Sept 1941

THE PETER1TE Vol. XXXIII

SEPTEMBER, 1941.

No. 298

EDITORIAL. The past term began with a note of sadness, for in its early days we had to mourn the passing of the Very Rev. H. N. Bate, D.D., who had been Chairman of the Governing Body since he became Dean of York in 1932. All of us were deeply sensible of our indebtedness to his wise and devoted stewardship, though perhaps few, and only those in the closest touch with the administration of the School's affairs, can measure to the full the great loss which St. Peter's has sustained by his death. We publish elsewhere an obituary note written by the Head Master.

The Summer term, as the records of the following pages reveal, was one of vigorous activity. The great deeds on the cricket field were, perhaps, the dominant feature, and we can refer with justifiable pride to the most successful season we have had for many years. The XI succumbed on only two occasions, to exceptionally strong Army teams, and its keen, fighting spirit, due in no small measure to the inspiration of Mr. Jackson, proved more than a match for all our school opponents. To the spectators on the bank —and we were fortunate in having so many home matches— the season was one of unmitigated joy. It will not easily be forgotten. It occurred to us that, in a cloud of vaguelydefined war aims, this was one of the things for which we were fighting. For generations now this same green bank has dominated this same green field, and batsmen have gone down from this pavilion, and returned to it, too, for congratulations or condolences. It is all part of our way of life, and it is for the right to continue in it that we are fighting.

It is a way of life which stretches far back into the centuries, and we shall not believe that it can end abruptly.

The broad highway does not lead over the cliff edge.

The spirit which will preserve these decent things was manifested in the magnificent response of the School to the York War Weapons Week. Over £2,500 was contributed in the week, during which, modestly as it proved, we had set ourselves to collect £1,000. A special word of thanks is due to Mr. P. P. N. Fawcett, not alone for the enthusiasm 1

CONTENTS.

Editorial ...

The Very Rev. H. N. Bate, D.D. Old Peterite News ...

Valete and Salvete School Officers Examination Results .• Entrance Scholarships War Weapons Week Dinner in Honour of the 1st XI Notes and Items House Notes ...

The Chapel ...

Music ...

The Library ...

Natural Science Society Photographic Society Aruba J. T. C. News A.T.C. Home Guard ... ...

Shooting Cricket Retrospect, 1941 Athletic Sports Boating Swimming Tennis The Junior School ...

Editorial Notices ...

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Illustrations :The Very Rev. Herbert Newell Bate, D.D. Frontispiece First XI, 1941 ...

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[Speed, York.

Photo Copyright) THE VERY REV. HERBERT NEWELL BATE, D.D.

and energy with which he organised our effort, but also for the hours of drudgery which were entailed and which he faced so cheerfully.

Commemoration was again restricted to a service in Chapel on the morning of St. Peter's Day, when the Bishop of Selby preached the sermon. Wisely, we think, the policy of preferring a simple act of remembrance to a more ambitious programme which could only be a pale shadow of the peace-time reality, has been continued. A prize-giving ceremony will be held on the 3rd October, when the ViceChancellor of Leeds University, Professor D. Mowat-Jones, D.S.O., MA., will be our guest. It is hoped, too, to produce " Macbeth " towards the end of the term.

The new term will see the inevitable changes in personnel. Dr. Fleet leaves us after a brief sojourn among us, and Sister Schippers, whose unfailing kindliness we have all learnt to appreciate, will no longer be at the San. We wish them both well. In their places we welcome Miss A. A. Moore and J. Noel Smith, Esq., M.A.

THE VERY REV. H. N. BATE, D.D. In the passing of Dr. Bate, the Chairman of our Governing Body, the School has sustained a grievous loss.

For he was not only our official Head, but in the truest sense of the word a friend of St. Peter's, ever ready with help and advice, with encouragement and constructive criticism, and intolerant of any proposal which seemed to him to militate against the best interests of the School. After his beloved Minster, it can be truly said that none of his official duties was nearer to his heart than the direction of our School's welfare, and though he was in poor health for more than a year preceding his death his interest never flagged.

Many times I have been called to the Deanery, when he was too ill to attend meetings of the Governors, in order to acquaint him with the latest details of the School's progress.

Dr. Bate shrank from any form of publicity, but it can definitely now be placed on record that his firm direction of our affairs in a time of difficulty laid the foundations of our present prosperity. In mourning the loss of a great Chairman we thank God for his services, and extend our deepest sympathies to his bereaved family.

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The Very Reverend Herbert Newell Bate, D.D., Dean of York and Chairman of the Governors of St. Peter's School, died on May 18th, at Droitwich, in his 70th year.

At the funeral service held in the Minster on May 21st the School was represented by the Head Master, the Housemasters (A. W. Ping, Esq., K. H. Rhodes, Esq., L. Burgess, Esq., and I. C. Bendall, Esq.), the Chaplain (Rev. P. P. N. Fawcett), and the School Monitors.

OLD PETERITE NEWS. SERVING WITH H.M. FORCES. The following names are to be added to the lists already published in " The Peterite " :— S. Todd.

H. C. Pexton.

J. P. Farrow.

* KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE. We learn with regret that Michael Biggin (School House, 1930 to 1934) has been killed on active service in the Middle East. * * * MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED. Flight Lieutenant Stephen Dodds, R.A.F., was reported missing after operations on the 20th May, 1940, and subsequently was officially presumed to have been killed in action on that date. F/L. Dodds was at St. Peter's from May, 1930, to December, 1934. He was Mentioned in Despatches in the 1941 New Year's Honours List.

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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS. We congratulate Acting Flight Lieutenant John Rawsthorn Rainford on the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross, announced on July 19th, 1941. J. R. Rainford, a native of Bartle, near Preston, was at St. Peter's from September, 1927, to December, 1930. He is the second Old Peterite to gain this honour.

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PRISONER OF WAR. Lieutenant R. G. M. Quarrie (September, 1928—April, 1935) has been reported Prisoner of War. The military authorities intimated that he was " missing, believed prisoner of war from operations in Crete." Further confirmation has been received from the International Red Cross organisation. Quarrie, whose peace-time employment was with the Midland Bank in York, was well-known as a cricketer and played for the Yorkshire Gentlemen. He joined the Army at the outbreak of war and went through the Dunkirk operations from which he was safely evacuated.

EVACUATED FROM GREECE. News has been received that J. M. Dickinson (May, 1928—April, 1937), who took part in the campaign in Greece, has been evacuated unscathed.

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BIRTH. SEWELL.—On July 7th, 1941, at Eynsham Hall, Whitney, Oxford, to Elizabeth (née Toyne), wife of T/Maj. (A/Lieut.-Col.) E. P. Sewell, 24th Regt.—a son (Timothy Patrick Toyne).

MARRIAGE. CROSTHWAITE—DRU.--On May 21st, 1941, at Inverness, Wing Commander Robert Charles Hastings Crosthwaite, R.A.F., to Monica Mildred Dru. *

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OBITUARY. Major E. A. Pollard.

We regret to have to record the death, on July 15th, 1941, of Major Ernest A. Pollard. Major Pollard was at St. Peter's from 1888 to 1893. He took a keen interest in the School and was on the committee of the Old Peterite 4

Club, of which he was a life member. During the Great War of 1914-18 he served in the West Yorks. Regiment, reaching the rank of Major. He was for three years in India, where he was Cantonment Magistrate and Provost Marshal of Calcutta. By profession he was an architect, and as such was for forty-six years in the service of the L.N.E. Railway, in the Engineer's Department.

Major Pollard was closely connected with many York activities. He was vice-president and treasurer of the York and East Yorks Architectural Society; vice-president of the Council of the York Railway Institute, and chairman of the Library Committee. He was well-known locally as an amateur actor and producer.

Major Pollard was cremated at Hull on 17th July. He leaves a widow and one daughter, to whom we tender our sincere condolences.

Mr. Arthur Rowe and Dr. E. L. Rowe.

Mr. Arthur Rowe, O.B.E., died on the 24th June, 1941, at the age of 81. He lived at St. Albans and was a Solicitor in the Treasury. His brother, Dr. E. L. Rowe, of Lavengro, Oulton Broad, had died a month previously, at Valley Farm, Wisset. Dr. Rowe was well-known locally and had served for three years on the Lowestoft Town Council. He was also for many years a member of the Lowestoft and North Suffolk Hospital Committee.

He was a keen member of the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club. His motor cruiser was loaned to the Navy and has been used as a Patrol Boat on the Humber. We regret the passing of these two Old Peterites, who must have been among the last survivors of their generation at School.

* CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Sir,—As a tribute to the charm and tact with which you have attacked us five times a week for the last month, we thought we would surprise you by delivering our letter in time for your next issue. For really, we would be very stung if you went to press without us.

At the end of the Easter term we all went down ; J. T. Brockbank into the Army, J. M. Rucklidge and T. F. Cameron into the R.A.F., and J. C. Houghton into the Church. The thought made us very sad, so we had a party.

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We now come to personalities.

J. T. Brockbank (St. John's). Claims that he has been given a degree. While climbing one night, 50 ft. up, he encountered the Dean on the tiles, but got off Scot free.

Went up into the Cairngorms at the end of the term and did not talk to a soul for 36 hours; a reaction has set in. Has the gift of making the ridiculous look sublime. A Cert. B. Infantryman.

T. F. Cameron (Trinity Hall). Very respectable, as are all Trinity Hall men. Has seven varieties of service at tennis, all of which are under control by August.

Believes in hitting his opponent. Has a shave twice a week with J. T. Brockbank's electric razor; while the thing is buzzing an argument is entered into on a standing subject. A Cert. B. Gunner.

J. C. Houghton (Selwyn). Has now completed his third year and is going into the Church. We often bump into him in the Market Place when he is off to a lecture and we are off on a cigarette search. It was he who negotiated for the Cambridge O.P. tie ; he ordered it blue : it came brown; he ordered one pair of crossed keys : it came with ten.

J. M. Rucklidge (Emmanuel). A strong silent man. Plays cricket for his college and makes runs. Is also skilled in the gentler arts of darts and dominoes. We see little of him outside office hours which are 9-10 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. We suspect that he works a lot. Has gone off on a wireless course.

Yours etc., One of the Cambridge Old Peterites. * Sir,

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LEEDS LETTER.

Once again the term has flown by and it is time to inform Peterites past and present of the activities and pursuits of the Leeds O.P.'s.

Owing to the complete inactivity of all O.P.'s the annual " Rag " was a complete success, many thousands of pounds being raised for local charities. The activities of the rag merchants ranged from boarding private cars in the streets to carrying one of their number around Leeds an a stretcher, which is quite enjoyable for the man on the stretcher but not for those who have to carry him.

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The individual reports are as follows: G. H. Briggs. One of our two senior students. He now finds no excuse for not working—the hockey season being over. He is at present just completing the task of Out-patient Dresser, a position which he states requires a great deal of patience, and an enormous amount of tact.

W. Boyes. Our other senior is now facing a three year clinical period, without either holidays or pay. Life does not seem to thrill him very very much—we recommend a trip to Monte Carlo after the war.

G. C. Brown. Is to be congratulated upon passing the whole of 1st M.B. He seems to find his " vivas " rather trying but states that the grindstone has been worn to a mere shadow of its former self by a more than diligent nasal organ.

J. McN. Inglis. Is also to be congratulated upon passing the whole of 1st M.B. under the new regulations, which insist upon students doing in two terms what they originally had to do in five.

He now takes his climbing very seriously, and according to reports is rising to great heights in the climbing world, although some of us are firmly convinced that he is more suited to hang from a tree than from a rock.

C. M. Cave. Owing to other interests this " railway company's night-mare," is having to take his 1st L.D.S. exam. again. No doubt he will be successful this time— discretion is the better part of valour. He is to be seen at almost any time in a steady downpour, without either raincoat or umbrella, or alternatively he always wears a scarf in hot weather.

J. Scholey. Has paid seven and sixpence for an O.P. tie, a a price which we consider somewhat excessive even for Leeds. For this figure he could have bought alternatively : 100 Players, seven and a half pints of beer, a share in a race-horse or ninety screws for a Spitfire.

We tender our sympathies to him in his loss.

G. W. Denby. This guy (W. Denby) has been in evidence this term as a member of the A.T.C. He seems to prefer to sit on the roof of the Union building rather than in the comfort of an armchair in the common-room.

This is no doubt due to his air-mindedness.

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According to reports we are to have sundry other O.P.s. at the University next term. We must see if we cannot get up a rugger team to play against the school.

We remain, Yours sincerely, THE LEEDS OLD PETERITES.

VALETE AND SALVETE. VALETE. (July, 1941.)

SCHOOL HOUSE. R. Earle. 1936-41. Upper VIth Modern. School Monitor, Head of School House. Rowed 3rd IV, 1939. Rowed 1st IV, 1940-41. 1st IV Colours, 1940-41. Captain of Boating, 1941. Played 1st XV, 1940, 1st XV Colours 1940. Member of Shooting VIII, 1938-9-40-41. Shooting Colours, 1938-9-40-41. Captain of Shooting, 1940-41. Sergeant in Home Guard. Cert. "A" 1939.

Sergeant in J.T.C. J. P. Pulleyn. 1930-41. V B. House Monitor. Played for 2nd XI, 1938-39-40. Played for 1st XI, 1941. 1st XI Colours, 1941. Played for 2nd XV, 1938-39. Played for 1st XV, 1941. 1st XV Colours, 1940. Played for 1st Hockey, 1941. 1st Hockey Colours, 1941. Certificate "A," 1939. Corporal in J.T.C. Home Guard.

D. D. S. Evans. 1939-41. House Monitor. Played 2nd XV, 1940-41. Played 1st XV, 1941. 2nd XV Colours. Cadet, J.T.C. Certificate " A." Flight-Sergeant, A.T.C. Member of Home Guard.

CLIFTON RISE. A. A. Short. 1933-41. Lower VI Modern. School Monitor.

Played for 2nd XV, 1939-40-41. 2nd XV Colours, 1940-41. Played for 1st XV, 1940-41. 1st XV Colours, 1940-41. Played for Hockey 2nd XI, 1940. Played for Hockey 1st XI, 1940. Played for 2nd XI, 1939-40-41.

Certificate " A." Corporal in J.T.C. Home Guard.

H. Beetham. 1936-41. Lower VI Modern. House S. Monitor. Played for Colts XV, 1938. 2nd XV, 1939-40-41. 1st XV, 1940-41. 2nd XV Colours, 1940.

Member of Home Guard. Cadet in J.T.C. Certificate " A." Corporal in A.T.C.

D. Cole. 1934-41. Lower VI Modern. House Monitor.

Played for Colts XV, 1939. Played for 1st XV, 1940-41.

1st XV Colours, 1940-41. Played 2nd XI Hockey, 1938.

Played 1st XI Hockey, 1940-41. 1st XI Hockey Colours, 1941. Played for Colts XI Cricket, 1938-39. Played for 2nd XI Cricket, 1939-40. Played for 1st XI Cricket, 1940-41. 1st XI Colours, 1940-41. 1st XI Cricket Cap, 1941. Member of Shooting VIII, 1938-39-40-41. Shooting Colours, 1939-40-41. Best recruit, 1938. Played for Squash team, 1940-41. School Certificate. Certificate " A." Sergeant in J.T.C. Member of Home Guard.

W. E. Veitch. 1938-41. V B. Sergeant in J.T.C. Certificate " A," 1939. Played for Colts XV, 1939-40. Played for 2nd XV, 1940-41. 2nd XV Colours, 1940-41. Rowed for 1st IV, 1941. 2nd IV Colours, 1940. L/Cpl. in Home Guard. Member of School Tennis team, 1940-41.

D. Taylor. 1939-41. V B. Cadet in J.T.C. Certificate " A," 1940. Home Guard. Played for Colts XV, 1939-40.

Played for 2nd XV, 1939-40. Played for 1st XV, 1940-41. 2nd XV Colours, 1940-41. 1st XV, 1940-41.

TEMPLE HOUSE. H. C. Belchamber, 1931 (St. Olave's) -41. Upper VI Modern.

School Monitor. Played for 2nd XV, 1939-40-41. Played for 1st XV, 1940-41. 2nd XV Colours, 1939-40. 1st XV Colours, 1940-41. Played for 2nd XI Hockey, 1938.

Played for 1st XI Hockey, 1939-40-41. 1st XI Hockey Colours, 1939-40-41. 1st XI Hockey Cap, 1940-41. ViceCaptain of Hockey, 1941. Captain of Athletics, 1941.

Colts Cricket XI, 1938. Played 2nd XI Cricket, 1939-40-41. 2nd XI Cricket Colours, 1940. Played for Tennis team, 1939-40-41. Vice-Captain of Tennis, 1941.

School Certificate, 1939. Certificate " A." Sergeant in J.T.C. L/Cpl. in Home Guard.

J. Brindley, 1940-41. Lower Sixth.

M. J. Dunn. 1938-41. V B. Certificate " A." Cadet in J.T.C. A. Gaze. 1937-1939 (St. Olave's), 1939-41, St. Peter's.

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Baker, J. H. IV A.

SALVETE. (May, 1941.)

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SCHOOL HOUSE.

Legat, P. B. (St. Olaves). IV B. Sears, A. C. IV B.

SCHOOL OFFICERS, 1941 F. F. STEELE (Head of School, Head of Clifton Rise).

Monitors : P. BULMER (Head of Temple House).

E. R. EARLE (Head of School House).

H. C. BELCHAMBER. A. A. SHORT. G. LONG. P. A. LOCKWOOD. F. N. BUCKLER. Captain of Cricket—F. N. BUCKLER. Captain of Boats—R. EARLE. Hon. Sec. of Tennis—E. P. BULMER. Hon. Sec. of Shooting—R. EARLE. C.S.M. in J.T.C.—G. D. JEFFERSON. Editors of " The Peterite ": G. LONG, F. F. STEELE, E. P. BULMER, R. R. L. PRYER, J. A. DENISON.

EXAMINATION RESULTS, 1941.

STATE SCHOLARSHIP.

The outstanding success of the year is the award to G. Long of a State Scholarship in French and German, to be taken up at Oxford or Cambridge. In the Higher School Certificate examination, on which the Scholarship was awarded, Long gained the " excellent " mark in French and German. We congratulate him heartily and wish him further success in the " Open " Scholarships in December.

In the School Certificate examination the following candidates who passed in all subjects, achieved noteworthy performances :—Tee (3 V.G.'s and 5 Credits), Cheesewright (2 V.G.'s and 7 Credits), Ruben (2 V.G.'s and 6 Credits), Wilson (2 V.G.'s and 5 Credits), Taylor-Thompson (1 V.G. and 6 Credits), Ormiston (1 V.G. and 6 Credits), and P. Robson (1 V.G. and 6 Credits).

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The detailed results of the School and Higher Certificate examinations are as follows :HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE. A. Battrick-" Goods " in Pure Maths. and Physics, Pass in Applied Maths.

J. A. Denison-Passes in Principal History and French and in Subsidiary Geography, Economics and English Language.

R. E. Dodd-Good in Principal Physics, Passes in Principal Pure Maths., Applied Maths. and Chemistry.

R. Earle-" Goods " in Pure Maths. and Applied Maths., and Pass in Subsidiary Physics.

G. Long-Distinction in Principal French, Good in Principal German, Passes in Subsidiary History, Latin and English Language, and Excellent in Scholarship French and German.

R. R. L. Pryer-Passes in Principal Physics and Chemistry and in Subsidiary English Language.

F. F. Steele-Good in Principal Pure Maths., Passes in Principal Applied Maths and Physics.

A. H. Terry-Passes in Principal History, French and Spanish, and in Subsidiary English Language.

SCHOOL CERTIFICATE. Amcotts, P. M.-3 (b) (d) i (1).

Brown, A. C.-2 b c (d) g + i (k) 1.

Burton, D. J. G. B.-2 (b) d (g) ( im).

