Sept 1938

THE PETERITE Vol. XXX

SEPTEMBER, 1938 No. 289

EDITORIAL. Once again we come to the beginning of another school year, and as we look back upon the year which has just passed we cannot help realising how, in that year, the School has progressed and expanded. All the houses have been redecorated, and, to some extent, refitted, and the need for more boarding houses is becoming increasingly apparent.

We are pleased to see that under the go-ahead policy which the Governors have adopted this need is to be dealt with.

A plan for a new pavilion has been posted, and a very imposing pavilion it will be, including, as it does, a dininghall and a School shop, in which School clothes will be sold.

The improvements to the 1st XV Rugger pitch were completed last term, and with the grass having been cut frequently the pitch is in excellent trim.

Last term we said good-bye to Mr. J. H. Stevenson, Mr. F. H. Roberts and Mr. T. Adams. Mr. Stevenson, who is leaving us to take up a post at Ellesmere College, has for the past six years coached the rugger team. We should like to express our thanks for the services he has rendered the School in that and many other ways.

Messrs. Roberts and Adams will, of course, be remembered by practically all Old Peterites, having served the School for nearly a quarter of a century. The former has been entirely responsible for, the present cricket square, for when he came it was non-existent, whilst the latter has rendered valuable service as head porter. We wish them both the very best of luck and happiness in the future.

We extend a hearty welcome to Mr. Harding, Mr. Bendall and Mr. Jeffs. Mr. Harding, who suceeds Mr. Stevenson as coach to the 1st XV, is an Oxford Rugby Blue.

His position is centre three-quarter, and his coaching should do much to improve the standard of three-quarter play which last season was the chief weakness of the 1st XV. Mr. Harding, having taken a course in the new Swedish drill, will also take gymnasium. Mr. Bendall who comes from St. Bees School is also a rugger coach, having coached the St. Bees XV for the last eleven years, and, judging by the standard of rugby St. Bees has produced, he also should do 1

CONTENTS. Editorial ...

Commemoration Days, 1938 Cambridge Letter ...

Old Peterite News ...

St. Peter's School Appeal Fund School Officers ...

Valete and Salvete School Certificate Results House Notes ...

Chapel Library ...

Scientific Society The Curtain ...

The Hobby Cup S.S. Holmpark Games Committee Mr. Yeld Cricket • • • Rowing Tennis Swimming O.T.C. News Shooting ...

Football Fixtures, 1938 Correspondence The Junior School Scout News ...

Cub Report ...

Contemporaries Editorial Notices

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much for the School Rugger. Mr. Jeffs, a senior scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge, will take up the post of Assistant Science Master.

To turn to sport. The Cricket XI has met with varying sucess. They had one spell during which they beat Worksop College, Giggleswick, and Leeds Grammar School, but for the rest of the season they were mostly disappointing. At the beginning of the season it appeared that we should have a strong batting side, but as often happens in cricket, it was our bowlers who usually won the matches.

It was at rowing that the School were most successful.

Two cups were won, the 2nd IV winning the Ladies Plate at the Tyne Regatta, a cup which the 1st IV won two years ago, and the 3rd IV won the Mason Challenge Cup at Tees Regatta, which was won by the 1st IV last year.

Nottingham High School were defeated away by both 1st and 2nd crews, whilst the 2nd and 3rd IV's defeated Leeds University 3rd and 4th IV's respectively. Detailed accounts of these events will be found elsewhere. Unfortunately the VIII race against York City could not be arranged this year.

And so on the threshold of a term which has every prospect of being most successful at work and games, and a year which promises to outshine its predecessor, we take our leave with the hope that you will find the rest of this magazine worthy of your attention.

COMMEMORATION DAYS, 1938.

FRIDAY, JULY 22nd.

This year Sir Bedford L. Dorman, Chairman of the North Riding Educational Committee, kindly consented to distribute the prizes, at 8-15 p.m. on July 22nd. The Dean of York, Dr. H. N. Bate, presided.

Mr. Dronfield in his speech said that good progress was being made with the forward policy which tihe Governors had adopted. The refitting of the boarding( houses would be finished before the beginning of next term. They would now have to provide a new boarding house, as next term the existing houses would be completely full, which was a very encouraging position when embarking on schemes of extension.

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The actual manner of these extensions was under discussion. The financial side had been considerably eased

by Mr. Riley Smith's gift of £10,000. He felt he could not adequately express the School's gratitude for the gift and for Mr. Riley Smith's interest in the School.

Speaking on careers, the Headmaster said it was now looked upon as one of the major duties of a headmaster to advise a boy concerning careers. This was probably due to the complexity of the problem compared with pre-war days.

Mr. Dronfield then dealt with the successes of the School in games, referring to the success of the O.T.C. who last year received at the annual inspection the best report for many years.

The Dean of York said that though many extensions had been made in the past there were many still to come.

On all sides there was healthy reconstruction and the happiest symptoms of a strong and steady increase in the number of pupils, which meant an increasing understanding on the part of the general public of the things which were being carried forward.

The Governors faced the future with more than hope— with a strong, enthusiastic confidence in their belief in the School, and they had a very special reason for that belief in the personality of the Headmaster. There was much ahead of them that was going to build up the School more and more into the place to which it belonged in the education of that part of the country.

Sir Bedford Dorman said he was interested to learn that the future was full of promise and that the School was making real efforts to adapt itself still further to modern times, and to bring its buildings and curriculum up to date.

Sir Bedford said we were living in times of great mechanical changes and it was perhaps true that we had got ahead in such changes more quickly than we were able to digest. We had not adapted ourselves to our mechanical improvements and that, he thought, was where the younger generation would play their part in the future. It was, therefore, up to the boys of the future to endeavour to adapt these mechanical improvements in such a way that they would help the world and not be source of menace. With that adjustment should come an increase in the feelings of kindness, sympathy and understanding. It was perfectly certain that unless they were able to appreciate the views held by the people, wars and trouble would continue.

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PRIZE LIST. The Dean of York's Prize for Mathematics...J. M. Rucklidge The Whytehead Memorial Prizes for Divinity— St. Peter's K. Greenwood P. G. Dench St. Olave's The Headmaster's Prizes for Latin Prose— Sixth Form E. V. Elgey A. J. Doherty Below the Sixth H. A. Milburn The Toyne History Prize Old Peterite Club Reading Prizes— J M. Rucklidge St. Peter's—Senior J M. Inglis Junior J A. Denison St. Olave's—Senior E. A. K. Denison Junior The Norman T. Crombie Memorial Prize J T. Harding K. Mathews Modern Language Prize G. H. Briggs B.M.A. Medal for Science Art Prizes— St. Peter's • W. Porter, J. M. Couldwell C. A. F. Cookson St. Olave's V. L. F. Davin General Knowledge Prize Music Prizes— D. A. Smith St. Peter's St. Olave's (Presented by Mr. H. M. Haigh) ..R. L. Miller Form Prizes—Languages B1 D. G. Middleton B2 J R. Scholey G. E. K. Reynolds Middle School—Essay S. J. 'Purnell Mathematics R. E. Dodd Science

SATURDAY, JULY 23rd.

Fortunately the weather was fine. The School teams began the day well, both the 1st and 2nd IV's defeating the Old Peterites. However the Old Peterites gained their revenge by defeating the 1st XI. We were extremely glad to see the large number of Old Peterites who visited us. It is a long time since we have seen so many of them together.

During the tea interval the Gym Squad, under Sgt-Major Puddick, gave a display which was enhanced by the introduction of two clowns who, if anything, did their job too thoroughly. After the match the swimming sports 4

were held. The result was another victory for Clifton Rise.

As a finale Mr. Rhodes' diving squad gave a display, but this year were not quite so successful at drowning the spectators.

Throughout the day there were several displays of interest to be seen, art display in the art room, a display of maps, etc., in the Geography room and a model railway in the Hobby room.

SUNDAY, JULY 24th.

The Chapel was tastefully decorated with flowers.

Holy Communion was celebrated at 8 a.m., and the Commemoration Service was held at 11 a.m. The Sermon was by the Very Rev. the Dean of York, and the collection was in aid of the Scholarship Fund for the sons of Clergy.

The Hymns sung were " Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven," " Immortal, Invisible, God only wise," and " For all the Saints who from their labours rest."

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Cambridge, August, 1938.

To the Editors of " The Peterite."

Dear Sirs, This last May term Cambridge has had its fair share of good weather, and was only spoilt by the thoughts of Trips and work; though for most the former materialised without the latter. We wish that the cricket match with Oxford could have been completed to the finish it deserved.

It was with regret that we learned of the retirement of Adams and Roberts, and we would' like to take this opportunity of giving them our thanks and good wishes for the future. It is certain that the School will not feel the same to us when we return to it without them.

H. E. T. Summers (Queen's) says that during last term he has been working at a lot of pointless things, and he could occasionally be seen playing squash. He has now departed from Cambridge into the wide world, and we wish him luck.

N. W. D. Yardley (John's), came up for last term, as far as we can find out, just to play cricket, which he did with success ; we congratulate him on the honour of being reserve for England against Australia.

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R. S. Bickle (Queen's) will be our only member up next year, and so will have no one to spy on his activities. He is reported to have spoken at the Union last term, in support of a motion preferring the public house to the public school.

Wishing the School every success in the coming year.

We are Yours sincerely THE CAMBRIDGE OLD PETERITES.

OLD PETERITE NEWS. We heartily congratulate N. W. D. Yardley on being chosen 12th man for England in the 1st and 2nd Test matches, on captaining Cambridge C.C., and on his fine innings for the Gentlemen v. The Players.

We also congratulate A. B. Sellars on being appointed a member of the Test Selection Committee, and on his 82 not out against Lancashire..

In King George the Sixth's first birthday honours list Mr. Lancelot Rougier Foster, of Sunderland, was awarded the O.B.E. Mr. Foster has been in political and public work for 40 years. He is a native and Freeman of York, his grandfather being a former Sheriff of York.

N. A. Newman, since leaving School two years ago, has been playing cricket regularly for Northumberland and was recently selceted to accompany them on tour and against Lancashire 2nd XI. D. Lyth represented the Northern Counties v. Combined Universities at Manchester, on May 28th, anti also Yorkshire in the British Games at the White City.

Extract from " Gazette of India," No. 7, New Delhi, Saturday, February 12th, 1938.

DEFENCE DEPARTMENT. Part B. (Army Branch).

Not. No. 121.

Personal Staff.

His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is pleased to make the following appointment on His Excellency's personal staff, with effect from 8th December, 1938 :— To be Hony. Aide-de-CampMajor (Hony. Lt.-Col.) A. A. Phillips, V.D., N.W.Ry. Bn., A.F. (I), Vice Lt.-Col. (Hony. Col.) C.B. Rubie, C.B.E., E.D., Garachi Corps, A.F. (I), vacated.

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Extract from " Gazette of India," No. 18, dated April 30th, 1938.

DEFENCE DEPARTMENT. Not. No. 388. The following promotions are made:— AUXILIARY FORCE, INDIA. THE NORTH WESTERN RY. BN .

Dated 2nd April, 1938.

Major to be Lt.-Col. Hony. Lt.-Col. A. A. Phillips, V.D. From the " London Gazette."

TERRITORIAL ARMY. 67th (S. Midland) Fd. Bde. Hugh Charles Brittain Addison (late Cadet, St. Peters' School O.T.C.) to be 2nd Lieut. 1st March, 1938.

62nd (Northumbrian) A.A. Bde. William James Batt (late Cadet, St. Peter's School O.T.C.) to be 2nd Lieut.

18th May, 1938.

5th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment. Leslie Francis Oddy Stansfield (late Cadet L.-Cpl., St. Peters' School O.T.C.) to be 2nd Lieut. 25th May, 1938.

49th (West Yorkshire Regiment) A.A. Bn. Terence Bryce Bridges (late Cadet, St. Peters' School O.T.C. to be 2nd Lieut. 4th June, 1938.

62nd (Northumbrian) A.A. Bde. Frederick Ford Weatherill (late Cadet Sgt., St. Peters' School O.T.C.) to be 2nd Lieut. 2nd July, 1938.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. Frederick Robert Willis Hemsley, M.B. (late Cadet Cpl., St. Peter's School O.T.C.) to be 2nd Lieut. 13th July, 1938.

Captain E. P. Sewell, S. Wales Bord., has been nominated by the War Office to the Staff College, Cambrley, for the course beginning in 1939.

UNIVERSITY HONOURS. We congratulate the following :— J. E. C. Hill, Assistant Lecturer in Modern Constitutional History at Cardiff University, has been appointed a Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College, Oxford.

Oxford.

J. P. Farrow. Class II in Modern Greats.

J. M. Atkinson. Class II in History.

M. P. L. Wall. Class III in Natural Science 7

Cambridge.

R. S. Bickle. Class III in Natural Science Tripos.

Part I. Sheffield.

G. C. Smith. B.Eng. Hons.

E. E. Gilbert dealt with the growth of inland and seaside health resorts in a paper to the Geographical Section of the recent meeting of the British Association.

MARRIAGE. CAMERON—JAMIESON. July 23rd, 1938, at St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, Donald Maxwell, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cameron, Raisbeck Lodge, York, to Elizabeth Robertson, twin daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Jamieson, 34 Albany Street, Edinburgh.

BIRTH. WHARRAM. On June 6th, at Tilmire, Crockey Hill, Yorks., to Monica (née Reed), wife of George W. Wharram—a son.

ENGAGEMENT. Dr. G. B. ROBINSON and Miss J. Portlock. The engagement is announced of Dr. Gerald Barcroft Robinson, younger son of Dr. and Mrs. G. C. Robinson, of Woodside, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, to Joy Portlock, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Portlock, of 35 South Terrace, Littlehampton, Sussex, and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

DEATHS. BRIG.-GEN. 0. C. WILLIAMSON. OSWALD. Brigadier-General Oswald Charles Williamson Oswald, C.B., C.M.G., who died on August 25th at the age of 74, was the representative through his mother Marion, granddaughter of Charles Harrison, of Ripon, who married the daughter of William Estcourt, of Bremilham, of the family of Estcourt, of Pinkney Park, in Wiltshire. He was educated at St. Peter's School, York, and at Woolwich, and became a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1883. He served in several expeditions in Burma between 1887 and 1889, and in expeditions in Waziristan, 1894, Chitral, 1895, and elsewhere on the North-West Frontier from 1897 to 1898 and in the South African War in 1901. In 1914 he 8

was colonel, and during the Great War, in which he was made C.B. in 1917 and C.M.G. in 1918, served on the West Front, in Macedonia, and in Palestine, where he was G.O.C. at the Kantara base on the Suez Canal in 1919 and B.A.R.A., Egypt and Palastine in the following year, when he retired.

He was an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy and a member of the Third Class of the Egyptian Order of the Nile. He married in 1908 Margaret, daughter of Mr. William Carson, of Carnalea House, Co. Down, and is survived by her and by his son and three daughters.

WADE. At South Moor House, Abingdon, on August 27th, Armigel Wade, the fourth son of the late Rev. G. F. and Mrs. Wade, St. Lawrence Vicarage, York.

OLD PETERITES v. OLD WORKSOPIANS. This match was the first against the Old Worksopians, and was played on the School ground, on July 24th. The game attracted considerable interest and many Old Peterites and friends watched an enjoyable afternoon's cricket.

Elliott won the toss and decided to bat on what appeared to be a very easy paced wicket. At first the bowling of the Old Worksopians was good, but after the shine had gone off the ball, runs came very quickly. Altogether the O.P.s batted for 1 hour 55 minutes, and the feature of the innings was a splendid stand by Newman and Ogley of 132 runs for the third wicket.

Newman's 64 was made in very easy style and included ten 4's. Ogley batted well for a very hard hit 100, which included ten 4's and three 6's.

The innings was declared at 237 for five wickets.

Given 2 hours 20 minutes in which to get these runs the Old Worksopians were slow at first and soon found themselves behind the clock. Shillito and Walker contributed a useful 43 and 48 respectively, both were missed before reaching double figures.

The bowling of Pickergill for the O.P.s was really first class, making the ball turn very quickly at times, his six wickets costing 56 runs.

N.B.—A return fixture at Worksop is being arranged for Whit Sunday of next year. Any O.P. wishing to play should send his name to K. G. Chilman, Esq.

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OLD PETERITES. N. A. Newman, c Merryweather, b Kilner 64 0 E. Graham, b Taylor C. C. Fairweather, c & b Barton 24 100 R. Ogley, c Dunning. b Etches K. Lockwood. c Walker, b Etches 19 15 W. Elliott (Capt.) not out Did not bat:—R. Pickersgill, J. R. Taylor, A. W Mackintosh, R. J. Quarrie, J. W. Stead.

15 Extras Total (for 5 wickets) 237 OLD WORSOPIANS. 35 D. M. Dunning, b Pickersgill 1 K. Barton, lbw, b Elliott 43 L. Shillito, b Pickersgill 5 F. G. Taylor, b Pickersgill T. R. Walker, c Fairweather, b Pickersgill 48 0 K. Kilner, b Pickersgill 4 H. P. Robson, b Pickersgill 28 G. Etches, c Quarrie, b Elliott 6 P. McKenzie, not out 1 J. Merryweather, not out Did not bat:—L. Taylor (Capt.)

0 Extras Total (for 8 wickets) 175

The Editors wish to thank several O.P.s who in answer to recent requests have sent information of their whereabouts, distinctions, marriages, etc., and, in short, any of the hundred-and-one details which their own contemporaries are always interested to hear. The Editors also hope that as many O.P.s as possible will make use of the enclosed card to send some account of their present activities, professional or otherwise.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL APPEAL FUND. The aim of the fund is to raise £10,000 to be treated as a capital fund for expenditure in the near future.

This will provide for a new pavilion, including changing rooms with showers, a tuck shop, a School shop, where all school clothing and O.P. colours, etc., may be purchased, and a large dining room.

The present pavilion is to be moved to the playing field near the river, and this field is to be fenced and laid out, so as to provide a cricket ground, a cinder running track and two rugger pitches.

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Finally, in order to enlarge the present cricket ground, the squash courts are to be moved and rebuilt and the bank is to be removed on which the present cricket pavilion now stands.

The Headmaster will be glad to send a detailed memorandum and explanation of the scheme to any O.P. who wishes to support the Appeal and has not yet received such information.

