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9.iquazi) lilacquetz. RETROSPECT. Vile have once again come to the end of a very successful season, our team remaining unbeaten throughout the term, and the holidays. Our fixtures included a match against Haileybury, whom we beat, for the first time since the fixture was started, quite easily. We visited Leeds Grammar School and found their new courts to be a great success for playing in, although accommodation for spectators is somewhat limited. We registered a great victory against Harrogate in which Mackintosh won a splendid match over five games against W. E. Harbord, the Yorkshire cricketer. Other victims included the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers and the Yorkshire Rocks. The team was again led by N. W. D. Yardley, who was excellently supported by T. W. Jenkins and A. V. Mackintosh, who ably filled the place vacated by R. C. Baker at the end of last term. C. H. Perry and S. Dodds filled the places of fourth and fifth strings, respectively, when required. The Northern Championship was once again played off in our courts, and we must congratulate N. W. D. Yardley on his splendid victory over C. W. C. Packe, the holder. His victims included the Earl of Ronaldshay, 3-0 ; P. Stobart, the Oxford University and Yorkshire player, 3-0 ; A. J. Gardham, 3-1 ; and F. Smith•, 3-0. •
The School will be represented in the Drysdale Cup by T. W. Jenkins and N. W. D. Yardley, who, it will be remembered, was last year's runner-up.
MATCHES. On Sunday, 12th February, the Yorkshire Rocks were beaten by the School, who gained an easy victory by three matches to none. N. W. D. Yardley beat M. W. R. Pease, 9-3, 9-7, 9:-5. Pease was much out of practice, but improved considerably in the second game. Yardley gained much by his length hitting and the use of the angles, which caused his opponent to do a tremendous amount of running about. Pease played well in the second game and the beginning of the third, but he began to tire and left Yardley an easy winner. T. W. Jenkins beat S. M. Toyne, 3-9, 9-7, 4-9, 10-8, 9-3.
