The Cantuarian July 1900 - December 1902 by OKS Association | The King's School, Canterbury

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f th is te rm seem scarcely to have left time for their own chronicling.

~ 11111 I.I ~t tll t'j cam c, from the very beginning, and the task of recording them

I ""I'M '.lllt.( in the rush to enjoy them . \¥e have agai n been ho noured by a I I III HU)'lI h)'; II June 12th, Princess Louise, with her husband the Duke of II I 11111 1111\\ II Lo unveil in the Cathedral a mem.orial to the Buffs. H er visit was II 1111 11 dr ve away from the Dtanery the School assembled in the Green III 11111 d Iwlt Iwing made, the Captain read and presented an address of welcome. I II I II HItIl I'II/'I expressed her pleasure, and g raciously requested the Headmaster III I "hull l hnliday. This was given on Monday, June 25th, and though the day I ,ul III hl\ \\lot, was appare ntly thoroughly enjoyed by everybody. IVIafeking day 'I ,II, II ll dent history, but we should like future generations of K .S. to know 11·1 11111 IIIIM that occasion to "pass without a tribute by." Our predecessors I 11111 h'lI un record how they received the news of the Battle of Hastings, I 1I1.,1t Ilu' IlII brations of May 19th, 1900, the music, and the bunting, and II IIId IlIlhllld all, Lhe c heerful thund er of Izard's dru m, would form a sufficiently I 1111 fll ~1. '1'0 Private Atkins, of the British Army, whose movements in Itl+ 1\\1' It nv(' bee n following in an interesting little series of whole and halfI 11111'1 our since rest tha nks. His bu~iness th ere see ms nearly completed I" I Hilm i wnt 'h thc closing scenes from the class-room; but when Mr, Steyn 11.111'1/111 .14 th apita l of the Orange Free State to St. H elena, and Mr. Kru ger

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is brouO'ht home as a a curio, we may again perh aps mildly signify our approval with a ho1id~y. Meanwhile, from victories ab road we have to t urn to reverses at home; our Cricket season has so far been anything bu t successful. Out of len matches played we have lost six, drawn three, and won one. The. fault I lies not in our ~tars,' but in the fact that we seem utterly unabl e to produce a single good bowler. WIthout this commodity our batsmen, bat they never so wisely, arc seriously handicapped ; so much so, indeed, that on June 12th, fo r lhe nrst time in e.ight years, th e)' lost to S. Edmund's School. This defect seems like ly to mar the whole of the remall1c1er of the season, if some latent talent is not speedily discovered; and th ough we can not always expect as good a season as las t year, such a result would, to say t he least, be disappoi nting.

3n Memoriam. R. F. s.

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The memory of Lady Day, , 887, is in the minds of some of us still "'ve ' . . ere rIuly singularly vivid. employed in a divini ty lesson lIefore going to Church, when there came th at sudden stroke of the bell, the significance of which is emph asized by so many sad associations. It was a Friday in Lent, a day then solemnized by a sermon; the preacher told us of the death of the first Archd eacon of Maidstone. It was on a Lady Day we heard of the death of his successor. In many schools Gove rnors are shadowy beings, of whose character

and pe rsonality the schools kn ow nothin g, and in whose existence th ey on ly haIr believe. At Canterbury it is not so. Some of the Ca nons are of Course more and some less closely connected with the school. But as years pass by, and Old King's Scholars look back upon th eir sc hool-days, they find a happy remembrance of all, Of the late Archdeacon the school memory begins with a certain Saturday, more than thirty years ago, when the voice of the D eanor was it not the Vice-Dean?seemed to linger with approving

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II lIl phasis on sonorous syllables as ht' instnlled Benjaminum Fredericum SlIliLh as an H ono rary Canon. My first meeting with the Archdc'aeon was at Addington , when I was ordained Priest. H e was IHyin g there with the Archbishop, /l nd preached the Ordination Ser111011, a co py of whi ch I am glad ' lill lO possess. People are too "III h inclined to criticize sermon s In th ese times, and too litt le disI'wwcl to learn from them. In any I (PH' , a School- Magazine is not the Illuc' ~ r criticism of this nature. IH I it is as preachers that King's I !l nlors know the Canons best. I wi ll nly say that again and again I li ll Y found myself recalling th e II II ll1ncl pu rport of the Arc hdeacon's I IIII U Il S long after they were 1"1 111 hcd, and it is not all or even II ll1 l1 y s(' rmons of which one can I)' th at. As a speaker he was ' ,11 1111 1' ,ll)l c . '111 !~ 'Ioscness and kindliness of li lll It llnti n to th e King's School 11111\' tlllV ' bee n caused in some IINiI' d,Âˇwee by the fact that he did 11111 Ilnel nn absolute stran ge r in the

Head Master. Beginnings are always important. Dut the real c<\use lay in his life-long interes t in Education. His appointment as a member of the Royal Commission is a proof of the position he held in the Educational world. His experience of course had chiefly been gained with sc hools of a very different type to the Kin g's School. But still, education is education, and boys are boys, and one always felt that the Archdeacon, in dealing with the school anel its affairs. had not, as one of the duties of his new office, to take up a subject strange to him, in whi ch for the fi rst time circ umstances were forcing him to take an interest. H e" seemed to welcome the co nnexion as an opportunity for dealing with matters in which he was an expert, and in whi ch he had always played a prominent part. I am writing with out periphrasis in the first person, partly in recognition of a perso nal debt, but chiefly because no one but myself can be aware of the services he rendered to the sc hool during my Head Mastership. They were of a kind of which

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-rl------------------~-----------------r the school at large could kn ow nothin g ; they were, for all that, of the greatest importance. For several years the Arc hdeacon was th e officia l channel of comm unication between the H ead Master and th e Dean a nd Chapter. T his relation doc!> not a lways res ult in the crea tion of close pe rsona l attach ment, but the Archdeaco n combined the precision of an admira ble man of business with a courteous sympathy whi ch neve r

failed . H is knowledge a nd capacity inspired respect; it needs someth ing deeper to inspi re affection. T his came from th e impression he invariably created, that he was doing th e work ancl listeni ng to one's proj ects or onc's diffi culties, not as a formal thing or as a detail of business whi ch had to be got th rough somehow, but because he really cared about the school and was since rely a nxiou s for its welfa re.

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ATHLETIC

SPORTS.

T he Sports werc o ri gi na lly fixed for Tuesday ancl 'Wednesday, March 27 th and 28th, but we re postponed as a mark of respect to Archdeacon Smith, whose lamented death occurred on the previ ous Sunday. The fi rst day was th erefore a lte red to Friday th e 30th , wh en, in a north-cast win cI and warm sun shin e, the fi rst portion of t he program me was co ncl uded. On Monday, April 211(1, th e second da)', IVIrs. Ga lpi n gave an At Home in the Schoolroom. 'VVe were g lad to see a large company of friends of th e School in th e Green Court on both a ftern oo ns. T here were some interesting events, th e Open Hurd les bein g keenly co ntested, and Richard s win ning t he H a lf Mile in splendid styl e. \Ve should have liked to see more sta rters in th e H undred and Hurdles und er 16. Generally speakin g, consideri ng the increase in Oll r num bers, we expected to see a co rresponding increase of competitors. T he weather has certainl y not been enco uraging duri ng the term, and that may ha ve something to do with this somewhat un satisfactory res ult. At the co nclusion of the meeting on IVIonday, the Prizes were prese nted by Mrs. Galpi n, at the foot of the

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111 11 111 11 ,laircilse. We th an k th e following fo r kindly giving P rizes :- Thc Ve ry R ev. Ilul /) ('11 11 , th e Ladies of C.anterbury, Mrs. T e mple, Mrs. Galpin, Mrs. HamiltoIl , ~ I ". 111 r • J. '1'. H awes, E sq .• T he Masters. VIth and Vth Forms.

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H UR DLE RACE- I OO YARDS.

Ie ,,:, Uri nstey· 2. R. C. Paris Richards 3. L. R. Cooper. t l VI" the usual course. Pa ris kepI thc lead (or III 1111111 11111 '. Afte r the Railway Bridge, Richards nllt ltd Imd won by 20 yard s. T he .same ,11. ',1111 I! h 't ween Paris and Cooper. Time, 29l min.

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I I, ,.:, C recn 2. E. F inn. Distn.ncc, 83 yds. 8 in. I ill .. Wl\'I 19 yards short of Ihe d istance thrown I tl ,II ,

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II ALt-' MILE, I.

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I. , Dickinson 2. H . E. Green Ueight, 5 (I. I i in. 111. IIIIIIUIl, who had done an inch or so bett er hulll 1'~ l h ' I I('{', hnd the ill -luck to be I down ' with I 11-1 II MIMlcl;just beforc the Sports, otherwise 1111,, 111 "Iwe hnd a better performance to record.

Ten started. Richards spurted most of t he last Inp and won easily; a very good perform . ance. M I LE.

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L. R. Cooper 3· R. H. H itchcock R. C. P aris 2. T ime,s mir. . 31 sees. Cooper and Paris ran neck and neck for some time, but at the last lap Cooper showed a clean pair of heels, and won by 2 0 yards ; 30 ya rds between second and th ird. 600 Y ARD S ( H AND ICAP ). 2.

H . E. Green

A. D. Clark

3. R. A. Bryden G, Wacher Time, I min. 30 sees. A good race. Clark ran very well and WOII by 6 yards. ; 7 yards bet ween second and th ird. 1.

R. E. Brinsley· 2, R. C. Pnris R ichards Time, 2 min. 14! sees.

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B. C. Covell 2. R. E. Brinsley· Richards Time, 58! sees. Covell led to with in 120 yards (rom home, when Richards spurted and won by 10 yards. I.

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2. S. P. D. Sanders Length , 18 fl. 4 in. \ VII Y ledit able j ump, conside ri ng that Green I, ,I I, II . um.:li ng from a st rained back (or some

H. E. Green

7. G. A. F. Quentin Time, 17 min. Nairn ran second to Green in the fin al heat, but he w as chal!engecl by Quentin. T heir heat resu\! ecl in a tie, but on a second race Quentin won by a ya rd .

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STEEPl.E C H ASI-:. I.

O. F. Huyshc

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J. F. Swi nford An account o f th is wi ll Canluarian of last term.

QUARTER M ILE.

Thomas Covell , ii.

Nation, ii.

LON G J UMI',

Jackson

L ength, 13

F. Swinford 2 . A. Ii. T. Childs Height, 4 flo 10 in. T his jump beat the Under .6 record.

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I'l eight, 4 ft. 4 in.

H IGlI J UMP. I.

W. S. Sk inner

H IGH JUMf'. 1.

F. Swinford I 2. A. B. T. Childs Length, 17 ft. 3 in. A \'cry creditable pe rformance .

JUNIOR SC HOOL EVENTS.

be found in The

LONG J UMP.

Tim e, 72 sees.

Twells

C. H . Budd

Nation, ii. 8 in.

100 VARUS. I.

Gramshaw Covell, ii.

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Battersby

Time, 13t sees.

100 VARD S. I.

J. F. W Oll

Swinford Time, by i yard .

2. F. 12i- sees.

220 YARDS.

C. Bovcnschcn I.

J ackson Cramsbaw

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Jackson Covell, ii.

Leslie

R. D. 'W eston

Nation, ii. 3· { Rnmmell, ii. Time 75 sees.

V,,ratson

TIlRlm - LIWGED RACE. I I. I I. W. Cole and G. Waeher.

I 2. W. W. Loek Time, 62 sees.

SACK R ACE.

T. E. Noyes,

H ALF j....111.&.

CONSOLATION RAClt (QUARTER MIl.E).

R. D. Weston 3· O. F. Huyshe W . W. Lock Tim e, 2 min . 32! sees.

S. G. Brown. Ti me, 64! sees.

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100 YARDS.

Covell, ii.

220 YARDS (UNDER II ).

QUARTP-R MII.y..

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Swinford I 2. E. C. G reen . Time, 18 sees. Three sta rted, Sw inford, Green and McCulloch ii. Il was neck and neck ti ll Ihe seventh hurdlc, wh ich IVlcCulloch took just a litt le clea r of the others. Unfortunately he fell at the last hurdle. Swinford won by a yard.

Ti me, 33 s('cs.

L. T omlin

I 2. C. H. Budd Ti me, 13 sec!'.

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Collard

Rigden.

Ti me, 34 sees. STRANGERS ' RA C I~ (QUARTER MILE) .

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The Triangular Sports. KI NG'S SCHOOL. -

SUTTON VALENCE . -DoVEK COLLEGE .

Th annual Meeting with Dover College and Sutton Vale nce took place at Dover till l\ 1:\r h 31St, in whi ch, contrary to our hopes, if not to our expectations, we had In IH' content with second place. I t is possible that a long period of waiting on the nl~ ld mily not have im proved the nerves or the muscles of some of our represe ntaIIVI IH , bu t at t he same time it mu st be said that the performances of the wi nners were wnll nhove the average. Four firsts were sulTicient to give Dover the victory, but evcn I wu had carried off one of t he events wh ich fell to them, we should have bee n " 1I111l' 11 n the second s. We must console oursclves with the excellent performances III l)ickinson and Brinsley-Richard s. The latte r' s spurt in the mi le cam e as a ti\w lntio ll to many, who did not think that he would be able to sustain the effort for Ihll whole of a lap. I t is also satisfactory to notice that in no single even t were our II prt '~ (' ntatives hopelesly outclassed, and some of them we hope to see successful on Ii 11I\1lI'{' occasion. 'Ve mu st not omit to J)1ention the performan ces of our oppone nts, I pl'(inlly of Foster, who secured three firsts, an d of Ralph, who turned out in all Inll lint races, and secured first or second place in three of them. '\'h details of the different eve nts are given below ;100 Ie INO'S SC IIOOL

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SUTTON VALENCE.

DOVER COLLEGE.

II . .. Covell, I. S. L. Ralph, I. J. H. Foster. I. I r. II. W. Cole, 2. H. K. Pitt. 2 . R. L. McCulloch. FONt r on the outside got off well and led at the half distance, followed by , II ( ' Hllo h. The two Dover represe ntatives drew away at the finish, and took the III I I w() places . Covell was third, though it was a very close thin g between him and ILilph. with Cole and Pitt still further away. The official tim e was I I second s, 111111114 11 ~wo watches made it a yard or two inside that time. ,

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SUTTON VALENCE.

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I.. R. oope r, I. S. L. Ralph, I. E. P. Elwin, Ie C. Pari s. z, J. B. Shaw. 2 . J. VY. Simmons. II ",11K hoped that Cooper would repeat his performance of last year, but the nllllli h' prcscntatives went off ve ry fast ; at the quarter-mile Cooper was lying third 1111 1 1'llIkt'<1 li ke coming up, but his effort died away and he was passed by Paris, who II I UIIIlH'ly in pursuit of the leaders. On enteri ng the straight he was 30 yards I hl"d Itu lph, but was unable to get up, an d was beaten by 15 yards, th e time being 111 111 , ÂŁll:1cc., a fast-run raGe. Cooper finished fourth.

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KING 'S SCIlOOI.. I.

H. E . Green, G. A. F. Quentin.

L. i\J eacle, T. G. Pitt. " '.

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H. Foster, R. L. McCulloch.

H ere again we suffered a disap pointment, as Green got olT beautifully and had the lead a t the th ird flight, when he seemed to lose step and hesitate- the result of his unlucky strain-and th is threw him com ple tely out. Dover again secured the first two places, Foster beati ng McCulloch by four yards in J 9 seconds. Quentin made a good efTort and was only just beaten out of second place; so, if we may take a line through Green's performa nce on the previous day, wh en he beat Quentin by considerably morc than that distanc e, he might on hi s true form have succeeded in winning the event. HIGH K I:-IG'S SCHOOL. I ,

E. G. Dicki nson, H. E. Green.

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DOVER COLlEGE.

IV. L. Meade,

T. G. Pitt,

z. E. F. Pritchard.

A. R. New lands.

This cycnt proved morc satisfactory fro m our point of vicw. The bar was put up at 4 ft., 6 in., but both strings of Sutton Valence failed to clear t his height. Another two inches proved fatal to the Doycr second string. who also hurt his foo t on the heavy cross-bar. Green failed at 4 ft, 10 in., his first attempt was almost sllccessful, but at the second an d third he fa iled to gel a respectable take-off. Another inch "as too mu ch for Ncwlands, a nd Dicki nson was left the winner without having knocked the bar ofr.

I n an exhibiti on j um p he cleared 5 ft .

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third attempt, and then stopped . QUARTER MI LE . KI NG ' S SC HOOl.. J. 2.

R. E. Brinsley-Ri charcis, B. C. Covell.

SUTTON VAU'!" C1-: . I.

S. L. Ralph,

H. K. Pitt.

D OVER C OLLEGE.

/. R. L. McCulloch, 2 . G. H. Smart.

This was, und oubtedly. the best race of the day, in wh ich a little luck might have given us th e vict.ory. Ri chards decided to keep with in a reasonably d ose distance of the leaders, fearing to let them get too far away. H ence, though he made his characteristic spurt some '50 yards from the fini sh, a nd on turn ing into the straight seemed to have the race in hand, his pace failed him, and he was just beaten out of second place by Ralph on the post, a matter of 18 in ., while McCull och could n?t have been more th an a foot in front of Ralph, the tim e being 56t secs, Covell dId not finish.

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DOVER CO LLEGE.

S U TTON V,\LE:\CE.

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1, ll . KGreen, I . S. P. D. Sanders.

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\V. L. Meade, J. A. Thorn hill.

J. H. Foster, J. \V. Sim mons.

This event brought an end to our hopes, as Fosler put a third win to I.lis credit \\ II II a jump o f 18 ft . 7 in., only th ree inches beyond Gree,:'s o f. the prevIOus clay. I llIt · latter' s first jump was spoilt by his touc hin g th e ground with hiS h,and, the ot~1ers Wt ll ,- hettel', but hardly reached ' 7 feet, Sanders a nd the two Dovon ans were ~wen 1111 t'X11:l jump apiece, and the former managed to sec ure second place by a bare Inch, Ilut (I ll ite a foot behind the wi nner. THE MILE.

IC E. Drinsley ·Richards, •• I .. R. Cooper, I It. . Paris.

D OVER COLLEGE.

SU1 v rON V ,\I.ENCF.

KI Ne' s SCII OOL.

B. S. G. Robertson, 2 . J. R. C. Gannon, 3. S. L. Ralph . I.

E. S. '~' h ee l e r, 2 . H. J. Hills, 3. A. L. Wrenfo rd. I .

l(l'C renee has already been made to the splendid way in whic~l Richards scored " \\ III for li S in a vcry good race. The start was made on the far sl ~le of the ground, I 1111'1,-, were 4! laps to the mile, and from the outset our represe ntatives. left th e paccIlhl k,q li s verely alone, in fact, on passing the pavilion for the second tll~e they we!'e ,Ii!(ultllt'ly last. The same order was maintained 'for the next round, with R~lph III h" lIl. ('xccpt that the Dover third string had dropped to th e end of a ratl" er lelsurdy IIIH I !'''!'Iion. \Vh en the bell rang for the final lap, Richards for~ook Coo per, wI~h , 1111111 h appeared to have been holding an animated conversatlon, an d star~ed m 1'11,,11111 of lhe leaders, with 50 or 60 yard s to make up. One after another th~ lIlterI nlnH tunn el's subsided as he passed them. Ralp~ made ?-ll effort" but Ri cha rd s 11I1I 11I"ei him at the top corner and lite rallr left Ium standing, c,om~n g dowll the 1IIIII{ht with a spurt fa r better than his effort 1Il the 9uarter, and ":lIlIlIng, by 40 yds" I II ~ IIlI n . 7 ~ sec. Cooper cat!le up gamely?-t th e fimsh after look1l1g as If d? ne for, Hn1 l1ui Khcd fourth . The tlln e was nothIng remarkable, as th e pace dunng the I Itl lt ll "tages was very slow, but Richards' tirn~ for the ~ast quarter I~lust have been 11 1111 wllt'rc near 60 sec., and he came in for qUIte an ovatIOn at the fi1l1sh. ., 'I'hili I ft the final res ults: Dover College, four firsts and three seconds ; KIng s • hlllll , I wo f"irsts and two seco nds; Sutton Valence, one fi rst and two ~econ ds ., . Wi' ..lUSt not omit to ex press ou r thanks to Dover College for the k1I1d hospl ta~Ity hli II Ih Y showed us; to Mr. Lewis, of Sutton. Valence, and Mr. La~ter, ~o: actll1~ I JII IIWIH i <tlld also to t he referee, sta rter, an d time-keeper for th e duties \\ hlch the) II . llIi 1111ltl)' performed .

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King's School v. St. Edmund's School. These Sports werc held on the Beverley, on ' Vcd ncsday, April 4th, and resulted in a crushi ng defeat for the School, St. Ed mund's scori ng five events to two in the Open, three to two in the Under 16. and two to 11/' in the Under t 4- competitions. It is not pleasant, but it will perhaps be profitable to trace so me of the causes that contributed to the greatness of this reverse; Lord Roberts' criticisms on reccnt disasters have proved of the utmost value; we hope that our humble efforts in a similar direction may not be e ntirely without ("ifect. First and foremo st it is no use to excuse ourselves on the ground that o ur opponents possessed two or three rCp'resentatives of vcry hi gh me rit. It is true that Geary's running was magnificentin fact quite the featm!" of the meeting; still we ce rtainly ought to have fully extende d him in at least one of hi s four races, an d should have done so but for the woful lack of judgment on the part of one of our represe ntatives. At mosp heric conditions were again st good times being don e : but, with the same first string as last year, it seems only natura l to s uppose that we ought to have preve nted the time for the Mile bei ng nea rl y ten second s, that of the Quarter (o pen) more than three, worse than last year. It was ce rtainly stupid of Richards, who sacrificed everything to kee ping his spurt intact, and appcare~1 afraid to tire himself by running up the hill at anything faster than a snail's pace, to get hopel essly behind at the sta rt in cach of his three races. I t was unfortunate that this erroneous method of running the mile wa s so successful at Dover ; had he failed then, Richard s would proba bly have learned a val uable lesson. On this occasion he ought to have see n that his tacti cs we re not paying, and there fore changed the m. H ad he run as he should, he wo uld probably h,we given Gea ry muc h better races in the Quarte r anel Half, and very poss ibly have won the Mile, though Geary seemed to have plenty to spare in each eve nt. It seems a pity that no on-looker was sufti ciently observant to tell Richards of hi s mistake and persuade him to keep up to his ma n at all costs. But it needs far more than the se or similar reasons to ex pla in why the School failed to win a single of the ten races on the programme. T he advantage our opponents had in the possession of a professional trainer was certainly very great; we hope that the School will some day be able to secure the services of such a n one ; if we hope to be successful in sports we shoul d certai nl y do so soon ; Dover have a lways beaten us in the T riangular Sports, and St. Edmund's School prod uced some very good runners in the Jun ior events, so that our future prospects are none too hopefu l. Again it was commonly said at the time by those in authority that our Sports' meetings were too many or too closely c rowded together. I t is perfectly true that we were prevented from holding our own Sports 011 th e date originally fixed , but the weathe r is always likely to cause a similar postponement. Surely the best remedy lies not in the abolitio n of the Triangular Sports, but in holding our own meeting ten days or a fortnight, instead of two or th ree days, before our contests with other schools. The inte rval would give time fo r important t rials, and enable successful

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lompctitors to specialise in their bes t r~ces. o r jmnps after pot-hunting on the G~een , IIlId t remedy their defects. An alteratIOn ill the date of our Sp?rts would necessitate II IllU 'h earlier start in training, but it would not matter cllrtmitng the desultory end 01 Ih (' Football season . . The magnitude of our failure in the S.E.S. Sports was not, however. only due to IlII R ~ rtulles like the lack of a professional trainer o r the awkward date of our OW~l l'i lll)l'ts. There can be no doubt that Blore's Piece. was not freque ll~ed as often as it .. hlluld have been; intending competitors .should tr~lI1 three or four tll~e.s a. week, not IIlIi 'I' o r twice. A crreat ·mista ke is made III supposlllg that good condtlloll IS the only HII\uiSiLC for s ltcces~ in athletics; the art of running a race or taking a jump in the 11M It. way is of almost equal importance, and cannot he acquired exc~pt by c~:ms~ant pl ,u'lie . If a perso n is in good condition he o ught to be able to llld t1l ~e In lIght It /li ning two days after a paper-chase, so. th e~e. need be no e~cuse on t1us g round. I ,t1y. we were g reatly struck by a diSpOSitIOn the compehtors showed to r~ly ,"wl usivcly on their ow n ideas, which are often erroneous, and neglec t to take adVlce III lhosc Masters we allude to IVressrs. Latter, Austen and Baly, who so generously Ml l vn up th eir tim'e in coming to superintend our trainin g . \Ve feel certain they w~uld ItI 1I'; I<ly to give their advice even to the youngest who consulted them. It certamly .. ht1WKgreat conceit on the part of a boy to neglect to consult those who hav~ far 11,"1\ 1 ,' xpcrience in ath letics than he has.· One word mO le-starts should be practised Itllll'h mure frequently, and not put off till a few days before th~ Sports ; two, at least, Itl OUf representatives are noto riously bad starters~ al~d the Importance of a good (·specially in the shorter races, cannot be over-es~lInated . " 'he chief features of the day , besides the splench d runmng of Geary alluded to ,dIIlVt ' were the crooel jllmpin !'Y of Dickinson, Bl'omley, and Swinford (who now holds Ihl ,, ·~~ords for b~th Jumps Under 16), the strong runn ing of Chritc~ley and Harvey, .1111111111 plucky efforts of Paris in the longer races. \Ve append detatls :-

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(U NDER

14).- Time, 13tsecs.

I,'. W. Harvey (S.E.S. ) ; 2nd , J. L. Tomlin (KS. ) ; A. Mustard (S.E.S.) C. I L Budd (KS. ) o. A close race, won by inches.

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t. t I. ~ 1. Geary(S.E.S.); lnd, R. E. Brinsley-Richards (KS. ) ; 3rd, R. C. Paris (KS.); R. II . Hitchcock, (KS. ) 0; O. B. Bull (S. E .S.) 0 ; C. R. Duppuy (S.E.S. ) o. PIU is an d Geary made th e running till nearly th e nudd le of the second ( last) lap, II hon Pari s dropped behind i Richards sp rinted about 180 yards from the tape, 111111 ov rhaul ed Paris, but failed to reach Geary, wh o 1V0n comfortably by about "lit ),ortis. Except Paris, none. of tl~e rest finisl:ed. Bull showed great skill in !loUltll'ing Richa rds and p reventmg hun fro m passmg.

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3路- H IGH JUMP (UNDER 16). - Height. 4ft. 8~路 in s. 1St, A. B. T. Childs (KS. ;; 2nd. H. E. Giles (S.E.S.), and J. F. Swinford ( K.S.) ;

J. E. H olderness (S .E.S.) o. Our second strin g won with a very creditable jump, co nsid erin g tl)f~ adverse conditions that prevailed. 4.- 100 YARDS (OPEN ).- (No official ti me taken).

1St, H. M. Gear)' (S.E.S.) ; 2Ild. B. C. Covell (K.S. ) ; S. G. Brown (KS. ) 0; A. C. "V. Edwards (S .l!: .S .) o. dead heat ror 3rd place.

Geary won easily.

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5路- HI GH J UMP (Ol'EN).-Height, 5 ft . .j . in. 1St, E. G. Dick inson (K.S. ) ; 2nd, J. E . M. Bromle)' (K. S.) ; H. M. Eyre (S.E .S.) 0; C. R. Duppuy (S .E.S.) o. A creditable jump und er the ci rcumstances j Bromley was only an inch behind. S . L. \Nattan, St. Edmund's best man in thi s event

and a val uable second string in some of the races, could not compete owing t~ an injured ankl e. 6.-100 YARUS (UNDE R 16 ) .-Time I ztscCS .

1St, A. H . M. Chritchley (S.E.S.) ; 2nd. J. F. Swinford (K. S.) ; F . C. Bovenschen (KS. ) 0; H . E. Giles (S.E .S.) o. Swinfo rd led at the half-distance, but Chritchley finished very strongly.

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?-LONG J UMP (oPEN) .-Distance, 17 ft. 9i!-ins . F. Swinford (K.S. ) ; znd. S. P. D. Sanders (K.S ), and A. C. W. Edwards (S.E.S.); M. H. E)' re (S.E.S.) o. An excellent jump fo r one who is still

under 16, especially when the soft state of the g round is co nsid ered. 8.--QUARTER MILE (UNDE R 16).-T imc , 62 sees.

1St, A. H. M. Chritchley (S.E.S.) ; 2nd, R. D . Weston (K.S.); W. W. Lock (KS.) 0; H . E . Calvert-Smith (S .E.S.) o. runn er, bu t his styl e is ugly.

Chritchley won easi ly .

H e is a very stro ll O' 0

9路 -QUARTER MI LE (OPEN) .-Time, s8tsecs.

1St, H. M. Gear)' (S.E.S.) ; 2nd. R. E. Brinsley-Richards (K.S.); B. C. Covell (K S.) 0; <.:. R. DupplI)' (S.E.S. ) o. Geary and Covell led the wa), with Richards far bet.incl. At the half-di stance Geary drew ahead; Hi chards sprin ted about 170 yards from home, and passed Covell in the straight. IO.-LONG JUMl> (UN DER 16).-Distance, 16 ft. 8i!-i ns.

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J. B. Lapsley (S.E.S.); A. B. T. Childs (KS. ) 0; As expected, this event proved an easy victory for

F. Swinford (K.S.); 2nd,

H. R. Morgan (S.E.S.) o. Swin ford .

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I I . -HURDLE S (OPEN ).- T ime, 19i secs. 18t, O. B. Bu !! (S.E.S.) ; 2nd. H. E . Green (K.S. ); G. A. F. Quentin (K.S. ) 0;

A. C. \V. Edwards ( S.E.S. ) o. by two or three yards. IZ .-HALF

Bull sooh establIshed a lead and eventually won

MILE (UNDER 16).-Timc, 2 min. 341- secs.

II. E. Calvert-Smith (S.E.S.) ; 2nd. H. M. Chritchley (S.E.S.);. Fd, R. D. Weston ( K.S.) ; J. B. Lapsley \S E S.) 0; W. W. Lock (K. S.) 0; O. I'. Hu)'she ( K S) o. A run-away victory [or S .E ..S . Calvert-Smith, who had started With the lIltentIon o f makin g the pace, kept Iu s lead and won by a yard. I3 .-QUA RTER MI LE (UN DER 14).-Time, 68secs. , ;.1, 'vI'. F. H arve), (S.E .S.);

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Skinner (K.S. ) o.

2nd. A. Mustard (S.E .S.); C .. H. Budd (KS.) 0; A rldlcul ousl)' eas), wm fo r S.E.S. 1Il excellent tlllle.

14. -1"11 LE (OPEN ).-Time, 5 min. 6t secs. I

t II. M. Geary (S. E .8.) ; 2nd, R. E. Brinsley-Richards (K S.); L. R. Cooper ' ( K.S.) 0; R. C. Paris (K.S.) 0; O. B. Bull (S.E.S.) 0; A. C. W. Edwards ( .1~ .S. ) o. For the first t.hre.e rounds Pan s and C:ooper hung on to Geary, but

dro pped behind at the beglllmng of the last lap. Rlcha.rds now cam ~ up, passed hi ~ school-fellows, quickened his pace along the top-side, and spnnted ncar~y :00 yards ftom home . Geary was then leading by about 40 yards. but IllS opponent succeeded in redu cing the gap to three o r four. None of the rest

On lshed. On lhe conclusion of the meetin g, Geary was deservedly car ried to the Pavilion 1111 III shou lders of his supporte rs.

THE BOAT CLUB. II'ho races were ro wed in fine weath ?r, on April.12th. having been. put off last 111111 flwlllg La the interference of floods ~vlth the p~ac..:tJce o f the c:e w~. C7 Som~.of the I 1IIII I II Ilt0l'S seemed to have lost form III the holIdays, but conslctenn o the Clrcum Ilin II Ih(' races were a creditable performance .

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T he rollowing crews entered :G . H . l\ Iansficld. C. A. Barnes, str.: C. \V. G. \Valker, str. : B. A. J enkin, cox .: G. C. R. Cooke. cox .: ]. Frc.wer. F . P. Walker. D. T. Preston. str. : H. A. Holland. str.: F. S. Whalley. cox.: S. F. Bresse}'. cox.: O. D. Clark . FIRST HEAT.- \Val ker's c rew ( / ) beat Jenkin's crew (2) by a leng th. SECOND HEAT.-\VhaJley's c rew (2) beat H oltand's crew ( I ) afte r a hard race by half a length. \\lhalley had four le ngths start. FINAL.-\Valke r's c re w ( I ) beat \Vhalleys's crew (2). The lighter crew were rowed down and we re bumped 1 00 yards from home. iA Il sho wed a tendency not to cove r the blade, and th e rowing was very sho rt throughout, a certain amount of body-swing was sho wn , but till the small of the back is kept in and th e sho ul ders back th ere will be a food deal of unprodu ctive labour in th e Boat Club. Stroke in the winning crew makes up in stamina what he lacks in form, and was well backed up by bow, of whom we hope to hea r later. \;Yhall eyand Presto n rowed two sporting races) and showed that a light crew is by no means to be despised e ven in a tub- pair, thei r kee nness in prac ti ce was a marked feature of the ro ~ing last term.

GYM N AS I U M COMPETITION. . On Friday. May .30th, the New Boys' and Under Sixteen Gymnasium CompetitIons took place, and In general excell ence proved in no way inferior to those hel d in previous years. The New Boys competed first and a fter an exceedin gly close contest, R .. W. Marshall ~all1e out fi rst with the excell.eut tota l c f 76 out of 90, ,;y. E. Gregory beIng second WIth 72. The other competttors also gave an extremely creditabl e ac count of themse lves. bu t we should like to see rather more finish and ge neral style. Nex t followecl the Unde r Six teen Competition, whi ch was noti ceable for the fact th~t .the winne.r. D . ' ;Yeston, gai ned full marks. The Derfonnance was reall y quite bnlhant, and 111 tll;oe he should become a really good gymnast. J. Twells was an excellent second w1th 82 out of qo . The rest of the competitors sho wed up well, a nd

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it was e vi dent from. both these compet1tIOns tha t th e gymnasium had been well IlUc ncleci during the previous two terms, a vety pleasi ng fact to relate. The judge in bo th these competitions was Sergtant Kane. On Monday, Apri l 2nd, one of the most interesting events of the term took place, namely, the Open- School Gymnasium Co mpetitio n, before a large attendance, induding th e H ead Master an d l\.Jrs. Galpin, the Masters and many of our Cathedral nr ig h bo urs. The exercises set were those which were to be perfo rm ed at Aldershot ill the Public School Competition . There were four entries : T . A. Izard, E. Fi nn , J. E. Bromley and R. D. Marshall. R. D . \~Teston had unfortunately injured his han d ullci was unable to compete. T he competition proved a great success, the gene ral ('xcc ll ence being very marked j es pecially noticeable was the stJ'le of the competitors, whi ch showed q uite clearly that they had been taking a g reat deal of pains in practising the exercises during the term . T. A. I zard ca me out first with a splendid record, uhtainillg 5 1t out of a possible 55; hi s performances on the parallels and horse were Irn lly q ui te firs t class. Finn was secon d with a good 45!, and Bromley and Marsha ll got respectively 44t and 42t Âˇ I t is extremely gratifying to fi nd all the competitors Hivi ng s uch a good accoun t of the.m selves, especially as the tende ncy is generally to hdl orr somewhat after the first two com petitions. \;Ye we re highly honoured by the prt'sc ncc of Colonei Onslo w, who kin dly conse nted to judge. \;Ye also have to I hnnk him for a most interesting speech , in which he stated his views of wh at Ilinnhood consisted in. and also predicted that our competitors at Aldershot would do wI llI. After Colonel Onslow's speech, .Mrs . Galpin gave away the prizes to the HIII'('cssful competitors. In conclusion, we have to thank the Gymnasium Monitor lor Lh c trouble he took over the arrangements of the competition J and also Sergeants 1(lI ne :lnd i\{orciall nt, not only for the excellent di splay which they and their fello\\!H\ ILH1:tsts gave us, but also for the infinite care and trouble they have taken over IIlIr c mpetitors for Aldershot: and it was quite ev ident by the heartin ess of th e cheers wll k h the School gave fo r th em, that their excellent exercises were duly appreciated.

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NEWS.

"!'I ng ll"lacle a

congratulate R. H. Charles on monitor this term.

he also played aga in st th e Band of Brothe rs, an d made 38 in the second innings .

II. . Covell played for the St. Lawrence ,IMll l n H! th e Cavalry Depot, scoring 10 1 ;

\ÂĽe congratu late \;y. VV. Lock on passing fourth into the Royal Naval Engineeri ng College, K ey ham.

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Izard and Finn represented the school in. the Public School's Gy mnasium Competition held at Alders hot at the beginning of last holidays, and obtained the excellent place of sixteenth out of thirty-two schools which se nt up represe ntatives. Izard came out 20th in the list of competitors. The following have received their First XL Colours :- F. A. Husbands, afte r the M.C .C. match; F . H. Durnford, after the St. Lawrence match : and the following th eir Second Xl. Colours :- I-I. A. H olland, E. R. P. Berrym an, E. C. Gree n, J. M. Tuke, G. F. Quentin, F. C. llovenschen, after the S. A. C. match. T he new buildi ngs being still in course of erection, it was impossible to use the old bicycle-sheds th is term. By the extreme kindn ess of the Bishop o f Dove r, ample means of accomm odati ng the seventy or eighty bicycles, now in use in the school, has been found in the Bishop's stables in th e " Forren s." T. A. Izard is Secreta ry and Treasurer of the Bicycle-club this season. A very pleasant run was organized on Ascension Day. Leaving Canterbury by th e Dover Road, th e bicycling party had lu nch at the H alf-' Vay House, and reached

Dover just too late to see th e parade of troops in honour of the Queen's Birthday. Thence they rode to \Valmer, where they had tt:a, then to Deal, and home by Sandw ich. Alth ough the weather was somewhat ull certaill,all seemed thoroughly to have enj oyed the run, and our bes t thanks are due to 1\1 r. Gues t for the splendid way in which it was organised. ;.' -Y,.

A meetin g of th e School was held on May 9th, when J. A. McCniloch was elected on the Sports' COlllmittee in place of S. G. Brown, wh o left last term. A meeting of the Committee was held two days later, at which H . E. Gree n was elected Secretary for the comin g year, and R . C. Paris, Vice-Captain of Football.

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The rollowing is taken taken from the " Sportsman " or April 23rd . LONDON A.C ., FIRST S PRING MEETI NG. ONE M II. E P UIlI. IC Sc..: HOOI.SÂˇ CHALLENGE CUP.

H. W. Gregson, O undle, J. R. E. BrinslcyÂˇ Ri cha rds, King's School, Canterbury, 2.

A great race. Dawson retired in the second lap, and immediately afterwards Paulin, when leadi ng, dropped out. This left Ctl rge nven first, a couple of yards ahead of Brinsley-Richards, with Gregson lying third. Nearly 340 yards from the

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tape Brinsley-Richardsfairly sprinted away ;'I nd passi ng up th e far side he drew quite t.wenty yards ahead. Gregso n ran with good j udgment, an d coming with a rattle clow n the straight. he caught BrinsleyRi chards in the last few st rid es. and won by it bare yard , forty yards dividing second und third. Time 4 mins. 321- sees. We heartily congratulate Richards on his excellent runnin g, and wish him all Success at the Varsi ty.

because for many years past Mr. Evans' Tutor set does not appear to have met with that amOllnt of success in these com peti tio ns that we co uld desire. The first ro un d C. r th e SEN IOR T UTOR has res ul ted as follows :-

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Mr. !\lason's beat the combined : {;'o'lr. E,'ans', ?\ÂˇIr. Bell's, iVI r. Au sten's.)... Mr. Edmonds' beat Mr. Latter's.

The Final is at present still unfinished .

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The JUNIOR T UTO R sets have resulted follows : ISI Round.

Mr. Evans'

~ beat

l\h. Edmond s' beat :"Ir. Latter's beat M r~

Mr. Mason's. Mr. Bell's. l\'Ir. Au sten's.

Sellli final. Edmonds' beat Mr. Latter's. i\'fr. Evans' a bye.

i\'Ir. Evans'

Final. beat iVlr. Edmond's.

The final was a very close and exciting Illu tch. In the first innings Âˇ1\-[r. Evans' IIl n<l 43, Mr. Edmonds' 56. In the ~I~ t '(}nd , Mr. Evans' 117 (Frewe r 23, t 'hnrlcs 24, Smith 20) ; Mr. Edmonds' 80. (l)uNIli n 19. Brown 17). In the fi rst hilli ngs, Smi th took 7 wickets for 15 j and III Iii second, Charl es 5 for 35 , Smith 5 'III 16. 'I'he result is all the more satisfactory,

A new over-mantle. most kindly designed for us by lVIr. Jennings, has been put up in H all this term, on the wall between the two fire-places. I t con tains photographs of the teams of the last three years, and has spaces for two more, ears : in the centre the re is an ex tra notice board . The whole design is most hands ome, and adds materially to the decoration of the Hall. Two frames containing photographs of Ollr Generals out in South Africa have also been hun g there. The House Committee has considerably increased the ventilatio n of the H all by having several more wind ows opened : which all who live thert: will recognise as a great imprOvement, especially in the summer.

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Several of th e Exhibits, that were sent up to the Ed ucational Exhibition last J anuary, have now been hung in the Parry Library and Schoolroom, notably a most in teresting list of the Headmasters of the School from "Robert/' 125 9. Others are now reposing in the EducUtti ~ nal Building in the Pal is Exhibition. The Headmaster's acco unt of the Schoolroom "Vindows, wh ich appeared in tw o articles in th e Cali/liar/an of November, 1898, and 1\[ay, 1899, has no w been published in the form of a small book, which can be obtained at Ginder's Lib rary. Âˇx/',,Âť

The H ead master kindly granted a half-holiday, in honour of the entry of L ord Roberts into Pretoria, on " ' ednesday, June 6th, the occasion of the Sutton Valence match.

l\'[AFEKING DAY.

The Relief of Mafeki ng naturally created unbounded enthusiasm and rejoici ng in t he School. The news was first received about J 0.4-5 on Friday night, and for a time the uproar in the dormitories was terrifi c. The next morni ng flags and badges were eagerly bought up, and we found the Hall sple ndidly

decorated with Union J acks and photographs of Lord Roberts and BadenPowell. The H ead Master grallted a whole holiday, and the School attended morning Service in the Cathedral instead of the afternoon. After Service the whole School was paraded and set off on a procession through the tow n, eve ryone carryi ng one or more flags. At the head were carried fo ur large Union J acks and a School shi eld borne aloft on a long pole ; behind these marched the II ba nel," a big drum, most successfully played by Izard, several tin trumpets, and some other inst ruments of a like character. The route chosen was th e High Street, Broad Street, . the Military Road, through the Darracks, and dow ll Northgate. The National Anthem and several patriotic so ngs, interspersed with loud cheering, enlive ned the way. Considerable stir was c reated among th e citizens of Can terbury by our progress, especially during the latter part of it. Finally the School marched round the Green Court, visited the Deanef}', the Bishop of Dove r' s house, and the H ead Master's house, singing the National Anthem before cat.:h of them. Th e Dean made us a short speech, expressing his pleasure at seeing our patriotism and hoping we should enjoy our holiday.

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Enlhusiasm ran high all day; and we helieve the wish did enter the minds of many of us that a iVl afeking might be I't lie ved so mewhat more frequently.

TH E ROYAL

VISIT.

On Tuesday, Jun e 12th, H .R.H. The Princess Louise, accompa ni ed by the Duke of Argyll, paid a visit to Cantc:Âˇullry, 10 un veil a n"lOllUment erected in the Nave to "The Bu ffs" who fell in the Chitral nnd 0:1 the North-'Vest frontier from 1895- 1898. As she drove through to th" Deanery, the School which had lined HI' preparatory to going to the Cathedral, Klculed he r with loud cheers. The :'krvice in th e Nave was very impressive. ' 1'11(11"0 were present, besides crowds of "iMitors, a band and 300 I I Buffs," chiefly h om Shorn cliffe. "Onward, Ch ris tian Hohli 'rs" was sling as a processional; I"t,yers an d an anthem followed; Colonel 1\l tll y, com manding "The Bllffs," then 1IIIIlikod th e Princess for co min g clown, 111111 the Dean replied . After another " 1It','~h Her Royal H ighness unveil ed the Int '"lorial, which is of very han dsome III igll , and stands on the North wall of Illtl Nave, just above Bishop Parry's 111I01;\p h.

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'fhe weathe r, which about 4- o'clock had become very threatening. fortunately cleared again soon afler. The Roya l party was timed to lea,Âˇc the Deanery at 6 p.m. ; and, although the visit was a private one, H er Royal Highness had graciollsly conse nted to receive an address from the School. Accordingly, the whole School, with the exception of the two teams, who were engaged in a match, li ned up from the Arches to Green Court House, while the Head .Master and the Captain took th eir stand opposite Green Court I-I ou~e door. '\Theu the Royal carriage drew up, the Dean presented the H ead Master, who begged to welcome H PJ" Roya l Highness to th{; oldest School in England. He then presented Smith, who I'ead the following address of welcome : " May it please your Royal I-l ighncss. II \Ve, the boys of th is Ancient and Royal Foundation, venture to oifer your Royal Highness ,J ur most respectful and hearty welcome to the King's School. I I \Ve rejoi ce to 'ava il ourselves of this yo ur auspicious visit to express our IllOSt loyal and devoted attachm ent to Her Graciolls l\-iajesty, Queen Victoria, and to all the members of your Royal H ouse. I I \Ve earnestly desire for your Royal High ness and for His Grace The Duke of Argyll every happiness and bles!:ing."

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Her Royal Highness replied in a most gracious speec h, expressing he r pleasure at seeing us all there, and requestin g that the School might enjoy a w /JOle holiday in hon ouT of her visit :-which royal

command th e I-l ead l\T aster declared it ga\'c him gre::tt pleasure to obey. The ca rri age th en drove on amidst loud a nd prolonged cheprs from the Schoo l.

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v. REV.

EVANS'

XI.

Played on the Beverley, Tuesday, iVray 15th. As usual the Cricket Season opened wi th this match, whi ch, after many vicissitud es, res ultcd in th c defeat of th e School with two wi ckets to spare, about ten minutes before tim e. The School on winnin g th e toss sent in Paris a nd I-l usbands to face th e bowling of Austen (pavilion end ) and lVIcHilton. The sta rt was d isastrous as Husbands was caught at the wicket without sco rin g. but Covell an d Pari s carried the total to 25 before th e form er, wh o had previously been missed in the slips by Bird, fielding substitute, fell a vi ctim to l\'lcHilton. Pa ris was eventually bo wled in playin g forward to Austen for a me ritoriou s and attractive innings of 31. H ellard and .F inn were both gi ven out for obstru ction while attempting to hit to leg, and half of the sirie were ou t for a pal try 42. Bird stayed some tim e wi th Gree n, but, on Guest superseding Austen, was bowled by th e new bowle r' s fifth ball. Cooper did not remain long being se nt back by Tuke, wh o had relieved McHilton. Durnford's advent was the signal for a prolonged stand, 35 nms being add ed before he lost his partner, who had compiled a hard-hit 22. Massey joined th e surviVal" and made things very merry for a wh ile, but was eve ntually well caught on the leg- boundary. Durnford was last to go for a va luabl c 26, including a five and two fours. Mr. E vans' team wcn t in about 4.20 p.m., with nearly a n hour and three-qua rters to play, but faree! di sastrollsly at the start, losing Twyman, Frewer, <mel McHilton for 17 Âˇ Cockburn and H olde rness exactly doubl ed the total before the former fell to a smart catc h by Cooper standin g at third man. H olderness SOOil followed, but when Austen joined Gues t th e two batsmen rapidly alte red th e complexion of the game. Massey and Gree n replaced the first pair of bowlers and th e latter had th e satisfacti on of di smissing Austen for a patient eight, with his second ball. Latter fill ed the vacancy, and th e new pa rtn ership, by raising th e total from 88 to I I J, put victory well within reach of the sc ratch team. Guest was the first to leave for a very hard hit 5 J,

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22 1

whi ch und oubtedly was the chi ef factor in winning. his side th~ . " jeto,fY. Tukc rc1)laccd th e outgoing batsma n, an d played a good inlllllgs at a c ntl cal tun e ; when he left, th e School total had bee n reached . It was rese rved for Frase r to make ~h e winning hi t, and he remained with Latter till tim~ expired. Laue r played a forclIlg inn ings o f 3j, and th ough un comfortable at first, Ili t fine ly wh en set. K ING'S SC HOOL. R. C. F. A. 13. C. I路 A.

Paris, b Austen ... Husba nds, c TII },man, b Austen Covell , b McHilton Hellard, lbw, b Mc l-li lt on 'f'[ . E. Green, c Tuke, b Frase r E. Fill'l, Ib\\", b Austen W. J-L Bird, b G uest L. R. Cooper, h Tuk e ... F. H. Durnford, b Fraser E. L. Massey, c Austen, b La lter G. N. J,yley, not out Extras : Byes, '7; Leg- Byes, 3

31 o 6 4 22 I

9 2

26 14 3 20

T otal

REV.

I-I.

EVANS'

XI.

G. T wyman , b COI路e ll J. Frewcr, b lI usbands ... ... . .. Sergt. .M ajor Cockburn, c Cooper, b Husbands I I. McHiltol1, c H ella rd , b Covcll . .. Scrgt..Major Holderness, c :Massey, b Husba nds K P. Guest, b Green ... G. E. V. Austen, b Green A. La uer, not out I. M. Tuke, U Covell )i"rascr, not out ... . .. Rev. R. G Hodgson, did nol bat Extras : Byes, 7 ; L eg- Byes, 4

o <>

13 14

"6路 "

Total (8 wickets) B OW LI NG A NALYSIS. KI ~C 路 S SCH OOL.

i\-[c Hilton Austen Guest Tukc I'mscr .. . L.' ltler

9 8

4 6 7 '1

2 0 0 2 0

R. 27 27 25 18

w:-

3 I I

TI-JE

222

CANTUARIAN .

H.E \, . L. 1-1. EVANS' Xl. O.

Covell H\lsbaml s

~I aslicy

Green llird

7..

---_.

••

M. 2 0 0 0 0

48 42 20 29

w. 3

0 2 0

KING'S SCHOOL ST. LAWRENCE A . This match was played 0 11 the Beverley, 0 11 Thursday. l\Iay 17th, and resulted in a draw greatl y in f;.wour of the School, their opponents being over 70 run s behind with four wickets La fa lL The School Look first inni ngs. se nding in Paris and Husbands to face the deliveri es of Dowen and Delasaux. The start ,,·as not brilliant as with onl)7 se ven runs registe red, Husbands was splendidly caught by Harris at point off a hard hit a few inches from the ground. Covell filled the vacancy, and for a time contented himself with neat placing and stealing runs j afterwards he warm ed to his work, and, with Paris batting steadily, the sco re rose fairly rapidly. Crow and subsequently H arri s, were given a trial with the ball, but it was not till t he total had reached <)2 that the King's School Captain was dism issed for a brilliant 40, including 4 fours and a similar number of threes. His in nings was not, howeve r, faultless: as he had been badly missed in the slips by Harris. H ellard and Green gave no t rouble, but Finn stayed what mi~h.t possibly have developed into a collapse. Soon after hi s arrival. Paris compl eted IllS 50 amid loud applause, and a few ove rs later sent the bal,l just beyo nd the reach of mid ·off. Finn left with the score at 115 ; Bird filled his place and set: ured a bakm's dozen befo re bein g out to a catch at squa re leg. Six for 14+ Durnford wh o followed acted on the defensive whil e Paris scoreel freely an d got within easy di stance of the coveted century, wh en he was bowled by Crow for a very fin e effort of 88, corn posed chi efl y of threes and singles, 'Vith the exception of the almost impossible chan ce already refe rred to he gave a catch in the slips, but these were t he only real ble mishes in a magnifi cent innings. W'hen St. Lawrence A went in there was not much more than an hour and a half left for play and no very great prospects of arriving at a finish . Green and Husbands opened th e attack, and the form er had th e sa ti~faction or dismissing Gilham with his third ball. A few overs later, 'Vacher unluckily played th e ball on to his pads whence it rolled on to the wicket. Two for 1 2. Crow parlncred Bowen for some tim e, but was c. and b. with th e total at 34. R. Rhodes caused a deal of trouble, and owing to his and Bowen's e fforts :\l assey and Covell took a turn with the ball, Finn taking th e latter's place at the wicket. At 61 Rhod es . was excellently caught in th e slips by Ryley. Delasaux left ten nm s, later, being taken at sq uare leg off Bird. L. Rhodes remained wilh Bowen till just on ti me, wh en the latter was out to a fine catch in th e long fie ld for an invaluable 45. The School gave a very creditable di splay in batting, while the fielding was extremely good; the bowling did not appear to possess much sting but was varied

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223

wi th great judgment by t he Captain, who, in the, last match, had pe rhap s kept his men on a little too long. KING 'S R. C. Paris, b Crow ... F. A. Hu sbands, c I-larris. b Delas.'Ulx R. C. Covell, b Cro w J. A. H cll:m\ , b Crow _ ... I-l. E. Green, lbw., h Bowell E . Finn, h Bowen 'vV. H. Bird, c Bvwen, b D clasaux F. H. Durnford, not oul ... E. L. MaSSey } E. C. Green d id not bat. G. N. Ryley Extras : Byes, 4. Leg-Byes, 2

SC HOOL.

88 3 40 0 0 14 13 5

6 ," *169

T otal (7 wickets) " In nings decln red closed.

ST.

LAWRENCE T . 13. \Vacher, b Husbands L. Gilham, c I-I ellard, b I-r. E . Green M . Bowen , e E. C. G reen, h Husbands 1-1, Crow, e and h H usbands

6 0 45 10

14 4 13

R. Rhodes, e Ryley, h Covell T. C. De!nsallx, c iVTassey, b Bird L. Rhodes, not Ollt S. Simpson }

G. Groom W . Hawk ins

1'1 not 1)at. .

( It

C. E. Harris

Exlms : Byes, 5.. Â·

T otal (6 wickets) HOWJ.lNC KI NC'S

ANALYSI S.

SCHOOL. O. 9 15

D elasaux Bowen ,,' H a rris ". C row

Ry ley

43 48 3~

A. O.

J~ i r d

LAWR ENCE

1( .

8'} ST.

II. E. Green Il usbands i\ lnssey ... Cove l!

7 10 3 4 2

;\1.

I I

0 2 0 0

13 39 22

w, 2 2 0 3

'V. I 3

•• +

TI-LE KING'S

CANTUAIHAN .

SCHOOL v. CHARTI-IAM

ASYLUM.

This match was played at Chartham on .May 24th. Covell wo n the toss and decided to go in first. Pari s and Durnford made a good start for th e School, until Paris \,'as out at 45 ror a nicely compiled 26. Durnford contin ued to play splendidly, but no one except Finn and Husband s made any stay at the wickets. Durnford was eventually bowl ed with the score at 1 24 for an inval uable 70. The innings soo n closed for 134-, the last six wi cket s falling for ,8 run s. The Asylum started di sas trollsl y, Dr. Everett being caught with the sco re at eight, and five wickets falling for 58, but Elgar with 6 1 no t out, and H ills 37 not out. won the m the match. The School fielding wa s di stin ctly bad, and had the catches bee n held, the resu lt might have bee n different. iVIassey was the most successful bowle r on our side, taking four wickets for 28 . The score and analyses were as foll ows : KING'S

SCHOOL.

C. Paris, c Evcrctt, b H oh H. Durnford, b Armison C. Covcll, b 1[0[1 Finn, b E[gn r A. H uslmnds,b Elgnr 1-[ . F . Green, b Elga r ... .. . W. H. Bird, c Elgar, b Armison .. . E. L. l\Iassey, c Elgar, b Armison (;. N. Ryley , not out L. R. Cooper, Ibw, h Elgar I I. A. IlollalHI, h Elgar. . R. F. B. E. F.

I::xtms: Byes,s; Leg- Byes,

.6 70 o 13 8

o o 3 1

I ;

Widcs,

2 ..

Total ...

5 o 8 '34

CHARTHAi\"{

ASYLUM.

Dr. E verett, c Covell, b Husbands Johnson, c I [llshands, b M:l sscr Dr. Fitzgcmld, c I [usbands, b Massey Dr. Fox, b Masscy T. Elgar. nOl oUl H. Weekes. b i\lassc:y ... Re\'. N. J. Il olt . b Ryley Dr. Harncss, b Covell ... F. Armisoll, b Covell 1-1. I-I ills, nOl OUl G. Can, did not bnt. E xtras : Byes, 8 j Lcg' u),cs, 3; Wide,

T otal (8 wickets)

" "13

6, o 3

"o 37 I

...

175

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CANTUARIAN .

225

B OW LI NG A NA L\' S I';~ . KI NG'S SCH OOL.

o. Fitzgerald ... Weekes I [olt E lgar J\rmisotl

7 6

9 13 4

• 0 3

CIIART( [A~I

.,.6 34

w. 0

8 3

35 9 '9

Covell

VALENCE

••.8

;\'!asscy Ryley G ree n

SCH OOL v. SUTTON

;\I .

•5

ASVI.UM.

• •1

Husbands .. H olland

Cooper

KING'S

o. '4 6

49 4

•

SCHOOL.

Played at Sutton on '~'ednesday, Ju ne 6th, in perfect weather, and resulted in a victory for us by 3~ runs on the first innings. It was a remarkab le game, for; though the wicket was a good one, no less than 3S wickets fell in less than six hours' play; and that, in spite of the fact that the bowling on both sides wa5 not considered to be up Lo the average. Sutton W011 the toss, but werc all disposed of for 89, thank s largt.:·ly to a phenomenal perfo rmance by H ellard, who took four wicket!> for four rullS in less than four overs ! Husbands and T uke ( whose first app earance for the Xl. this was) each got three wi ckets, and the fielding, it is satisfactory to note, was exemplary-two very fine catches in particular bei ng brought off by Durnford and Husband s at mid-on and slip respectively. \Ve began badly by losi ng Covell and Durnford at once; but Green and Paris improved matters considerably, taking the SCore to 39 befo re the latter was bowled for n useful 17. Green was" yorked" after com piling a vigorous 37, and it was not ti ll nfter the seventh wicket had fallen that the winnin g hit was made. Finn ( 15 ). I leIlard ( 14). and Massey ( 16 not out) all contributed useful items, and the innings c losed for 124. Sutton bega n their second venture wi th the he roic attempt to knock up nms rapidly. in th e hope of getting us out again. They consequently lost three of th ei r best wickets for 19. all caught in th e deep field by Cooper off Husbands. The catch which dismissed Thornhill was a really brilliant bit of fielding, as Coope r had to run at rull speed for some distance, and caught it just off the ground, turning a so mersault in the process. Shaw and Pitt batted very well for 40 and 33 respectively, but no one ('Ise did mu ch, and the total reached 1 15 . Husbands took six \\'ickets for 22 rullS. There was an hour lert for play and we we re in a minority of 80. Befo re twenty minutes had passed, we had lost five of ollr best wickets for 3j, a nd it looked as lh ugh we might be beaten after all. However, Finn and H ellard nobly came to the It'HCUe, and by steady cricket increased the score to 7 I with out furth er loss, and at Ihis point time was cnlled, leaVing li S victors as stated above.

,,6

TH E

CANTUARIAN.

I t was thus, as will be seen, a most exciting match, for at two differe nt periods of the game it appeared quite possible that victory would be snatched from our grasp. 'The most sati sfacto ry part, from our poin t of view, was the fielding. which was up to our best traditions. If the team can keep up to the same le \'cl in this respect all through the season, it will go a long way toward s winning matches. As regards the batling. there is too much impatience, on the part of many, to score a lot of runs' in the fi rst few overs by forcing tactics, and the hilters in the tea m do not as yet make a very judicious choice (.If balls to hit. The bowling is not steady enough, and good lengt h balls a re loa few and far bet wee n. \~r ith th e co rrection of these faults, wâ&#x201A;Ź' see no reaso n why the XI. of 1900 should not acquit themsehes in a manner quite worthy of their pre~lecessors. Sco re and analyses:SUTT ON

J. J.

VA LENCE.

1St Innings. B. Sh:\\I', b Husba nds ".

C. Gannon, c and b 'fuke A. Thorn hill, b I rl1sbands S. 1.. Ral ph, b Tukc _.. R . A. Christopher, h H usbands .. T . G. Pin, c Durnford, b Hellard C. H_ Thorn hill, c Hlisuands, b Tuke ... E. Iiubble, not out ... R. Smither, c Finn, b HelinI'd .. . H. 1<. Pill, b liellard W. H. L . i\leade, b Heilard i~~ tra s : Byes, 4 ; leg-byc, 1 ; wide, I

,8 8 3

8 0

14 '4 4 0

Total

89 KI ' G'S

B. C. Covell, c T . G. Pi ll, b Smither F . 1-1. Durnford, st GOlilIlon, b Thornhill R. C. Paris, b Pitt H . E . G reen, b Rrrlph E . Finn, c liubLle, b Thornhill ... F. A. Husbands, L Ralph ... J. A. Hellard, sl Gannon, b Thornhill ... J. ) l. Tuke, b Ralph ... G . N. Ryley, b Smithe r ... .. . L. R. Cooper, sl Gannon, b Thornhill .. E. L . Massey, not out Extms : Byes, 2; wides, 3 ; no-balls,

T ntal

2nd rnnings. b Covell. .. c Cooper, b II usbnnds c Cooper, b H usbands c Cooper, b Hushnnds c Gree n, b Husbands ". c Finn, b Hellnrd not out Ibw, b H usbands b H ushands L COI'ell b CO\'ell Extras : Byes, 10; wides,

o 14

33 o

o 2 I

o 2

... 11 5

Tol,,1

SCHOOL. c Thornh ill , b Smither Ibll', b Sm ither ... , 7 b Smither 37 c Gannon, b Ral ph IS not out ... b Smither I4 not uut

2 I

"3 '2

3 I

,6 2

7 124

E xtras; Byes, no-ball, T otal (5 wickets)

6 71

THE

CANT UARI AN .

BOWJ.lNG ANALYSES. SUTTO N VALENce.

1st I nn nings. O.

II usbands ... '1\lkc Il cliard R)'lcy

2nd Innings. W.

R. 31

3 3 4

3'4

H usbands ... Tukc lIellard Massey Covell

~1.

7 I

",6

0 0

6' ,

'0 IS

K I NG'S SC HOOL.

2nd Innings.

1st Innings. M.

12'4 6

55 28

4 7

a a

Smither ... J. A. Thornhill 1 1. K. Pilt. .. \{alph

4 I

Smi ther Christopher H . K . Pitt Ralph

:'1.

w. 4

0 0

S EC ON D XI. CRICKET. KI NG'S SC H OOL ( ' NO X1. ) v. H ARBLEDOWN. Played on the Beverley, on T uesday, IVl ay 2znd. T his match was completely spoiled by rai n. only one hour's play being possible, during which time Harblcdown, who were assisted by H . E . Green and E. Finn, got fo ur of the School wickets down for So runs. Berryman played a good innin gs, but t here is nothing else that calls fo r nny comment. ' Ve subjoin score and analysis :KI NG'S SCH OOL E. R. P. Berryman, b H. E. Green F. C. Bovenschen, b McHilton ... _R. V. L. Johnston, b H. E. Green R. D. r-.Â·Iarshall, b McHiltOl1

2 ND

Xl.

,8 o 8 6 o 7

F rewer, not out

G. A. F. Quentin, not out W. G. l'egg } G. L. J ohnston did not bat. J . M. Tuke R. H. Hitchcock H. A. H olland Extras: Byes, 10 ; Leg-Bye,

T ota l (4 wickets) B OWI.IN G ANALYSI S.

KING'S

A. McH ilton H . E. Green

SCHOOL.

"~to

7 6

THE

• 118

CANTUARIAN.

KING'S SCHOOL ( 2nd Xl. ) v. DOVER COLLEGE ( 2nd Xl. )

This match was played at Dover on 1\,Iay 30th. The School won the toss and took first innings. \·Vickets fell fast at first, but Berryman mad e a few good strokes, and subsequently Bovellschen came to the rescue scoring an invaluable 37 . Frewer and Holland put on 18 for the last wickt~t, Frewer batting in good style whi le Holland hit well. The Dover innings started badly, two wickets falling in the first two overs, Dawes b«;>ing bowled by T uke. while Robertso n was very smartly stumped by Marshall. PY1!lan and Ml~ndy pl~yed. well, but the rest of the innings was a proc;ession, Holland taklIlg four Wickets 111 IllS last two overs. The School fielding was good on the whole, lVlarshall espcci.alJy being in fi ne for m behind the wickets. Frewer and J ohnsto n started our second l1~lllngs; the forme r played well again and was uhlu cky in getting bowled by a ball winch broke abou t a foot. Berryman sco red freely and obtai ned a well played 40 not out, but no one else did much. \Ve append score and ana lys is;KING'S SC HOO L (2nd Xl.) 1St Inni ngs. E. R. P. Berryman, b LindCll1crc E. C. Green, b Thomas ." R. V. L. J ohnston , b Thomas R. D. Marshall , b Thomas . . . J. M. Tuke, b Thomas ... . .. G. A. F. Quentin, Ibw, b LindCl\lcre F . C. Bovenschen, b 1\'1undy .. . .. G. L. Johnston, c Lindemerc, b Thomas ... R. H. Hitchcock , c EI ..... in, b Thomas " J. Frewer, not out ... H. A. H olland, b Mundy Extras: Byes 5 T ota l

2nd Innings. II

o o b

~Iundy

b J ackson

b Mundy

5 lbw, b Lindemere 2

c Mundy, h Lindemere b Pyman

8 8

5 ...

DOVER J . Dawes, b Tukc ... ... K. S. Robertson , c Marslmll, b Holland G. L. Pyman, c Frewer, b Tukc ... H . 1\'I \ln<ly , run ou t .. M. L. Thomas, Ibw, b Tuke E . P. E lwin , b H olland ... A. D. Jackson, b H olland R. J. C. Garrctt , h Holland A. H . Hahgood , b Tuke V. Lindcmcrc, not !iut ... ... H. J. lI iIls, c t\ larshall, b H olland Extras: Byes, 5

Total ..

not out

Extras: Byes, 3

with:, . J

T otal (6 wickets) ...

(2nd XI. ) o 2

18 18

2 I

o o

o 5 53

TH l::

CANT UAH IAN.

BOWLING ANALYSES. KING'S SC HOOL.

1st Innings. Thomas .. . Lindemere Mundy

3'3

2 2

2nd I nnings.

o. 4 5

Lindemerc Mundy Hills Pyman A. Jackson

3 4 3'4

:'It.

2 2

0 0

17 3'

w. 2 2 0 I

DOVER.

7 6'5

Tuke Holland

M. 1

K ING's SCHOOL ( 2nd XL ) v. BEVERLEY C.C .

In th is match, played at St. Stephen's on June 7th, the home team went in first, but fa red badly at the start losi ng 6 wickets for 57 runs. On Hazleden joining Kemp, the latter. who had been in from the beginning, became more lively, 30 run s being added befo re hi'S partner fell <\ victim to Crawford . The arrival of Underhill was follo wed by another protracted stand, for it was not till the total had reached 1 22 that Kemp was bowled for an invaluable 51. Soon after his dismissal the innings was declared closed. Of our bowlers Crawford was certainly the best, while mention should be made of a fine piece of stumping by Marshall, and a good catch low dow n by Hi tchcock at mid-on which disposed of \:Yood. On going to the wickets the School made a disastrous start, Frewe r, Berryman and Quentin being clean bowled by Idiens for 12 runs. Marshall and Green however played caretully at a critical moment <1,'1d raised the score to 55 , before the captain was caught for a very useful 18. A few overs later rai n put a stop to the match, Green carrying out his b(lt for 2j. Score and analyses were as follows :BEVERLEY CLUB. L. Kemp, b Prest S. Groom, c Berryman, b Hichcock F . J. Beane, st 1\'larsh311, b Prcst. H . Nalder, c Berry man, b I-l ichcock H. M. V.,rood, c Hitchcock, h Crawford W . Neillson, c Hitchcock, b Cra wford H . J. Divers, c and b Crawford W. Hazleden, b Crawford J. Underhill, not out A. v.,rebb, not out J. Idiens, did not bat. Ext ras: Byes, 2 ; leg-byes, 3 T otal (8 wickets)

* Innings decla red closed.

51 2

4 3 10

17 o '4 17

THE

23 0

CANT UA RTA N.

KI NG'S SCHOO L (2nd XI.) E. R. P. Berryman, b Idiens J. F rewer, bldiens .. . .. . G. A. F. Quentin, b Idiens R. D . l\'[arshall , c Neillson, b Idiens E. C. Grecn, not out ... F. C. Bo\'cnschcll, not out P. N. D, lton }' R. Crawford R. H. H itchcock did not bat. G. S Prest C. L. J ohm;ton E xtras : Dyes, 2 j leg Âˇbyes, 3

o 8 18

23 2

Total (4 wickets)

B OWI.I NG ANAl.YSES. BEVE RLEY.

o. Hitchcock Prest Crawford ." Green Berryman

10 16 15

5 5

KI NG'S SCHOOL lit . I

5 2

R. 23 38

37 14

W. 2 2

4 0 0

INDIAN Jan. 28th. It is long since I sent word fro m here, the period of silence being due to the dearth of news of o.res. It is di stinctly a fag to keep up a co rrespondence in th is country. One gets little leisure ; and, when it does come, one wants to slack in a long arm chai r with a cheroot and a peg of water (?). H e nce my co rrespondence with Twain (A. L. Turnbull ) and Jimmy I

Hazelden .. . Miens Webb

o. 9

12 4

(2nd

X I.)

LETTER. (H. M. J ames) and W. H. Evans has ceased long since. I should add th ough that it is th eir turn to write. As to O.I< .S. then, my news must be brief. I was very sorry to read in the papers here of the sudden death of Sydney IVTason in London. Although unacqua inted with him. yet I had always reckon ed him as OI~ e of ti S : and now th e re is the gap in our rank s. All O.K.S.

THE

CANTUARIAN.

here will be joining in since re condolences with his brother---=-our old friend-Rev. L. C. Mason. But R. n. Flint, of whom I \\'fote before, went wi th his Regiment, the North Lancas hires, to Natal so me time since. H e was wound ed at the Modde r Ri ver: and all we, hi s friends, only trust tha t his woun d was slight. and that he is once more fighting in the same old way in which he ll sed to fight in the serums. I have not heard from James or Turnbull : but I should not be a bit surprised if they have join ed Lumsden' s Horse. Sturdier and stronger fellows olle Âˇcould not need: a nd J ames for one has been for long in th e Assam Moun ted Volunteer!:. H ow well I remember T urnbult one day taking up th e study-table (middle-front) and hurling it at the un suspicious H. S. S. Parker. The

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same chap al so di splayed great agility with the football inflator as hi s bar onet : for did he not poke Long field's eye o ut th ere with ? ' '''hat better soldiers could you need? So please keep an eye out for both names as winning D.S.O. or V. C. : though I cannot be sure they are going . Maybe that one of the Craw ford s will be going out wi th th e Mysore Planters' Contingent. These are to be entertain ed at Bangalore en 1'Oltte. I shall keep my eye open for our old boys amon g th em. Of the other O.K.S. I can only mention th e Rev. F. N. Crowther, who is soon to be transferred from Ootacamancl to Bangalore, where he will be Sec reta ry for the Bishop Cotton Schools, of whi ch the present Warden is Your humble

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H . S.

THE

232

CANT UA RIA N.

VERS E S. \¥ c have recei\"etl the following from an O.K.S. :-

(F. F. S. IV.

JIl f1D elllorialll : j D. A. S. \ P.

Praete ri cre vi Ti ·- ca ri ssima no mina-tcrni; Practer ie rc ! SUll t11 sed quisque tcnebit honorem Semper apuc1 me mores, quacllnque in parte locentur. Prt'mus orat specie iuveni s, sed callielus aures Obtullsas Quin tae c1assis pervell crc, at idem EcleTo scrmoncs c urtos~~ mansuraque verba ; Impigc r in cam po. privati prodig liS aeri s I n comllllln e bOIlUITI,- parvlI s sine labe saccrdos. Nee minus /lle fuit nostri bene dignus amaris, (Cui damns Aula Hod gson a [uit, qU:l sacva trcmentes Ianitrix terret puoros, vestigia cui pans Prcssa solo lu tulent a ; ~-I n dig n abatllr aeeTbe Sanctonunque dies interruptosq ue laba res. U na TO fam os us erat - commissa ten etc Arcana-invitum se matutinus agebat. T er//us haud lsdem studilit, sed mac hina co rdi In ge ns mota loco,t vectusque per aethera fumu s. Divc rsi inter se tamen aequa laude coluntur, Quod pro parte sua navari t qui squ e laborem. ram virtll!', quam <ligna imita tionis! ! :-pcr tmesin haec verua anglice significant Cl Locomotive."

· SennOfl es a ofos :-Quam

tillola

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THE

CANTUARIAN.

O. K. S. In the Cambridge Freshme n' s match C. I-I , Bodington made 3+ and 1 0 , besides lakin g one wicket for 26 run s in the firs t, and one fo r 19 in the second in nings of the opposing side.

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NEWS. Besides O.K.S. already mentioned as se rving at the front we may mention the following:-A. H. W. T em ple. 1st Suffolks ; N. Bredin, Call adian Contingent; R. R. Gibson, G, R, C, H eale, Paget's Horse.

:',< :1(-

G. C. Valpy was asked to play in the Seniors' match at the same University, but had to refu se owin g to pressure of work ,

J. E. Gripper has passed

the exam inalion qualifying for the Fellowship, and '1'. n. ' Vacher that for the Professional Associateship, of the Surveyors' I nst itute,

C. P. Pereira, who left th e school at 1\1idsummer, 1897, for Mason's College, Hirmingham, has been. elec ted to an open Natural Science Scholarship of th e val ue of ÂŁ80 a year. at Keble College. '('he following announcement appeared IIIlhc StalJdard of May 23rd among t he IIlrthday H onou rs : Colonel William J ohn VO llsden, V.C" Indian Staff Corps, f 'olonel on th e Staff, India, to be C.B.

For the following lette r we are indebted to Mr. Hodgson, who kind ly supplied it, thinking it would prove of interest. Extract from

Letter

Captain

H . R. Biore, written at Mrs. Gunning's Convalescent H ome, Maritzburg. /I Captain Kenn ey H erbert is stay ing "at the home here now: isn't it funny " that we should be here together? He "had a nasty a ccident on the Colenso 'f bridge, a ' \~agon wheel goi ng over his I f right hand. I daresay you saw about it. <I He had three operations, and at the " last one they had to take off his hand "just above the wrist. It is most awfully I f bad luck, and especiall y for him as he I f was so very good at sketching: in fact at "the time he was being employed by I f General Buller in making sketches of a ll .. the Boer positions in the ne ighbourh ood

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"of Colcnso, to be sent home with 41 Bulle r' s despatches. H e is very cheer.. ful about it and talks about the time

" when he will be able to sketch with his Ie left hand, but it must be a terrib le blow I I to him."

COR RES PO N DEN C E. /ll. 8 . -The Editors dedillC to accept all)' resjomibllit), connected 1lJilll the ajJiniom oj their Correspono dents. Nallle alld address JIIust ai1vfl)'S be givcn, lIot uu essaril;l Jor publicatioll, but as a !juaralllee 0/ good jaith . Personalities 1UI"11 involve cerlah} rejcetioll.

To tlte .Edilors 0/" T HE CANTUARIAN ." Dear Sirs, There are several persons, I believe, who agree with me in sayi ng that th e inclusion of the Throwing of the Cricket Ball in our Sports' progra mm e is rather a The co mpet itors a re always mistake. few, and evr.n th ese rew very orten neglect to practise properly bcrorc entering for the even t j nor docs this form of sport find mu ch favour at th c Universities. Therefore I vcnture to propose the substitu tion of an event that figures on the cards or many Schools and all Colleges at the University-namely, Putting t he \~re ight. Such a change would be no great innovation, but a

ret urn to a former custo m. The re is no reason why, l)eca use Putti ng the \Veight has dropped rrom our p rogramme, its re-i ntrod ucti on shoul d be attend ed by similar failure . If a 16 lb. weight were though t too heavy, one of IfIbs. could easily be procured . I n Athletics, as in a ll things, we should be practical j surely, th e refore, it is desirable to suhstitute a contest which fi nd s a place in all the greatest Athletic mee tings, for one that is rare ly met with except at schools. Could not the Sports' Committee vote on this question at their next meeting ? Yours truly. AltTKOfioAOl?

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worth much th eory. At the King's School, Para· maHrt, the oldest public school south of the Line, and the largesl public ho,,'"mling·school in connection with the Church of England in Ne w South Wales, it has fo r over thirty years been a fund rllnental rule that every boarder should be a cadet. Other schools have fo11owed this excellent lead , and within the lasl decade the boys in the primary and !mperioi r Sla le schools (ca lled "public" schools in Australia) have been encouraged hy the ivlinister of Education to become cadets, thus anticipating Lord Balfour of Burleigh's recommendation lo th e Scolch Board· schools (v ide the Spltere of February 17th, p. 131). Drill and shooting are regu larly practised ; occa· sionally a camp for the inside of a week is formed in "the bush" ; I have myself lwice aCled as chaplain to such a combined cadel forc e ; and once a year several lhousand Colonia l lads, fro m scho(Jls of various grades, muster in the Park at Sydney for a review by the Governor and the Officer commanding the forces of the Colony. I may add thal ten yea rs ago Morris·tube practice, to supplemenl work at the bults, was introduced . Moreover, in lhe school which I know best, the compulsol), military discipline during certain hours of the week has proved of considerable \'al tle towards the tone and general managemenl or the school; and so far rrom games suffering, the schools leading in Cadet Corps also lead in crickel, footba11, &c. I am sure lhat the presenl :tston ishing promptness of the men of New South Wales lo rally round the flag, ami lhei r e\'ident familiarity wilh the essen tia ls of military detail , arc to a large exlen l due to their being L etter referred 10 : caught young. Once again, in th is mattcr of ITo T in' EI)I TOR OF TH E " 5P HCTAT OR . "J developing the spiril and practice of loyalty, old ~iR , -Wilh reference lo ;'o.1r. R. F. Cholmeley's England may learn from her young Colonies. fllLggeslion in the Spectator of February 24th that I am, Sir, &c., (Mil and shooting should be made parl of the school EDWARD H ARR IS, ('lIrric·.llum , I should like to be allowed lo state in lale H ead t-,'Iastcr of the King's School, )'()ur columns that lhis has been successfully hied at Paramatta, N.S. W. lensl in one of our Colonies, in which, as we all DII!lint!1lojJt Vicaragt , Ht1't/oni. know, melhods are often tested far in advance of lilly similar action at home. An ounce of fact is P.S .-In the Times (p. 5), Wednesday, NJarch 7th, If

TH E CANTUARI .i\N.

Dear Sirs, The e nclosed letter, wh ich appeared in a recent number of the Spectalor, may have escaped the notice of some of your readers. Archdeacon Gunther of New South \,Vales, who was present on Speech Day, 1898, ass ured us then that "the plant wh ich Bishop Broug hton took from Ca nte rbury was bloomin g at Paramatta an d had borne very great and important fr uit." No doubt the Cadet Corps is not the least noteworthy of the fruits. Howeve r, to pursue th e metaph or rurther j if it be a fact that, by the process of evolution, the capaciti es of healthy forms of plant life may be developed in successive improvements,may I now suggest the grafting of the new successful growth on th e original stock, and th e immediate formation of " K.S.C. Cadet Corps? O. K. S. [ An excellent idea.-EDD.]

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it is sta ted that on )Iarch 6th (yesterday) If Mr. Lync, the Premier of New South Wales, suggested that the best way to prepare a defence force was 10 make the drilling of schoolboys compulsory. By this system, he estimated. sixteen thousand trained youths would be turned out yearly in New 50mh Wales."

The Club has been in existence for some tim e, and has, all will agree, justified its position . Changes have lately been made in the constitution of the Club, so as to give it a more definite status, and to bring it into line with the various other branches of the School Games. The To tI,e Ed/tors 0/ I I THE CANTUARIAN ." expenses of any Boat Clu b, as everyo ne Dear Sirs, knows, arc great, and our case is no 'Nil! you allow me, through the excep tion . The Boys' Subscriptions are medium of yo ur col um ns, to propose of course insufficient to 5"upport the conthat white straw hats should be su bstistant expenditure, and were it not for the tuted for the hats at present in use? kindness of th e Head Master and the The present hats are extremely hot and Maste rs-a kindness which I gratefully heavy. If not all, I think that at any rate the XL, XV., and VIt,',l might be acknowledge here -it would be impos:sible allowed to wear white straw, at all events for the Club to keep its head above Moreover, under the current during the summer term, if not all through water. expenses, there comes it time in the life theyeaT. H oping this will soon begranted. of every Boat Club wh en an extraordinary Yours, etc., must be incurred and met. Boats outlay COMFORT. grow old and must be renewed. VI/e are at present sufferi ng from the great inconTo Ille Ed/lors of H THE CANTUARTAN." venience of bein g short of Boats-only King' s School, two pairÂˇoars arc left, and these are not Canterbury, May 18th, 1900. t he absolu te property of the Cl ub-and it is imperative that it new boat should be Dear Sirs, purchased. It is main ly to meet this THE BOAT CLUB. I am venturing, with your permission, . special emergency that I make this to make an appeal, through the Cal1 - prese nt appeal. There must be many O. K . S. who remember with pleasure and fuan'all, to th e generosity of Old King's Scholars and other friends of the School, gratitude the coaching they received on .oil behalf of the King's School Boat Club. the river he re in the art of oarsmanship.

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\Ve have turn ed out a few oars wh o have done us crerlit at the Universities; and though we can llever claim to be a rowing School, at least boys here have a river on which they can learn to row and to be good to wate rmen," an advantage which mallY a schooJ does not possess. Nor mllst the utility of the Doat Club be estimated only by the success of its past Parents members at the Universities. and others will readily see that watermanship and a certain skill in rowing will prove a useful addition to any boy's eq uipment on It!aving school, wherever his future career may lead him . Effectually to carryon our object and to maintain the Club in an efficient cond ition , we call for help at the present time. Contributions will be gl;)dly received and acknowledged by me. C . W. BELL, Pres/denl, King's School B oal Club .

'1'0 fil e Edt/on of

THE CANTUA1UAN."

Dea r Sirs, I ask pardon if I write inopportunely, hilt I earnestly desire to point out two Hl1 ggcstions to the authoriti es of th e 4!l'bating club. First, to preve nt the dub dying a second time, let there be IIlorc than one debate a term. Secondly,

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let some competent persell be chosen to write an impartial account for the Canfuar/all. I mention this last because the account of the solitary 'debate held last term was so perverted, that it was impossible to recognize a word of truth. in it. I remain, Yours very truly.

SPY. (EDD.--The suggestions of our correspondent nre sound; il is however very hard to gel lip many debates owing to the difficulty in finding good subjects.]

To Iht Ed/lors of

"THE CANTUARIAN."

Dear Sirs, In connectio n with the Fund for th e purchase of a new Four-Oar, I beg to acknowltdge, with many thanks, the following subscriptions from Old King's Scholars :-H. J. Mowll, 5/- ; G. N. Finn, 51-; E. L . A. Hertslet, 5/- ; A. S. Johnson, 5/-; C. C. Frewer, 5/- ; J . B. Drake, 5/- ; J. E. Husbands, 5/- ; H. P. H. Austen, J 0/- ; H. A. D. Pereira, 10/-; L. N. Green, 5/ -; N. H. Wighlwick. 10/ 6; F . M. Furley, T0/ 6; P. Godfrey, Esq., 10/- ; W. N. Wightwick, Esq., 10/ 6. Yours very truly, C. W. BELL.

THE CANTUARIAN. To fil e Editors of

THE CANTUAIHAN .."

D ear Sirs, It will be evident to most of rOlIr readers tInt some nel\' method is needed for e lecting members fo r the Sports Committee, if possible with out th e help of the lowe r School. Pcrhap3 the re maining members of that famou s co mmittee could fill vacancies by thc.:'lnseives; if not, some one of them may prove his val ue by bringing forward a feasible plan. 1 remain, Yours truly,

Only the other day I heard some st rangers, who were visiting the Precincts, remark, on meeting two" Townees " with our cap Oil, <I I guess th is ain't much of a School, it looks as if a ll the iocal"roughsJJ belong to it. >J

JAY BEE.

I th e refore suggest that the present School Cap be abolished, and that the present seco nd cleven Cap be used as the School Cap; that the second eleven have the same Cap as the fi rst eleve n (without th e wreath ) ; and the first have the same Cap as they now wear with a silver shield inscribed with the School crest.

[EOD. - We hope thal the Sports' Committee will consider this quest ion of election.]

Hoping you will excuse me for occupying so much of your valuable space.

To flu Editors

THE CANTUAKIAN,"

Dear Sirs, There have been, and still are, daily complaints concerni ng the K.S. Cap. F/rsl, about its commonness . S econd(y , that one meets street-boys here wearing it.

re main Yours truly,

Il. NE FACTOR. [EDD. - The inefficiency of the School Cap is tacitly recngn ised by the fact that the wearing of it is n.lmOSl entirely forbidden. Personally we have long wished to hn.ve a cap to 1lJc!ar.]

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OUR CON T E MP 0 R A R IE S.

The Drogludean begins with a couple

The Bradfield Col/'g' CII,.o",", has

of very dull and pointless articles entitled

a very humorous account of-a Debate on

Easter Holidays in the North" and

How I spent my holidays in the City"

Female Suffrage. The Bromsgroviall has an excellent

(Dublin).

letter from an Olet Boy condemning th e There is however an instructive and amusing article on "False Q uantities."

conventional type of Oxford Letter.

deprecates spec ulation on the chances of Oxford in the Boat Race, remarks about

The L eodieJlSiall contains an interesting

the'Varsity Socce r Match, and information

letter from an anonymous correspondent

of the type that a College was

on the subject of sc hool contributions to

boat in the second division of the togger

Lhe magazine.

races."

Vve heartily sympathise

sandwich-

He continues : ,/ A conventional

with the Editors in the ir e nd eavour to

Oxford letter is generally supposed 10

procure

give interesting and valuable information

Hubjects,

articles on more or less literary and

correspondence."

The

about Old Boys.

But no information is

attempt to invite correspondence on the

valuable unle ss it is true.

I wcnticth

letter is not supposed to be rud e.

century question was rather

unrortunate.

But an Oxford There-

fore it cannot give valuable information

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about Old Boys at Oxford, unti l the

heartily congratulate the School on the

virtues of that com munity become morc

formation of a Rifle Corps.

interesting than their vices."

\Ve hope

,that our ruture correspondents fro m the Universities will profi t by these remarks. The ELizabethan is rendered interesting by a poem describi ng the old school custom of tossing a pancake on Shrove

The Cz"(y of London JJÂŁagazhu is a number of unu sual meri t. a patriotic arti cle on

The Empire,"

which aclinirab!y summ arises the present positior.

of Great

followed by

Tuesday.

It opens with

Britain.

lively

Boulogne - Sur - Mer.

T his

description An

article

is of on

" Rhythmical Puns" provides some very The Crallbrookltm is a very poor number.

The poem called" An effort"

is the very worst we recollect ever having seen in a School periodcial. If the author makes another ~/!orl, we hope he will

amusing reading. We quote as a specimen a sta nza written by a wag when a certain Dr. Goodeno ugh preached before the Peers: II

remember that come does not rhyme with begun, nor shame with maiu, and avoid

reprod ucing a line like

And much do

they try to reach th e ground dry."

The

poem entitled " Roman ce " is not much better.

The author of

Old Chinese

History " wou ld do wcll to bear in mind

'Tis well enough that Goodenough Before the lords should preach, For sure enough they're bad enough He und ertakes to leach.

The Oxford Letter is long an d interesting. but the writer could not restrain himself from indulging in an allusion to the 'Varsity Soccer match .

that the following sentcnce is not English: "The Orphageans were a race found

m~y

Iraces

of"

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J'el

However, we

A stanza reprinted from a poem in th e Jlfarllmn'an

~ ntitled

"Hiemation,"

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and in tended as a supplement to Olive r

.... the weather has been disti nctly fine

\¥endell Holmes's "Aestivation," will

of late" and

bear repetition.

It runs :-

T he boves now orb of recent gramc

That wh en Socrates said

(lIlEfE7(HT70~ f3/o ~

labouring Ii

under a

"Treasures of the

Esu riently muge,

fJ/('JTQ~

he was

painful delusion."

C lassic~"

is composed

of the silly reflecti ons of tiros who thi nk

And leaning o'er the port expecl

the authors they read nonsensical, con-

The desiccated fruge."

cludillg with

an "absolutely literal"

translation of a passage in Thucydides-· The Fdslediall suffers throughout from

a form of composition n.either novel nor

the grave defect of attempting to be fu nny

entertaining.

and miserably failing in the endeavour.

exactly like a column of jokes in Til-Bils

The statement with which the editorial

might; possibly the resemblan ce is not

concludes,

that of all the Feb/ed/am

" Irish Humour" reads

me rely accidental.

The

discove ry of

C\'er published, the present number is

of an ancient manusc ript "

about the feeblest, and that this f editorial'

stale; why should it be revi ved in order

is no exception" was probably meant as

to give us a piece of composition in the

a joke, but would seem as a fact uncommonl), near the truth.

tri c~

is quite

style of Ally Sloper?

An ed itorial

shoul d at least be wri tten in proper English, and not contain slangy expressions

The Brighlol/liw conlains an apprecia-·

like 'nul smd and /JoJnd swindle .. further

tive article on the well-k nown British

it ought not to contain a series of " non-

Bird IVluseulll in the

sensical notes" (to quote the writer once

Brighton.

more) prefaced by

are well described,

I t is said," and

COll -

lI isting of items like the (ollowing: "That

Dyke Road at

The merits of the collection and there is an

appropriate illustration of a bird at th e-

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end of th e

article.

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Visitors should

t raveller in the in terior is regarded as an

certainly nolice the beautiful plumage of

Englishman, an d consequently immensely

the roseate tern and the eider duck, but

rich, and a

the list migh t be greatly extended as all

the villagers, on one or two

the specimens are good .

we drove past, whisper

at Greece"

"A Glimpse

lord "; indeed, we heard occasion ~,

" .Aopbot~"

And

opens with a sly hit at

one of the chie f newspapers had its front

Professo r Mahaffy, and then proceeds to

sheet filled wit h a serious account of the

expatiate on the disappointment that

arrival in Athens of

awaits the Grecian when he arrives at the

Millionai res" with a long descripti on,

Peiraeeus. The remarks on the literary

saved

language of the newspapers as contrasted

un conscious

with th e Romaic vernacular are interesting

details of th ei r personal expenditure."

from

extreme

300 American

banality

humor, of the

by its minutest

and recall the state of things in Rome in

I t is interesting to bea r in mind that, like

the days of the E mpire.

the Danes

Among the

an d

Italians,

the Greeks

examples of Greek tcrms for modern

sympathise with this country

inventions we notice atb'IPobpop.os (com-

present war.

pare the French chemin de ft r and the

in saying that several Greeks volunteered

German Eisenbahn ) as an equivalent for

to serve und er us.

"railway,"

TpOXtoapQltO ~

and 11"oo11i\aa/a for

for "tramcar"

bicycling."

the

'Ve believe we are correct We regret to hea r

that "of ath leti cs there is little or non e.

'~Te

The recent Olympic games at Athens

tran sc ribe a paragraph verbatim which is

seemed as exolic a performance as does

interestin g at a time like the present,

the Greek play

when the opinions held about Englishmen

endurance of Greek guides as described

on the co ntinent are a favorite topic for

in this article recalls the semi-legendary

di scussion in the dai ly Press ; "Every

feat of Philippides bdore Marathon, \\ ho

Bradfield."

Tr,e

THE CANTUARIAN. is said to have covered the distance between Athens and Sparta, about '50 miles, in two days. It is worth mentioning in this conn exion that at th e Olympic Sports held recently at Athens, it was a Greek who won the long distance race fro m the capital to Marathon-a run of

some 2+ miles.

It was a t housand pities

that the Olympic games were revived under th e debased form of a modern ;\lhletic meeting, with barbarialls competIng.

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'Ve beg to acknowledge the recei pt of the following ;Oustl (4), S. E dward's ScJlOol O/IIWlielt, Carthusian,

IJovorian

(3), Plymothian,

i11"atfislouian, L~s Fortnightly , Olavlan, C/tigwelliall, fJyvern, S.E. Col/ege iliaga

zillt, Ralllset"an, Kz'llg's Sclzool Alagazim (Paramal/a),

Occaszfmal

Papers, COS.,

1I1alvtrnian, Easlboumian, Sulton. Valen ce

School Maga.i,,,. Ollsel (7). Lily. Wl'k,hanusl.

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NOTICE S.

We beg to acknowledge with thanks the subscriptions of the following :Rev. B.

J. Smith ( 3S â&#x20AC;¢ 6d.), J. E.

Most of the back numbers of the Cantuarian can be had of the Hon. Sec.) F. C. Bovcnschcn, price 6d. each.

Husbands, Esq. (7s.).

Gibbs and Sons, Print ers, Palace Street, Canterbury.

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EDITORIAL. The end of anoth er School-year is rapidly approachin g, and wi th it comes for many of us th e close of our School career. It is, therefore, with much regret th at we take up pen to write this, our last, Editoria l for the Canluarial1. It is said that all good thin gs come to an end, and experience teaches us that the saying is true. For ourselves, we can only say that it is with great reluctance that we contemplate the speedy approach of the end . Othe rs. who have tried, tell us that 'varsity life is eve n more enjoyabl e j but not having had personal ex perie nce of it yet, we have only before us the gloomy prospect of having soon to pa rt co mpany with that period of our life which many regard as th e happ iest. ' Ve ha ve been here now for many years a nd we have seen many changes ; so me of them perhaps not entirely in acco rd ance with our conservative tas te ; (if we may be allowe d to take a n example, the High . treet is a somewhat pleasan te r and smoother road for bicycling t han Broad Street ) ; but at all events this fact is clear th at the School has advanced rapidly during the last le n or twelve years, a nd in num bers at least has increased coside rably. May its Hhadow never g row less ! There a re some wh o sigh for "the good old times ," I ollbtlcss the old times were good j but as it is impossible to have them back aga in witho ut having their many disadva ntages wi th them, fe w, we think, woul d really ca re to sac rifi ce for so idle a dream the benefits of our modern civilization. For ourselves

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t hese degenerate days are quite good enou gh, especially as each new term sees some new improvement. It is to most of us a disappointment to learn that the new huildings will not be in use next term, and that the favoured inhab itants of " these dcsirablt! residences" must wait to take possession until after Christmas. All who have been privileged to inspect them arc un animous in expressing their approval of the same. The Cricket season, we must acknowledge, has been disappointing. To have beate n Dover College is a fin e feather in our cap, but beside it we arc only able to set one other victory that over Sutton Valence at th e begi nning of the seaso n: three have been drawn '; th e rest-alas ! have been lost. Our failure to beat St. Edmund's School in the return match crushed us not a little, as we had hoped to retrieve our previous defeat ; bu t it was not to be. H owever, the co ntests next year will gain now a double in terest a nd excitement. \Ve wQt;ld like to take this opportunity of congratulatin g the H ead l\II aste r and Mrs. Galpin on a marvellous escape from what mi ght have been a most serious carriage acciden t. It is needless to say how thankful we all are that no grave damage was sustained 'We would call attention to a letter that ap peared in our last number, askin g for mon ey to get a new fourÂˇ oar for the Boat Club. The object of the appeal is a most worthy one, and we wou ld especially commend it to all O.K.S., and also to those who are leaving in the near future. Mr. Bell has done great things for the Club, and we hope he will be liberally supported by all. I t only remains for us to bid farewell to the School, which has been our home fo r so long j and we know that all through our life this wish will ever be present " FLOREAT SCHOll REGIA ." with us :-

POETRY. As thirty yea rs have elapsed since the events occ urred which are commemorated in tbe foll owing poem , it may perhaps be published without woundin g any susceptibilities. A new Captain, aged 14, with all the ea rly enthusiasm of newness to office, had di scovered so me bullying in what was the n the Day-boys' Hall, and is now the Dark-room. A day-boy supposed to be guilty of this was ordered to the Captain's study. The message was delive red to him as he was purchasing eatables at the porter' s lodge, then the School-shop, and he refused to co mply. A corporal's guard

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was dispatc hed to bring him, and he was chastised, it is much to be fea red, without a ny formal hearing. On the next day, wh ic h was Sun day, while the Captai n was standing as usual und er th e Dean's stall, the fat her of th e boy came up to him an d used very violent language. T he H ead j\Iaster observing this demanded an apology wh ich was refused. The boy and his brother had consequ ently to leave the School. A Captain bold in Canterbury ow ned a most bewitching son, \:Vhose young ideas were ta ught to shoot by learned Dr. Mitchinso n : Bllt wh en th e boyan order got, he would not act upon it, or Consent to leave the goodie shop to go and mee t the monitor. o Captain T -, unlnppy Captain T - ; o miserabl e, unfor tu,~'\t e, ill· fated Captain T-. Now this bold Captain failed to see a common matter as 'tis meant, That rebels get a licking, in his statelie r language" chastisement j)l And so arose a jolly row, th e facts of whi ch will charm ye, Between the Captain of the Schoo! and the Captain in the army. o Captain T -, a musing Captain T - ; o laughable, ecce ntric, e nter taining Captain T-. Quoth he, they ne'e r shall treat my boy in sull e n mode and partial, These things should st ri ct and formal be just like our own co ur tmartial ; If ever fro m a monitor my child shall meet disaster, I'll come myself and pay them out, for I'm a bold paymaster. o Captai n T -, conceited Captain T-. o bumptiolls, dictatorial, outrageons Captain T-. Next Sunday that small monitor walked down th e hushed Cathedral, T he rest in portly surplices came following their leader al l. Up strode the Captain to the lad a nd vowed he'd break that head of his, And with stran ge words of wrath and wrong profaned th at sacred edifi ce. o Captain T -- , how could you, Captain T - ? o shocking . sacrilegious, sabbath · breaking Captain T-. Such threats th e little sc holar did by no rn eans render glad at all, For though he was a monitor, he was not iron·clad at all, And naturall y unu sed to words of I< pistols and of coffee Sir," No c!oubt a most famili ar sound to that most gallant officer. Captain T -, fire-eating Captain T-. o hectoring, pugnacious, overbea ring Captain '1'-.

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Sir Captain, thi s will never do, quoth lea rntcl Dr. IVIitchinson ; For keep a lad we ca n't, whose dad has these pugnaciolls itchings on ; No doubt at home you pa," YOllr men, on that I've nought to say at all. But here you're quite insolvent, slI ch behaviour does' nt pay at all. o Captain T - , un b ridled Captain T - ; Disorderly. peace-brea king, bull-ill-china, Captain T-,

And so he left th e School, did silly little Master T-. And pays his eighteen-penny fare. and iearnR hi s Greek at Favc rsham. The Captain's purse is all th e worse, and oft with grief he'll ca n it o'er, And saelly sigh, "a foo l waS I , to bully that young monitor."

o Captain T -,

imprudent Captain T - ; Extravagant, expensive, suicidal Captain T-. MORAL.

Pray remember, gallant Captain, if to keep that threatening pledge YOll meant,

That little School-boys' regimm is quite unlik e a regiment, And wh en you sit in sulky fit, with vengeance and with vapours, Forbear to slink to pen an ink, and vent it in the paper~, o Captain T -, prolloncC Captain '1'- ; ilia/apropos, mismanaging, mi ÂŁguid eci Captain T-. 111ic/Ulf/IJIOS 'I~!r}}}, 1870.

CRICKET, KING'S SC HOOL ". ST . EDMUND'S SCHOOL. This match was played on the Beve rley, on Tuesday. June 12th, and after an exciting game, resulted in our defeat by 18 run s o n th e first innings. This is the first time for eig ht years that St. Edmund's have beaten ll S, and while we cannot profess to be pleased at our defeat, we must co ng ratulate o ur rivals 0 11 havin g at last ste mmed the tide of di sas ter. 'Ve were severely handi capped by the absence of l )aris and Cooper, the loss of the fa nner in the batting and of the latter in the fielding being es pecially unfortunate. Covell wo n the toss, but having in mind the fact that it had rained a bit in th e mornin g, put the other s id,. in. This policy appeared to

\ T I-I E

CANTUARI.-IN.

justify itself, as the batsmen made .bu t a p~ o r show against the bowling of Husbands and Hellard, who both bowled more steadily than usual. and were a ll di smi ssed for 67. Husbands clai med six \)rickets for J 7 run s, and H ellard four for 23. Jt was ha rdl y to be expected that we should fail to top such a moderate sco re, but such proved to be the case. There was an unaccounta ble tameness in th e batting all th rough, a!~d no o ne appeared to play wi th any confid ence e ither at th~ slows of Eyr-e r at R~tdd s ~ast balls, .Several were bowled by fast halfÂˇ..,oll eys, and 111 fact a regular ro~ set 1.n. 1 he whole s,lde were o nly a ble to amass the mi se rable tota l of 49 . At lh ls penod of the game It lo okec~ as though fOllr innings wo ul d he co mp leted, but our ~l PI~on e nt s gave a much be ttor dl;;play than before, and thanks largely to a very good IIllllll gS of89 not o ut by Hudd, aJdcd by llseful support from Eyre, Geary and Bull, lh l,' ~' reached a total.of 167, But unfortunately th e fielding toward s th e end of the 1I111lngs go t sla ck, Wi th one Or tw o honourable exceptions. and thi s probably cost us Ih~ match. \Ve wer? facec~ by the al most impossible task of making 186 runs in 55 Illillutes! bu t by herOIC tach es we actually got I S4 of them in the time for the loss of t(\'ve n Wi ckets. Covell and Durnford made a capital sta rt and in th e course of the linn .six overs got 5 I be fore Covell was bowled for 2 1. Durnford mad e 35 including 1111 ' Igh t (four overth rows) Massey 13 a nd Green II, and the score-board read six for II!!, Then H usbands ~nd Finn got togeth('J' and quickly took the score to 154 wh en l'l nll wa s caug ht <l.ncl tl.me was ~a!le d. I t ~vas a fine effort, and though circumstances \\ 1'1'{" of course, ve ry different , It seemed cilfficult to believe that it was the same team t hUI had b<~tted in .the first inl~in~ s . Cm'ell kept wi cket very well, the catch that di HjI(:lscd o~ Rud d 1I1 the first IIll~lllgS, and the picce of stumping whi ch di smi ssed I rI I'H!('Y bem'S ext remely smart pieces of work. Green also di stin O' uished himself in IhI ' HI-lei all through, and set an ad mirabl e exampl e of smartn es~ which the o ther UIi IIlI! lI'rS of th e team would do well to emulate. ST. EDMUND'S SC II OOL. 1st I nnings. t r W. Edwards, Ihw, b Husbnml s Il , Itlilnaon, h H usbands I 1~\II ltI, c Covell, b Husbands ...

II Ihll\ , b Il dJ:ud I

(;\.,\I)',

Wnlln cc. b Il usIJ:lnds .. . \\'u llon, c Green , b H ellard .. .

\\ I',\u y, I

11 !11i1

10111 1

nut out

lIye'), 6 ; leg-byes,

16 2

b lIusbands I II gyrl', h lI ellard ... II I '1' ~ l tI)', st Covell , h Husbands I h ulU on, b Il ellard .. . I

2nd Innings.

o Jbw, b H ellard

t. ..

4 5 5

o o 8 o 7 67

b H ellard not out Il>w , b Hellard e Green, b Hu sb..lnds e and b Husbands e D urnfo rd , b H ellard ... b H usbands .. . b Cove ll .. . c Greer. b H usbands ... e Durnford, b Husbands .. . Extras : Byes, 9 ; leg-byes, 1 ; wide, T ota l ...

89 I I

15 3 4 4

6 8

167 '

THE

25 0

CANTUAR IAN.

KING'S Inni ngs. ll. C. Covel l, b Rudd .. E. Finn, b Rudd ... H. E . G reen, c Parr)'. b Ru<!d F. A. I-Iusuand!;, L Rudd .. . F. I-I. Durn ford, c Edwards, b Eyre E, R. Uerryman , b Rudd ... . .. J. A. Hellard, 51 Bull, b Eyre W. 1-1. llird. b Eyre ... J. ~L Tukc, 5l Bull, b Eyre, E. L. i\'[asscy, c Gea ry, b Rudd G. N. Ryley, not out Extras : Leg -bye, I : no-ball, I

SCHOOL. 2nd Innings.

1St

7 L Rudd 0 II

6 3

c Geary, b Rudd c Bull, b Rudd not out h Edwards b Rudel

24 II

31 35

6 7 b Edwards 3 I

2 2

Total

Eyre, b Rudd

Extras ; Byes,

13 12

T otal (7 wickets )

154

B OWL It\G AN'AI.YSRS.

ST.

E[):\!U N D'S SC H OOL.

151 Innings.

Husbands Tuk c H ellard

10 2

2nd I nnings. M.

17 20 23

6 0 4

H usbands .. ,

Massey H ellard COl'eli Bird

20 2 14 10 5

5 0 4 1 0

0 2 0 0

36 36 15

KING 'S SCHOOL. 1St

R u(kl Eyre

Innings. M. o. 6 0 6

2nd Innings. R.

25 22

6 4

Rudd Eyre Edwards

_._--

7 2

~1.

0 0 0

39 25 78

\".

0 2

KING'S SC HOOL v. WALMER GARRISON. This match was played at \Valmer on Thursday. Jun e 14th. Covel! as usual won the toss, and clected to go in first. Durnford and Covell opened th e School innings, and off th e third ball of the match Durnford was caught in the slips ; off t he next ball, whi ch was nearly a wide, Finn was caught, while Green generously all owed the bowler to complete his hat-trick, and retired lbw; the next ball, the last of the over, bowled Husba nd s. Nobody making a long stand , we werc:: eventually all ont for the poor score of 49 . \Valm er's first innings calls for 110 special comment except that William s and Florence made useful scores. T he School in their second ve nture did slightly

. THE

CANT UAR IAN.

