June 1899 by StPetersYork

THE

PETERITE. Vol. . XV .

JUNE, 189 9 .

No .

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SCHOOL LETTER. U R first duty, and a very pleasant one, is to congratulate the following O .P .'s on their success in their different spheres . First, we have to congratulate H . H. Williams on his well-earned election to a Fellowship at Hertford College, Oxford ; secondly, F . Mitchell, on his fine batting performances with Lord Hawke's team in South Africa, and also for the " century" which he made for Yorkshire against Gloucestershire . We then come to A . M . Sullivan, who made 54 (not out) in the Seniors' match at Cambridge, and followed it up with 38 for Cambridge University v . A . J . Webbe ' s XI ., and +9 for First Twelve of Cambridge University v . Next Sixteen . To turn to School news,--The Bishop of Hull held a Confirmation in the School Chapel on the morning of April 6th, at which about the usual number of candidates were confirmed . In the afternoon of the same day the Form Gymnastic Competition was held, and was a distinct success . Still, we hope to see more keenness displayed about it when the time for the competition comes round again. We should suggest that a more suitable time for the competition would be the middle of the Christmas Term, when it would not interfere with anything, and when the practice for it would fill up the long evenings in the first half of the term ; or it would be equally convenient in the middle of the Easter Term . The Fourth Form won

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the Challenge Shield, and P . St . G . Kirke the prize for the best individual gymnast . Mrs . Handford kindly presented the shield and the cup to their respective winners. The boat races were of a rather tame description ; some fairly close racing was seen in the heats of the " fours" and in the 1st heat of the senior pairs, but the rest of the racing was not exciting. The School race could only be described as a fiasco . The School boat was an exceptionally fast one ; the Old Boys ' boat was not a fast one, and was untrained . Result : The Old Boys were " Marygated . " A fuller account will be found elsewhere. The cricket has so far not cone to much ; continuous rain has played havoc with pick-ups and nets, and has not shown any respect for matches . Two i st XI . matches, those against Garforth C .C . and the Yorkshire Gentlemen, and two znd XI . matches, were prevented by rain . The match against the North Riding Asylum was put off for two clays, and finally played on May 18th, when it resulted in an easy win for the Asylum by i o6 runs . The Asylum went in first, made 162. for 6 wickets, and declared. The School were all out for 56 . The want of practice, owing to rain, may have had something to do with this result . On Saturday, May zoth, the School beat Leeds Grammar School, at Leeds, by 6z runs . Leeds went in first and made 63, Smith getting 7 wickets for 17 runs, and the School made 125. We note with great regret the death of S . A . Sworn, Esq ., at Gravesend, from a bicycle accident . He was, as most people are aware, Natural Science Master at the School from January, 1893, to July, 1893 .

BOAT RACES. FRIDAY, APRIL

FOURS .-1sT E . A . Creaser E . D . Teasdale J . T . Meek C . P . Scott (stroke) P . H . Yeld (cox)

7TH. HEAT.

C . N . Hatfield J . A . Russell R . Harrison H . S Leonard (stroke) H . W . F . Garland (cox)

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Rowed with a strong wind and high river . Leonard ; won the toss and chose the far side, no small advantage with such a stream on . Scott started at a marvellous rate of striking, but soon settled down, and his boat was a length ahead at the White Rose Boathouse . Here Leonard put on a spurt, and, aided by the current, was two lengths ahead when they had got through the bridge . The race was not vet won, however, for Scott ' s boat sticking pluckily to their work reduced the lead to 1- lengths at the finish . Leonard' s boat finally won by i lengths. SATURDAY, APRIL

8TH.

SENIOR PAIRS .—IsT HEAT.

\V . Wilson E . Creaser A . Neilson (stroke) v. H . Leonard (stroke) L . St . G . Kirke (cox .) H . W . F . Garland (cox .) Neilson won the toss and took the far side, with a strong stream running . Neilson was a length ahead at the bridge, and increasing his lead through the bridge, finally won by a good three lengths. SATURDAY, APRIL 8TH.

OLD BOYS SCHOOL BOAT . Weights .

RACE. O .B .'s. Weights.

