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DECEMBER, 1884.
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HE Editors feel bound to offer some explanation for the long-delayed appearance of the present number . As only two more were required to complete the full number for the year, it was thought advisable to publish only one during the Term, and to reserve the second till after the breaking up of the School, so that the close of the volume of the PETERITE might coincide with the close of the news for the year . They hope to bring the latter out by the end of December or in the beginning of January. They also venture to suggest another reason for the delay, and in doing so to make, at the same time, some answer to complaints that have been made against the magazine . Objections have been made that it is without interest or variety . This is, in their opinion, hardly to be wondered at when it is considered how the PETERITE is supported . No great variety can be expected, seeing that almost the whole task of making the material falls on the five Editors themselves . Considering the many other duties that fall upon them, much ought not to be required of them beyond the task of editing and the collecting of news ; yet these same five people are generally responsible for four-fifths at least of the rest of the contents . Surely it is they who rather have the right to complain that out of one hundred and fifty nominal subscribers (for many of the latter do not seem to understand that to be a subscriber entails a subscription) there cannot be found more than one, on an average, in six months to offer any
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help . The only possible chance of a magazine of this kind existing and giving pleasure depends on a hearty co-operation of the general mass of readers. The Editors will also be much obliged if any complaints about the non-arrival of the PETERITE will be made, by letter, to the Editors, at School . They will also be much obliged if Subscribers will acquaint at once with changes of address. They also venture to suggest another reason for the nonarrival in some cases . Whatever Subscribers think, the Editors cannot but look upon a neglect to pay the subscription for perhaps two years as a tacit equivalent to removing the name off the list . At any rate, they beg to give notice that they neither can nor will continue to send copies away on such terms, nor will they hold themselves to blame in any such instance .
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® NE of the first things which attract the eye after four months' absence from this ancient city, is the new Indian Institute at the Holywell end of the Broad, now completed and adorned with carvings of all manner of strange Oriental wild beasts. Its principal feature is a window-less medival candle snufferlike tower, which makes the building, in the opinion of the writer, with the exception of course of Keble, the ugliest of the architectural efforts of modern Oxford . On the other hand the new buildings of Magdalen are well matched with the rest of that beautiful College . Trinity too, and the Museum, are being enlarged . The tramway also has extended its ramifications down Beaumont Street towards the upper river, and now the men of Worcester, once called Botany Bay—the ullinta Thule of the University—will be able to travel, if it ever rains again, to the distant Magdalen or Christ Church lectures, unsprinkled by the ' heaven sent shower .'
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Among these innovations is a proposal which, if carried, will revolutionise pass-work in Oxford . That is, to distinguish those who have clone well in Pass examinations by an asterisk, as having passed cum laude . It is only the realisation of the celebrated "first in smalls," by which Oxford sons are wont to impose on Cambridge fathers, &-c ., who, if I am not mistaken, may have earned that distinction in their " Little goes . " If I am wrong I apologise to the sister University. In the city itself at the present moment, so my scouts, countless placards, inform me, the Municipal Elections are engrossing the attentions of the ` Demos, ' and so unanimous is the righteous indignation of the unenfranchised citizens, deprived of their vote by the unholy machinations of a bloated, dissolute and irresponsible aristocratical clique, that for the first time for years the Conservatives have a majority in the Town Council. Oxford is only 70 miles from Birmingham. A scheme for a new Theatre, to take the place of the tottering 'Vic, ' is being rapidly carried out . The Vice-Chancellor is said to have given his consent, as might be expected from him, to a sensible scheme of this kind . D'Oyley Carte's 1o/an/he has been drawing good houses this week. There have been two Concerts ; in the first, Madame Antoinette Stirling and Papini were the shining lights ; in the second, Maas and Bottesini, the great, if not the only exponent of the contra-basso, as a soloist . It is a pity some composer has not written for that instrument, as the compositions of his own which he performed, presumably in default of better, are utterly unworthy of his executional powers. To turn to Athletic news, McLean is President of the O .U .B .C ., with Bourne Secretary, and W . L . Courtney, Esq ., Treasurer . All come from New College . The Captain of the Eleven for r 8R5 is H . V . Page ; he is mentioned by some as likely to prove a good Varsity stroke with careful training, and at present he looks like getting a place as a forward in the Rugby Fifteen. Of last year's eight Taylor and Carter are in residence, besides the President and Secretary . Unwin is generally expected to take Currey's place as stroke. The President of the O .U .A .C . is McNeil, who ran for the hurdles last year. It is not often that a blue who has not won an
