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The School, however, soon resumed the attack, and a second goal was scored by Broadhurst who, after a general scramble in the Bootham circle, suddenly came into possession of the ball and drove it hard and fast into the goal. The School managed to obtain another goal before half-time and this raised the score to 3-0 in favour of the home team. This time the scorer was Frost, the School centre-forward. A strong movement developed on the School right wing and Cole took the ball right into the Bootham 25, he centred it to Broadhurst who passed the ball back to Frost and Frost had ample time to flick the ball past the goalkeeper, bewildered by the rapid exchange of passes. It would be unfair not to mention the valiant efforts of the Bootham goalkeeper, who was called upon to do a great deal of work. This he did with considerable success, which discouraged the School forwards, while definitely encouraging his own team.

Play in the second half was much more evenly contested, and the School were only able to score one more goal, whilst the School defence was hard pressed on several occasions. The School's fourth goal came about halfway through the second half. Steele, P. M., successfully tackled the Bootham right wing and passed the ball on to Davison, a greatly improved player. Davison took the ball right up the wing and centred it. The ball was stopped by a Bootham defender who, however, deflected it over his own line and this resulted in a short-corner. The corner was taken by Cole, the ball was stopped by Frost, and Buckler, with unerring marksmanship, crashed the ball into the Bootham net. The game continued fast and furious until the final whistle was blown, but the School team always remained in full control of the game.

Team :—R. H. Hanson ; H. C. Belchamber, J. A. Denison ; P. M. Steele, F. F. Steele, J. P. Pulleyn ; E. P. Davison, A. Broadhurst, J. R. Frost, F. N. Buckler, D. Cole.

2nd XI MATCHES. 2nd XI v. BOOTHAM 2nd XI. Played away, Saturday, March 1st. Result : 2nd XI 1, Bootham 2nd XI 2.

Play was even during the first half of the game and both teams made repeated and determined efforts to score. The School team were on the slow side and frequently gave

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evidence of an outstanding ability to break the rules. Cookson made several good runs down the field, but neither he nor the other forwards could combine to put the ball into the Bootham net. The Bootham forwards attacked fiercely on several occasions, but the School defence, amongst whom Short was outstanding, were able to clear successfully every time. Half-time came with the School team on the attack, neither side having scored at all.

The School continued their attack when play was resumed after half-time and after about five minutes Short got the ball in the circle and scored with a hard shot. The School's lead was short-lived because immediately after the bully-off the Bootham forwards broke through and, enticing Pryer out of his goal, scored with a simple shot. Shortly afterwards they broke through again and Pryer save a hard shot only to see the ball trickle over the goal line. The School team now attacked desperately and the Bootham goalkeeper was called upon to save several hard shots. The final whistle went, however, with no further score, leaving the Bootham side the winners of a very keen game.

The School team lacked cohesion, but they played very well considering that it was the first time that they had played together as a team. The School defence was generally sound and Short and Caley were individually outstanding.

Team :—D. L. Pryer ; P. M. Amcotts, F. H. Hillyard ; A. Battrick, A. A. Short, D. J. G. B. Burton ; C. A. F. Cookson, D. G. Middleton, P. H. 0. Ruddock, J. P. Caley, B. Rodwell.

HOUSE MATCHES. TEMPLE I v. CLIFTON RISE I. Result : Temple House 2, Clifton Rise 1.

This was a very keenly contested match and, although the general standard of play was not high, one or two individuals played a remarkably fine game. The Rise were unfortunate in being deprived at the last moment of the valuable services of their captain, yet this fact should not detract from the acknowledged merit of the Temple victory. Play was confined to mid-field for a long time after the bully-off and neither side showed any marked initiative. About halfway through the first half, however, Temple began to press and their forwards, ably backed up by an efficient half-back line, were constantly hovering about the Rise circle. There were several shots at goal, but they were 41

all either deflected or saved by the goalkeeper, Rodwel. Before the whistle blew for half-time, the Rise right wing, Veitch and Frost, launched a threatening attack on the Temple defence, which had several hectic moments before the danger was removed. At half-time there was no score, and after a five minutes' discussion concerning future strategy, the two sides changed over and eagerly resumed the fray.

