The Cantuarian July 1896 - December 1897 by OKS Association | The King's School, Canterbury

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VOL. IV.

No.

II.

EDITORIAL. It is impossible for this Editorial to be much more than a survey of the past and of the future, whe n those three to wh om have fallen the d uties of conducting the Canittarian are all ending th eir sc hool ca reer with the ending term. There have been many bright spots in th e te rm now at an end, and few dark ones. We cannot help loo kin g back with :satisfaction on a Cricket seaso n of, we think, un precedented success, and we are glad to have noticed a vast increase of keen ness and enthusiasm in the game, whi ch have mad e the Captai n's duties in every way pleasant. May we express, however, a hope that this same enthusiasm al'l.d kee nness may permeate every branch of the School's li fe, for withuut it we can never achieve any l~sting success . Let each member of the School remember th at the good name of the School rests in his keeping, and let him take good heed not to abuse that trust. But nvenoJ/S d llolre retrospect of th e past tenn. Two Archbishops at one tim e! ye gods, what an honour, and still more satisfactory t hei r Graces both did what was expected of th em. With regard to less rare events, but events of hardly less importance in the ordinary school boy's eyes, there have been Boat Races and T e nnis ties, and the building of a new bicycle shed. The Boat Races proved a g reat success, though it is a great pity the river is so far away. Tutor matches and th e Baths have filled up only too we ll all the rest of our spare tim e, and all must agree that a Summer T erm is, of all ti mes in one's

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school life, the happiest. In looking forward to t~e future the ~rst thing that strikes tlS is the rather startling amount who arc leavlll.g sc hool t~IS term: let us here impress on those who will be promoted to place!) of tru st and lIlfluence next term the necessity of sacri ficing themselves for the sake of the School : let them rem~mber th at these very gaps make it all th e more necessary fo r t hem to try and worthIly fill them' let them feel sure that all old members of th e School will be with them in their ~fforts, and then we feel certain that those efforts will not .b~.~)ade in vain. In conclusion we lltte!; the heart-felt prayer, Florea~ Schola re&Ia, III full confidence that in years to come the fame of the old place Will be as fau as ever and her sons as tru e. f'

A RECENT STAY IN ALEPPO, By an O.K.S. About 3 o'clock on a hot clearÂˇ skied afternoon in October, OUT ears were relieved from the monotonous rumblin g sound of the procession of four or fi ve more or less dilapid ated carriages, in one of which we were ensconced-by a sudden halt, and the cry of our charioteers, n H aleb ! Haleb ! 'J: and sti ckin g OUT heads out of the carriage windows, far away in a hollow before us, over the dry. brown, stony undulatin g country could be seen the distant houses and minarets of a city, with an acropolis in the middl e on whose steep shee r sides rose the walls of an old castle. A belt of g reenery seemed to surround the town, which was very refreshing after the dry du sty journey , during which we had seen littlc o r no verdure from th e time we left

SYRIA.

th e Amanus mo untains which surround Al exandretta, except by the banks of one or two small rivers which we had c rossed. The sight was all the more welcome as we had several halts that day at the cry of "'Ara min," which is the Arabic way of saying " Brigands."; On these occasions, the drivers and their attendant boys crowded round and conversed excitedly, while some mounted zaptichs with tattered remai ns of gay facin gs hanging on th ei r seedy uniform s, rode off over the brown fields to some neighbouring hill and surveyed the cou ntry. One cannot speak much too well of the sturdy way in which these police and the Turkish soldie rs, though un derpaid, or not paid at all, go and do their duty (I heard of oue old " zap" who was sent off by himself once

THE CANTUARIAN. to capture two or three brigand s in some mountains near the coast: the old chap simply did a s orde red, and eventually came back successful). We stopped for the two mid·day hours at a Khan (t'.e., a solitary wayside stable·yard, w.ell walled in for defence, and used as a restin g place for caravans and passengers), and while there the last carriage of our party whi ch hac! been delayed on the way dro ve up, bringing a man who had been wound ed t he day before by brigands in the neighbourh ood . So one had reaso n to ex pect to be waylaid by these gentry on that day; however, persons and purses escaped all right : and at 4 o'clock we rolled alo ng the white du sty road and entered the yellow-walled, few-windowed streets of Aleppo, then skirted along the plantations on the inside, an d along wa lls over-peered by fig and other trees, till we were landed at a hotel. This hotel where our quarters were to be pro. /em ., stood o n the out· skirts of the wealthier· Christian quarter: j ust beyond it, the road sloped down a sma ll steep to a st ream, beyond t he strea m Jay the bright .green belt of plantations, perhaps 100 yard s wide, which encircles the town: beyo nd t he greenery, rose the burnt-u p, brown, undulatio ns of the surrounding country. The hotel was com posed of a marbl e paved courtyard. lhickly and highly walled, o ne side with

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a strong iron bound door opening on the st reet, the two lo ng sides being given up to rooms, the fourt h bein g the outc r wall of a hall, which stood raised a bit above the court level, with rooms opening round it. In the mornings at various times, o ne wo uld hear the c ry II Sacchi s " -answered by a " Na'am" or "yes" fro m an Ann enian servi ng boy : then came I< Caffee " fro m the first speaker, followcd by " Sacchi s " ap pearing in the court and looking round to see who the speaker mig ht be . This coffee with dry toast kept us going till mid-dar. At mid-day the hotel inhabitants, consisting of a Scotch· man, an English man, a Constantinopoiitan, an Arab, ourselves. a nd later on the E ng lish man's wife, assembled for lunch. and again at 6.30 for dinner. The fourtirstmentioned were engaged in the Ottoman Bank at Aleppo : and all th e mornin g after they had gone to their business, the court was left quiet, under th e clear blue sky, except for occasional "oices and clatter of boots proceedin g from se rvant boys. or perhaps an Arabic argument betwee n some provision dealer and the hotel authorities, whi ch rose and rose in pitch till it hecame deafeni ng; all eastern argum ents seemi ng to be lost or won not by syllogisms, but by the power of the lun gs of either disputant. Outside, there was little or no noi se except for a n

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occasional street vendor's cry. During the day tim e we would visit the busie r scenes of the town, the bazaars with t heir narrow, dirty, stone-paved lanes, some arched with cloth on poles. others with \'ines, others with a stone arcade: their crowds of noisy buyers ,mel sellers, or quiet Nargileh-smoking Turks ~ itting down to a bargainin g match destined to last the whole afternoon: their strings of laden camels or donkeys pushin g along, regard less of people in the way; their stately, blanketed and hooded Arabs, Or groups of veiled womc!n; or again. we would vis it the Churches, Maronite, Sy rian , Armenian, Greek or Roman, or all. old J ewish synagogue. But goi ng about in the tow n th e n was not very advisable for foreigners, so we kept more to the outskirts, visiting some English and Scotch fri ends to whom we could get access by skirting round the town. In the afternoon when it was getting cooler, we would sit in th e court of the hotel playing backgammon, the uni ve rsal game, and smoking : or would call on Syrian friend s, who regaled us handsomely ( 12 courses at dinn er, if I remember right) : or would ride out on lovely Syrian horses, which galloped over stone strewn fields with wonderfu l sReed and accuracy of foot. So the days passed, endin g with a stroll up and down the court, und er the quiet

starlight, and then listening as one lay in a mosq nito- curtai ned bed to the sudd en bursts of near or distant canine yelping. The wolfish lean yellow dogs who lie about the streets all day are most excl usive gentry. If a strange dog appears he' gets scant mercy from the street proprietors: and t he yelping once begun is taken up all over th e town. In this particular October all was not jam. All sorts of wild rumours soon began spreading about the Armenian rising in Marash and Zeito un, which lay about 100 miles North. Soon from the East came wild reports, the Turks had risen against the Christians at Urfah, five days awayj 800 Christians had been killed th ere j next day report said 1,800, next day, a ll of them. Diarbekr, too, was said to be in a similar state, Kurds were plundering all caravans, massacres were going on at Birejik, two days away. At Beilan, a village through which we had passed, near the coast, 35 Christians had been kill ed. Havin g no authentic sources of information, everyone thought that the infection would spread t<? Aleppo, and arrangements were made among the English to resort if danger arose to the hotel, which could perhaps be defended well for some tim e: and accordingly we looked to our arms, and to the points of vantage for defence.

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One day, sudden news came that the reserves were to be called out to march to Zeitoun against the Armenians. They were rapidly collected, uniformed, armed, and sent off on four consecutive days. The Commander in Chief took care to send off earliest the wildest lot of Moslems, for he was a man who was desirous, if possible, to avoid any di sturban ces, and in fact offered protection to some of OUT friends, should any riot occur. Hearing a band about 2 o'clock one afternoon, we went up to t he flat house top, and saw a fine sight. Outside the plantations, the troops were marching along, accompanied by long crowd s of their friends and relatives: women, boys, and old men, all in their bright clothes; some on donkeys, some waving palm branches. They filed on, then struck along a road over the brown undu lations, and turned round a hill, and so passed out of sight, but it was long before the last had disappeared. Sitting on the roof, under that blazing sun, reflex ions were not very pleasant just then, nor for the next three days j for that time all christian shops were closed. It was naturally expected that the mob of attendants and relatives we had seen marching out with the troops, would return at evening, and be only too glad to get a little fnn out of the Christians, and especially the

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Europeans, agai nst whom, including ourselves, sundry oaths and spittings had frequently lately been directed, and who were accused in the mosques of being largely the cause of the Armenian rising. T he news of the Sultan's acceding to the European demands, had also made us an eye-sore to true-spirited rVloslems. That evening while we were at dinner in the hotel, the proprietor came in hurriedly and stooping down by the Scot, excitedly gave an account of all. event which had just taken place in the town. A mob of 3,000 Moslems had returned in the evening from escorting out the troops : and had proceeded elt masse towards the Bab-EIFarflg, leading into the town, cryi ng out against the Christians, and threatening mischief. The Commander of the Troops had, however, met them there, detained th em for half-an-hour in parley, while sending up word to the citadel to the soldiers to come down armed. When they had come down, he ordered them to present arms at the crowd, a nd then bade the latter disperse quietly, which the)' quickl), did. So the days passed: every time we Europeans met one another, the question was,."what news? ": and I have heard that even up till March (perhaps even up till no\V) the anxiety had not diminished, and that was still the question. Some comfort was

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felt when it was reported (falsely however), were loud in their praise of the Comthat English men-or-war were at Alex- mandant, whose vigilance seems to have anrlretta, 100 miles off! It came natural been extraordinary. Travelling further into Asia, being to gloze over bad ne w,s , and even to unadvisable, if not impossible fo r some 1m"ent better ones in order not to make the ladies among us too anxio us for their time to come, we sadly repacked our child ren . In the moonlight nights the baggage and drove back to the coast, sudde n yelping of the canine community doing 60 miles in one day, 40 the next: wou ld make one sit up and liste n for a ny halting at Khan s for mid-day and night. and startin g in the morning under th e sounds as of riotin g. sta r-l ight. It was rather a disap pointment One Saturday afternoon, some of our to look down when we reached the Syrian Bank friends who had gone in to town for their business, came back unexpectedl y gates, /. e., the pass over the mountains saying that a mob was beginning work in East of Alexandretta, and not to see any the town. Some excitement ens ued, and men-of-war lying there i them had been women, men and girls stood outsi de their so me co nfidence given us in Aleppo by doors in the dusty street, waiti ng for the mIllOttl' that our men-of-war were messengers from the town. After a time there: one didn't thus feel quite so cut some came up from that way, not knowing off from England and K.S.C . I since heard that after we left in anyth ing of a di sturbance; wh ile others November, the re we re two morc attempts brought rum ours of massacring having at a risi ng, but that they were again begun. Later word came again that the The above account may Comrnander had again been on the spot suppressed. with his soldiers, and had checked the hclp to show what the feelings and outb reak in time. So things quieted down ci rcum sta nces have been of others who again, and backgammon began as usual have 110/ lived" to te ll the tale." O.K.S. in the court towards evening. People

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CRI C KE T . KING'S SCHOOL v. REV. L. H. EVANS' XI. This match was played on the Beverley on Tuesday, May 12th, and resul ted in a win fo r the School by 21 runs and five wickets. Mr. Evans \\'o n the toss and sent in R. C. Ramsay and Twyman to face Touhnin and Skinner. The start was disastrous, for in Skinner's first over a couple of good catc hes by Hart-Davies, at extra slip, got rid of Ramsay and Guest, and with only five on the board Godfrey was snapped at the wicket. Hirst and T wyman put a better look on the game as they took the score, by carefu l play, to 39. when Valpy caught and bowled Twym.an. Hirst and W'illiams followed with six more rllns added. Mr. H odgson then gave us a relniniscence of his old hitting powers, a nd out of 46 for the next wicket he sec ured 34 in a very short time before he played a ball into his wickets. No one else st:tyed very long. except M r. Evans himself, and with his downfall the inni ngs closed for J 32, T oulmi n doing most damage with fo ur wickets for 56 . The School se nt in Athawes and Wac her to open the innings, and a fair start was made, 27 appearing before Athawes was given out for obstruction . Toulmin followed an d made matters lively, for out of the 37 put on for the: second wicket, he scored all but four. his 33 only containing two singles. After his departure ca m ~ the longest stand of the innings, both Hart-Davies and ' ·Vacher playing very well, and the score was raised by good, if somewhat slow, cricket to I 18, when 'Vacher was run out after compiling an excellent innings of 44-his first appearance for the School this year being most promising. Thrce runs later, Hart-Davies was caught, but Skinner and Cla rke hit off the remaining rlln s and carried the sco re to J 83, when Skinner was bowled after a vigorous innings, and with the downfall of his wicket stump s were drawn, and the first match of the season end ed in a victory for the School as stated above. REV. L. H . EVAN S' ELEvgN. R. C. Ramsay, cHart-Davies, b Skinner G. T wyman, c & b Valpy Eo P. Guest, c Har1·Davies, b Skinner P. Godfrey, c B elmore, b T Ol1 lmin H . D. Hirst, b T oulmin Rev. R. G. H odgwl1, b C larke I". F. S. Williams, b Toulmin C. E . Harris, 110t out II. Barnes, Ibw., b Clarke. C. W. Bell, b T oulmin Rev. L. H. Evans, b Fenn Extras T otal

KI NG'S SC HOOL

5 '3 34 5

... 21 o 7 II

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A. S. Athawes, Ibw., b Guest T. B. \Vacher, run out .. . E. l\f. Touhnin, c Hirst, b Ram say. 1. B. H an·Davies, c Guest, b Hirst... C. M. Skinner, b Guest C. H . Cla rke, not out C. H. Bodington } G. C. Valpy R. M. H clmorc did no1 bat. A. J. Fenn C. F. Nicholas Extras

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44 ..~ 33 .. , J7 ... 17

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RE V,

L. H. EVANS' XI.

E. M. Toulmill C. M. Skinner G. e. Valpy .. A. J. Fenn .0.

24 8 8

56 22 19 14 16

J.<

C. H. Clarke

KING'S

2 â&#x20AC;˘0 6

SC HOOL v. M. C.C.

On the 4th of June we played the M .C.C., who sent down a very good side of men. Toulmin as usual lost the toss, a nd the School took the fi eld, Capt. D'Aeth and Latham openi ng the batti ng. At 13 Latham put up a ball from Toulmin which Nicholas had no difficulty in securing. Benton arrived and the score mounted slowly, but steadily, thf' new-comer making some beautiful cuts. Runs, however, were hard to get as the bowling was good, an d the fielding exceedingly smart. At 53, Toulmin got a good one past D' Aeth who had made 25; H earne who came next, meant business, makin g a splendid hit off Skinner for 7; in jumping out, however, to one of TOlllmin's he was easily caught at cover. Benton soon afterwards was the victim to a fine catch on the leg side by Nicho las, having compiled 42 by correct cricket. Rammell and F ull alove made a long stand for the fifth wicket, the form er playing most attractive cricket, though he was badly missed at the wicket almost before h e had scored : his cutting was the feature of the innings. Brown, Manners-Smith and Butt all knocked up a few, and the M.C.C. declared somewhat unne cessaril}' with ten wickets down . Skinner's analysis read best at th e close with five wickets for 64. The tearn may be certainly congratulated on th eir field ing, whi ch was very good, and on getting a strong side out on a first-rate wicket fo r a moderate sco re. Skinner and Valpy opened in defence to the bowling of Hearne and Brown. T he latter was pitching them short for catches behind the wicket, and he soon gained his object, as Skinner was snapped by Butt with lion th e board . Valpy and Toulmin carried the score to 32, when the last-named was beate n by H earne. Afte r th is, wickets fe1l rather quickly, several members of the team getting bowled by balls of H earne's, which looked suspiciously like hal f-volleys. Time came with the score at 66 for six, so that we wcre left with considerably the worst of the draw. Valpy's innings was distinctly creditable, and he made some very nice cuts. The batting, though not so good as it should have been, did not actually fail, and was made up for hy excellence in the field. In every way the game was satisfactory. 12

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Full score and analysis : M.e.e. Capt. L. N. 1-1. D'Aeth, b Touhnin A. M. Latham, c Nicholas, b Touhllin C. H. Benton, c Nicholas, b VaJpy H earne (G. G.), c HartÂˇDavies, b Toulm in J. O. Fullalove, c \Vacher, b Skinner A. \\T. Rammell , c Athawes, b Skinner Brown (S. ), c \Vacher, b Skinner .. . ... . .. T. E. Bligh, b Skinner... I-I. D. Lilliewood, c Nicholas, b H an -Davies Capt. J. l\'f anners-Smilh , c Valpy, h Skinner ... ... .. BUll, not out ... J r. Thornton, not Ollt Ext ras ... Total

( 10

25 2

42 18

27 37 20 5 9

29 14 I

wickets)

* Innings declared closed. KING'S SCHOOL.

G. C. Valpy, b Hearne ... C. M. Skinner, c Bull, b Brown E. 1\'l. TOllimin, b Hearne I. B. H art-Davies, b H earne R. M. H elmore, b Hearne A. S. Athawes, b Hearne C. II. Clarke, not Ollt C. H. Bodington T. B. \Vacher A. J. Fenn ~did not bat . C. F. Nicholas H. P. Austen Extras.

26 5 10 4

o 10

1 J

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l\'I. C.C.

E. 1\1. T oulmin C. 1\I. Skinner ... G. C. Valpy A. J. F enn I. B. Hart-Davies

26 20 13 3 4

4 4 0 '0

77 64 51 17 20

3 5 I

Sk inner, Vnlpy and Fenn each bowled a wide. KING'S SCHOOl"

Hearne Brown ... C. I-I. Benton

o. 19 16 2

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10 7

23 31 5

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KING'S SCHOOL v. C. O. S. This match was played on the Beverley on J une 9th, and resulted in an easy victory for the School on the fi rst inn ings ,by I7 3 r UllS . The C.O.S. won the toss, but adopted the risky policy of putting us in, with poor results as subsequent events showed. Skin ner a nd Valp)' opened the batting fo r us, and an excellent start was made, both hitting freely and well, and in spite of bowling cha nges the half-century was soon tel egraphed, but at 75 the first \~ i c ket fell,. Va lp)' b?i ng clean bowled ~Y Alban in tl,1c latter's first over fo r a hard-hi t 36, whi ch co nsisted of a 4, four 3 s, and len 2 s. T oulmin joined Skinn er, and another long stand ensued, the bow l i ~ g bein~ hi t all ovt:r the field, and it was not until the score was f 56 that the partnershIp was chssolvcd by a catch at mid-on whi ch sent back Touimi n, who had played a useful innings of 33, which incl uded three 3'5 and seven 2'S. At the same total Ski nn er was also sent back for a good in ni ngs of 73 , made .in his best style, wh ich incl ud.ed one 5, three 4'5, four 3'5, and twelve 2'S. After tillS a colla pse ensued. Fenn qmckly knocked up ' 4, and Athawes made , 0 but the seve nth wi cket fell at , 89 . Then H elmore and 'Vacher mad e a stand for the ~ighth wi cket. and by som ewh ~t slow cricket the score was taken to 225 when Evallson clean bowled B elmore. a nd wIth 17 added the same bowler got rid of Rodington and Nicholas in successive balls, an d the innings closed for 242, ' Vacher carrying out his bat for a patient ly compiled 20. Of the fi ve bowl ers tried Evanso n can1e out best with three wickets for 34. The C.O.S. started their innings with Dodd and Evanso n. The latter hit out, but after qui ckly getting 14 Skinner sent his m~ddle stump flying out ot t1~e groll.nd, whilst T oulmin in the next over clean bowled SWIft. At 27 a catc h at t he Wi cket disposed of Dodd and then five more wickets went for the addition of 12 runs, Nicholas securing two victims and Valp>, another. Edwards and Francis hi t out pluckily, and caused Valpy to supersede Skinner, and in t he new .bo,,:ler's first over he clea n b.ow~ ed Fral1~is, and with nin e nm s added a neat catch at slip di sposed of Edwards, the lIlIlmgs closlllg for the total of 69 . Valpy's two wickets only cost four run s, Skinn er's three costing 24, whilst TOlllmin sec ured the remaini ng five for 38. KI NG'S SC HOOl..

G. C. Valpy, b Alb:m C. 1\1. Skinner, h Pink. E. :\1. Toulmin. c Smallwood, b Francis A. J. Fenn, c Dodd, b Frnncis J. B. Hart. Davies, b Pink A. S. Athawes. c and b Pink ... C. H. Clarke, b Francis R. M. H clmore, b Evansoll T. B. \Vacher, not Ottt .. C. 1-1. Bodington, c and b Evan son C. F. Nicholas, b E wmson E xtras T otal .

36 73 33

5 '7 20 7 o

c.o.s.

R. D odd, c Nicholas, b T ou lmin E. L. Evanson, b Skinncr G. M. Swirl, b T ou ll1lin I G. Y. Sma llwood, b T oulmin. J. Alban , c Nicholn s, b Skinner . F. C. DUllcnn, c Vnlpy, b Toulmin 1 H. S. Pink , c Nicholas, b T oulmin H. T. Robinson, b Skinner ... H . T. Edwards, c TOlL imin, b Valpy ... n. j\ . Francis, b Va lp), .. C. H olderness, not Ollt ... Extras

Tota l ..

'4 o

8 4 o o 3

10 1

3 69

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C.O.S. E. M. Toulmin C. M. Skin ncr G. C. Val p)'

KI NG'S SC HOOL. O.

3 5

KI NG'S

2,,

5 H . S. Pink . 3 C. H olderness 2 B. A. Francis

SCHOOL v.

E. L. Evanson J. Alban

SUTTON

...

2 2 3 4 5

64 23 65 34 27

11'3

2 0

3 3 2

VALENCE .

Owing to our opponents having measles in the School, we could not g? lip to Sutton in the ordinary course of eve nts, so the matc h was played on Blore's Piece on a slow wi cket. T oulmin having won the toss, adopted the ri sky policy of putting Sutton in to bat, but the move proved thoroughly successful as t her were all di smissed fot 4 1, the only two to m ak~ any show being Hurlbatt who batted very patiently, a nd Apthorpe. Skinn er bowled splendidly, as his analysis shews. The wicket had not improved much when we went in, a nd we did not start promisingly, Smith beating Skinn er with 7 on th e board. Toulmin did not improve matters, being well caugh t at mid -on off the second ball he received. \;Vacher and Helmore made no show, and with 4 wickets gone for J 5 run s, we looked like being beaten. Clarke and Va lpy, however, made a stand, and by plucky cricket carried the score to 32, when Clarke was sent back by Dav ison. \ÂĽith Athawes in, the question was put beyond doubt as the score stood at 49, before the Sutton Captain easily caught and bowled Valpy for an invaluable innings of 22, whi ch though not an altogether faultl ess or fi nished display, come at a time when run s were badly wanted: The innings closed for 75, leaving us 34 to the good . Smith made t he bes t use of the difficult wicket and secured six wickets for 25. Such good progress had been made with the ma tch that there still remained nearly an hour acd three quarters to play, when Sutton went in a second time. Though the wicket was bad, no one was prepared for th e collapse that followed, the whol e side being dismi ssed for 27 runs, out of which Paine made nine. Touhnin and Skinner proved unplayable, and bowled un changed, the former taking five wickets for 10 run s, and the latter four for q . \Ve were thus left winners by an inni ngs and seven runs. Thus ended a very low scoring match. It is worthy of note that T oulmin and Skinner bowled un changed through both Sutton's innings, with th e exception of one maiden over, bowled by Valpy in the first innings. To him and to 'he two bowlers named belong the credit of a most decisive and sati sfactory win.

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Full score and analysis:2nd Innings.

SUTTON VALENCE.

1st Innings.

3 c Wachel', b TOlilmin 5 c Nicholas, b Skinner ... 6 b Skinner I b Sk inner 2 run out . .. I b Toulmin o b T Ol1lmin ... 12 C Fenn, b Toulmin 5 b Skinner o b TOl1lmin a not out . . . . .. 6 Leg-bye I , no·balls

H. G. Smith, b T Ol1lmin ." R. H\lrlbatt, b Skinner F. Paine, nm out ". ". ". S. Curgeven, c Valpy, b Skinner .. . C. C. Davison, b Skinner ." .. . I}. T. Oyler, b Skinner .. F. J. H. Danon, b Sk inner S. G. AI'thorpe, c Athawes, h Toulmin ... F. B. T lOrnhilt, b Sk inner ... . L. J. Sheathe r, not out H. C. Baker, b Toulmin Byes 5, no-ball I T otal

2 0

9 0 6 3 0 0

.. ,

3 3

T otal.. .

... 41

KI NG'S SC HOOL. C. i\:1. Sk in ner, b Smith .. . G. C. Va lpy, c and b Davison E. l\I. Toulmin , c Thornhill, b Smith T. B. 'Vacher, c Oyler, b Smith R. M. Helmore, c Oyler, b Smith C. H. Clarke, b Davison ... A. S. Athawes, c Hurlball, b Smith I. B. Hart-Davies, b Paine ... A. J. Fenn, b Smith H. P. H . Austen, not out C. F. Nicholas, nm Ollt ... Extras-byes, 7 : leg-byes, 2; no balls, I

o 1

2 II II

o 5 9 10

T otal A NALYSIS OF BOWI.I1'\G . SUTTON VA/'ENCI~ . - I S t

E. iV[. T oulm in .. . C. M. Skinner .. .

G. C. Valp),

SU'n ON VAI.ENCI~ . - 2n tl

Innings. M.

\V.

3 6 a

E. M. TOlilmin C. ~.[. Skinner

KI NG'S SCHOO l.. H. G. Smith F. Paine C. G. Davison S. Curgeven

Innings.

5 4

11'4

14·3

7 6

25 24 12

9 3

2 0

THE CANTUARIAN. KING'S SCHOOL v.

DOVER COLLEGE.

This match was played at Dover on June 17th, and resulted in a win for the School by 3q runs. The College were sent in to bat by Toulmin, who opened the attack with Skinner to Mellor and Vickery. Runs came fairly fast from the start, hut the cricket was distinctly lucky. Valpy superseded Skinner, and th e change at once worked, Mellor obstructing his wicket with the total at 35, while at 54 the same bowler sent down Stone's stumps. At 60, Vickery left for the top score of the side. After this, Valpy carried all before him, and the innings closed for 81, a much smaller total than at one time seemed probable. Valpy howled splendidly in I I overs, taki ng eight wickets for 16 n1l1s. Rai n delayed play for a time, but when it stopped, Skinner and Valpy began our in nings. vVe made. none too promising a start, the second named playing on at J2. Toulmin and Skinner carried the score to 44, when 'I'oulmin letting out at Blair was yery well taken at cover. Skinner left at 49 for a lucky innings of 2 J. C. H. Clarke, Athawes, B elmore, and Nicholas did nothing, and when eight wickets were down we wanted one run to equal our opponents sco re. H . B. Clarke, however, put t he matter beyond doubt by hitting the second ball he received for four. After his departure, Fenn hit in very vigorous styl e, makin g 33 (28 of which were made in 4~ S) , before foolishly running himself out ; while Bodington stayed in for half-an-hour for one run. vVacher, it should be mentioned, contributed a very userul 23, and received his colours arter th e match. The innings closed for 120, leaving li S winners as stated above. Full score and analysis :KING'S

DOVER COLLEGE. 'Mellor, lbw., b Valpy C . A. Vickery, b Valpy R. J. Stone, b Valpy F. S. Madden, b Valpy P. S. Hall , b Touhnin S. Nix, b Valpy W. J. Dixon, c Nicholas, b Valpy N . L. SalOW, not out ... G. E . IHarley, b Valpy A. l\'[cC lure, b Valpy J. E . Blair, c Skinner, b Toulmin Extras

... 20

5 ...

0 I

7 o o o II

. .. 81

Total

M. Skinner, b Blair ... M. Toulmin, c McClure, b Blair .. B. "Vacher, h Vickery ... H. Clarke, b Vicker), .. ' S. Athawes, b Blair ... M. Hehnore, c i\'[ ellor, b Vickery H. Bodington, not out ... C. F. Nicholas, b Vickery .. H. B. Clarke, c McClure, b Vickery A. J. Fenn, nm out EXlras

E. M. Touhnin

G. C. VaJpy ...

C. ::\f. Skinner

3 3 2

42 16

W. 2

8 0

6 1

o 6 ". 33

120

Total

BOWLING ANALYSIS: M.

7 21 14 23

C. E. T. C. A. R. C.

DOVER COLLECE. O. 16

SCHOOl ..

C. C. Vnlpy, b Blair

C. Mellor J. E. Blair W. J. Dixon A. McClure G. A. Vickery G . E. Marley

KING'S SCHOOL. O.

6 21 3

6 0

0 0

THE

23 0

KING'S

CANTUARIAN .

SCHOOL Âˇ v. WALMER

GARRISON.

This match was played on the St. Lawrence Ground on June 23rd, and after one of t he most exciting finishes we have had for so me years, resulted in a victory for the School by five wickets. Our opponents batted first, and after Capt. Raitt had quickly hit up 9 he skied one to Clarke at third man and retired with the score 13 . Valpy bowled Sykes at the same total. and at 24 disposed of KcightIf'y who had scored 12 by pa!ient play. \Villiams and Capt. Hobbs took the score to 44 [or 4, and Lieut. Phillips was caught by Badington ofr Toulmin at 63. After this Skinner and Toulmin quickly finished off the inni ngs which realized 88, Capt. Hobbs carrying out his bat for an extremely useful inni ngs of 32. Toulmin bore the brunt of the attack, and secured 5 for 5 I, Skinn er ge~ting 3 for 3 I . Our innings opened in a manner more remarkable than pleasant. Skinner and Valpy sco red 8 for the first wicket, when Skinner was bowled for 2, Toulmi n ran himself out without sco ring, and Clarke was bowled at the same total. Valpyand B elmore both retired at 10, and at luncheon we had actually lost five wickets for twice that number of runs. After the interval, ':Vacher and Athawes took the score to 22, when the fortner got his leg in front. Fenn retired at 25 without scoring, but Bodington helped to take the score to 37 before following VI/acher's example. Clarke made 9 and theIl was badly run out, and Athawes, who had up to now seemed the only batsman not completely demoralized, !';uffered the same fate, and the innings closed for the score which, considering the wicket, was utterly incomprehensible, of 49 . Athawes made 20 when runs were badly wanted, and was unfortunate in his dismissal. Capt. Hobbs took 5 wickets for 20. On the Garrison opening their second innings, a good stand was made for the first wicket, and the score was 27 before Capt. Raitt was finely caught in the long-field by Belmore for IS, three 4'S and a 3. Keightley was caught and bowled by Toulmin at 35, and Lieut. Phillips was out in the same manner at 38. Sykes again failed, but 'Villiams scored 10 and Capt. Hobbs 8, 6 wickets being down for SQ. Toulmin, however, got three wickets in his last two overs, and the innings closed for 64. Toulmin bowled in his be!';t fo rm, and secured 7 wickets for on ly 25 runs, while Valpy took 3 for 1'7' The School required 104 to win aild had only an hour and a quarter to bat, so that the issue seemed by no means certain. Toulmin and Clarke went in first, and runs carne very fast until Clarke was bowled at 27, of which he had made 6. Fenn bagged a brace," but Skinn er helped Toulmin to take the score to 52, when the latter was bowled in trying to hit a fourth co nsecutive 4. His 36 was a most vigorous innings and included seven 4'S. Skinner and Helmore soon placed the issue beyond doubt, and took the score to 95 before the latter was yorked by Keightley for I I. H. B. Clarke only scored I, but Nicholas stayed while Skinner made the winning hit, and left us victorious, as stated, ten minutes before time. Skinner played a forcing game (I

THE CANTUARIAN.

23 1

with great success, and his innings of 45 included three S's, two 4'5, and six 3's. To Toulmin's batting and bowling and Skinner's batting we entirely owe the result of the match . The fielding of the School was good, especially in the second inni ngs. Full score and analysis: 1st Innings. \VALMF.R Capt. Raitt, e C. H. Clarke, b Toulmin ... Mr. Kcightley, b Valpy ... Pte. Sykcs, b Valpy Pte. Williams, e C. H. Clarke, b Toul min Capt. Hobbs, not out .. . . Licut. Phillips, e Bodington, h TOlllmin Sergt. Elliugham, b Skmnel' Licut. Harris, b Toulmin ... Ptc. Brooks, c and b Toulmin Pte. Callum, b Skinner Pte. Jones, c H el more, b Skinner Bye I, Leg-bye I

A. C. H. C.

o o 3 3 o 2

2nd I nnings.

K. S.

1St Innings.

o 10 8

Total

... 88

T otal

C. G. E. C. T. R.

2nd Innings. GARRI SON. 9 c Helmore, b Valpy 12 c and b TOllhnin o b Toulmin 14 b Valpy 32 b Toulmin 10 c and b Touhnin I bToulmin I b T oulmin 4 not out o Ibw, b Valpy 3 c and h Toulmin 2 Leg.byes 2

2 not O\lt 6 o b Raiu o b Raitt

M. Skin ner, b H obbs

C. Valpy, b Hobbs i\-I. T oulmin , nm out H. Clarke, b Raitt B. Waeher, lbw, b Raitt M. H el more, c Phillips, b Hobbs S. Athawes, run out J. Fcnn, b H obbs H. Bodington, lbw, b Hobbs ... B. Clarke, nm out F. Nicholas, not out Byes 2, Leg-bye I

45 36 6

7 o b Keightley

... 11

o e H obbs, b Raitt 2

9 e Phillips, b Raiit

o not out .. . Bye I, Leg·byes 5 3

Total

... 49

... 107

BOWLING ANALVSIS. 2nd Innings.-Wi\LMER GARRISON. 1st Innings,-WAI.MER G,\RRISON. E. M. 'l'oulmin ... G. C. Valpy C. !vr. Skinner

2 3 3

51 22 13

I I. J 9 1st Innings.-K.S.

Capt. Raitt Capt. Hobbs

5 2 3

E. M. TOlllmin G. C. Vnlpy C. M. Skinner

i\I.

14. 1

8 0

• R.

\\' .

25 17 20

7 3 0

••52

2nd Innings.-K. S.

14·3

7 7

26 20

2 5

Capt. Raitt Capt. Hobbs Mr. Keightley

7 3

35 13

23 2

THE

CANTUARIAN.

KING'S SCHOOL v. ST.

LAWRENCE

C. C.

The St. Lawrence match has often: proved a /JUe-l1oir to the School, and this year was no exception to the rule. as we JU.et with defeat to the extent of r 16 mns. The n~argin against us was materially increased by mistakes in the field, Joyce being gIven no less than three lives in his 49. two of which occurred before his score reached double figures, while a catch at the wicket was given in the batsman's favour before scoring. -. The match was played on June 25th. Toulmin won the toss and put our opponents in on a slow wicket, which grew treacherous as the day advanced. Captain D'Aeth began hitting at the outset, while I-lards kept up his wicket, but with 24 on the board Toulmin beat the latter with a slow yorker: the outgoing batsman's share was only a single. Easby came in and made one or two good cuts, but was dismissed by a half volley from Skinner at 49. Hunt and D'Aeth soon followed, the Âˇlatter having played a dashing innings of 37, including a 4 and six 3's j he was b~aten several tirnes by Toulmin, but gave no actual chan ce. ' ÂĽith four good WIckets down for 56, the School's prospect looked very fair, and had it not been for the .mistakes in the field already referred to the score of 189 might have been conSiderably reduced. Joyce, after surviving an appeal for a catch at the wicket, put up a~ easy ch,mce to Valpy at slip, which was not accepted, while a little later Fenn ht mid -on gave him another life; not content with this, Skinner missed the batsman from a lofty hit at mid-ofr, after which his career was terminated by Toulmin taking him in the same place off Skinner's bowling. Joyce had hit a 4, and ten 3's. Ramsay made some good hits, and was well taken by Toulmin at mid-off from a hard drive. ,;\,7illiams and Hodgson gave further trouble. the latter especially showing a partiality to half volleys from Valpy : the total reached 189, the last wicket having put on 34, of which Hodgson scored 24, and '\' illiam.s J2 not ont. Toulmin had bowled extremely well before lunch, but was less succcssful afterwards, but seven wickets for 85 was a very creditable performance, bearing in mind that several catches were dropped off his bowling. Skinner secured three for 59, but Valpy was expensive and unsuccessful. The innings of the School was not remarkab le fo r many striking features. Skinner and Valpy opened to the bowl ing of Ramsay and Easby, each of whom made full use of a tricky wicket. Skinner made a few good hits to leg off Ramsay's slows, but at 27 Valpy hit wicket and was bowled by one from Easby. and 12 later Skinner was easily caught by Harris for a plucky effort of 22 . The remainder of the innings was simply a procession to and from the stumps, no one succeed ing in reaching double figures. Allowing for the state of the wicket, and it was far from easy, the fall of ~ight wickets for 34 runs was extremely disappointing. Ramsay's slow breaks go ing away were fatal to many, no one seeming able to time or get over the ball. He secured six wickets for 36, while Easby took the remainder for 19. Following on in a minority of 116, Bodington and T ouhnin opened the second innings; a succession of long hops from Hunt were treated by Touhnin as they deserved, who after securing 18 out of 20 in a few

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233

l1~inutes fell to ~ trimmer fr~)lll the same b?wler" Valpy's first ball was straight and dId not come In conta,ct wIth the bat, whIle Skmner succumbed for a cipher with the score unaltered. Bodlllgton played carefully and well for his 7, and after the fall of the fourth wIcket at 40. Helmore and \;Vacher contrived to keep up their stumps and play out time. Score and analysis :ST. !..·AWRENCE.

Capt. L. N. H. O'Acth, b T Oll lmin C. E. Harris. b TO\llmin ...

•

Easby. b Skinner .. . F . Hunt, c Wacher, b Toulmin

G. Twyman, b Touhnin '" ". H. J oyce, c TOlllmin. b Skinner ...

27 5

R. C. Ramsay, c Toulmin, b Skinner E . Fagge, c Wacher, b Toulmin Rev. F. F. S. Williams, not out .. H. Barnes, c Nicholas, b Tmlimin ... ." Rev. R. G. Hodgson, c C. H. Clarke, b Toulmin

'2o

... 24

Byes

5 ... 189

T otal KING 'S SCHOOL

G. C. Valpy, hit wkt, b Eo.sby ... C. J\L Skinner, c Harris, b Ramsay T. B. Wacher, c and b Eashy ... R. M. Belmore, c D'Aeth, b Ramsay E. M. Toulmin, Ibw, b Ramsay . ., C. H. Clarke, c Barnes, b Ramsn}' H. B. Clarke, c and b Easby ... A. S. Athawes, b Easby ... . .. A. l Fenn, c Joyce, b Ramsay ... C. t. Nich?i::Is, st Barnes, b Ramsay C. H. Bodmgton, not out... . .. Byes 14, leg· byes 3, wide 1

b Hunt

not Ollt

o o 7 6

22 c and b Hunt 6 not out ... 3 b Hunt ...

5 3 3 2

4 o 18

Total

...

b Easby ... . .. Byes 6, leg· byes 2

Total (4 wickets)

7 8

BOWLING AN/\LYSI S.

ST. LAWRENCE. E . M. Touimin G. C. Valpy C. M. Skinner KING' S SCHOOL.-Ist

R. C. Ramsay J. Easby

o. '5·4

Innings. M.

KING'S

w. 6 4

F. Hunt.

Easby.

AI.

33·'

85 40

w. 7 2 o '5 20 6 3 59 SCHOOL.--2nd Innings.

o. 13 12

5 6

25 13

THE

'34

CANTUARIAN.

KING'S SCHOOL v. ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, ELTHAM. This match was played on the Beverley on June 30th, and resulted in a decisive victory for the School by an innings and J 10 runs. For this victory we have to thank T oulmin and Valp)" who between them took all the wickets and made 176 runs. Eltham wo n the toss and sent in Barnet and Maeers to face Toulmin and Valpy. The start was disastrous, for in his second over TOlllmin cleaned bowled 1\II aeers at 4. Ridings followed, but he was never comfortable and Valpy bowled him off his pads at II , whilst Barnet, who had previously been missed by Clarke at slip, was caught off Toulmin at 17. and Valpy bowled H erbert at 23 . No one made much of a stand, except Cocq and Heath, and the innings was closed by a very smart catch left-handed at point by Athawes. Touhnin got 5 wickets for 32 runs, and Valpy the other 5 for 27· The School started batting after the luncheon interval with Skinner and Valpy. Runs came very fast, both batsmen hitting out vigoro usly, whilst the bowlers were handicapped by having a wet ball to bowl with. \¥ith the total at 53 Herbert went on, and in his first over Skinner was out. his 24 including three +'s and three 3'S. Toulmin came in and a long partnership ens ued, the bowling being hit a ll over the field, Toulmin scoring conside rably faster than his partner. In spite of many bowling changes the sco re was increased to 187 wh en Valpy, in playing back, had th e misfortune to hit his wickets. H e had played very good cricket for his runs, though his innings was marred by a chance early in his innings, and another at 55. His hits included one 5. fOllr 4'S, and eleven 3'S. vVith \ry'acher in, Toulmin soon completed his century and the innings was declared closed just after with the total at 2 I? for two wickets. Toulmin's fine innings was absolutely faultless, and when he got set he hit with great power all rOllnd the wicket, and amongst his strokes were two 6's, three 5'S, three 4'S an d tweh'e 3's. On Eltham going in again they made an even worse show than before, Valpy's bowling being too much for the majority, in fact, only Barnet seemed to be able to do anyth ing with him at all, and when he was dismissed by a good catch by Athawes, the innings soon came to an end for 47. leaving us victoriolls as above stated. Valpy bowled splendidly, getting 5 wickets for only 6 runs. I t is worth noting that Nicholas did not allow a single bye in either innings. 1st Innings. ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL. 2nd Innings. L. Barnelt, c Valpy, b TOlllmin 4 c Athawcs, b Toulmin ... C. A. i\faeers. b Toulmin ... ... 4 b Toulmin A. W. G. Ridings, b Valpy 6 Ibw, b Valpy S. Herbert, b Valpy ... 5 b Toulmin G. V. Rayment, b Valpy ... 4 run out E. C. Ogle, c and h Tou lmi n 5 b Valpy .. G. A. R. Cocq, c Hart·Davies, b Toulmin 14 b Valpy ... H. D. Black, b Vnlpy ... ..... 5 c Athawes. b Valpy L. V. James, b Valpy 0 b Valpy ... W. R. H eath, not out .. ' I I C and b T oulm in J. H. Robinson. c Athawes, h Touhnin ... 1 not out ... Leg·byes No-balls ...

Total

". 60

Total

o o o 5

o o

, 2

T HE

CANTUARIAN.

KING'S

'35

SCHOOl ..

C. M. Skinner, b Herbert G. C. Valpy, hi t wicket, h James E. M. Toulmin, not out .. . T . .B. ,",Vacher. not out .. . 1. B. Hart-Davies A. S. Athawes C. H. BOdington H. P. H. Austen did not bat. C. H. Clarke P. I-I. Colley C. F. Nicholas Extras

24 74

10'

Total (2 wkIS.)

"7 1l0WI.IN(;

1st Innings.-RoYAT. NAVAL SCHOOL.

E. 1\1. Toulmin ... G. C. Vatpy C. M. Sk inner

23 21

10 9

32 27 o

w. 5 5 0

A!\'ALYSIS. 21Vl Innings.-Ro\' AL NAVAL SCllooL. G. C. Valpy C. M. Skinner ... E. l\f. Toulmin .

6 3

6 17

5 o

8 9'2

KING'S SCHOOl ..

H . D. Black

C. V. Rayment .:: S. H erbert ... A. W. G. Rid ings G. A. R. Cocq .. , W. R. Heath E. C. Ogle L. V. James

KING'S

o. 7

0 0

31 ,6 31

0 0 0 0

6 5 4

SCHOOL v.

CAVALRY

0 0

DEP6T.

Played on the Deptlt G~ound . on July 2nd. Victory rested with us by 73 runs, but taken all round our battll1g dtsplay was somewhat disappointing. Allowing for ~he state of the wi.cket, which was not by any l~ ean.s perfect, several balls getting up ttl da.ng~rous fasluon, a total of 1 24 was deCidedly weak. Toulmin played a really ~n~ Intuogs of 50, but no one else reached 20. Skinner and Valpy opened our Int~~lgS, and by s~eady play the .score was taken to 20 before Ski nner played too soon f~.. . . . ne of Parker s and was eaSIly caug,ht and bO\vl~d. T oulmi n followed, a nd played 'Hth confidence f:om the ~rst. Parker s fast bowling met with considerable punishment,. two fine dnves for SiX ~nd five ~eing especially noticeable. Valp)' fell a victim to Ohver at 54. the second wI.cket havlIl.g put on 34. !oul min was still going strong, and brought about a change 111 the attack 'py three tunes hitting Parker for four in

THE

CANTUARIAN .

succession' the separation however came from the other end, a capital ball from Oliver dis~issing Toulmin immediately after reaching his 50. His hits inc~uded it 6, two 5'S, four 4'S, and three 3'S. \\Tith 8 I on the board, and only three wickets O'one, a creditable score seemed in prospect. But with the score unallcred \Vacher ~as bowled by Gill after batting a considerable time for two, and six later H,elmore retired with a cipher opposite his name. Disasters did not cease here, for Bochngton, after two good strokes, had his stumps shattered, and at 91 Athawes, wh,o had. played very fairly for nine, was ,unfortunately run out o ~ a, ha~d dnve ?f Austen 5, which was accidentally arrested in Its progress by the umpIre S nbs. NClther Clarke or Austen gave the fielding side any seriOt~s trouble, an~ nine wi~kets were ~o.wn for 10 0 . Fenn and Nicholas then for a short tIme gave a VIgorou s chsplay of Juttmg, and succeeded in addi ng 24 to th e score before Fenn was smartly taken. at sq ua~e leg by Clark.e. Of the three bowlers tried Oliver bowled far the best, and wIth five wickets fo r 30 did a very creditable performance. Gill secured three for 35, but Parker was terribly expensive. . The DepOt's start was inauspicious, as bef?re a run had been .scored ~Ii~ was ni cely taken in the slips by Wacher off Toulmm, and at three Skmner dIs~ussed Gilbert. A stand was made by Bayford and Clarke, however, and a change III the attack was deemed necessary, Valpy going on in place of Skinner. Bayford and Clarke were dismissed at 27 and 29 respectively, and no one afterwards shaped well. lVIajor }Vlatthews had an abnormal arno.unt of luc.k in ma~in g nin.e, being twice ~adly missed, but was eventually caught by Sk1llner at ITIld-off. Pn v~te OlIver, w~o I.nade eight, was well caught at deep extra cover by Fenn from a lofty hit, and the 1llmngs closed for 5 I . Toulmin's bowling was very good, and six wickets for 2 r .was a. very fine performance. Valpy took three for 13. Our opponents fared better 10 theu second venture, and . frustrated the efforts of the School to secure a single inning's victory. Parker hit well for 23, which was made up of four 40'S, a 3, and two 2'S, a~d Bayfo~d, Matthews, and Stewart all ran into double figures, the score at the close be1l1g 88 w~th four wickets still intact. Fenn's three wickets cost only I7 runs. Score and analysIs: KING'S SCHOOL.

C. M. Skin ner, c and b l'arker G. C. Valpy, u Oliver ... E. M. Toulmin, b Oliver T. B. Wacher, b Gill R. l\'L B elmore, b Oliver C. H. Eodington, b Gill A. S. Athawcs, run out... ... C. H. Clarke, c Williams, b Oliver II. P . H. Austcn, b Oliver A. J. Fcnn, c Clarke, b Gill C. F . Nicholas, not out ... Bycs 4, leg-byes 2 Total ...

50 2

o 6 9 2 1

14 10

6 124

THE 1St Innings. Se rgI. Gill, c Wacher, b 'fou lmin E. H . Bayfo rd, b Toulmin Sergt.-Maj. Gilbert, b Skinner J. E. Clarke, b Valpy ... ... .. . Major Malt hews, c Skinner, b Tou lmin Major Waller, b Toulmin ... 1 • Stcwart, b Valpy ...... G. H. Egerton, c IIelmorc, b l'oulmin ... .Pte. Oliver, c Fenn, b Valpy ... ... ... Capt. Parker, not Ollt Corp\. Williams, c Athawes, b Toulmin Byes 2, leg· byes 2

CANTUAR1AN.

237 2nd rnnings.

CWAI.RY DEPaT.

bValpy ... 7 b Skinncr ... 2 C B el more, b F'enn 16 c Valpy, b Fenn 9 not out 1 I

and b Fenn not out

8 2

c Hclmore, b Valpy

o Byes 5, leg·byes

T otal

T otal (6 wickets)

BOWI. I NG ANALYSI S. KING'S SCIiOOI..

Capt. Parker Pte. Oliver Sergt. Gill CAVAI.RY DEf>OT.- l Sl

Innin{,'S. M.

E. M . Toulmin C. l\f. Sk in ner

G. C. Valpy

21 13 '3

I{.

)

CAVALRY DEpOT.-2nd

'v .

Eo i\f, Toulmin

G. C. Valpy ... A. J. Fcnn ... C. ;\1. Skinner

O. 10

Innings.

M. 1 3

)

24 19 1) 22

\\'

0 2

3 1

K.S. v. H[GHGATE SCHOOL. After a laf'se. of fiv~ ye~rs the team again journeyed to Highgate, an d added another to their lIst of VIC tones. As we went over-night an early start was possible and .sc;>on after ten o'clock the School tcam took the field. Thc match openeci auspIclOusly" as D.urrallt put a short one of VaJpy's up to point at 4, and Burnie was caught off 1 0ulmm, also by Athawes, at 8. Finch got in front to Valpy after mak ing a couple, and the score read 1 0-3-2. The cri cket up to this point had been extremely slow, no less than twelve of the Hrtecn overs sent down being maidens. Docker and Tubbs, however, enlivened matters considerably, and carried the score to 45 before the fo rm er wa.s caught by Sk inner for a useful innin gs of 18. Tubbs was well bowled by Toulmll1 at 49 for 15. The next wicket put on 14, of wh ich Allen I.nade all but one, but th e next three wickets fell at the samc total, 63. The l.ast WIcket, however, gave some trouble, Turnbull making a couple of fine cuts for lour each, and the venture closed for 78, a small score considering the wicket. Valpy's a.nalysis was remarkable, '9 of his 27 overs being maidens, and his six wickets only costI.ng .four runs apiece. Toulmin also bowled well, taking four for 40. . Our llllllngs opened as inauspiciously as that of our opponents. A couple of smgies came fro~n the first over, but in. the second Skin ner was clean bowled by Docker. Toulmlll. and Valp>, stayed untIl lunch, the score then being 13 for I, so

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t hat the match was in an interesti ng positi on. After the interval run s ~came very fa st. Tou lmin especially sco ri ng at a g reat pace, and the total was 62 before Toulmin played o n one of D ocker's, his in nings of 29 havin g placed the result almost beyond doubt. \;Vacher an d H elmore each put a rising ball into Burnie's hands at slip without scoring, and the total stood at 70 for 4. ,,,,jth Athawes in the cricket again became slow, an d remained so for the rest of the innings. O U f opponents' score was passed however, and the 100 was up before Valp), was bowled by T urnbull. His innings of 49, though including one chan ce in the sli ps, was a most val uable one, and included three 4'5, and nin e ]'5. Athawes and Eedington took the total to 127. when Athawes retired for a patient 27 . Hart-Davies helped Bodington to bring up the 150, the sco ring being t~rribly slow, and then the latter was caught fo r 24 made in good style and includi ng some nice cuts. Clarke made a good hit to leg, but was then bowled by D ocker, and the in nings closed for 157 . Docker took five wickets for 39. Freston three fo r th e same number of run s. Highgate had an hour left to bat, and sent in Finch and Figgis. The cricket contrasted strongly with that in the first innings, runs comin g freely from the start. The long journey seemed to tell on our fielding which in the first innings had been very good indeed (Hart-Davies at cover being brilliant), but was now very much the reverse. Figgis was bowled by Valpy for 12 , made in three hi ts, when the score was 15, but Turnbull hit with great vigour, and the score was 62 before Valpy caught and bowled Finch for 23 . Clark and Turnbull retired at the same total, the latter having played dash ing cricket for his 26, bu t Durrant and Tubbs played out time, the score being then 84 for 4. so that we won on the first innings by 79 run s. Valpy again seemed irresistible, taki ng two wickets for 5 runs, his analysis for the match being 32 overs, 23 maidens, 29 runs, 8 wickets, a really fin e performance. \V'e must thank 1\1r. Alcock for entertainin g us in a most hospitable manner, the outing being altogether a most enjoyable one. "Ve must also congratulate Toulmin on the fact that during his two seasons as captain we have defeated every school team we have played. Full score and analysis: 1St Innings. R. D. Durrant , c Athawes, b Valpy A. E. Burnie, c Athawes, b T oulmin J. D. Finch, Ibw, b Valpy ... G. A. 1\"1. Docker, c Sk mn er, b Valpy N . H. T ubbs, b Toulmin P . T. Allen, c Athawes, b Valpy C. Freston, c Skinner, b Tonlmin L. M. Clark, b Valpy J. ~ l. Figgis, Ibw, b Valpy S. Turn bull, not out R. E. G rimsdell, b T oulm in Dyes I , leg-byes 2, noÂˇ balls 2

Total

2nd I nnings.

