July 1899 by StPetersYork

THE

PETERITE. VOL . XY .

JULY, 1899 .

No . 140.

SCHOOL LETTER. HIS is the last number that we poor hard-worked editors will bring out, and with what deep regret we have to lay down the pen for others, and make our way out into the world, some to sit all day in offices, others to work hard for four or five years to gain the coveted B .A . or other degrees. The worst part of the term will be at hand when this appears, and we shall be sitting in School with a three hours' paper in front of us, on a half-holiday, silently expressing our opinion of the examiners. The Cricket XI . this year seems to be dogged by bad luck, as the toss has only been won five times during the whole season . We congratulate Mitchell on gaining a permanent place in the Yorkshire XI ., and sympathize with Sullivan on not gaining his " blue ." The Sports will soon be at hand and we hope to see some good " times " done . In last year ' s sports it was a deplorable fact, that most people only ran in races in which they thought they would get a place, and so the entries were considerably smaller than they ought to be . It is to be hoped that boys this year will run as sportsmen and not as professional "pot-hunters ." There seems to be great keenness, as we have already seen various coloured shorts and bare legs flitting round the cricket field ; and juniors have been seen burying themselves in the jumping pit .

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ON LONDON.

We notice that P . E . Lord has given up the Secretaryship of the O .P . Club, and it has been undertaken by A . Peters with H . R. Partington as Assistant Secretary . \Ve hope the Club will prosper as it has done under P . E . Lord ; we cannot wish it better than this. We now retire from our pleasant duties, and pass the pen on to younger hands to use, we hope, with greater skill than our poor selves. We wish our successors all success.

ON LONDON. One hardly dares to ask an editor to stereotype in plain black and white, within the covers of his magazine, anything upon such a subject as this, for the chance of the matter is that it is only too plainly stereotyped already . Yet London is life—a fair, wherein are congregated all types of humanity, and where all phases in the drama of existence are revealed in action ; so it were strange if one could not find something left unwritten . At any rate, having been up to London for the first time quite recently, yet not so recently but that he has had time to reflect on his visit, the writer now has the audacity to attempt a picture or so of his view o f things. Now there are some things which no one can fail to observe, such as top-hats and frock coats, and a sightseer can scarcely miss noticing the pigeons . No one can long be unconscious of his being in a place, always full and always in a terrible hurry . The hurry is terrible ; it kills ; you can observe that . The first thing it kills is the faculty of observation itself, and in this it is considerably assisted by the very largeness of the place, for space is equally destructive of capabilities of observation . For instance, going the round of the museums in two days, the writer could only regard the collections there exhibited as a whole, in a similar way to that in which a certain person regarded his library . There were, say, a mile of stuffed animals, a mile of fossils and bones, a mile of bottled invertebrates, so many cubic feet of minerals, a mile of engineering models and castings, a mile of Asiatic objets

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d ' art, so many acres of paintings, a mile of manuscripts, sundry miles of archxological relics and so on, till the legs weary with walking round the seemingly endless galleries, and the eyes ache with constant gazing on the changing panorama . And all the while he saw nothing of London . To see London you must take to the streets. The Thames Embankment boasts a little fresh air, and comparatively speaking, it is quiet : here you can refresh your jaded surfeited brain. Cleopatra's Needle stands on the Thames Embankment, somewhere about the centre of the Metropolis . On either side it is flanked by a sphinx, whose face seems to wear a faint, calm smile, a smile inscrutable, immutable . It is superbly expressive . Here is this monolith representing the labours of many people, not only those who created it and cut it from the living rock, not only those who carved and incised its weird quaint hieroglyphs, but those, too, of whom its tablets speak, and those whose wasted care transported and transfixed it here . Whether is it, a monument of pride or of folly Perhaps it is of both . You say it is a record of the past, a monument of the most monumental and ancient civilization of the world, just so ; immovable amid the vortex stands the Past, swirling and whirling around is the Present . It has its significance . The Present is the Past ; it is gone in a moment . All that is and will be, has been . There is nothing new under the sun . The riddle of the sphinx is ever the same, just like its ceaseless, changeless smile . The Past can smile, it knows too much. Again it is strange what a difference a mere river's breadth makes, when you look at the immense fashionable hotels on this side, and then across the Thames at the farther side, where, so it is said, dwell a somewhat benighted people ; but it is best not to go to see, for so also it is said, " The rich and the poor do not meet, though the Lord is maker of them all," nor can they meet save in a light which seldom shines here. But leaving the sphinx to smile (it happened to be Primrose Day, while the writer was in town), over yonder, in Parliament

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Square, the crowds, by dint of gentle urging on tin° part of some score or two of policemen, were defiling before the flower bedecked statue of the Earl of Beaconsfield, whose head was obsequiously inclined, as he received the tribute of his admirers in the bunches of primroses, which were cast at his feet . About six o'clock the members began to leave St . Stephen's . Some came across to have a look out of curiosity and then went their way, some joined the throng to pay their respects to their departed chief . One, he must have been a ritualist, raised his hat as he passed before. Such hero-worship would have amused Carlyle . However, there can be little doubt that it was but just he should show such deep respect to the statue, it being the counterfeit resemblance of the, as it were, patron saint of an organization, which, speaking from report, is the most effective of all party or electioneering organizations. Looking at the back-turned statues of other leaders of the people and at the background of venerable Abbey and stately Parliament House, one may be a heretic, but it was a bit grotesque. Looking at the crowd led by political catchwords, tricked by the outward paraphernalia of nobility, still ruled and swayed, as it were, by symbols and cloth—a people to whom much opportunity has been given, but who have not yet obtained minds and wills of their own ; it was pathetic, if it was not tragic. With these two pictures, the writer ends . POLI

ricus.

CRICKET. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL Z' . BOOTHAM SCHOOL.

June 3rd .—This match was played on the School ground in fine weather, on a hard wicket . Bootham won the toss and elected to bat . They started badly, as with only one scored Pickard was bowled by Otley . The next pair put on 32 before Rowlands was out lbw . (33-2-12) . H . W . Edmondson failed to score (33-3-0) . The next wicket added 18 and the next to (71-5) . The innings finally

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ended for t . Otley had the excellent analysis of 7 wickets for 24., Smith's being 3 for 30. "I'he School started none too well, as at 12 Bingham had his leg stump disturbed by Rowlands, and at the same total Otley succumbed to the same bowler . Nelson and P . Kirke took the score to 32 before the former was caught and bowled by Rowlands. E . Kirke went down to a yorker from Edmundson, having only scored a single, and thus wickets were down for i3 . Smith made ten before he was out to Rowlands, as was Neilson for a like total (87-6-Io ; . P . Kirke was batting steadily all this time, and, aided by one let off at square leg, was approaching his 5o, which he afterwards completed, with two runs to spare, before being caught at third man (118-7-52) . Wilson hit two fours, four threes, and three singles before being run out . Harrison and Roy both made 8, and the innings closed for 138, or 47 in advance of Boot ham's. BOOTHAM SCHOOL ..

