July 1931 by StPetersYork

rtrritc. Vol. XXVI.

JULY, 1931.

No. .

Editorial. Weather is the proverbial topic of the Englishman and often of the English Editorial. However, we feel perfectly justified in reverting to such a familiar subject this term ; though we have not yet seen any statistics, certainly meteorologists will have something distinctly lurid to say about this summer. Cricketers have had to put up with cancelled matches and eternally wet wickets ; boaters have had to contend with almost perpetual strong currents. Indeed, the weather managed to hit us both ways—for when it stopped, we had the usual hot day for the O.T.C. Inspection, and whilst it was pouring down, unfortunately, there was little else left for us to do except work. Luckily, Commemoration Days were not too seriously interfered with, although many people must have been deterred from coming because they expected the inevitable rain. The Summer Term is generally haunted by the fear of examinations, but candidates seem to have been fairly well satisfied with their papers. It is to be hoped that they will meet with considerable success, and keep up the reputation of the School. On Speech Day the Headmaster was able to present us with a very distinguished honours list, one of the most recent additions to this being the Choral Scholarships at King's College, Cambridge, won by V. W. G. Musgrove. In this connection it is very gratifying to note that St. Peter's is sending up six, possibly seven, of its Old Boys to Oxford and Cambridge next term. The standard of tennis in the School has improved greatly this term, and a great impetus has been given to the game by the visit of Mr. Standley, the Italian Davis Cup Team coach. He spent a fortnight at the School in mid-term ; unfortunately the rain rendered the grass court unplayable, and he had to give his ?lessons on the hard court, which was only made fit for play by much painstaking and voluntary work on the part of members of the Tennis Club.

75 At the time of writing, we have just learnt that there are to be no O.T.C. Camps this year ; from the point of view of those who have taken so much trouble in organising entertainments for the " Rec " Tent, and in working to make this year's Guard as smart as it was last year, this comes as a great disappointment. It may appropriately be mentioned here that this year's U.T.C. Inspection resulted in the best report on all departments of the Corps that we have ever gained. This is particularly gratifying, seeing that the Inspection was carried out on this occasion by an official of the War Office. So distinguished a soldier as Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood was very impressed by the Guard of Honour which turned out on his arrival on Speech-Day. It is a feather in our caps to have secured so famous a personality to present the Prizes, particularly as he has only just returned to England. A detailed account of the cricket season will be found elsewhere in our pages ; the predominance of soft wickets has had its adverse effect, but the eleven have shown themselves to advantage on more than one occasion and recorded a particularly welcome victory over Durham School, whom we have only beaten twice since the War. Once again no original contributions appear in our pages, but there is so much news to be included in the Summer number that we have had to economise considerably. In conclusion, it may be of interest to note that one of the Editors of the " Peterite " has been appointed to the Editorial staff of a famous provincial daily paper, a fact that speaks well for this magazine.

Oxford Letter. Oxford. To the Editors of the " Peterite." Dear Sirs, At the beginning of this term the club held its annual dinner. We were very glad to see our President, Mr. Toyne, Mr. Barnby, Mr. Featherstone and Mr. Rhodes, for to their presence the success of the evening was largely due. The company was, however, disappointingly small, for while several O. P.'s wrote of their inability to be present owing to press of circumstances, we were unable to attract any O.P. by our invitation in your columns. We would also place it on record that, despite the Oxford influence in the School, of which the Cambridge O.P. 's seem envious, the number of Peterites at Oxford is but nine (four of whom are going down at the end of this term). Yet " we few, we happy few " spent a convivial evening until the proctorial license expired.

76 The weather, that malicious spoil-sport, has done its best to ruin all that the summer term stands for, but it was not completely successful ; even z.d .''et(3ax0oou failed so much as to disturb the slumber of your correspondents. None of us was able to take advantage of Professor Einstein's lectures which he delivered during the term on the subject of Relativity. Even had he spoken in English he entered realms of abstraction where comparatively few could follow him with understanding. He was, however, a familiar figure to those who make use of the walks in Christ Church meadows. The cares of this world have weighed heavily on some of us this term. E. Lorrain Smith has eluded us entirely. We believe that his period of residence in Oxford has now come to an end. At the time of writing, the magnum opus which he is popularly supposed to be composing has not been published. A. G. Moore, J. N. Bamforth, and C. F. Williams have faced the examiners, but with what success is not yet known. At any rate their extravagant use of midnight oil is a feature of Oxford small talk. A. G. Moore, our vice-president, is going for a tour in Austria before entering a firm of chartered accountants in London where we hope he will not be entirely lost to us. J. N. Bamforth and C. F. Williams are, we believe, still . hoping for large salaries somewhere. Three of us rowed with some success this term. C. F. Williams was 'bow' in the Brasenose boat which stayed Head of the River and he may he seen some day behind a pink tie. J. C. Yates rowed '2' in the St. Edmund Hall boat and was unfortunate not to add to his collection of oars : he only failed to do so by one bump which he should have made on the first night. H. A. Patrick, though he made five bumps in Balliol III, also failed to get his oar by the same margin owing to the thoughtless action of the boat in front having an easy victim on the second night. J. R. Mawer and C. F. Williams having passed their prelims. in triumphant fashion have been able to pursue knowledge for ideal rather than mundane reasons. While the ideal pursuit may not be so hot nor so continuous it has its points. E. F. Williams has played regularly for B.N.C. 2nd XI and has toured With the Brasenose Wanderers. Thus you see, gentlemen, that our time has been fully occupied one way or another. Our time is still so occupied and this is in fact the reason for such a brief invasion of your space. We wish the School continued success and remain, Your obedient servants, THE OXFORD OLD PETERITES.

Cambridge Letter. CAMBRIDGE, June 8th, 1931. To the Editors of " The Peterite." Dear Sirs, Work and rain have been the predominant features .of this term. Examinations made the former inevitable, but we certainly did not expect such a large share of the latter. Still, we have had occasional patches of sunny weather when Cambridge has delighted us with the special charm which always characterises it at this time of the year. At such times it is the hardest thing in the world to work, especially for those of us whose rooms are near the river. Some people try to convince themselves that they can work in a punt, but experience tells us that the river was intended for the study of anything but books. We write on the eve of May Week. Already feminine beauty is storming the town, and the river, in moments of sunshine, is thronged with punts and gay with colours. Some would deplore the reckless extravagance which accompanies the long round of amusement in May Week, but if those who know the unforgettable delight of those days, few would not think it worth while. We held our annual dinner early in the term, and were pleased to welcome the Headmaster, Mr. Featherstone, and Mr. Norwood. Mr. Toyne gave us a good account of the School's activities, and we were pleased to hear that a number of Peterites will be joining us next term. Apart from the dinner, the Club has not been very active this term, chiefly owing to the calls of work. Indeed, if we are to believe the accounts of members given to the harassed secretary on his rounds of search for news, it should be superfluous to seek the names of Peterites outside the first class lists in the examination results. Two members, G. P. Easten and H. J. B. Greeves, will soon be among the " tow-path idols," helping to swell the pageantry of the " Mays." The latter is particularly to be congratulated on gaining his 1st May Boat colours as a fresher. D. V. Hewitt has at last taken an examination. After trying his hand in various directions, he eventually chose " Military Subjects." G. P. Easten unfortunately crocked his ankle half-way through training, and was prevented from rowing in Lady Margaret rst boat. He has sat for the Mechanical Sciences Tripos. He leaves us this term. J. D. Fergusson is also in his last term. He is still undergoing the protracted Natural Sciences Examination.

78 G. N. P. Crombie hopes to have convinced the examiners in Part I of the Law Tripos. R. G. Bullen is paying for his skill at tennis .by experiencing the trials of a secretary. We have seen little of him this term. W. G. Hutton is still the mainstay of the Peterhouse Cricket XI, and also, possibly, of the Medical School. C. N. Parkinson is looking forward with confidence, to the results of the Historical Tripos Part I. He proposes to attend a course at the University of Paris during the vacation. N. H. Sutcliffe has gained a host of friends since winning the Union sweepstake. He has played cricket for King's, and has taken Spanish in Part I of the Modern Language Tripos. H. J. B. Greeves is confident that Peterhouse are going up in the " Mays." Later he will be going to Henley. He is sitting for " Mays " in English. A. L. B. Pattinson is an historian, but " Mays " are his only worry. He plays cricket occasionally. J. R. Pope has not been seen much, but we understand that he too has been working. " Mays " in Classics for him. Our good wishes go with the two members who are going down this term. To those who are coming up next year from the School we promise a cordial welcome. The Hon. Sec., A. L. B. Pattinson, St. Catherine's, would like to hear from them as early as possible in the term. Assuring you of our sincere regard for the School and of our good wishes for its success. We remain, Yours, etc., THE CAMBRIDGE OLD PETERITES.

Vancouver Letter. R.M.S. " Montrose. To the Editor of the " Peterite." Dear Sir, An interesting meeting of four O. P.'s recently took place ; L. W. Huffam, 1880-1885, Wilfred Partington, 1885-1890, Douglas Greer, 1890, and Basil Radford, 1911-1914. Partington and Creer are now worthy citizens of Vancouver. Huffam, in retirement, is seeing a lot of the world.

79 At an O.P. Dinner, kindly given by Creer, old times were discussed, and school reminiscences since 1880. Radford is one of the leading lights in an excellent touring company, and as an actor in old English plays, is taking part in tours in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. We saw him in " Bird in the Hand," by John Galsworthy. He was captain of the School X I, and has been busy hitting sixes on Stanley Park, Vancouver. After seeing a game of ice-hockey, the fastest game in the world, in Vancouver, we met two sons of another O.P. (the late Mr. Hopkins, land agent, of York). Huffam has been visiting his son, W. H. Huffam, 0.P., in Australia. Yours sincerely,

L.W.H.

Athletic Sports. Both the The Sports were held on Monday, 30th March. Sports themselves and the heats run on the Saturday took place in the usual type of weather, that is in a bitterly cold wind which was equally unpleasant for competitors and spectators alike. For the Victor Ludorum there was a very close contest this year between Butler and Fargus, which was not decided until the last race of the day, the Steeplechase; before this the two were equal in points and so Butler's victory in it made him the Victor. In this year's Sports there was one innovation which we hope was an improvement. The Inter-House Relay Race was run straight up and down in the strings, instead of round the track, thus obviating the advantage previously gained from position. The Inter-House Shield was won by Clifton Rise with 21 points, with Clifton Manor with 18 points as runner-up. RESULTS :ST. °LAVE'S. 60 Yards ... 80 Yards 100 Yarns Long Jump Long Jump (under 11) High Jump (over 14) ... High Jump (under 114) Steeplechase

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.

Brockbank Lockwood Denby Quarrie Greaves. Denby. Dawson. Large.

2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2.

Dodd Windram. .Segar. Denby. Dawson. Davison. Greaves. McLean.

Macdonald.

80 ST. PETERS. 160 Yards (under 14) •••• ... Long Jump (under 15) ... High Jump (under 15) ... 220 Yards (under 15) ... Steeplechase (under 15) 100 Yards Handicap (under 15) Quarter Mile (under 16) 100 Yards (under 16) ... 220 Yards Handicap ... 100 Yards Handicap (open) • •• Half Mile Handicap ... •• Long Jump (open) High Jump (open) 100 Yards (open) 220 Yards (open) ... Quarter Mile (open) Half Mile (open) ... ••• •• Steeplechase .(open) Nile (open) • • • • .•

• •

Old Peterite Race •• Tug of War ... Inter-House Relay Race Victor Ludorum

•

1. Liddle 1. Lyth 1. Webster 1. Lyth 1. Sedman. 1. Sedman. 1. Lupton 1. Lyth 1. Croskell 1, Darton 1. Hurtley 1. Dowson 1. Butler 1 Fargus 1. Fargus 1. Fargus 1. Butler 1. Butler 1. Butler

2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2.

2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2. 2.

1. J. G. Troop 2. . Clifton Manor. . 1. Clifton Rise 2. . H. A. Butler

Ward Smith Daintry Atkinson Sedman Crisp Boyd Sedman Lupton Hurtley Eamshaw 3. Garbutt Boyd Attenborough Toulmin Lyth Time 104 secs. Hill Butler Time 1582 secs. Hill, Time 2 min. 15 secs. Brockbank 3. Fargus Brockbank Time 5 min. 4 secs. N. R. Dobree School

House

Inter-House Boxing. The finals of the Inter-House Boxing were decided on Saturday, 28th March, and after some very close contests, the School House tied for first place with Clifton Rise, each House gaining four points. There was another tie for the next place between Clifton Grove and Clifton Manor, each with two points, and the Day Boys followed with one point. The results were as follows :6 st. 7 lbs. and under. 7 st. o lbs. and under. 7 st. 7 lbs. and under. 8 st. o lbs. and under. 8 st. 7 lbs. and under. 9 st. o lbs. and under. 9 st. 7 lbs. and under. 10 st. o lbs. and under. To st. 7 lbs. and under. II st. o lbs. and under. II st. 7 lbs. and under. 12 St.

12 St.

o lbs. and under. 7 lbs. and under.

Warin (Manor) beat Mackintosh (S.H.) Hurtley (Grove) beat Kazerooni (Rise). Kooka (Grove) beat Crisp (S.H.) Wright (Day Boys) beat Barker (Rise). Douglas (Rise) beat Whalley (Manor). Lee (S.H.) beat Coupe (Grove). Patrick (Manor) beat Dowson (S.H.) Prince (S.H.) beat Whalley, H. (Manor). Baker (S.H.) beat Henderson (Manor). Boyd (Rise) beat Worsley (S. H.) Prince, C. H. (S.H.) w. o. Butler (Manor) scr. Fargus (Rise) beat Scott (Manor). Allport (Rise) w. o.