HIGHGATE SC HOOL.

2 not out ...

5 2 C and b Val py . 18 17 not out ... 13

o o II

o 12 26

b Valpy ... b Skinner b Fenn ... Byes 6, legÂˇbye

no-ball s 2

Total (4 wickets)

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KIN G'S SC HOOl .. M. Skinner, b Docker G. C. Valpy, b Turnbull E. M. T oulm ill, b Docker. .. T. B. Wacher, (! Burnie, b Docker. R. M. Helmore, c Burnie, b Docker A. S. Athawes, b Grimsdell C. H . Bociington, c Durrant, b Freston I. B. Hart ·Davies, b Frcston C. F. Nicholas, cAllen, b Freston C. H. Clarke, b Docker A. J. Fenn, not out .. _ Byes I S, leg· byes 3, wides 2

49 29 0 0

27 24 2 2 3 0 20

Tota l

157 BOWLING A~i\L"S I S .

ISl Innings. - HfGHGi\Te E. 1\'1. Toulmi n G. C. Valpy C. M. Skinner

2nd Innings. - - HlGHGATI:-: SCHOOl ..

SCHOO l..

27·' 27 4

II 19 0

R. 40

w. 4

E. M. T ou lmin

C. C. Valpy ... o C. M. Skinner 9 A. J. Fenn .. c. I-I. Clarke T oulmin bowled rour no·ha lls. 6

N..

§ ~

6 o

1(ING'5 SC Il OOL.

C. F rcston ... G. A. l\'I. Docker R. B. Durrant S. Tttrnbull A. E. Burnie R. E. G rimsdell

12·3

3 9

39 39 23

5 o

" 12

13 6 7

3 I

Docker and Grimsdcll each bow led one wid e.

SECOND XI.

CRICKET.

The 2nd XL were twice beaten by Sc"cnoaks, once by H arbl edow n, once ~Y S. E. C., Ramsgate, while they beat the . C. O. S., and S.E.C., Ramsgate, til the first match, and drew with Dover. The record, therefore, is two WOIl , ~o lt r !ost, one drawn-n ot altogether a satisracto ry result. The reason for this I ~ plalll at a g.lanc.e : they had no consistent scorers. Austen played well on occaSIOns, but he IS still unable to get rid of several fanc), strokes, which make his batting unsou~ld. The three who shew the greatest pro mise are Colley, Toulmin (2), and Glenllle. The first-named has not quite come up to expectations as a bat, but he

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certainly il.f;'ls the making of a first-rate t rundler, as he generally keeps a good length and makes the ball turn a good deal. Toulmin (2) should train on into a good bowler, and he also has some good strokes on. the off side, btlt his batting is largely spoilt by not playing straight ~::m the leg stump; while Glennie, with ~ncreased size and strength, should develop mto an excellent bat, as he plays very str~lghtJ and has a good idea of the game. Of the rest, H. B. Clarke made some Iyns l!l ~ style peculiarly his own, and he is also a safe. tho ugh slow, fi,cl d. Gadney IS, a (h stmc~ly useful bowler, and Finn, H assell, and Strahan shew promIse. Kelsey behllld the sticks, was the essence of pluck, though he was not always safe. T he fielding was not ~o good as it should have been, considering all th e practice that has been had', the c11lef fault being slowness in picking i·n and throwing in. The pick were Clarke. Strahan, and Glennie. Appended are the averages of those who played: BATTING

AVERAG I~S .

No. of Times I nn ings. not out.

t Ho P. H. Austell tHo n. Clarke tP. H. Colle)' tAo 1\'1. Toulmin C. H. Clarke fR. W. Glennie tR. M. Hassell B. T. Wilkinson C. W. Carrington A. J. Fenn ... tF. r-.'l. Gn.dney I. B. Hart·Davies L. Sk in'ler ... tG. N. Fin n ... ·~E. R. Kelsey R. M. Helmore .~K. C. Straha n J. A. H ellard H. J. Mowll

3 8 7 8

0 3 0

9 6 3

, I I

3 2nd XI. colours.

60 79 68 9 56 3

0 0 0 0

•3 7 7

T Olal runs.

'7 3' 5

2§

0 32 0 4 20 0 0 3 0 5 * Not ou t.

Mosl in Illllings.

66 21 ' 46 19 9 2. '4 5' 6

20 5 5 10 5 4 '0 3 2

BOWLING AVlmAGES,

R. 1\[. Belmore A. Fenn ... t I-1. p, H. Austen tF', M. Ga/lney tP. H. Colley tR, M. Hassell B. T. Wilkinson '~A, M. T oulmin C. H. Clarke tG. N. Finn I. B. Hart-Davies

Avemge.

29'66 12 '00 11'28 9'7 1 9'00 7'00 7'00 6'00 6'00 5'66 5'16 5'00 5'00 4'66 4'57 4'00 3'33 3'00 1'66

Wickets.

Runs.

Average.

22 57 44 "5 "7 7' 37 " 9 26 30 36

3' 14 5 '18

"8 '0 16 7 3 9 I

6 '25 7'3 1 10'28 12 '33 13'22 26 '00 3°'00 36 '00

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24'

MATCHES.

. . In the. first round of these matcHes, \OVilliams' met Cummings'-the latter wlI1lllng eaSIly, Fenn makll1g 60 and Kelsey 40 by hard kno cking against weak bowling. Total-Cummings', 193; Williams', 45 (Bodington 13). The next match Bell's a?d Ritchie's!-'. Eva~s', proved equally one-sided, the former totalling 17' fo~ thr~e wlckets, of whIch Skl11l~er mad~ 75, and then decl~ring, and then dismissing thClr opponents for 65; SmIth maklll g I7 by plucky cncket. B elmore bowled., in g reat form, capturing eight wickets fo r two-and-a-half run s each. In the second round, Mason's, who had drawn a bye in thc first round, met Cum mings', but \vere d.::feated, making 7~ to their oppone nts 125. For the Vil inners, Hassell played steady cncket fo r 5 I , being well supported by Valpy with 38. For th e losers, Toul min took his bat ~hrough the inni ngs fO.1" 50 not out, receiving very feeble support from the rest of the stde, seven of wh om (ltd not make a run, Valpy bowled well with six for 24. It,' th.e final, Bell and Ritchie's v. Cummi ngs', the former batted first, bu t were all dtSllllssed, for a paltry 4', Fenn and Valpy bowling in rare form. On Cummings going ~o ~he wtckets, Valpy and Dann played good cricket, the latter playing a plucky 1."Ol!'gS of. 13, and Valpy being not out with 3+ to his credit, the score standing at 65 ~or fo ur wlc.kets at the end of the .firs~ day's play. On play being continued Valpy 1Il.crea?cd hIS score to 46, ,and the .1Iln~n,gs cl?sed, for 8~, Collcy b<:,wling excellently WIth SIX for 13. On Bell sand RitchIC s gOlllg III agalll seven WIckets were down for 50, out of wh ich Skin ner had contributed 28, and then ~'ilkinson and Cole made an inv~lu~ble stand, doubling the score before they were separated, Cole making 25 and ViIlklllso n 20 not out. The final total was 104. leavi ng Cummings (J2 to win. . Valpy, and Glen~l.i e opened ~h.e batting; bu t Glennie soon left, .bowled by I~elm?re, WIthout sconng. Dann JOllled Valpy, who had been badly nussed in the ~ hps .Ill the first over, and the sco re rose apace, Valpy making some fine strokes. Despite repeated changes, th e run s were hit off in great for m, and in a very short time; Cummings scoring a very creditable wi n by nin e wickets an d the shield. Valpy played a great innings of 48 not out, though missed three times, tw ice off very hard chances. Dann played another extremely useful innings, and was give n his Second XI. colours. All through, the matches, t hough rather one-sided I were played with great keenness ; though the attendance of spectators was not large.

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BLORE'S PIECE.

A falf amount of Cricket has been played, room havin g bee~ found for ,some 60 or 80 boys to play regularly. but owi ng to Football after Chnstmas the wlcke:ts have been very rough, though those at the nets have been fai r. but they arc on a part of the g round less affected by the l'oot~all. Seats have been placed there, thanks to Col. Dickenson and others, and there IS no reason why the grou nd should not be always good with proper c a r e . . . . JUNIOR SCHOOL.-Nine matches, 6 \Vms; th e o nly severe de teat bc mg from l\i(r. Ch urchill's School at Broadstairs j but they have far greater advantage~, and

shew most remarkable form. F -Kelcey, iL , Capt. , good bat and slow bowler;. hIghest SCOTe, 53 . Husbands, ii., H assall, and Bird ought to make useful crIcketers. The XI. field up well and are keen. , .' UNDER 16.- The Mason Challenge Shield was WOll by Mr. ~!raso n 5 set. 1 he O'ames have been played with excellent spirit, and both Bass and BlIlgham are on the ~vhole pleased with the style an d form of the younger boys. PERCY GODFREY.

BOAT

RACES.

Fine weather favou red the pair-oar races, which werc fixed for TI~ursday and F riday, June 18th and 19th. Practice had go ne on r~ore 01 less under dIfficulties, as the long drought had made the upper part of the flver so shallo\\' that there was mu ch work to "come by" the boats i and coaches could not run on the bank for the whole comse on account of the growing hay. The crews. were arraI~ ged a~ far a~ possible so as to pair old hands with new; and although tIllS plan Ob~IOu~ly mvolves the possibility of some of the best oarsmen being excluded from a pnze,. It s~em~ t~e only practicable way to encourage fresh entries in a School where rowmg IS stIll In its infancy. .... . ' \Vith a view to glVl1lg hght wClghts a chance, the follO\~lllg resolution was ado pted, and as it seemed to work satisfactorily, may be convemently recorded here for future reference :. . "That if in any heat the combined weights of a crew, excl lldlll ~ COXswalllS, al~o u nts to two stone less than the combined weights of theIr adversary, th en such new shall be allowed a handicap of one boat's length (20 feet) for each completed stone of difference." The crews were as follows, (the coxswains being draw n by lot) : BO'lv: SlrO!..'t:

Cox:

Molony, Austen, Glennie

st, lb. 9 2, 10

st. lb. Brown I , :9 lli Cunningham, 10 I Walker st. lb. 8 II i I-I eale I Bt>W: StroNe: Helmore 2 8 13 Finn 3 Cox: 3

st. lb. I Fynes.Clinton, 9 Drake,

11 10 13

H orn st . lb. Dundas

Lucas

Foord-Kelcey

. sl. lb. L-Estrange 9 4 Gordo~-Do\lglas 9 II Heale

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. In the first heat, which was started soo n after j o'clock, Austen was drawn agalllst,IJucas (three lengths H cp), .The youngsters rowed well and pluckily, but were falfly rowe~ down and beaten WIth four or five seconds to spare, Cunnin gham then rowec! aga1l1st. Douglas (level), but the latter's partner unhappily got his oar out of the rowl ock, whIch so senollsly checked the pace that Cu nnin gham won by about a length. The next. heat, Drake v , H elmorc (two lengths H cp.) was an extremely close racc .. Drake. It appears, l!lanaged .to l~ n s l~ip his stretcher early in the course and only Just succeeded by herOIC efforts 111 wll1l1lng by about one second. After an interval, Cun ningham havi ng drawn the bye, Drake had to row Austen and Mo lony. who went away from the first and won by a length and a half. The next day, rowing after afternoon School, Al1st.en beat the bye (<;::l1nningham and Brown) by a length, and th us secured the first pnze, It then remall)ed for th e crews who had rowed Âˇ a&,ainst th.e winners to tie off fo r second prize. Drake and Clinton disposed of Lucas wlth<:>ut dIfficulty, tho u gl~ the extent of l~lterval was partly due to somewhat erratic ste~ nn g; an.d then as t un c pressed and It would n.ot have been fai r to hur ry the crew whu.:h had Just raced, the fina l heat fo r second pnze was postponed till the Monday. This .event proved a v~ry exciting ~a ce, though there were very fe\\' spectators. Cun,nl11gham (lower. stat~o n ) started wlth.a fast stroke and gai ned considerably. but gettmg rather short 111 mid-course, and IllS coxswain steering rather wildly, allowed Drake to pull lip and the result was a dead heat. [t was decided to row the race again <:t noon ~he next. day which happened to bi:: one of th ose I f fractional parts" of a holIday, WIth wluc h we havc lately becomc familiar. On this occasion Cunningham and. Brown again gained at the beginning, and Drake. rowing rather faster than last tIme, was unfortun ate el~o u gh to double his rigge r over twice, which of course, caused a dead st~ p and gave hiS adversary an easy victory. Taking into account, however, the prevIOus day's race and the fact that on this last occasion \\Talker steered a very correct course, there is no reason to suppose that the result would have been different without this unfortun ate accide nt, though no doubt it would have been a much close r thing. It may be mentioned that we used whistles and bicycle bells for the start and finish this year instead of the notoriously unccrtain pistols, Also that Molony took some very successful snap-shot views of the races, revealinO', we fear with. the awful fidelity of the camera, some instances of H form" that wo ul dOnot bear 'criticism. 'A'e are greatly indebted to Mr. Cummings for his constant and va luable help in coach ing and also. for his ~ind subscription to the prizes fund. As wi ll be seen by the account of tillS fund given below, we shall be ab le to return a small "dividend .. on the' e~ tran ce fe~s wilen they have all been paid, which, \\'e may perhaps remark, is at the tIme of gomg to press, not the case. \~'e have to thank Messrs. \+villiams, Bell, and Guest also for oc::casional help ill coaching, and Mrs. Field for kindly giving away the prizes. These, as before, consist.ed of pewters, engraved with the School arms and names of winners.

THE CANTUARIAN. As we go to press, there is so~~e talk of ~ race or races a.gainst Mast~rs;. but whether, in the present weedy condItIon of the nver and the busy time of exammahons, this will be practicable, is a little uncertain. . .' . The following is the statement of the pnze fund, wlach, It s?ould be understood, is a distinct matter from the payments for use of the Headmaste r s boats.

ll)~.

Eighteen 1/' Entrances... J. R, Subscription ... Mr. Cummings, do.

QJ;~.

s. d.

0 18

012

£z Balance 3/-,

Three Mugs at 51Three. " .at 3/6 Engravmg SIX l\1\lgS

s. d.

o o o

IS 10

"Dividend "= 2<1. in

til('

shil ling.

Rl'fCHIE,

T IE S.

TENNIS

FIRST ROUND.

Watson and Athawes R)'aH and Coo Cunninghan and Cole Hassell and ])aris 'fuke and Finn 3 Valpy and Covell Molony and Chown Toulmin:1 and Pulling Strahan and Marshall Skinner I and Mcilveen Nicholas and Drake

beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat beat

Richardson and Toulmin'. GaskeJl and H ellard. Wacher and Glennie. Austen and Finn z. Kelsey anr} Paget Drury and Dressey. Foord- Kelcey and DcLasaux. Amos I and Tripp. Finn I and Scm by. Fenu l and Fawssett. Gaune)' and Billing.

SECOND ROUND.

Nicholas and Drake beat Molony and Chown. Cunningham and Cole beat Tuke and Finn~. Vnlpy and Covell beat Ryall nnd Coo. Athawes and Watson beat Paris and Hnssell. j\{arshall and Strahan bent Skinner 1 and Mcil veen. Touhnin and Pulling a bye, THIRD ROUND.

Nicho\ns and Drake Strahan and Marshall Valpy and Covell

beat bcat beat

Athnwes and V-latson. Toulmin and Pulling. Cunningham and Cole.

SEMI-FINAL. Valp), and Covell beat Strahan and Marshall. Drake and Nicholas a by.c. FINAL.

Drake and Nicholas

beat

Va\py and Covell .

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Jill aIIelllortlllll. ERNEST GEORGE SPIERS. 'We regret to announce the death of lVIr. Ernest George Spiers, of IZ , New Inn, Strand, and King Street, Cheapside, who was well-kn own in Canterbury in conn ection with th e King' s School. The dccea~ed was the youngest so n of the late Alderman Spiers. of Oxford. He came to the King's School in September, 1868, and left in December. 1870' In 1877 he obtained honours in the Final Examination for Solicitors . ]-10 was a partner in an old-established Ar m of solicitors in King Street, Chcapsidc. 1\'lr. Spiers was an expert photographer, and has left hun dreds of admirable pictures of his tours. which ranged from the Canaries to Tangiers, Kairwan and Athens. 'Vhat distinguished his work from that of most amateur photographers is the methodical care with which he preserved and carefully indexed a proof of every negative he had ever taken. This minute accuracy

he placed at the service of the School when he accepted the position of Han. Bursar to the Old King's Scholars' Fund, in succession to Mr. Brian Rigden. It is impossible to exaggerate the services which he rendered to the School in this capacity . Under his mana gement the funds were not only increased, but improved in arrangement and investment. Further. as an additional labour, he took the a;lalysis of the entry book, which dates back to the year 1750. To Mr. Spiers was largely due the institution of annual din ners of Old King's Scholars in London. He was present last April, when the Dean presided, but he seemed then to be suffering from a recent attack of influenza. Early in "May he was ordered to SOllthend for rest, but a chill produced complications from wh ich he never rallied. I-Ie was buried on Monday at "Voki ng] the service being read by the Headmaster.

SC H OO L NE W S. The Choir half-holiday was given on Saturday. July 18th. '}f*%

The Colours are now given from the bottom of the School steps after tea and not in the irregular mann er customary before. The following have received th em

this term: T. B. ';Vacher, after the Dover match; C. H. Bodington. and C. F. Nicholas after Highgate; and 1. B. I-Ia rtDavies on July 22nd . ''#-1f*

The first Fives' Co urt has been replastered with black cement and repaved.

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A half-holiday was given on \~l hit !\'[onday, for the match with, the l\'Ierch~nt Taylors in honour of Valp)' 5 schol~Tslll~J and one in honour of the ArchbIshop s visit on June 4th for the M .e.C. match.

O. K. S. Rev. W. H. Dunne has gone out to Jerusalcm for work among J ewish colonists.

We congratulate the following on having received their 2nd Xl. Colours:

F. M. Gadne)" K. C. Strahan, E. B. Kelsey, A. M. Toulmin, G. N. Finn, R.W. Glennie, R. Hassell and T. Dann.

NE WS. W. M. Carter, of Brasenosc, Oxford. gained a 2nd Class in Law.

':.',.*"

F. S. Beynon and R. J. Castle)' both Rev. W. F. Cobb has left his Curacy at Sheffield to engage in Missionary work in India for the C.M.S. Rev. F. John so n, of Lincoln College. Oxford, has been appointed to a Curacy at Penshurst, Kent.

S. S. Cook, of St. John's College, Cambridge, came out 7th 'W rangler in th e recent Mathematical Tripos.

sec ured a 3rd Class in the Cambridge Classical Tripos.

1.' i:.

A suggestion has been received. fr~Hn an O.K.S. to the effect that a subscnptIon should be started amongst O.K.S. in aid of th e Cathedral Restoration Fund, an appeal which all members of the School, past or present, should be ~nlr too ready to respond to. Any 5u bscnptIOlls, gre~t or small. will be gladly recelVed, and WIll be duly acknowledged in the pages of the Canluariall . Subscriptions should be sent to th e Secretary of the Calltuarian .

OXFORD LETTER. Th e O.K. S. lights of the Oxford firmame nt have left their academic orbits and are now, doubtless, zealously employing th e ti me set apart for work, viz. : the "Long"; all , that is, but those who will not return except as 5tray comets of the "First Degree." .M. S. Newland and \"T. 1\'1. Carter we regret to have to class among the latter unfortunates. Carters 50rrow at leaving Brasenose (and the

O.K.S. secretaryship ) mu st. be tempered by t he result of the ex~miner's enquiry into hi s acq uirements, VIZ.: a 2nd class in Law Finals, on which we heartily cong ratula te him. A like, or higher result we strongly suspect the H X JJ rays would reveal for lewland in Greats, but however humane thi s School may be, it keeps its victims longer in susp.,e.nse. We cannot this rear boast of acll1cvements

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eq ual to those of the Cambridge O.1(.S., but we may note that Knowles was engaged in coaching and Pears in rowing in the 'Worcester boat. You have alr~ady noticed the appointment of the Rev. R. L. Ottley to be Bampton Lecturer.

Roe has been playing cri cket for Keble.

2+7

I was spending a few days in Oxford.

We also had visits from Mr. Field, i\'Ir. Ritchie

and Mr. Elw),n, at the beginning of the term. \ÂĽe are expecting next term a good share of those who are leaving the King's School in AUglHit, and hope that they will bring with them some of the skill that both t he teams have shown so I successfully during the past year. should like to remind all O.K.S. who have been at Oxford that their photog raph s are much in demand for the album kept by the O.K.S. Sec. pro I'lit.

We had meetings in Fynes-Clinton's, Rev. R. L. Ottley's, and Roe's rooms, but they were not so well attended as they have been in the past. VI/e numbered ten last term, Headlam having come up again . This docs not include, by the way, a Gentleman Commoner at Worcester, (H . J. Fynes-Clinton) who would be ver), who was at Canterbury during part of his glad to receive additions to that important school career. At one of Our meetings monument. we were glad to welcome J. I-I. Smith, I Yours truly, who had lately returned from abroad, and O.K.S.

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LIBRARY.

The following new books have been added to the Library, July, 18 9 6 . Rise of our East African Empire (2 vols. ) Lugard . Fifty ),ears of Australian History (2 vols. ) Parkes.

The Great Plague The Open Air Poems of A. C. Clough

Defoe. Jefferies.

Atalanta in Calydon Story of Balen

Swin burne.

Wilb'~rforce.

I-Ieroes of Hebrew History Italy and her Invaders (vo ls. v. and vi.)

Hodgkin.

Two Chiefs of Dunboy

Froud e.

My Schools and Schoolmasters

Hugh Miller. Milford. Besant. Kipling.

The Whitt Shield London

Second Jungle Book Weir of H ermiston

Tenn)'son's Compl ete Works (,Âˇ,placed). CONFINED AT PRESENT TO

Stevenson.

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It is hoped that leaving members of the School will continue the excellent c ustom of giving a book to the Library j many have already been given in this way.

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CORRESPONDENCE. N.B.-The Editors d~C/ille to accept all)' rupolISibilil)' (o~mecled 'wilh the ?/Ji"iollS of ~hei: Corr~spoJl deft/so Name ami address must ahuaJls be gwen, not mces!ar~ly (or publlCatlOlt, but as a guarantee of good faith. P ersollalities 1/J11i involve cerlaht reJectIOn • THI~ CATHEDRAL RESTORATION FUND.

1'0 the Edtiors O)"

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GENTLEMEN,

May I suggest that a subscription list should be opened at the King's School wit h the object of raising a sum of mo ney for the Cathedral R esto ration Fund ? The Dean's ap peal must have bean widely read by Old King's Scholars, and probably ' Inany of them would subscribe sm~ll s um s through a King' s School ,Fund which they would hesitate to send direct. Boys now in the School would doubtless contribute also .

. It is understood that the Dean and Chapter propose to devote special ~tt~n tion to the Chapter House, a bUlldmg specially connected with the School, and in which of most of the O.K. S., each man in his tim e played several parts- in sundry tongues-as will be the case again nex t week. A subscription list passed round next Thursday in Hall, and Chapter Hou se, and Gymnasium, and sent to all the Bursa r' s an nual correspondents. would surely not return empty. Jllly 24';',

Yours truly, A.T.P.

J 89 6.

CONTEMPORARIES. We beg to acknowledge with t1~anks the receipt of the following MagazlIles : St. Edward's School Cluv1IICle, SuI/on Valence Magazim, Elizabetlwll, Car~husiall ( 2), Dane/ullia1l, O/all/Cllt (2), Allt!yn.wu ('2 ),

Colonia, Ouse/ (6), iT1ali/sloniau, Bur;(m,

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ED I TORl AL. There always must be many changes at the end of a School year, and this year there seem to be even more than usual, for there seems a great gap in our numbers, and one caused by people whose place it will be hard to fill. Let us hope that those who remain will try to imitate the worthy example set during the last year, of which we now pause to make a slight retrospect. First as to the Cricket, though this is dealt with elsewhere by a far ab ler pen -than our own. The E leven was undoubtedly the stro ngest we have ever had, as its. brilliant record of I I wins, I loss and 4 draws shows at once, and the c redit of this most satisfactory achievement must be chiefly ascribed to the energy and keenne s~ of our late captai n, E. IV1. Toulmin, and we wish him all success in his career at Oxford. We must not forget to thank Mr. Godfrey for the g reat trouble and patience which h e has again spent upon the younger boys, and we arc glad to note that it is already commencing to have a very considerable influence on the Cricket, for there arc several most promising cri cketers amongst them . However, we suppose that th is term the thoughts of our readers are more occupied with Football, and here we fear the re is less grounds for satisfaction. The forwards in whom lay our chief stre ngth last year, are below the standard considerably, but still we hope that with careful study of the rules which Mr. Williams has kindly drawn up for their use, they will improve greatly. Certainly lately they have shown that they can play well, aud we hope this will continue. The halves and three-quarters shoul d be fair, and Skinner especially should be a very useful try-getter, a s he is running stronger than last year. Vve are very pleased to note a great

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improvement in th e games in the little Goals, the tacklin g especially ,being good. In conclusion we wish the XV. as successful a season as they have enjoyed for the last two years.

The following is an extract from tlte " Daily Chronicle" of Oct. I st. Theodore of T arsus having become but a mi sty, not to say a musty, traditio~ to the present ge neration, seems likely to have hi s fame revived .. At the age of SIxty he was seated in th e chair of St. Augustine as seventh Archb lshop of Canterbury in 669, and for twenty-one years he discharged the duties of the Primacy with remarkable energy and success. We owe to him om di ocesan an d ~arochial system, our Church school s, OUf ecclesiastical libraries, and our organ mUSIC. He fostered native literature, and, nearly a thousand years before Erasmus, he encouraged a st':ldy of Greek. As yet, in the great Cathedral about which his work ce ntred, there eXists no mo re worthy monument of th is saintl y prelate than an indistinguishable effigy among a crowd of others that adorn the g reat porch . Dean Farrar has l?Tomised to remedy this omission, and the good folks of Canterbury are encouraged 111 th~ hope that the most fitling memorial of the illustrious Archbishop will be f~und 1.n the recognition of the King's School as the premier school of E ngland m pOll1~ of antiquity. There appear to be good grou nds for thinking that Theodore's teach1l1~, so highly appreciated in his own day, was given in the Cathedral School. H e did r:ot, it is true, found that School, which owes its origi n probably to Sigbert or even an older benefactor, but he was one of the earliest to confer distinction o n a seat of learn in g, which already counted centuries of existence whe n \¥inchester and Eton sprang into bein g. .

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>1< Affection and sorrow "-Such are the words which independ ently and spontaneously present King's Scholars and past King's Scholars U

inscrib ed upon the last tribute of respect which they were permitted to lay upo n the cotlin of the Archbishop. There have been times when, and

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men of whom. such words would have been impossible. Some boys may be inclined to imagine that the custom for the Archbishop solemnly to visit the K ing' s School is of immemorial antiquity, they would be surprised to learn that in its present form it is due to the sympathetic kindliness of Arch bishop Benso n himself. One who was a Captain of th e School not so long ago, writes: His shake of the hand when the Captain made hi s req uest drew one to him." This shows that times and mcn havc changed, since to the King's School and indeed to the mass of Englishmen the Archbishop of Canterbury was a distant and stately fi g ure to whom respect was paid, but for whom affection, at least for the outer world, was hard ly possible. \'Ve need not detail th e circumstances of those visits, their kindliness, thei r humour, Âˇ their sympathy, hut from the day of his enthronement when a King's Scholar bore hi s train, to the day hardly four months ago when he made the visit to which he referred in Ireland only a few days I(

before his death, he was to us like one of the greatest of his predecessors, 'Homo jucunditate praestantissimus.' " It is not for a School Magazine to sketch his life or appraise his Episcopate. We think chiefly of those featu res which appeal to boys. There was that little group of sc holars at Birmingham: Li ghtfoo t, \Vestcott, Benson, the brilliant scholars of a brilliant teacher. Men at Cambridge began to wonder when the succession of distinguished men fro m Birmingham would end : an d a T ri nity man in 'whose rooms the three were gathered, said as they left" There is a future Archbishop amon g those three." Of that school life o ne feature may be noted. Even in early days Benson delighted in thc-: minu te details of the study of the Sacred Liturgy. The Liturgies of Basil and Chrysostom and S. James and S. Mark, Benson kne w well the points in which they differed from each other. And so it came to pass that when, as Archbishop of Canterbury, he was called on to deliver that judgment which has b~e n called the

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boldest act of an Archbishop since Sancroftrefused the oath of allegiance to William IlL, when men wondered how he could deal with the minute complications and multitudinous details of evidence, he could fall back on the store of knowledge which had been built up on the foundations of his early enthusiasm. It is not to be imagined that the duties of a headmastership are more exacting than all others, or that their successful discharge is a guarantee of success in all other positions, but a headmastership of a new school founded, as 'ÂĽellington College was founded is a shrewd test of ability: Of this two details may be quoted from the Times. "The stationmaster at the new opened railway station came away from the headmaster on one occasion when he had consulted him on the details of train arrangements, so impressed with his organizing power that he said 'that man will be Archbishop of Canterbury,' and with this was associated a power of sternness of reb uke, and when he gathered his gown about him to cane a liar

before the School the effect was one which never was forgotten." H e has left us two messages. If we desire to show indeed our reverence for his memory we shall endeavour to learn them. The first is the subject suggested for the discussion which he had intended to hold on Oct. 28. "By what means the Cathedral can at once stimulate interest in the History of the Church-and bring it to bear on the religious habits and the mission duties of to -day." There are many ICing's Scholars to whom eve ry stone of the Cathedral Church is dear, and every line of its history interesting, to none is it dearer than it was to him. Let them ask whether its teaching ends with its historic Ill.emories, or whether it influences their religious habits, and gives them a message, which, when they leave Canterbury. they may teach for Christ. Secondly, when they visit the Trinity Chapel they will see a desk for prayer. Let us remember that it was placed there by desire of Archbishop Benson. It was the

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place where he loved to be alone. Among the Archbishops of Canterbury have been distinguished statesmen and politicians. That pray~r desk will be a better memorial to Archbishop Benson than the towering canopies which rise over Bourchier or Chichele: it will remind the world that the first indispensable qualification for th e chair of S. 4ugustine is a depth and

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earnestness of religious life. It will remind us that interesting as our Cathedral Church may be with its historical memories and its architectural beauties, it was not built to serve as a museum of antiquities or of architecture, it is the home of worship and of prayer. oj<

n om/lie dilexi deconm dOli/US Inae, el IOCllm !tabilalionis gloriae /uac.

SPEECH DA Y. Notwithstanding certain doubts and fears arising out of the Restoration works, the. Speeches were after all held as usual in the Chapter I-l ouse, the autho rities havlllg consented to suspend the works for Lhc day. A portion of the audience was conse9uently seated under a can~py of scan"oldillg, but this did not seriously interrupt the v.Iew of the stage. The pIty was that there was no-scene requirinO" a delis ex maclmla to be lowered, when such exceptional facilities wcrc at hand. 0 The order of events was, as in previous ycars, 7.30, H oly Communion j 8.30, O.K.S. breakfast at the H ead Master's i.-louse ; 10, Commemoration Service in Cathedral. The music was Lloyd. in. E flat and "Hallelujah to the Father," Beethoven. The ~rayers were, by 111 Vl~atlOn of the Precentor, intoned by an O.K.S., Rev. G. C. E. l\.yley, M.us. Eac., M1110r Canon of Gloucester; and the sermon, a very able and suggestlve one, though perhaps rather above the heads of the younger portion of his audience, was preached by the Rev. T. 1\1[osse Macdonald of S. Alban'~, Birmingham, also an O.K.S. Speeches followed at 12 . 'rh~ programme.wIll be found below; anel at this distance of time it is sufficient to say that the actlllg was very good througho ut and reflected great credit on the efforts both of the actors th?ms ~lves a.nd of their indefatigable coach Mr. Mason. The Shakespeare selectlOn 1111 par.tt.cular was one of rather exceptional difficulty to represent well under Schoo. c~mdltt.ons,. so that the result was the more gratifying. Valpy,. Gadney ~nd Hert::.let In thIS pIece deserve special mention; Gadney and Valpy I~ the Lattn and Greek speeches respectively; Paris was excellent as Tony Lumpkm, and Helmore's pronunciation in the French piece was a most commendable

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im provement on th e average. Drake unfortunately had been obliged to retire from his part in the speeches on grou nds of h ~al t h. The Dean, in the remarks with which he prefaced his reading of the Examiners' abrid ged reports, observed that he had been at several School " Speech Days" recently. but had seen no speeches which pleased him as much as these. , After th e prize givi ng, a large company was entertained by the H ead master at luncheon in th e Gymnasium. The speeches there call for no special comment, except that th e Mayor referred to his ow n close connection with the school. an d the Bishop of Dover spoke of th e excellent relations subsisting between th e Chapter and the Corporation: and the Head Master all ud ed feelingly to t he loss sustained, by the Kin g School, by the death of Mr. E. G. Spiers, late Bursar of the O.K.S. Fund, The proceedings were over rather before 4 o'clock. LIST I.

AULULARIA," -Act iv., Sc. ii., &c. Eucno Lyconides Strobilus

SPEECHES.

•• Piau/us. C. H. G. Clarke. A. J . Fenn. F. M. Gadney.

EuC\io, a Miser, has hidden a pot of gold. Strobilus, the slave of L},conides , though sllspected by Euclio of watching him and stealing something, manages to follow, find, and get thc gold. Euclio, mad wit h grief at his loss, even accuses Lyconides, who is to be his son-i n·law, of the theft ; he denies it , and promises to try and fi nd the th ief. Then Strobilus reappears and tells his master that he has found some gold , and wishes to buy his freedom with it. L yconides indignantly rcfuscs, demands the restoration of EuC\io's treasure, and, as St robilus will not give it up, hands him o\'cr to the slaves for punishment . 2.

"JULIUS CJESAR."-Act iii., Sc. i ... Julius Cresar Soothsayer .. Artemidorus .. Decitls Publius Popilius Lena Brutus Cassius Antony Trebonius iI1etelius Cimber Casca Cinna

Shakespeare.

G. C. Valpy. C. ' V. Carrington. C. H. G. Clarke. F. J. Cunningham. E. J . Smith. H. B. Clarke. F . M. Gadney. E . L. A. H ertslet. T. L. Fawssett. 1-1. A. D. Pe reira. A. J . Ferm . R. M. H el more. A. L. Paris.

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L'AvoCAT PATELIN,"

B "1It)IS ..

M. Bartolin . .

E . 1\1. T Olllmin.

Agnelet

~: t~~:~rme

~.. ~'. ii:l~~re. L. Fawssett.

Agn,elet, t h ~ shepherd of M. Guillaum~, has been caught i!l the aC,t of killing some shee\), and has cngage~ M. Patehn , the lawyer, to defend hm1 be~ore M, Bartohn, the Judge, 1\'1. Patelin, w to himself ~as earned off some cloth from.tl~e shop ?f M. GuLl I:mme and has not paid for it according to promise, IS confoundt;d to ,find that i\'r. GUIllaume IS Agnelet's accuser, and tries to hide his face, M, Guillaume half recogmzes hl1n, and, thereby gets so conf\lSc(~ between his sheep and his cloth that he loses his case. ie~~n Agnelet uses the trick of defence taught hlln by M. Pate lin, and also refuses to pay the lawyer's

"ACHARNIANS." H erald Ambassador Dicreopolis .. Amph ithCtls , . Pseudartabas 'J 'heo ru s Army of the Odomanti .

Anslopllallts. J. C. Molony. J. L. Fawssett. G. C. Valp)'. E. J. Smith. C. ·W. Carrington. R. ill. I-l eimore.

Dicreopolis, an Athenian citizen, weary of war, wants peace. H e is disgusted by the entertainmen t a~ the ~u?hc ,expense of all sorts of, fore ign amb,'\~sadors, and so, at last, sends Amphithetls to huy ~:ght s)ullmgs" worth of peace OI~ hiS own accO\~l\l. The, envoy returns with three sample bottles on approval of five, ten, and thirty years respec tively. Dlcreopolis joyfully accepts the last.

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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER."- Act. v., Sc. ii, Goldsmilh . Hastin gs . . E . L. A. H ertslet. Tony Lumpkin A . L. Paris. Mr. Hardcastle F. 1\L Gadnl;!Y. Mrs. H ardcastle .. ., . . I-I. A. D. Pereira. SCENE-The back of Mr. H ard castle's Garden at night.

KING'S SCHOLARS ELECTED JULY, 1896. Seniors :-C. W. Carrington, J. E. Husbands, E. J. Smr'tl" R . "l e ,RE n. 'Iel r mo r . ·. Brinsley-Richard s. Jun iors :-E. L. Massey, R. M. Tuke. G. A. F . Quentin, P. H. Colley, J. A. H ellard. Probationers :-C. Paris, C. F. Greatrex, C. l\[. Collard, R. A. Bryden, R. A. Crawford, W. Massey, W. P. C. T eniso n, R. F. Charles.

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PRESENT EXHIBITIONERS AT THE UNIVERSITIES. <- W. iVI. Carter, Scholar of B. N.C., Oxford. " iVI. S. Newland, Ford Student, Trin ity College, Oxford. {< F. S. Beynon, Scholar of Jesus College, Cambridge. S. S. Cook, Scholar of S. J ohn's College, Cambridge. H. J. Fynes-Clinton , Ford Student, Trinity College, Oxford. A. G. Richardson, C.C.C., Cambridge. G. F. Carter, Scholar of Brasenose College, Oxford. ,. T. R. 1. Hopkins. C.C.C., Oxford . % W. H. Maundrell, C.C.C., Cambridge. â&#x20AC;¢ Vacale lhi!> July.

NEWLY ELECTED EXHIBITIONERS. G. C. Valpy. Drake. E. 1\11. 0. Toulmin. k J. Fen n.

T. D.

ACADEMICAL AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS GAINED DURING THE YEAR 1895-96. T. K. SOPWITH, Emmanuel College, Cambridge-Carus Greek Testament Pri ze in the University of Cambridge.

S. S. COOK, S. John's College, Cambridge- Seventh Wrangler Mathematical Tripos. W. M. CARTER, Brasenose College, Oxford-Second Class Final Law School. F. S. BEYNON, Jesus College, Cambridge.-Third Class Classical Tripos. R.

r. CASTLEY, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge-Third Class Classical Tripos.

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FYNES-CLTNTON, Trinity Coll ege, Oxford- T hird Class Moderations. G. F. CARTER, Brasenose College, Oxford-Third Class Moderations . G. C. VALPY, Classical Scholarship, Ch rist's Coll ege, Cambri dge.

D. DRAKE, Ford Studentship, Trinity College, Oxford .

A. J. FENN, Mathematical Scholarship, C.C.C., Cambridge. ' V. H. EVANS, Passed out of R.M.A., \Voolwich, with H onours. H . H . jONl;:s, Passed direct for Royal Marines.

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PRIZES ADJUDGED DURING THE YEAR 1895-96. Captain's Prize (M itchin son) : G. C. Valpy . l\Iathematical Prize (l\ fitchinson): A. T. Fenn . Modern ~~nguages .(iVIi.tchinson): P. j. Ryal l. Natural SCience ( l\htchl l1 son) : A. J. Fenn. Classical ( Broughton) : G. C. Valp)'. D ivinity (B roughton ) : J. B. Drake.

History (Stan ley) :

J. D.

Drake.

Engl!sh Language anel Literature (Streatfei ld) : G. C. Valp)'. Enghsh Poem ( th e Dean's Prize) : J. B. Drake. Composition : G. C. Valpy. Composition : E . l\ I. 0. Touim in .

Term's Marks:

D. Drake.

English E ssay ( Member's Prize) : J. B . Drake .

Private Study (Edward Dlore Memorial ) : J. D. Drake. Geography (Member's Prize) : H. D. Clarke. Drawing : H. McIlveen.

FORM PR IZES. VI. Form (Christmas) : J. n. Drake. V. Form (Christmas): C. \V. Carrington.

. ". (Gordo n Prh,,) : P. J. Ryal l. DlVImty (Canon Elwyn's): P. J. j{yall. Composition : A . S. Tohnson.

IV. Form (Christmas) : J. '1'. Drury. "

(Midsummer) : P. H. Coll ey.

III. Form, Upper (C hris tmas) : C. J . M. Evans . "

(l\lfid summer): R. D. Dundas.

III. Form, Middle (C hristmas ) : W. H. L. T ripp. " ,,(MIdsummer): E. Pyne. III. Form, Lower (Christmas) : E . L. H . Henderson.

,, (Midsummer) : W. V. I-I eale. LOWER SCHOOL PRIZES.

Divin ity : R. D. Dundas.

Mathematics : W. H. L. Tripp. Arithmetic : W. H. L. Tripp. Natural Science (l\ Iitch in son) : R. D. Dundas. History: R. D. Dundas. French: W. H . L. Tripp. Dictation : E. P. Richard son. Geography (Mem ber's Prize) : F. iVI. Dateman .

Singing: J. C. Lucas.

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JUNIOR DEPARTMENT. Form II., Upper (Ch ristmas): H . Foord-Kelcey. " ,,(Midsummer) : R. H. Hitchcock. Form IL, Lower (Christmas) : F. A. Husbands. " (Midsummer): F. H asse ll. FOri;'; I., (Christmas) : R. J. P. Humphrey. " (Midsummer) : G. F. Rigden. Mathematics (Christmas) : H. S. London . " (Midsummer): H. Foord-Kclcey. Dictation Prize : E . C. Green . Drawing: I-I. Foord-Kelcey. Music: R. J. P. Humphrey.

CRICKET. KING'S SCHOOL v.

O.K.S.

This match, the last of the season, was played on the Beverley, on July 28th and 29th, and resulted in a brilliant win for the School by an innings and 20 runs, reversing the result of the disastrous match last year. Toulmin won the toss, and Skinner and Valpy were deputed to open against the attack of the Rev. R . F. Elwyn and A. Latter. From the commencement runs came very quickly, Skinner in particular scoring fast, and it was not until after the century had been hoisted that the pair were separated, Skinner then being unfortunately run out after a most meritorious innings of 63, in which he only gave one chance-at 54. His chief hits were 2 fives,s fours, and 9 threes. One for 105 . Toulmin did not do much nor did HartÂˇDavies, but Valpy and Athawes added 39, and then at 165 the former was clean bowled by I-I eale after an excellent display, though it was marred by two chances. His 68 included I five, 4- fours, and 9 threes. Eodington assisted to add 38 and was then clean bowled, after which came an extraordinary collapse, four wickets falling for the addition of two nllls. Fenn, Athawes and Nicholas assisted the sco re, and the score eventually reached the respectable total of 259, although it seemed once that it would have been even greater. Athawes carried out his bat for a most patient COI1 tribution of 56, though he gave two chances. On the O.K.S. taking the wickets a very poor start was made, for two wickets fell in Toulmin's first three overs, and when stumps were drawn three were down for 24Âˇ On resuming. Atkinson and Latter had just doubled the score when the last-named was out to a catch at mid-off. I n fact there was very little resistance to the attack at all. except on the part of Atkinson, Elwyn and Stringer, and the whole side were out before lunch for 114. Toulmin taking 7 wickets for 55 runs. In the follow-on they did slightly better, thanks to a fine innings by Latter, who was, however, badly missed by Hart-Davies when only 22. H eale and Trueman each made plucky efforts to stop

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the tide, but it :vas of no avail. and they were all out again fo r 125, leavinO' us victorious as stated. Sk1l1n~r bowled very well in the 2nd innings. and securel4- wickets for 21 runs, FeI1I1 tak1l1g 4 more for 44. KING'S SCHOOL.

G. C. Vaipy, b H eale C. },1. Skinner, rllll out... . .. E. 1\'£. Tou lmin, c Candy, b Tru eman I. B. Hart·Davies. b Lattcr .. , A. S. Athawes, not out... ... C. H . Bodingtoll, b L'ltlcr ._. R. ~,r. Helmore, c Stringer, b Lattcr C. I-I. Clarke, b Truema n ... T . .B. Wachcr, b Trueman ... A. J. Fenn, run out C. F. Nicholas, b E lwyn Extras

68 63 7 I

56 20 o o 9

14 20

Total

... 259

1St In nings. C. H. Trueman, c :md b Tonlmin R. T. W . lIeale, h Tonlmin ... Rev. A. G. B. Atkinson, b Skinne r F. S. Beynon, b Toulmin ... . .. A. L.'ltter, c Skinner, b Touhnin ... Rev. R. F . Elwyn, b Valpy H. Trueman , h Toulmin ... J. H . Smith, b TOlllmin I-I. G. Stringer, not out C. T . Candy, b Fcnn E. E. Baker, b T ou hnin Extras

O.I<.S. 2 not out 4 ... 27

4 9 19 5 0

... 23

T otal

Toulmin ... G . C. Valpy ... C. l\[. Skinner .. . A . J. Fcnn 1\0(,

4 6

60 0 0

0 6 3 7 6

Tota l

... 114

Rev. R. F. Elwyn A. Lattel' ... H. G. St ringer F. S. Beynon C. H. Tru eman C. T. Candy R. J. W. B eale 1St Innings.-O. K.S.

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c Toulmin, b Skinner b Fenn h Fenn b Valpy b Fenn Ibw, b Fenn II Skinner h Skinner b Toulmin b Skinner Extras ...

BOW I.ING ANALYSIS. KI NG'S SCHOOL.

2nd I nnings.

... 12 5

20 26 2 4 19 3

6 10 0

42 63 18 22 56 13 25

4 0

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18'4

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CRICKET REVIEW. Again it is Ollr happy lot to review a most sllccessful season, surpassi ng even the success of its predecessor. In 1895 out of 15 matches, 9 were won, 4 drawn and:z. lost i this yea r out of 16 matches, I I have been won, 4 drawn, and only I lost, a really brilliant record for which the eleven deserves, and certainly has, our hearty COll.gratulations. The team acquitted themse lves excellently, their all-round form being very marked . The batting was good, as the averages show, though pedlaPS not quite up to the level of last year, a noticeable feature being the power of hitting hard and clean; the bowling (co nsidering the fast wickets), was decided ly good, all three bowlers having an average under 12 runs per wicket; th e gro und fielding was also good , while the catching, with the exception of the Charth am match, was a vast improvement on that of the previous seaso n. The Captain was again to the fore, having capital averages in both batting and bowling ; the form er was over 30, which (though inferior to his average of the last '2 years) is yet of almost eq ual merit, when the better class of bowl ing that was played is taken into account ; the latter under 11, an improvement on that of last year. Of the others, Valpy's bowling was as good as ever, and his batting showed marked improvement j while Skinner in both was close behind him, his bowling-as we anticipated-being of immense service. It is, however, rather remarkable that in such a prolific year of centuri es th e School only obtained one (by T oulmin) as against 5 in 1895 ; but Toulmin had the satisfaction of creating (we believe) another record, by sec urin g ma rc wickets (86), th an any IVlemher of the School Eleve ns before him. As regards the Matches-we won those against th e St. Au gustine's, St. Lawrence A T eam, Merchant Taylor's, C.O .S., Sutton Valence, D over College, Walmer, Royal Tava l School, Highgate, Cavalry D epet and O.K.S., amply aton ing for our severe defeat in this match last year ; th e only loss was aga inst St. Lawrence ; those drawn were against Chartham Asylum, 'Wing field, Mr. Godfrey's XI. and M.C.C . Next year's XI. will, we are sorry to say, be considerably weake ned by the loss of T oulmin (under whose Captaincy the School cricket has for two years been so flourishing), Valpy, Fenn, Belmore and Nicholas ; there is, however, no lack of prom isir, g material to choose from, though we can hardly hope to replace all at once two such good all- round cricketers as T oulmin an d Valpy. Skinner remains, and sllcceeds to th e Captaincy, and from his form this season we may reasonably expect great things. VIe congratulate him on his election, and in conclu5ion wish him and his XI. a good, if not as good, a record . . Brief notes on individual Members apptnded ;E . M. T oulmin (Capt.) Facile pri1lceps with both bat and ball j a really good and keen all-roun d player, fin e batter, especially in front of the wicket; excellent slow bowler, good field . G . C. Valpy A vastly improved and reliable bat, with rather awkward style; good medium paced bowler, and met with remarkable success in two or three matches j good field.

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"A d~cidedly. good bat; has lost th e nervousness which cnppled Ill S ptay last year; hits hard and clean but rather too. eager to .score ; most useful fast bowIe; and had a capital analYSIS j much improved field . Captain for 1897. Goo~ steady bat, but wants more confidence' excellent pomt. '

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C. H. Clarke 1. B. Hart-Davies . . R. l'II. Helmore C. F. Nicholas

Batted well the first. part of .the season, but fell off aft~ rwards ; plays With a straIght bat, but rather slow. FaIr fi elcl. Shows great promise with the bat, and has nice style ' ' rather slow 111 field. ~id not prove nearly so useflll with either bat or ball as mlast season. Poor field owing to defective sight, Fell off eve n from his. moderate form of last year j seems too careless to uu prove. Much improved field. Fair bat and field. Moderate bat; capital out-field. Poor hat, fair wicket-keep.

Matches played, J 6, 'Von BATTING No. of I nnings.

1 I;

Lost

Drawn 4.

AVERAGES. Ti mes not out.

E . M. T oulmill 18 2 f99 G. C. Valpy .. If 0 3 27 C. M. Skinner 18 2 349 A. S. Athawes 2 21 8 'S T . B. Wache r 15 13 8 f C. H. Bodington II 8S 3 A. J. Fenn .. II 2 75 C. H. Clarke If 85 3 1. B. Hart·Davies II 76 R . M. H elmore 12 75 C. F . Nicholas TI 52 3 Also batted, H. B. Clarke, 6, 9, 1. ,3 ; H. P. H . Austen, 4,'1-.1

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out.

Most in an I nnings.

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2f 33 21 ZO~I

23 If 5,~ I ;

Average~

3 1 '18 23·35 J'8 I

16.7 6 " ·Sf 1 0'62

8·33 7·7'

7"0

6·81 6·S

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Overs. 7.39'2

Maidens.

82 C. Valpy . . 10 3 M. Toulmin 4 00 '468 240' 1 M. Skinner 69'2 14Âˇ J. Fenn Also bowled, C. H . Clarke, 24, ' 4, 35. 3 ; 1. B.

FOOTBALL

Runs.

Wickets.

499 937 553 18 3 Hart-Davies,

Average.

1 0'6 1 47 10 ' 89 86 I L 7b 47 If ' 3'07 18,6, 5 I, 3.

PROSPECTS.

VI/e have this year lost more of last seaso n's team than usual, the only ones remai ning being Clarke! and Skinner, three-quarters, Hart-Davies and Paris, halves, and Gadn ey and Clarke':!, forwa fds, so that we must rely to a great extent on new and practi cally untried material. The 9"ames. and especially the m~tches, we lu:ve had so far have shown clearly several POllltS of weakness, the most nnportant belllg the lack of a leader among the forwards . \:Vith Baker and Kelsey last year to lead the pack. Clarke was sparcd to give weight to the three-quarters, but now t1~at they have left he has resum ed his old place in the scrum, an d as he has the maklllg of a fi~e forward . t he change ought to be beneficial. Of those who have not yet got theIr colours, Chown, H orsley, and \;Vilkinson, are th e most promisil~g, as they a}l playa hard, energetic game. As a pack the forwards cann ot yc t be satd ~o be sattsfactory. They usually kick too hard, and do not know quite what to do With the ball when they O"et it in the open, but if they lay to heart their 41 Golden Rules ," and act on th em~ we may hope for some improve.men t. The collaring in thc last few games has shown marked improvement. but everyone wants to remember to go for the man low, hard and often. The halves, Paris and Athawes, are fairly safe, but not nearly sharp enouO"h, and in common, with most of the outsiders, sometimes pa:)s too slowly an d too hiO"h. Hart-Davies is this year playi ng three-q uarters and should be useful whe n h e understan ds the three-q ua rter game better. Skinner has much im.proved si nce last year. H e gets away quickly, and his. speed and increased st~en gth ought to stand him in good stead; we shall look to him to do most of the sconng. T he other two wh o have played in matches are Dann and Cole, but at present neither of them are quick enough. either in getting away or droppi ng on th e ball, though both collar fairly. and Dann's kicks have gained much ground. The whole line can give and take passes well, but th ey want to remember to keep thei r places as carefully when they are run ning as wh en they are merely waiti ng in the line, at present one often sees three of them close together. The card does not loo k a long one, as we have no matches arranged for next term, but we are glad to find rivals in the newly formed Folkestone Club. T he success of the wh'ole season will greatly depend upon .the

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impro,vement sryown by th e forwards. They .are keen enough, and do good honest work 111 the scnmrnages, but at prese nt arc much too slow in breaking up, and when they have broken up they do not follo w the ball as hard as they might.

