THE
PETkRITE. Vol . . XI .
JANUARY 1891 .
No . 90.
EDITORIAL. E are now in a position to otter a balance sheet to our readers.
W It will be seen that there is the heavy deficit of more than nineteen pounds ; yet, though this is an unfortunate state of things, it must be observed that the deficit from 1889 has been reduced by nearly three pounds. Thus those who say that the paper cannot pay its way are clearly mistaken . Again, if the balance sheet be examined closely, a cur ious fact comes to light, viz . : that though the number of O .P 's . who take in the paper exceeds by about fifty that of present members of the School who are subscribers, yet the former have paid a considerable amount less than the latter in support of its finances. We are permitted to elucidate this curious paradox for the benefit especially of members of the O .Y. club, and we are sorry to say that it is mainly owing to those, who, whether from mere ennui or otherwise, allow their subscriptions to get seriously in arrears . Thus, to take the case of the year 1889, instead of receiving at least eighteen pounds, the officials obtained but thirteen from the members of the club. We are determined if possible to see the deficit wiped off this year, and some measures will be taken to attain this desirable end during the term. At the O .P . meeting held at the end of the Christmas term, Arthur Peters was appointed to assist the editors in connexion with any matter
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1890.
of the club ; thus, a permanent official will exist in York, and will aid effectually to tide over the difficulties created by the almost annual change of editors. The patriotism and energy of Mr . Peters are too well known to need any words from us : we congratulate the club, if we may take the liberty, on the excellent step which they have taken. We are desired by him to say that he offers himself as the butt for all complaints which may be made against the editors, and requests that without exception all such be addressed to him. There is little else to be said : we must, however, proffer our sincerest thanks to all who have during the year, so kindly contributed to the paper . Your obedient servants, Jan ., IS91 . THE EDI'T'ORS.
P .S .—Our very best thanks are clue to the friend who has given us so able a criticism of this year's play . The fact that the writer is not connected with the School makes his opinion of the performance as a whole, doubly interesting, since it may be taken as a sample of that of the audience, to whom our plays are yearly submitted.
ACCOUNT FROM END OF SUMMER TERM, 1889. RECEIPTS .
EXPENDITURE . s.
Master's Subs .
d.
.. From O .P . Club . .
. . 1 to 0 . . 13 IS 6
School Subs.
. . 15 16 9t . . o 16 I I ;
Sundries
. .
32 . . 19
2
. .
Total
. . 51
2
Adverse balance
s. d. Deficit from 'S9
. . 21 17
0
Printing up to end of Summer Term, 1890 .. . . 27 12
3
Postage
. .
. .
..
. .
I
I3
1
51
2
4
3
0 I
4
Total
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L THE LATE ARCHBISHOP. On
CHRISTMAS DAY, 1890,
the Archbishop of York
passed away, after an illness of. a few months. In him we lose a kind friend, and one whom we all respected and honoured . It is not easy to forget that commanding presence, that fatherly expression on confirmation days, and it was with sincere regret that we heard of his inability to be present last time. He has long given an annual prize of books for classics, and always manifested interest in our scholastic successes. Preaching in the Chapel on Sunday, January 25th (S . Paul's Day), the first Sunday of the Term, on the text, " For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain," Philippians i . 21 ., the Head Master said, " At such a time as this I cannot refrain from speaking of the great Archbishop lately gone from us . Doubtless he had faults, or Christ need not have died for him . Those who knew him better and longer than I, can speak with more authority, but even I could feel, and I am sure all who have been in recent years confirmed by him in this chapel must have felt, that God had given him great power to work, and that he used it. How great his powers were we may in some degree estimate by the fact that, before the appointment was actually made, half the Bishops on the Bench, so to say, were spoken of in one quarter or another as likely to succeed him ; none seemed then so clearly supreme above his brethren as to silence controversy . As one indication of the zeal with which he used his great powers, I might mention that we are given to understand that his anxiety to do his best on the Friday and Saturday for his ordination candidates, who should be ordained on the Sunday before Christmas day, hastened his departure . We may well believe that to him to live was Christ and therefore to die was gain ."
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THE OLD PETERITE CLUB MEETING. HE fifth Annual General Meeting of the Old Peterite Club was
T held at St . Peter' s School, York, 'on Friday, December 19th, 189o, at 4-30 p .m . The Rev. G . T . Handford (President of the Club), occupied the chair and the following members were also present: Messrs . G . H . Eyre, A. Peters, F . Ware, J . A . Jackson, E. W. Crossley, C . Johnson, J . H . G . Wilson, H . W. Rhodes, P . E . Lord, N. Williamson, J . F. Leaf, and A . Hingston. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the following new members were unanimously elected :—Messrs . A . T. Pollard, Y . Anderson, K . E . T . Wilkinson, E . V. Howgate, W . S. Douglas, Rev . H . J . Storrs, Rev . IV . R . Rayson, and Captain Jolla Dyson. Messrs . J . E . Gofton, J . F . Leaf, and G . Chilman were elected District Secretaries for the ensuing year for Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham respectively. Mr . F. Ware was elected to fill the vacancy on the committee caused by return of the Rev . H . W . Griffith to India, and Messrs . J . F . Walker and E . R . Dodsworth were elected to fill the vacancies caused by the retirement by rotation of Messrs . J . R . Wood and J . H . Daniel. Messrs . G . II . Eyre, \V . G . Wilson, and P . E . Lord were re-elected as the Sports Committee, and Messrs . C . H . Chadwick, A . Peters, and F . Ware as the Dinner Committee for the ensuing year. It was resolved :—" That the sum of £3 be voted out of the Club funds towards defraying the working expenses of the Old Peterite Dinners . " Mr . F . Ware then proposed and Mr. Peters seconded the following resolution : " That the Secretary of the Club be instructed to send out circulars to all members, whose subscriptions for the current year are unpaid on the first day of June in each year, reminding them that their subscriptions became due on the first day of January, and also a second and final circular to all whose subscriptions remain unpaid on the first day of January following, stating that unless the subscriptions in arrear be paid the member ' s name will be removed from the list of members of the club ." A discussion then ensued upon the subject of the irregularity with which the numbers of the Peterite were received by members of the
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Club, and the uncertainty of the time of publication and the damage necessarily accruing to the Old Peterite Club therefrom ; with a view to remedying these misfortunes Mr. Eyre proposed and Mr . Johnson seconded the following resolution :—" That the meeting elect Mr. Peters to represent the Old Peterite Club on the Editorial Staff of the Peterite, subject to the consent of the acting editors ." This was carried nem . con. The General Secretary and Treasurer (Mr. E. IV . Clayforth) who was unavoidably absent, having written to say that he was unwilling to submit a balance sheet owing to the large number of subscriptions in arrear, Mr. Jackson proposed and Mr . Johnson seconded the following resolution :—" That this meeting stand adjourned till the last week in the Easter term for the purpose of receiving the Treasurer's accounts for the past year." This resolution having been put to the meeting and carried, the meeting concluded with the usual vote to Mr . Handford for presiding.
OLD PETERITE CLUB NOTICE. A full list of members and addresses for the year 1891 will be published in the next number.
THE OLD PETERITE DINNER IN YORK. HE Third Annual Dinner of Old Peterites since its revivification in
T 1888, was held in York on Saturday, the loth December last, and
proved quite as great a success as either of its predecessors ; the number of O .P .'s who attended certainly compared unfavourably with the record of the York Dinners in 1888 and 1889, but we cannot attribute this falling off in numbers to any decline in the popularity of the event amongst Old Peterites, as the Secretaries of the Dinner have abundant evidence to the contrary, and are satisfied that the unsuitability of Saturday night was mainly accountable for this ; at the same time it is, perhaps, too much to expect that the attendance should always be as numerous as hitherto . The absence of Canon Elwyn, whose attendance in previous years was unanimously considered the main element in the success of the Dinner, was a most regrettable circumstance, as
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also was the fact that domestic bereavement prevented that most loyal Old Peterite, Mr . A . C . Tute, from being present . The fact that in spite of untoward circumstances the Dinner proved the unqualified success it was on all hands freely admitted to be, testifies to the great amount of vitality to which this gathering of O .P .'s, which has now fairly established itself as an annual institution, has attained . As we had again the honour of a full report of the proceedings at the Dinner in the York newspapers, we think we can hardly do better for our readers than by reprinting from the Yorkshire Herald of Monday, December 22nd, 189o, what, if not very brilliant as a literary effort, is certainly a fairly accurate though not exhaustive account of the proceedings . The only respect in which we will venture to supplement it is by remarking that the creature comforts were all that could be desired, and the face of our old friend " James " smiled upon us all and made everyone feel at home.
[Reprinted from the Yorkshire Herald of 22nd December, IS90 .] OLD PE I'ERITE DINNER IN YORK. the Royal Station Hotel on Saturday night, the Annual Old Peterite Dinner was held under the presidency of the head master, the Rev. G. T . Handford . It is an institution which tends to promote the welfare of the " Old School, " as well as prove an interesting remembrance of days spent within St . Peter' s halls . As long as the spirit of loyalty to this Royal Grammar School, which is attached to the Cathedral Church, is shown and acted upon by Old Peterites, its prosperity will surely continue to advance . Those who attended in addition to the head master were :—Rev . H . Lowther Clarke, Rev. J . A . Shea], Messrs . 'I' . B . Whytehead, J . F . Walker, R . Pearson, R . P . Dale, G . Yeld, J . L . Freeman, F . W . Bayly, T . G . Mann, W . A . White, E . R . Dodsworth, A . Raimes, A. Procter, F . W. Crossley, J . A . Jackson, F . Ware, H . W. Rhodes, C . Williamson, J . A . Dunkerley, G. H . Eyre . A . Peters, W . E . Moore, J . F . Leaf, G . V . Birks, L . W. Wilsden, N . Williamson, A . Hopkins, 'I' . P. Clarke, J. H . G . Wilson, P . F . Lord, A . Wade. The CIIAIRMAV expressed the regret which it gave them all to learn that Canon Elwyn, Mr . Tute, Mr. Munby and others were unable to AT
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be amongst them . He then proposed " The Queen, ' and coupled with Her Majesty's name that of her grandson, the Emperor of Germany. Mr. T . G . MANN submitted " The Archbishop and the Dean and Chapter . " He spoke of the earnestness and zeal displayed by the Archbishop in all affairs of the Church, and of the keen interest in St. Peter ' s that the Dean of York showed by the practical part he was always glad to take in matters which tended to promote its welfare. Mr . T . B . WHYTEHEAD in responding made reference to the grief that was occasioned by the illness of his Grace . The Dean and Chapter, of course, had the management of St. Peter ' s in their own hands . The Chapter was a large body, and while there were those residing at great distances and could have very little interest in the School those who formed the Committee to deal with the affairs of the School felt a very keen interest in it, and sought in every way possible to promote its welfare . (Applause .) The Dean was especially anxious to further the success of St . Peter's, and watched with much attention everything which went on within its walls . Under such auspices, therefore, and with a Head Master who was not only so popular, but had achieved great success during the time he had been there, he was quite sure that there was nothing in the world to hinder St. Peter ' s—always supposing that times and seasons were prosperous— once more becoming a great and important school . There was no reason, now that so many improvements and modifications had been made, especially in the direction of modern science, which was indispensable in one ' s education at the present time, why the numbers should not again rise to nearly 300, as he understood was once the case . (Applause .) Mr . Councillor R. P . DALE gave "The Army, Navy, and Reserve Forces, " and said that the citizens should feel proud that such a crack regiment as the loth Royal Hussars was stationed in York, the Officers of which had made themselves extremely acceptable to the people. Lieutenant WILLIAMSON responded in suitable terms. Mr . F . WARE proposed the toast of the evening, " St . Peter's School ." He said that the first gentleman ' s name with which he was familiar as being connected with that school was Guy Fawkes, whose zeal worked underground not for his own aggrandisement but for the elevation of other people of the Sfate . (Laughter.) He went on to say that they had more to do with the future than the past, and the c
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question should always be before them of how they could promote the interests of that school . (Applause .) Endeavours should be made to help St . Peter's to advance with the times . They often heard it said that there was an opening for a great school in the north of England, and why that great school should not be St . Peter's he could not say. He hoped sincerely that it would always be understood that an Old Peterite meant a gentleman and a scholar . (Applause.) The Rev . G. T . HANDFORD, in responding, said that Mr . Ware had referred to what old boys could do for the school . hIe absolutely hit the nail on the head when he said they could attend that dinner . It was of great importance that the head and assistant masters should feel, in order to do their duty, and care for nobody, plenty of power behind them . Old Peterites could give them that power . Looking back upon the year he said that many honours had been given to old Peterites, and not the least was the reward of the Fellowship of Sidney Sussex Coll ., Cam ., conferred upon Mr . Walker, whose fame in the scientific world needed no words of his to spread . (Applause .) There was also Mr. Veld, his colleague, who was the first who had succeeded in ascending one of the mountains of the Caucasus without the assistance of a professional guide . (Applause .) As to the number of the boys, during the year they had increased to 135 ; which, while being the highest that had been reached while he was connected with the school, would not compare with the 300 that had been spoken of, yet he was inclined to think that there was a certain amount of mythology about that number . He spoke well of the conduct and good spirit that prevailed amongst the scholars, and said that according to the returns published last Midsummer in regard to the scholarships obtained by public schools,_ St . Peter 's ranked the 8th, while there were 8o behind it . (Applause .) Going on to refer to the theatricals he spoke of the excellent service rendered by Captain Lindberg in regard to the scenery . The boys too, rendered much aid, and he did not think that the audience realised how much of the beautiful scenery was the work of A . C . Clarke, O .P . One thing upon his mind in regard to the school was to increase the efficiency of modern education in the school. It must be remembered that St . Peter's was originally founded for the purpose of providing a classical education for those who were to be clergymen . The character of the instruction offered had been steadily extended, and they were now trying their best to provide
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education for any of the ordinary professions or occupations . They had added a department of chemistry, taught not only theoretically, but with the assistance of a well appointed laboratory . The Government had passed an Act giving permission for the creation of certain funds for the advancement of technical education, by which seemed to be meant anything that was not Greek. (Laughter .) The City Council would, he believed, have £I,5oo at its disposal for this object. He intended to the best of his ability, with the aid of the Dean and Chapter, to apply for some of that money . (Applause .) If they were successful they would be able to do their modern work very much better without impairing—as at present he was beginning to be afraid they were impairing—their classical work, but that was what they must not do . He would appeal earnestly to those old Peterites who had a voice or influence in the Council to bear that matter in mind. (Applause .) Mr . Councillor DODSWORTH said that he slid not profess to speak on behalf of the Council, as, being a junior member, he was quite unable to do that, but he (lid not think that the sum at their disposal was anything like r,5oo. But he was sure that any representation which came from St . Peter ' s School would be received with great care and deliberation, and speaking on behalf of his brother Peterites in the Council they would give it their very best support . (Applause .) He then proposed the " Health of the Past Masters of the St . Peter 's School," and coupled with it the name of the Rev . II . Lowther Clarke, than whom he said there were few masters who had gained a greater amount of popularity. The Rev . H . LOWTHER CLARKE said that it was his connection with that school which brought him to this city which he was about to leave so soon . He desired to say that in leaving St . Peter ' s so deliberately as he did, it was not for one moment because he was dissatisfied with his position, his colleagues, or with the school, but it was a definite act on his part, because he had come to the conclusion that he was not fitted for the work of a schoolmaster, and that his work must be of a different kind . But he hoped to be able as long as he lived to take a very great interest in education, and he would be very glad if St . Peter ' s were successful in the application for some of the money set apart for technical instruction . But he feared they might have to meet with some disappointment . He found it exceedingly pleasant to examine
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SPECIAL NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE O .P . CLUB.
others, and to set up high ideals . He loved the work of an examiner, and delighted in the work of a governor of a public elementary or grammar school . He must, however, leave the actual work of teaching to one who did it better and was more adapted for it . He spoke of the zeal and the interest shown by Mr . Yeld in St . Peter ' s, and he trusted that the school would continue to prosper . (Applause .) The CHAIRMAN submitted the "Health of Mr . Peters and Mr . F. Ware, " upon whom, he said, devolved the work of making arrangements for the dinner. Mr. PETERS said, in acknowledgment, that they were amply repaid if they felt, as they must that night, that they had given pleasu re, and remarked that the resuscitation of that dinner could not fail to be of advantage to the school. Mr . FREEâ IAN gave "The Health of all the Old Boys, " to which Mr . RICHARD PEARSON responded. Mr . EvRE proposed " The Theatrical Club, " and said the performance this year was one of the best he had seen in the school. Mr . YELD replied and said that theatricals were by some looked upon as being effeminate, but he ventured to think that they proved a very considerable education in English literature. " Auld Lang Syne " having been sung in the orthodox fashion, the company dispersed.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE O .P. CLUB. Any member of the O .Y . Club who fails to receive his copy of any issue of the " Peterite," is requested to notify the fact to A . Peters, St. Peter's Grove, York, who will do his best to see that any reasonable cause for complaint in this respect shall in future cease to exist . The School Magazine is published six times in the year, and usually appears in the months of February, April, June, August, October and December, but in every case of complaint it would be as well to mention the number on the last copy received by the aggrieved member . It has been suggested that members are unable to tell whether they have received copies of all the issues ; but we respectfully suggest that they can easily satisfy themselves on this point by seeing that their copies bear consecutive numbers .
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OLD PETERITE DINNER (YORK) ACCOUNT, 1890. RECEIPTS . Balance from 1859 33 Subscriptions at 7/6 Grant from O .P . Club
PAYMENTS .
s . d. . . 1 6 0
s . d. Envelopes and Stationery . . 0 9 I
. . 12 7 6
Postage and Stamps
.. 2 0 0
500 Invitation Cards and
Donation from Mr . C. Johnson . . I o o
Printing
.. 0 9 0
roo Dinner Tickets and Printing . .
o 2 6
Menu Cards
0 7 6
. .
Clerk, addressing, &c.
0 10 0
Wine for Reporter . .
0 2 6
James Parker
. .
0 2 6
Dinner for 33 at 6/6
to 14 6 0 4 0
Cigarettes . . Balance in hand 16 13 6
..
.. 2 4 0
.. ..
I 7 I I !'16 13 6
We are requested by the York Secretaries of the Dinner Committee to state that they are indebted to Mr . C . Johnson for a generous donation of Z1 towards defraying the working expenses of this dinner, in consequence of which they find themselves with a slightly increased balance in hand, instead of having only 7s . 11d . wherewith to put their machinery in motion next December.
[ We have been requested by the head-master to insert the following letter from the Industrial School-boy, whose emigration the School assisted last Easter .] December 26th, I89o. DEAR SIR,
I again write a few lines to you all hoping to find you all well as it leaves me at present. I am very sorry I did not write sooner, but I was always thinking of you all . I will promise you that I will answer your letter within a week after I receive one from you . I was very much troubled in the Summer time with mosquitoes and sand-flies, but now they are gone
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and the cold weather is setting in, but we are having splendid weather. Some of the days are as mild as spring, and only a few inches of snow which fell on Christmas night. I received a letter this month from Mr . Archey, the school master' and he kindly sent me a newspaper, which pleased me very much . I am writing to Mr . Munby as well, and I will always write as long as I know your addresses. I have seen several prairie fires since I have been living in the country . One in which we had a narrow escape of having our house and stables burnt down, but we had to fight very hard to save ourselves. I did ' nt have as good a Christmas Day as I should have had if I had been living in the town, but I went away and had dinner and tea and returned home at four in the morning ; so it was'nt so bad. I think I have told you all this time, so kindly remember me to all the boys. From yours truly, H . Wright, H . WRIGHT. c/o Mr . Edwards, Ridge Farm, Oak Point, Winnipeg, Canada .
FOOTBALL, XMAS TERM, 1890. LAS ! What an almost unbroken series of defeats meets us when
A we turn to review the history of our XV during the term ending Xmas, 1890 . After the brilliant career of our team in the season of 1889-90, this tale of reverse hits us rather harder, perhaps, than if we had had to match a record of mediocre performances ; but we must remember, in all fairness to our last term's team, that the XV which Mitchell so often led to victory, was one which we can seldom hope to equal, scarcely ever to surpass. What, then, were the facts of the case at the beginning of the present season ? We had but three old " colours, " the two Binghams and Padel, to form the nucleus of our XV, and a veritable backbone they have been . There were thus twelve places to be filled, and when this was done we were found with a very light team, many members of which had much to learn of the bare rules of the game, to say nothing
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of the practical science of it ; and with this light team we had to meet exceptionally heavy teams—mostly men's teams—the number of school matches being limited, owing to the Cup Competition. At the beginning of the season the " forwards were sadly deficient in (lash, and there is much yet to be desired in this respect . Rapidity in forming a scrummage ought to be a strong point with a school team ; it is certainly not one of our ' s . Our " halves " were certainly good, and as a rule played well together, the tendency of one of them to play the game of a "three-quarter " should be remedied, otherwise there is little fault to find. The " three-quarters " were sadly wanting in scoring power, and, as a rule, shewed little combination . With the exception of the " centre ' s, " the tackling was very weak, the power to tackle low seems to be wanting throughout the team . We should mention that Whitby, who played " wing three-quarter " during most of the term, had his arm put out in the match v. Mr . Joy ' s XV, and so did not get his colours. Baird, at "back, " improved vastly, but he must learn to get his kicks in. Now, since the disadvantage of a light team can be largely remedied by activity and combination, there is no reason why we should not wind up the season more successfully . Let the " forwards " always follow up and learn to form quickly ; let the " halves" feed the " three-quarters, " and the " three-quarters " in turn, play together and always back one another up . If the first attempt to tackle fails, don ' t trust to someone else succeeding, but follow up . Can none of the team run a man down from behind ? Finally, let every member of the XV study the rules, so that our opponents may never score through one failing to kick the ball " dead, " as happened in one match last term, and above all let combination be our first care, for to any team nothing is more fatal than a selfish game. We would add one word of praise for the energy with which the elder Bingham played his part as Captain, the unremitting efforts which he made in every match to secure victory, or at least to mitigate defeat, we would see copied by the rest of the team .
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CHARAC'T'ERS OF THE XV. S . O . BINGHADI—Capt . (three-quarter back) . Plays a good game at " centre, " and is much the best tackler in the team . Always saves pluckily, and if he was more rapid in his movements would be first rate. F . M . BINGHAM (forward) . Works hard and is the back bone of the scrummage ; always uses his height and weight to advantage. Dribbles well, but is weak in tackling. C . F . C . PADEL (forward) . Has come on immensely and plays a capital game ; is very good in the open at times . Follows up well. E . W. CLARKE (forward) . An energetic forward and has improved greatly, except in tackling . Clumsy at times, but always does his best. R . C . TUTE (half back) . One of the agreeable surprises of the team. Saves promptly and gathers well, but is selfish and passes wildly at times . Tackles pretty well. T . S . SPENCE (half back) . Has not fulfilled the promise of last season. Inclined to be selfish and somewhat timid at times . Kicks well. H . S . STEPHENSON (three-quarter back) . Runs strongly and is one of the best tacklers in the team ; with increased experience he should be good . Rather clumsy at giving and taking passes, and somewhat selfish . Must learn to mark his man. A. ALcocK (forward) . Works well in the scrummage and is sharp at the line out, but lacks knowledge of the game . Tackles feebly. F. WILLIAMS (forward) . Rather weak in the scrummage but very good in the open. Dribbles well and uses his head . Tackling weak. B . J . SCARCILL (forward) . Does good honest work in the scrummage, and uses what weight he has well . Wants knowledge of the game, but always plays with spirit. Tackles fairly. B . BLAKE (three-quarter back) . Very fast, but fumbles the ball badly. Should practice kicking and learn to mark his opponent . Tackles fairly. R . MARTIN (forward) . With more energy should play a good game. Follows up much too leisurely, but works in the scrummage . Seldom shines in the loose . Tackles moderately. C . J . N . CARTER (forward) . Has fallen off in pace and follows up very slackly . Would do more if he could learn to keep his head, " and might use of his weight more . Fair tackler .
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(back) . Has improved greatly, but is very uncertain. Sometimes kicks well, but is too slow as a rule . Tackles pretty well. N . J . CRUMBLE (forward) . Works in the scrummage, but must learn to shove on the ball . Very clumsy in the loose, and loses his head when he has possession . Should make a good forward since he works honestly . Tackles feebly. R . BAIRD
MATCHES. v . BRADFORD OLD BOYS. This match was played on the ground of the Bradford Grammar School, on October 13th, the weather being cold and somewhat dull. The School team was unfortunately deprived of the services of its captain, and felt his loss severely . The Old Bovs were not long in scoring, but the Peterites rushed the ball into the Bradford 25 and F . Williams secured a try, which was not converted . This, however, was the only point scored by the Peterites, and the opponents ' increasing score seemed to take the spirit out of them, especially the forwards, who (lid not make a very brilliant display . The game thus ended in a signal victory for the Bradfordians, their score being 5 goals, 3 tries, to St . Peter's r try.
v . YORKSHIRE COLLEGE.
This game was played on November 6th, and on the School ground. Little need be said of this match . Our opponents brought a very heavy team, and a very fast one, and the School from the beginning had no chance . Perhaps the fact that they had encountered nothing but men ' s teams, and had to contend with overwhelmingly superior weight, helped to dispirit them ; but certainly the team showed a want of life and activity, and the game was very different from that of the preceding Tuesday . The College claimed an easy victory by 5 goals, 4 tries, to nil . v . BRADFORD OLD BOYS. The return match was played at York on November 8th . Though this was the third game the School had played that week, and all the opposing teams were composed entirely, or in some cases almost entirely
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of men, yet a great improvement in the play was witnessed by those present, and this was one of the best matches of the season . St . Peter' s kicked off, and Bradford pressing the School hard, secured first a minor and then a try, off which a goal was kicked . After this, however, the School showed some good play, in which A . Alcock was especially conspicuous, and the ball was taken into the visitors' 25 ; some good running and passing on the part of their opponents secured the latter another try, which was not improved upon . At this point Tute was conspicuous for good kicking and Whitby for tackling, but at half-time the School had not scored . On resuming, Tute by a splendid run, nearly the length of the field, gained a try, but the place failed ; then Bradford again pressed and Spencer nearly succeeded in dropping a goal, but Whitby and S . O . Bingham kicked well, and the former would with a little more pace have secured a try . Then Scargill by good dribbling scored the second point for the Peterites . The kick was unsuccessful and shortly Bradford again added a try ; nothing more ensued until the call of time . The play of the School backs in this game is especially worthy of praise, and the dash and tackling throughout was a great improvement on that of former matches, S . O . Bingham being particularly good in his tackling ; the way in which he stopped Robertshaw was a thing to be remembered . The result of this hard contested game was, Bradford, r goal, 2 tries, I minor ; St . Peter's, 2 tries, I minor .
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MR . JOY'S XV.
Played on November 12th, on the School ground . The game was a very fast one . It began rather late and ended in the twilight . As in but too many former matches, the whole team showed a lack of energy, and some of the forwards an absolute ignorance of the game . Until the very end our opponents had little else to do than to run in and score, though occasional signs of life were visible in the School play . At this point Whitby was unfortunately injured in the arm, and Blake took his place at three-quarters . Latterly, when light began to fail, the School rushed the ball with great vigour into the visitors ' 25 and scored twice in succession, B . Blake and S . O . Bingham running in and the latter placing two very neat goals . When time was called the score stood, Mr . Joy's XV, 3 goals, 5 tries, to our 2 goals.
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This, the only win of the season and the only game against boys, excepting Durham, was played at York, on December 6th . Leeds kicked off and pressed, but T . Spence, in some very quick play, altered matters by securing a try, and S . O . Bingham placed a goal . The School then pressed again . but the Leeds forwards returned the ball and gained a try by the touch-line, Westcott failing at the place . Shortly another try was added, but the kick again was a failure . After halftime some good forward play resulted in a try to Williams, and S . O. Bingham again kicked the goal . Throughout the Peterites had the best of the game and were continually pressing . The excellent kicking and tackling of Baird, at back, contributed greatly to our success . The score at the call of time was St . Peter's, 2 goals ; Leeds, 2 tries.
YORKSHIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS' CHALLENGE CUP. THE FINAL.
ST . PETER'S v. RIPON GRAMMAR SCHOOL. This match was played on the Otley ground, on December loth. The School team was without the services of Padel and Martin . It was hoped that the fact of our being without two of the heaviest forwards, especially as we have no weight to spare in the scrimmage, would have constrained Ripon to concede to the wish of the St . Peter ' s captain and to postpone the match, but at the last moment the team was telegraphed for to play at Utley, and accordingly, though quite unprepared, journeyed thither by the 12-30 train, arriving at 2 o ' clock. The ground was very heavy owing to recent frost . The Rev . F. Marshall refereed . St . Peter's kicked off at 2-30 . Play at first ruled in the centre but very soon the ball was worked down to the Ripon 25 by a combined dribble by our forwards of whom F . M . Bingham was notably conspicuous . Good play on the part of our three-quarters carried it down to the Ripon line, only to be immediately rushed back by our opponents . Hard scrimmaging followed, and we passed, but Ripon retaliated . S . O . Bingham made a splendid run, and neat passing between our halves and three-quarters decidedly improved matters . The game was now very hotly contested in the centre, the
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Riponites trying hard to score, whilst their rushes were well stopped by our halves . Williams and F. Bingham relieved by a good dribble, and Stephenson picking up made a capital run but was brought down in Ripon quarters . Half time was then called, nothing having been scored on either side . On resuming, Ripon pressed, and kept us in our 25, but Stephenson and S . O . Bingham saved well, and better play by our forwards, of whom F . M . Bingham and Clarke were prominent for good dribbling, resulted in the ball being worked back to the Ripon line, where S . O . Bingham by a fine run got within a few feet of the line, and had extremely hard luck in not scoring . We continued to press, but failed to score, and a most exciting struggle was kept up in the centre, both sides trying their best to get over . At this point our forwards fell to pieces, but good passing by Spence and Tute enabled Blake to reach the line, where he was brought down ; however he passed to S . O . Bingham, who was again tackled only just in time by the Ripon full-back . After good kicking on both sides by the three-quarters, Ripon worked the ball back to the centre, where hard scrimmaging took place . Time was then called neither side having secured a point . The game was accordingly played on for ten minutes each way . Directly after re-starting, Fenton, one of the Ripon three-quarters, intercepting a pass, made a good run in . The kick at goal failed . The lack of weight then greatly told upon our forwards, and Ripon attacked in the most determined manner, but nothing further was scored till changing ends . Though we tried hard to equalise matters, and S . O . Bingham was conspicuous for his clever kicking, Ripon rushed the ball to the line and compelled us to touch down . The battle then raged very fiercely, but we took the ball well out of danger, until one of the Ripon three-quarters, getting hold, just scored, and a good goal resulted from the place kick . The whistle then sounded—to the gratification of all—and Ripon were the winners of a hard struggle by r goal, r try, r minor, to St . Peter's nil. The School team was as follows :- Full back, R . Baird ; ,l, S . O . Bingham (capt .), H . S . Stephenson, B . Blake ; , T . Spence and R . Tute ; Forwards, F . M. Bingham, F . W . Clarke, A . Alcock, F . Williams, Ii . J . Scargill, C . J . Carter, N. T . Crumbie, R . Burdett, W . Hancock.
v. DURHAM. The return game, which was to have been played next term, was altered, and the School encountered their opposites for the second time on December r,th . As in the case of the first game, though in a less
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degree, so this game appears worse on paper, than it did to those who witnessed it . Several times the Peterites pressed the Durhamites into their 25, and it was an unhappy absence of the knack of scoring, com bined with some bad luck, that caused their score to remain at nil . The plan of assigning his place in the scrimmage to each forward was a great success, and if this part of the team did not distinguish itself in the open, it was because it was utterly tired by hard work in the scrimmage against a greatly superior weight . The tackling was certainly not all it might have been ; that is our weak point, but the victory was not quite so one-sided as the score would indicate, considering the difference in the weight of the two teams . The Durham score was 3 goals, 6 tries, 2 minors .
THEATRICALS. It is our duty, and we think a pleasant one, to record another Shakespere play, which we feel that we can count as an undoubted success . How we should have succeeded without Mr . Yeld ' s most kind coaching and supervision, it is not pleasant to think ; and yet, all we have to offer our indefatigable stage-manager is thanks, and thanks we do offer him, hearty thanks in the name of all those who have learned beneath his careful training, or enjoyed its hard-won results. Fifteen years, if we mistake not, has he aided our attempts at acting, and anything wherein we have succeeded is in great measure due to his hard work ; anything wherein we have fallen short, certainly not owing to the lack of it. But there are other friends whose assistance is deserving our warmest thanks . Mr. Lindberg has again spent time and trouble in painting us scenery,—perhaps one of the most beautiful scenes we have from his brush,—and to Mr. Clarke, who has also taken a plentiful share in the same, we are most deeply indebted . The music of Dr. Naylor, to whom we owe so much, and the accompaniment of Mr . C . L. Naylor, we gratefully recognise ; also, the beautiful plants so kindly sent us by Dr . Hingston fof the occasion . Mr . Burton and Mr. \Vhittam, have both rendered us a service in the trouble they have taken with the photography, the former in producing the pictures, the latter in supplying the necessary means—light . Mr . Handford ' s usual kindness was displayed in his useful suggestions during rehearsals, and
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it is only fair to remember the work done by those ladies who assisted in the " making up " of our heroines. Lastly we cannot pass over the energetic efforts of our Secretaries, their's is a thankless task and a heavy one, just such as only too many tasks are, and when their duty is honestly performed it remains unnoticed ; if it were neglected, it would mercilessly be remarked upon ; writing, ordering, buying, collecting, reckoning, paying, measuring, and packing are all wearisome even taken separately, when combined how much more so ! Surely then, the Secretaries, H . D. Naylor and E . W . Clarke, deserve a word of thanks. We trust we have omitted to recognise the help of no one, and all that remains is to append the programme with the epilogue written by Mr . Yeld, which are as follows :
TWELFTH NIGHT. BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. Char 16ol. -0.. Orsino, Duke of Illyria Sebastian, Brother to Viola .. Antonio, A Sea Captain, friend to Sebastian A Sea Captain, friend to Viola Valentine 1. Gentlemen attending on the Duke J Curio
111'alrolio, Steward to Olivia .. Fabian Servants to Olivia Feste, a Clown First Officer .. Second Officer .. A Priest A Servant
C . F. C . PADEL II . S . STEPHENSON . . F . M . BINGHAM . . J . II . I\IELRosE C . B . COTTERILL G . G . VELD A . W. PEEL B . J . SCARGILL . . II . II . AVIId.IAMs f W . A . ROSE I-I . D . NAYLOR .. T . S . SPENCE . . G . F. DIXON II . B . R' IIITIiY H. S . PROC'T'OR
Olivia Viola .. ?liara, Olivia's Woman
C . C . D . I'ANsox W. II . M . HANCOCK . . II . BENNINGTON
Sir Toby Belch, Uncle to Olivia Sir Andrew Aauecheek
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Lords, Sailors, Officers,
The Epilogue will be spoken by H. D. A'aylor.
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The Scene is laid in lllj'rza. ACT i. Sc . t . 2.
Room in the Duke's Palace. The Sea Coast .
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Room in Olivia's House .
Sc . 4 .
Room in the Duke's Palace.
5.
Room in Olivia's House.
6.
The Sea Coast.
ACT II . Sc. t . 2.
A Street .
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Room in Olivia's House .
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Room in the Duke's Palace. In Olivia's Grounds .
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Room in Olivia's House. A Street. Olivia's Garden. ACTS IV and V. Olivia's Garden.
The New Scenery by T . II . LINDBERG, Esq., assisted by A . C . CLARK, Esc).
iIj ACT I I .
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ACT IV.
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THE CLOWN ' S SONG.—" Come away, come away, death ." THE CLOWN ' S SONG .—" Hey Robin, Jolly Robin," and "I am gone, Sir."
The musicfir all these songs has been com,6osed s,becially for the occasion, by Dr . Naylor, Organist of York Minster.
ACT H .
Sc. 2 . The Catch is anonymous . Printed 16oq,
THE CLowN's SoNG .—" 0 m stress mine, where are you roaming?" was printed in 1611 (Harmonised by Dr . Naylor .) AccosirAsisT, C. L . NAYLOR, Esq ., (O .P .) Organist of Emmanuel College, Cambrdge.
THE EPILOGUE. Sweet friends, we thank you warmly for your presence here to-night, Our play, tho' some unplayed was left, we hope you've found all right ; Had we played all you would have proved—however good the fooling— " To be up after midnight" but you know Sir Toby's ruling .— Our Shakespeare smiles on our attempts, and smiling we divine him The gentlest of great men and wise—he knows our hearts enshrine him. Our numbers have increased this year—'tis news with gladness laden— And 'mid our boys we all rejoice to find one little maiden ; To greet Miss Handford's advent is our pleasure and our duty ; " Beauty's a flower" the poet says—may this flower prove a beauty The best wish we can wish her—a better none can merit Is this " May she her mother's heart in measure full inherit !"
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To Coventry we wish success—we hear they 've put a spurt on Since Mr . Gilbert took the helm. We welcome Mr. Burton. A scholarship at Corpus has to (r) Easten been accorded, And (2) Walker's Sidney Fellowship shows merit well rewarded. And (3) Hutchings that most plucky stroke they know so well at Selwyn —Amongst us here Dean's Prizeman twice—a Wranglership may well win. (4) Colby at King's has done good things—(5) Whaley at Caius still better— IIis First Class in the Old School's list we mark with a red letter. (6) Crosthwaite, the Clarkes (7), I can but name—time bids me press on faster To tell you that to Doncaster we've furnished a (8) Head Master, And at the Bake of the North things now will be in order, May health and every happiness attend the new (9) Recorder ! And one thing more I must put down with "teal and true" for heading We all wish all good things to (to) James upon his silver wedding ! At cricket thro' the season we've fairly held our own, . And (II) Mitchell did great things indeed against the Marylebone; And if upon the river not quite as good as (12) Eyre, We beat the Old Boys stroked by him—four heroes tall and fair. We rowed two pleasant races, too, against the sons of Mars— Translated into modern phrase—1 mean the tcth Hussars. At football, if defeated more times than clothed with glory, The team, with three old " choices" left, need not blush for their story. (13) Wilson again has risen, though slain and 'gainst the London Scottish, For Oxford gained a try which shows old forwards still are hottish. In fact—review my epilogue, sweet friends, and own you must St . Peter' s School under present rule is not " like to take dust ." "Ilere's yet a Post Script"—and I'm sure my news you all will warmly greet, At Ripon (14) Fausset soon will sit in the Head-master's seat ; Fausset, whose Oxford record shows the Balliol, Gaisford, Craven, At Ripon may he grave his name as deep as here 'tis graven !
The numbers attached to the following names will explain the "points" made in the above capital epilogue : (1) J. A . Easten, Mathematical Scholar of Corpus College, Cambridge. (a) J . F. Walker, M .A ., elected a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. (3) L. Hutchings, Scholar of Selwyn College, Cambridge. Nineteenth Wrangler, 189o. (4) F . E . A . Colby, awarded an Exhibition of 450 per annum at King's College, Cambridge. (5) O. W. Whaley, Scholar of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge . First Class in Classical Tripos, 189o. (6) R. Crosthwaite, Scholar of Pembroke College, Cambridge . Senior Optime, 18go. ( 7) A . C. Clarke . Exhibitioner of Emmanuel College, Cambridge . T . P. Clarke, Trinity College, Cambridge. Third Class in the Classical Tripos. (8) Rev. Townsend Storrs, M .A., elected to the Head Mastership of Doncaster Grammar School. (q) Charles Haigh, Esq ., appointed Recorder of the Borough of Scarborough. (Lo) James Parker, the School Porter. (ti) F . Mitchell, scored 6o not out first innings and 6o the second innings for the Y .G .C.C. against M .C.C. (12) G . H . Eyre, late Scholar of Corpus College, Cambridge, rowed " two" in the Cambridge University Crew,1884. (t3) J . H . G . Wilson, Hastings Exhibitioner of Queen's College, Oxford, plays "forward" in the O U .R .F. team. (14) W . Y . Fausset, late Scholar of Balliol College, Oxford . Gaisford Prize, 1899 . Craven Scholar, 1883 . Ellerton Prix, 1884 . Elected Head Master of Ripon Grammar School .
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THE ST. PETER'S THEATRICALS, 1890. F, as has been asserted by some, the duty of an opposition is to
I oppose, by a parity of reasoning the duty of a critic must be to criticise . But to examine in a critical spirit the work of those who have voluntarily undertaken a difficult and arduous task, and at great personal sacrifice of trouble, time, and effort, have done their utmost to instruct and amuse, somewhat savours of the ungracious occupation proverbially known as " looking a gift horse in the mouth ." When inclined to exercise criticism moreover, George Herbert's lines on the subject of blaming the preacher are apt to occur to us ; " If thou mislike him thou conceiv'st him not, " and applying them to adverse criticism of a player ' s delineation of a character, make us feel that possibly the player may have truly conceived the part which we may have only misconceived. Having spoken " thus much to mitigate the justice of our plea," we must " needs give sentence upon " this year's St . Peter's School Play. Some have taken exception to the boldness, not to say temerity, displayed by schoolboys who attempt to place on the stage, Shakespeare's plays, and they have argued that some modern farce or comedy would be more suited to the capacity of the boys, and should consequently be chosen for representation . Such an argument would be tenable if the object of the plays was to make money by drawing a good house of the disinterested public, or to qualify the actors for joining a caste of strolling players on leaving school ; but as undoubtedly the real object of the plays is the moral and mental development of the actors, we submit that the course which has been adopted, of making them thoroughly acquainted with one of the works of our giant of literature, is wise in its inception, and successful in its operation, and we therefore hope that Shakespeare will furnish material for future efforts. The main objection to Shakespeare's plays, and particularly to the one chosen for this year's representation, is their length, and here must lie our main adverse criticism of this year 's play. If we may be permitted without offence to all those who have so kindly contributed to the success of the play, by supplying and arranging the elaborate and beautiful scenery, we should like to point out that in Shakespeare 's time such a thing as a drop scene was
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practically unknown, and that properties and scenery were of the scantiest and simplest nature . " Good wine needs no bush, " and Shakespeare ' s plays are quite worth playing with a much simpler environment than that used this year at St . Peter ' s . The saving of time and consequent improvement from the auditor ' s point of view, which a simplification in this respect would produce, may be estimated, when it is considered that the curtain was said to be down for a longer period during the play, than that during which it was raised . The above facts, too, explain the very short scenes, each consisting of a few sentences only, at the commencement of the play . We would therefore suggest that it would be well to revert to the practice of Shakespeare ' s times, and use general scenery for the bulk of the scenes, and if necessary, to hang an explanatory memorandum at the back, such as, "N .B .—This is a cow, " "Olivia' s Garden, " Sc. That the scenery and arrangements were extremely beautiful and effective we readily admit, and we only suggest the above simplification by way of reducing the inordinate length of representation .* Taking this year's play as a whole, we should certainly say that it was the best we remember . The general level was decidedly higher and some of the parts were admirably rendered . The dresses and make up were effective and suitable and in many cases very beautiful, notably those of The Duke and Olivia, also of poor Malvolio until he affected the " blood obstructing " cross gartering. Placing the actors according to a mathematical tripos we should say: SIR TOBY BELCH.
Wranglers not arranged in order of merit .
THE DUKE. ')_' HE CLOWN. MALVOLIO. MARIA.
Senior op.
FABIAN. VIOLA. OLIVIA.
Junior op.
SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK. ANTONIO.
Wooden Spoon
SEBASTIAN.
['It is perhaps only fair to say that the writer was present at the Dress-Rehearsal only, and we are glad to add that some improvement in this respect was made on the nights of representation .—EDITOR .]
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We are sure the last will forgive us, when we remind him " An two men ride of a horse one must ride behind ." Taking the players individually, it is extremely difficult to place them in order of merit and we must not be considered to have done so in the following notes : SIR TOIIV was admirable, but it must be admitted that his part is an easier one to play than many of the others though this is no disparagement of the manner in which it was pourtrayed . It will be seen how little we could find to criticise when we express the doubt whether the modern fashion of carrying the hands in the breeches pocket is a surv ival of the habit of thrusting them through the straps of the trunk hose, and our belief that it is more likely that so disposing of them was rather the result of a modern habit of carrying them in the pocket. But hands are an acknowledged difficulty with amateurs and Sir Toby might have made a worse use of his—none could fail to appreciate his sonorous voice and genial jocular manner. THE CLOWN has been " at it before, " but he was truly "in excellent fooling ." Our only fear was lest the button of his hood and cape should give way, and the absence of it cause him to forget his part . His songs were charming, but his ordinary speaking voice, though we understand natural, was a trifle high pitched for so long a part and tended to make the audience fear that he would overstrain it. The part of THE DUKE was a distinctly difficult one, and the more credit was due to him for so well sustaining it . He " drooped woeful wan like one forlorn" and " crossed in hopeless love, " quite as to the manner born, and his general mien, his by-play and acting, gave evidence either of very careful training for the part, or an actual acquaintance with the feelings intended to be displayed, quite unusual in one so young . We would particularly commend his attitude and carriage in the scene where the Clown sings to him. MALVOLIO's part too is a difficult and unpopular one, which is always trying to an amateur, but he acquitted himself most creditably, and his consequential pomposity, particularly in the letter finding scene was very telling . We incline to the opinion that taking into account the difficulties with which they had to contend, THE DUKE and MALVOLIO were really the best acted characters in the play. MARIA, as an impersonation of female mischief, was very good . Her part, however, is a thoroughly popular one, and as such much easier
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to enact than Malvolio's . Still she had the difficulty of female attire to contend with, and she managed to overcome it very creditably. FABIAN also shone distinctly and was well suited to his part . He brought out the waspish, mischievous character well, and made a distinct hit with only a small part to play. VIOLA seemed to us not to be so well gifted with the power of acting as those we have before mentioned . She hardly allowed her female character to appear sufficiently through her disguise, but this we admit readily would have required very great skill in acting . Her chief difficulty lay in her hands, which caused her to use them somewhat mechanically . Possibly this arose from her not being used to male attire, and so not having acquired a habit of disposing of them in the manner adopted by SIR TOBV. OLIvIA's appearance and dress were very good . Her voice, however, and her tone, struck us as too harsh and brusque for the part. They would better have suited "Katherina " before she was " tamed," than the Lady Olivia ." She was very good when she was pressing her love upon VIOLA, but much less successful in repelling the advances of THE DUKE, which we think she did in too shrewish a manner for a noble lady. SIR ANDREW was quite irresistible among the bushes, but his acting in the other parts was not so good . Still it must be borne in mind that it takes a wise man to make a fool, and it takes a much cleverer actor to pourtray a natural fool (and SIR ANDREW was a very " natural ") than an artificial one . That is to say, it is much more difficult to say a number of foolish things, so as to be effective, than to say a number of funny ones. ANroNio's part was so small that it is difficult to say what he could have done if he had had a more important one . He seemed to us to do his duty, and it is certainly better to underdo than to overdo a small part, and so not to make the less appear the more important part of the play. We awarded the wooden spoon to SEBASTIAN, on account of the speed at which he spoke, and the inaudibility of his words . He seemed to us rather as though he were afraid of forgetting his lines unless he galloped them off hot from the book, and he hardly put the spirit and go into the part which it deserved. Of the play as a whole, we have already spoken in high praise, and we think it deserved it, but one or two scenes require special notice .
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We were very much pleased with the scene where the Clown sings to the love-sick Duke, both on account of the song and on account of the Duke's acting. The letter finding scene also was excellent, and Malvolio's feigned unconsciousness of the jeers and flouts of the other actors, while the irresistible drollery of the others among the bushes was keeping the audience in fits of laughter, was most commendable. The drinking scene, too, was good, and the catches capital, and the scene where the fool visits Malvolio in the Janus-like character of himself and the curate, must not be left unnoticed. We were requested to really criticise the performance, and we have done so in no carping spirit, and we sincerely trust that nothing we have said will cause pain to any of those to whom our sincere thanks are due for so successfully catering for our entertainment. It would, of course, be absurd to expect or represent that our amateur friends are all Irvings, Toles, or Ellen Terrys in embryo, but we may fairly say that if they one and all succeed as well in the parts which they must all play in the real drama of life, as they have succeeded upon the mimic stage at St . Peter's, they will none of them prove failures, and we heartily wish them this success, and that their every future action may give their friends as much pleasure as we are sure that their action on this occasion has done.
NOTES ANI) ITEMS. Rev. G . F. Browne has been appointed Canon Residentiary of St. Paul's Cathedral in the room of the late Canon Gregory . Canon Browne was elected Foundation Scholar in 1847 and gained the School Exhibition in 1852. H . I) . Naylor has been elected to a Subsizarship for Classics, at Trinity College, Cambridge. C . F . C . Padel has gained a Z5 0 Open Classical Scholarship at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. The Rev. W . Y . Fausset has been appointed Head Master of Ripon Grammar School.
F. Mitchell has been of great service as forward for York Rugby Football Team. B . P . Ellwood, who left from the IVth form, has passed the examination for Cadetships at Sandhurst. We gratefully acknowledge four volumes of the " Cambridge Review, " kindly presented to the School Library, by P . I-I . Newman, Esq. (O .P .) R . Martin has passed the examination of the College of Preceptors, Third Class, Ist Division .
THE
PN;TI:RITE. VoL .
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APRIL, 1891 .
No . 91.
MISSIONARY NEWS. METLAKATLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA,
October 25th, 1890. MY DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS,
There is not one of you who would not have been delighted to have been my companion in travel during part of the autumn. In the early spring my voyages were on the sea . In the summer I change from salt to fresh water, but do not go far from the coast until the autumn . Last Saturday I returned from my longest trip of the year . It took me, however, only three weeks, as I met with no hindrances, excepting an occasional tempest or outburst, beyond the common sort of equinoctial gale. To see pine trees four or five feet in diameter, with the whole of their branched tops twisted and pinched off as if they were as many straws, leaves little to be wondered at, unless it is the reason why they were not torn out of the rocky soil . " Let go the sheet !" shouted my Indian Captain George . " Down with the sprit ! Gather in the sail!" Almost before the words left his lips the river was churned into foam. The squall rushed down the steep mountain side, and sped the whole length of the reach ahead, as in a moment . The bowman of my canoe, George Herbert, an ex-student of mine, skilfully furled the sail as it flapped and cracked more loudly than pistol shots . The bare pole sent us along rapidly, as the short waves whisked over the gunwale . This
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happened last Friday, a few miles above tidal water, on the Skeena River . As we swept along before the angry wind we passed several canoes outward bound, forced in-shore and grounded to keep them from drifting . That had been our position if we had been on our voyage up the river. Some of you, now seniors, perhaps, remember the sort of canoe mine is . It is not of birch bark . There is no such craft this side of the Rockies that I know of . They would be too frail for our use . Mine is a cedar dugout 37 feet, by 5 feet, by 2 feet 3 inch bottom, coppered, and ribbed inside with iron . Indians were, at first, prejudiced against such an unyielding craft. She is as rigid as a boat . But of late years they have imitated me, only they use tough yew ribs . Eight times my staunch little craft, has gone to the head of the largest of our navigable rivers, the Skeena . She is the fastest canoe I have met with, but a little crank unless she is carefully trimmed . I sit amidships . In my front is George Herbert . Close behind me two of my senior students, Joseph O'Reilly and Robert Sampare . In the stern, which is nearly as sharp as the bow, sits Captain George . All are Indians, and excepting the latter, English speaking, and the best educated youths to be found among the Indians . The older men warned me against trusting myself to so youthful a crew, and one of the clergy predicted distress for us. But they were all mistaken . My boys were bricks . Each wore thigh boots of India-rubber so that, as often happens, they can jump over the side in shallow water and wade ashore with the sixty fathom tow line . When towing they throw a kind of scarf over their head and arm, and with a curious sort of button grip the rope at any part . At times they have to go among the boulders on all fours, straining at the rope as the canoe slowly, and with a kind of tremor, gains on the downsweeping current. It is often tedious work stemming the rapids, that a stranger would think impossible and frightfully dangerous . My Captain is one of fame as a river navigator, and under his direction my boys soon became expert. As soon as I reposed confidence in them I attended to reading, and when possible, to writing with a lead pencil . Sometimes the scenery was so grand, and the autumnal tints on the trees so charming that I could not take my eyes from the grandeur and loveliness . Then it was that I longed to convey to others part, at least, of my delight. This
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was chiefly in the early morning . Here I have before me some scarcely legible notes made in pencil, at the time I felt almost ravished with what now reads like extravagant enjoyment, inspired by Nature as it woke up and dressed itself in robes of splendour . For many days rain pelted us, and then who could see pleasure anywhere ! But this only enhanced the glory when the clouds were left behind and we entered the fair weather . My tent, 8 feet by 6 feet, was pitched dripping. Because it stood well back from the open river bank, and among the great forest trees, we could not be inconvenienced by the storm that waved and bent their tops . But the great drops falling from the trees on the tent, caused a mist under the canvas that made me draw my blankets over my head to keep my face dry . Under foot, the ground was sodden . But the piled up camp fire soon raises one ' s spirits, and we flatter ourselves that we are on the top of Fortune's wheel . The comfort of the tent invites the field-mice, fat and sleek . One took a fancy to my ear and tried to enter in, but he was too corpulent. Another awoke me by nestling in my beard, which he, as well as I, found a comforter . Others nibble at my breakfast laid ready overnight, and here is a little plague actually under my overcoat, which is my pillow . They are pests to a light sleeper, and it is absurd to think of frightening little beasts accustomed to the roar of tempests on the river and forest. I have a horror of rats, but persuade myself that these little brownies mean no harm, and may be trusted . Yet I could well spare them. During the night I awoke, feeling very cold . The weather had changed . There was silence broken only by the sound of the current and the near rapid that kept up its growl, hardly a roar . Before daybreak I lighted my lantern, dressed, and packed my' blankets in their waterproof canvas bag . By that time my porridge was warm and the coffee ready . The tent was as stiff as a board . The S .N . wind had veered round to the N ., and a sharp frost had transformed the scene. Before sunrise we are in our canoe . Before we push from the bank we uncover our heads, and I offer prayer to the God who had kept us safe, and to whom we commended ourselves for the day before us . A thick mist rises from the river, and on the trees it is turned into hoar frost, decking them with the fairest ornament . It obscures the mountains that must have otherwise blushed as the sun rose to triumph over the B
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elements of disorder,—the dark clouds lately flooding the land, and the storms that bred and lived in them. Slowly the mist melts away . Dimly at first the mountains are revealed. It is grander than any vision . They were north-eastward of us, so that they appeared in shadow, but the nebulus light transmitted by the mist, softened the shadows among the snowy peaks, and tinctured them with a blueness that blended with the cloudless heights overhead . Very soon the sun obtained complete mastery, so that the glistening whiteness of the snow-clad pinnacles rivalled in majesty the immensity of the blue they harmonized with. The sun had not risen above the foot-hills behind me, when I looked back and for a moment imagined I saw a wreath of mist swept far away up into the blue . It was the path of faint light that partially outlined another mountain mass that might easily have escaped observation, so nearly identical in hue was the part in shadow with the sky. The Alps, from the Lombard Plains or the Himalayan heights, seen from the Valley of the Indus, scarcely inspired one with greater admiration, than did these mountains of the West when first lighted by the rising sun. We are indebted for much of this to the remarkably clear atmosphere of this region . This quality also, is the secret of the strikingly beautiful pictures displayed in the autumnal foliage . An unbroken forest of pines is monotonous ; they cover the whole coast. Here, away from the sea, the cottonwood, birch and maple prevail over the other trees . One mournful note was struck the morning after the first frost . I had not noticed the fall of a single leaf until the sun thawed the little crystals of ice covering trees, bushes, and mosses to the water ' s edge . As long as they were frost-bound the leaves held fast, though the crystals had wedged them apart from their living hold on the branches . As the sun's rays dissolved their cold embrace, they fell off, and descended in showers at the faintest breeze . Calm in decay and death, their duty done, they gently sink into their graves,—surely a parable with priceless lessons to us ni rtal men. The mists are gone, the rime on the banks and the foliage gone. The pale blue above deepens every minute . What a magnificent picture stretching away mile upon mile over the foot-hills and mountain slopes . The dark green of the pines mottle or vein the vast areas of
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bright tints . The light they seem to shimmer in, thaws out one's energies, and despite the careless rolling of the canoe being poled along in-shore, and the splash, splash, splash of cold drops from the poles as they are dashed swiftly into the water, I scribble away, but the transformations are swifter than my pencil . Spellbound, I forget my duty to you, and revel in the transparent blue hung over this beautiful world, and the crystal whiteness crowning its pillars, and the brilliance of God's gardening spread over mountains and hill and dale ! The man who will imitate Him and display artfully what nature in her best moods teaches of harmony, will learn from the best book, and succeed in gratifying the purest tastes . I see no order or disorder, but beauty breathing and living and vocal with praise in my heart to the Divine Artist . This is true communion with God showing how nature is a sacrament. I wish you could share my pleasure . My fancy might have been in bondage if I had had companionship . It is now much fettered as I try, amid the hum of voices, to make you see with my eyes . In the Holy Scriptures, among colours, I think blue is an emblem of Divinity . That I missed in the mosaic dropped from heaven upon the eternal hills. That colour was exchanged, I imagined, for the verdure, the tender green of the young cotton-woods, a stage in decay that wore the same appearance as in the spring before the leaves matured . Next day I was sailing along close to the shore under the outstretched branches of the same kind of tree . I looked up. There was the blue ; the upward glance discovered the sapphire throne . The foliage of the young tree is not unlike that of the silver birch, the lady of the woods . The leaves like yellow gold, only more transparent than burnished gold, quivered in the gentle breeze and found out their purpose, as shining gems, to form spangled patterns on the blue, and bring heaven nearer to earth. " That is beautiful," said Herbert, looking at the glacier nearly filling the valley that lay before us . It was not very large, not more than two miles in length . From beneath its broad bosom flowed its off-spring torrent, that bounded with such energy into the turbid river, as to cleave a curved path for its green stream quite out into the deep water. In the winter these blustering tributaries are bound by the frost. Then the silence is solemn . Last night the ice king gave nature a little grip, but the sun has not yet abdicated his throne . Now in the afternoon the heat is almost oppressive to one thickly clad . The rock
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debris feels it . Down the slope of an adjacent cliff, less in height, but like the Palisades on the Hudson River, has just now swept down an avalanche of stones, making a long and loud clatter, and producing a current of air so strong, that we could feel its breath as well as hear its voice. I wonder what happened to the marmots and the mountain goats that tenant the crags . I hope some instinctive uneasiness warned them in time to escape. None of my crew wore a watch, but Captain George could tell by the signs on God's clock when it was noon . " Look out for fuel " he calls out when dinner is to be prepared . So we pull into the bank whenever we see any drift wood, and at once a couple of axes are swinging. George is an expert, and generally has by him a few splinters of resinous wood by which to kindle the newly chopped pieces . Kettles are set on the burning pile, and almost before I can spread my crockery on the top of my kitchen box, the water boils, the tea is made, the rice is drained, and the potatoes boil with a will . We stand with wooden pokers in our hands to quickly save a toppling kettle . Within forty minutes the cooking, eating and dish-washing is over, and the canoe again pressing on against the unwearied current. Pefore, however, we can get away, a couple of canoes we had passed before our halt, now reached us, and stopped to cook at our fire . They pour out their cargo of dogs as well as Indian folk of all ages. A man comes straight to me to describe his infant's illness, and I physic it forthwith . Another, almost beside himself with delight, tells me how many winters ago it was when we last met . "Bishop, bishop, bishop, " he keeps saying as if to please himself. He was a rare picture. Dirt first and last, excepting his feet, which are clean because he has no boots, and has been wading in the river at the end of the tow rope. The palms of his hands were clean, but the backs would have won against Dr . Johnson ' s. I saw no button on him . Rags of various colours, scarlet predominating, were tied to him with bits of twine or strips of his rags . I would rather sketch than either dress or undress him . His face beamed with a kind of grinning satisfaction when he forgot to patronize me and vow he would go anywhere to hear me preach and nowhere else . Well, we shall see ! Our halt was at a sandy beach, and while the crew were packing
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away the traps after luncheon, I meant to have a good stretch along the bank before embarking, intent on gathering some bright leaves in various stages of loveliness . A white man, surely ! He evidently did not wish to be noticed, but I could not allow it . He was, I found, working his passage and harnessed to two very dirty and ugly old Indian women, forming the team for towing their large canoe . His story is soon told . Last year he left a Scotch city with a little money, Soo, with which he hoped to buy, rather than work for, a fortune in the gold mines . He had been high in his own esteem, and persuaded himself he was sharper than the rest . But now every dollar is gone, and to prosecute those he thinks have wronged him, must first borrow the means. Who will lend him ? He thinks no one ought to deny him ; he has more to learn than he was taught at home . He is a man of fair education and more refinement than generally met with . A man who had shrank from manual labour might be excused for wishing to escape observation, when tugging at a rope with a couple of what white men rudely call squaws. Pointing to the procession of Indians and dogs, he asks me whether I will make a sketch of it for the London illustrated papers. These Indian dogs are daring thieves and great pests in camp . For this reason I never camp, if I can avoid it, near a party having many dogs . Nothing is safe when they are hungry . My kitchen box, though well fastened, they were biting through the wood when disturbed and driven off. They howl, but never bark, and are more like small wolves than dogs in general, but they are useful as beasts of burden in the winter . They carry little saddle bags or draw sledges, and are very hardy brutes as well as knowing . They are sometimes lost in the forest and then starve or become wild . We saw two yellow curs, not pure bred Indian dogs, sitting on the bank, the young one piteously howling . As we drew near he wagged his tail in response to what was said to him. He would have come near to take the piece of dry salmon offered to him, but the old one was too cautious to permit such a risk . We flung back the piece of salmon, and when we had proceeded further they enjoyed the eating of it, for they were hungry . Next day we saw a man hurrying down on the bank of the river, and he diligently enquired if we had seen two yellow dogs . Off he went in greater hope than when we met him . He valued his lost dogs and spared no pains to find them .
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This was more humane than some lost men were treated. We had come to quite a fleet of canoes and tents pitched ashore . The story was that three hunters of their party had gone up among the mountains many days ago to shoot some game, and they had not returned . They were given up as lost. Great was the grief, apparently, but no search had been instituted. The same day, towards evening, as we were poling along in a smooth reach of the river, we heard some incoherent sound of human voices— next we heard the rustling of the bushes near the river bank, where it was very steep . As is commonly the case near the water, the underwood was thick and tangled . There were the men struggling along in the wrong direction . They had missed their camp . Food they had, for each had a mountain sheep slung across his back . We set them right . Instead of pushing any longer by the water's edge they climbed up the mountain ' s side, where the ground is less overgrown, and walking easier . Indians never express thanks, but doubtless they were much relieved—and I was thankful to be able to direct the lost ones. With how much greater gladness would I have directed them to the City of God, if they had enquired the way ! One afternoon we heard two rifle shots in quick succession, and then saw the crews of several canoes not far off, run together . We dropped down to the same place to see two cariboo or reindeer dragged to the water's edge . They had been seen swimming across the river, and were both of them shot by the same man, who happened to be uncle to Bob, one of my crew . To my surprise, there, I also met one of mY clergy . He, having on thigh boots, came out to my canoe where I sat, and there we had, for nearly an hour, all the conversation it was important we should hold . He sat on the gunwale of my canoe, while all the Indians, my crew included, skinned and cut up the two fine deer . I bought a hind-quarter, the head, on which were fine antlers, and a foot . The latter I wanted as a specimen . It is most interesting to observe how perfectly it is fitted to spread out on snow, to prevent it from going so deep as an ox or horse ' s hoof would . The flesh tastes nearly the same as good beef. On Saturday evening we reached a village, deserted, excepting in the season for gathering potatoes . It was quite dark when we landed, and the two households there were not imagining that strangers were at
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their doors . What was my delight, when I found the whole of the two large households had gathered together for evening prayers, and were, as we drew near, singing an English hymn . Then one prayed, and the party broke up . I stayed there through the Sunday, and found it encouraging to find our people, when away from homes on the coast, scrupulously keeping up the accustomed services, even so far as to the ringing of a bell, which was quite unnecessary . Precious was the rest, and the services with these simple Christian people . We slept in a house belonging to my Captain . He called us up to the attic to see the sight . " Look at the wisdom and the fore-thought of the ` Ishak,' " he said . There, on a bedstead, covering its whole area, was a quantity of rather small potatoes . The bushy tailed rats had dug them from the ground, and brought them one by one in their mouths, to store them for winter or spring use . Each potato had marks of the teeth, and some had a piece bitten out . " Alas, alas, " said George, "their labour is lost, I shall sack these potatoes . " That night he set a lever trap and caught one of the rats . It is larger than the common rat, of a bluish grey colour, and a tail bushy towards the end . I never pitied a rat before . Two nights later I wished them all dead, for they tormented me all the night through, so that I could not sleep . They have their use in creation, doubtless, but they have no respect for a tired and sleepy bishop. During the summer months the Indians from the upper Skeena come to the coast to work at the salmon fisheries . In the autumn they purchase provisions and clothing with their earnings, and then return. So it is that we overtake large numbers of deeply laden canoes . They are nautical gypsies, as separate and interesting as the true Tigeuner. We overtook one party, from whom death had that day called away one of their number . The coffin, made from planks split from a cedar, was having its cover nailed on . Then it would be placed in the canoe and a piece of black cloth hoisted as a mourning flag . Later on we met another such party . In this case the person had died on the coast during the summer, had been placed in a coffin lined with sheets of tin soldered together . It had been kept in their temporary dwelling place during the fishing season . I remember I saw it looking like a sideboard, with all their ornaments orderly arranged on it, and a lamp burning night and day . It is nearly impossible to ascertain the true
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inwardness of the Indian mind with regard to the condition of the dead. I thought some years ago I had discovered it, and perhaps I then knew as much as those authors who tell us all about it . But the Indian, as a study, is not soon comprehended. This theme reminds me of a dead Japanese . Three were hunting on the river, and one was accidentally shot by the discharge of a rifle lying on the thwarts of their boat. They brought the wounded man here for treatment . Our doctor, trained nurse, and the Indians generally, were most kind, but the man died and was buried . They were Buddhists . The Indians, with great delicacy, stood aside after they had made the coffin, and watched the strangers with their dead. They were given the choice of places in the cemetery . Their boat I see is still at anchor, so I suppose they have returned . About two months ago a Japanese called, and asked to see me ; he came again, but I was not to be found, so he confided to my wife, in broken English, that he loved our God, and was one of us . Then he said he had only a little money and gave 2, equal to 8s . 4d ., for the Church work . He was a Christian ; had been baptized in Japan by one of the Missionaries, and here, r3,000 miles from home, remained faithful and strong . He, and others, came across the Pacific ocean for the same reason emigrants come from Europe . He offered his little sacrifice--not little to him or to God—and went his way ; I don't know where . Last summer, some Chinamen I baptized, subscribed IZO, voluntarily, for a new harmonium . Not long after it was damaged, and was shipped on board a steamer that was lost on her voyage to Victoria . We lost our harmonium . I wish some Yorkshire friends would give us another . The father of one of the Peterites might give us Z25 to replace the lost gift of the Christian Chinamen . This sum seems large, but it must be remembered what it costs to deliver an instrument at the end of the earth. I went up the Skeena to visit our Missions . I never travel a league for travel's sake ; I am getting too old for that . I found good work in progress . I held a confirmation of whites and Indians, and many other services in church and out . One incident particularly pleased me . A building to be used for church and school stood at a distance of some miles from their settlement . They—mostly heathen—took it down, rafted it on the river, and erected in their village, so that it might be in frequent use .
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Since I returned, our Indians here, knowing I have long wished to repair the serious damage done to our church by foreign Indians who tried to destroy it, came and offered to give their labour . At this moment, about twenty men are dining in my students' dining room—my students are among the volunteers . They dine in the kitchen so as to make room for the men . Each morning at 7-30 the big bell is rung—for prayer first, and then work . Christian Indians, in many respects, are better Christians than we are . I write this deliberately . Yet they know less of books, and have less of the world's goods . I really do not know a village in England where the morality, general behaviour and attention to the church services are so good . All through the winter we shall have no less, I am sure, than an average of fifty at our daily evening service, after the day's work is done . Is there a church in York so well attended ! Last Saturday they got up a tea party, charging for tickets of admission . They cleared ,42 ? , , or about nine pounds. They did this to buy more lamps for the evening services . They are now working for a sale of work to be held at Christmas . This is to raise money for the new Girls' Home, which I opened last week . We have now our Indian Girton ! We have a really capital brass band—a fire brigade, and sundry amusements from time to time . Heathenism provides much excitement, and Indians like it . We must not forget that they are human as well as Christian . So we have band and choir practices—drilling and marchings, as well as teaching and preaching, and praying, which is best of all, as well as first and last. This long letter will prove that I remember you . Will you often remember and pray for me ? I am, sincerely yours, W. CALEDONIA .
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DEBATING SOCIETY. HE first debate was held in the School Hall on January 7th, the
T subject being : "That Mental Training is preferable to Athletic Exercise . " Mr . Padel, in proposing, apologised for the vagueness of a motion which was none of his choosing . He endeavoured to show how science was developed by the mind, how important its discoveries were. States, again, were not ruled by athletes, or laws laid down, or victories won, or great edifices designed by any but the great in mind. Morally, was man the better for learning or for training of the limbs ? Did sportsmen show more temperance than book-men? Who were more large-hearted, more feeling, more refined? Could sport compete with art? The answer was plain to all .
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Mr . Naylor, seconding, supported the view that skill is superior to strength, and pointed out how the body must die, but the mind could virtually live for ever. Mr . Clarke headed the opposition, confining his remarks principally to school life, and endeavouring altogether to separate athletics from study, ridiculed the latter with wit and eloquence . He had a terse seconder in Mr . Whitby. Mr . Garwood, supported the mover . He tried to point out the opposer's errors, in endeavouring to separate two inseparable things, and maintained that no one could or should despise development of the intellect. Opposition speeches were made by Messrs . Carter and Binghams (i) and (ii). In a final reply, Mr . Padel dwelt upon the narrow view taken by the opposition, and tried to show that in a cold-blooded comparison of the two, though separated they could not be, the mind must triumph. A sportive house voted, 12 for the motion, 20 against ; athletes thus shewing a majority of 8. On February 14th, the second subject of debate, that " Professionalism should never have been admitted within the sphere of games," was brought forward by Mr . H . H . Williams . Giving his opinion that various games were no longer a simple recreation, but were being spoilt by an element of professionalism, the proposer dwelt at some length upon the evils of the latter, affirming that whatever benefit might accrue to the game itself therefrom, was by no means counter-balanced by the harm caused . Professionals played for money . It was making a business of a recreation . Mr. Williams strongly denounced this throughout his speech. Mr . Miller, in a powerful oration, supported . His definition of true sport, was that it was meant to form ' a relaxation and recreation for leisure hours, ' and he challenged anyone to put forward a better. Local clubs, he said, no longer represented their districts when including men who came from other parts to play for pay . Professionals were driving amateurs out of the field . Did such a system serve to unite the upper and lower classes ? Professionals at any rate were the cause of many of the evils in sport ; they played to win, a poor spirit
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in a game when carried to extremes . Those sports that excluded professionals were best, and the career of the hired sportsman was degrading, and ended in low position, if not in poverty. Mr. Naylor rose for the opposition : he warmly supported the abused pro ' s ; why had they not as much right to exist as professional schoolmasters (violent applause), if both earned their living honestly? He appealed forcibly to the verdict of the preceding week . Consistency demanded that the House should support him ; since sports were better than learning, the teacher of the former must be better than the teacher of the latter. He went into the matter at some length, and concluded by opposing the opinion that one should not play to win, affirming that because a professional aimed at this he was a better sportsman than an amateur. Mr . Stephenson briefly seconded. Mr. Spence and Messrs . Bingham (i) and (ii) also expressed their several opinions on the motion, some warmth of contention arising, no doubt through excessive fervour and feeling on the part of the orators. A short reply from Mr . Williams concluded the debate ; the House declaring against professionalism by 28 votes to 5 ; possibly oblivious of their opinion of but seven days ago. The third and the last meeting of the society was held on February 27th to discuss the motion forwarded by Mr. D . Carter (O .P.), who very kindly consented to support a cause which no one else seemed willing to champion : namely that " The life of a day boy is preferable to that of a hoarder . " After some prefatory remarks the proposer expressed his opinion that a day boy had more freedom in pursuit of study than a boarder, and his chances of athletics were no less . He advocated mixing in society, a benefit of which borders were in great measure deprived . He admitted that much experience was necessary for a speech on so difficult a subject : yet surely a day boy's career fitted him more for after life than did that of his more tied down schoolfellow . Lastly he earnestly solicited unprejudiced voting . The mover's sentiments were echoed in a speech by Mr . C . J . N . Carter as seconder. Mr . S . O . Bingham rose to oppose . His line of argument seemed mainly that of denying the proposer's assertions, and replacing them
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by others of his own which tended in a diametrically opposite direction, thus vigorously fulfilling the duty of an opposer . He referred to great names among the boarders, he showed how house life promoted patriotism, he reminded the day boys that their liberty might be abused ; and resumed his seat after a speech which certainly lacked no definite statements of his opinions on the matter under discussion. Mr. Naylor, in seconding, followed the lead, and with excessive zeal : speaking from personal experience, as having been in both positions, and strongly did he support a boarder's life . Mr . F . M. Bingham, Mr . Garwood, Mr . Stephenson, and Mr . Raine (O .P .) also spoke, warmly combating the statements of those who thought differently to themselves, and (in spite of a timely warning from the chair) verging close on the border of personalities. The mover rising to reply reviewed his statements, summing up his points and again entreating an impartial verdict, which actually (as a matter of course) represented the number of those present of either class . For the motion, 9 ; against, 16. This concluded the debates of this year.
FOOTBALL. v . MR . JOY'S Y .V. This match was played on the school ground on February 4th . Our opponents brought, as usual, a very strong team under the captaincy of Potter, in the absence of A. O . Joy, Esq. The match proved much more even and exciting than on the first occasion, as up to half-time neither side scored . After the kick off, our opponents held us in our 25 for some time, and tried hard to score, but the good play of the school backs was instrumental in saving our lines, and our forwards showing better combination and dash, succeeded in taking the ball well out of danger . The game at this point was very fast, and the school team rushing the ball into our opponents ' quarters, improved matters considerably . Blake was especially conspicuous for his good kicking. The school forwards then were unable to stand against the superior weight of their opponents, and, but for the good play of S . O . Bingham and the halves, must have scored ; but when half-time was called
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neither side had any advantage . On resuming, the school team mysteriously fell to pieces, and the visitors ' three-quarters ran in three times at their own sweet will ; then pulling together, the school team made a better show and the rest of the game was very even, the play of our halves and three-quarters being most conspicuous, whilst the forwards did their best to hold their own against their heavy opponents . At call of time the score was—Mr. Joy ' s team r goal, 4 tries, to St . Peter' s i minor. The following was the school team : Back—C . J . N . Carter . Three-quarters—S . O . Bingham, F . Blake, H . S . Stephenson . Halves—F . Williams, T . S . Spence. Forwards—F . M . Bingham, C . F . C . Padcl, E. W . Clarke, B . J. Scargill, R. Martin, N . T. Crumbie, W. H . Hancock, H . McTurk, H . Burdett . v . RIPON GRAMMAR SCHOOL. On Saturday, February 14th, St. Peter's, who were narrowly beaten on the last occasion, in the final for the cup, completely turned the tables upon their opponents. The game was well contested and Ripon played up hard to the end, but St . Peter ' s over-matched them from the beginning . Early in the game some good play by Tute, who played a first-rate game throughout, resulted in a try which was not converted . Soon after, S . O. Bingham taking a good pass at full speed, ran in ; this try was not improved upon . A rush on the part of the Ripon forwards forced the ball over the St . Peter' s line, but it was kicked away by S . O . Bingham, who had followed up hard. When ends were changed St . Peter' s still continued to press, and Bingham gained another try, but the kick again failed . Presently, Spence, who had run in previously, but had been ruled back, gained a pretty try, and Tute landed a beautiful goal . The forwards were evenly matched, but the winners were far superior behind . The final result was i goal, 3 tries for St . Peter's to r minor. v . BRADFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL. This match was played at York, on Saturday, February 2rst, St . Peter's kicked off and Bradford soon after transferred the ball to the York
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25 . Here even play ensued and continued during most of the first half, the score being Bradford r minor to York nil . After the kick off St. Peter' s rushed the ball down the field and after a good run Blake scored, and S . O . Bingham kicked a good goal. Soon afterwards Hancock by a plucky run, got in near the touch line, the place failing . Bradford fell off rather, and York kept the ball in the Bradford 25, whence Tute gained a good try behind the posts, S . O . Bingham converting. After a poor kick off St . Peter's rushed the ball down, and after a good dribble by Blake, Spence secured the ball and gained a neat try behind the posts, Tute kicking the goal . Soon after Williams got a try near the touch line ; the kick, however, failed. Score :—St . Peter's 3 goals, 2 tries, r minor to Bradford Grammar School 2 minors .
CRICKET. HE cricket authorities have again, as last year, forwarded us the
T lists of those who are to belong to the several divisions.
We are requested to state that these lists are in a great part merely experimental, and are intendetI to stave off the confusion which would inevitably ensue, but for some such arrangement in the earlier part of the season . Old Peterites who take an interest in the cricket of the school will, no doubt, be pleased to hear that the club has obtained the services of E . Wainwright, the well-known Yorkshire County bowler. It is, we suppose, an open secret that the finances of the cricket club are not in as satisfactory a condition as they might be, though there is good ground for expecting that with masters as treasurers, the balance will soon be on the right side . Under these circumstances therefore, we take the liberty of appealing, on behalf of the club, to those Old Boys who are anxious to see the school occupy as prominent a place in cricket, as it has already gained for itself in the football world . It is satisfactory to observe that the club is supplying the necessary materials for all the divisions, and thus every member of the school obtains a direct return for his subscription .
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DIVISION I. H . D . Naylor (Capt). F . M . Bingham. H . B . Whitby. S. O. Bingham. W . H . M . Hancock. C . J . Carter. R . Martin. T. S . Spence. C . F . Padel. R . C . Tute. A . W . Peel. F . Blake. C . H . Conning .
B. Owtram. F . Williams. B Scargill. E . W . Clarke. C. Whincup. H . Proctor. H . Burdett. H . Stephenson. Atkinson (I). R . Russall. Cotterill. B . Garwood. Williams (I). Bingham (III).
DIVISION II. A . W . Eastwood (Capt). A . Sargeaunt. J . Shepherd. Whincup (I). H . R . Partington. A. Rose. T . Leonard. H . McTurk. C . O . Grindrod. Addis (I). Blake (II). C . D . I'anson. E . C . Cadman .
Peel (II .) N . T . Crumbie. E . C . Gray. G. Burton. H. Bennington. Johnson (I). Johnson (II). Hood. Bailey (I). Williams (III). Atkinson (II). Hudson .
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DIVISON III.
Roy (I) (Capt). Roy (II). Cass. Bailey (II). Carter (II). Sargeaunt (II). Sargeaunt (III). Spence (II .) Hopkins. Tute (II). Hall. Clarke (II).
Greaves. Crowther. Addis (II). Metcalfe. Bird. Moiser. Hatfield. Hey (I). Hey (II). Walters. Clarke (III). Clarke (IV) .
CORRESPONDENCE.
To THE EDITORS OF' THE " PETERITE . " DEAR SIRS,—I venture to write on an old, old subject, in hopes of
rousing the' Authorities to some definite action . From time to time letters have appeared in your pages demanding a reform in the Boat Club, and have even been known to produce spasmodic efforts to establish the School once for all on a firm aquatic footing, by offering for one year medals, instead of cups, as prizes . But these efforts have always died away and left the club little better off than it was before. My object in writing to you then, is to endeavour to the best of my ability, to point out how the Boat Club may be really improved, not by one feverish spurt, quickly dying out, but by a steady effort, maintained in spite of apparent want of result, till the goal is reached. Rome, we know, was not built in a year, and we cannot hope to acquire boats and style in a like period . We must look forward and work for the benefit, if necessary, of our successors, content to deny ourselves that they may succeed, and not weary because we do not ourselves share in the harvest .
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What then is it that is required ? Firstly, a reduction in the value of prizes, until the day when the Club shall possess all that she requires in the way of boats . This has been often demanded, and as I say, temporarily tried . But it must be settled once for all that a fixed value will be given every year, and all surplus go to the fund for boats. Those who cannot see that the honour of winning a race is not proportional to the value of the "pot, " can retire, and show their disapproval by their absence . We will do without them, and educate our younger members to repudiate any such false notions of sport. Secondly, we must try and teach our juniors how to row . For this, there is nothing like the ' Varsity system of tubbing, and I have little doubt that one of the masters will gladly give an hour now and then for this purpose, and seniors, who have themselves received careful instructions, will be able to help . If they are really anxious to forward the interests of the Boat Club, they will surely not mind spending an hour every half-holiday in the early part of the Spring term in this work. Captains of College Boat Clubs spend every afternoon in training their new material, and I am sure the esprit de corp of the seniors will induce them to follow such an example. We may look forward then to growing funds and improving style, and with the help of the first for the improvement of the second, must next turn our attention to the question of boats . A good oar finds it difficult to row in good form in a radically bad boat, and how bad some of Hill's boats are, according to modern ideas, everyone who knows anything of rowing must see . Some new boats, then, are a necessity . At present the School possesses two fours, second-hand when first purchased, and some moderately bad oars. These, though infinitely better than Hill's tubs, are still showing signs of wear, and two new fours of perfectly equal calibre are urgently needed . From conversations with old Peterites at Christmas, I may say that I believe two new boats would be very speedily forthcoming, provided it was a certainty that some definite scheme would be adopted for the employment of funds in the purchase of boats and not of " pots ." I beg, therefore, the Boating Authorities to call a meeting speedily and come to some decision . Let a resolution be passed that until the Club is well supplied with boats the prizes shall not exceed
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some small fixed sum in value, and let a Committee be elected, of present and past Peterites and Masters to take whit steps may be necessary for raising funds . If this is done and there is a certainty that next year the action of this year is not to be nullified, I can promise with confidence, that before next season the School shall possess two new fours for senior races . The old fours, with a little strengthening and stiffening will do for junior and scratch fours . I think the Committee should see to the keeping in repair, and general welfare of the boats, especially paying attention to the cleanliness of the inside of the boathouse . Nothing rots a boat more than accumulations of dirt, and a small sum laid out in a mop and tin pan will easily remove the chance of such harm coming to our boats. I must apologise for the length of my letter, but I feel strongly that there is no reason why S . Peter's, who can beat Durham as they did last season at Football, should not beat her on the river . The Ouse is vastly superior to the Wear, and it is a shame to waste our natural advantages Resolution, unselfishness, and energy will bear fruit in a very short time . If all who set the School before themselves,—and I know that their numbers are increasing fast,—will do their best, however little it may be, to help on the Club, we shall soon see S. Peter ' s in her proper place on the river as she is on the field. Yours truly, GEORGE H . EYRE.