Pickard, b G . C . Otley H . Rowlands, b G . C . Otley P. A . Edmundson, c Bingham b Smith Fl . W . Edmondson, I) G. C . Otley B. Watson, b G . C . ()Hey E . B . Alexander, b G . C . Otley T. H . Knight, b Smith C. Edmundson . c Bingham b G C. Otley A . J . Clemesha, b G . C . Otley W . Mordey, not out W . A . Milner, h Smith Extras A.

Total BOWLING ANALYSIS °. G . C . Otley 18 C . S . Smith . . . . 11 R . G . Bingham . . . 4 P . St . G. Kirke . . 3 R . G . Bingham and C .

SCHOOL.

o 12 36

o 12

to 8 3 4

Bingham, b Rowlands P . St . G . Kirke, c C . Edmundson 1) Knight G . C . Otley, b Rowlands C . Nelson, c and b Rowlands E. St. G . Kirke, b P . Edmundson C. S . Smith, c and b Rowlands A . Neilson, c Alexander b Rowlands W . H . D . Wilson, run out D. W . Roy, not out R . Harrison . b Rowlands R . Dunning, run out Extras R. G .

Total . .138

M. 8 4

R. 24 30

S . Smith bowled

W. 7 3 0 0 1

AV. 3'4 2

to — —

wide each.

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

Played on the School ground on Saturday, June loth . Garforth won the toss and opened their innings with Tate and W . Reede to

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the bowling of Otley and Smith . Runs came fairly freely, and the score was 31 when Reede was out to a fine catch in the slips by Wilson, after being missed shortly before (31-1-Io) . Dawson came next and

runs were added before Tate was bowled by

Otley (42-2-2 z) . At the same total two more wickets fell, Dawson being caught at mid-on and Dixon cleaned bowled by Smith (42-4-0) . The next two wickets did not give much trouble, and the score was 54 for 6 wickets when Denby and Sibary came together . Both hit freely, and Bingham took the ball from Smith. The change soon worked, as Bingham bowled Denby in his first over and in his second Sibary was caught by Otley (q7-8-19). The next wicket fell at 98, Chadwick being caught and bowled by Otley (98-9-4) . However, the innings was not yet finished, as the last wicket, by hard hitting . aided by wretched fielding and failure of certain members of the eleven to accept easy chances, defied the bowling . It was not until the score had reached 117, that Reede was out to a catch by Wilson . Fawcett carried out his bat for a hard hit 42. Bingham and Kirke opened the School ' s innings to the bowling of W . and G . Reede . The start was not very satisfactory, as Bingham was caught at the wicket in trying to hit a ball to leg (o-1-o) . The second wick t fell soon afterwards, P . Kirke being bowled for , (8-z-

1) .

The next wicket gave more trouble, and the

score was 4.6 before Smith hit out at the slow bowler, Tate, who had replaced G . Reede, and was caught in the long field (46-2-1 z). Wilson did not stay long, and with his score 3, was bowled by Tate (51-4-3) . Otley took his place and another good stand was made . With the score at 79, Nelson was howled after a very good innings . His off-driving was particularly noticeable (79-3-41). Then came a long stand by Otley and E Kirke . They raised the score to 127 before Kirke was run out and Otley caught ( 1 37-7-4 8 ) . Neilson hit well, but Dunning did not give much trouble, and the ninth wicket fell with the score 154 (154-9-0) . With twenty minutes 'to play, and 23 runs needed to avert defeat, the chances of the School (lid not look promising . However, by an exhibition of sterling defensive play, Roy and Harrison succeeded in taking

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he score to 1 71 without losing another wicket . Thus the match ended in a draw, the School being six runs behind with one wicket to fall . GA RFORTH.

SCHOOL.

W . Tate, b Otley

G. Reede, c Wilson, b Otley . Io H. Dawson, c Dunning, b Smith 5 A. Dixon, b Smith o II . Pickering . b Otley 3 H . Hurst, b Smith 2 H . J . Denby, b Bingham 20 F. Sibary . c Otley, h Bingham 19 B. Chadwick, c and h OtTey 4 P. Fawcett, not out 42 W . Reede, c Wilson, b Bingham 27 Extras 23 Total . SCHOOL

Bowl .' NO

P . St . G . Kirke, b G. Reede I R.G .Bingham, c Dixon, b W .Reede o C. Nelson, b W . Reede 41 C. S . Smith, c W . Reede, bTate 12 \V . Wilson, b Tate 3 G . C . Otlev, c W. Reede, b Fawcett 48 E. St . G . Kirke, run out 23 A . Neilson, c and b Reede 12 R . Dunning, b Fawcett o D. W . Roy, not out 6 R . Harrison, not out 7 Extras 18

1 77 :

Total (for 9 wkts) 171 0.

M. I I 0 0

G . C . Otley 15 57 C . S . Smith I `I 37 41 R . G . Bingham 7—4 14 P . St . G Kirke . . 5 Smith and Kirke each bowled one wide.

\V.

4 3 3 0

ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL v . F . C . CROWTHER ' S XI. Thursday, June 15th, at York . The School were without Bingham . Almondbury won the toss . Grist and Heron went to the wickets, facing the bowling of Utley and Smith . second ball disturbed Heron ' s stumps (o-1-o) .

Otley's Gainsford

succeeded Heron, and the score was 41 when Smith bowled him (41-2-8) . Carter arrived at the wickets and was soon bowled by Smith for nothing (47-3-o) . V . Sykes and Grist made a useful stand, but with Otley

(68-4-3 ) .

6o on

the board Grist was bowled by

Middlemost was associated with Sykes and

rapidly hit up 16, when he was bowled by Smith . F . C . Crowther was clean bowled by Otley for a single . The ninth wicket fell at 103, but the last wicket added 48 runs before L . Sykes was bowled by Otley . The innings closed for 151. The School started their innings with P . Kirke and Nelson. Runs came quickly until, at i9, C . Nelson was clean bowled by E . P . Sykes for zo . G . C . Otley went in, and at 48 he was caught in the slips for 2 (48-2-2) .

