July 1928

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ERITE. VOL. XXIV.

JULY, 1928.

No. 259

SCHOOL LETTER. T is with the utmost reluctance that we apply ourselves to the familiar task of writing the School Letter. Curiously enough, whenever the time for hard labour comes (and believe us, it is hard labour), we are always in the middle of some manifestation of Nature which makes the mere thought of work repugnant to our aesthetic souls.

This term it happens to be a heat-wave.

The heat-wave is a rare visitor to our shores and we hope that anything we say here will not oifend it. After all, a heatwave has its advantages. It displays to its fullest that climax of nature's inventiveness, the British bricklayer. We have had the opportunity of studying the species at work on the new Library Block this term at close range—closer range, possibly than the bricklayer himself might desire ; at any rate one of them has been heard to exclaim that " them 'ere lads be tearing that there building down fuster 'an us be puttin"en oop."

The bricklayer that flourishes in the hardy North is very different from his more languid and ornamental brother in the South. It is on record that a visitor to London mistook the bricklayers at work on the renovation of Regent Street for statues. This could never be said of ours. The new Library Block is rising with alarming speed. The mere watching of the frenzied activity at the scene of their labours is more than enough to induce a feeling of languor in us. However, we take this opportunity of recording our heartfelt thanks to the bricklayers both for their masterly laying of bricks, and also for many hours of wholesome inexpensive entertainment.

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER.

Since the days of our fathers, when the playing fields consisted of only half the present cricket ground, and when there were no Squash Courts or Science Block, the buildings and land of the School have increased almost five-fold. Since the beginning of the present term, a new field has been obtained at the side of the cricket ground and behind the Science Block, and inch by inch and day by day the walls of the new Library Block are growing.

• It may have taken seven days 'for the walls of Jericho to fall down flat, but in two afternoons the School had completely demolished the wall separating the cricket field from the new ground, and the new part is rapidly being levelled with the help of members of the School.

For cricket, this term has been very successful especially towards the end of the season when the School won decisive victories over Giggkswick and Ampleforth, and was only prevented at the last minute from beating the M.C.C. by the fact that it was time to draw stumps when the School had the game in their own hands. In the Regatta we have not been so successful, only one race being won by a School. boat. But it must be remembered that the weights of all the School crews were far below the weights of the crews rowing against them. However, the School retrieved its reputation in the eight race against the York City Rowing Club, which was won by the useful margin of two and a half lengths.

The work of the School must not be swallowed up in its Sport ; this year has been a record year for scholastic honours, and the board in the Big Hall for this year bears a healthy appearance.

As Commemoration Day comes after we go to press, we are relieved of the burden of discussing it here in our columns.

Meanwhile it is very hot and the time has come for us to relinquish the editorial pen and go and watch the bricklayers.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. CAMBRIDGE, June, 1928.

DEAR SIRS, Impending Tripos and other examinations must perforce occupy a great deal of our time this term, creating many doubts and curtailing our liberties to a considerable extent. Never-

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theless it has been possible to hold two Meetings attended by the majority of members. Moreover, the Club Dinner afforded an opportunity of conviviality midst the jovial company of Messrs.

Featherstone, Woodcock, Richardson and Blair : the presence of these gentlemen in Cambridge as our guests gave us great pleasure.

M. Storrs Fox (Emmanuel) at the conclusion of his last term of residence is to be congratulated, as President, on the Club's successful year : we understand that he is becoming a schoolmaster and that ere this letter appears in print will have begun his professional career at Macclesfield. Gentlemen, we regret to announce that he will not be accompanied on this perilous venture by R. C. Parkinson. Having sojourned for so long in Borstal (Emmanuel Hostel), never being more than one stair case distant from each other, it seems to us that this diabolic separation might well ruin the careers of both. The worries of a " special " have already reduced Parkinson to a ghost of his former self : he cannot even row : yet has he a far greater sorrow, for he goeth to study theology and the seat of his labours— tell it not in Gath—is to be Oxford.

Now, dear Sirs, to discuss the engineers of this Club : we congratulate E. G. Bullen on passing the Mechanical Sciences Tripos, despite a paper on Mechanical Drawing. Bullen, however, refuses to disclose any item which might interest the School : the little news we do know, we have been compelled to obtain through devious ways ; even the " Times " has been resorted to. Bullen plays cricket and tennis, but what his achievements— and we know there are many—are, it is impossible to ascertain. There is, maybe, one peculiarity which we might recount.

Bullen associates the town of Newmarket with the game of cricket. To record the deeds of J. L. McCowen for this letter is to write a précis of a volume. He is at present striving to obtain a " first " in his " Mays." We understand his chances are none too remote. These mental efforts are to be followed by a few days in camp, at the beginning of which he is to have command of the sappers ; we congratulate him on his commission in the 'Varsity O.T.C. and the purchase of a pair of riding boots.

McCowen has cruised for the 'Varsity and might well have been a representative against Oxford : a visit to the U.S.A. to obtain practical engineering experience of a liner will rob him of this honour. Under the same scheme Buchanan goes to America : we wish both " bon voyage." The latter now has a car, his movements always were obscure and the School will doubtless appreciate our difficulties now that he has this new machine.

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A H. McCowen does not seem to be gifted (or cursed) with a " Mechanical brain," nor, indeed, does his anatomy require any oil, yet he has succumbed to the inevitable in his own way and is interested in Boy Scouts.

G. A. Delgado hopes to go to Canada to earn an " honest bob " gathering in the harvest as a farm labourer. We congratulate him on a " 2nd " in the Historical Tripos.

L. H. J. Archer returned to Cambridge intending to bathe every morning at 7 a.m. and work all day : needless to say neither resolution materialised. Archer did, we believe, bathe once and worked to the small extent of passing a " special." Perhaps his greatest intellectual triumph was at the Club Dinner.

Then was the soundness of his education at St. Peter's fully displayed, for despite the occasion he persisted in repeating chemical formulae and geometric propositions to the admiration of all.

B. B. Bridges has yet another medical examination approaching : his supervisor (we add with due deference) is in despair : his lectures are evidently not so attractive to Bridges as they might be. Yet Bridges plods daily to the Medical schools and burns the midnight oil. We wish him the best of luck.

E. G. B. Atkinson is so engrossed in economics that he has developed the habit of referring to those with whom he attends lectures as " economists." Tennis is his chief recreation, he remains a great authority on journalism.

G. B. Robinson is now seeking a " job of work " for the Vacation and is advertising as a " mother's help. " In conclusion, Gentlemen, the Club extends its best wishes to the School : every success is greeted up here with great enthusiasm : looking forward to meeting fresh members from the School in October, we remain, dear Sirs, THE CAMBRIDGE OLD PETERITES.

OXFORD LETTER.

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OXFORD LETTER. OXFORD O.P. CLUB, June 22nd, 1928.

To the Editors of the " Peterite "

DEAR SIRS, One is tempted at this time to become sentimental about Oxford : so many familiar figures gone, and tho' one has so often pretended to a cynical attitude towards Oxford and sneered about her " dreaming spires," still it all boils doirn to the once popular song " I never knew I loved you till I said goodbye."

So many of us are going down—from ease, from lively wittedness, from social companionship and gracious behaviour into the limbo of debts, regrets and unhappy traffickings—so many of us that we forget those who are staying up and those yet to come. Like a chorus of old men we invoke you to do as we have done and follow in the trails that we have blazed, to delight in it, to joy in it, to follow in it and maybe to work in it. " Morituri vos salutamus " " vitai lampada tradunt "

and all the other Latin tags that ever were said on such a subject. For Oxford is the one place in the world where one meets with all shades of politic and aesthetic opinions, all grades of social beings, all manner of social thoughts. Laugh at us if you like but believe us for we know. Ow.i) pot4Tos If only we could look in a " glass perspective " and behold our academic posterity, statesmen and scoundrels, bishops, musicians, thinkers, inventors, reformers, gentlemen without number, and who knows, maybe even poets ! And so we smile somewhat ruefully as we think that perhaps from us some virtue is gone out distilled and refined into them. But we must not gaze so pensive and mistily into the future ; the night draws on apace (already it is I a.m.). Sadness has degenerated into sentiment and we crave indulgence if we have obtruded our melancholy madness on this paper. " Mere Verbiage!" Metternich cried and so will we. Let us return to our facts and our muttons. H. N. Hodd (Keble) is leaving us for Westcott House where he will prepare for ordination. As an oarsman he has gained considerable reputation but in most respects he has little changed. Also leaving us is J. C. Rodgers, known familiarly to all Oxford as " John."

0 si sic omnes ! Long has he amused us with his epigrams and cynicisms. F. W. B. Pacey divides his spare time between the river and the organ-loft. Already about him one can see the regalia of the K.C. At the same college also reading " Jurisprudence" is T. C. Rainford, but we do not see as much of him as we could wish.

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Of the St. Edmund Hall contingent, P. Young has grown harrassed and passes like a wraith muttering scraps of AngloSaxon. Schools present little difficulty to him and Dunlop's. will reap the reward of his virtue. H. B. Linton has taken a diploma in Education and is practically invisible. Here today and gone to-morrow. A very gentle usher indeed !

E. G. H. Mack (Wadham), already a pedagogue, still stars as. bright Phoebus to the pale primroses of North Oxford. A man of many irons and all of them hot : while J. S. Fryer has been elected college Secretary of Hockey and also pats a cricket ball.

N. Dobree (Balliol) drives about Oxford like Jehu and plays an occasional game of tennis. " Judas " McGoverne (Lincoln) keeps the Club purse and harrasses the life of all of us. But we should be loth to lose our precious Romeo.

A. G. Moore (Queen's) reads Mathematics, and reads them very nicely too, we hear. He has developed a veritable passion for speed and figures.

H. B. Jeffares (Exeter) eats Bar Dinners, talks at great length, and haunts the Metropolis and the more doubtful parts of Oxford.

Since nearly half our members are going down we trust many of those at St. Peter's will be fortunate enough to follow in our footsteps. We extend our hearty congratulations to J. N. Bamforth on his election to a postmastership in Modern Historyat Merton. May he be accompanied by many others into residence next term.

We held our Annual Dinner on the 1st of May (Labour Day).

The number of covers was a record and we were pleased to welcome so many old friends and in particular the Rev. F. H. Barnby (St. John's). Apart from these at the Dinner we have also seen E. J. Hutchins (Queen's) who has been awarded his doctorate in Philosophy and Manus O'Keeffe who is studying art at the Slade.

If we have omitted anything (altho' from our length this would appear impossible) please lay the blame on the late hour.

Many of us hope to be present at Commem.

Wishing the School all success in work and play, We are, Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, THE OXFORD' O.P. CLUB.

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CHAIRS FOR THE NEW LIBRARY. The proposal to furnish the New Library with chairs bearing the names of Old Peterites has quickly been taken up.

Each chair will cost D. Two or three leaving Peterites or Old Peterites unable to give a chair each could club together.

Two chairs have been promised already to commemorate four brothers, provided other chairs are offered. To furnish completely, about 3o chairs would be required.

COMMEMORATION DAY. Reprinted from the " Yorkshire Herald," July 23rd 1928.

The Bishop of Carlisle (Dr. H. H. Williams), an Old Peterite, distributed the prizes on Saturday at the annual Speech Day .of St. Peter's School, York ; and yesterday morning, after the commemoration service in the Chapel, at which he preached the sermon, the Bishop laid the foundation stone of the new Library which is to adjoin the school.

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The Dean of York (Dr. Lionel Ford), chairman of the Governors, presided at the Speech Day proceedings. The large company present included Chancellor Austen, Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Cecil Cooper, Mr. S. M. Toyne (headmaster), and Mrs. Toyne, and Mr. H. L. Creer (who has succeeded Mr. Ben Dodsworth as clerk to the Governors).

AN EXCEPTIONAL YEAR. The headmaster, in his report, referred to last year as being for them an exceptional year, being the Booth anniversary of the School, and said that when such a pinnacle of emotional excitement was reached, the year that followed might be either full of inspiration or else reactionary inertia. Personally he believed they must all have insensibly felt an inspiring impetus which had led them to progressive success.

He could safely assert that he had never been able to lay before the governing body of the School so gratifying a report.

He remarked that if there was a difference between the schools in the North and in the South it was the attempt in the North to get away from a certain amount of useless regulationsand to get to the principles which should be at the bottom of education.

UNIVERSITY SUCCESSES. Mr. Toyne made reference to the successes attained by the School in scholarships. They had managed to secure what was ,known as the " blue riband " in the musical scholarships of ng's ki College, Cambridge, a science sizarship at St. John's College, Cambridge, a medical scholarship at the Middlesex Hospital, and a postmastership in history at Merton College, Oxford, as well as other University successes.

Their long list of University scholarships revealed their progress, for he could assure them that scholarships at Oxford and Cambridge were now much more difficult to win than ever they had been.

The structural progress of the new Library, which had become a necessity, was commented upon by Mr. Toyne, who mentioned that a further ii,000 was needed to meet the cost that was being incurred. They welcomed the panel gift of the School records.

by Mr. Collinson, an Old Peterite.

Splendid successes had been achieved by the School in sports..