NOTES AND ITEMS. Rev . Ti L . Clarke, lILA , has been appointed Vicar of Dewsbury. Rev . IV. Y. Fausset, M.A ., has been elected Head Master of Ripon Grammar School. E. IV. Clayfortle, Christ Church, Oxford, has taken his M .A. G . R . Cook, Hatfield Hall, Durham, has passed an examination in Arts, and was alone in the and class (none in first) in the examination for Classical and General Literature .
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IN MEMORIAM.
Rev . E . S. Fox, Corpus C .C ., Cambridge, and Rev . N. S. Fi'kv. 1'emb,
College, Camb ., have taken their AI A . ' s. F. Mitchell played for Sussex County Rugby Football team against
Hampshire, on February 5th last. Through the great kindness of Dr . Naylor, the School House is at present enjoying the use of an upright " Broadwood, " which he has lent us during his absence.
IN MEMORIAM. Major M . K. MATTERSON, Captain Retired, late Cheshire 22nd, who died at Drayton Court, Taunton, on February 16th . He left the School from the Upper Civil .
THE
P1LTERITE. VOL . XI I .
MAY, 1891 .
No . 92.
EDITORIAL. ERHAPS it is a merit in an Editorial to be brief and to the point,
P and, at any rate, one cannot greatly err in that direction, provided only that no serious omissions are the result. In the first place, we would refer our readers to the last " Peterite Accounts," where facts speak for themselves ; owing to these " facts " our number will contain no more than is absolutely necessary . The reason is obvious ; the remedy also. Looking back to last term, we are able to record another Confirmation Service held in our Chapel by the Bishop of Beverley . On the following Sunday the Dean very kindly gave us an ' address, with particular reference to the late Confirmation, taking as his text " Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way ." For the beautiful decorations on Easter Day our thanks are clue to Mrs . Handford for her work on the Altar and East Windows, to Mrs. Yeld for several pretty wreaths besides other help, to Mrs . Burton and the Misses Leaf and Ridgeway, by whom the Pulpit and the Lectern were decorated. Flowers were given by Mr . Crawliall and Mrs . Leonard, to whom we would also express our thanks. And now we can briefly wish our Cricket team a lucky and dry season, congratulating them on securing a county bowler, who, we do not doubt, will do much towards the desired and desirable success. Lastly, we must congratulate the School on the new " Scholarship, " of which the details are set forth below .
710 BOATING.
The races commenced on Tuesday, March 31st . The results were as follows : SENIOR PAIRS (ROUND I). IST HEAT. W. H . M . Hancock (bow), F . W . Clarke (stroke), E . C . Cadman (cox) .
1.
T . S . Spence (stroke), B. J . Scargill (bow), J . Shepherd (cox) .
2.
Won by three lengths . Clarke's boat took the lead, and steadily maintained it . JUNIOR SCULLS (Roux]) r). IST HEAT. C . Whincup
I.
1
Bird
2.
Won very easily, the winner being much the heavier. JUNIOR PAIRS. II . R . Greeves (bow), P . Draper (stroke), C . Spence (cox) . H . Nevile (bow),
I.
B . Roy (stroke) J . Shepherd (cox) .
2.
A most exciting race . Though by far the lighter pair, Draper rowed most pluckily . Roy had the lead at the Coal-drop by Lendal, when Nevile caught a crab, and was beaten by half a length. (April 2nd .)
JUNIOR PAIRS (ROUND I). 2ND HEAT.
T . H . Bingham (stroke) C . Whincup (bow), J . Shepherd (cox) . R . H . Bailey (bow),
L . Bird (stroke), C . Cadman (cox) .
Won easily .
I.
2.
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SIXTH FORM v . MODERN SCHOOL. (OVER LONG COURSE). Sixth Form.—H . S . Stephenson (bow), S . O . Bingham, E . W . Clarke, 1. H . B . Whitby (stroke), H . H . Williams icox) . Modem—F . Blake (bow), T . S. Spence, B . J . Scargill, R . Martin (stroke), H . Procter (cox) .
2.
An easy win . JUNIOR SCULLS (RouND r). 2ND HEAT. B . Roy
I.
1
P . Draper
2.
\Von easily. THIRD FOURS.
(April 4th .)
School House.—C . Whincup (bow), B . Outram, C . D . I' Anson,
T . H . Bingham (stroke), J . Shepherd (cox). Day Boys .—R. H . Bailey (bow), S . Russell, H . Burdett, H . S . Procter (stroke), C . Cadman (cox) .
2.
Won easily by about twenty lengths.
(April 6th .)
SENIOR PAIRS (2ND ROUND). 1ST HEAT.
F. M . Bingham (bow), S . O . Bingham (stroke), E . C . Cadman (cox).
r.
H . S . Stephenson (bow), R . Martin (stroke), J . Shepherd (cox).
2.
Won by three lengths. JUNIOR SCULLS (SEMI-FINAL) B . Roy
1.
K . Roy
2.
The latter got his sculls crossed, and did not find it out until afterwards . His brother thus beat him without difficulty .
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JUNIOR PAIRS (FINAL). T . H . Bingham (stroke), C . Whincup (bow), J . Shepherd (cox). P . Draper (stroke), H . B . Greeves (bow), E . C . Cadman (cox). A procession after reaching the White Rose boathouse. (April 7th .)
JUNIOR FOURS.
School House .—W . H . M . Hancock (bow), H . S . Stephenson, r. E . NV . Clarke, T . S . Spence (stroke), J . Shepherd (cox) . Day Boys .—C . B . Cotterell (bow), S . Dixon, R . C . Tute, 2. A . Rose (stroke), E . C . Cadman (cox) . Another easy win. (April 8th .)
SENIOR FOURS.
School House.—H . B . Whitby (bow), S . O . Bingham, F . M . Bingham, 1. R . Martin (stroke) . J . Shepherd (cox) . Day Boys.—A . Rose (bow), F . Blake, R. Garwood, B . J . Scargill (stroke), E . C . Cadman (cox). Won by at least ten lengths : the Day Boys ho-vever, who had lost one of their men, rowed very pluckily. SENIOR PAIRS (FINAL). F . M . Bingham (bow), S . O . Bingham (stroke), J . Shepherd (cox). W . H . M . Hancock (bow), E . W. Clarke (stroke), E . C . Cadman (cox) .
2.
In spite of various accidents soon after the start, the winners had little trouble in leaving the latter pair behind. OLD BOYS' RACE. This race was rowed on April 1 I th . The number of spectators on the river banks being considerable . The weather was beautifully fine, but the water was a little choppy, owing to a pretty strong easterly wind
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blowing against the current, which was comparatively rapid . The course was as usual, from the Water Works to Lendal Bridge . The Old Boys tool : the west and the School the east side of the river. The start was made rather late, and both crews got away nicely . On reaching the first bend of the water course, neither had an advantage, but from that point the School representatives, pulling a long and moderately slow stroke, gradually drew away. About a couple of hundred yards above Scarborough Bridge, the Old Boys, who were about a couple of lengths behind, put on a spurt which gained them considerable distance, but they were evidently exhausted by the quick stroke they had been rowin g from the commencement . The School crew, who rowed capitally throughout, and gave evidence of the most careful coaching, ran in a length ahead of their opponents. The following were the crews : School.—Bow, H . B . Whitby ; z, S . O . Bingham ; 3, F . Al . Bingham; stroke, R . Martin ; cox, J . Shepherd. Old B(}'s .—Bow, H . G. Metcalfe ; 3, G . H . Chilman ; 3, J . H . G. Nilson ; stroke, G . H . Eyre ; cox, A . Wade.
CRIChET PROSPEC'T'S. NCE more our thoughts turn to the subject of cricket, not because
0 the sun shines brightly, and the turf looks green (for alas ! the wind
whistles and nature is not very lively, as yet), but because the time has come for " King Willow " to put in an appearance once more . Let us hope that having had what may be called an old-fashioned winter, we may be favoured with a good summer, plenty of hard wickets and tall scoring. To turn to our own prospects, let us see what hopes we may fairly entertain of having a successful season. Of last year' s eleven we have lost five members, so we begin with six old " colours, " and should have little difficulty in making up the team. In the batting department we have lost Mitchell, a veritable tower of strength, but we hope this season to see an absence of tail," which was such a prominent feature last year. Taken all round our batting should be much stronger this season ; Bingham (ii), Naylor, and Whitby are all good, and, with anything dike luck, ought to have big averages .
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Hancock promised well at times last summer, and we hope to see him develop into a good bat . In bowling too, last year's residue is well supplied ; Naylor and Carter are likely to render a very good account of themselves, and they will be well backed up by Bingham (ii) and Whitby. We hope to see Bingham (i) appear as the fast bowler of the team, and we strongly advise him to devote most of his attention to bowling a good length fast ball. What talent have we then to fill the five vacant places ? We should say that the selection will be made from the following :— Padel, Peel (i), Stephenson, i\Iartin, Procter, and Whincup (ii) . The vacancies should on no account be filled before a sufficient time has elapsed to discover any talent that may be latent among those who have joined us since last season. Turning to those mentioned as likely to complete the XI we find that batting power predominates largely ; Padel, Stephenson, Procter, and Whincup ought to make very useful bats . With a due amount of practice, Peel (i), Stephenson, and Martin should be able to support the bowling department. On the whole then we have pretty good reason to hope for a fairly successful season, and we confidently expect to find an increase in the proportion of games won to games lost. One word more . Let all our players see that the team excels in fielding ; smartness in the field is always attainable, when the will is there, and nothing is more effective in securing victory . W. G . Grace in his book on cricket reminds us that perseverance and attention are absolutely necessary to make a good fieldsman, and that "activity, dash, and throwing in are the qualities which are indispensable to enable a fieldsman to go anywhere " —a power possessed only by the very few. In conclusion I would impress upon all, the following words, which are borrowed from the same writer . " A lazy and indifferent fieldsman has a demoralising effect on the rest of the eleven, and is an eyesore to every lover of the game : a very bad one will, probably, lose more runs than he makes, and is better out of the team altogether . A good man may not always bat or bowl up to his best form ; but, if he tries, can always save runs in the field . The young player should always keep that before him, if he desires to play in good matches ; for every committee and captain know and consider it in the selection of a team.'
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MATCHES ARRANGED FOR 1891.
Thursday. Saturday.
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Durham School Old Buys .
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home
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Away IIome
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OLID PETERITE CLUB. BALANCE SHEET TO APRIL 9, 1891.
Balance from 1889 . . Subscriptions— 8 for 1883 „ 17 ,, 1889 98 „ 1890 28 „ 1891 149 at 5s .
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Paid to Pcterite .. Paper, stamps, etc . . . Printing . . Drag (see bill) To A . Peters, for dinner *A . Peters' account
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Due to Peterite—on subscriptions received since last payment in February £t I 11 6 £ s. d. s. d . Balance in Club's hands `Mr. A . Peters' account— 0 6 6 finally after paying Peterite 24 5 6 Stamps . . Printing 0 46 Due to Peterite . . . . 11 11 6 In hand . . 0 14 0 Final balance 12 14 0 15 0
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CORRESPONDENCE.
A NEW SCHOLARSHIP. The following letter has been received by the Headmaster : THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, ASPATRIA, CARLISLE,
March 5/h, 1891. DEAR SIR,
Having an annual grant of 24 00 from the Board of Agriculture, the Directors have decided to offer 20 entrance scholarships, each scholarship to carry the whole of the tuition fees for one year. It has been thought advisable to attach these scholarships to some of the best schools in the country, and I should be glad to know if you are willing to accept one of them. fours faithfully, H . j . \VEBB, E .M. (PrU1ct~aL Rev . G . T . Handford. [The Dean and Chapter have accepted the scholarship .]
CORRESPONDENCE. [To THE EDITORS OF THE PETERITE DEAR SIRS,
I had no idea when I wrote to you last that the affairs of the Boat Club were being really looked into, and that there was such a promising outlook as there now seems to be . I hear that the finances of the Club are now established on a sound basis, and that there will be for the future, reasonable provision for current expenses. I congratulate the Club on the favourable prospect, and also on the proof they gave in the recent race against the Old Boys, of what can be accomplished by careful coaching from a competent instructor, and willing attention on the part of his pupils . I think the Club owes a debt of gratitude to 1\Ir . Miller for the time he has devoted to this year' s crew, and the pains he has taken with them . The prospect of a strong boat seemed very remote, but by constant attention on the part of the coach, and ready obedience on the side of the crew, such a change was worked, that what I may fairly call a strong Old Boys ' Boat, was honestly beaten by superior combination . On some occasions, I
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know, opportunities have been lost, owing to members of the Boat thinking they could do without instruction, but this year has, I hope, taught all what a success may be achieved, if every individual member resolves to pay the strictest attention to coaching, and to row, not for himself, but for the boat . As is natural in a somewhat scratchy crew, this latter point was very wanting in the Old Boys' Boat, and so we saw a light crew, perfectly together, out-rowing and out-lasting a heavier and more experienced lot . The moral is obvious : however bad the outlook may seen, work your hardest, and row for one another. You have an excellent coach and plenty of good material, pay attention to the former and the latter will benefit. May I say one word to the Day Boys? The boarders at present have the advantage, but there is no reason why they should maintain it always . You have greater numbers, and plenty of promising juniors, work them up energetically ; get some of your friends who row to give you coaching ; make up your minds that the races next year shall all be close and exciting, and that half the School Crew shall be picked from your ranks . The keener the rivalry, the more determined the struggle for superiority, the better for both divisions of the School, and hence for the School itself. This year ' s race, I repeat, was won by perseverance ; maintain this spirit and success is certain Yours truly, GEORGE H . EYRE.
NOTES AND ITEMS. H . H . `VILLIAMS has gained one of the "Lady Hastings '" Exhibitions at
Queen ' s College, Oxford . We owe an apology for omitting to announce his well earned success in the previous number. THE living of Everingham Rectory, Yorkshire, has been presented by
the Trustees to the Rev . Sylvester J . Le Maistre, M.A ., who was educated at St . Peter's School. the recent Durham University Athletic Sports, F . A . Bulman was second in the long jump, with a jump of ISft . ; and G . II . Chilman first in the high jump, reaching 5ft . kin .
AT
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ALL those who desire to play in the O . Y . Cricket Match on Com-
memoration Day, are requested to send in their names to P . L . LORD. Heversham Grammar School, Milnthorpe, Westmorland. Dean and Chapter have elected the Rev . W . O . F . Campbell to the vicarage of Bubwith, Yorkshire . It was with very mingled feelings that we read this announcement in the " Yorkshire Herald" of May 21st. We could not but feel glad that perseverance, energy and true kindness had attained their reward, but Mr . Campbell has become such a veritable corner-stone of the old school, that his loss is a severe blow indeed to all, masters and boys alike . We, for our part, shall never forget the kindness we have always received at his hands, not only in his own form, but all through the school, and the fact that his separation from us arouses a pang of regret in the hearts of everyone, from the eldest in the 6th form to the tiniest in the 1st, tells as no words of ours can, his invaluable sevices to St . Peter's School.
THE
and C . COBB have both passed their examinations for Commissions . The former joins the 2nd Battallion of the 33rd \Vest Riding Regiment, now stationed at the Barbadoes.
H . COBB
WE have not yet received the promised list of O. Ps . from the Secretary
of the Club, otherwise they would have appeared in this number. THE " Classical Scholarship" at Durham University has been awarded
to G. R . COOK ) Hatfield Hall .
TIlE
P TFRITI VOL. XII .
JULY, 1891 .
J.
No . 93.
CO1MMEMORATION DAY. r '1-IIS day was marked by the same festivities and ceremonies as usual . There was a celebration of the Holy Communion at 7-30 in the School Chapel, which was profusely and tastefully ornamented with flowers and plants . The following kindly took part in the decorations . Mrs . Handford, who undertook the work of the east windows and altar, Mr. and Mrs . Yeld the nave windows, Miss Ridgway and Miss Leaf the pulpit, and Miss Keyworth and Miss Yeld the lectern and choir stalls, while assistance was also given by C . M . Miller, Esq ., J . F . Leaf, and K . E . T . Wilkinson . Dr. Hingston kindly lent the plants, and generous gifts of flowers were sent by Rev . W . O . F. Campbell, Rev . J . and Mrs . Williams, Poppleton, Rev . J . Isaacson, and by Mr . Ford, Mrs . Tute, Mrs. Allenby, Mrs . Burton, Mrs . Broadwood, and Mr . Crumbie. The com-• memoration service was held at 10-30 when a large congregation was present . The clergy who took part in the service were the Rev. W. V. Fausset, M .A ., Head-Master of Ripon Grammar School, formerly Foundation Scholar and Exhibitioner of St . Peter's, and Scholar of Balliol ; Rev . Canon Fausset, D .D ., Rev. G . T. Handford, M .A ., and Revs . A . E . Burton, W . O . F . Campbell, E . S. Carter, H . G . Hopkins, F . Peel and J. E . M . Young . The service opened with the singing of the hymn " Who are these like stars appearing . " The lessons were read by H . D . Naylor and H . H . Williams . After morning prayer and the singing of the hymn " Disposer Supreme," the Rev . W . Y. Fausset took his place in the pulpit The preacher took for his text, 2 Peter, I ., 5, 6. " Add to your faith, virtue, and to virtue, knowledge, and to knowledge, temperance " ; and said that there was a knowledge which it was incumbent on every man by the very law and conditions of his
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being to obtain the knowledge of the One God . " Virtue," " Knowledge," and " Temperance," might be expressed as " Manliness," the knowledge of the right, " and "self government ; and these qualities he bade his hearers cultivate . He said that the special thought of that day was that the members, present and past, of the School should be knit together by the sacred associations of the past into one body, and that the thought which hallowed such a society was that it was the type of that membership in Christ ' s body which is called the Church Catholic . In an age in which party spirit is rife, no less in religion than in politics, it would be well to learn from opening manhood the lesson of charity, to " prove all things, " that is to examine fairly, and without prejudice, the various efforts of the human spirit towards truth and goodness . He said that the text expressed in terms which appealed not merely to the instructed Christian conscience, but even to the moral sense implanted in every soul of man, the scope and purpose of a public School ; and he urged them to look at the examples which the ancients gave of unswerving and almost obstinate adherence to truth and duty, and to seek knowledge in its widest sense, knowledge of God and of themselves. After the sermon, as usual, during the singing of " Hark the sound of Holy Voices," a collection was made on behalf of the missionary objects to which the offertories of the chapel are devoted . The service then closed . Mr. Sample presided at the organ. We must not forget to mention the new altar-cloth, which we owe to Mrs . Handford's energy and the generosity of the Old Boys ; nor the hangings on the pulpit and lectern presented by Mrs . Sargeaunt, the bright colours of which, thrown out by the pleasing contrast of the tasteful decorations, presented a most lovely picture . A large number of friends were entertained at luncheon afterwards by the Head-Master and Mrs . Handford, including Lady Emma Purey-Cust, Canon Fausset, the Head-Master of Ripon and Mrs . W . Y . Fausset, Rev. E . S . and Mrs . Carter, the Masters of the School and their Wives and the Present and Past Elevens . In the afternoon, the Old Boys' Match was played, and as the weather was everything that could be desired, a large concourse of friends assembled to watch the cricket and the field presented a very lively appearance . An account of the match will be found in another column .
SCHOOL LETTER-CAMBRIDGE LETTER .
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SCI-TOOL LETTER. HERE is very little material at hand to educe anything worthy of the
T above title, but as the turn for a " School Letter " has come, something must be attempted and, would that it were not so, something done. That we are losing Mr . Campbell is now old news ; yet none the less true, and none the less saddening . We all indeed wish him all happiness in his new sphere of usefulness, though we hope that his years of labour at St . Peter ' s have been and will be far from the least happy of his experiences. Cricket claims our attention . We congratulate the team on their all-round improvement. Up to (late, they have already passed the hundred seven times, and their close match with the Yorkshire Gentlemen, stands out well as a success due not to any individual excellence, so much as a determined effort to do the best that could be done on the part of every member of the team. Commemoration Day was a great success in every way . The weather was lovely, the attendance unprecedented . E. Procter played a fine innings of seventy-seven and the 0 .P's . won. Lastly, we congratulate E . W . Clarke, H . B . Whitby and R . Garwood, on their appointment to the thankless position of editors . We have no doubt, indeed this number shows it, that their energy will produce a highly successful paper.
CAMBRIDGE LETTER. N old Peterite was promenading one of the principal streets of
A Cambridge on the morning of degree day, when his attention was
arrested by the sight of two new B .A .'s-to-be robing one another in their bachelor's hoods . The same moment he heard a townee lady remark to her pal, " Whoy, they're a-dressin themselves outsoid . " Your correspondent was the aforesaid Peterite, and the reason he relates the story is to explain his own situation . An appeal came to him to write a Cambridge letter . In an evil moment, in a fit of generosity, he gave the promise ; but now he finds the running not quite so smooth—he has to " dress outside," or rather to draw upon his own memory, which is not quite so good as it might be, for the accurate information he is expected to supply the Peterite, the appeal
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having come too late for him to gather it from the annals of Alma Maley. The French have the proverb, Qui s' excuse, s'accusc—may we hope that the Peterite has not descended so low as that yet. This term has been, above all others, a term of degrees—degrees of honour awarded and withheld degrees of special grace and ordinary worth—degrees of sunshine and degrees of rain—degrees of longitude and latitude, represented by an avalanche of fathers and mothers sisters and brothers, which descended upon Cambridge in the May week, like a wolf on the fold—literally true, if not very complimentary —degrees of many another sort, among which must be reckoned an honorary degree conferred upon Herr Dvorak, the great Bohemian _ composer . Of the degrees which perhaps interest Peterites most, we noticed Whaley and Colby both obtaining first classes—Whaley in the and part of the Classical Tripos, thus obtaining his double first, and Colby in Natural Science, R . Crosthwaite, L . Hutchings, and A C . Clarke seconds, the first two in the Natural Science, the latter in the Classical Tripos, Hopkins and Young thirds in the Theological, and Hood the same in the Natural Science . C . L . Naylor too, took his degree this term . Therewith ends our tale of Peterite successes in the degree line up at the ' Varsity this year. The degree day itself was remarkable for its dullness, there being nothing but bright costumes to relieve the absence of wit and sunshine. On the other hand the reading of the Mathematical Tripos list gave rise to a great deal of excitement, and one wag was heard to ask, when the examiner read out a certain lady as being between 57 and 58 (in position), whether that had been notified in the census-paper. In cricket the 'Varsity have been doing very fairly well, and ought to have no difficulty whatsoever in beating Oxford, who seem to be weaker than ever this year .* Our great victory has been over Surrey, who had not been beaten before this year, and was due in great measure to Wood's bowling and batting . St. Peter's are not, needless to say, represented in the team, nor can we point to any old Peterite as likely at present to find a place in it . We look to the present generation to remedy this deficiency in the future. [-Since this letter was written the Lniversity match has fallen to Cambridge, as cur correspondent predicted.—Ed."
OXFORD LETTER .
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Boating has received a fair amount of attention from everybody, including the paters and maters, scours and freres this term, and a glorious wind-up came off in the May-week, during which Cambridge put on her best dress and succeeded in deciding for everybody, we cannot but hope, that life is worth living . Trinity Hall kept head of the river, and were never pressed at all by First Trinity who finished second . In the latter boat there were five freshmen rowing—among them, Kerr, of Durham—which, in a good boat like that, should augur well for the future of Cambridge rowing . Hutchings and Leaf both had places in their college boats, while Hopkin ' s coxing abilities were again utilized by St . Catherine's. With this we feel we have done our duty, and with a gentle reminder to all intending Cantabs-to-be, that they will be heartily welcomed by Cam ' s present sons from Eboracum, we would subscribe ourselves under the noon de plume of M . N . L.
OXFORD LETTER. IHE chief topic this term, in the ancient city, is the University
T Eights . Brasenoee showed good form throughout the contests,
and still remains head of the river . Pembroke perhaps caused the greatest excitement during the struggle, making no fewer than six bumps . On the strength of this success, the same crew intend rowing; at Henley . AV'e are glad to see that Guy Nickalls and his brother, the, ° promising freshman " mentioned in a December number of the Peterite, are also down to contend in the pairs at IIenley. To turn to the cricket, we can but lament the fact that the season has been most unsuccessful for the Oxonians . The team nevertheless is very good in the field, and, in this department of the game, perhaps better than last year . E . Smith, who at the time of writing is playing for the Gentlemen z'. Players, at the Oval, has without a doubt proved himself an able batsman, and is at times very destructive with the leather . Bassett, who unfortunately was not playing in the earlier part of the season, is evidently the most deadly bowler in the team, seldom failing to come off. Oxford Peterites in residence have this term kept amazingly quiet. This quietude perhaps is the calmness of contemplation previous to some great achievement . Let us hope this is the case. B
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DURHAM LETTER.
Commemoration week was as gay as ever, crowds of visitors " in summer suits and silks of holiday " lining the banks of the river on the day of the procession of the boats . At the Encomia Mr . Balfour was deservedly invested with the degree of D .C .L , honoris owsa . IIe was greeted on his entrance into the Sheldonian with the universal chorus of " For he ' s a jolly good fellow ." After the function, when all was silent—a rare state of things on an occasion like this—a gentleman in the gallery was heard to remark in a clear but feeble voice . a ° Dr. Balfour will now say a few words . " This was followed by a prolonged cry of " Speech! Speech ! " But the M. P . contented himself with smiling divinely . Numerous attempts at wit were made daring the proceedings, but there was no very " excellent pass of pate . " News of Oxford Peterites is scanty, and difficult to collect . P.
DURHAM LETTER. HERE is an old adage which tells us how difficult it is, if not
T impossible, to draw blood from a stone . The Petrrite Editors, however, demand that this impossibility be overcome, and that a letter be written on the doings of three . First then Bulman has been elected captain of the D .U .1~ .F .C . for the ensuing season . Wide on the river, in the ' Varsity races, he rowed 3 in the University College boat which won the Senate cup . And again, at Sunderland Regatta, in the Durham City boat, he did much towards winning' the Grand Challenge cup . At Hatfield, Chilman rowed 3 in the first boat, and made a plucky attempt to retain the Challenge Pairs. For the failure the river shallows must be blamed, and not the O.P . oar . Ile alao represented the 'Varsity at Sunderland . While Cook stroked the Hatfield 2nd which won the Inter-Colls . Such the chronicle of their doings by flood and field. For prowess in the schools we must wait till next December, when one of the trio takes his finals . And here we are glad to congratulate O .P ' s . at Cambridge on their many and great successes. And so with these pleasant thoughts for all Old Boys, as well as for the School, I am fain to close my letter . II .1 IA' .
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THE OLD I'ETERITE DINNER. (LONDON DISTRICT .)
IIIS annual meeting was held in the Ilolborn Restaurant, on
T Tuesday, the 80th June, under the direction of the O .P . Club. The chair was again taken by Canon Elwyn, who was supported by the present Head-Master and a representative committee of 0 . P . ' s. -After dinner and the usual loyal toast, the Chairman, in one of his happiest speeches, called upon the guests to drink to the success of St. Peter's . Referring to the distinctions gained by O .P . 's, he said that one of his greatest pleasures in former days was to see James approaching the study window with one of the telegrams which were front time to time sent by Pete] . lies announcing their success at the universities or elsewhere, and at the same time to think that it was not only the clever boys, but also the less distinguished ones, who reflected honour on the School . The position held by St . Peter' s was well illustrated by the letter lately received by the present IIeadMaster from the Principal of the Agricultural College, Aspatria, as given in the Pe/et-de of May last, offering in flattering terms an entrance scholarship to be attached to St . Peter's . The absence of Mr . Stephenson from the meeting would be felt by all who knew hint as a loss, but in future years it was to be hoped that both he and Canon G . F . Browne, one of the four distinguished canons of St. Peter's, would be able to be present. The living recently presented to Mr . Campbell must be held to be a recognition by the Dean and Chapter of the valuable work done by him, and under such masters St. Peter' s must continue in the old path of success . In conclusion, he coupled with the toast the names of the Head-_Master, and Messrs. Newbery and Anderson, the former a well-known member of the Indian Civil Service and the latte r an ornament of the Bar. Mr . Ilandford, after referring to his position as represented by the figure of Chiastnus, gave an account of the recent successes in the Triposes at Cambridge, and dwelt upon the fact that with the expectation of improved facilities for teaching natural science, still
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THE OLD PETERITE DINNER.
better results might be hoped for in the immediate future . The willingness of the Dean and Chapter to erect new buildings, which are to be commenced in the autumn, sheaved the views which they entertained of the progresi of the School, and although a generous offer from a correspondent to build a gymnasium had been checked by the unfortunate attitude taken up by the owner of adjoining land and his refusal to sell any part of his property, it was now a subject for consideration whether such a building could conveniently be erected on the present limited playground. Mr . Newbery spoke of himself not only as a past Peterite, but an imperfect, a pmterpluperfect, and some might say, even an old gerund . Ile attributed his success in life to the education at St. Peter' s, where the boys learned not to look for opportunities for showy exploits, but to do their duty steadily like Englishmen . This was the spirit that induced so many of them to accept ill-paid livings in the Church and pass their lives among the poor . But still there were distinguished members to be found in the Army, and the legal and other professions . In the Crimean War three Peterites, whose names were still retnemhered in the Guards and the 92nd and 22nd Regiments, climbed the heights of the Alma, and won glory for themselves and their country . So, too, in the Indian Mutiny and elsewhere O .P .'s were to be found to the fore. Mr . Anderson regretted that all the good things had been said for hhn 1)y the previous speakers, but as no reference had been made to t wo pillars of the School, who had now passed away, he would call attention to them . Mr . Richardson's system of education, though it might be called eccentric, laid the foundation of character in his boys. For him there was no middle course between right and wrong ; p'v always was "indeed" and " but, " and any deviation from this standard led to the bottom of the Lower Fourth . In those days there was a creed to believe and swear by, but now the boyish mind, is schooled to grammatical agnosticism by shades and inflections of meaning that it cannot grasp, and when the grammar is dropped the agnosticism remains, light, vain, and undecide 1 . In the same spirit Ilerr Ilabersak used his own phrase book for French in plain everyday language, which could be and must be remembered verbatim for immediate use.
THE OLD PETERITE DINNER .
4127
The Rev . T . II . Gregory, rising to propose the Health of the Chairman, " declined to keep up the character of a country parson by probing, but would give them the toast as shortly as possible . He was not an old pupil of Canon Elwyn's, but an old boy who recognised the keen interest shown for the School by him. After an interruption of some minutes caused by a simultaneous uprising to drink the toast, a hearty rendering of " He ' s a jolly good fellow " and vociferous cheering, Mr . Lambert formally seconded the toast, and remarked that he was now out of place, and nothing but the magisterial authority of Mr . Handford which called upon him could induce him, after such a demonstration, to add his ex post facto testimony of the admiration felt for Canon Elwyn by all who knew him, and many others who had not that privilege . IIe would, however, bear witness to the value of the system of education in former days, and, in a well-turned anecdote of Herr Habersak ' s conversational methods, he shewed the use to which well-trained boys might put the famous phrase book. In conclusion, he expressed a hope that they might for many years to come see Canon Elwyn in his place amongst them. Canon Elwyn, in acknowledging the toast, spoke of the pleasure that he had deriA ed from Mr . Lambert's racy speech and anecdotes, and of his own experience in French masters, and saying that whether in York or London it was always a pleasure to attend the OP . dinners. He invited all Peterites in town and country to be present on the next occasion. The Chairman then declined to allow the party to separate without drinking the health of the IIon . Sec . (London), and this having been done, and acknowledged, the meeting broke up about eleven o'clock. The following is a list of those who accepted invitations : Abrahall, 13 . If . ; Alingtou, V . AV" . ; Anderson, Y . ; Atkinson, Rev. E . W . ; Bayly, F . W. ; Chadwick, C . H . ; Clayforth, E. W. Crowther, Lieut .- Col . G . If . ; Darrell, Clias . ; Davis, G . L . ; Elwyn, Rev. Canon ; Eyre, ; Grant, C . P. ; Gregory, Rev. T . H. Griffith, Rev. A . II . ; (=riflit'.h, F . T . ; Haigh, Chas . ; llandford, Rev. G . T . ; Hargrove, \V" . NV . ; Henderson, II . N ; Lambert, P . B .; 11lallinson, J . H . ; Moss, Thigh Aewhery . II J . ; North, D. ; North,
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OLD PETERITE DINNER ACCOUNT—CRICKET.
W . ; Pollard, A . T . ; Poyser, A . S . ; Reinold, Professor A. W .; Rhodes, H . AV . ; Stephenson, A . R . ; Stephenson, J . E . ; Taylor, Mowbray ; Taylor, Rev . J . W . W . ; Wharton, Hugh ; Walker, Edward .
OLD PETERITE DINNER. (LONDON .) ACCOUNTS,
1891.
aieccipts .
lnnnunts. s.
Balance from interest ..
d.
0
s . d. 6 o
1589,
and
o
..
I 15
0
Engraving Plate and Cards Stationery . .
o IS
( rant from O . P . Club
o
i
6
28 Subscriptions at 7/ 6
. .
Io Io
0
Postage
Printing 0
12 l0i
. .
...
..
.. .
0 15
51
Dinner for 28 at 6/6
..
9
2
0
0
4
2
i 12
9
Cigarettes Balance in hand
ZI2 17 IOI,
...
L12 17 IOl
We are re,luested to sttite that it is proposed to keep the balance for preliminary expenses in organising the next London Dinner . The Hon . Sec . (Mr . Chadwick) begs to express his thanks for the good wishes of those who were unable to be present.
CRICKET. v . RIPON GRAMMAR SCHOOL. This match was played on the School Ground on May 3oth . The School winning the toss elected to bat, and sent Whitby and Procter to the wickets to face the bowling of Bland and Daniel . The former batsman was soon disposed of, being well caught by Coupland, and
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CRICKET .
Bingham, who followed, returned without scoring . Naylor then joined Procter and they stayed together for some time, causing Wrangham to goon in place of Bland . This change soon caused another wicke t to fall, as Naylor, after playing well for his so, was cleaned bowled by Wrangham . Whincup followed and stayed in some time, runs coming very slowly, but he eventually fell to Fenton, and Procter soon followed, having played very well for his 16 . Carter and Padel hit up the score well, but after scoring to 1'adel had hard lines in hitting his wicket, but Carter continued to raise the score till he was bowled by 11 - rang-ham after a merry 26 . Stephenson and Atkinson gave some trouble for the last wicket, but the former, after staking 6, fell to a good ball from Daniel, and the innings closed for 89 . Ripon opened their innings with Ellis and Fenton to the howling of Naylor and Carter. Ellis soon fell to a catch off Naylor, but Bland raised the score steadily with Fenton, who was batting very well, till he was well caught by Naylor for 12 . Coupland was soon bowled by 'Whitby and then Day came in and put to runs to his credit before he was caught by Bing-ham off Carter ' s bowling . After W rang-ham had made 8 Daniel joined Fenton and together they raised the total to 14o before the former was bowled by F . M . Bingham . Fenton was soon after howled by a good ball from Whitby, having played well for his Io5, and the remainder of the team not doing much, the innings closed for 177 . We were thus beaten by 88 runs. Sr. PE r ER 'S .
lBPON.
TI . B . Whitby, c Coupland 1) A. Bland H . S . Procter, c .k h Wrangham F . H . Bingham, b Daniel
4 16
C . C . Ellis, c Carter b Naylor A . E. Fenton, b Whitby . . C . Bland, c Naylor b Whitby .. II . Coupland, b Whitby
..
o
II . D . Naylor, b \Vrangham . .
Io
C . Whincup, b Fenton S. O . Bingham, b Daniel
5 u
.. ..
..
C . F. C . Padel, hit wkt b Wrangham to C . J . N . Carter, b \Vrangham
. . 26
W . II . H . Hancock, b Robinson II . Stephenson, b Daniel
. . ..
2 6
J . R . Atkinson, not out
..
8
. . ..
12
. .
o
F. C . Day, c F. M . Bingham b Carter Io W . T . Wrangham, st F . M . Bingham . . 8 b Ilancock .. .. W . If . Daniel, b F . M . Bingham . . 16 . . 4 F. W . Stow, not out .. W . H . Robinson, h F . H . Bingham A . Bland . b F . H . Bingham
..
C . A. Hingston, b F . M . Bingham Extras
..
Extras 89
4
-105
..
.
3 o I
14 177
130
CRICKET. BO\\-LING ANALYSIS. Overs. Maidens . 6 19 I3 2 17 5 17 7 0 3 6 2
II . D . Naylor C . J . N . Carter II . B . Whitby F. M . Bingham J . R. Atkinson \V. H . M . Hancock S . O . Bingham
Wickets . I .. I 3 4 0
Runs. 3S 3433 24
17 13 6
0
z' . YORhSHIRE GENTLEMEN. This match was played on the Yorkshire Gentlemen 's ground on June 4th . The School won the toss and went in to bat first, the light being very bad indeed . Little can be said of the School ' s innings which was a most unhappy display . No one was able to offer any resistance to the bowling of Dodsworth, and our score only reached the very moderate total of 39 . It must be confessed, however, that our opponents placed in the field one of the strongest elevens at their disposal . Of the Yorkshire Gentlemen, Cayley and Jones were the highest scorers with 35 and 36 respectively . Rain stopped play at 5-3 0 , when they had put together 121 for 5 wickets. ST . PEI ER' S SCHOOL .
YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN.
II . B . Whitby, c Savile b Landon . .
II
5 2
G. Aitkin, b Martin . .
. .
A . Cayley, b Martin . . . . J . E . Jones . c Whitby b Carter
. . 35 . . 36
2
C rpt . Savile, b Naylor Capt . IIarrison, b Carter
. . 19
A, W. Peel, b Landon . . S . O . Bingham, b Dodsworth
4 I
Rev . E . B . Firth, not out
..
6
C . Landon, not out
. .
C . J . N . Carter, c sub . b Dodsworth
7
C . F . C. Paden, b Dodsworth .. \V . II . M . Hancock, c Jones b Dudsworth . . .. .. ..
o
II . S . Stephenson, c McMahon . . .
S
II . S . Procter, b Landon
. .
F . M. Bingham, c Savile U Dodsworth . . II . D . Naylor, b Dodsworth
Aitkin
0 2
. .
Total
II . D . Naylor . . II . B . Whitby . . . . Imo . Martin C . J . N . Carter F . M . Bingham
S I
U
R . Martin, not out Extras
2
Extras Total for 5 wkts . .
•• 39 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Runs. Wickets . 29
I
1S 52
o 2
Io
2
2
o
9
Overs .
Maidens.
II
..
3 14 4 I
_121
. . ..
I 0
3 I O
131
CRICKET .
v . MR . J . C . WALKER'S XI. This match was played on the School Ground on June 9th . The School lost the toss and went out to field . The first three wickets offered little resistance, but when Wisker and Glaisby were together a long stand was effected, which might have been broken sooner had the numerous chances offered been accepted . Dr. Law and Pope played well for 20 and 18 respectively . No one else proved very formidable, and we may congratulate the team on dismissing a strong batting side for the very moderate total of ro6 . Whitby and Procter opened our innings . The former was soon sent back, but F . Bingham and Procter made matters more lively, and the score was quickly raised to 33, when Bingham was unfortunately run out after playing well for 23 . Peel, Naylor, and S . Bingham paid short visits, but another stand was made when Carter joined Procter . Carter soon settled down to work and he and Procter raised the score to 61 before the former was caught . With the total at 71 for 8 wickets, Hancock came in five minutes before time, and in the short time indulged in some lively hitting, sending Wisker for two 2's in one over and for 4 in the next . He and Procter were still together when time was called, and the match thus ended in a very creditable draw . Procter 's innings was an exhibition of good and steady cricket, going in first he was still not out when time was called, and though scoring slowly he defied every change in the bowling and played with care and patience. \IR . J . C. WALKER ' S XI.
ST. PETER ' S SCHOOL.
— Turner, c S . O . Bingham b C . J. Carter .. .. .. J . 1-licks, hit wkt b C . J . N . Carter Streatfield, c S b C . J . Carter
5 3 2
J . Wisker, b Whitby
. 17
G. Glaisby, b Carter . . W . Smith, b Whitby . .
. . 17 . . o
II . B . Whitby, b Wisker II. Procter, not out . .
.. ..
. . 7 . .1
.. . . 23 F . M . Bingham, run out A . W . Peel, c Turner b Wisker . . 2 H . D . Naylor, b Pope
. .
. . 1
1)r. Law, c Whincup b Whitby
20
S . O . Bingham, c Hicks b Wisker . . 0 C . J. N . Carter, c Gravesb Wisker . . 19
I)r . Pope, st Procter b Naylor — Wood, b Carter .,
1S o
C . F . C . I'adcl, st Hicks b Wisher . . 7 H . Stephenson, c Glaisby b Wisker o
H. Graves, not out . . .. . . 7 J . C . Walker, c S . Bingham b Carter i Extras
. .
. . 16
Total
..
. .106
W . II . M . Hancock, not out C . Whincup, to bat Extras
. .
Total for 8 wkts . .
13 .. . . 86
13 2
CRICKET. BOWLING ANALYSIS. Runs . 23
Wickets . 1
C . J . N . Carter . . . . II . B . Whitby . . . .
36 29
6 3
F . M . Bingham . . . .
3
0
IL D . Naylor
.
. .
Overs . to
Maidens. 3
24
4
16
5
2
1
. .
v . N . R . ASYLUM. Played on the Asylum ground on June 11th . Losing the toss the school went out to field . Carter and Martin opened the bowling for us . In Martin ' s first over he dismissed Best, and Glaisby fell in Carter' s second . Streatfield and Dr . Law gave some trouble . After hitting Carter for three 4 ' s in one over Streatfield was out lbw . Drs. Nicholson and Law made a considerable stand but the former had soon to retire to the bowling of Whitby Dr . Law played well for 27 belt none of the others gave much trouble and the innings closed for 83. Mention must be made of the excellent catch which dismissed Leckenby_ Prospects looked bright when the school opened their innings, but alas ! though the fielding of the team showed a marked improvement on that of the previous match, in the batting department they unaccountably collapsed . No one save Carter was able to stand up to the bowling of Best . Carter's innings was the most lively cricket he has treated us to yet and he gave rise to hopes of victory when he hit Best for six in one over and seven in the next . Our total only reached 53 . N . R . ASYLUM .
Sr. PEI E R S SCHOOL. .. . . .. . . II . S . Procter, b Best F. M . Bingham, c Muchall b Best
S
13
II . D . Naylor, c Streatfield b Best S . O . Bingham, lbw b Best . . . .
6 o
1
A . W . Peel, run out . .
. .
o
2 9
C . J . N . Carter, c Leckenby b Best 26 .. o C . F . I'adel, b Nicholson . .
3 4
W. H . Hancock, b Best J . R. Atkinson . b Best
1I . \Iuchall, not out ..
t
R . Martin, not out
Extras
8
Extras
88
Total
E . Glaisby, b Carter . . . . C . Best, b Martin
t
J . S . Law, b Whitby
27 19
o
K . B . Streatfield, lbw b Carter W . R . Nicholson, b Whitby 1V. Smith, b Whitby . . F . Waterhouse, b Martin
. .
T . Leckenby, c ` b Whitby T . Rastall, st Naylor b Whitby R . Borras, lbw b Martin
Total
. .
..
H . B . \Vhitby, b Best
..
. .
o 3
3 o
..
.. . .
..
..
6
•
53
1 33
CRICKET . BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Runs .
Wickets .
Overs.
Maidens.
C . J . N . Carter R. Martin
29
2
10
2
2S
3
13'2
3
II . B . Whitby . . . .
14
5
S
1
3
1
P. M . Bingham
. .
6 .. o . . Carter bowled a wide.
v . BR.IPFORI) GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Played on the School Ground, on June 13th in showery weaterh The home team were the first to bat, Naylor and Procter facing the bowling of Butler and Robinson . Procter was bowled by Butler at 3, and Naylor with the score at 15 retired to a good ball from the same bowler . F . M. Bingham and Peel raised the score slowly, but Bingham was dismissed by Butler for 8, and Whitby fell to Robinson soon after . Padel and Peel then got together and the two played well till luncheon time . On resuming Peel drove Robinson well for 3 and was then bowled, having played well for 14 . Hancock with Padel raised the score till the former was caught by Shorter . Martin joined Padel, who was batting in very good form, and for the last wicket put on 18 runs, Martin having hit well for his 16 not out . Bradford did not do very well, no one giving any trouble except Burich and Milnes, who hit well for his 32, and their innings closed for 74 . F . M . Bingham bowled very well for the School, taking 7 wickets for IS runs . The School were thus left victors by 32 ruts. Si. 'PE'rER . s 1st Innings. 2nd Innings. II . D . Naylor, b Butler
5
not out
II . S . Procter, b Butler
2
b Butler
F . M . Bingham, b Butler A W . Peel, b Robinson
8 14
b Butler
II . B . Whitby, b Robinson . . C . J . N . Carter, c sub b Butler
3
St Milnes b Speight . . b Butler . . ..
S
c Speight b Butler
C . F . C . Padel, b Butler
..
. . 21
b Speight
W. II . M . Hancock, c Shorter b Robinson . . . it . . 6 S . 0 . Bingham, lbw b Shorter
b Butler
C . Whincup, h Shorter
. .
. .
. .
. .
. . to . . 9 .. . .
21 ..
. . 26 . . 5
..
. .
. . 4
.. . . st Milnes b Speight . .
..
. .
t
. . 4
2
not out
..
R . Martin, not out
. .
16
b Speight
. .
..
. . o
Extras
..
. . to
Extras
..
. .
T- .tal . .
. . ro6
..
. . 6
Total . .
1
. . S9
CRICKET.
'34
BRADFORD.
Speight, c F. Bingham b Martin Eurich, b F . M . Bingham
..
Paus, c Carter b F . M . Bingham Clapham, b Whitby .. Keeling, b F. M . Bingham
..
Milnes, c Carter b F . M . Bingham Butler, b F . M . Bingham .. Robinson, c Whitby b F . M . Bingham Colley, b F . M . Bingham Shorter, b Carter .. Walden, not out .
.. Extras ..
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Overs . 16
R . Martin
..
Maidens . 6 ..
C. J . N. Carter II. B . Whitby
92 7
4
F. M . Bingham
13
4
5
Wickets
. .
I
Runs. . .
23
1
7
I
7 IS
7
Whitby bowled 2 no balls, and Martin and Carter a wide each.
v . REV . E . S . CARTER'S Xi. This match was played on June 16, on the Yorkshire Gentlemen ' s Ground, where the Rev . E . S . Carter very kindly entertained the two elevens at luncheon . The School winning the toss batted first . F. Bingham and Procter went to the wickets, but after making a couple the former was well caught in the slips. Peel followed, but was soon disposed of, whilst Procter, after making 4, was easily caught . Whitby played well for Io . Padel and Naylor were together next, but the former was beaten by a yorker after making 3 . Naylor quickly raised a score by good" play, which brought on a change in the bowling, but it was not till he had put together 25 that he was sent back . Carter had a short but lively innings for 13 . When Hancock and S . Bingham were united a long- stand was made, both playing very well . S. Bingham -was the first to go, after a very good innings for 15. Hancock soon followed, and the last wickets failing to offer any stubborn resistance the School innings closed for 95 . For the Parsons, Firth and Worthington batted first, and ran up the score very quickly . The
CRICKET .
1 35
former was out when he had made 17 . Until Carter came to the wickets no one proved formidable, but Worthington was then run out after playing well for 45 . Carter made 29, but no one else added largely to the score . Our opponents innings closed for 136 . For the School F . M . Bingham bowled well, taking 5 wickets for 3o runs. Sr. PETERS SCHOOL. 2
REV . E . S . CARTER'S NI. Rev . E . B . Firth, c Macturk b F. Bingham ..
H. S . Procter, c Worthington b Firth 4
II. E . Worthington, run out
F . M. Bingham, c Handlord b Gell
A W Peel, b Firth
3 lc)
H. B . Whitby, c Firth 1) Gell
17
. . 45 W, Gcll, c Procter, b Whitby .. 4 II . M . Sharpies, b F . M. Bingham
..
.. o
. .
.
II . D . Naylor, b Dupuis
. . . .
. . 25 . . 13
C . Hunter, b F . M . Bingham . . o E . S . Carter, c Carter b Naylor 29
C . J . N . Carter, b Carter W. II. M, Hancock, b Dupuis
3
..
C . F . C . Padel, b Gell
. . I,;
C . H . Coates, c Padel b Carter S
S . O. Bingham, c Griffiths b Firth . . 15
G . R . Dupuis, b F . M . Bingham 6
C . Whincup, b Firth
.. o
II . E . Booty, b P . M . Bingham 8
..
G . T . I Iandlord, not out
..
H . Macturk . not out .. R . Martin, c Hunter, b Firth
W . 13 . Busby, b Naylor
Extras
. .
. .
4
Total
. .
. . 95
.. I . . 2 16
Extras ..
Total
. .136
BOWLING ANALYSIS. REV . E . S . CARTER' S XI. Overs. IO
Maidens . 0
R . Martin
3
o
o
Runs. 39 16
II . B . Whitby
o
I
29
F . M . Bingham
5 13
2
II . I) . Naylor
3
o
5 2
30 . . 6
C . J . N . Carter
Wickets . 1
LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Played on the School ground on June loth, before a large number of spectators . Johnson won the toss and elected to bat first on a hard wicket. He and Shillito opened the innings for Leeds facing the bowling of Carter and Martin . In Carter's second over Johnson was disposed of by a catch at cover-point . Bousfield joined Shillito, and by steady scoring, raised the score to 31, when the former returned a ball into the bowler' s hands . On resuming after lunch, Shillito and Thompson were together, the latter hitting with great freedom . This
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CRICKET.
brought on Bingham and Whitby. In Whitby 's third over Shillito was caught in the slips . Three wickets for 52 . With the score at 59, Bingham got Whincup secured at square-leg . The next ball he disposed of Hill, l .b .w ., and in the third ball Peel caught Johnson at point, Bingham thus accomplishing the hat trick . Naylor for Whitby was the next change . Soon after Bingham bowled Thompson, who had played a good innings, for 29 . With the score at 83 Richardson was very well caught by Peel, who fielded well throughout the innings . Yeadon and Hammond gave little trouble, the former out to a catch at the wickets, the latter well caught by Whitby . Together with the contribution of the never-failing extras, the Leeds score reached 122 . The School fielded as well as we have seen them this season ; with two hour's play before them the School began their innings, F . Bingham and Procter going first to the wickets . The beginning was most inauspicious, as off the first ball he received, Bingham was easily caught behind the wickets from a high catch . Peel joined Procter, but the latter was soon bowled by Yeadon . Peel played well for 9, but soon retired after Whitby's arrival . Whitby and Padel soon settled down to business, but when Padel was playing very well he unfortunately played a fast ball on to his wicket . Naylor joined Whitby and at this point a long stand was effected ; both batsmen played with great confidence and freedom, and brought on Bousfield in place of Richardson . Soon after Whitby was caught by Thompson after a very good innings for 28. Carter followed and quickly made i9 ; he and Naylor raising the score very rapidly until, with half an hour's play remaining, the century was telegraphed . Thompson bowled Carter and S . O . Bingham came in with the score at ror . Naylor continued to punish the bowling severely, but Bingham after adding a couple was caught by Shillito amid much excitement. Requiring 15 runs to win and with about ten minutes left, Hancock came to the wickets . After the latter had hit Johnson for 3 Hammond went on to bowl ; Naylor hit him for 3 and the next ball Hancock sent away for a similar number, and five minutes before time Naylor made the winning hit . Through some misunderstanding however, on the part of the scorers, it was thought that the school still required 3 runs to win, and consequently Naylor and Hancock returned to the wickets and the latter was howled by the second ball he received . The excitement was now very great when Martin went in .
CRICKET .
I 37
After Martin had snicked Thompson for two, Naylor von the match a second time by a short run . We were thus left victorious with two wickets in hand . Naylor must be congratulated on his excellent innings . Going in when the score was only 32, he hit very freely, and in spite of many changes in the bowling, gave an exhibition of good and live ly cricket . It was practically by his efforts that the match was won . ST. PETER 'S
LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
F . M . Bingham, c Hill, h Yeadon . . o II . Procter, b Veadon .. 3
W. L . Johnson (capt .), c Whitby, 1) Carter
..
. .
..
G . Shillito, c Carter, b Whitby II. 0 . Bousfield, c &: b Martin
. . 3 . . 1S
A. W . Peel, c Whincup, h Richardson
9 ll .li .W hitby, c Thompson . b Bousfield 2S
. . 14
J . I . Thompson . b F . M . Bingham 29 F. Whincup, C . Martin, b F . M. Bingham
..
C . F. C . Padel, b Richardson
.. 9
IL D . Naylor, not out
. . 36
. .
.. .. 3 E . G. Hill, 1 .b .w ., b F . M . Bingham o
C . J . N . Carter, b Thompson . . 19 S . O . Bingham, c Shillito, b Thompson 2
H . L . Johnson, c Peel, b F . M. . . .. . . o Bingham
\' . H . M . Hancock, b Thompson
.. 6
R . Martin, not out
..
..
2
. .
..
11
K . E . Richardson, c Peel, b F . M. .. Bingham .. . .
H. Macturk, to bat
5 . . 13 G. F . Richardson, not out . . A . E . 1 eadon, c Procter, b Naylor . . t0 J . T . Hammond, c Whitby, b Naylor 4 Extras . . .. . . 23
Extras
Total . . (S . . . .122 wickets) Total
. .125
ANALYSIS OF BOWLING.
F . M . Bingham . . . . H . B . Whitby C . J . N . Carter . . . . R . Martin II . D . Naylor
Overs . 16 8
. . ..
10
0 2
5
10
7
Maidens . 6 ..
..
3
. .
Ruus . 25 30
20 12 12
. . . .
Wicket .. 5 1
1 2
Martin and Bingham bowled a wide each.
MR . AV'IIITTAM'S NI. Flayed on the School ground on June 25th . Our opponents won the toss and batted first on a hard wicket . E. S . Carter and Law opened hostilities to the bow ling of Martin and Carter . The former
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CRICKET.
was sent back by the first ball his brother bowled . Dr . Law played well for 22 but no one else proved formidable except Mr . Whittam and Metcalfe who added small contributions to the score . The School fielding was really smart whilst Carter was most successful with the ball . With the small total of 58 to make the School began their innings. -Whitby and Procter were together fi r st and had raised 36 before the former was caught at the wickets . Procter soon after was easily secured in the slips . F . Bingham was at the wickets a long time and batted very well for 15 . Peel and I'adel made a considerable stand lint finally succumbed to the bowling of Mr . Feld . S . Bingham cartied his bat for nine, and at the close of play we had reached the total of 113 with two wickets still in hand . Both in the field and at the wickets the team were seen to great advantage. MR . WIIITTAM ' S XI.
ST . PETER ' S SCIIOOI,.
E . S . D . Carter, 1) C . J . Carter Ili . Law, c Peel b Carter . .
3
II . B . Whitby, c Metcalfe b Miller 24
22
H . S . Procter, c Scott b Miller
. . lo
F . M . Bingham, b Veld A . W . Peel, b Veld . .
. . 15
J . E . Jones, c Carter b Martin Mr . Whittam, c Peel b Carter
9 6
G. J . Scott, c Peel b Bingham J . F . Leaf, run out . . .. Mr . Miller, b Carter . .
.,
3
II . D. Naylor, c Metcalfe b Carter 6
2
C . J . N . Carter, c Metcalfe b Carter 2 S . O. Bingham, not out
Mr . Veld, not out
H . Macturk, to bat
Extras
o 2
Total
58
..
9
W. H . M. Hancock, b Veld R . Martin, not out . .
4
Extras
. . ..
F . H . Bingham
. . . .
. . 13
Total for S wkts . .
. . 113
Wickets, .
17
C . J . N . Carter
. .
.. INO ANALYSIS. Pum.
R . Martin
. . 14 . . 15
C . F . C . I'adel, b Veld
Rev . G . T . Handford, c S b Bingham o to H. U . Metcalfe, b Bingham o II . W . Allan, 1) Carter
1
..
`-7 12
5 3
••
Maidens.
Over.
3 3
S 14
3
6• ;
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139
v . DURHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL. June 27t11. The weather was very showery for this match and the light was far from good . Durham won the toss and went first to the wicket, Lodge and Shortt going to face the bowling of Carter and Martin . Shortt fell to Martin in the first over, being well caught by Peel, and Lodge was clean bowled by Carter in the next . Price was bowled with the score at 4, and Adamson retired to a good one from Martin 4 runs later . Robinson and Booth were then together and raised the score to 37 when the former was well caught by Procter, and Thompson was caught and bowled by Whitby the next ball . Cumberledge then carne in and quickly hit up 23, being then bowled by Martin . No one else gave much trouble with the exception of Thew, who made and the innings closed for 84 . For the School Whitby and Procter went in first, and began scoring at once . Both batsmen hit freely and raised the score to 29 for the first wicket, Whitby being then caught at point by Robinson . Procter continued to play very good cricket and slowly raised the score, though he did not get much assistance from the other batsmen, till he played on to Kendal after a good 27 . Lodge bowled extremely well, and after the first two men were out had not much difficulty in despatching the rest, taking the 3 last batsmen in consecutive balls . We were thus beaten by 23 runs. DURHAM.
ST . PETER' S.
..
o
H . B. Whitby, c Robinson b Lodge 17
A. 0 . Shortt, c feel b Martin .. C . Adamson, b Martin
o
II . Procter, b Kendal
L . V. Lodge, b Carter
II . Price, b Carter .. B . Robinson, c Procter b Whitby .. J . Booth, b Martin
5
. . . . 27 F . M . Bingham, c Adamson b Lodge i
o
A . W. Peel, c Shortt b Lodge
2
lq 17
C . F . C . Padel, b Kendal . . II . D . Naylor, b Lodge ..
2
N . Thompson, c & h Whitby
o
C . J . N . Carter, b Lodge
..
. .
R . F. Cumberlege, b Martin .. II . Kendal . b Whitby
23
S . O. Bingham, not out
..
. . 3
o
R . Martin, b Lodge . .
..
E. Taylor, not out F . Thew, b Carter
..
t
11 . Macturk, b Lodge
.. o . . o
J . R . Atkinson, b Lodge
..
2
..
tt
Extras ..
13
Extras . .
. . o . . 6
Total
84
Total
. . 61
.
140
CRICKET.
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Ov~ers .
Maidens.
Wickets .
Runs.
15
6
4
25
11 2
3
3
18
F . M . Bingham . . . .
5
2
O
12
PI B . Whitby
S
4
3
16
R. Martin
C . J . N . Carter
. . ..
Martin bowled 5 wiles.
v. OLD BOYS. Played on Commemoration Day, before a large gathering of spectators and friends . The Old Boys won the toss and went in first . Mortimer and Crowther opened the innings to the bowling of Martin and Carter. The former was the first to leave, being dismissed by Martin . Procter was the new corner and he soon settled down to business, his hits being very clean and well placed . After Crowther and Carter had been sent back \Vaud and Procter made a long stand, the latter scoring very fast. With the total at
125
\Vaud was bowled . After he left no one else
did anything very great, and the innings closed for 176 . Procter was caught at the wickets when he had raised 77 . his innings, only marred by two very difficult chances, was one of the best we have seen on our ground this season . For the School, Carter bowled best, while in fielding, Peel, Whitby and Hancock were most noteworthy . The School batting did not open well as the first three wickets fell for 26 . Whitby. who went in first, did most of the run getting, and had put together
29
in a very short time, when he was unfortunately caught in the long field . Padel was in a considerable time for q, when he returned one into the bowler ' s hands . F . Bingham added 14 to the score, and Hancock and Martin batted well . The School innings closed for 'co. For the Old Boys Crowther obtained eight wickets at a cost of 43 runs only.
CRICKET.
141
OLD BOYS. J. Mortimer, b Martin
ST. PETER'S SCHOOL. ..
.. 6
II . B . Whitby, c Birks, b Crowther 29
F . C . Crowther, b Bingham
II . S . Procter, b Crowther . .
9 E. Procter, c Procter, b Bingham . . 77 E. S . D . Carter, b Carter . . . . 1 . . . . 34 G. C . \Vaud, b Martin J. C . Walker, c Naylor, b Carter ..
.. o
A . W. Peel, b Crowther .. II . D . Naylor, c Birks, b Crowther
0 4
C. F. C . Padel, c 8z b Crowther F. M . Bingham, b Ilingston
..
A . Ilingston, c Bingham, b Carter . . 6 . . to G . V . Birks . c Peel, b Bingham
Crowther . . . . S. O . Bingham, b IIingston
.. t .. 3
11 .G . Metcalfe, c Whitby, b Bingham t
H. W . Allan, b Carter
..
. .
9 .. 14 C . J. N . Carter, c Ilingston b
o
J. F . Leaf, b Carter . .
. .
..
7
W . II . M . Hancock, c `Vaud, b . . . . II Crowther . . . .
R . Baird not out
. .
..
4
R . Martin, c Procter, b Crowther . . to
Extras Total
. ..
. .
..
. .
C . Whincup, not out
. .
.. 2
I L Macturk, b Ilingston
. .
.. o
Extras
..
. .
. . 17
Total . .
. .
. .100
. . 20 . .176
BOWLING ANALYSIS. Runs .
Wickets .
R. Martin
35
2
C . J . N . Carter . . . . F . M . Bingham . .
41
49
H. B . Whitby . . II . D . Naylor
..
. .
5 4
16
..
o
14
. .
o
Maidens.
Overs. . . . .
14 26 . 1
. .
5 6
22
. .
4
. .
1
6 ..
5
2nd X1, v. LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL 2nd XI. Played at Leeds on a very bumpy wicket. St . Peter's won the toss and went in first, sending in Ford and Russell . The former was soon disposed of, but Russell saw four wickets fall before be was caught for for a carefully played innings of 17 . Owtram played a good innings for Bingham played well for i 7, and had hard lines in being caught 20 . off a bumping ball by the long stop . No one else made any runs with exception of Rose who played carefully for 9, and the innings terminated for 89 . Leeds went in to face the bowling of Ford and Atkinson, but the score reached 40 before the first wicket fell to Rose, Mathews playing a good innings for 25 . After the next wicket, which did not fall till 20 had been added, the wickets fell very fast. Four wickets
I42
CRICKET.
went down for three runs, and Atkinson bowled very welt performing the " hat trick ; " but after this runs came very fast, and the score reached 125 before the remaining 4 wickets fell . The fielding of the School was very bad, and :a great many runs were given away. ST . PETER ' S
1St Innings .
W . 1I . Ford, b Thorp
2nd Innings.
..
. .
R. S . Russell, c IIolmes b Thorp
1
. . 17
Atkinson, b Charnley
..
. . o
T . S . Spence, b Charnlcy
. .
..
not out c Thorp b Charnlcy ..
1
B. Owtram, c Moorhouse b E . Burrall 20
not out
C. Whincup, c Burrall b Thorp ... 4 T . II. Bingham, c W . Burrall b E.
b Thorp
P,urralI R. B . Addis, c Burrall 1) Charnley
run out
17 o
..
0
A. Rose, b Charnley . .
. . 9
J . Shepherd, b Charnley A . Sargeaunt, not out
3 . . 4
Ext.las . .
. . 13
Extras
Total
. . S9
Total (3 wickets)
. .
LEEDS
. . IS
School..
L. Dollgahun, b J . R . Atkinson C . Mathews, 1) A . Rose .. B. M . Jones, c Ford b Atkinson J . Charnley, c Spence b Atkinson C. Moorhouse, lbw b Owtram . . .. W . C. Burrall, b Atkinson E . Burrall, lbw b T. Spence E . G . Hill, c .0 b Spence
..
O . Holmes, c Russell 1) Owtram A . E . Thorp, 1) Addis C. Woodhcad, not out .. Extras Total
[Owing to want of space the reports of one or two matches have been left to the next number.]
NOTES AND ITEMS .
1 43
~1i1tttar)2 . +
EDWARD CHARLES MUNBY, (Edr,catcd under Archdeacon Key,) DM> AT OSWALDKIRK,
JUNE
16TH,
1891,
Aged 46 Years.
NOTES AND ITEMS. In the Natural Science Tripos, Cambridge F . E . A . CoLnv, King's College, obtained a 1st g lass and was elected a Scholar of his College. R . CROSTHWAITE,
of Pembroke College, obtained a 2nd Class.
L. HUTCHINGS, of Selwyn College, obtained a 2nd
Class
N. L . Hoo p , of Cavendish College, obtained a 3rd Class, and has also passed the 211d fart of the 211d M .B . examination . Of 127 candidates 3o only passed, of whom all but seven had taken their B.A . degrees the year before. In the Cambridge Theological Tripos A . J . HOPKINS and. H . M . YOUNG, of St . Catherine's College, obtained places in the 3rd Class. A . C . CLARKE, of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, obtained a 2nd Class, 1st Division, in the Classical Tripos, and was awarded the "Steel " Theological Studentship of £4' and a gratuity of Z20 from the College. O. W . WHALEY, of Caius College, Cambridge, obtained a 1st Class in the 2nd part of the Classical Tripos. REV.
H . S . PRIOR, M .A . (O .P .), formerly Curate of St . Mary's, Astbury, has been appointed to the Curacy of St . Luke ' s Church, West Norwood.
J . F . LEAF, of Peterhouse, Cambridge, in the June Examination was promoted to a Foundation Scholarship value L7c and presented with a prize of books .
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NOTES AND ITEMS.
A . CROSTHWAITE, of Pembroke College, Cambridge, has been awarded
an exhibition of , '20 per annum for mathematics. K. E . T. WILKINSON, Caius College, Cambridge, has had his one year's
exhibition continued. G . V . BIRKS, in the London University Sports, ran first in the roo yards
flat race and the 120 yards hurdle race, and failed to gain the Challenge Cup by one point only F. MITCHELL scored 102,
not out, for Brighton v . South Saxons.
H . B . WHITBY and R . GARWOOD, have been appointed Editors of this Magazine.
E . W . CLARKE,
S . O . BINGHAM has been appointed Librarian. H.
C . J . N . CARTER and S . O . elected on the Sports Committee.
B . WHITBY,
BINGHAM
have been
THE ATHLETIC SPORTS will be held on J my 28th and 29th. WE
beg to acknowledge the kind donation of 10/- from C . G. Broadwood, Esq ., towards the debt on the Peterite, and also the gift of a scoring book from the Rev . E . S . Carter.
THE EDITORS beg to acknowledge with thanks Ulula, Hurst Johnian,
Dunelmian, Brighton College Magazine, Herefordian, Sutton Valence Magazine, Stamlordian, Lorrettonian .
THE
PETER IT E. VoL .
NII .
OCTOBER, 1891 .
No . 94.
THE ATHLETIC SPORTS. HESE took place on July 2Sth and 29th in beautiful weather on each day, when there was a large number of spectators . Everything passed off very successfully owing to the energy of the Committee, and on the second day the proceedings were enlivened by a military band . Amongst those who were especially successful we may mention Whitby who took 5 first places, Ford who took 3, and Spence who took 2 amongst the Seniors, and Bingham 3 and Hudson amongst the Juniors . The posts cf " ° Judge " were undertaken by M . Whittam, Esq ., C . M . Miller, Esq ., and G . V . Birks, Esq ., whilst the Rev. A . E . Burton acted as starter . Below are the details :
T
JULY
28tH.
WEIGIIT (OPEN). Prize giren by the Lord Mayor of York. 1, S . O . Bingham ; 2, F . M . Bingham ; 3, II . I) . Naylor . Distance, Soft . 6in. 1 .--PUTTING THE
2 .- loo YARDS FLAT RACE HANDICAP (OPEN).
Pric,' ,;:ivei by f. Melrose, Esq ., 7.P. IIEA'r I .
. .
HEAT II . HEAT III .
. .
IIFAT IV .
r, F, Blake, 1 yard ; 2, T. Spence, 2 yards. 1, S . O . Bingham . pen . i yard ; 2, W. II . Ford, scratch. 1 . II . B . Whitby, pen . 2 yards ; 2, R . Martin, scratch. 1, C . J . N . Carter, 1A yards ; 2, G . Burton, 1l yards.
3 .-LONG JU\IL' (UNDER
15).
Prize ;ken by W. Cobb, Esq. 1, F . M . Bingham ; 2, E . Hudson and T . Leonard . Distance, 13ft. I tin.
C . J . N . Carter last year cleared 1 eft . 2m . in this event .
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THE ATHLETIC SPORTS. 4.—120 YARDS HURDLE RACE )OPEN). Prize given be DI. INhrittam, Esq.
IIEAT I .
I . T . S . Spence ; 2, F . M. Bingham.
HEAT H .
..
HEAT III .
.
i, W . H . Ford ; 2, H . B . Whitby. 1, S . O . Ilingham ; 2, C . J . N . Carter.
. .
5 .-1oo YARDS FLAT RACE (UNDER 13). Prize giver by the Rev. W. O . F. Campbell. HEAT I. HEAT H.
. . 1 . G . Crowther, 2 . R . F . Russell. . . I, H . Sullivan, 2, M . Ilingston.
. .
6 .—LONG JUMP (OPEN).
Prize given l!y C. G. Broadwood, Esq. 1, H. B. Whitby ; 2, C . J . N . Carter : 3, Y . Blake . Distance, 17ft. 5in.
The jumping was poorer this year than last as there was a strong head wind. 7 .-MUSIC PUPILS' RACE, QUARTER-MILE IIANDICAI'. Prize given lit' II'. Barul y, Esq. 1 . E . W . Clarke, scratch : 2 . AV . Addis, 55 yards
Clarke caught Addis about 4o yards from home and won easily. S .—TARO\PING TILE CRICKI ;T BALL (OPEN).
Prize given ly II': H.'allaud. Esq. 1 . \V . II . Ford ; 2, F . M . Bingham ; 3 . W . A . Rose . Distance, 75yds . Ift. 9 .—100 YARDS FLAT RACE (UNDER 15).
Prize given by W. L . Newman, Esq. I IEAT I . HEAT II .
1 . T . II . Bingham ; 2, T . Leonard. ..
1, E . Hudson ; 2, azq. J . W . Nelson and G . Veld.
10 .—120 YARDS HURDLE RACE (UNDER 15).
Prize given by T. M. Scar i.'l, Esq. HEAT I .
1, J . H . Bingham ; 2, R . II . Hall.
11EAT H .
1, R . Nevile, 2, H . Cadman. II .—Ioo YARDS FLAT RACE 'OPEN).
Prize given by the Rev. G. P. Hendf rd. IIEA'r I . HEAT II . HEAT III .
1, H . B . \Whitby ; 2, R . Martin. . .
1, S . O . I3ingham ; 2, F . Blake. I . W . II . Ford ; 2, C . J . N . Carter.
I2 .—IFII .E RACY. (OPEN).
Prize given by the Rer . A . E . Bur/en. 1, T . S . Spence ; 2, II . B. Whitby ; 3 . R . Martin.
THE ATHLETIC SPORTS .
I47
There were a great many starters for this race . Spence and Whitby went off at a very fast pace, and with Rose and Blake led for the first few rounds, when Spence began to draw away, with Whitby alone near behind him, and increased his lead till the beginning of the last lap when Whitby made an effort to get up ; but Spence again drew away, and won easily by about 20 yards from Whitby, who was about the same distance ahead of Martin . The time taken was 4 min . 39 secs ., but the course was afterwards found to be 30 yards short, but nevertheless after making due allowance for this, the time would be a very fair one for a school mile. 13 .—l0o YARDS FLAT RACE (UNDER 14). I'ris~ given ly G . Kid, Esq. HEAT I .
r, R . F . Russell ; 2, ( ; . Crowther.
..
HEAT H .
I . 1I . R . Tomlinson ; 2, G . Veld.
HEAT III .
1, B . Hudson ; 2, T . Leonard. 14 .—So YARIIS FLAT RACE (UNDER 12).
I 'ri.e ,; i. vt n by HEAT I . HEAT IL
. .
Tale. . .
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r, N . Foster 2, C . Spence. 1, B . Moiler ; 2, M . Hingston.
JULY 29TH. 1 .—IIIGII TUT1I' (OPEN).
lire ,;iz'en by IV . F. l,'awdon, Esq. I .—Il . B . Whitby ; 2, W . II . Ford ; 3, T . Spence . Ileight, Oft . login. Fool did 4 11 . 9 in. 2 .—100 YARDS FLAT RACE (UNDER Is). EAT. FINA1 . HEAT. 1, B . Hudson ; 2, J . II . Bingham ; 3, T . Leonard.
Hudson won easily from Bingham, who was in turn well away from Leonard . 3 .--120 YARDS 11FRULE RACE (OPEN). FINAL. HEAT. \V . I I . Ford ; 2, 11 . B . Whitby ; 3, S . O . Bingham.
Won easily by 7 yards, the same distance separating second and third . Spence fell. 4 .—(?U :ARTER-MILE IIANIIICAI' (UNDER 15). !'rice giztec by C. .11. ~Ililler, Esq. 1, F . Fausset, 45 yards ; 2, J . AV. Nelson . 40 yards ; 3, N . Foster, 5o yards .
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Won by 8 yards . Good race for second place . There were no less than 38 entries for this race. 5 .—POLE JUMP (OPEN).
Prize given by H. Cowling, Esq. 1, W . II . Ford ; 2, G . Burton ; 3, T . Spence. Height, 8ft . tin.
Burton did 8 ft . The competition for this was very good. 6 .--12o YARDS IIURI)LE RACE (UNDER 15). FINAL . IIEAT. 1, T . II . Bingham ; 2, R . Nevile ; 3, II . Cadman.
Bingham won easily. 7.-100 YARDS FLAT RACE (OPEN). FINAL IIEAT. 1, II . I3 . Whitby ; 2, W . II . Ford ; 3, R . Martin and S . O . Bingham.
Whitby started very badly, but ran well and just managed to win on the tape by a foot, Martin and Bingham being just behind Ford. 8 .—8o YARDS FLAT RACE (UNDER
12).
FINAL . HEAT. 1, M . I Iingston ; 2, N . Foster ; 3, 13 . Moiser.
Won by 2 yards, Moiser well up for third place. 9 .—QUARTER-MILE FLAT RACE (OPEN).
Prize given by Mrs . Ilandford. 1, H . B . Whitby ; 2, R . Martin ; 3, S . O . Bingham.
Whitby and Blake went off with the lead, and with Ford and Rose made the running at a fast pace ; Whitby then began to draw away and eventually won by 4 yards from Martin in the good time of 552secs . Bingham third 8 yards behind. lo .—LOO
YARDS FLAT RACE (UNDER 14). FINAI, IIEAT.
r, B . Hudson ; 2, T . Leonard ; 3, 11 . R. Tomlinson. II .—IIIIiII JUMP (UNDER 15).
I ,'iz e given by E . A . de C. Rowe, Esq. 1, T. II . Bingham ; 2, R . M . Nevile ; 3, tell . B . Hudson udson and G . Yeld. Height, Oft . tin. 12 .-100 YARDS FLAT RACE (UNDER 13). FINAL IIEAT. 1, J . Sullivan ; 2, R . F . Russell ; 3, G . Crowther.
Won by 3 yards . Good race for second place .
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FLAT
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RACE HANDICAP (OPEN).
FINAL. MEAT. II . B . Whitby, pen . 2 yards ; 2, W . II . Ford, scratch ; 3, C . J . N . Carter, r # yards.
Whitby ran well and won by a yard ; the same between second and third . 14 .-100 YARDS SACK RACE (OPEN). Prize given by I. II. h'awdon . Esq. (additional). 1 . E . Gray.
I5 .-IIALF-MILE FLAT RACE HANDICAP (OPEN). Price giz'en by the Dean o/ }Orb. 1, T. S . Spence . scratch ;
2, C . Coning . 4o yards ; 3, .eq . R . N . T . Crumbie, 4o yards.
Martin, scratch, and
Spence ran extremely well from scratch and won by 5 yards, Martin and Crumbie being a dead heat for third place. 16 .-OLD
BOYS FLAT RACE (t,UARTER-MII,E).
Prize given by Captain Sargeazurt. ,, J . E . Gofton ; 2 . II . F . Chadwick ; 3 . L . Iluffam.
Gofton won as he liked from Chadwick by S yards. 17 .-CONSOLATION RACE.
C . J . N . Carter. Mrs . Campbell kindly consented to give away the prizes.
TILE PRIZE-GIVING. 1 IIE prizes were distributed in the Hall on the evening of the 29th of July, before a large assembly of friends and past members of the School. The Very Rev . the Dean of York presided, and was supported by General Wilkinson—of whose kindness in consenting to distribute the prizes we would here express our keen appreciation—by the Rev . Canon Fausset, and by Captain Birkbeck (the General's Aide('.e-Camp), etc . Numerous ladies were among the audience, and notable among them was Lady Emma Purey-Cust, to whose support the School has so often been indebted. The Dean, who was greeted with hearty cheers, opened the proceedings by calling upon the Head Master to read what would, he was sure, be heard with feelings of pride and pleasure by every Peterite present—the list of honours for the past year. The Head Master,
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after reading the list of honours, which we give below, said that in the list of public schools winning open Scholarhips and Exhibitions given at Oxford and Cambridge, which the Pall Mall Ga z ette published during the previous twelve months last autumn there Were 95 schools enumerated . Many of those Schools were very much larger than St. Peter ' s, and he had therefore ascertained how many Scholarships and Exhibitions per cent . of the boys attending School were gained by the respective Schools, the result being that St . Peter's came 13th on the list. (Applause .) Commenting on the health of the School, he observed that during the past twelve months it had been exceedingly good . Ile was pleased to state that the Dean and Chapter, with the sanction of the Charity Commissioners, had seen their way to build the School a gymnasium and an improved fives court, and other accommodation for athletic exercises . (Applause) . He could not refrain from mentioning that that was the last term during which they would have the services of their valued Master the Rev . W . O . F . Campbell . The loss of Mr . Campbell was very great indeed, and it would be impossible for them to supply his place wholly at once . Whilst he (Mr . Handford) had been at the School, boys had won directly from the School twelve Scholarships and Exhibitions at Cambridge, Oxford, and Durham, and out of those twelve boys eight began in the First Form under Mr . Campbell . (Loud Applause). In conclusion, Mr . Handford spoke encouragingly of the position which the School had taken in the athletic world. The Rev . F . B . Jevons, M .A ., tutor at Durham University, and late Scholar of Wadham College, Oxford, read his report on the examination of the Sixth Form as follows :—In Latin last year the papers on the author showed an advance on the previous year . This year there was an advance again . Last year the translation was good but the rest of the paper weak ; this year the translation was at least as good, and the rest of the paper better . In fine, with the exception of one boy who did a fair paper, the work varied from good to very good. In Latin Grammar the work of the Form was very creditable . The Latin Prose Composition was uneven ; good work was done by some boys, but others showed no genius for Latin Prose . The Latin Verse was very good, and three boys wrote excellent sets . In the Latin Unprepared Translation the Form attained a high standard last year,
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and this year the Form did even better . Every boy did creditably, and five excellently. The Greek Prepared Work was excellent, better than last year . Naylor, Padel and Garwood were the best . In Greek Grammar the Form as a whole (lid creditably, Naylor especially did a very good paper . In Greek Prose there was a manifest improvement on last year . The Greek Verse was done by half the Form distinctly well, by the rest creditably . In the Greek Unprepared Work the Form reached as high a standard as last year . The papers (lone by Naylor, Padel, Williams and Garwood were extremely good. In the two papers on Roman History, on the outlines and on the special period, the work was fair . There was neither advance nor falling off from last year. The Divinity paper was done poorly . No boy did conspicuously well. and the average marks were low . In the paper on the Special Books, 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, and 1st John, the Form did very creditably. Specially good papers were done by Naylor and Clarke. Rev. J . AVolstenholme reported on the First Division in Mathematics as follows :—In Arithmetic the boys did not do well . In Euclid the majority did very fair papers . In Parts 1 and a, Cotterell and Young did remarkably %veil, the former getting Sr per cent . of full marks, the latter 77 per cent . Tute and F . Williams also did fairly. In Algebra, Part r was done best by Cotterell who gained full marks. The whole paper was clone best by Young . The Statics and Dynamics were poor, and the Trigonometry moderately well done ; in the latter Padel was best . In Conic Sections the bookwork was fairly done, but the knowledge shown of Analytical Conics was very scanty. Considering his age Cotterell did remarkably well, while losing and F . Williams showed considerable promise. The Rev . J . R . Shorts, M .A ., Classical Lecturer in Durham University and late Scholar of Exeter College, Oxford, reported on his examination of Divisions I I ., IIT . and IV . in Mathematics and Modern Languages as follows :— In Mathematics the Trigonometry paper was fairly clone throughout . In Algebra the first half of the paper was well done by nearly all . Addis especially did an excellent paper, and Clarke a and Shepherd are worthy of commendation . In Division III. IIey's work showed accuracy . The Arithmetic was well done on the
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whole . Romans, Clarke 2 and Burton deserve special mention . In Euclid the bookwork was fairly done, Macturk doing excellently. In Modern Languages the French was poorly done, but Crumbie in Form V . and Williams 3 in Form IV . showed good work . On the Modern side Owtram, Hill 1, Williams ;, Clarke 2, and Benington were the best . In German, Hill 1 and Benington did good . and Scargill r and Owtram fair papers. The Rev . J . S . Sergeant, 1\I .A ., late Scholar of Christ ' s College, Cambridge, reported on the examination of the Fifth and Sixth Forms in Scripture and Classics, and of Scholarship candidates as follows :—In the Scholarship papers, Fausset, Bailey 1, and Hey r did very well, in the Fifth Form and on the Modern side . Walters, Roy, and Hill did creditably. The Grammar Papers were very well done by the whole of the Fifth Form . Fausset' s Greek Grammar was excellent . Walters and Clarke 2 were the best in Latin Translation . In History, Hancock, Shepherd and Linley deserve special mention. The Greek Testament Paper and the Fourth Form Scripture Papers were very satisfactory. Taking the whole examination in the Fifth Form, Fausset, Bailey r, Hey r, Eastwood, Crumbie and Bingham are among the best. The Rev . R . F . D ' Arcy, M .A ., reported on his examination of the Sixth and Fifth Forms in Chemistry . The general standard attained was satisfactory . ']'here was a very marked improvement this year in the capability of doing numerical examples . The analytical part of the practical examination was done very well. The Dean then called on General Wilkinson to distribute the prizes. General Wilkinson, who was loudly applauded, said he found himself in a rather novel position . He was accustomed to harangue soldiers occasionally . but he did not often have the privilege of addressing English school boys . He had had the pleasure of seeing a portion or the sports, and that reminded him that the object of their meeting that night was to distribute prizes to those who had distinguished themselves in the first step of the race of life . Soldiers regarded that race of life in a very practical manner, and lie was glad to say . in passing, that they were to be reinforced in the North of England by an Archbishop who was an ex-soldier, therefore the military element was
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beginning to predominate . (Applause and laughter .) A soldier's point of view of the race of life was this, that the boys whom he now addressed had that race before them, and the first thing they must do was to prepare themselves well for it, and then to get a good start. The best way to prepare themselves was to exercise the mind as they exercised the body, to make good use of the faculty of memory . \Vhat in the world was the use of their learning a thing to-day if they forgot it to-mor row . (Applause and laughter .) Let them practice the memory by learning a bit of something every day and the thing was done . With regard to the other point he had mentioned, the importance of getting a good start, he was delighted to see that some of the boys combined excellence in athletics with excellence in the class-room (Applause .) The sports in which they engaged were part of the training which was to fit them for their work in life, but he begged them not to make their school studies subordinate to their games He congratulated them cordially on the position which the School had attained among the public schools in England . It was, of course, no use to attempt to compare the School of St . Peter's with such a school as Eton, where there were a thousand boys, but he hoped that if he retained the command of the North Eastern District for five years he would hear of the Peterites being at the top of the list of schools of corresponding size and position . (Loud applause). LIST OF HONOURS, 189o. R . Crosthwaite, Scholar of Pembroke College, Cambridge . Senior Optime in Mathematical Tripos. K . E . T . Wilkinson and F . Mitchell gained higher Certificates of the Oxford and Cambridge School ' s Examination Board. Rev . W . Y . hausset, M,A ., Head Mastership of Ripon Grammar School. H . I) . Naylor, Open Classical Sub-Sizarship (,4o per annum) Trinity College, Cambridge . 1891. C . F. C . Padel, 1st Open Classical Scholarship C,650 per annum) Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge .
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Rev . G . F . Browne, B .D., appointed Canon of St . Paul's Cathedral. H . H . Williams, Classical Hastings Exhibition (Z90 per annum), Queen's College, Oxford. G . R . Cook, Scholar of Durham university, elected to the University Classical Scholarship (3o). F . E . A . Colby, Exhibitioner of hing ' s College, Cambridge, First Class Natural Science Tripos (Part I), and elected Scholar of his College. L . Hutchings, Scholar of Selwyn College, Cambridge, Second Class Natural Science Tripos (Part I). R . Crosthwaite, Scholar of Pembroke . and Second Class in Natural Science Tripos (Part I). N . L. Hood, Scholar of Cavendish College, Cambridge, Third Class Natural Science Tripos (Part I), and passed the 2nd Part of the 2nd ALB . Examination. A . J . Hopkins, St . Catherine ' s College, Cambridge, Third Class Theological Tripos. H . M . Young . Jarrett Scholar of St . Catherine's College, Cambrid g e, Third Class Theological Tripos. A. C . Clarke, Exhibitioner of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Second Class (Division I), Classical Tripos (Part I), and was awarded the Steel Theological Studentship of 4o, and a gratuity of /20 from the College. O . VV . Whaley, B .A ., Scholar of Caius College, Cambridge, First Class Classical Tripos (Part II). J . F . Leaf, Scholar of Peterhouse, Cambridge, promoted to a Foundation Scholarship of Z7o per annum. A . Crosthwaite, of Pembroke College, Cambridge, elected to an Exhibition of /2o per annum for Mathematics. LIST OF SCHOLARS AND PRIZES.
Exhibitioner.—Henry Darnley Naylor. Foundation Scholars .—Frederick Porter Fausset, Frederick Cooper Hey. Free Scholars .—Robert Hugh Bailey, Thomas Romans . (_Jis/ern Frce)—John Howard Walters (for 2 years). hey Scholars .—Frederick Porter Fausset, Frederick Cooper Hey .
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(Modern Hey) —Frederick Porter Fausset. Archbishop of York's Classical Prizeman .—Henry Darnley Naylor. Dean of York's Mathematical Prizeman .—Edward Norman Young. Lower First Form .—Classics, Radcliffe ; Mr . Campbell ' s Prize for half-year's work, Isaacson ; Mathematics, Forster. Upper First Form—Classics, Nevile 2 ; Mr. Campbell's Prize for half-year 's work, Sargeaunt 3 ; Mathematics, Nevile 2 ; French, Sykes. Second Form . — Classics, Nevile 1 ; Mr. Yeld's Prize for Latin, Nevile 1 ; Air. Yeld's Prize for Greek, Sargeaunt 2 ; Mathematics, Nevile r ; French, Crowther. Third Form (Classical)—Classics, Walton 1 ; Mr. Yeld's Prize for Latin, Gray ; Mr. Yeld's Prize for English, Walton , ; Mathematics, Grindrod ; French, Moiser 2. Third Form (Modern) .—Classics, Nelson ; French, Nelson. Fourth Fornc (Classical) .—Classics, Romans ; French, Williams 5. Fourth Form (Modern) .—Classics, Walters ; French, Clarke 2. Maticemrtis .—Division If, Addis , ; Division III, Ford ; Division IV, Macturk. Fifth Form (Classical) .—Classics, Fausset ; French, Crumbie. Fifth Firm (Modern) .—Classics, Hill r ; French, Owtram. Sixth Firm .— Canon Elzeyn 's Prize for Greek Testament, Naylor ; Head Master 's Prizes for Latin Verse, Padel ; Head Master's Prize for Creek Prose, Naylor. Head .Master's Prize for English .—(Open to the whole School), Veld 1; under 13, 'Fute 2 ; extra (for good Tennyson), Williams 2 ; extra (for First Form), Nevile 2. Natural Science Prizes .—Practical Chemistry, Hudson ; 111r. IVhittam's Prize for Note Books, Addis r ; Form I'. ( Classical), Moiser r Form V. (Modern)—Chemistry, Young ; Physics, Addis r ; Farm IV. (Classical), Hudson ; Form IV. (Modern), Benington ; Form III. (Classical and Modern), Nelson ; Form II., Nevile r. German Prizes .—Forms V. and IV. (Modern), Hill 1 ; Extra Prize, Benington ; Forms III. and H. (Modern), Nelson. Writing and Dictation Prizes .—Form V., Williams 2 : Form IV :, Walters ; Forms III . and II., Crowther ; Form I., Nursaw 2. Drawing Prizes (given by IV J. Bodd)), Esq .)—Mechanical and Pencil
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Drawing, Addis I ; Painting in Water Colours, Whitby ; Chalk Drawing, Martin ; Impror ,ement, Carter 2. Shorthand Prize .—Martin. Drillin Prize .—(given by Sergeant Kinneavey), Smith. The Dean of York proposed a vote of thanks to Major-General Wilkinson for taking the chair and distributing the prizes . In doing so he said that St . Peter's School had a glorious past . It had a record of pupils who had passed thence to distinguished offices in almost all the professions ; and it had a record of distinguished masters who had left behind names which would never be forgotten . He believed too, without flattery, that the School had never had masters more deserving of the institution than it had at present. (Applause .) Alluding to the improvements mentioned by Mr . Handford, the Dean said that the governing body were very anxious that as far as the premises would permit there should be provided for that School those opportunities for muscular development and recreation which were to be found in other schools . (Applause .) After paying a flattering tribute, on behalf of the Dean and Chapter, to the work which Mr. Campbell had done for the School as master, the Dean concluded by observing that it was a great satisfaction to have the presence and cheery words, and the prestige of the life and position of General Wilkinson, for it was an expression of sympathy and goodwill which would not only encourage the boys, but also the masters, whilst it was greatly appreciated by the Dean and Chapter as the governing body. (Applause .) To the vote of thanks which was accorded with loud and prolonged cheers, the General replied in brief but genial terms. The company then adjourned to the grounds where the Head Master and Mrs . Handford entertained numerous guests at a garden party ; the trees and shrubs were tastefully ornamented with lamps and Chinese lanterns, the various colours of which gave a charming effect. The rain which had fallen in torrents earlier in the evening cleared off in time to allow of this pleasant gathering . The party, rendered enjoyable as it was by the meeting of friends and quondam schoolfellows, was further enlivened by the able music of the Orpheus Quartette," which finally brought the proceedings to a close with the National Anthem .
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SCHOOL LETTER. NOTHER school year has come to an end, and, as we review it, we find in it no cause for regret . On dit All is well that ends well ." Last term closed with the sports and prize-giving, both of which went off to the satisfaction of all. The Sports were eminently successful . Some of the performances were very good . The quarter-mile, which was won by \Vhitby in the excellent time of 551 secs ., was a great improvement on previous records . The mile race, too, is worthy of mention, which was won by Spence in 4 minutes 39 seconds . .\lthough the course was found to be 30 yards short, still, however, the time would undeniably be better than usual . The high jump and pole jump compare most favourably with other years, while putting the weight was quite up to the average. Whitby and Ford carr ied off most of the Senior events, and of the juniors '1' . H . Bingham was the best . The prizes in the evening were distributed by General Wilkinson . The rain, which fell in torrents shortly before the doors were opened, probably kept away a large number who would otherwise have been present, but notwithstanding, the Hall was completely filled, and the weather improving later the garden party proved as great an attraction as ever. Turning our attention to the past cricket season, although the Eleven lost more matches than they won, still they certainly had bad luck, notably in the matches against Ripon, Durham, and the Yorkshire Gentlemen . In batting a very fair standard was maintained throughout the team, whilst in bowling F . Bingham was most successful, obtaining 43 wickets at an average of a little over six per wicket . Next season we shall probably have six of this year's colours. F . Bingham is captain and Whitby secretary. Football—Nos them junat .1-is the all absorbing topic at the present time . We ought to be decidedly good this season with nine of last year's 1V . left to uphold the reputation of the School . Four of
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last year's backs are available, and the forwards, with increased experience and weight, should render a very good account of themselves. A Fives tournament was held last term, in which Owtram came off victor after a hard struggle with Atkinson in the final. We must not omit to thank Mr . Veld very much for the interesting
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lecture he gave us of his ascent of the Caucasus mountains . The lecture, which was illustrated by photographic views, delighted a large audience which assembled in the Hall . Amongst those present were the Dean of York and Lady Emma Purey-Cust . The Dean, in proposing the vote of thanks, spoke of the pleasure he took in anticipating another School play, which would, he was sure, be as successful as in previous years. While regretting the loss of Mr . Campbell, we welcome amongst us P . E . Lord, Esq ., O .P,, who has taken his place as Master of the 1st Form . His energy will, we doubt not, have a marked effect, both on the work and the games of the School. But one word more . To Mr . and Mrs . Miller we would offer, on behalf of the School, our most hearty congratulations and best wishes for the future before them . May their union but serve to unite them and us the closer . To say more, tongue and time, both of which are inclined to " wait for no man ." fail us.
CRIChET RETROSPECT. LTHOUGH the hopes which we had at the beginning of the
A season of seeing the School Eleven rise to a much higher level
than it has occupied for some time have been to a large extent disappointed, there has been such a very marked improvement in the spirit with which the game is played, that we think satisfaction really gets the better of disappointment. There is no prettier sight to a lover of cricket than an exhibition of good fielding, and at times our Eleven have shown themselves, with one or two exceptions, to be really smart in the field . We congratulate them on their improvement in this respect, and at the same time would ask some of them to remember that the ball should on all occasions be stopped by the hands, failing in this the legs should be in reserve. How is it then that our XI . has had such a moderate amount of success? Want of confidence has undoubtedly on one or two occasions brought about a regular " funk," and it seems to us that experience is the only means by which a young player can gain confidence, so as to be able to play up to his true form under any circumstances, however trying . Again, Bingham 2, who " on form " was certainly the best bat
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in the team, failed to "come off " throughout the season! He sometimes lost his wicket through over-anxiety to score, but bad luck seemed to follow him always, and if he gave half a chance it was accepted . Still there is no doubt that the number of our victories should have been greater, for no excuse can be found for such a procession as our fellows made at Durham, after the first two batsmen had apparently made victory a certainty. Another year we hope to see still more progress at all points of the game. The Eleven no doubt gained considerably by having E . Wainwright, the county bowler, to coach them at the beginning of the season, but we are in favour of securing a really good practice bowler, whom we can keep for the whole of our cricket season . Our own bowlers want to practice more, to learn to find the batsman's weak points in practice just as in a match . We would also impress upon all bowlers the necessity of knowing how to place their "field, " and also ask them to make a note of the fact that it is often well to move the " field" in order to suit some particular batsman. When we turn to the Second Eleven we are certainly met by a very decided improvement which is probably in some measure due to the starting of a second net, and thus increasing the opportunities for practice . All being well, there should be no difficulty next season in tilling any vacancies which there may be in our First Eleven, and we feel confident that we shall never find our XI . with such a " tail " as hampered its proceedings last year. CHARACTERS OF THE ELEVEN. H . D . NAVLOR .—A good medium pace bowler, but has not answered
expectations. Batting very variable, at times good . Very useful wicket-keeper, and smart in the field. F . M . BINGHAM .—A good bat with a very weak stroke on the leg_ Has come on as a bowler, medium pace and keeps a good length. Fairly good out-field. II . B . WHITtiv .—A very good bat, rather too keen to score . Fairly good change bowler, uses his head well . An excellent field. S . O . BINGHAM .—Bats in an awkward style and makes too many halfstrokes . Somewhat slow in the field, but works hard . Should have proved a very useful fast bowler, but was too erratic .
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C . J . N . CARTER .—_1. very useful left-arm bowler with an awkward break, but at times very erratic . Fairly effective bat, style very ugly . Fields well as a rule. V . H . M . HANCOCK .—A fair bat ; must learn to stand still before he can make much improvement . Rather slack in the field. C . F . C . PADEL .—A very useful bat, has made great progress, plays very hard forward . Moderate in the field. A . W. PEEL . Very steady bat, pokes a good deal . A very smart field at " point . " H . S . PROCTER .—Very good bat ; should rarely be tempted to hit. Keeps wicket well, considering his reach. R . MARTIN .—HaS come on well as a fast bowler and has done the team very good service . Fairly effective bat with little style. Poor field. -- The candidates for the eleventh place could not be satisfactorily separated, so that there are only ten " colours " Matches played 15 ; won 4 ; lost 9 ; drawn 2. MATCHI;s WoN .—Bradford Grammar School, Leeds Grammar School, Mr . Whittam's XI ., Ampleforth College. Los'I'.—Ripon Grammar School (2), Yorkshire Gentlemen (2), North Riding Asylum, Rev . E . S . Carter's N.I ., Durham Grammar School, Old Boys, Ampleforth College. DRAWN .—J. C . Walker's Eleven, North Riding Asylum. We append the averages of the team : I ;ATTIN(i AN I ,RAGES. Ili0hest Times Score, not out . Runs . 25S 1 37 171 *36 2 Total
II . II . Whitby
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1I . I). Naylor (rapt .) C . J . N . Carter F . M . Bingham
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177
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1 34
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16
12 . 3 II 'I
26 23
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115
27
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. . 294 412 20 3'4 • • 45 30S R. Martin . . 1 43 44 . . 20 24S II . B . \Vhitby . . 92 II . I) . Naylor (capt .l . 85 20 . . 201 \V . H . M . Hancock . 6 13 S. O . Bingham 15' 3 3S J . R. Atkinson . . 31 .2 . . 12 55 P. M . Bingham
. 151 '3 • • 44
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'Si
13'0 38'0 7 .6
CRICKET. N .K . .AS\ LUM. On dune 23rd, on the Asylum Ground . The School batted first, sending to the wickets Whitby and Procter to face the bowling of Streatfield and Best . Both the batsmen played in excellent form, some of Whitby's hits to leg being very good, whilst Procter was quite at home . It was not until the two had raised 63 that Procter was caught. Peel failed to increase the score, whilst Padel alter making 7 was bowled by Best . Naylor joined Whitby . but the latter was then bowled after a good innings of 37 . Carter added 8, and together with the contributions of Bingham and Hancock the score was steadily raised . Martin batted very well for 1 I, and the innings closed for 113. Rain prevented our opponents from going in till late in the afternoon, and when play stopped they had only compiled 29 with the loss of two wickets . The match was thus left drawn. ST . PE:TER'S . . . 37 Il . B . Whitby, I) Waterhouse Ii . Procter, c Nicholson ()Waterhouse IS A . \V . Peel, e Leckenl,y h Nicholson 0 C . F . Padel . b Best . . 7 II . D . Naylor, c 1lingston b Waterhouse . . . . 7 . . 8 C . J . N . Carter, b Streatfiehl S. O . Bingham, c Muchall b Best 5 \V . 11 . M . Hancock, c Kestall b . . .. Streattiel,i 7 Ii . Macturk . I) Nicholson .. ct R . Martin, h Nicholson 0 J . R. Atkinson, nut out . . 17 Extras .. Total
. .115
N .K . ASYLUM'. C . Best . c Procter 1, Martin K . Streattield, c Naylor b Carter W . Glaisby, not out .. A . Hingston, not out J . S . Law, II . C . Turner, W. R . Nicholson. to bat. F . Waterhouse,
14 3 0
P . Leckenby, J . INstall, II . AIuchall. Extras Total
5 for 2 wkts)
..
29
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CRICKEt. BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Runs.
Wickets .
C . J . N . Carter . .
14
..
1
. .
R. Martin
7
..
1
. .
. .
Ovens .
llclns.
6 5
I 1
v . YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. This return match was played on the Yorkshire Gentlemen ' s Ground on June 30 . The Yorkshire Gentlemen went in first, Brogden and Larnbton opening hostilities . The former soon went in for hard scoring, but Lambton was caught at third man after making 2 runs. Dodsworth followed, and he and Brogden looked like getting dangerous when F . Bingham went on bowling in place of Carter, and in his second over got Dodsworth caught . Lowe joined Brogden, but the latter was then beaten by a good ball from Bingham after a wellhit 33 . Then followed a collapse, as may be judged from the fact that three wickets were down for 62 and nine for 7o . F . M . Bingham bowled with remarkable success, and when luncheon time came the score had only reached 89, and there was but one wicket to fall . On resuming Marsden and Hingston made a considerable stand, and it was not until our opponents had increased their score to 119 that the latter was dismissed . The School fielding was excellent, as good as we could wish to see . We must not omit to mention the very good catch which disposed of Jones and Peel ' s splendid catch at point. After a very good display in the field the School went in to bat, opening the innings with Whitby and Procter . Whitby after hitting Dodsworth for two 4'S was bowled, and Peel followed, but was unfortunately run out after making 5 . Procter soon retired, but Bingham and Padel were together a long time, both batting in very good form. Bingham was the first to leave, and Naylor joined Padel . By good and careful play the score reached 67 before the latter was bowled. Carter failed to do anything great, and F . Bingham came to the wickets. Naylor was still playing with great freedom when he was caught at the wickets . Hancock joined Bingham, but lost his partner after a short time . With to 30 get to win and two wickets to fall Martin came in, and the century was telegraphed before he was sent back by Dodsworth. The last man, Whincup, came in when 20 runs still remained, and
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CRICKET .
though Hancock by very good hitting endeavoured to pull off the match, when our score had reached 109 Lambton bowled Whincup, and we were very narrowly beaten by ro runs only. ST. PETER'S SCHOOL.
YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. T. S . ltrogden, b F . M . Bingham . . 33 2 Hon . C . Lambton, c Padel b Carter
II . 13 . Whitby, b Dodsworth
S
IL Procter, c Jones b Lambton
. . 6 ..
L . Dodsworth, c Carter b Bingham U. H . Lowe, c C b Bingham
12
A . \V . Peel, run out . .
14
F. M . Bingham, c Burton b Lambton 17
J . E . Jones, c v b Bingham
o
C . F . C . Padel, b Burton
C . J . L'roadwood, b Naylor . .
2
II . 1) . Naylor, c Aitken b Ilingstun . 19
G. 11 . Aitken, c feel b Naylor
o
C ./ . N . Carter, I) Burton
C . Maxwell-Stuart, b Bingham Rev . B . C . Burton . b Bingham R . T . E . Marsden, not out . .
. .
5
. . 13
S . 0 . Bingham, I) Dodsworth W . II . M . Hancock, not out
. . 3
K . Martin, b Dodsworth
21
A . A . IIingston, b Bingham Extras ..
C . Whincup, b Lambton Extras
Total . .
..
. . 13
Total . .
. .I0)
BotwI .ING ANALYSIS.
Runs.
\Vickcts.
Oven. .
_Mdns.
. .
26
o
6
C . J ..Carter . . F . M . Hingham
1?
1
2 2
}t . Martin
11 . B . Whitby . . H . D . Naylor . .
37
. .
9
. .
7 o
IS-3
22
4
0
15
. .
2
II
Tarta r bowled a wide.
AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE. On the School Ground on July 2nd . Ampleforth brought their full team, which had only suffered defeat once (luring the season . The School went in first, Whitby and Procter opening the innings . The two played in excellent form, and had put on 25 when Procter was bowled . Peel was next man, but lost \Vhitby with the score at 30, who had played very well for 19 . Bingham's innings was short and sweet . Padel was the new corner, and was playing with great confidence when Peel, who had batted well for 13, was beaten by a fast ball from Curran . \Vhen Naylor came in the stand of the day was made, and by excellent play the two raised the score, in spite of
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CRICKET.
numerous changes in the bowling, to 88, when an adjournment was made for lunch . On resuming, by the second ball he received, Padel was bowled . His innings of zo was one of his best this year . Carter and Naylor then were together . Carter made it very merry for the bowlers for a short time, but after quickly raising 20 the was caught. The score was 113 for six wickets when Bingham came in . He and Naylor put on 14 runs when the latter was dismissed, having made 27 by splendid batting, and playing the bowling with great confidence . Bingham and Hancock batted well for 13 and 11 respectively. The School innings closed for 150, and was the finest exhibition of batting the eleven has given this year, the scoring being very consistent throughout . At half-past three our opponents began their innings, Hind and Connor facing the bowling of Martin and Carter . Connor was caught in the slips in Martin's second over . The innings can be described in very few words, the only batsmen who offered any resistance being Hind, Dawes, and Powell . The School fielding was capital, and they dismissed their opponents for the small score of 5o. Special mention must be made of Peel's fine catch at point . and Procter was very quick in the slips, the catch which disposed of Curran being most excellent . Martin and Carter bowled unchanged, the former taking five wickets for 20, and the latter five wickets for 2 I. Following on, Ampleforth had lost five wickets for 78 when stumps were drawn . Connor and Curran batted well in the second innings. ST. PETER'S SCHOOL. II . L. Whitby, c S b Connor . .
. . 19
H . Procter, b Connor
. .
..
8
A . W . Peel, b Curran
..
..
13
F . M . Bingham, 1, Dawes
..
4
C . F . C . Padel, b Connor 11 . D . Naylor, b McLoughlin . .
. . 20 . . 27
C . J . N . Carter, c Powell b McLoughlin
. . 2u
S . O . Bingham, b Curran
. . 13
. .
W . II . M . Hancock, st Hind b Curran
. . 11
R . Martin, st Hind b Curran C . AVhincup, not out ..
..
..
Extras "Total
0
.. o . , 15 ..
. .150
CRICKET .
165
AMPLEFORTII COLLEGE. G . Hind, h Carter
..
15 c Naylor b Martin
E . Connor, c Procter b Martin
I c Procter b Whitby
G . McLoughlin, c Procter 1) Carter ..
o b Carter
L . Whittam, 1) Martin . . .. I . Curran, c Procter b Carter ..
o
\C . Dawes, not out
26 . . 12
c Procter b Naylor 9 c Procter b Martin
..
; . I'entony, c Peel h Martin
..
I
not out ..
T . McSheehy, lbw b Carter
..
o
not out ..
C . Powell, c Padel 1[ Carter . . 1 . Loretz, c Naylor b Martin . .
. II
C . Challoner, c Naylor h Martin
I
Extras
. . [
..
. .
. . 20
Extras
Total
. . 50
. .
. . 3 Total (for 5 wkts) 78
BOWLING ANALYSIS. FIRST' INNINGS. Runs . Wickets, . . 20 . . 5 ..
R . Martin
C . J . N . Carter . .
21
. .
5
..
Overs . 13.4 13
Maidens. 4
7 4
2
7 6
1
3
I
4
Martin howled a wide.
R . Martin
. .
SECOND INNINGS. 2 IS
C . J . N . Carter . . F. M . Bingham . .
1i 24
II . B . Whitby
. .
11
II . D . Naylor
. .
6
1 0 1
..
1
..
0
2
Naylor bowled a wide.
7' .
RIPON GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
The return match was played in fine weather on the Ripon Ground. Whitby and Procter went first to the wickets for the School, but the latter soon gave way to Peel who in turn, after playing steadily while Whitby raised the score, let in Bingham, when runs came more rapidly. and the score was raised to 31 before Whitby retired to a good ball from Wrangham . Padel joined Bingham, who was batting in good form, but after making a single was caught and bowled by Fenton. After luncheon the wickets fell very fast : only 12 runs were added to the score, and the innings closed for 44 . Fenton and A . Bland
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CRICKET.
opened for Ripon, but Bland was clean bowled by Martin after scoring a single, and Fenton shortly followed . C . Bland and Day together raised the score to 26, when the latter gave way to Daniel, who with Bland raised the score to 39 (for 5 wickets) . F . M . Bingham then went on 2 iee Martin, and a marvellous change took place . Bingham bowled extremely well, and took 4 wickets for 2 runs, the total only reaching 47, out of which C . Bland made 23 not out in good style. The fielding of both sides was good, ours especially so, and we did our best to avert defeat. 5'I' . PET1 ;1 :'S.
KIl'ON t] .5.
H . B . Whitby, b \Vranghatn H . Procter, b Daniel
I6 o
. . . .
3 A . W. Peel . b A . Bland F . M . Bingham, e C. Bland b Fenton 10 . . t F . C . fade], c & b Fenton .. El . D . Naylor, b A . Bland . . C . J . N . Carter, c Coupland b A. Bland
. .
..
.. S . O . Bingham, b A . Eland . .
2
.
. .
C . Bland, not out
.
4
..
c
..
Ii . Coupland, b Carter P . C . Day, b Martin
.. . .
4
W. II . Daniel, b F . M . Bingham .. W . \Vrangham, c 1'adel b Carter ..
o
\V . I I . M . Hancock, not out R . Martin, c & b A . Bland . . II . McTurk, b A . Bland Extras ..
1
A . E. Fenton, lbw b Martin A . Bland, b Martin ..
\V . AI_ Robinson, b F . AI . Bingham. . . o A . Steel . c & h F . Al . Bingham
ti
F . A. Stow, b Carter
2
11 . E . Collins. b F . M . Bingham
..
a n
o 3
Total
Extras Total
. . 44
.
47
BOWLING ANAIA'SlS. RIPON.
Overs. R . Martin . . 12 J . N . Carter . . 16 . 2 F . M . Bingham . .
5
Maidens. 6 4 3
Runs . 17 . .
27 2
AVkts. . .
3 3 4
AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE. This return match was played on our ground on July 11th . We were without Procter, and Atkinson played in his place . Our opponents won the toss and went in first . Martin and Carter bowled, but were unable to part the first two batsmen, and F . Bingham went on . He was
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CRICKET .
equally unsuccessful, and Atkinson took his place . In his second over he sent back Hind, who was caught in the slips . Dawes played well for 23, and Connor and Pentony added 13 each . The innings closed for 97 . Atkinson bowled very well, obtaining five wickets for 24 runs . The School began their innings by sending in Peel and Whitby, but the former was soon out to an easy catch . Bingham had a short stay, and after Whitby's return Padel and Naylor were together, but unluckily, when they were getting set, the latter was run out. Carter played in very good form for 17, and the score was raised to J9 when he was caught . Hancock and Bingham added 5 each, and when Whincup and Martin came together we still wanted 30 runs to win . Though Martin made a plucky attempt to save the match we failed to obtain the needful runs, and had to retire beaten by 9 runs only . AMPLEFORT11 ('OLI .LG1 : . G . Hind, c Bingham b Atkinson P . Curran . c Carter b Atkinson
ST . I'I:PER'S SCHOOL.
. . 1i
II . Ii . Whitby . b Connor
. .
A . IV Peel, c Connor b Curran F . M . Bingham, b Connor . .
15
IV. Dawes, run out . . J . McShechv, lbw b Carter . .
. . E . Connor, lbw 1) Atkinson . . G . McLoughlin, c Peel b I'' Bingham G . Pentony, lbw 1) Carter C . Powell, b Atkinson J . Loretz, b Carter A Powell, not out
C . Y . C . Fadel, Curran . .
. . 1 ;
II . 1
. .
0 3
. .
L . Priestman, b Atkinson
3
Extras
••
Total . .
. .
.. . .
Curran
24
3
2
. .
7 . . to
..
..
5 5 G
R . Martin, c Powell h Connor
..
13
J . R . Atkinson, not out
..
2
. .
S
Extras
7
. .
.. Total
. . SS
Wickets .
Overs .
. .
0
5 19
. .
3 r
Io
t
5
13 . 2
9
Runs .
J . R . Atkinson . .
..
S . t) . Bingham, b Connor . . C . Whincup, b McLoughlin
Itt)\VLING ANALA'SIS.
7 33 26
5
c McLoughlin b
Naylor, run out
. . 97
1: . Martin . . C . J . N . Carter . . F . M . ltingh .un . .
. . ..
.N . Carter, c McSheehy U Connor 17 Cl. IV . [I . 11 . Hancock, c Connor b
7
..
.
Martin and Carter bowled t wide each.
Maidens. 1
. .
6
168
hOOTBALL PROSPECTS. HIS football season is at hand—garideo referens—(certainly not horresco as one of our contemporaries wrote) . There is no " horror" to be found in the hearts of Peterites when September draws near, their only sensation is that of delight, for the eager yearning of a year is soon to be satisfied . Such are our prospective feelings ; what will the realities be ? Certainly, if our expectations are in any way fulfilled, the realities should be pleasant in the extreme . Let us then consider our prospects in detail.
T
A great difficulty faces us at once—and that is are we to found our prophecies on the basis of practical certainty or deceptive uncertainty ? The latter plan, though more dangerous, is decidedly more pleasant, and therefore we will assume that all the heros good and true whom we look for next term will return to the bosom of their Alma Mater. Of three-quarters, then, we shall have enough and to spare. Bingham (our worthy captain) should do great things at centre . Blake we expect to run in whenever a chance is offered him, now that the practice of a cricket season has given him sufficient confidence in catching the ball . Whitby is almost sure to perform on the other wing, while Rose will be an excellent substitute if needed . In the half-back division R . C . Tute and T. Spence will do excellent work, especially if the latter learns to pass more. F . H . Bingham, Clarke, Scargill, and Crumbie form a fine nucleus. They play well together, and their determination and energy are worthy of the highest praise . The first named should remember that the halves and three-quarters deserve encouragement when the enemy ' s line is threatened, otherwise no possible fault can be found with the game he plays . Crumbie we recommend to pay more attention to cricket, determination to play this game to the best of his ability would have given him a greatness and activity in " taking " and catching the ball which he sadly lacked last season. The remaining five places will produce a fair competition . Hancock and Macturk—both of whom improved wonderfully towards the end of l ast season—should certainly be of great use . Partington and I' Anson
FOOTRACE PROSPECTS .
169
may have improved . Coning, too, Rose, and Eastwood can play fairly at forward, though of course more accustomed to support the back division. Lastly, Carter should make an excellent full back . His collaring is good, and his kicking, which will have improved—is always well into touch. Against schools a team such as the above should du considerable execution . They will be much heavier than last year, and if their activity has kept pace with their weight the season ' s record will be very satisfactory . In other matches we shall have the invaluable assistance of P . E . Lord, Esq ., at three-quarters . His beautiful dropkicking and placing should gain us many a victory, but what will make him even more valuable to us will be his coaching in practise games. We all remember what an effect his teaching produced on the team two or three seasons back, and doubtless he will do the same for us again. His place-kicking reminds me that in this point the team will be found wanting . S . O . Bingham and Tute were both good in front, and the former made some very fair attempts at long distance shots, yet we sadly missed the placing of Mitchell or Browne . How, then, is this to be remedied ? Simply by causing any who have an aptitude for place-kicking to practise assiduously whenever a chance offers itself. Those members of the Sixth who leave early on Mondays will have ample opportunity, and they may feel sure that no paws they take will be unrewarded. Now, a few words of general advice . Let passing practice be continued as instituted by Mitchell ; let Bingham's plan be kept up of arranging the forwards in a recognised formation, so that each knows his place in the scrimmage . Let everyone be determined as far as lies in him to make the football season of 1891 the best that St. Peter' s has seen since her foundation . Let no one slacken his efforts whether the School is losing badly or—what is quite as important— when they are running away with their opponents. As to practice games, we very strongly recommend that a referee be appointed to do duty on every occasion . This slight innovation will have a two-fold good effect . It will prevent the unhappy disputes
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FOOTBALL FIXTURES.
which have—" oh, the pity of it "---characterised the "pickups" during the last few years, and, moreover, it will accustom all the members of the team to " appeal " when necessary, a most valuable qualification in a fifteen, a many as match has been won by timely appeals to the referee, and lost by want of pluck to challenge a questionable point. Finally, I would beg all would-be critics and onlookers to be more merciful when the School fails . Encouragement, and not grumbling, is what a captain looks for on such occasions, for he at least knows well enough that all the members of his team have done their best . And when this is the case he is but a cruel and carping pessimist—for critic he certainly is not—who finds anything to utter but words of encouragement and kindness.
FOOTBALL FIXTURES. DATE .
October 6th
..
VERSUS .
.
Bradford
..
GROUND.
. .
Home.
17th . .
I)oncaster
IIonic.
24th . .
Ripon . .
Home.
31st . .
Leeds . .
Away.
Mr . Joy's XV .
Horne.
Clifton
IIomc.
November 7th 13th 28th
.
I )urham
IIomc.
December 5th
Yorkshire College
IIume.
February 6th . .
Durham
Away.
r3th
Ripon . .
Away.
24th
Bradford
Away .
[This list is not complete .—ED .]
MARRIAGE. On August 6th, at Christ Church, Lancaster-Gate, London, by the Rev . M . R . Neligan, M .A ., C . M . Miller, Esq ., 13 .A ., to Helen Louisa Mary, only daughter of the late Rev . George P . de H ochepied-Larpent.
NOTES AND ITEMS
IjI
FIVES. A tournament was held last term, which was pulled off at odd times. The final was won by B . Owtrarn after a very close and exciting struggle with Atkinson . 1sT Rot's],
I . R . Atkinson beat 11 . li . Whitby, 15--13, 15-13. T . S . Spence beat S . () . Bingham, 15-12, 15—S. A. W. Eastwood beat C . A . Burton, 15—8, 15—13. W . II . Hancock beat R . A\hincup, 15—4, 15—S. B. Owtram beat T . II . Bingham (scratched). N . T . Crumbie beat E . W. Clarke, 1 5 —5, 1 5 —1 3 . C. 1) . I'Anson heat II . I artington, 1 5-5, 1 5 —1 3 . 2ND ROITNO.
B . Owtram beat W . II . M . Ilancock (scratched). N . T . Crumble beat T . S . Spence, 9—15, 15—13, 15-10. J . R. Atkinson heal C . I) . I'Anson, 15—4, 15—2. A. \\' . Eastwood—a bye . SEMI-EI NAI ..
1 . It . Atkinson beat A . AV . Eastwood, 15—5 . 15-13. B. Owtram beat N . T . Crumlde, 1 5 — 3, 1 5— 4. FINAL.
L . Owtram beat J . R . Atkinson, 15—6, 15—13.
NOTES AND ITEMS. Esq., O .Y ., late scholar of Clare College, Cambridge, has been appointed Master of the 1st Form, in the place of the Rev.
P . E . Lor~I) .
W . O . F . Campbell. H . B . \\"xrrsv has been elected Assistant Secretary with E . W. Clarke for this term's theatricals .
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NOTES AND ITEMS.
and H . B . Whitby have been elected Captain and Secretary respectively, of the cricket, for next season.
F. M . BINGHAM
H . D . Naylor and C . F . C . Padel obtained higher certificates of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools' Examination Board. E. W . CLARKE has been appointed Vice-President of the Debating . Society in the place of H . I) . Naylor. F.
MITciELi,
scored 64 for the Peripatetics against the Yorkshire
Gentlemen. H . i) . NAYLOR scored 3$, out of a total of 95, for the Yorkshire Gentlemen in the same match. WE beg to acknmw•led_e with thanks—`•Ulula, . Hurst Johnian '' (2),
Leodiensian," " Riponian, " " Dunclmian . "
THE
P141TERITE. VOL . XIl .
NOVEMBER, 1891 .
No . 95.
CONFESSIONS OF A MASTER. ANY years ago, when first I joined myself to the glorious band of what the other day, in my hearing, a searcher after knowledge termed " Pup Stuffers, " I was a different person to what I am now. (It has indeed been noticed that as men grow old they change, physically and mentally, and nature has possibly not seen fit to make an exception in my case .) I was then a slim B .A ., fresh from Oxford, and says I to myself, says I, "What old fools those Masters at School used to be and how the fellows used to rot them ." Just let me in the interests of humanity, take a mastership and I will show the boys how to sit up . Jam redit et virgo, redeunt Saturuia retina, (what is the good of a master who can ' t reel off a snag or two of Latin ?) I would herald the dawning of a new age, and chaos and anarchy should flee gibbering into the NO-MORE at sight of my imperial determination, and of my new system of marking . I had not then the beard which now you know ; in accordance with the prevailing fashion, I presented myself to the scholastic world —" Magnificent, with ambrosial whiskers, like a god . " Waistcoats were then a prominent feature, and I fancy mine rnoulted no feather. And so, with the dial pointing to Set Fair, I applied for a mastership, caught my mark book to my breast, and sat down to wait for the world to come and be regenerated.
M
Things would appear to have not been so bad as I thought, for, in place of competition for my services, I first appeared on the scene at a Private School . This Private School has been described to the life , by the author of " Vice Versa," a book which I now read as my own biography . Think of it, 0 ye Peterites, you with your blessed
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CONFESSIONS OF A MASTER.
freedom, your football, your cricket, your river, and the shadow of the mighty Minster hanging over you . Forty of us, never out of sight of a master, and I was the Cerberus . Games we had, but we marched down to the field, two and two, played for a fixed number of lunar minutes, and marched back . Dinner was timed 35 minutes, breakfast and tea 20 each . Everything was mapped out and allowed for, and two terms of it choked me off. And where was I now? The waistcoats were thought loud, the whiskers earned me the name of " Sidelights," and the system of marking took so long to explain that we reverted to counting round ; and I believe it was mainly the cause of one of the worst men in the form coming out top, simply because it was not understood . So I sware a mighty oath that I would renounce private schools and all their works, and I left them to redeem themselves or perish ; and I became a schoolmaster proper, taking advantage of the interregnum to grow a beard. At first I devoted myself in my new sphere to redressing the wrongs which I recalled from the days of my youth . I remembered how our chief diversion during the week was in French hours . We had the privilege of learning from a celebrated Gaul, who was, without exception, the most unmitigated ass not yet made into pork pie . He was lame, and had the reputation of having a cork leg . This reputation was dearly bought, for whereas he never taught us any French, the more daring spirits spent the hour running pins into him to find out where the cork began, and as he never objected the rumour would appear to be well founded . I set my teeth and resolved that no one should stick pins into my leg, and they never did . Then I bethought me of a brilliant scholar, known as Newman Nogs, whom I myself had got to believe that I was consumptive and must not be over-worked, while a comrade represented that he was quite deaf and led the fair Nogs a thorny dance with shouting and lifting up of the voice, while all the time the pretended deaf man chuckled in his sleeve and grew fat in idleness ; moreover, he let us wear our caps in school if the sun shone. " No, " said I, " No consumption, no deaf mutes, and no caps iii school ." A/Ions done Z And thinking of many other ways in which I and my companions had hoodwinked our pastors and
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masters, I arranged to catch and scarify any hapless wight who should endeavour to mock himself of me. And now years have passed away. I have taken my M .A . and made other advances to perfection, but the one conviction forced upon me is that however smart the Master, the boys are always smarter all round, and that systems are useless to him that cannot rise to an emergency . Emergencies have a way of happening at untoward moments, e.; . : the adventures of a shortsighted friend of mine with a taste for mathematics . When he laid down his chalk daring spirits would abstract it and draw a small line on the desk where it had lain, and the fun came in when he endeavoured to pick up this line . Such an exploit cannot be provided for by any system . Of my own experience I recall a certain South African who had a very ingenious little game, which he played off for some time with much success. One day when he was wrestling with the career of Balbus, as detailed by Arnold, his tongue crave to the roof of his mouth, and Balbus was interrupted in the midst of his wall building . " What is it? " said I, What ' s that?" said he, pointing out of the window . " That's a rabbit," said I, observing one of these interesting rodents browsing on the mignonette . " Never saw one, we haven't got them at the Cape, may I look at it ?" " Yes, " said I, meaning only to be kind ; but from that hour we had a new play . Next day " Whe-ew ! What's that ? Blue-bottle do you call it? May I look at it? " or he would fall on his knees, examine a spider on the floor, or if a pheasant crew close by, i t loosened the strings of his tongue, all because they had not got these things at the Cape . I came to the conclusion that the Cape was rather a one-horse place on the whole, and refused permission to discuss Natural History any more . These things, and many others that I could mention are emergencies, and not provided for by Cocker. I will not burden you with specimens of answers and errors because they are so often trotted out and are so easy to compose, that one looks askance at the best of them . Yet I would you could see my collection. I have things by me, which, if I live, I will brandish in the face of Archbishops and Generals and Lord Mayors, and say " Thus didest thou ! These were thy words, what time thou satest at my feet in the Upper Civil ! " Though these make me laugh indefinitely, it is to me
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more sweet to note the types which recur in certain revolution in the changing cycle of forms . I am indifferently fond of sport myself . I never miss Y . G . v . H . W ., and I can differentiate between York A and Brighton A ; and so I have always had a sporting man, who either for the love of the thing, or because he seeks to bespeak a favourable eye for work unknown, will tell me at beginning of form what he knows of current events . He dreams of football, and when we read the passage of the Beresina, he sees the Scope, and thinks how glorious it is to swing round it in the Four . He loves Latin when we are reading Virgil V, and when Dares knocks Entellus' teeth down his throat, he is hardly restrained from describing a similar feat performed by the Bootharn Bruiser on the person of the Champion, the famous Twickenham Teaser, when they fought for £I,coo a side and the Championship of the North Riding Asylum . But when we do the loves of Dido and 1Eneas, or the Storm in Book I, he yawns and calls it " treacle ." He wears yellow boots and follows the prevailing taste in trousers, and is altogether a very interesting person. Then there is the young " progeny," who for his tender years and much learning is high up in the school and is expected to do great things . In many ways he is a relief, but on the whole I hate him, because if he misses a question he wee ps—Multa gemens largoque lauwectat Amine vol/um—so that I have to look out of the window or anywhere but at him, which is disturbing, and if he answer one, the sporting men nip him and say, "You little beast 1 " Then as he hacks abroad, there is a temporary bullyrag and the peace is broken. What I do love is the dear old man who sits at the butt end of the form and neither knows nor learns anything ; the man who says everything is in Asia Minor, and cannot be persuaded that good Latin scholars do not say bonissimus nor j5otebam, nor translate "without" by "cumex . " I love the dear old goat who tells me that the Habeas Corpus Act provided " That not even the meanest subject should have a fair trial, " far better than the young substitute for the unapproachable, who thinks the sun rose to shine on him doing French translation. How much dearer the vacant stare of imbecility, the orb that glares without speculation, or it may be with surprise at my catching its owner pinning a paper tail on to his neighbour, than the bright, wicked
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glance of the gent who knows his work . Fancy a schoolmaster saying such a thing . True, it is heresy, but this is my confession, and the sparkling person has less need of help than the old cargo-shifted hulk who finds it hard to struggle with the waves of superior scholarship. Nothing is more interesting than a boy ' s notebook, and few things are harder than to make him use it properly. Firstly, he will not bring it into form at all until he has been adjured several times so to do . Secondly, when he has brought it he will sit on it till recommended to get off. Thirdly, he will write nothing in it unless I say " Now put this down," or " • Do get this into your notebooks," and then he claps a remark about the Ethic Dative right into the middle of a list of miracle s peculiar to S . Luke, where, supposing even that he wanted it he would never find it again . At times I descend on my form and capture all the notebooks, with the aim of marking the neatest, and the perusal of these tomes simply causes me to " Kneel down, kneel down, and wonder, " for I find Latin, Greek, History, French, all woven into a delightfully meaningless and useless patchwork, written two lines at a time and interspersed with such things as portraits of the headmaster, " If my name you wish to see, look at page 203," " You flabby calf look at to8, " lists of masters with their nicknames (most interesting), a score of a cricket match, a calendar of the days till the holidays, and essays in coloured pencils . As to the actual notes, I generally find myself represented as making the most astounding statements, yet, as no one ever looks at them that is less important than it seems. An awkward animal to manipulate is the boy . Volatile and complex is his nature, passing my powers to describe, nay, causing difficulty even to the geniuses whose art embellishes the " York Herald " at the base fee of an obol a line . I love him dearly, and wish his eternal good, even if the fates determine that it is not to come to him through my medium . H . W.
CAMBRIDGE LETTER. T would appear to be the unquestioned liberty of every Peterite University correspondent to preface his letter with a mere or less valid excuse for the defects that appear in his contribution . The
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present correspondent is so far from desiring to subvert the traditional privilege of his predecessors, that he feels it incumbent on him to supplement a request for toleration of his other shortcomings by stating that circumstances which demand his absorption in less congenial occupations, have also necessitated habits of withdrawal from the society of his fellows, which prevent that infinite knowledge of their concerns, which alone proceeds from frequent and familiar intercourse. To deal with what items of news are forthcoming, it is perhaps fitting to leave aside, for the present, matters of general and University interest, and turn to the more important and interesting subject of the doings of old Peterites at Cambridge. On the football field, St . Peter ' s is, as it ought to be, ably represented ; to quote a familiar saying of a once famous School House Old Peterite, which cannot fail to appeal strongly to those who had the privilege of being his contemporaries, " Scnioresbriores . " A. C . Clarke, the Senior O .P. in residence, plays regularly for Emmanuel . K . E . T . Wilkinson (who by the way is Secretary for Caius II .) plays regularly for his college, and should get his colours . Metcalfe is playing half for Pembroke ; while Padel, who has developed a talent for scoring, is one of the ramparts of Sidney Sussex . Birks plays three-quarters for Peterhouse, the team of which College is again looking up ; and Naylor , is reported to be playing Association with Trinity Rest. At the river are seen Leaf, who is Captain of Peterhouse B .C. Metcalfe, who divides the leisure he enjoys from the more absorbing pursuit of Rugby Football, in coaching Freshmen and stroking a Pembroke Senior Trial, and Easten, who is rowing in a Corpus Trial. The placid Cam has been changed the last few days into a surging torrent, flooded by the recent rains, and lashed out of its torpor by the strong winds . Rumour prevails in the University that no fewer than four competent eights were sunk on the afternoon of November I rth, while rash captains venturing out in tubs with diffident freshmen were compelled by the fury of the elements to seek harbour at the first boathouse that presented itself, several tubs being unable to make their way under the new bridge, while others—among them one containing the present writer—suffered shipwreck on the grinds and chains .
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The two principal topics that have been convulsing the Academical mind are the decision of the Senate about the retention of Compulsory Greek, and the celebration of the Fifth of November . Of the former it is needless to speak to right-feeling Peterites, and moreover, what Peterite has ever lacked right feeling? The curious, however, might have been diverted by the spectacle of those who flocked to vote in the Senate . Men clad in truly Academical gear of every status, set-off by faded hoods, passe caps, and, in some cases, deep-napped beavers, combined the opportunity of striking a blow for the dignity of their classics, and gazing and wondering on the sadly changed Cambridge of their youth. Of the latter we have it on the authority of the most respectable of Cambridge Journals, that it passed off " without any of the disgraceful encounters between townsmen and undergraduates which used to characterise former years . " Personal testimony, however, must be born to the fact that Guys were carried round the streets by grotesquely habited urchins, jingling coppers in a cigar box as a precedent for gratuities to help them to celebrate the preservation of the realm, and to the rumours of vast crowds collected outside certain colleges, and black eyes received in skirmishes with the mob . But inside the College, though tutors and Deans tempted the vile contagion of the night, till it was night no longer, no opportunity of administering order offered itself to countenance their self-sacrificing vigilance, and the unconscious plaint of gybs, bull-dogs, and undergraduates alike was Tempora mutantnr nos et mutanutr in illis. H .R .T.P.
OXFORD LETTER. HE gloomy and lifeless aspect which pervades the city in the absence of the undergraduate element has been removed once more, and a new year has set in with its usual severity . The travelled tutor has returned to his task, and the lecturer again looks up with reluctance his old notes, notes perhaps read ad nauseam to generations of guileless freshmen . The enthusiast rushes about to congratulate his friends on their success in the schools, or to condole with those
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who have experienced the extreme bitterness of a plough, and begins the term ' s programme by issuing invitations for a breakfast . A new brood of freshmen, bringing with it a variety of gowns and pipes, has gone into apprenticeship to the scouts, whilst senior men renew their broken vows to begin reading in earnest . Rival football and rowing captains are on the qui vine canvassing their new material which, by the way, is very plentiful . In fact, everything presages a new spell of academic activity. In football, the great question is how to fill up the team, there have seldom been so few old blues left as this year. Fleming, though in residence, is unable to play, being in his fifth year . A good man too is lost in the person of G . Wilson, of Queens, whose place is much envied, and will doubtless be hotly contested for. Rowing prospects are not very bright at present, the river swollen by recent rains having attained a size and velocity quite unintended when it was originally created . But in spite of this, the freshmen, deo gratias, are as ready as ever to come and toil at the oar, a task by no means easy or attractive even when the water is content to run in its ordinary course. The small number of Oxford Peterites has this term been increased by one, the Hastings Exhibitioner, who, we are glad to see, is daily in attendance at the river, hazarding his life in a glorious cause. With these few remarks, and our wishes for the future success of present Peterites, both in the field and schools at the Universities, we would close our letter . D .L.
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Bradford and Ripon offered but little opposition ; Leeds, it is only right to state, would, in all probability, have been beaten with much greater ease but for the most questionable decisions of the referee, who seemed totally incapable of filling such a post. Whitby, we regret to say, who was developing into an excellent three-quarter back, has been obliged to leave us, and his place will be hard to fill . Three scratch matches were played at the beginning of the term . The first agains t W. Draper ' s XV . resulted in a win for the School : against Mr. Lord ' s XV ., though beaten, the team played as well as we have seen them this term, the forwards playing remarkably well together : in the last, against R . D . C . Rose 's XV ., the School showed less dash than in the preceding match, and were beaten by three points. In internal matches the School House, with nine members out of the regular fifteen, ought to have no difficulty in beating the Day Boys. The School has twice beaten the Choir, but the Classicals have not yet played the Moderns, who are weaker than last year. The theatricals as usual promise well . The chosen play is Henry 1V., in which the leading parts are taken by A . W. Peel as Falstaff, and C . D . I'Anson as Prince Henry . The minor characters are nearly all taken by new actors . Though Mr . Yeld, energetic as ever, has much crude material to work upon, we can safely prognosticate that the reputation which the School has obtained for acting will by no means be lowered, but that this year 's play will be another addition to the successes of the past .
FOOTBALL. z' . BRADFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Played on the School ground on Wednesday, October 7th . A heavy shower swept over the field just before the game began, and a second soon after half-time sadly handicapped the backs . Bradford kicked off against a slight wind, and F. M . Bingham was tackled with the ball' From the " scrum, " the ball was thrown to S . O . Bingham, who sent a wide pass to Carter, which the latter took smartly, and ran in, Tute kicking a nice goal. After the kick-off, Spence and Williams gained ground by a good dribble ; the former also, saving a nasty rush, passed neatly to Carter, who scored the second try, rushing right through the
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Bradford forwards—a grand performance . S . O . Bingham failed at goal . The drop-out went to touch at the centre . S . O . Bingham next made a strong run, whilst Rose and Whitby did some tricky passing, and the latter scored a neat try, Tute kicking a goal . After the kick-out, Clarke, F. M . Bingham, and Coning, rushed the ball down, and Tute obtaining from a scrummage ran in, but failed to improve from a difficult place . Williams got over from a " throw out, ' but lost the ball . Bradford then came away with a rush, but S . O. Bingham by a strong run took the ball back to the line . Bradford relieved by risky passing, whilst Eastwood returned with a strong kick into touch . Whitby again gathered well, and passed to Carter, who scored his third try, Tute kicking a goal . Soon after, "half-time " was called . On resuming, Bradford put in some strong kicks, but Tute returned grandly, and S . 0 . Bingham receiving the ball from Spence, ran in . Bradford again "showed fight, " but S . O . Bingham taking a good pass from Whitby, scored again, but no goal was kicked. Spence then ran in from a pass from Tute, the latter converting. Bradford kicked well, but the home forwards led by Clarke, F . M. Bingham, and Coning, rushed the ball back, and Whitby scored, Tute adding another goal ! F . M . Bingham and MacTurk were next conspicuous, and the former passed finely to his brother, who transferred to Whitby, and another try was obtained, and a goal kicked . Time was then called with the score 7 goals, 4 tries (43 points) to nil. Tute kicked 7 goals . Of the backs, Eastwood kicked strongly and well into touch . Whitby and Carter gathered and ran well, and S . 0. Bingham worked hard all through, giving Bradford plenty to do . The halves were very neat, Tute especially so : Spence should have passed more . Forward, F . M . Bingham and Clarke were very good, whilst Williams, Scargill, and Coning did good work . Taken as a whole they did not pack well, while they lacked dash, and passed poorly. The following were the teams : ST. PETER ' S .—Full back, A. W . Eastwood ; Three-quarter backs, S . O . Bingham (Captain), H . B . Whitby, C . J . N . Carter ; Half backs, R . C . Tute, T . S . Spence ; Forwards, F . M. Bingham, E . W . Clarke, F . G. Williams, B . J . Scargill, N . T . Crumbie, \V . H . M . Hancock, H . Macturk, C . W . Coning, A . W . Rose. BRADFORD .—Full back, Shorter ; Three-quarter backs, Heilborn, Foggin, Milnes ; Half backs, Butler, Linley ; Forwards, Slater, Stansfield, Heap, MacMillan, Gordon, Clapham, Macturk, Jackson, I~illich .
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v . RIPON GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Played on the School ground on Saturday, October 24 . Fenton kicked off at 3-20 from the lower end, and the ball went into touch at the home " 25 " flag . Several scrummages were fought out here, and Coupland passed to Fenton, who went round the touch side of the "scrum " and scored far out, East wood being just too late in bringing him down . No goal resulted from a good attempt . Then some good passing took the ball down the ground, and Whitby kicked over the line. After the drop out, play was in Ripon quarters, and from a line out on the far side Clarke threw to Carter who ran across and passed to Whitby on the right ; the latter ran completely round his wing and scored behind the post, Tute kicking a goal . Tute next secured from a scrum, " and the ball was passed to S . Bingham who scored easily, Tute again being successful . Bland then by good passing brought the ball to the home 25 " where Tute made good use of a free kick, landing the ball into touch at the Ripon quarter flag . Spence showed up with a good dribble, and F. Bingham, picking up in the loose, threw well to his brother, who ran in far out . On restarting, Tute broke away from the pack and passed to Scargill, who got over. No goal was kicked . F . Bingham and Williams dribbled well, and Crumble passing to Tute, the latter was pulled down on the line . Good passing between S . Bingham, Scargill, Spence, and Whitby brought half-time . A minor resulted from the kick-off. Tute then gave the ball to Spence, who ran well but failed to pass, and Fenton securing got well away, but S. Bingham overhauled him, and Eastwood picking up returned to the centre. F . Bingham and Williams took the ball on . After a great amount of scrummaging, S . Bingham threw to Carter, who ran to the line . Bland then spoiled the home-team's passing, but Williams and Spence dribbled back, and a minor resulted . After the drop-out, Hancock was conspicuous at the touch line several times, and F. Bingham led a rush of the forwards . Then Spence passed well to Whitby who got right in, and Tute kicked a goal . Spence scored next, Cute again converting . A fine bit of passing between Tute, Spence, Whitby, and S . Bingham ended in the last-named getting in . Thus the home team won by 4 goals, 3 tries (26 points), to r try (2 points). Taking the School play as a whole the forwards worked very "hard tackling much better than previously ; they dribbled well, but in the
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second half did not often have possession of the ball . F . Bingham and Clarke were always in the thick, and nearly all showed up at different times . Tute's play was excellent ; Spence though he should have passed on three or four conspicuous occasions still did very well . The threequarter and full-back play was very good . For Ripon, Fenton's kicking and Bland ' s running were good, while Coupland passed well. The pick of their forwards were Ellis and Thompson. RIPON .—Back, H . E . Collins ; three-quarters, A . E . Fenton (captain), C . Bland, and F . Stow ; E . Coupland and F . M . Shene ; forwards, C . E . Ellis, W . Thompson, F. E . Day, A . Albes, H . Nunn, W . Thomson, W . T . Wrangham, W . S . Rutton. For the School, Newton played instead of Coning.
v . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Played at Leeds, on October 31st, before a fair number of spectators. York suffered somewhat from injuries to Clarke and Spence, sustained in the Ripon match . Leeds kicked off at 2-30, and the ball finally dropped into touch at the visitor's 25 ." S . Bingham got the ball and passed to Williams, who kicked, and the forwards worked well into the Leeds half. Tute got away, but nothing came of the pass. The ball, which seemed of a most curious make, was difficult to handle, and spoilt our passing a great deal . A lot of forward play in neutral ground followed, and Carter then made a good mark from a kick, but punted weakly . Yeadon next dropped at goal and a minor resulted. The drop out was well followed up, and Carter, picking up, kicked to the Leeds " 25 . " F. Bingham was soon after prominent for good tackling . Whitby then kicked a minor . After the drop out Whitby ran in, but was robbed of the ball . Then Burrell by a fine run, the York tackling being of the weakest, got nearly to the centre, and Leeds, by good passing, took play almost to the posts . Yeadon then tried another drop, which failed, and Whitby ran it out but anothe r minor ensued to Leeds . After the drop out F . Bingham and Williams were prominent, but our forwards, as a whole, were not playing well, their tackling being very poor . York then received a free-kick near touch, from which Tute made a very good attempt and almost landed a goal ; after this half-time was called . F . Bingham kicked off, and
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Scargill charging the return, Crumbie followed up and scored a try, which for no apparent reason was disallowed . For some time now we kept in the Leeds half, but were very much handicapped by the referee, who was continually whistling without any visible cause . Tute and Spence then did well together, and Whitby dribbled over the line, a minor resulting . Soon after Carter put in a good run and another minor was scored . Leeds then visited York quarters, but Whitby returned, and Clarke and Scargill took the ball on, the ball being taken back by Leeds ; Eastwood put in a fine kick and Tute got over from a scrummage, but was called back for " held outside ." After a good run by S. Bingham another minor was scored . A run by Burrell then took play to the York line where he was well brought down by Eastwood, and Rose brought the ball away . Then Tute and Spence starting a dribble, the forwards took the ball back to the Leeds end, where Tute ran in front and passed to Carter, who scored a try, Tute kicking an excellent goal . After some more forward play, in which Clarke showed up well, time was called, the score standing at five points to nil in favour of York . There is no doubt that our backs were badly handicapped by the vagaries of the referee and the ball, not to mention the persistent off-side play of Bettany, still they seemed out of form . At half, Spence, though working hard, was clearly not himself ; Tute was very fair. At three-quarters Carter and Whitby were variable, and S. Bingham slow and uncertain in catching the ball . Of the forwards, F. Bingham, Scargill, and Crumbie were the pick ; but as a whole they tackled poorly . For Leeds the full-back did well, while Burrell was very fast at three-quarters . Bettany, at half, seemed to have taken a lodging on his opponent' s side of the scrummage ; for unvarying offside play we have rarely seen his equal . The forwards were a good even set and played better than York in the open. CLIFTON. Played on the School ground on Saturday, November 14th . This was the first match since Whitby ' s departure, and the School Captain being unable to play, 1\Ir. Lord and illr . Whittam filled the centre and right position . The game was not very enjoyable, as Clifton were a little out of date in respect of rules, e .g ., they were of opinion that for the drop out after a try the ball must be brought out straight, also that
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nobody could be off-side " at a " throw out . " This latter principle of " no off-side " they applied to all their play, and, as they were fast and heavy forward, the School backs had plenty of saving . Clifton started with great dash, and kept the game in the School half for some time, but failed to score, Mr . Lord relieving splendidly and tackling finely . After about 20 minutes ' play there was a scrummage right in the corner, and Clifton heeling out, the ball was passed to their centre, who dropped at goal . The referee gave a goal, though he was hardly in a position to see, and the ball went outside the posts . The next point was a try to Clifton from a long loose dribble, accompanied by continual claims for " off-side " by the School, all to no purpose . No goal resulted, and soon after " half-time " was called . The School had much the best of the second half, except at the beginning, when Clifton were allowed a try manifestly " off-side " from the " throw out ." Soon after, Carter ran in for the School, which Tute converted, but though pressing continually we were unable to increase our score . It is a poor thing to complain after defeat, but we must say the School had much to contend against in this match . The forwards played in much better form, dribbling more than usual, and holding up well against superior weight . Behind, all the work was saving with a greasy ball, at which Spence and Tute did very well . Carter picked up clean and took passes well, and Eastwood did all that was required.
v . MR . WALhER'S 1V. This was against a team, got up by the brother of the York man, on Thursday, November igth . Unluckily they came short-handed but secured recruits from the spectators . The School team was as usual except that Macturk took Newton ' s place . It was twenty minutes before any scoring took place, when Carter got in after a pass, which we thought forward . Before "half-time " was called Tute and Spence had both got in, bringing the total to 2 goals i try. In the second half the School scored five more tries but no goals were kicked as they were mostly far out and there was a strong wind, though Mr . Lord made some very fine attempts . Thus the home team won by 2 goals 6 tries, or 22 points to nothing, after a very pleasant game . Each of the School backs scored a try ; Carter, who was in great form, crossed
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the line four times . One of his runs from the centre was a very good one . Both in this match and in the succeeding one against Darlington the visitors found it necessary to put on an extra three-quarter back to cope wsth the School passing . The half-back play was again very good, unselfish, and neat . The forwards showed very good form, pushing their heavier opponents in the tight (this was even more noticeable against Darlington) and passing well amongst themselves. It seemed to us that the team were slow in getting together and settling down ; they should go in with plenty of dash at the beginning, as many a match is lost by a point scored early in the game.
v. DARLINGTON. Played on the School ground on Saturday, November 21st, before a very large gathering of spectators . The School played as in the match against Mr. Walker's team, S . Bingham being still away . Darlington won the toss and chose the lower goal, and F . Bingham kicked off. At the start the home forwards scarcely seemed to get together, and as a consequence most of the play was in their quarters . Just as the ball was being worked away, Crallan, the Darlington centre, intercepted a bad pass from one of the forwards and scored an easy try, kicking a goal from the place . The School restarted and, for the rest of the half, had the best of the play . For some time scrummages were formed almost on the Darlington line, and there were many near things, notably a very good drop at goal by Mr . Lord, which, unfortunately, passed outside the posts . At last a sharp piece of passing between Tute and Spence gave the ball to Mr . Whittam, who ran well in, and the scores were equalised by the goal which resulted . The School were again attacking when " half-time " was called . In the second half play was largely in the centre, varied by visits to the Darlington line . Then Spence dodged over cleverly with a little feinting, and soon after, Scargill charging a kick, the ball went off to the right wing where Mr . Whittam picked up at full speed and scored a second try . Darlington were once very dangerous when Crallan got clean away to Eastwood, but, as he passed badly, the chance was lost. The School thus won, amidst great enthusiasm, by 1 goal 2 tries to r goal . The forwards and halves are chiefly to be thanked for this, as
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they rarely let the opposing halves have the ball . Consequently the Darlington three-quarters, who all seemed fast, had few chances . The forwards, finely led by Bingham and Clarke, we congratulate on their steadily improving form shown in the last three matches . Though not very fast they were always on the ball, and their touch line play was excellent ; the ball always went towards the Darlington goal from the throw out of touch . The halves both played a fine game, their combined work being beautiful and very unselfish . Carter had less to do than in any previous match, but did what he had to do well . The Darlington left wing was closely watched by Mr. Whittam, whilst Mr. Lord did any amount of work at centre, Crallan being rarely able to get away. This we consider the best win so far ; the play of the School was only spoiled by some half dozen wild passes to nobody. We cannot do better than remind everyone of the advice of Vassall and Budd, " Always keep your eyes on the passee ." Up to the present the School has scored 110 points to 15 (8 of these latter in the Clifton match).
THE OLD PETERITE CLUB. (Addenda et Corrigenda .) Alington, F. W., 7, Lennard Road, West Croydon. Anderson, Y ., Dr. Johnson' s Buildings, Temple, E .C. Baskett, B . G . M ., Royal General Hospital, Bristol. Crowther, Lt .-Col . G . H ., 6, Thornhill Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield. Darrell, C ., c/o Messrs . Gregory and Co ., r, Old Palace Yard, Westminster, W. Griffith, F . T ., Whitehall Gardens, London, W. Heaven, F. C ., Hessle, Hull. Padel, G ., 25, Young Street, Doncaster. Pixley, F . W ., Conservative Club, S .W. Snowden, J . C ., 12, Pavement, York. Stephenson, A ., The Club, Beckenham, hent. Walker, E ., New Square, Lincoln's Inn, V .C .
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RODERICK DHU McGACHEN, DIED SEPTEMBER I0, 1891.
AGED 19 YEARS.
NOTES AND ITEMS. G. H . Wade has been appointed Master of the Head Form on the Modern Side in Dulwich College. F. T . Griffith, who obtained the tenth place in Open Competitive Examination for Civil Service Clerkships . Class I . (Higher Division), in January, 1886, and was appointed to the Secretary ' s Department G .P .O ., has been transferred to H .M . Board of Trade, Whitehall. J . F . Leaf was placed first in the Combined Examinations of Pembroke and St . Peter' s College, Cambridge. F . Mitchell is playing half-back for Sussex County. A . W . Eastwood has been appointed Under Secretary of the Theatricals in the place of H . B . Whitby. N . L. Hood is playing half-back for St . Thomas' Hospital, London. J . E . Gofton and T . Dunkerly are playing forward for Hull. S . O. Bingham has been appointed an editor of this Magazine. Mr . T . R . Parker, the School Porter, has been re-appointed Tyler of the Albert Victor Lodge. We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of—Drnrelmian (2), Hurst johmlzu, Ulula, Leodiensian, Sutton Valence .tlfagawine, Pockli -zgtonian, Herefordian .
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The following are the fixtures for the last week of the Term. December 17 . Theatricals, Children's Night. 19 .
Theatricals, 1st Night.
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Theatricals, and Night. Oki Boys v . Old i)unelmians, on the York ground. The Annual Meeting of the O . P . Club, at 4-30 p .m ., in St . Peter's School.
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Old Boys v School. Lecture on the Graian Alps by Mr . Yeld.
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Old Boys v Old Leodiensians, at Leeds. O . P . Dinner.
MARRIAGE Haider William Wood, eldest son of Mr . William Wood, M .R .C .S ., Eng ., L .S .A , Lond ., of Middleton-on-the-Wolds, to Isabelle Katharine, only daughter of the late Captain Lancaster Byron J. Davies (Bengal Staff Corps) .
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FEBRUARY, 1892 .
No . 96.
THE THEATRICALS.
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LUCTUAT nec mergitur, " is a motto which may, we think, well be borrowed by our Dramatic Club .; for it was with heavy misgivings, owing to the many gaps which last midsummer had made in the ranks of our older actors, that another play was attempted . However the resources and perseverance of our stage-manager were not to be thus soon overcome, and Sir Jahn Falstaff collected a body of recruits, which, in spite of the poor account given by their portly chief on the road to Shrewsbury . quite came up to the standard of former levies . But still our troubles were not yet ended . At the eleventh hour we were attacked by a foe whom no foresight could anticipate nor any perseverance disarm . But this last trouble only served as an additional proof of our club's buoyant vitality ; so let us not here omit to thank all who came to the rescue with but a day's preparation, nor to congratulate Silence on his marked and well earned success . For the scenery we are again indebted to our good friend Captain Lindberg, and that patriotic old Peterite, A . C . Clarke ; we feel that, whatever the authorities who maintain that " Hamlet " is best acted before a white sheet may say, the success of our venture was largely due to their telling productions . Neither must we forget that much of the pleasing effect of the stage was caused by the plants which Dr. Hingston contributed in accordance with his liberal custom during former years . The Epilogue was written by Mr. Yeld . A critical account of the performance is appended . So let us conclude by expressing our gratitude to the committee and the secretaries h
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(E . W . Clarke and A . W . Eastwood), to the actors, one and all, and first among them to A . W. Peel, who undertook the important and arduous part of Falstaff, and performed it with an energy and discretion which fully equalled the hopes we had formed of last year's Sir Toby Belch . Let us also remember those planets, smaller, but in their own orbits no less brilliant—Perils, the Prince, and Shallow. Above all we must thank Mr . Yeld, whose vigour and experience have again been the mainstay of the performance, and succeeded in reducing a production so long as Henry IV to stageable proportions, without taking an inch from the mighty waist of Falstaff or one cup from " that intolerable deal of Sack . "
)elm) R. (PAR'I'S I . AND II .) By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Circa 1596. Kung Henry the Fourth .. .. Henry, Prince of Wales - Sons to the King john of Lancaster Earl of Westmoreland . . .. .. Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester Hotspur, persona meta . . Sir Richard Vernon Sir john Falstaff .. .. Pains . . Gadshill . . .. .. .. Peto Bardolph .. .. .. .. Mistress Quickly (hostess of a tavern) . . .. . .
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S . O . BINGHAM. C . C . D . I'ANsoN. G . G . VELD. . . G . WI N N. N . T. CRUMSIE. C . FORSTER. . . H . R . PARTINGTON. A . W. PEEL. \V . A . ROSE. hi . H . T . MACTE K. S . O . BINGHAM. C . W . NEWTON. . . R . II . BAILEY. Officers, Sheriff, Vintner . Drawers, Carrier, Travellers. Lord Chief . istice o/ the Queen's Bench . . 'C . S . SPENCE. .. C . P . WHINCUP. A Servant of the Lord Chief justice _ alstaff's Page . . R . K. YELD .. Pistol . . .. . . W . II . Foiw. Shallow 1 B. J . SCARGII.I .. County Justices .. Silence A . W. EASTWOOD. Sub . : E . W . CLARKE. Davy (servant to Shallow) . . A . L. PEEL. . . .. Mouldy ( J . R . ATKINSON. Shadow l G . W . CLARKE. Wa,t - C . H. CONING. Recruits . . Feeble (E . F. NEVILE. Bull-calf I W . C . B . WILLIAMS. Sub. : G . CROWTHER. Doll Tearsheet . . . . T. H . BINGHAM. Lords, Attendants, Grooms, Soldiers, Musicians.
the Scene is laid in England.
ACT I. Scene r .—Room in Boar's Head, Eastcheap. 2 .-Road by Gadshill. 3 .—Room in Boar's Head, Eastcheap. ACT II. Scene 1 .—Room in Boar's Head, Eastcheap. 2 .-Public Road near Coventry. 3 .—Near Shrewsbury. ACT III. Scene 1 .—London, a Street. 2 .—Room in Boar's IIead, Eastcheap. ACT IV. Scene r,—Shallow's Orchard . 2.—Forest in Yorkshire.
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Scene 3 .—Shallow ' s Orchard. 4 .—London, a Street.
The New Scenery by T . II. Lindberg, Esq ., and A . C . Clarke, Esq.
ACT III .
Scene 2 . Falstaff's Song, " When Arthur First in Court ." (OLD TONE—Arranged and Ilu rmonisc.t ly Dr . NAYI .OR,
Organist of York Minster.) ACT IV.
Scene 3.
7he Muskier all " Silence's " Songs composed spcci ally by Dr . NAYLOR. Committee. A . \V . PEEL. Honorary Secretary amt Tr easurer. E . \C. CLARKE. Assistant Secretary. A . W . EA,'rwuoD. The .S'tall. Stage Manager .. Prompter .. Under-prompter
G . VELD, Esq. E . W . CLARKE. R . WIIINCIII'. Sub. : W . H . IIANCOCK. J . SHEPHERD. . . B . St . G. J . SCARGILL. C . P . Cass and N . F . Roy.
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THE EPILOGUE. (Written by Illr . Veld and read by A . W Feel.) Sweet friends, we thank you heartily for coming here to-night. To do our best—we've clone it—is our annual delight. Now possibly our piece to you seems somewhat of a serial, But though we've cut the plays about we've not changed the material. We own our boldness, but 'twas love that made us try to render it, And nothing is amiss, you know, when love and duty tender it. We wished to show the King of Wits at work in his " vocation," And so—'tis so, is't not ?—we take your cheers for approbation. Since last year we have lost a (1) friend, to all of us most dear, Prompt, just, unswerving, ever shall we all esteem him here. Bubwith is truly fortunate to gain so good a pastor, May he as vicar there be what he was to us as master. To everything that's worth his help I know he'll prove a pillar, And Mrs . Campbell—but to sing her praise would take a Schiller ! May happiness attend them with no mere transient gleam, But flow, to change my metaphor, as strong as Derwent's stream. We welcome Mr. Wilks and Lord, in schoolroom and in game The latter's future we don't doubt will match his ancient fame. We offer Mr. Miller our sincere congratulations, May his joys be overflowing, and his troubles on half rations. At Oxford, our one honour, though sole, is yet not petty, We congratulate (2) Malvolio upon his Lady Betty ! At Cambridge, now, old Peterites so many honours win I really hardly know with whom the long list to begin ! (3) Padel at Sidney Sussex, (4) Colby at King's, at Trinity (5) Naylor succeeds ; then (6) Hopkins and (7) Young both in Divinity. In the Natural Science Tripos we score with quite a burst, (S) Ilutchings and (9) Crosthwaite Seconds gain, while (4) Colby wins a First. Congratulations (lo) Clarke to you—" You can do it, sir, you can do it ." So can you (Ii) Whaley ; may you both still seek fame and ensue it. (12) Leaf has attained a greater height, so (13) Crosthwaite . On the Wear (14) Chilman and (15) Cook do not allow their laurels to grow sear, While Professor (16) Browne from all of us for all good wishes calls On his well-deserved preferment to be Canon of St . Paul's. The boat race v . Old Boys we won ; at cricket we did fairly ; At football every Peterite this year has come on rarely. Sirrah, you giant, fetch the Cup that I may drink prosperity To St . Peter's School, on the football field, they deserve it in all verity. We gained this Challenge Cup again by eighteen points to nil, And the Second Team and the Juniors have shown both pace and skill .
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On behalf of these same Juniors, whose advance is so decided, We offer grateful thanks to him who a second field provided. F . Mitchell (17) plays for Sussex, and they find in him a tower, And (18) Hood won fame, I won't say when, lest Cambridge friends should glower. One word, as we're a royal school and a loyal school withal, On the English Prince and his English wife may every blessing fall ! May their love be ever sweet as the song of birds when the fields are green, Long live the prince and his lovely bride ! Play sirs--" God save the Queen."
(r) Rev . W . O . F. Campbell, Vicar of Bubwith. (2) H . H . Williams, Hastings Exhibitioner of Queen's College, Oxford. Of C . F. C . Padel, Classical Scholar of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. (q) F . E . A . Colby, Exhibitioner of King's College, Cambridge, First Class in the Natural Science Tripos (Part I1 .), and elected Scholar of his College. (5) H . D. Naylor, open Classical Sub-Sizarship, Trinity College, Cambridge. (6 and 7) A . J . Hopkins, St . Catherine's College, and H . M . Young, Jarrett Scholar of St. Catherine 's College, Cambridge, Third Class in the Theological Tripos. (8 and g) L . Hutchings, Scho lar of Selwyn College, and R. Crosthwaite, Scholar of Pembroke College, Second Class in the Natural Science Tripos (Part I .) (ro) A . C . Clarke, Exhibitioner of Emmanuel College, Second Class (First Division) in the Classical Tripos (fart I .), awarded the Steel Theological Studentship. Or) O . W . Whaley, Scholar of Caius College, Cambridge, First Class in the Classical Tripos (Part II .) (rz) J . F . Leaf, Scholar of Peterhouse, Cambridge, promoted to a Foundation Scholarship of L7o per annum. (13) A . Crosthwaite, Pembroke College, Cambridge, elected to a Mathematical Exhibition. (14) G . H . Chilman, Scholar of Durham University, elected to the Lightfoot Scholarship. (t5) G . R. Cook, Scholar of Durham University, elected to the University Classical Scholarship. (16) Rev . G . F . Prowne, Disney Professor of Archaeology, appointed Canon of St . Paul 's . Canon Browne was Foundation Scholar of St . Peter's in 1847, and School Exhibitioner in 1852. (17) F. Mitchell plays half-back for Sussex County. (r8) N . L. Hood, Scholar of Cavendish College, Cambridge, Third Class in the Natural Science Tripos (Part I .), plays half-back for St . Thomas' Hospital . St .'1'homas' defeated Cambridge University.
CRITICISM OF THE PLAY. HE Sixteenth Play was given on December 17th, 19th . and 21st.
T when " Henry IV " was acted before large audiences . This was
the first appearance of this play, which was rather an adaptation of Shakespeare ' s parts I and II, so as to include all the Falstaff scenes and omit such of the history as was not required for that end . Hereby we got a succession of scenes with a lack of action and no plot, but a veritable feast of reason and flow of wit, such as may be found nowhere else. There is no creation like Falstaff anywhere, no such wit, such
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spirits, such fertility of resource, such wealth of everything that makes a dramatic character interesting to watch and delightful to remember. Moreover, as for various reasons two such behemoths could not share a stage, the play is of necessity a one-man play ; and further, it is remarkable for the almost total absence of women characters ; hence, are you short of actors and have you one star of passing excellence, play " Henry IV," and let the star play Falstaff. So we did, and with much success, in spite of the insidious attack of measles, which, a few short hours before the second performance, laid violent hands on our lusty Bullcalf, and spared not the grey hairs and the tuneful throat of Master jushce Silence . And where the mighty lay and blushed with a vigour equal in passion to, but greater in area than that of the bibbing Bardolpli of the Malmsey nose, who shall stop to count the corpses of Prompters and Property-men? for they, though less, are also mortal, and became like the illustrious Bullcalf, diseased men. Two scenes there were which liked us not so well as others . The first was the Robbery at Gadshill, which looked to us, as well as we could see in the necessary gloom, to be clone rather too fast and with the action of a charade rather than of a rehearsed piece, eg . : the Travellers arrived and were grovelling in the dust before the Prince and Poins were well off the stage, and the denouement was somewhat hurried . The other scene was Act IV ., Scene 2, in which the execution of Coleville was introduced without apparent relevancy. However this consumed the time which had to elapse between Scenes 1 and 3, and Falstaff here scored one of his chief hits with the " Sherris " speech. Good in all respects were the scenes in Eastcheap, notably the one with the impromptu play by Falstaff and the Prince, and the dialogue of Falstaff and Bardolpla, but best of all we liked the two in Shallow' s Orchard . The recruits were sufficiently wizened and threadbare, and Wart, a very triumph of make-up, looked like a Spanish beggar from some picture by Velasquez. We could have gazed on him and on his trousers, or, sooth to say, his lack of trousers with much delight for a longer period than was vouchsafed to us . Sir john was so bubbling over with spirits and witty "scores, " Shallow was so very insipid, and
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Silence so maudlin mellow, that these two scenes were most charming. Moreover, in those days of snow and ice, poor half-frozen mortals derived some comfort from the sight of the pretty, bright, sunshiny scenery which formed the background for this sweet fooling. In speaking of individual actors it is a case of " Eclipse first and the rest nowhere ." Falstaff is so important and attractive a character that the best acting in the world would not enable the others to be compared with him . It is a great part to play, and Peel succeeded with it even beyond anticipation . He invested it with all the superabundance of animal spirits which it requires, and displayed a degree of confidence and amount of resource when left to himself, that was simply surprisipg. His delivery of the "Sherris Sack " speech was extremely fine and all the points were brought home, while his devices to come with valour and renown from Shrewsbury field were " very singular good . " Perhaps the jovial side of the round man was not sufficiently displayed, and if he committed an anachronism in whistling the " British Grenadiers, " these are the only faults in an artistic and more than creditable performance. I'Anson's Prince Henry was capably and gracefully done . He is the possessor of a telling voice, which he used effectively if somewhat monotonously in declamation ; he was a little given to making stops at ends of lines, but he made a good and often spirited foil to Falstaff. Rose, as Poins, gave him much assistance, and should be commended for the energy of his business " and for his ease in bestowing of his hands . Shining brightly through the murky atmosphere of the Boar's Head came the nose of honest Bardolph, the Knight of the Burning Lamp . Beautiful he was to see and hear, and touching was the modesty of his extempore blushes over the monstrous lies invented by his graceless master . One part is capable of any amount of bye-play, and Newton's visits to the black jack were not like those of angels. Otherwise also he was effective . Ford, as Pistol, was rather uneven. He began very well but failed to keep up the pitch, so that the part, which can hardly be overacted, became in a few places almost tame. Scargill, as justice Shallow, pleased us greatly . if he was somewhat too slow over his repetitions and displayed gesture of the penny-in-theslot order, this was forgotten in the pleasure wherewith we hailed his
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reminiscences of Clement' s Inn, and in the genuine applause which greeted his reproduction of his " little quiver " friend in Arthur's show . Painful is the moral to be drawn from Master Shallow . A prince among liars, with an otherwise discreditable past ! May this be washed in Lethe and forgotten? Clarke, who took Silence's part at an hour's notice, did very well . He was beautifully obtuse, sang as ' twere any nightingale, and when the Sherris Sack overcame his limited intellect, collapsed upon the greensward with much grace and great effect. Dame Quickly is in the remarkable position of being practically the only woman in the play . Bailey, who was well made up, worked very well, and Bingham as Doll Tearsheet was eliective, apart from being "accommodated" with one of the most remarkable head dresses we ever saw worn. The recruits presented a bold show, and looked, all of them, as if they would go better to the wars in gowns than otherwise . Mouldy, Shadow, and Feeble created amusement by stating their wishes, the former exhibiting a preference for being filliped with a three-man beetle to taking the shilling, and the others promising to exhibit the valour of the magnanimous mouse . Wart was the show figure, and looks, not words, were eloquent . His management of his caliver and the weird savagery of his appearance warranted the belief that whatever his regiment, he would be able to say with the hooknosed fellow of Rome, " I came, I saw, 1 conquered ." Pull-calf, hurled on to the boards at short notice, did well, but may remember not to count the " ha's " in stage-direction laughter, or the " oh's " in the exclamations. The minor parts struck us as exhibiting weakness . S . O . Bingham was not less versatile than obliging, in that he appeared in three capacities—as a king, an attendant, and a speechless super . G . Yeld in the small part of Prince Jahn, and Spence as the Chief justice were somewhat lachrymose, and the latter was not well painted . R . Yeld as the Page was very popular, stood about the stature of an "upright rabbit," and did his best to make himself heard . The other parts were filled by Crumbie, Partington, A . L . Peel, McTurk, and Winn . Praise
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is due to Addis and Jones for their fiddling in Act III ., and to Forster for the patience with which he personified the corpse of Hotspir on Shrewsbury field. Our very best thanks are due to Dr . Naylor for arranging, composing or harmonising the music . We should indeed be badly off without his kind assistance . A . C . Clarke (O .P .) and Mr . Lindberg were good enough to paint some excellent scenery which was much admired, and for which we are most grateful ; and Mr . Yeld was as ever indefatigable in arranging the book and stage-managing the play to a successful conclusion .