E . Kirke partnered his brother, who

was bowled by G . Crowther after eight more runs had been added

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(56-3-17) . Smith went to the wickets and did some useful hitting until he was bowled by Gainsford (q3-4-17) . Neilson came in and was let off twice while he contributed 12 . Wilson succeeded Neilson and had made 13 when he was caught and bowled by Crowther (137-6-13) . Harrison went in, and E . Kirke was caught by Carter in the slips for 28 (138-7-28) . Roy went in, and Harrison succumbed to Crowther (139-8-1)- Otley also was bowled without scoring (139-9-0) . Newton came in when thirteen runs were required to win . When seven of these had been made Newton was lbw . to Crowther (146-9-1) . Roy carried out his bat for 3 . The School thus lost by 5 runs . Score and analysis : F . C . CRowTHER'S XI . S . Grist, b Orley H . A . Heron, b Otley E . A . Gainsford, b Smith W . M . Carter, b Smith V . B . Sykes, b Smith R . V . i\liddlemost, b Smith F . C . Crowther, b Otley 11 . P . Bairstow, c Smith b Otley E . P . Sykes, not out G . Crowther, b Otley L . P . Sykes, b . Otley Extras

SCHOOL. P . Kirke, b G . Crowther 17 o C . Nelson, b E . P . Sykes 20 G . C . Otley, c Carter b Grist 2 9 o E . St . G . Kirke, cCarter b Crowther 28 i8 C . S . Smith, b Gainsford 7 16 A . Neilson, c i\Iiddlemost U Gams1 Cord 12 18 W . Wilson, c and b Crowther 13 16 ' R . Harrison, b Crowther 1 1 D . W . Roy, not out 3 26 E . J . Otley, b Crowther , o 1 . Newton, lbw b Crowther 13 Extras 32

Total

Total . .151 BowL1NG ANAI .PSISG . C . Otley C . S . Smith P . St . G . Kirke

0. 21 3 20 i

\l .

3 3

81 54 3

6 4

146

ST . PETER ' S V . DURHAM SCHOOL.

On the Durham ground on June 17th . After travelling to Durham on the hottest day of the year, the School XI . had to go straight out to field, as Bingham lost the toss . Cumberlege and Henderson started batting for Durham against Otlev and Smith. Thirty was telegraphed before Bingham vvent on for Smith, the change bringing about the dismissal of Cumberlege who was beautifully caught at square leg by Harrison after a long run (44-1-29) . "Turner took his place but got his leg in front before he had scored (46-z-o) . Henderson was then bowled by Bingham

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(49-3- 1 5), his place being taken by Price who was caught by Roy at mid-on (51-4-18) . Pearson was caught at slip by Wilson who was knocked over at the sarne time by Otley, but did not leave go of the ball (68-5-o) . Crespigny played a creditable innings for 44, although his wicket was hit without removing the bails, before he had scored . The innings finally closed for 165, the last wicket stand having put on exactly 5o runs. The School opened their innings with P . St . G . Kirke and Nelson, and with the total at zo Nelson was beautifully caught with one hand at long slip . Smith followed him in and soon after P . Kirke was stumped, the ball bouncing back from the wicketkeeper ' s pads on to the wicket (27-2-9) . Bingham followed him in and soon Smith was out lbw (32-3-3) . Otley was then caught low down in the slips, a fine catch (40-4-2) . E . Kirke did not stay long, his off peg being disturbed by a beauty (43-5- 2 ) . Wilson then came in and played a sound defensive game until Bingham was caught at point through skying a " full-pitcher . " The partnership had contributed 35 runs . Neilson tried some lusty hits and then succumbed to Turner (91-7-9), Wilson finally falling victim to a catch at the wicket off Henderson ; he had made a valuable 18 (103-8-18) . E . J . Otley played a good innings of 24., and it was all the more creditable as it was only the second time he had played for the team, and it was at a somewhat critical time (130-9-4) . Roy and Harrison stayed together for some time until the former was caught at cover in attempting to hit a short one. The innings closed for 133, 32 runs behind the Durham total. After the match Wilson received his colours . Score and analysis : DURHAM SCHOOL.

SCHOOL.

R . G . Cumberlege, c Harrison, b Bingham 29 A . Henderson, b Bingham 15 H . F . D . Turner, lbw, b Orley . . o W . Price, c Roy, b Otley 18 D . Pearson, c Wilson, b Bingham o G. A . Hicks, c Otley, b Bingham 14 H. (le Crespigny, b Kirke 44 W . B . Bell, b Bingham 2 A . : Vaughan, c Nelson, b Smith 5 H . Mohun, b Smith o G . Jackson, not out 17 Extras I1

P . St . G . Kirke, st Price, b Bell 9 14 C . Nelson, c Bell, b Turner C. S . Smith, lbw, b Bell 3 R . G . Bingham, c Crespigny, b Cumberlege 26 G . C . Otley, c Turner, b Bell 2 2 E. St . G. Kirke, b Turner W . Nilson, c Price, b Henderson 18 A . Neilson, b Turner 9 E . J . Otley, c Price, b :Vaughan 24 D. W. Roy, c Jackson, b -Vaughan 6 2 R . Harrison, not out Extras 18

Total

165

Total ,

1 33

716

CRICKET. BOWLING ANALYSIS-

G . C . Otley R . G. Bingham C . S . Smith D . W . Roy P . St . G . Kirke

R. 56

w. 2

2 u

A. z8 10

21'5 0

ST. PETER ' S SCHOOL . V . YORKSI-LIRE GENTLEMEN.

Tuesday, June 20th . Rain fell in moderate quantities before the match began, but fine weather prevailed during the match. Bingham won the toss and went to the wickets with P . St G. Kirke, facing the bowling of Jones and Burne . Bingham placed a ball to leg for a single and was then bowled by Burne (1-1-1). C . Nelson took his place and had only made 8 before he also was bowled by Burne (13-2-8) . C . S . Smith came in, and Kirke hit a " two ." Smith then was bowled by Burne in attempting to lift him out of the field (15-3-2) . G- . C . Otley came to the wickets, and in company with P . St . G . Kirke, made a useful stand, bringing the score to 45 . At this point Kirke was run out ; his wicket being thrown down while he was strolling across the pitch (45-4-15) . E . St . G . Kirke succeeded his brother, and played carefully and with confidence . Sixty appeared on the board when G . C . Otley was bowled by Burne for an invaluable 24 (62-5-2 .0. Wilson was the next batsman, but was quickly leg-before to Burne (66-6-3) . E . J . Otley, having been in some time for a single, was well caught in the long field off Wright (79-7-1) . Neilson had good luck in not being caught first ball, and, after a hit or so, was bowled by a " yorker " from Wright . Roy came in and was bowled shortly after by a good length ball from Jones taking the off bail 03-9-0) . Harrison went in, and the and Kirke made a lengthened stand . Mr . Lawrance replaced Jones at the bottom end, and one of his overs yielded 16 runs . Finally, Harrison was caught at the wicket off Burne, having made a useful 14. E . St . G. Kirke carried out his bat for a good 55, which included one " life ." The School innings closed for 132. The Yorkshire Gentlemen began their innings with Mr. Lawrance and P . B . Jones . Neither batsman seemed at home