C . Nelson (bow) 9 st . 12 lbs . E . H . Carter (bow)9st . I I lbs. G . C . Otley, I 1 st . 7 lbs . J . Shepherd, 11 st . 13 lbs. R . G . Bingham, 12 St . 1 211 bs . v . B Moiser 1 1 st . o lbs. C . Moiser (stroke) 1 o st . 7 lbs . C . Cobb (stroke) l o st . o lbs. E . St . G . Kirke (cox) 6 st . 9 lbs . G . F .Williams (cox)9st .olbs . The day was showery, the river was high, and a strong current was running . The Old Boys got an atrocious start, and the School got well clear in half-a-dozen strokes . What followed will be best understood when one hears that a looker-on opposite the ferry steps had time for a fairly long conversation after seeing the School boat before he gained a glimpse of the Old Boys ' boat. When they did appear, it was not to great advantage ; how the rest of the boat rowed at all behind such an awfully short stroke appears little less than a miracle . The School boat had simply a paddle over, having taken the Old Boys ' water from near the start ; finally, the School boat passed the winning-post when the Old Boys were opposite Marygate .

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It is much to be regretted that the Old Boys did nut make more judicious arrangements for their crew . It was annoying to the School, because this year, the boat was considerably faster and better than usual, and a great part of the satisfaction of winning was taken away from them in knowing that they had beaten an untrained boat . It was annoying to the Old Boys, because although sonic of them would, no doubt, have liked to see the School will for a change, they would scarcely have wished to see this effected by giving the Old Boys' crew two days to train for a 21 mile course, making the whole race a ridiculous proceeding . Of the School boat, all rowed extremely well . although they were never really tried . Through the rough water round Clifton Scope they kept the boat very steady and travelled well . Kirke took a very good course round the long corner at the Scope . Of the Old Boys ' boat, B. Moiser and jO . Shepherd rowed well, although their position must have been uncomfortable in the extreme. MONDAY, APRIL . 101H. FOURS .—FINAL.

HEAr

R . Dunning C . N . Hatfield C . H . Sale ) A . Russell W . Wilson y. P . Harrison A . Neilson (stroke) H . S . Leonard (stroke) E . St . G Kirke (cox) H . AV F . Garland (cox; A tine calm day, and practically no current . Leonard won the toss and took the far side . The boats kept nearly level for a considerable distance after the start, Leonard having it slight lead. Neilson ' s boat was not so well together as the opposing boat, a fact which became more apparent as the race proceeded . Leonard's boat was two lengths ahead through the bridge, and continued to creep away, assisted by some crabs in the other boat . Finally, Leonard's four won by 31. lengths. MONDAY, APRIL IO'rH.

SENIOR PAIRS .-2N0 URAT. C . Moiser C . Nelson R . G . Bingham (stroke) v . G . C . Otley (stroke) Kirke (cox) Garland (cox) Bingham's boat drew away at once, and won as they liked .

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TUESDAY, APRIL I ITH. FINAL HEAT.

W . Wilson C . Moiser R . G . Bingham (stroke) v . A . Neilson (stroke) Kirke (cox) Garland (cox) Bingham drew away at once and won comfortably, the other pair rowing pluckily in a hopeless race . Bingham ' s boat won by five or six lengths . SCRATCH Ft)URS. The Scratch Fours took place on the last day of the term, and as usual afforded plenty of excitement and amusement . There were considerably less entries than usual, and only four " Fours " were made up, leaving two competitors out . A fifth " Four " was made up with these two and two chosen by lot from the losing " fours . " The final was as follows : E . D . Teasdale E . Creaser W . Wilson beat A . Neilson G . C . Otley C . Nelson L . Moiser G . G . Feld

CRICKET PROSPECTS. It is never an easy task to predict what the fortunes of a cricket team may be ; yet with six of last year ' s team we may look forward to a successful season . The six colours are R . G . Bingham, P . St . G . Kirke, G . C . Otley, C . Nelson, C . S . Smith, E, St . G. Kirke . Most of these are pretty useful with the bat, but, unfortunately, Otley is the only regular bowler from last year's team. Smith and P . Kirke may make useful change bowlers . Bingham will again take the gloves. There are five places in the team to be filled, and those likely at present are Neilson, Roy, Harrison, Dunning, Wilson, Newton, and Leonard . Of these Neilson and Dunning ought to turn out successful bowlers, and the former has already proved himself a big hitter.

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CRICKET FIXTURES.

There are considerably less matches than last year for both teams, as only one fixture, instead of two, has been arranged with most of the schools . Mr . Lawrance is kindly coaching the XI . at present, and we all hope that his advice may be taken in by all, and that they will make practical use of it in matches.

CRICKET FIXTURES. FIRST XI.

Date.

Teams.

Ground .

Results.