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Such a record of all round vitality, he said, must not only make them proud of their School, but almost force them to the conclusion that greater all round efficiency might be achieved in schools of that size than in some of an almost unwieldy size, where so many were forgotten. " NEW TECHNIQUE." He criticised what was known as the new technique in education, by which headmasters of schools could be controlled by an educational director sitting in his office, and for which great success was being claimed. He believed it to be a thoroughly inhuman and bad principle in any system, and he was glad they were the very antithesis of it in that school.

He concluded that his report was quite the most successful he had ever been privileged to present since he became headMaster of the School.

PRIZE LIST AND HONOURS. The Bishop of Carlisle then presented the prizes, of which the following is a list :The Archbishop of York's prize for classics, M. J. Bennion ; the Dean of York's prize for mathematics, A. L. Hicks ; Stephenson prize for Greek, E. F. Williams ; Whytehead Memorial prizes for divinity, senior C. Hill, junior G. C. Lee ; the headmaster's prize for European history, J. N. Bamforth ; English essay, G. E. Cutforth ; English essay (under i6), J. N. Emery ; headmaster's prize for Latin prose, M. J. Bennion ; headmaster's prize for Latin prose (under Form VI.), J. P. Camm ; elocution prizes presented by the Old Peterite Club, senior school, G. E. Cutforth and N. J. L. Brockbank, junior .school F. P. 0. Smith and R. White ; modern language prizes, Spanish, F. Douglas, German F. Wilcock ; science prize presented by members of British Medical Association, G. P. Easten ; art prizes, senior school J. C. Close and J. E. Campbell, junior school J. S. Sproule.

Oxford Cup, for the most points in work and games : School House.

O.T.C. Competitions : The Fernie Cup, No. 3 Platoon (Sergt.

Curtois) ; the Officers' Cup, No. 5 Section (Lce-Cpl. Parkinson) ;

the Wilson Cup, No. 9 Section (Lce-Cpl. MacIldowie) ; cup for best individual shot, Cadet Allport.

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The School honours gained during the past year are as follows :N. K. Lindsay, B. C. L., Oxford ; J. Ratter, 1st class, science, Armstrong College ; D. G. Ogilvie, 1st class, science, Armstrong College ; R. F. Yates, 2nd class, final honours, School of History,.

Oxford ; H. B. Linton, 2nd class, final honours, School of History, Oxford ; M. Storrs Fox, 2nd class, Division I., History Tripos, Part II., Cambridge ; G. A. Delgado, Class 2, Division 2, History Tripos, Part I., Cambridge ; W. F. Dixon, 1st., Part I. and II., School of Mines, Camborne ; J. Richardson (Cambridge), medic.1 scholarship, Middlesex Hospital ; D. V. Hewitt, choral scholarship, King's College, Cambridge ; J. N. Bamforth, Postmastership in History, Merton College, Oxford ; G. P. Easten, Science Sizarship, St. John's College, Cambridge ; J. D. Fergusson, 1st., M.B., Cambridge ; J. L. McCowen, Class 2, Division I., Mech. Science Tripos, Part I., Cambridge ; E. G. Bullen, Class 3, Honours, Mech. Science Tripos, Cambridge.

BISHOP'S SCHOOL RECOLLECTIONS. The Bishop of Carlisle, in his address, said he believed it was quite untrue to say that a boy's time at school was the happiest time of his life. He regarded that saying as an invention on the part of older people to encourage boys. There were disadvantages, but the preparatory grind of the school was something which they must go through in order to enjoy the greater freedom which higher interests offered in life.

• The kind of things, he said, that. boys did not like doing at school were on the whole the things they ought to do, at least a certain amount of them, and he urged them to put their whole heart and mind into the things in which they were really interested.

When he was at school it was almost a point of honour with those on the classical side to escape mathematics as far as possible.

They regarded algebra as a sort of low cunning, and while still thinking there was a certain amount of justification for that opinion, he could tell them from his own experience that it did not do to neglect the multiplication table.

He supposed that was what was meant by the modern jargon and modern cant about realising one's self which was true to the extent that they had got to appreciate a great many other things, study a great many subjects, and understand a great many people, and a great many interests before they could find out just what they could do and what they could be.

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There was a romantic and imaginative belief, which was not in the least true, that if they just set out to do what they wanted, they would get everywhere, but he believed it was true nine times out of ten, that what they decided, at the age of 13, say, they were going to be in their careers, they would be what they wanted to be if they stuck to it.

He congratulated the headmaster most cordially on the successful year the School had experienced and also upon the progress the School had made since he was there as a boy. He was quite certain the School was vigorous and growing and was likely to do even better than it had done in the past. What cheered him most of all was the record of successes in scholarships during the past year.

He agreed with the headmaster in regard to the increasing difficulty of obtaining scholarships, and the successes achieved by the School were testimony to the high quality of the work that was being done there.

A HATEFUL HERESY. The Dean of York, proposing a vote of thanks to the Bishop, said the report of the headmaster represented a remarkable record of achievement during the past year. Speaking of University scholarships he said these were going to be more difficult than ever to obtain in the future. He described the idea of a new technique in the public schools under which they should be run mechanically, and not by the personal influence of the headmaster, as a hateful and disgusting heresy.

Such schemes, he said, would be simply intolerable, if they were to rob the headmaster of his greatest joy, that of making friends with and being a helping influence to all the boys with whom he came into daily contact.

Commenting on the " death or victory " spirit manifest in the recent match between Eton and Harrow, the Dean said he wondered if that was a case of history being made, and if they were seeing the end of the " safety first " attitude in our national game, which had ruined its interest and made it dull instead of interesting to look upon.

It made a tremendous difference to their life whether they were going to play for safety or whether they were out to win.

Perhaps it would be better if there was a combination of the

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two, but while it was an admirable virtue to do things in moderation, he believed that death or victory was still the more estimable ideal for boys at school, and one at which they should aim while young, ambitious and vigorous.

Chancellor Austen, who seconded, said as belonging to the South he was disposed to think the South was sturdier than the North, and that the future of the country therefore lay not so much in the youth of the South as it did in the youth of the North. It was for the lads of the North to show that this was true in their life, their work, their play and in everything else.

In the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Toyne held an " At Home " and a cricket match was played between the School team and a team of Old Boys. Boat races were also held on the river.

Selections of music were played by the band of the York Branch of the British Legion.

THE NEW LIBRARY. FOUNDATION STONE LAID BY BISHOP OF CARLISLE. The Bishop of Carlisle preached at the Commemoration service in the School Chapel, which preceded the foundation stone-laying of the new Library.

Taking St. Peter as his subject, the Bishop said Peter was specially fitted to be an apostle of youth for he possessed the qualities of youth which were most wanted in the world—courage, hope, and faith and, above all, simplicity. When they went into the world they would be tempted to exchange those qualities for a kind of wordly cynicism, for a readiness to disbelieve everything, and for an inability to trust any simple candour and know the principles of God. We talked so often about service and there was no word more lightly used, said the Bishop. All that a man could do to satisfy himself was sometimes to parade as a form of service for his fellowmen, Christ's service was harder and nobler. There was no kind of courage too great for it, and no form of humility too deep, and those who served must build up their character like the rock which St. Peter became.

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POWER OF THE PRINTED WORD.

In a reference to the new Library, the Bishop said they could not exhaust the spiritual possibilities of a school library. No one could picture the way in which God might speak to them through His printed word, because God's word, being eternal, lived in the hearts and minis of every new generation.

Every generation, as it came, brought forth treasures new and old from the eternal store-house of the spirit. In founding a school library they were founding Christian lives. They were witnessing at that service the inception of the great work of the Holy Spirit.

The service was attended by a large congregation, present and Old Boys of the School forming the greatest proportion. " The God of Abraham praise " was sung as a Processional hymn, and the lesson was read by the headmaster (Mr. S. M. Toyne).

The hymn before the sermon was " For all the Saints " and during the collection, which was in aid of the exhibition fund for sons of clergy, the hymn " Blessed city, heavenly Salem," was sung.

THE STONE-LAYING. At the close of the service the congregation, choir, and the Bishop proceeded from the Chapel to the grounds, where the new Library is being erected, for the foundation stone-laying ceremony. The choir chanted the 48th Psalm, " Great is the Lord," and prayers were said by the Bishop. On behalf of the School, D. V. Hewitt requested the Bishop to lay the foundation stone, at the same time handing him a silver trowel, suitably inscribed in commemoration of the occasion and bearing the crossed keys.

The Bishop, after tapping the stone four times, declared it to be " well and truly laid." He then gave the Blessing.

The new Library, when complete, will be a two-storey building about 66 ft. by 24 ft. It is being built of hand-made red bricks. with stone dressings in the Tudor style, and with stone mullions. to harmonise with the rest of the School buildings. The Library will be on the first floor, where there will also be the day boy common room and a change room, while on the upper floor there will be an art room and a common room for the sixth form.

The architect is. Mr. Fred Penty and the builders are Messrs..

W. Birch and Sons, Ltd.

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ATHLETIC SPORTS. ATHLETIC SPORTS. RESULTS. JUNIOR SCHOOL.

6o yards. : 1, F. F. Weatherill ; 2, M. R. Jeffrey.

8o yards : 1, D. Lyth ; 2, E. Webster.

Ioo yards : 1, A. P. Croskell ; 2, A. J. Darton.

Steeplechase : 1, R. H. Davison ; 2, R. Graveson ; 3, R. Ogley.

High Jump-Over II : 1, A. J. Darton ; 2, R. Ogley and A. P. Croskell.

Under II : 1, E. Webster ; 2, D. V. Adams.

UNDER 14.

I00 yards : 1, J. T. Coupe ; 2, E. A. Harrop ; 3, L. Attenborough.

UNDER 15.

220 yards : 1, J. N. Emery ; 2, J. T. Coupe.

Long Jump : 1, J. T. Coupe ; 2, J. A. Brittain.

High Jump : 1, S. H. Kazerooni ; 2, P. W. Arnold.

Steeplechase : I, N. J. L. Brockbank ; 2, J. E. Whisker ; 3, J. W. Pennington.

Ioo yards Handicap : 1, M. H. Wilson ; 2, H. Richardson.

UNDER 16.

Quarter Mile : 1, E. Davenport ; 2, H. A. Butler. ioo yards : 1, H. Webster ; 2, E. Davenport.

OPEN. 100 yards : 1, C. Dixon ; 2, C. L. Troop ; 3, F. H. Douglas.

High Jump : 1, W. G. Hutton ; 2, R. R. H. Horsley.

Long Jump : 1, H. 0. Stibbard ; 2, W. G. Hutton.

Quarter Mile : 1, C. Dixon ; 2, F. H. Douglas ; 3, H. A. Patrick.

Half Mile : 1, C. Dixon ; 2, H. 0. Stibbard. .Steeplechase : 1, J. D. Burrows ; 2, H. 0. Stibbard.

The Mile : 1, C. Dixon ; 2, J. R. Etherington ; 3, H. 0. Stibbard. ioo yards Handicap : 1, C. L. Troop ; 2, G. H. Golden ; 3, W. J. Buttimer. .Old Boys' Race : 1, N. Dobree ; 2, F. G. Williams.

220 yards Handicap : 1, G. H. Golden ; 2, H. Richardson ; 3, G. Y. Burton.

Half-Mile Handicap : 1, J. E. C. Hill ; 2, A. L. Hicks ; 3, A. B. MacIldowie.

Inter-House Tug-of-War : The School House.

Inter-House Relay : Clifton Rise.

Inter-House Athletic Shield : The School House.

Victor Ludorum : C. Dixon.

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CRICKET RETROSPECT AND CHARACTERS. With a large number of old ist and 2nd Colours, it was expected that the School would have a good side and that the captain would have some difficulty in selecting the team. The season fell into two clearly marked divisions--wet and dry.

Luckily the dry proved the longer of the two and the School XI. from the middle of June onwards was undefeated and in July was probably the strongest in the School's history. MacIldowie, Haigh-Lumby and Avery bowled extremely well, while there was batting all the way down from the first pair—Troop and Hutton. The palm for batting, however, must go to Elliott, who scored the record number of runs for one season with an average of 53. It was a remarkably fine achievement and it will take a lot of beating. There was another record established of 5 individual centuries in one season and six counting Troop's for the Eccentrics.

The fielding became very good in the 1st XI., but if the House XI's. had more fielding practices, the fielding throughout the School would be better and it would not need so much attention in the senior game. Some of the fielding in the House matches was poor and the fielders placed in useless positions.

Perhaps the best performances of the year were against the M.C.C., Ampleforth and the Craven Gentlemen.

The previous records in batting were R. E. F. Tendall in 1919 (608 for 15 innings), and F. Mitchell in 1890 (548 for 18 innings).

CHARACTERS.

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has had a great season with the bat—has managed the team well in the field. A fine fielder.

C. L. TROOP has developed into a watchful batsman with a real defence. A most useful wicket-keeper.

J. D. MACILDOWIE found his true form with the hard wickets.

A most useful and entertaining batsman.

W. G. HUTTON was out of luck at first, but played some brilliant cricket later. His innings against the M.C.C. was of the highest class.

H. HAIGH-LUMBY has developed a dangerous " in-swinger " and can turn the ball on a hard wicket. A fine fielder anywhere with a " classy " return. As a batsman, he has the virtue of watching the ball, but his strokes are mostly of his own invention.