Commemoration Days. In spite of showers and the threat of storms the celebrations of Commemoration Day passed of most successfully. The new arrangements of the two marquees on the cricket field extension proved to be more comfortable and convenient. The gymnastic squad had a better terrain between the tennis court and the marquees. We were lucky in having as the distinguished visitor Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood, who delivered a most admirable address at the Prize Giving, which took place at i i a.m. on the Saturday morning. Before the actual distribution of the prizes, the Field-Marshal was received by a very smart guard of honour, consisting of 70 O.T.C. cadets accompanied by a squad of buglers, who blew the General Salute. The Headmaster (Mr. S. M. Toyne) was supported on the platform by the Dean of York, Sir John Hunt, Archdeacon Cooper, Canon Perkins, Mr. G. W. Lloyd, Chancellor Austen, Lord Danesfort and Mr. II. L. Creer. After welcoming the Field-Marshal and congratulating him on his unique appointment as Master of Peterhouse, the Headmaster drew attention to the most distinguished Honours List which had been won by the School. Any School, however big, would have been justifiably proud to show a list containing :The Brackenbury Scholarship, Balliol, Oxford ; Fellowship at Trinity, Cambridge ; Foundation Scholarship, St. John's, Cambridge ; History Scholarship, Emmanuel, Cambridge ; Choral Scholarship, King's College, Cambridge. It was a quite astonishing record. The Headmaster called attention to the fact that three of these had started in the Junior Department and worked their way right up to the top of the tree. Of new institutions since last year attention was directed to the Covered Rifle Range and the formation of troops of Boy Scouts and Cubs. There were still some things which he would like to see completed.—In buildings, the extension of the Big Hall and the In scholarships, they wanted final wing of the Library Block. There had been an exceptionally more funds for this purpose. large entry, and many candidates worthy of scholarships had to be omitted in face of the, keen competition. A group of Old Peterites had generously founded another Exhibition for boys going to the University, which made four available at Oxford and Cambridge. The War Office report on the O.T.C. stated, " This contingent is in a most flourishing condition, and reflects great credit on the commander and staff. All work very hard to bring efficiency up to a high standard ; the training and administration is on sound and satisfactory lines."

82 Speaking generally of the standard of English education, Mr. Toyne said they were turning out better-equipped boys than the Americans, with their curious mixture of idealism and scientific egoism, and should he say, statistical graphs. (Laughter.) But he thought they must widen their horizen as to the future employment of public schoolboys. They must get rid of the idea that they must have a black-coated job for a public schoolboy ; there was plenty of useful jobs in the world, in which good work 'could be done, in which people had to take their coats off. (Applause). SPIRIT OF LOYALTY. Sir William Birdwood said that the great advantage of going to a school like theirs was that it afforded a chance of forming character. He defined character as the instinctive feeling that they had the genuine power to influence those around them for good ; instinctively imposing their personality upon others. He included among the best things to be acquired in a good school the spirit of loyalty, and he urged them to encourage that spirit on all occasions, and said they would find it a great asset through life. Remarking that human beings were gregarious by nature, he said he believed that was caused by a complete want of confidence in oneself. He found that many of the Australian soldiers, whom he commanded during the war, were often endowed with an individuality which our men did not possess, due largely to the fact that they were brought up in lonely spaces, while our people had all lived closely together in towns. " Strike out a line for yourselves," he said. " When you have a problem in life make up your mind what is the right thing to do. Do not take a particular course from the excuse Everybody does it.' I look upon that as one of the very worst reasons for doing a thing." The Field-Marshal concluded his address with a plea for the " honouring of parents," which he said was much neglected today, and,sabove all, to recall the religion of the school chapel and to maintain true religion. The Dean of York proposed a vote of thanks to Sir William Birdwood which was seconded by Lord Danesfort, who said the O.T.C. should be encouraged in every possible way by the parents, and not less by the Government, who ought to realise the immense advantage it was to the State that boys should be trained in discipline, honour, and good work in their earliest days. In the afternoon the cricket match against the Old was continued and ended in an even draw.

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Mrs. Tovne held an " At Home," which was attended by some Soo guests in spite of counter attractions in York.

83 The gymnastic squad gave a most finished and attractive display, which was much appreciated, while the aquatic sports were as crowded as ever. Considerable ingenuity in devising some " stunt diving added not a little to the " fun of the fayre." The boat races and squash match had been concluded on the previous day and the School won both in spite of the fact that good representative teams had been collected by the Old Peterites. The Chapel was tastefully decorated by YlliC ladies of the School for the Commemoration Service. The Right Rev. Bishop Heywood preached a stirring sermon to the boys and, perhaps, never has the choir been heard to such advantage. One, who has attended many Speech Days and Commemoration Days, expressed the generally shared view that he had never been present at functions where the speeches and sermon had been so inspiring and where the whole-hearted co-operation of all concerned had given such a spirit of welcome to visitors, and general good feeling throughout the proceedings.

Honours List, 1931. A. L. Hicks, Passed 3rd out of Woolwich. H. 0. Stibbard, Passed out of Sandhurst. C. L. Troop, Passed out of Sandhurst. C. D. Trimmer, Passed out of Sandhurst. T. B. J. Eveleigh. Passed out of Sandhurst. J. C. Hill, The Brackenbury Scholarship, Balliol College, Oxford. J. D. Fergusson, Foundation Scholarship, St. John's College, Cambridge. C. N. Parkinson, Travelling History Scholarship, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. A. Gray, Hon. Fellow, Trinity, Cambridge. G. P. Easten, 2nd Class Mech. Sci. Trip., Cambridge. C. N. Parkinson, 2nd Class Hist. Trip. (Part 1), Cambridge. N. Halliwell Sutcliffe, 2nd Class Part 1, Modern Languages (Spanish), Cambridge. J. D. Fergusson, 1st Class Nat. Sci. Tripos., Cambridge. R. G. Bullen, 3rd Class Nat. Sci. Tripos, Cambridge. F. W. B. Pacey, 2nd Class Law Finals, Oxford. J. Scholefield, Scattergood University Prize (Medical), Leeds University. J. C. Hill, County Major Scholarship. V. W. G. Musgrove, Choral Scholarship, King's College, Cambridge.

Prize Winners, 1931. The ArchbishOp of York's Prize for Classics : F. P. Marrian. Prize for Mathematics : J. N. Emery, J. B. Doyle. Stephenson Prize for Greek : D. Lupton. Whytehead Memorial Prize for Divinity—Senior, C. E. T. Moore, junior, R. White. The Head Master's Prize for European History : (i) J. A. Brittain, (2) N. L. Brockbank.

The Head Master's Prize for Latin Prose : (i) J. A. Brittain, (2) D. F. Dodd. English Essay, " Ugliness and Democracy " : J. A. Brittain. Modern Language Prize : N. L. Brockbank. Elocution Prizes presented by the Old Peterite Club : J. N. Emery, (Under i6) W. Toulmin, (Junior School) (i) M. (2) E. N. Dickenson.

R. Jeffrey,

Science Prize presented by Members of British Medical Association : H. F. Whalley.

Music Prize : W. L. Seaborne. Art Prizes : Senior School—(i) H. S. Eardley, (2) D. Hey. Junior School—(i) F. W. Morgan, (2) G. Wright.

Cricket. ReOpDate. Opponents. ponents. Ground. suit. School. Thur., May 14. . Masters' XI .. Home .. Won . .141 for 4. 124 . .181 for 6 Wed., „ 27..Northumberland Fus. .. Home ..Lost ..144 Sat., „ 30 ..Bootham School ..78 .. Away .. Won ..95 Sat., June 6..Leeds Grammar School — ..Cancelled. Rain. Wed., „ 10 .. H. L. Lyon's XI — ..Cancelled. Rain. Sat., „ 13 . .Craven Gentlemen . .Home.. Drawn 247 for 9..154 for 7 Sat. „ 20..Giggleswick School ....kway .. Lost .. 67 •. Sat., „ 27..Durham School .. Away .. Won • .151 .. 96 Wed., July 1 . . Yorkshire Gentlemen .. Home .. Won . . 181 for 2..170 for 6 Sat., .. 255 for 8 4 . M. C.C. ..Home.. Lost ..66 Wed., 8..4th Hussars .. .. Home .. Won .. 207 for 8..74 Sat., . .161 fur 0 11 ..Worksop College .. Away .. Lost . .93 Fri., 175 for 9 17 Old Peterites Home . Drawn 103 Sat., 18 113 for 3 . . 63 for :3 Played.

Won. 5

Lost. 4

Drawn. 2

Tie.

No Result.

The match against Ampleforth College, originally fixed for June ][7th, will be played on July zsth, and a report of it included in the next number of the " Peterite."

Retrospect. The most striking feature of the season was the continuous downpours of rain whenever practice games, nets, or matches were contemplated. It was most unfortunate, because with more practice at the start and drier wickets, there is no doubt that the team might have proved a formidable combination. Rain washed out the matches against H. L. Lyon's XI, Leeds, Clifton and Ampleforth, while the Giggleswick match was played on a marsh, away. The two outstanding features of the season were the victories over Durham School, and the Yorkshire Gentlemen. The captain of the latter made a sporting declaration, which allowed the School 1 hour and 5o minutes to make i8o on a rain-damaged wicket. A fair opening was made by Yardley and Dodds, but it was still anybody's game when Scott came in. He hit with such tremendous power and accuracy that the School won with a clear 20 minutes to spare. It was most exhilarating cricket, and was undoubtedly an innings to take its place in School cricket history. One shot over the squash courts, into the neighbouring garden, from the far end will take a lot of beating.

86 At other times the School batting proved unable to cope with soft wickets, notably in the M.C.C. match. This defeat has now brought the victories and losses in the match equal. The fielding has improved a good deal, Yardley being conspicuous for some particularly fine work. Two wicket-keepers were tried in Ogley and Perry, but both were rather inexperienced and neither up to the standard of previous years. The Worksop match was a blow, but all praise must be given to their opening batsmen, who never made a mistake, or gave a chance.

CHARACTER S. W. Allport.—Opened the season with great confidence, but was subsequently unfortunate, for no apparent reason. A keen and sound fielder. VV. Mc. C. Scott.—A powerful hitter, a very useful change bowler and a first-rate mid-off. C. 0. Daintry.—A rare good bowler and would have done better if the wickets had been harder. N. W. D. Yardley.--A brilliant batsman with distinctive strokes perhaps the most consistent in the team. A beautiful fielder anywhere. R. Ogley.—A stylish batsman who watches the ball carefully. S. S. Pawle.—A useful scorer of runs—though unorthodox, he can play really good shots and is favoured by the god of fortune—much improved in the field. A. B. Maclldowie. --A slow bowler—sometimes too slow—so tempting that he is sure to get wickets. A Merry cross-bat hitter. S. Dodds.—A young colt of great promise—plays with a straight bat and should become a good bowler.

J. A. Brittain.—Can hit well and straight, but often chooses to fiddle around aimlessly—a fast bowler, but like Daintry, he did not get many suitable wickets.

W. R. Mann.—Bowls well for short spells, but rather inclined to lose his length—a hitter with a good eye, but a slanting bat. C. H. Perry.—A painstaking, but inexperienced wicket-keeperhis batting is queer. 2

87 SCHOOL v. MASTERS. The first match of the season was played on May 15th against the Masters, and the School won comfortably by six wickets. The Masters batted first and three wickets had fallen for 55 when J. T. Davies joined K. G. Chilman, who had been scoring well from the start. Both played forcing cricket and put on 43 runs together before J. T. Davies was caught off Mann's bowling. After giving one easy chance K. G. Chilman reached his fifty, having hit seven fours, but was out soon afterwards. The remaining six batsmen only scored one run between them and the innings closed for 124. Daintry took 3 for 14, and Mann 2 for i6. The School went in to bat on a wet wicket, but had comparatively little difficulty in passing their opponents' total. W. Allport played an excellent innings of 58, after a somewhat shaky start, and R. Harwood showed a good defence. Scores :MASTERS XI. 16 S. M. Toyne, Esq., b Maclldowie K. G. Chilman, Esq., c and 13 Scott 50 3 Rev. F. H. Barnby, b Brittain K. H. Rhodes, Esq., b Maclldowie 12 J. T. Davies, Esq., c Dodds b Mann 39 0 D. F. Puddick, b Daintry 1 W. H. G. Milnes, Esq., b Daintry 0 P. K. Bourne, Esq., b Mann 0 F. Smith, Esq., lbw b Daintry 0 L. Proctor, Esq., run out 0 R.. E. Greenway, Esq., not out 3 Extras 124

SCHOOL. W. Allport, b Puddick 58 N. W. D. Yardley, b Rev. F. H Barnby 6 R. Ogley, b K. G. Chilman 11 W. Mc C. Scott, b S. M. Toyne 10 R. Harwood, not out 19 15 A. B. MacIldowie, not out

Extras (For 4 wkts)

141

J. A. Brittain, W. R. Mann, S. Dodds, C. 0. Daintry and C. H. Perry did not bat. BOWLING. R. W. 0. M. 43 1 0 ... 6 J. A. Brittain 34 2 1 6 A. B. Maclldowie 1 14 3 ... 5.2 C. 0. Daintry 14 1 0 ... 3 W. M. Scott 16 2 0 ... 2 W. R. Mann

SCHOOL v. NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. Played at home on Wednesday, May 27th. The School batting was disappointing in this match, and our opponents won by four wickets. After winning the toss the School batted first and Allport and Yardley put on 32 runs for the opening partnership. After the former was bowled, a 2a

88 collapse followed and six wickets fell for the addition of only 40 runs. Yardley- played very attractive cricket, and scored a valuable 35, but he was the only one of the early batsmen to show any form. Fortunately the state of the game did not deter the " tail," and Maclldowie (26), and Mann (is), hit hard in adding some very useful runs. Dodds played an invaluable and patient innings of 19 and did much to stem the collapse. For the Fusiliers, Hollick took 3 for g, and Purcell 3 for 26. The Fusiliers were faced with a total of 144, and although they lost their first wicket at 15, they put on 36 runs for the next partnership, and 55 for the second wicket. I. J. Kilgour, a player well known in Southern Club cricket, drove with great power, being particularly severe on Maclldowie, but he was out soon after reaching his fifty, hitting right across a ball from Scott. His innings included six fours and two sixes. After this, there was little doubt as to the issue of the game, and the Fusiliers finally totalled 181 for the loss of six wickets, S. Enderby playing a carefree innings of 55 not out, with nine boundaries and a six to his credit. Of the school bowlers, Mann came out with the best figures, taking 3 for 25, but Maclldowie proved expensive. Scores :— SCHOOL. 4 W. Allport, b Purcell 35 N. W. D. Yardley, b Grimley 5 R. Ogley, b Purcell C. O. Daintry, c and b Grimley 13 W. M. Scott, run out J. A. Brittain, c Finnimore 11 Hollick 19 S. Dodds, c Buckley b Purcell 0 S. S. Pawle, c Kilgour b Hollick A. B. MacIldowie,c Trawe b Hollick a W. R. Mann, c Enderby b Grimley 19 9 J. K. Henderson, not out 3 Extras Total

NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. 57 I. J Kilgour, b Scott Fusilier Trawe, c Yardley b Madlldowie 5 Major Sutherland, c Yardley b 21 Maclldowie 16 R. E. B. Mortimer, lbw b Mann 5 Capt. Grimley, b Mann 55 8 Enderby, not out 0 Capt. Buckley, b Mann 13 Bandmaster Hollick, not out

144

Extras

6 (For 6 wkts)

W. D. F. Laing, Sergt. Finnimore and C.S.M. Purcell did not bat.

BOWLING. 0. M. 0 12 A. B. Maclldowie 5 0 C. 0. Daintry 0 J. A. Brittain 4 6 1 W. R. Mann 1 4 W. M. Scott 0 1 S. Dodds

R. W. 2 74 0 17 0 26 3 25 1 22 0 11

181

89 SCHOOL v. BOOTHAM SCHOOL. Played at Bootham on Saturday, May 3oth. The School defeated Bootham School, after a close match, by 17 runs. The wicket was absolutely dead, and the ball came off the pitch so slowly that there was ample time to watch it on to the bat. This being so, the collapse of the School batsmen was surprising. Most of the side got themselves out through playing forward instead of playing back on the slow wicket, and six wickets fell quickly for only 56 runs. Yardley was out to a very good catch at deep square-leg and Ogley was the only member of the side to show really good form. Pawie came in at a critical period and, playing cautious cricket, was undefeated at the end of the innings with 21 to his credit, but after Ogley left at 73, having scored an invaluable 40 with great confidence, the remaining wickets fell quickly. For Bootham, The School innings finally closed for 95. D. J. Roberts took 7 for 24, greatly helped by sound fielding. Bootham's first wicket fell for no runs, and after their total had been taken to 21, three more wickets soon fell. Maw was the only batsman to show any confidence, but several of the later players managed to stay in for a considerable time and the score Mann kept an accurate length, and Scott mounted slowly. After three batsmen were dissecured three useful wickets. missed for no runs with the score at 47, the School appeared to be in a comfortable position, and although a stand for the last wicket caused some anxiety, our opponents were finally dismissed for 78 runs. Mann took 5 for

and Scott 3 for 29.

Scores :— SCHOOL. 10' W. Allport, c Maw b Morrell N. W. D. Yardley, c Theakston 7 b Maw 40 R. Ogley, c Hicks b Roberts 2 C. 0. Daintry, b Roberts W. M. Scott, c Hicks b Roberts ... 0 J. A. Brittain, c Hicks b Roberts... 4 2 S. Dodds, b Roberts 21 S. S. Pawle, not out A. B. Madldowie, c Rowlands b 3 Roberts W. R. Mann, c Graveson b Morrell 5 0 J. G. K. Henderson, b Roberts 1, Extras Total

BOOTHAM SCHOOL. J. D. Hoyland, lbw b Alarm 0 T. R. Theakston, b Mann 9 A. S. Maw, b Scott 17 R. K. Allen, c Macildowie b Scott 0 R. F. Graveson, b Mann 0 0. H. Parsons, c Dodds b Mann 8 K. Raphael, hit wicket b Scott 11 E. H. Rowlands, c MacIldowie b Mann 0 W. B. Morrell, not out 7 E. G. Hicks, b Daintry 14 D. J. Roberts, c Yardley b Daintry 6 Extras Total

6 78

BOWL: LNG.

0. M. NV. R. Mann ... 12 5 A. B. Maclldowie ... 4 0 W. M. Scott ... 10 2 C. 0. Daintry ... 2.4 0

R. W. 22 5 14 0 29 3 7

SCHOOL v. CRAVEN GENTLEMEN. Played at home, Saturday, June 13th. After running up the really good total of 247 for the loss of .9 wickets, the School were unable to dismiss the Craven Gentlemen in the two-and-a-half hours in which the latter batted, and the match ended in a draw. The School batted first and lost Yardley at 14, of which he had scored 12. Four wickets fell for 71 runs against bowling which could not be described as more than moderate, and at this point Dodds and Scott came together. In one of the best partnerships which have been seen on the School ground for a long time, they took the score to 1 77a stand producing To6 runs—before Scott was bowled by Crane for a fine innings of So, which included twelve fours and a six. He brought off some very nice drives, and was never troubled by the bowling. Dodds played admirable defensive cricket, scoring an excellent 43 before he was bowled by J. W. .Scott, a left-hander with a deceptive action. Several of the later batsmen hit well, the best innings being that of Maclldowie with 31 not out. The School were able to declare in a strong position, and they left their opponents two-and-a-half hours in which to score 250 odd runs. The Craven Gentlemen opened their innings in promising style and scored 56 before the first wicket fell, J. H. Shaw being bowled by Daintry for a sound 30. The club side never looked like getting the runs in the time available, as their rate of scoring was not fast, but the School bowling was not impressive and wickets were slow in falling. J. N. Smith was bowled by a good length ball from Maclldowie, and B. Sheldon was out very soon after, caught at mid-on. The School bowlers were unable, however, to dislodge E. Best, who played with great confidence and took plenty of time over his innings of 70 not out. When stumps were drawn the Craven Gentlemen were still 93 runs behind with three wickets in hand. MacIldowie took 3 for 34, and Scott, who showed himself to be a very useful change bowler, took 2 for 33.

91 Scores :— SCHOOL. W. Aliport, c Sheldon b Scott. 25 N. W. D. Yardley, c Shaw b Scott 12 R. Ogley, b Shaw 14 W. M. Scott, b Crane 80 T. W. Jenkins, st Smith b Crane... 4 S. Dodds, b Scott 43 S. S. Pawle, b Scott 9 R. Harwood, b Scott 2 A. B. Maclldowie, not out 31 C. 0. Daintry, st Smith b Shaw ... 9 W. R. Mann, not out 15 Extras 3 .

CRAVEN GENTLEMEN.

J. H. Shaw, b Daintry

30 E. Best, not out 70 J. N. Smith ; b Maclldowie 9 B. Sheldon, c Harwood b Scott C. L. Walker, c and b Maclldowie 6 C. E. D. Crane, b Maclldowie 2 H. E. M. Benn, b Scott 20 S. W. Ferrand, lbw b Yardley 2 J. W. Scott, not out 3

Total (for 9 wkts declared) ...247

Extras Total (for 7 wkts)

154-

Bowling : J. W. Scott, 6 for 65. BOWLING. 0. M. A. B. Maclldowie 17 2 C. 0. Daintry ... 13 1 W. M. Scott ... 15 4 0 N. W. D. Yardley... 2 ... 2 0 S. Dodds

SCHOOL

R. 34 34 33 4

3 1 2

1 0

GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL.

After considerable doubt as to whether play would be possible owing to heavy rain on the previous days, the match took place at Giggleswick on Saturday, June loth, and resulted in a win for Giggleswick by 19 runs. The match was a disastrous one for the School as our batsmen, faced with the small total of 86, could only manage to score 67 against some very moderate bowling. After having such a great chance of victory, it was a most disheartening and disappointing performance. Giggleswick batted first on a wicket that was almost sodden, Mycock and Burgess facing Scott and Daintry. Chiefly owing to some fine bowling by Daintry on a wicket unsuited to him, half our opponents' wickets were down for 3o runs. Two more fell at 49, and although Barbier, who scored 19, and Coles put on 23 for the seventh wicket, the whole side In addition to Daintry, Scott bowled were dismissed for 86. Daintry well and kept an excellent length, taking 4 for 27. The had the best analysis of the match with 4 for 20. Giggleswick total would have been appreciably smaller but for mistakes in the field, five catches being dropped. P. M. Sutcliffe played the best innings for Giggleswick, who were greatly helped by the large number of extras. The School appeared to have a certain victory in sight, but the innings opened sensationally, three wickets falling for three runs, two of which

92 were extras. Allport was caught and bowled by R. C. Tattersall, a left-hander, Yardley was bowled by an in-swinger, and Ogley was caught off Tattersall's bowling. Scott and Dodds were together for a short time and the former was scoring at a good pace when he played forward to a short ball from Tattersall and was bowled. Pawle joined Dodds and played forcing cricket, taking advantage of any loose balls, but with his score at 18 he was well caught on the boundary. Dodds was out soon after, and after the tea interval the remaining school wickets fell quickly, Maclldowie and Harwood being the only players to look like making runs. Tattersall took 4 for 26, and Middleton 3 for so, both being well supported by their fielders, who worked hard to maintain their advantage. The School batsmen showed a complete inability to play with confidence on a slow wicket, and much as one would like to do so, no reasonable excuse for this disappointing showing can be made. The one bright feature of the match from the School point of view was the form shown by the bowlers. Scores :— GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL, 0 J. Mycock, b Daintry 12 G. Burgess, c Ogley b Scott 0 J. M. Holland, b Daintry 0 L. V. Gallagher, b Daintry 18 P. M. Sutcliffe, b Daintry R. C. Tattersall, c Brittain b Scott 6 2 J. D. Ibbotson, c Allport b Dodds J. V. Barbier, c Ogley b Scott 19 6 E. H. Coles, b Scott 3 W. Middleton, c Yardley b Mann 0 D. H. Brown, not out Extras

Total

SCHOOL. W. Allport, c and b Tattersall N. W. D. Yardley, b Burgess R. Ogley, c Mycock b Tattersall W. M. Scott, b Tattersall S. Dodds, b Middleton S. S. Pawle, c Tattersall b Middleton R. H. Harwood, c Mycock Tattersall J. A. Brittain, c and b Middleton A. B. Maclldowie, run out C. 0. Daintry, b Burgess W. R. Mann, not out Extras Total

BOWLING. 0. M. R. W. 4 20 ... 16 7 C. O. Daintry 4 5 27 ... 16 W. M. Scott 1 6 ... 4.2 2 W. R. Mann ... 3 0 13 1 S. Dodds

0 1 0 16 8 18 8 0 7 2 1 6 67

93 SCHOOL v. DURHAM SCHOOL. Played at Durham, Saturday, June 27th. After the disastrous collapse against Giggleswick on the previous Saturday, the School more than atoned for it with a fine victory over Durham on the latter's ground by 55 runs. The School have only beaten Durham once previously since the War, and this alone made the win a matter for great congratulation. There was a notable change in every department of the School's play, and the fielding was excellent, several fine catches being made. Early in the term Durham had run Ampleforth to a close finish, thus showing themselves to have a useful side, but none of their batsmen showed any real confidence against the bowling of Daintry, who deserved more success, while Dodds came out with the excellent figures of 5 wickets for 12 runs. The batting honours were shared by Yardley and Ogley who both played invaluable innings, and it was pleasant to see the former striking his real form at last. Allport won the toss and the School batted first on the fastest wicket we had had this season. With the fourth ball of the match, Aliport stepped in front of a delivery from Kissack and was given out " leg-before." Fortunately Ogley and Yardley both found their best form from the start, and were well set by lunch, each having scored i8. After the interval, they scored so well that 86 had been put on for their partnership before Ogley was caught by Brett for an excellent 40. Then three wickets fell quickly with the score at 97. Yardley was also caught by Brett after completing his 5o, which included six fours. Although he was missed once, he had played a fine innings, and showed a welcome return to his true Pawle and Brittain put on 21 before the latter was form. out to an easy catch at mid-off. Maclldowie joined Pawle and they took the score to 127, when the latter, who had been playing with great confidence, attempted a drive and was caught at the wicket. The next two wickets fell for four runs, but a very good last wicket stand between Maclldowie and Perry, wha greatly surprised the critics of his batting, added a further 21 runs before the innings closed for 151. W. H. Johnston took 6 for 44, and K. E. Kissack 4 for 34. The Durham batsmen opened cautiously, and after an hour-and-a-quarter only 5o runs were on the board. Daintry and Scott kept the runs down, and Brittain, Dodds and Mann were all successful as change bowlers. Shawyer, their best batsman, was well caught in the slips, and after 4 wickets had fallen for 66, a collapse followed. The School bowling met with very little resistance and the remaining six wickets fell for only 30 runs. S. Dixon, who scored 23, was out to a fine catch by Maclldowie, and Dodds, who improved greatly after his first two overs, met with great success.

