The Vigornian December 1975 by King's Worcester

Tke King's School,Worcester.

SCHOOL NOTES

SCHOOL MONITORS - SEPTEMBER 1975

Head of the School

Second Monitor

H A Cairns Terry

S. C. B. Cooper

D Jenkins

M J Parker A A Pryer W D Norton J M Shardlow

HONORES SCHOLAE

J W BARKER

R W BARDSLEY

C N DUCKWORTH

R MILSOM

A PUTLEY

A N TYSON

J A G TYSON

J R Slater T. P. Westwood

Scholarship in Mathematics with Physics, King's College, Cambridge Exhibition in History, Keble College, Oxford Exhibition n Mathematics with Physics, St John's College, Cambridge Exhibition in Engineering, Queens' College, Cambridge Exhibition n Mathematics, King's College, Cambridge Exhibition in Geography, St John's College, Cambridge Exhibition in Natural Sciences (for Engineering and Economics), Keble College, Oxford

KING'S SCHOLARSHIPS AN D OTHER AWARDS

Senior King's Scholarships on the Foundation

D N Billingham A A Pryer J R Slater

Senior Day-boy Scholarships (Honorary)

S. C. B. Cooper D. Putley

M A Craske G M M Scott

N. P. Hiley

G. T. Stout

S C Pugh P G Taylor

Junior Day-boy Scholarships (Honorary)

D G Peters

R R G Pite

R. Sabey

P R Weeks Hawford Lodge, Worcester

Exhibitions

Brockway, M L (Honorary)

Clay, S N (Honorary—Music)

Saunders, C J, Hawford Lodge, Worcester

In spite of strong opposition from all those who value the principle of independence in education, the Government is pressing on with its plans for putting an end to the Direct Grant system,and the phasing-out process will begin in September 1976 Each Direct Grant School has been faced with three possible courses of action — to apply for integration into the maintained comprehensive system, to become completely independent, or to close down After long and careful consideration the Governors of the King's Schoo issued in June a statement which, because of its importance, is printed in full after these notes All those connected with the school, both past and present,must feel deep regret that the King's School will no longer be open to boys and girls of good academic ability, irrespective of their parents' financial means In order that the door should not be closed completely, many Direct Grant Schools are now considering means by which they may still be able to offer a certain number of assisted places, funded from their own resources Furhter details of this proposa are given below

ISIS — the Independent Schools Information Service — organised a National Lobby at the Houses of Parliament on June 24th, at which a petition was presented at the Bar of the House of Commons protesting against the abolition of Direct Grant Although only a short time was available to organise the petition, over 500,000 signatures were collected At King's an Action Group was formed to collect signatures and to arrange for a party of parents to take part n the Lobby The Chairman, Mr Aubrey Grey, has written a short account which appears on a later page

Dr. Eric Kemp, now Bishop of Chichester, has been succeeded as Dean of Worcester by the Very Revd T.G.A Baker, formerly Archdeacon of Bath He was installed in February and we welcome him to the Governing Body

Just after Christmas Mr Christopher Robinson, the Cathedral Organist, left to take up his new appointment at St George's Chapel, Windsor Mr Robinson came to Worcester in 1962 as Assistant Organist and Assistant Director of Music at the King's School Although he had to relinquish the latter post on his appointment as Organist and Master of the Choristers, he continued to take a friendly and helpful interest in the musical life of the school He has been succeeded by Dr Donald Hunt, formerly Organist of Leeds Parish Church, with who m we look forward to continuing this happy relationship

In November we said good-bye with the greatest regret to another of our neighbours in College Green, the Archdeacon of Worcester, the Ven Peter Eliot He and Lady Alethea have always been the best of friends to the school, and have given us help and support in innumerable ways

At the end of the Easter term 1975 Dr D Chatterjee left to become Head of Science at Market Harborough Grammar School. In July Mr. C. H. Gray left to join the staff of Rugby School, and Mr. K Perriss on appointment as Head of P.E at the King's School, Macclesfield At the same time Mr W Thomas gave up the joint post of Master-in-charge of the Junior School and Housemaster of St. Alban's, which he had held for 20 years — but he remains on the teaching staff. He and Mrs. Thomas have been succeeded at St Alban's by Mr and Mrs H G Searle

In September 1975 we welcomed to the staff Mr J F Dawson (English), Mr D E Hope (Geography and English), Mr P L Petherbridge (P E.), Mr M J Roberts (Mathematics) and Mr J M Roslington (Physics)

We congratulate Mr and Mrs Crow and Dr and Mrs Rail on the birth of sons, and Mr and Mrs. Baseley and Mr. and Mrs. Towner on the birth of daughters.

In December 1974 more Oxford and Cambridge awards were won than ever before in the history of the school, and we congratulate all those listed on the previous page In addition to these eight, congratulations are due to Annabel Macleod, who was "adjudged to be of Exhibition standard" in Maths and Physics at King's College, Cambridge, where girls are not eligible for entrance awards

The 1975 A levels produced a pass-rate of 88%, while at O leve the average aggregate number of passes gained by boys in the V form was 7.9

Once again we started the school year in September 1975 with a larger total number than ever before — 718. This can be broken down as follows:-

VI forms 223 (including 16 girls) Middle School (11-13) 126

Removes and Vs 288 Junior Schoo (8-11) 81

There are 178 boarders in the Senior Houses and 46 in St Alban's "]

TOM STOPPARD

Considering this is an amateur production .. . Yes, in this instance I think that such a consideration is valid The nature of the play as a comment on amateur dramatics, dictates that w e consider it as an amateur production, but we must with impartiality judge it as we would any other interpretation of this play.

Anyone seeing the play for the first time in the school's production, may not appreciate that the play is uncommitted The marriage of the philosophy and the humour in it is not complete, and for a performance the emphasis must be put on one or the other In this production, the emphasis was obviously on the humour, reducing the paradox of the "humorous philosophy" it must be admitted, but really the philosophic content is gratuitous and the playing down of the excess thought from such characters as Moon by a humorous interpretation was no real loss The plot, however, cannot be changed and the conflict of realities in the 'message" (as could be envisaged in a philosophical interpretation) survives It survives only as a comic device, however, which must be funny as it comes to a climax in the finale, and happily the blurring of the fast-moving characters serves to hide any jarring of comic and cosmic thought The strength of the music-hall tradition carried the actors over the difficulties of the plot as it carried them over the difficulties of cramped space (as the performance was in that temple of culture, the Old Library)

That the thought behind the philosphic lumps n Stoppard's mess of potage had been distilled out has been discussed, but it was actually presented to the audience before the play in an unadulterated form to show that it had indeed been 99 % pure. This series of readings of passages on the 'reality' theme from other authors, showed how many had considered it before, and served to demonstrate to Stoppard's opponents why t had been removed and to his supporters that it had not been forgotten. This is considering the passages as related to the play. As an unrelated "thought" they were well chosen and well read to develop the thought fully, historically and mentally This revue and such a performance however reach a climax with the play which must be further considered.