ELLIOTT

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an all round cricketer, who has well earned his place.

E. R. PICKERSGILL, another really useful all round cricketer— can be relied upon to go to the last ounce.

F. H. DOUGLAS has always had cricket in him and after his century, he showed it in the centre, as well as at the nets.

P. N. AVERY was " the find " of the smson has bowling sense and can " flight " the ball. As a batsman should be useful next year.

E. F. WILLIAMS had very little 'chance of showing his batting with the first XI., as declarations became a habit.

W. ALLPORT, the same applie.3 here, as in Williams' case. He. should make runs next year.

R. G. BULLEN

:

FIRST XI. RESULTS.

Opponents.

Grd. Sch.

Opps.

157 S. May 17 S. M. Toyne Esq's XI. H. 117 W. „ 30 Yorkshire Gentlemen H. 201 for 4 237 for 5 H. 335 for 7 97 S. June 2 Worksop College 6 H. L. Lyon Esq's XI. A. 150 95 H. 6o 9 Northern Command 164 S. H. 203 for 6 116 for 6 W. „ 13 Bootham School 16 Durham School H. 72 219 S. H. 170 20 Border Regiment 64 156 23 Leeds Grammar School A. 153 S. 3o D. Norwood Esq's XI. H. 164 83 181 for 9 H. 225 S. July 7 M.C.C. A. 265 for 5 89 W. " II Ampleforth College 14 Giggleswick School H. 30o for 7 155 H. 241 for 5 224 W. „ 18 Craven Gentlemen H. 25o 131 S. 21 Old Peterites W.

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SCHOOL v. S. M. ,TOYNE ESQ'S. XI. This match, our first of the season, raised serious doubts concerning the strength of our batting. • We won the toss and were given a fair start by Hutton and Troop, .but at io Hutton was beaten by a good length ball from Harriott. Elliott .came

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in and immediately began to force the pace but at 36 lost Troop.

Pickersgill opened in promising fashion but was well caught in the slips at 57. Here a collapse ensued, Elliott and Bullen being dismissed in the following over without any addition to the score. Thus half the side was dismissed for 57.. Maclldowie and Douglas did much to redeem the situation, . the former in particular bringing off several light-hearted and distinctly rustic shots, including one colossal six on to the pavilion roof.

After his dismissal, however, the tail offered little resistance, and the innings closed for ii7—a very mediocre total, in spite of the fact that Major Harriott bowled with plenty of sting and an excellent length.

When our opponents batted, Nicholson and Newborn showed that runs were easy enough to get and 85 were scored for the first wicket before Nicholson was completely beaten by Perry, who might with advantage have been put on earlier. After this none of the other batsmen except J. T. Davies, Esq. and S. M. Toyne, Esq. offered much resistance to the bowling of Perry, who finished with the excellent analysis of 6 for 24. Of • our other bowlers, Haigh-Lumby kept a steady length, but MacIldowie was disappointing, being slower than last year. ,

SCHOOL.

W. G. Hutton, b Ha-riott 10 C. L. Troop, b Newborn ..

12 W. Elliott, b Harriott .... 23 E. R. Pickersgill, c Harriott b Love ... ...

8 J. D. Maclldowie c D. Norwood, Esq., b Rev. F. H. Barnby 3 0 R. G. Bullen, c J. T. Davies, Esq. b Love .......

F. H. Douglas, b Harriott i6 H. Haigh-Lumby, b Harriott R. R. H. Hors:ey, c J. N. Bullen b Harriott 4 W. D. Draffan, b Harriott DI Gray, b Rev. F.11. Barnby 5 P. M. Perry, not out 8 Extras .

.

Total BoWler.

J. D. Maclldowie H. Haigh-Lumby R. G. Bullen E.•, R. Pickersgill.

P. M. Perry W. Elliott

S. Al. TuvNi-L EsQ's XI. C. Nicho:son, b Pe,y 39 G. I:. Newborn, c T.-oop b Perry 54 J. N. B..iLen, lb .v b Haigh2 Lumby H. S. Cooper, b Haigh-Lumby 5 J. T. Davies, Esq., b Elliatt.. 22 W. G. Hari iutt„ b HaighLumby .3 S. M. Toyne, Esq., c Mac24 • Ildowie b Perry Rev. F. H. Barnbv, b Elliott G. W. Newborn, st Troop b Perry Capt. Love, st Troop b Perry D. NorwoOd', Esq., not out 6 Extras .

Total

117

O. II

3 4 6

57

1

M.

R.

W.

2 I 0 0 0 I

35 34 23 ?9 24

0

3 0 0

3

422

CRICKET.

SCHOOL V. YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. Yorkshire Gents won the toss and had first knock on a perfect wicket—a batsman's Paradise. It was obvious from the first that our 1: owlers would have to work hard for their wickets.

They started their task well, Haigh-Lumby soon persuading L. James to put his pads in the way of a straight one. Anson and Kitching then dug in and seemed set for the day. When Kitching seemed to be sure of his fifty, Bullen bowled him with a full toss that swerved a lot and, two balls later, yorked Sowerby.

Here our succesKs stopped short and White and Anson completely collared the bowling and 200 was passed with only three wickets down. Shortly afterwards Anson completed a faultless century, but was bowled a few runs later by Haigh-Lumby.

His cutting and off-driving had been delightful to watca. Wnen White, WflOS3 innings had been a merry one, was bowled, the innings was declared closed.

With the wicket showing no signs of wear the School never seemed in danger of defeat. Hutton was perfectly comfortable from the first ball he received and Pickersgill scored freely by rather unorthodox but very effective methods.

YORKSHIRE GENTS. C.

E. Anson, s. Tiuop b Haigh-

.......

Lumby

II0

L. James, lbw b Haigh-Luntby Capt. S. P. S. Kitching, c Haigh-Lumby b Bullen G. L. Sowerby, b Bul:en.

W. T. White, c Troop h HaighLumby J. V. Machell, not out C. R. Maxsted I Did J. Elmhirst Major Caunter not Capt Love bat.

E. S. Rudd-C:arke

27 6r 15

6o II 46 45 30

8

15

Extras

Total

9

SCHOOL. W. G. Hutton, c White b .... .

Anson C. L. Tfoop, b James W. .ohi,tt, 0 Love E. R. Pies.eisgill, c and b Elm...... hist ............... .

J. D. MacIldowie, not out F. H. Doug:as, not out..

12. R. H. Horsley Did H. Haigh-Lumby not R. G. Bullen bat.

W. D. Draffan P. M. Perry Extias

(for 5 wkts.)

(Dec.) O.

Bowler.

H. Haigh-Lumby P. M. Perry ....

J. D. Maclldowie R. G. Bullen E. R. Pickersgill .

17 17 9 9 5

Total (for

237

o

4) R. 28 76 45 27

0

34

M. 2 0

o

'201 W.

3 0 0 2 0

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL V. WORKSOP COLLEGE. This match resulted in an easy victory for the School. The wicket was hard and true when Worksop went in, having won

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the toss. Early disaster befell them, Pierse being out before the score reached double figures. Laing, who followed, was especially severe on Perry, hitting him for a six and two fours but Turner after making ten careful runs misjudged a very slow one from the same bowler and was bowled. Langlorne did not survive long, being lbw to Haigh-Lumby when 4. Shortly afterwards Laing was yorked by Bullen, having compiled a bright innings of 34. The rest of the innings needs little comment.

The later batsmen could make little of Pickersgill, who bowled seven overs for two wickets and only 4 runs. The innings closed for 97.

The School opened confidently, runs coming easily. Troop especially batted well, driving powerfully on both sides of the wicket. The score had reached 4o before Hutton was bowled in attempting to drive a well-pitched ball to off. After this, however, a magnificent stand followed between Elliott and Troop, runs coming at a terrific rate. Both batsmen hit the ball extraordinarily hard, and frequent changes of bowling had no effect upon them. The Worksop score was passed without further loss, and shortly afterwards Troop reached his fifty being soon followed by Elliott. The partnership was not broken until i8o, when Elliott was at last caught in front of the pavilion after a splendid innings. The rest of the St. Peter's innings was a joyous affair of quick scoring ; Horsley was lucky at the start of his innings being dropped twice but later batted well until he was run out and at the end Bullen and Lumby added sixty runs in twenty-five minutes without being parted. HaighLumby in particular hit very hard. The Worksop team fielded very well, considering the gruelling afternoon they spent, and their keenness never relaxed until the close.

WORKSOP COLLEGE.

N. M. M. Turner, b Perry io G. Pierse, b Haigh-Lumby G. Laing, b Bulten 34 P. A. D. Langlorne, lbw b Haigh-Lumby 4 13 F. H. A. Scott, lbw b Perry E. A. Laugher, b Pickersgill P. W. Wood, b Haigh-Lumby 7 0 J. S. Eacott, st. Troop b Perry E. G. S. Hefford, not out 12 T.C.Parker,c Pickersgill bBullen 8 R. Y. Henson, c Maclldowie b Pickersgill 3 Extras 4

SCHOOL. W. G. Hutton, b Laugher 14 C. L. Troop, c Wood b Laugher 102 W. Elliott, c Langlorne b Hefford 78 E. R. Pickersgill, c Wood b 0 Scott F. H. Douglas, lbw b Scott 4 R. R. H. Horsley, run out 34 W. D. Draffan, c Turner b Laugher 7 21 R. G. Bullen, not out H. Haigh-Lumby, not out 47 28 Extras J. D. Maclldowie l Did not P. M. Perry J bat.

Total (for 7 wkts.)

Total

97

335

CRICKET.

424

.

Bowler.

H. Haigh-Lumby P. M. Perry H. G. Bullen E R. Pickersgill

SCHOOL v.

M. 6 5 4

16 12 II

28 40 2I

2

4

2

3

H. L. LYON ESQ'S. XI.

We won the toss and had first knock on a good wicket. Our innings was largely a one-man show, everyone else being overshadowed by Elliott, who contributed a magnificent 102 out of a total of 15o. The figures speak for themselves. Only two others reached double figures and only Elliott showed confidence against the bowling of Capt. Forkes and Sunley. His fine innings was marked chiefly by clean driving to on and off and neat glances to leg. He hit 20 fours.

The innings of H. L. Lyon's XI. was marked by a welcome return to form by Maclldowie who at last recaptured his old pace and " nip " off the pitch. He bowled almost through the innings without ever relaxing his pace and apart from a stubborn third wicket stand between L. Hodges and Capt. Davis, their batting was undistinguished. The result was hardly ever in doubt and we finally won by 55 runs. Apart from Maclldowie, Haigh-Lumby bowled with accuracy' and deserved every one of his three wickets.

SCHOOL. W. G. Hutton, c Mowle b Capt Forkes W. Allport, c Sunley b Capt.

Forkes W. Elliott, b Capt. Forkes E. R. Pickersgill, c Hodges b Beaumont F. H. Douglas, c Mowle b Sunley J. D. Maclldowie, c Beaumont b Sunley H. Haigh-Lurnby, .c Raine b Sunley R. R. H. Horsley, b Sunley W. D. Draffan, c Sunley b Morley A. K. Cameron, c Hodges b North R. G. BuLlen, not out..

P. M. Perry, b Capt. Forkes Extras .

.

Total

O I0 102 I0 I O I I O

6 2 I0

H. L. LYON EsQ's. XI. G. N. North, c Draffan b MacIldowie W. Beaumont, b Haigh-Lumby L. Hodges, b Haigh-Lumby .Capt. Davis, c Haigh-Lumby b Maclldowie Major Pickering, lbw b HaighLumby W. Sunley, b Maclldowie Rev. E. S. Bulman, b Pickersgill Capt. Forkes, b Maclldowie W. Morley, b Maclldowie.:.....

A. Raine, c Elliott, b MacIldowie H. L. Lyon, not out J. Mowle, c Horsley b MacIldowie Extras '

II

5 28.

22.

4 2 12

0 2 0

I I

9 15o

Total

95

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15 14.2

Bowler.

H. Haigh-Lumby J. D. Maclldowie R. G. Bullen E. R. Pickersgill

2

2

SCHOOL

v.

445

M. 3 7

R. 43 27

W. 3 7

0 o

15

O

6

NORTHERN COMMAND.

This match was a disappointment. As in the match with S. M. Toyne Esq's XI., the bowling of Capt. Harriott was a thorn in our side, and bad running between the wickets accounted for three of our batsmen. The only batsman to do himself anything like justice was Elliott who played a • nice innings of 28, being the only man to get into double figures. Our tail was very much in evidence, the innings closing for 6o, our lowest of the season.

When the Northern Command batted, it seemed as if we might put up a fight as Private Armstrong's wicket soon fell. However, a stubborn stand followed between Capt. Harriott and Lt. Rooke and our score was passed without further loss. Then.

Pickersgill was put on and soon got rid of both batsmen. Afterwards his leg-breaks troubled all the later batsmen, only Capt.

Phillips being at all comfortable against him. Their innings closed for 164, a much lower total than at one time seemed probable. Haigh-Lumby as usual kept an excellent length, while Pickersgill bowled intelligently and deserved his success.

Perry was rather severely punished in his first spell, but bowled well later.