F 0 OTB ALL. K.S.C. v. W. C. F E NN'S xv. Played ~ n Blore's Pie~e, Sept. 29th, and res ulted in a win for the School by the na!r~w margl',1 of one pomt ( 13 points to 1 2: two goa ls an d a t ry to four tries). Wlt!UI1 five mmutes o~ the start our opponents secured their first try. T he School, ho~, eve r, go~ over theIr fi rst attack of nervou sness, an cl arter some satisfactory passing Sklllner ran In and placed ,the ball behi.nd the posts. The major point resulted. As a .result of our opponents half-way ki ck the game re-sta rted in our territory b t FlI~n (3), who w~s playil.lg instead of his brother at halfback, broke away. 'TISs reheved the tenSIOn consl~erably! and Clarke! next was seen heading for the strangers' goal. By a good p~ ss he lIltrusted tl~e J ~ather to Skinner, who for the second time bounded ,?ver the hne, a goal resul tlllg \ two goals to one try). Again we d k' k b' H <artâ&#x20AC;˘ - Da<,"les run s an cI D ann ' sOle's clIl g very conspicuous, but our three. presse -q uarter, backs could neve r re~lly make T~l~I Ch headway, and we eventua lly lost ground till near o~r own 25, wh.en Skllln~r reCClVJJlg <~ pass ran through all obstacles ancl again found hllnself dieS 1m. Th~ kick at goal fail ed. On re-starting, owing to a bungle on the part ~f our opponents full-back, we were nearly in again, and the whistle blew just ~s Skmner had made a very good S~lOt at goal from the field of play. The first try m the second h~l.f was .scored agai llst us by Luxmore, who got in whilst most of our p layers were waItmg vamly for the whistl e to blow for a supposed knock on (13 points !o 6). Our ~orward s here bega n t? sh?", ~ t1pcrior form, and generally did good work 1Il ~ot~ holdmg the ball an~ carrylIlg It wnh them in the scrum, till a good ki ck by Ph l ~bnck sent. the game rollmg ba.c k, and as Clarke! fail ed to ret urn the kick thc game agaxn swayed 111 our 25. A free. kick for Fenn's side was unprod uctive of any benefit. Luxr~lOre, howeve r, shortly after too k a pass from Philbrick and nearly swept 0 the li ne, but, thanks to Paris .chiefly, th e game travelled to tl;e other ~nd for a til~:~ VI/e had to play/II we kl:cw 111. order to .kee p our opponents outside our goa l line Cho~"n , Clarke and Pans mall1Jy co ntnbuting to this end. but ultimately Luxmorc got 1Il, though the goal was not kicked ( 13 points to Q). Boothby next took us uI1~wares, and passed th e frontier, though he was well -tackled by Fynes-CIi nton . T~IS 4th at.tempt at goal was equally un sll ccessful ( f 3 points to J2 ). In the last halfmmute, Sklllner, b~ a good long run, nearly scored agai n for us, but he was grassed a few feet from th~ lIne, and almost immediately the whistle blew. The followmg represe nted the School :-C. P. Fynes-Clinton (Back) C H Clarke, C. IV1. Sklllner, I. B. Hart Davies T. Dann ( three-quarter Backs) A L' p' .. E . F'mn (H a If- Bac k' , . . ans, s;, Fj: 1A':J.. G adney, H.'B. Clarke, E . L. H ertslet, F. J. Cunningham,. G. F . Horsley, B. T. WIlklllson, L. Chowll, J. L'Estra nge (Forwards).

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KING'S SCHOOL v. A. F. C. C. LUXMORE'S XV. This match was played on our ground on Oct. 1St, and resulted in a win for our opponents by I goal and 3 tries to I go~l. Luxmore won the toss, and elected to defend the Pavilion goal. The kick was well returned, and play settled down about half~way. our opponents' rushes being counterbalanced by good passing outside. After about a quarter of a n hour, chiefly employed in viga,rous scrimmaging. Clarke I sent a hard pass to Skinner, but the latter took it beautifully, and fairly out-distanced his opponents, scoring a try in a favourable position he himself converted. Just befo re lime, however, a bad pass by Clarke was intercepted, and one of their th ree-q uarters ran to the line, and from the ensuing sc rurn E. \Veigall dribbled over. The kick failed, and thus at half-time we were leading by a goal to a try. Afterwards, however, our forwards fell off considerably in their play, and the game had only just been restarted, when \Varden, after a beautiful c10dgy run, got in, but the kick again failed. Our opponents continued to do most of t he attacking, and Luxmore, breaking away from touch, scored again, but damaged his leg so mu ch in doi ng so that he had to retire. T he next feature was a splendid run three quarters of the length of the fi eld by Skinner, but the back stopped him when within 1 0 yards of the line, and the ball was soo n brought back again, as our forwards seemed quite unable to get together. Just before time \Y. Vleigall got away from a serum in our 25, and dribbled over the line between the posts, and this time the try was converted, and tl-te whistle sounding just after, we were left losers as above stated. Of our opponents-Luxmore, Boothby, and \Varden were the most conspicllolls ; whilst for us-Skinner, Clarke '2, Horsley, and \Yilkinson did good service. The following was the School Team : -C. P. Fynes-Clinton (back), C. H. Clarke (Capt.), C. iVI. Skinner, 1. B. Hart-Davies, and T. Dann (three-quarters), A. L. Paris, A. S. Athawes (halves), F. iVI. Gadney, H. B. Clarke, E. L. H ertslet, F. J. Cunnin gham, G. F . Horsley, L. Chown, B. T. 'Wilkinson, and J. L'Estrange (forwards).

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Captain : A. L. PARIS. Captain of Cricket Captain of Football Captain of Games

C. M. SKINNER. C. H. CLARKE. A. L . PARIS.

MONITORS: A. L. PARIS, H. B. CLARKE, C. H. CLARKE, F. M. GADNEY, E. L. A. HERTSLET, F. J. CUNNINGHAM, C. P. FYNES-CLI NTON.

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SPORTS' CO)[MITTEE : F . M. GADNEY, C. M. SKINNER (Hon . Sec.), C. H. CLARKE, A. S. ATHAWES, C. H . BODINGTON, I. B. HART-DAVIES.

PARIS,

EDITORS OF THE CANTUARIAN: A. L. PARIS, H. B. CLARKE, C. H. CLARKE. SECRETARY: H. A. D. PEREIRA.

SCHOOL NEWS. We congratulate F. M. Gadney, F. J. Cunningham, and C.' P. Fynes-Clinton, 011 b eing made Monitors this term. vVe are looking forward to a lecture on Nov. 14th, by Rev. T. Wood, who will be remembered for his extremely interesting l ecture on " I nsects" last year.

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There will be two Pen ny Readings this term. T he first is to take place all O ct. 24th. *,,:.~,:

On Thursday, September z9th, the school beat a scratch XV. brought by W. C. F enn, by 13 points (2 goals I try) to 12, (4 tries.) On Thursday, October 1st, A. F. C. C. Luxmoole brought a team against us which beat us by 14 points ( I goal 3 tries) to 5 ( r goal). .

On Saturday, October l oth, Folkestone beat us by 6 points (2 tri es) to nil. vVe beg to acknowledge with thanks the Rev. - Cartwright's generous subscription to the Football Club. -A'~

In place of the Suggested Masters' race, which was not found practicable so late in the Term, an O. K. S. Pair-oar race of an impromptu Character was held on the last Monday of the Summer Term, in which Scrivenor and Baker (0 . K. S.), steered by L'Estrange, beat Austen and Douglas (cox . Horn ), after a good struggle, and Cunningham and C. P. Cli nton, coxed by Horn, beat the other O.K.S.pair, H . J. Clinton and C. T . Candy, (cox. Glennie). The latter was rather a hollow race, as Candy's method of rowing, perhaps modelled on Continental principles, was not altogether in harmony with his partner's more ordinary Oxford style.

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On Saturday October 3rd, the Rev. Canon Page-Roberts gave us a lecture on his travels in the deserts of Mount Sinai. The lecture, which was far too brief, was full of witty and interesting anecdotes, and delighted as large an audience as we ever remembe r to have seen in the Parry Library.

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'We were very glad to sec ]\1fT. Tripp down here at the beginning of this term.

As a tribute to our late Archbishop the School sent a cross of wh ite roses

and chrysanthemums, with the Cathedral crest in violets.

! of the

The O .K.S. sent a wreath of purple ancl white flowe rs surround ing a V-shaped pallium of wh ite chrysanth emums with red crosses.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. MIDSUMMER . G . C. VALPY-King's Scholar; Entered the School, J an . • 89 ' ; VIth Form, Sept. . 893; Monitor, Sept.• 894; Captain of the School, . 895 - 96; Cricket XI., .894-96;' Football, XV., . 894-96 ; Open ClaSSIcal Scholarship at Queen's College Cambridge; Editor of Cantuarian, . 894-9 6 . J . B. DRAKE-King's Scholar ; Entered the School, Sept . • 890; VIth Form, Sept . 1892 ; l'vIonitor, Sept . . 1893; Captain ~f the School, 1894-95; Editor of the Cantuanan, 1894-<)6; l'ootball XV., 1892-96 ; Captain of Football, . 894-96; Ford Student, Tri nity College, Oxford . E . M. T OULMIN- King's Scholar; Entered the School, Jan. 1892; VIth Form, Jan. 1894; House Monitor, Sept. 1894 ;. Eclito~ of Cantuarian, . 895- 96 ; Cricket XI., . 89':-96; Captam of Cncket, 1895- 96 ; Football XV., . 893-.896 ; Fives Cap., . 893- . 896 . A . J . FENN-King's Scholar; Entered the School. Se~t . • 890 ; VIth Form, J an . • 894; Monitor, Sept . • 894; House MOllItor, Sept. .895 ; CrIcket XI., . 895-96; Football XV., . 894-96; Open Mathemat.cal Scholarship at Corpus College, Cambridge. J. L. FAWSSETT-Entered the School, Sept. 189 ' ; VIth Form, J an .• 895 ; Secretary of Debating Society, . 895-96. J . C. MOLONy-Entored the School, Sept . • 890; VIth Form, Sept. 1894; Football XV., . 895- 96 .

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H . P. H . AUSTEN- E ntered the School, Sept. / 89 ' ; Football XV., . 894-9 6. E . B. K ELSEY-Entered the School, J an . â&#x20AC;˘ 893; Football XV., . 894--9 6. T . B. WACHEE-Entered the School, Sept. 1893; Cricket XI., . 89 6. C . F. N,CHoLAs- Entered the School, Sept.â&#x20AC;˘ 894: Cricket XI., .89 6.

SP O RTS'

COMMITTEE, 1896.

On ~ar~ ~ 9th, ~t a Committee Meeting, it was resolved: (1.) That In accordance with the sugges ti on of the C.O.S., un der ' 4 events . should be included in the ann ual I nter-School Sports." (ii.) "That these events should be 440 yards and 100 yards, and should take place on the same day as the other events." (iii. ) "That the ] lI nior School should be eligible to compete against the C.O.S., in the above events." (iv.) <I T hat tl~e Colours ~or the School representatives (under 14) should consls~ of a TlIlllllng vest, trimmed with School Colours, but without any shield or rosette." .J (v. ) lC That if a member of the School should be selected to run against ~ the C.O.S., but through illness or accident sho ul d be prevented he should be allowed to wear his Sports' Colours, at the next y~ars sports, as though he had run." At a Meeting on J uly 30th, it was resolved: "That the Shields in the Gymnasium should in future be of wood ' and that the Sports' Committee should replace the present ones ~t the rate of two yearly." T ? the above resolution was added on Sept. 19th , at a Meeting of th e Sports' CommIttee : 41 That the ne.", Footbal,l Shields shoul d be pai nted dark blue with golden letters, h ke the Cncket Shields." At a Meeting of the Committee on Sept. 25th, it was resolved : (i.) "That in future the na mes of the Cricket and Football Teams should be in the order in which the members obtained their' Colours ' and not as heretofore in School order:" . (ii.) " T hat the above resolution be adhered to when the old Shields are replaced yearly, as far back as 18qo. (iii. ) " T hat t.h~ naz:tes o~ the F,oolball Shields be arranged according to the posItIons 111 whIch their owners played in the team, viz. : back, i -back, i -back, or forward." C. IVI. SKI NNER, Hon: Sec.

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O. K . S .

COLUMN.

All o.res. wishing to play in the O.K.S. match at the end of this term are requested to send in their nam es, as soon as possible, to J. B. Drake, Trinity College, Oxford .

T. K. Sopwith was ordai ned Deacon at Vlalsall, in "Lichfield Diocese, on Sept. 20th.

G. Lee-Warner has obtained the Diploma of t he Royal Agricultural College, Downton .

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P. G. Peacocke was ordained Deacon . at the last Ordination at Durham.

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N.B.-Th e Editors declillc to accept allY respomibility co~uucled 1.uil~ tlte ?p:'u/om 1r;1t~:~:~~/~ob~::':sIl: do Is Name (lIId address 11111S1 always be gwm, not mces!ar~1J ,or p , g~:~r~lItee of good faith . Personalities iuilt involve certain rtlectzOlL.

To Ihe Edilors of "

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Dear Sirs, Now that the Fives' Ties will shortly be played off, I would suggest an alteration in the account of them that appears in the Contuantw. No di stinction is made between those games whidl are actually H played out" and those which ar~ not ; though this coul d easily be managed by the usc of the signs H w.o." and" scr." This slight alteration would make people more anxious about trying to make a good fight of it, than merdy to enter to bring up the number of t . a nd then scratch in the first en n es round . I remain, Y ours tru Iy. PLAY UP.

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Editors of

"THE CANTUARIAN.' Âˇ

Dear Sirs, May I enquire as to the exact time when the cllstom now in vogue in t he Cathedral was begun. I allude to the four top commoners being separated from the rest of their a ugust body, and taki ng conspicuous positions in the seats of the scholars, thereby creating an obvious lack of symmetry and as a rule taking precedence over luckless scholars above them in School order. As there have recently been estab..lished several precedents for the abolition, f in things both great and small, 0 customs d presumably old and time-honoured an II for tl,e nstitution of tota y new ones we " may fairly hope that this same progressive

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spirit, now so prevalent, may extend to this matter also. I trust that sooner or later our eyes will cease to be offended by seeing members of the V. Form, and these not always of a very exalted position in that form, sitting at their ease among the higher members of the VI. Form, while the humbler members of the VI. are condemned to remain in acute bodily discomfort on the middle row.

Surely it seems an anomaly that the obtaining of the much-coveted scholarship should relegate its possessor to a position inferior to that of a commoner. Apologizing for trespassing so far upon your valuable space. I sign myself,

Yours etc., AN OBSERVER .

SHOP ACCOUNT. MICHAELMAS TERM,

£ s. d. 86 13 2

CR. Cash

Total

... £86 13

1895.

DR. Sweets and Chocolate Groceries Cakes and Buns Mineral \:Vaters 1\'[i lk Stationery Balls Attendance Miscellaneous Goods Furnishing Balance in hand ... Total

£ 17 ... 27 12 7 2 3

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l O~

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DR. Sweets and Chocolate Groceries

Z 17

Milk Stat ionery Balls

Coals and Gas Attendance

:Misccllaneous Goods Furnishing:

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CR.

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TERM. DR. Due to Treasurer .. , Sweets and Chocolate Groceries Cnkes and Duns

Min eral Waters 1-.'lilk Stationery

Balls Coals and Gas

Ice Attendance l\li sccllancoliS Goods Balance in hand T otal

T otal

C ash

2 0 19 I e>!

19 9 5 3 9 I 18 4. 3 17 0 296

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Advr..nccd by Treasurer

£ s. d. 18 IS 6

... £98 10

T otal

£ s. 2 17 28 0 ' 3 12 13 5 6 18 2 5 I 2 4 0 I 18

d. I 0 8, 10 6 4, 0

3 II 5 7 3 2 12 8

5 6

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SPORTS COMMITTEE ACCOUNTS. £

CR.

ByBoys'Subscriptions,Michaelmas T erm 34 I)

Lent T erm

" " May T erm Bicycles Subcril?tions M asters' SubscrIptions Cantuarian A . F . L uxmoore, E sq. Rent of Blare's P iece Sale of Football Cards Sale of Cricket Cards Profit on Shop Advanced by Treasurer

T otal

s. d. 2 6

35 17 6 37 13 0 I 3 0 I I 4 0 10 3 6 0 10 II 0 0 IS 0 13 10 0

4 16

£ 158

0 0 0 0 0

DR. Due to Treasurer ... ;.. riss James ( Lunches, 1893) Kent County Cricket Club ... Austen ... Gibbs (Printing) Sports P rizes Cricket Net T an ... Lilley (Rolling) J arrett (Cart ing) Goal Posts, &c. Galemen (at S ports) Chambers Footballs Fives balls Rales and Taxes ... St reet er ... Bass Elvy lIunce .. , ... Bingham Bingham (mending bats) Cricket balls ... Cabs for l\f. T . Match Scorers and Umpires' jou rneys and luncheons Sund ries

T otal

F. F. S. \VILLIAMS. Audited : T.

£ 6 IS 10 21

s. 14 3 0 16

2 1 17

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£ 158

Treasurer. FIELD.

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KING'S SCHOOL LIBRARY. BALANCE S HIlET,

CR. Balance on September 19th, JS95 T ermina l Endowments Fines

T otal

s. d. o 7 II 30 0 0 o 9 II

... £ 3017

1895- 1896.

DR. New Books , .. Dinding and Repairs l\fngazines and Periodicals,.. . .. Cards, Pl ates , Labelling and Work." Balance, J uly 30th, 1896 T otal

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EDITORIAL. Since our last number appeared many e\'cnts have happened. In the football world we have certainly not met with unmixed succcss, but may fairly plead in excuse that we have becn un lucky. Eltham, it is true, beat us disast rously, bu t the Dover match was un expectedly close, and with a little luck, the result would have been reversed. ~utton Valence were beaten afler a most exciting struggle, and the XV. made a most pl ucky fight against the Thanet \Vanderers, losing. only abo ut a minu te before time. The second XV., howe\"er, have fared most disastro usly, losing to T onbridge third XV. by nearly So points, and to Dover second XV. by O\'er 20 . Turning back to School afiairs, t.he School must soon suficr a severe loss. lVIr. Field has accepted the \Vardenship of Radl er College. Though our loss is Radl ey's gain, and though we wish him all success and happiness in his new life. yet the gap his loss will cause will be hard to fiil. Himself an O.K.S., his interest in th e doings of the School, whether in th e plaring.field or cxamination-room or elsewhere, was very keen, and all O.K.S.â&#x20AC;˘ we arc sure. will ,remember his hearty welcome to them. At the same time we must not forget to offer our hearty congratulations to the Rev. A. J. Galpin, M.A., Assistant Master of lVlarlborough College, who has bee n unanimously selected to succeed Mr. Field in the H ead Mastership. Mr .. Galpin's career has been a singularly brilliant one. H ead of Sherborn e, he won an Open

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Classical Scholarship at Tri nity College, Oxford i gained a First Class in Moderations, and a First Class in the Final Classical Schools. He then accompanied Lord Lansdowne to Canada in the position. of Private Secretary, and on his return was appointed House Master at Marlborough College. H e was app ointed by Dr. Percival, the present Bishop of H ereford, Classical Lecturer at Trinity College, Oxford. Vve beg to offer him a sincere and hearty welcome to the School. Lastly, we must end up with a very comm on editorial comr1alll t, dearth of contributions. Really the School do not seem to understand the difficulties of th e Editors. Is it conceivable that in a school like our5'i, th ere is not one boy who can write a poem, or send in a rf>adable arti cle ? The School reall y ought to support th eir own paper better. To any who may be deter red from writi ng by bashfulness, we woul d say, <I All contr ibutions will be thank full y received." Finally, we would beg O .K.S. to send ll S more news of their doin gs. Of those at th e Universities, we hear in the 'Varsity Letter, but, except from th e daily papers, we are abso lutely in ig norance of even the whereabo uts of others. And this is th e morc deplorable as the Old Boys' Column is almost always the most interesting part in any school paper. Vi e must apologize for the delay in bringing out this number. This is owing to the unavoidab le absence of two of the Editors for va ri ous examinations. The folio-wing is an. lw't'Ira ci from the " O:t.ford 11fagaziue " of lVovember J 51h : ee The Radl ey appoin tment is exciting, interesting. and satisractory. Mr. Field H had a brilliant und ergraduate career, crownin g with double fi rsts and a fellowship, " the former which he won on the rive r, and in th e society or hi s College and the " University. He has had splendid experience as an assistant at Repton and HillTOW, " and as a head at Canterbury, his own old school. H e is a man of great vigour H and versatility, and or distin ct edu cati onal aims an d idea ls, loving and delighting H in th e old, but keen for rerorms, or at an y rate ro r real ity and life, with a liberal " head aBd conservative heart. He will be welcomed by man y old and young friends U back to the neighbourhood of Oxford, and th ose wh o kn ow will consider his "appoin tment distinctly a strong one."

:l11t alrlllorimn. >I< EDWARD WHITE BENSON,

o stately fane,

withi n whose shade Of lofty pillars, arches deep \ÂĽrapped in th eir everlasti ng sleep The mighty de-ad to rest are laid.

D .D.,

ARCHBI SHOP OF CANTERBURY.

Receive him to whom God has give n Now latest his eternal rest, Who with the number of the blest Has learned the holy calm of heaven.

TH E T o us is left the empty place, The sweet remembrance of th e As in a mi rror, rad ing fa st The shadowy likeness of a race,

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The echoes of th e words he said, The deeds he did, in mournful chim e Borne on the hurryin g breeze of T ime The saintly beauty of that head .

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And though we kno,," that he is gone From mortal speech and mo rtal eye, The sacred chain of memory Can plain I)" still recall to one, Of those who saw him as he stood Among us in th e crowded rOOl11, The stately beating of his form, T he genial smile, th e lo\'e of good.

FOOT BALL. K ING' S SC I-lOOr. v. FOLKEST ONE F. C. This mat ch was played on Saturd ay, Oct. 12th, at Blore's Piece, and resulted in a dereat for the School br two tries to nil. Folkestone won the toss, and elected to play down hill, with the wind. Cunni ngham kicked off for the School, and the ball was well return ed . Plar settled in our 25, th e weight of the Folkestonc maki ng itself felt. After ab out a quarter of an hour's hard scrl1lnmaging and I"Ilshing, the l"olkestone forward s broke through, and Tassell scored near th e touch-line. The ki ck, a very diffi cult one, fail ed. Follo wing the drop-out, the ball was smartly heeled out, an d went all alon g the f -l ine, an d Ski nner made a most brilliant run , half the length of the fi eld, but was thrown into touch jl1st"when he looked cerlain to score. From the li ne-ou t, H art-Dayies got o\"er, but was held before he could ground the ball, and fro m t.he ensuing scrum, Folkestone dribbled back to mid-field, \rhere play remained ti ll half~ time. On resumin g, om opponents again pressed, and Lea, charging down a ki ck, looked very dangerous, but was fi nely tack led by FynesClinton, near the line. T assell also looked like scoring, but was brought down by th e combined efforts or Skinner and FYlles-Clinton. Our opponents, however, would not be den ied, and Lea charging down a ki ck of Clinton' s scored another trr, Clinton and C. H. Clarke impeding each other in attempting to collar him . The kick agai n fai led. This reverse seemed to rou se th e School, and they now pressed, Skinner putting in some fi ne run s. These, howeve r, were generally unsuppo rted by his inside, and th e whistle blew with the score: Folkestone, two tries j K.S.C., 1111. The School team was as rollows : C. P. Fynes-Clinton (back) ; C. l\L Skinne r, S. W. Cole, 1. B. H art-Davies, T . Dann (f backs) ; A. L. Pari s, A. S. Athawes (t backs) ; C. H. Clarke (Captain ), F. M. Gadne)'. F. J. Cunniugham, E . L. A. H ertslet, G. F . H orsley, H . J. Mowll, 1.. Chow n, and A. W. Ri chardso n (forward s).

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KING'S SC HOOL v. REV. F. F. S. WILLIAM S' XV. This match was played at Canterbury on Thursday, Oct. 15th, an ti resulted in a win for the School by I goal to nothin g. Clarke won the toss and chose to defend !he pavilion end. The game was not of a vcry interesting character on the whole, being composed chiefly of sc rummages, in which the forwards pro ved fairly e venly matched, but the School three-q uarters did not get many openi ngs, for the forwards did not heel at all cleanly, and conseq uently th e opposi ng halves were usually able to stop any efforts at passing. At half-time nothing had been scored on ei ther side. On resum ing play, our forwards got better together and usually rushed the se rum s, but it was not until ten minutes before the end that H art-Davies received the ball, and passing it on to Dann, the latter mad e a neat dodgy run and got ovcr close to the posts. Skinn er took the ki ck and placed an easy goal. The rest of the game was mainly occu pi cd in vigorous attacks by the School, whi ch we re howe\'cr successfully rcpell cd by our opponents, and the game ended as stated. The School forwa rds did not hcel out enough, or the sco re might have bee n increased . Colley was not a Sllccess at ;(, his passing bei ng often faulty. Dann tackled well, and with mo re confidence should be a usefu l runner, but Skinner had very little to do. Of the forwards Cunningham at last showed some of his last year's form , and \:Vilkinson was also conspicuo us. The following was the School tea m: C. P. Fyncf)ÂˇÂˇClintnl1. back; C. M. Skinner, 1. B. H art-Davies, T . Dann, P. H. Colley, ~ ; A. L. Pari s, A. S. Athawes, ! j C. H. Clarke (Capt.), F. ~ l. Gadne)" H. J3. Clarke, E . L. A. Hertslet, F. J. Cunningh am, G. F. Horsl e)" H.]. Mowll, B. T . Wilkinson, forw ards. KING'S SCH OOL Z'. SUTTON VALENCE. This match was played at Canterbury on Tuesday, OCl. 27th, a nd resulted in a win for us by T goal and I try (8 points) to I goal (5 points). Clarke won the toss and elected to defend the pavilion end, and Sutto n on ki ckin g off at once began to press us in our own 25 . Howeve r, our forwards were heavier than theirs, an d usually got the ball, and by slow degrees it was worked back into the centre agai n. I t was then our turn to attack, bu t th e de fence was too sure to make mu ch impression on it, Darton espp.cially being very conspicuous. However, at last from a sc rum in th eir 25, Athawes got the ball , and passed out exactly at the right moment to Clarke. who got over the line. Skinne r took the ki ck, and placed a neat goa l. Encouraged by this success, our forwards kcpt up a sharp a ttack unti l half- time so un ded, but nothing came of it, and we crossed ovrr leading by I goal to nothin g . On resum ing, our forwards soon worked the ball dow n to the Sutton 25, where a neat bout of passing amongst the backs let Dann in just at the right hand corner. Skinner took the kick but the angle was too diffi cult. For some time we kept up an

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attack, but could not add to th e score, and at last a run and a kick of Darton's brought play back to half-way. Then the Sutton forwards roused themselves, and we were gradually driven back into our own 25 . At last from a scrum thera the ball was sent to Hurlbatt, who was stopped, but the ball fell be hind him, and wh ilst our for wards were waiting for the whistle to blow, Darton picked the ball up, and got over almost unopposed bet ween the posts, an d placed an easy goal. The remaining five minutes was spent in hard scru mm agi ng in our half, but Sutton could not break through again, and a most exciting and interesting game ended in a win for us as stated. On th e whole we may fairly say that we had most of the play and wo n on our merits. For us all the three-quarters did well , and Paris at half got through a lot of work. Forward Clarke ~ and Cunninghan. did best, and for our opponents, Darton was a long way the best. Dann and Cunningham received th eir colours after the match. The team was: S. W. Cole, back ; C. H. Clarke (Capt. ), C. M. Skinner, 1. B. H art-Davies, T. Dann, lÂˇ ; A. L. Paris, A. S. Athawes, t j F. M. Gadney, H. J3. Clarke, F. J. Cunningham, G. F. H orsIer, H . ]. Mowll, L. Chown, B. T. Wilkinson, J. L' Est ran ge, fo rwards. lO NG'S SC HOOL v. ELTHAM COLLEGE. Played on Oct. 29 and resulted in a victory for Eltham by five tries and one penalty goal to nit. Eltham is a most awkward place to reach. Thanks to the inconve nient arrangements of our two loca l lines, the XV. had to start at half. past eleven, have lunch at Chatham, and not arrive at Eltham ti ll half-past two i so it was three o'clock before a start could be made. All th e n10rni ng there had been a thick London fog, which left t he ground in a unpl easantly sticky statc for play. The School kicked otT up the hill and at first kept the game in the home terri to ry, but after a quarter of an hour's play it was transferred to the School 25. Here a free kick was g iven against the School for an infringement of the ofr~si de rul e, and a good kick sent the ball over the bar. Upon restarting, the Eltham fo rwards ru shed the ball clown and Cole savcd well more than once, but shortly befo re halftim e a combined forward dribble res ulted in a try. The kick at goal failed, and~ when the whistle sounded for half-time E ltham were leadi ng by one penalty goal and one try (six points) to lIit. In the second half not much occurred to record in detail. El tham pressed most of the time, and added four more tries, none of which were imp roved, and would have scored more had it not bcen for good tackl ing and kicking by Cole at full ~ back . Though the forwards held their OWll in the pack, th ey were not so quick as their opponents in the loose, but where Eltham showed clea r superiority was at haH and three-quarters, havi ng one really good half, and at least two threequarters above the average of school boys, who always managed to give and take their passes wh en going at a good pace.

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The following was the School team: S. W. Cole, back ; C. H. Clarke, C. M. Skinner, I. B. H art-Davies, T. Dann, i backs ; A. L. Paris, A. S. Athawes, ! backs; H . B. Clarke, F. M. Gadney, F . J. Cunningham, G. F . Horsley, H. J . Mowll, L. Chown, B. T . Wilkinson, J. L'Estran ge, fonvard s.

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This match was played at Canterbury, on \Vedn esday, November 11th, and resulted in a win for Dover, by two tries to nothing, a result which, with a little luck, might have been reversed . Clarke won the toss, and elected to play from the pavil ion end. Dm'cr ki cked off, and play at once settled down in our 25. the Dover forward s being superior to ours, especially in the open . In spite of good kickin g by Clinton and H art-Davies, we were graduall y driven back, and one of our opponents' forwards nearly got over, but was ruled off-side; the kick brought only temporay relief, for the College rushed the ball over, but Clarke saved. At last, after a spell of uninteresti ng play, Vickery dribbled DveT, and Dann failing to save, secured the first try, which was not improved on. The drop-out was well returned, and as Cole dropped the ball fo rward, play was . again in our 25, and very soo n Stone cleverly dribbl ed- over and scored again . The kick did not improve it, as the ball stru ck the cross-bar, and soon after half-time was called . The second half was much faster, an d we were attackin g most of the time; Cunningham gained ground by a good dribble, but the ball was well retu rn ed. Clarke receivi ng the ball from a free, ran and passed to Skinner who, however, did not accept the pass, and soon afterwards dropped the ball forward again. Har t-Davies got away, but the Dover back returned into touch. Cole's kicking here was a noticeable feature, and Skinner got away and transferred to Dann, but the opportu nity was not profited by. Skinner again got away. but was shoved into to uch. and immediately after Clarke got through the op posing backs and passed to Skinn er who, however, dropped the ball, thus losing an almost certain try. Dover now began to press, bu t good kicking hy Cole, anel a run of Clinton's, relieved the pressure, but Dover came again, and Stone ran and kicked into touch in ou r zs, and soon after the whistle blew. On our side the passi ng, as a rule, was good amongst the three-quarters, but Skinner was rath er off-colo ur. Cole at back played very well, and with Chown received his colours afte r the match. Of the rest, Clarke and Cunnin gham were conspicuous forwards, and H art-Davies got through a lot of work at half, though inclined to get off-side occasionally. The School team was: S. W. Cole, back; C. H . Clarke, C. M. Skinn er. T. Dann. C. P. Clinton, fj A. L. Paris, 1. B. H art-D av ies, !-; H. n. Clarke, F.J. Cunningham} G. F. H orsley, H . J. Mowll, L. Chown, J. L'Estrange, A. S. Johnso n, B. T. ,"Vilkinson, forward s.

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v. THANET WANDERERS.

This match was played on Novemu'er 17th, on Blare's Piece. The visitors started playing up the hill, and against the wind which was pretty strong. They soon began pressi ng with a good dribbl e. McArthur paving the way. Boothby at three-quarte rs looked dangerous once, but was pushed in to touch; \~'arden also broke away but was well stopped. The School gradually worked the ball dow n hill, and Clin ton, on the lea~h er being passed out. transferred to Finn, who however failed to utilize his opportumty. L oose play res ulted in a dribble by t11e \Vanderers' forwards, which luckily was stopped, and Skinner managed to get a run, and kicked the ball into touch, thus regaining some lost gro und. After this the School continued to ass um e the offensive, play ruling near the Wanderers' zs, but though Clinton got possession on several occasions, errati c passing, in which Finn was the chief offend er, spoilt good chan ces. The School still attacked, 路and Paris once fed Skinner well, but the latter was tack led when he looked like scoring. Next followed a series of dribbles, in which Sergeant Kain for the visitors, and Hart路 Davies for the School, showed to advantage. For the School, too, Cunnin gham proved useful ill lining out. Soon however \Varden, combining with Athawes, brought play ri ght in front of our goal , but a wild pass by th e latter prevented se ri ous co nseq uences. Boothby next received the ball but did not hold it, and J ohnso n picki ng it up transferred to \Vilkinson who ran down the field, but was unable to pass. After this, mainly owing to the efforts of Sergt. Kain and ,"Varden th e School defence was somew hat taxed, but thanks to th e excepti onally brilliant tackling of Cole, no result was eflected, and at half-time no point had been sco.red for either side. After the interval, play soon settled in the \Vanderers' territory, oWlllg to useful run s by Dann, and a returning kick by Cole, and ul timately after some neat passing Skinner ran over th e line and touched down. The kick however failed, in the face of an ad\'erse wi nd, though the attempt at it by Skinner was good, especially as the angle was difficult. The \Vanderers, roused by this re . . erse, brought t he ball by dint of ha rd play cl05e to om goal, but the School forwards and hal ves sho wed a plucky defence for some time, several ugly rushes of Boothby'S b~ing effectually checked . H owever, at length th e \Vanderers' efforts were crowned WIth success, for Cole in an attempt to ground his man, was carried past the line, and Athaw~s seizing the ball touched down. The try however was not conve rted. Encouraged by th is good fortu ne, the Wande rers continued to press the game in the School 25, Athawes, \路Varden and Booth by showing up to advantage. Paris brought tem porary relief by a good dribble, and th e School prevented further scoring till the last minute, when 'Varden intercepted a misdirected pass J and beautifully dodging everybody, placed the ball behind the posts. The ki ck was successful, leaving the Wanderers victors of a hard foug ht tussle by a goal and try to a try. The School team was as follows: S. W. Cole, back; C. M. Skinner, C. P. Fynes-Clinton, G. N. Finn and T. Dann, it backs ; A. L. Paris '(Capt.), and I. B .. Hart-Davies, t backs; H. B. Clarke, F. J. Cun ningham, L. Chown, B. T. Wllkmson, G. F. H orsley, H. J . Mowll, J. L'Estrange, and A. S. Johnson (forwards).

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KING'S SCHOOL v. SUTTON VALENCE (Return) . Played at Sutton on Nov. 25. and resulted in a win for the School by one try to 111"1. This is the first time we have ever beaten Sutton Valence on their own ground. Sutton won th e toss and chose to play with a slight wind behind them . The kick off was returned and play settled down in the School quarters for a few

scrimmages, until combined rushes by the forwards transferred it to th e Sutton 25 . Here Skinner got in a good run, but was sent into touch berore he could cross the line, and some nice passing along the three-quarter line was seen, but the defence was too strong to admit of any sco ring. Darton relieved with a kick to half-way, but the ball was again worked up towards the Sutton goal, and Skinner was enabled to score after a pretty run, from a pass by Clarke. The place, which was not an easy one fell short. From the kick out Sutton took up the offensive and gained some ground by rushes in which \Vheatley and Ralph were especially conspicuous, an d for a few minutes w0re in dangerous proximity to the School lines. At last the ball was got away, thanks chiefly to Davies and Finn, and being taken into the Sutton tcrritory, a free kick was awarded to the School on the twenty-five line. Skinner took a drop but the leather passed j list outside the right post and was touched down. A long kick into touch near the School goal line gave the backs a few anxious minutes, but nothing was scored, and half-time came with the sco re : King's School, one try j Sutton, 111'1. In the second half the School again began to press, but good play by the home forwards gradually transferred operat.ions into t.he School territory, where it remained until Skinner relieved with a kick. Then \Vheatley with a hard kick, which he followed up well, got over the School line, but Clarke kicked dead. Then it was the turn of the School to press, and th e halves and three-quarters were all conspicuous in turn, but the Sutton defence was too st.ubborn to allow of any further score. In the last few minutes the home forward s made a great cOo rt to get all terms and though they hovered on the King's School goal line, could not get over, and when the whistle went for "no side)l play had been transferred again to mid-field. The School forwards played very well, and were too heavy for their opponents. They broke up more quickly than usual, and did a lot of collaring, so that the home backs were never allowed to get away. Cunningham, Clarke ~ and Horsley were th e most conspicuous. TJ1C halves both played well, Finn'.) making a very successful debut in that position in Paris' absence. Little fault could be found either with Cole at full back, or with the three-quarters, whose passing at times was quite good. On the Sutton side, the forwards were light, and the halves small, but they played an excellent defensive game, but had few chances of taking the offensive. ÂˇOf the f Darton was too well looked after, to be ever really dangerous, but he and ';Yheatley were the pick. After the match Clinton' and Horsley received t.heir colours. The School team was: S. W. Cole, back; C. I-I. Clarke, C. M. Skinner, T . Dann, C. P. Clinton, i-; I. B. Hart-Davies, G. N. Finn, ~; H. B. Clarke, F. J . Cunningham, F. M. Gadney, L. Chown, G. F. Horsley, H. J. Mowll, B. T . Wilkinson, J.L'Estrange, A. S. Johnson, forwards.

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SCHO OL NE W S . On Tuesday, October 27th, the School played against Sutton Valence, all. Blare's Piece, and the result was a win for the School by 3 points (School I goal, I try, the Visitors I goal). On Thursday, October 29th, the XV. went down to Eltham to play the Royal Naval School, but were beaten by 18 points to nil (I penalty goal and 5 tries). l'llo),\

Both the XVs. played Dover College on \;Yednesday, November 11 th, the 1st XV. at Blore's Piece, and the 2nd at Dover; when the 1st XV. were beaten by 2 tries to nil; and the 2nd by 3 goals and 3 tri es to nil. ~.\ÂĽ-.:~

The Thanet Wanderers brcught a team against us on November 17th, which defeated us by 5 points, the School scoring I try, and the Visitors I goal and I try. The 2nd XV. went to Tonbridge, October 29th, to play Tonbridge 3rd XV., but were crushingly defeated by 50 points. We congratulate the fOllowing on

receiving their Football Colours j after Sutton Valence, F. J. Cu nni ngham and T. Dann j after Dover College, S. \;y. Cole, and L. Chown j after Sutton Valence return, C. P. Clinton and G. F. Horsley.

The following have received their badges : B. T. \;Vilkinson . J. L'Estrange, A. S. Johnson, J. C. Lucas A. W. Richardso n, C. H. Bodington, P. H. Colley, W. V. I-Ieale, and G. N. Finn.

On Nov. 26th, the School, represe nted by C. H. Clarke and A. S. Alhawes, defeated the C.O.S. at fives, by 15-2, 15 -6. On the same day, in the" under {6,H A. 1\1. Toulmin and R. Glennie defeated the "under 16)1 C.O.S. by J 5-6, '5-13 . in the C.O .S. Courts.

In the return match, the School, represented by the same teams, on Dec. znd, won both matches, the open by 15-7. '5-Z, in the King's School Court, and the under 16 by 15-5, 15-8, in the C.O.S. Courts.

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On November 14.th, the Rev. Theodore 'Wood, who will be remembered for his very interesting lecture on " I nsects" last Autumn, again favoured us with a lecture, this time dealing with the larger species of the <I Inhabitants of a reedy ponel." H e described with numerous ill ustrations on the Black -board a large number of these inhabitants, including th e frog, the stickleback, the large 'Water-Beetle, and the common gnat. His descriptions were interspersed with sercral amusing and interesting anecdotes, and at the end met with a warm ovation, after a few words of thanks from the Head Master.

"Lays of I nd." as follows : I.

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Pianoforte Solo .. , .. .......... I j Restless Nights" R. M. Tukc. Carol ................................ Bethlehem." The Choral Sociel},. Reading ..... Piece out of "The L:lYs of I nd." A. L. Paris. Song ...................... ............. " The Owl. " Rc\,. F. F. S. \-Villiams. Pianoforte & Violin ... J. C. Lucas & L. Chown. Reading ... Macalllny's "Denthof Charles II." Rc\'. T . Field. jj

Trio ............ Mr. 1- Ritchic, Mr. C. W. Bell and F. J. Cunningham. Song ... ,( I want yer ma' I·Ioney " ... L. Chown. Part Song ...... H Thc Old Brigade" ... The Choral Society. ->:- ...~ ~

'Ve desire to express our most hearty thanks to 1\,[1's. Blore [or her kind gift to the Museum of the head of an Ibex. .... i'

A highly successful Penny Reading was held in the Parry Library, on October 24th i bo th Mr. ' Villiams' and Chown's songs were loudly ap plauded and encored, and Mr. Field's reading was extremely impressive and interesting. Paris also read a very amusing piece out of the

Two half-holidays have been given in honour of S. S. Cook's position itt the IVlathematical Tripos, one on ,;Vednesday, N overnber I I th, when the Dover Match was played, and the other on ,"Vednesday, November 75th, when we played against . Sutton Valence.

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DEAR SIRS,

We arc glad to find our numb ers increased by two this year ; the loss of W. M. Carter (B. N.C.) and M. S. Newland (Trinity), being more thancountcrbalanced by the arrival of J. B. Drake, J. L. Fawssett (Trinity), E. iVI. T oulmin (Magdalen), and H. P. H. Austen (Kebl e); our total number is now eleven.. As most of you wi ll have seen, Drake played in the Freshman's match, and Pears has been rowing in the Trials. Vve offer our co ngratulations to Luxmoore, whom we hope to see representing Cambridge in the 'Varsity match, to Stobart on rowing in the Pembroke four, and to Fenn on his jump at the Freshmen's spo rts at Camb ri dge. Turning to the performances of P.K,S., wc are_glad to see they have again defeat~ d Sutton Valence, and we wish t hem all success in future fixtures . May we be allowed to add our sympathies to the eloque nt tribute paid by the Headmaster (0 the late Arch bishop, whose kind words and stately figure will

always be dear to our memory. 'Ve cannot do more than endo rse the H eadmaster's remark that affection and sorrow were the spontaneous feelings of all of us. Before closing this letter I should like to express what I am sure are the feelings of all, whether prese nt or past King' s Scholars, on the subject of Mr. Field's appoin tment to the 1-1eadmastership of Radl ey j satisfaction at an appointment so wellÂˇ deserved, tempered by the regret that (he School must lose a head whose place in the eyes of all of us will be almost impossible to fill. "'e ought by all rules of courtesy to offer our hearty congratulations to Mr. Field, yet we are selfishly sorry for that appointment, and there is not one among us who docs not know that Mr. Field has done much [or the School. At Canterbury, where Mr. Field has spent so many yea rs of his life his name wi ll always be remembered in connection with the School, where as Scholar, and subsequently H eadmaster, he has endeared himself to all. Yours very truly, O.K.S.

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We heartily congratulate A. F. C. Luxmoore on gai ning his Blue for Rugby Football at Cambridge University.

H. F. Stobart has been rowing in the Cambridge Trial Eights.

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S. S. Cook has been fun ning again for the Cambridge H are and Hounds.

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A. J. Fenn was 2nd iu the High Jump of th e Freshmen's Sports, at Cambridge, and won the High Jump, and the Freshmen's Quarter Mile, and was 2nd in th e H alf Mile in the C.C.C. Sports.

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A. J. Fenn has received his Rugby Football Colours for the above College.

A. G. Richardson won the Th rowing the H ammer, and the Long Jump, and was 2nd in the High Jump in the C.C.C. Sports.

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The Secretary acknowledges th e receipt of subscriptions for the O.K.S. wreath for the latc Archbishop, from the following: A. Latter, Rev. R, F . Elywn. M. S. Newland, L. W. Smith, Rev. A. H. Tholl)pson, W. R . Mowll, A. K. Mow ll, F. B. Kingdom, Rev. P. G. Peacocke, P . A. Turnbull, H . F . Stobart, J. I-I. Smith, Cambridge O.K.S., a nd Oxford O.K.S. He reg rets that lh~ suddenness of the affair precl uded many, who wou ld doubtless have been willing, from hear ing of the subsc ription.

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.Cambridge O.K..S. were conspicuo us by their absence at the O.K.. S. match, let us DEAR SYRS, hope that this may not be so next year. First of all let me congratulate the An O.K.S. Society has been started up School on thei r brillliant cricket seaso n. here under the presidency of S. S. Cook, To the Editors

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so that we have at last taken a welln eeded step. Our num bers are smaller than last year, as we have lost l'.'fe'isrs. Castley, Beynon, Athawes, Knapp, and Salmon, and, I believe, one othe r wh ose name I don't kn ow. \Ve are glad to welcome A. J. Fenn an d C. H. Ki ngdon to Corpus, G. C. Valpy to Christ's, and R . J. H eale to Tri ni ty. Cambridge O.K. S. are nearly all representing their vario us colleges at variolls games. H. F. Stoba rt at present occupies No. 2 thwart in olle of the 'Varsity Trials j we sincerely hop e he may get his T rial cap. A. F. C. Lu xmoore appea rs to be a " :siLLe r " for his H. ugge r Blue, and A. J. Fenn should develop into a good high -jumper if only he trains hard . H e and Richardson both carried off se veral prizes in t heir college

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sports, and doubtless Vi. I-I. Maundrell wou ld have won four or five had he com peted . The 'Varsi ty Rugger is at prese nt going strong, though the match with Oxford may prove one too muc h for us. \Ve hop e tha t O.K.S. ~vi ll turn up in numbers to say farewe ll to the Rev.. T . F ield as H eadmaster. Bis place will be a ha rd one to fill, and at the same time, th0ugh we congratulate him on his election to Radl ey, still we cannot help feeling sad at his depa rture. Before stop ping let me congratulate the School on the slIccess of the shop; hopi ng that I have not trespassed too long on your valuable space. I remain, Yours truly, O.K.S. CANTAB.

HARVEY SOCIETY. The H arvey Society has again this term begun lts series of meetings, which last term had been di sconti nued, owing to a large majorhy of t he mem bers having their spa re time taken up in cricket and th e usual speec hes. Perhaps here it would not be out of place to sar, that the Society is ope n to all mem bers

of the School; we learn that several people in the lower parts of the School, though anxi ous to join the Society, are scared off by the misunderstood idea, that they must read a paper. The Society is not carri ed on on these lines; for it is one that hopes to bri ng a love of natura l science into the heart of every membe r

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of the School, and for this primary object it was in the first case originated . So all anxious to join should submit thei r nam es to ihe Secretary (P. M. Gadne}'). It is, we hope, quite und erstood that the Commi ttee use their disc retion in im'iting new members to read a paper before the Society, so th at nobody need be afraid of b eing called lIpon to do so until he finds himself quite at home in the Society, and capable of acq uittin g himself without any mental di scomfort. The first paper this term was read by Gadney. the subject being, "the elementary principles of Electro kineti c inducti on, as a pplied in Electric lighting." T he paper was in trod uced by a cu rsory explanation of the properties of electricity, its influence on iron, and hence its connection with magnetism. A descripti on of a single phase dynamo was given, with the method s of its worki ng. Finally with a fe w remar ks, first about electric g low Jamps using ca rbonised fila ments for purposes of incandescence, and secondly about instalme nts in general, the paper was brought to a close. The nex t pape r was read by H orsIer, and treated of th e fe rtilisation of Plants. H e showed how fertilisation was

produ ced in the ovary by the pollen, and was effected eithe r by cross-fertilisation or self-fertilisation j he cont rasted these two classes, and further pointed out how insects adapted themselves to flo we rs. A third pape r, th e H ead l\i(aster was kind e nough to read; it treated of Differentiation and Specialisation, taking as examples, conn ecti ons relat ive to every day life, and tracing th em back to th cir ori ginal form, and pointing out th e interesting ste ps that have lod to their differentiation and specialisation, and de monstrating the fact that specialisation for one object, meant also unfi tness for anothe r object, which required a different meth od of handlin g . On Saturday, No\,. 7th, a paper \l as read by A. S. J oh nso n on Fermc nt atio n. H e first desc ribed thc yeast pla nt, its methods of reproducti on and its power of producing two di sti nct form s of Alcoholic Ferm entatio n, namely, High and Low Fe rm~ ntation. H e thcn described the di sease ferm e nts and their reasons for prod uci ng pu trefaction and co ncluded by explai ning the way in which by mea ns of th e Saccharometer it is possibl e to tell how much sugar is converted into Alcohol.

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CORRESPONDENCE. iV.B.-The Editors declille 10 aaept allY responsibility (ollllecled 'Wilh Ihe OPinions of their Con'upondents. Na me and address must ahutz),s be given, 1I0t ll!usstzri/y (or pI/Mienlion., but as a guarantee of good faith. Pu!ollalities 1uill illvolve certain rejectioll.

To the Ed/tors of " TH E CANTUARIAN." Dea r Sirs, In answer to An Obse rver's letter in the las t number of "The Cantllarian," with reference to the separation of the four top Commoners from th eir august body and their precedence over certai n luckless scholars of the VJlh. Form, whic h apparently causes the latter acute bodily di scomfort, may I be allowed to call th e Obse rver's a ttention 10 what I believe to be the origin of the custom now in vogue, namely, that in generations past, when the wh ole block of seats between the Choir Stalls and the Screen was assig ned to th e Kin g's School, it was the despised Common ers who enjoyed the ea se and comfort of the three back row s, whereas the whiterobed scholars \r ere r,:legated to th e more honourable and picturesq ue position of th e two frou t benches. Thus it seems to me that the Commoners, and not the second row scholars, have best cause to grumble, seeing that

the latter have encroached upo n th e territory of the forme r, a nd not ViCe-7Jena , as the" Obse rve r" seemed to think. Yours tmly, ANOTH ER OBSERVER.

To the Edliors of " TH E CANTUAR I AN ." Dea r Sirs, I hope yon will allow me to draw yo ur atte nti on to one great failing sho wn by the spectators, as a who le, at our Foot ball Matches. So far duri ng th e prese nt season th e enthusiasm which used to fkd its expression in chee rin g has all but died out. T here seems apparently to have arisen a notion that th e shoutin g of j , School " must be left to be done by a cornparatively small proporti on of onlookers, an idea which is ludicrous ill the extreme. I consider that lfls t year':; El tham match was, in a great measure, won by the cheeri ng on th e pt:.rt of th e School. Surely with the memory of that glorious victory, still fresh in our minds,

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we ought to makt: a special effo rt to maintain sli ch a gloriolls precedent, and one that in past years has done so much to increase the cred it of the School. Si ncerely hoping that some improycment may yet be made in this re spect, I remai n, yours trulY, ONLOOKER.

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of conti nuing to kick the football in the Mint-yard whe n ladies and othe r pass~nÂ ge rs arc going by. Peo ple seem ~o thlllk that they may do things in the IVh nt-yard which would be considered disco urteous, and eve n ungentlemanly elsewhere. It is a custom which, I think, is exceedi ngly discreditabl e to the Sc hool, as well as clangerous to passengers and vehicles.

Yo urs truly.

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EDITORIAL. \Vhy people should want an Editorial at all (u nless to find fault with it) passes the Editors' comprehension. Ho wever, as they do, the aforesaid unlucky beings will now do their best to oblige. Before doing anything else we must repeat, though somewhat late, our most hp.arty welcome to .Mr. Galpin, who has already made himself deservedly liked throughout th e whole school. Next, as to the past Football season. It certainly cannot be te rm ed very wonderful, as the record will show-won, 4-; lost, 7; drawn, 0; but we wi ll make bold to assert that the two victories over Sutton Valence will compensate for very many shortcomings. However, as thi s is dealt with more fully in anothe r place, we will say no more. Most of Our read ers know by this time that it has . been decided to play I-I ockey always during the Easter T erm . This is a step which can be thoroughly comm end ed, for really this Term always seems very loose-ended in the matter of games, and as we shall be able to get plenty of matches, it wi ll prove, we hope, a great safeg uard against that fatal slack ness which has so often been conspicuo us amongst boys of all ranks in the School. Before leaving the subject of Athleti t:s, we are happy in being able to state that it has been definitely decided to have Sports against Dover College and Sutton Va le nce (on the same day). These Sports, of course. wlll not interfere with our meeting with the C.O .S., which it will be remembered unfortunately fell throllgh last year, owing to our inability to find mutualJy convenient dates; this year, however, the same difficulty has not been experienced, the date fixed being April 6th, whilst the other Sports are to be held on April 3rd. Our own Sports are to take place On March 3 1st and

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Apdl I st, Furthermore we should like to remark th at this yea r the re are to be under 14 eve nts. Turning now to more serious matters, we must first of all heartily congratulate A. L . Paris in passing into \Voolwich, 13th, the highest place we can remember for some time bei ng gained for us, and all the morc gratifyin g as it was direct from the School. Two Classical Exhibitions have been won respectively by E. IVr. T Olll min at Magdalen College, Oxford, an~1 by C. 1;1. Clarke at J ~sus College, Cambridge. . Talking of matte rs acadermcal rennncis us that 111 another place we publIsh a letter on the subject of the College Shields in the ,Hal L \Vc certainly canno t qu ite sec why t hese Shields should be all Oxford; with all dlle deference to the opinions of Oxoninn s we should like therefore to appea l to Cambridge O.K.S. to send us their College Shi elds to be placed in the H all. Finally we wou ld congratulate A. S. Athawes on being eJected Captain of Cricket for the ens uing year, and F. IV£. Gadney Captain of H oc key this T e nn. ,~re have to thank 1\'lr. Plant and lVI r. Rhodes for their kin d help in the singing, and also M r. Gann, who took part in the concert for the first tim e, and to whom its succe~s was chiefly due. The male voice Quartettes which 1\[r. Ri tchi e, Mr. L. Evans, and 1\£1'. Plant and others took part in were very effective, and were much appreciated by the audience; an d we have to thank l\ifr. Ritchie for the trouble and time he gave to getting them up. The instrum ental music showed great improvement to anythin g we have had befo re; and Tuke's Romance shews distinct promise of future excellence if he conti nues to perseve re. Owing to variolls causes the singing was not so good as in the last co nce rt, but the boys did their best unde r conditions which were the reverse of encouraging. PROGRAM ME.

