Sep 1894

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PETERITE. Vol. . VIII .

SEPTEMBER, 1894 .

No .

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SCHOOL LETTER. usual in cennnencing a School Letter to bewail our sad I T seems lot in having to deny a little time of the "Six weeks and a few days" iu writing this all-important contribution ; this time however there seems much to talk about, so that one's imaginative powers are not so taxed as sometimes they have been.

The Cricket Season, though perhaps 'tis rather late to say so, we venture to think was a suceessfal one, good form with the bat being displayed, as six "fifties" signify . Our victories number just one more than our losses, but we have practically won all our school matches . No back seat for St . Peter' s, please ! We were glad to see Mitchell again figuring with success in first class cricket, notably at Hastings.

The Sports were not so successful as they deserved to be, through the wretched weather . The second day the rain came down incessantly, so that the company of spectators was very meagre.

Partingtmi's i in 57 sees . was very good with the ground little less than a marsh Very promising also was the form of Jokey, and of him we hope to hear more in the future . The prizes were given away by Mrs . Crosthwaite in the School Hall, owing to the weather . We take this opportunity of thanking those numerous friends who subscribed to the prizes.

The day after the Sports the School Hall was again well filled, only on a more solemn occasion, as we see the expectant faces of parents and boys anxious to hear the examiners' reports .

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Chancellor Paine gave away the glittering row of prizes, and in course of the proceedings gave us a brief but exceedingly interesting history of the School since its foundation . After this we all assembled about (we can hardly say " in ") the Gymnasium to witness the laying of the foundation stone . Speculation was rife as to who should lay the stone well and truly, and we were pleased the Dean asked Mrs . Handford to perform the ceremony ; indeed we should have been disappointed had the choice been otherwise.

To turn to the all-absorbing topic "footer ." The ground we are glad to say has been levelled and drained, so that we shall be denied the annual mud bathing we have been accustomed to hitherto . Of last season's team only six are left, but we are by no means despondent with Shepherd as our Captain, in whose sound judgment and good sense we have plenty of confidence . To fill Partington ' s place at three-quarters will be no easy task . AVe must refrain however from commenting too much lest we encroach on " Football Prospects " which appear later on.

The list of farewells is very large, but chief among them is our esteemed school-captain and co-editor . May his college clays and future career be as brilliant as that of his school . Every happiness too to Partington, whose popular leadership iii the School Ilouse, and prowess in every branch of athletics will lie sorely missed by the whole school. May his shadow never grow less ; a true specimen of "mens sana in corpore sane ." Last and not least, also to our gallant Cricket Captain Whineup ; a hearty farewell to Nevile 1 ; and Williams, whose evening "Scenes from Euripides" are things to be remembered and well worthy of his Celtic origin.

ATHLETIC SPORTS. READERS must forgive the distinctly amateur writer of this READERS any feebleness in the following report, for the gentleman who had kindly promised to take the account was prevented by a bad cold . The first day was on the whole fine, no rain falling in the afternoon ; what it slid in the morning I don ' t remember . On the afternoon of the second day it rained ' cats and dogs, ' and the events were brought off in the intervals between the showers .

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Partington took the lion' s share in the senior events, and Joicey in the junior, but there were some very close finishes.

FIusT DAY

(July 31).

PUTTING THE WEIGHT (Open) : 1, J . Shepherd, 28 ft . 9 in . ; 2, H . R . Partington.

100 YARns HANDICAP (Open) : Moat i ., 1, R . M . Nevile 12 yds . ; 2, R . TI. Bade.} 2 yds . Heat ii ., 1, H . R . Partington scr . ; 2, B. Hudson 4 yds . Heat iii ., 1, E . F . Nevile 4 yds . ; 2 P . Carter 12 yds.

LeNO June (under i 5) : 1, E . J . Joicey 14 ft . 4 in . ; 2, N . F . Roy. 120 YARDS HURDLE RACE (Open) : 1, H . R . Partington ; 2, R. M . Nevile . Won easily.

100 YARDS (under 13) : 1, C . Sale ; 2, R . Peaty.

LoNG Juur (Open) : 1, II . R . Partington 17 ft . 7 in . ; 2, E . F. Nevile.

POLE Jum p (Open) : 1, H . R . Partington 8 ft . 3 in . ; 2, J . Ford.

THROWING THE CRICKET BALL (Open) : C . P . Whineup 92 yds .; 2, J . Shepherd.

100 YARDS (under 15) : Heat i ., 1, N . F . Roy ; 2, E . J. Joicey.

Heat ii ., 1, C . Nelson ; 2, B . J . Walton.

100 YARDS FLAT RACE (Open) : Heat i ., 1, H . R . Partington; 2, B . Hudson . Heat ii ., B . H . Bailey ; 2, E . F . Nevile.

120 YARDS TIURDLE RACE (under 15) : Heat i ., 1, E . J . Joicey; 2, N . F . Roy . Heat ii ., 1, C . Nelson ; 2, E . J Walton.

MILE RACE : 1, C . P . Whincup ; 2, B . Hudson ; 3, F . P . Fausset.

19 started in this race . Shepherd made the pace, but couldn' t last and Wliincup took up the running ; at the fifth lap the above were the first three, and this order was maintained till the end . Time, 5 min . 4 sec.

100 YARDS FLAT RACE (under 14) : I, R . G . Bingham ; 2, B. Nelson.

80 YARDS (under 12) : 1, R . Peaty ; 2, M . Richards.

SECOND DAY

(August 1).

Mon Jum p (Open) : 1, J. Ford 4 ft . 11 in . ; 2, H . R . Partington.

100 YARDS FLAT RACE (under 15) final : 1, E . J . Joicey ; 2, C. Nelson.

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MILE HANDICAP (under 15) : 1, R . Penty ; 2, D . W . Roy. (The rain didn't damp the juniors' ardour, about 15 starting).

Sale ran well but couldn't last, and Penty running strongly won 5 yards from Roy .

100 YAlzns FLAT RACE (Open), final : 1, II . R . Partington, time 10 secs . ; 2, R . 11 . Bailey ; a very close finish.

120 YARDS HURDLE RACE (under 15), final : 1, E . J . Joicey; 2, E . J . Walton . Joicey won with great skill and ease by 5i yds.

1 MILE (Open), 1, H . R . Partington ; 2, B . Iludson ; 3, G. Crowther . Only four turned out, Partington and Hudson not exerting themselves till the last 50 yards, when the former won as expected . Time, 57 secs.

100 YARDS FLAT RACE HANDICAP, final : 1, R . AI . Nevile, 12 yds . ; 2, R . H . Bailey, 2 yds . A good race, ending in a close finish, Nevile winning 1,y about a yard.

100 YARDS SACK RACE : I, N . F . Addis . Addis has become invincible in this acrobatic feat.

MILE FLAT RACE HANDICAP (Open) : 1, C . P . W1lroeli1, Ser . ; 2, J . E . Metcalfe, 20 yards . Metcalfe led for the first 2 rounds, when the scratch man overhauled hint and won itt grand style.

OLD Boys ' FLAT RACE, .1 MILE : 1, T . S . Spence . Rose was the only other competitor, but Spence sprinted well and beat hint in the last hundred yards.

CONSOLATION RACE : 1, R . H . Bailey . A grand race between the winner and E . F . Nevile for first place, Bailey just winning.

The Prizes were afterwards distributed by Mrs . Crosthwaite.

PRIZE GIVING. (Extract from " York Herald.")

LAYING THE CORNER S1 ONE OF THE GYMNASIUM. HE annual prize distribution took place on August 2 . The Dean of York presided, and was supported by the Head Master (Rev . G . T . Ilandford, M .A .), the Rev . Chaneellot Raine, the Rev . Canon Hae11ell, Lady Emma Purey-Cult, and a large number of ladies and gentlemen .

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The Head Master read the following list of honours won since last year :—C . B . Cotterell, Mathematical Scholarship, X80 per ammm, Balliol College, Oxford ; ii Garwood, 2nd Class IIonours, Classical Moderations, Oxford ; H . E . T . Wilkinson, 2nd Class Honours Law Tripos, Cambridge ; J . Shepherd (VI. Modern) exhilhition at the Faraday Electrical Institution ; H . D . Naylor, 1st Class Honours Classical Tripos, Cambridge ; C . F . C . Radek 1st Class IIonours Classical Tripos, Cambridge . The Head Master added that several boys either still in the school or who had recently left it had passed ordinary professional examinations, and perhaps the most interesting fact was that a boy rather nearer the bottom than the top of the 4th fuiln had passed the preliminary law examination . (Applause .) Ile could not refrain from calling attention to one or two matters . The past hail been a particularly happy year for them . It was not every year that they had received the honour of a visit from the Duke and Duchess of York ; it was not every year that they had won a Balliol Scholarship ; and it was not every year that one of the old buys had got his football blue and cricket blue at Cambridge—(applause)—and last, but not by any means least, it was not every year, in fact it had not happened for thirty years, that a new piece of substantial building had been set about, and not every year that an old boy gave them a gymnasium . (Applause .) He was happy to say that the health of the school had been good, and with regard to their outdoor sports they had had a very successful football season . The cricket season had been the most successful they had had for some time, but the old boys took their revenge in the boat race after being defeated for several years in succession.