SCHOOL. W. G. Hutton, run out

'C. L. Troop, b Harriott W. Elliott, c Horsley b Harriott E. R. Pickersgill, b Harriott.

F. H. Douglas, b Harriott J. D. MacIldowie, run out W. Allport, run out H. Haigh-Lumby, not out .... .

W. D. Draffan, c Rogers b Harriott R. G. Bullen, b Jones P. M. Perry, b Jones.... .....

Extras

Total

5 2 28 5 5 I 6 2

NORTHERN COMMAND. Capt. Harriott, b Pickersgill 67 Pte. Armstrong, b HaighLumby 4 Lt. Rooke, b Pickersgill 24 Lt.-Col. Rogers, b Pickersgill . . o Capt. G. R. L. Love, c Bullen b Perry 3 Capt. A. K. Phillips, c HaighLumby b Pickersgill 27 Cpl. Horsley, not out '6 Capt. Davies, run out Lt. Jones, c Bullen h Perry .15 R.S.M. Piper, b Pickersgill • 2 Lt. Thompson, st Elliott b • Haigh-Lumby Extras 12 •

3 2

6o

Total

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164

CRICKET.

426

Bowler.

H. Haigh-Lumby

P. M. Perry ...: E. R. Pickersgill J. D. Mac Ildowie

R. 0. Bullen

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M.

R.

W.

16 9. 1

2

35

I

28

6

2

23

2 2 5 0

3

o

13

0

II

o

53

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. BOOTHAM SCHOOL. This match was played in bright weather on a hard pitch. Elliott won the toss and we opened, as usual, with Hutton and Troop.

Hutton soon left, but Elliott and Troop were both in fine form.

Elliott scored rather faster than Troop but both showed complete mastery over the bowling, only Francis causing them any trouble. Troop seemed certain to get his fifty but was unlucky to be bowled when only three short. Elliott was out shortly afterwards, having made our position almost impregnable.

Pickersgill, Haigh-Lumby and Douglas did little, but MacIldowie was in his best vein and began hitting from his first ball.* He hit two beautiful sixes and six fours, scoring nearly all the runs when he was in. With the score 203 for 6 Elliott declared after the innings had lasted two and a half hours. Our opponents were left with exactly the same time to bat. Bootham, however, never attempted to make the runs and concentrated on a draw. They succeeded in this but not before some anxious moments for them. Porter and Rowntree batted stolidly and defied all changes of bowling. At last, after an hour's slow play Haigh-Lumby got Rowntree lbw. and in the next over Elliott who had gone on at the other end as a last resort did us good service by bowling Sturge with a ball that swerved a good deal. Haigh-Lumby then discovered a " spot " and got Porter and Nicholson lbw. in rapid succession. Thus four wickets were down for 65 and we seemed to have a good chance of forcing a win. However, R. K. Kerkham and A. W. Edmundson hung on tenaciously, and added a valuable nine before Pickersgill bowled Edmundson round his legs. G. B. Kerkham, too, showed stubborn defence and stayed until all chance of a finish had disappeared. R. K. Kerkham was undefeated at the close, having kept his end up for nearly an hour. The School bowling was very steady and the fielding keen and accurate. Troop kept a very safe wicket.

SCHOOL. 4 W. D. Draffan, not out W. G. Hutton, b Stout...

5 R. G. Bullen 1 C. L. Troop, b Sturge.... ... ..... 47 Did not bat.

W Elliott, c Porter b Francis .. 7o P. N. Avery 3 P. M. Perry E. R. Pickersgill, b Francis ...

H. Haigh-Lumby, b Francis... 9 io Extras ...

F. H. Douglas, c Kerkham b Francis 9 Total (for 6 wkts.) (dec.).... 203 J. D. MacIldowie, not out 46 .

CRICKET.

427

BOOTHAM SCHOOL.

J.

L. Porter, lbw b Haigh-3.

Lumby T. S. Rowntree, lbw b Haigh21 Lumby W. W. Sturge, lbw b Elliott....

2 22 R. K. Kerkham, not out K. F. Nicholson, lbw b Haigho Lumby Bowler.

H. Haigh-Lumby P. N. Avery J. D. Maclldowie E. R. Pickersgill ....

P. M. Perry R. G. Bullen W. Elliott

0. i6

Edmundson, b Pickersgill G. B. Kerkham, c Draffan b Maclldowie T. E. Peacock, not out Extras

A.

Total (6 wkts.)

M. 9

R. I7

116

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4

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7 4

2

12

1

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1

27

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6 5

2 I

8 r6

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W. 3

9 6

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1

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. DURHAM SCHOOL. This match was looked forward to with a great deal of expectation but the School batsmen had an off-day as seems to happen whenever the first three men are dismissed cheaply. The pitch was sopping and a bright sun made it worse every minute. A good start seems to be most important to our team, and it was therefore nothing short of a disaster when Troop was out off the first ball he received to one of the finest catches seen on our ground for a long time. He brought off a terrific straight drive which seemed to be going well over Elliot's head but the bowler jumped up and brought off a miraculous catch. Elliott, as usual, opened confidently and seemed likely to save the situation but when 22 was beaten by Elliot who was spinning the ball a lot on a wicket made for a spin-bowler. At 3o Hutton who had displayed a stolid defence was caught at square leg off Elliot, hitting against the break. The later batsmen seemed paralysed by the occasion and put up a feeble resistance against accurate bowling and first-class fielding. The innings closed at 12 o'clock for 72—a disappointing total. The Durham bowling was good, though somewhat flattered by our batsmen, and they are the best fielding side we have seen this season. Before lunch Pickersgill and Avery kept the opening Durham batsmen on tenterhooks and Durham were distinctly lucky to have only lost Adamson at the interval.

The pitch was now dry and offered little assistance to our bowlers and though Durham had to fight for their runs they gradually mastered our attack and at one time had 190 runs on

428

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the board with only five wickets down. Then Bullen had a deadly spell and finished off the innings in summary style.

Jordan was by far the best of their batsmen and did well to survive the difficult hour before lunch. Adamson showed fine form but was dismissed, when he seemed set, by a very good ball from Avery who made a most promising first appearance. Bullen in his second spell bowled very well, much better than he had done previously this season. '

SCHOOL.

DURHAM SCHOOL.

W. G. Hutton, c Claxton b Elliot C. L. Troop, c and b Elliot W. Elliott, b Elliot 22 E. R. Pickersgill, hit wicket b Elliot 7 H. Haigh-Lumby, c Griffin b Elliot 4 F. H. Douglas, c Steward b Elliot J. D. Maclldowie, c Pexton b Adamson 16 W. D. Draffan, b Griffin R. G. Bullen, not out 3 P. N. Avery, b Griffin 4 P. M. Perry, c Steward b Griffin 2 Extras 3 Total Bowler.

E. R. Pickersgill P. N. Avery H. Haigh-Lumby J. D. Maclldowie ....

P. M. Perry .

R. G. Bullen W. Elliott .

21 J. A. Adamson, b Avery E. J. Jordan, c Hutton b Avery 40.

J. D. Claxton, c Hutton b Elliott IT W. G. Taylor, b Haigh-Lumby 27 T. E. Elliot, b Haigh-Lumby 17 G. B. Wood, c Hutton b Avery 41 M. G. Stewart, c Troop b Bullen 39• W. T. Anderson, b Bullen R. W. Pexton, c Perry b Bullen 4 .

R. C. Griffin, lbw b Bullen 6.

P. H. Pawson, not out Extras

219,

72 0.

8

Total M.

R.

3

22

19

6 4

18 8 5 10 II

3

— 5

3

•

\N.

42

19

37 Io

38

4

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL V. BORDER REGIMENT.

An easy victory for the School. Border Regiment batted first but could do little with Haigh-Lumby and Pickersgill.

Lt. Cooper held out for forty minutes for 18 but none of the others got Into double figures, until Lt. Shepherd added a touch of brightness to the innings, hitting a six, a four, and two twos in his 14..

The School, though weakened by the absence of Elliott, experienced little difficulty in passing their score only the wickets

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429

of Hutton and Troop being lost in the process. Lt. Shepherd bowled with commendable perseverance and was always difficult to score off. Sgt. Jackson though severely punished, was unlucky.

For us Pickersgill, Bullen and Lumby all batted well, and there was a very good last-wicket stand by Avery and Perry who put • on 36.

SCHOOL. W. G. Hutton, b Shepherd C. L. Troop, b Shepherd E. R. Pickersgill st Nicholson b Jackson W. Allport, b Jackson J. D. Maclldowie, b Jackson R. G. Bullen b Giblin H. Haigh-Lumby, lbw b Giblin R. R. H: Horsley, b Giblin ...

'C. C. Houghton, b Jackson .....

P. N. Avery, not out P. M. Perry, b Giblin ......

3 33 13 21 24 2 6 18 19

12

Extras

Total •

Bowler.

R. G. Bullen H. Haigh-Lumby E. R. Pickersgill P. N. Avery

170 0.

7 8

5 4

BORDER REGIMENT. Lt. Cooper c Troop b HaighLumby L /cpl. Nicholson, c and b Haigh-Lumby Lt. Nicholson, c Haigh-Lumby b Bullen Pte. Giblin, b Haigh-Lumby L /cpl. Dwight, b Avery Cpl. Battersby, c Perry b Haigh-Lumby R.S.M. Trent, b Pickersgill Lt. Blomfield, c Hutton Pickersgill S. D. Jackson, not out Lt. Shepherd, b Pickersgill Bdman Blackburn, b Avery Extras

2 5 0

4 5 0

8 3 r4 4 I 64

Total M. 2 3

18

R. 19 16 I0

i8

W. 4 3 2

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL V. LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. This was a very close match with an exciting finish and Leeds must be congratulated on their game recovery. The wicket was firm, and the weather sunny. Elliott won the toss and Troop and Hutton opened confidently, Hutton doing most of the scoring. At 3o Troop was caught at cover, failing to get hold of a well-pitched up ball from Whitmore, and Hutton left almost immediately after. Elliott started well and hit a fine six off Milner but was caught off the last ball before lunch, when the score stood at 58 for 3.

After lunch Bullen batted brightly but received little suport until Avery came in. Then 34 runs were added for the eighth wicket. After this the innings closed quickly. Bullen's innings was of great value to the side, coming at a critical moment.

He hit seven boundaries.

CRICKET.

430

Our score was not a large one but at one time it seemed as though Leeds would fall far short of it. Simpson was soon out— lbw to Maclldowie, but Surrey and Taylor took the score to 43.

Three wickets then fell for the addition of one run and two more fell at 64 and it seemed that we had again won. Tidswell and Whitmore added thirty, but at 94 Maclldowie scattered Tidswell's stumps with a beautiful ball. Ten runs later Milner shared his fate and eight wickets were down for 104. Here a stubborn stand ensued between Whitmore and Hartley, and in spite of all our efforts the score was taken to 147 before the ninth wicket fell. Seven runs were needed to win when Crook, the last man, came in. He survived an over somehow and off the next Whitmore scored the necessary runs. A feature of the innings was the wicket-keeping of Troop, who caught two and stumped one and only let through one bye.

SCHOOL. L. Troop, c Tidswell b Whitmore W. G. Hutton, b Whitmore W. Elliott, c Simpson, b Whitmore E. R. Pickersgill, b Whitmore R. G. Bullen, lbw b Hartley H. Haigh-Lumby, b Milner W. Allport, b Whitmore J. D. MacIldowie, c Simpson b Whitmore P. N. Avery, b Whitmore P. M. Perry, b Hartley C. C.Houghton, not out Extras C.

Total Bowler.

J. D. MacIldowie H. Haigh-Lumby P. N. Avery E. R. Pickersgill R. G. Bullen W. Elliott

8 i7 22 8 46 8

17 5 5 17

LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. J. G. Simpson, lbw b MacIdlowie N. A. Taylor, b Pickersgill A. G. Surrey, run out P. H. Kelsey, st Troop b Avery A. E. M. Hartley, c Troop b Bullen M. B. Hague, c Troop b HaighLumby R. W. Whitmore, not out G. W. Tidswell, b MacIldowie F. Milner, b Maclldowie W. R Hartley, lbw b HaighLumby W. R. Crook, not out Extras

1 53

0.

13

i8 Io 7 :3

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL

Total (9 wkts.)

M. R. 3 47 2 37 17 4 I 15 I 22 2

V.

.

18 i6 17 5.

42

21 9,

156.,

l

W. 3 2

M.C.C.

The M.C.C. brought a strong team over this year, including Mr. P. Higson, captain of Lancashire IL, Mr. Chichester-Constable, captain of Yorkshire II., Major Lupton, of Yorkshire, - Mr. Anson and Dr. Gauld, the old Notts player. Considering this strong display of talent we must-be considered to have done.

CRICKET.

43 1

very well to go so near victory and were indeed very unlucky not to win as stumps had to be drawn early. Had play been continued till 6-30, there is little doubt that we should have won.

Elliott won the toss and we opened in sensational fashion, Hutton blocking Chichester-Constable's first ball, cutting the next for 4, late-cutting the next for 4, off driving the next for yet another, scoring a 2 01 the fifth and a single off the last ball.