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event against Cambridge is elected to that office . Strange to say, Pratt, the hero of last year' s Sports, has not found a place on the Committee . Among the freshmen is Munro of New, who is reported to have done the mile at Charterhouse in 4. min . 30 secs. Of the Association team Owen is still Captain . They seem likely to be a strong team again, though Kemp and BromleyDavenport have gone down . Guy, Walters, Edgar and Ingram, are very successful as new Members. As for the Rugby team, Asher is Captain, Rotherham, Secretary, and Tristram, Treasurer ; besides them, out of our twelve Internationals only two are left, Lindsay and Berry . Wade and Allen mar come up later on, but the prospects without them are gloomy . Though a Second Fifteen beat Rugby utterly by 2 goals and 9 tries to nil, Sandhurst gave us a considerable amount of trouble . Though they hardly ever got the ball out of their 25, we only could scorer goal and 1 try to love . The goal, moreover, was not worth counting, as it was got entirely on account of a misunderstanding. We had a curious team behind on trial, as victory was looked on as a certainty after our score of 4 . goals and 4. tries to nothing last year. But the military ones were not the helpless spectators of 1883 ; their powerful forwards held our light team completely in the pack and took good care not to let Asher and Rotherham get hold of the ball more than was absolutely unavoidable . We should have got a much bigger score if the home three-quarters could have managed to stick to the ball when passed and Lindsay had not wasted some capital chances by reckless drops at goal . Kelto, a Lorettonian fresher, played forward in fine style, as did Berry, Squire and Kindersley. Rotherham seems to have grown in weight, pace and strength, and was as good as ever. Asher had fewer chances and did not shine so much ; he was very closely watched . Key, at back, had practically nothing to do but to return their drops out, in which he generally got a good deal the best of the argument. Oxonian Peterites are looking forward in silent despair to the prospects of the speedy extinction of their race, and that despite the large number of valuable Scholarships given away here . In December, Hertford offer 7 of [too a year ; Worcester and Magdalen combined, 8 of £8o, I believe . This ought to attract
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some of that crowd which goes forth yearly to stock the Peterite colony in Cambridge to turn their feet to other lands . Has the University of their pilgrimage some goddess of fortune so benignant to them that they must not say the toss of the wily examinators heartless penny elsewhere ? Surely, unless the members of a comparatively small school like St . Peter's are diffused among a number of colleges, its name must remain unknown and its light hidden beneath a bushel . CALLOR.
CAMBRIDGE LETTER. N absence of all other news, I shall begin my letter with some 11 notes on Football, and first of all I want to refer to the match played by the old Boys against the School at the beginning of this term . I wish, in so doing, to congratulate the School heartily on their play and more especially on their passing . I am sure all 0. B's who played in that match would agree (to their own humiliation no doubt) how much more scientifically the game is played now in the School than it used to be, say four years ago. The team was a good deal heavier then, and in the (lays of the Calverts and C . Wood it was hard to beat, but there was not so much science introduced into the game . It is a step in the right direction . The 0 . B ' s . could not be described as being in the pink of condition, and the " 35 minutes each way " insisted on by the inexorable School Captain struck dismay into every breast. We just managed to win by z tries to i. Turning now to the 'Varsity team, we are not so strong as last year ; indeed, if it had not been for the inexplicably feeble display we made against Oxford we should have had a record hard to beat, viz :—Goals gained, 23 ; goals lost, o ; tries gained, zo ; tries lost, f . Our opening match this season was against the Kent Rovers and we scored 3 goals z tries to nil . Then we drew against the London Scottish, scoring a try each . Horsley (of the Leys School) made a splendid shot at goal from near the centre of the ground, the ball going only a foot wide of the mark . He is