Calder , A.-2 (c) d i (1).

Cheesewright, P. F.-1 b c D g + i j k 1.

Dawson, R. F.-2 (b) (g) i (m).

Drake, Brockman G. E.-1 (b) (c) d g + i m.

Dunn, M. J.-2 (c) d (g) i 1.

Frost, J. R.-2 (b) g i 1.

Garth, R. M.-2 (b) (c) g+ m.

Harnby, F. B. S.-2 (b) c (d) g+ i1.

Harper, K. R. G.-1 (b) (d) g i j (k) 1.

Leigh, P. V.-2 b (c) g i (k) 1.

McKinlay, R. J.-2 (b) (d) (g) (k) 1.

Masser, R. T.-2 bcdg (i) m.

Million, J. A.-2 b c d (e) G+ (i) (1).

Murray, R. L.-2 (c) (d) (g+) i

(1).

Neville, J. G. T.-2 (b) (c) (d) i (1).

Ormiston, I. M.-1 b c d i j k (1).

Reynolds, A. G.-2 c d g+ (i) (j) (1).

Robson, P.-1 b c d g+ (i) k 1.

Robson, T. G.-2 (b) d g+ i (m).

Ruben, C. J.-1 b C d (e) g+ i k 1.

Ruddock, P. H. O.-(d) i j (k) (1).

Shardlow, J. A.-2 (b) d e g+ i j k (1).

Taylor-Thompson, J. D.-2 (b) c (d) e G+ jl.

Tee, P. F.-1 bcDe G+ i (k) 1.

Tompkins, D. S.-2 (b) D g (o).

Wellburn, W. H.-1 (b) (d) g i j (k) 1.

Wilson, G.-1 b d (e) G+ i (j) k 1.

N.B.-A Pass is shown by lower case letter within brackets, a Credit by a lower casa letter, and Very Good by a capital letter.

A Pass in English Language by the figure 3, a Credit by the figure 2, and Very Good by the figure 1. b=English, c= History, d=Geography, e= Latin, g = French, g +=French with Oral, i = Elementary Mathematics, j=Additional Mathematics, k= Physics, 1=-Chemistry, m= Physics-and-Chemistry, s =General Science, o=Drawing

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ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS & EXHIBITIONS, 1941.

FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS. H. C. Robson, F. B. Toyer (P. H. Sykes, M.A., Glenhow, at Nent Hall, Alston).

B. G. Drummond (St. Peter's School).

MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP. F. Hnik (Rev. W. H. Oldaker Cathedral Choir School, Oxford).

HEY EXHIBITIONS. P. Hodgson (St. Peter's School).

F. Simpson (St. Olave's School, York).

A. J. Shardlow (St. Peter's School).

DAY SCHOLARSHIPS. P. F. Ringrose, G. C. Bodington, J. F. Spink (St. Peter's School).

WAR WEAPONS WEEK The York War Weapons Week came upon us within a fortnight of the beginning of term. We heard that York aimed at raising £1,000,000, and the combined schools of York at £20,000. We were determined that St. Peter's should make a worthy contribution towards this effort and set our aim at £1,000. There were fears in the minds of some that such a total could never be reached, not from any doubt of the readiness of all members of the School to contribute, but because the homes of at least half our number are in other towns, many of which had already held War Weapons Weeks. The first collection was made on Saturday, May 17th, and produced the total of over £560!

With such a start the question was no longer " Can we reach £1,000 ?" but " How soon can we reach it ?" There was a collection each day during the following week, and on Tuesday, May 20th, the total of £1,270 was reached.

With four days still to go we set out to double our original aim. Each day a pink aeroplane (type unknown) rose higher on a ladder of Pounds hung on the Tuck Shop door, until on the last day of the Week it flew clean off the top, proclaiming a grand total of £2,531 7s. Od. Such a result 12

speaks for itself, but it should be recorded that during the Week the membership of our Savings Group was more than doubled, so that now practically the whole School has joined.

Many members continued throughout the term to lend money to the country's war effort by investments, large and small, each week. May they continue to do so, together with other members, old and new, and perhaps one day our little pink aeroplane may grow big enough to pay a personal visit from St. Peter's to Berlin. V.

DINNER IN HONOUR OF THE 1st XI. On the evening of the 26th July the 1st XI were entertained to dinner at the Royal Station Hotel by Mr. Lockwood, father of P. H. In addition to the XI, there were present the Head Master, Mr. Jackson, the four Housemasters, and certain friends of our host.

After a dinner as excellent as the exigences of wartime rationing could permit, Mr. Lockwood, in a brief and amusing speech, congratulated the XI on its success and the spirit of keenness which had characterised all their matches.

Mr. Dronfield replied, and the thanks of the team were voiced by F. N. Buckler, the Captain, and F. F. Steele, Head of the School. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Ping later added their quota to a series of speeches which all had the twin merits of brevity and obvious sincerity.

Mr. Lockwood's generous entertainment was a happy inspiration which was greatly appreciated by all privileged to be present. His recognition of the benefit to the School of the all-round keenness and will to success which were the real keys to the outstanding performances of the XI is of more than passing value. As the Head Master aptly pointed out, the spirit which imbued the team has an application to the whole life of the School far beyond the immediate manifestation in a successful cricket season, and it is a healthy sign that the fact did not pass unappreciated.

May we reiterate in the Peterite our thanks to Mr. Lockwood ? Littera scripta manet.

NOTES AND ITEMS During the term the Bishop of Sierra Leone visited the School and gave a very interesting talk on the work of the Church in North Africa and the conditions of life there.

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He had an abnormally large parish, consisting of hundreds of square miles, over which travel was very difficult. These talks by colonial clergymen help us to form some idea of life in our colonies, about which the knowledge of most of us is, unfortunately, very limited.

Another very instructive talk was given by an officer of the R.A.C., who, incidentally, gave us some very reassuring news about our tanks, and told some very amusing stories of his experiences with the mechanised troops of the B.E.F. in France in 1939-40.

The School gardeners have been busier than ever this term, and the fruits (or rather vegetables) of their labours have been consumed with great relish by the School. More and more land is coming under cultivation, and the gardeners are to be congratulated on their magnificent efforts at a time when as many vegetables as possible should be " home-produced."

Congratulations to P. A. Lockwood and F. N. Buckler on being appointed School Monitors.

Congratulations to J. R. Frost, A. Broadhurst, D. Anderson, F. F. Steele, D. Cole, P. A. Lockwood and J. A. Denison on the award of their First XI Caps, and to J. P. Pulleyn, D. G. B. Burton and G. R. Morris on their First XI Colours.

We congratulate M. M. Barker, R. L. Murray and D. H. Denholm on being awarded their Second XI Colours.

Congratulations to W. E. Veitch, R. R. L. Pryer and E. P. Bulmer on their First IV Colours, to D. M. Hart, who coxed the First boat, and to R. G. Langstaff, F. N. Buckler, J. R. Frost and F. F. Steele on the award of their School Shooting Colours.

HOUSE NOTES. SCHOOL HOUSE. The Summer term has, as usual, been one of many and varied activities for the House.

We have had our successes and our adversities, and in the field of inter-House sport our luck has varied considerably.

We won the inter-House Tennis after a very exciting match against the Rise. We also won the inter-House Shooting for teams of four, and in addition Earle won for us the Individual Shot, for which he is to be congratulated.

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McKinlay is to be congratulated on keeping the Hobbies Cup with us for the fourth year in succession with a truly excellent model of H.M.S. " Cossack."

Against these victories we have to set the loss of both Cricket Cups, the House Shooting Average, and the Section Cup. However, we have to record that we gave the Rise the toughest fight for years in the Swimming, losing by three points. A noticeable feature of this latter activity was the success attained by some of our younger members, which we hope augurs well for the future.

Inside the House the food is maintaining a very high quality, for which all our thanks go to Mrs. Le Tocq.

A happy feature was the improved air raid procedure, which enables us to obtain a reasonable amount of sleep during disturbed nights.

In School games we have been very well represented throughout the term, having had six of our members playing for the victorious 1st XI, besides many other representations.

Congratulations are due to the following:— D. Anderson and P. H. Lockwood on being awarded their 1st XI Caps.

J. P. Pulleyn and D. J. G. B. Burton on being awarded their 1st XI Colours.

A special word of congratulation is due to F. N. Buckler for the honour of captaining such a highly successful team.

We also congratulate R. R. L. Pryer on being awarded his 1st IV Rowing Colours. M. M. Barker and J. P. Caley on being awarded their 2nd XI Cricket Colours.

R. L. Miller on being awarded his 2nd IV Rowing Colours.

R. H. Walker on receiving his 2nd IV Coxing Colours.

P. A. Lockwood on receiving his House Colours for Cricket.

F. N. Buckler on receiving his Shooting Colours.

THE RISE.

The Rise finished the year with a record number of cups, thirteen, on the mantelpiece, and only just missed two more, for we were only narrowly beaten in the Tennis by School House (4-5) and lost to Temple in the Average inter-House Shooting by something like .03 of a point.

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The great success of the term was in bringing off the Cricket double, for we won both Senior and Junior Cups. In this connection we must congratulate P. McD. Steele on his scores of 45 and 27 in the Senior Cricket and P. L. Hort on his catching in the Junior Cricket.

The Swimming this year was much closer than it has been for some time, the destination of the Cup depending on the last race, the relay, which we just won through the sheer guts of Veitch and Hart. The Cup, which has never yet left the Rise, has now adorned the mantelpiece for eight years.

The total effect of these victories is that we have again won the Oxford Cup for the aggregate of inter-House competitions.

To congratulate all the Rise School Colours would take too much space, and as it has been done elsewhere, we shall be content here to congratulate P. H. 0. Ruddock on being appointed Captain of Rise Swimming and on his House Colours, and P. McD. Steele on his House Colours.

We should like to end by voicing the thanks of Risites to Sister Schippers, who is leaving this term, for all she has done for us. Most of us have been through her kind hands at one time or another, for reasons varying from a scratch to pneumonia, and remember with gratitude the way she looked after us. We all wish her the best of luck in the future.

TEMPLE HOUSE. Temple House started the term in a very promising fashion, for after being very much behind in the matter of points towards the Sports Shield as a result of last term's " Standards," we did so well in the Athletic Sports that we tied for first place with the Rise. This was a very good effort, and is especially pleasing because most of the points were gained in the Junior events. This points to a very bright future for the House in Athletics.

At Cricket we lost to the Rise in the semi-final in a match in which E. P. Bulmer, a boater, managed to distinguish himself by getting six wickets, including the " hattrick," and scoring 37 runs, a thing which surprised everybody, especially Bulmer himself, who only consented to play in a very altruistic moment.

The House was represented in a very successful 1st XI

by Broadhurst and Denison, and we congratulate them both on being awarded their School Cricket Caps.

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In Rowing, also, we have been well represented. E. P. Bulmer has been a regular member of the 1st IV, and we congratulate him on being awarded his School Rowing Colours.

Also congratulations to P. R. G. Dench on being awarded his 2nd IV Colours.

With E. P. Bulmer as Captain and H. C. Belchamber as Vice-Captain of School Tennis, the prospects of Temple winning the inter-House Tennis Cup seemed very bright.

Unfortunately we were just defeated in the semi-final by 5 matches to 4. Bulmer and Belchamber won all their matches, but the only other match to be won was an especially good victory by Temple's second string, Bulmer (J. D.) and Reynolds, over the Rise first string.

We were easily defeated in the inter-House Shooting, but made up for this by winning the House Averages.

Congratulations to Long's Section on winning the Section Competitions.

Once again Temple House won the Work Cup. Since its presentation by Alderman J. B. Inglis in 1937, the Cup has never left the House.

We would like here to congratulate the Rise on retaining the Swimming Cup, despite the desperate effort made to wrest it from them.

Congratulations to R. G. Langstaff on the award of his School Shooting Colours. Also congratulations to the following: R. G. Langstaff and A. Battrick on being appointed House Monitors ; E. P. Bulmer on being awarded his House Cricket Colours ; and to J. D. Bulmer, P. R. G. Dench and R. F. Dawson on the award of their House Athletic Colours.

THE CHAPEL The Commemoration Service was held on St. Peter's Day, Sunday, June 29th, when the preacher was the Bishop of Selby.

H. E. Braun and P. F. Cheesewright, who were unable to be present at the School Confirmation in March, were Confirmed by the Archbishop of York at Acomb Parish Church on June 4th.

A Chapel Committee has been formed comprising the Headmaster, the Chaplain, the Head of the School, the Chapel Monitor and an elected representative of each 17

House. The Committee has already made allocations from the Chapel Collection Fund, and it is hoped that in the future members will be able to make useful suggestions in all matters connected with the Chapel.

During the School Year donations from the Chapel Collection Fund have been made to the Red Cross and St. John Fund, the Air Raid Distress Fund, the Earl Haig Fund, the National Lifeboat Institution, the Church Army, the York County Hospital, the York Boys' Club and the Lord Mayor's Christmas Cheer Fund.

The Choir has again done valuable work. At the Commemoration Service the anthem was Quilter's setting of " Non Nobis Domine," and on Sunday, July 20th, J. S. Bach's " Awake us, Lord, and hasten " was sung, with oboe (John Cruft) and organ accompaniment.

For some time many have felt that there should be a St. Peter's School Prayer. The following suggested Prayer has been composed by the Chaplain and was first used at the Commemoration Service :"Almighty God, Who didst cause Thy servant the Blessed Paulinus to found this School of St. Peter that men might be brought up to godliness and true learning, we yield Thee most humble and hearty thanks for all Thy mercies bestowed upon us throughout many centuries. We bless Thy Holy Name for our Founder, Benefactors, and all who have served Thee in this place, and we beseech Thee to give us Thy grace, that we in our generation may be worthy of those who have gone before, and keeping the name of our School in high honour, may become profitable members of the Church and State, and at the last partakers of Thy Heavenly Kingdom ; through Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord."

MUSIC The music of the School is still going ahead and the time when the orchestra makes its bow is not very far distant. In order to have a constant succession of instrumentalists, we ask that more boys should learn instruments other than the piano, and we point out that it is essential to start young.

We were again privileged to hear that fine oboeist, John Cruft (of the London Philharmonic Orchestra), when a short recital of organ and oboe music was given on July 18

20th. Mrs. Baird played Bach's Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, and then accompanied John Cruft in a Telemann Sonata. Mr. Cruft told us that Telemann, who was a contemporary of Bach, is little known now, though in his own day he had a great reputation. The recital ended with John Cruft playing a beautiful " Air " by Purcell.

The Chapel Choir, besides their routine work and the anthems mentioned elsewhere, have been working during the term on a chorus from Hadyn's " Creation " and Mendelssohn's " 0 for the wings of a dove."

THE LIBRARY Librarian : L. BURGESS, Esq. Assistant Librarians : D. E. BROWN, F. F. STEELE, G. LONG, R. E. DODD, P. L. HORT, J. A. DENISON, R. S. F. WEBBER. There have been several additions to the library during the term, chiefly to the Science section, which now looks somewhat less scanty.

The Subject Index is now nearly finished. The cards are arranged according to the order of the shelfclassification numbers, and are designed to give a ready guide to the whereabouts of the books on any subject. A complete list of the classification system will be found on the library notice board, while there are further indications on the shelves.

As the majority of the School have been very remiss in returning books, and as conditions have not improved of late, a system of fines on all books kept out for more than a fortnight will be instituted this term. It will, however, be possible to renew books for an additional fortnight if there is no other demand for them. Action will be taken against anybody misusing library books, and borrowers will be responsible for the condition of books in their possession.

Many library users still do not put books back in the right place ; some are in such haste they even replace books upside down. A little more care would make it easier for other people to find out which books are on the shelves.

The following books have been added to the library since the last edition of " The Peterite " :H. T. Pledge Science since 1500 F. Sherwood Taylor J. D. Bernal

Science Front, 1939 The Social Functions of Science

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A Mathematician's Apology G. H. Hardy Elementary Survey of Physics Haas and Freeman The Cyclotron W. B. Mann G. R. Harrison Atoms in Action Ellis and Kirby Flame M. C. Nokes Simple Experiments in the Theory of Flight R. Beeching Electron Diffraction H. Dingk Special Theory of Relativity Modern Chemistry, Pure and Applied (Volumes III—VI) ... Arthur Hale Stephen Miall (ed.)

A New Dictionary of Chemistry H. Freundlich Elements of Colloidal Chemistry F. P. Ramsey Foundations of Mathematics Dr. G. Bourne Nutrition and the War John Bartholomew (ed.)

The Oxford Advanced Atlas Hardy The Geography of Plants Newbigin Animal Geography Herbertson, Thompson and Howarth The British Empire Howarth A Commercial Geography of the World L. B. Cundall Western Europe Edward Gibbon Autobiography A. S. Turberville (ed.) (2 Volumes) Johnson's England Henry Fielding Tom Jones (Volume I) H. G. Wells Tales of Wonder

THE NATURAL SCIENCE SOCIETY Chairman : Dr. WHITMORE.

Secretary : R. E. DODD.

The main feature of the activities of the Society last term was a series of colour-blindness tests on the whole School, which, owing to the numerous other Summer activities, required the whole of the term for completion.

It was also intended that the Junior School should be tested, but time permitted the testing of only a few.

The results of the tests were published and it was found that of the Senior School, 7 were red-green colour blind in varying degree, while 4 per cent. were complete green colour blind.

A small scale exhibition was also held at the end of the term, the chief attraction being the lecture by F. F. Steele on the " Cathode Ray Oscillograph and Its Uses," which was the result of an idea in the Easter term and a fortnight of slaving after the examinations on circuits, both practical and diagrammatic. Among the many uses of the cathode ray oscillograph, e.g., in television and wireless testing work on mass production sets, those demonstrated in the lecture were voice and sound wave analysis and the wave form and phase relations of the mains alternating current supply.

The very fascinating Lissajou's figures were also demonstrated.

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On the following day two more lectures were given— apparently too much for the mental digestion of the average member of the School, judging by the attendance— or was it the counter-attraction of the picture leave in the afternoon? A. Battrick gave a lecture on " Colour Vision and Colour Blindness," in which he included a report on colour blindness tests and gave demonstrations on the theory connected with them. R. E. Dodd then gave a lecture on " Iron and Steel," and with the aid of numerous photographs, kindly lent by Dorman, Long and Co., Ltd., showed the processes which the metal undergoes in its journey through the works from the ironstone ore stage to the finished products of cast iron, cast steel and finished mild steel, in the form of girder, strip, rail, bar, plate, etc.

A number of amusing and interesting demonstrations were also set out in the Physics laboratory, some of them revived from the memorable science exhibition of 1939.

Among these R. R. L. Pryer's lie detector caused some amusement, most of which occurred while the machine was still in the experimental stage.

During the term less than the usual number of meetings was held, owing to the disinclination of members to listen to lectures on light summer evenings. However, the following lectures were given, and the biological ones were of such interest as to incite a request for more biological and psychological subjects to be taken, rather than the better-known and well-worn physics and chemistry :T. B. Boulton—Infra-red Radiation.

R. R. L. Pryer—Nutrition in the Vertebrate.

F. N. Buckler—The Ear.

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY President : L. BURGESS, Esq. Hon. Secretary and Treasurer : P. H. 0. RUDDOCK. Committee : F. H. HILLYARD, R. EARLE, R. R. L. PRYER, D. TAYLOR, W. H. PING. We are pleased to announce the reorganisation of the Photographic Society under the able administration of Mr. Burgess. It will be remembered that the activities of the Photographic Society were suspended owing to the unexpected " call-up " of Mr. Jeffs, the late President.

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There has been considerable enthusiasm among members throughout the term and full use has been made of the facilities of an excellently-equipped dark room. The energy and ingenuity of the Secretary in the difficult task of procuring adequate supplies of printing paper and films were much appreciated.