Subscriptions to date are as follows :— £ s. d.

W. R. Lyth, Esq. ... ...

100 0 0 The Very Rev. the Dean of York 22 1 0 C. Paley Scott, Esq., K.C. 70 0 0 The Head Master ... ...

70 0 0 H. L. Creer, Esq., J.P. ... ...

70 0 0 B. H. Pickering, Esq. ... ...

1 1 0 Rev. A. I. Hopkins ... ...

7 7 0 A. P. Troughton, Esq. .... ...

2 2 0 F. T. Penty, Esq. ... ..

70 0 0 Cecil H. Cobb, Esq. ... ...

5 0 0 A. Harding, Esq. ...

5 0 0 Rear Admiral N. F. Roy 8 0 0 Messrs. Penty & Thompson 70 0 0 M. H. T. Roy, Esq. ...

1 0 0 J. M. Dickenson, Esq. ...

10 10 0 G. E. L. Graham, Esq. ...

5 0 0 S. II. Yeld, Esq. 1 1 0 Lt.-Col. C. J. Daniel ...

5 0 0 Lt.-Col. A. A. Cockburn 5 5 0 H. A. Wrenn, Esq. ...

7 7 0 J. B. Gedge, Esq. ...

7 7 0 Lt.-Col. H. C. Scott ...

70 0 0

SCHOOL OFFICERS. SUMMER TERM, 1938.

Monitors : J. T. HARDING (Head of School House).

J. T. BROCKBANK (Head of Temple House).

A. C. W. PING (Head of Clifton Rise).

P. B. COCKBURN. V. L. F. DAVIN. J. A. WRIGHT. R. S. DIXON. 11

Captain of Cricket: R. S. DIXON. Vice-Captain of Cricket: V. L. F. DAVIN. Captain of Boats : G. E. SHEPHERD. Hon. Secretary of Shooting: R. S. DIXON. Hon. Secretary of Tennis : A. C. W. PING. C.S.M. in O.T.C.: J. T. HARDING. Editors of " The Peterite ": P. B. COCKBURN. J. M. RUCKLIDGE. J. A. 'WRIGHT. T. F. CAMERON. E. V. ELGEY.

VALETE AND SALVETE. VALETE. J. T. Harding. 1933-38. Upper VIth Modern. School Monitor. Head of School House. Head of School.

Played for 2nd XV, 1935. 2nd XV Colours, 1935.

Played for 1st XV, 1936-7-8. 1st XV Colours, 1936.

Vice-Captain of Rugger, 1937. Played for Durham County Public Schools XV, 1936-7-8. Played for Yorkshire Public Schools XV, 1936-7-8. Played for 1st XI Hockey, 1937-8. Colours, 1937. Captain of Hockey, 1938. Played for Yorkshire Public Schools Hockey X1, 1937. Rowed for 3rd IV, 1937. Rowed for 2nd IV, 1938. Colours, 1937. Members of Debating Society Committee. Certificated in O.T.C. V. L. F. Davin. 1934-38. Upper VIth Modern. School Monitor. Played for 2nd XI, 1935. 2nd XI Colours, 1936. Played for 1st XI, 1936-7-8. 1st XI Colours, 1937. Vice-Captain of Cricket, 1937-8. Played for 2nd XV, 1935-6. 2nd XV Colours, 1936. Played for 1st XV, 1936-7-8. 1st XV Colours, 1936-7. Captain of Rugger, 1937. Played for 1st XI Hockey, 1937-8.

Hockey Colours, 1938. Played for Squash Team, 1936-7-8. Squash Colours, 1937. Captain of Squash, 1938. Played for Tennis Team, 1936-7. Certificate A." Corporal in O.T.C. R. S. Dixon. 1934-38. Lower VIth Modern. School Monitor. Played for 2nd XV, 1936-7. 2nd XV Colours, 1936. Played for 1st XV, 1936-7-8. 1st XV Colours, 1937. Played for 2nd XI, 1936. 2nd XI Colours, 1936. Played for 1st XI, 1936-7-8. 1st XI Colours, 1937-8. Captain of Cricket, 1938. Played for 12

Hockey XI, 1937. Shooting VIII, 1935-6-7-8. Shooting Colours, 1936. Hon. Secretary of Shooting, 1937-8.

Member of Debating Society Committee. Hon. Secretary of " The Curtain." Certificate " A." Sergeant in O.T.C. R. H. Rimmer. 1935-38. Lower VIth Modern. House Monitor. Played for 2nd XV, 1936-7. 2nd XV Colours, 1936. Played for 1st XV, 1936-7. Played for 1st XI, 1937-8. 2nd XI Colours, 1937. Played for a Yorkshire Public Schoolboys XI, 1937. 1st XI Colours, 1938. Played for Hockey XI, 1937-8. Best Individual Shot, 1937. Shooting VIII, 1938.

R. Bower. 1935-38. Lower VIth Modern. Rowed for 1st IV, 1937-8. 2nd IV Colours, 1937. 1st IV Colours, 1937-8. Rowed for 1st VIII, 1937. Played for 2nd XV, 1937. Shooting VIII, 1938. Cadet in O.T.C. M. I. H. Sproulle. 1935-38. Al. Rowed for 2nd IV, 1937-8. 2nd IV Colours, 1937. Rowed for 1st VIII, 1937. Played for 2nd XV, 1937. Shooting VIII, 1938.

Cadet in O.T.C. E. V. Elgey. 1936-38. Upper VIth Classical. Played for 2nd XV, 1937. Played for 1st XV, 1937. 2nd XV Colours, 1937. Played for 2nd XI, 1937-8. Played for 1st XI, 1937. 2nd XI Colours, 1937. Played for a Yorkshire Public Schoolboys XI, 1937. Hon. Secretary of Games Committee. Cadet in O.T.C. Editor of " The Peterite."

D. A. Smith. 1935-38. Lower VIth Modern. Certificate " A." L.-Cpl. in O.T.C. TEMPLE HOUSE. J. A. Wright. 1933-38. Upper VIth Modern. School Monitor. Played for 1st XV, 1936-7-8. 2nd XV Colours, 1936. Played for 2nd XI, 1937. 2nd XI Colours, 1937. Played for 1st XI, 1937-8. 1st XI Colours, 1938. Shooting VIII, 1937-8. Shooting Colours, 1938. Tennis Team, 1937. Hon. Secretary of Scientific Society. School Librarian. Certificate " A." Sergeant in O.T.C. Editor of " The Peterite."

I. S. Mackay. 1933-38. Al. House Monitor. Played for 2nd XV, 1937-8. 2nd XV Colours, 1938. Played for 1st XV, 1938. Played for 2nd XI, 1938. 2nd XI Colours, 1938. Played for Hockey XI, 1938. Hockey Colours, 1938. Certificate " A." L.-Cpl. in O.T.C. 18

E. W. Whitney. 1933-38. Lower VIth Modern. House Monitor. Played for 2nd XV, 1938. Played for 2nd XI, 1937. 2nd XI Colours, 1937. Played for 1st XI, 1937. Rowed for 1st IV, 1938. 2nd IV, Colours, 1938.

1st IV Colours, 1938. Shooting VIII, 1938. Certificate " A." L.-Cpl. in O.T.C. A. T. H. Wright. 1934-38. Lower VIth Modern. Played for 2nd XI, 1936. Played for 2nd XV, 1936-7. 2nd XV Colours, 1937. Played for 1st XV, 1937-8. Played for Hockey XI, 1936-7-8. Hockey Colours, 1937. ViceCaptain of Hockey, 1938. Played for Yorkshire Public Schoolboys Hockey XI, 1938. Played for Squash Team, 1937-8.

G. H. Briggs. 1933-38. Upper VIth Modern. Played for 2nd XV, 1937-8. Played for 1st XV, 1937-8. Played for Hockey XI, 1937-8. Hockey Colours, 1938. Played for Yorkshire Public Schoolboys Hockey XI, 1938.

Played for 2nd XI, 1935-6-7.

CLIFTON RISE. G. Scatchard. 1936-38. Al. Cadet in O.T.C. SALVETE. SCHOOL HOUSE. D. E. Byass. Boarder.

D. Anderson. Boarder.

R. S. F. Webber. Boarder.

K. H. Hanson. Boarder.

M. M. Barker. Boarder.

G. M. C. Donaldson. Boarder.

P. F. Cheesewright. Boarder.

R. J. McKinlay. Boarder.

R. A. Stratton (from St. Olave's). Boarder.

R. L. Miller (from St. Olave's). Boarder.

CLIFTON RISE. W. G. Huntley. Boarder.

J. G. Blakey. Boarder.

D. C. Thompson. Boarder.

A. C. Brown. Boarder.

J. R. Frost. Boarder.

B. Rodwell. Boarder.

W. E. Veitch. Boarder.

A. M. Claybourn (from St. Olave's). Boarder.

C. A. F. Cookson (from St. Olave's). Boarder.

K. A. Warren (from St. Olave's). Boarder.

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TEMPLE HOUSE.

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W. Amos (City Scholar). Day Boy. N. T. Barnes (City Scholar). Day Boy. M. J. Dunn (City Scholar). Day Boy. G. H. Oxtoby (City Scholar). Day Boy. P. G. R. Dench. Day Boy. J. A. Denison. Day Boy. R. T. Hey. Day Boy. A. H. Terry. Day Boy. R. B. Wharldall. Day Boy. A. L. Wyman. Day Boy. N. M. Oudney. Day Boy. R. M. Chappell. Day Boy. —Grice. Day Boy. J. G. Holt. Day Boy. J. R. Marley. Day Boy. E. Taylor. Day Boarder.

R. E. Dodd. Day Boarder.

R. D. Scott. Day Boarder.

Ruddock (ii). Day Boarder.

J. R. Penty. Day Boarder.

G. D. Smith. Day Boarder.

T. R. Dresser. Day Boarder.

R. L. Murray. Day Boarder.

SCHOOL AWARDS, SUMMER TERM. Foundation Scholarships.—M. M. Barker (Field Place,

New Milton), R. H. Hanson (Jun. Sch., Cranleigh), G. McC. Donaldson (Rock Lodge Sch., Roker, Sunderland), D. Anderson (Carney Hall, Grange-over-Sands).

Exhibitions.—C. A. F. Cookson (St. Peter's Jun.), C. L. Gale (Newcastle G.S.), A. C. Brown (St. Bede's, Hornsea).

Head Master's Exhibition.—J. R. Frost (St. Bede's, Hornsea).

Day School Scholarships.—A. H. Terry, R. E. Dodd, J. A. Denison (St. Peters' Jun).

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL CERTIFICATE RESULTS.

The following candidates were successful in the July examinations :—A. Battrick, L. W. Bennett, R. Bower, A. Broadhurst, J. A. Cato, A. S. Clephan, A. J. Doherty, M. S. Harding, G. A. W. Heppell, E. Hodgson, J. H. T. Hunter, J. McN. Inglis, G. D. Jefferson, G. Long. I. S. McKay, K. C. Matthews, J H. Motum, R. M. S. Parker, G. A. Ramsden, H. D. Revill, C. M. Robson, J. B. Shillitoe, D. A. Smith, F. F. Steele, H. L. Taylor, D. F.. Wilson.

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HOUSE NOTES.

SCHOOL HOUSE. We tender our congratulations to Temple House on winning the Oxford Cup for the first time in their existence.

However, we have started the new year well by beating Temple House in the final of the Cricket Cup after a very exciting and hard-fought game.

As a contrast we must add that we have had the captains of all major School games residing in the House this year.

We must congratulate•R. N. Rimmer and H. A. Milburn on being awarded their 1st XI Colours, F. N. Buckler, J. P. Pulleyn, E. Hodgson on being awarded their 2nd XI Colours, and G. E. Shepherd on being awarded his Shooting Colours.

J. H. T. Hunter won the Hobbys Cup with a magnificent model of a galleon. This is the first year of the competition.

H. D. Revill and R. Earle tied for second place.

We are sorry that Miss Gilpin is leaving us at the end of this term, and we wish her every success in the future.

CLIFTON RISE. First we should like to tender our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Corkill on his marriage, which took place during the Summer holidays, and welcome Mrs. Corkill to the Rise.

We must bid adieu to our matron, Miss Mason, who is leaving us to take up a position as mistress at St. Olave's.

We wish her the best of luck at her new post, and express the hope that she will visit us frequently in the future.

We welcome Miss Johnson, who comes to us from Terrington Hall.

The end of term brought a great deal of battering and noise to the Rise, for the Senior and Junior Middle Comnion Rooms were fitted with new lockers. During the holidays the rooms were also re-decorated.

In the Inter-House events we lost the Fernie Cup, having won it for the last three years, to Temple House, but retained the Kazerooni Cup for Swimming, mainly due to the fine performance of S. H. Butler.

We congratulate the following: T. F. Cameron on being awarded his School Cricket Colours ; C. M. Robson on being awarded his School Rowing Colours ; P. B. Cockburn, M. S. Douglas, and G. C. Brown on being awarded their 2nd XI Colours.

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TEMPLE HOUSE.

During the Easter holidays Mr. Sykes left us to take over the Headmastership of Glenhow Preparatory School, at Saltburn. During the time in which he was our Housemaster, his enthusiasm did much to make Temple House a success at both work and games, and we hope that his stay in Saltburn will be long and prosperous. At the same time we must welcome Mr. Stead, and regard it as a good omen that in his first term as our Housemaster we managed to win the Oxford Cup. Next term Mr. and Mrs. Stead are taking over a house opposite the School, part of which will be used as a dining-room for any members of the House who wish to stay at School for lunch. Already quite a number have become enthusiastic supporters of this scheme.

This term a Temple House section, under L.-Cpl. Whitney, won the Section Competition, and, in addition, we won both the Section Shooting and the Team Shooting Cups.

R. W. Wright is to be congratulated on winning the Individual Shot Cup. In the Inter-House Cricket we met the Rise in the semi-final, and after scoring exactly one hundred, dismissed the Rise for 42.

We congratulate the School House on winning a very close final, their score being 133 and ours 116. A notable feature of the game was the absence of the usual stonewalling. And so we conclude our account of a very successful term.

CHAPEL. SUMMER TERM, 1938.

May 1. 2nd S. after Easter. Military Sunday. Service in York Minster at 10-15 a.m.

1 8. 3rd S. after Easter. The Headmaster. „ 15. 4th S. after Easter. The Rev. F. H. Barnby. „ 22. 5th S. after Easter. The Ven. the Archdeacon of York. „ 29. Sunday after Ascension. The Rev. L. R. McDermid, Vicar of St. Thomas', York.

June 5. Whitsunday. The Rev. H. R. Wilson, M.A., Chamberlain of York Minster.

12. Trinity Sunday. The Rev. J. W. Lamb, Vicar ft of Heworth.

19. 1st S. after Trinity. The Rev. Marchant )7 Pearson, M.A., Rector of St. Paul's, St. Leonard's-on-Sea. „ 26. 2nd S. after Trinity. The Rev. C. C. Bell, M.A., Canon and Precentor of York Minster.

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July 10. 4th S. after Trinity. The Rev. F. H. Barnby. „ 23. 6th S. after Trinity. Commemoration Service.

Preacher: The Very Rev. the Dean of York.

Collection in aid of the Exhibition Fund for Sons of the Clergy.

LIBRARY. Librarian : Rev. F. H. BARNBY. Assistant Librarians : P. B. COCKBURN, J. M. RUCKLIDGE, R.S. DIXON. The following books have been added to the Library during the Summer term :C. III. 7A. The Evolution of Physics—A. Einstein and L. Infeld.

G. VII. 41. News of England—Beverley Nichols.

E. VIII. 51. The Historical Background of the Bible— J. N. Schofield.

E. V. 25. *Greek Verbs—W. Veitch.

E. VI. 28. *The Electra of Euripides—G. Murray.

E. VI. 29. *Poetics of Aristotle—S. H. Butcher.

E. VII. 24. *Livy IV—H. M. Stephenson.

E. VII. 25. *Life and Letters of Cicero—G. E. Jeans.

E. VII. 26. *Sallust--A. W. Pollard.

E. VII. 27. *Minor Works of Tacitus—A. J. Church and W. J. Broadribb K. VII. 3C. Introductory History of England, Vol. IC. R. L. Fletcher.

K. VI. 29. Henry the Seventh—J. Gardner.

Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—E. C. Brewer.

THE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. President: THE HEADMASTER. Vice-Presidents : A. W. PING, Esq., W. N. CORKHILL, Esq., J. H. STEVENSON, Esq., G. S. STEAD, Esq., K. G. CHILMAN, Esq. Treasurer: A. W. PING, Esq. Honorary Secretary: J. A. WRIGHT. Curator of Museum : D. R. MACKINTOSH. House Representatives : School House: L. VERO. Temple House : J. T. BROCKBANK. Clifton Rise : A. C. PING. Soon after the beginning of the term a general meeting of the Society was held in the Lecture Theatre, at which arrangements for the annual expedition were discussed.

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Public opinion seemed to be divided between Hawnby and Lake Gormire as a centre, but as Gormire was unavailable and Hawnby rather far for what must necessarily be an afternoon journey, Mr. Ping suggested Kilburn and the White Horse district. This suggestion was immediately adopted.

Consequently, on July 4th, about 25 members of the Society left the School armed with cameras and other apparatus, and travelled by bus to Kilburn. There they enjoyed themselves in divers fashions, some Scientific, others not so Scientific. Later in the afternoon everyone converged on The Byland Abbey Inn, and there found tea awaiting them. Fortunately the afternoon was fine, but just as the buses set of on the return journey the rain began to fall heavily. Too late, however, to spoil a very enjoyable day.

GYMNASIUM.

As usual during the Summer term, the Gym Squad has practised two nights a week when this was possible, and on Saturday, 23rd July, during the Commemoration week-end, they gave, as usual, a very efficient display Of horsework.

This year Serg.-Maj or Puddick included M. and D. Lynch in the squad as clowns, and these two, combined with an amusing exhibition of ground work by the rest, made the display even more than usually effective. Congratulations to Serg. Major Puddick, who is giving up the Gymnasium this term, and many thanks from his past and present Gym Squads.

THE CURTAIN.