Z5'

~~~~=======================-

1lIllillf, Inaking 109; of which Husbands made 38 .

Covell and E. C. Green both well. The stroke by which H ella rd got out in the 2nd innings was not good, ht, would do weJl to drop it. The fielding on the whole, was good, H ellard being I' ially noticeable.

I IIUfi''' 1111

~ jI"

II . I I I' I I, i

I II

K I NG'S SC H OO L.

2nd innings. run out o 1bw, b Shine o c i\'l erccr, b Shine o b SCOLt o c l\ lerce r, h Scott o b Sh ine 2 h Sh ine 10 b ScotL 4 c Fl orence, b S hine 12 h Scott 9 not Ollt ... . .. 2 Extras; Byes, 6 ; leg-bye, 1 ; wide, I

1st innings. t '. Covell , c lI id:man, b Shine II. Du rn rord, c Rooney, h Sh ine 1 lUll , c Williams, b S hi ne I':. C:rccn, Ibw, II Shine A, H USbands, b Shine... ..' \ . II eU:ml, c Williams, b Edwa rds 1( . P. Berryman, c and b Shine. N. Iotyley , b Shil)e ... . .. I" f't lasscy, c Williams, b Ed wa rds 1'. (:rccll, not Ollt \ , 1I 01land, b Shine 1 ~l( l rI\ l; :

Byes, 2

T otal

WAL;\l ER GARRISON. 1st inni ngs I I jll , Mercer , c Hellard, h H usbands I I II I. Richmond, h Il usbands j " 1 W \lIinlll s, c Massey, b Husbands

I ' pi , Sn mpson-Way b Husbands

II 19 6

I 11 111 . Shine, c and b Husbands I'll I' lorence, c Hellard, h H oll and

8 5

4 38

o I

8 2

8 8 109

T Olal

2nd Innings.

not Ollt n o lOllt

8 .0

I " III. Bcith, b Husbands .. . . .. I I. III , I{ooncy, c H ellard, b Husbands I I. ul . Scott, c H olland, b Husbands ' INI. 1tl ckmnn, not out .. . I'll 1'\lwnnh;, h H ellard .. . 1 :~ l l n R : Bycs, 9; leg-bye, I

4 10 9 10

Exlras; LegÂˇbye, I

T otal no wick et .

113

T olal

... 49

BOW LI NG A :-;OALVSES. I{ I NG'S SC HOO L.

2nd I nnings.

1st I nn ings.

111111 IWII III

,II

M. 3 0 3

19 22 6

8 2 0

Shine Edwards Scott Rooney Il ickman .. .

14 2

37 10 41 7 6

0 4 0 0

17'3 4 2

0 0

THE

CANTUAR IAN.

\VAI.MER GARRISON.

2nd I nnings.

1St I nnings.

o. H usbands H ellard .. . H olland .. .

9 7

M. 2

3 0

18 14

w. 8

o. I Iushands Hellard' .. ' H olland ... Ryley H. E. Green

w. o o

o o

KING'S SC HOOL 1'. M.C.C. Played on the Beverley on Tuesday, June 19th. The School batted first on a good wicket, and made a very promising start with Covell and Wil son. Th e fonner might have been caught ill the countrr, but made some ni ce strokes, whi le Wilson baited with cO~lfidellce, and 30 went up without th~ loss of a wi cket. Almost immediately afte rwards \ Vilson was m issed at short slip by Ta)'lor-]ones, but in th e same over placed one o f Burton's in Hulton's hand s at point, and reti l'ed for a very creditable 18. Paris came in only to see Covell out Ibw. to Martin, and Finn, who took hi s place, never seemed comfortable; he was finally t empted by a rath er widt: one from Burton, and was caught at coverpoint ofl a "ery tame stroke . Paris wa s pl aying steadily and taking no libe rties, while punishing the loose balls : he scored off 3 successive balls from Burton; but Green was caught at point in attempting to drive l\Iartin. Husbands, who s ucceeded him, could not settle down : he mad c one or two l ucky sn icks but wa s then quite beate n by a good length ball from Burton. Durnfo(d failed to sc.:ore, being vcr)' smartly st um ped by Pike in playing forward to Martjn, and thus s ix wickets had fall en for the addition of bare ly 40 run s. l\lartin was keeping at the same length almost every ball, and seemed hard to get away, while Burton's slows caused mo re diffi cul ty than might have been expected . H e bowled Paris for a very steady innin gs of 28, a:ld followed thi s up by disposing of Cooper and H o lland cheaply before the lunch eo n inter . . al, with the result that our total only reach ed 94, though at one time it see med likely to be considerab ly over the JOO. Burton came out with an exce llent analysis, his slow balls proving fata l in most cases. Th e lVI.C.C. sent in Hu lto n and JVTou nsey after the in terval to face th e bo\di ng of H ellard and H llsbands. The latter sco red the faster of the two, and the total soon reached 30, tho ugh H ulton might have bee n fun out if mid~on had returned the ball to the right end, and H olla nd was responsible for a four to leg which should have been stopped . At 40 a change was tri ed, H olla nd for H ellard, and ]\[ounsey was let olf at short-slip by Husbands in the first ove r. After a series of short run s howeve r. he had his revenge by bowl ing Mo unsey with what looked like a full pitch. Taylor-] ones came in and began to give the fielde rs some work, but he soon lost Hulton, who was bowled by a good ball from Holland. 'Vith Jardine in our score was passed, bu t the new arrival never seemed quite at hom e, and after Olle or tWi) somewhat lucky strokes was out lbw to H ellard, who had res umed instead of 'Vilson. In the mea ntim e Taylor-Jones was

TH E

C .~ NTUAR [ AN.

253

~H'n rin g rapidly , and ill s pite 0f fre q uent changes of bowling the total reac hed 200

ht' forc his partnership with Twyman was dissolved. His 104 was a fine ex hibiti o n of It~'{' h iltin~ which,te nded to (~cm oralisc the, fiel(~ing to ,some extent. The 7th and 8t h WI 'k ts (lid \,eTY li ttle, but ,Pike ,and l\[artlll hit merrdy at the close and put on SO 11\01' runs, whlie the last Wicket Just enabled the score to top the third hundred . f~llh o llgh we ~lIffercd a somewhat severe defeat, th e game was not altogether IIll liallsfaclory. It IS tnlc that o ur score was sma ll er thf~n it olJO'ht to have bee n "tmsid cring the good sta rt made; in fact the run getting capacity orOthe sick! after th~ Inll o f two or th ree wickets seems vcrv un certain. H o\\'cver, the bowlinO' never we nt to pit' t'es. in spite of the seve re tre~tmellt it received. Holland seemed th~ most diflicllit III play, but both H ella rd ancl Husband s bow le"-I very steadily, especially the latte r at lilt' 'o mmenccmcat of th e innings. T hey were on the whol e backed up well in the field, I houg h there are one or two weak spots. r\ n1l1 may often be saved at mid~on or I'xlm cover by a speci.a l effo rt-a half~hearte~1 a~t~lll pt witl~ th~ foot only enco urages lilt' batsmen to take nsks whenever the ball IS Illt 111 that directIOn, and a really good III' hl will save many nm s by frightening the batsmen with his activity early in the Inllings. Score and analysis;KING'S SCHOOL. B. C. Covell, Ibll', b M<lrlin II. I. Wilson, c H ulton, b Burton R. C. Paris, b Bunon ... . .. E. Finn, c Kenderdine, h Burton II. I::. Green, c Hulton, b ;\fart in F. A. Husbands, b Burton .. F. II. Durnrord, st Pike, h ~ h'trtin K C. G reen, b Durton J. A. lI ellard, not (Jut L. R. Cooper, b Burton I I. t\. HolIand, h Burton Extras

16 18

28 9

o 9

5 5

o 4

T otal..

<;. G. H lllton, h H olland

,(' e.c.

I t. i-. lounscy. b H olla nd Rev. E. W. T aylor-Jones J. W. rardine, lbw, b Hellard ('npt. \-Villiams, b H eBard (:. Tw)'man , Ihw, J, Co\'ell C. Eo lIarris, b Wilson... ... . .. C. I I. Kenderdine, c lIusbands, b H olland Pike, not out ... . .. ~I n rlin, hE. C. Grecn ... IIUI'lOIl, e Durnrord. b em'ell Ex: ras: Byes, 16

T otal

104

33 9 4

34 6

16 302

CANTUARIAN.

Tl-rE

B OWI.Ii'>G

A NALYSIS.

KI NG'S SC HOO L.

Martin ," Burton ". M, e .C.

H ella rd

I-lulib:mds Holland Wilson " .

II. E. Green Covell

\\',

18'1

48 46

3 7

\\"

o. 15 15 18 S 2 8

~I .

4 I

3 0 0

E. C. (;I'ccn

KING'S SCHOOL v.

60 49 57 33 16 44 27

HIGHGATE

0 4 0 2

SCHO OL.

TI)is match which was played at Highga te on June 21 ~ t. ~ nd ed in a draw, rain limiting th e play to about three-quarters o~ an hour" ~n that tllne rour of the home wickets fell for 60 fun s. The School fi eld1l1g was cilstlll ctly P?o r as no less t1~an four catches were dropped. The team was the same as th at which played agalllst the M.C.C. Score and analysis :-HIGHGATE SCI-IOOT.. I

R. R. Smart, C Wilson, h I Iusbands A. L. Hetherington, b Husbands H. 1\'r. Eisdcl1, b ifushul\(is R. D. Rohertson, not QuI . .. N. Walker, h I [olland

~: {.~. '?J;~~SdCll)

J. H . Quig!cy N. A. RobLllSOIl J. R . Dawson P. T. Blanrord

Extras ;

14 16

(lid nol bat.

B)~c s .

5 j Wides,

Tolal (4 wickels)

... 60

... B OWL ING ANALYSIS. H1 GIIGATP. SC HOOL

H ellard .. l-I usbands Holland ...

~I .

15 31

3 o

w. o 3 I

THE

• KING'S

CA NTUARIAN.

255

SCHOOL v. MERCHANT TAYLORS.

Thi s match was played on th e Bev9rley on Ju ne 26th, and resulted in a draw, the hOl11e side just averting a crushing defeat. Me rchant T aylors WOI1 the toss a nd se nt in De nnis and Raphael, wh o by a fine display of batting raised the total to I I [ before th e latter was caught at the wicket. T he outgoing ba tsman had played a fin e forcing in nings for his runs and seemed to possess a great var iety of st rokes. His only chan ce was a mishit between wi cket-keepe r and square leg which either Holland or 'ovoll could have caught had not each left it to the other. Bourns helped Dennis to trike t.h e score to ' 54. when he was bowled by Husbands, Dennis foll owin g a few overs later fo r a careful and extremely valuable 69. Trick was dismissed by a good throw-in from Paris which enabled CoveH to put down his wicket smartly, but Shuttl eworth and Langley increased the score from I i 6 to 296, during which pe riod I\ \fl' ry member of the team except Durnford took a turn with the ball, before Langley Np O ned the ball just over the bowler's head and was caught by Hellard. Schooling WlI R • and b off a very tame stroke, but Bashford sent up the 3 0 0, after whi ch the v\;. itors declared, Shuttleworth c..:arrying his bat for a hard hit 6S · The School fi elding \\11 " in most cases good, though indi\ iduals did badly ; the bowling was distinctly poor. "Iii' . hool went in with just unde r two-and-a-half hours to play, and lost \Vilson with lIu l) n single on the board . Covell and Paris howeve r made an in valuable stand hd Ing the total to 70, before the latter was bowled for an excellent +3, which lilt Iud d 2 fives andz fo urs. The next fe w wic..:kets fell rapidly. Raphael's pace proving Ilin 1HlI c h for the batsmen. Covell was fifth to leave at 9z, after showing to greater 11 I\'II11 III gc than before during the season. \-Vith nearly an hour left for play th e nll tlt)1) k for th e home team was very gloomy, but Husbands and Durnford rose to th e III I 11 ~ 1() 1l , and by a plucky stand which realised 49 runs, set the issue al most beyond Ilunht. After Husba nds' departure E. C. Green, who was badly missed before he tl l.1d . 1't' ndercci Durnford useful assistance, a nd wi.th Cooper's dismissal stum ps were II tWII , While we a re pleased that the School escaped defeat! we cannot but IIIII.IIIII IJ with the Merchant T aylors who but for pl1ning off the closure far too long 'illid hllv ivon co mfortably, and as it was were only just robbed of an easy victory_

THE

Score and analysis:-

CANT UAR I AN.

,IERCHANT TAYLORS.

J. E. T. C. 1.. S. G. A. A.

Raphael, c Finn, h Covell Denms, h H ellard ... Bou rns, b H usbands H. Shuttleworth, not out A. Trick , run out . J. Langl ey, c H ellard, b Finn J. Schooling , c and b Cooper .. M. Bashford, not out

F. W. Dmpcr

}

A. T. Robinson

69 20

65 12

59 a 4

did not bat

G. T. Kingsford Extras : Byes, 4: leg-bye ,

I ;

no balls,

"'JOO

T otal (6 wickets) · I nnings declared closed.

KING'S SC HO OL. B. C. Covell , b Raphael II. I. Wilson, h Raphael R. C. Paris, b I{aphaei E. Finn, b Raphael .. ' H. E. Green, c Raphael , b Robinson F. A. I-lusbauds, c Draper, b Robinson F. H. Durnford, c SchOOling, b D ennis E. C. Green , c Trick, b Dennis ...

43 4

3 26

23 7 3 a

A . H e llard, not QuI

L. R. Cooper , b Draper H, A. H olland, dit! not bal Extras : Byes 5; leg·byes, 4 ; wides, 4 ; no·ball ,

1. . .

Total (9 wick ets) BoWLI NG ANALYSES. MERCHA NT TAYLORr>.

Hu!;b.'lnds H olland H ellard Wil son Covell ... E. C. Grcen H. £. G ree n Paris Fi nn Cooper

18 5 6 4 5 2

5 0 0

81 54 45 26 31

a a

2 0

W. I

a I

12 12

20 8 4

THE

CANTUARlAN.

KING' S SCHOOl..

Raphael Draper Robinson Dcn ni s Trick ...

257

8 13 10 2

3 3

42 26 40 33

4 2 2

KING'S SCHOOL v. ST . LAWRE NCE. Plared on the Beve rley on June 29th. Covell lost the toss, and Twyma n and l\ lntthcws faced Husbands and Holland. H olland bowled i\fatthews, but was then Il o~ ba ll c d and taken off. It was subsequ ently agreed by everyo ne on the field, except lh c umpi re that the deliveries were perfectly genui ne. 'Vilson then relieved Ilusbands and five wickets fell to him with small addition to the score : - l J6 for 1Âˇlg ht wickets. H owever, Solly and Vlisdom, the two l e ft~hand e r s of the team, smiting IIIHtil)' and with ext raordinary luck added 38 for the ninth wicket. Latter was playing HR usual, and helped Soliy to raise the total to 198. Solly was missed by Finn and ( ' 0 per, and vVisdom was let off by Paris. All th ese chances should ce rtainly have h l't' n acce pted, and th e mistakes und oubted ly cost us th c match . Otherwise the 1l1,lding of th e team was excellent. Our innings was opened by Cove ll and \,Vilson, the latter of whom at once ,UII' umb ed to Solly. The two professionals were bowling well and rllll S seemed hard III get. The second wi cket fell at 37, <lnd Covell succumbed to Solly at 45 . Ilulibands began playing steadily, but soon lost Finn. Durnford coming in, a great "Wild was made real izing 52. Thc rcmaining wickets failed against Latter. the wmturc closing for 137. Husbands played magnifi cently through the innings, carrying lIuL his bat for 5 T. His success was well dese rved, and he made only one mistake, ht llng let off by Latter in the slips. a rather soft chan ce. ' '''e noticed a decided hUJlI'ovement in the team all round, as St. Lawrence are-exce pt the M.C.C.-the /!l Ilting st opponents we meet. Full sco re and analysis : ..

ST. LAWRENCE. 1st Innings. 2nd Innings. I I l' w)'lIInn, b Husbands ... .. ... 39 M~Jtu ~I ntt hews, b H olland ... I 1\ I", Il nwklll!;, c H\ISbnnds, b E. C. G reen. 28 I I" Illore, c H usbands, b Wilson 0 I h , I Ja rris, c and b Wilson ... 4 not Ollt I' I h01I1.on, h Wilson ... 13 I " N, 1"l nn, c Cooper, b Wilson 15 c Covell , h Paris I 1(luler- c Husbands, b Wilson 4 .. lI y, c )urnford, b H. E. Green 40 \\ ,.,Iut ll, c Il usbandl'i. b E. C. Green 18 , I LII1l) r , M l out 17 lÂˇ:" tms 19 Total

T otal

wicket) ...

9 II

THE

CANTUARIAN .

KI NG'S SC HOO L. R. C. Covell, b Solly H . I. W il son. b Solly R. C. Paris, b \vis.dom F . A. Husbands, nOI out E. Fin n, c Twyman, h Solly F . H . Durnford, b Latter H. E. Green, c T wyman , b Latter E. C. Grccn, c T wyman , b Latter J. A. H ellard, b Wisdom

17 4 12

51 3 24 2

o o o

L. R. Coopcr, b Lattcr ... H . A. H oll and, c I-Inrri s, b Latter

Ex tras

Total

137 H OWJ.1NG ST.

l s i Innings.

H usbands ..

Holland E . C. Green H ellard Wi lson F inn

H. E. Green

;\f .

17 3 10 3

0 I

2 0

54 18 35 9 48 8 0

L AW R EN CE .

2nd Innings.

w. I I

Covell Paris DurnfOrd .. .

~I.

2'2 2

0 0

7 7

'v. 0

0 5 0 KI NG' S

Wisdom ... Solly C. E. H :m is A. La l(er

A NA LVS1S.

SCHOOL.

o. 17 18 5

~I.

3 4 2

7'2

44 9

o 5

KI NG'S SCHOOL v. FE LSTED SC HOOL. It had origina lly been intend ed to begin thi s match on Tuesday, J uly 3rd, as it was th ought t hat the FcIsted team might want to leave ea rly the followi ng day, but rain fell so heavily on th e first day that no play was possi ble. On \ ÂĽ ednesday however an early start was made, the School being let out at 9-45 , and play beginning soo n after ten. F clsted th e toss an d sent in Gran t and Douglas wh o subscribed 34, bf! fore Douglas was bowled by a full pi tc h . The next partnership lasted a long t ime largely owing to the poorn ess of th e School bowli ng i Husbands alone kept

won

\ TH ~

CANTUAIUA N.

respectable length , whe reas the rest se nt down far too many loose and badly 'itched balls. T he Score rose to close on 80, when 'Wi lson was instruc ted to bowl o l1 g~ h o ps on the off for catches, a policy that was attended with marked success. Finn at poi nt caught G rant for a well-played 49. while Smith was simila rly di smissed "ithont sco ring. Text \,Vilson caught and bowled F oley, a nd Durnfo rd mad e a fin e ('llteh at mid-on which disposed o f Dacon. At t his period half t he vi siti ng side we re Ollt for I '7 , but vViltshi re helped Ashcroft to add 5 ' ru ns before the latter was howled in tryi ng to hit H ellard to leg, for a ve ry fin e effort of 65 . \Viltshi rc was Ilwght a few ove rs later, a nd Husbands q uickly di spost'c1 of the tail. T he School started bad ly, H usbands an d Covell appea rin g rather un comfortable wit h the bowlin g, and both le ft with th e total a t 14 . Durnford he lped Paris to put n brighter co mplexion on th e ga me. but after makin g five was called away and could II OL la ke any furthe r pa rt in the.: match . E. C. Gree n ti lled the vacancy, and the tOlal \\' /I f{ taken to 68 befo re Pa ri s was bowl ed by Douglas' first ball for a va lua.bl e and I'I t)'lish 23. E. C. G ree n and F inn playcd steady useful in nings, th e former leaving a t M'I , th e latte r at 95. After this the tail fail ed badly before Douglas who secured the Hond a na lysis of six wickets for 24 run s, and the score only realised 1° 4. T he visito rs dec ided to draw stumps at 6.30, and en tered on their second in nings \\ lI h ll bout three hours left for play . G ra nt and Ashcroft again batted well for their HI II II, but play was not particula rly interes ti ng. Massey bowled very well , a nd IIt'll yman who fielded as substitute for Durnford. brought off a couple of catches. Wit h six wi ckets down for 94, Feisted declared. Doug las was again too mu ch for Ihi' hatsme n on the opposing side. and with the exception of Paris, who carried his hut for a ii\'elr 32, no one reached do uble fi gures. Owi ng to th e courtesy of WIIt ; hirc, the visito rs' captain, Berryman W,I S a llowed to bat instead o f D urn ford . 1111\· and a nalysis ;II

FELSl'E D SC HOO r..

1st Innings. II, (:rn n t ~ Finn, b W ilSall . W, Douglas, b ~·..Iassey . M, J\ "heroft, b H ellard W. Sn,ith , c Finn , b Wilson II \ l illey, c and b Wilson ... I ~ I . RtlCOn, c Durnford , b W ilson I' C, Wiltshire, c Wilson , b Hl1sband s I II . )1 11m, c Covell , b Hushands I

2nd I nnings. c Paris, b Massey to c Be rryman, b i\iassey 65 b ;\ fassey o c llerryman, b J\"l:l.ssey 1 h H ellard 9 fl at out 38 n m out 3 nol oul ... S 49

II Ih'di ngtoEl , not out

. !l,clllOn. b H usbands

12 21 II

o 9

I I j, l\!u the ws, by H usbands .. .

1':lC lrM : Byes, 3; Leg·Ryes, 2; Widcs,2

Total

Byes, 12 .. .

192

"Innings declared dosed.

T ota l (6 wickets)

THE

260

CANT UAR IAN.

KI NG'S 1St Innings. B. C. Co\'ell, b Prior F. A. I1 usuands, b Wiltshire R. C. Paris, b Douglas .. . F- H. Durnford, absent .. . E. C. Green, c Preston, L Douglas E. Finn, h ~lathe\\l S I-I. E. Green, not out H. I. Wilson, Ibw. , b Douglas J. A, ll ellnrd, b Douglas E. L. lVlassey, b Douglas L. R. Cooper, b DOllglns .. ' Extras: byes, 15; leg-bye, I ; wides, 2; noÂˇ balls, 4 Total

SC HOOL.

2nd Innings. 4 c Grant, b Douglas 3 c and b Douglas 23 not out ... ... 5 E. R. P. Berryman, b Douglas 17 16 b Douglas 7 c and h Wiltshire I not out

3 7 32 o 8 2

o o o Leg-byes, 4; wide

I ;

no-balls, 3

Total (5 wickets)

104

BOW LI NG ANALY SIS : FEI_STED SCHOOL.

2nd Innings.

1st In nings,

Wilson Husbands E. C. Green Massey H ellard

13 16 4 8 9

)1.

2 3 0 0 0

45 44 31 41 '4

) 1.

Wilson Husbands

6 3

0 0

Massey Bellanl

9 6

2 0

27 18

4 4 0

w. 0 0 4 1

KI:-m's SCHOOl..

2n(\ I nnings.

1st Innings. Willshi re Prior Douglas l\-I athews

6 3 3 2

16 36 24 6

15 9 5

KING'S

1 I

Wiltshire

Douglas Mathews

13 9

5 5

33 10

SC HOOL v. DOVER

'v. 4

COLLEGE.

This match was played at Dover on July 12th , and ended in a '~ill .for us by 22 run s. Covell won the toss. and with E. C. Green opened the 1l1l1lngs. An ex.cellent start was made, Covell, E. C. Green, Husbands and Paris all playing fine cricket especially Paris, whose innings was invaluable. He played in excellent style and ga~e no chance. At lunch the score was 106 for three wickets, ÂˇWhat we did at lunch no on e knows, but directly afterwards Husbands and \Vilson succumbed, and a regular rot set in, the las~ sev~n wickets o,nly. addi ng 15 runs. Finn played steadily but no one co uld stay With 111m . The 1Il1l1l1gS closed for 121. After the usual

THE

CANTUARIAN.

2UI

inle rval, Dover College sent in Rawcs and Marley to face Massey and Covell. Marley was yorked by Covell, but the batsmen played c~nfidently, a nd 4:t runs were r 'S'istcred for two wickets. After this wickets fell regularly, Jackson a nd Blaine being top Scorers. H ere H ellard replaced Husbands. and Covell gave I\'Iassey a rest, with Ih result that three wickets fell rapidly. The last two wickets made some stand, but 'ove ll bowled both men and the innings closed for qq. OUf fielding a ll rollnd was ( ' X 'c lie nt, H. E. Green being especially not.iceable ; the Dover fielding lost a g reat (I 'a l by cam pa! ison, and their gro und-fielding in particular was not what we expect rrom Dover. I n our second innings Paris again batted splendidly, bei ng not Ollt with 23 to his account, whil e \ÂĽil son, E. C. Green and Husband s played ve ry Ht 'adily. Berryrnan was seve rely hurt on two occasions, and we conside r it ve ry plucky or him to have gone on playing. Full score and analysis : 1st Innings. I!. " ovelJ, c Ma rley, b Rogers ... t':, C. Grcen, b Jackson I~ . ',Paris, c Rogers, b Jackson I'. 1\, Ilusb..Âˇmds, b Blaine 11 ,..& . WilSall, TUn out 1-.. ,,'Inn, not out . .. II . K Green, b Blaine I- R. P. Bcrryman, c Blaine b Rogers I, A, lI ellard, b Blaine 1 1" :"'I asscy, b Rogers I It Cooper, b Hogers Extras

KI NG'S SC HOOL. 2nd Innings. 10 not oul J6 b Jackson 42 not out ... 22 C Rogers, b Marley l i b Roge rs

9 4 I

o o

o 6

Extras

... 12 1

Total

23 9 10

10 Total (3 wickets) .. .

DOVER COLLEGE. P. L, Rawes, c Hellard, b Massey F. L. Marley, b Covell ... . .. 1- W. Jackson, c H usbands, b Massey ". I I. S. Rogers, b i\'I assey... C. I-I. Blaine, c Massey, b H ellard K L. McCulloch, c and b H ellard ,\. H . Rix, b Covell ... E. S. Wheeler, Ibw, b Hellard .. . J, II. Foster, c H. E . Green h Covell c.:. I r. Sma rt, b CO\'eJl II. A, i\-f undy, not out ... Extras T otal ...

9 18 o 21 4 I

o 14 9

" 99

TI-I E

262

CANTUARIAN.

BOWLING

KINe's

ANAI.YSIS. SCHOOl..

2nd I nnings.

Jst Innings. R Of;"crs Blame J ackson Wheeler

)1.

\V.

14'3

I I

)Inrley

0 0

12 17 2

Rogers Jackson Blaine

0 0

Smnn

Marley

DOVER COLLECE.

Massey Covell Husbands H ellard ...

12 ' 5

3 7

KING 'S

SC I-IOOI.

v. ST.

ED~IUND'S

~ 1.

2 I

2 0

0 0

7 5

o. w

W. 1

R. 24 22

)[.

"'. 3

4 0

SCHOOL.

The 79th game in the se ries of matches betwee n th ese old rival s was played on the Beverley, on J uly J 3th, and resulted in the 40th vi ctory of St. Edmund's School, th e King's School claiming 35 wins, while the remaining four games have be~ n drawn. The return match of 1900 will long be remembered as a stl1bbor~ struggle III which, after S.E .S. had compiled a record first innings score 0 1 269. their opponents played up splendidly to a certain point, ann all but managed to escape defeat . The weather was. glorious, ancl the wicket was up to the best traditi ons of the Beverl ey. S.E.S. won the toss and sent in Edwards and J ohnso n to fa ce the bowling of Covell and Massey, fTf~sh from their triumph at Dover the day before. Runs came fast, and it was not till the total had reached 33 that Husbands sent back Edwards. The adve nt of Rudel was the signal for a prolonged stand, and in spite of cha nges in the attack the score had mounted to 78 before Jo hnson was bowled for a va luable 3 I . Bull fi-lled the vacancy and Âˇthe bowling was SOOIl mastered . Soon ~fter the century had been reflc hed R'udd completed his 50, \vhile a few overs late r IllS partner sent a hard chanc~ to point, at whi ch Berryman made a good attempt with his left. ha nd. Several changes were tried; the cousins Gree n and Cooper received a. turn With the ball, but it was reserved for IVfassey to terminate this long stand by bO\'.'llllg tl.le S.E:S. captain fo r a magnificent and faultless 82 . ' ''''e sympathise with Rudd III havmg tWIce iust failed to 'secure a century against us; he may co nsole himself with the kn owledge that his score was onc of the chief factors in securing his side the victory . . Eyre soon left, but Geary helped Bull to add 39 runs before the latter, who had ~urvlved a confident appeal for a catch at th e wicket, was caught at cover for a fine eRort of 6 1. ' Vith the exception of the chance alluded to he made no mista ke. F i\'e .for 22Z . Geary, who played good innings, did not' long survive his partne r, and o WlI1g to a

TH E

CANT UA RIA N.

26)

~===========================

couplc of good catches at cover-point by H . E . GTe.e n, nine wickets were down for 24 ' . ' Vatton and 'Vallace, howe ver, hit merril y and subscribed 28 for the last wicket, of which numb er" 17 WCTC scored in a single over from \Vilson. T he School fi elding was excellent, H. E. Green and Cooper being the most conspicuous. whi le Massey bowled well towards the close. Covell suffe red fro m inability to fi nd a good length . K,S. went in with about two hours and a qua rter left for play, H ellard nnc! E. C. Green being th e first pair. The fonne r, who had hith erto nearly always been a failure with the bat, fo und the new order o f going in to his taste and soon made his presence felt, being especially partial to Ey re's slow leg-breaks. Green played a sound and careful innings, and the score amounted to 49 when he was bowled by Eyre. Paris fi lled the vacanc)', an d, for the first ti me this season, fai led to secure doub le fi gures, being out to a tame slroke off Eyre. H usbands was bowled by Rudd n few overs later, and with three wickets down for 68, the outlook was no ne too hopeful. Covell. however, came to the resc ue of his side, and a long stand ensucd between him and He llard . The sco re rose rapidly; Hodgson and Lapsley replace d the first pair of bowlers, but they were terribly punished. E yre now tri ed th e Nacki ngton end, while Rudd bowled from the Pm'ilion, wi th the result that the slow howler di smissed He ll ard for a brilliant, hard -hit 78, containing 7 fOUTS and I I th rees. I" ur for 167 . Finn succeeded, and it still seemed practically certain that t he School \\' uld save the gamc, if not obtain a favourable draw. A few O'vers late r Covell sent .1 hot chan ce off Eyre to Rudd at cover which th e latter missed, and in the same over llllcmptcd a lofty drive whi ch was badly missed by deep long-on; he did not, howcve r, ',mot by the se let-offs, for the. very next ball l~e sent. a skier ,,·hich was caught ~y flpslc,v at deep long. off. ThiS proved the tu rnm g po mt of the match . I n Covell s Ili1knce it must be said that he i magined ti me was mu ch nearer than it actually ",as ; "till it showed great recklessness on his part not to be care ful after two narrow escapes. Five wickets had now fallen for 178 wh en Wilson joined Fin n, and S.E.S., who had JlI,·viously lost heart, began to play up with desperate energy, fi elding with cat-like II Hllit)'. At 186 Fi nn was out to a very tame stroke, and the prospect grew very serious, M th ere were still about 25 minutes to play. A few mi nutes later Rudd bowled WUHon. and his next over pro\'cd fa tal to Berryman- e ight for 181} . H . E. Gree n, " hn hnd played steadily since he was in, very fool ishly attempted to smite a good 1t'lIkth ball in Eyre's next over and as a result spooned up an easy catch to point. lind he resisted the temptatio n the game would in all probability have been saved. • ! IIl lwr ca me in and scored a single, giving the bowling to Massey who hit a two to h H, Amidst breathless excitement Coopcr faced Rudd and obtained r1. single off his ! j"ilnd de live ry. l\Iassey thcn blocked one or two straight balls. but was bowled the IIltl l ho l1 of the over. There woul d have been ti me for just one morc over. Eyre hu\\ h·d 'apitallyand did not lose his head when hit; Rudd too kept a good length 111 '1\ IH' went on the second time. The fi elding was good on the whole, while Geary .11,1 . omo vc ry fin e work ill th e slips. If we subtract the two highest individ ual scores 'II " 11th sides , whi ch amounted practically to th e same tSltal, we shall sec th at

THE

CANTUAlUAN .

st.

Edmund's School owed their success to th e soundness of their batting all througlI . \Vhereas their remaining nin e batsmen compiled 108, incl udin g five double -figure in nings. the other nin e K.S. batsmen only accounted for 38 rUll s between them. I t should be noticed that the King's School were without Durnford , one of their most reliable bats. Score and analysis :ST.

EDMUND'S SC HOOL.

A. C. W. Edwards, b Husbands C. R. J ohnsoll, b Wilson ,_,

82 61

C. T. Rudd, b Massey .. ' O. B. Hull, c H . E. Green, b 'Wilson 1\'1. l-l. Eyre, c Bcrrymnn, b l'vTnssey

I-I. \\'1. Geary, b Massey ... J. B. Lapsley, c N. E, G reen, b Masse}'

r..

7 IS 13 18

F. X. Hodgson , run out ...

4 2

, ..

W. Parry, c H. E , Green, b l\'lnssey G. P. Wallace , not out ... S . L. Walton, b Massey ... E xlr:\S : Byes, I I ; Wides, 7 T otal

KING'S SCHOOL.

78 IS .

A. H ellard, b Eyre E . C. Green, b Eyre R. C. Paris, e and b Eyre F. A. \-Iusbanels, b Rudd B. C. Covcll, e Lapslcy, b Eyre E. Finn, b Eyre I-I. I. Wilson, b Rudel ... E. R . P. Berryman, b Rudel 1-1. E. Green, c Edwards, b Eyre ... E. L. Massc},. b Rudd ... L. R. Coopc r, not Ollt ... C;xtrns : Bycs, 12 ; Leg-Bye, I

3 I

64 5 7 I

2 2 2

13 193

T otal ... BOWLING ANALYSI ~ . ST. EDM UND'S SC HOOL.

Covell 'Masscy .. , Husbands Hcllard ... Wilson ... H, E. Grecn Coo~cr ... E. . Green

10 22 18 4

5 3 0

3 3 I

I I

38 67 48 27 52 10 6 2

0 6 r

0 2 0 0 0

265

CANTUARIAN .

THE

KIN G'S SCHOOL.

KI NG'S

]II.

19 17 4 2

Rudd Eyrc H odgson L:\pslcy .. .

SCHOOL v. K.

3 I

0 0

STRAH AN,

,v.

68 68 28 16

E SQ.'s

0 0

XI.

On Tuesday, J uly 17th, K. C. Strahan, E sq., brought a team including five O. K S. to Canterbury to playa ha lf-day match against the School. The home XI. won the toss and wh en th ey went in wi ckets fell fairly regularly, Paris, Covell , and E. C. Green redeemin g their side from failure. Eight wickets had fallen for 130 whe n Massey's arrival was the sig nal for a long stand, 54 runs being added before Covell was out to a catch in the long fi eld in an attem pt to " lift," for an invaluable 65. lVlassey carried out his bat for a useful hard hit 25 . The visitors started badly losi ng 3 wi ckets for 2 1 , but G. N. Finn and Gil more kept together ti ll just on time when the former was bowled for a faultless 53, Gilmore, who played well in spite of some Curi OlIS strokes he made, remaining unbeaten with 59 to his credit. The School fielding was distinctly good, th ough Gilmore was missed at the wicket by I': . Finn and also in the slips. Score and analyses : KING 'S SC HOOL. {; A. I-~ellard, c l"1owl1, b Langdon !" C. Green) run Ollt ... . .. R. C. Paris, e L angdon, b H art -Davies 1". A. Husbands, e Langdon, b Hart-Davics 13. C. Covell, e Finn, b Buekwell 1'. 1-1 , Durn ford, b Langdon I~ . Finn, b Langdon ... II. I. Wilson, b Harl-Davies .. . fl. E. Green, e Buekwell , b H art-Davies I::. L. Masscy, not out. L. R. Cooper, did nOl bat E xtras : Byes, 22: Leg-byes, 4 j W ide, I ; No-ball,

TOlal (9 wickets)

* Innings dcclo.red closed.

o I I

5 25 1

266

THE

CANTUARIAN.

K. C. STRAHAN ESQ.'s Xl. L. Vesper, !it Covell, b H usbands . G. N. Finn, b l\'lassc}' ".

I Tarl Â·Davies, run

53 10

Ollt

L. Langdon , Ibw, b H usbands O. S. Gilmore, not out. .. H. L. Ruck well H. J. i\'Iowl l K. C. Slrahan

did not uat. C . C. Strahan W. R. Mowll E. R. P. Berryman Extras; Wides, 3; No-balls, 3

T ot al (4 wickets)

130

HOW LI NG ANAL\'S ES. KI1\G'S SCHOOl..

13tlckwcll Langdon

10 ' 2

Harl-Da\'ies C . C. Si rahan

13 14 2

2 2

29 51 48

3 0

4 0

K . C. STR AH A N ESQ, 'S XI.

H W:ill:lIIt1s l\Iasscy

l-Ielll\rd Wilson ... Covell.

/II.

38 27

0 0 0

S'3 3 2

0 0 0

,8 24

SECOND XI. CRICKET. K ING'S SCHOOL (mel XI. ) v. S. EDMUND'S SCHOO L (2nd XI. ) This match was played on the Beverley the same day as the 1St XI. match. The School won the toss and sent in Frewer and Johnson to open the batting. Johnson was fir st to leave, being bowled with the score at 16. Frewer left soon afterwards, and thou gh Quentin, l\'I arshall, and Dovenschen all made a few, it was reserved for Green and Hitchcock to put a better co mplexion. on the game by carrying the score from 48 to 75 for th e sixth wicket. Dalton and Prest did not stay long, but Crawford and

THE

CANTUARIAN.

Holland made a useful sta nd realisi ng 2+ run s for th e last wicket. S. Edm und's started th eir innings with Smith and Ha rris, but could not stand up to Holland's bowling, six wickets falling fo r 1 2 run s. The next wicket added 33 ru ns, but t his stand was foll owed by another collapse, and the innings closed for 53. J ohnso n and l"rewer again opened the batting for the School, and though Johnson left at 16, Quentin, helped his partner to take the score to 6+ befo re being caught for a well played 34. After Frewer' s dismissal no one did much except :\,larsha ll, Dalton, and Crawford who each made a few run s. I n the S.E.S. second innings nobody except T ay lor and Swift offered mu ch resistance to Holland, who again secured a very good analys is. Score and analysis ;KING'S SC HOOL (2nd XL) I nnings. J. F.-ewer, b Fletcher .. . G. L. Johnson, b Nlustard .. . C. A. F. Quentin , b Mustard R. D. Marshall, b F lercher . .. K C. Green, c Musta rd, b ~1 orga n F. C. llovcnschen, c and b Mustard R. I L Hitchcock , run out P. N. Dalton , b Morgan C. S. Prest, Morgan ... R. Cmwford, not alit II, A. Holland , c Smith, b I-Iarris ... Extras: Byes 3; leg-byes, 7 1St

T ota l

10 8 23 7 9

o 3 6 20 10

2nd Innings. b H arris b MUstar<1 ... C Mustard, b Duppuy b DuppII)' fun out ... c Athornc, b I-lards c Morgan, b H arris .. b I-Iarris b I'lard s b Fletcher not out ... . .. Extras: Byes, 17 T otal

... 109

ST.

EDi\'lUNO'S

1St Innings. '. II. E. Smith, b Prest i\. M. I-Iarris, b H olland '. R. Taylor, b H olland A. ;0.'1 lLstnrd, b Holland . 'i'un niC\iffe, b H oll and ... A. R. Willan, b H olland .. :. R. DUI?Puy, c i\'larshall , b H olla nd I'" hI. SWift , b H olla nd ... . .. II. R. Morgan, not out 1\ . S. Athorne, c Marshall, b Prest N. 1'Âˇ letcher, c H olland , b P rest E:.:tms : Byes, 14

Total

I I

SC HOOL

b H c..l land

7 I

o 10

'7 ... 104

3 3 12

3 I

7 2

b H olland

o 53

34 10

o ut

1"\11\

4 ..

(2nd XI.)

2nd Innings, ... ' .' 4 c Bo\'enscnen, b I Iolland o b Hitchcock ... . 6 c G reen, b Holland ... o not out o b H olland 13 nolout

Byes, 5 ... T ota l ((or seven wickets)

THE

26 8

CANTUARI AN .

BOWLING ANALYSES. KING'S SCHOOL.

1st I nnings. ;\l. O.

, ,

R. II

Athornc Fletchcr Mustard ...

10 II

~lorga n

Tunnichffe H arris

0 0 0

21 31 23

0 2

, 3 0 0

22 17

W. ·3 7

2nd Innings.

0 2 2 0

Athorne ... Fl etcher

1\·rllslard ...

6 2

Morgan .. . Du ppuy .. . H arris

5 ST. E DMUND'S SCHOOL.

1St I nn ings. ;\1. O. 13 '2 3 13 5

Prest H olland .. '

2nd Innings.

o. Prest H olland Hitchcock Crawford.

8 2

0 0 2 5

9 22 16

;\[ .

16 18 5 3

3"4

W. 0 5 I

K ING'S SC HOOL (2nd X l. ) v. S.A.C. Played on Blore's Piece the same d~y as the 1\I.C.C. ma~ch, ~nd resulted in a victor' fOT the School after a very excitmg game. S.A.C. \\ cnt Ill. fi rst but fared d' t~ously losinO' half their wickets for 14 runs. Subsequently however good play blsa~ bl~ an d °a number of extras enabled them to reach the t~)tal of 56 . . The S~llO~~II~eldin(g was disti nctly good . The School started bad ly losmg four WIckets r Ry Iey,all(1 Ouenlin put on I I ' ancl . subsequentl y Tukc helped the former .or 19 runs. , , d J h i t man, P rest , "J nber of runs but four were stIll reqUIre w len teas dd a SimI to a ar ntll , d came in . Somc very anxiolls moments followe b ut 'r uke score d a coup Ie '. an d afte r a cou Ie of overs anoth er, t hus winning the match. Subsequently .he pUlUsh~d ~he bOwli~g severely, and was loudly appIaud~d on his dismissal for ~avl11g saved Ius SIde by an excellent display at a very critical tIme. Score and analYSIS ;ST.

AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE.

R. L cdgard, b Tuke .... Rev . E . 13. F ord, c Ryley, b Bird... . H. P. F ishe r, e I3ovenschen, b Bud ... Rev. D Trumble, nolOlll J .Crabt ree, c Bird, b Tuke C. H oward. b Tuke E. Lilley, b llird ". W. Godda rd, c Hitchcock, b Bi rd A. Robins, b Bird .. . S. Lin d ri d~e, c Frcwcr, b T uke H. C hampion, b Bird ." Extras: Byes, I9 j leg· bye, 1

T otal

2 2

o 7 o 6

o o 20 . ..

TH E

CANTUAR IAN.

KING'S SC IÂˇIOOL. E. R. P. Berryman , b Goddard J. Frewer. r Ull out W. I-I. Bird , b Trum ble R. D. ro.'farshall, b Goddard G. A F. Quentin, c Lindridgc. b Goddard G. N. Ryley, b Trumble F. C . Bovenschcn, c Lilley, h Trumble J. M. Tuke, b Trumble , . . R. H. Hitchcock, b Tru mble R. C rawford, b Trumble .. G. S. Prest , not Ollt Ext ras: Byes, 2; leg-bye, I

o 6 I)

o 26

3 2

o 3

Total

70 BOWLll\'G

ANA LYS IS :

'T. AUGUS TI NE'S Bird Tuke

COL I.EGE. O. 8 '2

w. 6

18 18

II 11 ' 1

44 20 3

3 0

KING'S SCHOOl. (2nd X I. )

Godda rd Trumble Champion

KING'S S CHOOL ( 2 N D

X I. ) v.

DOVER COLLEGE ( 2ND

XL)

Played on the Beverl ey on th e same date as the I st XL match at Dover. The result was a check to the victorious caree r of the home team, who suffered defeat by the margi n of 27 runs. Dawes and Pyman put on 27 runs for the visitor' s first wi cket, but afterwards Prest dismissed the m in qui ck succession. Digby \vas run out with the total at 40, and the next six wickets collapsed badly before H olland and Bird, who had rf'lievcd Prest, yielding only 26 runs. Hills howeve r helped Bagnall to raise the sco re from 72 to 84 for the last wicket. The School opened well , Bird nnd Ryley putting on 15 before the former was run out. Ryley aiHI Quentin were bowled at I6, and !v[arshall was similarly disposed of a few overs later-4 for '17, Tuke played a good forcin g game but was splendidly caught low down at point two runs later. The match was now a forego ne co nclusion, th ough Craw ford played "'tcadity for a few overs. Prest aided by some l!lck reached double figures, and

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Deane carried out his bat for a 'patient three. T he Dover fielding was extremely good but their bowli ng did not appear to be very for midable. DOVER

(2nd XL )

E. Dawes, b Prest ". G. R. Pyman, c Bo\'cnschcn, b Prest W. E. D igby, run out .. " l\I . L. Thomas, h l-I ollnnd K. S. Robertson, b Bird B. T . Wi ld ig, c H uyshc, b Holland G. Rn wes, b I-lollnnd

9 15 12

4 4 11

4 13

R. finglla ll , not' out

G. P. J<'lclchcr, h Bird V. Lind emcrc, h Bird I I. G. Ili lls, rim om Ext rns : Byes, 9

3 9

Totnl ..

KING'S

SC HOOL (2nd XL )

W . 1-1. 13ird, run out

G. N. Ryley, b Dighy ... G. A. F. Quentin , b Wildig R. D. l' larshall, h Digby G. l\f. Tuk e, c Dawes, b Wildig F. C. Bovcnschen. b Wildig O. F. lI uyshe, b Digby .. .

o '3 2

R. Crawford, h Thomas.. .

L. H . Deane, not out II. A. H ollanc!, b Bagnall G. S. Prest, b Dighy.. . .. Extras: Bycs, 4 j IcgÂ·bye, I

3 1

13 5

Total

57 BOWLING ANALYSIS. DOVER,

H olland ... P rest Bird

~1.

0 0

w. 3

4 Kn;G's

Digby ... W ild lg ... T homas". Dagnall ".

O. II

SCiIOOL.

w, 4

4 4

3 9

U' I

~1.

T I-IE

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KING'S SCHOOL (2nd XI. ) v. ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL (2nd XI. ) Played on the Beverley on Friday, July 13th, and resulted in a hollow victory fo r th c Ki ng's School. S.E.S. went in first and were all dismissed for a paltry 61 on a perfect wicket, Bi rd and Tllke being the instrum ents of destru ction . Chrichley was the only man to play the bo wl ing at all. \V hen we went in Quentin proved a failure, but Bird and Ryley played carefull y till ,our opponents' score was passed, an d kept together till the score was 94, wh en Ryl ey was stumped. The S.E.S. bowling was not as strong as we expected, and soon all interest in the game was over. The S.E.S, ficlding was rath er poor compared with that of thei r J st XI. Towards the end or the inni ngs n ovenschen played wcll, and, easily mastering the ti red bowl ing, was unbeaten at the close, havi ng compiled 51, includ ing six fo urs and one six . Our lotal was 188 for eight wi ckets. \Vc congratulate our 2nd XI. on a vGry successful seaso n, th ey havi ng lost on ly one Inatch out of seven. ST.

I~ D i'\'I U ND'S

SC HOOL

(2ND

A. N. \V. A. A.

M. Har ris, b Bird V . Coutts, b Tuke ... R. P. Thorne, Ibw , b T uke R. \villan, b T ukc .. . Mustard, b Bird .. . A. H. Chrichley, b Bird C. R. Duppuy, h T uke .. . w. 1\'r. Allen, not out .. . E. ;\ 1. Swift, c ~ lar sha l1J b Bird H. R. )[ organ. b H olland :'\1. Fletche r, b Gird E xtras

3 7 I

o 2

16 7

3 o 20

T otal ...

KI NG 'S SC HOO L G . A. F. Quentin, b Fletcher ... G. N. Rylcy, st Willan, h Mustard W. H . Bird. b ;\ Justard ... R. D. Mar.o;hall, b Coutts ... l' 1. Tukc, h Mustard .. . 'R. Crawford, b Mustard .. F. C. Bovenschcn, not ou t L. H. Dcane, c and b Mustard O. F. Huy!<he, h ;\l ustard G. S. Prest, not 0 111 H . A. H olland, did not bat Extras .

Total (8 wick ets)

X1. )

(2ND

XI. )

3 32 49 16 4

o 8 4

, 88

2]2

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BoWLING A NA LYSIS.

ST. EDMUND'S SC HOOl ••

Bird Tukc I-[olland ... KING' S SC HOOr..

Fletcher ... I-Iarris Mustard ... Morgan ..

:.I.

5 5

It.

0 0

COlltlS

14'3 ro

w. I

0 6 0

55 30 27

SECOND ELEVEN BATTI NG AVERAGE,. Matches played 7 ; wo n 4; lost 1 ; drawn 2. Name.

Malches,

W. H . Bird E. R . P. Berryman G. N . Ryl ey .. E. C. Green F. C, Bovenschen J. M. Tuke H . A. H ellard G . A F. Q uentin, , R. D. Marshall J. Fre wer ,. G . S. Prest R. C rawford O. F. Huyshe R . H. Hitchcock .. P. N . Dal ton G . L . J o hnson L. H. Dea ne R. V. L. J ohn so n

3 4 3 3 7 4 3

7 7 5 4 4 2 3 I 2 2 2

SECOND Name.

J . M. Tuke w. H. Bird H. A. H olland R. H. Hit ehco ck . . R . Crawford G. S. Pres t

Malches.

3 3 4 2 2 3

Innings.

Runs.

3 5 3 4 8 4 4 9 9

57 75 54 53 99 48 33 79 67 · 36 20 26 10 23 S 14 3 S

7 5 j

2 5 l

4 2 3

* Not out.

ELEVEN Overs,

25 26'j 43"5 13"4 17 43· I

BOWLING

1\'Iost in an Innings.

Times not out.

1 9'00

4 0~"

18·75

32 23'l.' 51'l.' 26 20 3+ IS

I S'OO

17"66 16' jo 12'00 1"00 9· S 7

2 0 0 2 2 I 0 0 0 0

13 10

S 9

8 5 3* 8

7"44-

Runs.

Wickets.

8 6 9

46 59 1' 5 28 40 10 1

7" 20 6·66 6'5 0 5'00 4. 60 4'00 3.50 3.00 2·66

AVERAGES.

Maidens.

A\'erage.

14 21 3 4

Average,

3" 8 3 4-'2 f 5·47 9·33 10'00 14'42

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S C H 0 0 L. If there is any difference whi ch we recognise, it is th at betwee n school a nd play. Schoo l to us means work and study. Play means leisure and pas times. Consequently it seems stra nge to us when we h.: a rn that the Greek called his sc hool "xoA,lj, leisure or pastime, called it by that word with wh ich we des ignate the ve ry opposite of school. This difference in names naturally leads us to enquire whether there is a correspond in g differI' nce in fact ; wh ether the ed ucation of the Greek is as dissimilar to that of the present day as the di ssim ilarity of the names would lead uS to imagi ne . True, th~ en d, the aim of ed ucatio n was much the same to the Greek as it is 10 us, The gene ral purpose of a liberal ptl ucation has fo r the most part alway s 11('on to put a man in full possessio n of h is inh eritance o f fac ul ty, and to bring out ,htÂˇ hi g hest energies of hi s nature in their Itlilest ancimost harmo n ious deve lop ment. The object is the same. The difference li l'!t in th e meth o d, in the means. The method of the Greeks was in importan t respects difft ren t from lIurA. With them the element of work \\ I I ~ t'ompl etely subordinate to the element IIl11n)'

of play. The Vo uth o f the Greek nati on was nurtured on play, Till th ey were g row n up they enjoyed a tim e of spon Âˇ taneous activi ty always of the nature of what we should call pastim e and recreation , T hei r education was in scarcely anything but gym nastic s, music and poetry, 'W hat wonder then that the Greek call ed hi s school I1XQX1j, when almost the who le of h is discipli ne co nsisted in the study of these arts and in contests of strength and agil ity ? But with us the case is different. In school and coll ege one of the most prolllin ent featu res is the examin ati on system. F rom the terminal tes ts of the 1St form up to the ti me when the university caJecr is over, the series of examinations is unbroken, I t would be absurd to deny that th e modern examination system has its merits. B ut its di sadvantages a re many. The exami ner with whom the ordinary school-boy has to reckon, often requires fro m him not a little knowl edge which is both useless and unin teresting. \Ve are often compelled to spend weary hours in trying to remember dry and unin te resti ng facts, facts which we learn and forget-and sometimes hope to forget, as soon a ~ the

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examination is over. Whe n some one talked to T hcm istocles of an art of memory, he a nswered, , I Teach me rather to forget." Some of us may perhaps understand what that means. T here are exam iners who seem to thi nk th at we have time to learn eve ryth ing. H ow P hilip disposed his troops at Chaero nea j wh o was the stepmother of Am ph ion; where H an nibal crossed the Al ps: wheth er Ma ry blew up Da rnl ey; these ancl co untless other questions of the same description have to be investigated because t here is every likeli hood of our be in g expec ted to know somet hi ng about them. Biographies of monarchs, their bi rths, deaths a nd marriages, court int rigues, plots an d usurpations. wo uld seem, if we were to judge from the prominence assig ned to t hem in History books and examination papers, to be questions o f supreme importa nce. And yet it is no exagge ration to say th at such facts a re in the mai n un important. I nte resti ng some of them un doubtedly arc. Some people take great pleasure in readin g accounts of battles. Biog raphies a re almost always inte restin g . So indeed are novels. I n fact the inte rest excited by any histori cal event is no proo f of its importance. H oweve r these compa ratively useless facts mar amuse us, it is idle to flatter ourselves

that we a re gaUll11g inst ruction . Ther mar give us pleasure, but they leave us no wiser. On the othe r hand many of the useJess facts which have to be lea rn t for examination purposes are most uninterestin g . Mere na mes and tab les are always dry, and if the exami ner is likely to ask for a list of kings, the list mu st be learn t. But there is no reason why such triviali ties should lISurp t he name of H istory . T hus examinations tend to have a degradi ng effect. T hey tem pt us to learn , not that we mar know, but th at we mar pass, thus lower ing the tone both o f teacher and taught. H ad WI;! time to master all subjects we need not be pa rticular. As the aiel song says:COllle\ a ll\M be secure T hat his days wou ld endure As of old, for a thcus:md long years, W hat things might he know ! W hat deeds migh t he do ! And nil without hmry or care.

But life is short and our powe rs a re limited . Da 111i11 i, Domine, scire quod scielldu111 est - " Grant that the knowledge I get may be th e knowledge which is worth havi ng." T his should be the gui din g princi ple of all our work. And so perha ps some of us may feel inclined to look bac k wi th envy on the

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"ck boy with his far easier system of For unfortu nately there still Ht'l' m s to linger among exa miners the old IItt'n that the mind is a receptacle into whi 'h the greatest possible amount of know ledge mu~t be cram med. U ntil th is ( :I

tl 'lin ing.

"75

notio n has completely disappeared school work will continue to be more onerous than it need be, and we shall still have to learn th ings that are not worth learn ing , and re member things we would rather forget.

AQUATIC SPORTS .

T his Annual event was held on Monday, J uly 23 rcl, th e programm e bei ng as hillows :80 Y ARI)S RA CE (U ND ER 15 ).

fVi" nt r , R. V. L. J ohnston . ( l'~i 7.c

kind ly given by the :Masters),

100 VAR US I~ A C I~ ( U NDKR 16).

fVilllW', R. V. L. J ohnston.

2n d, L. ~ransfie ld (P rize). (Ptlrc kindly given by H. Field ing, Esq). 150 YAR DS RACE (OP EN), IVinmr, F. A. H usbands, (pil,e kind ly g iven by the H ead Master).

D IVI NG C OMPETITIO N (includ ing a high, a Illiddl e, and .a running dive ; also a voluntary exhi bition d ive) . J;Vimter,

Frewer.

(Prize kindly given by the Masters).

Our best thanks are due to H. F ie ld ing. E sq., for actin g as judge, a nd to 1\J r. Guest fo r managing the Sport s.

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TEN N 1ST I E S. FI RST RO UND .

1-1. E. Green E. J. Sm ith R. W. 1\'larshall

}

beal

}

beat

}-I. \ V. Colc } F. H . Durnford T . A . Izard W. S. LueRs E. G . Dickinson }

beat

F. C. Bovcnschen

}

L. F. Paris E. Finn L. l'ola nsficld

}

R. C rawford Frewcr D. J. Preston

{II. B. Cortis E. L. ivl assey {D. F . I [u)'sbc

T. E. Noyes

beat benl beal

L. R. Cooper W . Quentin

}

heal

B. C. Covell

} }

beat

Preston F. C. Bo\'cnschcn R. \V. l\l nrshall

}

beat

B. Cove1\

}

heat

beal

}

beal

}

beal

F. W. Di escldorff E. R. P. Berryman J. F. Swin ford { C. H. Nlurruy E. P. ~ i ch :ml ~on W. W. Lock R. C. Paris { P. S. F. Nairn L. R. Coope r J. i\ 1. T nkc W . Quentin { R. O. Marshall G. A. F. Quentin { H . A. H olland J. A. H ellard } a by e S. F. Bressey SECOND

beat

F. { R. A. { W.

P. Walker E. Richards N . Brown S. J. Scrub), c. A. Barnes {J. H. l\'[ cers J. P. R~cha rd son { A. D. Clark R. M. H enderson { C. W. G. \~r alkc r

R OUND.

R. C.

R. Crawford

{ J. Frewer E. Finn { L. i\ lansfield F 1-1. Durnford { )-1. W. Cole

Pa ri ~

E. 1'. Richardsen E. C. Dickinson L. F. Paris H. E. Green E. J. Sm ith

benL

beal

j T. A. Iz,lf(1 l \ V. S. Lucas

1 F. W. Dieselcorff

I J. F. Sw inford

J. A . { S. F.

THIRD RO UND. Eo G. Dickinson L. F. Paris

H. C. Co\'cll beal \ D. T. P reston L. R. Cooper W. Q uent in

}

R. C. Par is

E. P. Richardson F. C. Bovenschen beat { R. W . 1\larslmll

SEMI-FINAL. R. C. Paris beal 1E. G. Dickinson E. P. Richardson I L. F. Paris L. R. Co<:,per a hye W . Quentm

FINAL. R. C. Pari s } E . P. Richardson (6-3)

beat (1-6)

L. R. Cooper { W. Quentin (6-4).

hent

H ellard Bressey

I r. E. Green E.

Smith

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SCHOOL The whole holiday g racio usly req uested by H.R.H. Princess Louise, was given on l\fonday, Jun e 25th . .Many availed them~C l vC3 of th e opportunity th us gi ven o f nj oying a prolonged exeat. Those wh o rUll1ained at the school were in vited by the I lead Nlasfer an d Mrs. Galpin to join in n pi cnic to Bishopsbourne. The main h dy (numberi ng some fifty) proceeded t o th eir destination by rail, and arrived t'horLly before twelve. After waiting about lor an hour, during wh ic h ti me it rained ~\t intervals, they were rewarded by the .Hriv::d of l\'Ir. and 1\'lrs. Galpin with the Inod i subseq uently lunc h was eaten in Il'lie picni c style. th e co mpany sitting on MLra w in a barn in Charlton Park, whi ch ""d been placed at their disposal by th e kin dness of Mrs. Tattersall. Afterwards llil' wcather cleared up and a n inspec tion WIlM made of the Church whi ch contain s 1\ memorial of Bishop Hooker and a \\'Indow by BurneÂˇ J ones. At this point the I nlnpany separated, some returning by 1IIIIn, others preferring to walk home. I II the evenin g a deputation thanked ~ II . Galpin in the name of all for what tl\tl l proved a very enjoyable outing.

NEWS. On Saturday, June 30th, seve ral of the sc hool avai led themselves of a kind invitation by the Rev. \V. VV. \Villiams, one of th e fellows of St. Augustine' s College, to I)e prese nt at the laying of a foundationsto ne fo r some new fives-courts by Mr. Ri der HaggcUd . *,./~

On the thi rd Sun day after Tlin ity we were privileged at our chapel se rvice to hea r a se rm on by the Rt. Rev. J. T. H ayes, D.D ., Bishop of Trinidad, in con nexion with the Bicentenary of the S. P.G. After a short sketch of the geography of Trinidad, including a desc ription of life at Port of Spain, the Bishop told us in a very amusing ma nn er of some o f his ex periences in the I sland . The offertory after the sermon, wh ich was in aid of the Diocese of l\'I ashonala nd, amounted to ÂŁ J J 4S. 71d. -;;.

~:.

\Ve cOl1gratulat~ the following on obtainin g their colours after th e 2nc! S.E .S. match; 1St XI., E. L. Massey, E . C. Green, J. A. H ellard ; 2nd XI., R. Crawford, G. S. Prest, J. Frewer, after the match against K . C. Strahan, E sq's. tea mi IstX I. , B.T. 'Vilsol1, L. R. Coo pe r.

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On Thursday, July I.th, Mr. Bell look the mâ&#x201A;Ź' mbe rs of th e Boat Club for a picnic down th e river. After carrying th e boats across the road at Sturry, th e party rowed the m to a spot about! mile beyond Fordwich, where they partook of an excellent tea und er a shady clump of trees close to the river. The outing was thoroughly e njoyed by everybody, th e weathe r being perfect, and om best thanks are due to !\Ir. Bell for thi s most successful picni c.

H . R. Evans, E sq., B.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford, has been assisting 1\[1'. H odgso n in th e Jullior School t his te nn.

On Tuesday, Jlily 17th. after th e sc hool innings th e worshipful the Mayo r, ~r r. G. Collard, prese nted H. E. Green with a bat that Mr. Mason had ve ry kindly ofTered to gi ve to the member of the team who fielded best through th e season. On the same day Mr. Godfrey got together a team chie fly composed o f veteran s to play Blore's Piece. The " Lambs" batted first and put togetht.:! r 13 6. ( Prest 2 1 , Paris1 18, Lucas 21, Cortis 2 0 not out, McCullouch z 'S ). In th eir

turn Mr. Godfrey's team compiled 125 for 8 wickets, ( H. Bass '3, Dr. \~'ac11er '3 , \V. Furleyzo, N. \Vightwi ck 12, C . Harris I Z, G. Twyman 15 not out). Bass and Martin with three wi ckets apiece did most of the execution for Mr. Godfrey' s team, while Corti , (4 for 3 I) a nd G. L. J ohnston (3 for '3) bowled bes t for the " Lambs."

\\'e are glad to say that the H ead by the Maste r has bee n elected Cante rbury Diocesan Conference as the representative of th e Diocese on the Central Church Council of Secondary Education for the South ern Provin ce. As th ere is only one represe ntative from each Diocese, it is pleasa nt to sec the School thu s honoured.

The final of the Se nior Tutor Matches resul ted in a vi ctory for Mr. Mason's set afte r a high scoring match, in whi ch they defeated Mr. Edmonds' team by eight wickets. Scores: Mr. Edmonds' 15 0 ( Hellard 47. Quentin 34), and 248 ( Crawford 63, IVIassey 43, Hellard 40, Richardson 29 not out). Mr. Mason's 102 ( Ryley 20 ) , and 302 for two wickets ( ParisI 1 ' 7, Cove ll 77, finn 75 not out).

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CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE . \Vhc n in 159Z the dramatist Robe rt from it for ten sliccessiYe generations. Greene ended a career of alternate beggary The contemplation or slI ch a caree r may and excess b)' succumbing tn a ba nquet to so me see m rathe r unnecessa ry; but fo r o~ Rh enish wine a nd pickled he rring, his 1 all he re it bears a peculiar interes t. The fn enel Nash, by way of apolizing for him, ! story or a life once spent am ong fa mil iar asked th e world in a short pamphl et. I surroundin gs, und er more or less similar II Why Art s hould an swer for th e infirmities condi tions, can appeal to most reade rs of mann t:rs ?" Allo wing fo r the propriety whe n in all else their sympathy with that of the question, unde r the c i rc um ~ta n ces , age is cut off by inte rveni ng ce nturies; (a more ge nerous a pology fo r th e charac ter and when the life is that of Marl owe, o f tha t particular poe t would have bCE:11 and the readers are King's Schol a rs, the nalle n') we mu st confess that th e word s ba rest outlin es beco me acceptable. \Vilh a rc ca pable of a rather wid er applicati on th e barest outlin es, ind eed, we must for l iMn perhaps Nash himself in te nded, a nd the prese nt be co ntent, since materials imply a truth, bu t fo r whi ch the life 01 o ur for furnishing a co mpl ete account a rc not greatest Old King' s Scholar would be yet forthcoming. F or example, of his belte r left un chronicl ed. In its ath eism, childhood. and boy hood, often one of th e its abandonm ent, and its fearful cr. d, most inte resting pe ri ods of a poet' s life. Marlowe's life afford s, even after passing we kn ow nothing, save the fact th at he through th e mo st skilful toning pro c~sses, was educated he re ; and it seems not nn instance of the di sastrou s ancl inevitable improbalJl t: that no fresh discove ry wiI( (' nsequences of vi ce st riking e nou gh to eve r be made to enlighte n liS . One of (li ~ turb the Inind of th e most rec kl ess. th e latest of Marlowe's biogra phers began So exceptional an opportunity has not been with a confident asse rti on that" th e da te Ih'glccted; sermons have been preached of this writer's birth ca n never be ascerII'om it, ballads have bee n sung about it, tain ed." Unfortunately he has already lI ud th e reflective biographer, from th e been g iven th e lie by Professor Dyce, and "Inger of "The Athe ist's Tragedy " on- we may now with equal confidence assert woIfcl, has been busily pointillg morals that Ma rlowe was born at Canterbury

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in '564. On the 26th o f Febru~ry in that year, exactly two month s before the birth of hi s immorta i co ntempo raryShakespeare, was christened, according to the register of SL George the Martyr, " Christopher, sonne of J ohn i\-[arlow j" an en try whi ch, though only a t ranscript, is o ld e no ugh to convince even the most ul1beiieving. J ohn Marl owe. the fath er, besides being

"C larke of St. Maries" was a shoemaker, and no doubt had to cobble very hard to be able to send hi s eldest son to th e Kin g's Schoo l. It is plca~ant to think of th e yOl~ng C hri stoph er, in his less poetic mom ents, sec uring for him the Of the boy as custom o f the Sc hon i. a Kin g's Scholar we kn ow nOlhing; but imag ination comeS 10 o ur aid, and presen ts him lost in reverie -, on summ er eve by haunted stream/' or wa!ldering CI

by shallow ri vers, lo whose fnUs melodions birds sing mad rigals,"

or perhaps gaz in g in youth ful admiration on the g lancing helmets and gay trappings of adventurers on their way to trai l a pike in Flande rs i for Canterbury then was th e principal stopping-place for travellers to the Continent. I-l is translations of Ovid and Luca n, which we may take to have been made at thi s pe riod, do him rath er more c :'cdit as a poet than as a sc holar. An entry in the Treasurer's

acco unts for the year 1579 shews him to have been at the School all that year, and to have received, und er th e name of I. Xrofer Marl ey," the ann ual scholar's stipend o f four po un ds. Furthe r than thi s Oll r information as to his school days does not go, and th e next in cident of which we know for certain is hi s admission in ' 580 to Co rpus C hri sti, o r as it was then call ed, Benet College, Cambridge. H ere, however, mystery steps in with the ques tio n, I< H ow co ul d the so n of a poo r Cant e rbury shoe maker meet the expenses of a Uni ve rsity caree r ? " And this problem it is by no mea ns easy to solve . Ele ven years before, lhat is to say in '569, Archbi shop Parker had founded two scho la rships at Benet Co llege for the mai ntenance, du ring the space of two hund red years. o f two sc ho lars, natives of Kent, and ed ucated at the King's School. This foundation, having been r('newed by Archbishop Whitgift, is now perpetual and is known to li S as the Parker Scholarship. To one of these sc holarshi ps we should naturally expect. to find l\Iarlowe elected. That he was not, is, however, practically ce rtain. In the books of Benet College, h e is ente red as "Marlin," without any Christian nam e . But in the case of scholars the Benet Books invariably enter both surname and Chr istian name.

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I f then yo ung Marlowe did not profit by Lhis fo un dation. we can as little acco unt fo r hi s presence ot the Unive rsity as hi s II'ic nd s could afterward s for some of hi s u'lig ioliS opinio ns. There. howeve r, he \\ fl S, fo r in the Cambridge Matriculation hook we may still read a reco rd to th e uO'oct that on th e 17 th of Ma rch, 1780, Lh rc mat riculated .- Chr6f. Ma rl in, Pentl ioner." Moreover. th at he su.:cessfully obtai ned his dec ree we may als0 lea rn lIy reading in th e Grace-Book of th at ni\'ersity, "Xrof. 1\Jarlyn , ' 593, An.," Hlld again "Chr. l\Iariey, 15 87. A.M." Ilis OW I\ lowly position, and th e fact that II(' was not elected to a Scholarship, to '.W I her drive us to conclude that he was Inde bted for his unive rsity ca reer either III a wealthy relat ive (a chance which a HUl a expe ri ence of the class would lead \I" to set dow n as hi ghly improbab le ) 01' e lse to 'the pat ronage of some lI (\ighbouring member of the Ke ntish IIds toc racy. Th e fact that tradition hap),,'ns to asc ribe to Marl o n:e a certain ~ III her artificial lam ent in Latin o\,er the 111'nth of Sir Roge r Man wood. C hi ef Baron or th e Exchequer, lends some weight to lilt' th eory that that nob le man was the f11 114liing patron : and, although there is 1I f) n tua! proof in support of this we may " 'H,Ird it as probable. Residing, as 'he

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did , at no g reater d istan ce than St. S lep he ns, and being a man of we ll-known munifi cence, he would, on hea ring tint hi s boot maker was saddled with a geniu s for a so n, naturally have fel t anxi ous to lend what assistance he could, an d no doubt offered to convey th e o pening bud elsewhere to blossom-a ki ndne ss in relurn for whi ch we hope the elcle r Marlow e so led and hee led hi s hon our g ratis for th e rest of his days. Be that as it may, however, youn g Marl owe le ft Cante rbury fo r Cambridge, wh ere. unlike (,th er Old King's Scholars, he rapid ly becam e a Bohem ian. \Vh ether he indulged, while st ill he re at School, th at freedom of thoug ht whi ch afterwards made him so noto ri ons, we have no means of di scoverin g . He is thought by Professo r Dyce to have been originally intended for the Church. But it is eviden t that he had not been long at Cambridge before his friend s realised hi s disqualification for that profession, aad, as the age had not yet arrived \l hen it wa s considere d un necessary for a n Archbi shop to beli eve in God, th e idea, if it had ever bee n entertained , was aba ndoned . \~' i th this decision we can find no fault . In place of divinity. i\'farl owe allowed a d eci ded predilection fo r the drama to develo p itself, and, befo re 15 89, had proved hi s ca lling

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and estab lished his reputat ion by writi ng T a mLurlaine th e Great. T hi s is not the place for a critical examination of Marlowe's wo rks, but we may observe that the importance of th is play in the hi story of L ite ra ture is one tha t ca nnot be o ve restimated . Marlo we was a name ye t unkn own save am o ng free thinkers; Shakespeare was still nn gagcd in stealing Sir Thomas Lucy' s deer, and killin g an occasional cal f; a nd th e En glish Drama, as we know it to-clay, was not i when suddenl y, as it were accidentally, the onc discovered to the wo rlel th e tr ue lan g ua ge of that Drama, th rough whi ch th e other was in a few years to proclaim h imself the g reatest poet th e world has ever seen. In T amhurlainc th e Great, blank verse was for the fi rst time introduced upon th e public stage. By doin g this Marlowe rendered two most sig nal servi ces to Lite rature ; he at o nce preserved the drama fro m a th reatened arti fi cial ity of fo rm that migh t ha\'e been fatal, and created a lan g uage and a metre, the ultim ate possibilities of wh ich it needed only Shakes peare to develop. Tha t Tamburlaine became at once decidly popular, can he seen, if fro m nothing else, fro m th e persiste nt way in which co nte mporary writers ridicule it. After th e productio n of his fi rst play the course of l\fa rl owe's

career can only be supplied by conj ecture. On th e evid ence of a co nte mporary ballad it is snppo sed that he himself appeared as an actor, afte r he had become kno wn as a dramati st. CI H e han alsoe a playe r beene," says th e ballad, "but bro ke hi s leg/ ' -an accident wh ich would seem to have finally deprivcd the stage of his presence. I t is interesting to note that on the strength of this perhaps myth ical lameness one cri tic clai ms for Marl o we th e auth orship of some of Shakespea rc's so nnets. T he same ballad goes on to d e~cri be him as " now strutt ing in a silk en sule, then hegging by the way,"

wh ence we may infer that he did not escape any of t he nu me ro uS vicissitudes to wh ich th e k sser li ghts of t he cl ramatic profession arc still exposed . Faustu s was probably th e next play he produced, and it is sup posed to have app ea red soo n after T amburl ainc. T he date of the composition of this, as of hi s Jew of Mal ta, is unkn own. H is trage dy of Edward II. was written, on the a uthority of \Varton, in 1590 j but it did not appear in p ri nt until 159 8 . \ÂĽith rege,rd to th is play, no less capable a critic th an Charl es La mb remarked : " the relu ctant pangs of abdicating royalty in E dward furni shed hints whi ch Shakespeare scarce imp roved in hi s Richard the

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Second; and the death-sce ne of Marl owe's ea rliest lyri cs we reme mber being set to King moves pity and terror beyond any lea rn in o ur chil d hood; and t ho ugh our scene, ancie nt or mode rn, with whi ch range of readi ng has since wid ene d a 1 am acq uain ted. " T a ken as a whole, it little, we can still th in k it, as we did then, is Marlo we's mas terpiece. Ofthei\'Iassacre one of the most exq ui site poems with at Pa ris, anothe r da teless play, a ll we which we are acquainted. T he othe r kno w is, that as H enry I ll ~~I , with whose poem, H ero and Leander, may be co mÂˇ death it terminates, died o n Aug ust 2nd . pared wi th Shakespeare's Venus a nd ' 589, it must have been composed after Adonis ; but in fres hness, bea uty an d th at date . I t exi sts only in a ve ry and lightness, it mu st be confessed tha t mutilated for m, an d we can have no Marlo we 's poem is decidedly superior. hes itatio n in ranking it as the ve ry wo rst I ts beauty seems to have ap pealed to of Marlo we's d ramas. Dido Q uee n of Shakespeare himse lf, and he quotes one ~ arthage was probably his last play, as it of its most exqui site li nes in As You was still unfinished whe n his death Like I t, with a hal f-tend er reference to occurred in 1593. Nash completed it, Marlowf'. t he " dead shepherd." The iUld it was published in 1594. But, story of th e rest of Ma rl owe's life is besides havi ng written th e first blank- brie Ry told , fo r the details we possess \'erse dramas ever produced, Marl owe is are fe w. His relig io us opinions evid ently known to fa me as the autho r of two grew more and more free. Such ullmispoems, one of which by itself would, in takeable assertions a s I f l\foyses was a the opinio n of a li ving bard , have secured J uggler," and ., All protesta ntes ar ilg author's reputatio n a s a poet even hipocriticalJ Asses " led a wretched creaif all his other works had peri shed, Nor ture c'a Iled Dame to prepa re, in 159 3, (Ioes Mr. Swinburn e's praise of â&#x20AC;˘ The fo r presentatio n to her Gracious l\fajesty Pllssionate Shepherd to hi s Love' stop Q ueen E lizabeth, an elaborate and here : he proceeds to describe it as " one ex tremely offensive docume nt which he of the most fa ultless lyrics and one of called "Marl oe's B1asphemit!s," in the lh l! loveliest fragments in the whole range ho pe o f thus freeing the Church and the of descriptive and fa nciful poetry." \~le wo rld from. so prof'l:lllc a sceptic. But 110 not bla me him. Personally, the I\Iariowe saved him the trouble . Plag ue P1lssionate Shephe rd is one of th e had broken out in Lo ndon ; the acto rs

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had scatte red in~o the country, and Marlowe had gone to Deptford. H ere, on the 1St of June, he was killed, stab bed through the eye by "a bawdy serving-man" in a disgraceful lavern brawl, three days after Bame had sent in the Blasphemi es for whi ch he was to die. The faul t, no doubt, was entirely the serving-ma n' s. But there is reason to fear that Marl owe se t the deplorable example. afterwards followed by anothe r fam ous old King's Scholar, Lord Chancellor Thurlow j who, while being borne in a dying condition up to his room, and happening to have his leg knocked in the haste, suddenly, with his very latest breath, delighted the ears o f his aUcnciants, wh o thought him far beyond a ll powe r o f speech. with a surpassingly full iUlCl comprehensive oath, embracing thcm all. They buried the unfortunate poet in th e Ch urchyard of St. Nicholas, and th e rt.! in the Parishbook we may read n Christopher Marlow, slain by fTranci s Arche r th e I of J une, 1593." Thus was he cut oIT, in the very prime of manhood, at the height of his renown, and, alas, <C even in the blossoms of his sin." But it is gratifying to reflect

that Bame, the informer, was hanged within a ycar at Tyburn . Of II ffrancis Archer," beyond the fact that he destroyed a life second at the time in genius and promise only to one, nothing is known; he ranks exclusively with the Rev. F. Gastrell, who, in after years, hewed down a walnut tree supposed to have been planted by that one, as what Rossetti poeti c(tlly call s" the suprem e unhung." Marlowe was undoubtedly what Canon Page- Roberts would call .. a burly, bad man "; but it seems appropriate, if not quite original, to end the story of his life with some beatltiful lines taken from his own Faustus. Great in its promise, no less than in its actual achi eveme nts, all must regret that, marred though it was throughout by the gravest irregularities, such a life should have had so sudden . and lJremature all ending : "Cut is the hrandt lhat might ha \'e grown f\lll straight, And burned is Apollo's laurel bough, That sometime grew within this learned man. "

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. EASTER. S. G. BROWN-Entered the School, Sept. 1895; F ootball XV., 1898-99; Sports' colours, 18<)9-00 j Sports' Committee, Sept. 1899.

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J UNE. ,.y. LOCK-King's Scholar; Entered th e School , Sept. 1897; VI th Fonn, May, ' 900; Passed 4th into the Royal Nava l a nd Enginee ring College, Ke)'ha m.

SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS . The foll owing were e lected to Scholarships as a result of the examinations held on the 4th, 5th, and bth of Jul)':To J unior Foundation Scholarships:-D. J. Preston, J . Twells, and S. A. Thompson for Classics; "V. T el fer, ( \.yreight' s School. Favers ham, ) for Mathematics. To Entrance Scholarships :-]-1. P. V. TOlI'nend, (M r. Irving, Camberle)') £30; F. M. Deighton,. ( Mr. Good child, Cambridge) £30 fo r Mathematics; L. C. Bourci1ler, (Mr. iVIessiter, Deal) £20; A. Gillibrand, (Roya l Grammar School, Guildford) £20; R. \~r atson, ( Mr. "Meeres, Ealing) £ ' 5; G. C. Strahan, (M r. Snahan, Sandgate) £'5· '1'0 House Scholarships :-W. H. Medd, (Mr. Wallis, Westgate-on-Sea) and H. S. G. •. . ~arly, (Grammar School, Ealing) £10 for two years. 10 ProbatlOnerslups :-R. \Vatson, (Mr. Meeres, Ealing) j H. P. V. Townend, ( Mr. Irving, .Camberley) j G: C. Strahan, ( Mr. Strahan, Sandgate) : L. C. Bour.ciuer, ( Mr. lVIesslter, Deal); G. F. Nation and G. Covell, CJnOlor School); A. G. Rope r; G. F. Rigden, (Junior School); G. Maxted; L. G. Gardner, (Dr. West, Eastbourne); C. T. B. Donkin, ( Mr. Williams, Alderle)' Edge).

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o. K. S. Am ong th e Ordi nat ions o n Trinity Sunday we noti ce the following: By the Bishop of Lo ndon, \V. C. F enn, B.A ., Selwyn. Cambridge and ScholaeCa ncel larii, Lincoln, Deaco n, Li censed to All Hallows, No rth St. Pallcars. By the Bishop of Oxford, G. F. Carter, B.A. , Brasenose and and vVycliffc Hall, Oxford, Deacon, and Gospeller at th e Ordination, Licensed to St. Clement's, Oxford . l\fARRIAGE.-Rum fo rd-Butt.

NEWS. kn o wn, a nd as much as five hours before the ce remony com menced crowds were seeki ng admittance to the Cathedral. The officiating clergy were the D ean of Bristol, Canon Grilfiths. Vicar of St. Panl's, Bedminster, ane the Rev. Sidn ey Fischel, Vi car of Hornden, Essex. A reception ancl a ball we re given at th e Royal Hote l after the ceremony, and la ter in the afternoon the bride and bridegroom left for Dover cn route for Nor way.

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26th, j\fiss Cla ra Butt and 1\[r. Ke nnarley Ru mford we rc married in Bristol Cath edral. The wedding created an unu sal excite me nt in Bristol, where both th e bride and bric'cgroom are wcll-

\ Vo arc g lad to see that th e Rev.

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E. Rylcy, Min or Canon of Gloucester. · has been appointed Min or Canon of Cante rbury Ca thedral, in place of the Rev. P. \V. Loosemo re .

COR RES P 0 N DEN C E. N. B .-The Edi/ors dcC/ine /0 accept any respomibilit)' conllected 1IJitl: the oNn/ons oj thu·y Correspon. dents. Nalll e and address IIIItSt ahlJaJ's be given, /lot Iluesmrily for publication., but as a g U(l rrmtee oj' good fa ilh. Personalities will involve (trtaill ,.~jc(tioJl..

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Dear Sirs, Yo ur correspondent who writes, ove r the signature of 6/(H:0/30X OI:>, on th e subj ect of substituting "Putti ng the \Veight" for "Throwing th e Cricket

Ball ll in o ur Sports, is peculiarily unhappy in hi s a rg uments. H e says" In athletics, as in all things. we should be prodical." But does he really consider that to be able to put a '4. lb. sho t a distance of 30 feet is of more practical utility than to

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hn a ble to throw a cricket ball 90 or 100 yard s ? Under what conceivable d rnllll stances is the former art likely to h Cl applied except at an Athletic Meeting? I n the next place, why does he suppose Ihm com petito rs for the 'W eight should be lli o re nu merou s than for th e Cricket Ball? /}n'mfl Jacie it would appear probable that thl'), will be less num erous, as only more en I 55 muscular individual s would be Ilkt' ly to enter.

Fli rthe r, why sholiid they practise ass iduously for the one competition tha n for the othe r ? III OI'l'

The proposal to have .. Putting the \Vclight " may be an excellent one, though II po pularity yearly decreases at the I Vu rti itics; but to substitute it for H ThrowItIH th e Cricket Ball" o n the strength of '''Icil argu ments as your co rrespor.dent jl UI !i forward, would surely be a mistake. J> 'rhaps the suggestion,-which in-

has been previously madc,-that th e !.,IIM competition (i n conjunction \vith 11 11 11 ro r .. throwing in" at a stump ) should III lH' ld ha lf-way through th e Summer II 111\ , might now find more favour with 1111 ' Sports' Committee . Yours t ruly, O. K. S. tlI IClt!

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Dear Si rs, The co rrespondence in your paper is useful, an d ought to be encouraged in every way i but I notice that in many letters the authors urge their claims by reference to othe r schools. In you r last numbe r the gentleman who wi shed to put th e weight remarked that the event .. figured on the ca rd s of many schools." In the numb er before P. A. Triot thi nks it a good opportunity to have .. what most other schools possess, namely, a rifle cor ps." Both these letters st ru ck me as absurd, not the least ground bcing the extracts I have quoted . r am pe rfectly sick of people wantin g somethin g " because other school s have it." Probab ly most of yo ur readers arc the same. r spare t hem the reci tal of num erous othe r instances. Believe me, Yours very tml)', HOME PROD U CE .

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EDITORIAL. \Ve hear with great delight of the engagement of Mr. Bell to Miss 1. Thornton, grand-daughter of Canon Rawlinson, and we take this opportunity of assuring him of o~r good wishes and congratulations. The Term has " fleeted by with all the desperate haste of Calverieis escaping i cat, but, nevertheless, it has been on the whole uneventful-a fact for which, on refl ection, we find it rather difficul t to account. Vve have not been idle-far fro m it. None of the delights which the Autumn T erm invariably brings with it have been omitted. At once, with the beginning of the T erm, all the various School Clubs and Societies, those mysteriou s creatures which by some freak of nature do th eir hibernating in th e Summe r, might have been observed H all coyly" emerging from their long retirement. By now they are all acti vity. T he HarveySocietymeetswith most exemplary regularity, and cheerfully grappl es weekly with the most abstruse scientific qu estions. The " liquid notes that close the eye of day" punctually every Saturday leave no doubt as to the healthy and vigorous co ndition of the Choral Society. Though, on such occasions, that tunefu l but retiri ng body warbles its ditties to itself, and is, to the dumb multitude without, vox el praeferea nillil, there are times when it isÂˇ H

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at once heard and seen-never to morc advantage than this term. The Debating Society has given a supreme proof of its existence by holdin~ a meeting. One t hing, however. among all thi s activity we miss : one fam iliar form IS absent. "Out of the day and night A joy hath taken flight" - the Chess Club. When, at the beginning of April, it was observed prepari ng with the other Societies to retire into hibernation, fears, we remember, acute fears were entertained as to whether it would ever wake up again . Such misgivings have proved all too correct. One by one its brethren have re-appeared. 'Weeks, months have passed, and yet it comes not. 'W eather the most persiste ntly atrocious has failed to bring it out. vVe hope all is well with it in its long sleep. but Oll r mind s are harassed with dount. From Chess to Football is an awkward jump, but we take it, confidently. It lands u~ face to face with virtue un rewarded it). the shape of a team whi ch, meeting during the season wi lh both success an d fai lure. has, at least so far, found the latter prepondera nt. For this undesirable result we hold Fate alone re sponsible j which is a surpri singly comfortable reflection. \ "l!,Te have fought our hardest against that relentless deity, and we shall continue to fight with und iminished ardour until it yields, or until the season comes to an end. In such a struggle, under such ci rcumstances, defeat is cndura ble.

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Speech Day was observed on Thursday, August 1nd. There was a Celebration of the Holy Communion in the Cathedr;'ll, at 7.30 a.m. j and at 10 o'clock the Commemoration Service took place. The preacher this year was the Rev. vv. H ~ighton Chappell, M.A., H ead Master of the King's School, \Vorcestcr, and the se rVIce was sung to the music of Stanford in B fiat, the Anthem bei ng Beethoven's" Hallelujah/' The Speeches commenced at 1 2 o'clock, and as usual were held in the Chapter I-louse, befo re an unu sually large audience. They were of an interesting nature, and it is needless to say th at unde r the careful training of lVlr. Mason the performances were fully up to th e high sta ndard of past years, although perhaps some of the minor characters were prevented by nervousness from doing themselves full justi ce, In the French Speech, Ri chards was amusing as usual, and his accent was good. H ellard struck us as distinctly good in "Edward II." as the younger lV[ortimer, but. the Messenge r lacked dignity and was too much inclined to smile on proceedIngs generally. Smith was good in the" Peace" as Trygreus, and the minor parts .were all lively, though Izard clipped rather unnecessarily " the strong-winged mUS1C of H omer." The Latin Speec h was simple, both in style a nd plot, and appeared to be un derstood fa r 11Iore than is generally the case. In the Comic English Speech, Bovenschen was far the best, Richards rather overdoing his part.

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The following is a programme of the Speeches:M oliere. I.-Scene from" L'AvARE : Act iii., Sc., i., iL, v. H arpagon (tile miser) .. .. R. C. PARIS. R. E. BRINSLEY-RICHARDS. :J\II aitre Jacques (Ius cook a?ld coachman) .. Valere (i1t /()1)e witll H arpagon's dauglller) C. W. C. REDMAN. J. A. HELLARD . Brindavoine La Merluche \ Servants of HarpagOll) .. G. A. F. QUENTIN.

t-Iarpagol1 calls together his servants to give instructions for a feast on most economical principles. His cook-coachman, having put on his cook's dress, says the chief requisite is money j this enrages Harpagon, and Valere, the steward; for his own ends. sides with the miser. So again Jacques, as coachman, declines to drive the miser's horses, which are mere skeletons from starvation. Th is leads to an ex planat ion; Jacques tells Harpagon what people say of him, and his beaten for his honesty.

2.-Scenc from H EDWARD Il." Edward II. .. Lancaster .. Warw ick Elder Mortimer Younger Mortimer Archbishop of Canterb ury .. Gaveston .. Kent Messenger . .

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H. CHARLES. A. F. QUENTIN. S. NAIRN. C. PARIS. A. H ELLARD . J. SMITH. C. BOVENSCHEN. A. I ZARD. J. M. EVANS.

Guards, &c. The Barons are met to discuss some means of gelling rid of Ga\Âˇeston the King's Gascon favourite. The Archbishop enters, joins their debate and plans j and, after the entry of the King and arrest of Cnveston, they together compel Edward to agree to the exile of his favouri te.

3.-Scene from" TH E PEACE ." Trygceus Sickle -maker Crest-Maker Trumpet-maker Helmet-maker Spear-maker Son of Lamachus Serva nt of Trygreus . .

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Trygceus, after the long war, has got peace and is preparing a feast to celebrate it. The nowWOJpcrolls sick le-maker comes to thank him. The now-starving makers of war instruments come to ",!JUlIe him, but he laughs at these, and invites them first to listen to some songs. The son of Lamachus, Ih e warrior. persists in singing war-songs, bnt these Trygceus will not have, and so sends the singer away, 11d thcn to comfort the starving gUt"SlS im'ites them all to partake of his feast in honour of Peace.

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Ch remes and Thais have recovered Pamptila, the sister of Chremcs, after she had been soM as a slave to Thraso. T he latter appears with a motley troop of his servants to storm the hOllse of Thais and Chremes, and get back Pamphiln ; but after an angry conference with them from their window, he thinks discretion the better part of valour, and relires.

5.- Scenes from the

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L or d D ub erIY (/alegeneral Dauie! D f!Wlas, } dealer) Lady Duberly (IllS wife) Dick (tim" son) Dr. Pangloss (IllS 'ulor) Footman

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R. E . BRINSLEY -RICHARDS. F. C. BOVENSCHEN. R. H . CHARLES. E. J. SMITH. T. A. I ZARD .

SCENE {i. Lord Dubcrly's H ouse in London. SC 1~NB ii. The Parlour of the" Blue Boar." SC~NI! iii. Lord Duberly's House in London.

Lord Duberly, having been suddenly raised to the peerage, engages a very plausible Tutor (\\;ho always has a quotation ready for all occasions) , to teach him English pron unciation, &c. On second thoughts bis Lordship determines the Tutor to his son. The son agrees on a private condition that the Tutor leaves him to do as he likes , and so douhles his salary. And then Lady Duberly, on some similar private conditions, doubles it agai n.

At the conclusion of the Speeches, the H ead Maste r addressed t he gathering. H e first extended a very hearty welcome to the guests and to the large number of O.K.S. who were present. He proceeded to say that he was pleased that steady progress had been made in the School. ' This year had been a very memorable one; he might allude to his own feelings, because this year had been t.o him particularly memorable (applause), but he would rath er call at.tentio n to some other things. In the first place, dur ing the past year there had been more boys admitted into th e School than in a ny yea r si nce it was founded; during the last two Terms the total number of King's Scholars have been over two hundred. He wish ed them not to misunderstand him j mere numbers were a cause of congratulation neither to himself nor to the Masters, for their wish was to make it a great School, and not necessarily a

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large School. Yet, at the same time, it was pleasing to see that the School was b coming more and more widely known throughout the country, and now its Âˇducational value was recognised by parents in th e North and South of England (applause). IVlr. Galpin, continuing to review the work of th o last twelve mon ths, I'e ferred to the new buildings in course of erection at the Grange, which would not nly give accommodation fo r 27 boys, but also provide lavatories, drying rooms, &c. The H onours List was an interesting one, and they had much reason to be thankfu l a cordingly. The School had carried off, during the last twelve months, three Open lassical Scholarships at Oxford and Cambridge, and one Open Mathematical Exhibilion. Some of those present might have see n the issue of the Da/I.y l'leztJs last week, in which was published what was called the <f Scholarship Record" for this year. It Rave a list of about go Schools, and out of these the King's School came 22nd i he thou ght they might be pleased with that resul t (cheers). The Head Master referred t the special classes at the School for preparation for the Army and Navy, and proceeded to remark upon the generally sa tisfactory state of the health of the School. Speaking of t he Junior School, he congratulated Mr. Hodgson on the many successes gnined by the Junior Doys. They had that day two former H ead Masters of the King's School under that roof-Dr. Blore and Dr. Field (vociferons cheers), he had tried to Hot Dr. Mitchinso n to come also, but bei ng in "close residence" at Glouces ter-of whic h Cath edral he was a Canon- he found himself unab le to be present. H e was H!If ' they would have been glad to see him there, for it would indeed have been an au spicious occasion when they could count four Head Masters of the King's School th ere at the same time (ap plause). The School had been doing its part in the war in !-Inuth Africa-doing its best to bear the difficu lties and 'strike a blow for right for our :-\Qvcreign Lady the Queen (hear, hear). They could count about thirty mem bers of til \ O.K.S. at the front, of all ranks ; fro m Colonel Vousden, who won his V.C. in I H79 in India, and who recently had been given his C.B ., down to the subaltern . He I,new that many prese nt were thinki ng of them that day (applause). l\'lr. Galpin then pn's nted the prizes, the list of which will be found on another page. At the conclusion of the presentatio n, the Dean read the list of the newlyIlilpointed Exhibitioners, and the Honours List. Proceeding to comment upon t.he Sp('cc hcs he said he had no hesitation in saying that he did not know any School in J': nglnnd where better Prize Day recitations were given than at the King' s School. li t' did not think anybody could accuse him of insincerity when he said that he took n very deep interest in the King's School (cheers ). There were two schools of which hl \ had very pleasant memories-schools at which he had spent the best years of his I fl ' -Marlborough College and Harrow. Beside the names of these sc hools, dming I hnHo late years of his life he had learned to add with equal sin ce rity the name of the 1\lng's School, Canterbury (cheers). H e was very mnch stTllck with the two instances. I'hl' other day the Princess Louise came to visit the scholars-t.h ey were getting now quilt' ramiliar with the members af the Royal Family, and in asking for the holiday, .Ihl wilh extreme emphasis, I f I wish the H ead Master would be so kind as to give a

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And the other point was the rec~gniti o n of the fact that this was the most anci ent School in England. On that occaSiOn the Duke of Argyle remarked that General Hallam Parr and himself were both old Etonians, and" they hum bly took th eir inferio r position below the boys of the King's School " (laughter and applause). The Dean pointed out that the School had sel~t forth many boys who in after years had become illustrious personages, and included 111 that number was the great Archbishop \.vin chelsey, the saintly Archbishop Fre,~'en , of York, several Lord Chancellors and Lord Chief Justices, great philanthropists and others who had achieved di stinction in many other walks of life. He hoped the present boys at the Ki ncy's School would follow in the footsteps of their predecessors (applause). He urge~1 them to regard the motto: "Diligence and determ.ination," and to ~lways remember Napoleon's advi ce wh en speaking to the boys at IllS old school at Bnenne: "Boys, remember that every hour wasted at school is a chance of misfortune in future life." H e appealed to them to make their ideal a hi gh one, He was not a prophet, but he must say with the deepest conviction that he bclieved very troublous. days indeed were in store for England . He did not remember any other yea r of Ill S life which was so full of anxiety as this year had been. They had had crash arte.r c rash of disastrous fights. They had been lightened by some gleams of prospcnty, but when they looked about them and sawall the deadly hatred wl~ic h England se~m ed to inspi re among the nation') on the Continent, he honestly beheved that the tune was not fa r di stant when England would require all the sclf-sacl:ifice and. all the battle b runt of her sons. And he did hope that when the day of tna l came lt would not be a day of disaster, and when it did come might disaster be diverted by the strength, th e genius, and by the faithfuln ess, good conduct, and character of her sons. The Dean concluded by wishing the boys a happy holiday and a very successful year (applause ). whole holiday to the boys."

THE LUNCHEON.

A large number of guests were, by the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Galpin, subseq ue ntly entertained at luncheon at the Gymnasium. Among the guests were the Dean of Canterbu ry, the Bishop of Dover and Mrs. \.valsh, th e Mayor a nd Mayoress, th e Vice-Dean and Mrs. 1\-l ason, Canon and lVl rs. Rawlinson: Canon Carter, Colonel and Mrs. Kelly, the Sheriff and Mrs. Horsley, Canon Hichens, Canon ~nd Mrs. Routledge, Canon Bliss, Canon Flower. Canon Tindall, Colonel and Mrs. Dickenso n, Canon Dyke, Canon and Mrs. Nisbet, Rev. Dr. Field, Rev. \V. Haighton Chappel, the Deputy Mayor and Miss Mason, Mr. \V. H. Horsley, Rev. R. G: and. Mrs. Hodgson, Mrs. Bankes Tomlin, Colonel and Mrs. H el pman, Mr. Brtan Rlgden (Hon. Dnrsar to the O.K.S. Fnnd), Major Jone3, 1VIr. and IVIrs. Perrin, Rev. P. W. Loosemore, Rev. J. H. and Mrs. Carr, Rev. F . J. O. Helmore, Rev. J. J. and Mrs. Bambridge, Mr. Bennett Goldney, Rev. M. F. and Mrs. Evans, 1\1r. and Mrs. \'Yarde, Rev. E . anel IVIrs. Riley, besides a large number of O.K.S. In proposing the toast of " The Queen ," the Head Master alluded sympathetically

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to the sad loss Her Majesty had just sustained in the death of her second SOI1, the Duke of Edinburgh. Colonel Kelly briefly proposed the ce Church and State," concluding : "May they flourish and never be separated." The Bishop of Dover, replying, said ~that they knew that at the present day the Church was very much criticised. Some people performed certain things which, perhaps, some of them did not altogether approve of. But it was a fact that the Church was ncvt;'r more alive and never so alert as it was at the present time. She was alive at home, being very different now to what she was years ago; she was alive in the Colonies, doing very grand work, of which they were now reminded by the Bi-Centenary celebrations of the S.P.G., and the Church was doing a great work among the heathen. The Bishop referred to certain matters of Church R eform, but said he thought they should all "support the Church as she is." "May the Established Church (he said) continue from generation to generation and be the Christianising powers of this great Christian Empire." 1\[r. Stephen H orsley, Sheriff of Canterbury, and an O.K.S., also responded. The Rev. \V. Haighton Chappell, H ead :Master of the King's School, \Vorcester, proposed "The Dean and C hap ter," referring to his relations as a boy with Marlborough when Dr. Farrar was Head Master there. The Dean respondcd. H e assured them that the Chapter took a very deep interest in the School, and rejoiced in its prese nt prosperous state. H e related the fact th ilt H enry VIII., after st ripping the Cathedral of boundless riches, the Shri ne and its jcwcls, seized ÂŁ r ,000 of their money and munificently presented it to the King's chool (laughter). The monarch thus saved the School from becoming a great burden upon the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral, which had been made very poor. The H ead Master submitted "The Mayor and Corporation of Canterbury." Il c culogised the good relations existing between the School and the Cit)' authorities, and all uded to the fact that five O.K.S. now held very prominent positions in a nterbury: The :Mayor, the Deputy 1\1ayor, the Sheriff, the Town Clerk, and the Medical Officer. The l"Iayor, in responding, said it was to him, as an old King'5 Scholar, an especial pleasure to be associated with the members of the Corporation in the work they were doing, and it was always a great pleasure to them to help forward the best intercsts of the city. H e hoped that in future years good men and tru e might emerge trom the King's School to take their part in the municipal affairs of Canterbury, and that they would feel it a privilege to do all that they could to promote the welfare lind prosperity of the city. Canon Carter, Dean-designate of Grahamstow n, proposed H The Old King's Scholars," coupled with the name of Dr. Field, who, in the course of his reply, mentioned that it was thirty-three years since he was first present at Speech Day, an d "fl i I he should neve r love any School better than that of CanterburYI not even Radley.

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The concluding toast wa s that of f< The health of the Head Master and M~s. Galpin," in acknowledging . whi ch llifr. Galpin expressed the pleasure they felt III entertai ning all who had rallied round them that day. T he proceedings then terminated .

EXHIBITIONERS ELECTED JULY, 1900. R . E. Brinsley-Richards, Demy of Magdalen College. Oxford. C. \¥ . C. Redman, Scholar of VVadham College, Oxford. G. A. F . Quentin, Exhibitioner of Corpus College, Cambridge.

THE SHEPHERD GIFT. R . E . Brinsley-Richard s.

THE O.K.S.

GIFT.

R. A. Bryden.

EXHIBITIONERS NOW AT THE UNIVERSITIES. <'j. B. Drake, F o rd Student, T rinity College, Oxford . ;·'C. H. G. Clarke (Rose ) Exhibitioner, Jesus College, Ca mbridge. <·'A. S. Athawes (Parker) Exhibitioner, C.C.C., Cambridge. J. E. Husband s, Schola r of C.C.C ., Cambridge. H. A. D. Pereira , Scholar of Jesus College, Oxford. A. S. J ohn so n, Scholar of Peterhouse, Cambridge. C. Vl. Carrington, Scholar of Orie l College, Oxford. E . J. Smith, Exhibitioner and Ford Student of Trinity College, Oxfo rd. ·Vacate this July.

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ACADEMICAL AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1899-1900.

GAINED

R. E. BRINSLEy-R ICHARDS, Open Classical Demyship ( first place), Magdalen Collego, Oxford. C . W. C. REDMAN, Open Classical Scholarship, Wadham College, Oxford. E. L. MASS EY, Open Classical Scholarship, Peterhousc, Cambridge. G. A. F. QUENTI N, Open Mathematical Exhibition, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge . R. C. PARI S, F irst Division, Lonclon Matriculation Exami nation. A. M. T OULM IN, Ad mission (55th) into the Royal Military College, Sandh urst. A. M. TOULM I N , Di rect Comm issio n, Royal Mari ne Lig ht I nfantry.

W. S . J. SCRUBY, Ad mission ( Ioznd ) into t he Royal i'VIilitary Acadtmy, \Vool wi c h .-X. W. W . LOCK, Naval Engi neer Studentship ( fourth place)." J. B. SCRIVENOR, Hertford College, Oxford: Burdett-Coutts Scholarship for Geology, Oxford University. H. B. CLARKE, Passed Qut 18th from Woolwich into the Royal Engineers. F. lVI. FURLEY, New College , Oxford : Second Class, Final School of Jurisprudence. J. L. FAwssETT. Trinity College. Oxford: 2nd Class, Modern History Final Schools. C. H. G. CLARKE, Exhibitioner of J eslls College, Cambridge: 2nd Division, 2nd Class, Classical Tripos. H . JOHNSON. Honours in the Final Examination for the D egree of Doctor in Natural Science. University of Brussels. A. S. JOHNSON. Scholar of Peterh ouse Ca mbrid ge : I ncrease in value of Scholarship. W. J. VOUSDEN, '/iJ,{!L., I ndian StalT Corps, Colonel on the StalT, India: Appointed Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. â&#x20AC;¢ Direct (rom the Army and Nnvy Class.

ANNIVERSARY PREACHER. Rr!.V. \711.

H AIGHTON

CHAPPEL, M.A., I-l ead Maste r of the K ing's School, \Vorcester.

PRIZES ADJUDGED DURING THE YEAR 1899-1900. Captain's Prize (ilfitchinsoll ) .... E. J. Smith. 1\1 athematical Prize (illilchinsoJl ) . .

Modern Languages (illl'tclni,son ) . .

G. A. F. Q uentin. W. S. J. Scruby (Prize) ]. A. McCulloch R. E. Brinsley-Richards. E. J. Smith. C. W. C. Redman (Prize).

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CANTUARIAN. F. A. Husbands. E. Finn (Prize). E. J. Smith. R. E. Brinsley-Richards. E. J. Smith . F. C. Bovenschen (Prize) . C. W. C. Redman. R. E. Hrinsley-Richards. E. J. Smith (Prize) . E . J. Smith. C. J. M. Evans (Prize). R. E . Brinsley-Richards.

Natural Science (11filc!u1/sou)

Classical (Brottgltioll) Divinity (Brougltlon) English Literature (Streatftlld) History (Stall/f)') Lati n Prose Greek Prose Latin Verse eDeall's Prize)

R. E . Brinsley-Richards .

Greek Verse .. Geography (Afember's Prize) English Essay (l/Ilember's Prize) . . . . •. Private Study (Edward Blore Memorial) , . . . Natural History Collections . . . . . .. , Drawing

FORM

E. J. Smith. R. E. Brinsley-Richards (Prize). R . E. Brinsley-Kichards. C. W. G. Walker. R. H . Charles. R. H. Charles. F. H. Masse. I G. S. Prest. i J. E. M. Bromley, and \Y. H . Bird.

PRIZES.

VI. Form (Christmas) . .

R . E. Brinsley- Richards.

V . Form " " "

R. S. Braddell. H. A. Jenkin. H . A. J eukin.

(Christmas) .... (M idsumm er, Gordoll Prize) Divinity (Elzl!.Y" Pnze) . . Hi story (Senesc!Lat's Prize)

" Composition. . Army Class (C hristmas) 'J (Midsummer)

. .. .

•

G. G. Marshall. E. W. Mowll. E. H . Jones.

A. R. A. Iremonger (Pnze). Geometrical Drawing (Seneschal's Prize) .. E. Finn . W. S. J. Scruby (Prize).

IV. Form (Christmas) .. "

F . A. Husbands .

(Mi ds ummer) Divinity (Elw)11l Pnze) History ( Se1l!sclzal~s Prize )

G. G. Marshall. J. Twells. R. H . W. Brinsley-Richards. H. G. R. Kirby .

THE lIla. Form (Christmas) .. (Midsummer) IIIb. Form (C hristmas) II

(Midsum mer)

CANTUARIAr J . R. Parsons. T. L. C. Bluett. A. T. Williams. D. K. Anderson .

IIIe. Form (Christmas) C. F. N. Barnett. .. (Mids ummer) F. D. Stallon. HEAD MASTER'S DIVI NITY PRIZES. V. Form S. P. D. Sanders. Army Class ... . W. W. Lock. I T. S. Adams. IV. Form ... . t R. W. Marshall. IlIa. Form . . . . O. F. Huys he . IIIb. Form ... . J. F. Compton. I C. F. N. Barnett. IIIe. Form . .. . t G. H. Mansfield. LOWER SCHOOL PRIZES. Divinity .. . . F . D. Stallon. Mathematics .. . ... H. B. T. Childs. Arithmetic (Christmas) .. J. R. Parsons. N~tural Science ( il1t'lcltillsoll) .... J. L. T omlin. HIstory (jJ:[embers Prize, pro Itac vice) J. F. Compton. French (AEember's Pnie pro hac vice) A. J. Milne. Dictation T. C. L. Bluett. Music J. L. Tomlin. Drawing J. L. Tomlin. JUNIOR SCHOOL. IIa. Form (Christmas) .. C. F . Nation . I C. F. Nation. " (Midsummer) t H. L. Dibben. lI b. Form (Ch ristmas) .. N. E. Bressey. .. (MidsUlnmer) T. G. Milne. 1. Form (Christmas) . . .. J . G. Pem brook. .. (Midsummer) .. S. H . F. Brown. Divinity ... .... C. N. Smith .

Mathematics (Christmas) " (Midsummer) Drawing Dictation Music

C. F. Nation .

G. Covell. A. C. Thomas. f G. Covell.

l. E.

Carrington. H. Gramshaw.

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CRICKET. KING'S

SC HOOL v. O.K.S.

This match was played on the Beve rley on July 31 st and August 1St, but was spoiled by rain which prevented any play after 12 . 30 on the seco nd day. The School took first innings and started badly, losing E. C. Green before a run had been scored. H ellard kn ocked up 1 6 out of 20 while he was in, but on his dismissal a regular collapse occ urred, half th e side being out for a paltry 29. At this point \~ril son joined H usba nd s and an ex tremely valuable stand was made, the score being taken to 75 before Wil son was bowled by one of Badington's slows, after having played his best innin gs of the season. I-I. E. Gree n now became assoc.iated with Husbands, and holped to raise the total to 13 J before he left for a very useful 26. Twenty-six more were add ed before Husbands was sent back for a very fine effort whi ch realised 67 . T o him, un doubted ly, belongs the chief credit for the good total the School reached-eight for 157. Massey, hitting freely, showed to great advantage at the end of t he inni ngs. The O.K.S. fared none too well at th e start, losi ng Finn and Rammell for 16, but when once two suc h cricketers as Maundrell and Ri chardso n got together the bowling appeared ve ry poor stuff. This partnership realised 219 runs before lVl aundreli was smartly put down by Covell. Richardson survived till the score had been taken to 270 . Bodington did not appear very comfortable, though he succeeded in making a useful contributi on to the total. Castley did not do much, but Strahan knocked about freely while Carrington kept up his end. Full score and analyses :KING'S

SC HOOL.

A. Hel1:ml, b Cast ley

o 8

E. C. Green , b Richardson R. C. Pnris, c Rammcll, b Richardson F. A. Husbands, c l\'laundrell, b Castley Covell; c and b CasHey ... E. Finn, e Richardson, b Castley ,., H . I. 'Wilson . b Bodington ... H. E. Green, c Furley, b Richardson E. L. Massey, not out ... W. H. Bi rd, c and b Castley L. R. Cooper, b Richardson Byes

n. c.

T otal

o o

20 26 31 6

7 5 ...

186

Runs at the fall of eo.ch wicket :-/'Â°,2-20,3.24,4'29,5-29,6'75,7.13 1,8' 157, 9' 167, / 0-186.

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O.K.S. T. E. Ramm ell, b Massey G. N. Finn, c Bird, b Husbands W. H. Maundrell, run out A. G. Richardson, c E. C. Green, b C. H. Bodington, b Green K. C. Strahan, not out R. J. CastJey, c and b Finn C. W. Carrington, not out

9 3 II7 128

~Iasse y

35 40 14 4

A. S. Athaweft, } did not bat. F. M. F urley, N. H . Wi ghtwick Extras :- Byes, 9: Leg路byes, 2 ; ,"Vides路balls, I

T otal Runs at the fall of each wicket :-I路 IO, 2路 16,3'235, 4'270,5'320, 6'338. BOWLING

AN ALYSIS.

KING'S SCHOOL. O.

16' 2 IJ

Richardson CastJ ey Mau ndrell Bod ington

...

4 0

5 8

59 51 15 56

w. 4 5 0

O.K.S.

o. Hu sbands Massey Hellard Bird Wilson Finn H . E. Green

16 20 9 4 2 3 6 Finn bowled I wide.

0 0 0 0 0

88 II3 43 24 21 21 40

w. 2 0 0 0

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CRICKET. - A RETROSPECT. The season of 1900 has been, from the poin t of view of records, a disastrous one. .out of fourteen matches played, only two were won, eight were lost,' and four were drawn. Of the latter, thai aga inst Me rchant Taylors was distinctly in favour of our opponents, as time only just saved us from a crushing defeat; while in the match with St. Lawrence" A," we had all the bp.st of the game. The victories were over Dover College and Sutton Valence- a fact whi ch is very satisfactory, since it is the contests with other Schools which , after all, arc th e most interesting and the most impOltant. For th e first time for eight years we met with reverses at the hands of St. Edmund's School, though in the first match we made a noble bid for victory in the second innings. The other defeats we re by 1\1r. E ,'ans' Xl., Felsted, M.C.C., St. Lawrence, \Valm er Garrison, and Chartham Asylum. 'ÂĽe ca nnot help feelin g, however, that the two last-named ought not to have proved our master. The other two drawn games, not already mentioned, were the O.K.S. and Highgate, both of which were spoilt by rain.. In. two out of the ' three de partments of th e game we were distinc1y wea k. The batting, with one lauda ble exception, was, to say the least, uncertain, and collapses of a most pronounced type were far too comm on . Th e si ngl e exception. was Paris, who throu ghout the seaso n batted in excellent form and with admirab le consistency, and it mu st have been very trying for him to find himsel f so feebly backed up. The cares of captaincy seemed to weigh too heavi ly on Covell to allow him to do himself justice, except on a few occasions. Husbands and Durnford rendered useful assistance, and H ellard on one occasion showed that he was capable of making run s, and of making th em well. E. C. Green, though a slow scorer, showed good defence, but the rest were feeble. The bowling also was weak. There was no steady bowler on whom any reliance coul d be placed, though H llsbands in the earlier part of the season, and Massey later showed fair form, Hellard also doing some useful work. But the averages speak for themselves. The most gratifying feature of the season was the fielding, which, taken all through, was distinctly good. Cooper and H . E. Green were brilliant, and their excellent example had a good effect on the re st of the team. Further, it was not from want of keenness that the XI. failed, and so long as there is this and also good fielding, there is no reason to despair of the future. Covell set his team a very good example in these respects, and while everyo ne will sym pathise with him in the apparent failure of his team, they will also realize gratefull y the pains and trouble he took to improve them.

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Appended are some remark s on members of the team :B. C. COVELL (Capt.) Ought to make . a good bat if on ly he wou ld leam to use his reach. but has a fatal fault of standing still and playing forward in front of his leg. Cuts beautifully. Kept wicket most of th e 5ca50n and always acquitted himself well. Not a great success Âˇ as a bowler, being very erratic. His energy as Captain deserved better success. I-I. E. GREEN. Most disa ppointing bat. Tried to hit but showed no judgment in choosing the balls to hit. Fie lded brilliantly at cover. Has been known to bowl. E. FINN. His old fault of playing with a crooked bat was still visible, with the result that he did very little. Good field, and useful substitute fo r Covell at the wicket. R. C. PARIS. Easily the best bat in the XI. Play~ hard and in very nice style, with plenty of wrist-work. He scored most consistently with useful totals of 40 or thereabollts. Still inclined to cut at balls which are on the wicket. Much impro'fed field. F. A. H USBANDS A bad starter, but when he could survive the first few ove rs, played good cricket with a strong off-drive. Fair bowler, but rather went off as the season advanced. Good field, though rather slow. F. H. DURNFORD. A batsman with a style all his own, he is hard to dislodge, and played some most usefu l inilings. Has a dangerous chop-stroke at off-balls. . which he must learn to get rid of. Kee n field , but seems unable to start. J. A. HELLARD. A good bat at the nets. but only ' came off once in matches, in which he played qui te a different game, see ming to lose his nerve altogether. Fair bowler and good field. E . C. GREEN. Showed good defence and has plenty of nerve, but is inclined at times to play with a crooked bat, and is rather lifeless. Good field, pickin g up very clean . ' E. L . MASSEY. H as a beautiful natural action as a 'bowler, and improved in com mand of the ball as the season advanced, bilt his bowling lacks sting. Could hit .very har,d, but frequently chose quite the wrong b~ll to hit. Good field . H. I. WILSON. Promising bat, with a taking st.yle, but as yet weak in defence. Good field, and fair change bowler with a curl in the air, but must get more command of pitch. L. R. COOPER. Owes his place in the team to his fielding by which he saved his side innumerable runs in the country. Covers, the groun.d rast and works indefatigably. Very poo r bat.

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BATTI NG

Inns.

R. C. Paris .. B. C. Covell .. F. A. Husbands F . H. Durnford E. L. Massey j . A. H ellard E. C. Green . .

"5 19 19

E. Finn

17 18 10 10

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AVERAGES.

Not outs. 2

2 2

3 3

H. E . Green H. I. Wi lson L. R. Cooper

T he followi ng also batted :6 G . .N. Ryley .. 5 H . A. Holland W. H . Bird 5 j . M. Tuke . . 2

E. R. Berryman

Highest Score.

Runs.

Average.

88 65 67 70 *3 ; 78 17

4- 28 3,8 299 204-

32'9 2 17'60 17'5 8

"' 154

12 '3 3

11 0

11 ' 00

' 33

8'86 8'1 ?

37 20 9

139 72 25

17'00

11 '84

g'o o

2'77

25 25 29

o o

3 6

3'00

1'8 3

8' 33 6'25 5'80

â&#x20AC;¢ Signifies not out.

1st

F. A. H usbands B. C. Covell J. A .. H ellard . . E. Fmn ., E . L. Massey .. H. I. Wi lson .. H. E. Green R . C. Paris E . C. Gree n ..

XI.

BOWLING

83 '4-

Maidens. 36 8

126'5

Overs, 234' 1

8 94'3

58 35 4-'2 24T he following also bowl ed : L. R. Cooper .. 7 J. M. T uke 14H . A. H olland 55 W. H . Bird IZ G. N. Ryley . . 13 F. H. Durnford 2

AVERAGES. Runs.

Wickets.

786

39 0 268 129 27 10 7

2' ' 2

Average.

, 6'37 18'2 3 18'27 18'5 0 18'57 22 '33 25 '8

35 '66

24-'66 27'28

64-'00

12 5 5 o 2

3 10 4- 02 37

J7 22 2

27'00

I I

1] ' 00

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SCHOOL vVe congratulate the following o n being made Monitors : F. H. Durnford, T. A. Izard, L. R. Cooper, R. D. Marshall , and B. C. Covell. % %

Of those who entered for the Oxford and Cambridge H igher Certificate Examination, eleven were successful in gainin,S' certificates; they are as fol lo ws : E. J. Smith, R. E . Brinsley-Richards, C. \ÂĽ. C. Redman, E . L. Massey, R. H . Charles, F. C. Bove nschcn, F. H. Durnford, P. F. S. Nairn, C. J. M. Evans, R. H. Hitchcock, E. O. H olden. The School also gained no less than nine distinctions; this is, we believe, a record number : E. J. Smith gain ed distincti on in Lati n, Greek and History: R. E. BrinsleyRichard s in Latin, Greek, Divi nity an d Germ an; C. W. C. Redman and R. H. Charles In Gree k. The Examiner's report was highly sati sfacto ry. ~:-,y,. -;c.

The following were promoted to the VIth this term: H. A. J enkin, E. O. Ho lden, E. C. Green, F . P . Walker, S. P. D. Sanders, L. R. Cooper, R. D. Marshall, H. E. Green, and B. C. Covell. 'J!.

The following were elected senior scholars last te rm : R . C. Paris, T. A. .Izard, C. J. M. Evans, J. A. H ellard, R. H. H itchcock, F . H. Durnford. .;,'

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Owing to an unfortu nate accident received at the commencement of the

NEWS. season, F. H. Durnford has been medically forbidde n to play football again this year, and has therefo re voluntanly resig ned his 1St XV . colours. "Ve offer him our heartiest condolences.

We congratulate L. R. Cooper and B. C. Covell on playing fo r the Kent Colts at Blackheath this Octo ber. B. C. Covell obtained two tries. % ~.'

" 5th, the School On Thursday, Oct. played 1\11r. Latter' s XV ., and were de feated by 23 points to 1111. ~.'.:~*

The Sports' Committee at e nd of last T er m decided - ( , ) to elect Members themsel ves for the ensuing Term; ( l ) to introduce Putting the Weight into the Sports' Programme, and hold the Cricket Ball Competition in the Summer Term .

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On \ÂĽednesday, October 17th, the Schoo l XV. journeyed to Richmond to play Me rchant Taylors. After a wellfought game, wh ich was not so uneven as the score betokens, Merchant Taylors prove d successfu l by 26 points to 3.

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We congratulate W. S. J. Scruby who passed 50th into Sandhurst. % 1(.

On Tuesday, Oct. 23rd, the School played the Cavalry Dep6t XV. The

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vVe congra tulate the following on obtaining their colours :1St XV.-R. D. Westo n, R. D. Ma rshall, F. C. Boven,chen . After the Dover Town match. 2nd XV.- H. 1. Wilson, R. M. Henderson, C. W. Vlalke r, A. P. Methuen, E. MacGache n, H . G. Kirby.

The followin g have also received their colours back: in t he 1St XV.-T. A. Izard , S. P. D. Sande rs, R. C. Paris, B, C. Covell , H. E . Green, P. S. F. Nairn. In t he 2nd XV. - G. Wac her, J. A. McCulloch, R. Cra wford, E. C. Green, E. P. Ri chard so n, E . R. De rryman.

*"...'k'Ve should like to call the attention of O.K.S. to th e fact that the date of the O.K.S. match has bee n altered from the 20th to th e 18th of Dece mbe r. All O.K.S. who wish to play should send in their names as soon as possible to E. Finn, \Vincheap H ouse, Ca nterbury

HARV E Y S OC IETY. At a Meetin g of the Society held on Saturday, September 29th, th e following papers were arra nged for the T erm :Oct. 13th," Architecture of Birds," by R. W. Marshall. Oct. 27th, "Australia n IVla mmals," by H. A. J e nkin. ' Nov. loth, "The Giant's Cause way," by P. S. F. Nairn. Nov. 24th, "A fe w points on Entomology," byÂˇ G. E . V. Austen, E sq. Dec. 1st, f< Sea Shells," by J. A. McCulloch. Dec. 8th, I f Earth Sculpture, by E. P. Guest, E sq.

On Saturday, Oct. 13 th, a paper was read by R. W. Marsha ll on the " Architecture of Birds." H e began by saying that for th e purpose of his paper it would be convenie nt to arrange the birds in classes according to their nests, and to pay no attention to the usual classification of birds, according to their beaks, eggs, claws, etc. He therefore stated the twelve classes of birds acco rding to their nests, and devoted his paper to a desc ription of these divi sions, g iving examples of each, and relating some in te resting anecdotes in connection with them. The paper, which was illustrated with lantern slides, was interesting. t hough somewhat short.

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On Thursday, October 25 th, a paper was read by I-I. A. Jenkin on •. Au stra lian Mammals." H e fi rs t gave a desc ripti on of Australian Mammals in general, and pointed out the gradual extinction that is. now going on. He the n dwelt upo n the three classes of :Mam mals to be found in Australia, and of the first of these, the Non-Marsupials, he gave as examples th e Dingo, t he Bats, and th e Dugo ng. He

th en passed on to th e second class, the Marsupials, of which the Kangaroo, the Opossum, t he Koala, and th e vVambat are representatives. Of the third class, the l\II onotremes, he menti oned the E chidria and the Duck-billed Platypus, wh ich a re the lo west Mammals in existence. After t he paper had been read a discussion too k place.

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SCHOOL

MR.

LATTER'S

XV.

This m at~h . the fi rst of the season, was played on October 5th, on Blore's Piece, resulting in a defeat fo r t he School, in spite of the plucky efforts of the whole team. Shortly after the kick·off Latter scored fo r the visi tors, no goal resul ting . Afte r some ha rd playing on both sides, Latte r, th ough collared by \Veston, who was playi ng a fine game a t back, managed tu give a good pass to \¥right from whi ch a try res ulted; Husband s, howeve r, failed to co nve rt. Five minu tes later \Vright made a brilliant dash down his wing, an d aga in succeedt::d in scoring, and befo re half-time was called, Baly also scored. Afte r th e interva l, Latte r again ba ffled th e School backs and scored, and this time Husband s' ki ck was successful. Shortly before time Latter again got in, the game finall y ending in a win for the visitors, by 20 points to nil. Rain, which was mu ch needed for th e g round, commenced to fall early in th e game, a nd continued steadily throughout. The game was very hard throughout, th e old members of th e tea m showing very good fonn, and th e new members great promise. The teams were as follows. KIIlg'S School :-R. D. Weston (back) ; G. Wacher, B. C. Covell , H. 1. Wilson, F. C. Bovenschen (three-quarters) R. C. Paris, R. Crawford (halves) ; L. R. Coo per, T. A. Izard, S. P . D. Sanders, F. H. Durnford, P. F . S. Nairn, R. D. Marsha ll, C. \Y. Walker, A. Methuen (forward s). M r. L aller's Xv. :-F. A. Husbands (back) ; E. C. Wright, G. V. Austen, H. Baly, A. Latte r (three-quarters) ; E. Finn, B. Wacher (hal ves) ; E . B. Kelsey, J. M Edmonds, C. Kain, H. H . Cole, W. Perc)" J. Neilson , J. C. Molony, J. A. McCull och (forwards).

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MERCHANT TAYLORS.

This match was played on the Deer Park Ground and resulted in the defeat of Scho?l by 76 points to 3Âˇ Merchant T aylors kicked off, and very fa st play ensued. nel.ther SIde belllg able to sco re. Then Merchant T aylors began to press, but Covell r~h eve d by two. good punts. Merchant T aylors, however, resumed th e attack, but dId not meet With success till Sha~land obtained possession of the ball, and sprin ti ng at a great speed down the to uch hne sco red the first try. A few min utes later just before half-time, Dick scored again for Merchant Taylors. At the start of the se~ond hal f th e School fared badly, Drape~ ~nd Barrett scorin g in quick succession. Afterwards, how ever, they pl a~ed up .bnlllantly. an d thanks to some excellent work by the forwards, were attac klllg colltlllually. The ball was heeled with g reat smartness from the serum, and once Covell was ~nabled to sco re a brilliant try, which, however, was .not converted. The School conhnued to press and were several tim es very near sconng.. Merchant T ayl ors broke away once and a t ry was scored by Barrett. Just b1efore tune French ~oll owed up a ,Punt, and secured another try, thus giving the l\Ierchant T aylo.rs a v.lcto ry by 26 pomts to 3. The School must be congrat ul ated on the pluckX wa~ 11) wl11ch they p!ayed, si nce they. had mu ch more of the game than t he score an.pites, and we re besides greatly handIcapped by the absence of Paris and two forward s. .The forwa rds were es peci~lIy good and deserve great praise, Cooper and Sanders ~ e ll1 g perhaps the most conspICUOUS. Of the backs Covell was distinctly t~e be s ~, plaYlllg a grand game fro m first to last; the half-backs were good, but t he n ght wlI1g of our three-quarters did not seem qui te at their best. The teams were a~ follows. K ing's S chool :-R. D. ""eston (back) j H. E. Green, B. C. Covell, H . r. WIlson, F . C. Bovenschen (three-q uarte rs) ; O. F . Huyshe, R. M. H enderson (halves) ; L. R. Cooper, T . A. Izard , S. P. D. Sanders, P. F. S. Nairn, R. D. Marshall, E. Macgac hen, H . R . Kirby, H. A. Jenkin (forwards). 11ÂŁerch<l1l1 Ta)'/ors :-E. W. Harding (back) ; L. S. Carbonell, N. B. Dick, D. French, C. B. Shap land (three-quarters ) ; F . W. M. Draper, A. B. Bennett (halves) ; G. T . Ll ~)'d , A. B. Waller, A. J. Robinson, R. Wimbush, C. A. Covernton, H. J. Harco urt-Sllll th, C. B. Ewart, C. G. Austm. th~

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v. CAVALRY DEPOT.

. This matc h was pl~y e d on Blare's Piece, on Tuesday, October 23rd, and resulted 1I~ ~ .so:newhat hollow victory fo~' ~l S by I 8:oal, 9 tries to lIil. Owing to poor place . kl ck1l1o th~ ~esult l o~ks less decIsIve than It really was, for although we crossed our o pp o n e ~lt s hn.e ten tunes, only .once was a try converted . The Dep6t kicked off, and al?lost llllmedlately Gree n got In,. and ''\Teston took the kick at a difficult angle. but faIled to convert.. Soon after, 'WIlson nearly succeeded in getting in, but was smartly collared on the 11l1e, and th e Dep6t got the ball away by a rush which was stopped by

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the whistle blowing fo r off-side against them. Cooper il.1d a ki ck at goal but failed to reac h the posts. After some fine passing. Covell succeeded in crossmg our opponents' line, and the try was converted by Paris. Covell nearly got in agai n but was held outside the line, and from the serum. Cooper dropped on the ball and gained a well-earned try, to which, however, ,",Veston failed to add the additional poit1ts. Then followed, in quick succession, unconverted tries by Berryman. \Vilso n, Covell and Bovenschen. Afterwards a combined rush by the forward s resulted in Nairn touching down : and after some fine passing b y the three -quarters , Bovenschen, for th e second time. crossed the line, but neither try was improved upon. For the School, Paris was good at half. and Covell among the threeÂˇ quarters, and the forward s all played hard and well. For our opponents, Percy, among th e forward s and the two halves, were the most conspicllous. The team was as rollows. l(t'nKs School :-R. D. \Veston (back) i B. C. Covell, I-I. E . Green. H. I. \'\Ti lso n, F. C. 130venschen (three-quarters) ; R. C. Paris, R. M. H enderson (halves); L. R. Cooper, T. A. I zard, S. P. D. Sanders, P. F. S. Nairn, R. D. Marshall, C. W. Walker, H. R. Kirby, H. A. Jenkin (forwards).

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SCHOOL v.

DOVER

CO LLEGE.

This match was played at Dover on \ÂĽednesday, Novem ber 7th, and resul ted in our defeat by two penalty goals and a try to wI. A regular gale was blowing almost straight down the g round, and, having 1051. the toss, we had to face it. T he ki ck-off was returned with a big drop which rolled into touch only a yard from our line, so that we had to adopt defensive tactics from the very outset. The ball soon went in to touch in goal, and in th e drop-out our forwards lost an opportuni ty by not following up vigorously enough, a rern ark which applied on several ot!1er occasions during the game. A good opening by Paris was next lost by McCullock mulling his pass. He appeared nervous in this respect all through, which perhaps was natural, as it was his first appearance for the team. A period of give and take play followed , but though OUl' forwards got possession very well and heeled very smartly. little ground was gained by th e backs, who were all, and especially the hal ves, inclined to rnn across the ground too much. A great num ber of free-kicks were given again st us, from one of which Rogers landed a good goal-a process which was repeated a very few minutes afterwards. There were som.e good dri bbling rushes on both sides, Marshall being especially noticeable, while fro m one of these Rogers picked up, and th ough well tackled by \'\Teston outside the line, rolled ove r and was awarded a try, which was not converted . Thus all the sco rin g was done in the first half. On changing ends, we hardly took sufficient advantage of the wind, but the play calls for no particular co mment. Weston and Covell did some excellent tacklin g, in fact t he tackling all through was better than it had been in previous matc hes. Cooper, who had been

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playing very well, injured his knee and had to retire for a bit though he returned, too lame to do much, for the last five minutes. On one occasion Bovenschen and Green got clear away, but the referee by mistake blew his whistle, and they had to be called back. A large number of penalties continued to be inflicted, and from one awarded to us just near the end, ' ÂĽe!iton took a shot at goal but failed to score. The game then ended as stated. It was not a satisfactory game. the frequent stoppages for penalty-kicks making a fast game impossible. The chief faults to be found with our team were, as already stated, the want wanted of good following-up, and the tendency to ru n across the ground. The teams were as follows. Killg's ScllOo/ :-R. D. Weston (back) ; H . E. Green, B. C. Covell, D. C. McCulloch, F. C. Bovenschen (th ree-quarters) ; R . C. Paris, R . H enderso n (halves); L. R. Cooper, T. A. Izard, S. P. D. Sanders, i'. F. S. Nairn, R. D. Marshall, A. P. Methuen, C. 'VV. 'Walke r, E. P. Berryman (forwards). Dover College :-G. Rawes (back) ; J. W. J ackson, W. E. S. Digby, A. C. D. Tackson, J. E. Dawes, (three-quarters) ; P. L. Rawcs, A. E. Alderson (halves) j 'M. S. Rogers, R. S. C. Garrett, G. P. Fletcher, G. H. East, J. T. Finnis, R. H. Pattie, R . Bagnell, D. H . Powell (forwards). KI NG'S SCHOOL v. SUTTON VALENCE. This match, playt::d on the Sutton ground o n November 14th, rr~ sulted in a victory for th e home team by 3 tries to I goal and I try (9 -8). The closeness of the score is a sufficie nt proof th at th ere was not mu ch difference bet wee n th e team s, and, as a matter of fact, the game was vc ry fast and exciting throu ghou t. Coo pe r lost the toss and Sutton elected to play up lhe hil l. Almost from the start Sutto n pe nned us in our own 2j, but Paris brought relief by kickin g in to touch. About ten minutes from the start, Pitt obtaining t he ball from the serum ra n round and sco red a clever try; the kick failed. The School forwards now playe d up much better, and after some even play in the middle of th e ground, Paris passed to l\IcCulloch, wh o made a clever opening, a nd passing to Covell at the right moment, th e latter scored a good try j Weston's ki ck just failed . Half-time arrived with th c score a try alL At the beginni ng of th e second half, the rushes of the Sutton forwards were very noticeable, Smither and Nleade being especially prominent. McCulloch, however, brought relief by good kickin g, while Paris did some hard tackling. Nothing of importance happened after this, till a combined rush of the Sutton forwards brought the ball into our 2j , where somc good passing enabled Pitt to score their second try. Shortly afterwards th e same playe r scored again . Our forward s then played up very hard, Sanders and Marshall especially, and gave th e three-quarter line plenty of chances, as a result of which Green sco red after a good run. \\Teston successfully converted th e effort. Only a few minutes more remained, and though we played up desperately, the game was in mid-field when the whistle went, leaving Sutton victorious by the narrcw margi n of one poi nt.

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For the winners, Pitt played a grand game at half-back, while Shaw marked Covell very closely at th ree-quarters. Smither and Meade were good in the serum. OUf team showed a marked improveme nt behind the serum, the passing of the threequarter line being good and at times almost brilliant, while the halves played togethe r much better. H enderson got the ball away very well indeed, and was most plucky in stopping rushes, while Paris' tackling was deadly The forwards gave the behinds plenty of chances, but they must learn to come round quicker, when once they get off the ball, especially if they are being screwed, an d they should also try to do more hand-passing among themselves, and more tackli ng of t he opposing threequarters. , In conclusion we shoul d like to thank Sutton for the hearty welco me and kind h ospitality which, as usual, wo received.

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MUSICAL

A iVleetirlg of the Committee of the above Society was held on Friday, October 12th. There were no vacancies on the Committee. A vote of tha nks was passed for the able way in wh ich Izard had fu lfill ed the arduous duties of

was elected to fill his place. - The dates fixed for the Pel1l~y Reading were October 27th a nd November 24th. The Co ncert, which will be partly orchestral, will probably take place on IVl onday, December 17th.

P ENNY READING . The first Penny Reading of the Term was given pn Saturday, October 27th, in the Parry Library, among our visitors being IVIrs. vValsh, and Canon, 1\'frs. and Miss Hichens. Our a ttention naturally turns first toward s the concerted pieces as being the best index to the musical standard of the School, and though it would be unfair to take our first performan ce as an accurate crite rion, yet we must congratulate Mr. Godfrey and his chorus on the excellent results obtained in so short a time. The taste and precision wh ic h marked the singing of a pretty vocal valse (Friedensen), and of two really charmi ng folk- so ngs,

a rranged by Mr. Godfrey, augur well for future success, while the instrumental I I In termezzo" wh ich closed th e pr:)gram me showed that there is good material for orchestral wo rk whi ch we hope will be further devoloped . We are greatly indebted to Mr. Fetherstone for his skilfully-executed solos on the clarinet, which were received with loud applause. That the tastes of the audien ce were catholic. is shewn by the applause accorded to Mr. Latter' s patriotic song, and T, A. Izard's more pathetic contrib ution, as we ll as to the Feline memories and Nightmares of Mr. Austen, and

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L . R. Cooper's rank canniba lism. Vle congratulate J. H. Meers on his first appea rance and hope to hear him again. Th ompso n fully sustained his high re puta~ tion, while ofMr. Edmonds' interpretation of two of Chopi n's Nocturnes, it is hardly t oo mll ch to say that it set up a new standard of excellence for these entertain ments. That there were defects in ma ny parts of the performance goes without saying, but at least we had a most enjoyable evening, and we hope that our visitors did likewise. The programmp. is appended . Par l Song ..... • cT he Rhine Raft" ... ,_ .... Piusu(i. P lano Solo . . " Norwegian Dance," . . .. ... 11/0I/m.

*Rcnding. .. , ... <, The Nancy Brig " .......... Gilbert. L. R. COOPER. Vocal Valse ........... .. ......... "...... _ ... Priedmsen. *Song . ....... " 'Welcome to the C.I. V.l> .. , ...... . MR. LATTER.

*Piano Solo-i\1azurk:l. ...... .. .................. Chopill.

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*F olk {NO. J. "Fine Flowers of the Valley" } Son~s No.2. "Castle of Dromore" .......... .. *Clannet Solo from Mendelssohn's I< Liede r ohne" MR, FETHERSTON E. W orley. *R eadi ng ........ " Sad MenlOrics" C. S. Calverley.

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"'Piano Solo .. " . ... " Nocturne" ............. Chopin.

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*Song ............. " i\'I essnlates " ..................... .. T. A. I ZARD. *In tcrmez1.o .. ... .. (Instrumental) .. I . Codfi·tJI. GOD SAVE TH E QUEEN. • Encored.

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======= LECTURES .

On October 18th, a Lecture was given in the Parry Li brary by Rev , E . J. ' ¥ood, on Canad a. I-Ie showed t he giganti c strides which Canada has taken during the past fifty years towards civilization. Instead of being an uninha bited district it has beco me a pop ulous and flourishing country, with numerous large and important town~. It und oubtedly owes a great deal to its climate whi ch varies considerably in the different regions of th e count ry, some parts havillg a tem perature in '~T inter as mild as we have in Engla nd, while some are as cold as the coldest parts of Russia. H e desc ribed the character of life in Canada, briefly telling of the work and sports whi ch sllcceeds in together producing that fine physique which we always associate with the words Canadian Conti nge nt. T he Lecture, which was admirably illustrated with lantern slides, met with hea rty and well merited applause.

On November 2nd, the School attended a Lecture in St. George's H all, given by Mr. ,V. Lynd, on the Phonograph, The Lecturer commenced by giving a shor t and lucid ex planation of the mecha nism of the phonog raph. Afterwards, by the aid of a very fine instrument he gave some examples of the wonderful way in whi ch rep roduction s can be made, Orchestral pieces were rendered in the most realistic fashion , while a p iccolo solo was remarkably good. Vocal effects, however, especially songs, were somewhat marred by a certain indistinctness, thong!). pt:rhaps this was more the fault of the singers than the phonograph. The Dean re cited a Ch ristmas Carol into it, whic h was immediately reproduced in an exceedingly satisfactory mann er. In conclusion, Mr. Lynd related the histo ry of that great inventor Edison, towh om amidst numerous other inventions we are indebted for the phonograph.

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THE SCHOOL. Captain .. Captain of Football XV ... Captain of Cricket XI. Captain of Games

R. H .

CHARLES . L. R. COOPER . .

B . C . COVELL. B. C . COVELL.

MONITORS : R. H. Charles, F. C , Bove nschen, R. C. Paris, F , H. Dllrn ford, T, A. Izard, L. R. Cooper, R. D. Marshall, B. C. Covell. EDITORS OF CANTUARIAN: R. H. Charles, F. C. Bovensche n, F. H . Durnford . SECRETARY OF CANTUARIAN: P. S. F . Na irn. PRESIDENT OF THE DEBATING SOCIETY : R. H. Charles. VI CE-PRESIDENT : F. C. Bovenschen. SECRETARY: F. H. Durnford,

THE BOA T CLUB. Owing to the demands of Football, this is necessarily a quiet te rm for the Boat Club, and the membership is smal l compared with that of other terms. H . A. J enkin has bee n elect~d Captain, and th e Committee consists of T. A. Izard, R. D . Marshall, C. \V. G, ' ¥alker. Various structural improvemehts were carried out last term in the Upper Boat H ouse, against the arrival of the new four·oar. She arrived by road from P utney on Thursday, Oct. 4th, and on Saturd ay Oct. 6th, an Ancient Mariners' Crew composed of Mr. Galpin (bow), Mr. Edmonds (2), Mr. H ogdson (3) and Mr. Bell (stroke) to?k her ou~ for the first time. Vt/e wcre especially pleased to welcome 1\:l rs. Galpl~l and MISS Shaw down at the river-side. Mrs. Galpin kindly cut the n?bons whIch held th~ boat fast to the landing and cast the boat loose with good wIshes for the prospcnty .of Boat and Boat Club. J enkin presented NIrs. Galpi n with a small bouquet of r?ses 111. h o nOl~r of the occasion. The boat is buil t by Ayling and Sons, Putney. She IS stralke bUIl t, covered fore and aft, and fitted with fixed seats. T!le oars and iron work on the boat are painted with the School colollrs, There is sltll a debt on the boat. Old King's Scholars and other friends of the School who read these lines and who recogn ise the value of the efforts of the Boat Club may perhaps be moved to se nd a small contribution to pay ofT the debt. Vie beg to ackn<;nvledge the fo llowing sub scriptions.-K, C. Strahan, Esq., lOS. ; Mr. Streeter, 2/6 ; A Fnend 2/6 ; G. F. H eys, Esq., 55.

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DEBATING SOCIETY. At a Meeting held by the VIth Form early in the Term, an election of members for this Society took place. The members already elected were R. H. Charles, F. C. Bovenschen. R. C. Paris and F . H. Durnford. The new members are P. F. S. Nairn. R. D. IVtarshall, C. J. M. E vans, S. P. D. Sanders, I-I. A. J enki n. R. H. Charles was elected President, F. C. Bovensc hen Vice- President, and F. H. Durnford Secretary. It was decided to hold the first debate on October 20th. A IVfeeting of the Society was held in the Old Library, on Saturday. Oct. 20th. wh en R. H. Charles proposed the motion fC T hat in the opinion of this house, town life is preferable to life in the country." C. J. M. Evans led the opposition . The fact that the majority of the speeches were maiden efforts perhaps accounts for the want of fluency which marked most of them. Many of the second speeches were simply brief, disjoin ted remarks, not always to th e point and hardly worthy of the name of speech at all. "Ve should li ke to have seen a wider vie w taken of th e whole question. Towards the close of the debate th e arguments put forward in some cases embraced such insignificant points as to be almost irrelevant. Of the new speakers, Sanders and Jenkin were the most successful. Sanders' first speech was a most vigorous defe nce of town life, and was certainly one of the best speeches of the evenin g. J enk in, in snpporting the oppositio n, show ed considerable promise, but his speech suffered fro m want of fluency. The question pro mised at first

to furnish a very good debate, but the tone of the arguments degenerated towards the end .

R. H. Charles, in proposi ng the motion, stated that by "town life," life in London and ot her large towns was meant. In a brief and witty speech he mai ntained that towns are for med by necessity, a nd without th em the co un try conld not exist. H e laid great stress on the benefit of life in a large community wh ere ,e ground in yonder social mill, men rub each other' s angles down," H e argued that the delivery of letters and the receipt of news is far better in large towns than in the country, There are also in tow ns cl ubs and other civilizing influences which further culture and learning, far more than the isolation of the country. ' C. I Ill. Evans, in leading the opposition, confined himself, in a large degree, to the question of health, He said that the cou ntry ai r was far purer than that of London, where the smoke and fog prevented any good being derived from out-door exercise j while sport, he urged, was almost impossibl e. His speech was largely spoil t by a want of cohesion and clearness, though the matter was good. F. C, Bovenscllett, on behalf of the town, spoke shortly on the many conveniences, such as cabs and olUllibusses, electric light and gas, to be obtained there, H e also stated how far superior is the supply of food and water in towns to that of the coulltry j while he urged that hospitals and first-class medical

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attendance largely co nduced to good health. H. A , Jenkill, in a speech that was the best produced on behalf of the oppositio n, urged the benefit furnished by exercise in the country, H e remarked that the postal service in the cou ntry was not so bad as the Han, l\1ovl!r had described, while the good health which a life in the co untry gives, amply com pensates fo r the absence of news from th e outer world, S. P. .D, Sanders spoke vigorously and well on behalf of the motion, H e pointed out the immense opportunities for studying animal life in the museum s and thf. Zoological Gardens, wh ich the coun try docs not afford, H e also contrasted London shops with those of a provincial town or country village.

O. K. S. We congratulate A, G. Ri chardso n on playing cricket for Gloucester agai nst Ken t a nd Essex ; also W. H. Maundrell on playing for Hampshire v, Derbyshire, "{I/e learn with very great regret of the death of A. J. Hassell who was killed in action in South Africa on October Z3rd, at H oopstad. H e was at the School from 1894 to 1896. a"d joined the Cape Mounted Rifles in 1897.

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p, S. F, IVaiI'll remarked that the only hunting obtai nable in London was after cats. H e said that it was easier to attend a London theatre fro m the country than from the suburbs. I-Ie also stated his preference of pure spri ng water, to the muddy wate r of the Thames. R. D. l11arsllall argu ed on the widest adopted by the oppositio n. H e dilated on the beautiful scenery of the coun try, and of the healthy tendency it affords, His speech was mod erate and to the point, though somewhat long, .

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The second speeches call for no com ment, Illost of them being merely a few remarks with no connection, and no direct bearing on the proposal. A show of hands being called for the motion was lost by 15 votes to 60, '

NEWS . \~re congratulate E, L. Massey on playing back in the Ca m.bridge Fres hmen's match.

At t.Il~ Ordination on th e 15th Sund ay after Tnm ty. by the Bishop of Lichfield. 1I1. Ius ~athedral, G, F . C. Caffin, B,A., Bishop s College, Lennoxville, Canada and Lichfield Theological College lI'a~ ordained Deacon; he was Gospelier at the Ordination.

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At the September Ordination, by the Bishop of Ripon, in his Cathedral, ' V. R. J. Boothby. M.A., Selwyn College. Cambridge, was ordai ned D eacon.

\lI,7e learn fro m the Gazette that Lieut.-Col. C. E . Wyncoll has received his full Colonelcy.

Vve congratulate 1. B. H art-Davies on playing football for Blackheath . H e unfortnnately sprained his ankle in the match against R.E., and has been prevented from playing again for some ti me.

Vic heartily congra tulate R. E . Brinsley-Richards on winning the mile at the Oxford Freshers Sports. H e won easily in the very good time of 4 min. 4 1 sees.

VIRTUTE FUNCTI lVlORE PATRUlVl DUCES. E.

Sl\unr-King's Scholar; entered the School, September, 1894; VI. Form, Jan ., I Hg6; Moni.tor, May, 1897 ; Editor of Cantuarian, Sept" 18 96 ; H ouse- Monitor. Sept., , 898-July, , 899; President of Sports' Committee, Sept., 1899; Ford Stlldentship and Open Classical Exhibition at Trinity, Oxford j Second School Exhibitioner, J 899 -

R. E. BRINSLEy-RTCHARDs -King' s Scholar; entered School, J an" J 894; VI. Form , Sept., 1896; Monitor, Sept. , 1898; July, 1899, resigned; Sports' Colours, 1898-1900; Editor of Cantuarian, Sept., 1899; Open Classical Demyship ( 1st place) at Magdalen College. Oxford; First School Exhibitioner, 1900. C. W. C. REDMAN-E ntered the School, Sept., , 897 ; VI. Form, Jan., , 898 ; Open Classical Scholarship at '~'adham College, Oxford, and Second School Exhibitioner. E . L. MASSEy- King's Scholar; entered School, Xmas, 1894 j VI. Form, Xmas, 1897 ; Cricket XL , 1 900; Football XV., 1899; Monitor, Sept., 1899; Open Classical Scholarship at Peterhouse, Cambridge. G. O. F . QUENTIN-King's Scholar; entered the School, April, 1895 : VI. Form, Sept" 1897; H o use-Monitor, Sept., 1899; Sports' Colours, 1900 j Fives' Pair, 1900; Open Mathematical Exhibition a t Corpus College, Cambridge; Parker Exhibitioner.

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E. FINN-Entered the School, May, , 894 ; Football XV., ,897- , 899; Captain of Football XV., 1899; Cricket XI., 189 8-1 900 j Gymnasinm Pair, 1899 ; VI. Form, Xmas, 18<)9; Monitor, Xmas, 1899 . J. A. HELLARD-King's Scholar; entered the School, Jan., ,896; VI. Form, Jan. , , 899; F ootball XV., , 899; Cricket XI., '900. E. W . MowLL- Entered the School, March, , 895 ; Monitor and VI. Form, Sept., , 899. R. A. BRYDEN-Ente red the School, May, , 896' ; VI. Form. W. W . LOCK-Entered the School, Sept., ,897; VI. Form. F . A. HUSBANDs- Entered the School, March, ,895; F ootball XV., ,899; Cricket XL, 1900.

COR RES P 0 N DEN C E. N, B. - The Editors dec/file to accept any responsibility connected witlt tIlt oPinions oj tlltir Correspondents, Name and address mllst always be given, not 1zecessarily foy publica#oll, bitt as a guarantee tif good faith . P ersonalities will involve ceytahz rejection.

To the Editors of "THE CANTUARIAN ," D ear Sirs, There has g rown in .late years a deplorable custom of having extremely Ion" afte r- speeches on Speech Day.

and receive the \Veil-earned applause fro m those who remembered seeing their many Besides, the brothers before them. audience on Speech Day consists for the most part of either parents or residents in or around Canterbury, and these will It may seem paradoxical to object to naturally know fro m th eir own sons or Speech D ay bei ng a day of speeches, but friends about such things as the health of it seems rather a pity to see the boys the School, the efficiency of special hurried up in little droves to take thei r classes and 50 on . Moreover, it is well prizes and then as quickly dismissed in never to forget that Paterfamilias is only _order that they may not take up too much human, and in dreaming of the lunch time . Surely the primary functio n of ' which ' g rows ever more distant forgets to Speech D ay is the distribution of prizes, listen to the distinctio n gained by the and this should be done with decency. School in Tomkins passing the third class I s it not more pleasing for everyone to see of the College of Preceptors direct. a ,diminu tive "Phruah" or tall and solemn Yours, etc., ff Phin" go up and take the prizes for O.K.S. which they have, no doubt, worked hard,

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EDITORIAL. "Sicelides 1\1 usae paullo majora canamus I I , such is the prayer .we breathe as we take up the editorial pen. For, in addition to discussing the ordll1aryevents of Term, we have the pleasant task imposed upon us of offering our hearty congratulations to !VIr. Galpin on the birth of a daughter. Thus baldly to state our cong ratulations was not our intention when we commenced to write . No; we had intended to introduce some appropriate and flowery quotation; nay more, visions of original poetry had floated in our brain. But all such vain thoughts are fled now that we find ourselves face to face with the actual necessity. vVe can, however, assure the Head Master that our sentiments, though unadorned by any flow of rhetoric, are none the less sincere. The months of Term have raced along, and we now find ourselves far nearer the Christmas holidays than we could have believed. This knowledge is not an unmixed pleasure, especially as gloomy forebodings of examinations and other horrors make us feel that the stream of time flows all too quickly. This thought must be present

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most of all with those who are going to try for University Scholarships. Vve hope, however, that it will not deter them from meeting with the Sllccess they deserve, and we accord them our hea rty good wishes. From these so mbre thoughts we turn with rel ief to Foot~al1.. And we turn ap the more readily since we find that virtue has at last met, with Its reward. It 15 di stinctly agreeable to find that our reverses have at last given way to succ~ss. and that this result is due to a happy combination of our team and Fate-for It would be churlish to deny Fate a small share in our success, since we held it responsible for our reverse. Our victories over Dover College and Sutton Valence were all the morc acceptable since we believe that it is so me time since this double success has been achieved in one season. Considerable energy has also been expended on Fives this T erm, especially among the "oun ger boys. This is di sti nctly encouraging, as it is undoubtedly a game which cleserves attention. Vve were, however, so rry to hear that the CI Under 16 II pair were defeated by St. Edmund's School. . .. . .. \Ve would have liked to say much more, and to fill our EdItonal wIth bnlltant originality, but we are forced sadly, but irresistibly, to confess that H From year to year the children do, exactly what their sires have done; Time is! time was I-there's nothing ne\\,-There's nothing new beneath the Sun ."

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v. DOVER TOWN.

Played on Blore's Picce, on Saturday, October 27th. The visitors kicked off, <l:nd almost immediately secured a try, which was converted. The play was then carned into our opponents 25, and \Veston, smartly gathering the ball, dropped a magnificent goal from a few yards outside their 2S line. 'Nilson then scored between the posts, after a smart run by Paris, who conve rted. Dover Town then sec ured another try. A run by Covell, and so me good work by the forwards then resulted in Coop~r scoring between the posts, Paris again converting. Our opponents next scored a try, when half-time was called , the School now having a lead of 3 points. On resuming, Bovenschen ran in for the School, after som.e good passing by the three-quarters. \Veston converted with a good kick at a somewhat difficult angle. Covell then scored, and Paris co nverted. Dover Town now secured a goal, and again

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threatened, but were prev~nted from scoring: by good tackling on the part of Covell. The ~chool attacked ag~11l, and Green dnbbled over our opponents line, Wilson toucl11ng down. The kIck was not suc cessful. Time was then called the School being winners by five goals (one dropped) and a try to two gcals and two 'tries. The team was as follows . TIle SchO()/ : -R. D. Weston (back) ; B. C. Covell, H . E. Green, F. C. Bovenschen, H . 1. Wilson (three-q uarters); R. C. Paris, R. M. Henderson (halves) ; L . R. Cooper, T. A. Izard, S. P. Sanders, P. S. Nairn, R. D. Marshall, C. W. Walker, E. R. Berryman, H . J. Kirby (forwards).

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VALENCE (Return ).

Played all the New Ground 011 November 20th. After having lost the first match with Sutton by the narrow margin of one point, we succeeded in turning the tables 011 them in the return match, winning, after an intensely exciting game, by 5 points to 3. In the first ten minutes the game was very open, and after two good kicks by \Veston, both Green and Covell looked like scoring on mor~ than one occasion, but the passing was faulty, and Covell was inclined to double back the wrong way, with the result that two or three good chan ces were thrown away. After some good sc rum s, and two plucky saves by Huyshe, who was playing instead of Henderson (disabled), we met with a serious misfortune in the loss of Izard whose knee went wrong, and necessitated his departure from the field. Thus seriously handicapped OlIr forwards had all th eir work cut out to hold their own, and for the last quarter of an ho.ur of the ÂŁ:st half, Sutton kept up a hot atta~k upon our line. Good tackltng, especIally by Pans and \Veston, and a useful drIbble by the former, kept our lines intact for some time, but at last Olle of the opposing halves forced his way over and scored a try, which, however, was not co nverted . More bad passing by our threequarters again let Sutton look dan gerous, but Paris relie\<ed by a good kick and half-time arrived with the score of 3 points againts us. I On resuming, Green was conspiCllOus for a good rush, and a free-kick took the ball into the Sutton 25, but their forwards, by good footwork, brought it back to the centre, and a free-kick to Sutton forced us to touch down. The kick-out was welJ returned, and Sutton got over but were called back, the ball being held outside. Relief was brought by IVlc;:Culloch and Bovenschen, and the game was rushed down to the other end of the field, where Sutton were made to touch down. The kick-out went into touch, and being quickly thrown out to Bovenschen who was unmarked, he raced ronnd and scored behind the posts, Paris converting. Having now got the

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lead, Co<6'pe r quite rightly kept the game as tight as possible, and nothin g furt her of note happened, except that once th e ball came out and our backs bungled, nearly letting Sutton in . Vve must confess that it was a lucky wi n, though, of course, the fac t th~t we had only seven forwardr. after the fi rst ten minutes made a great deal of dIffe rence. ' Veston, at full- b~ck, acquitted himself very well, and Paris did a lot of sound ",?rk at half, though Ius pa rtner was rather out-classed. The three-quarte rs we: e n oth~ng like so good as they bad been th e previous week at Sutton, Covell espeCIally bClllg off-colour. The forwards played a vigo rous game, bu t were hardly so clever as th eir opponents.

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COLLEGE (Return ).

This match was played on the New Ground on November 22nd, and resulted in a well-deserved victory for the School by a try to nil. As a matter of fact~ we had considera bly th e best of the game, and the score might ve:y well have bee n lIlcreased, but un der the ci rcumsta nces the forwards played the n gh t game and kept the ball fairly close in the second half. T he School started from the T ow n Goal~ and play settl ed down with a se ries of sc rum s at the half-way line. Some fumblIn g by our th ree-quarters let the ball into our 25, but Paris and Bovenschen relieved. The l~tter soo n a rte rwards made a good run but was pushed into touch close to the Dover hne j the ball was taken over, and from the resultin g scrum there was a &ood chance of sco ring, but Covell failed to gath er th e ball. The forward s were hee hng well b~t th e outsides were at fault on one or two occasions, an d Dover gradually relieved. ' Veston got in a long kick but did nOt find touch, and a drop-out from th e 25 resulted . After several wild passes th e Dover forward s rushed the ball t<? our 25, but McCulloch relieved with a useful punt. Our th ree-quarters at last got gOll1g and Gree n made a good run to the D ove r 25 before he was brou ght down, straining some J? uscles in his shoul der, which made it very difficult for him to use his arm or g.et up Iu s pace fo r ~he rest of the gam e. Cooper started a good dribble 'wh ich was spOilt by the ball bp.lIlg picked up and thrown forward, and directly afterwards Covell nearly got th rough the D over defence. Paris, who was doing a lot of excellent work, foun d touch close to the Dover line, and from a scrum shortly afterwards the forwards heeled smartly and the ball went out to Covell, who got in near the corner. Weston was nearly successful with his ki ck at a diffi cult angle. After the drop-out our forwards rushed well, and Paris gained a lot of ground, but the effor t was just spoilt by .Green's p~ssing fo rward near the Dover line. T heir three-quarters brought some rehef, but Pans and Cooper brought th e ball bac k, and Bovensc hen would have had a good cha~ ce had th e ball been sent out to him properly. As it was, D over got away, anel theu th ree-

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quarters were nearly in on the left, but l\IIcCulioch and Methuen did some good t':lckling and Henderso n relieved. A free k,ick was given against the School for offside, but the three-quarters got away agaIn and when the whistle blew for half-time the ball was in the Dover 25. The ball was fumbled from the Dover ki ck off and th ough Covell relieved, his,pass was not taken, and. ' Veston had to stop a ru sh ~fthe Dover forward s. The pass mg broke down several tImes, but both Nairn and Methuen were conspicuous for good work amon g the forwards. Covell on several occasions req ui red a lot of stopping, and Bove.nschen gene rally gain ed g round when the ball was sent out to him, but seve ral efforts were spoilt by fo rward passes . A fler a good run by Paris, an attempt to drop a goal fai led, and t hough Coope r retu rned the dropout weil, Dover got the ball away to th e half- way li ne. Afte r a ru n by Green th ey worked the ball to our 25, and \¥ eston brought his man down in good style. Our forwa rds gradually worked the ball back, but th e ball was passed back to th e Dover th ree-quarter fro m a line· out. ' -\Teston returned his kick but a mark was made. though th.e attempt to place a goal failee!. A ~lOth e r mark occurred immediatelyafterwards oWlIlg to a pun t by Methu en WI th hIS knee, and Rogers fo r Dove r nearly managed to drop a goal. The game return ed to half way. and a seri es of lines-out too k place, but t he ball was kept close a nd Dover were penned to th eir half of t he ground, ~hou ~ IY we co uld n ~ t get close to th eir line. and th e whi:;tle finally blew with the ball I11 mId-fi eld. Our VIctory was thoroughly deserved, if only for the good work of the forward s, who nearly always got possessio n in both scrum and line-out and in the loose showed fa r more vigour and dash tha n they had previously di spl ay~d ; and a~so the halves, especially Pa ris, whose tackling a nd saving were excellent. " 'eston dId all he had to do well, though on some occasions his ki cks did not fi nd touch. The three-qua rters were good at times, but erratic ; Bovenschen $'enerally gained ground when he had the chan ce, and Covell did a lot of fine indIvidual work but Gree n was greatly handicapped by his shou lder, and it was plucky of him to ieee p going as he did. The School team was as follows :R . D. Weston (back) ; If. E. Green, B. C. Covell, D. C. McCulloch, F. C. Bovenschen (three-quarters) ; R. C. Pari s. R. 1\1. H enderson (halves) ; L. R. Coo per, S. P. Sanders, P. S. Nai rn, R . D . Marshall, A. P. Methuen, C. W. ' ¥alker, E. MacGachen, E. P. Berryman .

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~he record of the Se~ond XV, though it does not appear brilliant, yet gives promise of e.xcellent matenal for future, seasons. The victory over Dover College was most satisfactory. though our defeat In the return match was distinctly disappoint~ ing. The team also gave a good display against Merchant Taylors' but were quite outplayed by Tonbridge. The chief failing throughout is want of good hard tackling. Fa~ too mal~y of the team tl~ink t~lat they an~ doing quite enough if they merely hold theIr n~an. Instead of pUt~l!lg 1um on the grou nd, thus preventing hi m passing or strugglIng on; another fatill1g among the three-quarters is want of pace, an d th is has proved fatal on several occasiolls. The halves have rather too often fo rgotten their c hi~f duty, that is, feed ing their three quarters; they must remember that they are the link between the forward and back play, and that selfishness is fatal in a half, Turni~ g .to ind~vidual play, Ric1~ardson has been invaluable at full back, his tackling and klckmg bemg excellent, while he never lost his head. Among the three-quarters, "Vacher and Green have done some very good work, com bining well i IVIcClllloch has performed excellently in the centre, while Tuke tho ugh rather wanting in pace takes his passes well and tackles very hard. Crawford and Hu)'she, the halves, have been good in defence, but they are too slow in attack, the former especially. The forward~, th?ugh a l,ight l.ot, hav~ always worked their hard est, and played the mselves out, theIr chIef quahty bei ng their good footwork. IVl cC tllloch has proved hi mself a n efficient captai n and has set his team a good example of hard work. AnlOng others who have done good work we might especially mention Berryman, the best dribbler in the team, J enkin and Kirby, all of whom have done good hard work both in the scrum and in the loose. Though they have a balance of defeats over victories the Second XV. have every reason to be thoroughly satisfied with their season.

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. T his match was played on T uesday, October 16th, and ended in a sornewhat easy vIctory for our opponents, who gained +6 points to our nil. The uneven nature of the game calls for but little comment. It suffices to say that the Tonbridge Team completely out-played us in every re spect. Nevertheless we may plead some excuse, as our opponents were far heavier than we were, and our defeat was by no means owing to want of keeness or hard play. The following represented the School ;F. P. Walker, (back); G. Wacher, E. C. Green, D . C. McCulloch, G. N. Ryley, (three-quarters); R. Crawford, E. P. Richardson, (halves); J . A, McCulloch, E . P. Berryman, A. R. Davies, G. B. Rammell, J. H. IVleers. YV. S. Lucas, A. Gillibrand, L. Deane, (forwards).

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. This match, played on Blore's Piece on October 31st, ended in a most g ratifying vIctory for the School by T 7 points to nil. The School pressed from the outset of the game, and about quarter of all. hour before half-time Tuke obtained a try which however was not converted. The School scorecl aO'ain before half-time through \Vache r. The second half was entirely favourable t; the School, althC1ttgh Dover College played a decidedly plucky, and vigorous game. Davies ( I) and iIlcCulloch (2) succeeded 1I1 obtaining the coveted points .. The general keenness and vigorous spirit ?f ~h.e team as a whol e was markedly noticeable. All played ti p their hardest and if 111dlvlduals have to be mentioned we should say that Tuke and \;Vacher of the th reequa.rters, and Davies, McGachen an d McCulloch of the forwards were conspicuous by th ei r excellent play. As 5tated previously Dover College were by no means slack, and atf?rded us a really excellent game. The School team was as follows :-F. P. Richardson, ( back); G. \Vacher, E. C. Green, G. N. Ryley, J. ~r. Tuke, (threequarters),; R. Crawford, O. F. Huyshe, (halves); J. A. McCulloch , E . McGachen, H. G. Kirby, H. A, J enklll, A. R. DaVies, G, B. Ramll1eli, A. Gillibrand, W. S. Scruby (forwards).

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.The return match with Tonbridge was of quite a different character to the pr,evlOus ~ame at '~onbridge . Played at Canterbury on Nov. 15th, the School lost b} 15 POlUts to ml. But the game was by no means so one-sided as the sco re sugge.sts, as we ~\'ere within an ace of getti ng over the goal-line on three distinct occaslOns~ and lI1deod the game throughout was of a thoroughly even character. T he tackling wa~ far better, an? the fo rwards seemed to fo rm up quicker than is their custom. !ol~bndge, as To nbndge always do, played t heir vigorous and fast game, and the I~ll1g s School were by no means unequa l to the occasion, and we gave our opponents an excel!ent game. In the last half the School for some time pressed and was seen to a deCIded advarltage. The ~plendid play of the Tonbridge forwards ca.nn.~t be passe.d over, and of the .School Rlch~rdsoll as back and IVl cGachen. Jenkin, Klrb) and DaVIes are all deservll1g of mentIOn. The followinO' represented the 0 School :E . P. Richardsoll (back) ; E. C. Greell, G. N. Ryley, J. M. T uke, G. Wacher (three_quarters) ; R. Crawford, O. F . Huyshe (hal ves) ; J. A. IVl cC ulloch, E. ~\\~cGachen, H. G. Klrb)') H . A. J enkins, A. R . Davies, G. B. Rammell, A. Gillibrand,. . S. Scruby (forwards).

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KING'S SC HOOL SECOND XV. v. MERCHANT TAYLORS' SECOND XV. This matc h was playp.d on Blare's Piece on Saturday, November l7th, and resulted after a very even game in a win for the visitors by one try to nothing. For the first few minutes play went rather in our favour, but the opposing three-quarters Tt:!lieved by good kicking, and the game was transferred to our 25. The Taylors' three-quarters then began to attack, and l\IcGache n did some good tackling. but the visitors were not to be denied and at length they obtained an un converted try. Shortly afte rward s a grand opportunity of scoring Oil our part was lost by Crawford, who did not pass out to his th ree-quarters quick eno ugh, and h<.If-time arr ived with th e sco re 3-0 against us. At the beginning of the second half om forwards woke up more and put in some very good wo rk with their feet, but the 1'<lylors' continued to press, and it was mainly due to the excellent defensive play of Crawford and Richardson that the visitors were kept ant. Owing to the slippery state of the ground our three-Quarters did not seem to be able to get up mu ch pace, though as a whole their tackling, especially that of Green, was quite good. As time went on the game became very exciting, though opportunities of scoring were too frequently spoilt by the hahÂˇes. Nothing more of much importance occurred, except a good attempt at a penalty goal by Crawford. the ball just falli ng short of the bar. Richardson's kick ing and his coolness in stopping ru shes at full back was most excellent. Crawford was brilliant in defence, bu t was far too selfish in attack, wh ile Huyshe played a good game. 'Walker and lVl cGachen were always prominent amon g the forwards. On the whole the teams are decidedly to be congratulated on the display they gave.

KING'S SCHOOL SECOND XV. v. DOVER COLLEGE SECOND XV. The return malch with Dover, played at Dove r on November 2z nd, ended in favour of our opponents, making this year's estimate equal. Dover obtained two tries and two goals aI:d the School one drop a nd Olll' goa l. Our opponents had vastly imp roved si nce the first match an d we re seen to no small advantage. The Dover forwards were especially noticable for their vigorous play, and we re well backed up by the three-quarters. The School. though beaten. played hard and shewed a fine spi rit of keenness, noticeable this year in all matches. Of our team Richardso n again was excellent at back, while Tuke and Green are worthy of mention at threequarters. The following represented the School :-E. P. Richardson (back); G. Wache r, E. C. Green , H. I. Wilson, J. iVl. Tuke (three-quarters); O. F. Hu),s he, R. Crawford (hal ves); J. A. M. McC ulloch, H. G. Kirby, H . A. J enkin s, A. R . Davies, G. Rammell, A. Gillibralld, J. Mansfield, F. P. Walker (forwards).

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DEBATING SOCIETY.

A Meeting of this Society was held

O ~l Sat.urday,. Dec. 1st, the subject for

dlscu.sslOn bell1g "That in the opinion of tIllS House modern magazine literature tends to degenerate the public intellect ." T,he Sp~e~hes, with O~lC exception, were dlsappomtmg, the cInef fault bei ng as before lack of fluency. Many of the speakers came entirely unprepared, with the result that when they got upon their legs they could fi nd neither ideas to propound, nor words in which to propound them. There were far too many awkward pauses c.aused by th e speaker stopping to find hiS way out of a sentence or waiting to cast about him for a fresh suO'gestion. The number of votes rec~rded against the motion is no i nd ex to the D ebate itself: as a matter of fact, thollO'h ~he oPP?sition put their case strongly, If not sll1cerely, the supporters of the motion had all the best of the arguments. R. If.. qharies, in proposing <l That the opuuon of this House modern lllagazill~ IJterature tends to degenerate the pubhc mtellec t," said that the 111otion had his full sympathy. Such literature .

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was utterly worthless, and was as an American writer has well desc;ibed it mere ditchwater. No mind co ul d thriv~ on such food; it must necessarily degenerate . . H e urged that it would be far better for the world to discountenance sllch literature and turn their attention to the masterpieces of such fa mous writers as Shakespeare, Milton, or Dickens ' and if Dickens was thought Ie vulgar," o'r still worse "dull," Thackcray had provided a n abundance of good and interestinO' reading against which n~ither of thes~ charges could be brought. His speech was clever and good, and certainly should have won the sympathies of his audience. .F. C. l!0vensc!uJt, in opposing the motIOn, ad mitted that there was much to be said against magazines, but still there was a great deal to be said in their defence. Such magazine~ as the R eviews, or leading Church mag~zmes as the E~t:post"lor, so fa~ from te~l(hng to degenerate the public nllnd and ll1tellect served to raise it to a hi~her level, especially as such famous writers as Dean Farrar often contributed to th em. He th en remarked that Pltlleli

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was certainly a magazine agai~ st whic~ no one could bring th e accusation that It was inferior literature.

P. S. Nairn, on behalf of the motion, maintained that R eviews were not magazines, being registered as papers. H e said that the modern magazmes were simply got up in the most attr~ctive style, without any t hought as to theIr contents j and that whatever good there might have been in th em a few years ago had certainly been destroyed by competition. H e also remarked that science articles which sometim es appeared in such magazines as Pearson's were entirely useless and wrong . R. C. Pans, applied himself at once to contradictin g the last speaker. H e argued th at th e science articles which the hon. member who spoke last had attacked so vi olently, were neither wrong nor useless. H e pointed ou t that there werc some good authors who wrote even for such magaz ines as P earsoll's, and that the illustrated interviews were interesting and sometimes instructive. R. D. l11arshall did not allow the question of the scientifi c ar~icl es to rest, but maintained th at e ven If they were good, nobody read the.lIl , applying this criticism. also to ReVi ews. H e then

quoted , as a n instance of t he absurdities to which modern magazines go. the countless stupid and iIiane statisti cs in which th ey indul ge. Finally he urged that such literatureÂˇ utterly ruined and spoilt the intellect. S. P. Sanders, in supporting the oppositio n, fully maintai ned his reputation by delivering a speech, which, for power and fluency, far surpassed any other. H e contented himself mainly to dilating on the use of magazines for readin g on rail way journeys, but he could not refrai n from touching on th e much-d ebated scientifi c article.

The second speeches call for small com ment, thou gh as a rule they were flue nt, a remark which can. by no means be applied to the first efforts.

R . H. CIJarles Slimmed up in a speech that was decidedly powerful and exceedingly sarcastic, and concluded by rath er arbitrarily suggestin g that the matter amounted to this-whether the audience preferred Milton and Shakesp eare to Messrs. H arm sworth and Pearson. On a show of hands being demanded the motion was rejected by 66 votes to 8.

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PENNY READING. for com ing to .sing- to us. Miss Hichens delighted all with her patriotic song <I There's a land," wh ile Mr. Ry ley's patter so ngs fairly brought dow n the house. I . PARTSONG ... "The Brook" ....... ... ... Farlller. T o 1V[r. Bell's song, recent events lent a 2. P IANO SOLO " Air and Variations" ( ElIglislt). pec uli ar charm-a charm which his H. GRAi\lSH AW. audience instantly an d voc iferously recog3. SONG ..... ... " Drake's Drum" .. .. .. . .. .llarris. nised. It was ce rtainly one of the most J. H. 1\'[ E: E RS. 4. READING" The Spect re Pi g" O. I'V. Holmu. popular items on the programme. T he R. 11. CIfARl.ES. (.;oncerted pieces were done with the care 5. PI ANO SOLO.. .. 'Mazurka.. Cllopilt. and precision which we are now accustomed O. F. H UVSHE. 6. SONG ........ " Kitty r-ohhone" .. ... Ceo. Evans. to assoc iate with all that N[r. Godfrey takes in hand. The effect of the < band'i\ I R. BELL. 7. REAOING ......... " Clive" .... ..... J? Browning. the banjos, the triangle. the tambo urin e, MR. EVANS. the 'cello, the violin-which was em ployed , . .{ No. I. "Ail tlno' the N.l ight " in Mee rs' song was particularly pleasing, 8. I'OLK SONG::; No. 2." Thc Ash Grovc" though the united efforts of all the said Arralll:ed bv P. Codfrey. 9. SONG ........ " There's a Land " ...... .... Allilstlt. instrume nts were hardly sufficient to render j\f ISS H ICI·IENS. justice to 2ilenburg's March. \·Ve hope 10. Selection from <I Acis and Galatea " .... fliuule!. we may often hear i\I ee rs again; his top 1 f . SONG .. ... . " Long ago in Alcala " ... . /lfessager. notes were distinctly good . Charles' REV. G . C. E. RYLEY. thrilling story of the unfortunate butcher 12. QUARTETTE: "Oil! hush thee, my Baby" (Sullivan . and his in nocent victim and the innocen t JO H NSTONE, "" INSER, I ZARD, MR . BELL. victim's revenge was told wit h much spi rit 13. [ NSTRUMENT A L . ... . • Mnrch ... ... EUenbw:R· and very clear enunciation. Vie should like GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. to hear him recite without boo k; his voice and tone seem well adapted fo r it. It was a very enjoyable evening and Mr. Eva ns' recitation was excellent. It mu ch credit and man v thanks are due to cannot but be instructive to an a ud ience Mr. E vans and Mr. Godfrey for our ente r- of boys to hear his clever, fin ished recitatainment. ' Ve were glad to see among th e tions which we are favoured with only too audience Mrs. H odgson, Mrs. Evans, Miss rarely. Huyshe's Piano Solo was someT hornton, 1\'1r. Mapleton Chapman, Rev. what thin and hardly, we thought, came H. H . Arkell, Rev. A. H. Lang, Dr. up to his previous performances. T he Nethercliftand othe rs. Our cordial thanks vocal part of the programme ended with a re due to "Miss Hichens and l\,Ir. Ryley a very appropriate qua rtette.

The following is the progamme of the sec0I1ci. Penny Reading of this T erm which took place on Saturday, Nov. 24th .

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FI V ES. UNDER 16. FIR ST ROUND .