The Rev . H . E . D . Blakiston, classical examiner on behalf of the Oxford and Cambridge Board, said that in the test of ability and capacity he was glad to see very good results in the examination he had just been through . Though Cotterell had not been able, through illness, to finish his examination, he was pleased to say that real ability had been shown by him . Fausset, Metcalfe, Bailey, and Williams had also done well.

The Rev. A . Harker, mathematical and science examiner under the Board, said that the work of the boys was very satisfactory

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indeed . Cotterell, whose work throughout was very good in the sense of actual attainjnent, gave promise of good work in the future, a promise which he (Alr . 'lancer) hoped would be redeemed.

(Applause .) The other boys were less advanced, and they could not expect the same level from all, but good work had been done almost by all of them . (Applause .) In additiet to the mathematical papers, Romans and Shepherd sent papers on physical science and chemistry, which were very good ones.

The Head Master read the following reports :—From the Rev. J . S . Sergeant, M .A ., classical examiner 4th and 5th forms :— " Having had the honour for the fifth year of examining the 5th and 4th forms and scholarship candidates of S . Peter's School, York, I am pleased to be able to state that I consider the high standard in those forms to he fully maintained . The boys seem for the most part to have considered the examination not merely as a task to he gone through, but as it thing in which they each took considerable inte r est, and in which,_ they were determined to give a good account of themselves . And it is only right to mention that in several instances the marks gained would have been still higher but that an undue proportion of the time allowed was devoted to some particular part of a paper to the detriment of the remainder, an error of judgment which a little more experience of examinations will probably rectify . Walton, Iley, and Moises iii . (not to mention others) appear to have lost some marks in this way . The 5th form Greek Testament Paper was well done, though no special paper calls for remark . The average of the whole form was close upon 60 . The 4th form Seriptnre Paper was a very good one, and I am glad to say that all the following, viz ., Filliter (an excellent paper), Polley, Addis, Greeves, Lever, Myers, Hodgson i ., Tomlinson, Nelson ii ., Paver Crow and Hodgson ii ., all deserve honourable mention . I was pleased with the results of the grammar papers, both Greek and Latin ; in the Greek Grammar Nevile i. and Walton came to the front, and in Latin Grammar Moiser i ., Watson, Walton, Moiser ii ., Pick, Walters, and Hudson i . In the Scholarship Papers Walton has the pre-eminence in each draper ; Roy did well in the Latin Translation, while in the Latin Composition second honours were gained by 4th form boys, Filliter, Greeves,

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Lever, and Loaf . Iu the 5th form Walton is easily first in Latin and Greek Verse Composition and Greek Prose Composition, while in Latin Prose Composition he is equalled by Moiser i ., with another modern boy, Walters, proximo accessit . Nevile i . takes the palm in Latin Translation . In Roman History Watson, Nevile i., and Roy did well . In the 4th form Filliter showed decided superiority, both in the Latin and Greek Translation.

Tomlinson also did well in the latter subject ." The Rev . G. Edmondson, one of the examiners ender the Oxford and Cambridge Board, but who did not examine the boys in that capacity, presented the following report :—" Algebra, Division II . : Four boys, Haworth i ., Pick, Moiser i ., and Filliter, show sound knowledge of the subject . Several others do fairly . The three first named above are to be commended for the neatness of their work.

Haworth obtains the highest marks through his greater accuracy in working out the questions . Division III . : Poor. These boys do not seem at home even with the easier questions . Freer and Creer are perhaps exceptions to this general statement, and show some proficiency . Division IV . : Very little has been attempted, and it is therefore difficult to form a judgment on the work of this division . Here again two boys, Nelson ii ., and He, stand apart from the rest, and have done some questions well . Euclid, Division IL : In this subject Pick is well in front with a very creditable paper . He is apt at times to omit steps in his proofs . Gray has here done much better than in his other efforts, and presents a good paper . The riders are fairly attempted, and the Euclid generally satisfactory . Several boys, amongst them Walters, Nevile i ., and Sullivan, are particularly neat and clear in their method of writing out . Division III. : The propositions are satisfactorily done, the style of the papers showing careful teaching. Generally the writing out is full, painstaking and legible, especially that of Addis . Division IV . : There are several good papers, and that of IIey exhibits sound acquaintance with the book-work . Arithmetic—Division II . : The work, with a few exceptions, distinctly satisfactory . Pick and Filliter do excellent and accurate papers . Division III . : The first half of the paper is fairly well done by many, but there is considerable inaccuracy,

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due frequently to carelessness . Freer again, as iii Algebra, stands easily first, and obtains very eredital,le marks . Division IV .: This division contains several very weak mathematicians, and this is no less evident in arithmetic than in the more advaneed subjects.

A word of praise must be given to ('lemons, however, for a promise of excellence, which is not borne out by the marks he has obtained in Algebra and Euclid . Newton also has dune well . Division II ., Trigonometry : Three boys show familiarity with the subject, and aptitude . There is generally fair acquaintance with the bookwork ." The Rev. A . E . Burton, mathematical exantiuer III and II . Forms, reported : " The 'I' liird Form was examined in arithmetic, algebra, and Euclid, and in all those subject's the standard of the palters was considerably higher than in recent years . In arithmetic, up to compound interest, the work done was in many cases very good, Roy 2 obtaining 1)1-100 marks . In algebra the advance on previous years was even greater, and in a paper including quadratics Ilayly obtained 92-100 marks and Roy 88.

In Euclid the upper division was examined in Book I . and part of Book III ., the lower ire Book 1 . I Iudsou, 72-100, and Roy, 08-100, deserve mention . The work of the form as a whole is very encouraging, and several of the boys mentioned show great promise.

The standard of work in the Second Feint has also been considerably raised this year in arithmetic . In this subject the whole form did well . Over deserves mention with 81-100 marks . An elementary algebra paper was done very well throughout . Creer obtained 73-100 marks, and several others above 00 . " The Rev. G . Edmundson also reported :—" French : Good progress continues to be made in this subject, and the knowledge of' grammar and vocabulary shows an improvement on previous years . The translations from the French are well rendered by a large number of the boys, extremely well by some, and the acquaintance with grammar is solid and accurate . The difficulties of turning a piece of connected English into French prose have proved too much for the capabilities of almost all, though some fair attempts (not very idiomatic) have been made by Walters, Draper, Hudson I ., Walton, Filliter, and Leaf. The papers of Walters, Walton, and Filliter deserve special notice . German : Here, as in French, there is

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distinct improvement . The grammar questions are generally correctly answered, and give proof of sound instruction . The translations from the German (owing to lack of vocabulary) are, with two exceptions, very feeble . Bingham and Hudson I . alone have been able to get at the drift and subject of the passage with any success ." The Head Master said that the French and German papers were not on previously prepared books, but what are called " unseen translation ." Mr . R . F . D'Arey, Caius College . Cambridge, reported the results of the chemistry examination as follows : " I have examined the 6th, 5th, and 4th Forms in Chemistry . The paper work was done very fairly, considering the time spent upon the subject . Romans in the 6th, Hudson, Pick, Moiser, and Nevile (II .) in the 5th, all did very well . In the 4th Form Greeves did best . In the practical examination most of the boys showed a capability of doing simple qualitative analysis correctly . The work done by Romans and Hudson was very good . The marks obtained are shown in the lists ."