94 Durham were finally dismissed for 96, giving us a comfortable victory. The School fielding was very keen, Yardley being prominent, and the bowlers put up a very satisfactory performance. The selection of a satisfactory wicket-keeper has presented a problem so far this term and although a change was made for this match; sixteen extras in a total of 96 is still too large a proportion. Scores :— SCHOOL. 0 W. Al1port, lbw b Kissack _N. W. D. Yardley, c Brett b 52 Johnston 40 R. Ogley, c Brett b Kissack 2 W. M. Scott, b Kissack 0 :S. Dodds, c Lishman b Kissack S. S. Pawle, c Thomas b Johnston 19 .J. A. Br'Attain, c Shawyer b 8 Johnston 13 A. B. Maclldowie, not out 1 C. 0. Daintry, b Johnston 0 W. R. Mann, lbw b Johnston (C. H. Perry, c Kissack *b Johnston 9 7 Extras Total

DURHAM SCHOOL. S. Dixon, c Maclldowie b Brittaiii 23 F. H. Brunton, run out 13 11 D. B. Elliot, lbw b Scott A. Shawyer, c Ogley b Mann 0 C. A. Smallwood, c Daintry b Dodds 12 W. H. Johnston, c Yardley b Dodds 2 C. W. S. Thomas, b Dodds 5 J. A. Brett, b Daintry 0 F. A. Southby, b Dodds 5 K. E. Kissack, hit wckt b Dodds S. H. Lishman, not out

151

Extras

Total

BOWLING. ... S. Dodds ... C. 0. Daintry ... W. M. Scott J. A. Pprittain ... W. R. Mann A. B. Maclldowie

9.5 12 12 5 7 5

3 8 8 1 2 0

12 9 12 12 15 19

5 1 1 1 1

SCHOOL v. YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. Played at home, Wednesday, July 1st. The School continued their success with a thoroughly satisfactory and comfortable victory over the Yorkshire Gentlemen by eight wickets. The match produced some of the fastest scoring that has been seen on the ground for a long time, and altogether 351 runs were hit up for the loss of only eight wickets The visitors batted first on a very hard wicket, and although their first three batsmen were dismissed for 20 runs, Captain J. P. S. Kitching and W. T. White forced the game to such an .extent that 134 runs were scored before the next wicket fell. White showed little respect for the bowling, and although he was missed more than once, hit up 86, including fifteen fours and two sixes, before he was out to Scott. Kitching played an

95 attractive innings of 55, his best shots being the leg-glides off Daintry and Mann. Maclldowie got two good wickets at the start, and Scott deserved more success. Brittain bowled well on a wicket that suited him and took 2 for 20. The. School fielding was patchy, several catches being dropped. The Yorkshire Gentlemen declared their innings closed at 17o , for6andtehivlDodsanYreyp the batting. When the former had scored 9 he was unfortunate in playing a ball on to his wicket, but Ogley joined Yardley and took the score to 76 before Yardley was caught by Thompson, having scored an excellent 42. He batted with confidence and brought off some fine off drives. W. Mc. C. Scott came in at this point, and the cricke^ became immediately sensational. In his first over Scott " played himself in " by hitting Elmhirst for two 6's, two 4's and one single ! He continued to score at such a pace that he reached his 5o after only 13 minutes batting—one of the most extraordinary exhibitions of fast scoring that have been given on the School ground ! He completely demoralised the opposing attack, and with Ogley, put on 105 runs before the match ended, leaving the School winners by a substantial margin. When the match finished Scott had scored 86 not out, and had hit five 6's, and nine 4's in his remarkable innings. Ogley played just the right game and was content to leave the greater part of the scoring to Scott. All the Yorkshire Gentlemen's bowlers proved expensive,. E. G. Tew being the best with i for i6. Scores :— YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. S M. Toyne, c Daintry b Maclldowie 6 J. G. Troop, c Allport b Maclldowie 0 E. Forbes-Adam, run out 3 Capt. J. P. S. Kitching, c Scott b 55 Brittain 86 W. T. White, c Brittain b Scott 10 J. U. Machell, b Brittain Major J. L. I. Hawkesworth, not 1 out 9 Extras

SCHOOL. S. Dodds, b Thompson 9 N. W. D. Yardley, c Thompson b Tew 42 R. Ogley, not out 28 T. Mc C. Scott, not out 86

Extras Total (for 2 wckts)

16 181 ■•■■■1'.

Total (for 6 wckts)

170

C. R. Ewes, E. Thompson, J. Elmhirst and E. G. Tew did not bat.

Allport, S. S. Pawle, J. A. Brittain, A. B. Maclldowie, C. 0. Daintry, W. R. Mann and C. H. Perry did not bat.

BOWLING. 0. M. J. A. Brittain ... 7 2 A. B. Maclldowie ... 13 4 W. Mc C. Scott ... 6 0 C. 0. Daintry ... 7 0 W. R. Mann ... 6 0

R. W. 20 2 46 2 42 1 0 23 42 0

96 SCHOOL v. M.C.C. Played at home, Saturday, July 4th. Remembering their defeat in 193o, the M.C.C. brought a strong side to the School, and fully avenged their last loss with a victory by ten wickets. Their side included Major A. W. Lupton and W. E. Harbord (Yorkshire), Capt. R. H. D. Bolton (Hampshire), J. K. Lane (Notts znd XI) and Backhouse (Lords C. and G.), with several other well-known club cricketers, and they were considerably helped by winning the toss. At the beginning of the match the wicket was drying after heavy rain during the night, and was very tricky ; it was easily seen that the result of the toss would have a great deal to do with the outcome of the match. Although the defeat seems such a heavy one on paper, the performance was not quite as bad as it may look, if one takes into consideration the fact that the School had to bat first when the wicket was at its worst, and they were opposed by an undoubtedly strong batting side, with one very good bowler. Play started at 11-45, Dodds and Yardley opening to the bowling of W. A. Beardsmore from the School end and W. E. Harbord. With the score at 9, Yardley was caught at the wicket by Brinckman, who " kept " splendidly throughout the match, taking four catches. Ogley helped Dodds to take the score to 23 before he was caught and bowled by Beardsmore, a slow left-hand spin bowler. Scott was out with Beardsmore's next delivery— the best ball of the match, and Allport was caught at forward :short-leg by Lane, who took three catches in this position. Four wickets for 31 ! Pawle joined Dodds and they were together for eight overs, taking the score from 31 to 49. Dodds was playing sound and careful cricket and Pawle, although not quite so steady, was scoring at a good pace when, after playing an off-drive for four from Beardsmore, he attempted a similar shot next ball and was caught by Harbord at extra-cover. Harbord secured the next two wickets to fall in his next over, Dodds being caught at the wicket after an invaluable innings, and MacIldowie being dismissed in the same manner. Brittain hit two sixes off Beardsmore before Harbord bowled him, and the last two wickets fell for the addition of two runs, the School being all out before lunch ! This collapse was mainly brought about by the fine bowling of Beardsmore, who took seven wickets for 33 runs. He bowled very cleverly and kept a wonderfully accurate length on a difficult pitch. The School batsmen were mostly out through playing forward instead of back on the slow wicket, as at Bootham. After the lunch interval, Major Lupton and C. E. Anson opened The scoring was fast, and they had little the M.C.C. innings. Major Lupton was •difficulty in passing the small School total. "bowled by Brittain at 74, but Anson and Harbord added a further

97 72 before the latter was caught after scoring a forcing 45, including two 6's and five 4's. Anson played an excellent innings of 70, cutting and driving with fine judgment. Capt. R. H. D. Bolton treated the bowling with little respect, and, hitting powerfully, scored 73 in a short time, no fewer than 64 of his runs being gained by boundaries ! He was somewhat lucky, being missed several times in the field. With the score at 255 for 8, H. D. Swan declared the innings closed, and sent the School in again for Li hours' batting in an unofficial second innings. The result of the match was very disappointing from the School's point of view. The fielding was indifferent ; Pawle stopped several of Anson's hard shots well at point, but missed that player when he had scored 40, and at least five other chances were not accepted in the field. Fielders backed up too close, and many overthrow-runs were given away owing to this. The bowling was moderate, Mann and Brittain being the best with 3 for 39 each.

Scores : SCHOOL. S. Dodds, c Brinckman b Harbord... 12 N. W. D. Yardley, c Brinckman b Beardsmore 10 R. Ogley, c and b Beardsmore 'W. Mc C. Scott, c Brinckman b Beardsmore W. Allport, c Lane b Beardsmore... 4 b S. S. Pawle, c Harbord 11 Beardsmore 12 J. A. Brittain, b Harbord A. B. MacIldowie, c Brinckman b 0 Harbord C. 0. Daintry, c Lane b Beardsmore 2 W. R. Mann, not out 1 C. H. Perry, c Lane b Beardsmore 12 Extras

Major A. W. Lupton, b Brittain ... 28 C. E. Anson, lbw b Mann 70 W. E. Harbord, c Mann b Daintry 45 E. R. Sheepshanks, c Perry S Mann 7 Capt. R. H. D. Bolton, st Perry b 73 Scott 0 J. K. Lane, b Mann 4 Backhouse, c Allport b Brittain 0 S. M. Toyne, Esq., b Brittain Capt. T. E. W. Brinckman, not out 12 10 II. D. Swam not out

Extras Total (for 8 wkts)

Total

W. A. Beardsmore did not bat. BOWLING. 0. ... 8 J. A. Brittain ... 13 W. R. Mann ... 5 W. M. Scott ... 14 C. 0. Daintry A. B. Maclldowie ... 4 ... 6 S. Dodds

M. 1 2 0 2 0 0

R. 39 39 40 79 15 37

W. 3 3 1 1 0 0

6 255

98 SCHOOL v. 4th HUSSARS. Played at home, Wednesday, July 8th. The School heavily defeated the Hussars by 133 runs, and, although the victory was at the expense of a weak team, it was a valuable. one, as it helped to restore some of the confidence lost after the defeat of the previous Saturday. The batting was sound throughout, and the bowling and fielding were good. The School batted first, and of the early batsmen Yardley scored a neat 27 before he was bowled by Tasker. Allport started very shakily, but improved greatly after his first few overs, and scored a good 21. With Pawle he put on 38 in a stand for the fourth wicket, before he was caught by Charlesworth. Pawle hit up a lucky 23, and Maclldowie and Daintry both took full advantage of some very weak change bowling. With Mackintosh, who was substituting for Harwood, Daintry put on 45 runs in a seventh wicket partnership, and was top scorer with a good 35. Mackintosh improved towards the end of his innings, but missed numerous easy chances of scoring from slow long-hops on the leg-side. Extras totalled 27 and the School declared at 207 for 8. Tasker was the most consistent bowler, with 2 for 45, while Chalmers took 3 for 48. The Hussars' innings was completed in the rain, but it was not falling hard enough to cause much inconvenience. With the exception of Corporal Newsome, who hit merrily for 15 not out, the side put up little resistance to the bowling of Maclldowie, Mann and Daintry, and were soon all out for 74. Dodds brought off a fine catch on the boundary to dispose of Sergeant Bailey, and Perry claimed three victims at the wicket. All three bowlers put up good performances, and Daintry's deliveries on the leg stump caused a certain Corporal among the later batsmen to perform several weird and wonderful acrobatic movements, one of which resulted in an unexpected 4 to the squareleg boundary. SCHOOL. S. Dodds, b Chalmers N. W. D. Yardley, b Tasker R. Ogley, c Newsome b Chalmers W. M. Scott, b Chalmers W. Allport, c Charlesworth b Jones S. S. Pawle, b Tasker A. B. Maclldowie, b Lane A. C. Mackintosh, not out C. 0. Daintry, c Miller b Neame W. R. Mann, not out , .

0 27 6 12 21 23 28 20 35 8

Extras Total (for 8 wkts)

4th HUSSARS. Cpl. Miller, b Daintry 3 Farrier Potts, c Perry b Daintry ... 13 Sgt. Bailey, c Dodds b Maclldowie 11 Lt.-Col. Neame, b Daintry 4 L.-Cpl. Tasker, c Perry b Maclldowie 5 S.-Sgt. Lane, b Maclldowie 2 Trooper Chalmers, st Perry b g MaoIldowie 1 Trooper C'haTlesworth, b Mann 15 Cpl. Newsome, not out Cpl. Jones, c Scott b Maclldowie 6 , 0 Cpl. Rice, b Mann 5 Extras

207 Total

C. H. Perry did not bat.

99 BOWLING. 0. M. A. B. Maclldowie ... 11 0 ... 6 1 C. 0. Daintry W. R. Mann ... 3.4 0

33 21

5 3

SCHOOL v. WORKSOP COLLEGE. Played at Worksop, Saturday, July z ith. The School received their second beating by the heavy margin of ten wickets, in the short period of two consecutive Saturdays, when they travelled to Worksop. It is impossible to describe the School batting on this occasion as anything other than extremely poor, and this heaviest of defeats by Worksop came as a very great disappointment. The School batted first, Dodds and Yardley opening to the bowling of C. L. Robinson (fast medium) and W. A. R. Gorman (medium). The pitch was heavily marled, and although the ground was very hard, the surface of the wicket gave no assistance to the bowlers. A disastrous start was made, the first wicket falling with only one run on the board. Although Yardley continued to play excellent cricket, he received no support, and there was a constant procession to and from the wicket. Seven wickets were down for 48, and at this point Maclldowie and Daintry made a plucky stand, putting on 25 runs. Maclldowie showed particularly good form, and brought off some powerful offdrives. When he had scored 25 he was caught at deep mid-wicket, and the remaining wickets fell fairly quickly. Gorman kept an accurate length, and took 4 for 37. R. B. Green took 3 for 15 and J. S. Eacott 2 for 22. The wicket-keeping was very good, no byes being allowed. J. S. Eacott and P. Snow opened the Worksop innings, facing the small total of 93, and so well did they play that this total was passed without the fall of a wicket. Their running between the wicket was an object-lesson, and was quite the best seen in any of the school matches for a very long time. Their perfect understanding allowed them to snatch very short runs with absolute safety, and although six bowlers were tried, they could make no impression. At the close of play Eacott had scored a well-deserved 103 not out, and Snow 55 not out. Togther they had put on 16r for the opening partnership— a Worksop record, and only one difficult chance was given. Of the 158 runs scored, no less than 6o were singles. Perry kept wicket very efficiently and did not allow a bye until the total had reached 116.

