June 1885 by StPetersYork

THE

PET[RIT' VoL . VII .

JUNE, 1885 .

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No . 52.

CRICKET-ITS ORIGIN AND GROWTH. N spite of the article that appeared some months ago in the Peterite, it may be safely stated that Cricket is not a classical sport . It can only be said that Homer in the Odyssey makes the first mention of games with balls . Insular pride has caused one translator to use these lines, in an attempt to dignify our national game with a classical origin . Still, at the sacrifice of all chivalrous devotion to the " fair haired " heroine of Homer, we ought rather to rebel at the idea of mentioning sturdy John Bull and his cricket in the same breath as ball-play, and the effeminate youth of Alcinous—zit cute curanda ninzium operate juz'entus. The translation alluded to is, however, valuable as throwing light upon the first germs of our game—this alone should be sufficient to excuse its insertion .

"Nausicaa With other virgins did at stool-Gall play, Their shoulder-reaching head-tires laying by ; Nausicaa, with her wrists of ivory, The liking-stroke struck ."

Here is material enough for the cricket antiquarian ; stool-ball is the most elementary form of game in which a ball is tossed from one player to another, who strikes it with a club in order to prevent it hitting the stool or crickett 3 hence the name of our game . The " liking stroke " was merely the old name of our "trial ball ." Another form of amusement of this kind that suggested itself to the youthful mind was tapping a piece of wood sharpened at both ends, and then hitting it as far as possible, the player that could run furthest before the piece of wood was returned, scoring accordingly. This game, which may still be seen in the streets under the form of tip-cat,- has had a separate development of its own and is the forefather of the modern knuir and spell . From these two games we can

CRICKET-ITS ORIGIN AND GROWTH.

deduce all the elements of the present game, except perhaps, the idea of catching out. Stool ball suggested the idea of bowling at and defending a wicket ; tip-cat ("cat" being the name of the piece of wood) a means of scoring by running . Tip-cat indeed, as it was played in parts, seems to have combined both these principles, for we find in Jamieson ' s dictionary the following "three play at this game, who are provided with clubs, they cut out two holes each, a foot in diameter and seven inches in depth . The distance between them is twenty-six feet . One stands at each hole with a club ; these clubs are called clogs . A piece of wood, called a cat, about four inches long and one inch in diameter, is thrown from one hole to another by a third person . The object is to prevent the cat from getting into the hole . Every time that it enters the hole, he who stands at the hole loses the club, and he who threw the cat gets possession of the club. If the cat be struck, he who strikes it changes place with the person who holds the other club, and as often as these positions are changed one is counted in the game by the two who hold the clubs, and are viewed as partners ." The presence of these two holes seems, however, to show that this is not genuine cat and dog, but a Scottish country degeneration of cricket proper, which was fairly advanced by that time . For the wicket at cricket down to the middle of the eighteenth century consisted of two sticks with these holes between . " Balls and club" are also mentioned in a Bodleian M .S . of 1344, so that it seems probable that the cat in this game was a rustic substituted for a ball, and was suggested by its use at the real tip-cat. The best ideas of the old game is to be obtained from studying pictures by contemporary artists . One representing a rustic single wicket match is rather of interest on account of the scorer than the players. It illustrates the origin of the word " notches " for runs. We see the scorer seated where point would be in our time, literally notching the runs made on a lath of wood . His position, however, and that of the fielders, who are crowded together, in the long field on the " on side " suggests that good swiping was the order of the day, and such refinements as cutting and placing had not yet found favour. In fact, one look at the bat is enough to dispel such vain illusions. It is simply a thick piece of wood, carved at the end like a hockey stick . Such indeed was the natural shape it would take against the bowling of that time . It was obviously the only one of any possible use against grubs such as we see his opponent in the picture delivering .

