A game consists of 10 boxes, in which
not more than 3 balls are allowed for each box.
If all pins are felled by first ball
it is a strike and is marked with a double line.
If all pins are felled by first 2
balls it is a spare and marked with a single line.
If all pins are felled by 3 balls
it is a ten box and marked by an X.
A strike permits you to score ten
plus a bonus of the pins felled by the 1st and 2nd balls
of your next box.
A spare permits you to score ten plus
a bonus of the pins felled by the 1st ball of your next
box.
In
the 1st box: You
fell 8 pins after 3 balls
In the 2nd
box: You fell 7 pins after 3 balls totaling 15
In the 3rd box: You fell all pins with
3 balls
In the 4th box: You fell all 10 pins with
1 ball scoring a strike. You add the first 2 balls of
the 5th box to the strike (10 + 5)
In the 5th
box: Finish rolling the 3rd
ball and total down after all 3 balls is 9
In the 6th box: You fell all 10 pins in
2 balls scoring a spare. Your spare is worth 10 plus pins
fallen from the first ball of the 7th box. In this case
6.
In the 7th box:
Finish rolling the 2nd and 3rd ball and total down after
all 3 balls is 8
In the 8th box: You fell 9 pins after
3 balls
In the 9th box: You scored a strike
In the 10th box: You scored a spare filling your
strike with a 10 and a total being 20 in your 9th box.
To finish out the 10th box and your spare roll 1 ball
and add it to your spare (10+8=18).
Click
here to see an example of how a "high"
scoring string of candlepin bowling is scored.
