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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

converted by V. J. Lewis. The School fought back with more spirit but failed to score before the interval. Half-time : School-0 Denstone-11.

Denstone continued to create large gaps in the School threequarter line and R. H. 0. Lees went over for two tries, both converted by V. J. Lewis. Midway through the half Mills completed his hat-trick and A. R. Bates scored a try, which was converted to make the score 29-0. St. Peter's continued to fight, hard and Brown reduced the arrears with a try converted by Woodruff. However Lees completed his hat-trick before the game ended with a brilliant try for the School by Wood, who was re-awarded his colours.

Team :—M. W. Woodruff; R. A. Wood, J. A. B. Carruthers, A. L. McKay,

R. H. Parker; J. D. ,M. Hackney, R. L. Bruce; R. G. Bruce, F. J. A.

Hewitt (Capt.), D. Rhodes, M. McCallum, J. R. Brown, G. P. Robinson,

J. M. D. Kirk (Vice-Capt.), U. A. Alexander.

v. TRENT COLLEGE

Played at Trent on Tuesday, 18th October, Won 1411

The match started with Trent doing most of the attacking, and they went into an early lead when Henderson, the Trent Captain, kicked a good penalty goal. Trent continued to attack and, aided by poor defensive tackling, were able to make long and dangerous runs deep into the St. Peter's half. However, 'Woodruff evened the scores with a penalty goal and a few minutes later put St Peter's ahead with another fine kick. The general play at this stage was very scrappy with loose mauls rather than loose scrums. Just before half-time Henderson kicked the fourth penalty of the half bringing the scores up to 6-6 at half-time.

St. Peter's • played better right from the start, and particularly the forwards. Following a loose scrummage near the Trent line Kettlewell managed to get over near the corner flag. Woodruff kicked another magnificent goal to make the score 11-6. St. Peter's were now clearly on top and had Wood not "jumped the gun" by getting in front of his centre, two more tries would have been added, but their lead was increased to 8 points with a try by Parker. A last minute rally by Trent led to Goodman, one of the 2nd row, scoring near the post and Henderson converted.

Woodruff was re-awarded his cap.

Team :—Woodruff; Parker, Carruthers, McKay, Wood; Hackney, Bruce, R.

L.; Bruce, R. G., Hewitt (Capt.), Rhodes, Brown, McCallum, Kettlewell,

Kirk, Alexander. v. LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Played away on Saturday, 5th November. Won, 13-10.

From the start the game developed into a forwards' battle and play was evenly contested for the first quarter of an hour. The School then gradually got on top and after half an hour a break by Alexander resulted in an unconverted try for Parker. Half-time : St. Peter's-3 Leeds G.S.-0.

The School kept on top after the interval and Robinson followed up a mistake in the Leeds defence to score a try which was converted from near touch by Woodruff. Leeds then fought back and after a penalty kick had hit the post, two tries by D. Waite, converted by G. Papworth, made the score 10-8 to Leeds.With 10 minutes to go McKay went off injured and this seemed to put new life into the School; only two minutes from the end Wood scored a brilliant try, again converted from near touch by Woodruff. The forwards again were outstanding, particularly Kirk, McCallum and Brown, and they were enthusiastically led by Hewitt.

Colours were awarded to Robinson, McCallum and Brown.

Team :—G. W. A. R. Alderson; R. H. Parker, A. L. McKay, M. W. Woodruff,

R. A. Wood; J. D. M. Hackney, R. L. Bruce; R. G. Bruce, F. J. A.

Hewitt (Capt.), D. H. Rhodes, M. McCallum, J. R. Brown, U. A Alexander, J. M. D. Kirk (Vice-Capt.), G. P. Robinson.

v. GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL

Played at home on Saturday, 12th November. Won, 9-0.

The School took an early lead when Woodruff kicked a penalty goal. Giggleswick, however, gradually fought back to be slightly on top by the interval, although the School defence managed to prevent them from scoring. Half-time : St. Peter's-3 Giggleswick-0.

Another early score, this time an unconverted try by McCallum, gave the School a clear lead. The School forwards again were giving a brilliant display in the loose and, hard though they tried, Giggleswick could make no headway; every mistake they made was quickly seized upon. Another penalty by Woodruff ten minutes from the end made the result fairly safe and there was no further scoring. Hewitt had an excellent game, outhooking his opponent by about 3-1, and he was always up with the ball in the loose. Once more his inspiring leadership urged the School on and he and Alexander, who had another fine game, were the stars in a very good victory.

Colours were awarded to Bruce, R. G., Rhodes and Hackney.

Team :—M. W. Woodruff; R. A. Wood, G. W. A. R. Alderson, 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. AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE Played away on Saturday, 19th November. Drawn, 3-3.

It was impossible to see from one end of the pitch to the other because of thick fog, when the two teams came out. Ampleforth were defending an unbeaten record and St. Peter's were undefeated away from home. Seventy-five minutes later, after a rousing struggle in the mud, both records were still intact. Play was evenly contested throughout the first half, with the School forwards holding

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