June 1898

THE

PETERITE. VoL . VIII .

JUNE,

1

898 .

No .

13+

SCHOOL LETTER. HEN we got back, the general conditions looked as little like cricket as possible, as, owing tet heavy rains, the groundsman had hardly got the ground under control, and it has systematically rained on every possible occasion since . However, by conyulsiye efforts, the ground has been ruade to look very well, the turf apparently being in good condition . The first match was against the North Riding Asylum, and resulted in a win for the Asylum by z runs . Considering the absence of Nelson, and the vaunted superiority of the Asylum bowling, the score of 8+ which the School compiled is not at all despicable.

Of last year's first NI . four remain, viz ., Nelson, Soulby . Bingham, and Creer ; of these, two at least ate bowlers, and from the other two a wicket keeper will be forthcoming we should imagine.

Seven places are left to be filled up, but there is plenty of good material left from last year's znd XI ., and we have heard rumours of other new corners . There seems to be plenty of bowling talent, but it is early yet to make any comment, and by the time this comes out the season will probably be at its height, and anything which we may have correctly prophesied, will be put down as having been written after the event ; it is safer therefore to keep our forecasts within bounds .

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SCHOOL LETTER.

Once again we are to be provided with a cricket pro," the Ilea lmaster having most generously offered to defray the expenses.

H . Hayley, of Wakefield and Leeds Professional staff, is the new professional, and will no doubt do much to improve the play of the XI . As far as our humble experience goes, he seems a most capable teacher, and speaking for ourselves . we have learnt a lot, theoretically . We must take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Handford for his extreme kindness in providing a cricket professional, in addition to the ordinary groundsman.

With regard to the second XI ., one match has been played, against St . Olave's School first XL, and strangely enough, the match resulted in a tie of +o runs each, the conditions of the weather, making play of a rather curious description.

With regard to last term, there will be found elsewhere a full account of the Boat races . The House won both the four races, and the Old Boys were again the victors . This time we can fairly claim that the spin of the coin decided the race, the stream being tremendously strong in their favour.

Sullivan played in the Freshmen ' s match at Cambridge, and scored 11 not out and 16 . He kept wicket in the first innings, but was unfortunately unable to do so in the second : we are hoping to hear further tidings of his doings with the bat as the season advances.

Since the above was written the School have linislied two matches, against Ampleforth School and ( ;arforth C .C . The first resulted in rather crushing defeat, the second in a splendid win by 1899 for 5 wickets, innings declared, to 77 . Of this score Nelson made Ioo, and Smith 58 . The second XI . beat Leeds second XI. and other matches, both of first and second XIs . have been wholly or partly stopped by the bad weather .

I ERTIUM QUID, OR THE PROBLEM UNFOLDED.

TERTIUM QUID, OR THE PROBLEM UNFOLDED. You may not think, That there's a link Connecting these fragments together ; That to these tales Of luckless males, That there's a moral—Never' Yet assuredly there is, for it would ill become any sober-minded and ordinarily sane individual to write such doggerel, as that contained in the two preceding sections of our paper, unless it had some purpose, some meaningness ulterior to mere poetic effusion.

What that may be, we are unhappily not always in a position to affirm . It may be, that most important of all, amorously written for amorous ends ; or it may be the balm of dulcet melody to a riven heart ; oftenmost it may, in very truth, he inexplicable, However we may flatter ourselves that for once the certain motives will be displayed, but so as to give you due warning, though perhaps erring in anticipating, even in the least, the sequence, we will confess to a philosophic motive—an attempt to introduce for one brief moment into the whirl of passion that cool and calm temperament so peculiarly fitted for the serious contemplation of the most intricate of problems, the problem of love, in the solution of which must be experienced much inward, if not outward perturbation . But leaving our philosophic aim, to return to our moral and to verse.

Two girls, I've showed you and of these the first With no attractive spell allureth you, A homely maid she is, and trusty too, Lovely and yet not pretty, womanly.

The other's fair of feature, fair of form, But for the rest, I know not anything, ' Tis swallowed up in beauty, though mayhap It lives, as latent hidden qualities.

Not that there are not more types of womankind than two, for such is the differentiation between members of the human species —aye, and of every species had we but the skill to discern it—

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1'ERTIUM QUID, OR THE ekOTiT .LM UNFOLDED.

that each separate specimen is, in a way, a type unto itself. The tiny flame of personality, flickering in the mind-soul of each of us, the source of the t ° ego " is unique and characteristic of the particular earthen vessel, of its abiding-place : and to this fact, must be attributed, the intricacy, the aweful complexity of the problem set forth . To each of us, one solution alone and that, based on our own and some one other " ego " of our choice.

