The Oxford Cup, 1944.45

from Oct 1945

J.T.C

Temple has not reached its " annus mirabilis " which, we are confident, lies not far ahead of us. The term has rather been one of disappointments, brightened by some extremely fine individual performances. Such was the innings of Boyes in the semi-finals of the Cricket, when he carried his bat for a faultless 33, while the rest of the team crumbled before School House's attack ; that was the bright spot in a match which was otherwise disappointing, though School House undoubtedly had a far stronger team and had no difficulty in defeating the Rise in the finals. Again, in the Swimming, despite Gregory's vigorous training and brilliant performance in the sports, we lost, because he and Dench had no one to support them.

The representatives of Temple in the Inter-house Tennis played their best against overwhelming odds, and all credit is due to them for the glorious fight they put up. But, without doubt, the most satisfactory feature of the term was the winning of the League Cricket Cup, after a fierce struggle with School House and Rise ; here the enthusiasm shown by the captain, Denison, and one or two other members of the team bore fruit, and they fully deserved the rewards of their labours.

Congratulations to K. A. Boyes on the award of his 1st XI colours, and to P. Weighill and D. Hardisty on the award of their 1st IV colours.

What had become an institution in the life of the House came to a close this term—the Red Cross Fund. The final " fleecing - took the form of an auction, which raised the amazing sum of £6 ; this was largely due to the skill of our auctioneer, Mr. Moore, who has surprising talent in this direction and conducted the auction in a manner that was quite reminiscent of the early Roman emperors !

Three of our monitors are leaving this term—Dodsworth, Head of the House, Taylor Thompson, and Mountain. We are very sorry to lose them, and wish them the best of luck in the future walks of life. Denison will take over from Dodsworth, and we are assured by his conduct during the past year that he will carry on the noble tradition.