{ "\\'inter's Night " ........ ...... .............. .. ... Bishop lllllchimOIl. Ot'GS "0 were I bUl a Drop of Dew" ................. IV. If. Cummings.

ART GAVOTTE ........ ............. .. . .............................. .. ....... ......... Cecil Galllt. Violin: J. T. GASKELl.. Pinno : W. N . l·loRN. 3· QUARTE'nE a. "Absence" .... ................ .. ........ ... .. :: } Ha lton. (A.T.T.B.) b. " When Evening's Twilight" ......... . ...... f)vord/(. 4. PIANO SOI.O...... . .. .. " Am heiligen Berg" No. 13, Op. 85 . R. M. T UKI;:' P S { " S weet and L ow" .... ........................... .. . . ... Barn")'. 5· ART ONGS ... " T he Brook" .... ...... .. ............ ............. .. Farmer. I. 2.

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.. .... R. 111. Tuke.

Mr. CECIL GANN, i\'r r. GODFR EY. R. M. T UKP., R. H. CHAR LES. 7. QUARTETTE (A.T.T. B. ) "The Happiest Land " ........... ........................ H(lII011.. 8. AN!)AKTE and FI NALE (for Violin and Piano) from Sonata in G . Minor " ... Grieg: l\-fr. GANN and ~ IR, GODFREY. 9. :"OIAZOURKA......................... ............. . ....... LouiI Gal,ne. Piano : J. C. L UCAS, R. C. PARI S. Piano: W. N . I·loRN. Harmonium: R. 1\'1. T UKE. Violin: L. CHOWN, 1\'[r. GAt\'N, 10. Gl rsv LI FE (Chorus) .. .. .............. ...... Sdmmaltll.

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The next num ber will be issued in

FOOTBALL. KING'S SC HOOL v. illERCHANT TAYLOR'S SC HOOL. This match was played on Blore's Picce on Tu ~sday. Dec. 15th. :esulti ng in a!l easy victory fo r the visitors by I goal and 5 t ries to l1I1. \Ve were conSIderably hancilcapped by th e absence of our capable fu ll-back, Cole. .. Clarke lost the toss, a nd the Merchant Taylors chose to play from the PavdlOl1 encl . Cunningham ki cked off, and the game at once settl ed down in our half, the J\'I erchant T aylors being distinctly beLLer in. th e l~ose than ou r .r0r~\'ard s, \Ve were forced to touch dow n twice in rapid succeSSlOn OWIn g to good klCklllg by Crawf~rd . Then our forwards woke UP, and Skin nc r making a go~d run reached the oppo~1I1g back, but he hesitated a nd a good chance of sconng was thrown away. fhe Merchant T aylors forward s gradually worked tl~ e ball. back, ~nd we were as:a1l1 c<?n1pelled to touch down . Soon a.fter half-timc arn ved WIth nothlI1g scored on eithcr SIde. There seemed no rea son why we should not do better in th e second hal f. as we had the wind, but the School gave a most di sappoi~1ting display, the forw~rds especially showing no dash or spirit. In the first fivc mlllutes after the resllmptIon. Carey got the ball and dashed over the line for a try, which was not con\'e~ted. T~e Merchant T ay lors still continued the pressure, and shortly afterwards theIr Captam got over near the posts, and the try was co nverted . Better play on the part of .our forwa rd s removed play to mi d-field. but Geary, wh~ throughout had bc~n vcry notIceable for his running, got the ball, and by a brillIant nl11 .score~l agm.n. Then. th e sc hool seemed utterly demoralised, and three tries were ga~ned 111 raplel succeSSlQn, and the Merchant Taylors were still pressing when the Wlll.stie went. .Of our oppone nts, Geary, Crawford, and I-Ianhart were the best; whilst fa! us 111 t~1~ scrum, Mowll , VEstra nge, an d Gadney, were cons pi cuous, and Hart-DaVIes and. Sklll ner of the others. The team was A. R, Finn ( back); C. I-I. Clarke, C. 1\'[. Sklllner, C. P. Fynes-Cli nton, T, Dann (threeÂˇq uarte rs);. A. L. Paris, I . D. H a rt-Davies (halves), F . ill. Gadnc)" H. B. Clarke, F. J. CUlllllll gham, L. Chowll, G. F. Horsle)" H . J. MowlJ, n, T. Wil kinson, J. L'Estrange (for wards).

KING'S SCHOOL v. O.K. S. This match was played on Blore's Piece on December ~2nd, and re~u1tcd in an easy win for the Old Boys by I goal an d 8 tries to nothlllg. Touhmn had got together probably the stron gest combination ~h~t has ever p lay~d for th~, G:K.S., and we were weakened by the absence of \ÂĽllklllson, who had crocked ImTIself in the M.T.S. match. T oulmin won the toss, and chose to play fro m the pav ilion end, and in the first

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two minutes we had a fore taste of what was to co me, fo r Latter passed out to Castley and he ran ove r in the co rner, but the kick failed. The O.K.S. werc soon back aga in, and Latte r scored twice in rapid succession, the seco nd try being converted by Ri chardso n. The School forwards then got together, and aided by some good tack li ng. by Cole especially. the ball was worked down the field, but the O.K.S. t hree quarte rs nearly always regai ned the lost ground. Ju st on half-time Castle},. who had a clear run in before him, slipped and strained his knee so much that he was forced to change places wi th Austen. The second half opened with some good scrumm agc work, L'Estrange and Chown being conspicuous also in the loose, and Cu nnin gham O l~ t of tou ch, but the weight of th e O.K.S. forwards told in thc end, and Maundrcll, geLt~n g ~he ball, rush ed ove r in the corne r. the kick failed. The drop-out brought no relief, for the ball \~'as soon back aga in, chiefly owing to R ichardso n (who in th~ second half. was playlllg remarkably well ), and Latter aga in sco red. Though nothtng came ?f It the School seemed to be th oroughly cicmoralised, with the result that four tnes we re scored one after the oth er for T oulmin, lVIaun drell, Richardso n, and Lee-\Varner, and the O.K. S. were still pressing wh en the whistle went. Th e for wards all played very well considering th e weight of the oPP?sing pack, f~r better in fact than they had done th e whole term, th e best perhaps belllg Horsley III th e scrum , and Chown and L'Estran ge in the loose. The hal."es also were sl~arp, but at three-quarter th e O.K.S. had a tremendous pull both In pa~e a~d weight. L atter was b" far th e best, but Ri chardson also played very well, cluefly It must be confessed because he was left unmarked most of the game, fo r Clinton seemed to have lost his head en tirely. Cole at bac k was responsible for some excellent tackling, but for which the score would have been eve n greater than it was. The teams were : SCHOOL.-S. W. Cole (back) ; C. I-I. Clarke (Capt.), C. ill. Skinner, T . Dann, C. P. Fynes-Clinton (three-quarters) ;. A. L. Paris, l. B. HartDavies (halves) ; F. M. Gadner, H . B. Clarke, F. J. Cunllltlgham, L. Chow n, G. F . Horsley, J. L'Estrange, H. J. Mowll, A. W. Richardson (fo rwardS). O.K.S.-H. P. Austen (back); A. Latter, A. G. Richardson, W. H. Maundrell, R. J. Castley (th ree· quarters) ; C. T. Candy, E. J. Athawcs (halves) ; E. M. T oultmn, E. E. Baker, C. T. Donaldson, A. J. Fenn,. G. C. Valpy, J. H. SmIth, G. Lee-Warner, R. J. Heale (forwards). SECOND XV. The second XV. cannot be said to have had a good season. They lost all the t hree matches t hey played , and only scored 3 points as against 84· Tonbridge 3rd beat them at T onbridge by 50 points to nil, but in the return match they made a better sho\\", only losing after a very hard game by 2 goals to a try. Dove r 2nd beat them barBy by 24 points to nil, though it is fair to say that they we.re without .Colle)' and llodington, the latter of whom especially played very we ll agamst Tonhndge ll'l.the return . To make some remarks on the indi vidual members, H ertslet (the Captall1),

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Lucas, and Ri chardson l wcre usually conspicuous amongst the forwards, the second named especially havin g a. good idea of the game, and showing ve ry co nsiderable promise. Andrews and Brown2 also did good work, the former is a bit clumsy, but knows how to use his weight fairl y well, whil st Brown:! was perhaps one of the keenest players of the lot, his tacklin g and following up being very noticeable. Johnson was played several tim es for the first XV., but was too light to be of much use against a heavy team; he was th e best of the lot in the loose, and did a lot of saving. The halves were about the best point in the team, Athawes and Finnz being very qnick on their feet, and both possessing a useful knack of turning at full speed. Tripp, Finn3 and Toulmin were also tried, but Tripp, though clever and plucky, was too much on the small side i Finn3 was better at thre e-quarter, and T oulm in, though greatly improved, was a little too slow. The three-quarters were fair , Bodington being perhaps the best, t hough he must not try to run through th e scrum. His kicking was very useful throughout. Colley was disappointin g, fo~ he fail ed to use his pace in matches. Finn l W:IS responsible for most of th e tackhng, and was useful in making openin gs for th e win gs.

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Played on Blore's Piece, Thursday, February 18th. In this match Gadney won the toss, and elected to play uphill with th e sun at his back. Our opponents at once started pressing, but play was soon t mnsferred to their half, th anks mainly to the efforts of Eodington, H art-Davies, and the brothers Finn. The scratch team, however, were not to be deni ed, and for a while sorely t ried our defences, owing to some good passing between 1\i(r. \¥illiams and C. H . Clarke. Ultimately we succeeded in repelling what th reatened to become a very clangerous attac k, and Hart~Davi es was instru mental in sending the ball close to their striking circle, but his run was terminated by a successful appeal for sticks. G. N. Finn's centring near our opponents' goal was good, but the shooting was not. Give llnci take play followed, the scratch team having slightly the worst of the deal, owing ~o ~om e useful rllns by Bodington on the left wing. A great feature during the beglllnmg of the fi~st ha.lf was the continual recurrence of sticks, 1\1r. Evans being- the worst offender 111 thIS respect. Soon afterwards we scored our first goal. Bodin&"ton put in ~ good r~m, which covered nearly half the fi eld, and H . B. Clarke was conspIcuoUS for IllS d e fen~IVe powers. T he School continued to play an attacking game, but.a shot b,r C;;. N; Film went wide. Athawes made a dash and all but scored. After tIllS Mr. \VIlhams team woke up and managed to secure a corner, but it proved unavailing. Shortly afterwards Davies registered our second point from a bully outside the circle. Loose play followed, Delasaux and H. B. Clarke putting in some fine hits. At last ho wever

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G. N . Finn scored just before the interval, after perhaps the best rUIl of the day, enab ling us to cross ove r with a lead of 3-0. On resuming our opponents brought t he ball in close proximity to our goal, but Bad ington and the two Finns averted the danger. Next D elasauK and C . H. Clarke, by so me good passin o-, gai ned a lot of ground, but Clarke's shot hit the post. I n what followed Gadlley and 1\h. Godfrey played best for the ir respective sides, . while Mr. Gu est led a good com bined rush into our te rritory. Bodington lh.e l~ credited us with a fu rther point. Play here abo uts becarne desultory though Mr. \ ¥llhams showed good form. DelasanK led another invasion into Qur ~errito.ry, but our opponen~s were soon call ed upo n to save, which they succeeded In dotll g thro ugh the eftorts of ). [ 1" . Godfrey. Bodington t hen got off, but shot wide. Our ~t;ore was furt he r a ugmented on the call of time, a further point be ing added winch e nabled us to ciai m the victory by 5 goals to ni l. after a fast and pleasant game.

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The School started play ing down the hill, but against t he win d. T he g.ame at once told in our favour thanks to a beautiful combined ru n by Athawes and Bodtllgto n, and good passi ng bet\\:een Hart· Davies and Bodingto n bro ught play in c1o~e prox imity to their goal, where it remained, though H assell brought moment~ry reh~f by a fine hit in to touch. After some useful wo rk by Clarke!, we succeeded III scon ng our first point. \Ve still continu ed to press, though our opponents occas~onally got th? ball away owing to spasmodi c rushes headed by Da~ n , H assell and ~~I dlcy ; but Chnton was always in the right place and helped mate n ally to che~k thea ad van~c .. At last, howeve r, play was transferred to midfield a nd the ball co ntlllued to rem~lIl 1I\ neut~'al territory ; and H assell gained a lot of ground for our opponents by Ins hard h~ ts, which in variably found touch. A ~ot .a nd .sustai ne~ atLac~ on .our g~al was. then 1Ilaugurated, but our powers of comblilatlO n a ided us 111 repe lhng It. Atter "an ous long hits by the members of either team the pace slowed ~own. and shortly afterwards -hal f. . time was called, leaving us with a lead of I goal to Ill!. After the interval a good run by Athawes enabled us to assum~ thc oAenslve, but afte r some give and take play H assell equalized as the result of a mistake of the goalkeeper. E xcellent fo rm was again shown by Athawcs a nd Clarke l ! who sent a shot through from outs ide the striking circle . \¥e were not to be ~Iemed h~weve~, .a!1 d though Clinton was called upon to give a furt he: pro~r of hiS defenSIve ab lilhes Clarke!, ul timately placed us ahead. Just about thiS penod, ~s the res ult of good passing, two more goa}s being: registe red in ql~ i c k sllccessl,on , _by. Ath awes and Bodington, good centenng by Fllln and H art-DaVies! and an Ineftcc.li ve shot on the part of the latter after a crood pass fro m Athawes bClng the most noticeable features. The sc ratch team broke ~way once or twice, but were promptly checked by our back division. After prettr play on the part of T oulmin al~d F in n, one of Ollr oppone nts was hurt and had to retire fro m the fie ld for a few mll1utes. Altho ugh we attacked

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persistently we di d not increase our lead till just on time, when Athawes credited us with a fifth point.

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Played on Blore's Picce, March 3fd. The School had to defe nd th e lowe r goal first half. At the commencement play ruled fairly even, although Dover had slightly the best of matters, mainly due to the good play of their left wi ng forward, who received one pass in particular in almost irreproachable strle, and the powerful defence of thei r left-back. Fo r us Fi nn di d some good centring, which c ulm inated in a 25 , while Bodi ngton effected a brill iant single-ha nded run, bu t sent the ball behind the goa l. A long hit by Clarke 2, was follo wed by some fur ther good work by the College left-wing, but the shot was ineffectual. T wo corn ers were awarded to our opponents in quick snccession, but Clarke 1 , Clinton a nd T oulmin relieved, while Hart-Davies transferred play to neu tral territory. After some good runs on both sides, in which Davies, Finn, the College left-back and their le ft-wi ng for wa rd were conspicuous, the right-wing notched their fi rst point. From th e bully that resulted he scored again, and from th is poi nt our opponents began to press us very severe ly, bnt OllT defence was too good, and TO li lmin at le ngth bro ugh t relief by some beautiful and attractive play. But soon afterwards the Collegians added a furt her point through the agency of Stone. Another attack, headed by t hei r rightwing, was happ ily frustrated by Clinton, while Bodingto n nearly got through the opposing team, but his adva nce was checked by their right-back. H owever we were not to be denied, for At h awe~, with a tine shot. sco red for us just before the interva l, Dover crossing with a lead of 3 goals to I. On the resumption of play the School seemed likely to press, but the College were soon enabled to tak!:: the initiative and called upon Delasaux to save, which he did well . I-l is efforts were, however, unavailing, our opponents soon gained with a fourth goal. By so me good co mbination in which Gadney and Clarke l had a hanel, we workp,d the ball into the Dover half, but their forwards gave a splendid display, and after fu rth er pressure we lost a nother poi nt. The School now woke up, and as t he res ul t of so me good a ll-round play between our front rank, Gadney t ransfe rred to Eodington who, however, got off-side in his endeavour to accept the pass. O nce more the latter seemed within an ace of scori ng, as he had a clear field, but he was finally overtaken; Athawcs, however, came to his rescue, and with a grand hit secured our second goal. T hen, however, Dover resum ed the aggressive, thanks to a rush headed by the ir left-wing, a co rn er res ulti ng. Contin uing to pen liS in near our goal t hey sent in a hot shot which our cnstodian (De lasau x) averted in fine style. A ru n do wn th e field gave Bodington an opportunity for showi ng good centri ng abilities, while a hard hi t by Cole went outside the College posts. After fur ther give and ta ke play Dover scored yet again, but play was in mid-fiel d when the whistle blew, leaving them victors of a good matc h by 6 goals to 2. The team showed up favo urably against their opponents whose

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superior skill, aided by the strength of their hits and tHeir good combination, WOIl them the game. \Ve should like to impress on all that they might with great advantage hit harder.

THE FOOTBALL SEASON. MATCHES PLAYED I I , \VON 4, LOST 7Âˇ

The record for the season does not read unfortunately so well as it did twelve months ago, and the reasons for this are various. To begin with, there were less old colours to choose from than we have had sometimes, and circ um stances made it impossible to decide on the back division and to play them regularly together, sufficiently ea rly in th e seaso n. \~re were fortunate in unearthing, almost by accident, an exceptionally good full back in Cole, who had, until Clinton was Itors-de-combal, played three-quarters with only moderate success, but upon being put full back soon learnt his duties and did them well. Of last r ear's regular threequarters only Skinner remained, and as he improved both in pace and stre ngth, did most of the scoring. Clarke!, who also played three-quarters several times last year, is really a forward and would probably have played forward this season, had not an old injury to his sho ulder prevented his using his weight in the pack. Of the new hands who were tried Dann soon showed himself worth a place, and, had he been staying on, ought to have been very useful another season. Hart-Davies played three-quarters at the beginning of the season, but never seemed quite comfortab le in that position, and as soo n as a suitable substitute was found in Clinton, went back to his old place at half, and did good service there. Two or three others were also tried, but ul timately the line was made up of Skinner, C larke, Clinton and Dann . The passing was often good, especially in the two matches against Sutton Vale nce, but scoring power was lacking, and the ball often passed from hand to hand along the line without gaining much ground . The kickin g of the three-quarters was on the whole good, but the collaring left much to be desired, as most people went for their man rnuch too high. The halves Paris and Hart-Davies played well together, their defence was good and they often made openings, but stuck to the ball too long. The sanl.e applies to Athawes, who played in several of the ea rli er matches. The forwards were up to the average of school packs, but missed one or two of last season's leaders; they all of t hem played keenly and held their own in the tight, though they were not so clever with their feet as some of the teams they were opposed to. As a whole, the fifteen worked well together, and deserved a larger meas ure of success than fell to their share. Fortunately a seaso n's success does not depend entirely on the result of the matches : it depends far more on the trouble taken and keenness shown in ordinary games, and in this way, I think we may fairly claim to have had a good season. There are many members of the second fifteen who ought by next year to be well worthy of a place in the first, notably Colley and the two Finns, behind the scrimmage, and Johnson in the pack. The second ground was

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well looked after, and it was a good sign that there were always some nlembers of the first fifteen willing to look after the other games when not playing themselves. Form matches always made good games, but most of them were kept to be played this term but-DIS aliler visum . â&#x20AC;˘

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(back). 0)\0 of the best full-backs we have had for some time. Collars pluckily, and kicks well, usually finding touch. C. H. CLARKE (three-quarter), Captain. An excellent forward, but was only able to play there occasionally owing to an injured shoulder. As a three -quarter his weight makes him hard to collar when he gets on~ but is too much inclined to hesitate. Fair kick, but poor collar. C. M. SKINNER (three-quarte r). Our fastest three-quarter. Good kick and fair collar. Usually gave and received passes well, but sometimes failed to take them at a most critical moment. Very often knocked on. C. P. FYNES-CUNTON (three-quarter). Chiefly useful in defence. Collars and stops ru shes well, but has no great powers of attack. T. DANN ( threeÂˇ quarter). An excellent. kick with fair pace. Collars well but is not very clean with his hands. . A. L. PAR[S (half). I mproved much since last season. Very plucky in defence, and often makes openings for his three-quarters. Rathe r slow in getting on to opposing halves. I. B. HART~D AVIES (half). Strong, useful hair. Often gets away from the scrimmage hImself, but doe;; not pass soon enough. Collars well. As a half uses his feet too much. F. M. GADNEY (forward). Could not pia}' full-back owing to all. injury, but makes very useful forward . Quick in the open. H ..B. CLARKE. Heavy, hard-working forward. Sometimes gets away in the open ' where his weight makes him hard to stop. F. J. CUNNINGHAM .. His height makes him most conspicuo us out of touch. Not a great scnmmager, but knows what to do with the ball in the open. L. CHOWN (forward). Not ve ry heavy, but always on the ball . Much given to off-side play. Can collar and on occasion run . G. F. HORSLEY. H eavy hard -working forward. Follows up well and collars well, but is most in his element in the pack. H . J. MOWLL. Very keen forward. Follows up well, but is inclined to kick too hard. Good collar and is useful out of touch . J. L'EsTRANGE. Irnproved as th e season. went on. Is best in the scrim mage. B. T . WILKINSON. Has the making of a ve ry good fo rward. Fair collar. Dribbles and runs well. COLE

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T he Paper- Chase half-ho liday was given on Fnday, Feb. 26 th, when Clarke and H crtslet ran hares. T he track (whi ch was purposely qUite short) started out by Wh itehall, and leading across by Jacob's ladder crossed th e I-Iarbledown road and passed oU,t at the back of Kent Co Hege. Then it went through the Churchill \¥ood s, and cross1l1g over the Whi tehall tunn el came in through th e J esui ts and Dlore's Piece. The time occupied was about one hour, the hares a rri ving te n minutes before th e fo remost hounds, Hart-Davies and Stroud, non e of whom however followed the real track the whole way. A second Paper-Chase took place on Tuesday, l\ifarch 9th, when Hart-Davies and Ri chard son l ran hares. The course started out by th e L.C. & D. railway station, then via the Union to Nacki ngton. Passing th e church it went through part of 'Wh itehill woods, and tu rnin g to th e left through Bridge came home through Broom.e Park and Li ttle Barton fa rm. The run, which was on the whol e most enjoyabl e, was altogeth er abou t eleven miles, a little too lon g for some of the srnaller folk who went. A most satis~actory feature was the number of runners, which was very large. The first houn ds 1Jl we re Clarke!, Colley and "M arshall, about thirteen minutes after the hares.

SC HOOL We congratulate C. 'vV. Carrington and A. S. Athawes on bei ng Monitors this term .

NEWS. \Ve are glad to welco me Mr. \V. R . Thomas, of Q ueen's College, Oxforil, as Assistant Master to the Army Class.

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We cong ratulate th e following on receivi ng thei r fi rst XV. colours : J. L' Estrange, B. T . Wilkinson, and H. J. Mowll.

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The H ockey fi rst XI. defeated Mr. \Villiams' XI. by five goals to love, on T hursday, F ebruary J 8th .

. 't-~.\y. The I-Iockey team were also successful against G . A. Ridl ey, E sq.' s XI. by six goals to one. On Saturday, February 20th, ~Ir. Guest deli vered a short lecture on "Competiti ve Examinations." H e desc ribed amongst others the \¥oolwich , Sandhurst, Indi an

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Civil, Home Civil , India n Police, and ''''oods and Forests Examinations, and the career in life whi ch each of thl:'sC thre w open to successful candidates. H e also described to some extent th e work and life at ''''oolwich and Sanclhurst, and the divi sions into classes .

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Sutton Valence and Dove r College, the latter two to be held si multaneously. The fo llo wi ng have received t he ir badges for the pas t foo tball season : J. C. Lucas, A. W. R icha rdson, C. H . Bodington, P. H . Colley, \Y. V. H eale, A. S. John son, G. N. Fin n.

It has been decided to hold sports, not only against the C.O.S., but against

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A. J. Fenn was seco nd in th e hi gh jump at the Cambridge Uni ve rsity Handicaps. clearing 5 feet + inches.

shire match Latter obtained three t ries, and Luxmoore one.

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E. M. O. Toulmi n has been awarded a Classical Exhi bitio n at :MagdaJe n College, Oxford.

At the same meetin g VV. H. Maundre ll with a 12 yards penalty, ran second in his heat for the 120 yards hurdl es, but was unable to get a place in the final heat. Vve heartily congratulate hi m on again receiving his Blue for the hurdles. S. \V. Pears has bee n ("oac hi ng th e \Vorcester torpid. A. Latter and A. F. C. C. Luxmoo re have bee n playing for Kent against the Midland counties, Surrey, IVliddlesex, H ampshire and Somerset. In th e Hamp-

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T he yacht Juno ca psized here on Sunday evening and sank. T he occupants were Lieutenan ts H. C. Stuart and D . R . R . Buchanan, of the Lei nste r Regiment. Lieutenant Buchanan was dro wned, but Lieutenant Stuart succeeded in swimming ashore. The body of th e dro wned man has not re t been recovered.

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The followi ng is a list of O.K.S. who were down at K.S.C. for the end of last term ;Re\,. R. F. Elwyn. A. Latter. C. Headlam. I-I. S. Parker. ~·" V. I-I. Evans. E . J. S. Alhawes.

C. T. Candy.

J. B. Scrivenor. H. J. F}'nes·Cliotoo. J. L. Fawsett. G. C. Green. R. J. H eale.

OXFORD D EAR SCHOOL,

Having been asked to pen an Oxford L etter for the .. Cantuarian/' and fully realizing the honour and the respo nsibility of contributing to so famous a periodical, I hasten to unfold my long tale of the doings of the happy band of o.res. at present in residence at this ancient seat of learning. This Term is always the least exciting of the three, but nevertheless the Toggers have kept us all alive 0', and I believe, though knowi ng absolutely nil about rowing, that al most a reco rd numbe r of bumps was made, which doubtless accoun ted fo r the number of bum pers that were drai ned after the races by mem bers of the most successful Colleges, or byothers-BaUiol Un iversity and Co rpus were the crew most favoured by fo rtune. Balliol easily defeated .New College on the firs t night, and fully justified their right to remain head for the rest of the week, while University and Corpus made respectively seven and six bumps. Both th e T rinity boats also did well. No O .K.S. were rowi ng for any of the abovementioned Colleges, but H ertford boasted

C. T. Donaldson. J. Castle),. J. D. Drake. G. Lee-'Varner. E. E. Baker. A. G. Rich:l.Jdson . A. J. Fenn . W. II. M:H11ldrell. E. ~r. Toulmin. R.

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C. Molony. W. C. Fenn. G. C. Valpy. W. R. Mowll. A. K. Mowll. H. P. H. Austen. S. S. Coole J. H. Smith.

LETT ER . Scrivenor in its thwarts (who by the way has been performing with success at the "Mugge r Ugger," otherwise known as the Musical Union), whilst Roe, Austen, and Boycott toiled in the good cause for Kebl e. Pears, in his capacity as Captain of the Boats at Worcester, was to be seen daily on th e towpath during practice shouting at th e \Vorccster togger, and was no doubt mainly responsible for thei r being able, after a desperate struggle, on the last ni ght to leave Keble 2nd in the proud (?) position of holders of the wooden spoon. "Ve must also congratulate him on his success in t he middle weight boxing-j he will rep resent the Univorsity against Cambridge in that capacity, and his boxing was admitted by the papers to have been the most scientific of any in the competition-in fact, in the last ronnd there was very little left of his opponent to show any science on. \Ve have had the p1easure of seeing a good deal of Mr. and IVIrs. Field, this time in Oxford, and most of the O.K. S. have been over to visit them at Radley. O.K.S. meetings have been taking place reg u·

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larly once a fortnight, when all O.K.S. who ca n assemble to devour hot buttered toast and imbibe black coffee, and talk over the dear dear days beyond recall. At the last meeti ng we had the pleasure of seeing \V. 1\1. Carter, late of B.N.C., who co nfi ded to us that \\'hc ncvcr he went on the bust, he always chose as his H busting-grOl.md " either Canterbury or Oxford, as bemg the two places most like Parad ise that he knew of. This term our chief dissi pations besides Toggers have been innumerable concerts-good, bad, and indifferent ; while at the Theatre last week the O.V. P.S. have been unsuccessfully coping with the I< Kni ghts Hand .( T he T ami ng of the Shrew." I have little doubt that they chose those two plays owi ng to the fame of the Canterbury Sp~ech - day performances having reached theIr ears. \Ve (I mean th e University) are very jubilant just at present over the result of the Soccer match. It was really delightful being able to upset the prognos tications of the newspaper know-al!s. One would have thought that they would have learnt wisdom frolll. the result of the Rugge r match last December, when as in the Soccer match they said that there was on ly aIle team in it. and that was not Oxford. \Ve are sa ng uine about the Boat Race, as we have a crew of Goliaths, whose <I beef" is tremendous ; and also about the Sports. That reminds me that I hea r l\faund rell has come on tremendously, and is going to make a race of it with Ga rn ier. If I was allowed to wish him success I would . Congratters to Fenn for leapi ng like a roe. I hope he will find a place against us at Queen's Club.

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At one time in the term we seriously thought of building Arks, as the whole place was under water, and Oxford when it is wet is unique and horrible. I am told that the school have started hockeyan excellent idea and an excellent game. The O.K.S. dinner last vacation seems to have been a success, and the presentation as acceptable as it was unexpected. I should. like in this lette r to suggest to CambrIdge O.K.S. the desirability of puttll1g the Canterbury Pilgrims C.C. into a more efficient condition. vVou ld it not be possible to arrange a short tour this rear? r must congratulate Pa ris on his success at Woolwich, though it is rather late in the day to do so. And now- as we used to say in the days of our childhood when we wrote home- I have nothing more to say, so will stop. It only remains for me to wish you very successful sports and lots of record breaking. Mind the C.O .S. are well beaten, and all other schools you run against. I say this as I have heard rumours of amalgamated sports, which was agitated in vain for last year. I suppose it is co rrect to wind up with an O.K.S_ rotuius, and I believe the following is correct :-jJ{agda1m-C. M. H eadlam, E. M. T oulmin; TnluÂˇljI- H . J. Fynes-Clinton, .T . D. Drake, J. L. Fawssett; K eble-r;. H . Roe, I-I. P. H . Austen, F . E . Boycott; Corpus-J. R. 1. Hopkins; Herl/ord-J. B. Scriven or ; fVorcesler-S. W. Pears Yours ever, o.res., OXON. P.S.-Please excuse any slang expressions, but I have not left schoorlong.

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CO RRESP O NDENCE. N .B.-The Edilors declillt 10 aacpl ally respollSibilily counected will: lhe oPllliotz.$ of Illeir Correspon < dents. lVamc aud address 1IIftst always be give /l, Jlot lJ!ctssari/y for publicatiolt, bul as a g uarall!t:c of goodfaith. Personalilies will involve arla;,1 rejectioll .

T HE

HISTORY OF THE KING'S SCHOOL.

To the Editors of "

T H E ~ANTUARIAN ."

GENTLEMEN,

I have not Jl oticed in the Cautllan(lJl, any referenc e to the co rrespondence which appeared in The Tinus last September about the antiquity of the King's School. It is perhaps too lon g for reprod uction in your columns, but as I have recently been corresponding with Mr. A. F. Leach. of All Souls' College, Oxford, whom I take to be an authority of great weight on such a subject. and who was the writer of one of the letters to The T/mes, I venture to send YOll one or two eXlracts from what he has written to me. "The King's School is too modest when it only claims from Theodore the Greek. It was long before him . . .. ... . I hope the King' s Scholars will get rid of the notion that the School was the school of the mo nastery. I t was the school of the Archbishop and the city, and kept by one of the secular clergy, not a monk . T he monastic school was only for novices, half-a-dozen at most at a time ." Air. Leach has recently published an important book on English schools of th e time of Edward VI. , and it is interesting to kn ow that he is now at work on a complete history of the King's School, and proposes to print all the original documents relati ng to it. Yours faithfully,

ARTHUR T . . PERKINS.

To 'he Edilors (If

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DEAR SIRS,

May I be permitted to draw the attention of the rncmbers of the School. jf it has not been already done, to a monthly periodica l entitled "Play/' which has recently been produced. It claims to be a monthly journal devoted to the Sports and Recreations of British Public Schools, and its price is a modest I d. The advantages of the paper are obvious to any onc who has already read it, as it gives an account of all the chief events of interest that happen at the different public schools. In the February number. among other schools who have contributed an account of their doings, I see the names of MerI I chant Taylors. Sonth Eastern College I (Ram sgate), and Royal Naval School (Eltham). while practically all our great public school s have cxpn.::sscd their approval of th e paper, which undoubte dly supplies <t very great need, as hitherto it has been practically impossible to get an account of the doings of our contemporaries. The paper always contains an article written by some famous athlete on some great game; for insta nce, the Janu.:.. ary number contained an excellent article on "Rugby Football," by 1\[r. E . l\f . Baker, th e Oxford and International three quarters. while the February number contains an equally good article on ., Association Football," by that magni fi cent player, G. O . Smith, the famous

THE CANTUARIAN. 9xonia~ inter~lational. Among other mterestmg articles there arc excellent Oxford and ~ambridge letters written by m~n. who eVIdently know what they are wntll1g about, and in addition to this sp0t."t and ~thletics in general are touched on In a highly intellige nt and practical way. I need say nothing further about the paper, but I hope that members of the . sc hool. will give it their support by b~lym g copies ancl j~dging for themselves, and also that those 111 authority will shew keenness e nough to send up monthly accounts of the doings of the school to the paper. \'Vith apologies for encroaching on your vaillabl.e space, and with the hope that. you Will agree with me as to the l11ents of .. Play," Believe me, rours &c. ,

E. M. TOU Li\[JN. To the Eddors of" THE CANTUARIAN ." SIRS, IHay I venture to point out that the photograph of the Football XV. of 18 88 -89 IS mIssi ng from the ovennantel in hall ~ Perhaps it has been lost ;or left out fo~ other coge~t reason s, but if not, surely it should be lIlserted . I remain, Yours t ruly, DEAR

RECTIFIER. To tlJe Editors of" THE CANTliARIAN . " \ DEA R SIRS, . ~fay I be all~wed to enquire why the pn vilege of hav~ng walking-sticks should

b.e cO~l~ned entirely to slllce It IS not always the of the School who enjoy I sho uld suggest that the

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be extended to the Fifteen also, who are the la rgest fe(lows in the School. ThiS change could not make much difference, · t~e majority of the team being already 1Il the Vlth . I remain, Yo urs truly, uSl~a(ly

PERAMBULATOR. To the Editors of " T HE CANTUARIAN." SIRS, Concerning the new college shield ~'c~ent~y placed in the H all, do you thi n l~ It ~s fair tha~ ou t of the fourteen there are altogether 1ll the Hall, thirtee n shoul d be Ox~o!d and only one Cambridge ;l ApO!OglZlllg for trespassing so far upo~ yo ur valuable space, Yours truly. DEAR

G.W.F.P. C [1V~ quite agree wi lh r Oll . It is a matter that am r!dge O.R.S. might well consider as we ho· the)' Will. Some time ago an appea l b)' th~ Sec rei pe of the House Committee st irred the Oxford 0 }''' gry l)lIt those at ~ambridge did not, so far as we 'k"" .,' take an}' notlce.-Eo.] no\\,

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SIRS, Would it not.be possible to have some more asphalt laId down in front of the Sch.ool door, as under the present state of afl.alrs the puddle whic h exists there on raUlY . day~ only encourages the art of long-)umpmg? I remain, Yours truly D EAR

the Ylth form, LONGSH OREMAN. largest mem bers '. [Though \~e think that "the art of long·jumpin " this distinction ? IS a mo~t deSirable accomplishment, }'et we qu~e pri\'i lege should agree With you.-Eo.]

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Balance in hand, Sept. 1896 Receipts

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THE VOL. I V.

CANTUA RIAN. JUNE,

1897.

No. 15 .

EDITORIAL. vVe are once more at the opening of the Cricket season, and we mu st honestly confess that our prospects are not as bright as we could wish . \Vith only four old colours left, it is ev id ent that we cannot expect such a good record as we have had for the last few years, but still we hope that with good field in g, that most essential requisite in a School team, we shall be ab le to make a fairly good show. T he Sports are now a matter of hi story. Nothing remarkab le was acco mplished, b~lt H ertsl~t's time for the mile was .good considerin g our course. Vve congratulate hlln on. IllS good performances agamst D over and the C.O .S., the latter being especially good . In the under , 6 events the pick were Fetherstone and Amos, though Paris gave co nsiderable promise. The Hockey team which was started last term did very fairly for a first term' it won all its scratch matches and on ly succumbed to Dover who have the advantag~ of a year' s more practice. 'Ve shall hope to hear even better of it next year. Amongst the most inte resting items of news we must record the fact that the late Head-Master, the R ev. T. Field, has now takr::n his D.D. degree i another honour he has brought to the School. \Ve beg to offer him our most hearty congratulations and good wishes.

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\Ve should also congratulate G. C. Valpy and E. 1\1. Toulmin on playing in the FresheTs' match at their respective Universities. Last, but not least, we offer a most hearty we1coll~c to Mr. Latter, the latest addition to our staff of masters. Mr. Latter, who was illmself educated here and at Trinity College, Oxfo rd , is well know n both as a foot~a ll and cricket player, and under his coaching We hope these games may be greatly unproved . The Editors apoligize for the late app~ara n ce of "The Cantl1 ~r ian;' but it is not entirely their fa ul t, as the 1\[S. has been l~l the hands. of the ~nnter . for over three wee ks, who has not been ab le to prod uce It before, OW1I1g to 1115 hav lllg had three han ds laid up, and an over-pressure of work in connection with the Prince of \Val es' visit.

i!n afIcmoriillll. The death of \Villiam Goodhew on i\Iay 1st rcmo"es a ,'ery familiar fig ure from Canterbury and the School Cricket. T hough kno wn perhaps to very few of th e members of the School, many generations of O.K.S. will be extremely sorry to hear of his death, and will miss his re spectful greeting \rhen they revisit the old city, H e was a member of the Ke nt Coun ty XL from 1854 to 1864, in the old-fas hio ned days of round-ann bowling and long stopping; and though not what we should call now -a-days a brillia nt cricketer, ret he was a most useful batter and bowle r, besides being (we believe) an excellent long stop, It is ho\\'ever of his connection with th e School that we wish to speak here, He came as a professional in. 1870, and for O\'cr zo years se rved the School most faithfully; and vcr." many elevens haye

benefitted by his coaching. H e ah\'ays took the keenest interest in the cricket of the School; he was p roud of his " boys" as he used to call the cleven; and he keenly felt the severance of his long connection with them. Since his seriou s illness upwards of 5 years ago, he has been practically prevented from much active duty on the cricket field , but even up to the very last season he has bee n able to continue his services as umpire. Only once during his long career was he prevented from attendi ng the Canterbury Cricket Vlce k, and many cricketers and \lisitors will miss his preseilce th e re. Certainly the writer of this brief memoir cannot Olnit to record in these pages his own sincere regret for the loss of one whom he had known well for nearly 30 years.

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O. K. S. DINNER. Owing to an oversight, no acco wnt of the Ann ual 0.1(. S. Di nner was sent to the last number of "The Cantuarian." But, though it seems al most a matter of ancien t histo ry now, seeing that it was hel d on J anuary 14th, it may interest O. K . S, to kn ow a few details abo ut it. The D inn er too k place, as last year, at the Monico Restaurant, Piccad illy Ci rcus, a nd was voted an unqualified success by all who were present. T hese amo un ted to sixty-eight in all, and incl uded Old Boys representi ng very many generations of K ing's Scholars. The Chair was taken very kind ly by the Rev. C. T. Hales, Headmaste r of Aysgarth School, who was ably supported by Bishop Mitchinson and the Rev. T . Field, whom everybody was delighted to see present, and to extend a most cordial welome to the Rev. A, J . Ga lpi n who had then rece ntly been elected to succeed Mr. Field at Ca nterbury. T he toast list, which was commendably short, began with the usual loyal toast, proposed by the Chairman . This was followed by "Floreat Schola Regia," proposed by Bishop Mitchinson in a most amusing and interesting speech, in the course of which he referred to the loss the School would suffer in the departure

of Mr. F ield, and extended a hearty welco me to his successor. 1\[r. Field respond ed, an d touched upon the severe loss sllstained by the death of 1\,l r, E . G. Spiers, the H an . Bursar, who had al ways done so much towards the success of these Di nne rs . At the same time he ex pressed his gratitude to Mr. 'W. I\I. Macdonald who, at his earnest req uest, had come fo rward to undertake the ard uous duties of the Bursarship. The Rev. J. \Y . H orsley next proposed "The Head Maste r E lect," to which Mr. Galpin, who was received enthusiastically, replied by a speech which seemed to show that he had already entered into the spirit and traditions of the Kin g's School. l\,l r. \V. B. Prosser finally gave the health of "The Chairman," an d after the latter's reply. the If for mal ities" of the eveni ng ended . The toasts were interspersed with songs fro m Mr. B. H. La tter and the Rev. P. Malden . Altogether, it was a most sl1cce!'sfui evening, and we sincerely hope that these l\Ieetings will continue to be held regularly every year, and will meet with the same, or ever-increasing success.

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SKETCHES OF GREEK AND TURKISH LIFE. Taken from .Cyprus. The modern Greek bears a distinct moral resemblance to our old friend Ulysses; he is certainl}' '7rOAuloJ7t~, if that word may stand as equivalent for "dodgy" ; nor has he any great interests vested in the maintenance of t ruth. T he saying in the Le\'ant is "it takes ten ] cws to cheat a Greek, ten Greeks to cheat an Armenian," 50 that our modern Ulysses stands fairly high in the scale of

mendacity. There is a tale told in Cyprus of the manner in which the Jews endeavoured to gain a hold in that island . The Syrian J ews once sent a melnber of thei r community to explore the ground. He duly arrived, was landed with his donkey, and sat down on Larnaca beach to plan his first moveme nts. Presently he called a little Greek boy lip to him and said : "Now, my boy, here's a tcnpara piece " (=td.) "You are to get me with it so mething to eat, something to drink, sOlnething for my donkey to eat, and something for me to play with," adding with a leer, "and if there is anything over, you may keep it for yourself." Th~ boy ran off to the bazaar, and presently came back with a IHlgC wa ter me 1011 . ÂŤ rlere )ÂˇOU arc,

guv'nor," said he, "you can eat the nice part, you can drink the juice, your donkey can eat the rind, and then you can play with the pips, and I've got seven paras change for myself." The J ew, seeing how the g-round lay, immediately returned to his vessel, and reported to his friends that Cyprus was no place for the m, for even the boys could outwit them. As a rule, the descendant of Ulysses will do his uttermost to screw one para at least out of you above his due, and then as soon as your back is turned, he hugs himself with joy at his achievement. The English fresher, willing to please, pays cou ntless slims more than he ought to do . when he first arrives. European civilisation has, to a ce rtain extent, introduced the luxury of soap; but as a ml c the Great Unwashed simply isn't ill it with these excellent folk whose doctrin e seems to be : "man came from earth , lives th erein, and goes (back?) thereto." But in the towllS, I must be fair, all respectable Greeks do keep themselves clean.

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t erm to find out how many Saints are going to give him fI -! past eleveners" has his anti type in the desce ndant of Ulysses. It is said that the Greeks have I 30 Saints' days, and these count as whole holidays. These blessed days are celebrated in time-honoured gambling and drinking, in consequence of which the clay after each Saint's. day is spent in recovering froln the effects. Sundays arc of course ho lidays; so that if yo u get 80 days' work in a year out of the dodgy dodger, YOll have got a very good farm hanel. Our friend s are very fond of cards ; they have a special game, which I fancy is not unlike Ollr whist, though different. Cards strew the streets. Backgammon too is very popular, an d the rattle of the draughts on the hoards can be heard some way off from the caf6s. By the sea, they are fond of erecting ri cketty platforms over the water, where they smoke and dice to their hearts' content. On Sundays and Saints' days the country folk come riding in on their mu les or donkeys, and spend th e day in the cafes; and in the evening return home, mu ch lighter in pocket and perhaps in hea rt too. In the villages one sees them squatting or reclining about in the street, smoking and looking \'ery happy and

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contented in the bright sunshine, in spite of their atrocious costume, their trousers consisting of a sort of sack gathered tight just above or below the knee, the rest pendent, sometimes to the ancles. The;: Greek priests are as a rule (1 ta lk of Cyprus) an illÂˇeducated, uninflue ntial lot. I was told that th e last th ing a wealthy Greek will think of putting his son to is the priesthood . That comes just one stage below schoolmaste ring. It is the complaint of good Greeks that they have no priesthood to look up to . One often sees a village priest, recognizable from his unbrimmed top hat and long hair, riding his donkt!y to town with baskets of vegetables. On Greek Epiphany (Jan. 18th) I rod~ to a monastery ncar Paphos, a desolate place in a ravine, very prettily situated . The monks saw to our mules' stabling, then fed us with coffee and cigarettes ; then showed us the tomb ~md bones of their special saint in the Church, one of them chanting dismally a special service; then regaled us with oranges, sausages (ugh I), ~c., and plied us with wine. They seemed to have been making merry themselves. I was also shown round the remains of lhe

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T emple of Ve nu s by an old long haired priest, who later on brought his own dinner, consisting of boiled mutton, into tht: hut wh ere I was feeding, which he proceeded to pull to pieces with hi s finge rs and eat literally from hand to mouth. I fear I offend ed the village head man , who was my host, by not eati ng a special delicacy whi ch he had prepared, namely, lambs' brains.

I woke several ti mes during the night at th e sound of the chanting in th e adjoining chapel i and at last at 5 o'clock rose to go and see the sun rise, wh ic.h is a glorious sight from this height, ri sin g as it does fro m beyond the distant mountains of Lebanon. Stepping into the Chapel, I fo und the villagers stand ing about amid fumes of ince nse, sometim es yawning or talking in undertones, whil e the old monk walked about snuffing the candles a's he chanted the respo nses, an old village priest celebrating. I believe the se rvice was the Liturgy of S. ChrysosÂˇ tom; anyhow it lasted from 2 . 30 to 7.15. Afte r it old Dionysius showed me hi s paintings, nearly all of Saint s and Martyrs. Some were gems to my uncritical eye .

I rod e one afternoon to the foo't of a moun ta in, , 6 miles from Larnaca, on th e to p of which is set a very old mo nastery, said to date from H elena's tim e . It was dark by the tim e I reached th e base, so I engaged a rustic, a tall, fin elr made man, to conduct me to the top. H e luckily wore a white vest, which could be distinguished in the starlight, as the mules stumbled up the steep stony I . mu st close th e Greeks with t\\'O path after him. Reaching the top at more notes. On one occasion, a Greek last, we called out, and the doors were was prosecuted for sheepÂˇ stealing, and In one room a number of was condemned to imprisonment for opened. villagers were cong regated who had come a ce rtain period, witho ut any protest. up that evening for th e mass which was T hree days later he said to the Comto begin at 2.30 next morning. The ln issio ne r o n hi s vi sits that he had since solitary mo nk who inhabi ts th e monastery discovered that he hadn't done it. This is a dear old ma n wl',o has stu died is an instance of the s\\'eet simplicity painting at !\Ir. Athos'. His na me is which characterizes so me. Dionysius, He acted as host, and sho\\'cd On my way over th e mountains which us a cell, wh ere my inte rpreter and myself line the north coast to visit Kyrenia, \\ e laid us down on trestl e and plank beds.

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turn ed aside to a height a few miles off and he ate l~i l during all that heat o f th e to see a n old ruined medireval castle day, in order to keep hi s rul e. perched on the tip-to p. Arri ved. we Space forbid s me to narrate many were un sentimental enough to think of morc of the in stances I should like to lunching, in spite of the simply glori ous mention. vi ew, and th e romantic and desolate I have pointed out a good many beauty of the spot. ' Ve had en gaged weaknesses of the Greeks, and not many a ru stic Greek to carry some things up to good points. Of co urse there are Greeks this height for us, and as we lunched, we who try to live up to an ideal, and who offered him bread of th e white vari ety. do what they can in their duty. All H e looked at it suspiciously, and asked honour to thern, and perhap s more if it was made with eggs. My fri end than to many like minded ones at hom e, assured him it was not, but he was still wh ere exampl es of honesty and goodness slIspicions (th e day bein g Friday, a fast a re far mo re frequent. But th e Greeks day) and refused to eat . It was about sadly need a more energetic, in tellec tual I I wh en we booked him, a nd he had and a spiring priesthood. been p}<Jug hi ng so me time then, an d it I ",ill throw a few li g hts on Turkish wa s nearly fi ve wh en he left us, bein g 1.hen some way from hi s plo ughi ng field, character in another number.

ATHLETIC

S P 0 R T S.

The Sports we re fi xed for \Vec\nesday ancl T hursday, l\'I arch 31 st anc~ Apri l 1st, dates which were somewhat earlier than usual. It was an unfortunate chOIce of cl ays, as, thoug h the weather during the past fo rtnight had been very fin e and favourable for practice, the first day of th e sports was exceedingly cold and I~ot. condu c.i ve to good results in th e vari ous events. On Thursday-by an unhappy cO J11 c~dence, It \\"as the day of All Fools-it rained without ccssatio n, so that we were obliged to postpone the final heats till Friday, whi ch luckily was agreeably fin e. The numb er o[ visitors was very large o n bo th days, and, by th e kind ness of the o Oicers, th e D ep6t Band attend ed both o n the \Vednesday and the Friday. The re we re no st riking pe rformances, but the ent ri es ,,'ere mo re numero us than last year, and tI.l e compctiti on was genera lly keen . H ert slet ran in capital style for the H alf ::\hle a nd the

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Mile. \\le hope to see him figuring conspicuously on the running track after he leaves li S. In the Under-SIxteen events, Fethersto nc, the Amos brothers, and DeLasaux showed very promising form. At the concl usion of the sports the prizes, wh ich had bee n on view under the Norman arch, were prese nted to the winners by Mrs. Bostock. \Ve have to thank the following for kindly offering prizes :-The Ladies of Canterbury, Mrs. H amilton, the Vcry Rev. the Dean, Dr. Blare, R. DeLa,aux, E sq ., Rev. A. J. Galpin, Rev. R . G. H odgson, Rev. L. G. Mason, J. Ritchie. Esq., Rev. L. H. Evans, Rev. F. F. S. Williams, P . Godfrey, Esq., C.. W. Bell , Esq., R. R. ClImm ings, E sq ., E. P. Guest, E sq ., th e Vlth Form , the Vth Form . I\,Ir.IVIason acted as starter, Mr. Hodgson an d 1\[r. Ritchie as umpires. RESULTS: O PE N

t::VEN T S .

STEEPLE CHASE. 1. 2.

E. L. A. (lertslet 3· J. B. Amos C. H . Clarke Ti me, 24 min. 35 sees.

Won casily by 100 r ds., second and third. Good ficld.

H UR DL E R ACE.- I OQ YARDS. I.

rds. oetween

2. S. W. Cole I. B. Hart-Davies Time, 17!- sec . Won easily.

QUARTI::R MILt:.

I 2. C. P. Fynes-Clinlon Ti me, 61-5 sec. Clarke ran with good judgment, overtaking ClintO:1 within 20 )'d5. of the tape. I.

C. H. Cla rke

TH ROWING THE CR I CKET BALL. I.

C. H . Bodington 2. C. H. Clarke Distance, 93 yds. I ft.

These two events were, as usual, competed for on a day before the Sports.

I-IAI. "· MILE. 2. J. L'Estrange E. L, A. Herlslel T ime, 2 min. IS! sec. R ichardson] pressed I-Iertslet for the fi rst la p, when he w as unfortunately obliged to retire. r.

LONG J UMP. I.

F. l\L Gadney

G. N. Finn

2. 17ft. 5 in.

MII.E.

C. H. Clarke

HI GH J U)IP.

I 2. S. W. Cole 4 fl. 10l in.

3. W. V. I-Ieale E. L. A. H crtslet 2. C. H. Clarke Time, 5 min. 4! sec. T he g rou nd was very heavy owing to the previolls day's mill. Won b)' 35 yds. 1.

600 YARDS ( HA NDICAP ).

R. E. Brinsley·Richards

100 YARDS. I.

E. L. A. Hertslet

I 2. C. P. F'ynes-Clinl on

Time, II ! sec. A "NY exciting finish, Clinton led to thc tan, \\hf!1l Hertslet O\'crhauled him and won br a fool.