The entries for the annual competition were somewhat disappointing. One cannot help feeling that both the quantity and quality of the work submitted were affected by the diverse calls made on our energies at the end of term. In the light of experience and the human weakness of procrastination it would probably be desirable to fix the closing date of the competition earlier in term, before members are swept away on the torrent of examinations and the business of winding up the School year. The winning print (a view of the Monitors' Entrance by P. H. 0. Ruddock) was, however, work of the highest quality.

It showed considerable technical ability, the values of light and shade being correctly given and the texture of the stone surface truthfully rendered. As a picture it would have been improved by more careful trimming. It is hoped that the Society in general will become more alive to the artistic possibilities of photography. Most members are content with an accurate reproduction of whatever is embraced by the lens of the camera.

P. G. H. Dench and B. Rodwell were elected to the committee in the room of departing members.

ARUBA (News via the Ship Adoption Society, latterly a mere trickle, has at last, perhaps inevitably, dried up altogether. We still, however, keep in close touch with Mr. Martin, and we publish below another of his delightful and original descriptions of little-known places at which he touches in going to and fro upon the earth).

The Dutch-owned island of Aruba is a barren and cheerless smudge on the sparkling blue water of the Spanish Main, and lies about 40 miles to the north of the South American mainland. Curacao, a much more attractive relative, sits peacefully in the trade wind some 60 miles to the east of Aruba. Both islands owe their prosperity to a geographical position which places them 145 miles from the Venezuelan oilfields at Maracaibo. Heavy taxation forced buyers of crude oil to build refineries outside Venezuela, and refineries 22

were built at Aruba and Curacao. The amazed islanders found their rocky and lonely lands transformed into acres of oiltanks and forests of chimneystacks and their countryside overrun by an army of feverishly active white men.

They must have felt as we would if the earth were suddenly invaded by the men from Mars.

Approaching Aruba from the sea the eye is repelled by a barren coastline, unrelieved by green—not even a palm tree. A reef standing off shore about 300 yards encloses a stretch of calm blue water, edged at one point by a strip of white sand. This lagoon forms the bathing place for the white population, while the reef-protected water is an ideal place for small yachts which can cruise in safety in the strongest wind.

Sailing lacks variety, however, as the wind blows eternally from the north-east, changing only in strength.

The current flows with the wind and never changes direction, but this combination has two great advantages. Smoke and fumes are blown clear of the residential areas, and oil and rubbish, which would ruin the beach for swimmers, is carried clear of the bathing and yachting centre. These considerations are, in fact, directly responsible for the building of the residential area at the eastern end of the island. Rows of bungalows house the married men and their families, and a touch of colour has rewarded the strenuous efforts made to maintain a few flower beds. Single men live in large, square, barrack-like buildings and are content without flowers.

Native employees, shopkeepers and others who obtain a living indirectly from the oil business, live to the north and north-west of the installation. This district is clear of smoke and fumes but has no beach or clear view of the sea.

The small town of San Nicholas huddles round the main gate of the refinery. It has two shops which approach western European standards. The rest consist of the usual rooms full of junk, with, of course, a large number of hairdressing saloons and a still larger number of saloons where beer and ice-cream may be bought—if not enjoyed. Dutch police, assisted by native constables, are responsible for law and order, but few Dutchmen have other interests there.

The population as a whole is made up of British and American employees of the installation, and a large number of West Indian natives, who were brought in to do the manual work. In addition to these there is a small number of olive-skinned descendants of the original inhabitants.

They are a well-educated, smilingly courteous people, and both sexes are employed in departmental offices at the installation.

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A visit of less than 30 hours' duration does not give the visitor time to obtain more than a vague idea of the vast undertaking which is the installation at Aruba. He learns, however, that the all-powerful " installation " is, for all practical purposes, the real government of the island, and it gets praise or blame for everything which occurs there.

It is impossible in such a short time to study the processes used to extract the various grades of oil and he must be content with a catalogue of results.

The first oil to be extracted from crude oil is Casing Head, an oil so light that it is almost a gas. It is used to improve the quality of lower grades. For instance, Casing Head mixed with light gasolene may be used as aviation spirit. Grades shown here follow Casing Head in order of quality :(1) Light aviation spirit.

(2) Heavy aviation spirit.

(3) Light gasolene (benzene, petrol, etc.).

(4) Heavy gasolene (pool petrol, etc.).

(5) Light paraffin.

(6) Heavy paraffin.

(7) White spirit (used for cleaning purposes where petrol was once used. A form of paraffin.

When the foregoing has been extracted from crude oil the residue is sold as fuel oil, but fuel oil may be still further reduced to provide :(1) Jute batching (for treatment of jute bags, rope, etc.).

(2) Various grades of lubricating oils.

(3) Grease.

(4) Asphalt.

At the other end of the island there is another installation and the small town of Oranjestad. A twenty minutes' drive along a good road from San Nicholas to Oranjestad reveals an almost total absence of vegetation. There are a few stunted trees, the starved-looking branches of which point stiffly to the south-east, resembling nothing so much as a woman's hair streaming in the wind. These trees are the perfect example of the effects of a prevailing wind. The only animals seen were goats, which seem able to enjoy life on a diet of broken glass and wire fences. Outside the Installation there is little to interest a visitor and he is soon ready to leave the island for a brief glimpse of its more eastern sister.

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Curacao reveals its Dutch ownership as soon as the buildings are sighted. Closer inspection show that houses, quays, bridges, etc., all have that orderly cleanliness characteristic of the Dutch people. Even the numerous oil tanks have not dared to look untidy or out of place in this neat landscape. Friendly nature has co-operated with the Dutch by providing a Canal-like entrance to the lagoon, but in addition the Dutch have built a canal, complete with low stone bridges for barges to squeeze under. Every effort seems to have been made to reproduce their homeland in these tropical waters. The climate cannot be reproduced, however, so the people have provided themselves with elaborate swimming pools, etc., while the trade wind assists to reduce the sweltering heat endured by less favoured neighbours. Like Aruba, Curacao is outside the hurricane belt, and unlike Great Britain, the motorist can get unlimited supplies of petrol at 7d. per gallon.

J.T.C. NEWS. Two field days were held during the term, on May 13th and June 20th respectively, and on both days we were blessed with fine weather. We should like to express our thanks to Captains Watson and Martin, each of whom took charge of a field day. They arranged some most interesting programmes, which we are sure were heartily enjoyed by the Corps. Captain Martin demonstrated a Company attack by using each section of a Platoon as a Platoon, and before doing so issued the various orders to his Commanders. He then made a Platoon in the Corps carry out the scheme, and Cadet J. A. Denison proved to be a good Company Commander, issuing his orders with clarity and confidence.

On June 6th the General Inspection was held, the Inspecting Officer being Lieut.-Col. Davies, Commanding Officer of a local I.T.C. The Corps turned out very smartly indeed and the whole of the ceremonial was very satisfactory. After this the Company was split up into Platoons and carried out normal training. In order that Colonel Davies could see the tactical abilities of the Company, numbers 8 and 9 Platoons staged a mock battle, which we may say was quite unrehearsed, and there is no doubt that the Inspecting Officer was highly pleased with this operation.

Colonel Davies' report was good, though it cannot, of course, be published here in full.

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The Corps took part in York War Weapons Week, marching through the City with the Civil Defence services.

The Parade was marred by heavy rain throughout, and like many others, the Corps were unable to hear the band owing to the length of the column. However, this did not distract from the smartness of the contingent, which, as usual on special occasions, was particularly good.

CERTIFICATE " A." During the course of the term another Certificate "A" examination was held. Judged by past standards it was rather harder than usual, and this makes the result of 21 passes out of 24 very good indeed. Owing to the length of the examination three separate days were devoted to it, two of which were spent at Fulford Barracks.

The following were the successful candidates: Cadets Amos, Caley, Cookson, Claybourne, Corry, Cheesewright, Dodd, Denison, Dunn, Dench, Godsmark, Hey, Million, Steele (P. M.), Shaw, Smith (G. D.), Thompson (D. C.), Wyman.

THE PROMOTION EXAMINATION. Owing to the shortage of N.C.O.s a promotion examination was held, and as a result of this the following were made Lance-Corporals :Cadets Brown (A. C.), Battrick, Frost, Long, Miller, Morris.

Other promotions were: To be Sergeant, Corporal Cole ; to be Corporals, Lance-Corporals Buckler, Barker, Pulleyn, Ruddock (P. H. 0.), Short, Scott (T. M. J.).

THE SECTION COMPETITION. The annual section competition was held on Friday, July 25th, and was run on much the same lines as in the past, 2nd-Liets. Rhodes and Jackson and Sergt.-Major Puddick acting as the examiners. No. 10 Section, under L/Cpl. Long, was the winner. Nos. 1 and 6 Sections, under Cpl. Pulleyn and L/Cpl. Frost, being second and third respectively.

A.T.C. With the national enlargement of the Air Training Corps it was decided that a Flight should be formed at the School and at the end of the Easter Term recruits were 26

asked for. These were easily obtained, and at the beginning of the Summer Term No. 911 (St. Peter's School) Flight of the A.T.C. was formed. Twenty-seven boys joined this, under the leadership of Mr. Bendall, who consented to take charge of the Flight and became an Acting Pilot Officer.

At the beginning of the term, after a test examination, the following N.C.O.s were appointed:— To be Warrant Officer: R. R. L. Pryer. To be Flight Sergeant : D. D. S. Evans. To be Sergeants: R. S. F. Webber, W. H. W. Ping. To be Corporals : S. H. Beetham, G. E. K. Reynolds.

Throughout the term training took place in navigation, aircraft recognition, morse, machine guns, gas and other subjects.

Three Flight parades and an N.C.O.'s class took place each week. An interesting feature was the frequent visits

by R.A.F. officers and N.C.O.s from a nearby R.A.F. station, who gave many lectures on various subjects connected with the R.A.F. These lectures were enjoyed thoroughly by the whole Flight. We would like to thank these officers and N.C.O.s on behalf of the Flight for the trouble they took and in giving us such an enjoyable time.

A special word of thanks is due to Dr. Whitmore, who has given up much of his spare time to giving us instruction in navigation.

During the term two visits took place to an R.A.F. station, where much was learned.

We were shown round the various types of aircraft, and three members of the Flight went for a short flight in a Whitley.

Aircraft were seen preparing for operations, and the N.C.O.s spent an afternoon on the Link Trainer, which gives some of the feeling of actual flight and also provides practice in the use of instruments for blind flying.

Uniforms are beginning to arrive and we hope that next term the whole Flight will have received them.

Quite a lot of technical apparatus is being acquired, and we are expecting an engine and an airframe.

As a whole the Flight has made an excellent beginning, and we hope that the rapid progress already made will be maintained.

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A.T.C. CAMP. Soon after the formation of the A.T.C. Flight it was decided to hold a camp at a Royal Air Force station, whose name we naturally cannot disclose.

Accordingly, on the last day of the term the Flight took up its quarters as the guests of a Vicarage about three miles from the aerodrome.

We should very much like to name our kind hosts, but we cannot do so without disclosing their whereabouts. We would, however, record here that it was largely due to them that all the domestic arrangements at our billet were so excellently carried through and, through the medium of " The Peterite," we thank our hosts for their many great kindnesses to us.

Every day the Flight either cycled or rode on a lorry to the aerodrome, and there training took place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This was of a varied kind and included parachutes, bombing, Link Trainer, photography, and many other aspects of the work of the R.A.F. A certain amount of flying was obtained in operational aircraft, which provided much excitement for the Flight.

We cannot say all we would wish about the camp, but we should like to thank all ranks of the R.A.F. concerned with our activities at camp for the great trouble taken by them in giving us such an interesting and enjoyable time, and to say how much we appreciate the great favours bestowed upon us.

As a whole, the camp provided us with much of the right kind of experience necessary for the maintenance of good morale throughout the Flight, and it also proved most instructive and was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

As a final thought, we would like to thank the Messing Officer for the excellent food we obtained throughout our stay. We hope there may be many more camps like this one.

HOME GUARD. The platoon has had a busy term, with Sunday parades, patrols, and lectures. Two of the Sunday parades were taken up by large-scale exercises, but on neither occasion did our company contact the enemy. There has been some shooting at Fulford and Strensall, where the platoon scored the highest marks.

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As the War Office has forbidden the wearing of J.T.C. uniform, we were issued with battledress, and were formally inspected by Lieut.-Colonel P. V. Kelly, C.M.G., D.S.O., the officer in command of our battalion.

SHOOTING. School shooting has been continued as energetically as ever this term, but owing to the prevailing conditions, fixtures for the Shooting VIII were somewhat curtailed and activities were mainly concerned with shooting inside the School.

At the beginning of the term the results of the County of Lancaster Public Schools League (Division A) were published as follows :—

...

Oundle St. Peter's ...

Repton A. ...

Repton B. ...

Ampleforth Forest School King's College Denstone ...

Shot

7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

Won

6 5 5 4 2 2 2 1

Lost

1 1 2 3 4 5 5 6

Drn.

0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

Pts.

12 11 10 8 5 4 4 2

AggreAvge. gate

891 870 883 871 863 847 833 857

127.2 124.2 126.1 124.3 123.2 121.0 119.0 122.3

Highest Individual Aggregate : R. Earle, 220 ; Average 31.3.

As may be seen from above, the standard of School shooting is being well maintained.

Unfortunately, the " Country Life " targets were destroyed by enemy action and so no results of that competition were forthcoming.

As regards inter-House shooting, School House won the competition for teams of four, with the Rise second, while Temple won the House Average Cup. R. Earle won the Individual Shot with 79 points out of a possible 80.

The usual competitions were held at the end of term for teams of four in the yearly J.T.C. course. Sergt.-Major Puddick is to be thanked for continuing these and for presenting cups for the winners.

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The results were as follows :Grouping and Snapshooting.—Earle, Buckler, Barker, Boulton.

200 and 500 Yards.—Earle, Pryer (R. R. L.), Dodd, Sheriff.

Complete Course.—Earle, Langstaff, Young, Sheriff.

Individual Shot.—Earle.

Runner-up.—Frost.

Best Recruit.—Penty.

Most Improved Shot.—Harnby.

Inter-House Teams of Four.—School House.

Inter-House Best Average.—Temple.

CRICKET RETROSPECT, 1941.

1941, of glorious memory ! For that it will be to those of us privileged to witness this term's cricket. Congratulations to the XI on the most successful season we have enjoyed for many years.

The secret of the success was excellent team work. This was not a few stars with attendant satellites, but eleven players with a will to win, and in a crisis—of which there were many—someone could be relied upon to produce that effort needed to tide over a difficulty. The able captaincy of F. N. Buckler, his example and his encouragement, drew the best from his team, and we owe much to his inspired leadership.

The batting of the side did not, indeed, live up to its early promise, and at times we shuddered at the small total set our opponents, but, despite this disappointment, our bats gave us, from time to time, genuine entertainment. It is impossible to mention all in a short review such as this, but we cannot pass on without reference to the many lively knocks by Broadhurst, the effective, stylish batting of Buckler, the sound opening efforts by Cole, and the dour batting in troublous times by Denison.

This season we had the good fortune to have in Frost and Anderson, two bowlers well above the average. These two have maintained a high standard throughout, bowling for long spells without losing length and presenting problems to the opposing batsmen at all times. Their sterling efforts contributed in no small way to our success, and so often did they run through the opposition that the other bowlers had but little to do. When required, Broadhurst and Burton added variety to the attack and gave evidence of ability.

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Perhaps most outstanding of all was the fielding, which was always very good, and at times rose to superlative heights. The XI were on their toes all the time, runs were kept down in brilliant style, and seemingly impossible chances held; and such was our confidence that the mere fact that the ball was in the air made us feel the wicket had already fallen. Fielding such as this goes far towards winning matches, for not only does it take wickets, but it has the double effect of encouraging the bowlers and unnerving the batsmen. Here we must single out for special mention Steele, a tower of strength behind the stumps ; Buckler, a first-class cover point ; Broadhurst, a brilliant short leg, and Frost, who fielded excellently in any position.

May we now note a few of the high lights of this memorable season. Who can ever forget the great batting before lunch at Ampleforth; the fielding against Worksop, especially those miraculous catches by Cole, Broadhurst and Frost; the extraordinary game against Bootham ; the tension at Giggleswick as we gradually overtook their score; the wonderful recovery against Durham, and the good fight against the 123rd O.C.T.U., who, by fine hitting, just won that great race against our bowlers and the clock. ,

Lastly, may we hope that the success of the eleven has so fired the enthusiasm of the School that they will spare no effort to make this merely the first of a long run of notable cricket seasons.

CRICKET CHARACTERS, 1941 * F. N. Buckler (Captain), 1940-41. A fine skipper. His judgment was seldom at fault and he kept his side at full stretch throughout. A stylish bat, he made many runs and always looked good for many more. His fielding at cover point has been consistently good. * J. R. Frost (Vice-Captain), 1940-41. A good opening bowler with a natural length who bowled the in-swinger with good effect and made the ball lift awkwardly on occasions. An excellent fielder, and a useful bat who can hit the ball hard. * A. Broadhurst, 1940-41. A good all-rounder. A natural forcing bat, he will become first-class if he can cure the tendency to nibble outside his off-stump. A fine close-in field and a good off-spin bowler.

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* D. Anderson, 1940. A fine fast-medium bowler with a natural length and leg swing. He bowled for long spells and took punishment without losing length or sting.

A left-hand bat with a good eye, he hit some valuable runs. * F. F. Steele, 1939-40-41. Quick and neat behind the stumps ; he has been one of the key men of the team and has claimed many victims, and as a hitter of the " rustic " variety has made some useful runs. * D. Cole, 1940-41. A good opening bat with a sound defence. Strong on the leg side, but he had a weakness outside the off-stump which often brought about his downfall. * J. A. Denison, 1940-41. A sound defensive bat who has often batted with fine determination in a crisis. With more scoring strokes he should be very good next season. * P. A. Lockwood, 1940-41. A sound opening bat with a good defence and some fine scoring shots on the offside. He may not have had such a good season as had been hoped, but always looked good for runs.

J. P. Pulleyn, 1940. Quite a good bat who rarely settled down, mainly on account of nerves. A safe field.

D. J. C. G. Burton, 1940. A young bowler whose services were seldom required, but with his easy action and offspin he should develop well next season.

G. R. Morris, 1940. A late-comer into the side, he showed that, if not stylish, he could hit the ball hard. A safe field.

SUMMARY OF RESULTS. ... Home .. • Won. May 17th—v. Clifton C.C. ... Home .. • Drawn.

May 24th—v. Leeds G.S. May 31st—v. Ampleforth College Away • • • Won. June 7th—v. Worksop College Home • Won. June 14th—v. Bootham School Home • • • Won. June 18th—v. York C.C. ... Home • .• Won. June 21st—v. C. E. Anson's XI. Home .. • Won. June 28th—v. Giggleswick School Away • Tied.

July 2nd—v. West Yorks I.T.C. Home • • • Lost.

July 9th—v. York C.C. ... Away • • . Drawn.

July 10th—v. R.A. Signal Corps Home • • • Won. July 12th—v. Durham School Home • • • Won. July 19th—v. 123rd O.C. ... Lost. ... Home T.U. Reg. R.A. Played 13, won 8, lost 2, 1 tied and 2 drawn.

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ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. CLIFTON. Played at home, Saturday, May 17th.

Result: St. Peter's 195 for 5 (dec.), Clifton 136.

Having won the toss, Clifton decided to bat first, and Frost opened the School bowling from the pavilion end of the field. At first the opening batsmen seemed to settle down, but reckless stroke-play soon led to their downfall within ten minutes of the beginning of the match. Two more wickets fell in quick succession, and the School were in the dominating position of having dismissed four of their opponents for the meagre score of 17 runs.

