/Noel Spargo/Ron Stafford/David Hosking | Tue 9/2/2019 |
| 2021/2022 | Hugh Robertson/Ernie Richards/Sue Arnott/David Hosking | |
| 2021/2022 | Carol Schilling-Collins/Laurie Alvaro/Carole Stafford/Kaye Pepyat | |
| 2021/2022 | Jim Yarwood/Greg Patrick/Cliff Sloggett/Reg Rowsell |
These are the multiple 8 scorers.
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| Ernie Richards | 5 | 13 14 |
14 15 |
15 16 |
20 21 |
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| Noel Spargo | 4 | 10 11 |
13 14 |
14 15 |
18 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Don White | 4 | 97 98 |
04 05 |
08 09 |
10 11 |
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| John Baker | 3 | 09 10 |
13 14 |
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| Nobby Campbell | 3 | 99 00 |
02 03 |
07 08 |
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| Joyce Devine | 3 | 92 93 |
09 10 |
11 12 |
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| Bruce Goodman | 3 | 05 06 |
07 08 |
10 11 |
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| Brian Jones | 3 | 00 01 |
04 05 |
09 10 |
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| Cliff Lynch | 3 | 10 11 |
13 14 |
15 16 |
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| Gary Marshall | 3 | 10 11 |
13 14 |
14 15 |
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| Trevor Pulham | 3 | 09 10 |
10 11 |
13 14 |
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| Harry Walton | 3 | 97 98 |
04 05 |
07 08 |
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| Hugh Robertson | 3 | 13 14 |
18 19 | 20 21 |
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| Carol Schilling-Collins | 3 | 13 14 |
14 15 |
20 21 |
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| Cliff Sloggett | 3 | 11 12 |
14 15 |
20 21 |
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| Brent Arnott | 2 | 06 07 |
14 15 |
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| Rob Bingham | 2 | 10 11 |
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| Geoff Burch | 2 | 02 03 |
05 06 |
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| Joe Burkett | 2 | 90 91 |
93 94 |
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| Bob Cairns | 2 | 00 01 |
14 15 |
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| Leo Crimmins | 2 | 08 09 |
10 11 |
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| Tuppy Devine | 2 | 97 98 |
00 01 |
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| John Edwards | 2 | 96 97 |
05 06 |
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| Les Engblom | 2 | 99 00 |
06 07 |
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| Jim McKenzie | 2 | 99 00 |
08 09 |
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| Don McVeigh | 2 | 02 03 |
04 05 |
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| Veronica Merino | 2 | 09 10 |
10 11 |
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| Alfrida Psaila | 2 | 09 10 |
13 14 |
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| Marj Rouse | 2 | 97 98 |
04 05 |
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| Vern Sharp | 2 | 04 05 |
09 10 |
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| Ron Stafford | 2 | 14 15 | 18 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roma Trotman | 2 | 93 94 |
97 98 |
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| Charles Watson | 2 | 00 01 |
04 05 |
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| David Hosking | 2 | 18 19 | 20 21 |
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| Jim Yarwood | 2 | 14 15 | 20 21 |
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| Greg Patrick | 2 | 10 11 |
20 21 |
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