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.

Yardley had quite a good match with W. E. Harbord, but was much too good for him. 'He made many good angle shots which beat Harbord every time. Towards the end of the game Harbord appeared to tire, and Yardley had little difficulty in winning.

Dr. M. H. Jones proved to be far too good for T. W. Jenkins, although the score does not anything like suggest the one-sidedness of the game. There were some very good rallies, and both players were very energetic.

H. S. Burrows, the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis player, beat R. C. Baker quite easily. Baker started very well and led 6-3 in the first game, but gradually fell away.

The scores were :- N. W. D. Yardley beat W. E. Harbord, 9-1, 5-9, 9-2, 9-4. 'I'. W. Jenkins lost to Dr. M. H. Jones, 2-9, 0-9, 1-9. R. C. Baker lost to H. C. Burrows, 6-9, 1-9, 2-9.

SCHOOL v. WORKSOP.

This was a new fixture and was played in the Worksop courts.

Their team, although not yet learned in the art of squash, showed signs of turning out some very good players. After the matches had been played, an exhibition match was played between N. W. D. Yardley and S. M. Toyne.

The scores in the match were :- N. W. D. Yardley beat J. E. Rennie, 9-1, 9-0, 9-2. T. W. Jenkins beat R. B. Green, 9-1, 9-0, 9-2. R. C. Baker beat F. R. Hobson, 9-2, 9-7, 9-0.

SCHOOL v. THE STAFF.

The match against the Staff was played on February 23rd.

In the first match, Yardley beat S. M. Toyne quite easily, but the latter was handicapped by a strained knee. Yardley played some delightful drop shots, and on several occasions had his opponent on the wrong foot.

T. W. Jenkins lost to F. Smith in a game in which the score did not suggest the run of the play. There were some very good rallies, and Jenkins got in some very good " drop " shots.

R. C. Baker was in great form against P. K. Bourne, who. was not on form. Baker made some very good shots down both sides of the court.

C. H. Perry beat K. H. Rhodes, who has had very little squash this term. Perry played quite well and had Rhodes running all over the court.

A. C. Mackintosh beat Miss E. C. .M. Toyne in a match in which his energetic opponent showed quite a good knowledge of the game.

The scores were :- N. W. D. Yardley beat S. M. Toyne, 9-5, 9-3, 9-1, 9-5. T. W. Jenkins lost to F. Smith, 5-9, 8-10, 1-9. R. C. Baker beat P. K. Bourne, 9-0, 9-3, 9-4. C. H. Perry beat K. H. Rhodes, 9-3, 9-5, 9-4. A. C. Mackintosh beat Miss E. C. M. Toyne, 9-5, 9-6, 10 8.

SCHOOL v. YORKSHIRE ROCKS.

The School, for the first time, beat the Yorkshire Rocks by three matches to two.

In the first match between Yardley and S. M. Toyne, there were quite a number of good rallies, and it was good to see the headmaster playing well.

The second match, in which T. W. Jenkins lost to Col. Fraser, was the best.

The match took over an hour to play and there were some lengthy rallies, both players playing at the top of their form.

R. C. Baker was playing well below his usual form to lose to E. G. Tew. The other two strings, C. H. Perry and A. V. Mackintosh played well to win by so large a margin.

Scores :- N. W. D. Yardley beat S. M. Toyne, 9-7, 7-9, 9-5, 9-6. T. W. Jenkins lost to Col. B. Fraser, 9-3, 8-10, 9-4, 8-10. 9-10. R. C. Baker lost to E. G. Tew, 0-9, 9-6, 8-10, 9-10, C. H. Perry beat E. F. Elmhirst, 9-5, 9-2, 9-6. A. V. Mackintosh beat Capt. Milling, 9-2, 9-4, 9-3.

SCHOOL v. RECKITT'S S.R.C., HULL.

The School played Reckitt's on March 6th, winning by two matches to one. This was a very good win considering there had been a fairly long O.T.C. march in the morning and the strings were feeling rather tired.

N. W. D. Yardley was far too good for E. S. Field. Every shot he made was a winner—in fact he could do nothing wrong except in the last game, when he made some foolish mistakes.

P. R. Pocock was very lucky to beat Jenkins. Jenkins played very well and ought to have won.

R. C. Baker did well to beat A. C. Cummings after losing 2-1 at one time. Both players were very energetic, and Baker being fitter than his opponent managed to pull it off.