( 10 yd •. )

13.

Smith

(18 yd •. )

E. L. H enderson {

(30 yd •. )

Richards' performance was a good one from start to fini sh.

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16.

JUN I OR

SC H OO L

LoNG J U)I P.

F. H. Fetherstone I 2. T . C. DeLasaux Length, 15 ft. 9 in . In an exhibtion jump, Fetherstone cleared 16 ft. 6 in.

Green

HrGH J U :'I ?

Grccn

Length, 12 ft.

Green Dalton Time,

B. Amos

B. Amos T. C. DeLasaux EVENTS

Green H assell

H itchcock

THR EE-L EGGED RACE.

II. W. Cole and F. A. Husba.nd s

R. C. Paris

SACK RACE;:.

T. A. Izard Izn rd is a born sackÂ·racer. 1.

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STRANGERS' RACE (QUARTER Mlu). I.

R. B. Amos

Peters

CONSOLATION R ACE. I.

R. W. D aniels

H itchcock

Tim e, 74 sec.

QUARTER MILE. J.

T. C. Deusaux

R. W. D aniels

R. B. Amos

sec.

Time, 32-5 sec.

100 YARDS. 1.

Srr,ith

QUARTER MILE.

1 4~

Green T omlin

Time, 63! sec.

Hitchcock in.

220 YARDS. I.

F. H. Fetherstonc 2. G. F . Paget Time 19t sec.

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F. H. Fetherstone 2. T. C. DeL."tsa.ux Time, 11 -5 sec.

QUARTER MILE.

100 YARDS.

HURDLE RACI~.

F. H. Fetherstone I 2. E. Finn Height, 4 ft. 6 in. 100 YARDS.

H as<;ell ~. { H itchcock I-l eight, 3 ft. ll! in. LONG J UM!'.

EVENTS.

HI GH jU:'IJ>.

P. I-I. Colley

CO NSOLAT IO:-;' RACE (JU NIOR SCHOO L) . 1.

Tenison

Nation

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King's School v. St. Edmund's School. . T he above Annual Sports took place on the St. Lawrence Ground, on Tuesday, April 6th. For the benefit of O Uf O.K.S. readers who may not yet have heard the change we had better state at once th at "St. Efllllllnd's School" is our old foe th e C.O.S. under a changed I~am e . In the sports und er notice we were favoured by a pne day, but there was a wmcl across the ground wh ich did not assist the times. " e reg ret to say that we lost the odd event open, bu t we ma,de up for it by winning it und c~ 16. and als? both the under ' 4 events. At th e same Lime we must acknowl edge that tI~ c ~.O,S . .chc1 the best p~rformancc of, the afte rnoon in the und er 16 Quarter, Geary s tune bClIlg ycry gO?d mcleed, especIally as he was not pressed . \ Ve heartily congr,atu!ate I-Ie rtslet on wm nin g the mile, in good ti me too \Ve should mention that .C. H. Clarke was un~ble to compete owing to a severe cold ca ught at Doyer th t.: prcvlOUS Saturday. DetaIls are appencIed . ~ . !. 1 00 Y A RDS (UNDER 14). H. \V. Dalliels, K.S. ; z, R. B. Amos, K.S. Timc, Iz t sees. A desperat<::ly close finish , resulting in favour of Daniels by six inches .' I,

II.

HALF MILE ( OPEN).

C. R. Bull, S.E.S. ;. 2, E . L. H ertslet, K. S.; 3, E . L. Evanson, S.E.S. H ertslet dashed off 'nth the lead, closely followed b), Bull, until half-lI'a)' th.rou gh tl~c las~ round, when the latter went ahead anel won casih' b\" 1 0 yards. Tllne, z mill . 16~ sees" ' . I,

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H IGH

Jv""

(UNDER 16).

. ' .. F. 1-1. Fetherstone, K .S. j z, S. S. Eyre, 5.E.5. H eight, 4- ft. 7i in. A tanly respectab le jump. IV.

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C. R. Bull, S.E.S.; 2, E. L. A. H ertslet, K. S. Time. Clinton got off ~est,. but w~s caught abo ut 30 yards from home by the two placed, a despe ra te race e ndlllg In a WlI1 for Bull by six inches. Time, I I sees. I,

H IG H J UMP ( OPEN ) .

S. W'. Cole, K.S. ; R. J. S. Dodd, S.E.S. H eight, 4 ft. q} ins . Our second stnng created some surprise by winning. I,

VI.

100 YARDS (U~' D~R 16) .

F. H. Fethe rsto ne, K.S.; 2, I-I. iI'l. Gear)" S.E .S. Fcthcrstone got oft well, and won cleverly. Time, I I ~ sees. I,

\"11. LO:>." G ] U)[ P ( OPEN ) . F. M. Gadne)" l(' S.; 2, C. R. !lull, S.E.S. Length , A good jump, won by a few inches. I.

ft.

o .~

in.

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QUARTER M I LE (UNDER 16).

H. M. Geary, S.E.S. ; 2, J. B. Amos, K.S. Geary went off with the lead , an d kept it thro ughout a fast run race, winning easily in the excellent time of 59i sees. I X. QliARTRR I\ fIL E ( OPEN ) . I, R. 1. S. Dodd, S.E.S. ; 2, C. P. Clinton, K.S. Time, 59t secs. Dodd went off very fast, and at onc ti me led by 1 0 yards, but Clinton came again and was only beaten by two yards afte r a fine finish . Twenty yards more would ha\"e seen the order reve rsed. X. Lmw Tu).[p (UND EH. 16) . F. H . Fetherstone, K.S. ; 2, A. C. Edwards, 5.E .5. Length , I7 ft. otin. An excellent jum p. won well. I,

Xl.

H URDLE RA CE ( OPEN ) .

R. J. S. Dodd, S.E.S. ; z. 1. B. H art- Davies, K.S. A very close race. H a rt-Davies led till the 7th flig ht, whe re Dodd drew up and won on the run in by three inches. Time, zot sees. I,

XII.

HALF MILE ( UNDEK 16)

H. M. Geary, S.E.S. ; 2, J. B Amos, K .S.; 3, R. C. Pari s, KS. Delasaux went off with th e lead at a great pace, with Geary and Amos close behind . I n the last lap the fonner spurted, and WOIl co mfortably by 25 yards in z min . zot sees., another excellent performance. Paris was a good third. I,

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Q"AK'I'ER oliLE (UNDE R 14)'

H . ,,'. Dani els, K .S.; z, R. B. Amos, K. S. Daniels ahd Amos had a desperate race till 1 00 yards from home, when the form er went away and won comfortably. Time. 6ri- sees., was good. I,

X[\-. O"IE M I LE (OPEN) . E. L. A. H ertsl et, K.S.; z, C. R. Bull, S.E.S. Time, s min . 1 sec . As in the half, H e rtslet and Bull went a"':::ty at a great pace fo r 300 yards, but H ertslet secured the lead, and Bull \\'as g reatly bothe red by H eale, who ran vtq' pluckily. I n the last round H ertslet drew away. and won by 20 yards amidst a scene of great enthusiasm. I,

The Triangular Sports. On the third of April took place the first of what are to be annual sports, between Dover, Sutton Valence, and ourselves. The idea of the triangular contest

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was moot~d a year <:,T two ago amongst ourselves, but it \Vas not till this year that it took defil11te shape 111 a formal challenge from Dover. The form of agreement come to between the three schools was as follows:1. - That the sports shall be held at Dover, Canterbury, and Sutton, annually in rotation, und er the laws of A.A.A. z.-1.'hat the ,Program?1c ~hall consist of- I, J 00 yarciR race ; 2, quarter mile; 3, half-mIle; 4. mile ; 5. }lIgh Jump; 6, long jump; 7. hurdle race ( 120 yards). 3路-That each school shall be represented by two com petitors in each event excepting the mile, in which there shall be three. ' 4路 - ~hat the champ,ionship shall be decid ed by the number of first places gained, but that. 111 case of a tie, the second places shall be taken into account and if necessary, the third place in the mile. ' , 5.-Tha.t there shall be two judges provided by the two visiting schools; a referee, provlded by the school on whose ground the meeting is held' a time-keeper also provided by the horne team, and a starter who shall be so meone '~' ho has not at 路 any time started the team in practice. 6.-1'hat the formula used in starting shall be, "Are you ready ?" ( Pistol ). 7路-That school colours shall be worn by the rep resentatives. The first meeting was held at Dover. Had it not been for a rather cold day and ~ somewhat s.oft ground the sports would have been an unqu al ified success. But as It was, s~alllOconv~ni~nces were quite lost sight of by those interested in the events, as the u~tlll1ate destinatIOn of the championship was not known until the last event was decIded. Our bes~ thanks are due to Dover for the effo rts they made to bring the contest to a successful Issue. A large number of invitations had been issued and a gre~t number of peop~e were present to witness. the sports, and all interv~ls were enh~ened by. the plaYing of the band of the West Surrey Regiment. \Ve much admued the lllgemous arrangement of flags of the different sc hool colours which were run up as each event was decided, to proclaim the winner. ' The first event deci?ed was the ~undred Yards, in which we did not appear j Darton (Sutton) and BI31r (Dover) belllg first and second. Time Jot secs. The High. Jump was much interfered with by the soft state of the ground, and all the competItors fell more than once. That being so, no-on e jumped up to his form, an~ the first pl~ce was halved between Finn (K.S.) and Darton (Sutton). who could nelther of them manage. to clear more than 4ft. Sin. The H alf-Mile was a grand race. Hertslet (K.S. ) qUlckly took the lead, and shook olf all attempts to pass him, and ultllllatel)' won by some twenty yards 1Il Z mm. ,8t secs. Vickery (Do\'er), who ha.d several t1ln es challenged H ertslet, came in second, some distan ce in front of the th.lrd man. I!l the Long Jump. again we were not pJaced. Blair (Dove r) was first WIth a good Jump of. ,8 ft. 4~ tn. D~rton (Sutton ) being seccnd with '7 ft. 9!in., and Gadney (les.) thlTd, one mch behmd. In th e Quarter Mile Ihe first and second place~ were both taken by Dover. Goodbody, who was second, is still under 16, and prOlniSeS to be a very useful runner. The Hurdles was a splendid race between Darton (Sutton ) and Steel (Dover). Steel led slightly ove r the last hurdle, th en

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Darton came up with a rush, and both broke the tape together. The last race, th.e l\'lile. was a repetition of the Half-Mile. Hertslet aga~n took the lead and kept It throughout, though he often had to fig ht hard to keep It, but he allowed no one to pass him. and sp urting well in the st raight passed th e tape first .by forty yards. Time 5 min. 1 0 sec. Todd (Dover), who was seco nd, ran very pluckily and made a good race of it all tl'e way. On calculating the poin ts it was seen that both Dover and ours~lves had wo.n two and a half firsts and Sutton two, but. as it had been arranged thflt 10 case of a tie for first places, the seco nds should be counted, Dove r came out champions, having won fou r seconds, while we had none. If onl y wc can have a warmer. day next year, we shall look forward to then having as pleasan t and successful a meetmg at Canterbury.

HOCKEY. At last the Lent Term has got a ga~lle of i~s own. It. has often been found that the interest in football has languished atter Ch nstmas, seelllg that all the colours are given before the O.K.S. match in December, and we ve ry seldom have any matches after. So this year it was decided to start hockey as a school game, and that the game might be thoroughly h~arnt, to play no football at all. !". M. Gad!1ey was elected Captain, and colours for the tl:.am that ~'as to be, were deSigned, co nslstmg of a shirt with the sc hool arms and h .. S.C. H.C. \\Âˇorked upon th e pocket. At the beginning of the t.erm hardly any onc. knew anything ?f the game, but. by c~reful study of the rul es, and thanks to th e. hl11ts. of i\[r. Galpll1~ wh o several tl1nes kmdly came lip to give liS th e benefit of IllS advH:e, a very cn~dltable Xl. was turned out, considerino- the shortness of the time that most of them had played the game . Four matches w~re played, th ree again3t scratch teams, which we ,~'on f~irly easily, and one against Dover College, who beat liS by five goals to two. It IS a p~ty that we were not able to meet a team so good as Dover earlie r in the season, as th elr short sharp croSs passing and superior style taught the sc hool more than any amount of n: ere verbal coaching. Perhaps the smartest part of the school team was the forward l1l1e, but all showed a tend ency to play far too much for themselves, instead of passing th.e ball backwards and forwards along the line. Bodingtofol and Athawes were the PIC~ of the side, and both showed much resource. Gadney 1Il the centre was ~afe, and Fll~n generally managed to dispossess his opponent of the ball, and used hiS pace well In attack. The hal ves were fair, and the backs both of them safe, Clar~e was the better of the two, but the vigour of his hitting when at close quarters, occaslOnally ~ade o.ne tremble for the safety of those nea r him. The second game were prov l~ed WIth smaller sticks of the Marlborough patte rn , and. many of the younge.r boys pIcked upÂˇ the game very quickly, and showed that there w1l1 be no lack of r~c~t1lts for the school teams of future years. The game has beco me very popular, and It IS to be hoped that. it will for the future take its place as one of the regular school games.

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CRICKET. Prospects of the Season. \Vith seven of last year's Xl. gone, including all the bowlers a nd the three best balters, our prospects of a successful season are not bright. Skinner, who had been chosen Captain for this year, unexpectedly left j and hi s loss wi ll be felt vcry much, as his fast bowling and batting would have been of the g reatest se rvice . His place. as Captain, has been filled by Athawes, who se position is no t altogether an enviable on e, as he ha s to find notl onl y some reliable batters, but at least three bowlers and a wi ck ·t keep. vVe hope that Clarke, who promised so well t\\'o yoms ago, will regai n hiM form as a bowler, whi eh he seemed to have entire ly lost las t seaso n ; at present non' of the others are at all dangero us- Carrington, Finnl, Boel in gto n, Gacin c)'. an d ~o l1 y are all worthy of being tried . As regards batting, Athawcs may be reli ed (1 11, us II() seems already in good form; Bodington gave great promi se l a~ l season a nd o ug ht w do well; while of the candidates for the many vacan cies, Paris, T o ul min, G lc nn i(', \Vi ghtwick, Hellard, and Strahan are at present th e pick. Great improvclll ' nl iH necessary, if the School Xl. is to be at all like its immediate predecesso rs; a nd W( ' trust that they will do credit to the instruction given them, of whi ch th y (,C IWilll y stand in need . In concl usion we welco me th e return to his old S hoo l u j Mr. A. Latter, who was himself Captain of the Xl. for three yea rs i and II nd l" hi li! care the team ought to benefit considerably.

LIST OF FIXTURES, 1897. OPPONENTS.

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St. Lawrence "A" . . .. ..••• •• Sutton Valence ..... .. . . • . . ... , Chartham Asylum .... , . , ... , . .. S.E. College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. M.erchant Taylors' School ... ,. . S. Edmund's School .... . ..... ,. \Valmer Garrison . . . . . ... . .. .. , Cavalry DepOt .... . ... . . .. .... Highgate School . . .......... .. Worsfold Mowll, E sq.' s XI . . . . . Dover College .......... ...... St. Lawrence .... .. . ..... . .. .. , ilI.C.C . ... . . . . .. . .. • ,. ..... O.K.S . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. • . . .•...

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COLUMN.

The Rev. T. Field, \\'arde n of Radle)' College, and late H ead Master of King's School took hi s degree on th e 13th ult. To commemorate thi s further honour conferred on hi s old School by Dr. Field we were given a half-h oliday on Friday, Mar 21 st.

F. E . Boycott, C . H. Roe and H. P. H. Austen, K eble College, Oxford, were rowing in their boats in the Torpids.

\V. H. Maundre ll, C .C.C . Cambridge ran for his Uni\'e rsity aga inst Oxford as fir st string in the Hurd les . His form having improved so much on last year, we had great hopes that he would have won the race this year ; unfortu nately, he got a bad start and was beaten oy

A. Latter and A. F. C. C . Luxmore were both played for Kent in the final for the County Championship.

J. R. l. H opkins C.C.C. Oxfo rd, obtained a Thi rd Class in Classical l'vl ods.

S. \V. Pears is Captain of th e \Vorcester Boat.

Garnier. E. M. T oulmin, Magdal en College Oxford, was playing in the Freshers Match for Mr. Bardswell's Xl. H e made 24 and 19Âˇ

S . \V. Pears, \\' OI'cester College Oxford, re prese nted Oxford in the Middle 'Weights in th e Inter-Uni\'ersity Boxing Competition. He not only co mpletely vanguished his opponent, but was acknowledge the best boxer present of either University.

H. F. Stobart, Pembroke College Cambridge, was ro wed for the Trial Eights last term. A. K. Mowll has passed hi s Inte rmediate Law Examination.

Any O.K.S. wishing to play in the O .K.S. cricket scratch on Tuesday and Wed nesday, July 27 and 28, are requested to send their names to E. 1\,ÂŁ' Toulmin, Magdalen College, Oxford .

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SCHOOL NEWS . The School is very much to be Bishop Speechly, late of Travail HI, congratulated on th e acquisition of acting on behalf of th e Bishop of D v I, Mr. A. Latter to the StalT of lVIasters this who was unabl e to be prese nt; cnndidlll,·" term. I-Ie is an O.K.S. , and left the from St. Edmu nd's School W' f C nO'"} t' cl School in 18891 and obtained his Blue at at th e same tim , Oxford fo r Rugby Football in 1893. He has co nsistently played for Blackheath ' The Gynlnasill rn COln1l 1'1II11111 Witi. and he played for the South v. North il~ 1894, and in the winning Kent County held on Friday, April 11HI, ut h, til 11. 111 . The Open was won by :-;tlt lilcl, wil li Football T eam this year. Athawes seco nd; th Und,', SI~ 1 1 I Ii W awarded to Aylwin . TIlt' lull (; Y"'1I1 II. a ntrrhury !l a Il J II~ . W I We congratulate E . J. Smith on being Staff of th e prese nt, who gavl' dl"'I'III)'1II dmlll II made a Monitor this term. intervals, wh ie- h W\'rC' h l~"h 11'1" I II I \Ve were VCI Y forUlIlIltt III II IVI II I 1'1 'I A Bicycle Club has been formed this Greatrex to Jud K' Ji ll 11

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term, with Mr. Guest as President. The Sports' Committee, in co-operation with whom all the most important arrangements have been madc, have elected H c rtslet to be Captain, and Clinton Treasurer of the Club. Club Run s arc to be organized from time to time, the first of which took place on Ascension Day.

The School Confirmation was held on March 30th, in the Cathedral by

•• S~roud nnd AlI IIlWt 'li "'tlrt 111 11 II IUI sentatlves at Ald i,' rKhot Ih lM VII U IIlI 1111 Publi c S hool 'ymll n'lium l 'Olll lllllllull an eI'III the fin al result w N t· p lcll I d 11111 I tee nth ont of a total of th il'l l' JI \If

••• A new flags taff halo\ III" II II I ,j the :iVluseum, whi ch iM dlllllll. II. Iii I hi of the old one. A I{ny,d 1.11111 lid 111

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E. L. A. H ertslet and F. M. Gadney represented the School in the Public School Sports at the first Spring Meeti ng of the London Athletic Club, held at the Stamford Bridge grounds on Saturday, April l oth, the fonner in the Mile, and the latter in the Long Jump. I n th e i\'Iile, H ertslet led for the first quarter, and for parts of the seco nd and third, The Head 1Vlaster has prese nted a fini shing fourth. Gadney, in the Long series of handSOlnely fram ed photographs Jump, did not come up to his form on the to the Hall, representing different places Be\'e rley, clearing barely I7 feet. and buildings of inte rest.

b een purchased which was displayed thereon for the first time on the occasion of H.R.H. the l'rince of \Vales' visit to Canterbury to open the Chapter House on lVIay 29th .

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. A. L. PARIS -King's Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., 189 2 ; VIth Form, Sept.,. 1894; Monitor Jan ., 1896; Captain of the School, Sept., 1896; Captain of the G~mes, Sept., 1896; F ootball XV., 1895 - 6 ; Edi tor' of the Cantuarian, Sept., 1896 ; Took 13th place into \Voolwich direct from the School at the Examination last November. H. B. CLARKE-King's Scholar; Entered th e School, Jan., 18 88; VIth Form, Jan .• 1895 ; Monitor, J an., 18g6; Captain of the School, Jan., 97; Football XY., 1895-6; EJitor of Cantuarian, Sept., 18g6-18 Jan., 1897 ' Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., 1892 ; Vlth Form, F. J. CUNNINGHA>1-King's Sept., 1895; Monitor, Sept., 1896 ; Football XV., 18 90 -97 . C. M. SKINNER-Entered the School, Jan., 1888; F ootball XV., 18 95 -96 ; Cricket X r. •. . 1894-9 6 ; Elected Captain of Cricket, Sept., 18 9 6. G . F. HORSLEy-King's Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., 189 2 ; Football X\' ., 189 6-97. 18 6 P. J . RYALL-Entered the School, Sept., 189+; Sixth Form, Sept., 9 . 6 18 L. CHowN-Entered the School, May, 1892; Football XV., 9 18 -97.6 T. DANN-Entered the School, September, 1894; Football XV., 9 -97.

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DEAR SIRS,

May I take the liberty of laying before th e School and its Governing body, through the medium of our School Paper,

a sc heme which will, I trust. mc(:t whh the approbation of everyone, and by whi h we may in some way commemorate! lhe D iamond Jubilee of ollr good and illult. trious Queen, namely, to chan ge th l'

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present unfixed and in some wars unsatisfactory exeat into a permanent mid-term holiday, extending fro m say after school on Friday to the following "Monday even ing, so as to enable those masters and boys wh o live at some grea t distance from the school to obtain, like their lucki er companions, a glimpse of home as well.

This suggestion is not intended in any way to interfere with the extra wee k in the summer holidays, which of course the school would in any case have; but we arc a .. King' s " School, and though no doubt its present members will in many ways celebrate H er Majes ty's Diamond Jubilee, yet I do hope the Dean and Chapter will see their way clear to adopt this suggested idea, not only on account of the Diamond Jubilee, but also to COI11 mernorate the 13th centenary of alII" grand old Cathedral and the visit of H .R.H. the Prince of \:\lales to re-open th e Chapter House after its restorati on. \:\lith apologies for thus trespassing on your val uabl e space. I remain, Yours truly, AN HUMBLE O.K.S .

To the Edz'tors of "THE

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DEAR S I RS,

l\'Iay I be allowed through your colums to draw attention to the fact that th e straw hat at present in usc in the sc hool is a great deal too heavy to be comfortable. The writer and a friend were a short ti me ago curious enough to weigh each other' s straw hats. I t was found that one hat weighed a triA e over li lbs., and the other just zlbs. l \Vould it then be surprising that during the su mmer months at any rate such an additiollal burden sllperimposed on our already overtaxed brains shou~d prove indeed the last " straw?" I am , dear Sirs, yours, AN OVER-WEIGHTED WAITER FOR REFOR:ll.

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DEAR SIRS,

May I be allowed to point ou t that Peramulator's" grumbles have appeared in different shapes in your col umn s two or three times previously, and at times wh en perhaps the XV. consisted almnst enti rely of th e VIth and Vth F orms, whilst last year (a fact which doubtless slipt " Peramulato r' s" notice) not eve n the majority were in th e Ylth. Neithe r has size an)"co

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thing to do with ca rryin g a stick, provided that small members whom I f Peramulator " seems to think so "tremendou sly" pri vileged, would remember that sticks can be shortened for a trifling sum. On one occasion previollsly the grumble r signed himself I f Awkward Lout"; if "Peramu late r" is afflicted with this malady, th e

soo ner he gets rid of it without a stick th e better. Besides, if the XV. why not the XI. or Sports Colours, whic h even " Peramulator 1I would consider making the privilege rather too cheap. Yours truly, II

HTXIS."

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No. 16 .

EDITORIAL. Being the Ancient and R oyal foundation that we are, it is our duty in a year like this, to express once more our undyin g loyalty and affection to our Queen, an d re-echo the prayer which, durin g the last month, has been ringing throughout the Empire-"God bless her." Canterbury has been very gay th is term! On May 29th, th e City was hon oured by a visit from H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, who, accompanied by th e Princess, opened the magnifi cently restored Chapter House (an account of which will be fo und elsewhere). The visit had th e satisfactory result of a request by the Prince that the Ki ng's School should be granted an ex tra week' s holiday. Turning to Cricket, we must congratulate ourselves on a much more suc cessful season than anyone had at first anti cipated , our list of matches has resulted in seven won, six lost, and two drawn ; our defeat at the hands of Sutton Va lence was disappoin ting. but our victories over Walm er, the Cavalry Dep6t, and Highgate have b een especially brilliant and g ratifying. We congratulate Bodington on his 1 2 1 no t

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ou t against the Caralry Dep6t, and Clarke on his good bowling, especially again st Chartha m and M~rch"nt Taylors, and wish the XI. every success in the O,K,S. match. vVe cannot end this Editorial withou t expressin oo- our vcry deep regret that Mr. Ritchie is leaving us this term, lVIr. Ri tchie has been a master at the Schoo l since Michaelmas, 1883. and has always take n t he keenest interest in the lire of the School. H e has successfull y held the rather th ankless position of President of the H ouse Committee since its foundatio n; his services at Pen ny Readings and Concerts were inval uabl e, his inimitable readings always producing shouts of laughter and loud appl ause ; but most of all Mr. Ritchie will be missed by th e members of the Rowing Clu~, in whi ch institution he always took t he greatest in terest, ill fact he was its IlreSldent. Treasurer, Secretary, and chief su pport, an d the time an d trouble he hilS spe.nt coac hing the boats cannot be too high ly app reciated. \Ve feel that \Ve ale lo.smg .one of our most popular mastf!l's, whose place will be very hard to fill, and wo WIsh hUll ~very success and happi ness, hoping that he will always keep a place in his heart f?r his old friends here, and will take every opportunity he can of coming down to receIve a hearty welcome at Canterbury,

THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.

Great prepa.rations had bee n made in the Ci ty for the visit the Prince and Prin cess of Wales, who, at the request of the Dean, had promised to come down to Canterbury and open the splendidly restored Chapter H ouse, on !VIal' 29th. The Streets had been extremely well decorated, and fortunate ly th e day was fin e. T.R.H . were met at the S.E.R. Station by the Dea n and Chapter, and the Lord Leiutenant of Kent. The Royal visitors were received at the \ÂĽest Gate by the Mayor an d Corporation who presented an address, and t hey th en drove up the High Street, down Bridge Street, through Church Street S. Paul' s, and down rVlonastery Street, passing S. Augustine's College. and the newly renovated Lady \\'ootton's Green, into Broad Stre~t. enterin g the Precincts by the School Gate from Northgate at 12.45. No. deco ratlOns were attempted or needed in the Precincts, the Royal Standard fi oatmg over the Museum Tower and th e School flag over th e Porter's Lodge being the only atte mpts at display: The School was drawn up acrosS th e Mint Yard to receive them, everyone wearing a white fl ower, the Scholars being in the front rank. The Prince had consented to let his carriage stop on enterin g the School Gates, in order that the H ead Master and th e

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Capta,in. might be prese nted to him, the latter, being arm ed with an envelo pe contal1~Ing a few words 0\ ,~'elcome and a myste n~)Us request. Howeve r, owing to t~e mlst~ke of t ~1e po s~ tlh o n s of the royal carnage, who apparently had great dl~ culty 111 m~nag111~ theIr horses, and were very anxi ous to get to the end of thei r dnve, the carnage did not stop but drove on into the GreeZ1 Cour t to the Deanerv, The cheers that followed the Royal Party from th e School were splendid, an d we~e acknowledged the finest of the day, doubtless additional fervo ur was lent to th c:: : m by the presence of the Princess of \¥ales, who had decid ed to come at the last moment, an d whose popularity and beauty are prove rbial. Accom panying the Prince and Princess were Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark, Princess Victoria of \¥ales, the Duke of !<ife the Arch bishop of Canterbur~ and 1\Irs. T emple, Fi eld-Marshal Lord Wolsel ey, tl;e Earl of Rosebery. Lord Harns and Lord Amherst, As soon as the Procession had passed, the Scholars proceeded to the Chapter J:l ou~e which was already crowded i in a few minutes the Royal Party entered to th e smgmg of the ' 50th Psalm; God Save the Quee n was sung as th ey mounted th e platform, an d then" 0 God our Help in ages past." The Archbisho p the n offered some p~aye rs , and the De ~n. gave an aCCOU!l t of th e historr of the Chapter Honse, and pom ted out to th e ~ n~ce tl~ c splenchd new East vVm dow presented by the F reem asons of Kent, fil11 sh1l1g With a req uest t hat th e Prince would declare the Chapter House o p e l~ ; .there up on His Ro~a l Highness made a pleasant little speech and de c l~re d ,th e b~llldlll g open, UpO~1 wlll,ch t.he ff Te Deum II was sung admi rably to \Valmls!ey s settlllg, at the concl uslOn 01 which about 30 purses, each containing £5 and upwards, were presented to th e Princess of \Vales in aid of the Cathed ral Restor~ti o n Fund, ! 'he Archbisho p then p ronounced the Blessing and th e Prince and Pnrl.cess .left ?-ml(l cheers, On his way to the D ean ery, the Prince planted an oak saplmg (It bemg Roya l Oak Day) in the Baptistery Gardens as a memento of his · visit, The Royal party lunched privately at the Deanery, and were then conducted over the Cathedral by the Dea n and Chapter, and then drove away from the West Door of the Cathedral at about four o'clock, passing through the Christ Church Gate, Mercery Lane, an d so to th e S.E .R .. Station by the I-ligh Street, leaving Canterbury by specIal tralll at 4.30, On IllS return from bidding his illustrous g~ICSts f~rewell , the Dean sent a m~ssage to the School to the effect that he was very (h ~appoll1ted. that the R?yal carnage had not stopped when passi ng through th~ ~tnt Y~rd ll1 t~e mormng, but that the Prince had graciously expressed a great mter;st ll1 .the King's School, and had req u~s ted t~at it might be granted an ex tra week s holIday. Thus successfull y ended an lIlterestmg and ever memorable visi t.

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THE OLDEST SCHOOL IN ENGLAND. .In th is momentous year, when we are celebrating the Thirteen Hundreth Anl11versary of the Baptism of King Ethe lbert, by Saint Aug usti ne. our though ts natura lly turn towards th e early histo ry of Cante rbury and its institutions . Amongst th ese our own Scho ol of comse has a prominent position, and so it may not be out of place to offer a few remarks on its origin and past history. Of course eve ry K. S. wher, asked about the School, boldly affirms that it is the oldest scholastic institution in E ngland: but pe rhaps all woul d not be able to gi \Âˇe reasons for the sta tement. The earliest mention which we fin d of any foundation of the so rt in Canterbury is connected with Archbishop Theodore. H e was a native of Tarsus. in Cilicia, whe re S. Paul also was born, a nd was chosen for th e Archiepiscopate, in 668, by Pope Vita lianus, to whom the :lVIonks of Christ Church, after a long interregnu m, committed the election. This Theodore was a man of high attain ments and classical sch~ lars hip : it is not surprising, therefore, to fi nd that among his many and val uabl e 8mÂˇvlces to the Church of England, he introduced t he study of Greek into our country. As far as is at prese nt known, \\"e must look to Archbishop Theodore as our founder : for the Chapter docum en ts tell us that, br licence of Pope Vitalianus, he fou nded a Free School in th e City, wherein he placed Professors of the liberal sciences'. The ne~t mention of this School comes afte r th e lapse of nearly six centuries, during whIch alas ! its history is practically a bla nk. In 125 9, we find that one Robertus was H Rector Ecclesiae Scholarium Civitatis Cantuariensis" : for und er this title he is mentioned as a witness in an appeal made by th e Prior and Conventual body to the Pope. The next Master whose nam e is mentioned is Radulph, in 1321. About him there is little or nothin g to be said. After Radulph we come to J ohn Bocto n, J 37+. H e is a very in te resting figure. because it is in the notice of his election that we find a phrase from th e ancient formula of installation, wh ich does 1101 find a place in the highly elegant and classical form now in use. Of this Free School, it appears, th e Archbishop was patron, but if the see was vacant, the appointment fell to the Prior of Christ Church. In this year 1374, then, Prior Ri chard" collated the l\'.fastership of the Gramma r Scholars upon Mr. J ohn Bocton, whom he invested into that office by delivering to him the Ferul a and the Rod (per traditionem ferulae et vi rgae), the said Master having first made oath that he would govern the School faithfully and diligently. The Archbishop whose dea th caused the vacancy by which P rior Richard obtained th e patronage, was Arch bis hop Wh ittlesey. The last Maste r of the Free School was Joh n Twyne, B.C.L. H e is as it were

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the link betwe en Theodore and H enry VIIL, fo r wh en th e Free School was abo lished in 1542, he was appointed to the Hcadmaste rship of the newly-established King' ~ School. So it will be seen that the present generation of K . S. can t race back an unbroken descent, ed ucationally speaking, to the seve nth ce ntury. and the F ree School of Theodore has grown in size and import a nce, to a place amongst the great Pu blic Schools of Engla nd. . For there is no reasonable grou nd for doubt that H enry VIl L , whom the Grace heretically calls Fundator Noster, was merely our ofcranizer, nnd he end owed the jO Kin g's Scholarships. but they were merely the Â°continuation of Theodore1s Free School. The only al umnus of the pre-Refo rm ation School of whom we know any th ing is Robert ~i~l chel~e}', ~vh o was at the School in 1259 . He becal:ne A:chbishop of the Metro pa il tical See 111 1292, and ruled for 2 1 years. H e IS smd to have been res ponsi ble for th e famous Clericis Laicis. After his death he was considered a saint and had a shrin e in the S.E. Transept, which was demo lished in 15.38 by B enr): VIIL's Commissioners. On t he South sid p. of the Cathedral is a la rge building, now used as Dr. Maso n's coach-house, and tradition states that the re was the Schoolroom of the pre-Refor mation School! In. or about, 15 66 the buildings on the East side of the Min t Yard we re appropriated to its usc. With regard to the ages of othe r Schools, we find \Vinch ester putti ng in a claim of longevity, havi ng been fou nd ed in 1393: Eto n comes later still in 1440. S. Peter's at York claims a very high antiquity, but it is not indisputably proved . . Therefore we may be proud of our titl e. a nd <;onfide ntly affirm that the King's School, Canterbury , is the oldest School in E ngland. I t see ms as if even in early days th ere was a substitute for th e C.O.S., for in the 13th cen tury a great controversy arose between th e Rector of the Free School and t~l~ .i\'I~ s ter of the St. Martin's Scho?!. Eventually t.he latter was defeated after long litigatIon. Perhaps however our rivals of S. Thomas' Hill may find some difficulty in proving a connection with the School at S. Martin's .

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SKETCHES OF GREEK AND TURKISH LIFE. Taken From Cyprus. II. Just as we English should object to prominence. Five times a day does the have o ur nation judged from spec imens of muezzin stand on the balcony of his our cri minal classes, so ought we to be minaret and call the faithfu l to prayer. careful not to judge the T urks by speci- Some aesthetes might find fault with the mells of their blood- thirs ty c lement. sound, but it was always very pleasant to One must admit the horror of th e late me, especially at the sunset hour of prayer. massac res; but if one reflects, there arc It consists of a string of sente nces, long se veral exten uating ci rCli mstances. Certain draw n out-drawled out, if you will-sung facts a nd unfortunate precepts have served in a quave ring semi tone full high-pitc hed to check th e advance of the Tnrks in voice. Before each service the p~o u s arc Anatolia to that level of civilisation which seen. washing arms, legs, and faces at morc progressive nations have arri ved at. a fountain near each mosque. They will not admit Giaours (infidels) to thei r But into these I cannot now go. The services, but will allow them to enter at other T urks in Cyprus present a favo urable times, provided they don't set their boots contrast with the Greeks. It is pleasant on the carpets. At a mosque in Pap hos t o mect the clean-robed, and clean-skinned I wanted to go in and see th e interior : follower of Mahommed, and to note his service was just about to begin, a nd the courteo us salute, a motion towards his attendant was not ready with the necessary feet, heart, and head, to denote that all slip pers, however a sturdy Turk seeing these are at your service. I do not know my desire came to the do or, and lifted the that the majority of T urks possess very carpets by the edges of the walls so that a cute in te lligence, from our point of view, I could enter by keeping a long th e walls. bu t it is something to find some simplicity in the East. The Moslem religion is ever in

T wo very fin e exÂˇ cathed ra ls they ha\'o : one at Nicosia, the Capital, the

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other a t Famagusta, both of lovely Goth ic Archi tecture. \'Vh en the T urks captured the Island, in 'j 7' , they prese rved these cathedrals, and convNted them into mosques, after knocking off a ll the crosses and christian sy mbols. In ono, several of the Lusignan kings aro buried. Ncar Larnaca lies a large salt lake, and on the further side there juts out a small pellinsula, covered with trees, in the midst of whic h rise the domes and mi naret of a sanctuary. A certain lady (tradition says Mahommed's nurse, but this is doubtful) was travelling in Cyprus when her party enco untered the Genoese just at this spot, in th e fray her mule stumbled, and she, being thrown, died, ancl was here buried. Three enormous monoliths, which she had acquired at Ramlah , in .l udaea, thereon arose spontaneously from thei r position, and travelling across the sea, came and erected Âˇ themselves in the form of a Greek n over her grave. Anyh ow there the}' stand now, though some incredulous critics believe that th ey were once a Phoe:: nician sanctuary. To judge from memory I should say that the two side ones wore ' 7 feet high by 1 1. broad, a nd two feet thick, but my memory is vague. Once a year there is a festiv al kept in her honour, accompan ied by sac rifice. The Turks flock out to pray,

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and a very pretty sight the processio n makes, several being mounted on gaudily decked horses, themselves too gaudi ly arrayed, whil e m.any women in th eir hooded one-coloured apparel, pink, or purple, or blue, or white, also move along past the prickly pears and along the slopes whi ch fri nge the lake. The mon who guard this T ekyeh (<I place of repose ") proved vc ry hospitable and frie ndly. A garden of orange trees and poplars is surrounded on three sides by a one- storied building, and when one looks up at the minaret clear and bright in th e sunligh t against the blue sky, rising amid the trees, and hears only the whisperi ngs of the leaves, and th o cooing of the doves, one fee ls it to be a place where one can in happiness end one's days. Leav ing it at sun-down. we ski rted the lake towards Larnaca, amid the pipings of frogs, and in th e qui et stillness of the coun try waited to hear the muezzin's sunset call to act as our c urfew, qut he was late, and we could not wait. As it was we fell into the hands of a ginn, or evil spirit, who always misleads those who leave the T ekyeh afte r sundown : and a p recious long trndge it took us by moonlight to find ou r way back to Larnaca. The fao;;t month, Ramadan, is most

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zealously kept by the Moslems . From sunrise to sunset noth ing may pass th ei r lips, not even a cigarette. As their year consists of twelve lunar months this fast falls sometimes in summ er, so metimes in winter. In summer it must be almost intolerable; yet they stick to it. A g un is fired at sunset, and thereon they" t uck in.1I Many di e as a result of th is tampering with laws of health. Still it is a matter in which to admire th eir religious earnestness. It is also the part of a good Maslow to read his Kor'an through. during Ramadan. A cheerysmiled black Zaptich, of whom. I saw a good deal regularly read his Kor'an, though , as I was to ld. he didn't underj

In the afternoon a nice boy named I brah im I could often overhear reading tales in the sunny courtyard to the other servants. Turkish servants are preferred to Greek out there, as being so much more hones t. I have no time to go into other details as to the Bayram festival, the mosque illuminations on nights wh ich are especially devoted to prayer, circumcision processions &c., &c. I will only add that the Turks hate the Greeks. The proposal of Cyprus being handed over to the Gree ks Ca proposal not likely to be heard of again for some time I am thankful to state) is met by the finn assertion" Vve Moslems will all die first.1> j

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CRICKET. KING'S SC HOOL v.

ST.

AUGUSTINE'S

COLLEGE .

This match was played on th e Beverl ey on May 18, and res ul ted in a win fo r tJte School. The game presented few features of interest; we won the toss and \~ent }fl , but the start was most disastrous as 5 wickets went down fo r 31. Bodmgt?n however was well set and hit about merrily. and on being joined by Colley, a cap~tal stand was made. Bodington was howeve r bowled by Gregory before complet~ng his 50, and soon after Colley had passed him, we declared with the ~otal standlllg at 155 for 7 wickets. Musgrove alone offered any resistance to the bowling of Clarke and Fethe rsto ne, and the wh ole side were out for the small total of 47. The School fielding was fa r from perfect ; for though the College only made 47 runs, several easy catches were dropped. Vve hop e for great improvement in this departme nt. j

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Appended is the fu ll score and analysis :KIN G'S

SCHOOL.

A. S. Athawes b Alexander R. C. Paris, e Alexander, b Cregor}' C. H . Bodington. b Gregory G. N. Finn, b Alexander I. B. H art-Davies, e & b C regory ... C. H. Clarke. Ibw, b Alexander P. H. Colley, not out ... A. M. Tou lmin, e Alexander, b Cregory R. H. Glennie not out H. J. Mow ll } d' t b F . H. Felherstone L( not at Extras

42 7 3

59 10

T otal (7 wickets) ST.

155

AUGU STlN~'S COLL EGE.

Rev. M. J. Simmonds, b Cla rke ... R. R. C. Alexander, b Clarke G. N. Gregory , e Athnwes, b Fetherstone G. F. Musgrove, b Fethcrstone ... B. Scott, run out R. D . Deeley, b Fetherstone L. T . Mau nd. b Fdherstone J. R. Hayes. b Cbrke ... P. Nind, b Clarke F. E. Pearse, b Fetherstone P. J. Ryall, not out Extras

7 4

7 16 1

o 2

o o 3

Total

47 BOWLING ANALVS IS. ST. AU GUSTINE'S COI.T.RGE.

Clarke Fetherstone

'4 14

5 4

20 23

w. 5

K I NG 'S SCHOOl..

Gregory Alexander Musgrove Ryall Maund Beeley

17 14 5 4

4 1

0 0

13 17

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0 0 0 0

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KING'S SCHOOL v. ST.

LAWRENCE

"A."

This 111atch was played on the Beverley, on May 20th. The School went ~rst to the wickets but were soo n dismissed by Hunt and Joyce for 69, Clarke, Toulmm and Glennie only making double figures. The innings was chiefly remarkable for the bad judgment shewed by the members of the School eleven, no less than three being run out. The St. Lawrence had an easy task sct them and proved quite equal to the occasion, L. Rhodes being the hi ghest scorer with 45. "Ve regret to say that catch. after catch was dropped: in fact the team seemed quite demoralized, the bad judgment in batting being far surpassed in field ing. Appended is the full sco re and analysis :KING'S SCHOOL.

A. S. Athawes, c ~ I ason , b Hun t R. C. Pa ris, b Joyc~ .. . C. H. Bodi ngton, !J Hunt G. N. Fin n, b Joyce P. H. Collcy, run out C. H. Cl arke, run out. A. 1\'1. T oulmin, b H unt 1. B. H art·Davies, c Crow, b Hunt R. H. Glennie, run out H. J. IVfowll, not out F. H. Fet hcrstonc, c J oyce, b Hunt Extras

8 4 4

o 7

13 13

o o 5 69

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ST. LAWRENC E.

A. M. Lloyd, nm Ollt •.. C. O. Mason, c Clarke, l> Hart·Davies

L. Rhodcs, b Fctherstone J. H. J oyce, c Glennie, b Collcy M. Bowen, b Bodington H. S. Crow, b Hart·Davies R. Rhodes, not out A. Bowen, not out

3 24 45 12 21

H. Young: } C. R. Delasau x did not bat H unt

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BOWLING ANALYSIS. KI NG'S SCHOOl .. O.

Hunt Joyce Mason

22'3

R. 40 20 4

w. 5 2 0

ST. LAWRENCE. O. IS 13 9 9

Clarke Fetherstone Colley H art-Davies

R. 45 28 22 19

Touimin Finn

3 2

Bodington

KING'S SC HOOL v.

W. 0

2 0 0

SUTTON VALENCE.

This match was played at Canterbury on Tuesday, TVlay 25th. Our opponents won the toss and began batti ng with Hurl batt and Alexander to the bowling of Clarke and Fethersto ne. The start was vcry bad, for Fetherstone clean bowled the first pair with the score at 5, but Apthorpe Cqmc in and hit vigouro usly, his 17 being comprised of one 5, two 4'5, and two 2'S. Thorn hi ll , too, was scoring meanwhile, and a change of bowling was made, Hart-Davies going on for Clarke; th e new bowler missed all. easy return i n his first ove r from Thornhill, an ex pensive mistake, for Thornhill batted very well, receiving useful assistan ce from Beatty, Darlton and H ills. He was the last man out with the total at 13 0, and his excellent innings of 56 included a 6, a 5, and two 4'5. Fether5tone bowled very well, his 6 wickets costing only 35 runs, while Toulmin had 2 for 12. Glenni e and Finn'.! opened our innitlgs to the bowling of Alexander and Laurie. The start was not promising as Finn was well caught at 8, an d Glennie was out two runs later. This brought Bodington and Atha w c~ together, and the fonner at once began hitti ng, whilst Athawes was content to keep his wicket up, and the partnership put on 37 runs, when .Rodington failed to get hold of one and was easi ly caught. H is vigourous in nings included five 4'S and four 2'8. After this th ere came a complete collapse, no one staying in with Athawes, for Finn left at 48 and Colley at the same total. Clarke was out to a good catch at 59, while at 7 1 Athawes, who had batted an hOlJr and 20 min utes for 4, was out to Apthorpe. H art-Davies made a few good hits, and To ulmin and Paris each made a few, but th e innings closed for 95 or 35 behind our opponents total, a somewhat disappointing performance. Apthorpe did m?st of the damage for our opponents, his 5 wickets costing only 20 runs.

THE Score and analysis:-

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R. Hurlbatt, b Fetherstone

F. D. Alexander, b Fetherstonc ... F. B. Thornhill, c E. Finn, b Fetherstone F. G. Apthorpc, c E. Finn, b Fetherstone J. H. DaThan, c Colley, b Fetherstone R. V. Beatty, c Hart·Davies, b Colley W. E. I-Jills, b Hart.Davies H. C. Pearson, b Toulmin R . W. Lamic, b Toulmin H. R. Brown, b Fetherstonc

1. Gannon,

nOl

56 '7 ,6 '3 '4 o

out

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T ota l KING's SCHOOL.

R. E. C. A. C. P. C.

W. Glennie, c Laurie, b Alexander C. Finn, c DarHan, b Laurie ... H . Bodinglon, c Alexander, b Aplhorpc S. Athawcs, b Apthorpe N. Fmn, c Beatty, b Alexander H. Colley, b Apthorpe l-l. Clarke, c & b Alexander ... I. B. H :ut-Davies, c Thornhill, b Apthorpe R. C. Paris, not out A. l\J. Touimin, b Apthorpe F . H . FClherstonc, b Alexander Extras

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Alexander Lauric Apthorpe Brown

7 o. 26 7

36 26

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22 35 3' '2 '2 '2

{;, H . Clarke F . 1-1. Fct herstone I. B. H art·Oa\,ies P. H . Colley C. H. Hodington A. 1\1. T oulmin

, 0 2

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SCHO OL v.

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CHA RTHAM ASYLUM.

On May 27th, we went to Chartham. OUf opponents won the toss and elected to bat. Dr. Fitzgerald was quickly dismissed, and with the exception of Longhurst, who played very correct cricket, no one could play Clarke, who took 8 wickets for 32 , and the whole side was out for the small total of 79. OUf start was not auspicious as Glenni e and Finn soon succ umb ed, but our p rospects brightened when Bodington and Clarke became associated. Clarke was the first to leave for a well-played 24, and Bodington left a few overs later for a highly merito rious 26. Longhurst then changed ends and great excitement ensued as wicket after wicket was cleaned bowled. G. N. Finn, however, rose to the occasion, and with a cut to the boundary made the winni ng hit. We can congratulate ourselves on our fielding which was a great improvement on last year's miserable exhibition, Colley and Bodington b ri nging oft' two catches. T here was still an hour left for play, during which Chartham lost 2 wickets for 83 Âˇ Appended is score and analysis:1st I nni ngs. Dr. Everett, b Clarke ... A. Longhurst, c Colley, b Clarke Dr. F itzgerald, b Clarke ... Dr. Fox, b Clarke ... H . Weeks, b Clarke W. Bryant, c Athawes, b Colley Rev. N. H olt, b Clarke J. Smith , b Colley ... _ Brown, b Clarke G. Carr, b Clarke _ H artley, not out. .. Extras T otal

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W. Glennie, b Longhurst Finn, b Longh urst ... H . Bodington, b Longhurst H. Clarke, b Longhurst S. Athawes, b Longhurst P. H. Colley, b Longhurst G. N . Finn, c Everett , b H olt I. B. Hart- Davies, b Longhurst R. C. Paris, b Longhurst A. M. T ouhnin, b H olt F . H. Fetherstone, not out Extras

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!)";,~ "' Kn,c's

R. E. C. C. A.

2nd Inn ings.

ASVLUM.

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3 9

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2nd I nnings-CHARTHAM

1st Innings-CH/\RTHAM A SYLU:.1.

C. H. Clarke P. }-J. Colley F . T-I. Fetherstonc

19 4 14

32 22 21

8 2 0

6 5 7 4 3

F. I-I. Fcthcrstone A. i\<ÂŁ. Toulmin 1. B. Hart-Davies G. N. Finn

KING'S SCHOOL.

5 14 5

23 26 22 7

5'3

SCHOOL v.

8 19 18 13 15

0 0 0

C. H. Cl:uke

H. Weeks A. Longhurst Dr. F itzgerald Rev. N, H olt

KING'S

A SYLUM.

SOUTH

EASTERN

8 0 2

COLLEGE.

This match, which was played on the Beverley, on June 1St, resulted"in a win for the School by 48 runs. Athawes won the toss and decided to send them in. The wicket helped th e bowlers considerably, and in the course of an hour and a half ou r opponen ts were dismissed for 80, Bathurst J 5, and Gaskell 13. being the only two to offer any serious resistance to the bowling. Glennie and E. Finn opened the School innings on a now mur.h improved wicket, but the latter was soon dismissed fo r 2. On Bodington joini ng Glennie, run s came freely. both being in good form. Bodington was out lb w at 32, but on Clarke joining Glennie the Collegians' total was reached with only three men out, but at 93 Clarke, whose innings was the best of the day, ran himself out, and the venture soon ended for J 30. The commencement of the Collegians' 2nd innings was disastrous, half the side being out for 30, thanks chiefly to Fetherstone. However, on Gaskell joining Bathurst a plucky stand was made, till the forme r was caught at the wicket, and the innings c10sed for 82 . In making the neces!)ary 25, the School lost Clarke at 15. but thanks to Bodington's forcing tactics, the runs were obtained in 13 minutes.

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Appended is the score and lnatysis of the bowling: 2nd Innings. 1St Innings. SOUTH EASTER N COLLEGE. 0 run out ... E. W . Webster, b Clarke S. Rivers-Smith, c Eodington, b Fethcrstone 3 c Athawes, b Fetherstone .. . c Bodington, b Fetherstone II H. G. Palmer, c Athawes, b Clarke ... I2 b Fetherstone W. 1. Lechler, c T oulmin , b Clarke 6 c Clarke, b Hart-Davies A. M. Squire, c Clarke , b Colley ... 15 c Clarke, b Toulmill C. R. Bathurst, c Toulmin, b Hart- Davies 6 c Finn, b Hart-Davies N. W. H utchinson , c Clarke, b Toulmin J. M. Gaskell, c Glen nie, b Hart-Davies 13 c Finn, b TOlllmin 2 not out. .. H. H. Sharp, b Fether!;,tone .. . b T oulmin I R. Valentine, not out R. N. Dodsworth, b Fetherstone 3 c Athawes, b H art-Davies Extras. 8 Extras

... 80

Total

0 14 2 2 5 28 0 ... 21 0 2 ". 0 8

. .. 82

T otal

KIN G'S SCHOOL. 1St I nnings 16 did not bat. R. W . Glennie, b Rivers-Smith 2 did not bat. E. Finn, c Lechler. (:) Valcntine 15 not out... C. H. Bodington, Ibw, b Valcntine C. H. Clarke, run out G. N. Finn, c Gaskell, b Valentine ... A. S. Athawes, c Bathurst, b Rivers-Smi th P. H. Colley, b Squire ... F. Watson, c Lechler, b Squire A. M. Toulmin, not out 4 not out ... I. E. H art· Davies, c and b Squire 6 did not bat. F . H. Fetherstonc, b Hutchinson IO Extras Extras

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15 4

:! }:i~::'~~tb Rivm·Smilh

... 138

Total

6 0

T otal (1 wicket)

". 25

HOWL I NG A N ALYSIS.

2nd Innings-S. E. C.

1st Innings-S. E. C.

C. H. Clarke F. H. Fetherstone P. H. Colley A. M. Toulmin

3 3

5 14 10

\V.

13 28 18 20

0 3 0

2 3 0

4 4

J. B. Hart.Davies 5 1st Innings-K. S.

J. M.

Gaskell R. Valentine H. G. Palmer N. W. Hutchinson S. Rivers·Smith .. . A. M. Squire .. . R . N. Dodsworth

o. 5

g 2

8 3 6 2 3 0

17 9

S. Rivers-Smith ... C. R. Bathurst ".

2 2

M. 5

0 3 0 3 3

M. 0 0

'v.