This term has seen the revival of one of the most, enjoyable societies of the School, viz. The Curtain, after a lapse of two years. Two meeting have been held, on June 12th and July 17th. At the first meeting, the play " Bird in Hand " by John Drinkwater was read, and, although having a somewhat vague moral, was very much enjoyed by all present. K. H. Rhodes, Esq., was appointed Hon. Treasurer and R. S. Dixon, Hon. Secretary, both unanimously.

At the second meeting three very popular one-act plays were read, " The Boy comes Home " by A. A. Milne, " The Grand Clam's Diamond " by Allan Norkhouse, and " Thread o' Scarlet " by J. J. Bell. Some of those present knew these plays, but this fact in no way detracted from the enjoyment of the evening.

Mr. Rhodes kindly supplied refreshments at both meetings, and the editors would like to take this opportunity of thanking him very much for reviving a Society so instructive and at the same time so interesting.

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THE HOBBY CUP, 1938.

The Hobby Cup presented by Mr. R. M. Cooper was competed for for the first time. This year it was decided that the Cup should be awarded to the best individual effort, but in the future points will probably be awarded for each model and the house with most points will win the Cup. There was a good entry this year and the various entries ranged from paintings to mechanical cars and model ships. It was very hard to come to any final decision, there being three possible winners after a process of elimination.

After a great deal of thought it was decided to award the Cup to J. T. H. Hunter, who had made an excellent model of an old sailing ship. Congratulations are due to Hunter on a praiseworthy effort, but we feel that all the other entrants should not be disappointed but should try again next year.

We are deeply grateful to Engineer Commander F. H. Jefferson for judging the entries.

Entries.

The Cup was awarded to J. T. Hunter who had built a scale model of the Arabella, the ship used in the production of " Captain Blood." The ship was built of balsam wood and the rigging though intricate was excellently done.

H. D. Revill and R. Earle tied for second place, the judge being unable to decide between four model aeroplanes, two flying models and two solid models. The flying models were a Gloster Gladiator and a Hawker Hurricane. The solid models were the China Clipper and a Blackburn Bluebird.

Earle's car was true to life, having an accurate steering gear and differential, three gears and a reverse.

The stamp collections were very good although they could have been set out in a more attractive way. Shillitoe entered two albums each of about £50 value, whilst Parker entered a good collection of British Colonials.

Other entries were a wooden galleon by Taylor, some paintings by Lynch and some advertising posters.

S.S. " HOLMPARK." At the beginning of this term the School left the " Grangepark " and transferred with Captain Richard to his new ship, the " Holmpark." This is a newer ship than the " Grangepark," having been built by Lithgows, of Port Glasgow, in 1927.

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When " adopted " by the school she was at South Shields being overhauled after a 45,000 mile voyage, during which she ran aground near Nagasaki. When repairs were completed she went to Antwerp and loaded fertilizer for Alexandria. The voyage, which was without incident, lasted a fortnight. Then, after a delay of eight days to unload cargo, the " Holmpark " proceeded light for Karachi to load bagged wheat for home ports. Our first mail was sent from Alexandria, and proved a most interesting one.

Extracts from some of the letters are printed below. * * Last voyage was the most interesting trip I have made in the way of ports of call and the distance sailed.

We left Cardiff on the 26th May, 1937, bound for Texas, U.S.A. We loaded scrap iron in three ports, Texas City, Port Arthur and Beaumont. Then we went through the Panama Canal to Kobe and Osaka, Japan, where we discharged our cargo. From Osaka we sailed for Miiki to bunker, but on the voyage we ran into a typhoon off the coast of Japan. The night after the weather was beautiful and to celebrate or otherwise the ship stranded when we were forty miles from Miike. . .

After being ashore for nine hours we managed to float the ship again and, by good luck, there was only one small hole in the bottom. That was the only apparent serious damage but we had to spend three weeks in dry dock in Nagasaki and another three weeks in dry dock in South Shields as a result of the stranding. It was quite an expensive item of the trip, even if it did not endanger any of our lives. After leaving dry dock we sailed for Miike, bunkered and sailed for British Columbia.

J. Johnston, Esq., 2nd Mate.

* * * I expect from your question about what the men do at sea that you are like many others and imagine that there is nothing to do once the ship gets to sea. Well, you will realise that the firemen work, and work hard, as thirty tons of coal have to be shifted each day, and then it has to be shifted into the fires; also the fires have to be cleaned and the ashes dumped. The sailors have to steer the ship and keep a lookout at night and then, during the day, they have to work at keeping the ship in condition. There is a saying that women's work is never done, but really this applies to a ship, for there is always work to be done. The cook, in addition to cooking for thirty eight men, has to make all 21

the bread, so he has a boy to assist him; he is not an idle man. We carry no idlers and there is plenty of work for all aboard ship. Nowadays, owing to the new scale of working hours, the men have some leisure and so the work just has to slide till we get it done. Even so, many jobs have to be done by shore labour when we are in port.

Captain Richard. * * * Your question about going to the rescue of another ship brings to my mind our recent event when we picked up part of the crew of the British S.S. "Quarrington Court."

This ship sank in the Red Sea about two hundred miles from Suez. We were in touch with her by wireless all day but did not arrive alongside till 6 p.m., when it was getting dark.

We were asked to stand by as they expected the ship to sink. At about 7-20 p.m. we picked up the captain and eighteen of the crew, the remainder being taken aboard another ship, an Italian motor vessel. We remained standing by and the "Quarrington Court " sank at 11 p.m.

Then we proceeded to Suez and there landed the men whom we had picked up. All the men had lost their effects, but otherwise were none the worse for what had happened.

The " Quarrington Court " was a larger vessel than this and she carried 11,000 tons of cargo. She was on a voyage to Baltimore with a cargo of ore and jute. The cause of the sinking was that a large pipe, known as the inlet pipe, burst and the valve, for the same reason, could not be closed. The weather at the time was moderate and so had nothing to do with the sinking of the ship.

Also, on our last voyage when bound to Saigon, we picked up some men. We were in the Straits of Malacca and, when about ten miles from Malacca, we found four men clinging to the wreckage of their small boat. These men were Malays, so we could not understand them very well, but, as far as we could gather, they had been in the water two days. They certainly seemed mighty pleased when we picked them up ! We took them to Saigon and turned them over to the British Consul to be sent home. They were quite all right when they left the ship.

Captain Richard. * * * I am interested to learn that you hope to become a ship's surgeon; that, of course, will be on passenger ships, as ships of this class do not carry a doctor. I have to do all that is necessary in that line and so am quite used to fixing up sick sailors.

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As regards points during my day on the ship, usually it is something like this in fine weather—sights of the sun at 8-0 a.m., then breakfast, during the forenoon generally moving about the ship and various inspections, noon take the sun, then dinner, afternoon read or write letters or some work as the fancy takes me. Tea at 5-0 p.m., then the evening attending to the navigation of the ship or listening to the wireless. In bad weather things are different, as during fog, I am on the bridge all the time, so the longer the fog lasts the worse luck for me. In port, of course, I have to go ashore a good deal on the ship's business. Nearly all the other members of the crew work in regular watches when at sea.

GAMES COMMITTEE. The Games Committee was re-constituted at the end of the Easter term, after a lapse of some considerable time, to deal with the general organisation of games and sports during term. There have been three meetings to date, and some of the more important proposals which were approved by the Committee are recorded below.

It was decided that, as there would be a greater number of boys in the various houses in the future, it would be profitable for each house to have two teams in the Cricket, Rugger, and Hockey competitions, with a view of encouraging the younger members ; and that Cricket and Hockey should each consist of two XI's, while the first Rugger team should be a ZV, and the second a XIII. The scale of points for the Oxford Cup was revised, and the new list, which comes into force in September, 1938, is as follows : 20 points each for: 1st XV Rugger, 1st XI Cricket, 1st XI Hockey, and 1st IV Boating.

15 points each for: Athletic Sports, Boxing and Cross Country.

10 points each for: 2nd XIII Rugger, 2nd XI Cricket, 2nd XI Hockey, 2nd IV Boating, Squash, Section Competition, Shooting (team of four), Swimming, Shooting (house average).

5 points each for: Hobby Cup, Individual Shooting, Individual Squash.

As points for work towards the Oxford Cup were divided solely among the winners of prizes, the need was felt for it to be made more general, and, accordingly, it was agreed that a Work Cup should be instituted for this purpose.

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With regard to Colours, it was decided that, in future, a Tudor Crown should be added to the Cross-keys for all purposes of sport as far as practicable; also that the 2nd XI fielding cap should have no Cross-keys. It was also agreed that, in Rugger, Cricket, Hockey and Boating, the whole team should receive their Colours at the end of the season, except in exceptional cases. A suggestion for the institution of a Colour Book, in which anyone who is awarded his colours may sign his name, was approved by the Committee.

MR. YELD.

To the Editor, " The Peterite."

July 1st, 1938.

Dear Sir, My school contemporaries of the " naughty nineties " say that I must send you our tribute to Mr. Yeld's memory, because I have more time than they have. That means going back nearly fifty years, for it was in 1889 that I left the austerity of Mr. Freeman's " Form II " and rose to the dignity of Form III which Mr. Yeld then took. Many like myself owe to Mr. Yeld our awakening to the beauty of the English tongue and of English literature. He made us learn passages of poetry by heart, and I can recall the zest with which he would recite the old Welsh war song:" The mountain sheep are sweeter, But the valley sheep are fatter, We therefore deem it meeter To carry off the latter."

And, by the way, does anyone now read Scott's " Lady of the Lake " ? As boys we loved it. Geography was a dull subject in those) days, but in Mr. Yeld's form, with steamers and trade routes, it became quite interesting. I was only in his form for a short time and it was in the wider school life that I met him afterwards, where he was a popular and prominent figure. Probably old boys remember him best in connection with " the theatricals." In 1893 Hugh Moss, an Peterite, who was a well-known London actor-manager, came to help Mr. Yeld with the production of the " Merchant of Venice " and an excellent performance was given. (I notice that there was a reference in the epilogue to the " Climber's Guide to the Cogne Mountains " which Mr. Yeld, in conjunction with Mr. A. B. Coolidge, edited in that year).

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In 1894 we did " A Midsummer Night's Dream," and a feature of the play which must have given Mr. Yeld great pleasure was that the cast included all his four sons, who acquitted themselves very well. In 1895 the play was the " Taming of the Shrew," and the dramatic critic in the " Peterite," himself an old actor, describes the admiration with which he noticed between the acts Mr. Yeld struggling with " horrific mountains and impossible ruins." But that was typical of Mr. Yeld. Perhaps the " nineties " were the happiest years for him. His own boys were just growing up, and George, who was one of the best goal kicks (for a boy) that I have ever seen, was playing for the 1st XV in 1896. Mr. Yeld followed the fortunes of the team with enthusiasm and his voice was to be heard at every game cheering the players. I left at the end of that year but I can still see his tall athletic figure as he strode to and fro between his house and the school, and I can hear his resonant voice as he talked to us. Since those days I have often met old boys, who expressed forcible opinions as to one or other of the masters of that time. But I never met one who did not speak with warm hearted appreciation of Mr. Yeld.

I am, Yours very truly, F. PORTER FAUSSET. 3 New Square, Lincoln's Inn.

CRICKET RETROSPECT, 1938.

Cricket is notoriously an incalculable game and this season has proved no exception, in fact our XI proved to be even more incalculable than usual. We started the season with eight of last year's XI back as well as several others who had played on various occasions for the 1st, but we had lost the two bowlers who, last year, could be relied on to keep runs down and take wickets. We felt with some confidence that our batting was going to be strong, numbers 9 and 10 being quite capable of making runs, but we were horribly nervous about our bowling which looked thin and not very varied. We decided that there was no one who was certain to keep a good length consistently, though there were several who might do so occasionally, but we were lucky in having two leg break bowlers, a great asset to any side and even more so to a school side. Our aim then appeared to be to make heaps of runs and hope that our opponents • 25

would help to get themselves out. But perhaps we had forgotten when we came to all these conclusions what a curious game cricket is. However that may be, our batsmen failed repeatedly to make runs or even modest scores and our bowlers rose nobly to the occasion over and over again, in fact it was only right at the end of the season that the bowling tired and we found it increasingly difficult to get our opponents out.

To this tribute to the bowling must be added an even greater tribute to the fielding which was largely responsible for our opponents' small scores and our bowlers' successes.

It was nearly always good and generally very good—at times even brilliant, and in this respect at any rate the season must be accounted a successful one. For the past two seasons we have reiterated our assertion that a side cannot be successful unless its fielding in good, in which department of the game everyone can make himself efficient if not good, and we have deplored the, at times, bad fielding we have had to witness. Perhaps our words have borne fruit, perhaps we were lucky in having several naturally good fieldsmen in the side, but whatever the reason we can with satisfaction repeat that our fielding seldom left anything to be desired. Special credit is due to Milburn for his work at cover point in particular in running people out, and to Bennett for his brilliance at silly mid-off, though all the rest, with the possible exception of two, did very well indeed.

Of the bowlers Wright kept the best length for long stretches and could generally be relied on to keep one end going. Rimmer, with a shortened run, nearly always bowled well with the new ball, but couldn't keep it up for long and was seldom successful when put on again.

Butler found it difficult to keep a length but when he did his leg breaks were always dangerous as he could turn the ball on any wicket. Lynch, Milburn and Douglas all bowled well at times though the last two were not given much opportunity. Several times Wright and Butler, an ideal combination, managed to rout the opposition.

The batting was very disappointing. Several members of the side played some extremely useful innings, but there was no one, with the possible exception of Davin, who could generally be relied upon to ,stay in. It was a curious fact that as a rule the batsmen got out when apparently set, probably due to inexperience, and yet nine of the side showed at one time or another that they were capable of making runs, and making them well. Certainly the weather was to blame to some extent, as we were constantly playing 26

on different paced wickets, but a good batsman should overcome this, and we undoubtedly had some good batsmen in the side. This we hope will be forcibly proved next year.

We were very fortunate in having in Dixon a Captain who though not always sound in his placing of the field, never despaired and refused to admit defeat until it was an accomplished fact. To him must go chief credit for our defeat of Giggleswick when all seemed lost at tea. At that time our opponents had 55 runs on the board for the loss of 2 wickets in reply to our total of 89. After tea, however, he inspired his side by his own confidence and cheerfulness and proceeded to kill the opposition for a further 15 runs, I think kill is really the only possible word to use. Dixon was always ready and willing to take advice and ask for it and we are grateful to him for a happy and by no means unsuccessful season.

CHARACTERS OF THE XI. R. S. Dixon (Captain). 1937-38. A sound and attacking wicket-keeper. His batting was disappointing, though he played one or two very useful innings. The whole eleven responded very well to his admirable leadership.

V. L. F. Davin (Vice-Captain). 1936-37-38. His defence had greatly improved on last year, though his attacking shots were rather less in evidence. Played some good innings, but was inclined to get out when well set.

R. C. Lynch. 1937-38. A very useful opening bat and bowler and a brilliant field, though his bowling suffered from lack of length. A most promising all round cricketer.

J. A. Wright. 1937-38. Bowled consistently well, seldom failing to keep a good length, and was able to turn the ball and make it lift. At times flighted the ball well.

A useful bat with few attacking shots.

L. W. Bennett. 1937-38. A most promising bat with, however, a bad habit of making careless shots at most inopportune moments. With a little more steadiness should make a lot of runs. A brilliant field close to the bat.

H. A. Milburn. 1938. With the exception of one fine innings was rather disappointing as a bat, but will undoubtedly make runs with more experience. Fielded beautifully at cover point, as several batsmen found to their cost.

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R. N. Rimmer. 1937-38. A fast bowler whose first spell was nearly always accurate and dangerous. A tiring run prevented him from bowling accurately for long.

A sound field.

J. H. Butler. 1938. A slow leg break bowler who was always dangerous when he kept a length. Should learn to attack the off stump more, and keep the ball well up to the batsman.

T. F. Cameron. 1938. A promising bat who failed to come up to expectations. Had some lovely attacking shots but very poor defence. A good fielder in the deep.

Bowled at the beginning of the season but couldn't find a length.

I. D. C. Morison. 1937-38. A disappointing bat until the end of the season. A bad uplift frequently caused his early dismissal, but he always went for the bowling in a refreshing way. A slow field.

M. S. Douglas. 1938. A slow left-hand bowler who was given few opportunities. Was inclined to bowl too short with too little finger spin. A rustic bat. His ground fielding was bad, though he could usually be relied on to hold catches.

SCHOOL 1st XI v. DENSTONE COLLEGE.

Played at Denstone, Saturday, May 21st.

Result: Lost. School 147; Denstone 150 for 4.

Lynch and Milburn opened the School innings against the fast-medium attack of Deighton and Burrow. There was a trace of moisture on the wicket but neither batsman was in trouble until Milburn got in front of a straight one from Deighton, after putting great endeavour into four runs.

Wright was in and out again, but Lynch and Davin took the score to 53 very slowly before the latter was caught at silly mid-on off Burrow. The same bowler also clean bowled Dixon, making the score 55 for 4, on an easy wicket. Before lunch Lynch was out after a very patient 41 and the interval score was 91 for 5. Bennett and Cameron scored freely afterwards, adding 42 more in under half an hour, but when Bennett was out the tail waved so feebly that 147 for 6 was soon 147 all out.

Denstone went in with the comparatively easy task of making 148 in three and a half hours. That they won before the tea interval was not due to their all-round batting superiority, but to the individual brilliance of Burrow, who in making 108 not out in 80 minutes hit a six and 19 fours.

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The start was promising enough, for Rimmer, though bowling an uncertain length, took Hensman's leg stump at 15. No further success came untill Gandy was smartly stumped and then again when the same fate befell Roberts.

By now the match was nearly over, but Wright got a richly deserved wicket at 135 when he dismissed Richards lbw.

In the meantime Burrow had been hitting all and sundry for fours. The School ground fielding was very good all through the innings and despite the rate of scoring nothing was given away.