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This style of bowling again was necessitated by the height of the Wickets, which, down to very recent times were only twenty-two inches high . Nowadays nothing but a shooter or Yorker could hope to take such puny erections, but in those days on account of the pace attainable sneaks were very deadly against such bats, which were almost useless for anything but slogging. Long after the hole between the sticks was abolished and a crease line cut in the turf had been substituted as a mark for the player to ground his club after a run, after a bail had usurped its other function as a receptacle of the ball in stumping, two wickets with a wide space between continued in fashion . It was not until after 1775 that a third was added . In that year the absurdity of the old wicket was demonstrated by a match in which the last man knocked off the required runs, although he was morally bowled clean between the two by Lumpy, the great daisy-cutting trundler of that day . A great outcry was raised against this novelty, on the ground that it was giving an unfair advantage to the bowler ; but the reverse was demonstrated at once in a match between Hambledon and England, in which Aylward, the last wicket but one, scored 167—a prodigious total for that time . The total score of Hambledon was 403, yet so far was wicket keeper advanced, that Sueter, the great " Pinder " of yore, only allowed five byes, and is said to have stood up to the fastest bowling in practice. (N.B —It is probable, from engravings, that the long -stop was never dispensed with till very recently .) In fact, by the year 1776, cricket was fully developed, with the exception of round-arm bowling . Paintings show that the field was regularly set in a manner not unlike our own . The straight bat was substituted for the hooked club about 1746 . Players had assumed "whites "—witness the lines : " The parties are met, and arrayed all in white ; Famed Elis ne'er boasted so pleasing a sight ; Each nymph looks askance at her favourite swain, And views him, half stript, both with pleasure and pain ." These lines tell us several things—the last seems to hint that pads were not yet invented, and that the nymph feared for her lover's shins in those days of mighty " sneaks ! " They also show that cricket had .a fashionable attendance and was popular . We might infer the same as early as 1742, where it is condemned by a gentleman, who corn plains that it draws many spectators from more fitting occupations,

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though in itself "a very innocent and wholesome exercise ." There was, however, some truth in this, for cricket was then a betting business* " Our well bred heirs, Gamesters and jockeys turn, and cricket players ."

In fact, the earliest mention of the game is in the form of a complaint. A Puritan writes, in 163o, that Maidstone " was a very prophane town, " where " stool ball, cricketts " were played on a Sunday. But to resume . By the year 1776 a man named Lambert had discovered the means of twisting the ball " just the reverse way from the off stump into the leg . " Ugrea speaks of him as " the first who introduced this deceitful and teasing style of delivering the ball ." All that remained was to introduce a new style of bowling ; and here let me make amends for my want of gallantry to Nausicaa by mentioning the story of the ladies who invented round-arm . It is said that an enthusiastic cricketer caused a piece of ground to be kept clear in winter and got his daughters to bowl to him . Being tightly wrapped up against the inclemency of the weather, they found underhand impossible and a modified kind of round-arm more comfortable . Without vouching for the truth of this, I can only record that Tom Walket "began the system of throwing instead of bowling, now so much is fashion ." Of course there was a huge outcry that there would be nothing but swift wide bowling ; its opponents endeavoured to limit it to " not higher than the shoulder," but "overhand" at last forced its way in, and is now, as everyone knows, to the improvement both of bowling, batting, and wicket-keeping, the almost universal style. Pilling we think better than Sueter, Peate and Spofforth than good old Lumpy, and for bats commend us to W . G . Grace and A. G. Steel in preference to Aylward, of Hambledon renown.

OXFORD LETTER. HE Boat Race was a pleasant surprise . The betting which for the first part of the training is the criterion, had as usual been in favour of the crew that won the year before, and the Oxford crew while at Oxford gave no promise of being a good crew, but whether they were good or bad, they were a little too good for Cambridge. The Boat was made up as I predicted last term, save only that Fothergill was superseded by Clemons of Corpus, a change vastly for the better . Cambridge in the race tried the tactics adopted last year by

