July 1887 by StPetersYork

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PFTI'RITE Von. X .

JULY, 1887 .

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No . 68.

EDITORIAL.

T is with the deepest regret that we have to announce that at the end of this term our headmaster, the Rev . H . M . Stephenson,

will sever his connection with the School . His loss will be deeply felt by all connected with St . Peter' s, and it will be hard, indeed, to find a successor who will perform the arduous duties of headmaster with the zeal and success which have attended his efforts . During the fifteen years for which he has filled that post, the School has made steady progress, and considering its size, no school has been more uniformly successful in winning University distinctions than St . Peter' s . All, we are sure, who have been instructed by him, will concur with us in testifying to the pains and labour which he has bestowed upon then, and the personal interest which he takes in each one of his pupils. But essential as this is, it is not all that is required of the headmaster of a public school . Play, as well as work, forms an important factor in school life, and no headmaster who has the true welfare of his school at heart, can afford entirely to neglect this most important part of school training . That Mr . Stephenson took an active interest in his pupils out of school as well as in it, all who have ever taken part in the games can testify, and he spared neither time nor labour to assist in promoting those movements which tended to the honour of the School, or the improvement of its members . In the theatricals, especially, he took an unflagging interest, and many of our most successful actors are indebted to him, in a great measure, for the triumphs they achieved . In conclusion, we thank both him and Mrs. Stephenson in the name of all Past and Present Peterites for their uniform kindness, and their untiring efforts to advance the good of the School, and of each individual member of it, and sincerely hope that a long and happy life may be in store for them .

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CARDS. HERE are very few subjects that may not suggest almost infinite fields of speculation . On my present topic it is probable that much might be found to say ; for instance, about the card which saves us from the hard necessity of seeing our dear friends ; the card—dirty often, and suggestive of filthy lucre—that has borne its part on many a green baize battlefield ; the card which not too modestly sets forth the merits of this chimney-sweep, or of that milkman ; and perhaps even railway tickets and cartes-de-visite might serve as the text for no little excellent discourse. But I conjure the reader not to be alarmed ; all this discourse I shall leave to his fancy . I am not going to initiate him into the manufacture of cardboard, nor the mysteries of " following suit " or "returning leads ; " nor yet into the intricacies of social etiquette : all I have to say is about that particularly engrossing sort of card that at certain seasons of the year turns our shop windows into a sort of artificial flower garden, and by whose kindly medium a regular tide of love flows to and fro. To begin at the beginning, and, Darwin-like, to trace back the parentage of our card from its earlier stages, as Cowper does in evolving his sofa from the rudimentary stool, would be no difficult matter. From very early times that most benign of saints and bishops, Valentine, has lent his yearly sanction to the open utterance of bashfully burning secrets that at other times struggled in vain for utterance. Then it was that the coy maiden loved to melt ; then, still more, that the diffident swain strove to remedy that lamentable lack of words that formed at other times his worst and sorest obstacle. But the schoolmaster was abroad, the march of intellect had begun and soon the written letter, much laboured and long pondered over, but still a medium through which one might reckon upon being able to say out one's say—such as it was—began to take the place of mere oral vagueness and uncertainty . This, too, as I lodge began more duly to appreciate the arduous nature of his undertaking, gave way in turn to a form of missive at once more impressive and less exacting . When it was found that suitable and appropriate sentiments, all ready written, nay printed, could be easily bought, then what throes of composition, what distressful "fevers of the brow " were happily and for ever allayed !

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Such, twenty years ago, was the only recognised sort of card that struck a periodic terror into the soul of the burdened postman . The printer, alas ! was often no poet, though Hodge thought he was ; and the missive took in time the form of a fulsome expression of stale devotion, printed on shining silvery paper, with some lace and tawdry flowers around it, and a conventional pair of hearts carried butcher-like on a skewer, by a naked, winged boy, who ever pointed archly to a church in the distance . There were also varieties which took the shape of a cardboard box full of elaborate rubbish, or else of a coarse and meaningless caricature, emanating from a spirit decidedly uncupidlike. Such were the means, 0 ! juvenile reader, which your grandfather used to thaw the icy heart of your grandmother, or with which he expressed his bitter resentment against those others that, but foi this—who knows ?—might have been your grandfathers. Does anyone send the old-fashioned trumpery now, I wonder? Does any anxious lover ponder in these days whether to buy this scented compliment at sixpence, or to attest the greater power of his adoration by purchasing that splendidly embossed rhapsody of love for a shilling? But why not ? We cannot all make poetry, and we can all buy it . What though it is hard to fancy an Anacreon having recourse to the ready-made love lyrics of some trading bard, at, say, an obolus or so per line ; yet if every one were like him and made their own soft effusions for themselves, pray, what is to become of our Anacreons in these days, with no one to buy their wares ? Yet whether we and the Anacreons like it or not, there is little doubt that the time of the good honest valentine is past, that besought the fair, in plain set terms, to "let my love thy pity move, " et cetera . The age-spirit is against it, and has decreed its abolition ; not, however, without giving us something in its place, for nature always adheres to her law of compensation. It is now a good many years since a publisher, who was either very prudent or very lucky, hit upon a novelty, simpler, neater, more attractive than our old friend the valentine, while at the same time its ostensible claims were less open to objection and cavil. The pure Platonic Christmas-card charmed everyons . The lazy hailed it because it saved letter writing the actively-emotioned because it offered a fresh chance of being demonstrative ; the foe to Cupid, because it meant nothing ; and the votary of Cupid, because it might mean everything ; the aesthetic, because it was so sweetly artistic ; the

