THE
PET[RITF. VoL . X .
JULY, IS9o .
No . 87.
SOMETHING ABOUT INDIA. HE Indian Civil Service has attracted a few but not many old Peterites into its ranks . Not half so many as we old boys in India would like to see . Looking at the list I find I am the first Peterite who took up that line of life, and although I passed immediately from Trinity College, Dublin, I have always felt that I owed my appointment entirely to the old school, for I was only a few months in college after leaving school life before I went up for the Indian Civil Service . Now I suppose, Mr . Editor, your readers would like to hear something about India and the life we lead there . Things have changed very n uch since Thackeray described Jos . Sedley as the type of a Bengal Civilian, and hard work has for most of us taken the place of the jolly indolent life supposed to have been led by that hero. A great many youn g men when they first think of an Indian career, do so with the very laudable idea of setting everything right in that country. We all, more or less, have our ideas about the requirements of India, and we all aspire to be the coming genius who is destined to put things straight, just as a small boy coming to a public school from a small private one thinks he is going to be a second Tom Brown . Well, like that little boy, we soon shake down into our places and come to the conclusion that the men who went out before us had some sense in their heads, and we also begin to find out that we have a lot more to learn than Mr . Caine or any globe trotting N niter can tell us . The first thing that takes the conceit out of a newly arrived civilian is the fact that although he may have thought he was going out to be a ruler of men he has a lot of examinations to pass, and he postpones the idea
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of becoming a second Clive or Warren Hastings until after he has got through them . His first experience of court is rather depressing too, instead of having to put into play his knowledge of Justinian or of Hindoo and Mahomedan Law, he finds he has to try some old women for scolding each other, and he gets into hopeless muddles about that . One of my first essays at Judicial work was trying an old woman for stealing sugar cane : the interpreter on whom I relied translated the word sugar candy, and so I went on wondering why a toothless old hag wanted to steal sugar candy . You might have put the whole of Mrs . Arrowsmith's shop , before her and she could not eat the softest piece of toffey in it. However, I was told I came to a right conclusion . So all was well that ended well . There was a man once came home from his first day's work in court, to the Collector with whom he was staying, and his orderly was seen toiling behind him with a bag of rupees. His host said, "Well, how have you got on?" Not badly," he replied,. " I convicted every one, and fined each one fifty rupees . Not a bad haul for one day . " He thought all the fines were to come to him and if this were so he had not done badly . So you see a piff, that is what they call a youngster in India, gets a lot of chaff at first. If he be a decent fellow, he does not mind it, and in any case he has to put up with it, and it does him good . Then the future Governor General finds. that his seniors, with an unreasonable want of appreciation of his latent talent, put him to do work which is not of a lofty nature, such assuperintending hangings and floggings, counting stamps, and inspecting the sanitary arrangements of the town ; but, as he gets over his first year and through his Exams ., his work gets more and more interesting—other youngsters come on, to whom he cheerfully hands over the drudgery, and he begins to go out into Camp on his own hook, as he is entrusted with more responsible duties, and finally he becomes what is called a Sub-Divisional Officer, and has a little semi-independent charge of his own . After he has had a few years of this life—and precious lonely it is in sonic places—lie is brought in to a large station and there he works as the right-hand man of the Collector and Magistrate until he becomes a Collector himself or a Judge, as the case may be . I shall not say much about the work in India, except that it is full of interest, and gives every man full scope for his abilities, and ample opportunities of doing good in his generation . There is no better profession in
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the world, were it not for the drawbacks of climate and absence from home. One hears some curious things in the course of an Indian life, and I daresay one or two things that have come to my own notice will not be unwelcome . My predecessor had once to try a man for murder. He was a hill man, and hill men are not educated, and don ' t know how to tell lies like some educated people . He at once admitted having done the deed but said he had received great provocation . It appears that the murdered man was a village doctor, and his murderer was his patient . The doctors in that part of the world rely a good deal on incantations for the cure of disease . At the same time they have souls not quite above their own material advantages ; so that they require for their performances sacrifices of animals likely to be useful for the domestic pot after they have served their religious purpose. This doctor told the patient, as he told the judge, to procure a black cock and a white