Scoring slackened after this but runs mounted steadily until at 46 Troop played a ball into mid-off's hands. Eight runs later Hutton who had seemed set, played carelessly at a ball from Higson and was bowled. Elliott hit four fours quickly and then danced down the pitch to hit Gauld and, missing the ball, was bowled. Bullen was lbw shortly afterwards so that our score did not look promising at lunch. After lunch, however, Lumby and Pickersgill batted well and Maclldowie hit several cheerful fours, so that our score at the end assumed quite respectable proportions. Pickersgill's innings in particular was very creditable. He went in at a critical period and showed commendable steadiness.

The M.C.C. opened disastrously, Major Lupton had strained a muscle when fielding, and had a runner. However, he was lbw. to Maclldowie's fourth ball. A few overs later Maclldowie knocked Higson's stump out of the ground. S. M. Toyne Esq. started confidently but when 9 was beaten by a good ball from.

Haigh-Lumby. Thus the M.C.C. had three wickets down for under 5o. After this, however, a stubborn stand ensued between C. E. Anson, who had been batting steadily, and Dr. G. 0. Gauld, and the score mounted slowly but surely. The School fielding was very good and no runs were given away. At length owing to a misunderstanding, Gauld was run out and after this the M.C'.C. wickets fell regularly. Anson offered a stubborn defence and was drawing near his century. At six o'clock the M.C.C. had seven wickets down, but Anson was still in. Haigh-Lumby was bowling very well at this stage and at seven minutes past beat Ponsonby with a fine ball, and in the same over disposed of H. D. Swan. Backhouse, the last man in, managed to survive the rest of the over, and the next, and then unfortunately stumps had to be drawn owing to the M.C.C. being obliged to. leave early. C. E. Anson was undefeated at the close, having carried his hat through the innings. He batted magnificently for over two and a half hours, and undoubtedly saved the M.C.C. from defeat. As it was, only time robbed us of a victory. The School fielding was splendid throughout the M.C.C's. innings,. the keenness never relaxed. Haigh-Lumby, Maclldowie and Avery all bowled very well indeed.

CRICKET.

432 SCHOOL.

23 30 r3 4

L. Troop, c Lupton b Higson W. G. Hutton, b Higson W. Elliott, b Gauld R. G. Bullen, lbw b Higson F. H. Douglas, b Higson H. Haigh-Lumby, lbw b Higson E. R. Pickersgill, not out ..

J. D. Maclldowie, c Backhouse b Chichester-Constable ....

P. N. Avery, b Gauld D. St. G.W. Gray, st Ponsonby b Lupton ....... . ..........

E. F. Williams, run out E. R. Pickersgill Did not P. N. Avery bat.

W. Allport E. F. Williams Extras C.

Total Bowler.

H. Haigh-Lumby J. D. Maclldowie P. N. Avery R. G. Bullen W. Elliott E. R. Pickersgill

.

...

. .

29 64 19

15 o

M. C. C. Maj. A. W. Lupton, lbw. b Mac Ildowie ...........

C. E. Anson, not out ...

P. Higson, b Maclldowie S. M. Toyne, b Haigh-Lumby....

Dr. G. O. Gauld run out E. H. Waters, lbw b Avery Capt. T. E. W. Brinckman c and b Avery Maj. R. C. Chichester-Constable c Williams b MacIldowie C. B. Ponsonby, b HaighLumby H. D. Swan, lbw b HaighLumby Backhouse, not out .....

Extras .... .......... .

17 225

O. 18 17 9

Total (for 9 wickets) M. 6 64 5o 3 3o

....

0

96 3 9 36 6 10 7 2 0

4 8 181

NV.

3 3 2

5 3 3

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL V. AMPLEFORTH SCHOOL. This match showed the School team at its best both in batting and bowling. Elliott won the toss and Hutton and Troop gave us a good start. Troop was lbw to Carroll with his score 17, but afterwards Hutton and Elliott obtained a complete mastery over the bowling. Elliott in particular scoring freely.

The Ampleforth fielding was slack, and by smart running many singles were obtained. After passing his 5o, Elliott was caught in the long-field attempting a big hit_ However, R. G. Bullen carried on the good work, hitting powerfully to leg. Meanwhile Hutton, although scoring rather slowly, was steadiness itself and took advantage of any loose balls. He completed a chanceless century and then ran himself out. His innings was a very solid achievement marked by powerful square-cuts such as are rarely seen nowadays, and neat leg-glances. He never looked like getting out from beginning to end. It was now our business to make runs quickly and Bullen and Haigh-Lumby succeeded admirably. Runs came rapidly until Bullen was out, forcing the pace and shortly afterwards Elliott declared with the score .

5.

at265for

CRICKET.

433

Ampleforth opened moderately losing their first wicket at 22 and their second at 64 of ter Carroll left, however, the re-

mainder of the batting was weak no one being able to make much of Avery, who flighted the ball cleverly and turned appreciably from leg. Our fielding was keen and Troop kept a very good wicket. Avery came out with the excellent analysis of 5 for 34. while Haigh-Lumby also did well. It is clear that on its day, the School batting is very strong, the first six batsmen all being capable of scoring a lot of runs, while the tail can also wag if it receives some encouragement from the preceding bats men.

SCHOOL., C. L. Troop, lbw b Carroll W. G. Hutton, run our W. Elliott, c (french-Davies b Rabnett R. G. Bullen, b Ruddin F. H. Douglas, b Ruddin H. Haigh-Lumby, not out J. D. Maclldowie, not out Did E. R. Pickersgill I P. N. Avery t not bat.

W. Allport E. F. Williams Extras

Total (5 wkts).

Bowler.

J. D. Maclldowie H. Haigh-Lumby P. N. Avery R. G. Bullen

17 10 4

6o 45 5 20 I0

4 265

M.

4 7.5 15 10

4 4 3

39.

1 3-

0

3.

0.

13 5. o• 0

3 4 89•

Total

O.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL

•

AMPLEFORTH SCHOOL. B. Carroll, b Avery ......

C. Grieve, b Bullen .......

F. ffrench-Davies, c Hutton b Avery J. Rabnett, c and b Avery T. Bean, c Troop b HaighLumby H. King, lbw b Builen .........

P. Land, b Haigh-Lumby P. Ainscough, not out A. C. Russell, b Avery.......

F. Burge, b Avery. ......

C. Ruddin, b Haigh-Lumby Extras

R. 14

V.

34 23

3 5

GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL.

In this match the School reproduced the winning form it displayed against Ampleforth and the M.C.C. Batting first, Hutton and Troop gave the School a good send-off and never seemed in difficulties. When he had made 29 Hutton was bowled, but Elliott soon settled down and scored freely with Troop. Elliott was bowled after scoring 37 but runs still came easily. Troop was batting well and he and Douglas continued scoring at a good pace. The innings was brightened by a partnership between Pickersgill and Maclldowie the latter scoring his fifty runs in twenty-five minutes. At 30o for 7 wickets Elliott declared.

CRICKET.

434

Giggleswick, although losing Dennis early, scored freely at first, Moore and Jones playing well. When Moore was out Law hit hard and well though was lucky at timq.s. After Law and Jones were out there was a complete rout of the Giggleswick batsmen, none of the last four scoring. Avery bowled exeedingly well getting 7 wickets for 45 runs and never lost his length.

Pickersgill also did well in taking 3 wickets for only 8 runs.

For Giggleswick, Blackwell was the most successful bowler, taking four of the best wickets. Giggleswick had bad luck in having to field on an extremely hot afternoon, but they never became slack.

SCHOOL. C. L. Troop, b Turner 70 W. G. Hutton , b Blackwell 29 W. Elliott, b Blackwell 37 R. G. Bullen, c and b Blackwell 2 F. H. Douglas, b Lassmans 46 H. Haigh-Lumby, b Turner 4 E R. Pickersgill, c Booth b Blackwell 42 50 J. D. Maclldowie, not out P. N. Avery '1 W. Allport }- did not bat.

E. F. Williams j ..

Extras 20 .

Total (7 wkts.)

Bowler.

J. D. MacIldowie H. Haigh-Lumby P. N. Avery ..

R. G. Bullen E. R. Pickersgill

.

300

W.

M.

Avery E. Moore, lbw b Avery G. A. C. Jones, st Troop b Pickersgill W. A. Law, lbw b Pickersgill F. J. Merchel, b Pickersgill J. W. Booth, c Elliot b Avery V. J. Lassmans, not out S. Westhead, c Pickersgill b Avery D. S. Blackwell, b Avery W. J. R. Turner, b Avery F. E. Crosland, lbw b Avery Extras

M.

1'1.2

4

5 I0 32 62

3 4 IO 0 0 0 0

19 155

Total

0.

8 6 5

GIGGLES \V IC K. Dennis, c Allport b

R.

W.

Ig

5

46 45 18,

7

S

3

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL V. CRAVEN GENTLEMEN. In their match with the Craven Gentlemen the School gave an excellent display and won a deserved victory, against a strong team. The visitors batted first and suffered an early disaster, Greenwood being soon bowled. When Best came in he batted stubbornly whilst Sellars scored at a good rate. However, Bullen at last bowled Best and Sellars was joined by Glennie.

Before these two had scored many Sellars was caught in attempting a drive. Cavill came in and at once commenced

CRICKET.

435

to hit very hard. Glennie was also hitting well and scoring Tapidly. After two great hits for six Cavill was clean bowled by Avery. Kay and Cooper were soon disposed of and at last Glennie fell lbw to Avery. G. Sellars scored 28 in good style but the last three batsmen did not put up a very strong defence.

Avery again distinguished himself by taking 4 wickets for 6o runs : Pickersgill took 2 for 12.

The School innings did not start very promisingly, for Hutton was bowled when he only had scored five. When Elliott came in he and Troop commenced the great partnership of the match.

Elliott at once began to score fast and hit very hard indeed.

Troop kept his end up solidly. Elliott soon completed his excellent century, but shortly afterwards Troop was bowled.

Elliott next found a good partner in Douglas and continued scoring fast. At last, however, he was well caught on the boundary by G. Sellars. His innings of 138 included six sixes and eighteen fours. Lumby then joined Douglas and began to hit freely until the Craven Gentlemen's total had been passed, when he was caught. Elliott was undoubtedly the outstanding figure in this match and his century was one of the best pieces of batting seen this season : he gave no chances. The match proved the strength of the School team on a hard wicket and the capability of the bowlers who were backed up by keen fielding.

CRAVEN GENTLEMEN.

SCHOOL. 26 C. L. Troop, b Cavil!

5 W. G. Hutton, b Cooper W. Elliott, c G. Sellars b Cavil! 138 2 R. G. Bullen, b Cooper 21 F. H. Douglas, not out H. Haigh-Lumby, c Glennie b Best 35 E. R. Pickersgill J. D. MacIldowie 1 Did not P. N. Avery bat.

W. Allport E F. Williams E. ..C. Extras 14 .

Total (for 5 wkts.)

Bowler.

H. Haigh-Lumby J. D. Maclldowie P. N. Avery R. G. Bullen E. R. Pickersgill .

A. B. Sellars, c Douglas, b Avery F. E. Greenwood, b MacIldowie G. Glennie, lbtv b Avery J. F. Best, b Bullen W. S. Cavil!, b Avery E. N. Kay, c Troop b MacIldowie C. Cooper, b Haigh-Lumby G. Sellars, c Troop b Pickersgill C. F. D. Crane, b Avery Brown, b Pickersgill G. Rogers, not out ..

Extras .

I

Total M. 3

14

2

61

2

4

6o

2

.. 241 O. 16

3 4.4

2

53

9 29 5 19 28

To

5 20 224

R. 46

W.

25 12

2

CRICKET.

436 OLD PETERITES.

SCHOOL.

- 14

J. G. Troop, lbw b Avery....

J.

Scholefield, c Hutton b .

Avery 9 M. Hudson, b Haigh-Lumby E. G. Bullen, c Hutton b Avery .K. G. Chilman, c Allport b Maclldowie .......

45 J. Tasker, c and b Haigh13 . .

Lumbv C. E. Bullen, b F. P. Kitchin, b Haigh-Lumby 6 R. H. Sanders, run, out....

6 P. Daintry, not out ..

J. B. Davis, st Troop b Pickersgill 14 17 Extras

Total

0.

14

Bowler.

H. Haigh-Lumby P. N. Avery J. D. Maclldowie E. R. Poickersgill

20• 60.

62 18 19' 36 13

.

131

Total

'

C. L. Troop lbw b Tasker W. G. Hutton, c E. G. Bullen b Sanders W. Elliott, c C. E. Bullen b Daintry R. G. Bullen, b Daintry F. H. Douglas, c J. , G. Troop b Davis H. Haigh-Lumby, c Scholefield b Daintry E. R . Pickersgill, 'lbw b Tasker J. D. Maclldowie, c Hudson b Davis ..

P. N. Avery, b Tasker W. Allport, lbw b Tasker E. F. Williams, not out Extras ...

13

O O

14

NV.

R. 41 12 58

4 5

I0

25o

.......

M.

7

14

3

2

BATTING AVERAGES.

W. Elliott J. D. Maclldowie W. G. Hutton C. L. Troop H. Haigh-Lumby E. R. Pickersgill R. G. Bullen F. H. Douglas P. N. Avery P. M. Perry R. R. H. Horsley E. F. Williams W. Allport

No. of Times innings. not out.

