Athletics

Saturday 9th October, Bradford G.S. ... Saturday 16th October, Denstone College ... Wednesday 20th October, Ashville College ... Away Away Home

Saturday 6th November, Giggleswick School Saturday 13th November, Ampleforth College •.• Away Home

Saturday 20th November, Durham School ...

Away Saturday 27th November, Worksop College ••• Home Saturday 4th December, Pocklington School ... ... ... Away Wednesday 8th December, Old Peterites (2.30 p.m.) ... ... Home Saturday 11th December, Leeds G.S. ... ... ... ... ... Home

Those wishing to play in the O.P. rugger match should contact R. R. Baldwin, Corner House, Upper Poppleton, York (Tel. Upper Poppleton 4611 (Home)).

R.F.H.

INTER-HOUSE CROSS-COUNTRY RACE The Goodburn Cup Monday, 8th February

This and the Junior Long Run are the sole surviving athletic events left in the Easter Term. Conditions were generally good throughout the -rrn, although several house teams were slow in their organisation to take advantage of them. The extent to which a house team responds to leadership in these two events cannot be over-emphasised. One wonders whether School House have set a precedent by not entering a Senior team, but on the other hand Queen's and Grove, who filled 12 of the first 19 places, undoubtedly owed their success to the inspiration and example set by E. R. Walker and R. J. Carson. RESULT 1. E. R. Walker (Q), 2. R. J. Carson (G), 3. R. T. S. Young (Q), 4. A. D. Penty (R), 5. M. S. Bidgood r(D), 6. D. M. Dempsey (G), 7. I. W. Stephenson

(G), 8. D. G. Senior (Q), 9. N. Barnes (Q), 10. R. W. Little (G). Time: 23 min. 37.9 sec. House placings:

Dronfield Grove Manor Queen's Rise Temple 5 2 16 1 4 17 20 6 22 3 12 18 25 7 24 8 15 21 42 10 29 9 23 32 43 14 34 11 28 37 45 19 38 13 30 40 — —

Total 180

58 163 45 112 165

Place 6th 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 5th

INTER-HOUSE JUNIOR LONG RUN Saturday, 13th March

The team event was closely contested by Queen's and Temple, and the rest of the field were nowhere. The most remarkable thing about the race was the incomprehensible performance of the two talented