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silly, because it was new ; and the wise—well perhaps the wise were not quite so much charmed as the rest, and so got called cynical, as often happens . And then the New Year ' s card, its twin sister, was speedily welcomed with it . The Birthday card, too, was a happy and tasteful device for avoiding the external sameness of the old " many happy returns ; " and it, too, was soon popular with all but these same wise, cynical people . And then there came the Easter card ; then how many more kinds of cards I do not know, and the cynics began to say that they objected to the card movement altogether, because it had a tendency to encroach with no visible limit. There seems, in truth, without being cynical, little doubt that such a fashion may so overgrow, and, in fact, has so overgrown, the limits o f good sense as partially to defeat its own objects . What these limits are, is not, perhaps, so plain . In theory, however, it is true of these pretty trifles, as of gifts and presents in general, that the more their number is increased the less meaning do they individually convey to the receiver, and the greater burden do they become collectively to the giver . In scientific phrase, their number varies directly as their cost, and inversely as their intrinsic value . There is plainly a point of multiplication beyond which such gifts begin to mean less and less. The only thing that comes to be noticed about them is their mission, and from this point onwards they tend to become more oppressive and useless. Suppose, for instance, that the sweetly emotional " young thing," who exults because she has received fifty cards last Christmas, not to mention other seasons, has on the whole sent off about the same number . Now it would take a very large-hearted man or woman, and a very fortunate one too, to have fifty dear and intimate friends, though it would perhaps be possible to have five . So that while five missives might be both sent and received with something like genuine goodwill, and without saying more than can be felt on either side, the fifty must, in general, become both a distressing tax on the sender's patience, and a no less distressing satire on the genuineness of their own professions. So at least say the cynics, and to some extent one cannot but think the cynics are right and have common-sense on their side . But commonsense when opposed to sentiment has a hard battle to fight . That it may not be at such a grievous disadvantage as it is in that battle, is one of the boons which the popular worship of false sensibility and morbid sentiment seems likely to long withhold from us . Our hope,

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however, lies in a still lower tendency of human nature—cards will probably soon go out of fashion . A . Al.

SCHOOL LETTER. E have by this time got well into the Cricket Season, and the merits of the Eleven have been fairly tested. Of the seven matches played, four have been won, two lost, and one drawn. Considering the strong clubs we are playing this year, this result is very satisfactory. The batting is very strong and will, before the end of the season, be considerably stronger, while the bowling, though not particularly formidable, has the merits of straightness and variety. The fielding, however, has not, so far, been so satisfactory . Several of the team seem to have revived a habit, which we hoped had grown into disuse, of allowing catches to go through their hands . Such a habit is fatal to the interests of the team and greatly diminishes the probability that we shall win any considerable proportion of our matches . We may mention that in both of the matches which we have lost, we were without the services of Jackson, which goes a long way towards accounting for at least one of them. The Second Eleven promises to be pretty strong, and as there are nine matches already arranged, it behoves all aspirants to the dignity of a place in it to exert themselves to the utmost to perfect themselves in every department of the game. Our readers will, we are sure, all join with us in regretting that we are, at the end of the term, to lose Mr . Routh. During the fourteen years that he has been at St. Peter's, lie has earned for himself an universal and thoroughly well-deserved popularity, and lie has never failed to take a lively personal interest in all that concerns the School and its members . He was a consistent supporter of all our institutions, and in particular of the Debating Society, and will, we fear, be hard indeed to replace . We wish him every success and prosperity in his new position .