SCHOOL LETTER. E cannot offer the excuse with which a school letter often opens— we mean want of material—for if the quantity is not surprising, the quality is eminently satisfactory . Football and theatricals are the two chief topics, and as football happened first let it have our first consideration . Even the most captious cannot complain of the success of the team, with only one match lost, and that—but the less said of such irremediable affairs the better . We have been again disappointed of the Durham match . We had hoped to make a good fight of it, but the Fates seem always to do their worst, either by disease or weather, to prevent our meeting before Christmas . The Cup again rests in, what is from our point of view, at least, its proper place—the dining hall ; and though some scorn, or profess to scorn it, they must rejoice that it is there, and not elsewhere . As for the theatricals, in spite of adversity in the guise of measles, they were as great a success as ever . Of the pains Mr . Yeld took with them, and the time he spent over them, it is difficult to speak adequately . One can hardly say that his interest in them was greater than ever, for that is impossible, but the result shows that it was not less . The list of characters was considerably greater than usual, and as almost everyone had more or less talking to do, the work was very heavy ; yet all will agree that they were a great success, and none will be more pleased to know it than Mr . Yeld . We have,
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during the latter half of the term been plagued with measles, and they who were reviled for having " got 'em, " will rejoice to hear that some of the mockers have been since overtaken .
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We are unwilling to go into boating prospects, lest we take the words out of another's mouth, or rather paper ; however, we may say that though prospects are rather gloomy, with Mr . Miller's coaching, we shall doubtless again unearth good men to fill the places Martin and Whitby have left vacant. We have to thank Mr . Yeld for a lecture given in the School hall on the " Graian Alps, " illustrated by means of photographs in a limelight lantern . One could not help envying Mr. Yeld 's personal experience and knowledge of the subject. We have now exhausted our fund of conversation, and ask you to inquire further of other contributors.
FOOTBALL. CHARACTERS OF THE TEAM. Three-quarters (centre), rest . 21bs ., 1887-8-9-90-91. (Captain) .—A very strong runner possessed of fair pace, not easy to tackle ; can kick long when he likes ; plays a good game in the centre ; on the defence is invaluable, saving and tackling very well ; never tires from beginning to end of game ; an excellent captain knowing the game well. F. M . BINGHAM . Forward, rest . 21bs ., 1889-90-91 .—Has set the rest of the forwards a fine example all the season ; plays a very hard untiring game ; thoroughly honest, always to be found well in the middle of the " scrum " ; tackles strongly and is good all round, especially at touch. E. NV . CLARKE . Forward, list . 71bs ., 1890-91 .—Improved greatly during the term : is another good honest worker, and though not fast dribbles well, and is generally on the ball ; much improved in catching the ball at the throw out. R . C . Turn . Half-back, lost ., 1890-91 .—Has played an excellent game ; takes most of the work immediately behind the scrummage and generally seems to have the ball, and as a rule does the right thing ; plays well with Spence ; runs strong for his weight ; can punt and place-kick well ; saves pluckily . S . O . BINGHAM .
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Half-back . lost . 31b, 189u-9r .-Understands Tute's play well ; they make a good pair ; runs and kicks well ; works hard, but is a little inclined to stick to the ball at times ; has improved in saving ; with a little more experience should be good. F. G . W)LLIAi`IS . Forward . lost . 31bs ., 189o-9r .-A very useful forward, especially good in the open, dribbling and running well ; tackles well and is generally on the ball. B. ST . G . J . SCARGILL . Forward, lost . 2lbs ., 1890-91 .-A good forward with plenty of dash and pluck ; very serviceable both in and out of the scrummage ; tackles and dribbles well ; untiring. C. J . N . CARTER . Three-quarters, left, lost . iolbs., 189o-91 .-A good scoring three-quarters ; has fair pace and dodges well, can take any sort of pass, and picks up well ; kicking and tackling very fair ; a good place kick in front. N . T . CRUMBLE . Forward, 11st ., 1890-9r . Makes very good use of his weight in the scrummage ; plays a good hard game, tackling and following up well ; has improved a great deal. «'. A . RosE . Forward . 8st . 131b ., 1891 .--Has been of great service; tackling well, and makes excellent use of his pace in following up and dribbling ; can also play three-quarters, but is not a good kick. T. S . SPENCE .
Forward, 9st ., 1891 .-Came on wonderfully in the middle of the season ; has the makings of a good forward ; apt to lose his head ; works hard and saves well and dribbles fairly. A . IV. EASTWOOD . Full-back, 8st . lolbs ., 1891 .-Though light, tackles well and does not miss many ; saves a rush well ; kicking with the right foot good, generally finding touch ; left foot wants practice. C . H . CONING .
Forward, lost ., 1S9r .-A useful forward ; does a lot of good work ; dribbles well, tackling wants improving, good at taking the ball from touch and in the open. H . R . PARTINGTON . Three-quarters (right), lost ., 1891 .-With a little more confidence in himself and more experience will make a useful man ; has plenty of dash and dodges well ; gets through a crowd nicely ; a good long kick ; fair on the defence ; takes a pass well. W . H . M . HANCOCK .
Forward, lost. 41b . . 1891 .-Has improved a good deal ; good in the loose ; should be useful as he has plenty of dash and works hard ; dribbles and tackles fairly .
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Three-quarters, 189 1 .—Played until November. Very useful in a winning game, being a fine runner and kick ; not good at saving ; fair tackler ; apt to fly kick ; takes passes well and knows the game. So much for individual play ; to any one who has watched the play of the team throughout the season the most noticeable feature has been the combination, both in and out of the scrummage . Among the backs the framework for offensive play was built last season with Tute and Spence at half, and Bingham (centre) three-quarter ; and when such adepts at catching the ball as Carter and Whitby and afterwards Partington were on the wing the structure was complete . The institution of "passing practice" should not be allowed to drop ; let the forwards take upon themselves to hand the ball more rapidly to one another especially after the throw out ; rapid short passing is much more bewildering than long throws . Carter heads the list of try getters for the team ; nearly all his tries were from passes from the centre. The prejudiced crowd of " base canaille" who supported Ripon in the H . 13 . WHITBY .
Cup Tie grudgingly acknowledged "They're playin' t' passin ' game, " after Carter had got in twice . The only occasion on which the machinery got out of gear was in the Leeds match, and then it must be remembered that Spence was suffering from an injury . The forwards took longer to get together ; but after the Clifton match the strength of the pack increased every day . Though not a fast lot they were generally well on the ball, and in the tight fairly held their own ; let them endeavour, when dribbling, to pass with their feet, spreading themselves out at the same time . Their tackling and catching at the throw out improved wonderfully . In the last four matches they played a good sound game, and had the best of matters . The secret of their success lay in the fact that all the team worked hard ; there were no shirkers, and all combined in their manoeuvres . They were unselfish too and heeled out promptly when called upon. The matches have been so fully reported in the " Peterite " that it will suffice here to give a summary of results . The School have beaten Ripon School (twice) Bradford School, Leeds School, Darlington, Mr. Walker's XV ., and Yorkshire College, having only lost to Clifton . It
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must not be forgotten that they played minus their captain in three matches, including the defeat . Of the other matches on the card, Richmond and Durham Schools were not played owing to measles, and the Old Boys owing to frost . Results (the School score is given first .) Goals . Tries .
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TIDE CLP FINAL v. RIPON.
On Wednesday, December 9th, the team journeyed to Ripon to settle the residence of the cup for the next twelve months . It had been fixed to play on the Leeds School ground, but on Monday, December 9th, we received a telegram to say that their ground was a swamp, and a committee meeting was called for Tuesday . Our representatives on arriving found only the Leeds representatives, and a letter from Ripon expressing willingness to play anywhere except at York. Thus, as no alternative ground had been secured, it was either necessary to postpone the match or go to Ripon . The latter course was decided on, though it gave Ripon such advantage in playing at home before their own partisans . However, a small contingent, to whom be all praise, went over from York, including seven masters. There were several hundred spectators, when Fenton kicked off against the wind, and scrummages took place in the centre . After a good kick by Spence to the Ripon ' 25 ' flag, Crumbie broke away, but kicking
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too hard, Hingston returned well to touch . Tute threw out to S . Bingham, who ran and passed to Carter . The last-named ran through the middle, and scored behind the posts . Tute' s kick was charged down . After the drop out our forwards took the ball back to the ' 25 ' flag, where Fenton made a good mark from a high kick from Partington . Spence then got in far out on the right . No goal was kicked . Fenton made a fine drop out, and Tute almost as fine a return, Bland putting into touch in his own half . Ripon forwards here twice made ground, and for the first time got over the centre, but S . Bingham getting hold passed to Tute, who landed the ball in touch at the Ripon 25 .' Scrummaging followed, and Macturk rushed up to the line, but the ball went into touch-in-goal . Soon, however, S . Bingham was off again, and finished a good run with a pass to Carter, who scored some way out . No goal resulted, and Fenton dropped into touch . Here F . Bingham, who worked untiringly. made a good run from touch to well inside their ' 25 .' Fenton intercepted a pass and got away . but Eastwood brought him down finely, and Hancock dribbled back . Soon S . Bingham passed to one of the forwards, who threw out to Carter, and he ran in a third time . Owing to some misunderstanding the kick was not allowed, half-time being called . After the kick off Bland made a fine run and pass to Stowe, who got to the centre . Our forwards took it back, and S . Bingham was nearly in . From the scrummage Tute, feigning a pass, ran in, placing a good goal . Fenton restarted, and Carter making a fine catch returned to the centre . About this time Ripon broke away on the left several times, but Clarke carne through with the ball each time, backed up by Scargill, Williams, and Tute . The last-named ran well in front of goal, and Macturk rushed almost to the line . Here Spence made a bad pass, and Ripon rushed right to our ' 25,' but Williams dribbled back to the centre . Fenton picked up and made a fine run, S . Bingham bringing him down near the line . Crumbie was then conspicuous, and Rose and Scargill took the ball on . Spence ran in again from Tute ' s pass, the latter kicking a splendid goal . A rush of our forwards, headed by F . Bingham, brought time . Thus we won the cup by 2 goals 4 tries to nil . To look at the Ripon play first, behind the scrummage Fenton did nearly all the work ; their halves,
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of whom they had three, were poor ; their forwards were not as good as ours, though they played a good hard game . To take our backs in detail, Eastwood did well what little he had to do . S. Bingham played a fine unselfish game, his defence being very strong . Carter was brilliant in the first half, and had little to do after half-time . Partington was always sound, and did some neat things . Tute as usual seemed to have the ball much oftener than anybody else, and generally made good use of it . Spence, though uncertain, did a lot of work . The forwards were very good, it would be unfair to single out any ; one and all showed up at different periods of the game . The only fault we have to find is that the passing of the team was not as quick and true as usual. TILE SCHOOL TEAM .--Back, A . W . Eastwood ; C . J . Carter, S . O . Bingham
(capt .), II . R . Partington ; , R . C . Tute, T. S Spence ; forwards, F . M . Bingham, E . W . Clarke, F . G . Williams, B . J . Scargill, N . T . Crumble, W. A . Rose, C . H. Coning, \V . II . M . Hancock, M . H . T . Macturk. Referee--Mr . Sewell, of Kirkstall.
YORKSHIRE COLLEGE. The College Captain won the toss and chose the lower goal . F . M. Bingham kicked off, and the ball was well returned . Soon Mr . Lord ran well from the centre, and passed to Spence, who crossed the line but lost the ball . S . Bingham, however, had followed up closely and completed the try . Tute failed to kick a goal . After some even play one of the Leeds backs picked up near the centre, and after a good run scored a try nearly behind the posts. The kick at goal failed. Soon after a Leeds man intercepted a pass and worked the ball up to Eastwood, who kicked into touch . Many hard fought scrummages followed in the home half, but no other point was scored up to halftime, and when the referee blew his whistle the ball was nearly in the centre . After the usual respite Leeds kicked off, and the School forwards rushed the ball back to the visitors' ` 25 . ' From a scrummage 'lute got the ball and passed to Mr. Lord, who transferred the ball to S . Bingham, and the latter completed a piece of smart play by scoring
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a try . Mr . Lord made a good attempt at goal from a difficult position. The kick out brought no relief to the visitors, and more scrummaging took place on the line . Again Tute secured the ball, and good passing between Mr . Lord, Partington, and S . Bingham ended in the latter scoring another try behind the posts . Tute kicked a goal . After a time the visitors were awarded two free kicks near the centre—one for picking up in the scrummage and one for off-side play . They gained, however, little advantage . The School then scored a minor from a long kick of Mr . Lord ' s . After the kick out the ball was returned to the Leeds ` 25,' where more scrummaging took place. The School forwards dribbled to the line, but only a minor resulted. The ball was soon back again in the visitors ` 25 . ' After the kick out, and Tate obtaining the ball from a scrummage near the line got through the thick of his opponents and scored a try . Mr. Lord's kick at goal failed . The visitors now increased their efforts, and one of the backs getting possession of the ball near the centre got over the line with Eastwood and S . Bingham clinging to him . Eventually they rolled him out, and the ball was scrummaged near the line . The School forwards soon worked the hall out of danger . The rest of the game took place in the home half, but no other point was scored, and when time was called the score was :—School, 1 goal 3 tries (1 I points) ; Yorkshire College, 1 try (2 points) . The game, which was stubbornly fought throughout, was mainly a forward one . All the. School forwards played well . Behind Eastwood had little to do. Carter and Partington (lid not get many chances, but did, what fell to their lot, well, taking several passes very cleverly.
O. P . GENERAL MEETING. The Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Club was held at St. Peter's School, on Monday, December 21st, at 4-30 p .m . The Rev. G . T . Handford was in the chair, and the following members were present :—Messrs . W . Pearson, F . T . Griffith, G . H . Eyre, W . G. Wilson, P . E . Lord, R . Crosthwaite, G . V . Birks, J . F . Leaf, R. Crawshaw, K . E . T . Wilkinson . The minutes of the previous
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meeting having been read and confirmed, Mr . Eyre proposed, and Mr . Griffith seconded the election of Mr . Lord as secretary of the Club, in place of Mr . Clayforth resigned . The Treasurer's Account was then read and passed. The following were elected members of the Club :—F . W . Alington, B . G . M . Baskett, H . F . Chadwick, F. C . Crowther, C . Darrell, C . Grant, E . Glaisby, F. C . Heaven, F . W. Pixley, H . D . Naylor, Rev . F . W. Metcalfe, J . C . Snowden, E. Walker, H . B . Whitby . The present Committee was re-elected . Mr. H. F . Chadwick was elected District Secretary for Oxford . Messrs. G. H . Eyre, E . S . D . Carter, K . E . T . Wilkinson were elected Sports Committee for the year . A vote of thanks was passed to the Dinner Committee . who were re-elected, and to whom a grant of 3 was made . r 18s . 6d . was voted to Mr . Lord in connection with O . P. cricket and football matches . A discussion arose concerning the price of the York Dinner as compared with its cost . The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to Mr . Handford for presiding.
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CORRESPONDENCE. DEAR SiRs,—After hibernating for one winter and (save the mark !) two summer terms the School Debating Society will again endeavour to run its brief spring course. It has, indeed, been reduced by the loss of several steady and reliable speakers ; but R e must feel confident
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that it will not fail to return a few evenings' pleasure for the support which every loyal and intelligent Peterite should freely accord . The vice-President and Secretary will do their best, with the help of other members, to find interesting topics for discussion, and will submit them to the opinion of the meetings . But, further than this, they cannot go, A debate between the two officials would not tend much either to their own satisfaction or the improvement of any person passing through the hall at the time . We would here point out that a debating society, more than any other school institution, depends on the energy of its individual members . We therefore ask the whole school to come, and to come regularly, not with the idea of being onlookers at a squabble or at the " sitting-on " of some more enterprising individual, but of sharing in and contributing to the general amusement —Yours very truly, MARCUS T. CICERO.
To THE EDITOR OF THE " PETERITE . " DEAR SIR,—I would like to ask the question, "why the members of the Football team have to pay half their travelling expenses in the matches played away? " It seems to me that it is very hard on the members and somewhat unreasonable, unless there is actually a want of funds, in which case the subscription could be raised . It would appear on a rough calculation that the subscriptions must amount to £40 or so, allowing only 7/- a head subscription, whereas the nominal sum is Io/- a head for the Upper School, 7/6 a head for the Lower School, so it will be seen that this is an exceedingly moderate estimate. Footballs cannot come to more than £8 per annum ; the Cup subscription £3 ; in 1889, the travelling expenses came to considerably under £ro for four " goes away ;'' £ Io more will surely cover the expenses of printing the cards (which bye the bye are now sold at Id . each), and other sundries, such as putting up and painting the posts, etc ., this amounts to a total of £ 3 2, leaving a surplus of— at my very low estimate—about £ I o . In the " PETERITE " for
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March 1882, a correspondent puts down the Football expenses as coming to X15 : in July 1882, another correspondent puts them down at £20 ; SO surely my estimate must be ample. Of course, there may be other expenses of which I know nothing, but of which I think the School ought to be informed if such there are ; if there are not, I see no reason why our travelling expenses should not be paid in full, and the team saved from the annoyance of paying small sums in driblets ; this is especially irksome to day-boys who have to bring their money the day after, whereas the boarders can have it put in the bill without any trouble. I remain, Yours sincerely, 44
[EDITOR .—The money matters have been managed in the distant past by those who, in some cases, have allowed their enthusiasm for the welfare of the School Games Clubs to somewhat dull their perception of the fact that what has been bought must be paid for, sooner or later. In the present case the payment is later than it should have been, and consequently the Clubs are in debt . Those who are managing the money are doing their best to reduce this debt, and the course " Q" objects to, is one of their means to this end. We might mention that the Games Club is not now treated in its separate parts, but Football, Cricket, Boating, and Sports, are all considered as one, that is in money matters .]
NOTES AND ITEMS. R . CROSTHwAITE
has been appointed Science Master at Giggleswick
School. i' . P . CLARKE was ordained by the Bishop of London on December loth, and licensed to the Curacy of S . John ' s, Paddington. N . L . Hoot) played half-back for the United Hospitals Midlands.
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Rev . C . B . CLARKE has taken his M .A . degree. We regret to state that His Honour Judge BARBER has been compelled to resign his County Court Judgeship through ill-health. We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of " Leodiensian, " " Dunelmian, " " Riponian, " " Hurst Johnian " (2), " The Giggleswick Magazine," " The Coventry School Magazine, " " Ulula," " Herefordian ."
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No . 97.
CAMBRIDGE LETTER. HE Pcicrilc editors ask me to write a Cambridge Letter . "
This,
T a task sufficiently hard in itself, is aggravated in this case by the
fact that the subject matter must be the events of the Lent term . The universal groan is. Fstin(r Leine (" Hurry up, Lent term . " ) and your correspondent echoes the same from the bottom of his heart. The Lent races have served to break the monotony . Peterites are very conspicuous . Metcalfe strokes the Pembroke first boat, Easten and Evers the Corpus and Clare eights respectively, while Wilkinson rowed in the Caius boat, which competed for a place on the river. Leaf. the captain of the Peterhouse Boat Club, is to be seen on the towpath, mounted on a gigantic Bucephalus, and instructing . with becoming dignity, a persevering boat. The weather at present is portentous, so much so that it was proposed to bury the four proctors alive in the market place, if haply the anger of the Deity might be appeased thereby . This worthy body however, aie not likely to suffer any such treatment, at least at the hands of undergraduates, whatever the burghers of Cambridge may do; if one may draw inferences from the large majority who supported the maintenance of proctorial authority at the " Union " debate . The influenza epidemic has almost entirely disappeared . We were amazed to observe the sudden diminution in cases, genuine or otherwise, , when it was officially announced that the authorities had no intentions whatever of sending' us down, in view of the spread of the disease .
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All Old Peterites will be delighted to hear of our late Headmaster's preferment to the living of Caldecote and Toft . We wish him and his all happiness. I fear there is little else to tell, except that L'irks is said to be entering for the University Handicaps ; before this appears in print, he will, no doubt, have scored some brilliant success . J .T .S.
OXFORD LETTER. NCE more we have reached the middle of another term . On
O Shrove Tuesday the eight went into training : let us hope that
they will make atonement for the defeats experienced on the football field by a glorious victory over Cambridge on the river . The Torpids begin on Thursday, March 3rd . B .N .C ., New College, Christchurch. and Balliol are the best of the first division . Brasenose, in all probability, will remain head. A strange story comes from Magdalen, Some would-be-reformers organized a mighty Socialist meeting, in which Bernard Shaw and the College Sweep were the leading lights, But, alas! the pampered aristocrats assembled in their thousands. The oak was promptly screwed up, and cayenne pepper and assafoetida were used as the chief means of attack . The luckless Socialists were at length reduced to the dire necessity of seeking to escape by the window . A volunteer was found to go down a rope made, in the time honoured fashion, out of bed linen . He, rumour says, after being deluged all the way down by torrents of water from the adjoining windows, dropped into the Churwell, and was promptly captured . Eventually, in the wee small hours of Sunday morning the victims, after suffering dire penalties if they refused to drink the Queen's health were liberated more dead than alive . Mr . Bernard Shaw departed hatless, breathing forth vengeance against his foes, and the son of darkness was ejected by the college porter minus his wig. This, notwithstanding his protestations that he had not had it off for 24 years, was kept as a trophy. Funniest of all was the flood of scathing satire poured forth in the Pall Mall Gazette by the irate Bernard. The O .U .D .S . have scored a distinct success in their performance of " The Frogs of Aristophanes ." Acting, scenery, Dr. Parry's music
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were in every way admirable . No doubt the carping critic might object to Charon presenting Dionysius with a rowing-pad, but these and other incongruities only added to the fun . It was a little strange, nevertheless, to see the chorus advancing to the inspiriting strains of the " Boulanger March " and dance the " See Saw Valse, " or again to hear ./Eschylus mimic Euripides to the tune of " ° Where did you get that hat ." The obscure " Skimmery " has for the nonce acquired notoriety . It has made the startling discovery that it possesses a ghost, whose chief apparent occupation is that of " precipitating, " not letters from the unseen world, but flintstones, upon the Chapel floor . We would suggest that Mrs . Besant and Mr . W . T. Stead should make investigations . Old Peterites in Oxford are as usual conspicuous only by their retiring disposition . No doubt at length their pent-up energy will burst forth and astonish the world . They congratulate Garwood upon his Hastings Exhibition . C . R.
FOOTBALL. The season just finished has been a memorable one ; it has established a record, for we have won all our School matches . Durham, Leeds, Ripon, Bradford and Richmond have gone down before as ; it is a pity that a match with Giggleswick could not be arranged . Of course our best victory is the Durham match ; only once previously in the ten years since the institution of the game, have we been successful . That was in 1889-9o, and Durham then won the return in the Easter term . This season 'chere has only been one match . Had last term's game been duly delayed, with the double advantage of playing at home, and with the assistance of those who left at Christmas, the probabilities would have been presumably in our favour, seeing that we won with a comfortable margin . Our narrowest majority was in the Leeds match, when, for several reasons, the team was not at its best . Fifteen matches appeared on the card, of these five were not played . Of the remaining ten, nine were won and one lost . In addition to the seven School matches given above, Darlington and the Yorkshire College were beaten, and Clifton scored a win over us .
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Other scratch matches have been played with varying results, but simply as a means to an end . The scores (in points) have been— Durham, 17—8 ; Ripon, 26— 2 and 18—o ; Leeds, 5—0 ; Bradford. 43--0 and 33—0 ; and Richmond, 65—o ; total in School matches, $,07—10 ; in other matches, Darlington, 9—5 ; Yorkshire College, 11-2 ; Clifton, 5—8 ; total for all matches, 232—25 . In the School matches we have scored 31 goals 26 tries to 1 dropped goal 3 tries ; in all matches, 34 goals 31 tries to 1 goal, 2 dropped goals, 6 tries. The sixty-five tries have been scored as follows :—S . O . Bingham, 17 ; Carter, 13 ; Tute, 7 ; Rose, 6 ; Partington, Spence and Whitby, 5 ; Scargill, Williams and Mr . Whittam, 2 ; and F . M . Bingham, T . The majority of the place kicks were undertaken by Tute, and all things considered he has maintained an excellent average . Practically the same team has played through the season, except that Newton, Winn and Shepherd have been brought in to fill the places of Spence, Coning and Macturk, and very well they have (lone it. The credit of the above good results is mainly with the individual members of the team. All have played an honest and unselfish game. Combination has been the great feature of their play . Perhaps their weakest point was a want of dash in the tackling of some few of the forwards . Much praise must be given to the two Binghams ; as captain and secretary they have set a fine example of energy, which has been well copied throughout the team . The attendance and keenness displayed at the pick-ups is a most healthy sign . The last game of the season was one of the very best . S . O . Bingham has made a most excellent captain, and played a fine centre game, and his brother has led the forwards in grand fashion . Let all play the game out to the end . as they do, and there need be no fear of results. But what of the second team ? They have experienced great difficulty in getting fixtures, and more difficulty in getting their opponents to put in an appearance . Atkinson ought by next season to be about good enough for centre in Bingham ' s place ; he is a little slow, but safe and unselfish . Ford was a dangerous runner, Whincup a very promising full back, and Sargeaunt useful in the scrummage, or out of it . With Shepherd playing for the first team, half was a weak spot, though Tute with more years should do well . In the forwards, I '_lnson, Forster . Bailey and Whincup were best .
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v . DURHAM. Played at Durham on February ti . Durham kicked off, and the ball was scrimmaged in our " 25 . " After Partington had gained ground by one or two dodgy runs, Tute dribbled well into our cpponents' `•25, " and Carter came very near scoring . The Dnrhatn forwards, however, worked the ball back to the half-way line, but only for Clarke to carry it back by a good dribble . The ball was again rushed back, and some loose play ended in Eastwood touching down . After the drop out F. b'inglranr was soon in evidence with a good dribble, and Tute, by smart play, got in nearly behind the posts . He was successful at the place kick . After the kick out the ball was scrimmaged in our " half " and gradually carried close to our line, when Carter picked up and ran in, defying ail pursuit . Tute again took the kick, and landed a second goal . From the kick out the ball was again carried into our quarters, and after some loose play the ball was passed to Adamson, who dropped a goal—our opponents' first score . Tight scrimmages followed, the forwards playing in fine form, some of them, notably Shepherd, saving grandly . At half-time the score stood at to points to 4 in our favour. On resuming the ball was scrimmaged in the Durham " half," and Tute quickly got to work, running in nicely between the posts, and kicking a goal . Sonic long punting between the backs followed the kick off, and after some good dribbling by Clarke, Williams, and Scargill the Durham forwards carried the ball with a rush to our " 25, " but S . Binghain came to the rescue and saved splendidly . The ball was now gradually worked to the Durham "half," when Adamson passed to Fawcus, who ran to our "25, " when he was tackled by Eastwood. Scargill now relieved with a good dribble, but our opponents again pressed, Adamson running and kicking judiciously, but the effort only resulted in a minor . After the drop out the ball was returned to our 11 25, " but Carter relieved with a useful kick . From a scrummage at half-way Adamson obtained possession, and by smart play nearly got in, but lost the ball short of the line ; 'Phew now picked up and scored a try far out, which Adamson failed to convert . Give and take play followed the drop out, till the Durham full back failed to gather, when S . O . Bingham, picking up, ran well into the Durham 25 . " Our opponents by hard work now succeeded in working their n a} to our
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quarters, and from a scrum " close to our line they gained a try ; Adamson failed at an easy place . Our fellows were, however, in capital condition, and soon attacked vigorously, S . O . Bingham scoring a try far out, but the shot at goal was unsuccessful . Directly after the drop out time was called, and we had won by 3 goals r try (17 points) to r dropped goal 2 tries (8 points) . The team are to be congratulated oa this their first victory over Durham on their own ground since the introduction of the match in 1882 . Let us hope that having now effected a good start, some of the adverse balance, appended below, may be wiped out. RESULTS OF PREVIOUS MATCHES. 1882 .—At York . Durham won by 2 goals to 1 try. 1883 .—At Durham . Durham won by 1 goal I try to nothing. 1884 .—At York . Drawn ; 1 goal all. 1885-6.—At York . Durham won by I goal I try to nothing. —At Durham . Durham won by 2 goals 3 tries to nothing. 1886-7 .—At Vol
. Durham won by 3 tries to nothing.
—At Durham . Durham won by 7 goals 2 tries to nothing. 1887-S.-At York . Drawn ; nothing scored. At Durham . Durham won by I goal to nothing. 1888-9 .—No match. 1889-90 .—At York . York won by I try to nothing. —At Durham. Durham won by 2 goals 3 tries to nothing. 1890-1 .—At Durham . Durham won by 5 goals 9 tries to nothing. —At York . Durham won by 3 goals 6 tries to nothing. TorAL .—Durham, 25 goals 30 tries. York, I goal 2 tries.
v . RICHMOND GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Postponed from last term and played at Richmond on Saturday, February 13, only twelve aside being played . No substitutes were required for those who had left. F . Bingham kicked off ; no return was made, and from the scrummage, Tute passed to Rose who ran in. all within a minute . Tute placed a good goal, Richmond kicked off. Partington ran back, F. Bingham took it on from touch, offside was given against York, but not long after Tute passed to Partington who got in after a good run . Almost immediately after the drop out S . Bingham got the bail from a throw out at the centre, and ran in under the posts . Tute kicked a goal . Tute was next to score far out,
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then after an ineffectual drop at goal by Williams, Partington got in again far out . This was followed by some respectable passing from which Carter and S . Bingham both scored, Tute converting . Before halftime Williams, Rose, and Carter got in, but no goals were scored, the total standing at 35 Points at the interval . F . Bingham restarted the scoring by a strong run from the centre to the corner ; his brother then crossed the line almost at the same place, then Rose followed suit. No goals were scored . Then Carter ran in from the centre, and S . Bingham converted . Before time S . Bingham and Rose each scored two more tries, and Partington also got in, Tute kicking three goals. The final score was 65 points, or 9 goals so tries . The game was a poor one calling for very little description . Everybody seemed desirous of scoring a try, if possible, consequently there was little or no passing. r~ . BRADFORD GRAMMAR SCI-TOOL. On February 27th at Bradford . F . M . Bingham kicked off, and for a time play continued in the Bradford half where Tute, obtaining from a scrum," passed to Rose who transferred to S . Bingham, and he ran in behind the posts . Tute kicked a goal . After the kick-off play ruled in the centre until Bradford, from a line out, took the ball to the York " 25 ." Here York were penalised for off-side play, but Bradford gained little by the kick . Good passing between Tute, Rose and Carter ended in the latter passing to S . Bingham, who again eluded all opposition and gained another try. Tute was successful at the place. After the kick-off our halves were again conspicuous for good passing and S . Bingham receiving, by a good run secured his third try which Tute improved upon . Williams and Clarke were next prominent in a dribble, and from a pass by Rose S. Bingham got possession and ran in, but going too far the ball went dead . Soon after, Bradford rushed to our line but Tute saved grandly and the York forwards dribbled back. Half-time was now called . On restarting F . Al . Bingham kicked well to the Bradford " ° 25," and Carter receiving, the ball was pushed into touch only a few yards from the line . Then Tute kicked a minor, but the Bradford full-back ran the ball out . F . M . Bingham was stopped only just in time, but at last Bradford managed to clear their line. F . Bingham and Clarke, however, soon returned with the ball and Bradford kicked to Eastwood who ran right to the line . At last Tute got over
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but failed at the place . Scargill was now conspicuous, but our opponents took the ball to our " 25 ." Shepherd, F . Bingham and Clarke then rushed it back and S . Bingham passing to Partington the latter scored far out . Tute ' s attempt at goal was a good one . Very soon after Partington scored again, but Tute's kick failed . Carter then ran in, Tute converting . Shepherd and Williams showed up well and Rose feigning to pass gained a good try . Tute's kick was successful. After the kick off Bradford came very near scoring and one of their backs tried a drop at goal but was unsuccessful . By good following up F . Bingham got the ball and ran right to the line where he passed to Scargill and the latter got in . Tute made a splendid attempt at goal from the touch line, and time was then called with the score at aSt. Peter' s 5 goals d tries (33 points), Bradford nil. Our forwards all played hard, F. M . Bingham especially distinguishing himself by hard work and quick following up . S . O. Bingham had plenty to do and made no mistakes . Tute was in good form and passed well . The whole team played very unseitishl ) . On the Bradford side the full-back played a safe game, and Butler was good at half. The ground was totally unfit to play on, being nearly ankle deep in mud.
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A more successful season than that of 1891, we venture to say, the School has rarely enjoyed . Though we lost three of the team at Christmas, we nevertheless succeeded in raising a greater score against Durham than even the most sanguine could have axpected . At no point in the game had we very grave cause for anxiety, and we may flatter ourselves that it was no fluky victory . At Richmond we had a " day out " ; the fact of a score of 65 points having been raised in 70 minutes speaks for itself. Our last match 7' . Bradford added yet another to the list of triumphs . The team must be congratulated on their play throughout the season, and to S . O . Bingham, especially, our praise is due for his unflagging energy as captain. In the place of Mr . Rowe we give a hearty welcome to Mr . Preston, who has already assured us, by his participation in the debates, that we shall find him as decided all acquisition out of School as he is in the French room. The boating prospects are enlarged upon in another column . Suffice it to say, we trust that Fortune will favour us this year with fine weather, and a School boat which will " Marygate " the Old Poys. We have just heard of Garwood ' s Hastings Exhibition . Very singular good : Is't not so ? "
THE OLD PETERITE llINNER IN YORh. The Fourth Annual Dinner of Old Peterites iii York, since its resuscitation in 1888, took place on Wednesday, December 23rd, at the Station Hotel, as hitherto . The muster of Old Peterites was quite large enough to gratify those who had devoted time and energy to secure the success of the event . Naturally, we could all have wished to have seen the faces of some absent friends, and everyone regretted the unavoidable absence, through great press of work and other engagements, of Canon Elwyn, who has on several former occasions been so kind in coming down from London to be with us at the York dinner . However, we were very glad to welcome many O .P .'s who put in an appearance for the first time at the York dinner since its revival, notably Canon Browne and Mr . P . B . Lambert, Loth of whom contributed generously to the success of the after-dinner proceedings. A very thick fog in our nothern wilds unfortunately deprived us of the
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company of Mr. S . J . and Mr . T . L . Chadwick, both of whom had promised to be with us, but were prevented making the journey from Dewsbury by the cause already mentioned ; but, as though to make some amends for this disappointment, which was announced at the last moment by telegram, a happy coincidence found Lieut .-Col. Poole in the Station Hotel on the evening of the dinner . By some mysterious power the untiring " James " scented him out, and he was without difficulty prevailed upon to join the company during the latter part of the evening's proceedings ; then was seen a spectacle of no small gratification to those who have at heart the success of the O .P. dinners, when two Old Peterites, both having risen to very honourable positions in their respective professions, shook hands across the festive board, not having met each other since they were boys together at St. Peter's (we refer to Lieut .-Col . Poole and Mr . F . J . Munby) . Canon Browne, in an intensely interesting speech in response to the usual clerical toast, opened the eyes of most of us with respect to the antiquity of our School, and later in the order of proceedings when called upon to reply for " The Old Boys," Mr . Lambert handled in a most amusing fashion, the well-worn but evergreen topic, fascinating to all O .P.'s of whatever generation, the subject of which had been suggested to him by the dimly illuminated dial of the clock in the tower of St . Martincum-Gregory ' s church, in Micklegate . As the shorthand writer whose attendance was requisitioned expressly for the purpose of having a correct report of the proceedings in the Yorkshire Herold, was unable to report the Canon 's speech accurately, and appears to have been too much overcome by Mr . Lambert's overflow of humour to report his speech at all (we quite excuse and forgive him for the latter shortcoming). your readers will doubtless excuse the writer of these reminiscences for not venturing to attempt to report any of the speeches delivered on the occasion . Mr. Handford again kindly consented to occupy the chair, and he discharged the somewhat exacting duties inseparable from this post of honour, with his usual ability . We append a list of the guests who attended the dinner. The Rev . G . T . Handford (Chairman), Canon Browne, Lieut .-Col . A . J . Poole, C .B ., Dr. Collins, Dr . Alwyn Raimes, and Messrs . G . V. Birks, H . F . Chadwick, A . C. Champney, A . E . Chapman . H . C . B . Clayforth, E . W. Clayforth, J . W. Craven, A. M . Daniel, E. R . Dodsworth, J . A . Dunkerley .
OLD PETERITE DINNER ACCOUNT . — BOATING PROSPECTS .
22I
G . H . Eyre, F. T . Griffith, P . B . Lambert, J . F. Leaf, P . E . Lord, T. G . Mann, W . E . Moore, F . J . Muni)) . I i . D . Naylor, NV. A . Pearson, A . Peters, A . Procter, H . W . Rhodes, R . D . C . Rose, J . C . Walker, J. F . Walker, F . Ware, K . E . T. Wilkinson, W . G . Wilson, and G . Yeld.
OLD PETERITE DINNER. (YORK' ACCOUNT, 1891. Cr. Balance from 1890
JJ
s . d.
I
7 II
Share of Grant made by U .P. Club in I890
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porter) at 6s. 6d I o 0
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1)inncr for J5 (including ReMenu Cards
I I 7 6 0 76
Cigarettes . . Postage Stamps
0 3 0
Printing, Stationery, &c .
0 17 5
lames Parker
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I 5 0
X15
2 II
The hon . secretaries desire us to state that they will be grateful for any suggestion received as to the financial or general management of and arrangements for the York Dinner . Of course they cannot pledge themselves to carry out every suggestion made, but they will promise to give any and all their most careful consideration. Members of the O .P . Club are reminded that subscriptions for 1892 are now due, and may be paid to P . E . Lord at the School. There is a probability of the Club uniting with the Old Dunelmian Club to form a team to play two matches at Easter . It is hoped that O .P . ' s who are chosen will do their best to play.
BOATING PROSPECTS. UR attention has been so engrossed by the endless triumphs of our
O Football team, that, were it not for the fact that the river is still where it was, we might have forgotten that we ever handled an oar. For a short space we become `wet bobs' again and must make the most of that brief season. To make the most of it then, let there be
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many entries for every race : let everyone start with that same keenness and energy that has marked our football and let no one be deterred from entering because he has or thinks he has no chance of winning. In this as in most things, the more the merrier, and we shall find the season, short and spasmodic though it is, more enjoyable and more successful as one of the events of our School year, if we all, as far as possible take part. We must remember that, of all sports, rowing calls for the maximum of self-sacrifice ; it is downright hard work and with all due respect to the sister sports—it is, even more than them, dependent upon combination. What then of our prospects? Our memory must take us back through mazes of football and cricket to the Races of last year : perhaps a visit to the river or better still—the pages of an old Pct,'iite may recall something of the past . Our prospects can be nothing but good, when we still have our old pluck" and dash : and those are the first requisites . We are reminded of many a plucky bid for victory on the part of small juniors, and of losing races, rowed out to the very bitter end . Last year our School boat was very successful—and why ? mainly because they knew they must work hard to win and they (lid work hard . We have still a firm foundation for our crew in the two Binghams . who are left from last year. The other places may be hard to fill, but so they were last year . But "have we not Hiren here ? " though we may not be able to find a Metcalfe . we may a Martin. Anyhow we shall have to do all we know again to win. Last year the School House won too many events ; we want to see more opposition ; the keener the rivalry, the better the rowing will be. Let the day boys look to it that they furnish at least a member for the School-four and make a bold attempt to hold their own in the other events . Carter and Rose sheaved promise as Juniors, and should not belie that promise . Among the Juniors last year C . AFhincup and T . H . Bingham showed fair style and with something added to that style, they should be useful to us . But we must look carefully to the new arrivals and the unplaced many of last year : let those who have been taught, teach the novice—patiently, and with not too many hints at a time . For this, there is nothing like the tub-pair . A word to the novice as well as to the experienced : take advice whenever you can get it : first learn how to work before you try to work .
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By the way, when promises—even vague ones—are given of new boats why do we not accept the offer and rest only when we have the boats housed in our boathouse? This in passing. Let us then remember the lesson of last year : a bad prospect and a successful issue, a defeat anticipated and a victory achieved—the result of care and combination . Each must do his best, but that best is useless unless we work together. The first thing then must be to adapt ourselves to one another, to begin and end our stroke together, to `get the work on' together, to let the hands come away together, and each keep himself steady : for on any course, much more on a long one, there is nothing like a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together.
CRICKET. DURHAM v . YORK. Owing in a great measure to the kindness of Mr . Poole, of Durham, we are now able to publish the complete results and scores of the cricket matches with Durham, as far back as 1866 . With only the records of the Peterite to help us, we could have gone back no further than 1879, and even then the statement would have been in error, as the Peterite with great prudence omits the match containing the highest total . It will be seen that Durham have won 19 to our 14, one being drawn . This majority they secured in the succession of victories from 1879 onwards, in the time of Brutton's prowess . It was in this period that they made the biggest innings of these matches (274) at Durham, Brutton contributing 163 not out ; also that we were dismissed for 13. However, they run us very close for smallest score, as Rhodes was instrumental in dismissing them for 14 ; they have also been out for Our highest individual effort we cannot definitely fix, 20, WC for 24 . but should incline towards one of Mitchell's sixties . The football results will be found after the match with Durham in the present number. YEAR .
1866
YORK .
1st Ings. 56 64
2nd Ings. 53
1st
DURHAM . PLAYED A7 Ings. 2nd Ings. y6 York 36 Durham 88
For 2 wkts. 1867
108
24
54
1868
40 94
71 20 28
92 43 56
Durham York Pork
49
31
656o
Durham
RESULT.
Durham won by 23 runs . I Durham won by 24 runs) fork won by 37 runs . York won by 31 runs. I "ark won by r innings and 10 runs . Durham won by 45 runs .
1856
186,
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1'L\\'1:11 :\'1' . ItE ,UI .T. Dl"gin :\\l . For 4 wkts . .. York Durham won by 6 wkts . 1869 83 For 6 wkts. 64 33 Durham York won by 16 runs . r87o 83 177 York York won b y 94 runs. 1871 146 Durham Dau rha, rwon by I inningsi87-
YORK .
1869
81
1 870 1871 1872
8o 194
119
47
44 For 3 wkts .
1873 5 58 183 187-1. 1875
127
1876
go
1877
63
1878 1879 1880
91 61 31
1881 1882
81 13
For 1 w'kt. 20 For 5 wkts. 52 No wkts .
1883
44 33
1884
83 131
1835
1886
62
83
York
York won by 65 runs .
1875
Durham
Durham won by 8 runs .
1576 1877
48 153 171
153 ..
Durham York Durham
162 6r For 6 wkts. 2,9
.. 98
York York
Fork won by 46 runs . 1875 Durham won by 92 runs . 1879 Durham won by 1 innings and 87 runs. ,ESo Durham won by 8, runs . 188r Durham won by 112 runs.
43 274
For 2 wkts. 92
140 6o
118
No wkts. 27
73
1882
Durham
Durham won by 169 runs 4 wickets.
York Durham
Durham won by 10 srktn . .5883 Durham won by 241 runs. Iork won by ,o runs. 1 York won by 1 mnmgs 1884 and 2z runs. York won by 1 innings and 85 runs. Durham won by 1 innings 1885 and 5 runs. York won by 5 runs. . 1836 Durham won by 74 runs
67
42
Durham York
14
41
Durham
107
York
113 167
Durham
York
No Match.
1887
1890 1891
1873 1874
York won by 9 runs
93
1888 1889
Durham won by 23 runs. York won by 1 13 runs .
York
24
42
York Durham
23
53
40
I11
59
15
For 2 wkts . 14
34
86
49 114 For 9 wkts.
59 144
120
175
88 6,
79
67 84
For 3 wkts. York 44 York
Durham won by 10 runs . 1888 Durham won by 3o runs . l 158g Durham Draw. J
For 5 wkts . 41 York Durham
18go York won by 21 runs . Durban on by 20 runs. x8gI
DEBATING SOCIETY.
The first meeting of the above Society was held on January 3oth, in the Fifth Form Room . Mr. E. IV. Clarke (Vice-President) was in the chair, and began by calling upon Mr . R . Garwood (Secretary) to read the list of subjects proposed as suitable for debates . These having
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been voted upon by the House, Mr . Garwood read out the selected few and announced that on the following Thursday he would bring forward the motion that " the course of study pursued on the Classical Side is preferable to that of the Modern Side. " After Mr . F . M. Bingham had been elected Sergeant-at-Arms, and other matters of business had been discussed, the meeting adjourned. On February 6th, Mr . R. Garwood proposed " that the system of education adopted on the Classical side is superior to that on the Modern." Mr. Garwood said that, considering that he should have to occupy the attention of the house with a second speech, he should try to be as brief as ossible, and so would at once read a definition of a Modern, extracted from the school blue book . A Modern, it appeared, was that which did no Greek and less Latin . He would not say much of the Latin . for where there was but a slight desire for knowledge, the little they did might be enough . It was on the importance of Greek that the whole case rested, and he would ask the meeting to remember this, as the other side would perhaps make light of it . There was some difficulty in speaking on this subject, as it had been already settled at Cambridge, but the support of the Cambridge decision more than made up for this . The opposition must remember that it was no new idea of the proposers, but the opinion of almost the whole intelligence of England, that they were trying so vainly to controvert. This ought to be enough, but as we approached them rather in sorrow than anger, he would explain a few of the debts which the nation owes to Greek genius . It was at Athens that sculpture and architecture attained their fullest developments . It was at Athens that the drama reached its perfection . He went on to describe the effect of Greek culture on our philosophy, upon rhetoric, and in fact our entire language . He had thus briefly and imperfectly enumerated some of the past and present advantages of Greek, and felt sure that, without any further assistance of his, it would be able to withstand another attack, however violent or however insidious it might be. Mr . A . W . Peel seconded with a fiery little speech. The Opposition was led by Mr . S . O . Bingham, who enumerated the many advantages of a Modern Education with striking force and vigour. Mr . E . W . Clarke, roused by the ferocity of Mr . Peel, was a brie seconder of the Opposition .
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CORRESPONDENCE.
The following spoke : FOR .
AGAINST.
R . Garwood . S . O . Bingham. A . W . Peel . E . W . Clarke. C . J . N . Carter . A . \Vilks, Esq. C . M . Millar, Esq . H . Preston, Esq. After Mr . Garwood had replied the House divided, and the Motion was carried by a majority of 3. For the Motion, IS. Against, 15. On February 13th, Mr. S . O . Bingham, the original proposer, being indisposed, H . Preston, Esq ., took his place and proposed " that the abolition of duelling has been beneficial to the country ." The attendance was only small, and the debate was decidedly lifeless. After making some humorous allusions to duels in France, the proposer pointed out the disadvantages the country would undergo if the custom was introduced. Mr . AV . H . M . Hancock seconded the motion. Mr . Garwood opposed, pointing out how useful duelling would be found in deciding disputes which could not be satisfactorily settled by law. He was seconded by Mr . Clarke. The following spoke : For. . _'tGAINSI'. H . Preston, Esq . R . Garwood. W . H . M . Hancock. E . W. Clarke. F. . S . D . Carter, Esil. Mr . Preston replied, and on the (louse dividing, the Motion was carried by a majority of Io. For the Motion, 15. Against, 5 .
CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITOR of THE " PETERITE . " DEAR SIR.—In answer to the letter inserted in the last Pcterite, the Editor " tells me that the team's fares are not paid because former captains of games (all games, cricket and boating included) have allowed their zeal to " run away " with the money at their disposal, and
THEATRICAL ACCOUNT .
227
more besides ; he also adds that the subscriptions to all games are now united into one fund . This means, in plain English, that we, the football community, arc paying for the peccadilloes of cricket and boating captains of former years. It may perhaps be just that we should pay for the sins of our fathers, but when it comes to paying for for those of our uncles and aunts also I don't see it . Hoping this view of the matter will strike the authorities in this light—for though it is somewhat late in the day, or rather season, still it is " Never too late to mend .—I remain, yours truly, Q. [Owing to want of space the answer to Q's letter is held over till the next number .—Et,
THEATRICAL ACCOUNT. REcLI as. Balance tram 1890
Clarkson
. . 20 0 0 4 1
5 o o
IIoltby . .
10 t6
3 0
0
Sampson
3 0
15 9 6
Hartley . .
r 0 0
Police James
3 3 0 19 0 15
School Subscriptions ..
10 6 4l 32 4 0
Rev. G . T . Hand fool )fasters' Subscriptions Public Subscriptions .. C. . Meld, Esq .
..
..
t :Srhxnirusp. S . May . .
.. . .
Gas Fittings . .
0 14
Walls
2 2
. .
. .
Taylor, Chairs
1
Band Mr . Wiley, Attendance
4 0
Lamb
. .
1 10
Workmen
o 6
. .
. .
3 10 o S
. .
o S o 6
Stationery Properties Adams . . ('loak Room
to 1o!
o S 0 5
Carriage Cabs
. . 4'66
13
o to
Miss Martin, use ut Piano . .
o to
Sundries
0 4
. .
Bollans
0
Greenwood, Hire of Caliver
0 5
4 8
Printing
0
Balance in I land
6 7
Tutal
x,66 19
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NOTES
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AND ITEMS.
btttur .
A 1'VINMANA, IJI;RMAH, ON I :1NUARY
14
1
S92.
011 .AIRNO K INGLEIIY IL\It11ISO\ WI 1,1,1.A1ISUN. AGED
27
Entered the School
YEARS.
1872,
left 1582.
Lieutenant in the King's Own Light Infantry, August, 1SS4 ; afternards Lieutenant in the Bengal Staff Corps and 26th Punjaul, Infantry ; at the time of his death . from dysentery, second in command of the Pyinmana Battalion of Military Police. Altar Services : Burmese Expedition . ISS6, 7 Medals and 2 Clasps ; Manipur Expedition, 1591.
NOTES ANT) ITEMS. The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of 1. Clifford Allbutt, M .l) ., LL .D ., I .R .S ., to be Regius Professor of Physic, at Cambridge University. The Rev . H . M . Stephenson . M .A ., has been offered the living of Tuft with Caldecote, near Cambridge ; in the gift of Christ ' s College. G . E . Blake has been elected on the Council of the Geological Society. R . Garwood has gained the first Classical Lady Hastings Exhibition at Queen's College, Oxford. At Peterhouse Sports, G . V . kirks was first in the high jump, long jump, and weight- putting. Mr . E . H . Pickersgill, M .P ., has been elected for Central Hackney, in the London County Council Elections. V. Anderson . Isq ., has been appointed Standing Council to the Post Office for the North Eastern Circuit in place of Mr . I\leysey Thompson. J . C . Snowden has passed in the first division of the London University Matriculation Examination. W. L . Crumbie has passed the Preliminary Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. WANTED .—Nos . 49 and 58 of the Peterite . Apply to C . . c/o The Editors. 1I :~RRIAGE .—On February 15th, in London, H . l)underdale to Miss Arathoon .
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PETERITE. Vot,. Xli .
JUNE, 1892 .
No . 98.
SCHOOL LETTER. O write a School letter is now, as often . only to traverse a beaten track, and summarise what is treated in detail elsewhere . Our Football team has maintained its reputation to the end of the season, and seemed hardly to feel the gaps made by the end of last term . The Debating Society has been very short-lived, owing to want of discussion among the greater part of the members, who appear to have little desire of winning immortality in this way . Next with the year rowing returns :—The School boat has once more shown the Old Boys what practise together and Mr . Miller's coaching can achieve ; we hope they will win more honours next term . The season, as regards the House and Day Boys, has been peculiar . The prospects of the latter were considered unusually bright at the beginning of the term—indeed the more sanguine entertained hopes of winning something . Their hopes, however, soon faded, and what with some leaving, some falling ill, and others turning slack, they almost despaired of the republic in a few weeks time ; they at last made a final effort, and succeeded in filling up the boats . Mr . Lord then came to the rescue, and the three boats were not beaten by much more than three lengths each, a satisfactory result as compared with the last few years . The Sixth Form boat was without exception the regatta boat, and so did not race the School. The Modern won a very tight race from the School . The two Binghams made the Pairs a foregone conclusion, and the Sculls were a case of Eclipse (S . O . Bingham) first and the rest nowhere . We have again been obliged to row in the old boats, those which the Old Boys
T
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kindly promised us are still on the way ; if distance does lend enchantment, they should indeed be celestial craft . There are many exalting reflections—but let them go, the editors too have been rowing and like Old John of Gaunt they write their words in pain whether true or not.
CRICKET PROSPECTS. NCE more the Cricket Season is upon us, and in spite of cold
O winds and frequent snow showers, we begin to look ahead and to consider what prospects there are of the season being a satisfactory one . We can ' t help stating at the outset that we have apparently anything but a cheering outlook ; still we must remember that a determination to do one ' s best and all round combination can effect great things . To get to work then, we find there are four old "colours" (Bingham 2, Carter r, Bingham r, Peel r) available, and thus seven places will have to be filled. Now seeing that Atkinson r, and Whincup 2, very nearly succeeded in obtaining their colours last season, we may pretty safely reduce the number of vacancies by two . To nominate those from whom the remaining five will be selected is a matter of no small difficulty, but we should say that the following will probably be candidates : Bingham 3, Eastwood, Partington, Peel 2, Rose, Shepherd, 'lute NVhincup r . Further, we must not forget those who have joined us since last summer, and in no case must the vacancies be filled without a thorough trial of each candidate's qualifications. With Bingham 2, Carter r, and Atkinson i, our bowling ought to be pretty strong, Bingham certainly bowled with success last season, and we confidently expect Atkinson to do great things this year. In the batting department, Bingham 2 ought to prove our main stay, though he certainly disappointed us sorely last season, and Carter r, in spite of his ugly style, will no doubt be one of our chief run-getters. We hope to see Bingham get rid of his weak stroke on the leg, which so often lost him his wicket last year. Amongst those we have mentioned as likely to complete the XI. Atkinson, Bingham 3, and Whincup 2, ought to turn out very useful "bats, " but they must remember that over-anxiety to score is a frequent source of downfall . Besides these, Peel 2, Rose, and Whincup r, have
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CRICKET—THE BOAT R :ICES .
some reputation as bowlers, and we hope to see them prove useful in this line, if they will remember that it is the "pitch" and not the pace of a ball that determines its excellence . The place which will take most filling will be the wicket-keeper's, and we advise some 2nd XI . fellow to take up "stumping, " so that there may' be no difficulty' in filling the place another season. Finally, though we have no great strength in batting or bowling, we can hope to excel in fielding ; let there be no sloping after the ball, but let everyone be smart and always on the alert, remembering that nothing disorganises a really good batting team so much as smart fielding .
CRICKET. FIRST NT . FIXTURES FOR 1892. I)A7E . VERSUS . GROUND.
„ 23 25
. .
..
Rradlonl .. .. Ripon N .R . Asylum Ampleforth Pocklington .. Leeds Clergy School N .R . Asylum .. Durham . . Yorkshire Gentlemen Almondbury Old Boys Ripon . .. Ampleforth Durham . . ..
29
. .
Old Boys . .
May 14 „
. .
24
June 2 4
7 „ 9 „ 1t
„ 14
. .
„ 16 „ iS
3c July
6 9
„ 16
Yorkshire Gentlemen .. Leeds Scarhro ' .. Ihadford l'ocklington
Home
Away Away
Home IIome Away
Away Away IIomc
lionie Horne
home 1Ionic Away
Away Away
..
Away
THE BOAT RACES. LTHOUGH there was a lack of exciting finishes, the races were
A on the whole fairly satisfactory, and we anticipated our holiday
weather . The rowing in some instances was really good . and . as long as we can devote only so short a period of the year to this sport, we
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must not be dissatisfied if those instances are few . Of individuals, S. O . Bingham deserves especial mention for his hard rowing . and no one could possibly grudge him his five victories . Among the juniors T. Bingham and R. Bird were very prominent. The entries were rather too few—fortunately : for owing to want of time towards the finish, one race—the final heat of the Junior Sculls— was rowed after the general exodus of the schools . The dayboys were disappointing, and the School House—unfortunately, perhaps, from an impartial spectator ' s point of view—again swept the board. The racing began on April 2nd, and the details are as follows : JUNIOR PAIRS. rsT IIEA'r .—R . M . Nevile (bow) and R . Bird Or . ) V . G . G . 1''eld (bow) and Tomlinson (slr.). Bird won easily by about 4 lengths. Hopkins (bow) and B . Hudson (sir .) v . B . Draper (bow) and If . Greeves (sir .). Hudson won by 2 lengths.
2ND HEAL—K .
HE :er.—R . M . Nevile (b;:ar) and L . Bird ( .sir .) v . K . Hopkins (bow) and Hudson (4i .). A good race . Bird won by a half a length.
3RD
FINAL HEAT .—T . Leonard
(bow) and T . If . Bingham (Qtr .) v . Nevile (bon) and L . Bird (sir,). The stronger pair, Bingham and Leona r d, won easily. JUNIOR SCULLS. rsr IIE1T—II . ( ;reeves v . N . Addis. Greeves won easily. 2ND Htlaird v . H . 'Bute. Bird won by S lengths. 3RD HEAT .—Greeves V . B . Draper. Greeves won by to lengths.
11 EAT .—Bird V . R . M . Nevile. Bird ran into a boat, but won by half a length. 4111
5TH HEAT .—L .
Bird won by half a length .
Bird v . 1 L Greeves.
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Bingham v . H . (,reeves. Bingham won . Bird stuck to him well for the greater part of the course, but was badly steered. FINAI, HEAT .—T . H .
SENIOR PAIRS. Whincup (bow) and T . H . Bingham (stn .) v . Williams (bow) and E . Nevile ( .titr .). Bingham won by 3 lengths.
IsT HEAT .--C .
Hancock (bow) and II . Partington (stn .) v . A. Rose (bow) and C . J . N . Carter (sir .). The losers were disappointing, and Partington and Hancock, rowing well together, won as they pleased. 2N1) HEAT .—W . H . M .
R . Atkinson (bow) and Newton (sir .) v. C . Whincup (bow) and T . H . Bingham (sir .). Bingham %von by 2 lengths.
3RD HEAT .---J .
Bingham (bow) and S . O . Bingham (sir .) v. Hancock (bow) and Partington (q tr .) The Binghams won by I-1 lengths . The losers rowed pluckily.
FINAL HEAT .—F . M .
SENIOR SCULLS. S . O . Bingham v. W . H . M . Hancock. Owing to the unfortunate want of time, several competitors gracefully retired, leaving I[ancock, last year ' s winner, to meet Bingham . Hancock, with the better style, led at first . and made a good race of it up to Scarborough bridge . where Bingham rowed him down, winning by 3 lengths. SENIOR FOURS. SCHOOL House
v.
I)Av Boys.
Hancock (bolt . ) . Rose (bole). Partington . 2 B . Scargill. 3 F . M . Bingham . 3 R . Garwood. S . O . Bingham (stn .) . C . J . N . Carter (str .). Hopkins (cox). Shepherd (cox) . The House, rowing with greater length and strength, won somewhat easily by 2.1 lengths . 2
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THE BOAT RACES.
v. CLASSICAL SIDE. Hancock (bow). Rose (bow). 2 A . Sargeaunt. 2 Partington. 3 F . M . Bingham. 3 B . Scargill. S . O . Bingham (dr .). C . J . N . Carter (str .). Shepherd (cox). Hopkins (cox). The old race of Sixth School and Civil or Modern was abandoned owing to the different school arrangements now existing, and this was substituted. The result was somewhat of a surprise . and without disparaging the efforts of his colleagues was mainly due to the hard-working stroke of the Modern side. The Moderns won by two lengths. MODERN SIDE
SECOND FOURS. . HousE N . DAY Bovs. Sea-tow . Cotterell (hole). C . Whincup (bow) 2 I ' Anson . 2 Hood. 3 R . 'I ute. 3 Forster . T . II Bingham (str .) . A . Sargeaunt (str .). Sargeaunt seemed unable to row a quick stroke and the House won by 3 lengths . THIRD FOURS V. SCHOOL Ilot sE Day Boy's. (bow ) . H . Bailey 13 . Hudson (bow). 2 Eastwood. 2 Horsfall. 3 J . R . Atkinson . 3 Johnson. G . Nevile Bird (sir .) In spite of an occasional and vigorous g rab caught by their "two," the House won by 2 ; lengths. THE SCHOOL r . THE OLD BOYS. This race was rowed on Saturday, April 9th, from the Waterworks to l,endal Bridge . The crews were : THE ScHoot THE OLD Bovs. B . St . G . J . Scarglll (bow). J . A . Easten (boa'). 2 H . Partington. 2 C . H . Chilman. 3 F . M . Bingham. 3 P . E . T . Wilkinson. S . O . Bingham (slr.) . II . G. Metcalfe (sir .) .
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The School had two members from last year in the Binghams, but were unable to make up their crew finally until the capability of candidates had been tested by some of the races . The Old Boys, though unable to get their best crew together, seemed fairly formidable and left no stone unturned to break the succession of School victories. For the third year in succession, the School have won, and we must congratulate S . O . Bingham on having helped to win all three. The crews went off well together, and the School, rowing a slightly slower stroke, were just ahead at the first corner, and gradually increasing their lead, were almost clear by the Ings Ditch . Metcalfe here spurted, and helped in their turn by the Station, the Old Boys went on rapidly, and passing the School whose oars were not together here, were clear on rounding the corner . At the beginning of the wall, keeping the stroke nice and long, Bingham came up, and the boats were on even terms ; for several strokes the two rowed dead level, when, without quickening, the School gradually drew away by the boathouse and gaining at every stroke, reached the winning post as they pleased, six clear lengths ahead.
OLD 1'1'_'I'ERITE DINNER (LONDON). NOTICE. The Old Peterite Dinner (London District) will be held on the 3oth June, at the Holborn Restaurant . The Rev . Canon Elwyn will preside, and a strong committee has been formed to support him. Invitations will not as a rule be sent except to O .P ' s . residing in the neighbourhood of London and to others who express a wish to be present . Further information may be obtained from the Hon Sec ., C . H . Chadwick, 3, Stone Buildings, Lincoln ' s Inn, V .C.
COkRI PONDENCE. 'I'o THE EDITOR Ot •('HE
PETERITE . '
DEAR SIRS,
May I take advantage of your periodical to call attention to the collapse of all public regard for school swimming ? A few years ago we had regular Peterite races including Senior and Junior events, which excited
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considerable interest and competition . Considering that we have the same facilities for organising swimming sports, it seems a great pity that no effort should be made . It is not so much on account of swimming itself (though that ought surely to be sufficient) that I venture to make this suggestion, but rather in the interests of the rowing . At the beginning of every season, we meet with plenty of men who would gladly row if they only could swim ; but it seldom dawns on them that to row next spring they must learn to swim this summer . I think that some school races and the display of a little interest on the part of rowing men would tend to assist the memories of these worthies. — I am, yours very truly, AQUATIC US.
Obit u art!. AI' DELLwoon CROFT, F l'LFORD, YORK,
On F1'IDA Y, March ISM,
F . L . TA[AWDESLEV, EsQ ., J .P .. ACED 72 VF:ARS.
AT ASHOVER, CHESTERFIELD, DERBYSHIRE,
On 7 CL'SDA Y, March 3oth,
Wll,I,I A\I BARBER, Q .C.
MR . BARBER, late County Court Judge for the Derbyshire district, was born in 1833, was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1862, created a Queen's Counsel in 1882, and elected a Bendier of his Inn in 1885. Ile was Professor of the Law of Real and Personal Property to the Council of Legal Education from 1881 to 1886, and was appointed County Court Judge of Circuit 19, comprising Derbyshire and a portion of Staffordshire, in September, 1889.
The Editors beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following School Magazines :—Herefordian, Leodiensian, Ulula, Hurst Johnian (3), Dunelmian (3), Bradfordian, Sutton Valence Magazine, Sedburghian, Coventry School Magazine, Giggleswick Chronicle, Riponian .
NOI'iS AND ITEMS.
NOTES AND ITEMS. T . Clifford Allbut, Regius Professor of Physic, elected to a Fellowship of Caius College, Cambridge. Rev . Canon Browne is one of Her Majesty ' s Commissioners to enquire into the London "Teaching University. M . 1Phittam, Esq ., C . M . Miller, Esq , and P . E . Lord, Esq ., have taken their M .A . Degree. A poetical contribution by " heardoe " is reserved for next number owing to want of space. Those who wish to play in the O .P . Cricket Match should send in their names to E . S . I) . Carter. We are unable, owing to a most unfortunate accident, to print a letter by Mr . Eyre in this number, but hope to do so in the next .
THE
PET[RITE. VoL. NII .
JULY, 1892 .
No . 99.
SCHOOL LETTER. HEN first we take upon us the burden, or as we think at the
W/ time, the honours, of an Editor, our heart glows with patriotism. We will make the Pcterite a vehicle of noble thoughts, of sparkling wit, and of splendid English, aye, so renowned shall it be, that the light of the Spectator and the glory of the Tatler shall pale before it as stars in the light of mid-day sun . But this sort of feeling soon wears off. The other Editors come, with a determined and murderous expression on their faces . Our heart sinks . We know what they seek. Our remarks about weather and cricket meet with but a cold and uninterested grunt . " Cease, vain babbler," they say, " and try to write a School Letter . 'Tis months since thou did 'st aught for the enlightening of our toil . Astonish the Old Boys and the other schools with thy foolishness ; we, and the School know it already . " And we obedient forthwith begin. When we had finished the above paragraphs we wrote down on a little piece of paper the headings of the various subjects which suggested themselves to us as material for the School letter . We wrote them alphabetically, thus :—Baby, Cricket, Degrees . Who shall decide the knotty point of precedence? We daren ' t. We are going to treat them as we wrote them down, alphabetically . The baby mentioned has become the joy, and doubtless will become the ornament, of Mr .
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Miller ' s household . The date of his birth (we nearly said " its ") is to be found elsewhere . We haven ' t seen him yet, and so can't say whether it resembles Mr . Miller or its mother yet . Oh, ye gods ! we said "its!" Where ' s that piece of paper? What's next?—Cricket . Though one has the impression that it has never ceased raining since Easter, as a matter of fact we have had only one match, Durham, stopped altogether, though many have been comparative shower-baths . We seem to have dodged nearly all the wet days . One week, from June 4th to June loth, the weather was grand . The accounts following will show that our success is greater than would appear from the number of wins. Several tall scores have been made, notably, F . M . Bingham's 59 against Bradford, 71 against Asylum, and 94 against Almondbury Old Boys ; Atkinson ' s 42 against the Yorkshire Gentlemen . and 77 against Ripon ; Moseley's 43 against Pocklington, and Carter's 43 against the Almondbury Old Boys and 37 against the Yorkshire Gentlemen. F . M . Bingham and Atkinson have both been the support of the team in the matter of bowling, without much practical assistance from anyone. Several bowlers have, however, secured an analysis by taking a few wickets . Twice we have reached 200 . May we do it for every match to come, says the Editors. Of course our first words anent the doings at the " Varsities " compliment and congratulate Leaf on his First Class . Nor can we forget Crosthwaite ' s Second in Mathematical, but stay, we are robbing the " Notes and Items ." Farewell all ye readers (and subscribers we hope) and may you have a more sober mind to arrange your next School Letter.
CAMBRIDGE LETTER. HE May Term at Cambridge is a term of culmination, pleasurable and painful . There are those—` A sweet life and an idle, they live from day to day '—for whom the May Term crowns the blissful languor of the year with many and various delights, one thing however, is necessary, even for them, and that is fine weather ; a commodity
T
which has this term been plentiful to an extent unparalleled we are told
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for 9 years . To glide along the perfumed banks in a Canadian Canoe, not without some novel, and a parasol to shade the head withal ; to raise the body ' s temperature by the gentle and joyous pastime of Tennis, for the pleasure of lowering it again with cooling drinks under the shade ; to be full length at Fenner's the whole day long, watching brilliant hitting and dexterous fielding ; these are the delights of the lotus-eater. For the sterner Britons, there are Cricket matches with long innings and longer fielding under a blazing sun ; and the devoted oarsman will be content to forego the thousand innocent pleasures of liberty to submit to the unfeeling objurgations of a too candid coach and to toil daily with merciless exactitude up and down the Cam, in order that at the end of it all he may spend the four most miserable days of his life in pandering to the morbid pleasure of some Io,000 uninterested for the most part and unsympathetic spectators . But such torture is voluntary : there is a still darker side to the picture . The haggard Triposman feels the presence of such pleasures only to know they are to him inaccessible ; for him there is nothing but to rise up early and late, seek rest, and, paralysed at the speed with which the fatal day approaches, to try to get more done in 5 weeks than he would succeed in doing in 5 months . St. Peter's has this year furnished perhaps less than its usual number of victims in the persons of Crosthwaite, \Vellburn, Leaf and Allan. The May Races have been particularly unlucky this year . The painfully sudden death of H . C . Lovett, of Christ ' s, who was struck by lightning on Midsummer Common opposite the Pike and Eel while going down to the first day's racing, threw a gloom over the whole gathering, and demanded universal sympathy . Christ's of course did not row on the Friday Evening, and lost a place in consquence, whereupon they were caught by Hall (iii .) on Saturday, and on Monday by King's, whom they managed to re-bump on Tuesday Evening . St . Peter's was represented by Leaf who rowed four for Peterhouse, and Metcalfe who rowed two for Pembroke ; both boats unfortunately descended, Peterhouse to St . Catherine's and Emmanuel (ii .), and Pembroke to Hall (ii .) on the last night . The Hall kept away from First Trinity with comparative ease, although on the first night, First Trinity nearly realised the general expectations by coming within a foot of their stern at the Railway Bridge. I3
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CAI1BRIDGE LETTER.
The threatened sedition in the rowing world between the rival supporters of Kerr and Fogg-Eliot for the presidency has fortunately been quelled by the withdrawal of Kerr from the candidature, and Fogg-Eliot will be elected president with the rival old Dunelmian as secretary . The opposition to Kerr, apart from the question of Trinity Hall e . First Trinity, arose from the theory that he was too much dominated by J . B . Close, of First Trinity, who has coached the boats of that club during the rapid progress they have made during the last two years . and who was affirmed to be unduly anxious to try his theories on the University boat. The Installation of the Chancellor and the conferring of honorary degrees were made occasions for a successful pageant outside and an imposing function, relieved by much inapt flippancy, from the gallery inside the Senate House . Mr. Chamberlain, especially, perhaps from the seductive smack of familiarity about his christian name, came in for a large share of these pleasantries, against which he put on the armour of a nervous and vacuous smile . The Chancellor, who was the guest of the Vice-Chancellor at Christ's, visited most of the Colleges the following Monday. The placid atmosphere of the world of Scholarship has been thrilled by the polemics of one Headlam, of King's, who has published an impetuous and rather ill-considered attack on Doctor Venal, his theories and methods . According to Mr . Headlam, the ingenious Doctor's methods" consist of "reckless assertion without care to verify ; arguments intended merely to serve a present turn ; citation of such evidence as may seem to bear out a proposition and suppression of the rest." A critic of this denunciation perhaps not unjustly says : To publish such a reckless calumny on the character of an eminent scholar, who had examined in Tripos before Mr . Headlam became a freshman, is a proceeding that cries aloud for sonic decisive token of public disapprobation . " O . MEGA .
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CRIChET. 7'.
BRADFORD SCHOOL.
This was the opening match, played on the School ground on Saturday, May 14th . Bingham won the toss and went in himself with Peel shortly before one o'clock ; with I I up Peel ran himself out. Carter and Bingham then put on 44 runs, the bowling being mostly short. No change was made until the score was S5 and then Milnes was put on and Carter was immediately caught at point . At lunch the score was 61 for two wickets, Bingham not out 36 . On resuming he continued to score freely, but Atkinson was out at 76 . Whincup and Bingham added 19 when the latter jumped out to one and was bowled . His innings was marked by good hitting, without any actual chance ; a little more steadiness towards the end would have improved it . After his departure wickets fell rapidly, eight being out for too. Then Forster and Peel by some vigorous hitting put on 24 and the innings came to an end . The Bradford innings was very brief, Atkinson bowling with the wind from the river end, and backed up by some admirable catching was too many for them, and the total only reached 13 . In the second innings they did better, but the first wicket was the only one to make any stand . The School won by an innings and 72 . The fielding was very good, as may be seen by the number of catches . TIIE SCHOOL. F . M . Bingham, b IIammond
..
A . W . Peel, run out .. C . J . N . Carter, c Healey, b Milnes J . R . Atkinson, b Milnes C . Whincup, b IIammond S. O. Bingham, b Milnes V . Mosley, c Healey, b IIammond T. H . Bingham, b Hammond C . Forster, c and b Milnes A . L . Peel, not out .. It . Whincup, b Ilammond Extra . . 125
CRICKET.
244
BRADFORD SCHOOL. SECOND INNINGS.
FIRST INNINGS.
II . Hammond, c F . Bingham, h Atkinson II . Mimes, c Forster, b Atkinson ..
6 c A . W . Peel, b S . Bingham 13 o
c and b Carter to
N . Dickenson, c S . Bingham, b Atkinson II . V . Shorter, c and b Atkinson ..
2
not out b Carter
F . G . Butler, b Atkinson
q
2
..
R . G. Ellis, c R . Whincup . b Atkinson
b Carter o c Atkinson, b Carter 2
o o
II . Mosley, c Forster, b F . Bingham — Gregson, c A . L. feel, b F . Bingham .. L . Foggin, h Atkinson
h Carter
o o . .
I
c F . Bingham, b Atkinson
o
c Forster, b F . Bingham . . b Carter .. . . . .
I
o
Sr .
. .
o I
BOWLING
. .
c and b Carter
1
— Daniel, c . A . L . Peel, b F . Bingham A . Ilealey, not out . . Extras . .
6 o
Extras
..
6
..
2
ANALYSIS. PETER 'S.
Overs . Maidens . Runs. Wickets. If . Shorter
.
17
3
. . Io
2
41 28
0
F. G . Butler Ii . Mimes II . Hammond
. . 15 .. q
4 2
36 20
4 5
. .
o
BRADFORD. FIRST
SECOND
INNNINCS .
O'crs. Maidens . Runs . Wickets . J . R . Atkinson 8
6
F . M . Bingham 8 A . \\' . Peel —
4
7 6
INNINGS.
Overs . Maidens . Runs . Wickets.
7
5
0
9
1
3
4 3
3 I
3 9
0
S . O . Bingham —
7
C . T . N . Carter —
10 . 2
3 5
7 9
I 7
S . Bingham bowled one wide.
PREVIOUS MATCHES. 1889 .
..
..
York won by 9 wickets.
189o.
..
..
York won by 8 wickets.
1891 .
..
..
York won by 32 .
1
2 45
CRICKET .
v . NORTH RIDING ASYLUM. On Tuesday, May 24th, on the Asylum ground. THE SCHOOL. F . M . Bingham b Best .. A . W . Peel, b Best
..
9 3
C T . N . Carter, b Best C . Whincup, b Best . .
ii 6 . .
5
S. O . Bingham, b Milthorpe . .
1
J . R. Atkinson, h Best C . Fors'er, b Milthorpe
3
V . Mosley, b Milthorpe
4 4
T. H . Bingham, run out . . A . L . Peel, b Best R . Whincup, not out
..
. .
2
. .
o Extras
. .
2
46 THE ASYLUM. E. Glaisby, c C . Whincup, h Atkinson F. Hearne, c Carter, b F . Bingham . . C . Best, b F . Bingham F . Leckenhy, b Atkinson
19
..
o 12
. . ..
C. Rudd, b A . L. Peel
4 21
G. Ilingston, st R. Whincup, b S . Bingham T . Milthorpe, b S . Bingham . . . . F. Waterhouse, c Carter, h S . Bingham R . Bowas, c Carter, b S . Bingham
4 . .
3 o o
..
J . Rastell, c Atkinson, b S . Bingham
6
W . R . Nicholson, not out
o I
. . Extra
. .
71
v. AMPLEFORTH. This match was played on June 2nd on the Ampleforth ground. The School won the toss and sent in F . M . Bingham and A . W. Peel to face the bowling of Connor and Curran . The state of the ground was no doubt responsible in a great part for the small score
of 39• J . R . Atkinson alone reached double figures . Curran was the most successful with the ball . After lunch the College sent in Curran and Whittham to the bowling of Bingham and Atkinson ; the start was a
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bad one, but on Connor joining Whittham the score rose rapidly. Whittham, Connor, Hind, and Dawson batted well, the remainder did little, and the innings closed for 99 . Atkinson captured 7 wickets for 54 runs, a very good performance ; the fielding on both sides excellent. ST . 1'El'ER'S. FIRST INNINGS.
SECOND INNINGS.
F . M . Bingham, c and b Curran A . \V . Peel, c C . Powell, b Curran
..
2
b Connor ..
..
6
b Connor ..
. . C . J . N . Carter, b Connor C . Whincup, b Connor . . J . R . Atkinson, c McSheehy, b Curran
. .
2
S . O . Bingham, b Curran C. Forster, b Curran . .
. .
o 16
c Curran, h Connor
..
. .
o
b Curran
. .
. .
3
c Hind, h Curran ..
. .
o
not out not out
.
0
Y . ' Tosley . c M;:Shcehy, b Curran T . IL Iimhham, c and b Connor A . L . Peel, not out .. R . \Whincrtp, run out
II
b Curran .. b Connor ..
3 0
.. 4 0
I
.. Extras
Extras
2
Total
•-
3
Total for 7 wickets
39
. . 30
A\1I'LEFO RTI I. . . . . P . Curran, b Atkinson . . . . L . Whittham, c F . M . Bingham, b Atkinson
I 22
A . Powell, b Atkinson E . Connor, b Carter
o . .
24
G . Hind, b Atkinson . .
. .
26 4
. .
J. McSheehy, b Atkinson
o
C . Powell, b Atkinson . . . . .. J . Dawson, c A . W . Peel, b Atkinson W . Smith, c F . M . Bingham, b S . O . Bingham F. Hines, c Forster, b S . O . Bingham H . Priestman, not out . .
11
. .
..
9 o
..
o
Extras Total
.
. .
9')
ANALYSIS OF BOWLING. S I . PETER'S . FIRST INNINGS .
SECOND INNINGS.
Runs . Wickets . Overs . Maidens . E Connor P . Curran
IS 19
3 6
13 12'4
5 4
Runs . Wickets . Overs . Maidens. S 19
4 3
12 12
5 6
CI :IL KET .
2 47
At r[.rsor.Tnt Runs . Wickets . Overs . Maidens. J . R . Atkinson
. . 54
7
20
3
F . t1 . Bingham
..
o
S
2
C . J . N . Carter
. .
S . 0. Bingham
. . 9
2
4 .2
A . L . Peel
.. 6
o
2
. .
i2
v. POCKLINGTON SCHOOL. Played on the School ground on Saturday, June 4th . Pocklington went in first, Atkinson and F . Bingham bowling . Three overs produced three singles to Holbrooke, who was then lbw . With the score unaltered two more wickets fell, one by a nice catch at point . After a couple of threes from full pitches of Atkinson's, Snowden was nicely taken at long slip by Carter . Play was very slow and no wicket put on more than six . F . Bingham bowled very steadily and made a fine catch at slip . The score was 30 after an hour ' s play, but all were out for 37 . Holbrooke started the bowling to Peel, and in his third over bowled him with a slow ball . Carter at once began to force the game, but some of his hits were lucky ; after getting to 36 lie was bowled. F. Bingham made the winning hit in the same over (time 26 minutes), but was soon caught at long slip, a good catch . The middle of the eleven again failed, Whincup after standing half an hour, being out for a steady and useful 14 . Seven were down for 50 when Mosley came in and at once began to score . T . Bingham and Peel each helped to add 13 to the total, but the last wicket put on 30 before Whincup was unfortunately run out—he had kept his end up well . Mosley's runs were made by good hard hitting, largely towards extra-cover . Though some of his strokes were uppish there was no actual chance, and it was a most useful innings, including r four, 8 threes, and 5 twos. Holbrooke bowled well . The innings lasted an hour and a quarter. In the second innings of Pocklington Holbrooke showed good form, being run out by a smart return of Carter's . The fielding was again good .
CRICKET.
248
POCKLINGTON SCHOOL. FIRST INNINGS .
SECOND INNINGS.
A . W . B . Holbrooke, lbw, b F. Bingham
3 run out
T . B. Butter . c A . W . Peel, b Atkinson A . G . E . Butt, c and b F . Bingham . .
o o lbw, h Atkinson . . 3 b Atkinson .. . . S b F . Bingham
C . J . Snowden, c Carter, b F. Bingham R . Harrison, b F . Bingham . . . . A . Norman, c F . Bingham, b Atkinson
. . 4 not out
.. . . 6 F . G . Swindell, b F . Bingham H . P . Lipscomb, c A . L . Peel, b Atkinson . . 2 A . H . E . Taylor, h F . Bingham
. 29
. .
b Mosley not out
. . o
. . . . II . Grainger . not out F B . Rowley, b F . Bingham ..
3
Extras
. .
. .
..
l :arms
8 6o
37 TIIEl: SCHOOL. A . W . Peel, b Holbrooke C . Whincup, b Holbrooke C . J . N . Carter . 1) Holbrooke F . M . Bingham, c Taylor, b IIal rison J . R . Atkinson, c Rowley, b Holbrooke S . O . Bingham, b Harrison .. C . Foster, c Swindell, b Holbrooke .. V . Mosley, not out 1'. II . Pingham, b Harrison .. A . L . Peel, c Butler, b Iolbrooke R . Whincup, not out
.. Extras . . Ic6
BOWLING ANALYSIS :--POCKLINGTON. SECOND INNINGS.
FIRST INNINGS .
Ovrs . Mdns . Runs. Wkts . 3
9
4
I t
2
7
1. 2
5
IS
I
C . J . N . Carter . .
3
o
S
0
S . O . Bingham
. .
4
2
7
0
V . Mosley
. .
5
0
5
I
J . K . Atkinson F . M . Bingham
.. ..
19 18-3
8 II
25
Ov-rs . Mdns . Rns . Wkts.
9
2 49
CRICKET .
v. LEEDS CLERGY SCHOOL. Played on the School ground on Tuesday, June 7th, and resulted in a win for the Clergy . LEEDS CLERGY. . . E . L . Metcalfe, b Atkinson . . Rev . E . H . Salter, b F . M . Bingham
. .
..
. .
..
39 13
II . N . Lowndes, c A . \C . Peel, b F . M. Bingham . . . . .. C . A . Curgenven, b Carter . .
47
11
E . L . Sanderson, c A . W. Peel, b Atkinson
4
2
W . Macleod, lbw b Atkinson .. II . H . Kemble, c R . Whincup, b Carter
44
II . C . Wilkinson, not out
17
. . ..
G . T . Charlesworth, not out . .
4 6
Extras . .
Total (for 8 wickets) 185 To bat—C . P,ostock. TIIE SCHOOL. SECOND INNINGS.
FIRST INNINGS . A . \V . Peel, b Lowndes C . Whincup, b Lowndes
0 0
C . I . N . Carter, c and b Curgenven F . M . Bingham, b Curgenven
3
J . R . Atkinson, run out
3
c Salter b Kemble 1) Kemble .. is Iiemble
S . O . Bingham, b Curgenven . .
