CREWS.
1St VIII—Bow: J. C. G. Wheeler, T. P. Brown, J. F. Bradshaw, J. R. Anfield,
J. R. Brown, W. E. Jones, R. G. Bruce, Str.: I. T. Parkin, Cox: P. M. Read. 1st IV—Bow: R. G. Bruce, W. E. Jones, J. R. Brown, Str.: I. T. Parkin, Cox: P. M. Read. znd IV—Bow IV of the VIII, (Cox): A. J. Wakefield. 3rd IV—Bow: M. G. Staveley, A. J. Bytheway, M. A. Clegg, Str.: J. G. Ainley, Cox: P. C. N. Brown. 4th IV—Bow: J. C. Brisby, C. G. Evans, T. E. H. Smart, Str.: R. S. Le Pla, Cox: R. B. Daniel. 5th IV—Bow: I. Kirkus, A. M. Robson, J. A. Gillies, Str.: D. Sykes, Cox: J. F. Yeomans. 6th IV—Bow: R. A. Spencer, A. M. Headlam, J. F. Williams, Str.: D. G. Routledge, Cox: D. L. Marshall. Colts VIII—Bow: P. A. Wrigley, M. R. Dixon, M. Sutcliffe, P. J. F. Mitchell, G. F. Bach, R. J. Dowson, A. C. Jowett, Str.: S. H. Bradley, Cox: C. F. Foster. G.IV—Bow: H. A. King, D. S. Bruce, M. C. M. Aryan, Str.: S. J. Holder, Cox: T. T. Hutchinson.
SHOOTING At the beginning of term the "Country Life" results became available, and we found the 1st VIII had achieved the very creditable position of 15th out of the 152 entries. The 2nd VIII reverted, however, to its usual place about half-way down the list. .303 shooting followed its usual pattern, with the exception that we entered for the first time the Northern Command A.C.F. and C.C.F. Meeting at Catterick. The conditions were unfamiliar to us, and we had only two practices, but we won the main event, and P. G. Humpherson secured the individual championship This proved, in fact, to be our most successful day of the season. The County of Lancaster R.A. Meeting at Altcar was favoured with unusually good conditions, and scores were high. We did not rise to the occasion and were 6th in the main event. In the fire-and-movement competition, however, we were second, and we reached the final of the falling plate competition and were second in the Centenary Aggregate. In the East and West Ridings competition at Strensall we were second. After establishing a useful lead at 200 yards, there came a collapse by some of the team at 500. This has become a familiar pattern with us in this particular competition. The cause is obscure. A feature of the term's shooting has been the large number of competent members in the Club, with few outstandingly good shots. This, combined with the usual fluctuations of form, has made team selection very difficult, and successes were hardly to be expected at Bisley. Nevertheless, we did not do at all badly, being 11th in the Marling (39 entries) and 25th in the Ashburton (101 entries). Marling practices had been carried on with much enthusiasm, and our score was therefore most disappointing. In the nature of things we cannot learn what went wrong, but our practice a week before at Strensall had produced a score higher than that which won the event at Bisley. The following have represented the School during the term P. G. Humpherson (Capt.), M. J. Poynor (Vice-Capt.), D. C. Shubrook, J. R. :
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