C. 1-1. Clarke 9 F. H. Fetherstonc 15 P. H. Colley 3 2 A. M. T Oll lmin ". II I. B. H art-Davies 2nd Innings-K. S.

6 0 I

13 22 8 (

12 13

THE CANTUARIAN. KING'S SC HOOL v.

MERCHANT TAYLORS'

SC HOOL.

This match, which was played on June loth, at Charterhouse Square, res ulted in a win for the home team by 24 nms. After winning the toss, IVlerchant T aylors elected to bat and sent in H osken and Crawfurd to meet the bowling of Clarke and Gadney. Clarke dismissed Crawfurd the first ball of the match, and none of the batsmen made any serious resistance, except Raphael, whose 2<) proved very valuab le. They were all dismissed for the somewhat small total of 83. Clarke takin g 5 wickets for 3 1 runs. On <.:ommencing our innings we qui ckly lost Paris and Bodington for 6 runs, then Glennie and Clarke carried the score to 23 before the former was bowled for a valuable 12. Then matters brightened on Clarke bei ng joined by Athawes, after Finn had been dismissed, and these two carried th e sco re to 50 before Clarke was lb w fo r a very useful, if so mew hat lucky, 13. The XI. then fell entirely to pieces, the last five wickets only adding 9 runs. Athawes played by far the best innings on our side, but there was none to aid him. in making t he runs. Merchant Taylors went in to play out time, and made 13 8 for 5 wickets, Raphael again scoring well. Below is th~ fu ll score and analysis :1st Innings.

J. F. H osken , b Clarke ... J. W. Crawfurd b Cla rke...

... F. H. Marshall, e Finn b Hart-Davies L. N. Niederheitmann, b Clarke ... J. E. Raphael, c Hart·Davies, b Clarke A. E. C rawfurd, c and b Gadney .. . A. D. I'fays , c Clarke, b Hart·Davies .. . 1\ [. B. Tasker, c T ou lmin, b Colley .. ' W . J. Briscoe, b Clarke T . A. Barrett, b Colley W. R. Taylor, not out Extras T otal

MERCHANT TAYLORS. 2nd Innings. 7 b Cla rk e o b Cla rk e 8 b Colley ... 9 c Finn b Gadncy 29 not out .. . I c Cla rke b Hart-Davies ... S not out

3 IS

Extras

13 T otal

... 83

Tota l

did not bal.

KING'S R. W. H. Glen nie, b Niederheitmann R. C. Paris, b N iederheitmann C. H . Dodington , b Niederheitmann C. H. C larke, Ibw, b Crawfurd G. N. F in n, low, b Tasker ... A. S . Athawcs, I])w, b Niederheitmann P. H. Colley, b Crawfurd I. 13. lIart·Da"ies, h Crawfurd A. M. T oulmin, not out E. Finn, b Crawfurd ... F. M. Gadncy, b Craw:urd Extras

4 16

138

SC HOOL.

12 0 6 14 I IS I

0 0 I

0 10

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34 1

DOWLING ANALYSIS. 1St I nnings-}IERCHANT T'\v ~OR S. Clarke ... Gadney ... Hart-Davies Colley

) 1.

28'4 16 13 3

16 10 7 2

31 20 19 3

2nd Innings-MERCHANT TAYI.ORS. W.

5 I

2 2

Clarke Gadney ... HartÂˇ Davies Colley Bodington Finn T oulm in .

KING'S SCHOOL. Crawfurd Niederheitman n Tasker H ays

KI NG'S

...

i\I.

13 13

8 4

10 6

3 0 0 4

6 O.

14'4 17

10 9 4 0

13 17 13 6

14 33 20 17 31 4 4

w. 2

0 0 0

w. 5 4 I

SC HOOL v. CAVALRY DEPOT.

This match was played on the Dep6t Ground, on June J 1 tho Our opponents won th e toss and decided to go in, sending Mr. Gwyn and Sergt. Enderby to face th e bowling of Clarke and Gadney. Their venture was most disastrous, as 7 wickets went down for only 8 run s, and the innings closed for 2 r. This result was chiefly due to the bowling of Clarke, who took 6 wickets for 6 run s. Paris and E . Finn opened the School innings, but neither seemed com fortable, and 2 wickets were clown for I I . On Cla rke joining Bodington a good stand was made till the former was bowled at '52. G. N. Finn followed, but did not give much t rouble. Athawes joi ned Bodington who was now sco ring fast, and seemed thoroughly to have mastered the bowling. 'When play was resumed after the luncheo n interval, Athawes was caught at cover-point. Colley and Toulmin gave no trouble, but HartDavies made I I , and helped Bodington to put on 30. Glennie then came in and helped Bodington raise the score to 200, his innings was excellent throughout, and he was unfortunate in running himself out. Gadney then joined Eodington, but did not last long, and the innings closed for 220, of which total Bodington had made 121 not out. Bodington's innings was the best performance this year, and thou gh he gave two chances in the early part of his innings, his play after lunch displayed great confidence, his off-driving being especially good, and it would be impossible to praise his performance too highly. His score included t hirteen 4'S and twelve 3's. In their 2nd venture, the DepOt only made 8 f , leaving us winners by an innings

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CANTUARIAN.

and 1 1 8 run s. Of their 81, it is noticeable that Mr. H olden made 46. H e gave us a fin e display of hitti ng all round the wicket. A decided improvement was shewn in the School fieldi ng throughout the match. The Officers of the Depot, as usual, treated us with the warmest hospitality, wh ile the band played durin g the afternoon. Appe nd ed is the full sco re and analysis : 1St Innings. Mr. Gwyn, c E. Finn, b Clarke Sergt. End erby. c and b Collcy Sergt. Gill , c Toulmin, b Gndne)' Pte. Cook, b Clarke Capt. Stan ley, b Clarke COI'PI. Manners. b Clarke

Mr. Egerton, b Colle y . . .

CAVALRY

0 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 5 2 0

Corpl. Wombwcll, c Gadne)'. b Clarke Mr. H olden, not out Corpl. ' Vilson, b Clarke ... Pte. Breaker, c Gadney, b Colley Extras

T otal

DE r8T.

2nd Innings. b Clarke b Clarke b Clark e b Gadlle)' ". . .. c Athawcs, b H a rt·Davies b Clarke ... c Toulmin, b Clarke not out ... c E. Finn, b Hart-Davies ... b C larke b Clarke Ext ras

0 II

7 10 I

0 I

46 0 0 4

Total

KING'S SCHOOl ..

R. E. C. C. G.

C. Paris, b Holden .. . Finn, b Holden .. . I-I. BOdington, not out H. Clarke, b Wombwell N . Finn. b H olden... ... A. S. Athawes, c Gwyn, b Stanley P. H. Colley, b Wilson .. . A . M. T oulmin, b Wilson 1. B. Hart-Davies, b Wombwell R. W. Glennie, run out F. 1\£. Gndney, b Holden Ext ras

8 12 1

20 2

o II

zz 7 17

Total

220

DOWL I NG ANALYSIS.

1st Innings-CAVALRY DEPih. o. M. R. C. Ji. Cla rke 6 7 4 F. M. Gadney 3 4 P. H. Colley_ 10 3'3

2nd Innings-CAVALRY DEPal'. W.

6 I

C. H . Clarke F. M. Gadney ... 1. B. Hart -Davies

5 3 0

II I

35 41 1_

7 I

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CANTUARIAN .

KING'S

343

S CHOOL.

Capt. Stanley .. . Mr. H olden .. . SergI. Gill .. . Sergt. Enderby Corpl. Wombwell Mr. Gwyn .. . Corpl. Wilson .. .

;\1.

14 25 6 7 13

2 '0

48 52

37 '0 15

KING'S

SCHOOL v.

WALMER

4 0 0 2

0 2

GARRISON.

This match was played at \Vahll cr, on Jun e qth, and resulted in an easy victory for the School. \oVahner won the toss and batted first on a good wicket. A bad start was made however, Colley bowling Sergt. Brown with the score at 4. Runs t hen came more freely, until at th c fifth wicket a collapse occurred, 3 wickets falli ng with the score at th e sam c total, and th e innin gs was finished off for 12 4 . Captain B~nny (34), and Major Percy ( 20) , played weJl for Walmer, while for us CoJl ey obtamed 4 wickets for 39 . Our start was disastrolls, Paris leaving at 3, but Bodington an d Glennie. by steady play, carried the score to 47, when Glennie was bowled by Cator. Soon after this Bodin,gton was out for a well-played 60. The only noticeable feature of the remainder of t he innings, was the stand by Toulmin and Athawes, who put on 135 before th ey were separated. The innings closed at 297 for 8 wickets. Athawes playing a very good innings of 80 not Ollt, and T oul min co ntributing 57. Appended is th e full score and analysis. W AD IER GARRISON .

Capt. Binny, b Clarke Sergt. Brown, b Colley Dr. Browne, c Clarke, b Colley Capt. P almer, b Clarke Lieut. Shine, b Gadney Major P ercy, b Coll ey Capt. Saumarez, b Clarke Sergt. Ellingham, not out Lieut. Bewes, b Colley .. . .. . Sergt. Sugden, run Oll t Lieut. Cator, c Athawes, b Gadncy Ex tras Total

34 2 12

4 7 20

o 9 13 16

o 7 . 124

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344

KING'S

SCHOOL.

R. W, Glennie, b Cator R. C. Pa ris. b Binny ." , .. C. H. Bodington, c Brow ne, b Palmer C. 1-1. Clarke, b Shine P. ll. Colley, b Palmer C. N. Finn, rlln Ollt ... A. S. Athawes, not out A. M. Toulmin, b Brown I. n. I-Inrt-Davies, b ninny S. W. Cole, not out ... F. M. Gadney, did not bal. Extras

21 2 60

. 25 14 3 80 57 4 14

T otal (8 wickets)

297

B OWLING ANALYSIS. '''ALMER GARRISON' .

Clarke

Colley Gadney Hart-Davies KING'S SCHOOL.

Capl. Bi nney ... Lieu t. Shine ..

Scrgt. Sugden Lieut. Cator ... Captain Palmer Sergt. Brown

o. 17 12 6'2 2

\\' ,

45 39 20 13

3 4 2 a

7 3 2

81 75 20 42 31 31

30 17 7 10 12 10

a a

KING'S SCH OOL, v. ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL. This Match against our old rivals, was played on the Beverley, on June 18th, and resulted in a victory for us by S4 Tuns on the first inn ings. Athawes won the toss and sent in. Glen nie and Strahan j but the start was not calculated to inspire us with too much confidence, as the first 3 wickets, including Dodington's and Clarke's, went down for 34 runs. Glennie, however, who was playing excellent cricket, found a useful partner in Colley, and these two doubled the score before the latter succumbed for a useful 20. Athawes followed, and, inspired with co nfidence by his success of the previous day, began at once with an off-drive for 5. When 25 had been added, Glennie was at length caught for a really well played 50. 'With Toulmin's arrival, run s continued to come merrily, until Athawes was run out having made 36 by good cricket, while Toulmin reached the coveted 50 before being dismissed. Finn made 10, but the rest did little, and the innings closed for 191.

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CANTUARIAN.

345

Our opponents did not go in for any long .s co res, bl~ t Francis,' Lap~l ey, and Rudd all played usefu l innings, the last named, espeCIally, playmg beautIful cr.J cket a~ a most cri tical time. The end C,lme when th e total ~too d at J 37, and, almost lInmedlately, a deluge of rain burst over th e pTound, which had it come two l!linutes ~arli e r, would probably have robbed us of vi ctory .. Clarke ?owled well, ~s his analYSIS sho~\'s , an d the fi eldi ng O'enerall y was smart, whIle Glenme and T oulmtn are to be heartily congratulated o~ th eir success i,n th e batting lin~ . . l.rVe shoul d like to co mmend to the notice of members of th e XI. th e neceSSIty of paying more attention to th e " art o~ running." In the ~rst placf:' the number of wi ckets thrown away in the course of thIS season by bad runnlllg IS qmte phenomenal. I n t he second place, there is a tend ency to run the first far too slowly, whereby an easy chance of a second is often missed, and fi nally, the ove.r-anxiety of some l?as resulted in quite an appreciable number of " short run s ,. belllg called, for whIch there is no exc use whatever. Appended is the full score and analysis :K ING'S SCH OOl..

50 3

R. \'V. Glelmie, c Duncan, h Francis ]{. C. Sirahan, b E vanson .. C. H. Bodington, c Geary, h F rancis C. 1-1. Clarke, b Evanson P. H. Colley, c Geary, h Luscombe A. S. Athawes, rlln out ... A. 1\1. Toulmin, b Francis G. N . Finn , c Robinson, h Francis .. , S. \V. Cole, b Evanson .. I. B. Hart- Davies, rlln out F. ~'I. Gadney, nOI out, Extras Total

ST. ED~lUrm's SCHOOL S. Dodd, c G lennie, h Clarke F. C. Duncan , c Finn, b Clarke E . L. Evanson, c Clarke, b Gadney H. T. R R obinson, ru n out G. M. Swift, lbw., b Clarke H. J. E dwards, b Clarke .. ' B. A. Francis, c Clarke, b G:u.lney C. T. Rudd, c Cadney, b Clarke .. , E. Lapsley. c Cadney, b Cla rke .. . C. E. Luscombe, c Ath:l,\ves, b Gadney H. 1\1. Geary, not Ollt Extras T otal. ..

20 36 52 10

a 8 , .. 191

10 14 3

22 30 ,..

5 4

15 ... 137

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CANTUARIAN.

BOWJ.JNG ANAI.VSIS. KI NG'S S CHOOL.

Evan son Francis Lapslcy Luscombe

30 31

83 53 29 18

5 S T,

3 4

EDi\IUt>;n's SCHOOL.

Clarke Colic)' Gadnc)' HartÂˇDavies

KING'S SCHOOL v. HIGHGATE

29 9

16'2

19 23 20

w. 6

0 3 0

SC HOOL.

Hig hgate visited us this year. They won th e toss and went in, Edmunds and Duval facing the bowling of Clarke and Colley-Duval offered very little resistance, bu t Edmunds showed good form for a usefu l 12. Finch follo\\'ed, but was caught well by Eodington at third man. Turnbull then made a good stand with Durrant. Run s came steadi ly for some time, and th ey looked like J'nakin g a large total till Clarke beat Durrant for a most valuable 42 , 4 wickets fo r 74. Freston enlivened the game, being aided by the fielding, which seemed to be totally demoralised wh ilst his innings lasted, though before and after considerable irnprovement was discernib le. Freston's career was terminated at J J 3, while Turnbull left soon after, and the remaini ng five wi ckets went down for 33. Glennie and Strahan made an auspicious start, putting on 34 runs before th e former was run out by a fine return of Clarkson's, wh ose fi elding was decided ly smart throughout the innings. Subsequently their bowling prese nted few terrors. and Eodington and Clarke made victory practi cally certain. Had all th e catches been accepted th e result might have been different on ou r side. Eodington, Clarke, T oulm in, Colley and Athawes did most of the scorin g, while Clarke and Cc.lley carried off th e bowling honours.

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347

Appended is the full sco re and analysis :HIGHGATE SCHOOL,

H. W. Edmunds, b Collt!y E. S. D uval, c Clarke, b Collcy R. B. Durrant, b Cla rkc ... J. D. Finch, c Bodington, b Collcy .. . S. Turnbull , b Collcy .. . .. . C. Freston , b Gadney P. T . Allcn , b Clark e H. Burge, b Clarke H. N. Tu bbs, not out E. S. Clarkson, b Cla rke D. F. Stow, c Cole, b Clark e Extras

42 5

24 I

o 6 9

o 13

T otal

146 KI NG'S SC HOOL.

R \\T. Glennie, ru n Olll.. K. C. St rahan, h Duval. .. C. H. Bodinglon, b Freston C. H. Cla rke, Ibw. h D uval P. H. Colley, b Burge .. A. S. Athawcs, not out ... A. l\L Toulmin, not out, .. G. H. !';nn } I: B. Hart-Davies Did not bat. S. W. Cole F. M. Gadney Extras

7 14

36 3~

...

Total (for 5 wickets)

.. . 192

BOWLING

ANALYS IS.

KING'S SCHOOl"

C. Freston S. Turnbull E. S. Clarkson .. . R. .B. Durrant .. . E. S. Duval P. T. Allen H . Burge Freston bowled 2 wides

Du rrant

wide

Duval 5 wides, and

4 15 14

I 4 2

J3 29 33

0 J

C. H. Cla rke .. . P. H. Colley .. . F. M. Gadney .. . J. B. Hart·Davies

Hart-Davies bowled I wide and 2 no-balls.

15 7

3 I

o o o 2

6 10 no·ball, and Burge

HIGHGATE.

wide. W,

47 16

THE KING'S

SCHOOL v.

CANTUARIAN. WORSFOLD

MOWLL, ESQ.'s

XI.

On July 1St , we paid our a nnual visit to Mr. Mowll at \Vhitfield . The weather was perfect, and everything combined to add to our enjoyment of Mr. Mowll's kind hospitality. Mowll won the toss and sent the School in, who were however unable to resist their last year's bowlers, Toulmin and Valpy. Colley and Cole sco red best, both. hitting up 15 in good style. Their innings was opened by Latter and H arris, and at 18, Harris was beaten, and directly afterwards Fetherstone caught Latter at coverpoint; 2 for 28. On Hay . ...ard joining Toulmin a long stand was macie, till at 36 Toulmin was run Ollt by a capital throw in of Bodington. Collcy then bowled H ayward, and the innings closed for 1 2 f. Half an hour was then left for play, duri ng which the School lost 3 wi ckets for J z run s.

App ended is the full sco re and analysis:1St Innings. W. Glennie, c Harris, b T ou lmi[\ ... C. Strahan, b T oulmin ... H. Bodington, b Toulm in H . Clarke. u Valp>, I-I. Coliey, u Valp>, S. Athawes, b T oulmin ... M. T oulm in, e Ha)'ward. b T oulmin N. Finn, Ibw . , b Valp>, ... S. Vrl. Cole. not lIot F. M. Gadney, b T oulmin ... F. II . Fetherstone, c Hayward, b Valp>,

2nd Innings.

KING'S SCHOOL.

R. K. C. C. P. A. A. G.

not out o b Latter 5 b Toulmin ... 4 b Toulmin IS not out ...

'Ildid 4

Extras

o 2

not bat. Extras

...

Total (3 wickets)

Total ...

'WORSFOLD M OWLL E SQ.'s

A. Latter, c Fetherstone. b Gadney ... C. E. H arris, b Fctherstone E. M. T ouhnin, run out. ..

E. Hayward, b Colley ... P. C. H oward, b Clarke H. 1\1'. Worsfold, b Clarke C. R. Delasnux, b FetherSlone G. C. Vnlp)', c Strahan, b Clarke ... Re\'. F. S. S. Will iams, b Clarke A. K . Mowll, c Finn, b Clarke W. R. Mowll , not out ... Extras T ot~ l. ..

Xl. 20

4J , , o , 2

o '3 . .. 121

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\ CANTUAR IAN.

349

BOWLI NG ANAL.YSIS.

1St Innings-K. S. E. M. T oulmin G. C. Valpy

2nd I nnings.

21 20

E. 1\1. Toulmin C. C. Valpy A. Laller

MR. MOWLI.'S X I.

Clarke Gadne)' Fetherstonc Colley

4 1.3

3 2 I

Râ&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘

44 4

w. 2

2 I

SCHOOL NEWS. On Thursday, Jline loth. the Archbishop of Canterbury paid his first official visit to the SchooL His Grace, who was accompanied by Mrs . Temple and the Dean, was met at the Norman Archway by the H ead Master and the Masters. I-Ie was conducted to the H ead Master's Seat by Mr. Galpin, and was introduced by the Dea n in a brief speech. Dr. T emple then made the School an excellent speech partly humorous, and partly very earnest and serious, he ended by asking for a holiday for the School. Mr. Galpin then said a few words in whi ch he begged to welcome the Archbishop to the School, and thanked him for his kind words to us.

adding that he would be pleased to grant us a half-holiday. Dr. Temple then left ami dst rounds of thund ering cheers.

T he half holiday in hono ll r of the Archbishop's visit, was given on Friday, July 9t h, when the St. Lawrence l\'I atch was played. The Head Master has presented the School with a large portrait of the Queen, which he pIa.ceel in the Hall, on Junc 20, the 60th Anniversary of the Queen's Accession.

35 0

THE

CANTUARIAN.

The Dean and the Bishop of Dover have, at the request of the House Committee, kindly presented excellent portraits of t he mselves to the School, which have been placed in the Hall.

The foll owi ng have received their l;'irst X L Colours this term :-R. 'VV. C lennie afte r the Cavalry Depot Match ; P. H. Colley, A. 1\1. T ouhni n, after the St. E dmund's School Match, and S. W. Cole, after the M.C.C. Match, and G. N. Finn, F. M. Cadney, H. C. Strahan. Also the following their Second XI. Coloms : N. H. vVightwick. C. \V. Carrington, S. 'V. Cole, B. Covell, F. H. Fetherstone, E. Fi nn, R. C. Paris, R. S. Braddel!.

At the 0 rdination held in the Cathedral on Trinity Sunday, by the Archbishop, the Rev. F. F. S. Williams was ordained Priest. The Boat-races were held on May 2 1St and nnd. The winning coup l~ being Brown and Massey, Paris (cox), an d second Clinton and H ardy, Charles (co x). At a Meeting of the Sports' Committee held on July , 8th, it was decided for the future that no IVIember of one year's team should be considered a n I I ex-officio" Member of the next year's team: he wi ll be allowed to wear his colours, but must win them again the next year in order to be included in fhe team. This rule wi ll apply to Cricket, Football and Hockey.

THE

O. K. S.

COL U M N .

R. W. Wylie and H . B. Milsome have taken their M.A. degree at Cambridge.

H. B. Milsome has also taken his Bachelorship Designate in Surgery.

S. S. Cook has obtained a First Class in th e I\'Iechanical Science Tripos.

A. G. Richardson has been playing regularly for Glouceste rshire. He mad e 40 against Kent, and against Somerset he made 89. H e also played for Cambridge University against the M.C .C. but did not bat. From the Papers of July 6: On Ju ly l st, at the Parish Church, Hampstead, by the Rev. T. Field, D .D., Warden of Radley College, and the Rev. Sidney Alexander, M.A., Reader of the T emple, the Rev. Rob ert Lawrence Ottley, M.A., late Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Principal

OrTLEy-ALEXANDER,

.,l ' ,

CANTUARIA N.

of the Pusey H ouse, fourth son of the latc Rcv. Lawre nce Ottley, Canon of Ripon and Rector of Richmond, Yorks., to Mary, the second daughter of J. Alexander, Esq., of Windmill Hill, H ampstead.

,,::>;.

\.vc quote the follow ing from the I i St. .Ta mes's Gazette" of july 1St. Descri bing the Commemoratio n at Oxford, in the Sheldonian Theatrc, in the presence of Colonial Pr~mi ers. the correspondent writes :-uThe new \.varden of Radley looked particularly impressive in his ncw D.D. gown, as Sir Vlilfred Laurier evidently thought when hc found himse lf seated besidc him ." %

~.:

'k.

We beg to apologize for the fact that in OUf last iss ue the all-important letters, D.D., were, by a prin ter's error, omittcd fro m the notice that Mr. Field had assum ed the Doctor's scarleL. \V. R. Mowll has passed his final Law Examination.

.;,:

C. M. H eadlam has been elected to a clerkship in the H ouse of Lords.

THE

35 2

CANTUARIAN.

THE LIBRARY. Committee :-Rev. L. H. Evans (Librarian); Carrington: H ertslct; Pulling. Additional l\ Iemhers :-Richardson; Scruby. The following Donors are heartily thanked for books they have given ;f Paths of D uty. Dean Farra r .. .. .. . t Darkness and Dawn. E . M. Toulmin The Seven Seas. .J. L. Fawsett . . Sign of the Cross.

L. Chown Marlowe-Selected Plays. A. L. Pa ris Life of Gord on, 2 vo ls. Sir F. Gore Ouseley. Rev. G. C. E. Drley Pond Life. R. E. Cummin gs, Esq. . . The following books have been added since October, 1896:Gaston de Latour Pater. IVl iscellaneous St udies Life and Letters of Erasmus H eroes or Science (Physicists) (Chemists)

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The Raiders Stickit Mi nister The Ebb Tide \Veir of Hermiston Songs of Travel Mieal Clarke King's Own Agin court Two Years Before the Mast Fresh Light for An cient Monuments (Sayee) Audrecl 's weald Jul ius Cresar I I . II d " Twelth Night f to comp etc set In sma e ltI on Cycling With Edged Tools The Sowers F lotsam Tim es' Atlas Story of Francis Cludde

l\'I ackail. Crockett, R. L. Steve'~ son .

" Co;;an Doyle. Marryat. H enstv. Dana.

Crake. Badminton. Merriman.

" " Weyman .

CANTUA R~AN.

THE

353

BOAT CLUB ACCOUNT. £

T o 18 Entrance F ees (Races) " 4 Term Subscriptions (6/6 ) " 10 Halr·T erm ditto (4/-)

200 030 0 26

Lent T e rm only (I-lorn) Coxswain extended ... " Rev. A. J. Galpin (S ubscription) " Mr. Ritchie (Subscription) _. _ " Mr. Cumm ings (Subscription) " ..

I I

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By Prizes and Engraving ... " 2 IXl.irs Oars and Carriage ( 1/-) " Curren t Expenses

o 5

3 Balance

£614 6

s. d.

250 0 10

I [ 10

£6 14 6

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F IN ANC IAL

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CO RRESPOND E NCE . N. B .- The Editors dulim to aael' ally respomr"lJility cOllluded 'wi'" Ihe o/Jiltiom of their Correspon. dents . Name and address mltst always be give/~. Itot ltueJSayi/y for p ublicati011, but as a g tul'YflIltee of good faith . Pasonalilies will ÂŁ,zvolve certa in reiection.

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May I be allowed , through your columns, to offer one or two remark s on the subje et of School Songs? Some of us on looking through the reports in our Contem porari es of Field Days and similar meeti ngs, may have noticed how, at th e cllstomary Sing-Song, each detachment has its own School Song. 'We are fortunate in possessing a large and excellent stock of these, but unfortunately few people seem to know them . T hc K.S. Song par excellence is, I suppose, "10 Triumphe!" This, and a few others, like "Forly years on,* ' "S. Joles,JJ &c., are known more or less, but I fear that a large section of the School is ignorant of wonIs and tu ne alike of many in the collection.

deciding who should sing next j this could easily be remedied if the t raditional plan were adhe red to: "10 Triu mphe" was sung first in full choru s, then the first soloist was chosen by common consent, and he passed on the duty, just as at O.K.S. Suppers, &c.

Perhaps, also, it might be found possible to publish the words and music together j at present the tunes come from two separate collections. Probabl y most people would be glad to possess words and tunes. Then as to the attendance when th ese meetings are held. About four or fi ve years ago it was considered a matter of duty to the School to turn up at Schoo l Songs, almost as much as to attend matches. Unfortu nately this excellent tradition has of late somewhat dropped out, but it might easily be revived Surely it would not seriously interfere if a few set a good example in this respect. Apologising for the length of my with arrangements for the 'W inter terms if -regular meetings for si ngi ng School letter, I remain , Songs were to be held for an hour at least Yours truly, once a fortni ght. In the few meetings IO TR IUMPHE. held last winter much time was wasted in

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May I take the liberty of laying before th e School in general, anel the authorities in particular, a fact concernin g our School Shop, which neithe r adds to its repu tation, nor is anythin g but detrimenta l to the boys wh o indulge in it. I am alludi ng to that undesirable plan of aUowing fellows to go "on tick." Possibly, Sirs, yo u, wh o occ upy such high position s in th e School, are not aware of this, but the re a rc many boys who are, and I kn ow for so me time have been, in th e habit of go ing .. on tick" there.

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a practice whi ch, like all otherÂˇ evil ones, grows enormously if it is not checked in its infancy. H oping soon to see an alteration in th is respect in our School Shop, which is. I am sure, in every ot her way a mod el one. Bel ieve me, Yours &c. , "READY MONEY."

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YOll, Sirs, probably kn ow more than I do how bad it is for a boy at school to be allowed to buy anything he li kes wh en he has not got th e money in hand to pay for it. I will not state th l! reason for saying th is, as it is only too obvious.

I feel it my du ty to apologise for th e omission of the account of the Hockey Match, when :Mr. C. R . DeLasaux was kind enough to take the trouble to bring a team against ns. This is ihe second time that 1\1:r. DeLasaux has bee n neglected, and I can o nly say that I myself saw t hat an accou nt was written for the match, but after it had been put into the the secret recesses of th e drawe r of the Edi tors of If THE CANTUA1UAN," it app ears to have bee n mislaid. Hoping that sllch a th ing will not occ ur aga in, as it looks as if the School do not app reciate the t rouble spent upon it,

I do trust, therefore, that you will use the influence wh ich your exalted position gives YOll in endeavouring to exterminate

I am, Sirs, Yours truly, F. M. GADNEY.

" ' hen it was decided to slart a shop of our own the School was clearly given to unde rstand that .1 no boy" was to be permitted to go H on tick" in any way whatever, but someho w or other this rule has been disregarded to a most amazing extent.

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EDITORIAL. A Preface has been pronoun ced to be, for the most part, an impertinence, since a good book does not re~ll1ire, and a bad book does not deserve one. Now the Edito rial of a School Magazine corresponds in some deg ree to the Preface of a book. It may fai rly claim the title of an " obiter dictum " which, in the language of the law, is II an individual impertinence, wh ich, whether it be wise or foolish, right or wrong, bindeth none -not even the li ps that ut~er it." Trusting in th is definition the writer act ually dares to omit the customary apology. , Our Cricket record for the year has been very fair. Out of 16 matches played, 7 were WO Il , 7 lost, and z drawn. Bodington was most successful with the bat, and Clarke with the ball. Vie did very creditably agai nst the M.C.C., and were most unfortunate in not winning the Dover College match, after havin g all the best of the game. \Ve have started the Football Season wi lh only three old colours. one of who,n wi ll not be available fo r some tim e, hut we hope to 'see the keenness and energy of 1\1r. Latter

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and the Captain rewarded by success, especially in the School match e~ . \Vith ,regard to intellectual mallers, though we cannot boast of many ScholarshIps, we dId very creditably in the Certificate Examinations in Jt1 I~: . . . The Debatin g Society has been started again, and It IS hoped that three debates . . . . will be held duri ng the Term. T he H arvey Society, under the Presidency of Mr. Cummings., IS In ten dmg to issue a card with a list of members, and of the Papers to be read ~Iu nng t ,he T~rm. The BishoJ) of Dover is leavi ng Canterbury sho rtly, and, while ~:lffenng hun, our best wishes for his fut ure work. we cannot but feel that we a re loslIlg a true frIend and well-wisher in him. Defo re we conclude let us exhort those who have recently joined us to do all that they can f~r tl~e School, both in th e play ing -fields and in more se riou s pursui ts. Let it be thetr aun to represent the School at so me future elate in Cricket and Football, and let th em not at the sa me tim e sh rink from" the fi e rce light that beats about th e Vlth F orm ."

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FREDERICK STEPHEN BEYNON. Vve have to record, with mu ch regret, the death of F rederi ck Steph en Beynon, only son of the Rev. F. V". Beynon, Vicar of Alfriston, Sussex, who died at Lytham , Lancashire, on July the 26th , at the early age of 23Âˇ The interm ent took place at Alfriston, where all the inhabitants did honour to his memory by sh utting th eir shops, and many of th e villagers a ttend ed his fune ral to show the esteem and

a Aection with which they regarded him. I-Ie loved the place and the people. and the great.est sy mpathy was shown. In the course of only four days he was take n m\'a}' by a severe attack of Diphtheria, ilis mother being summoned to his bedside and remai ning with him to th e last, when he died with his hand in hers. Up to a few hours before his

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death he was cheerful and took plenty of nourishment, and some hope was entertain ed of his recovery. But it was soon seen that his strength was failing, an d that notwithstanding all medical skill no human aid could save him . H e sank rapidly and di ed peacefu lly. But it is as an old Kin g's Scholar that we desire to speak of him here. H e went through his many years of instructive trainin g at the School with applicatio n, credit and success, a nd gaining an Exhibition passed on in due course to J esus College, Cambridge, where he took a creditable deg ree In H onours.

At the time of his decease he was holding a Tutorship in a Boys' School at Lytham. ""Ve cann ot help th inking that many, still at Kin g's School, and his contemporaries e lsewh ere. will remember Beynon 's pleasant countenance and bright, cheerful expression, as well as his perform ances in th e Cricket Field and at the Athle tic Sports and Football.

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\Ve might specially recall, as standing out prominently in Ollr memory, his remarkable running in the I I l\IIile Race" both on the Green Court and against S. Edmund's attheBeverley. The boy with that ('as}" long, patient stride, continued undisturbed for so man)' round s, and the self-controlled spur t at the last lap placi.ng him easily victo r, is a fa miliar piCture before th e eyes of many of us now, and will be called to mind wheneve r we see the fut ure generations of King' s contending for a similar mastery. For the sake of his fami ly and frie nd s this little notice is recorded . An d we fee l sure that the genuine sympathy of all who knew II Fred Beyn on " is he reby extended to hi s [ather, his only and affectionate sister, an d es pecially to his sad and bereaved moth er, to who m we would ve ntlll'e to comme nd the 'ÂĽords of Wi sdom:" H onourable age is not that which II standeth in length of time, nor that II is measured by number of years. H But wisdom is the grey hair unto I t mcn ; and an un spotted life is old II age."

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RICHARD ELWYN. By the death of Canon Elwyn, Master of the Charter H ouse, which took place on Sept. 28th, the King's School has suffered the loss of a very true frie nd. H imself the son of an O.K .S., whose name can be seen on the Exhibitioners' boards in the Schoolroorn und er the year 1808-and again as the father of one well-known to man y generations of King's Scholars as an ardent lover of his old SchoolCanon Elwyn felt himself naturally drawn toward') this place, and he often said that he :zlt as though he must have been an O .K.S. himself. One of those rare me n whom to

meet is to know, his singularly genial nature made him a universal favourite, and a deeper knowledge of the man called forth a reverent afTection. H e was personall y known and beloved by many O.K.S., and his frequent attendance at' Speech D ay has made hi m fam iliar to a large numb er of the prese nt generation , while his deep interest in the School was i)ractically shown by founding a prize for the study of the Scriptures. Quis desidel'io sit pudor aut modus Tam cari capitis? Multis ille bonis fiebil is occidit.

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This year's Speech Day, 2qth July, was an occasion of special interest as being t he first under .Mr. Galpin's rule; and he was supported by the presence of two of his predecessors in the I-l ead l\Iastership, Bishop Mitchinson , who preached the Commemoration Sermon, and the 'Varden of Radley, Dr. Field. T he day's proceedings were of the traditional order: Early Service at 7.30, O.K.S. breakfast with the Head l'.'Iaster, Commemoration Service at 10. T he music chosen by the School, was Stanford in B flat, with Beethoven's I-lallelujah for Anthem, and the Hymn" On our wa}' rejoicing." The Speeches, prepared und er 1\[1'. l\[ason's expelienced direction, fully maintained the high standard of past years. The Lat in ~peech is always apt, if any, to be rather dull, but Carrington and Gadney, who took the principal parts, acquitted themselves very well, the latter havi ng an especially diHicult part on account of the large amount of "aside." I n. the Shakspeare also Gadney did well, being appropriately fiery as HotsplJr, and H ertslet was very good as Owen Glendower. In th e Greek piece there was plenty of beating, which the audience always apprel:iates, and Carrington certain I}' laid it on with a will. The appearance of an "br/uKo7ToS" suggested an opportuni ty for a topical allusion to the Lambeth Conference (perhaps in connection with bicycles or boomerangs) ; but do ubtless right reverence forbade . By the way, FurIe}, who, as p ri est, sprinkled holy water with great dignity, should remembe r when he next officiates that there is no "r at the end of fli)(/>I/lu'a . In the Fn~nch speech H ertslet acted very well , and Pereira's pronunciation was good. In the selection fro m "The Critic," H ertslet played his prominent part with a great deal of life, and Smith's monotonous singso ng as Tilburina was very effective, while Richards' vehement ejaculation" How am I to get off t.his I, brought down the house. In dist ributing the Prizes, the I-lead Master adopted the system of readi ng out the prize-winners' names in batches, whereby a considerable saving of time was effected . T he Dean having read the list of Honours and given the substan ce of the Examiners' Reports, dismissed the School with some words of advi ce to the boys; and lusty cheering [rom the cloisters proclaimed the close of the academ.ic year. At the H ead Master's luncheon in th e Gymnasium, upwards of 200 guests sat down. T he usual loyal and patriotic toasts were given, among the speakers being the Dean, the Mayor (Geo. Collard, Esq., himselr an 0.K.8.), Archdeacon Smith, Bishop Mitchinson, D r. Field and Mr. Henniker Heaton, M.P. lJ

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O.K.S. prese nt on Speech Day, 1897 :R ev. T. Ficld, C. Geid t, l{ev. L. G. Mason, \Y. Mosse Macdonald, T. E . RallllllelI, F. A. Dal e. Rev. R. F. E lwyn, A. LattC:!f, C. E . Frend, R. [-1. Rumford,

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A. L. Paris, L. Chown, C. 1\11. Skinner, I-I. Tru eman, C. Truema n, F. J. C unningham,

D. S. Thl. Tassell, J. H. Smi lh, P. H. Slater, D. K. Hall, H. J. C. Molony, J. C. Molony, R. J. H eale,

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Tyndarus , n s\:we, has cha~ged clothes with. his ma~ler, Ph ilocrntes. \\:hose nnl~le rmd posit ion he has also assnmed, and so he passes hllllself off on H eglO as Phllocratcs. But he IS recognized by Aristophonles a ~el1ow slowe) and ~hen, to .get out of the. scrape, assures Hcgio that Aristophontes is a madman: Ans~oph ont~s IS so fU~ l ous at tillS, that at first hi$; anger gives colour to the charge, hut afterwttrds he gets lÂˇr ~glo to \I;:;len to hun, and th.en proves clearly that Tyndarus is an impostor. Tyndanls is accordingly seized, bound, and led off to pnson.

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Peisthetre ru 5 Priest Poet Oracle-monger Astro nomer Co mmi::;sioner H awker of D ec rees

Peislhetrerus, weary of life in Athens, has secret ly founded among the Birds a new city, which is to be free fr om all nuis:\I1ces, and all ca res, and which he c.'lils Cloud-Cllckoo-town. He is ju~t ahout to sacrifice with his priest 10 the Bird-Gods. when 10 his disgust a nd astonishment there come one after ,mot her from Athens (whither the tidings of his new ci ty has al ready arrh'ed) all th e- old pests, viz:. : a poet, an oracle-monger, &c. He hribes some to go, and whips ofr others, and then at last retires indoors to sacrifice in peace to his New Gods. 4.

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Bernlde and Toinette have formed a plan to get rid of r-.'I . Purgon. Th is they ca rry ou t, and Toinette wi th a change of dress and voice represents herself as n new and beller doctor. 5.

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Sneer Governor of Tilbury Fort D o n \Vhi skerandos (a Spam'sll caplive) T'lb' I (da ug!J/er of lIte Gaven/aT, lIt love I llnna t willt Wlnskeralldos) Confidante Mr. Hopkins (plvlIlpter, &c.)

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KING'S SCHOLARS ELECTED DECEMBER, 1896. Junio rs :-R. H. Charles~ C. P. Perei ra, R. S. Braddell, E. H. jones. Probationers :-1". D. Abrahams, F. A. Husbands, 1\ [. G. Smith, \.y. H . Bird, E. O. H olden, T . S. Adams.

ELECTED J ULY, 1897. Seniors :-F. M. Gadney, C. H. Bodington, A. S. John son, K. C. Strahan, E. 1\I. F. E vans, R. 1'I. Tuke. ju niors :-R. C. Paris, C. W. G. Walke r, C. J. ill. E"ans, W. H . L. Tripp, j . A. McCulloch. Probationers :-F. C. BOl'enschen, P. S. F. Nairil, W. \Y. Lock, D. C. K. McC ulloch, R. H. Brinsley-Ri chard" G. nliller, C. \Y. Swithinbank, G. B. Ramm ell.

PRESENT EXHIBITIONERS AT THE UNIVERSITIES. <.' S. S. Cook, Scholar of S. John's College, Cambridge. . -:'.' A. G. Richardson, Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. H. J. Fynes-Clinton, Fo rd Student, T rinit)' College, Oxford. G. F . Carter, Scholar of Brascnose College, Ox ford . G . C. Val py, Scholar of Christ's College, Camb ridgc. J. B. Drake, Ford Studf' nt, T rinity College. Oxford . E. M. O'B. Toulm in, Ex hibitioner, Magdalcn College, Oxford. A. J . Fenn, Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Â·Vacate this J uly.

EXHIBITIONERS ELECTED JULY, 1897. Stanhope Exhibition :-C. H . G. Clarke. Parker Exhibition :-A. S. Athawes.

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Rev. T. FIELD, D.D., late Fello\\' of Magdalen College, Ox f0rd, \Vard en of St. Peter's College. Rad ley. Rev. R. 1. OrrLEY, M .A. , Fellow and Tut or of Magdalen College, Oxford, Bampton Lect urer. A. 1. PA RIS, 13th admission (direct) into the Royal !\filitary Academy \Voolwich. S. S. COOK, St. J oh n's College, Cambridgl', First Class Mechanical Science Tripos. C. fl . G. CLARKE, Classical Exhibition, J esus College. Cambridge. E. 1'1. TO l;L) II N, Classical Exhibition, l\JagcJalell College. Oxford. J. R. T. H OPKIN S, Corp us Christi College, Ox ford, Third Class Classicall\Ioderations. J. C. Nl o LONY. Ent rance into Coope r's Il ill Engineering College. \V. R. 1\IowLI" Final Law J':xaminmion , Third Class H onoms . C. 1\[. HEADLA:U. Clerkship in lh~ li otl sc of Lords. H. B. CLARKE, 12th Admission inlo th e Royal Mili ta ry Academy, \Voolwich.

PRIZES ADJUDGED DURING THE YEAR 1896-7. Captain's Prize (Mitchi nsol1 ) : C. [1. G. Clarke. j'Vlathemalica l Prize (Mitchinson ) : n. T . vVilki nson. Modern Languages ( Mitchi nson) : C. H . G. Clarke. Natural Science (Mitchin son ) : C. P. Pereira. Classical (Broughton ) : C. H . G. Clarke. Divin ity (Bronghto n) : E . L. A. H erlsl ..t. English H istory and Literalure (S trealfeild) : R. E. Brinsley-R ichards. Co mposition. Prize Exercises (the Dean's Prize) : E. J. Smith. English Essay (Member's Prize) : W. C. L. Pulling. Private Study (Edward Blore Memorial ) : C. \~1 . Carrington. Geography (Member's Prize) : E. L. A. H e rtslet. D rawing : F . M. Gadney.

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FOR~1 PRIZES. VI. Form (Christmas) : C. \V. Carrington. " TenH's Marks : E. J. Smith . " Composition: C. \V. Carrington. V. Form (C hristmas) : N. H. \Vightwick . " (Mid summ er, Gordon Prize) : R . 1\1. Tuke. " Divinity (Ca non Elwyn ) : F . \Vatson. " Composition (C hristmas) : A. S. Athawes. " , , ( M idsummer,: F. \Vatso n. Army Class (Midsu mmer) : F . M. Gadncy. " Geog raphy: T . C. Brown . IV. Form (C hri stmas) , IV. I-I. L. Trip p. " (l\Iids llmmerj : C. J. Collard. Ill. a Form (Ch ristmas) : C. J. Collard. " (Midsumm er) : R. D. l\rarshall. III. b Form (C hristmas) : S. P. D. Sanders. " . (Midsumm er) : F . A. Husbands. Ill. c Form (C hristmas) : W. H. Bird. " (Midsummer) : R. W. Daniels. LOWER SC H OOL PRIZES. Divi nity: L. N. Green . Mathematics : E. H. Curling. Arith metic: C. J. Collard. Natural Science (Mitchinson) : E. P . Ri chardso n History : E . W. Mowll. French: F. C. Greatrex. D ictation: F. H. Fetherstonc. Geography (Member's Prize) : F . L. Ormsby. Singing: A. P. Methu en. Drawing: W. H . Bird . J UNIOR SCHOOL. II. a Form (Ch ristmas): R. H . Hi tchcoc k. " (Midsumm er) : C. E. Green. II . b Form (C hristmas) : R. F. Nation . " (Midsumm er) : C. F . Nation. I. Form (Christmas) : P. N. Dalton . " (Midsummer) : C. \ÂĽilliamson. Mathematics (Christmas ) : R. H. H itchcock. " (i\'Iidsummer) : T . E. Adam R. Dictation : R. H . Hi tchcock. Drawing: \V. P. C. T enison.

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THE ORIGI N OF THE KING'S SCHOOL. A ve ry ' interesting article of two columns appeared in the Tt'lIlcs of Sept. 7th upon the antiquity of the school, the following extracts from which will no doubt be of interest to the reade rs of 'llle Cau/uancl1t. H \Ve have been hea ring a great deal late ly abou t Canterbury as th e fi rst scat of English Ch ristianity j it has not hithert o been recognised as the first scat of English education. Yet there is every rcason to think that it is, and th at its public schoo l may trace its origin to Kin g Ethelbert or Kent. The King's School, Canterbury, though it may legally date only from H enry VIII., is, in fact, a re -foundatioll of what existed long before him. There were at Canterbury in, or in connection with, the Church and the Archbishop, three educational establish ments before the dissolution of monasterie'i. Thore was the Monastic School in the Cloister, the School of the Novices, und er one of the senior monks. I t can be inferred from a few (very few) scattered notices to have existed from before 1067 to 1494, and, if

it fell in to des uetude then, to have been at least for a time revived in 15 ' I. There was the Almonry School in the Almonry, on the very site of part of the King' s School buildings, probably not existing before I 3z o, but app earing in a considerable number of documents fr om that date to ' 450. The school of the monks was for novices only, for boys brought up in the monastery intended for monks from th eir tenderest years, or for those who came in at a later age to be admitted as monks. This school could never have numbered more than a sco re at a tim e, and for the most part did not exceed ten or a dozen at the outside. The AlmOIH}' School was a charity school, und c: r a cleric, not a monk, for a few poor boys intended to se rve as choir boys in th e Almonry chapel. Like the choristers of \~' i n c h es t er College, they waited upon the members of the foundation, though at Canterbury they only waited on the monks when the latter were in the infirmary. The number of this school did not probably exceed thirteen. Besides these two schools there was the school of the city of Canterbury,

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the school of lhe Archbishop, which, if Canterbury Cathedral had been held. not by monks, but by ordinary Canons, would have been called the cathedral school. It was kept by a cleric or a layman. appointed by the Archbishop, not by a monk. I t was outside the precincts of the monaster)", in the parish of St. Elph ege. a 'peculiar' of the Archbishop's. I n the fourteenth century it was apparently in the church itself; but in the fifteenth in a hOllse in the parish. It performed precisely the same office as the King's School now, scrdng as the public school of Canterbury and the neighbourhood, and [or all \\"ho chose to come. This and not any school of monk s or the dependants of monks, of a few novices or a few charity boys, was the true ancestor of the King's School. Bllt as on the foundation of the King's School nine of the novices were drafted into it as scholars, the King's School may claim also to represent the monastic school j and as it inherited, through a grant from Cardinal Pole, the buildings of the Almonry, and provisio n was made for the boarding of its fifty poor scholars in the cathedral precincts, it may also c1ai rn to represent the Almonry School. The Novices' School and the Archbishop's School may both claim a very high antiquity. It is just possible

that they represented an eleventh-century bifurcation of one original school. . It cannot be doubted that the school existed from before the Norman Conquest. As the constitution of the Chapter before that date, whethe r it was inhabited by secular Canons alone or by monks mixed with seculars, is wrapped in controversy, the exact co nstitution of the school must remain in doubt. \Vhat is certai n is that th e church was not se rved b)' monks alone, and that th e sc hool, therefore, was not simply, if at all, a monastic school. That a school existed at Canterbury before the days of Archbisho p Theodore, t he reputed fuunder, and, whil ecertain lr notcliminished in efficiency by him, was eq ually certainly not founded by him, is beyond controversy. Dede gives us a positi ve statement, which absolutely di sposes of a ny suggestio n of Theodore as found er. Giving an account of the Christian isi ng of ]~ast Anglia und er King Sigebert, he tells how-when he' returned home and b<:;ciune King, wishing to imitate those thin gs which he had seen well done in Gaul, he founded a sc hool in which boys should be taught grammar (iiI/eras), Bishop F elix, whom he had received from Kent, helping him and giving him ushers and masters (paedagogos e/ magis/ros) after the fashi oll of the . Kentish folk.' But

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instead of Sigebert coming after Theodore as Somoer in his history as sumes, and Theodore's school being a pattern to him, Sigebert reigned in 63 1 and died not later than 644, or close on forty years before Theodore ever set foot in thi s country. To Bede it was so obvious that the re were grammar-schools for boys already fixed and developed in J(ent in 63 1, that it was to him a matter of course that Kent was abl e to send fo rth masters to start sc hools in other places. For this pitrpose Kent, of course, mean s-or at least Jll C'a ns before all places-Canterbury. 13ut 63 1 is itse lf within fo rty r ears of th~ advent of Augus-

tine. Surely, then, the casual notice of schools in Kent as things of course in 631 , the absence of any mention of th~ foundation of a school at Canterbury by any one e lse, the implied assumption that a school is a natural appanage of a Bishop, justify th e conclusion that, if and so far as the Christianising of Kent and th e foundation o f the Cathedral Church at Canterbury are righ~ly attributed to Augustine (and of that there .can be no doubt), th en and so far must the foundation of th e Cathedral School at Canterbury eq ually be attributed to that Apos!le of the English.' I

«XI IX»

THE ORIGIN OF THE KORAN.

A tale told at Odessa, and best published by "The Cantuarian." i\Johammed . being unl ea rn ed in reading and writing. and at th e sam e time desirous of giving his followers an inspired book, went to a Christian monk who lived near to Medina, and req uested

him to concoct a book of that nature. The monk agreed; and, after a time, he conflated a book, composed largely of extracts from the Old T estament, and of the there -cur rent gospels. \¥ith no small

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d(:grce of self-esteem, he brought the his believers, all agog to see a miracle, After a same to Mohammed . l\Iohammed ex- arrived at the well's mouth. plained to him that there was need for brief serm on all. the expected miracl e, his followers to behold the book divinely l\ Iohammed solem nly lowered the bag, delivered; so he suggested a plan to the into which the monk pro mptly popped worthy monk, by which the latter should the holy book, and which was solemnly descend a well at night with the book, drawn up again, amid th e fervid ej~cul aÂ while Mohammed would come in the tion s of the Moslem throng. "Now," morning with th e faithful, lower a bag, said Mohammed, "as heaven has thus and draw it up agai n co ntainin g the sanctified this well by his presence, preci011s volume, obviously inserted into shame were it for l\'w rtal man or beast it by divine agency. The worthy monk at ever to defile it by mortal use. Let us first demurred , but was finally persuaded. then consecrate it to the Deily for ever." It being night, the two then and there So saying, he took up a hu ge rock and went out to the desert, and the monk cast it down the aperture; his followers sec urely ensconced himself inside the imitated him, and soo n the well was filled well. IVlornin g came; Mohammed with up to the level of the surroun di ng sand.

CRICKET. KING'S

SC HOOL

ST, LAWRENCE,

The match was played on the Beverley, o n .T lily 9th . St. Lawrence won the toss and as is the custom, sent us in . The in nin gs of the School was most creditable. Glennie batted very pluckily for 20, and Bodington' s 33 was invaluable. Colley and Toulmin alone sco red for the rest of the side, tho ug h the latter seemed ' far from comfortable during the greater part of his innings. The Club mad e an auspicious start, the first wicket yielded 56, Godfrey hitting up 36 in a short time. 0n Harris and D eLasaux becoming associated, cricket became very slow; Harris le ft at iS8 and DeLasaux did not survive mu ch longer j the latter's inn ings included five 4's,seven 3'S, and he treated the School to several capital off-drives.

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\Ve must congratulate Clarke on his bowling, but should be glad to see our other bowlers capturing a few mo re wickets. The School fielding was excellent, Bodington's bein g especially brilliant. Append ed is the full score and analysis . KI NG'S

SCIIOOL.

R. \\I. GI~nnie, c Williams, b Easby G. N. Finn, c T wy man, b HmH ... C. H. oodington, b Bowen C. H. C larke, b !la rris ... P. H. Colley, b Dowcn ... A. S. A thawes, c Twym an , b J oyce A. :-'1. T oulmin, c Eashy, b Hunt .. K. C . St rahan, b Joyce S. W. Cole, b J oyce F. M. Gadney, c IÂ·h ull, b Eashy ... F. 1[. FethcrSIOnl: , not Ollt Extras

33 9 16 6 16 3 3 2

6 6

12 1

T otal ST.

L AWR E 1\CE.

G. Twyman, c Strahan, b Clarke ... 1'. Godfrcy, c Finn, b Clarke ;\L Uo\'.cn, b Clarke ... C. R DeLasaux, c Athawes, b Cla rke C. E. Ilarris, h Clarke J. Eashy, not out \\I. P. Blare, not out ... Rev. F. F. S. \\IiIli'UllS'} Rev. 1.. I r. Evans, d'l b t F. H unt, I( not a . J. H. J oyce, Extras

36 6 55

38 IS 6

13 188

T otal (5 wickets) 1I0WI.ING ANALYS i S.

