" Country Life " and a postal match against Elizabeth College, Guernsey, were fired concurrently. The result of the former has not yet been published, the latter was lost by 554 to 521. The School team was weakened through illness. The " Country Life " total, with the landscape target, was 623. Plans have been made for open-range shooting to begin next term at Strensall.
HOCKEY. HOCKEY RESTROSPECT, 1938. Matches Played, 12 ; Won, 5 ; Lost, 5 ; Drawn, 2. I think it would be true to say that we have had a very successful Hockey season, although judged on results alone perhaps that is rather high praise. But results are not everything. The chief aim of the captain must be to build up the best possible side, and this in a very short season— though we have been incredibly lucky with the weather this year—is no easy task, and calls for considerable experimenting. But this year I am confident that that task has been accomplished most successfully, and that the final side proved itself a very good one by winning the last two matches in two successive days in no uncertain manner. It is easy to say that had we had that side for earlier matches we should have won at least three more matches, as I feel sure we should, but it is not nearly so easy to foresee that side, and it is to the credit of the captain and coach that such a good side ultimately materialised. We started the season with five members of last year's side available and several others who had played in one or more matches. Our chief difficulty was in finding a left-half and a centre and inside forward. For some time we persisted with Steele at left-half, though he is really a full-back, but he proved rather slow, though very neat with his stick and a good tackler. Ultimately, Rimmer, who improved enormously during the season, filled that position and filled it with credit. He realised his limitations and listened to advice given him and profited by it. Others may well follow that example. The forward positions were not so easy to fill. Except for Milburn no one seemed to be able to shoot hard enough or often enough, and changes had to be made rather often, too often perhaps. It was only when Milburn broke his 24