Sat . May 13 . .Garforth C .C Thurs . „ t8 . .NorthRidingAsylum

away . not played. away lost, 56 to 162 for 6 (declared). „ zo . .Leeds G . S away won, 125 to 63. Sat . away . Jost, 70 to 73. Wed . „ 24. . .Friends ' School Thurs . „ 25 . .Yorkshire Gentlemen ao.%ay not played. „ 27 . . Durham G . S home won . 14.7 to b6. Sat . Sat . June 3 . . Friends ' School home . . won, 138 to 91. „ to . .Garforth C .C home Sat . Thurs . „ 15 . .AlmondburyOld 13oys home „ t7 . Durham G . S away Sat . Tues . „ 20 . .Yorkshire Gentlemen away „ 24 . . Hymers College away Sat . Thurs . „„ 29 30 Old Peterites home (( Fri . . North Riding Asylum away Sat . July . Thurs . „ 6 . .Ampleforth College home Sat . ., 8 . . Pocklinton C .S home SECOND XI.

home . . not played. Tues . May 1 6 . . St . Olave ' s School Sat . ,, 20 . . Leeds G .S . 2nd home . .not played. „ 24 . . Friends' School 2nd home . . lost, 3 I & zo to z6 & 28 Wed . Sat . „ 27 . .Durham G .S . 2nd away .Jost, 6z & 52 to 13?. Sat . June 3 . . Friends ' School znd away . . lost, 4.3 to 54 . Sat . „ 17 . . Pocklington G .S . znd home „ 24 . . Hymers College home Sat . Tues . July 4 . . St . Olave's School away Thurs . „ 6 . . AmpleforthCollege znd away

CRICKET MATCHES .

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CRICKET MATCHES. SCHOOL V .

NORTH RIDING ASYLUM.

Played on the Asylum ground, on Thursday, May 18 . This match was originally arranged for Tuesday, but had to be put off on account of rain . Kershaw won the toss and took Milnthorpe in with him . There was nearly a gale blowing, which seemed to demoralise both batsmen and fielders . Runs came pretty freely from the start, and it was not before the pair had made 56 that Otley effected a separation by bowling Kershaw, who had made 29. Soon after Otley also got rid of Milnthorpe (71-2-36) . Cadman and Best then took the score to 102 before the former was bowled by Smith, having compiled 22 . Hingston was also bowled by Smith for nil (1o6-4-o) . Smith was next responsible for the dismissal of Stenning, who played a ball into his wickets (118-5-10). Parry only made 5 when he shared a similar fate . Hill, the next man, was missed no fewer than three times before the Asylum finally declared . Best carried out his bat for a carefully compiled 35 . The Asylum declared at 162 for 6 wickets. The School began their innings about five o ' clock, and before a run had been registered Nelson was unfortunately run out . P . Kirke succeeded Nelson, and with Otley carried the score to 29 before he was clean bowled in attempting to lift a ball from Parry (2-29). Bingham followed, and immediately succumbed to the same bowler (3-29) . E . St . G . Kirke then came in, and almost directly Otley was caught off Best's delivery, having made 6 (4-29) . C . S. Smith took Otley's place and hit a 3 . E . Kirke soon went down to Parry (5-32) . Roy then went in and played carefully, without, however, being able to score . Smith hit a single, and then a 2 and a 3, bringing on Cadman instead of Best . The change of bowling was effectual, Smith giving an easy catch to mid-off (6-38). Neilson succeeded Smith, and had made 5 when he was bowled by Parry (7-44) . Harrison came in and played an over, giving a catch in the slips, which was accepted, off Cadman's bowling (8-45) . There was now no hope of winning, and so an attempt

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was made to play out time . Wilson came in and Roy hit a 3 off Cadman, his first score . Wilson made a single, and Roy succumbed to Parry, half an hour of play still remaining (q—49) . Dunning went in, and he and Wilson managed to make play last out for another quarter of an hour, Wilson giving an easy chance, which was not accepted . The innings came to an end at a quarter-past six, the Asylum thus winning by 1o6 runs . Score and analysis : NORTH RIDING Asvar a T . Milnthorpe, b Otley , W . Kershaw, b Otley . . . . H . Cadman, b Smith C . Best, not out M . Hingston, b Smith \V . Stenning, b Smith W . Parry, h Smith W . Hill, not out Byes Three did not bat .

Total

36 29 22 35

o to 5 20

Sr . Perri?R's SCHOOL. G. C . Otley, c Kershaw, b Best C . Nelson, run out P . St . G . Kirke, b Parry . . R . G . Bingham, b Parry E . St . G . Kirke, b Parry C . S . Smith, c Milnthorpe, b Parry D . W . Roy, b Parry A . Neilson, b Parry R . Harrison, c Pairy, b Cadman W . M . Wilson, not out R . Dunning, b Cadman Byes

162

Total

BOWLING ANALYSIS .—NORTH RIDING As y i .UtN. R. W. o. M. C . S . Smith . . . . 30 4 15 4 25 0 10 1 P. St. G . Kirke G . C . Otley 36 2 19 6 0 A . Neilson 26 0 4 27 0 12 2 R . G . Bingham . . . R . Dunning to 0 6 2

t6 o to o o q 3 5 o o 6

56 AV.

7'5 — 18 —

SCHOOL V . I .EEI)S G .S.

