Baker was awarded a bronze medal, and prizes were won in individual competitions by Poynor, Shannon, Yeadon and Hart. The main achievement at Bisley was, however, that of L/ Cpl. Poynor, whose 69 in the Ashburton was top score of the day by any individual. As over 1,000 were shooting that day in Ashburton and Cadets, this was a fine achievement. He was awarded a Schools' Hundred badge and a prize by the Imperial Cadet Association. It is always interesting to speculate with "if', and perhaps we may be permitted to do so here, in order to illustrate the closeness of the competition at Bisley. "If" our only magpie in the Ashburton had been an inner we should have gone up five places. "If" it had been a bull we should have been in the top twenty. The standard at Bisley this year was unusually high. Our total of 506 was 7 points better than last year, and we were one place lower. This is pretty representative of the results generally. The 1st VIII consisted of : Baker (Capt.), Wasden (Vice-Capt.), Humpherson, Poynor, Platts, Rhodes, Shannon and Shubrook. All were awarded their colours. Yeadon and Barker formed the cadet pair, and Marsay was ninth man. The winning team in the C.C.F. competition consisted of Gibson (Capt.), Platts, Shubrook and Black, while the winning team for the Freeman Cup consisted of Humpherson, Hart, Marsay and Shannon. As as result of the classification shooting the following awards were made :Aggregate Cup : The Manor. Individual Cup : S. C. Gibson. Intermediate Medal : A. B. Skiera. Recruit Cup : P. H. Masterman.
FENCING The first good news of the term was that J. M. Pattinson had reached the quarter finals of the Public Schools' Championships and subsequently fenced for his County in the Easter holidays. On the latter occasion J. M. Pattinson and N. R. Barton gave a demonstration and lecture to the York Young Britons. As usual in the Summer Term fencing was a most prominent feature and this term there were two individual foil competitions in addition. In connection with this Dr. D. A. Slade is to be thanked for presenting a beautiful cup for the Senior fencers. The House matches revealed a much higher standard of Fencing than usual. The favourites, Temple, were narrowly defeated (6-5) in an exciting final by The Rise. This was largely due to some first class fencing on the part of A. H. Baker, a young fencer with much promise. 70