CRICKET. SIX v . NEXT THIRTEEN. This annual match was played on i12ay the 17th and 19th, and ended in a draw, greatly in favour of the 1st Six . For the Six, the 1sT

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brothers Procter displayed good cricket with the bat, while the bowling was shared by Whaley, Jackson, and Allan . For the Thirteen, Gofton, Leaf, and Wilson batted well, while all the wickets fell to the bowling of Gofton . NEXT IST INNINGS . J . II . G . Wilson, run out G . V. Birks, b Jackson . . J . F . Leaf, run out H . Metcalfe, c Mitchell, b Jackson R . Crosthwaite, 1> Whaley A . Hudson, b Whaley . . T . P,ennett, run out J . E . Gofton, c Whaley, b Allan DI . Napier, run out F . C Crowther, b Whaley G . Chihnan, b Allan D . Naylor, not out W . Carter, b Whaley . . Extras . . Total

THIRTEEN. io 2 4 3 I 3 2 ro I 9 4 3 3 9 64

2ND INNINGS. c Procter, b Jackson . . 8 b Allan 9 b Jackson 4 c Mitchell, b Allan . . 6 I i . F . Chadreick (sub), nut out I b Whaley . . 4 c Jackson, b Allan . . 9 c Jackson, b Allan . . n run out 7 b Allan 6 b Jackson 2 b Jackson 0 U Allan 0 Extras . . 10 . Total

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FIRST SIX. IST INNINGS. E. Procter, b Gofton H. W. Allan, run out .. W . K . Procter, not out .. 11 . Jackson, 1 b w, b Gofton F. Mitchell, b Gofton .. O . W. Whaley, ht wkt, b Gofton Extras . . .. Total

2ND INNINGS. 19 not out 13 21 not out 7 8 0 To Extras . . 78

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Total (for no Rkts) 49

v- N . R . ASYLUM. This, the first match of the Season, was played on the Asylum ground on May 26th, and resulted in a victory for the School by 25 runs . We won the toss and opened our innings with E . Procter and Allan, to the bowling of Nicholson and Leckenby . The score was slowly raised by steady play, and Twineham relieved Leckenby . Allan was bowled at 29 . E. Procter was caught at the wicket with the score at 51, after playing extremely well for 25 . No one now stayed long until Crosthwaite came in, but when he and Napier got together, scoring was rapid, almost entirely from Napier's bat . When these two were separated, the innings soon ended for 92 . The Asylum began with

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Johnson and Rudd, the latter of whom was bowled in Jackson's first over . Johnson and Twinellam were also bowled by Jackson, after scoring r 1 and io respectively . Nicholson scored 29 before being bowled by a splendid ball from Mitchell, but the rest were soon disposed of, and the innings ended for 67 . Jackson and Mitchell bowled well for the School, Mitchell's analysis being especially worthy of notice. SCHOOL. 1I . \V. Allan, b Twineham E. Procter. c Bone . b Twineham . . W . K . Procter, b Twineham H . Jackson, b Nicholson . . J . E . Gofton, b. Nicholson F . Alitchell, h Twineham . . R. Crosthwaite . c Law, b Nicholson J . F. Leaf, b Nicholson DL Napier, c Rudd, b Nicholson . . T. W . M . Bennett, not out A . Hudson, c Rudd b Tate Extras . .

9 25 7 5

I' o 3 o 24 7 I Io 92

ASYLUM. E . Johnson, b Jackson C . E . Rudd, b Jackson G . Twineham, b Jackson . . W . R . Nicholson, b Mitchell J . Bone. lbw, b Jackson J . S . Law, c E. Procter, b W . K . Procter W . Smith, not out . . C . Tate, run out T. Leckenby, c Napier, b Mitchell H . Aluchall, b Mitchell S. Bryant, b Dlitchell E xtras . .

11 o Io 29 3 o 4

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0 8 67

BOWLING ANALYSIS. Runs . ovens . Maidens . Jackson 1s 9 26 2 14 Gofton 6 17 W . K . Procter 6 1 2 Mitchell 5 .4 2

Wickets. 4 0

1 4

v . ST . JOHN'S COLLEGE .—JUNE IST. Played on the School Ground, and resulted in a decisive victory for St . Peter ' s by I wicket and 74 runs . St . John ' s, having won the toss, elected to bat first ; but thanks to the excellent bowling of Whaley and Jackson, backed up by close and smart fielding they were all dismissed

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for 47 . The School were first represented by Allan and E . Procter. The former was unfortunate enough to be thrown out from cover point, and Procter soon followed, being caught at slip in attempting to lilt to leg. When AV . Procter and Gofton became associated they soon put a new aspect on the game . Gofton played very steadily, though generally availing himself of an opportunity when one presented itself, but to Procter all bowling seemed to come alike . After raising the score from 12 to 86, the pair were at last parted, Gofton being caught and bowled for a well played 24 . Procter was soon after run out for a finely hit 50 . After this no one offered any very vigorous opposition to the bowling except Mitchell, who at call of time was not out 15. Score ST. JOIIN'S. J . A . Marrmaton, run out . . G. Bott, b Whaley . . . J . G . Swaine, b Whaley W . Clough, c Napier, b Jackson . . IV . Wilson, b Whaley F . W . Smith, b Whaley II . cm-' en ' c Gofton, b Whaley . . F . Styche, run out . . J . B . Smith, not out B . Dry, b Whaley . . A, Dolton, c Gofton, b Whaley . . Extras . .

