SWIMMING

ist IV v. Durham School. Rowed at Leeds on zest June. Result—Won by z lengths.. After a false start, in which one of the Durham slides broke, Durham, on theboathouse side of the river, gained a slight lead. However, the School soon overtook them to win comparatively easily by two lengths. Course : 8 furlongs.

1st IV v. Durham School. Rowed at Durham on 1st July. Result—Won by 53 feet.. The School won the toss and took the "Easy Arch" side of the river. At the start the School were over half a length down since the light ship in which they were rowing upset the balance of the School crew quite considerably. By the arch the School had once again got into their stride and overtook Durham soon afterwards_ At the take-in, Durham caught up quite a lot, as they were on the inside of the bend,. but the School kept their lead to win by 13 feet. Course : TO furlongs.

znd IV v. Leeds University 3rd IV. Rowed at York on loth June. Result—Won by 31 lengths..

The School, on the railway side of the river, got away to a good start and won easily, Leeds never looking as though they would overtake them. Course : 5 furlongs.

znd IV v. Durham School. Rowed at Durham on ist July. Result—Lost by length.

During this race the School had to row in strakes which were not centre-seated.Besides this the School lost at the start by catching their stroke-side blades on the bank and despite an excellent take-in, the School was unable to catch up and lost by threequarters of a length. Course : 5 furlongs-

PRESENTATION TO MR. K. H. RHODES.

This term, Mr. Rhodes completed his zest year of coaching the School boats, and the occasion was marked by a novel presentation in the form of the bow of one of the old boats, mounted on a Shield made from the Cox's seat and suitably inscribed. There was an additional interest in the fact that this unique and appropriate memento was designed and executed by the School Chaplain, the Rev. P. P. Noble Fawcett. The presentation was made by the Captain of Boats, T. F. Morris, at the Annual Boat Club Dinner which Mrs. Ping continues to provide at St. Olave's.

The appreciation of Mr. Rhodes' long and devoted service to the School rowing is by no means confined to the Boat Club, and we should all like to add our congratulations to him on the occasion.

SWIMMING.

The weather has again proved very unfavourable for swimming and there have been few days which were ideal for the baths ; nevertheless they were in 'daily use by a few keen swimmers. Only one School match was arranged, this being against Bootham. The result of this fixture was very disappointing since we won only one event in both the

Senior and Junior classes. The Swimming Sports were held on the last day of term and the details are as follows :- SENIOR. 500 YARDS FREE STYLE.-I, Gregory (T) ; 2, Pryer (M) ; 3, Wright, (S). Time-1 min. 16 secs. 50 YARDS FREE STYLE.-I, Gregory (T) ; 2, Pryer (M) ; 3, Middleton (S). Time-31 secs.

Poo YARDS BREAST STROKE.-I, Reynolds (M); 2, Ward, J. D. (T); 3, Knowlson (S). Time-1 min. 27.4 secs. 25 YARDS FREE STYLE.-I, Smith, G. M. (M) ; 2, Peel (S); 3, Harnby (T). Time-13.6 secs. 50 YARDS BREAST STROKE.-I, Reynolds (M) ; 2, Ward, J. D. (T) ; 3, Norwood (S). Time-38 secs.

PLUNGE.-I, Harnby (T) ; 2, Wright (S) ; 3, Stratton (S). Lengtb-41 ft. I in. 50 YARDS OBSTACLE.-I, Gregory (T); z, Wright (S) ; 3, Bodington (R). Time-46.4 secs.

Pryer (M); 2, Gillgrass (S); 3, Gregory (T).

INTERMEDIATE. 50 YARDS FREE STYLE.-I, Dench (T); 2, Baker, F. P. (R); 3, Dook (M). Time-29.8 secs.

100 YARDS BREAST STROKE.-1, Edinger (S); 2, Sykes (R); 3, Owen (M). Time-i min. 47.5 secs. 25 YARDS FREE STYLE.-I, Dench (T) ; 2, Rodger (R); 3, Oliver (M). Time-1 3.5 secs. 50 YARDS BREAST STROKE.-I, Edinger (S); z, Chadwick (M); 3, Denison (T). Time-42.5 Sees.

50 YARDS OBSTACLE.-I, Denison (T); 2, RODGER (R); 3, Dook (M). Time-48.4 secs. PLUNGE.-I, Bown (M); z, Andrews (M); 3, Sykes (R). Length-35 ft. 4 in. 50 YARDS BACK STROKE.-I, Rodger (R); 2, Dench (T); 3, Dook (M). Time-41.6 secs.

DIVE.-I, Oliver (M) ; 2, Edinger (S); 3, Rodger (R).

JUNIOR. 50 YARDS FREE STYLE.-I, Smith, G. W. (R); 2, Graham, W. (M); 3, Ryder (5). Time-39 secs. 50 YARDS BREAST STROKE.-I, Kemble (R); 2, Frank (M); 3, Lee (S). Time-46.8 secs. 25 YARDS FREE STYLE.-I, Frank (M); z, Atkinson (R); 3, Newdick (T). Time-14.8 secs. 25 YARDS OBSTACLE.-I, Frank (M); 2 , Smith, G. W. (R); 3, Radford (S). PLUNGE.-I, Temple (T); 2, Sunley (M) ; 3, Graham, W. (M). Lengtb-37 ft. 9 in. 25 YARDS BACK STROKE.-I, Newdick (T); 2, Smith, G. W. (R) ; 3, Sunley (M). Time-32 secs.

Smith, C. F. (R); 2, Frank (M); 3, Atkinson. (R). Relay.-t, Temple ; 2, Manor; 3, School House. Time-61 secs.

FINAL RESULT.-I, Manor, 76 points ; 2, Temple, 73 points; 3, Rise, 46 points ; 4, School House, 38 points.

TENNIS.

The playing of Tennis this term has been considerably hampered by the weather, which was in large measure responsible for the cancelling of the Tennis Tournament; but, despite this, we saw some very high-class play in the Inter-House matches. The semi-finals, it is true, were rather one-sided, and the Manor and the Rise had little difficulty in beating Temple and School House respectively, though even here there were several hard-fought games, and Walls and Goodwin, the School House first string, in all their games lost by only a narrow margin ; the results of the semi-finals were :-

Manor beat Temple, 6-2. Rise beat School House, 6-1.

We knew that the finals between the Manor and the Rise would be extremely close, and our hopes of some exciting games were most certainly fulfilled. It was only by five games to four that the Manor eventually won, chiefly through the steady play of Reynolds and Shardlow, who indeed never lost a game in both matches ; nevertheless the result was very close, and depended on the last game of Dook and Pryer, the Manor second string, who played the game of their lives, and just managed to beat the Rise pair, Baker and Wood, in the last crucial set.

The detailed results of the finals were as follows :-

MANOR IST STRING.-Reynolds and Shardlow- beat Robson and Rodger, 1-6, To-8, 6-3. beat Sykes and Wilson, 6-o, 6-3 ; beat Wood and Baker, 6-4, 8-6.