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West, viz . : of getting a fair lead and flurrying the other boat ; but to no purpose . Though somewhere in the second mile, Taylor, No . 3 in the Oxford boat, dislocated, or more probably wrenched, his shoulder, thereby becoming a mere " passenger ", we won by three lengths . The younger MacLean justified perhaps his brother's expectations of him, but I should hardly think that will satisfy Walrond. The Sports, too, were somewhat of a surprise ; though it was considered an open event, the leaning was rather in favour of Cambridge. They were remarkable for the fact that for the High Jump, no less than three men tied at the fairly respectable height of 5ft. 74in . ; as to the Long Jump, adjudged to Asher, there is some doubt as to the correctness of the decision of the judges . It is said that he took off some three inches beyond the line . But if that were given in, the result would only be a draw ; for Cambridge won 32 to our 5i events— though of course the High Jump would have been jumped off . Ware's failures in throwing the hammer and putting the weight were most marked, he was palpably out of form . There were no good times done, for the wind was too ; strong for anyone to run well against it. Strong as our Eleven was last year, there seems fair prospect of its being stronger, or at least as strong as last year . There are nominally only two vacancies to fill up, viz . : the places of Kemp and HineHaycock ; I say nominally, for probably one or two of last year ' s Blues will be superseded, viz . : Buckland and Hildyard, that at least is said but why so good an all-round man as Buckland should lose his place, I do not know. To fill up the places there are Cobb, who made a score of 190 last year against the eleven, but whose nervousness spoils his play in any outside match ; Bolitho ; Asher, though his chances are very small ; Coles, the O . If . R . F. C . man ; Newton ; Higgins, the Westmonastrian ; and others . We have not lost a bowler this year ; Page is captain ; another freshman to be mentioned is Cochrane, from Repton. The Eights begin on May 14th ; Exeter in my opinion will keep head for the fourth year, the only boat likely to reach them is Corpus, and possibly Magdalen might have a chance . Exeter has only three -old men rowing, if I remember right ; Corpus has five or six and among them two Blues ; Magdalen has two Blues and a trialsman, another trialman, Bully, as reserve man ; New College are feeble, though the two McLeans are rowing, with Fothergill, another trialsman ; Baskett

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is rowing No . 6 in the Queen ' s eight, but they have not been entirely fortunate. Professor Ruskin has resigned . He had applied for a new drawing (school) room, and for a grant for two or three Turner ' s, the one imperatively necessary, the other highly desirable ; the answer was that the 'Varsity was in debt. This, from the persons who have spent within the last four years nearly £5oo,000 without much ado, and have recently voted a large sum for the expenses of the laboratory (which Ruskin does not like), was too much . He will probably be succeeded by Sharp once again. A Chair for English Literature and the English Language, salary goo, is going begging ; the range is so dreadfully large that no wonder men shrink from taking it . James Russell Lowell is mentioned as a possible candidate, so is Robert Browning ; Matthew Arnold has refused ; it would be a boon if Mr . Lowell would take it . The professor must, I believe, deliver twenty-four lectures in the year. We have had an unparalleled pleasure in the visit of Richter to Oxford . A certain sum was guaranteed before he came . He was made Mus . Doc. while he was here, at Sir Fred . Ouseley's request. The O . U . A . D . S . are to perform Henry rv. Canon King was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln, on Saturday, April' 25th . In him, Oxford loses perhaps the most popular of dons, certainly the most deserving of popularity . BEBI.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. HOSE ruthless Petcritc writers are clamouring again for a Cambridge letter, with the customary demand, which seems, hereditary, " by return of post, " or "instantly, " or words to that effect. The same complaint has been made by correspondents for years, but the Peterite Editors are ruthless . Before one has had time comfortably to settle down here, one finds oneself in the middle of another term, and that the " May " term, with a horrible vision before one of approaching May examinations uncomfortably near . Tripos fever is beginning to run high . Peters will represent the School in the Mathematical Tripos, Crawshaw in the Law . We wish them all success. All the colleges now have their crews out practising for the May races, the date of which is fixed for June roth . Many who would have