o 17 0 I I

6 o 4 1 I

o 4 3 47

Total ST . PETER'S. H. Allan, run out . . E. Procter, c Styche, b Bolton W. Procter, run out J . Gofton, c & b Swaine . . H . Jackson, c Styche, b Swaine . . F. Mitchell, not out M . Napier, c Dry, b Smith . .. J . Wilson, b Swaine R . Crosthivaite, run out . . J . Leaf, c F . Smith, b Swaine 0 . Whaley, not out . . Extras . .

o ii 50 24

3 15 I

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7 5 o o 5

Total (for 9 wkts) 121 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Maiden ; . Runs, Overs . <_ 17 5 II . Jackson 3 :2 O .W .Whaley 16 - I

Wickets. 1 7

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v . RIPON GRAMMAR SCHOOL-JUNE- 4TH. Played on the School ground, and after a very even and exciting game ended in a victory for St . Peters by 12 runs only . The Ripon Captain winning the toss, elected to put his opponents in first, and we were represented at the wickets first by Procter and Allan, to t11e bowling of Dixon and Bryant . Play was very steady for an over or two and then Allan was neatly caught at slip before he had opened his account. W . Procter joined his brother, but after m .tking 3 he had his leg stump dislodged by a shooter from Dixon . Gofton succeeded, and he and Procter played very steadily . By slow degrees the score rose to 25, at which point Procter was well taken at the wicket for a very useful 16 . Jackson played one or two overs very well, and was then taken at slip in attempting to hit to leg . Soon after Mitchell's arrival Gofton was clean bowled by Ragg for an excellent defensive innings of 17 . At 48 Mitchell played a ball from his foot on his wicket. Of the rest Crosthwaite was the only one to give much trouble, and but for one possible chance his innings was a very good one . The catch that dismissed Napier is worthy of mention. Requiring 7o runs to win, Ripon sent in Dixon and Richmond to face the bowling of Jackson and Whaley . As in the St . Peter's innings scoring was very slow, and at 7 a good catch at point dismissed Richmond . The bowling was very straight and the fielding excellent, so that runs were very difficult to make . With the score at 40 for five wickets a change was tried, Procter and Mitchell superseding Jackson and Whaley . This dismissed Ragg, who had batted very steadily, and soon afterwards a smart catch at point got rid of Bryant, whose 16 was a very good and plucky innings . After this the end soon came, and we were left winners of a very good match by 12 runs . The bowling of Jackson and Procter, and the fielding of the whole team were very good. ST. PETER'S. H . Allan, c . Dixon, b Bryant o 16 E. Procter, c Tupman, b Bryant . . W. Procter, b Dixon 3 J . E . Gofton, b Ragg 17 6 H . C . Jackson, c Day, b Bryant . . 8 F. Mitchell, b Ragg 4 J . G. Wilson, b Bryant R. Crosthwaite, not out 7 o Al . Napier, c Danks, b Ragg 3 O . W . Whaley, b Ragg o T . W. Bennett, b Ragg Extras 4 68

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RIPON. S . Dixon, c Gofton, b Jackson J . Richmond, c Allan, b Jackson . . E . Danks, run out . . H . Pullen, c and b Jackson C . Bryant, c Jackson, b Mitchell . . J . Tupman, b Jackson R . S . Ragg, c E . Procter, b W . Procter . . It . Tupman, run out W . Wrangham, c Jackson, b W . Procter J. R . Hill, b W. Procter . . .. J. G . Battram, not out _ Extras . .

.. 6 .. 2 .. 6 4 16 3 6

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BOWLING ANALYSIS. 0 . Whaley H . Jackson W . Procter F. Mitchell

Overs . 13

Maidens . 4

14 5 4.2 1 4 1 W. Procter bowled a wide .

Runs . 16 17 4 9

Wickets. 0

4 3 1

v . LONDESBOROUGH PARK .—JUNE 7TH. Played on the School ground, and resulted in a draw greatly in favour of Londesborough as, with only one wicket to fall, we were. 131 runs to the had when time was called . This result might have been considerably modified had our fielding been at all decent. Hitherto the eleven have fielded very well, but in this match the display was something atrocious . No less than seven catches were missed in the long field, and it was not until Jackson was sent out that a catch was brought off there. The Londesborough captain, having won the toss, sent in IV . Usher and Harbour to face the deliveries of Whaley and Jackson . A description of the innings would be painful . Its main features there, the hard hitting of Brown and Siddall, and the number of catches that were missed . Jackson, in particular, was very hardly used, and if all the chances had been accepted that were offered off his bowling he would have had a very good analysis. When the School went in the batsmen seemed considerably disconcerted by the pace of the bowling . DIitchell played in very good style, but foolishly ran himself out when well set . The last two batsmen managed to play time out, and saved us from certain defeat .