.. not out h Curgenven
V . Mosley, h Curgenven
c Lowndes b Metcalfe not out
'1' . II . Bingham . c Rostock h Curgenven A . L . Peel . hit wicket b Macleod
..
2
II . R . Partington, b Lowndes
2
R . \\ hincup, not out
2 Extras
Extras
5
. .
..
Total for 5 wickets .
21
BOWLING ANALYSIS. THE School,. Runs . Wickets . Overs . J . R . Atkinson
. . 50
3
F. M . Bingham
. . 46
V . Mosley .. S . O . Bingham
. . 37 . . 14
3 0
A . L . feel . . C . J . N . Carter
17 IS
Maidens. 2 2
I2
I
8 4
3
. . Io
0 0
. . 22
2
7
0
I
4 31
250
CRICKET.
NORTH RIDING ASYLUM. Played on the Asylum Ground on Thursday, June 9th. 7' .
THE SCHOOL. \Ir . AVhittam, b Ilorras Mr . AVilks, 1) Borras Mr . Lord, 1) Best
. .
32 35 9
.
. . F . M . Bingham, 1) Best
. .
.
C . J. N . Carter, c and b Best
..
C . Whincup, b Milnthorpe Mr . Miller, b Borras . .
..
71 9 o 7
J . R. Atkinson, c Borras, b Rudd V . Mosley, c Best, 1) Rudd . .
r5 5
S . O . Bingham, b Rudd
.
2
. .
14
T . II . Bingham, not out Extras
I
. . Total
. .
. .
. . 200
The Asylurn got 30 for the loss of no wickets. E . Glaisby . 13 not out ; C . E . Rudd, 14 not out ; extras 3. BO\VLING ANALYSIS .—TILE ASYLUM. Run-s .
AVkts .
Oecrs,
Mdns.
. . ] . R . Atkinson
6 4
0
o
7 to
5 7
V . Mosley
Mr . Wills
. .
9
0
3
0
Mr . \Vhiltam
6
o
3
0
Mr . Miller
2
o
2
o
. .
z'. YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. Played on the Yorkshire Gent's Ground, on Tuesday, June 14th. A . W . Peel, c Stamer b Carter C . Whincup, b Dods myth
TILE SCHOOL. . .
..
o ir
P. E . Lord, c Starner, b Dodsworth . .
..
o
F. M . Bingham, b Carter
..
..
S
C . J . N . Carter, b Stainer I . R. Atkinson, c I3irkbeck, b Fairfax
37 42
V . Mosley, st \Vhickham b Birkbeck
25
H . R . Partington, c and b Fairfax
2
. .
T . H . Bingham, st Whickham, b I3irkbeck . .
3
C. Forster, not out
3
. .
A . L . Peel, b Fairfax . . Extras
..
o 6
. .
137
. . Total
25 1
CRICKET . YORKSHIRE GENTS. V. C . Schofield, b Atkinson T. S . Brogden . c Iartington, b Atkinson
9 26
J . H . E . Marsden, retired
1 39
A . Starner, b Mosley . . Capt . Birkheck, b Atkinson
49
o
G . T . Fairfax, b Atkinson
3
T. L . Whickham, b Carter
33 38 17
L . Dodsworth, not out D . Carter . lbw b Atkinson II . D . Naylor . not out . .
2
. .
Rev . E . 13. Firth, absent Extras . .
.,
o 36 352
Total for 9 wickets
1( \V'LING ANAI .VSIs .—1 ORKSIHRE GENTS. Runs . \Vkts . Ovrs . Mdns. F . A1 . Bingham
57
0
14
1
1 . R . Atkinson
. .
Io6
5
6
V . Mosley
49 52
1 0
34 13 13
41
1
11
3
0
2
7
0
5
..
P . E . Lonl . . C . J . N . Carter C . \Vhincup A . L . Peel
. .
3
1
Mr . Lord and Atkinson each bowled a wide, and \Vhincup a wide and a no ball . v . ALMONDBURY OLD BOYS. Played on the School ground on June 16th, and resulted in an easy win by 137 runs . The School declared their innings closed. THE SCHOOL. A . \V . Peel, run out
..
0
. .
o
. .
. .
43
F . M . Bingham, c W . M . Carter, b Dennison
.. . .
94 1S 3
C . \Vhincup, b Grist C . J . N . Carter, c Grist, b \V . M . Carter J . R . Atkinson, b Grist
. .
V . Mosley, c Bottonsley, b Grist .. C . Forster, not out
..
T . II . Bingham, not out
..
16 13
..
18
Extras
..
.. Total . .
. .
.
205
IL R Partington, A . L Peel, and R . \Vhincup did not bat.
252
CRICKET. ALMONDBURV. G . T . Bottomley, c Forster, b Atkinson S . Grist, c Musky, b Atkinson E . V . Howgate, b F . M . Bingham W . M . Carter, b Atkinson H . P . Bairstow, b Atkinson
.. ..
R. Middemost, h Atkinson
..
S . Learoyd, b C . J . N. Carter F . C . Crowther . is Atkinson .. T . Dennison, b F . M . Bingham H . A, Heron, not out .. T . S . Spence, absent Extras
. .
6 Total
. .
..
..
63
BOWLING ANALYSIS :—ALMONDL'URV. J . R . Atkinson
. .
Runs . Wkts . Overs . Mdns. 13 1 26 6
F . M . Bingham . .
22
2
62
0
V. Mosley . . C . J . N . Carter
8
0
2
0
7
1
4
1
RIE'ON.
Played on the School ground on Saturday, June 18th . Ripon won the toss and put the School in . C . Whincup and A . W . Peel went to the wickets first to face the bowling of Wrangham and Thomson. When the score had reached 19 Whincup was unfortunately caught at long leg ; soon afterwards Peel hit his wicket, and Carter shared Whincup 's fate . After F . M . Bingham had been dismissed for 2, Atkinson went in and played a grand innings, never giving a single chance till his score had reached 75 . Meanwhile, Mosley hitting freely made 27, the next 4 wickets going down for only a few runs, and thanks to some clean hitting by Whincup the last wicket put on 36 runs. Ellis and Fenton went in first for Ripon and took the score up to 19 when the latter was bowled off his pads . Ellis was soon afterwards disposed of, no one afterwards being able to stand long against the bowling of F . M . Bingham and Atkinson except Bland who went in the first wicket down and carried his bat for a careful innings of 17. In the second innings Ripon showed up considerably better and got 71 for the loss of no wickets .
CRICKET .
2 53
TIIE SCHOOL. A . W. Peel, hit wkt., h Bland .. C . Whincup, c Thompson, b Thomson C . J . N . Carter, c Thompson, b Thomson F . M . Bingham, c Coupland, b Thomson .. J . R . Atkinson, not out V . Mosley, c Fenton, b Wranl*ham S. O . Bingham, b Bland C . Forster, b Bland
..
T. II . Bingham, c Hodgson, Ti Thomson H . R . Partington, c and b Thomson .. R . Whincup, 1) Fenton .. Extras
.. Total
. .
.
151
RIPON . FIRST INNINGS .
A. E. Fenton, Ti Atkinson
SECOND INNINGS.
. .
. .
. .
16
C . C . Ellis, c Atkinson, b F . M . Bingham . . . . . . .. . . C . Bland . not out . F . C . Day, b F . M . Bingham . . . . . . W . J . Wrangham, Ti F . M . Bingham . .
2
E . Coupland, b F . M . Bingham
..
38
not out
32
4 o 1
W . Thomson, c C . Whincup, b Atkinson
. .
W . Hodgson, Ti F . M . Bingham
o o o
J . French, b F . M . Bingham . . .. W. Thompson, b Atkinson II . E . Collins . Ti Atkinson
17
not out
o
..
I
Extras
Extras
Total Total(no . . 42
..
wkt .) 71
BOWLING ANALYSIS .--ST . PETER'S. Runs.
\\'kts.
Overs.
Mdns.
W. T . Wrangham ..
36
I
14
4
W . Thomson
3S
5
4
38 II
3 I
15 2 .} 2 .4
5 0
16 S
0
2
0
o
2
0
C . Bland
..
A . E . Fenton W . Hodgson W . Thompson
..
Fenton bowled a wide.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
254
RIPON. FIRST INNINGS. Runs. i6
F . M . Bingham J . R, Atkinson
Wkts. 6
Overs.
Mdns.
13 13
7 3
6
I 0 I o o
25 4 SECOND INNINGS . F . M. Bingham . . 24 0 V . Mosley . . 12 0 14 0 C . I . N . Carter J . R . Atkinson 16 0 S. O . Bingham 0 4
3 5 6 2
SCHOOL v . MASTERS AND REST. Scnooi . .
MASTERS AND REST.
F . M . Bingham, b Mr . Wilkes A . \\' . Peel, b Mr . Yell
5
. .
C. J . N . Carter, b Mr. Miller . . 23 I . R . Atkinson . c Mr . Miller, b Mr . Whittam 32 C . AV'hincup, c Mr . Wilks, b Mr. Miller
..
. .
Mr .
Wilks, c
S.
•• 53 22
Mr . Lord, not out
. . 50 . . 3
..
R . Whincup . not out Mr. Whittam Rev. A . E . Burton
.. S . O . Bingham, b Mr . Yell
o
.. V . Mosley, b Mr . Lord T . II . Bingham, b Mr . Lord
20 6
J . Shepherd I3 . J . Scargill
C . Forster, b Mr . Whittam
o I
A . \\". Eastwood Mr. Veld
o
Extras
II . R . Partington
A . L . Peel, not out . . . . W . A . Rose, b Mr . Whittam Extras
O. Bingham, b
Carter . . . . .. Mr . Miller, b S . O . Bingham
..
. .
To bat .
) ..
8
16 Total (for 2 wktc) 136
Total
. .
. .io6
A return match was played in which Rev . G . J . Handford and Mr. Preston took the places of Rev . A . E . Burton, and Scargill . This match ended in a draw, being interrupted by rain.
The following is a statement of the Games' Club Accounts up to 'May 1st. BALANCE
SHEET .
s. d. May 1st, 1892 . To accounts due by To rent due by . . To cash owing to the Rev . G . T . Handford by
15 18
9 0
71 0
50
0
0
£8 3
9
7i
£ s. d.
May 1st, 1892. By Cash in Bank . . By Cash in Hand .. By Subscriptions . . To Balance . .
13 6 7 1 1 IIZ 40 16 0 28 5 1 £83
9
71
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CORRESPONDENCE. Meltakatle, British Columbia, Nov . 19, 1891. My DEAR BoYs. A year ago I sent you a letter which Dr . Hicks, my commissary in England, tells me you printed in your magazine . It is too late to say I should like to have that copy of the Peterite . I do not in the least remember what the substance of the letter was, and therefore I may unwittingly traverse the same ground with the facts that have grown out of the current year's experiences. This would result in sameness . I have an indistinct idea I described a voyage up the Skeena or the Nass River . Now I will take up the latest incidents from across the salt water. There is a tribe of Indians called Kitkatlas, some three hundred strong, whose traditions never allude to any river as do others . It is of the sea and the sea shores . They came from afar along the western coast and never saw the moose or the buffalo. The whale, the sealion, and even the sea-serpent adorn their legends and form their crests . Some Indians who reached the sea by the rivers, now called the Linstrians, meaning " on the Skeena" (their Nile), met with others long settled beside the ocean's roar, who spoke a cognate language, whom they at once named, Kitkatlas, that is, giut people, and Katlathe ocean's edge. Formerly they were very numerous and masterful. They are still the bravest of the brave, and are most at home when tossed on the waves . I trust them at sea as if my own hand were on the tiller . There is not a crag known to the splendid sea otter, with a pelt worth £6o, from Alaska to the straits of De Fuca unknown to these hunters . "Pis a manly life, and they are a manly people . But as a bishop what difficulties they have caused me ! I have always admired them, and they have long shown a liking for me, but to my work of extending the Kingdom of Christ they gave no quarter. The news brought to-day from them, is worth the fifty miles of bold buffeting with November waves . It tells of a last battle in a long campaign, a victory won, a Christ triumphant . My visitors this morning were messengers from the noble band of Christian Kitkatlas, who, on being admitted, greeted me in very subdued tones, showing that their embassy was of great importance, but their faces afforded
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me no clue to its import. I was as impassive as they, and silently awaited the uplifting of the mysterious veil . I was really burning with suppressed, but anxious, expectation through the recollection of the vicissitudes of the mission to these people which I opened in the year 188r. Six winters ago, a half-drowned crew came to me from the same place, and sat in like manner on the chairs just now vacated . Each sentence fell as if from the passing bell . " They have burnt the church . They have torn up the Bibles . They have blasphemed the Saviour . Only ashes remain, and a great victory for the devil ." The tolling ceased . Then I said . " No, never . The war is just begun. Jesus Christ will win . You are not burnt . The devil has laughed before . God will laugh at him . You yet will laugh . Be strong . " For more than a year no teacher was allowed there a public service. But yet the power of what had been taught increased with the persecutions, so that the influence of the steadily increasing number of Christians made it possible to make another attempt to settle another native teacher among them . This was followed by a medical missionary, who in turn gave way to a clergyman now quite familiar with the language . P,ut the sickness of his wife is now detaining him at Victoria, so that six months have passed away without the stated ministry. This makes the latest news the more remarkable . Before it loses its freshness, I will write down some of the interesting details. Luke, a Christian of a year's standing, was spokesman among my visitors . Thus he began . " Ltha goudi eshk gish Sheuksh, " which means . " He has perfected his promise has Sheuksh . Sheuksh is the greatest of the Kitkatla chiefs, a man of great size, having a head that looks massive on his huge shoulders . Such a mouth he has, and teeth ! What knot could he not untie with them ? There is no light in his eyes till some passion burns : then they seem to scorch you. His plump cheeks are dimpled as he smiles . but his hearty laugh is heartier than the friar's in the advertisement of somebody's extract of beef. His open mouth is then cave like . He is a formidable foe to man or beast, but a true friend when he has pledged his friendship. About him there is nothing small or mean . I would have trusted his word when he was in sharp conflict with me as I would now that he has renounced his heathenism . His manhood is of a noble type that I
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have longed for years to see sanctified by our holy ;faith . For many years I have prayed for this splendid fellow amid all the revolting orgies of a degrading system of which he has been the chief inspirer and upholder. Come with me into his house at l .aklan, his island home abreast the western ocean, and isolated from :the track of ships . The solid cedar floor is sixty feet square, in the centre of which is a space, covered with sand, directly under a large aperture in the roof . There is piled the blazing logs, and as the great company of men assemble at the chief' s invitation, oil is poured on to make the flames leap high and illuminate their faces. Sheuksh is arrayed in a scarlet robe, richly ornamented, and is seated on a settle but little raised above the floor . Near him are six of his faithful retainers . The crowd of men are seated on the three other sides of the capacious hearth, and are silent with wonder at seeing the chief wearing the insignia of a leader in a diabolical dance illustrative of the worst features of heathenism . The Christians and their friends had become too numerous to be apprehensive of serious hostility even from such unscrupulous men as Sheuksh and his courageous little company . But they could not surmise what this strange demonstration foreshadowed . This was the first gathering of the clans since the summer toil and autumnal hunts. The least surprise would have been a plain declaration of lifelong hostility against Christians ; but a much greater one awaited them. The chief sprung to his feet and stretched towards the company his brawny arms, so opening his ample robe and exposing his feet and legs bare to the knees . " I wear," said he, " the outward signs of former ignorance and of ancient customs that never changed until the white man ' s faith was preached . I thought I ought to keep them, for I am no wiser than the ancients who kept them and did great deeds I loved them . So did you, I have struggled to maintain them . I have defied the Queen's officers who have threatened me with prison and disgrace . I resisted the bishop, and suffered not his teachers to land . I concealed not the thought of my heart . You know to what length I went, and formerly you approved my actions. " But the end has come . Let the waves tell the story of our fathers' exploits . The lips of our children will form no suitable words .
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CORRESPONDENCE.
Where do dead things go ? This goes with them ." Here he threw off his official garments. Then proceeding said, "I am naked, but can clothe my body with the white man's clothes . But I can wrap nothing round my heart . God's eyes see it . I have been taught this more and more plainly during the summer solitudes among the mountains or on the sea . Those tokens of the long past I will never wear again— never touch . What shall I do next ? I am too old to learn from books, I am like a child in ignorance . The God of heaven knows this . Will He help me? This I say, I will never turn back again . I give myself to God . Now pray for me you men of prayer . Pray, pray . I want to know what will please God, .uld I will do it . I must know . Begin at once to pray!" You see even in this spiritual agony he spoke as a chief, and in a moment every head was bowed in silent prayer, until Gaiumtkwa, one of the first I baptized began to pray aloud . This ended, another early convert, an exceptionally gifted man, from memory gave out Charles Wesley ' s hymn, " Hark, the herald angels sing," and many joined in singing it . After this, the same Christian, as Luke expressed it, broke the words of God into small pieces, so that the chief might eat them . (To be continued.)
To THE EDITORS OF THE " PETERITE . " SIRS,
The Royal Humane Society award prizes annually for proficiency in swimming exercises at Public Schools selected by the Committee. The urbane Secretary informs me that the selection is generally made from schools that have zoo boys at the least, and that the list is closed for this year, but if "Aquaticus " is in earnest in desiring to improve the School swimming, he would probably find that a successful application to the Society would help him in his efforts. I am, Yours faithfully, C.
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®bttuar?. On April 4, suddenly, at St . Thomas Vicarage, York, aged r 4 years, STANLEY HOWARD WALTON of the Fourth Form . Entered the School January, 1890. On May 18, at Trincomalee, of heat apoplexy, aged 44 years, CAPT. CHARLES SEDGEFIELD DONNER, H .M .S . Boadicea, Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies . Entered the School Midsummer 1859, left Midsummer 1861. On May 30, at Haxby, of influenza, aged 22 years, CHARLES SEYMOUR ROBINSON, Assistant Master at Oundle School . Entered the School May, 1881. On May 18, at 58, Bootham, York, two months after her sister, Jane (NETTA) daughter of the late Rev . Thomas Richardson, formerly Fourth Form Master. On Wcd , iesday, June 8th, at 39, Cemetery Road, York, Mr . Edward Allan, Surgeon, aged 72 years.
NOTES AND ITEMS. On Saturday, May 28th, the Rev. H . M . Stephenson was instituted and inducted by the Bishop of Ely to the living of Toft-with-Caldecot. Mr. Stephenson will continue to reside in Bourn till a new rectory is built. BIRTH :—On May 26th, (Ascension Day) the wife of C . A . Miller, Esq , of a son. MARRIAGES :—On May 24th, at St. Philip & St . James ' , Clifton, York, Francis Ware to Gertrude Agnes, only daughter of Rev . H . G. Hopkins. On Thursday, June I6th, at St . Paul's, Holgate, York, James C. Walker to Lucy, daughter of the late J . Procter, Esq ., the Mount, York. c
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NOTES AND ITEMS.
Douglas—Thomas. On March 24th, at Christ ' s Church, Galle Face, Colombo, by the Rev . J . Davies Thomas (father of the bride) assisted by the Rev J . D . Simmons : the Rev . Edwin Albert Douglas (second son of Thomas Douglas Esq ., J .I' ., Darlington), a C .M .S . Missionary in Tunnevelley, South India, to Edith Thomas, second daughter of the Rev . J . D . Thomas, Missionary, Colombo. H . G . Metcalfe rowed z in the Pembroke May Boat. F. Mitchell, for Yorkshire Colts v . Notts Colts, on May loth and i rth, scored ro and 34, and captained the side. W . M . Carter, for North and East Ridings of Yorkshire v . Manchester, on May 23rd and 24th ; and was asked to play for Yorkshire 2nd Lancashire 2nd. J . F . Leaf, Scholar of Peterhouse College, Cambridge . First Divison. First Class in the Classical Tripos. A . Crosthwaite, Scholar of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Senior Optime in the Mathematical Tripos. F . Weliburn, Selwyn College, Cambridge, Junior Optime in the Mathematical Tripos. H . W. Allan, Exhibitioner of Caius ' College, Cambridge, Third Division, Science Tripos. The Rev . H . Bloomfield, Curate of Tarporley, Cheshire, ordained priest on Trinity Sunday. The last number (97) of the Peterite was published in May. C . L . Naylor, Emmanuel College, has taken his Mus . Bac . degree. H . P . Douglas has passed the final examination of the Incorporated Law Society. The Rev . W . W. Dodsworth, has been appointed the vicar of St. Olave's, York. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following Magazines since our last issue : — Hurst Juhnian, Barrovian, Dunelmian, Leodiensian, Lppingham School Magazine, Giggleswick Chronicle, Sedburghian .
TIE
PETERITIH. VoL . XI I .
SEPTEMBER, 1592 .
No . ioo.
THE ATHLETIC SPORTS. President :—Rev . G . T . HANDFORD. Comm :/tee : — C . J . N . CARTER, S . O . BINGHAM, and W . A . RosE.
Judges :— M . WHITTAM, Esq., C . M . MILLER, Esq., G . V . BIRKS, Esq. .Starter :—P . E . LORD, Esq.
HE Sports were held in the School Field, in good weather, on July
T 27th and 28th . They were, by general consent . more than usually pleasant and interesting ; not that the Band of the 3rd West York played an especially cheering selection of music, nor that the visitors were more numerous than usual,—the dates unfortunately clashing with those of other attractions in the city . The Committee got through their work in business-like fashion, and deserve congratulation . As to the events, they were always full of interest, and although Partington won as many as five, there seemed to be fewer dead certainties than is usually the case, and the longer races afforded surprises . Amongst the Juniors there were some promising performers, notably Leonard and R . M . Nevile ; and in the open events Partington's performances were well up to the average, whilst in the High Jump, a "record" for these sports was established by F . M . Bingham with an excellent jump of 5ft . Sin.
262
THE ATHLETIC SPORTS.
The first day was mainly devoted to trial heats, though there were some few finals . The details are as follows : On Wednesday, July 27th I . PUTTING THE 'WEIGHT (Open). 1 . F . M . Bingham, 31ft .
2 . S . O . Bingham, 29ft . tins.
II . LONG JUMP (Under 15). Prize given by TV. Cobb, Esq. I . T . Leonard . 15ft . tins .
2 . II . R . Tomlinson, t3ft . 'tins. 3. R . M . Nevile, 13ft. loins.
Ill .
LONG JUMP (Open). Prize given by IF. F. Rawdon, Esq. 1 . C . J . N . Carter, ISft . 4ins .
2 . F . M . Bingham, 17ft . Bins. 3 . S . O . Bingham.
IV.
Music PUPiLs' RACE (Handicap). Prize given /y W. Barnby, Esq. 2 . F . Clemons, 45yds. i . E . \V . Clarke, scr. Clarke easily ran through the smaller competitors, and won by 20 yards.
V . THROWING CRICKET BALI, (Open). 1 . C . \Vhincup . Styds . eft .
2 . \V . A . Rose, 76yds. Ift. 3 . F. M . Bingham, 72yds . aft.
MILE RACE (Open).
VI.
Prize given by Rev, A . E . Burton. 2 . C . Whincup . 3 . A . W . Eastwood. R . IIorsfall. An excellent race . A large number started, but was soon reduced . Rose took the lead very soon, followed by Horsfall ; this order was kept up for several laps, Eastwood, Whincup, and Crumbie lying next . Rose kept his lead until 8o yards from home, when IIorsfall passed him followed by \Vhincup, who ran very strongly, but, perhaps, spurted too late, and Eastwood passed Rose on the tape . Time, 5mins. 5secs. 1.
On Thursday, 28tH VII.
HIGit JUMP (Open). Prize given by W. I . Rawdon, Esq.
1 . F . M . Bingham, 5ft. Sins . 2. C . J . N . Carter, 4ft . loins. S . O . Bingham failed at 4ft . Sins . and V . Mosley at Oft. loins ., leaving F . M . Bingham and Carter. VIII.
loo YARDS FLAT RACE (Under 15). Prize given by V. L . Neuman, L'sq. I . T. Leonard .
Won by eft .
2 . II . R . Tomlinson .
3 .:Yeld.
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263
? IX . 120 YARIJS HUIRDI .E RACE (Open). Prize given by lI. (Vhittam, Esq. 1 . II . R. Partington. 2 . S . O . Bingham. Partington cleared the hurdles nicely and won easily by six yards. X . QUARTER MILE IIANDICAP (Under 15). !'rive given by C. J11. Miller, Esq. 2 . G . Veld . 3 . II . Greeves, 15yds. 1 . II . R. Tomlinson, 5yds . As usual there were about 20 starters, and the winner ran well through and reached the tape more than his starting distance ahead of the "scratch man " and two feet from Veld. NI .—POLE JUMP (Open) . Price given by H. Cowling, Esq. I . II . R . Partington .
2 . V. Mosley.
This was not a great performance, the winner cleared 7ft . Sin . and Mosley 7ft. XII .—120 YARDS HURDLE RACE (under 15). Priaegiven by I M. Scargill, Esq. 1 . K . M . Nevile.
2 . G . Veld .
3. II . R . Tomlinson.
Nevile won easily by 6 yards from Yell, and Tomlinson was 1ft . behind Veld. XIII .—loo YARDS FLAT RACE (open). Prize given by Rev . G. T. Hand/ord. 2 . C . J . N. Carter. I . II . R . Partington . A good race won by half a foot. XIV—So YARDS FLAT RACE (under 12). 2 . C . 1'. Scott . T . C . Moiser .
3 . S . O . Bingham.
3 . II . W . Garland.
XV .—QUARTER MILE FLAT RACE (open). Pr,zegiz-en by Mrs . Handford. 2 . S. O . Bingham . i . II . R . Partington.
3 . C . J . N . Carter.
Carter led the way but was passed by Partington and Bingham . Won by 2 yards, in 59i seconds. XVI .—Ioo YARDS FLAT RACE (under 14). Prieegiven ly C. Yell, Esq. 2 . R . F . Russell . 3 . N . F . Foster. T . A . M. Sullivan . Won by 1 yard. XVIL—IIICU Jum p (under 15). Prize given by H. (V.. Preston, Esq. I . R . M . Nevile .
2. 1I . R . Tomlinson .
3 . F . F . Carter.
Nevile cleared 4ft. in ., Tomlinson and Carter both failed at 4ft . 2in ., but in the " jump-off'' Tomlinson won. XVIII .—uoo YARDS FLAT RACE (under 13). Pr ice given by P. E . Lord, Esq. I
. S . Walton .
Walton won by eft .
2, B . Moiser .
3 . M . Hingston.
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COMMEMORATION DAY.
XIX .—loo YARDS HANDICAP (open). I . H . R . Partington, scratch .
2 . C . J . N . Carter, scratch. 3 . S . O . Bingham, scratch.
\Von somewhat easily by 1i yards. XX .—IOO YARDS SACK RACE (open). I . E . C . Gray.
2 . N . F . Addis.
Gray seemed an adept at this game and won easily. XXI .—IIALF MILE FLAT HANDICAP (open). Prize gi ven by the Dean of ark. 2 . N . T . Crumbie, 5 yards. 3 . S . O . Bingham, scratch.
I . C . Whincup, 25 yards .
There were many entries for this event ; Bingham was unal) e to make up his penalty, and Whincup, running in good form, won by about 7 yards from Crumbie. \XII .--OLD Boys' RACE, QUARTER MILE. Prize givers by R . Pearson, Esq. 2 . R . Martin. I . G . II . Eyre.
Of several old boys present, at first Martin alone turned out, so Eyre made a race of it, and in rather too much of his old form for Martin, winning easily. \VIII .—'BAND RACE, QUARTER MILE.
A good race ended in a dead heat. XNIV .—CONSOLATION RACE. 1 . F . G . Williams .
2 . A . W . Eastwood.
The prizes were kindly given away by Mrs . Handford . and the meeting ended with the usual cheering.
COMMEMORATION DAY.
T
HIS day was attended by the same ceremonies as usual . At 7-30 there was a celebration of the Holy Communion, and at 10-30
the Commemoration Service. The chapel was tastefully decorated with ;lowers . The following kindly assisted in decorating :—Mrs . Handford undertook the altar and also assisted Mr . Miller with the east windows ; the choir stalls were clone by Mrs . Scargill ; the pulpit by Mrs . Miller and Mrs . Burton . the lectern by Miss Naylor, whilst the decoration of the other windows was entrusted to Miss Leaf, Mr . Yeld, Mr . Preston, and Mr . Wilkinson . The plants were kindly lent by Dr . Hingston .
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Though the weather was by no means favourable a large number of friends and relatives of the boys were present at the half-past ten service. The following Clergy took part in the service :—the Rev. G . T. Handford, M .A . ; the Rev . A . E . Burton, M .A ., and the Rev. W . \V . Dodsworth, MLA ., the new Vicar of St . Olave's, York, an old Peterite . The service was set to Dykes in F, and the anthem, "Praise the Lord," composed by the Rev . F . Peel, Mus . Bac ., Vicar of Heslington, York, and the hymn, " For all the Saints who from their labours rest, " were sung . The lessons were read by E . W . Clarke and R . Garwood . The sermon was preached by the Rev. W . W . Dodsworth . who based an appropriate address on the text, " Ye are God's building," taken from I . Cor. iii ., 9 . He pointed out that we should think of St . Peter with loving reverence and sincere gratitude to God that His Church was founded on the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone . The four walls of the Church were symbolic of doctrine, fellowship, the sacraments, and worship ; and so the Church of Christ had been founded and built up, and now was spreading to, and even had reached the farthest extremities of the known world . Next he mentioned that in the Gospels all the members of Christ's Church were living cornerstones, and this showed that it was the duty of every Churchman to build up and enlarge the Kingdom of God . The offertory that day presented an opportunity for participating in this wholesome work, and the preacher commended it to the sympathy of the congregation. Not only should Christians be living stones of Christ's Church, but each Christian should be in himself a perfect building, In his concluding words he exhorted each individual member of the Church to consecrate himself entirely to Christ. At the close of the sermon an offertory was made on behalf of foreign missions. After service a large number of friends of the school were entertained at luncheon by the Head Master and Mrs . Handford . The Dean and Lady Emma, the masters and their wives, the past and present elevens, and others being present. In the afternoon the Old Boys' Match was played despite the inclemency of the weather, an account of which will be found elsewhere. [We must apologise for the omission of this in our last number .—Ed .]
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THE PRIZE-GIVING. HE distribution of Prizes took place in the School Hall, on Friday, July 29th, at three o'clock . The prizes were given away by the Archbishop of York . His Grace was supported by the Very Rev . the Dean of York, the Bishop of Beverley, the Rev. Canon Machell, Rev . Canon Fausset, Rev . Canon Argles . There was a large attendance of parents and friends. The Head Master read the list of distinctions gained by Peterites during the past year as follows : —H . D . Naylor, higher certificate Oxford and Cambridge Board examination, with distinction in Greek ; C . F . Padel the same ; T . Clifford Allbutt, M .D ., appointed by the Queen, Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge, and elected Fellow of Caius College ; F . Neadham, appointed Commissioner in Lunacy in the place of Clifford Allbutt ; R B . Addis, (V . Form Modern) passed the preliminary examination for Woolwich ; R. Garwood, 1st Classical Hastings Exhibition ( '90 per annum) Queen ' s College, Oxford ; A. Crosthwaite, Scholar of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Senior Optime in the Mathematical Tripos ; F . Wellburn, Selwyn College, Cambridge, Junior Optime in Mathematical Tripos ; H . W. Allan, Exhibitioner of Caius College, Cambridge, Third Class in Natural Science Tripos ; F . F . A . Colby, Scholar of hing 's College, Cambridge, Second Class in the Natural Science Tripos (part 2) ; J . F . Leaf, Scholar of St. Peter ' s College, Cambridge, First Division of the First Class of the Classical Tripos, and transferred to a Scholarship of £So per annum ; G . R. Cook, Scholar of Durham University, Second Class in the final examination for Classical Honours ; S . O . Bingham (VI . Form Modern) passed the London University Matriculation Examination in the rst Division. Proceeding, the Head Master said that according to the Pall Mall Gazette's list published last November, only about so schools in the kingdom won more scholarships than St . Peter's in the previous five years in proportion to the number of boys in the school, and only one of these was north of the midlands. At this time last year, he said, he was holding out expectations that by that time they would have some new buildings . They were still waiting for the Charity Commissioners to give their decision, which they expected to know some time in the autumn .
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During the year a very interesting discovery had been made by the great antiquarians, Canon Browne and Canon Raine, who had ascertained to their satisfaction, though no proofs have been yet made public, that St . Peter's was the oldest school in the kingdom. He said they had to welcome three new masters since last year, Mr, Lord, an old boy, who has succeeded Mr . Campbell in the First Form, Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Preston. Mr . R . D . Hicks, M A , the Classical Examiner of the Sixth Form, appointed by the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board, read the following report : " The results of the Classical examination of the Sixth Form this year, taken as a whole, are in many respects encouraging, although somewhat unequal . Some excellent work has been shown up, and there is some promising material, but the general average is distinctly capable of improvement . To descend to particulars, the papers on Latin Grammar were fairly done, is three cases a creditable knowledge of syntax as well as accidence was shown . Latin Composition, however, was mostly moderate, but Garwood and Clarke deserve praise both for their prose and verses . Considering the acknowledged difficulty of the Latin author (Cicero Pro Cluentio), it is gratifying to find one admirable paper from Garwood ; the form throughout (lid fairly, if not remarkably well. Unprepared Latin translations were also good : Clarke obtained So per cent., Garwood 73 per cent . of full marks, and Cotterell was not far behind. Turning now to Greek, it must be admitted that the present sixth form has not been as well grounded in Greek as in Latin grammar. In Greek composition also, the performance was somewhat moderate, but credit is due to Garwood and Clarke for prose, and more especially to Clarke for a promising copy of Greek verses The papers on the prepared authors—JEschylus and Thucydides—gave evidence of careful preparation and greater success . Scargill and Cotterell in particular, deserve praise for having on this paper beaten Garwood and Clarke, who also did satisfactorily . The unprepared Greek translation was unequally done ; five did satisfactorily in part r, but the remainder of the paper proved too difficult for most, Garwood's work being a pleasing exception. In Greek History there was one thoroughly good
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paper on the outlines, and two moderate . Garwood, the best, answered two of the questions particularly well . The rest of the form did not attempt enough questions to distinguish themselves . The paper on the special period produced similar results . The Divinity was much better done than the Greek History . Though the general average of the paper on the outlines of Scripture History might well have been higher, certain questions (on geography, and notices of eminent men) were satisfactorily done throughout the form . Clarke and Fausset did creditably, Clarke answering four questions with admirable fulness . The Greek Testament Paper on the 1st Epistle to the Corinthians was very creditable, translation being accurate, retranslation fair, and answers to questions intelligent . Here also Clarke is first, beating Garwood and Fausset, who have also done well. The Rev. T . R . Lunn, M .D ., Mathematical Examiner of the 1st Division read his report as follows : The 1st Division can well be subdivided into three sections, the first of which acquit themselves well, the second fairly well, and the third take up but a portion of the work, and will have to achieve their distinctions in the Classical part of the examination . It is a very satisfactory thing to find that the two first boys are so very close to each other, that it is advisable to divide the prize between them ; and it is better to have to say that one of them does well in Classics also, whereas the other stands on Mathematics only. The Arithmetic was disappointing but in Algebra the work was much better . Conic Sections is evidently not a strong subject, perhaps they have not long formed acquaintance with it, but sound work was sent up as far as it went . Trigonometry and Dynamics were not so well done. Rev. Justus S. Sergeant, M .A , reported on his examination of V. and IV., Forms in Classics and Divinity and Candidates for Scholarships as follows The papers generally have been well done all through, both in the prepared and unseen branches of the examination . The Grammar papers were excellently done, Tute 2 and Moiser 2 being especially good . In Composition Hey 1, Bailey 1, Metcalfe, Newton 1, Williams 2, Romans and Feld did best . Bailey's work was particularly pleasing and in the region of pure scholarship he show s great promise . Clarke on the modern side deserves special mention for an excellent Latin
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translation paper Speaking generally the results evinced by the examination are highly satisfactory and reflect credit on the teaching of the school. Rev . G. Edmondson, M .A ., reported on his Examinations of Divisions II., III ., and IV ., in Mathematics and Modern Languages as follows : In Arithmetic the work was generally satisfactory . In Division II ., Hill r, Metcalfe and Moiser r, all did well ; in Division III . Roy r is best . and two boys in Division IV . have done the papers most creditably, Raine and Hey 2 . In Al g ebra Crumbie obtained almost full marks, and Hey r and Bailey did good papers . In Euclid the style of writing out was full and clear but the Trigonometry was poorly done. In French there is a marked improvement since I last examined . Many of the translations were really well done, and the Grammar questions were answered satisfactorily by all the better boys . The knowledge of German is not extensive ; only a few boys attempt the translation and of these Hudson alone with any success. Rev. R . F . D'Arcy, M .A ., reported on Chemistry :-The higher paper was done very creditably ; Bingham's paper was very good . and Young, Eastwood, and Hudson showed a good knowledge of the subject . The more elementary paper was done well by Romans and fairly by Crumbie, Moiser, Pollard, and Hill . In the practical examination Eastwood, Bingham, Hudson, Young, and Romans all did well, while Atkinson 2, Bailey I . Hill and W 7 hincup r, did very fairly. The Archbishop, who was greeted with loud cheers, said that prizegiving day was indisputably a very popular institution, and was always surrounded by the same evidences of happiness . He supposed that the happiness was not only is the faces of prize-winners, but in the faces of all, arising from the near approach of the holidays. He was afraid that as life went on, the power of enjoying holidays diminished considerably, although he was glad to say it did not diminish altogether. Every Peterite ought to take pride in his school, which . as they had heard, was the oldest in Great Britain . He had great pleasure in distributing the prizes to the successful winners, and to those who are not winners he could tell them not to be discouraged. They who had tried their best and had done their duty deserved a B
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reward, and they would have that reward in some measure in their own conscience . There is a great responsibility resting on the prize winners, both while at school and also after they have left . They have to show by their conduct and deeds in life that they were not becoming indolent, and that their work at school had really prepared them for their business in daily life . The boy that excelled at school, and did nothing in after life, showed that something had gone wrong with him, or else that his teaching at school was not of a permanent character. Not only is there the education which is obtained at school, but also the discipline and moral training ; not the discipline exercised by the masters over boys, but by the boys over one another . Not only the discipline in school, but the discipline in the playing fields, where boys learnt to put self-restraint on their temper. There is a great deal in school which goes to form a boy's character, and after all that is the chief thing, that kind of character which exercises its influence over the whole of a boy's future life. Perhaps God had given to the prizewinners greater talents than their fellows, but so much more would be required of them in after life . To those who had not obtained prizes he could say that even if they never won a prize, their time at school would not be wasted, if they built up a character that would remain all through life . LIST OF SCHOLARS AND PRIZES. Exhibitioner. — Redmond Garwood. Foundation Scholars.—Metcalfe and Hey r. Free Scholars .—Moiser r and Sullivan (Yeld being next in order of merit). Hey Scholars .—Moiser r and Sullivan (next in order of merit, Yeld r and Tute 2). 1llodcrn Free Scholars.—Metcalfe and Hudson. Modern junior Scholarship .—Creer and Hey 2. Archbishop of York's Classical Priseman .—Redmond Garwood. Dean of York's Mathematical Prizeman .—Edward Norman Young and Cecil Bernard Cotterell, req. Lower First Form .—Classics, Hill 4 ; Mathematics, Scott 2 ; French, Hill 4. Upper First Farm .—Classics, Pelly ; Mathematics, Dewhurst ; French, Lever.
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Second Form .—Classics, Hey 2 ; Mathematics, Leaf ; French, Sykes. Third .Form (Classical) .—Classics, Nevile 2 ; Mr . Yeld's prize for Latin, Clemons ; Mr. Yeld's prize for History, Nevile 2 Mr. Yeld's prize for Greek Grammar, Smith ; Mathematics, Nevile 2 ; French, Tomlinson. Third Form ( Modern).—Classics, Hill 2 ; French, Hill 2. Fourth Form (Classical) .—Classics, Hill 1 ; extra prize, given by Mr. Miller, Gray ; French, Pollard. Fourth Form (1fodern) .—Classics, Creer ; French, Creer. Mathematics.—Division II., Metcalfe ; extra prize given by Mr. Whittam, Clarke 2 ; Division III ., Roy r ; Division IV ., Raine. Fifth Form (Classical)—Classics, Bailey 1 ; French, Williams 4. Fifth Form Wadedn) .—Classics, Draper ; French, Draper. Sixth Form .—Canon Elwyn's Prize for Greek Testament, Clarke 1. Head Master' s Prize for Latin Prose.—Garwood. Read 11Ltstct's Prize for Greek Verse . —Not awarded. Head Jfaster' s Prizes for English .—Williams 1, Veld 1, Nursaw. Natural Science Prizes.—Practical Chemistry (open) Eastwood ; (for Junior School) Greeves ; Form V . (Classical), Romans ; Form V. (Modern), Williams 2 ; Form IV . (Classical), Pollard ; Form IV. (Modern), Hey 2 ; Form III . (Classical and Modern), Nevile 2 Form II ., Thompson. German Prizes.—Forms V. and IV . (Modern), Hudson ; Forms III. and II . (Modern), Hill 2. Geography Prize .—Forms V . and IV. (Modern), Williams 2. If-riling and Dictation Prizes .—Form V ., Williams 2 ; Form IV ., Walton 1 : Forms III. and II ., Addis ; Form I ., Newton 2. Drawing Prizes (given by W . J . Boddv, Esq .)—Mechanical Drawing, Shepherd ; Pencil Drawing, Young ; Improvement, Cundall Painting in Water Colours, Bingham 2. Shorthand Prize.—Carter 1. Drilling Prize (given by Sergeant Kinneavey) .—Smith.
The Dean moved a vote of thanks to the Archbishop, and said that the members of the Chapter were most anxious that everything possible should be done for the good of the school . He mentioned, on behalf of the Chapter, how much they were indebted to the Head Master and
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teaching staff in the school, and hoped that the Charity Commissioners would soon come to a definite decision and enable them to get their new building. The Rev . C . T . Handford seconded the motion, which was carried with hearty cheering . Cheers were also given for the Dean, Head Master, and ladies. After the prize giving the Head Master and Mrs . Handford entertained a large number of guests at a garden party.
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T been made for paying it all due honour . Some suggest that it
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crushing hand of time—but the Peter/le—long may it outlive time and reputation. Even the most persistent grumblers could find little fault with the close of last term . In the words of the Yorkshire Hrald "The Meteorological Conditions were everything that could be desired ." More successful sports we can scarcely remember. Putting the weight, high jump, long jump, and throwing the cricket ball were all improvements on last year, F . M . Bingham's jump of sft . Sin . being particularly worthy of mention . Partington won five of the senior events, while of the juniors Leonard and Nevile 2, were the best . The Archbishop gave away the prizes in the Hall, and as usual there was a very large attendance, the majority of whom were afterwards entertained by the Headmaster and Mrs . Handford at a garden party. Election excitement is now a thing of the past . On election day there was a great display of colours, but no heads were broken, and the day passed with no event of particular interest . At 11-3o p .m . the worthy James announced the result of the poll from beneath a dormitory window to the keener politicians of the School House who sleeplessly awaited his approach, and your correspondent, much resenting it, was rudely roused from calm repose by the triumphant yells and frantic shrieks of these enthusiastic Unionists. As we look back at the Cricket Season it is pleasant to observe that in ten out of fourteen matches the century was telegraphed. The batting, it must then be admitted, was above the average, the lidding also was very good, while in bowling Atkinson obtained 56 wickets at a cost of a little over S per wicket. The outlook for the coming Football Season is very bright, as out of the team that beat Durham we only lose three : S . Bingham, Carter, and Hancock . Probably Atkinson and Rose will fill the vacancies at three-quarters, and there were plenty of rising forwards in last season's znd fifteen, the best being R . \Vhincup and E . Nevile who with increased weight should have come on considerably. It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of T . H. Bingham, who was drowned while endeavouring to save the life of a little girl at Eastwood, near Nottingham, on August the 13th, last . We feel sure that all l'cterites who knew him, will wish through us to express their sincerest sympathy with Dr . and Mrs . Bingham and their
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family in their sad bereavement . We shall indeed miss the bright genial face of our school-fellow who has so suddenly been taken from our midst, but his generous truehearted life and noble death will ever endear his name to the hearts of us all.
CRICKET. CHARACTERS. F . 1\1 . BINGHAM (Captain) .— A good free bat, drives hard and plays well on the off-side, is improving in defence ; has a little too much flourish, but when set scores fast, should try to cultivate patience and realise the value of his wicket to his side ; bowls medium, a good length and very straight, does not like being hit; a little uncertain in the field ; has worked hard as captain and been fairly successful, but should keep cool under adversity. S . O . BINGHAm .—Unsuccessful with the bat largely owing to a weak back stroke, wanting in hit ; very useful and plucky field at short mid-on, bowls fast with fair success on occasions. C . J . N . CARTER .— A very useful bat, hits hard with an ugly style and a cross bat, but makes runs fast, and generally has luck ; good field with a very safe pair of hands ; bowls left hand with an uncertain length ; often gets a wicket when badly wanted. A . IV . PEEL .—Plays fairly straight with a cramped style and no wrist ; a very steady player but was unlucky ; an admirable field at point. J . R . ATKINSON .—A very useful all-round player ; as a bat plays back very hard and cuts nicely but lacks power in his forward play, wants confidence on first going in and should stand up more ; fast right hand bowler, very straight, and conies well off the pitch with a slight break back ; good field especially in the country. C. WHINcuP .—Promises extremely well, stands well up to his bat, and plays very straight ; has a fine leg-hit but should guard against too great fondness for it ; a little slow in the field but very sure ; should do well with increasing strength. V .:MosLEY . —A run-getting bat, especially when wanted ; has very little wrist and moves his right foot, but has a good eye and drives hard, though often uppish ; fields well and is a useful bowler, medium with a good off-break .
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T . H . BtscH .AM .—Another promising young player ; has plenty of wrist and a good straight bat ; must remember to keep his right foot still ; a good ground field but a poor catch, should practice it ; might make a bowler. C . FoRS'rER .—A hitter, pure and simple, with a cross bat, and does not stand up to his wicket ; a safe catch in the deep field and a good field. H . R . PARTINGTON .—A fair bat on the off-side, but weak on the leg
stump, apt to hit round ; a good field in the country and a sure catch. R . \VIIINCUP .—As a bat is wanting in confidence but has a good
forward stroke, should stand still ; a very plucky wicket-keeper . though a little wanting in skill should not be afraid of appealing.
MATCHES Wox .—Bradford, Pocklington, Almondbury Old Boys, Ripon (2), Old Boys. MATCHES Losr .—North Riding Asylum, Ampleforth (2), Leeds Clergy School, Yorkshire Gentlemen (2). DRAWN .—North Riding Asylum, Durham. RESULTS :—School Matches Played . . 7
Won
4
All Matches Played
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6
..
14
Drawn
I
Lost
2
2
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6
We append the averages of the team : BATTING AVERAGES.
F . M . Bingham . . J . R . Atkinson . . C . J . N . Carter . . V . Mosley
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II . R . Partington . . C . Forster A . \V . Peel C . Whincup
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R. \Vhincup
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T . H . Bingham . . S . O . Bingham . . A . L . Peel
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Tnns .
Not out .
I I ighest Inns.
17 17
I 2
94 77*
17
0
17 7
4
14
3
12
Total.
Average.
6o
4 04 259 259
2 5 '225 17. 26 15 . 23
43 * 22
1 97 53
1 5' 1 5 7'S7
17 19*
78
7 .09
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17
0
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6o 90
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15
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5'45 5' 2 9 4 .66
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* Not out.
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j . R . Atkinson . . F . M . Bingham C . j . N. Carter V . Mosley S . O . Bingham
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ANALYSIS .
Overs .
Mclns .
Runs.
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25 ;
7
496
56
8-:)7
1 72 54'2
59 9
337 15r
33 14
10'21
83
15
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14 . 57 7 . 75
51
C . Whincup
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A . L . Peel
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22
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Average.
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0 1
Atkinson bowled I wide ; S . Bingham, 2 wides ; Whincup 1 wide and I no ball.
We are informed from a reliable source that calculating from the above figures, an average innings of the School eleven would amount to Io6, and their opponents would usually score
104,
omitting
extras in both cases. The best feature of this year's cricket has been the fielding, especially the catching which was very sound ; the stopping too was good, but the throwing generally weak . The catches that were missed might almost be counted on one hand . This is as it should be ; a school team should always field well . The great fault in the batting was an inclination to hit round on the leg stump . Often a good innings was brought to an end by this village-green stroke ; probably the ground is somewhat to blame for this, and the longing for a ` fourer .' There was a stiffness and want of wrist play too which ought to be remedied easily . It should be remembered that the better the ground, the better the batting, and more rolling should be done, whether manual or equine . The match wickets were good enough, but the practice wickets were frequently not of the best . Cannot the practice wickets another year be placed at right angles to their present direction; for those who bat in the evening the sun over the trees is a very great difficulty . The bowling depended too much on Bingham and Atkinson, though Mosley did well in the latter half of the term . All the others were wanting in steadiness ; length is the first thing to he observed. Get the hand as high as possible in delivering the ball, and think of
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length, not pace . '1 here are one or two other points which require comment, such as the arrangement of matches . Surely there are too many . This year every half holiday except one in June was taken up with a first XI match—in addition to the Old Boys match . Now this means very little play for the second eleven or juniors, and very few pick-ups and opportunities of inspecting candidates for the first XI ; hence the first eleven is practically chosen on the form shown in May. Let us have fewer matches . or failing that relax the strict rule of etiquette, enjoining attendance at the first eleven matches . With regard to the practice, surely it is bad to begin with a game on the first day ; ought there not to be a week's net practice? The games themselves begin so late that they can seldom be finished in one day. Why begin another the next half-holiday ? It is to be feared there are some of us who love to bat ourselves and take no thought of others. There is some promising talent in the third division to whom we would say, " keep the right foot down and watch the ball ."
AMI'LEFORTII COLLEGE. Played on the School ground, on Thursday, June 23rd . We won the toss and C . Whincup and A . W . Peel went in to face the bowling of Connor and Curran . Peel was the first to leave for a well played ro, the score standing at 29 ; Carter came next, but did not score, and Whincup was bowled for a careful innings of 12 . The best stand was made when Atkinson and Mosley were together ; the former quickly knocked up 18, and then was unluckily stumped . The remaining wickets offered little or no resistance to the bowling of Connor and Curran, Mosley carrying out his bat for a well played 15 . The innings closed at 1-30 for 75. After lunch Ampleforth sent in Curran and Hind to face the bowling of F . Bingham and Atkinson, Curran fell to Bingham in his first over and Whittam came in . Very slow play followed, and Mosley went on vice Bingham . This change worked, wickets falling fast, till Dawson and Priesttnan came together . The score then rose rapidly,
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and the innings closed for 76 . Hind batted best for Ampleforth. For us Mosley and Atkinson were the most successful bowlers. ST . PE'TER'S. SECOND INNSNGS.
FIRST INNINGS .
A . \V. Peel, h Curran
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not out .. C Hines, b Connor
C . Whincup, b Connor
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C . J . N . Carter, b Curran
o
h Hind
F . M . Bingham, b Connor
9
b Connor
J . R . Atkinson, st . Hind, b Cunan V . Mosley, not out
18
b Hind
15 5
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not out
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0 0
II . R . Partington, b Curran I : . Whincup, b Curran . . Extras Total
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- 75 AMI'LEFORTII.
I' . Curran, b F . TO . Bingham .. G . Hind, c Atkinson, b Mosley L . Whittam, b Mosley
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E . Connor, b Atkinson A . Powell, c Peel, b Atkinson C . Powell, c F . TO . Bingham, b Mosley W . Smith, c C . Whincup, b Atkinson G . Dawson, c and h Mosley . ..
15
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IL Priestman, c Peel, b Mosley
16
A . I lines, not out
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"Total . .
BOWLING ANALYSIS. Runs .
V1 ickets .
Overs.
Maidens.
J . R . Atkinson F . M . Bingham
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22
13
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30
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6
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v . DURHAM. Played on the School Ground on Saturday, June 25th . The School won the toss, and Peel and C . Whincup went in first, Graham and Adamson bowling on a wet wicket . Peel was dismissed when the score was 3 and Carter came in, but was soon bowled . F. '.\1 . Bingham followed and played a very careful innings . The next five men added a few runs to the score, but it was not until Partington came in that anything like a stand was made, when he and Bingham raised the score from 56 to rob . When Durham had lost three wickets for 20 runs play had to be adandoned owing to the rain. F. M . Bingham and Partington batted best for the School, and Robinson for Durham . On both sides the fielding was good . For Durham, Graham bowled best, and secured 5 wickets for 24 runs. ST. PETER'S.
DURIIAM.
A . W . Peel, c Fawcus, b Graham . .. . . .. C . Whincup, b Graham
15 ..
o o
J . R . Atkinson, c Fawcus, b Adamson S
C. Adamson, b F. M . Bingham . . R. Cumberlege, not out . .
4 o
V . Mosley, b Adamson .. S. O. Bingham, b Graham ..
5 6
S. Sadler II . Graham
C . Forster, B . Graham
5 3
F . E . Thew
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22
A. B . Mabane ..
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o
G . Mackay , . J
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8
C . J . N . Carter, b Adamson F . M . Bingham, not out . .
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3
. . J9
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T. II . Bingham, c and b Graham . . H . R . Partington, b Mackay .. R . Whincup, b Mackay Extras
8
.. B. Robinson, not out H . Fawcus, b Atkinson . . A . Shortt, b F . M . Bingham
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. . toy Total Total for
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to bat
Extras 3
wkts.
. .
20
BOWLING , ANALYSIS. Runs . Wkts . J . R . Atkinson F . M . Bingham
12
7
I 2
Overs.
Mdns.
7
I
7
3
s ,. RIPON. This match was played at Ripon, on Tuesday, June 28th, in rainy weather, the result was a decided success, the School winning by 136 runs. Winning the toss Carter and C . Whincup started the batting for St . Peter's, Whincup failed to score, and Atkinson, who followed, also
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CRICKET.
returned without a run to his credit ; two wickets for 2 . F . Bingham joined Carter, and both settled down and played capital cricket, change after change being tried, but with no result . The roo was telegraphed before Carter was out for a capital 6o . Mosley joined Bingham and another good stand was made . Bingham was the first to leave for a well played 53 . S. O . Bingham and Forster were soon dismissed and T . Bingham joined Mosley ; when the score was 168 our innings was declared closed. Owing to rain it was not till 4-30 that Ripon went in to bat with Ellis and Thompson, to the bowling of Bingham and Atkinson . The start was disastrous, and though on Fenton joining Bland a brief stand was made, no one else offered any resistance to the splendid bowling of Atkinson and F. Bingham . All were out in 45 minutes for the paltry total of 32 . The St. Peter's fielding was excellent. ST . PETER'S
RIPON.
C . J . N . Carter, c Wrangham, b French
6o
C . \Whincup . b Wrangham o J . R . Atkinson, c Wood, b Wrangham o F . M . Bingham, b Fenton . . 53 V . Mosley . not out
25
C . Forster, b Thompson
4 9
. . S. O . Bingham . h Wrangham T. II . Bingham, not out H . R . Partinglol R . R"hincup
7
W . Thompson, b F . M . Bingham .. .. C . Bland, b F. M . Bingham A . L . Fenton, b Atkinson .. W . J . Wrangham, c & b Atkinson .. E. Coupland, b Atkinson .. .. C . E . Wood, b Atkinson W . Thomson, b F . M . Bingham F. C . Day, c Musky, b Atkinson .. W . Hodgson c&b F . M . Bingham .. .. J . French, not out . .
to bat.
A . I . . Peel Extras
..
C . Ellis, b Atkinson . .
..
Total
Extras
. . to ..
168
. .
Total
. . . .
0 I 32
BOWLING ANAL\'SIS.
J. R . Atkinson
Runs . AWkts . 17 6
F . M . Bingham
14
4
(livers .
Mdns.
12 . 3
4 6
12
v . OLD BOYS. This match was played as usual on Commemoration Day, before a moderate attendance of spectators . Unfortunately, owing to a heavy downfall of rain, a start was not made till after lunch .
2SI
CRICKET .
At about three o'clock the rain cleared off a little and the game was begun on a very soft wicket . The School won the toss and sent in Carter and C . \Vhincup to face the attacks of Naylor and Crowther. \Vhincup was soon caught and bowled by Crowther, and his place was taken by Atkinson, who with Carter took the score up to 43 when the latter was caught in the long field by Spence . After this wickets fell in quick succession, no one but T . H . Bingham and Partington making much of a stand. Whitby and Lord went in first for the Old Boys, and though the runs only came slowly the score was raised to 55 before Whitby was beaten by a good ball from Mosley . Martin and Hingston were taken at the wickets in two successive overs and lord was bowled by Atkinson. F . Crowther, however, seemed likely to win the match, but with a good catch by Carter he was disposed of when the score was 93. The first ball of the next over bowled G. H . Crowther, the School winning by to runs. The fielding of the School was very good and Mosley's bowling deserves praise. TIIE SCHOOL .
OLI) BOYS.
C . J . N. Carter . c Spence b Lord . . . . C . AVhincup, c C b Crowther
34
II . B . Whitby, b Mosley . .
. .
15
P . E . Lord, b Atkinson
. .
41
J . K . Atkinson, c Martin b Naylor F . M . Bingham, c Martin b Crowther
29
\V . Martin, c l : . AVhincup b Atkinson
o
5 3
o
V. Mosley, c Leaf h Whitby
A . Hingston c R . AVhincup b Mosley H . 1) . Naylor, b Mosley . . ..
S . O . Bingham . c & b Whitby . . (2 . Forster, b Whitby
0 0
G . V . Birks b Atkinson
T. If . Bingham, b Naylor . . II . R . I'artington, c Crowther b Whitby . . . .
9
J . F . Leaf, b Mosley
R . \Vhincup, not out A . \V. Eastwood . b Whitby Extras
..
. .
6
F . C . Crowther, c Carter b Mosley
20 1
. .
. .
a C . F . C . I'adel, b Mosley . . T . S . Spence, not out . .
.
3
o 4
0
G . If . Crowther, b Atkinson •
4
12
..
6
Total . .
103
Extras Total
03
BOWLING ANALYSIS. Runs J . I: . Atkinson
47
F . M . Bingham
21 21
V . Mosley
2
..
\\ kts .
Over.
Thins.
0 6
1;_ 5 12
2 0 5
CRICKET.
282 7' .
YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN.
This, the return match, was played June 3oth, in fine weather and on a perfect wicket . The Yorkshire Gentlemen winning the toss put us in . Carter and C . Whincup opened the innings to the bowling of Capt . Luke and A . Worsley, with the score at 5 Whincup was out to a catch at point . Atkinson came in, but after making 8 was bowled by Worsley, and Carter was soon after dismissed . The score rose rapidly on Mosley joining F . H . Bingham, the pair putting on 52 runs. The latter was stumped for a capital 40 . The innings closed for 124, Mosley and Partington played well for their respective scores . The Yorkshire Gentlemen sent in A . Worsley and Brogden to face the bowling of F. Bingham and Atkinson ; Worsley should have been caught without scoring. When time was called the score stood at 149 for 6 wickets, Capt . Birkbeck carrying out his bat for 66.
TIIE SCIIOOL.
YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN.
.. . . 13 C . J . N . Carter, b Luke C . Whincup, c Brogden, bWorsley . . o . . 8 J . R. Atkinson, b Worsley . .
A . Worsley, b Carter .. . . 50 T. S . Brogden, b F . M . Bingham . . o
F .M .Bingham,stMcCance,bBirkbeck 40 V. Mosley, c Marsden, b Worsley . . 19
Capt . Luke, run out . .
2
Capt . Birkbeck, not out
66
S. O . Bingham, b Luke
G . II . Aitken, b Carter
. .
.. 2
II . J. E . Marsden, b Atkinson
. . 13
..
2
.. 7 C . Forster, c England, b Luke T. II . Bingham, c and b Marsden . . 5
V . :C . Scholefield, b Mosley W . II. Worsley, not out ..
c 16
II . R . Partington, b Marsden .. R. Whincup, not out
. . 13
T. P . England
. . 4
J. H . McCance to bat
A . L. Peel, st McCance, b Birkbeck o Extras . . 13 Total
P. E . Lord
. . Extras
124
Total for 6 wickets 149
BOWLING ANALYSIS. Runs . J . R . AtTdnson F . M . Bingham
35 36
V. Mosley
41
C . T . N . Carter
37
.. 0
Wkts .
2
Overs .
Mdns.
24 10
12
2I
2
S
o
MISSIONARY NEWS .
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MISSIONARY NE\VS .—continue«'. At daylight the chiefs house was filled with composed, but praying men . It was the natural thing to do . Outward excitement there was none . I should also tell you that during that solemn season every one of the Chief's retainers followed his example . So has fallen every outward sign of heathenism in its last stronghold on the sea coast of my diocese. If you ask me what has wrought the change, I answer in deep humility, not man's wisdom, or a baneful thing called civilization, such as Indians see and feel it, but beginning and ending in the story of Jesus Christ dying for us sinful men . In writing to you I add— and boys. I had intended here to close my letter, but just now I was interrupted, as I am very often, by the visit of an Indian . His name is Samuel Pelliam, and he is the man I first sent as a teacher in 1881 to the Kitkatlas . He is full of this wonderful event . As he talked on, I, unknown to him, jotted down his words with pencil on my blotting pad in a shorthand of my own . ' Shuunoigaiti Bishopi—my chief, my Bishop—you remember sending me off to Kitkatla ten winters ago, with slates and copybooks, salts and senna, a bell and bibles . I went alone in my own canoe . Gaiumtkwa received me into his house . After I had eaten, Sheuksh and Nishwcuksh entered and said I was not wanted to teach there . Thus he spoke, " said Samuel, ' If you come as a chief' s son (which Samuel is) become my guest, but let me hear no bell, drums are better ; let me see no book, biscuits are more nourishing. ' Then I answered, 'Shunoigiat (chief), I have not come to the sound of the drum or to feed on biscuits, I have tasted better food, money cannot buy it . The son of our fathers (meaning the child of ignorance) cannot take it into his hand . or see it with his eyes, or hear it with his ears, or taste it with his mouth . The Son of the new day (meaning Christ's light) loves it, eats it, speaks it, dreams it, keeps it, gives it . You can have it and will love it because it is beautiful and sww eet, its silence is heard above the sound of the drum, its dimensions exceed the clouds —God . it is Cod !' "Then they left me, " said Samuel, `and I remained all the winter and the next leading the children and the young men . I cooked my own food and often entertained visitors secretly . I brought some of them
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to you and you baptised them . They suffered for their faith, but God kept then, strong . Now Sheuksh is converted . What cannot God do ? The Lord of iniquity is converted . That root of mischief is plucked up : that right hand of the devil broken . Wonderful ! Who can resist God when Sheuksh submits? God has shaken the mountains. God's anger has bored through him . He pressed, he turned it through knots as hard as stone, so, so, so, (suiting the action to the words). Oh, the tools of God! They go through men's hearts . They are sharp and strong and let in the light . God knows his work, now we see it ." Now I am burning later than midnight oil and must weary you no longer . You have my prayers and my blessing. I remain, sincerely yours, W . CALEDONIA.
CORRESPONDENCE. [ ' 1' o THE EDITORS OF THE PETERITE .] DEAR SIRS,
A year last Easter I wrote you a letter, in which I spoke of the certainty of new boats being presented to the Boat Club if certain reforms were instituted ; it is now my unpleasant duty to write and explain the grounds of my assertion and the reason of its nonfulfilment . I wrote that letter directly after an interview with an Old Peterite, who came to see me specially to consider what could be done for the Club . In that interview he stated as a positive fact that if certain reforms were made, two new boats at least would be forthcoming, as both he and another influential Old Peterite were most anxious to do something for the School Rowing . He spoke with such certainty of what would be done, that I had no hesitation in writing as I did to you, hoping to rouse fresh interest in the Boat Club, and not knowing at the time that reforms were already started . When I found that there was such a promising outlook for the Club, I sent a circular round to a large number of Old Peterites, setting out what was hoped
CORRESPONDENCE .
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to be done and asking for help . To this I had a moderate response but amongst the replies was no letter from the Peterite I mentioned above, nor have I yet succeeded in getting an answer from him though I have written to him at least seven times . Consequently I have found myself in the unpleasant position of having made large promises, which I am unable to fulfil, and of having raised false hopes in the breasts of the Boat Club . The funds I have collected I propose to keep till Christmas, meanwhile endeavouring to augment them, and then hand them over, such as they are, to the Boat Club . I hope, sirs, that you will acquit me of any intention of deliberate misrepresentation, and will rather sympathise with me in the unpleasant position in which my too hasty action has placed me . I cannot imagine that my friend has deliberately disregarded my letters and can only suppose that some prolonged absence has deferred the fulfilment of his promise . In conclusion I will appeal to all Old Peterites who read this, if they have not already contributed, to do so now ; the list is open till Christmas and I hope we may by then be able to offer a respectable contribution towards the much needed new boats . Subscriptions, large or small, especially large, will be gladly received and gratefully acknowledged by Yours truly, GEORGE H . EYRE. Parkside, Worcester Park, Surrey.
DEAR SIRS,
You are probably frequently in receipt of letters in this style, "Have had no Peterite for two years," or " When was the last
Peterite out ? Haven't seen one for ages." Therefore I should like to express the opinion that to a large extent the Old Peterites, who write such letters, have themselves to thank if they do not receive your magazine . If they would only take the trouble to notify to the O .P. Secretary, or to you their changes of address—a postcard would do it —there would be less chance of mistakes . There are at the present moment two members of the O .P . Club at least, who, as has been ascertained from extraneous sources, have left the addresses on the O .P . List not less than three months ago : you may expect letters
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from them soon in the above style. There is another O .P . who has not had a Peter/1e for two years . In this case there was a slight error in the ' 92 list, and his last four Peterites were sent to number 2 instead of 3 in a certain street—surely they might have been expected to reach him if he was any length of time at number 3 . In the '91 list his address was correct ; perhaps his landlady knows something of them . I would, therefore, appeal to O .Ps . to keep us better informed of their changes of residence, even if the change be only for a short time . Also I ask you, Editors, to state in your Notes and Items, in what month the last two numbers came out, so as to set at ease the minds of those who imagine that a number has been published, and they left out in the cold. And I would further ask all Old Peterites, if they achieve any noteworthy action themselves, meet to be entered in the Notes and Items, or hear of any other O .P . distinguishing himself, to send the intelligence to the school . Yours very truly, PERCY E . LORD.
ObiEtuar?. IN MEMORIAM. TOM HERRING BINGHAM, OF ALFRETON, DERBYSHIRE.
Who was drowned while endeavouring to save the life of a child at Eastwood, near Nottingham. On FRIDAY, At, gist 13th, 1692, AGED 15 YEARS. Entered the School, January 1889 . Was in the 3rd Form, Member of the XI . . 2nd NV ., and Stroke of the School House Junior Boat.
ON JULY
ISTH, AT HIS RESIDENCE, THE ROOST, CLIFTON, BRISTOL.
W . D . HUSBAND, F.R .C .S. . J .P ., D .L. FORMERLY OF YORK .
FOOTP,ALL PItOSPECTS .
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FOOTBALL PROSPECTS. At a meeting held in the Sixth Form Room early last term F. M. Bingham was elected Captain and E . W. Clarke, Secretary for the coming season ; let us see what forces they will have to rely upon. Of the team that won the cup the following remain : back, Eastwood ; three-quarters, Carter and Partington ; half, Tute ; forward, F. Bingham, Clarke, Scargill, Williams, Crumbie, Rose—a goodly array . We lose S . O. Bingham—ma;ni ijsse agininisinstar—Spence, Hancock, Coning, Macturk. The vacancies in the forward division will not be difficult to fill. as Winn and Newton did well in the Easter term—of the team that beat Durham thirteen are available for this season—and there are plenty of likely candidates from the second team . Atkinson should, we think, fill Bingham's place with a good share of success ; he will not have the experience of his predecessor, but we have great confidence in his kicking and :unselfishness . No, the difficulty lies at half ; Spence and Tute worked together so well that it will not be easy to get the requisite qualities in one body . Shepherd is the most likely, and with a little more pace would perhaps do ; he knows the game thoroughly, and has more resource in himself than the other candidates . All things considered, there is every likelihood of a good season ; let us try to surpass the last . There is any amount of keenness in the School . We heard of one prominent member of the cricket and football teams on an occasion last term when his bowling had been propelled into the next field, starting the idea of a summer football club. The forwards should be strong, and heavy too ; they are the pick of last year ' s lot. Last year they dribbled and rushed " fairly well ; we should like to see them this year practise short passing, especially from the touch line, keep the ball and their heads up and not charge head downwards. Their chief fault was an occasional weakness in tackling ; let them not wait for one another, but go hard at their man . Tute, with another another year ' s weight added, ought to be one of the best halves we have had, and we expect great things from Carter . Partington's running and kicking should be good ; we hope to see him improve in his tackling and marking of the opposite wing . Eastwood was very satisfactory last year and no doubt will be so again . Bingham sets a. fine example of untiring work from start to finish ; let the others imitate him .
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FOOTBALL PROSPECTS.
We are pleased to hear that the Secretary has arranged a good number of Second XV . matches, and hope that they will have better weather and more certainty of opponents appearing than last year . There will be an Old Boys' match at the beginning as well as the end of the season, names to be sent to K . E . T . Wilkinson, Wenlock Terrace, York . It would facilitate matters if O .P's . who are intending to be present at pickups would let the Secretary know beforehand . The School matches are as usual, wfth the addition of Giggleswick ; Sedbergh could not play ; the Cup is in suspense. Let us conclude with a small grumble at the want of punctuality at the pickups. The fault lies chiefly with the School House ; if 2-3o is too early fix the kick-off at 2-45, and let it mean what it says . Let the captain of each side whip up his men in time and begin without the laggards, or better still put them lower on the list . They would value that. [Since this was written we have heard that we are losing Carter . Ed .]
FOOTBALL FIXTURES. FIRST \V. DATE .
VERSUS .
Tues . . Oct .
4
Wed .
„
12
Sat .
„
15
Sat .
„
22
.. ..
Home
Leeds . .
Home
Almondbury Old Boys
Away
Ripon . .
Old Boys Bradford . .
Sat . „ 29 Sat ., Nov . 5
GROUND.
Away
..
IIome Home Away
„
12
Durham .. Giggleswick
Sat .
„
26
Lee's Clergy School
Home
Sat .,
Dec .
3
A. O . Joy's XV .
II ome
Durham Old Boys
..
Away. Home
Sat.
Thurs . „ Sat .,
8
. .
— Feb . 4
. .
Darlington . .
I-Iome
. .
Leeds Clergy School
Away
Bradford
. . . .
Home
Ripon Yorkshire College . .
Away I tonne
Almondbury Old Boys . .
Ilonie
Thurs . „
0
Sat . Wed .
„ „
18 22
. .
Sat.
„
25
. .
Sat ., Mar .
4
. .
Sat .
11
..
„
. .
Darlington . .
Away .
rte ES .
289
SECOND XV. VERSUS .
GROUND.
S . Martin's . . Bradford 2nd
IIome
, 15 Sat ., Nov. 19 Thur . . Feb . 9
Leeds 2nd
Away Ilona
Sat .
„
11
E . II . Dyson's XV .
1 Tome
Sat .
„
1S
Bradford 2nd
Away
DATE . Sat .
Oct .
1
Wed .
„
12
Sat .
I-Iome
E . Ii . Dyson ' s XV . . . S . Martin's
Home
..
THIRD NV . DATE
VERSUS .
Tue ., Nov . 29
. . S . Martin's 2nd . . S . Martins 2nd
Tue ., Feb . 2S
GROUND. . . Home . .
. . IIome
FIVES. As is usual in the summer term a tournament was held in July, J . R, Atkinson beat Partington in the final after a very even and exciting game . ROUND
I.
C . \V. Newton beat R . 1Vhincup-15-7 . 13-15, 1 5-7 . F . P. Fausset beat C . P. Cass—13-15, 15-7, 1 5-4 . E. W . Clarke beat K . J . Roy-15-7, 15-2. N . T . Crumbie beat R. M . Nevile—1 5- 8 . 15-3 . F. Clemons beat G . Winn—15-10, 15-13. H . R . Partington beat A. W . Eastwood—15-13, 1 5-7 . C . P . 1Vhincup beat W . C . B. Williams—15-6 . 18-13. J . R . Atkinson beat E . F. Nevile— t 5-2 . 15-0. R . H . Bailey beat S . O . Bingham—scratched. M . F . Atkinson beat C . Spence-15-13, 15-r.
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NOTES
AND ITEMS.
RouND
II.
N. T . Crumbie beat M . F . Atkinson— 15-13, 15-I I. C . P. Whincup beat E . NV. Clarke—15-13, 15-13. H . R . Partington beat C . W . Newton-15-o, 15-13. J . R . Atkinson beat F . Clemons—Scratched. F . P . Fausset beat R. H . Bailey—15-12, 15-8. ROUND III.
C . P . Whincup beat N . 'T . Crumbie-15-13, 1 5-7 . H . R . Partington beat F . P . Fausset- 1 5-7, 1 5-5 J . R . Atkinson, a bye . SEMI-FINAL. J . R . Atkinson beat C . P. Wllincup—15-2, 15-8. H . R . Partington, a bye . FINAL. J . R . Atkinson beat H . R. Partington—15-I2, 13-15, 15-10
NOTES AND ITEMS. E . H . Pickersgili (L) has been returned for Bethnal Green, S .V ., by a majority of 1 , 0 35, S . O . Bingham passed the London University Matriculation Examination in the 1st Division. J . L . Martin passed his Final Medical Examination at Edinburgh University. Rev . W . J . Sims has been appointed Chaplain to Manchester Royal Infirmary. E . S. D . Carter and A . L. Bird passed the Intermediate Examination of the Incorporated Law Society .
NOTES AND ITEMS .
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C . H. Cobb passed the Final Examination of the same, obtaining 3rd Class Honours. We are requested to state that a day ' s match was arranged between the O .P . Cricket Club and the Yorkshire Gentlemen for Tuesday, August 9th, but owing to the inability of the Yorkshire Gentlemen to raise an NI . the match had unfortunately at the last moment to be abandoned . This was to be regretted, as a strong Old Boys' team had been got together. R . Garwood has obtained a higher certificate of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools ' Examination Board. \V . M . Carter has received a bronze medal for the South Pensington National Art Competition. F . M . Bingham and E . W . Clarke were elected Captain and Secretary, respectively, for the coming football season. P. E . Lord scored 129 for the Yorkshire Gentlemen against Bishopthorpe. F. Mitchell and W . M . Carter played for Yorkshire 2nd v . Lancashire 2nd, at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, on August 1st and 2nd. H. Scargill has been appointed an Editor of this Magazine. H . W. Rhodes, Worcester College, Oxford, has taken his M .A . degree. H . S . Warwick, Keble College, Oxford, has taken his B .A. degree. G. R . Cook, Scholar of Durham University, Second Class in the Final Examination for Classical Hcnours F. P . Fausset has been appointed Librarian. BIRTH .—On July Sth, at Everingham Rcctory . York ; the wife of the Rev . S . J . J. S. Le Maistre of a dau2hter.
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NOTES AND ITEMS.
MARRIAGES—On June 24th, at All Saints', Finchley Road, London; L . E . Stevenson to Margaret Elizabeth, youngest (laughter of the late Roddam Falder. On July 13th . at Saltburn Parish Church, Rev . R . T. E. Fausset to Ethel, elder daughter of Mr. T . Coventry I'Anson. On June 28th, at SS . Peter and Paul . Godalming, Rev. C . F . Husband to Alice Mary, youngest (laughter of the late Rev . NV . S . Cole. The last two numbers of the Peterite, 98 and 99, were published in June and July. We acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of Dunelmian (2), Sedberghian (2) . Riponian, Hurst Johnian, Leodiensian, Cranleigh School Magazine, R.V .E . College Annual .
TIIE
PETERITE. Vol . . \II .
NOVEMBER, 1S92 .
No . rot.
AUTUMN. 110 could not write an essay on Autumn? Who does not know that it is the ",season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, " and all that sort of thing ? Who could not tell with half an eye, by looking out of my window at this moment, that the bounteous Sun is straying from Libra into Scorpio, which being interpreted means that it is neither Spring, Summer, nor Winter, but the jocund Autumn . For what would he see? To him, looking eagerly forth upon the bosom of the fruirfui earth, would appear imprimis at this early hour of 4 .30 p .m. a grey-blue air with a sky like cold gravy, shortly to disappear before Tartarean darkness . No voice of bird, not even the dulcet peacock breaks the silence, except at intervals when . . Beelzebub doth prompt an ass to pour his sorrows on the evening air . " There falls a tine drizzle, the atmosphere is such as to tip your nose with cold, and the general effect produced is that, no matter what Keats said in his ode, or Keble in his on the Redbreast's song amid the calm decay, " we, the scribe, love better the days when the snoring fire chortles on the hearth, and the godlike footballer sports upon the green . And because man is made to mourn, there comes to us a memory of days wherein the form divine of the cricketer added poetry to the prosaic Yorkshire landscape, when the bireme flashed past Marygate, and of days of more or less ethereal mildness called by mortals—Spring. And to us it seems that we like the downright seasons better than your one horse undecided ones .
W
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AUTUMN.
To everything there is a season, and though, as we most sapiently remarked before, " man is made to mourn," we cannot disguise the fact that there are even in Autumn times from which he may extract mirth and laughter . The consideration of many things is not untempered with joy, and firstly let us consider the being of him who plays at the barbarous and unchristian sport of football . The Autumn is the time for him . Summer is too hot, Winter is too cold, and oft-times with frosts and snows it makes the gentle footballer sit within, feeling his biceps with a hand that grows daily flabbier to an accompaniment of strange oaths that ever wax more guttural and evil sounding . But in the Autumn he is glad, for the soft earth receives him unharmed to her breast, and the winds have not attained the force necessary to screw his drops to the side instead of over the cross-bar . Now comes the guileless day-boy in his hundreds to the field, and now is the tmparisyllable in knees" fitted for the fray, and he of the spondaic feet taught how best to use them in the scrimmage . Now daily throng from Gillygate, Walmgate, and whatsoever gate there be, the gilded youth of York, not unaccompanied by the women and children, the sweethearts and wives of the same, to the York Ground, clamouring to be allowed to pay threepence each for the privilege of seeing the York Nippers play York Bounders, or the Ebor United Grocers oppose the White Rose Amalgamated Dustmen in the manly and ennobling sport of which we speak. There are, however, in this vale of tears, men whose eptderm is so thick, and whose mental temperament so crass, that they', like Gallio, care for bone of these things . Moreover, should you speak to tucm of football they look sad and squirm, and try to lead the conversation to other regions, such as bi-metallism, or the choice of books, or the place of Tennyson in the poets of the world, but you must understand please that we know and care nothing about football . Such men love the Autumn . Its inherent sadness agrees well with a bilious temperament, and its calm decay goes well with brooding and philosophy. Long walks, at least not too long, but just long enough, because in every mile you add, you hear thirteen additional performances of Boom-de-ay . Walks, therefore, with " rapt soul sitting in the eyes and looks commercing with the skies, " more jump with their liking than
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the sight of heroic Grocers grovelling under hordes of high souled Dustmen, or even of other sports more taking to the general eye. Books, music, culture, all good enough too in their way, but given to pall on the ordinary Philistine, who takes it that he has enough thereof when he has wearied his legs and arms by running and straining over the surface of the earth, such are their delights. We, the Philistines, love the days of Autumn, for that they completely throw out of work the gentlemen who in the smiling days of Summer sit and say, " We have nothing to do, and we are doing it. The day is passing splendidly, and it will soon be dinner-time . " The Autumn, or what an esteemed contemporary would call meteorological considerations" prevent this . You cannot lie on the grass with a book when it is raining, and if you went to-morrow to the Baths the minions at Marygate would be justified in indicating the path to the N .R .A . And here comes in the blessedness of Autumn, for the fires are not universally lighted over which he may sit, and the slacker must turn out and play football, where, slack he never so acutely, he gets some exercise into his bloated and over-fed person. For ourselves, in this season of the year we do not feel as happy as in others . Yet we are not wanting in the grace of humility when we say we are quite as desirable now as at other times . Our heart sings within us, and we are become as one to whom the world is a smiling vale of brotherhood, and class distinctions as though they were not . Yet, za tihi ridenli . hnow we not well that as we go out of this room there will be drips falling from off the roof, one of which from pure spite will go down our devoted back, that an icy breeze will sweep round and clip us by our aquiline nose, so as to cause discomfort and strange oaths, and that we shall find dead leaves everywhere? These are the uses of the Autumn, and they but serve, apropos of our present case, to accentuate the saying of the poet " Peace, to make it stick at all Must be druv in with bagnits ."
Often do we think of Autumn when each day we lie in bed and are roused from hard earned slumber by the sounding brass of Lucifer Bootboy . Each day we mark the lessening light and the growing darkness ; each day the struggle waxes harder, and each day we come
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nearer to missing the time for getting up . This is entirely due to its being Autumn . If it were decent Summer it would be light and all would be well ; if it were Winter it would be pitch dark and the gas would be lighted . But being Autumn it is neither one thing nor the other, and we struggle through our washing and dressing, come down in slippers instead of boots, and forget to brush our hair, and some of us to shave, all because it is Autmn. Now let us speak last of a worthy race of men, nay a royal race, a race of kings of the earth, of princes of the pen, the tribe whom the unfeeling world rewards rather with its kicks than with its shekels, and mentions with up-curled lip and supercilious glance as frauds who cumber the earth and give no pleasure to any, nor are ever known to do good in this world . And these princes, of whom men blaspheme and call them Fitz-Belial, and other encouraging titles, are known to the callous outer world as " Editors ." And, as we say, these Edit ores find pleasure in wickedness, and live a life which is one accumulated mistake, and though they are human, yet should they, goaded thereto by one who taunts them with forgetting this or misrepresenting that. " reach for a stake to open him," the sympathies of the world are with the aggressor . And on these devoted, but much misconstrued tribe. descends the Autumn with cruel and unsparing hand . They must deliver the tale of bricks, and publish a certain number of Peta•ites, and though all men know it is the slack time . and there is nothing to publish but football, yet they swear, and the Editor must bow down and kiss him who says his production is " skittles, " though it has been produced literally in the sweat of his brow, and at the cost of gallons of midnight oil . Even Editors have nerves, and it was such an one that I saw once, when a correspondent called an article of his " Treacle," retire beneath a blasted pine overlooking a tarn of glassy black water, and after making preparations to leave his paper Editorless, think better of it and determine to live . Yet he shed abundant tears—I looked twice to make sure, seeing he was an Editor, and I bitterly thought of the Autumn . And now when comes the mellow season when the Play has not begun, when Sports are not, when Boating is off, when Football alone is on, and he that should contribute rejoices in his bed, then in the sad and weary Autumn do I think of my guide, philosopher and friend dwelling alone and
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III.
The objects of the Club shall be (a) to unite past members of the School, and (b) to keep up a lively interest in its welfare in all past members.
IV.