Having committed themselves to the comic genre of "amateur theatricals", the performances given must be judged within these boundaries, whether one considers their decision just or not Naturally the comic elements of the plot, dialogue and characters were developed to the full, but a lot of extra effort and action was put in to increase this effect, and the resulting romp survived even the largest gobbets of philosophy in the dialogue The design and makeup fitted this pattern well, as did the musical introduction and indeed the general attitude This tended to unbalance the character of Moon, which character now oozed of the thespian to the extent that he might as well have been painted on the backdrop, and indeed reduce the critics to the position of special guests in the audience Their inclusion in the play prior to the finale was with the air of the ITV camera turning on the Royal Box at the Palladium, rather than "audience participation" Mark Dewison carried his restricted part well, however

Meanwhile, on the stage, Mike Redfern partnered Janet Rimmer and Ellen Phelips to give an enjoyable performance of 70's 20's, throwing cliches to the audience, threats to one another and care to the winds Rik Mayall's character sought less precedent, but was a good interpretation of the character shown n the play, and was performed with suitable gusto Marcus Scott as the body deserves special mention Although upstaged by most of the cast, he maintained a constant character study until the end

On the whole, the interpretation followed well the chosen route in an informal and removed way that could not be achieved by a professional company "within the business", and was enjoyable for all concerned

N P Hiley

"Fives"

On the last Tuesday of the school year, a novelty appeared on the stage of the Old Library — namely a performance of an experimental "play" called "Fives" It consisted of six short sketches performed by six actors The opening sketch was a send-up of the worst type of pseudy production, full of significant symbolic gestures and dramatic pauses, which took place in a train A teddy-bear, reading the "Guardian", was bid for by a vicar and a mysterious man in black However, he threw himself out of the train and foiled both of them

This gives some idea of just how the evening progressed; zany humour, sometimes a la "Mont y Python", sometimes more in a straight humorous manner.

The play was written by the members of the cast during rehearsal, and was produced by David Lambert The cast included Richard Gibbs, Paul Milton, Simon Phillips and Ragnar Farr The equallly zany poster informed the public that press notices had been as follows:

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1ST XV 1974

Training camp this year was attended by a large number of last year's successful U15XV together with almost all of the potential 1st XV Under the experienced leadership of K Francis, ably supported by eight County U19 players, a successful season was looked forward to

We began with an evening training game down at Monmouth with the people who had attended camp This proved to be an extremely useful exercise though we did lose both the game and Francis, who sustained a damaged wrist This, added to the loss of Layton in the second half with a broken wrist, made rather important changes necessary Brecon beat us by the odd penalty goal in a game that should have been won easily However, the next four games brought victory each time, the most pleasing being the defeat of Bromsgrove away for what appeared to be the first time for over 20 years Following these four relatively easy wins (Hereford Cathedral, Solihull, Dean Close, Bromsgrove) we met and lost to both Warwick and Wrekin — On the day we played against Warwick, there did not appear to be any way in which we could have won; in fact to only lose by two goals and a try seemed to be quite an achievement We were beaten in al departments Only the courage to maintain some ordered defence kept the scoring to 4-0 until the last few minutes Wrekin, on th eother hand, like Brecon, could have resulted in a win Only late in the game did we realise that we could score more easily than we had supposed — unfortunately too late!

After half term we began another winning sequence which was finally ended by K.E.S. B'ham. Among the victories, a particuarly good one was over W.R.G.S. in a game that was really of two halves.

We dominated the 1st half to the extent that we never looked in trouble, but W.R.G.S came back in the second half to put tremendous pressure on our line; the final whistle came as a great relief

Having won twelve games and lost four, we considered the season successful, particularly as al four games were lost away from home against, probably, the best opposition of the year The whole team helped and supported each other always and when it is considered that this year's locks were both under 6 tall and less than twelve stones (compared with the previous years 6'5" and 16 stones), the work put in by 'the donkeys' was prodigious

Spring term rugby again meant sevens except for the odd game against Malvern College which resulted in a win for us The fixture was much harder than we anticipated and shows that Malvern will soon be a team to be reckoned with

Sevens training started in February with three good-looking squads which would represent us at U19, U17 and U16 tournaments In our own tournament, the U19 s were defeated in the final by Wrekin At Solihull the U19's finished runners-up in their group, beaten in the seni-final at Hereford for both Clifton and Oxford the 19's were at ful strength and produced some excellent results They were semi-finalists at Clifton and Oxford where they lost in extra time to the eventual winners

Colours Caps: K Francis

N Koehli

Full: J.Morgan

G Layton (Re-award)

R Stoddard

B Moseley

J Tyson

W Clive

County Players: Francis, Morgan, Koehli, Parker, Layton, Stoddard, Moseley, Bonner (Tyson and Clive on tour)

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UNDER 16 RUGBY 1974-75

The season began with a fine victory over Christ College, Brecon, at Brecon (a feat in itself after a long journey and a Brecon lunch!!) The team from this point went from strength to strength crushing all our old rivals by phenomenal scores reaching a tally of well over four hundred points by the end of the season. The closest game of the season was against Warwick, who held us for much of the game until we managed to overcome them by a mere eleven points by the final whistle!

In the Spring term, although the team had lost much of its early aggression, we won the Worcestershire U16 cup with little trouble.

All credit must go to every member of the excellent team for working so hard and playing so well

Although al are to be applauded for this fine season, individuals also shone from the team. N. Fairlie who got so close to playing for England at U16 level, and no less than 8 other players, M. Patrick, M Bale, C Liddal, M Bundred, S Brooks, G Llewellyn, M Kentish and T Bosley, who played for Worcestershire * v

KINGS SCHOOL WORCESTER UNDER 16 SEVEN 1974-75

A.R WHITTAL-WILLIAMS , M.A KENTISH , M.A BALE , J.D Wl LESMITH , P.F.H WARNE R (reserve)

S.R.BROOKS , N.C.J. FAI R LIE (Capt), M.K.PATRIC K

CLIFTON SCHOOLS SEVENS - JUNIOR SECTION CUP

1st Round: K.S.W 20- 0 Millfield

2nd Round: K.S.W. 18- 0 Hereford Cathedral School

Semi-Final: K.S.W 10- 3 Sherborne

Final: K.S.W 10- 6 Belmont Abbey

Scorers: Patrick 5 Tries Brooks 4 Tries Fairlie 2 Tries, 7 Conversions

Under 16 Seven

Fifth form games players — at least a small number of them — had a very busy Easter Term. Hockey made a strong come back; rowing began n January as usual; the Worcester basketball league was in operation and there was indoor cricket coaching So, with no real fifteen-a-side fixtures, rugby took a back seat for most of the term There was one practice per week for everybody until March when, thanks to the co-operation of the other sports and the readiness of the boys to practise at all sorts of times and places, serious sevens preparation began The following breakdown of the involvements of the Sevens Squad may be of interest:

Brooks: Hockey, basket ball, cricket, rugby

Patrick: Rowing, basket ball, rugby

Whittal-Williams: Rugby

Robinson: Hockey, basket ball, rugby. Fairlie: Basket ball, rugby.