14 0 13 4 0 15 0 14 13 13 13 6 7 4

3

Highest Score. Runs.

138 745 50* 236 376 104 102

353

47

I

231 64 * 230

3

46

2 I

2

2 0 I

5

0

46 18* 19 34 7*

13

164 172 67 52 41 7

24

Average.

53.21

26.22 25.6

25.17 21

19.16.

16.4 15.63 13.4 10.4 10.2

7

CRICKET.

437

BOWLING AVERAGES. E. R. Pickersgill P. N. Avery H. Haigh-Lumby R. G. Bullen J. D. Maclldowie Also bowled :W. Elliott P. M. Perry

112.2

M. 18 33 54 i8 27

R. 187 293 501 256 421

24 61.5

7 5

70 286

0.

70.2 109.2 207.5 87

SECOND XI.

Date.

W.

14

A. 9.35 10.85 1 3.54 18.28

22

19.13

4 II

26

20 27

37

RESULTS. Grd. Rsit.

Opps.

1 7.4

June 2 Worksop Coll. 2nd XI. A won H lost „ 6 " Eccentrics " C.0 W. „ 13 Bootham Sch. 2nd XI. A won W. H won „ 23 Leeds G.S. 2nd XI S. W. July II Ampleforth Col. 2nd XI H won „ 14 Giggleswick Sch 2nd XI. A lost S. S.

Sch.

Opps.

i8o (8 wkts) 123 76 174 124 8o 217 (4 wkts dec.)139 229 (8 wkts dec.) 83 48 1 45 •

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL 2ND. XI. V. WORKSOP COLLEGE 2ND. XI.

Played at Worksop on June 2nd.

WORKSOP 211d

XI.

SCHOOL 2ND XI.

Briggs, b Avery Wood, c Daintry b Avery Gibbons, c Houghton b Avery Johnson, c Williams, b Avery Head, lbw b Avery Lund, b Daintry Turner, b Daintry Spittle, not out Mitchell, b Avery Calderbank run out 'Gorman, h Daintry Extras

Total Bowler.

P. N. Avery ....

M. B. Watson....

C. 0. Daintry

Won by 4 wickets.

12 33 To 5 34 o 2

15

D Gray, b Calderbank W. Allport, c Lund b Gorman A. K. Cameron, b Calderbank J. M. Young, c and b Head ..

J. D. Burrows, b Calderbank C. C. Houghton, b Calderbank P. N. Avery, c Johnson b Mitchell C. 0. Daintry, b Head E. F. Williams, not out M. B. Watson, not out J. B. Pickersgill, did not bat Extras Total (for 8 wkts.)

123

0.

15 I. 13.2

Al. 3 0 1..

,

13 4 17 i8 20 32 15 4 44 4 9

18o

A. 36 32

6 0

40

3

CRICKET.

43 8

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL 2ND XI. V. ECCENTRICS C.C. Played at York on June 6th. Lost by 6 wickets.

SCHOOL 2ND XI. D. Gray, lbw b Musgrove C. C. Houghton, b Musgrove J. M. Young, b Musgrove J. D. Burrows, lbw b Musgrove W. Rymer, c J. T. Davies Esq., b Musgro -ve E. F. Williams, c Rhodes b Musgrove P. N. Avery, c and b K. G Chilman, Esq. J. B. Pickersgill, c Rev. F. H Barnby b K. G. Chilman, Esq. R. C. Crosthwaite, run out C. 0. Daintry, c Rev. F. H. Barnby b K.G. Chilman, Esq J. A. Brittain, not out

2B.VRhodes,cHugtnb Brittain 2 K. H. Rhodes, Esq., st Pickers 16. gill b Avery Did D. Norwood, Esq. not 5 C. R. Featherstone, Esq. . H. Scatchard bat.

V. W. G. Musgrove.

13.

Extras 5

15

Extras

Total Bowler.

P. N. Avery ....

J. A. Brittain E. F. Williams C. 0. Daintry

ECCENTRICS C.C. 7 Rev. F. H. Parnby, b B:ittain 428 P. H. Sykes, Esq. b Avery....

21 2 J. T. Davies, Esq:, c Pickersgill b Daintry 24 4 L.H.G. Faker, Esq., c Williams o E. F. b Avery 90, K. G. Chi:man, Esq., not cut

76

0.

13.8 12 2 3

Total (for 6 wkts.)

R. M. 81 34 4 0 27

174.

W. 3 2 0

i8

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL 2ND XI. V. BOOTHAM SCHOOL 2ND XI. Played at Bootham on June 13th. Won by 44 runs.

SCHOOL 2ND XI..

D. Gray, b Gilpin C. C. Houghton, b Matheson R. R. H. Horsley, run out W. Allport, c Gilpin, b Matheson J. D. Burrows, c Kay b Matheson A. K. Cameron, c and b Kay.....

E. F. Williams, c and b Matheson C. 0. Daintry, c Kaywood b Gilpin J. B. Pickersgill, c Kaywood b Gilpin J. A. Brittain b Matheson V. W. G. Musgrove, not out Extras .

Total

6 24 32

21 0

9 II

I

BOOTHAM 2ND XI. Braithwaite, c Gray b Williams Pepler, lbw b Williams Johnson, c Brittain b Musgrove Kay, run out Burtt, b Brittain Raine, not out Cawood, b Daintry Gilpin, lbw b Musgrove Mornell, b Musgrove Harland, c Horsley b Musgrove Matheson, c Brittain b Daintry Extras

IO

2 6.

0

28 3 I

o.

0 0

2 0 2 6 12 4

Total

80.

CRICKET.

Bowler.

V. W. G. Musgrove J. A. Brittain C. 0. Daintry H. F. Williams

439

o.

M.

R.

IO

5 3

II 2I

3

22

9 8.4

W. 4

9

I0

2 2

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL 2rid XI. V. LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL 2ND XI.

Played at York on June 23rd. Won by 74 runs.

SCHOOL 2ND XI. D. Gray, lbw b Lee F. H. Douglas, not out R R. H. Horsley, b Lee ..

W. D. Draffan, b E. Emerson J. D. Burrows, lbw b Lee A. K. Cameron Did E. F. Williams not C. 0. Daintry bat.

J. B. Pickersgill V. W. G. Musgrove J. A. Brittain Extras

LEEDS G.S. 2ND. XI. 31 102

8 51

24

E. Emmerson, b Douglas G. E. Holderness, c Draffan b Williams W. Lee, b Douglas J. S. Potter, b Douglas R. Emmerson, b Daintry_ D. F. Hollins, lbw b Douglas K. B. Dawson, b Burrows N. Hargreaves, c Draffan b Brittain H. Slights, c Pickersgill b Douglas R. Green, not out ...

T. N. Jones, b Brittain Extras Total

Total (for 4 wkts.) (Dec.) 217 Bowler.

V. W. G. Musgrove ....

J. A. Brittain E. F. Williams F. H. Douglas C. 0. Daintry J. D. Burrows

M. 3 5 4 5 9

0.

12 -4 12 9

15 4

64 17O

25 0 O

6 5 0

4 0 22 143

R.

\V.

23 13 38

0 2 I

14 12

5 I I

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL 2ND XI. V. AMPLEFORTH 2ND XI. Played at York on July nth. Won by 146 runs.

SCHOOL 2ND. XI. D. Gray, lbw b E. Prescott C. C. Houghton, c Barton b E Prescott R. R. H. Horsley, c Blackmoor b T. McKelvey , J. D. Burrows, b R. Chisholm A. K. Cameron, c Waddilov, b T. McKelvey W. D. Draffan, b R. Chisholm P. M. Perry, c Chisholm, b Waddilor B. V. Rhodes, c T. McKelvey b Roche C. 0. Dainty, not out Did not J. B. Pickersgill bat. f J. A. Brittain Extras

AMPLEFORTH

9

77 4 48

9 45 26

Total (for 8 wkts.) (Dec.) 229

M. Waddilov, c Cameron b Perry M. Blackmoor, c Draffan b Perry R. Barton, b Perry T. McKelvey, c Perry b Brittain R. Rowan, c Burrows b Perry G. Roche, c Daintry b Perry B. Aleazor, c Pickersgill b Perry J. Lund, c Perry b Rhodes R. Chisholm, c Draffan b Perry E. Prescott, not out R. Leeming, c Pickersgill b Perry Extras Total

5 8 2 6.

4 3g 2., I

4 9 0

4

CRICKET.

.440 Bowler.

J. A. Brittain P. M. Perry ....

B. V. Rhodes

....

R.

0.

8 10.3 3

W.

20

0 0

8

43 16

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL 2ND XI. V. GIGGLESWICK 2ND XI.

Played at Giggleswick on July 14th. Lost by 97 runs.

SCHOOL 2ND. XI.

GIGGLESWICK 2ND. XI.

9

M. A. Baird, b Perry ...

G. R. Bolsover, c Burrows b ... .....

Perry P. M. Sutcliffe, c Daintry b Perry 34 A. J. Bigger, b Daintry 47 E. C. Osborn, b Perry 5 0 S. Illingworth, b Rhodes N. R. Broady, st Pickersgill b Perry 12 D. P. Burker, b Cameron....

18 H. W. Fell, b Daintry H. F. Moorhouse, c Cutforth io b Perry H. A. T. Newhill, not out Extras 9 ....

D. Gray, run out 16 C. C. Houghton, b Baird 6 R. R. H. Horsley,c and b Baird I J. D. Burrows, run out 6 o

A. K. Cameron, b Sutcliffe P. M. Perry, b Baird

6 G. E. Cutforth, b Baird..

5 B. VT. Rhodes, c Broady b o Sutcliffe C. 0 Daintry, b Baird 4 1 J. B. Pickersgill, b Baird J. A. Brittain, not out o Extras 3

.

Total Bowler.

C. 0. Daintry

0.

P. M. Perry J. A. Brittain

19 4

B. V. Rhodes . A. K. Cameron

Total

1 45 17

0

4 2

7

48 R. 14 54 16, 28, 22

M. 12 2

W. 2

6 0

I I

SECOND XI. AVERAGES. BATTING.

No. of Times not out.

Inns.

Name.

0 A. K. Cameron 4 0 5 C. C. Houghton 0 5 J. D. Burrows I .5 C. 0. Daintry o D. Gray 6 0 R. R. H. Horsley 4

Total Most in AverRuns. Inns. age.

103 25.7 77 19.8 32 99 18.4 51 92 65 73 41

45 * 31 32

16.2 12.1 .

10.2

CRICKET.

44 1-

BOWLING.

No. of Overs. Mdns. Runs.

Name.

Wkts.

Average.

6.9 2 P. M. Perry 29.3 14 97 10.5 28 52 C. 0. Daintry 95 9 9 13 4 117 28.5 P. N. Avery 6 17.3 J. A. Brittain 104 46.4 14 Also played : J. B. Pickersgill (6) ; E. F. Williams (4) ; V. W. G. Musgrove (3) ; J. M. Young (2) ; W. Rymer (2) ; W. Allport (2) ; B. V. Rhodes (2) ; W. D. Draffan (2) ; F. H. Douglas (1) ; R. C. Crosthwaite (1) ; M. B. Watson (i).. .

THE LEAGUES. There have been four leagues in full swing this term, under the following captains : League A. A. L. Hicks.

B. J. A. C. Platts.

C. H. 0. Stibbard.

D. 11 . S. Wellburn.

Each League has run a 1st and a 2nd XI., although sometimes it has been a matter of difficulty to put a complete second team into the field. Three rounds of matches have been played.

In the 1st Division League C are top, while in the lower division A and C tie for first place. League C are therefore champions.

SUMMARY OF MATCHES. 1ST DIVISION. 2nd. Round.

1st Round.

A. B. C. D.

A.

A.

B.

C.

D.

+

o

2

0

±

0

2 2

2 0 0

2 0 2

+

2 0

+

0

+

B. 0 --12 2

Totals :—A, 10 ; B, 6 ; C, 13 ;

C.

2 0 + 0

D, 7.

3rd. Round.

D. 2 0 2

+

A.

+

0 2 0

B. 2

-I-

2 2

C. D. 0 2 0 0, I -I

.-f-

ROWING.

.442

2ND DIVISION.

A. B.

A.

B.

C.

D.

± I

I ±

0 o

2 o 0

0

2

+

-1--

0

0

0

C.

2

2

±

D.

o

2

2

A.

±

0

B. 2

+

C.

2

0

D.

2 2

2

+

A.

+ 0 2 0

B.

C.

D.

2

0 I

2 I

0

+

+ I I

+

2

Total :—A, 13 ; B, 5 ; C, 13 ; D, 5.

Totals for both Divisions : A. B. C. D.

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26.

12.

ROWING. Although the rowing Colours remaining from last year were Tather few, the prospects of getting a good School crew were distinctly bright, and we may say at once that the crews we have had in training have been very good indeed. Instruction in the art of rowing on sliding seats has also been given to certain other crews and we hope they have gained both profit and pleasure from the outings.

But this year misfortune has dogged the School first crew from a point of attack which we have escaped for some years.

The call of examinations for several days immediately before York Regatta interfered so much that on Regatta day the crew found themselves distinctly out of training. Examinations likewise prevented our entering for Durham Regatta, and though this was a great disappointment, we hope the dates of events will be found more favourable to us another year.