The first goal of the match came a few minutes after the resumption of play. The Rise attacked strongly, found the Temple defence out of position, and Ruddock, the Rise centre-forward, had plenty of time in which to shoot accurately and successfully. This was entirely against the general run of the game, for it was the first time that the Rise forwards had shown any signs of combination. Temple soon showed that they were determined to level the score again and the great work done by Belchamber was an incentive to greater effort. This inspiration was not long in bearing its first fruits because a prolonged attack on the Rise goal by the Temple forwards was ended by Broadhurst when, from the edge of the circle, he drove the ball fast and true into the Rise goal. This equalising goal had a lamentable effect upon the previously high standard of play. The game deteriorated in quality and play became needlessly robust.

In spite of the fierce efforts of the Rise forwards, who were ably led by Cole and Frost, the Temple defence were able to frustrate a particularly violent attack and the ball gradually moved back into the Rise half of the field. Broadhurst, Reynolds and Shearston now made persistent attempts to break through the apparently impregnable Rise defence, but the ball was always cleared. About seven minutes from the end of the game, however, Broadhurst, who all the time had been subject to the vigilance of the Rise defence, somehow managed to elude his watchers and was able to crash the ball past the Rise goalkeeper and score the vital goal.

After the pandemonion had subsided somewhat thegame was resumed and the Rise launched a desperate lastminute attack on the Temple goal. The last five minutes of the game passed very slowly for the Temple defenders but, at long last, the involved melee in the Temple circle was brought to an end by the final whistle and the Temple team left the field worthy victors of a great game.

Temple Team :—J. L. Shaw ; D. S. Tompkins, J. A. Denison ; A. Battrick, H. C. Belchamber, H. Walker ; E. A. Shearston, G. E. K. Reynolds, A. Broadhurst, W. Amos, R. F. Dawson.

Rise Team :—B. Rodwell ; P. M. Amcotts, F. H. Hillyard ; P. M. Steele, A. A. Short, P. L. Hort ; W. E. Veitch, J. R. Frost, P. H. 0. Ruddock, D. Cole, C. A. F. Cookson.

TEMPLE HOUSE I v. SCHOOL HOUSE I.

Result : Temple House 3, School House 1.

At the start of the game the School House attacked strongly and for some considerable time play was entirely confined to the Temple half of the field. The House right wing, consisting of Davison and Buckler, was particularly outstanding and the two together were responsible for several threatening movements.

This prolonged and energetic attack taxed the Temple defence to its utmost and Denison and Tomkins were forced to concede several short-corners in quick succession. These, however, did not produce any score and the pressure on the Temple goal gradually slackened. But the Temple forwards were completely out of touch with one another and their poor inter-passing brought about the complete failure of any Temple forward movement. After the concentrated School House attack had been repulsed play abated somewhat in intensity and became comparatively peaceful until half-time. Belchamber and Pulleyn did great work for their respective sides and their seemingly tireless energy saved many a dangerous situation. Half-time came with no score on either side.

A lull in any house match is a rare occurrence and when it does come about it is invariably followed by an even more heated and vigorous renewal of the game. This match was no exception, for within a minute of the resumption of play the first goal of the match was scored. After a few seconds of mid-field play the ball found its way to the Temple right wing, Shearston. He took the ball up the wing and passed to Reynolds. Reynolds made ground and then passed the ball to Broadhurst, and the crack of his stick upon the ball and the loud thud of the ball against the wooden board at 43

the back of the House goal revealed to all and sundry that Temple were now in the lead. The Temple half-backs now stepped into the limelight and they repeatedly broke up vigorous forward movements by the School House. Battrick, an unobtrusive kind of player, got through a great deal of work, and Walker, a player diminutive in stature but certainly not in ability, struggled successfully against his larger opponents.

Some time later Broadhurst received the ball in midfield and, all alone, skilfully made his way into the Hou'se circle where, from an exceedingly oblique angle, he scored a brilliant goal.

The School House immediately retaliated, and with success. An involved struggle took place in Temple circle and the ball was suddenly passed to Davison standing on the very edge of the circle where, from an apparently impossible angle, he smashed home the best goal of the match. The score was now 2-1 to Temple and great was the excitement. The renewed hopes of the School House supporters were soon dashed, however, when Amos, Broadhurst and Reynolds combined successfully to take the ball into the House circle, where Broadhurst scored the third Temple goal and completed an individual hat-trick. A few minutes later the whistle blew for full time, bringing to an end a truly fine game.

