Boat Club

ST. PETER'S v. T. H. HOBSON'S XI Played away on 20th July. Result : Drawn.

T. H. Hobson's XI 189 for 6 dec. (Knowles 65, Ranson 4 for 57). St. Peter's 184 for 8 (Hemsley 59 not out, Woodruff 66, Brown 5 for 62).

ST. PETER'S v. OLD PETERITES Played at home on Friday and Saturday, 22nd and 23rd July, 1960. Result : Match drawn.

ST. PETER'S 1. A. Naisby, ct. Irvin, b. S. J. S. Wroe 11 M. E. Robson; run out ... ... ... 47 S. R. Hutchinson, ct. & b. N. Magson .. 35 E. M. H. Ranson, ct. Macpherson, b. T. D. J.

Layfield ... ... ... ... 1 G. W. A. R. Alderson, ct. Ratcliffe, b.

T. D. J. Layfield ... ... ... 14 J. W. S. Gale, ct. Ratcliffe, b. N. Magson ... 19 M. W. Woodruff, ct. Ratcliffe, b. N. Magson 7 D. L. Brown, ct. Irvin, b. N. Magson ... 16 C. J. Hemsley, ct. Ratcliffe, b. T. D. J.

Layfield ... ... ... ... 9 M. McCallum, not out ... ... ... 1 D. E. Coulson, not out 3

Extras ... 5 OLD PETE RITES C. D. King, ct. McCallum, b. D. E. Coulson 13. A. Macpherson, ct. Helmsley, b. E. M. H.

Ranson ..• . K. M. Ratcliff, ct. .C.oulson, b. E . M. H.

Ranson ... 2 J. C. M. Rayson, ct. Naisby, b. G. W. D. Alderson B. Irvin, ct. Hutchinson, b. G. W. 1

Alderson C. W. Gough, ct. McCallum, b. E. M. H.

Ranson S. J. S. Wroe, b. G. W. Alderson ... N. J. Magson, b. E. M. H. Ranson 5 T. D. J. Layfield, b. E. M. H. Ranson R. A. Stratton, not out ... P. Crowe, not out ...

Extras

TOTAL (for 9 wkts. dec.) ... 168 Fall of wickets: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

TOTAL (for 9 wkts.) Fall of wickets : 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 ... 158

38 80 87 111 117 138 139 161 165 11 45 78 78 79 85 99 122 151

OLD PETERITES Bowling Analysis:

ST. PETER'S 0. M. R. W. Av. 0. M. R. W. Av. P. Crowe ... ... 13 C. W. Gough ... 9 S. J. S. Wroe ... 4 N. J. Magson 15 T. D. J. Layfield 14 2 23 4 10 1 17 0 43 0 70 0 a 0 a 1 17 4 10.75 3 23.33 M. W. Woodruff ... 6 D. E. Coulson ... 5 E. M. H. Ranson... 16 C. J. Hemsley ... 1 G. W. A. R. 3 13 1 9 0 71 0 16 0 a 1 9 5 14.2 0 a Alderson ... 10 2 44 3 14.67

THE BOAT CLUB

This term may well be thought of as a term of great promise and disappointments. The weather was good, there were three of last year's 1st IV still at School and the spirit was strong.

On 28th May the 1st VIII went to Nottingham, where they were allowed the use of a Nottingham High School fine boat—a kind gesture. In the first round the VIII beat Norwich R.C. without trouble and lost the final of the Senior Eights to a very competent Nottingham & Union crew. This was followed at Leeds on 1 1 th June by fine wins over Manchester University and York City R.C., thus collecting the Senior Eights event in the first year of its in- 65

auguration. With this in mind the VIII went for the Senior Eights at York Regatta determined to win. The first round saw the defeat of King's College and then misfortune came, when on the first stroke of the race against York City one member of the crew parted company with his seat and missed several of those first vital strokes. As a result York City obtained an immediate lead of nearly a length and, try as they might, the VIII could not regain this loss. The crew was most disheartened by this and the spirit never seemed quite to return. The private race against Durham School at Durham was lost by half a length and at Lancaster Regatta they were beaten by Sir John Deane's School in the new Schools' Eights event.

