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Retrospect

The 1990 season was very mixed with rather more lows than highs, but it was never dull. An inexperienced team had some good days, but in general the results were disappointing. The number of defeats could have been reduced had we taken more often the defensive step of putting the opposition in to bat when we won the toss. The most unsatisfactory part of the season was the poor attitude of a small number of Game 1. The selfishness and the lack of loyalty of several, and the absence of selfdiscipline of a few, both during the term and at the festival tested the patience of those of us who do not expect such standards at St. Peter's. One thing should be made clear, there is no place for such disruptive and self-centred characters, however talented they may be. However, the season was not all doom and gloom. Anshuman Mondal was a composed and reassuring captain who coped very well with the difficult problems that he met and after his unfortunate accident prevented him from playing in the last ten matches, Jamie Rigby proved an admirable deputy. The experience gained this year should stand him in good stead next season when he will be captain in his own right. Several players made pleasing progress and there is no lack of promise for the future.

Most of the batsmen played occasional innings of quality, but there was no consistency. Charles Metcalfe started the season well with a good innings against M.C.C., but his early departure from School was something which his team mates did not need. Paul Carvosso had an encouraging first season in the XI. He practised hard during the winter and showed patience and determination in the middle. Jamie Rigby scored more runs than anyone else, including a fine century, but he was out too often when he seemed to be settled. Michael Forrester also played very well on occasions without finding consistent form. Michael Davies had to work hard for his runs, but he played some valuable innings and should have gained a lot of experience. James Harding started the season poorly, having practised little in the Easter Term, but when he got his chance he took it well and settled down as a regular opener. Anshuman Mondal tried hard, but was not able to build a big innings. Nick Twigg rarely applied himself and it was only at the Festival that we saw evidence of his ability. Several other batsmen were given their chance, but although they had scored runs in the 2nd XI, they found the gap between 1st and 2nd XI hard to bridge.

The bowling was disappointing. There had seemed plenty of pace bowlers to choose from, but most of them failed to live up to tiieir potential. On the credit side, Michael Forrester improved a lot later in the season and now that he has learned to swing the ball he should become a more consistent wicket taker. It was good to see Andrew

Smith gain some reward for all his efforts. He had never been able to keep a regular place in the 1st XI but he did not give up and in the last few matches he bowled very well. Particularly promising was the form of Richard Musgrave, still an Under 15 Colt. His bowling under pressure at the Festival was first-class. The main strike bowler should have been Nick Twigg, but although he bowled well twice early in the term, his tally of eighteen wickets in fourteen matches was very disappointing. All too often he was unable to bowl properly because of injury. Of the spin bowlers, Dominic Bundy bowled steadily but without luck. A big effort in the winter to develop a googly or topspinner would give him more attacking options next year. David Quickfall's keenness earned him his place in the team, but his off-spinners were not accurate enough to be a real threat. With limited opportunities Angus Iveson, Andrew Ludiman and Tom Reid all showed promise.

The fielding was unimpressive. The Sedbergh team showed us the pressure that good fielding can impose, but we never approached that standard, despite Anshuman Mondal's enthusiastic example. The wicket-keeping of Jamie Rigby continued to improve and he was awarded the Fielding Cup.

The 2nd XI had quite a good season, marred by a dismal performance at Pocklington. Exciting wins against Sedburgh and Bootham 1st XI were the highlights of the season, in which several younger players showed good form. Hopefully they will progress into the 1st XI in the future.

In the Inter-House competitions both finals produced close exciting finishes. In the Senior Competition Queen's won a low-scoring match against The Rise by three runs and in the junior final Temple did very well to beat Queen's in the last over of the match.

In the last week of term we played at the Loretto Festival. Our thanks to Richard Selley, Bill Parkhouse and the Loretto captain Jamie Grant, who were excellent hosts.

D. Kirby

1st XI selected from:

A. A. Mondal (captain) 1990*, J. D. Rigby (vice-captain) 1989-90t*, D. Bundy 1990*, P. F. Carvosso 1990*, M. J. Davies 1990*, M. P. Forrester 1989-90*, G. J. Harding 1989-90*, C. H. Metcalfe 1989-90*, A. G. G. Smith 1989-90*, R. N. Twigg 1989-90*, O. Gardner 1990, R. F. T. Musgrave 1990, D. M. S. Quickfall 1990, T. Reid 1990. No. of