Richards beal Bressey. Lucas beat Tullock. Tomlin beat Cockrem . Thomas beat Huyshe. Hawk es I beat Murray. S . Smith w.o. Locle (scratched), SpaOord beat Gardiner. Hawk fS 2 W.O, Nnlion I (scratched), Wick ham beat Olive. Dalton beat Cart is. Tuke beat Ricketts. Preston a bye. SECOND ROUND.

Spafford \)cat S .. 'Sm ith. H awkes 1 beat Hawk es z. Dalton w.o. Preston (scratched).

Wickham w. o. Richards (scrntched ). Tuke beat L ucas. Tomlin beat Thomas. THIRD ROUND.

T oml in beat Hawk es

Spafford beat Wickham .

Tuke beal Dalt on. SEi\II-FINAL.

Tomlin beat Tukc. Spafford a bye. FINAL.

L. Tomlin beat A. D. Spafford . (Game-J3 , game I I ).

HA RVEY SO C I ETY. At a Meeting of th e Society held on Saturday, November 3rd, a Paper was read by J. A. McCulloch, on " Sea Shells." H e pointed out how useless the shell is for purposes of classification, and

described the differe nt kind s of shells. H e th en mentioned the vari eties of the spi rae and explain ed th e formation and composition of the shell. He shewed the different parts of th e univalve and

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bivalve shells, and described the action of the lun gs and muscles. H e also touched upon the stru cture and lise of the operc ulum and the slit. A few examples of monstrosity were next described, and the paper endp.d with a few notes on erosion. On the following Saturday a paper was read by P. S. Nairn, who selected for hi s subject th e" Giant's Causeway." H e first gave ,t general sketc h of the co untry in the vicinity o f the Ca use way, briefly describing the caves of Portcooll and Runke rry. He then !!ave a full description of the Causeway itself which runs out into the sea for a di stance of 2jO yards. It consist~ o f so me 40,000 col umn s o f basalt cast up in a vertical position, fitting tightly together and sin kin g to an llnkn ow n depth. Geologists account for the marvellous regu larity of these prisms by the large quantity of iron which they contain . H e also described how it was that th e columns became jointed. In conclusion he gave a description of the Giant's Organ and Loom. and the num erous other possessions of the I giant/ relating a few of the legends in connection with them . The paper '.vas ill ustrated with 1<1l1tern slides. On Saturday, November 24th, 1\I r. Au sten treated llS to a delightful paper which he entitle d A few points on Entomology.1l I n explanation of hi s title he said that the intention of th e paper I{

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wa s never anything beyond the treatment of a branch of scie nce in a di sjoi nted and un scientific way. He confined himself to the Lepidoptera and pointed out th e two great reasons which put the collection of Lepidoptera in the chief place among scientific pursuits for those who a re still you ng . The first of these is its independence of the power of the purse, and the second the cle ment of sport whi ch it contains. H e then illustrated the use ful ness of book knowledge by relating the capture of a Purple Emperor and of se veral Humming Birel Hawk Moth s, and impressed up on llS the value of loca l kn owl edge, and of information as to the habits, the likes and dislikes of Lepidoptera in different parts of the country. After having emphasised the importa nce of s pecialisi ng within the sphere of Lepidoptera he mentioned the best ways of procuring speci mens, either with the net or from the larva or pupa . He then mentioned the habits and peculia rities of certai n insects, and gave a most interesting account of the larva of the Fuss Moth . \Vith a fe w notes on sugaring, he concluded a lively and really inte resting paper which was thoroughly appreciated by all who had the good fortu ne to hear it. The paper was we ll illustrated wi th excellent slides. In conclusion. we must thank Mr. Rose nberg who has most kiBdly given a donation for providing slides for the illustration of the papers.

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A few casual notes are a ll I ca n send, for I have hea rd only a little of O.K.S. for sometime past. I see Col. Vousden V.C., has been put in command of th~ garrisons up Tira h way. I must apologise for not naming details. but they have slipped my mernery. A. R. Stewart, of th e Madras R ai lway, has joined the ranks of the benedicts, without letting any of his old sehool-feliows know. I-I. V. Cobb, of the I.e.s., is steadily asce nding the ranks, being now Assistant R esident in Cashmir. VV. H. Evans, ItE., is building a fort at Drosh, in Chitra!. I-Ie has been one year already up there. and is to be on duty, anoth er year. He is a great hand at pott1l1g markhor; and seems to enjoy life gen,e rallr. as anyone would expect who knows hlln . C. R. Long field has become rcvc rcnd-qills credal ?-and is chapJai n

at Dum Dum. H e still expresses a desi re to break a fe w more studyÂˇchairs over my head; and is married. Rev. F. N . Crowther is chaplain at Bangalore. H e has recently been home on furlough, and of course to the old School to see if his name was still carved on his locker-which it was j and your correspo ndent. J. I-I. S., is still grindinO" away in educating the youths of Bangal or~ in th e K.S.C. methods. \ÂĽe, O.K.S., are de lighted on hearing of the excellent and steady progress of the dear old School ; and, like F. N. Crowther, th e first thing we shall all do when we do manage to get hom e, is to go and see if our names are still ca rved on the old desks and lockers. So don't delete them.

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Dear School, At the Editor's command, with only two days' notice, we send YOll this to tell you of our doings. \Ve arc eleven. K. C. Strahan has basely dese rted our ranks. G. C. Valpy adorns some other sphe re of life, havinO" nobly uph eld our trad itions for the past fo ur years. C. H. Clarke has found a call- we don't kn ow wh ere. A. S. Athawes has become a whipper-in of the youngsters in the Co unty of Lincol nshire. vVe are none • of us brilliant athletes. but we are all supporters in some way or other of our College Sports. \Ve predominate at J esus. where two of us are dai ly to be found instructing ca~ h other in the wicked ways of the world . A third ri des the towpath coaching the galley slaves. and devotes the rest of his t ime to society, and (hush! this is but an aside ) co nfesses that it is well to be ill at Cambridge. Vie can't guess why, can you? Of a fourth we see too little-douutless he tak es seriously his impending " trip." At Peterh ouse we take the second place and we a re all three to be seen on th~ rugger field, though two of us are mean enough to play the game of low cunning . But we must not be too proud, for we are only really two and a half! One and a

half of us row in the ColleO'e trials· one of us elevates his ti me to matters mu ~ical ,. two of ll S were seen as J eun esse d'or6c in the Greek Play. Next we cross the road to Corpus,. when:: two of us "keep." One of us IS a thIrd -yea r rowin o- blood· of the other -a supporter of all sport~ (N .B., he won a prize in the Freshman' s Ra ~e) -we. may add that his qualities are maInly social. A five minutes' walk finds us in Quee n's. H ere , again, we support the r~lgge r. 'rVe adorn Cambridge not only III the Term but also in th e Vac .• when th ~ Proctor !S no longer a terror that walketh by nI ght. " Te also live a secluded life at Clare. Furtherm ore we fl ourish in. th e suburbs, and oCC2siol~ally tal~e a.holIday from Ely and Theology in Fnvollty and Cambridge; here we are also to be increased next Term from Oxford . We have held Squashes at J eslls, and at Peterhou se. and di scllssed our good old times . '¥e congratulate you on th e Kin g's Schoiaress, and all. the wedding soo n to be. Finally we inten e} to come and see you fl:t the end of T e nn, and do our best to gIve you a good, sound beati ng. Yo urs e \·e r, 0.K.5., CANTAB.

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OXFORD LETTER. Dear School , I n spite of the many merits of the last few numbe rs of th e Cantuarialt they have suffe red from O Il C gra ve defec t- th e abse nce of a n Oxford Letter. This deficienc), we shall try our best to remedy. \Ve mu st begin by offeri ng our heartiest congratulati ons to 1\1 1'. and Mrs. Gal pin on the birth of a daughter, the news of whi ch eve nt gave us very great pleas ure. \~Te a rc also delighted to hear of IVIr. Bell's engagement and wish him and ]\,I iss T horn ton every happiness. I t is our pleasant duty to ccngrGtulate the XV. on beating Dover and Sutton Oil

the home ground and on making ex-

cellent fig hts in the Qut matches. Of course the ch ief credit for a sllccessful football season is due to the Captain, a nd we were overjoyed to sec that Cooper and Covell played in the Kent tr ial match. By th e welcome and unexpected return of the two Fynes-Clintons our num be rs ha ve been raised to ' fourteen. T he followi ng is a Jist of the other O.K.S. in residence thi s· term :-31"(1,year ,' H. A. D . Pereira, Jes lls ; \V. C. L. P ulling, Keble j N . H . \iVight wi ck, New College ; 2ud )lear ,' C. \ V. Carr ington, Oriel ; R . M . Tuke, D.N.C. ; E . M . F . Evans, Lincol n. Freshmen ,' E. J . Smith, T rin ity ; R. E . Brinsley-Ric hards, l\Iagdalen; C . W . C. Redman , Wadham ; R. S. DraddeJl, Tri nity; C. A. Rarnes, S. J ohn's; and C. P. Pereira, Keble. There

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meetings th is term, in E vans', \¥ightwick's an d Carriligton's rooms respectively. ' Ve ta ke thi s opportu nity of tha nk ing th em for th eir kind hospitali ty. Turnin g to 1110r e persona l detail s, H. A. D . Perei ra continues to speak at the Uni on, a nd e lsewh ere, we noticed too th at th e re was a meeting of th e Brassrubbing Society in his rooms soo n a fter term began . H e also coxed th e win nin g four i n his College trials. \Ve lament the enfo rced abse nce of Pulling durin g nearly t he wh ole of the term, owing to trouble with his eyes. Carringto n devotes his leisure hours to golf, but this did not prevent hi m from helping his College to win a rugger match against E xeter. Tuke divides his spare time betwee n rowin g an d playing goal for B.N .C., his mu sical fame is well-established, as is shown for instancp. by his appearance in a recent concert of the Musical Uni on in the do ubl e capacity of co mpose r an d p ~ r fo rmer. Smi th is still the '2 WJ.:Plt'rl OlO V of old, fo r does he not live in a residence called th e T ower ? of com se he has better claim s th an th is to the titl e. Like E vans and Barn es he has bee n coxi ng in t he College tria ls. Ri chards may freq uently be seen practisi ng on the run ning-ground; at oth er times the acute observe r may behold him sallyi ng out for a wa lk with Red man. Bradclell owin g to troubl e with his back has played very littl e football this term an d has accord ingly t ried rowing. Lastly, C. P. Pereira pla)'s goa l for Kc ble A.

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Carte r has returned as a Curate and is doin g noble work in a poor pa rt of Oxford, while Fawssett occasionally comes over from Cuddesdon. \ÂĽe mllst condole with H eadlam on failin g to obtain a fellowship at All Soul s, and Drake on not winning a Scholarship at th e British School in Athens j we hope that Charl es and Durnford may be more fo rtunate and

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may carry away as pleasant recollections of Oxford as Johnson , Bodington and Massey, who paid us a short visit in the vain hope of defeating Tvl erton at rugller. Be lieve me, dear School, Yours very sincerely, O.K. S., aXO N . I

KING'S SCHOOL LIBRARY. L lRRA R IA N :

R ev. L. H . E vans.

COMMITTEE :

R. H. Charies, R. C. Paris, F. H. Durnford, E . H. J ones, E . P. Richard , on, C. C. Cooke, The following books have been ad ded to th e Library :Fa rthest North 'With Nan sen in th e No rth The Defence of Ple vna Among the Pe rsians Capetown to Ladysmith P roblems of t he Far E as t T he Overland to C hina I nternational Geograp hy T he Land of the Dolla r China I Stories of the Nation's Seri es. J apan j Theodoric ) Bisll?arck H eroes of the Nation's Series. Lams XI V. ( Abrah am Lincoln I

Nansen. J ohanse n. H erbert. Browne. Steevens. Curzon . Colq uhoun . Mills. Steevens.

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,;Villiam II. of Germany Li H llng Chang Cranmer Life and Letters of G. J. Romanes Modern English Literature British Locomotives History of the G. N. Railway Essays in little Soldi ers of tllf~ Queen \Vild Ani mals in Captivity A Fleet in being A Shropshire Lad T entami na Rod ney Stone 20 Years After Monte Cristo Three Musketeers Allen Quartermain Voces Populi Soldiers Three Children of the King Captains Courageo us A Doctor of the Old School The Life of th e Fields The I sle of Unrest The Light that Failed R eady Money IV[ortiboy Cronstadt Impregnable City Garde n of Swords Under woods The Deans of Canterbury, presented by Dean Farrar. The City of the Sul tans, presented by R. E . Brinsley-Richards. A Public School Boy. presented by L. N. Green. AlsoSpeech D ay Sermons, King's School, Canterbury. Relief of Ladysmith Diary of the Siege of Mafeking

Lowe. D ouglas. Mason. Gosse . Cooke. Grinling. Lang. ~Vyndham.

Batlett. Kipling. H ousman. Slater. Doyle. Dumas. H aggard . Ansley. Kiplin g. Crawford. Kipling. Maclaren. Tefferies. Me rriman. Kiplin g. Besant and Rice. Max Pemberton. R. L. Stevenson. Cowpe r. Clement. Meade. Atkin s. Baillie.

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On Nov. 13th, a Lecture was given by the Rev. Canon Holland on the OberAmmergau Passion Play. H e began by showing how this Play differed from othe r plays of a similar nature, which have fro m tim e to time bee n introduced into various countries. It is the great si mplicity of the inhabitants, their extreme earnestness, thei r true and steadfast nature, which has prevented this play from degenerating into a mere entertainment, a representation calculated simply to please the lower passions of man, without appealing to bis higher nature. Canon Holland then we nt on to desc ribe the

theatre, and gave a detailed account of some of the scenes and tableaux in it. H e said that he was especially struck by the wonderful way in which the tableaux were managed, a nd the exquisite blendin g of colour and arrangement of the chorus. In conclusion he remarked that in his opinion the Ober-Ammergau Passion Play would continu e to be performed despite the judgment of adverse critics ; for the peasants of Ober-Ammergau look on it as a sacrp.d duty wh ich. it is a pleasure to pe rform. Our hearty thanks are due to Canon Holland for a most interesting lecture.

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SCHOOL From the Stal1dard;GALPIN.-On Thursday, Nov. 22nd, at King's School, Canterbury, the wife of the Rev. A J. Galpin, of a daughter. This happy event was hailed by the School, with great delight, and celebrated on the spot with a whole holiday. to be followed with a half-holiday on. the day We should like to take this after. opportunity of again offering the H ead Master our since rest co ngratulations together with our best wishes for the prosperity of his daughter. ~\.';'~

On Tuesday, Nov. 20th, after a very exciting game, the School defeated Sutton Valence by a goal to a try (5-3), and on the following Thursday, beat Dover College by a try to 1111.

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vVe congratulate the following on obtaining their Football Colours :-lst XV.: A. P. Methuen, C. W. G. Walker, R. M. H ende rso n, E. lVlacGachen . 2nd XV. : D. C. K. McCulloch, H. A. J enkin, O . F . Huyshe, A. R. Davies, J. M. Tuke, G . B. Ramm ell, A. Gillibrand, J. F. Swinford.

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In our last number we accidently ommitted to state in his I I Virtute" list th e fact that from Sept., 1899, to August, ' 900, E. J . Smith was Captain of the School. Vve beg to offer him our apologies.

NEWS, The Senior Ki cking Competition has been won by L. R. Cooper j the Junior b), W. S. Gregor)'. The prize for the Senior has been kindly given by Mr. Latter. that for the Junior by the Old Colours. On December 4th, the ,. Under 16" Fives Pair, J. L . Tomlin and A. D. Spafford, were beaten by St. Edmund's School (game- J4, game-4)Âˇ From the Standard : KING' S

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The followi ng elections have been made : Entrance Scholarships-A. de B. Hamilton (Mr. Hill, Beckenham, and King' s School), W. G. Campbell (Mr. Lee, Forest Row, for IVIathematics). G. C. Laughton (Mr. Strahan, Sandgate), H . A. Bittleston (Mr. Allen, East Sheen). H ouse Scholarships-F. T . Spickernell (Mr. Strahan, Sandgate), B. St. ,V. Saund ers (Mr. Browning, Tunbridge Wells), B. L. H ooper and R. A. H amlyn (Mr. Kilby, Blackheath). Mi nor Entrance Scholarship - G. Covell (Junior Ki ng's Junior Foundation ScholarSchool). ships-E. A. Roper, F. H. Masse (King's School), F. M. Deighton (Ki ng's School, for Mathematics) . Probationer Scholarships-No A. Bittlestoll (M r. Allen, East Sheen ), G. C. Laughton (Mr. Strahan, Sandgate), J. H. Rammell (Kin g's School), J . A. Berr)' (Mr. Sikes, Sutton), W. S. Skinner (King's School), C. N. Smith (Junior King' s School).

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The following account from th e Morning Post of the Richmond v. Blackheath match speaks for itself :_U Latter. the old Oxford three-quarter, turned out once more for Blackheath with all the freshness and vigour of his ea rly football days. H e never played better in his life than he did on Saturday, and it was his work as outside left three-quarter that virtually \von the game fo r Blackheath . His tackling, his easiness in taking a pass, an d his strong individuality reminded one of the good old days of three th reequarters, and the way he got his second

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try by "handing offlJ many opponents was wonderful. We are asked to state that the Annual O.K.S. Dinner will take place at the Trocadero Restaurant, Picadilly Circus, 'V" on Thursday, Jan. l oth, I QO I, at 7. 15 p.m. The Warden of Radley will preside . R . M. Tuke has composed a trio for the pianoforte, violin and violin cello, which, on Dec. 5th, was performed beforo the Oxford University lViusical Society.

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THE BOAT CLUB. SIRS,

I beg to acknowledge with many thanks th e receipt of the followin g further subscriptions in con nection with. the New Boat Fund :-From Old Kin g's Scholars: W . H. Maundrell, 5/ - ; C. H . Bodington, 5/-; J. R . Castley, 5/-; R . 11'1. Tuke, 7/6; J. C. Lucas, 5/ - ; J. C. Molony, 10/ -; C. A. Barnes, 5/-; E. J. Smith, 10/ -; C. W. C. Redman, 5/-; E . W. Mowll, 5/-; W. and E. G. Hunt, 10/ 6. From other Subscribers : Mrs. Galpin, £1 j P. S. F. Nairn, 2/6 j Rev, A. J. Galpin, £1 IS. od. j Rev. G. H. Gray, 5/- ; Mrs. Galpin, (additional) 10/6 ; The Very Rev. The Dean, £ 1; R ev. Canon Page-Roberts, :£ I ; Mess rs. Gibbs and Sons, 2/6 j R ev. R. G. H odgso n, £1 I S. ad.; The Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Dover, 10/ -; Rev . Canon Maso n. £ I I s. os. ; Rev. Canon Rawlinso n, s/-; Rev. G. C. E. Ryl ey, 10/6; Mr. Councillor Gentry, 10/6 ; Rev. Canon Holland, 10/ - ; Mr. A. Gind er, 5/ - j Mr. \V. A. F etherstone, 10/6; and by sale of Photographs of the Boat Club. 6/ -. As will be seen by the Balance Sheet printed elsewhere in th is number of Tile Calltltal"l(w, the boat is now paid for. The balance will be handed over to the General Fund. I wish to express publicly in your columns, as I have done private ly to eac h Subscriber, t he thanks of the Boat Cl ub for their kind assistance. I am sure that a great advantage has been conferred on the School through their generous help. Yours very truly, C. W . NEW CR. Subscriptions al ready ack nowledged in The Cantuarian .•:.;:".D .

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steps be taken tohaving so me badge on as the 2nd XI. I n elieve I a m expressing arly everyone in the

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A. MCCUl. I.OCII,

T. IZARD,

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S. A. THO~{ PSON,

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F. C. BOn"SCllEN. R. C. PAR IS,

T. A. I ZARD, L. R. CooI'ER. R. D. ~L\RSHAI.".

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I beg to acknowled scriptions in cOI1I1ectio~ W. H . Maund rell, 5/-; ( .T . C. Lucas, 5/ -; J. C.l'j Redman, 5/-; E. W. I scribers: Mrs .. Galpit:, Rev. G. H. G,.y, 5/ - , ~I Rev. Canon Page-Roben £ , IS . oct.; The Right £ r IS. os.; Rev. Canon Gentry, 10/ 6 i Rev. Can stone, 10/6; and by sa l ~ As will be seen by t Calltuan'all, the boat i General Fund. I wish to eac h Subscriber, the t that a great advantage 11'.1

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C. Gnnn (Icndcr), ;\[r. Colthnm, )lr. W. T. Rcad, ;\Iiss Wallis, 1'liss Gouldcn, i\liss Finn, A. Richardson, H. Childs. Violas: 1'lr. Dincs, )'Ir. Il. Court. Celli. :M r. Court, Sen., i\tiss Croft, J. L. Tomlin. Bass: i\lusician i\li1ler, R. E. Oboe: Mr. Belscy. Cymbals: J. 13. Wickham. Clariomt:i\l r. W. Felhcrstone. Tambourine: A. Gardner. JIorn. : 1\1 usician ,"Varde, R. E. Gr. Caisse: A. P. i\h:lhucll. Fa(>o/lo' Musician Ogden, R. E. Tr~'al1gie: S . Thompson, Condudor: Mr. P. Godfrey. O. F. Huyshe. Piano: R. Charlcs, R. C. Paris, S. Thompson , J. L. Tomlin, O. F. I hl)'shc.

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l\fatona, mia Cara" .. Orlando Lassus, , 520 -'594'

ElIglis/l ,von!s by W. A.

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i\laton3, 10\'ely maidcn, listcn to the song I sing beneath thy window, whilc night· clouds roll along. " Don , don, don, dcri, deri, don." I pray you hear my dilty, 'tis sweet and not too long, 'TIS pointcd if not witty, and sharpened like a prong. e< Don, don, ctc. " The words of choiccst tissue to shoot lo\'c's aim belong, Then from your window issuc or else you do me wrong. " Don, don, ctc. You'll say if once you calch them and notc their fine ding·dong; Pctracha cou ld not match them, thcy are so swect and strong. " Don, don, etc." But if you think the mcasure shou1c1 to nil scorn helong, A morc complying: treasure I'll choose from onlthe throng. e< Don, dOll, etc." 3·

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founded on melody, by Adam de la rlale, [ ' 3th Century.

[The melody occurs in the first nine bars (bis) of movcment. It is that of a song: in a pIa)', .. Robi n and Marian," one of the earliest prccursors of the opcra.] [Thc composer was one of the most famous of the Troubadours. J

CHORUS .. " Galatea, dry thy tears" rlalldcl, 1685- '7 59 . From I I Acis and Galatea."

ary. This at any rate ase with the Vlth form . oks are prese nted . A ling the North window ouly good window in stained glass, has alsa ') to me to be subj ects ~ n. Trustin g that this cts will produce at ledst

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This fi sh was indeed oh 1 n Woolwich Torpedo, Bul oh! the big whale did not k now.

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I beg to acknowled scriptions in cOllncctio W. H. Maundrell, 5/-; ] . C. Lucas, 5/-; J. C. Redman, 5/- ; E. W. scribers : Mrs. Galpin. Rev. G. H . Gray, 5/ -; Rev. Canon Page-Robe £ 1 IS. ad.; The Right £1 I S. os.; Rev. CanOl Gentry, 10/ 6 i Rev. Can stone, 10/6 ; and by sal As will be seen by Cantuan (w, the boat i General Fund. I wish to each Subscriber, the that a great advantage h

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The fish being londed, then nnd there exploded And 011 ! lhal whale wns seen no more!

7. SCHOOL SONG ... " Forty Years on " . . ... , . . . Farm!'r.

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CORRESPONDENCE. N ,B. -Tllt Editors dec/ille to accept any nsponsibility eOlUlteted w itlt tIle ~pilliom of ~Ilti?' CorresponÂˇ dents. Nam e and address tIlllst always be given, not 1lteeSsanly for puMuatloJl., but as a guarantee of good jait/t. Personalities will involve certain njeetiolt.

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book to the Library. This at any rate was certainly th e case with the Vlth rorm. Now very few books are presente~1. A suggestio n as to filling the Nort~ wmdo.w in the Parry (the only good wmdow 111 the School) with stained glass, has als0 bc:en ignored.

Dear Sirs, I would like to call your attenl-ion to various letters which have appeared in rece nt numbers of the Cantuarian, suggesting improvements of which l~ttl e or no notice has been taken . Sometimes lette rs All these seem to me to be subj ects have been published without any comment on the part of the Editors (a nd this worLh consideration . Trusting that this I believe is not due to any particular lack long string of defects will produce at ledst of merit in their subjects) and with the Ol1e good result. issue of the next number have bee n forBelieve me, gotten and allowed to fall to the groulld . Yours etc., Others have appeared with footnotes by A. PATI ENT HOPEFUL. the Editors approving the suggestions but nothing has resulted. from them, ~ro quote instances of thIS I may menttOn letters on the subjects of having clocks placed in the Shop and ,M useum, !epai ~Â To the Eddors 0/" THE CANTUARIAN ." ing th e five s-courts (whIch I beheve IS badly needed, al though I rarp-ly use them Dear Sirs, mysc lr) the abolition. of the School-c~p Could not some steps be taken to(which no sclf-res pec tll1g perso n permIts wards the 2nd XV. hav ing some badge on himself to wea r, as it is in common use their blazers as well as the 2nd XI. In am ongs t th e slums of Canterbllry). proposing this I believe I am exp~ess ing Several letlers have also appeared on th e the feelings of nearly everyone III the subject or having white straw-hats instead of those now in use. Various suggestions team. YOllrs etc., have been made with regard to this lalter 2nd XV. subj ect, but so far they have effected nothin g. An other excellent custom has [Your suggest ion has already b~en discu,ssed been allowed Lo fall into disuse. Formerly at a meeting of the Sports COI1Ulllttee. Eoo. boys on leaving llsed always to present a Cantllar ian.]

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NOTICES. We beg to acknowledge with thanks the subscriptions of the following ;Rev. L. H. Evans (3/6), E. M. F. Evans, Esq . (3/6), H. K. Mason, Esq. (7/0), E. P. Guest, Esq. (3/6), F. A. Husbands, Esq. C3/6), R. E. Brinsley-Richards, Esq. (3/6), W. G. Pegg, Esq. (3/6).

In the last number the Secretary asked for a copy of Vol. IV., No. 24. He should have said Vol. IV., No. Zl. Will anybody wishing to dispose of it communicate with the Secretary.

Most of the back numbers of the Canluarian can be had of the Hon . Sec., P. S. F. Nairn, price, 6d . each.

The Secretary begs to remind Subscribers that their subscriptions for the current year are now due.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following contemporaries ; L eJ's For/lligM(y (2), Easlbounuan, Lancing College Jlfagazine, S. l1ficl1ael's ChromCle, Sulton Valence ScIJool jWagazlllC,

Elz'zabelhall, Bradfield School Magazine, Ramseian, Lzly, TfYvern, JÂ¥ykeJlamisl, COS, Bromsgrovian, Felstedial1, Ousel, Plymollliall, Carllmsiml, lJfalverm(m , Laurel L eaves.

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1901.

No. 13.

MID the universal outburst of national sorrow-absolutely unprecedented in the annals of the world's history-which th~ death of Queen Victoria has evinced, the lowly cry of grief we raIse to -day, is as a me re spark in a migh ty flame . It is left for far abler pens than ours to extol the virtues of the most glorious sovereign that has ever graced this mortal earth; we can on ly re-echo, with heartfelt sincerity, the sentiments we share with the entire nation, the sentiments of love and admiratio;t for a great and good Queen . But while we bewail the irreparable loss we have sustained, let us not be unmindful of what is to come, reali zing in the glories of the past new hopes for the unknown future . Then pass, ye mourners, cheerly on Through prayer lInto the tomb; Still as ye watch life'!; falling leaf, Galhering from every loss and grief Hopes of ~ew Spring and endless home.

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EDITORIAL. The opening term of a new epoch should be graced, we feel, witl.l someth}ng original and worthy of the occasion frolll our pens . . But th~ contemplatIOn of TIme is so awe-inspiri ng that we give the attempt up III despaIr, and can only quote, as our predecessors have q1l0ted before us, th e familiar line of T ennyson: l< The old order changeth, yielding place to New." . The sound of the British wo rkm an is no marc heard behllld the Grange j on the contrary, a small band of colonists havp- migrated from the mother city to a large and roomy abode, wh ich, though a most desi rable addition to the School, contrasts strangely with the time-honoured walls we know so well. At presen.t Football and Rowing occupy the attentio n of the athletic portion of a m commu~llty: we un dc.rstand that Paper-chases and other such fatiguing purs uits make theIr appearance In l\Iarch . T he silence that usually reigns in the sequestered haunts of the H ead Master's house, is now not unfrequently broken by those inexplic~ble sou nds that proceed from infant lips. The little mortal who was the unsuspectlIlg cause of our congratulations l:tst term, now adorn s the cushions of a perambulator. 'Ve utTer her our sincerest wishes for a long and happy life. No less sincere. are our ~ongratu laÂ tions to Charles, wh o has obtained an Open Classical Scholarsillp at Chnst C.hurch, Oxford. :!VIay his success prove a happy augury for the ruture. . In c~nclu slOn we offer all mem bers of the King's School, past and present, our heartIest WIshes for the New Century. May the unnu mbered waves of Time roll the fortu nes of' all of us on to the pleasant shores or J oy and Prosperity.

OSBORNE : Jan. 22nd. The glow of sunset fades from out the West, Over the waved-washed I sle th ere comes a rest, Unwonted, deep. And with the dying day Passes the pure majes tic soul away. H eave n grants in mercy, that a life which knows No wrong, should draw unto a peaceful close j So find s the earthly life, in virtue led, A place, a throne, among the deathless dead.

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On Monday, December 17th, the Archbishop of Canterbury paid the School his annual visit, and Dean Farrar subsequently opened the New Buddings. The proceedings commenced in the Schoolroom, wh ere the Archbishop addressed the School. I-lis Grace was sup ported by the Dean and the H ead l\ J ast~rJ and among those present were the Mayor of Canterbury (Alde rm an H art), Alderman Mason, the Archdeacon of Maidsto ne and Mrs. Spooner, Mrs. \\'alsh, [-Jon. Canon and i\irs. more, l\ifrs. Maso n, Dr. Bailey, Canon a nd 1\lr5. I-l iche ns, Canon and u1rs. Rawlinsoll, Hev. W. \V. \ÂĽilliams, Rev. M. F. Evans, Rev. R. G. H odgson, and Mr. and l\I rs. W. J. J enni ngs. The Dean, rising, said he hac! once again the hnnour of presenting tht! boys of the Ki ng's School to His Grace, an d he thought he could fairly say he could givt! him a most xcellent account of the School in all respects. Of course he could not speak with the intimate knowledge of a Master, bu t still he came a good deal into contact with many of the boys, and he was convinced that the School was doing a great and good work which was worthy of its ancient name. They knew perfectly well that besides tht' great antiquity of the School it probably had produced a larger number of really eminent men than any School in England of the same size. It had produced a famolls Arch bishop, a great Bishop, a great Lord Chancellor, a Lord Chief Justice, a splendid poet, a man of scie nce who conferred a benefit on the whole human race, a great writer. and an eminent historian . And he had no doubt that the School would continue to do what it had donp. in the past. He did not suppose that any of the boys present could imagine the greatness to which some of them might attain hereafte r, and he did not suppose that wh en His Grace was a boy at Blundell's School he at all anticipated the day wh en he would be at the head of the g reat Church of England; and Sha kespeare, as a schoolboy at Stratford -an -Avon, "with his satchel an d shin ing morn ing face, creeping like snail unwillingly to school," could hardly have th ought that one day he would be a great man. lVlilton, a fair , studious t:hild at S. Pa ul's School, who sat up late at night in order to do his work extra well, never dreamt that two ce nturies afterwards it wo uld be said " .Milton, thou should'st be living at this hour." He could only h0pe that the future would prod uce as many eminent men amongst th e King' s School boys as the past had clone. The Archbishop said that he was very glad indeed to come agai n to visit the School whit:h had done so much in the past, and which the Dea n prophesied should do so much in the future. H e had no doubt that the Dean was a good prophet in such a malter as this, because he j ud ged from what he saw from the work that was actually going on. The Visitor's most important busi ness was to find fault , not in an unkind ly spiri t, but in the desire that all faults should be mended . But wlll'n he came as Visitor, the Dean made it impossible for him to show his skill in finding fa ult. because Dr. Farrar would not tell him what the faults were. T hat great skill required in th e Visitor of any institution, which he assured them he

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possessed to a very great degree-the ski ll of finding fault and making those with wh om he found fault rather happy-was taken away from him that day. All he could do was to congratulate the Head Master and his colleagues on the excellent condition in which the School was reported to stand. H e was glad to know they were doing their work so well. When he visited the School it was always at th e begi nning of the h olidays, and his chief advice must consist in telling them how the holidays ought to do spent. He would therefore say the main purpose was to make their own people at home as happy as they could. They were very glad to have them, but at the same time he must warn them, by his own experience, that there was a possibility of their being great plagues. I t was good to warn them beforehand that their business was to make everyone happy even at t heir own cost. That was the right way of spending the ti me. H e was sure that their parents and friends wou ld be glad to be made happy, an d be quite ready to accept it at t heir hands. Every little act of unselfishness, se lf~contrpl, of keeping the temper when something was rather vexatious, every little act of sel f~sacrifice , all these things did go a long way in making all those with whom they lived happier than they would be without them. The power boys had when they came home from School of showing affection to those aronnd them was marvellous. They could do what nobody else could do, because the hearts of those to whom th ey went were already touched by th eir mere presence. He could remember in his own school~days how very mu ch he enjoyed the holidays. He did not say he always quite acted up to the advi ce he was now giving, but on the whole he did try. I~li s dear mothe r was so fond of him, in fact, that she did not like anyone to praise him . If anyone did so in her presence she had a look on her face that seemed to say I< Is that all you can say of him ? he is a great deal better than that." Mothe rs were sometimes ready to throw cold water on the praises of their children because they thought that if justice-the bare justice-was done, the praise should be of a more exaggerated character. They would find that not only would they make their parents and friends happy, but make themselves happy in making them. happy. Ele did not want them to do much in the way of reading, except for their own am usement, and he did not want them to do much in the way of work, except for th eir own enj oyment. He wanted them to practice the excellent virtue of thorough unselfishness, and then they could depend upon it that it would recoil upon themselves, and that they would enjoy the holidays all the more, so that he ventured to suggest that they should make that the aim of their whole time at home. In conclusion, His Grace asked the H ead Master to grant the School an extra holiday so that they mi ght feel a little gratitude towards the Visitor. The H ead Master thanked his Grace for his address, which, he said, would sink into all their hearts, and to which they wo ul d, he was sure, give a sincere response during the weeks which were to come. They had had during the last fOllr Christmases reason to thank his Grace for the words he had addressed to them, and as it was probably the last occasion on which an Archbishop would visit the School in the present century they than ked him all the more for his words to-day, for he had

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touched on just that point of sc hool ~ boy existense which was in some ways the most important, because it referred to character, to which, after all, education directed its main efforts. If he might be allowed, he would ask them to carry their thoughts back to the last fortnight of the previous century; the end of the year 1800. Then the Visitor was Dr. Moore, whose chief distinction, added to the ra ct that he sat in St. Augustine's chair, was that he had previously been D ean of Canterbury ; and the Dean of Canterbury ai that time was Dr. Powys, and his chief distinction was that he was the Dean and bore an honourable nam e. Turning to the School itself, they fo.und that the Head Master was the Rev. Christopher Naylor, and he was connected ~\,lth the School for 64 years. I~Ie came as a boy in ' 752, and he died as Head :iVIaster 111 J816, having occupied that position for 34 years. The Second Master, the Rev. John Francis. son of an old King's Scholar, was connected with the School for 39 years, so that their present Second Maste r would yet have to give them a few years-:-he .hoped many long years-before he coul d quite rival John Francis. They must nnagme all the present School buildings swept away exce pt the room over the gateway. And if they could see the boys going in procession across the Green Court they wo ul d be st ruck with the fact that there were very few boys there besides King's Scl~olars . In 1800 only I7 boys were admitted, and ' 4 of these were King's Scholars, wl~ll c there might have been some 65 or 70 in the School altogether. But they must thll1k no worse of them for that; they should rather see to it that with the growth of later years they kept up the same proportion of di stinctions. For amongst the boys who played about under the arches and bought their oranges by the Norman sla.ircase, as they saw them in the old print~, they wou ld find four boys who afterwards gamed Fellowships at their Colleges. There was also J ames Gregory, who became Dean of Kildare; and George Gregory, who was a di stingui shed physician; while another boy was 'ÂĽi1liam Grant Broughton, who became the first Bishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of Australia. And if t he boys had been asked what thei r old boys were doing, they would have replied that Lord Thurlow, the Lord Chancellor of England, was an old King's Scholar; that Charles Abbot had been called to the Bar foUl" years ago, and was thought likely to make his name, although they could scarcely have prophesied that he would be Lord Chief J usticâ&#x201A;Ź': of England; and that Samuel Brydges had just published his book on English poets, but they could not have foretold that he would represent Maidstone in Parliament for six years and receive a baronetcy; and that James Ford was on his way to his fellowship at Trinity. And if they got hold of Broughton perhaps, or some other of the seni or boys, he would have told them, with patriotic pride, that at that dark hour for England and English fortunes, when Napoleon was winning victory after victory and doing his utmost to slander the Eng lish name abroad, it was an old Kin g's Scholar, Herbert Marsh , then livil~g at Leipsic, who stood forth to defend by his writings the just policy of England agalllst French calumnies, and for this he afterwards received the thanks of Pitt and n pension from King George. Their shields were blazoned in the windows ; they honoured their names; and their prayer was that they, too, of that generation, might

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be enabled to serve their cuuntry, the,ir sovereign and their God as faithfully as the boys of J 800. For that the word s his Grace had j ust addressed to them would give the motive and the guidi ng principle-self-sacrifice and love of home. H e thanked his Grace on his own b~halr and th~t of the, ScJ~oo l. for his kind request that they shoul d have a whole hohday; and while grantmg It WI th pleasure he thou O'ht it would best meet th e wishes o f the School if they enj oyed it wh en they re-ass;mbl cd next term . The company .th ~n adjourned to the Grange where th e Dean opened th e recently completed New BllIldlllgs. 'When all had assembled , t he H ead :Master, before calling on tl~e Dean to decla re them open, asked t he Architect, IVIr. \V. J. Jennings, to descnbe them. . ~'Ir. Jennin gs said the Head Master had asked him to say a few word s about the ~UIl chng, but he would mu ch. rath er have to design th an to describe. \ÂĽh en he was In str u.ct~d to prepare a deSign he felt a greal responsibility, having regard to its aSSOClat.lOn, al~d the question n at ural~y arose as to what style it would be best to ado pt, and which would be less obtrUSive. Hav ing rega rd to its close vicinity to the Cathedral and. t he other build ings. it w~s decided. with some hesitation, to adopt the early PerpendI cular s~yle, and to trea t It as severely as possible, so that when it was ~oned down by age It \~'o l1l d not be out of har mony wi th the rest o f the buildi ngs. fh e gro und~fl oor consIsted of a large Schoolroom, whil e on the first and second floor were dormitories for about thirty boys, wi th cubicles . There were also Masters' T?OmS on .th e. first fl oor, an d general offices. Every rega rd had been paid to good hght, ventiiahon, and all th~ Il}ode rn req uirements, and he believed th at the boys would have a very h.ealt~lY bml dll1g and one unsurpassed in situation. Dean ~arrar saId IllS first duty was to declare those new buildings open, and he ~n ost heartIly cO~lgratulated the Sch.oo~ on the posscssi?n of a buildin g so thoroughly 111 accordance '~Ith the rest of the buIidll1gs, an d one which was likely to be so extremely ~I se ful to th.em 1I1 th e ruture. They must not rcgard that cxtensi on, the H ead Master mfonn.cd hun, as a ne~v departure, but simply as an in stance of continuolls progress. Ever s1l1ce 1 ~65 the KlIl g.'s Schoo! ha? been improving its buildings and adding to its accomm~d atIol~ u nd~ r Bishop M Itch1l1son and Dr. Blore, whom they had very much ple~s ~1fe Il1 seemg WIth t hem that day, and again uncl er Dr. Field very considerable adchtIOns were l:nade. an~1 the School harl been growin g in all its dignity and powers of accommodatIOn. ThIS was the most important addition since the H ead NTastp.r's house and t}le Schoolro?m were built, and therefore it was certainly a subject for real congratl~la~lOn to th e Klll g'S School. There was somethin g solem n in thinking that that bmldll1g would be used by generations of English boys long after everyone of them had passed away and there was something interesting in the fact that those new. b~ildings were ?eing. opened a~ th e close of a most eventful century and at the begmnmg of one whIch might be sull more eventful. There was never a time when they ought to think more serio usly of the history of thei r country than at that moment. They would have to rely during the new century on the young people to

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the ancient honour of that great and colossal empire. The story might or might not have been apocryphal of th e Duke of \¥ellington saying th at the battle of \¥aterloo wa<; won on the playing-fields of Eton, but quite certain it was that what th e boys of the pr~ se n t day were the men of the future would be. They had the most colossal Empire th e wo rld had ever witnessed , so vast in its exte nt and in its populatio n, that eve n the Empires of Assyria, of Greece, of Egypt, and of Rome s lln~ co mparati~e ly into . nothing b e~ore it. \Vollld they retai n that Empire with all Its vast tern tory dunng the COtnlllg ce ntury ? That depended in the main on whether England was able so to train her so n~ that even among the jealousy and hat red of th e nations they might hold th eir own. Agai n, th ey had the- most c?lossal commercial supremacy th e wo rld had ever see n; but there were very serious signs that that supremacy would be shaken in the future. \¥ould the\' retain it? That again depended on the diligence, self-denial and earnestnl.:ss of tile boys now growing up. They could only say : God give us men . A ti me like this demands Great hearts, strong minds, Irue failh and willing hands, Men whom the lust o f ()ffice cannot buy, Men who possess opinions and a will, Men who love honour, men who will not lie.

They had already heard that in the past days the King' s School had produced worthy mcmbers of theIr country, boys who had bee n ge nerous and brave. pure and true in their studies and recreations, wh o had bee n profitable members of the Church and Commonwealth, and would be hereafter, th ey hoped, partakers of the immortal glories . of the Re.surrection. It wa~ the un animous and earnest hope of the goveTIlln&" body, a~ It was of .the ArchbIshop and all pre:ent that day, that the Kin g's School mIght contlllue to tram her boys for many long years to come and might hold her c.>wn amon&" the SC~lOols of England with all the dignity and power that God's blessmgs ~ad gIven her 111 the past. H e th en declared the building open: after which the Captam of the School, R. I-I. Charles, placed a jar containinO" a record of the proceedings in a cavity in th e rront of the new bui lding, which wasOthen filled in wit h a stone slab beari ng a suitab le insc ription in Latin. A hymn was sung,. f~ll o w i ng which the Archbishop read a special prayer, and pronounced the benedIctIOn . Hearty cheers were then given for the Archbishop and !VI rs. Temple, Dean and Mrs. Farrar, Hon. Canon Blore and the Head Master, and others, and the company separated. . We are indebted for th e above acco unt of the speeches to the Canterbury Press and t he Kenlislt Obseroer.

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FO OTBALL. KING'S SCHOOL v. O.K.S. School, 8 points. O.K.S., 18 points. Played on Blore's Piece on Tuesday, D ec. 18th. The School ki cked off against the wind, and play soon settled down in mid-field. During the first quarter of an hour the game was remarkably even, for although the School pack constantly got possession, Davies and Finn got round very qui ckly and frequently smothered the School halves. A good dribbl e b), Colle)' compelled Weston to ki ck dead, but soo n afterwa rd s the O.K.S. halves passed out and IVIau ndreli raced round and sco red behind the posts. Husbands con verting. The School continu ed to get possession, but the passing of th ei r backs was wild, and Maundrell pickin g up from a furnbl ed pass again scored a try which Husban ds improved . Before half time Mallndrell, whose pace. appeared unaffected by his recent illness, again sco red, but Mowll just failed to convert. On resuming, th e O.K.S. forwards made a good rush which \Veston pl uckily saved . At this point the School made a fine dribble right up the field. Blore saved, but some good foot work by Green and Paris ended in the latter scoring. Cooper failed in the kick. The School were again on the defensive and I3raddell forced his way over, H art-Davies kicking a good goal. Cooper, however, kept his men at it and Covell scored. Paris sllccessfully took the kick, and time being called, the O.K.S. were left victorious by three goals and a try to a goal and a try. The game was a good onc throughout. The O.K.S. owed their victory chiefly to th e play of their halves and to Maundrell's pace. The forwards were good in th e loose ; Kelsey and Mowll were perhaps the pick. For th e School, the forwards played splendidly, seldom failin g to gain possession ; they were well led by Cooper, whose vigorous tackling was very noticeable. The School halves did so me good defensi ve work, but the three- q u a rter~ were disappointing j they not only lost opportuni ties of scoring themselves bu t distinctly gave away two tries by wild passing. The teams werc as foll ows : K.S.-R. D. \ÂĽeston (back) ; F. C. Bove nschen, D. C. McCulloch, B. C. Covell, H. E. Green (three-quarters); R. C. Paris and R. M. Henderso n (halves) ; L. R. Cooper (Capt.), S. P. D. Sanders, P . S. F. Nairn, R . D. Marshall, A. P. Methu en, C. W. G. Walker, E. McGachen, G. B. Rammell (forward s). O.K.S.- F. A. Husbands (back) ; F. H. Fetherstone, P. Colley, W. H. Maundrell, and C. Blore (three-q uarters); E. Finn (Capt) and I. B. H art-Davies (halves) ; H. J. Mowll, E. B. Kelse)" A. S. Johnson, A. J. Finn, R. St. J . Braddell, W. V,: Heale, G. Green and J. Macle.r (forwards). KING'S SCHOOL v. GREENWICH (A). This match was played on the New Ground, which was in excellent condition. From the beginning Greenwich pressed us, and by a series of rushes got inside our

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25 ; Cooper relieved, however, with a good punt, and Paris made a useful dribble. Their backs got under weigh but were pulled up by good tackling on the part of Paris and McCullochz. At th is juncture the School was penalised and a very good drop goal resulted. The School th en pressed for a bit and the ball was heeled o ut well, but on several occasions was badly "muffed" by the three-quarters. The School pressed again and forced Greenwich to touch down. Hatf-time was then called . Afte r a series of serums half-way, Bovenschen intercepted and gained a lot of ground. Greenwich made a good rush which was well saved by H end erson. Another penalty kick was awarded to the visitors and was successful. T he last part of the game was not so well contested. Although the passing of the Greenwich lInee-qllarters was bad, thei r superiority or speed soo n told, and four tries we re added in quick succession. The tackling of the three-quarters was not as it should he; McCulloch, however, at times tackled and saved wel L Paris at half was very good, tackl ing, punting and dribbling excellently. The forwards played well together, though they were much lighter thn n their opponents; and the game ended in a well deserved victory ror Gree nwi ch by two (penalty) goals and four tries ( 18 points) to nil.

FOOTBALL, 1900- 1901.-A RETROSPECT. Our record for th e year stands at rour wini and fi ve defeats, all the remaining fixtures On the card, and one or two others uesides, having fall en through. The victories were over Sutton Valence, Dover College, Dover Town, and the Cavalry Dep6t, wh ile the two firstÂˇ named defeated liS once, as also did Merchan t Taylqrs, th e O.K.S. , and Mr. Latter' s XV. This term we also suffered a severc reve rse at the hands of th e Royal Naval College. A. On the whole, we showed, this year, a greater capacity for scoring, an d the balance of points agai nst us was very smal l. The tackling, however, wi th some notable exceptions, was not so so und as last year, and we had to unearth a new half to IKlrt ner Paris. as none of th e old would-be halves were up to form. T hese two thi ngs were pe rh aps th e chief causes of our fai lures, though credi t must by no mea ns be denied to H enderson who was drafted somewhat suddenly into a new and responsible position, and who acqui tted himself well on the whole. The old, old omplaint of want of "dash " must again be brought against the team. They had a fine example set them in thi!. respect by Cooper, and on ce rtain occasions they showed thei r abil ity to follow in his footsteps, e.g., in the return with Dover, and in th e last quarter of an hour of the O.K.S. matc h. But as a general rule, they played far too lady-like and gentle a game ; and this is all the more remarkable in th e ligh t f this term's tutor matches, which have in most cases furni shed splendid games, :tnd in which the vigo ur and dash have been all that could be wished. If only we

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could practice in ordinary matches some of the precepts given and acted upon in these tutor matches, e.g' l "Put him on the ground," U Sit on him," &c., we should win a larger percentage of matches than we do at present. Another fault that requi res attention is the inability of most of the forwards to turn themselves into three-quarters, so to speak, when the game opens out. Too many of them, if they do get the ball in their hands, put their heads clown, shut their eyes, and butt. In a good team, when the game opens out, it ought to be difficult for the spectator to say who is a forward or who a three-quarte r. ' '''e were aga in fortunate in finding a full back, as \Vesto n did very well and promises still better for next year. At three-quarters, Covell was far the best, and we are very glad to sec th at he has been playing pretty regularly for Blackh eath since Xmas. At half, Paris was very sound and has improved out of all knowledge. His place next year will be diffi cult to fill. Among the forward s, Cooper stood out prominently. H e really plays for all he is worth rig ht thro ugh I'he game, and his energy and hard work rntlst, we think, have been a revelation to some of the other forward s, who, though by no means shirking, had more in them at t he end of a match than th ey ought to have had. Cooper's ene rgy was not co nfined to the games in whi ch he was playing, but cove red all his duties as Captain, and the School owes him many thanks for his able performance of those duties.

CHARACTERS. R. D. WESToN.-(Back). Only began to play full back this year, but has COIllO on well, and sho ul d be quite excellent next year with a little more pace. Tackles hard and low, and sto ps rushes fearlessly. Very good kick, and always cool. B. C. COVELL.-(Centre threcÂˇquarte r), Quite th e pick of the three-quarters. Has weight and fair pace, and uses them well. \Vhen once off, takes a lot of stop ping, but mulls passes too often by a. bad habit of snatt:hing at them. Gives his passes well, and tackles splend idly. His loss is seve rely felt this te rm. H. E. GREEN.-(Left wing thre e-quarter). His pace has im.proved, and he has got out of his old bad habit of running across th e ground. Hands off well. Too fond .of going for his man high. F. C. BOVENSCHEN.-( Right wing three-quarter). An improved player, usi ng his pace and tacklin g better than last year, but still rath er weak in th is respect. D. C. K. iVICC ULLOCH.-(Centre threeÂˇqu arter) . Does some very neat things, but is too light at present, and has de veloped a bad habit of mulling his passes. Tackl es well. Must learn to run harde r when he gets the ball. R. C. PARIs.-( Half-back) . Has come on ve ry much, and proved himself invaluable at half. l\[uch quicker and more resourceful than last year, and tackles and dribbles excellently.

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R. M. H. H ENDERSON.- (I-Ialf-back). Considering he only began to play half this season, has don e ve ry creditably. Not quick enough yet, but tackles and saves very well. FOlwat'ds.

L. R. COOPER (Capt.) -A really good forward, and most energetic Captain. vVorks untiringly and has set his team a n adm irable example both in tackling' and in honest scrum work. Kicks well, and has far more idea of the open game than the rest of the forward s. S. P. D. SANDERS.-Most val uable forward. Always works hard and tackles well, but is very slow, Must learn to pass in the open. T. A. IZARD.-Partially incapacitated by a bad knee. Very energetic forward, and quick on the ball. Saves well. P. S. F. NAIRN.-Has imp roved and plays a good hard game. Still inclined to pick up the ball too much, instead of using his feet, and must learn not to try to kick in impossible positions. Good out of touch . R . D. MARs HALL.-Good hard-working forward, whose weight was most valuable. A. P. METHuEN.-Began the season well, but rather fell off. Apparently wanting in stamina. Good out of t.ouch. C. vV. G. 'VVALKER.- A useful forward , who has shown marked improvement during the season. Also good out of touch. E. McGAcHEN.-Plays hard and tackles well, and is very good at stopping rushes.

SCHOOL NEWS. We heartil~ congratulate R. H . Charles on gammg an open. Classical Scholarship at Christ Church, Oxford. .x. .:.,'

where he took Honours in Mathematical Moderations and the Modern History School.

Vie congratulate the following on. being made Monitors:-J. A. l\II cCulloch, C. W. G. Walker, H. E. Green, P. S. F. Nairn.

On Monday, Feb. , 8th, the Dean visited the School for the purpose of presenting E . MacGachen with a Medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving life. In August, 1899. during a severe thunderstorm, he saved the lives of a gentleman and two ladies whose canoe had capsized on the Lake of the Woods, and who, but for his courageous action in rowing out in the dark to their assistance, must inevitably have perishec;l . We offe r

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offer a hearty welcome to H. J. Cape, Esq. , whose services we have acquired this tenn. Mr. Cape took the l.ondon B.A. Honour Degree in J 896, and was elected in the same year to an Exhibition at Magdalen College, Oxford, ~Ve

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him our hea rty congratulations on hi s wellÂˇ deserved distinction.

vVe congratul ate D. C. McCulloch on receiving his, st XV. Colours.

The new buil di ngs ope ned at the end of last te rm by the Dean, are no w in full use, und er the name of the vYing.

The Open Fives Ties were won last term by L. R. Cooper.

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O. K. S. We noticed th e names of the following O. K. S. among those ordai nerl Deacons at the Ad vent Ordination, 1 900 : C. H. Roc, B.A., Keble, Oxford, and Wells Theological College, by the Bishop of Manchester i licensed to Christ Church, Glodwick. M. S. Newiands, M.A., Trinity Oxford, and Aldmondbury Clergy I-louse, by the- Bishop of Oxford; licensed to Witney. H. P. H . Austen, B.A., Keble. Oxford, by the Bishop of Durham j licensed to Stockton~on- Tees. J. H. Skinne r, B.A. , Emman uel. Cambridge, by the Archbishop ef Canterbury j lice nsed to Christ Church, Erith. .x-

A. T . Perki ns '';'ha5 bee n elected a member of the Leeds School Board, and also a member of the I-louse of Laymen for th e Province of York. 1(: ~.' B. C. Covell has been playing football for Blackheath.

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On Wed nesday, Feb. 6th , the School played Greenwich" A" and were beaten by I 8 to nil.

vVe congratulate "V. S. J. Scruby on passing l oth into Sandhurst.

NEWS. We hear that J. D. Scrivenor has reached Patagonia. H e is attached to th e Pearson expedition as scie ntific adv ise r. The object of thi s expedition is to hunt for the l\'Iylodon or Giant Sloth, which is reported to have been see n in th e Andes. .x.*~.~

On Dec. 28th the Rev. Edward Archibald Pa rry, late Vicar of St. Mark's, Leamington, was consecrated Bishop of Guiana. The consecration took place in the Cathedral, and the Archbishop was assisted by the Bishops of 'Winchester, Bath and ' ÂˇVe il s, Newcastle, Dove r, Southwark. Shrewsbury, Trinidad, and the Falkland Isles.

.. There was a special interes t and fitness in th e service taking place at Canterb ury, inasmuch as Dr. Parry's fa ther was a former Cano n and Archdeacon of Canterbury and the first Bishop of Dover since th e sixteenth century. and his mother still resides in th e Precincts at Canterbury. His own connection with

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the Cathedral dates from 1869, wh en his father wp.nt to Canterbury, and as a King's Scholar he was connected with the Cathedral foundation ."-Tlze Guard/all. .;.<

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Capt~in ~ . H. Latter is goi ng out to South Afn ca m command of the Active Service Contingent of the 2nd V.B. Royal West Kent Regiment.

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" G. C. Valpy has passed into the Colo nial Civil Service. H e is leavi ng England shortly for the Straits Settlemen ts.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Dear Schcol, training is! No pipes, no cigarettes, The Cambridge O.K.S. se nd you all no theatre, no late hOllrs, a nd yet, in spite best wishes for the first term of the New of all our grum bles, we feel all the better Century. "Ve are not very nume rous this for it. Husbands and Quentin may be term, but most of us are fairly cncl'rrctic. occasionally ~een gracing the river .bank, Our main e nergies are directed to~'ard s resplendent In th e cherry and white of the River ; E. vV. Mowll and H ertslet o f Corpus. J ohnson of Peterhouse may be Teslls, Gree n of Clare, and Bodington and also. met on the T ow-path on a bicycle. IVlassey of Peterhouse, are all un dergoi ng He IS one of our authoritif's on what is the terrors and hardships of training for the thing in ties. Occasionally a worried the Lent Races, which arc fixed for look se ttl es down upo n him at th e thought Feb. 20th to Feb. 23rd inclusive. They of approac hing exams. T\vo O.K.S.-the are rout(;.d out of bed at an unearthly hour broth ers Kingdo n- are in residence at every mornin g by hoarse-voiced, inexor- Ridl ey H all. These, with Watson of able coaches, and are driven ofT to a vast Queens, and H. J. Mowll and Finn of J esus, complete our numbers at prese nt in ~t:ea k fast in the Hall, whence they emerge residence. 10 a boa constrictor condition, anCI in the aftern oon spend an uncom fortable t wo Those of us who belong to the ~ours. on the hard fixed seat of an Eight. Cambridge University Rifl e Volunteers hstenlllg to the forcible explanations and had a n e xtremely interesting and nevervehement expletives of their choleric to-be-forgotte n ex peri ence on Saturday, instructors . .. What a time this Lent Race Feb. znd. The King, who is H on.

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Colonel of the Corps. summoned us to Windsor, to ass ist in lining the route of th e Queen's Funeral Procession. Vve werc stationed inside the Castle itself, in the Upper ' ;Yard, and no one who was there is ever likely to forget the deeply moving and impressive spectacle that passed before us.

I can only conclude all our best wishes for a don't forget to send up recruits to swell our October.

by sending you happy year, and a large batch of numbers next

Yours ever, O . K. S. ,

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CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. \\Then I gaze o'er thee, mi gh ty fane, I think Of those wh o built thee, stone by stone, and set Each weighty beam in place, and crowned thee high \Vith sturdy towers that have faced the storm s Of years, unharmed. Those men who once, as we, \-Vere livi ng, brC:>athing souls, b~lt more c l~d owed . \Vith sense of beauty, from whIch tho u dldst spnng, Have now long since been turned again to dust And nothingness. But thou, the work they loved And laboured to complete, wilt still endure And to a people we shall never see Prese rve the memory of thy builders' fame.

CONCERT. I have asked the editors to insert a short notice of the Concert of last term, more with a view of calling attention to our indebtedne ss for the help and enco uragem ent we received than for detailed criticism. We owe most to the present H ead Master, who has done so mu ch to bring the musical part of the School life to a n efficient state by his enco uragement an d sympathy. It is not that more time is given to practices, if anything they a re fewer in number, but boys are now enco uraged to attend regularly, and, wh at is more, to look on music as some-

thin g which, if done at all, should be done well , and so it is good that. he should have had the pleasure of heanng an efficient and successful performance. The choral singing in t he H and el Excet;pt was excellent, phrasi ng and intonation an d attack being alike good, and the work of the boys throughout was satisfactory, the results, especially in the lighter music of the latter part of the programme, being quite brilliant at times. The instrumental music was naturally of a higher and more important class than the vocal, but in this too, the share taken by

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the boys was important and was done in an efficient and musicianly manner. The only items in the Conce rt calling for special notice are the pianoforte solos, and it is well to emph asize the great advantage we possess in having oll e among us so far removed from the ideals of th e English amateur in tech nique and arti stic aims as is Mr. Ed monds. A successful interpretation of such music as the Impromptu of Chopin's in qu estion im plies musical a nd technical disti nction to a very high degree, and in the case of an orchestral concert the test is fa r more severe t han would be the case if the programm e was th at of an ordinary English ballad type, and, he had too the ~ddi li onal disadvantage of having to play on an ordinary upright piano in a large room: the exte nt of tone, and the medium at his disposal bOlh thus bein rr anything but in his favour. Thompso~ acquilted himself very creditably in the Chopin Nocturne; he is already a good musician, an d he has every reaso n to be encouraged by the success he has already made for himself to be sure that with ?teady perseverance an d attention to detail he will become an excellent a nd artistic performer on his inst rumen t. I am glad to have the opportunity of thanking those to whom I am so much indebted for help j we who do the musical work of the School are a ll indebted to th e H ead Master for the great change for the better, a nd it must be a satisfaction to h im th at so many boys are at pains to make themselves efficient in what they undertake to do; while their interest a nd willingness naturally make my work very easy to mc. I ought not to conclude with out a reference to the great pleasure

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given to us all by Mr. Mason's singing. It is the first time he has taken part in a concert for many years, but we hope it will not be the last. P ERCY GODFREY.

PROGRAMME. "PART I. I.

SELECTION (Orcheslra and Chorus) from "A rmida" Opera by Cluck, 171 4- 1787.

2. MADRIGAL ... " l\<[alol1a min Carn. " ....

Orlalldo Lasew, 1520-1594. C. RICKETTS, H. CORTIS, R. B. WINSER, IvI R. GODFREX, l\h. D EWHURST. 3. ANDANTE (Orchestra), founded on !"felody) by Adam de la Hale, 13th Century. 4. "Galatea, dry Ihy lears "(Chorus .md O rchest ra) Handel, 168 1\- 1759. (Acis and Galatea)

(a) DANCES DES SVLPHES, } Htctor B erliog, 18Â°3- 1 869. (0 h ) (0) GRACEFUL DANCE, rc estra . Artkur Sullivan .

6. T HREE DAN CES (Orchestra and Chorus "Eal l\'lasque" ... Percy Godfrey. P ART II.

7. N OCTU RNE

I N E FLAT, Op. 9, NO. 2, Chopin, PIANO SOLO, S . A. THOM1'SON. [1809-1849.

8. "Wi nter's Night "-Traditional School Song, Bishop 1Ifi/eMmel1. 9. I MPROMPTU IN A FLAT, Op. 29 (U/eoredJ, MR . J. M. EDMONDS. Chopin. 10. From FOLK SONGS (Orchest ra and C horus)-

(a) ( 0) ( c) ( d)

"Fine Flowers in the Valley" (Scotch). "Castle of Drolllore" (Irish). "Allthro' the Night" (Welsh). " T he Ash Grove."

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I t. SCHOOL l\'[USIC ............... ........... ....... . . .

(a) SONG .. , 10 !\·[ess·l\'lates" . .. HmryNewboll. fb) I NTI!RMEZZO (or O rchestra (encored). ( c) SONG ... Drake's Drum" (mcored) . (d) MARCil GROTESQUE for Orchestra (encored) . II The T orpedo and lhe Wha le" (Olivetle) Audrmt. ( meon"). {I

12.

REV. L. G. MASON.

ORCHESTRA 1\'1r. C. Gaon Cohhnm, Mr.

Vio/ills:

(lender), :M r. W. T . Read,

l\'lis.s Wallis , Miss Goulden, Miss

Finn, A. Richardson, H. Childs. ViolaJ :

r.'lr.

Celli. :

I\'[ r. Court, Sen " Miss Croft,

r/or ll :

Fagot/o:

l\'1usician Ogden, R.E.

Trimlffle:

S. Thompson, O. F. I-Iuyshe.

Oboe: Cla~iollet

H. Cortis H . Gardner B. Hu nt F. H awkes P. H awkes R. Jackson W. B. Lo veband C. H . Murray B. Maclear G. Maclear C. Nation L. E. Olive L. Parsons

C. Ricketts

Mr. Mr.

R. W atson F- S. , ,,Ihaney D. S. Wright Adams, ii. A brahams Dressey, ii. Carrington l ohl1sto.l~ e, ii. tucas , II. Lesli e Riordan Silk

J. J.

D. C. McCulloch

Plant R eid T . S. Adam s S. Dressey L. Gardner

L. H. E. R.

Paris T ownend T easdale B. WinseT

Tenor: Mr. E. P. Guesl M r. Wilson Mr. Andrews T. A. I zard

B. W ickham. Tambtmrim : A. Gardner. Gr. Caisse: A. P. Me thue n. Conductor: Mr. P. Godfrey. Piano: R. C. Pnris, S. Thompson, T om lin, O. F. I-Iuyshe.

Rammell

R. E. Richards

Alto:

Dines , l\'Ir. H. COliri .

T omlin. Musician Miller, R. E. Mr. Belsey. Mr. W. Fetherstonc. Musician Warde, R.E.

Bass:

Soprano: B. Budd C. Briggs

R. E . H umphrey

II. A. Holland J. H. Meers.

J. A.

McCulloch

Bass: Rev. L. H . Evans

Rev. G. C. E. Ryley, Mus. Bae. (O.K.S.)

M r. A . L atter J. M. Edmonds M r. E. V. Austen

Mr.

Mr. Gil ma n Mr. Byron Dewhurst F. H. Durnford G. B. Rammel! E. McGachen B. Covell

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c. S. C. T o those who apprec iate gen uine humour in English Verse, there is surely no more entertaining and brilliant fi gure than that of Charles Stuart Calverley. It is only natural that the author of such polished and epig rammatic poetry, should carr}' with him a striking and in teresti ng personality. It is the purpose of the present writer therefo re to say something of that personality, and to give a short sketch of Calverley's life and writings.

C.S.C. , as he is familiarly termed, was born in ' Vorcestershire in , 83 1. At that time his family bore the name of Blayds, but in 1852 took their original name of Calverley, which their ancestors held before the Norm an Conquest. At Oxford, the refore, C.S.C. was known as Blayds, and at Cambridge as Calverley. T he early years of his life were passed in his paterna l home, where the rudiments of education were ingrained into him by a private tutor. In 18+6 he entered H arrow, then und er the H ead-mastership of Dr. Vaughan. H e remained here ti ll I 8S0. Those, who were once his schoolfellows, describe him as a bright, sunny-haired, eminently good - natured boy, a universal favourite with all ; chiefly popular for his daring recklessness which, however, seldom gave real offence. Although by no mea ns a brilliant cricketer or football-player, in one respect he stood without a rival. He was probably one of the most daring and successful jumpers that ever trod the

paths of public school life. His jumps, some of which have passed into the fab les of tradition, owe their fame chiefly to th eir strange nature and variety. Cal verl ey would leap without the slightest hesitation anything from a cart-horse to a sto ne wall. Am.ong the numerous stories cur rent on this subj ect we give one.- An eye-witness vouchsafes for the following incident which happened during his un dergrad uate days at Cambridge.-A horse i n a ca rt was drawn up on the pavement, the horse on the pavement, the cart on the street. '~' ith his cap and gown on, and his hands in his pockets, he cleared the asto nished steed, and alighted smiling on the other side.

If Calverley was famous as a jumper, he gained still greater fame in the intellectual field . vVhen he first entered Harrow he was a maker of no mea n verses; at the close of his school life, on his departure for Balliol, he had attained a polish and style in verse luaking in any Latin and Greek metre, rarely fo und in a publ ic school-boy. The following story illustrates his marvellous abitity in versification; a friend of Calverley's at Harrow, had refused a walk with him, on the plea that he had an important copy of Iambics to be done. Calverley laughed, and taking up his pen, bade his friend read ouL the English. And as the English was slowly read out Calverley wrote down an excellent copy of Greek Iambics. This power of composi ng verses at such an incredible

TI-IE CANTUARIAN. 'Vhere the prese nce of tobacco was discouraged by th e anthorities, there would he serenely smoke his pipe. Consequently it is not surprising to lea rn that ere his second year of residence was completed, his career at Oxford was brought to an abrupt end . It is only fair to add, however, that the reason of his expulsion from the University, was not that he had committed any grave delinquency, but because his ove r-exuberant spiri ts were gi ven too wide a field . ' :Vhile th is warfare with the existing authori ties is to be As we have previously mentioned, regretted, an d cannot be excused away, Calverley (or ralher lllayds) entered Balliol we must own that the presence of a in 18jo . His career at Oxford , though cprtain humour in all his escapades gains it ended disastrous ly, was not without our secret sym pathy and makes it di ffic ul t intellectual triumphs. He won the Balliol for us to pass severe judgment on his sc holarship by a marvellous copy of faults. verses, while his extempore compositions Calverley quitted Oxford in J852, and won him unstinted praise. The examination known as .' Collections" gave rise to in the October of the same year grad uated a good story concerning Calverley. The at Christ's. Cambridge. The fact that Master o f his College put the following Cambridge discipline was, at that time, question to him" And with what feelings, less stern tha n that at the sister University, Mr. Blayds, ought we to regard the togeth er with the experience which had decalogue." Th e recipient of this cost him so much, wi thout crushing his question, wh ose ideas of the d ecalogue un conquerable good spirits, seem to have were somewhat hazy, answered most partially so bered them, for during his app ropriately- I! Master, with feelings of wh ole caree r at Camb ridge he never once fell foul of the authorities. Be that as it devotio n mingled with awe." C< Quite right, yo ung man," said th e Master "a may, at Cambrid ge Calverley wa'l in the zenith of his powers. From th is period very proper answer." dates the commencement of those brilliant The attitude of indifference he always compositions which subsequently brought adopted toward s the rulin g authorities of the fame he well dese rved. " Carmen th e community he happened to be in, Seculare " and his translation of L)lczaas harmless eno ugh at Har row, at Oxford into Hexameters were now written, and grew more developed and brought him several of the parodies in Fly Leaves i nto serio us trouble. If the keeping of were in manuscript before he took his dogs was prohibited, Calverley immediately degree. As a man he enj oyed a popularity purchased a member of the canine tribe. even greater than that of his former days.

pace, was due largely to his retentive memory and musical ear, two blessings which served him well in later days. Such then is a brief portrait of Calverl ey in his Harrow days. Uni ve rsally popular for his imperturbable spirit, possessing an excessively good temper which nothing co uld rollse, frank , open, and engagi ng, he won the ad miration of all who knew him. H e was by no means faul tless. but his faults bore thei r frui t more readily in his Oxford days, of which we now speak.

TI-IE CANTUARIAN. 'While he possessed a keen intellec t, he had a charmin g si mplicity of manner which completely wo n all hearts. As might be expected h e made a mult.itude of friends, amongst them being Mr. (now Sir) Walter Besant. Amongst numerous other accomplishments, Calverl ey was a brl iliant caricaturist and design er of etchi ngs. ' He also possessed musical talent of no luca n order, and many were the musical gatherings held in his rooms. After a singularly brilliant caree r- durin g which he gained Camden an d Browne medals for Verses-he took his degree in 1856 ; and three years later was elected fellow of the College. H ere he remai ned for a short time teaching pupils and atte nding to other college duties. In I 86:z appeared Verses and Translations, and later still Fly Leaves, of which more will be stated afterwards. On his marriage to Ellen Calverley, his cousin, he vacated his fellowship, an d in 1867 becam.e a member of the In ner Temple. I n 1884 the life of this si ngu lar and brilliant man came to its end, for in th at year Calverley died at Folkestone, where his g rave may now be seen. Such then is a brief sketch of the life of a singularly brilliant and interesti ng man. vVe will co ncl ud e by briefly discussing what place Calverl ey holds in English Literature. Many and varied have been the discussions as to Calverley's merits and demerits as a writer. Some critics emphatically declare him to be a poet of the highest order, others condem n him as a mere maker of verses. H e was probably neither the one nor the other. For

though he cannot be termed a poet in the true sense, the general tone of his works is by no means unpoetical, while his genius was undoubtedly something highe r than that of th e average ve rse-maker. Be that as it may, all are agreed upon t wo points. Calverley was a brilliant translator and a no less brilliant epigrammatist. Of his translations it is not our purpose to speak at le ngth. I t is suffi cient to say th at critics and scholars of the ty pe of Co nington uuhesitatingly place him in the front rank of translators. But as a writer of epigrams and a parodist we can speak of him more freely. For do not all of us kn ow and ad mire Calve rley best as the author of F(y L eaves an d Verses alld Translaliol1s, as t he creator of I. the jocund-hearted grinder" and" the leal true cat," as th e humorist who wrote .. Sad Memories" and the I< 'Vanderers"? ''''hat is the quality that underlies Calverley's writings, and win s our sympathy and ad miration, it is difficult to explain; hum our and seriousness, sense and nonsense, judiciously mixed together and woven into one, is th e nearest description we can give. But there ca n be no doubt as to what is the secret of Calverl ey's success in wri ting verses of this kind; his absolute mastery of the English rhythm, together wi th his musical ear and excellent memory, served him well both in his t ranslations and poems. Calve rley saw perhaps more than any man the humour of words. T ake for example the follo wing lines :Forever; 'tis a si ngle word Our rude fore-fathers deem'd it two Can you imagine so absurd a view?

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In this stanza there is not a single word absurd in itself. But the harmonius and comical blending and arrangement of thmn give a clever and humorous effect. The same idea is admirably illustrated in the lincsI know not why my soul is rack'd : '~' hy I ne'er smile as wa~ my wont I only know that, as a fact, I don't.

rr ever words contain humour, surely these do in the hi ghest sense. It is said, and said rightly, that parodies should be brilliant or unwritten. Calverley as a parodist shows the utmost brilliancy imaginable. His ability to reproduce the exact metre and rythm of the poem he parodies is un surpassed. Perhaps the best tribute to pay to Calverly's power in this respect is to say that Tennyson's Brook

and IVlacaulay's lays of Ancient Rome gain rather than lose from being parodied. As we have mentioned previously the charm of Calverley's writing is indescribable. T o appreciate him properly is only to be done by reading his verses. There is a certain school of criticism which needlessly scoffs at the lighter and less serious aspect of English poetry. But there is not the slightest reason why the bes t balanced and most scholarly minds-minds too which can appreciate the works of the great masters-should not take pleasure in that literature of which Calverley was such a perfect ex ponent. Humour appealsÂˇ to all, and is to be desired . ,;Vhen that humour is pure and talented it is doubly acceptable. This is why the popularity of Calverley is .. not a passing dream, but a lasting tribute to a clever and highly intellectual man.

OXF OR D LETTER . Dear School, Our copious letter in the last number of The CaJl /uarian does not leave us with much news to relate, as nothing important has happened since then, Still even a short letter may be acceptable. Since our last was written our number has increased, \~IC are all veq' glad to welcome Marshall. H e is playing Rugger for his College (St. J ohn's); Smith is coxing the second Trinity togger, and Tuke is rowing in the first B,N ,C. togger. Pulling, we are pleased to see, is up this tenn , H e and H , A. D. Pereira continue

to speak at the Union. H , J, FynesClinton has left us for E ly Theological College. There was a very successful meeting of the O,K.S. at Pulling's rooms, on 'Wednesday, 6th, which Bishop IVIi tchinso n ve ry kind ly attended. We were delighted to hear of Charles gaining a Scholarship at Christ Church. VI/e offer him our heartiest congratulations. Yours sincerely, O. K. S., OXON :

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FIVES.

Durnford beat Green 1 Brown beat MarshalP Prest beat Richardson 1 Paris2 beat Frewer

OPEN

F I VES.

FIRST

ROUND.

Cooperl a bye.

Hitchcock w. o. Dalton. Paris 1 w. o. Henderson Bovcnschen w. o. \Vacher Holla nd w. o. I remonger

SECOND ROUND. Bovenschen beat Prest Durnford beat Paris2

Hitchcock beat Brown Coopcrl beat ParisI

H olland a bye. Cooperl beat Durnford

THIRD ROUND . I Hitchcock w.

H olland

Bo"cnschcll a bye

SEMI-FINAL, Cooperl beat Bovenschen

Hitchcock a bye

FINAL. L. R. Cooper beat R. H . Hitchcock,

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. B, C, COVELL. -Entered the School, 189 1 ; Vlth Form and Monitor, Sept" 1900; Cricket XL, 1898-'99- ' 900 ; Captain of Cricket, 19°°; Football XV., 1899- 1900, 1900-190 1 : Sports' Committee, 1899, 19°°; President, 1900, W. S. J . SCRUBY.- · Ki ng's Scholar; ente red the School. Jan., 1896; VIth Form, Sept., 19°°; Passed l oth into Sand hurst, Dec" 1900, E. O. H OLDEN.--Entered the School, Sept., 1897; VI th Form Sept., "900.

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Dear Sirs, At the end of last term, immediately after th e conclusion of th e Concert, a misguided cab-horse attempted to leap me. Half of him succeeded; <C he sp,rang in glee, for what cared he,"-but the four-

wheeler hung back, and checked him in his leap, and I t hink the cabman spoilt his take-off; so half of him failed. Can I be straightened ? Yours very truly,

THE GREEN COURT RAILING.

THE BOAT CLUB. ST AT EMEN T OF ACCOUNTS for the Year 1900·

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CANT UA R IAN. MARCH,

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No. 14.

EDITORIAL. The pursuits of an Easter term are more varied and perhaps less interesting than those of the Winter and Summer. The absence of any fixed game such as cricket or football is often conducive to slackness. Vie need not however reproach ourselves with lack of energy, for with the cessation of football, running and traini ng for the sports have been vigorously taken up. T here have been two compulsory paper chases, while every day a band of enthusiasts may be seen on Blore's piece I I plying the nimble foot" under the able coaching of lVI r. Cape. T he success of Richards in obtaining his running I I blue II this term should stimulate all to emulation. We heartily congratulate him and wish him all success when he runs against Cambridge at Queen's Club. We take his ach ievement as a favourablp. omen for our own sports, and sincerely hope that a good. account may be given against the C.O.S. The Boat Club has been particularly vigilant t his term and seems to be ever attracting fresh members. Several weeks training an d the dai ly vigorous use of mu ch seemi ngly unintelligible jargon from the banks produced six crews for the races. The result was high ly successful, as was only right considering the energy of the authorities and the hardihood of the members who, as rumour says, were undeterred even by actually experiencing the cold and pe ril of the StoUT. T he standard of excellence in the I I gym " t his term is we believe considerably higher than usual. It is a cause for congratulation that ou r pair have of late been

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gradually obtaining higher places every year at the Ald ers~ot Competition. Vie arc led to hope that this year our pair will surpass all Ollr prevIOus attempts, and we may be confident that our hopes will be justified. And it is an excellent thing that the school should pay more attention to Ie gym," since there can be no doubt that such attention wi ll prod uce highly beneficial results. Some strange monsters were seen on the Green a few we,cks a~o, which pr?ved 011 enquiry to be the new Cricket nets. The gloom and ram, WIth. an occasIOnal shower of snow, suggested anything but cric~et. Their arrival however reminded us that we were drawi ng near to th e end of thIS term, and that ,the summer term was fast approachin g . These new nets should prove of great se r~l ce, and. prevent much broken glass an d ill feeling, for they should p.rove an effectIve barn er even t? the hardest and most hardened hitters. As by the time the next number appears Cn cket will be in full swing, we take this opportunity of wishing good luck to t he Captain and his XI.

ATHLETIC SPORTS. The Sports had been originally fixed for Tuesday and Wednesday, ~Iarch 19 th and 20th, but, owing to the inclement state of the weathe r. It was found necessary to alter th e seco nd day to Friday, the 22nd. Although, on Tuesday, the first day of the sports, th e state of the weather a~d of the track were all against the accomplishment of fast times, some very credItab le performances were achieved. The best results of the da~ were to be. found in Nairn's Quarter-Mile and Paris' Half. On Friday, under much Improved clTcumstances the second part of the programme was concluded in the Green Court before a large an d enthusiasti c gat herin g of friends of the School. Some very ~ood 'perform ances were witnessed and especial praise is due to R. C. Paris who, runnll1g WIth the utmost.ease, set up a new reco rd for the School Mile. Nairn's Hundred also was a most credItable performance and, wh en thorough ly fit, he should be abl e to improve on t~ is, and next year we shall look for great things fro m him. Two Ilew events were mtroduced, a Weight-Putting Competition, which was won by )ÂĽe~ton and a Tutorset T~am Race, whi ch, after a good race, was won by fi'I r. Masoll s 1 utorse~ . In the r~ces l~ gener~l, th e number of entries were not quite satisfactory and especiall y was th iS not~ceable 10 the open Quarter-Mile and in the Hurdles (under 16) : m~reove r, the entne~ for t~e Six Hundred Yards H andicap were not as good as in prevIOus years. POSSibly till S was due in part to the short time allowed for trainin g .. .The dedu.ction of 3. wee k from the Football Season would hardly be felt an d the addition of thiS week to the tim e allowed for training for the Sports wou ld be of incalculable advantage. It is

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impossible to .run a good race (and this applies especially to Sprint Races) without ceaseless. practIce. C?ood g~~eral H c~mdl tion 11 is of course most requisite in a ny race, but a sprinter ought, 1ll additIon to thiS, to devote at l ~ast a fortnight to practising starts. . The prizes were presented at the end of the second day's spo rts by Miss Thornton in the Schoolroom. We !Dust express our thanks to the following for thei r kindness in giving prizes:The Ladles of Canterbury, Mrs. Galpin, Mrs. H amilton, The Very Rev. The Dean, Dr. Blore, The H ead Maste r, R. P. H awes, Esq. (O.K.S.), W. Gregory, E sq., The Masters, The Sixth Form, and the Fifth Form. RESULT S. S ENIOR STEEPLE CHASE.

R. C. Paris.

L. R. Coope r.

R. H. H itchcock.

Time, 29 min . 15 sec. Paris took the lead from the start, and going very strongly, increased his lead all the way, and reached the winningÂˇpost 2 min. 35 sec. ahead of Cooper. PUTTI NG THE WEIGHT.

R. D. Weston.

P. S. Nairn.

This was an event introduced this year for the first lil~e. Weston won with a very fair put of 30 ft. 4 Ill.

H. 1. Wilson. S. P. Sanders.

2. H. E. Grecn. Time , I I i- sec. Nairn was a trifle slow off lhe mark, but led at thc haH-distance and coming with a trcmcndous finish won comfortably by 2~ yards.

H. E. Green.

Length, 18 ft. 5 in. Wilson, who won by 2l in . from Sanders did a cre~ilabJe .performance, considering that he' was jumpmg agamst a st rong head wind.

P. S. Nairn.

H URDLE RACE ( 100 YARDS.)

! P. S. Nairn. Time, 161 sec. Green led all the way and won in excellent stylc. I.

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P. S. Nairn . H. I. Wilson.

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II. E. Green .

Time, 6Ii- sec. Green went off at a great pace and led for the first furlong whcn Nairn challenged him and went ahcad. Wilson who had had rathcr hard luck in bcing II shut in" in thc first lap madt. desperate efforts to get on terms with Nairns in the st raight , but was beaten by five yards: rather morc bctwceil sccond and third. H ALF !\fILE.

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1:-1. E . Green. H eight , 4 ft. Green won by 2 inches.

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L. R. Cooper.

R. C. Paris. 3. E. P. Richardson. L. R. Cooper. T ime, 2 min. 17} sec. In the fir.st lap Paris drew out foll owed by Coopcr and thiS was the order at the half-distance. I. 2.

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Then P aris drew right away and won com fortably by 30 ya rds : 12 yards bet ween 2nd and 3rd. Considering wind and weather, time achieved was excellent. MILE. I. R. C. Pa ris. 3. L. R. Cooper. 2. R. I-I. Hitchcock. Time, 4 min. 57! sec. (School Record. ) Paris drew right away in the first lap and increasi ng his lead as he went on, won with the utmost ease hy fully 70 yards : 40 ya rds hetween second and third. In setti ng up a new school record on the sodden and s li ppery g round, Paris achieved a great performance. SIX H UNDRED VARDS HA ND ICAl'.

I-I. 1\1. Cooper (65yds. ) 1 3 . G. C. Cooke(25yds.) 2. C. Briggs (65 yds. ) 4. W. G. G regory (scr.) I.

\Von by 6 yards: 4 between second a nd third. Tim e, I min. 32! sec. T UTORSET TEAM I.

j\·[R. MASON'S :

R. C. Paris. P. S. Nairn. C. N. Ryley.

RACE (ONE 2.

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1\1R. nELL'S : R. D. Weston. R. Man nering. E. iMcGachcn. J. L. T omlin.

J. A. ~rcCulioch . This race, which was an innovat ion this year, provoked considerable enthusiasm . Pa ris, running for Mr. ;\fason's Tutorset, acco m pli~hcd an excellent pcrformnnce, so that at the commenceIllelll of the last Qunrtel', Nairn held:t. command ing lead from Weston. The latter tried ve ry hard to overtake him but sliffered defeat by some fifteen yard s. Time, 4 min . 22 ~ sec. EVENTS

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LONG JUMP. R. B. Winser. I 2. \Y. T elfer, Length, 14 ft . 10 in .

G. F. Oli"e.

HIGH JUMP.

W. St. C. Lucas.

HUNDRED YARDS. 3. L. G. Gardner. 2. R. V. J oh nston . Ti me, 12 secs. Tomlin won easily by 5 yards from Johnston and Gardner, who dead·heated. On the run·off for second place, Johnston won by half a yard. I.

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HURDLE RACE . Only one compe.titor, W. ~t . C. Lu~s sta rte~. As he failed to nchle \'c the tnne test Imposed, It was declared" no race." QU ARTER MILE.

3· O. F. Huyshe. R. V. J ohnston. Time, 651- sec. Tomlin went off with the lead, followed by I-Iuyshe who mn with rather bad judgment. E\'cntu;lIy T omlin won e~sily by e.ight yards, while Johnston beat H llyshe m the run m .

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JUNIOR STRET'LE CHASE. I. O. F. H uyshe. 1 3· w. St . C. Lucas. 2. H. SI. W. Sau nders. An easy win for Huyshe who reached home nearly 2 minutes ahead of Saunde rs. The latter passed Lucas in the last half mile. Time, 24 mins. 30 secs.

H eight, 4 ft, 4 in .

H ALF MILE, O. F. H uyshe. 2. R. Mannering. T ime, 2 min . 34 sec. Won easily. EVENTS

UNDER

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C. F. Battersby 2. J. H. Rammel!. Time, IJt sec.

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Lucas.

Watson.

Williamson.

Time, 37l secs.

I 2. Height, 3 ft. 9 in,

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William son.

R igden.

HUNDRED YARDS. 2. Johnston, Rigden. Won by three yards.

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Goad.

220 YARDS (UNDER II). 2. D outen.

HWH J UMP. I.

Time, 78t sees.

CONSOLATION RACE (JU NIOR SCHOOL). J. Barber.

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Goad,

CONSOLATION RACE (QUARTER MILE). I 2. E. R. P. Berryman. T ime, 64 sec.

H. A. Jenkin

STRANGERS' RACE (Q UARTER MILE). Curling. 2. Mowll. I

BOAT CLUB. Though practice was somewhat impeded by Tutor- sct Football, which seemed to go on longer than ever this season, we were less troubled with floods than last year and some useful work was done. The number of entries for the races was larger than it had been for several years, and one no longer heard, on enquiring for a once familiar figure, that he hadn't joined this term. The new four has been in pretty constant use and, in spite of the small space available for practice, has amply justified its existence. In the middle of February a gale unroofed the upper. boat-house, and in repairing the damage we took the opportunity of increasing the height of the roof and making a permanent addition to the length of the shed. After Easter we hope to get a second whiff, so that we may be able to hold scull ing-races in July. We should mention that the coaching department has received a welcome addition in the person of nifr. Cape. The Pairs were rowed on the 5th and 7th March. Six crews competed, and there were some good races.

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bow: str. : cox. : Rowed

bow: D. J. Preston, str. : F . S. Whalley, v. cox. : F . R. Hawkes, by Whalley won in a hail-storm with head wind;

G. C. K. Cooke, G. F . Olive, P. F. Hawkes. three lengths.

2nd Heat:-

bow j G. B. Rammell, bow: G. H. Mansfield, v. str. : A. N. Brown, str. : H. A. Jenkin, ( } cox: M. Mace. cox.: F. Mitchell, bow in Brown's boat caught several crabs, and Jenkin This was form v. weight j WOIl by three-quarter length. 3rd Heat;J.

bow: str. : cox.: Winder

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bow: R. W. Marshall, str. : J. D. Winder, cox : F. Mitchell. 30 yards.

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v. Winder Jenkin won by four lengths.

Whalley rowed over. FINAT~ . I

Wh;lley v. Jenkin. Whalley rowed pluckily, but was bumped a little beyond halfway. Starter and Umpire : Mr. Bell; Judges : Mr. Cape and Mr. Edmonds. Miss Parry had kindly consented to give away the prizes. on the bank immediately after the races j but the weather proving unpropitious, the latle ce remony took place an hour or two later in the Mi nt Yard.

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GYMN ASIUM. In the New Boys' Gymnastic Competition, held on Monday, March. 18th, R. G. Jackson came out first with 78 out of a pos5ible 90, closely followed by A. E. Thomas, who obtained 76t. Althollgh the number of entries was disappointing, to say the least of it, the form shown was on the whole good . But it might have been a great deal bdter if the com petitors had shown a little more finish, and less inclination to rush through. the exercises in slich a haphazard manner. On the following T hursday the Under-I 6 and Open School Competition took place, and re sulted in some excellent performances. We were much honoured by the presence of Colonel Onslow, who, for the second year in succession kindly consented to act as judge. There were six entries in all for the Under-16 Com:a.ctition, and on the wholl:::, the result was praiseworthy, but, as in the case of the new ooys there was a certain lack of style and general smartn ess. The winner was Huyshe. who obtained 78 out of a maximum of I 10, and thoroughly deserved his place. Pearse was a good second with 72. Generally speaking the weakest results appeared on the horizontal bar, and the best on th e rope and rings. As was only natural the chief interest was centred in the Open-School Competition. There were five entries, Henderson, Twelh., Gregory, Weston and Izard. The result was an unqualified success, the competition being one of the most satisfactory ever he ld in our Gymnasium. The standard reached by the competitors was extremely high, the lowest marks being 75 and the highest I J I, out of a maximum of I J 5. It is ext remely satisfactory to see all competitors doing weil, as the tail is apt sometimes to fall off, which was certainly not the case in this competition. The final order was as follows :I st. Izard 3rd. Gregory 92 2nd. \-Veston 4th. Twells 80 105 5th . H ende rson 75

As is seen from the marks, Izard obtained only fou r short of fu ll. He is really a brilliant gymnast and we offer him our heartiest congratulations on his fine performance . He was well backed up by Weston with 105, who has wonderfully improved since last year. The other three competitors also acquitted themselves very creditably indeed. Izard and Weston will of course represent the School at Aldershot, we offer them our heartiest wishes for good luck, and feel confident of their obtaining a high place on the list. After the competition Colonel Onslow gave us the benefit of some excellent advice as to the importance of physical, besides intellectual education. We

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thoroughly appreciate his remarks. Mrs. Galpin then ~ave aw~y the prizes to th e successful competitors . Mrs. Galpin also very km.dly promIsed to give Weston a second prize as he was only separated by a few marks from Izard. . . In conclusion we would offer our heartiest than~s to Sergean,t Kam and ~lS staff, both for the excellent display they treated us to at mtervals dunn,g the evenmg, and for the enormous trouble they have taken over the School gymnastics.

FIVES TIES (DOUBLES). FIRST ROUND .

J. Frewer F. C. Bovcnschen} beal { C. M. Ricketts G. S. Prest I-I. E. Green } b l {A. C. Thomas en S. F. Bressey W. 51. C. Lucas G. B. Cockrem { F. R. Hawkes

R. W. Marshall R. C. Paris } bent { A. D. D, Spafford H. Gramshaw F. H. Durnford L. R. Cooper J. A. McCulloch } beat { R. H. Hitchcock L. F. Paris beat J. L . Tomlin

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SECOND ROUND.

L. F. Paris H . E. Green L. R. Cooper J. L. T omlin J. A. McCulloch } .b eat { W. St. C. Lucas R. C. Paris } b e H. Gramshaw a y .

F. C. Bovenschen } w. o. { G. S. Prest .

SEMI-FINAL. L. R. Cooper } J. A. McCulloch

beat

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R. C. Paris H. Gramshaw

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FINAL.

L. R. Cooper

A. McCulloch

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beat

{R.1-1. C.Gramshaw. Paris

SCHOOL NEWS. The School is indebted to the widow of Kenneth Leslie Mackenzi c, R.A., for the gift of a magnificent oil pa~nting by him representing Grouse Shootlllg on a

Scottish Moor. Mr. Mackenzie e~ter~d the School in January, 1875, leavmg III December, 1878. H e soon b~came kn own as a painter, havin g two pictures

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in the Royal Academy in J 885 and three in 1886. Since th en his paintings have been exhibited there frequently. We should like to take this opportunity of thanking Mrs. ~'lackenzie for her generous gift.

On Mondav, Feb. 25th, the usual half holiday for 'the first paper chase was

given. The hares, L. R. Cooper and P. S. Nairn, started ten minutes before the hounds. After laying the track through St. Stephen's past the J esuits, into Blean woods they unfortunately lost their bearings, and re-crossing their trail were seen by the leading hound, R. C. Paris, who pursued and caught them.

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On Tuesday, 5th, there was a paper chase, R. C. Paris and E. P. Richardson being hares. After laying the course across Scotland Hills and through Trinley Woods, they crossed the Sandwich Road just out of Littlebourne and came back parallel to the Deal Road; they arrived home twelve minutes before the first hound, L. R. Cooper, who was followed by P. S. Nairn, G. N.

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Ryley, O. F . Huyshe, ] . Twells, and McCulloch.

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On Thursday, March 14th, th e Jun ior Steeple Chase was rUIl, ten competitors starting. O. F . Huyshe won easily in the good time of 24 min. 32 sec., Saunders'2 being second and Lucas third .

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The Senior Chase was run on Saturday, l\II arch 16th, and resulted in an easy victory for R. C. Paris, who ran the course in 29t min., thus beating by 15 seconds the record established by Brin slcy-Ri chards last year. The second and third places were secured respectively by L. R. Cooper and R. H. Hitchcock. 0;1(.

* 21 st, the School On Thursday, Mar. enjoyed a lecture by the Rev. J. W. H orsley on Switzerland. Mr. Horsley is himself an O. K. S., having entered the School in 1855, and for many years has taken an annual holiday in Swi tzer~ land from the labours of his large parish at Walworth. The lc:cture was illustrated by admirable lantern slides.

TORPEDOES. The science of Torpedoes is now fully recognized as one of the most important branches of the British Niwy. And yet, in spite of the importance of the Torpedo, a great many people know little or nothing either of its use or appearance. It is not the purpose of

this Article to enter into the origin and development of the T orpedo, but rather to say something of it as it exists to-day in the British Navy. Roughly speaking, there are three main kinds of Torpedoes in use, the Whitehead, the Spar, and the Brennan. As the principal workings of

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the Brennan T orpedo are kept more or Torpedo is fired from a tube either above th e water or submerged. The releasing less a naval secret, and as the Spar Torpedo is not a very great success, it is mechanism of the tube is one of th e proposed to describe only the Whitehead, most important secrets of th e British which has been adopted by the Admiralty Navy, and is consequently known to few. as the most serviceable and useful kind of It is sufficient, however, to understand Torpedo in existence. Need less to say, that the Torpedo is blown out of the tube si nce Mr. 'Whitehead invented it some by compressed air, the pressure being generally 300 lbs. to the square inch. thirty years ago, enormouS changes have taken place in its constru ction. However, The actual explosion caused by the as it exists to-day, th e Whitehead Torpedo Torpedo is when the object aimed at is struck, for in the ex plosive head is a is a cigar-shaped object about I () feet lo ng and 1<;1 incht:s in. diameter, made of steel detonator which immediately explodes the gun-cotton when it comes in contact with or phosphor bronze. Its interior is anything hard. Firing from submerged divided into five separate compartments. The first of these is at the head of the tubes, though safer, is more difficu lt. Torpedo and is used for containing the as th e direction of the target must explosive charge. The size of this cham- necessarily be somewhat hard to define. ber is from one to two feet long, a nd Consequently most Torpedoes are fired the charge is composed of gunÂˇ cotton. from tubes fixed on board. There is probabl y nothing more fascinatin,!! than Adjoining the explosive head is the airchamber which contains the motive-powe r to see a Torpedo leave the tube. The of the T orpedo, for the Torpedo is fired spectator watches the little band of sailors by means of compressed air from pumps grouped around the tube . The compressed air is suddenly released, and out fitted up on the ship. To give some idea of the extrao rdin ary force by which the shoots 19 feet of gleaming steel, leaping into th e water with a magnificent dive, Torpedo is fired, the weight of the air in this chamber is over 301bs. The next two flashin g like the silver sides of a salmon. The T orpedo travels for about 60 yards compartments form the balance-chamber 'a nd the engine-room. The first contains throu gh the water, some 20 feet beneath the steering apparatus of the Torpedo, the surface. An important point must now be noticed. In war time the object and the second the motors and the necessary mechanism, while at the furthest of a Torpedo's attack would be the steelend lies th~ buoyancy-chamber to ensure clad sides of a man-of-war, which, if hit the Torpedo keeping an \upri ght position by the explosive head, would be shattered to atoms together with the Torpedo itself. in its passage through the water. Such In peace, therefore, the head is filled are the barest outlines of the shape and with a wooden block, the exact weight of outline of a T orpedo, and pe rhaps more the gun-cotton used in war; the Torpedo intricate details would be wearisome. H owever, the most interesting point is then fired at a target placed some about the Torpedo is the mode of firing distance from the ship, and when its motive power is exhausted, which as we the same. As most people know, the

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~ave said is sufficient to carry it 60 yards, flses · to the surface and floats about on the waters u!l hurt. A boat is despatched fro m the slup, the Torpedo is hauled in d.ried, and again filled with compressed air a!ld ~red: The object of T orpedo p.ractice ~n tIme of peace is of course SImply atm; the target is usually a ~ag fixed. to. a buoy representing an Iron-clad m time of war. Such then is a brief desc ription o f the Torp'edo ;nd the mode of firing it. In conclusion are subjoined a few remarks as to the use abuse of Torpedoes in modern warfare. When t~e Torpedo was first adopted by th e Admlfalty, the majority of naval

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O. K. S. . We hearti ly congratulate R. E. BrInsley- Rl chards ( Magdale n, Oxford) on obtaln.1Ilg Ius running <f blue." He won !he mll.e at the Oxford University Sports III 4- mm. 3St sec., and has been chosen to run as first string against Cambridge at Queen's Club.

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~en immediately scoffed at the innovatIOn. D~rin.g the last twenty years,' however, ItS Importance has been more and more realised, till all agree that it is one of the most necessary items in the naval programme. This is evident by the enormous number of Torpedo. boats and Torpedo·destroyers that are produced every y~ar . If correctly aimed, a Torpedo can do 111 one second what all the guns of a man-of-war could not do in an hour. A great modern naval wa r has not yet taken place, but if such. a catastrophe eve r occurs, there can be no doubt that · the Torpedo will play, if not the greate;t, at least no mean part in the struggle.

NEWS. E. L . 1\1 assey has received his "soccer colours " at Peterhouse, Cambridge. H .. A. D. Pereira has gone to the fro nt WIth the Oxford Light Infantry.

PENNY READING. :rvra r~h

16th, 190 1.-The first and MUSIcal Entertainment of the term c!Iffered from t~ e usual type of our Saturday Entertamments in being largely I nstrumental, in fact it seems somewhat dc ro~atory to apply the term Penny Rca ~m g to a programme of such good mUSIC and so admirably rende red. The orchestral selectio ns in which Mr. Gann I~st

and the ladies and gentlemen so kind Iv ga:r~ their assistance were performed with SpIfit and. accuracy, though the vocal element 111 the first piece on the programme was wanting in fulness owinfT largely to the e nforce d absence of th~ " Parrot" contingent. The interest of the audience as was only to be expected centred in the brilliant and talented violin

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Godfrey's charming quintett~, which .~e la ing of Miss R. Edmonds. We are are confident will soon obtam the WI e feai'ners, not critics, b~t we hope we ~~~ celebrity it undoubtedly deserves. b ardoned for saymg that w~ . r:ref if evcr heard so fine a combmatlO~ PROGRAMME. . " ........ SuI/iVai', of dlticate touch and fulness of tone, a~ OVERTURE .... •..•..• '· Pallence .,. we hope that Miss Edm.onds may e READING ......... " A Bad Ballad" . .......... Gilbert. a f~~tr: persuaded to visit us agam S. P. SANDERS. Beelhovm. occasion when we shall ask or ~o m,s ROMANCE IN G.-Op. 4°· .. ·· .. ·· · .. · ..Wiwawski. bettcr than a repetition of ~eet .oven { LEGENDE.-Op. 17·· .................... . . G and the selectIOn wtth the Violin-M ISS R. EDMONDS. Romance In . .. Huba ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS ... unpronounceable name by J eno y. Two MELODIES FOR t" Sclu~mmJ1t. ( )" Happy p easan ..... . .... .. . . Humphrey's \-Vest Country Song \~~S (~: ) .' Tyrolese " {Will. Tell. ) ....... .. R(USlnl. excellently done, and he ~aught the. spln~ READING ........ " Many Cargoes" ... W· W. Jacobs. of the composition to a l)1~ety. but .It . wa L. R. COOPER. somewhat hard to follow hiS enunciatlon. Svettdsen. OMA NCE'-:C?t 17 ··· ··· ······· - ··· · ::;~~tjj Httbay. Two readings by Cooper and gander~ { R"Hejre Katl. - OP· 32 ........; ....... , . Vio lin-MIs s H•. EDMONDS. added the necessary humourou.S elemen t . , Widdicombe :Fair" .. . West Co /mIry. and relieved our grav er fe~h n~s ~no s SON G . .. . ... R. HUMPHREYS. successfully, but we are m~lme(. c~~ S CHOOl. M US IC FOR ORCHESTRA AND CHORU S.. question th e wisdom of chooslllg pie . for reading so frequently from t~~ com~c (a.) SCHERZETTO ................... :.:.::::::::: authors They are the hardest t mgs m ~~: e::~t.r~o·~ ~ ":::; 13;i~'i~h ' G~·~~~diers" .... ~he wo~ld to read well and we hope that the tragic and pathetic writers may have I. CANON. 2. LANDLER. their turn in the future. 3. RttCIT. After the performance many of 4. CHORALE. were enabled to wait and hear r.

HARVEY SOCIETY.

. II that of the Matterhorn. He On Saturday, December 8th, ~,ii'lper eiv~cl: descr\ption of th e .ant~clines ahd was read by E. P. Guest, E sq., on a~t \ ~ynclines of the dro~ks, Yle~dl~~nt~o!ed S 1 t re " He stated that th e age ncleS rocess of denu atlOn, an I": I Cll P Uk ·"ere of two kind s, in ternal and P f hat is known as a ,au t, at wor \. . t' I-I e the causes 0 w i d external and desc ribed thetr ac IOns. . ivin cr the best instances of .fau ts an . I· 'd ti,e formation of mountalll TIlust~ating his descript~odn 'dvlt~eP~~~~~ exp alOe . d t· the and also theu denu a 1011, . h He then conSl ere nd~es ~ ent of which is running water, ~fadel~~ldation upon strata which have not ~~:Jn h~g then described tl~e watershed,

THE CAX T LJA HIAN . been crumpled up, but whi ch remain practically horizontal, and gave a description of the Great Can6n district. All uding to th e outflow of basalt to whi ch is traced th p. origin of Finga ll's Cave and the Giant's Cause way, he end ed by describi ng the e ffects caused by the sea upon the coast and also the formation of waterfalls. T he first paper of this te rm was read on Saturd ay, Feb. 2nd, by S. P. Sanders, whose subject wa s CI The Cat Tribe." He first explained th e c hief characteri stics which mark this tribe of ani mals, th eir build, eyes, teeth and tongue. After giving an accoun t of the smaller Felidre, such as the Wil d Cat and T iger Cats, he passed on to mention th e la rger cats, and gave full descrip tions of the Lion, Tige r, Puma, Leopa rd, Pa nthe r, a nd Jaguar, mentioning their peculiarities and variations, and relati ng anecdotes in connection with them. Afte r briefly describi ng the disputed members of the tribe, the Cheta h, the Caracal and th e Lynx, he ended by a condemnation of th e so-called practice of lion taming . Th e paper was illustra ted with excellent slides. A paper entitled " T he E ar and 1Iea ring" was read by th e President on February 16th. he {irst el we lt upo n the structure o f the hum a n ear wi th regard to the sense of hearing . explaini ng th e use of the varioll s Qrgans ",hich compose it. l i e then gave a description of the varying pi tch and vi brat ion of musical notes with th eir effect upon the ear. I n his explanation of the different parts of the car he noticed the tympan ic or drum -like ca vity with its curiollsly sha ped bones kno\\Âˇn as 11ll' hamm er, the aIwi l, and the t umps

bones respectively. H e next dealt with t he cochlea, a bony chamber co ntaini ng a membranous bag in whi ch term inate the nerves connected with the brain. He compared the cochlea to a spiral staircase containin g a ca nal in which a rc the cells kn own as t he organ s of Co rti, fo rming a passage to the top of the cochlea. A discussion was held on the following Saturday. T he subject of " E vol uti on " was first co nsid ered, and MI'. E vans gave a general outline o f th e th eory as propounded by Darwi n, suggesti ng points fo r discussion. The questio n was th en discussed by th e President, S. P. Sanders, C. \Y. G. Walker and others. A di scussion on " Sun Spots ,. was then opened by C. \<\T. G, \Valker, who described t heir phenomena and enum erated the supposed causes. The di scussion was continued by the Preside nt, and Mr. Evans. On Thursday, March 14th, R. C. Paris read a paper on the microscope. I-I e began by desc ri bing t he instrument in fu ll, pointing out the various pa rts which compose it and menti oning th ei r uses. He descri bed th e best method of working the instmm ent wi thout fa ti gue to th e eye. He t hen mentioned so me of the most interesting objects which may be observed by its aid, desc ribin g the appea rance of hum an blood, t he foot of the HOllse Fly and Spider, with a description of th e spinnerets of th e latte r, the to ngue of the H oney Bec, and t he a nten nae of the Cockchafe r. He then devoted the remainder of his paper to a desc ri ption of the methods by wh ich objects a re prepar0d fo r the mi croscope. I-l is paper was ill ustrated with lantern slides.

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Dear Sirs, I should like to call your attention to what I consider to be rathe r an unfortunate custom. The Senior Steeplechase is usually held on the Saturday immediately preceding the Sports. No onc, except those who have act~ally taken part in the race, can have any Idea of the state of collapse in which it leaves a runner. In consequence of this it is possible that the times in our own Sports are se riously affected, as the Steeple.c~ase quite breaks up the cour~e of trammg, while jumpers and short distan~e runne:s are entirely precluded from takmg part In the race. I would recommend that both the Jun ior and Senior Ste~ple~hases should in future be run earher 111 the term, wh en paperchases are in progress. I would also suggest that persons should be stationed at all doubtful places on t~e co urse to point out the route. In tillS way no unfortunate incidents would o~cur, as was the case this year, to spOIl an otherwise grand race. Yours, etc., STEEPLECHASE. [There is no reason why your sllg~eslions should not be adopted by the Sporls Commlttee. EOD. Callt'llarian,]

To tile Etldors of

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Dear Sirs, Allow me to bring up wh at I am afraid is rather an old subject, namely, the placing, or not pla~ing~ of a cl,ock in the Museum. ThIS IS , I thll1k, a long-felt want, and could surely be remedied. A new claimant has also arisen, nam ely, the New Hall. In connection with this subj ect, may I make a suggestion? Subscriptions will, no doubt, be raised a~ most places to institute some memorIal to our late Queen. Should nol this be done here? I would propose that the memorIal tak~s the form of a large clock, to be ,placed III a prominent position in the Mll1t Yard, It would be a very useful addition to the School property, as well as a ,means of testifying our loyalty and devo~lOn to the Throne. Apologizing for takll1g up so much of your valuable space. Yours, &c., " MONUMENTUM." To tlte Editors of" THE

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Dear Sirs. I think that anyone who examines the Football card of the past season must

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be struck by the number of matches that have been sc ratched, Year by year the difficulty of securing fixtures is beco ming greater, and the reason is, not that we arc situated in such a very remote part of the world, but because we can rarely playa match on a Saturday. If we co uld play matches on Saturdays, there is every reason to believe that we could secure fixtures with the" A IJ teams of such clubs as B1ackheath, Richmond, and other London clubs. The School is growing in numbers, and the standa rd of Football in the School ought to increase in proportion. and 'S urely no better method could be found than that of playing better teams. If the authorities wish to maintain the custom of attending Cathedral on a week-day, could not the day be

changed to Tuesday or Thursday, and Saturday be kept free? This change would not be necessary in the summ er, because we already playas many Cricket matches as we can, and also we could not have the use of the Beverley on Saturday aflp.TI1oons. Considerable keen ness has been shown all through the School over Football during the past season , an d surely this very desirable quality ought to be maintained in every way. Hoping to see th e alteration next winter. I am, yours. etc.,

FOOTBALL XV.

OUR CONTEMPOR ARIES. The O/avlan continues to be by far the most sumptuous in appearance of all our contemporaries. The March number contains more matter of interest to outsiders than usual, the poem on the Queen being quite the best of any we have seen ill School Magazines. The line :After life's fit ful fever She sleeps well

seems, however, to deserve inverted co mmas. The addition of one letter cannot app ropriate to I f H. B. R ." Macbeth's

famous reflection on the dead Duncan, an d we mi ght quote Coleridge's â&#x20AC;˘ most musical, most melancholy' bird,

a line i n which a poet even greater than H . B. R. did not shrink from allowing to IVlilton what was l\Hlton's, even at the cost of admitti ng only one word to be his own. St. Olaves is happy in the posssesion of a School Parliament, whic h meets

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regularly and discusses in the most constitutional wa), questions of vital national interest. The debates, according to the accounts puhli5hed of the proceedings, seem to be both se rious and dignified. One wonde rs if the Membe r for North T ipperary is a genuine Irish member.

The same number contains a very good account of the funeral procession of Queen :Victoria at ';Yindsor, and a serial, entitled H The Chivalry of IScrogg'i ns," which we ca nnot comme nd.

The E aslbourniall has little matter of interest to outsiders. A very prominent J;Veslmillsler, with gri m humour, is positiQn in th e magazine is given to the reminding itself of the approachingÂˇ editorial noti ces. ann iversary of II poor Cowper's" death. The Felsledian contains a poem, enThe Elizabethan is ori ginal enough to publish a German. poem. and also titled H"Ve1come to . Hockey," about announ ces the birth of a rival paper in which we can only say wi th Patience, that the School i we shall not be surprised if. that is poetry, we don' t like poetry. if we find the next Elizabethan in mourning for its decease; no paper man aged independently by individuals can hope successfully to rival the authorised organ of a School. We beg to acknowledge with thanks The L eys ForllligMly boasts no less the receipt of the M alverlliatl, Glmallllolld than five Editors. The February number Chronicle, B lulldellz'all, Cily of L ondoll contai ns some amusing Valentines. We School Magazine, Chigwellt"al1, Cholllleleian, quote OI,e, that to a Fifth Form Latinist : L eodiensian, COS, Alle.ymtw, T4'.ykehmJllsl, "How vile!" Carl/titsion, Bro11lsgrovim" Wyverll, Lallct"ng "0 how that name befits my composit ion, " Shakespeare, RICH AR D II ., ii. I. College l11agasille.

NOTICES, â&#x20AC;˘ We beg to acknowledge with thanks the subscriptions of the followmg :-A. L. Paris, Esq. ( 3i 6), R. Owen, E sq. (7/6), G. C. Valpy, Esq. (14/-)' G. R. K arop, E sq . (5/-), D . A. Slater, Esq. ( 3/6), Mrs. Galpin (3/6), H . J. Fynes-

Clinton ( '4/-), F. B. Kingdon, E sq. (3/6). Most of ~he back numbers of The Can/uarian can be had of the Hon. Sec., P. S. F . Nairn, price 6d . each.

Gibbs and Sons, Printers, Palace Street, Canterbury.

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CANT UA RIAN. JUNE,

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No. ' 5.

EDITORIAL , Once again has the Summer T erm come round in its course, and with it all the man ifold delights attached th ereto . There arc some, no doubt, who derive the g reatest enjoyment out of their School-life durin g the Autumnal months. A few may possibly regard the Easter Term as unconnected with e xtreme dulness. But all of us would probably acknowledge that there is no term like the Summer Term. Neither is thi s unnatural ; for this season of th e yca r, provided that th e weath er is fine-and this J une the most pessimistic grumbler must hold his tongue-suits the requirements of each and all. 'VOllld-bc bathe rs may splash at th eir leisure. Cyclists may scour the country on roads free from nHid and under skies cloudless and blue. Botanists and Egg-collectors are in the height of th cir glory. Those who incline towards less fatiguing pursuits can doze and dream behind the Grange or in th e Baptistry undi sturbed : while the g reat maj ority ca n and do spend their tim e H together joined

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in cricket's manly toil." Everything in this respect has on the whole been most satisfactory. The new nets on the green are a great success, suiting their purpose admirably; in fact the acquaintance between the window-mender and the Minor Canons' houses has entirely ceased . There appear to be a great number of promising cricketers in the School, judging by the cricket seen in the games. And lastly the team, although unsuccessful in the first three matches of the season, shewed their true form in the more important School-matches, by beating Sutton Valence and St. Edmund's in the same week. The St. Edmund's match is now a matter of history and requires no comment. But we would take this opportunity of offering a two-fold congratulation to Paris, firstly on his magnificent display of batting in the last-named match, and secondly on his excellent running against the same School in the spo rts last term. Congratulations must also be extended in another direction. Our expectations thaf our representatives at Aldershot would do themselves justice were fully realized. By coming out 12th in the whole list they have gained the highest place in the competition obtained by the School. Mention of Aldershot reminds us that several of our number are shortly about to face the Army Examiners. Vie wish them all good luck for success. This year the weather created quite a se nsation by being fine on Ascension Day. Consequently, while the XI. were dropping catches at Chartham, the Bicycle Clubmore flourishing than ever-were enabled to have an excellent run in the vicinity of Folkestone. All the various botanizing and butterfly-hunting expeditions were likewise successful and everyo ne seems to have spe nt an enjoyable day. Tennis seems extremely popular this term, but certain difficulties are unfortunately connected with the game as played here. The chief of the!?e is the state of the present courts. There are oIlly two and they are none too good. Perhaps some brilliant suggestion wi ll be forthcoming to remedy this evil. I n conclusion we would agai u unearth a time-honoured complaint, to which, however, it is necessary periodically to refer. During the last few terms the Editor's box has been singularly empty. There surely must be many in the School who can produce, taking the necessary time and trouble, a readable article or some respectable verses. The School-magazine is of course primarily a chronicle of School news, but contributions 0n other subjects are always acceptable.

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3n !lDemot'iam. J OHN

SAMUEL SlDEBOTHAM.

OBUT MARCH 2nd, 190 1.

There passed away at the end of last term a distinguished O.K .S. in the person of Rev. J. S. Sideb0tham. H e was at the King's School 1843- 1849, and obtained an exhibition at Lincoln College, Oxford. Then he went to New College as Chaplain, and after some years' service was presented to the living of All Saints,' Canterbury. Later he went to Aymestrey Vicarage, near Leominster, where he spent the last quarter of a century of a hard working life, editing and, to a great extent, creating Crockford's Clencal JJzi'tclory . H e was author of" 1I1emona!s o.f the King's Schoo!." vVe. take the.fol~owing from obituary nobces of lum In the Guardian: " He was a man of extraordinary gifts. It is narrated of him, in the days when he was chaplain of New Coliege, that, as a test of his phenorn.enal Inemory, he read aloud an article in the Tt'mes, and, handing the paper to Dr. Corfe, rep eated every word exactly. . He knew Dickens by heart, and his fund of anecdote might have bee n termed inexhaustible. It would be easy to enlarge on his attainments, and on the keen sense of humour which

every year cropped up in the fa mous prefaces to Crockford. Brought up on Evangelical lines, to quote his own descri ption of himself, he became a Moderate High Churchman. But his friendship embraced and his admiration honoured men whose position fell far short of, or went far beyond that which he had made his own. At All Saints,' Canterbury, he found a parish which was then a snug nest of doles and concomitant abuses. The latter he vigorously and succe.,sfully set to work to reform, and procured for the benefice a much-needed rectory-house. With characteristic humour he referred to this as his Ephesus : "I fought with my wild beast th ere; and when I had conquered him , I liked him ." At Aymestrey he did his duty as a parish priest faithfully and sympathetically, and -the present Bishop, in recognition of his services ~o the Church and Diocese, made hun a Prebendary of Hereford Cathedral. .

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ATHLETIC SPORTS. On Wednesday, March 27th, the annual ath letic contest against St. Ed mund's School was brought off in de ligh tfu l weather an d before a large and enthusiastic gatheri ng of the supporters of both Schools. The meeting must, from our poi nt of view, be regarded as an unqualified success and the School is to be congratulated upon turning the defeat of last year into the overwhelming victory of th is. \:Vhen all performed so we ll, it is, perhaps, invi dious to select individuals for separate praise. At the same time we thi nk that we ought especially to congratulate Paris, Green and Cooper upon their Sllccess. Still, although we especially mention these three, great praise is due to all for the patriotic manner in which they worked to support the credit of the School. At the risk, however, of being tedio us we should like again to repeat the opinion, expressed before. that it is absolutely essential that more time shou ld be g iven to training. To be perfectly I fit' in the ath letic sense of the word, a sprinter shoul d train for at least a month, a distance run ner fo r at least three weeks. At one time before the Sports, great fears were entertained as to the result of the contest an d this, not only because we remembered the result of the contest of the the p revious year but also because the prevalence of two epidemics materially weakened the team which we were enabled to put into the fi eld. T hese Tears were, howeve r, proved to be groundles!) and we wo n by the handsome margin of six events to one out of the seven open events, while there is little doubt that but fo r ' mumps' we should also have been able to claim in Nairn the winner of the Hu ndred, t he only open race in which we were unsuccessful. Although next year, we shall feel very much t he loss of Paris, Green and Cooper, yet in Nairn, Bovenschen, Weston, Tomlin, Gillibrand and H uyshe we shall have the nucleus of a very fair team. Great credit is due to St. Edmun d's School fo r the sportsmanlike manner in which they took their de feat and we hope Âˇ that this an nual meeting, which has co ntinued so long in the past may yet remain in the future as one of the links which bind the two Schools. so closely together. EVENTS. I.

H UNDRED YARDS (UNDER 14.)

V. R. Mustard (S, E.8,) J. H. Rammell (K.S.)

G. F. Rigden (K.S.) F. S. H. M, rl e (S.E.S.)

I. 2.

... o. O.

The meeting opened with an excit ing race a mong the junior representatives, in which Rummell was defeated by inches only. Time, ] H sees,

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R. C. Paris (K.S.) L. R. Cooper (K.S.)

O. B. null (S. E.S.)

J, B. Lapsley (S .E,S, ) o. I.. W. Parry (S.E.S. ) 0, E. P. Richardson (K,S.) o. I n th is race, Paris went righ t away from the start and, making his own pace from beginning: to

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end, won with the utmost ease by fully fifty yards, Excellently as Paris rail, very great credit is also due to Cooper for the consummate skill which he showed in ca rrying: ou t the rather difficult duties of .a second string, while he set the sea l upon his performan ce by d efeating Bull by three yards for second place, T ime 2 min. 14t sees. III.

HI GH J UMP (UNDER 15,)

G. p, Wallace (5.E.S.) (. G. F. Olive (K.S,) ... 2. H. R. Morgan (3. £, S. ) ... 0, W. St . C. Lucas t iCS,) o. Wa llace, the best of a rather poor lot, won with a jum p of 4 ft . 7 ins. I V.

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O. B. Bull (S. E.S.)

H. E, Green (K.S.) 2. A. C, \y, Edwards (S.E.S,) ... o. J. L, T oml in (K. S.) o. In this race we felt very llluch the loss of our fi Tst st ring Nairn, who wns a victim to the prevail ing epidemic. Had he been able to run, he would most probably have reversed the verdict of the judges in Ihe race. Green" got off " rather bndly hut was coming up ve ry fa st towards the finish, Bull won by about I! yards, allulher yard separat · ing G reen and Tomlin. Time, 12! sees. V,

HI CH J UMP (OPEN.)

H. E. Green (K.S.) L. R, Cooper (K, S.) } M. H. Ey,,(S.E.S.) H. E. Giles (S.E.S.)

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Green won with the utmost ease. H is actua l winn ing jump was one of 4 ft. I O~ ins, but he cou ld have added another three or four inches to this, had there been any need fOi him to do so. Cooper and Eyre dead·heated for second place. VI.

HU N DRrm YAR DS (UNDER 16.)

J . I.: T omlin (K,S.) G. P. Wallace (S. £.S.) R. V. J ohnston (K. S.) E, R.Jesson (S,E.S.)

2, o. o.

Tom lin, gelling very smartly off the illa rk, shot right Ottt at the start and increasing his lead all the way, won as he liked by six ya rds. Time, 12 1 sees., only k sec. worse than the Open Hundred . VII .

LO NC J UMP (OPEN.)

S. P. Sanders (K .S.) 1. L, R, Cooper (K.S,)... 2. A. C, W. Edwards (S.E.S,) 0, M. H. Eyre (S.E,S.) 0, H ere again as in the Hundred, we felt the result of the epidemic for our first stri ng Wilson was unable to jump. \Ve were very glad to chronicle Sanders' victory fOI' he had worked very In hard and taken great trouble in training. Cooper's case, also, considering that this was his fi rst attempt at long·jumping, his second was most creditable, Winning jump, 18 ft. o~ ins. VIII.

QUARTER

M I LE (UNDER 16.)

G. P. Wallace (S,E.S,)

J, 1.. Tomlin (K.S.) " 2. W, F. Harvey (S.£.S.) o. R. V. Johnston (K, S.) 0, A rather disappointing race, which T omlin threw away by bad judgment. At the start, Tomlin well t away much too fast and at the half· distance was leading by fifteen yards. H e had, however, shot his bolt and when Wallace challenged him forty yards fr om home, though he made a "ery plucky attempt, he was utterly run out and \\Ins beaten by three yards. lI e should learn a lso thnt it is fntal to look round in the course of a ra·;e. Time, 63! sees.

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R C. Paris pCS.)... R. D. Weston (K.S,)

C. H. E. S mith (S. E,S.) ... o. S. L. Watton (S.£,S.) o. Here, as in the Hundred Ya rds, we felt the lelSs of Nairn : Paris, however, pluck ily offered to fill the gap and his offer was just ified by the result of the race. Paris d rew ri~ht away from the start and running with excellent judgment won by six yards.

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W eston with a good sprint passed Smith in the last 30 yards and won seconci place by two yards.

Time. 59! sees, X.

L ONG J U MP (UNDER 16).

E . R. J esson (S.E.!:). ) r. 1-1. R. Morgan (S.E.S.) 2. R. B. Winser(KS. ) o. W. Telfer (1<' 5.) ... 0. Our representatives \\crc rather weak a nd were defeated by a rather poor winning jump of 14 ft. to ins. XI.

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H . E. Green (K. S.) O. B. B,,11 (S.E.S.) ... A. C. \ÂˇV, Edw ards (5. E.5 .) R. i\'(, Henderson (K.S.) ... Green gOL an excellent start hurdles in ,'cry good style rc\'crsed previous year by defeat ing Bull

o. o. and taking ' his the result of the by aoout four

yards"

Time 20! sees. H ALF M1LF. (UNDER 16).

O. F. Huyshc (K.S.) W. R. D;ng (S.E.S .) E. B. BreIt (5.E.5.)

(;. P. Wallace (S.E.S.)

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R. Mannering (K.S.) o. B. St. W. Saunders (K.S.) o. H uyshe Tan with good judgment and won easily. Ti.me 2 mil). 241 secs. QU"R TI~R ~'I lu,; (UNDER 14).

J. H .

Rammell ( K.S. ) W . R. Holme (5.E.5.) W. Lucns ( 1<. 5.) v. R. !\'Iusta rd (5. E.S.)

o. o.

Rammel! was much the biggest of the four boys, and running with a stride quite a couple of feet longe r than any of the others, won with ridiculous ease. Time 69! secs. O:-;E ~IILI~ (OPEN) .

R. C. Paris (I<.S.) ... S. L. Wallon (S.E.S.) L. R. Cooper (K.S.) 1-1 . E. Green (K.S.) O. B. B\l1I (5. E. S.) C. I-I. E. Smith (S. E.S.)

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This race, which wns the last cvent of the day, was also gene rally regarded as the chief event. J enkin , our third string, was incapacitated fro lll starting and Green therefore took up the duties of l)''l.cing. At one time g reat fems were felt as 10 th e result, for Paris slnrled while st ill feeling the effects of his pre\'ious mces. Round Ihe first half lap the order was Green, Bull, Paris, Cooper. Along the top end the s pectators were enlivened by what wns app.'l.rently an allempt of G reen and Butl agai n to fi ght Ollt their duel in the Hundred Yards. SlLd~lcnly they raced a full hundred at top s peed , aft~r which both retired. Ente ring upon the second lap, Paris look a lead of about 25 yards from Cooper, who was lying second, and this order rema ined unti l the Inst lap, when Watton closed up. About n hundred yard s from the tape, \Vatton came to' Pari!;' shoulder and chalienge!l, but Paris, although utterly nlll out, responded in the p luckiest manner and by a brilliant effort won the gam~st of races by somc six yards. Both first and second wt:rc completely done, while none of the remaining six s tarters complcted thc course. Time 5 min. 13 sees.

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OXFORD LETTER. D ear Sir, Having received a peremptory com- . mand to furnish an Oxford letter, I blith ely turned up one or two back numbers of th e emlfllarian to see th e so rt of thing oll e ought to write. The first article I turned to' contained this chilling remark: "we wish that our own Varsity correspondents would occupy th emse lves with the narrati c. n of the virtues rather than the faili ngs of th eir fell o w O.K.S." Now I co nsidt:r thi s criti cism to be open to three objections. In the first place. are all O.K.S. letters ",ritten bY' O.K.S.? Secondly. what seems a vice to one will appear the sole bright particular sta r in a man's character to anoth er, and finally, is it not our faults that endear us to our friends? May 1 quote an exampl e. There was a certain youth lately ilt this university who went in for a little of everything, a little th eatre, a little Bridge, a little "Corn stalking," (a pleasant practice. much in vogue at the prese nt time), and an enormous amount of smoking. At the third failure with Pass Mods th e Dean of the callege suggested that he shoul d transfer his activities to another sphere, which he did, apparently. At any rate, like Matthew Arnold's Scholar Gipsy, It

H e came, as most men deemed, to liulc good , but came to Oxford and his friend s no Illorc."

On h s arrival home he spent an exceedingly sultry half-hour with the head uf the family; who terminated the inte rvi ew by

banging a clenched fist fuJI of th e youth's bills on th(' table and roaring. .. you have n't passed any exams. you haven't. played any games ; what have YOli done in these three years?" The youth with a' far away look of conscioll':> rec titude replied, " I have coloured three meerschaums, two Captain \Van'ens and four clays." His father spoke not a word , but passin g to his table there and then ,,,rote a cheque for the full amount of hi s bills and handed it to hi m with tears of forgiveness and admiration in his eyes. To turn to matters of more moment, it mu st be ad mitted that we Oxford O .K.S. are a lazy lot ill th e Summer. If you go up the Cher in a punt on any warm afternoon you may be sure of two or three greeti ngs from well known faces. 'fllke alone wields the oar in the unlu cky B.N .C. eight, and Pulling was heard last week in the UJ1ion to ask the Preside nt what was the meaning of hi5 scandalous lateness in taking the chair, The deli cate humour of thi s remark coming from Pulling will be apparent to all. Evan s and Carrington are to be congratulated for being through Mods. They both agree that th ey have not had so much. work to do since they left th e F ourth Form. Hopkins has been up for a few days in eights week, and Drake was see n at the beginnin g of the term . H e is leav ing England for Australia. Yours etc., O.K.S.

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Played at Charth:ul1 on Ascension Day. May 16th. The School batted first on a fast wicket, but made nOlle too goocl a start, losing Paris at T5 and , ;Vilson at 29. Berryman and Cooper ho wever made a useful stand, th e latter playing with plenty of confidence and hitting vcry hard. At 46 Berryman was caught at the wicket for 14. while Gree nl was caught and bowled off a mis -hit to leg. Durnford came in and quickly knocked up q. but th e rest of the team gave a poor display. and the innings closed for I2S. Cooper' s innings was most praiseworthy, and he was unlu cky in not securin g his 50. Incl ud ed in his 4/. were thirtee n f s, and it is ve ry pleasin g to see that he has recovered SO ITIC of th e orIn he di splayed two years ago for the 2nd XI. T he Asylum started bat ting with great vi gour, bu t we threw away several chances of getting rid of that dan gerous batsman, Dr. Everett, before he got set, and this lost liS th e match. Before he had made 10 he was dropped three times-one sha rp chance at the wicket, one fairly hard return to the bowl er, and one sufficie ntly simple chance at mid- on. Taking advantage of these lives, he proceeded to score with great freedom, and with useful contributions o f 23 and 24 from Searle and Dr. Fitzgerald, our total was passed before the fifth wi cket fell. Then Green put W'ilson on to bowl a nd a g reat change came ove r th e game, as he took th e last four wickets in sensational style at a cost of t hree run s. But by that time the game was lost and won, a nd it is idle to speculate on what would have happl.: ned if he had gone on ea rli er. Dr. Everett's vi gorou s innings amounted to 61. I t was a disappointing malch from our point of vi ew, owin g to the failure of th e fielding-the one department in whi ch a School team ought never to fail. In all, se ve n or eight catches were dropped, an d the kee n a nd nippin g nature of Ihe air was ha rd ly suffi cient excuse for th em. If we are to win many matches we must take the chances that a re offered; if not, th e best batting and bowling in the world, if we had it, would hardly avail us.

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Append ed is full SCore and analysis ;_ KING'S I nnings. J.". C. Pa.l'ls, b Fitzgerald .. H. I. Wilson, b H olt E. ~ Berryman, c Evelell,· b Fit~emld L. h.. Coopel, b Fitzgerald H. E. G reen, c a nd b S mith F. H. Durnford, b Fitzgerald E. C. Green, run out ... R. V. J ohnston, b F itzgerald ,:v. S. Lucas, b Holt .. . J. M. T uke, not not J. R. Tulloch, b H olt Extras : Byes, I ; leg· byes, 2 j wides, I ,

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CIIARTHA l\1 ASYL UM. Dr. E\'erell, c Lucas, b Tu lloch E. T. Searle, b Lucas .. . D r. l' itzgera ld, b Tulloch .. . II. Sm ith, c WilsOIl, b T ulloch H . Weekes. c ann b Tulloch H. llills. b Wilson Rev. N. A. Hoit, b '~f ilso~·· Dr. S hem, b Wilson .. . A. Cooke, run out .. . T. J ohnson, c Berryman, b Wilson Dr. J ustwyck, not out ... Extras · Byes, 13

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R. V. J ohnston W. S. Lucas

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This matc h was played on the Beverley on May 23rd and resulted inan easy win for our opponents. The School was the first to bat, but the whole side only realized q6 . Of these I-I. E. Green made 37 in very good style. while i'aris and Lucas added respec tively 13 and 18. No one else could do anythi ng against the bowling of Neame who finally took 8 wi ckets for 28. St. Lawrence then batted and reali zed a total of J47 for five wickets, of which Hunt m;:t.de 32 not Qut, The fieldin g was only fair o n our part, several catches being missed. Below is subjoin ed full score and analysis:KING'S

SCHOOL.

13 37

R. C. Pari s, c Dla inc, b Neame H . E. Grccn, c Rhodes, b H arris E. R. Bcrryman, c H usbands, b Neamc L. R. Cooper, c and b Neame H. G. Wilsoll, b Neame ... F. I-I. Durnford, nm out E. C. Green, b Neame J. R. T ulloch, c I-l ohnes, b Neame ... J. i'.1. Tuke, b Neame W, S. Luc.'\s, b Neame R. V. J ohnson, not out Extras : ByE'S

o o 3

5 I I

18 I

Total

ST.

LAWR ENCE "A."

~ r. Bowen , run out A. F eathcrstonc, lbw, b Lucas F. H usbands, b Tulloch P. Wclls, Ihw, h J ohnston ... R. Rhodes, h Tulloch T. Bl aine. nOI Ollt E. G_ H nnt, not oul W. I-f ohnes } F. Finn . F. I. Neamc did nol bat C. E. l lnrris Extras: Bycs, 17 j leg-byes, 3 ...

TOlal (5 wickets} ...

o 7 22

2,15 32

..'

. .. 147

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3QS

BO\nl NG A !\"ALYSIS. ST. LA WRE:\"CE.

R. V. Johnston W. S. L ucas J. L. Tulloch 1-1. I. \ Vilson L. R. Cooper H . E. Green J. M . Tuke

7 9 7

J. lO NG'S

3' 32 2

3 0 3 L. Tull och bowicli one wide and one no-ball.

SCHOOL

7) .

ST.

2 C

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\Ve have been of late accllstomed to expec t close contests with our nei gbours on St. Thomas' Hill, ane! indeed the !elst fo ur cricket matches we have played with th em have all ended amid intense excite ment. But the members of neither School ha\-e probably eve r witnessed such a n ex traordinarily exr:iting matc h as that which took place on the Beverley on Friday, IVfay 31St, 190 1- \Vith this match, in which t he Âˇ School were victorious, will ever be associated the name of R. C. Paris. For it was owing to the magnifi ce nt batting di splay of Pa ri s, who was admirably backed up by Tulloch and J ohnston, that a seemin g ly hopeless game was pulled out of the fire and end ed in vi ctory. The St. Edmund's captain won th e toss a nd sent in Ed\\ ards and Lapsley to face the bowling of Tulloc h and Lucas. The sco re had reached 13 when Laps ley was bowled by Lucas. Rudel was the next arrival, and with the assista nce of Edwards ca rried the sco re La 72. Although they ofic red se ve ral chances, both batsmen played excellently, Edwards mak ing some particul arly good off-d rives. and had hard luck in being only four run s off fifty. At the lu nch inte rval th e score stood at 11 0 for two wi ckets, Rudel and Bull being the not-outs. On resuming the batsmen continu (:;d to play good c ri cket until the score reached 12j. wh en Bull was out Ibw to Tulloch. The next wicket fell at 15 7 wh en Rudd succumbed to a catch at the wicket, having mad e 69 for which, th ough missed tw ice, he had playe d well. At this point a re markable change came over th e gam e. The next five batsme n only succeeded in making five run s be tween them. This collapse was due to the excellen t bowl ing of Prest, who, when put on for the seco nd ti me, bowled with great judgment a nd effect, taki ng in all 6 wicke ts for j8 run s. The last wicket made some resistance a nd th e whole siele was finally di sposed of for 177 . Next to Prest, J ohnston was the mosl successful bowler, his two wi ckets onl y costing him 25 run s. Although seve ral catches we re dropped Ihe fielding on the whole \vas good, many smart returns being noticeable. A special wo rd of praise is du e to Green for his admirable wicket-keeping. The School opened their innings none too well, for th e captain was bowled for 6 \\'h en the score was only 15 . Paris then <trrired a nd b~ga n what was probably

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thl! greatest innings he has ever played . H e a nd' Green playing attractive cricket Larried the sco re to 5 I, when at that point Green was caught out for a carefullyplayed J I. Coo per next came in and after briskly knocking up IS was caught by Edwards. All this time Paris was making brilliant strokes, being quite at home with every bowler he had to face. \~lith the sco re at 79 for 3 wickets, our position if not a nything out of the common looked at least fairly safe. But at this poi nt followed an unaccountab le .collapse. T he next four balsmen , Durnford, Berryman, Bovcnschen and Lucas, hopelessly fai led before the deliveries of Eyre ancl Edwards and only realized two runs between them ; 85 for 7; Tulloch then came ill and laid th e first foundation .of our victory. I-Jilting the loose balls we ll over the boundary, and playing with excellent judgement those that were more difficul t, he kept up his wicket till the score reached 130 when he was howled fOT 20. H e and Paris had tll\1 ~ raised th e sco re from 85 to 13 0 . Amici grt:at excitement Johnsto n took his sta nd at the wicket and played e:-.::actly the game chat was required. He only made six runS but his manner. of making them wa::; an important factor in our victory. By steadily blocking every ball that was on the wicket, he played a grand defensive ga me. letting Paris do all the run-getting. The spectators were now in a great state of excitement. Run by run the score slowly increased until amid Tinging cheers Paris by a brilliant hi t to leg brought up the score to d~o. thus beating the St. Edmund's total. and at the same time completing his ce ntury. Soon afterwards Johnston was bowled and received a hearty ovation fo r his splendid innings. Prest and Paris played out tim e and the fina l ~co re realised 203 for 9 wickets. Pari~' innings speaks for itself. Comment is useless. Throughout his cricket was all that could be desi red. But in ou r zea l for Ollr own doings we must not forget those of our opponents. Throughout the innings their bowling was .extremely good. and at one tim e deadly i while their fielding was brilliant, and grew In conclusio n we offer ou r heartiest smarter towards the end of the game .congratulati ons to Paris on his splendid display. KING'S H . E. Green , b Rudd .. . E. C. Green, c Lapsley, b Rm\tl R. C. Paris, not Ollt ... L. R. Cooper, c Edwanis, h Eyre F. H. Durnford, h Eyre ... E. R. Berryman, b Edwards F. C. llovenschcn, b Edwards ... W. St. C. Luca s. c J ohnson, b Edwards J. R. Tulloch, b Edwards ... R. V. Johnston, c Lapsley, b Eyre .. ' G. S. Prest, not out ... . .. Extras : Byes, 18; legÂˇbyes, 5 ...

T otal (9 wickets) ...

SCHOOL.

6 II

119 IS

o I

o 20

6 I

23 . .. 203

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CANTUAR IAN .

397

EDMUND'S SC HOOL.

46 8 69 23 12 o

A. C. Edwards, c E. C. Green, b Johnston B. Lapsley, b Lucas... ... C. T. Rudd, c E. C. Green, b Prest O. ll. Bull , Ibw, b Tulloch M. I-I. Eyre, b Prest .. C. R. J ohnson, Ibw, b Prest G. P. Wallace, b J ohnston A. R. Willan. Ibw, b Prest L. W. Pnrry, c H. E. Green, b Prest S. L. Wanoll, b Prest... ... A. i\lusta rd, not Ollt Extras : Byes, 3 ; Wides, I

o o o 8 7 4

'77

T otal BOWUNG ANALYSIS. KI NG'S SC IIOOI..

Rudd Eyre Edwards Lapsley

ST. ED)IUND'S

R. Tulloch ... W. S. Lucas G. S. Prest R. V. Johnston ::: L. R. Cooper ...

)1 .

17 3

2 3 4

47 14

SCHOOlâ&#x20AC;¢. O.

) 1.

19 12 ,8 13

4 3 2 2

57 28 58 25 5

wJ ,

6 2 0

J. R. Tulloch bowled one wide.

KING'S SCHOOL v. REV. L. I-I. EVANS' XI. This match was played on t~le ~eve r1ey on IVlay 14th, and resulted in a win for the scratch team ?y 63 rU~ls. Gomg III first the School started badly, losing Paris at tl~ree. The batting contlllt1c~1 to b? only. moderate, H. E. Green being top sco rer With a w~ll played J 7 to Ius credit, while Berryman and Durnfo rd made 16 and I ~ resp('cttvely. Towards the end o! th~ innings Cooper played hard and good c n cket but could ~nd no one to st~y WIth hun and when the last wi cket fell had mad e J 6 not out. Sandlford came O~lt ~"lth the excellent analysis of 7 wickets for 26 ru ns. Hodgson and Baly opened. the mmngs fo r Ollr opponents and though the latter did not !-Stay long, the fonner conttnucd to score freely, and it was not till he had compi led an

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exccllCnL 51 th at he was bowled by J ohnston. G ues t an~i Latte r mad~ 26 an d 32 respectively and though Austen was th e on ly other to get lllto double 1\,u:e5,. the School total was easily passed. Tulloch bowled well at the c1os~ of the llllllngs taking 4 wickets for 24 ru ns. Append ed are th e full sco re and analysls ;K ING'S

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C. Paris, II H usband s ... E. C. Green, c Boyd , b Sandiford Eo R. Berryman, b Sandiford 1-1. 1. WilsOll, n m Ollt ., ' H. 1::. Green , c Boyd , h Sandifo rd F. 1-1 . Durnford , b Sandiford 1.. R. Coope r. not OlLt ... R. V. J ohnston, b Sandiford ... ' W. St. C. L ucas, c Boyd , b Samhfnrd J. 1\'1. T llkc. c Anderson, b Guest 1. R, T ulloch. h Sandiford . E xtras : i{ .

17 10

o 9 2

o 16

T otal

REV.

II.

EVA NS'

X I.

!<'C\', R. G. Hodgson, b J ohnston lor. Baly, h J ohnston P. Godfrey, b Lucas Rev. C. Bor(l. h L ucas L. G. Ga rdner, b Tui10ch .. . E. P. Guest, c T uke, b T ulloch F. A. Husbands, c Paris, b L ucas A . Latter, b T ulloch G. E. V. Austen, b T ulloch n. K. Anderson. b T ulloch Sandifo rd , not out E xt ras :

4 I

7 26

o 32 10

8 8

.. . 159

Total B OW I.I KG AN AJ.YS IS.

lh:v. L. W. S. Lucas R . \', Johnston ... J. R. T ulloch ) . M. T uke 1(. E. G reen

E YANS' XI.

o. 15

59 39 24 17 12

3 3

6Âˇ2

0 0

4 0 0

,],!-I E

KING' S SCHOOL

C..I. NT UA R T.Âˇ\ N.

SUTTOn

\(ALE NCE

399

SCHOOL.

This was played on th e Beve rley on l\Iay 28th and resulted in an easy victory fo r uS by 148 run s. Sutton went in fi rst, an d after losi ng the first wicket fo r 12 run s, looked like running up a big score, as Shaw and Pilt took the total to 50 before the fo rm er was caught at th e wicket for a tlseful 2 2. Pitt was qui ckly out in th e same way for 20, and though Randall and Thornh ill added 23 for the fourth wi cket, th e res t of the side did nothi ng and only the moderate total of 89 was realized . T his was largely due to the successfu l bowling of Tulloch, who took six wickets for 20 runs. H e bowled very well after lunch, kee ping a good length an d varying his pate well j in fact he took three of his wickets by slow head- balls." H. E. and E . C. Green opened our inn ings, and, sco ring freely, quickly Look the total to 45, when the last named was bowled. On Paris joining the Captain ru ns came very fa st, and our opponents sco re was passed without further loss. Gree n was out at 99 for a very nicely played 55, and his im proved form this year is most gratifying. The interest of the match was now over, but th e rest of the team scored freely. Cooper hit very hard for his 5 1, Paris having got out for 36, and with no member of the team entirely failing, th e total reached 237 . Smither was the most 'successful bowler, sec uring seven wickets for 83. The XI. are to be co ngratul ated on the result for two reasons. Firstly, it was our fi rst School match, and a victory in School matches is always specially desirable. Secondly, it was not a " one man " victory, and the team gave proof of run -gettin g capacity ail through. Sntton went in a second time and lost t hree wickets for 27, two being clean, bowled by Paris with successive balls. Appended is full soore and analysis :j/

K ING'S

H. E. G reen, cRanda ll , b Sm ither E. C. Green, b Pitt ... R. C. Pa ris, c Robert son , b Smi ther f . H . Durnford, b Smither L. R. Cooper, cRandall , b Smither E. R . Berryman, b Smither I J. 1. Wilson, b Meade .. W. S. Lucas, b Meade ... G. R. Tulloch , not OU l ,. . G. ),1. T lIke, u Randall .. ' R. V. J ohnston, cRandall , b Sm ither Ext ras : T OUl l ...

SC H OO L.

55 15 36 10

51 5

15 10

7 10

23 7

THE

4- 00

CANTUARIA N.

SUTTON

B. Shaw, c E. C. Green, b Johnston

R. Smither, b LUCllS .. . T . G. Pill, c E. C. Green , b Johnston E. S. Randall, b Tulloch .. . H. E. Smith, b Tulloch ... ..

...

b Paris

no t on t"

9 o

18 b Pnr;s o 6 b H . E. Green .. .

C. 1-1. Thornhill, c Johnston, b Tulloch I-I. K, Pin, rlln Ollt ... H. R. Roc, b Tulloch

VALENCE .

not out

...

~ } did not hat.

W. 1-1 . L. Nfcadc, c E. C. Green, b Tulloch I. S. Daniel, cLucas, b Tulloch ... B. S. G. Robertson, not out

E xtras :

Extras : Total (3 wickets )

Total ...

BOWLING A N A LV SI S.

S UTTON V AL& NCE. 1St

J. M. Tuke ... W. S. Lucas J. R. Tulloch

S S II

R. V. { ohuSIOn H. I. Vilson

J. M.

S Tuke,

2nd Innings.

Innings.

R. 23 16 20 17

M. 0 0 4 2

W. 0 1

H . E. Green R. C. Paris

4 3

R. 10 12

\". 1 2

0 3 3 R Tulloch, l{. V. Johnston, and II . I. Wilson bowled one wide each.

KING ' S SCHOOL LIBRARY. The rollowing books have been added to the Library :D oJtalioJts:-R. D. Marshall,

.f Among the HiInalayas." C. W. C. Redman, .. Choice of Books." C. E . B. Cooke, British Locomotives." If

IJoligill :-

Taquisara Teuton Studies Materials for Study of Variation

Waddell. Fr. Harrison . C. E. B. Cooke. Crawford. \Â¥hitman. Bateson.

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Fertilizati'on of Orchids Lost and Vanishing Birds Birds in a Village Lepidoptera Sea Fish Wild Life at home Familiar Trees In India Monologues of the Dead Things Seen Short History of U ni ted States The Terror Via Crucis Knights of the Cross Master and Man Quisante Phroso The Brass Bottle The Ruby Sword Tales of our Coast Stoddarts Team Sherlock H olmes F. G. Tait \ÂĽi th the Flag to Pre toria, 2 vols. At School and at Sea Oxford Book of English Verse Map of Life Scenery of Scotland \:Vith Nature and a Camera In the South Seas Poems of T. E . Brown By Order of the Com pany Cruise of tl:e Cachalot Log of a Sea Waif China from \~r ithi n These from the Lard of Sinim Introduction to Literature of Old Testam ent \Villiam Laud Bjographical Studies Studies of Greek Poets. I st series The Lane that had no Turning Richard Elwyn

401 Darwin. Dixon. Hudson. Meyrick. If Anglers Library." Keanon. Boulger. Steevens.

McCarthy. Felix Gras. Crawford. Sienki ewicz. Tolstoi. Anthony Hope.

" " Anstey. Mitford. Q. Ranjit sinhji. C. Doyle. Low. 'I Martello

Tow.ers,"

Leck)'. Geikie. Kearton. Stevenson. Johnston. Bullen. S. P. Smith. Hart. Benson. Bagshot. Symonds. G. Parker. Patterson.

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O. K. S. \\'e congratulate <;'. \~; . C~rrington (O riel, Oxford) on 0t:>tallung a Fust Class in Classical Moderallons.

The following O.K.S. were men tioned in Earl Roberts despatches : Rev. J. G. \.v. T uckey. who was in Ladysm ith during th e sClge, prcmotccl from Fourlh Class to Third Class of Army Chaplains. H e entered the school Jan . 1874 and left July 1883. being elected to a F~rd Studentship at Trinity Colleg~. Oxford. H e obtained a First Class 111 Moderations, and Third Class in Final Schools. I-Ie was sometime ~1od~rn Language Lecturer at Durham UnIverslty. H. A. A. Livin gstone. Captain (Local Major) R .E, to be ordi nary member of tr,e Third Class of the or(~er ?f St. Michael and St. George. CaptaIn Livingstone c nlered t he school In Sept. 1880, and left at Easter J 882, passing 7th into \Vool'wi ch.

NEW S â&#x20AC;˘ Captain A. W. Gordon has been appointed Aid e-dc-Camp to SIr H elj'Hutchinso n, Governor of Cape Colony.

We hear that A. G. Ri chardso n is sc ratch at the Romford Golf Club.

J. E . I-Iusbands(Corpus Christi) was placed in the first (h\'l~lO n. of l!l~ .second class in the recent ClassIcal I npos at Cambridge. The O.K.S. match is fixed for Tuesday and Wednesday, July 30th and 3 1 st. All who wish to play should send in their names to B. C. Covell, Esq., Selgrovc, Faversham . ~':-.";'

\ Ve notice the following name.s .of O .K. S. among those ordained on T rnuty Sunday ;Priests : Fcnn, ' V. C., B.A., Selwyn Vcterinary-Captai.n L. J. Bl~nkin sop , Âˇ Camb. and Schol. Cane. D. S.O., to be Vetennary MaJOr. H c Lincoln. By the Bishop of cnlc red the school in August 1874, and London. left in Jul), 1879. Carter,G. F., M.A., Brasenose, Oxford . By the Bishop of Oxford . Captain H. E. Gogarly, Roya l Scots Frewer, C. C., B.A., Selwyn D eacon : Fusilie rs to be Major. H e entered t~ e Camb. and Ely Theol. ColI. Jun ior School in. Sept. 1879, and left 10 By the Bishop of Lincoln. July , 884,

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40 3

SCHOOL NEWS. At . t hc Public Schools' Gymnastic Com petition, heJd at Ald ershot on March 29th. the School pair (T. A. Izard an d R. D. \\feston) were placed 12th. Izard's individual placc was 14th a nd \Veston's 18th . This is the best res ult we have yet attaincd.

On May , 4th the School played the Re v. L. H . Evans' Xl. a nd were defeated by 63 flms.

On Ascensio n Day the School played

Chartham. The gam.e resulted in a win for our opponents by 2 I run s.

On May 28th t he School played Sutton Valence on the Beve rley. The result was a wm fo r the School by 148 run s.

On May JIst the School played St. Ed mund's School on the Beverley. The result of an intensely e xciting match was a win for the School. The great feat ure of the match was the innings of Paris who obtained 119 not out.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Dear School, This is the last lettcr we ca n se nd to you in this academical year; and so we devote the fi rst part of it to an exhortati on. Do some of you come to Cambridge. \Ve hear so rry rumours. Perhaps one or two may come up : but we are not satisfied with one or two, we want five or

six eve ry year. For the rcst, we send but notes to tell you of Ollr doings.

J eslls : It has posi tively been rumoured that E. L. A. H . will have in a year's time to cease to lead the fashion. The Cambridge shops are in despair.

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Gemellus Castor aspires to higher things than May colours in the Boat. The Granta is more than usually flattering. Gemellus Castoris takes life seriously. Aesculapi us (or is it Cambridge?) treats G. N. F . too badly. T he Boers beware to attack Jesus. Vve are all four Bugshooters and two of us stalwart ones withal.

Corpus: J. E. H. has been known to play chess j he is expected to finish his first game before he goes down. As usual he takes a thwart in the Boat. Lady friends occupy Quentin's spare time. \~lith his usual strength he has been knocking balls over into Ncwnham-the other side of the road.

Peterhouse : Queens : Our congratulations to C. H . B. on \\fatson has been enter tai ning. his numerous successes with the bat and ball. The average undergrad thinks his balls twist a bit. Hence we are invincible. Clare : H e is known to motor car. A ride to Exams: are pressing : no time for H untingdon is pleasa nt, but the walk back more (this a wire from Green). with the car in tow is a little tiring. The Trip : has occupied our second member, ,rr.,,' e have all been glad to see Mr. though he has bee n seen to pat the ball. 'Villiams and lVfr. Vinter this term. At tennis, as at cricket Kings alone can Good tuck to you in the cricket. beat us. The ri ver occupies E. L. Massey. A great man tells him not to rest OJ until Ever yours, he gets to Pu tney. Otherwise he sends nlourning cards to most of the college O.K.S., CAMBRIDGE. cricket and tennis teams. ,j

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. 0

R . D. MARSHALL.-Entered the School, Sept., 1895 ; Vlth Form, Sept., 19° ; Monitor, Sept., 19°0; Football XV .• Sept., 1900; Sports' Committee, Sept. ,

1900 .

D . C. }\:. NfcCULLOCH.--Enlerecl the School, Sept.) 1897 ; Football Xv,) Sept., 19

00 .

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CORRESPONDENCE.

N.B .-Tllt-1 Editors du/ille /0 accep' any 1'es""ons,·'·,·,·, 'r V t:y comtute d11)1th · fh e opu/lIm! •.. of their Corresn()Jt. "enls.

Nam e and address must alway; be gwen, . nut llea;.sarily for publicatiull but'./'as a

guarantee tJj goudj.aith . Pe; rona ,.,. t Its 1uill iUlIo/ve certaitl rejulioJl.

To the Ed/tors

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Dear Sirs, In the last num ber of this maO'azine ~lere appeared a certain grievous °error 1e wflter of th e article on Tor edoe~ ventures to state that" the torpedo ~raycl~ for about 6? yds. through the water." It at once stn kes one that in modern naval warfare a. torpedo would be of little tl~e that ~y.as Just capable of carrying across the MInt Yard. But if any rcaders care to consul t the. E'1c:J1ldornad,·a B·, . tl f"l all1UCa lej' WI'11 fi nd It stated that <I torpedoes trave l at a uniform speed of 2 k t fo r. 600 yds." Possibly, and the iho~oh~ str~kes one .as am using, the writer of fhe artJcI~1 h.avmg see n the torpedoes at practlce, In wh ich case they are regulated

~~ ~a;r~ about 60 yds., fondly imagined tl1a lIS was the greatest di stance that ley were capable of attaining. (

I remain, Yours etc.,

NAVY CLASS.

To the Editors of" T

CANTUARIAN ."

Dear Sirs, In your issue of December 1900 a correspondent calls attention to t'he d e~a of th e old custom which ordained thit members of the School should on leavil~g present a book to the Libraf",. I t hink it onl.y fai r to those who have lately left us to POlllt out t hat though sllch

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ifts have been sporadic ?nly: there ~)as ~ot been any marked dimmullOll dunng th e past few years. The custom was either initiated or resuscitated after an interval of years . 89 j-. and the llum ber of names on the In I donation list is as follows :4189 8 5 9 1899 5 II

1901 (June)

19 0 0

Vihth the full est recognition of the kindness of these don ors-many of wh~m have presented more than one .boo 1 still think that much more mIght. be made of thi s opportunity. of iml?rovmg the Library and of leav1l1 g behll1d an interesting memento. I n confidence that }'Oll~' correspondent's appeal will meet WIth a. ready response, allow me to call attentlOn to the following poi nts. 1.

It is not necessary to give an. exy ensive volume though quite penmsslble an.d very desirable where the donor I S generously moved .

iv.

T he Librarian keeps a list of l~ooks suitable for presen,tation at~d w,Ill b,e glad to give any tn fOnnatlOl1 In h1 5 power. Yours etc., L. H . EVANS.

7'0 Ihe E dilors oj" THE

CA NTUARIAN,"

Dear Sirs. . t the Permit me to call attcntlO,n. :> fac t that th e list of School ExlubltlOners on th e Board s of the School roon~ ~as stc cd short at 1898. The eXIstin g Bo~~ls, it is true, a~e nearly fill ed , but th ere is rOo m, eve n lJ1 the Schoolroo~l. fo r fresh Board s, and when the space ,~n the Schoolroom is exhausted there \\lll still be othp,r \'acant walls elsewhere. The record of the ViClOrs of the. S~hoo~-to use the title given them by a dlS~tn.gU1 shedt writer himself a Victor once-lS Indma~1} instal;ces th e only visible recor It 1~ School has of famouS O.K.~ . , anc would be a pe rmanent loss If such a record were suddenly an d for no apparent reasol'. broken short. I amJ Sirs. Yours, etc., MEMORIA.

T RUNDLER,O .K.S.--You rIelter would have been of more use '{1ad It contamed .. The presentation of books is not the some practical sug~estion. It. has ~een 11. prerogative of the Vl th . Form handed to the Cncket Captall1 .- - DO . Can/uar. alone. T HREE OF THE MANy.- I n answc r to iii. It is hoped that the books given may th e universal complaints th~t reacl~. uS be as far as possible of ptrmallt1l; about the School Cap, we are m a posltlon inlerest alld usefullless, t~1e bes to say that no change is to be madeÂˇ.dThi choice J to my mind. ~elI~g that subject may therefo~e be conSI e ree which illustrate.;; the especlahnterest J closed.-EDD. Cantua! . study. or pursuit of the donor.

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CANTUARl AX .

OUR CONT EMPO RARIES. Three mon ths afte r the battle of T rafa lgar, Charl es Lamb was able to write, .. Lord Nelson is quiet at last; his ghost only keeps a slight fl uttcring in odes a nd elegies in ncwspapers/' It is now four, nearly five, months since His Gracious Majesty King Edward began to reign over us. but sti ll J among our contemporaries, the ghost of onr late Sovereign ' " keeps a slight fluttering in odes and elegies.JJ Even national elegies, however, are to be preferred to the aggressively .. moral JJ poem that appears in the April Olaviall : "To your School and to your nation you're as valueless as stubble, If you cannot shake your lorpor off and take a little lrouble/'

are lines far below the standard of verse usually to be found in this magazine . The B rolllsgrovt'an for April is wortlt notic e as co ntai ning no less than eight articles and a collection of Epi taphs, as well as a full record of School events. The Brt'glltollian contains nearly seventy pages, but there is very little in the m of any interes t to outsiders. The CarlhltS/au contains some good verses. T he L anc/ng Colltgt lIÂŁagnz/ne proclaims in a rather extravagant man ner

the praises of Mr. Swinburne. It ma), be we are not among those "finer natures JJ who alone " can really appreciate him," hut we defini te ly object to being told that when we hear his Dorian strains " we are mad, we are drunk.JJ The words It Surely nothing has e ver been writte n that can match I Itylus J for music JJ suggest a somewhat narrow range of reading. The Droghtdtatz. is to be congratulated on having at last achieved the" final e" of its mo numental serial, II Lysias, the ~Vell-b e loved 'J_a feat which gains in dignity from the fact that throughout t he story "thou " has been substituted fo r 0 , you," "hast" fo r , I have/ J and so on. u VENGEANCE SHALL BE DONE" (i n capitals) are the co ncluding words of this lively specimen of Iri sh fiction . \Ve beg to acknowledge also the receipt of the following contemporaries : Ehzabelhau (2), Ramuz'tm. Porlmllt's (2), OlaviatJ (2). il:lalvtrf1lclIl, E~1:otdan , Bltmdelbiw, L/ly, S. EdwardJs SellOol Chronicte, Oust' (4). CIJigwe/lt'all, .Bur/all. lJrogludtall J Lancing Collegt 11fagazimJ Carl/lUStfW, C,'Iy of L ondon S chool 1I1agazl1Je J P{>molht'an, Brigh/oll Colltge jl1'agaz,'m, Fe/Sled/au ( 2), COS, K/Ilg's School 11fagaz//UJ Paramatla, Bradfield Colltge Clzronic/e, AlleYllliw , Brotllsgrovt'tm, D ovorJiw , SUI/Oil Va/tllce School lIfagaz/ue, Pubh'c SeI,oOt lIfagazim.

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CANTUAR IAN.

NOTICES .

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CA NTUA RIA N. JULY,

1901.

No. 16.

E D ITORIAL. The close of a Summer term is hardly the most fitting time for undertaking wo rk of such high imaginative order as an Editorial. The world is apt to be too much with us. We lay waste our undoubted po wers in the pursuit of such tran sitory learning as may satisfy th e Certificate exami ners, those lofty intelligences to face whom even the knowledge that beauty is truth, tru th beauty, is not all we need . F ortunatt!iy, however, in t his case our lines and lim its are presc ribed for LIS. ' Vhereas at other seaso ns the Editorial is common property, the meeting groUl~d on genera l topics of editor and reader. in this particular instance, by the wisdom of o ur predecessors, it is set aside as different. The last Edito rial of the School yea r is, by custom, the personal property of the departi ng editors; their official last exit ; the private swan-song of their dying editorship. In skilful hands the thing becomes a trumpet. I t begins, in deference to the occasion, with the solemn words c. O nce again ." Soaring at once above the tem porary and ephemeral, it finds its hig h theme in the Flight of time . I ts note is the Raven's burning II Nevermore," or the resignation to fate of the more philoso phical Brook. The Good Old Ti mes, with capitals. fig ure in it. I t hints da rkly at the woeful degeneracy of these latter days. I ts whol e tone is that o f

THE CANTUARI AN. th e confirmed lalldalor temporis adi. It deprecates reform . It laments especially those little insignificant changes through which by degrees the whole character of a place can be altered. It speaks throughout with the assured deliberate melancholy of one whose grief lies onward and whose joy behind, and who knows it. It has none of that longing for the wings of a dove j rather the reverse. Reluctance is the predominant feeli ng with which it shuts up the story of school days. It derives a chastened pleasure from the contemplation of ,I what once has been/' and what, as it tells itself. H never more will be." A high seriousness marks its every word . It urges itself co nstantly to reflect upon the eternal law of chan ge ; comparin g each vanishing generation, with striking and beautiful originality, to Autumn l ea~s, or a stream. It persists in bri nging the eternal note of sadness in. It becomes prophetic; and extends a ghostly welcome hither to generations yet unborn. It breaks out of Time and Place to hold converse with th em; sending them, to the dismay of the general reader. uncanny messages of injunctions, with ejaculatory Floreats. Its pathos, as it nears the close, is pierci ng. almost intolerable. All we mi ght have been, all we meant to be, all we never can be, it brings in burning letters before us, only to mock us with what we are; till our minds are so stricken wi th sorrow, our eyes so blinded with the tears of wild regret, that we can scarcely see to read . in its closing sentences, how, "on the whole, the Crick et Season has been very fairl y successful."

CURSUS VITAE . I.

T he long, grey ages onward roll j The old world changes every day : T he new world comes and steals away, And time mOves forward to its goal.

IV.

The child is changed into the man, And, mid the busy toil of life, Joi ns in the great world' s endless strife \\There each man seeks whate'er he can.

v. I I.

Each man must meet his fated doom, And pass at length beneath the earth i To-day is bright with sweetest mirth, T o-morrow weeps in deepest gloom . III .

The young child, swayed by every wl1i m, Fails to perceive the toils in store; H is worln is small, he sees no more T han that which seems the world to him.

And t hough his prize be lost or W011, - H is age well earned, his days well spentThe old man gazes back content Upon the work t hat he has don e. VI .

The long, grey ages onward roll, And each life finds its fated end. But yet the span of years doth. blend The fi r~t and last in one sweet whole.

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CRICKET . KI NG'S SCHOOL v.

ST.

LAWRENCE

"A."

was ~a~e:~r~nn~~~c~:V~~I:~~I~gj~n~it!~I~t. L~rrence ~ A.' later Ol~ in the season and Lawrence won the t d I . l C resu t was a fauly even draw. St. and H4sbands com~~n~~d ~~~t~I~\l~~gbat a hard and fast ~\'icket. Fetherstone Prest a'nd Johnston. s 0 our opponents, faCing the deliveries of

?ll

ball &~1~1 Jl~l~I~:~~~~t f~l when the score was J8, Hu sba~1(l s succumbing to an excellent W1th the second wicket .. Fet~~~~t~~! ~~::s l1e~~llrrb~'\1 t~d c FeWerstone put on J ' 4 for cf1 d re: f l o e was exce ent t 1roughout the inni ngs.