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been prevented from rowing by their Triposes, being thus enabled to take their places in their college boats . Peters will be rowing, for the last time we fear, in Corpus t . Jesus, with Hutchinson and Fairburn rowing in their first boat, will probably maintain their position at the head of the river, which they have held so long ; they may, however, be pressed by Trinity Hall 1, who are a good crew with three " • blues," one of whom, Hardacre, is stroking, though not altogether satisfactorily, and possibly by Third Trinity, who are next to the Hall, and are stroked by Pitman, with Donaldson, Haig, and Churchill at 7, 6, 5 respectively, and are, therefore, but for the four bow men, who are weak, a strong crew. As regards Cricket, no certain opinion can be formed as yet of the prospects of the coming season . The post of Captain has been filled by the Hon . M . B . Hawke, who, it is to be hoped, will show his old form . His experience as Captain of the Yorkshire Team must prove serviceable to the eleven . In the Seniors match, Brutton distinguished himself with a fine score of 85 . A strong contingent of public school cricketers has come up, and are likely to prove useful. Batting will be the strong point, the bowling the weak. We are glad to see in prospect an organ recital at Trinity Chapel, by Alan Gray. Rumours have been afloat of a contemplated monster meeting at the U . innlar u t~ w . . J . Senior, b Lord .. W. Worthington, not out .. J . Barker, c Noble, b Rhodes . . J . W . Dixon, b Lord . . .. J . W . Verity, run out . . Extras .. ..

Rhodes . . P . E . Lord . .

.. ..

.. . .

o 3

. . 40

BOWLING ANALYSIS . ST . PETER'S. 0. R. 16 .2 . . 3 0 Io 16 3 4 14 25 ST.

9 1

Total . .

E. S . Barry B . Langrick T . Denton . . J . Barker . .

.. ..

lonN ' s . 9 .. S•2 . .

20 17

M. ••

.. .. ..

4 4 o 2

•• •• . . ..

3 3

2 1

.. ..

6 3

0 4

This match was played on the School ground, on May 22nd, and resulted in a victory for the School . The St . John's captain won the

THE SCHOOL LETTER. is the topic which is at present attracting most attention, C RICKET and all are anxious to see who will be in the eleven, and what sort of an eleven it will be . The post of Captain, rendered vacant by Lord's resignation, has been filled by Rhodes, last year's Secretary, who in turn is succeeded by Crawshaw . The Season opened very auspiciously on May 23rd, the School defeating St . John's College by 81 to 40 . Lord and Little each contributed 20, and Crawshaw 15. Rhodes' bowling has evidently lost none of its old sting, as he was credited with six wickets for 20 runs . A match was played between School House and School, each side having one innings . The School totalled 61, and the House, thanks mainly to a not out inning of 33 by Lord, succeeded in compiling 62 . It should, however, be mentioned that for a considerable part of the afternoon, two of the School bowlers were not available . A letter appeared in one of our numbers advocating the formation of a regularly organised Second Fifteen . We hope that this suggestion will be adopted with regard to Cricket this term . If this is not done, there will certainly be a great lack of material out of which to compose next year's eleven. Ascension Day passed off very quietly . The weather, though not perhaps all that might have been desired, was very tolerable, and left very little to complain of. the most deserving of popularity.

BEBI .

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. HOSE ruthless Peterite writers are clamouring again for a Cambridge letter, with the customary demand, which seemshereditary, " by return of post, " or " instantly, " or words to that effect. The same complaint has been made by correspondents for years, but the Peterite Editors are ruthless . Before one has had time comfortably to settle down here, one finds oneself in the middle of another term, and that the " May " term, with a horrible vision before one of approaching May examinations uncomfortably near . Tripos fever is

beginning to run high . Peters will represent the School in the Mathematical Tripos, Crawshaw in the Law . We wish them all success. All the colleges now have their crews out practising for the May races, the date of which is fixed for June loth . Many who would have

CRICKET .

SECOND ELEVEN MATCHES. June 4th, „ 13th, „ 3oth,

.. . . . St. Olaves . . St . George's College, Harrogate . . St . Olaves .. ..

