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team. Three points are awarded for each of the three doubles matches and two for each singles match, thus there is a maximum of 17 points. A House can therefore gain the nine points necessary for victory on doubles alone or on a combination of doubles and singles wins. It soon became obvious that the new system was improving the general standard of tennis, especially in its encouragement of singles play.

School House beat The Manor in the first round of the competition and The Rise in the semi-final Temple defeated Queen's and then The Grove. In the final School House emerged victorious by 10 points to 5 with one singles match unplayed. This is the second year in succession that Temple have been the losing finalists; the experience gained should stand them in good stead for next year.

In the Staff Match the School were once again defeated, but the day must surely be near when Mr. Harding and Mr. Dodds lose at least one set !

Finally, grateful thanks must be expressed to all the "willing" umpires who presided over the games : they successfully combated all criticism and, led by Hr. Holbeche, formed a very capable body of officials. G.P.R.

The temperature of the baths in our English summers continues to be a dominating factor in the School swimming. To get over this the School swimming team has practised in the York Public Baths, but the only time possible for full team training was 8-0 a.m. on Sunday—when the attendance was not what it might have been. One looks forward to possible future improvements in the School baths. But there has been a nucleus of keen seniors, and—even more encouraging—juniors showing real talent. If these boys realise the need for continuous training the standard is bound to improve.

In the School swimming matches—which were both away and both lost—the juniors did exceptionally well at Bootham, and Welbeck College proved much stronger opposition this year.

The life-saving classes in land drill went on throughout the term, and, after too few water practices for the boys doing external exams., it was pleasing to note that all the 29 candidates were successful. The awards gained were : Instructor's Certificate: J. H. Ormiston, D. N. Milnes. 2. Award of Merit: D. N. Milnes, R. M. Fawcett. Bar to Above: J. H. Ormiston. 3. Bronze Cross: M. G. D. White, R. M. Fawcett, G. B. Gaunt, R. C. R. Wilson. Bar to Above: J. H. Ormiston. 4. Bronze Medallion: S. Croft Baker, M. J. Oxley, T. A. N. Wilson, H. J. R. Hyde, J. R. Coles, R. J. D. Wilson, R. A. Archer-Burton, P. J. Flint, R. C. R. Wilson, G. B. Gaunt, M. A. Town, N. G. Pace, D. E. Rowbottom, J. E. Perks, J. M. Winn, P. W. Brown, D. J. Mutch. Bar to Above: R. M. Fawcett, M. G. D. White.

The Inter-House Swimming Competition at the end of term was noteworthy for the fact that there was an almost clean sweep of existing records in the Junior events. This provides further evidence that the standard throughout the School can be considerably raised if the sport is persisted with throughout a boy's career at School. Three of these records were established in the heats, and a further two in the Sports.

Temple owed their successes in large measure to their Junior and Intermediate sets, and the future indeed looks bright for them

DETAILED RESULTS OF SWIMMING SPORTS Sunday, 30th July

1. Under 161 Free-style-5o yds. 1st P. E. Jackson, 2nd D. I. Lewis, 3rd A. C.

Milnes. Time: 33.o sec. 2. Open Back-stroke-5o yds. 1st J. C. Brisby, 2nd R. S. Le Pla, 3rd A. Hardman. Time: 35.5 sec. 3. Under r5 Dive. ist G. F. Eastaugh, znd J. C. H. Wright, 3rd P. J. Flint. 4. Under 15 Back-stroke-25 yds. 1st N. J. Smith, znd Equal P. N. Abel and

P. W. Wood. Time : 16.7 sec. 5. Open Breast-stroke-too yds. 1st I. T. Parkin, znd D. S. Yeadon, 3rd Equal

A. M. Robson and R. G. Bruce. Time: I min. 23.8 sec. 6. Under x61 Plunge. 1st G. Watson, 2nd A. C. Milnes, 3rd A. R. Magson.

Distance: 45 ft. 6 ins. 7. Under 15 Free-style-5o yds. 1st I. B. Robertson, 2nd H. N. Blackford, 3rd R. J. Slade. Time: 30.o sec. 8. Under 161 Breast-stroke-too yds. tst P. M. Semper, znd R. M. Fawcett, 3rd N. G. Pace. Time: I min. 33.6 sec. 9. Open Free-style-too yds. 1st U. A. Alexander, 2nd I. T. Parkin, 3rd M. A.