SCHOOL. R. L. Lynch, lbw, b Burrow H. A. Milburn, lbw, b Deighton J. A. Wright, b Deighton V. L. F. Davin, c Hensman, b Burrow R. S. Dixon, b Burrow T. F. Cameron, b Burrow L. W. Bennett, b Burrow I. D. C. Morison, c Watson, b Deighton J. H. Butler, run out M. S. Douglas, not out R. N. Rimmer, st Cunningham, b Burrow Extras (11 b, 2 lb)

41 4 0 20 2 19 42 6 0 0 0 13

Total

147

DENSTONE. D. H. Burrow, not out M. G. Hensman, b Rimmer H. B. Gandy, st Dixon, b Milburn C. P. Roberts, st Dixon, b Butler R. L. Richards, lbw, b Wright R. M. Watson, not out Extras (4 b, 1 lb)

108 2 21 4 0 10 5

Total (for 4 wickets)

150

DENSTONE. M. 0.

17 3 J. H. Deighton 23.1 6 D. H. Burrow 4 6 C. P. Roberts 2 0 M. G. Hensman 5 1 D. Ogden

R. 39 65 2 7 15

W. 3 6 0 0 0

Av. 13.00 10.80 —

SCHOOL. M. 0.

0 5 0 6 2 10 3 0 0 2 0 3

R. 24 22 35 15 25 24

W. 1 0 1 0 1 1

Av. 24.00 — 35.00 — 25.00 24.00

R. N. Rimmer T. F. Cameron J. A. Wright R. C. Lynch H. A. Milburn J. H. Butler

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SCHOOL 1st XI v. THE STAFF. Played at Home, Thursday, May 26th.

Result : Lost. The Staff, 145 ; School, 114.

For the first time in eighteen years the Staff beat the School, after a very interesting match. Before lunch Mr. Chilman smote five fours, two of which were nearly sixes, in the first two overs. Then, as if doubting the driving power of his bat, he sent for a heavier weapon. He was eventually caught off Butler at 35. Cockburn was soon out, and Mr. Cooper was yorked by Cameron after a bright, if unorthodox, 16. By lunch four wickets were down.

Lynch beat and bowled Mr. Stead with an outswinger in his first over after the resumption, and after Milburn had made short work of Mr. Rhodes, Mr. Crews and Mr. le Tocq, eight were out for 85. Mr. Wrenn and Elgey, however, put on 54, more by good luck than good management, so that the innings closed with the unexpectedly large total of 145.

The School started disastrously and Mr. Stead had Lynch and Wright safely back in the pavilion for 2 runs.

Milburn and Davin made heavy weather of the bowling and by tea the score was 11, leaving 135 for serious contemplation afterwards. Dixon soon joined Davin and the score rose to 48 before Dixon was bowled by Mr. Wrenn. Davin was out some little time afterwards after a good 32. 63 for 6 was bad going, but the idea of a crisis did not enter the heads of Bennett or Ping, who hit merrily, Bennett exploiting his beautiful drives, and Ping his brassey shot over mid-on's head. The innings closed at 114 when Mr. Corkhill took a nicely judged catch from Douglas. Mr. Stead with 6 for 69 and Mr. Wrenn with 4 for 36 bowled almost unchanged throughout the innings.

THE STAFF. K. G. Chilman, Esq., c Douglas, b Butler P. B. Cockburn, c Milburn, b Cameron J. S. Cooper, Esq., b Cameron G. S. Stead, Esq., b Lynch W. N. Corkhill, Esq., st Dixon, b Lynch H. A. Wrenn, Esq., c Lynch, b Wright K. H. Rhodes, Esq., b Milburn D. K. Crews, Esq., b Milburn L. C. le Tocq, Esq., st Dixon, b Milburn E. V. Elgey, lbw, b Douglas R. N. Rimmer, not out Extras (2 b)

28 8 16 15 1 25 6 6 0 38 0 2

Total

145

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SCHOOL. H. A. Milburn, lbw, b Wrenn R. C. Lynch, c 'Cooper, b Stead J. A. Wright, b Stead V. L. F. Davin, c Stead, b Wrenn R. S. Dixon, b Wrenn T. F. Cameron, c & b Stead L. W. Bennett, lbw, b Wrenn A. C. W. Ping, b Stead J. H. Butler, not out I. D. C. Morison, c Wrenn, b Stead M. S. Douglas, c Corkhill, b Stead Extras (8 b, 21b)

4 0 1 32 14 2 22 21

6 0 4 10

Total 114

SCHOOL. 0.

M.

T. F. Cameron J. H. Butler H. A. Milburn R. C. Lynch M. S. Douglas J. A. Wright

6 5 7 7 4.5 4

0 2 2 1 0 0

THE STAFF. M. 0.

H. A. Wrenn, Esq. ... 18 G. S. Stead, Esq. 17 J. S. Cooper, Esq. 1

5 3 1

R. 34 30 18 23 20 18

W. 2 1 3 2 1 1

Av. 17.00 30.00 6.00 11.50 20.00 18.00

R. 36 69 0

W. 4 6 0

Av. 9.00 11.50

SCHOOL 1st XI v. DURHAM PILGRIMS. Played at Home, Wednesday, June 8th.

Result: Draw. Durham Pilgrims, 211 for 7; School, 162 for 6.

Weather which induced even the most pessimistic of fieldsmen to discard their sweaters in the pavillion, a wicket which gave bowlers no encouragement and a late start, combined together to form a draw, after a spate of scoring.

After a bright start Proud was out to a good catch by Douglas in the gully at 31. Wright came on for Rimmer and bowled both Wood and Doggart with peaches. When Alderson came in the complexion of the game changed, and he and Grellet added 103 for the sixth wicket before the latter was bowled. Alderson was in fine form and from the start dealt mainly in fours. In the last 20 minutes of the innings the School rather lost control in the field and the Pilgrims were able to declare at 211 for 7, Alderson being stumped for 124 with the last ball. Wright with 4 for 30 was the best bowler.

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Lynch and Milburn gave the School an excellent start with a stand of 111. Lynch played very prettily until he was bowled for 34. Milburn scored very fast and hit Doggart square time and again for threes and fours.

Bennett hit his wicket at 114, and when Milburn played on at 130, after a fine 71, an unexpected collapse had come about.

Both Dixon and Davin played lively if brief knocks, but Wright decided that caution was needed and so with 15 minutes left 80 runs were needed with four wickets to fall.

To fill in the time Wright and Cameron indulged in some sprightly running between the wickets before Cameron was caught at 162.

DURHAM PILGRIMS.

E. L. Proud, c Douglas, b Cameron C. C. Fairweather, b Lynch G. B. Wood, b Wright N. A. Doggart, b Wright W. H. R. Alderson, st Dixon, b Wright A. Briggs, b Lynch R. C. Grellet, b Wright R. B. Carter, not out Extras (3b, 6 nb) Total (for 7 wickets dec.)

22 6 16 1 124 7 24 2 9 211

J. B. Graham, W. L H. Law and C. Treakman did not bat.

SCHOOL. R. C. Lynch, b Wood H. A. Milburn, b Doggart L. W. Bennett, hit wicket, b Grellet V. L. F. Davin, b Grellet J. A. Wright, not out R. S. Dixon, b Doggart T. F. Cameron, c Briggs, b Grellet Extras (7 b, 6 lb) Total (for 6 wickets) A. C. W. Ping, J. H. Butler, M. S. Douglas and Rimmer did not bat.

SCHOOL M. R. W. 0.

1 40 0 R. N. Rimmer 9 0 50 1 T. F. Cameron 8 30 4 J. A. Wright 10.5 4 2 0 34 R. C. Lynch 7 26 0 0 J. H. Butler 3 22 0 1 M. S. Douglas 4 Cameron bowled 6 no-balls.

DURHAM PILGRIMS. 0.

M. R. W. 2 3 53 N. A. Doggart 19 3 32 3 R. C. Grellet 14 0 16 0 R. B. Carter 2 25 0 0 W. L. M. Law 7 23 1 0 G. B. Wood 4

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34 71 3 11 17 10 3 13 162 R. N. Av. — 50.00 7.50 17.00 —

Av. 26.50 10.67 — — 23.00

SCHOOL 1st XI v. WORKSOP COLLEGE. Played at Home, Saturday, June 11th.

Result: Won by 66 runs. School, 117; Worksop, 51.

On winning the toss Dixon decided to bat on a slow and easy wicket, which, it was hoped, would be a "sticky dog " by the afternoon. After a promising beginning Milburn edged one from Rhodes to slip and was caught. At 23 Lynch was taken at short leg, and then the wickets of Bennett and Wright fell very quickly to make the score 26 for four. Dixon and Davin made a fine recovery, playing carefully but clouting loose balls very hard. Just when everything seemed serene, Davin was caught at the wicket from a very bad ball, off which he sought to knock the leather. Dixon continued confidently after lunch, taking a goodly six off Buchanan, but he was out by a piece of desperately bad luck when a bit of his bat flew off without warning and hit the wicket. That was at 99, and after Rimmer had beaten a couple of fours, and Douglas one, the innings closed at 117.

The Worksop innings was little short of sensational, and the whole team was put well and truly through the hoop in 80 minutes for 51. At 9 Rimmer clean bowled Barker, and at the same total Teale was beautifully caught one handed

by Bennett low down at silly mid-off. Milburn took a difficult catch to dismiss Dudley, and a further two wickets fell quickly, making the score-board read 26 for five. The next two batsmen were somewhat perturbed by this and attempted to hit Rimmer recklessly, but they only tried once, for Ping took two sizzling catches close in. Rimmer who had bowled uncommonly well was given a rest, and though the remaining batsmen played with more sobriety it was only a matter of time. As it was, everything was over by tea, leaving the rest of the day for fun and games.

SCHOOL. R. C. Lynch, c Rhodes, b Royle H. A. Milburn, c Teale, b Rhodes L. W. Bennett, c Stredwick, b Buchanan V. L. F. Davin, c Evans, b Wardill J. A. Wright, lbw, b Buchanan R. S. Dixon, hit wicket, b Rhodes T. F. Cameron, b Rhodes A. C. W. Ping, c Nichol, b Tomkins J. H. Butler, lbw, b Tomkins M. S. Douglas, c Teale, b Rhodes R. N. Rimmer, not out Extras (8 b, 2 nb)

10 30 0 32 0 4 3 4 10 10

Total

117

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9

5

WORKSOP. 6 3 11 2 1 6 9 0 5 6

J. B. C. Teale, c Bennett, b Lynch H. F. Barker, b Rimmer J. Dudley, c Milburn, b Rimmer A. L. Evans, b Rimmer J. C. Wardill, b Lynch L. A. Stredwick, c Ping, b Rimmer T. G. Royle, st Dixon, b Butler P. E. F. Rhodes, c Ping, b Rimmer A. D. Nichol, not out G. C. Buchanan, lbw, b Lynch J. R. M. Tomkins, c 'Cameron, b Wright Extras (1 b, 1 w)

0

2

Total

51

WORKSOP. 0. M. R. P. E. F. Rhodes 15 1 46 J. R. M. Tomkins 12.3 1 24 T. G. Royle 6 3 15 A. A. Stredwick 1 0 3 G. C. Buchanan 5 1 17 J. C. Wardill 1 0 2 SCHOOL. 0. M. R. R. N. Rimmer 9 2 20 R. C. Lynch 9 1 17 J. H. Butler 5 1 8 J. A. Wright 5.2 2 4 Lynch bowled 1 wide.

W. 4 2

1

0 2

1

W. 5 3 1

1

Av. 11.50 12.00 15.00 — 8.50 2.00

Av. 4.00 6.30 8.00 4.00

SCHOOL 1st XI v. LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Played Away, Wednesday, June 15th.

Result: Won. Leeds G.S., 95; School, 96 for 9.

Leeds won the toss and decided to bat upon a spongy wicket. The first two wickets fell quickly to Lynch, who made the batsmen play too soon and give easy catches.

After a confident start Warburton was l.b.w. to Rimmer for seven, and when Smith was beautifully run out by Milburn from cover, the School were well on top. Thornton came to their rescue, and with Holton, added 42 for the fifth wicket. When Thornton played forward and was caught behind the wicket the score was 90 for seven, but Wright and Butler dealt so effectively with the tail that the innings closed at 95. The fielding all through had been excellent, and no real chances were missed.

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The School had ten minutes batting before the interval, or, to put it more correctly, Leeds had ten minutes of bowling. They made use of this by obtaining the wicket of Milburn at six. After lunch Lynch and Bennett set about their task in correct style, and though not completely at ease, they took the score to 67 before Lynch was caught in the gully. Davin was uncomfortable but remained there until 87, and from this point it seemed only a matter of a couple of boundaries to win the match. An unaccountable collapse occured, and strange to relate, only stubborn resistance on the part of Rimmer and Butler, the last-wicket pair, enabled the School to pull the match out of the fire.

First of all Wright hit his wicket while in the act of ignoring an off-ball, then Dixon was bowled by Warburton, Bennett was run out, Cameron was caught at the wicket, and finally Ping was bowled, five wickets having added 6 runs. It was left to Rimmer to glance Daykin to leg twice and win the match. It must be recorded that Rimmer's glide has never looked more lovely than when two were wanted to win.

LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 4 A. Carter, c & b Lynch 6 B. C. Smith, run out M. B. P. Shepherd, c Morison, b Lynch 1 7 D. Warburton, lbw, b Rimmer F. J. Thornton, c Dixon, b Wright 46 17 W. M. Holton, b Butler 10 P. V. Wadsworth, run out K. A. S. Lambert, c Cameron, b Butler 0 0 F. J. Daykin, b Wright 1 A. C. Phillipson, c & b Butler 0 J. Whitehead, not out 3 Extras (3 b) Total 95 SCHOOL. R. C. Lynch, c Phillipson, b Daykin 24 1 H. A. Milburn, lbw, b Warburton 6 I. D. C. Morison, b Warburton 42 L. W. Bennett, run out V. L. F. Davin, c Wadsworth, b Daykin 5 J. A. Wright, hit wicket, b Daykin 0 0 R. S. Dixon, b Warburton T. F. Cameron, c Holton, b Warburton 1 0 A. C. W. Ping, b Daykin 3 J. H. Butler, not out 3 R. N. Rimmer, not out 11 Extras (9 b, 21b) Total (for 9 wickets) 96

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SCHOOL R. N. Rimmer R. C. Lynch J. H. Butler J. A. Wright Warburton Wadsworth Phillipson Daykin Whitehead

0.

M. 7 0 7 0 7 1 6.4 0 LEEDS. 0.

M. 16 6 5 0 3 0 12 1 4 0

R. 21 28 26 17

W. 1 2 3 2

Av. 21.00 14.00 8.60 8.50

R. 17 21 14 23 10

W. 4 0 0 4 0

Av. 4.25 5.60

SCHOOL 1st XI v. GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL. Played at Home, Saturday, June 18th.

Result: Won. School, 89; Giggleswick, 70.

The School innings started at 12-29, leaving half an hour's play before lunch.

The batting was very uninspired and five of the first six overs were maidens. In Moorby's third over both, Milburn and Bennett were beaten and bowled by inswingers.

Davin and Lynch improved matters slightly before lunch only to be out soon after it. Davin was unlucky in being caught and bowled off the edge when attempting a leg glance. Raffan, the bowler, was getting life off the pitch and caused both Dixon and Wright to hang out hopeful but sadly misdirected bats to him. 49 for six was hardly good enough, but Morison and Cameron attacked the slow and Ping showed rather guileless deliveries of Galloway. appreciation of this by hitting a big six off him, and so the total of 89 was more than at one time seemed likely.

The Giggleswick innings opened quietly and confidently, with the result that Butler and Wright soon displaced Lynch and Rimmer, who were completely innocuous. The two wickets which fell before tea went to Butler, but by the interval the score was 55, only 35 short of victory. Afterwards there was some sensational cricket; Wright bowled Moorby almost immediately and at 65 four wickets fell during the course of five deliveries. Frank swiped at Butler and was caught at deep square-leg, Wilson was caught at the wicket, Park was run out and finally Lynch took a good catch to dismiss Galloway. Then Rusins spooned up an easy catch to Davin (67 for eight). Three runs later a silly run was attempted to cover-point and Milburn threw in beautifully to run out Hallam, and when Romans played forward to Butler and missed a scintillating recovery was complete.

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SCHOOL. R. C. Lynch, b Moorby H. A. Milburn, b Moorby L. W. Bennett, b Moorby V. L. F. Davin, c & b Raffan J. A. Wright, c Romans, b Raffan R. S. Dixon, b Raffan I. D. C. Morison, c Moorby, b Galloway T. F. Cameron, b Frank A. C. W. Ping, c Park, b Raffan J. H. Butler, b Moorby R. N. Rimmer, not out Extras (6 b, 51b, 2 nb)

7 0 0 15 9 0 16 14 10 5 0 13

Total GIGGLESWICK. D. N. Ainley, c Dixon, b Butler P. J. Taylor, c Rimmer, b Butler W. M. S. Frank, c Cameron, b Butler E. Moorby, b Wright D. S. Park, run out K. L. Wilson, c Dixon, b Wright J. Rusins, c Davin, b Butler J. E. Galloway, c Lynch, b Wright J. S. Hallam, run out T. F. Romans, st Dixon, b Butler H. M. Raffan, not out Extras (1 b, 1 nb)

19 24 15 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 2

Total GIGGLESWICK. 0. M. R. E. Moorby 10.3 6 18 H. M. Raffan 11 5 12 K. L. Wilson 5 2 13 W. M. S. Frank 6 1 11 J. S. Galloway 8 2 22 SCHOOL. M. R. 0.

25 0 R. N. Rimmer 5 8 1 R. C. Lynch 3 22 J. H. Butler 9.1 1 13 1 J. A. Wright 8 Butler bowled 1 no-ball.

89

70

W. 4 4 0 1 1

Av. 4.50 3.00 — 11.00 22.00

W. 0 0 5 3

Av. — 4.40 4.33

SCHOOL 1st XI v. BOOTHAM SCHOOL. Played at Bootham, Wednesday, June 22nd.

Result: Draw. School, 13 for none.

The School were again dogged by bad luck in their attempt to play this fixture. The original date found itself in the middle of a wet week and on this occasion there was time for three mis-directed overs with a wet ball before it was obvious that there could be no further play.

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SCHOOL. R. C. Lynch, not out H. A. Milburn, not out

2 11

Total (for no wickets) 13 L. W. Bennett, V. L. F. Davin, J. A. Wright, R S. Dixon, I. D. C. Morison, T. F. Cameron, M. S. Douglas, J. H. Butler and R. N. Rimmer did not bat.

