At the close of the meeting the committee met and appointed a small sub committee who were given the task of drafting a revised code of rules and it was agreed that they should adopt as their text book James Brown's MANUAL OF BOWLING, published in 1892.

In the preface to his book, James Brown stated that amongst other things, he had revised W.W. Mitchell's rules, but, had not attempted to alter any rules as he had no authority to do so. However, James Brown and the sub-committee had now been given authority to revise and alter if necessary the code of rules.

It may be said that some of Mitchell's rules were somewhat ambiguous and had been given various interpretations.

At a meeting of the committee of the Scottish Bowling Association held in Glasgow on 6th February 1893, the draft code of the new rules was submitted and revised by the Committee. It was then agreed that the rules should be printed and circulated throughout the constituent clubs. This was indeed a great day for Scottish bowling.

The Scottish Association can boast, that even today, in any published rules it is stated, 'As originally published by the Scottish Bowling Association.' At the same meeting proposals were made to hold annual competitions ie. Rinks (Fours), Pairs and a Single-handed event. Each constituent club would be entitled to one entry in each event; entrants would be drawn against each other in districts or provinces; played down till they had been reduced to sixteen, when they would be brought together at a convenient venue for the final stages.

These proposals were made by the President, Dr. John Clark, but although the committee were in sympathy, it was agreed that a start would be made with a Rinks Competition only. The details were left to a sub-committee.

On 24th April 1893, the first Annual Meeting, of the Scottish Bowling Association was held in Glasgow with the President, Dr. John Clark, in the chair.

The President was delighted to report that 173 Clubs from all parts of Scotland had joined the Association, but most important, these clubs formed a majority of all the clubs in the country. Great interest had been shown throughout the United Kingdom and a number of clubs in New Zealand had indicated a desire to affiliate.

At this meeting, a Standard Bowl, produced by Thomas Taylor, Bowl Maker, Glasgow, was adopted. A small committee along with Mr Taylor as technical advisor had tested a number of bowls. These were Taylor Bowls and other well known makes brought along by the committee, but, eventually a Taylor bowl was accepted. The bowl has been described as being a little under No. 3 Bias.

The testing took place on the specially prepared green of the Albany Club, Glasgow, which is no longer in existence. Mr Taylor had made an inclined plane, or chute with a 'sweetly' curved run-off on to the green to prevent jarring of the bowl being tested.