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with the bowling, and Jones was caught by Bingham in the slips off Otley ' s delivery, after making four singles (9-1-4) . E . S . Jones came in, but in Otley's next over Mr . Lawrance was clean bowled (14-2-8) . Captain Burne replaced Mr . Lawrance, and, after being missed at point, was caught and howled by Otley, who was bowling extremely well at this point (20-3-4) . Smith went on at the top end instead of Bingham . Young having cone to the wickets . The change was of quick effect, Smith bowling E . S. Jones in his first over (26-4-8) . In his next over, Smith's second ball dismissed Wright (26-5-0) . Young and Hill became associated, Hill doing some useful hitting, and Young adopting stone-walling tactics . After making 12, however, Hill was taken at "silly" mid-on by Roy off Otley (43-6-12) . The Gentlemen at this point sent in Peck (pro .) in the hope of saving the match. Peck, after being beaten twice in Smith's first over to him, soon settled down and mastered the School bowling . Bingham came on instead of Smith, and missed an easy caught and howled chance when Young had made 15 . P . Kirke and C . Nelson were tried at the top end, and, finally, Smith went on instead of Otley at the bottom end . Just as time was up Smith bowled Young for 20 (113-7-20) . Peck was not out 49, having pulled the match out of the fire . Score and analysis : SCHOOL. P . St . G . Kirke, run out R . G . Bingham, b Burne C . Nelson, b Burne C . S . Smith, b Burne G . C . Otley, b Burne E . St . G . Kirke, not out W . Wilson, lbw b Burne E . J . Otley, c Peck b Wright A . Neilson, b Wright D . W . Roy, b Jones R . Harrison, c Hill b Burne Extras,,

15 I 8 o 24 55 3 I 7 o 14 4

YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. B . G . Lawrance, b Otley P. B . Jones, c Bingham b Otley E . S . Jones, b Smith Capt . Burne, c and b Otley R . R . Young, b Smith H . S . Wright, b Smith R . Hill, c Roy b Otley , F. Henry R . H . Leonard to bat. H . S . Anderson Peck (pro .), not out Extras

Total . .132 O. M. 20 10 11 2 8—4 2 0 3 2 I Smith bowled a wide.

49 8

Total . . 113

BOWLING ANALYSISG . C . Otley R . G . Bingham . C . S . Smith . P . St . G. Kirke C . Nelson

8 4 8 4 20 c 12

R. 3i 26 28 13 I

W. 4 0 3

0 o

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CRICKET. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . HYMER ' S COLLEGE, HULL.

This match was played at Hull in fine weather and resulted in a win for the School by 37 runs . Bingham won the toss and took P . Kirke in with him . When only eleven runs had been scored, Bingham had the misfortune to be given out caught off his trouser pocket . Nelson was bowled by Greenwood without scoring, but Kirke and Smith took the score to 33 before the former was out lbw to Greenwood . P . Kirke was taken low down in the slips at the same total . Otley and E . Kirke added ten for the next wicket when Kirke was clean bowled by Greenwood . Otley and Wilson, however, mastered the bowling, Wilson being content with keeping his end up while Otley did the scoring . '['hey stayed together till the luncheon interval, soon after which Wilson was taken at point by Cockin . His innings, though he only made nine, cannot be undervalued, as he stayed while 6o runs were added for the sixth wicket . G . C . Otley just completed his fifty when he was run out . He hit with great vigour, especially leg balls . In his total were included one five and eight fours . E . J . Otley was next given out to a catch at point, which he apparently hit hard on to the ground, the ball bouncing up . Neilson came in and started hitting, but Roy was bowled by Greenwood without scoring. Harrison and Neilson, however, put on 22 runs for the last wicket before Neilson was bowled . Harrison ' s score was nine. The innings ended for 135. Hymer's opened with Robinson and Greenwood . The score mounted rapidly, Greenwood gliding Otley's slow balls to leg. However, he tried this stroke once too often, as Otley clean bowled him with the score at 51, for a very useful 36 . Robinson soon after was out lbw to Otley, and their wickets then went down in quick succession before Otley and Smith, the final score being 98, or 37 runs behind our total. The School started batting again with Wilson and P . Kirke, who made 39 before the former was bowled by Greenwood Kirke was next c & b by Greenwood, and Roy was howled off his pads with the score at 48 . E . Kirke and Bingham took the score to

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719

before the former was given out caught at the wicket.

Smith came in, and he and Bingham took the score to

95 .

The

latter hit with great vigour and landed two balls clean over the sheet, for which, however, he was only allowed four . Otley went in last but one this innings, and with his brother put on ¢1 for the last wicket, being not out . He therefore made the excellent score of 8o for once out . After the match, Neilson and Harrison received their colours . Score and analysis : SCHOOL. First Innings.

Second Innings.

R . G. Bingham, c Sinclair, b Greenwood P . St . G . Kirke, c Greenwood, b Robinson C . Nelson, b Greenwood C . S . Smith, lbw, b Greenwood G. C Otley, run out E . St . G . Kirke, b Greenwood W . H . D . WiTson, c Cockin, b Greenwood E . J. Otley, c Cockin, b Bilton A . Neilson, b Podmore D . W . Roy, b Greenwood R . Harrison, not out Extras

13 o to 51

9 2 17 o 9 13

W. H . D . Wilson, b Greenwood . . to P. St . G . Kirke, c & b Greenwood 31 E . St . G . Kirke, c Sinclair, b Greenwood 8 D . W. Roy, b Greenwood o R . G. Bingham, c Greenwood, b Robinson 37 C. S . Smith, b Sinclair 12 C . Nelson, b Sinclair 2 A . Neilson, c Bilton, b Sinclair 4 R.Ilarrison, c Tomlinson, b Sinclair 7 G . C . Otley, not out 29 E . J . Otley, b Robinson 8 Extras . . 7 Total

Total

155

1 35 HvMER' S COLLEGE.

J . H . Robinson, lbw, b Otley J. F. Greenwood, b Otley K. K. Grieve, b Otley J . Braithwaite, b Smith \V . H . Tomlinson, b Smith H . C . Bilton, c Nelson, b Otley . W . Sinclair, lbw, b Otley Analysis : G . C . Otley C . S . Smith R . G . Bingham

36 3 16

o o 4

o. 17 .. 13 4 Smith bowled

M . S . Cockin, b Otley T . Gibb, b Smith E . W . Johnson, lbw, b Otley B. Podmore, not out Extras . . Total M.

3 2

44 33

7 3

3 6 o to 98

AV.

6 . 28 11 —

a no-ball.

ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . OLD PETERITES. On Commemoration Day, Thursday, June 29th. Rain fell heavily in the morning, and the weather and ground were not fit for play until a quarter of an hour before lunch-time. However, a start was made at 1-15, Bingham and P . St . G . Kirke facing the bowling of B . Nelson and Hingston .

