v. SCARBOROUGH COLLEGE Played at Home on Wednesday, 14th February. Drawn 1-1. The match was played on a perfect pitch bathed in sunshine, but the standard of hockey did not match the conditions. Both sides looked quite good until they reached the circle, and then all control was lost. Carr put the School ahead from a short corner and it looked as if that might be enough for victory, but six minutes from the end Scarborough equalised, and the School had paid the penalty for those extra taps in front of goal. Cloughton, in his first game for the School, did a lot of good work and gave Hutchinson some good passes. v. BOOTHAM SCHOOL Played at Home on Wednesday, 21st February. Lost 1-3. Once again conditions were excellent but the School's hockey disappointed; Bootham played very hard and were much quicker on the ball; too often did the School players hang back to wait for the ball to reach them, only to see it intercepted by good anticipation. With little skill apparent on either side victory deservedly went to the team which showed the greater determination and which took some of the chances offered them. v. OLD PETERITES Played at Home on Saturday, 3rd March. Lost 1-3. Against a very mediocre O.P. side the School frittered away chance after chance in the first twenty minutes when the O.P. defence left large gaps, but the only goal came from Robson, who had taken over from Hackney at inside-left. The O.Ps. were by now settling down and Wood's ability to shoot hard and accurately from the edge of the circle brought them two goals. The School continued to waste all their approach work and eventually Wood completed his hat-trick.
THE BOAT CLUB The 1962 season started with a notable change among the coaches. Firstly we welcome Mr. Bolton to the Club. His presence on the towpath and his enthusiasm for the sport are much appreciated, and we are keen that his stay should be a long one. Secondly, we were not convinced that Mr. Howat was of more value perambulating over the moors than coaching on the river, yet nevertheless the Easter Term saw him walking as many miles as he normally cycles. We look forward to his return to boating in May. Training for Head of the River racing occupied the whole of the boating period, the 1st and 2nd VIIIs. being entered for the Nottingham Head. The latter provided an eventful day apart from the racing itself: on the journey to Nottingham, one heard rumours of a week's training at Cambridge, and then, on the way back, of the possibility of our entering for the Schools' Head of the River at Putney. The eventual 1st VIII included two of last year's 1st VIII and five of the 3rd and 4th IVs. The weather was excellent, only one day's boating being lost. Emphasis was laid on swinging on to the feet to obtain a 28
