AMF BOWLING INC
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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[   ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

    Friedman,                        Richard             A.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)
    c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
    85 Broad Street
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                                    (Street)

    New York,                        New York             10004
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)


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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

   AMF Bowling, Inc.
   (PIN)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)


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4. Statement for Month/Year

   November/1998
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)


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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [ X ]   Director                             [   ]   10% Owner
   [   ]   Officer (give title below)           [   ]   Other (specify below)



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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

   [ X ] Form filed by One Reporting Person
   [   ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                              Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,                                          |
                                                 or Beneficially Owned                                                             |
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                                    |            |            |                                |              |6.       |          |
                                    |            |            | 4.                             |5.            |Owner-   |          |
                                    |            |            | Securities Acquired (A) or     |Amount of     |ship     |          |
                                    |            | 3.         | Disposed of (D)                |Securities    |Form:    |7.        |
                                    |2.          | Transaction| (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)            |Beneficially  |Direct   |Nature of |
                                    |Transaction | Code       | -------------------------------|Owned at End  |(D) or   |Indirect  |
1.                                  |Date        | (Instr. 8) |               | (A) |          |of Month      |Indirect |Beneficial|
Title of Security                   |(Month/Day/ | -----------|     Amount    | or  |  Price   |(Instr. 3     |(I)      |Ownership |
(Instr. 3)                          |Year)       |  Code  | V |               | (D) |          |and 4)        |(Instr.4)|(Instr. 4)|
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<S>                                 <C>          <C>      <C> <C>             <C>   <C>        <C>            <C>       <C>
                                    |            |        |   |               |     |          |              |         |          |
Common Stock                        |            |        |   |               |     |          |      01      |    I    |    01    |
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                                    |            |        |   |               |     |          |              |         |          |
                                    |            |        |   |               |     |          |              |         |          |
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                                    |            |        |   |               |     |          |              |         |          |
                                    |            |        |   |               |     |          |              |         |          |
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</TABLE>
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
  4(b)(v).

FORM 4 (continued)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                    Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                 |
                            (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)                                         |
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               |        |        |      |               |                 |                       |        |9.       |10.   |      |
               |        |        |      |               |                 |                       |        |Number   |Owner-|      |
               |        |        |      |               |                 |                       |        |of       |ship  |      |
               |2.      |        |      |               |                 |                       |        |Deriv-   |of    |      |
               |Conver- |        |      | 5.            |                 |7.                     |        |ative    |Deriv-|11.   |
               |sion    |        |      | Number of     |                 |Title and Amount       |        |Secur-   |ative |Nature|
               |or      |        |      | Derivative    |6.               |of Underlying          |8.      |ities    |Secur-|of    |
               |Exer-   |        |4.    | Securities    |Date             |Securities             |Price   |Bene-    |ity:  |In-   |
               |cise    |3.      |Trans-| Acquired (A)  |Exercisable and  |(Instr. 3 and 4)       |of      |ficially |Direct|direct|
               |Price   |Trans-  |action| or Disposed   |Expiration Date  |-----------------------|Deriv-  |Owned    |(D) or|Bene- |
1.             |of      |action  |Code  | of (D)        |(Month/Day/Year) |             |Amount   |ative   |at End   |In-   |ficial|
Title of       |Deriv-  |Date    |(Instr| (Instr. 3,    |-----------------|             |or       |Secur-  |of       |direct|Owner-|
Derivative     |ative   |(Month/ |8)    | 4 and 5)      |Date    |Expira- |             |Number   |ity     |Month    |(I)   |ship  |
Security       |Secur-  |Day/    |------| ------------  |Exer-   |tion    |             |of       |(Instr. |(Instr.  |(Instr|(Instr|
(Instr. 3)     |ity     |Year)   |Code|V|  (A)  | (D)   |cisable |Date    |Title        |Shares   |5)      |4)       |4)    |4)    |
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<S>            <C>      <C>      <C>  <C><C>    <C>     <C>      <C>      <C>           <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>    <C>
0% Convertible |        |        |    | |       |       |        |        |             |         |        |         |      |      |
Debentures due |        |        |    | |       |       |        |        |             |         |        |         |      |      |
2018           |   02   |   03   | P  | |  03   |       |  Immed.|5/12/18 |Common Stock |  02,03  |   03   |    04   |   I  |01,04 |
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Warrants to    |        |        |    | |       |       |        |        |             |         |        |         |      |      |
purchase       |        |        |    | |       |       |        |        |             |         |        |         |      |      |
Common Stock   | $0.01  |        |    | |       |       |  Immed.|5/1/06  |Common Stock | 870,000 |        | 870,000 |   I  |  01  |
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               |        |        |    | |       |       |        |        |             |         |        |         |      |      |
               |        |        |    | |       |       |        |        |             |         |        |         |      |      |
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</TABLE>
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Explanation of Responses:

01:  The  Reporting  Person  is a  managing  director  of  Goldman,  Sachs & Co.
("Goldman  Sachs").  The Goldman  Sachs Group,  L.P. ("GS Group") is the general
partner of and owns a 99% interest in Goldman Sachs.  Goldman Sachs and GS Group
may be deemed to own  beneficially  and  indirectly in the aggregate  29,966,593
shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of AMF Bowling,  Inc. ("Common
Stock") through certain investment  partnerships (the "Limited Partnerships") of
which affiliates of Goldman Sachs and GS Group are the general partner, managing
general partner or managing partner.  Goldman Sachs is the investment manager of
one or more of the Limited Partnerships. GS Group owns beneficially and directly
immediately exercisable warrants to purchase 870,000 shares of Common Stock. The
Reporting  Person  disclaims  beneficial  ownership of the  securities  reported
herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

02: AMF Bowling,  Inc. (the  "Company") Zero Coupon  Convertible  Debentures due
2018 (the  "Debentures")  are  convertible  at any time prior to  maturity  into
shares  of  Common  Stock at a  conversion  rate of  8.6734  shares  per  $1,000
principal amount at maturity.

03: On November 12,  1998,  the Limited  Partnerships  entered into an agreement
(the  "Debenture  and Note Purchase  Agreement")  with certain other  investors,
pursuant to which the parties  thereto  agreed to make open market  purchases of
the Company's Debentures and 12 1/4% Senior Subordinated Discount Notes due 2006
(the "Notes")  from time to time for their  respective  accounts in  agreed-upon
proportions.  The Debenture & Note Purchase  Agreement  provides that each party
thereto  may  terminate  its  participation  in such open  market  purchases  by
providing written notice of such termination to the other parties thereto. There
can be no assurance that the Limited Partnerships or any of the other parties to
the Debenture & Note Purchase  Agreement will acquire any additional  Debentures
thereunder  or, if such  securities  are  acquired,  the amount of securities so
acquired.

Accordingly,  on November 13, 1998, November 16, 1998 and November 17, 1998, the
Limited   Partnerships   purchased   $8,387,000,   $4,193,000  and  $60,303,000,
respectively, in principal amount of Debentures.

04: Goldman Sachs and GS Group may be deemed to own  beneficially and indirectly
in the  aggregate  632,143  shares of Common Stock by reason of the ownership by
the Limited Partnerships of $72,883,000 principal amount in Debentures.






By: s/ Roger S. Begelman                                    December 10, 1998
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date
             Attorney-in-fact


**     Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
       Criminal Violations.

       See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedures.


       Alternatively,   this  Form  is  permitted  to  be  submitted  to  the
       Commission in electronic  format at the option of the reporting person
       pursuant to Rule 101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.





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