Bingham

720

CRICKET.

attempted a " cut " off Nelson ' s second ball, and deposited it into Carter's hands at point, a very smart catch (o-1-o) . C . Nelson arrived at the wickets, and, after giving a chance in his first over, settled down to score rapidly . Kirke got a single off Hingston and was clean bowled in B . Nelson's next over (7-2-I) . Smith went in and gave three chances before he was bowled by Hingston (38-3-6) . Otley succeeded him, but was soon caught by Henson at long leg off Yeld (47-4-7) . E . St . G . Kirke came in and kept Nelson company until Nelson was caught at third man for an admirable 45, which included ten " threes " (7 1 -5-45) . W. Wilson arrived at the wickets and, as usual, played with great steadiness, only succeeding, however, in compiling 6 runs (81-6-6) . At this point Kirke returned a ball to Carter (86-7-14), and soon after E . J . Otley was dismissed by Hingston for a single (101-7-1). Neilson and Dunning were now together, of whom Dunning showed extreme caution, while Neilson hit rapidly . Dunning was caught by Russell at 131, and Harrison came in . Neilson continued to hit merrily until 150 appeared on the board, but at 153 he was clean bowled by Russell for 38 . Harrison was not out 9 (153-10-38). Sullivan and B . Nelson started batting for the Old Boys . Ten appeared on the board, when B . Nelson was bowled by Smith. Whincup took Nelson ' s place, but before 20 was on the board Sullivan was bowled by Smith (19-2-5) . At 24 Whincup was clean bowled by Smith (24-3-4) . Hudson and Russell raised the score to 53 when Hudson was well caught in the long field by Wilson for 16, and Russell was bowled by Bingham for 13 (54-5- 1 3) . Hingston and Shepherd had augmented the score by 3 when play was over for the night . On Friday Morning, at 12 o'clock, Hingston and Shepherd, the over-night not-outs, went to the wickets to the bowling of Smith and Otley . At 67, Shepherd was well caught at cover point by E . St . G . Kirke for 12 (67-6-I2). Yeld partnered Hingston, and the partnership had yielded 48 runs when Hingston was bowled by Bingham (15-7-30) . Henson and Carter were soon got rid of, but Metcalfe, by lucky hitting helped to put on 41 runs for the last wicket ; he was finally caught at square

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leg by Harrison off E . Kirke for 27, having been missed at point before he had scored . Yeld carried out his bat for 45, including four fours . The innings closed for i8o, 27 runs ahead of the School ' s venture. Neilson and P . St . G . Kirke started batting for the School, and had made 15 before Kirke ran himself out 05-i-1 o) . C . Nelson went in, and at 28 Neilson was bowled by Shepherd (z8-2-to). C . Nelson and Otley were together until Otley foolishly ran Nelson out (37-3-9) . Bingham went in and immediately began to score rapidly . The " fifty " and the "century " were quickly on the board, and in 27 minutes Bingham ' s individual score reached fifty. At 122, Otley was bowled by Russell (122-4-27) . E . Kirke came in, and was run out before he had scored . Wilson, who took his place, added 15 before being caught by Whincup off Carter. Bingham continued to score rapidly, and in 65 minutes completed his 100 . When he had made 103 he was caught by Nelson off Sullivan ' s bowling . His innings included one " six," three " fours," and nineteen " threes ." He was missed three times. Harrison and Smith were dismissed for nothing and six respectively, and Otley and llunning were one and nothing not out respectively. The innings closed for 201, the Old Boys thus having 175 runs to get to win. B . Nelson and Whincup started batting for the Old Boys to the bowling of Otley and Smith . Runs came fast, and soon Bingham went on instead of Otley, who changed ends . At 38, Whincup was caught at the wicket off Bingham (38-1-19) . At 46, B . Nelson was bowled by Otley for 16 (46-2-16) . Russell went in, and at 66 Hudson was bowled by Smith (66-3-1o) . Hingston and Russell added 16 more runs before Russell was bowled by Otley (82-4-20). J . Shepherd and Hingston were now together, and soon put a different complexion on the game ; at 131, however, Shepherd was nicely taken at cover point by E . Kirke off Smith . Yeld succeeded Shepherd, and soon Hingston completed his 50. There was now no doubt of the result, but another wicket, that of Hingston, fell before the School score was passed . Hingston made J3, Yeld 23 not out, and Sullivan 3 not out . The Old Boys thus won by 4 wickets and 9 runs . Score and analysis :—

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1St Innings. R . G . Bingham, c Carter b Nelson P. St . G . Kirke b Nelson C . Nelson, c sub . b Nelson C . S . Smith, b Hingston G . C . Otley, c Henson b Yeld E . St . G . Kirke, c and b Carter \V . Wilson, c Hudson b Russell E . J . Otley, b Hingston A . Neilson, b Russell R . Dunning, c Russell b Carter R. Harrison, not out Extras

o 45 6 7 14 7 t 38 5 9 20

Total

2nd Innings. c Nelson b Sullivan run out trot out c Metcalfe b Sullivan b Russell run out c Whincup b Carter lbw . b SuTlivan b Shepherd not out c Nelson b Carter Extras

15J

103 to 9 6 27 O 15 to 0 o 20

Total

201

OLD BoYs. 1st Innings . A. M . Sullivan, b Smith B. Nelson, b Smith C. P . Whincup, b Smith B . Hudson, c Wilson b Smith R . F . Russell, b Bingham E . M . Hingston, b Bingham J . Shepherd, c E . St . G . Kirke b Smith G . G . Yeld, not out E . W . H . IIenson, c and b Bingham E . S . D . Carter, b Dunning Rev. H . G . Metcalfe, c Harrison b E . Kirke Extras Total BOWLING ANALYSIS School 1st Innings. O. nI. R. B . Nelson 20 5 45 32 E . M . Hingston 14 3 0 G . G . Yeld 4 9 9—4 2 21 R . F. Russell E . S . D . Canter 8 1 24 J . Shepherd B . Hudson G . H . Metcalfe A . M . Sullivan B . Nelson bowled 4 wides . Shepherd

2nd Innings. 5 not out 8 b Otley 3 c Nelson b Bingham 16 b Smith 13 b Otley 30 c Wilson b Otley 12 c E . St . G . Kirke b Smith 45 not out 4 2 did not bat. 27 14 Extras 180

w. 2 2 1 3 2

m. 5 o o o

R. 35 Go 47 6 17 0

Total (for 6 wkts .) 183

O. 3 6

2nd Innings. M. R. 0 20 0 18

8 5 6 4 8 6 and Metcalfe each

Old Boys' 1st Innings . o. 16 G . C . Otley 19 C . S . Smith R. G . Bingham 11 P . St . G . Kirke 2 4 R . Dunning E . St . G . Kirke o--I

3 16 19 10 20 53 31 23

2 o 1 0 0 2 bowled

29 18 28 14 42 13 a wide.

w. 0 0 2 1 0 0 3

2nd Innings. w. 0 5 3 0 1 1

0. 19 12 to 4

M. 5 t 0 1

F. 63 42 48 24

w. 3 2 1 0

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COMMEMORATION DAY .