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a very sure back, though, of course, we feel Sample ' s loss very much . We had a hard fight on Nov . 1st against a strong Blackheath team . Bolton, of International fame, was there in all his might (they call him ` Baby ' by way of nick-name), Stoddart and Jenkins, a fine three-quarter trio ; and Vassal, with his sixteen stone weight and over, was a moving fortress for his side . For us, Tait, Threllfall and Horsley at back, also a three-quarter of Trinity called Padwick, were all unable to play for us, and consequently Blackheath won by a goal to nil . The game was mostly a forward ' s game. L. E . Stevenson, with an ever-increasing bulk, L . T . Crawshaw and E . A. Douglas, do yeoman service for Christ's team, which is a strong one this year. We miss the familiar faces of Collinson and Chadwick up here . No longer is there a Collinson to rush to to find out the latest notes and items to put in the Cambridge Letter . He was a veritable repository of all Old Peterite news, a staunch supporter of the old School was he . We have welcomed in their places three fresh arrivals, Johnson (Christ ' s), Robinson and Fausset (Corpus), and, I'd almost forgotten to mention, N . Fox (Pembroke). I hope the first three gentlemen will excuse the absence of their initials . They' re not to hand, and, as I said before, Collinson has gone down. The River is a mere name to me now . Of news I have none. The 'Varsity Fours are coming off soon and 3rd Trinity are expected to win pretty easily . The Trial Eights are not fixed yet. But I will leave river subjects to next month ' s correspondent. I cannot conclude without saying a word or two about the sad death by drowning of II . C . Wilton . Those, both at School and at College, who knew him best, will feel the great loss his death has caused . His quiet, steady influence for good in his school and college life, and his noble, consistent character, were noticed by all who came in contact with him, and his bright, cheery manner and inexhaustible store of humour made him a genial companion at any time . This is a small tribute to the memory of a noble Christian friend . STYLUS .
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SCHOOL LETTER. OOTBALL and the Theatricals are now occupying most attention . The play chosen is " A New Way to Pay Old Debts, " by Philip Massinger, Mr . Veld is again kindly acting as stage manager . The chief actors are P . E . Lord, who is playing Sir Giles Overreach ; H . W . Rhodes, Wellborn ; T . E . Noble, Lord Lovel ; R . Crawshaw, Al/worth ; H . Botterill, JJforrall ; C . E. Stevenson, Lady Allworth ; C . Haynes, Margaret . The dates fixed for the performance are Friday and Saturday, Dec . r9th and aoth. Turning to Football—the team has been very successful this year, having won 7 matches, drawn i, and lost 2 . The victories were gained over York Wanderers (a), St . John ' s College, Mr . J. Walker' s team, Beverley, and Leeds Grammar School . The match against the Old Boys was lost by a tries to i, and the match with Durham was drawn—r goal each . Two matches, viz . : with Beverley and St . John ' s College, fell through on account of the inability of those clubs to raise teams . These would, judging from the results of the return fixtures, probably have been won by the School . The Second Fifteen have played one match, which they won very easily . A number of new books, a list of which is given elsewhere, have been added to the library . R . Crawshaw has been appointed Librarian in the place of C . Johnson. C . B . Clarke and R . Crawshaw have been elected Editors of the PETERITE in place of P . E . Lord and H . W . Rhodes . W . G . Wilson has been elected Treasurer.
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FOOTBALL. PAST v . PRESENT. This match, which was the opening match of the season, was played on Saturday, October 4th . The Old Boys got together a strong fifteen, and the Present quite expected a drubbing . Yet, though defeated, they were by no means disgraced, as the victory
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of the past was a very narrow one . Lord won the toss and chose the Clifton goal, with the wind at his back, and Stevenson, kicking off, sent the ball with a huge kick into touch near the Present ' s line, and they were almost immediately obliged to touch down. After the drop out, play was most even ; but the School forwards, aided by Lord's useful kicks, worked the ball into the Past ' s territory . After half time the Present again invaded the visitors' quarters, and Wilson obtained a try which Lord failed to improve on . After this, the Past played up strongly, and Douglas got a try from which no goal resulted . Shortly before call of time, Stevenson got another try behind the posts, but again failed to kick a goal . Though the Present played up well, they were unable to score again, and on call of time left the Past victorious by i try. Score : Past, z tries, 2 minor points . Present, r try, 4 minor points . For the Past, Stevenson and Douglas were especially prominent, and for the Present, 1\Iarriot and J . Wilson of the forwards, and Lord and W . Wilson of the backs, did excellent service .