~~~f1~~~t p~~; ~';,';ji;;& i;~~;f~l,:h~:~~;el'~d

~~3al f~~efiv-~!~?~ekde t~4St~£~~~~~:

DunJ~~~ ~~!1~0~b~~~~~~1~;d r~~~:ed~as~Ol~SIYI ~HC first two b~tsmen, E . C. Green and

Paris was bowled for an ex~ellent 36v rJHe~rlsdanl ~oper carJI~dt~e sco re to 91 when brilliant off drives. Bovenschen and' Co 1~ p aye d a goo lI111lllgS makin g SOm e point being out fo r ,/7 H'" oper Illcrease t J1e score to 106, Cooper at that T' IS lIl111ngs was sound and his hitting ha d d I e was sOlnew hat unluckv in not reaching h' < "VI . r an c ea n, and h stood at 14 for fi ' ,"k 1 ( IS 5~· len tIme was called the score Bo~enschen8 had pl:~'e~ll~e~Jsfo: ~iSn~~n~l~a~~11;g s~v~::;lsl~~~~n ~f2 and HI ll}'she (8). nohced that we were without t h ' . ro es. t must be prevented fro m playing owing to ilfness~~vlces of our captalll who was unfortunatety

ST. A. Fethcrslone, b J ohnston F. A. Husbands, b J ohnston ] . Deane, c Durnford, b Cooper T. Blain, b Johnston L. Rhodes, not out '" R. Rhodes, not out ". H. Crow, c Prest, b Cooper Hol mes } . G. E. V. Austen A. Bowen dJd not bal L. Gilham Extms ." ...

'V.

T ota l (5 . wickets)

LAWRENCE

A."

74 21

57 4

193

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CANTUARIAN.

KING'S SCHOOL. I

E. C. Green , b Gilham ... F . H. R. C. L . R. F . C. G. N. O. F.

7 36 47

Durnford, b Husbands Pa ris. b Fetherstone Cooper. b Fetherstone B(lvenschen, not out Ryley, 51 Rhodes, b Fetherstonc Htlyshe, not out ...

St. C. Lucas

R. N. Johnston R. Tulloch

did not bat

C. S. Prest

Extras

148

Total (5 wickets) BOWLING ANA1. YS IS.

K I NG'S ~CHOOL.

o. 10 18 7 3 3 8

Prest

Tohnston Tulloch. Lucas " . Ryley

Cooper ... ST. LAWREN CE,

Gilham ."

Crow ... Fethcrstone Bowen , ..

KI NG'S

Husbands

7 2

SCH OOL

w. o

54 23 26 17 30

0 2 0 0 0

43 33 18 41 10

o 3 o

o o o 2

R. M. L. I., WALMER.

This match was played at Walmer on J une 13th and resulted in a. most creditable wi n for the School by 15 run s. The School batted first and after E. C. Green and Paris had been dismissed, H. E. Green and Durnford made a capital stand which realized 57, when Green was caught, with the score at 77 for a well played 43 Âˇ Durnford and Ryley furt her increased the score before D urnford was caught when only a si ngle short of his half century. Subsequently H uyshe played good cricket and was not out with 22 to his credit when the innings closed for 16 9. When the R.M.L.r. went in to bat, the first pair attempted some very short runs, till Col. Urmston was smartly run out by Durnford. A good stand was then made by Lieut. Stopford and Capt. Mercer, who took the score to 70 before the latter was bowled for 37. A good catch by Durnford got rid of Sergt. Sutcliffe, and a little

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later Lieut. Stopford was bowled for an excellent 5 J. After this Col Quill d C t Tukman made 25 and 18 respective ly, but after their dismissal littl~ resist~~ce ~~~ offered, and the School won a most exciting match b), 15 runs Of the b I P '. I . ow erswasans fiwas the mo st success fIt u J a k'mg t.uee WIckets for 18 ru ns. The• School fielding at rst only moderate, several catches being missed, but a great improvement ""1S seen t~wadr?s the en.d of .the innings, and it was largely to the general smartnes~ which nas Isplayed 111 thIS respect that our victory was due. KI NG'S H. E. Green, c T ukman, b Huxley E. C. Green, b Sutton ... R. C. Paris, b Sutcliffe... ... F . H. Dtirn ford, c T ukmnn, b Sutcli ffe G. N. Hyley, c ;\'l ercer, b Sutton ... F . C. Bovenschen, Ibw, b Sutcliffe O. F. f-Iuyshe, not out J. H.. Tulloch, b Sutton J. M. T uke, b SUllon .. . R. V. Johnston, b Sutcliffe G. S. Prest, b Sutcliffe Extras

SCHOOL.

43 12 I

49 12

o 2

TOlal ... I{.

M. L. 1.

Col. Urmston , run out ... Lieut. Siopford, b Ryley.. . .. Capt. ~Iercer, b Tulloch ... ... Sl.:rg. Sutc1iAe, c Durnford, b Tullock Capt. Tukman , c Bovenschen, b Paris ". .. . Col. Quill, run out .. . Major Goddard, b Paris ... Sergo r'Ii~k~llan, c Huyshe, b J ohnslon Capt. Plulhps, c Tulloch, b Paris .. . Pte. Huxley, JblV, b J ohnston .. . Pte. Sutton, not out Extras

51 37 I

IS 4 3 3

o 2

Total

154 BOWLING ANALYS IS

R. M. L. 1.

J. M. Tuke R . V. Tohnston J. R. Tulloch G. S. Prest G. N. Ryley R. C. Pari~

Tulloch b~'wled o~~· wide.

o. 6 15 15 4 2 8

a 3

23 34 43 18

a 2 2 0

0 a 2

4'4

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CANTUARIAN.

KI NG'S SCHOOL v. J. DEAN, ESQ.'S XI. This match was played on June 18th, and resulted in a win for the Scho<?i after a most exciting fini sh. Our opponents batted ,first and though there was no pa:tlcula~ly big score, their LOlal reached 194 for 8 wIckets when th,ey declared. 1 he c,hlef contributors were Clarke. who made 4<;1 by good play, and Hllton who scored 39. m a very short tim e. Besides these, Latter and Dean knocked up 23 and 24 respectlVcly. and th e innings was declared closed soo n after four o'clock. T ulloch. had the best bowling analysis with four wickets for 53 runs. There was about an hour and threequarters left for the School's innings, and runs were made freely . f:I. E. Green an d Paris both hit Qut, and made valuable scores of 30 and 45 respectively. Durnford subseq ue ntly mad e a good stand with Ryley, but wh en th e latter was bowled for a useful 23, there was less than a quarter of an hour left and 20 runs were still wanted, Durnford however rose to the occasion, and hitting out in splendid fashion made the winning hit a few minutes before time. 'W hen stumps were d.rawn t,he S~h?ol .had made 204 for eight wickets, Durnford bei ng not out with 77 to hIS crecht. I-l iS mmngs was a good exhibition of really hard hitting, and his score contai ned one six, an d three fives.

J. DEAN, ESQ.'S Xl. 1)r. Jo.'i aurice, c I-Iu),she, b Tulloch ... i\I. Hilton, c Johnston, b Cooper ... R. C. Ram!;ey, c Paris, b Tulloch ... J. W. Clarke, c Durnford, b Tulloch A. Lalter, c Paris, b I-I. E. Green J. Dean, st Huyshe, bJohnston ." G. E. Austen, c I-I. E. Green, b Tulloch Capt. Occleston, b H. E. Green C. E . Harris, not out ... .., ... Sandiford and Rev. R. G. Hodgson did not bat. Extras T otal (8 wickets)

... ... .,. " Innings declared closed. K [ NG'~ SCHOOL. H. E. Green, c Occleston, b Ramsey E. C. Green, b Ramsey ... R. C. Paris, c Harris, b Hilton L. R. Cooper. b Sand iford F, H, Durnford, not out O. F. Huyshe, b Maurice" G. N, Ryley, b Samliford ... .. F. C. Bovenschen, c Sandiford, b Hilton G. S, Prest, b Sandiford .. , ., .... J. R. Tulloch, not out R. v. J ohnston did not hat Extras Total (8 wickets)

)

39 4 49 23 24 5 6 ,8 21 *194

30 4 45 )

23 3

0 '3 .. 204

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CANTUARIAN.

BOWLl~c ANAI.\'SIS.

DEAN,

ESQ.'s

XI.

R. V. Johnston , II'{ 2 J. R. Tulloch 2 ') C. S. Prest o 3 R. C. Paris o 4 L. R. Cooper 5 II. E. Green 10 I Tulloch, Paris and Coope r bowled one wide each, and Paris one

\\'.

o o

",8 44

no-ball.

KI1'iC'S SCHOOl..

Sandiford R. C. Ramsey M. Hillon Dr. ~'lallriCC

'4 '4 6

o o

5 Ramsey bowlcd

KING'S

OIlC

68 73 32

\Y.

3 2

wide,

SCHOOL v. ST. LAWRENCE.

It may safely be said that this match was one of the most remarkable games played on the Beverley during the season . From the School 's point of view we made 283 against St. Lawrence with their full team in the field, which as far as we know is the highest score ever made by the School again st then.. And secondly from a general point of view two St. Lawrence batsmen succeeded in making 290 rtlns in a hour and forty minutes! Green wo n the toss and opened our innings with E . C. Gree n, Fielder and 'Wright being the opposing bowlers. E . C. Green was bowled by \Vri ght when the score was only '3. But with the arr ival of Paris a remarkable change came over the game. All the efforts of the best bowlers that St. Lawrence could produce failed to dislodge the batsmen, and by magn ificent batting they carried the score to Z18. At this point Green was bowled by Fielder for 83 . This innings was characterized by some really brilliant strokes. His cutting during the latter part was magnificent and most of his runs were scored along the ground. Cooper then came in and hel ped Paris to bring up the score to 231). Fielder then bowled Paris who had reached the grand total of 135. We cannot speak too high ly of Paris' innings. This is the second century he has made this year, and in merit it in no way was inferio r to th e first. Pa~is is a really brilliant bat, his off-drives being little short of first-class. In this splendid innings he had made a 5 and fourteen 4'S. After his dismi ssal, however, a remarkable change came over the game. Fielder wh o had changC'd ends on going on for a second time now began to bowl with great deadliness. So

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CANTUARIAN.

much so that wi th the exception. of Cooper, the rest of our batsman lamentably failed. \ ÂĽhen. the score had reached 283 fo r 9 wickets.-CoOpe;:T having mad e most of the run s in the last half-hour's play, and being finally not Qut 39---:-G.ree~1 declare~l aJ~d with less than two hours play left, St. Lawrence commenced theIr mnIngs, sendmg m thei r two best bats, Latter and \Vright. T hen followed a wonderful batti ng performan ce ; the two batsmen. com pletely collared the bowling and actually made 290 run~ in one hour and 40 mmutes, thus beating the School just before time. C,omment IS np,cdless ; ,we can, only con~ratulate the two batsman on their remarkable dIsplay, and condole wIth ourselves on ,1 rather unfortunate ending to a good start. 'rVe may also c~ng ra~l1late ourselves on our fi eldi ng which never flagged during the whole tIme. It IS notlcable that no less than 573 run s were scored in this match . KING'S

SCHOOL.

I I. E . Green. b Fielder E. C. Green, b Wright R. C. Paris, b Fielder L. R. Cooper, not out ... F. H. Durnford, b Fielder G. N. Ryley, b Wrigh t .. . O. F . Hu),she, b '''right .. . F. C. Bovensehen. lbw, b W right T. R. T ulloch, b Field er ... b. S. Prest, 1;. Fielder .. R. V. J ohnston did not bat Extras

9 135 39

o 2

o o I

o 14

.,.

T otal (9 wickets)

ST.

LAWRENCE. 17 1 107

E. C. Wright, not alit A. LaUer, not Ollt J. Dean C. E . H a rris G. Twyman Fielder P. God frey did not bat. Major Greville J. D. Blore G. A. Bacon G. E. V. Austen Extras

T otal (no

wicket~)

283

...

.. ' 290

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CANTUARIAN.

+17

BOWLING ANALYSIS. KI NG'S SCHOOl..

M. 3 2 1 0 0 0 0

O. 22'4

Fielder Wright Harris Bacon Godfrey Latter Dean ...

.,.

5 4 3

ST.

w. 5 4 0 0 0 0 0

20 14 31 Jl

LAWRENCE.

J olmston Tulloch Prest Paris ... II . E. Green

O. 19 9

6 8 2

KING'S

SCHOOL

0 0 0 0 0

59 66 47 27

,V. 0 0 0 0 0

lYLC.C.

This match was played at the St. Lawrence Ground on Jun e 25th. The l'\'LC.C. brought down a fairly strong team, incl uding such well-known players as Chatterton, Carlin, Martin, and Rey. Tayl or-Jones. The School batted first a nd made a di sastrous start, 4 wickets falling for I I nlll S; then a stand was made by Cooper and Hawkes which took the score to 42 befote the latter was caught at the wick~t for a well played 1 0. 'With the score at 50, Cooper was beaten by a ball from Martin, after having made a hard hit 25; and in spite of useful items by both Frcwer and Huyshe, the School were all dismissed for the poor total of 72, which by no means did justice to the batting strength of the side. Martin and Chatterton were bowling steadily, but they never should have obtained their wickets at the small cost they did. The whole team with the single exception of Cooper suffered from the knowledge that it was against the M.C.C. that they were playing. Hulton and Taylor-Jones opened the innings of the M.C.C., and they started none too well, as J ohnston bowled Taylor-Jones with a good ball with the score at 7. Mainly owing to the good fielding and catching of the School, fiye of Ou r opponents wickets were down for 86. At this point of the game it seemed possible that they would not score many morc than the century, as all their best bats were out. but some catches were then dropped which cost us dear, and allowed them to run up the sco re of 198 . Deane was their chief contributor with 33, which he made without giving

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an actual chance, but he was all at sea in his first few overs and never appeared to be really comfortable. Nothing could have been better. t han the ground fi elding of the School, but tfleir catchin g was faulty. and had tIllS been as good as then fieldmg, the l\1.C.C. would neve;r have made 1 50. 1St Innings. E. C. G reen, b Martin

KING'S

H. E. Green, b Martin R. C. Paris, lhw, h Chatterton L. R. Cooper, h Martin F. I-I. Durnford, b Martin F. R. H awkes, c Carlin, b Chatterton T. Frewer, not out ", O. F. H uyshe, b Martin . . . . . . T. R. Tulloch, 5t CaTlill , b Martin

2nd I nnings.

SCHOOL.

S. Prest, b Chatterton."

4 I 2S 2 10 12

...

not Ollt run o\\t

II 0

.. _

R. V. Johnston, cA. Deane, b Chatterton Extras ,_.

M.e.c.

AND

Extras

Total (I wicket)

T otal

GROUND.

9 6

C. H ulton, b f rest

... Rev, Taylor-J ones, b Johnston \"/. \ 1,,7. A. Deane, c H. E. G reen, Carlin, c Cooper, b ['nris ... IT. L aurie, not out T. Dean, b Cooper ... ~F. A. Buckingham, b J ohnston Shamogami, c and b Johnston A . L. Muggrirlge, Ibw, b J ohnston Chatterlon, b H. E. Green Martin, b Prest Ext ras

... 1> Prest

33 I

3 I

... .. ' .. .

5 ...

B OWLING ANALYSIS.

M.C.C.

...

16 18

." 198

Total

Tulloch Tohnston 'P aris Prest Cooper ... Hawkes I-I. E . G reen

AND GROUND.

18 4

21 47 17 39

14'2 IO

2 3 0 0

4 I

3 I 0

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4 19

KING'S SCHOOL v. ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL (Return). This match was played at St. Edmund's on Thursday, June 27th, and resulte d after a good game in a win for the School by 44 runs. Rudd won the toss an d elec ted to bat, sending in Johnson and Wallace to face th e bowling of Tulloch and Johnston. 'Vith only eight ru ns on the board Joh nso n was bowled by Johnston and 17 runs later Wallace lfas sent back by the same bowler. Bull joined Rudd and a good stand followed until the former was bowled by Paris for J 5, the stand having realized 48 runs. "Vith Eyre in, Rudd completed his fifty, and the fourth wicket fell with the score at 1 06. After lunch a collapse ensued . Rudd was eighth out, caught at slip for a very good innings of 64, which co ntained one four and nin e 3'5. No one else could do anything against the bowling of Johnston and Tulloch, and the innings closed at a quart~r to three for 13 9. J ohnsto n and Tulloch bot.h came out with an excellent analysis, the fo rmer taking five wickets for 35 runs and th e latter fo ur for 36. The School started bad ly losing H. E. Green, Paris and Cooper for only 23 run s, all three being bowled by Rudd who was keeping an excellen t length. The partnership of E . C. Green and Durnford however com pletely changed the aspect of the game, Gree n played a very good game, and we are very pleased to see that he has at last regained his for m of last year. Durnford played a good hard game being eventually caught in the deep field fo r a very useful 3 I. When H awkes came in 57 runs were still required to save the match, but so well did he bat that they were made without further loss despite several chan ges in the bowling. Both batsmen displayed the utmost confide nce and the score was taken to 144 before Green was bowled fo r an invaluable 59, in which were included two fours and eight threes. Hawkes, after batting patiently during a most critical period of the game was next out for 34 j his innings was all the more meritorious as this was only his second appearance for the School. No one else did anything worthy of notice and the in nings closed fo r 183 . The St. Edmund's School had three-quarters of an hour batting in th~ second innings and did badly losing seven wickets for 73 runs. H. E . Green came out with the very good analysis of six wickets for 26 run s. ST. C. R. J ohnson. h J oh nston G. P. Wallace, b J ohnston ... C. T . Rudd, c Tulloch, b Johnston O. B. Bull, b Paris ... . .. M. H. Eyre, c Paris, bTulloch .. . J. B. Lapsley, b Tulloch .. . E. A. Nuttall , b J ohnston N. V. Colltts, c I-I. E. Green, b Tulloch A. Mustard, not out ... L. W. Parry, b J ohnston .. . M. Fletcher, b Tulloch Extras : Byes, 4; no-balls, 6 Total ...

EDMUND'S SCHOO L. 7 c E. C. Green, b H. E. Green I4 c Paris, b H. E. Green 64

17 14

13 bE. C. Grcen ...

5 b H. E. Green...

.. . c Durnford, b H . E . G reen 6 not out ... . .. o b H. E. G reen ... o b I-J. E. Green. .. . .. 10 Extras: Byes, 8 ..

139

Total (7 wickets)

.. ,

o 2

15 9 o 8

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CANTUARIAN.

KING'S SCHOOL. E. C. Green . b Wallace

H. E. Green, b Rudd R. C. Paris, b Rudd

L. R. Cooper, b Rudd F . H. Durnford, c Lapsley, b Eyre". F . R. H awkes, b Eyre J. Frewer, not out

31 3' 6

O. F. Huyshc, b Eyre

R. Tulloch, b Flelcher ". R, V. J ohnston, b Fletcher G. S. Prest, b F letcher Extras: Byes, 32; no-balls.

7 0

... 1 83

T Olal BOWLING ANALYSI S. ST. EDMUND' S SCH OOL.

2nd Innings.

1St Innings. O.

R. V. J ohnston

J. R. Tulloch G. S. Prest R, C. Paris

H. E. Green

6 7

5 4 0 I 0

3S 36 23 14

.. ' 18 15"3

L . R. Cooper

R. V. J ohnston J. R. T ulloch H . E. Green .. ,

6'3

E. C. Green ...

3 I

L apsley

2 2

26 21

9 9

W. 0 0

KING'S SCHOOL.