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CRICKET . LONDESBOROUGH PARK. W. A. Usher, b Jackson . . .. . . W. Harbour, run out . . .. . . J . Wreghitt, b Whaley W. Brown, b Gofton A . N . Young, c E . Procter, b W . Procter A . Siddall, b Gofton G. Cobb, c Mitchell, b Whaley . . H. B . Young, not out H . Usher, e Jackson, b Gofton . . E . W . Usher, b Whaley . . J . Edgar, c E . Procter, b Jackson Extras

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ST . PETER'S. H . Allan, b Siddall E . Procter, b IL Usher W. Procter, b IL Usher . . J . E . Gofton, c Ifarbour, b II . Usher II, Jackson, c Siddall, b H . Usher F . Mitchell, run out R . Crosthwaite, b A . Siddall J . G . Wilson, b II . Usher . . DI . Napier, c Wreghitt, b II . Usher 0 . \v . Whaley, not out .. . A . Hudson, not out Extras

0 4 8 ..

0 2 20

o 6 7 o o I2

Total (for 9 wickets) 59 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Overs . Maidens. Runs . 0 . w . Whaley 1 4 . 4 4 34 H . Jackson 24 4 59 W . Procter 6 0 27 F. Mitchell 4 0 22 J . E . Gofton 10 3 25

Wickets. 3 2

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NVELHAM .—JUNE 14TH. Played at Welhatn, and resulted in a sound thrashing for the School by 14o runs and two wickets . Though we could hardly have hoped for success against the strong combination which was brought against us, still, had the fielding been anything short of execrable, we might have made a much better show . The regularity with which fellows dropped catches, and allowed balls to go straight between their legs, might have led a spectator, uninitiated in the mysteries of the game, to imagine that that was the chief object in cricket, and it may interest those who represented us on this occasion to know that we earned the reputation of being the worst team in the field that ever appeared on the Welham ground . F' .

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The School having won the toss elected to bat, and were all dismissed on an excellent wicket for 84 . The best batting was done by W . Procter and Crosthwaite, of whom the former played in really brilliant form, while Crosthwaite showed sound defence. When Welham went in to bat, our real weakness soon began to reveal itself. Two catches were missed off Mitchell's first over, and two off Whaley ' s second, and the first pair of batsmen, who between them made 57 runs, ought not to have made much above 7 . Under such circumstances it was only to be expected that a large total would be compiled, and in spite of various changes in the bowling, and considerable alterations in the position of the fielders, we had only succeeded in dismissing eight of our opponents when time was called . The total number of catches dropped was nine. ST . PETER'S. H . Allan, b Tinsley E . Procter, c Tinsley, b Bulmer . . W . Procter, c and b Tinsley J. E . Goftou, b Tinsley F . Mitchell, lbw b Horsley J . Wilson, c Williamson, b Horsley R . Crosthwaite, not out M . Napier, c Baker, b Horsley . . W . Bennett, run out 0 . W . Whaley, b Balser . . A . Hudson, b Balser Extras

5 4 20 2

II 3 9 6 I

5 3 15 84

WELHAM. E . Parsons, e Napier, b Gofton . . T. Baker, b W. Procter . . A . Brown, c and b W. Procter . . A . Tinsley, run out ... N. Williamson, c Allan, b W . Procter J . Taylor, c Mitchell, b W . Procter A . Cayley, c Napier, b E . Procter J . Bulmer, lbw b P,ennett . . W. Horsley, not out G. Estill, not out . . F . Smithson, to bat. Extras . .

29 28

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224 The bowling analysis was not kept.

v . CLIFTON .—JUNE 16TH. Played on the School ground . The School having won the toss elected to bat, and were, as usual, first represented by Allan and

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E . Procter . By steady cricket the score was raised to 2S before Procter was unfortunate enough to be caught at the wicket . After this no one showed particularly brilliant form, perhaps the best being Metcalfe, and the innings closed for 71 . Rowntree ' s bowling is worthy of mention, lie obtaining eight wickets for 22 runs . The Clifton innings was not of very long duration . The fielding was in marked contrast to what we have seen in the last two matches, but it must be confessed the fielders had not much work given them to do . Whaley and IV. Procter bowled unchanged, and both obtained excellent analyses. ST. PETER'S. II . Allan, b Rowntree .. . . E. Procter, c IIaigh, b Rowntree W . Procter . lbw b Stansfield J . E . Gofton, c Stansfield, h Rowntree F. Mitchell, b Rowntree . . R. Crosthwaite, b Rowntree J. G . Wilson . b Rowntree . . 'I . Napier, b Rowntree . . . . J. F . Leaf, c Stansfield, b Rowntree 11 . Nletcalf, not out O . W . Whaley . run out Extras . .