The next two batsmen, however, managed to stay together, and the score began to rise. White, a big, hardhitting batsman, scored most of the runs, while his partner was content to maintain a passive defence. The next wicket fell with the score at 60, but White remained to punish the School bowling, which was not proving dangerous. The Clifton score mounted steadily, but the wickets fell at regular intervals. White was finally dismissed after he had scored a valuable 66 runs, and a few minutes later Clifton were all out with 136 runs to their credit.

After tea, Lockwood and Cole opened the School innings.

The scoring was very slow at first, both batsmen being content to play themselves in. After he had scored only ten runs, Cole was bowled by stepping back to a half-volley.

Lockwood was joined by Broadhurst and the latter soon struck his best form and began to hit the bowling hard and true. The score rose quickly, and Broadhurst soon had as many runs as Lockwood to his credit. Unfortunately, after scoring 38, Lockwood decided to hit a good-length ball on to the asphalt. He failed lamentably in his intention and was bowled. Butler joined Broadhurst and together they carried on the good work. Broadhurst was out, after scoring 45 runs in a very short time. Pulleyn replaced Broadhurst at the wicket and began to hit the bowling all over the field. The Clifton score was soon passed, but play continued. Buckler, the more orthodox player, played a very good innings and, on occasions, his stroke-play was a delight to behold. At the end of the game he was unbeaten with 71 runs to his credit.

The School fielding was good, and the although not brilliant, was adequately accurate.

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ST. PETER'S CLIFTON 10 J. S. Milne, b Frost 1 D. Cole, l.b.w., b King 38 K. Newton, c Anderson, b Frost 2 P. A. Lockwood, b Hodgson 43 W. Tumman, b Broadhurst 2 A. Broadhurst, b Pulleyn 71 J. P. Belle, c Burton, b Frost 5 F. N. Buckler, not out 23 D. W. J. White, b Broadhurst 66 J. P. Pulleyn, b Milne J. K. E. Piggin, c Steele, b J. R. Frost, c Kneebone, b Milne 0 Anderson 9 E. A. King, c Anderson, b Denison 17 H. W. Hodgson, l.b.w., b Broadhurst 9 M. T. Kneebone, c Steele, b Broadhurst 7 J. R. Pulleyn, run out 10 10 Extras C. Myton, not out 7 Total

Total (for 5 wckts.) ...195

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BOWLING ST. PETER'S 0. M. R. W. Frost 10 0 27 3 Broadhurst 4 9 1 39 Burton 4 0 24 0 Anderson 4 0 13 1 Denison 1 3 0 21 Buckler 0 2.3 0 10

ANALYSIS King Newton Pulleyn White Hodgson Piggin Milne

CLIFTON 0. M. R. W. 1 11 2 29 0 9 2 33 1 2 30 9 0 0 0 7 1 0 18 4 0 2 0 18 8 2 0 2

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Played at home, Saturday, May 24th.

Result: St. Peter's 107 for 8 (dee), Leeds Grammar School 47 for 3.

Owing to exceedingly adverse weather conditions it was impossible to begin play until after tea. This delay prevented the attainment of any definite decision, but two hours of cricket were obtained.

The School batted first and, because of the limited time available, the batting was of a more vigorous and adventurous nature than usual. Cole and Lockwood opened steadily and the score soon rose to 30. Then Cole, in his desire to score more quickly, skied a ball and was caught at mid-on. The remaining School batsmen played innings which, if somewhat short, were often sweet. Pulleyn and Frost alone stayed at the wicket for any length of time, the former playing a very valuable innings for his side. After about seventy minutes' batting the School declared with their score at 107 for 8 wickets.

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The School team had not been fielding for a long time when it became obvious that their opponents were not going to risk the ignominy of defeat by indulging in forceful batting, which would have at least added to the interest of the game. The School bowling was treated with undue respect, and not even the slow bowling of Denison could tempt the Leeds batsmen to hit the bowling hard. The Leeds team were only able to score 47 runs in the same time that the School team scored 107 runs.

Two of the three Leeds wickets fell as the result of runouts, one of which was brought about by very brilliant fielding. Although Frost and Broadhurst bowled well without success, Denison was the only School bowler who was able to trouble the Leeds batsmen.

LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL ST. PETER'S. 15 19 Ivey, run out D. Cole, c Beech, b Bliss 5 14 Nicholson, run out P. A. Lockwood, b Johnson 12 Walton, c Steele, b Denison A. Broadhurst, played on, b 5 5 Hirst, not out Bliss 4 F. N. Buckler, l.b.w., b Johnson 3 Beech, not out J. P. Pulleyn, c Ivey, b Creasey 33 J. R. Frost, l.b.w., b Johnson 9 7 J. A. Denison, b Nicholson 0 F. F. Steele, c Pennington 9 J. P. Caley, not out 2 D. Anderson, not out 6 Extras 3 Extras Total (for 3 wkts.)

Total for 8 wckts. (declared) 104

BOWLING ANALYSIS ST. PETER'S 0. M. R. W. 7 3 9 0 Bliss Frost 4 0 9 0 Pennington Broadhurst 9 3 18 1 Johnson Denison 3 3 0 0 Nicholson Anderson 3 0 5 0 Creasey Buckler

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M. R. W. 1 26 2 0 20 0 0 29 3 0 13 2 0 13 1

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE. Played away, Saturday, May 31st.

Result: St. Peter's 147, Ampleforth College 88.

The sun was shining brilliantly and there was not a cloud in the sky when Cole and Lockwood appeared from the pavilion to open the School innings. The second ball of 35

the first over saw the fall of the first wicket. Lockwood, half-asleep, played a slow and indeterminate stroke at a fast half-volley. He was bowled.

This unexpected setback did not deter Cole or his new partner, Broadhurst. They both settled down quickly and runs were soon being scored at a rapid rate. Broadhurst was the faster scorer and he made several big hits, including a mighty six over long-on's head off the Ampleforth fast bowler. This Cole-Broadhurst partnership put on 57 runs, but ended a few minutes before the luncheon interval when Broadhurst was dismissed after scoring 33 valuable runs.

After lunch Buckler and Cole took the score along to 80 before the School Captain was caught in the slips.

The rate of scoring now slackened considerably and was accompanied by an alarming downfall of wickets. Cole, whose excellent innings had been somewhat restrained, was finally dismissed for 47. Pulleyn, Frost and Steele all came and went for the addition of only six runs. These misfortunes were retrieved to a considerable extent by a short but very fruitful partnership between Denison and Caley.

Caley was content to keep his end up while his partner scored runs. Within the short space of fifteen minutes Denison scored 35 of the 40 runs which resulted from this partnership, and his score included a six and two fours in successive balls. With his dismissal, however, the School innings quickly came to an end with a final score of 147.

Ampleforth suffered the same fate as St. Peter's with regard to their opening batsmen because one of them, Hodson, was caught by Broadhurst off Frost before any runs had been scored. Another wicket fell shortly afterwards, but this was followed by a dangerous-looking partnership between Marston, the remaining opening batsman, and Rigby. These two added 56 runs to the Ampleforth score before Marston was brilliantly caught in the gully by Frost when he was one run short of his half-century.

This catch was the turning point of the game. None of the remaining Ampleforth batsmen were able to resist for long the accurate bowling of Anderson, Burton and Broadhurst. The final wicket fell with the Ampleforth score at 88 and thus brought the match to a victorious conclusion.

The School team fielded very well and the wicketkeeping of Steele was excellent.

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ST. PETER'S D. Cole, c Macdonald, b Hobden 47 P. A. Lockwood, b Bruce 0 A. Broadhurst, l.b.w., b Hobden 33 F. N. Buckler, c Bertelson, b Hunter-Gray 7 J. P. Pulleyn, c Hunter-Gray, b Hobden 4 J. R. Frost, l.b.w., b Macdonald 2 J. A. Denison, c Smith, b Hunter-Gray 35 F. F. Steele, l.b.w., b Macdonald 0 J. P. Caley, c Fletcher, b Bruce 5 D. Anderson, not out 3 D. Burton, c Hodson, b Hobden 0 11 Extras

AMPLEFORTH Marston, c Frost, b Broadhurst 49 Hodson, c Broadhurst, b Frost.. 0 2 Smith, b Frost 17 Rigby, b Anderson 0 Gray, l.b.w., b Broadhurst Fletcher, c Denison, b Broad1 hurst 9 Bruce, c Steele, b Anderson 4 Hunter-Gray, b Burton 0 Bertelson, b Anderson 1 Hobden, not out Macdonald, c Denison, b 2 Burton

Total ... 147

Total ... 88

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BOWLING ANALYSIS ST. PETER'S AMPLEFORTH 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. 11 2 25 2 10 2 38 2 Frost Bruce 10 0 36 3 16 5 46 2 Broadhurst Hunter-Gray 6 0 12 0 12.5 4 20 4 Denison Hobden 8 4 10 3 7 2 12 2 Anderson Macdonald 1.5 0 2 2 1 0 15 0 Burton Gray

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. WORKSOP COLLEGE. Played at home, Saturday, June 7th.

Result: St. Peter's 105, Worksop College 76.

The School won the toss and elected to bat. Cole and Lockwood opened as usual and began to play the Worksop bowling with confidence. The wicket showed signs of helping the bowlers and on one occasion a ball from Francis kicked up suddenly and struck Cole a painful blow in the face. Cole was caught in the slips when the score was 14, and Lockwood was joined by Broadhurst. Broadhurst soon struck his best form and began to score swiftly and surely.

Unfortunately, he could find no one to stay with him and his rapid scoring coincided with the cheap dismissal of three School batsmen. Broadhurst was caught and bowled after he had scored 41 out of a total of 71 runs. Of the remaining batsmen, only Frost and Anderson were able to obtain double-figured scores, and the School innings closed with a final score of 105 runs.

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There followed, upon the resumption of play, the longest partnership of the game between Millar and Hardy. These two put on 27 runs before Millar, with a hard drive to midon, was well caught by Burton off Frost's bowling. Wickets now began to fall rapidly, and the School fielding correspondingly increased in accuracy and keenness. Broadhurst and Cole were responsible for two brilliant catches, whilst quick fielding enabled Jennison and Taylor to be run out, although it must be admitted that foolish calling was chiefly responsible for the dismissal of these two batsmen.

The last two Worksop batsmen put on 17 runs before Francis was out to one of the most brilliant catches ever seen on the School ground. Frost, fielding in the deep at long-on, ran a full twenty yards before catching the ball about two inches of the ground. This was the " grande finale " of a very keen and interesting match.

The School team seized their opportunities in the field, and this contributed in a large measure to their ultimate victory. Anderson and Frost bowled consistently well throughout the whole Worksop innings and between them they claimed seven of the ten wickets.

ST. PETER'S WORKSOP D. Cole, c Millar, b Francis ... 9 J. B. Millar, c Burton, b Frost 17 P. A. Lockwood, b Jennison ... 9 J. Warren, b Frost 0 0. Hardy, c Broadhurst, b A. Broadhurst, c Buchanan, b 41 Anderson 16 Buchanan F. N. Buckler, b Jennison 7 R. V. Thompson, c Broadhurst, 1 b Frost J. P. Pulleyn, b Jennison 0 J. R. Frost, c Warren, b Hall ...10 N.M. Hall, c Cole, b Anderson 7 G. C. Buchanan, b Frost J. A. Denison, c Hall, b 6 1 Buchanan 1 H. D. Jennison, run out 3 C. Michael, c Steele, b Anderson 0 F. F. Steele, b Buchanan 5 J. M. Taylor, run out 2 J. P. Caley, b Francis 10 P. T. Francis, c Frost, b D. Anderson, not out 0 Broadhurst 10 D. J. G. B. Burton, b Francis Parker, not out 1 Extras 16 Extras 9 Total ... 105 BOWLING WORKSOP 0. M. R. W. 3 10 2 26 Francis 0 5 1 17 Taylor 3 7 0 22 Jennison 3 1 17 8 Buchanan 1 1 14 5 Hall

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ANALYSIS ST. PETER'S 0. M. R. W. Frost 14 3 34 4 Anderson 14 6 23 3 Broadhurst 1 0 2 1

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ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. BOOTHAM SCHOOL. Played at home, Saturday, June 14th.

Result: St. Peter's 61, Bootham School 48.

There had been a very heavy fall of rain during the night and early morning and, consequently, the wicket and outfield were very wet when Cole and Lockwood began the School innings.

The School again started in a disastrous manner because Cole, playing the last ball of the first over, snicked the ball straight into second slip's hands. Broadhurst must have become familiar by now with the sorry figures on the scoreboard which often greeted his arrival at the wicket, because he immediately began to attack the bowling and in quick succession despatched two of Blackshaw's balls to the square-leg boundary. This promising start soon came to nought when, with his score at 10, he was bowled by a brilliant off-break from Westwood.

Apart from Lockwood, who doggedly kept his end up for a long time and scored 26 valuable runs (20 of which were singles), none of the remaining School batsmen showed any confidence or ability before the accurate Bootham bowling. After ninety minutes' batting the last School wicket fell with the score at 61. Although the Bootham bowling was good and the pitch was receptive to spin, there was no excuse for the deplorable batsmanship which characterised the School innings. Several of the School batsmen were dismissed because of bad strokes rather than through superior bowling.

Bootham also lost a wicket on the last ball of the first over when Frost bowled Collier with a score of only 4 runs upon the board. Frost and Anderson bowled well during the first part of the Bootham innings and their accuracy, coupled with excellent fielding by the rest of the team, led to the steady downfall of Bootham wickets. The only batsman to show any confidence was Goudy, who batted well and scored steadily until Broadhurst, who had replaced Frost at the railway end of the field, bowled him after he had scored 16 runs out of a total of 38. Broadhurst soon captured the remaining three wickets for the addition of only ten runs to the Bootham score, and the School thus won a very exciting game by the narrow margin of 13 runs.

The School bowling was accurate, but the general high standard of the team's fielding was the decisive factor in the game. Special mention must be made of two brilliant catches ; one by Broadhurst fielding at short-leg and the other by Anderson fielding at first slip.

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BOOTHAM ST. PETER'S 4 Collier, b Frost Cole, c Blackshaw, b 0 Fowkes, c Broadhurst, b Frost 9 Westwood 16 Goudy, b Broadhurst P. A. Lockwood, c Collies, b 26 Crossley, c Lockwood, b Frost 0 Coates b Broadhurst, c 10 Benson, A. Broadhurst, b Westwood 3 Anderson 9 F. N. Buckler, c & b Geering 1 J. P. Pulleyn, l.b.w., b Westwood 3 Hawkins, b Frost 1 Aladin, b Anderson J. R. Frost, c Westwood, b 8 0 Coates, b Broadhurst Geering 1 Geering, c Anderson, b J. A. Denison, c & b Geering 0 Broadhurst 4 F. F. Steele, b Coates Blackshaw, c Frost, b J. P. Caley, c Westward, b 2 Broadhurst 0 Geering 0 2 Westwood, not out D. Anderson, not out 0 D. J. G. B. Burton, b Geering 4 Extras 6 Extras D.

Total ... 61

Total ... 48

BOWLING BOOTHAM 0. M. R. W. 3 4 20 13 Westwood 0 0 18 6 Blackshaw 5 9 2 16 Geering 2 4 0 2 Coates

ANALYSIS ST. PETER'S 0. M. R. W. 4 0 21 5 Frost 2 2 18 7 Anderson 4 5 0 3 Broadhurst

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. YORK CRICKET CLUB. Played at home, Wednesday, June 18th.

Result: St. Peter's 153, York 91.

The match was played in glorious summer weather, a welcome change from the many dull days which had gone before.

Buckler won the toss and elected to bat. Once again the School innings started in a disastrous manner, because Lockwood and Cole were both dismissed during the first over, and Buckler and Broadhurst soon found themselves at the crease with the score board reading 2 runs for 2 wickets. The situation was saved, however, by an ensuing partnership which produced 60 runs before Buckler was bowled with his score at 24. Broadhurst was the more aggressive of the two batsmen and he soon gave evidence that he was on top of his form. His estimation of the bowling was extremely good and he always knew which ball to hit. Broadhurst did not long survive his partner and, with the score at 84 for 5, he was bowled by Lund when only two runs short of attaining his half-century—an innings which included a grand six on to the squash court roof.

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Frost and Denison managed to stay together for some time, but the latter never settled down. Frost, however, began to hit hard and frequently and the score increased rapidly until he was l.b.w. He had scored 40 runs in a very short time. The School innings closed soon afterwards.

R. Richardson was prominent among the York bowlers, taking 4 wickets for 19 runs.

The York opening pair did not remain together very long and after 9 runs had been scored Frost knocked Collier's middle stump right out of the ground. T. Hobson and his new partner, H. Houseman, began to score runs quickly.

This partnership began to look threatening, but it was eventually broken when the score stood at 45, Houseman being smartly caught by Buckler at cover-point off Frost's bowling. Hobson, who batted well, was unable to find a steady partner at all. The York wickets now began to fall at regular intervals, the majority of them being due to Anderson's excellent bowling. Broadhurst, who had replaced Frost at the railway end of the field, bowled well and often had the batsmen in difficulties. These two bowlers soon brought about the dismissal of the remaining York batsmen and the York innings closed with a final score of 91 runs.

The School fielding was up to its usual high standard, but the most notable feature of the game was the bowling of Anderson. He bowled throughout the whole innings and his final analysis revealed that he had taken 7 wickets for 31 runs—a very creditable performance.

ST. PETER'S P. A. Lockwood, b F. 0 Richardson 0 D. Cole, b F. Richardson 48 A. Broadhurst, b Lund 24 F. N. Buckler, b Quarmby J. P. Pulleyn, c Carr, b Quarmby 3 J. R. Frost, l.b.w., b 40 R. Richardson J. A. Denison b R. Richardson 8 0 F. F. Steele, b R. Richardson 1 J. P. Coley, b R. Richardson 7 D. Anderson, not out D. J. G. B. Burton, c H. Lund, b Carr 0 22 Extras

YORK XI. T. Hobson, b Anderson 41 Collier, b Frost 0 H. Houseman, c Buckler, b Frost 22 G. Carr, c Buckler, b Anderson 9 P. M. Sawkill, b Anderson 0 S. Sugden, b Anderson • 0 H. Lund, c Frost, b Broadhurst 3 R. Richardson, c Steele, b Broadhurst 0 R. Lund, c Buckler, b Anderson 2 F. Richardson, b Anderson 0

Total ... 153

Total ... 91

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BOWLING ANALYSIS YORK XI. ST. PETER'S 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. F. Richardson 9 2 28 2 Frost 7 0 37 2 J. R. Richardson 4 0 21 0 Anderson 9 1 31 7 R. Lund 5 0 28 1 Broadhurst 2 0 11 2 Quarmby 5 0 34 2 R. Richardson 5 1 19 4 Carr 8 0 1 1 41

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. C. E. ANSON'S XI. Played at home on Saturday, June 21st.

Result: St. Peter's 218 for 9 (dec.), C. E. Anson's XI 186.

The School Captain again won the toss and decided to bat first. It was a welcome change to see Lockwood and Cole scoring runs together, because in recent games one of them has invariably been back in the pavilion before the end of the first over. The score mounted slowly until 36 had been reached, at which point Lockwood was well caught in the slips. Broadhurst now joined Cole and, in the intense heat of a midsummer's afternoon, these two batsmen together added 60 runs to the score in rapid fashion. With the score in the nineties Broadhurst was out. He was followed by Buckler and Pulleyn, who both carried on the good work.

Cole in the meanwhile was fast approaching his half-century.

At first he had been content to play carefully and to score slowly, but as time went on he opened out and for the second time this season we had the pleasure of seeing him batting at his best. He began to take risks after reaching his halfcentury and with the score at 65 he was caught after mishitting a full toss. The scores of Frost, Steele and Anderson all reached double figures and the School innings was declared closed with a final score of 218 for 9 wickets.