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32 30 21 20 12

Eash)' }' . Hu nt C. E. H <"l fris ~1. Bowcn J, H, J oyce ST.

LA W RE"' CE. R,

C. H. C larke F. H. F etherstonc P. H. Colley F. ~1. Gadney

64 31 54 26

0, 17 15'3 9

0, 2\ 13

IS 7

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2 2 2 3 IV,

0 0 0

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KING'S SCHOOL v. O. K. S.

For this our closing fixture, Toulmin had brought down a very strong team, illcluciing A. G . Richardson, the well-known Gloucester amateur, ancl our defeat \ras, therefore, not altogether unexpected . Still it was VCF)' di sappointing that we should have been beaten with an innin gs to spa re, after appearing likely to effect a creditable draw by a plucky up-hill fight. The first pair pllt 011 42 runs when our last rear's captain was snapped at the wi cket. Slater followed at 94. but Rammell helped Richardson to add 99 runs before the latter was caught in the country by Strahan. His style had not perhaps been of the best, but he gave a wonderful exhibition of punishing cricket, one of his hits from the Pavilion-end going into the Nackington Road . His innings had not been free from blemi sh, as he gave an easy chance to Strahan before reaching his cen tury. At 225 Rammell left for a well.played 58, and the rest did not do much, with the exception of Rev. R. F. Elwyn, who subscribed a hard-hit 44. while Trueman knocked up 26 be fore stumps were drawn for the day. On \Vedncsday morning, the closure was put into force. Of the six bowlers tried, Toulmin was the most successfu l, while Clarke was credited with 3 wickets. but at a terribly expensive cost. \Vith a heavy task before them, the School played a forcing game from the very first. Strahan was bow led at 25; but the score was raised to 66 befo re Glennie retired for a very excellent 33. Clarke failed completE'ly, but the association of Hart-Davies and Eodington put a much brighte r compl exion on the game . The latte r' s score was a sp lendid example of free and fo rcing cricket, while Ha rt-Davies, for the first time in the season, showed his true form. Athawes led off with a five and a six, and it is to be regretted that his esti mate of his ability was so modest. Finn and Cole each got into double figures, while Gadney brought off (~ mag nificent hit to leg for six. The Rev. R. F . Elwyn and Skinner did most of the execution, the other wickets being evenly divided between Toulmin. Ri chardson, and Trueman. Our total of 205 was, under the circumstances, a very creditable one and we looked to have rend ered o urselves sec ure against defeat. After luncheon. however, we failed un accoun tably before Trueman, whose puzzling action completely .. stuck up" the batsmen. Clarke and Cole alone reached double figures, while the latter had the additional merit of being not out. Trueman secured the remarkable a nalysis of 8 for 2 3, hitting the stumps on no less than six occasions.

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O.K.S. i\. G. Richardson, c Strahan, b Clarke E. M. T oulmin, eCole, b Clarke P. H. Slater, c and b H art· Davies T. E. Rammell, b T ou lmin ... W. H. Maundrell, eCole , b T oulmin C. l\l. Skinner, b Toulmin Re\·. R. F. Elwyn, c Gadney, b Colley T. H. Smith, c and b Clarke i-L T rueman, not oul .. R. J. W. H eale, not out A. R. Edgell, diu not bat E xtras

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112

I9 26 58 I6 6

44 5 26 9

*3 22 ... I nningll dec'ared closed .

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Innings. R. \\'. Glenn ie, c Rammell , b Skinner K. C. St rahan, b Elwyn C. H. Dodington, c Skinner, h Toulmin .. C . H. Clarke, c T oulmin, b Skinne r I. B. Hart·Davies , h Skinner P. H. Colley, b Elwyn A. III. Touimin, b Richardson A. S. Athawcs, not oul C. N. Finn, c T oulmi n, b Elwyn S . W. Cole, c Rammell, b Elwyn F. 1\'r. Gadney, b Trueman Extras

2nd Innings. 33 c Skinner, b T rueman 9 b Elwyn 62 b Truemall a b Trueman ... 27 Ibw, b Trueman. 7 b Trueman 6 b Trueman ... 20 C True man , b Elwyn ... II b Trueman 14 not out ... 7 b Trueman 9

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, 7

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'4 0

"4 ... 57

Total

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w. o. M. R. I09 36 5 3 IS 53 20 0 54 5 ,I 6 IS 0 0 27 4 I 53 3 '4 2nd Innings.-K.S. M. o. E. i\f. TOllhnin 0 H. Trueman 4 '5 Re\'. R. F. Elwyn ... 6 '4

O.K.S. C. H. Clarke P. H . Colley F. l\I. Gadney L B. H art·Davies C. H . Bodington A. M. T oulmin 1St l nnings.- K.S.

Rev. R. F. Elwyn W. H. Maundrell E. M. Toulmin C. M. Skinner A. G. Richardson H . T rueman

7 '9

47 IO

4 0

,8 I2 6

2 3

,6 '4

0 8 23 ::;0 8 26 2

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REVIEW.

\\'e have good reason to be satisfi ed with the results of the Cricket Season of which it is our pleasing duty once morc to review. It wa s not, of course, as successful as the seasons of 1895 and 1896, whi ch we could not possibly expect with only four of the old XI. remaining, and all our bowlers gone. Yet the present year' s cricket has been on the whole satisfactory; and we arc glad to be able to congratulate Athawes and his team 011 having kept lip the re putation of the School in the cricket field . After starlin g rather badly they played up remarkably well, and the middle of the Season showed marked impro vement; indeed had th ey been anything like in the same form in Mayas they wcrc in June. two or three matches might have ende cl differently. As it is wins and losses are equall>' divided. Of the matches on the card seven we re Wall, viz.: St. Augustine's. Chartham Asylum. South Eastern College, Cavalry Depot, \Valmer Garrison, St. Edmund's School, and Hi ghgate School; seven were lost, viz.: both S. Lawrence matches, Sutton Valence. Merchant Taylors, Mr. l\ ÂŁowll's XL, M. C. C., and O. K. S. ; and two, Dover, and Mr. Evan's XL, were drawn. Athawes made a very keen Captain. The battin g and fielding were decid ed ly good, showing what great care had been taken with their coaching, and how much the XL had profited by it. The bowling was the weak point; but thi s is not to be wondered at, as nOlle of last season's bowlers remai ned, and the fresh ones wpre 2.t a disadvantage; but their debut was promising. Clarke whose bowling of two years ago seemed to come back to him, had th e best analysi~, and took rnore than half the wickets, Of the batters Athawes, Bodington, T oulmiIl, and Glennie had capital averages, the latter deservin g special mention and proving a veritable Jl1ulluIll ill paJvo. Bodington sllcceeds to the captaincy, and is sure to prove a good captain, and we conclude by wishing him a good Season . T 897.

Individual remarks appended :A. S. Athawes . . Good bat, was not howeve r quite so mu ch at hom e at the wickets as last season; made seve ral good scores. Excellent field at point. Fine bat with good style i plays hard and drives well, C. H. Bodington especially on ofT-side. Brilliant field and safe catch. Regain ed his fo rm in bowling an d was very sllccessful; C. I-I. C larke a fair bat without much defence, and good field. Poo r bat; fair bowler, and good fi eld. F. M. Gadney Very fair bowler and ought to improve j useful batter, P. H. Colley but would fall an easy prey to a good wicket-keep; good field. Steady and useful bat, but wants mo re life and energy; A. 1'1. Toulmin slow in field.

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Very promising bat, plays nicely. forward, ~nd ought to turn into a really good lillie cncketer; fall' fi eld. Once or twice o f great service as a bat j ha~ a good ~ye and can hit well, but a weak defence; (lId very fauly with the gloves. Useful change bowler; moderate bat and fair field. Showed great promise at the beginning. of the season, but fell off considerably afterwards; fan field . Fair bat and field.

R. \V. Glennie . S. \Y. Cole I. B. H art-Davies G. N . Finn

K. C. St rahan

BATTING N('I. of Runs.

Nmlle.

C. H. Bodington

5,8

A. S. Athawes S. \Y. (;ole .. A. M. Toulmin R . \Y. H. Glennie .. P. H. CoUey C. H. Clarke G. N . Finn .. 1. B. Hart-Davies K. C. Strahan F. NL Gadne)"

30 9

AVERAGES.

No. or Innings.

Times not out.

1 2 I~;'

80%

'9 '7 '0

2 .1-1

255

'7 '7 ,8 ';

27' 225 ,06 96 55 21

' 4-

9 7

Highest Score.

0 0 0 0 0

28 57 50 59" 38 45 27 '4 7

.. Not out.

BOWLING Name.

C. H. Clarke A. M. Toulmin 1. B. Hart-Davies P. H. Colley F. M. Gadoey

AVERAGES. Wickets.

69 9 ,6 22 '4

Runs.

A,路erage.

705 110 249 366 349

10 ' 2 I 1 2 ' 22 15'5 6

16路63 24.92

Average.

30.47 23"7 6 22'75 20'00 1] ' 00

, 6路93 J 2'50

7.00 6路85 6' I t 3' 00

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FOOTBALL PROSPECTS.

It ca nnot be ofte n that the School has so few of its last season's XV. left as it has this year j only three re main-F. M. Gadn ey, Capt., and I-I.]. lVI owll (forward s), ~nd S. \-\'. Cole (full-back), and as Cole is un ab le to come to school for th e prese nt, oWlIlg to illness at home, we have practically a nu cleus of two for the season's team. Colc's absence, which we hope will not be a lon g one, is serious, ,as he was pJayin&" w~th all his last season's pluck a nd resource. If he can only get lIl to t he way of klcktng as well with the left foot as he 'does with the right, he will be as good a full back as the school has had for many year'). At three-quarters, Skinn er's loss is fclt most ac utely, as his pace and safe collaring were on many occasio ns im'al uable last season . To fill up the vacancies the most likely candidates are .Coll ~y . ~ endcrso n, Aylwin, and Bodington. but none of them can by any stretc h of 11llaglllatJOn be called a safe collar at present. They can all of them run , and pass well along the line, and Colley an d Bodington have both go t a most useful ki ck, At half, th e brothers Fin n are playing well too-ether, and as th ey usually play on the same side in practice are getti ng to know each other's game th oroughly, At present they are bette r behi nd a winning than a 10sin rY scrum, and are both inclined to stick to the ball rather too long. H owever, th ey ~nake good openings , and kick with. accuracy an d judgment. Among the forwards both Gad ney and Mowll are playing hard and well , and they arc well -backed up by Ri chardso n and two new recruits since last Christmas, H ardy a nd Cooper; amongs t others who will be useful either now or in t he future, we might mentio n Braddell, Lucas, B eale, and Brown, all of whom have played for th e team . The forwa rds are pushin g well, an d playing with considerable dash, bu t neccl to think about brea ki ng lip fron1 the scrimmage earlier, and (in common with eve ryone else) collaring thei r man LOW . At prese nt there are one or two who prefer to look on w~il e the backs do the tackling, instead of immediately themse lves going for. the ma n wIth th e bal l. Of the matches already played no doubt a full account WIll appear on an anothe r page, SuOice it here to say that to prevent a team like Mr. \Villiams' XV., which had scored seven times in the first half of the game, from scoring at all in the second hal f, and to score three times themselves, shows that the team wi ll at any rate not sho w itself deficient in the virtue of " sticking to it.I} Fortunately we have in Gadney a Captain who is keen himself, an d has the invaluable faculty of instilling his own keenness into others. No form matches have been played so far, but it has usually been found possible on half-holidays to have three games on m ore's piece, excl usive of the Juni or School, instead of two as formerly.

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lO:-iG'S

SC HOOL

IV.

HEALE'S

XV.

In this our fi rst match of the seaso n we were OPi)Osed by a sc ratch tea111 captained by H eale, which was greatly strengthened by the presence of 1\ 11". A. Latter, the well -known Oxford University and Blackheath three-quarter back. Our opponents started the ball down the hi ll, and play at once seUled in ou r half. The first five minutes were uneventful. consisting mainly of scrimmages in which, howcve,r, we fairly held our own. Pu nting was an important feature in the play, and In this department Finn 1 excelled himself. Colley gave the game ~ sensatIOnal tur:l by intercepting a pass from Latter to Heale, but was finally. catlgh~ III our opponent~ 2i' An infringe ment o f the oO:'side rulc, gave us a pe n~lty-klck ",hlch ~\'as tak~n by.Ful1r, who made a good attcmpt at a place-goal from a (ilfficult ang}e. lÂˇr.om tIm; P0111t ~he rYame went ao-ainst us \Vil liams scorin g from a se rum nea r our hn e. wlnle Latter, runn111g 00 ' . strongly, got.0right away and placed tl.1e ball ~ct\Ve~n the po::.ts. 'Âˇ['11? try was Imy r?Vec1, On restarting H eale, who at an earlIer penod of the game had oeen magntficently colla red by Cole when threatening to become dangerous, covC1:ed ~ lot of grou nd by a good rtlll, while Latter's ~icking. prm'cd very useful to hIS SIde. Just bef~re the interval, H eale succeeded III gett111g through our backs. though Cole brought .hun down over the line while an attempted d rop at goal by Latte r, resulted 111 a touch -dam}, On rc;umillg, Carr came three-q lllrters, while \Ved emeycr went back, a policy which was attended wi.th sllccess,. for aftc r ~u:ther good play by <:;ole, and an opening for Fetherstone \\'hlch he. fail ed to utlhze.. Latter eastly chstanced ,a ll pursuers and got in right behind the posts .. Afte r thIS the Sc~oo l plaY,ed up '\~It~ amazing energy, the work of the forward s m th e .serum, and 1I1 coll<:mng, belll.o eXlremely good, but at length Ca!' r ~r?sse~1 our lm~, thou~h the pOl~t was r~ot improved upon , Mow ll sustained an lllJury 111 the th Igh, whIch forced hun to retIre from the game , Subsequently we had rdther the bp.st of matters, an d Colley, after an un successful attempt to break away. t?ok a pass at the ri~ h t moment aI~d. r.egistered our only try, The whistle sounded lllllllccitately a~ter. u f ,Ot~r back dIVISIOn, Co~ c showed far the best form, though he was not qll1te so bnlltant as usual. AylwlI1 plrwed up well and hard, while Finn! also proved valuable . . T he fo rwards k ept well together and worked untiringly, Gadney and Mowll bCl11g perh aps the mos t co nspicuous.

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Teams : Scllool-S . W. Cole (back); P. H. Colley, H. Aylwin, E. 1.. Henderson, F. H . Fetherstone (;}-Dach); G. N. Finn, E. Finn (.. -backs) ; F. ~l. Gadney (Capt.), H. J . Mowll, A. W. Richardson, J. C. Lucas, S. G. Brown, 1,. R. Cooper, W. B. Hardy, R. S. Braddell (forwards). ::,cralell-A. P. Carr (back); R. J. Heale, A. Latter, C. 1-1. Colley, E. Wedemeyer (~Âˇ-backs); Rev. F. F . S. Williams, A. M. Hilton (!-backs) : K. Hughes, J. Campbell, J. Furley, J. H. Juyce, W. V. Heale, N. W. Cole, G. C. Mercer, R. R. Cummings (fo rward s) . KING'S

SCHOOL

REV.

WILLIAMS'

XV.

In facing an even stronger combination than that brought against us in our first match, the school acquitted themselves with g-reat credit, although the score at halftime was 25 points to uii in our o pponents' favour. The scatch kicked off down the hill and at once began to press, with the result that Sergt. Kane passed to Latter, who got over the line within two minutes of the start. Soon after Kane nearly scored, but was finely tackled by Richardson and others. Then we were co mpelled to touch-down twice in quick succession, after which Joyce looked dangerolls, but Massey managed to drop on the ball. After Latter had made a good attempt at a goa l the scratch team quickly asserted their su periori ty, scoring six times before half-lime through the agency of Latter (2), Heale (z) , 'V. \Veigall and Lee-\Varner. Two of these tries were co nverted, and they crossed over two goals and five tries to the good. After the inte n'ai the School played up in grand style. and had considerably the best of the game. the improvement being due to the [act that many more chances were gi\'en to the three-quarters. who had been practically ig nored during the first half. These were not slow to avail themselves of their opportunities, while the brothers Finn, at halfback were simply superb. \Ve went off with a rarc dash. and Finn,2 after a tricky run, transferred to Colley who scored in the corner. The ki ck failed. On resta rting, a very unpleasant incident occurred. Bodington being- badly winded. After his recovery Hend erson had a good run, while BodingLOn sprintcd along the touch-line and grounded the ball in our opponents' goal; he was, however, called back as he had been p.ushed out. The successes infused a new spirit into our team. who played with an amazing amount of dash and energy. Aylwin, after intercepting and dribbling, looked to have a good opfming but was not allowed to get away . The desired result was however attained, as Finn l dropped a magni fi ce nt goal, a proceeding which evoked well-merited applause . This has not been do ne sincc 189z, when R. J. Castley accomplished a similar feat against Dover Town on th eir ground . After this further disaster our opponents recove red themselves, and Heale once got over the line, but th e point was conceded in our favour on the plea that he had been held ill goal. A good run by Slater, lip the side of the field, looked likely to

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in a try, but he was overhauled after getting clear away . A free kick was lYiven but we were n~t ,to be denied, and, after a brilliant effort by Hende~son, FumÂˇ got a c~ever try. rllne, was called ~oon afterwards. The three quarters all played a maglllficent game, whlle the two Finns were admirable in the way they fed the backs. ~adney, 1\[owll and Bracldell wcrc the most conspicuolls of the forwards tho ugh all (lid well.

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Teams: &hool- E. 1.. Massey (back); C. H. Bodi ngton, E. 1.. Henderso n, H; Aylwi n, P. H. Colley CJ-Âˇbacks) ; G. N. Finn, E. Finn ( ~-backs); F. M. Gadney (Capt.), H. J . Mowll, A. W. Richardson, R. S. Braddell, S. G. Brown, W. V. Heale, A. S. Johnson, W. B. I-Iardy (forwards). &ralell-A. Carr (back ) ; A. Latter, Rev. F . F . S. Williams, R. ] . W. I-Ieale, SergI. I~aJle (,}-backs); A. Lee Warner, Rev. E. T . C. Ward (.. -backs) ; \1'. Weigali, G. C. \ alp)" C. C. Frewer, D . A. Slater, R. H. Cummings, J. H. Joyce, (forwards).

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The title of t.his match was misleadi.ng; 1\lrr. Cart~\'r~ght did not play in person, but the. team he had collected was captal11cci by 1\'[1'. \Vilhams. Fo r the third time in succe~s.l?n \\'e had to play ~lphill, during the first-half, but .this disadvantage was neutrdhze~ by the fir.st few Imnutes pla~f. for C<;>lley, on secunng a good pass in our opponents half, spnnted and scored III the f1 a ht-hand corne r after just avo idinO' L.atter. \Ve continued to have rath er the be;t of matters, although a pena1ty~ kick. was allowed. to th~ scratch team. and Boding-ton, after a round of excellent passlllg, looked hke gettlllg through, but apparently stumbled at the critical moment. fhen our opponents had a turn and Sergt. Kane gained a try, after being nearly collared. by one o,f ~ur three-quarters. A free- kick was taken by Gadney; the ball landed 111 Latter s nands and was well returned the kicker himself foliowinO' it ~1J~. but he knocked it on just when he ap peared' certain of seizing it. J\fowll ~vas 1l1jured by a nasty knock on the forehcad, but we were soon able to continue the game 'fh~ School press~cl hard but coul d not penelrate the defence of the scratch tean~ oWlI1g to. detenmned efforts on the part of Sergt. Kane and \VilIiam s, and some very credItabl e play by Massey, while 1\[1'. Latter quite fulfillp.d expectations whenever he wa~ called upon. However, half-time arrived without any increase in the score. On resullullg, a.n excha~1ge of punts took place, wl?ile our backs proved their merit by s~m~ beauhful passlllg. whIch nearly :c::sultcd III Colley g:ett~ n g over. Next Aylwin bl.ok~ away and had a good r.un , but SpOIlt om cha nces by stIcking to the ball too long. FIll,n- procl~red a good open1l1g. but Mr. Latter intercepted and got right away i after ~aslly h.ancllllg off Strahan he was never callght and placed the ball between the posts. fh e POlllt was converted. Roused by this di saster the School attacked strongly, and

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so me rcally clever pass in g transferred the gam e to our opponents' goal, and ;\fowll scrambled o\'er th e line. T he ki ck, which was almost in front of goal, was a failure , and we we re still behind. Play now became very exciting and Strahan's services were frequ ently required. I-li s coolness, howe ver, managed to a\'e rt dange r, though once we \Yere onl y saved by the ball rolling into tOllch in our goal. The pros pect of a close fini sh induced \Villiams to move lip Latter in to th e th ree-qua rter line wh en Sergt. Kane was called away from the ground. H o\\"cver, the team were not disheartened as they strain ed every nerve to win. H end erson mad e splendid use of a capital chance, but sent an im possible transfe r to BoC\ingt on. But we were not to be deni ed, and th e last-named player seized his oppo rtunity in the shape of a pass from Finn\ ancl scored amid terrifi c applause . T ime was call ed soo n afte r wi th the ball close to our line. Our three-quarters all perfbnn ecl well, th ough Aylwin was a trifl e selfish ; Dodin gton was perhaps the most brilliant. Finn~, at half, was a great success, wh ile Gadlley, Braddcll and J ohnso n we re the pick of the forward s. Straha n's self-pos5ession was a g reat help to his side. Beside th ose already mentioned above, Cummings showed lip conspicllously for the sc ratch tea m. Team: School-K. C. Strahan (back) ; C. H. Bod ington, E. L. H end erson, H . Aylwin , P. H. Collcy (~Âˇ -backs) ; G. N. Finn, E. F inn ( ~-back s) ; G. :Il. Gadne)' (Capt.), H. J. Mowll, A. \Y. Richardson, R. S. Draddcll, A. S. J ohnso n, \Y . D. Hard)" \Y. V. H eale, J. C. Lucas (forward s).

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CARRI NGTON . C. H. H OnfNGToN . F. i\I. GADNEY. C. W. CARIUNGTON .

MO NITORS :

C. \V. Carrington , E. J . Smith, H. A. D. Pereira, F . i\L Cadney, C. H. Eodington, R. M. Tuke, I-I. J. Mowl\. SPORTS' CO,I!\UTTE 1': :

C. W. Carrington, F. M. Gadne)" C. H. Dodin glo n, I-I. J. Mowll (Hon. Sec.), K. C. Slrahan, G. N. Finn, R. W. Glenni e. EDITORS OF TH E CANTUARIAN :

C. \-\T . Carrington, E. J. Smith, H . A. D. Pereira. SECRETARY : R. il1. Tuke.

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SCHOOL ' Ve beg to offer a hearty welcome to '!.1r. D . A. Slater, of : \ Iagdal en College, Oxford. wh o has th is T erln joined th e T eaching Slaff. Also to :i\Ir . Dowell, of the Universitv of Tasmania, wh o is taking up work in the ] unior School. "'~/'

Our cong ra tulati ons to H. A. D. Pereira, C. H. Dodington, R. :11. TlI!;C, and II. J. l\1owll, on being made '!.Ioni tors this lcnn. The offe rto ries this term are to be devoted to th e Seve n Dials' Mission, where the Re\". C. G . Pe nn ingto n (O.K S.) is engaged in work. Doub tless all K. S. will miss th e fa miliar sound of the Ie Boys' Home in !{cgent's Park," on alternate Sundays. The School is to enj oy an extra wee k' s holiday at Christmas in honour of the visit of H.R.H. t hc Prince of \Vales las t May. \Vhil e we are very glad that His Royal Highn ess' kind thought has been thus recognised, we cannot belp feeling some regret that th e authorities co uld not see their war to giving us th e extra week

NEW S. which was requ ested for English public Schools by H er Maj esty th e Quee n in honour of h(' 1' Diamond Ju bilee. T he rowing seelion of th e Sch ool is in g rc:at force this term. \Ve und erstand th at l\1r. Cummings has kindly co nsented to unde rtake the arduous du ties of Coac h, in place of !\Ir. Ritchi e. The School has sco red a decided success this year in th e Uxford and Cambridge Ce rtificate Examination. Ou t of eightee n candidates no less lhan thirtee n passed . Seven distinctiolls were gained, fi ve in Scripture knowledge and two in Greck. T he successful candidates wercC. IV . Carrington, E. J . Smi th, H . A. D . Pereira, J . E. Husbands, R. E. Dnnsle),Ri chards, A. S. Johnson, N. I-I. Wightwick, F . ill. F urle)" C. H. Dodington, C. P. Fynes-Clin ton, R. M. Tuke, F. \Valso n, and E. M. F . E vans. ':',.:.*' \Yc wish to offer our hearty congratu lations to Mr. Godfrey, who has taken his degree as !\Ius. Bae. at Durham. \Ve

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hope that he may long remain to further the cause of music in the School. The H Ollse Co mmittee hm'c, through th e late Secretary ( H. J : Mowll) been very sliccessful in their endeavo ur to decorate t he Hall. The photos of four distinguished O.K,S. have been" hung," and Bishop IVIi tchinson has presented a large portrait of himself, which j:; now placed above the further over ~m ante I.

The H ead iVlaster has presented an in terestin g ser ie ~ of six engravings. whi ch have been placed in the Old Library.

All interested in the School's athle tic and othe r doings should subscribe to "Play," in wh ich an account of K. S.C. appears evt ry month . A vcry inte resting article 011 the School appeared in the Jlily nu mber of om above-named conte mpora ry. Everyone who cares to know about the School should read it.

of th e g reat affection and c!,teem with which he is regarded by past and prese nt generations of King's Scholars. :\11'. Ritchie replied in a brief but hum orous speech, thanking Carri ngton for th e kind way in which he had spoke n. The Gy mn asiu m has been greatly impro ved this te rm: it has been wain scoted, and a bench has been pu t at one end for the be nefit of speclators. All members of the school \\"ill be glad to hear that t.he wind ows in the big School room arc to be improved and renewed durin g the Christmas holidays.

'1'he i\'[usical Society has begull its practices this term, under a somewhat new arran ge ment; a co mmittee has been formecl, co nsisting of Mr. \~T illiam s, ( President) , Mr. Godfre)" Mr. Latter, R. M. TlIke, ( Hon . Sec.), A. S. J ohnson, C. 1:[, Eodington, and H. A. D. Pereira. The fi rst pen ny reading took place on October 2Jrd . ,;" . ~,\

At the end o f last term a pleasant ceremony took place in th e big Schoolroom, when C. W . Carrington, 011 behalf o f the School, presented lVIr. Ritchie with a si lver-mounted deca nter- stand, in toke n

\Ve mu st apologise fo r omitting to congratul ate the follow in g. in our last number, on obtaining their 2nd XI colours : F. \Vatso n, J. A. H ellard, T. C . De Lasaux, H. J. Mowll.

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" The H ead Master has decided that the School shall revert to the more ancient practice of obse rving Saints' Days, by attending the ro o'clock service at the Cathedral. Wh en the Sain t's Day happens to fall on a whole School da)', the first hour's work in the afternoo n will be dropped.

0, K. S.

The foll?wing dates have been fixed for the end of ter m : Dec. R. Examinatio n for J1I1lior Scholar. shi ps. . " 15. School Concert. " 16. O.K.S. Match. " 17. Departure.

COL U !VI N .

\ Ve an nounce with decp regret the dealh of F. S. Beynon, who will be re membered by ma ny present members of the Schooi.' An obituary notice will be founel in a li other column . doubt all O.K. S. were so rry to hear th at Lie ut. H . I saacs, of th e \-Vest K ent Regiment, has been wounded in Ollr present In dian war. Fortunately the wounel was not a seri olls one . \ TO

\Ve congratulate A. G. Richard so n on ob tain ing a :;\fastersh ip at Forest School, School, E ssex, where he will find another O. K. S. in D. S. :II. T assell , who is also on the staff.

Our congratul ations are due to the Rev. F. L. Perkin s, who has been prefe rred to the important Vicarage of Thirsk. I t is pleasant to have to add yet more congratulations to O.K.S. who have won recent di stinction. H. B. Clarke, late Captain of the School, obtained [zth place in the rece nt examination for ad mission to the R.M .A., Woolwi ch. J. C. !\Iol ony has slI ccessfully matriculated for Cooper's Hill Engineeri ng College. H. J. C. iIlolony has passed 2nd for the Ind ian Pol ice . A. D . l\fol ony. third of this distinguished band of brothers, has passed 16th into Sandhurst., a lso obtaining an appointment on the In dian Staff Co rps.

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\Ve wish to offer ou r respectful con gratulaLil)l1s to the Lord Bishop of D over, on hi s appointment to th e important D ioce~c of \Vakefield . \ Vh ile we rejoice for his lordship's sake-, we must feel a deep se nse of personal loss j all K .S., both: past and present, will always feel g ratitude and affection to him for the ki nd ly interest he took in the School's doings, athletic as we ll as scholastic .

A volume has been lately publ ished (price 3/ 6) containing the Speech Day sermons for the last ten years. I t has received a favourable notice from "The Times."

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The list of O.K.S. now in residence at the Universities is, we belieye, as foll ows : at Oxford-F. :\1. Furler, New; J. R. Hopkins, Corp"'; H . J. FynesClinton, J. B . Drake, J . L . Fawssett, Trinily; C. P. Fynes-Clinton, Jo hn 's; H. P. H. Austell , Keble ; G. F . Carter, Brazenose; E. 1\1. O. Toulmin , l\Iagdalen; and J. B. Scrivenor, H ertford . At Cambridge-A. S. Athawes, \V. H. l\raundrell, C;orplls j A. F . C. C. Luxmoore, E. L. A. H ertslet, C . H . G. Clarke, J esus; G. C. Valpy, Christ's; R. J . Heale, Trinity; C. C . F rewer, \V. C. Fenn, Selwyn j and I-I. F . Stobart, Pem broke. \Ve apologise for any possible omissions.

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LIBRARY.

T he fo ll owing new books have been added to the L ibrary :Brig ht's H istory of England (3 vols) Green's History of the English People (z copies) Letters to D ead Authors, presented by 1\r r. Latte r. Beast and lVJ an in India, presente d by Mr. Dell. Ju bilee Book of Cri cket

Andrew Lang. J. L. K ipli ng . K.. S . Ranjitsinhj i.

= == = = = = VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES.

A. S. ATJiAwEs-En tered the School, Sept., 1888; VI th F orm, Jan ., 1897 ; Monitor, J an., 1897 ; Cricket XI,1 894-S-6-7; Captain of Cricket, 1897 . C. H. CLA RKE-K ing's Scholar; E ntered the School, April 1887 j VIth Form, Jan ., 1894; Monitor, April, 1896 ; Foolball XV, 1893 -4-S -b-7; Captain of Football, , 896- 7; Cricket X l, 1894-S -6-7; Captain of Games, J an., 18g7; Editor of the Calltuariau, Sept., 1896 j Classica l E xhibition at J esus College, Cambridge.

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C. P. F YNES-CLINTON- E ntered the School, J an, 1895; VIth Form, Sept., 18g6; l\Ionitor, Sept., 1896 j Football XV, 1896- 7. F. 1\1. F URLEY-Ki ng's Scholar j E ntered the School, Se pt. 189 Z; VIth F orm, Se pt., 1896 . I. B. H ART -D A;,ms-E ntered the School, J a n., 1894 ; Cricket X l, 1896-7: Football XV, 1895 -6- 7. E . L. A. H ERTSLET-King's Scholar, Entereel lhe School, Sept., 189 1 ; Vlth Fo rm, Sept., 1895 i lVl ollltor, Sept. , 1895 j H ouse Monitor, Sept., 1896; , ' Ed i~o r of the Calltllarian, Jan ., 1897 . LEsTRANGE-E ntereel th e School, Sept., , 893; F oolball XV, 1896- 7. 3. T . \iVI LKT NsoN-K ing's Scholar; E nte red the School, Sept., 1894 j VIth Fo rm, Se pt., , 896 ; F ootba ll XV., 1896-7.

CORR E SPOND E NCE, N.B. -Tlie Editors declinc to accept all)' rupomibilil)' con.nected witlt the oPinions of their Correspon· dents. Nalllc and «;dd/'tss IIIt1St alum)ls Ilc S iVCll , n.ot Jt~cessarilJ' for paMicalion., bUI as «guarantee of good/ail/I. Personalilies llJiIl iJlvv/ve cerlain rejection..

To the Editors of " TH E CI\ NTUARIAN." SIRS, Wi ll you kindly allow me, by means of the Cantuarian, to make known to many O.K.S . a fact, of wh ich I, for one, have only just heard: viz, t hat Bis hop Mitchinson is now restorin g Sibstone Church, and is makin g a ge neral appeal for funds fo r the cost ? I venlure to write thu s, because I can not but thi nk that many of his old pupils will be glad, as I am, to send to hi m some con t ribu tions for such an object. I am , dear Sirs, Yo urs fait hfully, L. G. MASON. D EAR

To the Ed/tors oj

cond ition by that t ime, and it would be ~ good wa~r whereby those not par ticularl y lntcr~sted III the Sports co uld while a way the tlllle . Believe me, Yours truly, " PI LICRE P US."

To the E ditors of "

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D ear Sirs, Allow me to bring before your notice the bad state of the floor of th e 1st F ives Court, in which there are several vcry bad spo ts. H oping that something will be do ne to remedy this. I rema in, Yo urs truly, PE NT ES.

"THE CANT UARIAN ."

D ear Sirs, Mi ght I suggest th at tenni s sin gles be sta rted durin g the last few weeks of the E aster T e rm, as that seems to be a comparatively open time . The courts would probably be in quite good eno ug h

To t/ie E ditors of I f TH E CANTIJARIAN." Dear Sirs, Seeing that a Bicycle Cl"b has been titarted, could not a rrangemt!n.ts be made to have a regular Boat Clu b? Perhaps races mi ght be held against St. Aug ustin e's,

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and colours g'lVt: Il, a::. is the case in other sc hools. If this were done, more interest might be taken in the rowing. Yours truly, REMEX. [Steps are :\Ircady being tak('n to carry correspondent's suggest ion. ED. Calli. ]

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To the Editors of " THE CANTUA IUAN. " Dea r Sirs. \iVould it not be advi sab le if the asp halte ten ni s r.ourt behind the Grange were again put into usc. For if the iin c5 were marked out fresh the co urt wo uld be quite playable, ane! could be use d at the beginning of the Christ mas and e nd of Easter T erms, when th e weather does not permi t of the g rass co urts bei ng used. Yours truly,

N. F. P.

To the Editors

THE CANT U.·\ lUAN ."

Dea r Sirs, T he School Football Colours do not come anywhere near up to the standard of the Cri cket. The 2nd XV. have no ca p at all. \Vhy they shouldn't have one, no one know s. Only eight fellows get the ri ght of wearing their badge, and then t.hey arc given that right in a clandestine way. and no one kn ows they have them till th c)' appcar in them. Mi ght not the 1St XV. hav e a new cap altogether, and let the 2nd XV. have the old first cap? Also, why sho uld not the who le 2nd XV. have a cap as do the 2nd XI. cl'icket ? Yours, &c., K . EEN.

SHOP ACCOUNT.- SUMMER TERM, 1897. CR. Balance in hand , April 30th Cash taken ...

{, s. d. 2 18 I 86 16 9

£89 14

DR. Groceries ... Sweets Cakes ),linern l Wate r Fruit Ice ... l\'lilk 13alls Coal Sta tionery Attendance Repai<lto Establishment Fmld T ransferred to Sports' Fund H:'Ilancc in ho nd ...

8 16 15 S 4 2 I

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SPORTS' COMMITTEE £ s. d. CR. Bo),s' Subscn ptions, l\I ichaelmas T erm 33 5 0 32 IS 0 ,. Lent T erm 31 10 0 Summer T erm 25 0 0 R e\,. A.'j. Galpin ... 9 5 0 IVIaslers' Subscriptions o 10 0 R e\'. H. B. Cartwright o 16 0 Sa le of Cards ... . .. R ent of Blorc's Piece, from Mr. Y oung 1 2 0 0 Cantual"ian (from O. K. S., &c. ) 9 5 2 26 0 (l Profi t of Shop

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ACCOUNTS.

D R. Footballs .. . Bass (for cricket requisites) Bunce (two years) .. Bingham (professional) Mend ing Bats ... .. . .. Lilley, (for roll ing from February 18(6) Lawn Hors~ Hoots . .. Kent County C. C. (for use of Bcvcrley) Work on Blore's Piecc Ratcs and T axes (Bla re's Piece) J OUrllcys and Luncheons for Scorer and Umpire .. S ports Prizes VariOI!:> E;.. pense:> at Sports Tea for Band at Sports ... I lurdies Jarrett (carling) ... . .. Chambers (for repairing Illachine) Usc of Screen at Beverley. Eh'y (shields, &c., in Gymnasium) ... Eh'}, (building: bicycle shed) Twyman (for nets a nd sacks) Enlr:'1ncc Fees for Aldershol Fixing: of Bars in Gymnasium ... Gibbs l Cantual"ian a nd general Printing) Stationery and Stamps ll ockey Halls Austen (for self and hel per Cabs for Visiting Team s Su ndries ... D eficit. September, 1896 13alance, July, 1897 Total

£ s.

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4 19 10 16 0 16 I

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NOTICES . \Ve beg to acknow ledge, with thanks, th e receipt of th e fo llow ing subsc riptions : Rev. R. G. H odgson ( cz/- ), Rev. L. G. H. Mason, Rev. L. H. Evans (7/-), Rev. 1" , F. S. \ Villiams. A, Latte r, R . R. Cu mmings, E . P. Guest, D. A. Slater, C . \V. Bell, P. Godfrey, C. C . T. Eastgate, 1-1. B. Clarke, Mrs. Gordon, W. N. Wightwi ck, F, M. Furley.

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The Annual Subscription is now due, a nd it should be sent as soon as possible to the Secretary.

CONTEMPORARIES. \Ve beg to acknowled ge, with thanks, the receipt o f the following Magazi nes :TIlt! CarlIUls/all, CrallbrooktfllJ.. L e.ys Forl-

u/gll//y (4), S. /11/cIJoe/'s CIJronicle, Gleno/mond ChrulllC/e, CIJigwe!haJl, Danelull/au, 11101<1sl011101l .

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7'f-IE CANTUARIAN. VOL. [Y.

DECEMBER,

No. 18.

EDITORIAL . The first thought wh ich occurs to the mind of the unfortun ate individual wh om fate (and th e other Editors) compel to write this Editorial, is one of condole nce with the Football XV. They have played ten match es so far, of which two resulted in victory, the rest, alas ! in defeat. And yet in spite of this, we cannot but think that the team have experienced some very hard luck, especially as out of these nin e matches, in three only has the School been fully represented . Cole has now returned, a.nd is playing with all his accustomed vigour, but the XV. have all several occasions had to play without Gadney, who seems unu sually unfortunate in the matter of accidents. On th e other hand, the match with Dover, on our ground, was one of th e most exciting we can remember j up to the last five minutes it was anybody's match . And here we may offer our very hearty congratulations t o the 2nd XV. on beating Dover 2nd by 13 points to nil j it was indeed, as said in the telegram a nnouncing the fact, 44 a great and glorious victory."

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\Vhil e on the subj ect of football, we should li.ke )l1st once morc to air a ~ery old O' rievance in th e hope that our words may appeal, If not to t he older m el.nbe~::. of th e School, any rate to those who have lately joined our numbers. It IS WIth ITInc,h regret that we must allude to th e attendance of t,h e School at Il~atc h es on Blore s Piece, also to the ap plause and encouragement wl11 ch shoul d be g iven: to those ,who are struggling th eir hard est for t~e honour. of the ~ chool. The anCient and tllnehonoured c ustom o f the School IS that, dunng a scnmmage. ali boys present should unite in shoutin g (. School! " at the top of their voi c~s : This. ~ l1 stom , we regret ~Q say, has in recent years grown stacker a~ld sl~cker. 1 hiS ye~r ,It IS true that there ha.5 b een a slilTht revival and improvement In thiS res p ect~ but .I t IS by no mean s what It ought to be. Patriotism is, or o.ught to be, a car.chn al vl.rtl~e to a school·boy, and . surely this is one of th e most obvl?uS ways of showll1 g patrI oti sm. This failing is t he more nobceable, because th e re has been ~ great an~ Signal. revival of an oth er time-h onoured cllstom, that of School-songs. llnee mcctmgs fOi this purpose have been held this term, and two at l e~s~ of them were ve ry well atte nd ed. V·le should like to im press on th e School that It I~ ~ h e duty of everyone t? support a School institu tion like t his to the utm ost of hiS powe r, even though It demands some self-sac rifi ce. . The Penny Readin gs this term have t;> een most .su ccess fll~-ll1 deed we c2.nnot remember any seaso n wh en th e School mu s I~ has 'p roVid ed us wi th so. much p~easure . \.Ve a re also very greatly indebted to th ose ktnd fn ends who have so k111dly assisted to rend er the programme bright and ~ttractive: The single fives ti es are now 111 full sWlll g, and the malches against the C.O.S. and othPrs will shortly be arranged . I n co nclusion, we would wish increased succe5S t o the XV., an.d express. ~he hop e th at every one will do his utmost .In every way to ~e71: th e ~ch ?ol 111 th e pOSItIOn it has won, and to prese rve the reputatlOl1 of the oldest School 111 England.

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A ve ry interestin g manusc ript has been lent us by th e l:i~r~rian of S. Augustin e's College. It is written by an old King's Scholar, whose IIll tlais are q..G., bl.lt who nowh ere g ives his full nam e, though internal evidencc would s~em to P?tnt to Ius ide ntity with George Gilbert, whose name a ppears on th e boards ~n t he bl~ s~hool room for the year 18 15. The manusc ript consists of .reC?llecllOns of Iu s hre at Canterbury in his school-days and subsequently, and Jottm gs upon cllstoms and

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person s that have long since passed a way. Of a ce rta in Dr. \V., who was a Ca non of somewhat mise rly tend e nci es. he wri tes, f< \Vhen th e K ing's Scholars applied to him for his fine at foot ball, he esed to say, • bring me a Lati n Epig ra m on the ball an d you shall have my fine.' So he escaped, fo r we none of li S cared to write th e Epigram." \Vho has not heard of Nell Cook an d read of he r fate in the Ingo ldsby Lege nds? I< I t happened th at a gentle man and his newly married wife visited Can terbury, and were walking through the Cloisters, atte nd ed by t he vestryman who had the keys. The gentleman had bee n telling hi s lady the tale of Nell Cook, at which she was much stlrprised. \\Then th ey arrived at a cerlain aperture in the Cloisters, t he ge ntleman obse rved, .. perhaps we sha ll sec Ne ll if we climb lip and pee p into that orifice. though it be distant from tIJe entry.1I So the ge ntle man moun ted on th e podium a nd he ld up th o lady, th at she mi ght pee p in. At th e ve ry moment when her face reached the opening a large red hand iss ued therefro m a nd met her face. She scream ed and sta rted, a nd by startin g caused her husban d to fa ll fro m the pod iu m, and in his fall to knock down th e old vestry man sta nd ing bolow. There the three, in some terror, were prostrated. At th e sa me t ime screams came from the interior, an d a migh ty rustlin g of ga rments was heard. \Vhen th e tr io recove red from their consternation t hey quickly retreated, almost, if not qui te, inclined to helieve t hat Nelly Cook had reappeared. T he rnatter rmllained a mystt::ry for some time. But the Vestryman calling at Dr. \V' s (whose garden had an ent rance into the Cloisters) a few months afte r, was told by the cook a nd housemaid the re, that one eveni ng in the past summer they had been greatly alarmed by the ghost of a deccased fellow servan t. T hat servant had been buried in the Cloister gro un d, a nd they, wishing to look at her grave, had proceeded down to the cloiste r wall , an d just as the coo k had mou nted 011 a pile of fi rewood, and was stretching out her han d to seize the lower part of the a pert ure to raise herself sufficie ntly high to loo k th rough an d see the g rave, the head of a female in whi te appeared a t the openi ng and uttered a c ry I This t hey ~u pp ose cl to be the ghos t of th e departed, and te rrifie d, they sc reamed, sc rambled clown from th e wood a nd fled. So both were alarmed, and this simple occ urrence became a wond er and lll),ste ry to both." At th e beginning o f the ce ntmy the Chri st Church gate seems to have had a co upl e of fine stone turrets upon it. "The tru e history of th eir removal is this : 1\Iy fat her was one day in the ban k of Simmons a nd Gipps, a t the co rner of St. 1\Iargaret' s Street. Alde rm an Simmons, and J esse \Vhite, the Cathedral Surveyo r, we re present. The exact time of day was asked by the Alderman, who said, • If th ose co nfounded tu rrets o r the Cath ed ra l gate were away, we should see the clock from the bank doo r! Can' t yo u pull the m down, J esse? ' • It shall be done.' replied J esse. And it was done. They we re re ported to be insecure and too heavy for th e gate ! and J esse's words were believed, and down they came. The D ea n a nd Chapter ge nerally have had SOlll.e charl atan sur veyor o r steward who led them. by th e nose! " The origin of the gowns now \Yoril by the Juniors and Probationers may not be

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gellerally known, but G.G. notes~" \Vhen I was a 1)0)' at th,l::: Ki~g' s ~choo l the schola rs \\'ore purple stuff gowns lIke a 1\1 astor of Arts. \ÂˇVe did not wem t.he m constantly, but only when attending Church i,n Lent and on Speech Days, and '~'h e n th e Archbishop was in residence. Dr. BIrt, to flatter Dean Andrews, "ho had been of Westminster School, introduced the black cloth gowll, and breeches and . caps, wishing to adopt the Westminster Iz~b/Is and customs.". The custom of bowing to the Dean 111 the Cathedral, winch we have heard commented on at times as an innovation, seems to be by. no means n e,~" In an old Statute of the Cathedral we read : "Singuli, vew (clIJusc unque fuent grad us, ,aut ordinis) in ino-reSSll cha ri, Divinam lVlajestatem deyota mente ado,rantes, hunll l.1ter se inclinabit ~ersus altare, et dein conversi, Decano quoque debItam re\~erentla m exhibebunt. Quod si contigerit aliquem e quaclll~que causa de loco 111 locum transire in choro, reverentiam similiter in medio chon, tam versuS ~ltare quam ver~ u s stallum Decani, si praesens fllerit, exhibebit tum in elll~do, tum III redcunclo. toties quoties." I n obedience to this statute, the clergy 1ll0vlllg to\\'ards the alta i! ~tc . , have alwavs bowed towards the Dean's Stall. There was a Minor Canon '~Iho dIsh.ked this and refused to observe the rule. \;\.'hereupon he \\'ciS threatened WIth , deprivation'. So beinO' obliO'ed to tonfo rm, he always bowed down to ~he g round III a ve~'}' ridiculous' m al1l~er, al~d whenever he met the D ea~~ or, a Canon l.n ~he. stree~ h~ (~Id the same, saying, "Good-day .my worth Y , n~ast~r. 1hc Chaptel. nndl.ng l~lm \a? a waO') very troublesome, gave hUll a guod hVlIlg 111 Norfolk, and thus we le qU.lt of 111m . Af~r he 'had accepted the living, and before, he left Canterbmy, I~e me,: l\;ISS He~ter S . . ,one of that clever Min t Yard famdy, on 1,1cr way to sen:~ce . \~ l~a~, ..goll1.g to the Puppet Show, Miss H ester? >I No," rephcd 1\1ISS S., that exhibition IS ceased; Punch is ordered into Norfolk." ,j

F 0 OTB ALL. K.S . v. SUTTON

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Played on October 20th. at Sutton Valence. \Vc were considerably handicapped by the absence of Cole from the important post .of full-back . From th e, very ~utset, our forward s, though to all appearance.s th e heaVIe r Jot, got the wors~ of th~ f;~I ~mmÂ age -work, and it looked very much as If some, of them were not dOing their share c:~ honest sho vin g . After some rather scramblIng play, our opponents opened thell account with a goal from a try by \Nheatley, who thr?t1gh~ut pl.ar~d.a ver}~ str~)I1g game. Finn'2 was then conspicuous for a neat ru n encli ng With a JUdIClOUS luck lI1to

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to uch, but the Sutton team by good passing between both backs and forward s. sco red another try by Ralph. which was also converted. Ou r forwards now woke up <t bit, a nd aided by good ki cking on the part of Bodington, got to our opponents twentyJive. Here Ay lwin had a gra nd opening but mull ed h is pass badly, and before half-time Ralph again scored fo r Sutton . On res tarting, our defence was again so rel}, taxed, but Finn! brought relief, and the forwa rds did some really excellent work for about 10 minutes. Some brilliant passing, however, among th e Sutton backs ended in another try being gained by Alexander, wh ile, before the whistle blew, Wheatley scored again, though he sho uld certainly have been tackled by four of our team . The res ult was conseql1elllly a victory for Sutton by 3 goals, 2 tries ( 21 points) to nil. Our team were sadly wanti ng in U dash," and the tackling throughout W?s very weak. Hodington's kicking was excellen t, but Aylwin was distinctly off-colour. The forwards we re not sulflciently together, and must learn to play "on the ball" more, while the halves must follow the ball round when their opponents are heeling, and jump on the' opposing halve~ more quickly.

K.S. v. DOVER COLLEGE . Played at Dover on October 27th, and resulted in a win for Dover by 24 points to 6. Dover started the ball , and almost immediately were awarded a penalty kick on the School 25 line, whic h narrowly escaped being a goal. Dover at once pressed, and Cole was frequently conspicuous in bringing likely score rs to the ground, but before the game had been in progress ten mi nn tes Foster got behind , and the try was conÂˇ vertecl by Vickery. ROllsed by this, the School pulled themselves togeth er, an d kept play for some time in the Dover quar ters. Here Cole very nearly landed a goa l fro m ,a penalty kick, the ball just grazing the outside of the post. Before long, after some nice passing among the backs, Collt!y received the ball, and using his pace well scored in th e corner. Cole tried the kick, but it fell short. After the kick out play ru led fast, a nd the ball travelled repeatedly from end to end of the groun d. J ohnson and Hardy were both conspic uous in tackling, and used their fee t well, and Colley gained much grou nd by inlercepti ng a pass, (Inc! slipping between the opposing three -quarters, was only bro ught d.ow n by the fulI- back ' Afte r a spell of play in neut ral territory, Bodington gained ground by useful kicks, one of which Hearfield returned, and following up hard collared the three-quarter before he co uld get rid of it. and a ru sh of Dove r forwards carried the bali to tho School lines, and thus stopped several efforts of the .school to get it away. At one period Macken zie seemed certain of scoring, but was .b ro ught down by Cole within a yard of the li ne, and half time was called with the

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score, Dove r 5 pts., K.S. 3 pts. Al most immediately aft er th e ki ck ofr, Colley again intercepted a pass and got behind . The kick was agc,in a fa ilure, but the School were one poi nt ahead. T hen Dover bega n to press, and Cooper was conspicuous in defence, but H carfield following a kick of hi s own, got possession and grounded the ball between the posts. Yickery agai n cOIl\'c rte cl. Eodin gton had a ni ce ru n down th e fi eld but co uld not pass the full-back, and there was no onc at hand to pass to. From this point th e School defence seemed to go to pieces. and in quick sllccession, Jackson, Nix, Stone and Vickery got over the School line. but only one of th e tries was co nverted . Th ere was little of note in the play of the School during the last twenty minutes of th e game, though Eodin gton and t he broth ers F inn got in some useful ki cks. and H ende rson once inte rcepted a pass and gained some ground. On th e whole the ga n1c was disappointing, as when t he School led afte r half-time, we quite hoped to see t hem avenge las t year' s defeat. Fortunately Cole was back, and he di d excellent work in defence. Of the t hree-quarte rs, ColIcy and Bodi ngton played best, th e ki cks of the latter being freq uently cle,Âˇer, but th e other two seemed qui te off-colour, and their passi ng was fa r too slow and unce rta in. The two Finns played well. but often did not follow the ball round t he sc rimmage, an d had a very smart pair of halves to contend with . Amongst the forwards the absence of Gadney and l\fowll, both of whom were on the injured list. was kee nly felt. and t hose whose play most freq uently called fo r commendation, were Richardson, H ardy, Cooper and Joh nson.

KI NG' S SC H OO L v. ME RCH AN T TAYLORS. IJlaying on their own ground at \\"illesden, the T ay lors started th e ball, an d at once began aLlacking in spite of some good passing between the b roth ers Finn. A free-kick awarded them resulted in a touch-down, but.. soon after the drop ou t \ ÂĽatcrs, gaining possession after a short run, scrambled orer lho line with Mowll clinging to him. The latter thou ght he had collared his man in goal, but the referee ruled otherwise. As the t ry was scored fa r out th e failure to im prove on it may be excused. E ven play followed this incident, th ough th e Kin g's School had sligh tly the best of matters. A rush by the T aylo rs. which took the bail out of t heir 25, was neutralised by a good dri bble on the part of Lucas, but eve ntually th eir forward s broke away and Gilkes procured an add itio n to t he total. The kick was not successful. \~' hen half-time was called t he homesters were leading by two tries to mi. On resuming, the \:isitors took th e aggressive, and bdore long obtained a free kick which was howeve r no g reat advantage as it had to be taken from ncar the half-way line. The M.T. S. now pressed in tu rn nnd ta xed their ri vals' defence to the utm ost, though a penalty afforded temporal relief to their opponents. At length, after a dribble, Buck obta in ed the thi rd and last try of the matc h. Alt.hough it was apparently im-

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p~~sible to get. on te rm ~ the S~h oo l were not disheartened. an d Cole had a fine run, "hlch was spOIled by wdd passll1g. Yet once again we re the home team penalised' however Cole, wh o attempted a place, was unlucky in that th e ball rolled over: \ÂĽheth.er he would h av~ been s uc~ess ~lll had it rema ined steady is of course impossible to deCide, ~)l1t as ~h e kl ~k was n ght 111 fro nt of goal th e probabilities were in his favour. Time arnved Wi thout further incident. SCHOOL TEA" . - S. W. Cole (back), P. H. CoileI', C. H. Bodington, E . L. H end e;son, H. A)'11V1I1 (three-quarters), G. N. Finn , 10. Finn (halves), F. M. Gadney (<;aptam ), H . J. Mowll , A. W. Ri chard so n, J. C. Lucas, A. S. Johnson, L. R Cooper . , " . B. Hardy, W. V. H eal e (forlVards). M.T.S. T EA'I.- J. A. Barrett (back), J. E. Raphael, B. L. De F ontaine, 1-1. C. Jackson, C. Waters (three-quarters), C. B. Buck (Captain), A. F. Carbonell (halves), C. Bournes, .T. GI lkes, E. Dowbiggen, H. F. Leo nard, J. C. Cap ten, J. M. Wyatt, H. Berenger, J. E. Carew (fo rward s).