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CLIFTON. J . Haigh . c W . Procter . b Whaley S. IIodgson, b W . Procter J . Law, b W . Procter R . Cowle, b Whaley J . Rowntree, mgt out R . Falkner, b Procter C . Brogden . b Whaley J. Stansfield, c E . Procter, b \Vhaley J . IIaigh, 1) Whaley R . Dawson c 1; . Procter, b W . Procter . . R. Lamb, b W . Procter . . Extras

3 o o o 1,

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BOWLING ANALYSIS. W . Procter 0 . Whaley D.

Overs . 7 6

'Maidens . 1 2

RIPON SCHOOL . — JUNE

Run ;, 14 9

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This return match was played on the Ripon ground, and after a very even and exciting game, resulted in a win for the home team by 6 runs . The bowling of Ragg, who obtained seven wickets for 31 runs, and the batting of Danks and Battram, who raised the score

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from 20 for six wickets to 61 for seven, were the main factors in Ripon ' s success . The York team threw away several runs by carelessness, and though no actual mistakes were made, the fielding of several members of the eleven got decidedly slack . Our great weakness however, was the want of change bowling . and without at all wishing to detract from the merit of our opponent's performance, we cannot help thinking that had we had the assistance of Jackson, the result would have been different. St . Peters having won the toss, elected to bat . The main features of the innings were the defence shown by Allan, who batted half-anhour for his " duck, " and the brilliant hitting of W . Procter, who scored 35 out of 44 while he was at the wickets . Later on in the innings Whaley and Napier made a useful stand . Several of our batsmen were very unlucky in the way they were dismissed . The fielding of the Ripon team was close and smart, and we should do well to imitate it. The Ripon innings began very auspiciously . With only one run scored, \V . Procter dismissed Richmond, and at the same total Dixon and Tupman had to leave . Six wickets were down for zo runs, when Danks and Battram got together, and by careful batting considerably altered the aspect of the game . Whaley and Procter were replaced by Mitchell and Gofton, but the only effect of this change was to increase the rate of rungetting, and the original bowlers had soon to resume again with the result that at 61 Danks was caught by Mitchell off Procter, and at 64 Battram shared a similar fate . At 72, Tupman was caught at point off Whaley, and then in Procter's next over, Ligertwood and Hill made 8 runs and won the match for Ripon amidst loud applause . Procter and Whaley bowled very well, but the want of an efficient change bowler was severely felt Scores : ST . PETEP.'S. II . Allan, b Ragg . . E. Procter, b Ragg . . W . Procter, b Ragg J . E. Gofton, li Ragg F. Mitchell, b Dixon R. Crosthwaite, hit wicket, b Dixon J. G . Nilson, c Richmond, b Dixon O . W. Whaley, c Dixon, b Ragg . . H. Metcalfe, c Richmond, b Ragg M . Napier, b Ragg . . G. V . I3irks, not out Extras

o o 35 I 6 I 16

9 o 3 75

1 99

CRICKET . RIPON. S . Dixon, c E Procter, b Whaley . . J . Richmond, c Ditchell, b W . Procter . . 1 . Tupman, b W . Procter . . C . Bryant, c and b W . Procter . . R. S . Ragg, b Whaley E . Danks, c Mitchell, b W. Procter . . W . Wrangham, b Whaley . . J . Battram, c Mitchell, b W . Procter K . Tupman, c Allan, b Whaley . . T . Ligertwood, b Whaley . . J . R . Hill, not out . . Extras

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1 22

4 17 7 9 4 5 81

L'OWLING ANALV SIS. S 'r . PETER 'S .—IST INNINGS. Maidens . Runs . 20 4 34

Wickets.

Oers . Ragg Bryant Dixon

RIPON .—ISP INNINGS.

W . Procter Whaley Mitchell Gofton

Ocers. 17 19.3

Maidens. 4

Runs .

Wickets.

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SECOND ELEVEN HATCHES. v . ST . OLAVE'S SCHOOL .—MAY 26TH. This match resulted in a win for the School by two wickets, after a their Very close game. On the 1st innings the School had matters mostly own way, but on the 2nd nearly succumbed to their opponents' bowling. ST . PETER'S. IST INNINGS.

D . Naylor, b West S. 0 . Bingham, b West G. V. L'irks, b Crawford H. Metcalfe, b Crawford F. C. Crowther, c Tonge, b Crowther .. G. Chilman, b Crawford .. W. Carter, c Tonge, b Crawford N . L. Hood, b Crawford C . Whaley, run out F. McClellan, not out . . F . Al . Bingham, c and b West Extras . .

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8 b Crawford . . 2 b Crawford . . 3 b Crawford 8 b West 7 b Crawford . . 3 c and b Crawford 3 b Nest .. j not out o b Nest I not Out o to bat. 6 Extras 42

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ST . OLAVE'S. IST INNINGS . Hudson, b Carter Cadman, b \Metcal re Crawford (2) run out . . West, b Carter . . Crawford (1) b Carter . . Watson, b Carter Allan, c and b Metcalfe Tonge, run out . . Buchanan, b Metcalfe . . Cockroft, c Hood, b Metcalfe . . Watson, not out Extras . .