For these objects the Club shall (a) hold the Old Peterite Dinners, (b) organize either alone or in conjunction with any club belonging to St . Peter ' s or any other School, tours and teams for playing Football, Cricket, or other games, and for competing at any of the principal regattas in England.
V . For the purposes of Rule iv . the Treasurer may out of the Funds pay such sums of money as may be determined in General meeting. VI.
The Treasurer may on behalf of the Club subscribe out of the Funds such sums of money to such charitable and other institutions as may be determined in General meeting.
VII.
The officers shall be President, Vice-Presidents, Head Secretary and Treasurer, and Secretaries for districts determined by Committee and General meetings ; the committee shall consist of the above and all other members of the Sub-Committees of Rule viii . and six others, with power to add to their number, two of such six shall retire annually by rotation, but shall be eligible for re-election.
VIII.
At the annual General meeting two Sub-Committees for the ensuing year shall be elected,—the Sports Committee and the Dinner Committee, consisting each of three members of the Club . The Sports Committee may organize teams for tours or matches, and provide a crew and boat for regattas ; the Dinner Committee shall make all arrangements for the Old Peterite Dinners.
IX.
A Committee meeting and a General meeting shall be held annually in York on the second day of the School Theatricals, and at such other times as the President shall consider necessary. A week's previous notice of all business to be transacted shall be given.
X . For Committee meetings, three shall form a quorum ; for general meetings, ten .
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XI.
A copy of the rules, together with a list of Officers and Members shall be supplied annually to each member.
XII.
The Accounts shall be audited and published annually . Two Auditors shall be appointed, one by and on behalf of the editors of the School Magazine, the other by and on behalf of the Committee.
XIII.
The Club colours shall be dark blue, light blue, chocolate and white.
XIV.
The Committee shall have power to add or to alter the existing rules subject to the approval of the next General meeting.
NOTES AND ITEMS. MARRIAGES. . Cuthbert's Church, Bensham, Gateshead, T . L. August 4, at St Shann, to Lucy F ., daughter of J . Watson, Esq ., of Gateshead. September 6, at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, the Rev . Hector Macturk, to Ella, second daughter of D . Mackay, Esq ., of Donegal. October 4, at 52, Esplanade, Greenock, J. Arthur Jackson, to Hamilton Agnes, daughter of J . M . Hill, Esq., of Greenock.
The following O .P .'s have been playing : — F . Mitchell, for Sussex County (Rugby and Association) ; N . L. Hood, for St. Thomas' Hospital ; S . O . Bingham, for St . Thomas' Hospital v . Old Leysians ; C . J . N . Carter, for Ealing ; F . R . Brandt, for East Sheen v. London Welsh, The Rev . C . B . Clarke sailed on October 14th for Calcutta, to work for the Church Missionary Society. G . W. Clarke passed in the Senior Division of the Oxford Local .
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A . M . Daniel proceeded to the degrees of M .A. and M .B . on October 27. Alan Gray, Mus . Doc., appointed organist at Trinity College, Cambridge ; at the recent Leeds Festival Dr . Gray's Cantata " Arethusa " was one of the few novelties. A . I . Hopkins ordained Deacon at York Minster on September 25th, and licensed to the curacy of Cottmgham. C . L . Naylor appointed organist at St . Peter's Church, Harrogate. R. S . Roy obtained a Naval Cadetship. The Dunelmian-Peterite Football Matches have been arranged as follows : January 4 .—V . Hartlepool Rovers. 5 .-v Sunderland. 6 .—v . York. The match Past v . Present has been fixed for Tuesday, December loth. The Old Boys Dinner will be held on the same day. The Annual General Meeting of the O .P . Club will be held at the School on Monday, December 19th, at 5 p .m. The nights fixed for the Play are Saturday, December 17th, and Monday, December 19th. The last two numbers of the Peterite, Nos . 99 and loo, were published in July and September. During the temporary absence of Mr . Burton, his work was taken by Mr. H . F. Nesbitt, B .A ., Clare College, Cambridge. Those who wish to play in the Old Boys match must send their names to K . E. T . Wilkinson, Caius College, Cambridge. In the September number of the Contemporary Review, in an article entitled "Edward `'I . : Spoiler of Schools . " Mr . A . F . Leach, who visited the School on behalf of the Charity Commissioners, refers to us as one of the most ancient schools in the kingdom .
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In the November number of the Fortnightly Review, the same writer deals with the subject of our age more fully under the title of " Our Oldest School ." We hope to publish extracts from both articles : suffice it to say that he traces the existence of the School to the Eighth Century. We beg to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of the following :— Sedberghian, Hurst Johnian (2), Dunelmian, Giggleswick Chronicle, Eastbournian, Ulula, Uppingham Magazine, Leodicnsian .
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No .
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SCHOOL LETTER. IJR thoughts naturally recur to the past, and the new term finds us as deeply imbued with Shakespeare and his way of looking at things as ever . It is not often that we presume to disagree with the great master of the drama, but one sentiment that found a home in many minds last term, strikes us as peculiarly inapt with the task of a School Letter before us . How anyone so sensible as Shakespeare can make a mortal say " I am for whole volumes in folio " we cannot understand. Maybe he never meant it for a School Correspondent— rather the would have allowed ours to be a case of " I'auca Verba . " Last term ' s football shall be our first theme . We secured the Cup again without any real opposition . The new League system, though diminishing the excitement naturally attending a Final," seemed an improvement on the old way, but there still remain difficulties which need providing against. Though two Durham matches were arranged for last term, as usual, we have not played yet . The first was abandoned through disease, the second through frost . Our victories in all numbered seven, our losses three . Nine matches are down to be played this term . We have lost, it is true, some good men, but Leonard will probably take a place in the three-quarter line, and there are several promising forwards in the znd XV, notably Romans and Williams, to fill vacancies in the front. " Love's Labour ' s Lost, " so fully described in following pages, was, as plays of former years, a complete success . The difficulty and anxiety of 1891 produced by the untimely attack of measles, was not, we are thankful to say, repeated . 2111 the company worked well,
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3 1 4THEATRICALS. but without Mr. Yeld's indefatigable energy and resource could not have secured the genuine success they did . Qui meruit palmam fa-at. The crowded and distinguished andience of the second night testified to the lasting, and, we believe, ever increasing popularity of the School Play. By the way our " Pauca Verba " is a fraud, but we cannot close without seizing this opportunity of expressing our sense of the real loss the School is sustaining in Mr. Whittam leaving us for his new post at Ryde . No master we can safely say has in so short a time ever endeared himself more in any school in which he has been . Mr. Whittam, by the good natured interest and unobtrusive assistance he gave in the games, and in fact in all the interests of the School, deservedly won the affection of all with whom he came in contact . A presentation made by the Captain of the School on behalf of the Houses and Dayboys is but one of the many testimonies paid to him of the sincere esteem with which Mr . Whittam is regarded.
'I s HEATRICALS. NE more School play has been added to the long list . Yes, St.
O Peter's Dramatic Club has survived another year, and flourished
too, if not surpassed itself. As usual the chief cause of our success was the untiring energy and perseverance of Mr. Veld . When we began there was anything but a bright prospect before us, confronted as we were by one of the hardest plays that has been performed on the School stage, and our actors being for the most part novices . To add to the difficulty the number of ladies required was somewhat large, and theirs are by no means the easiest parts to take . Our difficulties gradually disappeared, however, as time went on, and the performance was quite up to the average Again Captain Lindberg and A . C . Clarke have been kind enough to paint the scenery for us . The forest scene by the latter might have been the work of an R .A . The new Drop Scene we have long been in want of is now painted, and a lovelier picture can hardly be imagined . Further comment is unnecessary when the epilogue is at hand . We cannot help expressing our gratitude to Dr. Naylor for those songs so sweet, " and to Dr. Hingston for the loan of his plants, without which the stage would have looked very bare indeed . We are deeply indebted also to the
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ladies who were staying in the house . for their assistance with the dresses . And now a word about the actors—" the parties themselves " We had no one like Peel in last year's play, yet Biron ' s acting was very slightly, if in any way inferior to his, and we were without the tail that was so apparent last year . This is the duty of the critics, but we cannot conclude without mentioning Clarke who "at the last minute of the hour " vacated the comfortable prompter's chair, and appeared before the footlights, arrayed in the gorgeous apparel of " Dun Adramadio. " The epilogue as usual was written by dlr . Veld, though a few appropriate lines were added by Mr. Preston to commemorate the 25th year our worthy stage manager has been a part of the School, and a very active part too . We can only thank all who have helped to bring about the success of the play, and hope that next year will see as brilliant a performance as this.
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST. By WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Gaza I SSS. FERPINANn, KING OF NA VARRE IIIRON LONGAVII .LE
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(Lords attending on the hing)
I)U\IAIN BOYET \IERC :v)r•.)
(Lords attending on the Princess of France)
I)ON ADRIANO DE ARMAPO (A Fantastical Spaniard) SIR NATHANIEL (A Curate)
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G . \WINN \V . A . ROSE J . E . METCALF1 A . W . EAST\WOOI) C . W. NEWTON I . G . WILLIAMS . . A . L . PEEL (Sub. E . W . Clarke) R . II . BAILEV B . ST . G . T . SCARGILI, . . J . R . ATKINSON
IIOLOFERNES (A Schoolmaster) I)uLL (A Constable) COSTARD (A Clown)
\V . C . B . WILLIAMS K K . VELA .. .. C . P . AVIIINCtl' A FORI.STER . . THE PRINCESS OF FRANCE . . G . G . VELD F . CLEMONS ROSALINE (Ladies attending on the Princess) G . 1' . I IAWORTI I MARIA ( A . M . SULLIVAN KATIIARINE) N . F . ADDIS JAQUENETTA (A Country Wench) . . T . F . WILLIAMS VER . . C . P. CASS IIIEMS Lords, Attendants, Blackamoors, Bears. MOTH (Page to Armado)
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The King of N varre's 1' :rk. ACT II. Another part of the same. ACT III. Another _fart of the same. ACT IV. Neat the Am s Palace
New Scenery by A . C . Clarke, Esq. The New Drop Scene by T . II . Lindberg . Esq.
EPILOGUE. PRINCESS :
Since last we met say, lioyet, what's the news
BovET :
Madam, St . Peter's still its youth renews; But with our cup of joy is mingled pain, Two, whose examples will with us remain. Have left our home, a better home to gain. One (I) in th' attempt another's life to save, Crowned with the unfading chaplet of the brave ; The other (2) true to duty's every word, Wearing the wreath upon the true conferred. The radiance of their lives is with us yet, Like the snow's glory when the sun has set. Another (3) too we mourn whom all esteemed, Whom all an Englishman's ideal deemed, Ready to all good works his help to lend—
KING :
The kindly gentleman, the unfailing friend. In pace requiescant. Then we lose
MARIA :
One to whom none can loyal love refuse. In school and out first 'mong the men who quit 'em BIRON :
Like men and faithful friends Comes Mr . VVhittam (4)
RUSAL .INE :
IIe goes to Ryde.
Dot .l . :
Where's that?
HOLOFERNES :
O! stupid Wight, What did our great, our late-lost poet write?
BIRON :
The place to score .
" Where falls not hail, nor rain, nor any snow,"
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Rev . Canon Elwyn, Rev . G. T. Handford . Rev . S . H . Bennett, Lt .-Col . Crowther, and Messrs . J . F. Walker, D . Hart, A. C. Clarke, F . IV. Crossley, J . Craven, J . A . Dunkerley, G. V . Birks, A . Raimes, P. L . Newman, A. E . Chapman, P . E . Lord, C . H . Cobb, F. C . Crowther, K . E . T . Wilkinson, A . Procter . G. 1'eld, F. Ware, H . B . Whitby, S . O . Bingham . J . F. Leaf, I-f . W . Preston, F. E. Colby, E . W. Clayforth, J . C . Walker, A . V . Hudson, G . H . Eyre, H . I) . Naylor, A . Peters, and D . Carter,
POEM. Tram dalion from Horace . Ode iii. Book iii. The man who ' s just and in his purpose strong, Not the wild frenzy of the hectoring throng, Nor face of tyrant lowering from above Can ever from that solid purpose move. Nor the South wind, whose fierce o'crmastering sway The mighty billows of the deep obey, Nor thundering Jove's right hand, upraised in might, Avail to tur n him from the path of right, E'en if in ruins on his head were hurled The shattered fragments of a blasted world, Not even then he'd falter, be afraid, The ruins still would strike him undismayed .
T . C . I-.
CORRESPONDENCE. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE PETERITE. DEAR SIR,
As our rowing season is not far distant may I ask your assistance in the formation of some scheme for the alteration of our present arrangements on the river . The Old Boys have at last succeeded in obtaining new boats, thus giving a most favourable
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opportunity for the introduction of a new era in the history of this somewhat unfortunate school pursuit . Now it is a notorious fact that of the fifteen races which have been held during the last five years every one has resulted in victory, and that generally an easy one, for the Houses, and the prospects for this year do not promise any exception to this longstanding rule . It is I think impossible that men should be found to row at all or at any rate to practice regularly and to train when they have nothing to look forward to but a hopeless defeat . It is not, however, on behalf of the dayboys that I presume to ask your help, as I understand quite well from a long experience that they are regarded as too insignificant a factor of the school for any serious consideration but it is rather on behalf of the rowing as a whole, since certainty of success or failure are alike prejudicial to improvement, that I recommend some such change as this . That ali who are willing to row should come down and be tried and coached for a fortnight or so at the beginning of the season ; that the captain should then select a first and second division of seniors and one division of juniors and separate them into fours as nearly equal as possible in skill and weight . The boats would then start with equal chances and the crews who trained and practised best would win . It may be that on consideration some other arrangement is found to be preferable but that some change is necessary I am convinced, and it may be undertaken without the slightest fear of failure, for the most perfect combination of folly and favouritism would fail to evolve a system more completely one-sided than that under which we labour at present. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant . R .G.
[We are sorry to inform our correspondent, that while thoroughly agreeing with him that some reform is needed in our system of boating, as yet we have only had one boat promised us, not two . Ed .]
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4bttaaiv. At YORK DECEMBER r3th, 1892.
A H . RUSSELL, J .IEUT .-COLONEI . OP VOLUNTEERS,
Entered the School Midsummer, 1552 ; Left Midsummer, 185S.
NOTES AND ITEMS. 1' . L . Chadwick . appointed Registrar of the Dewsbury District County Court. N . L . Hood played half-back for Surrey v. Kent. R . Crosthwaite has been appointed to a Science Mastership at Sherborne School. A . C . Clarke has been appointed Fourth Form Master at Leeds Grammar School. F. L . Grindrod, Lincoln College, Oxford, proceeded to M . A . degree. G. H . Chilman, Class iii ., Theological Examination, Durham, recommended for a Prize of Books. F . G . Williams, 94th out of 186 in the Examination for Second Class Civil Service Clerkships. Lieut.-Colonel Crowther, Lieut .-Colonel Russell, and Major White received the Volunteer Officer 's Decorations. Marriage .—November 17th, at St . Mark ' s, St . Heliers, Jersey, Captain Philip Palmes, Royal North Lancashire Regiment, Adjutant 1st Royal Jersey Light Infantry, to Hilda St . Albans, daughter of R . F . Jermyn, of St . Heliers. We have to thank the courtesy of E . W . Crossley, O .P ., and T . L. Johnson, of Leeds Grammar School, for information about Leeds Football matches .
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The last two numbers of the Peterite, Too and for, were published in September and November. The Dunelmian-Peterite tour was completely stopped by the frost. Rev . W . R . Rayson has been appointed Vicar of Coatham, Redcar. Rev . H . L . Clarke has been appointed Canon of Wakefield. M . Whittam, Esq., M .A ., has been appointed Science Master at the Isle of Wight College, Ryde. Our thanks are due to G. Bailey, Esq., for having presented the School with a volume of Burns' works. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following : Riponian, Leodiensian, Carliol, Huddersfield College Magazine, Coventry School Magazine, Dunelmian, Giggleswick Chronicle, Hurst Johnian, Herefordian, Sedberghian, Sutton Valence Magazine, Merchistonian, Uppingham School Magazine.
Subscriptions to the " Bingham Memorial Fund " from present members of the School, now amount to ZIo its . 6d . Subscriptions from other sources will be forthcoming, and the action of the Alfreton committee is being awaited, before deciding the form which the School Memorial will take .
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BOATING PROSPECTS.
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UR prospects this year are, to be brief and plain, far from favourable,
and we can never look forward to a successful season, unless football will consent to be more generous . We take up the card of football fixtures and see the last date is March Ilth, and we hear on good authority that Easter holidays fall not later than April 15th, our season then consists of four weeks, one of which is devoted to racing ; a season which is palpably insufficient, not merely for teaching novices, but for those who have not touched an oar for a twelvemonth, and have any intentions of rowing—properly so called—in the future : more harm than good is done, at least for the latter, by these scrappy performances. So much for the time : again, we begin to row when we are worn out, or, to speak more correctly, stale at football and the results of this spasmodic burst of rowing, change of exercise though it be, can never be satisfactory. Material there may be, but so there is for sculptures as good as ever Pheidias turned out. Yet another point we must mention : Mr . Eyre has with great pains raised money from Old Boys . to serve as a nucleus for the purchase of new boats . What use then is there in agitating for or buying costly things like boats, if they arc to lie idle in a dusty house for spiders to spin their webs upon, except for a paltry month in the year? Football is, and deservedly,
the game for boys, but why, with a river as good as any in the kingdom for our purpose, should we, out of nine months term-time, crowd our rowing . cricket, and sports into a poor four? All this we write merely
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as a plea for rowing against the encroachments of football . as there is really no reason why the two interests should clash ; for Durham can, as we well know, keep all going amicably together, with numbers no larger than our s. As to our more immediate prospects, we shall, in all probability. have to meet as strong a combination of Old Boys, as can be got together. We have left from last year Bingham and Partington, who are bound to be stronger than last year, but the latter, instead o f pottering about in canoes, might give a little assistance to the rising generation, and by no means necessarily to members of the House. We must remember that many promising Day boys are, by the force of happy circumstances, absorbed by the School House. The names of Rose and \Vhincup (2) recur to us as promising well last year, the former was weak, but has since thickened out considerably, the latter was spoilt in style by an ugly shrug of the elbows or shoulder . Nevile. we remember, rowed pluckily, but those who have substance, thanks to the short time before us, will have no opportunity of getting into shape. Amongst the juniors we shall see some plucky rowing as usual. Bird, especially, last year did well, and, if still qualified for them, should be again well to the fore in those races. We are rejoiced to hear that Clifton Green House intend once more to pm a boat on ! We wish them well. So far there have been a few canoes out and a pair or two, and it would be as well to confine our attention to the use of the pair for a few days, and for everyone, as far as possible, to have a good spell under somebody ' s guidance, and—Nil Desperandum.
SCHOOL LETTER, j ~ jll came back here on the 23rd of January, and only a week had d
v W passed when we were attacked by an invincible foe—the influenza . Coupled with this came the unwelcome tidings that owing to the appearance of small-pox in this ancient city, we, the members of the School House were to undergo the dread pains of vaccination. Those who escaped the former plague were disabled by the latter, and the sick in bed thought to themselves, ° Shall we have incision ? Oh .
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dire calamity ! Are we to escape from one trouble, only to be laid low by a second and a worse?" Nay, laugh not, ye mockers, for this vaccination, infantile in word, is indeed an aggravation much to be dreaded . Since then, till the end of February, we became genuine Slopers. By the end of February, we had had enough of Sloperism. Even the games of Association, in which the keener spirits indulged. ceased to interest us, and when at last we collected our scattered forces and put our XV in the field, it was a joy to all . And what of the :XV ? With four of last term ' s players gone, we looked forward with anxiety to our contest with Durham . But the vacancies were filled up satisfactorily and we won . It is not too much to say that our forwards won the match . They kept possession of the ball better than ever before, whilst if the Durham backs did get off, our backs were not off the spot but marked them closely . It is our pleasant duty to congratulate the team on their well-earned victory . Three wins, Yorkshire College, Almondbury Old Boys, and Leeds Clergy School, and a draw with Darlington completed a most successful season . A word about our ground : we have seen some bad grounds, but none worse than ours has been this season . Cannot something be done before next football term ? The second XV has had a very good time . Seven won, none lost, is a record to be proud of. The team, as they received their colours, was as follows :—Full back, Veld ; three-quarter backs, Leonard, Bailey . and Johnson ; half-backs, Metcalfe and I'Anson ; forwards, Nevile, Williams, Romans, Fausset, Dobson, Haworth, Roy, Horsfall, Huffam. The Boating requires no comment from us . We will just express our fervent wish that the Old Boy's boat may be second in the race. The Debating Society had a short but a merry life . The subjects proposed, though rather one-sided, found plenty of discussion. It is our first chance of extending a true welcome to Mr . Sworn, who has taken Mr . Whittam's place . His interest in the debates has already assured us that he will be a great addition both in and out of school. We must not finish without expressing our sorrow at the death of Mr . Allanson, an old boy and master . Though known to only a few of us, he always took a lively interest in the School, and to Mrs . Allanson our sincerest sympathy is due . We cannot refrain from mentioning at the same time, how much we feel for Dunelmians at the great loss
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they have sustained by the death of Mr . het . We can fully realize how great a gloom the suddenness of his death must have cast upon them all .
CAMBRIDGE, LETTER.
1-1 IIE Lent term is not perhaps the most fruitful part of the year so far as events are concerned . Football is no longer at its height, and now that the Lents " are over, men begin to look forward to the delights of the May term, with—it is to be hoped—its sunshine, its cricket, its tennis, and all the gay festivities that fill its closing week to overflowing. O.P. ' s arc not, at present, numerous on the river : we furnished Corpus with a " stroke, " while Metcalfe was vigorously employed in coaching. Pembroke III was the only boat that actually made four bumps . Trinity kept their position at the head of the river ; among others, Jesus I, Hall I, Caius I, and Clare were the most successful. The weather was bitterly cold, which made it very unpleasant when on Friday Downing broke their boat, and the race had to be postponed until another could be obtained . On the football field, as already said, there has not been much to do ; Wilkinson and Birks have taken part in such as there was . L. V . Lodge, a name which will be not unfamiliar, distinguished himself by his play in the University match (Association) . The Fives Courts have been a boon to not a few ; the new courts are quite a success, though the Proprietor of the old . ones may be expected to take a different view. Peterite ability has been supplying the "Granta. " with contributions that need no praise : may there be many more of them ; The new rival, the " h .P .," is in vain, by flattery, imitation, provocation, almost by insult, trying to-draw a word of recognition from its senior . The " Granta, " however, preserves a most dignified silence, owing perhaps to secret jealousy, more probably to lofty contempt. Mr. Gladstone will be encouraged, no doubt, to find that his • important measure has passed the " House, " at the Union at least ; while the same august body decided, after a debate in which the words " frivolity," "flippancy, " not seldom appeared, that Girton and
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Newnham are not dangerous, nor should they be abolished : it was even hinted that there might be some difficulty in executing the latter proposal. But this is all in the distant past . More recently, those who are interested in music enjoyed a rare treat at the two consecutive concerts given by Dr . Joachim . The great event of the future is, of course, the boat-race . It has been said that the wise man never prophesies : when wisdom can be bought so easily, it is folly to throw away the chance. The boat has been at Putney for nearly a week now, and, so far, it seems that a good race may be looked for. It is pleasant to be able to congratulate the School on a victory over Durham. But further encroachment on the Editor ' s space is unjustifiable, and indeed matter is wanting even if were not. A vague recollection too, that 'Varsity events used not to be quite as interesting to those at school as to those who are in their midst—and naturally so—is a warning to stop. Our next correspondence with the School should be one of face to face .
FOOTBALL. YORKSHIRE COLI.:EGE. February 25th.
Snow was falling rather heavily when Bingham kicked off against a slight wind . Some one was in front of the ball, and consequently a scrimmage was formed at the centre. Soon the Leeds men dribbled to the School 25, where Shepherd saved. Partington ran to the centre, where, soon after, he took a pass from dir . Lord, and ran to the Leeds 25 . Mawson here got the ball from a line out, and by a kick removed the play to the School half, where several scrimmages took place . Leeds now attacked strongly, but Eastwood saved well . Mr . Lord, by a kick into touch, and Bingham, from a line out, gained ground . The Leeds backs now got away, but Eastwood tackled well . A free kick to the School availed nothing, for the ball was sent back to Eastwood, who
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was tackled with it near the line. Soon after, the Leeds full back kicked over the line, and Eastwood touched down . After the kick out, Leeds again attacked, and Eastwood was pushed into touch near the line . Several fierce scrimmages followed, and Leeds were gradually driven back . Partington now dribbled, and ran nearly to the centre, and Mr . Lord, Clarke, and Bingham, by dribbling, took the ball into the Leeds half. Rose now got a pass from Shepherd, and ran to the Leeds 25 . Half-time was now called . Soon after the game was re-started, Davies took a pass in the School half and ran in . No goal resulted . After the kick out, play was removed to the Leeds half, where I ' Anson and Mr . Lord tried hard to score. Davies now relieved by a run, but the relief was only temporary, for Partington and Mr. Lord gained ground by runs, and the latter nearly got in . A free kick was now allowed to the School near the Leeds line, and Mr . Lord kicked a goal . After the kick out, the School again attacked, Bingham and Mr. Lord being prominent . I'Anson now took a pass near the centre, and was only pulled clown when close to the line . From the scrimmage, Mr . Lord got in, but failed to kick a goal . After the drop out several scrimmages were fought near the centre, where Davies got away, but Rose stopped him . I' Anson now ran well, and removed play to the Leeds half . Clarke now dribbled close to the line, but failed to secure the ball when a try seemed imminent . The School kept up a strong attack . Mr . Lord, I'Anson, and Partington, made many vigorous attempts to get in, but the Leeds halves tackled well, and spoiled the passing. Time was now called . Score : SCHOOL
...
...
r goal (penalty), r try. try, I minor.
YORKSHIRE COLLEGE I
The game was fast, and the tackling severe . Our forwards played a vigorous game, the most prominent being Bingham, Newton, Clarke, and R . \Vhincup . I ' Anson passed rather wildly at times . but otherwise played a good game. Shepherd seemed rather slow, perhaps the result of want of practice . Partington ran and saved well . Rose was smart, and tackled well, but had not much offensive work to do . Eastwood tackled well, and made no mistakes . Mr . Lord, as usual, did a lot of useful work .
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v. OLD ALMONDBURIANS. Marcia 4th. Played on the School ground . The visitors kicked off against a rather strong wind . The referee ordered a scrimmage at the centre— one of the visitors being in front of the ball . Play was at once taken to the visitors ' 25 . Soon, good passing between Tute, Mr . Lord, and Leonard, enabled the latter to get a try . Mr . Lord took the kick, but no goal resulted . After the kick out, the visitors ' backs, by a piece of combined play, worked their way to the centre . A free kick to the School was followed by scrimmages in the visitors' 25 . Several times the School got within their opponents' 25, and as often were they driven back to the centre . At last, Clarke got the ball, and making off at a great rate, got over the line . Tute failed to kick a goal. After the kick out, Partington took a pass near the centre, and by a strong run, reached the visitors ' 25 . The visitors ' backs now kicked to Eastwood, who failed to return the ball, and a scrimmage was formed near the centre . Here, Leonard took a pass and ran to the visitors ' 25 . The School now attacked strongly, and twice Mr. Lord was pulled down close to the line ; but the visitors defended well, and nothing further was scored. After the usual interval, Bingham kicked off . The ball was well returned, and play took place for a time near the centre . Good, quick passing between Tute, Mr . Lord, and Partington, enabled the latter to reach his opponents ' 25 . Here, the visitors' forwards broke away with a fast dribble, and a try was obtained near the touch line . No goal resulted . Several times, the visitors' forwards broke away, and once again they dribbled over the line, but the ball went into touch in goal. The kick out brought no relief, as the visitors, aided by the wind, attacked repeatedly, and eventually scored another minor. At last, Tute dribbled from a scrimmage, and, aided by Mr . Lord, removed play to the visitors ' half. The game was contested here for the rest of the time . The School backs now gave several exhibitions of good passing, and for a long time play took place in the visitors' 25 . The defence of the visitors, however, was strong, and the efforts of the School backs to score were successfully frustrated . Time was now called . Score : SCHOOL . . . ... ... 2 tries. OLU ALMONDBCRIANS . . . I try 2 minors .
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As usual, our forwards played strongly, and frequently beat their opponents, who were somewhat heavier . It would be, perhaps, invidious to mention names, when all worked so hard, but Bingham deserves special praise for the example of hard work which he set. Mr . Lord and Tute did a lot of passing and tackling, and both had a share in the movements which resulted in tries . Partington, Rose, and Leonard played a good game ; their running, passing, and tackling were distinctly good . Eastwood was not so successful as usual. DURHAM SCHOOL. This, our, great match, was played at home on Thursday, March 2nd. Two previous attempts to bring off the match before Christmas had failed—one through illness, the other through frost . The ground was, on this occasion, in a very bad state and every scrummage left its mark, the lower end of the ground was decidedly moist - this owing to the snow and rain of the few days previous . Durham brought, with one exception, the team that had beaten Merchiston in the previous term ; we had four changes from our Cup team--Romans, Bailey and I'Anson forward for Scargill, Williams and Crumbie, and Leonard at threequarters for Atkinson, Rose playing in the centre . Durham adopted the system of four three-quarters, but Bingham never found it necessary to bring out an extra man . The game began at a few minutes past three by Bingham kicking off towards Clifton, the ball finally remaining in touch at the Durham 25 ; here much hard scrummaging took place, Affleck then kicked to the centre, and soon Tute returned the ball to its old place . Then Durham got a little relief with a penalty kick for off-side . Then a bad pass by one of our forwards threatened danger however, Rose coming up at full speed, took it well on the bounce and ran well till tackled by C . Adamson . Thew then removed play to the centre by a fine kick . Shepherd then tackled well, and some good steady forward work brought the play up the left touch line to the visitors' quarter flag . Here, a bad pass by Tute enabled the younger Adamson to dribble away past the centre . Again the home forwards worked the ball back, Shepherd saving well . Tute got away, but unluckily passed forward . Then Shepherd picked up very smartly and handed over to Tute, who got over nicely some way out, and p laced a fine goal . Shepherd returned the kick-off well to the centre . From a
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scrummage, the ball was passed to Affleck, but Tute brought im down. Then C . Adamson picked up and threw to Thew, who ran to the line ; from the scrummage C . Adamson got over acrd himself placed a fine goal, making the scores level . After the kick-off play was at the centre for a time, and Tute saved well . 'Chen Eastwood tripped and missed a high kick from Graham, and Rose just kept Durham out . After some scrummaging in the home 25, C . Adamson threw to Clarke who got in unopposed near touch—no goal . Partington dropped out, and after two " calls hack," Graham punted well, and from a free kick Durham scored a minor . Then from passing Graham ran well, the tackling being weak, hut Eastwood safely brought him down . The home forwards gradually brought the ball away, but at length the Durham backs got a chance, and Affleck was only pushed into touch near the line . After some scrummaging, and good kicking by Thew, half-time was called, Durham leading by two points . Eastwood returned the kick-off well, and the forwards brought the ball to the centre, helped by good tackling by Shepherd and Tute . Shepherd then passed to Trite, who gave it to Partington, and he was pushed into touch in the Durham half. Soon after from a free kick near the centre, Tute made a good attempt at goal, and some kicking resulted in a minor to us . After the drop out, play settled in the Durham half and Leonard kicked neatly to touch . After more scrummaging, Rose made a very fine run and nearly got through, but Durham got the ball away, and charged Eastwood ' s kick down . The home forwards then spoiled the Durham passing and Rose kicked well . A weak kick by Affleck went into the centre to Rose who, after a smart run, passed finely to Partington, who ran round the full back and scored near touch . Shepherd brought out the ball and placed for Bingham, close to touch some 35 yards out, and the captain landed a magnificent goal, bringing the home score three points ahead . Shepherd replied to the kick-off and, after some hard scrummaging, dribbled well ; and a free kick to the home team enabled Tute to put the ball into touch at the Durham 25 . Tute got well away from a pass by Shepherd and passed beautifully to Rose, but unluckily the chance was lost, and Durham got away to the centre, whence more passing followed, and Affleck was nearly in but Eastwood stopped him, and Partington brought him down in the home 25 . From the scrummage Shepherd kicked well to touch, and after the Durham backs
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had passed forward, he tackled Thew well . Then Tute got away, but Affleck tackled him . Almost immediately, Shepherd got off. and Rose being in attendance received the ball and scored a try, Tute placing another good goal . After some scrummaging in the centre, a dribble by Clarke and Bingham brought no-side . Thus we won by 3 goals (15 points) . to i goal, r try (7 points) . Almost the whole credit of the victory lies with the forwards, who particularly in the second half piayed a very fine game. They were wonderfully well-managed by Bingham, and kept control over the ball . It was not a day for fast dribbling, and the home team, knowing that the Durham strength lay behind the scrummage, played a steady and tight game, quite beating the Durham pack . The ball was generally to be found amongst our forwards, and the visiting backs got few chances . Of course, the ball was greasy and spoiled good back-play . Very nearly as much praise must be given to the home halves who . without doing anything brilliant, played a really sound and safe game. Shepherd was in particularly good form, and was very cool under all circumstances, and he and Tute worked together better than we have seen them this season . Tute ' s kicking was very clever . Of the three-quarters, Rose made a most promising first appearance in the centre . Though opposed to Thew and Graham, he did very well and worked hard all through the game, making the most of his chances . The wings seemed not to rise to the occasion, and were weak in tackling . Eastwood tackled very well . but scarcely kicked so well as usual . Of the Durham backs, Thew kicked very well, and Affleck ran well occasionally : we scarcely thought their four threequarter system a success . Both Adamsons played well, in fact the quartette of halves were all good, and marked each other well . The home forwards played so essentially a combined game that it would not he fair to single out any individuals. PREVIOUS RESULTS-
Matches played, 14 ; Drawn . 2, York won 2 . Durham won ro.
v . LEEDS CLERGY SCHOOL. Played on the Clergy School ground, on Tuesday, March 7th. The ground was heavy and slippery . Clarke won the toss and played with the wind slightly in his favour, and the Clergy kicked off. Rose,
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who received, failed to find touch, and play was carried to the School 25 . Here much scrimmaging took place, the Clergy shoving the School . The School, however, soon pulled themselves together, and took the bail to the Leeds 25 . Here, owing to the hard kicking of the forwards, the Leeds centre received, and breaking away at a good pace, ran as far as Eastwood who tackled him, but the ball was passed to one of the wings . who scored between the posts . The kick at goal failed. The School were soon attacking, and Mr . Lord got away and passed to Rose who missed, and the ball was taken back to the centre . Mr. Lord again got off, and, after a dodgy run, scored in good position. Tute kicked a goal . The kick-off brought no relief, and from a scrimmage about halfway, Clarke got off with a dribble to the line, and, picking up smartly, scored far out . The kick at goal failed . The kick-off was badly returned, and play was even for a time, Tute, however, got the ball and passed %veil to Mr. Lord, and he to Rose, and Rose to Partington, who, after a pretty piece of combined passing, scored in a fairly good position . The kick was unsuccessful . Halftime was then called, the score being St . Peter 's, r goal, 2 tries ; Clergy School, I try. On resuming, I'Anson kicked off, and the School immediately pressed, and Mr . Lord, receiving from lute, dodged over—no goal. The Clergy, after the kickoff, played hard, and pressed the School for some time, Wilson at forward, and Paton at half, being conspicuous. The School backs were much superior to their opponents, and herein lay our strength . Rose was next to score, and a goal was kicked. Then Mr . Lord managed to get over with two or three Clergymen hanging on—no goal . At this point Shepherd got off, and very nearly scored . Not long after, Partington made a very excellent run and scored between the posts . Mr . Lord kicked a goal . Rose was the next to score, but no goal resulted . The whistle then blew with the score : SCHOOL
3 goals, 5 tries.
CLERGY
I
try.
The forwards were evenly matched during the first half of the game. The School backs, all of whom shone at different times, combined well
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and passed accurately . Of the forwards, Clarke . Newton, Shepherd, and Winn were the most prominent . Eastwood at full back was safe.
DARLINGTON. The last match, played at Darlington, on Saturday, March r r. Unluckily we were again without Bingham and this time Parting-ton was away. This brought Fausset into the team forward, Mr . Lord playing centre . The day was fine with a strong wind blowing, the ground in good order . Clarke won the toss and Darlington kicked off. For some time the home team pressed and were several times almost in ; however, good tackling especially by Eastwood and steady forward play took the bail out of danger. Then the School took up the attack but the Darlington halves spoiled Tute and Shepherd and play was again in the centre . Rose with a good run down the left very nearly scored, but Darlington again broke away . Then the School forwards, led by Clarke and Newton, took the game to the home line in the right corner, where after several attempts to get away, Shepherd passed to Tute, who threw to Mr . Lord, who scored about ro yards from the posts, and Tute kicked a good goal . Eastwood made a very fine return to the kick off, but Darlington playing hard had the best of the game up to half time, though without scoring . On changing ends the game continued very even until Burn picking up outside our " 25 " ran in under the bar, the tackling being weak . The scores were equalized by the goal which resulted . The School then had the best of it for a time and C . Whincup following up a free kick tackled Shaw near the line, and from the scrummage Shepherd receiving a pass from Tute, got over. Tute kicked another good goal . On restarting the School still played up well, and when well away were several times pulled up for " passed forward," particularly' once when Rose had an almost certain try. Just before time from a loose rush Darlington got to the School line whence our forwards broke away . Cochrane picked up well, and the tackling again breaking down scored a try from which a good goal was placed . Thus the match was drawn, amid much excitement . On the School side Eastwood played a very fine game, Rose was uncertain and several times mulled passes, though tackling well, Leonard was fair .
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Tute and Shepherd repeatedly won the tdmiration of the crowd by their successful work behind the scrum ; both played well but were a little wanting in steadiness . Newton was about the best of the forwards, working very hard . Clarke, C . AVhincup and Winn also did well. Fausset made a good first appearance . Mr . Lord at centre did an immense amount of work, his saving and passing being invaluable. 'Ihus we arrived at the conclusion of another very successful season, almost as good as 1892, in which year the Old Boys' matches—both terminating in defeats in this present season—were not played . The total matches played was 15 ; won 11, lost 3, drawn 1 . We give a complete list : SCHOOL MATCHES. Bradford . .
Won
55 points to
0
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Won
63
o
Durham . .
Won
15
Giggleswick
Lost
Wakefield
\Von
Leeds
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7
to
23
19
0
Total score—26 goals, 16 tries (162 points) to 4 goals, 5 tries (30 points) . Matches not played—Durham, Bradford, Ripon (2). CLUB MATCHES. Magpies . .
Won
II
points to to
Old Boys
Lost
2
24
Old Almondburians
Won
1t
5
\Ir . Walker's XV
Won
19
9
Mr . Joy's XV
Won
7
Old Boys
Lost
7
5 16
Yorkshire College
Won
5
2
Old Almondburians
Won
4
2
Leeds Clergy School
Won
25
2
Darlington
Drawn
to
to
..
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Match not played—Darlington . Total score—14 goals, 1S tries ([01 points) to 13 goals, to tries (55 points).
In all matches 40 goals, J4 tries (263 points), to 17 goals, 15 tries There have been two penalty goals ; of the 72 tries
(115 pDints) .
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14,
Rose 13, Shepherd and Mr . Lord 8,
Bingham 4, Atkinson 3, Clarke and C . Whincup 2 . Winn, Newton and Leonard r . These results speak for themselves and cannot but be regarded as satisfactory, the only regret is that so many school matche s were not played . From various causes the fixture card was much disturbed and required re-adjustment . The team did much better than was expected this term, seeing that they lost Scargill, Williams, Crumbie . and Atkinson . However . the forward substitutes did well, and when at last Rose was tried as centre three-quarter our difficulties were settled . He has improved greatly this season and ought to be very useful next year ; in fact, the back team of next year—five of the present lot—should be strong. Leonard was brought in on the right wing, and with a little more life in his play will be of service. Several of last term's team showed a great advance in form, notably Newton and C . Whincup forward, whose tackling and general play were very strong . Bingham played his usual sound and honest game, and was well backed by Winn and Clarke, the latter improving on his last term's show. Tute and Shepherd got more together, the former showing more of his '92 form, in the Leeds Clergy School and the Almondbury matches he was particularly good . Shepherd was at his best against Durham . Parting-ton and Eastwood were both stronger in defence, the latter's kicking being good. The second team has played seven matches and won all . They have a good lot of forwards, the best being Haworth, Dobson, Williams and K . Roy behind the scrimmage Metcalfe, I'Anson . and Leonard were best. The third team were only able to get one match which they won very easily. Clemons at three-quarters and Wheelwright at half showed great promise, and among the forwards Smith and N . Roy should do well.
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DEBATING SOCIETY. WING to the indisposition of several members of the above Society, including the president and vice-president, the first meeting was not held till Saturday, February r I, when Mr. Preston proposed "That prize winning is demoralising . " He described prize winning as an unfair means of inducing people to do what otherwise they would not, illustrating his meaning by what he described as a sort of " Funereal Prize " that Tit Bits offered to its purchasers, referring to the L'oo insurance, practically regarding this as a bribe. Mr. Miller, in seconding, based his remarks on the proverb ; . Virtue is its own reward, " and argued that the boy who was placed second in a form was in most cases as hard-working and deserving of a prize as the head boy.
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Mr . Tute, for the opposition, in a lengthy and somewhat rambling speech by a most elaborate argument, proved that prizes were beneficial in creating an incentive to work. Mr. Clarke, briefly seconded the opposition, complaining of Mr. Tute having anticipated his arguments, and urging that as cows have to be driven to pasture, so human beings must be driven to work. Mr. Sworn supported the opposition, saying that a man would be as proud of a medal, though it be of comparatively small intrinsic value as of a bookshelf full of prizes, provided it was the result of his own perseverance and industry. Mr . Fausset, in a characteristic and amusing speech, showed how the introduction of the Yorkshire Football Challenge Cup had improved the game, and also urged that a cyclist was as proud of beating a time record, as of gaining a five guinea prize . He stated, moreover, that we were all striving for some kind of prize, whether it be power, or fame, or wealth. Mr . Preston responded, refuting the idea that we were cows, and pulled to pieces some of the arguments of the opposition. The house then divided with the following result For the motion .. ... 2 Against ... .. . 14 Majority against
...
is
Thursday, Feb . 16th .-" That Great Britain ' s power is on the wane . " The debate was opened by R . C . Tute, who began his speech by a sketch of the history of Athens, showing how the power was first invested in the hands of a king, afterwards of the nobles, and later on the suffrage was extended to the upper middle and middle classes, at which stage Athens was at the summit of her glory, while finally, the disastrous system of one man one vote was adopted, which proved her ruin . The speaker then showed how closely the history of Athens coincided with that of England, as the power of the few came to be the power of the many until to-day we were entirely at the mercy of the great unwashed. The motion was briefly seconded by G . N. FAnson . F . P . Fausset opposed the motion, and Mr . Wilkes seconded the opposition . Mr Sworn then proffered some valuable information on military and
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scientific topics . Mr. Miller attacked the comparison used by the proposer of the motion, asserting that the destruction of Athens was due to the tyrannical and unjust government of her so called allies. The following spoke : Against the Motion. For the Motion. C . M . Miller, Esq. E. \V . Clarke . H . Preston, Esq. M . F . Atkinson . S . A . Sworn, Esq. It . Bailey. A . AV. Eastwood. For the Motion Against Majority against
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...
3
20
CORRESPONIDENCE. TO TIIE EDITOR OE 'THE PETERITE.
DEAR SIR,
You published in your last issue a letter signed R .G ., complaining that it was of no use for certain sections of the School to train and practice for the Boat Races because of the continuous success of School House. Surely this is a very unmanly tone to adopt, and one that is not improved by the very unfair insinuation that the Day Boys are considered too insignificant for the Boating Authorities to consider in any way their interest . I am ready to admit that year after year of failure is disheartening but to give up House Races is surely not the way to spur on the backward . In my opinion contests between Houses and Day Boys, with the keen but good natured rivalry that they encourage, are the best incentives to boys to endeavour to improve their own rowing in order to fill the proud position of representatives of -their own section of the School . Picked fours could not possibly foster this feeling in the same way . The result might be closer races but there would be none of that esprit de corps that is the foundation of the success achieved by bodies whose interests are closely connected and whose members regard themselves not as individuals but as component
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parts of one whole. House contests are the rule in all schools with which I am acquainted, and I am surprised that R .G . in the face of such wide support criticizes such a system as "a most perfect combination of folly and favouritism ." The folly, of course, is a matter of opinion, but favouritism! I should like to hear the arguments with which R.G . would support such a proposition . plow can he show that level contests between H ouse and Day Boys are the outcome of favouritism ? Still, with regard to coaching, I quite agree with him that something is needed, but I should like to ask—" Have the Day Boys approached Mr . Miller or anyone else who so favours the House with a request for a little help " ? If this has not been done, it should be as soon as possible . In a former letter I strongly advocated the adoption of something like the Varsity system of coaching, and if those who wished to be coached were encouraged to give in their names, I am sure some of the seniors, who have learnt something of the theory from Mr . Miller's careful instruction, would agree to take them out in pairs for ten or fifteen minutes at a time . If the Day Boys will rouse themselves to make such an application, and will promise regularity, I am confident they will find out that the Authorities are far from considering them insignificant, but will, on the contrary, help them to the best of their power, as a sure means of improving the general standard, and so increasing the interest in the annual Races. I am, Yours truly, GEORGE H . EYRE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE I'ETERITE. DEAR SIR,
Would it be below the notice of the Editor and readers in general to attend to a matter which has long lightened the pockets and lowered the spirits of Peterites . I mean the kicking of footballs on to the hall window . To the uninitiated, I would explain that in leisure hours we strive to improve our kicking capacities in the play ground, and often the football is seen, amid the groans of those who partake of this pastime, to sail airily down on to the capacious bosom of the hall window . Each time this is repeated, the carpenter, by
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climbing up a ladder, and throwing down the ball, earns a shilling; truly, 'tis an ill wind that blows nobody good, but the unphilosophical readers (myself among the number) think this shilling too easily earned. Let some reader exercise his ingenuity to devise some means whereby both time and money may be saved, and thus confer a boon on posterity . Perhaps a few yards of wire netting would solve this costly problem . Yours truly, SHILLING-LESS. [We wonder nothing has been done with regard to this before, and the suggestion meets with our approval .—ED .]
.bItuzu . On SUNDAY, fE6h'UAh'Y 191'k, i6 '93, at 'o, Grosvenor Terrace, York.
EDMUND PETER ALLANSON, M .A., I asrENO,' Fxrt1B . QUEEN ' S COI I ., OxvORL. Entered the School January, 1861 ; Left Easter, 1868. Subsequently First Form Master.
NOTES AND ITEMS. Marriage .—At St . Paul's Church, Holgate, on Wednesday, February 8th, A . Procter to Helen Maud, daughter of S . Wright, Esq ., Fairmount, York. Captain A . F . St . Clair has been given the command of the Achilles, only, it is to be hoped, as a stepping stone to something better, which he richly deserves, for his services on the coast of Chili . "— Globe, Feb . 24th, 1893 .
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The Ven . Archdeacon Barber preached at the Minster on Thursday, February 16th. "To be Captain—Lieut . P . H . Flower . " —London Gatiette, March 3rd. The following O .P . ' s have been playing For Sussex County (Rugby and Association) and for Blackheath= F. Mitchell. For St . Thomas' Hospital (Holders of the Hospital Cup)— N . L . Hood and S . O . Bingham. For Hon . Artillery Company—W . S . Gofton. For the London and Westminster Bank — T . W . M . Bennett. For Ealing—C . J. N . Carter. 1st Volunteer Batt. the King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)—H . F. Chadwick, gentleman, to be Second Lieutenant. S . A . Sworn, Esq ., M .A ., Scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, First Class Science Greats, has been appointed to take the post of Science Master. The last two numbers for and January.
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were published in November and
We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following Magazines :— " Barrovian, " " Leodiensian, " " ° Huddersfield College Magazine, " " Toronto College Magazine, " " Dunelmian, " " Hurst J ohnian . "
THE
PIJTERITE. Vol, . XI I .
MAY, 1893 .
No . 104.
THE BO ;VI'ING SEASON. HE races began on Thursday, April 6th, in lovely weather,
T and were as follows :—
JUNIOR PAIRS .—FINAL. H . A . Tute (bow) . H . B . Greeves (stroke) . N . F . Addis (cox) .
beat
E . Carter (bow). N. F. Roy (stroke). F. C . Hey (cox).
Greeves got a good start and at once shot ahead, his boat being quite clear at Cat-ditch . Roy drew up a little at the corner, but Greeves responded, and, increasing his lead, won by 5 lengths . The winners, besides having the advantage of superior strength, rowed better together . SENIOR SCULLS .—Firsr RouNo. K . J . Roy heat E . F . Nevile. F . M . Bingham (a bye). Roy plunged off at the start and took the lead, but Nevile was only half a length behind . A close race resulted to the corner, where Roy spurted, getting his boat clear . Nevile made a desperate attempt to overhaul him, but caught a crab, and Roy came in winner by 6 lengths. The winner is to be congratulated on the plucky way in which he rowed.
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JUNIOR SCULLS .—IsT RouNo. H . B . Greeves beat H . A . Tute. N . F . Addis beat E. F. Carter. In the first race, Tute got flurried at the start and lost ground. He shook himself together again, however, soon . but Greeves, who seemed to take things rather easily, came in 3 lengths ahead. Addis kept in front of Carter all the way, and won by 2 lengths. With more strength he should do well. SENIOR PAIRS . C . P . A\lineup (how) . F . W . Clarke (stroke) . F . Clemons (cox) .
-FirsT R0UND.
R . H . Bailey (bow). E . F . Nevile (stroke). H . Wheelwright (cox).
beat
F. M . Bingham (how) . H . R . Partington (stroke).
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Clarke started badly, and the boats were level for some time, but Clarke gradually forged ahead and was clear before the corner, where Nevile, spurting, drew up considerably . Clarke's boat was still ahead at Scarbro' Bridge, when he lost his oar, but his opponents never made up the ground they had lost and came in 6 lengths to the bad . The losing pair showed up well, but the winners rolled considerably, stroke especially seeming quite off colour. SENIOR SCULLS .—FINAL. F . M . Bingham beat K . J . Roy. This resulted in an excellent race. Roy led from the start, but Bingham was drawing up at the corner. Roy, however, was just in front at Scarbro ' Bridge, when he was steered badly and ran too close to the bank . Bingham put himself well ahead, and kept in front to the finish, when Roy spurted gamely, and only lost by 11 lengths . As in his race with Nevile, Roy rowed very pluckily, and shows great promise. SENIOR PAIRS .—FINAL. C . Whincup (bow) . beat E . W. Clarke (stroke) . H . Wheelwright (cox) .
F . M . Bingham (boar). H . R . Partington (stroke). N . F . Addis (cox) .
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A complete surprise . Clarke ' s boat took the lead and maintained it throughout, winning by three lengths . The winners showed much better form than in the previous race. JUNIOR FOURS. SCHOOL HOUSE. beat DAY Bo yS (bow). R . M . Nevile (bow.) R . Johnson . B. Hudson . H Tomlinson. T . Leonard . J . Shepherd. R . H . Bailey (stroke). L . Bird (stroke) . H . Wheelwright (cox). N . F . Addis (cox) . The boats went o :f at an even start, the Day Boys, rowing well together, were the first to show in front . Before Cat-ditch they were still further in front, the House at this point being very ragged . At the corner, the House spurted, but the ;:Day Boys responded gamely, and, continuing to gain, eventually won by z lengths . The Day Boys are to be congratulated on their victory ; their opponents, who were well stroked, showed less dash and finish . THIRD FOURS. DAY Boys. SCHOOL HousE beat H. \Vheelwright (bow). K . Hopkins (bow). N . F . Roy. H . Cadman. F . Clemons. E . F . Carter. If . B . Greeves (stroke). H . A. Tute (stroke). F . C . Hey (cox) . N . F. Addis (cox). The School House got off badly at the start, but soon settled down to a long, steady stroke, the boats being level for some distance. Gradually, however, the House gained, and were clear before the corner . The Day Boys afterwards never proved dangerous, and the House came in 2 lengths ahead . Stroke in the House Third rowed particularly well . SENIOR FOURS. G . W. Clarke (bow) . beat K . J . Roy (bow). . C . B . Cotterell A . W . Eastwood. C . W . Newton . G. Winn. W . A . Rose (stroke) . E . F . Nevile (stroke). H . Wheelwright (cox) . N . F . Addis (cox) .
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This produced the best race of the year . The boats started at Clifton Ferry, and each boat got well off at first, and were quite even at the Boat House . Here Rose gained a quarter of a length, which lead he still held at the corner . Nevile then drew up, and an exciting race followed, but before Marygate, Rose was half a length to the good, and though Nevile struggled hard to overtake him his opponent won by half a length. JUNIOR SCULLS .—FINAL. H . B . Greeves beat N . F. Addis. Addis led at first, but Greeves, rowing much stronger, soon overtook him, and won by 32 lengths . Addis rowed very pluckily to the end. The Scratch Fours were rowed after the Old Boys' Race. Consequently, though somewhat robbed of their usual interest owing to the Regatta boat and the Old Boys ' Boat being unable to row, they were witnessed by a large crowd which had assembled on the bank to see the previous race . In the Final Heat, Birks' boat, with A . C . Clarke, K . E . T . Wilkinson, R. S . Tute (bow), won without much difficulty. THE SCHOOL v . THE O .P . CLUB. Rowed on Thursday, April 14, over the long course from the Waterworks to Lendal, with the following crews : THE SCHOOL .
OLD
Boys.
C. P. Whincup (bow), 9 st . 6 lb . II . G . Metcalfe- (bow), 9 St . 12-1 2 G. W . Bulman, r I st. 6 lb. E . W . Clarke, 11 st. 7 lb . 3 F . Mitchell, 12 st . 61,- lb. 3 F . M . Bingham, 12 St. 2 lb . H . R . Partington (stroke), G . H . Eyre (stroke), 11 St . 54 lb. ro st . 2 lb. N . F . Addis (cox) ., 5 St . 2 lb . E . Cadman (cox) ., S st. 2 lb. 2
It will thus be seen that the O .Y . crew was made up of good oars . Eyre rowed in the Cambridge boat, which won in 1834 ; Bulman has won many races on the Tyne and Wear ; and Metcalfe is Second Boat Captain at Pembroke, Cambridge, and will probably stroke their May boat . Mitchell has not done much rowing since he was in the School boat in 189o, but though rough, he is a hard
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worker . Out of the winning School crew of 1892, Bingham and Partington, 3 and 2, were available . Owing to the rearrangement of the races there were no Senior Fours, and the School boat which, as it happened, would have been the House boat, could practise solely for the great race. Under Mr. Miller's coaching they soon got together, and were probably better than in the last two years . Partington made an excellent stroke, with plenty of life; Bingham rowed very strong and in better form than last year; Clarke was spoilt in practise by hurrying the body swing, but rowed well in the actual race ; and Whincup was a very hardworking bow. Mr . Miller sent the crews off to an excellent start, the Old Boys being on the inside (there were some 20 runners who went the whole journey) . Striking slightly the quicker stroke, Eyre got his boat in front, and, aided by the bend, began to draw away, Cadman also steering well . Continuing to gain, the O .P . crew were just clear when crossing to begin the opposite bend . Then the School, who were rowing excellently together, began to come up very quickly, and by the Ings gate were slightly leading . Going round the Scope they increased their lead every stroke, and by the Ferry must have been half a length clear . Just about here, bow in the Old Boys ' boat struck a swan, but nothing resulted . The race was now no longer in doubt, as the Present, rowing a good long stroke and well together, gradually drew further and further away, and won by between 3 and 4 lengths . The School easied a little before the winning post, the time to the moment of easying being 9 min . 59 secs ., or about ro min . I sec . for the full course . Both boats were well steered . This is the fourth consecutive victory of the School ; that is they have not been beaten since Mr . Miller's advent . This fact speaks for itself ; and much gratitude is owing to him for the care and pains he has taken with them . It may be urged on behalf of the Old Boys that they did not get out together till the Monday before the race . If the Old Boys are to win again, there must be a more serious effort made . They won in 1888 and 1889, and since then the School have been undefeated . bringing their record to 4 wins to z .
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Here we give a list of subscriptions to the New Boat Fund : s.
d.
The Rev. H . Bloomfield E. W . Crossley
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5
o
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5
0
0
G . H . Eyre
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H . M . Daniel P . E . Lord . . II . G . Metcalfe
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0 I0
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0 10
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0 0
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0
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o 10
0
0
In addition to the above sum, which was collected by Mr . Eyre, Mr . Bulman has most kindly promised tLe School two new sets of oars, for which we wish here to record our thanks on the School' s behalf. We wish the School a few more such friends . Should any I'eterite, P ;Ist or Present, or any friend of Peterites Present wish to augment the above fund, which is not yet up to the required amount, subscriptions will be gladly received by Mr . Eyre, Parkside, Worcester Park, Surrey ; or Mr . Lord, at the School.
A NATION'S SONGS. N my dream I saw, in a cloudy misty land, whence proceeded every
I kind of sound and noise that can and that can not be described, a row of figures, shadowy vast, inane, light as air. And the first seemed to be that of three figures of whom one was elderly, portly and savouring of the City . In his hand he held a shilling, and by him stood a female form divine whose device was the plummy and curranty bun, dear to our early days . This she held with coaxing action to a small youth whose attentions she seemed to repudiate, especially his keeping close by her side . And when she called him " Thomas," and signed that she wished him to retire in favour of his kinsman, I recognised the song that long, long ago, about the time that I won third prize for the reading of beads in Miss Spankadale ' s
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Kinder Garten, refreshed and elevated the minds of all and sundry in the English speaking world. There passed a military procession . At the head rode a stern soldier whose motto was Bye Gingho . " With terrific aspect he gesticulated and shook his fist, pointing to the crowd of sailors, soldiers, and financiers who, clothed in resolution, thundered forth sonorous their fixed intent of resisting any inclination on the part of Russia to appropriate Constantinople . Next methought I distinguished an army of organ grinders who ground with virulent pertinacity airs from " Pinafore, " " Madame _ingot," " Les Cloches de Corneville" and " Olivette," and after them came a pair of figures differing in age, in as much as one was old, and the other was a tender stripling, yet wiser than his years . for to all his senior's instructions he answered that he was " fly ." And their name was Obadiah. Next rose a picture like a Christmas card, or like somebody's soap which abolishes flaying alive . Pink cheeks she had and laughing eyes, and curls such as Clarkson only knows . White were her teeth and in an open hayfield she sat with a low hall dress on, and tight fitting satin shoes . And as she smiled and ogled and put her pearly finger in her mouth the surrounding hordes sang "Oh you little darling," ti . ;.\ ., and I wept to think of the inanity of the mind of the great and glorious British Public. I beheld, and lo ! a brick wall, and on it stood Beware of the Dog, and 1lantnrps se/ here, and lo ! Amaryllis came tripping into the garden and a low whistle was heard, and Strephon came clambering over the wall . And they behaved just as one would expect two silly young things to do at their time of life, so that I was fain to look at the next in the procession. This seemed to be one long dispute. The first person always seemed to be telling the next that he was wrong, and then he seemed taken aback when his fellow smote him right smartly on the bridge of the nose. And their eyes were blacker than sloes, and up to the vasty heaven rose the cry of wonder " Oh ! what a surprise ! Two lovely black eyes," and that moreover right cheaply earned. Once more to me, looking upon it, the earth seemed to move . As when in spring, after the winter ' s cold an urchin escaping from his nurse ' s hands and smacks (by hendiadys) leaps out of his peram and
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thrusts a walking stick into an ant hill . But they, terrified and affrighted, pull the communicators and rush about the labyrinths carrying their succulent young, and the face of the earth is covered by the seething myriads . So to me did the bosom of the life-giving earth appear alive. Every nation of the world went past me, and every age was represented. I stood for six weeks and still the crowd surged by, ten miles wide, solid people, shouting, singing, yelling, whistling, grinding " Boom-deay." And when they got to "Boom" they leapt on high in frenzy, and they never tired, but rather sang the harder as the inanity of their chant became more obvious . Nor could I have believed that such words or such a tune could have bewitched the whole race of articulate speaking men . And the procession ran into the next one, and it was impossible to tell, as to the end, the Boomdeayrians, from the Ladidati, and the Hitiddlvenses. Costers from the New Cut and Claremarket . Costers from all parts of London . Costers in nautical trousers, coats with buttons all clown them, neckerchief and low crowned hats, accompanied by 'Lizas in shawls and vasty hats with feathers . And they sang of the loves of Enrico and Arrieta, and of the beauties of Brave Billimus than whom none was fairer in the ancient street of the Isantwara men . Salutenr they cried " what cheer" and Enrico Orchino answered " Pretty good cheer, thanks ." And the company that followed after ate peppermint and oranges, and drank from black bottles and whistled with two fingers in their mouths. And I fled, seeing that the glorious British public had passed from the inane to the vulgar, and fearing to see his latter end . H . W.
SCHOOL LETTER. the the issue of our last number very little has occurred to make the task of bringing about the existence of the May Peter/1e any easier than usual. Boating seems to be about the only subject we have to comment on. If everything connected therewith was not a complete success it was in no way the fault of the weather, as on only one day (luring the whole of the boating season was there any rain whatever. Not even the most bigoted optimist could pronounce this year's boating an unparalleled success, but taking into account the attendant L)
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circumstances . the races were as satisfactory as they could be, and characterised by more than average evenness, coupled with a few surprises . Of course there is very little time for practising— barely five weeks this year, really too short a time to do much good ; but this misfortune need not be discussed here . We heard football unmercifully "slanged " for its greediness in our last number, and though reluctant must admit that its career should be curtailed. As to the Old Boys'-race, they led at the start, and the School won by six lengths . This pretty well describes the state of affairs . The Old Boys were a powerful crew but the distance was too much for them, especially considering they began training not a week before the race. This year, as most of our readers already know, saw the introduction of a new method of arranging the 1-Iouse boats, the second and third boats being composed of fellows under 17 and 15 respectively, whilst the first boat is a thing of the past. Whether this system will always show its superiority over the old one is a matter the individual seasons can only decide, but this year there was a marked improvement . The Day-boy's ' second must be congratulated on their victory over the House—a very creditable performance . This is the first time the House have been defeated since J . G . Wilson stroked the Day-boys' first to victory in 18S7, winning by a quarter of a length ; their third boat also being victorious the same year. Cricket is the next thing that calls for our attention . We have four old colours left and there seems to be some good material for the other seven places . The bowling at present seems to be most doubtful, but with this difficulty overcome there is no reason why we should not have a satisfactory season . This subject will be more fully and ably discussed under the head of " Cricket . " In concluding it is our pleasant duty to congratulate Clarke on his scholarship .
CAMBRIDGE LETTER. HAVE been patiently waiting for a wet day in which to evolve a Cambridge Letter . I have waited in vain, and find myself forced to resist the seductive prospect of a game at tennis that I may perform my duty to you .
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There is little or no news . The term is too young, as yet, to justify prophecies in any branch of athletics . This much may be said that both our cricket and tennis prospects are promising. The freshmen produced two bats who could make their hundred— one of them being Horan, the three-mile runner . The bowling was weak, even taking into consideration the excellent batting wicket. On the river plenty of work is being done . The crews are not yet in training, but a short fortnight will cut off from them all the joys that make life worth living . Metcalfe, I believe, is to be seen in the Pembroke eight. Reading through the Granter the other day I came across what was an excellent, but shameless parody on Gray ' s Elegy . The initials " K . E . 'I'. W ." at the end of the poem shocked and grieved me . Is there to be no respect for old memoirs and old friends ? Are the dear reminiscences of hardly-conned repetition to be thus rudely shattered ? O tempura, 0 mores ! We are iconoclasts, and yet lack new image makers ; radicals who would break up a constitution, they cannot build up again . Grievous is the advance of parody and burlesque to the " disintegration and dismemberment " of all true art. I need hardly say how heartily we congratulate Williams and Clarke on their successes . May fortune smile upon Wilkinson and Metcalfe in equal measure . The strains of "I have a little cat And I'm very fond of that, But I should so like to have a little bow-wow-wow.
hinder me from writing more . O .P.
CONFIRMATION. N Thursday afternoon, :April 3oth, the Archbishop of York held a confirmation in the School Chapel, in the presence of a large congregation . There were 16 candidates . After the singing of the hymn " Soldiers of Christ Arise " His Grace addressed those who were to be conli,med, pointing out to them how important the step was which they were about to take . After the laying on of hands the hymn " Fight the good fight " was sung, followed by a second address from the
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Archbishop, who gave as a confirmation text, Revelations ii ., 10., "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life . " He spoke very solemnly of the temptations to which we are all exposed, and of the privileges they had now attained to in being permitted to come to the Lord ' s table . His Grace then pronounced the Benediction. Those who officiated besides the Archbishop were the Head Master, the Rev . A . E . Burton, and the Rev . Glennie (Archbishop ' s Chaplain). Mr . Sample presided at the organ.
CRICKE'I'. F last year's eleven we have left the captain (Bingham), Partington
O and two Whincups . Bingham did great things with the bat last year, and he ought to be of very great service this season, if he can develop a little more steadiness . The temptation to go out and hit lost his wicket several times last year, notably when well set against the Gentlemen in the second match . His bowling scarcely met with the amount of success it deserved last year . The other three survivors were all new in the eleven last season . Partington made runs when badly wanted once, and plays with a good straight bat ; but he is wanting in wrist. He is a very safe catch in the long field . C . Whincup only wanted strength in '92 to make him very useful ; he ought to do well this season ; he is another safe field . R . Whincup showed great pluck behind the wickets, but is not a great bat. Thus with seven places to fill the first great want is bowling talent . The most successful bowlers in " the second" were Newton and Nevile, both of whom should be good enough . The former should pay more attention to length, and try to get his hand higher when bowling, as his height ought to make the ball get up awkwardly for the batsman . Nevile with slow left hand bowls an excellent length, and is most promising . The next best is probably Hudson . On last year ' s form there is a great want of batsmen ; Eastwood is about the best . Unless there is some surprisingly good form suddenly developed, or unless the " new fellows " are of use, this year's eleven seems likely to have a considerable tail . Most of the talent seems to be lower down in the school ; too young to be utilised this year. However, let us hope for the best, as it often happens that
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when there appears to be little or no material, a good is turned out .
CRICKET FIXTURES. FIRST ELE\ EN. DATE.
VERSUS .
GROUND.
Tuesday, May 23 Saturday ., 27
N . R . Asylum Ripon ..
Away
Tuesday
Yorkshire Gentlemen
Away Away
Saturday, June 3
Durham
Home
Tuesday 6
N. R . Asylum
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Ampleforth Itarnard Castle
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Away
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Wednesday „ 14
Pocklington
. .
Home Away
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Tuesday „ 20
Yorkshire Gentlemen
Away
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Home
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Ampleforth
Away Home
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Durham
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SECOND ELEVEN. GROUND.
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I > :vT E. Tuesday, May 30
Ampleforth 2nd ..
Houle
Thursday, June S
S . Martin's School
Ilome
Tuesday ,, 20 Thursday „ 22
Home
Thursday „ 6
S . Olave's School Ampleforth 2nd .. Leeds 2nd . . .. S . Martin's School
Saturday
S . Olave's School
Home
Saturday, July i ,,
8
Away Home Home
THIRD ELEVEN. 1) ATE. Thursday . May 25 Tuesday, June 6
VERSUS .
GROUND.
S . Olave's School 2nd XI . Away Ilome S . Martin's „
Saturday „ 24 Tuesday „ 27
„ S . Olave ' s
r,
Away I Ionic
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CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITOR OF THE " PETERITE . " DEAR SIR,
Considering that the action of the School has already decided in favour of the view which my last letter took of the School rowing, and that the letter of Mr . Eyre rather comes as an eloquent funeral oration on the late, though not lamented system, than as an active argument in its support, I need not ask to trespass at any length upon your space . There is however one point to which I would call your attention . Mr . Eyre expresses his surprise at my criticising a widely supported system as " a most perfect combination of folly and favouritism ." Now I might en passant observe that the system has ceased to be supported at our School, but I am equally and more justly surprised at such an astounding misstatement of my letter and perversion of my meaning. Had Mr. Eyre troubled to read my letter with the slightest care before launching into a flood of platitudes on the advantages of esprit tic corps and good natured rivalry, he would have saved himself from a gross error and would not have imposed the necessity of writing about a question already decided upon me ; any one who refers to my letter will see that I first explained my objection to the then present but now happily past system, that I then endeavoured to propose a substitute, for the most part on the lines since approved. and finally tried to answer possible objections to my proposal . It was my opinion, nor has Mr . Eyre changed it, that this only could be through the folly or favouritism of those choosing the boats . I said that the School need not fear a change since " the strongest combination of folly or favouritism would fail to evolve a system more one-sided than the present . " That was my statement and I have no desire to retract it . I would ask Mr . Eyre as a sensible man whether folly and favouritism could do more than make one side always win and deprive the other of all hope of success . I would in conclusion congratulate the captain of the boats and all the rowing authorities upon the way in which they have vindicated their claim to good sense and fairness, and the confidence of the School . I have no doubt that their arrangements will achieve success . I would also urge them not to be
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discouraged by difficulties of arrangement such as beset all new schemes, or by the petty cavils of those who, either out of sheer perv erseness or such a complete ignorance of the true position as can talk about "the level contests between House and Day-boys," persist in supporting an arrangement which common sense and practise among both competitors and the few remaining spectators have condemned with one voice . I am . Yours very truly, R . G.
NOTES AND ITEMS. Lieutenant C . N . NV . Gabb, of the Bombay Staff Corps (2nd Bombay Lancers) has been appointed A .D .C . to his Excellency the Governor of Bombay. N . '1' . Crunmbie has passed the London Matriculation in the Second Class. W, A . Rose and A . IV . Eastwood have been elected Captain and Secretary respectively for next Football Season. E. W. Clarke has gained a Scholarship of {4o, at St . Catharine ' s College, Cambridge. H . H . Williams, of Queen' s College, Oxford, gained a Second Class in Moderations. A . M . Daniel is Captain of Surrey County (Association). F. Mitchell played for Sussex County
Colts.
MARRIAGES .- On February z7th, at Medard-en-Talles, Bordeaux,
William Martin to Rose Adelaide Gabrielle Jeanne Mezniac, of Bordeaux. On April 5th, at St . Mary ' s, Balderstone, Rochdale, by the Rev. 1V . J . Bradford, assisted by the Rev . H . Davies. T . B . Lord, junior, to Mary Alice (Pollie) third daughter of R . Schofield, Esq., J .P ., of Harefield . Rochdale .
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On April 15 . at St . John's, Hurst, by the Rev . R . M . Ainslie, assisted by the Rev . T . B . Dixon and the Rev . T . Butterworth, E. H . Ainslie to Helen Elizabeth ( Ella), eldest daughter of A . B. Rowley, Esq ., J .Y., D .L ., of Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyn°. On April 19, at Stretford Parish Church, Manchester, by the Rev . D . Ellison assisted by the Rev . I) . Hart, Mowbray Taylor, to Gertrude H ., eldest daughter of \V. W . Creeser, Esq., of Stretford. The last two numbers of the Peterite 102 and 103 were published in January and March. We acknowledge with thanks Sedberghian, Leodiensian, Hurst johnian (2) . Dim elnaiaiz (2), Rilonian, Coz vciatiy Grammar School 11Ia'azine, Dlerchzsto~aia~a, Ulu /a, Gi„leszoick Chronicle. We must apologise for the absence of an Oxford Letter .
THE
PETERITE. VOL. XII .
JULY, 1893 .
No .
ros.
COMMEMORATION DAY. CHANGE in the weather just before Commemoration Day caused grave anxiety to most people as to whether we should have a fine day or not . Happily, though the early morning was gloomy, it brightened considerably later on, and the afternoon was as fine as could be desired . The usual service was held at half-past ten in the Chapel, which was very tastefully decorated for the occasion . Those who assisted in the decorations were Mrs . Handford, who did the altar and three east windows ; Mrs . Burton and Mrs . Miller, the pulpit ; Miss Veld, the lectern ; Miss Leaf and Mrs . Miller, the choir ; and B . G . T. Scargill, the choir stalls . Dr. Hingston, with his customary kindness, lent some beautiful plants which gave a most charming effect. There was a very fair congregation though we could have wished that more Old Boys could have been able to be present . The officiating clergy were The Head Master, the Rev . A . E . Burton, and the Rev . H . Griffith, vicar of Lockington . The service opened with the hymn "Disposer Supreme . " The lesson was read by E . IV . Clarke. The Rev . H . Griffith, who was formerly a Free Scholar of the School, preached from Joshua v. 13 and 14 . After describing the taking of Jericho, he said that life was a warfare, and the enemies to be subdued were the world, the flesh, and the devil . He bade his hearers take Christ as their Captain, and while aiming high to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness . As he looked back he thought of those who had been school-fellows with him, of whom some had died, some held high positions, while some had failed and fallen short of their ambitions . Let them trust in Christ and obey Him as their
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Commander, and at last they would reign with Him in Heaven . The hymn " For all the Saints who from their labours rest, " was then sung and a collection made . The service closed with a celebration of the Holy Communion . Mr. Sample presided at the organ. The Head Master and Mrs. Handford very kindly entertained at luncheon a large number of friends, the Masters and their wives, and the Old Boys' and Present Boys ' Eleven . Amongst those present were the Bishop of Beverley and Mrs . Crosthwaite, and the Dean and Lady Emma Purey-Cust . In the afternoon a large crowd was present to witness the Old Boys' Match, an account of which is to be found in another column . The weather was lovely and everything went off as well as and one could wish.
SCHOOL LETTER. RIChET is, of course, now in full swing . Looking back and
C reviewing the short past, who could feel dissatisfied with even the
weather favouring us and hindering scarcely one day's practise ? True, at the beginning of the season, the horizon seemed shrouded with a cloud of gloom, but the Eleven at once dispelled it by their wellearned, though easy, victory over the North Riding Asylum . Then the tide of fortune turned — fortune, I say, for what else was it that made us lose the match with Durham, in spite of a fine not-out innings of 41 by our Captain, who deserves all praise for his plucky effort? Sea' variat Fortuna . I am sure we hope it will ; that defeat may change to victory ; one victory but the presage of many more to come. Our three Elevens thus we fain would cheer : but stay—there is the Second we forget, in their first match unlucky losers ; the Third too, quite an innovation by-the-way, as yet triumphant in success. And now, to turn to Boating . The new boats, as most of you will already know, the boats, long promised, have arrived at last, and now are safely stored in the Boathouse. But how can we, Present Peterites, thank the Old Boys adequately for their generous support—nay, for the warm, unselfish interest they have taken in the welfare of their old School ? We can but thank them all most heartily, and in the Boat Race wish them better luck .
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And now, before bidding you farewell, I would remind the Present Members of the School that it is the duty of every one of them to support the School Magazine, and not to leave the burden of ex p ense upon the shoulders of a few ; let them show their patriotism by acts, and not by mere idle words, and so prevent the Pctcrite, which may once too often go to the brink, like the pitcher to the well, from some day dying out for ever .
CRICKET. SCHOOL \USTERS. This trial match was played on the School ground, May 1Sth and 19th . Bingham won the toss and elected to bat, sending in Partington and Nevile to face the deliveries of Messrs . Wilkes and Yeld . Partington skied the second ball he received, and retired for a cypher. Disasters did not end here, as with the score at 6 C . Whincup was unluckily run out. Bingham filled the vacancy and quickly settled down, getting Mr . Miller, who had come on in place of Mr. Yeld, away for 7 in one over . R . Whincup was caught from a very poor stroke, and Rose joined Bingham, who was playing capital cricket . These two quickly raised the total, bringing on Mr . Lord for Mr. Wilkes . Rose, however, was unfortunately run out when appearing well set, his 21 included six 2 ' S and a 3 . He played well for his runs, but was decidedly lucky with some strokes . The partnership had realised 56 . Mr . Miller now had his revenge, clean bowling Bingham with the score at S3 . His innings, although not quite free from fault, was an admirable one, and included a 4 and five 3 ' s. With the exception of Addis and Shepherd, who carried out his bat for a useful 16, the remainder did nothing . The innings closed for 1J4. After a somewhat lengthy interval, the masters commenced batting with Mr . Miller and A . M . Sullivan . The start was more disastrous than that of the school, as with 4 on the board Sullivan unluckily hit his wicket . Mr Handford filled the vacancy, but lost Mr . Miller, who was out for an appeal at the wicket . The decision was a doubtful one . Mr. Lord was out in a similar way the very next ball . Mr . Wilkes u
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then joined Mr . Handford, but with 12 added, the latter was caught by Addis ; the fielder misjudged the catch, but managed to secure it . Mr. Yeld joined Mr Wilkes, who was playing good cricket, but he slid not survive long, being caught at point by Bingham. Mr . Burton came in only to see Mr . Wilkes caught and bowled by Shepherd for an invaluable 2o . Mr . Sworn, who followed, was very unfortunate in being run out 4 runs later . The innings then quickly came to a close for 51 . Bingham's bowling proved irresistible, he capturing 5 wickets for 7 runs . The fielding of the School team was very good, and it would be unfair to single out any one individual. The masters had just failed to save the follow on, being 83 runs in arrears . Nevile and Sullivan opened the innings, the bowling being shared by Bingham and Addis . Bingham ' s third ball proved too much for Sullivan, as a later one did for Nevile . Messrs . Miller and Handford put on S runs, when Mr . Miller was splendidly caught by Hudson . With the total unaltered, the same fielder caused Mr. Handford's dismissal . Mr . Lord made matters lively whilst he was in, but was out from a good ball by Bingham . Leonard and Mr. Yeld added 17 for the last wicket, but when a change seemed advisable, Leonard put one up and was caught, the masters suffering defeat by an innings and 37 runs. TILL SCHOOL. II . R. Partington, c Dlr. Ilandlord, b 1\Ir. Wilkes R. M . Nevile, lbw, b Mr . Veld C . P . Whincup, run out .. F . M . Bingham, b Mr . Miller
..
It . Whincup, c Mr . Wilkes, b M r. Veld \V. A . Rose, run out I . Shepherd, not out . . A . W . Eastwood, h Mr . Lord R . II . Bailey, run out
i6 .. . .
. .
R . B . Addis, b Mr. Miller
..
It . Hudson, c Mr . Miller, b Mr. Lord . . Extras Total
o 13
. .
3 . . 17 - 1 34
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379
MASTERS. Funs r INNINGS.
SECOND INNINGS.
C . M . Miller, Esq ., c It. . Whincup, b Bingham .. A . M . Sullivan, hit wkt, b Bailey
2 4
c Iludson, b Addis b Bingham . . ..
Rev . G . T . Ilandlord, c Addis, b Bingham . .
9
c Hudson, b Bingham
P . E . Lord, Es'1 ., c R . AV'hincup, b Bingham
0
b Bingham . .
A. Wilkes, Esq ., c and b Shepherd
..
. .
..
20
c Hudson, b Bingham
G . Veld, Esq ., c Bingham, b Shepherd
. .
Rev . A . L . Burton, b Bingham S . A . Sworn, Esq ., run out
.. ...
4 6
not out absent
2
b llingham ..
E . P . Nevile, not out
. ..
T . Leonard, b Bingham . .
II . Preston, Esq ., absent . . Extras Total
. .
..
. .
1
b Bingham ..
.. . .
1
o
c Bingham, b Addis absent ..
. .
2
Extras
. . 51
Total
. . 46
BO\VLING ANALYSIS .—MASTERS. 1'I1:S1' INNINGS.
Overs . Bingham
..
14 5
Mdns. 8
Runs .
Wkts.
7
5
I
12
1 0
Bailey Hudson
. .
3
1
7
Shepherd
..
4
0
16
2
Addis
. .
2
1
0
Itinghans Addis
..
SI_cOND INNINGS. 12
5
24
6
12
5
21
2
v. N . R . ASYLUM. This match was played on the Asylum ground, on Tuesday, May 23rd . The visitors won the toss and went first to the wickets . Addis and C . P . Whincup were the first pair of batsmen, but with the score at 7 Addis failed to get hold of one of Pest' s and was easily caught. C . P . Whincup was bowled at the same total, and Partington was out 7 runs later . Bingham and Rose put a different aspect on the game, bringing on Rudd in place of Kershaw . Neither batsman seemed at home with Best, who on several occasions beat and almost bowled Bingham . Rudd at length, with the total 37, or 23 for the partnership, secured Bingham's dismissal, the outgoing batsman having scored IS by vigorous cricket . R . Whincup was badly run out 5 runs later.
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;SO
Shepherd Bailey played across at a straight ball and was bowled . joined Rose only to see his dismissal by Rudd at 51 . Eastwood joined Shepherd, and the best cricket of the afternoon was seen, the former twice driving Borras to the off for 2 and a single. Shepherd was extremely lucky, Best beating him with balls on every side of the wicket . The partnership was the longest of the innings. producing 24 runs . Eastwood ' s display was marred by one chance only . Hudson was bowled after making 2, the innings closing for 77. Rudd and Glaisby opened the Asylum innings, the bowlin g being in the hands of Bingham and Bailey . Rudd put up the second ball he received and was easily captured . After making 4 Waterhouse was bowled . Glaisby and Kershaw took the score from 7 to IS when the latter was bowled by Bailey . Best joined Glaisby, but with 4 added Glaisby was caught by the wicket keeper standing back . Best alone secured double figures, Bailey and Bingham carrying all before them. Bailey 's analysis reads 15 overs, S maidens, IS runs, 5 wickets ; and Bingham' s 15 overs, 6 maidens, 20 runs, 5 wickets . Although Bailey had the better average he bowled some very loose balls . The fielding of the School was very good, and the win was a very creditable one. TIIE SCHOOL . R. P . Addis, c and b Best . . (' . P . Whincup . b Kershaw . .
N .R . ASYLUM. . .
2
..
4
II . R . l'artington, c Waterhouse, b Kershaw . . .. . . F . M . Bingham, b Rudd W . A. Rose, b Rudd
.. ..
.. ..
J . Shepherd, b Borras A . W . Eastwood, b Best
F . Waterhouse, b Bingham . .
4
6
II . Kershaw, b Bailey
. .
7
IS
C . Best, c Eastwood, b Pailey
IO
N . Smith, h Bailey
3
. . .. F . Boyce, b Bingham \V . Johnson, lbw, b Bailey . .
2
R. II . Bailey . b Best . .
0
I
. . 2I
R . \\lineup, run out
C . Rudd, c and b Bingham . . E . Glaisby, c R . Whincup, h Bingham
o 7
0
R . Borras, c Nevile, b Bingham
7
. . 12
T . I\Iilnthorpe, not out
0
B . Hudson . b Borras
. .
0
. . . .
.. o
T . Leckenby, b Bailey
R . M . Nevile, not out
S
Extras
Extras
.. Total
..
. . 77
Total
BO\\ZING ANALYSIS—1N R . ASYLUM. Overs . Mdns . Bingham Bailey
..
..
15
6
15 8 Bailey bowled a wide.