School House Team :—R. H. Hanson ; M. M. Barker, D. J. G. B. Burton ; P. V. Leigh, J. P. Pulleyn, D. H. Dent holm ; E. P. Davison, F. N. Buckler, R. S. F. Webber, D. G. Middleton, P. Penniston.

Temple Team :—J. L. Shaw ; D. S. Tompkins, J. A. Denison ; A. Battrick, H. C. Belchamber, H. Walker ; E. A. Shearston, G. E. K. Reynolds, A. Broadhurst, W. Amos, R. F. Dawson.

TEMPLE HOUSE II v. SCHOOL HOUSE II. Result : Temple House 2, School House 1.

This was a very good match as far as junior housematches go, and both teams are to be congratulated on the 44

standard of play that was produced. The Temple Team was definitely the better of the two, the chief reason being that all the Temple side were Hockeyites, whereas the School House included in their team several inexperienced and dangerous Boaters.

For a few minutes after the bully-off the School House attacked and the Temple defence was in some danger of being pierced. Temple cleared, however, and their forwards took the ball into the School House half, where it stayed, except for odd minutes, for the rest of the first half. Temple scored two goals in the first half. Neither of these were the result of outstanding or individualistic methods, but were achieved by dint of repeated shots in the midst of a free-for-all in the School House circle. Harper and Fryer were responsible for these goals, while Walker rendered valuable service at centre-half.

The second half was much more evenly contested and caused great excitement among the spectators. The School House forwards had developed some form of combination and they were responsible for the best movement of the match. This culminated in a goal, which was scored by Goodman. The School House attempted frantically to score an equalising goal, but all their efforts were in vain. The Temple defence, amongst whom Smith and Mountain were prominent, held out until the final whistle, which left Temple winners by two goals to one of a very even match.

Temple Team :—E. Sheriff ; A. Calder, G. Mountain ; J. A. Smith, H. Walker, J. K. Andrew ; F. B. S. Harnby, K. R. G. Harper, R. H. Fryer, A. G. Reynolds, R. M. Garth.

School House Team :—D. L. Pryer; G. McC. Donaldson, B. G. Drummond ; D. E. Byass, G. E. Drake-Brockman, P. F. Cheesewright ; T. M. J. Scott, R. J. McKinlay, R. S. F. Webber, R. B. Goodman, P. F. Tee.

TEMPLE HOUSE H v. CLIFTON RISE II.

Result : Temple House 0, Clifton Rise 3.

The Rise were definitely the stronger team and their victory can be attributed to their heavier forwards, who

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were good as individual players, and to their strong defence, Amcotts being very steady and Morris just being big.

Play in the first half was keen and very even and the ball went quickly from one end of the field to the other. The Temple defence held out manfully against the persistent attacks of the Rise forwards. Both Dodd and Veitch had shots at goal, but they were easily stopped by Sheriff, the Temple goalkeeper, whose keeping throughout the match was surprisingly good. The Temple forwards frequently got the ball into the Rise circle, but once they were there they lost all sense of combination and direction and Penty was called upon to make very few saves indeed.

When play was resumed after half-time the Rise attacked quickly and scored their first goal through Ruddock who, finding himself unmarked in the circle, banged the ball into the back of the goal. This was followed ten minutes later by another goal, Veitch being responsible this time. He took the ball down his wing, cut in on his own, and had ample time to drive the ball past Sheriff. Temple staged a revival after this, but it was short-lived. The Temple forwards seemed to have gone completely to pieces and when they did get the ball only Reynolds and Garth had any idea what to do with it. Shortly before the end of the match Murray scored a third goal for the Rise, this time from a melee in the Temple circle. A few minutes afterwards the final whistle was blown, leaving the Rise worthy winners of the Junior Hockey Cup.

Rise Team :—J. R. Penty ; P. M. Amcotts, G. R. Morris ; F. L. Duffield, C. J. Price, F. D. Godsmark ; A. C. Brown, R. E. Dodd, R. L. Murray, G. F. Ruddock, W. E. Veitch.

Temple Team :—E. Sheriff ; A. Calder, G. Mountain ; J. A. Smith, H. Walker, J. K. Andrew ; F. B. S. Hamby, K. R. G. Harper, R. H. Fryer, A. G. Reynolds, R. M. Garth.

FIRST DIVISION BOAT RACE.