2ND INNINGS. o c McClellan, b Nletcalfc 4 c Crowther, b Carter o lbw b Metcalf 1 b Crowther o b Carter 2 b Metcalfe 1 b Carter o b 'Metcalfe i not out o b Metcalfe o b Carter Extras . . 3 12

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z,. FLMFIELD COLLEGE .—JUNE ISTH. This match, which was played on the home ground, resulted in a defeat for the School . The School was inferior in bowling, and though their fielding, so long as there was a chance of winning, left very little to be desired, it fell off very much at the end, the last two wickets of E'lmfield College adding over 3o runs to the score. ST. PETER'S. D . Naylor, b Procter F . C . Crowther, b Freear . . A . Hudson, b Procter T. W. NI . Bennett, run out J . F . Leaf, c Ickringill, b Procter . . \V. Carter, c Swales, b Glosby C. Lovell, b Procter A . Crosthwaite, lbw b Procter F. M . Bingham, not out . . N . L . Hood, c Procter, b Ward . . A . C Clarke, run out Extras

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ELNIFIELD COLLEGE. Simpson, c and b Crowther Jackson, c and li Bennet . . IIowarth . run out . . Procter, c Clarke, b Carter Freear, hit wicket, b Lovell Rymer, c Clarke, b Crowther Thoseby, not out . . Swalcs, b IIudson . . Ickringill, b Crowther Wares, b P,ennet . . Miller, b Clarke Extras . .

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER. ~j`O be called upon to write a Cambridge Letter at this of all times of j the year, is a most unwelcome task . As soon as one is liberated from the torture of examinations, and is looking forward eagerly to the coming festivities, those ruthless editors of the Petei-ite require a Cambridge Letter " by return of post," of course . It is hard to see how even a Peterite Editor can be capable of such an enormity, when feast, concert, and ball fill up one ' s time from morn till eve. The May Races Of 1887, the first under the new rules, are now a (natter of history . Trinity Hall maintained their positon at the head of the river without being pressed by Third Trinity, who were, however, about as fast a crew. The most successful crew in the Second Division was King's, who, mainly through Orford ' s efforts, went up every night. Corpus, in which Fausset was rowing bow, made two bumps, and is now in the First Division . Pembroke 3, stroked by Crawshaw, went up the first night, but were unfortunately bumped by King's on Monday night, when they were within a few feet of Cavendish. As regards Cricket, most of the matches have been drawn, one being won, v . C . I . Thornton' s XI, and one lost, v . Gents of England. In the Inter- ' Varsity match at Lords, we seem to have good hopes of success, though the uncertainty of cricket forbids us to think victory more than possible. The ' Varsity, for the first time in her history, has produced four Senior Wranglers in the year. Alan Grey and Dr . Naylor have been giving organ recitals at Trinity Chapel. J . L . Toole paid us a visit a short time ago, and notwithstanding the intense heat, the theatre was crowded, every seat being taken several clays beforehand. Here my weary head fails to think of more, and the candle's feebly flickering flame bids me cease and seek the land of dreams.

THE OLD PETERITE CLUB. NA' member of the Club who is desirous of playing in a cricket tour in the first week of August, is requested to send in his name to the Secretary, who will submit all names to the Selection Committee, whose duty it is to select a team . Any member willing to row in a boat, if it is possible to send one to any of the Regattas, is also

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requested to send his name to the Secretary, and the Boating Selection Committee will choose a crew or crews. G . H . EYRE, HoN . SEC ., Parkside, Worcester Park, Surrey. THE OLD PE ['ERITE CLUB. s . d. RECEIPTS . Subscriptions from Jan . Ist to April 16th -61 at 5s . . . 15 5 0 Donation from W . P . Turno To 0 bull, Esq .

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I xPFVDITURF . 6 s. I Preliminary Expenses, viz . : Printing, Postage, Official . . I 12 I Books . . . . SubsequentPrinting,Postage , .c . 1 17 2 Paid to the Pelerite Editors 61 subs. at 4s. . . . 12 4 0 Balance in hand . . 0 1 9 f,15 I5 0

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CORRESPONDENCE. THE CRIChET ELEVEN COLOURS. TO THE EDITORS OF THE " PETF.RITE . " the fragment remaining over from last year ' s Eleven have, in opposition to what is, I believe, the general wish of Peleiiles, altered the School cricket colours to chocolate and white, on the ground that the latter are the real School colours, may I be allowed to put before them three facts, which they might have learnt for themselves by a little careful enquiry : (i.) In 1864 the Eleven played in all blue shirts, and at that time the School had no football proper ; and certainly no football colours. (ii.) In 1866 these colours were altered to blue and white stripes, which lasted till this year. (iii.) In 187 or 1876 the School determined on having some football colours, instead of playing in ordinary white singlets as they were then in the habit of doing, and they fixed on chocolate and white as being different to the cricket. I hope that, now that the Cricket Conmittee have heard the actual facts as to the colours, they will not persist in an innovation which I know to be most distasteful to the generality of Old Pelerites . I may add that Ivy authorities for the above statements are Old Poys who were at the School at the times stated, and one of whom was a member of the team that selected chocolate and white for the football colours. I am, yours truly, GEORGE H . EYRE . SIPS,—As