Kentish: Rowing, rugby

Bale: Rowing, basket ball, rugby

Wilesmith: Rugby.

Warner: Hockey, rugby

We could not field a full seven for our own invitation tournament because the Worcester Head was on the same day; so there were only two weeks to prepare for the Clifton tournament In this time the players had to put together a different method of playing sevens It is a tribute, as much to the application and ability of the players, as to the method, that they won the Clifton and Oxford tournaments, conceding only three tries and scoring twenty seven in a total of nine games

The win at Clifton was, in many ways, the better achievement in terms of opposition beaten, but the players, I think, got considerable satisfaction out of winning in front of a large crowd in the stands at Iffley Road There are three tournaments for under 16s at Oxford — there are too many sides to put into one competition — and, while we won the C tournament, we can claim with some justification to have been the best side there: the 'A tournament was won by St Brendan's who didn't even reach the final at Clifton, and Sherborne, who lost a scrappy 'B' final narrowly, we beat at Clifton

The strength of the side was all round No player had to be relied on excessively and the blend was right. Though the scrum couldn't win the ball at all in practice, Kentish at Clifton and Warner at Oxford seemed to do very well and even pinched one or two against the head Bale, aided by some good throwing and well rehearsed ploys, won everything at the line out Once won, the ball was simply moved back and forth across the pitch until the opposition cracked and Patrick or Brooks would score If the opposition did get the ball, the tackling was al embracing and Kentish, Wilesmith, Warner or anybody else was able to win the bal back.

Only in the semifinals at Oxford was a little bit of individual flair desperately needed and it duly appeared Losing 0-4 to Hereford Cathedral School (much the best side we met) in the second half, we were in trouble Brooks got the ball surrounded by yellow and black shirts: he beat about three of them and ran sixty yards to score He then ran in a seventy yarder to clinch the game Not surprisingly he was a little shattered after this, and the final was only half an hour away. Losing 0-4 to Marple Hall n the second half, Warner went through the middle and fed Brooks with only seventy yards to go Again he made it, seeming a good deal less tired than he actually was Patrick, similarly, at Clifton had earned his keep as a try scorer in tight circumstances, especially in the quarter and semi finals. It's all very well having a good system, but you've got to have the players.

The best example of team work came when Wilesmith, who, apart from his ball winning had set up some crucial tries and always handled reliably, broke his collar bone when tackled short of the line in the first round at Oxford Warner, the reserve, played in the remaining four games and filled the same role perfectly; indeed he was responsible for the scoring pass for both tries in the final

ENGLISH & WELSH SCHOOLS SEVENS - JUNIOR SECTION 'C

1st Round: K.S.W 16- 0 Peers

2nd Round: K.S.W. 22- 0 Colfe's

3rd Round: K.S.W 24- 0 Worcester Royal Grammar School /

Semi-Final: K.S.W 14- 4 Hereford Cathedra ^

Final: K.S.W 12- 4 Marple Hall > ^

Scorers: Brooks 7 Tries s Patrick 4 Tries / [ A Bale 3 Tries / [ C r Fairlie 2 Tries, 12 Conversions ,

There was a weakness They always started badly and sometimes, strangely for such a good side, lost their cool In these circumstances, Whittal-Williams was invaluable: he never dropped a pass at Oxford even when, in the final, people were chucking it on the ground all around him He also made many vital smother tackles by simple, cool reading of the game — a vital but unspectacular member of the team

Finally, Fairlie deserves mention for controlling the side so well, and especially for sending out so long a service that, when the ball was won, the opposition had to go a long way before having any chance of winning it back His place kicking was also reliable and sometimes vital, particularly in the Clifton final. A team that can win all its semi-finals and finals after conceding the first score must be well led

Team: Brooks, Patrick; Whittal-Williams, Fairlie; Bale, Kentish, Wilesmith (sub: Warner at Oxford)

Clifton Results: (1) Millfield20-0; (2) Hereford Cathedra 18-0; (3) Sherborne 10-3; (Final) Belmont Abbey 10-6

Oxford Results: (1) Peers 16-0; (2) Colfe's 22-0; (3) WRGS 24-0; (4) Hereford Cathedral 16-4; (Final) Marple Hall 12-4

Points for 148; points agains 17

Tries: Brooks 11, Patrick 9, Fairlie 4, Bale 3.

Conversions: Fairlie: 20 11

cricket

1st XI Cricket 1975

This year was a good one for all the teams in the school, from under twelves right the way up, and it is therefore satisfactory to report that the first eleven was the best for quite a number of years This should be the case if the pyramid is strong The reasons for the strength of the side were many. First, the middle sixth year was a particularly talented games playing year, and five players — Moseley, the captain, Francis, Morgan, Cook and Layton — were all playing their third season of first team cricket; add to these Norton, 1974's top batsman, Fardon and James, both consistent scorers for the 2nd XI in 1974, Stoddard and Sproson, both n their second seasons, and it is clear that there wasn't much room for youngsters It s to the credit of Brooks and Savage that they forced their way into this side So, f all twelve had always been fit, selection would have been difficult: as it was, because of various injuries and exams, the team picked itself.

With all this experience the captaincy was going to be good, and Moseley, the wicket keeper made a very good job of it indeed At its best, this side produced good sharp out-cricket, bowlers and fielders working to a clear purpose, and for this, as well as for his work off the field, Moseley deserves congratulation

Man for man, the batting was not brilliant, but it went a long way down the order: six players made fifties and others played respectable and valuable innings from time to time. In the total of 209 against WRGS no player made fifty Only King Edward's B'ham of the schools we play bowled the side out (for 183), the only other side to do so being Worcestershire Gentlemen: significantly, these were the only two defeats suffered, and on both occasions the results might have been reversed had we altered our decision on winning the toss

The bowling was another real strength No side, not even the club and ground side, except King Edward's B'ham again, got off to a good start This was largely because Francis was one of the best opening bowlers around More often on form than not, every ball had to be played, the bal moved about a lot, he averaged less than eight runs per wicket against school sides, a lot of sides were about 30 for 3 by the time he'd finished his first spell, and yet he was also unlucky in the matter of playing and missing and dropped catches If catches had been held off him early on against Warwick, Bromsgrove and Solihull these sides too would very likely have been defeated His opening partner became Brooks, when Stoddard was injured, and this bowler did better and better every game (as he did also with the bat), so that by the end of term he was already getting good players out on good wickets These were supported by Cook, who, apart from a bad patch in the middle of term, bowled with great skill and accuracy at medium pace for long spells Apart from being second highest wicket taker he performed the vital function of keeping one end quiet while the spinners worked at the other end Both Savage and Sproson had some very good days, though both still have a bit to learn about accuracy When they bowled well they were dangerous because they both had good flight and because, unusually these days, they both really turned the ball In addition, Savage did a remarkable line in caught and bowleds: one screamer against KES, and three very neat ones against the Gents