The School were fortunate in not having to field first, because the extreme and at times almost unbearable heat helped to bring about a deterioration in their opponents' standard of fielding.

The opposing side batted very well and at times it looked as if the School were heading for their first defeat.

The School fielding was bad and the bowling was often little better. The opening pair of C. E. Anson's XI were separated after the score had reached 23, but there then followed the longest partnership of the innings between Chambers and Grimston. This pair put on 60 runs, until Grimston was run out when the score stood at 83 for 2. This imposing total quickly changed, however, and in a short time the scoreboard read 108 for 5—a very different state of affairs. The fortunes of the match again switched over, because our opponent's tail began to wag vigorously and some lusty batting by Fairfax and Horsefield (whose score included a grand six on to the seat on top of the bank) quickly brought the score to 170. At this juncture Fairfax was well bowled by Broadhurst and his fighting partner soon joined him in the pavilion. As the remaining wickets began to fall the hands of the clock were creeping closer and closer to the time limit of the game. Thus it came about that the last man came in 42

to face Anderson's bowling with only five more balls to be bowled before the end of the game. The first three sped past the off-stump unseen by the batsman. On the fourth ball, to the surprise of many, a half-hearted appeal for a catch at the wicket was upheld. The School team, therefore, maintained its winning sequence, but it was unfortunate that this last decision should have been so dubious.

C. E. ANSON'S XI. ST. PETER'S 65 H. Chambers, l.b.w., b Burton...46 D. Cole, c Duck, b Horsefield 14 J. Backhouse, run out P. A. Lockwood, c Horsefield, b 16 Lund 14 F. Grimston, run out 11 A. Broadhurst, c Elliott, b Lund 26 Elliott, st. Steele, b Frost 9 F. N. Buckler, c & b Elliott 21 J. Lewis, b Anderson G. Lund, c Broadhurst, b J. P. Pulleyn, c Warner, b Anderson 4 18 Backhouse 21 Fairfax-Cholmby, b Broadhurst 26 J. R. Frost, b Taylor 3 A. Horsefield, c Steele, b Frost 21 J. A. Denison, b Taylor 15 0 W. Duck, b Anderson J. P. Caley, l.b.w., b Lund 11 14 S. Warner, not out F. F. Steele, run out 20 C. Taylor, c Steele, b Anderson 0 D. Anderson, not out 13 Extras 16 Extras Total (for 9 wkts., decl.) ... 218

Total ... 186

BOWLING ANALYSIS ST. PETER'S C. E. ANSON'S XI. 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. 15 1 67 2 Lund 14 2 67 3 Frost 15 2 52 4 Taylor 12 1 39 2 Anderson 8 1 38 2 Horsefield 8 1 40 1 Broadhurst 1 Burton 3 0 16 1 Elliott 5 0 43 2 0 13 1 Backhouse

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL. Played away, Saturday, June 28th.

Result: St. Peter's 101, Giggleswick 101.

Giggleswick won the toss and decided to bat first. The wicket was wet and the outfield was slow owing to the effect of a heavy shower of rain which had occurred during the early morning.

The first five balls of Frost's opening over were wide of the leg-stump; the sixth, a good length ball on the offstump, was snicked straight into Denison's hands in the gully. There then followed a slow but steady partnership which produced 30 runs. It was broken up by a brilliant catch by Buckler, fielding at cover-point. Shortly before the luncheon interval a third Giggleswick wicket fell, Denison holding another catch in the gully off Anderson's bowling.

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A minor collapse ensued after lunch, but the Giggleswick score was rapidly augmented by some hard hitting on the part of the Giggleswick captain. His dismissal was followed by a comparatively prolific eighth-wicket partnership which produced 30 much needed runs and changed a depressing score into a tolerably respectable one. The batting could not be called stylish by any means, but it certainly achieved the desired effect—that of scoring runs. This spell of hitting was brought to a close by a well-judged catch

by Morris, fielding in the deep. The Giggleswick innings came to an end in the same over with a final score of 101 runs.

The School fielding showed a distinct improvement, whilst the bowling of Frost and Anderson, and the wicketkeeping of Steele, left little to be desired.

Again the School innings opened disastrously, for with 6 runs on the board Lockwood was well caught in the slips.

Broadhurst joined Cole and he soon showed that he was on the top of his form. Chapman, a slow spin bowler who subsequently troubled nearly all the remaining School batsmen, was treated in a very cavalier fashion. After scoring 15, however, Broadhurst was given out as having hit his wicket during the execution of a brilliant hook which sent the ball to the square-leg boundary. Buckler went in and came back immediately. He was soon followed by Cole who, flashing at a ball outside his off-stump, was caught in the slips. Pulleyn hit hard and scored runs, but was unfortunately out after only a short stay at the wicket.

At this point, when Denison joined Frost, the scoreboard read 42 for 5. These two brought the score up to 58, at which point Frost was out. Morris came in and scored a grand four with a powerful off-drive. At 64 Morris was out, and Denison, who was now batting steadily, was joined

by Steele. These two stayed together until the tea interval, at which juncture the score stood at 70 for 7. Steele and Denison soon settled down after tea and runs began to come at a fairly even rate. Steele scored most of these runs and he was batting really well until he was caught at short-leg after scoring 23 very valuable runs.

The score now stood at 93, and Anderson came in to join Denison. A magnificent cut to the mid-wicket boundary brought 4 runs, a snick through the slips earned another single, and the next ball raised by one the number of School wickets which had fallen.

Thus it was, with four more runs needed for victory, that Burton joined Denison. Anderson had fortunately been 44

out on the last ball of the over and, consequently, Denison faced the Giggleswick fast bowler. The first five balls were either played back to the bowler or else left severely alone.

The sixth ball produced a very fine leg-glide and the score mounted by one. Now facing the bowling again, Denison jumped out to the third ball, mis-hit it completely, and the ball rolled down to the fine-leg boundary. This very lucky shot brought forth two runs. The next ball was a full toss.

Denison tried to hit it out of the ground, failed dismally, and was easily caught at cover-point. And so this exciting match ended in a tie.

The School batting was not good, and Steele was the only person to attack the bowling successfully.

ST. PETER'S GIGGLESWICK A. L. Mann, c Denison, b Frost 4 D. Cole, c Ashworth, b Wilson...10 P. A. Lockwood, c Knight, b P. Jackman, c Buckler, b 0 18 Ashworth Anderson A. Broadhurst, hit wkt., b T. P. Randle, l.b.w., b 15 Chapman 13 Broadhurst F. N. Buckler, c Ormerod, b B. H. Knight, c Denison, b 0 2 Chapman Anderson J. P. Pulleyn, c Reif, b C. G. C. Nichol, b Anderson 15 Chapman 0 A. E. Reif, b Anderson K. L. Wilson, b Broadhurst ...17 J. R. Frost, c Ashworth, b 7 Wilson H. A. Chapman, b Anderson ... 0 Ormerod, c Morris, b Frost ...15 J. A. Denison, c Ormerod, b 13 Wilson 18 Ashworth, not out 0 G. R. Morris, c Ashworth, b Riley, c Steele, b Frost 5 Wilson F. F. Steele, c Riley, b Wilson 23 D. Anderson, c Ormerod, b 5 Wilson 0 D. J. G. B. Burton, not out 8 Extras 12 Extras Total ... 101

Total ... 101

BOWLING ANALYSIS ST. PETER'S GIGGLESWICK 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. 8 3 14 3 11 1 22 1 Frost Ashworth 15 3 48 5 5 1 12 0 Anderson Riley 8 1 27 2 7 1 27 3 Broadhurst Chapman 12 4 32 6 Wilson

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. WEST YORKS I.T.C. Played at home, Wednesday, July 2nd.

Result: West Yorks 231, St. Peter's 102.

The Army opening pair batted confidently and runs were scored at a fast rate on a perfect wicket. The firstwicket partnership produced 26 runs. After Traker had 45

been easily caught by Broadhurst fielding at short-leg, Gankrodger was joined by Terry and these two scored swiftly and with complete ease. After some time, however, Gankrodger was well caught by Morris fielding at extra cover, when the score stood at 44. The next wicket did not fall until the score had reached 81. This quick scoring was due to the hard hitting of Col. Davis and to the brilliant stroke play of Terry. Col. Davis did not long survive his partner and his dismissal was followed by a minor and much needed collapse.

Westerby, however, was batting well and scoring runs at a very fast rate. He was caught by Buckler behind the wicket after he had scored 35. At this point the score stood at 148 for 8. The remaining three batsmen, however, by dint of hard and continuous hitting, aided by some lamentable fielding on the part of the School, added another 80 runs to the score. Thus it was that, after being in the satisfactory position of having dismissed eight of their opponents for 148 on a batsman's wicket, the School team found that it had to score 232 runs to achieve victory.

Frost, Anderson and Broadhurst tried hard to keep the runs down but with little avail. The School fielding showed a distinct deterioration since the last match, but worse was to follow.

Again the School innings failed to get off to a flying start because both Lockwood and Broadhurst were back in the pavilion with the scoreboard reading 4 runs for 2 wickets.

Cole and Buckler stayed together for some time and raised the score to 34 before Cole was bowled by Westmoreland.

Buckler did not long survive Cole and Frost was out the same over. Pulleyn was joined by Denison with the score at 43 for 5.

Pulleyn was soon out, and it now became the object of the remaining School batsmen to try to play out time.

Denison stayed at the wicket for a long time but was unfortunately out when it was most necessary that he should stay at the wicket. Anderson hit hard and his three scoring strokes were a six and two fours. This was of little avail, because on the third ball of the last over Burton was clean bowled by Westerby and the School were all out for 102 runs.

This was the first defeat of the season, but in all honesty the School team deserved to lose. The lack of spirit and determination in the side's batting may have been due to some extent to the effect of fielding in gruelling hot weather. This does not explain everything, however, and the plain fact was that the opposing side was the better side.

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ST. PETER'S P. A. Lockwood, c Henry, b 3 Westmoreland 18 D. Cole, b Westmoreland A. Broadhurst, c Westerby, b 0 Westmoreland F. N. Buckler, c Westerby, b 20 Westmoreland J. P. Pulleyn, c Comes, b 5 Westmoreland J. R. Frost, l.b.w., b West0 moreland J. A. Denison, l.b.w., b Westerby 17 4 Caley, b Westmoreland G. R. Morris, c Terry, b 11 Gankrodger 14 D. Anderson, not out D. J. G. B. Burton, b Westerby 0 10 Extras

Total ... 231

Total ... 102

WEST YORKSHIRE I.T.C. Traher, c Broadhurst, b Frost 13 Gankrodger, c Morris, b Frost 22 Terry, st Buckler, b Broadhurst 32 22 Colonel Davis, b Anderson 35 Westerby, c Buckler, b Frost 2 Agar, c Frost, b Anderson 13 Henry, l.b.w., b Frost Comes, b Frost Osborne, c Frost, b Broadhurst 25 Westmoreland, b Anderson 38 Huggins, not out 10

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BOWLING ANALYSIS WEST YORKSHIRE I.T.C. St. PETER'S 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. 9.5 3 26 2 12 0 88 5 Westerby Frost 18 1 75 3 Westmoreland ... 17 4 45 7 Anderson 5 3 4 0 9 1 41 2 Osborne Broadhurst 3 0 17 1 2 0 8 0 Gankrodger Burton

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. YORK CRICKET CLUB. Played away, Wednesday, July 9th.

Result: York C.C. 202 for 6 wkts (dec.), St. Peter's 104 for 5 wkts.

York won the toss, decided to bat, and Frost opened the School bowling from the pavilion end of the field. Sanders and Hobson, the York opening pair, began quietly and at first scoring was very slow. Gradually, however, runs began to come at a quicker rate. Sanders hit the ball very hard and any loose ball was mercilessly treated. With the score standing at 78, Hobson was caught behind the wicket off Frost. He had scored 41. His innings was more restrained than that of his partner, but his clever stroke play easily counter-balanced his disinclination to hit hard. Sanders was joined by R. Richardson. The new batsman did not remain long at the wicket, for after scoring only three runs he was caught by Denison in the gully off Frost.

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Curry, the next batsman, soon settled down, and he and Sanders put on 70 runs in very quick time. Frost and Anderson both needed a rest, and the School change bowlers were treated with scant respect by these two experienced players, whose forceful and correct batting at this period of the game provided a valuable and instructive lesson to their younger opponents.

With the score standing at 163 for 3, an appeal for l.b.w. against Curry was upheld, and a few minutes later Anderson bowled Sanders. Sanders had been at the wicket while 171 had been scored, his own contribution being 81.

Two more York wickets fell in quick succession for the addition of very few runs, and with two hundred runs on the board the York innings was declared closed.

Lockwood and Cole opened the School innings and their scoring was very slow. They refrained from taking chances, and after a few overs Curry and Quarmby replaced the opening bowlers, Richardson and Lund. With 33 runs on the scoreboard Lockwood was bowled by Curry. Broadhurst was stumped the next ball. Buckler joined Cole and these two stayed together for some time. Cole narrowly escaped being stumped soon after Buckler had joined him, but at 52 he was bowled and Curry had claimed his third wicket.

Pulleyn did not last long, but Buckler, who had been scoring fast, found a steady partner in Frost. Buckler did most of the scoring, and the score began to mount much faster than hitherto. These two had put on 30 runs when Frost was well caught by Hobson, again off Curry.

Buckler and Denison played out time.

The School fielding was bad. Frost and Anderson each bowled for two long spells and on the whole they acquitted themselves very well against a side which had paid the School the tribute of including seven members of their regular 1st XI. YORK C.C.

ST. PETER'S

81 Sanders, b Anderson T. Hobson, c Buckler, b Frost 41 R. Richardson, c Denison, b 3 Frost 36 G. Curry, l.b.w., b Burton H. Houseman, c Pulleyn, b 10 Anderson 16 W. A. Kaye, not out 2 D. Lund, run out S. Sawkill, not out 5 8 Extras

P. A. Lockwood, b Curry 10 D. Cole, b Curry 24 A. Broadhurst, st. Sawkill, b Curry 0 F. N. Buckler, not out 44 4 J. P. Pulleyn, b Curry J. R. Frost, c Hobson 11 J. A. Denison, not out 3 Extras 8

Total (for six wkts. decl.) ... 202

Total (for 5 wkts.) ... 104

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BOWLING ANALYSIS YORK C.C. ST. PETER'S 0. M. 0. M. R. W.

Frost Anderson Broadhurst Morris Burton

10 14 4 2 3

0 2 0 0 0

68 50 28 25 23

2 F. Richardson 2 R. Lund 0 Quarmby 0 Curry 1 R. Richardson Houseman

4 4 5 9 2 3

3 0 0 1 0 0

R.

2 14 24 24 16 16

W.

0 0 0 5 0 0

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. THE ROYAL ARMY SIGNAL CORPS. Played at home, Thursday, July 10th.

Result: St. Peter's 152, R.A.S.C. 37.

The School gained an easy victory over their opponents, who were sadly out of practice.

As has been usual this season, the School innings opened disastrously. Both Lockwood and Broadhurst were dismissed before any runs had been scored. Buckler and Cole scored quickly, however, and 44 runs were put on the scoreboard in very quick time. At this point Buckler was out l.b.w. after scoring 30 of a total of 44 runs. Pulleyn was out without scoring, and Frost came in to join Cole.

Another partnership ensued which produced 60 runs. Cole had now begun to open out and runs seemed to flow from his bat. He made several grand cover drives and a hit for six into the adjoining golf course brought forth rounds of applause.

Frost was out l.b.w. when the score stood at 106 for 5 wickets. After only two runs had been added to the score Cole himself was caught and bowled. He had scored a fine half-century, which had laid the foundations of the School score. Denison did not last long, and Steele came in to hit a couple of fours and then departed. Morris gave promise of a big score but was bowled after he had scored 14 runs.

The School innings closed with a final score of 152 runs.

As stated before, the School opponents were sadly in need of practice, and Frost and Anderson met with very little resistance. Charity and Bell were the only batsmen who remained at the wicket for any length of time and the R.A.S.C. innings closed with a final score of 37 runs.

A second Army innings produced a much greater score, and revealed, to everyone's enjoyment, some peculiar and latent bowling talent in the School side.

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ROYAL ARMY SIGNAL CORPS. ST. PETER'S P. A. Lockwood, b Hutchinson 0 Cobbing, c Frost, b Anderson ... 0 0 D. Cole, c & b Mutch 50 Mutch, b Anderson 1 A. Broadhurst, c Charity, b Smith, l.b.w., b Frost 0 Hutchinson 0 Preston, c Buckler, b Frost 0 F. N. Buckler, l.b.w., b Preston 30 Walker, b Frost 1 J. P. Pulleyn, run out 0 Wilson, run out 9 J. R. Frost, 1.b.w., b Mutch 21 Bell, b Frost 2 J. A. Denison, st. Charity, b Bell 7 Bay, b Frost 12 F. F. Steele, c & b Bell 10 Charity, l.b.w., Anderson 0 G. R. Morris, b Birch 14 Birch, not out D. Anderson, c Walker, b Bell 0 Hutchinson, c Denison, b 0 D. J. G. B. Burton, not out 1 Anderson 12 Extras Extras 19 Total ... 152

Total ... 37

BOWLING ANALYSIS ROYAL ARMY SIGNAL CORPS. ST. PETER'S O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. 6 4 4 5 Hutchinson 11 2 31 2 Frost Birch 5.6 1 21 4 4.1 1 7 1 Anderson Bell 8 0 44 3 Preston 6 1 16 1 Wilson 2 0 16 0 Mutch 5 2 13 2

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. DURHAM SCHOOL. Played at home, Saturday, July 12th.

Result: St. Peter's 188, Durham 56.

The School side returned to their very best form for this match, the last one against another school. Durham won the toss and decided to field in the belief that the wicket would help the bowlers. At first it looked as if Durham had made the right decision, because within a quarter of an hour the School had lost the wickets of Cole, Lockwood, Buckler and Pulleyn for a miserable 23 runs.

Frost and Broadhurst played themselves in, and Broadhurst, with his second scoring shot—a six into Love Lane— revealed that he was on the look-out for runs. These two added 60 valuable runs to the score before Frost was given out l.b.w. His place was taken by Denison, who with Broadhurst proceeded to carry on the good work. They both resisted the temptation to jump down the pitch in order to play Dales, the Durham slow bowler. After this pair had put on 30 runs in a very short time, Broadhurst was caught at backward and deep square-leg. He had been at the wicket while 115 runs were added, and he himself had contributed 60 of these. Denison and Steele added a further 25 runs before Denison was given out to an appeal for a rather doubtful l.b.w.

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Morris joined Steele and began to hit very hard. Each hit a six during the course of his innings ; Morris into the golf course and Steele right over the mid-wicket boundary.

After Steele had dragged the ball on to his wicket, Morris was joined by Anderson. Morris now began to hit very hard and his score mounted rapidly. He was finally caught at mid-off. His 32 runs provided that last-minute filip which the School score needed.

In intensely hot weather and with an almost tropical sun beating down, Frost opened the School bowling from the pavilion end of the field. Dales was dropped by Denison in the gully off Anderson in his first over, but this lapse was retrieved by Broadhurst, who caught Sell off Frost's bowling when the score stood at only 16. The following batsmen collapsed against the accurate bowling of Frost and Anderson, and the Durham score soon altered from 16 for 1 to 23 for 5. A very minor stand which followed the fall of the fifth wicket produced 13 runs before Raper was bowled by Frost. Bucknall was the only batsman who could resist the School bowling and he was unbeaten at the end of the Durham innings with the highest score of the side to his credit.

The School fielding was good, and both Frost and Broadhurst held very good catches. Steele's wicketkeeping kept to a very high standard and he achieved arse brilliant stumping which was almost too swift for the eye to follow.