YORK WANDERERS. This match was played on the School ground, in fine, but very cold weather . Lord kicked off, the School taking the north goal for the first half of the time . In the early part of the game it seemed as though it would be an even match ; but it soon became evident that the School were forging ahead . After about twenty minutes play Lord dropped a neat goal from the field. This was shortly after followed by a fine piece of passing by J . Gofton and Clarke, the latter, from a good run, obtaining a try. Brandt kicked a goal . It was now half time, but the School play was too good for their opponents, and Rhodes made a good run in, from which a goal was again kicked by Brandt . Later on, Lord nearly secured another goal by a fine drop . When ` no side' was called the : core stood : St . Peters, 3 goals ; York Wanderers, nil . Among the School fifteen, Lord, Rhodes, Brandt, Wilson, Rose and Clarke did good service, while the passing of the whole team was remarkably good, and showed great improvement on last year . For the Wanderers, Bromet, Gay, Grey and Yeoman were the best .
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v . J . WALKER'S TEAM. This match was played on the School ground . Lord kicked off for the School, and the ball being well followed up was quickly carried into the visitors ' 25 . After some loose scrimmages, Wilson getting the ball and pawing to Lord, the latter dropped over the visitors ' line, who were thus compelled to touch down . Wood dropped out and for some time play remained in neutral ground. Wilson, however, soon, by a good run obtained the first point for the School . On this Lord failed to improve, the kick being a difficult one . After the drop out Noble was disabled and his place was taken by Rhodes . Crawshaw went half, and not long afterwards, by a run along the touch line, obtained the second try for the School . The kick undertaken by Lord was unsuccessful. Half-time was now called . Wood kicked off for the visitors, and their forwards, by a good dribble, made matters look serious for the School . At this point, some good passing between Lord, Rhodes and Rose enabled the last mentioned to reach the visitors ' back . Failing to get further, play was for some time confined to the visitors' 25 . Soon after, no side was called, thus leaving the School victorious by 2 tries to nil. Ts .Ant .—C . Wood (back) ; C . Farthing, F. Ware, J . Walker (three-quarters) ; G . Thompson, P . Holgate (half) ; G. Jolly, A . Bellerby, J . Bellerby, A . Tod, T. Ringrose, P. E . Horbury (forwards).
v . DURHAM SCHOOL. This match was played on the York ground . St . Peter ' s captain won the toss and elected to play towards the Clifton goal. Walker kicked off for Durham . Brandt returned the ball to the centre, where some good scrimmages took place . The Durham forwards worked the ball gradually into the School territories, and by a kick from Parker, the ball was sent close to the St . Peter's goal line . The York forwards, however, worked the ball back to the centre, and a dribble by Clarke took the ball close to the Durham goal line . Alderson here relieved his side by a good punt, and again play was resumed in the centre . Some tough
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scrimmaging took place, and a rush by the Durham forwards, and some useful runs by Miller enabled them to obtain two touchdowns . After the drop out, play was confined to the York 25 for awhile, and Alderson ran within a yard of the goal line, where he was collared by Brandt . The former then got over the line, but the try was disallowed on the plea of picked out . The ball was brought out five yards, and being passed to Miller, he ran in . The kick was entrusted to Walker, who just managed to kick a goal, the ball striking the post . Lord kicked off after half time, and some very even play ensued, in which Clarke, Marriott, Wilson, and Crosthwaite were conspicuous . St . Peter ' s forwards now played up well, and aided by the encouragement from the spectators, invaded their opponents ' territory . Rhodes getting the ball, made a good run, and passing to Lord, enabled him to run in close to the touch line . Lord took the kick and landed a splendid goal amid loud cheers . This equalised matters, and York, playing up hard, again threatened the Durham goal, causing the latter to touch down . Walker dropped out, and the return was charged down ; but Brandt, getting possession, ran back to Here Miller made some fine runs, and shortly the middle. afterwards time was called, the score being a goal and some minor points each . For St . Peter' s, Lord, Rose and Wilson, behind, with Clarke, Marriott and Crosthwaite, forward, played best . Miller, Parker and Alderson, behind, and Bennett and Wilkinson, forward, played best for Durham. DURHAM.-Kerrick-Walker (back) ; T. Parker, T . Miller, Wilkinson (-r back) ; F . Alderson, Sadler (L back) ; Bennett, Trevelyan, King, Stanton, Bell, Barnby, with three others (forwards).