Perhaps the most satisfying wins were those against Malvern XI because it was high time they were beaten; WRGS, obviously; the XI Club because we were set to get 170 in tw o hours against a leg spinner well known for conning schoolboys out The other result that was nearly but not quite very satisfying was the draw with the OVs which was, as they say, a moral victory The foundation of this performance was an excellent stand between Fardon and Morgan which added over a hundred after four had gone for 41 Both played very sensibly and towards the end, Morgan particularly was hitting the ball very hard

I must also mention the wicket-keeping Moseley was quite the best wicket-keeper seen this season (Twice he was unavailable and his deputy, Southall, looked as good as any 1 st XI keeper) Moseley pulled off one or tw o remarkable and crucial catches standing back, but was seen at his best when standing up, particularly to Cook: he made three leg side stumpings off him, all to remove good players

Finally I must mention two people wh o contributed much to the season Mr Edward Turner offered his assistance as umpire and became a most welcome assistant to the running of games as well as being most generous in all sorts of ways. Also I must mention Pryer, the secretary, who worked hard throughout the season to ensure the smooth running of all aspects of cricket in the school

Prizes were awarded by an anonymous donor as follows:

Best Batsman : W D Norton

Best Bowler: K. Francis

Most Promising Player: S R Brooks

Captaincy: S R Moseley

Francis was also awarded the bowling cup, while Morgan and Fardon shared the batting cup,

RESULTS AND SCORES

King's v Wrekin College

Wrekin 75 (A Cook 4-20)

King's 78-4

Kings won by 6 wkts

King's v Warwick School

Warwick 180-6 dec (K Francis3-29)

King's 81-9

Match drawn

King's v Hereford Cathedral School

King's 108-6 dec. (J. Fardon 61 n.o.)

Hereford 79 (K Francis4-10)

King's won by 101 runs.

King's v Worcester Club and Ground Club x Ground 179-4 dec

King's 123-7 (N. Sproson 35)

Match drawn

King's v Bromsgrove

Bromsgrove 197-5 dec (K Francis3-31)

King's 124-7 (G Layton 38)

Match drawn

King's v Worcester Royal Grammar School

King's209-9 dec. (J. Morgan 48)

W.R.G.S 94 (K Francis 5-24)

King's won by 115 runs

King's v Old Vigornians

King's 217-8 dec (J Morgan 76)

O.Vs 122-8 (K Francis 4-23)

Match drawn

King's v Solihull School

Solihull 129-9 dec (S Brooks 3-12)

King's 123-4 (P. James 50 n.o.)

Match drawn

King's v Malvern College

Malvern 99 (S Brooks 4-28)

King's 100-4 (J Fardon 40)

King's wo n by six wkts

King's v K.E.S Birmingham

King's 183 (J Morgan 41)

K.E.S 185-4

K.E.S wo n by six wkts

King's v Bedford Modern

King's 110 (A Cook 40)

Bedford 78 (N Sproson 5-34)

King's wo n by 32 runs

King's v Gentleman of Worcester Gents 132 (R Savage 4-11)

King's 52

Gents wo n by 80 runs

King's v The XI Club XI Club 169

King's 171-6 (W Norton 66)

Kings wo n by 4 wkts.

King's v C H Grays XI

Grays XI 170-4 dec.

King's 142-9 (R Stoddard 50)

Match drawn

King's v Old Vigornians

King's 20-0 Rained off. Batting

A cricket "Cap " was awarded to K Francis, 1st XI Colours to J W Morgan J S Fardon and A. J . Cook, half colours to N. J . Sproson and P. J . James and 2nd XI colours to S. P Tunkin and S N Holder

Second Eleven 1975

Played 8, Wo n 7, Lost 1

The team's record on paper speaks for itself; only failing to win one game all season proves that this was a really outstanding 2nd XI with Mr Helliwell, a faithful supporter, in charge

Not quite knowing ho w the season was likely to progress, we went into the first game against Warwick and overwhelmed the opposition Spearheaded by Holder (75) we amassed 180-5 and promptly whisked Warwick out for 75, Brooks and Mcintosh doing the damage Brushing Hereford Cathedral aside, we then beat Hanley Castle 1 st XI with a brilliant all-round performance Thanks to swift batting by Brooks and Jinman we reached 122-5 Hanley Castle were then dismissed for 80 by a combination of Clarke's bowling and some excellent fielding Subsequently we beat Bromsgrove and crushed the Roya Grammar by 8 wickets The Old Vigornians were then beaten in a tight finish and an undefeated 60 by Holder brought us to a six-wicket win over Solihull in the last over.

So we dame to the last match, against K.E.S Birmingham Unfortunately at this last hurdle we lacked Brooks' all-round skills when they were needed to tip the balance, since he was required by the 1st XI in the second half of the season Despite Barker's half-century we lost by 3 wickets and the eighth win escaped us

It was an indication of how well-balanced this team was that only one side managed to score a hundred or more against us, and we didn't once fail to score in excess of a century Our batting resources were deep; Barker, Holder, Brooks, Mcintosh and Jinman all scored runs consistently, but if required, Hunt, Clarke and Southall could all bat well too and deserved more opportunity The bowling was varied and better than any we encountered Brooks proved too fast for most, and Tunkin and Clarke too accurate. Hunt also took some useful wickets, while the spin attack of Mcintosh and Baxter was exceptional (with T James talent always in reserve) In addition Southall was a consistently good keeper, with Holder and Baxter faultless in the field To this wide range of talent was added a great team-spirit and enjoyment in playing which made the team almost unbeatable

A Jinman

This year's side was not unbeaten but nevertheless there were some very good individua and team results

The defeats were at the hands of Malvern College and a touring side from Hume Grammar School, but both games were evenly contested Good wins over Hereford Cathedral, Hanley Castle, Bromsgrove, W.R.G.S and K.E.S B'ham plus a draw at Solihul completed the season

As individuals Sutton (Capt.) shows a lot of promise with the bat as do Pritchard, Points and Townsend. Salt and Rhodes developed as spinners wh o bat well and Smith looks as though he might be one of the few wicket keepers that we have produced wh o can batl Cowper and Campion were always aggressive opening bowlers who have developed well through the season

Best Performances

Batting

Sutton

Pritchard

Salt

Rhodes

Smith

Bowling

40 v Solihull

43 v K.E.S B'ham

35 v K.E.S B'ham

31 N.O v Hanley Castle

32 N.O v Bromsgrove

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Campion 4 for 1 v Hereford Cathedral

4 for 29 v Bromsgrove

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Cowper 6 for 8 v Hereford

Townsend 4 for 29 v Malvern College

Rhodes 5 for 27 v Bromsgrove

4 for 12 v Malvern College

Salt 4 for 4 v Hanley Castle

Though only one victory was recorded the performances showed a gradual improvement during the course of the season, and a lot more runs were being scored in the later matches Wood and Ludwig battled with some assurance and Morgan and Dean both played aggressive innings Too much of the bowling lacked control of length and direction with the notable exception of Buckley, wh o looked an off-spinner of considerable promise Westbury proved a capable captain of the side, whose general enthusiasm and enjoyment of the game was often evident.