Innings

C. H. Metcalfe M. P. Forrester J. D. Rigby P. F. Carvosso G. J. Harding R. N. Twigg

M. J. Davies R. F. T. Musgrave A. C. Deighton D. Bundy D. M. S. Quickfall T. Reid O. Gardner A. A. Mondal A. G. G. Smith 9 16 17 16 12 12 16 6 7 7 9 5 7 6 7 Not Out 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 5 3 0 1 1 2 Runs 262 365 389 316 195 174 199 49 56 17 37 27 30 23 20 Highest Score 83 78* 102* 65 38 89 41 16 17 10 9 14 12 7 6* Average 29.11 24.33 24.31 22.57 17.73 17.40 15.31 9.80 9.33 8.50 6.16 5.40 5.00 4.60 4.00

Also batted: A. E. Iveson 0, 7*, 0; A. M. W. Ludiman 0; L. C. Panitzke4; C. D. H. Roberts 5, 0; D. Tunstall 1, 0*, 4*; D. H. Williams 1. * — not out.

Bowling

A. E. Iveson M. P. Forrester A. G. G. Smith D. M. S. Quickfall R. N. Twigg T. Reid D. Bundy R. F. T. Musgrave A. A. Mondal D. Tunstall M. J. Davies Overs 18 127.2 77.4 . 55 143 30 100.2 : 76 22 29 32.3 Maidens 3 22 11 8 29 4 14 18 3 7 1 Runs 57 449 286 231 519 147 470 252 99 103 198 Wickets 3 23 13 9 18 5 15 8 2 2 2 Average 19.00 19.52 22.00 25.66 28.83 29.40 31.33 31.50 49.50 51.50 99.00

Also bowled: O. Gardner 3-1-11-0; G. J. Harding 3-1-15-0; A. M. W. Ludiman 12-3-40-1; C. H. Metcalfe 2-0-28-0; C. D. H. Roberts 7-2-19-1; D. H. Williams 10-0-57-1.

Results:

ST. PETER'S v BRADFORD G.S. Played at home on Saturday, 28th April. Result: Won. Bradford G.S. 163 (D. Whitfield 73, R. N. Twigg 3-40,

M. P. Forrester 3-42) St. Peter's 165-6 (M. P. Forrester 78 not out, J. D.

Rigby 40, C. Mcintosh 3-54)

2nd XI selected from:

D. Tunstall (captain)*, J. T. B. Bowling*, A. C. Deighton*, O. Gardner*, R. W. Hudson*, A. M. W. Ludiman*, B. R. Neary*, L. C. Panitzke*, T. Reid*, R. J. Crossley, S. J. Gildener, R. J. Hiles, A. E. Iveson, L. J. Patton, A. J. Wildblood. ST. PETER'S v M.C.C. Played at home on Wednesday, 2nd May. Result: Drawn. M.C.C. 206-2 dec. (R. Hutchinson 79, J. C.

Henderson 59 ret., T. R. McCreath 38) St. Peter's 181-4 (C. H. Metcalfe 83, M. P. Forrester 39, J. D. Rigby 31, D. Jay 3-36)

ST. PETER'S v SEDBERGH SCHOOL Played away on Saturday, 5th May. Result: Lost. St. Peter's 156 (C. H. Metcalfe 48, M. J. Davies 35,

D. Player 4-29) Sedburgh 157-4 (A. Metcalfe 75 not out, D. Player 54) ST. PETER'S v SAINTS C.C. Played at home on Tuesday, 26th June. Result: Lost. Saints C.C. 178-3 dec. (R. Hutchinson 54, R. Botterill 43 not out) St. Peter's 80 (S. Medley 4-13, S. McMahon 3-14)

ST. PETER'S v YORK C.C. Played at home on Wednesday, 9th May. Result: Lost. York C.C. 186-5 dec. (S. Robinson 46 not out,

P. Jackson 36, I. Dews 31) St. Peter's 79 (G. Taylor 4-26) ST. PETER'S v LEEDS G.S. Played at home on Friday, 29th June. Result: Drawn. Leeds G.S. 227-5 dec. (R. Atkinson 66 not out, T. Walton 63, I. Sutcliffe 55) St. Peter's 121-5 (P. F. Carvosso 41)

ST. PETER'S v THE FORTY CLUB Played at home on Wednesday, 16th May. Result: Drawn. Forty Club 195-7 dec. (P. Jackson 120 not out,

R. N. Twigg 5-35) St. Peter's 164-5 (P. F. Carvosso 65, C. H. Metcalfe 54,

I. Edwards 3-59)

ST. PETER'S v BARNARD CASTLE SCHOOL Played at home on Saturday, 19th May. Result: Lost. St. Peter's 160 (M. P. Forrester 45, J. D. Rigby 30,

R. Brewis 5-60) Barnard Castle 161-7 (R. Wearmouth 45, J. Simon 41,

M. P. Forrester 4-52)

ST. PETER'S v YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN C.C. Played at home on Saturday, 26th May. Result: Drawn. Yorkshire Gents 222-7 dec. (J. Burdass 68, W.