But for the fulfilling our intentions, two would seem to us to be all-sufficing, in especial the two already drawn, so contrasting the one with the other in every aspect, both in the passion they excite and in the utterance it finds, as well as in character.

Interesting were a third type, experience might have afforded us, in one who, with quaint smile, betokening of wilfulness casts over you a spell, a fascinating glamour hard to be resisted . It is not the face that smiles, but the eyes, and look you must . Oh the witchery of those wilful laughing eyes of the little enchantress!

Probably in some subtle and indefinable way, it is related to the phenomena of hypnotic suggestion ; for its effect is mysterious speedily effaced but reviving with increased ardour on further sight . For this reason then, that it has no permanency, it may be neglected and excluded from our consideration of the question.

Besides, shall we not say, with the poet : " In our world, this world of care, Is my love to be won by a laugh ?

In careless joy, mid joyless care to lose my soul ? " Can we not leave it with you ?

I wonder now, If you know how, To solve for me this question : Which girl to love Of those above Tell me which is the best one ?

A beauty for a wife—or just a wife ?

Which your companion up the mount of life ?

FAUNUS.

" Nothing venture, nothing win . "

THE

HUAI INrl SEASON .

575

THE BOATING SEASON. It has long been the custom to indulge in a forecast

of

the

Boating Season . But this year a departure from the ordinary rule was deemed advisable, because the prophecy would not have become public until the season was well-nigh over . Now a forecast may be one of three things . It may consist of a series of gloomy forebodings ; it may be a confident prediction of success ; or it may be a meaningless compound

of

the two, in which the

light and the shade neutralise one another . Now we had no desire to emulate Cassandra ; we could not conscientiously pretend to the cheery optimism of a Mark Tapley, and we were unwilling to bombinate in vacuity . We therefore confess that the peculiar combination

of

circumstances which made a forecast unnecessary,

afforded us considerable satisfaction . In writing a retrospect we

feel

to be more secure. We have not to soar aloft on Pegasean

wing into the realms of fancy " voyaging through strange seas of thought alone ;" we can comfortably amble along the humdrum road of the accomplished fact . Let us then to our task.

The weather—always an important consideration in rowing— has been unique within recent experience . There has been a remarkable absence

of

floods, which generally succeed in making

our short season shorter still .

This year, however, rowing

operations have been uninterrupted . But as a set-off to this advantage, the cold has been perpetual and occasionally diversified by a small hurricane . The weather, then, on the whole was satisfactory . When we turn to the actual boating, we find by no means such a satisfactory state of things . To begin with, the rival sections—the Boarders and Dayboys—were very unequally matched both in numbers and size . The disparity was made still more glaring by the fact that some Daybovs, who had rowed in previous years, kept away from the river till a very short time before the races ; while to make matters worse illness weakened the ranks of the Dayboys still further . At one period it looked as if each side would have to be represented by only one boat instead of two ; for it was evident from the first that three boats on each side were out of the question . Ultimately it was found possible to raise two

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THE BOATING SEASON.

boats a side . This state of things naturally produced its i.necitable result—apathy ; for there seemed no end in view, and no object to strive after . The early stages of rowing generally present the same characteristics, the same repetition of directions, the same frantic struggles with the oar, and the same qualified success.

But during the earlier part of this season, from whatever cause, the form seemed distinctly poor and disappointing ; and it is significant that as soon as two pairs of rival boats were made up, z e ., as soon as the spirit of emulation was roused, everybody seemed to wake up and do much better . The beginning " became hearty and enjoyable . We hope, therefore, that it will be long before there is such a lack of wholesome rivalry again.

A better state of things prevailed in connection with the School boat ; for though things did not go quite smoothly here, the causes were different . In the first place, the composition of the boat was a matter of some difficulty . Two members of last year's crew remained, Moiser and Teasdale ; Bingham made a third, but for the place of bow there were three passible candidates, A Talton, Roy, and Watson, the first-mentioned being ultimately selected.