100

In spite of their failure, the School bowlers did not bowl at all badly, but were mastered by fine batting. Dodds, Daintry and Scott were the best of the attack ; the fielding was quite sound, Yardley being prominent in the gully and at extra-cover. Scores : SCHOOL. WORKSOP COLLEGE. N. W. D. Yardley, c Wood b Green 21 J. S. Eacott, not out 103 S. Dodds, lbw b Gorman 55 0 P. S. Snow, not out R. Ogley, c and b Robinson 1 12 W. M. Scott, b Eacott 1 S. S. Pawle, b Gorman 5 W. Allport, c Wood b Green 2 J. A. Brittain, b Gorman Extras 3 A. B. MacIldowie, c Wilkinson b Green 25 161 Total (for 0 wckts) 15 C. 0. Daintry, b Eacott W. R. Mann, c Snow b Gorman ... 8 1 C. H. Perry, not out 2 A. H. Blackmore, R. Burton, P. G. Extras Turner, J. W. Wilkinson, R. S. Rennie, 93 W. A. R. Gorman, R. B. Grey, B. S. Total Wood and C. L. Robinson did not bat. BOWLING. 0. M. 0 A. B. MacIldowie ... 12 1 ... 9 C. 0. Daintry 1 ... 10 J. A. Brittain 1 ... 6 W. M. Scott 1 ... 7 S. Dodds 0 ... 6.2 W. R. Mann

R. 45 21 25 14 25 28

W. 0 0 0 0 0 0

SCHOOL v. OLD PETERITES. Played at home, Friday and Saturday, July i7th and 18th. After a poor display in the first innings, the School did really well at their second attempt, and when stumps were drawn on Saturday night they were only 22' runs behind the O.P. 's total with seven wickets in hand. Rain considerably interfered with the play, as it did last year, and on the second day a start was not possible until after 3 p.m. On the first day the Old Peterites had first innings, and the match opened sensationally. MacIldowie, bowling from the Pavilion end, secured two good wickets with the first two balls of the match, and the third ball had the batsman in difficulties. W. G. Hutton was the first batsman to leave, smartly stumped by Perry. W. D. Draiian played right across an ordinary straight ball of no particular merit and was bowled. It seemed likely that the Old Peterites would be dismissed for a very small total when their fourth wicket fell at 28, but here the School's success stopped for a long time. K. G. Chilman and E. F. Williams came together

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and put on 122 runs before the former was caught at the wicket. He had put up an astonishing performance in scoring i io out of 15o, and his innings included thirteen 4's and three 6's. After Chilman left another collapse followed, four wickets falling for a further 25 runs. Williams was caught at the wicket for a very useful though lucky 38, and Brittain secured the wickets of Wellington and Davis. As the last man, J. N. Blenkin, was unable to turn up, tea was taken at 175 for 9, in the hope that a substitute could be found, but there was no one available at the time, and Hutton declared the innings closed without further batting. Maclldowie and Daintry were the best of the School attack. The former had taken 3 wickets for a single run at the end of his second over, and eventually had 29 more scored off him. Daintry took 3 for 34, helped by one very good catch at the wicket. Perry played a great part in dismissing the Old Peterites, claiming no less than five victims behind the wicket. A good deal of rain fell in the evening, and the School were not able to start their innings till 5-30 p.m. In the last half-hour of play, they lost three valuable wickets on a treacherous pitch. Yardley was run out, and Scott and Dodds fell to J. B. Davis, 'whose medium left-handers were swinging disconcertingly and were difficult to play on the wet surface. When stumps were drawn the School had scored 32 for 3. There were continual showers of rain on Speech Day, and no play was possible until an hour after the official time for the start. Once again Davis bowled very well, and the School batsmen were nearly all in difficulties when facing him. He bowled Pawle with a " Yorker," and had Og -ley caught in the covers. He also claimed the wickets of Daintry, Mann, and Perry, and came out with the satisfactory figures of 7 wickets for 56 runs. Brittain hit up his highest score of the term, and played a useful though lucky innings of 32 not out. Mann, also favoured by fortune, hit gaily and helped the side to reach three figures, the innings finally closing for 103. In their second innings, the Old Peterites hit up 63 for 3, and declared, leaving the School 1i- hours in which to score 140 odd runs. Draffan was lucky in missing a " pair of spectacles," being 'dropped from a very easy chance to mid-off, off his first ball. After this escape he hit decisively, and was undefeated with 32 to his credit. Dodds bowled well, taking 2 for i 1, but several straightforward catches were dropped in the field, and several more wickets should have been secured. The weather cleared entirely towards the end of the day, and the School's second innings was played in welcome sunshine. With the aim in view of hitting up runs as quickly as possible, MacIldowie opened with Yardley. The former was caught at -

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long-leg with the score at 21, but Scott hit vigorously and Allport played some nice shots. Yardley played one of his best innings of the term, and had just passed his 5o when stumps were drawn. At this point the School had scored i 13 for 3, and the draw resulting was decidedly in our favour. Scores :-OLD PETERITES. Second Innings. First Innings. 2 c Yardley b Dodds C. C. Houghton, b Mann W. G. Hutton, st Perry b 0 c Daintry b Maclldowie Maclldowie 0 not out W. D. Draffan, b Maclldowie A. K. Cameron, c Perry b 1 c Mann b Dodds Maclldowie K. G. Chilman, c Perry b, Daintry 110 E. F. Williams, c Perry b Daintry 38 12 C. Wellington, b Brittain 1 J. B. Davis, c Perry b Brittain 0 P. N. Avery, b Daintry H. S. Wellburn, not out 11 Extras Extras 175 Total (for 9 wkts) Total (for 3 wkts) J. N. Bullen did not bat.

9 12 32 10

0 63

SCHOOL. First Innings. N. W. D. Yardley, run out S. Dodds, lbw b Davis R. Ogley, c Chilman b Davis W. M. Scott, b Davis W. Allport, b Williams S. S. Pawle, b Davis J. A. Brittain, not out A. B. Maclldowie, st Draffan Williams C. 0. Daintry, b Davis W. R. Mann, b Davis C. H. Perry, c Avery b Davis Extras Total

Second Innings.

11 8 7 6 5 2 32

not out

not out b Davis c Chilman b Williams

27 16

1 0 25 0 5

c Cameron b Williams

Extras

103

Total (for 3 wkts)

BOWLING. First Innings.

A. B. Maclldowie C. 0. Daintry J. A. Brittain W. R. Mann S. Dodds W. M. Scott

0. 12 11 5 10

M. B. 6 30 0 34 1

\V. 3 3 2 1 0

21 52 11

11 33 13

2 1 0

Second Innings. M. 0. Dodds 0 3 Maclldowie 8 2 Daintry 8 2 0 Mann 2

113

103

FIRST XI AVERAGES. BATTING. No. of Times Innings. Not Out.

N. W. D. Yardley W. Mc. C. Scott A. B. MacIldowie W. R. Mann ... R. Ogley W. Allport .. S. S. Pawle J. A. Brittain S. Dodds C. 0. Daintry ... C. H. Perry ...

Total Runs.

268

264

3 4

12 II

2 0

12 12 1I

1 9 1 7 to o o 9 1 4 * Denotes not out. Also batted : R. H. Harwood.

Highest Score. Average.

52 86*

24.3 24.o

i6o 82

20.0

16.4

163 148

40 58

16.3 13.4

104 69 101 66 II

23 32* 43 35 9

13.o '1.5 Io.I 7.3 3.6

Aver. 16. i 16.2 16.5 1 7.7 20.6

BOWLING. S. Dodds C. 0. Daintry W. R. Mann W. Mc. C. Scott J. A. Brittain ... A. B. MacIldowie

33.5 109

4 23 15

R. 129 292 265

W. 8 i8 16

2 49

4 15

186 377

9 18

77.2 8o 45 103

20.9

Note.—These averages do not include the returns for the fixture with Ampleforth, yet to take place.

Second XI. RESULTS. Date. Opponents. May 30.. BoothamSchool 2nd XI. June 6.. Leeds G.S. 2nd XI. „ 20.. Giggleswick School 2nd XI. „ 27 ..Eccentrics C.C. July 11.. Worksop College 2nd XI.

ReOpponGround. suit. School. ents. .. Home .. Won ..115 for 5..83 .. Cancelled. Rain. .. Cancelled. Rain. . .102 .. Home.. Won ..117 .. Home .. Lost .. 64 . .125 for 6

Played.

Won.

Lost.

Drawn.

Tie.

No Result.

SCHOOL 2nd XI v. BOOTHAM 2nd XI. Played at home, Saturday, May 3oth. The School won their first match very easily, having five wickets still in hand when they passed the Bootham total.

104 l3ootham batted first, and put up very little resistance, their batting being poor throughout. They lost three good wickets through foolish calling. The School fielding was excellent and Perry played a really good game behind the wicket. Whalley made the ball turn a lot on the soft pitch and Jenkins kept a good length. The Bootham total only reached 83, and we always had the match well in hand. Mackintosh and Prince did not look secure, but Jenkins played confidently until he had made 17, when he was caught in the slips. Barton (31) and Wiseman (36) both hit hard and quickly knocked off the remaining runs necessary. When the match finished we had scored 115 for 5 wickets. Scores :— BOOTHAM SECOND XI. Chipchase, run out Allen, run out Bacon, c and b Jenkins Nicholls, b Jenkins Woodhead, c Perry b Barton Reddihough, run out Kinder, not out Davis, lbw b Barton Warlow, c Wiseman b Whalley Clark, c Jenkins b Patrick Pughe, b Whalley Extras

7 12 10 7 12 6 11 0 5 9 2 2 83

Total

SCHOOL SECOND XI. A. C. Mackintosh, lbw b Warlow 4 H. Prince, c Nicholls b Warlow 6 T. W. Jenkins, c Nicholls b Warlow 17 J. R. Barton, not out 31 D. H. West, c Chipchase b War tow 12 J. H. Patrick, ib Reddihough 2 H. Wiseman, not out "36 .

Extras Total (for 5 wkts)

7 115

H. F. Whalley, V. W. G. Musgrove, R. C. Baker and C. H. Perry did not bat.

BOWLING. 0. Barton Whalley Prince Jenkins Baker Patrick

17 12.2 4 8 3 2

M. R. 7 21 1 21 1 3 16 1 1 il 0 8

W. 2 2 0 2 0 1

SCHOOL znd XI v. ECCENTRICS C.C. Played at home, Saturday, June 27th. A really good match ended in a victory for the 2nd XI by 15 runs. The match was a replay, the previous encounter resulting in a tie with ioo runs each. Mackintosh and Croskell gave the School a good start and Prince played a good innings of 25. Prince, C. H., had a great match, taking 8 wickets for 56 with his slow left-handers, and he was not afraid to toss them well up. J. T. Davis was the only batsman to show outstanding form, and the 2nd XI were lucky to get rid of him with a fine catch by Baker. Harwood and Musgrove bowled well, and the fielding was sound.

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SCHOOL SECOND XI. A. C. Mackintosh, c and b Prince P. Croskell, b Prince T. W. Jenkins, c Scholey b Prince... R. H. Harwood, hit wicket, b Prince J. R. Barton, c Scholey b Prince ... H. Prince, b Bourne J. G. K. Henderson, b Prince H. Wiseman, b Bourne V. W. G. Musgrove, c Barnby b Prince R. C. Baker, b Prince H. F. Whalley, not out

17 20 8 4 8 25 0 15 2 8 4 6

Extras

ECCENTRICS C.C. A. V. Mackintosh, b Barton J T. Coupe, lbw la Harwood J. T. Davies, Esq., c Baker, b. Whalley J. Scholey, b Musgrove P. K. Bourne, Esq., run out E. A. Whitaker, - b Musgrove K. H. Rhodes, Esq., c and b Jenkins F. Sedman, b Whalley H. E. Greenway, Esq., b Harwood C. H. Prince, not out Rev. F. H. Barnby, c Barton b Harwood Extras

117

Total

Barton Harwood Musgrove Jenkins Whalley

Total

BOWLING. M. 0. 0 6 6 0 5 1 0 4 5 0

1Z. 20 15 12 21 20

0 1 47 11 0 4 7 1 2 15 0 14 102

. 1 3 2 1 2

SCHOOL 2nd XI v. WORKSOP COLLEGE 2nd XI. Played at home, Saturday, July i ith. The 2nd XI was badly defeated by six wickets, and there can be no excuse for the extraordinary batting collapse against moderate bowling. The School batted first and Mackintosh played a really good and patient innings of 23, but could find no one to stay in with him. Everyone contrived to get themselves out, and there was a continual procession to the pavilion. MacLennan took a really fine catch at cover to dismiss Harwood, and the last seven wickets fell for 23 runs. The Worksop batsmen took no risks and their slow play upset our fielders. Croskell and Jenkins had few runs scored off them, but Barton was expensive. Aitken (36), and Martin (28), played best for the visitors, who won very easily. Our throwingin was one of the best features of the game, and three batsmen were run out in this way. S'OHOOL SECOND XI. A. C. Mackintosh, c Lyth .b Wilson 23 6 A. P. Croskell, c Pearse b Martin 4 T. W. Jenkins, b Makinson R. H. Harwood, c MacLennan b 10 Makinson J. R. Barton, c Martin b Hudson 1 7 H. Prince, b Burnett 0 D. H. West, c Lyth b Burnett J. 0. K. Henderson, lbw b Burnett 0 H. Wiseman, c Hudson, b Burnett 5 1 R. C. Baker, b Burnett 0 H. F. Whalley, not out 7 Extras Total

WORKSOP COLIEGE SECOND XL A. Aitken, run out 2 J. Esam, lbw b. Jenkins 6 K. Makinson, b Croskell 28 F. Martin, not out 1 F. J. Pearse, run out 12 H. P. Dawson, run out D. R. MacLennan, c Barton b 19 Wiseman 3 D. Hudson, not out Extras

Total (for 6 wkts)

125

G. M. Burnett, 0. P. Wilson and J. Lyth did not bat.

io6 BOWLING. J. R. Barton R. H. Harwood T. W. Jenkins A. P. Croskell H. F. Whalley H. Prince H. Wiseman

0. 11 5 6 11 5 3 3

R. 46 13 16 12 10 6 4

M. 0 1 1 6 1 0 1

W. 0 0 1 1 0 0 1

2nd XI AVERAGES. BATTING. Times No. of Innings. Not Out. H. Wiseman J. R. Barton ... A. C. Mackintosh A. P. Croskell .. H. Prince T. W. Jenkins ... R. H. Harwood ... D. H. West ... R. C. Baker

Total Runs.

Highest Score.

Average.. 28.o

3 3 3

I I 0

56 40 44

36* 31* 23

13.0

3 3 2

0 0 0

38 29 14

25 17 10

12.66 9.66 7.o 6.o 4.5

20.0

1 4- 66

* Denotes not out. Also batted : H. F. Whalley, V. W. G. Musgrove, J. H. Patrick and J. G. K. Henderson. BOWLING. 0. M. I 5

VV. Avge. R. 2 6.o 12 V. W. G. Musgrove II 28 1 R. H. Harwood 9.33 3 12.75 20.2 H. F. Whalley 4 3 51 13.25 2 19 T. W. Jenkins 4 53 29.0 87 J. R. Barton 34 7 3 Also bowled : H. Prince, H. Wiseman, A. P. Croskell, J. H. Patrick and R. C. Baker. Note.—These averages are correct up to the conclusion of the Worksop match.

Rowing. Once more we have had an excellent and enjoyable term on the river, though it is true we have not quite crowned our efforts with the complete success we hoped. An event we have long looked forward to has at last come to pass, and that is a definite fixture with another School. Our 2nd four rowed a crew from Bedford Modern School, at Newark-on'Trent, in boats lent for the occasion by the Newark R.C., and we hope that another year we may be able again to arrange a fixture. The first four have rowed well together, and with a lively stroke. It is general opinion that with a trifle of luck as regards favourable sides of the river, they would certainly have won a trophy. ST. PETER'S v. BEDFORD MODERN. Many of our rowing enthusiasts have long desired to see a race against another School, and this year the opportunity came to suggest a race with Bedford Modern School. The race to be rowed at a mid-way place, viz. : at Newark, Notts., on the river Trent. It was fixed for 17th June,. and Mr. Ping and Mr. Rhodes acted as chauffeurs to convey the crew and their oars. We arrived safely at Newark, and had lunch with the Bedford crew. We found the river Trent in full spate with a very strong current. The course was about seven furlongs down stream, but in order to get to the starting point, we found it was almost like rowing a course to get there. We won the toss and took the inside of the bend, in doing so we may have missed the benefit of the current, for after a fair start, Bedford went away to win easily by three lengths. The whole outing was thoroughly enjoyable, and it was a useful experience to row in strange boats on strange water. We hope it will be possible to have a fixture another year. We should like to express our thanks to the Rev. A. Ping, of Farndon, near Newark, who very kindly " stood " us lunch and tea.