ST . PETER ' S 2ND XI . V . POCKLINGTON G .S . 2NI) XI ., JUNE 17th. SCHOOL 2ND. E . J . Otley, c Kirk, h Mitchell . M . Roy, b Duggleby A . E . Farrow, b Duggleby T . C . Newton, b Duggleby H . Leonard, h Duggleby H . Robinson, c Gathorne,b Mitchell G. Armstrong, c Murray, b Mitchell M . Richards, run out , , C . P . Scott, b Duggleby H. W. F . Garland, not out T . Black, b Duggleby Extras Total

POCKLINGTON G.S . 2ND. 4 H . Gathorne, c Newton, b Robinson 2 o W Randell, h Leonard 5 3 F . Mitchell, b Robinson o o o C . Gathorne, b Leonard 6 J . B . Garle-Browne, c Farrow b t Robinson 2 4 G . Kirk, b Robinson o H . B . Murray, run out 8 t R . K. Hubbock, b Leonard 15 II . L . Matthews, b Robinson o 4 1 M . Duggleby, c and b Robinson , o W . G . Everingham, not out 2 i 3t

Total

BOWLING ANALYSIS : O. M. R. W . A. H . Leonard 16 8 20 4 5 H . J . Robinson 15 7 12 6 2 H . E . Farrow . . 1 — 5 — Robinson bowled one wide.

COMMEMORATION DAY. St . Peter's Day was celebrated in the usual manner on Thursday, June zgth. Morning Prayer with the Holy Communion was held in the Chapel at I o a .m . The Service was conducted by the Headmaster, assisted by the Venerable Archdeacon Mackarness and the Very Rev . the Dean of York ; the following clergy also were present in their robes :—Rev . C . Robertson, Rev . A . W . Richards, Rev . A. E . Burton, Rev . H . Metcalfe, Rev . R . de C . Baldwin, Rev . A. Fasten . The Sermon was preached by Archdeacon Mackarness. Taking as his text Hebrews X . 38 and XI . 13 " Now the just shall live by faith ; " and " These all died in faith, "

the

Archdeacon led back the minds of his congregation to the fearful disaster of the "Stella " in the Channel, and showed thereby the importance of taking the true course through life . He showed that although occasionally a boat came safe to land without oars, compass, or chart, that was no reason why we should try to do without charts and compasses on every occasion . "The chart in life showed, as in a ship, the right course laid down by God ; and

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this had been revealed gradually by God, first to Abraham, then to Moses and to the Judges, in a somewhat fuller, degree to the Prophets, and in the New Testament to the Apostles . The Great Faith of Abraham was shown in that at the Word of God he journeyed whither he was commanded, all unknowing what was in store for him and his children, but trusting implicitly that what God commanded was for his own good . What the text meant was that the just shall lire by faith in God, implicit obedience and trust in God, like a good son's trust in his parents . In illustration of this faith the Archdeacon quoted a saying of one of the early Christian Fathers, " We must remember the trustworthiness of Him who has revealed unto us these great truths . " Turning to the New Testament he said that to-day was St . Peter's Day, the Commemoration Day of the School . St . Peter, a fisherman, who was called by faith to be an Apostle of Christ and by faith accepted ; the Archdeacon spoke of his fall and recovery by faith, his ministry, work, and finally his death by martyrdom in the faith ; and here was an illustration of the second part of the text, " These all died in faith ." This had been the faith of the School from the time of Egbert and Alcuin till now . We must hold fast to the faith as the rudder that guides us to Salvation . Some of us would go out into the world, and they might bear in mind the picture which Christian saw in the Interpreter ' s house " of a grave man with the best of books in his hand and the world behind his back . " As St . Peter said " Add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness, and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity . For if these things be in you and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of Our Lord Jesus Christ . " After Service the Rev . G . T . and Mrs . Handford entertained to luncheon a number of Governors of the School, Masters, and Old Boys, besides the First XI . and the Old Boys' XI. After the luncheon the Annual Match, School v . Old Boys, was begun, and although stopped occasionally by rain, some interesting cricket was seen . A full account of the match will be found elsewhere .

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JUNIOR CRICKET. The scores of the Second XI . throughout the season have been so uniformly small that it seems certain that there is something wrong somewhere with the methods of the individual batsmen. The fault is not far to seek ; it lies primarily in the tendency to hit across straight balls so common among beginners and so fatal to long and successful innings at cricket . This tendency is natural to boys, and for this reason the delight of every boy is to make big hits, and the small boy can only do this by swinging his bat round in a circular motion, ending invariably over the left shoulder, this being the only way that he can get the full amount of his power into his stroke . Now this circular motion of the bat is all very well in its way, if it should so happen that the ball is well pitched up and the stroke correctly timed, but should the bat not come across the ball exactly at the right moment, the result is premature retirement to the Pavilion, frequently from a ball which a straight bat would have met easily . We would impress upon all would-be cricketers this important fact, that a straight ball must be played with a straight bat, that is, with the bat rising from the block up to the top of the middle stump and brought down again with the full face ready to meet the ball on the pitch . Beginners will find that at first they will not appear to meet with more success by adopting this method, but they must remember that any success they have met with by incorrect methods is due chiefly to the extreme crookedness of the average bowler, and the amazing generosity of the average fielder . These two factors cannot be relied upon as you get older ; you must be prepared to meet straight bowling and correct fielding, which cannot be treated with disrespect . Much more might be said on the subject of cricket and how to play it, but we will close these remarks with one more precept only : the weight of the body in batting should be borne on the right foot . This is the first principle of batting : the right foot is the hinder foot, and a batsman must never retreat, but always be ready to advance to meet the ball, for which purpose the left foot must be left free to move quickly ; also, the right foot

THE MEWS OF HISTORY.

726

being firm, you can better avoid the tendency to run away, which is the delight of so many youthful aspirants to fame . The following conversation, overheard not ten miles from York the other day, serves to point some of the above remarks :

(Interested spectator of mature years to youth of diminutive size who has retired to the Pavilion after a misguided attempt to hit the ball out of sight) : "Well, you see the result of not playing with a straight bat ."

(Youth) : "

Oh ! it pays much better to hit across, you get runs

Ierb sap.

twice as fast ."

THE MEWS OF HISTORY. To a casual glance it seemed to be a yellow-gray blur on the purple-gray patch where the sunlight caught the slates ; to further inspection it was a cat, a dull-hued, baggy, listless thing, harmless enough ; yet the suspicious turn of the head as it looked up tempted you to throw something at it, to disturb its ease, to spoil its fur, at the very least to damage its reputation. Even in the absence of any will to slander it, what a humbug a cat is! a quadrupedal Tartuffe that steals into the house by the kitchen door, hangs about the larder till it is plump and bright of coat, and purrs its way into the drawing-room where by and by it will be found established on the cosiest cushion, accepting meat-offering and drink-offering from its biped votaries, and posturing in sphinx-like attitudes, with calm eves '' pale, sea-green, immaculate," apparently dreaming of the far-off mystic past, while in reality ruminating on the unpleasantly sooty flavour of the last blackbird or concocting nasty speeches for Tom if he is late for his appointment. And so it seems to have been from the beginning . Even in these degenerate times of scrimped imagination and irreverent scepticism, it is not difficult to lift the eye from the cat before you,

fells domesticus,

and see the prehistoric tabby, the cat destined to

THE MEW'S OF HISTORY .