Clegg. Time: I min. 7.1 sec.

Monday, 31st July

to. Open Free-style-25 yds. 1st I. T. Parkin, 2nd G. P. Robinson, 3rd U. A. Alexander. Time: 12.9 sec.

Under 161 Free-style-25 yds. 1st A. S. Brining, znd D. I. Lewis, 3rd J. L.

Newhouse. Time: 13.6 sec. 12. Under 15 Breast-stroke-5o yds. it I. B. Robertson, 2nd H. J. R. Hyde, 3rd M. G. D. White. Time: 38.o sec. (School record.) 13. Open Free-style-5o yds. 1st R. L. Bruce, 2nd R. G. Bruce, 3rd G. P. Robinson. Time: 29.2 sec. 14. Under 161 Dive. ist C. R. Barton, znd D. I. Lewis, 3rd R. M. Dunbar. is. Open Breast-stroke-5o yds. ist R. L. Bruce, znd D. H. Rhodes, 3rd S. H. Reiss. Time: 38.9 sec. 16. Under 161 Breast-stroke-5o yds. tst R. M. Fawcett, znd P. M. Semper, 3rd A. S. Brining. Time: 39.4 sec. 17. Open Plunge. 1st J. H. Ormiston, 2nd W. E. Jones, 3rd J. C. Cossins. Distance: 48 ft. 1°1 ins. 18. Under 161 Obstacle Race-5o yds. 1st D. S. Bruce, 2nd J. L. Newhouse, 3rd C. P. Midgley. Time: 47.1 sec. 19. Open Obstacle Race-5o yds. 1st R. L. Bruce, 2nd U. A. Alexander, 3rd M. A. Clegg. Time: 38.9 sec. 20. Under 15 Obstacle Race-25 yds. 1st M. Bamforth, 2nd D. Dove, 3rd J. M.

Winn. Time: 20.0 sec. 21. Open Dive. 1st I. T. Parkin, znd G. R. Monfort, 3rd R. G. Bruce. 22. Under is Free-style-25 yds. ist P. N. Abel, znd R. J. Slade, 3rd H. N. Blackford. Time: 14.2 sec. 23. Under 161 Back-stroke-5o yds. 1st R. Scaife, znd R. A. C. Seymour, 3rd M. H. Bowe. Time: 38.6 sec.

24. Under 15 Plunge. 1st R. M. Aspinall, znd H. N. Blackford, 3rd M. J. Oxley. Distance: 48 ft. 6 ins. (School Record.) 25. Under 161 Relay (4 x 25 yds.). 1st Temple, 2nd Manor, 3rd Rise. Time: 60.6 sec. 26. Under 15 Relay (4 x 25 yds.). 1st Temple, 2nd School House, 3rd Queen's. Time: 60.5 sec. 27. Open Relay (4 x 25 yds.). ist Grove, znd Queen's, 3rd School House. Time: 56.5 sec. Award of points 1st-5 pts. 2nd-3 pts. 3rd—I Pt. Relays ... 1st-10 pts. 2nd-6 pts. 3rd-2 pts. Temple ... 781 points Manor ... 69 points School House 43 Points Grove ... 301 points Queen's ... 27 points Rise ... 22 points

We are grateful to Mrs. Dronfield for presenting the Kazerooni Cup to Temple House Swimming Captain.

HOCKEY FIXTURES,

1st IX

Sat., 27th Jan. Wed., 31st Jan. Sat., 3rd Feb. Wed., 14th Feb. Wed., 2ISt Feb.

Sat., 24th Feb. Wed., 28th Feb. Sat., 3rd. Mar. Wed., 7th Mar. Leeds Corinthian Trent College... Welbeck College Scarborough College Bootham School ... York H.C. Worksop College ... Old Peterites Styx H.C. (4-15 p.m.)

2nd XI Wed., 31st Jan. Sat., 3rd Feb. Wed., 7th Feb. Wed., 14th Feb. Wed., 2ISt Feb. Sat., 24th Feb. Wed., 28th Feb. `A' XI Sat. 17th Feb. Trent College... Welbeck College Fulneck School ... Scarborough College Bootham School . York H.C. Worksop College

York H.C. 2nd XI

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