BOOTHAM. 0. M. R. W. Av. J. J. Eades 2 0 8 0 — P. J. Halliday 1 0 5 0

SCHOOL 1st XI v. YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. Played at Home, Saturday, June 25th.

Result: Draw. Yorkshire Gentlemen, 164 for six ; School, 125 for four.

With a chilly wind and an overcast sky the weather maintained the best traditions of an English summer during this match, which has rarely been brought to a definite conclusion in recent years.

Beckett and Terry opened the visitor's innings and paid Rimmer and Lynch no more respect than was their due.

Wright and Butler were soon drawn up to bowl, but Terry hit the former for two sixes in one over, one of which went rattling into the door of the science block. At last, after a stand of 108, Beckett was caught, and Terry quickly followed him after having scored 82. The School attack was switched about considerably but at 140 for two, Rimmer and Lynch came on again. Rimmer clean bowled Dawson, but Lynch was the more successful, taking three wickets in 16 balls for 17. At ten past four Yorkshire Gentlemen declared at 164 for six.

Milburn and Lynch opened quietly in the face of a steady attack, but at 31 Milburn was bowled. Bennett did his best to enliven the proceedings but was caught in the gully while carving at an off-ball. Davin was plainly 1.b.w. in the next over with the score at 61, and 12 runs later Morison was caught. During all this Lynch had been plodding along very nicely for ones and twos. Wright, too, decided that defensive tactics offered the best means of survival, with the result that the last hour saw the addition of 52 runs instead of the 104 needed for victory. By six o'clock it was obvious what the result would be and at sixthirty it was remarked that "there has never been a drawnerer.' " 38

YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. M. G. Beckett, c Bennett, b Milburn 25 P. N. L. Terry, c Butler, b Douglas 82 A. W. B. Becker, c Bennett, b Lynch 23 A. Dawson, b Rimmer 10 R. G. M. Quarrie, not out 0 T. C. Palmer, b Lynch 0 W. Austin, b Lynch 13 Extras (9 b, 21b, 1 w) 12 Total (for 6 wickets) 164 SCHOOL. R. C. Lynch, not out 56 H. A. Milburn, b Austin 8 L. W. Bennett, c Austin, b Wood 11 V. L. F. Davin, lbw, b Austin 1 I. D. C. Morison, c Beckett, b Austin 8 J. A. Wright, not out 18 Extras (20 b) 20 Total (for 4 wickets) 125 R. S. Dixon, T. F. Cameron, M. S. Douglas, J. H. Butler and R. N. Rimmer did not bat.

SCHOOL. 0. M. R. W. Av. R. N. Rimmer 9 1 25 1 25.00 R. C. Lynch 6.4 0 36 3 12.00 J. A. Wright 6 1 26 0 — J. H. Butler 6 1 24 0 — H. A. Milburn 3 0 13 1 13.00 T. F. Cameron 5 0 11 0 — M. S. Douglas 3 0 17 1 17.00 YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. 0. M. R W. Av. M. G. Becker 8 2 11 0 — W. Austin 15 2 37 3 12.30 S. W. Wood 13 1 35 1 35.00 T. C. Palmer 6 1 22 0 —

SCHOOL 1st XI v. DURHAM SCHOOL. Played at Home, Wednesday, June 29th.

Result: Lost. School, 60; Durham, 175 for five.

On winning the toss, the School batted first on a moist and rather slow wicket.

Milburn and Lynch started shakily against the outswingers of Orwin and it came as no surprise when Milburn was caught for two. Bennett was unluckily bowled in the next over off his pads, but when Morison was beaten to the wide by a ball from Greensword which came in with his arm the prospect of a big score looked very unhealthy. Wright 39

and Lynch added 11 runs before the latter was run out.

Dixon didn't last long, but Wright and Cameron were together at lunch. The scoreboard had a sad appearance, and had registered only 26 for the loss of five wickets.

When play was resumed Greensword took the wickets of Cameron, Douglas and Wright without much ado, but out of the blue came Davin from his examination. He and Butler put on 19 for the ninth wicket, but if Butler had used a little imagination against the over-pitched deliveries of Cunningham the stand would have been bigger. As it was, Butler got in front of a straight one, was l.b.w, and innings closed at 2-45 for 60.

The School attack began well, Lynch getting Cunningham's wicket, and Rimmer bowling Orwin for 19 runs. Hall and Greensword played very cautiously but at 39 Wright induced Greensword to send up a catch to silly mid-on where Bennett made no mistake with it. Burchnall, too, pursued defensive tactics, but gradually the bowling was mastered, and Durham went sailing past the School total just in time for tea.

Afterwards play was continued, and the School attack underwent a severe battering, during the course of which, Hall completed a fine century.

SCHOOL. R. C. Lynch, run out H A. Milburn, c Burchnall, b Orwin L. W. Bennett, b Greensword I. D. C. Morison, b Greensword J. A. Wright, b Greensword R. S. Dixon, b Greensword T. F. Cameron, c and b Greensword M. S. Douglas, b Greensword J. H. Butler, lbw, b Forster V. L. F. Davin, not out R. N. Rimmer, b Orwin Extras (5 b, 31b, 5 wb)

8 2 0 0 12 0 8 0 8 8 1 13

Total

60

DURHAM. W. Greensword, c Bennett, b Wright A. D. Cunningham, c Davin, b Lynch W. D. Orwin, b Rimmer D. J. N. Hall, c Cameron, b Butler M. L. Burchnall, b Wright D. R. Fosster, not out D. C. B. Shorter, run out Extras (4 b)

13 6 9 104 32 7 0 4

.

Total (for 5 wickets)

175

R. Girdwood, A. L. Chicken, J. C. V. Sutton and S. H. Salmon did not bat.

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DURHAM.

0.

W. D. Orwin 10.2 W. Greensword 13 D. C. B. Shorter 2 A. D. Cunningham 2 R. D. Forster 2

M. 4 1 1 0 0

R. 11 24 1 4 7

W. 2 6 0 0 1

Av. 5.50 4.00 — — 7.00

R. 35 22 30 43 10 19 12

W. 1 1 2 1 0 0 0

Av. 35.00 22.00 15.00 43.00

Greensword bowled 3 no-balls and Forster 2 no-balls.

SCHOOL.

0.

R. N. Rimmer 9 R. C. Lynch 11 J. A. Wright 11.4 J. H. Butler 7 M. S. Douglas 2 H. A. Milburn 3 T. F. Cameron 2

M. 0 3 5 0 0 0 0

SCHOOL 1st XI v. M.C.C., Played at Home, Saturday, July 2nd.

Result : Lost. M.C.C., 185 ; School, 18.

Having dismissed what appeared to be a disgustingly good batting side for 185 on a slow and easy-paced wicket, the School threw away their chances of victory by spooning up dolly catches to an array of silly short-legs.

Jones and Anson opened for the M.C.C. as though they were going to bat for ever. After 38 easy runs had been made, however, Butler found the edge of Jones' bat to give Rimmer a catch in the gully, and two balls later Henry was caught at silly mid-off. Vaulkhard, deceived by the manner in which the opening pair had played Rimmer, leaned forward to a good length ball and was bowled. Anson, himself, was soon out and the score was 50 for four.

Garthwaite decided to apply force to the situation but in trying to hit Butler onto the golf course he was well taken

by Lynch at long-on. After lunch G. H. Dixon played very attractively first of all with Dawson and then with Alderson who—"mirabile dictu "—failed to score. At 132 Bennett caught Wignall beautifully, but Watkins played such forcing cricket that the innings closed at 185, of which Dixon made 68. The School fielding was excellent and Bennett was especially good, taking four catches, as well as a fierce off-drive on the chest.

The School innings was pathetic, and the only reason for calling it batting was for the sake of definition. At one Lynch was brilliantly caught at first silly short-leg by Dixon and two runs later Milburn was bowled by an off-break from 41

Wignall. Wright and Cockburn were the only players to look the bowling in the face and they added 9 for the third wicket. The remaining seven batsmen mustered one run, off the inside of the bat, and Dixon was persuaded to take three more catches, before the whole team was disposed of for 18.

M.C.C. R. K. Jones, c Rimmer, b Butler C. E. Anson, c Wright, b Rimmer D. P. Henry, c Bennett, b Butler P. Vaulkhard, b Rimmer G. H. Dixon, b Rimmer C. C. Garthwaite, c Lynch, b Butler J. M. Dawson, c Bennett, b Wright W. H. R. Alderson, c Bennett, b Wright Wignall, c Bennett, b Milburn Beet, lbw, b Wright Watkins, not out Extras (1b)

19 28 0 1 68 5 22 0 8 12 21 1

Total

185

SCHOOL. R. C. Lynch, c Dixon, b Garthwaite H. A. Milburn, b Wignall J. A. Wright, c Dixon, b Garthwaite P. B. Cockburn, c Watkins, b Garthwaite L. W. Bennett, c Anson, b Wignall I. D. C. Morison, b Garthwaite T. F. Cameron, c Dixon, b Garthwaite R. S. Dixon, c Vaulkhard, b Wignall A. C. W. Ping, c Jones, b Garthwaite J. H. Butler, c Dixon, b Wignall R. N. Rimmer, not out

0 1 11 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Total

18

SCHOOL R. N. Rimmer R. C. Lynch J. H. Butler J. A. Wright H. A. Milburn C. C. Garthwaite Wignall.

M. 0.

9.3 0 0 5 12 0 1 12 4 0 M.C.C. 0.

M. 8.3 4 4 8

R. 50 24 45 43 22

W. 3 0 3 3 1

Av. 16.60 — 15.00 14.30 22.00

R. 13 5

W. 6 4

Av. 2.18 1.25

SCHOOL 1st XI v. AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE. Played at Home, Wednesday, July 6th.

Result: Lost. Ampleforth, 169; School, 87.

Dixon won the toss and decided to field, being influenced no doubt by the inability of the early School batsmen to bat before lunch.

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The School started very well. Smith was run out by Milburn from cover-point, and Walter was 1.b.w. to Rimmer before the score was 20. Garbett and Farmer played the School opening attack easily, but with the introduction of Wright from the pavilion end, Garbett was tempted to hit across a straight one, and was bowled. Butler came on at the other end bowling double hops and good length legbreaks with wicket-taking inaccuracy and six wickets were down for 106. Farmer had been hitting very hard for his 55 which included two huge sixes, but in attempting another big hit he was caught at mid-off by Rimmer after Wright had partially stopped the ball. At lunch the score was 124 for eight, but the remaining batsmen played with such rectitude that 45 more runs were added before the innings closed. The School fielding was erratic.

In the very first over of the School innings Milburn was caught at short-leg. Lynch and Wright proceeded to defend as though every ball were a demon, until Wright was 1.b.w. for two runs, half an hour after his entrance. Bennett condescended to hit the ball hard, but both he and Lynch were out in quick succession to Sutton. Dixon at once attacked the bowling and tea was taken without further shocks.

Immediately afterwards Morison was bowled, and when Dixon gave Sutton a return catch at 58, chances of victory became slender, and the School were fighting a losing battle.

It is true that Douglas twice slashed Munro through the covers for 4 and three, but this was only a passing fancy, and the School were all out for 87, leaving Sutton with the flattering analysis of six for 24.

AMPLEFORTH. E. A. V. Smith, run out G. V. Garbett, b Wright C. Walter, lbw, b Rimmer P. Farmer, c Rimmer, b Wright R. N. Cardwell, c & b Butler A. M. Hahony, c Douglas, b Butler M. A. Sutton, b Butler J. Greenish, b Wright J. Munro, lbw, b Wright J. M. Horner, run out P. Liddell, not out Extras (6 b, 41b)

1 22 4 55 5 11 2 36 7 10 6 10

Total 169

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SCHOOL. R. C. Lynch, c Cardwell, b Sutton 12 H. A. Milburn, c Smith, b Cardwell 0 J. A. Wright, lbw, b Munro 2 L. W. Bennett, b Sutton 13 R. S. Dixon, c & b Sutton 11 I. D. C. Morison, b Sutton 4 T. F. Cameron, c Garbett, b Munro 13 A. C. W. Ping, c Cardwell, b Sutton 6 M. S. Douglas, b Sutton 9 J. H. Butler, not out 2 R. N. Rimmer, b Munro 0 Extras (13 b, 11b, 1 nb) 15 Total 87

SCHOOL R. N. Rimmer R. C. Lynch J. H. Butler J. A. Wright

0.

5 9 12 16

M. 0 3 2 4

AMPLEFORTH. 0.

M. R. N. Cardwell 8 5 J. Munro 9.4 4 P. Liddell 8 0 M. A. Sutton 9 1

R. 16 29 57 57

W. 1 0 3 4

Av. 16.00 — 19.00 14.25

R. 3 17 28 24

W. 1 3 0

Av. 3.00 5.60

6

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4.00

SCHOOL 1st XI v. CRAVEN GENTLEMEN. Played at Home, Wednesday, July 20th.

Result: Lost. School, 161 for six (dec.) ; Craven Gentlemen, 168 for three.

In a high-scoring match Craven Gentlemen just beat the School with seven wickets in hand at two minutes to seven.

Lynch opened with Wright and Milburn was placed number three, but Wright was bowled in the first over and to all intents and purposes the usual pair were opening the innings. Lynch lunged forward in Carrington's second over and was stumped, but this bad beginning worried neither Milburn nor Davin who paid little respect to the erratic Carrington. At 30 Milburn was stumped; Bennett followed and began to hit fluently though once or twice luckily. Davin was caught in the deep, but Dixon immediately showed his strokes. Just before tea Pearson, the wicket-keeper, decided that he would like to bowl, and got Dixon with a fast length-ball.

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Soon after tea Cameron was run-out with the score at 105, but Bennett and Morison played as they wished with a very depleted attack and Dixon was able to declare at 5-10 with 161 for six, of which Bennett was responsible for 72a fine knock.

Simpson and Carrington began confidently, but Simpson, the more aggressive of the two, was bowled by Rimmer in his fifth over. White displayed some beautiful cover shots and had scored 47 out of 64 when at 88 he was brilliantly held at silly mid-off by Morison off Rimmer in the first over of his second spell. Two balls later Rimmer took a low return catch to dismiss Pearson (88 for three) and chances of a surprise win loomed large. But this was all the success the School was to know, and attacking cricket by Carrington and Jackson aided and abetted by two useless " sillies," who could have spent a more profitable time on the boundary to save fours, just succeeded in winning with two minutes to spare.

SCHOOL. R. C. Lynch, st Pearson, b Carrington 2 0 J. A. Wright, b White H. A. Milburn, st Pearson, b Carrington 13 V. L. F. Davin, c Carrington, b Jackson 20 72 L. W. Bennett, not out R. S. Dixon, c Simpson, b Pearson 13 5 T. F. Cameron, run out 25 I. D. C. Morison, not out 11 Extras (9 b, 21b) Total (for 6 wickets dec.) 161 CRAVEN GENTLEMEN. J. W. Carrington, not out E. Simpson, b Rimmer H. J. White, c Morison, b Rimmer J. M. Pearson, c & b Rimmer E. H. Jackson, not out Extras (2 b, 1 lb)

68 16 47 0 34 3

Total (for 3 wickets) 168 CRAVEN GENTLEMEN.

M. 0.

5 14 H. J. White 0 12 J. W. Carrington 1 9 E. H. Jackson 1 J. M. Pearson .... ........ 9 SCHOOL. M. 0.

1 11 R. N. Rimmer 2 7 R. C. Lynch 0 7 J. A. Wright 0 5 J. H. Butler 0 3 H. A. Milburn 0 3 M. S. Douglas 0 1 T. F. Cameron .

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R. 35 56 35 24

W. 1 2 1 1

Av. 35.00 28.00 35.00 24.00

R. 41 19 40 28 20 14 3

W. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Av. 13.66 — — — —

SCHOOL 1st XI v. OLD PETERITES.

Played at Home, Saturday, July 23rd.

Result: Lost. School, 149; Old Peterites, 166 for four.

In the annual match against the Old Peterites the School were well and truly beaten in a game which, if it did not show the team at its best, provided more than adequate entertainment for the large number of spectators who had come over for the Commemoration week-end.

The School batted first and put on 29 before Lynch played back to a half-volley and was bowled. Milburn batted briskly but both he and Wright fell to the wiles of Cole. Davin, too, did not last long, being caught by Fairweather. During the last 15 minutes before lunch Dixon hit with refreshing vigour, but he was very lucky to be missed at mid-off. He was not lucky for long afterwards, however, for he played too early to Lockwood's second ball and was easily caught. When Bennett left the score was 81 for six, but it was increased to 105 before Morison played half-heartedly at one of Ogley's novelties and cocked up a catch. Cameron and Douglas scored easily from an ever-changing attack and added 32, but the innings closed at 149, a total which should have been more, but might very well have been less.

In the quarter of an hour before tea, Lynch dismissed Stead and Graham very quickly but the interval came with Lockwood and Ogley still in possession.

Afterwards the batsmen slaughtered the bowling, though the tussle with the horse that Wright, Lynch and Butler had, as members of the Gym Squad, during the tea interval could scarcely have improved the quality of their lengths. Lockwood progressed by cover shots and pulls, nine of which reached the boundary, and Ogley, though comparatively slow to start with, finished with four sixes to his credit. Altogether the pair added 138 in 58 minutes.

Ogley was well caught by Butler off a hot drive for 80, and with the last ball of the day Lockwood, more in friendliness than anything else it seemed, chopped the ball to Lynch at first slip.

SCHOOL. J. A. Wright, lbw, b Cole R. C. Lynch, b Lockwood H. A. Milburn, c Rix, b Cole V. L. F. Davin, c Fairweather, b Cole L. W. Bennett, c Cole, b Lockwood R. S. Dixon, c Fairweather, b Lockwood T. F. Cameron, b Fairweather I. D. C. Morison, c Graham, b Ogley M. S. Douglas, b Lockwood J. H. Butler, lbw, b McLean R. N. Rimmer, not out Extras (6 b, 41b, 1 w, 1 nb)

20 8 17 6 10 10 31 9 18 7 1 12

Total

149

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OLD PETERITES. J. W. Stead, c Butler, b Lynch G. E. L. Graham, b Lynch R. Ogley, c Butler, b Wright K. Lockwood, c Lynch, b Wright N. A. Newman, not out

2 5 80 72 7

Total (for 4 wickets) 166 OLD PETERITES. 0. M. R. W. Av. N. A. Newman 4 0 11 0 K. Lockwood 16 6 28 4 7.00 L. M. Rix 3 0 20 0 H. P. Cole 5 0 12 3 4.00 A. V. Mackintosh 5 0 23 0 R. Ogley 6 2 19 1 19.00 G. E. L. Graham 3 0 9 0 C. C. Fairweather 2 0 14 1 14.00 D. McLean .5 0 1 1 1.00 Newman bowled a wide and Cole a no-ball.