May loth, at Leeds . The ground was very wet, in fact muddy and the wicket free from much suspicion of grass . Leeds won the toss and went in first, G . S . Richardson (captain) and H . Munro facing the howling of Otley and Smith . The batsmen played carefully, the ball needing a lot of watching, and runs came very slowly. When only 5 had been scored, Munro played a ball from Smith into his wicket (5 — 1—2) . G . B . Richardson came in, but the score had only reached double figures when a good length ball by Smith took their captain ' s leg stump . M . A . Francis succeeded Richardson, but runs continued to come very slowly . At length G . B. Richardson dealt too gently with a full-pitcher to leg of Smith's,

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and deposited it into the hands of Dunning (15-3-5) . Rain began to fall heavily at this point, and the fielders speedily left the field . Rain fell heavily for some time, and play had to he abandoned for the time being . The umpires decided to resume play after lunch if no more rain fell. At two o ' clock Smith continued the over he had begun before lunch, the wicket being rather drier than when the game was started. E . Munro replaced G . B . Richardson, and runs came more freely; soon, however, Smith proved too many for him (33-4-5) . Hudson came in, and Bingham went on bowling instead of Otley. Francis went down to a fine off-break from Smith (38-5-12). Hudson came in and soon succumbed to Bingham's slows (38-6-0), Seaton meeting with a similar fate (40-7--0) . H . A. Hield and N . Lister made a stand, hitting Bingham for a four and a two in one over . Smith was not bowling so well at this point, and Kirke went on instead of him . The change soon had effect ; Lister was clean bowled by Kirke for 1 o (J9-8-10) . A . A . Seaton came to the wickets, and Smith came on again instead of Bingham, and with his second ball relieved H . A . Hield of his bails ( 6 3-911) . H . M . Heald came in, and was also bowled in trying to lift a ball over the pavilion . The Leeds innings closed for 63 . C . S. Smith had the very fine bowling analysis of 7 wickets for 17 runs. Nelson and Bingham started batting for the School, and runs calve fast . Bingham hit five "fours" and three singles, and then was finely caught at mid wicket far out (35-1-24) . Otley then went in, and at 43 Nelson was clean bowled by Hudson . P . Kirke went in, and in company with Otley knocked off the twenty odd runs required for a win . When the score was 76 . P . Kirke was caught in the long field off Hield ' s bowling (76-3-21) . E . Kirke went in next, and runs continued to come freely . At 101 E . Kirke was taken at square leg, having made 11 (101-4-11) . Smith succeeded E . Kirke, and Otley, whose innings had not been free from luck, was caught at cover-point for a useful 28 (I o 1-5--28). R . Harrison went in, and Smith returned after making 2 (103-6z) . Neilson took Smith ' s place, hit a four, and was caught (Io87-4) . Roy came to the wickets and outlasted an over or two, only

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having made a single when his leg-stump was upset by Hield. Wilson came in and had good luck to carry out his bat for 7. Dunning having hit his wicket to Richardson ' s bowling . The innings closed for 125, the School winning by 62 . Score and analysis : LEEDS G .S. SCHOOL. C . Nelson, b Hudson . . I I H . Munro, b Smith .. R . G . Bingham, c Munro, b Hudson 24 G . S . Richardson, b Smith 5 G . B . Richardson, c Dunning, b G . C Otley, c H . Seaton, h RichSmith . . . . ardson . . .. 28 . 7 M. A . Francis, b Smith 12 P . St . G . Kirke, c H . Lister, b H. 21 E . Munro, b Smith . . . 5 A . Hield o H . Hudson, b Bingham E . St . G . Kirke, c H . T . Seaton, b H . T . Seaton, c Dunning, b BingRichardson II 2 ham . . 0 C . S . Smith, b Richardson .. 11 H . A . Hield, b Smith . . . .' R . Harrison, c A . A . Seaton, b . Kirke ro Richardson 2 N . Lister, b P A . Neilson, c P . Munro, b RichardA . A . Seaton, not out . . .. H . M Heald, b Smith .. c son .. 4 . Hield D . W . Roy, b H . A 7 W . Wilson, not out . R . Dunning, hit wkt, b Richardson I Extras ro Extras . . 13 Total . . G C . Otley . . . . C . S . Smith . . . . R . G . Bingham P . St. G . Kirke

Total . . . .