Then there were the problems of balancing the weights and choosing the stroke, and several alternatives had to be tried before the final arrangement was adopted, i .e ., Moiser stroke, Bingham Teasdale z, Walton bow . Further, the boat itself gave no little trouble, and required considerable alterations of seats, riggers . and stretchers before it could accommodate its crew . Though every inch of space was utilised, we suspect that even so there was not room enough in the stern part of the boat to be really comfortable.

With regard to the form displayed, Moiser showed easily the best, and promises to make a good oar . Bingham (lid a great deal of work, but he had an ugly screw and the roundness of his back proved quite invincible . Teasdale worked conscientiously, but had a tendency to rush forward at the end of the swing and to put the work in too late in consequence . Walton worked well, but continually lost his labour by plunging and swinging from the middle of his back . More tubbing in the early stages might have done something to correct these faults : but unfortunately the

fToor .

RoA

't RACE' .

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scarcity of coaches made that impossible . During the last part of the training the crew had the benefit of B . Hudson's (O .P .) coaching, whom we take this opportunity of thanking for his kindness . Lastly, we ought to mention that two new sets of oars were obtained for the light boats.

SCHOOL BOAT RACES. The Boat Races began on Wednesday, April 6th . The first event was the junior House v . Junior Dayboys, resulting in a win for the former, after a good race.

3rd House . Creaser Thompson Sale beat Castle Harrison z Nelson 3 Otlev r (stroke) Teasdale 2 (stroke) E . Kirke (cox) P . Yeld (cox).

The Dayboys led at first, but by the White Rose the House were slightly ahead, and won by about two and a half lengths, Otley setting a faster stroke than Teasdale . There was not much to choose between the two crews, but the House rowed harder all through and had had more practice together.

Thursday, April 7th .

Junior Sculls.

Leonard

boil

Harrison z.

Harrison promptly ran into the hank at the start and threw away all chances of winning . Leonard rowed well and at the end was about eight lengths to the good.

"I he race lw tween the Senior House and Senior Da) boys took place on Saturday, April 9th . The House won the toss and chose the far side with a strong wind blowing down stream . The Dayboys, gutting slightly the butter, led for the first few lengths.

IIowever, the House rap s 1 v gained on them and got level at the School boathouse . At th, White Rose boathouse they were three lengths ahead and eventually won by seven lengths . The crews were as follows ;—

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Senior House.

P . King, ', bow T . L . Harrison, z S . Watson, 3 D . W . Roy, ,stroke).

H . W . F . Garland re.e .

KACEs.

Senior Doyho,'s.

'T . C . Newton, (bow T . Leonard, z M . Wilson, 3 F . J . Newton, stroke P . Veld (ro.t . i

The Old Boys ' race took place on Easter Monday afternoon, April r ith, Mr . Lord acting as starter . The river was full and there was rather a fast stream ; but fortunately the inclemency of the weather left the river almost entirely clear of pleasure boats.

The Old Boys won the toss and elected to take the outside station and thus got the advantage of the current in the lower part of the course . The Schoolboys started well and rowing a fast stroke soon gained about half a length . The Old Boys . however, managed to draw level by the lugs ditch . From that point to the scope the race was very even and very hotly contested . The School on the whole had the advantage, getting a slight lead several times, but were never able to get clear away . Round the scope the Old Boys had the shorter course and were more than a length ahead at the wall end . This was diminished to about two-thirds by a good spurt on the part of Moiser which was well picked up by the rest of his crew . During the rest of the course the race was well sustained, though the Old Boys gradually increased their lead in spite of another spurt on the part of the School at the White Rose boathouse . At Scarborough bridge it was clear the race was decided . The Old Boys were leading by several lengths, and though the School made another gallant spurt after Marygate, won comfortably by two lengths . Thus the race resulted in a defeat for the School, but the School crew are to he congratulated on the plucky manner in which they rowed against an older, heavier, and more experienced crew . They could not row such a fast stroke as their opponents, but they kept a fair length and preserved their form right up to the finish . From the Waterworks down to the scope they more than held their own, and though they were never able to get level again they made several very spirited spurts . The following are the names and weights of the crews :—

SCHOOL IioAT RACES .

Old Boys .

H . R . Tomlinson, (bow) L . Bird . 2 B . Hudson, 3 R . H . Bailey, (stroke) H . S . Scargill, (cox)

st . to rI r► ►► 9

lbs . ►2 xI tz

►o z

School. st .

E . J . Walton, (bow) ►o R . Teasdale, 2 ►0 R . G . Bingham, 3 ►2 C . Moiser, (stroke) ►o H . W . F . Garland, (cox) 6

579 lbs. o 8 121

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junior Pairs .