The DEAN said it was his duty to entrust the duty of distributing the prizes to one who had kindly undertaken the office . In the first place he must ask them to look back to the good old days when Board Schools had not been heard of, and County Councils were an unknown , quantity—(laughter)—when the Dean and Chapter of York were really the Dean and Chapter of York, and when their property extended all over the North of England, when the Dean of York was Custos Rotulorum, when they had their own prison and their own gallows . (Laughter .) In those palmy days the chief spirit of the Dean and Chapter was the Chancellor, in whose hands was the education of that groat district . He it was who looked over the schools, and in whose fostering care they were placed, and it was his duty to see that they were rightly carried on and were not interfered with . In one instance an individual had the audacity to start a school in York . The Head Master of St. Peter's at once appealed to the Chancellor, and he at once ordered the individual to desist under pain of excommunication, and nothing more was heard of him . (Laughter .) Chancellor Raine came before them as a representative of that great dignitary, who was always held in great respect within the walls and without, and

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who in former years did a great deal for the educatian of the Northern land . He did not ask them to receive Chancellor Raino as merely representing what had passed away, and what was a matter of traditional history, for he had substantial claims on them which they would all acknowledge . They knew him as one of the most, if not the most, learned antiquaries in the North, and if it had not been for hint they would have lapsed almost into insignificance. It was due to him that the claim of St . Peter's School to the proud position it held as to the (late of the foundation was maintained . (Applause .) The Charity Conunissioners had the audacity to send down an assistant Commissioner to tell them that they were nothing more than a comparatively modern foundation, and that they were not a Cathedral school at all . lie was happy to say that in consequence of their having the presence of Chancellor Raine, and in consequence of iris learning and the thoroughness of the information he was able to impart, they were able to send back the emissary of the Charity Commissioners with a different story . (Applause .) Ile came like lialaam of old to curse but had to bless, and went back to write an article in the "Fortnightly Review " demonstrating that St . Peter' s was the oldest foundation in England . (Applause .) They were all proud of such a prestige, and they would all do their best to support it, and to hand it on to those who came after as efficient as it was that day, and had been in the past . (Applause .)

The Rev . Chancellor RHINE said he had been asked to distribute the prizes and to say a f"ew prefatory remarks on the subject of the school, and he thought they would like to hear from him of the history of the school to which they belonged . (Applause .) It dated really front the 8th century, and he was afraid that the descent of the Assistant Commissioner was due to their calling it the Royal Grammar School of St . Peter ' s, York . That was a great mistake, for it carried them back to a particular period and no further—to the period of Philip and Mary, who granted it a reconstructive charter . If that were so, they would have ceased to be a Cathedral school and have lost all the rights and privileges of religious education and be cut and carved just as the Commissioners chose . Happily they were now free from all that, for they

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had established their claim to be a Cathedral school of a very ancient position, and Winchester would now retire a little into the shade and St . Peter's emerge into its own proud position.

(Applause .) The education of the country was very much attended to in the 8th century and at York it was begun with great success.

Archbishop Egbert,who began the school, was brother to the King of Northumbria, and had every advantage, and was very successful in obtaining teachers, and under successive teachers the school reached a very high place . A very valuable collection of books was gathered together, of which a sort of catalogue existed at the present day . St . Peter ' s School at that time had more the character of a university than of such a school as they saw now, and if it had so gone on there was a probability that the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge would not have been required . The schools of York and Canterbury would have rendered their existence unnecessary, but the unsettled state of the country rendered it impossible for scholarship to have a fair chance as such . The University of York went on for some time, how long he could not say, but when it ceased to be a university it sank away to the position of an ordinary school, and when the Norman Conquest came, the first thing that Thomas, the first Norman Archbishop, did before he appointed a Dean was to appoint a Chancellor, and restored tho school in which he was to work . That school went on all through mediaeval times, and from that school of 1088 the present school came in regular descent, and there had been no break in it to the present day . (Applause .) More than that, there was evidence amounting almost to a moral certainty that prior to 1088 the school went back to 740 . That was an antiquity of which any other university in Europe might well be proud . (Applause .)

The reverend gentleman gave a highly interesting account of the various sites occupied by the school buildings up to its removal to the present site sixty years ago . In conclusion, he asked the boys if they did not think it a matter of pride to belong to such an ancient school . (Applause ) He impressed ou them to do their work as a matter of duty, and the reward would come sooner or later in the pleasure and satisfaction of knowing that they tried to do it . He also pointed out to them the folly of doing as so many did on leaving

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school—throw aside their books and give up study . It was a very great thing and very much to their credit that they should be constantly carrying off the chief prizes in the Universities, but they must never forget, along with their work and increased wish to study, to show themselves honourable Christian gentlemen ; they learnt it there and at home, and should put it into practice throughout their lives . (Applause) He then distributed the prizes in accordance with the following list :—Music (given by Mr . Sample) —Fausset . Drawing (given by Mr . Boddy)—Pencil and chalk drawing, Draper ; water colours painting, Filliter ; improvement in painting, Hudson 1 ; mechanical drawing, Henson . Shorthand —Addis and Paine . Geography—Pick. Dictation—Form I ., Newton 2 ; III . and Ti ., Celli ;r ; IV ., Filliter ; V ., Draper. Natural Science—Form III ., Roy 2 ; IV ., modern, Paver Crew ; IV ., classical, Greeves ; V ., modern, Hudson 1 ; V ., classical, Nevile 1 practical chemistry, Romans . German—Furies III . and II ., modern, Shepherd 2 ; IV ., modern, Bingham : V., modern, Iludson 1 . French—Form I ., lower, hill 4 ; I ., upper, Newton 2; II., classical and modern, Swanson 2 ; III ., modern, Shepherd 2 III., classical, Roy 2 ; IV ., modern, Bingham ; IV ., classical, Filliter ; V ., modern, Walters ; V ., classical, Walton . English— Open, Metcalfe ; under 16, Yeld 1 ; under 13, Yold 2 ; extra for Tennyson and Chaucer, IIey 1 ; for Tennyson and Shakespeare, Williams and Williams 3 . Mathematics—Form I ., lower, Joicey I ., upper, Penty ; II ., Creel' ; III ., Roy 2 ; Division IV ., Nelson 2; III ., Freer ; II ., Pick ; I ., The Dean' s prize, Cottorell . Classics_ Form I ., lower, Hill 4 ; I., upper, Yeld 2 ; extra, Mr . Head ' s, Newton 3 ; II., modern, Swanson 2 ; II ., classical, Shebbeare III ., modern, Bayly ; III ., classical, Roy 2 ; Mr . Yeld's Latin, Roy 2 ; Mr . Yeld ' s English, Hudson 2 ; IV ., modern, Addis ; extra Mr . Lord' s, Hodgson 1 ; IV ., classical, Filliter ; V ., modern, Pick; V ., classical, Walton . VI ., Latin Prose—Cotterell ; Greek Verse, Fausset ; History (given by Mr Head), Metcalfe ; Reading in Chapel (given by the Old Peterite Club), Metcalfe ; Canon Elwyn's Divinity, Fausset ; the Archbishop's, Cotterell.

The following is a list of the scholarships :—Junior Modern Scholarship—Nelson 2 ; Hey Scholarship—Lever 1 ; equal 2nd,

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Newton 1 and Pelly ; Senior Free Scholarship—Moiser 2 ; First Foundation Schola rship—Filliter ; second ditto—Walton ; Free Scholarships—Roy 1 and Hey ; Leaving Exhibition of £50 for three years— Cotterell.

The HEAD MASTER said that they all regretted very much that Cotterell was ill and not able to be there to receive his prizes.

At the conclusion of the prize distribution the company proceeded to the north side of the grounds, where a handsome gymnasium is being erected through the generosity of an old boy, to witness the laying of the corner stone by Mrs . Handford . The gymnasium will be 60ft . by 30ft . and 33ft . high inside . At the entrance nearest to the school will be two dressing-rooms with gallery over.

The building will have an open timber roof . The style of architecture is late Gothic to harmonise with the existing buildings.

The room will be lighted by four tall mullioned windows on each side and by a large traceried window facing the Clifton-road, and others over the gallery . Over the west doorway will be carved the arms of the Dean and Chapter of York, and over the south doorway a sun-dial and armorial bearings . The foundation stone bears the inscription :—" Ahuae Matri Alumnus Gratias . A .D . MDCCC XCIV . Decano, A . P. Purey-Cust Cancellario, J . Bailie.

Magistro, G . T . Handford ." Mr . Francis W . Bedford, A .R .T .B .A. of Leeds and Westminster, is the architect . The carrying out of the main portion of the work has been entrusted to Mr . T . P. Barry, of York . Psalm xviii . having been chanted, the Dean of York offered prayer.

The Head Master explained that some years ago an old boy sent to Mr . Yeld an intimation that he wished to build thorn a gymnasium if the ground to the north of that site could be obtained for a site, but the owner would not part with it . Last year the donor said he would waive that condition and have it built on the present site.