Rudd .. . Eyre .. . Wallace F letcher

>I. 0 0

O. 10

I,12 ,7

M. 2

3 o o

3 3

6, 23 21 8

3 o

KI NG'S SCHOOL v. CAVALRY DEPOT . The result of this match, which was played on the Beverl ey on Tune 29th, left no doubt as to which was the better side, ending as it did in a victory (or the School by 264 runs. H . E. Green and E. C. Green opened the batting for th e School, but in the first over of the match the former was bowled by \\lolfe. Paris then joined E. C â&#x20AC;˘.Greel)., but with the score at 29 the latter was caught from a ball fro m Clark. But all Cooper joining Paris runs were scored freely, and it was not until they had raised the sco re to 145 that the former succumbed to Clark, having made 58 in his usual vigorous style. Durnford then came to the wicket, but when both seemed set, owing to a misunderstanding between th e batsmen, Paris was run out, having compiled his score of 03 without giving a chance. H awkes and Frewer then came but neither stayed long and the sixth wicket fell at 184. But the scoring commenced afresh when

THE

CA;\T UAR IAN.

4 21

Huyshe joi ned Durnford, and 34 runs were added before the latte r was caught and bowled by \~'ood, having made 58 in which his characteristic stroke played a leading par t. Tulloch then came but was bowled after making 1 2, and, Johnston having taken his place 61 runs were added when Huyshc was caught at mid-off. Johnston experienced no smCill amount of luck in making his 28, and ~with the score at 292 for nine wickets the innings was declared closed. The Ca. . alry Depot then com menced batting but experienced disaster fro m the ve ry first when Cockburn was Ollt Ibw. to Johnston. No resistance of any kind was made to th e deliveries of Joh nston and Tulloch and th e innings closed [or 28, J oh nston tak ing six wi ckets for , 6 runs and Tulloch fo ur for 1 1. In thei r second innings they fared somewhat better, but were still far from at home with the bo wling, with the exception of Cockburn who hit free ly an d had com piled S2 when stumps we re drawn, the sCQre stand ing at 106 for five wickets. KING'S SC HOOL.

E. C. G reen, c Wolfe, b Clark II. E. Green, b \Volfe J{. C. Paris, ntn out L. R. Cooper, b Clark F. H. Durnford, c a nd b Wood F. R. Hawkes, b Wolfe J. Frewer, b Wolfe ... ... O. F. I-Iuyshe, c Saunders, b Sulton J. R. Tulloch, b Saunders ... R. V. Tohnston, not out G. S. Pre~t , did not hat

26 o 63 58 58 5 o

38 12 28

Extrns

Total (9 wickets) ... â&#x20AC;˘ Innings declared closed. 1st Innings. CAVALRY Pte. Wolfe, b J ohnston.. . ... 2 Lieut. Cockburn, low b Johnston o ... Lieut. Sutton , b Tulloch 6 Lieut. Wood, c Paris, b J oh nslon 3 Major Matthews, b T ulloch 4 Capt. Occleston, b J ohnston o Pte. Bean, not out 10 Lieut. Saunders, b Tulloch ... o Lieut. Lawson, c E. C. Green, b T ulloch I Corpl. Clark, c and b Johnston o Pte. Dodds, c Cooper, b Johnston Extras: T otal

DErCn.

2nd Innings.

not ou t not out c and b Coopcr

b H . E. G reen c antI b T ulloch

16 5

r un out.

b Johnston Extras:

T otal (5 wickets) ...

4 10

15 106

THE

4 22

CANTUARIAN .

BOWLING A NALYS IS. CAVAl.RY DEI,aT.

1st Innings. o. M,

Johnston ,-, T\llloch , ..

2nd Inniogs. It,

w. 6 4

J ohnston Tulloch I-I. E. Green Cooper Prest

...

3 3

0 0

0•

-7 23 >0

Tulloch bowlc(l n no-ball.

KING'S SCHOOL v.

H IGHGATE SCHOOL.

This match was played on the Beverley, on July 2nd, but was frequently interrupted by rain. This was, in a greater degree, the fatc of the match, last year when the Eleven, after journeying to Highgate, were only able to obtaIn threequarters of an hour's play. The School won th~ toss, and H . E. Green and E. C. Green went in first. The start was unfortunate, as m the seco nd over ,H ,,~ ' Green was bowled without having scored. With one wicket down. f?T 5, Pans J01ned Green, but was bowled by Kirke when he had only made 8. 'Wlth the score at 19 Cooper joi ned Green and a useful stand was maintained. 'When the total stoo~ at 64 Green was cau!)'ht after having contributed a useful 24. Durnford took hIS place, and Cooper :nd Durnford with some hard hitti ng brought the total up to 126, when Cooper was unfortunately run out for a well- p~ayed and useful 60. H awkes, who followed, was dismissed for nil, only one run beIllg ad ded to the score. By ca reful playing Ryley helped to bring the score to 153. when Durnford was caught for 4 2 • Huyshe failed to score and a few balls later Ryley succumbed to Knollys. Tulloch and Johnston, by some good hitting, .increased th e .score to ' 9b, whe.n the innings was declared closed, the School ma~lI1g 196 for 8 wIckets . Af~e r an ll1~e r vening shower, Highgate ~ro~eeded to bat wIth only an h~:a~r before tnne. Klrke and Robinson opened the Innmgs, but at the seco nd. ball Ktrke was bowled, the first wicket thus going down [or I . IVJ:aclure succeede~ lum, an.d the two batsmen brought the total up to 76, when Robin son was caught In the slIps and play ceased. The score for two \\ ickcls was 76 .

THE

CANTUARIA N.

42.1

K ING'S SC HOOL. E. C. Green , c Eld ridge, b Maxwell H . E. Green, b Kirk e... ... R. C. Paris, b Kirke ... L. R. Cooper, run out ... ... F. H. Durnford, c Eldridge, b Knoll)'s F. R. H awkes, c Robertson, b Knollys G. N. Ryley, b Knollys ... O. F. Huyshe, c Robertson, h Knollys ." J . R. Tulloch, not out... R. V. J ohnston , not out .. G. S. Prest, did not oat. Extras:

24 0

8 60

42 0

13 0

'4 '9

T otal.

'96 HI GH GATE

SC HOOL.

H. A. Kirke, 0 Johnston ... A. F. Robinson, c T ulloch, b J ohnston H. S. Maclure, not out ... .. . ... ... ... Robertson, Walker, Quigley, Eld ridge, Knoll),S,} I'd t b t Maxwell , Daniels, Gisdell , (L no a. Extras: ...

Total ...

KING'S SCHOOL v.

FELSTED

SC HOOL.

The above match \\Âˇas played at Felsted on July 5th an d 6th, and resulted in an easy win for our opponents by I 12 runs. Th e School won the toss, and at half-past two Ryley and E. C. Gree n opened the batti ng on a fast wicket. The start was not favourabl~, as in the first over from \Viltshi re, Ryley was given nut lbw., and the first wicket was down for 2 ruil S. Paris then came, and with E. C. Green added 62 run s befo re the latter was bowled by Prior for 3 I. Cooper took his place but was never at home wi th the bowling, and after giving three chances was fina.!ly bowled by Vviltshire for 1 0. Then followeu Durnford an d H. E. Green, but both left after makin g 12 and 10 respec tively, and Hawkes came to the wicket. All th is ti me Paris had been pl~yi.ng .sound c ric~et , and his ,sco~e h~d reached q6,before he was bowled by Prior. HI S IllIll1l.gS compn si;ct fiftee n 4 s, SIX 3 s and three 2 s. The othe rs made very little show of resistance to the bowling of Prior; Hu},she, Hawkes, Prest and Tulloc h were out. in quick succession for the acldition of q rU llS, t he innings ciosll1g' with the total at 1 8 1 . Prior had the best analysis, whose 7 wickets were secured at the cost of 37 run s. At a quarter past n\'e our opponents commenced their innings with Hawkes and

THE

CANTUARIAN.

Douglas. But the batsmen worc cautious and consequently the scori ng was ex ceedingly slow, only 18 run s being sco red during the first , 8 overs. \'Vhen the score had reached 58, Douglas sen t a hard chance to Tulloch who, however, was able to hold the ball. The day' s play then closed at half-past six. A start was made at 1 0 . 30 on Saturday, ' Viltshire takin g the place of Douglas. but only J r run s were add ed before Hawkes was caught off a ball from Johnston. Preston followp.d, an d our total was passed befo re the fourth wicket had fall en. On Preston being run out, owing to a brilliant piece of fie lding by Tulloch, Prior an d Bird followed, and each such succeeded in adding their share of the runs. H awkes was then put on to bo\vl, and Wiltshire a llowed himself to be bowled by his first slow, straight ball. I-lis magnificent innings of 149, was remarkable for his hard hittin g, and he sco red no less than twenty-five 4'S and one b, neve r giving a vestige of a chance. Then fo llowed a strange collapse. Ashcroft, as the ne wspapers put it, " sta rted the rot" by spooning up a tame catch to H awkes. The others seemed to imagine that there was vast cu nning behind the delive ries of thi s bowle r, and apparen tly mad e allowances for it, for they were afraid to hit and their wi ckets fell as th e result of most tame strokes, four wickets falling for the additio n of 5 runs. The last wi cket put on 14 run s and the innings closed for 293. Hawkes' 5 wickets cost him 23 ru ns. The second innings of .the School could in no way alter the result of th e match, anri was comm enced after lunch by H . E . Green and Prest. These two added 95 runs when Dougl as commenced to bowl lobs and Prest's wi cket fell. T he batsmen seemed unab le to cope with this bowler, and D urn ford, Cooper, and lastly Green were compelled to leave. Green's score of 73 Âˇwas compiled without a chance, and he scored quickly. Stumps were drawn with the score at J51 for 6 wickets. Douglas, with his lobs, took five wickets fo r 54 runs. KI NG'S SCHOOL. I nnings. G. N. Ryle)', lbw, b Wilt shire E. C. G reen, b Prior R. C. Parig, b Prior L. R. Cooper, b Wiltsh ire F. H. Durn fo rd, c Beaum')n l, b Ashcroft H. E . Green, b })rior F. R. H awkes, b Prior ... .. . O. F. Hu}'she, c Ashcroft , b Prior H. G. Prest', b Prior J. R. Tulloch, b Prior R. V. J ohnston, nOlout Extras ...

2nd Innings.

I Sl

Total

o c Douglas, b Prior 31 96 10

12 10

C and b Douglas b Douglas c P rior, b Douglas not out ...

o 9

73 10

o c Ashcrofl, b Douglas .. ,

2 I

14 ... lS I

c Wiltshire, b Douglas Extras Total (6 wickets)

'7 , .. 15 1

THE

CANTUAR IAN.

FELST ED SC HOOL.

J. H . Douglas, c and () Tulloch w. B. I·fawkes, c 1-1. E. Green

... . .. b J ohnston F. H. Wiltshire, b Haw kes ' R. S. Preston, run oul .. . ... .. C. P. Prior, b H. E. Green P. A. Bird, c H. E. Green, b I·l n~~·k es J. M. Ashcroft, c and b Haw kes ... H. F. Ueaumont. c Paris, b Prest G. Stoddart. Sl. i-l uyshe, b I-JawkJs I~. K. Wi nter, c Ryley, b H aw kes J.... D . Clayton, not OUl .. . . .. Extms

26 27 149 21 19 18 o

"o I

'5 T otal ...

293 BoWLING A ",AL\·S IS.

FELSl'lm

S CH OOL.

R. V. J ohnston J . R. T ulloch G. H. Prest n. C. Paris H. E. Green E. C. Green L. R. Cooper F. R. Ha wkes F. H. Durn ford G. N. Ryley

24 22 9·2

7 4 4 2

48 46 26 26

I I I

0 0 0

8 2 3 6 2

2 0 0

J. R.

12 23 22 13 8

Tulloch bowled 8 no.ba lls.

KING 'S SC HOOL

DOVER

COLLEGE.

0 I

0 0

5 0 0

TI·IE

CANTUARIAN.

Green, with his customary good fortnne, won the toss and wi sely ele.cted to bat on a \\>icket emm.ently favourable for run-getting. He and E . C. Gree n opened the innings facing the bowling of Digby and IVlunns. Both soon played themselves in, and for over an hour gave the spectators a magnifi cent batting display. So complete a mastery did they obtain over the bowling that they actually put on I +9 for the first wicket. At this point E. C. Green w'!s bowled, having made 53. Although his scoring was m.uch slower than that of his partntT, his innings was an exceedingly good one. His hits were clean and along the ground and he gave no chance. The next wicket fell artcr twenty morc runs had been scored, H. E. Green being caught by Digby ofT an awkward ball that got up. He had terribly hard luck in not o.btaining his century. As it was he had made 99 in brilliant style, in whi ch were mcluded a 6 and se ven 4'5. His rate of scoring was ext raordinary fast, and his hitting characterized by several brilliant cuts. This innings, in which he did not give a single chance, was undoubtedly the finest he has played in this season . Paris and Coope r then played out time till luncheon; Cooper sll ccllm bing to a good catch at square leg just before the bell rang. He had knocked up a useful 20 in his usual vigorous style. On resuming a fter the inte rval, Paris and Durnford carried th e score to 212. Paris was out lbw for 18, and soon after Durnford was caught at th e wicket for the same number of runs. At this part of the game the scoring was much slowe r, Ryley and Hawkes playing an exceedingly steady game. However, Ryley was afterwards run out for 29, for whi~h he had played well and steadily. John ston then arrived and hit up 2 I not out in an extraordinarily short time. 'Vith practice J ohnston should make a good bat, as he combines several good strokes with his sweeping hits. When the score reach ed 295 for 9 wickets, Green. declared the innings closed. At quarter to four Dover College commenced their innings rather disastrously, Thomas being out in the fourth over when only 2 was on the board. However, l\1'unns and Pyman improved matte rs and carried th e score · to 36. ' ¥hen Pyman was caught and bowled by H. E. Green, and the score stood at 57 for 3 wicke ts, things looked rather favourable for the School. But Digby and Marley made a good stand and carried the score to 1 1 0. O ur opponents now played extremely carefully for a draw, as there was no chance of winning. H oweve r, H. E. Green and Hawkes bowled slows with remarkabl e success, and managed to dismiss Dover a minute after six for 173. The last half-hour of the game, however, was intensely exciting owing to the careful play of Dagnall who was finally not out for a good 30, Besides th e bowling of Green and Hawkes, our victory was due, in no small measure. to our fielding. Although several catches were dropped, some good ones were caught, notably by Cooper and Huyshe ; and the general ground fielding was all that could be desired . Ryley, who di smissed one man e:-.:-tremely smartly, by a good throw-in, was specially noticeable. Green ended up with an analysis of 5 for 46.

THE

CANTUAR IAN.

42 7

KING'S SCHOOL. H. E . Green, c Digb}" b Munns ... . .. E. C. Green, b Digby... ... R. C. Paris, Ibw, b Harrison L. R. Cooper, c Rawes, b HDrrison F . H. Durnford , c Alderson, b Munns F. R. Hawkes, c Pyman, b Thomas H. G. Prest, b Munns ... . .. G. N. Rrley, run out .. O. F. Huyshe, did not bat. J. H.. Tull och, b l\Â·[arley ... R. V. J ohnston, not ou c .. Extras

99 53 1~

20 ,8 IS

0 29 0 2' 22

Total (9 wickets) .

295

DOVER

COLLEGE.

G. L. IJyman , c and b H. E. Green M. L. Thomas, c Prest, b Tulloch E. G. 1\'h ums, b H. E. Gleen ... .. W. E. S. Digby, c HuYshe, b H. E. Green F. R. i\ larley, c Cooper, b Hawkes ... P. L. Rawes, c Tohnston, h H. E. Green H. G. Harrison , b H awkes H. G. ~..luncl y, run out .. . R. Bagnall, not ou t .. . G. Rawes, b H . E. Green ... A. E. Ald erson, c Cooper, b Hawkes Ex tras ... . ..

25 0 '9 45 30 4 14 0 30 I

Total ...

173 BOWLIKC ANALYSI S. KING 'S S CHOOL.

Digby IVtunns H arrison Thomas ..

o. 19 27 19 6

i\f .

32 105 48 32

o. 16 8 6 9 16 2 3

w. I

3 2 I

DOVER COLI. EGE.

H.. V. John ston J. L. Tulloch 1 [. G. Prest F. R. Hawkes H. E. Green R. C. Paris L. R. Cooper

I I

2 0 2

26 23 46 II

w. 0 0 3 5 0 0

THE KING'S

SCHOOL

CANTUARIAN . v.

MERCHANT

TAYLORS.

The result of this match, which was played at Bellingham on July 13th, was disappointing. and one has to look about for an excuse for the poor batting display given by the School. Perhaps the wicket will furnish this, for it was certainly slow and uneven, and quite unlike the wickets we are accustomed to use on the Beverley. But if this will furnish no excuse, then nothing more can be said. O Uf opponents wo n the toss and Raphael and Dennis com menced their batting. But neither stayed long. as Dennis was bowled at 25 and Raphael caught at the wicket at 44. Then Perks and Trick got togeth er and the score had reached I 14 before the form er was brilliantly caught at square-leg by H. E. Green. Trick was out Ibw to Johnstan in this bowler's next over, and Draper and Anderton were now together. The former at first seemed unable to seltl e down, and gave .. two chances before he had com menced to score, which were un fortunately not taken. Anderton soon left, as did also Robinson who had taken his place, and when six wickets were down for 13+ matters looked hopeful. But Elderton and Draper carried the score to 165 before the fa nner was bowled for 2 1. On Cockell coming to the wicket runs came freely, a nd the total had reached 21 I when the innings was declared closed . J ohnston seemed the only dangerous bowler, and his 6 wickets cost him 80 runs. The School experienced disaster from the very commencement of th eir innings, and the two Greens, Paris, and Hawkes were di spos'ed of for the miserable total of ni ne runs. Cooper and Durnford increased the score by J 5 when the former was caugh t in the long field, and Durnford was caught at the wicket soon afterwards. The remainder of th e team fared a little better, but n o one seemed capable of staying long, and the innings closed for 73 . Draper took 6 wickets for 36 runs, and Raphae l + for 31, If the fielding of our opponents had been what it ought to have been, our total would barely have reached 40. A second innings was com menced and H . E . Green and Paris scored 59 for the first wicket. MERCHANT

.T.

E. Raphael, e H uyshe, b JohnslOn T. Demus, b John ston ... . .. K. Perks, c H . E. Green, h Johnston S. A. Trick, lbw, h J ohnston . F. \\'. ~1. Draper, not out W. L. Anderton, c Tulloch, b J ohnston A. J. J{obill son , st. Huyshe, b Hawkes 1-1. B. b: lderlon, b Johnston F. H. Cockell, not Ollt ".

PC'. IV'". WV.~st:bY' h }did not hat. lin us , Extras T otal (7 wickets)

TAYLORS SC HOOL .

19 12 30

36 41 2

21 22

20 211

TH E

1st I nnings.

CANTUARIAN.

KING'S SCHOOL.

H. E. Green, c Dennis, b Raphael K C. Green, c Elderton, b Draper R. C. Paris, c Raphael, IJ Draper L. R. Cooper, c Trick, b Draper .. . F. R. H awkes, c Elderton, b Draper .. . F. H. Durnford, c E lderton, b Raphael .. . G. N. Ryley, c Elderton, b Raphael R. V. Johnston, b Raphael ... O. F. H u),she, not out ... . .. J. R. Tulloch, c Raphael, b Draper G. S. Prest , b Draper ... ... Ext ras

4 4

2nd Innings.

c Dennis, b Drape r

o not out ...

14 o II

...

Total

13 3 2

Extras

Total ( I wicket)

BOWI.ING AN I\I.YSIS. i\iERCIIAN'f

Johnston .. Tulloch ... P rest Paris I-I. E. Green H awkes ...

T /\VLORS.

:>'1 .

31 7

3 2 0

R. 80

14 12 19 17

0 0 0 0

SCHOOL NEWS. F . H. Durnford has been elected to th e Parker Exhibitio n at Corpus Chri sti College, Cambridge. We congratulate the following on r-eceiving thei r Cricket Colours: after the $econd C.O.S. Match .-I st XI., R. V.

J ohnston, J. R. Tulloc h; 2nd XI., O. F. Huyshe, F. R. Hawkes, \,y. S. Lucas, H. J. Prest, D. K. Anderson. Arter the Merchant Taylors Match :-Jst XL. F. R. Hawkes, O. F. Huyshe, G. N. Ryl ey ; 2nd XI., P. N. Dallon, R. D. Vleston, R. H . Hitchcock, E . P. Richardson.

4 30

THE

CANTUARIAN.

The Whi ff Races were held o n July 12th an d ! 3th, and resulted in a win fo r T. A. I zard. wh o in th e final heat scull ed th e co urse in 3! mi n.

On Monday, Tuly 15th ,t he competitio n for Thro win g th e Cri cket Ball was held. It was wo n by H . E . Gree n with a t hrow of 86 yds. 2 ft. 6 in., R . C. Paris be ing second.

On Tuesday, June 8th, the School played Highgate School, but th e match was inte rrupted by rain and end ed in a d raw, th e Sc hool sco rin g 196 fo r 8 wickets whil e Hig hgate res ponded wi th 76 fo r 2 wickets.

The Swimm ing Races were held on Friday, July 19th wit h the foll owi ng results :Open Swimming Race, 150 yd s. ; 1St. G. H. Mansfield, mel, R. V. Joh nston. Under 15 Swimmin g R ace, 80 yeis." 1St, L. G. Gardn er, 2nd, B. Hunt. D iving Competitio n; 1St, T. A. Izard . Under 16 Swimming Race, 100 yds. ; 1St, G. H. Mansfi eld, 2nd, ){. V.Johnston. Race in Flann els. 50 yds.; P . S. Nairn.

On Thu rsday. June 27th , th e School beat the e.O. S. in the return match by 4 4 ru ns . O n Saturday, Ju! y 6th. the Sc hool were defeated by F elsted Sc hool by I 12 runs. On Tuesday, July 9th. the School met Dove r College. Batting first they co mpiled 295 . to which D o ver .replied with 17 3.

On Saturday, July 13th, the School were easily defeated by rvlcrchant Taylo r'S School.

On Thu rsday, July 25th, th e Boat Cl ub enjoyed the ir a nnua l picnic, a nd were glad to welcome in the excursion Miss Thornton and lVIiss lVI. Thornton. Startin g frotn F ordwi ch the pa rty rowed leisurely to a spot a bout half a mile below th e village, where, under their wonted cl ump of t rees, they enjoyed an excellent tea. The weather though at o ne time threatening. turned out eventually fine, and th e hearty thanks of the Club are due to Mr. Bell fo r a most enjoyable afternoon.

TH E

CANT UARIAN.

SECOND XI.

KI NG'S

SCHOOL 2nd X I.

43 '

CRICKET.

E DMUND'S

SCHOOL 2nd XI.

Th is matc h was played on the Boverley on J une 1st, a nd resulted in an easy win fo r the School. T he S.E.S. wo n the toss a nd went in. but with 9 runs on the boa rd Coutts was caught by Frewer. H arris th en joi ned J a mes a nd the pair increased the sco re to 29 before th e latter was joined by lrcmonger, wh o had go ne o n in the place of H olland. The rest o r the side completely railed before th e bo wl ing or Tu ke and Iremonge r and were a ll out fo r 48. T uke's a nalysis read 5 wickets fo r 2 I ru ns an d Iremonger's 4 for 2 1. The sta rt of ou r inni ngs was none too a uspicio us, H awkes being caught with the total at 14 ; Ryley. however, on joining F re we r brought the total up to 47, both batsmen playing steady cricket. lremonger, Huyshe and Prest a ll made a fe w. but o n Tuke and D alto n becomi ng associated the ti red bowli ng was completely mastered both scoring vc ry fast; Tuke was run out for 38, and Da lton stum ped fo r 5j . H olland afterwards hi t hard fo r 3 1. The tota l reached 25 3. ST. EDMUND'S SC HOOL. 1St

Innings.

T. S. J ames, b Iremonger ... N. V. Coutts, c Frewer, b T uke A. M . I-Ianis, h T ukc .. . . .. E. A. Nutta ll , c T uke, b Ircmongcr E. M. Swift, c Hawkes, b T uke W. R. T horne, b T uke ... J. Crick, c Da lton . h T uke ... H . R. i\f organ, run Ollt.. . . .â&#x20AC;˘ .-\. S. Athornt:, c and b Irel1longer T. C. WiIIiH ms. n OI out ...

T. E . Holderness, b I n;monger . .. Ext ras : Byes, 2 ; legÂˇbyes, 2 T otal

2nd I nnings. IS 4

h H itchcock

b R yley ...

15 c Frewer, b Ryl ey

...

o St Anderson , b Dalton ...

did nOI Oat.

T otal

THE

43 2

CANTUARIAN.

KING'S

SC HOOL. 2

F. R. H awkes, c Thorn e, h I farris J. Frewcr, b H olderness ". G. N. Ryley, b Holderness .. A. R. Ircmongcr, b Morgan O. F. Hu),shc, c Nuttall , b Holderness H. J. Prest, h I-Inrris J. M. Tukc, nm out ... P. N. Dalton, sl Crick, b Nuttall D. K . Anderson , b Athorne H. A. H olland, not out .. . R. 1-1. B itchcock, c Athorne, b Coutts

27 7 12 II

3' 12

E xt ra s

253

Total BOWUl'\G A:-;AI,VSIS.

KI 1\:G 's SCllom..

o. 12 21 16 4 6 7 6 2

Athornc

Harris Holderness Williams ~ l organ

Coutts ~'\,"eg

lultall

ST. 'fuke ". H olland Iremonger

43 66 36

2 3

4 22 24 8

5 2 3 2 I

E DMUN D'S SCHOOl â&#x20AC;˘.

15 8 6

21 12

o .

KING'S SCHOOL 2nd XI. v. HARBLEDOWN C.C. Played on Blore's Piece on June 6th . The School batted first, but with th e exception of Frewer, Tukc, Prest an? Hitchcock no one reached ?ouhle fig~res, the total being 103. Frewcr who went In first played very well for 111 5 runs bCll1g fifth out for 24. For Harbledown, Hilton had the best bowling analysis with four wickets for 25, Scrivenor takin g 4 wickets also ~or 50. The innings of our opponents. was. ope ned by Hil ton and Saddleton, run s commg ve ry freely from th e first . .The pair rmsed th score to 53 before Saddleton was bowled for a well-played I7; afterward s, however, i'fo one except Hilton offered much resistance to our bowling, Hilton being out sixth

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for a hard hit 46. The side were eventually out for I 15, 'extras ' scoring the large 22, an~ H arh.ledown thus won by 12 run s. Tuke who bowled th roughout the m.nIngs took eight wickets for 53. a.nd. Prest, who went on at the close, took two wickets for one run. In th e second InnIngs the School scored 49 for 3 wickets before stumps were drawn . ~ot~l of

KI NG 'S I nni ngs. Frewer, Ibw b Hilt on j;o. R. Hawkes, h H ilton ... E. R. P. Berryman, b Hil ton D . K. Anderson, b Scrj\'enor r . N. Dalton , h Burley, b Scrivenor E. P. Richardson, run out ... J. M. T uke, II Hilton ... A. R. Iremonger, b Scrivcnor H . J. Prest, b Hearn . }-1. A. Holland, b Scrivenor R. H. Hi tchcock, not out Extras: byes, 9; leg-byes, 4; wide, ,

SC II OO L.

1St

Tota. l

...

Ibw b \ÂˇVallace

2nd I nnings.

I 1

not out not Ollt

9 2

5 14

12 h Wallace 7 14 h Wallace ." ... 14 Extras : byes, 7; wide, I

103

T ota l

17 8

U wickets} ...

...

lIARBL EDOWN . A. 1\1. Hilton, b Tuke E. Saddlelon, b T uke F. Wallace; Ibw b Prest F. Shimeld, b Tuke H. Cornwall, b Tuke ." F. Scrivenor, c Dalton, b Tuke R. Perry, b Tuke H . Hearn, b Tuke ... C. David, c Berryman, b T uke E . I-I ughes, b Prest F. Burley, not out Extras : byes, 21 ; wide, 1

46 17 6 3

o o 6

8 I

Total

." 115 nOWLl~G ANA I.VS IS. K ING'S SC HOOL.

1St

Hi lton Scriven or Wallace H earn

Innings.

2nd Innings.

o. 15 '4

lI .

25 50 9

4 4

Wallace Saddleton ... Cornwall

...

I 0 0

14 10 14

3 3

THE

43 4

CANTUARIAN.

HARBLgOOW N,

T ukc Holland Iremongcr Hitchcock

0 0 0 2

3 2 2'3

Prest

KI NG'S SCHOOL 2nd XI.

8 8

ST. AUGUSTI NE'S COLLEGE.

Played on Blore's Piece, June 25th. St. Augustine's winnin g the toss, opened their innings with Fisher and Oseroft at the wicket. Oseroft made 10 runs off Tukc's first over. \oVith his second ball Lucas took Fisher's wicket. Oseroft was then joined by Ford who succumbed to Tukc, as did also \Vesto n who next came to bat. Osero ft was th en out lbw to Lucas, after having been joil)ccl by Goddard. Lindridge was dismissed by Lucas' next ball. Lindridge, Boys, Severn, and Brinton all fail ed to score ; but Hine and Goddard made a determined stand so that although 8 wickets werc down for 23 fUll S at the fall of the 9th wic!"et th e score stood at 49. T he innings finally terminating for .) 6. The bowling of Lucas and Tuke was worthy of notice, Lucas ta kin g 5 for 2 2 , Tuke 5 for 26. But for the fact that he had 10 scored off him. in his first ovel, Tu ke would haye shown a remarkably good average. Throughout Lucas was less erratic, an d his slow bowling met with well deserved success . H. J. Prest and P. N. Dalto n opened the innings for the School. H owever Dalton was dismissed without scoring, and one wicket falling lor no runs, Berrym an, and Tuke followed in quick succession but with Prest, were dismissed without addi ng more than tw o to the sco re. Thus 4 wickets we re town for 6 ru ns. Bovenschen and Richard son made a stand, bringing the sc:ore from 6 to 39 before Bovenschen's wicket fell to Brinton. Anderson wh o now joined Richardson played with vigour, scored his 'S run s in a very few minutes. Gardner failed to score, whi le being out to Olle of Brinton's yo rkers. Ri chardson was soo n bowled by Brinton, his J 8 was useful. but he experienced grcaL luck during his innings. On one occasion he played a ball from Oscroft on to his wicket, but the bail refu sed to move. The innings finall y terminated for 74. In their second venture th e St. Augustine's College did better, scori ng I 13 for the iOSR of 9 wickets; Oscroft making 66 and Ford J 4 being next. T ime preve nted fmthc;r play, leaving the Kin g's School victorious by J 8 run s.

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CANTUARIAN .

435

AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE.

1St I nn ings. B. H . F isher, b Lucas ... L. E. Oscroft, Ibw, b Lucas E. B. Ford, b T uke C. W . Weston, b Tuke ... ... . .. W. H. W. Goddard, cOalton, b Lucns S. E. Linc1ri(lge, c Bovcnschcl1 , b Lucas G. Boys, c Richardson, b Tuke F. Severn , b Lucns ... . .. J. Brinton, c Berryman, b Tuke O. C. I-lin ~ , b Tuk e ... ... G. Harrington, not out Extra!>

2nd Innings.

o b L ucas

6 66

not out . . .. 7 c Anderson, b Tuke ... o not out ... I6 c Dalton, b Tuke o run Ollt. .. o run out.. . o b Tuke o c Anderson , b Lucas ... 15 c Anderson, b T uke ... o b Tuke ~ Extras .. . 10

Total ...

o 2

o 4

o o o o 21

Tota l (9 wickets)

11 3

KING 'S SC HOU L. l-I. J. P. N. E. R. J. M. F . C.

Prest, b Oscro(t .. . Dalton, b Brinton Berryman, h Brinton T uke, b Oscroft... ... Bovenschen , c Goddard, b Brinton E. P. Richardson , b Brinton ... D . ]{. Anderson, c I'ri ne, b Brinton L. G. Gardner, b Brin ton ... R. H. H itchcock, c and b Fisher. .. \Y. St. C. Lucas, u Brinton H. A. H olland, nOI out ... Extras

o 2

o 9

18 15 o 7 I

Total : ..

74 BOWLING A NAl.YS IS.

1st I nnings. Tuke L ucas

ST . ~\ UGUS'f I NE'S CO LI.EGE. O.

i\I.

6' 1 6

2nd I nnings.

w. 5

o. 9

Tuk e Lucas Hitchcock.

6 3

KING'S SC IIOOL.

Oscro(l Brinton Fisher

O. II 12

1'4

;-."

3 2

43 29

18 29 6

w 5

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KI NG'S SCHOOL 2nd

CANTUARIAN.

XL v.

ST. E DMUND'S SCHOOL 2nd XI.

This match was played at Blare's Pi~ce. on June 27th, al~d resulted in a ,win ,for the School by 61 run s. King's School wlIll1lng the toss went In fi rst and after losmg the first wicket for 2 1 runs, seemed likely to fare somewhat badly! Berryman, Tuke, and Itichardson being dismissed for single figures. But on th e arnval, of Bovenschen alrairs began to assume a livelier aspect. Prest was bowled aftc! maklllg a useful an? carefully played ' 4. Anderso n joined Bovenschen and the paIr scored freely, untll the latte r was bowled by Morgan. Hitchcock a nd An.der~on stayed toge th er for some tim e, together adding 38. The side was c,:cntually dls~l ssed for 120. St. Ed mund's going in fared badly, losmg vVa~ton Il1 the .first over. James was joined by Swift a nd offered a somewhat lengthy reslstance. ' Ytl lan played well for J 6. Th e re st of the side collapsed before the exceJlent bowling of Pre~t, who took four \vi ckets for no runs. The last five wickets only added seven runs. Score and Analysis : KIN G'S SC HOO L. H. J. Prest, b Athorne ... P. N. Datton, bÂˇAthorne... . .. E. R. Berryman, c Holderness, b Athorne J. 1\-[. Tuke, b H arris ... F. c:. Bo"enschen, b Morgan E. P. Richardson, b Morgan D. K . Anderson, b Williams ... R. D. ''''eston, c Holderness, b Morgan R. H. Hitchcock , c Morgan, b Williams W. St. C. Lucas, not out. .. W. R. Poynton, b Williams Extras ...

14 IO

4 2

16 I

16 10

21 120

ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL. S. James, c Tu ke, b Poynton L. \~ra tt oll, b Tuke ... M. Swift, h Poynton ... M. I-Iarris, c Anderson, b Poynton A. R. Witlan, b Prest .. . W. R. T. Thorne, b Prest A. S. Athorne, h Lucas C. H. E. Smith, Ibw, b Prest H . R Morgan, b Prest ... T. C. L. Williams, not out ... J. E. Holderness, c RichardlOn, b Lucas Extras ... T. S. E. A.

8 o 9 2

5 4

o o o

15 59

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437

BOWLING ANALYSIS. KING 'S SCHOOL. O.

Harris ... Athorne .. , Mor~an ... Williams

8 II

S ST.

21 12

3 3 3

w. 3

9 23 12

"'3.

EDMUND'S SC HOO1..

Tuke

7 8

Poynton Lucas ... Prest

KING'S SCHOOL

M. 2 3

5 3

2nd XI. v, DOVER

COLLEGE

2 4

2nd XI.

Played at Dover on Tuesday, July 9th. We won the toss and elected to bat first, sending in Dalton and Frewer to face the bowling of Bowker and Hartopp. The start was disastrous, Frewer being bowled with the total at four, and matters did not improve much until Dalton and Bovenschen got together, then run s came fast, the pair raising the score from 56 to 91 before being separated, when Bovcnschen was bowled by Bowker for 25, his innings, however, being somewhat marred by two seemingly easy chances. Soon after Dalton also was bowled for an extremely useful 39. after being at the wicket over an hour without giving any chances. V/ickets then fell in quick succession until Weston and Lucas got together, wh en the longest stand of the day was made, the pair adding 45 for the last wicket, Lucas being bowled for 17 and Weston being not out for a very hard-hit 26. Our opponents made a very bad start, three wickets being down for I I , but Cowley and Branson added 25 for the rourth wicket, and Branson and Knollys 27 for the fifth wicket, Afte r the loss of Branson, howe ver, the side fell to pieces. th eir tota l reaching 98, and the School were thus left victorious by 49 runs. Bowker was the most successful bowler for Dover College, taking six wickets for 40 runs; for us Prest obtained 7 wickets for 44, and Lucas z for 16.

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CANTUARIAN.

KING'S SCHOOL.

P. N. Dalton, b Branson ... b Bowker .. , D. K. Anderson, b Bowker E. P. Richardson ... E. R, Berryman, Ibw, b Nicholson F . C. Bovenschcn, b Bowker .,. J. M. TlIkc, c Montgomery, b Branson R. I-I. Hitchcock, b Bowker '" R. D. Weston, not Ollt

J. Frewer,

5 2

25 2

26 o

G. S. Presl , b Branson

l7 18

W. S. Lucas, b Bowker " Byes, 16; Wides, 2

147 DOVER COLLEGE.

D. E. Knollys, c Bovenschen. b Prest W . Bowker. b Prest E. T . Cowley, b Prest .. A. C. Jackson , b Prest ... D. Bran~on, b Prest

G. L. D. N.

23 o

O. Bowker, b Tuke ,... C. HarloPP, c Hitchcock, b Lucas D. Napper, cOalton , b Lucas ,Montgomery, b Prest... '"

1\'1.

o 10

F. Nicholson, Ibw, b Prest H. R. Blandford, not out

Byes, 3; Leg-Bye!

BOWLING ANALYS IS.

KING'S SCHOOL.

J. D. Bowker

L. M. C. I-Inrlopp J. Nicholson C. Branson D . O. Napper

16'4

7 3

40 27 19 31 12

6 0

0 0

7 12 ' 2

0 2

3 0

DOVER COLLEGE.

M. T uke

G. S. Prest W . S. Lucas

•• 34 44 16

W. I

7 2

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CANTUARIAN:

SECOND XI. IVIatches played, 6 ;

4-39

RETROSPECT. \~ro n ,

Lost,

This year the 1.nd Xl. have enjoyed a fairly successful season, win ning all their School matches, namely, th ose against the S.E .S. (two ) and Dover College, besides defeating the S.A.C., while they twice suffered defeat at th e hands of Harbledow,n , the second time by the narrow margi n of one run. The batting throughou t shewed considerable promise, never actually failing, while in the first match with the S.E.S. they totalled 1.53. The most consistent were Dalton, Bovenschen and Hitchcock, while ""Veston at times hit brilliantly. The brunt of the bowling fell upon Tuke who sequed 27 wickets for a little over 7 rllnS apiece. H . J. Prest comes out with the wonderful analysis of six wickets for one rUll, and he might have been tried more. Lucas, G. S. Prest and Weston all bowled well on occasions and should be good next year. Berryman had bad luck th),oughout the season in batting, but captai ned the team excellently and set his team an excellent example in fielding which we are glad to see was well up to the standard of former years. Anderson kept wick.et well on most occasions.

T HE SECOND Name.

Matches.

F . C. Bovenschen P. N. Dalton R . D. Weston R. H. Hitchcock ]. M . Tuke " J. Frewer W. St. C. Lucas D. K. Anderson H . I. Prest .. E . P. Ri chardson E. P. Berryman

4 6

CANTUARIAN.

XI.

BATTING

I nnings.

6 6 4 4 6 4 5 S

The following also batted:2 H . A. H olland G, N. Ryley .. O. F. Huyshe W. R. Poynton I A. R. Iremonger 2 F. R. H awkes 2 G. S. Prest " 2 L. G. Gardner

AVERAGES. M 06t

an I nnings.

Runs.

Times not out.

4 6 4 7 6 5 5 8 5 6 6

80 112 55 88 78 50 35 58 39 38 27

27 55 26'" 18 38 24 17 16 14 18 q"

0 0

39 27

3 1" 27 12 4 7 2 2 0

2 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 7 3 2 0

2 2 2

0 0 2 2 0

Average 20'00

18'66 18' 33 14' 66

' 3"00 11 ' 80

11 ' 66 0'66 7' 80 7'60 5'4 0 39'00 27" 00 12'00

4 ' 00

r so 1' 50 t'OO

* Not out.

SECOND

Ntlmc.

H . Prest . . R. . Westo n J. M. Tuke . . W. St. C. Lucas G. S. Prest

XI.

MMches.

2 I

6 4 2

The fo llowing also bowled :A. R . Iremonger 2 G. N. Ryley " W. R . Poynton R. H . Hitchcock 4 P. N. Dalton . , I H. A. Holland 2

BOWLING Overs.

5'3 6'3 65 26 20 9'3 6 8 17 3 12

AVERAGES.

Maidens.

5 3 12 3

0 2 0

Runs. I

14 20 9 93

Wickets.

Average.

6 5 '27

00'1 8

. II

2 '80

7'74

74-

8'40 9'25

19 12 23 59 0 35

4' 75

2 3 2 0 0

6'00

7'66 29'5 0

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CANTUA RIAN.

O. K.S. C. H. Bodingto n has been playing cricket for Hampshire ; he was also tried fo r Cambridge Unive rsity. I-I e was in the School team from 1896- 1899 , and was Captain from 1898- 1899 . .;:.,yo.x. E . W. Mo wll (Jesus College, Cambridge) was TOwing in his College boat at H enley Regatta.

N E WS .

From the Standm'd:KENNERLE y - R u MF o RD.-On the 4th inst., at Com pton LOd~e, South Hampstead, the wife of R. H . (cll llerleyRumford of a daughter. . .;..:

';"

REMINISCENCES OF A BAZAAR. T.om Hood bewailed the " rarity" Long since of " Christian charity." o shade of Hood, where'er you are, Come to our Charity bazaar! :,?

.â&#x20AC;˘

Fair lips invited me to buy : I had no choice but to comply : I smiled, I bought, and I repent, For e ~ e ry price made cent per cent.

I bought for" only five and six "Compelled by most persuasive tricksA little vase : and then I saw Its fellow go for one and fOllr. I next went off to have an ice (This is my one besetting vice) An d Circe's charms were here so strong, T hat some ate ices all day long.

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CANTUARIAN.

For some the china stall had charms, ' Vhilc oth ers raffled fern s and palms. Ooe fellow here spent all his pence; His taste in chilla was immense.

All those who wished their weight to try. That gentle wish could gratify For two-pence ; the machine was not The vulgar and dece ptive slot.

I saw one hawk an earthen potH Egyptian, of the age of Lot," "Egyptian," too, th e ci ga rette, Gold-tipped, hOl1l c~ mad e , and threepence

At night gay lantern s seemed to mock The pale, pale, moon-till ten o'clock. While all, that up till then had baffled The seller' s art, was promptly raffled.

nett.

I marked one flittin g like a bee From group to group : he made for me : H e waved a list : his eye was fired: H I saw the snare and I retired ." '~fe

squeezed into a stufly tent T o see th e tableaux represent Lady Jan e Grey, the Rock of Ages, And o ther sce nes from well-known pages.

Th ree days in clover thus we passed Our mun ey reckl essly we castBut-if 'twas sq uandered - yet at least 'We had for Cha rity been fleeced. And Mother Church ne'er found before In an)' volume of her loreThough her pale eyes were never off itSo ni ce a wa), of spelling prophet.

BOAT CLUB . There has been more activity and a greate r number of members this term than usual. The best thanks of the Boat Club are due to 1\'[r. Mansfield for his kind donation of 10/- towards the new whiff: and we have to. th.ank ve ry warmly J. C. Molony, (O.K.S., ) for his very acceptable annual S~lbscnp~lOn of ÂŁ 1 towards our funds. The purchase of the new whiff has made It possIble for us to h~vc sculling races. Mr. Edmonds has been mainly responsible for th e success willeh attend ed the first races of this description which we have had he re. They took pl~ec on Friday and Saturday, July 12th and J 3th, in splendid weather. There were mil

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443

entries, and if the style was not perfect, the competitors made up for th is failing by the great interest which thay have taken in the pre paration for the races and in the races themselves. The heats were as follows :FRIDAY A FTERNOON:

J ULY r 2TH.

FIR ST R OUND .

H eat

J enkin ( I len gth)

Rammel!.

Ramm ell was pressing his opponent vc ry close when by a bit of bad stee ring he ran into the bank just below the iro n bridge. H eat.

Brown

Preston (2 lengths).

11.

Brown rowed past his opponent about

200

yards from the winning post.

Heat 3. Whalley -

a 'l~e .

H eat 4 2.

Iza rd

Marshall.

Izard, who was sculling a much faster stroke tha n Marshall, won easily. H eat

s. I.

MacGach en

Nairn.

A very good race, won by about a length. SATURDAY AFTERNOON:

JULY

13TH.

H eat 6. 2.

MacGachen

Brown.

Brown was overtaken about half-way.

THE

444

CANTUARIA

H eat 7.

. 1.

J en kin ( I length )

Whalley.

\Von easily. H eat 8.

Izard -

a byc.

Heat 9.

Izard

â&#x20AC;˘

MacGachen.

Izard, by the system of handicapping adopted, had a length start, but waived it, so that the competitors started level. A very keenly contested race. Both steered good courses, and at one time it seemed that MacGachen was likely to win. Just below the iron bridge he kept too mu ch into the bay. Izard drew ahead and won by a short length and a half.

H eat

10 .

J enkin -

Fi nal H eat.

Izard. A somew hat tame race. down the course.

a bye.

J enki n.

Izard bumped J enkin at about two-thirds of the way

Mr. Ro sen berg and Mr. Cape kindly acted as judges : Mr. Bell and Mr. Edmonds steered the boats fro lll the ban k: Mr. Bell a cted as starter, T he prize was provided and ought to have been prese nted by the Daughter of the School, who would, we are sure, have rnost gracefu lly performed her first public fun ction, had it not been fo r ungovernable things-the weather and the Nurse. Mrs. Galpin, however, in her name, kindly handed to Izard his wellÂˇ won prize. It is just n ecessary to add that as these were our first sculling races, the system of han dicapping was sornewhat tentative, and though there is no doubt the best man won, the heats through out the two afternoons might have been better contested had th e handicapping been bette r regulated. This we hope to improve next year. MacGachen challenged Jenkin for the second prize. The race took place on the following Monday, and ended in a victory for MacGac hen by the short ma rgin of one second.

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~Ui(/l

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Name alld address must a/wa)'s be glvtll, not m cessarily for publicatioll, but as a

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Dear Sirs, . A letter appeared in your last number sIgned U Navy Class," desiri ng to correct a statement with regard to T orpedoes. The wri ter of the arti cle remarked that the torpedo travels for about 60 ya rd s t~1Tol1gh the wate r, and "Navy Class " n ght-ly e nough points out with so me deri sion the sma ll use which such a mechanism would he in war. H e then qn otes the Ell<;yclopcedz'a Britamu'ca for th e fact that a torpedo travels 600 ya rds at a uniform speed of 24 knots, and concl udes .w.ith a gibe at the simplicity of the ongmal author in mistaking the ordinary practise limi t of a torpedo for its farthest ra nge . May I be permitted to hope that th e scientific text-books

lIsed by the Navy Class are rather more re cent than the .i!..ilcyc/opadz'a B rilalllllca when they deal with such subjects as torpedoes? As I write I have no means of .exactly verifying the stateme nt, bu t I should say that the work from which your correspondent quotes cannot have been published later than 1886, si nce whic h time t he science of torpedo es has made very g reat progress. They are now fired to a distance of about 2,000 yard s. Being personally of an un scientific nature I naturally feel some of the t repidation which mu st have been fe lt by Macaulay's "Priest who slew the slayer, and shall hinl.self be slain," on entering tlie field of scientifi c controversy. I rem ai n, Yours. etc., C. W. CARRINGTON.

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LIST

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447

FIXTURES,

1901. RUNS AGAINST.

RUN S FOR.

DATE.

OPI'O;-l t:NTS.

R ESU1.T.

GROUNO.

1st XI.

lSI 11111.

2nd Inn.

lSI Inn.

2nd Inn.

- - -... -------- - - - ----- -----L.-II.-Evans' - -X-L ..-. -Beverley -Tu.-May - - - -R ev. .... . ......... 159 ... ........ ... Lost 96 14· ·........ .... .. ... Chartham ... Lost 125 33 (iii. ) 146 Th. .. 16. Chari ham Asylum 13everley ... Lost 96 .............. 147 (v.) ........... .... Th, 23· S. Lawrence " A." 27 (ii i.) 237 .. .. .... ... ... . 89 ... Beverley ... \oVon 28. Sutton Valence ... T u. Won .. .. .. .... .. 203 (ix .) .. .. ... .... .. 177 Ttl . J~;ne 4· S. Edmund's School ... Beverley ... Beverley .. . Draw n 148 (v.) ... ..... .. .. 193 (v.) ·........... 6. S. Lawrence" A." T h. .. 169 .. .. ......... 154 ... Walmer .. . Won · ....... .. Th. 13· R.M. L. I. Won Beverley .. . 204 (viii.) .. ... .. 194 (v iiL) .............. Tu. .. 18. Mr. D ean's XI. ... Lost Beverley .. . ... ........... 290 (o.w. ) .. ............. ... ... 283 Fri. .. 2I. S. Lawrence l.ost ........... ...

. .

Tu.

....

25· 27· Sat. 29· Tu. J~'ly 2. 6. Sat. Tu . 9· Sat. ' 3· 0 Tu. 3 } Wed. ~I Th .

.. .. ..

M.C.e. S. Edmund's School Cavalry DepOt ... . Highgate School Felsted School ... Dover College ... i'\'lerchant T aylors

.. ... .. ...

...

Beverley .. . S. Edmund's Beve rley ... Beverley Fclsted Beverley .. Bellingham Beverley

Won Lost

30 (i.) 72 .. ....... .. 183 2 . ...... .. ...... 29 196 (viii.) . ............ 18 t 151 (vL ) 295 (ix.) .............. 2 11 (vii.) S9 (i.)

\Von Lost Won \Von Won Lost

253 103 74 120 ' 47 II 3

Won ¥lon D rawn

LoS!

198 139 2~

76 (i.) 293 173 73

(vj i.)

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No. '7.

EDITORIAL. An Editorial.is not unlike the inevitable pianoforte solo which commences a cQncert. Its omission wou.Id be regard ed as the height of impropriety, yet its presence affords little enjoyment to the audience and still less to the unfortunate perform er. By most it is regarded as a tiresome hindrance to better things, and, as such, they shuw th eir entire disregard for it; while those who do condescend to pay some attention, do so with the purpose of criticism rather than of praise. Yet it has been sa ncti oned by tradition, and so the first item on a programme is always a pianoforte solo. And in the same wayan editorial is looked upon as the traditional preface to the engrossing accounts of football matches a nd such like things, which in dulge to the utmost th e greatest voracity for personalities. Such a mere matter of tradition have editorials become that their very contents are of a stereotyped nature. The tone Âˇ of modest diffidence, with which th~ first number of a new year is commenced, is succeeded by a lament over an un successful football seaso n ; then follow two discourses on paper chases and sports, while even the boat club is brought ,forward to form a theme for editorial declamation; as spring gives place to summer

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we are fo rced to peru se an essay on â&#x20AC;˘ cri cket's manly to il/ and th e pursuits of naturplists. while the cycle is com pleted by a fa rewell strain of intense sadness. And th rough all rUlls the co mplaint of weary and dishearte ned editors against those injuries ' wh ich patient merit of th e unworthy takes '. And, seeing that this is our view on th e subject, it is only reasonable to expect that we should try to fi nd some remedy. Such was our in tention, but our respect for traditio n prevailed, And t hus, omitting the depreciations of our ow n worth iness, we pass on to consider t he football. It is not pleasing to be obliged to record three defeats and no vic tories, but still th ere is plenty of keenness in the school, and we can console ourselves with the reflection that ' th illgs won are done, joy's soul is in the doin g '; we must, however, admit that we think the loss of the joy involved in th e doing would be amply compensated by th e memory of victory. Finally we may say that all the various societies are flourishing. The H arvey Society, with a reco rd number of would-be scientists on its lists, discusses, at regul ar intervals, questions of the most abstruse nature. The Debating Society has decided by a small majority that it wo uld prefer to carryon its existence now rather than in the , good old days,' As for the Musical Society, what need is there of our testimony? I ts members are, we are convinced, quite able, th is term at any rate, to ' blo w thei r own trum pet.'

SPEECH

DAY , 1901.

Speech Day was observed o n Thu rsday, August I st. There was a Celebration of the H oly C~:)Inmuni o ll in t he Cathedral at 7, 30 a. m" and at 10 o'clock th e Commemoration Service took place. T he preacher th is year was the Rev C. L. Dundas, M.A., O,K ,S., ( r86 1- 1866). Canon of Salisbury and Vicar of Charminster, Dorset, late Dea n of H obart, T asman ia, T he speeches commenced at 12 o,clock, an d, as usual, were held in the Chapter H Ollse before a large audiente. Appended is a programme of the Speeches :-

LIST OF SPEECHES. L-Scenes from " IVl oST ELLARIA ," Act ii " Sc. i. and ii, Theuropides (lite lallter) Philolaches (ltissoll) Tranio (fll eir servanl)

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R. C. PARIS. S. P. SANDERS. . I R. H . CHARLES.

Philolachcs, in the absence of his father abroad, has been living riotously with his friends in his father's house. Suddenly T ranio enters with news that T heuropides has returned a nd is just coming to

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the house, Philolaches is in desp,'li r ; bu t T ranio tells him,to lock up the house and ~ ta\' indo?rs! while he remains outside and pre"ents T heuro pides (r~))ll entering the house by p r~le ~l dlng tha t 15 IS now haunted, and th erdore shut up a nd deserted, Thi s he does; and a shout from wit/un (Will the IInpauent Philolaches helps on T ranio's fraud, and T heuropidcs runs off in terror,

2,-Scenes from " L E BO UHDF.O IS

G EN TIL HOlllM E,"

M. Jou rdain Le Maitre de Musiquc Le Mait re a Danser Le Maitre d'Armes Le Maitre de Philoso phic . , U n Laq uais

l1folien. Act i" Sc. i. , iv. R. W. MARSH ALL. H. E . GREEN . P. S. F . NAIR N. R. C. PARIS. J. A. McC ULLOCH . F. I-I. DURN FORD .

1\'1. Jourdain, !:tte in life, is tak ing lessons to fit him for fi rst ,c,lass Society- in music, f\a n ci~g, fencing, a nd philosophy. His inSl ructors all meet i.n his h ou ~e at one tllne! quarrel about the respective merits of their professions, nnd , though M, ] ourdalll does hiS best to pacify them and prevent blows, they end up with a free fight.

SllaNespeare. VI., " Part ii., Act iv., Sc. ii., vii. L. R. COOPER. Jack Cade (wIlD calls himself Lord llfortliller ) . , F. C. BOVENSC I-I EN. Lord Say .. .. .. .. H. A. JENK IN. The Clerk of Chatham E. R. P. BERRY MAN. Dick (a bille/leI' 01 Ashford) S. P. SAN DERS. Smith (a weaver). , ,. F . P. WALK ER . Messenge r

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KI NG HENRY

Followers of Cadet rough ly a rmed. SCENE,-

Blackheath, a fter a defeat of the Kin g's forces,

-t.-Scenes from " T HE FROGS ," Dionysus (the god ) Xanthias ( Ille slave), JEacus (Plulo' s' house-porler ) H ostesses Prose rpi ne's parl our-m,aid

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F. C. BOVE NSCI-IE N. P. S. F. NAIR N. R. H. CHARLES. j E . R. P. BE RRYMA N. l H. A. JENKI N. F. P. WALKE R.

Dionysus and his slave Xanthias have gone down to Hades. Dionysus, to mak,e an impression, got himself up as Hercules, with a lion's skin and club,. t)U~ find~ng that the for mer dOlll,gs o( Hercules there invol ve him in trouble, he changes charact~ rs ~vlth Xanthms. But ,then?- gO?<l t lll~e comes and Dionysus insists on resuming his own character, fins change happens tWice, till lEacus IS ,so dO,ubt ful as to which of the two is the god and which the slave, that he beats them both, to see winch Will not feel the blows, and thus will prove himself to be the god.

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5.-Scenes from "THE RI VALS," Act iv. , Sc. i. j Act v., Sc. iii .

R. W. i\lARSHALL. R. H. C HARLES. F. H. DURNFORD. F. P. WALKER . P. S. F. NA IRN.

Acres . . Sir Lucius O'Trigger Captain Absol ute Faulkland David (servant 0/ Acres) SeE",r-; i.

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Acre's lodgings.

Acreg tells David that he is going to fight a duel. Se El\'E ii. King's i'lead.ficlds. The place arran~cd for the duel. Sir Lucius and Acres, with pistols, are w,liling f(lr the coming of the other parties to the duel.

I t is a grateful and pleasing task to enlarge

our own vir.tues, and acco:!Iplishca ndi d [fiends. T IllS however is a danger we are prepared to face in commenti ng on the School Speeches. ' :Ve sco rn to em ul ate the mothods of Uriah H eep a nd therefore-to our own trumpets wIth a will ! The \vhole preformance was admirable â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘.... but softly, softly. II why not keep silence altogether an d resist the all uring te mp tation of self-~rai se ?" J?o you refl~ct, dear moralist, that we inhabit a world wh e re the whole alln and object. of domg things is that they may be taiked abo ut, writte n. about~ and generally (ilssected, a world that criticizes famous authors without readll1g thClr works, where the crown of literary ach ievement is to re\:i?w Rev!c;ws, and wh ere School magazi~les are bound hand and foot by a Medo-Perslan traditIon to chew the cud of past cricket and football matches, and to indulge in belated chattering about speeches half forgotten now, and at the tim e scarcely half understood? ,... And yet how good it all was! H ow ably Paris, Charl es, and 'Sanders 'converted a dullish piece from Mostellaria into a complete success ! and how true a course the first named steered between th e shoals of extravagan ce and feebleness in act ing- th e difficul t part (dear reader, have you ever tried it ?) of sustain ed te rror. As for the F rench Speech it was a complete t ritLmph [ TntlJljels as bljOre.] Thank s to the excellent pron un ciation we could enjoy the wit and movement of the piece to the full. The Old Speec h Programmes of 50 years ago. bore the motto <C In a re su nt omni a." That motto you rightly and successfully belied . Hand, eye, a nd shoulders, and every II corporal all"ent" were grammar, dictionary, a nd vocabulary to th ose of us who otherwise mi ght have spli t our. si.des at the wrong m ome~t. ~ut you did spoil the illusion a little by slow enun ciatIOn; the tongue of th e Irascib le Frenchman is a brakeless machine. Now, quite between ourselves, some of us found the tragi~ E ngl ish a trifle h ~a vy . You began well. but all wo rked up to th e same note and, settli ng there. were fam to 0 11

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make- amends by an exercise of lung power for the lack of variety in tone, and energetic insiste nce on a single note kills good acting. Still, well played, Bovensc hen! in a hard and un sympathetic part. It is a far c ry from Blackheath to H ades, but the sce ne enacted in the latter place made full amends for its predecessor and the whole speech went as prettily as any Greek Speech this many a yea r. But, Marshall and Cha rles, you were both admirable in the Rivals; you, N1ars hall especially, you had to playa sustained pa rt in a situation vc ry diffi cult to deal with an d both of you were ably second ed. One word to a ll and sundry : we spectators watc h, more closely than YO ll think, those of you who are danc ing atte ndance on the leadi ng characters: yo u have the hardest parts of all, to do nothing gracefully; and (if you will allow a friendly criticism) be warned by th e example of the male visitors to the Ladies' College in the" Princess" and do not" consciolls of yourselves perusu t he matting." But a truce to these fee ble attempts to proportion praise and blame : there may have been better performances in the past, bu t if so when? and by whom performed? Out \\ith it, if you can! and as foryo ll. 1\[r. Mason, we raise our hats respectfully and feel-what we will not say. At the conclusion of the Speeches the I-l ead i\laster add ressed the gat hering. He said that it was a great cause of thankfulness to him that he \\'as able to n::port a year of study and llseful progress in all departments of the School. That they continued to enj oy the confide nce of schoolmasters and pare nts througho ut the Country was shown by the fact that their numbers conti nued to increase, so that now they had 22 0 boys. That was satisiactory, bu t he did not lay great stress on mere numbersquality rather than quantity had always been the great aim of the Ki ng's School. They had been doing their best to merit that con fidence, and during the year much had bee n done by way of improvement an d addi tion to the sc hool buildings and premises. Not only had they been provided with a compMt.e syste m of drainage on the most approved principals, but they had alga opened the new buildings wh ich the Governo rs had e rected for them. The fo undat ion stone was laid in 1899 by their Most Rev. Yisitor, th e Archbishop, a nd las t December the Dean opened the building. I t was occupied in Tanuaryand had bee n fo und most comforta ble and useful. He ,,,as glad to say that nex t term they wou ld have two com plete boarding ho uses outside the Precincts un de r the cha rge or two ex perie nced masters-the Rev. L. H. Evans and :1\I1r. C. \V. Bell . There had been good steady progress all thro ugh the School. Form erly they had principally to train scholars for th e Universities, but he was stru ck by the number of callings fo r which they had now to prepare boys-for the Ind ian police, Assistant naval clerkships, Coo per' s Hill. for medical schools and hospitals in London, Woolwich, Sand hurst, London Matriculation, etc. H e was glad to say that the Junior Scholars also co ntinued to flourish and that 1"1r. H odgson had

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sixty-seven boys unde r his cha rge. He was very pleased to s::e th e old King's Scholars prese nt that day, a nd t hose who were unable to come had written letters sllch as he valued ver)' much indeed. (Applause). Mr. Galpin th en prese nted the prizes, the list of which will be found on another page. At th e conclusion of the presentation th e Dean read the list of the ncwlyappointed E xhibiti one rs and th e ~ on ours List. H e then proce~d ed to read a n extract from the report of the Exam1l1c r, who stated that the SIx th Fo rm had done exceedingly well on th e whole, and there we,re two boy~ at least who would.pr?~ably develop into brilliant scholars. The tea~hmg had e Vld,ently be~ n V(.. ~y Judl e.lolls, thorough, and stimulating, the boys taklll g an eager 1l1te rest 1Il th ell' work and showing enthusiasm for their studi es. Great pains had, clearly, bee n ta~C1.1 to n~akp. the boys accurate a nd th e small numb er of ...~ad ~!l1nc1ers was very g ratifyin g .. rhe e xa miner also commend ed th e work of the l' Ifth I' orm, and went 0 11 to speak III the ,~arm est term s of the gene ral ton e of the School. H e was mnch stn~ ck witl~ th e esprit de corps of th e School and with th e ge neral tone of the boys and th eir promIse for the fu ture. The Dean went on to express the hope that they might become g~od scholars, good citizens, and good men, and to congratul ate the School on havlIlg obtained so good a report. (Applause). THE

LU NCHEON .

A large number of guests were subsequentl y, by t he kincl in vitation of the I-l eadmaster and Mrs. Galpin entertained at lu ncheon in th e Gym nasium . Am ong the guests were : th e D ean of Ca nte rbury and NIrs. Farrar, th e Bi shop of Dover and Mrs. Walsh, th e Mayor of Canterbury and Mayo ress (Miss E ugeni e H a rt), t he Vice-Dean and ~rs. Mason, Canon a nd Mrs. Rawlinso n, Canon H olland, the Arc hdeaco n of Maldstone and l\ifrs. Spooner, My. J. H enniker H eaton, M.P., Canon and Mrs. Routl edge, Canon and NIrs. Hic hens, Canon Venn, Canon Flo wer, Can on Coles, Canon Woodhouse, Canon Hunt, the Precentor (Rev. F. J. O . B elmore), Rev. G. C. E. Ryley, Colo.nel and Mrs. H egan, th e Sub-Warden of St. Au gustine's College (Rev. R. J E. B~gglS ) , 1\IIajor Bittleston, Canon Dundas, NIr. and ~rs . Sldney.'Nacher. My. an fl Mrs . .stanley Collard, Dr. Cy ril Graves, Dr. and Mrs. WhItehead RCJ(I, Rev. N. H. McGachell, Mr. Brian Ridge n, Mr. H. C. Perrin , Rev. J. J. Bambridge, Rev. IVL F. and Mrs. E vans, Rev. A. Butler, Co un cillor and Mrs. Gentry, besides a large number of O.K.S. After th e H ead Master had proposed the toast of <C The Kin g ," Colonel I-I egan proposed "The Church a nd State." The Bishop o f Dove r replied for the Church. Afte r som~ IHllnor<;ms rema!,ks, he reverted to the obse rvatio ns of th e Headmaster as to th e differe nt lInes of !tfe and occupation for whi ch the boys had now to ~e trained, ~nd the Bi.shop referred with satisfaction to the th oroughly good and relIable ~one l~planted 10 th e b.oy~ at the Kin g's School. When th ey left School th ey carn ~d wIth them those pnnclples of which the Church was the great ("xponent, and whlch would be so valuable to t hem

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in their after career. He happened to have a very special interest in the King's School this year, ill that he was allowed to take th e place of the Archbishop in confirming several of th e boys. H e did tmst that th e very large number who attended Holy Communion that morning was a strong evidence that the religious tone and principles of th e School were of th e bes t and high est character. (Applause). Mr. Henniker H eaton, M.P., replying for the State, congratulated tl\e Headmaster of the King's School upon th e hi gh standard to which he had brought that great institution. They congratulated him because th ey believed in him, they saw the hard work which he was doing and the stabl e foundations upon whi ch he was resting his work (applause ). Mr. H eaton went on to express the hope that England would won become an Imperial State. H e was glad to know that the men of England of to-day were united in maintaining the greatness and th e unity of the Empire, and it was his opinion that th e prese nt H ouse of Commons was the best in which he had had th e honour of serving, including as it did am ong its members a large number of well-equipped, well-informed , and highly- ed ucated youn g men. (Applause). The Rev. R. E. J ohnstone, Rector o f St. Peter' s, Thanet, next proposed " The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury." Pare nts, he said, owed to them un told thanks for th e King' s School. The re one was ab le to place one's boys under influences so inexpressibly powerful and yet so delicate th at they could not fail to exert an unceasing influence np on the whole of the rest of th eir lives. The D ean in acknowl edging the toast. said that the Chapter a nd himself were sincerely proud o f th e prog ress th at the Kin g's School was making. They rejoiced to have und er their care a SCllOO\ which cert ai nly compa red fa vourably wi th any school in the country, and whi ch had a longe r history than ma ny of them. B e did not think that any scho :.Ji could claim superiority over th e King's School. Every year seemed to add to its prosperity, and the maste rs werc constantly se nding out those who should be profitable memb ers of the Church and Co mmonwealth, and would, they hop ed, hereafter be partakers in the immortal glories of th e Resurrection. The Headmaster, in proposing the toast of II The Old King's Scholars " said he felt that th e school owed much to the loyalty and enthusiasm of the old boys. H e thanked them all and rejoiced exceedin g ly in th e various distinctions which th ey had WOn. The Rev. Canon Dundas responded, and spoke of the progress of the School since he left it 35 years ago . H e referred to th e work of 1\'Ir. Fielding, O.K.S., with him in Tasmania, and expressed th e hope that th e time was coming wh en the Headmasters of the King' s School at Parramatta, established by Bishop Broughton, would all be Old King's Scholars of Canterbury. The Headmaster next submitted ,. The Mayor and Corporation," for wh om th e Mayor replied, and the toast of If The H eadmaster," proposed by Canon Holland, concluded the proceedings.

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PRIZES ADJUDGED DURING THE YEAR 1900-1901. Captain's Prize (Mitchinson) : R. H. Chades. Mathemati ca l Pri ze (l\'1itchin son ) : A. R. A. Iremo nge r.

Modern Languages (lVIitchinson) : A.. de B. Hamilton. Natural Science ( Mitchinson ) : R. C. Paris, i. Classical (Broughton) : R. H. Charles. Divinity (Broughton ) : P. S. F. Nairn. Eng lish Literature (Streatfeild ) : F. C. Bovenschen. English Poem (Dean's Prize) : R. W. Marsha ll. History (Stanley) : P. S. F. Nairn. Latin Prose : F. C. Bovensc hen.

Greek Prose: R. H. Charles. Latin Verse : R. H. Charles. Greek Verse : R. H. Charles. Geography (Member's Prize) : W. S. Skin ne r. History and Geograp hy of China (Member's Special Prize) : J. A. ilIcCulloch, i. English Essay (Member's Prize) : P. S. F. Nai rn. Private Stu dy (Edward Blore Memorial) : F . C. Bovenschen. Natu ra l History Collections ( Head Master's Prize) : F . H. Mosse. D rawin g : C. H. Murray.

FOR M PRI ZES. VI. V.

Form (Christmas ) : F . C. Bovenschell. Form (C hri stmas ) : E. R. P. Berryman. " (Mid summer-Gordon Prize) : D. T. Preston.

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Divinity- (Elwyn Prize) : R. I-l. W. Brinsley-Richards. History (Seneschal's Prize) : H. P. V. Townend.

Co mposition;

J. Twclls .

Army Class (C hristmas) : J . A. McCulloc h, i. " (Mi dsummer) : C. W. G. Walker, i. "

Gec metri ca l Drawing: A. R. A. Iremonge r.

IVa. Form (C hristmas) : J. R. Parsons. "

(Midsumm er) : A. Gillibrand .

P' ) A. Gillibrand. Âˇ . .ty (EI D IVlfll ' wyn rIze : R. A. Hamlyn. " Hi story (Senscha!'s Prize) : A. Gillibrand. IVb. Form (Midsumm er) : W. G. Campbell. IlIa . Form (Christmas ) : F. Dann. (Midsummer) : J. H. Rammell, ii .

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(Christmas) : C. F. P. Battersby. (Midsummer) : A. C. Lock. (Christmas) : D. C. Wright. (Midsumm er) : A. N. Trimmer. HEAD MASTER'S DIVINITY Vth Form: R. W. H. Brinsley-Richards. Arm y Class : J. A. McCull och, i. . I J. R. Parsons. V F

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IlIa . Form: R. B. Winser. IlIb. Form: F . D. Stallon. IlIe. Form: C. J. Selwyn Smith. LOWER SCH OOL Divinity: S. U. Baily. Mathematics : A. G. McCulloch, ii. Arithmetic (Ch ristmas) : R. D. Weslon.

PRIZES.

Natural Science ( Mitchinson) : R. Pearse.

History : J. H. Rammell, ii. Geography (Member's Rrize) : L. G. Gardner, ii. French: G. ,V. God win, ii. Dictation: L. G. Gardner, i. Music: W. C. Rubie. Drawing: A. C. Thomas. JU NIO R SC HOOL. Ila. Form (Christmas) : G. C. Covell. " (l\1id sllInm er) : C. N. Smith, ~: 'Ch . ) (E. W. Goad, n. IIb. F'orm \ n slmas : J. G. Pembrook. ,. (Midsumm er) : G. W. Rudkin. I. Form (Christmas) : C. M. Morri s, iL " (Midsummer) : S. C. M. Arc1ubald. Divinity: G. F. Rigden. Math emati cs (Christmas ) : H . Gramshaw .

" (Midsummer) : C. Williamson. E nglis h (Prizes give n by J. E mery, Esq.) IIa. Form: C. N. Smith, i. lib. Form: C. lVI. Morris, ii. I. Form : C. M. Maltby. Drawing : C. N. Smith, i. Dictation: C. J. N . Adams, ii. Music: VV. Lucas, ii.

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EXHIBITIONERS ELECTED JULY, 1901. R. H. Charles, S~holar of Christ Church, Oxford. F. H. Durnford, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

THE GILBERT GIFT. C.

M. Evans, Lincoln College, Oxford.

THE O.K.S.

GIFT.

R. C. Paris, King' s CollegeÂ· H ospital. C. W. G. Walker, Military College, Sand hurst.

EXHIBITIONERS NOW AT THE UNIVERSITIES. *J. E. *A.

Husband s, Scholar of C.C.C., Cambridge.

S. Johnson, S(;holar of Peterhouse, Cambridge.

C. W. Carrington , Scholar of Oriel College, Oxford . E. J. Smith, Exhibitioner a nd Ford Student of Trinity College. Oxford . R. E. Brinsley-Richards. Demy of Magdalen College, Oxford . C. W. C. Redm an, Scholar of Wadham College, Oxford. G. A. F. Que ntin, Exhibitioner of Corpus College, Cambridge . * Vacate this July.

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ACADEMICAL AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1900-1901.

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R. H. C H AR L ES, Open Class ical Scholarshi p, Christ Church, Ox fo rd. R . H. C H ARLES, Ford St udcntship, T rinity College , Ox ford. C. 'vV. CA RRINGTO:-l, Schola r of Orie l Co llege, Oxford : First Class Cla ssical Modorations . VI{, S. J. SCR U BV, Pa<;scd I! th into Roya l M ilitary College, Sand hurst (dt'ncl from the AIIlV' Class .) A. R. A. IR EM ONGlm, Passed 25th into Royal Mil itary Academy. ' Voolwic h «(lirecl .) C. \V. G. \oVALKER, Passed 11th into Roya l i\ Iil itary Co(\ege, Sand hurst (dinet ). T . A. 1 7.AR D, Passed 48th into Royal Military Co ll ege. Sand hurst «(/ired). R. l\f. D UTTON, Passed 186th into Roya l :,\1 ilitary Academy, \Voolwi ch. \Y. S. J. SCRUBY. Appointed to the I ndian Staff Corps. J. E . H USBANDS, Scho lar o f Corpus Chri sti College, Camb ri dge : Increase in value of Scho lars hi p. J. B. DRAKE , Ford Student, T ri ni ty College, Oxfo rd: Second Class, Literac r I um aniores. J. E . H U S BA~ DS , F irst Division, Second Class, Classical Tripos. G. C. VAL PY, B.A., latc Scholar of Christ's Co ll cge, Cambridge : Civil Service Cad etship in Federated Jl alay States . C. E . E THE R lDGE, M. B. Degree , Londo n. C. \,V. G. \ .yALKER, Appointed to the Indi an Staff Corps .

The following O.K.S. have been mentio ned in Earl Roberts' South African D espatc hes and have received specia l pro motion:RRv . .1. G. W. T UCKEY, to be Army Chaplain of the Third Class (six years' se nio rity ). for services in Ladys mith. H. A. A. LI VINGSTONE, Ca pta in ( Loca l Major), R.E.: to be Ordinary Member,

Third Class, C.iVl.G. H. E.

GOGARTY, Captain, Royal SeNs FlIsiliers," to be Major. BUNKINSOPP, D.S.O., to be Vete rinary-Major.

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This match took place on the Beverley, on July the 30th and 31St, play starting at 2.15 on the first day and 10.30 on the second, while stumps were drawn at 6 on T uesday and 5 on Wednesday. I n view of the shortness of the day's play it might be well to adopt one of two suggestions that have rece ntly been made, namely, either that the match should be decided on the first innings unl ess played out, or that an earl ier start should be made on the first day. The School batted first and started none too well by losing the two Greens for Cooper and Paris brought the score to 5 J , but on the former's dismissal a slight collapse occurred before Richardson's bowling, Berryman and Durn fo rd leaving at the same total. At this critical juncture Hawkes joined Paris and a y a lu abl~ stand was effected. the new-comer playing a slow steady game while Paris punished loose ball s. At 140. Paris was out to a tame stroke for an invaluable and apparently chanceless 79. the partnership having yielded 89 runs. Hawkes left soon after, being well caught by Parke r off his own bowling for a very plucky and useful innings: nine wickets were down fo r '78 when Ryley and T ulloch made an unexpected stand adding 60 before the latter was out to a bri lliant left-handed catch in t he slips by Ramme ll . Ryley taking out his bat for a well hit 40. The O.KS. opened badly. Wacher leaving at It, and Parker at 20. smartly caught by Berryman . Richardson, who had just before given a fairly easy chance to E . C. Green in the long-field, soon showed that the mistake was likely to prove costly. Husbands, Covell and Carrington were his most usefu l partners, and it was not till the total had reached 2 J I that he was nint h out, smartly caught at mid-on fo r a splendid innings of 107 . T he School, who started in a majority of 22 , soon lost their Captain, but E. C. Green and Paris took the sco re to 79 before the former was dismissed fo r a useful though lucky inn ings mar red by th ree chances in the slips. Cooper made a fe w hard hits, bu t no one else did much, except Paris, who played another excellent innings till he was run out through not being able to get back in time after backing up too eagerly. W'ith nea rly 200 to make to win, the O.K .S. at fitst fared very badly against Hawkes' slows, backed by some admirable fielding. The catch by which H. E. Green dismissed Richardson in the long-field was particularly noticeable. Fou r wickets were down for 23 , and a victory fo r the School seemed highly probable, but Covell and Rammell made a great stand, taking the score to 95 before the O.K.S. Captain was caught in the slips for a brilliant 55 . Husbands and Rammell raised the tota l to 134 before the sixth wicket fe ll , and subsequently \Vacher and H usbands added 36 without further loss, the O.K.S. on ly requiring IS to win when stumps were drawn . 'With the exception of the blunder referred to above 22.

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the School fielding was qui te excellent, I-I. E . Green and Cooper bcmg especially prominent. Of thei r bowlers, Paris in the first innings and Hawkes in the second showed the best form . Appended is full score and analysis. O. K. S. 1st Innings. A. G. Richardson, c Tulloch, b Hawkes B. Wacher, b Johnston ... . .. H. S. S. Park er, c Berryman, b Tulloch F. A. H usbands, b H. E. Green T. E. Rammell, c Johnston, b Tulloch B. C. Covell, b Paris ... .. R. F. Elwyn, c Durnford, b Paris J. A. H ellard, c H uyshe, b Paris R. M. Helmore, c T ulloch, b Cooper ... C. W. Carrington, not out A. P. Trueman, h H. E. Green Extras Total

2nd Innings. c H. E. Green, b Hawkes 6 not out 3 c Durnford, b Hawkes ".

107 17

26 6

not Ollt

c and b Paris c E. C. Green, b Cooper h Hawkes

55 o

Ext ras

,80

Total (6 wickets)

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2nd Innings. c \:Vacher, b Richardson 7 c \Vacher, b Parke r 79 rlill out ,, ' " 1J C Covell, b Parker o b Richardson o b Richardson 35 b Richardson 40 b Parker ". 3 b Richardson

5 notollt...

...

5 o o

.. .

3 o '2

c E lwyn, b Parker 40 Extras 14

... 238

T ota l

:~ }:;:J~=b~:.cen, bHawkes

KING'S E. C. Green, b Husbands H . E. Green, c Rammcll, b Husbands R. C. Paris, c and b Elwyn ... L. R. Cooper, c Rammcll, b Richardson E. R. Berryman, h Richardson ... F. H . Dumfvrd, b Richa rd~on F. R. H awkes, c and b Parker ... G. N. Ryley, not out O. F. Hu),she, h Elwyn R. V . Johnston, c Hellard, b Elwyn J. R. Tulloch , c Rammell, b Richardson Extras

...

... 216

1St Innings.

Total

" . 172

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O. K. S.

1st Innings. R. V. Johnston

R. Tulloch R. C. Paris H. E. Green L. R. Cooper F. R. Hawkes

F. R. Hawkes 2 R. V. J ohnston 0 0 H. E. Green 3 2 0 J. R. Tulloch 34 L. R. Cooper 0 34 0 R. C. Paris 3 Tulloch bowled a wide and 2 no balls.

" 12 7 "~

5 ,

38 54 47

2nd Innings.

)1,.

'3 3

J 8

\".

0 0

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I S!

Innings. O.

H. F. A. R.

S. A. C. F.

S. Parker Hushands

Richardson Elwyn A. H e llard ElwYIl Uowled

2nd Innings.

\\' .

R. F. Elwyn H. S. S. Parker A. C. Richardson F . A. llusbands

62 2

o 2

widcs, :"lnd Pa rke r

no ba lls.

22'4

R. 21

'v.

5 4

4 5

Elwyn bo wled a no ball.

CRICKET, 1901. --A RETROSPECT. The seaso n of ' 90 I can be \"oted, on the whol e, successful. True, our wi ns and losses each nmnbered seven, while three matches were drawn, bu t the gene ral level of the cricket was distinctly higher than in ' 900, and it was not by any mea ns a " one man" cleven . Every member of the team did hi s sha re, and one of th e most pleasing features was the fact that on more than one occasion, wh en the " cracks " had all got out for a mere nothing, the rest of the team did cred itably and stayed a rot. So far as indi vidua l performances go, Paris stands out head a nd shoulde rs above the rest j indeed we question whether the School has produced a better bat than he has pro ved himself to be. H e comes out with the capital average of 46 [or fifteen completed innings. H e received ve ry valua ble support frolll Cooper, l-l. E. Gree n, and Durnford wh o all did well. I t was very pleasing to see the improvement wrought in Green's batting by the steadying influence of <;aptaincy, and it may be w~ll here t? record the grati tude cf the School to wards hun for th e energy an d effiClenC)' which have characte ri zed his year of office. The re st of th e cleven all did we ll at tim es, and ofte n at critical tim es. In bowling, as usual, dearth of tal ent was appare nl, but it was vastly better and steadi er than last yea r, and backed lip as it was by very good fit:lc1ing (wi th the exception of one or two of the earlier matches), it managed to accoun t for most of the sides it met at a reasona ble cost. J ohnston and Tulloch bore the brun t of th e work and performed most credit ably, th ough th ey suffered from the fact that their style of bowling is ve ry simila r. Me ntion has been made of th e fielding, but a special word of pra ise is due to H. E. Green an d Cooper, whose example in smartn ess had a most beneficial effect on the rest of th e team. Of the seven victories recorded, it is ve ry sati sfacto,y to note that four were gained in School matches, and t he double vic tory over St. Edmund's School was

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especially gratifying, in that th ey had nearly the whole of last year's XI. which had inflicted a doubl e defeat upon us in the season of '900. The first of th e ' 90 ' contes ts wi ll probably beco me historic, as one of the most exciting ever known. Al together we may feel we ll satisfied witfl the season's reslTlts and look forwa rd with con fidence to the future. Five of the team will be he re nex t season, namely, the two bowlers, the wicket keeper, a nd E. C. Gree n a nd Hawkes. The last-named, though he has a lot to learn, ought to be most useful with the bat, and with increased confidence and vigour Gree n should beco me a dange rou s opponent. Appended are the averages, and some re marks on individual members o f the XI.: H. E. GRI~ E K (Captain ). Showed a most marked improvement with the bat and played some excellent inn ings. [-1i 3 cntting is very good ancl he has a good off-drive and a usdul stroke off his legs. An e rratic change bowl er, bu t came off well on several occasions. Excellent fi eld. Has captai ned his tean) with sound judgment and e nergy. R. C. PARIS. The best bat in th e team. T he power and vari ety of his strokes has increased very mu ch since last yea r, but his off-drive still remains the feature of his play. Perh aps not q ui te so consistent as last year, but has played Illany far fin er inni ngs than eve r before. Fair change bowle r. Still rather slo\\' in the field and not quite so safe as he shou ld be . F. H. DURNFORD. H as again proved himself a useful run-gcu.eri n his ow n pecul ia r style, but he took to trying to hi t too rec klessly, wit hout waiti ng to choose th e ri ght bal l. H as piaYf'd sa.-ne most serviceable innings. His place in th e fi e ld has been found at point, where, at times, he performed quite brilliantly. E. C. GREEN. \Vas ve ry di sa ppointing during the carly half of the season but impro ved later. I-l is ba tting ;s milch wanting in vigour, but his defence should be quite good nex t year. Good fi eld, picki ng up very cleanly. H. I. WILSON. Left in the middle of the term, before he had had time to develop mu ch . His defence was weak, bu t hi s strokes were vigo rous. Good fi eld. and fai r bowl er, sta rtin g the season sensati onally with' four wickets for , run. L. R. COOPER. Showed a most pleasing recovery of hi s form of two yean ago wh en he made many run s in the 2nd Xl. Has a wonderful eye and hits extremel}; hard, and in a way

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well calculated to demoralize the bowler. Very good and extraordinarily energetic field in the country, where he saved scores of run s. Fair change bowler. The stead iest bowler in the team and met with a very fair His bowling is a little too amount of success. mechanical, and he should learn to use hi s head more . Occasionally makes the ball swin g in t,he air. y'ery fair field , tho ug h rather slow. If he will take palO S, he should develop into a useful bat, as he has a good eye, but at prese nt slogs far too blindly. A use ful bowler, but wan ts more contro l over the ball. H e bowls too many to leg, especially when trying hi s Good field, and sho uld prove slo w "head-ball." useful with the bat if he takes sufficient paius. A very promisil1g cricketer, and , with care, should turn mit a most co n ~ i ste nt scorer, as his defence is quite good an d he watches the ball well on to the bat. At present not strong e nough to score fast . Has plenty of nerve , as he showed on severa l critical occasions. Fair field, and useful slow bowler, keeping a very good le ngth. Has kept wicket most credilably, and next year sho uld be really good . Has lhe makin gs of a bat, but plays too timidly at present wh e n on defence. A slow scorer, but has proved himse lf reliable for kee ping up his end, and has been most useful. Good field .

JOHNSTON.

TULLO CH.

F . R. HAWKES.

O. F.

H UYSH E.

G. N .

RYLEY .

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1St XI. BATTING AVERAGES. Name.

R. C. Paris . . L. R . Cooper H . E. Green F. H . Durnford E . C. Green G. N. Ryley F . R . Hawkes O. F. Huyshe R. V. J ohnston H. I. Wilson J. R. Tulloch

No. or Ru ns.

783 437 5 07 375

28 7 153 124110 11 5 30 102

N o. of Innings. T imes not Ollt. l-! igilest Score.

17 16 19 19 18 10 9 9 10 4 14

2 2 0 0

135 60 99 77'" 59

4Â°";:-

2 3 6 0 3

J5 38

28-:,1

15 20

Average.

4 6 '05 27'3 1 26'68 19'73 15 '94 15 '3 0

I J '77 12'2 2 I 1'5 0

7'5 0 7'28

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The following also batted : Name.

J. Frewer

" ,. F, C, Bovenschen ,. H. J. Prest W. St. C. Lucas E. R. Be rryman J. M. Tuke .. G. S. Prest . .

N o. o r Run s.

BOWLING Namc.

H. 1. Wilso n F. R. H awkes ). R. Tulloch R. V. Johnston H. E. Green R. C. Par is L. R. Cooper E. C. Gree n G. N. Ryley F. H . Durnford

No. or Innings. Times not out. H ighest Score.

2 32 39 4 23 3 . )9 6 43 7 16 4 13 6 ...1 Signifies no t out. Overs

' If'3 39 189'f 26 9'4 85 79 51 7 9 2

2 0 0 0

14 321:23 18 16 10 9

Average, 16 ' 00

9'75

7'66 CPso

6'14 4'00

2',b

AVERAGES. Maidens.

Runs.

Wickets,

Average.

30 161 592 74 6 36 3 260 20 3 33 36 13

4 14 36 40 19

19"Â°

23'62

2 9'00

Maidcns.

Runs.

189 '9 1 52 84

Wicke ts.

5 3 38 53 7 6

2 0 0

7'5 0 J

1'50

16'44 18'65

33' 0 0 36 '00

The following al so bowled. Name.

W. St. C. Lucas .. G. S. Prest H. Prest J. M. Tuke

Overs.

48 67'2 15'2

6 5

7 9

Average. 2 7'00

32 '33 5 2 ' 00

SCHOOL NEWS. We congratulate the following on being made Monitors: H. A. J enkin, E . C. Green, F . P. Walker, E. R. P. Berryman, R. W. Marshall, A. R. A. Iremon ger, E, p, Richardson, and A. p, Melhuen . 1f,-If.* Of tho se who entered for the Oxford

and Cambrid ge Higher Certifi cate Exam ination, seven succeeded in ga inin g Certificates j they are as follows : R. H . Charles, F. C, Bovenschen, p, S, F . Nairn, H. A. Jenkin, C. J. M. Evans, E . C. Green, J. Twells. R. H. Charles gai ned distinction in Greek and Latin,

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The foll owing were promoted to the Vhh this term : G. G. . .Marshall, D. J. Preston, J. Twc11s-, E. A. Roper, E. P. Richard so n, A. R. A. Iremon ge r, and A. P. Methuen .

'Ve congratulate. C. W. G. Walker and T. A.hard on passing into Sandhurst 11 th and 48th respectively. Al so A. R. A. Ircl110nger who passed 25th into W·oolwkh.

The following wero elected senio r scholars at the end of last ter m : H . A. J enkin, E. C. Green, R . IV. :llarshall, E. R. P. Berry man a nd A. R . A. Ircmongc r.

On Tuesday, Oct. nnd, the School played Mr. B. C. Cove ll's XV. on Blore's Piecc. After a hard game th e School lost by I + points to mi.

On Thursday. Oct. l oth , the School suffered defeat at the hands of 1\ Ir. L'uter's XV. by 13 points to 3·

The Senior Tutor Set C rickt t Matches ended in a win, fo r the fourth yea r, for 1\[r. Mason' s. In the final round they met Mr. Eva ns', a nd after icading by two run s on the tirst innin gs, fina lly proved victo rious by about fifty. Berrym an in the first inn ings, and R. C. })aris in the seco nd were top sco rers for the winners j for the losers Cooper made most in both innings.

On 'Vednesday, Oct. 16th, the School met l\[crchant Taylors School on their

new ground at Bellingham, an d we rc defeated by 25 points to IlIt. The game was scarcely so uneven as appears fro m the score.

HARVEY SOCIETY. A meeting was held on Saturday, Septe mber 29t h, when R. , .y. Marshall, A. R. A. Iremonge r and A. P. Methuen were elected membe rs of the Co mmittee vice S. P. Sanders, C. ,.y. G. Walker and R. C. Paris who had left. H. A. Jenkin, being th(" only re mainin g member of last ¥ear's Committee, carries on the duties of Secretary. Th e following papers and dates were arra nged for th e te rm :DATE.

OCl.

19Ih. - " Iri sh Lin en ." (With Lantern I1Iustrali; ns.) C. H. j\I URRAY,

No\·. 2nd. - " Kc:.t Fossils." (Wit h L'wtern 1I1ustt:l.tions.) F. I J. .MOSSE.

Til E J\ EV. A.

A UTIIOR.

TITLE.

12lh.-" Bees."

(With L..'l.ntern Illustrations.)

THE !-I ON.

16th .--" N:l.tllre and ~ I ;"\n in North A n~ e ricn ."

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30th. - " The Human Eye."

Dec. 16th .-

Sgc.

A. P. M ETH U EN.

REV. L. H. EV ,\NS.

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At a meeting of the Society held on October 12th, the first paper of the term was read on "Bees" by H. A. Jenkin. First, having given a description of the three classes of Bees which exist in every hive, viz.: the queen, the worker, and the drone, he passed on to describe the various portions of the Bee's body, noticing the peculiar structure of the trunk, the feet, and finally the sting. H e next gave an account of the for mation and uses of the cells, some being used for the purpose of storing honey and so me for the hatching of eggs, a process wh ich he described in full, giving the history of th e Bee from the egg to the perfect insect. After some account of the method of swarming, he noticed se veral experi ments made by queen bees to test th eir powers, and co nclud ed by givi ng a short description of bee-keeping on the continents of Europe and America.

At a meeting held on October 19th, a paper was react b~' C. H. Murray on the I f Manufacture of Linen." He fi rst desc ribed how the thread was formed from the stalks of th e flax plant and prepared for bleaching. an operation which is performed by soaking the flax in chloride of lime and then exposing it to the sun. After giving a desc ription of various types of looms and presses, he shewed how the actual linen was woven in the di fferent machines. Amongst other looms he mentioned the plain power 100m which docs plain work and the jacquard loom which is used for the purpose of making patterns. Finally he explained the method of packing and exportin g the fini shed article . The lantern slides, illustrating the paper were extremely clear and interesting.

LECTURE, On Tuesday, October the 8th, Mr. Leslie Stewart gave us an interesting Lecture, his subj ect being. "The English in Egypt." After briefly summarizing some of the most important events in th e history of Egypt from its occ upation by Napoleon, he described the series of events which culminated in the sad and t ragic death of General Gordon. He then went on to describe more fully the campaign which Lord Kitchener so successfully carried out in 1898 , laying

particular emphasis on the splendid work done by Sir H ec tor Macdonald. Lastly he pointed out what a very important country Egypt is, being the half-way house between England and the Ea st, also laying strers on the fact that, though we have greatly increased our Empire of late years, we have not increased our Army proportionately. The lecture was illustrated by numerous slides whi ch were all interest. . ing, and in so me cases unique.

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FOOTBALL. KI NG'S

SCHOOL

v. MR.

LATTER'S

XV.

The openin g match of the season was played on Blore's Piece on October J oth, and res ulted in a win for the Scratch XV. by 13 points to 3. The School were at .the start kept on the defensi ve, but it was not till some time after the co mme ncement that Finn scored and Husbands kicked a good goal. The School t hen pressed, but a good run by Latte r ended in H. E. Green scoring an unconve rted try. The School again com menced a hot attack, and at last their efforts were rewarded, th e ball being sma rtly heeled and passed ont to Marshall who scored a neat try. H alf-time was then called wi th the score 8-3 . On resu ming, the School started to press, but a good round of passing among the opposing three-quarters, ended ill Taylor scoring a very pretty t ry. The ki ck was successfully taken by Husbands. This was the extent of the scori ng till time was called, leaving the School lose rs as above stated. For the winners, Latter and Finn played an excellent game. The School seemed to lack weight and pace, but played a very determined game. Weston was very good at f~lllÂ back, his kicking and collaring being seldom at fa ul t. Among the forwards, Nairn, Methuen and Berryman were see n to most adva ntage. The School team was as follows :R. D. Westo n (back); R. H. Hitchcock, E. C. Green, J. M. Tuke, R. W. Marshall (th ree-quarters ) ; R. M. Hend erson, O. F. Huyshe (halves); P. S. Nairn, A. P. Methuen, A. Gillibra nd, E . R. Berryman, A. R. Davies, E. P. Richardson, L. H. Deane, [". P. Walker (forwa rd s). KING'S

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MERC HA NT TAYLORS

SCHOOL.

Played at Bellingham on a wet ground, on Wednesday, October 16th, and re sulted in a decisive win for our opponents by four goals (one from a mark) a nd three tries to nil. The game was by no mp-ans so one-sided as th e sco re would indica te, and had our team displayed anything like as much vigo ur in the first half as they di d in the second, it woul d have been a very good match . We were hard pressed at the very start, but a good forward rush, headed by Davies. gave so me relief; a mis-kick by "Veston, howeve r, let om opponents in again, and one of the halves sco red a try which was converted . Very soon after this, a bad kick by Methuen in front of our ow n goal gave the m a mark-thou gh Tuke should ea!:ily have prevented it,-and a goal resulted . Scrambling play ensued, and o n one occasion H enderson a nd Bovensc hen broke a way and gained a good deal of ground, but the T aylors re turn ed to th e a ttack. and, dribbling over the line. scored an unconverted try. Once more before half-time th ey scored, Bovenschen just fail ing to reach his

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man on the line. On changing e nds, our team showed much more "go," a nd at once attacked hotly, Taylor being almost in, and Nairn heading a good rush ; but the ball was dribbled over the line and lost. Then one of th eir forwa rds tricked Nairn in the line-out, and got clear away. H e punted over "Veston's head and, following up, scored. The game continued fairly even, and Huyshe several times showed up with good work, while the forwards, among whom Deane and Richardson were prominent, made so me good rushes ; but too often, after wheeling a sc rum in good style, they left the ball behind them. 'l'uke then made a splendid opening fo r Bovenschen, who must have scored if he had not mu lled his pass. The next incident was a free-kick to us in a favo urabl e position, bu t "Veston made only a poor attempt at goal. No furthe r scorin g to ok place, and the game ended as stated . "Vesto n did a lot of sound work, though we have seen him in better form. fh e three-quarte rs were too slow, and must improve their tackling a great deal. The centres too often let through the half, and did not ge t back qu ickly enough to help the bac k. The halves were rathe r out-classed, for it was th ere that the strength of our oppone nts lay; and considerin g this, Huyshe in parti cul ar did very creditably. The forwa rds were terribly slow in packing, breaking up, and getting round, and the whole team must learn to playa mu ch harrier game if we are to win matches. Appended are the teams :Kin g's School.-R. D. Weston (back); J. W. Taylor, J. lVI. Tuke, E. C. Green, F. C. Bovenschen (three-quarters ); R. M. H enderson, O. F. Huyshe (halves) j P. S. F. Nairn , A. P. Methuen. E. R. P. llerryman, A. R. Davies, A. GilJibrand , E. P. Richa rdson, L H. Deane, F. P. "Valker (forwards ). Merc hant Taylors School.-L. Ande rton ( back); C. D. Wimbush, K. Pe rk s, F. L. Hartley, H. D. R. Cowan (three-q uarters) ; F. H . Cockell , J. D. Strachan (halves) ; R. Wimbush, A. C. C. Hutchinso n, C. ll. Ewart, G. E. Evans, T. N. E lderton, G, N. Roberts, F. C. VV. \ÂĽersninck, G. Vi ll ~ r (forwards). .

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. LEFT J UNE, 'q OT. H. 1. WILsoN.-Entered the School, Sept., 1899; Cri cket XI., ' 900- 1 ; Sports' Colours, '90 r . LEFT JULY, r90 1. R. H. CHARLES.- King's Scholar; Entered the School , Sept., 1896 j Sixth Form, Sept., 1898; Mo nitor, May, 1 900; Captain of School, 1900-1 j Sports' Committee, July, 1900 ; Hon. Sec. Canfuan'all, Sept., 1898 ; Editor, Sept., 1899; H on. Sec. Debating Society, Sept., 1899 ; President, Sep t , 1901; School Exhibitioner, 190 1 ; Open Classical Scholarship Christ Church, Oxford.

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R. C. PARJs.-King's Scholar; Entered th e School, Sept. , 1896; Sixth Form, Sept.,

1898 j Monitor, Sept., 1899 j House Monitor, Sept .. 1 900 ; Football XV., , 899- 19°0 ; Cricket XL, , 899-lgoO-'!; Sports' Colours, 1897 -<)-1 qOO- J; Sports' Committee, Sept,. 1899; Preside nt-,' Jan., '901 j Fives Pair. 1<)00-1. E. H. JONEs.-King's Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., 1892; Sixth Form, Sept., 1898. F. H. DURNFORD.-King's Scholar; Entered the Scho.ol, Sept., 1896 ; Sixth Form, Jan., T8Q9 j Monitor, Sept., 1900; Football XV" 1899- 1900; Cricket XL , '900-1; Editor of Call1uarian, Sept., 1900 j Hon. Sec. Debating Society, Sept. T<)OO j E xhibitioner Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. T . A.

tzA RD.-K ing's

Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., 1896; Sixth F orm, J an ., 1899; Monitor, Sept., 1900 j Football XV., 1898-9-1900; Gymnasium Pair, ,899-19°0-1; Sports' Committee, Dec. 1<)00.

C. J. M. EVANs.-Ki ng's Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., 1894; Sixth Form, Sept., 1899. C. W. G. WALKER.-King's Scholar; Entered the School, Jan., 1895 i Sixth Form, Jan. 1900; Monitor, Jan . 1901; Football XV., '900. J. A. McCuLLocH.-King's Scholar ; entered the School, Sept., 1897; Sixth Form, Sept., 1899; Monitor, Jan., 1901 i Sports' Committee, May, 1900. L . R. COOPER.-King's Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., 1897; Sixth Form, Sept., ' 900 j Monitor, Sept., 1900; Football XV., 1897 -8-9-19°0; Captain, 1<) 00; Cricket. XL, 19°0-1; Sports' Colours, 18991900- 1; Sports' Committee, Sept., 1899; Fives Pair, 1899- 19°0-1. H. E. GREEN,-Entered the School, May, 1893; Sixth Form, Sept., Iqoo j Monito r, Jan. , 19°1; Football XV., 1899-19°0; Cricket XI., 1898- 91900- 1; Captain, '90 1 ; Sports' Colo urs, ' 900- 1; Sports' Committee, Sept., 1899 . S. P. SANDERs.-Entered the School, IVl ay, f 896 ; Sixth Form, Sept., 19°°; Football XV., 1898-9-lgOO j Sports' Committee, Dec., Ig00; Sports' Colours, J 90 1 •

G. N. RYLEY.-Entered the School, Sept., 1894; Sixth Form, J an., 1901; Cricket XI., fgO I. E . McGAcHEN.-Entered the School, Sept., 1899

Football XV., Igoo.

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471

TENNIS TIES. FI RST ROUND.

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O. K. S. We congratulatc R. D. Marshall (St. Johnl 5) on playing forwa rd in the Oxford Freshmen's Nlatch.

"Ve noticed the following among the names of those ordained Deacons at the September Ordination ;-j. L. Fawsell, B,A., Trinity. Oxford, and Cuddcsdon Theological College. Lice nsed to S. Matthias', Stoke Ne wington.

N E W S. St. Michael and St. George :-Major C. Stonham (Yeomanry H ospital) and Major E van E . Carter (A.S.C.) T o be Breve t-Major :-Capt. H. R. B10re (King's Royal Rifle Corps).

T . Dann ( 19th. Battalion

Imperial Yeomanry), who se rved in Paget's Horse and has since retu rn ed from the front, wa s mentioned in a despatc h. by Lord Roberts and has received the D istinguished Conduct Medal.

H.J. Fj'Jles-ClillI01l,11!l.A ., Trinity, Oxford,

a nd Ely Theological College. Lice nsed to S. John the Evangelist's, Norwood. T. A. Iza rd has been playing football for St. Bartholomew's H osp ital.

The following passage is taken [ro m Lieut.-Gen. Sir A. Gasa Jce's China D espatches to the Secretary of State fo r India: " I may also mention Capt. E . L. C. Berger (Hong Kong Regt.) who has been most energetic ami successful in the repression of brigandage." O. K ,S. and tIle r'Var lit Soulll A/nc([. To be Companions of the Order of

' I\,Iajor-General Vousden, V.C., C.B., has been appointed Inspector General of Cavalry in India.

F. H . Durnford has been elected to a Sizarship at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. W. Cowper, Esq. (re s. 18751883), has been elected to the H ead Mastership of ' ;Yo!Jller's School, Kingston, Jamaica, The o.res. match will be on Dec. 19th, all who I.ish to play should apply as soon as possible to L. R . Cooper, Esq., Dorchester Grammar School, Do rchester.

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T HE SCH OO L. F . C. BOVENSCHEN.

Captain .. Captain of Football XV. Captain of Cricket XI. Captain of Games

P. S. F. NAIRN. E. C. GREEN. A .

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~I'I ONlTOR S :

F. C. Bovensche n, P . S. F. Nairn, H . A. J enkin, E. C. Green, F . P. ' Valker, E. R . P . Berryman, R. ' V. ]'vfarshall, A. R. A. Iremo nger, E . P. Richardso n, A. P . IVl ethuell". EDITOR S OF CANTUA l{lA N : F . C. Bovenschen, P . S. F, Nairn, H . A. J enkin. SECRETARY OF CANTUAR IAN: R, W . MarshalL PRESIDENT OF THE D EBATING SOCIETY : F . C. Bovenschen . VrcE -PRESTDENT: P. S. F, Nairn. SECRETARY : H, A. J enkin

THE MUSI CAL SOCIETY. The following have been elected on the Committee :-H. A. Tenkin , R. '''. Marsha ll, A, P. l\fethuen,' R. F. Nation, P. N. D alton, J. Frewer. At a sub-

sequent meetin g a programme was a rranged for a Pen ny Read in g to be held o n Saturday, November 2nd.

COR RE S PO N DEN CEo N. B.-Tlte Editors declim to accept any rcspollSibility cOJUuded witlt the oPinions of tlleh· Correspon· dents. lVame alld address 1I111St ahua)ls be given, /lot uecessarily for puMication, bllt as a guarantee of good faith. Personalities 1uill involve certain ,-ejection.

To Ihe Ed/lors of "THE CANTUARIAN." DEAR SI RS, 'Vhile other parts of the School have bee n beautified and decorated , th e Chapel still remains bare an d is not ye t enriched with a pul pit. Those kind friends and O.K.S. who have always so generously

responded to all appeals of the School, wo uld, I feel sure, be ready to con tribute towards a pul pit for the Chapel. Surely no more fitting memorial to Queen Vi cto ria could be raised by the SchooL Yours sincerely, ROSTRUM.

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EDITORIAL. Th ere is known to mankind a certain property which received the name, no matter when, for no one knows, of "Edzlorial Sll.fflce." It seems to us a th ing singularly sweet and beautiful, possibly owing to the purely imaginary nature of its existence, and to the oft-repeated truth that" distan ce lends enchantment to the view." For in our case it may not be ; but day by day and hour by hour we are haunted by the gaunt sp p.ctre of an Editorial which must one day be faced. Well might we wish to be planted in some quaint celestial sphere where Editorials arc not, and where essays and reviews might flow in upon us in sweet and blessed abundance. There we could picture the traditional arm- chair, in which, in the eyes of the world, the editor ever reclines at peace with all mankind, enjoying the love and affection of his" dear readers." But th e truth is far otherwise. The Millennium is still far off with all its th ousand blessings. Meanw hile we must" work, work, work, morni ng and noon and night," to finish our. weary task. But to return to a more joyful theme-it is our pleasant duty to wish Mr. Bell all success in the somewhat important fun ction which is fixed to take place on New Year's Eve, and, in the name of the School, to extend a most hearty welcome to the future Mrs. Bell, whom we shall all look forward to receiving into our midst next term. With regard to the Football XV., we have to r!!cord a fairly successful season,

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alth ough throughout th e term vaccination and ~ther caus~s hthavefiesledrioll~~vi:r~~;!f::: . . bl t I a fully representative team In e . . l ~~~t~r~~~~ee~~gc~ro~)i~!t~~e victories Qut of our five ~chool matches-the return match with SUlton havin g unavoidablhy be~ldl PosftponedSu:~~l~tf~~ te:v~' heartily congratulate " . C 11 Coming now to the at er 51 e 0 our c P. S. Nairn upon being elec ted to an Open Classical Scholarsillp at H ertford 0 ege,

Oxfor~ne .

matter, in conclusion, to which we should like,to ~all our readfTS' ~t~ent~o~lJ th e lamentable fall in g off in the number o f contnbutlOllS frot;n t Ie. c O? ~

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F OO TBALL . KI NG'S

SCHOOL v. lvIR. B. C. COVELL'S

XV.

Pia cd on Blare's Picce on Tuesday, October 22 nd, and r("sulted in a win fo r Mr. CoJell's XV. by four tries to mi. From the sta~t our opponents began to pr~s_s, their forwards ru shi ng up the field Time after tllne th ey looked as tlllOugh t ley must croSS our line, but owing to some sound kicki ng by Weston an1 a ~~.to S01:n~ ood saving by Huyshe and H enderson they. were kept out. t IS pam ~ovel1 who owing to an injured knee was oblIged to play full-back, attempted to dro ' a 0~1 but the ball just fell short . Soon after this from a scrum near our line F~nn ggot' th e ball and scored. The kick was unsuccessful. Ol~r oppo~rks still continued to keep dangerou sly close to our line, but a .good il~k ~y 11 e which was well followed up nearly resulted in our. sconn g. e a w~s g rad ually worked back to our twenty-five, and from a combmed rush of ~ur opponert s forward s Weigall sco red. Paris however fail ed ~o conve~t. H alf-lIme was tIe,',: called with the score 6-1117. Shortly after resummg. Pans, fro m a scrimmage

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mid-field outside our twenty -five, received the ball from Finn and, running finely round the field, scored. This ought certainly ne)ve r to have occurred, for had our forwards broken up quickly they could have come round on him and prevented him from scoring. The ki ck was unsuccessfully taken by Covell. Soon after this the for wa rds rus hed up the field, headed by Nairn and Berryman, and this g reatly relieved the backs who were thoroughly outmatched. Two off-sides in our favo ur materially assisted us and again we nearly sco red. But grad ually they worked back to our twenty-five and Finn once more scored displaying his usual dash. The kick again fail ed. No further scorin g took place and th e game ended as stated. 'Weston at full back was very good, his kicking being sound throughout. Of the three-quarters, T uke and Green were th e most conspicuous, but none of them are sound enoug h at tackl ing. Both the hal ves are too selfish ancl as yet do not seem. to understand each other' s play. Among t he forward s Nairn, Methuen, Berryman and Dea ne \\"ere seen to advantage doing good work both in the open an~l in the scrum . The School team was as follows :R. D. Weston (back); F. C. Bovensc hen, E . C. Green, J. M. Tuke, R. W. Marshall (three-quarters); R. lvI. H. H end erso n, O. F. Huyshe (half- backs) ; P. S. F . Nairn, A. P. Methue n, E. R. P. Berrym an, E. P. Richardson. A. R. Davies, L. H . Deane, J. H. Mee rs, G. H . Mansfield (forward s).

KI NG'S

SCHOOL v. DOVER

COLLEGE.

Played on Blare's Piece, October 30th, resulting in a well-deserved victory for the School by 8 points to 5. A strong wincl was blowing almost strai ght down the ground, but all the scoring was done in the first half, when th e wind was in Our favour. The lead which the School had es tablished was a ve ry small one, and it was mainly due to so me vigorous fo rward play an d some excellent defensive work by \Veston that we were not beaten. Dover kicked off against the wind, and after some play in mid-field, their forwards dribbled into our 25. Their halves started by getting away very smartly, bu t afte r an interchJ.nge of kicks, in which th e wind told in our favour, Bovenschen found touch near the Dover line. In the loose play that followed, Huyshe saved well vncc or twice ; at last Methuen broke away and was only stopped by th e full back. Bovenschen failed to gather the ball, and the n th e Dover three-quarters got away with a run half the leng th of the fie ld, and looked like sco rin g easily when Bovenschen came up very fast and pulled down his man almost on the line. Dover co ntinued to press, and were only kept out by \Veston i at last the forwards broke away to the- Dover 25, helped by the wind, and Bovenschen following up his kick scored in the corner without much. opposition. ' ÂĽeston made a good attempt at goal. Our forwards were passi ng again directly; Weston tried to drop a goal, and

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Bovenschen spoilt a good chance ~by fatling to gather the ball, but at last for the fir~t time in the game all our three-quarters got going, and some good combined play resulted in Green forcing his way over the lme not far from the posts. \\Testo n kicked a goal. Dover pressed from the ki ck-off, and after a good run by Tuke our halves were at fault and allowed Al derson to get clean away and score between the posts, a goal resultin g. Almost immediately Dover again looked dan gerous, but the effo rt was spoilt by a forward pass, and half-time came with the ball on th eir 25 line. The second half started with close play in mid-fierd, the forwards worked well, especially Nairn. who was doing a great deal in the line-out. Once or twice Bovenschen looked like gettin g away, but was pushed into touch. After about ten minutes' play the Dover forwards rushed the ball to our line an d \Veston had to touch down; he brought relief shortly afte rward s by followi ng up his ow n kick. At last Nairn broke away and set the three-quarters goi ng, but the ground thus gained was lost by Huyshe, wh o fumbl ed the ball. On several occasions the Dover forwards looked dangerous, but Tuke relieved, and once Bovenschen was nearly in, the game being very fast at this point. The Dover three-quarters had some good chances, but they could not get past W'eston, who was tackling excrllentiy. Some good forward work was neutralised by a free kick against Davies for off-side, and the game continued in our 25. There was an an xious moment when the Dover three-quarters got right away, but Bovenschen managed to overtake the man and hold him up right on our line. Ou r halves managed to prevent a score from thc ensuin g scrum, and Methuen and Ri chardso n brought relief ill th e loose play that fo llowed, and took the ball to the half-way line. \Veston had to touch down aftcr a long kick helped by the wind, that went over his head, and at last the whistle blew after lVl ethuen's third attempt to

25Âˇ by the team was a great improvement on their previous efforts, drop Tout he from form our shown except in the case of the halves, who seemed unable to gather the ball and we rc continually hampering one another; fortunately, however, the opposing pair were also rather weak. T he forwards played a good hard game and were set all. excellent example by Nairn, who used his strength and weight well j of the rest, Methuen, Berrym an and Richardson were conspicuous. Tukc and Green did a great deal of good work. though the latter's tacklin g was nearly always too high. Marshall had but few oppo rtunities, but Bovenschen's pace was extremely usef ul ; he nea rly always gained ground, and twice prevented what looked like a certain score. Weston hardly made a mistake j his sound tackling seemed to have a moral effect on the opposing th ree-quarters, and his ru nning and kicking were both good, especially in the second half. The School team was as follows :R. D. Westo n (back); F. C. Bovenschen, E. C. Green, J. M. T uke, R . W. Marsh all (three-quarters) ; R. !VI. H enderson, O. F. Huyshe (halves) ; P. S. Nairn, A. P. Methuen, E . P. Rich ard son, L. H. Deane, E. P. Berryman, A. Gillibrand, A. R . Davies, R . F. Nation (forwards).