SEMI-FINAL. This took place on February 27th and was between_ 46

Temple and School House. The old course was rowed, that is, from the boathouse to Lendal Bridge. Conditions were far from ideal ; there was a strong head wind and the very choppy surface of the river discouraged a very fast course. Temple House won the toss and, though there was little advantage, followed tradition and took the station side. School House got away to a very good start and soon gained what was shown to be a winning lead of about six lengths, which they maintained the whole way. The crews were :-

School House : Bow, D. D. S. Evans ; 2, R. L. Miller ; 3, R. R. L. Pryer ; stroke, R. Earle ; cox, R. H. Walker.

Temple : Bow, R. G. Longstaff ; 2, G. H. Oxtoby ; 3, P. G. R. Dench ; stroke, G. Long; cox,

FINAL.

The final was rowed on the following day, Friday, February 28th, between the House and Clifton Rise, the holders. The river had risen greatly during the night, making the old course impossible and the race was rowed from Clifton Scope to the diving boards. The stream was very fast indeed and the race was over in little more than two minutes. The House crew once more secured an early lead and won by about two and a half lengths, thus winning the First Division Boat Races for 1941. Crews :-

School House : Bow, D. D. S. Evans ; 2, R. L. Miller ; 3, R. R. L. Pryer ; stroke, R. Earle ; cox, R. H. Walker.

Clifton Rise : Bow, A. C. Brown ; 2, G. R. Morris ; 3, W. E. Veitch ; stroke, W. H. Ping ; cox, W. P. Anelay.

SECOND DIVISION BOAT RACES.

SEMI-FINAL.

This was rowed on Friday, March 14th, between School House and Temple. The day was ideal for rowing, the river being well down and the usual course from Wall End to the diving boards was rowed. The race was close enough to be interesting, School House gaining a winning lead soon after the start and winning by some one and a half lengths.

Crews :-

School House : Bow, D. E. Byass ; 2, G. M. Donaldson ; 3, M. M. Barker ; stroke, R. J. McKinlay ; cox, C. J. Ruben.

Temple House : Bow, M. J. Dunn ; 2, J. Brindley ; 3, D. S. Tompkins ; stroke, A. L. Wyman ; cox, R. B. Wharldall.

FINAL.

The final was rowed on March 15th between School House and Clifton Rise, the holders. The School House crew went ahead from the start and won by four lengths. Crews: —

School House : Bow, D. E. Byass ; 2, G. M. Donaldson ; 3, M. M. Barker ; stroke, R. J. McKinlay ; cox, C. J. Ruben.

Clifton Rise : Bow, G. D. Smith ; 2, J. P. Corry ; 3, R. E. Dodd ; stroke, P. L. Hort ; cox, J. E. Thompson.

ATHLETICS.

In past years it has been the lot of the Athletes to have so little time and so much to do, and this year was no exception. It seems obvious that until more time is devoted to it, Athletics will never reach the high standard that it could.

It is impossible to train a boy to perfection in less than a term, and at present the time allowed is very much less than half a term.

This year a new system of standards was introduced whereby a boy could gain either a high, medium, or low standard. This was introduced in order to enable more boys to gain points for their House. The Rise gained 200 standards, which worked out at an average of 9.757 per boy, School House were second with 191 standards and an average of 9.316 per boy, and Temple House third -with 176 48

standards and an average of 8.599 per boy. These points will count towards the Athletics Shield, which will be competed for early next term as the track at the end of this term was impossible to run on.

The Senior and Intermediate Miles were run on Tuesday, April 1st. Byass won the senior Mile, with Cookson second and Veitch third. The Intermediate Mile was won by Godsmark, with Harper second and Bulmer, J. D., third. The time for the senior Mile was 5 mins. 10 secs.

THE INTER-HOUSE CROSS-COUNTRY RACE

This year it was impossible to run the Cross-Country over the original course, so a new one was selected over the Ings. This course was a little longer than the Jetty run. The race was won by A. Broadhurst, of Temple House, after C. A. F. Cookson (Rise) had led for most of the way. D. Cole (Rise) was second and D. E. Byass (School House) third. Broadhurst's time was 23 mins. 45 secs., which was very good considering the state of the course.

The Rise won the Cross Country plate with 65 points, School House were second with 106 points and Temple House, the holders, third with 137 points.

The first eight competitors home were as follows :— Rise. School House. Temple House.

1. A. Broadhurst

2. D. Cole 3.

D. E. Byass 4. C. A. F. Cookson 5. W. E. Veitch 6. P. M. Amcotts 7. E. P. Davison 8. H. C. Belchamber