York Regatta. York Regatta, which was held on 20th June, was almost entirely spoilt this year by the state of the river. During the previous week there had been a considerable amount of rain with the result that the river was in a state of high flood. The station side, therefore was several lengths faster, and during the whole regatta only three crews managed to win on the boathouse side. This was unfortunate, as frequently it was not the better crew that won.

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On the whole the School were unlucky in the draw. In their first race the First Four were on the station side against a strong crew of the York City Rowing Club. The race was very even along the first part of the course, and then from the Boathouse the School drew away and won by 11 lengths. In their second round the School were on the Boathouse side against Bradford R.C. They led at the start, but at Scarborough Bridge Bradford went ahead and in spite of a good spurt by the School at the finish, won by a length. In the Regatta Cup the 2nd and 3rd Crews competed. The 2nd Crew rowing on the Boathouse side were against Hollingworth Lake, but were not quite fast enough to compete with the side, and lost by just over a length. The 3rd Crew, also on the Boathouse side, were drawn against York City Rowing Club. York took the lead from the start, but the 3rd Crew made a good attack just before Scarborough Bridge. Here both crews nearly sank owing to the wash of a pleasure launch. Eventually York won by 1i lengths. Both in the White Rose Cup and in the Regatta Cup the School were defeated by the ultimate winners of the event and in all the races they showed a good form and a good spirit.

Durham Regatta. It was decided this year that we ought to try to take our own boat to Durham instead of allowing the crew to row in a strange boat possibly unsuited to them. Expense is always the consideration where the transport of a boat is concerned, however, we found means to convey " Sally " safely and reasonably, and found the whole scheme very satisfactory. Canon Budworth very kindly invited us. to be his guests again, and those who have enjoyed his hospitality know how much we appreciate this part of the programme. On the first day's rowing for the Corporation Cup we were drawn against a Durham City crew and beat them by a length. In the semi-final we came against a strong Tyne crew who beat us by halfa-length. In the second day's racing for the Lady Anne Lambton Plate r unaccountably we got a bad start and lost half-a-length which we made up and actually were leading over part of the course. Finally Durham put in a great spurt and won by half-a-length. We should say that this year the races at Durham Regatta were rowed against the stream, and there is little doubt that this affected our rowing to some extent. A further point is that the two crews who defeated us were the winners of their respective finals.

The Tub Regatta. The Tub Regatta, which has now become an annual fixture was rowed under rather unfavourable weather conditions, on Wednesday, 1st July. On the following page we give the draw and the results :—

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No. 1.

Liddle Prince

No. 2.

Earnshaw Emery

No. 3.

Stibbard Lupton Allen Ryland

No. 3.

Smart Douglas Toulmin A. W. Ping, Esq.

No. 6.

Corner Eardley K. H. Rhodes, Esq Whalley

No. 8.

No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. No. 8.

No. I. } No. I.

No. I.

1 No. 6. WINNERS. Boyd Seed Cox, Darton

No. 9. Dowson Dodd No. 10. Cunningham Dalton

/No. 9.

No. 11. Butler Doyle

No. II.

No. 12. Cooper Harrop

No. 13.

No. 13. Boyd Seed

Bye

No. 14. Blackburn Lee

Bye

No. 13.

Coxs.' Race. No. 1.

Watson Falconer

No. 2.

Darton Biggin

No. 3.

Hurtley Sproule

}

No. I.

Bye No.

WINNERS. Watson Falconer Cox, K. H. Rhodes, Esq.

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The O.P. Races. On Friday, 17th July three races were rowed against three Old Peterite Crews, and a large attendance of supporters cheered on their . crewsfomthbank.AerlpoitwasheScl won the toss in each case and chose the station side of the river. (N.B.—The coin was supplied by an O.P. !) The third crews rowed first, the course being from " wall-end " to ." pipe " (alas no longer there, so we have to take a tree as the finishing post).) After a start (which was not questioned!) the School crew drew level, and although the O.P.'s rowed gamely and quite nicely together, they could not keep the rate set by Blackburn, and the School won by i 2 lengths. The second crews rowed off together, but the School quickly took the lead and maintained it to win by 21 lengths. An added incentive to the first crews was given this year, by the kind presentation of a trophy—a very old rowing tankard— given by Archdeacon Griffiths, of Thorp Arch. The School First Crew got rather a better start than the O.P. 's and by rowing a very fast stroke gained a slight lead. The crews then rowed ding-dong and it appeared as if the greater length and strength of the O. P.'s would row down the School. Dawson, however, never let his crew go to sleep, and spurting well for the finish won a good race by just over a length. THE CREWS. SCHOOL. II: SCHOOL I: E. A. Harrop. Bow. J. B. Doyle. J. E. Boyd. 2. H. A. Butler. M. H. Seed. C. H. Prince. 3. Stroke. P. 0. Dowson. N. B. Corner. Cox. G. E. T. Watson. A. J. Darton.

SCHOOL III :— G. C. Lee. A. B. Cooper. J. N. Emery. W. D. Blackburn. A. D. Falconer.

O.P. II:— O.P. I:O.P. Bow. C. D. Trimmer. C. H. P. Bellwood. T. B. Bridges. H. Webster. 2. E. Davenport. 3. J. G. Troop. G. P. Fasten. Stroke. K. H. Rhodes.

III :— R. D. Hunter. R. M. Walker. J. C. Platts. C. Hutchinson.

Cox (for all three crews) H. Bamforth.

III

FIRST FOUR CHARACTERS. Bow. J. B. Doyle. Is rather inclined to " throw himself about " a bit, but he has put down a good blade, and kept going. A useful oar. 2.

H. A. Butler. Took a little time to settle to his new position, and consequently was not always in time. Very keen and unsparing in his efforts.

M. H. Seed. He has worked hard and backed stroke up excellently. He has developed a most useful weight, and uses it.

Stroke. P. 0. Dowson. Apart from a tendency to rush up to his front stop, which may have been caused from behind, he has stroked with excellent judgment and life. Cox. G. E. T. Watson. Always encouraged his crew greatly, and kept them in order in the boat. Coxed with skill and judgment—his only snag being " the " bridge. SECOND FOUR CHARACTERS. Bow. E. A. Harrop. An extremely hard-working and keen oarsman, who put down a good blade. He was new to slides and was rather apt to rush his slide forward. With more steadiness should be very effective. 2. J. E. Boyd. A cheerful and stylish oar who has improved in effectiveness when relieved of the responsibility of stroking. Needs to cure a slight tendency to dip forward. Always rowed himself out. 3.

C. H. Prince. Has improved a great deal and did a lot of useful work. Is inclined to be stiff in the body which shortens his forward swing.

Stroke. N. B. Corner. As a stroke did very well and gave his crew a good rhythm. He always worked hard himself and drove his crew. His finish was good, but he needs to be rather quicker on to the beginning of the stroke. Cox. A. J. Darton. An excellent cox. To be relied on to take a good course and to keep the crew together. Invaluable about the Boathouse.

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THIRD FOUR CHARACTERS. Bow. G. C. Lee. Though rather light, always did his full share of the work. A neat oar, but inclined to sky his blade. 2.

A. B. Cooper. Although at first he found the change over to stroke side rather trying, he settled down well and produced his best form in races.

J. N Emery. Did an immense amount of effective work, although not exactly a pretty oar. Rowed his best. on the second half of the course when he loosened out.

Stroke. W. D. Blackburn. A lively, dashing stroke—in fact sometimes rather too dashing. Always worked himself and his crew hard and made the boat move. Kept keen and cheerful. Cox. A. D. Falconer. A cheerful optimist and rather erratic steersman.

Tennis. The most notable feature of the tennis this term has been the visit of Mr. L. E. Standley, the famous coach, for a fortnight in the middle of the term. Mr. Standley, who has held many important coaching positions in England, Italy and France, and who coached the Italian Davis Cup Team, was not favoured by ideal weather for a great part of his stay at the School, but managed to put in an immense amount of work. He gave 120 lessons, four to each member of the Tennis Club, and everyone who was fortunate enough to be taken by him expressed unqualified appreciation of his excellent coaching. His visit was part of a scheme inaugurated by the Lawn Tennis Association for promoting greater enthusiasm for tennis in the Public Schools, and was a great success in every way. For some six weeks or so, during and after his visit, a series of articles on Lawn Tennis written by him were reproduced in the " Yorkshire Herald," illustrated by action photos taken at the School. When weather permitted, both the hard and grass courts were very popular throughout the term. The thanks of the Tennis Club are due to Mr. Milnes for the valuable work which he put in on the hard court. At the beginning of the term, C. E. T. Moore was appointed Secretary of -Tennis.

O.T.C. For the first few days of this term the O.T.C. was very busy, owing to the fact that Military Sunday at York Minster fell upon the first Sunday of the term. On the Saturday the Corps had a dress parade and marched up the North Road, accompanied by the band. On the Sunday we attended the service in the Minster, and then marched past the saluting base. After this the O.T.C. settled down to its usual parades on Tuesdays and Fridays. Towards the end of May, the Corps started to prepare for the General Inspection. This took place on June 4th, the inspecting officer being Major Bucknall, of the War Office. In the morning the prospect of a fine day did not seem very pronounced, but the weather cleared up unexpectedly, and the ceremony was carried out in brilliant sunshine. The Inspection went without a hitch and Major Bucknall, in his speech afterwards, seemed highly satisfied. He later sent a most glowing report to the School, and we have every reason to feel highly satisfied at the high praise which he bestowed upon every department of the Corps. The Band has put in a great deal of work during extra parades, under Drum-Major C. H. Prince, and the bugles have reached a very high standard. At the time of writing the competition for the Silver Bugle has not yet taken place. On Saturday, July i8th, a Guard of Honour was formed for Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood, when he came to the school to give away the prizes on Speech Day-. There were two dress parade rehearsals during the week, and all the trouble taken over the Guard was well repaid by the high praise which Sir William Birdwood and other distinguished visitors awarded to it. On going to Press we learn that all O.T.C. Camps throughout the country have been cancelled. The School was to have gone to camp at Strensall on Tuesday, July 28th. Promotions this term were :—L.-Cpl. A. C. Mackintosh to C.Q.M.S. L.-Cp1s. Seaborne, Whalley and Harrop to Corporals. Cadets Seed and Boyd to L.-Cpls.

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Squash Racquets. SCHOOL v. OLD PE TE RI TE S. For the first time for four years a Squash Match was _played against the Old Peterites, and it proved a very welcome addition to the other regular Old Peterite fixtures, such as the cricket and rowing. The match took place on Friday, 17th July, after the cricket was over in the evening, and the School won by two events to one. The Old Peterites were represented by W. D. Draff an, J. N. Bullen and E. F. Williams, and they gave the School team quite the best match since the Haileybury fixture in January. In the first string match Yardley was extended to five games by Draffan, and some really good " squash " was seen. Draffan, who had played very little since he left in December, put up an astonishingly good performance, but Yardley always had the issue of the match well in hand. The fifth game was the best, and it looked as if Draffan might just manage to bring off a victory, but Yardley's extra practice gave him the four winning points after both players had reached " five-all." In the second string encounter Pawle came up against a really good opponent in J. N. Bullen, who has had little opportunity of enhancing the great reputation which he gained at the School, having played little " squash '' since he left. He defeated Pawle by three games to one, and all four games were played at a fast rate. Bullen took the first two easily, but Pawle played really well to win the third by five points. In the last game Bullen won decisively, and on his form would have given Yardley a great match. Prince beat Williams by three games to one, and both playeTs showed great activity about the court. Prince made some spectacular returns, and although he lost the second game, he always appeared to have the match well in hand. William's play has made great progress since he left the School, and the games were by no means one-sided. Scores: N. W. D. Yardley (School), beat W. D. Draffan (9-0), (5-9), (9-5), (0-9), (9-7). S. S. Pawle (School), lost to J. N. Bullen (2-9), (3-9), (9-4), (3-9). C. H. Prince (School), beat E. F. Williams (9-7), (4-9), (9-3), (9-5).

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DRYSDALE CUP. The School was represented in the Drysdale Cup (Junior Amateur Championship of Great Britain), at the Royal Automobile Club, by S. S. Pawle. The Championship was held from Monday, loth April to the following Saturday, and a record entry of 51 was received. In the first round Pawle gained a very easy victory over J. F. Priestley (Winchester), (9-2), (9-1), (9-0). In the second round he had a really fine match with J. P. M. Hope (Wellington), whom he beat (7-9), (2-9), (9-4), (9--7), (9-0), after Hope had won the first two games. In the third round he was beaten 10-9 in the fifth game by J. R.. C. Yglesias (Lancing), after a match, which the " Times " said " both deserved to win." Pawle was four times at matchpoint before he was beaten, the scores being (10-9), (1-9), (7-9), (9-2), (9-10). The title was won by J. A. Gillies (Winchester). The past year has been a very successful one in connection with squash." The School team has come out with a fine record, and have been taken in subscriptions—a record amount.

Scientific Society. The main event this term has been the Summer Excursion. For the first time, this was made by water, and we went up the river to Kirby Hall. This is an old ruined country house situated about 15 miles up the Ouse, near the village of Great Ouseburn. About 70 members set off before lunch in a motor launch, and lunch was eaten on board. The first stop was at Linton Lock, and while the launch was passing through we went over the York auxiliary power station, which derives electric power from the fall of water at the weir. We then travelled on up the river to the Toll Bridge, and landed there. A short walk brought us into the estate, where many interesting things were found in the lake, and in the woods and ruins of the house. After wandering about for some hours we met at the village and had tea at the village Inn. After this we made our way back to the launch, and so back to York. J.B.D.