He, however, made it an express condition that his name should not be divulged, and although that had caused them some inconvenience, great honour was due to the donor for putting into practical effect what was not often done now-a-days—the saying " Let not your left hand know what your right hand doeth ."

Mrs . HANDFORD having been presented with a handsome silver

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trowel by the architect, laid the corner-stone, saying—" To the glory of God, and for the welfare of His children, I lay this stone, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost . Amen ."

The hymn " Now thank we all our God " was sung, the Dean pronounced the Benediction, and the ceremony concluded.

Mrs . Handford subsequently held an " at home ."

CRICKET. MATCHES :—Played 10, won 7, lost 1, drawn 2.

SCHOOL The season opened in promising style with a viotory over Barnard Castle, in which Whincup and Sullivan laid the foundations of good averages, but the bowlers had all they could do to get the home team out in time to win . Sullivan also did well in the next match with a very sound 52, Shepherd assisting with 39, but no one else made many . However, Hudson in the first innings and Bailey in the second were too much for Pocklington, and we won easily in one innings . We ought to have won at Ampleforth with a little earlier dechwation, as Nevile was dismissing them rapidly when time ran out . Partington was head scorer this time with a hard-hit 32, and Sullivan, Whincup, and R . M . Nevile all got over 20 . The first match with Ripon we won by eight wickets, though better fielding would have made it another innings victory.

The scoring was not high, Shepherd heading the list with 26 followed by Partington with 20 ; a stand for the eighth wicket by R . M . Nevile and Wheelwright was of great service . Ripon could do little with Hudson's bowling, and Neville bowled well though with very bad luck . When we went in again, a wild desire to hit cost its two wickets in getting 14 . Thus we came to the Durham matches with a certain amount of confidence in ourselves, which seemed to be justified when at lunch in the first game we had reached 66 with only two wickets down . However, the hour's sun itt the interval seemed to make a difference, and ~wickets fell so fast that seven were down for 76, Whincup 33 and Sullivan 26 . Then Wheelwright again came to the rescue this time with Henson, and brought 100 before the latter was out ;

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Wheelwright remained not out 22 . Durham missed two fairly easy c halloos of running out, which would have made a difference.

On their side nobody stopped but Sadler and Cumberlege, Nevile and Shepherd bowling well . The return was played within two days, and Nevile again bowled well on a very different sort of wicket ; but the match was emphatically Whincnp's match, as he took two wickets for no runs, and made 83 not out, out of a total of 138 . We understand that he offered a chance at eight ; and we refrain from speculating on the result if it had been taken.

Hudson gave him the most assistance with 20 . The Ampleforth return followed, in which Iti . M . Nevile could not play owing to a cut hand . Still we thought we could win without him, and we did, but not too comfortably . Bailey bowled with great effect, but in spite of that we should have lost but for a partnership of 40 by E . F . Nevile and Henson after the seventh wicket was gone.

Nevile and Joicey put on another 40 odd and in the end we won by an innings, Bailey again being successful . After this came our only School defeat of the season at Pocklington by two runs . It is not too much to say that our opponents' ground lost us the match . With our slips and outfields and even coverpoint amid long grass, it is not to be wondered at that inexperience of such a state of ground told a tale and cost us many runs . Harrison certainly bowled well for them, but was assisted in the early part of the innings by a brewing thunderstorm . On the other hand after the sixth wicket he had to bowl with a wet ball ; but the best of our wickets were gone . It was a wonderful catch by which he dismissed Whincup, and practically settled the match, though Henson made a plucky attempt to save it . Our two chief bowlers failed us in this match . Leeds came over next and gave us another close game . Bailey was the most useful bowler though Nevile also did well . Shepherd and Whincup made 32 and 22, but several wickets were almost given away and it was only an unfinished innings of 16 from Wheelwright that gave us the victory by 13 runs . The last match at Ripon ended in a fairly even draw, though our fielding went far towards a defeat.

Hudson and Nevile bowled pretty well, and Whincup and Clemons were not out when rain stopped play. Thus we have been

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undefeated on our ground, and only lost the game with Pocklington.

In the men's matches the form shown in both Asylum and Yorkshire Gentlemen matches was poor except for an innings by Whincup in the first and by Clemons in the second Asyhim match ; Shepherd did some good bowling in the first one . The Ryburn Valley game resulted in a draw in our favour, Hudson and Sullivan putting on 40 for us without losing a wicket to their 90 . One of the best performances of the term was in the Old Boys' match, in which the School after following on won just before time on the second clay by 11 runs, and that without Shepherd and R . M . Nevile . Much of the credit of this is due to Hudson who took ten wickets and bowled nearly the whole time and scored 68, to Partington for two good innings of 38 and 48, and to Clemons, who went through the first innings for 50.

As a whole then, this year' s eleven may safely be said to be superior to last year ' s, and its chief strength lay in batting ; there were at least ten who might be expected to score runs, and most of them to get runs in good style . Another good feature was that three of the most correct bats were new and young . The bowling was fair ; Nevile would have had a better average, but for his accident after the match at Durham, when he was bowling very well . Bailey was a lucky bowler but every now and then put in a very good ball ; and Iludson and Shepherd bowled a good steady length . It has not often happened that the XI . has been blessed with two left-handed bowlers together . The fielding has scarcely been up to the standard of late years.

The main feature of the batting in the second eleven was a burning desire to hit, and for choice to hit across . The best bats were probably Joicey, Dobson, Yeld, and Williams : and the lastnamed and Greeves had most success as bowlers.

CHARACTERS OF TIIE X1.

C . P . Wmxcur, 1892 (Captain) . Has scored most consistently, seldom failing to reach double figures ; a free bat and makes most of his runs in front of the wicket, driving very hard ; if anything hits too much ; is still very cramped in playing at a good length ball on the leg-stump, not watching it enough ; a good field at cover-point though

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apt to get too near in ; howls fairly well, and might have bowled more ; very successful as captain.

H. R.

PARTINOTOx, 1892 . Has improved much in batting, but often

gets out from a very weak stroke in the first over : if he can safely survive two or three overs, hits well all round ; played two good innings in the Old Boys' match ; a safe catch in the slips and outfield, though scarcely as brilliant as in previous years.

J. StrEPIIEau, 1893 . Very useful all round ; though not an elegant bat, generally to be relied on for runs ; hits entirely with his arms but bits hard ; weak in back play and makes up for it by running out and driving ; bowls a fairly good length with an off-break, when he does not try too many vagaries ; thinks he can howl lobs and has got several wickets with them ; a good field at point with a taste for brilliant catches.

B . Tlunsox, 1893 . Another useful all round player ; has done fairly well with the bat, but hardly came up to expectations; does not play hard enough on the ball, can hit bard when he likes ; scored better than anyone in the men's matches ; with Nevile has done most of the bowling, bowls a fair pace and very straight, latterly got very short and was expensive ; a good catch and field.

It . M . NEVIr.E, 1893 . Bats and bowls left-handed ; as a bat shows stubborn defence, which has been serviceable on occasions ; can hit a short ball, and gets runs through the slips with a peculiar wrist stroke ; ought to stand up better ; howled with great success before he cut his hand, which accident seemed to take away much of his control of the ball ; not a very safe field, but not afraid to put his body in the way.

A.

M . SULLIVAN, 1894 . Has the makings of a very good bat ; up

to a certain period of the term played beautiful cricket, and then seemed to lose confidence ; scores most of Ins runs behind the wicket being especially strong to leg ; makes the best of his reach and times the ball well ; with increasing strength ought to make a lot of runs as his defence is so sound ; very neat and useful behind the wicket .

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1894 . With a little more height and roach ought to do well ; at present his to play hack to nearly everything, and does it well watching the ball carefully has been unlucky, his legs often causing his downfall ; has batted with groat nerve at critical times ; rims well but

H . WHEELWRIGHT,

rather rashly ; a good field and throws in nicely : can bowl and ought to be useful next year.

E . W . HENSON, 1894 . Has on several occasions by steady defence

with an occasional good hit revived the fortunes of his side ; handicaps himself by his attitude, which prevents him getting on to an off ball ; can hit fairly well on the on side ; bowls a moderate ball and is a good field, catching well.

Another promising hat ; has some very pretty strokes especially a cut behind point ; plays forward well but is a little weak in back play, wants to watch the hall more and play harder on it ; a good ground field but apt

F . CLEMONS, 1894 .

to drop a catch, especially if he has any time to think about it ; might make a bowler with more steadiness ; failed singularly with the bat against Schools.

R . H . BAILEY, 1894 .