125 0.

AV.

19 13

—

2'42

17 14

SCHOOL V . BOOTHAM SCHOOL.

At Bootharn, on May 24th, in cold damp weather and on a very wet wicket . Pickard and Rowlands came to the wickets, to the bowling of Otley and Smith . Pickard hit up a lofty catch to midon from Otley's second delivery, and it was safely held by Roy (o-1-o) . C . Edmundson came in and put tip an easy catch to Bingham at point in Otley ' s second over (1-z-o) . H . W . Edmondson succeeded C . Edmundson, and scoring became dreadfully slow. After seven maidens, Rowlands hit Otley out of the field for 5, but after two more maidens returned the ball hard to Smith, who held the catch (15-3-14) . P . A . Edmundson came in, and after a couple more overs H . W . Edmondson was smartly stumped by Nelson (16-4-1) . B . Watson arrived at the wickets, and in company with Edmundson raised the score to 27, and having been missed once

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was clean bowled by Otley (27-5-7) . F . H . Knight came in and soon brought on Bingham instead of Smith . The change was not immediately successful, but after making a very patient 8, P . A. Edmundson was caught at mid-off off Bingham (33-6-8) . Alexander partnered Knight, but put up an easy catch to point in his first over from Bingham (35-7-0) . Clemesha succeeded Alexander, and his partnership with Knight soon raised the score to 5o, bringing on Smith again instead of Otley . Five more runs only were added before Smith bowled Knight, who had been missed twice, for 14 (54-8-14) . W . A . Milner was the next batsman, but the score was only augmented by 5 when Clemesha was caught in the slips by Wilson off Smith's bowling (59-9-9) . Marriage came in, and in company with Milner brought on P . Kirke instead of Bingham. At i3 he was clean bowled by Kirke, and the innings closed for 73. No less than five catches were missed, which was very bad, although the extreme cold might be partly responsible. Nelson and Otley started batting for the School with a disaster; after four runs had been scored Otley was clean bowled by Rowlands . P . St . G . Kirke came in, and with Nelson raised the score to 16 . Then he also succumbed to Rowlands, being caught off his delivery . Bingham came in, and was bowled by Marriage after making 1 (19-3-1) . Neilson replaced Bingham, and at once began to hit, evidently the best game on such a wicket . Thirty-six had been made before Neilson and Nelson were separated, Neilson being bowled by Rowlands in attempting to hit a "yorker" ; he had played a very useful innings (36-4-1z) . E . Kirke came in, and almost immediately Nelson was caught at deep mid-off for an excellent 11, which included one life (36-5-18) . Smith came to the wickets, and did some useful hitting before being bowled by Rowlands (51-6-12) . Harrison went in and hit a three, being soon caught off Marriage . Roy, his successor, had no better luck, being caught off the same bowler, after making 2 (56-8-z) . Wilson came in and played carefully for 5, bringing the score up to 64 . There were ten runs to win when Dunning went in, and there was good reason to hope that the match might yet be pulled out of the fire. After making six of these, Kirke having been let off cheaply at

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the wicket the ball before, was caught in the slips for an extremely useful 12 . Thus the match ended in a win for Bootham School by the narrow margin of three runs . Score and analysis : BOOTHAM SCHOOL. A . G . Pickard, c Roy, b Otley .. o W. H. Rowlands, c and b Smith .. 14 C . Edmundson, c Bingham, b Otley o H . W . Edmondson, st Nelson, b t Otley P . A . Edmundson, c P . St . G . Kirke, b Bingham .. 8 B . Watson, b Otley . .. 7 . 14 F . H . Knight, b Smith E . R . Alexander, c Smith, b Bingham . .. o A . S . Clemesha, c Wilson, b Smith 9 6 W . A . Milner, not out A . W . Marriage, b P. St. G . Kirke 8 Extras 6 Total

SCHOOL. C . Nelson, b Watson G . C . Otlev, b Rowlands P . St . G . Kirke, c Pickard, b Rowlands R . G . Bingham, b Marriage . .. A . Neilson, b Rowlands . . E . St . G . Kirke, c P . Edmundson, b Rowlands C . S . Smith, b Rowlands . . . . R . Harrison, c Alexander, b Marriage . D . W. Roy, c Knight, b Marriage W . Wilson, c Alexander, b Edmundson R . Dunning, not out Extras Total

O. M. G . C . Otley . . . . . . . . 28 14 .. . ... . 12 C . S . Smith 20 R . G. Bingham 11 4 P. St . G . Kirke 2 1 C . S . Smith bowled 2 wides.