SCHOOL 0. M. R. W. Av. R. N. Rimmer 7 1 34 0 R. C. Lynch 4 1 17 2 8.50 J. H. Butler 5 0 34 0 J. A. Wright 6 0 53 2 27.50 H. A. Milburn 2 0 20 0 M. S. Douglas 2 0 8 0

1st XI AVERAGES, 1938.

BATTING. Not Highest Inns. Out Runs Inns.

L. W. Bennett 11 1 212 72* R. C. Lynch 12 1 197 56* V. L. F. Davin 10 1 148 32 H. A. Milburn 12 0 126 71 J. A. Wright 12 2 90 20 T. F. Cameron 11 0 96 31 R. S. Dixon 11 0 92 32 I. D. C. Morison 10 1 75 25* M. S. Douglas 6 1 39 18 A. C. Ping 6 0 41 21 J. H. Butler 9 2 39 8 R. N. Rimmer 8 5 15 10* Also batted:-P. B. Cockburn, 1, 0, 5, 5, 5. * Denotes " not out."

BOWLING.

0.

J. A. Wright 103.3 R. C. Lynch 78.4 J. H. Butler 79.1 R. N. Rimmer 80.3 H. A. Milburn 24 T. F. Cameron 28 M. S. Douglas 18.5

M. 20 12 8 6 2 0 1

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R. 366 272 367 331 137 132 91

W. 23 15 18 16 5 3 2

Av. 21.20 17.90 16.44 10.50 9.00 8.72 8.36 8.33 7.80 6.83 5.57 5.00

Av. 15.47 18.10 20.30 20.60 27.40 44.00 45.50

SCHOOL 2nd XI v. ECCENTRICS C.C. Played at Home on Saturday, June 4th. Result: Lost by four runs.

In their annual match against the 2nd XI, the Eccentrics fielded a team which was very nearly as strong as the Staff XI which had previously beaten the School 1st XI. Cockburn lost the toss and the 2nd XI were sent out to field.

Elgey and Brown, K. C., opened the bowling and soon met with success. Mr. Chilman looked dangerous for a time, but was well caught by Morison at deep square-leg off Elgey, with the total at 22. A collapse followed and half the wickets were down for 24, but Mr. Stead played very well and was well supported by Mr. Rhodes. Nevertheless the ninth wicket fell at 78, but Mr. Stead proceeded to "nurse " Steele in a delightful manner and this partnership yielded 27 valuable runs, of which Steele scored two, Mr. Stead being undefeated at the end with 54.

Mr. R. M. Cooper and Mr. Wrenn opened the attack, and the former was on deadly form, taking three wickets in his first four overs for no runs. Gradually, however, the bowlers were worn down, but in spite of that, wickets fell regularly and the last fell with the 2nd XI eight runs behind.

Elgey hit the ball hard for his 20, but the remainder of the batsmen were rather shaky.

ECCENTRICS. K. G. Chilman, Esq., c Morison, b Elgey 13 L. C. Le Tog, Esq., run out 3 J. S. 'Cooper, Esq., lbw, b Elgey 0 H. A. Wrenn, Esq., b Brown, K. C. 8 R. M. Cooper, Esq., lbw, b Brown, K. C. 0 R. S. Dixon, b Brown, K. C. 0 G. S. Stead, Esq., not out 54 K. H. Rhodes, Esq., c Elgey, b Sleight 13 W. N. Corkhill, Esq., lbw, b Sleight 1 F. N. Buckler, c Graham, b Sleight 0 F. F. Steele, run out 2 Extras 11 Total 105

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SCHOOL 2nd XI. P. B. Cockburn, b R. M. Cooper, Esq 7 G. C. Brown, b R. M. Cooper, Esq 1 I. D. C. Morison, c R. M. Cooper, Esq., b H. A Wrenn, Esq. 9 P. R. G. Graham, b R. M. Cooper, Esq 2 J. M. Rucklidge, b W. N. Corkhill, Esq 12 E. Hodgson, b H. A. Wrenn, Esq 10 I. S. McKay, c & b H. A. Wrenn, Esq 7 E. V. Elgey, b H. A. Wrenn, Esq 20 J. M. Pulleyn, not out 7 K. C. Brown, b H. A. Wrenn, Esq 5 J. I. Sleight, b H. A. Wrenn, Esq 1 Extras

15 Total 97

E. V. Elgey K. C. Brown I. D. C. Morison J. I. Sleight I. S. McKay

0.

7 8 3 6 2

M. 0 1 0 0 0

R. 21 21 21 26 5

W. 2 3 0 3 0

Av. 10.50 7.00 — 8.70 —

SCHOOL 2nd XI v. WORKSOP 2nd XI, Played at Worksop on Saturday, June 11th.

Result: Won by two runs.

Worksop won the toss and elected to field. They soon met with success and wickets fell with disconcerting frequency and seven were down with 34 runs on the board.

Cockburn batted well for 17 and Morison was on the top of his form. Buckler kept his end up very well, leaving Morison to score the runs, which he did in no uncertain manner, and Brown, K.C., hit very hard for a valuable 23 runs. The innings finally closed at 115, of which Morison had made 56 not out.

The Worksop innings opened in semi-darkness and Brown, K. C., soon had the batsmen in difficulties, ably supported by Elgey and McKay. Nine wickets were down for 70, and the match seemed over, but the last two Worksop batsmen batted very soundly to put on 43 runs, Dixon being run out while attempting the 114th run. Brown, K. C., was the most successful bowler, having an analysis of four for 20.

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SCHOOL 2nd XI. P. B. Cockburn, b Caldecott G. C. Brown, b Caldecott I. D. C. Morison, not out P. R. G. Graham, b Utley E. Hodgson, b Caldecott E. V. Elgey, lbw, b Utley I. S. McKay, b Caldecott J. M. Pulleyn, c Bradshaw, b Hunting F. N. Buckler, c Dixon, b Roberts K. C. Brown, run out J. I. Sleight, c & b Dixon Extras

17 0 56 3 1 0 1 0 5 23 2 7

Total

115

WORKSOP 2nd XI. J. E. G. Sootheran, b Elgey K. M. Hunting, b Brown, K. C. F. M. Roberts, lbw, b Brown, K. C. H. E. Bradshaw, b Brown, K. C. P. A. Utley, b McKay R. F. Davies, b Brown, K. C. J. Sedcole, c Hodgson, b Elgey P. L. Sanders-Griffiths, lbw, b McKay R. D. G. Caldecott, st Hodgson, b Pulleyn D. L. Atkinson, not out J. F. Dixon, run out Extras

5 2 0 3 20 10 5 0 14 21 25 8

Total

113

0.

E. V. Elgey 14 K. C. Brown 11 J. I. Sleight 7 I. S. McKay 3 J. M. Pulleyn 7 G. C. Brown 1

M. 3 2 1 0 1 0

R. 25 20 22 11 25 2

W. 2 4 0 2 1 0

Av. t 12.50 5.00 — 5.50 25.00 —

SCHOOL 2nd XI v. LEEDS G.S. 2nd XL Played at Home on Wednesday, June 15th. Result: Drawn.

Cockburn won the toss and, having decided to bat, proceeded to give his team a splendid example by scoring an excellent 69. He hit the many loose balls outside the offstump very hard, whereas the other batsmen tended to regard long hops and half volleys with suspicion. No one else met with such success, but Graham and Buckler also played steadily. Cockburn declared at tea, when seven wickets were down for 143.

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From the start it was clear that Leeds had not the slightest intention of going for the runs, and when six were down for 49, the batsmen sat on the splice so hard that all interest in the game died. The last three-quarters of an hour provided a dozen runs. Bowling changes were tried, but not another wicket fell until stumps were drawn at 6-30 p.m.

SCHOOL 2nd XI. P. B. Cockburn, b Rushton P. R. G. Graham, b Homer, G. F. N. Buckler, run out J. M. Rucklidge, b Homer, G. G. C. Brown, b Grant E. Hodgson, b Homer, G. I. S. McKay, c Wood, b Homer, G. E. V. .ulgey, not out J. M. Pulleyn, not out K. C. Brown and J. I. Sleight did not bat.

Extras

69 8 12 20 0 1 1 12 4 16

Total (for 7 wickets) 143 3

LEEDS G.S. 2nd XI. S. Rushton, lbw, b Elgey 1 D. Altman, c Hodgson, b Elgey 5 P. Singleton, lbw, b Brown, K. C. 0 F. Scargill, c Pulleyn, b McKay 13 D. G. D. Yorke, c Hodgson, b McKay 24 1 D. Grant, run out 7 A. Homer, not out 15 E. A. Jenkins, not out G. Homer, G. C. Wood and E. Batt did not bat.

10 Extras Total (for 6 wickets) 76

0.

E. V. Elgey 9 K. C. Brown 12 I. S. McKay 8 J. I. Sleight 3 J. P. Pulleyn 2 G. C. Brown 2 P. B. Cockburn 4

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M. 4 3 2 0 1 0 3

R. 12 17 15 10 4 6 2

W. 2 1 2 0 0 0 0

Av. 6.00 17.00 7.50 — — — —

SCHOOL 2nd XI v. GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL 2nd XI.

Played at Giggleswick on Saturday, June 18th.

Result : Drawn.

Cockburn lost the toss and Giggleswick decided to bat on an easy-paced wicket. Brown, K. C., took a quick wicket, but the earlier batsmen treated the School bowlers with contempt, Elgey in particular receiving some heavy punishment. McKay was more successful later in the innings, and, had he been helped by good outfielding, his analysis would have been considerably improved. Rain, which had been threatening the whole time, came down quite heavily just before tea. The start after tea had to be delayed some twenty minutes. After ten minutes batting the 'Giggleswick Captain made a sporting declaration, leaving the School 75 minutes in which to score 148 runs, a by no means difficult task on the now soaked wicket.

Cockburn opened very vigourously, taking 16 runs in one over off Combe, and finally being caught for 20.

Graham and Buckler batted very steadily, making 21 and 35 respectively. Brown, G. C. batted well, being undefeated at the close with 26, but stumps were drawn with the score 124 for three wickets, in spite of some fine hitting by Rucklidge in the closing overs.

GIGGLESWICK 2nd XI. 0 R. Edwards, b Brown, K. C. 18 W. Harrison, b McKay J. Robinson, c Brown, K. C., b McKay 40 53 M. Murgatroyd, not out W. H. Sellers, lbw, b Brown, G. C 9 F. H. L. Barber, c Hodgson, b Brown, K. C. 15 H. W. Knight, not out 5 R. S. Park, P. G. Clemence, P. A. Tauerner and J. G. Combe did not bat.

7 Extras Total (for 5 wickets dec.) 147 SCHOOL 2nd XI. 20 P. B. Cockburn, c & b Park 21 P. R. Graham, b Sellers F. N. Buckler, c Clemence, b Combe 35 26 G. C. Brown, not out 21 J. M. Rucklidge, not out E. Hodgson, I. S. McKay, E. V. Elgey, J. P Pulleyn, K. C. Brown and J. I. Sleight did not bat 1 Extras Total (for 3 wickets) 124 0. M. R. W. 0 3 56 E. V. Elgey 15 2 31 K. C. Brown 9.4 3 2 29 0 I. S. McKay 7 15 1 0 G. C. Brown 4 0 0 9 J. I. Sleight 2

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Av. — 15.50 14.50 15.00

SCHOOL 2nd XI v. RICHMOND G.S. 1st XI. Played at Richmond on Wednesday, June 22nd.

Result : Match abandoned.

Cockburn lost the toss and Richmond batted on a wet wicket. Rain soon began to fall, and shortly after the start, there came twenty minutes break. Fielding was almost impossible on the treacherous uneven surface.

Elgey bowled steadily, and McKay kept up a good length although he only got one wicket. With the score 110 for five wickets, rain came down so heavily that all hope of further play was abandoned.

RICHMOND G.S. 1st XI. P. Pendlebury, b Elgey 18 A. B. Harrison, b Elgey 4 F. H. Pedley, b Elgey 39 F. Whittingham, c Hodgson, b Elgey 12 J. Calvert, b McKay 3 P. Squires, not out 9 R. H. White, not out 11 J. Sanderson, R. D. Bell, D. Atkinson and J Broadley did not bat.

Extras 14 Total (for 5 wickets) 110 E. V. Elgey K. C. Brown I. S. McKay G. C. Brown

0. M. R. W. Av. 14 1 44 4 11.00 5 0 22 0 — 9 3 22 1 22.00 1 0 8 0 —

SCHOOL 2nd XI v. AMPLEFORTH. Played at Ampleforth. Result : Lost by eight wickets.

Cockburn won the toss and batted in a gale. Some good medium-fast bowling by May soon had the opening pair in trouble. Wickets continued to fall fairly rapidly at one end, while Graham, playing very carefully, held the other. Ping hit well in a brief innings and Hodgson shaped extremely well and drove three good off boundaries before being bowled by May. Three batsmen had themselves quite unnecessarily stumped, and Graham carried his bat for 28, the total score being only 86.

Ampleforth had no difficulty in getting the runs, although the fine innings of Haigh, P., which decided the issue, included some missed chances in the early stages.

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SCHOOL 2nd XI. P. B. Cockburn, b May 6 P. R. Graham, not out 28 F. N. Buckler, b May 1 A. C. Ping, b Jefferson 15 G. C. Brown, st Birtwhistle, b Haigh 2 J. M. Rucklidge, lbw, b Haigh 0 E. Hodgson, b May 19 I. S. McKay, b May 2 E. V. Elgey, st Birtwhistle, b Grieve 0 J. P. Pulleyn, st Birtwhistle, b Grieve 0 Extras 12 Total 86

AMPLEFORTH 2nd XI. Parker, not out 23 MacManing, c Hodgson, b Brown, K. C. 0 P. Haigh, lbw, b Brown, G. C. 73 A. Haigh, not out 1 Cockrane, Barton, May, Mansel-Pleyddi, Birtwhistle and Jefferson did not bat.

Extras 6 Total (for 2 wickets) 103

COLTS' XI MATCHES. The Colts played three matches. The first against Bootham away was lost by 112 to 117 runs, largely owing to bad management of the bowling, which enabled our opponents last pair to put on nearly 50 runs. The second match v. Ampleforth, at home, was spoilt by rain, which interrupted the game when it was in a very interesting position. Ampleforth, batting first, were all out for 77, and the School were 54 for seven (Pulleyn 23). At Worksop, the Colts reached the sound total of 155 for eight before declaring, of which Cole, D. scored a very good 76. There seemed to be good prospects of victory, but each team batted better than it bowled and stumps were drawn with Worksop 110 for six.

The following represented the Colts :—Steele, F. F. (Capt.), Brown, K. C., Broadhurst, Buckler, Cole, D., Matthews, Middleton, Pulleyn, Scholey, Turnell, Bellchamber and Bulmer.

INTER-HOUSE CRICKET. Semi-final: Temple, 98; The Rise, 43.

The semi-final of the Inter-House Cricket was played on July 16th and 17th, though the second day's play was only for the sake of completion, as Temple with 98 runs on the board and the scalps of seven Risites, were almost assured of victory.

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Before lunch Lynch and Wright opened for Temple in a mood of passive resistance against a steady, if not hostile, attack. Their downfall came just before the interval when Lynch hit half-heartedly at Butler to be caught at squareleg, and when Wright was l.b.w. to Brown, G. C. Afterwards Whitney hit freely, but played on at 61. The Temple batting then collapsed before Butler who, in a fine spell, took five for 11.

His last victim, Bennett, had played well for his 19, most of which were scored in the midst of destruction.

Wright, A. T. H. and Matthews added 14 for the last wicket before Morison threw out Matthews from cover-point.

Butler bowled excellently for his six wickets, while Brown frequently had the batsmen in trouble with sharply turning off-spinners. The Rise fielding was for most of the time good, though on rather flirtatious terms with run-outs and overthrows.

Morison and Cockburn opened for the Rise, but were soon out to Wright with 13 on the board. Cameron and Ping were very slow and their batting suggested that the rest of the week was to be devoted entirely to cricket. Ping went at 23 but his place was filled adequately by Butler.

At 4-5 p.m. and 36 for three the Rise seemed to have won their way to what would probably be an easier wicket on the morrow. But Lynch and Wright had other ideas and after claiming the extra 15 minutes turned the game round leaving The Rise struggling with 39 for seven at the close.

There was much speculation as to what surprises Ramsden and Brown would spring upon us in the true manner of House Matches, but the game frittered out undramatically in the hands of Wright, J. A. and Brown, K. C. Wright ended with the formidable analysis of six for 21.

TEMPLE HOUSE. J. A. Wright, lbw, b Brown, G. 'C. R. C. Lynch, c Cameron, b Butler E. W. Whitney, b Brown, G. C. L. W. Bennett, b Butler I. S. McKay, b Butler G. H. Briggs, c Coombe, b Butler K. C. Brown, st Steele, b Butler A. G. Broadhurst, b Brown, G. C. P. A. Andrew, c Ramsden, b Butler A. T. H. Wright, not out K. Matthews, run out Extras (1 b, 1. nb)

17 22 11 19 5 0 2 1 5 5 9 2

Total 98

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THE RISE. I. D. C. Morison, c Broadhurst, b Wright, J. A. P. B. Cockburn, c Lynch, b Wright, J. A. T. F. Cameron, lbw, b Lynch A. C. W. Ping, c Matthews, b Wright, J. A. J. H. Butler, c Bennett, b Lynch M. S. Douglas, c Bennett, b Wright, J. A. G. A. Ramsden, b Brown, K. C. D. Cole, b Wright, J. A. G. C. Brown, b Wright, J. A. F. F. Steele, c McKay, b Brown, K. C. A. P. Coombe, not out Extras (3 b, 1 lb)

7 3 9 8 5 0 1 1 5 0 0 4

Total 43 THE RISE. 0.