v . ST . JOHN'S COLLEGE, YORK. This match was played on the School ground . The home team won the toss, and chose the Clifton goal . Dixon kicked off, and W. Gofton catching the ball, the first scrimmage took place in the centre . The School forwards, headed by Marriott and Clarke, carried the ball down to the 25 flag, where it was passed to Farthing, who ran into the middle, and was collared by Lord . A kick from one of the School three-quarters sent the ball close to the College
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goal line, where, after some loose play, Wilson ran in . Lord kicked a goal . Farthing kicked off, and the ball was caught by Marriott . A scrimmage took place . The College again got the ball, and Dixon made a good run, which was well followed up by the forwards, who scored a touch down . The School dropped out, and after some good play on both sides, Dixon made his mark, but failed to kick a goal . After the ball was dropped out some good play by Rose, Wilson, and Clarke enabled the latter to obtain a try. The kick was a failure . Horbury dropped out, but a good drop by Lord sent the ball into touch, close to the visitors ' goal line . Farthing, however, relieved his side, and a dribble of Horbury' s took the ball to the home quarters ; but Rose, by a good run, nearly succeeded in obtaining a try, falling close to the goal line, where a scrimmage took place, and Rhodes, getting the ball, would have got in had it not slipped from his hands . Half time was now called, the School having scored r goal, i try, to z minor points . Lord kicked off, and Horbury returning the ball, a scrimmage was formed . A rush of the School forwards threatened the School goal, and Dixon made his mark, but failed to improve upon it . The School now took the ball into their opponents ' quarters, where some smart passing by Lord and Rhodes and some of the forwards enabled J . Wilson to get a try . The kick at goal failed . The School continued to have the best of the game, and W . Wilson ran in again . The kick again failed, and the School were left winners by r goal, 3 tries, and minor points, to several minor points . For the School, Lord and W . J . Wilson were most prominent. The College team was—F. Gray (back), Dixon, Horbury, Farthing (1 back), Atkinson, Worthington (4 back), Blakey, J . Sharpe, A . Sharp, Senior, Coward, Davidson, Burnett, Stradling, and Hoperoft (forwards).
v. YORK WANDERERS. This match was played on the School ground, and after a very even game resulted in a win for the home team by one goal to one try . The Wanderers won the toss and decided to play with the wind behind them . Lord kicked off for the School, and
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the forwards following up well, charged down the return kick, and a scrimmage was formed in the Wanderers ' territory . Proctor, however, relieved his side by some useful punts, and the ball was carried into the School ground . The ball journeyed from one end to the other, the Wanderers perhaps having slightly the best of the game . A rush by the Wanderers ' forwards, amongst whom Jones, Ware and Walker were conspicuous, enabled the last named to obtain a try close to the touch line . The difficult kick was attempted by Proctor, who only just missed the goal . Half time was soon after called . Ware kicked off, and Noble, returning the ball well, play was confined to the Wanderers' quarters for a time. Good runs by Newman, aided by Proctor ' s punts, relieved their goal ; but it was soon threatened again, and Rhodes tried to drop a goal . Soon after this, the School lost the services of Noble, who had to retire from play . Rhodes took his place and Crawshaw played half . Rose soon gained a try from a pass by Lord . The try was however disallowed on the plea of " thrown forward ." The ball was kept in the Wanderers ' territory, and after some good play the ball was passed to Rhodes, who passed to Lord ; the latter ran within a few yards of the Wanderers ' goal and then passed again to Rhodes, who obtained a try under the posts. Brandt kicked a goal . The remainder of the game was evenly contested, and nothing more was scored, so that the School were left victors by i goal to i try . For the winners, besides those mentioned above, Wilson, Clarke, Wade, Little and Crosthwaite played well, while Brandt' s collaring and punting were as good as usual . The forwards would do better to play a looser game, as the ball was frequently in the hands of the opposite three-quarters before they got loose . The best of the Wanderers were Procter, Ware and Bromet, the kicking of the former being specially useful. R'ANDERERS .—G. C . Murray (back) ; Bromet, P. L. Newman, J. Procter ; G . S . Thompson, J . Walker ( .' back) ; F . Ware, Gamble, Ringrose, Nelson, A . Bellerby, Tom Jones, Elmhurst, Bromley (forwards) .