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SCHOOL v. SUTTON

VALENCE

SCHOOL

This match was played on Tuehda Nov -mb . most depressing atm.ospheric condi~iOl;~ T'h er 5~' on Blor,e's Piece, under the addition to this, at times a thick fa ' , c ,weat er ,was bItterly cold, and in spectators. The result of an e~ c~:np~etely hId th e players from the view of the I goal '2 tries ( I T points) to 2 trie (~e e,n · game was a victory for the School by at last Pi tt. the Sutton hal f-back Sg t pomts)b' Play at first centred in mid-field until b M I II f ' a away ut was well stopped b ~V t A Y ars 1a rom an interce pted pass carri , d tl b II ' Y es on. nm ann fo r a time the School ressed stro =1 1e a Into our opponent's territory kicking iuto touch of their o:ponents. f~~OII~t I-II~fY w~re checke~ by the excellent t. \ .y a rna e an opc nlllg and passed to Tuke. who sco red ncar the Very soon after this followed ~o:ll~h toes~on sUfces~ully negotiated th e place-kick. time our opponents were dal; gerouslv c1~~c e~1(, an l~vhen the w~istle blew fo r halfa .our me. H alf ·t1me was called ",-ith the score 5- in Ollr favour 0 tl" .0 . n 1e resumption of the game 0 t more energy 1I1tO their work and in pa r I T k ' .. lIr earn put much good play. At lengt h the result of r Icu ,ar, II e wa~ respo nswle fo r some really Bovenschen was a score by Rovensch:~1 e~,~~i~~~~~ ~?mbllled ~l1n by Tuke, Green an d shot. Some good work by Pitt an d Th~rnhill wa \~tl~d to bnng off a rath er difficult settl ed dow n for a time in mid field Al 1 s Be stop ped by Weston, and play Swinford and again sco red : We~t n" "_ ast ove nsc hen g'?t clear away from successful. For the remaining part ~f ~I attempt at the place-k~ck was again undefensive, A run by Swinford was well game our team was clllefly engaged in the scored an uncon ve rted t ry. The res It ft opped by Gree n, but after some time Pitt backs, Pitt and Thornhill was anoth~~ u~c so me more g<?-od, work by th e Sutton half?f time so that the game' end ed as stated ~nbverted ~1'le fl~IS wa~ just befo re the call 1Il the pl.ay of our opponents was the (excelllcl~~:'of th , c~~e''pOl~lt worthy of notice I 'll elr IC 1l1g mto touch . Moreover th eIr half bac ks Pitt and T I fact, at half-back tha't our weakne~~r~~l'~rl c~l11 pleiely outclassed our pair. It was, in either Henderson or Huyshe was in :h yay. t was almost a rare occurrence that a very sound game' we have ra el c p:oper place. ~Veston at full-back played played creditably, 'while, in pa:ti!ul~eren~/ I~n plaJ ~ better. T he three-quarters all advantage. Of the forward N ' • u e an ovenschen were seen to great Hall and Davies did ve ry ~oosd ,:~~~ ~~I~I Methuen T ehresd istinctly the best, although I Ie ope n. e chool-team was :R D y.,.' . . eston (back); F C Bovensc he E C G n"d' reen, J. M. Tuke, and R. W. Marshall (three-quarters) ' R'!Vi H I Nairn, A. P. Methuen, A. 'Gill;bra~d '1{)(VS~' /n :'RHuyshe (halves) ; P. S. , A. R. Davies and J, V. L. Hall (fon~ard~),' a IOn, . . Ichardson L. H. Deane,

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KING'S SCHOOL v. MR. LATTER'S XV. Th is match, played in cold but fine weather on Blore's Piece on Saturday. Nov. 9th, resulted in a win for the Sc ratch combination by 'Z goals. 4 tries (22 poi nts) to mi. Although ou r oppont:nts won by so han dsome a margin, the difference between the two teams was not so great as is apparently indicated. For the winners, 'ÂĽrig ht and Finn were both exceedingly difficult to stop, whi le Latter was very hard to pass. At the sta rt the scratch tealll pressed and a smart run by Wright and Finn resulted in a score by the latter after only th ree minutes' play. ';Vestan appeared to collar Finn and then let him go again, under the impression that he had passed to H. E . Green. The place-kick by Husbands was un successful. A good run by Wright looked like a certain score, had not H. E. Green muffed an easy pass. However, two minutes later, \\Tright and Finn again scored a try almost exactly si milar to the first: this also was unconverted. Then followed some good play by Tu ke and Marshall. the latter of whom was very near scoring. At last, \Vri ght, managing to evade \\Teston, got clear away and scored nearly between th e posts; Husbands easily converte:d. Then ensued a period of mid-field play; at last Wright got away, hut was excellently pulled up by Bovenschen. H owever, from a serum very near the line, Tulloch got in but the place-kick was un successful. Half-time arrived with the score I goal 3 tries to l1it. The second half of the game was much more evenly contested. On the resumption, more mid-field play ensued, in which Tulloch was conspicuous for an excellent dribbli ng run . Then followed the prettiest piece of work of the game, an excellent run by \Vright who, to avoid 'Weston, doubled back an d passed to Finn, wh o scored very ncar the posts. Husbands fail ed at n very easy place-kick. After this came some very good work among the School back division, in whi ch Huyshe, GreeH and Bovenschen wereÂˇconspi cllolls. The ball was carried right up to the opponents' line and a score seemed imminent when a brilliant save was effected by Latter, and some combi ned work by Latter and Finn enabled Weigall to score. The place-kick was successfull y converted and the game end ed with the score as stated above. As in the match against Sutton Valence, our chief weakness was at half-back. Henderson, in particul ar, is inclined to be selfish; moreover, when putting the ball into the scrum, he frequently threw it right amongst the feet of the opposing forwards. The th ree-quarters relied too much on Weston and frequently did not get back quick ly enough after the ball had passed them : in th is, Green was the worst ofrender. Among the forwards, the loss of Nairn and Berryman was much fe lt, but the others on the wh ole played a much better game. They were quite outweighted, but worked very hard, and have improved a great deal both in qnickness ill brea kin g up and in pace in the open. Moreover the return of J enkin has much strengthened the prtck. The School team was as follows :R. D. Weston (back); R. W. Marshali, E. C. Green, J. i\1. Tuke and F. C. Bove nsche n (three-quarte rs) ; R. M. H enderson and O. F . Huyshe (halves) j A. P. l\<fethuen. L. H. Deane, H . A. J enkin. A. Gillibrand , E . P. Richardson, R. F. Nation, G. H. Mansfield and A. C. Thomas (forwa rds).

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DOVER •

Pla.red at Dover OIl November

tl~e prevIous meeti ng between the two ~ }'

tnes to nil.

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. es u1ted.In a;1s,d n ~ r~ve rsal of the verdict of over WlJ11l1 ng on th is occasion by two

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It was an extremely close game and a v f on both sides was sOllnd, and SCO;i;l W ' ~ry ast one on. the wh ole. but th e tackling bu.t a free- kick to Dover and a good !ribb\~ ab~latter of dIfficulty. \\~e attacked first, dnb bled over. Nairn then headed a I · ought the ball to Our hnes and it was "mark," bu t vVesto n made a feeble a~tem t !~OC ~Irlbble. and Bovenschen mad e Huyshe was all but in but a free -k~ck (' gOdft: . A l f~er a clever dribble by Marshall t 'Ill. !V"rarshall ' Green and Bolor 0 -SIC Dover rel" nea, rI y go I e gave 1 . Ie f, and tIley in turn' run and .half-time arrived with n~ thin s;~:~~c led lOwev~r, relt eved with a combi ned very rapIdly from one end of the fielcfto th . tl n resullung the game was transfe rred Bove.nsc~len and Green. Then Dover loo~e~ ll~~ and g.ood work was done aga in by our hne Into touch-in-goal H owe ve r tl t I ed scon ng , but punted st raight over had tackled finely on our line th b II ley re ume to th e attack, and after Westo n out on the right, but failed to' cOJ~ve~t c~nc .0U!hOll the close side and they scored far and eventually Green made his II mark" ,,~;lln I e g?me becat!le very fast and open, Y c eved) , but agam 'Weston's attempt at ' goaJ proved futile.

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For the last five minutes of the game Dove ~le tackling by Taylor in particula'r ';luSt I r pre~sed u.s hard, and, but for some vent~ally H ende rson and Gree n reli~ved laVe een. In on several occasions. bouncing. at right angles, out of \VestOl/s re~C~lut tlDov~r .~~cked back, and the bal l was certalJlly a lucky try. It was not converted' lCIYh n h.led Over ancl scored what TI . ' anc t e \II lstle ble w. I f II f ' . . 1e game was a most 1I1tc resting one acqllltted themselves extremely well in th e t ' kf·nc I'll 0 II1cldents, and the team very dead.ly, though Green made one or t~C lllg me; t~e attac.k, however, was not p~ss~s being mulled. The halves were wenok good opemngs wlucll were lost by the vIgour than they had previously displaJ1cd a 'd . but tl he forwards played with marc , ,n scemec to break up 1110:> . kl TI1e teams were as fOllows K' : ' ' re qUlc y. ChOO Bovenschen, E. C Green R \/{ ~r"'g ' :-R. D. Weston (back) ' F C Henderson, O. F . ·HuYShc'(haivesj . . ~rs~a l~ ~ W. Taylor (three-quarters). R' M' H. A. J enkin, E . P. Richardson, A. 'cillibr~n~ RaHr/'NA.. F . Methuen, ;L. H. 'De~ne: .Dover College '-E J C I ' . . atlOn, A. R. DaVIes (forwards). M un dy, C. l'II. H:aw~s '( th~~::Yu~~':::~);, \; l'II. C. Hartopp, W. E. S. Digby, H . G. ~. Bagnall, A. L. Griffith. A. CqB . l'IIal~~l m:SL. ~a'Ees, A. E. Alderson (halves) ; ardn er, H. N. G. \Vatson, H . Lindunex ( forw~~i s) . · . Knollys, J. NIcholso n, A. C.

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KIN G'S SCH OOL v. E ASTBOURNE COLLEGE. Played on Tuesday, November 19th, on the new g round , on a fine but cold day. OUT opponents kkked off against th e wind. \Vithin three minutes of th e sta rt, their Jeft win g three-quarter after a brilliant run scored, but in a n unfavoura ble positio n and a good place-kick by Andrews was un successful. Two minutes afterwa rd s, th ey again scored through the in strum entality of Lamb e rt~ but the attempt to convert wa s again un rewarded. After thi s cam e a bo ut of mid-field play in which good work was done by Hu)'shc ancl Taylor. A good attempt by ':Veslo n to score from a penalty was un successful. A rush by OUf forwards looked dange rous until Natio n mulled an easy pass, and play then settled again in mid-fie ld. Finall y their left win g three-qua rter got in fro m an excellent nm but th e place-kick against a strong wind was un sll ccessful. A good run by Lambert carried the ball into our quarters and despite some good work by vVeston, from a throw-in just close to our line our opponents again scored but again failed to add th e major points. Half-time then a rrived with th e score 1 2 points (+ tries) to nil. Eastbourne at once began to make bette r use of th e wind than we had do ne, and the School were fo rced to touch do wn twice in rapid succession. After some loose play in mid-field the ba ll was punted by our opponents across the grollnd, and their out side three-qua rter raced up a nd scored between th e posts without opposition. From the ki ck-off our forwa rd s worked th e ball into th.e Eastbourn e 25, but th eir work was neutra lised by a long punt a nd an oth er easy score by one of th eir centres. The press ure was still kept up, bu t our fo rwa rd s came round better a nd Weston, Bovensc he n a nd Huyshe in t urn saved well. The former again managed to push the opposing t hree-quarter into tou ch c lose to o ur line, but the score was only delayed fo r a minute, thou g h no goal was kicked. The game at last returned to their 25, but E astbourne repealed their tactics of ,relieving wi th a lon g punt, foll owing which our forwa rd s heeled on their own line, and a sco re was only prevented by some goo d play by Nairn. W'eston again saved by bri nging do wn hi s ma n, but was not well suppo rted, and befo re the whistle blew E astbo urne crossed our line twi ce more, in th e corne r, thoug h on th e second occasion t hey lost th e ball. The score of 28 points to nil fairl y represe nted the state of the game, it is trLl e that o ur fo rward s were o verweighted, but they were ve ry slow in comi ng round. Nairn playe d a good ha rd game, but as a whole the side seemed dem oralised a fter th e rapid scoring at the start. Huyshe at times did some good defensive wo rk, a nd, also Bovensc hen, especia lly in the seco nd ha lf, bu t of the tacklin g as a whole th e less said th e better, e ven 'Veston at tim es deserted his customary princ iple of goin g fo r his man low, The side seemed to play quite a different game fro m that which they di s pla~ e d aga in st D ove r in the previ ous match, th oug h of course the absence of th e tw o regula r centre thre e-quarters was a g reat loss to us. The School team was as follows :-ÂˇÂˇR, D, Weston (back) ; F. C. Bovensc hen, R. W. Marshall, R . V. L. J ohnston , J. W. Taylo r (three-quarters) ; R . M. Henderson, O . F . Huys he (halves) ; P. S. F. Nairn, A. P. Methuen, E. R. P . Berryman , L. H . Deane, E. P. Richard son, H. A. Jenkin, A. Gillibrand, R. F. Natio n (forward s).

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KING'S SCHOOL 2nd XV. v. TO NBRIDGE SCHOOL

3rd XV. a decisive victory for our Opponents b fi n u~sda}', Octobe r 22nd, and res ulted in the case in this match th e Sc hool startcl;, ~:~I1~oa s ,a n ~1 ten ~ri es to nil. As is usually th~ first few minutes and in two out of the th r'.' theIr Ime b~lIlg crossed three tim es in thIS the School played up and looked t wi ce likee rc ~ses th e tnes we re converted. After were lost, th e one throug h Paris II' el) to, break away but both oppo rtuniti es Taylor droppin g th e ball fo rward ~~te~ng a seemIng ly easy pass , the other throug h an d takin g a place- kick Tonbrid;e' t r.. ~oT e scramblin g play T aylor was" off- side " was two goa ls and six tries to ni t' JO us ~ll cc !O SCo re a goal. At ha lf-time th e sco;e ' n reS l1ln lllO' the School p I h . a ld [ . ' <1 o r some tUll C th e play was in their" 2;;;: " , , ressec t elr oppo nents was howeve r lost by the slown ess of the' 't lewe r m akm ~ a good o penin g which af~erward s Thomas attempted a d ro )-k ic k fes of the te~m 111 ~ollowing llP, Soon fa iled to raise the ball ' wh en tim I rom a mark ciIrectiy 111 front of O'oal but most noticeable fa ult in t he Sc hool e 1~va s ca ~ led the Score was as stated abov~. The a lth o ug h possibly th is was acco untee! fay ~\'as the extre me ly bad heeling in th e serum 0PI' one nt s, o ' or' tIII some . IIt of our' IIr t hree~ qll'l r ters were t I deg ree b), the g rea l er welg a t times exceedin gly good,' T well d,fJr' ~ OU C assed, the T onbridge passi ng being an d Mansfi eld were co nspicll ous ~'h:~ .1N~~i~n wo~t Ga~lblabc k, a nd F rewer. Hitchcock am ongst th e forward s, ' < an I I ra nd were most noticea ble

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. . The School team was as foll o ws :- J T il H itchcoc k, L. Mansfield, W. E. Gr ~ , . lVe s (bac k); ] . W. T ay lo r, R. H. ( ha lves) ; A. Gillib ran d F P W.'lkc~ooli i~h;r-(I u"'ters) ; J. F re lVer, L. F . Pa ri s J V. B a li , R B. Win se ~, P;OSl ( forlV~r;is) . allO n, A. C. Tho mas, W. L. Lu cas,

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KIN G·S SCHOOL m d XV. 7) . D OVE R CO LLEGE 2nd XV . , , . Play:d at Dover on vVednesda OCl b started WIt h a strong wind in their a 30th , fhe Sc hool, WIIlI1i ng th e toss lIr Oppone nts Soo n began to press a nd afte r some loose play in OLlr " 25 ,:lvg~.r" converted . T hen some ood fo n anSO n scored be tween th e posts and Ma rI e r the fi eld to T ay lor, enat led tha;'~~~~ I~~~y t~'aslr~~~l, a nd Meers ~ickillg the ball acros~ Lucas took th e place-k ick at a diffic u?l I c I I~ over the , !t ne a nd tOllc h do wn. afterwards T aylor aga in Scored a neat t all~ ? ~IL succeeded III co nverting, Sho rLly A li ttle befo re ha lf-t ime Bra bazon tl;t lI C f ul~a~ h:d no diffi cul ty in conve rting. team and sco red a try close to 't! over, 11 - ac , .rushed throug h Ollr entire uns ll ccessful an d half-time was call ed l~vi~~Ut~~l:h ne; • ~he kIck against the wi nd was Th ro ug hout th e seco nd hal f Dover r ' e, s~on, at two go~ l s to a goa l a nd a try. one with a ve ry lu cky kick a fte r LI; e~.s~d J ha:d <~;ld scored tWice, Ma ri e), co nve rting we re left vi ctorious by tlVO goals allelet ,1 t ,.lac ro ed ove r ; at th e call of time Dover wo lIes to t wo goa ls.

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The teams were as follows. K ing's S chool :-J. Twells (back) ; J. W. Taylor, R. H. Hitchcock, H. Gramshaw, R. V. L. Johnston (three-quarters) ; J. Frewer, S. F. Bressey (halves) ; F . P . Walker, G. H . 'Mansfield, J. H. Mee rs, J. V. L. Hall, W. St. C. Lucas, A. C. Thomas, D. K. And erso n, J. R. Tulloch (forward s). D over College :-E. M. Brabazon (back) ; F. L. Marl ey, C. Branson, R. S. Vinson, J. de L. Laurence (three-quarte rs) ; H. G. H arrison, C. K. L. Pyman (halves) ; C. N. Steel, B. Lindemcre, A. L. Laskie, D. Saunders, {-I. R. Blanford , A. E. Macrae, H. H. T aylor, C. S. Faire (forwa rds) .

KING'S SC HOOL 2nel XV. v. S. A. C. This match was played on Tuesday , November 12th , on Bla re's Piece. und er the most adve rse circum stances. Rai n fell durin g most of the game, and a very hi gh wind was blowing. S. Augustine's College won the toss and elected to play with the wind. During the first few minutes play was chiefl y in the centre of th e g round, but the School then began to press, and Gramshaw making an opening, passed to J ohnston. T he latter however missed his opportun ity, by not using his pace an d was well tackled by one of their three-qua rte rs. The ball now became very greasy, a nd it becam e hard to take passe~. T he School no w work~d do wn Lo th eir oP?onents' line, but fro m a serum there th e College ru shed it away, and grad ually worked down to the School line; twice they were da ngero usly close, and once a forward dribbled past Twells, and looked like scori ng but Taylor picked up neatly and ran round into touch. Play continued to shift abo ut, and the ball was in the centre of the ground when the whistle went for half. ti me, nothi ng hav ing been scored on either side. For so me time afte r halft ime play was equal, but fro m a scrum near the centre, the College heeled, and the half threw the ball to the wing three-quarter, who broke through at a great pace an d passi ng J ohnston, Gramsha w and Twell s, scored. The t ry was uncon verted . Aftcr this the School played a much harder game, and several times got down to their opponents' line, and once Thomas dribbl ed over but fai led to touch-down. T ull och was noticeable also for work in th e open. From a scru m in their 25, the ball was neatly heeled and Paris dodging well scored between the posts; Lucas convert~d the t ry. The School con tinued to press, and T aylor got a run but was put into tOllch. Then after some passing between the three-quarters Gramsha w dropped a neat goal. From so me fo rward work Tulloch then got a good punt in, going into touch close to their line. Scrums alternated with touch at this point for a minute or so, but the College defence was too good, and the School could not sco re. Time was called wi th the School attacking strongly. The School thu s won by t wo goals (one dropped)nine points to a try (three). The passing was weak, many passes being missed and

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badly made. The tackling also was weak thou I T ' Twells saved well at tim es b t th I I' g 1 homas was a notIceable e xception 'd , u e 1a ves were far too I N ' . so w. attOn, Thomas and a ton 1 best among th e forward s. D I e1 The School team was as folio J T Hitchcock (Capt. ), H. Gramshaw i s :;; . wells (back) ; J. W. Taylor, R . H . S. F . Bressey ( halves) ' R 17 d f ' j JShnston (three-quarters) ; L. F. Paris P. N . Dalton, A. C. Sa Walker, , , . 'RHTall'IIF'1 . u OC 1p(',lorward s). G. H. Man sfi eld:

Th~ma~ '~'. L~l~as 'J

KING'S SCHOOL 2nd XV.

DOVER COLLEGE 2nd XV

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d Âˇ . . Played at Canterbury, on Novembe I th tnes to 111'1. Dove r kicked off wi th th _ r .4- .' an .resulted In a win for Dove r by two and very soon after the sta rt Finch s~owl~d f111 t11e1r fa:o m and pressed immediately verted . . PIa), was then transferred to ar out. The try was not can: ' . o,":er soo n began to press, and P an s relIeved with a goo d punt Som e quarters nearly resulted in Ada~s tf g.oOd comb111atlOn amon g the Dover threeb close to th e line. Then Paris aga~l~ :~\~e~~'d ~:i~~e was well ~rought ove r by Dressey take n nearly to the Dove r goal througl b' a good kIck. The ball was th en \ a com med. rush of the forward s hcaded by Walker. Dover however SOO;1 be Paris agalO, and a fo rward ru's h was well stopped by ~ftcrwards the same playe r headed a ~t ~nother good pun t, a nd a few momcnts mto th e Dover 25 H alf t,' me ' I goo rus 1 down the fIeld, which took the bal l . was t len called the d' avour of Do ver. The second half . f ' score stan 111g at a try to nil in f rorwards were seen to better advant~';: ~~;~~t~ ~V~~l than~ the fi rst, a nd th e School ~'d the School pressed at once anel al :nost s)c ad ~nd 1 homas. Lucas kicked oftover, howeve r, broke awa an d a co 1 I ' u cee e( 111 sconn g, th rough Dalton ' .stopped b)' Bresse)'. free- kick ru sh by the ir forwards was "na rtly \~lth a goo d ru n. Soon afterwards T homas 1r p~essed agall~. but Grego ry re lieved lllle. Dove r continued to press and .1~ Ill OS sco red , bell1g collared ri ght on the with a good ru sh. Then the Do'vdr th r~~~ql~~~~ar~d6 h~aded .by Lucas. brought relief out, but the try was not converted Just b ~ . ro e away and MarJ ey scored far but Johnson tac kled well and no . furthe r C or~ tlm~ was called Dover. presse d again, were e xcellent at half but tI,e fo r a d dSlconng r . . sul ted. Both Pans and Bressey . h ' w r s J( not get po .' f h sseSSlOn 0 t e ball enough to gIve t e three-quarters a chance Of tl tl ald G I < . 1e n ee-q uarters J ol1l1 t . I rams law was see n to advantagc at tim es T il s on was most promlll cn t, the forwards, Hall, Thomas and \ÂĽalkcr we re thO we oromment 5 pl~yed well at back, and of ( e most

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The School team was as fo llo w ' J l' . Gramsha w, R. H . Hitchcock R V S .- . well. ( bac k) : W. E . Grego r ' H Bressey (halves) ; J. V. H all: G' Ii (three -quarters); L. F . Paris, F: iVIee rs, A. C. Thomas, W. S. Luc~s , J' . RanT s le I d'i F (f' P. Walker, P. N . Dalton, J. H. \. . U OC; 1 orwa rd s) .

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KING'S SCHOOL 2nd XV. v. TO NBR IDGE SCHOOL J'd XV. This match was played at Canterbury, on November 27th, and n~s ulled in a win for Tonbridge by 24 points to nil. The gam e was by no means as one-sided as the score implies. but our opponents' wei g ht was too mtH;h for us. The game was exceedingly fast throughout, and though we were fo r the most part kept on the defen ce. yet on one or two occasions our tcam attacked strongly. At half-time our opponents led by I I poi nts to mt. and a fte rwards increased their lead to 24. Just before tim e wa s called an excellent combin ed rush I1l:ariy res ulted in a try, but the Ton bridge back relieved. The special feature of our play was the excellent tack ling di splayed thro ughout. Again and again our oppone nts were collared in capital styl e, and our team never ceased to playa hard vigorous game. Wh ere all were good it is hard to pick out individuals, but Ma rshall and Tayl or were co ntinually conspicuous for really good collarin g. Both our halves were good; while Twells, at back, showed him sdf perfectly fea rless in stopping ru shes. Among the forwards, Thomas and Walke r were the best. Our team was as follows ;J. Twells (back); J. W. Taylor, R. W. Marsha ll, H. Gramshaw, R. V. Johnston (three-quarters); O. F. Huyshe (Ca pt. ), J. Frewer (halves); R. F . Nation, A. R. Davies, F. P. Walker, A. C. Thomas, J. V. Hall , J. H. Meers, G. H. Mansfield, P. N. Dalton (forward s).

KING'S SC HOOL 2nd XV. v.

MERC/-IA N'T' TAYLORS 2nd XV.

"fhi s match was played on the New Ground, on Satu rday, November 30th, and resulted in a wi n for the School by ten points to three. The School pressed at the start, but were gradually forced back into their own 25. Some loose play followed until shortly before half-time; after some scrums ncar the to uch line. one of the Merchant Taylors' three-quarters scored a n unconve rted try. Half-time was reac hed after some good forward rushes headed by Nation and Davies. On re-starting, the School showed much more dash, but were unabl e to score. Doth sides co nti nued to press in turn, until within ten minute:s of time, when Gregory dribbled brilliantly past the back, a nd J ohnston, foll owi ng up hard, was ab le to touch down . Thomas converted with a good ki ck. The School continued to press, and Johnston, from a pass from Taylor, cleverly dod ged the opposing backs and scored between the posts. Thomas again converted . No fmther scoring took place, and the game ended as stated above. The tackling of th e School thrce-quaners was excellent, and among the forwards Nation, Dalton and Thomas were prominent. The t~am was;J. Twells (back ); W. E. Gregor)" R. V. j ohnston, L. Mansfield, j .. W. Ta)'lor (th ree-quarters); O. F. Huyshe (Capt. ), G. C. Cooke (halves) ; R. F. Nation, ]. V. Hall , A. R. Davies, A. C. Thomas, J. H. Meers, P. N. Dalton, D. K. Anderson, R. Pearse (forwards) .

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SCHOOL NEWS, ?'.e congratulate the followin g o n obta1ll1l1g their football colours after the Second Dover match : FirstXV.-E. R. P. Derrr man a~ld L. H. Deane. Second xv. R. I'. NatIon, J. V. L. I-/all, R. W. ____ Marshall, J. W. Ta),lor, A. C. Thomas G. I-I. Mansfield, F. P. Walker and J. I-I: Meers ; and on Nov. 28th, First XV.J. M. Tuke, E. P. Richardson, E. C. Green. Second XV.- J. Frewer, P. N. Dalton and J. Twells.

Fourth XV., and were beaten by 38 points to 10. " o}fo On Tuesday, Dec. 3rd, the School 2.nd, XV. was defeated by St. Augl1stll1e s College by 2 goals ( 10 points) to I goal and I try (8 points). ,~

" On Thursda)" Nov. 7th, th e School l' l.ves Paa, F. C. Bovenschen and R. H . ~.\'$."" I-htchcock, played the St. Edmund's On Saturday, Nov. 30t h, the Schoo l School Pair in St. Augustine's College Th~rd XV. played Dover COllege Co urt, and we re beaten by ga me-8, Third XV. on Blare's PIece, and lost gamc-3Âˇ . #o~#o by 5 goals, / try, (z8 poi nts), to nil. *#0* On the same afternoon the On the same cia a I Under /6' Fives Pair, A. D. Spafford School Fourth XV. PI~'~d bo~2rVC~II~gh ~ ~I~f j'ILp' Tobmlin, beat th e SI. Edmund's C 100 flI r y game-3, game-2 .

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NEWS.

Captain E. A. Wi lliams, O.K. S. F. H. Durnford has received his ( 1880- 83), of the 1st Dragoon Guards, wh o was ~Illed at Orebyfontein, in th e College colours for Rugby Football at ' O~a~ge RIver Colony! was in hi s thirly- Corp us Christi COllege, Cambridge. ~hlfd year. H e obtall1ed a com missio n 111 the 18th Hussars from the Militia and was transferred to the J st Dragoon Guards as a Captain on July 4th, 1900. He had H . l. Wilson has obtai ned his College prevIOusly served during the COurse of the COlours for Rugby Football at Christ war with Bethune's Mounted Infantry. Church, Oxford.

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. E. W. Mowll (Jesus College, Cambndge) has been rowing in his College Coxwallliess Four. He has also obtained his University Trial Cap, rowing No. 3 in the first trial eight at Ely on December 9th .

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The Annual O.K.S. Dinner will take

place on Wednesday evening Jan., 15th, 1902 , at the Trocadero Restaurant, Piccadilly Circus, W., at 7.' 5 pm . The Rev. R. G. Hodgson has kindly consented to take the chair, and it is much hoped that a large number may be present . Names should be sent to the Rev. G. C. E. Ryley, the Preci ncts. Canterbury.

HARVEY SO CIET Y. At a meeti ng held on Saturday. Having spent th e greater part of two Nov. 2nd, a paper was read by F . H. years in the country, be was able to give 1\1osse, on tI Kent Fossils." He first man y interesting facts, both about the described t he method in which the . land and the people, largely from personal remains of plants and animals had been observation. Commencing by describing fossilized. shewi ng that the earlier the the climate, he pointed out the abundance rock is the more primitive arc the fossils of electricity owing to the dryness of the it contains. After stating that geological atmosphere. With regard to the Primitive Time may be divided into three epochs, inhabitants of the land, they were, he Primary, Secondary and Tertiary, he pro- said, of four different races, the Eskimos, ceeded to mention in order t he vanous the Chippewas, the Alleghans and the formations which are found in Kent, Indians proper, of which the Alleghans naming the fossils in each j first he were the most remarkable, owing to the mentioned the Weald, belonging to the numero us mounds, both for religious and Secondary epoch, the Greensand, the defensive purposes, wh ich they left behind 'fhey consist often of many Gault and the Chalk. He then passed them. on to the Tertiaries, the Thanet sand, the strange forms, such as those of serpents Oldhaven Beds and the London Clay, and elep hants j th e descendants of th e and concluded by giving a short account Alleghans in the prese nt day are the of the implements necessary for the Pu~blo Indians. Having mentioned the various watercourses, and in particular the collection of fossils. Colorado River with its great Canons, he concluded by giving a very interesting On Saturday, Nov. 16th, a paper was description of the Niagara Fall!'. The Tead by the H ead Master, entitled " Notes paper was illustrated by many exceedingly on Nature an d Man in North America." carefullr-drawn plans and diagrams.

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LECTURE S. On Monday, Octobe r 28th, the Rev. Theodore 'Wood gave us a very interesti ng L ecture on "Ants." His chief point, he said, would be to prove that Ants ranked next to human beings as regards intelligence. To do this he brought before our no~.ice the building capabilities of the Sauba Ant and the orO'anizecl armies of the Driver Ant. 0 Under the heading of U Peace" he classed everythi ng that took place in the nes t-the domestic life, the care of pets, &c. He went on to describe the Ants who kept slaves, and the degenerating effects which slavery had on those Ants who practised it. Mr. Wood pointed out that Solomon was quite correct when he said that Ants farmed their land and grew their own corn, as many miniature corn-fields have been found in Texas which have been cultivated entirely by Ants. The Lec~ur e was illustrated by many clever drawl11gs on black boards in coloured chalks. On Wednesday, Nov. 20th, Canon Page-Roberts gave us an pxt remely

interesting lecture on "J ourneying.s in SinaL" He began by making some humorous remarks on horses, and hi sÂˇ own experience of them, saying that for himself he would fa r rather ride a camel tha.n a horse. He then proceeded to the mam part of his lecture, which was chiefly taken up with an account of his journey, with two companions, throuO'h th e desert to Mount Sinai. H e point~d out that the Sinai tic Desert is not, as is often supposf!d, a n absol utely flat expanse cf s~ nd, but has hills, valleys, and dried1I'p river-beds, so that the scenery sometimes resembles even that of \Vales. H e gave an account of the meeting of his party with a large band of wandering Arabs, who at first seemed likely to attack the m, but were conciliated by being given food, whieh was what they principally wanted . Canon Page-Roberts said that so m.etimes travellers have been surprised by hungry Arabs, robbed of all their provisions, and reduced to the verge of starvation befo re they could reach a town. He told us many other interesting and amUSing anecdotes of his journey through the desert, and conclud ed with a desc ription of Mount Sinai, and the impression made upon him when he first saw it.

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P-ENNY READINGS. T he Penny Reading of Nov. 2nd was fully up to the traditions of past Nairn's " Little Vulgar Boy It years. evoked considerable amusement, and Mr. Evans' recitation of "Nl uleykeh" was ad mirably done. The piano solos by Me.ers and Mr. Ed monds, editorial st ricture s notwithstanding. were evidently appreciated by a large proportion of the audience. Rubie's performance on the vio lin betrayed nervousness, but hi s playing shows promise, and we hope to hear him again. Mr. Latter's" Midshipmite" and Mr. Ryley's" Pretty Creature" and "Beggar's Song" called forth loud applause. The part -so ngs were rendered by the M usicat Society with precision, a nd the c harming arrangements of " Kabul River" anel I . Follow me 'Orne" fully deserved th e recepti on t hey received. Mr. Godfrey is to be congratulated on his success in this direction; th e work of his e mbryo orchestra is both valuable as education and pleasing to hear, and we hope that this kind of piece has come to stay. The programme was as follows;-

Muleykeh" ... .. R. BYOWltillg. REV. L. H. EVA NS. . " The 1\'1ielshipmilc " . .S. Adams. SONG ..... A. LATT I-:R. E SQ. .. Etud e" ...... .. . . ... Chopin. PIA NO SO LO . . { " Bou rrce" ...... "'f' ... Bach. Rl':CI T AT IO"" ....... ••

!\f. I': DM ON DS, ESQ.

PA RT SONG .. .. The Ha rdy Norscman" SONG.....

. ...

Kahul River"

R. F.

NATION.

PART SOK(; .. j ' Song of the Brothcrhood " ...•.... SONG ......... . "

Foll ow mc 'O me" .. .

A Penny R eading was given on Nov. 30th, in lhe Parry Library, which proved a greal success, and gave good promise of a high 1y successful Concert at the end of th e Term. The two most popular items on the programme were Mr. Bell's and Mr. Ryley' s songs, who very ge ne rously responded to the loud applause which greeted their songs. "Mr. Edmonds again gave proof of his high musical capacily, wh ile Tomlin and Paris made a most successfu l first . .. . ... Lieck. P I ANO SO LO .. .. ..... Mazu rka" . appearan ce, and we hope to hear t hem J. I-I. MEE RS. orlen play again. J enkin and Marshall " Prelly Crealure'· .... ..... H orace. SONGS........... { II B eggar 's Song" .... . .. L()1Jeridge. were wa rmly appla uded a t the close of their readings, which, though very REV . G. C. RYLEY, Mus. Bac. differenl in character, we re bOlh re ndered READING .. Misadventures at Margate btgo/dsby. ve ry effeclively. The secont'! part of the P. S. NAIRN. programme consisted of some School j ) ART SONG ....... "The Starling" ........... .. ...... .. music, in whi ch a prominent part was V IOUN SOLO ... •. . . •• Mazurka" .. .. ... .... L. Galllle. taken by two cornets, on which Melhuen W. C. R U BIE.

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and Hunt operated with great vigour and success. A song by Meers with a lively choru s brought th e programme to a close. The programme is appe nded :-

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Little Maid of Alcala II • • " JlleJ!ager REV. G. C. E, RVLEV. R EADING ............. T he Revenge" ... .. .... l'CI1I1YSOII.

SONG .. .... .. <I

R. W. M ARSHALL.

{(a ) :: G~"ott,~ It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bach. (6) Glgue . ...... .. ...... . H«ndel. M. EDlItONDs, E SQ. (By Hequest.)

P I ANO SOLO

Allegro Assi " . ......... Haydu . (The 1st movement of Symphony in C. )

PIANO DUET ..... "

J. M. PAR T

EnMoNDs,

SONGS

PIANO SOLO

E SQ.,

{(a),j My enem ies" ......... .. . .. (6) H T he Cruiskeen Lawn " ... I< Banet fccrique It ••.•• • Borowski.

J. L.

R EADI NG .............. H

SONG .......... .....

T OMLIN.

Bahies" .. ... .. ..... Jel"olJle.

H . A. JENK IN. T he Bosun's Slory " ..

C. W. BELL, E SQ. PIANO SOLO .. "

THOMPSON.

Marceau dc Salon " . .. ... Pacltu". S. TH OMPSON .

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War Song of the Druids 1> • • Bellilli. NST RU MENTA L .. . .. Violin Solo

CHOR US .... " I

H . PARI S.

" T he ' :Vidow's Party" I NSTRUMENTAL ..... Canterbury Echoes 01 ••••••• ( I. .. St reel Call. 2." Two Bugle Calls. ': 3. "Cockcrow. tt ) . ......... Trooping n. SONG. SONG ........

H. M EERS.

LETTER FROM THE FRONT. No. J 9, Blockhouse, Nr. Rhenoster, O.R.C. 23rd Nov., 190 1. DEAR SC HO OL,

T o begin with, I came out with a sergeant, a corporal and 24- men-bein g myself lance-corporal-drawn rrom the Oxfordshire Voluntee rs and th e Bucks, I being unfort unately the SOlitary representative of the 'Varsily Battalion. We left Southampton on the S.S. Ge rm an ( Union Castle) on April 1st, and reached Port E lizabeth on the 25th, landing on the follo wing day. We were marched

straight from the ] etty to the station, a nd at once entrained. starting about 6 p.m . fo r Craddock, and going thence to Norval's Pont, where we stayed for the whole of Sunday. the 28th, and I had a sple ndid swim in the Orange River. \·Volvehoek, the junction for H eilbron, was reached on May morning, and we had to stay there a week as the train service is rallur irregul.ar! At last, on :May 7th, we went up 111 an armoured truck, with an armoured train in altendance, and reached Heilbron about 2 p.m . The O.L.!. was then garrisoll ing the town and on joining, we were attached to ri Co mpany wh ich was holding Kraal Hill,

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a small round kopje about a mile from Head-quarters Camp. By the way, I should have said that we were (and are) under the command of Lieut. L. J. Stephenson, of the Tower Hamlets R.V., a good officer and a good fellow too. All the while we were at Heilbron we saw no fighting, but had plenty of outÂˇ post wod;, &c. Still Âˇwe did get three or four nights in bed to one on Qutpost, and have often wished ourselves back there again. On Jun e 27th ,vc were relieved by the 2nd vVorcesters, and next day we started to march . to Kroonstad. where we arrived on Jlily I st. D and H Companies were sent off to a lovely station on the Valsch near the Main Drift, but it was too good to last, for after being inspected by General VV. Knox on th e 7th, we (D and H l were sent off next day to march to Honing Spruit. 18 miles up the line, and reinforce the garrison there. Major (now Col.) Pine Coffin was in command there, and we had a splendid time. For the first (and last) time we gOL our prop er rations, and the duty was easy enough, besides which, we were not worri ed and hurried, if one of the neighbouring block'1ollses happened to fire a voll ey or two at night, as would have bee n the case if our officers had had charge. Jll st before we left Honing Spr uit, Spion Coppin, as we called him, took us out at 3 a,m. to surpri se some Doers near Doornkop. and we got I + belligerents, besides women and children. On July 19th we were rushed off by train to Bloemfontei n, getting there next day and rejoining the rest which started off on trek on the 21 st. W e soon found that our destination was the Modder, of which we had to hold the

drifts in connection with a southward sweep by Gen. Elliott. I was with about 70 men of D Co. at Waaihoek, about 42 miles west of Bloemfontein, and we had a good time bei ng close to the river. \OVater and fuel, the two great necessaries, were abundant ; fresh meat was also obtainable and we lived fairly well, especiall y towards the end of our stay, when we had half ration of flour in lieu of half the ration of biscuit. I soon learnt to make pancakes. bread, ch upatt ies and so on. Vve started back to Bloemfontein on Aug. 31st, getting there, after a very stilT dose of trek, on Sept. 3rd. Vve went to the Rest Camp for about 36 hours, and after much worrying, I got a pass into the town from 4 till 6, which I managed to extend from about 3"5 till nearly 8, and amongst other luxuries I had a good wash and a good meal, both of which I needed badly! \OVe entrained at 5 p.m . on the +th, and moved out at 5 a.m. next. morning for Kopje Siding, about 35 miles north of Kroonstad, where we arrived on the 6th. We are now holding a line of blockhouses in cooperation with the 2nd Scots Guards and two other battal ions, stretc hin g from Kopje to Potchefstroom and thence northward to J ohannesburg, where it rejoin s the railway line. The garrison of a blo c khous~ is J 3 men and two N.-Co.'s, and we have here Mr. Stephenson in addition. I was originally told ofr to No. 20, but he got me exchanged , and of course I enjoy it much more. The block hou ses are circular iron structures with gabled roof. and look rather nice by moonlight. You can well imagine that life under th ese circulllstances is terribly dull, and a little sniping is

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really a pleasa!1t ch~nge. ,;Ve have really seen no fightmg slllce we have been in the co untry, though we have had our full share of sniping on outpost at night j and on our way here my section came under fire for a few minutes when acting as advance guard. I feel the want of a companion very much; Stephenson is awfully good to me, but of course 9is~ ipline pr~vents any great degree of Intunacy; stIli we stroll about together

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hunting for meercats, &c., and sometimes we have an evening at cards in his bi vouac. The dearth of papers and books is very trying, though everyone lends rouneI whatever he gets. I am very glad to hear how the old school is growing and prospering. Yours sincerely, . H. A. D. PEREIRA.

INDIAN LETTER. Bhuj CUlch, O ct. 16th. . O";e is apt to be too early or too late m sendIng news from India to catch the CanlUanfl1l , and probably while I write this a new number is in the press ; hence I do not know whether a strin g of facts re cently communicated to a certain pedagogue-who shall be nameless-have found their way into the School Mag . or not. I-Ience I crave pardon if I repeat stale news. . Tlte. P/olteer, which is perhaps the WIdest ci rculated Indian journal in its issue of Oct. 13th, says: ' II Brigadier General Vousden, at present c?mmanding the Punjab Frontier Force, wIl l, we understand, officiate as

Inspector-General of Cavalry. He will be set free for this appointment, when General Egerton reverts next week to the Frontier Force." I will see if I can secure from th e V.C. above-named an account of the action in which he gained his V. C. A book I once picked up on V.C.'s says it was due to repeated charges through a large body of Afghans, but this is hardly vivid enough to convey much pleasure to the mind of the average K.S.C. boy. W. H. Evans, of the RE" who was for two years imitating the historic Balbus and building a wall at Chitral, IS now posted to the Rawal Pindi di strict. He too owes me a letter, in fact, all th e O.K.S. of my day owe me letters. They're a bad lot.

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Lieut. A. Bredin has recently be~n in Poo na doing a course of special t . . g ' I forget in wh ich branch, but . Ira lnm believe he has go ne b ac k t 0 h I's regiment in Bunnah now. T. E. Brod in is still an Insurance Agent at Bimiipatam, thoug h he wo uld fain be at a more active job. C. S. Coo has cropped up; he. is high up in th e Ind ian T elegraph se rvl~e and has recently become blessed. H eae ~ qu arte rs in Bombay. A. L . Turn bull (I< Twain " wot was) and H . M. James keep dark ; bu t I should not be surprised to l ~a r r: t ~l at A L is still steeping his arms In . mdl go in' B ~ har, and H. M. is still planting tea in Assam. I see H. Isacke's regiment is still ill Ade n, but probably you ca n ,get later news of him from over t he fa IlIngs than I can supply. Rev. F. N. Crowther is still in Bangaiore, a nd I believe th~ Rev; Cla~d Longfield of the fi erce mllld IS sttll chaplainizing in Dum Dum-" '~he re the bullets come from." O(~d to tlunk of so fiery a character teac lung the bulletmakers the laws of peace !

I cann ot recall any more items of news, except those th at concern your hum ble correspond ent, who no longer instructs the youthful idea in Bangaiore, bu t as tutor to tht: so n of H.~. the Ras of Cutch. Bhuj is an odd ~ookll1g name" and to some it co nveys t he Idea. of plent} ~f drink, but alack, it is a. thusty spot, where onl y five inches of ram. have fallen this year and it will be mne months before aJ{Y more falls. There is plenty of shooting and pig-sticking to be had, an d the boars can prove very nasty cus: to mers at times : on ~ . fellow one da} only escaping serious lllJury as h~ lay ~.n the g round by the bc::ast catchIng IS snout in the stirru p leath er, and ?y vigoro lls play of fi sts and boots ttll another rider came up and gave . the boar his envoi. But it is a very sad sIght to Sf':e all the youn g crops all over. ~h e country faded and withered fro m waIting for the rain that never carn e. But one mustn't get sentimental.

So wi th good luck to you, Mr. Editors, and a rare good year for the old School. I remain, Yours ever,

J. H.S.

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER. DEAR

SCHOOL,

Cambridge,

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p.m.

We boast of many rowing men : must be heartily con. gratl1lated on having rowed so far in the 'Varisty Trials ; alas, we might have been doubly represented had not E. L. Massey had the cru el hard luck of ge tting If crocked," while rowing in the Peterhouse four. Finn, Durnfo rd and Green llave all been defeated in their college tri al eights; better luck next time. E . ,"V. Mowll

I snatch a moment from my studies to write a line conce rn ing Our little doi ngs in the 'varsity. I notice with regret that th e 'varsity" has not bee n as we ll supplied wi th fresh recruits from tht! School as her more fo rtunate sister. This otherwise unaccountab le fact can possibly be only put down to the partisanship of those in power, and if th ey Quentin, Durnford and Watson have cannot be brought to see th e error of their ways t he O.K.S. here, who used to all been shoving, or otherwise. in th eir college scrums-the last-named chieRy mee t in their scores, will only gath er in oth envise. twos or th rees. We have been much pleased to see To turn to personalities; two O.K.S., th e old familiar faces of Marshall, one from either University, met the other Sand ers and Covell on flying visits. day in an association match (I believe some misguided people call this F oo tball ) School, please forgive my 1/ longif the Oxonian, Carter, is as good with windedn ess," but I find with H orace his feet, as with his brains, he p ro bably left (cxcuse shop ) that if I strive to be brief, Some impressions on the Can tab's shins, I become obscure. who, in turn, if he used his d bows, as he did in the scrum at School, must have got Yours ever, into the referee's bad books. O. K. S. CANTAB. (I

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OXFORD LETTER. DEAR SCHOOL,

It is customary to begin the first Oxford Letter of the scholastic year wlth a list of O.K ,S. in residence. In this connection it is pleasant to record that we are a very numerous body th is term. Still we have to bewail some losses. Wightwick . has left us after taking a Jrd class m JUrIsprudence, while Fawssett no longer favours us with an occasional visit from CuddesdoI1. Pereira too is still at the front j the latest news about him is that in the middle of September he was part of the garrison of a blockhouse abo ut 35 ~il es north of Kroonstad. Lastly, PullI ng has not been up th is term ' we fear his absence must have been d ~ e to ill-health. Ou th e other hand Scri venor has return ed from Patagonia and been working at Oxford this term, while we have to welcome no less than five freshmen. The list of undergraduate O.K.S. is as follows :- 31'd year, C. W. Carrington (O riel), R. M. Tnke (B. N.C.), E . M . F. Evans (Lincoln ) ; 21zd yfar, E. ]. Smith (Trinity), R. Brinsley-Richards (Magdalen), C. W. C. Redman (Wad ham ), R . S. Braddell (Worcester). C. A. Barnes (S . J ohn's), C. P. Pereira (Keble), R. D. Marshall (S. ] ob ri' s) i Freshmen, R. H. Charles (Ch ristchurch), C. J. M. Evans (Lincol n), S. P. D . Sanders (S. Joh n's), G. N. Ryley (Wad ham), and H. I. Wilson (C hristchu rch ). Of the sen iors, Carri ngton has already begun to eat dinners at Lincoln's Inn, and

is one of the few students of Egyptology at Oxford. Tuke held the first O.K.S. meeting of the term though he was not able to be present at the beginning owing to a Volunteer Drill. H e is a leading light of the Musical Union. The elder Evans rowed and his brothe r coxed in the winJling scratch four at Lincoln. Smith held th e second O.K.S. meeting of the term; for the rest he may be described, along with Ri chards and Redman as immersed in work. BraddelJ, Sanders, and Marshall play football for their respective Colleges. vVe must not omit to congratulate Marshall on playing in the Freshmen's match. Sanders is the onJy one of our number who studies Hebrew. Charles beguiles some of hi3 leisure hours on the Upper River, vVilson devotes himsel f to hockey, . while Ryley took part in two of the 1I11tIai runs 6f the Hare and Hounds' Club, and had serious thoughts of joining that hody. Barnes held the last O.K .S. meeting of the term, at wh ich the attendance was excellent. It is pleasan t to be able to record that the attendance of Freshmen at these meetings has been most exem plary. One cannot hell? thinki ng that th e seniors might, with a .httle troublt", attend more regularly. vVlth all due allowance for the many calls on one's time at Oxford, it does seem that people might keep three evenings in the term free especially when the notices arc issued in good time. It surely argues a rather lamentab le lack of interest in the past and present members of the School,

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that people should

not

!~~ql~~!~I{'k1tl tl~e Igathering~P£rl~~e l~~;; ~

ley to lear news abollt them.

FieldBeJ~;e t~I~Si~f

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we mu?t ~hank Dr. enab led Some of nd hospl ~ahty which r us to en) oy th d e perJormance of the I f All lnl '.. 1 . an of the ' ana scenes fr 1 t 1e Dream " a~R d l Midsummer Night's to a ey. vVe were very pleased see ~M r. Austen, as well as two members

~ .his sCh~larsh ip class, Bovenschen and alTn, an( only regret that their visits

were not longer. Lastly we would take this . ?f congratulating E. W M~wlf~portu~lty III the <I Trials " at Cam·bridge. n Towmg Believe me, Yours ever, O.K. S., Oxon.

SCHOLARSHIP ELECTIONS , DECEMBER,

19 0 1.

;he following Elections to Scholar;hips have just been made :_ H 0 Entrance Scholarships._R T . . Worbsb ru gh (Mr. Pearce, Ealing) JLel~km (Mr. Goodchild, Cambridge) B B ester (Mr. Rudd, .Leicester). ' . . lllton (Mr. H ake, Bournemouth J,'G. ·M:

T o a House Scholarshi -K B . . p. . . Dickson (Mr. Hussey, Folkestone). To a Mmor Entrance Scholarshi T J . ' p.-C. J. N. Adams (Junior King's School) Ii 0 Ulllor Foundation Scholarshi ' amlyn (for Mathematics), all fro~ I{I'nPg' S.-sA' D' D . Spafford, G. F . Olive R A S . C100. ' '. 1 l Web ~o Probationer Scholarships_I{ B D' k (Mr sJ~~~rB' Rudd, Leicester), C. J. N. Ad":~s'(oJn (Mr'I};Iu~sey, Folkestone), G. M. • I ourn emollth ) . c umor \"lug s School), E . C . L'm t'011

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CORRES PO N DE NCE. N. B. -The Editors decline to accept a1!y respomibility coullected 'wilh the oft;niollS oj their Correspo,,deltls. Name and address must always be given, not 1ucessarily for :p"blicafitm, bill as a guarantee of g-uodfailh. PersoJlalities wilt hwolvt Ctrlai1l1Âˇeiedioll.

To Ilu Edi/Qrs of

THE CANTUARIAN."

DEAR SIRS,

It is said that educated Chiuamen seldom forget anyth ing whic h they have once heard or read. If this is the case they could do without Prayer Books, and would suffer no inconvenience through the semi-darkness of a certain part of the

School Chapel. Unfortu nately, the boys who hold the new seats in the Chapel arc not Ceiestiais, and, consequently, have to strain their eyes to read anything. Could you not use yo ur influence to remedy this ? Yours sincerely, E YE-SIGHT.

NOTICE S. We beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following subscriptions :-Mrs. Gordon, 3/ 6; R. S. Sutton, Esq., ' 0/-; F. H. Durnford, E sq., 3/6 ; C. W. G. Walker, Esq ., 3/6; Mrs. Galpm, 3/6; Miss Dockeray, 3/ 6; F. W. Fudey, Esq., 3/6; Mrs. Walsh, 3/6; G. N. Film,

Esq., 3/ 6; R. Crawford, Esq .. 3/ 6. L. R . Cooper, Esq., 3/6. -Ifo)(.~

Most of the back numbers can be had of the Hon. Sec., R. W. Marshall, price bd. each.

OUR CONTEMPORARIE& We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following contemporaries: Glmalmond Chronicle, CartJmsiall, Malvemia", Whitgi/', Elizabelha'J, .Berk-

/lamslediall, Ousei, Bradfield College, Bro1Jlsgrovia1J , Lily, Laurel ~ eaves, P(ymolh ICl1l, Gily of L01ldon, RadleJa" (2), DovoY/tw, Wykehamisi.

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CANTUA R1A N. MARCH,

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No. ' 9.

EDITORIAL . In accorda nce with custom, we arc supposed, at the beginning of this te rm, to utter a pcean of victory or a dirge of lament over the football season that has just ended its struggles. Happily, this gloomy task is done for us far more ably than we could do, in the Football Retrospect, \;Yc therefore pass to another subject. In editing the "Cantuarian," we fec i rather as if we were making bricks without straw. E\'ery morning we look, with fresh hope, for straw in the editorial bin, But we meet with daily disappointment, Contributions from the talent of the school are as rare as an early publication of this paper itself (the truth of this comparison will appeal to all who know Our habits : there is no need to blush for it. as we hardly feel justified in departing from the tradition left us by our predecesso rs). But 'a. nos moutons' as we were once taught to say in certain delectable idioms-Âˇ the ,' 4 Cantuariall" is reduced to serving up luke- warm accounts of school matches as its 4 piece de resistance.' \Ve had a nightmare not long since and fancied that all the school matches last term were scratched (perhaps there was good reason for such a dream). If such an event ever should take place (di servent!) the" Cantuarian" would either have to appear once a year or degenerate to a four-page existence, T o-

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ave rt such a disaster, we make a strong appeal for I copy.' . Vve know that talent IS latent in the school. 'We have vaguely heard of a Shakespeare Society, which !-Should fire literary ambition, and the entries for the poem prize perhaps insinuate that the School is rich in poets. ~Ve fum from this plaintive wail to a very different theme. The concert at the end of last term was acknowledged by all to have been the most successful yet prod uced. This was due. almost entirely, to the whole-hearted efforts and perseverance of Mr. Godfrey. Each concert during the past few years has been an improvement on the preceding onc, and we are glad to say that his merits and high talent have now been publicly recognized. Mr. Godfrey has scored a most brilliant and deservetl success in securing from 189 competitors the prize of £50 and the Freedom of the City of London offered by the \¥orshipful Company of Musicians for the best Coronation March. 'We heartily cong ratulate him upon his achievement, and hope that it is on ly one of many successes to come.

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On Wednesday, December . 8th. the Arch bishop of Canterbury paid the School a visit in his official capacity as Visitor. The School assembled in the Schoolroom, and among the visitors present at the proceedings were: Mrs. T emple, the Bishop of Dover and Mrs. \¥"alsh, the lVlayor of Canterbury (Alderman George Collard), Canon Holland, Canon and the Hon. Mrs. Page Roberts, the Misi;es Page Rob erts, Canon and Mrs. Mason, the Archdeacon of l\1aidstone and Mrs. Spooner, Canon and Mrs. Blore~ Revs. F. J. O. Helmore, G. H . Gray, and G . C. E . Ryl ey, Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Dickenson, 1\[rs. Galpin, l'vIrs. Hodgson, Mrs. Whitehead Reid, Miss Hichens. The Bishop of Dover, having in the absence of the Dean presented the school to the Archbishop, his Grace

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called upon the H eadmaster for an at:count of t he work of th e school during the past year. The Headmaster said that, speaking quite impromptu, he would like . to state that steady progress had been made. The number of scholars was greater than eve r before throughout their recordsthere were 216 this term. H e mentioned that, merely in passing, and not by any means as the most important item . The record of health had been extremely satisfactory. During the Easter term they had, in common with other great ed ucational institutions, a certain visitation of mumps and chicken-pox, but the parents expressed great satisfaction th at their sons were having these minor ailments under the arrangements which the School was able to provide, as it

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saved a great deal of trouble at home (laughter). Since th en the Sanatorium had not been in use, and tor that tr.e), were extremel), thankful. 'With regard to Latin and Greek he was glad to sa)' tha.t the summer reports were extremely satl.sfactor),! and helpful also in directing th~lr atl"en.t.lOn to matters which they were dO.lIlg thClr best to remedy, in order to bnng the whole standard up to a good level, because th ey macle it th eir endeavour not merel}' to teach the clever boys but also to look after those who were not so apt. He might mention that they had passed two boys direct from the School into Sand hurst, another to \Voolwich, and another to ,the ~ngineering department at Cooper s [-hi!. They had also taken two places in the Indian Staff Corps, and obtained other similar sllccesses of that kind. The VIth Form report was also a ver), satisfactory one, and the results had shown th emselves up to the present time by the fact that the School had obtained four successes at the Universities. The Status of Football and Cricket was as much a matter of concern to them as to his Grace, and he thought that .. he might say that the standard in these and other spo rts had been well maintained.

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English school was so methina quite peculiar to England, and the)' were, generally speaking, very proud of it, because there co uld be no doubt that English schools were more successful in forming the character of those who passed through them than the schools they found anywhere else in the whole world. This was one of the most important features in English life, and foreign nations very generally acknowledged th e extrao rdinary excellence of the schools. At the same t~me . they sometimes thought that the l!.nglJsh devoted too much time and attention to those refreshments-if he might so call them-cricket, football, and the like, in comparison with the attention they ough t to give to important st udies like Latin or Gre0k. vVhat they in England always held to be the highest and best achievement of any school was not to turn out every boy very well instructed in two ancient lancruages, but as far as possible to turn out every boy instructed in high principles ot action, in that sort of character which won for itself in the world the trust of all those with whom a lad had to do. They put their boys very much into the hands of one another. They put them together to get to know each other, to influence one another in every possible way j and The Archbishop said he was very as a rule if the authorities of the school glad indeed to hear so good a report of were careful the higher principles always the School from the Headmaster, and he prevalled over all lower inclinations, and had no doubt that the School was the boys acquired a kind of public thoroughly prospering in his hands (hear, opinion wh ich led them to think much hear). H e was well satisfied with th e more of what was true and j ust, what was account .gi ven of the progress, both in kind and gene rous and straightforward, the stud.es of the place and of the than they might have expected simply games whi ch they played with other from the fact that they were brought schools and the like. The life of an together in that way. If. they viewed

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the gradual development si nce a century i\O'O there could be no doubt that of all things in England which had made great progress there had been n othi ng in which progress had been more marked than in the superiority of the English system ofEducat.ionover any othe r system that they knew of. If they went back 100 or 200 years they would find that thoughtful and religious ~ll en of that time did not like the pubhc grammar school!; of the country. They thought that th e boys were very cruel to each other, that they were oftt:n false, that it was common enough. for them to think that it was quite the right thing to tell lies, especially to their masters. They thought that the superi ntendence of the boys was not sufficient ; and there was a good deal of real solid groun d for such charges, but this had been gradually worked off. It was, he thought, very largely tine to the successive masters who had been working the schools, that more and more had hi gher principles prevailed. He called upon the boys to be, at school, such as would make them a credit to the sc hool afterwards, and wou ld make th em feel proud of the school both now and afterwards also (ap plause). His Grace proceeded to give th em good ad vice as to their conduct during the holidays, alld said he should advise them not to make themselves ill by reading hard classical books, or studying diffi cul t scientific problems, but if they could e njoy themselves run ni ng about the co untry , using their eyes and ears, and seeing what everYlhing around them was, by all means let them take the opportuni ty of doing so. But let the rule be that, provided they studied the rules of Ii fe at home, they

should do what they liked best. Then they woul d corn e back fresh to WO!k. Possi bly some of them would not lIke retllrninO'to their studi es, but they must all do thOeir duty even when they did not like it; and the grand rul e was, whenever they had an unpl easant duty to do, to do it as if they liked it (applause). The H ead master th anked the Archbishop on behalf of the masters and boys of the School for his presence and for the words which he had just spoken to them. That, he observed, was the fifth occasion on which they had had the honour of receiving hi s Grace as Visitor, and on the last three occasions his attendance had been signalised by their asking him to perform some ce r~m ony for. them in the way of a sto~e-l aY lllg, openll1g c:>f buildings, or somctlung of that sO!'t. Tlus year they had no such ceremony 111 hand . He did not think that it was at all a bad thing there was no extra ceremony that day, as th ey might be led to fo:get the the relation whi ch they held to Ius Grace and also their chief duties in that place. T hey were proud to think that in compar:ty with seven other schools and colleges 111 the country they ,~ere in the l~ositi~)1: of having the ArchbIshop as then' VlSItO!-" and they rejoiced to feel that when Ius Grace came there it was not to perform a ceremony, but to visit tltem (applause). They looked forwa rd with ~mmen se interest and hope, and. he mIght say. wit h thei r prayers, that in June of next year his Grace might be permitted to perform by no me~ns the least of th.e O'reat functions whIch attached to Ius high position in the country, when in the Abbey of Westminster he shoul d place

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the crow n upon the head of King Edward VII., King of England, Empero r of India. ancl Rule r of all the British Dominions beyond the seas (applause). They trusted that he might be spared not only for that, but for many years in his high office (hea r, hear). Mr. Galpin concl uded by remarking that his Grace would join with him in offering a hearty welcome to an Old Kin g's Scholar who had bee n good enough to attend there officially in the perso n of the Mayor of Canterbury. They gave him a very hearty welcome (applause). The :Mayor said he was verv proud of th e record which he had beeri able to establish in th e Mayoralty of the City, to

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which Mr. Galpin had alluded, and he should be prouder still if that reco rd was appreciated by those connected with the school (applause). In the name of th e Council and citizens he \';ished his Grace, the Governing Body, the Masters, and th e boys a very happy Christmas and a prosperolls Nc\\" Yea r (applause). The Archbishop having sllccessfully applied for a holiday, to be given some tllne next te rm, the proceedinos terminated amid hearty cheering. Â° \Ve are largely indebted for the above account of the speeches to the "Canterbury Press" and the ., Kentish Observer."

CONCERT. The School Concert took place Oil Dec. 18th, and was on the same lines as th at of the previous year, only on a somewhat larger scale. For some years past we have had similar concerts during the E aster Term; on one occasion a selecti on from " Cavalleria Rusticana" was given i another time the programme consisted of orchestral music with Schubert' s " Rosamund ," Ballet music as their chief attraction; at any rate there has alwa}'s been something of educational value in the way of music. This seaso n the two co ncerts were merged into one, a nd so

we were able to have so me knowledge of more highly developed music than has hitherto been the case. The chorus was reinforced by friend s of the School, who kindly gave their help, immature voices of school-boys being inadeq uate to undertake vocal musi c of any value unaided, but the boys themselves sang well and intelligently, and a word of tha nks is due to th em for the very great interest an d tro uble taken over thc Concert. T he singing of the trebles. on whom the brunt of training and

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discipline must always fall . was excellent j th ey sang with ease and certainty, and with quite unusual perception of rhythm and phrasing i and the same may be said of those boys who took part in the orchestral work, of taki ng part with skilled and ex perienced playl.!TS in a perfonnance of such music as is but rarely to be hea rd in provincial towns. S. Thompson, who represen ted the piano side of o ur 1TI11sical work, played the Brahm 'Waltzes very well , a nd with spirit and taste. His services have been of very great use, as hi s musical ability and knowledge were rn orc highly developed tha n is usual with boys of his age at a public school. T he programme was drawn up so as to give speci mens of as many different composers' work as was possible; the first part being chiefly of classical music, and the second entirely of operatic music j the third pa rt was made up of a few lig hter pieces of mu sic, mainly chosen by the boys t hemselves from what may be so described as their repertoire of school music. The most important excerpt was th e Haydn Symphony. 'Wi th a few more rehearsals there might have been more perfection of detai l, but the work itself was, curiously enoug h, new to the orchestra. and the freshness of the interest caused the performers to play it with a spirit and sympathy which no amount of practice could increase. No belter introduction to symphonic mu sic could be chosen than this moveme nt of Haydn' s, with its charm and grace of melody and rhythm, and its clear, -distinctive treatment and orchestration .

It was excellentl}' played, and well The seco nd part deserved repetition. proved very popular with performers and audience, the performance of the K ermesse Cho rus being particularly l11spmng; and thoug h the orchestra a nd chorus were small, they were amply sufficient for the size of the room. The programme co ntai ned two origina l marches, a cha nnin g Part-song by the Rev. G. C. E. Ryley, O.K. S., and a very pretty In term ezzo by 1\11'. Gan n, both of which g reatly pleased th e audience. It may be that we shall not agai n be able to ar ran ge for a performance on so large a scale, and it is satisfactory that a Concert which was mainly ed ucational for ourselves should have given such very evident pleasure to so large an audi ence, the largest, by far, we have ever had at these Concerts. ORC I-IESTRA. sl Violill.' Mr. C. G:\1111 Sergt. Vicary, RE. (leade r). Mr. Collham. Corp. Russell, R.E. Mr. Prell. Corp. Whittaker, R. E. 2nd Violin,' ~Ir. Finch . W. C. Rubie. J. Richardson. Mr. Dines. MllsicianConway,R.E. Viola .' Mr. Court. Sergt. Conquer, R.E. Cello: J. L. T omlin. Musician Miller, R.E. Bass: Sergt. Acres. Flute,' M r. Bel sey. Oboe: Bandsman W. G. Ashman Clarinet " ( 19th Hussars, P. \V.O.) I\Âˇ{r. W. Fctherstone. Corp. Kearney (9t h Lancers). Brusooll,' Mr. Gordon. Mr. W. Wilson . Conltt: B. W. Hunt. Corp. Griffin. Horn: (19th Hussars, P.W.O . ) A. r. Methuen . G,. Caisse,' L. F. Paris. Triallgle,'

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PROGRAM~fF..

B. Wickham. H. Prest. A. Thompson .

H. Gramshaw.

CHORUS. Soprano; Baker, H. C. Dressey, N. E. 13 rigJ;s, C. CorHs, H. Deigh ton, J. Finninger, T. Gardner, A. Gramshaw, H . Hamlyn, R. A . H ooper, B. L. H awkes, P. McCulloch , A. G. Mackinnon, J. M. Moore, K. Nation, C. F. Paris, H. G. Parsons, O. B.

Smith, C. N. -S ilk, F . A . Watson , R. Ada ms, C. J. W. Abrahams, J. D. Barber, E. 1<. Digges, H. D. Galpin, C. J. Hunt, C. W. J ones, G. A. C. Tones, L. H. Lamb, A. G. Leslie, W. K. N . Lucas, W. Maltby, H. Money, B. Eo

J?ARl' II. SCENES FRO:'I THE OPERAS.

Alli, Tellot', Bass. Dressey , S. F. Mr. J. Plant. Saunders, B. St. W. Dalton, P. N. Mr. A. Reid. Frewer, J. Mr. Vlil son. Lucas, W. St. C. Mr. P au l. Meers. J. H . ~h. Hunt (O.K.S. ) Ricketts, C. Mr. H umphreys Willse r, B.

Rev. W.

PART r. Parl·Song ... "V1linter's Night" Bisho"A1.·,'· Two W It r. p' .. r 1 CfllltSOI,. a zes or lano from 01'. 39. johfllmes S. S. Thompson . Brahms onata III F. Op. 57 for Violin and Piano• ( 1st movement) ..... Alltolt Dvordk. M r. G;lIl,n, 1\11:- J. M. Edmonds. Part-Song . ThiS IS Spnng" Nev G C E R l p'rel.lIde in C Sharp minor Op. 45' . . C;.~/y· r rols NouvelJes Etudes, ]:.,:0. 2 .... :: ... .. .. .. to.r ltl • IvIr. J. .M. Edmonds ................. . Symphony in C. (No. 27 Breitkopf 'and Hartel)_ (1St movement) Allegro Assai . ......LTayd.n.

(O. K.S.) Foxell , Mus. Bac.

Ma~sha ll, R. W .

Mr. Gill man NatIOn, R. F. Mr. Drayson: Mr. A. Latter (O. K. S.) Mr. H arvey. Mr. G. E. V. A usten. Rev. G. C. E. Ryle Mr. C. W. Bell. Mus. Bac (0 K Mr. J. M. Edmonds. . . ..

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Cherus of Elder Pilgrims" Tannh"auser " W.aJ"er E ' ( E1uored). . 'nt r ~cte from ...... • r "lignon" Ambroise Thomas Gretel s Song" Hansel and G,etel" IZflm~,el' rr , ,.. d' ,: I1UN . (Encored). . Selection ............. "Carmen"...... B' f Chorus (Kermesse Scene) ....... Faust;; ...... .. · .. ·;,.:.· ,zed' vOlt"O . (EIlCortd). PART II I. Solo, Contrabasso .............. Musician Miller R E ) (Encored). ' . . I nrt·Song .... .. ... " The Starling" S' l ' Inte rmezzo (for Orchest ra), written' f~~ ·th~·o~~~;i~;: (Encored). CedI Cam, ScI1001 Song (by request) ..... Mess Mates" . School Music (by request) lit 'r... · Orchestra: Imores e or Song (Contrabandistn) ... " F rom Rock to Rock" (Encored). Sul!iva~;' Rev. L. G. Mason, O. K.S. . School Song ..... " Forty years on " ........

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GOD SAVE THE KING.

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FOOTBALL. KING'S SCHOOL v. SIDCUP. T his match was played on the Ne w Ground on Saturda)'. February 1St, and resu lted, after a good game, in a win for our opponents by three t ries to two tries. The School kicked off against the wind, which was blowing with terrific force, but were immediately forced back into their own 25 by a Tush by the Sidcup forward s.

"Veston picked up and ran into touch. Then followed a number of serums in which the School zhowcd well, but we re being hard pressed when the ball was kicked over our goal line, and \\Teston touched down. After the 25 kick the Sidcup backs got possession but werc well stopped by Marshall, which somewhat relie ved the pressure on the School. This, however, only lasted a short time as one of our opponents' halves got away from our pair and, dodging \iVestoll, scored . The placd-kick was unsu ccessru l. The School forwards held their own and got possessio n of the ball more orten than the Sidcup pack, and from a good heel-out H enderson passed out to Bovenschen who had a good run, but was forced into touch. Following some play in mid-field, the Sid cup forwards made a ru sh, but the School three-quarters saved wel l. The School t hen attacked and Johnston, intercepting a pass, got clear away. Before being colJared by the full-back, he passed out to Bovenschen who ran in. From the 25 ki ck, Sidcup bega n to attack immediately, and forcing the School back inside thei r 25. scored rrom a line out. The place-kick was unsuccessful. After the interval Sidcup again attacked, and were aided by a penalty given agai nst the School. After th is th e School played up and Henderson did some good work at half-back. After a good bout of passing the ball was passed to Taylor who failed to hold it. This allowed the Sid cup forwards to rush through, and they were only just stopped in time by a good collar by Nairn. From a five yards scum Hart-Davies scored an unconverted try. Play settled down in mid-field, and Huyshe, Jenkin and \ÂĽalker did some good defence work. Nairn th en made a good opening and Bovenschen managed to run round the full-back and sCOre. This made the score Sidcllp, ni ne poi nts; School, six points. There seemed every prospect of the School scoring again, as they had the great advantage of the wind, but the Sidcup backs managed to break up our attack. Then followed a series of rushes up and down the field, and once \ÂĽeston punted from well beyon d the half-way line, right over the Sid Clip goal line. Some excellent dribbling displays by Jenkin, Hall and Gillibrand were given, but the Sid cup defence was good and we could not break through . Jlist before time was called, an off-side was given against Sid cup, and \iVeston attempted a placc-kick. He made a very good shot but the wind was blowing too strongly for

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any accurate kicking. Among the forward s N' J . I' H am}l, enklJ1 and Hall showed up most but all played very hard Hcnders three-quarters much mor'c than usu~n a~~r b;t~lY~ 1~ a~ ~alf ,ot th e ball out to th~ wcr~ m~ch handicapped by the ale blowin 1 e en e we I. The thre.e-quarters a~aInst It. \Veston at full-back ~aved rushe~'al~~tk~~ve]nsch]e]n ran exceedl?gly well IC e( we , and was qUIte up to Ius usual form .

FOOTBALL- A RETROSPECT. The season's record and indeed tl I I been undoubtedly disapPoi ntin Of t~e g~n era c laracter of the team's play, has won, ilnd the remaining eight l~~t At t~ ten ma~ches played, two only have been record shows it to have been not quite l~ s~m e .tlllle a more caref~l analysis of the five School matches and of these twoSowea as It apJ?carsDat first SIght. "Vc played Valence while the thre d f re won, VIZ., over College and Sutton COllege 'and Dover COll~g: (~~~~:~re 'gt!hc ~1~hlds of ~!r~rchant Taylors, Eastbollrne C' e0 e remal!llIlg losses was the result of a very close game with S' d after all are more in the ~a~~:~e olfu~;a~l:id lhe other fOur w~re. all scratch teams, which them in th e season's summar I F ce .games, t lOugh It IS Our custom to include we able to put a full team int~' the fi~lt~le~'n~f ~an lbe pleaded that on no occasion were ~vas, of course. a terrible handicap E tb t I.e oss of O:lr two centre three-quarters It was the first Occasion on which ~ve sudcre~lu::~e c~~ght~ us oI~da]very H off" day, and was much disorganised. m ea oresal oss. so that the team 'b But after making all aiiowa that the season ha.s been a vcr)' 'd,cseas, we. <lt~e rought back to Our original statement, L t h I < ppom 10 9 one. has be:n ~er)?~~~~~ntr~~I~~;I~e~u\~~!lat was wrong.. In the first place, the tackl ing is not nearly enough :, mutual hel q .. e go~d, sometimes e:cecrable. Secondly, there majority of the team is not good ~. }Thl~l/y, /hc puntlllg and drop-kicking or the shoving, which is their primary dut;O~I~ };ct ml~1 10~f:a;~s dOd not do e~ough honest J '. em 0 not reahse how hard they really can shove AI and coming round The ~ol t ley ale,wantll1 g Il1 dash, and in rapidity of breaking up mere machines for' ettin atl~es are s ow and wanting in reSOurce. If they are to be work as quick as lig~tI1in:' b~lt bt~! ,away, t~ the thr~e-qllarters, they must do th is selves. The three- uarters'do n t } 1II1(S r)' sometimes to make openings themOppone nts have tin~ to bre k 0 all run theIr hardest, but trot tentatively while their Th a up. often l:f~~:n~1~~~~d~J~lle, did well all that was required of him, but he was too "Ve have criticised somewhat se I b soft things when trying to find vJ.re Yf, eca use we do not believe in saying only has bee n a lot of good work don~emed,ets] or. pas]t failure. A~ the same time th ere , an lere IS p enty of promIse fo r the future. 0

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It only rem ains for us to express the. hearty thanks of the School to Nairn for his effi cient and energetic captaincy of football, and to append a few remarks on individual members of the team. â&#x20AC;˘ Full Back . R. D. WESTON .-As a rule a really good full back, tackling, fielding, an d kicking excellently. During the latter part of the season, however, he seemed temporarily to lose his nerve, and began to develop a bad method of stopping rushes; but quite recovered himself in the last match. Three-quarters.

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been most usefu l on th e win g. Has improved a great deal in defence. and has learned to use his pace better, but would be far more dangerous if he could develop a swerve . J. M. TUKE.-' Vas coming on fast, an d promised to be a most useful centre, though slow. An unfortunate accident, however, deprived the School of his services for quite half the season. E. C. GREEN.-Useful centre, though not showy; but for one reason or another has not played very much. With more energy he might develop into a good playe r, but must learn to tackle low. R. \V. MARSl-rALL.-A very uneve n player. On his day, ru ns, tackles, and takes his passes extremely well, but is liable to be caught vcry much I f off his game." ' ÂĽants more confidence in his own powers of getting round an opponent. BOVEN SC HEN .-Has

H alf-backs. R. M. H. H ENDERsoN.-Always plays hard and pluckily but is very slow, and wanting in resource. IVlust learn to get on to opposing half quicker when opponents are heeling. . O. F. HUYSHE.-Does very plucky defensive work in stopping rushes, and rejoices in a muddy day, but weak in attack, and not quick enough on to opposing half. F01wanls.

P. S. F . NATRN-(Captain)-Very good forward. Plays a hard game, tackles well, and is fast. Has nearly broken himself of his old bad habit of trying to kick in impossible positions. His energy as Captain deserved more success than it got. A. P. NIETHU EN.-Played very well indeed in some matches, but must learn to do more consistent hard work. Good out of touch, and tackles well, but lacks ~h.

E . R. P. BERRYMAN.--A light forward, but works well, and is the best dribbler in the team, though rather slow. L. H. DEANE.-Good vigorous forward ofa fighting tend ency, who always did his share of honest shoving; tackled well, but rather lost his head in the open. Left at Christmas.

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E. P. RICHARDSON.-Good forward, tackling and dribbling well, though inclined to

kick too hard. Left at Christmas. A. GILLIBRAN.o. - Has th7 makings of a very fine forwa rd, but hardly realises the necesslty of conSIstent hard work. Has plenty of weight and dash, and should do well next year. H. A. ] ENKIN.-A.light but fast forward who plays his hardest; incli ned to ki ck too hard, and shll apt to try and pick up when he ought to dribble. J. V. L. HA LL.-An h o n ~st worker who plays a good hard game i tackles well, but must learn to use Ius feet more, and to playa better game in the open.

TUTOR-SET FOOTBALL, 1901-1902. :"-Ir. Bell.

Mr. Bell

Mr. Mason. l lHr. Austen. 1\'Ir. Latter.

2. Mr. Mason ...

Nil.

3·

Mr. Austen ...

Nil.

4·

Mr. Latter ...

Nil.

...

Mr. Evans

Mr. Evans.

Mr. Cape. ----- ----- - - - - ----- --.- - - ---... 40 poillts. - 37 poill/s. ,]I poillts. ,] points. 76 p()in/s.

5· 6. Mr. Cape ...

2.5 points.

16 PO£llts.

10 points.

20 p()illts.

Nil.

13 p()in/s.

24P()i1Its.

.5I p()ints.

8 points.

6 points.

points.

34Poillts.

Nil.

3 points.

Nil.

S points.

So P()i,,/s .

Nil

points.

Nil.

3 poin ts.

Nil.

Won .

Lost. Points For. Points Against. -------- ------ ---------- -----

Mr. Bell :Mr. Mason

...

M r. Austen

...

1\'1r. Latter ...

187

Mr. Evans

...

~·Ir.

...

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Cape

N. B. -Hahes IIldlcate WlIlS; ordlllary type losses.

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The marriage of !vir. C. W. Bell, third son of Mr. Thomas Bell, of The Valley, Scarborough, and Miss Isabel Thornton, elder daughte r of Mr. Henry Sykes-Thornton, of Nevern Mansions, London, and granddaughter of Canon Rawlinson, was solemnised at the church of St. J ohn th e Divine, Ri chmond, on Tuesday, December 31st. The ce remony was perform ed by the Rev. R. B. H a rrison, vica r of the parish and uncle of the bride, assisted by Canon Page Roberts who gave th e address. The se rvi ce was fully choral, and was attended by a large nulU ber of the hrid e and

bridegroom's friends. The bride, who

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was given away by her father, had as l~er bridesmaids, Miss M. Tho!nton and IVhss B. Plu mmer. The bndegroom was attended by Mr. Latter as best man . Am ongst the numerous presents were the following :Boy's or the King's School- Silver Rose Bow l 1\'lidclle T hird Form-Silver Muffiners. Oxrord Old Kinlf~ Sch ol a r s -Cu s~ion. . Cambridge Old King Scholars-CIgar Cabinet . O.K.S. nO l at the Universities-Standard Lam p.

Vve take this opportunity of giving Mrs. Bell a hearty welcome in our midst, and wishin g her a nd Mr. Bell all prosperi ty a nd success.

SCHOOL NEWS. Eve ryon e will be grieved to hear that the Dean met wi th" an accident while . attendin g evensong in the Cathedral on Feb. 15th; losing his balance as he was ascending the steps to his stall, he fell, and cut his head on th e stone flags. We are glad to ' say that he was again abl e to take his part in the se rvices on Sunday, Feb. 23rd, and trust that he will receive no furth er bad effects from his fall.

We cong ratul ate R. H . Hitchcock and J . T wc lls on being made monitors.

'"""e congratulate A. R .. A. Iremonger on passing 6th into \ÂĽOOIWICh.

R. I-I. Brinsle)'-Richards and J. R. *.*'X. On Frid ay, Feb. 14th, a half-ho liday Parsons were promoted to the Vlth Form was given in honour of JVTr. Godfrey'S this term. success in winning the pnze offered by th e Worshipful Company of Musicians In the Senior Kicking Competition for the bes t orchestral March to be played at festivities in connection with the for drop Âˇki cking and punting held at th e end of last term, E . P. Richardson came Coronation .

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out first. The quality of the kicking was below the usual sta ndard, though this rna)' be panly attributed to the state of the ground.

W. St. C. Lucas on obtaining their 2nd XV. colours on the same dates.

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We congratulate P. S. F. Nairn on being elected to an open Classical Scholarship at Hertford College, Oxford; and to a Ford Scholarship at Trinity College, Oxford. %*%

We congratulate R. W. Marshall, A. Gillibrand, H . A. J enkin, and O. F . Huyshe on obtaining their IStXV. colours on Dec. 16th, and J. V. L. Hall on Feb. rsth; also R. V. J ohnston and W. E. Gregory; and L. F. Paris and

O.K.S. We received wi th great pleasure the news that Canon Charles Leslie Dundas, O.K.S., had been appoin ted, by the Bishop of Salisbury, to th e Archdeaconry of Dorset. Archdeacon Dundas entered the School in September, , 86 1, and gained a Probationership t he foll owing November, a nd a Juni or Foun da tion Scholarship in Juno, 186 2. In 1865 he was elec ted a Scholar of Brase nosc College, Oxfo rd, an d he left Ki ng's School in J 866. Co mmenting on his recent appoin tment. the Gllard/all, of Februa ry 26th, said ;Ie Canon Dundas had a very di s-

We congratulate F . P. Walker on obtaining an Open Classical Exhibition at Gonville and Caius College, Cam brjdge. ,yo

On Feb. '7th the School were granted an extra f half,' in hon our of Mr. Bell's ' '''eddin g, in order to enjoy the skating that arrived unexpectedly. Large numbers availed themselves of the ice on the Reed Pond, a.nd the Baths. The pleasure was however shortlived, as the ice disappeared the next day.

NEWS. tin guished career at Oxford as Schola r of llrase nose College, and afterward s Fellow o f J esus College, gaining a First Class in Classical Moderations and a First Class in th e Final School of Theology, th e Denyer and Johnson Theological Scholarship and the Hall Greek T estament Prize. H e was ordained in 1870, and afte r obtaining curacies at Cookham Dean, and St. Peter' s, BournemouLh, was Vica r at Cha rlton Kings, 1875 -83, Curate of St. Mar)' Boltons, Brompton , 1883-4, and of Alverstonc, I-Iants, J884-5 . In t he latter year he was appointed Dean of Hobart, Tasmania, and Rector of the

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cathedral parish, and returned to England in 1895, whe n he was appoint~d by the Bishop of Salisbury to the VIcarage of Charminster, with Stratton, and in 1899 to the Prebend of Uffculmbe in Salisbury Cathedral, in succession to the late Canon Kingsbury. H e is the author-in conjunction with the late Canon Powell, of Wylye--of a valuable pamphlet. No. 2 1 in the Church Reform League Senes on "Self-Government in the Nonestablished Churches of the Anglican Communion," Archdeacon Dundas was present at the School Speech Day last year. when he preached the anniversary sermon, and also responded at the luncheon to the toast of " The O.K.S.II Vve beg to offer him our hearty congratulations on his preferm ent. ~

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The following names appeared in the list of Advent Ordinations:Canterbury-Priest, J ohn H. Skinner, Emmanuel ColI., Camb., B.A. Durllam-Priest, Hubert P. H . Austin, Keble Coli .• Oxford. B.A.

Lichfield- Priest. George F . C. Caffyn. Bishop's ColI., Lenn oxville, and Lichfield. Theo. Coil. Chester-Deacon, Edward V. Kingdon, Trin. Coli .• Dublin. and Ridley H all. Cam b., licensed to S. Peter's, Macclesfield. We congratulate R. E. BrinsleyRichards (Magdalen College. Ox lord) on securing the second place in th~ thr.ee mil es race at th e Oxford Umverslty Sports. He was beaten by two feet, the time being 15 min., z6t sec.

The Rev. H . H. Boys. M.A .• Assistant-Master at Leeds Grammar and Curate of All Souls, Leeds, has been appointed Chaplain of St. Ni nian's Cathedral, Perth . ~*.»

Birth-On Feb. 7th. at Bhuj. Cutch. India. the wife of J. H. Smith, Esq .• of a son.

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O.K. S. DINNER. The Annual Dinner took place on Schola Regia" was entrusted to Mr. Jan. 15th, at the Trocadero Restaurant, Evan Lake, who paid some pretty comand, except for the fact that the attend- pliments to the School and to the H eadance was not large, was as successful as master) and the latter replied with some c\'er. The Rev. R. G. Hodgson was in account of the doings of the School th e Chair, and it was a source of great during the past year. satisfaction to O.K..S.-among all of The last toast, that of " The whom he is so deservedly popular--to Chairman/' was proposed by Mr. H enry see him in that position, which, needless Fielding who spoke of the strong ties of to say. he filled with the greatest affection which seemed to unite generaefficiency, albeit with brevity. After tion after generation to Mr. Hodgson. dinner and the loyal toast, the I i Navy, He also told one or two amusing Army, and Imperial Forces " was propos- anecdotes, to the veracity of which, ed in a witty speech by Mr. H. E. howeve r, the Chairman in a brief reply Morice, who proved to the satisfaction of clemun ed. e\'erybody tha t " somewhere about the Between the toasts the company time of Boadicea," ~he King' s School must have provided 100 per cent . of the enjoyed some delightful songs from Mr. officers of the Navy. H e also madc a Jack Robertson. the Rev. G. C. E. graceful allusion to the many past Ryley. the Rev. P. Malden. Mr. Jack members of the School who have borne Moorhouse, etc., and a very enjoyable their share in the hard fighting in South evening was concluded with a hearty Africa, whether as Regulars or as Volull- " Auld Lang Syne." teers. Major Leslie replied to the toast The thanks of all are due to the HOll. and urged the desirability of starting a Secretaries. Rev. G. C. E. Ryley and the Corps at the School, and also of getting Rev. R. F. Elwyn, and we cannot but as many boys as possible to learn to ride regret that their labours were not crowned and shoot. with greater success from the point of The important toast of II Floreat "jew of mere numbers.

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OXFORD LETTER. DEAR SCHOOL, I I Tlte gnat difJicullJl oj a work o.f Ilus sort is Ille begi1l1Iillg . . . . H uw am I to commence 11 ? I emmol phmge, slap das/I , iufo lite middle 0/ events and characlu-s."

The remarks occur in Macaulay's J o urn al

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To rpid ~ arc over, and with them, for sOllle of us, t he whol e immediate business of life. A walk down the towpath at any tim e during th e las t month would have

discove red ma ny familiar figures. Tuke, with a megaphone, speaking, like th e mothe r of th e young man in Lady Vere

projected History. They are of somc d ~ Vere, I e some certain truths" to the interest, for, besides discovering the Brasc nosc boat: Bradcllc, flas hing by in magmficcnt and finished styl e of the th e \Va Tcester boat : lVlarshalJ, a valuable famou s History in its dresslllg-gown I galley -slave in that of St. J ohn's. The and slippers (so to speak ) th ey also I bell-like tones of the Lincoln cox leave exactly reflect our own feelin gs as we sit no possible doubt about the identity of down to write an Oxford Letter. \\' here C. J. NT . E vans : whil e on the bank alongare we to commence it? \¥e cannot side th e gree n jacket and long, easy plunge, slap dash, into the middle of stride of th e ' spare man' instantly events-there are so few e vents. vVe betray his broth er. As regards the remember-the mention of l\Iacaulay pursuits of the res t of us, Carrington insensibly suggests it-a ce rtain metaphor spends a good deal of his time at golf, of unique and laborious beauty once and we have his own authority for the given to the world in the colum ns of statement that he is working. \Vilson a Cambridge Letter. <I The little-go ' lives a life of modest but determined cloud Oil the horizon has made hirn gaiety at Christ Church . Having acquired (L. N. Green, if our memory serves), pttt a piano he is now meditating a pianola to ttp Iltl! umbre//a of inac/l'vity." "'I/e are play it. Like Bottom, he has" a reason ourselves in something of t he same abl e good ear in musi c.1l Scrive n or is plight. The shadow of the Schools is still up, and continues to devote his upon some of us, and it keeps us very attention to the fossils in the Museum. quiet. The studious figure at T rinity Barnes is flourishing, and Pereira is absents . itself from our midst. The tall fl ouri shin g. Sanders is perhaps a shade familar form walkin g rapidly, cap in hand, less festive thi s t erm. Two O.K.S. through the open country is now seldom meetings have been held, the first in seen far from its native Wad ham. Charles' rooms, th e second in Ryley's. Richard s too,-the "dark vague eyes and Pulling, we regret to say, is still down soft abstracted air " betray th e constant owing to ill-health, but he paid Oxford preoccupation which leads him to deny a visit a short tim e ago. He has just himself even the chas te joys of an O.K.S. return ed from America, where he has been meetin g . \¥ith three sllch lights . under for t he last six months, sampling Yankee temporary eclipse it may well be Un iversities, and having typhoid, and wondered what th e rest of us are doing. enj oyi ng things generally. He guesses

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he likes that country some. Vve have also been favoured with a flyin g VISIt, 'brief eve n a~ bright,' from T. A. Izard. None of us saw him, but he left his ca rd ~:m. one of us. The object of his visit IS at present purely conj ec tnral. In

c.:onclusiOI1, we offer our hearty congratulatIOn s to Mr. Godfrey on his recent splendid success, of which we were delighted to hear. \~lith all best wishes, Yours, etc., O.K.S., Oxon .

HARVEY SOC I ETY. At a meeting held on Saturday. January 25th, F . P . \Valker was elected on the Committee in place o f A. R. A. Ironmonger, who had left. The foll owing dates and papers were arranged for the term ; DATE.

TITLE.

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F eb. 8th.- " British and Foreign Bats." (Wilh b .ntern Il lustrat ions. ) TH E H ON. S ECRETA RY.

" 22nd.--" L."l.lld illg of Caesar. "

(With L antern Ill ustrations.)

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On S~tllrd ay, F eb. 8th, a meeting of the SociCty was held in the Museum when H . A. J enkin read a paper enti t l e~l "Br~ti sh . and Foreign Bats." Before de~llllg wltl~ t~le vari ous types he gave a bnef desc npt~o~ of the genera l ha bits and characten stIcs of t he ord er. The first class of bats he menti oned was that of the Flying Foxes " of India a nd (I

Australasia-a family which contains the la rgest members of the whol e order. He then desc ribed shortly th e habits of the I leaf-nose ' and' horse-shoe ' bats and th e othe r English families, mentionin g in o rder the ' long-eared' bat, the Barbas telle th e Pipistre lle, the commonest British spe~iesl th e Noctul e or Great British Bat the Seratine and Daubenton' s Bat. a War~vi c k shire species. Passing then to the Am.eri can families, th e principal types he nott ced we re t he Silver-Haired the ·Whi te . and the New York Bat, at{d th e group. of Vampires. The paper was we:: ll Illustrated by lantern slides. On Saturday, Feb. 22nd, the Rev. L. H. EVaJ.l s rea~l a paper before the Society, dealing WIth Mr. Lewin's theory of ~aes~r's place of landing in his . first II1vaSIOI1 of Britain, B.C . 55 . The arg:mnents he add uced went to prove that oWlIl g to th e set of the current in the channel when Caesar weicrhed anchor off the British Coast he m~st have gone wcstwCl rd s and probably la nded ncar Hythe a nd cannot have gone eastward s and lan ded, ?s. the common opinion is. at Deal. 1 hiS paper was illustrated by la ntern slides of maps photograph ed by Murray.

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. E. P. R IC HARDsoN.- Entered t he School, Sept.. 1895 ; Sports' Colours, April, J901 VIth Form a nd NIonitor, Sept., 1 90 1 ; 1St XV., Sept., 190 1 . L. H. DEANE.-Entered th e School, September, 1899 ; Football XV., 1901.

CORRESPONDENCE. N. B.-The E dito rs du line to accept all)' respollS/bility lom u eled witlt the ojJill iollS of their Correspon· dents. N ame and address mIlS! always be given, 1I0t 1ltcessarily for p ublication , but as a guarantee of good/aith, Persollalities 1IJill illvolve certail1 ,·ejection.

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I think I am ri ght in saying th at th e Tutor-Set II footer" matches now arouse as much keenness as the I nter-Set cricket matches. This is mainly due to the fact t hat each Set is now abl e ( 0 put a full XV. in the field, instead of playing" nines " as before. Last year three Sets were placed equal first, but this season there is no question as to wh ich is t he strongest team . As t hen such keenness exists, would it not be possible to have a TutorSe t shi eld for footer, as well as for cricket ? I would further suggest that each TutorSet should be called by the name of th e }\IIaster to wh om it originally belonged, or else that it should go by some di stinguishing nam e such as " Harpies " or <l Sparrows Il (by these names I only

indicate one form th at they might take). In this way fellows, after leaving School, woul d be able to follow the fo rtunes of their Tu to r-Sets. At prese nt, since th e Sets a rc constantly changing hands, they are unable to discover to wh ich th ey belonged. Yours, etc. S. CRUM .

To the Editors 0/ II THE CANT UARIAN ." Dear Sirs, Allow me to make one or two suggestions as regard s th e Sports. I n the first place- I write this before the Sports, though it is customary to send in any advice after they have bee n nmno dogs sh0uld be admitted, even on leas hes, and accom modation might be provided for any b rought by misguided

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people. The next point is that instead of ha vll1g ~ Strangers' Race, for whi ch every competitor except p erhaps one has to be forced t.o enter ; why not have a tea m race agaInst a .K.S. which might easily be arranged? Yours, etc., O.K. S.

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I think, a benefit for the School being a means of keepi ng th e O.K.S. together. T rusting you will mention the name of our Club in . the columns of your paper, and thankIng you in anticipation, I am, dear Sir, Yours faithfully, C. T. DONALDSON, H Ol1.

H ampstead Wanderers Football Club , 21 6, Strand, W.e. 5t h February, l Q02 .

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As Secretary of th e ab ove Club and also an a .K.S., I am writing on beh ~1f of my.Commi ttee to bring our Club to th e notice of any a.K.S. resident in or near L ondon, an d also to the present members of the School, so that they may kno w of a R ugby Football Club to join when in town. We have had , and now have several a.K.S. ~n ou r books, and as we put th ree teams 1I1 the field every Saturday, ~hG:re is a game for everybody. Not only IS It an ad vantage for the Club to have a School to draw from, but also,

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D EAR SIR S,

I believ~ there appeared in your columns ,dun ng the last year or so a !etter urgIng that the Exhibition Boards III the Schoolroom might be filled up to date. T IllS .excellent suggestion seems to !lave fallen ll~to unm erited oblivion, a nd It s~e r:n~ a pIty that the list of School ~XhIbI~I Ol1 erS at the Universities, extendIng as It doe~ 'O ver so many years, should not be co ntInued. T he same remarks apply to the Boards of University and other Dl~tIn Chon s, which seem to have been en~Irely fo rgotten . Surely it is of as g reat Importan ce to keep th e record of ou: Scholars, as of Our Football and ~ nc~et T eams, w~ ose ,names are always Inscnbed on th e shIelds In the Gymnasium . N. orM.

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EDITORIAL . The great event of the latter half of this term has undoubtedly been the Success ? f our Gymnasium Pair at Alrlershot. The success is all the more gratifying to li S as It/orms a tangible subject on whi ch to expend Our intelligent comments. The airy tn fles. the fanciful creations of th e imaginaLion, which for. the most part consti tute an editorial, are as nothing if they have no solid base on which to raise th eir slender fabric. And wh at a solid base the Success in question affo rd s ! To the uninitiated the graceful evolu tions of a gymnast seem so easy-a sIVing, a qui ck movement of th e mu s~les, and the exercise is complete. But how deceptive is this seemin g want of exertion. Truly It might be said that to learn even the simplest exercises is to "grunt and sweat under a weary Hfe",-at least so it seems to us. And th erefore th ere is all the .more honour in Success. 'Veston and Gregory are to be heartily congratulated on bClIlg placed fifth out of all th e Public Schools in England, and moreove r ' Veston has the pro ud distinction of winning th e silver medal for being the bes t Public School Gymnast of th e yea r. With both Weston and Gregory here next yea r, visions of a shield being borne in triumph to th e gymnasium float before Our brain;

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.. . ' I I 'e '1Ispiring', our imacrination I S m( CC( a\\ -I 0 b' runs riot on contemplating it; we the V151011 will therefore refrain and pass on to tl~:f:;:tds~r~:\he Green Court to the Beverley. The Sports have at l~st been, tra c nt thon h sentimentalists may grumble at The practical value of tlus step }15 aP6:~n ~ trialÂŁwe do not speak from experi enc e the innovation. It rnust ~urely lave be n obli g< cd to run eight laps, and negotiated and stand open to correc:\~n.:-~o ~~~t~d "~ith the grateful intelligence that it was your some forty co!n~rs befor~ ~\~ <~b~ to run on a splendid course, and th e, effects sho uld f f 5 That this was not the case till S year may be last lap. As It l~ we arc no be shown in the nnprovement 0 tlnne t;ad iti~n s wh ich encircle the Sports may be attributed to the weather: 9 1~~ far off when th e weather will cea!\e to keep up gradually .broken, but t.he d,lY IS/e throw a damp, literal and metaphorical, o.n th e its unel~nable r~putatlO,n, all( Â°1at last 'ear's record against the C.O,S'. will b? proceed lllgs. FIIl.ally " e. 111~pe ttb for wa~1t of efforts on Mr. Ca pe's part If we fail maintained. I t \\'111 certam } no C < to win th e palm of victory.

3n {lDemoriatn. >I< S IR ANDREW

CLA RKE, R.E., C. B., G.C.M .G., C. l.E. >1<

\r.,Te record with very great regret the death of a most distinguished O.K.S., Sir Andrew Clarke, R.E., C.B., G.C.M.G., C.l.E ., whose death occurred on Saturday, March 29 th . \~'e take the following ext ract from the " Daily Telegraph " -

Conspicuolls alike in tl?e stern art of war and the progressive processes of peace, he won renown for himself as a soldier in the field, a mil itary engineer, who I?lan ned and super vised the construction of some of the most important of our land

defences, a Colonial legislato r .and minister, the pro-consul of a provll1ce which he sa\'cd from the anarchy of tribal quarrels, and one of the. handymen of the Foreign Office ILst, who co uld be relied on to take. over, at a moment's nOlicc! a~y (hffi cul t task in the way of bnngll1g energy, intelligence. and. tac~ to bear upon an awkward si tuatIo n that had unexpectedly arisen in whatsoev~r part of the globe. With all h IS experience of men al~d I~ann e rs, too, he retained an enthusiastIc co nfidence in the intrinsic so undness of human nature, and a firm belief that the most troublesome of people were to

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be won over by 44 sweet reaso nableness." He was the so n of Col. Andrew Clarke, of Belmont, Donegal, who at one time was Gove rnor of \ÂĽest Australia, and though born in England -on July 27th, 1824-his earliest recollections were of I ndia, whence he returned for the essential be nefits of a hom e edu cation. Entering the Royal Engineers in 1844, he migrated to the Antipodes a co uple of years later, as aide-de-camp to Sir \ÂĽilliam Denison, then Governor of Van Dieman's Land. The outbreak of the Maori war in 1847 gave him his o.nly chance of active service. It was not till 185 8 that Sir Andrew Clarke returned to this country. In the interval he had sat in the Legislative Council at Ho b(!,rt, and had acted as Surveyor.. General of Victoria, to the first Parliamcnt of which Colony he was elec te d as. the member for South Melbourne. . Accepting office as Minister of Lands, he not only introduced and piloted through the bill providing for the constru ction of railways by t he State, but followed up the passage of the measure by projecting and planning the lines from Melbourne to Murray and from Geelong to Ballarat. Fo r a few years after his return to England he was merely an officer of Engineers, marked by his superiors as a ma n o f promise. But in 1863 he was sent out with a special mission to the West Coast of Africa, and was with the force that occupied and

afterwards evac uated Prahsu. Back in England agai n he was appointed Directo r of \;Yorks for the Navy. H e held this exceedingly important aed responsible post for ten yea rs, during which he designed and execu ted g reat extensions of the naval arsenals at Portsmo uth, Plymouth, Chatham, Cork and othe r stations. After th is came his decided triumph as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settleme nts. \Vhe n he arrived at Singapore he fo un d lawlessness and di sorder rife everywhere beyond the narrow Briti5h frontier. So Sir Andrew Clarke, fortified with an inexhaustible fund of sweetness and light, went inland to reason with the Malay chiefs. He appears to have found the people very a menable, an d ultimately the native States passed quietly under the regular 4' pro teclion" of Great Britain, as integral parts of the Empire. From Singapore Sir Andre w passed to India, to open about a thousand miles of railways in the course of a single year, and to reorgan ize the drainage systems and water supplies of the British garrison stations. H e once more returned to these shores in 1880, and was shortly <;t ppoi nted Inspector General of Fortifications. Of recent years Sir Andrew acted as Agent-General for Tasmania and Victoria. Last December he was placed 011 the list of Colonels-Commandant of the Royal Enginee rs.

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His old family Bible is before me . Th e first page cont..1.ins the entry o f th e dates of birth and baptism of eath of the 16 children of William and Sop hia Cantis. T he t 3th entry is that of William, son of \ÂĽ illiam and Sophia Cantis, born J anuary 2j lh, 1807. baptized March z3rci, 1807 . in St. Stephen' s Ch urch. They we rc a large family of boys and girls, a ll born in what is now called St. Stephen's H Ollse. Th e fi eld in fro nt (Blare's Piece) belonged to them, also Old Park farm, a.nd other land round about. The family had long bee n settl ed in East Kent. In the parish Church at Margate there is a beautiful effigy in brass, of one of their all(.:estors who died in J 432 A. D. The figure is standing, rather tall, hands clasped and uplifted , as in the attitud e of earnest prayer. lo ng beard, sheathed dagger han gin g on th e left t,hig h. . Many of their an cestors he buned at l'vIoncktoll, near Minster, in th e I sle of Thanet. Among th eir papers is the parchment deed of a coat of arms granted to Valentine Cantis, described as " Sable on a Cheveron, or between three Harts' heads caboshed-Argcnt-as many covered cups ga les." In t he days when \Vm. Cantis was a boy, the Vi car of St. Stephen's

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was j\lfr. Fieldin g, th e g reat-grandfathe r of Canterbury' s present Towll Clerk. H e lived in what is now called the Old Vicarage, ancl was a Mathematical Tuto r of great repute. Two of th e Cantis boys read Mathematics with him, and goin g up to Cam bridge too k th ei r degrees as Hi g h Vhanglers. The silver cup WOIl at Emman uel College by Mark Camis was one of Colonel Cantis' most cherished possessions. H e was very fo nd of talking of those old days, when H erne Bay consisted of one small public house, a nd Folkesto ne was only a li ttl e vi ll age. A pack of hound s used th en to be kept in a stable somewhe re down Stour Street, and youn g Wm . Cantis used to ride after them on hi s pony. H e was a King's School boy from 18 16 to 18 19, and then hi s father sent him to ShrEwsb ury. 'Vhen he left Sh rewsbury, hi s brother Mark put him th rough an examination, and reported to th eir father that 'William was not likely to distinguish himself at the U niversity, so it was decided that he should go into the Army. His fath er see ms to have had some Indian interest, so in 1827 'Villiam Cantis went out to I ndia and was appo inted to the 15th Regiment of :M adras Infantry. I find a ll his different com missions

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----------------,----------------1carefull y tied up together, the Ensig n' s commission dated 2nd April. , 8' 7. signed by L ord Combermere, and so o n until we come to hi s Major's comm ission, "Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, April 3rd, J 852 ." and sig ned for th e fi rst time by Victoria. H e became Lieutenant Colonel in 1858, and co mmanded hi s Regiment. There does not seem to be anything very no table to say about his mili tary career. The Regiment served in Burma, in the Straits Settlement, and all over Southern In dia; but it does not seem to have come in for much fighting. Garrison d uty see ms to have been the chief work, and there was plenty of leisu re for sport. The love of horses and dogs wa3 strong in 'Villiam Cantis, and to the end of his days a hog-spear awoke a host of cherished recollection s. Apart fro m this he was nearly a ll the days of his manhood a deeply religions man -one of H ebec k's Saints, as men used to call them in Madras in those distant days, converted by the preachi ng and exampl e

MR.

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of a famous Missio nary of that nam e in Southern India. In 1862 he retired on hi s Colo nel's pension. His family thr n consisted of hi s wife and daughter. They lived fi rst at Wingham, a nd then 'at Bridge. After hi s daug hter's death in , 87 ', he moved to Southborough, an d after his wife's death, in , 880, he came back to live to the ond of hi s days in the place of hi s birth with hi s brothe r-in-law, Colonel Horsiev. H ere he spont 22 Jlappy and useful years. H e was a very shy reti rin g sort of man, not to be induced tb mo un t any platform, o r do any public speaki Hg , but always ready to give to the extent of his ability, and to work steadily and co ntinuously fo r any cause which commended itself to him. He died 011 the 13th iVIar., ' 90', in his 96th yea r, after only a few ho urs' illness, passing away as easily as if going merely to sleep, and so amid the so rrow of all who knew him ended his long, happy, use ful life. VI!. H . HORSLEY.

N OR MAN

':Ve regret to reco rd th e terribly sudden death from pneumo nia, on March 24th, of Mr. Willi am Norman ':Vig htwick, of Barton

Vlr GHTW ICK .

Fi e ld ~ . Cante rbury, at the comparati vely early age of fifty-one years. Genial in disposition, kind-hearted and courteous, he won general good

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wishes a nd respect, while no one could fail to appreciate a nd admire his solidari ty of character and soundn ess of judgment. The son of the late Mr. Thomas Norman 'Wightwi ck-three times mayo r of Canterbury--he was educated at the King' s School, which he entered in Aug ust, 186 1, obtaining a Probationership in November, 1862 . Upon leavi ng, he studied for th e law and was in 1872 adm itted as a practising solicitor. Shortly afterwards he became a member of the

well-known firm of solicito rs, ' ;Yightwick and Kingsford, in which finn at the comm encement of the present year he succeeded to the senior posi tion upon the retirement of Mr. Kingsford. .Mr. 'ÂĽightwick took an active in terest in the Municipal affairs of th e city, and was elected to the Town-Clerk ship of Canterbury in 1888, a post which he ably filled for four years. For a long tilne he had been Honorary Treasurer of the King's School Exhibition Fund.

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SCHOOL NE W S. The ,I under , 6" Steeplechase was held on Thursday, March 6th, and resulted in a win for T ulloch, Saunders l bell1g seco nd, and Godwin third.

were placed 5th out of 33 com petitors. \¥eston obtained th e highest individual marks on the who le list, and was awarded the silver medal.

On Saturday, March 8th, the Senior Steeplechase was ru n O'ler the same course as last year. Huyshe finished first beating Hitchcock after a good race. wh ile Nation l sec ured the th ird place. Time, 28 min. sot sees.

\Ve must apologise for omitting A. R. Iremonger' s I f Virtute" from our last number.

On Tuesday, March 11th, the SchOOl, represented by Bovenschen and Hitchcock, played St. Augustine's College at Fives. and won by '5-J4. 15--4. - The return match on Tuesday, l\Iarch 18th. also resulted in a win for th e School, the SCore being 16-8 , 16-6.

The J unior Kicking Competi tio n was held on Tuesday, March 18th, and was won by Gardner l with 56 mark s out of 150, Johnston 2 being second.

Vve offer our very hearti est congratulations to the gym. pair, R. D . \Veston and \V. E. Gregory, who represe nted the School at Aldershot on l\'Iarch 2 I st, and

On F riday, March 21 st, in the absence of His Grace the Archbishop, the Bishop of Dover held a Co nfirmation Service in the Cathedral for the King's School and St. Edmund's School. There were fortyseven candidates from the former and seventeen fro m t he latter.

His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to accept a copy of Mr. Godfrey's Coronation March.

Dllring H oly \¥eek the School a tt end ed a special service in the Cathedral at 6,30, when the following were kind enough to give short addresses : - On Monday, Canon Hichens i OIl Tuesday, Canon Routledge; on \¥ed ncsday, Rev. G. C. E. Ryley; on Thursday, th e Very Rev. the Dean.

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VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. A. R. IR EMONGER.-Entered th e School, Sept., 1898; VI th Form and Monitor, Sept., I gor; Passed 6th into Woolwich Dec.} 1901.

PROFUNDIS.

A schoolboy's life has mu ch to wreck and mu ch to recomme nd i~. But the spring term takes from it th e joy th e other seasons le nd It. A more beastly term than the Easte r term ( now called Hil~ ry ) Does not exist and should I think have been named the chIllery. \ÂĽith measles (assorted ), influenza, mumps and chicken pox Never lacking, ever attacking the cracks brainy and croc,ksI suggest for the best that this term should no I,onger eXI st; (1 speak disinterestedly) I'm sure it won't be mIssed. The Easter te rm is a half-sta rved term-barely eleven weeks, Its games a tepid rechaufre-rou shi ver in footer breeks, As you pound along in drenching rain on plough in a pape rc~ase, You sigh for th e warmth of H se rums" when rOll train in a wmdy place. And then there comes that best of tim es wh cn just as yo u feel so fit, You contract a pleasi ng illness of th e stated class to wit; You retire then to the sick-house, feed on "slops" that none could woo, Quite alone, all friends forbidden; Life seems hell and hell is-ugh! [H ere the 1\155. break s off short f,,:; the wrirer developed his fiflh annua l attack of influenza rcm!l.inder must be considered to be among Ihe lost lreasures of lilerary art.- EoD.]

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ENTERTAINMENT. An Entertainment was givcn in the Parry Library, on Saturday, 1\'1arch 8th. The main interest of the programmc centred in tl1e performa nce of Bee thoven's Qua rtette, which was well played . It was, howeve r, far too long for the majority of the boys, and it was hardly wise to ha ve d eviate~ fro!11 the previoll s policy of prese nt1l1g slllgie numbers of classical masterpi eces ; the mllsic after all is intended first and foremost for the be nefit of the boys. :Mr. Edmonds, who was on a visit to his brother, gave great pleas ure by his excellent an d spi rited si ngi ng, a nd we trust he may find it possible to pay li S another visit. The recital by the Rev. L. I-I. E va ns, of T ennyso n's 1 Northern !"anner' was und o\~btedly the most popular ltem of the evenlll g and deservedly so ; Mr. Evans has rarely been heard to greater advantage. Owing to various causes, the concerted music hard ly we nt as well as usual j for one reason, the arrangements were not over good. Our thanks are due to the Rev. G. C. E. Ryley and others who kindly helped in the concerted music, and it is a pleasure at the end of our mU!:iical season to acknowledge how mu ch we are ind ebted to Mr. Latter and .i\Ir. Edmonds for the consistently kind interest taken by them in the musi c. Appended is th e programme: PROGRAMME.

Pianoforte Solo ... " Spri ng Song" ... .. .. ... Klth/an. B. W. Hunl.

T wo Songs .. (a.) II See love, I brin~ thee flowers" (u.) " Love in absence ' F. lambert. Mr. Edmonds. Reading .................................................. .. F. C. Bovenschen. Ballad for Male Voices ... " The Norman Baron " ... a.l . t. b. b., (Prize Composition). Percy Godfrey. Quartette in A.-Op. 18, NO.5 .......... Beethoven. (VI., VI., Vb., Cello.) Mr. Gann, J\Hss B. Patlerson, i\Ir. Dines, Serg:t. Conquer, R. E. I.

~\Ilegr o .

i\fennuetto. Andante, Cantabile, (A ir and Variations). Allegro.

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Recitation

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Rev. L. H . Evans. Song ...... .. ....... " Vulcan's Song " ... .Colmod. ~h. Edmonds. Trio. -(t. t. b. ) From" Iola nthe" .. .. ..... .Sul/ival:. Mr. Hunt, O.K.S., Mr. A. Latter,O.K.S., Re\'. G. C. E. Ryley,O.K.S. Sc hool !"Iusic : Violin: W. C. Ru bie, J. Richardson. Cd/a: J. L. Tomlin . Triang/e: H. Paris. T alll/I()u rim: A. Gardner. Horn: Mr. Godfrey. Inst rumental.. .... " Rustic March" ........ . .. Piano: L. F. Paris. Th ree Folk Songs. (Choral and I nstnunentnl). (a.) Airs tram <I Patience" ... .. .. SuI/ivan. Piano: C. F. Nation. (h. ) Airs from" Faust" ............ COllnod. Piano: W. Lucas. Song .. ........ " 10,000 i\'l iles away" ... CeoS/lehan. J. FrewelÂˇ. Fol k Song. (Cho ral and Intrumental). GOD SAVE THE KING.

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HARV EY SOC IETY. On Saturday, March 1St, a paper was read before the Society by Mr. Austen, e ntit led the I f Early Life of Frank Buckla nd. " Starti ng from th e ea rliest years of his subject's life, he follow ed his caree r through the successive stages of School and University, giving many amu sin g incidents of his early childhood, a nd of the time he spent at Vlinchester. and then desc ribing his-habits a nd occupations when at Ch rist Church, Oxford . The slides which illustrated th e paper were ve ry clear a nd distinct, and the paper throughout was extremely interesting. 'Y.-

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Saturday, March 15th, F. P. I \ValkerOn read a paper entitled Motions He first described the nature I ofof Fluids." fluid s, as being substantes withou t /I

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O. K. S. We beg to apologise for an unfortunate mistake that appeared in our last number. "The child born to J. H. Smith, Esq., was a daughter, not a son, and the date was February 6th.

...... G. C . H eale has obtained a co mmis-

sion in the Imperial Yeomanry.

ri gidity of any sort, a nd th eir divi sion into two classes, liquids which are highly incompressible and take the shape of the vessel which contai ns them, and gases which arc ve ry easily compressed and takc both the shape and size of the vessel in which they a re contained. H e then in turn noticed the phenomenon of vortex rings, viscosity and surface tension. T he paper was well illustrated with drawings by the author .

NEWS. Lieut. H. Isaacke, Royal ,"Vest Kent Regiment, has been appointed Adjut ant. R. E. Brinsley-Richards rail second string for Oxford in the three miles race in the Inter-Varsity Sports, held at Queen' s Club on March 2 1St.

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The. first pa~e r chase of the term ,~'as held on \ Vednesday, Fe bruary 26 th, the hare~ belllg ] eI~klll a ncl Huyshe. Starting up St. l\Iartin's Hill, the course turned to the n g ht OPI~oslte the Church and foll~nved the path over th e New and Old Dover Roa~ s, crosslll~ the Sou~h Eastern Ra ilway by the footbridge at SOll th Canterbur' Station .. LeavIn g Nack lllgton on the left, the track led through \Vill iam's orcharcf. a nd C?ttlllg the. road to D? ve r, passed through Larkey Va lley to Chartham Bridge. Crosslllg the flver by. thiS means. the hares made for the woods to the west of H arbledo,wn, and l?assln ~ through these returned by way of Jacob's Ladder and the Baths. F or some I.nexph cable reaso n, almost the whole pack of hounds made direct for Bekesbo urne without any ~ttempt to find th e track, and having arrived the re returned I~ ome apparently satIs ~ cd . The order of those who followed the right track was . I . . Cockrem ; 2. . HItchcoc k; 3. Tukc ; 4. \Vhall ey ; th e last two of whom brought 111 th e bags. . On Tuesday, March "4th, a second paper chase took place with Mr. Austen and HItchcock as hares. As before. ~he start was made up St. Martin's Hill, a nd then to the left a,cross the Scotlal)d HIlls to the top of Fordwich La ne. The track then led round ~ ren ley. Park \~roods in the dire ction of Liitlebournc, and passing E lbridge and Ford wl ch, arn ved by way of Sturry Hill at Sturry. Turning then to the left th e h~res went b¥ Broad Oak, and entered Ca nterbury past the New Ground and Bl ~re's PIece .. J e nkm, Cockrem and T elfer were leading to t.he top of Sturry Hi ll, whe re the trail cease?, and ~ he firs t two obtained the bags. Owing to the fog , howeve r, they lost. th eIr beann gs and the final o ~dcr was i I. Mr. Latte r; 2. Whalley ; 3· T e lfer ~ 4· Walker ; 5. Goad; 6. J enk lll ; 7. Cockrem .

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This year the Sports instead of being contested as usual on the Green Court were held on th(' Beverley and the innovation was generally voted a success. The choice of the two days (l\II arch 20th and 21st) was rather un fortunate si nce it necessitated the absence of vVcston, Gregory and Henderson of whom the two former were gaining laurels for the School at Ald ershot. To tht:ir absence and to the unfavourable circumstances of weather, a high wind and freq uent rain-showers, is due the fact that the times achieved a re slower than in previous years. Some of the performances, however, were quite good and, in particular, Bovenschen's "Hundred" in I I t sees. is far above the ave rage of recent yeOtrs. Moreover, H uyshe:s mile in 5 mins . 13 sees. was fl.n excellent performa nce. The jumping was not up to the usual average, but we felt very much the loss of \Veston in the Long Jump, and of Gregory in the High. The " Under Sixteen " perfo rman ces were all remarkably good. Thomas's High Jump is not far below School record, while Tomlin's Hundred and Quarter and Saunders' Half we re all much above th e usual average. The Tu tor T eam Race (won in excellent style by lVIr. Bell's team ) appeared to maintai n its popularity. T here was a very g ratifying attenda nce of friends o f th e School, who appeared to take the keenest intere st in the results of the various races. Among them we observed; lVIrs. Temple, The Dean and Mrs. Farrar, lVII'S. Galpin, J\'lr. and Mrs. Fielding, l\'lr. and Mrs. Davies, lVII'S. H odgson, Miss Hichens, etc. Prizes were given away in the School Room hy Mrs. Farrar on Saturday before a large audienc e. "vVe take this opportunity of t hanking the following for kind ly giving prizes :- The Lad ies of Canterbury, 1\1 rs. Galpin, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Hamilto n, The Dean of Canterbury, D r. Blore, The H eadmaster, T he .Masters, The Vlth Form, R. P. Hawes, . E sq ., (O.K.S. ) S. F. Prest, Esq. , W. Gregory, E sq ., Mr. Ginder, The Vth Form. The following were the chief results ;220 Y,\RDS (JUNIOR SCHOOL). I. Bamber '2. Hunt 34 secs. 21ld lUi'll. I. "'tercer 2. Barber 3I! secs. .Fillal I. Mercer 2. Dalwigk Won by I! yards, in 3It secs. ISt

heat.