I-Iome „ „

ST . PETER'S v . ST . JOHN'S COLLEGE. ST . PETER'S. .. 20 P . E . Lord, lbw, b Barker W . G. Wilson, c Senior, b Barker .. 5 . . 3 H . McClellan, c Barry, b Barker .. .. o J . E . Noble, b Barker . . . . . . 15 R . Crawshaw, c and b Langrick H. W. Rhodes, b Barry . . .. .. 1 W . Holmes, run out .. .. .. .. 2 . . 20 T. H . Little, c Langrick, b Barry H. Jackson, c Barry b Langrick .. .. o J . A . Dunkerly, c Senior, b Langrick . . 3 . . .. 7 E. Procter, not out .. .. Extras .. .. .. .. .. 5 Total

ST. JOHN'S. T . Markin, c Lord, b Rhodes .. T . Denton, c Lord, b Rhodes .. B . Langrick, c Crawshaw, b Rhodes .. E . S . Barry, c Wilson, b Rhodes .. A. Nettleton, b Lord G. Inman, b Rhodes J . Senior, b Lord W . Worthington, not out J. Barker, c Noble, b Rhodes .. J . W. Dixon, b Lord .. J . W . Verity, run out Extras .. Total .. BOWLING ANALYSIS.

E . S . Barry B. Langrick T . Denton .. J . Barker . .

ST . PETER ' S. O. R. 16. 2 . . 30 IO 16 3 14

4 25

m. ▪ ▪ •

4 4 o 2

w. 3 3 .. o .. 4

••

ST . JOHN 'S. Rhodes . . P . E . Lord . .

20 17

2 I

6 3

This match was played on the School ground, on May 22nd, and -resulted in a victory for the School . The St . John's captain won the

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toss, and put the school in first . Rhodes sent in Lord and Wilson to face the bowling of Barry and Langrick. Both played steadily and well . They were at last parted by a ball from Barker who had taken Langrick's place, which sent Lord back leg before wicket . On his retirement, if we may use the York Herald's phraseology, "a rot set in," the next 5 wickets only putting on 11 runs . Wilson, McClellan, Noble, Rhodes, and Holmes retiring in rapid succession . However, when Crawshaw and Little got together a determined stand was made and the score rose rapidly. Crawshaw after playing good cricket for his 15 retired caught, and Little was joined by Jackson, who, however, soon gave place to Dunkerly . Dunkerly after scoring 3 was replaced by Procter . He and Little prolonged the innings some time longer, till the latter was caught after adding to the score a most useful 20 . This brought the innings to a close the total being 81. Markin and Denton opened the innings of St . John ' s, the bowlers being Rhodes and Lord . They both however soon retired, both caught by Lord off Rhodes's bowling . In a similar manner the rest of the eleven could do very little with the school bowling, 9 and 7 being the largest scores of the innings, run up by Worthington and Barry respectively . Thus, on the fall of the 1 oth wicket, the score was only 40, leaving the school victorious by 41 runs . The bowling and fielding of the school eleven were remarkably good considering that it was the 1st match of the season ; Rhodes getting 6 wickets for 20 runs and Lord 3 for 17 .

SIX v . TWELVE. This match resulted in a victory for the " twelve " by seven wickets. In the first innings of the "six" Noble alone was able to score at all; Crawshaw however showed some good defence . The innings of the "twelve " resembled that of the "six " in the rapidity with which the wickets fell ; Little however made a good stand, and carried out his bat for a lively innings of eighteen . The "six" made a far better stand in their second innings . Some very good play was shewn by Rhodes, Crawshaw, and Lord, for 16, 17, and 14 not out, respectively. The required 35 was soon hit off by the "twelve", though not before they had lost five wickets . The wicket throughout the match was very difficult to play on .

CRICKET . TIIE SIX. IST INNINGS .

2ND INNINGS.

P . E . Lord, b Dunkerly

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H. Botterill, run out

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2 J . E . Noble, c Haynes, b Murray . . 13 R. Crawshaw, b Dunkerly

H. W . Rhodes, not out H. McClellan, b Dunkerly . . Extra

. .

not out . . . . .. c Murray, b Dunkerly . .

