The following girls represented the U.15 team: P. Bhat, A. Calvert, G. Dodgson, R. Fisher, V. Hales, S. Hutchinson, N. Lane, R. Lewis, I. Marks, R. Metcalfe, T. Rotowa, C. Scott, E. Stone, R. Turl, L. Watson, Z. Wight.
ROUNDERS Results Under 16 v Queen Mary's
(A)
Won
l'/2
Under 14 v Queen Mary's v Pocklington v Scarborough College v Woodhouse Grove v Queen Margaret's v Mount St. Mary's v The Mount v Joseph Rowntree
The following girls represented the U.16 team: O. Anderson, H. Atkinson, C. Brassington, A. Dixon, M. Hart, L. Hudson, C. Magee, A. Newby, G. Walker. Under 15 v Pocklington v Giggleswick v Hymers v Woodhouse Grove v Mount St. Mary's v Joseph Rowntree v Bootham
(H) (A) (H) (A) (A) (A) (H)
Won Won Won Lost
16'/2— 4 ll'/2—10 12 — 6V2 81/2—13 Cancelled Lost 6'/2- 7
Lost
(A) (H) (H) (A) (H) (A) (A) (A)
Lost 3—7 Lost 10 —16V2 Cancelled - rain Won 15 '/2—10V2 Lost 7 —16 Cancelled - rain Lost 4 - 7'/2 Won 9'/2— 4'/2
The following girls represented the U.14 team: S. Baines, V. Bray, C. Brisby, S. Chapman, L. Cleaver, R. Fishley, H. Fowler, E-L. Hall, L. Hodsdon, H. Oram, C. Mee, C. Middleton-Walker, E. Taylor, L. Wallace, L. Watson, B. Wigglesworth.
9'/2—ll ] /2
LIBRARY & ARCHIVES ALCUIN LIBRARY
FORGOTTEN FAME No. 8
1994-1995 has seen the (rather hiccupping) installation of a computer network in the Alcuin Library, allowing students to use one terminal, while the Librarian can continue working on the other. New books can therefore be added to our records more quickly and all updated information can be viewed immediately by pupils 650 new items have been added to the library stock, made up of 626 books, 16 videos and 8 CD-ROMs. A further 1,000 books from our existing collection have also been added to the computer catalogue which now holds records for more than 7,500 items, and a new "User Access Menu" allows pupils to choose between "Library Enquiry" or "CD-ROMs" without getting help. As usual it is a pleasant duty to acknowledge generous donations of books: this year thanks are due to the Headmaster (seventy-four books), and the following Upper VI pupils and their families: Thomas J. Archer, Mark S. Benson, M. Scott Bradley, Wendy W-M. Chung, James J. Gibson, Lorna J. Highet, James J. M. Hiles, Adam K. Leszczuk, Daniel R. Leveson, Edward R. Lindley, Mathew G. F. Taylor, Nicholas J. Wight and Grant A. Williams. We are extremely grateful. Personal thanks are particularly due from me to Mike Jones, the school's IT Co-ordinator, for his (almost!) tireless efforts with the recalcitrant computer network, and his absolutely unflagging humour and goodwill; and to John Mitchell for looking after the library on occasions when I have been unavailable. As ever my thanks are also due to the Headmaster and the many staff members who have supported and encouraged change and development in the library. Avril Pedley, Librarian
Frank Mitchell (1870-1935) Frank Mitchell, one of the greatest sportsmen of his time, entered the school in 1883 and left in 1890. He was captain of cricket, rugby and rowing. At Cambridge he played for the University against Oxford at cricket four times, batting first in the matches at Lord's, and also, as a powerful forward, represented the University against Oxford in the rugger matches of 1893-1895. In 1896 he had success in putting the shot for Cambridge and, had he so chosen, could also have kept goal for the University at hockey. He took an honours degree in the Classical Tripos. He first played cricket for Yorkshire in 1894, becoming one of their most illustrious and valuable players, scoring 4,090 runs in his five seasons. In 1901 he went to America and played cricket there until joining the Yorkshire Hussars and serving in the Boer War. He then took up business in South Africa becoming captain of the cricket team which came to England in 1912. During the First World War he served with distinction in the Royal Artillery. He was modest and courteous, and his name in his time spelt hero-worship to the young. In his later years he was a wise counsellor and extremely astute judge of what was good and what was amiss in the games he had so adorned. He was never afraid to say what he thought, and to his friends and his school he was always generous and loyal. J. V. Mitchell 87