Not very successful as a bat ; a hitter hut

not a straight hitter ; bowls loft hand and met with good success ; takes a short run and bowls all sorts, every now and then putting in a very good ball ; has an easy action but is short of length ; fields wells.

E . F . NEvILE, 1894 . Can hit hard, hut plays every ball in much

the same way with a swinging stroke ; has a fair amount of wrist and ought to do better than he does ; saved one match by a timely innings ; a fair field but slow.

Some of the improvement in the batting of the XI . is no doubt due to the improvement in the state of the ground and of the wickets . We think it is not too much to say that the XI . nowhere played on better pitches than at home . Certainly the wicket for the Old Boys ' match would have been bad to beat ; and it was almost as good at the finish as at the start .

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BATTING AVERAGES IN SCHOOL MATCHES Innings . Times Total . Highest Average not out.

Score.

292 83 36 . 50 C . P. Whincup 3 2 183 .. 5 2 18 . 30 A . M . Sullivan 166 J . Shepherd 39 1 3' 8 3 E . W . Henson 66 24 13 . 20 E . F . Nevile 13'00 39 •• 3 3 0 8 11 .33 H . R . Partington 0 102 . .

32 9 11 . 28 R . NI . Nevile 8 79 „ 24 10 . .

3 .

79 . . 22 11 . 28 H . Wheelwright 1 97 . . 24 8•o8 B . Hudson 2 .. .. 0 F. Clemons 9 ., I . .

21 13 2'62 1 .00 R . H . Bailey 7 1 6 2 .

E . J . Joicey, 14, I ; G . G. Yeld, o ; J . E . Metcalfe o, o ; W . C . B. Williams, 2 . 0.

BATTING AVERAGES IN ALL MATCHES. Innings . Times Total Highest Average. not out .

Score.

C . P . Whincup ..

18 . . 4 414 . . 83 2 9'57 A . M . Sullivan 20 . . 3 232 52 13 .64 17 . . 0 231 39 13 .58 J . Shepherd . . [ 241 68 12 . 68 B . Hudson . .

20 16 o 204 48 . . 12 '37 I-I . R . Partington F . Clemons 15 2 115 50 8 . 84 H . Wheelwright . . 17 5 105 22 . .

8 . 75 . . 38 . .

E . F . Nevile ..

8 o 61 7 .62 . . 12 7 . 60 E. W . Henson 2 76 . . 24 . .

R . M . Nevile . . 13 1 91 . . 24 . .

7 .58 R . H. Bailey . .

1 [ 3 18 9 ..

2 . 25 E . J . Joicey, 0, 0, o, 14, t ; J . E. Metcalfe, o, o ; G. G . Yeld, o ; AV . C . B. Williams, 2, 0, I, 5, 0, 1, 0.

BOWLING AVERAGES IN SCHOOL MATCHES. Overs . Maidens . Runs . Wickets . Average.

R . H . Bailey . .

54 . .

17 . .

118 ..

22 . . 5 . 40 R . M . Nevile ..

172 .

6o . . 306 . . 4 2 7'33 B . Hudson . . 1 55 . . 6 3 •• 2 72 33 . . 8 .27 114 •• 34 J . Shepherd 228 24 . 9'50 19 C . P . Whincup . . . .

5 2 ..

2 . . 9 . 50 F . Clemons . .

0 . .

8 0 4 Nevile bowled two no-balls, Bailey, Hudson, and Clemons one wide each.

BOWLING AVERAGES IN ALL MATCHES. Overs . Maidens .

Runs . Wickets . Average.

71 R . M . Nevile .. . 236 512 . . 54 . . 9 5 1 R . H . Bailey .. tot . . 26 284 . . 29 . . 9 . 82 J . Shepherd .. . . [69'1 . . 4 1 394 . . 38 . . 10'36 B . Hudson . . . 281 . 2 . . 100 571 . . S5 ., 19 . 49 C . P . Whincup . . ..

34 . .

8 112 . .

5 . . 22-40 F . Clemons „ 10 I ..

38 . . o Nevile bowled two no-balls, Bailey, Hudson, and Clemons one wide each.

S.

PE PER' S

SCHOOL V . POCKLIN0TON SCHOOL.

Played at Pockliugton, on Saturday, July 7th . With the exception of about thirty yards square the ground was covered with long grass, which lessened the value of all good strokes, and was a distinct advaKtage to the home team by reason of experience,

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Nevile and Hudson began the bowling for us ; it was the former' s first appearance since his accident and he was compelled to wear a glove . The play at starting was very slow ; the lust wicket fell at 11, and the second at 20 . Swindell made some lucky strokes off Nevile, but with Harrison put on 21 before the latter was lbw.

Swindell put up a catch which Clemons very nearly secured, and lunch was taken with the score at 60 for four wickets . Soon after resuming Bailey took Nevile ' s place and met with success, two wickets falling to him quickly, the seventh at 79 . Then some hitting by Iles sent up the score, but all were out for 10-1, the lobs of Shepherd being successful . When our innings began the light was very bad owing to a thunderstorm, which was blowing up . Harrison bowled with the darkness behind hint, and bowled very well . In his first over he sent back Clematis with a Yorker, and at 16 Sullivan fell to a very good hall . Hudson was out soon to a weak stroke, and then Shepherd played on at the other end after some merry hitting, one of his strokes being stopped by the instruments of the brass hand . Partington stayed while 21 were added and was bowled just before rain drove the players to shelter . More than half an hour was wasted and then Wheelwright was bowled off his leg . Henson came in and with Whine-up made a gallant effort to save the game ; it was here that the grass made its presence felt, stopping Whincup ' s hard drives on the ground.

27 were added and Whincup was out to a very fine catch onehanded in the slips . The last three did nothing, Henson and extras putting on 19 ; and just as we seemed to have another chance, he was bowled off his pad after a most valuable innings.

Score and analysis : POCKLINGTON. E . O . Wright, b Hudson . , H . C . Wright, b Nevile .

F . G. Swindell, c IIenson, b Bailey .

Harrison, lbw, b Nevile . . . .

R W . S . Cobb, b Hudson ., F . D . Cautley, lbw, b Bailey , J . F . Marshall, lbw, b Shepherd G. E . Iles, c Hudson, b Bailey J . E . Allison, st Sullivan, b Shepherd A . H . Taylor, c . Bailey, b Shepherd L . Walsh, not out Extras Total

„

..

2 12 34 7 13 8 13 3 o 2 8 106

ST. PETER ' S SCHOOL. A . M . Sullivan, b Harri on . . . .

F . Clemons, b Harrison . . .. . .

J . Shepherd, h Cautley B . Hudson, b Harrison C . Y . Whincup, c Harrison,b Taylor II . It Partington, b Harrison . .

H . Wheelwright, b Cautley E . W . Henson, b Harrison E . F . Nevile, b Harrison . .

R . M . Nevile, b Cautley R . H . Bailey, not out . . . .

Extras ..

Total

..

5 0 17 2 38 8 o 17 o o o

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Analysis : — o. at.

R. W. B . Hudson . . 30 I I 42 2 R . H . Nevile 26 13 29 2 J . Shepherd . . 4 . 1 1 13 3 R . H . Bailey 8 2 14 3 Nevile one no-ball, Bailey one wide .

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Analysis :— o. at . R . W. R . Harrison 23'4 8 6 3 ti A . B . Taylor 16 1 8 I F . D . Cautley 4 14 31 3 H. C . Wright 3 0 4 0 Harrison one no-ball, Taylor one noball, Cautley two no-halls and one wide.

V . TJEEns GRAMaIAR SCHOOL 1ST XL

Played at York, on July 11th . Leeds won the toss and sent Roberts and Barber to fare the deliveries of Hudson and Nevile ; Barber was bowled in Hudson ' s second over, but on Andrews joining Roberts a long stand was made ; when the latter had scored 90 he was dismissed from a catch off Bailey, two wickets being down for 65 . The latter ' s next over was productive of another wicket, and Roberts who had made 43 was caught by Hudson . Longley compiled 13 but was caught by Clemons with 79 on the Board ; the rest offered little resistance to Nevile and Bailey ' s bowling, and the innings just failed to reach the century.

St . Peter ' s then went in with every prospect of an exciting finish . Clemons was run out with only two runs to his credit but Shepherd for a long time defied the bowling ; none of his partners reached double figures till Whincup went in and rose the score to 61 before Shepherd was run out for 31 . Eight wickets were down for 96 when Nevile joined Wheelwright and by careful play these two pulled off the match ; Wheelwright's was a very creditable innings of 16 not out . Scores and analysis : LEEDS GRAMMAR •SCnof o . .

ST . PETER' S.