R. 31 15 18 3

18 2 3 12 to 12 2 2 5 2 70

W. 4 3 2 1

S . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . DURHAM SCHOOL.

May 27th .-This match was played at York in spiendid weather. Bingham, for the first time this year, won the toss, and took P. Kirke in with him . The first over was a maiden, and then both began to score fast . Bingham was let off in the long field when he }yid made 18, and again at slip at 28, owing to the sun being in the fielder's eyes . Kirke was also missed twice, at 18 and 25. Bingham soon passed the fifty, Kirke's score being 31 . Just after the hundred was up, however, Kirke was clean bowled by Turner for 40, in which were nine boundary hits . As often happens after long partnerships, Bingham immediately followed suit, being caught at deep extra-cover, after making 61 . His innings, though marred by the two chances above mentioned, was a fine display, including as it did to boundary hits . Otley came in, but after making 1 was caught low down at point, and Neilson, who came in next, was

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clean bowled first hall . E . Kirke was missed off his first ball at the wicket, which was rather hard on the bowler, Turner, who would have clone the " hat trick " if the chance had been taken. Nelson and Kirke stayed together till lunch time, when the score was tog for + wickets . After lunch Nelson was bowled by Bell for 13 . Smith, the newcomer, was caught off his second ball by Cumberlege in the long field, and E . Kirke was next out 1-b-w in trying to pull a straight one from Bell . Roy made nine before playing on to Henderson, and Wilson made the same number, but succumbed to Turner . Robinson shared a like fate soon after, and the side was out for 1 +7 . Durham started disastrously, for with only seven on the board, Henderson was bowled off his pads by Smith . Cumbcrlege succumbed to Orley two runs later, and with the same total, 9, H . de Crespigny was dismissed (9-3-0) . Turner and Price carried the score to 32, before the latter was well caught by Roy at mid-on. \Iaughan was run out in attempting a short run, and Bell, after making 6, was bowled by Otley (36-6-6) . Turner was dismissed at 40 . The eighth wicket added 13, and the ninth to . Pearson hit his wicket after making a patient t6, which was the highest score on his side . The School thus won by 81 runs. Si I i 001 .. 6t R . G . Bingham, c Mohun, li Bell P . St . G . Kirke, b Turner 40 G . C . Otley, c H . de Crespigny, b Turner 1 13 C . Nelson, b Bell A . Neilson, b Turner o E. St . G . Kirke, b Bell 8 C. S . Smith, c Cumberlege, b Bell o .. 9 D. \V. by, b Henderson W . Wilson, b Turner 9 I . H . Robinson, b Turner i R. Dunning, not out Extras 4 Total

DURHAM SCHOOL. A . ITenderson, b Smith R . C . Cumberlege, b ()tley H . F . D . Turner, h Orley H . de Crespigny, b Otley W . Price, c Roy, b Smith A . W . Maughan, run out \V . B . Bell, h ()tley D . Pearson, hit wkt, b Bingham A . Richardson, b Otley H . Fitzgerald, h Smith . . H . Mohun, not out

1 47

M. o. G . C . Otley 16 6 C . S . Smith 15 3 R . G . Bingham . t 1 C . S . Smith bowled 3 wider .

R .

31 25 0

o 4 9

o r4 o 6 t6

7 0

Extras

Total

w. 5 3 1

700

CRICKET MATCHES. 2ND XI . V .

FRIENDS ' SCHOOL 2ND.

At home, May 24th . SCHOOL . 1st Innings.

H . Leonard, b Thorpe o M . Roy, b Williamson 2 T . C . Newton, b Williamson 3 C . P . Scott, h Thorp o T . E . Pulleyn, b WiTliamson , t E . D . Teasdale, st . b Thorp o H . Robinson, run out 8 E . J . Otley, c Mordey, b Williamson 3 G . Armstrong, run out 3 A . E . Farrow, b Williamson 3 M . Richards, not out 3 Extras 5 Total

FRIENDS ' 1st Innings. o Mordey, c Newton, b Robinson o Emmett, b Leonard Abraham, b Leonard 1 Wright, h Robinson o Williamson, c Newton, b Robinson o o Byles, b Robinson ATlen, c Scott, b Leonard o Thorp, b Leonard 2 Spence, b Leonard o 8 Webb, b Armstrong Brockbank, not out to Extras 6 Total

2nd Innings. b Williamson lbw, b Williamson h Thorp b Williamson h Wright . .: b Wright c Abraham, b Williamson b Williamson b Wright . b Williamson not out Extras