There were only two entries for this event.

Leonard and Harrison were the favourites, both having showed very good form last year . About Neilson and Dunning little was known . However, by constant practice, they had got well together, and Neilson kept a very good length in the race . Both Harrison and Leonard were better oars, but they did less work and were not very well together.

J . Dunning (bow)

brat A . Neilson (stroke) E . St . G . Kirke (cox)

R . Harrison (bow) J . Leonard (stroke) H . W . F . Garland (cox)

Neilson went ahead at the start and rowing hard all through won easily by about six lengths.

Senior Pairs . This race was not of a very exciting nature . Both crews rowed well, but did not seem in danger of overworking themselves . Moiser took the lead soon after the start and setting a better stroke than Teasdale won eventually by a narrow margin.

T . L . Harrison (bow) beat C . Moiser, (stroke) H . W . F . Garland, (cox) .

Won by about two lengths.

P . King (bow) R . Teasdale, (stroke) E . St . G . Kirke, (cox).

Scratch Fours . The Scratch Fours were rowed off on Wednesday, April ► 3th, and, as usual, produced some very exciting races.

There were about the usual number of entries, and Bailey's boat eventually won . The final was : M . Wilson, (bow) J . Croft S . Watson beat R . H . Bailey, (stroke) E . St . G . Kirke, (cox)

C . H . Sale, (bow) P . King R . G . Bingham C . Moiser, (stroke) H . Garland, (cox).

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CRICKET. Sr .

PETER ' S V . NORTH RIDING ASYLUM.

This match was played on Saturday, May L}th, on the Asylum ground . The weather was favourable and the match was begun without hindrance from the rain, which has spoilt four out of our first seven matches . 'f he School won the toss and P . Kirke and Otlev went to the wickets to face the bowling of Best and Parry.

Best ' s first ball resulted in a three hit to the boundary from Kirke ' s bat, and the score mounted slowly but steadily till Otley was bowled for 6, with the total standing at 2+ . Bingham ' s wicket was disturbed by a " shooter " at the same total . Creer and Kirke added 1 ; runs and then the latter was dismissed by Hill for a useful innings of 23, in which there were two chances, both given when his score was 22 . N . Kirke succumbed to his first ball from Hill, and four runs later Benson found his way to Creer ' s wicket, the batsman returning with a score of i i, also favoured by fortune. Soulby gave little trouble and Longbotham ' s innings ended with his first all, (j for 3 .}) . DIoiser was out to an easy catch by Benson, but Walton stayed some time with Smith, and the score was augmented by 25, Smith then being foolishly run out for a well hit 23 . Walton was run out the next ball, and our innings closed for S .}, a very creditable performance, seeing that this was the first match of the season, and that the Asylum bowling is as good as any we ever get . Their innings started disastrously as Kershaw was clean bowled by Soulby's first ball, and Best was run out while as yet no runs had been scored . Five wickets went down for 36 runs, but Cadman came in and hit vigorously . The 8th wicket fell at Sz, but the next saw the winning hit made by Cadman . Ten runs were added for the last wicket, with the score standing at o6 . The School fielding was very good, though some two or three catches were missed . Soulby bowled well all through the innings, taking 6 wickets for 37 . Creer was rather severely treated, but had hard luck on one or two occasions, catches being missed off his bowling .

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CRICKET .

ST . PETER ' S. P. St . G . Kirke, b Hill G. C . Otley, b Parry R . G . Bingham, b Parry H. L . Creer, b Benson E . St . G . Kirke . h Hill FI . E . Soulbv, h Benson C . S . Smith, run out G. N . Longbotham, b Benson .

C . Moiser, c Benson, b Hill E . J . Walton, run out J . L . Kirby, not out Extras

Total

N . R . ASYLUM. 23

6

o 11 o

3 23 o o 3

o 15

o H . Kershaw, b Soulby 17 C . E . Rudd, c Kirby, b Soulby o C . Best, run out F. Waterhouse, c Smith, b Creer 16 T . Milnthorpe, c Kirke, h Soulby 9 o G. H . Johnston, b Creer 38 11 . Cadman, not out 4 W . Parry, c b Soulby : W . Hill, c Longbotham, b Soulby 1

3 J . W. Harhottle, b Soulbv 3 W . Benson, c Smith, h Otley Extras 5 Total

84

96

BOWLING ANALYSIS. N . R . ASYLUM .