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I should like to offer a short explanation of the conduct of the remnant of last year's Eleven in changing the cricket colours which has evoked such unfavourable comment from one or two of our correspondents . The idea of assimilating the colours of the Eleven to those of the Football Fifteen was, I believe, first started last year (with whom it originated I cannot say) and seemed at that time to meet with general and almost unanimous approval_ The subject was then broached in the columns of the Peterite, and here again no voice was upraised against it . As there seemed to be such a consensus of opinion in favour of the change, the members of last year' s Eleven being the only convenable body who had any authority in the matter, were consulted, and agreed that it would be a great improvement if, as in other schools, there was one School colour and not two . Now as chocolate is the football colour and the regatta boat colour, chocolate seemed the natural colour to adopt, and it is this choice that has called forth the invective of our correspondents . The proposal was only made to meet the views of many, who, at that time, seemed to think that a definite School colour was better than two colours, neither of which can properly claim the title of School colours . Since, however, a revulsion of feeling seems to have set in, the Committee have not the slightest wish to proceed with the scheme, indeed it would be obviously wrong to do so unless the opinion in its favour was almost unanimous. I should like to add that had its opponents expressed their views a little sooner, they would have rendered the task of the Committee in doing its best to please all parties a much easier one. 0 . AV . WHALEY.

NOTES AND ITEMS. H . M . STEPHENSON, ALA ., has been appointed to the living of Bourne, near Cambridge. THE REV. AV . Rou'rx, M .A ., Senior Mathematical Master in this school, has been appointed to the Head-Mastership of Bedale Grammar School . Mr . Routh, late scholar of St . John's College, Cambridge, has, during fourteen years, filled successively the posts of junior Mathematical Master, Master of the Civil and Military Department, and Senior Mathematical Master. THE REV . CANON CAyIIDGP. (O .P .) has been appointed to the Bishopric of Bathurst, New South Wales . Canon Camidge is the son of the late well-known and highly esteemed Canon Camidge, Vicar of THE REV .

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Wakefield and Rural Dean . He was born at Nether Poppleton Vicarage, near York, and received his education at this School under the late Archdeacon Hey . Ile then proceeded to IVadham College, Oxford, taking his B .A. in 1859 and ALA . in r86r . He was ordained by the late Archbishop Longley, and licensed to the curacy of Sheffield Parish Church in i86o . In 1862 lie accepted the curacy of the Parish Church of Wakefield, where lie laboured for five years. He was then offered the Vicarage of Hcdon, which he accepted . After a period of six years of active work in this parish lie was offered, and accepted, in 1873, the Rectory of Wheldrake . He was appointed in 1876, Vicar of Thirsk where lie worked actively and successfully, and in 1883 to the Rural Deanery. A few years later he was elected Proctor for the Arch-Deaconry of Cleveland. L . HUTCHINGS has been elected to an open Mathematical Scholarship at Selwyn College, Cambridge. W. H . HOLMES (O . P .) has been bracketed for the Long Reading Prize at Durham University. 1V. G . WILSON (O .P .) has been elected Captain of the York 1st F .C. for the next season. C . E DOUGLAS passed 43rd in the Naval Engineers' Examination. REv . G . F . BROwNE, B .D ., has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship at St . Catherine ' s College, Cambridge. F . E . ROBINSON, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, has taken his degree as a junior Optime in the Mathematical Tripos. REV. H . G . Sirs was ordained Priest by the Bishop of Liverpool. REV . E. H . GREENHOW was ordained Priest by the Bishop of Durham. REV . E . S . Fos was a short time ago inducted to the living of Snaith. REV . S . WATSON, B .D ., has been appointed to the living of Stors-cum• Quy. A CONCERT will be held, in connection with the Cricket Club, in the School Hall on July the 701, to begin at 8 p.m . Several Ladies and gentlemen, and also the School Choir, will take part in it . Tickets 2s . each, may be obtained from Mrs . Stephenson, or at the Lodge, RICHARD ABBAY, ESQ ., has presented "the Castle of Knaresburgh " to the School Library. The Editors beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following magazines, "All eynian" , " ° Barrovian","Lorettonian" ( 2), "Magdalen School llagazlne" (2), 11 Penn Charter " , Stan]fordlan " , " Sutton Valence " , " Ulula'!.