'.Total SCHOOL . 2nd Innings. b Robinson run out b Robinson h Otley . . . . . lbw, b Robinson b Otley b Leonard b Otley not out b Armstrong b Leonard Extras Total

o 3 3 o I

3 1

3 o 5 8 28

S . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2ND XI . V . DURHAM G . S . 2ND. At Durham, Saturday, May z7th . Weather and ground alike were all that could be desired, and the visitors winning the toss went to the wicket first . Otley and M . Roy opened the batting, the latter was dismissed for 2, and Otley for 3 soon after the start . Newton and Harrison, however, remained at the wicket till lunch, the score being then 22 . Newton, who was at the wicket for about threequarters of an hour, was disposed of after making 18 . Harrison also made 18, but no other scores are worthy of note . Hicks and Jackson opened the batting for the Durham XI . The former was bowled by Leonard when he had scored 8, the telegraph board

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showing 1 z for r wicket . 57, however, had been scored before Trevor, who had joined Jackson, was clean bowled by M . Roy, and G . Henderson was bowled by Leonard one run later . The only other features of the innings worthy of record were the clean bowling of Jackson, by Farrow, when he had made 74, and a splendid catch by Armstrong, which di . missed Charlton after making 17 . York then went to the wicket a second time and compiled 53, of which Harrison and Richards made 22 and rz respectively, no one else making more than . . Thus Durham znd had made 132, against S . Peter ' s School znd 62 and 53, and therefore won by an innings and 17 runs. S . PETER ' S SCHOOL. 2ND.

1st Innings. E . G. Otley, b CaTlinan M . Roy, b de Crespigny T . C . Newton, c Hicks, b de Crespignv R . Harrison, c Marsh, b de Crespigny

J . Leonard, c & b de Crespigny M . Richards, b Stewart A . E . Farrow, b de Crespigny C . P . Scott, c & b Stewart G . Armstrong, lbw, b Stewart P . H . Yeld . not out T . J . Black, b Stewart Extras

2nd Innings.

3 2

b Callinan b Stewart

b Callinan

r8 o

st Henderson, b Callinan c & b Callinan c Charlton, b CalTinan b Stewart b Callinan i lbw, b Callinan c Trevor, b Callinan not out Extras

4 o

. 22

4 12 2

o 2 I

Total

DURHAM G.S.

Hicks, b Leonard 8 Jackson, b Farrow 74 Trevor, b Roy .... 14 Henderson, b Leonard LangTey, c Annstrong, b Farrow 3 Stewart, b Roy 2 Charlton, c Armstrong, b Farrow . 17 De Crespigny, b Roy 3 3 Marsh, b Farrow o Trevor, b Farrow 1 Callinan, not out o Extras II Total

132

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

Leonard Armstrong . . . . Roy

Yeld . . . . . . . . .. Farrow

W. 2

5.6

702

ACROSTIC.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS. At my parents ' instigation, I had burned the midnight oil, Had resisted all temptation, And had bur ied self toil. Twice ten years had hurried o ' er me, While at school I plodded on, In the sanguine expectation, That I'd rise to he a don. At no counter would I daily, Daily counting up the pence, In amounts which will not tally— Earning but a poor pittance. See of York or Canterbury, "These alone should be my aim, Or p ' raps pleading as a barriSter I'd gaily rise to fame. As a young and rising actor, With the affix of 13 .A ., I should silence each detractor ; Critics all would fade away ; Or ma) hap a l e arned doctor Skilled in physiology, Of prescriptions a director, Famous at biology. But too previous I stumbled In the Littlego's embrace ; Ploughed in algebra and humbled, Saw the toughness of life's race. Now, alas! I'm doomed for ever To a post of lowly rank, Earning but a monthly " fiver " As a clerk in Barclay's bank . A . PESSIMIST.

ACROSTIC. SUMMER. S unshine bathing all the land, U nderneath each shady tree, M editative cattle stand ; M urmurs by the droning bee ; E artb rose early, satisfied, R ests she through the warm noontide. BEARDOE .

GAMES' FUND BALANCE SHEET,

January, 1898, to January, 1899. RECEIPTS .

EXPENDITURE.

s. d. Football : 32 1 o Iloltby 1 5 5 32 2 0 R .U . Sub . . . 1 1 0 29 3 o i Sec .'s Expenses ., o 6 6 t1It 6 Sundries .. o 3 5 Touch Lines, o 18 o &c . 0 9 0 Footballs 0 5 6 (part only) 1 9 6 15 I 10 jerseys, &c . . . 11 7 0 o 8 10 17 6 t1 Fares

s . d.

Boys' Subscriptions :— Easter Term Summer Term Christmas Term PubTic Subscriptions to Sports Old Boys' Subscriptions to Sports Sale of Cricket Ball to OTd Boys . Sale of jerseys, &c. Net Proceeds of Concert . .