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v . THORPARCH. This match was played on our own ground, and resulted in an easy victory by nine goals and one try to nil . Thorparch won the toss, and decided to play down hill . Rhodes kicked off for the School . The ball was returned to Noble, who kicked it into touch close to the visitors' goal line . From the throw out, Clarke, getting the ball, obtained a try between the posts, but the kick by Brandt failed . After the drop out some short scrimmages took place in the centre, but the York forwards carrying the game up the field, Wilson got a try, which Brandt converted into a goal . When the ball was again set in motion play was still confined to the visitors ' half, and Rhodes made a good attempt to drop a goal . Thorparch touched down . After their kick out, Clarke obtained a second try ; but this was disallowed on the ground that he was off side . York continued to press their opponents, and Crawshaw obtained a try, from which Noble kicked a good goal . Thorparch now played up, and a good run by Radcliffe took the ball into neutral ground, where it remained till half time . After half time Iremonger kicked off, and though the ball was carried up to the School 25, it was soon taken back, and Clarke obtaining another try, Brandt kicked a goal . W . Gofton next carried the ball between the posts, a goal resulting from the kick . The School continued to score, Lewis running round the Thorparch backs, and Wilson obtaining four trys in quick succession . All of these were converted into goals by Brandt . Time was then called . For the School, Brandt' s kicking was good and true, as is apparent from the total . Wilson showed up well at half, and Lewis played a plucky game at three-quarters. As for the forwards, it would be invidious to name any one in particular. THORPARCH .—Hill (back) ; Radcliffe, Mackereth, Iremonger, captain, ( back) ; Basfield, Merrall (z back) ; Akroyd, Atkinson, Tollard, Mills, Wood, Mackereth, Mawson, Lightfoot (forwards) .
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v . BEVERLEY. This match was played on the School ground . Lord won the toss and elected to play up hill . Gell kicked off for Beverley, and for awhile the School was hard pressed . Some hard scrimmaging took place in the School 25, and Beverley scored a touch down. Brandt dropped out, and a good run by Rose brought the ball to the middle . The School, by a rush from the forwards, scored a touch down . Lambert dropped out, and the ball remained in the Beverley 25, but a good run by Coulman relieved his side for awhile . However, the School forwards soon brought it back again . Beverley being far heavier in the forwards than the School, again took the ball to the School 25, and scored another minor point . After the drop out, Beverley again pressed the School, and aided by the dribbling of Gell, threatened again the School goal lines . A good run, however, by Rose, afforded Lord an opportunity to drop a goal . The kick was unsuccessful, and the School scored a minor point . After the drop out the School forwards worked the leather up to the Beverley goal line and scored another touch-down. Directly after this half time was called . Lord kicked off, and Rose, catching the return, made a magnificent run and obtained a try behind the posts . Brandt took the kick and landed a good goal . Gell kicked off for Beverley, and the School forwards took the ball back to the middle, when some tough scrimmages took place . A rush by the School, in which Clarke, Crosthwaite and Marriott were conspicuous, again landed the ball in the visitors' 25. Coulman passing to Brough ; the latter running up the field was collared by Brandt . He passed to Whittaker, who was only collared on the goal line . Owing to a dispute, the ball was taken back to the middle, Coulman having thrown forward to Brough. Soon after, Coulman got a try close to the touch line . Brough attempted the difficult kick, but failed . The ball being well followed up after the drop out, the School invaded the Beverley territories . Some good passing between Lord and Rhodes carried the leather within a few yards of their opponents' goal line, when Wilson got the ball and ran in . Brandt failed to improve on it. After the drop out Wilson again got possession of the ball and ran within a few yards of the goal, then passed to Crawshaw, who ran in . Brandt had just time to kick the goal before "no side "
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was called . Nearly all the School team played well . Lord and Brandt kicked remarkably well, and the running of Wilson and Rose was very good . For Beverley, Coulman, Gell and Brough played best. BEVERLEY . (Back) Hobson ; Coulman, Hodgson, Lambert ; i Whittaker, Elwell ; forwards : Gell (captain), Newbold, Elliott, Winkey, Lee, Newbold, Richardson, Brough, Swailes.