H . E . Soulbv H . L . Creer G . C . Otley

Runs .

3; 39

Wickets .

6 2

15

1

Average.

6.1 1 9'5 15

Sr, PErER' s r' . AMPLEFORIH COLLEGE. Played on the School ground . Thursday, May zbth, and attended by line weather . Anipleforth won the toss, Connor and Stourton opposing the bowling of Soulbv and Utley . Nelson brought off a good catch which disposed of Connor at 18, and nine runs later Soulbv clean bowled Haves . CreeT- then went on in place of Utley, and after causing a little trouble Maynard was caught he Nelson off his bowling . Coonan was missed twice before he was run out, and Stourton at the same total (6o) was bowled by Creer for a prettily played zp . Dawson succumbed to his first ball, and Quinn failed to score . Wright was nicely caught

by Bingham, and after the last two men had been got rid of, having only added three runs, the innings closed for 77, by no means an impossible score to surpass . Creer took live wickets for Icy runs . P . Kirke and Utley- started the School innings and had made 26 without difficulty before the luncheon interval.

However, the batsmen appear to have been troubled by indigestion, which, together with Hayes' good bowling brought about our downfall . The first wicket fell at 33, Utley- and S . Kirke playing well for their respective scores ; Bingham made nine in four hits,

CRICKET.

hut seven wickets fell for 53 . The last three wickets could not add a single run and Hayes took four wickets in his last two overs Hayes had the for no runs . Thus we were beaten by 24 . splendid analysis of nine wickets for 17 runs, J . Shepherd having performed exactly the same feat against Ampleforth for St . Peter' s on the School ground three years ago . The second innings was a mere farce, and Ampleforth succeeded in making 182 runs for seven wickets, though they were favoured by fortune to the extent of some ten or twelve lives in the field . Appended is the score and analysis : AMPLFFORTH COLLEGE .

R . Connor, c B . Nelson, E . Stourton, b Creer

ST . PETER ' S. Ci . C . Otley, c Quinn, 1) Tiaves P . St . G . Kirke, b Hayes C . S . Smith, b Hayes

b Soulby

A . Hayes, b Soulby E . Maynard, c B . Nelson, b Creer P . Coonan, run out . _ R . Dawson, b Creer C . Quinn, c Longbotham, b Creer E .Weighill .c Bingham, b B .Nelson H . Crean, not out V. NevilT, lbw, b B . Nelson ..

W. Foote, c Smith, b Creer ..

Extras Total Second Innings,

182

..

15 14

K . G . Bingham, b Hayes B . Nelson, b Hayes H . L . Creer, c Dawson, b NevilT G. N . LongbothaEn, b Mayes H. E . Soulby, not out E . St . G . Kirke, b Hayes C . Nelson, b Haves J . L. Kirby, b 1-laces Extras

9

Total

J7

1

2

4 0 3 o

o o 5 53

for 7 wickets.

BOWLING ANALYSIS

First Innings .

Bowler .

Runs . Wkts . Aver.

2 15 H . E . Soulby . . 3o . 15 0 — G . C . Otley 11 . L . Creer . . . . 19 5 3' 8 B . Nelson . . . .

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—Ampleforth College.

Second Innings.

Bowler .

Runs . Wkts . Aver.

14.6 H . E . Soulby . . 44 3 H . L . Creer . . . 43 2 21 . 5 K . G . Bingham . . 27 2 13 . 5

ST . PETER ' S V . GARFORTH C .C.

This match was played on the School ground, on May 28th.

Nelson won the toss and elected to bat first on a rather soft wicket.

Otley and Kirke faced the bowling of Reed and Tate, but Otley was bowled when the total was at z, Bingham was soon out, and shortly after Kirke was bowled (3 for 17) . The game after this assumed a different aspect and the next wicket did not fall till the total was 154 . Nelson played a fine lively innings for his century, his strokes to leg being especially fine . Smith played a good game

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for his 58 but we should like to see him score more on the off.

Creer followed Smith in and played a steady innings of 1 z not out, after which Nelson very judiciously declared, the score being 189 for 5 wickets, a very creditable score on a bowler ' s wicket.

Garforth sent in Denby and W . Tate, but the former was smartly caught by Walton at extra cover for 3 . Nobody gave much trouble except G . Reed who played a careful innings of zo . Great excitement prevailed near the end, the last man being out to a fine catch by Creer from what wJuld have been in any case the last hall of the match . Mention must be made of the two catches by Soulby in the slips, the second was a beauty . Score and Analysis : ST . PETER ' S.

