Tennis

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.

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.

Two new courts have been laid down in the gardens of Albany House and next year it is hoped to continue the coaching and to institute a strong list of fixtures against other Public Schools, which are members of the L.T.A. 63