NOTES AND ITEMS. W. R . RAYSON, M.A., Keble College, Oxford, was ordained Deacon on Trinity Sunday, by the Bishop of London, and licensed to Christ Church, Albany Street. F. E . RoBINsoN and W. G . WILSON obtained leaving Certificates at the Midsummer Examination ; the former with Distinction in Mathematics.
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H . (PIGGIN) FOWLER, Trinity College, Oxford, obtained a First Class in the Final Classical School. W. OVERTON has obtained a Silver Medal for Materia Medica at Edinburgh. CAPT. LIONEL MARSHALL, Lancashire Fusiliers, has been appointed on the
Staff of Gen . Lord A . Russell, C .B ., commanding H. M's . Troops in Canada, as Garrison-Instructor. CAPT. LIONEL MARSHALL to be be Major, vice G. D . Wahab, promoted. E. H . PICKE.RSGILL, B .A ., has been called to the Bar by the Society of the Inner Temple. Rev . T . R . TERRY, M .A ., Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, has been presented to the Rectory of East Ilsky, Berks, by Magdalen College. G. H. EYRE won the Strangers' Race at the Trinity College Sports, Cambridge. T. HALLIWELL, of Guy's Hospital, has passed his primary examination in Physiology and Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons. CANON EI .wYN has been appointed Examining Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. King's Own Light Infantry—Queen's India Cadet .—C . I . H. WILLIAMSON, from the Royal Military College, to be Lieutenant, vice C . H . T . Whittaker, promoted. E. A . DouGLAS has been elected a member of the Committee of the Cambridge University, R .F.C. L . E . STEVENSON and E . A . DOUGLAS played in the Inter-Varsity match. COMMANDER CHARLES S . DONNER, R.N ., has been appointed to the Monarch, additional. J. E . STEPHENSON, B.A., has passed the final examination of the Incorporated Law Society. F. WARE and A . E . DAwsoN have passed the Intermediate Examination .
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LIST OF NEW BOOKS. Tower of London.
Hester.
Old St . Paul's.
Kept in the Dark.
Windsor Castle. Captain of the Guard.
Unknown to History. Young Lochinvar.
Constable of France. Frank Hilton.
Lambs Talcs from Shakespeare. Charles O'Malley.
One of the Six Hundred.
Eric.
Romance of War.
Days of Bruce.
Legends of Black Watch.
Kingsley's Heroes. John Halifax Gentlemen.
Mr. Scarbrough's Family. Queechy.
Lewis Arundel.
Paris during the Siege.
Five Weeks in Greece.
Green Ray.
Chambers' History of France. Molesworth's England.
Sister Louise. Yolande. An Angel Unawares. Gilded Age. Comet of a Season. From Log Cabin to White House. Life of Chinese Gordon. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Black Robe.
Taken at the Flood. Life of Galileo. Life of Garibaldi. The Queen and Royal Family. Zululand and Cetewayo. Every-day Life in our Public Schools. The Crimea and Transcaucasia.
Seamy Side.
Verner's Pride. Crichton.
Black but Comely .
Jack Hinton .