• • 14 .. 2

•• ••

••

• •

b Murray

. .

l Dunkerly

5 o

c Clarke, b Dunkerly b Dunkerly

o Total

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Extras

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17 .. r6

THE TWELVE . 2ND INNINGS.

IST INNINGS. W. Murray, b Rhodes . . .. H. Holmes, run out J . Scarborough, run out

o not out .. 8 b McClellan .. ..

5 c Lord, b Rhodes 4

b Rhodes

W. S . Gofton, c Crawshaw, b Lord

5 0

c Lord, b Rhodes

G . C . Waud, b Lord T. H. Little, not out

0 IS c sub ., b Rhodes

W. G. Wilson, c and b Rhodes J . A . Dunkerly, b Lord

.. .. ..

C . B. Clarke, c Noble, b Lord .. 0. Whaley, b McClellan C . Haynes, c Noble, b McClellan J . E . Gofton, c Noble, b McClellan Extras

. .

0 3 0 9

Total

Extras

Total

. . 36

v . J. WALKER'S TEAM. This match was played on the School Ground, resulting in a draw. The strangers won the toss and elected to send their opponents in. Lord and Wilson opened the innings for the School . At first runs were few and far between, Lord playing very carefully for his 11, at which total he was bowled off his pads . Noble now joined Wilson, but, with the score at 37, ran himself out . After Little and McClellan had added S and 3 respectively, Rhodes and Wilson made a determined stand, and occasioned frequent changes of bowlers . At last Wilson was bowled for a very steady 15, and was soon followed by Rhodes, who fell victim to the same mischance as Lord . Crawshaw and Holmes now got together and proved most troublesome, the next wicket putting on eighty runs . The former only retired after compiling 57 in good style, and the latter an equally creditable 42 . Though

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Dunkerly gave no great trouble, Procter and Scarbro refused to be parted till they had added another twenty to the score . This brought the innings to a close, leaving the strangers 230 to win . Procter and Dudley commenced their innings. The former made 11, and was then bowled by a good ball from McClellan . J. Walker joined Dudley, who was soon after bowled, having quickly hit up 29. Guy took his place, and hit McClellan for four, when he lost J . Walker, who was succeeded by H . Walker, and these two played out time, the score being 52 for four wickets . ST . PETER'S. P. E. Lord, b Cundall . . . . W . G . Wilson, b Dudley J . E . Noble, run out . . T . H . Little, b Procter . . . . II . McClellan, c Walker, b Guy II . W . Rhodes, b Cundall . . R . Crawshaw, c and b Procter . . .. II . W . Holmes, st Dudley, b Cundall . . J . A . Dunkerly, c Guy, b Cundall . . E . Procter, b Guy .. J . Scarbro, not out Extras .. .. Total . .

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MR. WALKER'S ELEVEN. J . Procter, b H . McClellan .. F. Dudley, b J . A . Dunkerly . . J . Walker, b J . A . Dunkerly . . . . J . Varley, b H . McClellan .. C . Guy, not out . . . . H . Walker, not out Extras Total for 4 wickets . .

11 15 10 8 3 29 57 42 I 15 8 30 . .229 . . 11 . . 26 8 2 4 o . . 1 . . 52

ST . PETER'S SCHOOL v. NORTH RIDING ASYLUM. This match was played on the North Riding Asylum ground, and rasulted in a victory for the School by 31 runs . The Asylum won the toss and assumed the defensive. Glaisby and Rudd took their places at the wickets, to the bowling of Rhodes and Lord . After scoring 3, Rudd gave a very difficult chance to point, which was not accepted. However, in the next over Glaisby was clean bowled by Lord. Masterman took his place and, with Rudd, made a long stand, and were not parted till they had raised the score from 8 to 50 . Masterman was bowled eventually by Lord, and was replaced by Varley, and soon