ST. PETER'S 5 D. Cole, b Silva-White 0 P. A. Lockwood, b Anderson A. Broadhurst, c Sparrow, b 60 Dales F. N. Buckler, c Bellis, c Anderson 6 J. P. Pulleyn, l.b.w., b Anderson 4 J. R. Frost, l.b.w., b Raper 20 A. Denison, l.b.w., b J. 23 Anderson 16 F. F. Steele, b Anderson G. R. Morris, c Parmentin, b 32 Silva-White 8 D. Anderson, not out D. J. G. B. Burton, b Anderson 0 14 Extras

DURHAM Sell, c Broadhurst, b Frost ... 4 Dales, c & b Anderson 8 Sparrow, I.b.w., b Anderson 6 Silva-White, c Steele, b Frost 1 Pickering, c Broadhurst, b Anderson 4 Thompson, st.

Steele, b Anderson 0 Bucknall, not out 13 Raper, b Frost 5 Parmentin, b Frost 1 Anderson, b Anderson 0 Bellis, c Frost, b Anderson 9

Total ... 188

Total ... 56

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BOWLING ANALYSIS ST. PETER'S DURHAM 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. 10 4 17 4 14.2 2 50 6 Frost Anderson 9.2 2 34 6 8 0 36 2 Anderson Silva-White 6 2 19 1 Raper 7 0 40 1 Dales 3 0 28 0 Parmentin

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. 123rd O.C.T.U. REGT. R.A. Played at home, Saturday, July 19th.

Result: St. Peter's 155 for 7 (dec.), 123rd O.C.T.U. Regt.

R.A. 166 for 8.

Buckler won the toss and, as usual, Cole and Lockwood opened the School's innings against the fast bowling of Donne and Sanders. The scoring was slow and there were only 23 runs on the board when Cole was caught in the slips off Donne. Lockwood was caught and bowled by Sanders shortly afterwards. Broadhurst joined Buckler but did not repeat his form of the preceding match because he was bowled by Sanders, a minor county player, after scoring only eight.

Pulleyn and Frost were both out in Sanders' next over, and Denison joined Buckler with the score at 52 for 5.

Buckler had been batting well against the accurate Army bowling, and throughout the remaining few overs before the tea interval he was successful in keeping the greater part of the bowling to himself and thus enabling Denison to settle down. These two remained together for quite a long time and the partnership produced 42 runs in quick succession.

They had both realised that quick scoring was necessary and the jump in the score was due in no small measure to their clever running between the wickets which enabled them to sneak many a sharp single. At last Buckler hit across a straight ball from Gibson and was bowled. He had played a very useful innings and had scored 34.

Steele joined Denison and began to hit hard. A few more runs were added before Denison was run out. Morris joined Steele and the pair began to set about the bowling.

Several boundaries were scored amidst their prodigious hitting, but time was getting short and Buckler had to call them in and declare the School innings closed, to the intense disappointment of both Steele and Morris.

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This declaration left the future officers with the task of scoring at the rate of a hundred runs an hour in order to win the match. They succeeded with only ten minutes to spare.

Gibson and Sanders opened the innings. They soon got off the mark and began to score rapidly. The first wicket fell with the score standing at 46, Sanders being caught at the wicket off Anderson. Soon after this Gibson was dropped in the deep, a mistake which proved costly because he went on to score an excellent half-century. The next man in did not last very long, and at 57 Stanhan joined Gibson. Forty runs were added to the score by dint of hard and clever hitting and some inaccurate bowling on the part of Frost and Anderson. These two bowlers were undoubtedly tired, and the fact that they bowled unchanged throughout the entire Army innings proved to be Buckler's only tactical lapse as Captain of the School team. At 99 Stanhan was bowled by Frost. Donne joined Gibson and immediately began to follow the example of his predecessor. His innings, however, was short and sweet, and with his score at 18 he was well caught by Morris, fielding on the long-on boundary. Shortly afterwards Gibson was at last dismissed after scoring 50. He jumped down the pitch to a ball from Anderson and hit it as hard as he could. Anderson stretched out his right arm and the ball stuck in his hand.

This was a really fine catch because the ball was hit with great power.

This left Scorch and Taverner at the wicket. They both treated the bowling with respect and soon after his advent to the wicket Taverner was bowled by Anderson. Anderson secured two more wickets in the same over, and this brilliant spell of bowling changed the whole aspect of the game.

Within a very short time the score had suddenly changed from 122 for 5 to 136 for 8. Hope once more reigned supreme in the minds of the School team. Their hopes gradually faded, however, as Scorch continued to bat unperturbed by the recent collapse and also to advance the score. He cleverly sheltered his partner and his estimation of the bowling was extremely accurate. The School total was passed without the loss of any further wicket and when stumps were drawn Scorch was unbeaten with 29 runs to his credit.

The School fielding was indifferent at times and the bowling occasionally showed signs of tiredness. In spite of this, however, the School team put up a very creditable performance against a strong side.

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123rd O.T.C.U. REG. R.A. ST. PETER'S P. A. Lockwood, c & b Sanders 14 Gibson, c & b Anderson 9 Sanders, c Steele, b Anderson D. Cole, c Sanders, b Donne 8 Shervington, b Frost A. Broadhurst, b Sanders 34 Stanhan, b Frost F. N. Buckler, b Gibson Donne, c Morris, b Frost J. P. Pulleyn, c Woodman, b 1 Scorch, not out Sanders 0 Taverner, b Anderson J. R. Frost, 1.b.w., b Sanders 24 Woodman, c & b Anderson J. A. Denison, run out 30 Evans, b Anderson F. F. Steele, not out 19 Newmark, not out G. R. Morris, not out Extras 16 Extras

50 21 5 23 18 29

8

0 2 2 8

Total (for 8 wkts.) ... 166

Total (for 7 wkts. decl.) ... 155

BOWLING ANALYSIS ST. PETER'S 123rd O.C.T.U. REG. R.A. 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. 14 1 70 3 11 3 18 1 Frost Donne 14 0 88 5 1 46 4 Anderson 17 Sanders 0 17 0 4 Stanhan 1 1 0 2 Shervington 0 28 1 4 Gibson 0 19 0 2 Taverner 0 10 0 1 Evans

2nd XI AND COLTS. ST. PETER'S SCHOOL 2nd XI v. RICHMOND GRAMMAR SCHOOL 1st XI. Played at home, Wednesday, 28th May. Result: St. Peter's 150 for 8 (dec.), Richmond 113.

The home team batted first but did not get off to a good start, Steele being dismissed when the score was only 8.

The batsmen who followed, however, each contributed a useful amount of runs to the score. Davison and Morris both played soundly, the latter hitting particularly hard. With eight wickets down the score stood at 95. Not a very prepossessing score, but by no means an insignificant one. At this point Barker and Denholm came together and proceeded to carry all before them. By dint of hard and persistent smiting they accumulated over 50 runs in a very short space of time. Although their batting could never be called classic it was extremely efficient and placed the 2nd XI in an unexpectedly commanding position.

Richmond started off very well, and at one time it looked as if the home team was heading for defeat. By means of rapid scoring the Richmond opening pair quickly set on 57 runs before they were parted. At this point the 54

fortunes of the game swung completely over towards the fielding side and the situation soon changed from 57 for 1 to 86 for 8. This sudden collapse was chiefly due to the accurate bowling of Burton and Denholm, who collected the majority of the Richmond wickets. The last man in indulged in some successful but very reckless smiting. His effort was too late, however, and the last Richmond wicket fell with the score at 113, giving the 2nd XI victory by 2 wickets and 45 runs.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL 2nd XI. C. A. F. Cookson, c Swainston b Hird 15 P. M. Steele, l.b.w., b Henwood 0 J. P. Caley, c Henwood, b J. M. Robinson 9 E. P. Davison, b Henwood 20 G. R. Morris, b Henwood 24 H. C. Belchamber, c King, b J. M. Robinson 16 D. Burton, c Swainston, b J. M. Robinson 3 M. M. Barker, not out 29 A. Battrick, b J. M. Robinson 1 D. H. Denholm, not out 30 R. L. Murray did not bat.

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RICHMOND 1st XI. G. Swainston, run out 43 Waggett, run out 17 Henwood, c Morris, b Steele ... 7 Robinson, J. M., b Burton 7 J. W. Robinson, l.b.w., b Burton 4 Prosser, b Burton 2 Marsh, b Denholm 2 Hanby, c Morris, b Denholm ... 2 Clarke, run out 0 Hird, b Caley 5 King, not out 18

Total (for 8 wkts.) ... 150

Total ... 113

BOWLING RICHMOND 1st XI. 0. M. R. W. Prosser 7 0 27 0 Henwood 14 2 45 3 J. M. Robinson ... 9 1 30 4 J. W. Robinson... 3 0 21 0 Hird 7 0 31 1

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ANALYSIS SCHOOL 2nd XI. 0. M. R. W. Murray 6 2 18 0 11 Burton 1 39 3 Denholm 2 17 2 9 1 24 1 Steele 6 Caley 0 7 1 3

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL 2nd XI v. AMPLEFORTH 2nd XI. Played at home, Saturday, 31st May. Result: St. Peter's 98, Ampleforth 102 for 6.

The home team batted first and once again started very badly. In a very short time three wickets were down for 13 runs. Morris did not last long, and once again it remained with Barker and Denholm to attempt to pull the School chestnuts out of the fire. They made a valiant effort and their joint score was more than half the total score of the side. When the last of these two were out the score 55

stood at 86 for 7. Penniston was the only other batsman who was able to score runs against the accurate Ampleforth bowling, but the rest of the School wickets fell rapidly, and the School side were all out for 98. Hall and Flisher bowled well throughout the innings, Hall claiming 6 wickets.

Ampleforth passed the 2nd XI's score for the loss of six wickets. They started off badly, however, losing Strode when the score was only 8. This initial reverse did not deter White and Codriviston, who took the score along to 67 before Codriviston was caught by Murray off Morris. White, however, continued to bat steadily and his scoring, coupled with the contributions of his successive partners, soon raised the Ampleforth score past that of the home team, and the victors thus secured a comfortable win. Morris was the most successful School bowler, taking 3 wickets for 15 runs.

SCHOOL 2nd XI. 1 C. A. F. Cookson, b Hall 1 P. M. Steele, 1.b.w., b Hall ...

E. P. Davison, c Bamford, b Hall 6 8 G. R. Morris, b Flisher M. M. Barker, c Bamford, b 24 Maugham H. C. Belchamber, b Filshaw ...10 D. H. Denholm, c Davy, b Hall...14 14 P. Penniston, b Hall 0 A. A. Short, c White, b Hall A. Battrick, st. Codriviston, b Flisher 2 R. L. Murray, not out 5 Extras

AMPLEFORTH 2nd XI. 42 White, c Steele, b Morris 1 Strode, 1.b.w., b Penniston Codriviston, c Murray, b Morris24 4 Davy, b Denholm 13 Neely, b Morris 4 Johnston, b Short 1 Price, not out

Total ... 98

Total (for 6 wkts.) ... 102

BOWLING AMPLEFORTH 2nd XI. 0. M. R. W. 9 4 15 0 Bamford 10 2 21 6 Hall 1 5 0 15 Maugham 3 Flisher 7.2 0 28 0 1 0 12 Neely

ANALYSIS SCHOOL 2nd XI. 0. M. R. W. 1 24 1 Denholm '7 1 0 10 Penniston 3 3 0 13 0 Steele 4 0 14 0 Murray 3 Morris 6 0 15 0 13 0 Barker 3 2 0 5 1 Short

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ST. PETER'S SCHOOL 2nd XI v. WORKSOP COLLEGE 2nd XI. Played at Worksop on June 7th.

Result: Lost by 6 wickets.

The School team batted first but could obtain only a very paltry score against the accurate bowling of Saunders 56

and Mayor. Only three members of the side were able to reach a double-figured score. Both Steele and Morris appeared to be batting confidently and gradually settling down when Steele put his leg in front of a straight ball from Mayor, and Morris was caught by Poffly off Saunders. Of the remaining School batsmen Denholm alone showed any ability. Like Steele, he was out leg before wicket. The scores of Denholm, Steele and Morris were comparatively good, but they were by no means sufficient, and the School innings closed at the insecure total of 70.

The Worksop team had no difficulty in passing our score, which they did for the loss of only four wickets.

Mayor was the outstanding Worksop batsman, and by means of steady stroke play and the scoring of singles and an occasional two rather than by any violent smiting, his score mounted slowly until it reached 25, at which point he was bowled by Denholm. Mayor was ably backed up by Ballance and Saunders, and the latter remained at the wicket to make the winning hit. Murray, once again, was the most successful School bowler, taking 3 wickets for 25 runs.

The School fielding was highly indifferent.

SCHOOL 2nd XI. E. P. Davison, b Lloyd Evans... 1 C. A. F. Cookson, b Saunders... 1 P. M. Steele, l.b.w., b Mayor -.15 G. R. Morris, c Poffly, b 12 Saunders M. M. Barker, c Thomas, b 8 Saunders D. H. Denholm, l.b.w., b 14 Saunders 1 P. Penniston, b Lloyd Evans R. H. Hanson, c Lloyd Evans, b 9 Mayor 5 A. A. Short, b Mayor 0 Hodgson, b Mayor 1 R. L. Murray, not out 3 Extras Total ... 70

WORKSOP 2nd XI. Southcott, l.b.w., b Murray Ballance, c Morris, b Murray Mayor, b Denholm Thomas, b Murray Saunders, not out Poffly, not out

10 16 25 0 13 11

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Total (for 4 wkts.)

BOWLING ANALYSIS SCHOOL 2nd XI. WORKSOP 2nd XI. 0. M. R. 0. M. R. W.

Saunders Lloyd Evans Mayor

12 9 4

3 1 0

23 28 15

4 2

4

57

Denholm Morris Murray Steele

9 5 7 3

5 0 0 1

21 17 25 9

W. 1 0 3 0

SCHOOL 2nd XI v. BOOTHAM SCHOOL 2nd XI.

Played at Bootham on 14th June.

Result: Won by 20 runs.

The School team again batted first and again the side failed to score a reasonably respectable total of runs.

Davison was bowled when the score was only 5, and in a very short space of time the score had altered to 23 for 4. Barker and Belchamber staged a short-lived revival, during which period they put on 21 extremely useful runs to the score.

Barker was out when the score stood at 44 and Denholm was clean bowled the next ball but one. Belchamber soon followed Barker back to the pavilion and was replaced by Hanson, who indulged in some last-minute hitting before he was run out with the score standing at 67 for 8. The two remaining School wickets fell without the addition of any more runs and thus the School innings ended with the score at 67.

The Bootham side fared even worse against the effective School bowlers, in particular Murray. If only Murray could develop some kind of break or swerve he would be a good fast bowler. At present, however, his wickets are obtained by sheer speed alone, as evinced in this particular match.

In a devastating opening spell he secured four of the first five Boothom wickets for a mere two runs. This initial setback proved to be too much for the opposing side and they were soon well on the way to defeat. The School bowlers carried all before them and only Sparkes could show any spark of life in his batting. He was not out at the end of the Bootham innings, which closed with a final score of 47.

BOOTHAM 2nd XI. SCHOOL 2nd XI. 1 11 Hobson, b Murray C. A. F. Cookson, b Lace 3 4 Scott, b Murray E. P. Davison, b Wright 0 2 Smith, b Murray P. M. Steele, l.b.w., b Lace 12 4 Anderson, c Morris, b Steele G. R. Morris, c & b Wright 0 Wright, b Murray M. M. Barker, c Hetherton, b 0 9 Coulter, l.b.w., b Denholm Coulter 3 Roy, b Murray H. C. Belchamber, c Thompson, 16 13 Sparkes, not cut b Coulter 0 Thompson, c Murray, b Morris 0 D. H. Denhclm, b Coulter 2 Hetherton, c Penniston, b Steele 0 P. Penniston, b Coulter 0 14 Lace, b Denholm R. H. Hanson, run out 3 A. A. Short, not out R. L. Murray, c & b Thompson 0 9 Extras 5 Extras Total ... 67 BOWLING ANALYSIS SCHOOL BOOTHAM 2nd XI. 0. M. R. W. 9 2 16 2 Denholm Lace 8 3 21 1 Murray Wright 3 0 11 4 Morris Coulter 3 0 11 2 Steele Thompson 58

Total ... 47 2nd XI. 0. M. R. W. 10 1 19 2 10 2 12 5 2.3 0 8 1 2 0 6 2

COLTS XI v. AMPLE FORTH COLTS Played at Ampleforth on June 4th.

Result: Lost by 51 runs.

Ampleforth batted first against the bowling of Denholm and Murray. The opening pair were soon separated, and before fairly accurate School bowling the Ampleforth total was soon 33 for 4. The efforts of Murphy and Millar raised the score to a respectable level and with Millar's dismissal the score had reached 79 for 7. Twelve more runs were added for the loss of the remaining three wickets and the Ampleforth innings closed at 91. Burton and Murray were the most successful School bowlers.

The Colts' innings was a disastrous display from beginning to end. Hall and his lesser associates bowled well but certainly not in such a brilliant way as the score would suggest. The Colts were soon 11 for 5 and then 15 for 8.

These lamentable figures were improved upon slightly by the efforts of Hodgson and Murray. Their hitting brought the score up to 40 before the last wicket fell. Hall finished the game with the astounding average of 6 wickets for 9 runs.

AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE SCHOOL COLTS 16 Harnby, l.b.w., b Hall Graves, b Steele 1 Denholm, b Hall Vaughan, c Garth, b Murray 4 Steele, c Murphy, b O'Kelly Trafford, c Garth, b Steele 8 Penniston, b Hall Edwards, 1.b.w., b Burton Murphy, l.b.w., b Murray 10 Leigh, b Hall 7 Garth, run out Mawson, b Murray Millar, c Penniston, b Burton 16 Ringrose, b Millar McNutty, c Harnby, b Denholm 11 Burton, 1.b.w., b Hall 1 Stratton, c O'Kelly, b Hall Hall, b Burton 4 Hodgson, not out O'Kelly, not out Nicoll, l.b.w., b Burton Murray, b Mawson Extras 13 Extras Total ... 91 Bowling—Burton, 4 for 21 ; Murray, 3 for 20.

2 4 2 1 1 0 13 7 6

Total ... 40 Bowling—Hall, 6 for 9.

COLTS XI v. DURHAM COLTS. Played at Durham on July 2nd.

Result: Colts 167, Durham 122 for 5.

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batted very well for his 54 runs and it was unfortunate that he was unable to find a steady partner. The only other School batsman to show promise was Ringrose, who indulged in some very effective last-minute hitting which rapidly produced 26 useful runs. The last School wicket fell with the score at 167.

When the first Durham wicket fell for 15 runs the Colts, quite rightly, had high hopes of victory. These were soon dashed, however, by an excellent innings from Bellis and by the tenacious resistance of Weightman. After he had been at the wicket for some time Bellis began to open out, but the time for this had been too long delayed and the time limit for the match was rapidly approaching. Stumps were drawn with the Durham score at 122 for 5, and it would seem that an exciting finish would have been probable if the game could have continued.

SCHOOL COLTS DURHAM COLTS Leigh, 1.b.w., b Pearson 7 Weightman, c Hamby, b Penniston, c Turnball, b Murray Weightman 18 Turnbull, c Leigh, b Denholm Steele, c Bellis, b Taylor 54 Bellis, run out Denholm, c McKeag, b Pearson, 1.b.w., b Murray Weightman 10 Forsyth, 1.b.w., b Murray 2 Maddison, not out Harnby, 1.b.w., b Brookes Garth, b Brookes 0 Mather, not out Shardlow, b Pearson 1 Hodgson, 1.b.w., b McKeag ...14 Ringrose, b McKeag 26 Murray, b McKeag 5 Pryer, not out 3 Extras 27 Extras Total ... 167 Bowling—McKeag, 3 for 17.

