awarded against the School for scrummage offences, then, just on half-time, Parker nearly converted a free-kick, the ball passing just outside the upright. Throughout the first half the School forwards were far more lively than the heavier Ampleforth pack, and although beaten in the tight, often heeled from the loose, whilst the backs' handling of the greasy ball was one of the features of the game.
After the re-start the School were penned in their own "25" for
a considerable time; Knowlson, Varley and Slegg were conspicuous, falling on the ball to halt the rushes of the Ampleforth forwards, who often broke through in the line-outs, whilst Baker foiled many of the
opposition movements with magnificent tackles. Just when the School appeared to be going into the attack themselves, a long kick by Campbell, the Ampleforth fly-half, slipped through Pringle's hands, and before he could recover the School were three points down; soon after, from the best three-quarter movement of the day, Ampleforth were left with a man over and scored near the corner-flag. SCHOOL v. OLD PETERITES In this match, played on Saturday, 1 1 th December, when the School was defeated 6-16, the following played for the Old Peterite XV :K. Lockwood; C. Shepherd, P. R. G. Graham, P. Penniston, A. G.
Reynolds; W. J. Clark, I. S. Macpherson; P. S. Atkinson, A. Hobson, J. E. Stuart, P. V. Leigh, D. W. Knowlson, P. A. Shardlow, E. A. K. Denison, J. Penty.
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