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was followed by Rudd, bowled off his pad by McClellan, who had taken the place of Rhodes. He was succeeded by Dr . Nicholson, who only survived two balls from McClellan, being clean bowled by the third . C . Wood came in, but had not the heart to score more than 1 against his old School. Robinson joined Varley, but after scoring 6 was well caught by Little at long-leg . Of the remaining wickets, Bryant alone gave any difficulty. The innings closed for a total of 92. The School began most inauspiciously, Wilson being clean bowled in the second over of Dr . Nicholson, and Botterill being bowled, after scoring 1, by Masterman. Noble and Little took their places, but Little soon lost Noble, leg before wicket, and shortly afterwards McClellan was bowled by Masterman . Lord then assumed the defensive, and, with Little, raised the score to 27, when Little was bowled for a careful innings of 6 . Lord and Rhodes then became partners, and the aspect of the game was completely changed . Rhodes began by a grand hit to leg for 4, and defied all attempts of the bowlers to dislodge him . The game meanwhile became most exciting, the score rising rapidly . Changes of bowlers were frequent, but all in vain. The winning hit was made by Rhodes amidst loud applause from the spectators . At last, after raising the score from 27 to 94, Rhodes and Lord were parted, a ball from Leckenby proving too much for the former. Crawshaw joined Lord, but retired after making a hit for 2. Procter took his place, but lost Lord, who was out leg before wicket after a capital innings of 40 . Dun kerly and Holmes made a stand for the last wicket, which brought the total to 123. NORTH RIDING

ASYLUM.

Glaisby, b Lord .. Rudd, b McClellan J . Masterman, b Lord .. J . L . Varley, b Lord R. R . Nicholson, b McClellan .. C . Wood, b Lord .. J . Robinson, c Little, b McClellan T. Leckenby, not out .. C . Gay, b Lord .. H. Muchall, b Lord S. Bryant, b Lord Extras .. E.

C. E.

Total . .

NOTES AND ITEMS. ST. PETER'S SCHOOL. W. G . Wilson, 1) Nicholson

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H . Botterill, c Nicholson, b Masterman J . E . Noble, lbw, b Masterman

T . II . Little, b Masterman

II . McClellan, b Masterman

P . E . Lord, lbw, b Leckenby

H . W . Rhodes, b Leckenby R . Crawshaw, b Gay ..

E . Procter, 1) Gay

3 12

J . A . Dunkerly, b Gay ..

9 15

H . Holmes, not out Extras

.. Total ..

-123

BOWLING ANALYSIS. NORTH RIDING ASYLum. O.

P . E. Lord . .

. . 6

M. . .

H . W. Rhodes J . A . Dunkerly

.. . .

8 3

.. 2

.. o

II . McClellan

. .

12 . . 31

7 a 3

Lord bowled two wides. ST . PETER ' S Sr'iIOOL. W. R . Nicholson . .

. .

. . I

T . Masterman C . Wood . .

. . IS 4

57 9

2 0

••4 .. o .. 3

C . Gay .. T. Leckenby

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. . .. 6 .. 5 .. 4 .. Leckenby bowled two wicles and Wood one.

NOTES AND ITEMS. REV. T . ADAMS has accepted a head mastership in Canada. REV . T . B . B . FERRIS, M .A., Vicar of St . Matthews, Nottingham, has

been appointed Surrogate in Diocese of Southwell. H . M . BRAITHWAITE (late Lieutenant R. N .) on November 22nd, 1884, lost in the China Seas . Aged 31. Durham Light h fantry.—LIEUTENANT T . Moss to be Lieutenant J . D . Mawnsell promoted .

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NOTES AND ITEMS . W. Y . FAUSSET,

has been appointed to a Mastership at Fettes College.

at Sandhurst College Sports, was first in "putting the weight," and second in " throwing the hammer . "

W. J . P . KAYE,

Bovs' MATCH will be played on the 29th of June . O . P .'s who wish to play will please send in their names to R . Crawshaw.

THE OLD

Commemoration Day Sermon will be preached by the Rev. T . Adams.

THE

The Editors beg to acknowledge the receipt of " The Lorettonian, " " Barrovian," " Sutton Valence," " Ulula," "St . Andrew College Magazine," " The Alleynian ."]