J . E . Roberts, c Hudson, b Bailey . . 43 R . Barber, b Hudson . . . .

J . D . Andrews, h Bailey .

20 R . B . Portway, c Shepherd,h Bailey 0 J . A . Longley, c Clemons, b Nevile 13 A . E . North, b Nevile . .

3 J. C . Francis, c Partington, b Nevile 0 C . B . Newstead, c Wheelwright, h Bailey 7 H . M . Newstead h Nevile 7 J. L . Loe, not out . . 0 A .N.Yeadon, c Partington, b Bailey Extras . . .. 4 Total

99

J . Shepherd, run out F . Clemons, run out . .

B . Hudson, c Francis, b Portway . .

A . Sullivan, c Loe, b Newstead . .

C . P . AVhincup, c Longley, b Roberts H . R . Partington, c Yeadon, b Roberts . .

II . Wheelwright, not out A . Henson, st Newstead, b Roberts A . Jokey, b Roberts . .

R. M . Nevile, c Francis, b Roberts R . H . Bailey, b Newstead . . . .

Extras Total

32 2

4 8 22

5 16 4 1

7 2 11

114

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(away).

July 11th . An exciting match ended in a victory for us.

Scores : ST.

PETER ' S .

1st innings.

W.C .B . Williams,cLongleyb Sprool R. F. Russell, c Sprool, 1) Allison 5 J . E . Metcalfe, b Sprool 2 E . F . Nevile, b Allison 4 G . Yeld, b Sprool 0 S. Dobson, c Longley, b Sprool O .

Haworth, c Wood, b Allison G. P .

Greaves, b Allison H. B .. 1 3 L. Moiser, b Allison . .

•• 5 S . Walters, b Allison J . Watson . not out . . ..

Extras . .

5 Total

..

2nd innings. b

Allison

c Jackson, b Allison

b

Allison

c Macfarlane, not out not out

b

.,

o 4 10

Sprool

.. 1 . . 29 . . 27

1-did not bat .

Extras

.. 38

5

Total

..

76

LEEDS.

1st innings.

T . Longley, b Greeves . . . . .. 5 B . Bondor, b Williams . . .. 3 . to P. Mathews, b Williams G.Thompson, c Metcalfe, b Williams 2 H. Macfarlane, b Williams . . . o W . Sprool, lbw Greeves . . .. o S . Jackson, 1) Greeves . .. 3 E . Knowles, c Russell, h Greeves t B. Allison, c Yeld, b Williams C. Fleming, not out H . Wood, b Williams Extras ..

2nd innings. b Yeld c and b Nevile c Metcalfe, b Nevile b Nevile b Yeld run out c Metcalfe, b Nevile lbw Yeld . c Dobson, b Yeld h Yeld not out Extras

Total ST . PETER ' S

Total V.

19 4

23 2 3 3 8

0 0 0

0

8 .

70

RIPON SCHOOI,.

Played at Ripon, on Saturday, July 14th . The ground was very fast, not to say fiery, and Ripon winning the toss went in.

A bye was run and then Henson made a one-handed catch at long slip . Scoring was not easy and at lunch 4 wickets were down for 30 . Resuming, Ripon did better, Wood making some good strokes . However, both the and Thompson were out at 51.

Collins and Robinson were both missed and began hitting, the latter making an off-drive with the assistance of the grass and an overthrow, which realised 7 . After making 17 in five hits, lie was out at 73 . Mainly thanks to Collins the total was raised to 116 . Hudson was the most successful bowler ; mention should be

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made of a fine one-handed catch at point by Shepherd . When our innings began rain was threatening, and in little more than an hour put a stop to play altogether . Shepherd soon got to work, but was c and la at 23 through not getting hold of one . Hudson was caught at laid-off from a full pitch, and Sullivan bowled first ball . After Clemons had boon missed behind the wicket rain cause down . Score and analysis : RIPON.

ST. PETER ' S.

C . E . Daniel, b Hudson 4 W. Tattersall, c Henson, b Hudson o 8 T . N . Skene, h Hudson W. 'Chompson, b Nevile 19 F . A . Stow, c Shepherd, b Nevile t C . E . Wood, b Hudson .

17 H . E . Collins, not out . . 28 H . Robinson, b Hudson .. . . 17 C . F. L . Schulze, b Hudson . , o .

Schulze, c Clemons, b Nevile 9 W. R R . M . Coupland, c Whincup,b Nevile 2 Extras ;I

13 F . Clemons, not out .. . 14 J . Shepherd, c and b Collins B. Hudson, c Tattersall, b Collins 2 A . M . Sullivan, b Collins 0 C. P . AVhincup, not out ..

4

Total 0.

B . Hudson . . 19 R . 11 . Bailey . .

5 R . M . Nevile . . 13'1 J . Shepherd . .

7

..

M. 5 1 3 0

Extras

it .

43 lo 34 18

W. 6 0 4 0

4 Total (3 wkts .) 37 O. M. R. W.

. .116

W . R . Schulze 9 C . E . Daniel 4 .

Collins . .

5 I H. E F. A . Stow . . I

3 o 0 1

It 14 8 0

o 0 3

o

Nevile t no-ball .

ST . PETER ' S 2ND Xt . V . Si . MARTIN ' S SCHOOL. The return ended in a win for us . The chief feature in the match was the number of byes, which our XI . ran . Williams batted well, and we gained the victory by 103 runs to 79 . Further details not forthcoming.

Sr . PETER ' S 3RD ail. v . S . MARTIN ' S 2ND.

S . MARTIN ' S. T . Nottingham, b Tomlinson ..

R . Vyvyan, b Cass 1I . \Vare, b Tomlinson R . Tinson, c and b Cass W . Webb, c Pavercrow, b Cass .

K . Gasking, not out '1' . Kershaw, b Cass \V . Hillyard, b Tomlinson R . Hood, b Tomlinson ..

B . Bourne, b Tomlinson H . Muir, c Crowther, b Cass Extras . .

Total

..

• • • • • • • •

II 26 I

ST . PETER'S 3RD XI. P. Carter, b Hillyard I M . Hingston, run out o . . 4 B . \Ioiser, b Tinson . . I2 N . F . Roy, b Tinson 4 C . P . Cass, c Tinson, b Hillyard H . it. . Tomlinson, h Tinson . . o G . Crowther, b Iillyard . . o R . G . Bingham, b Hillyard 4 R . Pavercrow o B . Draper, c Webb, b Tinson o o C . Spence, not out Extras ..

2 Total

27

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FOOTBALL.

MR . FRANK MITCHELL. ( From the York Herald. 1 Despite his failures for Yorkshire, Frank Mitchell has reason to be proud of his achievements during the season, which are :— April, scored 514 runs for 3 innings (took 13 wickets) ; May, scored 766 runs for 16 innings (took 20 wickets) ; June, scored 354 runs for 13 innings (took 12 wickets) ; July, scored 339 runs for 12 innings (took 12 wickets) : August, scored 188 runs for 7 innings (took 11 wickets) ; September, scored 130 runs for 6 innings (took 4 wickets) . Total, scored 2,291 runs for 55 innings, and obtained 72 wickets . The Light Blue once scored 203 not out, and the following centuries :—143 not out, 138 not out, 136 and 100 . On seventeen occasions he scored over fifty, and twenty times over forty . The Mallon cricketer commenced the season in extraordinary style, but had a run of bad luck after the Cambridge matches . Still his average for Cambridge was 28 . 4, being second to T . N . Perkins, while with the ball he led the way with twentyone wickets, with an average of 21 . 57 . For Yorkshire perhaps he was hardly tried often enough, and in county matches in five innings he made hut 44 . In all first class matches he has secured 678 runs, batting 32 times and averaging 21 . 87 . He in this class of matches also secured 23 wickets for an average of 19 . 78 . In batting for all matches his average was 41.

FOOTBALL. T the time of writing there are many rumours in the air — about next term's Football . It is not quite certain which of our old choices will be available ; one fact is agreed that we shall require a complete new line of three-quarters and a full back.

Partington, Rose, and Leonard, and Eastwood have all left us, and it will be no easy matter to fill their places . The absolute certainties for next term are Metcalfe at half, and Bailey, Romans, Haworth, and Henson forwards . Shepherd has been chosen Captain and is admirably fitted for the post . At the present moment he is currently reported to be coming back for another term and his knee to be quite sound . That gymnastic performance cost us most probably the Durham match last year, and it is to be

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hoped that his knee will stand the term's work . Another uncertain quantity is AVhineitp ; latest advices are to the effect that he too will be here next term . There is no doubt that his presence will immensely strengthen the forwards, who would in that case be rather good ; the vacancies should be easily filled up from lIudson, Fausset, Puy, Gray, 'I' oudinsuu and Bird.