Under 14 Cricket

The Spring season started with a fast and furious 4-a-side competition in the gymnasium After an exciting afternoon, the forcefulness of R Savage and his team won Choir House the trophy On the fields the inter-house 6-a-side competition was wo n by Hostel House, with a narrow win by short corners over Castle

The results obtained by the 1st XI and 2nd XI teams were not good, but it must be realised that the depth of skill in the school lay, with a few exceptions, in the Vth form, and most of the players in these teams were playing against a side at least a year older than themselves, who above anything else were stronger and were able to hit the bal harder. This point is emphasised in the U16 squad, where the results were much better, thanks largely to the aggressive and skilful half back line of G. Henry, R. Savage and T. Mack who contributed an appreciable amount to the success of the squad

Unfortunately these half backs, who ran the centre of the field so well, were unable to link up well enough with the forwards in a number of games, and hence a lot of opportunities, which could have resulted in goals, were missed However, the team is continually improvng and this coming season I hope that this fault will be largely eradicated, when the present U16 move on to become members of the 1st and 2nd XI

An important game which showed the promise of a young side was that against Pershore Hockey Club on a very bad waterlogged pitch Here the experience of the older players, was unable to crush the enthusiasm of the home team who put on a good performance to draw 2-2 in a match which in favourable conditions might have resulted n a win

An unfortunate disappointment was the English weather which resulted in no less than seven matches cancelled at al levels. Nevertheless it was an enjoyable season and all thanks must go to Mr Bentley for his enthusiasm and expertise in running all the teams

Special mention must be given to T.K.A. Mack, R. I. Mcintosh and R. J. Savage wh o all won county badges at U16 level

This year we can truly say that we have achieved a major victory in the establishment of a club rather than a group of individuals. Matches have been wo n by team efforts rather than the reliance on exceptional individuals Enthusiasm is probably intrinsically associated with success but an atmosphere has developed progressively that I hope will be nurtured and built upon We were often able to field two age group squads, which reflected the number of boys clamouring to represent the school n competitive swimming This season for the first time in five years we recorded victories against Malvern College, Bromsgrove School and Wycliffe College at senior level

I am pleased to be able to leave the school with a successful season achieved Success is not necessarily measured in terms of matches won and lost, but it is interesting to note that in a congested season against 15 schools at seven age groups, 36 age group matches were won and 14 were lost Some 66 boys represented the club, breaking a total of 29 poo records and 13 Sports Day records The senior squad achieved victories against 9 schools with only one loss, while the under 13 and under 12 teams, for who m David Bernie and Mark Ryan were exceptional, lost only one match between them Seven members of the club represented the city n the Three Counties Championships in which Andrew Ferguson was a Senior Breastroke Champion Earlier in the year, John Baird had represented the West Midlands at the National School Championships held in Worcester, an honour which would place him amongst the best dozen in the country The club again retained the tw o relay trophies presented by Worcester Swimming Club The Looker Cup for men's teams has now been won each year since 1973, a trophy which had previously only once been won and that was in 1959 This year was particularly rewarding in the defeat of an exceptionally strong Worcester S.C foursome

At an entirely different level it has been gratifying over the years to see the gradual improvement in the standard of swimming throughout the ability range Non-swimmers in the senior school are an increasing rarity and there has been much enthusiasm this summer for the programme of recreational swimming and the various awards undertaken

The prospects for the club next season look good The strength and abilities of John Baird and Martyn Robinson, wh o have been the stalwarts of the club for so many years, and the premature departure of Duncan Clark will obviously leave a gap, but this can be adequately plugged by the ever-improving Nick Schall and by a very large and more specialist squad of senior swimmers Nevertheless, it would be less than honest to suppose than John Baird will not be missed. His obvious physical talents were always apparent but what has always been more important has been his modesty in success and the encouragement and example he showed to others

I wish the club wel n the future under I Brown direction and thankfully take the opportunity of recording my appreciation and gratitude to swimmers both past and present for so many pleasant hours in their company

The U16 team was strong and competent this year and their efforts were rewarded as the\ won the Worcestershire Basketbal Trophy

The senior team played a few fixtures against other schools for the first time all the results being very successful

T G Thomas (Capt.)

1st VI Tennis 1975

This was not a successful season as far as results are concerned, as four of the previous year's team had left This meant that the team had to be rebuilt and consequently many combinations were tried. The 1st pair of Miles Parker and Nicholas Fairlie had a good season and Julian Brand improved throughout the season. The only match won this summer was against Solihull but there is hope for the future as all the members of this season's squad are available next year. I wish to convey the team's sincere thanks to Mr Bentley for running the team this season and to Dr Rai for transport to away matches Full colours were awarded to Miles Parker and Nicholas Fairlie and halfcolours to Julian Brand

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The whistle was blown, and I ran up and toe-punted the ball, which went high and swerved inwards towards the goal Their goalkeeper pounced on it, but fumbled the ball which went between his legs for a goal I had scored direct from the corner and that turned out to be the only goal of the match

FOOTBALL

Feb 28th V Hawford (H) Wo n 5-0

Mar 5th V. Heathfield (A) Won 4-0

Mar. 12th V Bowbrook (A) Won 1-0

Mar 15th V Cranham (A) Won 3-0 (Shield Final)

R D H MacMillan

A. Lowe

A Sear

R Smith

P E Rogers

A Fenn

A Jelfs

J S Woodward

J Anthony

A Burnham

J A Sear (Form III)

St Alban's Soccer Team Season 1974-1975 R. J. Parsons (Capt.)

One fine Sunday morning, I woke up This may not surprise you, but what happened during that fateful day will chill your blood

After breakfasting lightly, I gathered my fishing tackle and walked briskly to the nearest bus stop After a five minute wait, the clanking old country bus rounded the corner and came into sight Not that the sight didn't leave something to be desired, but as it was the only decent form of transport in the area, it had to be put up with It clanked away from the bus stop and before long, it had revved up to its maximum speed, which was about twenty-five miles per hour

Noon saw me fishing leisurely n a quiet, shaded and peacefu part of the river that I had never tried before. The trout were biting, and I was pulling them in at a good rate. Tired from my early efforts, I lay back and yawned A sudden tug of my line disturbed my attempt to take forty winks, Nothing could be seen in the water except blue This blue now rose until I saw that the shape was that of a giant whale I could see from his eyes that he was as intent on me, as I had been on my sardines on toast that very morning The prospect of repeating the procedure with me as the food did not appeal to me at all. Rather than succumbing to the beast, I turned tail and ran.