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To Paris by Air Express. By Harry Harper. Twenty-two years ago, when Louis Bleriot in his tiny 25 horsepower monoplane accomplished the first aeroplane flight between France and England, the aerial crossing of the Channel was a ()Teat adventure. Now, at busy seasons on the airways between London and the continent, it is no uncommon thing for more than fifty powerful aircraft-passenger-planes, cargo-craft, and specially-chartered " taxvplanes " to cross to and fro above the Channel during the course of a single day. What is it like to make a journey high through the air in the saloon of one of these big, luxurious, modern passenger-planes? The writer, by way of answer, invites you to join him here, just in fancy, in a voyage along that famous air-route between London and Paris in one of the latest-type multi-engined flying liners of Imperial Airways. Assembling with other aerial passengers at the Airway Terminus, Victoria Station, London, S.W.', you are escorted to waiting motor cars, and driven to the aeroplane arrival and departure station at Croyelbn. Here stands the big air express in which you are to embark, while dominating the air-station buildings you will observe the tower from which the airway traffic is controlled. Here sits the Officer-in-Charge, with wireless operators in an instrument-room adjoining, and with a big map in front of him on which he plots out from moment to moment, according to the wireless signals he receives, the position of aircraft in flight. Now you embark in your winged express. The saloons of this great craft are roomy, lofty, spacious. You are given a softlycushioned armchair, in which you settle yourself luxuriously ; and, as you do so, a signal from the control-tower tells the pilot he may begin his flight. Promptly he taxies out his big machine, and Then he brings it into position so that it is facing into wind. waits for another signal indicating that he may take off. When this flashes from the tower he opens the throttles of his engines, and the big aircraft runs smoothly forward until its speed is sufficient for its curved wings to bear it aloft in flight. Then, by a gentle movement of his control-wheel, the pilot operates his elevators, and the express leaves earth for air. The aerodrome buildings pass away below. You catch a glimpse of the word " Croydon " written in white letters on the aerodrome, while behind—outlined as a rule mistily beneath its pall of smoke-lies the great city of London.

The pilot, setting his machine on a steady climb, now heads towards the Channel, and, as he does so, calls up Croydon on his wireless 'phone, and gives the operator in the control-tower a message indicating that he is en route for Paris. A prominent landmark, after you have left Croydon, is the Crystal Palace away on your left, while immediately ahead lie the Surrey Hills. Your big multi-engined 'plane sweeps serenely on, and, from your comfortable armchair, you survey the passing earth from a bird's eye point of view. Below, now, there is a wonderful vista of Kent, " Garden of England," the winding roads, far below, looking like little white ribbons, and the motor-cars on them like tiny mechanical toys. Soon Lympne, coastal air-port, appears ahead, while away to the right lies Dungeness with its lighthouse and wireless station. Nov you pass out above the Channel, and the pilot gives Croydon another routine call on his wireless 'phone, informing the controltower of his exact point of departure from the English coast, and of the spot for which he is steering on the French side. On its flight above the Channel your 'plane passes over the Varne lightship, which has its name clearly painted on its side. Tiny black specks, recognised as ships only by the smoke from their funnels, and the wake they leave behind, pass far beneath like toy boats on a pond. Soon Grisnez, on the French coast, is seen a trifle to the left, and now your winged express approaches Boulogne, with its breakwater stretching seaward, and its busy docks. After passing Boulogne, you fly parallel with the coast above wonderful stretches of sand. Then the machine turns inland, and on the left, soon, lies the famous forest of Crecy, a well-known airman's landmark. Onward from Etaples to Abbeville the air express follows the main railway. Then, from Abbeville, the air-line follows the main road, with its typical rows of trees. You realise, as you look down, the difference between the landscapes of France and Britain. The French fields are larger ; there are few hedges ; and most of the roads are less straggling than those of England. Now a belt of forest lies below, and soon afterwards, approaching Paris, the Eiffel Tower, pointing its skeleton finger to the sky, can be discerned ahead and a trifle to the right, Then soon after this, the air-port of Le Bourget, with its many hangars, appears below. The roar of the engines dies away. There is a smooth, wonderful glide earthward, followed by a passing through Customs and another motor car drive into the heart of Paris. So your ultra-modern journey is accomplished high above the earth. It is not only the effortless speed which so impresses you ; it is not only the feeling of detachment from the turmoil of an over-

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crowded earth. It is the sheer fascination of being poised up there, high aloft, and of seeing such vistas of air, sea, and land, as almost take your breath away by the thrill of their unexpected beauty.

Entertainments. On Wednesday and Thursday, July ist and znd, an excellent On variety entertainment in aid of the York Musical Society was given in the Big Hall. " B " block were admitted to the Dress Rehearsal on the Wednesday and the rest of the School saw the actual performance on the following evening. There was a packed " House " and the whole programme was very much enjoyed by an appreciative audience. -

On Friday, June 12th, a lecture on the work and aims of Toc H was given in the Big Hall by Mr. Tattersall. His talk was given in a very interesting manner, and at the close, the superintendent of the West Riding Branch of Toe H extended a welcome to all members of the School who could spare the time to help the movement after leaving School.

O.P. News. H. S. Burrows and J. D. Burrows have been playing in the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Team. H. S. Burrows won a great victory over W. H. Powell, the Cambridge and All-England player, in a Bradford Tournament, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. In the Men's Singles at Wimbledon he was defeated by P. Landry (France). A. B. Sellers has played for Yorkshire 2nd XI on several occasions, and is qualifying for the M.C.C. C. F. Williams was bow in the B.N.C. crew which maintained its position at the Head of the River for the fourth successive year. W. D. Draffan has been playing cricket regularly for Reading University.

T. B. D. Chapman has been playing cricket for Manderston, one of the leading clubs in Scotland. On February loth, in recognition of his services as its Hon. Secretary for 25 years, E. W. Crossley, J.P., F.S.A., 0.P., was entertained at a complimentary dinner by the members of the

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Yorkshire Archeological Society at the Queen's Hotel. We apologise for omitting this intelligence from our last issue. The Old Peterite Hockey Match was won by the School by the close margin of 3 goals to 2 after a fine game.

Marriage. CRAWSHAW—HUTCHINSON. On April 7th, 1931, at St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Lionel Townsend Crawshaw, B.A., LL.M., to Frances, only daughter of Canon and Mrs. Hutchinson, 12 St. Hilda's Terrace, Whitby.

fifty Ocars From the " Peterite " of 1881. VoL. III.

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No. 22.

(History repeats itself) That charming institution the Yorkshire Gala, has come off, and we are sorry to say that it was not so great a success this year as in years past, for torrents of rain came down each day. . . . For the benefit of those whom it may concern 1 may say that a coach and four has been started which runs from York to Liverpool and back in two days. (Extracts from School Letter). At this time the " Peterite " was published once a month, with

an average of 15 pages, and was printed at Oxford.

The Junior School. The Summer Term of 1931 is now coming to an end, and we must endeavour to record the doings of St. Olave's. Most people, we feel sure, will have something to say against the weather or the climate, but we have kept our heads above water at St. Olave's very nicely, not having had any disease or illness at all during the term. Morover, the weather has not seriously interfered with our arrangements or matches, certain events had to be postponed, but we managed to carry out most of the things we had arranged.

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Practically the chief point about this term has been the appearance of the Scouts and Cubs in uniform. Their doings are recorded in another paragraph, but we do believe that the introduction of the Scout movement into St. Olave's will do good and add interest in many ways. It is very pleasing to see our splendid success in cricket, and Mr. Chilman and the cricket team are to be heartily congratulated. As regards other happenings of the term, the Whit-Monday outing was very successful and entertaining. We travelled by motor-coach to Warthill, there a " special " on the Sand Hutton Light Railway was awaiting us and took us—with much puffing and chuffing—to the terminus at Bossal. There we roamed for an hour-and-a-half about the countryside, and then returned in the " special " to Sand Hutton where we had tea. We then engaged in exciting shunting operations on the railway, fortunately without any serious injury to persons or rolling stock ! The return to York was by motor coach. The water in the baths remained very cold until well into

J une, but once swimming started, everybody made good progress, and the following boys have passed the School swimming test this term :—W. Boyes, 0. A. S. Buckler, J. W. Butler, N. L. Colbeck, R. L. Fothergill, H. W. Goode, C. Lockwood, J. M. Macdonald, A. C. W. Ping, L. Sykes, J. R. Tyson, F. F. Weatherill, C. E. C. Windram, G. A. Wright. Many other events of interest have been crowded into the term ; we have seen the Troops on parade on Military Sunday ; we have been cycle rides, notably to Skipwith Common ; some of us have been for picnics, and on Commemoration Saturday we had a Wild Flower Show in St. Olave's School-room. R. White and C. P. Denby were the prize winners for the boarders, J. A. Ware and C. D. W. Sharp for the dayboys. We heartily congratulate R. White on winning a scholarship to the Senior School, and on winning the Whytehead Divinity prize, also L. Atkinson who left us a year ago for the School House and has now gained an award in the Scholarship examination. We must also mention J. M. Buckler, age 12, who sent an original pen and ink drawing to an East Yorkshire competition and was awarded 3rd prize against all comers under 16. The Junior School swimming sports are being arranged for Thursday, 23rd July, and we expect to see some keen competition.

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Form Prizes were presented on Speech Day and we congratulate the following winners :— Ji Jii Jiii Jiv Jv Jvi

A. B. Fothergill. M. Buckle. F. W. Morgan. W. B. Battrick. L. Sykes. R. White.

St. Olave's School Games. Our results on going to press are 5 matches won and I lost, which shows we have had a very enjoyable season's cricket. The first match was played on June 2nd versus Clifton House, Harrogate, at York. We batted first, and on being put in by our opponents on a perfect wicket, knocked up 73, to which they replied with 35. On June 9th we went to Hornsea where the home team, going in first, made 40 runs. After the loss of Sykes, at about 3, Quarrie and Denby carried the score to 42, when tea was taken. After tea the game was continued, and Denby eventually carried his bat for a useful 54 not out. On June 25th we played a Parents XI captained by Mr. Quarrie, the father of the School Captain. The Parents batted first making a total of 40, while the School made 76 for 6. Lennie and Carlton made a good stand in this match after some of the earlier batsmen had come out for low scores. Our match at Terrington away was rather disastrous for Terrington. We made 9c) while they scored 7 in the first innings, and II in their second. We lost to Clifton House, Harrogate, away on a very wet wicket. They went in first and made 36 ; there was frequent rain; and we had to bowl with a wet ball. Our reply was 20. To-day, July 21st, we are to play Terrington with our " A team, 5 of the Ist XI standing down. Davison is captaining this XI, with Jeffrey as vice-captain. Denby and Sykes were cur opening pair of batsmen, and these were well backed up by Quarrie, McLean, Jeffrey and Lennie. Jeffrey and Tyson were the bowlers with McLean, Lennie and Sykes as change bowlers. Denby heads the batting averages with an average of 19.8 runs for 6 innings, while Jeffrey does the howling with an average. of 2 runs per wicket for about 3o wickets.

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The following boys represented the School in all matches to date :—Quarrie (Captain), Denby, C. P. (Vice-Captain), McLean, Davison, Sykes, Jeffrey, Tyson, Carlton, Lennie, Lockwood, C., and Buckler (ma.), J. M., with Boyes 12th man and White scorer.

Scout News. St. Peter's School, York, Group. The above Group was formed on March 21st, 1931, and was registered as a controlled Group No. 12572 at Imperial Headquarters of the Boy Scouts' Association on April 1st, 1931. In this Group there is at present a Junior Troop of 21 Scouts with Mr. K. G. Chilman as Scoutmaster and a Wolf Cub Pack of 9 Cubs with Miss E. C. M. Toyne as Cubmistress. The Group scarf is Scout Green in colour, the Scouts wear a Khaki shirt with blue shorts, and the Cubs a Grey Jersey with blue shorts. The Troop at present is divided into 3 patrols, the, Woodpigeons, the Peewits, and the Curlews, under patrol leaders Jeffrey, Macdonald and Lockwood respectively, with Carlton, Tyson, and Buckler (ma.) as their seconds. The Pack have two Sixes with Ping and Fothergill (mi.) as " Sixers " and Brockbank and Stembridge as seconds. Major T. Preston, M.C., the District Commissioner for Scouts was present at the Troop Enrolment on June i9th, 1931, and after hearing the Scoutmaster take his promise, he was present when the. Scoutmaster heard each member of his troop take their promise. After this the Commissioner heard the Cubmistress take her promise and was present when she heard her cubs give their promise. The following boys were enrolled :—Tenderfoot (Scouts) : Jeffrey, Macdonald, Carlton, Tyson, Buckler (ma.), Dickenson, Weatherill, Ward, Colbeck, Windram, Wright (mi.), Segar, Gossop, Croskell, Smith. Tenderpad (Wolf Cubs) : Ping, Fothergill (mi.), Brockbank, Stembridge, Buckle, Goode, Sharpe, Hillyard (ma.), Hillyard (mi.). The following boys are going to camp, as well as the ones already enrolled, and they will take their promise at the first camp fire :—Lockwood, Walters, Greaves, Biscomb, Denby and McLean. The camp is to be held this year at Morebv Park, near Naburn, York, from Saturday, July 25th to Wednesday, July 29th.