The weakness will lie at three-quarters ; last year's second team backs were Nevile '?, AVluwlwright, Sullivan, Clemons, and Yeld ; out of these we roust presumably fill up our ranks . Wheelwright twice played full-bask for the 1V . last season, and ought this time to get his colours in this position ; should Shepherd not return, he would no doubt partner Metcalfe at half . Of the others Nevile is a good defensive player but wanting in pace ; all four lack weight ; Sullivan is neat and accurate, but also rather slow ; Clemons two years ago promised very well, but did not realise expectations . Let us hope for a recovery of form, in which case he might do for centre . Veld possesses prohahly the most pace of the four, and an kick well, but is wanting in dash and defence.

There are also to be taken into consideration Joicey, who showed promising form last Easter term, but is like the rest on the light side, and Ford, who is possessed of fair weight and pace, but scarcely knows enough about the game It would also be possible to increase the weight by bringing Bailey out of the scrum ; and if he could only be relied on to take his passes, he would be of very great service . It has been suggested by a very prominent 0 .1' . that the gauze to play is the "four three-quarter system " and that we had better take it up . But surely with our present halves we should be wasting our forces, if they were converted into mere saving and passing machines to a weakish line of backs ? And again dues it not require great experience and judgment in the players to make it a success ? The best point of the system is that it gives another man on the defence, but it weakens the scrimmage.

I)o we not rentenlier the game with Durham two seasons ago, when our forwards won the match. by overplaying their eight and keeping the ball from their backs ? To sun up, it appears that we shall have a very fair team ; how good, time and development will prove . It can scarcely hope to be up to the standard of the last three years in which only one School match has been lost .

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FIVES TOURNAMENT.

Old Boys and opponents will be glad to hoar that the ground has been levelled and drained, so that the vanquished will no longer have the farrows to excuse theta . We have to thank Mr. Nelson for the generous way iii which he did the work, exceeding his contract . Appended are the lists of fixtures : Date.

Versus.

Ground.

Result.

Old Boys Sat ., Oct . 6 . . . .. home „ „ 20 .

Ahnondbury Old Boys . . home 27 .

Ripon G .S . home .. . . „ Nov . 3 .

Wakefield G.S . . . away „ 10 .

Du rham School . . . home Tu . „ 13 .

Leeds Clergy School away Sat ., „ 17 .

Leeds G .S . .. .. .. home \Ved „ 21 .

Bradlord G .S . . away 24 .

A . O . Joy, Esq's . YV . . . home ..

Tu . z] .

Yorkshire College away Dec. I .

Durham School . . away Old Boys home Ripon G . S . away Feb . 9 .

Sat . „ lb .

1leath Old Boys . . home '1'u . „ 19 .

Leeds Clergy School .. home 23 .

Yorkshire College home 2ND XV. Versus.

Ground.

Result.

Date .

Leeds G .S . 2nd away Sat ., Nov. 17 . „ Dec. 8 .

Ripon G .S . 2nd home „ Feb . 2 .

Ripon G .S . 2nd away 9.

Clifton 2nd home

:U:FIVES TOURNAMENT (Senior).

ROUND I. E . F . Nevile bt R . M . Nevile, 15-12, 1 3- 1 5, 1 5- 1 3 E. \V . Henson bt C . Hill, 15-12, 15-1 H . R. ]'artingtonbt F. P . Fausset, 15-3, F .ClemonsbtC .P .Cass9-15,15-13,15-13 1 5-3 R . M . Nevile bt C . P. Whincup, 12-15 A . M . Sullivan bt F. Joicey, 15-7, 15-13 1 5-4, 1 5-5 E .I lenson bt II . \Vheelvright,15-4, t5-2 A .M .Sullivan bt R .H .Bailey,15-4, 1 5-5 F. P . Fausset bt H . Russell, 1 5-3, 1 5-3 ROUND III. E. F . Nevile ht C . Spence (scratched) F. Clemons bt R . Bingham, 15-4, 15-2 .I' .liaworth, 15 .2, H .P.Partington bt (1 H . R . Partington bt A . M . Sullivan, 1 5-5 1 5-6 , 1 5-5 .

Metcalfe bt L .

Freer (scratched) J. E E . Ilenson, a bye Joicey bt L .

Conning, 15-o, 1 F. 5-3 SEMI-FINAL. II . Wheelwright bt W. C . B . Williams, H .R.I'artingtonbtF .Clemons, r 5-4,15-7 11-15, 15-13, 15-13 E . Ilenson ht E . F . Nevile, 15-6, 15-8 ROUND H. FINAL. F. Clemons bt J . E . Metcalfe, 1 5-9, E . Ilenson bt H . R . Partington, 10-15, 1 3- 1 5, 1 5- 1 3 15-8, 15-13 FIVES TOURNAMENT (Junior), given by P . Lord, Esq. ROUND I. C . Hill bt C . I' . Cass (scratched) H . Wheelwright bt H . Russell SEMI-FINAL. C . Spence bt R . Bingham H . Wheelwright, a bye .

Freer C . Hill bt N C . Iiill bt F . Joicey F . Joicey bt H . Greeves FINAL, .

Cass bt A .

Conning C C . Hill bt H . Wheelwright, 10-15, ROUND H. 1 5- 11 , 1 5- 1 3 C . Hill, a bye H . Wheelwright bt C. Spence 1

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Silts,

Ilearin of the loss of several of our most aide athletes this last term I can-not but remind the younger boys that it is from them that our strength must be recruited . Let them be reminded that as nienihers of a school with a glorious past, let us hope all equally glorious future, to strive with enthusiasm and might to worthily lilt the place of those grand fellows who have left . The reputation of the school should be, and I hope is, dear to the heart of every scholar, he he hoarder or day-boy, not only in intellectual attainment but also in the realms of sport in which dear old St . Peter's has ever held its own.

And now for another matter . Why should not every boy subscribe his (pinta to the Peterite 9 Wero the matter laid before their respective parents, I feel sure the necessary subscription would not be objected to. Now let us see eery Peterite with his copy : let the circulation of the Peterite, if not the largest in the world, at ally rate he commensurate with the numbers of its scholars .

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I appall to you to call attention to a want, which may easily and reasonably be supplied, namely, that the second XV . have not a blazer.

Of cour se it is easier to get into a team where fifteen msen are wanted than where the team is composed of eleven as in the case of the second cricket team vsho have a blazer . But as the school football teams are usually more successful than the cricket, consequently a place in the former is at any rate as ditfieult to obtain as in the latter . There are many who leave before getting a place in the first XV ., to scions the blazer would be useful . I will not occupy any more of your space ; except to mention in their favour that the teams referred to have in the last two years won nine matches and lost none . With the hope that some notice will be taken of my letter .

Your humble servant, SECUNDUS .

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O . P . DINNER.

THE OLD PETERITE DINNER, 1894.

(London J)iHrici.)

The 6th Annual Meeting in London of Old Peterites was held on Tuesday, the 801 July, in the Commodore's Room at the Holborn Restaurant . The Ileadmaster was unfortunately prevented by a summons to the York Diocesan Synod from being present, but a popitlar substitute was found in the person of Mr . Lord, who travelled from York at considerable inconvenience to represent present members . Canon Elwyn was again welcomed by popular acclaim to the chair, and he refused to allow either the physical pain caused by recent illness or the fatigue of a previous meeting to prevent him from showing his devotion to the old school.

The toast list which appeared upon the menu cards was as follows :—The Queen and Royal Family (Proposed by the Chairman) . St . Peter ' s School fast and Present (Proposed by the Chairman), answered by Canon Gray and P . E . Lord . The Old Peterite Club (Proposed by Professor Allbutt), answered by P . B . Lambert . The Chairman (Proposed by M . J . Newbery).

The loyal toast and that of the chairman's health were received with musical honours, and after singing a verse of Auld Lang Sync) the company separated shortly before 11 p .m.

The following are the names of the Old Peterites who accepted invitations this year and the asterisks show those 1110 were at the last moment prevented from attending Liar SCHOOL . * 1864 Abbay, Rev . R .