I looked for a place to hide It was then that I thought I saw a cave Thinking I could shelter in it until the whale had given up his chase, I went inside The whale must have been most bewildered at the sight of me running into his mouth, and then the sensation of me moving down his throat, which I took to be a tunnel Luckily he had not attempted to chew me, for his teeth were the size of lawn mowers and, I warrant, just as devastating The whale slipped back into the water and began to swim. I was horror-stricken at this event, and knelt down to pray, for at first I thought a cave-in or an earthquake had befallen my refuge It took me quite a while before I realised my predicament By the time I had struggled back up to the whale's mouth, I felt like vomiting, as the sight of the whale's innards, such as giant kidneys, was not a pretty one When the whale came up for air, I took a glance at the scenery, but could not see land, so presumed we were many miles adrift. For the next few days, I ate from the inside of the whale; nipping off his flesh greatly perturbed my oversized travelling companion

One day, after a week in my new home, the whale engaged in battle with another, smaller whale. Unknown to me at that time was the fact that the other whale had a black man in him. I became quite seasick with the tossing and turning of the great behemoth I was just growing used to the feeling, when it stopped My whale had won its fight Large chunks of meat began to pour in It was a disgusting sight Then I saw a very odd shaped piece of meat In fact, it did not resemble any pieces I had seen up to them. Scrambling over to it, I was very happy to behold the man about whom I told you He was nearly unconscious, but I managed to revive him Life became durable, now that I had someone with who m I could talk Luckily he spoke quite good English

One day, we decided to explore the whale's stomach Sliding down his wind-pipe reminded me of the long slides in the park near my home Looking round, I suddenly saw a boat It was a bit of a wreck, but better than nothing Small motor boat t may have been, but it took a very long time to shore up the whale's throat to its mouth It took us a full hour, and we needed a long rest afterwards.

Having rested, I took the outboard motor off the boat. Luckily, it was intact. Our plan was to put the motor into the whale's nose to make him sneeze If our boat was in his mouth, he would then throw us out But our motor boat had to become a sailing boat, as the motor would be in the whale's nose, so we had to make a sail This was made from the whale's skin An oar provided a perfect mast

During the preparation of the boat, I sang to myself a great deal My friend asked why I did this I repied that I thought everyone sang in Wales Sometimes my friend would become so despondent that he would fall down on his knees, thump the ground and begin to weep bitterly With my usual wit, I turned even this into a joke by telling him to stop blubbering. He didn't understand this, but I enjoyed it

At last our craft was ready W e had to wait until the whale was at the surface first, so my friend and myself took it in turns to take watch It seemed a very long time, but it wasn't really

My friend was on watch when the whale eventually surfaced, and he sent up a great shout I rushed over to him, and together we have the motor up the whale's nose We tied a long piece of rope to the rip cord and took the other end to the boat. 1 was trembling with the anticipation of the fact that we were actually leaving

I yanked the rope Nothing happened I pulled again and again, but there was nothing In desperation, I gave the cord a mighty pull To my relief, this sparked off the motor Soon, as we had hoped, the whale gave a sneeze, but this gained us nothing. A series of these followed, and we were about to give up, when the whale gathered in air and gave an almight sneeze, which shook the ocean depths We were blown out for hundreds of yards and when we landed we were more dead than alive I looked around for my friend, but he was nowhere to be seen. I was quite overcome with grief. Suddenly I heard a knocking on the bottom of the boat. This, of course, gave me a fright and all manner of stupid thoughts ran through my head Was it a sea monster, or Davy Jones come to claim me Then a hand came over the side My heart was in my throat, but then I saw the hand was brown It was my friend I hauled him aboard, and revived him with a nip of brandy

We had a quiet journey home My friend navigated the boat back to where I had been fishing, and here we said goodbye Being in a lonely part of the country, not many people had missed me, but to those wh o had, and who questioned me as to my absence, I would just dreamily reply, "Oh, I've been having a whale of a time."

N A Fenn (Form III)

"It's a goal!" W e had broken the deadlock W e were 1-0 ahead of Gorse Hill, our rivals, who had beaten us in the final of the shield the previous year W e wanted revenge, and we were succeeding. Rogers had just scored.

The huge crowd of two left a lot to be desired, but they were better than no support at all. The weather was bad as usual, and an approaching large black cloud looked very threatening By half time w e were two goals up, Jelfs having scored the second Oranges at half-time are all very well, but when it's cold, the juice round your mouth stings.

Two more goals came our way in the second half, again from Rogers and Jelfs, and when the final whistle went, we walked triumphantly off the field

N A Fenn (Form III)

One Friday afternoon we set off for games; I was playing n white Despite occasional gusts of wind, It was warm, with the sun shining bright. Reds kicked off and rushed up the field, The first team weren't here 'Cause next day was the shield Near the end of the first half, Whites had possession of the ball, Someone passed it out to me, "Here I come!" I called I struggled past the defenders, And took a cracking shot, But was it a goal? Was it a goal?

No, it was not. The goalkeeper had punched it off J S Fleming had it now, He took a supershot, and, "wow! " The ball was in the net!

S. J. B. Harris (Form III)

o.v. news

OLD VIGORNIANS' CRICKET CLUB

The summer of 1975 was certainly the best for 16 years and a most enjoyable one for our national game It was a season in which very little went wrong; most of the games were played as arranged and there were several interesting developments. The arrangement whereby boys at King's School can turn out for any of our club elevens has proved beneficial to school cricket, O.V cricket and the boys themselves Now this has been taken a stage further with under thirteen, and under sixteen Xls representing the O.V Cricket Club in the respective Worcestershire Cricket Association competitions.We hope that next season some of the boys will make themselves available for the holiday representative fixtures, but at least we did win the under sixteen tournament on this the first occasion On the subject of representative matches we offer congratulations to Keith Francis on his selection for the County 2nd XI against Yorkshire and a brace of Tyke scalps for his efforts, and also for his selection for the Worcestershire Cricket Association under 19 eleven against the Young Amateurs of Leicestershire at Grace Road Mike Southall was again chosen for the Association team against Leicestershire and again it was rained off What luck n this summer! Our most famous bowler, Brian Brain has received some odd treatment from his native County We hope he will be happy playing for Gloucestershire, but it is doubtful if our Worcestershire batsmen will be happy playing against him

If one outstanding player can be singled out for recognition then it is obviously Colin Gray He made a most astute and knowledgable Captain on the field of play and never failed to accept his full responsibilities off it He also headed the batting averages and played some superb innings, notably a match winning 76 not out against the Gentlemen of Worcestershire. His legacy to us all is a resurgence of cricket at Kings, probably to a standard not known for twenty years, and a virile O.V Cricket Club with much stronger connections with the School

We were fortunate to have most of our games umpired and this is no small thing. Mr. Bert Aston from Worcester City was with us unti recalled back to his own club n mid season, and then Mr Turner stayed with us until the end of the season The ground looked n marvellous condition throughout the hot summer and was a credit to Sid Prosser, the Groundsman We remain, as always, very grateful to the Headmaster for his permission to use the School playing fields. Circumstances allowed us to hold our second single wicket competition, and 21 players took part on a Saturday in mid August In the semi finals the eventual competition winner Louis Wadley beat Sean Moseley, and Bill Jones defeated Colin Gray

The mid May short tour took place in Bristol with games at Thornbury, Weston and Bristo Optimists and our other annual event the Cricket week in August was well supported by most members No plans have yet been made for next season, but the committee will eventually decide on a programme suitable to the club's circumstances

Although missing many games, John Haywood was still the leading wicket-taker and he bowled as consistently as ever If only one bowler took over 50 wickets it was rather different with the batting — five members scoring about five hundred runs each

A feature of the season was the 2nd XI In addition to the usual stalwarts such as Eric Malsom, Tony Harris, Roy Dyson and David Thomas, we gained Robin Vincent and Lyn James. All of whom blended very well with the many boys who were good enough to make up the team

Having finished half way up the table in last Winter's evening indoor league we intend playing again this coming season Nets will start in mid February and the season should start at the end of April.