Robinson 50, M. Neary 40, C. Gilman 36,

D. Bundy 5-70) St. Peter's 166-4 (J. D. Rigby 102 not out, G. J.

Harding 38, J. Blenkin 3-53)

ST. PETER'S v PRESIDENT'S XI Played at home on Wednesday, 30th May. Result: Drawn. President's XI 172-8 dec. (S. Prest 54, D. M. S.

Quickfall 5-60) St. Peter's 103-7 (C. H. Metcalfe 34)

ST. PETER'S v DURHAM SCHOOL Played at home on Saturday, 16th June. Result: Lost. St. Peter's 122 (M. P. Forrester 51, P. Weston 4-31,

N. Darling 3-40) Durham 124-1 (R. Weston 57, M. Taylor 52 not out)

ST. PETER'S v POCKLINGTON SCHOOL Played at home on Saturday, 23rd June. Result: Won. St. Peter's 170 (G. J. Harding 35, M. P. Forrester 36,

M. Robinson 4-26) Pocklington 148 (D. Edwards 41, J. Billington 37,

M. P. Forrester 4-30) ST. PETER'S v WORKSOP COLLEGE Played away on Saturday, 30th June. Result: Drawn. St. Peter's 127-4 dec. (P. F. Carvosso 60 not out,

J. D. Rigby 30) Worksop 43-3

ST. PETER'S v LORETTO SCHOOL Played away on Sunday, 1st July. Result: Lost. St. Peter's 132-5 dec. (J. D. Rigby 50, A. Mason 4-35) Loretto 136-3 (J. Grant 44 not out, A. Gibb 44,

S. Fraser 33)

ST. PETER'S v CRANLEIGH SCHOOL

Played at Loretto School on Monday, 2nd July. Result: Drawn. Cranleigh 185-6 dec. (S. Copleston 83 not out,

H. Watkinson 64, A. E. Iveson 3-20) St. Peter's 84-8 (G. Atkinson 3-17, A. Kyle 3-35)

ST. PETER'S v MERCHANT TAYLORS SCHOOL, NORTHWOOD

Played at Loretto School on Tuesday, 3rd July. Result: Drawn. St. Peter's 206-9 dec. (R. N. Twigg 89, J. D. Rigby 32,

A. Brand 5-75) Merchant Taylors 166-6 (C. Jaggard 61, A. Brand 36,

A. G. G. Smith 4-56)

ST. PETER'S v BRYANSTON SCHOOL

Played at Loretto School on Thursday, 5th July. Result: Lost. Bryanston 207-7 dec. (J. Freisenbruch 65, R. Sadler 45, M. Davies 52 not out, R. F. T. Musgrave 3-52) St. Peter's 103 (M. P. Forrester 40, M. Brewin 6-35)

ST. PETER'S v OLD PETERITES Played at home on Friday and Saturday, 6th and 7th July. Result: Abandoned. Old Peterites 171-9 dec. (J. E. B. Burdass 69, M. P.

Forrester 3-19, D. Bundy 3-34, A. G. G. Smith 3-46 and 20-1) St. Peter's 131-9 dec. (M. J. Davies 41, P. F. Carvosso 38, R. M. Pallister 3-21)

Opponents Bradford G.S. M.C.C. Sedbergh School York C.C. The Forty Club Barnard Castle School Yorkshire Gentlemen C.C. President's XI Durham School Pocklington School Saints C.C. Leeds G.S. Worksop College Loretto School Cranleigh School Merchant Taylors, Northwood Bryanston School Old Peterites Ground Home Home Away Home Home Home

Home Home Home Home Home Home Away Away Loretto

Loretto Loretto Home Result Won Drawn Lost Lost Drawn Lost

Drawn Drawn Lost Won Lost Drawn Drawn Lost Drawn

Drawn Lost Abandoned School 165-6 181-4 156 79 164-5 160

166-4 103-7 122 170 80 121-5 127-4 dec. 132-5 dec. 84-8

206-9 dec. 103 131-9 dec. Opponents 163 206-2 dec. 157-4 186-5 dec. 195-7 dec. 161-7

222-7 dec. 172-8 dec. 124-1 148 178-3 dec. 227-5 dec. 43-3 136-3 183-6 dec.