goat and one rupee . The prisoner said, " I procured the goat and the cock and the rupee, and the physician began his incantations, but as he went on I got worse, so I cut his head off.' ' You will see that the medical profession has its drawbacks amongst hill tribes . Some ludicrous mistakes occur, too, from the want of knowledge of English on the part of natives, although their knowledge is in many cases wonderful . A friend of mine had just come out to the country, and saw a corpse being carried down for cremation to the river. He did not know what the burden was which the bearers were carrying, and asked one of my clerks . The man replied, " Sir, they are going to cook . " " To cook ?" said my friend, " What are they going to cook ?" " They are going, sir, to cook a man ." " To cook a man !" was the reply, in a tone of horror . " Yes, sir, when a man dies in this country, they cook him, and throw him into the river. " I will conclude with one or two real bits from Indian class rooms . One was an answer to a question—" State what you know about Cromwell . " The answer was, " Cromwell was an austere man who beheaded his king after many decapitations . He was never known to smile again, but on his death-bed was heard to say, " Had I but served my God as I served my king, He would not have left me with grey hairs ." An Armenian was once asked, " Who was Moses?" With a lovely mental confusion between the law-giver and his brother's rod, he replied,
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Moses was the man who swallowed a snake . " Amongst a number of other idiomatic phrases, given for explanation at a College, was that of " A finished gentlemen ." A youth replied, " A finished gentleman is a gentleman who is dead . " Now this, I expect, has finished your readers ' patience, and with it I shall finish this paper. A . C . TUTE. "
COMMEMORATION DAY. AS St . Peter ' s Day this year fell on a Sunday, the ceremonies of Commemoration were celebrated on the following Tuesday, July rst . The School Chapel was beautifully decorated with plants and flowers, and looked, we think, nicer than we have ever seen it look before . The decorations were carried out by Mrs . Handford, Mrs . and Miss Scargill, Mrs . Burton, Mrs . 'Veld, and Miss Naylor, and Dr. Hingston was kind enough to lend many plants for the purpose . The sermon was preached by the Rev . Canon Gray, Vicar of Biyth, Canon of Southwell, late Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge, and one of the Free Scholars of the School in the year 1846 . He took as his text part of the eighteenth verse of the third chapter of the Epistle to the Philippians : " For our conversation is in Heaven ; " and spoke of the great importance of religious education in all kinds of schools. An account of the match played in the afternoon against the Old Boys will be found elsewhere. At lunch besides the two elevens, the Headmaster and Mrs . Handford entertained the Dean of York and Lady Emma Purey-Cust, the Bishop of Beverley and Mrs . Crosthwaite, Canon Gray, Canon Raine and Mrs . Raine, the Masters of the School and others . The weather was most unpropitious ; in the morning rain fell heavily, but in the afternoon there was some improvement, and the match was played, though it was several times interrupted by heavy showers.
CRIChET. v. THE NORTH RIDING ASYLUM. This match was played in fair weather on our opponent ' s ground, Mitchell lost the toss and the school went out to field . Twineham was bowled by Mitchell's fourth delivery, and Whitby throwing in
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577
smartly from cover point got Glaisby run out . Carter then came in but was quickly caught by Scott at third man, while the new-corner, Dr. Law, retired almost at once well caught by Bingham the younger off Metcalfe . At 53 Smith fell to Mitchell, and at 54 Mitchell again did the needful by bowling Dr . Nicholson with a grand ball . After this the bowling seemed to be anything but good, as Atkinson and Waterhouse were allowed to score very fast, but at last Waterhouse succumbed to one of Mitchell's fast "yorkers ." The last man caused very little trouble, the innings ending for 77. At 4 o ' clock Mitchell and Naylor took the wickets opposed by W. M . Carter and Atkinson . At 16 Mitchell was forced to retire being extremely well caught and bowled by W . Carter. Bingham (2) then joined Naylor, but before making much of a score was unfortunately given out lbw . Whitby then paid a very short visit to the wickets, the first ball being too much for him . After this disastrous state of affairs Metcalfe went in and stayed a little time, during which Naylor was bowled for a steady innings of 8, and Scott being soon disposed of, Carter joined Metcalfe, who was soon after bowled . Of the rest the less said the better, as they all, Carter the one bright exception, seemed to have forgotten that it is necessary to stop a straight ball. NORTH RIDING ASYLUM.
6
E. Glaisby, run out .. G. Twineham, h Mitchell A . Scaile, h Metcalfe . . .. W . M . Carter, c Scott b Metcalfe J . S . Law, b Metcalfe .. W . R . Nicholson, b Mitchell W . Smith, b Mitchell F. Waterhouse, b Mitchell . . J . Atkinson, b Metcalfe T . Leckenby, not out .. G. Ilume, b Mitchell . . Extras
not out b F . Bingham c Bingham b Mitchell c Whitby b Mitchell not out
5 I2
. . 8 . . 16 . . o
b Mitchell
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.. o
Extras
. .