727

mummified immortality, the cat with a future, sneaking back from some nuktoplanetic divagation, some poaching expedition among the fleshpots of Egypt, some Polyhymnian revel, some ecstasy of choric song, licking her chops, mental, physical or moral, taking up her impeccant virtuousness at the point where she laid it clown, and returning to her wonted pose, Cruel, but composed and bland, Dumb, inscrutable and grand. Yet not so completely dumb neither, not dumb with the uncommunicating muteness of fishes, " only relatively and, as it were, insufficiently dumb . On occasion pussy (fells donzesticus) will develop a power of utterance, a force and directness in the expression of emotion, that the poet himself might have envied. And with what economy of resource ! The nearest garden—it alwa) s seems to be the nearest--the mere stone-paved yard, your own or your neighbour ' s, becomes through her transforming presence a very Albert Hall, a virtual Bayreuth Theatre ; and one or two poor themes, Uariyah, Pooh ! Bah'. Cuss ! blossom out into infinite variety of modulation, notes " in linked sweetness long drawn out, " impassioned recitative and torrential declamation, out-Wagnering Wagner in daring rejection of the conventional limitations of rhythm and melody, in untrammelled following of the lyric impulse . It must have been from sleepless attendance at such dithyrambic orgies that sweet bully Bottom rose to the perception of the highest dramatic expression as "a part to tear a cat in" and developed his personal preference for the tongs and the bones . Dumb ? No : sonant, resonant, loud-sounding, farechoing, car-splitting, brain-piercing ; but hardly dumb : dumb only by a figure of speech. Then there is the cat of the great Oxford professor of history, who saw it—in his mind ' s eye—as a pilgrim, a cat dissatisfied with herself, a cat trying to discover her duty. The thought of it almost shocks one . What? Tabby wanting to know ? Fells donesticus in search of happiness, of truth, of a theory of life, of anything, in fact, except fish, someone else ' s fish ? No, no : the cat in her time has played many

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parts ; but that of pilgrim ? Tut, tut ! When can she make these wild excursions among owls and dogs and dickey-birds ? Her whole life is in the public eye : at breakfast time, on the diningroom hearthrug ; through the morning, sharpening her claws down the leg of the kitchen table and expressing her undying affection for the cook ; in the afternoon, lying along the sunniest wall with one eye on the movements of the nearest thrush ; in the evening— well, everyone knows where she is then . Your cat does not even put on the poor pretence of seeming to want to know, or be, or do anything different . Shakespeare does, indeed, speak of a poor cat in an adage "that let I-dare-not wait upon I-would ;" but though " all the images of nature were still present to him," even Shakespeare only knew of such a monstrosity by hearsay . A cat, as everyone knows, has clearly defined rights of looking at a king; but he does not condescend to use them . Neither regal ermine nor imperial purple, not the bagwig and red heels of little Louis the Great, not Tybalt king of cats himself would draw one indifferent glance from the meanest mouser of them all . What does your cat want from a king? or from anyone else? Look at him : graceful, indolent, cruel, incurably selfish, a born aristocrat, a consciously superior beast, without a gleam of humour or a spark of generosity, gradually losing the one useful quality he brought with him out of savagery and becoming absolutely worthless, the tiny Tiberius of the modern world, the perpetual reincarnation of the undiluted barbarian—but the sun is off the roof and the cat has gone. That's a matter for regret : there are still his merits to enumerate. As a mummy, for instance, if applied in sufficient quantities, he is infinitely precious—but the cat has gone.

O .P . CLUB. A Special General 1MIeeting of Members of the Club was held at the School on 29th June (Commemoration Day) in the Evening. The Rev . G . T . Handford presided . The following Old Peterites

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were present :—Rev . H . G . Metcalfe, Rev . J . A . Easten, Messrs. G . V . Birks, E . S . D . Carter, \V . M . Carter, E . L . Freer, E . W. Henson, M . Hingston, H . R . Partington, A . Peters, R . F . Russell, J . O . Shepherd and C . P . AVhineup. After the minutes of the last General Meeting had been read, the Rev . H . G . Metcalfe proposed and Mr . E . S . D . Carter seconded the following resolution : "That Mr . Arthur Peters be appointed to the post of Head "Secretary and Treasurer in the place of Mr . P . E . Lord, " resigned ." This resolution having been carried and l\Ir . Peters declared to have been duly elected, he briefly thanked the members of the Club for the honour conferred upon him and expressed the hope that during his office the Club would continue to make progress, and referred to the very flourishing condition to which it had attained under Mr . Lord's management, and also to the amount of good work done and energy thrown into the management of its affairs by Mr . G . H . Eyre, the founder and first Head Secretary and Treasurer of the Club. Mr. H . R . Partington was then elected to fill the vacancy on the Committee caused by Mr . Peters' election to the Head Secretaryship ; and a Grant of L z was voted towards the expenses of the Dinner Committee in 1898. The following resolution was then proposed by Mr . E . S . D. Carter, seconded by Mr . Peters, supported by the Rev . G. Handford, and carried with enthusiasm : " That a hearty vote of thanks be given to Mr . P . E . Lord for " his valuable work as Head Secretary and Treasurer during the " eight and a half years that he filled that position, and that the " Secretary be instructed to communicate this resolution to him . " The Rev . H . G . Metcalfe then drew attention to the fact that the Old Boys Crew to row against the School this year had been made up so very late that they had hardly any time to practice, and consequently no chance whatever of getting together. Assurances were given that care should be taken to prevent the same cause for complaint occurring in the future .

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OP . CLUB.

The election since the last General Meeting of the following new members was announced :—Rev . J . A . Easten, Messrs . R . K. Yeld, J . Swanson, G . J . Swanson and R . G . Swanson. The proceedings terminated with a hearty vote of thanks to the Rev . G . T . Handford for presiding.

NOTICE. Members of the O .P . Club are requested to not e that the address of the Head Secretary and Treasurer is AR'T'HUR PETERS, THE, AVENUE, CLIFTON, YORK,

to whom subscriptions may now be paid.

O.P . DINNER, 1899

(LONDON DISTRTCT).

This Annual London Meeting was held at the Holborn Restaurant on Tuesday, julw :}th . Canon Allbutt, fresh from his enthusiastic reception at the Victoria University, was iii the Chair, and the following were present : Entered School about 1857 Abbay, Rev. R. 1850 Allbutt, Professor . 1861 Anderson, Y . 1867 Chadwick, C . 1 1 . 187o Crosland, B . 1883 Easten, Rev . J . A . 1885 Grindrod, C . J . W . 1859 Haigh, Chas . 1887 Handford, Rev . G . T . 1888 I'Anson, C . C . D. 1858 Jackson, S . 1856 Lambert, P . B . 185o Needham, Dr . F .