T. F. Cameron 5 M. S. Douglas 8.3 J. H. Butler 15 G. C. Brown 12 P. B. Cockburn 2

M. 0 1 2 4 0.

R. 15 15 47 17 3

W. 0 6 3 0

—

0.

K. C. Brown 9 J. A. Wright 17.5 R. C. Lynch 7

M. 2 7 4

R. 11 21 5

W. 2 6 2

Av. 5.50 3.50 2.50

Cockburn bowled 1 no-ball.

TEMPLE HOUSE.

0

Av.

—

7.83 5.60

CRICKET FINAL. Final: School House, 133 ; Temple House, 116.

The final of the Inter-House Cricket was played on Friday, July 22nd, and was won by the School House after experiencing a little more trouble in dismissing the supposedly unsolid middle of Temple's batting than would at sight have seemed necessary.

The House batted first and through a militant display

by Hodgson, who twice crashed sixes into the pavilion, and the good defence of Graham, 47 were recorded for the first wicket. Wright, however, had Graham caught, bowled Davin with a yorker, and then Hodgson with a venomous shooter. Dixon collected 12 in his bright and breezy style but was bowled at 70. Buckler hit freely, too, for 13, but Milburn was not in good form and was brilliantly held by Lynch at slip in his first real attempt to score. Thus the game had quickly turned from 47 for 0 to 87 for six. With the advent of Rucklidge and Elgey some entertaining though agricultural hitting was seen. 14 runs were hit by Elgey off Wright in one over, but McKay bowled each of them and very soon the innings closed on the characteristic note produced by Rimmer's leg glance.

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Temple suffered an early shock when Lynch was bowled for four, but by 30, Whitney had presented Rimmer with a caught and bowled, and Wright, in attempting a hook, had hit against the spin with the resultant popping of an easy catch to silly mid-o.n McKay was bowled at 36 for four, but Bennett heeded not the crisis and punished Milburn.

He tried once too often and Rucklidge at long-on took a very difficult catch. 59 for five is often 75 all out in House matches, but K. C. Brown batted with such amazing and admirable rectitude, supported by Briggs, who made 13, and the rest of the tail, each of whom made about half a dozen, that Temple swelled their score to 116.

Milburn's leg-breaks of high trajectory won the day, however, and the House obtained a victory which had always appeared to be theirs from the time Wright was out.

SCHOOL HOUSE. P. R. G. Graham, c Lynch, b Wright E. Hodgson, b Wright V. L. F. Davin, b Wright R. S. Dixon, b Lynch H. A. Milburn, c Lynch, b McKay F. N. Buckler, b Wright J. M. Rucklidge, b McKay E. V. Elgey, b McKay J. P. Pulleyn, b Brown R. N. Rimmer, not out J. R. Scholey, c Lynch, b McKay Extras (13 b)

9 43 0 12 0 13 20 18

0

3 2 13

Total

133

TEMPLE HOUSE. J. A. Wright, c Elgey, b Milburn R. C. Lynch, b Rimmer E. W. Wright, c & b Rimmer L. W. Bennett, c Rucklidge, b Milburn I. S. McKay, b Rimmer G. H. Briggs, b Milburn K. C. Brown, not out A. Broadhurst, c Graham, b Milburn P. A. Andrew, c Graham, b Milburn A. T. H. Wright, b Milburn K. Matthews, b Elgey Extras (4 b, 11b)

13 4 12 24 1 13 24 2 6 7 5 5

Total TEMPLE HOUSE. M. R. W. 0.

8 1 26 13 4 48 31 6 1 7.4 2 15 SCHOOL HOUSE. M. R. 0.

1 36 11 R. N. Rimmer 0 62 14 H. A. Milburn 13 3.1 0 E. V. Elgey

K. C. Brown J. A. Wright R. C. Lynch I. S. McKay

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116

1 4 1 4

Av. 26.00 12.00 31.00 3.75

W. 3 6 1

Av. 12.00 10.30 13.00

ROWING. Details of our successes in the various events we have entered for this term are recorded fully below, but we feel that some general explanation about the crews will show more clearly what our successes have really been. At the beginning of the term we had two colours who were not eligible to row in what the rowing world calls ' maiden events, because of their success in winning a cup at Stockton-on Tees Regatta last year. After careful consideration we decided that from the point of view of style in rowing it would be helpful and desirable once again to coach a crew able to row in the light ship. After our successes with the first and second crews in beating Nottingham High School, at Nottingham, we immediately put the first crew into " Sally " and this crew trained for the White Rose Challenge Cup at York Regatta. We feel that although the crew was not successful in winning a race the experience of rowing in a light ship and the attainment of the style and standard of rowing is beneficial to the crew and well worth the experience. This first crew also rowed at Durham Regatta and after winning one race lost by a narrow margin to a crew from Leeds University—a crew which had improved very considerably since the time when they were beaten in a friendly race at York prior to the Regatta. The successes of our second and third crews in winning cups at the Tyne Regatta and Stockton-on-Tees Regatta in the maiden events has been due almost entirely to the keen and hard working spirit shown by those crews and they are to be congratulated most heartily on the successes which bring two Challenge Cups to the School in one year. In a review of our rowing activities for the term we must not forget to make mention of the fourth, fifth and sixth crews who have, shall we say, ploughed the waters with no hope of reward. They must remember that with any luck their time will come another year. '

1st FOUR CHARACTERS. C. M. Robson (bow). A very hard-working and dashing oar. At present rather lacking in balance and length, but with more experience in a fine boat and more weight should be useful.

2. E. W. Whitney. A very neat oar with a natural swing.

He lacks weight but uses what he has to the best advantage.

3. R. Bower. Has improved steadily and is beginning to make good use of his length. Has backed up Stroke well.

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G. E. Shepherd (stroke). With his added experience he has proved an admirable stroke. He is very hardworking himself and has given length and life to the crew.

G. D. Jefferson (cox). A reliable and efficient cox, and well worth his weight.

2nd FOUR CHARACTERS. J. T. Brockbank (bow). As an oarsman he has improved very considerably on last year, and may be described as a very neat bow, doing a useful amount of work.

Generally likes to lie down and have a complete rest after a bit of work.

2. M. I. H. Sproulle. It may be said that ' two' helped to keep the spirits of the crew going as he frequently had some (in) appropriate remark to show that he still had some breath left. However, in spite of being late on stroke he helped the boat along very usefully.

3 J. T. Harding. The readiness with which ' three ' was always eager to do more work must be recorded as a feature of the crew. Two courses in one afternoon was just 'nothing.' A mainstay to the crew in both weight and strength.

H. L. Taylor (stroke). A very successful stroke. He has length, and excerises considerable judgement in giving a spurt at the right moment.

J. M. Inglis (cox). Has continued his course as a cox who can be relied on to steer well and to give encouragement to the crew.

3rd FOUR CHARACTERS. J. H. T. Hunter (bow). Developed into quite a stylish bow oar. His finish improved in practice and he got a good length.

2. J. B. Shillitoe. A little erratic with his slide, and his body style should improve. Worked hard and made use of his length.

3. R. W. Wright. Another hard worker though rather awkward at times with his finish. Backed Stroke up very well.

R. L. Stead (stroke). With no experience as stroke he was tried at the beginning of term, and learnt to stroke the crew with great determination. Improved in every way during practice.

M. W. Sproulle (cox). Gained much more confidence with experience during the term, and at Stockton Regatta he coxed with much skill and judgment.

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HEAD OF THE RIVER OUSE CHAMPIONSHIP, MAY 21st.

The 1st IV were in the " Fine " Boats division, and the 2nd and 3rd IV's in the " Clinker " division. Owing to a misunderstanding, the championship was held a week earlier than had been intimated, thus seriously interfering with practice. The 1st IV got away to a good start and rowed strongly, but lacked sufficient weight to pass any of the crews ahead, although they drew away from the clinker division. They finished in 9 minutes 24 2/5 seconds, which was good time under the circumstances, to become fourth.

The 2nd IV also started strongly and succeeded in passing one crew, and drew up to another, to finish in 9 minutes 48 seconds in third place in this division.

The 3rd IV put up an excellent show, finishing in only 1 2/5 seconds behind the 2nd IV. They passed the same crew as that passed by the 2nd IV and were 1/5 second behind St. John's 1st. finally being placed fifth.

NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL, MAY 25th., The two 1st IV's visited Nottingham in their annual match against the High School and both were successful.

The School 1st IV had a poor start and were soon length down. They soon settled down, however, and the deficit was turned into a lead of a length. The. Nottingham boat then became ragged and at the finish the School had a lead of two and a half lengths.

From the start the 2nd IV went into the lead and halfway saw them ahead by a length and a half. The Nottingham crew then spurted and gained a length, but this put new life into the 2nd IV who rowed very strongly at the finish to win by three lengths.

LEEDS UNIVERSITY, JUNE. The 2nd IV rowed the University 3rd IV and the 3rd IV the University 4th IV, at home, in perfect weather.

In the first race, the School had a moderate start and the University gained a quarter of a length. The 2nd IV settled down well and the crews were very evenly matched as far as Scarborough Bridge, when there were only inches between them. They went ahead, however, and at Marygate the University boat suffered a mishap and the 2nd IV then went on to win easily by three lengths.

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The 3rd IV had a somewhat easier race, leading right from the start. Half-way there was daylight between the boats and although Leeds rowed strongly the School went up to win by two lengths.

YORK REGATTA, JUNE 18th.

The School entered three crews this year, the 1st IV in the White Rose Cup for Junior-Senior Fours, the 2nd IV in the Regatta Cup for Junior Fours and the 3rd IV in the John E. Gibbs Challenge Cup for Maiden Fours.

The 1st IV had a bye into the semi-final, when they had to row Durham School 2nd IV. The School had a poor start and Durham went up by a length. Shepherd stroked very well, but, in spite of this, Durham added half a length to their lead, to win a race much closer than the margin would suggest.

The 2nd IV had a very exciting race to lose rather unluckily by some three feet. They were drawn to row a York City crew. Both crews had good starts and the School were just behind by the bend, where the School were prevented from taking the advantage by a motor-launch.

Through Scarborough Bridge the School spurted, but rough water from another launch made them unsteady and York City drew ahead by half a length. Taylor took the crew in very well and at the finish, with the School going up, York City were just ahead by the margin mentioned above.

The 3rd IV were drawn to meet a Hull Kingston crew.

The School led from the start, but by Scarborough Bridge the crews were nearly level. Then the 3rd IV went gradually ahead to win a good race by three quarters of a length.

In the next round, the 3rd IV met York City 4th IV. Both crews started well, but York City went up gradually to lead by a length at Scarborough Bridge. The 3rd IV rowed very strongly, but in vain, and York went on to win by a length and a half.

TYNE REGATTA, JULY 9th.

The 2nd IV were entered for the Ladies' Plate, an event

for Maiden Fours. The 1st IV were unable to enter owing to examinations which occupied one member of the crew.

Conditions were far from ideal, there being a cold wind blowing, but the rain was kind and kept away.

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In the first round the School were drawn to row Tynemouth " A," reputedly a strong crew, who had to scratch through illness. The School rowed over the course and were fortunate to do so, as they were using strange boats.

In the second round the School rowed South Shields " B." The School had a poor start and lost a length, but determined rowing brought the 2nd IV up and a spirited take-in gave them a win by a quarter of a length. The 2nd's next victim was a King's College crew whom they beat by half a length. King's College snatched a slender lead at the start and retained it as far as the enclosure, only to be beaten in the final twenty yards by another energetic take-in. In the final they met Berwick, who had beaten a Tees crew fairly easily. Berwick lead practically the whole way, at one period by a length and a half, but this lead was diminished by some fine stroking by Taylor and they just caught Berwick on the post. In the excitement the stewards raised two flags, indicating a dead-heat. This caused some consternation in the 2nd IV, but the explanation was that the two flags had become entangled, and raising one also raised the other.

The 2nd IV thus won an event which was won in 1934 and 1936 by the School's IVs. A noticeable feature of the 2nd IV's races was the narrow margin by which they won— never more than half a length.

DURHAM REGATTA, JUNE 22nd.

The 1st IV were entered for the Lady Anne Lambton Plate in the first round of which they rowed King's College B.C. The School made a somewhat ragged start and King's College drew ahead, but the 1st IV came up to lead by a length some hundred and fifty yards from the finishing post, when the boat unfortunately fouled a marking buoy. This caused only a slight delay, and the School finally won by half a length. The School had the advantage of the bend in this race, but in the next, when they rowed Leeds University B.C., they were on the outside. Both crews got away to good starts, and were level for some time, but finally the advantage of the bend made itself felt, and Leeds went up to win by a length, in spite of a good piece of stroking

by Shepherd.

TEES REGATTA, JULY 16th.

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encouraging for oarsmen, there being a breeze with heavy rain the whole time. In their first race the School's crew had a shaky start and lost ground, but finally went ahead to win by a canvas.

In the final the 3rd IV met Tees A.' Both crews had good starts, although Tees A' went up slightly, but the 3rd IV overtook them gradually, and, in spite of a slight mishap in the boat, they finally won a good race by half a length, so winning the cup for the second year in succession for the School.

THE SCHOOL AGAINST THE OLD PETERITES. The Old Boys managed to collect a very good crew to race the 1st IV, but nevertheless the School got away to a good start and were leading by about three-quarters of a length at the Boat House, when bow of the O.P. crew caught a " crab," so we decided to restart. In the re-row the O.P.'s were now well together and gave us a very good and close race, .which the School won by half a length.

The 3rd IV rowed against a rather weak crew who, however, put up a very good show but could not quite keep up the pace set by the School crew who went on to win by a length or more.

TENNIS. This year the School took advantage of the Public Schools L.T.A. Coaching Scheme and the services of a professional coach were obtained for the last six weeks of the term. A. C. W. Ping was appointed Secretary for Tennis and he and Mr. Wrenn arranged the coaching so that 34 boys received either three or four lessons of individual instruction. The Coach was very satisfied with the general level of attainment and found many boys very promising.

The coaching was free to any boy in the Senior School who is keen on tennis, and there was a very good response.

The courts suffered severely from the drought and then heavy rain at the end of term made them unplayable at times. No matches were played and the only team to visit the School were greeted with a heavy downpour on their arrival.

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SWIMMING. SWIMMING SPORTS, SUMMER TERM, 1937.

(1) Senior Plunge.

(1) J. H. Butler (Rise).

(2) R. Bower (School House).

(2) Junior Plunge.

(1) J. R. Scholey (School House).

(2) G. Long (Temple).

(3) Senior Dive.

(1) R. C. Lynch (Temple).

(2) J. H. Butler (Rise).

(4) Junior Dive.

(1) F. N. Buckler (School House).

(2) G. Long (Temple).

(5) Senior Free Style.

(1) J. H. Butler (Rise).

(2) R. C. Lynch (Temple) (6) Junior Free Style.

(1) G. Long (Temple).

(2) F. N. Buckler (School House).

(7) Senior Breast-stroke.

(1) A. C. Ping (Rise).

(2) J. B. Shillitoe (Rise).

(8) Junior Breast-stroke.

(1) H. D. Revill (School House).

(2) H. Ping (Rise). ,(9) Senior Back-stroke.

(1) J. H. Butler (Rise).

(2) G. W. Scatchard (Rise).

(10) Junior Back-stroke.

(1) G. Long (Temple).

(2) H. D. Revill (School House).

(11) O.P. Race.

(1) C. J. Lynch.

(2) D. Lund.

(12) Obstacle Race.

(1) Bower (School House).

(2) J. H. Butler (Rise).

(13) Relay Race.

(1) Temple House.

(2) Clifton Rise.

The Rise had little difficulty in retaining the " Kanzerooni " Cup for Swimming:— Clifton Rise-22 points.

Temple House-13 points.

School House-10 points.

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O.T.C. NEWS. Two days after the School's return the contingent attended Military Sunday at York Minster. The marching to and from the Minster was excellent, and we gather that the march past was also good. The band, in view of the fact that it had had no practice since the preceeding term, deserves congratulations on a very creditable performance.

Last term the prades were changed to Monday afternoons and Friday mornings, thus allowing a whole afternoon a -week to practice for the General Inspection. The contingent was inspected on June 9th by Brigadier L. S. Daly, D.S.O., O.B.E., of the 147th Infantry Brigade. After the General salute and march past the N.C.O.s were tested in field drill and tacatical excercises.

The inspection over, practice for the Inter-House section competition began in earnest. Owing to rain the competition had to be held indoors. The winning section was that of L/Cpl. Whitney (Temple House), with L/Cpl. J. H. Butler's (Clifton Rise) and Cpl. J. M. Rucklidge's (School House) joint runners up.

Throughout the term the contingent paraded under the new organisation, that is to say, in three ranks and with three sections to a platoon, sections being in single file behind their section leader.

J. T. Brockbank, A. C. Ping, J. H. Butler, J. B. Shillitoe and S. Corner all passed Certificate A " Theoretical last term.

The following promotions took place last term:— Cadet J. H. Butler was promoted to Lance-Corporal.

Cadet J. B. Shillitoe was promoted to Lance-Corporal.

Cadet M. S. Douglas was promoted to Lance-Corporal.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL INSPECTION. Drill. Excellent in every way. The march past in

fours was the best the Inspecting Officer has seen by any contingent.

Weapon Training. Satisfactory.

Tactical Training. A very creditable exhibition of the new field drill was given.

Technical Training. A most efficient and smartly turned out bugle band was on parade. Their playing and marching did them the greatest credit.

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Turn Out. Very good indeed.

General Remarks. The Inspecting Officer was very much impressed with this contingent. It undoubtedly fulfils the objects of the O.T.C., and should produce a large number of the right type of leaders if required.

O.T.C. CAMP, 1938.

The contingent attended camp at Tweseldown, Aldershot, on July 26th, leaving the School at about 9 a.m. and reaching camp about 4 p.m. The marching to the station was good and once in the station the band gave us their well known version of " The Campbells " which literally nearly brought the house down. The contingent, much to their surprise, were lustily cheered by a crowd of holidaymakers waiting for their trains.