Officers 1974/75

Chairman: T. E. A. Mackie

Hon Treasurer: J L Potter

Hon Match Secretary: J C Haywood

Captain Sunday XI: C H Gray

Captain Saturday XI: J R Wadley

Captains 2nd XI: R. Dyson and G. E. Malsom

Hon General and Fixtures Secretary: W. F. Jones, Comberton House, 11 Bransford Road, Worcester

O.V NEWS

This magazine, which is edited and written by the staff and boys, is published each December. You may wonder why you do not receive your copy until around March The reason is simply one of costs Because of the high postal charges, it is now more economical to distribute the magazine to coincide with the Spring circular in advance of the May Ball

The Committee wish to place on record their sincere thanks to all those O.V.s who have contributed so generously to the O.V Bursary Fund since we re-launched this appeal earlier this year At the time of writing, the committee are considering ways of improving the administration of the Fund, which was set up to help needy parents continue to meet school fees and thus enable them to keep their sons at King's.

The annual May Ball was again a success, although the numbers were slightly down on the previous year Despite this, the net profit was nearly £100

The Reunion dinner in September was another success. The Headmaster gave an inspiring speech urging all those present to continue to support the School in the present political and economic climate His Honour Judge John Lee was the guest speaker and gave an entertaining address The new Dean of Worcester, the Ven T G A Baker, was the Preacher on O.V Sunday

John Pimley has suggested that the Club should consider a slight change in the rules to allow more O.V.s to take on the duties as President. This wil be brought to the annual meeting in September

Once again the annual cricket match against the School will take place in June to enable those O.V.s at College to participate although a date has yet to be fixed at the time of writing

The Secretary would be grateful to hear from any O.V for news insertion in next year's magazine All correspondence should be addressed to T E A Mackie, "The Wickets", 116, Laugherne Road, St John's, Worcester WR2 5LT

Finally, congratulations to all those who have obtained their degrees or admission to Universities or Colleges of Further Education We wish them well

IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Friday, May 14th, 1976 — Annual Ball, College Hall

Saturday, September 18th, 1976 — Annua General Meeting and Reunion Dinner, College Hall

Sunday, September 19th, 1976 — Cathedral Service

ANDERTON C W (Creighton 1958/64) is the proud father of a daughter, Caroline Jane, born 9th July 1975

ANDREWS C (Chappel 1963/68) s n Australia, and has recently married He is hoping to get a post as surveyor with the Fisheries Dept at Darwin

BAX N D S (School 1956/66) Married Deborah Yoffe, of Cambridge, in 1975 Became member of Royal College of Physicians in June Now working at Royal Infirmary

BAYLISS R W (Chappel 1957/64) Has been teaching maths at St Paul's School, London, for the past 4 years, and has recently become engaged to Miss Bridgitte Heinrich, of Waybridge, Surrey

BIVAND R. (Creighton 1959/68) married in Kalisz, Poland, on 28th August 1975. Has a 2 year contract at Poznan University as Senior Lecturer in Geography and English.

BROOKS P C (Chapped) is Group Financial Accountant with Birmid Qualcast Ltd

CATCHPOLE C J (1963/68) Married 1973 Now Insurance inspector with Sun Alliance and , London Insurance Group at Worcester

COOK D J (School 1942/46) Has been living in Toronto, Canada, since 1954 After some years as a T.V producer, has helped launch Canada's first educational T.V Station He is now in charge of a special project of experimental programming by satellite for Canada's aboriginal people

CURRY D. Sqd. Ldr. (Creighton 1952/58) is now serving with No. 39 (Reconnaisance) Sqd. at R.A.F. Wyton. He is married with a daughter aged 7 and a son aged 1.

DANIELS E L (Creighton 1946/56) Continues as Pastor of Arnold Road, Baptist Church, Bertwood, Nottingham

DAVIES P. L. (Choir 1966/71) gained Engineering Degree, and has joined the firm of Roberts Construction, Durban, S Africa

DENISON A I (School 1969/74) joined H.M Customs 8- Excise and is working on the "dreaded"

V.A.T in Orpington and Southwark areas

DINSDALE T (School 1937/41) has resumed expedition work at Loch Ness having returned from a lecture tour of U.S.A speaking about "the monster" with which he has been directly involved 31 since 1959 His work "Project Water Horse" is now published

T.E.A.M

ENGLAND M. J. (Hostel 1959/66) Became partner in firm of Solicitors practising in Guildford and Godalming At present living at Byfleet

GARDEN T Sqd Ldr (Creighton 1952/62) will be spending 1976 at Camberley on the Army Staff College Course

GATEHOUSE D (Choir 1954/63) Studied medicine at Birmingham University, and qualified in 1968 Anatomy demonstrator at Birmingham for 2 years Obtained M.Sc in 1972 and became F.R.C.S. in 1974. Presently Surgical Registrar at Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham.

HALFORD T W (Chappe 1952/61) St Lukes College, Exeter (1961/64) Taught in this country for 3 years Moved to Canada, attained B.Sc., at Manitoba University Now managing director of Aston Coaches, Kempsey, Worcester Married with 2 daughters

HALL A O of 8, Offington Gardens, Worthing, Sussex, reports "The Annual London Dinner of the Worcester Cathedral Old Choristers Assoc." was held on 11th April 1975, at the Charing Cross Hotel, London. All old Choristers, please get in touch.

HALL R A (Choir 1952/60) is a Chartered Civil Engineer working in Cardiff for a firm of Internationa Consulting Engineers Has been engaged on the new trunk road between Monmouth and Newport Married, 2 children

HAMILTON ERIC (Natland 1919/22) of 25, Houghton Road, St Ives, Huntingdon, Cambs., would welcome news of O.V.s of his era

HARKER R. J. (Wulstan 1965/68) now working with Anglian Water Authority on Industrial Effluent Control

HARPER M W (Chappel 1954/64) reports birth of son, Edward Michael, on 17th March 1975

HAYSMAN F J (Hostel 1924/26) retired after 47 years with British Rail Licensed as Lay Reader to Vicar of White Waltham in Oxon Diocese

HEWITT D (Creighton 1959/66) married with one daughter, currently employed as Chief Accountant with Peterborough Development Corporation.