York Regatta and our own Tub Regatta over, we turned our attention to the annual " eight " race against York City Rowing Club. The City Club very kindly allowed us to use one of their boats regularly so that we were able to enjoy considerable practice, and after we had arranged for the strengthening of No. .4's rigger—a matter which No. 4 soon proved necessary, the eight took shape very well.

As we go to press three School crews are preparing to meet the O.P's. on July 21st. We can only give the opinion that the O.P's. are " up against, it."

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THE 2ND CREW.

bow. C. D. Trimmer.

2 L. B. W. Ryland.

3 G. H. Golden.

Sty. J. H. Gourley.

Cox. P. 0. Dowson.

After a period of ups and downs with some spasms of intense depression, both on the part of the crew and of their coach, the 2nd Four settled down into a really fast crew. On the surface their appearance left a certain amount to be desired but they got very well together and made good use of their legs. They were put into a " light boat " only five days before the Regatta and managed to keep their life and form well under the new conditions. They all showed a good racing spirit and put up a very creditable performance in the White Rose Cup, where they lost by a bare two feet to York City R.C., the winners of the Cup. Owing to the fact that Gourley left after the Regatta, Easten came up from the 3rd Four and has settled down well to stroke the 2nd crew in practice for the O.P. race on July 21st.

2ND FOUR CHARACTERS.

Bow.

C. D. TRIMMER. Puts a tremendous amount of energy into his rowing and does a lot of effective work. Needs to hold his slide rather longer and to take the finish more easily.

2.

L. B. W. RYLAND. Has improved his form this term considerably and has almost corrected his swing. Would get more length forward if he was " lighter handed." Raced well.

3.

G. H. GOLDEN. Has changed over to bow side with great success. A very hard and effective worker, is quick with his hands if rather jerky at times.

Stroke. J. H. GOURLEY. Stroked the crew very well in races and drove them along. When he had corrected his forward swing, he did a lot of work himself. His finish was streonger in rowing than in paddling. In spite of a tendency to hurry forward, kept a good rhythm.

Cox.

P. 0. DowsoN. Steered very fair courses. His " encouraging noises " were apt to get a bit monotonous.

K.H.R.

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ROWING. THE 3RD CREW.

Bow G. A. Barton.

2 T. B. J. Eveleigh.

3 W. J. Buttimer.

Sty. G. P. Easten.

Cox S. M. Maclldowie.

Considering that all its members were new to slides this term, the 3rd crew has given a very good account of itself.

In the racing for the Regatta Cup they beat Tees Amateur B.C. quite comfortably by four lengths. In this race they drew away well from the middle of the course onwards.

In the next heat they were beaten by barely half a length by Hollingworth Lake R.C., spurting well to reduce a lead of over a length.

For such a light crew this was quite a good achievement.

They were quite well together, but a slight tendency to dig must have reduced their speed appreciably.

In both races stroke kept his crew going very well.

TUB, REGATTA. This event, which was so successful last year, was held again this year with equal success.

As we have had more crews out this year there were more entries, the total being '24.

The winning pair, Easten and Golden, rowed very well and thoroughly deserved their success.

It had been hoped to hold a similar event for clinker fours, but it has been found impossible to fit this in in view of the numerous other activities of the term.

YORK REGATTA. Three School crews were entered for Regatta events, but owing to a shortage of entries for, the White Rose Cup, the School entered, two crews for the White Rose and one crew for the Regatta Challenge Cup. Having regard to the rowing on the

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day of the Regatta there is no doubt that this was the best arrangement for the School.

There were four entries only for the White Rose t up : St. Peter's first crew were drawn against Bradford : St. Peter's second crew against York City. The second crew rowed first and the race was one of the very best we have ever put up in the Regatta, the verdict against us being two feet only The third crew won their first heat in the Regatta Cup event and lost to a crew who ultimately were the runners up in the final of this event.

THE SCHOOL FIRST CREW.

Bow G. M. Curtois.

2 J. N. Thompson.

3 R. L. Rhodes.

SO. J. C. Yates.

Cox D. T. G. Foster.

The crew got well together early in the term and were shaping nicely in the clinker. A little delay occurred about getting into " Sally " as it was found imperative to have the ends recanvassed. In practice the crew rowed with a fair amount of life but the boat did not seem to travel through the water as speedily as the coach would wish. Ultimately we came to the conclusion that this year's crew were rather heavy for " Sally," and so we actually rowed in one of the York City Club Boats.

In the Regatta the crew rowed against a Bradford crew and a good race was seen, though we feel no doubt whatever that had the crew not been out of training owing to absence they would have won this race easily. As it was, however, they lost by half-a-length.

CHARACTERS.

G. M. CURTOIS. A very useful blade if at times his body work is not quite what it should be. Brings his hands in too low.

Generally has something to say about anything that's doing, and thereby creates discussion !

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J. N. THOMPSON.

Has rowed very well all the term if one just excepts the tendency to be heavy with his hands over the stretcher. Seems to have much better staying power than last year.

R. L. RHODES. Has developed into a good stylish oar with excellent blade work.

Backed stroke up very satisfactorily

J. C. YATES.

As a stroke he has shown great improvement during the term, and a tendency to " hang " slightly at the beginning has practically disappeared. He made a splendid effort in the last 3o yards of the Regatta race, and in the " eight " race he gave his crew the good length and steadiness which proved so successful.

T. D. G. FOSTER.

It has been thought that cox had a spite against "four bow oars "—certainly against " bow and three " However, our cox has been very keen and coxed very successfully. And he made himself heard ! !

THE EIGHT. The annual " eight's " race with the York City Rowing Club was fixed for July 14th, and it is very pleasing tg record that we won the race easily by 2i lengths.

By kind permission we practised for ten days before the race and so got together as a crew.

For the race York City had the railway side of the river. After a fair start at the Scope we had the advantage of the first bend and gained a very slight lead : all the way to York City Boat

House we kept increasing this to about length. At Scarborough Bridge we went definitely away, stroke giving the crew good length and the crew keeping excellently together.

This was a very satisfactory win, as the York crew were heavy and experienced though they had not had much practice together.

Bow. 2.

3.

4.

C. D. Trimmer.

L. B. W. Ryland.

G. M. Curtois.

G. P. Easten.

Cox.

G. H. Golden.

J. N. Thompson.

R. L. Rhodes.

Str. J. C. Yates.

5.

6.

7.

D. T. G. Foster.

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O.T.C. The Summer term is always tae most important, and busiest term of the year for the O.T.C., and this term has been no exception. The first part of the term was devoted to an attempt to raise the already high standard of drill to such a height of excellance that we should be able, on Military Sunday, to show even the Regulars how it should be done. After a most gruelling time for everybody concerned, when senior N.C.O's. became thoroughly unpopular, and various people were accused of Prussianism, came Military Sunday, and with it came success.

We would not presume to say that we outshone the Regular battalions, but it can be said without boastfulness that we came up to their standard, while we have it on most unquestionable .authority that we " beat the Terriers 'ollow." Just before Military Sunday we had our annual Inspection by Major Pickering M.C. This was taken in our stride so to speak or as a preliminary test for Military Sunday. Needless to say the report was very favourable. The latter part of the term has been devoted to preparation for camp and also to the competitions which were revived. Keen interest was taken in these competitions and this resulted in a very high standard being presented for the judgment of R.S.M. Holdsworth who very kindly took on the difficult job of finding the winner. His awards were as follows Officer's Cup for Section Drill No. 5 Section (L /Cpl. Parkinson.)

Platoon Cup (Old Fernie Cup) No. 3 Platoon (Sgt. Curtois). .

In addition the following was the result of the musketry competition :Wilson Cup for the Section with the highest average score : No. 9. Section (L /Cpl. Maclldowie).

Best Individual Shot : Cdt. Allport.

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These notes could not be closed without some reference to the Bugle Band. For the first time within the memory of all but a very few cadets, it was a real pleasure and help to march behind the band on Military Sunday. The contingent owes a debt of gratitude to the Band in general and to Mr. Sykes, and SergeantDrummer Cutforth for the tremendous amount of work and time spent in attaining such a high standard. We are sure they deserve every success, and this we heartily wish them in their competition at camp.

A list of those now holding full ranks with the date of promotion is appended.

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C.S.M. D. V. Hewitt, 1926.

Sgt. C. L. Troop, 1927.

Sgt. G. M. Curtois, 1927.

Sgt. W. Elliott, 1927.

Sgt.-Dr. G. E. Cutforth, 1928.

Sgt. J. C. Yates, 1928.

Sgt. W. G. Hutton, 1928.

Sgt. F. H. Douglas, 1928.

Cpl. (acting Sgt), C. F. Williams, 1928.

Cpl. R. R. H. Horsley, 1928.

OXFORD CUP. SCHOOL HOUSE :-Boating (1st Div.) Rugger Cricket Boxing Squash Sports Shield Shooting Speech Day Prizes (4 Senior, 3 Junior) Swimming Relay (2nd) Total DAYBOYS

MANOR

:-

5 5 IO 5 II 2

8o

Cross Country Boating (2nd Div.) Boxing (2nd place) Speech Day Prizes (5 Senior, 3 Junior)

13

Total

20

Hockey Speech Day Prize (I Senior)

12

Total GROVE :-

12 15 15

Cross Country Swimming Relays Shooting (2nd) Total

2

3 2

2 14.

5 5 12

ORCHESTRA ACCOUNT.

Sports Shield (2nd place) Speech Day Prizes

RISE :-

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Total i ;t

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SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. The chief attraction of the Scientific Society in the Summer term is its annual excursion to some region of floral and faunal interest, when the active members have an opportunity of finding specimens of various fungi, plants and " bugs," and the more inactive members have a half holiday, char-a-bane ride and tea at cost price. The excursion this year was to Lake Gomire which we have found by experience to be an eminently suitable place, as everyone who went in 1926 so thoroughly enjoyed it.

The contents of the Biological Museum are always on the increase and about five hundred bird skins have been presented this term by Dr. B. Moiser ; to whose father the collection used to belong.

We do not in the Summer term have evening meetings and lectures, as there are so many other attractions when the evenings are light ; but many members of the Society have employed much of their surplus time in the School dark room, which is a scene of almost continuous activity during the photographic season.

ORCHESTRA

ACCOUNT.-

1927-1928.

s. d.

RECEIPTS.

Balance from 192627 Contributions per School Office Donations

o

18

o

5

0

0

7

6

5

6.

£6

EXPENDITURE.

Music, per Secretary Messrs.' Banks' Acc. Repairs to Double Bass Fiddle Balance in hand

L.

d.

7 4 o 9 6.

S.

2

3 7 9 0 o II

5. 6

VALETE.

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NOTES AND ITEMS. We congratulate J. N. Bamforth on gaining a Modern History Postmastership at Merton College, Oxford, and G. P. Easten on gaining a Natural Science Sizarship at St. John's College, Cambridge. These, with D. V. Hewitt's Choral Scholarship and J. Richardson's Medical Scholarship for St. Mary's, Hospital make this year a record honours year.

We congratulate R. G. Bullen, E. R. Pickersgill and F. H. Douglas on receiving their 1st XI. Colours, and R. R. H. Horsley, P. N. Avery D. Gray on receiving their 2nd XI. Colours.

We congratulate R. L. Rhodes on receiving his 1st Rowing Colours, and on their 2nd Rowing Colours : L. W. Ryland,.

G. P. Easten, G. A. Barton, T. B. J. Eveleigh and W. J. Buttimer. Also D. T. G. Foster, on receiving his 1st Coxing Colours and P. 0. Dowson his 2nd Coxing Colours.

The School will be represented at the Duke of York's Camp this year by F. H. Douglas and J. D. Maclldowie.

The photographs on the frontispiece were taken by S. H. Kazerooni who has been awarded the editor's prize.

The Editor's prize for original composition has been awarded to Pontifex for his Maths. Paper.

No prize has been awarded for sketches, as none have been submitted, or for original compositions by boys below A Block.

VALETE. C. DIXON. 1922-1928. School House. Vth Modern. 2nd XV. Colours, 1925. 1st XV. Colours, 1926. 2nd XI. Colours, 1926. 1st XI. Colours, 1927. Played for Hockey XI., 1928. Secretary of Squash, 1927-8. Victor Ludorum, 1927-8. Corporal in O.T.L. Certificate " A ".

J. R. PIERREPONT. 1926-1928.

Cadet in O.T.C.

Clifton Manor. VIth Modern..

H. K. NEWSUM. 1925-1928. School House.

O.T.C. E. C. W. JENKINS. in O.T.C.

A2.

Cadet in

1925 -1928. School House. A3. Cadet

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G. Y. BURTON. 1925 -1928. School House. B2. Coxing Colours 1925-6-7. Cadet in O.T.C. Cadet in O.T.CC. LEE. 1924-1928. Clifton Manor. B2.

A. V. F. PARKER. 1924-1928. Day Boy. B2. Cadet in O.T.C.

SALVETE. School House.

N. B. Corner, B2.

S. H. Jaques, Bi. E. A. Whitaker, B4.

The Rise.

A. W. C. Cumming, Bz.

Day Boys.