166-6 207-7 dec. 171-9 dec. 20-1

Senior Colts

After a poor start, the U. 15 Colts gradually improved to remain unbeaten for the second half of the term which included two fine wins against Leeds and Pocklington.

In the first match at Bradford, the School recorded six 'ducks' in reaching a meagre ninety runs, a total which Bradford easily passed with the loss of only two wickets, whilst the following week at home to Sedbergh, only resolute batting by Richard Musgrave, Anthony Killip and Hugh Shedden avoided another heavy defeat. An easy victory against a weak Bootham side was a pleasing interlude before the School lost again in a much closer encounter against Barnard Castle so that by half-term the season's results were looking far from rosy.

Despite the lack of success on the field the squad were showing a keen determination in their net sessions and the general standard of defensive play and concentration at the crease was markedly better. Bowling became tighter and both spin bowlers, Hugh Shedden and Michael Lang, developed greater consistency with the former along with Richard Musgrave being the main architects in Leeds' dismissal for 91 runs with sound batting by Alastair Ashworth ensuring a good win for the School by five wickets.

The main weakness of the team was undoubtedly their fielding and this was clearly in evidence against a Durham side who were at one time two wickets down for five runs. Extremely poor outfielding took the pressure off the later batsmen who grew in confidence. Durham eventually declared at 181 for 5 of which at least a quarter of those runs were given away in the field. After some early faltering by the School's opening batsman, Jason Bailey and Jonathan Brooks batted resolutely for the last fifty minutes to ensure a draw which was barely deserved.

In the last completed game of the season, Charles Roberts hit ninety-five runs in even time to enable the School to pass Pocklington's declared total of 193 for 7. It was a pity he did not reach his century although he did experience such an achievement for his House in the junior competition. It was therefore an anti-climax when rain ruined what promised to be a fine game of cricket on the 1st XI field against Worksop with Richard Musgrave and Anthony Killip in full flight.

What was anticipated to be an ordinary season blossomed into a good, satisfying term in which much progress was made. The spirit of the squad had much to do with that as did the quiet but effective leadership of Charles Roberts who was awarded his cap along with Richard Musgrave.

Finally, my thanks go to Dominic Millen, our scorer and Mr. David Crook who has been an invaluable coach during his five years at the School. We wish him success in his new post at Durham School except when Durham play St. Peter's!

The squad consisted of:

C. Roberts*, R. Musgrave*, H. Shedden, M. Lang, T. Davies, A. Ashworth, A. Killip, M. Pittman, J. Brooks, J. Bailey, J. Belton, N. Silversides, M. Ludiman, J. Ward, M. Todd.

St. Peter's 90 (C. Roberts 23, R. Musgrave 38 not out) Bradford G.S. 93 for 2

Sedbergh 150 for 7 dec. (H. Shedden 4-37) St. Peter's 60 for 8

Bootham 51 (M. Lang 5-32) St. Peter's 53 for 1 (J. Belton 21 not out, N. McBride 26 not out) Barnard Castle 116 (M. Lang 4-26, R. Musgrave 3-54) St. Peter's 84 (C. Roberts 21) Manchester Schools' C.A. 166 for 3 St. Peter's 116 for 4 (T. Cockcroft 23, N. McBride 43 not out) Leeds G.S. 91 (R. Musgrave 6-25, H. Shedden 3-28) St. Peter's 94 for 5 (A. Ashworth 32 not out,

C. Roberts 29) Durham 181 for 5 St. Peter's 108 for 7 (C. Roberts 32, R. Musgrave, 25,

J. Bailey 20 not out) Pocklington 193 for 7 dec. (R. Musgrave 3-62) St. Peter's 199 for 5 (C. Roberts 95, R. Musgrave 32,

N. Silversides 31 not out) St. Peter's 105 for 2 (C. Roberts 23, A. Killip 26 not out,

R. Musgrave 32 not out) v Worksop Match abandoned because of rain

Other Matches:

St. Peter's 4th XI 114 for 8. Bootham 69 (25 overs match) Yarm 68 (T. Davies 4-9, J. Bailey 4-5) St. Peter's 70 for 3

J. W. R. Hutt

Despite the lack of a win this was a good season in which the boys learned much about "time" cricket. There can be no question that the captains knew how to prevent the opposition getting a target. However, they still needed to adopt a more attacking approach in order to bowl sides out. This was certainly in evidence at the end of the season and it is a great pity that the final match was ruined by rain. I was delighted that both captains batted when they won the toss and were then prepared to declare and set a realistic target for the opposition. This is the only way to play this sort of cricket because in order to win you must also be prepared to give the opposition a chance. I very much hope and expect this positive approach to be maintained.