26 19 4 Boating : New Oars 6 0 o Car riage, do . o 7 0 Ho]tby 1 9 9 Repairs to Boats 1 5 0 Rent of Boathouse o 5 0 Prizes . 3 3 0 12

Cricket : Groundsman . 19 5 6 Fares .. 7 8 q HoTtby . . 0 16 6 Secretary's Expens's . . 0 10 0 Cards t 18 6 Repairs to M over, &c . 1 13 3 Food, &c ., for Horse 3 5 4 Harness and Boots for do. 2 1 0 Cricket Ma ' terial to 16 6 Blacksmith . . 1 1 0 Repainting Figures ., o 12 6 Sundries . . 0 3 0 .Sports Prizes Holtby Police String

. . 13 13 9 . . 1 12 42 .. 0 9 0 .. 0 2 0

15 17 Miscellaneous : Rent of Football Field t8 0 0 Balls, &c ., for Hockey . . 0 8 2 Bottle of Paste .. o 0 6 -- - 18 8 8 Balance on Al or . 28, 1898 2 4 3 Interest charged by Bank, Dec . 31, 1898 o 11 6 Balance on Mar. 31, 1899 6 I of, £ 1 32

b 132

NOTES AND ITEMS.

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THEATRICAL BALANCE SHEET. RECEIPTS. Rev . A . E . Burton E . W . Clarke, Esq. Public Subscriptions Day Boys' do. Adamites' do. School House do. Masters' do. Rev . G . T . Handford

Deficit

s. d. EXPENDITURE . s . d. o Band (Valley's) 3 10 0 • 7 6 Hire of Dresses (May & Co .) 20 o 0 1 o Carriage of do . . . . . o 18 4 o o Hire of Wigs (Clarkson) . . 3 0 0 . . 7 8 o • 15 0 Stage (Holthy) o o Decorations (Ashby & Harto o ley) .. 3 8 o o o Hire of Chairs (Brown Bros .) 1 5 0 Programmes, &c . (J . Sampson) .. . . 2 7 5 Police 1 1 0 Gas Co .—footlights . , 0 7 11 Sundries . . o ,6 4 Lights in Garden (2 yrs .) 0 5 4 Sundry Properties . . . . o r2 1 Sundry Allowances .. I o 9 I 14 11

•

X4 6

X46 8

NOTES AND ITEMS. F. Mitchell was second in the batting averages of Lord Hawke ' s Team in South Africa . He has been playing regularly for Yorkshire so far this season, and made Poo against Gloucester, in addition to other useful scores in earlier matches. A . M . Sullivan made 54 not out in the first innings of the Seniors ' Match at Cambridge, and Iq in the second innings . Playing for Cambridge University against A . J . Webbe's XI ., he went in first and made 36 . Against Yorkshire he accomplished a curious performance, stayin an hour and a quarter at the wickets for 3 runs . He made -}q for the First Twelve of Cambridge University v . Next Sixteen. G. Raine has been called to the Bar at Lincoln ' s Inn. Professor Clifford Allbutt is to have an honorary Degree conferred on him by Victoria University on July 1st. The Yen . A . E . Stone was promoted at Fort William, Calcutta. India, at the end of April .

CONTEMPORARIES .

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Gilbert Hudson has been appointed to a Clerkship in the Probate Registry, Somerset House, London. limes, May loth .—Gloucestershire Regiment .—Supernumerary Captain C . Moss to be Captain. We omitted to mention in the last " Peterite" that the new book by A . E . Bayly, O .P ., entitled " The House of Strange Secrets " (3s . 6d .), may be obtained at 2S ., for O .P . ' s only, from the author, at 8, Whitefriars Street, E .C. BIRTH .—May z3rd, the wife of Rev . A . Chadwick ('77- ' 81), of a son .

NOTICE TO OLD PETERITES. Professor Clifford Allbutt, M .D ., F .R .S ., will preside at the Old Peterite Dinner in London, on the .f th July . Old Peterites who wish to attend and have not received invitations before the 31st May are requested to address the Hon . Secretary, C . H . CHADWICK, 3, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, W .C.

OBITUARY. April .—S . A . SWORN, at Gravesend, formerly Natural Science Master at the School. May 17th .—HILDA MURIEL, infant daughter of H . A . L . FRANCIS.

CONTEMPORARIES. We beg to acknowledge with thanks the following Contemporaries :—The Savilian, Sedber ;hian, Brighton College Magazine, Rymer an (2), Denstonian, Merchistonian, Dunelmian (z), Dycombe Abbey Gazelle, .Si . Edward's School Chronicle .