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Squash Rackets. At the beginning of the term, the prospects of the School Squash team were not very bright owing to the unexpected departure of J. H. Denby. These pessimistic views proved to be quite wrong owing to the wonderful improvement of T. AAT. Jenkins. Jenkins has improved out of all recognition this term, and in time should turn out to be a very useful player. The School have played six matches, winning five of them, and losing one to Harrogate. For the first time, the school beat the Yorkshire Rocks, and other victories included Leeds G.S., Worksop College, Reckitt's (Hull), and the Staff. N. W. D. Yardley, the finest player the school has produced, has had a wonderful season. Besides winning all his matches, he has represented Yorkshire against Northumberland and Durham, and reached the last eight in the North of England Championship, when he was beaten in the fifth game by J. P. Johnson. Yardley was very unfortunate to lose this match, for when he had won the first two games, Johnson entirely changed his tactics, and one could not help but notice that Yardley had great difficulty in making a shot without hitting his opponent. T. W. Jenkins has had quite a good term and had a great match with Col. Fraser when playing against the Yorkshire Rocks. The game lasted over an hour, and Fraser just won in the fifth game, 10-9. R. C. Baker still keeps dashing about the court, and has improved quite considerably. He is, at last, getting used to playing in front of those critical galleries. SCHOOL v. LEEDS G.S. This was the first match of the term. The School were far too 'good for the visitors, and the only player who showed any idea of squash was G. E. Holderness. Scores :— N. W. D. Yardley beat J. H. Phillipson, 9-0, 9-1, 9-0. R. C. Baker heat G. E. Holderness, 9-2, 9-5, 9-4. T. W. Jenkins beat V. G. Harris, 9-0, 9-1, 9-1. SCHOOL v. HARROGATE. This match was played on February 16th, at Harrogate. It had been decided to play T. W. Jenkins, second string, and R. C. Baker third, owing to Jenkins' great improvement.