This all was a disappointment to the Club and School. One consolation remains. Each member of the VIII who is leaving is going to be in a position to join a rowing club and it is quite certain that each of these men will achieve a good position in his club.

The 3rd IV won the Junior Fours at Leeds Regatta and the 4th IV the Maiden Fours. It is, perhaps, interesting to put on record that the School was in no fewer than six finals at Leeds Regatta, winning three of them. There must be some sort of a record in this.

At York Regatta on 18th June the 5th IV won the newly instituted Novice Fours for Schools. The decision of the York Regatta Committee to ban schools from entering the Maiden Fours was distressing to us and, possibly, a little unfortunate, for it is questionable whether one can ban crews from entering an event which, by definition of the A.R.A., is open to a crew, no member of which has won an open event in a Regatta. However, York Regatta will always be the regatta in which St. Peter's will try to excel and may also be the regatta in which it will have most difficulty in winning many events.

The School Regatta was organised and run once again by Mr. Mair, who will next year be taking over from Mr. Howat the responsibility of being Master-in-Charge of the Boat Club.

The successful crews were "B" Eight in the Senior Division, "I" Four in the Intermediate Division and "V" Four in the Junior Division. The fact that the crew lettering almost exhausted the alphabet was a clear indication of the popularity of rowing at St. Peter's.

Reference must here be made to the untiring enthusiasm of Mr. Mair and Mr. Hayes in coaching so many crews on the river and lending their advice on the modern methods of training.

As Captain, D. L. Slade has carried the burden well and it was especially noticeable how he led the 1st VIII from the moment it left the steps until it disembarked. He was ably assisted by C. D. Ibberson as Stroke and in the care of the fabric by J. 0. Armstrong. 66

The climax of the term came at Commemoration, when the Old Peterites produced no fewer than 28 oarsmen to compete against the School and, although the School won all the races without a great deal of trouble, the greatest value of the races was the loyalty which the Old Peterites showed to their club in turning out to row. One could only have wished that more Old Boys would bring their rowing garments. It would speed up the afternoon considerably and enable more races to be rowed.

A look into the future. It has now been decided that the rowing in the Easter Term shall be devoted to School rowing instead of House rowing. This apparently small change could have a vast effect on the rowing ability of the School and it is probably the only way of making possible a future visit to one of the South of England regattas. Henley will be the dream of every oarsman, but there are many other regattas where talent will be noticed and a spread to the south of the name of St. Peter's would surely be regarded favourably.

RESULTS

Saturday, 14th May. YORK SPRING REGATTA.

J. H. Sykes won the Maiden Sculls. Saturday, 28th May. NOTTINGHAM REGATTA. 1st VIII beat Norwich R.C. and lost to Nottingham & Union in the final of the Senior Eights. Saturday, 11th June. LEEDS REGATTA. 1st VIII beat Leeds University, Hollingworth Lake and York City to win the Senior Eights. 3rd IV beat Leeds University, Hull University, and Bradford G.S. to win the Junior Fours. 4th IV beat Willows, York City, and Tees R.C. to win the Maiden Fours. 5th IV beat Leeds University, Manchester University and lost to Tees in the Maiden Fours.

J. H. Sykes lost to M. D. L. Huggins in the final of the Junior Sculls.

The 1st VIII also divided into fours and reached the final of both Senior and Junior-Senior Fours. Saturday, 18th June. YORK REGATTA. 1st VIII beat King's College and lost to York City in the Senior Eights. 3rd IV beat Sir John Deane's G.S. and lost to Archbishop Holgate's G.S. in the final of the Schools Fours. 4th IV lost to University College B.C. in the Junior Fours. 5th IV beat Archbishop Holgate's, Bradford G.S., and Archbishop Holgate's to win the Schools' Novice Fours. 6th IV lost to Archbishop Holgate's in the Novice Fours.