KING'S SC H OOL v. XTlI ROYAL H USSARS. In this match, whi ch was arranged indepe ndent ly of their card fixtures the School were for once caught nappi ng. \Vith thei r forwards considerably \Veaken~d by the u.nfo~tunate .loss of Gad ney, l\Iowll, an d Joh nson, there was a great want of con:blnatlOn, wlule the front line was at ti mes woefully rarYO'"cd . The strenoth of their opponents at half-back, and their deci ded su periority a\;0ru shin g the bail' down th e fi~ld, aPl?arently somewhat demoralised the ho me team, and preve nted them from showlIlg: th eir tru e fO:I11., ! hcse rem.a rks arc 110t in any way inten ded to det ract from th e ment of the soldiers. victo ry, winch they thoroughly deserved by the excellent use they made of all theIr opportu nities. The Schoo~ played up-hill for t he first half, which ope ned disastrollsly for th em, as after a .g ood .l?1~ce of w<;> rk by H end erson, Sergt. Kane, who assisted the Xth, got over the lll1e wlthll1 t wo 111lnntes fro m the start. The Hussars continued to press the S~hool hard. and obliged them to touch dow n. Subseq uently the latter played up ~~th ;nore . Vi gOur, and .Colley. had a. brilliar.t run, bu t fai led to get rig ht away. while 11m put 111 a useful kick wIuch gamed a lot of gro und. In spite of these endeavours, however, th e soldiers conti nu ed to have th e best of the game, and Kane ~~te!!lp;ed a dr~ p ~t goal. Cole was freq uently called on to save, an d th ough his kl ~klllo and. pI~klll g up were :ather disappoi nting, he managed to avert fur ther !~ lsch.an c~, tIll Just before tl.l e lI~terval , wl~en a serio us blunde r in the shape of a fon"~rd. enabled the opeiling Side to register a second try. On res uming, Kane was UbIqUItous as. before, but the School three-quarters got more chances. A good run by Colley lTIlght have culminated in a sco re, but Eodin gton missed his pass.

HIE CANTUAR [AN. Another good opening was spoiled by Kane, who callaTed two of th.e opposing: thr~e quart ers in rapid sllccession. Soon afterwards he got an ?pportulllt)' of ?,ettIng lIl, bu t after a dodgr run he was" grassed" by Cole in magIllficent style" 1 hat player seemed to reco ver his game to a large extent during tl~e second motet)'. and tned hard to atone for his early failure, out his ki cking was stdl weak. Our only try was th e result of so me fin e play by Bodington, who sent a timely transfer to Fetherstone, from which he scored near touch . The Hussars we re now thorough ly roused, and several times they scpmeci on the point of adding to th eir total, but the whistle blew with the condition of affairs unaltered . For the winners Kan e was a host in himself, whil e the halves outclassed the School pair; the thre~-qllarters were very unselfish in the way they continually s~nt the ball to the redoubtable Sergeant. Fownes an d Anderson were perha ps the l)lck of the forward s. Colley was the best of the School backs, exceptIng Cole, thoug~ all could point to one or two individual perform ances. H ardy showed up very promInently aluong the forward s, while H eale also did well. SCHOOl. T EAM.-S. W. Cole (back), P. H . Colley, E. L. H~nd erson, C. H . Bodington, F. H. Fetherstone (three-quarters), G. N. FlilIl and E . FlIlIl (halves), R. S. Braddell, W. B. Hardy, A. W. Richardson, W. V . [-I eale, J. C. Lucas, S. G. Brown, L. R. Cooper, and R. D . Marshall (forwards). XTH H ussARs.-Gordo n (back), Farrell, Corke, Kane, Jones (three-quarters), Saunders, Vlors!ey (halves), Anderson, Fownes, \~'ilson, Gomersall, Splntt, Ashworth, J ackso n, Mark ( forwards).

KING'S SCHOOL v. THANET WAI;IDERERS. Played on DIOI'e's Picce. The School showed greatly improved form on this match, but afte r an exciting contei:.t, in which perh',lps t hey ha,d a sh~a:l c the worst of luck, they eventually suffered defeat by the m~rglll of 7 powts, I he h011:e team started off wi th a rush, the backs bei ng responslble for so me excellent passtllg, but IvicArthur gaining possession easily eluded Cole, and scored about half-~\'ay betwe~n goal and touch. I n the play that followed , Aylw in and ,Cole we re consl?ICllOUS, while Johnson covered some ground by his dribbling, and Fllml brought oft ,a neat punt. The next incident was a fin e ru n by VI. \¥'ard en; had the ball come t~ hun at a more convenient angle he would very probably have got in, but he was oblIged to run the wrong way through the midst of his opp?nen~s; even then he got as far as C?le, wh? again displayed his abi lities in the collanng h~le. I:Jercabouts Edge I~lade lu~ mark, the kick being entrusted to the fu ll-back, who Just falled to land what \\ould ha\ e been a fine goal from' near tou ch. The twO \¥'ardens continue~ t~. show u.p wtll, ' ¥'. wriggling and dodging past se\'eral of the School te~m , wl:n le 1, ltl. followmg u~ a kick of his own, wou ld have secured a try but for ~he tImely mterventlOn of Ayl\\lll, who fell on the ball as it travelled acroSS the goal-hne.

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After the interval, with the advantage of the hill, the School soon started prE'ssing, and a rllsh by their forwards, headed by Richardson ancl Lucas, compelled Thanet to kick dead. After the drop-out a penalty was awarded the home side, but it was not near enough to be dangerous. The \Vand crers pressed in turn, ,mcl Cole, who seemed to have recovered most of last year' s brilliancy, put in some sound ki cking and vC'ry effective collaring, \Vant of combination to ld however, and \V. \\'arden ki cking past back raced up and got over behind the posts. The School were not disheartened by these reverses, and Colley, cleverly intercepting, just managed to get in though closely pursued by his opponents. The interest now became very keen, and there was a great demonstration when Finn'l obtained a second try for th e School as a result of a rush by Ri chardson, Cooper and Lucas. The failure of the place ki ck was very disappointing, as it would have broug ht the scores level. Though only two points to the bad there was not much chance of the School winning, especially when \¥'. \Varden got past Cole for the seco nd time in the match, and obtained a try between the posts. For th e winners, J. \·Varden pe rrorm ed well when called upon to save, while \·V. \Varden and J. Kan e playcd a capital ga mc ; Edge was useful on occasions. McArthur find Anderson set th e forward s a good example. Cole, Colley, the two Finns, Mowll, and Ri chardson were perhaps th e pick of the School T ea m, while Lucas and Johnson also acquitted themse!vc.'s with great credit. SCHOOL TEA'I.-S. IV. ole (bac k), P. II. Colley, 11. Aylwin, E. L. Henderson, F . H . Fetherstone (three-quarters), G. N. Finn and E. Finn (halves), H. J. i\[owll (Capt.), A. IV. Richard son, L. R.·Coopcr,.I. C. Lucas, IV. B. Hardy, A. S. J ohnson, S. G. Brown, and R. fl. Marshall (forward s). THANET \VANDERERS,--J . \Vard en (back), \·V. \oVarden, J. Kane, C. Edge, J. Gordon (three-quarters), Sanders, I-Imming (halves), J. McArthur (Capt.), R. Doig, Anderson, Fownes, F. Durnard, G. Clarke, l-l. Sangster, C. \¥'. Carrington (forwards).

K[NG'S SCHOOL SECOND XV. v. T ONBRlDGE THIRD XV. In ~his match our opponents had a great advantage in size and weight, and the S~h<:,ol did. very ,~'el1 to kee p them out till just before th e interval, the collaring and ~Icklllg b~lIlg umformly ,good. However, during the second half, Tonbridge, who ",er,e playmg down the hIll, showed a marked superiority and scored five times, raising theIr total to four goals ancl two tries before time was calleo . Strahan at full-back played a magnificent g~me, his judgm~nt in picking up and kicking bei ng simply superb. T he halves did well on occaSIO ns, more especially Tripp while Marshall also distinguished himself. '

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The following represented th e school : K, C. Strahan (back), F. )H., Fetl:erstone, G. R. C. H eal e, E. L. Masse \", B. Covell (three-quarters), R. C. l .rIs, II. ~. L. Tripp (ha lves), C. \\T . Carrington (Capt.). F. W. D. Andrews. R. D. , [arshall , k i\L Tu ke, F, H . D urnford, A. 1\[, T oul min, J, B. Am os, and T. A. h ard (forward s) ,

KI NGÂˇS SCH OOL v. DOYER COLLEGE . Afte r the fine form shown by t he School at D over durin g the fi r~t half of th e game, the return match was .looked forward. to \\'ith more tha~l usual. mte rest. N~r were expectations di sappolllted-a magmfice nt stru ggle, 111 whI ch tl~e 10SCIS gained ~lmo st as m uch credit as th e w i nni n~ side. The School, in..splte of the advantage of the hill, were rather take n off th ~lr guard by th e way ~h Ct.I o~? po.n e nts forced the paee from the very start, and H ea rfl eld was allowed to slIp It'l \\ Itllln the first min ute, This ea rl y di saster roused the ~10 1l1e team" and t hey began to press th~ VISItors. A good opening by the b rothers FIIlI1 was spoded by Colley, who : an bacl, a co nside rable distance . The Collegians in turn a ttacked, and Cole onc? ptck~.d ~l ~) very smartly, A dribble by Lucas transferred the ball once more t? Do,'onan tenltol), and E . Finn , after cleverl y draw ing a nd getti ng past the OppOS.lIlg half,. nearly got over, but th ere was no one to back him up . . ~oon after, G. N , FlI\n dod&lll g th ro~gh a scrum scored a try in an unfav.onrable. positlO n. Some ,excellent .passl11 g ,bet~\ eel~ th e College backs nearly cul ml11ated 111 a score, but NIX .transfet,red t<;> i\!O\dl b} mist.1ke. Further danger was averted by a succession of dnbb.les, 111 whIch t~~e two Finns and Mowll played a co nspicuolls part, till just before the lll terval, w~en '\ lckery )laced the totals level once 1110re-one goal and one . try all . On re su mlll ~, Dove r Immediately obtained a try through the agene>: of V~c~ery, .who sho,wed. hunself an exce ptionally fast f~r\\'ard I?y the way he raced Ill ,. . ! Ins pOlllt was lInplO v~d upon. G N Finn distill O' lllshed 11llnse lf by a further cxlllblliOn of good play, and ,\ as nearly th'rou'g h after kicl2n g the ball past D . Mackenzie. E ~'c lon~ Boclmgton broke away, and, after distancing his pursuers, dropped over the Ime qUIte close to t~uch , Cole was entrusted with the kick, an d amidst a scen~ of tremendo us e n thllslaS t~1, many spectators having go ne behind the goal to wat~h the .res ult, landed. the ba ll. ~ u st over the bar. T wo O'oals an d a try all. Before long , Vlckery r et agall1 astolllshed the home team by l~is great spe~d. Play now ?ccame "ery kee n, ~s the Sch?ol strove, ~l <lrd, to draw level, and the ex clteu~en~ wa~ mtense when ,~Odll!pton gamed a sl~o.htl) do ubtful try, several persons behevll1.g h11n to have run out. . C?le mad ~ a o [ a~ld. effort with th e ki ck, but th e ball, whIch looked to have gone n ght Ul tl~ e Imcidle O\ e r the cross-bar, eventually fell short by a couple of f~et , For th e last tlllle t~le totals were equal, 16 points being ac~redi ted to eac h sld ~, bu t Dove r scored t WIce, rn~re before th e fi nish, proving th e VI ctors of an cxceecltngly well-fo ught gam e, b) th lee

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goals and three tries to twO goals and t wo tries. Vickery was certain I" th e best forward on the field, while Stone, H earfi eld , and J ackson also proved of the utmost service to th e winners. Richard son, th e two Finns. Badin gton, Hardy and Heale received their colonrs j as th e di stribution was largely influenced by the day's play it would be invidious to c'riticise thei r individual performan ces. Of th e rest, L ~l cas and J ohnson showed good form , while th e older memb ers of th e team fully uph eld theIr reputati on,

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At Blare's Piece. The School have been playing mu ch better of late. and it is g ratifyin g to record a splendid vi ctory over their greatest rivals in the Football field, following so closely on th e fin e perform ance against Dover. Sutton kicked off down th e hill and soo n began to press. Play consisted chiefly of a succession of splendid scrimmages, the forwa rds being fai rly eve nly matched. Other featu res were useflll kicks by G. Finn, Cole, a nd Hurl batt. In spite of being twice penalised, the-home team managed to keep th ei r oppone nts ou t, a nd on one occasion Fetherstone nearly got a way; however, the ball was soo n retu rn ed to the Canterb ury 25 by good dribblin g among the Sutton fo rwards, and Fletcher al most got over, Aylwi n finally touchin g down . Cole, who seemed to have entirely recovered his form. of last year, acquitted himself with great credit by stopping so me ugly ru shes. T he School defence was taxed to its utm ost, and good passing between Hurl ball and Ronaldso n nearly resulted in a sco re. Fine punting by the b rothe rs Fi nn somewhat relieved th e tension, and play ruled even for a ti me. All free headed a ru sh into th e hom.e 25, but soon after the whistle sound ed, On crossing over, after the ki ck off, \~r h eatl ey 1'ÂŁ111 strongly befo re being well collared, A penalty awarded to King's School e nabled E, Finn to gain a lot of ground by an excellent drop, T he game was for the most part in th e Sutton territory, and Alexand er distinguished him self on several occasio ns, his tackl ing bei ng ve ry safe, Th e visitors now assumed the aggressive, and a se ries of exciting scrums was witn ~s s:d by the enth usiastic spectators. Colley put in a clever run, and this was th e last 111cldent clearly seen, as darkn ess a nd fog came on apace, Sometimes the ball could hardly be seen five yards away through th e gloo m. F ethersto ne ;:tppeared to have plenty to do, and on th e wh ole performed m.eri to ri ously, th ough he once un accountably missed a n easy pa!;s from Dodi ngton, fro m which he shou ld have sc o r~d, At length, however, th e ball was got well out to the th ree-qua rters, and Bochn gton transferred to Ferh erstqne j th e latte r, sprin ting past his op ponents, dodged th e back by a clever swerve as he cam e up to him, and scored a t ry fa r out amidst a scene of intense enthusias m. Try as they would, Sutton could not equalise, though once or twice they ap pea red on the point p f doing so, and a n exci ting and cleverly contested matc h resulted in a victory for the King's School by a try to ml, For the

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winners-Cole, the two Finns, Richardson, a nd Mowll, were perhaps best, but all the three-quarters did well, though there was little individual brilliancy. \Vheatley, Alexander, Hurlbatt, Ralph, and Allfree, were most successful on the losing side. SCHOOL TEAM.-S. W. Cole, Capt. (back), P. H. Colley, H. Aylwin, C. H . Bodington, F. H . Fetherstone (three-q uarters), G, N. Finn, E. Finn (halves), H . J. Mowll, A. W. Richardso n, W. B. Hardy, W. V. I-Icale, A. S. J ohnson, J. C. Lucas, L. R. Cooper, R. S. Braddell (fo rwards ). SUTTON TEAM.-F. Alexander (back), !VI. J. Wheatlcy (Capt.), N. Cruddas, F. Thornhill, I-I. Ronaldson (three-quarters), R. I-Iuribalt, J. H a rJey (halves), S. Ralph, G. Walsh, J. Shaw, E. AIIf.. ee, E. Chittenden, C. Gannon, R . Laurie, H . F letcher (forlYards).

K.S. md XV. v. DOVER COLLEGE 2nd XV. Played on Tuesday, November l6th, and resulted in a victory for King's School by 2- goals ilnd a try to nil. At the beginning of the game our side were not well together, but before the middle of the first half they began to feel more confidence in each other, and this, coupled with the slowly dawning consciousness that they were better than th eir opponents, produced as fin e a piece of playas has e\Âˇer perhaps been displayed by any of our 2nd Fifteens. It is the first match the Second have won for many years, and they richly deserve their victory. In the first half we frequently invaded our opponents' territory owing to some very neat passing by the threequarters i and shortly before the end of the first half of time Braddell ran over the line, but being-' heavily collared lost the ball. Once only did our opponents look like scoring, but Strahan, at full-back, was equal to the occasion, In the second half some very useful d ri bbling was done by Paris, and the forwards were very successful in their rushes. The three triâ&#x201A;Źs were scored by Fethcrslonc, who showed considerable dash and speed on all three occasiolls. The first two tries were at a diffi cult anglE', a nd T oulmin missed the fi rst, but with a remarkably good kick converted the second try into a goal. The third kick at goal was also successful, being straight in front or the posts. Braddell and Durnford played very well forward, while Paris and H eale deser ve special mention for their play behind the scrimmage.

CURIOUS CONSTRUES. ...Before starting let me recommend my readers not to be too rcady with their critI cisms; for, to quote the substance of a remark made, 1 believe, by the pen of

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If DaO"onet" when offerin tr a prize for an cdt! to the present Poet Laureale, "it is so easy to a nasty thing ~bo l1t a person." Perhaps as a poet's (?) proverbial love ,for his own effusions has led me to insert a specimen of my ElegIac Verse, of whICh morc hereafter, the title of this article is inappropriate and another should have, bee~ chosen. I ndeed, the oft-repeated, .. The time has come to talk of many thll1~s suggested itself, but regard for the feelings of others made me forbear. The folloWIng oddities arc all genuine-the author has himself heard mo~t ,of them perpetrated i th ey are the creations of member~ of this School only. so ,It 15 hoped th ey may, be found original. Unseen translations have not been taken mto account as affordmg too much scope for ingen ui ty misapplied . . '''lJeres ex asse "-rendered .< a mock hero," would seem to Imply that the blund erer, whoever he may have been-his identity is un known-was himself somewhat of an "ass." . . . U H Ingelliem lalo d!dil ore fires/ram "-" fill s th e hug~ gap WIth Ins broad featu res, so und s like a deli cate way of alluding to our old fnend of the nonsense rhyme, .< There was an old man of the South who had an immoderate mouth ." HIll fjuS Idrarclu'a collocal'eI"_H had taken him up into his chariot/' gave the master the occasion fo r utterinrr lwo brilliant bon-mots. Scarce had the words left the culprit's mouth when he said, i~l a tone of pained remonstrance mingled with sarc~stic enquiry, "H'm, a four-wheeler"? When lhe general laughter ha~l somew~at subslded the un fortunate individual resumed till he reached the exp re ssIOn, "1JUra verboru11& complexlo"! II Very,!} ejac ulated the i\'I aster, and bade him be seated . The effect cannot be described . The next few errors recorded in this collection speak for themselves. "Joie de vivre "_" whisky" can only be explained as the result o f a confusion with <I eau de vie." . " EXlIer/IlI sdvcs/n'm all/mum "_H will clothe their sonl in fol iage." "Poenarltlll e~\;IJau.s/um salts esl" _ f I Enough vengeance has bee n taken on the Carthaginians." "Fuga 1JutrOS /enel "-" Kept the walls from flight." . , . . " Est ttl . . . Itic generoszor IJesccmiai in camp1tlll pell/or monbus Jut' meilOrqu8 lama" was translated May be this man desce nds to the Campus a more ab undant seeker with better luck." , Of impelluJlI all/mae lin/ea Tllraciae"-" Drive the ships of Thrace to co urage." <c Qltl·projulldum Dallubium bibltlll"-H vVho drink th e mellow Danubian wine." ~'(};r ws VOl " - " like a pig." "Embarrassee dt SOil billet "_" weirrhed down by her bundle." o II Oeuft frats "_'I fried eggs" was the slip of a master translaling against time. H Tibique osalla e_1,,' alia suspendlall lIlollt'a pime"-" And on thee they let down soft kisses from the top of the pine-tree." ,j 'J¢If'/€/I€W €JI T (;:VpOI~ "_I' Iphigenin among the bulls." " Exper/us vacuum " _ f I Expert in cows."

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And here let me give a note of warni ng . The fallacies of 71J"nw have been exposed long ago; German Grammars a re known to possess about ten exceptions to every rule, more or less-chiefly more . But no one ha s as yet dared to find fa ult with the venerable Latin Primer, although some of its statements mus t, like an angler's yarn, be taken ., cum grano sab's." I n my green and tender youth I once discovered a valuable secret in a paragraph entitled" General Ru les of Quantity." It ran thu s : .. A short vowel before a mule followed by a liquid become s doubtful." Thinking this to be Ii/entity true and regarding it as qu ite immaterial wh et her these slippery consonants occurred in the same or different words I acted accordingly. I t will be obse rved that th e final" is" in "llobdilatis," the" or" in "/ortz'or," the" er" in " fortlier" a re a ll short by nature . As fo r "?l{(Igllae," is not the a in I I magis" short? Still the results are a li ttle pec uliar judging from th ese li nes, of which a tran slation may be found in th e first two verses of the song entitled" The Hardy Norsema n ." And now I will stay bei ng ridiculous ;Spumanti pelago forlissima ge ns [uit oli n"! Praemia ubi cepit Ilobilitatis magnae. Fortior nec inte r veteres gentes fuit ulla . l\Iaj ores nostros non meminisse juvat, Quo vitis in nostris cunque ducet via nost1'a; Naill gens majol'llm trucia freta regens Abstulit laudes et c1arum fortiter nom en .

PENNY READINGS. The energy of the ne\\'ly-constituted IHusicai Society ha s been shown in th ei r having three Penny Readings during the term, in addition to the co ncert with which th e term is to end. The first was held on October 23rd, and the full programme

... ,..

. .. ................. . C. W. CARRINGTON.

Song ......... .. ... .. . "Tatters)) A. S. J OH NSOX. Pinnofo rl c Duet ..................... ,' M R. (;orWREY Al'D J. C.

L UC AS.

Voca l DueL. " W hen the wind blolVs in " ... i\ I R. L ATTg R AND MR. ' VII.LIA MS.

Reading

wasPianoforte Solo ...

l~endi\lg

M R. EVt\K S.

Tara ntelle, Ab" .. .. R. M. T UKE.

Glee .. ,." ... " Blow ye gentle breezes" ........... ,' '"

Song ... .. ...... " The T :l r's Farewell" H.

A. D.

PEREIR A.

Glee .. ....... "Three Doughty Men " , ~ .......

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The g lees \rere well rend ered, th o ugh in the first one the" H um ming II accompani ment of the breezes in the lower parts could at times scarcely be hea rd. The H Three D oughty Me n" was excellently done, and was loudly 'applauded. The pretty duet of 1\1r. Latter and Mr. 'Williams rece ived an undeniable encore, and Pereira's song was twice encored, and as a seco nd so ng he sang R udyard Kipling's II Like a Soldi er." . This was Pereira's first appearance as a so loist, and was a very sllccessful one, a s he has a pleasant voice, which bids fair to turn into a rich and dee p bass. The Bishop of Dover came in during the evening, and said a few words of fa re well to the School, partly humorous and partly serious, before leav ing Canterbury for his new sphere of work at Wakefield . He concluded by asking the H ead Master t o give the School a half- holiday in h ono ur of his appoi ntment to the See of \ Vakefie ld- a request whic h evoked loud cheers, and was at once granted . The programme of the second Penny R eading, on Nov. 6, wasD uet

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j\'l inuet" .... :....... Oocc/terini.

Mit. GODFR.EY AND R. H. CHARLES.

Glee .. ............... If Derartllre" ...... ilfmdelsso/m. Song ..... ...... .. ....... " Spring " ........ . ............. .. L . GODFREY, E SQ.

Song

. "Agnlls Macdonald " .... ..... Rou ke/. M ISS FARRAR.

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ParI Song ... " Brightl)' (htWIlS uur \\'ct!clin~ ;\'Iorn. "

SullivdÂˇu . Pianoforte Solo ...... "

J. SOKG

~ r elodie"

......... Rubenstein.

LUCAS.

Absent, ret present" .... 111. V. Wlu'te . i\fR. GUEST.

READ I NG .. .. .. f

T he Organ Grinder " ... Calverley. MR. SLAT ER..

Glee ...

.. .... ..

Lullaby .......

..Bal'1lby.

Song ...... .. . '1 Kathleen Mavourneen" MISS FARRAR.

Song ...

.. .. " Father O ' Flynn"

L. Glee .... . Duet .. .

GODFREY,

ESQ.

.." F arewell " .... ....... ... Ctrmall.

. "Sl. Pat rick" ... A . HELLARD A:\,D R. H. CHARLES.

Th ough the program me was a lo ng o ne there were seve ral encores. Our best tha nk s are due to Miss Farrar, who kindly ca me to sing to us, and al so to 1\[r. Godfrey's brother. All their songs were enco red, as was Mr. Slater'S humorous reading of the "Organ Gri nder." \Ve had hoped Cano n .H olland would have been able to come and playa concerti na so lo, but he unfortunately had to be out of Canterbury that evening, T he IVIu sicat Society sang three glees, a nd fo r th e last one, a German Vo lksli ed, received an encore. [ Is not this the first that has e~er been given to a glee at a Penny Read ing ?J.

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Quartcl. ......... .. " I nteger Vitae" ,_

.. .Flell/ i llg.

1\ 1 ~SS R S . P LA ~T. 'WI LLI AMS, L ATTE R,

Piano Solo ............ <I Christmas"..

& E V, \NS .

. Tcliai/tO'llJs/ti.

R. i\I. T UKE.

Glees "" D nn . ...........â&#x20AC;˘ 'k t0 Inc " ........... . .. . { b .. All through the night" ". 'Cello & Piano ... " Fi nnlandisch " .... .. ilfa.x BrucH.

I-I. R eci tat ion

F IEl.DI NG ,

ESQ.

.... . ,e T he Cow Boy " .... . ... . . An.st/y. ~d R .

Song

M ,\ SON.

" C: unga Din " . .. ~ r R . CUM M INGS.

Piano Solo .. ...

"A llegretto " "

... Schumanll.

MRS. FIELnING.

Part Song (T & .1\ ) " Slumber Song " .. .. . Cerlllfl ll. Reading .... II The olle hoss shay". O. ltV. lIo/m es. F. M. GADNEY.

Song ........... " T he Admiral's broom"., .. . Bevan. 1\111. . BELL.

. ... e, I-Ieydeldec " ... ... IVa n e/mer. Quarlett 'CeJlo and Pinna ... " Romance" .... .. . SeligJJlallll. Glees{ a t t Dlow, ye balmy breezes" .. ...... Young. b I I W ind of nigh l" ......... .. .. .......... Lohr.

Mr. an d Mrs. Fieldingls 'Cello and Piano duets were a great treat. For th ose wh o have heard :Mr. Fielding play, we need only say th<,tt he playe d with his usual taste an d certain ty of touch, and IVIrs. F ielding, in her Allegretto from Schumann, got more tone and feeling out of the piano than we had suspected it possessed. 1\[1'. Mason, in makin g one of his too rare appearances, was very hearti ly received, and his most amusing sketc h, given in his ow n inimi table fashion, would

havl;: had to be several t tim es repeated to satisfy the andience. 1\1r. Plant, whose voice II age cannot Âˇwither nor custom stale," very kind ly sang in some male voice quartettes, and his rend erin g of the alto part in the familiar "HeydeJdee " caused it to have an enco re th at could not be refused although the hour was late. One of th e prett iest items on the programme was th e " Slu mbe r Song," sung by trebles and altos, an d th e singing of this, as of all the glees, bore eloqu ent witness to the time and trouble that Mr. Godfrey and the :MlIsical Society had spent in preparing them. At all th e Penny Readings we have bee n glad to welcome a large number of visitors from th e Ptecincts and th e City, th ough from the last, many who had in tended to come were kept aW<;ly by th e dreadful weather. A usefu l innovation has been made in the placing of a lamp on the outside wall of the Parry Libra ry to throw light down the steps. We cann ot conclude this notice without congratulating Mr. God frey an d the Musical Society on t he excellent start they have made, bu t if we might, without impertinence, offer a word of cri ticism, we shou ld like to sugges t that the entertainments should begin punctually, instead of a quarter of an hour late, and should end not later than a quarter to ten.

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HARVEY SOCIETY. On October 16th, the President read a Paper on II lVIcteori tes." The term metl3orite includes a very large number of phenomena- aerial, aqu eous, and lu minous. Of t his latter class, the lumi nolls, we have only to deal with mo ving objects, such as fire-balis, shoo ting stars, and meteoric stones. The range o r size or them is enormous, and the num!.>er entering the atm.osphere daily about 20 millions. T he fireba ll of Nov. 9, 1869, travelled 1jO miles, from F rome to St. l ves, in li ve seconds. l\Ieteoroids are only seen when in entering our atmosphere, t heir own impetuosity destroys th em. The Leonids ·(or NO\·ember shower) have appeared regula rly e\·err 32 years, and are again due in 1899. Their orbit was shown to be one of five, and the question of tht' ac tu al path \\·as solved by Prof. Adams by means of t he theory of perturbations. The shoal is 100,000 miles wide, and, although mo ving at 26 miles per sec., takes two years to cross the ea rth's track. According to Leverirer's remarkable calculation the Leverrier entered on their present course in March, A .~,.:.-;.,1 26 .

On October 30th, the H ead Master

gave an informa l lecture on "Prehistoric Buildings." Mr. Galpi n begun by saying it would be necessa ry to limit th is wide subject for the present to th e earth and stone monuments whi ch formed the IHlrring places of p rehistori c men, especially in the Neolithic Age. T he little he.apedup grave of Christian churchyard s is a survival of the ancient mound or barrow. Barrows are or two main kinds j-Iong, co ntaining the bones or the early longhead ed race, who buried th eir dead without burning and kn ew nothi ng of metals ; or round, containing urns that held the ashES of the sho rt-head ed race, who burnt t heir dead and had learnt to use metals as well as fl ints. Both th ese types of bar ro,,· were modelled on the lines of th e hu ts, in wh ich the tri bes dwelt. For it was an alm ost universal belief th at the spirits li ved their old life over again ; so th ey must be made comfortable, and supplied with food, and weapons for the chase, and such like. All these old beliefs help to invest with a new meaning and sometimes to explain various fune ral Cllstoms of modern days-to wh ich reference was made in some detail. The great stone stru ctures connected with t he dead, that

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arc found all over the world , may be divid ed into three classes,-( I) Menhirs, or single upright ston es ; (:z) Dolmens, or

stone chambers; and (3) Cromlechs, or stone circles. Of these there was much to reco rd, and the inte resting chambered tumuli of '~T iltshiret Britta ny, and th e Channel I slands, which Mr. Galpin had examined and in many cases measured

and photograph r.d, were then described. Much help in understanding the special features ~of these stone passages and chambers was given by a number of

photographs, plans. and drawin gs exhibited in th e room; the wonderful avenue of stones at Carnac, more than 1,200 rude pillars extending for nearly a mile in eleven parallel rows, came in for a great deal of n otice. On a futur e occasion the H ead Master hoped he might be ab le to say something of the prehi storic buildings, which are more closely connected with reli gious worship and may be called Temples.

On November 6th, r.. ,v. Carrington r ead a pape r o n Ie Th e F ourth Egyptian

Dynasty." H e began with sket ching the History of the Decipherm ent of the Egyptian Hieroglyphics. In the sixteenth and seventee nth centuries efforts were mad e to read them, but with small success. The rea l decipherer wa s a French man , Champollion, and the key to their deciph erment was the Si Rosetta Stone, now in the British IV[useum. H e n ext dealt with the ori g in of the Egyptians, and showed their probable affinity with the great Punic or Phcenician race . Th e first three Dytlasties were almost mythical" th ough we have complete lists of their Kin gs. The fi rst hi storical king was Sneferu, the founder o f the Fourth Dynasty, whose date may be placed approximately at B .C . 4,000. Hi s successors, Cheo ps, Chephren, and iVIycerinus built the th ree largest pyramids at Gizeh , anet part of Myccri nu s' coffin and mummy are in the British Mu seum. Myceri nus was the last great Pharaoh of thi s D ynasty. H e concl ud ed with giving instances of the immense value of oriental archreology, in illustrating and co nfirming the Bibli cn l Tradition.

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OXFORD D EAR SIR,

The names of the O.K.S., now tip at Oxford appeared, I b eli eve, ill the last iss ue of the <I Cantuarian," so there is no need for me to g ive yo u a detail ed list a second time j so far the two new arrivals, F. M. Furley, of Nell" College, and C. P. Fynes-Clintol1, of St. J ohn's, ha\'o not specially distingui shed themse lves, in athletics or on the river, tho' ntmour says that on the 5th one at least of them had something to do with another of th e elements. Of the seniors, Auste n, of Keble, has been 'playing football, both rugby and association for the College, and also we be lieve in his spare time is to be see n on the river. The rest of us; well; "non om nia possumus omnes," and do one thin g or so at a time. Toulmin has been playin g for Magda len; Scrivenor has been coaching H ertford freshmen; and on occasio ns has sh own that it is p oss ibl e to maintain the most fr iendly relation s with don s without any loss of dignity. F awssett is a familiar figure in all the villages within ten miles of Oxford, . and Hopkins wh en h e is n ot going up or down stairs may be seen alm ost any,,Âˇhcrc.

LETTER, Carter and H. J. F yn es -Clinton arc both labouring un der th e near prosp ect of g reats, while Headlam has been converted to a bird of p assage a nd d ivid es his time quite impartially between the High and the H ouse of Lords. ' Ve were g lad to find Mr. Ritchie in Oxford when T erm began, and so far he has been a regula r attendant at O .K.S . Meetings (th ere have only been two) . Th e ri ver to him is as attractive as ever. T he early part of the time has passed in perfect serenity; the light fours were p roductive of no surprises, and the Colk"go fours have, as ),ot. hardly como on. T he doi ngs of th e Football Teams would probably have little interc.st for most of your readers, not to mention lhat they have already been fully described in th e daily papers. 'Ve \\'ere glad to ~ee Mr. Galpin in Oxford early in the month; perh aps the Sch ool were equally pl eased if, as rumour says, it resulted in an extra half. Another pleasant s urprise was the advent of t ilL: <f Cantuarian ," all which I would \'c nLurc to co ngratulate the Editors, tho' a mom bel'

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of St. John's was grieved to find his patro n Saint un saintecl ÂŁIt pr/nl. Finally, th e O.K.S. would wish me to cO llvey to the School their congratulations or condolen ces as the case demands to the Team for their season so far, and their

good wishes for the future, while personally I should like ~o state that I am entirely unresponsible for this letter, and any further communications on the subject must be addressed to the -Hon. Sec. of the O.K. S.

CAM BRIDGE \ÂˇVc cannot refrain, in endea\"ouring to write a Cambridge letter, frol11 making some allusio n to the great loss O.K.S. have sustained in the death of F. S. Beynon, formerly Scholar of JeSli S College, although it is now some months si nce the sad event occurred . H e was well known to most O,K.s., and to many l\1[asters and boys still at the School, and all alike were greatly shocked and grieved at the sudden death which to')k from our midst one who was only just on the threshold of his career. A full notice has already appeared in the columns of the I I Cantuarian " frolll a far abler pen than our own, and we need therefore say 110 more.

The followi ng is the list of O.K .S. now in residence : -A. F . C. C. Luxmoore,

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C. H . G. Clarke, ane! E. L. A. Hertslet, Jesus; W. H . iVlaundrell, C. H. Kingdon, an d A. S. Athawes, Corpus; H. F. Stobart, Pembroke; S. S. Cook, St. J ohn's; W. C. F enn, and C. C. Frewcr, Selwyn; R. J. W. Heale, Trinity; G. C. Valpy, Christ's, and H . ,.y. Love, Trinity Hall. '~'e believe this to be a full and co rrect list, but crave the indulge nce of anyone, who by any oversight, may have been omitted . Luxllloore has been, as usual, greatly in evidence on the Rugger Field : the accident that he sustained to his shoulder in the Rosslyn Park match happi ly does not appear to have heen serious, an d we are glad to see he is playing again . We congratulate Clarke on playing in the F resheTS' Rugger Match. H ertslet has

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evide ntly come up with sOllie reputation on the track, as he has been already elec ted Secretary of the ] esus Athletic Club, although he did not succeed in doing anything in the Freshers' tnile. Frewer, Clarke and Athawes have been playi ng for their reSI)ective Colleo-es o , whi le Heale, who prefers the F oote r F ield to the river this term, is to be seen in the Tri nity Scrum. Vie congratulate lVIaundrell on his many fine performances in the Corpus Sports, and hope he will represent the 'Varsity in more than one event next year at Queen's Club. Stobart is Captain of the Pemb roke Boats : he has been rowing regularly in the 'Varsity Trial Eights, and ough t to be sure of his T rials' Cap. Cook being in his 5th year wi ll unfortunately not be able to co ntinue h is good service for the C. U . H. & H. I believe this exhausts the Cambridge O,K.S. news; though we all deep ly regret

the fact that A. J. F en n has not been able to come up again and fill the many important posts to which he had been elected at Corpus. I n conclusion, we wish, if not too late, to congratulate the School nn their past successful Cricket Season, and to wish them good luck in the coming Footer Matches, especially with the O .K .S. at the end of term. By the way, by some oversight, no notice of the O.K.S. match seems to have been inserted in the "Cantuarian." '~'e are requested to state that any peo ple desi ring to pla~' should send in th eir names to C. H . Clarke, Jesus, im mediately. The match takes place on T hursday, Dec. 16th. All best wishes. H Floreat Schola Regia." Yours ever, O .K. S. CANTAB .

LECTURES. On W'ednesday, December 1st, the Bishop of Tasma nia delive red a Lecture to the School on H Tasman ia." He

rl escribed the lovely scenery and unrivalled climate of the I sland . I t is abollt the size of Ireland, and stands to Australia

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much as the Isle of \Vight does to England. T wo of its animals, the Tasman ian ., Devil" and "Tiger" are unique and found nowhere else. The I sland is scarcely more than half explored, a fact which lends peculiar charms in these ti mes. The Bishop dwelt upon the difficulty of farming, as a very conside rabl e ti me has to be spent on clearing the bush before any profit can be made. Many churches have bee n erected throughout the I sland, thanks to the open handed li be rality of th e farmers . The )Jative T asmani an Race has been exti nct for more than 2 0 years and the proble;n as to why all the Nat ive Races of the South seas gradually diminish in num bers whe n they come in contact with the \~7hite Races was put before us by the Bishop. No satisfactory answer to the problem has ever yet been given. The Lecture was both i nteresting and am using. and was illustrated by excellent lantern sl ides, ably manipulated by 1\1r, Cummings. On Thursday, Nove mber 18th, we

received a most interesti ng Lecture from. the Rev. Theodore \Vood, the well-known naturalist. His subject was" A Country Walk," in th e course of wh ich, he pointed out some of the many interesting forms of animal life which an observant pedestrian may see, and told us a great deal ab out th eir habits and pec ul iarities. His selection included t he sq uirrel, th e hedge-hog and the stoat, while, besides these four-footed beasts. we learned a great deal about the Kestrel and the barn-o wl, and their assiduous persecution of the unfortunate mouse. The methods by which th e cuckoo gets its eggs hatched, the voracio us habits of the robin, th e culinary preparations of the butcher-bird, th e destructive powers o f the aphis, were all put before us in tu rn ; whi le some useful information about, and urgent warnings again st, certain ki nds of beetles, whose pictures th e Lecturer drew on a black-board with startling ease an cl rapidity, brought to a conclusion one of the most delightfu l Lectures we have heard.

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DEBATING After discontinuing its Meetings during last 'Vinter, this Society has been revived under th e presidency of C. \ V. Carrington. It is gratifying to record a very fair amount of success, the attendance at the two debates held so far, num bering over forty on each occasion.

On Friday, October 1St, the VI. Form met in the Museum, when th e following were elected to form th e Committ.ee : E. J . Smith ( [-Jon. Sec.), I-I. A. D. Pereira, Vol. C. L. Pulling, R. E . Brinslcy-Richards, C. I-I. Dodington, I-I. J. Mowll, R. M. Tu ke, and F. 1\I. Gadney. The first Meeting was held on Saturday, October (6th, when the President moved that in the opini on of the house "All degrees conferred on Men at the U ni versities sho uld be thrown open to \-Vomen.' H e was sup ported by C. I-I.

SOC I ETY . Dodingto n and I-I . .J.

Mowl l. The opposition \\'as led by E. J. Smi th, and included I-I. A. D. Pereira, R. E . Brinsley-Richards and \.y. C. L. Pulling. After a kee n discussion t he motion was eventually lost by 15 votes to 3 I. On. Saturd ay, Nov. 20, th e subje ct uncl eI' discllssion was 1/ The Ad\'isability of introducing Conscription into this Country." The mover, \V. C. L. Pulling. made an excellent speech, but was somewhat indifferently su pported, while C. \\'. Carrington and H. A. D. Pereira, spoke well fo r th e opposition. On a show of hands being demanded, the motion was declared lost by a large majority, the figures reading: for 6, against 39. Unfor tunately th e H on. Secretary's notes on the Society's transactions ar'J not avai lable, it is hoped this fact \\~ill in SJme degree excuse the fragmentary nature of this report.

O.K.S . DINNER. The Annual O.K.,S. Dinner will take place on M~nday, Janua.ry (7th .. 1 8~8, at the Monico Restaurant, Piccadilly Circus, \V. The RIght Rev. BIshop i\11tcl1lll son has kindly consented to lake the chaa.

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SCHOOL NEWS . Som8 very interesti ng copies of Greek friezes have been put in the Parry Library, and also a number of busts of " heroes of antiquity," in place of the dismal and timc~w o rn wrecks that did duty for Alexand er, H ercu les and the rest.

\Ve must apo logise for o mitting in our last issue to ofrer a welcome which Âˇis none th e less hea rty for being late, to Mr. Hayn es, of the Kensington Art School, who has taken up the teaching of F reehand Dra\~' ing in the Schoo'!.

The VIth . Form has lately had the privilege of attending- three I i Talks " o n Dante by the D ean, in which he explai ned the general purpose and scope of the -D ivi na Co media, and also made clea r the somewhat co mpli cated structure of the I nferno.

On \;Yecln esd ay evening, Nov . 17th, through the kindne ss of the D ean, the School were prese nt at the pe rfo rmance of Si r Henry Cresswell's E cclesiastical Dlama, "The Conve rsion of England." This is a representation in te n Tablea ux, of historical scenes c~nll ected with the Mission of S. Augustine . The costumes a nd so forth have been designed with the utmost care : to give an idea of the accuracy on these points we may menti on that the flabdlum used in the baptisIl1 of King Ethelbert has actually been in use in Southern Italy : a nd the drinking-horn used by th e Frankis h Count is an old Roman d rinking-vesse l.

As will be seen in another column, the Bishop of Dove r attended the first Penny Reading th is term, and very kindly This was asked fo r a half-holiday. enjoyed by the School on Monday. November 15th . T wo of our representatives at J es lis

College, Cambridge,-E. L. A. H ertslet and C. H . G . Clarke-have presented On Thursday evening, N ov. 18th , thei r College coat-of-arms to the Hall. , we were privileged to hear a most enjoyIt has been hung up above t he lift. able L ec ture by' the Rev. Theodore Wood,

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on a l< Country \Valk." A fulle r accou nt will be founei in au other "ellllnn . This is no\\' the third time that thS School ha s heard Mr. \Vood lecture, in his interesting and amu si ng style, which app eals to all, wh ether they are votar ies of natural history or not.

that, in spite of the great press of work und er which Canterbury trade smen are inva riab ly lah olll'ing, th e new cap will be ready for use before this appears in print.

\\Te offer our very hearty con gratulati ons to the following on havin g ob tained their firs t XV. colours : A. 'V. Ri chardson, The Masters "cry kindly gave a Penny E . Finn, C. H. E od ington, G . N. Finn. Reading to the bors of the JlInior School, \\I. B. H a rdy. W. V. H eale. T. H . Col!e)'. which took place on Saturday. Nov. 20 th. I-I. Ayl win, L . R. Cooper, A. S. John son , and J. .C . Lucas ; to H, J. Mow jJ', O n Thursday, Oct. 21 St, Mr. \Villiams anel S. V.,r. Cole on receiving their to ok a X\" . to Ram sgatc. represe nt.ing' coloms again from last yea r; and to the Canterbury, including so me mem bers of the fo ll o'ving who have bee n granted their School team, to playa match against th e "badges ": C. 'V. Carrington, R. D . Thanet \ Vanclere rs, in aid of th e Maid - Ma rshall. G. S. Braddell. L. R. Cooper. stone Relief Fund. T he match res ul ted F. I-I. F etherstone. J. C. Lucas. A. S. in a win for the \\'an derers' team by foul' John 50n. P. H. Colley. S. G. Brow n. tri es ( 12 poin ts) \0 nil. F . \V. D . C. Andrews, and K. C. Strahan . ,';.

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The lVIint Yard has been lately in a state of confusion, th e res ult of drainage o peration s. \ Ve understand that there was a danger of considerable damage to the schoolroom wali s, owing to the choki ng of the down pipes by the accumulation of years. \ Ve are glad to say that thi s danger exi sts no longe r . . A new first X\~. footba ll cap has been designed ancl sanctioned. I t is. hoped

The prize for E nglish Essay, the subject of which was set at th e end of las t t erm, has been awarded to E. J. Sm ith. wh om we congratulate ve ry heartily. ~.' ~~

\Ve understand that it is intended to put up in the Gym nasium th e nam es of th o:.c who have in past rears represe nted the, Sch ool at the Annual Public Sc hools'

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CANTUARJAN . penny monthly, call ed th e I I Public School Magazi ne," the fi rst num ber o f which will be published about Dec. ' 5. I t seems fro m th e prospectus to be very promising and thorough ly dese rving of snpport. The E di tor is a la te scholar of Clare College, Carnbricigc, ex- preside nt of th e Cambridge Union Society, and edito r of <c T he Granta,"

Gym nastic 8ompetitio n at Aldershot. As we fully recognise wh at an important pa rt the Gymn asi um shoul d take in the physical trainin g of th e School , we are very glad that it is at last to receive as it we re an official recogn ition . \Ve should like to call th e attention of Iltcmbers of the School to a new six-

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A. F . L m:illoo re has bee n represe nting Cambridge at Rugby Football, ancl has again taken hi s place after being injured in th e Rosslyn Park match . At the Corpus Christi Athl eti c Spo rts, \,V. H . IVlallnd rell won the hi gh jump, clearing Sft. 3~-in . , and the q uarter-mil e, wi th consum mate ease, in 53ยง sees . On th e following day he covered 20ft. 4-ti n, in the long-jump, and won. H e al so wo n the ham mer throwing . I n addition to th ese successes he wo n the 100 yard s in I O~ sec., and the f2 0 yards handicap in I 2.:} se(', H e stood down fro m the h urdles, for whic h he holds his Blue,

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H . F . Stobart is Captain of the Pembroke Boats, and ha s been ro wing regularly in th e 'Varsity Trial E ights. H e also

rowed No. 2 in th e P embro ke Four which was beaten . George Collard, E sq ., has been elected :Mayo l' of Canterbury for the third tim e in succession . S. S, Cook has been ru nn ing for t he Ca mbridge U niversity H are and H ounds. P. J. Rya l.l nas take n his B. A. D egree at Lo ndon University. Ken nerley Rmn fo rd has had the honour of sin ging before the Queen . J. St, A. J ohn so n ha s wri tten a Cantata which is to be performed at the Al exandra Palace in J une, with a cho ru s of 1 ,000 voices.

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C ORRESPONDENCE . H ,B. - TIIe Editors declilte to accept any 1'cspoltSibility co~tltected witlt the o/JinioltS 0/ their Correspolldel1ls. ,Vamc and address IIlltst ahtJays be gw en , not necessarily for publication, bitt as a gllamutee 0/ good fait /to P ersollalilies wilt involve certain n icetioll. T H E" SCHOOL S ON GS."

To tile Edllors of " TH E C ANTUA_RI AN ." Dear Sirs, \~' i ll you excuse an O,1(. S. add ressing yo u o n a subject that p erh aps chi efly conce rn s th e prese nt generation ? I re fe r to the so -called Of School So ngs." H ow often, I wo nder. has the pleasure of hearing the Sc hool Concerts bee n mi tigated fo r ma llY of us by havi ng to liste n to H arro w songs bei ng sung as thoug h they were our so ngs? I n partic ula r, it a lways struck s o m ~ of us as a cur ious instance of lack of humour that the famo us H arro w foo tball song, with its refe rence to " the tram p of the /roellty-two men," should be solemnly cha nted by members of a school which has for generations bee n devoted to the no bler strugg le of t he Rug by game. There a re plenty of good so ngs that are comm on property, and there mu st be musicians a nd poets who co uld gi ve us some genuine school songs. ' Vhy should we poach o n others' prese rves? And, plainly, isn't the pos itio n a little hum iliating? Fa ithfully yours, O.K. S.

To tile Editors of " THE CANT UARI AN ," Sirs, Several other O.K. S., besides mysel;, have been mu ch surprised at the late innovation, which provides that t wo Masters should stand o n the Committee of th e "Cantuarian ." I t seems to us, Si rs, that the I I Can tuarian" is just o ne of those importan t institution s which should be managed by th e boys , a nd the boys alone , So it has bee n in the past, and why sho uld th e a rrangement be altered ? If such a precedent is o nce started , what is to prevent similar innovations being made in games, debates, and other branches of School li fe ? I t makes li ttle difference th at the maste rs have little o r much to do with the " Cantuari an." T he fact remains th at they do have some control over it, and that the boys no lon ger have it in t heir own hand s. As an editor, who assisted in bringing out twelve numbers of the " Cantuarian," I feel deeply thi s recent change, wh ic h, in o ur generati on at all events, seemed quite unn ecessary. Un der t he circ umstances the School paper now seems q uite a diffe rent t hing fro m. its or igina l, an cl thou gh I, as a ll O ,1(. S., feel the g reatest interes t in the School and its doings, I do not feel myse lf justified in cont inuing to sub sc rib e to the medi um which reco rd s th em. Alas ! T empora Yo urs, O.K.S. mutaniur.

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NOTICES. ' Vc beg to acknowledge with thanks th e receipt of the following subscriptions : E . M. Toulmin. W. R. Mowll (9/- ). H. W. Freston ( 17/ 6). W. G. Gates (7/-). J. Dixon (7 /- ). E. W . Moore (7/- ). Rev. I-I. H. H. Boys (7/- ). A. J. Duval ( 10/ 6). R. Hake ( 10/6). H. E . Morice (7/- ), Rev. R. L. Ottley (.5/- ). H. S. S. Parker ( 10/ 6), Rev. L. H. Cook. J. W. Longsdon, H . B. Milsome ( 10/ 6). J. Duval, H. E vans, F . T. Harriso n (7/- ), R. G.

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Cooper ( '11- ). E. H. Glennie ( 10/6). G. T. Donaldso n. F . H . Hall (7/- )'

NIost of th e back N urn bers of /I Cantuarian" may be bought from the Secretary: price, 6d. each. The Annual Subscription, 3/6, is now due, and should be sent as soon as possible to the Secretary, R. M. Tnke.

CONTEMPORARIES. \¥e. beg to acknowledge, with thanks, th e receipt of the following Magazines :QuI/on Valence ScllOol A1agaz£ue, Dovorl(w ,

Ot/sel, Li{y, C.O.s., Fe/sledian, 111"a/vtnliaJl, Bradfield Coll~"e lIIagaz/lIt.

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EDITORIAL. The Easter Term is usually devoid of any particular in cident, and this E aster T erm bids fair to be no exception. I-Iockey is again being played and th e School have won one of the four matches played and drawn anoth er. The Boat Club which is now un der the Presidency of IV1r. Bell is already practising for the Races which are to take place early next term. T he Harvey Society und er its new President, 1'v1r. Vi nter, has reco mmenced its meetin gs, and two Papers have been read. The end of last T erm was marked by a very pleasant House Supper g ive n by the H eadmaster, at which he co mmun icated to us the proposed plans for restorin g and beauti fy ing the Big Schoolroom. The Musical Society are meetin g regularly, and they gave a Penny Readin g on February 19th. General regret is felt at t he departure of Mr. Cummings. H e came to th e School in September, 189 5, to take Mr. Tripp's place, and during th e short time he was with us, he too k a kee n inte rest in the School games and made many friends especially am ong th e Lower Boys. H e was President of the H arvey Society, and of the Boat Club during his last term. 1\1ÂŁr. John Morley in a recent speech has demonstrated at considerabl e length that th e doings of Stoddarts' Team in Australia