1862 Ahngton, F . N .

1856 Allbutt, Professor 1 . C .

1869 Anderson, Y . * 1854 Atkinson, W . F .

1873 Blake, J . F .

1876 Chadwick, C . H . * 1859 Crowther, Col . G . H . * 1874 Challincr, E. S .

1856 Darrell, Chas .

1877 Dowson, Dr. * 1866 Edmundson, Rev . G .

1872 Elwyn, Rev . Canon * 1881 Eyre, G. 11 .

1885 Ford, W . P. * 1851 Forster, G . B . * 1876 Francis, H . A . L. 1852 Gray, Rev. Canon Chas .

1875 Gray, Dr . Alan 1862 Gregory, Rev . T . 11 .

1874 Griffith, Rev . A. H .

188 r Griffith, F . J. 1862 llaigh, Chas . * 1881 Halliwell, Dr. Thos .

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Handford, Rev . G . T. Henderson, R . W. Lambert, P . B. Lord, P . E. Meek, W . A. Moss, Hugh Dlulcaster, M . V. Needham, Dr. Newbcry, J. Pollard, A . T. Poyser, A . S. Reinold, Professor A . W. Robinson, F . E. Rowe, E . L. Rowe, Arthur Swabey, F . E. Taylor, Rev . J . N . M. Thompson, Rev . G. C. Wade, G . H. Walker, Harold Walker, John Watson, C . M. Wharton, Hugh Whytehead, W . \V. Young, Rev . H . M .

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Balance from 1893 .. 2 8 7 Bank Interest on Deposit ., 0 1 5 31 subscriptions at 7s . 6d . . . r 1 12 6 L14

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N0rE .-The Hon . Sec . wishes us to express his thanks to many Old Peterites for the good wishes contained in their replies to circulars . The number of such letters received by him renders it impossible to answer them separately .

O . P . CLUB. A Coluntittee meeting was held at the school on Wednesday, August 1 . The Rev . G . T . Ilandford took the chair, and there were also present Messrs . E . S . I) . Carter, E . W . Clarke, Y . E. Lord, F . Mitchell, and K . E . T . Wilkinson . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and ondirmed . The following were elected members of the Club :—Messrs . C . H . Coning . C . B. Cotterell, S . Dobson, W . I)uwson, AV . J . Hodgson, E . F . Nevile, 7I . E . l' artingtun, F . E . Robinson, W . A . Rose . K . J . Roy, Rev. H . G . Sims, E . S . Steward, Rev . J . W . W . Taylor . A . Walker, W . C . It . Williams . Mr. F . Ware was re-elected Auditor.

" ANIMALIA ."

NEVER went in very much for animals myself, and I'm not sorry . My family once had a dog, but it seemed off its feed, and got the mange, which struck me afterwards as being rather natural, since nobody fed it ; however it died, poor thing, and there was an end of it . This foolish performance on the part of the dog so disgusted us that we got no more dogs ; at least I don't think so : there certainly is an animal prowling about the garden now with its ears chopped off, but I couldn ' t say whether it is a dog or a cat myself . I once squandered one shilling and sixpence on a pair of tumbler pigeons ; they were, to all appearance, fine birds, but they didn't attempt to tumble . When my pigeons bred, however, and the family became larger, I did see

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one tumble ; the noble bipeds were careering madly over the neighbouring corn-fields, and I was proudly watching theist wlien I heard a noise, and one pigeon tumbled—oh, how gracefully!—but the wretched animal forgot to rise again, and where it is I can't make out . I had now four pigeons ; they were inseparable in their lives, and itt their deaths why should they be divided ; so I killed them and put theta into a pia . I have consulted the Editors about pets, and they jelly well know nothing about them, except one fool who kept rabbits, so he says, and they bred and bred and bred till they couldn't be exterminated, and his people had to emigrate.

The other day I was reading that it vicar, who was great on temperance, had a parrot, which he had trained to shout out " A plash of wawtah ." The bird used to he put out to stuff himself oil the lawn, which adjoined the road, but it drunken bricklayer who heard it, and had to pass by every day to his work, improved upon this . And when the clergyman exhibited the animal at a bazaar, where it could be seen for the small sum of twopence, the wretched temperance bird, as it was called, shouted out " Gin an ' wawtah, gin and wawtah . " In the old days, that is to say about 700 n .e ., I find the order of things was reversed : it was the animals kept the humans as pets then . This I discovered itt an elevating picture of the Wolf of the Capitol on page fifteen of Smith's, or rather Liddell ' s, History of Rome . I dare say the animal those depicted was very kind to Romulus and Remus ; but I'd rather not be in their shoes.

Shoes!—what on earth am I talking about ? They didn't oven ornament themselves in those ltarbarian days with a few well bestowed fig-leaves . After this, however, human intellect again showed its ascendancy ; for I rejoice to read that, in B .C . 390, the sacred geese being (like my dog or tumbler pigeons—which was it ?) off their feed, cackled and saved the Romans from being surprised.

Altogether, animals seem to have been a good speculation to the Romans . But the finest of pets is undoubtedly the horse, a noble animal, as they describe it in the pantomimes, with four legs, one at each corner ; but the horse is costly, so to experience the delights of the horse I hire it on the Scarbro' sands at one and sixpence an

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hour . What the correct method of sticking to the horse is I don ' t know ; but I can recommend grasping the horse affectionately round the neck . Love will often do what force can never affect.

I thus urged it into as warlike a gallop as its feeble limbs could command, and on it went clearing all before it, till it came to one of those photographers on the sands, and here it stopped dead !

Notwithstanding the earnest way in which I reasoned with the horse it refused to proceed . The photographer was all this time beseeching me to suhnnit myself to his art . I haughtily waved him aside, and dismounting pushed the horse ' s hind quarters till lie could stand it no longer : thus conquering, as man always must do when opposed to the beast . I rode it home . I have since then, however, discarded the horse, which I should mention so far forgot its position as to walk with me against my will into the sea and splash me violently Of other animals I know but little, except of course the ass, which inseparably connects itself with the fifth proposition of the First Book of Euclid, a subject naturally painful and distressing to myself personally . As for the pig, despite the fact that learned anatomists inform us that its " innerds " bear a great similarity to the human, I have no desire to follow up my acquaintance except in the matter of hams.

Any one desiring to know ar_3 thing further on the subject of animals need only angnire my name and address from the Editor, when I am completely at his disposal : may one desire is to make man better acquainted with his inferiors ; and I intend, as soon as I have sun iently educated myself in the classics, to sally out to Africa and aid that gentleman out there who is making such noble attempts to establish relationship with the apes.

NOTES AND ITEMS. Professor J . F . Blake, O .P ., read a paper on the magnetism of an ice sheet, at the meeting of the British Association.

Dr . Tempest Anderson (O .P .), of York, also read a paper on Depressions in Iceland, at the same meeting .

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NOTES AND ITEMS.

Charter of Warwick Grammar School has been found in the Record office dated 12th century and referring to a previous Charter of William I ., in which it is claimed that it is the oldest Royal School.

See the present number of the " York Monthly" and the able article therein, entitled " S . Peter's School ." We rejoice to see that G . E . Paine does not forget his old School.

C . IT . Chadwick has the heartfelt thanks of the Editors for the diligent way in which he keeps them uh in nll the l test news about O .Ps. J . E . Metcalfe has been elected an Editor.

Robert Walker, Esq ., has written an article in the " Magazine of Art" on "Mr . Williams Cannal's collection of works by Albert Moore ;" the article contains a short account of A. Moore's life and work, in which it is stated that the latter was at S . Peter's School, where lie won several prizes.

J . F . Leaf has resigned his post of Sixth Form Master at Marlborough to accept a Fellowship and Lectureship at Peterhouse, Cambridge.

J . II . P. Fowler has accepted a Mastership at Clifton.

II .'G . Metcalfe was ordained at York Minster on Sept . 23, and licensed to Whitby.

We bog to acknowledge h urst Johnian, Portcullis . Ilgine 's G'ollege Magazine, banelnaian, Coventry .Magazine, Giyr/lesur ic/ G'hroaiele, Sheffield Royal G .S . 171agaztite, Merchistonian, Bari ()elan.

:—McClellan—Cripps .—August 28th, at the Parish Church, Cirencester, II . T . McClellan, Lieut . ith Dragoon Guards, to Mary Janet, youngest daughter of the late Edward Cripps, Esq ., of Cirencester.

Peters —Guillebaud . —August 31st, at All Saints', Yatesbnry, Wilts, A. Peters to Agnes Beatrice, youngest daughter of the Rev . E . L . Guillebaud, late of South Grove, Malvern.

Proctor—Lees .—On August 28th, at St . John's, Middlesborough, the Rev . Francis Bartlett Proctor, Vicar of 'I'adcaster, to Anna Lees (nee Werner), late of Clifford Vicarage, Boston Spa .

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