and to the School by being appointed Captain of the Yorks Schoolboys XV for the matches against Durham P.S. and the W Schoolboys XV. He has the rare distinction of being selected to for this team for the third year in succession, and the almost um experience of leading the side to victory on both occasions, the time against Wales since 1932.
OLD PETERITE NEWS LONDON DINNER, 1952 The London Dinner was held on Wednesday, 12th November, 1952, at Brown's Hotel, London. Forty Old Peterites and a representative of the London Editor of "The Yorkshire Post" were present. R. H. Metcalfe took the Chair. The toast of "The School", to which Mr. Dronfield replied, was proposed by his predecessor, Mr. S. M. Toyne. John Rodgers, M.P. for Sevenoaks, Kent, proposed the toast of "The Old Peterite Club", to which Kenneth Rhodes, Hon. Secretary of the Club, replied. During the evening, the gathering stood in silence in memory of the late Basil Radford, a well-known London Old Peterite, who had recently died. Next year's London Dinner will be held on Wednesday, 11th November, 1953. The following is the list of those who attended :Archer, L. H. J., 1922-26. Houghton, C. C., 1925-30. Black, V. M., 1935-42. Brindley, R. A., 1940-45. Brockbank, J. T., 1928-39. Carom, J. P., 1927-31. Claybourn, G. R., 1942-46. Colley, W. H., 1901-07. Cooper, A. B., 1927-31. Dixon, J. B., 1932-36. Dixon, R. S., 1934-38. Douglas, F. H., 1923-28. Dowson, R. E., 1927-30. Dronfield, J. Easten, G. P., 1923-28. Easten, J. A., 1881-90. Eccles, J. D., 1940-45. Garbett, P., 1942-46. Gedge, J. B., 1916-20. Gray, B. A. C., 1916-22. Griffiths, J. C., 1944-50.
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Hunter, J. A., 1948-50. Hunter, 0., 1918-23. Mammatt, S. E., 1922-26. Metcalfe, R. H., 1913-18. Millhouse, G., 1912-13. Norwood, D. P., 1945-50. Pick, T. S., 1909-12. Ping, W. H. W., 1932-42. Porteous, C. C., 1949-50. Rhodes, K. H., 1914-20. Rodgers, J., 1919'-25. Scholefield, J. 1920-25. Sergeant, C. W. H., 1913-14. Shadwell, C. M. W., 1910-14. Shardlow, P. J., 1942-47. Tee, P., 1940-43. Thompson, H. A., 1932-38. Toyne, S. M. Yeoman, W. G., 1910-17.