Total (for 5 wkts.)

15 8

53

11 8 1 4

13 122

Bowling—Murray, 3 for 35.

COLTS XI v. WORKSOP COLTS. Played at home on July 5th.

Itesult : Colts 129, Worksop Colts 15.

The home team did not start off very well and there were soon 2 wickets down for 25. Steele and Denholm, however, improved the score considerably and between them they added 50 runs before Steele was out for 19. It will thus be seen that Denholm did most of the scoring and his 34 runs, which were obtained so very quickly, included five boundaries. The next three batsmen were soon out, but Burton came in and began to score runs for the first time 60

this season. After his steady innings in this match it is evident that he has the necessary scoring strokes but lacks the requisite amount of confidence. Stratton gave Burton valuable assistance. The final score was 129.

The Worksop batsmen resisted hardly at all against the bowling of Murray, Burton and Steele. Although the bowling was reasonably accurate it was by no means brilliant, and the timid and futile resistance of their opponents is an exaggerated compliment to the School bowlers. The home team fielded well, and Stratton, at point, held three particularly noteworthy catches. After the fall of the last Worksop wicket at 15, Murray was found to have the astounding bowling average of 5 wickets for 4 runs.

COLTS XI 13 Leigh, b Townend 7 Ringrose, b Bennet 19 Steele, c Rhodes, b Gibson 34 Denholm, 1.b.w., b Townend Penniston, c Briggs, b Webster 3 Harnby, c Bennet, b Townend 4 5 Pryer, c Bennet, b Gibson 26 Burton, b Townend 0 Hodgson, 1.b.w., b Bennet 9 Stratton, c Rhodes, b Gibson 0 Murray, not out 9 Extras Total ... 129

WORKSOP COLTS Townend, c Stratton, b Murray Attenborough, c Murray, b Burton Reynolds, b Murray Briggs, c Leigh, b Burton Holliday, c and b Steele Rhodes, run out Joss, c Stratton, b Murray French, c Stratton, b Murray Gibson, b Steele Webster, b Murray Bennet, not out

5 0 0 1 6 2 0 0 0 1 0

Total ... 15 Bowling—Murray, 5 for 4 ; Burton, 2 for 10 ; Steele, 2 for 1.

Bowling—Townend, 4 for 38.

INTER-HOUSE CRICKET. Semi-final: Rise 149, Temple 81.

Cole and Cookson opened the Rise innings against the bowling of Denison and Broadhurst. They both treated the bowling with respect during the opening overs, but when the score stood at 9, Cole, attempting to hit a six off Denison, mis-hit the ball and was caught at cover-point by Broadhurst. Dodd joined Cookson and had several lucky escapes during his first few balls. These two quickly took the score along to 32, at which point Dodd was clean bowled by Broadhurst. Cookson soon followed him back to the pavilion, although his contribution to the score had been of a much more useful nature.

There then took place the longest partnership of the innings in which Steele (P.) and Frost put on 40 runs.

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Steele, the more attractive batsman, executed some very delightful shots and altogether he played a fine innings for his side. Frost hit hard and managed to score 20 runs before he was caught by Broadhurst off Bulmer (E. P.).

Bulmer had replaced Broadhurst at the station end of the wicket and his fast bowling was responsible for the cheap dismissal of several Rise batsmen. Although his inaccuracy was great his occasional good length ball, coupled with a vicious leg-break, more than offset the damage of a regular four to the square-leg boundary.

After Steele (P.) had been well caught in the deep by Bulmer (E. P.) with his score at 45, the Rise innings gradually drew to its close with a final and fairly safe score of 149. Denison and Broadhurst had bowled tirelessly and unchanged for full ninety minutes, but the real damage was done by Bulmer's phenomenal bowling, which included a hattrick. His final analysis read: 7 overs, 24 runs, 6 wickets.

The Temple innings opened disastrously because Denison was bowled during Frost's opening over. A collapse followed and in a very short time the score-board showed the dismal figures of 12 runs for 4 wickets. Battrick and Bulmer (E. P.) brought about a revival, however, and the score began to rise in leaps and bounds. This was chiefly due to Bulmer's prodigious hitting. He jumped down the pitch to practically every kind of ball and in a very short time a stranger, beholding the positions of the fielders, would have straightway come to the erroneous conclusion that Frost was a very bad slow bowler. Battrick backed his partner up well and, in a less flamboyant manner, scored runs at a reasonable rate.

With the score at 53 Battrick was stumped after he had scored 18 valuable runs. Immediately afterwards Temple suffered a great misfortune. Bulmer (E. P.) was struck by a fast ball from Hope and was forced to retire. The Rise bowlers regained their lost supremacy and the remaining 5 Temple batsmen could only collect about 25 runs. Bulmer (E. P.) returned to the wicket as the last man, but the ball was no longer as big as a balloon to him, and the first ball that he received was also his last.

Their The Rise were undoubtedly the better side. fielding was good and, apart from the period of Bulmer's presence at the wicket, so was their bowling.

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TEMPLE THE RISE 0 D. Cole, c Broadhurst, b Denison 5 J. A. Denison, b Frost R. M. Garth, c Ruddock, b C. F. Cookson, l.b.w., b 5 Frost 18 Broadhurst 12 A. Broadhurst, c Morris, b R. E. Dodd, b Broadhurst 1 Frost P. M. Steele, c Bulmer, J., b Bulmer, E. P. 45 H. C. Belchamber, b Murray A. Battrick, st Steele, b J. R. Frost, c Broadhurst, b 18 Murray 20 Bulmer F. F. Steele, b Bulmer 5 E. P. Bulmer, b Steele (P.) ...37 J. D. Bulmer, b Steele (P.) G. R. Morris, c Bulmer, b 7 F. P. Hamby, c and b Hope ... 0 Broadhurst Hope, b Bulmer 5 G. E. K. Reynolds, b Hope 0 0 Ringrose, run out A. A. Short, b Bulmer 2 G. Ruddock, b Bulmer 0 H. Walker, not out R. Murray, not out 10 1 Extras Extras 22 Total ... 149

Total ... 81

BOWLING ANALYSIS THE RISE TEMPLE 0. M. R. W. 0. M. R. W. 3 1 45 1 J. R. Frost 8 J. A. Denison ... 20 2 54 0 24 2 5 A. Broadhurst ... 22 7 50 3 R. Murray 4 1 7 1 1 24 6 Hope E. P. Bulmer 2 1 3 0 G. R. Morris

INTER-HOUSE CRICKET FINAL. Result: Rise 146, School House 111.

The Rise won the toss and batted first. In Anderson's second over Dodd was bowled by a really fine off-break.

Cookson and Cole then put on 25 runs, and they both seemed to be settling down when Cookson was bowled by a ball from Anderson akin to the one which secured the dismissal of Dodd.

The score was now 27 for 2 and the younger Steele came in to join Cole. He soon became set and between them they managed to put on 40 runs before Steele was clean bowled by Anderson. His batting had certainly not been restrained because 20 out of his 27 runs were scored by boundaries. Frost joined Cole, but the rate of scoring slackened not at all. At this point Cole began to hit rather recklessly and with his score at 31 he was well caught by Hanson fielding at extra cover. The score was now 79 for 4. Steele (F. F.) had a short but sweet innings, comprising a two and a couple of mighty fours, before he was bowled

by Penniston.

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An appeal for a catch at the wicket against Frost was turned down, but a short time later he was bowled by Anderson after hitting a useful 17 runs. Meanwhile Morris, who had taken the place of Steele when that worthy was out, was rapidly familiarising himself with the bowling, and as his knowledge of the bowlers' wiles grew so did his score increase. He must have realised that he was the last of the recognised Rise batsmen, because he immediately began to hit the bowling all over the field. As the remaining Rise wickets tumbled down Morris continued gaily on his way until he was out to a brilliant catch by Penniston at coverpoint. It was a full-blooded drive to cover-point, but Penniston managed to hang on to it. The Rise innings closed shortly afterwards with a final score of 146.

Anderson and Burton had to bear the brunt of the School House bowling and their analysis reveals that they were both accurate and successful.

The School House innings opened steadily, if slowly.

Caley appeared set for a big score for the first time this season, but when the score was 19 he was caught behind the wicket by Steele (F.) off Murray. Buckler joined Lockwood, who had been playing well, and he too, soon settled down.

A disastrous mistake occured, however, when the score had reached 30. Buckler called for a second run without bothering to see whether Penniston (Lockwood's runner) could safely make the attempt. Penniston tried hard to reach the crease before the ball but failed by inches. And so Lockwood was run out after scoring 16.

Pulleyn joined Buckler and the score mounted to 57 before Pulleyn was l.b.w. to Steele (P.). He had never appeared comfortable during his stay at the wicket, and the majority of the runs produced by the partnership were scored by Buckler. From this point onwards it was obvious that the School House were fighting a loosing battle.

Buckler continued to stay at the wicket and to score runs.

Unfortunately, however, he was unable to find anyone who could even stay with him—let alone score runs. The wickets fell at regular intervals before the accurate bowling of Murray and Frost, and at 89 Buckler himself was at last out. He had batted patiently and well for his 46 runs, but because he could find nobody to stay with him his great effort was in vain. The Rise were perfectly content to see him still at the wicket as long as he did not score too fast, while they pegged away, with success, against the less experienced batsman at the other end of the wicket.

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The School House were finally all out for 111 and the Rise thus won the Cricket Cup by the margin of 35 runs.

The standard of fielding on both sides was high, and throughout the match the ball nearly always had the upper hand of the bat.

THE RISE C. A. F. Cookson, b Anderson 14 R. E. Dodd, b Anderson 0 D. Cole, c Hanson, b Penniston 31 P. M. Steele, b Anderson 27 J. R. Frost, b Anderson 17 F. F. Steele, b Penniston 10 G. R. Morris, c Penniston, b Burton 38 Hope, not out 3 A. A. Short, b Denholm 0 R. Murray, c Penniston, b Denholm 1 1 G. Ruddock, c & b Burton Extras

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SCHOOL HOUSE 16 P. A. Lockwood, run out J. P. Caley, c Steele, (F.) b 4 Murray F. N. Buckler, c Steele, (F.) b 46 Frost J. P. Pulleyn, l.b.w., b Steele, 12 (P.) 0 D. Burton, b Murray 2 D. Anderson, b Murray Penniston, c Ruddock, b Frost 1 M. M. Barker, c Cookson, b 0 Frost 13 E. P. Davison, b Frost R. Denholm, c Murray, b Frost 8 0 R. Hanson, not out Extras 9

Total ... 146

Total ... 111

BOWLING SCHOOL HOUSE 0. M. R. W. D. Anderson 15 5 46 4 D. Burton 12.5 4 33 2 Penniston 6 0 44 2 R. Denholm 3 1 10 2

ANALYSIS THE RISE 0. M. R. W. 15.5 1 48 5 J. R. Frost 10 1 33 3 R Murray P. M. Steele ... 6 1 20 1

JUNIOR HOUSE CRICKET. In the semi-final, the Rise beat Temple by eight wickets.

Temple batted first and failed dismally against the far from brilliant bowling of Robson and Duffield. After the Temple opening pair had been got rid of only Smith (G. M.) could remain at the wicket for any length of time. Although he treated the bowling as it deserved, his effort failed to outweigh the effect of the rapid fall of his colleagues' wickets.

Temple were dismissed for 37.

The Rise passed the Temple score for the loss of only two wickets. Robson (T.) was dismissed in Dawson's first over and Price followed him back to the pavilion a few minutes later after scoring 11. Hort and Brown now came together and quickly obtained the runs necessary for victory. Hort hit hard against the inaccurate and inadequate Temple bowling.

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TEMPLE Black, c Duffield, b Robson Andrew, c Duffield, b Robson Amos, b Duffield Reynolds, b Robson Sheriff, c Robson, b Duffield Smith, c Godsmark, b Hort Neville, c Hort, b Duffield Mountain, l.b.w., b Duffield Dawson, b Robson Wilson, not out Lambert, b Duffield Extras

4 3 0 5 3 11 2 2 1 1 2 3

THE RISE Price, b Smith 11 Robson, T, c Sheriff, b Dawson 0 Brown, not out 12 Hort, not out 20

Extras

5

Total ... 37

Total (for 2 wkts) ... 48

BOWLING—Duffield, 5 for 7; Robson, T., for 25; Hort, 1 for 5.

BOWLING—Mountain, 0 for 21; Dawson, 1 for 11; Smith, 1 for 15.

In the final of the Junior House Cricket, the Rise beat the School House by four wickets. The School House batted first and fared even worse than Temple had done against the bowling of Robson and Duffield. The bowling of this pair was accurate for a Junior House match, but it never deserved the cheap crop of wickets which came its way.

Middleton and Scott were the only batsmen to show promise, but they stayed at the wicket only a short time. The School House scored 28.

The Rise batsmen played little better against the bowling of Evans and Shardlow. Within a very short space of time these two bowlers had dismissed four of the Rise players for the meagre score of 7 runs.

Taylor (D.) saved the situation somewhat, and later, when he was joined by Veitch, the pair of them rapidly pushed the score along. Taylor was bowled by Evans just before Veitch made the winning hit. Evans and Shardlow bowled well and at one time it looked as if they might get the Rise out for less than 28.

SCHOOL HOUSE. Pryor, c Hort, b Duffield Tee, c Hort, b Robson Leigh, c Hort, b Robson Shardlow, b Duffield Hodgson, c Hort, b Robson Middleton, c Veitch, b Robson Scott, b Duffield Goodman, b Robson Stratton, b Duffield Legat, b Hort Evans, not out Extras

THE RISE. 4 Price, b Evans 0 0 Duffield, c Stratton, b Evans ... 6 0 Hort, st Hodgson, b Shardlow ... 0 2 Brown, run out 2 0 1 Ruddock, b Evans 9 ... 5 Taylor, b Evans 4 7 Veitch, not out 2 0 Amcotts, not out 2 2 2 6 Extras 3

Total ... 28 Bowling :—Robson, 5 for 13.

Duffield, 4 for 15.

Hort, 1 for 0.

Total (for 6 wkts.) ... 29 Bowling :—Evans, 4 for 10.

Shardlow, 2 for 13.

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CRICKET AVERAGES 1st XI. BATTING AVERAGES Batsman

N. of T'ms. N. of Ins. N. Out Rns.

Anderson 10 13 Buckler Broadhurst 13 Cole 13 5 Morris 12 Denison Frost 12 Steele, F. 10 Lockwood 13 12 Pulleyn Caley 7 8 Burton

8 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2

71 246 289 266 81 142 141 103 128 91 24 1

High' Score Aver.

2nd XI BATTING AVERAGES Batsman

N. of T'ms N. of High' Ins. N. Out Rns. Score

20* 71* 60 65 32 35 40 30* 38 33 9*

4 1 35.5 Barker 22.4 Denholm .4 1 22.2 Belchamb er 3 0 20.5 Morris ... 4 0 20.5 Hanson ... 2 0 12.9 Davison ... 4 0 11.8 Cookson ... 4 0 11.4 Pennisto n 3 0 9.9 Steele, P . 4 0 7.6 Murray ... 3 2 4. Battrick ... 2 0 1 .16

70 69 39 48 23 31 28 17 18 3 3

Aver.

29* 23.3 30* 23.

16 13.

24 12.

14 11.5 20 7.75 15 7.

14 5.75 15 4.5 3.

2 1.5 2

1st XI. BOWLING AVERAGES 2nd XI BOWLING AVERAGES Bowler

N. of N. of N. of N. of Ovs. Mdns. Rns. Wkts. Aver. Bowler

N. of N. of N. of N. of Ovs. Mdns. Rns. Wkts. Aver.

Anderson 136 30 463 45 10.3 Murray ... 27 4 69 8 8.6 Broadhurst 58 4 236 20 11.8 Morris ... 14 0 40 4 10.

Frost 127 21 481 39 12.3 Denholm 31 4 81 6 13.5 14 0 73 4 18.25 Steele P.... 14 2 52 3 17.5 Burton 18 3 51 2 25.5 Denison 5 0 15 0 Buckler

ATHLETIC SPORTS. The Athletic Sports, postponed from last term, were held on Wednesday, May 6th, in weather which was fine but cold. Coming so soon after the holidays, with so little opportunity for training, and so long after the " standards," Sports Day might have been a failure, and was, in fact, a success. We are grateful to Mr. H. V. Moore, who organised the Sports, not only for the general keenness which he inspired, but also for the precision with which the actual programme was carried out.

This year it was decided to make the Sports a team event, each House being represented by three boys in each event, and if the captains had arranged the results before the day, the finish could not have been more exciting. At the last event, the Senior Relay, Temple were leading. Rise could not pass them, but by beating them in the Relay could draw level, and after an excellent race they did. Surely an ideal finish to a Sports Day, with everyone in a fever of excitement-and an answer to those who argue that Athletics is not a team game. School House, after doing so well in the Standards, failed to do quite so well on Sports 67

Day (although we must record Penniston's three wins in the Junior events) and finished some 35 points behind on the combined totals, and yet, when it is realised that every point gained in Standards and on Sports Day went to make this result, it can be seen how close the Houses really were.

The standard of athletic achievement was not highdue partly to lack of opportunity for training, but there are some excellent athletes, particularly in the Middle School, and we hope they will take encouragement from their experiences this year and find time and opportunity next year to achieve much better performances.

Mrs. Belchamber, mother of the Captain of Athletics, presented the Shield and other trophies after the Sports.

The result of the inter-House competition was :) 1. Rise Temple j 2941 points.

3. School House, 257 points.

The detailed results are given in the following table:First 5 points, Second 3 points, Third 2 points, Fourth 1 point.

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Senior Mile.-1, Byass (S.); 2, Cookson (R.); 3, Veitch (R.); 4, Cole (R.).

Inter. Mile.-1, Godsmark (R.); 2, Harper (T.); 3, Bulmer (T.); 4, Denholm (S.).

Senior 100.-1, Taylor (R.); 2, Belchamber (T.); 3, Brown (R.); 4, Davison (S.).

Inter. 100.-1, Dench (T.); 2, Dawson (T.); 3, Dodd (R.); 4, Tee (S.).

Junior 100.-1, Penniston (S.); 2, Duffield (R.); 3, Ward (T.); 4, Lambert (T.).

S. High Jump.-1, McKinlay (S.); 2, Veitch (R.); 3, Buckler (S.) and Hanson (S.).

J. Long Jump.-1, Ringrose (T.); 2, Smith (S.); 3, Duffield (R.); 4, Ward (T.).

Inter. f-Mile.-1, Bulmer (T.); 2, Godsmark (R.); 3, Dench (T.); 4, Wellburn (T.).

Senior f-Mile.-1, Cookson (R.); 2, Reynolds (T.); 3, Broadhurst (T.); 4, Cole (R.).

Senior 220.-1, Belchamber (T.); 2, McKinlay (S.); 3, Taylor (R.); 4, Hope (R.).

Inter. 220.-1, Dunn (T.); 2, Tee (S.); 3, Godsmark (R.); 4, Leigh (S.).

Junior 220.-1, Penniston (S.); 2, Ringrose (T.); 3, McDermid (T.); 4, Morris (R.).

S. Long Jump.-1, McKinlay (S.); 2, Frost (R.); 3, Belchamber (T.); 4, Morris (R.).

I. High Jump.-1, Dodd (R.); 2, Dawson (T.); 3, Hey (T.); 4, Blakey (S.).

J. Cricket Ball.-1, Hart (R.); 2, Ringrose (T.); 3, Duffield (R.); 4, Lambert (T.).

Senior 440.-1, Veitch (R.); 2, Reynolds (T.) and Short (R.); 4, Denison (T.).

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Inter. 440.-1, Bulmer (T.); 2, Dawson (T.); 3, Dunn (T.); 4, Scott (R.).

Junior 440.-1. Penniston (S.); 2, Ringrose (T.); 3, Ward (T.); 4, Bodington (T.).

