SCHOOL MATCHES v. DURHAM SCHOOL Played at home on Wednesday, 12th October. Lost 0-9 Durham went straight into the attack and after only six minutes an orthodox three-quarter movement ended in a try for G. E. Pearson, the conversion narrowly missing. Durham went further ahead after 20 minutes when N. J. Walton burst over for another unconverted try. Half-time : School-0 Durham-6. Only three minutes after the restart R. W. Hare kicked an easy penalty goal to increase the Durham lead to 9 points. The School fought back gamely, however, particularly in the last quarter of an hour, when they were most unlucky not to score. The School forwards again played well but the three-quarters were never allowed to get moving. Woodruff played a sound game and McKay, promoted from the Colts due to injuries, can well be pleased with his performance. Team :—M. W. Woodruff; R. A. Wood, M. T. Bell, J. C. R. Wheeler, R. H. Parker; A. L. McKay, R. L. Bruce; R. G. Bruce, F. J. A. Hewitt (Capt.), D. H. Rhodes, M. McCallum, J. R. Brown, G. P. Robinson, J. M. D. Kirk (Vice-Capt.), U. A. Alexander.
v. BRADFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL Played at home on Saturday, 15th October, Lost 3-6 St. Peter's went straight into the attack and pressed hard for the first ten minutes; then Hackney jinked his way past five or six defenders to score an unconverted try. Bradford fought back and, while Wood was off the field for attention, C. P. Carter dropped a goal to level the scores. Half-time : St. Peter's-3 Bradford G.S.-3. A travesty of justice ! That is the only way of explaining the second half. From beginning to end the School forwards, ably led by Hewitt, battled magnificently against a heavier and larger pack. It was absolutely impossible to single out any member of this tremendous pack. Play was almost entirely confined to the Bradford "25" and yet in an isolated attack D. J. Richards scored an unconverted try ten minutes from the end of what was a great game to watch. Kirk was awarded his cap and Alexander his colours. Team :—M. W. Woodruff; R. A. Wood, M. T. Bell, A. L. McKay, R. H. Parker; J. D. M. Hackney, R. L. Bruce; R. G. Bruce, F. J. A. Hewitt (Capt.), D. H. Rhodes, M. McCallum, J. R. Brown, G. P. Robinson, J. M. D. Kirk (Vice-Capt.), U. A. Alexander.
v. DENSTONE COLLEGE Played at home on Saturday, 22nd October, Lost 8-32 The School made a disastrous and unusually lifeless start and wit only twelve minutes gone, Denstone were 11 points in the lead through tries by R. Atkinson and. T. J. Mills (2), the last one bein g 36