Q UARTER j\'IILE (UNDER 16). T om lin 3Âˇ Scott 2. Saunders Tomlin led all the way, fini shing very strongly, won easily by 15 yards; 12 yards between second and third. Time 63t sees. I.

L ONG J UMP (OPEN). Walker 3. Hovenschen Berryman I n this event we felt the absence of Weston.

Walker won with a poor Berryman jumped 15 ft. II ins. l.

leap

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LONG JUMP (JUN IOR SCHOOL) . Bassett J 2. Barber Length 12 ft. 3 ins . HALF MILE (OPEf'). Huyshe Hitchcock 3 J enkin

Berryman went off with the lead. wh ich he held to the Pavilion, when he was displaced by H itchcock and the order at the end of the fi rst Inp was H itchcock, Jenkin, H uyshe. Jenkin then passed H itchcock and led until 25 yards from the tape when I-I uyshe, ~ purting well, passed him :\I1c\ won hy 4 yds ; same distance between 2nd and 3rd. Ti me 2 min ~. 21k sees.

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QUARTER MILE (U !'D ER 14). Rigden Lucas· 3 Vaughan W on by four yards; three between second and third. T ime 7S! secs. S IX HU NDRED YARns lI AND ICAP. 1St heal. I. Saunders (scratch). 2. Williams (10 yds ). 3. Mannering ( 10 yds). Time I min . 33 sees. 2nd heal. l. Prr.st (20 yds ). 2. Collard (45 yds).

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Cooke (5 yd,) .

Ti me I min. 34! secs. rl·llal. 1. Prest (20 yds. ) 3· F rewer (10 yds.) 2. Jenkin (scr.) Won by fou r ya rds; three between 2nd and 3rd. Time I min. 27 i secs. H UNDRED YARDS (OP EN.) lSI heal. I. T omli n and Bovenschen-dead heat. 3. T ay lor. I2 l secs. 2ml heat. I. Nairn 3 O' Neill 2. Davies . One yard inside 12 secs. Final I. Bovenschen 3· Nairn 2. Tomlin Tomlin was fa stesl awa}', but Bovenschen caught h im at 40 yards and won by half a yard; one yard between second and third. II i- secs. A n excellent performance. 220 YARDS (JUNIOR SCi'IOOL UNDER II. ) I. Hicks J 2. Gepp. Won by four yards in 33k secs. QUARTER MILE (m'EN). Nairn I. 3· Davies 2. T omlin Green was fastest away and led for half the distance when Nairn went ahead, closely followed by Tomlin. Nairn gradually drew right away and but tor an unfortunate mistake as to the winning. post would have won very easily. Won by four )'ards; two between second and third. Time 6 1'$ secs.

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I-l UXORED YARDS (O :-lDE& 14.) I 2. Vaughan Ridgen T ime 141 Secs . HI GH JUMI' (OP EN). Thomas I. 3· Oli\'c Childs. 2. Won by half an inch 3t 4 ft. 9~ inS. HU NDR IW YARDS (UN DER 16). I. T omlin 3· Firllli nger 2. Budd Tom lin was smartest ofr the mark and won by two yards, easing up. Time 12 secs. H UN DItE.D YARDS (J UNIO R SCHOOL). I. Bassett J 2. r-,'f ercer. Won by one yard. T im e r 4! sces. H URDLES (O I"·:N). fll heal. I. Green 2. Berryman 'Non by eight yards. 2nd heal. Nairn and Olive "'.f). Filial. I. Nairn 2. G reen Nairn stumbled ttt the sian but caught GreeIT at the fourth hurd le. Nairn then gradually drew away until the ninth hurdle which he failed to negotiate successfull}' and G reen drew up. They look the last hurdle together bu t Nairn was slightly rastc[ in Ihe run·in and won by six inches. T ime 20 secs. LoNG J UMP (UNDER 16). I. H amilton J 2. Wickham L ength 15 ft. 7, ins . H URDLES (UNDER 16). I. Wickham J 2. \~7 in se r \ Von easily. P UTTING THE WI~rGII1'. I. Green I 2. Nairn \Vinning put, 26 ft. 8 ins. HALF M ILE (UNDER 16). 1. Saunders 3· Bittleston 2. Godwin Saunders took th e lead at the start and was leading br fiv e )'nrds at the end of the first lap , which was negotiated in I min. '4 sccs. Along I.

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the further side he increased th is lead and finally won easily by 2S yards, GodWII~ passing Riuleston at the pavilion, secured second honoms by some

20 yards.

nearer to the lead er and was only defeated by twelve yards. An excellent st ruggle between Cooke and Nation for third place, resulted in a win for Cooke, who ran a vcry plucky race. Time 5 min. J 3! sees.

Time 2 min. 28! sees. fo.'IILE (OPEN).

Huyshc Cooke 3· 2. Hitchcock There was an excellent entry for this mcc, of whom all but th ree starled . Green went off with the lead followed by Hi tchcock. At the end of the first lap Green fell ou t and H itchcock took the lead (fi rst lap I min 9 secs.) Huyshe then joiI1cd the leader and the pair were separated by some 20 yards from Cooke and Nation. In this order thcy passed the starting·post fo r the second time.in 2 min. 31 secs. Passing: the pavilion in tht: third lap Huyshe drew away fr om Hitchcock . (Third lap 3 min 54 secs.) Huyshe gradua lly increased his lead until Hitchcock pUlling on a very fine sprint at the pavilion drcw

CONSOLATION RA CE (QUARTER hIlLE).

D:wies. Davies mn a very good qua rter and won easily in 62 secs. TUTOR RACE.

(Team Haec, one mile by teams of fou r). This resulted in a vc ry cns)' victory for 1\lr. Bell's team (Johnston, 1\1annering. Cockrcm, and T om lin ) who led nlmost from the start to finish and won by 25 yards. The time (4 min . 7! sees.) was very fast and compares excellently with the 4 min. 2 1 sees. of lnst yenr.

FI VES TIE S . OPEN. FIRST ROUND . i\'I ethuen beat H enderson. Sp:'lfford beat Tuke. Bo\'cnschen beat Iremonger. Covell heat Berryman. Hawkes beat Ormsby. Dalton beat F rewcr.

Weston scratchcd to Prest I. Green scratch ed to Prest 2• Davics scratched to Hi tchcock. Nairn scratched to G regory. ParisI scmtched to Lucas!. Richardson I scra tched to T omlin. J enkin a bye. SeCOND RO UND .

Tomlin beat Prest 2• Dalton beat Covell. Hawkes beat l'oJethuen.

Spafford beat P restI. Rovenschen heat Lucas l . Jenki n scmtched to Gregory. Hitchcock a bye.

THIRD ROUND.

Bovenschcn beat Hawkes. Dahon scratched to Hitchcock .

I T omlin a bye.

Gregory SCJatched to Spafford .

SEMI -F INAL.

.Bovenschen heat Hitchcock.

Sp.'l.fford beat Tomlin .

FINAL.

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FIRST ROUND.

Prest 2 beat Wickham. Gramshaw beat Covell. Bressey scrnlched to Gardnerl. Thomas scratched to T omlin. Saunders a bye.

Tulloch beat Olive. Gardner z beat Paris2 • Spafford beat Nation. Cockrem beat Aylward.

SECOND ROUND.

Gardner z scratched to Saunders. Tomlin bent T ulloch.

Gardner l

Gramshaw beat Cockrem. Spafford beat Prest'. a hye.

THTRD ROUND.

I Spafford beat T omlin. Gmmshaw a bye.

Gardner l beat Saunders.

SKMI-FINAL.

Spafford beat Gramshaw. Gardn('r l a bye. FINAL.

Gardner l scratched to Spafford.

DOUBLES. FIRST ROUND .

Lucas ParisI Cockrem Methuen Covell P rest i

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Nation' Tomlin { Tuke Marshall

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BOAT CLUB. A large number of members joined the Boat Club this term.

Coaching with

a view to the Pair-oar races began early and very promising mate rial was discove:ed.

1\'lr. Edmonds was mainly responsible fo r the coachin g and Marshall acted as VlceCaptain in relief of Jenkin. Later in the term we received valuable help from Mr. Sowels, whom we desire ve ry heartily to thank for his ready services. vVe must heartily co ngratulate E . W. 1VI0wll (Captain ill 1899- 1900) on getting his Trial Cap last year. This success should stimulate others to make the best of theIr c!lances on the ri ver here. Rowing cannot be learnt in a day; a great deal of hard grInd has t.o be gone through before anything like the finished article can be produced. T:lus remark is made because we want boys who go in for rowing here to pay more attentIon to detail. Vve are sllre that a lot of real hard work has been done these last few weeks, but at the early stage of rowing it is not so much the hard rowing '.ve want as a steady app lication and attention to the instruction given by the coaches. <I Keep your eyes on the boat" may seem to many an unnecessary piece of advice, but beginners should accept from the very first that coaches would not din this phraseand many others-into their ears unless it were necessary. The Races took place on Thursday, iVlarch 27th, and Tuesday, April 1 St. In the first heat \ÂĽhalley walked away from Cortis, and in the next two heats bumps took place within a very few yards of thp. start, so that most of the spectators-and we were glad to see several friends on the bank - saw nothing of the race. Perhaps t~e system of handicapping is at fault . Light crews shoul d be given more start than IS assigned them at present. Results :FIRST RO UND. H eat 1.2. Preston I. Ormsby v. Cortis (str. ) Whalley (st!. ) Deighton' (cox) lVIa chell (cox). Preston and Whalley, rowing a steady sWll1ging stlOke, won easily. H eat II.Davies 2. Tuke I. lVIurray (str. ) Marshall' (str. ) Nation' (co x). Paris' (cox) lVIarshall and Tuke rowi ng two strokes to their opponents' one bumped them very soon. H eat 111.2. Lovatt !. Mansfield Prest' (str. ) v. Adams' (str. ) Macki nnon (cox) Lucas' (cox). Adams tried to make a race of it, but was ,bumped abo ut 150 yards from the start.

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SECOND ROUND (Tuesday, April 1st). H eat IV.Preston I. Tuke 2. Whalley (st r.) v. Marshall' (str.) D eighton' (cox) Mackinnon (cox). J TI~i s was a \'ery good race. 'Whalley had one length start and took. a quick, rather Jerky stroke. Marshall set a long steady stroke, effective, but more suitable for a. longer course. \¥halley's oar butto n proving defective, he unshipped his oar several LImes but rowed a hard race. The race resul ted in a dead heat. Rowin g the heat over ~gain both crews stu.ck .to thei r work mO,st doggedly, but Tuke unfort unately catchlllg a crab on the wlll I1l n g post, Whalley s crew was the winner by a le ngth. P~est' s crew !'o~\'ecl the. bye, but sc ratched, thus leaving \¥ halley and Preston the wmne rs. ThIS IS the thad year they have row ed togethe r and we heartily congratulate them on their victory. Mr. Edmonds and Mr. Sowels (on the first day) and lVIr. Buck (on the second day ) acted as judges j Mr. Bell, as usual, started the crews. ,Mrs. Leonard Evans kindly presented the prizes on the bank after the races.

C ORRESPO N DEN CEo N. B.-The Editors dulille to accept any "espomibility cMllected 1/Jitll the opinions of tluh' Correspouo dents. Name and address 1I111s1 alwaJls be given, 110t llecessari/y for publication, but as n guaralltee of good faith. Personalities 111i1l involve cel'tai'l ,·ejection.

T o tIle E ditors if

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SIRS,

I would ask to be allowed to offer two suggestions for the considerati on of the Sports' Committee . . ( I.) That the first da)' of the sports should be fixed for the first !ille day of a given week. ( 2. ) That there should be more races to attract a greater number of competitors than is at

present the case, such as a 200 yard s handicap, over J 6, for instance. Now that the venue of the sports is changed to the St. Lawrence ground, there is plenty of space, and time need no longer be wasted in preliminary heats. Yours obediently. • ONLOOKER.'

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ACCOUNT FOR 1901. EAST ER TERM. s. d. o 2 I I Attendance 96 19 2 - Milk .. . 0 8 8 Brock

RECEIVED.

Balance in Bank

Till... ... . .. Discount on a bill ...

£ s. d . 4 15 0 I 10 6

PAID.

Cox and Scolt R obi ns ...

Gou lden

, ..

Featherstone Gatt i Bourne Taylor Finn I-[ubba rd .. , .. , ... .., ... E rror in Christmns Term's Account, 1900

". '" ... . .. ... 144 9 F or supplying Common Room with Ice 0 13

6 6

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Till.

, ..

0 o 2 0

£97

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s. d,

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24 8

13 14

12 9 1 12 10

090 076 33 7 2 4 10

06 0 49 0

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9 0 0

03 0

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80 17 16 0 0 10

Cheque to School Funds ... T owards New Clock Balance in B~llk .. ,

£97

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If 0

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£ s. d. 6 5 6 I 19 4

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24 19

5 13 0 0 10 27 19

o II

0 0

10 0 0 7 2 10

Carr and Co.

o o 4 o 12 3 8 43

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010

Everest ... ... . .. · Gentry for mending chairs

Gi nder Cast le Dunce

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NOTICES . We beg to acknowledge with thanks the recei pt of the following subsc riptions : His Grace the Archbishop, 3/6 ; Captain Mangin, 3/6 ; E. W. Moore, E sq., £ 1 ; F. Sharman, Es·q., 7/ - j E . T . Athawes, E sq., 7/- ; Captain Austin, 3/6 ; H. E. Morice, Esq., 7/-; Mrs. Blore, 7/- ;

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EDITORIAL . Happening by chance to refer to the first number of this magazine published during th e course of last year's summ er term we were astound ed to meet with the following passage. "All of us would probably acknow ledge that th ere is no te rm like the summer term . \Vould-be bathers may splash at their leisure. Cyclists may :;cour the country on roads free from mud and unde r skies cloudl ess and blue. Botanists an d E gg collectors are in the height of their glory." To us, living as we have been of late, this reads like th e unreality of a fai ry tale or the dream of sOlll e far off sunny land, for how different has been our lot during the last few weeks. Never, durin g our brief existence upon this planet or at any rate since we began to take an intelligent interest in affairs of such magnitude has the rai n god been pleased with slIch persistence to convert th e cricket pitch in to a drea ry swam p and to cause the su bstitution of the wraps and encum beran ccs of winter for the airy attire and light headgear of summer. Occasionally. th ough at lare inten'als, am cars havc bec n gladdened with the sound of ball mee tin g bat and am eyes have caught a fleeti ng glimpse of a SUIl. hat displaying its glory, too shortlived, appearing like th e hibernated butterfly for a brief moment ere it once more hides itself from the light of day. ~ Co n sid ering in fact that the majority of th e wickets upon which our tcam have

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Bishop Mitchinson, :£ I I S.; G. I-I. Ivlansfield, Esq., 3/6; Mrs. Hichens. 3/ 6 ; W. H . Maund rell, Esq, 10/ 6; T . C. Molony, Esq., 7/- ; I-l. T . Molony, Esq., 7/-· l\'l ost of the back numbers can b ~ had of the Hon . Sec., R. \V. Marshall,

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1902 .

No.

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EDITORIAL . Happening by chan ce to refer to the first numb er of this magazine ptlbli ~ h c d during th e course of last year's summ er term we \rere asto und ecl to meet with the following passage. I I All of us would probably acknowledge that th ere is no term like the summer term . ,"Vauld-be bathers may splash at their leisure. Cyclists may :;CQur the country all roads free f rom mud and under skies cloudl ess and bille. Botan ists and Egg collectors arc in th e height of their giory.1J To us, li ving as we have bee n of late, this reads like the unreali ty of a fairy tale or the drea m of some fa r off sunny land, for how different has been our lot duri ng th e last few weeks. Neve r, durin g our brief existence upon this planet or at any rate si nce we began to take an intelligent interest in affairs of such magnitude has thc rain god been pleased with. snch. persistence to co nvert the cricket pitch into a dreary swamp and to cause th e sllbstitution of the wraps and cncumbera nces of win ter for the airy attire and light headgear of summer. Occasionally. th ough at rare inten'als, our ca rs have been gladdened with the sound of ball mee tin g bat and our eyes have caught a fl eeting glimpse of a sun hat displaying its glory, too shortlived, appearin g like the hibern ated butterfly for a brief moment ere it once more hides itself from t he ligh t of day. , Considering in fact that the majority of the wickets upon which om team have

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hitherto practised have partaken largely of the nature of a wet sponge, they m ~}' look back with sat isfaction upon the first half of the prest::nt season, th ough wIth the probability of faster wickets in the future they should render an even better account of themseivf"s. The victory over St Edmund's School was well deser\'ed and we trust t hat it will be repeated in the near future j th ough it is somewhat overbalanced by the d efeat at the hands of Dove r College who, playing we believe th e strongest batting side that they have mustered for several seasons, lowered our colo urs once 111.'Jre after a lapse of four years. In tl.le Feisted Ill.atch ,alt, wilt agree tha t t~le belter team prov~d y ictoriol1 s, and th e same llll ght equally be saId III the match agalllst Sutton Valence 1I1 whi ch th e eleven proved th eir capabilities as a batting side. J uc\ gi ng by performances. up to the pre~c nt the season should be the most successful that th e school has seen for many years.

ATHLETIC

SPORTS.

King's School v. St. Edmund's School. The Annual Athletic Match against St. Edmund's was contested in almost ideal weather on the Beverley on Easte r Monday. It resulted in a rather easy victory for the School, as we won fi~e and a half of the seven open events, all the" U nder Sixteen Il and one of the I ' Under Fourteen 'J contests. Just as in I C)O I, we again had to deplore the absence (th rough illness) of Nairn, who would probably have been able to make a race with " reston in the Quarter. The performan ces of the team were on the whole quite satisfactory, although a few of our representatives wanted a little. more work. For exa mple, Gregory, who was earnin g high honours fo r the School 111 the Gymnastic Competition at Aldershot, was compelled to some e~tcn~ to fo r~go training. Blit for this, he would undoubtedly have beaten. 4 rt. J I~Âˇ lI1S. l.n t~~ HIgh Jump. Amongs t such a plethora of good perform~nces , It IS perhaps ll1~ldlOUS to select a few, yet we think we ought specially to mentIOn th e three Quarter l"hl e Races, th e Open l\Iile, and the" Under Sixteen" Half as excel?tio~l?ll}' ~~O(1. 'Veston's Q uarter in sst sees. constitutes a new School Reco rd , wIllie I amlIn s S8t secs. for an <c Under Sixteen" Quarter is nearly as good a performance.. I:Juyshe ran a well judged race in the Mile, while Hitchcock made the pace for hun 1I1 exc~l.lent style. Am ono- the junior runners, Saunders t showed as perhaps the most prOmISIng runner that w~ have, and we shall expect great things from him in future years. ' Ve wou ld aga in, as in previous yea rs, insist upon th e absolute necessity of regular consistent training. r erhaps" practice" is the word that .should ~e us~d rathe r than "training", for IItraininglJ in its usual sense of special diet, etc., IS qUIte

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but pr~cti ce is essential. The spri ntr r must have constant pistolpractice, whIle the dIstance runner should bear in mind that the me re runn ing of a number of Japs on Blore's Piece wit hout method and in an aimless manne r is of little or no use. T he following were the results:I.-HU NDRED YAR DS ( UNDER 14) .

H. Watson (K.5. )- I . A. B. Marcon (5.E.S.)-2.

G. F. Ri gden (K.S.)-o. F. N. Morgan (S.E. S.) ·-o .

After a preliminary false start, the four juvenile sprinters were successfully despatched at th e second attempt. l\'Jarcon was a trifle the fastest off the mark. followed by Rigden, an~ they retained this ord er until 20 yards from th e tapt~ whe n 'yatso n, who had been lymg two ya rds behind, made a very plucky effort and th rowing hl1nself on th e tape won by hal f a yard. 'Ii me, J 3 "~· secs. H .-HAL>' M I LE (OPEN) .

C. H. E . Smith (S.E.S. )-I. H. A. Jenkin (K. S.)-2. . O. F. Huyshe (K.S.)-3.

\Y . R. Ding (S.E.5. )-0. 1.. \Y . Parry (S.E.S.)- o.

G. C. R. Cooke (K.S.) - o.

Cooke went off with the lead, which he was still holdino- at the end of the first lap, whi{:h was negotiated in the very slow time of 72 sees. Half-war round th e 1:'1 st . lap,. ~-fuys he wen~ up f?lIowed .by len ki n, who dispossessed him of the lead by th e Pa\'llion. A.t tillS pomt lenklll looked all over a winn er, bu t he failed to stall off a v~ry detenmned cI~allenge by Smith when 40 yards from home and was beaten by S IX y?rds: four yarCls betwecn sec.ond and third (time of last lap, 62tsees.). Both l en tun ancl Huyshe ran .ve.ry plll c~dy, but werc probably unrortunate in meeting a better man, although It IS pOSSible that a faste r first la p migh t have reversed th e verdict. Time, 2 min. 14t sees.

III. -HIGH I A. C. T homas (K.S. )-y \ J. B. Wickham (K.S.)-j·.

JUMP (UNDER 16) .

E. A. Nuttall (5.£.S.)- c. R. B. Taylor (S.E. S.)-o.

Our repre:sentatives, winn ing easily at 4 ft. 6i\- ins. did not jump off th e tic. IV.-HuNDRlm YARDS (OPEN).

F. C. Bovenschen (KS.)-I. C. H. E. Smith (S.E. 5.)-0. J. L. Tomlin (K.S.)-2. G. P. Wallace (S.E.S.)- o. Bovenschen was fastest away at the pistol, but did not get into his runnin g quite as well as usual, so that the othe rs closed on him, a nd at 40 yards there we re inches

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o nly between th e who le four. From 40 to 70 yard s, :B0vensch,er:t maki,ng his c:ffo rt, showed a g reat turn o f speed, and, al though T omlIn W<lS ga llllng a little on 11l~ at the end l wo n comfortably by a lo ng yard : half a yard betwee n second and tlllrd. Time, J J ~' sees. V.-HTGH

Ju" p ( OPEN ) .

( W. E .. Gregory (K.S. )- t . 1. T. Cn ck (S.E. S.)- tÂˇ

A. C. Thomas (K.S.)-o. H. R. Morgan (S.E.S.)-o.

N either competitor c(Hild clear morc than 4 ,ft . Il ~ i~ s " altho ugh Gregory has beaten this in practi ce. Thomas's jumping was dlSapp OlI1tll1g. VI.-HUNDRED YARDS (UN DER 16) .

J. L. Tomlin (K .S. )-I .

W. F. Harvey (5.E.S.)-0. R. J. Lnscombe (S.E. S.)- Âˇo.

C. H. Budd (K. S.)-2.

As in th e Open Hundred, Tomlin did not ,get ~way as smaT!ly as, he had been do ing in prac lice, but at 40 yard s he was up wIth hIS fie ld and, gOlllg n g ht away won as he liked by fo ur yard s. Budd came up very strong ly 111 th e last 25 yard s and secured second place by two yard s. Time, I I t sees. VH. - LONG JUMP ( OPEN ).

R. D. Westoll (K.S.)-1. S. L. Watton (S.E.S.)-2.

F. P. Walker (K.S. )- o. H . H. Morgan (S.E.S. )-o.

\Veston wo n on hi s la st jump with the exce llent leap o f 18 ft. 1 0 in s. His other jumps were 17 ft . 7 in s. and 17 ft. 8 ins., whil e \Yatto n jumped 17 ft., 17 [t. 6 ins. and 17 ft . II in s. VIlL-Q UARTER MIl.E

T. L. Tomlin

Vv.

(I< .S. )- 1. F . Harve)' (S.E. S.)-2 .

( UN D ER

16).

C. H. Budel (KS. )-o. W. Cameron (S.E.S.)-o.

Budd went off with th e lead followed by H arvey, Tomlin lyin g las t, and th ey remained in this order for th e first 200 yard s. Then H arvey went up, follo wed by Tomlin, and th e pair drew away from Budd. and Cam e rOl~. -r:otnlill shewing exce ll ent judgm ent, made his effo rt at th e PaviJ.lOn , and draWi ng n g ht ~ way from Harvey wo n b }1 10 yards in 58t secs. -exc.:ell ent tlln e for boyof fi ftt!e n. H IS performance is perhap s o ne o f th e best o f th e day. IX.-QUARTER MI LE ( OPE N) . A. C. D avies (K. S.)-o.

R. D. Westoll (K.S.)-1. C. H . E. Smith (S.E.S.) -2.

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This was un doubtedly th e best peformance o f th e day. \Yeston too k th e lead at th e start and g r3 du<1l1y in creas in g his lead all the way, wo n by 15 yards ; six ya rds betwee n second an d third . Time, 55 ~Âˇ secs . (schoo l reco rd) . X.-

L ONG J U~l P (UNDER J6 ) .

R. B. Winser (K.S.)- ,. A. de B. Hamilton (K. S.)-2 .

R. F. Skrirnshire (S.E.S.) - o. E. A. Nuttall (S.E.S.) - o.

\:Vin ser just ifi ed his incl usio n in th e team by winning wi th a jump of 16 ft. 7 in s. Hamilton did no t jump as well as in practice. XL-ÂˇI-I URDl."S ( OPEN) .

1':. C. Green (K. S. ) -1.

G. P. Wallace (S.E .S. )-o. H. R. Morgan (S.E.S.)-o.

R. D. Weston (K. S.)-2 .

T his race camc too soon aft er the Quartc r Mi le for ' Yeston to she\\' his best form. Gree n, taki ng his hurdles ve ry well, \\'o n by th ree yards : four fee t betwee n secon d and third . T'irn e, 2 0 sees. X Il.- H ALF i\[ ' LE ( UND ER 16).

B. St. W. Saunders (K S.)...:. , . H . J. Luscombe (5.E.S.) - 2. G. W. Godwi n (K. S.)- 3'

W. F. Harvel' (S.E .S.) - o. F . S. illarl e (S.E .S.)- o. B. S. Collard (K.S.)-o.

At the end of the first lap Sa un de rs we nt ri g ht away from th e fi eld and won as he lik ed hy 30 yard s : three yard s between second and third . T ime, 2 min . 22 sees .

XII I.- Q UART ER lVfl LE H. R. H olme ($.E .S.)- 1. V. W. Barrett (S.E. S.)-2 .

(UND ER 14) .

H . Watson (K. S.)-o.

G. F. Ri gden (KS.)-o.

At th e Pavili on, H olm e dre w away foll o wed by BarreH. Vlatson left hi s s print until too la te and alth oug h he made a plucky effo rt an e! was co ming up fa st, he fai led to catch the' leaders. \ Von by three ya rds : one yard betwee n second an d thi rd. Time, 661- sees. (exceptionally fast tim e ). XIV.-ONH 1\'fI LE ( OPEN ) .

O. F. Huyshe (K. S.) -1. R. H. Hitchcock (K. S. ) - 2. K. V. Coutts (S. E,S' )- 3.

H . A Tenk in (K. S.)- o. S. L. Watton (S.E .S.)-o. W. R. Ding(S.E.S. )- o.

' Yo n by twel ve yard s : fi fty yards between second and third. Time. 4- min s. 58 secs.

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AN INDIAN VIGIL. Steam is hardl" the word for it, Yet it approach es neares''t to the sensati on. - The white-washed walls of the travellers' bungalow glimmer straight and prim on all sides, mlieved only by th e dirty card board which proclaims th e rules wh ich arc to govern the chance travelle r. The floor is cove red with a somewhat antique bamboo matting, upon which the white ants have made inroad, as may be traced by the branching rivul ets of dried red

crackles on the tiles over your head.

Bother it: the wate r's coming t hroug h: splash, th e re g oes a runl e t rig ht into your tumbl e r, full of g oodness known what .fea rlul puchies and plag ue ge rms. You shift your tumbler, and down COmes a big drop or two on to your knee . You get up and pull your chair aside, and lie . down in it again. The roar of the rain is g e tt ing wo rse, and big dripping is audible fr o m the caves all round o utsid e . mud, whic h form the roofs o f th e You are driven out again , and then passages o f th eir invading hosts. again. "The re is no peace for the A long sleever-such as onc can see wic ked" co mes to my mind. The refore in lVlr. H odgson's sitting-room, but you must be a wick ed ch a p. B ut what unpadd ed-two or three plain chairs, a was that you learnt in the fift h form, or bedstead hung with ve ry h oley mosquito rath e r had to write out five times for not nets, and a tabl e on whi ch is se t your learnin g , "the fault and corruption of the lamp, your half-emp tied hold-all 011 one na ture o f e ve ry man." c hair, and YO.ur half- e mptied tiffin baske t But befo re you can g o into that on anoth er j and th'll is all the visible p roblem, it is necessary to find a dry' wo rld you have. Presumably you arc in recta ng le in the room into which you yo ur pyjamas lyin g full le ng th in your can pull your bed. It see ms hopeiess ; long slcc \" er, 110It StI lt peg of whiskey. th e roo f is leaking all o ve r. But eventI t is a steamy ni ght, for it has been ually you discove r a place that will rnore raini ng . Outside, YOli ca n hear dim or less do. True, the re is a steady drip murmuring of vQi ces, from the go-down comin g down on the foot of yo ur bed in whe re yo ur se rvant R a masawmy is telling its new position, but if yo u keep your legs the bungalo w-matey, NuttoD, all the gup curl ed up, you may avo id it. So now to of th e big cantonment from which you roost. The rain seems gettin g less have just arrived. heavy, a nd almos t before YO ll are careH ark! a sO llnd as of trees viol ently fully sto wed in yo ur mathematical posture, shake n dra ws neare r. Is it a gale of th e roar of th e rain on th e roof passes wind comin g? You await th e blast, but fro m ove rh ead, ra ttles on th e lea ves of no blast comes. It is only another the trees fllrther away, and passes away showe r steadily trave rsing th e ma sses of into the di stant jungle, while you a re left tamarind and gal-mor trees. A thi ck to liste n to th e patte r of the rain drops sheety rain, which soo n rattles and from th e eaves a nd to medita te. I t is

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fearfully steamy, and yo u a re a bso lute ly s we lteri ng . O h for a hreezc ! a re.a l coo l S t . L a wre nce g round breeze! " 'ha t was that yo u wcre th in kin g abol1l ? . e T he fa ul t an d co rru ptio n of th e nature of every m an ." By J ovc. Yes : h ow many fdlo \\'s wpre kept in that afte rn oo n to write it out. Th ere was G-rd ·n of course ; he neve r kne w a ny thi n O". I wo nder h o w h e likes be ing A.D. C. G c neral Somcone in Sout h Africa. D oes h e remem be r th a t afternoo n, wi th the wisteria b looming o uts ide the 5th fo rm win dow, and the sun li g h ting up the west s ide o f old Bell H arry? The n there was -s-c k. , now swelteri ng in Ade n, you b~ l ie\'e, and probably playing po lo e very lll g ht. \V hat should h e care about the faul t a nd co rru ption o r the natu re of c\'e ry ma n ? \V·tts was kep t in too. Y Oll saw him car vin g hi s n a me on the des k: he was sulky at bein g kept in , and wou ld n' t write h is imp ot. l-1e ' s a padre now, and probab ly th e "fau lt a nd co rruptio n" have bee n of great se rvi ce to hi m if not in e thi cs, at least in keep ing t he wolf from th e doo r.

O h b ot he r it ! th e re are th e fro O's b eg in n in g . On e has sta rte d, and tl~e who le pl ac e seem s ali ve with the m. All roune! you can h ear no thi ng bu t th eir g rind ing , raspin g row. H o w on earth did A risto pha nes ge t DIll:"" €I.: €!..' I(uf "'oaf, "'O'l!f o ut o f it ? The re i~ n ot the slig hest resembl a nce. O h th ose early 4th form days, an d tha t od ious littl e g ree n book, g ree n, yo u pres um e, so as to re present the nature of the conte nts and the c ha racte r of th e ch o rus, now that you think of it. It was ce rtainly a sickly green e nough. How you used to g e t

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swo rn at. Yo u had o nl y rece n ~ ly com e up fro m the L owe r Sc hoo l, and had got p rom ptly ad opte d (i f you were a p romisi ng liglll l by the fa g end o f the dunces left in th e 4t h fro m t he p reccding term . T ogether yotl had pored o\'(,:r the odious first scc nc, a nd as it provcd e ntirel y beyond your co mprehensio n-as you had ne\'e r e \'e n read an E ngl is h play in your li fe , mu c h less a G ree k one -you had had te> be co n tent wi th cramm ing ti p the mea n ing of the word s i n th e first four l in e~, and t rying to take i n the sCli rryi nti i(IL'as o f your study companion , Your n ew fo rm maste r had a reputation of being a terro r to idl cness, and to th e unprepared , a nd you went quivering in to form th e first day of work, knowing the meani ng of the words in th e first four lin es o nly, out of s ixtec n set. ]nwardly YOLI p raycd yo n might be " p ut 0 11" fi rst, but th is was the p rayer of e ve ry so ul in the form, Of cOurse you d id not get ee pu t on 11 fi rst, but had l i nc~ 8 - J 2 assig:. ed to you . Yo u stood up in mo rtal q uh'er ; wou ld the master smash your head in, o r would he th ro w a n inkpot at you ; th ere was a ve ry ug ly look in g one close besi d e him, If he did, co uld you dodge it anyhO\\' ? yo u looked do wn a t th e d e~k: it W<l S too cl ose in to t he form to stoop cl ow n q ui ckly. As yo u rose to tran slate. yo u stea lthi ly urged t he un will ing clesk out wards to a ll ow for m ore roo m. " Stop that in suffe rable n oise" calrle fr om Autbo rity. "I'm a fra id I d on 't kn ow thi s" yo u whi sp e red. .. \Vhat!" roareel Auth o ri ty . "I'm afraid I d on' t kn o w this," in still mee ke r acce nt s.

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.. \V HAT! Speak out, can't you ?"

"l' 1Il afraId ( fr.) I don't (m f.) kllow this (pp.)"

" I-I ere YO ll, G-g--rt., give his elbow a knock and teach him to speak up." G-g- rt-, a big [(:110\\.1 of long standing in the 4th form, came across th e room, and took you by the wri st, your elbow poin tin g clown, and threatened to bash your elbow into th e desk. "I'm afraid I dOlt', know tl"s," you called out 'with a n energy born of despair.' (Does anyone remember Kn app's dormitory recitations?) "Oh that's better," said Authority, <l Why didn't yOll speak out before. G-g-rt-, go back to your place." You feared someth ing else was going to happen: but no: Authority was well versed in the maxim which tells YOli to temper justice with merc), . He a:;kcci you your reaso ns. and acc~ptcd them as just, satisfied himself that you knew wh at VOli adm itted having prepared, and gave lines 8 - J 2 to a senior chap. Ah Authority, you made us quiver sometimes, bu t you taught us to be ma nly and to shake off slip-shoddy-ness. ' Ve neve r dared show YOll .uP an exercise on pape r o bviousl y torn from an old exercise book, o r to leave tags of mathcrnatical workings ly in g like sawdust all ove r our math ematics paper. Bother those frogs ! nrek ek ek ex, kmix, koax! Never mind, you've helped to fill my mind for 10 swe lte ring minutes with something besides perspiratio n. your la mp is burni ng dimly. It is as well in India to keep a light in your room

at night. Vo u might need it at any minute for snakes, &c. Rut there is irritation in it to-n ight. I t has attracted into your room millions o f winged and legged insects, moths in swarms, drony beetles, ghostly bats, alert wizards, and tumbler bee tles , which now and agai n buzz up for flight, but being top heavy fall quickly o n their cocoanuts, and lie s pl~awli n g anel ki cki ng on their backs. Great green mantises with two for elegs held up and closed as if in prayer lee r at you from all sides of th e compass. By the way the R.C .'s belie \'e th at St. Xavier \'vhen he cronc to India, saw one of these, and bade it pray an d sing ; whereon it folded its hands and sang a T e D eum. H ence the name {, praying mantis." The legend doesn't state what language it sang it in. Th en there come in flo cks of winged ants, creatures that emerge from a hole in the grounci after rain, one afte r another. like crusaders swarming up the ladders in pictures. They darken the lig ht by their myriads, but constantly one after another they fall on to the tab le, run buzzing ro und an d round, then unhitch their wings mid the remaining grub runs away and hides in some dark cranny. . To lesse n the multitu des one generally lavs plates of \\"ater all rou n el the la mp, but th ese a re q ui ckly fi lled up with dead and dying, and the later arrivals fall o n to the dead bodies, and nutter up again. So that the satisfaction caused is a ve ry transito ry one. You li e on your bed and dreamily watch these ani mals disport ing themselves, bu t you can't for your li fe go to slee p; the steam still envelopes al l. O utside, the

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c ri ckets are sc reamin g shrilly from" the ste ms of the gol-mor trees. L et's sec, wasn't it H orace who had a sleepless journey to Rrundll siutll once? Y es it was, a nd that remind s YO li of somelhin g he writes" Somn um recluc ent:'; what come before that? II Somnum redu cent "; why are yo u stopping in th e midd le? Ye s, there was a fellow in the 5th, who was a ll agog one day to answer th e de mand for a quotation, whi ch was steadily com ing down the form. At last it reached him j breathless with excite ment out it came pat. H Est in cOllspc.'clli TCllcdo~ nOl is!;ima fama

I reco rd ed my own . I will, howe\'er, forb ear to quote, for such thin gs are fairly well-known, and no doubt other fellows could cap mine with better o nes . Nor do I dare to give examples o f the curious translations whi ch my contemporaries prod uced, fo r m any s llch ha\'e bee n recorded by an ahle r pen than mine in "Echoes fro m Horace," in Vol. 1. of th e Call1uarian., I beli eve. If the Editors co ul d preva il on the Author of " Ec hoes " to write a third chapter on th e sam e subj ect, I have no doubt O. K. S. and P.K.S. far or ncar would h igh ly appreciate the sa me.

I nsula dh'cs opum Priam! dUll} rcgll:l. manCh..'ltlt

But how well one recall s these things; o n looki ng th ro ug h ol)e's old book with the e rrors, refe rred to above, all duly noted , a il e can hear and see old Billy Goodhew mowing the masters' lawn o utsh'!e, whi le the su nsh in e lights up th e tiger-li lies under the wind ow. and th e nasturtium s beyond the lawn -the delight of 1\'1 r. 1\[asol1. "Eyes in the boat. Sir ! That idle little boy, sland up you Smith Secu ndu s." Thus d id "Raro scelestllm dese l"ui t pede Poena" duro.

Ntmc t:l.lltilm sinus et."

H e had declaimed it \·ersic.::ally,a nd was quite unconsciolls that it was wrong to sto p thc..re. Talking abo ut verses, thi s remin ds me of A. L!s only kn o wing one lin c of rcp . one day and that was

"F dbricillmqllc."

Also of C. R. 1..'.

versification of "Can I then be sad so lon g as I am wi th Phyllis," wh ich wa s of unimpeachable clearness, " N u m tum, dum sum cum PhyJlici e tri st is e ra." I forget how many marks he got for it, but if cver a .. Coro ll a" for J<. S.C . were to be compi led, th is would dese rve fi.rst place . Th ere u s~d to be a good custom in F orm V . of annotati ng in the margi n of one's H orace the nam es of those who pe rpetrated fal se quantiti es, with the syllable falsely quantifi ed marked plai nly in the text. I have little do ubt the c llsto m st iil remains, for it is one calc ulated to catch on as a tra<:lition. :M v boo k was fa irly load ed with them , 1·.e., of other p eople' s false quantities. I don't think

Bother it again. YO li never saw anything like th e vi tality di sp layed in a tropical cli rnate, at ni g ht, after rain . Bi7.7.! Bill! Bi 7.z.lN7.·ll. H ere th ey come, just like the flock of angels in" Doret's picture of t he amphilheatre after the massacre o f the Christians, one afte r a~lOthe r, so me nea r, so me far. Th e mosq uitot!s have at last found out th e big hole in the nets in the ri ght hand corner Il ea r your foot. Th e one who first tw iggeel it, imlllediately bec kon ed to his

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brothers wh o have been ca refully sea rchin g all round outside for a passage by ,,路hic h they can ge t to their savoury di nn er. And here thel' come, fl oatin g down gracefully, pretty creat ures ! S0 graceful ! and so nice of them to prete nd they ha,路e not cO lll e to troubk you . Th ey float rou nd and round on the outskirts, and at first go cve r)'\\" he.. re except straight for you. You tas te better wh e n you are asleep ; less mu sc le to \\"ork thro ugh the n . The leader has tscen YOli are awake. The re he goc~, fa r oyer yOUl" head, but with his villainous left eye fixed on you r face all the time. If only Dr. Ross' experiments hadn't taught YOll that mosquitoes spelt malaria, YOli wouldn't mind so much . You must sit up and kill them, or else you will be done for. You feci sllre there was much more peace in till: world before Dr. Ross detected the c riminal. But the light isn't strong enough : rou must get out and scre w up the lamp ful l. T he floor is soak ing with the rain, you tread on countless crazed beetles ; a di sturbed rat plu nges wildly into your boot : a fro g goes hopping across the floor: a small snake s neaks out and follows the freg into the bathroom : th e lamp is coated with all mann er of d ead fli es stuck to its oi ly rim s. Dut at last your mission is accomplished . and the lamp burns up brightly, only to brin g a n extra !:\\"arm of flies, moths, and

beetles round yo u. T hen yo u must kill that snake : and th en you mu st get rid o f th e rat: then you must make sure of tllC frogs : a nd at last rOll get back to bed and begin to hunt for th e m osq uitoes. You kill about 2 0 , and lie 路down o nce more to sleep. Th e buzz of mosquitoes still ho,路ers round you, the perpetual screech o f th e cri ckets outside drones on, the patter from the caves drips all, the hum of the bee tles sounds m ore and more mu sica l, ti ll at last you only hear the harmoni es of the great o rgan dying p('acefully away among t he lofty vaults of the dcar aiel Cathl!dral. But gradu ally the droni:lg predominates and once m ore one is a white-surpliced Xing's Scholar s ittin g wcarily anel sleep ily through a long Cathedral afternoo n serv ice, while a ve nerable aged canon ( I won't mention names) moaned o ut a sad soliloquy for 50 minutes (5 2;} minutes by P.G .P.'s stop watch) fifleen years ago. It wou ldn ' t hare bee n so bac! if he hadn't frequently begun his fresh volumes with the word <C Now." H e was a cute old cha p and knew how to keep his audience awake. If one had only know n in those days th e sec ret fe el ings of the Dean and Canons c:s th ey sat in their stall s ! O ne di dn't dare fa ll aslcep for f..::a r of being haul ed lip, but if we had only kn ow n- ani), kn o wn -on-Iy.

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CRICKET. KING' S SCHOOL v.

REV.

EVANS'

Xl.

Tire first match o f th e season wa s pl ayed on the Beve rley on l\Iay 20th . Th e· wcather was not auspicious and on ce or twice pl.ty was stopped by r~in . Th e Sc hoo l batted first and sent in Berryman and Anderso n to face the bowhng of Latter and Timin s. Neither batsmen see med at home, Dcrryman giving three c hances before the score reached twelve, while Anci er::;on was caught and bowled by L atter for se ven. Hawkes had the mi sfortune to be caug ht first ball, though he ha~ since show n wh~t he might have done. \Vhcn Berryman had been dismissed for 17 Green , b~gan IllS innin gs which resulted in an excellent fifty-four wit~l scarcely a chance. I-I'lVI~lg seen l30ve nschen and Huyshe through useful innings of eight and fourteen resp{:ctlvely he was joined by Lucas and the partnership had re~lise(~ ~ixt}'- ~ight fUn S,. whe n qr?e n was stumped by Cooper. Lu cas had hard luck 1I\ 1l11SSll1g Ius fifty. 1 he remall1111 g batsmen all added something and the innin gs closed for 168. Our opponents innin gs was opened by Green and Steddy, and . aU f attack by Tulloch and J o hn sto n. Th e bowlcrs gave a sta rtling display, chiefly oWlllg ~to Tull och, six wickets went clown for tw enty-four ru ns, whe n st um ps were drawn. (,ree n .alone rcach ed double figures, but was well held in the long fi eld by Hi tchcock. If It had not been for a sl icrht mistake thi s favourab le draw rni crht have bee n mad e a WlIl. Tulloch took four ~ickets for five run s and Johnston twoOfor sixteen. Their bowling secms to promise a successful sea son. Full sc or~ and analysis ; KING 'S SC I·IOOL. D. 1(, Andersen, c and b Latter E . R. Berryman, c and b L'l.tt er F. 'H. Hawkes, c Cooper, b Timins E. C. Green, st Cooper, b Timins .. , F. C. Bo\'cnschen, c Green, b Lau er O. F. Huyshe, c Cooper, b Green . .. J. R. Tulloch, b Green W. St. C. Lucas, c \Vacher, b Timins H . J. Prest, not out R. L. J ohnston , c Latter, b Gucst .. . n. H . Hitchcock , c Timir,s, b Guest Extras: Hp$ , 2 ; widc5, I ; no· balls, T otal

7 17

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5 1

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REV. L. H . E . Grcen, c H itchcock, b J oh nston .I . W. Steddy, not out T. B. \\'acher, b J ohnston K. C. Sl rah~n , b T ulloch .. L. R. Cooper, b T ulloch .. R cv. C. L. Ti mi ns, b T ulloch E. P. Guest , b T ulloch ( ! . V. Austen , not ou t A. Latter } Rev. L. H . E vans did not bat C. R. Lermit Ex t ras : hyes, 2 ; noÂˇ ball, I

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T ota l DOW LI NG ANAt.YS IS. KI XG'S SC HOO l..

A. LaUer Re\'. C. L. Ti mins J-I. E . Green R e\' . L. I-I. E \'ans C. V. Austen E. P. Guest

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3 3

0 0 0 0

...

2 2

RC'v. L. I I. Evans bowled I no-ball.

16 9

2 0 0 2

R E V. L. H. E V/\ NS' XI .

J ohnston T ulloch

KING'S SC H OOL

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v. CHARTHAiI'! ASYLUM.

T his match was played on T hursday, ]\'fay 22nd, at Chartham and resulted in. an easy victory for th e SchooL \~1i n ni ng th e toss, the School commence.d the battlllg with Anderson and Berryman, but the for mer was bad ly r.ll ll Oll~ with the score standi ng at 4. H awkes then joi ned Berryman and th e pall' car ned t he score to 25 before th e latte r wa~ bo wled fo r a useful 10 . Green and Bove n~chell both .left with ou t scoring, but Huyshe and H awkes ad ded 71 for the . fifth wlcket~ Hu) she leavin CT fi rst with 33 to his credit. H awkes co nti nued to hit free ly un til he was bowled fo r a we ll played 48. Of the remai nin g batsmen, T ulioch al~ d Prest both gave some trouble and th e side were eventually ou t with the score sta n d In g~ at 1 60 . F or the Asylu m the only batsmen to reach do ubl e fi g~tres were E ve rett an d Allen with 22 not out an d 3' respectively, t he total score belllg 84. Lucas had the remarkably good analysis of fhree wickets for 7 run s, whi le J ohnston took fi ve for 35.

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D. K. Anderson, run Ollt ... E. R. Berryman, b I fUlchison F . R. l-fawkt:s, b Hu tchison E. C. G reen , b Hu tchison.. . .. F. C. Bovenschen, c and b H utchison O. F. Huyshe, c Hills, b F itzger.l ld .. . \ V. S. Lucas, c Bryant , b Fi l1.:;erald J. R. T ulloch, II F itzgern ld ... II. J .. Prest, not out .. . R. L. J ohnston, b H utchi son I{, H . Hi tchcoc k, b S mith ... Extras : byes , 9 ; leg-byes, 5

48 o o 33 6 IS

18 7

5 i4

T otal

... 160

CH ART I-IAM ASYL Ui\'[. D r. F itzgcrald, b J oh nston T. H utchison, b T ulloch Dr. E verett , not out H . Smith , b T ull och \V. Bryant, b J ohnston D r. S hcnt, c Hi tchcock, b J ohnston! T. C. Allen, b L ucas ... . .. I-I. I lills. b ] ohnslon II . Weekes, b J ohnston Dr. Gostwyck , c and b L ucas J. P. Bate, b L ucas ... Ext ras : byes, 5; Icg-hycs, I ; nO-ball , I

4 22

5 7 31 3

o o 2

T ota l

84 B o wl.l 1'C; A:-:A t. Y5IS : CJlARTIlA M A5 \'I. U;\ I.

J ohn ston T ulioch L ucas .. .

...

35 35

2'5

Tulloch bowled one no-oo.ll.

KI NG'S SCH OOL v. MR . LATTER' S XI. This match was played on .May 27th an d resulted in a win fo r Mr_ J... atter's XI. by a wicket. The School ~atted first, blJ.l their innings calls for little comment. Anderson, th ough never qlll te co mfo rtab le, made top score, his 3 I being an extremely

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useful and creditable innings. Green mad e ten and Prest played goo~ c ri cket f~r thirtee n. T owards th e end Tulloch hit very hard and was not Qut wIth 2 6 to hIS credit. Hardcastle was th e most successful bowler his four wickets only costing fifteen Tuns, while he accomplished th e of hat trick." For the scratch team de \Vinton batted best, his thirty-fi ve bei ng knocked up in a \'cry short time" H a rdcastl e at:d Green also reached do ubl e fi g ures, but wh en the last men came til. the re were stIll sixtee n run s wanted to win, and only ten minutes left to play. They wc ~e howeve r successfully o btained a minute before time. leavin g the sc ra tch team th e victors of, a very close and exciting game. The school fielding was di stin ctly smart, while Berryman brought otT a decidedly good catch in the long fi elcl. Tulloch bowled well taking four wi ckets for twenty-six runs. Appended is full score;KIN G'S SC HOOL. D. E. F. E.

K . Andcr50o, c Rylcy , b H ard castle R. lierrYlllan, b H usbands R . Hawkes, h H usbands C. Green , c and b de Winton O. F. H uyshe, u H ardcastle H . J. P rest , b H usUands,.. .. . . .. F. C. RO\'cnschcn, c Longcroft, b H ardcastle \ V. C. Lucas, u H ardcastle J. ::\1. T uke, run out r. R. Tulloch, not out ... . .. ·H . V . J ohnston, c Ryley, b H usbands E xtras: hyes, 7 ; leg· byes, 7 ; wide, I

31 2

6 10 3

I, o

o 3 .6 7

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J1, N. Dahon, b T ulloch ...

4 34

ti c Winton, b Prest A. Lnttcr, b Tu lloch J-I. E. G recn, c Tul loch, b Prest G. T wyman , b T ulloch ... F. A. H usbands, not out.. . . .. R cv. G. C. E. Ryley, c and b J ohnston J. Longcrort, c and b Joh nston ·Rev. R. G. Hodgson, b Tulloch G. E. V. Au sten, not out. .. Extras : byes, 16 ; leg-byes, 5 Toln! . ..

o 14 6

§ 2 I

6 21

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I.ATI'E R'S XI. O.

14 '4

9 10

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4 0

3 4 2 1

llardcnst!e bowled one wide.

17 24

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KI NG'S SCHOOL v. HIGHGATE

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SCH OOL.

Played at Highgate, Tuesday, Jun e 3rcl, on a wicket that was saturated with an all-night's fall of rain. Highgate winnin g th e toss se nt in Kirke a nd Robinson to face the bowlin g of Tulloch and J ohnston . Robi nson however was dismissed with onl y one to his credit anel the next five wickets added only a dozen run s. Lushington and Kirke then got together a nd brought th e sco re to 42 before Kirke was smartly caught by Bove nschen at point for a useful 24. The side were alt out for 60 ; Lushin gton scoring 20 not out. Tulloch's analysis was remarkable, not a rlln being sco red off his first seven ove rs. The School were unab le to do a nythin g against Kirke and K nollys of wh om the former captured fo ur wickets fo r J 1 run s and the la tter four for r4, th e total only reach ing 28. In their seco nd innings Highgate compiled 67 in which Kirke aga in was respo nsible for J4 and Eldridge fo r 28 not out. T he School's second in nings yielde d 29 for the loss of 6 wickets at the close of ti me, a nd H ighgate were left easy winners .. on the fi rst innings. The School fielding, in the H ighgate fi rst in nings especially, was vc ry ind iOe rcnt .several seemin gly easy catches being dropped. â&#x20AC;˘

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HI GHGATE SC HOO L. 2nd Innings. c Bovcnschcn , b J ohnston I c Tulloch, b J ohnston, ... o 1bw, b Johnston 1 i> Tulloch I c Il awkcs, b Tulloch

1St Innincs. I I. A. Kirkc. c Boycll!$.chen, b Johnston A. F. Rol,inson, c L UC31l. b T ulloch G. S. Smil h , b Tulloch

R. D. Robertson, h Tulloch J. J r. Quigley, st lIu),shc, h J ohnston A. M. Daniels, b Johnston ... A. E. A. A. H.

o o

c Tulloch, b Johnston

o 28 o 7

-b Johnston 7 not out 20 . C I'b wkcs, b Johnston ...

P. Sarcr, ·b T ulloch · ... . .. H. 1'\'1. Eldridge, c Anderson, b Lucas R Lush ington , not Ollt ... ~1. Nerli, c H uyshc, b Prest L. Knollys, b l?resl . E xtrns: Bye, I ; I·b, 1 ; Wj I

Tun onl

c Johnston, b Prest

T otal

T aln}

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KING'S SC HOOL. 1st

2nd Innings.

I nnings.

o b Kirke

R. V. J ohnston, nm Ott t ,,' E. R . Berrymnn, b Knollys F. R. Ilawkcs, run O\lt \ V. S. Lucas, c Ehlridgc, 1.1 Knol1)'s ... E. C. Green, b Kirk \! J. H. Tulloch , b Kirke ... O . F. H u),she, e :tr:d b Knoll)'s F. C. Rovenschen, not out. H . J. Prest, b Kirke D. K. Anccrsoll, b Kirkc ... R. H . Hit chcock, b Knoll),s Ext r(lS: Dyes, 3

6 8

1.1 Kirke

3 not 7 I

o I

O\\t

b L \lShington ... b Kirkc c Quiglcy, b L ush ington not out

o 4

o 4 run nut 3 Extras : Byes, 28

T otal

2 2

T otnt ((or 6 wickcts)

BOWLING A;o.:AI.YSIS: HIGHGATE SC IIOOI ..

2nd Innings.

l !?t I nnings.

o. R. V. L. J ohn ston ... ' 4 10 r. R. Tulloch \V. S. Lucas 5 I" H. J. Prest Tull och bowled

i\I.

3 4

13 0 I

wide.

H. V. L. J ohnston .. .

O. 17

25 '0 7

1. R. Tulloch II 4 ).r. J. 1)rest 4·3 W. S. Lu cas 0 3 0 F. R. lIawkes I R. H. Il itchcock 0 Tulloch bowled 3 no ball s.

6 5 3

6 2 0 0 0

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CANTUARIA N.

557

KING'S SCHOOL. 1St

I nnings.

o. H . A. Ki rke j 1. L. Knollys

17 16'3

KI NG'S

2nd I nnings. M. 10

4 4

H. A. Kirkc H. L. Knollys i\. R. L ushington " .

SC HOOL v. DOVER

12 12

7 0

w. 3 0 2

COLLEGE.

This match was played at Dover on Saturday, June 7th, ai1ci resulted in a Will for our opponents, who seemed a very strong batting side. Their innings was ope ned by Rawes and Blanford, but the start was not good, two wickets falling for 29 runs ; th en IVf unns and H artopp became associated and hitting freely brought the score to 11 2 berore the former was bowled by Green ror 51. Marl ey now filled the gap and runs again came freely, the score reaching 145 for the loss of the 4th wicket-that of Hartopp, who left with 47 to his credit. Ma rley left ninth for a hard hit 47, wh ich included a 6 and seven +'s, and the inn;ngs closed fo r 203. The best analysis was that of Tulloch who captured five wickets for i 3 runs. Berryman and Anderson opened the School's innings, but again th e start was unprom ising, two wickets fall ing [or 20 runs. Hawkes and Green then got together and carried the total to 81, when Hawkes was run out after having scored a wellplayed 52 . Green was the next to leave aftcr making 3Z , and T uke and Bovenschen batted well ÂŁ"or 26 and 2+ respectively, the total standing at J 79 . Dover thus won by 2+ runs. DOVER

COLLEGE.

P. L. Rawes, b Tulloch H. R. lllanforcl, b Johnslon E . G. l'>'Iunns, b Green L. M. C. H artopp, b Tulloch F. L. i\Iuri<.!)" c 1 uke, b Johnston W. E. S. DIgby, b T ulloch D. E . Knollys, IJ Tulloch C. Branston , run out ... N . Montgomery, b Tulloch H. E. Cowley, nlll out D. D. Napper,notoul .. . Extras ; llyes, 4; leg byes, 4 ; wides, 2 T otal

47 47 II

o o ~ 2

8 '0 203

THE

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K ING'S SC HOOL. E. D. F. E. F.

R. P. Berryman, b Mu nns K. Anderson, b Digby R. Hawkes, run out C. G reen , c l\lllnns. b Digby C. TIovcnschen, c Cowley, b ~ t a rl ey

52 32 24 26

M. Tukc, b Munns ...

O. F. ll uyshc, c and b Mu nns I-I. T. Prest, b Munns \V. '5. L\lCaS, nol ou t .. '

12 o

R. T ulloch , c Knollys, b Munns ... . -,Extras : Byes. I I ; leg byes, 4 Â·j \ndcs, 2 ; no-balls, 3 :

R. V. L. J ohnston , b l\'h mns

20 179

T olal

B OW LJ:\"G AKi\I.Y SIS : u on:R COLI.EGE.

o. 19

R. V. L. Johnson

J. J.

19'4

R. Tull och l\f. Tukc ...

W . S. H. J. F. R. E. C.

3 I

53 73 24

Lucas , .. Prest ... }-Ia\\ kes Green ...

4 2 2 2 Tulloch bowled

0 0 0

w. 2 5 0

0 0 0

will es.

Ki;-'; (;'S SC HCO L.

E . G. Munns

.. .

W. E. S. D;gb)' L. M. C. Hartopp F. L. Marley P. L. Rawes D.

Napper .. ,

26 15 4

7 5

56 29 7 53 7 4

3 3 Digby bowled 3 no-balls.

Digby :md Lawes bowled o ne wide each.

0 2 I

2 0 0 0

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KING'S SC HOOL v. ST. ED:\[UND'S

559

SCHOOL.

Played on the Beverl ey on Tuesday, Jun e . loth, and resulted in a victory for us by '50 run s and a wicket to spare. Green wo n the toss and sent in Tomli n a nd Berryman .to face \Valhcc and Fletcher o n a slow but 'easy wicket. Ru ns came fairly fast fro m the star t, but at 28 Berryman was bowled for 10 by a shortish ball, and Bovenschcn came in. Starting shak ily, he soon settled clown and mad c J 9 vcry quickly, 'whe n he had the misfortune to playa ba ll hard o n to hi s foot whence it dribbled in to his wi cket. Green came next but 500nl 05t T omlin who was caught and bowl ed from a tame st ro ke. Howeve r he had mad e 30, a very promising debut [o r th e (11'::;t X I. Huyshc joined Green a nd the Cril:kct beca me painfully slow, both batsmen seeming arraid to hi t even a half-\Âˇollcy. It took them close all twenty minutes to raise the total from 70 to 80. Eventually l'[uyshc was bowled for 24. and with th e arrival of Tllke, the cricket became more lively. H e hit hard and well and the sco re at lunch time had reached I +5 for 4- wickets. Arter lunch Tuke soon passed Grcc n' s total, and then the latter was caught a t mid-on for a useful, though not very invigorating. 40. Tuke, who had been misse d at the wicket and at mid-on since lun ch, was next out for a most attractive innings of 55. Of the res t, John sto n soo n set to work, and hitting with great vigour, quick ly knocked up 52 , while And erso n contributed a useful 24 and was still going wh en G reen declared the innings closed . The fact that so many members or the team. nude runs was espec ially sati3facto ry. Our opponents began with \Vallace an d Coutts, and knockeuup 18 in the first four ove rs before the former was nicely caught ancl bowled by Tuke. Nutta ll then helped Coutts to take the sco re to 45 at which point h0 lost hi s partne r-b owled by Johnst on fo r Ig-and was himsel f ca ug ht by Bovensche n off Huyshc's gloves. Mustard and Swift th en made a useful sta nd and caused seve ral c hanges of bo wling, but with the fall of the fourth wi cket at 9+, Green and Tulloch ca rri ed all before th em, and polished off th e last si x wi ckets fo r an addition of 34 run s. Green's analysis read, 3 overs, I maid en J 6 runs, 3 wickets. .i\Iustard's innings of 30 was very well played. After an interval for tea, St. Edmund's went in aga in a nd scored 5 I for the loss Âˇof one wicket. but Green was making ex perime nts in t he bowling. The fieldin g on the whole was good, bnt three or four mem.bers of the team arc \'cry slow starters, and there is room ror mo rc polish and smartness all ronn e1.

THE

56 0

CANTUARIA N.

KI NG'S

SC HOOL.

E. R. P. Berryman, b \\"~lton L. T omli n, c and b Wallace F. C. novell~chen, b Watton E. C. Green , c Watton, b Fletcher ... O. F. Hu),shc, bJamcs 1. M. Tukc, c Coutts, b Fletcher 'R. V. J ohnston, b Nultnll .. ,

J. R.

' J uUoch,

36 19

40 24

55 52

b Fl etcher ...

b. K. And erson, not Ollt .. H. T. Prest , c Nuttall, b Fletcher W. Â·St. C. Lucas, not out

o 3

E xtrns

T otal

(9 wickets) *278

*Innings declared closed.

ST. I nnings. 1\L V. COlLllS, b Johnston ...

ED~I

UN D'S SC HOOL. 2nd Innings.

1st

G. E. A. E. T.

P. Wallace, c and b Tuke A. Nuttall, c BO\'cnschcn, h T uke Mustard, c Anderson, b Tukc 1\1. Sw ift, C Green, b Prest S. James. b Green J. Crick, c Tnk c, h Tulloch L. \\', Parry, b Green S. L, Watton, b T ulloch r-,.r. Fletcher, not OUl.. A. M. IIarris, b T ulloch T otrtl

2'1

19 30

6 2 2

Extras

' 9 not Ollt 13 h Green

Extl'~s

1'olrt l ...

.. . 128

Bowut\G A:\i\LYSIS

'I (I wick et)

KI:\ G'S SCIiOOI..

ill.

Fletcher \\"rtllace

\ Vntton ...

6 3

17 3

II :uris ... J ames .. Nuttall ...

Coutts ...

0 0

3 0

7' 74

21 14 7

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56.

. ST. ED)IUN I)'S SCIIOOI..

ISt

Johnson Tulloch Tllke Prcst Lucas Grecn

Innings.

2nd Innings.

), 1.

46 21 13

15·4 ~

2 2 0

9 6 3 Juhns:on bowled a no· ba ll and Prest a wid e. I

KING'S

Green I luyshe T oml in

:\1.

0 0 0

12 20

5 3

\\'. 1

0 0

Green bow lt.:d two wiclcs.

0 3

SCHOOL v.

F ELSTED

SC H OOL.

This matc h wh ich was to have been played on l\Ionday and Tuesday. ] lIlle 16th and I ith, co uld not be commenced till 1 2 o'clock on Tuesday, owing to rain. Green winning the toss, sent in T omlin and Dalton, but from the first fU llS were most difficult to obtain. After nearly half-an-hour's play, Dalton was bowled for a si ngle. 'Tomlin and H awkes broug ht the score to 36 before the former was caught for a useful se\·enteen . Green left at fifty-four, and then a most extraordinary collapse took place. Doveschen, Tuke, I-Iuyshe. and Derryman, all being dismissed before lunch without scoring. After lunch, J ohhson was bowled, and later Hawkes had his off bail removed by a really good ball. H e was the only batsman to sho\\' anything like good form and his thirty-seven was a.most creditable effort. The innings closed for eigh ty-seven, Ashcroft having secured seven wickets for sixteen . Th e Felsted innings was conspiclloUS for the consistency of the batsmen . Our total was passed wh en only t wo wickets were down, and nearly eve ryone reached double figur0S . Ashcroft was top sco rer with a well-played sixly. The School fi elding was poor, and the bowlers could not ge t a length, and sent up a largo numb er of half-volleys. Appended is full Score :-KI NG'S SC II OO L. L Tomlin, c C. B i\fathc"s, b J. K Malhews P. N. Dalton, b Ashcroft F. R H awkes, b Ashcroft E. C. Green . lbw, h Ashcroft F. C. Bm'cnschcn, h Ashcroft .. . J. 1\ f. T uke, c Prcston, b Ashcroft .. . O. F. I Illyshe, b Wintcr E . R. P. Berryman, b Ashcroft R L. J ohnston, b Ashcroft ... ... W. S. Lucas, c C. B. ~ralhews, b J. 1<. Malhews

R. Tulloch, nol Out ...

Extras T otal

...

17 I

8 o o o

7 4 3

THE

5 62

CANTUARIAN .

FELSTED SC HOO L.

\Y. B. I faw kes, c J ohnston, b T Llke F. F . W. Gr:UH, 51 H uyshc, b Lucas 1. ~1. Ashcroft , c nnd b Dalton .0. K. Math ews, c H urshc, b Tuke ... H. F. Beaumont. c H a wkes, b LllC:l.S K . I. Prcslnll, bTohn slon .. K. '.K:cllila rd, c J ohn ston, b D alton.

c 19

S. F. Deck, nm out

H.. K. \Y inlcr, not out C . B. i\ l:tt hc ws, no t Oll t II. i\ 1. A. W ard, d id not In t.

Extrns

T otal ...

., ' 2 3 2

130 \\' L IX G AXA tYS I5 :

"I KG ' S SC II OO I..

Ashcroft

Preston. T, K. 1\1:\l hc\\"5

·c

U, ;\I:\thcws K . " ' inter

/If.

10·4

".IG

7 25 4 22

Ashcroft howl ed a \"ide. F E I.STED

senao!.. O.

Tohnston

T ull och I I:\wk c5 T lIkc L ucas .,. D a lt o n ...

17 18

/If. 2

2 2

6 9

GrCl'!l

Bc rrymal\

Tulloch Lo wled two wides and a I\o-ball.

l<.

45 44 15 34 32 21

w, I 0

2 2 2 0 0

THE

CANTU ARIAN.

O. K. S. NEWS.

We cong ratulate R. E. BrinsleyRichards and C. \V. Redman on. being .placed in the first-class in. I-I o n~ur Moderations at Oxford . E . J. Smith was placed in the second-class in the -same examination, and, we understand, th at he had hard luck in not obtaining a first-class.

J. Inglis is doing well in the service of the North ' Vestern Rai lway of India, and is stationed at Karachi. F. M. Gadney has just been posted as Assistant Police I nspector in the Bombay Service in the district of Thar and Parker in Sindh .

Lieut. H. Isacke has been promoted.. -:to the rank of Captain .

R. 1\I. Tuke was rowing in the J3.N.C. .boat during May week.

D uring the recent Campaign in South Africa, an O.K.S. dinner was held at I-Ieilbron, at which the following wcre prescnt: II. Isacke, B. H . Latter, A. Bredin, H. C. Stuart.

F. C. Moberly has obtained a com Âˇ mission in the Army, being third on th e list at the recent competitive examinati on ..of militia candidates.

The following announcement which appeared in a recent issue of the T/mes will doubtless prove of interest to many of our readers : SLATER-DuNN.-On the 5th April, at Milton Church, Cambridgeshire, by the Rev. W. G. Whimfield, B.A., Mus. nac., assisted by the Rev. G. ' V. E vans, M.A., Rector of the parish, Dorothy, fifth daughter of T. Dunn, E sq., late Headmaster of Bath College, and form erly Fellow of Petcrhouse, Cambridge, to D. A. Slater, l'vI. A. (axon, ), Lecturer in Latin in th e Un iversity of Glasgo w.

"T.

It will by remembered that Mr. Slater came to the School from Dath College as

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A ssistant VI. F orm Mastcr in September, 1807 . and remained till Decembe r, 1899. when he left for Stony hurst College. H e staye d at SlOlly hurst till hi s appointment to Glasgow University last autumn . I n 1\11'. DUlln Ill any will recog ni se th e examiner se nt down to th e school for the Oxford and Cambridge certificateexaminati ons in mid-summer, 1899 and 1900 . 'Vo a rc sure Ollr reade rs will join us in wi shing l\Tr. a nd Mrs. Slater every happiness in th eir married life!

"The H armony o rth e Coll ects, Epistles, and Go~pels" by the Rev. 'Melvill e Scott, l\'l.A, This is the work of an old Kin g's Schola r, and appears t o be meeting with a \'cry fa\'ourable reception from the

Press. \ Vc append a few P ress extracts :Church Review:. , .r\ rcallyexcellent piece of WOI k ; not too large in scale, thoughtfully worked alIt, ami clear in style." C/llfydl1lJOIIIGII : -

" \Ve commend the work mOSl heartily bOlh for breadth and Uo l dne s~ of conccption , a nd for consistent thoroughncss of execution."

S,'ol/islt GJI(lItiiGIt:-

"One of th e best ai(ls to instruclion in Church d oct ri ne that we h a \'C come across fora long lime."

J . A. McCull och has gained the first Juni or Clerkship in the Ecclesiastical Commission.

By th e death of 1Hr. \V. N. \\'i g htwi ck, a notice of which appeared in the Can/uarioll for Ap ril, the Committee of the School Exhibitions lost th e se rvices of an O.1< .S. wh o had ac ted as I-l on. Treasurer to the , Funds for nearly thirty years. l\ l r. \ Vightwic k succeeded hi s fath er in tbnt position in 1873 ; and ever since th en I H.~ had Ill ost generously given hi s tim e and professional experience to a ssist till' School in the managem ent of what i!i indeed a \'cry important part of its endow ments. At a Meeting of the CommiU l't" held on J une 3rd (the D ea n in the Chair). a resolution was passed ex pressing thl'lr deep g ratitude for his in\'al uable se rvi ce!'!, and it \\'as unanimously determined to aii k his so n, Mr. Norman H. \Vi ghtwi ' k (O.K.S., 1892 -1898) if he \rould kindh accept the I-Ion. Treasureship, whi ch hud been held by his father and gra ll dfatht 'l be fore him. Mr. N . I-I. \Vi ghlwi ck IUI H gladly consented to do so : and o n bch:t11 of 1uture win ners of th e exhibiti ons :llld tht' gi ft s, as wei! a s of all past and pf(.'~ ( ' 111 K. S., we gh"e him our hearty th \l llk Hftll ca rrying on thi s importa nt work fol' 1I 11' School.

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CANTUARIAN.

SCHOOL NEWS.

On Monday, Ju ne 2nd, the H ead'master g ranted the School a whol e ho liday to celeb ratc the r esto ratiOI~ of peace. His an nounce ment a fter mo rnin g prayers was gre eted with loud and en thu siastic chcering. The day wa s perfec t, and bicycling parties went o ff for the day in all directions, or sig nalized the occasion in o th er ways. The day (the o nly fine onc we have had this term up" to the tim.e of wl'itin g). will lea\'c pl(>asant memories in the minds of all.

The usual holid ay was given all. Ascension D ay, which fell rather early this year. The Bicycle Club organi zed a run to \Valmer and Deal and back by Sandwi ch. On the same day, the' fo ur: containing Mr. EdH'lOnds, R. \V. Marshall, I-I . A. J enkin, and D. J. Preston, rowed down to Grove F erry and back, a distance of 19 miles. \ Ve believe that this is the first ti me th is has bee n accompl ished during the an nals of the Boat Club, but are open to correction . .;:. .;:.

The House-Committee has clearly Âˇdemonstrated its useful ness. During the holidays the dining-hall in th e SchoolHouse has been re-pai nted, and the doors stai ned dark-b rown to ha rm onize with the lockm s. Fresh curtains have also bee n ad ded, and th e walls decorated with . a series of large autotype reprod uctions or well-kn o wn picture s. They a re : "The H arbour of Refuge," by Freel. Walker; the portrait of Re mb ran dt ( b)' himself); H The Gleane rs," by Millet; and Murill o's <c S. Jolm and the Chali ce." . Othel:' pictures are, we understand, prOiTIlsed for th~ fu ture. A Hew oak ovennantel has also been added on the left side of the big window, ". to hold photog raps of the school teams,

The eleven have so far played eight matches of whi ch they have WOIl three, los t four, and drawn o ne. Our wins were over Chartha m Asylum , S. Edmund's School, a nd R. il l. L.I. at Walmer. Our losses were aga inst Dover, F elsted Highgate a nd f\'I r. A. Latter' s XI. ' ~"\~.""

T he whole holiday for whi ch th e Archbishop asked 011 the occasio n of hi s vi sit, has been ad ded on to the tim e allo wed for seeing the Coro nation . Leave will be granted from mid-day o n \Ved nesday, Ju ne 20th, to the follo win g Saturday evening . T he H eadmaste r has very kinelly presented a new school-flag to thc Sc hool. I t wa s hoi sle d for the fi rst time on Jline 21 st, after morning prayers.

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CANTU ARIAN.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER.

D EAR SC HOOL,

I n attempting to compose a letter to you we should like first of all to offer you our hea rt)' congratlliations on t he successes you have ach ieved of late, viz .â&#x20AC;˘ \Vesto n winning th e Public Schools' Gymnasium Competition medal and th e victory you gained over the C.O.S. in the Sports last term. You doubtless have won other distin ctions, but we do not worry about trifles. As you have not heard from us for so long, th ere ought to be some news to narra te, but since YO li insist on refu sing to so nd us rec ruits, our doi ngs must be limi ted. Our oldest representative is now H. J. IVro wll wh o is hopin g to be ordained in September; he may occasio nally be seen represe nting Ri dley H all in the noble art of c ricke t. At Queen's, \Vatson isabout to launch a frai l barque on the troubled waters of the Classical . c T rip." A sho rt while ago he enterta ined alm ost the whole of the O.K.S. here to a sumptous lunch. Bodi ngton an d Ma ss~y are playing cricket this term fo r Peterhouse; though the former met with co nsiderable success in th e Seni oIs' match he does not seem vcrr kee n on th e game th is seaso n ; the latter has had to give tlP rowing owing to his heart havin g crocked.

The fourth th wart of the Clare 1St boat is occ upied by Green. He has not broke n any mo re oars lately, though this amusement used to be his favour ite pastime ; his spare moments are occupied with work. Quentin is very slack in turning up to O.K.S. Meetings but kindly dropped in for an hOllr to the one Durnford held at the begi nning of this term, as their roo ms are on th e same staircaÂŁe. The former is H an. Sec. of the Corpus H ockey Club, the latter of th e Ru gger. Durnford also has a mania for old (?) prints. The "Patriarch of th e Lowe r Third " is, wi thout doubt, a shi ning li ght at Cat(h )s, always looking in the pink of condition. All is silent at J es us. Finn, owing to the proximity of his fin al examin ation, is working fairly hard (about ten hours a day), but the amount or work E. \V. .iVl owll gets through makf)s us wond er th at his brai n can sland such an immense ~tra in .

Most or us caught a glimpse of Nairn and J enkin ea rl y in the term, th e sa me th ought struck us all-their nume rous talents will be utterly wasted at Oxford. \Vishin g you all success throughout the cricket season , Yours, etc., O.K.S. Canla!).

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CANTUARIAN.

OXFORD LETTER.

Sms,

another, and Tuke is rowi ng NO.5 in th e successfu l B. N.C. boat. Frequ ent TlI lllours The imperious demand on the part or are heard among liS of a new history th e Editors fo r an Oxford Letter at thlS coach wh o has arise n, whose efforts turn p articul ar time of the term, is one, whi ch, the despairi ng fourth- class man into a thou gh it cannot of course be disregarded, .. sitting " second ; to wh om the l1H'steri es must nevertheless cause di smay in the of .. Pol. E con." and "polI }r Sci." are mi nd of th e unh appy O.K.S. singled out. mere childsplay,-l refer, of course, to For of what sha ll he sing? Of the gay G. F. Carter, late of B.N.C. Nor m us t procession of boats, punts, a nd ca noes we forget one of 1\Ir. Rhod es <I children," dow n the mazy windin gs of th e Che r the Dea n or Oriel, who is now our senior stee red (o r not steered) by the galla nt O.K.S . at Oxford, and whose stylish mem bers of our band, as th ey smile down cq Ulpa ges and handsome horses will no from the h eight~ or a punt-pole on th e doubt be shortly a well know n feature of fair occupant~ or th eir craft . or shall I Oxford. T o turn to matters or general rath er tell of th ose who choose rath er in terest, the " rag " debate at th e Unio n was ('.s runn}, as eve r, th ough the proposal U Dnmk deligh t of battie with their pee rs to eSlablish a tax on bachelo rs was ÂŁ'u on the I'inging: plains." dereated by a large majority. The But to turn to actual facts, the fonne r University went out like rabbits befo re band are, we grieve to sa)" th e more the Australian bowlers and t hei r fielding num erous. The weather has at last made g:ene rally ,rill be against their win ning a a welcome cha nge, and th e writer slll.g le match . \Ve hea rtily co ng ratulate confidentl), predicts that Pullinrr will Dnnslcy-Richards and Red man on th eir signalise th e event by a white waistco3.t success in the recent Mods. Examina ti on . of more than ordina ry magnificence. and also \ Vesto n and Grego ry on their Brand- new Panama hat and lavende r p~ rforma n ce at Alclershot. H oping you will have a successful cricket season, gl~)Ves we have seen; only this is wanting. RIch ards may be seen any morni ng of YOllrE, etc' J the week in full academicals tearin O' about th e streets from one lec ture t~ O.K .S. Oxon. DEAR

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CORRESPONDENCE. N. D.-The Editors dulille to flue), ally respomibility cOlluected wilh the oNniom 01 their Corresp(m . denls. Hallie and address 1Ilwl alwaJls be given , 110t 1ucessarily for pub/fealion, buI as a guarantee of good jailfJ. Persona lilies will iltvo/ve certain nice/ioll.

To Ihe Ed/lors

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D EA R SIRS,

lo be made for me and my stolen belongings in another partofthe buildings. I am, dQar Sirs, Your miserable, MUSEUM.

May I ask. what is to b. my fate? I am writing to ask wh ether I am [We presume YOII exist in n. modified {arm, popularly supposed to exist or not. bllt some steps were absolute ly necc!>sary to im prove Lately I have been stripped of my your appcarance. Your ant iquities had become too ancie nt possessions. JV£y stag'.s head, my ant ique , anli we do not envy th e dog: such a close acquaint:'l ncc with you r fox. You were more fit {or Zulu trop hies, and all my past spJendours a mummy.house than for n. room (or that lcarned have becn ruthlessly spirited a way. The body, the VI th.-Ed. Cauillariall. ] Fox the del ight (?) of all wh o kn ew me, To lite Edilors of II TH E CANTUAR IA N." was recently seen in th e middle of the D EAl{ SIRS, Green Court, worried by some spiteful ':\![ay I suggest that, as a signed little dog. I have lost my origi nal autog raph portrait of he r late IVl ajes ty appearan ce ancl rather rese mble an Queen Vic toria, hangs in the Big Schoolodious class-room. \¥h ere are t he roo m, a portrait of King Ed ward VII., of fam iliar objects that graced my walls? a similar characte r, sholild be procured ? Hideous plans of ancient Rome and I feel sure that his Majesty would be Athens now stare dow n upon me graciously pleased to sign it, at th e request of th e School , when he is once with bilious looks. My wa lls have been more restored to health . d renched with evi l smelling distempe r. Yams, etc., Sirs, I ask whether r Oll will all ow me to CORONATIO N. be thu s abused, or ~\'het h e r provision is [:\n exccllent sl1ggestion.-Ed. Canluariflll. ]

NOTICE S.

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CANTUA RIA N. JULY,

'902.

No.

22.

EDITORIAL.

The last editorial of the sc hool year should consist of more than a few remarks on the cricket season that is drawi ng to a close . It should gather up and record all the noteworthy achievements of the school during th e past year, and it is with mixed feeli ngs that we do so. For at all times it is sad to recall events which some of us have experienced for the last time. 'We have hea rd it said, that during the last few days of school life, those who are leaving are generally captious and irritable-that they Mlffer, in fact, from what is popularly kn own as t he r hump.' \Ve do not know whether this is actually the case, but we could believe that such symptoms a re not unnatural. For a human bei ng is a jealous anima l j an d jealousy naturally res ults when we see others in full possession of some pleasure that is den ied to ourselves. And it is with this spirit of envy that we regard all wh ose time here is not yet over. And so to recall th e part that the School has played in games during the past year, is for this reason touched with a note of sadness, T he same sadness would

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remain even if our games had been brilliantly successful. But unfortunately, neither th e .football season was successful, nor has th e cricket ful fi lled the incautious prophecy of our last editorial. But in Athletic Sports we may this year claim no mean record, while our Gymnasium Pair has neve r stood highe r in the list, and \\feston has gained the medal for the hi ghest indi vidual score. Yet we are not without much promise in football and cricket for next year, and are co nfident that the School is able to. keep up its old traditions. But in another branch of our school life, last year too saw the rise of Mr. Bell's hOllse, and fresh development in that of Mr. Evans'. The num bers of the School have never been higher. May they never si nk below their present level J but continue to rise, as they have done ever since Mr. Galpin came; and so at the end of another year added to her glorious past, we say .. FLoR EAT SCHOLA R EGIA ."

SCHOLARSHIP

EXAMINATION.

The following elections have been made:To Entrance Scholarships in the School House : G. H. S. Pinsent (lVIr. Lloyd , Winch field ), J. R. lVIadge ( lVIr. Robi nson, Godalining), H. H. E. Gossett (lVIr. Allen, East Sheen), A. R. Bellars (Junior King's School. ) I n Mr. Evans' HOlls : A. G. M. Rope (lVIessrs. Atkinson and Farrar, Church Stretton), E. P. Shelboll l'l1 (lVIr. Owen, Melton Mowbray.) To a House Scholarship in the School House : V. L. Armitage (Mr. Lyna m, Oxford.) To Junior Foundation Scholarships: A. G. Roper, A. de B. Hamilton, R . Watson, all from King's School. To Probationer Scholarships : A. R. Bellars (Junior King's Sch J. D. Abrahams (Juni or King's School), H . H . E . Gossett (M r. Allen, East Sh n , J. R. Madge (Mr. Robinson, Godalming), C. K. Barber (Junior King' s Seh 01 , A. G. M. Rope (Messrs. Atkinson and Farrar, Church Stretton), C. B. Simeon Olin;", King's School.)

Oil'

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FROM THE FRENCH OF EDOUARD GRENIER. The daylight fades : the night draws gently on: And in the far depths of the firmament Each star arises and with noiseless steps Advances to her throne of diamond. 'Tis th e hour of sleep, of slumber, and of dreams, Which pour forgetfulness on all our ills: The hour when mind and body are refreshed By that sweet truce which God has orde red 'Twixt us and all the carcs and toils of life . Alone I sleep not-All is chained in sleep. H ow sweet the night is I And the stillness reigns So deep around me, that I seem to hear The great globe sweepifJg onward motionless, And gliding o'er the restless waves of sky. Yet whither are we rolling? As a ship, 'Which ploughing through the darkness disappears In to the night, shall we too run ag round 'Without a shock. upon some unknown coast Of t~ e bound~ess void ~ Perhaps to-m orrow Our globe, awai ting yet another dawn, From where it strayed in its capiicious path, ,"Vill 'see fresh suns and other heavens burst Forth from the darkness. Vet it cannot be I For ~ll is ordered. Each star knows its cou rse Through the unfathom~ble abyss : and o'er each world A pilot ever watches from on highH imself God holds the tiller in his hand!

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CRICKET. KING'S SCHOOL v. ST. LAWRENCE "A." Played on the Beverley, on June 19t}1, and resulted after a most exciting game in a victory for our opponents by the narrow margin of ten runs. The School won the toss, and sent in T omlin and Dalton to face Bowen an d \\Teigall. Th e start, however, was disastrous, as a brilliant catch at slip by ' Vacher disposed of Dalton, first ball. With Ha~vkes in, runs came very qui ckly, but at 28 \Vcigall hit Tomlin's leg stum p, and three runs later H awkes left after contributing a lively 24. Bovenschen and Green then settl ed down to a very cautious game, but found it so diffi cult to get tht: ball away that only three had been added when th e former was clean bowled . Tuke joined Green and, profiting by one or two mistakes, helped to take th e total to 56. At this point Husbands relieved Bowen and got three wickets in his first over, Tuke being caught at slip off his fi rst ball, while Huyshe and Prest were out to very tame strokes. Green was bowled at 65, having played a very useful innings, though at times he carried caution to an extreme, and the innings soon closed for 80, leaving our opponents an apparently simple task. From the first, however, t.hey found runs very hard to get, four wickets going down for 30. H ope and Weigall then added 2 2, before the former was clean bowled by Tulloch for a well-played 24. After he had left another collapse enSiled, and when the last man came in. the School still led by eleven runs. H arris, however, kept up his end wh ile Husbands knoc ked off the runs, and th e total had reached 90 before th e last wicket fell, leaving Oll r opponents victorious, as stated above. Tulloch bowled very well for the School, keepi ng a very good length and repeatedly beatin g the batsmen. Johnston, too. bowled well at tim es, though he was often expensive, especially at the close of the innings. Full score and analysis :KI NG'S SCIWOL. L. Tomlin, b Weigall... . .. P. N. Dalton, c Wacher, b Bowen .. . F. R. H a wkes, c I'Ianis, b WeigaU.. . E . C. G reen, b WeigaU... F. C. Bovenschen, h Dowen J. M . Tuke, c F eatherstone, b Husbands O. F. Huyshe, c and b Husbands .. . H. J. Prest, c Bowen, b Husbands .. . R. V. J ohnston, b Weigall W. S. Lucas. c and b H usbands J . R. Tulloch, not out .. ' ... Extras : byes. I j leg byes, 3

T otal

2,o

16 2

13 o o

, ,

10 I

THE CANTUARIAN. ST. LAWRENCE A. F eatherstone, c Dovenschen, b J ohnston A. Amos, b T ull och ... . .. 1\1. Bowen , c H uyshe, b Tulloch Rev. A. H ope, b Tulloch E. Weiga]] , b J ohnston .. . R. Rhodes, b J ohnston , .. . E. G. Hunt, b J ohnston F. A. Husba nds, not out ... B. Wacher, c Bovenschen, b Tuke .. , W. H olden, b Tuke . . . .. . C. E. Harris, b Tull och ... .. . Extras : Byes , 4 j wides , I ; noÂˇ balls, I

573

A. "

8 2 3 2, 13 13 '3 23 3 0

2 6

T otal.. .

90 BOWLI :\'G A NALYS IS :

KI NG'S SCHOOl..

Bowen .. . \:Veigal l .. . Hu shands

12 18

35 29 12

6'2 ST. J. AWIIItNCE

A." O.

Tohnston T ulloch Tuke

11'1

,, ,, 2

51 27 6

J Oh nston bowled a wide nnd Tulloch a no.ba ll.

KING'S

SCHOOL v.

MR . L. R. COOPER'S XI.

Played ,on the B ~verl ey, on Tuesday. June 24th, and resulting in a win for The School batted first, an cl T oml in an d Green took ~h.e Score t~ 34 before th e latter was out j T omlin was the next to leave, after compIling a bnsk 22. H aw kes, Tuke, and Bovenschen all made a fe w and then Huyshe and Dalton offered a stub born rcsist.1.I1ce. The Score was taken t~ over 120 when b<>.th l~ft, the form er with 20 to his credit, the latter with 2 6 . Johnston and Lucas falI.ed, but Berrym~n at,1ci Tulloch add ed a few before th e innings closed for 147Âˇ On th eir opponents gOing lJ1 , the School started well by gettin p- rid of Twyman for J J. Dean and Latter then took th e score to 5 J, ancI Dean and Green added 37 more. ~ ean ~hen left for a very hard hit 50. Then an extraordinary collapse followed, eIght wI ckets being down for 92. Then th e brothers Cooper got togeth er, and the spectators were treated to a delightful exhibition of free hilling by l\1r. Cooper s XI. by sixteen run s.

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L. R. Cooper. When he Jeft, however, the score was still three short of that of the School and only one wicket was in han d. However. the runs were obtamed, leav~~llg the scratch: team victorious. The School fielding was goo~ on the whole, w 1 e Dalton was 'th e most successfpl bowler: Full score and analYSIS :KI NG'S

SCHOOL.

J. L. T omlin, hit wicket , h Twyman

E. C, Green, Ibw., b Bllckwell .. . F . R. Hawkes, c Dean, b H. E. Green J. M. Tuke, h Twyman ... 1". c:novcnschcn, b Twyman P. N. Dalton, c Dean, b Laller O. F. Huyshc. c Ryley, b L.1tter E . R. Berryman , not out '" R. V. J ohnston, c and b LaUer W. S. Lucas, b Latt~r J. R. Tulloch , c Strahan, b Latter ,_, Extras ... ... . ..

P 19

9 10

26 20

o o 13 8

.0-

Total -MR . . COOPER'S

147

XI.

J. Dean, b Luc a s . .

. .. G. Twyman , c Berryman, b Tulloch A. Latter, b Tuke ". I-I. E. Green, cLucas, h Dalton Dr, Scatcharc1, b Lucas .. . R. T. Denne, b Dalton .. . K. C. Strahan, b DRlton A . S. Cooper, h Johnston Rev. G. C. E. Ryley, not Ollt L. R. Cooper, c Tulloch, b Green S. Duck well , b Tu lloch ... ... . Extras: wide, 1 ; no·bal1s,'2

IS 9

o o 3 3

46 4

3 .,. 163

T otal BOWLI NG ANALYSI!; : MR . L. R. COOPER'S XI.

R. V. Johnston J. R. Tull och J. M . Tuke W. S. Lucas P. N. Dalton E. C. Green

5 4 2

T ulloch bowled

61 24 13

o o

no·baJ1s and Tllke a wide.

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CANTUARIAN.

SCHOOL v. SUTTON

575

VALENCE.

Played at Suttop, on W'ednesday, July 2nd, resulting in an easy victory [or us by \ÂĽinnin g the toss Sutton ~ent in Daniell and Geake to face the bowling of Johnston and Tulloch. Throughollt the innings, nms came very slowly, except wh en Thornhill and Kay were together when th e latter kept his wicket up while the former hit and the partne rship produced 25 runs befo re Kay was caught and howled by Dalton after a most useful innings; Lh e next pair of batsmen were soon dismissed, but Hamblock aided Thornhill to add 20 for the eighth wicket, however, no more runs were scored and th e innings closed for 94. The only noticeable feature was the really brilliant batting of Thornhill, some of whose drives were quite astonishing from so small a player, going in after the fall of the first wicket he carried his bat through the innings for an invaluable 36. It was unfortunate that extras formed sllch a larg'e proportion of the tota l. The start of om innings was marked by two wry opposite styles vn the part of the batsmen - Tomlin hitting freely, while Green never seemed co mfortable, and of the 28 flIns scored at the fall of the first wicket his share only amounted to three. Soon after Swi nford obtained hi,S second wi cket at the expense of Tomlin who haÂˇ f contriuuted a hard-hit 33 . \Vith Hawkes and Tuke together, run s came vcry fast, the former mak ing good lise of his favourite cut, while the latter hit well all round the wi cket, one drive of his hitting the top of the pavi lion and so just failing to carry outside the g rou nd. Hawkes was clean bowled by Pitt with the total at 98 for a most useful 35, the pair having added 60 runs. \Vith Bovenschen in, Tuke continued to score freely and they were not separated until they had raised the total to T 38-Tuke leaving fourth for a most vigo rous 46, whie h included seven 4'5. Bovensc hen now began to hit harder and appea red well set when he was caught at point for 4~ , having with Dalton, who also seemed to find no difficulty wilh th e tired bowling, brought the total to fen. Dalton soon afte rward s left and Berryman was quickly caught and bowled, but I-luyshc and afterwards Johnsto n gave some trouble and the innings eve ntually closed for the respectable total of 243 . A word of praise should be give n to Thornhill wh o, though handicapped by his size, showed very good form behi nd the wicket. ' 49 runs.

In the Sutton second innings the school's first paIr of bowlers were g iven a rest and 116 was quickly hit up for the loss of three wickets before the close of time. Thornhill again proved his capacity as a batsman and was eventually stumped in playing forward to a ball of Berryman's. Included in the 4Z contributed by Smith were eight 4'5.

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Full score and analysis: SUTTON VALENCE SCHOOL.

S. Dan iels, b Tulloch A. Geakc. b Tulloch C. A . Thornhill, not out H. S. Smith, c Dovcnschcll, b Tuke P. W . Sabrum, b Tulloch J. C. Kay, c and b Dalton

T. G. Pin, b Lucas. ..

5 5

36 6 4

. ..

H. S. Champion, c Bovcnschcll, b Tulloch E. I-Iam block, b Tulloch ... F. A. Shew, b Tulloch J. Swinford, Ibw'J b Tulloch ... . ... Extras: byes, 14 ; leg-byes, I ; wldes, 2; no-ball s, 2

o 19

T otal ...

KING'S SCHOOL.

L. Tomlin, b Sw inford E. C. Green, b Swinford F. R. Hawkes, b Pitt J. l\J. T uke, b Pitt .. _ ... F . C. Bovcnscheo, c Smith, b Tahrum P. N. Dalt on, c SabruUl, b Swinford O. F. I-Iu),shc, b Champion ... E. R. P. Berryman, cane! b Swinford R. V. J ohnston, b Sw inford W . 51. C. Lucas, not out J. H. Tulloch, b Champion ... Extras: byes, 7 ; wides, 2

46 43 34 ...

o 13 2

TotaL ..

... 243 DOWLING ANALYSI S. SUTTON VALENCE SCHOOL.

Johnston Tulloch Tuke Lucas .. . Dalton .. .

33 3 35

o. 6 19

~ 2

Tulloch bowled 2 noÂ· balls.

,v.

7 o 2

14 9 12

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577

KING'S SC HOOL.

J. C. J. F.

Kay Swinford H. S. Champion T. G. Pitt J. S. Daniel H. S. Smith ... P. \V. Tabrum

2 I

l 14 3 4

71 13

68 0 0 0

17 21

w. 0

5 2 2

0 0

5 19 H. S. Smith and J. F. Swinford each bowled a wide.

KING'S

SCHOOL v. ST.

LAWRENCE "A."

Plared on the Bever/ey on Thursday, J lily 3rd. S't, Lawrence batted first, and sent in Feat.herstone and Husbands to face the bowling of J oh nston and Tulloch . Runs came slowly at first, but prese ntly Husbands beg;ln to hit freely. Tuke and Prest were tried, but without result, and the total had reached 64 before Husbands returned one to Tulloch. After this, however, matters went badly for our opponents, Amos and Featherstone being out aln13st immediately, and a!though Hope offered a stubborn resistance, eight wickets wore down for 128. Harris and Bowen, however, managed to increase the total to 164 without further loss when the innings was declared closed . The School started disastrously, T omlin being clean bowled in the first over, and matters went so badly that half the team were dismissed for 37, and a defeat s~emed quite possible. Hawkes, however, fOllnd a steady partner in Huyshe, who helped him to add 20, and at the close of play the School had still four wickets in hand. Hawkes batted with remarkable confidence throughout. and his Sllccess was all the more marked considering the failure of the res t of the team. ST. LAWRENCE" A." A. E. Featherstone, c Tuk e, b Tulloch

F. A. Husbands, c and b Tulloch ... A. Amos, c Tomlin, b Tulloch Rev. A. Hope, e Tulloch, b J ohnston R. Rhodes, b Lucas L. Rhodes, h Tuke ... P. Kingsford, b Johnston... ... G. E. V. Austen, c I-Iuy!>he, h Dalton T. A. Bowen, not out C. E. Harris, not out W. Holden. did not bat. Extras: byes, 6; legÂˇbyes, 8

T otal ...

32 8 7 I

4 27 16

14 164

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KING'S SCHOOL. 0

L. T omlin, b Kingsford

P. N. Dalton, b Husbands , .. F . R . Hawkes, not out ... E . C. Green, c R. Rhodes, b Husbands J. l\'L Tuke, c Auslen, b Kingsford. . .. F. C. Bovcnschen, c R. Rhodes, b ~{mgsford O. F. Huyshc, c Featherstone, b Kingsford ... G. S. P rest, not out ". R. V. Johnston } W . St. C. Lucas did not bat J. R. Tulloch Extras: Byes, 1 ; leg-byes, I . .

3 4

Total ... BOWlING ANALVSIS: ST. LAWRENCE" A, II O.

R. V. Johnston J. R. Tulloch ...

J. M .

Tllke

...

G. S. Prest

8 3 9 3

W. S. Lucas .. .

P. N. Dalton ...

4 2 2 0 0

27 50 22 15 24 12

w. 2

3 I

KING'S SCIÂˇIOOL.

O. 16

P. Kingsford ... F. A. Husbands

C. E. Harris

...

Rev. A. Hope ...

A. E. Featherstone

3 2

6 4 0 I

25 16 10 7 4

w. 4 2 0 0 0

Husbands bowled onc wi<\c.

KING'S SCHOOL v. M. C. C. Played at the St. Lawrence ground on Jlily 8th. The M.C.C. bro."ght down were five or SIX gOO(~ bats I I I ed table a strong team; besI',les Alec Healne and Chatterton there on the sidf', and the pe rformance of the School on t 1e w 10 e was a very cr 1 one. The School innings was commenced by Dalton <~nd To~lin, wl~o played.. quite attractive cricket. Tomlin hit Hearne to leg seve~al tunes wnh conslder~ble ~' lgOur, and Dalton made some ni ce off-d rives before belllg caught at cover- s~~ ~vlth the a 0 Hawkes started well and the score was nea rly 60 when t .en.~ came a ~~~%'Ie ~da;ter, both batsmen being bowled by Hearne, Hawkes whiie feehrg f~rwaTd for the ball Tomlin in tryinO' to hit; the latter had played bng It cnc 'et or 1~ 2 . Green and Tuke raised the s~ore to 68 befor.e the latter was caught. at cover-~ Ip. Bovenschen started well and looked like making r~ns, but afte r three vlfOroJUS dhlves was bowled th rough poking at the leg-breaks WIth the score at 94, w le n unc can

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579

was taken. After the interval, two wickets fell quickly, both Huyshe and Prest making very tame strokes at ordinary good length balls from Hearne. Johnston tried to play a carefll l game, and the cricket became rather slow ; Green let off one or two legballs and was nearly bowled by another that went for four byes. He made, however, two nice strokes through the slips before Johnsto n was caught off a bad stroke, an attempt to hit H earne which went up to short-slip, t~ere score being f20. Lucas made one good drive before being caught also at slip, and after Green had given a chance at the wickp.t and Tulloch an easy one to mid-off, the latter wa,s bowled by H earn e at Iz8. Green was left not out for a steady innings of 27 , most of which were scored behi nd point. T he M,C.C. started with Hilton and Meyrick-Jones, to the bowling of Lucas and Tulloch . Runs came fast off the latter, l\feyrick-Jones hitting five 4'S in three overs ; a change of bowling resulted in his being well caught by Tuke in the long-field off J ohnston fo r 29 out of 33Âˇ Rammell who came next had only made a few whe n he was missed by Tuke at short-slip after three attempts to gather the ball, and in the next over gave a simple chance to mid-on which was not accepted. Prest came 0 11 instead of Lucas, but proved erratic; Dalton succeeded him at 1 00, and at 114 two wickets fell to him. Hulton being bowled and Rammell caught off Tulloch . TayloTJ OlleS had hardly started when he was excellently caught in the long-field by Johnston at 122. 'Vith Browne and Tristram in, the Score rose rapidly; Hawkes and Green bowled in turn , but proved expensive, the latter being hit for 33 in three overs, and it was not till the SCOre had reached 256 that Browne was caught off Tuke for a vigorous 60. Tristram continued to hit, and completed his J 00, shortly after which stumps were drawn with the score at 295 for five. The game as a whole was encouraging, though catches were missed; the fielding as a whole was good and never got slack in spite of the rapid scoring. Huyshe kept wicket well, only letting one bye-a fo ur. The earlier batsman, too, played much brighter cricket than is often associated wirh the l\1.C .C. match, and if some of the rest had faced H earne in the same con fid ent spirit our score might have been conside rably larger. KI NG'S SC HOOL. P. N. Dalton, c Hearne, b Chatterton L. Tomlin, b Hearne .. . F. R. Hawkes, b H earne .. . E. C. Green, not out." ... J. M. Tuke, c Chatterton, b Rammell F. C. Bovcnschen, b Hearne O. F. Hllyshe, b H earne .. . G. S. Prest, b Hearne .. . R. V. Johnston, c Chatterton, b Hearne W. St. C. Lucas, c Capt. Tristram, b Chaltcrton J. R. Tulloch, b H earne ... Extras: byes, 4; wide, I

Tota l ."

32 II

9 12

o 7

5 3

5 [28

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M. C.C. C. Hulton, b Dnlton ... ". . .. Rev. F. Meyrick-Jones, c Tuke L Johnston ...

25 29 54

A. W. Rnmmcll, c Dalton, b Tulloch Rev. Taylor.Jones, c Johnston, b Dalton F. D. Browne, c Tulloch, b Tuke ... Capt. F. Tristram, not out V'l. \V. NDcnoe, not out. .. Hearn e (A.l, } 1-.'l njor Elliot,. did not bat.

60 109

A. L 'Muggendgc, "':hntlc rtoll,

Extms: Byes, 4: wide,

295 BOWLING ANALYSIS:

KIKr.'S SCHOOL.

Chatterton Hearne (A) A. W. Rummell ... F. D. Drown

22 25"3

8 8 3

51 44 13

56 46 51 45

6 2

A. "V. Rammell bowled a wide. M.C.C.

R. Tull och

o. 13 13 6Â·4

...

\\'. St. C. Lucas ...

R. L. Johnston J. i\'L Tuke C. S. Prest

...

P. N. Dalton

3 6

F . R. Hawkes

E. C. Green

3 Tuke bowled a wide.

4 0 0 0 0 0 0

I 0

16 33

0 0

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CANTUARIAN.

being thus out for 4+ I-Illyshe and Hitchcock both helped Bovenschen to add a few run s, but with the total at 72 the latter was caught and bowled by Cooke. The ninth wicket fell at 84, but then Lucas and Tulloch, b}' some excellent batting, actually increased the Score by 50. Tulloch's innings was a very creditable one, since he nearly always chose the right ball to hit. Our opponents sent in Twyman and Cooke to face the bowling of Johnston and Tulloch, and after some slow play Cooke was taken at point by Bovenschen off Tuke, who had been substituted for Tulloch. A weary time then followed for the fielders , as Twyman and Studart quite collared the bowling, and had actually added 147 runs before the fonner was sent back for an excellent 74. I-Ianis who came next, helped Studart to take the total to 203, while on his dism issal Howard helped him to add 65 j at which point the innings was declared closed. Studart batted excellently throughout, though missed at slip with his total at 47 and twice between go and 100. The School went in again, but though the regular bowlers were rested, gave a very poor exhibition, half the team being out for 48. KING'S SCHOOL. P. N. Dalton, b Sandiford J. L. Tomlin, b Stud art .. . F. R. Hawkes, b Sandiford E. C. Green, c Studart, b Sandiford J. M. Tukc, b Studart F. C. Bovcnschcn, c and b Cooke ... O. F. Huyshe, b Sandiford .. , R. H. Hitchcock, c I-Iarris, b gandiford R, V. Johnslon, b Cooke." 'V. S_ Lucas, c nnd b Sllldart J. R. Tulloch, nOl out E:'o:tras: Byes, q; wide, I ; no-balls,

6 17 o o 13 19

7 4

13 35 16

Total

134

ST. LAWRENCE. G. Twyman, c Tomlin, b Tuke ." Scrgt.. Major Cooke, c Bovenschen, b Tukc ... Stucln rt, not Ollt.,. A. L'mer, did not bat. R. C. Howard, not out ... A. Ffrcnch Blake, } Sandiford, R. Isaake , did not bat. i\'fnjor Matthews, T. P. Thompson, C. E. Harris, c T omlin, b Hitchcock Extras : Byes, 2; leg-byes, 6; wides, 3; no-balls, Total

7. 13

128

18 12

268

S8z

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CANTUARIA N.

BOWLI NG ANALYSIS : KING'S SCHOOL.

Sandiford

Stlldnrt

Serj~t.Âˇ Majar

Cooke

Twyma n

14'3 5

wide and

5 3

I 0

Santliford bowled

w. 2

noÂˇ ball s.

ST. L AWRI!.NCE.

Johnston

T ullock T uke L\lcns ... H itchcock Dalton G reen ...

, Inwkcs

Tullock bowled

no-ball; Tuke bowled

'4 10 13 6 6 12 4 5

4 3 3

35 36 35 39 29 43 16 23

1 0 0

wides, and Lucas

KING'S SCHOOL v. EASTBOURNE

w. 0 0 2 0

0 0

wide.

COLLEGE.

Played on the Beverley on July 15th. and resulted in our dereat by 100 Tuns and three wickets. \~'c went in fi rst on a good wicket, but t he start was sensationally disastrous, as Dal ton was out at 6, H awkes was caught in the slips at 9. Green was bowled without scoring, T omlin was badly run out at 1 2 , and Hove nsc hen and Tu kc we re caught at the wicket and short-slip respectively. Six wickets dow n fo r 23, chiefly owing to the half- hearted nature of the strokes. At th is poin t vVeston ca m ' in, an d though he experienced a good deal of luck, at least he played a vigoro us game, and the score was rapid ly doubled before he was ca ught at poi nt fo r IC), a very valuable contrib utio n under the circumsta nces, as it inspired confidence in the res t. Huyshe and J ohnstol1 th en got together, a nd by steady. and most praiseworthy crickN took the total from 46 to 109, when J ohnston was bowled wi th a slow yorker for ;lIl inval uable 40, marred only by th ree lucky snicks for four which just missed 11 11' wicket. Lucas then made things very merr}", and hitting out with great vigour, SOOIi scored 4 '" Nine for qo, Tulloch did not stay long, and the innings closed [or IIiI ' respectable total of 176. I-Inyshe carried his bat for 44 not out, and his perfonn;IIl('l' is descrving of th e highest praise. As far as could be seen, he did not give a Ch~IIH'I ' 1 a nd he certainly has never played a Letter or more val uable innings . Eastbourne began with Young and Tudor, and it was vcry soon evidcnt Ihat

T HE

CANT UARIAN.

~leither Tulloc h nOr J~hl1ston were in fo rm. They seemed quite unable to et a t~nglh, and 1:'"o~n~ punIshed them both mercilessly. Had th ey been taken off e!rlier

e game InIg. t lave ended very differently, but, as it was, 69 rUIlS had bee); were relieved, ~nd .the. total had reached J 09 before 1 .::> an o,~ e ou ng fo r a dash mg 1Il11111gS of 67 . Lucas and Dalto n t lel~ bf,; led very steachly, and with five mcn out fo r 1 2 2 , an d six for 143 it still lool-ed a:1Y oc y 5 g~l~t But Duke and Streaten soon put .the iss ue beyond doubt an d ~ 1 1 02 run s e ore .they we re p,a rtecl, the forme r havlJlg ve ry bad luck in not havi n ~II~~~~~ ~~~llpl{ ~e JUs ~entUT'Y. I t .seemed ~ pity that J oh nston was not given anothe~ foun d l; is 1er 1~ ~s ~ ong bout, til l five mlTlll tes b.efore the end, for he might have . engt at t 1e second attempt. Gll r ficldlTlg was not so good as it ha b ;n the last few matche~, ' < y eston being the chief offe nde r. He must realize lha: i/~~ ~ts aiballlth~ough! the re IS ~ ~lou~leÂˇ reason why he sho uld run hard afte r it. J ohns ton " as a so s a.c at tlInes, b ~lt It IS ~a l r to add that it was the hottest cia of the ear ~lt~gether It was ~ most lIlterestlllg match, as the fluctuations we re ve~y marked)'anci ' e lope to see thIS new fixture ru n for many years to come.

~:~~T~~~~~:htth~rb of It~eTyn

,;ut

KING 'S SCHOOL. P. N . Dalton, c Streeten b Young J. L. T omlin , run out '... . .. F. R. H awkes, c Young, 1.1 Jameson E. C. Green, h Jameson ... . .. J. l\f. Tuke, c Whit ley, h Jameson ... F. C. Rovenschen , c Lippert b Young F. I1 uyshe, not out ... ' .. J, . D. Weston , c Streelen b Tameson R; L. Johnston, b Young.'. . . \\ . S. Lucas, lbw, b Brooker J. R. T u lIoch, b Brooker... . .. E xtras : Byes. 5 ; leg bYl:s, I ; wid~~, 3 j no~i;a l ls ,

3 3 2

o 10

C!.

J j"

44 19 40 4' 3 10

Tota l

EASTllOU RNE COLL EGE.

J. V. Young, c and b Dalton

O. C. T udor, run out C. Romer, c Johnston b D~lton N. E. LipPt.:"rt, Ibw L:lcas ' Yo K. Jameson, run out ...

C. Brooker, SI IIuyshe, b L ucas H. L. Duke, not out A. H. Street en, Ibw b Lucas F. Whitley, not out ' D . !(jngdon I . . .. O. L. Lyte {dId not bat. Extras : byes, II; leg.hyes, 9 ; noÂˇ balls, 2 ... T olal (7 wickets)

44 o o

, 6

98 '9

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CANTUARIAN.

DOWLING ANALYSIS. EASTllOURNE COLLEGE.

R. L. J ohnston Tull och J. ?f. Tukc

M. 0

P. N. Dallon ...

16 10 3

0 2

J. R.

W. St. C. Luc.,s

E. C. Grecn .,' R. D. Weston

...

46 49 31

0 0

Tulloch and Dallon each bow led a no-ball.

w. o o o 3 2

20 18

o o

KING'S SCHOOL.

V. Young W. K. J ameson C. Brooker C. Romer J ameson bowled

26 25 5 '4

6 4

wides, Brooker I wide, Romer

0 t

63 76 18 9

3 4 2

no-ball.

S E COND XI. MATCH E S. KING'S SCHOOL (2nd XL) v. HARBLEDOWN. Played at Harbledown, Thursday, May z9th. Our opponents went in first, a nd thai1ks mainly to Green, David and ,~rallace put l?gether 147' . The Scho?i bega n badly, Dalton being unfortunately nm out, and desplte a good In nmgs by I-h tc hcork, who was not out at the close, a nd some steady play by Frewer and ,""Poslon, wen,: easily beaten by 62 runs. H ARBLEDOWN. I-I. E. Green, c Hitchcock, b Hawkes E. Saddleton, c Prest, h Mason F. Shimeld, b 1\'[ason S. Wiley, cOalton, b Prest F. Wall ace, b Hitchcock F. Scrivcner, st CovetJ, b Hawkes .. C. Da"id, c Saunders, b Dalton W . Stock, b Dalton ... F. Stanley, c Prest, b Hitchcock ... O. H earnc, b Dahon E. Wood, not out Extras : byes, 2 ; leg-byts, 4 j wides, I Total ...

33 4 0 3 37 II

34 7 4 8 0 7 148

T HE

CANTUARIAN.

58 5

KING'S SC HOOL.

Frewer. b Stanley P. N. Dalton, run out E. C. Lemit, b Stanley ... R. D. \\'eslon, c Shimeld, h Stanley R. H . F itchcock. not alii B. W. Saunders. c and b Green J. L. T ollllin, c SaddJeton, b David C. C. Covell, b vValiace ... .P. I-I. H awkes, run alit E. Mason, b David ... G. S. Prest, eStock, b David ... Extras: Rres, 2; leg-byes, 2; wide, r

IS 0 0

IS 37 6 5 0 2 0 0 5

Tota l ...

85 DOWLI NG ANALYSIS: HARBI.R UOWN. O.

Prest

Mason Westoll ... Hawkes '" Hitchcock Dalton ... Weston bowled

wille.

7 8 6 6 5 4

lH,

2 2 0 0

16 23 32 40 17 13

2 0 2 2 3

KING'S SCHOOL (2nd Xl.) v. DOVER COLLEGE (znel XL) Played on the Beverley, Saturday, J une 7th. The start \\':15 postponed till nearly four o'clock by rain, and there was never any chance of a de finite conclusion. Adams batted ca pitally for Dover and was sti ll not out when the innings was declared closed. I n th e short time there was left, the School lost four of their best wickets fo r 47. T.

â&#x20AC;¢

Adams, not out T. A. Digby, c Hitchcock, b Prest H. S. I-l eat h, c Frcwe r, b ~lason A. F. Alderson, c Hawkes, b Mason F. S. Grundy, b Prest ... E. J. Fagg, 1bw, b Prest ... F. A. Taylor, b Prest 1-1. S. Woisely, c Frcwcr, b Dalton C. Smith , b Dalton J. L. Lawrence, not alit ... A. H. Champion, did not Lat. Extras

DOVER.

Total (8 wickets) .., I nnings declared closed.

6 7 7

2 0

IS 8 * 11 I

5 86

THE CANTUARIAN. KING'S

SCHOOL.

P. N . Dalton, h Heath T. Frewcr, b Fagg ... ... 'T. L. Tomlin, not out .. , .. R. D. "Veston, c Taylor, b J-l cath ... R. H. Hi tchcock, c Grundy , b Lawrence F . P. Walker, not Ollt C. M. Ricketts } B. St. W. Saunders P. Hawkes did not bat. G. S. Prest E. r-,'Iason

IS 3 16 2 2

Extras ...

Total (4 wickets)

BOWLING ANALYSIS :

&__

DOVER .

23 22

2 2

0 0

13 10

0 0

8 14

G. S. Prest

P. N. Dalton F. P. Walker R . H. Hi tchcock

8 5 Walker bowled a wide. KING'S SCHOOL.

I-I. L. H eath

Fagg L. Lawrence ,-,

4 2

o o

15 9

KING'S SCHOOL (2 nd XL) v. ST. EDMUND'S SCHOOL ( 2nd XL)

Played on the Beverley, Tuesday, June loth . The School went in first and stayed ill till lunch, scoring 103. Considering that seven wickets we re down fo r 4Q, this was u very fair score. Our opponents never looked like getting the runs and were a ll oul for 66. In the second in nings, Frewer and W'alker hi t very well. At 166, the inning was declared, a nd ollr opponents then made 73 for eight wickets, leaving the School victorious 011 the first innings by 37 run s.

THE

CANTUAR IAN .

KING'S

1St Innings. Frewer, b T aylor. . ... I>. W. Dalton, b Tay lor C. R. Lcrmit. b Taylor ... R. D. Westorl , c Taylor, b 1\ lorgnn F. P. Walker, c H arvey, b Taylor R. H. Hitchcock, b Luscombe G. C. Strahan, c Burton, b T aylor P. H. H awkes , b Taylor ... C. M. Ricketts, c Nicholls, b Taylor E . Mason, b Harvey .. . G. S. Prest, not out .. . Extras

SCHOOL. 2nd Innings. not out .. . 14 b Morgan ... . .. 2 C Harvey, b Luscombe 18 b Taylor ... 10 b Luscomhe 4 h Luscombe o not out

2 10 31

6 3

c T aylor, b CouUs bi\'Iorgan .... b Ding 4 Extras

20 o 23

22 10

T otal ...

103

ST.

T ota l (8 wickets) .. .

ED;\'I UND'S SCHOOL.