P . St . G . Kirke, h W . Tate G . C . Otley, b \V . Tate R . G . Bingham, b W . Reed B. Nelson, b \V . Reed C. S . Smith, b \V . Reed II . L Creer, not out H . E . SouTby N . St . G . Kirke did not bat.

C . Nelson J . L. Kirby Extras (for 5 wickets)

7 0

too 58 12

11

189

GARFORTH C .C. H . J . Denby, c Walton, b Soulby 3 W . Tate, b Soulby 2 II . Hurst, h Soulby o G . Reed, c Bingham, b Creer 20 A . Dixon, b Creer 11 8 R . Tate, b Soulby' J . II . Pickering, c Soulby, b Creer 3 8 F. Sibery, not out C . Chadwick, b Otley 5 2 W . Reed, c Soulby, b Otley 3 F . Turner, c Creer, b Soulby . .

Extras 9

74

Innings declared closed .

GAIrFORTH

C .C.

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

Runs .

H . E . Soulby

22

H . L . Creer G . C . Otley

39 4

S1' .

Wickets .

5 3 2

Overs .

19 15 3

Average.

4'4 13 2

PETER ' S V . LEEDS G .S.

This match was started on Wednesday, June 1st, but it was only possible to play for a short time owing to tremendous showers of rain which left the ground absolutely unplayable The School went in first and had made z8 for four wickets when the match was abandoned . Both Kirke and Nelson were out by very good catches, especially the latter.

58+

I RICKEr. ST . PETER'S.

P . St . G . Kirke,c P . Munro, b Heald 4 G C .(hley,cG .India' ds) n, I) Lister 5 R .U . BinghamcUliichardson,bHeald o B. Nelson, c Phillips, b Lister 3 13 C. S . Smith, not out H . L . Creer 2 Extras T Total (4 Wkts .)

28

H . E . Soulby, E . St . G . Kirke, C. Nelson, E . J . Walton, G . N . Longbotham, did not bat.

ST . PETER ' S

f' . DURHAM G .S.

On Thursday, June znd . the XI . journeyed up to Durham, only to find the ground under water and the rain still falling.

Consequently we returned by the next train, this being the third match abandoned through rain.

Sr . PEI ER ' S F . POC~KI .INGtON U .S. This completed for the week the list of abandoned matches.

The School went in to bat and was doing very well when the rain stopped further play . Bingham scored very last, and his

26

included some very good hits . Kirke played beautiful cricket, and things looked very well at the lunch interval, after which further play was impossible .

Sr . PETERS.

K.

U . Bingham, b Dryden P . St . G . Kirke, I) Green G . C . Otlev, not out

C . S . Smith, b Dryden . .

B . Nelson, not out

.

26 20 () 4

Total (3 wickets) H . L . Greer . H . E. Soulby, E . St . G. Kirke, C . Nelson . E . J . Walton, G . N. Longhotham, did not bat .

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CRICKET FIXTURES .

CRICKET FIXTURES. FIRST Xl. Dale .

Sat . May 1 .} . ,, 21 .

"I'hurs „ 26 .

Sat .

28 .

Wed . june 1 .

Thurs , . z.

Sat . , {.

Tues . „ 7.

Thurs . ,, 9. ,, 1 t .

Sat . 'rues ,, Thurs . ,, 16 .

Sat . „ r8.

Tues . ., z 1 .

Thurs . ,, 23 .

Wed .

29 .

Thurs .,, 30 .

Sat . July 2.

Tues . ,, 5.

"Thurs . „ 7.

Sat . q.

Gnd. away home home home home away home away away home away home home home away home Oid Peterites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . home Ryburn Valley C .C Yorkshire Gentlemen away away North Riding Asylum away Garforth C .C

hersus .

North Riding Asylum Friends' School Ampleforth College Garforth C .C Leeds ( ; .S Durham G .S Pocklington G .S Yorkshire Gentlemen Friends' School Durham G .S Ampleforth College F . C . Crowther's XI Homer's College Old Pockling Ionians Pocklington G .S

. . . . .

Rsli. . lost . abd. . lost . won . abd.

.. ..

SECOND XI. Tues . May 17. z1.

Sat .

Wed . June I. Thurs . ,, 2.