Notes and Items. We congratulate N. W. D. Yardley, R. Ogley, A. B. Maclldowie and S. S. Pawle on receiving their ist XI colours, and S. Dodds, C. H. Perry and R. H. Harwood on receiving their 2nd XI colours. We congratulate E. Harrop, J. E. Boyd, C. H. Prince and N. B. Corner on receiving their 2nd IV colours ; also G. E. T. Watson on receiving his 1st IV coxing colours for the second time, and A. J. Darton on his 2nd coxing colours. This year the School will be represented at the Duke of York's Camp by J. A. Brittain and J. N. Emery. At the time of writing, the Final of the House Cricket Matches has not yet been played. The Semi-Finalists are the Rise and the Manor, who beat the Day Boys and the Grove respectively. The closest finish to date was seen when the Rise beat the School House by 8 runs, scoring 87 to the latter's 79. The annual " Eights " Race against York City R,. C. was rowed over a mile course between the Scope and Lendal Bridge, on Wednesday, July 22nd. After a magnificent struggle, in which both crews were almost level throughout, the School gained a great win by one yard. The Cricket League captains this term were W. L. Seaborne (A), S. K. Kooka (B), F. P. Marrian (C), and N. L. Brockbank (D). There was a tie for first place in the table between " C " and " D," each of which gained 14 points. " B " followed with twelve points, and " A " gained eight points. BACK NUMBERS. The Editors of the " Peterite " have a large number of copies The for disposal, dating from December, 1922 to March, 1931. dates and numbers of copies are printed below, and these may be obtained on application to the Editors at is., post free : 1q22, December, 16; 1923, July, 40—December, 17; 1924, July, i8--December, 3; 1925, July, ;I December, 19; 1926, April, 19 —July, 9—December, 16 ; 1927, March, 22-December, 28 ; 1928, April, 27—December, 41 ; 1929, March, 23—December, 34 ; 1930, March, 34. There are also 28o surplus copies of the special 1300 Anniversary Souvenir Number, obtainable at the same price. We are asked by Mrs. Chadwick to state that she has several numbers of the " Peterite " which she would be willing to send free of charge to anyone who would like to have them. The copies in question are : Numbers 222 ; 224-243 ; 245-247 ; 249-254 256-260 ; 264. These cover the period from April, 1916, to Easter, 1930. For further information application should be made to Mr. L. W. Comper, Ryelands, Feering, Essex. -

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Co rrespondences To the Editors of the " Peterite." Dear Sirs, Will you please give Mr. Hill my congratulations on winning a Balliol Scholarship. I am glad to see your mention of my brother's scholarship (W. Y. Fausset) in 1878. This is not mentioned in Raine's book on the School, which does, however, mention a mathematical scholarship won by Botterill, in 1894, at Balliol, when I was at the School. My brother died in 1915, being then a Canon of Wells Cathedral—after many years as a schoolmaster. As a younger brother I suffered from this brilliance because the Vth form master—one Scargill--used to observe that the brains of the family were exhausted before they got down to me. However, I got a scholarship at Peterhouse, where I rejoice to see that vou have two O. P.'s in residence, Pope and Greeves, the latter, I suppose, a son of my old contemporary and friend, also an O.P. and Peterhouse man. Your magazine always gives us pleasure, and I congratulate you on its style and standard. Yours very truly, F. P. FAUSSET, O.P. 1886-96.

To the Editors of the " Peterite." Dear Sirs, I should like to take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Toyne, Mr. Bourne and Mr. Davies for their work in coaching the School cricket teams. It is only to be regretted that they have had less chance than usual of seeing them in action. Despite the very tiresome weather conditions with which we have had to put up, Roberts has always worked hard to prepare a good wicket, and has been as successful at the circumstances permitted. We have also been very pleased to have Elton, an experienced cricketer, to come and bowl at nets ; he gave us invaluable practise in playing good bowling. I should also like to thank Mr. Featherstone for lookinfafter the Leagues and Mrs. To y ne for her, teas, which as usical, have been adm irable. Yours sincerely, W.

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To the Editors of the " Peterite." Dear Sirs, May I take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Ping, Mr. Rhodes, and Mr. Greenwav, for the invaluable coaching which they hay given to the School crews. I think I am able to say quite that the standard of rowing this year is a great deal higher thin . it has been for the past few years. Coaching this year was by no means an easy business ; the river being in flood nearly the whole term, while the bank was treacherous. Yours sincerely, H. A. BUTLER, Captain of Boats. To the Editors of the " Peterite." Dear Sirs, This term, the Band has received more than its usual share of praise, whenever it has made a public appearance. The object of this letter, therefore, is to call attention to the unceasing labours of Mr. Sykes, who, although officially retired from the Corps, still continues his labours for the Band. It is no mean task for a musician who has never played a sidedrum or bugle, to teach drummers and buglers to whom written music conveys practically nothing, and the standard of efficiency attained is in itself a sufficient compliment to him. I should like also to thank the Instructor from the West Yorks. depot, whose knowledge of the care and maintenance of drums has proved invaluable to us. I am, Yours sincerely, '

C. H. PRINCE, (Drum Major). To the Editor of the " Peterite." Dear Sir, For some time I have thought it a great pity that the several fine O.T.C. Cups in the Big Hall are, to all intents and purposes, useless. For most of them, there has been no competition for several years, and several names of holders of the Cup for the individual Shot have not been inscribed on the accompanying board. With all due respect to the possible motive of introducing an old-fashioned touch into a modern school, I am in favour of the Cups being appropriated for championships in such absorbing pastimes as Ludo, etc., if they are not to be competed for by ardent militarists like Yours faithfully, O.T.C. ENTHUSIAST.

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VALETE AND SALVETE. School House. VALETE. W. D. England. 1928-31. A3. Cadet in O.T.C. Played for 2nd XI Hockey, 1931. G. K. Crisp. 1929-31. B3. Cadet in O.T.C. J. H. Creigh. 1931. B4.

Clifton Rise. VALETE. J. E. C. Hill. 1925-31. Classical VI. School Monitor. Head znd XV Played for 2nd XV, 1929-30. of Clifton Rise. colours. Played for 1st XV, 1930-31. 1st XV colours. Played for Hockey XI, 1931. Sergeant in O.T.C. Played for 1st P. N. Avery. 1926-31. A2. House Monitor. XV, 1929-30. 2nd XV colours. Played for ist XI, 192829-30. 2nd XI colours, 1928. 1st XI colours, 1929. Played for Hockey XI, 1930-31. Hockey colours, 1930. L.Cpl. in

O.T.C. Played for 2nd XV, 1929-30. 2nd J. Fargus. 1928-31. B2. XV colours. Played for ist XV, 1930-31. 1st XV colours. Cadet in 0. T. C. S. H. Kazerooni. 1927-3r. A3. Cadet in O.T.C. D. N. Evans. 1930-31. B4. Cadet in O.T.C.

Clifton Grove. VALETE

F. W. P. Lupton. 1928-31. Classical VI. Cadet in O.T.C. SALVETE.

H. Johnston. Bi.

Day Boys. VALETE. G. M. B. A. Hunt. 1926-31. B3. Cadet in O.T.C.

Junior School. SALVETE. H. Coore (St. 0.); G. A. R. Calder (D.B.); J. B. Shillitoe (St. 0.); G. Harrison (D.B.); E. N. Dickinson (D.B.). VALETE. S. E. Large; J. M. Large.

Chapel. May 3. 4th Sunday after Easter.—York Military Sunday. to. 5th Sunday after Easter.—Rev. F. H. Barnby. Y1 „ 17. Sunday after Ascension.—The Headmaster. „ 24. Whit-Sunday.—Music, P. H. Sykes, Esq., M.A. „ 31. Trinity Sunday.—Rev. F. H. Barnby. June 7. 1st Sunday after Trinity. The Very Rev. the Dean of York. „ 14. 2nd Sunday after Trinity.—Music, W. L. Seaborne, V. W. G. Musgrove and P. H. Sykes, Esq., M.A. 3rd Sunday after Trinity.—The Headmaster „ 21. „ 28. 4th Sunday after Trinity.—Rev. J. E. Dobbie, B.A. July 5. 5th Sunday after Trinity.—Rev. F. H. Barnby. 6th Sunday after Trinity.—Music, Miss Toyne, P. H. 12. Sykes, Esq. and W. L. Seaborne. „ 19. 7th Sunday after Trinity.—School Commemoration : The Right Reverend Bishop Heywood Collection in aid of Exhibition for the Service at 11-30 a.m. Sons of Clergy. „ 26. 8th Sunday after Trinity. The Headmaster. MUSIC. Three Recitals of Music were given in the Chapel during the term. On Whit-Sunday, P. H. Sykes, Esq., gave an Organ Recital, his programme being as follows : Sonata in C Minor, Mendelssohn. Grave, Adagio, Allegro Maesto e Vivace, Fugue. Hymn 33, " Now God be with us." On Sunday, June mth, an Organ and Piano Recital was given by P. H. Sykes, Esq., and W. L. Seaborne, and V. W. G. Musgrove sang the Aria " Ye Happy Flock " (Bach). The Programme was : Organ Solo : Chorale Prelude, " Martyrdom " (Perry), Aria, " Ye Happy Flock " (Bach). Organ Solo. " Chant de May " (Jongen). Pianoforte Solo, Capriccio in D Minor (Brahms). Lullaby (Brahms). Hymn 38, " Sun of my Soul."

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On Sunday, July 12th, P. H. Sykes, Esq., W. L. Seaborne and Miss E. C. M. Toyne gave a recital. Miss Toyne, accompanied on the piano by Mr. Sykes, gave a delightful rendering of the Cradle Song " 0 men from the fields," as well as " My heart ever faithful," an Aria from Bach. W. L. Seaborne gave a very competent rendering of a movement from the Sea Symphony, although handicapped by insubordinate behaviour on the part of the organ. The Programme was : Aria, " My heart ever faithful " (Bach). Battle Hymn (Martin Shaw). Tone Poem, " On the beach at night, alone " (Vaughan Williams)—Second Movement of the Sea Symphony arranged for the Organ by Henry Ley. Cradle Song, " 0 men from the fields." Hymn 26, " As now the Sun's declining rays."

Musical Society Account, 1930

1931.

RECEIPTS. Balance from last year ... Contribution from School Office

Ls s. d. 2 13 3 5 0 0 7

EXPENDITURE. Gramophone Records 'Music ••• Balance in hand

s. d. 9 o 4 8 2 15 4 o

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Library. The following have been added to the Library this term :— A. 43a.—The Riddle of the Sands.—Erskine Childers. 91a. Collected Ghost Stories.—M. R. James. 2I2a.—Tom Sawyer. - Mark Twain. 212b. Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain. B. I 21.-Form in Music.—Macpherson. II 15.—The Perfect Wagnerite.—G. Bernard Shaw. C. I 5.--Number, the Language of Science.—Dantzig -. D. I r9.—Climate.—Kendrew. 2o. The Poetic impression of Natural Scenery. Vaughan Cornish. IV. 20.-Highways and Byways in Somerset. London. 13.— /7 77 The Lake District. Cambridge and Ely. 15.— 7, 79 Wiltshire. 16.— 71 7/ 77 Dorset. „ 17.— V. 28.—The Continent of Europe.—Lyde. 29. Tableau de la Geographie de la France.—Vidal de la Blache. 30.—Geography of France.—Blanchard and Todd. VI. 21.-The " Times " Book of India. IX. 12.-Australia, Economic and Physiographic.—Taylor. F. IX. 37.—Pages of English Prose.—Sir A. Quiller-Couch. 38.—Cpmplete Plays.—Bernard Shaw. 39.—Thomas Hardy, a Critical Study.—McDowell. G. III. 74.—Selected Poems. Coventry Patmore. VI. 19. Portraits in Miniature.—Lytton Strachey. H. V. 34.—The World Crisis.—Winston Churchill. VII. Ta.—History of the Ancient World, II Rome.—Rostortzeff. K. VII. i4.—The Evolution of England.--Williamson.

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School Officers. Monitors :

Doyle (Head-Monitor. Head of Clifton Manor).

W. Allport (Head of Clifton Rise). J. A. Brittain (Head of Clifton Grove). J. G. K. Henderson. C. H. Prince (Head of School House). H. A. Butler. J. N. Emery. V. W. G. Musgrove (Head of Day Boys). Captain of Cricket : W. Allport. Hon. Sec. of Cricket : W. Mc. C. Scott. H. A. Butler. Captain of Boats : S. S. Pawle. Captain of Squash : C. E. T. Moore. Hon. Sec. of Tennis : C.S.M. of O.T.C. W. Mc. C. Scott. Editors of The Peterzte' ; S. S. Pawle. J A. Brittain. Librarians :

J. B. Doyle. J. A. Brittain. F. P. Marrian. W. L. Seaborne. N. J. L. Brockbank.

,ontemporaries. The Editors acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following contemporaries, apologising for any inadvertant omissions :—" Reptonian " (3), " Malvernian," " Cuthbertian," " Haileyburian " (2), " Hurst-Johnian," " Pocklingtonian," " Ousel " (2), " Leodensian," " Dovorian," " Sedberghian," and St. Peter's College, Adelaide, Magazine. Any contemporaries received after this number has gone to the printers will be acknowledged in the next issue of the " Peterite."

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Obituaries. H. Tomlinson. \\ e regret to announce the death of Herbert Tomlinson, 0.P., and take the liberty of reproducing the following notice of his career which appeared in the " Times " of June 19th. " Mr. Herbert Tomlinson, F.R.S., who died at the age of 86, at Bexhill, where he had lived in retirement for many years, was well known in scientific and educational circles in the later Victorian days. He was elected F.R.S. in 1889, and his original researches in physics, numbering about 40, were published in the Philosophical Transactions ' and Proceedings ' of the Royal Society, in the Proceedings ' of the Physical Society, and in the Philosophical Magazine. In addition, he rendered valuable service to technical education in London. From St. Peter's School, York, he obtained an open science scholarship at Christ Church, Oxford, and took honours in the mathematical schools and in the school of natural science, After taking his degree in 1868, he spent many years in research and in his teaching duties at King's College, London, where he held the post of Lecturer and Demonstrator in Natural Philosophy. In 1894, fortunately for the cause of technical education in London, he was chosen as first Principal of the South-Western Polytechnic, which was then building at Chelsea. He was responsible for equipping the original building, for drawing up the curriculum, and for the appointment of the staff, and in each of these tasks he was remarkably successful. When the building was opened in 1895, evening work formed almost the whole of the activities of the Polytechnic. But Mr. Tomlinson quickly grasped the possibilities which would be opened up by the establishment of technical day courses, and he devoted himself with characteristic energy to this new phase. The wisdom of his outlook was soon apparent by the results which it achieved. The number of students and the volume of work increased so rapidly that before he left, in 1904, three extensions of the building had been carried out, and the preliminary steps taken to acquire an adjacent site for additional buildings. During the last year or two he had been in close touch with the present Principal of the Polytechnic, Dr. Harlow, showing the liveliest interest in the continued progress of the institution which owes much to the energy, foresight, and devotion which he gave to it in its early days." K. G. CHAPMAN. We regret to announce the death of Kenneth George Chapman, O.P., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Chapman, of Stockton Lane, York, who died at Rugby on Wednesday, May 6th, as the result of injuries received in a car accident on the previous day. Mr. Chapman was at the School, where he was a sergeant in the O.T.C., from 1923-27, and at the time of his death was working for a firm of electrical engineers at Rugby. The funeral took place at Heworth Church on Friday, May 8th.