Lawn green bowler stripped off and punched pensioner

A bowler caused mayhem when he stripped down to his boxer shorts and punched a pensioner during a match. Scott Noble dropped his trousers in front of 200 stunned spectators at the Edinburgh Cup Final for lawn bowls at Maitland Bowling Club. The 24-year-old, who is said to “like a drink”, then laid into a 76-year-old member of his own committee who tried to stop him. A spectator said: “I’ve been watching lawn bowls for over 40 years and I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Scott, a call centre worker from Edinburgh, was playing for Pilrig Bowling Club against their bitter Leith rivals Summerside Bowling Club. Pilrig had already lost the match and banter had been exchanged before Scott decided to take things a stage further and strip off. Fellow bowlers and committee men struggled to restrain him before he was eventually thrown out the club – with his clothes on.



The player, who has represented his county in the sport, has now been banned from the Pilrig club. A spectator said: “This has rocked the bowls community in Edinburgh to its core. There were old women present when he decided to drop his breeks – they were mortified. Then he decides to chin one of his own committee men, who ended up with a cut head – the place was in pandemonium.

“He was walking about with his trousers down for ages. The lad is a good player but he’s blown it for himself. There’s not a bowling club in the land will have him now, no matter how good he is.” He added: “I’m all for youngsters coming into the sport but they have to behave. We can’t have anarchy. These are bowling, not boxing, clubs. I know the committee at Pilrig are embarrassed by his behaviour and have wasted no time in kicking him into touch.”