Senior Weight.-1, Steele (R.); 2, Taylor (R.); 3, Morris (R.); 4, McKinlay (S.).

I. Long Jump.-1, Dawson (T.); 2, Dench (T.); 3, Wellburn (T.); 4, Dodd (R.).

J. High Jump.-1, Smith (S.); 2, Reynolds (T.) and Sheriff (T.); 4, Middleton (S.).

Junior Relay.-1, Temple; 2, School House; 3, Rise.

Inter. Relay.-1, Temple; 2, Rise; 3, School House.

Senior Relay.-1, Rise; 2, School House; 3, Temple.

BOATING. Saturday, 22nd June, v. Durham School.

The first and second fours went to Durham to row against Durham second and third.

The First IV rowed a very good and evenly-contested race against Durham 2nd IV, losing by 4 feet. The School IV were rather at a disadvantage through having to row in a swivel-riggered boat.

The Second IV, rowing in strokes, were defeated by Durham by half a length after rowing a very hotly-contested race.

Wednesday, 26th June, v. Leeds University.

Three School IV's rowed against the first three boats of Leeds University.

The First IV lost to Leeds first by one and a half lengths. At first the race was very even, but the weight of the University crew told in the end.

The Second IV defeated Leeds Second IV by two lengths.

The Third IV, rowing against a very keen crew, lost by a length and a quarter.

Saturday, 29th June, v. Durham School.

The School rowed a return fixture against Durham second and third fours.

The First IV lost again to Durham Second IV after a very good race. The School Second IV defeated Durham thirds in another very good race, after having to start again because of a " crab " being caught by the Durham crew between the bridges.

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Crews.—First IV: Stroke, R. Earle ; 3, R. R. L. Pryer; 2, E. P. Bulmer ; Bow, W. E. Veitch ; Cox, D. M. Hart.

Second IV: Stroke, A. C. Brown ; 3, P. L. Hort ; 2, P. G. R. Dench ; Bow, R. C. Miller; Cox, R. H. Walker.

Third IV: Stroke, W. H. Ping; 3, G. Long; 2, R. J. McKinlay ; Bow, D. D. S. Evans; Cox, C. J. Ruben.

SWIMMING. SPORTS, 1941.

The sports were held on Thursday, July 24th, the heats having been swum the previous day. After a very interesting and exciting series of races, during which the lead had been held alternately by the Rise and School House, it was left to the House Relay to decide the issue, a fitting climax to a tremendous struggle. The Rise, who were slightly behind School House in points, by a magnificent piece of team work succeeded in winning the Relay, and so kept the Kazerooni Cup for yet another year.

RESULTS: Yards Free Style (Open).-1, Barker ; 2, Dodd; 1. 100 3, Brindley. Time, 731 secs.

2. 50 Yards Free Style (Under 16).-1, Pryer; 2, Hart; 3, Leigh. Time, 35 2-5th secs.

3. 50 Yards Free Style (Open).-1, Barker ; 2, Dodd; 3, McKinlay. Time, 32 secs.

4. 25 Yards Free Style (Under 16).-1, Leigh; 2, Reynolds, 3, Murray.

5. 25 Yards Free Style (Under 15).-1, Hart; 2, Pryer; 3, Smith. Time, 14 2-5th secs.

6. Dive (Open).-1, Dodd; 2, Buckler; 3, Hanson and Long.

7. 100 Yards Breast (Under 16).-1, Reynolds ; 2, Leigh ; 3, Penniston. Time, 95 1-5th secs.

8. 50 Yards Breast (Under 15).-1, Ward ; 2, Pryer; 3, Morris. Time, 48 secs.

9. 100 Yards Breast (Open).-1, Dodd ; 2, Ruddock; 3, Miller. Time, 92 secs.

10. Plunge (Under 16).-1, Penty; 2, Harnby ; 3, Leigh.

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11. Obstacle (Under 15).-1, Smith ; 2, Reynolds ; 3, Sheriff. Time, 52 3-5th secs.

12. Obstacle (Under 16).-1, Hart; 2, Leigh ; 3, Penniston. Time, 48 1-5th secs.

13. Obstacle (Open).-1, Dodd ; 2, Ruddock; 3, Barker.

Time, 44 2-5th secs.

14. Dive (Under 15).-1, Terry; 2, Pryer ; 3, Legat.

15. 25 Yards Back (Under 16).-1, Hart; 2, Ormiston ; 3, Harnby. Time, 20 secs.

16. 50 Yards Back (Open).-1, Dodd ; 2, McKinlay ; 3, Long. Time, 40 secs.

17. Plunge (Under 15).-1, Smith ; 2, Reynolds ; 3, Ward.

18. Plunge (Open).-1, Dench ; 2, Ruddock; 3, Hanson.

19. Dive (Under 16).-1, Leigh ; 2, Sheriff ; 3, Cottom.

20. 25 Yards Back (Under 15).-1, Sheriff; 2, Bodington; 3, Middleton. Time, 20 secs.

21. Relay Race.-The Rise. (Team: Ruddock, Dodd, Veitch, Hart.)

Points : Rise 68, School House 65, Temple 43.

MATCH v. BOOTHAM. On July 21st a scratch team went to Bootham School to swim against Bootham swimming team. The match was very interesting and we hope that it may become a regular fixture. The results were as follows:Seniors.

100 Yards Breast Stroke.-1, R. E. Dodd (St. P.) ; 2, Spence (Bootham) ; 3, P. H. Ruddock (St. P.). Time, 86 3-5th secs.

50 Yards Free Style.-1, M. M. Barker (St. P.) ; 2, Sanderson (Bootham) ; 3, Webster (Bootham). Time, 30 secs.

50 Yards Back Stroke.-1, Burgess (Bootham) ; 2, Blackshaw (Bootham) ; 3, G. Long (St. P.). Time, 39 2-5th secs.

Diving.-1, Sanderson (Bootham) ; 2, Sparks (Bootham) ; 3, R. E. Dodd (St. P.).

Juniors.

50 Yards Breast Stroke.-1, Steinberg (Bootham) ; 2, Reynolds (St. P.) ; 3, Pryer (St. P.). Time, 38 3-5th secs.

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50 Yards Back Stroke.-1, Hart (St. P.) ; 2, Maufe (Bootham) ; 3, Sheriff (St. P.). Time 40 3-5th secs.

50 Yards Free Style.-1, Diamond (Bootham) ; 2, Pryer (St. P.) ; 3, Maufe (Bootham). Time, 36 2-5th secs.

Diving.-1, Sheriff (St. P.) ; 2, Steinberg (Bootham) ; 3, Terry (St. P.).

Senior Relay.—Bootham.

Result: Bootham won by 32 points to 22.

TENNIS. At the start of the season it was hoped to arrange several tennis matches, but owing to lack of available days only one was played, and the inter-House matches provided the chief interest.

In the semi-final, Temple House played the Rise and lost by the closest of all margins, 5 matches to 4. The best match was that between the 1st strings, Bulmer and Belchamber, of Temple, and Hort and Veitch, of the Rise. In this match there was some really good tennis, and the Temple pair were worthy winners of an excellent match.

Of the other matches, the most unexpected result was the victory of the Temple 2nd string, Bulmer (J.) and Reynolds, over the Rise 1st string, while the Temple 3rd string, Neville and Andrew, showed great promise for the future.

The final, between Rise and School House, did not produce such good tennis as was witnessed in the semi-final, although it was very keen. The match resulted in a win for School House, again by 5 matches to 4.

A feature of the play was Steele's cunningly placed net play, and the very good lobbing by which McKinley and Evans defeated it.

As regards School matches, the only one to be played was against the staff, and this was not completed owing to lack of time.

The following represented the School:1st String: E. P. Bulmer (Captain) and H. C. Belchamber.

2nd String: F. N. Buckler and D. G. Middleton.

3rd String: W. E. Veitch and P. L. Hort.

Buckler and Middleton won the Senior Tennis Tournament, and Garth and Reynolds (A.) won the Junior Tournament.

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The detailed results of the inter-House matches were :— SEMI-FINAL—TEMPLE v. RISE. E. P. Bulmer and H. C. Belchamber (Temple) beat Hort and Veitch 6-2, 5-7, 6-0 ; beat Frost and Brown 6-1, 6-0 ; beat Steele and Morris 6-0, 6-1.

J. D. Bulmer and G. Reynolds (Temple) beat Hort and Veitch 8-6, 3-6, 6-4 ; lost to Frost and Brown 3-6, 4-6 ; lost to Steele and Morris 2-6, 4-6.

J. G. Neville and J. K. Andrew (Temple) lost to Hort and Veitch 4-6, 3-6; lost to Frost and Brown 6-4, 5-7, 4-6; lost to Steele and Morris 2-6, 6-3, 6-8.

Rise 5, Temple 4.

FINAL—SCHOOL HOUSE v. RISE. F. N. Buckler and D. G. Middleton (School House) beat Hort and Veitch 6-3, 6-0 ; beat Frost and Brown 6-3, 6 4 ; beat Steele and Morris 6 4, 2 6, 6-4.

Hanson and Anderson (School House) lost to Hort and Veitch 0-6, 3-6 ; lost to Frost and Brown 2-6, 4-6 ; lost to Steele and Morris 4-6, 6 4, 5-7.

McKinlay and Evans (School House) beat Hort and Veitch 7-5, 4-6, 8-6; lost to Frost and Brown 2-6, 4-6 ; beat Steele and Morris 6-1, 7-5.

School House 5, Rise 4.

THE JUNIOR SCHOOL. St. Olave's and boys of the Junior School assembled on Saturday, May 3rd, full of enthusiasm for the Summer Term, a term which is naturally looked forward to and enjoyed by all. We also started with a new record for the number of boys in the School. There were 17 new boys, making a total of 125 in attendance.

The School welcomed two additions to the teaching staff of St. Olave's, Mr. J. R. Walshaw, who also acted as an Assistant Scoutmaster to Mr. Cassels, and Mrs. I. M. W. Ballard, whom we could scarcely regard as a " newcomer," because many of us had known her so well as Miss Betty Ping. Mrs. Ballard will allow us, we feel sure, to sympathise with her on the absence of her husband on service overseas, and yet to congratulate St. Olave's in having her—for the 73

time being—to help us with French, English, and the Cubs in her characteristically enthusiastic manner. It was extremely bad luck that she had the misfortune to break her leg at about half term when going with us to the Baths. We were all very sorry and sympathise with her in having to be laid up during the fine weather. It is good news that the injury is recovering satisfactorily.

For the first few weeks of term, practice for the Sports to be held on Whit-Monday, alternated with Cricket practice, but we had a severe blow at the end of the first three weeks when two cases of chicken-pox appeared. This was most disappointing because following these two cases, other victims occurred from time to time right through the term.

It seemed obvious that some boy had returned to School not wholly free from infection.

Mr. Cassels introduced a brilliant and very useful idea in order to encourage competition in the cricket games. All the boys of the Junior School have been divided into four groups or " Houses," quite irrespective of boarders or day boys. Each House to run at least two teams and gain places on a system of points. But the burning question was to give suitable names to the four " Houses." Many suggestions were received, and no doubt some of our readers may think our final choice could have been improved ! After much deep thinking the following names were adopted: Trojans, Spartans, Thebans and Etruscans.

Keenness for bathing and swimming was helped by the marvellous spell of fine, hot weather. Actually the first " ice " was broken by a small party that Mr. Ping took to the river on May 18th.

We are very pleased to record the following names of boys who have passed the full Junior School Swimming Test, but we should like to say that very many more boys have passed out of the " non-swimmer " stage by passing the one-length test. This means that a boy has got his toes off the bottom and should very quickly go ahead with more practice in the holidays.

Certificates were gained by Andrews, Brindley (D.), Cameron, Faulding, Gibson, Gowen, Gray, Harker (D.), Haysey, Kaiser, McColm, McKinney, Shearsmith, Shearston, Speight, Thomson, Weighill.

The work of the boys in the Junior School has been carried on through the term very well indeed, and we should like to congratulate P. Simpson very heartily on winning a Scholarship to the Senior School.

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J. B. Copnall was successful in gaining an interview as the result of his examination for Dartmouth ; J. Barker and J. Bramwell also did well to pass their entrance examinations to Sherborne and St. Edward's respectively.

Full School examinations were held towards the end of term and Special prizes and Form prizes will be given on Speech Day next term.

Interest in Natural History pursuits has continued. D. C. Drummond captured several quite uncommon moths during his convalescence from chicken-pox and he mounted them very creditably.

John Blackburn had the distinction of bringing in a wild flower which was " new " to Mr. Ping and so gained the due reward.

The prize winners of the Wild Flower Holiday Task in the Easter holidays were : Form J III, A. Cameron, C. Goode and J. Gibson. Form J II, M. J. Wright, J. Rymer and P. Jackson. We heard towards the end of the term that " San Sister " is leaving us and we should like to take this opportunity of expressing our very best thanks for all she has done for us, especially those of us who managed to pick up germs and so had to be patients. We wish " San Sister " the best of luck in her new post.

We were very fortunate in having a fine, warm day for our Swimming Sports on July 25th. There was a very good attendance of parents, and the boys showed excellent proficiency in swimming and diving—in fact, the diving reached a very high standard.

Mrs. A. Wentworth Ping kindly presented Savings Certificate stamps as prizes to the winners.

The results were:— Two Lengths Open Breast Stroke.-1, Gillgrass; 2,

Chilman.

One Length Open Free Style.-1, Gregory; 2, Dench.

Open Dive.-1, Gregory; 2, Oliver.

Open Plunge.-1, Chilman; 2, Gregory.

One Length under 14.-1, Dodd; 2, Cadell.

Junior Dive.-1, Dodd; 2, Cadell.

One Length, Beginners.-1, Moreton; 2, Dobson.

One Breadth, Beginners.-1, Fenton; 2, K. Harrison.

One Length Consolation.-1, Gowen; 2, Gibson.

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VALETE. Day Boys to Senior School.—Blackburn (J. F.), Boyes (K. A.), Brindley (D. R.), Chilman (P. W. G.), Clark (W. J.), Denison (E. A. K.), Dennis (F. E.), Dodsworth (G. H.), Eastwood (G. G.), Faulding (R. A.), Gregory (V. B.), Harker (D. A.), Haysey (I. W. J.), Heap (J. R. T.), Procter (G. B.), Wakenshaw (T), Weighill (P. W.).

Gillgrass (J.) (to School House), McKinney (E. D.) (to School House), Norwood (J. M.) (to School House), Simpson (P.) (to School House), Taylor (K. G.) (to Rise).

Barker (J. R. M.), Bramwell (F. J.), Copnall (J. B.) Dodd (P. G.), Dickinson (W. J. 0.), Gray (D. B.).

SALVETE. Boarders.—Mortimer (J. B.), J. III; Nicholson (J. B.), J. I; Radford (G. A.) (rejoined), J. III. Day Boys.—Kingham (D. H.), J. IV B.; Flint (M. F.), J. I; Wood (A. R.), J. III; Laing (D.), J. I; Kellett (M.), J. I; Kaiser (E. R.), J. I; Thomas (J. C. T.), J. V B.; Oliver (D. J.), J. IV B.; Chilman (J. H.), J. I; Richardson (W. A.), J. III; Long (J. R. G.), J. IV B.; Harrison (K. G.), J. III; Watson (A.), J. I; Caffyn (H. I.), J. I.

JOHN ANTHONY BAKER. It is with deep regret that we have to record the sudden death during the Easter holidays of John Anthony Baker, aged 10 years and 6 months, of 47 Melrosegate, Heworth, York.

J. A. Baker had been recommended and selected for a special entry to the Junior School from Tang Hall School, Heworth, and had completed one term in St. Olave's, during which he had shown considerable promise.

Our deepest sympathy is extended to Lieut. and Mrs. Baker on their sad loss.

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ST. OLAVE'S CRICKET. This has been a good season in many ways. First of all the fielding has been really keen, and that is of prime importance. Then there has been steady improvement as the term went on, and people have been enthusiastic enough to analyse their mistakes and profit by them. Our match results were frankly disappointing, but however badly the games were going there was always someone to retrieve the position a little, and this never devolved twice upon the same individual ; this shows clearly that there is potential strength all the way down the batting order.

Barker had an average of 13 and Speight and Clark followed with 12; each of these has made an occasional big score, in the thirties or forties. Dook did not have much luck, though he often asked for trouble by taking liberties in his first over.

Clark was the most consistent bowler, and his fast inswingers will be useful to the Colts next year. Boyes bowled well but is easily discouraged, and Eastwood took some wickets, but there are far too many long hops in his repertoire. Speight shows promise with his off. breaks.

Lack of petrol for the mowers has limited the number of grounds available, yet such has been the keenness throughout St. Olave's that even games on the river field have been enjoyed and league matches played with tremendous enthusiasm.

1st XI RESULTS.

v. A IVth Form team-29 for 2-28 won. v. A IVth Form team-104 for 8 dec.-88 won. v. A Colts XI-63----87 lost. v. Ampleforth Junior House-61-102 lost. .v. Bootham (under 15)-86-407 lost. v. Terrington Hall-46-47 for 8 lost. v. Woodleigh-122-23 won.

The following boys represented St. Olave's in the various matches : J. R. Barker (Captain), W. J. Clark, W. H. Andrews, K. Boyes, J. M. Dook, J. M. Norwood, P. A. Speight, I. S. Macpherson, G. G. Eastwood, A. R. McColm, P. W. Weighill, R. L. Hutchinson, D. C. Drummond, H. Dixon, E. A. K. Dennison (scorer).

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SCOUTING.

The main work this term has been concerned with enlarging the troop. A fifth patrol has been started, which has been named the Owls, and Barker was its first P.L. Altogether twenty new Scouts have been enrolled and to fit them in, all five patrols have had to be reconstituted. The shaking-down process and the passing of Tenderfoot tests has taken up all our available scouting time. The work promises to bear fruit and next year should provide a large number of second-class badges.

Morse has replaced semaphore for the second-class signalling and it is hoped that the classes under the A.S.M. will produce many signallers' badges ; these will be very helpful to future members of the A.T.C. The difficulty of providing uniform is likely to become acute. For the present we have collected enough to be able to hire it, at a very modest charge, to nearly everyone. If any who read this have grown out of their uniform, or have no further use for it, will they send it to us ? We will be extremely grateful ; not only will it help another Scout, but the troop funds will benefit to the extent of half a crown a year, and we are trying to build up a reserve to use, when peace comes, to replenish our stock of camping equipment.

ST OLAVE'S CUBS.

This term the pack has seen two big changes : we have a new Akela, Mrs. Ballard, whom we welcomed with a roofraising howl, and we have also taken over the old Scout hut, so that we now have separate headquarters.

Activities this term have been mostly out-of-doors, and we have spent a good deal of time building huts in the field by the river. On Empire Day we paraded with the Scouts for the ceremony of saluting the flag and, in spite of difficulties with uniform due to rationing, we managed to make ourselves smart for the occasion.

All our plans, however, had to be abandoned after halfterm owing to Akela's accident, and since then we have met with the Scouts. There has, therefore, been no Six competition this term, and, most unfortunately, no outing, to which we were all looking forward.

Fawcett, Harrison (J.) and Harrison (R.) are to be congratulated on winning their Collectors' Badges, all with varied and neat collections of stamps.

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ST. OLAVE'S SPORTS. The Sports were held on June 2nd. It was, unfortunately, a bitterly cold day, but a good number of parents turned up, and the standard of endeavour and enthusiasm was as high as usual. In the open events Haysey won the 100 yards, the long jump and the quarter mile; in the under 12 class Cadell, and in the under 101 Cass, carried off the honours.

Instead of the usual cups and spoons as prizes, Savings Stamps of approximately the same value were given. Mrs. C. Simpson, of Leeds, very kindly presented them to the winners.

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