May 1967

half. The forwards made several breakaways, and Morris scored but was ruled off-side. Towards the end of the game, York reorganised their attack and the new centre-forward scored three good goals. Although five goals were scored the defence played extremely well throughout.

1st XI v. NUNTHORPE G.S. Won 4-3.

The School pressed the Nunthorpe goal from the start and were soon one up when Morris scored, after the goalkeeper made a bad clearance.

Richardson, Scott and Fisher dominated the midfield play and the ball was always in the Nunthorpe half. Dickinson scored the second goal and Roebuck brought the ball in from the wing to score the third with a hard narrow angled shot.

Shortly after the start of the second half Morris ran the ball round the goalkeeper and a deluge of goals looked apparent. However, several chances were wasted and the School relaxed their grip on the game. The result was that Nunthorpe scored three goals in the last ten minutes.

1st XI v. WORKSOP Played at home. Lost 3-0.

The state of the ground was soft and proved to be an advantage to the home side. Worksop were an excellent side having superior stickwork and tactics, but the slowness of the pitch hindered them. The School was put under extreme pressure, but held out until near half-time, when the Worksop captain beat the defence by a series of dummies and scored with a hard rising shot. A thunderstorm broke in the second half and conditions became difficult. Worksop's second goal was scored by the centre-half, who was taking evasive action against a high ball across the goalmouth.

Anderson had an excellent game in goal and kept the score line respectable.

Worksop played well in the wet conditions and added a third goal.

1st XI v. STYX H.C. Played at home. Lost 3-0.

On a fast pitch the School gave their best performance of the season, raising the standard of their play in an attempt to match that of this good representative side. There were no goals in the first half thanks to fine covering by the defence, especially the two full-backs, Hoad and Holgate.

The forwards chased everything and the Styx half-back line were never allowed time to distribute the ball. Richardson had a good game at centre half—cutting off many dangerous attacks.

The fast pitch enabled the wings to be brought into the game more, and most of the School attacks came from there. Styx scored early in the second half, but the score remained at 1-0 until the last five minutes.

Anderson had another fine game in goal and saved a penalty flick, but was finally beaten by two last minute goals.

1st XI. R. M. Anderson, J. G. Hoad, E. M. Holgate, M. J. H. Fisher, J. C. Richardson, A. G. Scott, C. J. A. Smith, N. G. A. Morris (Capt.), J. E. Dickinson, D. R. Waller, W. J. Roebuck.

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