Inter-House Football

Scores :- N. W. D. Yardley beat E. S. Field, 9-0, 9-1, 9-4. T. W. Jenkins lost to P. R. Pocock, 9-0, 6-9, 9-1, 7-9, 6-9. R. C. Baker beat A. C. Cummings, 10-8, 9-5, 9-4, 9-2, 9-7.

An " A " team went to play E. G. Tew's team in his private court. The match resulted in a win for Tew's team by two matches to one.

The final of the school open championship was played on March 20th. Yardley did not have much difficulty in defeating A. V. Mackintosh.

Rise Day Boys Rise, 8

School House Grove } School House, 13-0 Rise, 8-0

The matches were on the whole fiercely and evenly contested. The weather was exceptionally kind—an unusual phenomenon for the Easter Term—and so the games were fast. The Rise were therefore favoured by conditions, for their three-quarter line was their strong point and they frequently got the ball out.

The match between the Rise and Day Boys was the best. The Day Boys lost through lack of speed and they had just as much of the ball as the Rise. They kept the Rise at bay until half-time, and occasionally they themselves looked dangerous. The Rise, however, broke through and scored in the beginning of the second half by means of Lyth, Allport converting. The Day Boys were somewhat disheartened by this, but Attenborough scored for them soon before the end of the game. The convert was unsuccessful. Thus the score was 5-3 in the Rise's favour with only a minute or two to go. The Rise then attacked and scored, Ogley making a_ short dash for the line. This try was unconverted, so that the Rise won by a goal and a try to the Day Boys' try.

The School House beat the Grove easily, though the latter put up a stout resistance.

In the final the Rise were definitely superior to the School House, but the game was closer than the score suggests. Speed again won the day for the Rise, and soon after the kick-off the School House had one of their men, Mackintosh, badly hurt by a kick in the eye. He played pluckily all through the match. Tackling was very good on both sides. The Rise pushed the School