HICKLING M J (Castle 1965/72) is now a Patrolling Policeman in Worcester City Living at 254, Bilford Road, would like to contact old friends

HOOK N E R (Chappel 1951/61) Obtained degree B.Eng in Civi and Structural Engineering at Sheffield University, and now works for the Southern Water Authority

HOULBROOKE J P (Choir 1962/67) Graduated LLB (London) in 1971, and served articles with Exmouth Solicitors Completed Law Society Examinations 1974 Working in Exmouth and keeps interest in drama, bridge and tennis

JACKSON G N (School 1927/31) After retiring from H.M Diplomatic Service in 1971, (last post H.M. Ambassador to Ecuador) is now farming in small way at Leafield, Oxon.

JAMES E B (Chappel 1943/52) now closely associated with Roger Hunt (Chorister and School House 1948/ 50's) in Teaching Computers at Imperial College, London They also run the Imperial College Schools Computing Projects which provides computer power and framing facilities for schools and colleges throughout the country.

LEEMAN B N T (Castle 1959/64) has recently returned from a year of "abject misery" on the Saud Arabian/Yemen border He is now a Research Student in Poltical Science at Leicester University

LONGLAND C P Director of Studies, School of English Studies, Folkestone

MARKS M J (Walstan 1967/74) working as a journalist for County Express, in Stourbridge

METCALFE R H (Hostel 1957/62) Currently working for the Surrey Depot of a pipe laying firm in the North Sea Spends leaves rowing (slowly) or messing about with canal boats Married with one son, lives at Durham

MOSS NORBURY R (School 1956/60) Left U.K in 1970 Living in Vancouver, and working for catering firm of H/ s of Canada Ltd. Three children, aged 8, 6 and 8 months.

MOULD J. A. (Hostel 1958/62) Settled into Banking Career with Lloyds, at present working at Broadway, Worcs Married 1972, one "exhuberant" son Occasionally hears of old friends on the Sports Field where he is still active at Hockey for Evesham and Cricket

OWENS J G (Bright 1962/69) Graduated from Nottingham University in July 1975 with degree in Mathematics Continuing for one year to take post graduate Cert Ed

PARSONS R B (Castle 1951/55) writes: "Twenty years after leaving school, I am still in touch with Robin Anderson in Canberra, Australia; John Arney in Norwich; Norman Holden n Wellington, N.Z.; David Holt in Worcester and Tony Mathews n Stockholm I would welcome, and reply to, correspondence from anyone else from King's past or present, at 7, Rossmore Terrace, Murrays Bay, Auckland 10, New Zealand."

PEARSON A (School 1960/65) Posted by the British American Logo Licensing Sub-Committee to Hawaii Now married with one daughter and living in Leicester

PELLEW M T (School 1962/66) is currently working in long range commercial planning and probably spending 1976 working in Germany, Nr Frankfurt

PHELIPS J H C (School 1920/29) retires March 1976, as Chief Executive of Hereford and Worcester County Council

PIMLEY M St J (Hostel 1961/71 Has recently become engaged to Miss Moira Fraser, of Purley, Surrey, who is also reading Law at Cambridge. Has just graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, with a 2:1 Honours Degree in Law, and is returning to read for the LL.B in International Law, before starting articles in the City Continues to play Rugby and Cricket Also represented Cambridge University at Lacrosse

PIMLEY S. J. (Hostel 1965/73) After one year at U.W.I.S.T. has decided to change course, and is attending the College of Law Has once again had an enjoyable year on the Golf Course; winning the Parkinson Trophy at Wentworth and finishing second in the Worcestershire Amateur Championship

PREECE Peter Dr (Schoo 1953/63) Now in Foreign Service in Japan

RYDER C D (Wulstan 1968/73) Living at Hampstead, London, and working as a computer programmer with the Post Office.

RYDER C J S (1958/68) Is teaching n Wolverhampton and would welcome news of contempories Address 52, The Tything, Worcester

SIMPSON A. (Wulstan 1961/68) Works for Wellcome Reagents Ltd., in Development Section.

SMITH D K (Bright 1958/67) Became engaged in January 1975 to Miss Christine M J Brown, of Northolt, Middlesex. After three years as a Research Assistant at Lancaster University, moved to Exeter University to Lecture in Mathematical Statistics and Operationa Research Is now studying for Lay Readership in the Church of England

SMITH P.S (Hostel 1962/69)Qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in March 1975 Married Miss D A Evans on 6th September, 1975, and will be setting up home in Stoke-on-Trent

SNEWIN J J (Chappel 1964/71) was married on 2nd August at Martin Hussingtree, Worcester, to Miss Jayne Elizabeth Searle, of Smite, Worcester Obtained B.A at Cambridge, is now registered for a Ph.D. in the Dept. of Geography at same University.

STORRS O T (School 1921/23) writes: "On visiting Canterbury n July 1975,1 was delighted to meet Stephen Darlington and his wife Although only 23, he appears to be very happy and proving himself capable of the great work to which he was appointed last year, as Assistant Organist to the Cathedral with Alan Wicks. This day gave my wife and I great pride in the work of the King's School."

SWINDELL A C (Creighton 1959/69) After graduating from Cambridge (Selwyn College) n 1973, spent 2 years training at Rippon Hall, Oxon Ordained September 1975, now Curate in All Saints N Humberside.

WALKER T P (1931/36) Assistant Head of Boys Prep School in N Devon Still a cricket devotee and managed to watch Worcester in August

WALL J. D. T. (School 1966/70) Graduated in 1974 n Classics at Bristol University. Cert. Ed. at Cambridge, which included Teaching Practice at Harrow School Now in charge of Latin at Selwyn Preparatory School, Broadstairs, Kent

WEIL F K K (Creighton/Castle 1939/40) of Gloucester Place, London W.I Has practised as Solicitor since 1954 and specialised n International Law He spends part of his time in London and the rest travelling abroad, mainly in the German Federal Republic

WHEADON JOSEPH Now living at 6101, Seeheim, Burgstraase 9, Germany, with wife and two children, Andrew, born 4.8.73, and Susan, born 13.11.74

WOODWARD A (1965/71) Law Degree, Bristol, 1975 Married Helen Markwick-Smith (ex Alice Ottley) in July 1975.

WOODWARD R (1963/66) Chartered Accountant working in Canada

WOOLLEY F B H (Schoo 1956/61) Has started training for the Ministry in Church of England, after leaving Midland Bank, Worcester

JAMES C R (Bright 1961/71) is now Assistant County Secretary of the Staffordshire Branch of the N.F.U Is interested in contacting old friends Address: The Moat House, Newport Road, Stafford

QUINEY R. G. Dr. (Wulstan 1954/64) Returned to Canada in 1972. An Aerospace Research Scientist

WILLIAMS P G N G (Creighhton 1960/68) Qualified in medicine at Leeds University and is now House Officer at a Leeds Hospital.

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