T. A. Vhight, b Mason W. R. Ding, b 1\'] aSOIl V. R. Mustard, b Prest K. V. Coutts, b .Mason... ... N. G. Nicholls, c Hawke.;;, b Dahon H. R Morgan, b Dalton... ." \V. H. Burton, c Frewer, b Dalton J. M. Crick, not out ... R. J. Luscombe, b Dalton ... W. F. I-Inrvcy, b Hicketts ... R. B. Taylor, c Weston, b Dalton ... Extras ...

o o 9

12 o 13 o I

1.1 6

Total

66 BOWLING ANM.YSIS : K I NG'S SCHOOL.

1st Innings. H..

n. Taylor

.H . R. Morgan ... R. J. Luscombe ... W. F. Han'cy ...

7 5 4 0

47 30 17 5

12 9 2

Morgan bowled a wide.

2nd I nning.,.

w. 7

H . R. Morgan .. . 4 ]{. J. Luscombe ... 9 R. H. Taylor 10 K. V. Coutts 4 w. R. Ding 4 W. H. Burton... 4 W. F. Harvey... 3 COU~IS bowlcd a wide and

bl.

15 34

0 2

0 0

17 24

Taylor three.

ST. EDiIIUND'S SCHOOL.

C. E. 1). C.

S. P rest Mason N . Dallon ... M. Ricketts ...

7 9 6'3 4

l\I.

17 I

2 0

w. 2

3 I

o o

THE

58 8

CANTUARIAN .

KING'S SCHOOL (2nd XL) v. ST. AUGUSTINE'S COLLEG". Played on the Beverley, Tuesday, Jun e J 3th, and was left. drawn, H~llc robhili H us of almost certain vir.tory. Our opponents went in first, but for a tlln c ran'~1 "0 disastrously that six wickets were down for 33. Oseroft,. h~:)\"eve~~who had rccl'lv."d a severe blow earlier in the innings and rctired- then JOlllcd Ii Isher, and the p.1I1 added 44. The innll1gs soon closed for 104. Prest, who took five for 23, bowlpd very well throughout the inni ngs . For the School, Tuke hit very well and had hard luck in just fai ling 'to obtain (l victory for his side. ST. AUGUSTI NE'S COLLEGE.

H. R. D nvies, lbw, h Prest Rcv. H. B. Fisher, b Mason S. E. Oscrofl. b Mason .. . H. Henry, b Tukc .. . H. F. A. Champion , b Tukc E. H. F. losa , c and b Prest O. C. Hinc, h Prest J. Brinton, b Prest H. Owen, b Tuke F. Gedge b Prest C. Carpenter, not out .. . .. Extras: Byes, 20 j wides, 5

25 23 5

o o o 2

Total ...

KING'S SCHOOL.

8 8

Frewer, c Oscrofi, II Brinton P. N . Dalton, b Oscrofl ... C. R. Lermit, b Brinton J. t.1. Tuke, not out ... J. L. Tomlin, b Osc~ofi ... R. D. Weston, b 13nnton ... P . H . Hawke!', Ibw , b Oscrofl G. S. Prest, b Oscroft B. St. W. Sande rs, not out E. Nras~ll \ did nnt bal. J. B. \\' Ickham J Byes

36 "1

o 5 2

T ota l BOWLING ANALYSIS:

ST. AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE. O.

Prest Tuke Wickham Mason ".

12 5 7

3 2 2

23 18 7 31

w. 5 3 0

THE

CANTUARIAN.

S89

KING'S SCHOOL (. nd XL) v. DOVER COLLEGE (.nd XL) P~ayed. at Dover, ~n \;v'ednesday. July 2 n~: and res u~ted. after a most exciting game II~ a vIctory for the Schoo~ by 18 run s. l' or II long tllne It was anybody's game, but Pans ~nd G. S .. Prest met wIth remarkable success at the close of the innings, the last five wickets gOing down for Z I run s. KIN G'S SC HOOL. R. II. I-h tchcock , c and b Napper II. J. P rest, b Napper D. K. Anderson , h Napper L. F. Paris, b Fagg: .. . F. P. \\'alker, b Napper .. . R. D. Weston, b Fngg: '" C. M. Rickells, c H eath, b Fagg G. S. P rest, b Nicholson ... ... B. St. W. Sauntlers, b Nicholson , .. P. H. Hawkes, not out ... E. Mason, Ibw, b Nicholson Extras

4 6 6 13

'5 '5 5

â&#x20AC;¢

o .6

Tot'l l

"7 DOVER

COLLEGE.

Nicholson, nm out T. A. Digby ... D. D. Napper, b G. S, Prest H. G. I-leath, b Paris ... . .. A. E, Alderson, c Saunders, b Hitchcock F. G rundy, b Paris ... . .. E, ,T. Fagg, b G. S. Prest A. B. Champion, b G. S. Prest E. A. Taylor, b G. S. Pr.est J. L . Lawrence , b Paris ... H. C. Robson, not out Extras

6 31

3 4

Total

99 BOWLI NG A NAI.VSIS. KING'S SCHOOL.

D. D. Napper F . Grundy ... II. L. H eath ...

J. Fagg

Nicholson . .,

35 30 3 21 8

12 4 7

Heath bowled a wide.

0 0

W. 4 0 0

3 3

THE CANTUARIAN.

59 0

DOVER COLLEGE.

H. E. G. F. R. L.

Prest Mason S. Prest P. Walker .0. I-I. Hitchcock F. Pari s

9 4

2 0 2 0 0 0

19 12 34 16 2

0 0

JO'8 3 1

4 0

1 3

KING'S SCHOOL (2nd XL) v. Y. M. C. A. Played on the Be.vcr~eYI Thursday, Jul,y 3r~. The School won very c:as il~ hy 98 run s. In the first l~mlllgs Mason. to,?k SIX wIckets for I I runs, and H . J. 1J H'"' five wickets for 10 runs 111 the second lOmngs. Y.M.e.A. 1St

Innings.

2nd Innings. o b Prest 5 b Hawkes I b Prest 5 b Prest 2 b H awkes o c Paris, b Prest

... L. Gilham, h !\'fason \V. Bufton, c Walker, b Paris 'W. P. Brown, c Westoll, b Mason I-I. L. Taylor, lhw, b Paris P. Southgate, b Mason W. Hamilton, run ou t C. Saxby. b :\b.son J. Parlis, b i\'Inson ... R. Kelsey, c and b Mason A. F owler, not out JI. E. J. Bourne, nUl out Extras Total

""7 "

not out

absent I c IIitchcock , b Prest o b Hawkes o b Hawkes 6 Extras ...

KING'S R. H . Hitchcock. c Southgate, b Gilham H. J. Presl, b Taylor... ... E. R, P. Berryman, c Southg:lle, b Farlis D . K. Anderson, c Rrown, b Partis R. O. Weston, c Southgate, b Partis F. P. Walker, b Southgate .. . L. F. Paris, c Fowler, h Gilham .. . P. I-I. Hawkes, lbw, b Southgate .. . C. :"If. Rickells, c Buflon, b Scuthgate G. V. Ormsby, b Southgate E. Ma son , not out Extras

,II

Toral

Total

SCHOOL.

21 ,6 4 0

26 1.\ '0 4

,5 11 8

THE CANTUARIAN:

59 1

BOWLING ANALYSIS :

w., 6

Y. M. C. A. O.

l\'Tason Paris ...

4' 1

II ....

,,2

O. 5'2 5

Hawkes P~est ...

27 10

4 3

KING'S SCHOOL.

Gilham SOUlhgate Taylor Partis

4 4

o o

22 37

Â·4

2 1 3

KING'S SCHOOL ( 2ND XL) v. HARBLEDOWN (Second Match). Played at Harbledown, Thursday, July 17th. An ext remely exciting game resulted in a victo ry for the SchOOl by 27 runs. Up to th e fall of the School's ninth wicket it was quite an open question as to ,,,hich. side \\0.uld win. So successful, however. were Prest and Mason that 29 were added for the last wicket, Prest batted with great confidence and skill at the critical point, and his inni ngs .deserves the highest praise. HARBLEDOWN.

H. E. Green, b Mason ... W. Goodban, b Prest ." F . 'Vallace. b Prest F. Shimeld, b H . J. Prest W. Slock, c Prest, b l\'Ia!:on Kimmot, not out ... F. Amos, c and b H. J. Prest .. O. F. Huyshe, c Weslon, b H1tchcoek JI . Hearn, lhw., b I-I'. J. Prest ... Lott, Jun., run out ... . Wood, and b H. J.. Prest Extras

36 o

8 14

. 1

6 o o o

Total...

KING'S SCHOOL

E. R. P. Berryman , h Green ... R. 1-1. Hitchcock, c and h Wallace ... J. Frewer, c Shimeld, b Green O. K. Anderson, h Green R. D. Weston, b G reen .. . I-r. r. Prest, b Green .. . L. F. Pari!>, c and b Green F. P. Walker, c and b Hearn G. S. Prest, not out ... P. IT. Hawkes. 6 Hearn E. Mason, c and h '\'allaee Extras ' Total...

(2nd XI. )

5 '5

4 3 24

o 9 13 121

THE

59 2

CANTUARIAN.

BOWLING

ANALYSIS.

HARBLEDOWN.

10 4

G. S. Prest L. F. Paris E. Mason

J. Prest

4 2

R. I-I. Hitchcock

0 2 2

26 18 18 4

2 0 2 4

Prest bowled a wide. KING'S SC HOOL.

H. E. Green F. Wallace

W. Goodban H. I-Jearn

3 5

IO' I

5 2 0 0

43 30 13 22

,v. 6

2 0

Wallace bowled a wide.

REMARKS. T his year, the second eleven have had a very successful season, having playtlt l seven matches, of which four were won, two drawIl, and only one lost. The Be OIHI C.O.S. match had unfortunately to be abandoned owing to illness among 0 111 opponents. On the whole, the batting has been good, nearly every member of Ihl l team having shown a capacity for run getting. Hitchcock, Wal ke r, and \VcsttHi have all batted consistently, while Frewer has made runs whenever he has been ahl" to play. Presti has developed into a very useful bat. T he bowling has been st r "H, no less than eight members of the team being useful bowlers, especially the broLh mM Prest , ParisI, and Mason, who, with care, may develop into a really good bowle r, ir lUI does not try to bowl too fast. The fieldin g has been the weakest point, as on 5C" (' IIII occasions it has left much to be desired, notab ly in th e second H arbledown Illat{' h th e re have, however, been two o r three notable exceptio ns, especially Hitchco k ill lli WÂˇesto n. The prospect for nex t year seems fairl y bright, as there will be sev('n III eight of this year's team, while there are several useful recru its com ing on as Ri ck(lIl N, Sanders, Strahan , Covell , and Lermit. WIckham, if he would pay more attentioll 10 length, and less to pace, would become a good fast bowlt.' r. The team have plll l!'il up well on all occasions. and may congratulate themselves on their victories, cspcciu ll ) over Dover College 2nd XI. and Harbledown . In conclusion we may congralu hlf, ' Berryman and Hitchcock who have performed the arduous duties of captain ill II most creditable man ner and with good s,l1ccess.

THE

CANTUARIAN.

593

SECOND XI. BATTING AVERAGES. Name.

Innings.

G. S. Prest

Frewer ,

F . P. Walker H. J. Prest R. D. Weston . . R. H . H. Hitchcock

L. F. Paris .. D. K . Ande rson . . .. E . Mason

E . R. P. Berryman P. H . Hawkes ..

6 6 6 3 8 7 3 3 6

Times not out. 2

Aggrega te.

79 86 41 10 4 78 27 21 33

0 0

24'" 55" 31 19 26 37" 13 15

0 0

Highes t Score.

Average.

19'75 11'0 2 15'04 13 '66 13 13 9

7 6'06 5'05

6 2 12 5 ThewfolS lowindg also batted :J. IV!. Tuke, 36; J. L. Tomlin, 3- 1-35 - 17'05 3 B. St. . aun ers, 3-1-25- 12'0 8 ' C lVI R' k tt ' Dalton , 5-0-+3-S'06 j C. R . Len~it, '4_~_~~":'4s: 4.-0-47- 1 " 75; P. ""T. G. C. Covell, 0 ; and G. V. Ormsby, o. ' G C. Strahan, 0 - 63~; * N ot out .

SECOND XI.. BOWLING AVERAGES. Nnme,

, H. J. Prest P. N. Dalton L. F. Paris .. R. H . Hitchcock . .

Ovcrs.

18 30 12 12 51 59 16

E . l\'fason . .

G. S. Prest P. H. Hawkes

Maidens.

5 10

Runs.

33 7' 29 37 149 161 86

3 9 12

Wickcts.

9 17 5 4

16 17 6

Average.

3'66 4'23 5'08 9"5 9'3 1 9'47 14'33

The following also bowled :-J. lVI. T uke, 12-2- 18- 3; C. lVI. Ricketts,

4- 0- 9 - 1 ; J. B. WIckham, R. D. Weston, 6- 1 -3 2 - 0 .

THE I

5-2-7-0 ' '

BOAT

Walker, 8-0- 2 9- 0 ;

CLUB .

Early in the term, lVIr. Bell resigned the Presidency of the Club.

Mr. Edmonds

las now. become PreslCient, and Mr. Bell, Honorary Secretary ~Ve take this 0pportumty of thanki ng Mr. Bell-who !las had ~he superintend~nce of tile Club SlIlce I 89S- for all he has done not o nly III coaching , but in managing the finances

594

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and lookin g after the boats, and we hope that he intends sH ll fa give us hi s valuflhl" ~p . . . I n the middle of J une we transferred the four, as an ex periment, to the I(J\\I " boat house, and it has bee n more freq uently used in cOhl:iequente. It'is now prOPOHI'd to enlarge th e boat house in o rder to recei\'c it permanc'ntly. 'O wi ng to lack 01 water it has been found advisable to add a low(-r landing-stdge, wh ile in the d ry plld of the shed the opportunity has been take n of laying down 'a wall ' of CQ Il Crctl' n" " protection against floods. There have been morc me lll ber~ ' this term than in 1111)' previous summer, and the boats hm'c been in constant usc, 'ljoth the whiffs :\Ild hoth th e pairs havin g been Qu t on an average at least once every day. Early ill J ulY, Streeter resigned his post as boatman, after being wi th us for fifteeh years. T.uI1 Pll , his strength has failed, and gro wing infirmity has rendeted hih\ unequal to hi s dllli" 11 but he has been a faithful servant, and we shall miss him '9l\en we come hit 'k lit', I term . T he annual Sculling Races were held somewhat late r than last year, on t il n 21111 and 24th J uly, and were marked by more than one new departure. Slidi n g~s 'illa WillI' used for the first time, and the races were divided into Senior and Junior, tht· fUIIIII 'j being rowed on slides, and the latter on fixed scats. Secondly, th e old COtlrhO n li""1 Sturry having been foun d hardly straight enough for sc ulling races, it was de 'idllj l In try a course endi ng near Fo rcl wich Church. T he full comse is J ~s h apcd, 32.0 '1I I ll. of gentle curve followed by nearly half a mi le of good straight water. J.a fttly. Ih. annual Boat Cl uo picnic was this year combined wi th the races, and took th fOl1l1 pI tea in the garden of the" Fordwich Arms.!' The Seniurs rowed the whole course, t he Jun iors being started after the iJ(IIHI , The follo wing were the results. J"lliors, Firsl ROlllld.-L. Mansfield (I), beat A. C. T homas (,), by 7 1"IIHlli. Thomas steered badly, and did not nearly ro w his weight. . .. H. C. Cortis ( I ), with one length start, beat R. F. Nation ·(z), by ~ II!\IMIII Nation was with ll1 a length of bum ping more than once, bue his strc"tchcr ca nH 0111 III at half way. and lost him the race. . A. C. Lock (z), bumped R. Pearse ( 1,1 at JOO yards. Lock slarled b ttl'! '"111 gained from the first. Second R Olt1ld.-A. C. Lock ( I ), against H . B. Cortis (2), took a bad II ""', hili finished stronge r and won by a length and a quarter. L. Mansfield rowed over. Fillal.-A . C. Lock (,), beat L. Mansfield (I). Mansfield at one lim I O(Jk,'illi~, winning, but failed to stay the course, Lock fin ishing comparatively fr sh Oil I hi I ~ spurt by.t length. . Seniors, ·FZ·1·s1 R otlud.-D . J . Preston ( I), with 2 lengths sta rt htllt l If Whal)ey (2). Preston drew away almost from the first, a nd won easi ly. SecOlld R o/tlld.- D . J . Preston ( I), with 4- lengths start, beat P. S. 1>". Nil It II ( Owing to boats in the way, Nairn got within a length and a half at til hoglll ll ill ,,'

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rthe st raight, but did not row half I .

. I (" ~ H . A. Jenkin ( I) beat R \V 'M~;:I~gN' and was left behind in the long reach. pleasure~boats, but on the wh~le 'eacl; ~lI~cre\~)' r~hIS rtc~ wa~ ~uch obstructed by best man won . After getti ng clear J enk· d a I e, ane t ~re IS lIttle doubt that the Final.-D. J. Presto n ( J) \:ith Ol~~ ew away steaehly and won by 6 lengths. Preston went up gradually after the belld a I ength stalrt. beat H. A. J enki n (, .) WOn bY 3 engths AS no cI1a Ilenges we re made the ' c ne d ·· . 'M secoll pnze 111 the Seniors went to H . A. J enkin, and in the Juni ors to starters, and Mr. Cape and NIl". GllO;~n~~e~~II~1 Mr. Bell and l\1!r. Edmonds acted as gave away the prizes. The first rizc for ges .. After the F1I1a.ls, Mrs: Bell kindly M. C. Galpi.n! and that f~r the S~niors by I\}~s!B~w.r Sculls was klll.dly g iven by Miss To cntl clse the sc ulil11g in the Juniors tl I ment upon last year but th'erc was tl le stye was on the whole an improve ~ begi.n the swing fon:ard with the ~rm~\~~~l~e~~Ilde~~t ~o tug at the finish, and to r' e.w seemed to have grasped the If!1portance of getting the blade in sq pr0!lllse, considering his short acquaintanl~~~~itJ n I~ de el11o.rs, P~estoIl showed great to It~ and keeping control of his seat . but 11 s Ih es"lettm g hIS shoulde~s well on J enklll was not quite a t home and has' 10 s Oll learn to open IllS knees. swings well as a rul e. \'V haile' s~ ull e d c. n o~ learnt ~o control his slide, tho ugh he to I.lis rowing; he is all slicle [ nd no S,~1.1 a s y~~ of hIS own, wh}ch hardly did justice racmg form. mg. 1 arshall and Natrn were hardly up to

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The.J ullior Tutor Sets res ulted in a for Mr. Latter's XI., captained b~ R. W. Marshall. In the final round they defeated Mr. Bell's, scoring 16 7. ,'.' ~.' .\;Ye congratulat~ the following on reCCIV1l1g their cricket colours after the St. ILawreuce match '··-ISt XI l' 1I I{e; XI .. , J . 1'1 LI. 'll( . , J. S. Tomlin. After the Eastbourne College match, 1st XL, \V. S Luc..,as. P. N. Dalton , T. L. Tomlin· F. C. Bovenschell; 2ud XI. F. P. \Valke..' P. H . H awkes, E. Maso n, L. F. Paris. ' WIll

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So far the Seni'or T utor Sets have brought about the following results 1st Round, Mr. Bell's beat Mr. Austen's;

NEWS. Mr. Latter's beat Mr. Cape's' 1\1r .Mason's beat Mr. Evans'·. 2nd Round · Mr. Latter's beat Mr. Bell's j Mr. I\Iaso n'~ a bye. ~.'

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* for throwing the . The Competition Cncket Ball was held on Blore's Piece OIl July 12th . G. S. Prest won with a good throw of 97 yards. J . E . Tom lin bei ng second. .;,< .;;. ~

. The Swimming Races we re held Fr.lday 18th, in very cold weather. The pn nclpal event, t.he open 150 ya rds race was won by Walker. A full account will be found in another column. -.\'. oJ(.

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opinions oj (Ileir Corl'es!"" dents. Name and address mast always be given, lIot lucessarily for publirC1tioll, /1111 at II guarantee of good jaitle. PersOllalities will involve certailt r ejec/fOll..

To the Ed/tors

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,"Voulcl it not be a good idea if the Tutor Sets were to begin earlier in the term so that they could be finished satisfactorily instead of being played on Blare's piece? They are just as good practice as having pick ups, if not better. TUTOR SETS.

To the Editors

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notices on the board ncar the shop: tlll'y are so crowded that they overlap OIW another, and co nseq ul: nUy it is Cjlliltl impossible to read more tha n hall' .I notice without und oing the case nutl lifting up several others . I shollid suggest that anothe r boarel be put lip. similar to the one now in usc and CIOHI' by it; and that the old one be res(.' 1vl,,1 entirely for cricket, football, and Spill I committee notices, while Harvey, lellnilf, and boat-club notices could be posted fill the new one.

Could not some arrangeme nts be made to improve the system of posting notices under the Arches? At presen t it is almost impossible to read any of th e

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It is with very Canon Rawlinson, for He never ceased School, and we take sympathy with lVI rs. bereavement.

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sincere regret that we record over thirty years a governo r of to take an active interest in the this ~pportunity o f expressing Rawlinson and he r famil y

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the death of the School. welfare of th e our sincerest in their sad

EDITORIAL. Vole are se~ted in our prove rbi al chair with our proverbial pen in our hand. Th~ough the wmdow are wafted so unds of "harm onious madness." The curfew is t0l111~g th e knell: "Bell H arry" - or is it some other member of that choir ?-is

sendmg fortI: notes which might rouse the envy of our choral basses; the bell-ringe rs seem to be vIgorously engaged in a contest of the muses; while from. afar the emul ous melody of a steam organ .a~ord s a~plt! refutation to t he calumny that Ca nte rbury is a sleepy p.l~ce . It re~lIy IS If!lposslble to work, so !et ';Is improve our ti me by writing th,?se t radItlonal nothmgs whIch go to make an Editonai. What on earth is there to ~vnte ~bou~ ? The Bells? No; our views on those are person~l a nd sacred. Oh for an mven tlOn hke .that ,~e .enjoyed in our youthful days when we wanted to get ofT a TunI s there anytlung ongmal JI1 this world ? Ah, an idea ! ,"Vhy not write about change?

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It seems a suitable subj ect for the beginning of a School year, and original too,-more or less. .. T empora mutantur"; no, we've heard th at before. U ,The old order changeth" i- no, wc've seen th at too. \Vell. we must drop the quot~ho n. Let us get to business, as the Irishman said on t he scaffol d wh en he was gomg to be hanged. There have been changes this term. \+v ho would have th Ollgh~ that Mr. Maso n wo~ld ever desert th e IVth Form ? Yet it has come to pass. It 15 th e lower Vtb whi ch now owns Mr. Mason as its presiding deity. A generation ,yilt rise in th e IVth whi ch knows not its H orace qu otations. Yes, our numbers have rI sen so m~t c h th at we,h ave now a new Form and naturally a new Master. \:Ve therefore take tlus opportll lHt)' of offerin g a hearty 'welcome to Mr. Rea)'. But .to retu~n to <r cha ng~ ." \¥e are p~rso n ally not affl icted with that sentimentality winch ~ratses all that 1 ~ pa~t and WIll not admit that any change can be for t he better. \¥e like to see the vano~s, I~ pro v,ements that are steadily takin g place all around us. The new board for Exhlbltlon~rs names in the Schoolroom, the new pain t on the walls, th~ renovated steps ieachng to the old Library, all appeal to our love of progress and lIn~rovem ent. \¥ hat thou gh that new step leadin g to th e School-house p ro~e cl a &tumbllllg .block lll~tO n~a ny? yll~at though sentimentality woul d have generatIOn after gell,eratlO n \Valk~ ng lI terally ill the footsteps of th eir fo refath ers? All the,se change,S contnbute to our ~ncreasecl comfort. ' ¥e hear rumours too of a covered fives co urt which the H eadmaster IS most generollsly intending to give to the Schoo!. Soon th ere will come a tim ~ when the: bliss o r playing in one of the good old open .courts where th e ball may, WIth care, be made ~o bounce off its course at a tangent, Will be unknown . Vve hope, ,too, that change ~v lil come upon our fortune in th e football fi eld, and that s ~lccess, which has so long Wi thheld from us its gracious smile, will look upon us With new fav~ur. Yes, we m U~L confess that change is not unw elco me or un p ro fit~b l e , \¥ hat s th at. somco n.e IS mutterin g-" A little change in th e ' Cantuar:' ! A httl e more punch~,,:li ty ! A little news fo r a change ! " T o think of it ! Certamly not. There are trad ItIons concern ing the paper which we should be the last to break.

SPEECH DAY. T o write an account of Speech Day some three months afte r date, from information derived main ly from official do:uments-to. wit" th ~ Pink Book al,HI the programme of speeches-is a ~as k mOl:e s l1lt~d to the Imagll1atlO l~ of the novelIst than to the memory of the his tonan. 'Ylth th,lS some\~'hat Thucydld ean remark by way of preface and apology, we can contInue WIth the tllne -l~onoured st<),tement th at Speech Day (Thursday, July 31 st) passed off v~ry ausplcuously, although lh weather had looked threatenin g in the ea rly mormng. T here was t he uSlial carl) Service in the Cathedral, followed by th e H ead Master's breakfast party. At t1w Commemoration Service the special preacher was. th e Rev. H . G. Woods,. latu President of Trinity College, Oxford. The SerVI ce was sung to th e mUSIC of

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Stanford in B fiat, and th e Anthem was Mendelssohn's " H ear my prayer." Speeches began with praiseworthy punctuality and a Scene fro m th e " Andri a." There was a slight indistinctness abo ut the pronunciation, especially on the part of Davus, who made up for this, however, by some excellent acting. Nairn made a most vigorous Simo, and Berryman evoked much amusement by his manipulation of the infant. In th e French Speech th e chief honours were taken by Marshall,l whose antics were mos t natural; his by-play also with the sticks was distinctly good. The prog ramme informed us th at Lucas spoke with a ru stic dialect, but Green had evidently drunk too deeply at the well of th e French un defil ed, for his pronunciation did not strike us as differing from that of his fellow-actors. TlJe alternat ive suggestion we refu se to entertain. The tragic English was a difficult piece to act well , as the scene in itself is not particul arly strikin g, but all spoke ou t with distinctness an d emphasis. Bovenschen and Marshall I were excellent, but Northumberland appeared somewhat slow and monotonous, while t wo of the noble lords hardly suggested by their attitude th e wilds of Gloucestershire. The 'I Aristophanes " scene was, we th ought, th e most successful. Nairn and his menagerie we re splendid, and his pussy-cat excited great admiration. It was a dramatic moment when Richards burst up on the stage with his meteo ric flight of oratory, too soon, alas I checked by the applicati on of brow n paper and string. \;Y here all were good, it is hard to critcise ; J enkin was perh aps, a shade too fa st; but this fault was rectified in the scene from "Money/' where his voice, and treatment of the legal character, were alike good. Eac h of the relati ves had a distinct individuality which was we ll brought ant. Marshall I wi th his glass of wine, Berryman with his eyeglass, and Green with his Parl iamentary debates were all effective, the latter' s voice seemed pa rticularly well suited to his part. In all the Speeches, th ere was very little awkwardn ess 0 11 the part of ac tors who were not actually engaged in speaki ng, while Bovenschen, Nairn, and :Marshall l deserve especial mention for the lion's share of the work in three languages which fell to th em- a task enta iling the ex p~nditure of much time and labour on th eir part, as well as on th at of 'M r. Mason, to whom our heartiest thanks are agai n due for his careful ·and most successful coaching. \;Ye append a programm e of the Speeches :LIST OF SPEECHES. I.-Scene from the " ANDRIA" Termce. Chremes F. P. WALKER . Sima .. P. S. F. N AIR N. Davns R. W. MARS HALL .Mysis E. R. P. BERRYMA N • Dromo F. C. BOVENSCHgN. Simo is arranging the wedding of his son Pamph ilus with the daughter or his fri end Chrcmes, being unaware that Pamphilus is already secretl y married to Glycerium. Pamphil us is a t a loss how to tell his fath er, and so se ts his servant Da"l1s to do it; but Da,'us, being afraid, persuades Mysis, a fellow· slave, to pl ace the in fa nt ch ild of Pamphil us before the altar a t Sima's door, nnd then pretends that he knows nothing abollt it. I-Ie is duly sent ofT to punishment for his duplicity.

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R. W. MARSHALL. J. R. PARSONS. P. S. F. NAIRN.

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SganareJlc, a wood-cu tter, has heen bealing his wife. She, to revenge herself, tells two travellers who nrc in sea rch of a physician (one of them, Lucas, speaks in a rustic dialect), that Sgana rclle is a famous doctor-though he pretends that he is not so-and has assu med the disguise of a wood-CUller, alld that the only way to make him confess and employ his art, is to thrash him. This therefore they do, and Martine is avenged . II KIN G RICHARD II." Act ii. Sc. iii. Duke of Herefo rd (ajlenvards King flemy IV.) Duke of York (/liS u"cle) .. •• Earl of Northumberland Harry Percy (//1S SOli) Earl Berkley Lord Willoughby L ord Ross

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F. C. BOVENSC HEN. R. W. MARSHALL. E . R. P. BERRYMAN. F. P. WALKER. G. G. MARSHALL. D. J. PR ESTON. J. TWELLS.

Scene: The wilds in Gloucestershirc, near Berkley CaSlle. The Duke of H ereford has returned to claim the throne,

f.-S Cene from the" ACHARNIANS " •• Dicreopol is (all Athenian cilizen) . . A Breotian Dealer Nicharchus (an l'lIfOrlllC1') Leader of Chorus .. Pipers, &c .

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. A Eceotian dealer, accompanied by pipers, comes to Athens to sell his wares of all sorts, beasts, bud,S, eels, &c. Dicreopolis wants to buy. hut they can not strike a bargain, as the Bceotinn wishes to get 1~ exchange goods ~vhich arc rare in his own country. Suddenly Dicreopoli3 thinks that 1\0 informer (for mformers a rc plentifu l at Athens) may be a satisfa ctory rarity to the Bceotian; so the bargain is made, one of the hated informers is duly packed up, anel carried ofT by the de lighted lln;:olian, who thinks he has gOl a prize.

5.-Scene from" rVloNEY " .. Alfred Evelyn (Secretal)' 10 Sri- /0/'" Ves!)') Sir J ohn Vesey, Bart. .. .. Lord GIossmore Sir Frede rick Blount 1VIr. Stout Mr. Graves Mr. Sharp Servant

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E. C. GR EEN. R. W. MAR SHALL. H. A. J ENKIN. R. H. BRINSLEy- RICHARDS.

Scene : A Room in Sir John Vesey's H ouse. A gathering of interested relat i\'es to hear the details of the will of the wealthy :Mr. Mordaun t just deceased.

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The Speeches over, the H ead maste r said he wished to offer a hearty welcome to all who had attended that day. and th eir best thanks for th e generou s reception given to t he speeches whi ch the mem bers of th e Sixth F orm had had the honour of reciting to the m. Passing on to refer to the discussion and criticism of public schools in the prese nt day, the H eadmaster said they were being asked such questions as II \.vhat are you doing for the nation ? 11 and" How can you do it more effectually? 11 He for one thou ght that the nation had a right to ask sllch questions, because the matte r was one of vast importance, but he would ask their kind critics to remember that SchoolÂˇ masters were not altogether out of touch with the needs of the country, and that they were doing their best to adapt old systems to meet new needs and to turn out boys who would some day be useful men in Church and State. H e waS glad to say that during the past twelve months they had been able in the King's School to make continnous progress, and the reports of t he Examiners from outside the School were very encouragin g. The health record of the School had bee n extremely good, and the numbe r of pupils had mounted up from 200 last July to 223 . The School premises had bee n extended, ancI to meet the demands for further science teaching an excellent physical laboratory had been provided and well equipped. Also since last Tuly two of the Assistant Masters, Mr. Evans a nd 1\'[r. Bell, had opened large and comfortable boarding hOllses in the City. Mr. Galp in went on to refer to two happy social events of the year-t he marriage of Mr. Bell, and the birth of a grandchild to Canon Blare, a former Headmaster of the School, whose presence that day he cordially welcomed. H e referred also to the g-rati fying success of Mr. Percy Godfrey, the music master, as the co mposer or the pri7.e Coronation March, and a lso to the disti ng uished S t1 cces~es won by th e representatives of the King's School III th e Public Schools Gymnastic Competitions. After the de livery of prizes to th e various winners, whose names will be found on anoth er page, Canon ,Mason announced the award of a School Exhibition and the Shepherd Gift to P. S. F . Nairn, and read the honours list, and the Examiners' report. At the conclusion of this, Dean Farrar, in a brief address, declared th at although he had been present at the prize-giving in connection with some of the greatest schools, he had never heard better speeches or recitations than those given by th e Kin g's Scholars. That was due in a large measure to the perfectly ad mirable trai ning of Mr. Maso n, but th ere was also a large am ount of credit due to th e boys. From th e reports which they had heard they migh t rejoice that the King's School was in an exceedin gly flourishing condition . In the first place the numbp. r of scholars was greater than at any time during the last twelve centuries. ~ Th e successes won at the Public Schools Gymnas tic Competitions spoke very hi ghly for the physical trai nin g at the Kin g's School, and as regarded the intellectual training the list of honours gained waS a good sign that the School was doing very good wo rk. The D ean went on to speak of the uniformly good conduct of the boys a nd gave them 'the advice : "Neve r do less than your utmost, and never be less than your best."

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Subsequently the Head Master entertained over 240 guests to 1uncheon in the Gymnasium . Among those present were-Canon and Mrs. Mason, Canon and lVIrs. Rawlinson, Canon Holland. the Archdeacon of Maidstonc, Canon ancl Mrs. B1ore, the Mayor of Canterbury and Mrs. Collard, the Bishop of Dover and Mrs. Walsh. Mr. J. Henniker Heaton, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Field (Warde n of Radl ey, fo rmerly H ead Master of the King's School), Rev. G. C. E. Ry ley, Rev. Canon a nd Mrs. Nisbet, Colonel and 1\1rs. Dickenson, Mrs. and Miss Hichens, Rev. Canon Bhss. Dr. and Mrs. Perrin, Rev. Dr. Bedford, Rev. E . I-I. Hardcastle, Rev. R. Hitchcock, Rev. M. F. and Mrs. Evans, D r. and Mrs. ' Vhi tehead Reid, 1\11r. H enry Fielding and Mr. Brian Rigden. In. submitting the toast of "The King" the H ead Master referred to the g reat disappointment caused by the postponcmcllt of the Coronation, and concluded ~)y expressing the wish that the King might soon be restored to health, and happIly crowned on August 9th. The Rev. Dr. 'Woods next gave the toast of I I Ch urch and State," he mentioned that some years ago he had had the privilege of preaching an anniversary Sermon at Canterhury, and that it was just thirty yeCirs ago since he examined Âˇthe School. On that occasion there we re two boys in the Sixth Form who did such remarkably good work that he felt that few schools in England could possibly compete with it. T he name of one of those boys was Field, and the other Ottley. Since then, owing to the accident of his official position at Oxford, h~ had bee n connected officially with the School, a nd, therefore. he came therâ&#x201A;Ź' with a g reat interest in the School and a great interest in its Headmaster, and he was immensely glad to see how well, under his able management, th e School was prosperin~ . There were many ways in which the tim e-honoured toast which he had to propose might be treated, but he would simply ask them to look upon it as co nsecrated by the word of th e Bidding Prayer which he read to them that morning. The Bishop of Dover, whose name was coupled with the toast, said it seemed to him that the union of Ch urch and State was a thing which should be dea r to all th eir hea rts and especially so in a place like Canterbury with its wondl"rfu l Associati ons of every kind. They knew how much the educational question was before th e country at the present time. T he Church was a body which was deeply interested not only in primary but also in secondary education, and she was interested in it very largely because it was fou nd that the true strength of the State lay in those religiolll-l influences wh ich were absol utely essential and which must be maintained by such a bod v as their National Church. One felt that especially in a place like Canterbury. they had been told by the Dean, and he wished to repeat it th ere, that the Ki ng Scho I was the most ancient School in England. H e knew that another place-an inferi or place called York-h ad a sort of claim to dispute this, but, as they knew, th e Provi nce of Canterb ury was fa r above York, and they had in the Cathedral Library a doculllrnt which showed that Canterbury took precedence of York. Therefore he h<ld no hesitation in repeating that that was the most ancient School in E ngland. nc f{J IL a n earnest hope an d belief that very many would go forth from those walls to scrv(,

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God, as they had been reminded, both in Church and State, inspired by those great principles inculcated by those teaching them, for which th ey rejoiced to keep up all the traditio ns and interests of that ancient School. The ,"Varden of Radley submitted the toast of Ie The Dean and Chapter." After a hum.orous reference to the danger of repeati ng oneself, Dr. Field observed that on the previous evening, when loo kin!5 at that small but select library which a careful hostess alwa ys provided in one's bedroom, he bappened to see a volume by that ingeni olls and learned writer, the author of If Alice in ' :Vonderland," and among the fugitive verses which the volume contained there was a valentine sent in the year 1860 to a fri end at Raell ey College. who com plained that though Mr. Dodson was always very glad to see him when he did come, he seemed to get on perfectly well when he did not (laughter). In revisiting the King' s School he could only repeat the words which that ge ntiemali at Radley wrote to his friend at Rad ley forty years ago or more and say that they seemed to be glad to see him when he did c?me, but th~y got on uncommonly well when he did not. He could assure l\h. Galplll that he (hd not believe that there was anyone in the Chapter H Ollse who heard that report of the Examiner with such delight as one who had been both an O .K.S. and H eadmaster of th e School (applause). The Archdeacon of Maidstone, acknowledg ing the toast, said he was expressing what all the Chapte r fel t when he said that it was one of thei r greatest privileges and pleasures to act as Governors of so useful a School as the King's School. H e could well imagine that under certain conditions it would not be a pleasure to have two hundred boys close to one's doors, but at the King's School th ey appeared to have adopted the old mot to of ' Vinchester, "Manners makyth man," and he was glad to observe how much evervone who came to Canterbury was struck by the very pleasant deportment of those ed'ucated in the School; Mr. H enniker H eaton, M.P., said that since he appeared before them last he had been for some time in Australia and he visited the King's School at Paramatta, the offspri ng of their great School at Canterbury. He found the school there in a most healthy and flourishing state, there was a strong desire to combine the sc hools more closely, and he believed that next year they would be presented with [our schola rs from Paramatta in exchange for four from Canterbury. He congratulated them upon the great success of the School and upon having, as in fa nner years, the snpport of the I\1ayor and Corporation of Canterb ury, whose health he wou ld now propose. The Mayor of Canterb ury, responding, said Mr. Henniker H eaton had said many kind things about him and led them to suppose that he had done considerable good work for th e City. If it was so he was very pleased. 'Vhatever he had been ab le to do he certainly attributed to his education at the Kin g's School, Canterbury. Canon Holland, prop0sing the toast of "The Old Students." said that und er the extraordinarily good management of Mr. Galpin the pupils at the School had

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increased so considerably that a serious question arose -Was Mr. Galpin to decrease the number of boys in the School or were th e J) ean and Chapter to undertake the great work of increasing th e size of th e Cathedral? He saw only one solution of

that problem, and that was that the School should have a very handsome Chapel of its own. Captain B. H. Latter, of the Roya l \;Yest Kent Regiment, whose name was coupled with the toast, responded in a capital speech, and mention ed how, on variou s occasions, he fell in with O.K.S. while on service in South Africa.

The toast list concluded with" The health of th e Host and Hostess " proposed by IVlr. Nairn. The proceedings th en terminated.

PRIZES ADJUDGED DURING THE YEAR 1901- 1902. Captain's Prize (Mitchinson) : F. C. Bovenschen .

lVIathematics (Mitchinson) : W. Telfer. lVIodern Lan guages (Mitchinson) : A. de B. Hamilton. R. H. Hitchcock (Prize) . Natural Science (Mitchinson) : J . M. 'l'llkc. Classical (Broughton) : F . C. Bovenschen. Divinity (Broughton) : {JHÂˇTA. Jllenkin, i. .

we s.

English Literature (Streatfeild ) : - F . C. Bovenschen. R. H. W. Brinsley-Richard. ( Prize) . Class ical Composition (D ean's Prize) : F. C. Bovenschen.

History (Stanley) : H . A. Jenkin, i. Latin Prose : G. G. Marshall , ii. Greek Prose : F. C. Bovenschen.

Latin Verse : G. G. lVIarshall, ii. Greek Verse : F. C. Bovenschcn.

Geography (Member's Prize) : G. S. Prest, i. English Essay (Member's Pri ze) : F. C. Bovenschen..

Private. Study (Edward BIore Memorial) : E. C. Green. Natural History Collections ( Head Maste r' s Prize) : L. F. Paris, i. Prize for Etymology :"" P. H. Hawkes, ii.

Drawing : F. P. Walker. it

Presented by Rev. W. M. Rodwell.

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CANTUARIAN. PRIZES.

(Christmas ) : F. C. Bovenschen. H . A. Jenkin. i. (P,,·ze). (Mid summ er, Examiner' s Prizes for merit) :if

G. G. Marshall, ii F. P. Walker.

(C hristmas) : R. H. W. Brinsley-Richards. · ) ! F. H. Mosse. ( Mid summ er, G or(Ion P flze : 1H. P. V. Townend. Divini ty (El wy n Pri ze): H . P. V . T ownend.

History (Seneschal'S Pri,e) : H. P. V. Townend. F . H. Mosse (Prize). Composition : H. V. P. Townend.

Army Class (Christmas) : R. H. Hitchcock. " ( Midsummer): F . S. Whalley. " Geometrical Drawing : C. H . Murray. IVa. Form (Christmas) : G. C. Strahan. " "

(Mid summ er) : R. l\1[annering. . Divinity (Elwyn Pri ze) : B. St. W. Saunders, 1.

.. History (Seneschal's Prize) : G. C. R. Cooke. IVb. Form (Christmas) : J. Deighton, ii. (Midsumm er) : F . G. L. Scott. IIIa.'Form (C hristmas) : A. G. McCulloch. " (Midsummer) : J. H. H. Nicolls. IIIb. Form (Christma s) : M. W. Quentin. (lVIidsummer) : W. G. Weeks. IIIe.' Form (Christmas) : R. B. Goad, i. (Midsummer) : F. A. Silk. HEAD

MASTER'S

DIVINITY

PRIZES.

H . P. V. T ownend. F . S. Whalley. ! A. G. Roper, ii. 'T.Ja. Form : I J. L. Tomlin. R. A. Hamlyn. IVb. Form : N. C. J . Saunders, ii. IlIa. F orm: T. Firminger. IIlb. Form: IIle. Form : J . Goodacre.

V. Form:

Army Class :

* Presented by llrofessor HebblClhwaite.

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LOWER SCHOOL PRIZES. Divinity: C. J. N. Adams, ji. Mathematics (Christmas) : A. G. McC ulloch. W. C. Rubie (Prize). .. (Easter) : W. G. Weeks. Natural Science ( Mitchinson) : W. G. Weeks. History : R . G. W. Saw. P. N. Dalton. Geography (Me mber's Prize) : { W. H. Lovatt. French: S. H. L. Langley. Dictation: T. H. H. Nicholls. Music: J. I-I. H. Nicholls. Drawing: A. C. Thomas. P. N. Dalton (Prize) . JUNIOR SCHOOL PRIZES. C. G. Williamson. .. (Midsummer) : A. R. Bellars. Ilb. Form (Christmas) : H . C. Ashenden. .. (Midsummer): R. E. Gepp. I. Form (Christmas) : J. R. Powell, ii. .. (Midsummer) : J. Hicks. D' "t { C. G. Williamson . lVllll y: A. R. Bellars. Mathematics (Christmas ) : P. P. Husbands: .. (Midsummer) : C. G. Williamson. · h (P . . b Form: T· D . Abrahams. E ngIIS rlzes gIven Y IIb. Form: 1.. F. B. Goulding. J. Emery, Esq.) I. Form: F. L. Goad, iii . Drawing: E. K. Barber. Dictation: A. R. Hcllars. Music : E. K. Barber.

IIa. Form (Christmas) :

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EXHIBITIONER, elected Jury, 1902, P.

s. F. Nairn,

s. F. Nairn, Ford Student of Trinity College,

Ford Student of Trinity College. Oxford.

THE SHEPHERD GIFT.

Oxrord.

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THE O.K.S. GIFT. A. R. A. Irem.anger, Royal l\ifilitary Academy. Woolwich.

EXHIBITIONERS

NOW AT THE UNIVERSITIES.

C. W. Carrington , Scholar of Oriel College, Oxford. E. J. Smith. Exhibitioner and Ford Student of Trinity College, Oxford. R. E. Brinsley-Richari:l3, Demy of Magdalen College, Oxford. C. W. C. Redman, Scholar of Wadham College, Oxford. G. A. F. Quentin, Exhibitioner of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. R. H. Charles, Scholar of Christ Church, Oxford. F. fl. Durnford, Corpus Christi College, Cam.bridge.

ACADEMICAL AND OTHER DISTINCTIONS GAINED DURING THE YEAR 1901- 1902. P. F. P. F. A.

S. F. NAIRN, Open Classical Scholarship at Hertford College, Oxford. P. WALKER, Open Classical Exhibition at Gonvi lle and Caius College Cambridge. S. F. NAIRN, Ford Studentship, Trinity College, Oxford. ' H. D UR NFOHD, Siza~ship (first place) at Corl.)l~ s Christi College, Cambridge. R. A. IREMONGER, I assed 6th 1I1to Royal IVhhtary Academy, \Yoolwich (dl;'ccI from Am!)' Class}.

C. W. G. WALKER, Appointed to the Indian Stafr Corl's (dli'ect from/i1e AmI)' Class). L. G. GARDNER, Naval Cadetslup, I-I.M.S. "Bntanma," 43rd place (di1'tcl j'rom flu N a'!Y Class). B. C. \~rEn13, Entrance into Cooper's Hill Engineering College (d/recl from fhe Ellg iueerillg Class).

R. E. C. E.

E. C.

Demy of Magdalen College, Oxford: First Class, Classical Moderations. \-Y. C. REDMAN, Scholar of \~radham Coll ~ge, Oxford: First Class, Classical Moderations. J . .sM I TH, Exhibitioner and Ford Student of Trinity College, Oxford : Second Class, Classical Modcrations. L. MASSEY, Scholar of Peterhouse, Cambridge : Increase in valuc of Scholarship. W. G. WALKER, passed 4th out of Royal Military College, Sandhlll'st. BRINSLEy-RICHARDS,

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C. H . G. CLARKE, B.A .. late Scholar of J esus College, Cambridge. Appointed to Civil Service Cadetship, Federated Malay States. J. A. MCCULLOCH, Passed I st for Ju nior Clerkship in Ecclesiastical Commission. H. M. COCKREM, Assistant Naval Clerkshi p, 8th place. W. COWPER (O. K. S. 187 5- 1883). Appointed Head Master of Wolmer's E ndowed Grammar School, Kingston. Jamaica. W. J. VOUSDEN, Maj .-General, C.B., V.C. (O .K. S. 1 858- I ~o,). Appointed to olliciate as Inspector-General of Cavalry in India. REV. C. L. D UN DAS (O.K. S. 186 1-1 866), Canon of Salisbury and Vicar of Channinster, Dorset, and formerly Dean of Hobart, Tasmania: appointed Archdeacon of Dorset.

CRICKET. KING'S SCHOOL v. O.K.S. In this match played on the Beverley on July 29 th and 30th, the School won the toss and sent in Dalton and Tomlin who compiled Z 1 before the for mer was bowl ed by Malden . Hawkes who came in next was content to ,leave most of the scoring to Tomlin who was easily out, c and b, at 38 for a freely- Jut 25. Green filled the vaca ncy and, after he had settled down, the pair, in spite of frequent changes experienced little difficulty with the bowling. This productive partnership was terminated at 121 when H awkes returned one to Cooper. after playing a useful and attractive innings of 52 . Tuke joined his Captai n and was missed in the slips before scoring. It was not long. however, before he set to work and mns came at a very rapid pace. Helped by the looseness of the bowling and the carelessness of the fielding, the batsn1en had things much their own way! an? it was not till the total had reache~ 249, that Green was dismissed, T uke followlllg In the same over. Green had hard hnes III not reachinO' his century. and had he played a free r game throughollt th e season he might have m~t with more success. Tuke's contribution was t he result of vigorolls cricket, and, though he had marc th an his share of lu.ck, his innings deserves the highest pÂˇraise. Bovenschen and Huyshe played steachly, but the former never seemed really comfortable, and was clean bowled after helping his partner to add 44. Hi tchcock was out next ball-7 for 294-but J gJm ston assisted Huyshe to take to 328 before thc latte r was sent back for a very userul 41. After this dismissal the innings soo n closed. On the O.K.S. going in A. W. Remmell an d H . E. Green pLlt on '3 'before stnmps were drawn for the day. On rosuming the batsmen co ntinued to sco re freely and it was not till I 10 was registe red th at Rammell fell a victim to Green's first ball. ÂˇW ith the exception of a palpable chance in the slips when the total was 4 1 his innings was free from . fault and was characterised by some extremely fine cuttin g.

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Shortly afterwards Green was badly missed by Bovenschen at point, but at 139 he had to retire for a hard hit 66. Matters now went badly with the O.K.S. Cooper. Paris. ancl T. E . Rammell being disposed of for an additional 34, and, though Richardson and Husbands so mewhat improved their prospect, by lunch time 7 wickets had fallen fo r 223. Afte r the intQrval G. N. Ryley and ' 'Vacher raised the total to 259, while the latter's partnership with Malden produced 58'. The innings closed at 327, Wacher carrying out his bat for a thoroughly we ll-played 53 . With two or three exceptions the school fi elding was quite up to its usual good standard. but th e bowling did not appear to possess much sting. The school who started their second venture with a lead of 18 lost Dalton and Tomlin for 14, but H a wke!) and G rec n added I z4 without further loss. Both players are to be heartily congratulated on their invaluable di splays in both innings, and we are glad that their se rvic es will be at th e disposal of the School next year. Altogether the School have good reason to be proud of t heir excellent performance against a strong team of O.K.S. as they had rather the better of the game at the finish . H.

O.K.S.

'v.

Rammell, b Green .. . H. E. Green, b J ohnston .. . L. R. Cooper, b Tulloch R. C. Paris, b J ohnston A. G. Richardson, b Green T. E. RammeJi, b Tulloch F. A. HllSband1', c and b Green '" G. N. Ryley, c Dalton, b Johnston ... T. B. \>Vacher, not out Rev. p. j\·fald en. c Johnston, b Green Rev. G. C. E. Ryley, c Tuke, b J ohnston ... Extras: Uyes, 6; leg· byes, 4; wides, 3 ... T otal

31 13 53

5 13

... 3'7

1st Innings. KING'S P. N. Dalton , b ;,,'Iald en ... 5 T. L. Tomlin, c and b Richardson '5 F. R. Hawkes, c and b Cooper 5' E. C. Green, b Husbands 91 J. M. T uke, i.l Husbands ." 75 F. C. Bovenschen, i.l Hichnrdson .. 17 O. F. Huyshe, c sub, b T. E. Rnmlnell · .. 4' R. H. Hitchcock , c A. ,V. Rammell, b Rich:1rdson o R. V. Tohnston, not Ollt 17 \V. S. ·Lucas. c and b Green 12 J. R. Tulloch, b Richardson ... . .. o Extras: Byes, 8 j leg· byes, I j wides, I 10 Total

66 65 15 7

. .. 345

SCH OOL. 2nd Innings. c G. N. Ryley, b Husbands b Husbands. not Ollt not out

T otal

7 69 49

... 126

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BOWLING ANAI.YSIS.

O.K.S. O.

M. 0

Tuke T ulloch Johnston Lucas

9 20 18 13

DaHan Hawkes

Hitchcock Green

0 0 0

44 22 I3 9 26

0 2 4 0 0 0 0 4

KING'S SC HOOL. 2nd I nnings.

1st Innings.

o. Richardson Malden Husbands Green Ryley ... Cooper Rammel! Paris ...

22'2

I3 I9 7 6 8

10 2

1\1.

5 4 6 0 0 0 2 0

70 45 57 46 26 39 35 I7

Richarrlson

i\'Inlden

2 Husbands I Green ... 0 Ryl ey ... I 0

Rallllllcll Paris Wacher

Ryley ... Rammell

22 I9 25 17 6

II 4

3 3 2 2 2 2

3 4 I2

w. 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING AVERAGES. Name.

N o. of Innings. Times not out. AJ:::gregtlle. Highest

~core.

Average.

69~ I6 F . R. H awkes 30 ' 30 394 3 18 26 '53 E . C. Green 3~8 9I 3 0 22 ' 53 293 J . M. Tuke 13 7S 222 0 {. L. Tomlin 36 ' T 07 '3 I6 'l. St. C. Lucas 19 2 14'76 43 3 44% .I I8 13 '5 8 O. F. HUl'she 23 ' 11 ' 8 1 I2 P. N. Dalton 34 '3Â° 11 '68 I87 F. C. Bovenschen .... I9 43 3 I8 6 11 '5 0 J. R . Tulloch I3 8 35* I8 52 11 '35 R. V. L . J ohnston .... I93 The following also batted :-D. K. And erson, 7-I-65- Io'83; E. R. Be rrym an, IO-I-60-6'66; H . J. Prest, 8-2-39-6'50; R. H. Hitchcock, 6-0 -19-3' 16; G. S. PreSI, o~ and 0 j R. D. 'Weston, 19 .

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611

BOWLING AVERAGES. Name.

J. R. Tulloch P. N. Dalton R. V. L. Johnston E. C. Green J. M . Tukc W. St. C. Lucas F. R. Hawkes

Q\'ers.

l\Ia iden l.

22 S ' j

48 7 43 4 18 13 2

61 205 41"2 l OS

log 26

Runs.

b87

235 636

Wicket.'!.

A\,c rtlge .

47 IS 35

14'61 15'66 18''7

r 82

,8'20

360 349

16 13

22'50 26'84

109

109 '00

The following also bowled --I-I. J. Prest, 22'4-4-70-6- 11' 66; E. R. P. Berryman, 3-0-1 5-1; R. H . Hitchcock, 9-1-41-1 ; J. L. T omlin, 3-0-1 5.0; R. D. 'Weston, 2- 0- 18-0; O. F. Hllyshe, 5-0-20-0; G. S. Prest, 6-0-30-0.

CRICKET,

1902.- A RETROSPECT.

The season's results have hardly justified the rosy prognosti cations of "The Cantuarian." Of sixteen matches played, only four have bee n Wall, viz., Charlham, St. Edmund's School, Sutton Valence, and the R.L.M.I., three drawn, a nd nin e lost, the latter includi ng Highgate, Dover, FeIsted, and Eastbourne. I t is true that ill no less than three of the defeats it was a question of the last wicket having to pull off the match, and with a suspicion of luck any of them might have been turned into victories. But it was not only our luck that was to blame for the poor results of the season. Vve have unfortun ately had no " star" like R. C. Paris of th e 190 T season, and th e re sult has been a marked want of confidence. The batting has been far too tame all throu gh, and it is a disease which is horribly epidemic. The unwillin gness to hit a half-volley or full-pitch, di splayed by those who set the hatti ng fashi on has inspired tht rest of the team with the idea th at such balls ought not to be hit. This must be e radi cated as soon as possible, or we shall not win matches. In the bowli ng, Tulloch has improved considera bly, while J ohnston has gone off, havin g altered his action for th e worse by dropping his arm mu ch lower. The fielding on the whole has bee n good, though no one came up in smartness to Cooper or H. E. Green of last year. I-Iuyshe behind the wicket bids fair to be excellent next year. We hope then for greater vigour all through th e cricket of J 903, and we would venture to suggest that one way to contribute to this end would be to have more smartness and punctuality in getting to work on practice days,

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Appended are a few criticisms on individual members of the team: E. C. GRI!EN (Captain). Has good defence, hut no idea oi punishing loose balls; with more vigour would be a dangerous bat. Has a very neat cut- stroke, but it lacks powe r. Good field, pi.cking up very clean. R. V. L . JOHNSTON. Hardly bowled as well as last year, chiefly owing to the fact that he dropped his arm a go od deal" lower in delivery, and a <., a result lost the spin . Good field but failed to improve with the bat. A ve ry useful bowler, having improved a g reat deal since J. R. TULLOCH . last year. Kept a much better length and got morc work on th e ball, but 111U St not try to bowl too fast. Very good fi eld except that he throw s in badly. Vigorous but un sound bat. Batted consistently weli and is gradually developin g morc F. R. HAWKES. power in front of the wicket. Has a good late cut and leg-shot and watches the ball well. Much improved field . Has kept wicket very well indeed ano is rapidly imO. F. HUYSHE. proving, especially on leg side. His batting is also improving but is still tame. A nice free bat, he has played some attractive innings, J. M. TUKE . but is too liable to put the ball up in the slips through not stepping ac ross sufficie ntly to off-balls. Gooel fidd and mod erate change bowle r but has not got enough control of pitch. Fair bat though with very little defe nce; played some useful w. S. C. LUCAS. innings. Has the makings of a good left-handed bowler but at present his bowling lacks stin g. 1mÂˇ proved field, but still very slow. . Bats in pleasing style and with more expe rience shoul d P. N. DALTON. prove a good cricketer. Very fair field and useful slow bowl er, keeping a good steady length. Has scored very consistently for a first season and shoul d J. L. TOMLIN. prove ve ry useful. His style is hardly orthodox, but hll has a good eye. Must learn to cut. Very fair fi eld . Too ne rvou s to do himself justice as a rule, bnt if he OtH'l' F. C. BOVENSCHEN. gets started he plays refreshin g cricket th ough in II not very takin g style. Very fair point.

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SCH 0 0 L We heartily congratulate G. G. Marshall and R. D. 'Veston on being mad e Monitors this te rm. .;;. % ~

The fo llowi ng we re successful in the . Oxford and Cambridge Higher Ce rtifi cate Examina ti on: F. C. Bovenschen, P. S. F. Na irn ,' H . A. J enkin , Eo. C. Green, F. P. Walker, R . H. Hltchcock, J. Twells, R. H. BrinsleyRichard s, J. R. Parsons, F. H. Mosse, H. P. V. T ownenc!. W. T elfe r, A. Gillibrand. This is, we be lieve. a record num b~r; four of these were ga ined from th E: FIfth Form. Distin ction in Gree k ~vas obt.tined by F. C. Bovensc hen, and m.French by A. de B. H a milton. ";' ~'.\ ~

The following were promoted to th e VIth this term: F . H . Mosse, H. P. V. T ownenc!, W. T elfer, F. S. Wh alley, C. H. Murray, R. D. vVeston.

NEWS. The final of the Senior Tutor ' Matches last term, resulted ilL a victory for Mr. Latter's set over Mr. Mason's by 8 wickets. Scores : Mr . .Mason's 70 (Nairn 15, Vaughan 12, Cove ll J I) and 6) (Bovenschen 33, Berryma n 10). Mr. Latter's I '3 ( Presti 25, Gillibrand ' 7 Lermit 16, Strahan 10) and 25 for tw~ wickets. oJJ. -l.'

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Owing to unfortunate accidents sustained l~st season, both J. M. Tuke and K C. Green are unable to play football tlll ~ te rm, and have therefore resigned their colours. We ofTer them our heartiest condolences.

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On Thu rsday, October 9th, the School played Air. Latter's XV., and were defeated by 30 points to 1I.I'l. ~*oJJ.

\,ye congratul ate A. P. Methuen on playing in the Kent Colts' match at Catford, on OctObe r 2znd. .;;. i;.

The following were elected to Senior Scholarships last term: G. G. Ma rshall J. Twells, E. A. R oper, D. J. Preston . '

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At a Meeting of the Sports' Co mmittee held las t term, two new mem be rs, J. - M. Tuke and O. F. Huyshe were elected in place of P. S. Nairn, anci E . R. Berryman wh o have left. At a l\Iee ting held this term, E. C. Green was elected President.

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On Tuesday, October '4th, the School played Mr. L. R. Cooper's XV., a nd were defeated by 40 poiTlts to 3. .;"

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\,Vc desire to extend a hearty welcome to L. E. Reay, E sq., B.A., who is now a member of our staff. Mr. Reay was Schola r of Queen's College, Oxford. vVe un derstand that he took a prominent part in the rowin g of his College, and has bee n master at th e large Owen's School, Islington, where he took the high est Form in Mathematics.

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On Thursday, October , 6th, lVIr. Latter very kind ly took some mcm bers of the team to S. Lawrence to play for ' hil'n against Mr. J. ,"Varden's XV. Ther enjoyed a ha rd game, in which Mr. Latter's side was successful, win ning by 12 poin ts to 8. An important work has lately been undertaken in connection wi th the School Library. A catalog ue has bee n completed and is now in the P ress. It is needless to state that this has cost much time and trouble ; we are muc h indebted fo r it to Mr. Cape, the Librarian.

Oll \Vedn esday, October z2nd, the H ead Master kindly decided that the football half-hol iday should be given th at afte rnoo n, wha tever the weather mi ght be. Both B1ore's Pil!ce and th e temp orary Ne w Grolind were uti lised. On SaLurelay, October 18th, the F irst XV. journ eyed to Chath am to play the R oyal E ngineers. After a hard game the School we re defeated by 21 points to 6. During th e summer holidays, a n ew board was fixed on th e so uth wall of th e Schoolroom, to match th t: rest of the wood work '-iVe believe it is to be ad orn ed with the names of fu ture E xhibi tioners.

T he O. K. S. Matc h has been fi xed for T hursday. Decem ber .1 8th. All O.KS. wh o wish to play should send in thei r names, as soon as possible, to P. S. F . Nairn, Esq., Trinity College, Oxfo rd. 1.:

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An insc ription in Early English letters has been inserted by Dr. Field at the bottOin of the three-light wind ow at the north end of the Pa rry Library. It comm emorates the name of Bisho p Par ry, an d the imposition of his hands upon Dr. Field in Confi rm ation an d Ord ination. T he insertion (black letters on a ground of shaded yellow glass) has a very good effect, and we are grateful to Dr. Fie ld for his kindness in add ing th is latest adornment to the Library. T he in sc ri ption is as follows :A[ dJ M[ ajoremJ D[eiJ G[ loriamJ <il in memoriam Ed uard i Parry SLan ' Lil J T [ heologiaeJ P[ rofessori sJ Episc JlI Dove rensis manu 3 bis imposi tas gmto animo reco rdatus fenestram apc ruiL T [ hOlri asJ H iel d] I nfor ma to r ALnllo J S[ alutis].-MbCCCXC J. .;;..

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By the proce~ds of the sale Coronation Prize i\ Ian.:h, piano It n(\ orga n a rrangement, a sum of ÂŁ 1,000 h rl H been de voted to th e King's l-I ospilll i F und i a sum of considerable am lI lIl also accruing to the Musicians' Compa ny, The March itse lf was given th e plactÂˇ 111 honour in t he Coronation Se rvi 0 III Westmi nste r Abbey, being played duriuH the Kin g's Procession as Lord Rohl)ll " and Lord Kitchener walked up the Aifl l" ,

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LECTURE. On Monday, October 20th, a most interesting Lecture was given by the R ev. Theodore Wood, on "Spide rs." T he Lecturer began hy pointing out that spiders were not insects. In describing the difference between spiders and insects he mentioned parti cularly th e spider' s legs whi ch appear to playa ve ry important part in its existence, for in t hem it keeps pa rt of its heart, its brain, its lung:;;, and its th roat. The spider's eyes seem to be another of its little peculiarities, for they all look different ways ; in fact, as the Lecturer put it, "A spider sq uints with all its eyes ." Mr. \Vood t hen dp.voted the remaind er of his lecture to a description of the spider's silk, saying how and into what forms it was made. H e described th e spider' s marvellous spinnerets, the wonderful way in whi ch it made its web, a nd how it manipulated its unfortunate victims. Ht~ next described a North

Ameri can prairIe spider which captured insects far larger tha n itself in a most cunning way. Spide rs are capable of makin g an immense quantity of sil k at one time : but for several reason s, Mr. \:Vood stated, it woul d not pay to keep them instead of silkworm s. The Lecture r then described at length hUllting spiders, t rab-door spiders and water spiders. H e mentioned how superior the female spiders are to the males, and how badly the poor husbands sumetimes get treated, the climax, however, is reached, ' he said, in one foreign species in which the female is 1300 tim es larger than her husband, and Mr. Wood ended his lecture by showing a diagram of a gigantic lady a nd her diminutive husband, drawn on this scale. Mr. Wood illustrated his lecture throughout by heautifully e xecuted drawings on th e black-board in coloured chalk.

FOOTBALL. KI NG 'S

SCH OOL

MR.

LATTER'S

XV.

The School ope ned their seaso n with this match against a very strong XV. on October 9th. It was played on Blore's Piece and resulted in a win for th e Scratch XV. by three goals and fi ve trieS-3 D points to l1it. At the start the School we re kept on the defensive, the first poin t') being scored fo r our opponents by Wardell, after a good run. The School the n played up better, and so me good work was done by Dovensche n a nd Gilli brand. The Scratch XV., howeve r, returned to th e attack, and, afte r some good passing between their three-quarters, Green scored an unconverted try. Almost direc tly afterwards the same player scored again, but t he place-kick proved ullsuccessful. Afte r this the opposing XV. again pressed, and Latter looked li ke

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getting- a,\,ay. ~)ut was well tackled by , J en~ in. Before ha lr~t.ime further tries were added by Damels and Green, the latter 111 spIte of good collanng by "Vestan. Afte r the: interval play ruled much morc even, and for a time it looked as though the School might score. The halves and three-quarters were too slow in getting away, so the attack failed. Then Warden, getting the ball from a line out. scored a try which was converled . by Daniels,-a .fine kick. Some fine collaring by Henderson frustrated om opponents' next attack, and following up a good kick by Paris. the School pressed hatd but could not score. Dlore then got the ball and dribbled down the field. and a try was scored by Green. Thus the match ended, leavi ng the School lo s~rs as above stated . The forwards seemed to be too light for our opponents, and the backs wem slow and un certain in taking their passes. Henderson played well in an unacc ustomed place. For our opponents Finn playe d well and was assisted by good work on the part of Daniels, 'Warden and Green . J enkin and l\1ethuen were the pick of our furwards. The School T eam was as follows :-R. M. H enderso n (back) ; F. C. Bovenschen, R. D. Weston, R. W. Marshall, J . W. Taylor (Lhree-quarters)) ; O. F. Hu)'she. L. F. Paris (half-backs) ; A. P. Methuen, A. Gillibrand, H. A. Jenkin, F . P. Walker, J . Twells, R. B. Winser, R. F. Nation: J . R. T ull och (forwards).

KING'S

SCHOOL

ROYAL

ENGINEERS.

Played at Chatham, on October J 8th. The Engineers had a fairly stron g sid " and were considerably the heavier in the serum, so defea t by 2 I points to six was by no means discreditable, especially as eight of these points were scored in the last five minutes, when our forwards were taken off their guard; otherwise they played a mu ch harder game th an on the previous occasions. The Enginee rs kicked off, and as the ball was not gathered, play settled down in Ollr H 25." Pari~ was the first to rel ieve with a good dribble, but a free-kick against Lovatt for off-side brought the game into our quarters again. \OVeston and Huysho put in one or two useful kicks into touch, and then, as the result of some following tip. Bovensche n got away, and ran right round thtj full-back across the ground, scorinl{' in the corner. \Veston just failed to convert. Paris returned t he drop-out well anti a serum took place near the Engineers' "25." Their forward s gai ned a lot of gro und by hard shoving, but Marshall and Taylor put in good kicks, ancl Twells dribhl"d well. Once Marshall broke away but passed wildly, and the chance was lost. Afwr a short interval for one of their halves to recover from cramp, the Engineers TlIlllwtl one or two serums, and eventually scored in the corner, but no goal was ki kt 'd. They werâ&#x201A;Ź' pressing again immediately, and after some loose play, a second tr), \\1M

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scored in a good positi<;>I1. in spite of the pres'ence beneath the posts of a vendor of hot ehest~uts, two cyclists, and a numbe,r of loafers who appeared to think that they were o~ltslde the field of play. After a co uple of serums in the E nO'ineers' "25 " the whistle blew for half-time. ::>. The s~cond .half opened \vith _an exchange of kicks. in which \Veston was succ~ssfUI, I,ll findlllg touc.h. After a ~ood save by Huyshe, our forwards rushed,

he~d ..d b) Methuen, who kIcked past theI: back; ~ovenschen following up hard touched the ball down, bll~ no goal resulted . lhe Engllleers' three-quarter line rt taliatcd though \:Veston Imght have collared his man with a little more das h, and this try wa~ convert:d. ~he School forward s ~ot toget her again and carried one or two serums, and lor dl~ some good tackl lIl~, ~ut the Engineers kept up the pressure and l\~arsha lJ only Just saved once by klCk1l1g dead, while Weston had to tonch down dIrec.tJyafterwards. Very near the end .Agnew for the Engineers forced his way over the 11I1e, though tackled five yard s outSide, and a goal was kicked, and another try was scored by smart play before our forwards could get round. A.ll the forwards on th~ School side worked hard i Methuen and Twells were CO~SplCllOUS, the !atter for Ius keen fa llowing up. The halves a nd three-quarters did some Il'ood tacklIng, but Taylor hardly ever had an opening. Westoll, with one exceptlOn, was very safe a nd kicked well.

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SCHOOL ".

DOVER

COLLEGE.

Played at D<,>ver on Wednesday, October 29th, and resulted in a win for the

follleg~ by ' 7 pom!s (two goals, a dropped goal, .nd. try) to five points (one goal)

n t; Ie rst h~lf we had t? play in the face of the sun, which, however, had dropped beh nel the I~Ill by half-tllne. Dover scored soon after the start by a neat dropped goal, and tlll.S was shortly followed by a try behind the posts whi ch was converted. The same thlllg was .repeat?d soon afterwards, but in this case vVeston should have save~l, but tackled I?lgby hIgh and missed. Then the ball was kicked over Our line 'bnldl IIlI the rlace for It Taylor won, but, tryin g to kick dead, unaccountably missed th~ a a toget ler, and Dover scored a try. Thus, at half-time, Dover were I'eading by 17 points to nil. From this point onwards, hm~eve r: " we had all th~ game, whi ch continued to be ve ry fast. Our forw~:ds pla)ed \\ ell, got possessI~n nearly every time and heeled smartly. T he hal~~~, too, ~ot the bal! away very faIrly smartly. but time after time the three-qllarters mu ed their I?asscs hopelessly, Marshall being the chief offender. \OVe appeared absolu.teJy ~e rtall1 to SCOre on some ten occasions, but every time the attack broke down 111 thIS .m~nner. Bovenschen conseq uently was starved, though he scored our ollhly try by .kICklOg and following up hard, and had hard luck in not scoring 011 two ot er occaSIOns.

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The tackling on the whole in the second half was good, H enderson in particular doing a lot of hard work, but he, too, offend ~ d often by mulling passes. Among the forward s, Davies and Thomas tackled very well, while 'Weston at full-back, with the exception mentioned above, did his work "cry well, though we have seen him kick better. \:\Iith anything like accuracy in giving and taking passes we ought certainly to have won, in spite of the st rong lead Dover had secured a t half-time, and unremitting practice in this department is essential. The teams were as follows :King's School.-R. D . Weston (back) ; F. C. Bovenschen, R. W. Marshall, R. M. H enderson, J. W. Taylor (three-quarters ) ; O . F. Huyshe, L. F . Paris (half-backs) ; A. P. Methuen, A. Gillibrand, F. P. Walker, J . Twells, R. B. Winser, A. C. Thomas, R. F . Nation, A. R. Davies (forward s). Dover College.-F. Blair ( back) ; T . de L. Lawrence, C. Branson, F. S. L. Grundy, W. E. S. Digby (three-quarters) ; H. L. H eath, T. A. Digby (half-backs) ; A. L . Griffit h, J. Nicholson, G. G. Whilfen, H. N. G. Watson, A. Montgomery, 1<. C. Billett, J. E . B. Howe, C. A. T. Taylor (forwards).

VIRTUTE FUNCTI MORE PATRUM DUCES. LEFT JUNE, 1902. J . V. L. HALL.-Entered the School, Sept., 1899; First XV., 1901. LEFT J ULY, 1902 . P. S. F. NAIRN.-King' s Scholar; Entered the School, Sept., 18Q7 j Sixth Fonn t Sept., 1899; Mon itor, Jail" 1901 j H Ollse Monitor, Sept., ' 901; Football XV., 1 8Q9 -1 900 - 0 I , Captain, 1 90 1; Sports' Colours, ' 90 1 -2; Sports' Committee, Sept.. 190 1 j Hon. Sec. Canlllar/all, Sept., 1900; Editor, Sept., '90 I; Vice-President Debating Society, Sept. , I QOI : School Exhibitioner, I 90Z j Ford Studentship at Trinity Coli '8(1, Oxford. E. R. P. BERRYMAN.-King's Scho~ar j Entered the Scl~ool, Tan., 1898; Sixth [o'Ollll) Jan., 1 90 1 j MOllItor, Sept., 190 1; FIrst XV., 1901: Second X I.. 1900; Sports' Commi ttee, Sept., 190 I. G. S. PREsT.-Entered the School, Jan uary, 189q; Second Xl., ' 90!. 1. H . MEERs.-Entered the School, Jan., 1899 j Second XV., 190 1. R. V. L . ] OHNSToN.- Ente red the School, May, 1899 j First XI. , 190 1- 2. 'vV. E. GREGORY.-E ntered the School, Sept., 1899 j Gynasiu1U Pair, 1902 j 5pol'l"" Colou rs, 1902 j Second XV., 190 2 . J. FREwER.- Entered the School, Sept., 18<)7 j Second XI., 1<)00 j Second XV., 190 1. P. N. DALToN. -Entered the School, IVlay, 1896 j First XI.. 1902 j Second XV., 11)0 I . A. C. DAVIES.-Entered the School, Jan., 190 2; Sports' Colours, '901 .

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TENNIS TIES, 1902. FIRST Dudd }b { Conis G regory ent Covell

Nairn Strahan

6- 2, 6-3. Walker Whalley

ROUND .

}b, ea t { JMason ohnston'l 6- 1, 6-4.

}beat {H3n:.:enderson II

6. 4. 6- 2 .

Sp:tfford } b t ( F rewer Prcston ca Richardson

6-2, 6-1.

ThOmaS} beat ( Prest'l Dalton Cooke

Lovatt Green

2-6, 6-3, 6-3. Mansfield Bovcnschen

5-7.6- 2,6-4·

Olive } Nalionl a bye.

6- 2, 6- 1.

}bea t (Thomas Dalton

6-2, 6-0.

R OUND.

Spafford }beat {Green Preston Lovatl

6- 0. 6- J, Olh'c Nation!

} be'll {Ma~shall l Natlon'l

6-3, 6-2:

}l >ca t {Berryman Ormsby

SECOND Parisi Hawke!;l

Paris! }b t { Methuen Hawkes! en Lucas!

}l t {Nairn >ca Strahan

Bovensehen \ II at {Gregory Mansfield f c Budd

4- 6, 6- 3, 10-8. Walker } b Whnlley aye.

6- 2, 5-7, 6-4·

THIRD ROUND .

Parisi } I . {SpaffOrd lIawkcsl >ent Preston

6-2. 6- 3.

Mansfield } L t { 'W alker Bove nschen ea Whalley

6-3, 6-3.

l-Iawk eS } b t (Bovenschen Parisi ' ea \r'.'l ansfield 6-2. 6-3.

Olive } Nation' a byc,

FINAL. HaWkes'}" { Olive Paris! veat Nalion' 6- 1, b-o.

Olive Nation l

} a bye.

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER.

DEAR SCHOOL,

Since th is is our first attf'mpt at a nything in th e way of an O.K.S. letter, we feel we ought to suit the occasion with something original and witty. But being possessed with a very limited share of wit, and still less originality, we must ask you to be contented with a ve ry commonplace epistolary effort. To plunge ÂŁ11. medias res, we welcome Frewer (Selwyn ) and Husbands (Corpus) into o ur ranks. F rewer we learn plays for his College Tugger team, and has also been seen in a Husbands, who has four on the Cam . returned to Corpus after a year' s absence, passed into the Indian Civil, and will be up a Cambridge another year, before tak ing o n his duties. We take his opportunityof offeri ng him our heartiest cong ratulations. Massey, stirred apparently by visions of an approaching Tripos, is see n on his way to Lectures, and is apparently doi ng some work. H e also kee ps aoal, in great form , for the Peterhouse Soccer team, favouring the Ru gger team like wise. At Corpus, Quentin is developing into a pacy -f' and also plays soccer. Durnford is Sec. of his rugger team , and also pulls an oar in an eight. E. W. Mowll (Jesus) can be heard howlin g in stentorian ton es, at hi s College lig ht

four, which seems to be doing well unde r his stern coaching. G. N . Fin n is at Ridley; H. J. Mowll is nolV Curate in a parish at Cambridge. vVe held a most successful O.K.S. meeting in L.N. Green's rooms (1. N. Green is still the L.N.G. 11'0 knew of yore), and discussed old times with due sentimentality. By the way we were glad to see Nairn figuring in the Freshers Match at Oxfo rd . Readers of the SporlsmaJ/, al so notic ,(I mention of Cooper's play in the accouil l of the Kent Trial Match . In conclusion, like the small but greedy child, we make the usual app (\ \ fo r mo re; the request in this case n o~ being for jam but for rnen . \.ye are looki ng forward to seeing plenty of Kin g's Sc h I names in the lists of the approa 'hi llU scholarship examinations next Novcm\)m , And -- take this to heart ye memb ers 01 the present sixth-whe n you do como W Cambridge do n' t fail, as someone did I" lt t year, to look up the O.K.S., who alwny" take a lively interest in the doi ngs of Llltl!. old school, especially the Football tt'tllll , Best luck to e veryo ne . Yours, etc., O.K.S. CANT/I II.

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o. K. S. We hear that P . S. F. Nairn played in the Oxford Freshmen's Match. He h.as also been playin g for Oxford "A" and Trinity College.

NEW S • . We congratulate J. E. Husbands all passing 44th into the Indian Civil Se rvice.

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1. R. Cooper anel B. C. Covell played in th e Kent Colt's Matc h on October 2 Zlld i the play of the fo rmer being especially commented all. % "

Captain Hubert Isacke (West 'Kent Regiment ) has been promoted to the rank of Brevet·Major.

The Rev. C. C. Frewer, now at Spalding, LiJ~col~s~l ire, ~la~ b~en accepted by the UmverSItIes MIssIOn III Central Africa for work in the diocese of Zanzibar. He will probably leave England early in Janua ry.

THE SCHOO L. Captai n Captain of Football Captain of Cricket Captai n of Games

F. C.

BOVENSCHEN,

R. D . WESTON. E. C. GREEN. E. C. GREEN.

MONITORS : F. C. Bovenschen, H . A. Jenkin, E. C. Green, F. P. Walker, R . W. Marshall, IA. P. Methuen, R. H. HI tchcock, J . Twells, G. G. Marshall, R. D. Weston. EDITORS OF CANTUARIAN :

F. C. Bovenschen, H . A. J enkin, J. Twells. SECRETARY OF CANTVARJAN: R. H. Brinsley-Richards.

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.... " L'l.nd of I-l ope and Glory" . .............. Elgar. REV. L. G. l\'I AsoN.

(Violin, 'Cello, Piano) .. All . Mod." from Op. 63., No. I., Sitt. Violin-].

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TOi\I L1N.

READING REV. A. PAYNE.

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CR. in hand, Sept. 190I

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S. F. Prest, Esq.

The S heriff of Canterbury

£ 17 50 51 52 14 14 12 72 2 0

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19 0 IO I

15 I

0 0 10

4. 0

6 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0

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CANTUA RIA N. DECEMBER.

Ig02 .

No. 23 .

EDITORJAL. 'Winter, a thing so foreign to the Christmas term has come to us for a time,winter, that is to say, of a sort, which has stopped all our football, and yet failed to gladden the heart of the skater. The Mint-yard is alternately a semi-liquid waste (beware ye careless ones of colds) and an uneven mass of ice, over which it is quite impossible to walk with di gnified demeanour. The influenza has also, alas! paid us a visit. No less than six Masters and hundreds (to put i ~ figuratively) of boys have been laid more or less low. Could anyone have imagined, till a fortnight ago, a Chapel Service without th p. H eadmaster, or a Penny Reading without Mr. Godfrey? Fancy a week with but two Moni tors to read the lesso ns and shut the door at dinner and perform any of their other little duties! This scarcity, be -it known, was the result of forces other than the influenza. NIany have been absent prospecting in fre sh woods. We take this opportunity of ex pressing our thanks to the Oxford and Cambridge O.K.S. for the kindness they have shown to those members of th e School who have been to catch glimpse and foretaste of their hard work and pleasure. Of football ou r heart is too full to say much . We have still to hope for another match in which our good genius may preside. At the same time there is fear that play may not be again possible this term ; we trust the O.K.S. match will not be wbat it was last year. I t has been a strange term, and some, perhaps will not be sorry to see its close

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(this we are told is the case with every term ) n,lOreover the postponement of the Concert will make the end of the term far less festive than usual. Thus we perpetrate an Editorial, written in haste,and diftic~11 tYJ as is m~st.of .th~ number for wh ich we apologize, but after all what. IS the object of an Edltonal. If Tis b~t to fill a certain portion of uncertain paper."

We regret to record th e death of Colonel W. J . Vousden, V.C., C.B., at Lahore, on November 12th. CoJonel Vousden was a member of the School from 1858-1862. The following appeared in the " Times of India" of November 14th. A V.c. HERO DEAD.

v.C.,

SIMLA, NOVEM BER 13 .

Colonel W. J. Vousden, who has been recently officiating as II,lsvect?rGeneral of Cavalry, died suddenly at Lahore from failure of the heart 5 actIOn yesterday morning. Colonel Vousden served in the Jowaki-Afreedee ExpeditiOl~ of 1 87~-78, and was present at the affair at Jummo (medal with clasp). H e served 111 the Alghan War of 18 8-80, and was present at the affairs at KaratIgua and Mattoon, m the.engagement at tharasiah on 6th October, 1879, and in th e operations arOltn~ Kabu.l In December 18 9 including the investment of Sherpur (three times mentlOned m despatches, brZv~t of Major, Victoria Cross, and medal wi~h two clasps). H e was award ed the V.C. "for exceptional gallantry di?played ~y 111l~ on the 14t1,1 De~em ber, 1879~ on. the Koh Asmai Heights, near Kabul, In chargmg with a small party lIlto the ccnlI e 01 the line of the retreating Kohistani force, by wh om they were. greatly o~tnumbered, and who did their utmost to close round them. After rapidly chargmg t!lrough and through the enemy backwards and forwards several times, they ,~ wept ?ft round I he o osite side of the village and joined the rest of t.he .troops. 'I!n Ius book on the ci~ ai n, Mr. H oward H ensman thus speaks of the lllcldent:-:- ~ome 1,500 o f tho ene~y ~upposed to be Safis from T ogao, went through the CIty and made ~or tho Kabul 'plain so as to reach Deh-i-Sabz, to the no rth of Butkhak. Some 01 them ventured too near the ICing's Garden, outside Sherpur, where the 5th PunJ~ub Cav.alry were quartered, and Captain Vousden charged out upon t.hem and kdl ed thlr~: H e had only twelve so wars with him, and of these t wo were killed an d four woun dc â&#x20AC;˘ Captain Vousden killed five. Afgha~ s. with. his own ha~d . " ~oI01~e~ you ~dcn alA served with the two Miranzal expedltlons In 189 1 (mentlont.!d In desp<ltches, c1asp),

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and In the campaign on the North'-West Frontie r ofIndia under Sir William Lockhart in 1897 with the Tira Expeditionary Force as Base Commandant on the Line of Communications (mentioned in despatches, medal with two clasps).

- FOOTBALL. K ING' S SCHOOL v. EASTBO URNE

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Played at Ea~tbourne on Nov. I Ith, resulting in the defeat of the School by a goal and three tries to n/l. The School started against the wind, but were at once pressing through good work on the part of the forwards. Our halves started one or two movements, but the three-quarters were well marked. After about five minutes' play ~owever. Lippert got away.from his own 25 and ran right round everyone, I ncl~dll1g ,"VestOJ1, and scored bellllld the posts. The School at once attacked again, t hall~S ,to fa ulty passing by the opposing outsides. Once Bovenschen was almost away but was collared by thej'ersey, and on two other occasions Eastbourne was compelled to touch down. Hen erson missed a good chance about ten yards from their line, and then Eastbourne relieved with some long punts which proved hard to gathe r on the slippery gro und. Half-time came ,"ith a score of 5 points against liS â&#x20AC;˘ . Disaster was at once in store for us. The Eastbourne halves began to open up the game more, and with th eir t hree-quart.ers standing well back, our outsides were out-manceuvred . Our line was in danger more than once before Lippert received the ball after a good bout of passi ng and forced his way over the line with Weston clinging to him . This was immed iately followed by a good piece of play by Seaton, who looked like pa~sing, but tricked Weston by a swerve and got in behind the posts, though no goal resulted. \Vithin five minutes a further SCore resulted from an attempt to drop a goal, the ball we nt wiele. but bonnced at right angles away from Weston just into the hands of their outside three-quarter, who scored in the corner. The .result was no longer doubtful, but our forwards rallied and began to press again, but with the worst of luck. On one occasion Taylor was held just outside the line, and off two kicks by the Eastbourne centres we might have scored-one a punt on their line which was charged down, the other a 1/ speculator" from the same position which went right across the ground to one of their own side. However, fate was agai nst us, and the whistle blew as we were still pressing. The Score hardly represen ted the state of the game, wh ich was fairly even. Our forwards allowed their light opponents to get possession too frequently, though in the open Gillibrand, Jen kin and Twells played a good game. Our halves were fair, but outclassed by a clever pair whose game was unfamiliar to Our outsides. The passing between Our three-quarters was better, th ough it did not always gain ground, the tendency seemed to be to get top close together. The Eastbo urne tackling was very

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safe, and Bovenschen's opponent was as fast as he was, or we might have .scor~d. vVeston had a good deal of work to do, often sin gle-handed j we have seen hIm kI ck better. The teams were as follows: Kin g's SchooI.-R. D. Weston (back) ; F . C." Bovenschen, R . H . Hitchcock, R . M. H enderson, J. W. Taylor (three-quarters) ; O. F. Huyshe, L. F. Paris (halfbacks) ~ A. P. Methuen, A. Gillibrand, H. A. Jenkin, F. P. Walker, J. Twells, R. B. Winser, A. C. Thomas, W. H. Lovatt (forward s). E astbourne College.-C. O. Fuller (back) ; R. E. Lippert, D. R. Seaton, W. L. Tackso n, L. T. L. Foster (three-quarters ) ; J. V. Young, A. H. Streeter (hal ves) : L. F. Jones, N. S. Humphreys, O. C. Tudor, G. V. Carry, C. E . Brownlow, D. H . Wilmer. H. C. Barton, E . B. Amsden (forward s).

KING'S SCHOOL v. SUTTON VALENCE SCHOOL. This match was played on the New Ground on Thu!sday, Nov. ! 3th . . The

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Very soon the ball came smartly Qut of the serum, and H enderson takin g a pass trom Hitchcock very neatly scored between th e posts. The kick was succ,essfully ~akcn by WO$ton. Sutton then rushed th e ball into the School 25, and PItt dodg lllg ver)" cleve rly scored, and by cOllverting the try made the score equal. From thi s point till nearly half-time the School were on the defensive. The SuttO;t forwards wcrc vcry good. and despite their infe rior weight ,continually got possessIOn and wheeled th serum. At last Thomas broke away and after dribbling right up the fi eld scored far out. The kick was unsuccessful. H alf-time arrived with th e score 8-5 . PIn y ruled very even for a few minutes after half-time. but at last Boveschen kicked over th Sutto n line, aud foll owin g up, scored. Weston converted ( 13-5 ). The School tholl started hotly, but th e Sutton defence was very safe, the halves and f~lI -back bein g especially good. More than once it seemed as if th e School were certam to score, but every tim.e the attempt just failed. At last, however, th e three-quarters made a combined effort, and a good pass by H enderso n. was well taken by Taylor,. who raced round and scored behind the posts. Weston proved successful wIth th e kI ck ( 18- 5)· The School continued to attack , but th e forwards seldom heeled smartl y enough to give the three-quarters a good opening . Once. however, the ball came out smartl y, and H uyshe passin g just at the right moment enabled Bovenschen. to scom a try which was con verted (z 3- 5). Soon after th e kick- off T~yl or g~t TIght away. but was magnificently collared by Pitt, who, however, hurt hllnself III th e e ffol'l. Afte r a short interval to enable him to recover. th e game wa~ resumed, an d alm,oltt imm ed iately !'ome passin g am ong th e three quasters ended 111 Bovenschcn SCO ~\I) ~ on the touch-line. '¥eston' s kick was a really brilliant one , an,d the. ball went nght between the posts (z8- 5). Five minutes remained for play l~ which the Sc.holl l backs tried punting tactics, but, though on more than one occaSIOn th ey were wllh ln

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an ace of. scoring, they were unable to increase the lead and the School were left ' winn ers by 28 points to 5. The. Sutton forwards were very good, and , despite th e superior weight of our scrum, we were rarely able ~o obta~n pos,ses.sion of the ball. At half-back Pitt played a g rn:nd ~am e for Sutt::m, hIS runnmg. klCklIl$' and tackling rendering him invaluable to hiS sl~ e . Our pat r, however, marked him tight and played togeth er very well. The passmg among the School three-quarters was far better than usual but was apt to become mechanical. Henderson did a lot of hard work. At full back Weston did all that was required of him, while his place-kicking was remarkably good. The School teams was as follows :-

R. D. Weston (back) ; F. C. Bovenschen, R . M. Henderson, R. H. Hitchcock, J. W..Taylor (three-quarters» ; O. F . Huyshe. L. F. Paris (half-backs) ; A. P. Methuen, A. GIIhbrand, H . A. J enkm, F. P. Walker, J. Twells, R. B. Winser, A. C. Thomas ' W. H. Lovatt (forward s). KING'S SCHOOL v. DOVER

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. This match was played on the New Ground on Thursday, Nov. 20th, and resulted m a Wlll for theCollege by a goal and two tries ( 1I points) to one goal (5 points). The game was fauly fast fro~ the start and we werc generally in the enemy's half of the ground; after a free kIck to the School, Taylor saved well. It was during th e first q~artcr of an hour that our only try was scored in a strange manner. We were pressIng somewhat near the Dover Z5 when l'\'Iethuen from a lin e-out passed bac k to Weston at full-back. The latter by a splendid effort ran right round the Dover field a!1d touched down far out. 'With at) excellent kick he then c0nverted. After a free kIck to Dover by which they did not profit a good rush was made, headed by Gllhbrand and Bovenschen. Half-time wa s th en given with the score in our ~avour ( ~ points to m'l. ) After a fr~ sh start had been made Dover pressed and looked lIke scoTlng, but \¥eston brought Ius man down, and soon afterwards ran into touch. The Schoo~ then took a nap while Do ve r scored two or three tries in succession (mainly through DIgby). From this point th e aspect of the game changed. The School were nearly always attack.ing and both "Veston ~nd Methuen very nearly dropped goals, th e la~te r fro~l a ~ree kI Ck. . The last ten mmutes sa w us close to the opponents' goal:lme, Pans bemg conspicuous. Our efforts, however, were unrewarded, and the scort! was left as above stated. The team was as follows : King'~ School.-R. D . Weston (back) ; F. C. Bovenschell t R. M. H enderson, R. H . HItchcoc k, J. W. Taylor (three-quarters) ; O. F. Huyshe, L. F . Paris (halves) ; A. P. Methuen, A. Gllhbrand, H. A. Jenkin, F. P. Walker, J. Twells, R. B. Winser, A. C. Thomas, W. H . Lovatl (forwards). •

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KING'S SCHOOL v. ROYAL ENGINEERS, CHATHAM. Played on Tuesday, Nov. 25th, and resulted in an easy victory for ou r opponents by 3.~ points to mi. But althouO'h we were defeated by such a substantial m,flrgin, we can look back to the match with a certain amount of satisfaction. Up till half- tim e the School forwards bore up in the most plucky and- praiseworthy fa shion against a much heavier lot, and though at some periods in the second half they broke down hopelessly, yet, on the whole, th ey arc to be congratulated on their performance. Among the three-quarters 1\'l ar5hall played very well indeed, and his return to fOfm was highly gratifying. As back, Weston, with the exception of one mistake. played splendid ly, savi ng rushes over and ove r again, and tackling his man just hefOl c it wa ~ too late. There can be not the least doubt as to which was the better side, but th e first half certainly showed that the School might have made a better match of it, and there was great lack of combination after the match had beco me hopeless. Ind ividt~a l members worked very hard, but their efforts were often useless because there werC lar too few present to stop a rush and so time after time our opponents broke through. The School team was as follows : R. D. Weston (back); J. W. Taylor. R. W. Marshall, L. Mansfield, J. L. Tomlin ( three-q ~ta rters); O. F. I-Iuyshe, L. F. Paris (halves); A. P. Methuen, A. Gillibran d, J. Twells, R. B. Winser, A.. C. Thomas, R. M. Henderson, A. R. Davies, W. II. Lovatt (forwards). KING'S SCHOOL v. SUTTON VALENCE (RETURN). This match was played at Sutton on \<Vedn esday, Nov. 26th, on a very mudd )' ground. It resulted in a win for Sutton by I goal and 2 tries ( II points) to I goa l (5 points). At the ~tart Sutton pressed hotly, but there were several combin(.'d forward rushes on both sides and the game remained fairly even. Eventually Sutlon were forced into their own 25, and from a serum about ten yards from their linc, Lh n forwards heeling well, Marshall scored a neat try between the posts, which \tVcSlOIl converted. On resuming the Sutton forwards played with their ch"racterisLi c da sh and the School were kept continually on the defensive. From a scrum neaT our litH' Pitt after some good dodging scored . The try was not converted (5-3). Shol tly after this half-time was called. On changing en~l s Sutton again pressed bUL, LhoUHlt our for wards got possession and heeled well at times, on acco un t o f the pllnlill ~ tactics pursued, the wing three-quarters never had a fair chance. \Ve were at IUHI forced into our own 25. and Hancock scored from a scrum . This try was convt'lli'tI (5-8). A few minutes of , even play followed, but Pitt succeeded in evading nUl backs and scored again, the try, however, was not converted (5- 11 ). Soon aft 'l'wllldH no side was called leaving Sutton deserving victors by 11 - 5 . For Sutton Pitt played an excellent game and was well supported by his forw!lIt1 For the School ' Veston and l\1jlrshall at three-quarters and Methuen at forward WI ' 1I1 conspicuous. The teams were as follows: Sutfon Valence.-H. W. Waite (back); G. S. Daniell, P. Saucr, P. W. Tnll"""

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E. W. Izard (three-quarters) : T. G. Pitt, iH. S. Champion (halves); L . L. Ralph, H. E. D. Hancoc~, J. C. Fisher, E. Hamblock, J. M. Druce, J. I-I. Lendrum, W. H . Medd, A. Geake (forwards). King's School.--R . M. Henderson (back) ; R. D. Weston, R . W. Marshall, L. ~Iansfield, J. W. Taylor (three~q uarters); O. F . Hu),she, L. F. Paris (halves); A. P. Methuen, J. Twells, R. B. \<VlI1ser, A. C. Thomas, A. R. Davies, D . K. Anderson, W. St. C. Lucas, J. R. Tulloch (forwards). SECOND XV. MATCHES. The '7nd. XV: thi~ year h av~ had .a more su~cessful season than usual, and their play c~rta1l1ly merIted It. In theIr first match agamst TOllbridge Jrd XV. a record was estab~lshecl. It was played away and after a hard game a draw of two tries all (6 pOll1ts) resulted. For the School Hitchcock and Godwin were conspicuous. . T!le first Dover match was played on \Veclnesday, Oct. 29th at home, and resulted In a WIIl for the School by two goals and a try ( 13) to m'l. The School passing was good and T omli n made the best of his pace. On Tuesday, Nov. l8th, the md XV. played the S. Augustine's College for the first tllne as the ot~ler match agall1st them had to be scratched. The game was probably more amuslllg ~o the spectators th.an to the team. Unfortunately it resulted III the defeat ~f the . Scl~ool, who perhaps (hd not use the wind to the besl advantage, by a try (3 pomts) to flit. On Thursday, Nov. 20th, the return match was played against Dover on their gro und. I t was a fo rw,ard's game ~nd the superiority of our opponents in this respect was apparent. The result was a Wlil for Dover by a O'oai and three tries ('4 points) to two goals ( 10 points). The final team is as follows ~ G. D. Godwin ( back); J. L. Tomlin, L. Mansfield, G. C. Covell (three-quarters) . J. R. Tulloch. F. R. H awkes (halves); A. R. Davies, R. F . Nation, W. St. C. Lucas: D. K. Anderson, W. H. Lo vatt. S. H. L. Langley, F. S. Whalley, G. B. Cockrem (forwards).

PENNY READING. T he second Penny ReadinO' of the I programme w:1's, term was given in the Parry Library on Saturday, November 29th . .Mr. Godfrey was unfortunately laic! up and was unable to cond uct, while Mr. Galpin was also prevented by illness from attending. The

however, very successful and 1ll.1Ich appreciated. There was no chorus, and the items we re chiefly instrumenta l. The performers were mainly drawn from the DepOt Band and their playing formed a very pleas~nt novelty.

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. {prelude Op. 15······ · .. ······ . We must thank them very heartily for so 3. Plano Solo... Album B1atter ......... Sd,umnlll,. kindly volunteering to play. Mr. Bertram D . J. PRESTON . Latter's songs met with unstinted ap'proval and he was encored on each occasion. 4. Song ............................ . ...... .. , .. B. L. LA'n'ER, E SQ. A couple of amusing sketches were given by the Rev. T. G. Hill, of H oly Cross, 5. Trio (Clarinets) ....... .......... " . .... ,Wabel'lo1l. ,and we hope that we shall see him a~ain. 6. Reading ..... . .................. : ......... .... ........ .. At the conclusion Mr. Hodgson sOld a R&v. T . G. HILL. few words of thanks to those who had 7 Danse Arabe (Piano Trio, Violins, Hurn) " " . kindly contributed to the pleasure of the . P. G·od/,·e)'. evening. The Programme is appended.: &S~ ....... ·· · · · ··· ········ ······ ······ 1. 2.

Quintette (Horns and Trombones) .. . ............. . , Reading ..... . ......... ........... ... "" .. . .... , .. ... ... ..

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9. Umorislische (Trombones).,." .... ,. .. ' Umbelttlll ,

LECTURES. On Tuesday, November 25th, a' most interesting and instructive .Lecture. was given by the Rev. J. Robbms, entltled "From Halifax to Hong Kong." After a few preliminary statistics to show what an extremely wide area Canada covers, and what enormous strides progress has made there in the last thirty years, the Lecturer proceeded to illustrate. his remarks by slides of St. John and other places of interest. Throughout hlS lecture Dr. Robbins impressed upon us the unrivalled t'xcellence and equity of British colonisation and co mpared our accomplishments with those of foreign colonists, which excited hearty though good·natured applause. As he passed on, the Le~t~~e r illustrated the wonderful growth of CIVIlIsation in the prairie distncts by some excellent slides. And it was almost impossible to believe that the semicivilised hut, where a chimney was a fardreamed of luxury, was only separat~d by thirty years from the prosperous Clty of

\Vinnipeg with its fin e buildings whi :" were next depicted. Such progress, saId Mr. Robbins, showed us whence II r Empire came, and must make ev~ry Briton proud of the work our colonlsl" are doing. Throughout the lectu re wa N illustr'ated by slides which afforded It tempting aspect of life in S:anadn . Mr. Hodgson said a few words 01 thank H to ·NIr. Robbins for his excellent I ·tUI{\ and his able cond uct of the tour, whi ch he and Mrs. Hodgson had so much II joyed in the summ er holidays. On Wednesday, Decem ber lotlt, wn were given a very interesting IcctUf() (") 11 the" Naval League·' by Lieut. Knox, ItN , who has been in the service for 16 )'t·nrM, and served on eight of our nin u NllvlI l Stations. The object of th e. Lcaglw, III said, was not to run down l\'linist fli, hul to see that they did what was nec 'fUm !) and acted on the repor ts f ' mp l1t\lul judges like Lord Charles Beresford . ·11" Lecturer emphasised the facl that, \\'1t1l4l1l1

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an ef!ectz've navy to protect our trade routes and commerce, the British Empire could not possibly stand. The first slide we were shewn was a portrait of Lord Roberts. Lieut. Knox said, that, if we were to suffer a naval Magersfontein and Colenso, he feared there was little hope of such a man to redeem the situation. He thought the Navy would be found more ready for war than was the Army three years ago, but not so ready as we should expect. As an instan ce of our backwardness ~e stated that th ere were

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six battleships on the effective list armed with mu zzle-loaders, which th e French abolished twenty years ago. After touching on the use of submarines, and the training station on Whale I sland, and quoting the position of Spain before the American war as a warning, and that of Germany at pres~nt, as an example of effectiveness, Lieut. Knox concluded his lecture with an offer of tw o prizes every year for an essay on a naval subject. The slides throughout the Lecture were most excellent.

HARVEY S OCIETY. At a meeting of the Society on Saturday, Nov. 5th, a paper was read by F . H. Mosse on "Canterbury Fossils." He began by stating that. Canterbury is not an ideal place ·for collecting fossils as they are not very frequently met with in the two formations found in the neighbourhood. He compared chalk to the Atlantic ooze, and showed that the theory of the continual formation of chalk in the Atlantic was untrue. Then after describ-

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ing flint and the fossels found in it, he passed on to the fossils of the Canterbury chalk and mentioned the best pits near the city. He next described the Old haven beds and the fossils found there. After giving a description of the implements necessary for collecting th e fossil s near Canterbury he concluded by stating the best method of preparing chalk and flint for the microscope. The Paper was well illustrated by Lantern slides.

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If Rowland Hill were to come to life again and visit the pre mises of l\1essrs. Stanley, Gibbons and Co., he would probably be somewhat startled at the extrao rdinary deve~opment of the penny postage-stamp. LIke most other hobbies of the present day, stamp-collecting has b~com~ a science j for the stamp-collector, alike wIth the eager hunters for engravings,

china, coins and other antiques, has become a recognized member of Society: But although there is much of the scientific in this pursuit, there is also something of th e artistic, so that many look upon stamp-collecting simply as an art and nothing more. But the ordinary individual considers it as an amusement which is not only exceedingly interesting

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but a lso of peculiar fascination, alike to young and old. Much has been said against stamp-collecting on the grounds of expense. It may be urged that only a man of means can obtain a really good collection j and this is to a certain extent true wh en as much as £ I , 500 is given for one single stamp .. But the ~cal qucsti,on reduces itself to this-what IS the motIve of a collector? If the merce nary element appears on lhe scencs- the less said the better. On the other hand if one collects purely and simply for the sake of the stamps the mselves, it is quite possible for anyone of ordinary means to have a tolerably good collection. It is quite obvious that all the rarest gems can be only in the hands of th e wealthy, but there are also thousands of excellent stamps available for the ordinary collector. But on the subj ect of buying stamps more anon. As this a.rticle is written for a public school magaz ine, the present write: is not address in g his remarks to a wlc~er audience and does not therefore apologlse for anytl;ing in the shape of advice in· the way of stamp-collecting. To plunge 2·ft medias res, there are a few boys at public schools who have not sometime or other bee n bitten with thi s craze. Many no doubt will deny th is, but one only has to watch tw o boys passing a pape:-shop with stamps in the· window. It IS ten chances to one that they will stop and have a loo k. And if anyone is at all inclined to despise a hob by like this, let him know that there is many a man older and wiser t han himself who revels in the examination of watermarks and pe rforations. Stamp-collecting is an excellent r~creation and hobby for anyone. And,

as a general rule, a school-boy who h~s nol a hobby is a most unnatura l and l11~lIllt' l esting personage. H oweve r, the obJcct (II this article is not to speculate on till l virtues and vices of modern youths, hil t rather to make a few remarks and Sli M gestions to any readers of the Call/IiOlltlll who are interested in stamp ~ . 1.f Ilhl prese nt writer were asked as to whnt were th e best ways of maki ng a coll ecti on he would say that there were thrc .Illaln methods of doing the sam e. - by aSKlIl ij by exchange-and by bUylllg, all ~')( \ I n ~ equally effective in their own p~rtl 'ull" function . The average perso n WIth HI'II respect strongly objects to askin~ an)'OI.111 for anything (N.B. It:J'-a des t:~1:"P /IOIIS · bu n ex/mdtt / ) But th e oft-repeated d l! 1I1llud I f do you happen to have any stnll111M on. any old envelopes?" and Sll 'h h kcI questions are not unkn own to peopl\' will I would scorn to ask even for a bun In \I confectioner's shop. Th e truth b l I hi matter is the nOll -collecto r nove r m iMlil ' a stamp, and it is ~)I1C of the ~ 'w t h!I~ M one can ask for WIthout a blu!:lh. 11 11 enterprising youth wh o male s sit ch 1111 appeal to the unwary strange r is 11 0 tl onl.1 apt to· become somewh at of It bort' , hili he is not hall" as bad " IH'8tll t1Ili II I nuisance who invites for aut g raph H/' 1111 his request is not, as in th a latl ~lr ."utill, II personal matter. Nay, rathe l', 111 M 11 hili and honest question of nn c' n X111 lI ud en terprising young man . SII I' Ii It 1111 1 often betrays an un cons iOIl " 111111 111111, 11 111 unmixed in th e path os in IlI uk lll H 11 11 usual req uest. I Ie na"lvnly illqulll III Aunt Tabi tha wheth er silt' li n 1111 ) 1.ld letters folded up and put :\\\1,\)" III 111111 forgotten recess, th e re by II I!I~"I M \ '1111 Tabitha blush wit h reco il , llull ,oj I" ,

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younger and now remote days and exchanging stamps. As to the third and remindin g her that she liaS got fold~d up last method, that of buying th e same, and put away not one but many old letters more can be said on both sides of the ca refully.prese rved in th eir cnvelopesletters stIll dear to Aunt Tabitha's heart. question . In the first place stamp-dealers e xist, and while there are stamps for sale, :rh e ~e. is ,no harm th en in occasionallr it is only natural that there should be lllqUlTlng If any stamps are in the neig h- plenty of people to buy them. But unb~)ll~·hood. Not ullfrequently fortun e is fortunately, the average price put on a (listlllctly favourable, as she was once in stamp, is ridiculously unfair; the deal er the youth of the present wr iter wh o does BOt sell stamps to in(;reaseacollectlon, having made the usual qlle~ tioll: was but- to make a busi ness out of it, and, reward ed in the shape of some verv rare conseq uently (quite naturally) makes the and valuable colonials, many of \vhich stamp illfinitely dearer than. it ought to be. were the sa me, and th t:refore useful for The dealer's price and actual value of a purposes of exchange. And that touches stamp are two very different things. Ce/a on the second of the afore-mentioned va salis dz·re, Now it is obvio us that there methods of collecting. Exchanging is no harm in a wealthy person paying stamps, or to lise th e familia r expression 0 for a stamp if he wants to, but an £5 •• swapping II is one of the most effec tua l ordinary schoolboy with ordinary means and natural means employed . And here is si mply wasting money by buying again ari ses the qu estion of motive. F or sta mps exte nsively. It is a very excellent tw.o collecto rs to take a catalogue and thing often to buy a stamp to fill up a pncc the stamps concern ed , keeping to particula r set, or for some other such-like the har~ and fast rule of havin g an exact purpose, but these are merely excep tions and fa ir exch~n g~, suggests somethi ng necessary and IS clistasteful to mauy. In to the rule. Therefore the prese nt writer's advice is -if you buy. buy warily, and case of varieties it is possibly the only especially have ca ution of approval sheets. method. But in an ordinary way a far Approval sheets are not only wo rth only bettl-!r plan is for two people to exchange half the price th ey a rc valu ed at, but are regardl ess of the exact money-vallie of th e apt to get lost, an.d then t he re is somestamp. The object of each person is to thing to pay. obtam more stamps for his collecti on Appro\'al she<.:: ts are undoubtedly most t herefore it does not much matter if A get~ fascina tin.g allureme nts ; and th e nowers twenty and B fiftee n stamps, of rathe r less that deck them are fai r; but th ey arc a lso value, provided they are an addition to somewhat apt to be descriptivc. In his collectio n. The idea of sco ring off sho rt , with some exceptio n~, ill the one's neig hbour is not exactly to be buying of sta mps Ie j ell. III! va,,/ pas. commended, and if A gets the best of the But, there are, nevertheless, seve ra l ba rgai n on Monday, B will probably do methods of judicio us buying which arc the sa me on Saturday. Stamp-collecting ve ry mu ch worth th e bother of empl oyi ng . often affords an excelient lesson in the art of being unselfish . So much then for If the passe r by observes in a window stamps for sale, written in a hand

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obviously amateurist, and on a paper obviously belonging to a private individual, let him pause a while and inquire within, for here perchan ce he may meet that not uncommon person, he who owes his debts, but hers not th e where witha l to pay the same, and is selling off his collection of stamps at very low prices to fill his empty purse. Thus one can often obtain quite a good two shi llings worth with a Ii!tle bargaining. Another way IS to entrust some friend who is "going away to foreign parts" with a small sum (perhaps 5 or 1 0 shillings), and ask him to change the money into the coinage of the particular country he visits, and buy accordingly in. some seco nd-hand shop. The present writer once obtained some excellent stamps in this way. Neither is it at all injudicious to buy up stamps on the eve of disappearance, but the trouble is often to know when that eve arrives. For example the ordinary English 4!d. stamp (Queen's head) in issue only a short time ago, is now sold for 1/. by the deal ers and several sets of the same issue would be quitea good investment. Again, many a wily collector has doubtless done well by buying Boer stamps of th e Transvaal during the \¥ar. Besides, the question I ' \¥hat is the best way to collect?" one sometim es hears asked, "What are th e best kind of stamps to collect? " The answer is gene rally a matter of taste, because obviously every collector has his particular fancy. There are never· theless certain stamps issued merely for

collectors, and these are the slnm pJI. paradoxically enough, th at the avc l'llH" collector likes least. For insta n ,til" innumerable variet ies of modern SliutIt American republic-issues are large ly Holtl for collecting purposes. and arc o r r(·" II) very little value. Probably th ht,", stamps to get hold of as a general ruh" are the old Quee n's head colonial iHHlU'H, especially those of Australia. n ut in til l .:is in everything else clJacun d SOli gout. Endless remarks could be mad 1111 the subject of stamp-collecting, for IIV(11) one has had his experiences in th tut Hil l, and has also his opinion, as to wh k h I.. the best dealer, what is th e best cntnluHUI ' the most interesting kind of slnmpK, Itil l 1 so forth. But if th e present writ r !l ill y be al lowed to end with a general hlul II! stamp-collectors in gene ral, iL is lhlH "make the most of Lh e collec Li oll "" have." Every stamp has a vlI hll', 11111 a collection of even c 1ll1ll0n KI IIIII JI., provided they are all in good 'o lH IIi 011 1 and neatly arran ged in an nlhlllll , I, always ·worth looking at. IL i. " III!t il good rule never to place Il. Mlnol!,. li t a ll damaged, into one's 0 11 0011011 . A damaged stamp is worth 1l 0Lh ll\ ~, A stamp in good co nd ition may IW tlll )1 III worth a great deal. In conclusion, much hUH hl ~ I \ 1I 11111\1 1 against the collecting of staulpR, 11 M Iwlll a ti me-wasting and too eIl g rO;JH II IK hllllli h but there ca n be lilt! do,,1J1 til II" harmlessness in such an inll1i\IM lill H' 11 1111 popular amusement.

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O.K.S. DINNER.

The Annual O. K.S. Dinner will ta ke place on \Vednesday, January 14th, 19 0 3. a t 7 .15 p.m ., at the Trocadero Restaurant, Fi cca~iIIy Ci rc l1 s, W. C. H. Donnan, E sq., has kmdly consented to take the chair. All

O.K.S., and especially those

living in the neighbourhood of town, are urged not only to come the mselves, but also to get their old School rriends to come with th em. Any who can come a re requested to send th ~ir names, as soon as possible, to the Rev. G. C. E . Ryl ey, the Precincts, Cante rbury.

THE BOAT CLUB.

. Some useful work has been done th is tenn . In spite of co nside rable difl1 culty oWlllg to lack of water .near the boathouse, ten ne w members have lea rn t to handl~ an ?ar. One?f t he patrs has been fitted with slides, a nd th e oth er is to be conve rted ~lunng the hohd.ays. Next t~rm we h9pe to have Seni or and Jtlnior Pairs, correspond mg to the Sem? r a nd ] Ulllor . S~ul!s last tenn . But what we wan t Illost of all is ano~her fou~. Till we g,et that, It. IS lIke playing: ~i~gle wicket, - good as far as it goes, but It doesn t go far. !\fr. Reay IS a great acql11 .:iltlOll to Our coac hing staO:

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SCHOOL NEWS.

We congratulate the following onobtaining their Colours: After the Dover Match.-I st XV., F. P. Walker, J. Twells; znd XV., R. B. Winser, J. L. Tomlin. After the Eastbourne Match.1St. XV., R. B. Win ser j

2nd XV., R. H.

Hitchcock, D. K.Anderson, J. R. Tulloch, W. H. Lovatt. After the Dover Match (Return ).-I s\ XV., A. C. Thomas, L. F .

- .. On Thursday, November zoth, four teams played against Dover College, the I st and 4th at home, and the znd and J rd at Dover. We lost the 1st, znd, and Jrd by J J points to 5, '4 points to 10, and 16 points to JO respec tively, and won th e

4th by 6 points to 3.

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Pari s ; 2nd XV., G. W. Godwin, F. R.

. The follo wing ' Election s have been

Hawkes, After th e Sutton Match (Return ).-I st XV., R. H. Hitchcock, J. W. Taylor; znd XV., L. Mansfield,

made at the School:T o ENTRA NcE SCHOLARSHIPS. -A. B. Emden (Mr. Buston, Tunbridge Wells), E . H owell (Mr. Roderick, Folkestone), J. R. Madge (Mr. Robinson, Godallning), A. R. Bellars (King 's School, Scholarship

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Oil Tuesday, Nov. 4th, the School played Mr. B. C. Covell's XV. on B1ore's piece . Our opponents proved too heavy for us and after a hard game, in which th e School were continually on the defensive, the Score read 18 points to 5·

raised in value ), E . .M. Tuke CSt. lVlichael' s College, T enbury), E. P. Shclbourn ( Mr. Owen, Birkdalc) .

CHOLARSHIPS._]. S. VI/e A. Jenkin on his . Vates (P.ortsmouth iV qrammar School,. election to an open Classical Exhibition A. J. TlOlisdell (1 fald stone Gramm ~lI

congratula~ I-I.

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at H eltford College, Oxford; also F.l': - School), \'Valke r on bein g awarded an open To JUNIOR FOUNDATION SCHOLA R. Classical SchOlarship at Gonville and SHIPS.-F. G. L. Scott and R. T . Jenkin, Caius College, Cambridge. for Mathematics (both of King's School). •

On Nov. 6th, two School Pairs played the S.A.C. at Fives. T he School repre-

T o PROBATIONERS HIPS .-A. C. Finni -

mor~ (Mr. Shilcock, Kenley), J. S. Vak s

(Portsmouth Grammar School), Jo:. A.

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sentatives were F. C. Bo venschen and

Graty (Mr. Stuart, Catford ), W. L.

R. H . Hitchcock; 2nd Pair, A. D. D. Spafford and J. L. Tomlin. The com·

Reynolds (Mi. Hake, Bourn Clllonth ), E. M. Tuke (St. Michael's oIlUH'"

bined scores left us easily victori ous.

Tenbury).

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Dear Sirs, Would it not be possible to have a weighing machine put in th e . gymnasium for public use ? I am sure It would be universally we lcomed and not a very large sum would be required for it' s

purcha se . A really re liable machine is essential as we do not all care to have our weights assigned by the ec centricities of an Automatic Station article.

I remain, Yours truly.

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