, . 12
Total for 5 wickets
FIRST INNINGS.
.. . .
Runs. 3 `c 30
Wickets . 5 4
Overs . Bowled. 5 13 3 13 3
SECOND INNINGS.
F . Mitchell . . F . M . Bingham . .
14 13
c Scott b Bingham ..
ANALYSIS OF BOWLING.
F . Mitchell .. II . G . Metcalfe . .
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. .
Run- . 23 30
Wickets. 3 2
Overs . Bowled. 17 1 16
. . 65
57 8
CRICKET ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL. F . Mitchell, c and b W. Carter .. H . D . Naylor, b Scaife .. F . M . Bingham, lbw b W . Carter H . B . Whitby, b W. Carter H . G . Metcalfe, b Scaife .. G . J . Scott, b Atkinson .. C . J . N. Carter, b Scaife R. Martin, b Scaife W. H . M. Hancock, run out R. S. Tute, not out .. S. O . Bingham, lbw b Scaife .. Extras Total
v . RIPON. This match was played on our own ground in delightfully fine weather, and the result may be pronounced a decided success, the school winning the match by 6 wickets and 27 runs . The Riponites went to the wickets first and put together the substantial total of 128. The highest scorers were C . E . Ligertwood with 53, a very good performance, and Fenton with a well played 26 . Of the rest, J . G. Ligertwood alone got into double figures . Metcalfe took 6 of the wickets. Mitchell and Naylor started the batting for St. Peter's . The latter was unfortunately bowled off his pads after making only a single. Mitchell made a capital stand and was not disposed of until 68 runs were registered to his account, while Bingham (2) played well for his 24 . Whitby next came in and soon hit up 14 . Metcalfe and Scott, who were not out, should be mentioned for some nice scoring, the former hitting hard for his 35 . RIPON GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Bland, run out .. Fenton, c Whitby b Metcalfe . . J . G . Ligertwood, b Metcalfe W . G . Wrangham, lbw b Metcalfe . . W. J . Wrangham, b Mitchell C . E . Ligertwood, c Mitchell b Metcalfe R. S . Thompson, b Metcalfe .. . . . . F . Speak, b Metcalfe Coupland, b F . Bingham I'ullan, not out .. Daniel, st Mitchell b F. Bingham Extras
o 26 16 2 I 53 7 7 4 o o 12
Total . . 128
CRICKET.
. . F . Mitchell H . G . Metcalfe . . I F . M Bingham . . II . I) . Naylor . .
ANALYSIS OF BOWLING. Wickets. Runs . 20 I 5o 6 33 2 12 0
ST . PETER' S SCIIOOI.. F. Mitchell, c Bland b Thompson . . II . D . Naylor, b I . G . Ligertwood .. F. M . Bingham, run out . . H. B . Whitby, c W . G . Wrangham b J . Ligertwood . . . . .. .. H . G . Metcalfe, not out . . G . J . Scott, not out . . .. C. J . N . Carter R . Martin R. C . Tute To bat. S. O . Bingham R . Baird Total for 4 wickets
579 Ov ers . Bowled. II I 25 3 12 . 3 5 0 . . 68 . . I 24 G. . . 14 . . 35 . . 13
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-1 55
YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. The " event " of the season was undoubtedly this match with the Yorkshire Gentlemen when the school scored the magnificent total of 219. As might be expected the utmost enthusiasm was evoked when Mitchell made his second century against the good bowling of the Gentlemen . Whitby ' s J7 was hit up in first rate style and he was very fairly backed up by the rest of the team who nearly all scored .useful figures . It would not have been a matter of very great surprise had the school team, of course making a respectable show, been beaten by an eleven containing such men as Lord Hawke, Capt . Lloyd, 'G . H . Aitkin, and A . Worsley . But tremendous excitement was manifested when the school by nice bowling succeeded in dismissing the first few batsmen and actually ran a very respectable chance of making a win of it . We ought here to mention specially the good bowling of Naylor and the capital fielding of the Peterites as a whole. Time unfortunately would not allow us to do as we hoped, and we had to rest satisfied with getting rid of the first 6 wickets containing the most dangerous men for 163, leaving a margin of 56 for the remaining 4 wickets . Of the Gentlemen, Lord Hawke made the highest score 6o, followed by Worsley and Aitkin who made 39, 25 respectively of course in very good style . Once more we offer our hearty congratulations to the team on the great success they have achieved in making so good .a show against one of the strongest teams we have met on the ,Gentlemen's ground . V.