J. H. Sykes beat J. Gawthorpe and lost to M. D. L. Huggins in the final of the Junior Sculls. Wednesday, 22nd June. DURHAM REGATTA. 1st IV beat Christ's College and lost to Tyne A.R.C. in the Senior Fours. 3rd IV lost to Tyne A.R.C. in the Junior Fours. 5th IV beat St. John's College, Leeds University, Durham School and lost to Bede College in the final of the Maiden Fours. 6th IV lost to Durham School in the Maiden Fours. Wednesday, 29th June. RACES V. DURHAM School., at Durham. 1st VIII lost by it length over the long course. 3rd and 4th IVs each won over the short course.

Saturday, 2nd July. BRADFORD REGATTA.

Slade and Armstrong beat York City "B", Archbishop Holgate's and lost to York City "A" in the final of the Non-Status Pairs. Saturday, 16th July. LANCASTER REGATTA. 1st VIII lost to Sir John Deane's G.S. in the Schools' Eights. 3rd IV beat Watson's College, Chester City G.S. and lost to Archbishop Holgate's G.S. in the final of the Schools' Fours. 4th IV lost to Manchester University in the Junior Fours. 5th IV beat Lancaster R.G.S. and lost to Sir John Deane's G.S. in the Maiden Fours. Saturday, 23rd July. Commemoration. RACES V. OLD PETERrrES.

Two VIIIs and three IVs took part, the School winning all.

CREWS.

1st VIII—W. Mitchell, R. L. Bywater, J. M. Smith, W. E. Jones, P. Goolden, J. 0. Armstrong, D. L. Slade, C. D. Ibberson; W. E. Potts. Cox of the 1st IV—W. E. Potts. Cox of the 2nd IV—P. M. Read. 3rd IV—R. J. Hawkins, P. M. Beachell, R. A. Martin, C. W. A. Ground- water; A. J. Wakefield. 4th IV—J. C. G. Wheeler, J. R. Anfield, A. J. De Mulder, J. R. Brown; M. J. Pearey. 5th IV—R. G. Bruce (J. C. Brisby), T. P. Brown, W. E. Bagnall, I. T. Parkin; D. A. Turnbull. 6th IV—H. L. Sutcliffe, R. H. Atkinson, T. E. H. Smart, M. W. Territt; R. B. Daniel. "B" VIII—M. G. Staveley, J. A. Franklin, I. Kirkus, A. M. Robson, S. N. Harrison, D. H. Fletcher, J. C. Brisby, J. G. Ainley; R. A. Cockroft. "I" IV—M. S. Blackburn, J. M. R. Fox, J. M. Pickard, C. Metcalfe; R. J. Shields. "V" IV—J. L. Newhouse, S. H. Bradley, G. F. Bach, M. R. Dixon; P. C. N. Brown. O.P. CREWS. 1st VIII—P. W. Howat, G. Plester, A. P. Hopwood, M. T. Carter, C. G. McNeil, J. A. Whitmore, J. M. Saville, B. A. Heap. 2nd VIII—J. R. Humpherson, P. A. Dornan, M. J. Kent, J. R. Shirtcliffe, C. W. Thompson, M. Welsh, J. D. Birch, J. N. Russell.

IV—P. A. Crossley, D. N. Simmons, W. R. Ibberson, S. K. D. Hill.

IV—N. B. Burgess, R. Brooks, H. R. L. Purse, J. B. Quin.

IV—I. S. T. Dutton, R. Gray, S. M. Badham, C. B. Wainwright.

Coxes—D. N. L. Beresford, D. A. Haxby, B. G. Way, J. H. Moss.

MR. A. T. HOWAT

After some thirteen years Mr. Howat is giving up his position as master-in-charge of the Boat Club. Although he will still be helping with the coaching, this seems to be a suitable time to express appreciation of all that he has done during these thirteen years, in which the Boat Club has expanded tremendously. During them came first the change over from fixed pins to swivel rowlocks and then more recently the change of emphasis from fours to eights. The number of fixtures has been increased and St. Peter's has been successfully represented at many more regattas.

Mr. Howat has always been an inspiring and indefatigable coach with the knack of getting the best out of his victims. His coaching, however, has not been everything. The organisation of a large boat 68