In conjunction with Ley's School we formed a company of " B " Batallion under Major Catt, whose " Batallion, Shun !" will be remembered for years to come. The weather throughout was excellent. The parades, although unusually long, sometimes lasting five and a half hours, no doubt greatly increased the knowledge of the contingent. These parades usually took the form of a demonstration.

The camp, run by the Guards, was very well laid out, and, even more important, the " N.A.A.F.I." was not overcrowded. The guard, unfortunately, was not called upon until the last night, and these only took part in a swagger stick parade.

We were very pleased indeed to see Mr. Stevenson, who came down to say good-bye to the contingent. We gathered he is taking up his commission again in the Ellesmere College O.T.C. The sports were not of the serious type, being designed rather to please the spectators. However, there were a large number of entries from the contingent. We also entered for the seven-a-side soccer and were beaten in the semi-final by Highgate, the eventual winners. Play at times was humorous, one of our players on one occasion bringing down the opposing goalkeeper with a beautiful Rugby tackle.

And so it was a happy, if tired, contingent which left Aldershot camp on the morning of August 3rd.

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SHOOTING. SUMMER TERM. Shooting this term has taken another step forward.

Every Thursday a few selected people went to Strensall and had some practice on the open ranges with the .303 rifle.

At first the standard was rather low but gradually improved.

It is hoped that the School will send a team to Bisley next year. These trips to the ranges were enjoyed by everyone concerned, and even though we did have to do our own marking we managed to derive a good deal of enjoyment from doing so.

Thanks are due to Mr. Le Tocq, Mr. Rhodes, Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Cooper who, at great risk to their property, supplied the necessary transport.

Miniature Range shooting has progressed considerably and the results of the annual competition were as follows.

1st Competition. Grouping and Snap Shooting.

Winners—R. S. Dixon, E. W. Whitney and R. W. Wright.

2nd Competition. 200 yards and 500 yards.

Winners—R. N. Rimmer, E. A. Shearston, J. M. Inglis and R. Earle.

3rd Competition. Whole Practice.

Winners—R. S. Dixon, F. W. Whitney, R. N. Rimmer and H. D. Reull.

2nd—D. Cole, J. M. Inglis, G. E. Shepherd and G. D. Jefferson.

Individual Shot—R. W. Wright.

Best Recruit—D. Cole.

The position of the School in the Country Life Competition was 41st out of 63 entries. Although this seems low, crnsidering that it is the first time that the School has competed, it is quite a satisfactory result.

A number of fixtures have been arranged, for the Winter and Easter terms, with the following schools :— Denstone College, Worksop College, King Edward's, Birmingham, Durham, Ampleforth, Leeds G.S., It is hoped that a few more will be added to this list later.

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The VIII had one match this term against the Depot, which was won by 17 points.

St. Peter's.

Depot.

R. S. Dixon 65 Sgt. Storey 57 J. A. Wright 75 Sgt. Ryder 72 G. E. Shepherd 71 Sgt. Purvis 79 F. W. Whitney 67 Sgt. Fulscher 73 R. Bower 69 Pte. Nichols 56 R. W. Wright 66 Pte. Stevens 61 J. M. Inglis 65 Pte. Duxberry 66 M. I. H. Sproulle 71 Pte. Dodds 68 549

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FOOTBALL FIXTURES, 1938.

1st XV. Oct. 1. Catterick Garrison 8. York and Lancaster Regiment PI „ 15.

Durham School „ 19. K.O.Y.L.I. „ 26. Denstone College „ 29. Headingly "A" Nov. 5. Giggleswick School „ 12. York 19. Mount St. Mary's College „ 24. Trent College „ 26. Worksop College Dec. 3. Ampleforth College „ 7. Yorkshire Wanderers „ 10. Leeds Grammar School „ 19. Old Peterites

2nd XV. Oct. 15. York "B" „ 19. Drax Grammar School 1st XV Nov. 5. Giggleswick School 2nd XV „ 16.

Drax Grammar School 1st XV „ 19. York "B" „ 23. Ripon Grammar School 1st XV „ 26. Worksop College 2nd XV

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CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editor of "The Peterite."

T. Adams and F. W. Roberts wish to thank all who so kindly subscribed to the Testimonial on their Retirement which they both appreciate very much.

With all good wishes and good luck to the old School in the future.

Again many thanks.

Yours Sincerely, T. Adams, Head Porter.

F. W. Roberts, Professional and Groundsman.

THE JUNIOR SCHOOL. We always look forward to the Summer Term as a term when there is always " something doing " and when one exciting event is usually quickly followed by another. This term has been no exception to the rule although some of us perhaps feel a trifle overworked—particularly JVI! The fact is that the whole of JVI were put in to take the St. Peter's Scholarships examination, and for some of us it was rather a trial! We heartily congratulate H. Terry and R. E. Dodd on their success in winning Scholarships; and C. A. F. Cookson and J. A. Denison on winning Exhibitions.

We also congratulate J. G. Gledhill on passing the entrance examination to Giggleswick School.

At the very beginning of term we missed Mr. P. H. Sykes who has taken the Headmastership of Glenhow Preparatory School at Saltburn. We wish him every success in his own school.

Whit-Monday was, as usual, a half-holiday for us— plus the last two morning periods which the boarders occupied in getting ready for the famous Whit-Monday outing. This year the whole party of boys and Mr. Cooper disembarked at the foot of Brandsby Bank and after a walk of about a mile climbed the scarpment by a steep cart track.

Rather to the surprise of the leaders of the party they were ambushed and " bombed " near the top by Mr. Ping, who had concealed himself behind a little gorse bush !! The bombing, however, did not prevent the whole party going on in full force to the " usual " farm, where the usual enormous tea was disposed of in the usual short space of time.

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Billy Stratton, Geoffrey James and P. Leget won the Wild Flower prizes offered by Mrs. Ping for the best collections gathered on the outing.

The full record of our games will be found elsewhere, but we feel we must congratulate our St. Olave's team on their good play, particularly against the strong side of Fathers. We would also like to express our congratulations and thanks to Mr. Chilman on his coaching of the team.

Only a very few of our games days were spoilt by weather, but on one of the days when rain made it impossible to play Mr. Ping arranged for a party of boys to visit the Kirk collection of " Bygones " at the Old Prison Museum, near Clifford's Tower. It really is a wonderful collection of implements, utensils, weapons and ornaments used by our ancestors, and is well worth a visit.

When the water was warm enough for swimming we found the Baths splendidly renovated, the paint work being in pale green instead of white. We liked this colour much better. The following boys passed the School swimming test (100 yards) during the term :—E. Denison, P. Dodd, D. Janes, G. Janes, C. Shepherd, G. D. Smith, M. Steele, H. Terry, K. Warren. Mr. Cooper and Mr. Wrenn spent many arduous hours in teaching hosts of Olavites to gain sufficient confidence to " let themselves go " in the water, and their efforts showed many successes at the Swimming Sports.

Concerning the many other events and incidents of the term, we feel we cannot write at length but we must not omit the mention of the building of " dens " and " storehouses " with the pile of bricks in the playground : of the " lay out in the little wood : of the many games in and out of the buildings when sometimes the slight noise was not altogether appreciated in other quarters.

Towards the end of term we learnt with many regrets that Miss E. Weatherill, who has been with us for some seven years, is taking a post in Harrogate. We wish her the best of luck and hope that the little clock which Peter Shearsmith presented on behalf of the School will keep good time.

We also had to say good-bye to Mr. J. H. Stevenson who is leaving St. Peter's for another post. He also takes with him a little token of our remembrance, and we wish him every success in his new appointment.

And so the term came to the last day, when Mr. Dronfield presented the Form Prizes and we broke up for our Summer Holidays with (we hope) full intentions of following the advice to be Anti Litter Louts.

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WHIT-MONDAY OUTING. We set off in the bus for Stillington at about 1-30 p.m.

Everybody was feeling in a, bright mood, for there was constant singing in the bus, till we reached our destination.

Here we disembarked, and started a tramp up a country lane, till, branching off left, we started to climb a hill leading to a quarry. (All the time some of the younger boys were collecting wild flowers, because the person who got most flowers won a prize, kindly given by Mrs. Ping).

After that we climbed the sides of the quarry into a pine wood, where we had a good fight with pine cones.

Janes lost his camera in the wood, and some of us went back and tried to find it, but were unfortunately chased out.

When we had rested we marched on to the 'bus, which was to take us to our next " port of call."

On the way, whilst marching through a pine wood, I found a sparrow hawk's nest, with two young ones in.

Soon after, we reached the 'bus, which took us for about four miles to a wood near Gilling, where the trees were being felled. Some of us rigged up a sea-saw. Three sat on each end, and we spent an enjoyable half an hour.

After that we walked to the farm for tea, and it was a scrumptious feed. Two boiled eggs each, cream cakes, sponge cakes, currant bread, tarts, etc.

After tea we ragged each other on the hay, as well as playing games on it. Some of us went to Gilling Woods to have a last ramble before going home. Then the fatal time came, when we had to return home, and, amidst great cheering, we left the farm, and sang all the way home.

W. A. Stratton won the wild flower competition, and won a 1/- bar of chocolate as a prize.

We all heartily thank Mr. and Mrs. Ping for a lovely time and tea.

P. M. Steele, JV. ST. OLAVE'S CRICKET. I think we can say that we have had a very successful season for the team, and many good games for the remainder of the School.

On half-holidays we have had four games going each day except when there has been a match. On these occasions two junior games were in progress below the Squash Court, while the team or their opponents occupied the centre of the field.

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To record our matches, the School opened the season on May 17th, with an away match with Terrington Hall, whom we beat by 88 runs to 29. Taylor and Steele were the chief scorers with 20 and 18 respectively, while Denison (ma.) and Steele shared the wickets with 5 each.

At home, against New College, Harrogate, we avoided a good beating by the skin of our teeth, Cookson playing a very valuable innings when stumps were falling fast. Our opponents made 144 for 9 to our 43, but they declared rather too late.

In the return match they had their revenge and beat us 112 to 56.

We had a good match with Worksop Juniors, at York, on a rain sodden pitch. We got 88 for five declared, and they had scored 52 for six when time was up.

Against the Fathers' XI, on June 14th, we knocked up 63 to their 66, a very exciting match.

We won the remaining matches as follows :May 24th, Clifton House, at Harrogate, won, 114 for seven-30 ; June 21st, Terrington, at York, won, 88 35 ; June 30th, Glenhow, at Saltburn-by-Sea, won, 116 for five-49.

The following players represented the School :— Denison (ma.) Captain, Steele (Vice-Captain), Dodd (ma.), Stratton (ma.), Cookson, Bulmer, Taylor, Hart, Garth, Murray and Miller; also played, Claybourne and Buckle.

ST. OLAVE'S LIBRARY. The library has continued to flourish this term and there have been many additions to the stock of books. The following have kindly presented books—Mrs. Baird, Miss Weatherill and Mr. N. W. Smithson, O.P. ST. OLAVE'S FORM PRIZE WINNERS. Form JVI—H. Terry, Form JV—J. K. Andrew.

Form JIV—F. R. Fox. Form JIII—E. A. K. Denison.

Form JII—F. J. Bramwell.

Form JI—P. Shearsmith..

Essay Prize (presented by K. H. Rhodes, Esq.)P. Dench Natural History Prize (presented by A. W. Ping, Esq.)-1. J. Blackburn ; 2. E. Denison.

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ST. OLAVE'S SWIMMING SPORTS. JULY 21st, 1938.

Two Lengths Open (breast-stroke).

1, R. E. Dodd ; 2, P. Dench.

One Length Open (speed) .

1, J. G. Gledhill ; 2, R. E. Dodd.

One Length (under 12).

1, D. L. Pryer; 2, I. Taylor.

Open Dive.

1, J. Denison and J. Gledhill; 2, R. E. Dodd.

Open Plunge.

1, G. B. Pearson ; 2, P. Dench.

Junior Dive.

1, M. Lynch ; 2, P. Dodd.

Beginners One Length.

1, M. Dunn ; 2, P. Chilman.

Beginners One Breadth.

1, D. R. Burnie ; 2, D. Sim. Consolation Prize, One Length.

1, M. Norwood ; 2, P. Dodd.

SALVETE. M. Fawcett.

J. W. Baker.

Boarders.

G. M. Smith.

C. J. Price.

J. R. W. Baker.

R. F. Lambert.

W. H. Andrew.

R. F. Wyman.

G. Gibson.

W. J. D. Dickinson.

Day Boys.

H. Cadell.

A. Smith (City Scholar).

S. Forshaw (City Scholar).

J. D. Ward (City Scholar).

G. Mountain (City Scholar).

F. Garbutt (City Scholar).

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VALETE. Boarders.

A. E. R. Buckle.

C. A. F. Cookson R. Stratton (to Sen. Sch.). (to Sen. Sch.).

A. L. Miller (to Sen. Sch.).

K. A. Warren (to Sen. Sch.).

A. M. Claybourne (to Sen. Sch.).

Day Boys.

D. R. Burnie. A. H. Terry (to Sen. Sch.).

I. Burnie.

W. Amos (to Sen. Sch.).

J. G. Sykes.

M. J. Dunn (to Sen. Sch.).

J. T. Lamb.

G. H. Oxtoby (to Sen. Sch.).

J. G. W. Gledhill. J. R. Penty (to Sen. Sch.).

M. P. Wyndham. G. F. Ruddock (to Sen. Sch.).

F. R. Fox. R. D. Scotts (to Sen Sch.).

N. T. Barnes (to Sen. Sch.). R. B. Wharldall P. G. R. Dench (to Sen. Sch.). (to Sen. Sch.).

J. A Denison (to Sen Sch.). A. L. Wyman (to Sen. Sch.).

R. E. Dodd (to Sen. Sch.). R. L. Murray (to Sen. Sch.).

R. T. Hey (to Sen. Sch.). T. R. Dresser to Sen Sch.).

G. D. Smith (to Sen. Sch.).

SCOUT NEWS. ST. PETER'S SCHOOL JUNIOR TROOP. By kind permission of Colonel barley we held our annual camp at Aldby Park, Buttercrambe, Nr. Stamford Bridge, from Friday, July 15th (St. Swithin's Day) to Tuesday, July 19th.

The following three Patrols attended:— Curlews.

Dench (ma.).

Miller.

Wharldall.

Duffield.

Reynolds.

Taylor.

Woodpigeons.

Cookson.

Hey. Buckle.

Penty (ma.).

Thompson.

Harnby.

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Peewits.

Stratton (ma.).

Warren.

Gledhill.

Wilson.

Hart.

Sheriff.

It rained according to custom on the Friday and so we were " housed " in the saddle room and loft of the stables of the Hall, where we made ourselves very comfortable.

Had it not been for Colonel Darley's kindness we could not have stayed in camp the first night as it pelted down all the afternoon and night.

Saturday was a glorious day, bright hot sunshine with a drying wind, so we were able to pitch the camp on a comparatively dry site just after noon. On the Sunday morning we cycled over to Bossall and attended Church there, and in the afternoon entertained a number of visitors, Sunday afternoon, between 3-0 and 6-0 p.m., being set apart.as " Visitors Day." Monday was a full day with our usual Regatta on the Derwent at Stamford Bridge, from 6-9-30, followed by Camp Fire and Sing-Song.

On the Tuesday morning we struck canvas and cleared up, followed by a bathe at the Mill Weir. After lunch we played games and the main party left by bikes about 4-0 p.m. after a most enjoyable week-end.

We were very indebted to Mr. Penty for transporting kit to and from Camp in his two ton lorry which enabled us to get all aboard without trouble.

SCOUTS. We have had a very successful term, particularly so as we were able to have our annual camp. This was the first camp at which we had been together as a troop, and it proved to be a great success. We went to Aldby Park, Buttercrambe, a perfect camp site, and were favoured with remarkably good weather. The journey to and from camp was made partly on foot and partly on bicycle, the greater part of the materials being taken on the trek-cart. Much good work was done while in camp, and the patrols showed great keeness in the inter-patrol competition which was won by the Hounds patrol, by a very narrow margin. We all enjoyed ourselves very much and look forward to the next camp.

Parades have been very well attended throughout the term and we have had some very instructive and amusing games. Many second class tests have been passed, but it must be remembered that first class tests need a good deal of work before they can be passed, next term there will be many opportunities for these more difficult tests.

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CUB REPORT. This term has again been a successful one and much useful work has been done. We welcome Haugh and Langdon to the Pack and congratulate J. Dench, Dook, Edinger and Macpherson on gaining their first stars. As usual, there has not been time to do much second star work but many have passed several second star tests.

The Blue six again won the inter-six sompetition after a hard struggle, and beat the Red six by the narrow margin of half a point. On the whole year Blue gained 53 points, Red 52 and Yellow 45.

On the 7th of July we had our usual outing to Mr. Wellburn's wood and once more we thank him very much for letting us go there. We must again thank Mrs. Penty for the eggs which she sent us, one of which was mysteriously found in the Big Wolf's pocket some time afterwards. Most fortunately it was hard boiled. It was an extremely wet day and the combined efforts of petrol and bad language only just managed to get the fire going.

However, a good time was enjoyed by all and the clues of the treasure hunt were just decipherable in spite of the rain.

Owing to the deluge during the first half of the Scout Camp we were unable to visit Aldby Park.

CONTEMPORARIES. The editors acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following publications, and apologise for any omissions :" The Reptonian " (2), " The Babu Lal Jaiswal High School Magazine," " The Haileyburian " (2), " The Leodiensian," " The Ashville Magazine," " The Artists' Riffles Gazette " (2), " The Denstonian," " The Ousel," " The Johnian," " The Bootham Journal," " The Brighton College Magazine," " The Sedberghian," " The Malvernian," " The Merchistonian," " The Stoneyhurst Magazine," " The Ampleforth Journal," " The Limit," " The Birkonian," " The Monktonian," " The Giggleswick Chronicle," " Danensis," " The Dolphin Magazine," " The St. Peter's College Magazine " (Adelaide), " Cranleighan," " St. Bees School Magazine," " The Eastbournian," " The Haileyburian," " The Framlinghamian," " The Dovorian," " The Journal of the Honourable Artillery Company," " The Nottinghamian," " The Worksopian," " The Draxonian," " The Scardeburgian," " The Eagle," " The Hurst Johnian."

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EDITORIAL NOTICES. " The Peterite " is the magazine of St. Peter's School, York, and is conducted by the boys.

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