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CRICKET. ST . PETER 'S SCHOOL. F . Mitchell, b Siddall (pro) .. F . M . Bingham, c sub . b Lord Ilawke . . II . B . Whitby, b Siddall . . .. II . D . Naylor, st Lloyd b Aitkin H . G . Metcalfe, b Lord IIawke G . J . Scott, b Lord llawke .. .. C . T . N . Carter, c Lloyd b Lord Ilawke W . II . M . Hancock, c sub . b Lord Hawke S . O . Bingham, b Aitkin R. Martin, c Carter b Aitkin H . Stephenson, not out .. Extras . .
116 to ..
37
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rr o to 7 9 o
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14
..
Total . . 219 YoRKSIIIRE GENTLEMEN. Lord Hawke, c Carter b F . Bingham Capt . Lloyd, b Metcalfe . . G . II . Aitkin, b Naylor . . A . \Worsley, not out . . G . Croft, c Mitchell b Naylor E . S . D . Carter, I) Naylor J . E . Jones, c Scott b Naylor G . Cox G . F . Lees To bat Siddall (pro) E . G . Lees Extras
ANALYSTS F . Mitchell II . G . Metcalfe II . G . Naylor F . M . Bingham
V .
39 4 S 1
..
12
Total for 6 wickets . .
163
OF BOWLING. Tuns . 19 53 64 15
.. . . .. . .
6o 14 25
Wickets. 0 I 4 I
Overs . 6 12 12'3 6
Bowled. 0 I 2 0
AMPLEFOR'I'H.
This match, a new fixture, was played on the Ampleforth ground and was the most enjoyable of the many pleasant games this season. Partly owing to the influence of the beautiful scenery, partly because of the gentlemanly spirit which was so strongly manifested on the part of our opponents .
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The School commenced to bat, Mitchell and Bingham (2) being sent in to face the bowling of McSheehy and Lacy . The state of the ground was no doubt responsible in a great part for the small score of 37 in the first innings and the still smaller one of 25 in the second venture. C. J . N . Carter alone got into double figures . But still McSheehy was no easy bowler to score off, his slow breaks being most deadly. The school too was successful in the bowling line, the honours being equally divided between Mitchell and Naylor in the first innings, both getting 5 wickets. Rain fell at intervals all the time of the match, and before the Ampleforth 2nd innings there came on a somewhat severe thunderstorm which gave the field the appearance of a miniature marsh and prevented any attempt at good bowling . Our opponents soon knocked off the runs, losing but two wickets, both of which were obtained by Mitchell. ST . PErER ' S SCHOOL.
F. Mitchell, b McSheehy F . M. Bingham, b Lacy .. H. B . Whitby, b McSheehy H. D . Naylor, b Lacy H. G . Metcalfe, b McSheehy G . J . Scott, c Smith b McSheehy C . J . N . Carter, b Lacy .. S . 0 . Bingham, c McSheehy b Lacy W . H . Hancock, b McSheehy A. \V. Peel, st Hind b McSheehy . . R . S . Tute, not out . . .. . . Extras . .
. . o .. o .. 3
c McSheehy b Lacy .. b McSheehy st Hind b McSheehy c Pentony b McSheehy b Lacy .. b McSheehy b McSheehy b McSheehy run out .. not out b Lacy Extras Total . . 25
Total . . J7 Aa1PLEFORTfI.
G . Hind, lbw b Naylor G . Pentony, b Metcalfe W . Paynes, b Metcalfe W . Powell, b Metcalfe E . Connor, c Whitby b Naylor J . Baist, lbw b Naylor W . Dawes, 1) Naylor C . Hines, c Mitchell b Metcalfe A . Smith, not out . . J . McSheehy, c Mitchell b Naylor P . Lacy, b Mitchell Extras
5
not out
. . 2Z
0
3 II 0 0
..
c and b Mitchell b Mitchell . . not out . .
.. 0 O
4 6 .
0 0
6 Total . . 3 6
Extras
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Total for
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2
..
4
wickets . . 27
582
CRICKET. BOWLING ANALYSIS.