In our first match after an unfortunate start Nathan McBride and Toby Cockcroft set about attacking a total of 156. At the end we were only fifteen runs short. We learned early the need to take all our "catches" and to keep the runs coming even if only in singles. We then played away at Sedbergh with Paul Taylor giving invaluable assistance to Nathan McBride in taking us to 157 for 9. The Sedbergh boys are always willing to chase and it soon became apparent that a win was there for them. However, excellent bowling from Paul Taylor, six overs for nine runs in the last overs snatched a well earned draw. On an artificial pitch at Barnard Castle we never got to grips with the match. Despite fine catches from Paul Taylor and Tom Duncan, we dropped too many and ended up chasing an impossible target. Having gone for the runs and lost four early wickets we did well to achieve a draw. But for Nathan McBride's "stone wall" innings lasting 1 Vi hours and 75 balls we would have been thrashed. Stuart Parry deserves mention for facing out the final over for the draw. Against Leeds Grammar School we batted first in a rain-interrupted afternoon and gave a fine declaration. However, having gained early success we were too defensive in the field and gave Leeds no chance of getting the target and quite rightly Leeds batted out for the draw. Spinners are in the side for just these moments and both Alistair Rigby and Nick Middleton have developed their skill this year. In order to maintain this improvement they must be bowled more next year. At Durham we declared at tea for 158 and this turned out to be a little early (my fault!!), with a very fine innings from Ritzema winning the match for Durham. Despite the win and his figures Fraser Black bowled very well in this game and gave real optimism for the future especially if he can learn to disguise his "off cutter". On the following Wednesday we played an 'A' XI against Yarm and had a fine game with all our batsmen getting into their twenties. We bowled and fielded well with Yarm batting positively and eventually hanging on for a draw with Paul Taylor hitting the leg stump without removing the bail off the "last ball"! The Pocklington game was played on a really cold, wet afternoon and having declared at 116, after quite a bit of outside pressure, the Pocklington boys batted out for a draw. The final match against Worksop, although rain affected, produced an outstanding innings of 91 from Fraser Black and a whirlwind 33 from Paul Taylor. With thunder clouds appearing the game was excellently poised at 47 for 3 with Worksop needing 104 runs off the remaining twenty-one overs. Sadly, lightning came and removed the last chance for both sides of recording a well deserved win.

Next year Tom Duncan, Paul Taylor, Fraser Black, Toby Cockcroft and Nathan McBride must maintain their progress as seamers. Gordon Gibb must not allow himself to try and bowl too fast and concentrate on his "legcutter". Both Alistair Rigby and Nick Middleton must remember that they are not slow bowlers but are spinners and should "attack" the batsman. Magnus Inness has much potential as an all-rounder providing he learns "what is" a bad ball and bowls up to the bat. Nick Strong has done well this year with his nagging length and line bowling. The extra pace will come as he grows. Nick Walker has been a very fine wicket keeper and must strive to improve on these high standards in the future. The captains, Toby Cockcroft and Nathan McBride, did well and I hope learned a great deal.

Finally, I would like to thank Mr. Watkinson and Mr. Northfield for all their help. This year is fortunate to have parents who support in the right way and the School will have the privilege of seeing more of both this year and its supporters.

P. J. Stephen

Results

Bradford Grammar School 156 for 6 St. Peter's 141 for 6 (Cockcroft 49 not out, McBride 50) St. Peter's 157 for 9 (McBride 63, Taylor 30) Sedbergh 138 for 2 Barnard Castle 179 for 6 (Black 3 for 23) S*. Peter's 31 for 9

St. Peter's 129 for 7 (Cockcroft 30, Taylor 35 not out) Leeds Grammar School 70 for 4 St. Peter's 158 for 9 (Cockcroft 53) Durham School 160 for 3

St. Peter's 'A' XI 134 for 3 Yarm 107 for 9 (Middleton 3 for 41) St. Peter's 116 for 9 (McBride 36) Pocklington 71 for 5 (McBride 3 for 18) St. Peter's 151 for 4 (Black 91, Taylor 33 not out) Worksop 47 for 3

8 MATCHES PLAYED 6 Drawn 1 Lost 1 Abandoned

The following represented the U.14 Colts:

F. Black, N. McBride, T. Cockcroft, T. Duncan, G. Gibb, M. Inness, N. Middleton, A. Rigby, N. Strong, P. Taylor, N. Walker, S. Parry, N. Hales, M. Hunter, E. Backhouse.