Runs . Wkts. 20
5
IS
5
. . 40
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YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. Played on the Yorkshire Gentlemen 's ground on Tuesday, May 3oth, and resulted in a win for our opponents by 117 to 37 . Bingham won the toss and sent in Addis and Partington, the attack being shared by Landon and Wood . The second ball of the first over got Partington lbw to Landon, the same bowler sending C . Whincup back the next ball but one . Bingham scored a little off Wood, and brought on A . Worsley in his place . Addis and Bingham brought the total up to 15 before the latter was taken at the wickets . The next two wickets went down without any further addition to the score, and 21 was telegraphed at the fall of the 9th wicket . The longest stand of the innings came now, the last wicket realising 16 runs, Nevile playing very well, although he sent two chances before Hudson was bowled. Having despatched the School for 37, the Gentlemen sent in Schofield and Maughan to face the deliveries of Bingham and Bailey, the former batsman being clean bowled by Bingham ' s third ball . At 5 . W . H . A. Worsley, who had joined Maughan, was taken at the wickets, and his place was taken by Young, who proved rather troublesome and brought on Addis and Nevile, in place of Bingham and Bailey . In Addis ' second over R . Whincup got his lip badly cut by a fast leg ball, and had to leave the field, Eastwood taking his place at the wickets whilst Mr . Lord fielded as substitute . At 62 Young was taken at the wickets, and at 77 Landon, who had replaced Maughan at 35, was well caught at mid-on . After Captain Savile had been caught in the long field, Captain Luke and A . Worsley made a stand, and took the score to 95 before they were separated . The last two wickets put on 22, and so the innings concluded at 117. The School went in again in the same order, Addis being dismissed at 11, after which Partington and C . Whincup and then Partington and Bingham made a good stand, taking the score up to 5o before Partington fell a victim to A . Worsley. Rose and Shepherd were both sent back without scoring, and 55 for 5 wickets was scored when the game concluded . In the first innings the School made rather a poor show in the batting line, but in the second was considerably better. Bailey was very successful with the ball, and Nevile proved useful with his slows, getting two men caught in the long field, one at mid-on, and another at square-leg . The fielding was good, and some fine catches were brought off.
CRICKET.
382
TIIE SCHOOL. FIrST INNINGS. R . B . Addis, b Landon .. H . R . Partington, lbw, b Landon .. C . P . Whincup, b Landon .. F . M . Bingham, c Luke, b A . Worsley W. A . Rose, 1) A . Worsley . . .. T . Shepherd, 1) Landon R . AVhincup, b A . Worsley A . W. Eastwood, b Landon .. R. H . Bailey, c Luke, b A . Worsley B . Hudson, b Landon R . M . Nevile, not out Extras . . Total
2 o o S 3 o 0 o
SECOND INNINGS. b Fairfax .. b A . Worsley . . b A . Worsley . . . . not out .. h Fairfax .. .. c and b A . Worsley . . not out
. . 5 . . 15 . . to .. 6 . o . . o 0
4 2
S to
Extras
. . 37
. . 19
Total for 5 wkts . . . 55
YORhSHIRE GENTLEMEN. V. C . Schofield, b Bingham .. .. If . Maughan, c Addis, b Bailey . . \V . II . A. Worsley, c R . \Vhincup, I) Bailey R. it . Young, c Eastwood, b Addis .. .. R . I,awson, c Shepherd, b Bailey C . W . Landon, c Bingham, h Nevile Capt . Savile, c Partington, b Nevile .. .. Capt . Luke, c Nevile, h Addis A . Worsley, c Partington, b Nevile G . T. Fairfax, c Hudson, b Nevile E . II . Wood, not out .. Extras . . Total BOWLING ANALYSIS .—YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. Bingham Bailey Addis Nevile
..
Overs . Mdns . 1 11 12 4 12 .2 5 10 0
Runs . AVkts. 33 I 24 3 16 2 36 4
z' . DURHAM SCHOOL. Played on the School ground, on Saturday, June 3rd . The weather was all that could be desired, and a large number of spectators were present . Bingham lost the toss, and Durham batted first, sending in C . Adamson and Fawcus to face the bowling of Bingham and Nevile .
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383
Adamson should have been run out the first ball of the match, but the first wicket did not fall till Fawcus was lbw to Nevile at is. Cumberledge came in his place, but Adamson was well caught in the long field before another run was scored . After Cumberledge had been dismissed for q, with the score at 24, Sadler and Mabane by careful cricket took the total up to 52, when the latter was clean howled by Addis . Afdeck went first ball, and Thornton joined Sadler, only to be caught at mid-on four overs later. When the score was at 61 for 6 wickets, the game was stopped for lunch, Sadler and Wilkinson being at the wickets . After lunch these batsmen made a long stand, and playing very carefully look the total up to for before Bingham effected their separation by bowling Sadler . Wilkinson soon followed, being well caught at third man, and the last two wickets put on 17 more runs, making the total 1'9 . The innings lasted two hours and three quarters. :Addis and Shepherd went in first for the School, C . :Adamson and Wilkinson sharing the bowling . The innings opened rather disastrously, Shepherd being clean bowled at five and C . Whincup being taken at long-off when the score was at 1 r . Bingham then joined Addis, and these two more than doubled the score before Addis was given lbw to Wilkinson. Rose hit a three and then had rather hard lines in being caught at square leg, and Partington was sent back two runs later. R . 1Vhincup then joined Bingham, who had been playing very steadily, and seemed like making matters rather lively, but was not long before he was clean bowled by Adamson, though that wicket had made 17. The next wicket put on 16, Bingham cutting Wilkinson to the boundary several times, the score at Eastwood's dismissal being 76 . At 78 Hudson was out, and then Nevile and Bingham made a long stand, not being separated till Nevile was bowled by Adamson at rob for a well-played 15 . Bailey then partnered Bingham, but ran himself out before many more were made, and the innings concluded for 113, Bingham being not out . The chief features of the game were the innings of Sadler and Bingham, though the former should have been out more than once when his score was only small . Bingham ' s was a fine display of cricket, and if he had only gone in earlier the result of the match might have been different . On the whole the fielding of both sides was good .
384 1)URIIAM. C . Adamson, c Rose, b Bingham 11 . Fawcus, lbw, b Nevile ..
IO
8
It . Cumberledge, c Partington, b Bingham ..
4
S . Sadler, h _B ingham .. A . Mahane, b Addis
44
..
E .G . Aflleck, b Addis . .
.. G. Thornton, c Eastwood, b Addis .. II . M . Wilkinson, c Partington . b Bingham ..
0
2 14
F . Adamson, c R . Whincup, b Nevile H . East, not out
5 7 3
.
N . Clarke, b Bingham .. Extras
..
.. Total
15 119
SC110OL. R . B. Addis . lbw . b Wilkinson J . Shepherd, b C . Adamson . .
II 2
C . 1'. AWhincup, c Sadler, b C . Adamson I' . M . Bingham, not out
..
41
\V . A . Rose, c AfIlecl :, b C . Adamson H . R . Partington, b Wilkinson R . AWhincup, b C . Adamson . .
3
. . ..
6
7
A . W . Eastwood, b C . Adamson B . Hudson, c Allier*, b C
2
Adamson
15 5
K . M . Nev He, b C . Adamson . . R . II . Bailey, run out . . Extras
.. Total
..
. .
16
. .
113
BOWLING ANALYSIS . --DU I :l lA\I.
Bingham Nevile Addis Bailey
. .
Overs . 25
Mdns . 8
Runs .
AWkts.
36
5
29
12
42
2
13 6 . . 8 4 Addis bowled a wide.
19 7
3 0
r'. AMPLElORTH COLLEGE. Played at Ampleforth,
on Thursday, June Sth, in lcvely weather.
Ampleforth won the toss and batted first, Curran and Blackledge going
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385
in to face the bowling of Bingham and Nevile . Runs came very slowly at first, and the first ball of Nevile ' s fifth over took Blackledge's leg-bail, with the score at IS . Hind came next, and then a long stand was made, both batsmen playing with the utmost care, and scoring only slowly . This continued till lunch, Addis having taken the ball from Nevile at the School end . A separation was not made till some time after the re-commencement, Addis beating Curran with a splendid delivery, when the total was at ioo, this partnership realising 82 runs. Hind still continued to bat in very good style, but no one else gave much trouble, though Priestman stayed in rather a long time for his At 149 Hind declared, when 7 wickets had fallen . The School Ii . innings opened very badly, Addis running himself out before he had scored, and C . Whincup being dismissed his first ball . With the total at i for 2 wickets, Bingham went in and with Rose brought the score up to 13, when Hines upset his wickets with a grand ball . The next six wickets went down only adding 8 runs to the total, and at 2r Sullivan and Bailey began to score, putting on 15 runs before the innings closed by the latter being clean bowled, ten minutes before time to draw stumps . Bailey hit freely and made some very good strokes on the leg side, but nevertheless had a certain amount of luck. On both sides the fielding was extremely good, but both our batting and bowling was far below the usual standard. AMI'LEFORTII COLLEGE.
Go
P . Curran, b Addis . . P. P,lackledge, b Nevile G . Hind, not out A . Hines, c Hudson, 1) Addis F . Priestman, lbw, b Addis . . A . Powell, c Rose, h Bingham L. Mackey, b Bingham IL O'Beirne, b Addis . . J . Dawson, not out .. W . 1'entony To bat. Rylance 1 E xtras . . Total
6
54 9 u o o ..
.. ..
Innincs declared. C
2
.. ..
0
7 '' 149
386
CRICKET. SCHOOL. R . B . Addis, run out . . . . \V. A . Rose, c Pentony, b Hines . . C . P . AChincup, c IAaelaedge, i> Curran 1 . M . Bingham, b Ilines . . II . R . I'artington, b Penton] . . . R . \Vhincup, run can . . .. R . M . Nevile, c Priestman, b 'lines . . A . W . Eastwood, b I'entony . . 1 . . Hudson, b Ilines . . A M . Sullivan, not out R . II . Bailey, b Ilines Extras . . Total
o 7 o 4 3 L o 1 o 5
..
-•
12
3 . .
36
BO\CLING ANALVSIS .—AMI'LEFORTII.
Bingham Nevile 4 Addis Bailey lludson
V.
avers.
Akins .
Runs .
Ckts.
.. . .
29 14 19
S
51
2
32 3S
1
••
3
2 4 0 0
11
0 9
..
10
BARNARII CASTLE SCHOOL.
This match was played on the School Ground, on Saturday, June Loth . Bingham won the toss, and at 12 o'clock sent in Addis and Shepherd to face the deliveries of Morton and Paynter . In the first over, with only four on the board, Addis was bowled, and C . \Vhincul, filled the vacancy . Two overs later, however, Shepherd was well caught low clown in the slips . Bingham partnered \Vhincup and drove Morton to the on for three, and cut him for a couple . \Vhincup drove Paynter to the off for three, but returned one tamely to the bowler a run later. (3 for 24) . No one stayed long with Bingham until R . AVhincup arrived, the score then being 39 for 6 wickets . Runs now came quickly, Bingham playing especially well, whilst \Vhincup treated both bowlers alike. 50 went up at 1-lo, but 11 runs later, Bingham jumped out at one, missed it, and was bowled . The outgoing batsman having made 28 by good cricket . \Vhincup was caught in trying to drive at 6S, and Sullivan who had joined \Vhincup returned one to the bowler at 75 . Newton whipped In and drove Imeson finely for three.
CRICKET .
3 87
Both batsmen hit out, and the score had been taken to 96 when the luncheon interval arrived, Hudson being not out 14, and Newton seven. Continuing at 2-20, runs came apace, the roo going up amid cheers. At 112, however, the partnership came to an end, the last two men having added no less than 37 runs . Hudson carried out his bat for 26. After the usual interval, Paynter and Burn opened the visitors innings to the bowling of Bingham and Nevile. The start was a most disastrous one, as Paynter was caught at point, and Thompson bowled before a run had been scored . At three, Burn returned one to the bowler, and eight runs later Alexander was finely taken by the wicketkeeper . Humble was caught from the first ball he received, making half the wickets down for 12 . Manisty was foolishly run out at 19, and the seventh and eighth wickets fell at 20 . Dixon and Imeson put on 18 by careful cricket for ninth wicket, but both left at the same total. The innings closing for 38. After the usual interval, Burn and Paynter opened the visitors second essay, they having had to follow on in a minority of 74 . Paynter was snapped at the wicket with only one on the board . Thompson joined Burn, who began to hit out freely, being especially severe on Newton. Neither batsmen could do much with Addis . Bingham came on vice Newton, but a few overs later handed the ball to Shepherd, who effected a separation, Thompson being taken at point . (2 for 25). On Alexander appearing, another stand was made, and Nevile took the ball from Shepherd, this produced a rapid change, he clean bowling Burn at 46, for a useful, although lucky innings of 27 . Addis bowled Alexander six runs later . Humble played carefully, but Nevile proved to much for the remaining batsmen, and when stumps were drawn there were 9 wickets down for 6r . The visitors being still 13 runs behind, with one wicket to fall. Nevile was the most destructive bowler, taking altogether 8 wickets for 27 runs . The School batting was very uneven, although Bingham and Hudson played well, and Newton and R . Whincup hit hard for their runs . The fielding was on the whole very good, except, perhaps that there was a slight slackness in the visitors' 2nd innings . The catching was very good, Whincup being especially conspicuous in that respect behind the wickets . In addition to Nevile, Bingham and Addis bowled very well .
ass
CRICKET.
TIIE SCHOOL. R . B . Addis, b Morton .. J . Shepherd, c Manisty, 1) Morton .. C . P . \Vhincup, c and h Paynter F. M . Bingham, b Morton .. W . A . Rose, c Manisty, b Morton . . II . R . Partington, c Imeson, b Morton R . M . Nevile, h Morton .. R . AVhincup, c Burn, b Morton A. M . Sullivan, c and b Imeson B. Hudson, not out .. C. Newton, b Lowes Extras . . Total .. BARNARD CASTLE. FIRST INNINGS.
SECOND INNINGS.
J . S . Paynter, c Shepherd, b Bingham W . Burn, c and b Bingham ..
•
c R . \Vhincup, b Addis
G. Thompson, h Bingham
•
I) Nevile c Bingham, b Shepherd
..
b Addis
N . C . Alexander, c R. \Vhincup, b Nevile .. .. H. W . E . Manisty, run out . . G . II . Humble, c C . AVhincup, b Bingham ..
•
J . F . Imeson, c Newton, b Addis
I3
. .
A . Garthwaite, c C . \Vhincup, 1) Nevile R . Dickson, run out
. .
F . Lowes, not out
. .
. .
Extra
not out 1) Nevile
..
R . W. Morton, b Nevile
..
c R . \Vhincup, b Nevile .. 0
b Nevile
0
0
h Nevile
0
5
not out
O
b Addis
O
Extra
7
..
Total (for 9 wickets)
Total
BOWLING ANALYSIS .—BARNARD CASTLE. First Innings. Bingham . .
Ovens . Mdns. Runs. . . 13 . . 15
3 8
Nevile
..
Addis
. . 2.3 2 Bingham bowled a wide.
4
14
3
0
1
Second Innings. Addis Newton
..
Bingham
..
Shepherd Nevile
. .
\Vkts.
17
9 13
. .
I
. .
9
. . 61
CRICKET .
389
v. POCKLINGTON G . S. Played at Pocklington, on Wednesday, June 14, and resulted in a disgraceful beating for the School . An early start was made, about 10-30, and Whincup getting the best of the spin sent in Addis and Shepherd to face the deliveries of Harrison and Taylor . Addis soon began to score off Taylor, but neither batsman could get Harrison away, his deliveries being very straight and well pitched, and Shepherd soon was his first victim, caught from a very tame stroke at mid-off. C . Whincup joined Addis, and playing steady cricket, soon brought English on vice Taylor . At 16 Addis was bowled, and two runs later Rose and Partington were sent back without scoring . R . Whincup made three singles, and Nevile saw the score at J4 before he left, C . Whincup falling a victim to mid-off at the same total. Sullivan and Newton each subscribed a single, and the innings closed for the small score of 36, the last three wickets not adding to the total. For Pocklington, Marshall and Rowley first represented the School at the wickets, Addis and Nevile sharing the attack . Marshall played the second ball on to his wickets, letting in Snowden to partner Rowley. At 15 Rowley was clean bowled, and after Butt and Harrison had been despatched, Addis got Snowden lbw for a well played 11 . The next wicket (Swindell) was obtained in rather a peculiar manner. The batsman after running a single strolled out of his ground, and Addis promptly threw at his wickets . The next three men were sent back before they had scored, and English added a 3, the innings closing for 35. After lunch the school went in again, and it was almost a repetition of the first innings, Partington alone reaching double figures . We compiled the meagre total of 41, and then Pocklington knocked up 90 for the loss of 6 wickets, chiefly through the instrumentality of Marshall, Snowden, Iarrison, and Swindell. It may be as well to say that we were without the services of our captain and Hudson on this occasion, and perhaps this may in some way be responsible for the wretched exhibition of cricket we showed .
CRICKET.
390
THE SCHOOL. SECOND INNIN ;s.
FIRs r INNINGS.
c English, b T r aylor . . R . Ii . Addis, b I larrison 9 0 I) Ilar rison . . .. J . Shepherd, c Walsh, b Harrison . . c Butt, b Cautley . . C . 1' . Whincup. c Walsh, b Cautley 13 o b Harrison . . W . A. Rose, I) Harrison .. . . o not out . . IL R . 1'artington, b Harrison 3 b Ilarrison . . R . AVhincup, c English, b Cautley .. R. M . Nevile, b Harrison . . . . . . 5 b Ilarrison . . c'Marshall, b II nison A . M . Sullivan, c Butler, b Cautley . . 1 . . . . I c English, b Taylor . . C . Newton, b Harrison b Taylor . . A . W . Eastwood . c Snowden, b Harrison o . . I b Ilarrison . . R . H . Bailey . not out Extras . . Extras . . . . 4 . . 36
Total
Total
..
. . 0 .. 2 . . S ••3 . . I I .. o . . 5 .. 1 . . o I
. . . .
1 >
. . 41
I OCKLINGTON. FIRST INNINGS .
SF( ONO INNINGS.
.. F . J . Mar-hall . b Addis F . It . Rowley, b Addis . . C . J . Snowden . lbw, b Addis A . G . Butt, b Newton .. . . It. . Ilarrison, c and b Addis . . . . F . G . Swindell, run out A . II . Taylor . c Addis . b Newton L . P. Walsh, h Newton .. F . T . Cautley, b Newton . . .. T . English, not out . . 11 . T . \V . Butler, b Newton Extras . .
. . o .. 4 . . it . . 4 . . 3 .. 3 .. o o . . o . . 3 . . o . . 7
Total . .
not out . . c Addis, b Newton c Rose, I) Newton B Addis not out B Nevile b Nevile
. . 17 . . 5 . . 12 ... o . . 36 . . 14 . . o
c Sullivan, b Addis . .
. .
Extras Total for 6 wkts . . 90
35
BO\WLING ANALYSIS .—I'OCKLINGTON. FIRST INNINGS.
Addis Nevile Newton
..
Overs. 13 6 6'3
Aldus. 5
Runs.
2
S
Wkts. 4 o
2
7
5
37 24
2 2
6 lI 6
o
13
SECOND INNINGS.
Addis Newton Shepherd Nevile Bailey
.. .. . . . .
15 17
3 4
o
3
6 0 0
2 0 .. Addis bowled a wide.
2
o
CRICKET .
39 1
P . E . LORD, ESQ .'S XI. In consequence of the inability of Ripon School to visit us on Saturday, June 17th, Mr. Lord got together an eleven to play us, including five of the masters. We won the toss, and batted first, Shepherd and Addis opening the proceedings, opposed by Messrs . Yeld and Miller . Shepherd soon began to punish Mr . Miller, cutting him for a 2 and driving him to the off for 3 in the first over, Addis meanwhile contenting himself with singles and an occasional 2 . After a few overs Platt superseded Mr. Miller at the School end, runs still coming, but more slowly . A separation was not made till the total was 58, the second wicket going down at the same score, and the third a run later. This left C . \Vhincup and Partington at the wickets, 110 being reached before Mr . Yeld broke through Partington ' s defence . R . AVhincup joined his brother, and when that wicket put on 23 they both collapsed within two runs of one another, the sixth wicket being down for 1J5. Nothing more happened till Sullivan and Newton raised the total from 137 to 152 for the last wicket but one . Messrs Miller and Williams went in first for our opponents, the latter being taken at the wickets before he had scored. The next three wickets took the score up to J5, and Messrs. Lord and Padel, by dint of good cricket, raised it to 43. Mr . Handford then joined Padel, and 63 was up when the latter was dismissed, the last three men being sent back without scoring. After an interval, Mr . Lord ' s XI . followed on, doing worse than previously, 5 wickets falling for 16 runs . Appended are the scores : TIIP: SCHOOL. J . Shepherd, b Platt R . B . Addis . b Lord W . A . Rose, run out .. C . P. AVhincup, b Velii 11 . It . Partington, b Veld R . AVhincup, c Miller, b Naylor It . Iludson, b Naylor 1~ . M . Nevile, b Veld .. A . M . Sullivan not out .. C . Newton, ..t Lord, b Veld R . H . Malley, b Veld .. Extras Total
CRICKET.
392
P . E . LORI), ESQ .'S XI. FIRST INNINGS .
SECOND INNINGS.
G . E. Williams, c R . AVhincup, b Addis .. . . C . M . Miller, b Newton F . W . Platt, hit wkt, b Addis 11 .1 1, Naylor, run out P . E . Lord, I) Newton .. . . C . Y. C . Padel . c Shepherd, b Addis .. .. G . Veld, b Addis Rev . G . T . Iiandford, b Newton S . A . Sworn, b Newton .. it . St . G . J . Scargill, not out . . G . I'adcl, b Addis Extras . .
.. . .
o 7 7 5 S
run out not out lbw, b Addis . .
.,
o
12
not out
.,
0
. . 4 . . Io . . o . . o .. o . . to
Total
. .
b Addis .. c and b Addis c and b Nevile Extras . .
63
7 o 3 . .
2
Total for 5 wl :ts . . 16
BOWLING ANALYSIS—1' . E . LORD'S XI. FIRST INNINGS.
Addis
. .
Newton
. .
Overs .
Mdns.
Runs.
\\'kts.
15'4 15
6
2S
5
5
25
4 0
SECOND INNINGS .
Newton
3
t
7
Addis
7
3
4
Nevile
4
2
3
v . YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. Played on the Gentlemen ' s ground, on Tuesday, June 20. The School batted first, Addis and Shepherd opposing the bowling of A. \Vorsley and Landon . The score rose quickly, Shepherd hitting in grand style, and the total reached 20 before Addis was taken in the slips ; Shepherd almost immediately afterwards was given out leg before. Bingham and C . AVhincup were now together, and runs came quickly, Whincup punishing the bowling severely . The pair took the score up to 63 before \Vhincup was bowled for an excellent 28, letting Partington in, who soon hit up 7 and then was bowled by \Vorsley. Rose partnered Bingham, who appeared to have settled down by now, and the score was slowly taken up to 93, when Bingham was given out caught at the wicket for a well played 31 . None of the rest did much except Hudson and Eastwood, and the innings closed for 123. The Gentlemen started batting with Parsons and Fox, to the bowling of Bingham and Nevile, but the former did not stay long, being well caught by Bingham in the slips, and Fox had hard lines in
393
CRICKET .
being run out . A. Worsley now partnered Palmer, who was presently splendidly caught by Rose in the long field, the fielder taking the ball over the Pavilion railings, and falling over the seats with the ball in his hand . Landon joined Worsley, and the score rose quickly to 30 before the former was bowled by Nevile . \V . H . A . Worsley did not survive long, and with Fairfax well caught by Rose, and Captain Luke bowled, the score stood at 54 for 7 wickets, and the eighth wicket fell at 56, A . Worsley being taken in the long field for an excellent 24 . Firth and Schofield were now together, and the score rose rapidly, Firth hitting Bingham for 13 in one over . Newton took the ball from Nevile, and got Firth caught in his first over, and soon afterwards Lord was captured at square leg off the same bowler, the School being left victorious with 30 runs to spare. The fielding of the School was excellent. SCIIOOL. R . B . Addis, c Landon, 1) A . Worsley 1 . Shepherd, lbw, b Landon . . . . C . P . Whincup, b A . Worsley F . 1\1 . Bingham, c Luke, b Firth I I . R . Partington, b A . Worsley . . W . A . Rose, c Fairfax, b A . Worsley R . Whincup, c Landon, b Fox .. B. Hudson, b Fairlax . . h . 1\I . Nevile . b Fairfax A. W . Eastwood, not out . . C. Newton, c and b A . AV"orslcv Extras . . Total
5 . 13 2S
. 31 .. 7 . . S . . o 7 .. 4 6 o 14
. .
123
. .
VORKSIIIRE GENTLEMLN. E . Parsons, c Bingham, b Neville . . . . II . 1) . Fox, run out
. .
3
..
C . F . I . Palmer, c Rose, b Nevile
..
2 ro . .
A . Worsley, c Partington, I, Bingham C . W. Landon, b Nevile
..
24
9 . .
W . I1 . A . AVors'ey . b Bingham G. T. Fairfax, c Rose, b Nevile . . Capt . Luke, b Bingham
o 4
Rev . E . B . Firth, c Nevile, b Newton .. V . C . Schofield, not out
. .
o . . 30 9 0
P. E . Lord, c Neville, b Newton Extras . .
2
Total
..
93
CRICKEI.
394
BO\CLING ANALYSIS . YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. Bingham Nevile Newton
Overs . \ldns. Runs . \Vkts. 50 3 17 5 15 40 4 4
. . . .
1 .2
0
2
2
N . R . ASYLUM. Played on the Asylum ground, Thursday, ) une 22nd . The Asylum won the toss and took first innings, Milnthorpe and Borras opposing the bowling of Nevile and Bingham . They started badly, Borras being bowled by Bingham at 3 and Milnthorpe at ro . Best and \V'enman took the total to 24, before hest was caught in the slips for 15 . A complete rot now set in, no one uttering the slightest resistance to the bowling till Scaife joined Wellman, and the pair added 16 before the ninth wicket fell, Scaife being well caught by Addis . The innings closed for S5 . The School started batting with Shepherd and Addis, Shepherd hit a 3 and was then clean bowled by Borras, C . AVhincup shared the same fate a minute later, Addis and Bingham took the score to 22, before the former was bowled for 9 . Partington, Rose, and R. \Vhincup did not stay long enough to contribute materially to the score . Bingham and Hudson were now associated, and they took the score to 46 before Bingham was bowled for a well played 12 . Nevile joined I-Iudson who was playing well, but the score had only reached 52 when Hudson was bowled . Eastwood came in, but the Asylum total was only just passed when Nevile was out . Eastwood played well for 12 before the innings closed for 67 . The School winning by 12 runs. ASVLU\I. Ftesr
INNINds.
SECOND INNINc'i.
T . Milnthorpe, L Bingham . .
. .
R. Borras, b Bingham .. C . Lest, c Newton, b Nevile
2
not out
I not out
. . 3
.. F . Waterhouse, c Shepherd, b Bingham . . . I \V. Johnstone, run out . . .. . . 3
c C . \Vhincup, b Newton
.. S
b Addis
.. 3
F . Boyce, b Bingham
. . o
b Newton
.. 3
. . 13
b :Addis
. . 12
. . T . Wellman, c Addis, b Bingham . . C . Rudd, run out . . . .
. .t5 . . 14 r
I I . W . Kershaw, c Bingham, 1) Nevile
. .
A . Scaife, c Addis, h Bingham T . Lcckenby, not out
. .
o . .
Extras . . Tonal
t
. . 55
Extras
..
. .
Total for 4 \Vkts
. . 11 . . 41
CRICKET.
395
TILE SCHOOL . 1 . Shepherd, b Borras .. R . B . Addis, c Best, b Borras
0 0
C . P. \Vhincup, I) Borras F . M . Bingham, I> Borras
12 0
II . R . Partington, b Borras \V. A . Rose, b Borras . . R . Whincup, b Best
..
B . Iludson, b Pest
. .
0
12
R . M . Nevile, b Borras
7
A . W. Eastwood, 1) Borras C . Newton, not out . .
10 0
Extras Total
. .
. .
67
BOWLING ANALYSIS . — :ASYLU \t. FIR S I' INNINGS.
Ides. j
Runs.
\Vkts.
13'4
IS
6
Nevile
11
I
33
Newton
2
2
0
0
2
Overs . Bingham
. .
SECOND
INNINGS .
Addis
. .
3
3
14
Newton
. .
7
3
16
Newton bowled a wide.
OLD BOYS.
This, the annual match with the Old Peterites was played on the School Ground, on Thursday, June 29th. The School went first to the wickets, at 12-30, Addis and Shepherd facing Crowther and Lord . The first five overs produced 30 runs, and Crowther then handed the ball to Metcalfe, who bowled Addis with his second ball . With 7 added C. Whincup, who had filled the vacancy, lost the services of Shepherd . The outgoing batsman had made 2 r by hard hitting . Bingham was bowled off his pads at 45, and Partington left with the total unaltered . Lunch was now taken, the score being 45 for 4 wickets. Rose who had come in just before lunch, partnered Whincup at the resumption at 2-30 . He stayed while 20 were added for the fifth wicket, although only contributing 4 . R . Whincup now joined his brother, and some lively cricket was witnessed, when 21 had
396
CRICKET.
been added R . Whincup called his brother for a short run, and lost his wicket . He had made 25, by good cricket, and was apparently well set . R . Whincup did not long survive, being easily caught at 87. Hudson was bowled at 99, and Eastwood left at 106 . Nevile and Newton made an unexpected stand for the last wicket, 16 being added before Newton was taken off Lord's bowling. The innings closed for 122, Nevile carrying out his bat for a useful 13. After the usual interval, Lord took Naylor to the wickets to face Bingham and Nevile . The slow bowler got rather severely punished, Lord treating most balls the same way, driving and cutting them for 2 ' S and 4 ' S . Naylor was content with singles, but defied all efforts to dislodge him . Boundaries wete frequent, and Lord was constantly applauded for his fine driving . When 57 Lord gave a chance to the wicket-keeper, which was not accepted, this mistake proving very costly. Naylor was unfortunately given out leg before wicket with the score at 120 . He played very well for his 32, and it was a good display of patient cricket. Lord and Birks put on 33 for the 2nd wicket, of which number the latter only contributed a single . No one stayed with Lord till Metcalfe arrived, and then the cricket became of the liveliest character . Lord hit one up to the fives court, and another to the school, which received due recognition from the spectators. Metcalfe also hit out merr ily, although, perhaps, luckily . He left with the total at 2J5, an increase of 57 since the fall of the last wicket. Hancock stayed some overs but allowed Lord to do the scoring . With Crowther ' s advent, Lord ' s magnificent innings came to a close for 193. Although not free from fault, as he was let off by the wicket-keeper at 57, and by mid-on at S6 from a lofty hit. Otherwise, his cricket was of the best, his hitting being well timed and hard . He scored at much the same pace all through, except, perhaps, towards the close when anxious to score his 200, and then his hitting slowed down a bit. This is probably the largest individual score ever made on the school ground, and thoroughly deserved the round of applause which greeted him on his return from the wickets. With Lord's dismissal the innings quickly came to an end for 270 .
CRICKET .
397
The School bowling was really better than the analysis shows, as when the extras, and Lord ' s score are taken away only 70 remains for the other ten men. The School fielding was very good considering the long time they were in the field. Bingham bowled the best, and his balls were generally straight. Although ending disastrously tor the School they have no need to be discouraged, as Lord is well acquainted with their bowling. OLD BOYS.
SCIIOOL. R . B . Addis, b Metcalfe . .
. 13
if . D . Naylor, lbw, b Addis
. . 32
..
. . 21
P . E. Lard, b Bingham
. . 193
C . i'. \\hincup, run out . .
. .
25
G . V . Birks, 1) Shepherd
F . M . Bingham, 1, Metcalfe
. .
4
C . G . Angles, c Partington, b Nevile Rev . A . II . Griffith, b Nevile
. .
o
..
0
C . F . C . Padel, b Shepherd
. .
o
W . A . Rose, b Lord
4
II . G . _Metcalfe, c Eastwood h
J . Shepherd, b Metcalfe
II . R . Partington, c Lord, b Metcalfe . .
. .
..
11ingbam . .
R . \\hincup . c 1'atlel, b Griffith ..
24
W. I I . M . Hancock, c C . A\lineup,
B . Hudson, b Griffith
. .
2
A . W . Eastwood, c Padel, b Lord
F. C . Crowther, c Rose, b Bingham
8
~' . Newton, c Griffiths, 1) Lord .
J . F . Leaf, c and b Itinghanr
R . M . Nevile, not out
Extras
. .
b Bingham
. .
B . St . G . J . Scargill, not out
..
Extras
. .
2 o 7
. . 122
Total
Total
BOWLING ANALYSIS .—OLD BOYS. Overs . Mdns . Runs. Wkts. Bingham .. Nevile
•
Newton
•
Addis
..
Shepherd . .
•
13 . 4 r 63 5 13 0 57 2 20 2 So o 8 0 27 I 6
0
Addis bowled a wide.
36
270
CRICKET.
39 S
ELEVEN t, . AMPLEFORTH
2ND
2ND.
Played on the School ground on May 3oth. THE SCIIOOL. FIRST INNINGS.
SECOND INNINGS.
c Johnstone, b Quin ..
A . M . Sullivan, h Traynor .. .. II . S . Scargill . h Quin
run out
T . Leonard, c Forster, b Quin E . F . Nevile, b Quin ..
run out
C . \V . Newton, st Johnstone, b Quin .. F . Clemons, b Traynor
li Johnstone not out
E . W . Clarke, c and i, Traynor
b Johnstone
G . Veld, h Traynor .. K . J . Roy, not out
c \Vhittam, b Quin ..
b Quin
..
run out
E . W . Ilenson, run out
..
c Johnstone, b Quin .. h Johnstone ..
D . Iiuffaw, b Quin .. Extras . .
Extras .. Total ..
Total . . A\II'LEFORTII. Quin, b Leonard
..
\Vhittam . b Leonard .. Johnstone, c Ilenson, b Newton Railton, c Nevile, b Newton .. \Iagoris, c Scargill . 1, Newton Connor, b Newton
..
IIardman, c Clarke, h I lenson Crawley, c Sullivan, b Newton Traynor, b Newton
..
Forster, not out Bailey, I) Newton
.. ..
Extras Total . .
. .
. .
S2
BOWLING ANALYSIS AMI'LEFORTII. Overs . i\Idns . Newton
15
Leonard
7
Veld
5 3
IIenson
Runs . \Vkts.
CRICKET .
399
2ND XI . V . ST. MARTIN'S SCHOOL
1ST.
Played on the School ground on Thursday, June Sth, and resulted in a draw . THE SCHOOL .
ST . MARTIN'S.
II . S . Scargill, lbw, b Gasking
. . 22
E . F . Nevile, lbw, b Gasking \\'. C . L . Williams, b Gasking
. .
J . Shepherd . b Gasking
. . 16 .. 3
..
C . Newton, b Osborne T . Leonard, b Gasking E . \V . Clarke, not out E . W. II . Osborne
1
... Burton, c Shepherd, b Leonard
2
lo
Mr . I) svis, run out
6
. .
. .
. .
. . . .
R . F . Russell, c and b Osborne . .. F . Clemons, b Gashing Extras 'Total
..
Norfolk, c Clarke, b Leonard Gasking, c Roy, b Newton . . Muir, b Newton
10
IIenson, c Norfolk, b
K . J . Roy, b Osborne
Osborne . not out
. .
9
0
5 4
I,inson, not out
7
Hartley, run out
0
..
o
. .
7
Acomb Black
. .
9
Coates
.. ..
1
5
) /
hat.
Extras Total for 6 wkts
. . 86
•• 37
2ND XI. z'. ST . OLAV"E'S SCHOOL rsT XI. Played on the School ground on Tuesday, June loth, and resulted in a win for the School 2nd by an innings and 61 runs. THE SCHOOL. ..
..
A . M . Sullivan, c Smith, h Mr . Gray . .
..
3
E . F . Nevile, b Shaw . .
..
to
\W . C . It . Williams, b Ford E . W . Clarke, b Ford . .
. . . .
3 5
II . Tute . h Ford
..
. .
o
K . J . Roy, b Ford
..
. .
2
E . W. H . IIenson, b Ford
••
27
F . Clemons, not out
..
• .
54
R . F . Russell, not out . . Extras
..
17
..
19
Ii . S . Scargill, c Kidney, b Shaw R . II . Bailey, h Ford . .
16 0
Total for 9 Nckts (innings declared) . . 156
CRICKET.
400
ST . OLAVI' S. FIRST INNINGS.
SECOND INNINGS.
C . S . Kitching, c Sullivan, b Bailey J . E . Cundall . c Sullivan, b Bailey .. J . W . Ford, c Williams, b Scargill .. Mr . Gray, b Bailey . . .. J . N . Kidney, c Bailey, b Scargill .. II . M . Shaw, c Ilenson, b Scargill J . E . Cockroft, b Bailey .. F. Smith, b Bailey .. F . T . Wilcox, c Nevile, b Scargill . . C . A . Nelson, b Bailey .. H . Weddall, not out .. Extras
o
b Bailey 1 b Henson • h Nevile 4 b I lenson 5 run out 4 b Bailey o b Bailey o b IIenson • . . 2 b Roy .. o not out 3 run out 13 Extras
•
Total
2ND
34
•Total
XI . 7' . A\l p LEFORTH COLLEGE
2ND.
At Ampleforth, on Thursday, June 22nd. SCHOOL. 1I . Scargill, b Traynor . . E. F . Nevile, run out . . F. Clemons, b Quin . . A. M . Sullivan, b Traynor R . H. Bailey, b Traynor •. E . W . Clarke, c and b Quin . . .. W . C . B . Williams, c and b Traynor E . W. II . IIenson . c Railton, b Qum K . J . Roy, b Traynor . . ., H . Tute, not out .. R . F . Russell, b Crawley Extras . .
2 14
o 2 1
6 6
In o 12
6 14
Total
73
AMPLEFORTH. Quin, b Roy . Whittam, c Sullivan, b Scargill Johnstone, c Ilensor, b Bailey Connor, b Sullivan .. Forster, c Tute, b Bailey Hardman, b Bailey Raylton, b Scargill Dlargoris, b Scargill Bailey, b Scargill Crawley, not out 'Traynor, b Scargill Extras Total
. .
I1
• ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
3 75 5 8 S 3 0 0
16
4or
CRICKET, 3RD
XI . z . ST . OLAVE'S
2ND.
Played on the School ground, on Tuesday, May 25th. ST . OLAVE'S IT.
I . M . Draper, c Romans, b Veld
..
\V . Al . Cundall, b I lesson .. F. Smith, c Wheelwright, b Henson J . E . Cockroft, b Henson ,. '1'. L . Harrison, b Henson .. J . E . Cundall, run out .. R . W . Ingleby, c Veld, l> IIenson .. C . A . Nelson . not out . W . Rymer . c Ilaworth, b ('adman .. G . I1 . Webster, c Veld, I) Cadman G .Shepherd c Henson,b Wheelwright Extras . . Total
,
• •
• • • •
SCIIOOL III. T . Romans, c and b \V. M . Cundall 12 . . 0 F . P . Fausset, run out E . W . Henson, b J . E . Cundall . . 5 IT . Wheelwright, I> J . E . Cundall . . 1 J . E . Metcalfe . b W . M . Cundall . . 23 . . 10 G . P . I lastvrth, b Cockroft . . . . 39 M . Y . Atkinson, b Cockroft . . G . Veld, c I . E . Cundall b Cockroft 27 . . 24 IL ('adman, b T . E . Cundall b L . 11 . Moiser . b Cockroft . . G . Crowther, not out 0 8 Extras . . . .155.
Total
22
3RD 1I . T . ST . MAR'TIN'S SCHOOL 2ND. Played on the School ground, resulting in a victory for the School 3rd by an innings and 47 runs. THE SCHOOL. R . Y . Russell, c Ware, b Black H . Cadman . b Black .. II . Wheelwright, c Hillyard, b Black 11 . F . Atkinson, b Black .. G . P . Haworth, b Hillyard . . T . Romans, 1) Tinson . . 11 . Tut :, not out . . Extras
.
37
. . . . .
o 8 42
. .
1 20 2
Total for 6 wits tinnings declared) . . 117 F . P . Fausset, I . 11 . Walters, L . Dobson, and N . Y . Addis to bat. ST . MARTIN'S 2NI). SECOND INNINGS.
FIRST INNINGS.
Scott, b Cadman 0 Black . c Addis, b Wheelwright 9 Gasking, I) \Vhcclwriget 5 8 Tinson, c Russell, b Cadman Webb, c 1>obson, I Cadman o . . o Ilillyard, b Cadman . . Kershaw, tun out . . .. o Wave, c Fausset . b Cadman o Jackson . c and b Wheelwright 3 Nice . b Atkinson 5 Otter, not out ., 8 Extras Total
40
b Tute . . . . t o absent . . . c Wheelwright, I) Atkinson . . 2 st Addis, b 'Putt! . . .. 6 c A\ahers . b Wheelwright . . 7 b Atkinson . . . . . . 5 . . not out .. 3 b Atkinson . . . . . . o . . o b Atkinson . . . . c Walter.;, b Wheelwright . . o c Atkinson . b Wheelwright . . o Extras , . 6 Total
30
402
CRICK FT.
3RD
\I . 7'. ST. 'MARTIN'S SCHOOL
On the School ground, on
2ND
XI.
Saturday, June 24th.
SCHOOL 3eo.
ST . MARTIN'S SCHOOL 2ND.
11 . Wheelwright, c Gasking, b Black S
Jackson, c Wheelwright, b Veld
G . P . Haworth, c Jackson, b Black i 1
A. ( ;asking, c Romans, b Veld
G . G . Vehl, c and b Gasking J . E . Metcalfe, b Black ..
2 . . 21
I Iartley, st Addis, b Wheelwright .. Black, handled ball ..
L . I .I Moiscr, b Gasking
. . 15
Thomas, b Veld
. .
N . F .Addis, c Kershaw, b Gasking 4z . 16 F . C . IIcy, b Gasking
Scott, c and b Wheelwright .. Webb, c and b Wheelwright
T . Romans, c Webb, b Gasking
6
Kershaw, c Wheelwright, b Veld
F . I' . Fausset, run out
o 3
B. Gasking, c Metcalfe, b Veld Scruton, c Addis, b Veld
7 7
Otter, not out Extras ..
S . Dobson, not out
. .
..
( : . Crowther, not out Extras Total (innings declared)
Total . .
. .135
ST . PETER'S 3RD XI .
ST . OLAVES
2X1)
. ..
21
X.T.
Played on the School ground, on June 27th. ST . PETER'S. FIRST INNINGS.
SECOND INNINGS.
F. C . lley, c and b Cockroft N . F . Addis, b \V . M . Cundall
0 0 0
J . E . Metcalfe, 1) Cock raft .. G. G . Veld, b \V . M . Cundall \I . F . Atkinson, b Cockroft . .
IS
.. H. AVhcclwright, c Rymer. b \V . Al . Cundall G . P. Haworth . b J . I'; . Cundall II. Cadman, b Draper
.. . .
.. o .. o
b J . E . Cundall
. .
. . 22
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c J . E . Cundall, b Cockr„ft . . 9 . . 45 not out . .
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b \V . M . Cundall
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. . 9
b J . E . Cundall
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. . tb
c and 1) J . E . Cundall
. . o
not out
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G . Crowther, c IIarrison, h Cockroft L . I I . AIoiser . not out
b J . E . Cundall 1) J . E . Cundall
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Extras Total
. . 49
To t al for 7 wkts . .105
CAMBRIDGE LETTER .
403
ST . OLAV E'S. J . M . Draper, c Addis, 1) Veld .. J . E. Cundall, c and 1) Veld . . W . M . Cundall, c Metcalfe, b Yeld
3 . .
F . Smith, c Ilaworth, b Wheelwright . . T . E . Cocl:raft, b Veld . . A . Nelson, b Veld
4 o o
..
.. o
R . \V . Ingleby, c and b Wheelwright T . L. lIarrison, b Void . .
3 o
. . .. .. T . H . AVatts, b Veld \V . Rymer, c Ilaworth, b Wheelwright BA . Webster, not out
o o
Extras
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CAMBRIDGE LETTER. (A'\IBRII)GIE for the last three weeks has been devoted to visitors and frivolity. Third year men . released from the cares of Triposes, have been discovering how much more difficult it is to idle than to work satisfactorily, and have been trying to forget their apprehension or their disappointment in the society of cousins and aunts. The School has not been conspicuously successful in examinations :—Metcalfe has passed the Theological Special, and Fasten has gained a third-class in the Mathematical Tripos ; in the Classical, Wilkinson appears in the second-class, first division of the First Part ; Leaf in the first-class of the Second Part . These facts are now ancient history, but the Cambridge correspondent may nevertheless be permitted to record them . Caius College had this year the honour of owning the Wooden Spoon . After the fortunate man had taken his degree, the spoon, looking it must be confessed more like a spade than a spoon—emblazoned with the college arms and decorated with ribbons of the college colours, was lowered in due form to him from the gallery, and then he was taken round the town at a high rate of speed, riding in state on a handcart, holding the spoon for sceptre, and seated under the shade of a large Japanese parasol . At the Honorary Degrees, Lord Roberts was most enthusiastically received, and next to
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him, the Indian Prince, gorgeous in jewelled turban and purple velvet. The gallery wit was of the smallest. In the boat races this year the most remarkable feature was the downfall of "blues " Trinity Hall I . containing two " blues " and several trial caps was discovered to be slower than the second boat of the same college, and at the last moment changed places with it ; even then it descended two places . First Trinity I . were unquestionably the fastest boat on the river, but were unable to catch Trinity Hall' though they generally came near it. Next year we shall be glad to see Clarke in residence as a scholar of S . Catharine ' s, and to welcome Mitchell to Canis, where we hope to see him achieve the athletic fame which we know to be his due . G . C . C.
OXFORD LETTER. T seems that not even in the sanctity of the Long are we to be safe
I from the importunities of the Pelerite Editor, for even as we stood with trembling heart upon the very threshold of " Collections" we received one of his dreaded demands. We suppose the Summer Term was as all Summer Terms have been and will be, except that to judge from the ever increasing influx of visitors, Oxford is fast becoming a mere suburb of London . We had the inevitable Unionist L)emonstration at the beginning of Term. The torch-light procession produced many Falstaffian stories, and proved a very mine of wealth for the tailors. Though the Eleven can scarcely be said to have had a very prosperous season, still on one or two occasions, more especially against the Australians, they gave a good account of themselves . Leveson Gower has shown himself to be an excellent bat ; and let us hope that \Vilson and Berkeley, with Bathurst and Arkwright, will once more put to shame those who say that Oxford has no bowlers. The Eights were as exciting as usual, Trinity's success being the most phenomenal, every-one thought they were going to bring off the highest possible in bumps till their victorious career was stopped by Queen ' s .
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Oxford is at present suffering from an _Esthetic revival . Strange garments of divers colours, hats bedecked with lilies . masculine Firms bedizened with bracelets are to be seen on the Cherwell, while uncouth langua g e concernin g " greens " and amethyysts " in tones " and • ` keys " .spirit may once more be heard in the High . The Lamps, that organ of Neo-Hellenic Culture, inspired by the " man of a coarse habit of body and still coarser habit of mind, " Oscar Wilde, produces periodic '" Impressions " in French, and last moonings of J . A . Symonds. Its Philistine " and banansic " rival, the Isis, bids fair to become an Oxford " Granta, " notwithstanding that it reeks not of the higher Philosophy and discourses of questions, evident to any normal capacity " such as " Is Cambridge played out ? " The Union Debates have been quite above the average, but the President has had rather a bad time in Private Business . However, it was too much to expect that members would refrain from the opportunity of "ragging " a noble Earl. Koptic is still the prevalent language at Oxford, but in addition to the " —ger " termination, " bladder " is now put on to the end of every word, and we heard a two-horse tram described as a "double-ogger trigger-bladder " the other day. Oxford O .P ' s . (we can use the plural) congratulate Cambridge OP' s. upon their many and various successes.
CORRESPONDENCE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " PE'1'EI:I"1'E .", DEAR SIRS,
I hope you will give me space to say a few words in answer to K .G ., who seems to be considerably annoyed with me . I will promise to avoid all personalities, an(I will not speak of " petty cavils, " " complete ignorance, " or " sheer perverseness, " nor will I suppose that difference of opinion necessarily means loss of common sense and even of morality. I must first apologise to R .G. for hurting his feelings by reading one sentence of his letter in connection with another . I beg to inform him that I not only read his letter with care, but examined it closely, and reading in one place that " the Day Boys are regarded as too insignificant a factor of the School for any serious consideration, " I thought,
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without any wish to mis-state or pervert, I might reasonably take the expression "combination of folly and favouritism," as his opinion of the late system . If the above sentence does not charge the authorities with favouritism, I cannot imagine what it means . I leave it to your readers. I hope R .G. will see that I had no wish to deliberately misquote him, and, if he will explain what other construction to put on his words, I shall better understand his present indignation . That the new system may be a present success, I strongly hope ; that it will be a permanent one, I cannot expect or desire . Whatever R .G. thinks, I maintain my statement that House contests are recognised as the best means of encouraging the keenness necessary for athletic success . May I quote one whose name may carry weight even to the mind of R G .? Mr . Edward Lyttelton says :—" To set House against House is a sure and certain way of provoking interest . A glance at boys playing in these and at others playing in pick up games will detect the difference in the zest and keenness of the combatants . " But hatever may be thought on this question, I think we shall all condemn the maxim that men are to give up whenever there seems no chance of success . Yet R .G. says :—" It is impossible that men should be found to practise regularly, or even row at all, when they have nothing to look forward to but hopeless defeat . " Such a view I have no hesitation in describing as utterly un-English, and opposed to every tradition of Public School life. However, I will not waste your space in arguing such a question ; I am only writing to clear myself from the charge of misquoting, and to sp ew R .G ., if possible, that because I differ from him about some particular system, I do not necessarily support favouritism or wish to ensure the continual ill-success of any section of the School . We both desire the welfare of the Boat Club, and, if we differ as to the modus operandi, there is no need to show a spirit of bitterness. To conclude, the Day Boys have been strong enough to beat the Houses before, and with careful practice may soon be strong enough to do so again ; at any rate the success of their second boat this year looks like it. Meanwhile, adopt any plan that seems likely to improve matters, and let your energy be devoted to hard and unselfish work without continually harping on favouritism .—I am, yours truly, GEORGE H . EYRE .
OBITUARP .—NOTES AND ITEMS .
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mb it u art!. On TUESDAY, JUNE aoth, z&9 ;, at Cli/Tori, near Boston Spa.
TILE REV . GEORGE WYLI) LEES, VICAR OF ST. LUKE'S, CLIFFORD.
Entered the School, July, 1859 ; Left, Michaelmas, 1869.
NOTES AND ITEMS. C . M . Miller, Esq ., has been appointed Master of the Preparatory School at Felsted. This wc know well will be read with universal regret, when viewed only in the light of the loss we sustain . Mr . Miller has by this time endeared himself to all of us by the keen interest he has taken in the sports as well as the work of the school, and we all feel that we are losing a true friend as well as master . Particularly we shall miss him in the boating season and his work for us in that will never be forgotten. We wish both him and Mrs . Miller all joy and prosperity in their change of home. J. F. Leaf, of Peterhouse, Cambridge, has gained a First Class in the Classical Tripos (Part 2 .) (First Class in Part r, 1892 .) K. E . T . Wilkinson, of Cains College, Cambridge, has gained a Second Class, Division r, in the same Tripos (Part I .) H . D . Naylor, of Trinity College, Cambridge, gained a First Class, with a prize of books, in his College May Examinations, and has been awarded a Sizarship of Ltoo per annum. C . F . C . Padel, of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, has won the College Prize for Classics open to second year men, and his Scholarship of L5o has been prolonged. J . A . Easten, of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, gained a Junior Optime in the Mathematical Tripos .
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H . G . Metcalfe, of Pembroke College, Cambridge, passed the Theological Special. G . R . Cook was ordained by the Bishop of Durham, on Trinity Sunday, and licensed to the Curacy of Tudhoe Grange, Durham. C, B . Cotterell and F. P . Fausset have been appointed Editors of this Magazine. J . E . Metcalfe has been appointed Librarian. P . L . Newman, B .A ., Christ ' s College, Cambridge, Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, appointed Actuary to the Yorkshire Insurance Company. M . F . Atkinson, of the Fifth Form, has passed the Entrance Examination at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Rev . T . Cartwright Smyth, D .D ., Vicar of Far Headingley, Leeds, appointed Chaplain of the Convalescent Home, Coatharn, Redcar. Capt. Claude Moss, one of the Gist Regiment Polo Team, winners for the last two years of the Inter-Regimental Polo Tournament in India. E. N . Young has passed the entrance examination to Yorkshire College Medical School. F. Mitchell, for Brighton v . Hurst College, 184 ; for F. Mitchell's XI. v . Brighton College, 88, and 5 wickets for 25. H . R . Partington and C . Newton have been elected on the Sports Committee, in addition to W . A. Rose. The Sports will be held on August 1st and 2nd. The last numbers of the Peterite, 103 and 104, were published in March and May. We beg to thank the Old Boys, in particular G . H . Eyre, for the trouble they have taken to provide us with New Fours. We acknowledge with thanks—Merchistonian, Dunelmian, Leodiensian, Uppingham School Magazine, R .N .E. College Magazine, Giggleswick Chronicle, Hurst Johnian (2) .
THE
P[TERJTE. OCTOBER, 1893 .
VOL . NII .
No . io6.
THE ATHLETIC SPORTS. President :—REV . G . T . HANDFORD. Committee : W . A . RosE, C .
NEw'ION, H . R . PARTINGTON, R . B . ADDIS.
judges : C . M . MILLER, ESQ., W . G . WILSON, ESQ ., H . F . CHAD\VICK,
ESQ.
Starter :—P . E . LORD, EsQ. HE Sports were held on Tuesday and Wednesday, August
1st and
T 2nd . On Tuesday the weather was fine, but on Wednesday rain
fell heavily between 1 p .m . and 2-15 p.m . Fortunately, however, the rest of the day was fine . Visitors were numerous on both days. Details :1 . PUTTING THE WEIGHT. Prize given by P. E. Lord, Esq. T . F. M . Bingham, Soft. 2in .
2 . H . R. Partington.
H . 100 YARDS HANDICAP (Open). Prise given by J. Melrose, Esq. 1 . R . H . Bailey, 2 yards .
2. H . R . Partington, scratch.
\Von by a foot. III.
LONG JUMP (Under 15). Prize given by W. Cobb, Esq.
IV.
120 YARDS HURDLE RACE (Open).
T . W . Hill, 14ft . 4in . Prize
riven
2 . A . M . Sullivan.
by S. A . Sworn, Esq.
I . H . R . Partington,
2 . F . M . Bingham.
\Von somewhat easily. V.
100 YARDS FLAT RACE (Under 13). 2 . R. G . Bingham . I . 13 . Nelson .
THE ATHLETIC SPORTS.
4-12 V"I . LONG JuteP (Olen) .
Prize given by A . Wilkes, Esq. . I . II . R. Partington . 17ft . Skin .
2 . F . M . Bingham.
V- II . POLE Jinn' (Open). Price given be K Coaling, Esq. 1 . J . Shepherd, 7ft. 6in .
2 . II . R . Iartington.
A close contest. VIII . THROWING TILE CRICKET BALI . (Open). Prize gr'en by 16'. jalland, Esq. 2 . C . Newton, 7Syds. I . C . Whincup, SSyds . eft . loin . IX.
100 YARDS FIAT RACE (Under 15). Prix given by W. L . Newman, Esq.
1
. A . M . Sullivan .
2 . W . hill.
I03 YARDS FLAT RACE (Open).
X.
Prize given by Rev . G. T. (lend/erd. I
. IT . K . Partington .
2 . B . Hudson.
Won easi'y by about 4 yards. XI.
120 YARD, IIURDLE RACE (Under 15). Prize gran by F. M. Scar ill, Esq.
1 . II . Wheelwright .
2 . A. M . Sullivan.
Sullivan stumbled early in the race ; consequently, Wheelwright won easily. \II.
MILE RACE (Open). Prize given It' Rev . A . E. Portiia. I . C . Whincup .
2 . C . Newton .
3 . F. I'. Faussett.
Shepherd led for half-a-mile, when Whincup got ahead, and won by 2D yards. An equal distance separated the second and third, 16 started. \III . 100 YARLS FLAT RACE (Under 14). Prise given by G . Veld, Fey. I
. F . J . WALTON .
XIV. So YARDS FIAT RACE (Under 12). 1 . C . Moiser.
2 . N . F . Roy. 2 . F . Penty.
SV . IIlct1 Jum' , (Open). Prize given by 1i '. F. Ram/on, Esq. 2 . II . R. Partington, Oft 4in. 1 . F . M . Bingham, 5ft . tin . This event took place soon after the shoe'<r on Wednesday—the turf was slippery. XVI . (QUARTER MILE HANDICAP (Under 15). Prize given by C. ill. Miller, Esy. 1 . J . Watson, 30 yards . 2. II . A . Tute, to yards . 3 . N . F . Roy, 15 yards. E. J . Walton (z5 yards) fell when he A good race, with an exciting finish . appeared to be overtaking Watson, about 3o yards from the tape . True was only a yard behind \Vats_rt .
21 started .
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QUA!: UER MtLE FLAT RACE (Open).
XVII.
Prize given by .1rs . HandfOni. 3 . W . A . Rose. 2 . Il . Hudson.
t . H . R. Partington .
Rose led during the first lap, but Partington then got in front, and, maintaining the lead, came in easily first . Hudson passed Rose a few yards from the tape. Time 57 3-5 secs. XVIII. t.
XIX.
HIGH JUMP (Under 15). Prize given by H . II' . Preston, Esq. J . Watson, 4ft . Sin . 2 . G . Crowther and A . M . Sullivan, Oft . tin. This event was keenly contested . NV . I fill failed at 4ft. 'co YARDS SACK RACE. 2 . H . W . F . Garland.
i . N . F . Addis .
This event, as usual, afforded some amusement, but the competitors were surrounded throughout the race by non-competitors, which prevented the spectators from seeing the race. XX.
HALF-MILE FLAT RACE HANDICAP (Open). Prize given by the Dan cf York.
t.
R . B . Addis, 20 yards . 2 . C . Newton, 20 yards . 3 . C . \Vhincup, 5 yards. Nineteen started, but most of them found the pace too great . Addis got in
front during the 2nd lap, and maintained the lead to the end, but only won by 2 yards ; 8 yards separated the znd and 3rd. XXI.
OLD Box's ' FLAT RACE, QUARTER 1\IIt .E. Prize given by R. Pearson, Esq. Only two started, I1 . F . Chadwick and T . Spence . The latter started at a great
rate, and led more than half the way, when Chadwick got in front . Spence repeatedly tried to regain the lead, but failed, and Chadwick won by about a yard. XXII . CONSOLATION RACE. E . F . Nevile.
The prizes were distributed by Lady Emma Purey-Cust, and the meeting ended with the usual cheering.
THE PRIZE-GIVING. HE distribution of prizes took place in the School hall on
T Thursday, August 3rd, at 3 o ' clock . The prizes were given away by the Dean of York. There was a large attendance of parents and friends of the School, especially considering the weather, as it had been raining most of the day .
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THE PRIZE-GIVING.
The Head Master first read the list of distinctions gained by Peterites during the past year, as follows :—R . Garwood, Higher Certificate Oxford and Cambridge Board Examination ; G . R. Cook, B.A ., The Graduates' Exhibition, Durham University; 40 per annum, E . W . Clarke, 1st Classical Open Scholarship, . Williams, Queen ' s College, St . Catherine's College, Cambridge ; H Oxford, 2nd Class Honours, Classical Mods . ; J . A . Easten, Corpus College, Cambridge, Junior Optime, Mathematical Tripos ; K . E. T . Wilkinson, Caius College, Cambridge, 2nd Class Honours Classical Tripos ; J . F . Leaf, Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1st Class Honours, Classical Tripos, Part II . ; H . D . Naylor, Trinity College, Cambridge, Foundation Sizarship £Too per annum, and 1st Class in College May Examination ; F . E . A . Colby, King's College, Cambridge, Scholarship prolonged for a year; C . F. C . Padel, College Prize, Classics ; G . Clarke (V . Modern), Oxford Senior Local ; R . B . Addis (V . Modern), Entrance Examination Cooper 's Hill ; F. Williams (V . Modern), aged 17, 94th of 186 successful out of Soo to 900 candidates (aged 17 to 20), for Second Division Men's Clerkships in Civil Service ; B . Draper (V. Modern), Army Preliminary Examination ; N . T . Crumbie (VI. Modern), London University Matriculation, and Law Preliminary ; K . J . Roy (V . Modern), Army Preliminary Examination; B . Hudson (v . Modern), Army Preliminary ; M . H . Carroll, B A ., 1st Class Classical Honours and 200 Dollar Scholarship, University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Canada, and Prince of Wales Medal ; H . G. Metcalfe, Pembroke College, Cambridge, B .A ., Theology Special ; A . W . Peel, Cambridge University, General Examination ; E . N . Young, Entrance Examination, Victoria University ; M . F . Atkinson (V . Form), Entrance Examination, Trinity Hall, Cambridge ; G . H. Ilewison, Entrance Examination, Selwyn College, Cambridge ; E . Cundall (V . Modern), Pharmaceutical Examination. The Head Master then stated, that according to a list published in a London paper, during the last 7 years the School had gained fifteen scholarships at the Universities, and that in proportion to the number of boys, there were only 14 schools out of the SO in the list given that had obtained more .
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Referring to the chief events of the year, he said he had to regret the loss of Mr . AVhittam, who left last Christmas, after being science master at the school for more than four years. He then stated that the School was visited by an epidemic of influenza in the Easter term, which had incapacitated himself, and thereby had had a serious effect on the work of the Sixth Form. Mr . Barnby, who had taught music at the School for many years, was going to retire from the work, and Mr . Miller, who had been at the School for four years, was leaving . Mr. Sworn also, who had been science master for only two terms, was about to leave. He then made a few remarks as to the satisfactory state of the games, mentioning that we again held the Yorkshire Schools Cup, and alluding to our victory over the Yorkshire Gentlemen. The reports of the Examiners were now read : Mr . R . D . Hicks (Oxford and Cambridge Examination Board), who examined the Sixth Form in Classics, congratulated Clarke on his work, and expressed his regret that Scargill was not well enough to go in for the examinations . Ile thought Cotterell had it in him to excel in Classics, if he had not shown such a taste for Mathematics. He wished that there were more boys in the middle of the form to produce more competition for the upper boys and to show the younger ones the way. The Rev. J . R . Lunn (Oxford and Cambridge Board), who examined the First Division in Mathematics, was greatly pleased with the work of Cotterell . He presented a very favourable report, but said that Cotterell was far better than anyone else in the division. Mr. V . H . Veley (Oxford) reported favourably on the Chemistry and Physics Board Examination, though there was only one candidate (Eastwood) in for it. The Rev . J . S . Serjeant (Cambridge) sent a very commendatory report of his examination of the 5th and 4th Forms ar,d scholarship candidates in Classics. The reports of the Rev . G . Edmundson, examiner of the and, 3rd, and 4th Divisions in Mathematics, and also of the forms taking
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PRIZE-GIVING.
French and German, and of Mr. J. C . Willis, who examined the 5th and 4th Forms in Science, were read, and were also of a satisfactory nature. The Dean expressed his pleasure at being present at the prize-giving, especially at a school like this that had such a long standing and honourable prestige . I-ie said that in a great many ways the boys of the present day were reaping the benefit of lessons learnt and educational difficulties solved at the time when he was at school . He said that it was once thought that the School (lid not date back farther than the time of Philip and Mary, but now it had been proved that it was the oldest school in England, and traced back its foundation to at least the year 700 . All praise was due, he said, to the masters for the persevering way they had worked in spite of various difficulties, and he hoped the School would long continue in the high position it at present occupied. The prizes were now distributed. LIST' OF SCHOLARS AND PRIZES. Eshibitioncr.—Clarke. Foundation Scholars .—Sullivan, Yeld 1. Senior (free) Classical.—lute, Walton 2. ,,
„
Modern .—Pick.
Hey illemorial.—1Valton
Filliter.
junior Modern .—Moiser 2. Archbishop of York's Classical Prize.—Clarke. Dean of I'ork's llfathematical Price—Cotterell. Canon Elwyn ' s Divinity Prize.—Clarke. Head !)?aster's Prize for Latin V -se .—Clarke. Head _ITaster's Pies for English .—Open, Scargill ; Under 15, Yeld t ; Under 14, Yeld 2.
Mathematical Privies .—Division II ., Romans ; Division III ., Pick ; Division IV ., Lyth 2 ; Form III ., Myers ; Form II ., Scott i ; Form I . (upper), Creer 2, (lower) Lyth r .
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Classical Prizes .—Form V. (classical), Romans ; (modern) Draper. Form III. Form IV . (classical) Watson ; (modern) Pick . (classical), Nursaw . Mr. Veld's Greek Prize, Nursaw ; (modern) Form II ., Mr . Meld ' s Latin Prize, Thompson . Nelson . 2, (lower) Lyth r. Moiser 3 . Form I . (upper) Shepherd Writing and Dictation Prizes . — Form V ., Atkinson ; Form IV ., Filliter ; Forms III . and II ., Myers ; Form I ., Scott 2. German Prises.—Form V . (modern), Hudson r ; Form IV . (modern), Pick ; Form III . (modern), Hodgson r. French Prizes —Form VI ., Cotterell ; Form V. (classical), Williams 3, (modern) Addis r ; Form IV . (classical), Filliter, (modern) Pick Form III . (classical), Myers, (modern), Nelson ; Form II, Scott r ; Form I . (upper), Shepherd 2, (lower) Lyth r. 1lir . Meld's English Prizes•—Form III ., Hudson z ; Form II ., Petty. Science Prises.—Form V . (classical), Romans, (modern) Addis r Form IV. (classical), Nevile 2, (modern) Pick ; Form III ., Myers ; Form II ., Hill 2. Geography Prize.—(V . modern) Addis I. ,1Ir . Barnby's Music Prize .—Fausset. Air. Boddy's Drawing Prizes .—Painting in \Water Colours, Bingham r Improvement in Painting, Eastwood ; Pencil Drawing, Yeld r Mechanical Drawing, Shepherd
I.
Shorthand Prizc.—Cundalt. Cheers were given for the Dean and Lady Emma, the Head Master, &c ., and a large number of guests were afterwards entertained by the Head Master and Mrs . Handford at a garden party .
SCHOOL LETTER. T was not till August 3rd that our weary spirits were set free to roam
I at pleasure, or to rest in peace ; things have gone on very well I think since then ; true . we had some very hot days in August, but then there was no Oxford and Cambridge Board to pester us, and we could stretch ourselves out for repose without fear of the School bell
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CRICKET.
summoning us to fresh efforts . The sports were a success, though no band attended ; Partington led the way in most of the senior events, but nevertheless there were some remarkably close contests . The Prize giving was held on the day after the sports, and after various reports, list of honours, etc ., had been read, the prizes were given away by our ever kind and faithful friend, the Dean of York. Then followed, what is usually a garden party, but this year owing to the inclement state of the weather, the guests were regaled in the School building; and a very gay aspect the old School hall presented ; and once methought I saw a grim smile of approbation spread o'er the grizzly features of those wooden heads that watch unceasingly from the roof of the School hall ; the VI . form and the teams were there too and were never seen to greater advantage ; in fact, the hospitality of our host and hostess was heartedly appreciated, and deservedly too . Thus ended a very pleasant term, though unavoidably a long one, and though holidays are dear, some enthusiasts perhaps grudge an inroad into the popular football term . Mr . Miller, 1V . Form master, is leaving us and our hearty good wishes will follow- one, who has proved so valuable a help to the school in work and sports ; while Mr. Sworn, a later acquisition, has obtained a head-mastership, and we shall therefore see him no more ; F . M . Bingham the captain of the house, cricket and football teams, and R . A\lineup a member of both cricket and football teams have also left ; both we shall sadly miss ; but still let us hope to keep up the reputation of St. Peter' s at football during the coming term, and for another year hold the Challenge Cup.
CR1ChET. 7' .
LEEDS G . S.
Played at Leeds in splendid weather, on Saturday, July 1st . Leeds won the toss, and sent in Johnson and Matthews to oppose the attack of Bingham and Nevile . In the second over Johnson returned one hard to Nevile, who failed to hold it, and the next over was badly missed in the slips . With to on the board the same batsman was given out caught at the wicket, though the decision was thought to be rather dubious .
CRICKET .
419
Three runs later Barber was caught at point before he had scored, and Matthews and Roberts took the total to 30, when a separation was effected by Addis bowling the former off his pads . Roberts saw the next two men out, and then fell a victim to Addis . Thorp being the only man to score after this . With Leeds all out for 43, Shepherd and Addis went in for the School, but the start was a very bad one, Addis being clean bowled by Thorp before a run had been registered. C . AV'hincup started with an off drive for 5 off Hewetson, and took the total to 17 before he was dismissed . Bingham came in next and soon began to punish the bowling, getting Hewetson away to the off for 4, and sending Thorp to the boundary on several occasions . He lost Shepherd soon, and Partington was sent back the next over, Rose remaining till the score was 31 . R . Whincap joined Bingham and raised the total to 39 when lunch-time arrived . Starting again at two o ' clock they put quite a different complexion on the game, and treating both bowlers alike, the score rose rapidly, till at 69 Bingham was well caught in the long field . After Hudson had been sent hack, Whincup ' s merry innings soon came to an end, being caught at mid-off from rather a tame stroke—S7 up . The last wicket but one put on 19 runs before Nevile was caught at point, and Newton was sent back first ball by a fast delivery from Bettany, the innings closing for rob. After the customary interval, Leeds followed on, being 63 to the bad, Johnson and Matthews going in first, as before . Johnson sent Bingham for 5 the second ball, but was taken in the slips off the same bowler next over but one . Barber was dispatched without any addition to the score, and then Roberts joined Matthews . A stand was now made and both bowlers (Bingham and Addis) were well punished, and when Newton took the ball from Addis runs still came freely, Nevile then came on vice Bingham, and the innings came to a close with wonderful rapidity . In his first over Nevile drove Matthews on to his wickets, in the next sent back Portway and Bettany, and in the third dismissed Thorp and Hewetson, as yet not a run had been scored off him . In his fourth over Newstead was missed at mid-off, but North was clean bowled next ball, and so the innings closed for 63. The School now wanted one run to win on both innings, and Shepherd and Addis again went to the wickets . The former obtained a single off Bettany ' s first ball and the School thus won by io wickets. II
420
CRICKET.
The fielding of the School was not as good as usual especially in Leeds second venture, and several catches were dropped. I .1'EDS. FIST INNINGS.
SECOND INNINGS.
11 . L . Johnson, c I: . AV'hincup, b Bingham C . 11 . S . Matthews, b Addis .. A . L . Barber, c Shepherd, b Newton .. J . E . Roberts, b Addis .. R. It . I'ortway, b Bingham .. J . 1). Andrews, c I1udsun, I) Bingham . ..
•
•
T . Bettany, lbw . b Bingham A . E . Thorp, b Bingham A . E . North, b Addis .. C . B . Newstead, b Bingham 1I . B . l lewetson, not out .. Extras ..
• • •
c Addis . I) Bingham hit wicket, b Nevile b Bingham .. b Newton .. b Nevile c Addis, b Newton .. c Iludson, b Nevile b Nevile b Nevile not out b Nevile Extras Total
Total TIIE SCHOOL. FttsT INNINGS. R . B . Addis, b Thorp J . Shepherd, b Thorp C. P . \Vhincup, b IIewetson .. F . M . Bingham, c Johnson, b Roberts II . I : . I'artington, b Ifew etson .. W . A . Rose, b Thorp . . R . AV'hincup, c Thorp, b Roberts . . E . Hudson, c Matthews, b Barber it . M . Nevile, c Andrews, b Itettany A . AV . Eastwood, not out . . C . W . Newton, b Bettany . . Extras Total
. .
SECOND INNINGS.
o 9 . . 9 . . 27 .. o
not out not out
..
I
33 o 3 12
o Extras
. .
o
Total (no wkts .) . .
I
12
. . l06
BOWLING ANALVS1S .—LEEDS. Overs . Mdns . Runs. First Innings . 13'3 7 12 Bingham . . Nevile . . 2 o S Newton 7 3 9 10 Addis 9 5 Second Innings . 24 Bingham . . S 4 2 14 Addis .. 6 0 17 Newton 5 Nevile J .3 3 1
AIts. 6
o 1 3 2 0 2 6
..
CRICKET . 7'
421
AMPLEFOR'I'II.
This match was played on the School ground on Tuesday . July 4th. The visitors won the toss but put us in, Addis and Shepherd bein g opposed by Hines and Blackledge at 1r-o . The start was disastrous Shepherd succumbing to the second ball sent down by Hines . Matters (lid not improve as C . Whincup was bowled by Blackledge with only 1 on the board . L'ingham joined Addis and both played carefully but runs were hard to get . With to up Addis was caught at the wicket and Partington was foolishly run out at the same total . Rose joined Bingham only to see him clean bowled by Hines . R . Whincup, the new corner, was brilliantly caught at long leg and Hudson was out to a good catch at 14 . Rose played very carefully and was quite fifteen minutes before making his first run . Eastwood was unluckily run out at 21 and Neville bowled by Blackledge a couple of runs later. Newton joined Rose but with 6 added, the latter' s leg stump was shot down by Curran . Rose's innings was a careful and invaluable one. The innings closed for 29 . Blackledge took 4 wickets for 10 runs. At 12-20 Curran and Blackledge opened the visitors' venture, the bowling being entrusted to Nevile and Newton . The start was as bad as our own, Blackledge being snapped at the wickets at r and Powell caught and bowled by Newton 5 runs later . Hind stayed some time with Curran, who was playing very good cricket, although scoring somewhat slowly . Sixteen were added before Nevile found his way to Hind's stumps, and with Hines in our score was passed with only 3 wickets down . Curran played well and steadily, but lost Hines at 35. Priestman was smartly caught by Bingham with one hand off his own bowling at 47, and Mackey who succeeded him retired for a cypher at 52 . R . Whincup caught Pentony low down a run later but then Dawson stayed with Curran till the lunch bell rang, when the total was 6o for 7 wickets . On resuming at 2-20 both played well and the score rose quickly until at 97 Dawson was secured at cover point the pair having added 44 for the Sth wicket . The last two wickets added 12 and the innings closed for 109 . Curran carried out his bat for a well played 73. Eighty behind, the School commenced their 2nd innings . Addis and Shepherd again going to the wickets to face the deliveries of Hines and Blackledge . Addis was bowled in the first over without scoring by
422
CRICKET.
Hines . But on C . Whincup joining Shepherd a much better complexion was put on the game, boundary hits being frequent, when both appeared well set, Shepherd tamely returned one to the bowler, the score being 35 . Whincup did not survive much longer being bowled by Hines at 39, for an excellently played 27 . Bingham after making 8 of the next 12 was caught off Hines and Rose failing to score five wickets were down for 59 . R . Whincup after hitting one square for 3 knocked down his own wickets . Hudson joined Partington who had played very patiently, but after making 5 was easily caught. Eastwood on coming in, quickly got Hines round to leg for 3 but lost Partington who retired with 13 to his credit . Eastwood greeted Nevile's arrival by another good hit to leg, but was almost secured off his hand an over later . Nevile was caught at the wicket and Newton joined Eastwood. Newton got 2 by a lucky snick but was almost immediately afterwards bowled by Pentony . Eastwood carried out his bat for a well hit 16. The total was 97. With I S to make Curran and Dawson faced Nevile and Addis. With 5 up Dawson was bowled and Hind came in only 5 minutes to time . The score had reached 17 when time was called . The match of course counting on the 1st innings . The School did wretchedly in the first innings, no one seeming able to face the fast deliveries . A word of praise is, perhaps, due to Rose for his plucky defence . The School fielding was also very fair and at no time was any mastery got over the bowling, as Curran did the greater part of the scoring, only one other obtaining double figures . Nevile bowled well as the analysis shows. ST . PETER'. 1ST INNINGS. R. B . Addis, c Hind b Blackledge . . . . . . J . Shepherd, b Hines . . C . P . Whincup, b Blackledge F . M . Bingham, b Hines . . .. . . H . R . Partington, run out .. . . W . A . Rose, b Curran R . Whincup, c Blackledge b Hines . . B. Hudson, c Priestman b Blackledge .. . . A . W . Eastwood, run out R . M . Nevile, b Blackledge . . C. Newton, not out . . .. Extras . . Total
. .
6 o o 4 o 9 o 2 3 2 I 2 29
2ND INNINGS. b Iiines .. c & b Pentony b llines .. c Rylance b IIines b Blackledge c Mackey b Hines hit wkt b Blackledge c U Beirne b Hines .. not out c I lied b Hines .. b Pentony .. Extras Total . .
42 3
CRICKET .
AMPLEFORTH. 1ST INNINGS .
2ND INNINGS.
P . Curran, not out .. . . . . 73 o P . Blackledge, c R . Whim-up b Nevile A . Powell, c b Newton .. . . I G . IIiad, b Nevile .. .. 7 .. A . 1lines, b Bingham . . . . 7 F . Priestman, c & b Bingham .. 2 L . Mackey, b Addis . . . . . . o \V . Pentony. c P . Whin-up b I ;inglu;nl o J . Dawson, c C . Whincup b Nevile . . Io O'Beirne, b Nevile . . .. . . 3 W. Rylance, b Nevile . . I Extras 5 Total
..
not out
to
not out
7
c IL \Chincup b Nevile
0
Extras Total for 1 wkt
109
BOWLING ANALV .>IS . AMI'LEFORTII IST
INNINGS.
Overs . Mdns. Runs . Wkts. 18 . 2 6 29 5 23 10 27 I 16 5 26 3
Nevile Newton Bingham Addis
II 2N1)
Nevile Addis
17
. .
2
22
I
I I
13 4
0
INNINGS. 4 3
v. DURHAM SCHOOL. This match was played at Durham, in anything but agreeable weather, on Saturday, July 29th. Bingham lost the toss, and Durham batted first on a somewhat soft wicket, sending in Graham and Fawcus to oppose the bowling of Bingham (School end) and Nevile. Graham was badly missed at the wickets off Nevile ' s first ball, and the total rose slowly to 16 before the first wicket was captured, Fawcus being smartly taken at point . Nevile, whom most of the runs had been scored off, retired in favour of Newton, and runs came with great effort . The next two wickets went down at 21, good catches at the wickets and point dismissing F . Adamson and Cumberledge respectively, and Sadler, who was now in, stayed till 29, when Newton found the way to his stumps with a good delivery . Graham, who had been playing very carefully, was sent back by a magnificent catch at square leg, having, with the exception of a chance behind the wickets early in the game, played well for his 2o.
CRICKET.
4 24
C . Adamson and Mabane were now facing the bowling, and the liveliest cricket of the day was seen, both bowlers being sent to the boundary on several occasions . Adamson then put Newton out of the ground to leg and brought on Addis in his place, the change producing the desired effect the first over . Thew partnered Mabane, but the latter was taken in the slips eight runs later (63 for 7). It was now getting very dark, and the game was continued amidst vivid flashes of lightning and loud peals of thunder, but no rain had as yet fallen . The next three wickets only produced two runs ; Bingham captured two of them, one by a slyer to cover-point and the other by means of the wicketkeeper, and Addis the third, so the innings closed for 65 . Afte r lunch Addis and Shepherd went to the wickets at half-past two. It was now almost too dark to see the ball, and the wicket was very much worn, but . notwithstanding these disadvantages, both batsmen soon began to score off the bowling of C . Adamson and Graham . With the score at 22 for the loss of no wickets rain stopped the game, but in about half an hour's time Shepherd and Addis returned to the wickets in almost nocturnal darkness . Fawcus took the ball from Adamson and sent a maiden down, and with the last ball of the next over Graham got Addis at mid-on . Rain drove the players to shelter again before the next batsman arrived, and in a short time the ground was literally under water . so the game was abandoned, leaving it a draw in our favour. DURHAM. H . Graham, c Hudson, b Newton . . 20 H. Fawcus, c Shepherd, b Bingham 5 F . Adamson, c R \Vhincup, I) Newton 2 I-t .Cumberledge.cShepherd,bNewton o .. ..5 S . Sadler . b Newton . . .. . . 15 C . Adamson . b Addis A . ATabane, c Addis, b Bingham . . 14 F. Thew, not out .. .. .. 1 G. Thompson, c C . P. AVhincup, b Bingham . . .. .. .. o M .N .Jenkins,cR .Whincup,bBingham r H. M . Wilkinson . b Addis . . .. 1 Extras .. .. Total
. . 65
SCHOOL. R. B . Addis, c Thew, b Graham 1 . Shepherd . not out C . Y . \Vhincup F . M . ltinghaul \V. A . Rose H . it . Partington R . \Vhincup Did not bat. E . I-Iudson A . W . Eastwood R . M . Nevile C . W. Newton
14 9
0
Total (for 1 wkt .) 23
CRICKET.
4 25
BO\\'LING ANALYSIS .—I)uRIIAM. Overs. 1ldns. Runs. AVkts. Bingham 19 l0 17 4 Nevile I II 0 4 Newton to 2 27 4 Addis 4'2 I 9 2
v. POCKI .INGTON G . S. The last match of the season, played on the School ground, on Thursday . July 13th . Bingham was again unlucky with the coin, and Pocklington sent in Butt and Taylor at about a quarter to 12, the attack being entrusted to Bingham (School end) and Nevile . Butt sent Bingham's second ball out of the ground to leg, and repeated the performance with his fourth . Nevile sent a maiden down, and ilingham's second over was let alone till the last ball, which Butt put over the fence in the same direction as the other two . After another maiden from Nevile, Bingham had his revenge by upsetting Butt's sticks . (i for I2) . At 78, Nevile beat Taylor with a good ball, and 6 runs later, Holbrooke was nicely held at square leg . Swindell fell to mid-off when he had contributed 6, and Snowden who was now in, went in for some hard hitting, and brought on Newton z'ice Nevile. Snowden continued to score, and saw the next four men out tor very small figures, before a fast delivery from Addis, who had come on instead of Bingham, sent his middle stump out of the groand . At 64, Newton took the last wicket. The School started disastrously, for with only 2 on the board, Shepherd was clean bowled by Holbrooke . At 5, Taylor sent C. \Vhincup back and let in Bingham to partner Addis, but at rr, the latter fell a victim to Holbrooke. Rose came next, and with Bingham, the score rose to 26 before a separation was effected, the latter retiring for a well hit 14, though he never seemed at home with the bowling. At this total, Partington was taken in the long field and \Vhincup and Hudson clean bowled by Harrison . A slight stand was made for the next wicket, and Taylor took the ball from Harrison . In eight overs Rose contributed a couple of twos and Eastwood one, and at 32, the latter, in endeavouring to get Taylor away to leg, played one back into the bowler's hands . An extra was the only further addition to the score, Nevile being clean bowled and Newton taken at the wickets without scoring, and Rose carried out his bat, having been in 20 overs for his 6.