H . G . Metcalfe .. H . D . Naylor . . F . Mitchell ..
F. Mitchell H . D . Naylor
.. ..
FIRST INNINGS. Runs. Wickets. 15 4 . . 12 5 3 I SECOND INNINGS . Runs. Wickets. 16 2 7 0
Overs. 12 13 2. 1
Bowled. 3 I 1
Overs. 7 6
Bowled. 0 0
v. YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. This, the return match, was played in beautiful weather and on a perfect wicket . The Gentlemen put together the large total of 274, Croft and Worsley and Lawson-Smith being the chief contributors. Little need be said of the School innings, Mitchell and S . O . Bingham being the only two who reached double figures . It is perhaps only fair to the eleven to say that the light during their innings was extremely bad, which may in some degree account for the poor stand they made against Garforth's bowling. YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. ., G . Croft, b Naylor . . T. S . Brogden, run out .. .. Capt . Lloyd, retired hurt .. W . H . Worsley, c Whitby b Bingham . F . M . Lawson-Smith, c Mitchell b Metcalfe E . S . D . Carter, b Metcalfe W . M . Carter, b Mitchell .. E . Harrison, b Bingham .. C . K . Blackett, not out .. W. H . Garforth, c Sutton b Bingham .. Capt. Savile, b Bingham .. Extras
. . 36 II 24 • 75 42 0 21 9 • 17 . . 8 .. 1 . . 30
Total . .274 ST . PETER' S SCHOOL. F . Mitchell, c Carter b Lawson-Smith . . . . 18 F. M. Bingham, b Garforth . o H. B . Whitby, c Capt . Savile b Lawson-Smith . . 6 H. D . Naylor, c Lawson-Smith b Garforth 2 H . G . Metcalfe, c Brogden b Garforth o G. J . Scott, c Brogden b Garforth o C . J . N . Carter, hit wicket b Garforth S . O. Bingham, b Carter . . .. II o A . W . Peel, b Garforth . . A . II . Sutton, b Garforth . . o W. II . M . Hancock, not out .. 2 Extras . . 6 Total . . 4 6
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583
ANALYSIS OF BOWLING. Metcalfe Naylor . . Mitchell Bingham Sutton . .
Runs . 52 76 63 44 5
Wickets. 2 I
Overs. 19 37 23
Maidens. o 13 2
4
Io
2
0
2
o
I
Bowled. I
I I 2 0
v . BRADFORD. . This match was played on the School ground on a wet wicket, the latter part of it in a soaking rain . Yates and Keeling for Bradford faced the bowling of Metcalfe and Naylor . After making r 1, the firstnamed fell to an excellent catch by Peel at short slip, and with the exception of Eurich and Speight, 17 and 13 respectively, the rest of the batsmen did not do much execution, all being out eventually for 65 . Naylor was in great form, taking 5 wickets for 15 runs. Bingham and Whitby started the innings for the School, and after a short stay Whitby was dismissed without scoring . Naylor joined Bingham, when the score rose rapidly, though play was frequently interrupted by the rain . Naylor was run out for 17, and Bingham and Metcalfe between them quickly knocked off the requisite number, Bingham playing in very good style for his 32. BRADFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Yates, c Peel b Naylor .. G . S . Keeling, b Naylor .. Hill, c S . Bingham b Naylor Munro, run out .. Butter, b F . M . Bingham Mahony, b Naylor . Enrich, b Baird .. Speight, b Carter .. W. T . Keeling, b Baird .. Schaub, b Naylor .. Sugden, not out . . Extras Total ANALYSIS OF BOWLING. Runs . Wickets. Overs . Bowled. II . G. Metcalfe . . 18 o 9 0 .. H . D . Naylor 15 5 9 3 I 9 I F . M . Bingham . . 17 I C . J . N . Carter . . 7 I 3 R . Baird . . 0 2 2'1 2
5 84
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ST. PETER' S SCIIOOI.. F . M . Bingham, not out . . . . H . B . Whitby, c Yates b Butter 11 . D Naylor, run out .. H . G . Metcalfe, not out . . G . J . Scott S . O . Bingham C . J . N . Carter H . Stephenson To bat A . W . Peel A . H. Sutton R . Baird Extras
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Total for 2 wickets
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32 o 17 12
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9
..