Entered School about 1889 NeviTc, E . E. 185o Newberv, H . J. 1866 Pollard, A . T. 1872 Poyser, A . S. 1854 Reinold, Professor 1873 Routh, Rev. W. 1856 Taylor, Rev . J . W . W. 1874 \\lade, G . H. 1854 Walker, E. 1855 Watson, C . W. 1896 Watson, S. 1856 Wharton, Hugh

We are glad to observe that the more recent O .P . ' s are coming forward in greater numbers, and to endorse the London Secretary's request that O .P . ' s living in or near London will communicate their addresses to him from time to time when necessary. Notices of the Dinner appeared in the Times, St . lames' Gazette and other London Papers. Subjoined are the Secretary ' s accounts.

NOTES AND ITEMS .

O .P . DINNER ACCOUNTS, London District, 1899. Balance in Bank including Grant in June, 1899, from Club and Interest 26 subscriptions at 7/6 . . .

£ s. d.

1 4 0 9 15 o

Printing 250 circulars . . . . Stationery Postage Dinner Bill Balance in Bank

ZIO 19 0

s. 9

I 0 14 o

d. 6

i ri IL

9 5 0 8

L, I O

NOTES AND ITEMS.

H . VV . Preston, Esq , has passed the Examination for the Degree of .M .A . of London University. At the Levee of the Prince of Wales in June, Professor Clifford Allbutt was presented by H .R .H . The Duke of Cambridge. The Rev . A . W . Richards was ordained priest on the 11th June. Rev . A . E . Burton was licensed to the Curacy of Cottingham on the I4 .th July. Hugh Moss has been entrusted with the Stage Management of the Masque " Beauty ' s Awakening, " which is the production of the Art Workers' Guild, and was presented in the Guildhall, London. B. Hudson, Clare College, Cambridge, gained Second Class Honours in the Natural Science Tripos. F . P . Fausset, Peterhouse, gained Third Class Honours in the Classical Tripos. C . J . \V . Grindrod, St . George ' s Hospital, has obtained the Final Degree in Medicine and Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. H . AWheelwright, St . Thomas ' Hospital, has passed the second examination of the Royal College of Surgeons in Anatomy and Physiology. R . Collier has passed the first examination in Medicine of Victoria University i11 Chemistry and Physics. 0 . Grindrod has passed the Final Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. R . G . Bingham has passed the London Matriculation in the Second Class. F . W . Lever has passed the London Matriculation in the First Class.

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ITEMS.

C . P . Cass has passed the Intermediate Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. H . Bayly is the designer of the covers of several recent volumes, including " With Zola in London, " " Sarah Bernhardt," " Social England under the Regency ." We hear that A . F . Bayly ' s Novel " The House of Strange Secrets, " has been selling well in America ; a short review of it appeared in the Spertator of July 8th. We also hear that other novels from the same pen have appeared in The Rtginrcnt and Success. . Mitchell made 19 .+ for Yorkshire against Leicestershire, being F the highest score made for Yorkshire this season. R . F . Russell has received his Cricket Colours for Emmanuel College, Cambridge. R . G . Bingham (Capt . 1st XI .) made Io3 in 6 ; minutes for the School against the Old Boys. The following have received their First X1 . Colours :—W . M. Wilson, A . Neilson, R . Harrison, D . W . Roy. M . H . T . Roy, E . J . Otley, H . Robinson, T . C . Newton, H . Leonard, C . P . Scott, have received their Second XI . colours. BIRTH .—July loth, the wife of the Rev . C . Robertson, Queen Anne ' s Road, York, of a son. MARRIAGES .—June 3rd, at St . George's, Hanover Square, by the Rev . H . M . Stephenson and another, A . R . Stephenson to Agnes Maud, youngest daughter of the late Levett Hall Levett. June 26th . Youngest son of Canon John Denton, O .P. July 1st . Second son of the Bishop of Bristol, O .P. The London Secretary of the O .P . Club has received from Chas. Darrell, O .P ., a copy of the printed Rules for Football " as played at St Peter's in 1856 . They were evidently the foundation of "'I'hc Laws of Football as played at St . Peter ' s School, York," issued in 1873, and the development is curious. In the earlier edition hacking is regulated, and players are prohibited from " taking up the ball after the first bound for any purpose whatever . " In the rules of 1873, hacking is abolished and by Rule 14 " It is not lawful to take up the ball when rolling as distinguished from bounding . " In both sets of rules attempts to throttle or strangle players are prohibited

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733

and there is a rule against "standing on the goal bar to intercept the ball . " There is an old tradition in the School that the Rev . Thos. Richardson once saved the life of H .R .H . the Prince of Wales . We are informed by an old member of the Fourth Form that it is founded on fact, and that he was present when the tale was told to " my own Upper Fourth " by their revered master. The Sports will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, August znd and 3rd .

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CONTEMPORARIES.

OBITUARY. June

1 zth . Clifton Ramsey Garwood, aged 59, at York . Came to the School in 18 53 . June 21St . Ayscough Fawkes, aged 67. DEATH OF MR . G . L . DAVIS.

From The Field, Saturday . July 15th. It is with great regret that we notice the death on the 6th inst .— the second day of the late Henley regatta—of Mr . G . L . Davis, formerly of Clare College, Cambridge, at Wolfreton House, Kirkella, near Hull, aged 44 years, after an indisposition not at first regarded as serious . Of very small stature and light weight, Mr . Davis was peculiarly fitted to handle the rudder lines of racing craft, and steered his college crew on the Cam . It was, however, as coxswain of the Cambridge ' Varsity crew at Putney that he will be best remembered by boating men, for he handled the lines of the Cambridge eight in 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, winning twice, losing twice, and taking part in the dead heat of 1877, his weight on these occasions being respectively Est 1 olb ., Est . 131b ., 7st . zlb ., 7st . 5lb . (twice) . It was in 1877 that an unruly rowboat crossed out from the Middlesex side of the river a little way above Hammersmith Bridge, and threatened collision with both crews, but the steersmen avoided it successfully, Mr . Davis having the more difficult task of the two in doing so, but acquitting himself bravely at the moment . He also steered the Leander crews on several occasions, winning the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in their crew of 1880 . He was one of the most popular and genial men imaginable ; he never said an unkind thing of anybody—we are sure no one could ever cast a stone at him—and he was one of the few little men who never swagger . His cheery and familiar face was missed from the towpath at the practice for Henley regatta, but it was little imagined that his end was so near.

CONTEMPORARIES. We acknowledge with thanks the following Contemporaries :— Denslonian, Leodensian, St . Edward's School Chronicle, illerchistonian, Hurst Johnian (z), St . Michael's School Chronicle, Dovorian, Dunelmian (z) .