Sat. Thurs . ,, 9.

Toes „ }.

Sat . . . 18 25.

Sat .

"Tues . July 5.

Thurs . ,, 7.

St . Olave ' s School znd Friends ' School 211(1 Leeds Grammar School znd St . Martin ' s School 1st Pocklington Grammar School znd Friends' School znd Ampleforth College znd Homer ' s College 211(1 Durham G .S znd St . Martin's School 1st St . Olave' s School 1st

home away away home away home home a,vay home home away

. . tie .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ., ..

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0Ll I'5IFR! I F

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OLD PETERITE CLUB.

A Special General Meeting was held at the School on Wednesday, June z9th, at 9-15 p .m . The Rev . G . T . Ilandford, President, was in the chair, and there were also present the Rev . S . J . J . S . Le Maistre, and Messrs . R . H . Bailey, G . V . Birks, W . M . Carter, A . AV . Eastwood, F . P . F ;lsset, J . F . Leaf, P . E . Lord, J. Mortimer, E . F . Nevile, R . F . Russell, J . Shepherd, A . M . Sullivan, C . P . Whincup, H . H . Williams, T . F . Williams, G . Yeld, and G . (3 . Yeld.

After the reading of the minutes of the last meeting, a vote of .55 was passed to pay for the panelling of the School Gymnasium, according to a plan drawn by Mr . \V . 1\1 . Carter . The estimate accepted was that of Mr . T . 13 . Barry, the contractor who built the Gymnasium.

A sum, not exceeding 1'2, was granted towards purchasing, jointly with the School, a Bible, to be presented to the Bishop of Bristol for use in his private chapel.

In connexion with the cricket match, Old Pocklingtonians r.

01d Peterites, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr . Ilandford for entertaining both teams at lunch, and a grant of 13s . was made for the expenses of the match.

This concluded the business of the Meeting.

OLD PETERITES

v.

OLD POCKLINGTONIANS.

This match was played on the School ,round on Monday.

June 27th . Rain had fallen over-night and began again about eleven o'clock, and continued for an hour, preventing any play before lunch . A little fell at intervals in the afternoon, but not sufficient to interrupt the game Having won the toss, Lord took Cadman iii with him, Harrison beginning the bowling . Runs came pretty quickly, though both were missed after reaching double figures, Lord behind the wicket and Cadman from a skyer at mid-off. On the wet wicket the bowlers were unable to do much, and both batsmen bit out freely . At g 6 Cadman was caught at long slip . Sullivan followed in and soon settled down, and

OLD teIT :Kt1F:

ct .r'1t.

again the score was advanced rapidly ; at

161

he was bowled in

trying to pull a very bad long hop . At 188 lord was caught behind the bowler, having been in about an hour and threequarters . Daniel and Jones both played on, and WVhineup was out to a good length ball . Hudson and Russell hit hard before the innings was closed at .}--p with six wickets down . The Old Pociciingtonians '

first innings, begun after tea, was of short

duration . The wicket had dried, possibly helped by the roller, and Carter got a deal of work on . Jones did most of the damage. as his analysis skews, but the batting display was not very vigorous . Cadman caught Cautley high up at the wicket, and Hudson ' s catch was a very fine one ; the others were easy, from poor strokes . Following on, Cautley played very careful cricket, and just before time Iles hit up thirteen quickly, but again the rest showed little form . Score and analysis : Ut.D PlTLR!TFS.

P . R . Lord, c Madden, b Harrison H . Cadman, c Lipscomb, b Allison A. \I . SuTTivan, b Madden J . H . Daniel, b Cautley L . S Jones, b Harrison B. Hudson, not out C. P . \\'hincup, b Harrison R . F . Russell, not out Extras

9b 34 30 20 i 24 0 12

14 Total

2 37

OLD POCK! .I NOTONIANS .

First Innings.

F . D . Cautley, c Cadman, b Jones R . Han ison, c Lord, b Carter C . H . Lip-comb, Tbw b Junes J . F . Marshal, e Caster b Jones C . H . Madden, st Cadman, b Carter R . M . White, c Russell, 1, Jones ..

H . F . Lipscomb, b Jones 1 . R . Allison, c Daniel, b Jones 1 . H . Iles, c Lord, b Carter t ITes, c Hudson, b Jones E . Thrill 1111, not out Extras Total

• • •

• to 3 o

Second Innings. not out I, Carter 6 Jones c Russell, b Jones lbw b Carter b Carter b Carter

43 t t

4 o 0 2

lbw b Jones

2

i5 37

Extras

o

Total (fur 7 wkcts) 65

OLD PETERITE

588

CLUB.