7o
v . YORK REVELLERS. This match was played on our ground in cold weather . The School were defeated, though not disgraced, losing by 17 runs only . Winning the toss Mitchell elected to bat, but after making six unfortunately played a bumping ball into his wickets . Of the rest none but Metcalfe shewed any form ; Carter played a somewhat flukey innings for eleven. For the School Metcalfe bowled admirably, obtaining six wickets for 20 runs, though unluckily put on too late to save defeat . The fielding of the eleven was as a whole exceedingly poor. ST . PETER 'S SCIIOOI.. F . Mitchell, b Stephenson .. .. F . M . Bingham, c Dixon b Stephenson H . B. Whitby, b Dixon .. H . D . Naylor, b Stephenson .. H . G . Metcalfe, c and b Cclley . . G . J . Scott, c Spencer b Colley . . C . J . N . Carter, not out S. O . Bingham, b Stephenson . . A . W. Peel, b Stephenson .. A . H . Sutton, b Masterman . . R . Baird, c Spencer b Masterman Extras . . Total .
6 3 4 3 14
o 11 3 3 6 o 8 61
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585
YORK REVELLERS. II . Spencer, b Metcalfe . . E . Kendall, c Baird b Naylor J . Colley, b Metcalfe .. J . W. Masterman, thrown out . . J . \V . Dixon, b Metcalfe A . Nottingham, c Whitby b Metcalfe E . Flemming, b Mitchell A . Moore, not out F . Keswick, b Metcalfe . . J . VV . Simpson, b Metcalfe F . Dunwell, absent . . Extras . .
25 24 I 7 3 7 3 0 2 0 5 Total
F. Mitchell . . II . D . Naylor If . G . Metcalfe F . M. Bingham
ANALYSIS OF BOWLING . Runs. Wickets. Overs. 23 I 9 24 I 12 20 6 12 . 1 o 5 I
78 Maidens. o 3 3
o
Bowled. 0 5 0
v . CASTLE HOWARD . This match was played on June 28th, at Castle Howard . Owing to heavy rains the wicket was exceedingly sticky and slow, and play did not commence till rather late in the afternoon . The home team were the first to bat, against the bowling of Naylor and Metcalfe . When the score had reached something like 5o a change in favour of Baird proved effective, Naylor somewhat later giving place to Mitchell . The total finally reached was 122 to which Jones, Blades, and Parsons were the chief contributors. The first of the School eleven to go to the wickets were Mitchell and F . Bingham ; the latter unfortunately :ending a difficult catch to Jones was succeeded by Whitby . Play now continued for some time, till the last named player retired to a catch by Watson for a well played 9. After this no one seemed able to make any stand against the bowling, that of Parsons being particularly effective . A defeat was however averted by the calling of time, when the score had reached 65, and there were still 3 wickets to fall . Mitchell and Baird were not out, the former obtaining the very creditable score of 53 . He in fact, with the exception perhaps of Whitby . was the only one who appeared in the least at home with the bowling, and his innings com prised some very large hits which owing to the situation of the ground hardly received their due .
586
CRICKET. CASTLE HOWARD. H . M . Smith, b Naylor R . Blades, c Hancock b Naylor .. S . Parsons, st Mitchell h Naylor L . S . Jones, c Carter b Baird II . Tiplady, c Sutton b Baird .. H . M . Cotes, c Carter b Baird J . Bielby, b Baird . . .. W. Hayne, b Mitchell G. Wharton, run out R . Watson, lbw b Mitchell 1) . Watson, not out Extras
22 20 23 6 16 I0 I0 3 9 Total
122
ANALYSIS OF BOWLING. H . D . Naylor . . H . G. Metcalfe . . R. Baird .. F . Mitchell ..
..
Runs. 29 33 19 II
Wickets. 3 O 4 2
Overs. 20 II 15 6.4
ST. PETER ' S SCHOOL. F . Mitchell, not out F . M . Bingham, c Jones b Parsons H . B . Whitby, c R . Watson b Parsons H . D . Naylor, b 1). Watson . . H . G . Metcalfe, c Hayne b Parsons C . J . N . Carter, c Blades b Parsons S . O . Bingham, b Hayne . . .. A . H . Sutton, b Hayne .. R . Baird, not out . . .. .. W . H . M . Hancock To bat C . F . C . PacTel
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Total (for 7 wickets)
53 o 9 o 2 o o 0
65
v. OLD PETERITES. This match was played as usual on Commemoration Day in wretched' weather, which considerably delayed the start . E . S. D . Carter and J . Sharpe for the Old Boys went first to the wickets to face the bowling of Metcalfe and Naylor. Sharpe hit freely before he was run out for 18. The Carters made same stand until Baird was put on to bowl in place of Naylor . Soon W . Carter was clean bowled, and the two who followed were disposed of by Baird without a run being added to the score. The Rev. W . H . Griffith gave some trouble before he was well caught by Whitby at cover-point . Birks and Leaf prolonged the innings for some time until the former was bowled by Naylor for 12, and. the innings closed with a total of 77.