A. G. Simpson, C. The Manor.

B. W. Woodcock, Bi. The Grove.

B. Kooka, Bi. J. Kooka, C. H. Richardson, C. G. W. Calvert, B2.

THE JUNIOR SCHOOL. As usual in the case of a Summer Term we seem to have had a very busy time. One important change has been tried this term : our examinations were held in time to award the Form Prizes on Speech Day. The representatives of the Junior School appeared quite numerous on the platform, the recipients being as follows :Senior Elocution Prize F. P. 0. Smith.

Junior Elocution Prize R. White.

Whytehead Divinity Prize G.. C. Lee. R.T.S. Divinity Prize L. Sykes.

Junior School Art Prize J. S. Sproude.

Form Prizes : Ji., A. J. Ives. Jii., M. R. Jeffrey. Jiii., W. B. Dawson. Jiv., D. Lyth. Jv., A. J. Darton, D. Blackburn (Maths.). Jvi., G. C. Lee, F. P. 0. Smith (Maths.).

The Whit-Monday outing was postponed till the following Thursday as we had a cricket match on the Tuesday. The outing was by river to a point some distance above Poppleton where we disembarked and scattered in all directions, ultimately assembling again at Poppleton for tea. After tea every-

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body enjoyed games and then embarked once more—rather tired, but still full of spirits, sufficient for songs on the way back.

We also had a second- outing this term owing to the kind invitation of the Rev. C. Birkett who arranged for us to see the wonderful Roman remains at Aldborough and then gave us a splendid tea at Staveley Rectory. This was a most enjoyable and instructive afternoon and we are very grateful to Mr. Birkett for his kindness.

Swimming has been in full swing, and when we could not go to the Swimming Baths owing to an outbreak of chicken-pox all those boys who had passed their test were taken to the river several times. River swimming gives one even more confidence in being able to swim than the baths, so that the opportunity has been useful.

The following boys have passed the School swimming test : E. Webster, B. Lee, I. Syddall, H. B. Jones, L. Atkinson, J. M. Atkinson.

SALVETE. M. Prince (St. Olave's).

T. J. Redmayne (Day Boy).

J. M. Dickenson (Day Boy).

ST. OLAVE'S GAMES. This term we have been favoured with excellent weather, except for the three match days which were wet, and in consequence have had many enjoyable games, while during the earlier part of the season there were nets for those who showed promise of appearing in the School XI. Of the three matches played by the XI., two were won and one lost.

Against an " A " XI. of Grosvenor House we won rather comfortably, the scores being 146 for 9 against 27, Ogley being chief scorer with ioo not out, while Mann and Hedley shared the bowling honours with 4 for 6 and 4 for 13 respectively, twobeing run out.

In the return match at Harrogate we played the Grosvenor 1st XI and lost by 95 runs to 41 on a very wet wicket, a featureof the game being a good 55 by Farthing for Grosvenor whileon our side there were 7 "ducks " as against 6 on theirs.

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Against Terrington Hall we won by 113 runs to 41.

Our other three matches had to be cancelled owing to epidemics.

The following boys have played for the School :—Mann (Capt.) .0gley, Darton, Perry, Smithson, Gosden, Croskell, Lyth, Blackburn, Beachell, Hedley and Jones.

CHAPEL. May 6 Easter IV. The Headmaster. „ 13 „ V. Rev. F. H. Barnby.

D. S. Mackay, Esq. „ 20 S. after Ascension „ 27 Whitsun Day Organ Recital.

The Headmaster.

June 3 Trinity Sunday Rev. C. C. Bell, M.A., Canon „ 10 1st after Trinity Residentiary of York. „ 17 2nd after Trinity York Civic and Military Sunday. „ 24 3rd after Trinity, Ven. J. R. Darbyshire, M.A., Archdeacon of Sheffield.

St. John Baptist _July I 4th after Trinity Service in York Minster at 8 p.m.

8 5th after Trinity Rev. A. W. Jackson, M.A., Curate of S. Paul's, Sculcoates, Hull (0.P.) .

Rev. F. H. Barnby. „ 15 6th after Trinity The Rt. Rev. H. H. Williams, „ 22 7th after Trinity D.D., Bishop of Carlisle, (O.P.)., School Commemoration.

29 8th after Trinity The Headmaster.

ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS. 1. A monitor of height 6' 3" sees a fag of height 3' 9" in the form 6 at 12 hrs. 15 mins. Solve graphically.

2. Take a school piano : from it produce a chord to meet a monitor A [in the ear : show that the result is a right tangle.

(Answer to nearest hundredth of a date-card). ,

3.

Simplify V all evil, giving answer in s. d.

4. Rationalise and find the value of the School Debating Society.

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5. Find the expression of a monitor giving leave-off and show that the result is negative.

6. The last term of an O.P. was 1923. Show how much he should give to the Building Fund. (Give reasons, if possible).

7. Find the number of permutations of seventeen cherry ciders taken all together.

8.

Expand holidays indefinitely, neglecting all higher powers.

9. A boy walks across a square field, cutting the roots in three negligible places. Show that compound interest will be taken in varying terms.

1o. Shew that the greatest term was May—August, 1924.

11.

Find the O.T.C. of 1932, 1933 and 1934.

12. Resolve on a difference in Big Hall : remove the brackets. and simplify : if these do not vanish, solve by substitution.

Shew that this is absurd.

13. If one pipe satisfies a master for 6 minutes : and another pipe satisfies another for 9 minutes, how long will it take to fill the system, given that the maximum density of a master is infinite ?

14. Shew that in the School Orchestra a Harmonic Progression. with scale A is impossible.

15. If a sum is projected to infinity, shew that a master positively goes off at a tangent.

PONTIFEX.

AFTER READING SOME WAR NOVELS. When reading in this sort of book You must not judge by how things look ; The hero's in some awful plight— Don't worry : he'll get out all right !

He gets a shot from very near ; It's sure to whistle past his ear, And when you think, " That's settled that ! " The bullet merely lifts his hat.

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His aeroplane may crash to earth— He'll scramble from the wreck with mirth ; He leads a final desperate charge ; The chances of his death are large : But though they be five score to one, The killing somehow won't get done !

A cunning trap his foes devise, And seize his friends and him as spies : But when it seems he must get shot, You may be surest he will not !

I'd write a book, where, when I will'd, The hero really would get kill'd !

PONTIFEX.

SOLILOQUY ON THE PARADE GROUND. Were I a king, then I would grace With royal patronage this place : Were I a scholar, I would earn It eminence by what I'd learn : Were I poet, I would raise Inspired paeons in its praise : Were I . an architect, I'd draw New plans for it from roof to floor : Were I cricketer, I'd lead Its teams to vict'ry on the mead : Were I an artist, I'd portray Its beauties on a Summer day : Were I a bishop, I would preach : A statesman, come and make a speech : A maharajah, give a cup :A brewer, fill th' aforesaid up.

In short, if anyhow I could Give it a leg up, well, I would.

But since, alas ! I'm only me, I'd better just go home to tea.

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CORRESPONDENCE. CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Editors , of " The Peterite."

DEAR SIRS, May I take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Ping, Mr. Rhodes, and Mr. Baker for the valuable coaching they have given to the School crews.

This Summer their activities have been increased, for they have kindly undertaken the coaching of two extra crews. Great credit is due to Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Baker for the repairs which :they have so successfully carried out.

Yours sincerely, J. N. THOMPSON,

Captain of Boats.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL, YORK. DEAR SIRS, May I trespass upon your valuable space to express my thanks to Mr. Toyne for the untiring energy and time which he has given to the coaching of the 1st XI. I should also like to thank Mr. Norwood and Mr. Davies for the time they spent coaching znd XI. and the Colts respectively.

The Leagues have been a great success under the care of Mr. Featherstone whom I should also like to thank.

On behalf of the teams and myself I would like to thank Mrs. Toyne for the teas which she has provided for us.

The wickets again have been very good under the care of Roberts.

Yours sincerely, W. ELLIOTT,

Captain of Cricket.

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O.P. RUGGER MATCH. The O.P. Match against the Rhool will be played on Wednesday, December 19th. All O. P's. who wish to play should communicate with D. Norwood, Esq., 1, Rawcliffe Grove, York, before November 1st.

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OLD. PETERITE DINNER.

Mr. S. M. Toyne presided at the Annual Dinner 'of the Old Peterite Club, held on July 21st, at the Royal Station Hotel.

The following were 'also present :—Dr. Chapman, J. H. Collinson, N. T. Crombie, H. C. Scott, P. B. Lambert, H. L. Creer D. G. Weil, F. Ogley, —Swayne, J. W. Procter, P. Rowland, A. A. Collins, J. S. Fryer, D. Norwood, E. A. Pollard, E. M. Greenhow, J. N. Blenkin, E. P. Stark, J. S. Mandley, H. E. K. Reynolds, J. C. Lyth, B. B. Bridges, R. W. Howell, R. W. C. Floud, P. Daintry, J. G. Troop, L. G. C. Lace, J. C. Rodgers, R. G. DeLittle, D. Cameron, C. E. S. Sullen, H. W. Judge, F. W. B. Pacey, K. H. Rhodes, A. C. Clarke, J. A. Easten, M. T. Clegg, M. H. Hudson, F. T. Penty, A. L. Pendlebury, A. W. Ping, C. R. Featherstone and A. J. A. Woodcock.

Mr. J. H. Collinson, who was formerly headmaster of a public school which he founded at Hamilton, in Canada, proposed the toast of " The School." He said that in the present state of things in this country, which was so overcrowded and was going to be more so in the future, their minds must be concentrated on those beautiful countries overseas which belonged to us.

There were great opportunities for young men who had been educated at the public schools in this country, and he saw no reason why those who were even doing well here should not do, infinitely better in a country like Canada. He had seen many enjoying a life of ease and who had not taken up anything who would make splendid citizens in the Dominions if they were encouraged to go out and take life seriously.

A CALL FROM THE DOMINIONS. If he had his way he would make all the public schools in thecountry take up this matter of emigration, and make a knowledge of the Colonies a serious side of their work, and pointing out to boys what opportunities were open to them in the Domin-

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ions when they left school. He did not think the public schools were doing all they might to encourage young men to go out to the Dominions, and he considered it was a mistake. With this country so overcrowded he believed the time was coming when something would have to be done. He owed everything in life to St. Peter's School. (Applause.)

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Mr. Toyne replied on behalf of the School, and referring to his visit to Canada and America, said he had a profound admiration of the Canadians and of all he saw in that Colony. Alluding to the School he said the past year had been the most successful since he came to York, and speaking of the future he referred to several projects in addition to the acquiring of the new Library.

An additional cricket field had been secured adjoining the School grounds and they also hoped to have a covered-in miniature rifle range in use by next year. The O.T.C. was going strong and he would be the last to wish to see these cease to exist at the public schools, as he considered they were a very good thing for boys.

He added that as a result of the suggestion put forward at the annual meeting of the Old Peterites' Club it might be possible to arrange for the annual commemoration to begin on the Friday in future, instead of cramming everything into one day, and for the church service to be held on St. Peter's Day. These were matters which would receive the full consideration of the Committee.

THE CLUB.

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Mr. A. J. A. Woodcock submitted the toast of " The Club " and wished it every prosperity in the future.

The Rev. A. C. Clarke, who responded, said it was 25 years since he last attended their dinner. Most of his life had been spent in the East as a missionary. He mentioned that there was an even bigger call than that of Canada, and he was confident those who felt it would never regret becoming missionaries for Christ in the East or in the other parts of the world.

Mr. P. B. Lambert, who also spoke, alluded to his schoolboy days at St. Peter's more than 70 years ago. Commenting on the

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speeches of Mr. Collinson and Mr. Clarke, on the calls of the West • and of the East, he said he felt it would be a bad thing for this country if all the best men were to go • out either to the West or to the East. In a reference to the history of the school written by the Rev. Angelo Raine, he said he was rather disappointed that the book did not do full justice to " Old Tom Richardson," who was an admirable character in his (Mr. Lambert's) young days.

The remainder of the evening was spent in a convivial manner.

CONTEMPORARIES. We have pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of the following apologising for any inadvertent omissions :—The Merchistonian,.

The Cuthbertian, The Giggleswick Chronicle, The Eastbournian, The St. Peter's College (Adelaide) Magazine (2), The Draxonian, The Limit, The Stonyhurst College Magazine, The Brighton College Magazine., The Dovonian, The Leodiensian, The Dentonian, The Ousel, The Eagle, The Cranleighian, The Haileyburian, The Malvernian, The Reptonian, The Seiburghian, The Johnian.

The Novocastrian.

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SCHOOL OFFICERS.

SCHOOL OFFICERS. D. V. Hewitt (Head of the Day Boys).

F. H. Douglas (Head of the Rise).

G. M. Curtois (Head of the School House J. C. Yates.

G. E. Cutforth.

J. N. Bamforth.

C. F. Williams.

G. P. Easten.

W. Elliott (Head of the Manor).

C. L. Troop.

W. G. Hutton.

D. St. G. W. Gray (Head of the Grove).

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C. L. Troop.

Sec. of Cricket : Captain of Boats : J. N. Thompson.

Sec. of Boats : J. C. Yates.

Captain of Squash : R. G. Bullen.

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