BOWLING ANALYSIS OLD PP.TRRITES.

J . R . Allison .

R . Harrison .. .

E . Hannam F . D . Cautley . . . .

J . F . Marshall . . . .

C . Madden Allison

O. 18 25

M. 2 5 o 2 o

I

Ib 2

R. 55 65 12 6o

R'.

I 3 0 I

I;

14 bowled a wide.

OLI) POCELINGTONLAN .S. 1st

Innings .

O. M. R. \V . M .Carter 9'2 3 IQ q 3 E . S . Jones

W. 3

O. 17 17

2nd Innings.

Al .

R. 28 9 5 37

\V. 4 3

THEATRICALS — BALANCE ,HEET .

589

LIBRARY. We are glad to say that through the kindness of three

P. L .

Peterites—J . A . Dunkerley,

Old

Newman, and G . AV . Bennett, the

Library collection of back " Peterites " is now complete, with the exception

of No . 5,

The following

is

which

a

grateful if any one having

books

still missing . We should feel very

spare

copy

English Prose, by Professor

Geology

could send us it.

have been added to the Library :

J.

Earle.

of England and \Vales,

by G .

Woodward.

E . J . \VALTON, G . W . FIJ .I,I'I'ER. Li/ra"l7ns.

1897 . THE SCHOOL PLAY-BALANCE SHEET. Rr:CeIP'rs .

Day Boys' Subscriptions . .

Boarders' Subscriptions .

Rev . A . \V . Richards' House Subscriptions . .

Public Subscriptions Masters' Subscriptions, . ..

Rev . G . T . Handford . . . .

Deficit

L

s.

d.

10 to 15 10

0 0

1 10 9 17 3 to S o

o 6 o o

S Total . . . , X54

t

t 3 8

9

EXPRNDI'I UKF . . d. .

L Hire of Dresses . . . . . 20 0 0 \Vigs _ 10 0 Carriage of Dresses and 0 15 5 Rigs Varlcv's Band 4 4 a Programmes, &c ., (J .

Sampson) 4 15 3 Decoration, &c ., (Hartley & Son) . . . .

3 S o Hire of Chairs (Brown & Sons) 1 13 4 Fixing and removing Stage, &c . . (Holtbv) 11 9 O York Gas Company 0 4 5 Police o lb 6 Sundry Requisites . .

1 o 4 AlTowances : To \\'orl:men and PoTicemen . .. t 1 6 „ Cloakroom Attendants o 14 o James l0 0 „ Dr . Hingston's Gardener o to 0 Secretary's Expenses . .

0 4 9 Last Year's Deficit 0 12 3 Total . .

Z54

8

9

jqo

NOTES AND ITEMS.

NOTES AND ITEMS. T . Romans, Scholar of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, First Class in the Natural Science Tripos.

S . O . Bingham, St . Thomas' Hospital, admitted M .R .C .S . ; also obtained the Chevelden Medal for Anatomy.

The Rev . H . G . Metcalfe, Pembroke College, Cambridge, has taken his M .A . degree.

Prof. Clifford Allbutt is about to deliver a course of lectures at San Francisco University. " The Principles of Criticism, " by W . B . «'orsforld, was recommended by Mr . II . II . Asquith,1LP . (late Home Secretary), in his address to the University Extension Students.

Messrs . Morris & Co ., of 392, Strand, London, are publishing a portrait of the late Canon Elwyn at 15S. R . H . Bailey, Exhibitioner of St . Catharine's College, Cambridge, allowed the Ordinary Degree in the Classical Tripos.

BIRTHS .—At Ivy Lodge, Temple Sowerby, Penrith, on March 1st, the wife of L . E . Stevenson, of a son.

On April 24.th, the wife of F . E . Robinson, of a son.

At Hillsbro ' , Alle_yn Park, \V . Dulwich, on June 1+th, the wife of the Rev . J . H . Mallinson, of a son.

The Rev . G . H . Chilman has been appointed Curate of Foston.

T. L . Chadwick is acting as Conductor of the Dewsbury Choral Society .

OBITUARY. At Dewsbury, in March, JOHN HARRISON WATTS, Entered the School, Jan . 186 . Left Midsummer, 1857 .