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58 7
The School began disastrously. F . M . Bingham was caught at the wickets off his first ball, and Mitchell was caught at cover-point when he had made Io . The brothers Carter accounted without much trouble for the rest, excepting Naylor who played well for his 6, and the total reached was only 32 . The Old Boys went in again to the bowling of Mitchell and Baird, but did not make such a good show ; Allan made 13—the highest score—but was then bowled by Mitchell . Birks and T. B . Lord each made 9 ; the rest were soon disposed of by Mitchell and Baird who took all the wickets. The School now had 90 to make to win in less than an hour in a very bad light . Mitchell and Metcalfe opened the innings and hit about freely, but Metcalfe was bowled by D . Carter after making a single 3 and gave way to F . M . Bingham . The scoring was now fast but the bowling was too good for the School, and time was called with the score at 46, Bingham having previously been bowled by Sharpe. OLD BOYS.
E . S . D. Carter, run out J . Sharpe, b Metcalfe W. Carter, b Baird . . T . B . Lord, b Baird . . J . C . Walker, b Baird . . Rev . \V . II. Griffith, c Whitby b Metcalfe J . IL G . Wilson, b Baird . . R . Crosthwaite, run out J. F . Leaf, b Naylor H . W . Allan, b Baird G . V. Birks, not out . . Extras Total
IS 9 14 0 0 7 0 0 12 0
7 Io
b Baird .. b Mitchell .. b Baird .. c Mitchell b Naylor not out .. b Mitchell .. run out .. b Mitchell .. b Mitchell .. b Mitchell .. b Mitchell .. Extras
77
Total
ST. PETERS SCHOOL.
F . Mitchell, c Griffith b D . Carter F . H . Bingham, c Allen b D . Carter H . It . Whitby, b D . Carter . . H . D . Naylor, b I) . Carter . . H . G. Metcalfe, b \V. Carter .. C . J . N . Carter, c and b W . Carter S . O . Bingham, c Walker b D . Carter A. II . Sutton, c Birks b W . Carter R. Baird, U D . Carter . . W. H . M . Hancock, not out F . I'adel, b D . Carter Extras . . Total
. . .. . . ..
to 0 3 6 4 o 2 4 o 2 o t 32
27
not out b Sharpe
14
b I) . Carter
3
not out
0
Extras
. . Total
2 . . 46
NOTES AND ITEMS.
5 83
IT . G . Metcalfe II . D . Naylor . . . . R . Baird
F . Mitchell . . .. P . Baird 1 II . D . Naylor . .
ANALYSIS OF BOWLING. FIRST INNINGS. Puns. Wickets. 39 2 IS I II 5 SECONI) INNINGS . Runs. Wickets. 16 6 26 2 o I
Ovens. 17 7'1 10
Bowled. I 1 5
Ovens. 12 II 1
Bowled. 6 2 0
NOTES AND ITEMS. A . C . Clarke has been awarded an exhibition of £30 at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, for another year as a result of the recent college examinations. C . W . W . Gabb, of the Leinster Regiment, has been promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant. In this year's Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge, L Hutchings was 19th Wrangler, and R . Crosthwaite obtained a Second Class ; in the Classical Tripos, O . W . Whaley was placed in the second division of the First Class, T . P . Clarke in the First Division of the Third Class. At the recent Durham University Regatta, G . H . Oilman won the Challenge Pairs. F. E . A . Colby has won an exhibition of _50 per annum, with prizes of books, for Natural Science at hing's College, Cambridge. J . F . Walker, M .A., F .G.S ., F .L .S ., F .C .S ., has been elected a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge . In the year 1867 he was first in the first class of the Natural Science Tripos . Only recently he was elected Vice-President of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, and he has long been known as an able chemist, and associated with many of the learned societies in the scientific world. The Athletic Sports will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 29th and 3oth of July, and the Prize-Giving on the evening of the 3oth .