426
CRICKET.
31 to the good, Pocklington made their second essay, but none of the batsmen could keep up their wicket long against the bowling of Bingham and Newton, Marshall alone reaching double figures, and that after being let off with only 2 to his credit . They were dismissed for the small score of 4o, and the School went in a second time, wanting 71 to save a defeat . A little better than a repetition of the first innings was seen, a rot seeming to set in from the beginning . R . Whincup and Nevile alone got two figures to their credit, and the innings closed for 54, leaving Pocklington winners by 17 runs.
POChLINGTON. FIRST INNINGS.
A . G . Butt . b Bingham A . IT . Taylor, 1) Nevile
SECOND INNINGS.
..
S . \V . IIolbrooke, c Hudson . b Bingham .. P . G . Swindell, e Addis . b Bingham
12
b Newton
..
5
1, Bingham
..
lbw, b Newton 6
1, Newton .. c Newton, b Bingham
C . J . Snowden, 1) Addis R . Harrison, c Addis, b Newton ..
26
F . B . Rowley, run out .. J . N . Atthill, b Newton ,
0
c C b Bingham b Bingham ..
7
b Bingham
0
not out run out
0
b Addis
5
F . T . Marshall . c Partin ton, b Addis T . English, b Newton F . D . Cautley, not out Extras
..
Extras Total
64
Total
SCHOOL. SECOND INNINGS.
FIRST INNINGS.
J . Shepherd, b IIolbrooke . . R . B . Addis, b Holbrooke . . C . P . AVhincup, b Taylor . .
1
c Atthill, b Holbrooke
5
b Ilarrison ..
9
..
2
.. . ..
14
b Harrison .. c .0 b Holbrooke
0
6
b ilnlbrooke
3
II . R . Partington, c Swindell, b Ilolbrooke
o
c Swindell, b IIolbrooke
0
IL . \Vhincup, 1) Harrison B. TIudson, b Ilarrison
o
c Snowden, h IIolbrooke
10
o
o Taylor
2
A . W . Eastwood, c & b Taylor R . M . Nevile, b Holbrooke
2
b Harrison
6
o
not out
12
o
run out
. .
F . M . Bingham, c Butt, b Holbrooke .. W . A . Rose, not out
. .
C. \V . Newton, c Snowden, b IIolbrooke . . Extras .. Total
3
. 33
..
3
3 3
Extras Total
54
CKICFE'I' .
427
BO\CLING ANALYSIS .—PocKI.INGTON. FIRST INNINGS. Overs. Mdns . Runs . Wkts. . . I2 5 3 34 6 2 I I3 S'2 2 I3 3 2 . . 3 3
Bingham . . Nevile Newton Addis
SECOND INNINGS. I3 2 It 3 1 1 o
Bingham . . Newton . . Addis
22 16
5 3
I
I
2ND XI . V . LEEDS G . S . 2ND.
Played on the School ground on Saturday, July 1st, resulting in a win for the School by an innings and 3 runs. LEE1)S . FIRST INNnYGS. .. 1 . Francis, 1) Bailey . . R . Longley . not out . . .. 1 . Longley, c Leonard b Scargill
.. .. . .
o 21 o
SECOND INNINGS. b Leonard . . .. c Scargill b Leonard c Nevile b Leonard
A . Thompson, b Bailey . . . . 11 . Newstead, c Roy b Bailey .. . . C . Sproule, b Leonard H . Richardson, c Scargill b Bailey . . A . R . Condor, b Bailey .. .. . . F . Stockdale . c Sullivan b Bailey . . A . Smith . c Williams b Bailey . . E . Fleming, c Sullivan b Bailey Extras . . . . . .
o o 4 3 o 1 o o 5
c Bailey b Leonard h Leonard run out .. b Leonard . . .. c Bailey b Leonard c Williams b Bailey c Russell b Bailey not out .. Extras
Total
t
34
THE SCHOOL. .. II . Scargill, b Richardson .. E. F . Nevile . b Richardson . . F. Clemons, c Richardson b Sproule .. A . M . Sullivan, b Richardson . . . W . C . B . Williams, c Stockdale b Sproule R . IL Bailey, c Sproule b Richardson E. W . Clarke, b Richardson .. E . \V . II . IIenson, b Richardson T . Leonard, c Francis b Richardson .. K . J . Roy, b Sproule .. R . F . Russell, not out .. Extras Total .
Total
..
4 2S
CRICK FT.
2ND 1I . V . ST. MARTIN ' S SCHOOL. Played on the School ground on Tuesday, July rah, resulting in a draw. TILE SCHOOL.
ST . \l ARTIN'S.
l . F . Nevile, c Osborne, b tasking 3S W . C . B . Williams, b Osborne . . lt F . Clemons, b ( :asking . . 2S
ltr . I3urdon, b Leonard J . Osborne . b Bailey . . .
A . M . Sullivan . not out E . W . II . I1enssn, b Gashing
A. Norflk,o b Clemons
R . I I . Bailey, not out E . \V . Clarke . . ..
. . 2S S 6
..
. .
4
. .
tt
Rev . J . J . Davis, c Williams, b Bailey 2 5 S . " l' iuuon, c and b Bailey G . Muir, not out ..
.. ..
11 . Gashing, not out . .
.. . .
2 n
..
i
..
S
K . T . Royd R . F . Russell . . T . Leonard
..
G . Veld
..
Extras
To Rat
4
Extras
* Total for 4 wkts . . 120
Total for 5 wkts
* Innings declared closed .
lIETLOSPEC'I'. Whatever else the Eleven of 1893 achieved, it reached a very high standard of fielding, especially in catching : the chances missedexcluding those to the wicket-keeper, which are uncertain, could be counted on one hand, and in only one match had bad fielding an effect on the result . We give a list of catches made :—R . \\'hincup (wicket-keeper) 1J 7 Addis 12, Bingham 9, Partington and Shepherd 7. C . Wilincup and Rose 6, Hudson and Nevile 5, Eastwood and Newton 4. The bowling, too, was of good quality, as will be seen from the averages ; the four chief bowlers were all under 'ten runs per wicket . The only total over 1 so scored off the School bowling in 14 matches was that of the Old Boys . Their performance in getting rid of a fairly strong batting team of the Yorkshire Gentlemen for under too speaks for itself . It was in batting that the weakness lay . Bingham and Partington have both gone down in average, and the Whincups have not risen to the standard of Atkinson and Carter of last year . There was a lack of pluck and straightness about the play of most of the eleven, and the reason is not far to seek . The dryness of the early part of the season thoroughly exposed the badness of the practice wickets . The match wickets
were good enough—the Old Boys especially—owing to the care bestowed upon them . Something really must be done in the way of systematic rolling all through the Easter term if the batting is to improve . Nobody can be expected to 'play well out on the ball if he has to consider the question of its bumping . The consequence is either the shifting of the right foot or the pulling away of the body, both equally fatal . Supposing the ball is clear on the off side the batsman does not get the value of his stroke, as there is no telling whether it will jump, or twist, or shoot. As a result everybody is inclined to wait until the ball has finished its vagaries and play back. Of course this year the ground was worse than usual owing to the long-continued dry weather . Another year the rolling should begin as soon as the frost is out of the ground and efforts made to get decent wickets. The results of the 14 matches are a little curious ; 6 were won, 7 lost, I drawn . The Yorkshire Gentlemen were beaten in the second match, after an easy victory for them in the first ; against this must be set two bad defeats from Pocklington, where funk' had a deal to do with the result . Ampleforth beat us twice, Durham once by six runs ; the other defeat was by the Old Boys . The other victories were over Leeds, Barnard Castle, the Asylum (twice), and Mr . Lord's XI. The draw was against Durham, where the rain put a stop to what looked like a victory for us . Calculated from the batting and howling averages below, the value of the School wickets was 6 . 98 each, of our opponents ' 8 . 59 . We give this year also the averages of the Second and Third Elevens . In the Second XI., Clemons, Russell, and Sullivan all promise well, and Nevile, if he could develop some patience . Bailey's bowling was very successful. The most noticeable points in the Third N_I . are Atkinson's batting and the wonderful results attained by all the bowlers ; several of the smallest in the team showed the best form. CHARACTERS OF THE XI. (Captain).—Hardly so successful as last year; is a good bat and scores fast when set ; played with more care, but had bad luck ; has a weak stroke off his legs ; bowled a very steady length and straight, might have bowled himself more ; a good field anywhere ; energetic captain .
F . M . BINGHAM, 1859
CRICKET. 43 0
1892 .—Never quite seems to do himself justice; tries to hit too soon, and has an awkward back stroke ; ought to make a good bat ; a fine field at cover, with a smart return; works hard always. H . R . PARTINGTON, 1S92 .—Has the fatal fault of moving the right foot ; is in consequence often bowled off stump ; must try to get over this and his nervousness ; can hit if he likes ; a magnificent field ; perfectly safe catch. R . AVHINCUP, 1892 .—As a bat does not play quite straight, and has a most curious back stroke ; drives well at times ; has improved in his wicket-keeping, though still uncertain.
C . P. WHINCUP,
W . A . RosE .—lmproved a good deal up to the middle of the season and then went back ; perhaps a had hand had something to do with it ; a good field, and brought off at least one wonderful catch. . SHEPHERD .—Has some good strokes, but plays back too much. J often getting under the ball ; wants to hold himself up more ; a good field at point, and might make a bowler. R . B . ADDIs .—A steady bat, plays straight, but is apt to get in front of his wicket ; bowls a fair length, with a doubtful action and some spin ; fields well generally at mid-off. B. Hunsox. — Hits hard, but should learn to play forward ; is in too great a hurry to score ; has made some good catches at short leg, and is a good field ; bowls a little. R . M . NEVILE .—A very promising bowler, left hand slow with a fair break ; should be very good with care and more fielding to his own bowling ; bats better in matches than in practice ; with more strength should make runs ; moderate field on the ground, catches well. A . W . EAsTwooD .—Always plays hard on the ball, with plenty of pluck, and much straighter than he used to ; a good runner between the wickets ; stiff in the arms both in batting and fielding. C. 1V . NEwTov .—A very fair fast bowler with an ungainly action ; did well on fast wickets, coming back nicely ; a hitting bat and a moderate field. It is expected that of these C . P. \Vhincup, Partington, Rose. Shepherd, Hudson, Nevile, and Eastwood will be available next year, so that the chief loss to be made up will be bowling .
CRICKET .
431
BATTING AVERAGES .—FIRST XI. No. of Times Most in Total Innings . Not out . an Inns . Runs . 14 2 41* 208 F . M . Bingham . . 17 0 36 176 C . P . \Vhincup . . . 18 J . Shepherd .. 2 123 34 * A . \V. Eastwood 16 79 15 4 R . M . Nevile 10 4 15 79 19 I 109 R . B. Addis . . 18 R . \Vhincup 16 0 33 96 64 .. 14 1 26* B . Hudson II . R . I'artington 17 23 75 W . A . Rose 17 21 70 12 2 14 41 C. AV. Newton A l so batted 2 A . M . Sullivan 5 17 5 7 I I2 22 R . II . Bailey 'Signifies not out.
Average. 1 7'33 10' 35 7'68 7 . 18 6 . 5S 6 . 05 6.0 4 . 92 4 . 68 4'37 4'IO 5'66 3'66
BOWLING ANALYSIS .—FIRST XI. Overs, Mdns. Runs . AV'kts . Average. 6'87 163 . 2 56 268 39 R . B . Addis .. 224 . 1 F . M . Bingham 70 434 54 8 ' 05 R . M . Nevile . . 168 9'33 47 364 39 141 . 2 42 278 29 9'58 C . W . Newton . . 17 . 0 14 0 51 3 J . Shepherd .. 10 0 — I3. Hudson I o Also bowled 16 66 S 8 . 25 R .II .Bailey . . 40 Addis bowled 4 wider ; Bingham, Nevile, Newton, and Bailey 1 each. SECOND XI . BATTING AVERAGES
(Excluding S. Olaze's return). No . of Innings . F . Clemons . . . . R . F . Russell A . M . Sullivan (capt .) E . W . H . Henson E . F . Nevile II . Scargill \\' . C . 13 . Williams E . W . Clarke K . J . Roy R . II . Bailey T . 11 Leonard Also hatted J . Shepherd G . Veld . . C . W . Newton J . I luffam II . Tute . .
7 4 6 7 7 6 4 6 6
Times Not out. 1 2 1
0 0 0 O
22
14 I0*
3 4
0
t 2
0 0
4 2
0 0 1
I
Most in an Inns . 54 * I7* 2S* 27 38
IS* 5* 4
Total Runs . 9`' 32
71 70 69 53 34 34 33 6 6
16 9 12 4
16 14
12 *
I2
21
4
Average. 16'o 16'o 14'20 10'O
9' 8 5 8 . 82 8 . 50 6'8o 6 .6o 3'0
1 .50 16 . 0 7 .0 5'25 2'0 —
CRICKET.
43 2
BO\V'LING ANALYSIS . SECOND XI.
R . II . Bailey
..
T . II . Leonard . . II . Scargill E. W . II . Henson
K . J . roy.
E. F . Nevile
Overs .
Mdns.
Runs .
Wkts .
Average.
65
31 17
96
24
4 .0
48
12
17
I1
4.0 4•SI
42 35' 2 16
2
53 3S
4
9 . 50
12
1
29
2
14 . 50
7 11
4 2
15 16
1
F . Clemons A . M . Sullivan . .
1
15 . 0 16•o
11
4
29
I
29 . 0
\V . C . It . Williams
8
5
II
o
C . \V . Newton .. J . Shepherd
28 . 3 2
12
49
9
I
3
O
G . Veld . .
5
0
9
0
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Scargill bowled 6 wides, Henson 1, and Clemons a wide and a no hall.
BATTING AVERAGES .—TIIII'.D XI. No . of Innings. M . F . Atkinson (Capt .)
Times Not out.
Most in an Inns.
Total Runs.
1
92 95
Averages. 30 . 66
4 5
0
45 42
J . E . Metcalfe G . G . Veld
4
0
23
66
16 . 5o
4
0
27
56
14 . 50
N . F . Addis
3
0
42
42
14 . 50
L . II . Moiser
3
1
15
26
13 .0
II . Cadman
4
0
24
G . Crowther F . C . Hey
4 3
3
33 S
8'25 S•o
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7` 16
16
4
0
12
19
5'33 4 . 75
5
0
9
20
40
G . 1' . Haworth
T . Romans
. .
II . Wheelwright
19 . 0
BOWLING ANALYSIS .—THIRD XI.
G . Veld . .
. . M . F . Atkinson . . II . Cadman
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II . Wheelwright G . Crowther
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Overs. 19
Maidens.
Runs.
Wickets.
Average.
12
20
13
1'5
15 . 3
8
9
5
I'S
15
5
15
2.2
40 . 2 2
21 2
40
7 14
0
0
2.8
Atkinson bowled 6 wides, Cadman 2, and Veld a wide and a no ball.
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FOOTBALL. HAT sort of a team shall we have this season ? Last year we
V only lost one School match . in '91 we lost none ; can we keep it Of last year ' s colours we still have six available ; and three more who played against Durham in the Easter team : of the six, four are in their third year in the team, while the other two are no passengers. Though we shall feel the loss of such players as Bingham, Tute, Clarke, Winn, and Scargill, all our survivors were prominent members last year, and will make a good basis for this year . Behind we shall probably be as follows :—Back, A . W . Eastwood, 1891, 1592 . Threequarters, IV . .1 . Rose (Capt .), 1S91, 1892 ; H . R . Partington, 1891. 1892 ; H . Leonard . I lalves, J . E . Shepherd, 1892 ; J . Metcalfe . Of these Eastwood has been most successful as " custodian," his kicking is getting longer, and his weight increasing : he has always been most cool and reliable : in fact he is far away the best back we have had since Brandt . Let us beware of moving him up to three-quarters after our experience at Giggleswick last year . Rose will presumably play in the centre, as he showed great aptitude for the position towards the end of last season . IIis saving and tackling improved immensely, and he passes and feints well ; his pace too is good . His chief weakness lay in kicking, and occasional uncertainties in taking passes ; this latter ought not to trouble him any more, judging from what we saw in the cricket field . Partington in a winning game is very fine at all points : his defence wants improving . He waits for his men too much ; with his pace he should be able to smother any opposing three-quarters before they can get going . Leonard showed good promise in the matches in which he played last year, he tackles well, but wants dash in his running, and should practice kicking . Shepherd has put on weight lately, which joined to his knowledge of the game, should be of the greatest service : we hope great things of him, if he will get rid of that fault of passing wildly anywhere, which sometimes appeared last year. He and Metcalfe should make a good pair, as the latter gets away quickly and runs well, but requires to pay more attention to feeding his behinds . There is no doubt that the backs ought to be very strong, and better than last year's . There is much more pace, and we hope to see plenty of good passing and running . Of the forwards C . \Whincup and Newton still survive, with the exception of Bingham, the best all tip ?
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round forwards of last year, they will set a really good example to the new corners . Bailey and Romans played in the Easter term last season, and are both likely forwards . Bailey's pace should be of use, he has clone well at three-quarters in the second team . Romans wants to use his head more, he has any amount of pluck and dash . Last year's second team forwards were a good lot, and from them the choice will have to be made . The likely candidates should be Dobson, Fausset, Haworth, Henson, Hudson, Nevile, Roy, and Williams . The chief falling-off from last year will be in the matter of weight, which will be of most consequence in the club matches . This deficiency must be made up by a high quality of combination . Let the passing both amongst forwards and backs be quick and short, and plenty of it ; for with our probable lightness it will be to our advantage to play an open game, and get the ball out to the backs as much as possible . The tackling improved last year, but is still a little wanting ; let there be no waiting for the man . go for him at once and hard . Forwards take a leaf out of Newton and «"hincup ' s book in this respect ; both tackle very hard and safely . Behinds, mark your men, if possible before they get fairly moving. Once more to all, play together. FOOTBALL DATE.
FIXTURES .—FIRST XV. VERSUS . GRouxn.
Tues ., Oct.
3
Magpies
Sat.
7
Old Boys . .
Sat.
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Olympians (Hull)
Ifome
Sat.
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4 S
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Sat .
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t t t6
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25
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7 9
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Sat ., Dec. Thur.
. .
Bradford G . S .
I)urham G . S . Magpies . .
. . Away
. .
. . Ifome
Old Bradfordians Old Bows . .
3
Away. . . ..
. . Ilome . . Ifome
..
Sat .
Feb .
Sat .
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17
Old Almondburians .. Ripon G . S .
Sat .
.,
24
Bradford G . S .
Sat., Mar. Sat. ,,
3 to
Darlington
. . Yorkshire College . .
Home Home Ilome Away Home Home
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SECOND XV. VERSUS .
DATE.
GROUND.
Sat ., Oct . 28 Wed ., Nov. 8
TI . Dyson's, Esq ., XV . . . Home Bradford G . S . 2nd . . Away
Sat. „ 25
Leeds G . S . 2nd . .
Sat . Feb .
10
Sat .
24
I .I Dyson s, Esq ., XV . . . Home . . IIome Bradford G . S . 2nd
„
. . Home
FIVES. OPEN HOUSE. This annual tournament took place during July, 1893. ROUND I.
II . Wheelwright
beat R . H . Bailey, 1 5- 1 3, 1 3- 1 5, 1 5- 1 3-
C . P . \Whincup
C . W . Newton, 15-7, 15-8.
F . Clemons
E. L . Freer, 15-1, 15-0.
W . C . B . Williams
R . F . Russell, 15-1, 15-2. F. I' . Fausset, 15-13, 15-13.
E . W. Henson E. F. Nevile
M . F . Atkinson, 15-8, 10-15, 15-8.
A . W . Eastwood
C . Spence, scratched.
J . Shepherd R . M . Nevile
C . P . Cass, 1 5- 8 .1 5-9 . G. Winn, 15-13, 15-13.
P . Ifill II . R . Partington
R . Bingham, 1 5-4, 1 5-5 .
J . Metcalfe E . W . Clarke
K . J . Roy, 15-1, 15-5. F . C. IIey, 15-6, 15-7. K . Whincup, 15-3 . 15-12.
RouND H. C . P . \Whincup A . W . Eastwood
beat F . Clemons, 15-6, 15-7. E . F . Nevile, 15-13, 15-11.
E . W. Clarke
J. Shepherd, 13-15, 15-2, 15-8.
If . R . Partington
J . Metcalfe, 15-S, 15-9.
E. A\' . Henson
W. C. B . Williams, 15-13, 15-10.
II . Wheelwright
R M . Nevile, 15-11, 15-10. I' . }Ill abye.
THE OLD 1'1 II MID DINNER. 43 6 ROUND, III. II . R . Partington beat P . Hill . 15-4, 15-5. „ A . W . Eastwood, 15-13, 15-13. C . P . Whincup II . Wheelwright
„
E. AV' . Clarke, 15-1o, 15-13. E . W . IIenson, a bye. SE'I1-FINAL.
II . R. Partington beat C . P . Whincup, 13-15, 1 5- 1 3, 1 5-9. E . W . IIenson „ II . Wheelwright, scratched. FINAL. if . R . Partington beat E . W . Henson, 15-13, 15-12.
JUNIOR HOUSE. This tournament was played after the open competition, and the prize kindly given by Mr . Lord was won by H . Wheelwright.
R. M . Nevile F . (lemons
ROUND I. beat F . G . Bingham. N . F . Roy.
' . P . Cass
C . Spence, scratched.
R . S . Russell
11 . B . Greeves.
II . Wheelwright B . Hill ill
R . Freer, scratched. G . I lowarth. ROUND II.
F . Clemons
beat R . M . Nevile.
B. Hill
„
S . Russell.
H . Wheelwright „ C . P . Cass. SEMI-FINN .. H . Wheelwright beat B . Ifni. F . Clemons, a bye. FINAL. II . Wheelwright beat F. Clemons.
THE OLD PETERI"I'E DINNER. (LONDON I )ISTRICT.) The fifth annual meeting in London of Old Peterites was held under the direction
of the 0 .I' . Club, on Tuesday, the 4th July
last,
in the
Commodore's rooms at the Holborn Restaurant . The Committee
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were again fortunate enough to secure the attendance of Canon Elwyn and the present Headmaster, and, as a concession to those who wished to see the conclusion of the Oxford and Cambridge cricket match, the dinner hour was altered from 7 to 7-30 o'clock. The speeches after dinner were limited to the regular toasts of the Royal Family, St . Peter 's Past and Present and the Chairman . Among the letters expressing regret for the inability of the writers to attend, Canon Elwyn produced and read those of Mr . Tomlinson, Professor Allbutt, His Honour Judge Price, Messrs . Anderson, Lambert, McClellan and others, dwelling in particular on Mr . Tomlinson' s exhortation to the young men to emulate the deeds of their predecessors and (lo honour to the old and famous school. The toast of the evening, " St . Peter's Past and Present " was proposed by the Chairman, Canon Elwyn, and responded to by the Headmaster and Dr . F. Needham . Among the topics dealt with were the recent deaths of the Rev . G . W . Lees and Mr . E . P . Allanson, the history of the School (luring the past year, and the progress of the negotiations between the Governing Body and the Charity Commissioners. Mr . Chas . Haigh, the Recorder of Scarbro', in proposing the health of the Chairman, said that he could only speak as an old boy of the cordial relations between Canon Elwyn and all Old Peterites . These relations were established at the first cricket match between Past and Present Peterites after Archdeacon ' s Hey ' s retirement 30 years ago, and since that time Canon Elwyn has never turned his back from the plough nor ceased to encourage the esprit de corps which promotes success. Mr . Leonard Marshall, as an old pupil under Canon Elwyn, seconded the toast, which was received with musical honours and enthusiastic applause. There were loud and unanimous cries of dissent when Canon Elwyn in his reply suggested that if only for the sake of variety a change of Chairman might be desirable in future. The health of the Hon . Secretary was then proposed and duly acknowledged, and the Company dispersed shortly before eleven o'clock .
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The following are the names of those who were present : Left Left School circa.
School circa. 1877 1862 1856 1563 1889 1376 1852
18 74 1859 18 77 1870
Ainslie, \1' . Alington, F. W. Atkinson, W . F . Bayley, F . \V . Carter, E . S. D . Chadwick, C . H . Clayforth, E . \V . Close, C . A . Darrell, Chas . Dowson, Dr. W. Dunderdale, H .
1870 1870
ISSo 1871 I862 1'36 1856 1863 1572
1870 1870
Henderson, H . \\". Hutchinson . Rev . C . P. Maliinson, Rev . J . H. Marshall, Leonard Meek, W . A. Needham, I)r. Newberg, H . J. Pixley, F . W. Pollard, A . T. Pollard, Dr . B. Poyser, A . S. Remold, Professor Rhodes, H . \V. Turnbull, Peveril Watson, C . W. Wharton, Hugh
186 .4 Edmundson, Rev. G . 1884 1872 Elwyn, Rev . Canon 1862 1862 Gregory, Rev . T . H . 1831 Griffith, F . T . IS6o IS63 1862 Haigh, Chas. Handford, Re ; . G . T. Concurrent College Dinners, illness or unforeseen causes prevented tke attendance of Canon G . F . Browne, Professor Allbutt, Rev. R . Abbay, Y . Anderson, B . G . M . Baskett, Rev . H . Bloomfield, E . S . Challinor, G . L . Davis, Rev . F . M . Hargreaves, P . B . Lambert, Rev . S . J . J . Le Maistre, Colonel E . E . Swaine, Rev . J . AV . AV . Taylor, 1867
1' . A . Todd and W . A1'. AVhytehead.
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The Hon . Sec . desires us to thank on his behalf many Old Peterites for their good wishes expressed in their replies to invitations . The number of such letters received by him renders it, as usual, impossible to answer them separately .
O .P . CLUB. A committee meeting was held at the school on Wednesday, August 2nd ; present :—The Rev . G . 'I' . Handford (in the chair), Messrs . H . W . Rhodes and P . E . Lord . After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and confirmed, the following were elected members :— Messrs . R . B . Addis, NI . F . Atkinson, F . M . Bingham, G . \V . M . Bulman, F . AV . Clarke . J . B . Clarke . N . '1' . Crumbie, F. S . Challinor, Rev . \V . AV. Dodsworth, H . Dunderdale, Rev . A . H. Griffith, W . Martin, C . M . Miller, V . A . Mosley, B . St . G . J . Scargill, P . "Turnbull, J . S . Webb, R \Vhineup, A . Wilsden, G . Winn . A resolution was passed that Mr . F . \Vare be asked to act as auditor of the accounts of the club on behalf of the Committee. CORRESPONDENCE. .-We have received a letter from R . G ., which is too lengthy to publish, and this correspondence is now closed.
NOTES AND ITEMS. MARRIAGES .—On July 29th, at St . Olave's Church, York, Philip Lewin Newman to Janet Buckham, youngest daughter of the late T . Macleod . Esq ., of Southampton. On August 22nd, at Nunton, Salisbury, Frederick James Lord to Annie Sarah Kathleen, only daughter of H . J . Swayne, Esq., of Bodenham . near Salisbury. On September 6th, at St . Gabriel's, Hulme, Manchester, Hubert Kitchin to Katharine Mary Beatrice, only daughter of the Rev. W . Milner, M .A. J . F . Leaf has been appointed to the mastership of the Lower Sixth at Marlborough. F. E . A. Colby, King' s College . Cambridge, has had his scholarship extended. C . J . Grindrod passed the Second Examination in Anatomy and Physiology of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons .
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NOTES AND TT EMS.
The following has been forwarded to us from New York . " The University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Canada :—The Commencements of this University were held in Bishop William Hall, on June 29th, the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Quebec presiding. Among the graduates was Marcus Hobson Carroll. He has this year graduated in Arts with First Class Classical Honors, gaining the Prince of Wales's Medal, and being elected to a scholarship of 200 dollars a year . This scholarship he has refused as he intends taking the Divinity Course at the General Theological Seminary, New York . The Principal of the University is the Rev, T . Adams, late Mathematical Master at St . Peter's . R . Ward Carroll, O .P ., brother of the above, was also present . " The portrait of Chas . Haigh, Recorder of Scarborough, appeared in the "Sporting and Dramatic" of July 8th in "Yorkshiremen in London . " F . Mitchell for the Yorkshire Gentlemen v . the Harrow Wanderers scored loo not out. S . O . Bingham rowed (2) in the St . Thomas' Hospital Four beaten by St. George ' s (holders) in the final of the Hospital Cup. W . A. Meek and G. Anderson are again acting as Revising Barristers. A donation of one guinea in the name of The Old Peterite Dinner, London District, has been forwarded anonymously through the Local Secretary for London to the Yorkshire Society ' s School, London, thus securing two votes for admission to that institution. We understand that the Dinner Committee of the O .P . Club are considering the question of establishing an Oyster Supper, to be held at uncertain intervals, on the same lines as the O .P . Dinner. Worsfold ' s (O .P .) book on Java . See Standard, August 21st, 1893. Captain Adolphus F . St . Clair's appointment to H .M .S . " Empress of India . " See Times, August 28th, 1893. Rev . Richard Abbay appointed Rural Dean of L,oes. See Times, August 3oth, 1893. We beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following :— " Hurst-Johnian, " " Merchistonian, " "Leodiensian, " "Riponian," " Dunelmian, " " Barrowian," " Eastbournian . "
THE
PETERITE. Von . NII .
DECEMBER, 1893 .
No. 107.
EDITORIAL. UR first duty is to apologise to our numerous readers for the late
O appearance of what is usually the November number, but which this year has not arrived till well on in December . The reasons for this are two-fold . First, owing to the late beginning of the term and consequent late issue of our last ; and secondly, on account of the indisposition of one of our Editors who was seized with an attack of la grippe a few days before we should have gone to print. Since the issue of our last number an event in the history of the School has taken place, which will long be remembered by those who were fortunate enough to witness it. What a scene of splendour and loyal enthusiasm was our ancient city on that memorable 5th of October, when our future King and Queen drove through its narrow streets all decked with thousands of flags and streamers, and lined with as many loyal countrymen assembled to catch a glimpse of their Royal Highnesses. But when in the evening the royal pair drove up to the School, stopped at the hall door and received an Address from the Captain, the shout that went up from every member of the School seemed enough to loosen the very foundations of the old building . A descriptive account of the proceedings will be found further on, so we turn to matters that are more closely connected with the School. The XV . so far this season has met with its share of success, if not Up to the end of November seven matches have been of luck .
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played, six won and one lost . Unfortunately, soon after the beginning of the season, we lost the services of Shepherd through a damaged knee ; and not long after Whincup broke his collar bone, so now there are only four out of the six old colours available. In the Yorkshire Schools ' Cup Competition we have scored 161 points to our opponents nil, but a short time before the day arranged for our encounter with Ripon they became infected with measles, so we remain 7 points each till further notice. The School Play seems likely to prove as great a success this year as usual, despite the fact that Mr . Yeld has been smitten by the influenza fiend and prevented coming to school for a considerable time ; his work at the rehearsals has, however, been ably attended to by Mr. Preston . Although it is one of the hardest plays to deal with, all who know the energy and perseverance of our Stage-manager will not have much fear about the success of the Merchant of V,-nice . Just a word of congratulation to Mitchell on his success. P .S .—Past Members of the first form will read the following verse with interest . The victim, whose sorrows are told, is also the poet : Ilere's the poor Vicar of Bubwith, Who hasn't no water to tub with; So he sits in the rain Until it is plain Ile must have a towel to rub with.
VISIT OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK. T was with great expectations that the School looked forward to the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to the ancient city, and more especially to their visit to the School ; and we were not disappointed. That royalty should grace our School with a special visit was, I suppose, an event unparalleled in its annals, though I cannot go back to those prehistoric times, in which it has been shorn
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that the School existed . It was on Wednesday, October 4th, that their Royal IIighnesses arrived in York, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon . The usual quiet, that I think prevails in all Minster towns, had completely disappeared . The streets were thronged, banners were flying, and best of all the train was punctual . No sooner had we come out of School than a rush was made to the railings, where we obtained in a few minutes an unobstructed view of the procession ; and as the York Herald said next day " One of the heartiest welcomes was given to the Royal party by the boys of St . Peter's School who lined up in front of It was too dark to the School buildings and cheered vociferously . " see very much, but still we could discern the Royal couple very fairly. The next day was occupied by the usual luncheons, presentations, and opening of public institutions which royalty has to perform . In the afternoon it was stated that the Duke and Duchess would graciously visit the school at 5-30 o'clock, when our (proleptically) Balliol scholar, Cotterell would present then with an Address suitable to the occasion. There was a fairly long delay before the Royal party arrived, but by that time the grounds of the School had been most tastefully lit up by fairy lamps and other decorations . Soon the procession approached, and through the gates there galloped the mounted police in rather a furious style ; then followed the carriage containing the Royal party, which drove up to the School door where we had all assembled . First the "premature little courtier " to quote Black and IVhite, the headmaster ' s tiny daughter, presented the Duchess with a handsome bouquet. Then the head-master introduced to IIis Royal Highness, the Captain of the School, who presented a tastefully illuminated address, bound in morocco, with the arms of York in the four corners and in the centre the Keys of St . Peter, the School crest . The Duke replied in gracious terms, and with a happy knowledge of the schoolboy's wants, requested the head-master to grant the School an extra week's holiday in commemoration of his visit, which we hope soon to enjoy . The carriage then drove away amid loud cheers, of which a certain paper said—comparing us to the guns of York Castle, which pealed forth on this occasion—" But the shouts St . Peter's raised just put those guns to shame," and after them an enthusiastic crowd of patriotic schoolboys . Thus as far as the School collectively was concerned ended this memorable visit . It is ten years ago, I think, B
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since the Prince of Wales came to York, and the School had the honour of cheering him ; but never before have Royalty so graciously put themselves out of the way to come into the school grounds and receive an address from the assembled School . Nothing remains but to give the address, which was as follows : Schola Sancti Petri Ehoraecnsis. Condila ante A .D. DCCXXX. Aucta auspicious 11lzria et Ph lippo, A .D . 117DL 1 1. In has aeries transla/a A . D . .IID000XLIl'. Schola qua nulla in Anglia antiquior discipuli novissimi Ducem Eboracensem, imperii si quod inter Christianos antiquissimi novissimum heredem, quod felix faustumque sit, submisse salutamus . Ut nascen ;i quidem schola; nostrn non aderat Anglorum Rex, quippe totius enim Anglia rex ad id temporis exstiterat nullus, ita identidem nobis non defuerunt et alia regii favoris exempla, et pri-esertim opes rostra auspicibus Maria et Philippo , aucta; : atque dum jam hodie illud agimus ut litteris politioribus studeamus et ceteris doctrinie subtilioris instrumentis, quze respuere non raro Solent hodierni, qui sese utilitati prorsus esse jactant deditos, maximas tibi debemus gratias qui adventu tarn lacto sis munere vere regio fungi dignatus. Apud enim Homerum sane legimus illud a regibus pro principatu postulari ut suis in pugna prieirent, quo in genere, quod ad navalis quidem Belli artem pertineat quantum profeceris testes sint nobis tot Maria feliciter navigata : nur.c autem a stirpe regia aliud quoque cives penult auxilium : ut religionem, bonas litteras, artes, scientiam foveant, ut, si quid honeste cives studio atque ingenio naturali sive arrant sive oderunt, hanc tantam vim magni populi dirigant, in se colligant, quasi hasten cuspidem przebentes heec omnia si qui alii possunt reges. Velte to heec quidem facere pro indicio habemus quod et nos inter tot negotia visere voluisti, vires autem, uti poseris quoque, det indies, prout tempus postulaverit, majores precamur Deus Ilte Optimus Maximus. Quod autem bonum Ilse negabit Qui jam donum dederit eximiam Regia: illius Conjugis, cujus recitato quis nomine haul scio an uno simul vocabulo si quid veneres atque virtutes muliebres habent in se pulcherrimi indicaverit? Quti si privato loco fuisset nata, domus cujusdam ignobilis felicitate vix enarranda ingens Anglorum damnum haudquaquam compensaretur .
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Ut vita vos maurat quam maxime felix et beata nunquam non precabimur. Auctoritate sociorum consignaverat discipulorum dux a .d . iii Non. Octobr, A .D . MDCCCXCIII . C. B . COTTERELL.
TO T.R .H . TIIE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK. All hail ! the universal heart Of thousands throbbing as of one, One prayer uplifts in unison, " May God IIis best to you impart. We love you both ; with you we wept When the dread minister of death Raised his fell sword from out the sheath, And darkling on his mission swept. Yon tempest clouds that sullen lower, The sun will edge with rays of gold ; In hours of agony untold, Hope ever gilds the saddest hour. Ever the rainbow beauties are, That shine to mortal eyes in vain ; Save when the sunshine and the rain United span the jewelled bar. We love you both ; when IIeaven brings Light mid the darkness, we rejoice ; No discord mars the nation ' s voice, And loud our triumph paean rings. God bless you in your plighted troth, In love, in home, in sovereign power, Ills presence be your wedding dower ; Welcome ! All hail ! God bless you both . SAex . YEn .
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CAMBRIDGE LETTER. DEAR MR . EDITOR,
You write for a Cambridge letter, and with the forethought which distinguishes the Peterite official, remind me that I shall have little or nothing worth saying. How correct your surmise is, this epistle will only too clearly prove. " We are seven, " and the lucky number has made good its auguries, for amongst us we possess one, whose athletic prowess has already done honour to the School, and will, I hope, do honour to the University on the Queen ' s ground . Mitchell has played with consistent perseverance, and consistent success ; we congratulate him on adding another " Blue" to the roll of those who have taken part in the fashionable brutality of Rugby football, as representatives of their University. This reminds me of the delightful sensation of pride which I experienced in the match against Thomas' Hospital . How my heart glowed within me as I beheld four of my old school-fellows taking part in the game 1 One of whom by the luxuriance of his labial appendage (forgive me : I am suffering from ` Union fever) elicited ungrudged admiration from players and spectators alike. I said " We are seven " in a moment of inadvertence . The word spoken can never be recalled, at least I certainly have no intention of recalling it, lest the demon conscience prompts me to re-write a great part of this " melodious? nonsense ." I do not know what is the exact status of those who study at Ridley Hall ; I presume that they are considered to be in residence, and therefore, I confess with reluctance (for what is to become of my " lucky number," " good auguries, " &c . ?) that including Easten we are eight and not seven. By the way we nearly had the pleasure of welcoming Carter to Cambridge. He would have played against the University for Ealing had not the match, for some unknown reason, been scratched. The Trinity officials have fallen victims to the competitive epidemic of this shameless generation. They have already held their examinations for non-residents, in order that they may seize upon the cleverest, ere an ambitious college snatch the fair prize from them by
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offers of higher wages . The aspiring "flower of scholarship" included Hancock. We wish him all success, though we regretted his encouragement of a first-class business concern. I have said my say, and that which I have done may you with editorial pen make pure, even to the wiping out of all that I have written . " Thine was the fault, be thine the blame, " in the words of one of our most sickly of love-songs, and remember me, ever yours affectionately, O .P.
FOOTBALL. v . OLD BOYS, Oct . 7th. Lord kicked off for the Old Boys . The ball went over the goal line, and Eastwood touched down . From a scrummage near the centre, Metcalfe got the ball, and passed to Partington, who got in. Bailey kicked a goal . The game was now contested near the centre for a time, until Lord kicked into touch in the School " 25 ." Good passing between the Old Boys ' backs resulted in Hood nearly scoring. Rose, by a run and kick, relieved the pressure, and Yeld failing to return the ball, Partington got it and again scored . Bailey was again successful . After the usual kicks, the Old Boys again attacked, and Lord nearly scored after a good rim . The O :cl Boys ' backs again got the ball, and Hood ran close to the line . The School forwards, by loose play, took the ball to the centre, but Tate brought it back . The same player passed to Lord, who ran well, but slipped when passing to C . J . N . Carter, and the ball went into touch . The latter soon after took a pass from Lord, and ran well, but was stopped by Leonard. Half-time was now called. WVhincup re-started, and, following up fast, prevented Hood from returning . Lord got the ball from the scrummage, ran, and passed to Crumbie, who threw the ball forward when attempting to pass . Soon after, Partington took the ball from Hood, near the centre, and got in . Bailey again kicked a goal . The
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Old Boys now attacked strongly, and drove the School into their own " 25 ." Lord ran well, but was brought down by Eastwood . Metcalfe and Partington removed play to the centre ; Leonard here took a pass which was meant for Carter, and scored somewhat easily . Eastwood failed to kick a goal . Lord now made a good run, but was badly supported . Leonard again got in from near the centre . Bailey failed this time . Newton ran and passed to Rose, who, when held by Crowther, passed back to Newton, who got in . Bailey kicked a goal. After a good dribble by Lord, Partington picked up cleverly near the centre, and, handing off strongly, again scored . Bailey failed a second time . Shepherd now crossed the line, but was held outside . Eastwood took advantage of the slackness of the Old Boys, and ran from his own to his opponents ' " 25 ." Williams picked up in a loose scrummage, and passed to \Vhincup, who ran strongly, and scored . Bailey again failed, and time was called. SCORE :—School, 4 goals 4 tries (32 points) ; Old Boys, nil. REMARKS.
Of the School forwards, Newton, \Vhincup and Bailey were the best—the first-named seemed to be always near the ball . The halves played with judgment . Rose had not much to do, but Leonard played well, and Partington out-paced his opponents frequently . Eastwood was very safe . The Old Boys (who played only fourteen men, G . Yeld being the fourteenth) lacked condition and combination, especially the former . There were many exhibitions of individual play, but, generally, the efforts were not continuous . Lord was conspicuous for the amount of work he did . Hood tackled pluckily . Of the forwards, Watson and Wilkinson were the most prominent.
v. THE MAGPIES. Played on the School ground on Tuesday, Oct. 4th, resulting in a fine game . The Magpies brought a strong team, with a good contingent of Old Boys . Strangways kicked off towards the Clifton goal, and for a time the visitors had the best of matters, and kept the play in the School half, but were unable to score . Then Newton and Whincup headed a rush to the other end, where the School were twice
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near scoring . Once Partington missed a pass, and once Shepherd threw forward at the critical moment . However, the latter got possession soon after, and ran straight through, putting the ball down near the posts, and a goal followed . The Magpies soon retaliated, and Mitchell ran strongly in, and kicked a goal, and this was the state of the game at half-time . After the re-start, the School played a very good game for about twenty minutes . Shepherd, after a nice piece of play up the touch line, gave the ball to Rose, who got in ; the try was converted. Following some even play, Rose made a very fine run through the thick of the enemy and scored again, the total being increased to three goals . At this period the heavy work in the scrummages seemed to tell on the School forwards, and the visitors had rather the best of the rest of the game. From a pass from Mitchell, Wilson got well away ; Eastwood checked him, but he managed to throw to Draper who just got over, and Mitchell kicked a good goal . After more even play, time was called, and the School had won by 3 goals to 2 goals . The chief features of our play were the hard work of the forwards against superior weight, Newton, Whincup, Bailey, and Roy being most conspicuous ; the fine game of the halves, Shepherd was wonderfully clever, and plainly showed his value to the team, while Metcalfe combined well with him and clung to Mitchell most pluckily. Behind, Rose was in very good form . The Magpies included the following Old Boys : R. A. Draper and C . J . N . Carter, three quarters ; F. Mitchell and T. S. Spence, halves ; and K. E . 'I' . Wilkinson, B . S . G. Scargill, T. Huffam, and Hood, forwards.
HULL OLYMPIANS. Played on Oct . 2 rst .—The Olympians kicked off, and the ball went into touch . Rose, Metcalfe, and Mr . Lord soon caused the Olympians to defend, but the latter gradually forced their opponents into their own half. When near the centre Mr. Lord kicked, and followed up fast, and, assisted by Leonard, dribbled over the line, but an opponent secured the ball . Leonard now got to within a few yards of the line. From the following scrummage Metcalfe passed to Mr . Lord, who ran and then threw to Partington, who scored ; Mr. Lord failed at goal. The kick out brought no relief to the Olympians, for the School
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attacked strongly, and Eastwood cleverly dropped a goal . Soon after, Bailey broke away from a line out and scored . The same player kicked a goal . The game was now transferred to the School end for a short time, and Eastwood was obliged to save . Mr . Lord took a pass from Partington when near the centre, and feigning to pass several times got in . Bailey again converted . Partington next scored after running half the length of the field, and Bailey kicked his third goal. Half-time was now called . Early in the second half Rose scored behind the posts, and Bailey again kicked a goal . Eastwood was again obliged to save. After the kick out Whincup followed up fast and tackled the Olympians' full back with the ball . The game was now more even for a time, until Metcalfe had an easy run in from touch. Mr . Lord again failed to convert . The Olympians now broke away from a line out, and were not stopped until close on their opponents ' goal line . The following scrummage resulted in a try for the Olympians, and Spence kicked a goal from near the touch line. After the kick off Leonard received a pass from Mr. Lord, and following up his own kick, again scored . Mr . Lord was again unsuccessful, and time was now called . Score : School—5 goals (r dropped), 3 tries (33 points). Olympianas—r goal, 2 minors (5 points). SCHOOL TEA1i :-
Back—A . W . Eastwood . Three-quarter Lacks—Mr . Lord, H . R. Partington, and T. H . Leonard . Half-Lacks—W. A Rose and J. Metcalfe. Forwards .—C . W . Newton, C . P . WW'hincup, R . H . Bailey, T. Romans, S . Dobson, W . C . B . Williams, G . P. Haworth, K. J . Roy, and G . H . Head . REMARKS.
The game was very fast . The School backs were better than their opponents . Newton and Whincup were again the most prominent of the forwards, the latter especially being conspicuous for quick following up .
v. DURHAM SCHOOL. Played at Durham on Saturday, Oct . 28th . Of this, our first school match, we regret that we cannot give a detailed account . We lost the.
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game by 2 goals r try to r try, but were hardly so far behind as the score would show . The game for a time was fairly even, Durham having a bit the best of it and playing with the wind . After about a quarter-of-an-hour, from a throw out between the centre and our 25, Graham took the ball finely and was through almost unopposed, and a goal was kicked . Then we pressed hard and Partington got in, Bailey making a good attempt . For the rest of the first half we kept up the pressure, but just before half-time, from some muddling among our behinds when nearly on their goal line, Graham got hold and ran almost the length of the ground, and again scored under the posts, with the result of another goal . After half-time the game was very hard fought, mostly among the forwards, though our backs had some chances of which they did not avail themselves Just before the end Cumberledge got over for Durham at the corner. The game was a most even one ; Durham took their chances and we did not . The forwards on both sides were much alike in style and ability, the two lots being very equally balanced . Whincup stood out as the best forward on our side on the day . Newton seemed hardly in his best form, but did a lot of work . Of the others Roy was perhaps best . It was behind the scrummage that the match was lost, where the rearrangement . consequent on Shepherd ' s mishap, did not produce the best results . Rose took half and Bailey came out to centre ; neither of them seemed happy . Metcalfe played well, and so did Leonard ; hut Partington seemed slow . Eastwood we never remember to have seen so much out of form ; he did not seem to touch Graham in either of his runs . Once he had his kick charged, an unusual circumstance; yet he had no great amount of work . Had Whincup been at half and Rose at centre, we are inclined to think the result would have been otherwise .
v. WAKEFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Our first match in the Cup competition, played on the School ground on Saturday, November 4th . Having lost the toss we kicked off toward Clifton, and play began at the Wakefield 25 . At starting our passing was bad, and Wakefield getting hold kicked well, to which Eastwood answered, the game remaining in the centre . Partington ran the ball
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to their 25, and here a free kick for " picked out, " taken by Bailey, was charged down . Then Whincup and Metcalfe fed Rose, who ran right through and Bailey landed a neat goal . On restarting, after a scrum in the centre Partington kicked to their 25, and about now our passing was slow and useless ; Wakefield secured and kicked well down the ground . However the forwards brought it back, Newton and Romans leading . The halves then threw to Leonard, who was pushed into touch at the visitors' quarter flag, after which good passing among the behinds nearly scored . Then Leonard running across gave to Partington, who got in, and Bailey again kicked a good goal . For a time play was in the centre, and Whincup tackled well . Then Metcalfe, Whincup, Henson, Williams, and Partington got to the Wakefield end by passing . Then the halves let Wakefield get away, and the threequarters passed forward . Newton threw to Partington, who got in a long way out—Bailey a good shot . Rose returned the drop out, and Whincup following up well made a great run and scored behind the goal . Bailey's kick was a failure . Soon after half-time arrived. Beginning the second half, our passing was again poor, being slow and high ; but after ten minutes or so the form improved a great deal . The first to score was Rose, from a smart piece of play by Bailey, who picked up well in a forward rush and threw out—no goal . After two runs by Partington, Newton broke away from the throw out and scored behind the posts--no goal . Newton was again prominent with a dribble, tackling the full back, and from the scrum Whincup and Metcalfe showed the best piece of play so far, Metcalfe getting behind, still no goal . Whincup ran the ball back, and after Metcalfe had run through the crowd, the ball being returned by Wakefield, Eastwood picked up, and, after a short run, threw to Partington who got in. Leonard then ran and tackled well, and Whincup passed to Rose who went straight in, Eastwood breaking the run of failures at goal . Wakefield then rushed up almost to our goal line, but the forwards, led by Newton, soon brought the game back, and Whincup breaking away from the scrum got in . The place kick was again a wretched failure. From the kick out Partington ran in again—no goal . Then after a lot of passing Dobson scored, and Bailey made a good shot. Then Leonard ran in finely and Partington also scored, from which two goals were kicked . Thus we finished with a lead of 5 goals, 9 tries or 52
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points to nothing . The play sometimes was not of a very high class, the passing being frequently slow and muddied, every now and then something good was done . The place kicking was disgraceful . The individual play does not call for much criticism, as the match was so one-sided .
v. BRADFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Played on our ground on Wednesday, November 8th, after rain, which also fell for a short time during the first half. The game requires little description . We kicked off towards Clifton, and in two minutes Partington ran in from a bounding pass ; in four minutes more Rose scored . Bradford played hard, but could not prevent our scoring ; they found very great difficulty in stopping Partington . Eastwood was successful with all the kicks, in fact, in spite of a wet ball, a pleasing improvement on the previous Saturday . At half-time the score stood at 5 goals, i try—28 points ; the try getters were Partington (3), Rose (2), Newton . After half-time Whincup being damaged went to full back—a broken collar-bone was the state of the case—and Eastwood played half. The scoring progressed steadily, Partington (2), Rose (2), Leonard, Dobson, Metcalfe, and Eastwood all getting tries . Eastwood landed ten goals in front, Bailey made two good tries from a distance. The final score was 62 points—to goals, 4 tries . The best of our forwards were Newton, Haworth, Williams, and Bailey. The passing behind was better than against Wakefield, though Metcalfe was erratic and sometimes slow . Some of the work by the backs was very clean; Partington and Rose ran finely ; Leonard strained a leg early on. Whincup will probably not be able to play again this term, which is a great loss, as he is a fine forward, and did very well at half in Shepherd's place .
v. MR . JOY'S XV. Mr. Joy brought a team against us, as annually, on Saturday, November i I th, and a very even game resulted . In consequence of Whincup ' s accident, the fifteen required re-arranging ; Eastwood
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partnered Metcalfe, Bailey played on the right wing instead of Leonard, who had strained his leg . Mr. Lord was to have played full-back, but as the visitors pleaded weakness behind the scrummage, he went over to their side. On arriving on the field, Mr. Joy was discovered to have sixteen men ; in consequence Mr . Lord went off. Thus the School played their ordinary team with Mr . Head, but were minus a regular full-back . Nevile played in that position for a short time, and was then succeeded by Roy . At starting the visitors, who included three O .P . 's—Wilkinson, Dunkerley, and A . C . Clarke—had the best of matters, and kept the game well in the School half, and scored a goal and a try . Their first try was the result of inexperience in the new fullback, and E . Joy got over without any goal . Wilkinson scored the second try by picking up in a loose dribble, and grounding under the bar . From this a goal was kicked . The School combination now began to tell, and, after several narrow escapes, the visitors' line was crossed by Partington, who put the ball down close to touch-in-goal. Bailey landed a very fine goal . From now to half-time the game was even . The visitors having laid in a new stock of breath, went off again very strong, and scored another unproductive try. After the drop out, the game continued in the School quarters . At last our forwards brought the ball to the centre, and, from good passing by the backs, Partington made a fine run in, and Eastwood converted . Soon after Metcalfe, from a pass of Eastwood's, ran clean through their backs, and when overhauled threw to Partington, who got a third try, Eastwood again kicking a goal . The rest of the play was mostly in our favour. and we won by 3 goals to t goal a tries . The game was a most enjoyable one, the visitors, who were well off in respect of weight and knowledge of the game, failing in point of condition . On the School side the forwards did better than in any previous match, standing up gallantly against superior weight, especially when it is considered that they were short of Bailey, in addition to 11'hineup and Roy. Newton was always prominent, and is playing a very fine game just about now ; all did well, Mr . Head putting in a lot of hard work . Behind Eastwood saved well, and he and Metcalfe combined well, with the exception of some occasionally slow passes . Partington ran wonderfully well, and played better than ever ; Rose and Bailey both played a good game .
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r' . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Played at Leeds on Saturday, November 25th, in a continual downpour of rain . In consequence the ground was in a very poor state, and both players and the ball were soon coated with mud. Leeds started play with a short kick and a rush, and got nearly to our 25 . For a time play was even, some wild passing by one or two of our forwards contributing to this . After about a quarter of an hour ' s play, Partington ran in, having been previously held outside . Eastwood missed the goal, but made up for it immediately after by running, and pretending to put the ball down, got right behind ; this time his kick was successful . Soon after he ran in again, and again kicked a goal. After the re-start we gradually worked down to the Leeds goal, Metcalfe and Nevile been conspicuous, and Partington dropped at goal. His kick was charged, but, getting possession again, he ran in far out. After the drop out Eastwood ran well, and, passing to Rose, the latter scored under the bar ; another goal followed . Just before half-time the Leeds forwards broke away, but Leonard picking up neatly ran across and passed to Partington, who by a long run again scored, and Eastwood kicked another goal . After the interval Leonard got in at the corner, after passing among the backs . Then Partington scored three consecutive tries, first from a long run (Eastwood hitting the bar), then from good passing, and, lastly, after another long run . From this he kicked a good goal from a long way out. The game closed with a smart single-handed piece of play by Leonard, who followed up his kick and gut in . Eastwood kicked six goals out of eight attempts in front ; the ball was very heavy . R . M . Nevile, at full-back, did not touch the ball once . Rose had not recovered from illness ; Partington ran very well, but was wanting in .defence, and Leonard played a very sound game . The halves were both good, played well together, and fed the three-quarters ; the passing and catching behind the scrummage very good . The forwards were nearly always in possession of the ball, and played a good combined game, giving the halves plenty of opportunities . The best were Newton, E . Nevile, Dobson, and Williams .
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Cum circum nuns allocationes Latina; sunt res, Latine scribo, ne saltator communis aut horti mea verba intelligat . Adfuistine ludis contra Picas et Veteres Pueros pugnatis . Quid melius unquam vidisti forma Pastoris vel Vituli Occursi ? Quam eleganter dimidias oppositas insesserunt, quim ad tres quartos ejecerunt ! Quanta peritia Pastor tactum reperit, quanta Vitulus Occursus hominem crure tenet ! Est gloriosum . Homo qui rupit ripam non in eadem via est. Observavisti-ne quanta celeritate Perdix et Rosa current? Ut aiunt eos in vetere Cantii via pulsaverunt verunt . Quot conatus nacti sunt ? Quid de factis Novi Oppidi et Vincentis Poculi et Bald. et Romanorum. Quam perite stillant, capita deponant, ` Tentus ' vocant Mundum lambant . Quid de Orientis Silva . Quam eos defect, lineam suam servat, e difficultatibus se expedit . Quid de ceteris ? Per spatium non licet . Vale . EBORACI. Idibus Octobribus . [To EDITOR OF PETERITE .] DEAR SIR,
May I be allowed, at the close of my connection with the St . Peter's B .C . to make a few remarks on the subject of the new System, which it was lately thought fit to introduce ? As to the letters that have recently appeared in your pages, I shall pass them over in the main, merely hoping that everyone will agree with me that words like ` folly and favouritism, in whatever context, are uncalled for, and in exceeding bad taste . Mr . Eyre's letters, though they have much truth in them on the subject of practice and coaching, do not meet the main difficulty. I need scarcely mention what was the grievance ; that any new system was bound to remove the one-sidedness off the races from top to bottom has been for many years too palpable and absurd to be anything but radically wrong . No mere passing phase could by any chance have been responsible for such total and utter partiality of Fortune . We are told that there was a time, when Day Boys swept the board ; that may have been, but it proved of a very fleeting
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nature, and since that time, the whole complexion of affairs has changed. After careful consideration, you will see that for some time past there has been a growing tendency for Day Boys to leave school at an earlier age than was once the case—at other schools as well as our own, except in the essentially clay schools—and for those, who are likely to stay to any considerable age, to be absorbed as Scholars in the House. This has been at the root of the whole matter, and reached its climax this year, when two, if not three boats, could have been selected from the House to beat any combination of Day Boys whatever. Any change then, was bound in the interests of absolute fairness and the School rowing, to meet this question of age, while still allowing the historic rivalry between Day Boys and Boarders to continue . At the same time it was necessary to introduce the system of Selected Fours for those Seniors, who were thrown out by the age-limit . The new arrangement then, seemed to meet these two points, and, to judge by the immediate results of the past season, was eminently satisfactory, and though it may not be all that might be wished, still in the present state of affairs, a return to the old system could hardly be desired. I must apologise for the length of these remarks, but it seemed to me only right to state the very definite reasons that actuated the charge Let me again ask the authorities of the Boat Club to insist upon its due share in the sports of the year . With a river such as we have, we should be one of the best nurseries for rowing in the country, but without time even for tub-pair instruction we can do little or nothing . Every school has its playing fields, but by no means every school a river, and I am convinced that we should be consulting not only our own interests, but the best interests of the School, by making the fullest use of our natural advantages . We now have new Fours. We still want that still more important boat, the tub-pair . Let our wants be known, and in time they are sure to be supplied, but it is above all important that we should shew that we intend to make good use of what we get. These last remarks have been dictated to me by the feeling that the success of our Boating Club on the whole was not complete by merely beating the Old Peterites each year, and I conclude by hoping that you
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will permit my successor to lead you on to success even more thorough and complete. Your thanks for the little that I have been able to do for the School rowing, I am grateful for, and will merely add that the gratitude of a pupil is a Schoolmaster's greatest reward . Yours faithfully, C . M . MILLER.
NOTES AND ITEMS. The Rev . H . M . Stevenson, M .A ., has been examining for the Cambridge Previous. G . H . Chilman, B . A ., Durham, was ordained in York Minster, and licensed to the curacy of Topcliffe. G II . Head, Esq., B .A ., of Repton and Pembroke, Cambridge (late scholar), has been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Miller's departure to Felstead School. J . A . Ensor, Esq ., B .A ., of the Forest School and Clare, Cambridge, has been appointed Science Master in place of Mr . Sworn appointed to Gravesend Technical School. The following O .P .'s are playing football : F. Mitchell (forward) for Cambridge. N . L . Hood (half) for Surrey. N . L . Hood (half), S . O . Bingham, and F . M . Bingham, (forwards), for St . Thomas' Hospital. C . P . Metcalfe (half) for the United Services. G. V . Birks (three-quarters) for Peterhouse, Cambridge. \V . S . Gofton (forward) for the I-hon . Artillery Company. C . J . N . Carter (three-quarters) for Ealing. T . \V . M . Bennett (forward) for London and Westminster Bank. G . V. Dirks was chosen to play for Cambridge (A), but the match was scratched. The following matches have been arranged by K . E . T . Wilkinson for the O .P. Club : Dec . 19 z' . The School. „ 20 v . York .
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The O.P . General Meeting will be held at the School, on Monday, December 18th, at 5-30. Captain P . H . Flower, R .A ., has passed the Officer ' s Examination in Russian. The last two numbers of the Peterite, 105 and 1o6 were published in July and October. Dr. Bildon Pollard (O .P .) read opening address at University College Hospital, London, Oct . 2nd . See London papers, Oct . 3rd. We have received the following communication from New York. GENERAL TELEOLOGICAL SEMINARY—NEW YORK, U .S .A .—We are pleased to hear that at the entrance examination, held at this Institution last September, an Old Peterite, Marcus H . Carroll, B .A ., was elected to the highest Scholarship awarded, viz .: $4300 a year, for three years . There were sixty candidates, and Mr . Carroll came out first in the Examination. It is satisfactory to know that Old Peterites keel) up the reputation of St . Peter's School in the New World, and that Mr . Carroll has added to the list of honours he gained at the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Canada, which we recorded in a recent issue of the Peterite. MARRIAGE .—Meek—Lucas . On the 19th instant, at St . Hilda ' s Church, Darlington, by the Rev . R . Errington, Rector of Clewer, assisted by the vicar, the Rev. W . Gore-Browne, Ernest Edwin Meek, fourth son of the late Sir James Meek, formerly of Middlethorpe Lodge, York, to Ellen, younger daughter of Arthur Lucas, solicitor, Darlington. BIRTH .—On r3th October, at Livingstone, Staten Island, New York, U .S .A ., the wife of Robert Ward Carroll, O .P ., of a son. The Editors beg to acknowledge the following magazines received since our last issue : Uppingham S . M ., Coventry S .M , Barrovian, Hurst Johnian, Brighton Coll . M ., Portwillis (Toronto) College Times, S .R .G .S . Magazine, Dunelmian (2), Ulula, Leodensian, Sedburghian .
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SCHOOL LETTER. FEAR it is rather late to remark upon the birth of the New Year, as by this time our boat is well launched upon the sea of 1594 ; but as this is the first number of our magazine for the year, I should just like to point out that Big Peter did stir up our midnight repose, as the Old Year left us, with his solemn boom, and the joy-bells rung in the New Year as per usual, a few weeks ago . When we look back upon the `back end ' shall I say, of the Old Year, we burst forth with congratulations to Mr . Yeld for the success of his labours, and those of his kind helpers, Messrs . Preston and Moss ; yes, the " Merchant of Venice " was splendid . In the Old Boys match, the verdict of the previous game was reversed, and we were beaten by a narrow margin of three points . The chance of playing in what was practically the final of the cup was wrested from us owing to Ripon having the measles, and it was decided that both teams should have medals, the cup to be held by the Bradford Tnasurer . It seems rather as if we got the shell, and lost the kernel, but fate seemed against us. At any rate the present system, in case of illness and other such emergencies, seems far from satisfactory . With regard to the holidays, they were longer than usual, a fact which everybody naturally lamented. Skating was conspicuous rather for its absence . So I daresay most people got out a Horace and levelled the Odes, while others tossed off a few books relating to Hydrostatics . However that may be, these holidays like all other holidays came to an end quite soon enough, and we are again plunged into the whirling eddies and unsuspected mantraps, which are laid for
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us by the ancients, and the moderns as well, I grieve to say may Peterites in the coming year steer clear of them and gain great victories for their school . The term ' s boating promises to be a success, at least it will not be the fault of Mr . Head if it is not. We hope the School boat will give the Old Boys another beating. The new boats will, no doubt, add greatly to our improvement ; we shall no more see races rowed in those lumbering old tubs that have been our ordinary racing craft, until by the untiring efforts of Old Boys new boats were provided . I think there are good grounds for saying that the gymnasium is on a better way to being a reality than it ever was before . I don ' t know that there is much more to say. I' m writing on the last day of the holidays, the last mince-pie has been eaten, the last crumbs of the Christmas plum pudding have disappeared, and I cannot but grieve to think that by the time Messrs. Ben Johnson have finished with these long pages of manuscript, and the School letter fills up the usual page of The Peterife, the term will be well on its way . Adieu, sweet friends, adieu, especially to the burly form of C . Newton, a prominent member of both cricket and football teams, who has turned his back on these four walls for ever.
THE SCHOOL PLAY. I' has been said that the school always improves on the play of the preceding year, and whether this be true or not, we can certainly say that no school play has ever met with such success as the second performance of the " Merchant of Venice," at any rate within the memory of those at the school now. This, too, is all the more creditable as about the middle of November the influenza deprived us of our stage-manager for a week or two, and with such a formidable play before us, this seemed to strike a severe blow at the success of the play. However, a temporary substitute was soon found in Mr . Preston and under his supervision we made some progress . We had Mr. Yeld back the last fortnight before the end, and though having some anxiety lest the same disease which was seizing on
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some fresh victim from time to time, should take away some prominent actor, we arrived at the week before the performance without any such misfortune coming to pass . Then came, not the influenza fiend, but that energetic and good-natured Old Boy Mr . Hugh Moss, who was staying in York for a week, and gave up two or three nights to come and coach us, and so we arrived at the end of our labours with a result as satisfactory as could be wished . Captain Lindberg once again was good enough to paint some scenery for us and simply put into the shade all his former pictures by the " Street in Venice " ; which is saying a great deal. Our heartiest thanks are due to those who helped us to achieve this result, more especially to Dr. Naylor and Dr . Hingston, and of course to 1\Ir . Moss . The epilogue was as usual written by Mr . Veld, and was read by llassanio . An extract from the Yorkshire Herald, and a criticism, will be found below.
'pc c:7eicliattf of Teficc. By \V"ILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Circa 1 595 . The Duke of Venice The Prince of dlorocco Suitors to Portia The Prince of Arragon f Antonio (a merchant of Venice) Gassanio (his friend, suitor likewise to Portia) Salan:o Salerino Friends to Antonio and Lassanio Gr aliano Salerio Lorenco (in love with Jessica) Shylock (a rich Jew) Tribal (a Jew, his friend) . . .. Launa.lot Gobbo (the clown, servant to Shylock) .. Old G,'bbo (his father) Leonardo (servant to Bassanio) Balthasar Servants to Portia St phano Portia (a rich heiress) .. Iverissa (her waiting maid) ..
H . R . PARTINGTON. A . W. EASrwoon. . . (C . P . WHixCCP. . . J . E . METCALFE. . . W . A . ROSE. (B . DRAPER. A . M . SULLIVAN. • • C . W . NEWTON. S . DOBSON. . . G . P . IIAWORTH. R . H . BAILEY. K . J . Roy. W . C . B . WILLIAMS. J . SiiP,FHERn. . . L. H . MorsER. ( E. M . HINGSTON. {l R. K . VELD. . . G . G . VELD. N . F . ADms.
F . CLEMONS. Jessica (daughter to Shylock) Magnilicucs of Venice, Officers of the Court of Justice . Gaoler, Servants to Portia, and other attendants .
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A Street.
2 . —Belmont .
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ACT II. Scene 1 .-Venice . Before Shylock 's House. 2,—Belmont . A Room in Iortia's House. 3 .—Venice .
A Street.
4 .—Belmont. A Room in Portia's House. ACT III. Scene 1 .—Venice . .1 Street. 2 .—Belmont . A Room in Portia ' s House. 3 .—Venice . A Street. 4 .—Belmont . The Gardens of Portia's IIousc. ACT IV. Scene 1 .—Venice . A Court of Justice. 2 .—Venice . A Street. ACT V. Scene I .—Belmont . "Phe Gardens of Portia's House. The New Scenery by T . II . Lindberg, Esq. 7'he .11usic for the son„ "7rll me where is fancy bred in Act III, specially composed for the occasion by Dr . NAYLOR, Organist of York !Minster. The Solo sung by M . SCOTT, accompanied by A . SAMPLE, Esq. Committee. C . W . NEWTON . ~ \V . A . RusE. Holt .
R . II . BAILEY .
E. W . 11 . IIENSON.
S .crdary and Treasurer. A . Ti . EASTWOOD. Assistant Secretary.
J . E. METCALFE.
77re Stag. Stage Manager ..
G . VELD, Esq.
Prompter
If . R. PARTINUTON.
..
Under-Prompter
F . C . I1E1.
Property Man .. Super blaster . .
C . P. CAss.
Call Boys
C . 1' . \\- IIINCUr. , .
C . SPENCE, R .
G.
PAVER-CROW .
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The annual representation of one of Shakespeare ' s plays was given at St. Peter's School, York, on Saturday night . The piece chosen this year was " THE MERCHANT OF' VENICE, " an interval of thirteen years having elapsed since it was last put on the school stage . The full-dress rehearsal or "Children's Night" was given on Thursday afternoon, the Archbishop of York and Mrs . Maclagan being among the spectators . Shakespeare is always a difficult subject for amateurs, still more so for boys ; but, in spite of this initial difficulty, the performance was in every way worthy of the play . The scenic arrangements were excellent. Two new scenes of Venice had been kindly painted by Mr . '1'. H. Lindberg, and both were much admired, the one which showed the Column of St . Mark obtaining special notice and appreciation . Taking the performance as a whole, before remarking on individual players, it might very well be said that it is even above the good average of the St . Peter ' s plays . Enough praise cannot be bestowed on the untiring energy which Mr . Veld must have displayed to bring his " company '' to their state of perfection. Individual criticism is always hard on young players ; overpraise, on the contrary, often doing much harm ; but there are a few characters which cannot be passed over without notice . The honours of the evening were undoubtedly carried off by Bailey, who sustained the difficult part of Shylock with real ability . His conception of the character was distinctly artistic, and he was remarkably successful in the trial scene in depicting first the revengeful, inexorable creditor, gloating over the opportunity to indulge a hatred intensified by many wrongs to himself and his race, and then the suppliant pleading for mercy from the very tribunal which he had urged to be punctilious in fulfilling the strict letter of the law . Throughout the play the gesture and action were in complete accord with his words, and he never fell into what is so often a young player's fault in a long part—monotony. U. Veld, as Portia, had undoubtedly a very hard part to play, but he did it well . He scarcely seemed to realise the crisis reached in the casket scene where Bassanio makes his choice, B
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in which the Jew story, the ring story, and the love episode between Portia and Bassanio all really culminate ; but, apart from this, he sustained the r%ile he had to play really well, his performance in the trial scene being dignified and sympathetic. Rose, as Bassanio, threw more life into his acting than any of His accompanying the others, with the exception of SlaArk. . Antonio was well done by Metcalfe, actions were especially good his pleasant and quiet voice . with an apparent tinge of natural melancholy, suiting the part to perfection . Old Gobbo and Launcelot were equally rendered by Shepherd and Williams, the latter' s soliloquy on the calls of "Conscience and the Fiend " being excellently performed, and Haworth made a picturesque Lorenzo. Of the rest, it is impossible to say more than they all helped to make the play one of the most successful yet seen at St . Peter ' s . All the characters were called before the curtain at the end of the fourth act, and a similar compliment was paid to Mr . G. Veld, the stage manager, Mr. T . H . Lindberg, Mr . Hugh Moss, and others, who had assisted to make the performance a success . Mr. Veld said they desired to thank Mr. Lindberg for his artistic pictures ; Dr. Hingston for the loan of plants ; Dr. Naylor, who composed a charming setting of "Tell me where is fancy bred, " in the third act ; Mrs . Burton, and Dlr . Hugh Moss . It was to Mr . Hugh Moss that the school owed those representations of Shakespeare . (Applause .) Though he was a very busy man, he had found time to go down two evenings and coach the boys—(applause)—and they were deeply grateful to him . He was always ready to do everything he could for the school . The full cast of characters was as follows :— The Duke of Venice, H . R . Partington ; the Prince of Morocco, the Prince of Arragon, suitors to Portia, A . W. Eastwood and C . P . Whincup ; Antonio, a merchant of Venice, J . E . Metcalfe Bassanio, his friend, suitor likewise to Portia, W . A. Rose; Salanio, Sabrina, Gratiano, and Salerio, friends to Antonio and Bassanio, B . Draper, A . M . Sullivan, C . W . Newton, and S. Dobson ; Lorcnao, in love with Jessica, G . P . Haworth Slrylork, a rich Jew, R . H . Bailey ; Tuba/, a Jew, his friend ,
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K . J . Roy ; Lanncelot Gobbo, the clown, servant to Shylock, W . C . B . Williams ; Old Gobbo, father to Launcelot, J . Shepherd ; Leonardo, servant to Bassanio, L. H . Moiser ; Balthasar and Stethano, servants to Pcrl. t, E . M . Hingston and R . K . Yeld ; Portia, a rich heiress, G . G . Yeld ; Nerissa, her waiting maid, N . F. Addis ; Jessica, daughter to Shylock, F . Clemons . Mr . G. Veld acted as stage manager, H . R. Partington as prompter
F. C .
Hey as under-prompter, C . P. Cass as property man
C . P . Whincup
as
Paver-Crow as call
super-master, and
boys .
C.
Spence and
At the conclusion
following epilogue was recited
of
R . G.
the play_ the
by Piassanio :—
THE EPILOGUE. Sweet friends, on these occasions we usually report Our chief successes in the world of scholarship and sport ; But this year's great event—this year's triumphant joy has been The gracious visit paid us by our future King and Queen. 'Tis not by armies or by fleets Victoria holds her throne, But by the far more mighty force that springs from love alone ! And dear as she is dear shall be her ever-glorious line, And dear the Duke and Duchess too who could so well divine The gift that brings to every boy the joy-blush on the cheek, The undivided pleasure of the glorious extra week. Long live the Duke and his lovely Bride ! and when they come to rule May they still feel a kindly love for England's oldest School. On Cam and Isis I'eterites some worthy deeds have done ; Clarke (t) at St . Catherine's the place of premier scholar won ; Leaf (2) has attained the shining heights attained but by so few, And crowned a First-Class in Part One with a First Class in Part Two. Wilkinson (3) came so near a First, his Second seems a fraud, And Williams (4) too, while Cotterill (5) scored a triumph we applaud At Balliol,—where St . Peter's in years successive made So great a mark in days of yore with Fausset and with Wade, While in the field of poetry we've pleasant news to tell In the great success of him (6) who wrote the lay of " Ashtorel ." And every lover of the School congratulates it on its Claim to the famous Author (7) of " A Century of Sonnets ." N .B . If any Peterite goes in for mountaineering, We recommend one volume (8) of a series now appearing ; The work is portable in form, and practical in tone, " Who's view is this?" you ask, and I reply " The author's own . "
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At Football we ' ve not done amiss—and hearty thanks accord', To those who helped us—notably to Messrs . Head and Lord. For if we have not won the cup outright, we yet can say We scored three times as many points as the School we missed to play. Mitchell (a) at Cambridge got his " Blue "—a right good man is he, oh ! And at St . Thomas's we boast a much-applauded trio. We wish for Mr. Barnby all joy in his repose, Long years before " the setting sun and music at the close ." Success to Mr. Sample's skill ! And may Lorenzo's reasons Keep safe one tender juvenals from Erebus and treasons. Mr . Miller is, we trust, by this at Felstead well afloat ; We none of us shall e'er forget what he did for our Boat ; That Boat that four years running the O .P.'s gave to lose, Although they all were men of mark and made distinguished crews. We welcome Mr . Head and trust that when he holds the tiller He'll coach us with the same success achieved by Mr . Miller. We hope life's wheels with Mr . Sworn to music sweet are speeding, And joy's thermometer ne'er gives less than a normal reading. And we all for Mr . Ensor wish a strong crop of successes In the shape (we've turned them out ere now) of future F .R .S's. Sweet friends, we thank you deeply for your gracious patronage Your kind applause it is that makes the sunshine of our stage. This year we felt some qualms, we felt how great had been our loss, Because " The Merchant" here was first put on this stage by Moss. We felt we were audacious —our consciences reproached us When lo ! Hugh Moss himself appeared and opportunely coached us! So that if we have failed, sweet friends, this charming play to render, Be to our faults a little more than usually tender. But this we know you will be—and therefore with a cheer Wish you a merry Christmas and the happiest New Year. (1) E . W . Clarke, First Open Classical Scholarship, St . Catharine's College, Cambridge. (2) F . Leaf, Frst-class in the Classical Tripos, Cambridge, Part I ., 1892, Part II, 1893, now VI. Form Master at Marlborough. (3) K . E. T . Wilkinson, exhibitioner of Caius College, Cambridge, second-class, 1st division Classical Tripos. ( t ) H . It . Williams, Hastings Exhibitioner, Queen's College, Oxford, 2nd Class Honours Moderations. (5) C . 13 . Cotterill, the open Mathematical Scholarship, Balliol College, Oxford. (6) E . \V . L'rockbank, author of Ashtorel and other poems (London ; Began, Paul & Co.) (7) Samuel Waddington, author of "A Century of Sonnets ." (8) The Climbers' Guide to the Mountains of Cogne, by G . Veld and W . Coolidge (London : Fisher Unwin). (9) F . Mitchell, Caius College, played for Cambridge versus Oxford. (1o) N. L. Hood, S. O . Bingham, F . M . Bingham, play for St . Thomas 's Hospital, and Hood for Surrey County .
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CRITICISM OF THE PLAY. I' seems a little invidious to be asked to write under so painful a heading, and suggests the thought that animadversions are asked for where only admiration would have been offered ; but, the opportunity occurring, it may he permissible to say that the last " Theatricals " did give room both for warm congratulation and for that form of hopefulness that arises from a possibility of improvement . The selection of the " Merchant of Venice " was naturally a popular one ; but the production of a well-known play works in two ways ; its familiarity helps off the sketchiness inseparable from an amateur performance ; it also emphasizes that demand for accuracy of treatment which is brought to a scholarly presentation, and a scholarly presentation It struck the casual observer, howis looked for at St . Peter' s . ever, that in character, situation, even in wording, the rendering departed from the lines laid down by Shakespeare . Ex pede Ncrculem "Good signiors both, when shall we laugh?" Bassanio is made to say to the most solemn of a solemn company : Was it sarcasm ? Gratiano announces his aim in the exclamation "Let me play the fool ;" but he never did : he was perhaps let in another sense . It was the gentlest statement of fact that drew forth Shylock's comment : " Why, look you, how you storm !" a rare thing in storms, and very like a Scotch mist. A perfectly gratuitous piece of vulgarity, neither art nor nature, making the Rothschild of Venice look like a squinting cobbler, allowed him no more than time to hurry to his feet to say "I stand here for law ." Even old Gobbo marred a delightfully clever impersonation by repeatedly wandering to the wings in a series of speeches written as interruptions to his son . A play is not a series of stage effects. The distinguishing merit of the performance was the deliberate distinctness of enunciation with which nearly every part was spoken . Lorenzo, especially, it was a delight to listen to : his effort, be it said with bated breath and whispering humbleness, was what may be called the selfishness of the playing . A "part" is plainly a part, a part of the dramatic whole, not of a scene,
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not even only of a play,—when Shakespeare writes it--but of an irnagined stretch of human life ; and this effect is not produced by players who from time to time turn to the footlights, repeat a few lines to the circumambient air and drop back into their native indifference. There were exceptions. Bassanio was one . His part in the play is secondary, almost passive, yet from first to last he was alive, with a share and an interest, not only in what he did, but in what every one else did too ; even when returning to the stage he produced the impression that he had been laughing with Gratiano or There should, however, be a limit : Shylock visiting Portia. over-passed it in under-going somewhere some treatment not prescribed by Shakespeare, which metamorphosed his decrepit, sticksupported crookedness into a firm sturdiness between the third act and the fourth. After all, these are "minor points," only to be mentioned here. It was a very pleasant performance, well mounted, smoothly played, creditable to all concerned . The " Merchant " is not a comic play, but the management, knowing our taste, kindly provided a little fun with comets and balconies, blue globes, blue sheets of paper, and smirch faced magnificos for which we were grateful . It is not necessary to specify merit separately again here ; that has been duly chronicled in another place . The hope cannot, however, be too often expressed that the third perfor mance will follow on the second with shorter interval than divided this from the first.
hOOTBALL. SCHOOL v . OLI) BOYS. Played on Dec . 19 . Rose won the toss, and the Old Boys kicked against a rather strong wind . From a scrummage in the School half Mitchell passed to Lord, but the ball went wide, and the School forwards coming up, kicked to the O .P .'s 25, where Lord saved . By a similar piece of play the ball was taken to the School 25 . Partington now received a pass and ran well, but Lord and Draper, by smart runs, took the ball
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back . The last named immediately after stopped a dangerous rush . Dunkerley came through a scrummage and dribbled to Rose, who kicked into touch . Partington received the ball from Metcalfe, and gained ground by a judicious kick into touch. Atkinson now got away with a dribble, but kicked too hard, and the ball went to Wheelwright, who dodged several opponents cleverly, and kicked to Spence . Mitchell now ran from the centre to the School 25, where he again got the ball and passed to Crombie. who was pushed into touch . Soon after, Eastwood got the ball near the centre and got clean through his opponents, Directly but Carter caught him about a yard from the line . afterwards, Eastwood made a similar run, and got in between the posts . The same player kicked the goal . Lord kicked off, and the ball finallly went into touch in the School 25 . Mitchell here got the ball from a scrummage, and was only stopped close to the goal line by Wheelwright . Wilkinson next got the ball from Mitchell and sprinted over the line. Lord kicked a goal. Half-time was now called. After a very short interval Newton restarted, the ball going to Mitchell, who returned it well . After several prolonged scrummages in the School half, Mawson picked up and was not stopped until he got close to the line, where Wheelwright brought him down . The School forwards gradually forced their opponents back to the centre, but Mitchell led another attack, and passed to Crombie, who got close to the line . Here followed several well-fought scrummages, but at last Mitchell received the ball from Wilkinson and passed to Lord, who got in after a strong Partington kicked run . Mitchell failed in his attempt at goal . out, the ball going to Lord, who ran and threw to Draper, but the ball went wide, and the latter had to save . A similar mistake by the School let in their opponents, who rushed the ball to the line . The following scrummage resulted in a minor. Soon after the kick out, Crombie dribbled over the line, but failed to secure the ball . Time was now called . Score OLD
Boys, i goal, r try (S points). r goal (5 points) .
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REMARKS .—The game was mainly a forward one, the strong wind interfering with passing . Owing to the late start, the last half of the game was played in semi-darkness, which made it difficult to distinguish the forwards . The Old Boys played fourteen men only . Teams back, H . Wheelwright ; three-quarter backs, H . R . Partington, W . A . Rose, '1' . Leonard ; half-backs, A. W . Eastwood, J . E . Metcalfe ; forwards, C. W. Newton, R . H . Bailey, T. Romans, S . Dobson, G . P . Haworth. W. C . B . Williams, K . J . Roy, E . F. Nevile, E . IV. H . Henson. OLD Bovs .—Three-quarter backs . P . E . Lord (capt .), R . A . Draper, '1' . S . Spence ; half-backs, F . Mitchell, K . E . T . Wilkinson; forwards, J . A . Dunkerley, J . A . Mawson, E . S . D . Carter, B. S . J . Scargill, N . T. Crombie, E . W . Clarke, W . H . M. Hancock, R . Whincup, M . F. Atkinson. ScxooL .—Full
OLD BRADFORDIANS. Played on the School Ground on Saturday . December g, and resulted in a win for the School by 17 points to nil. Bradford won the toss, and Rose kicked off with a slight wind in his favour, and the return being prevented, play settled down in the visitors' 25 . The School continued to press, and some good passing between Metcalfe, Mr . Lord, and Rose nearly resulted in Partington scoring, but the tackling of the visitors was very sure. The ball was kept in the Bradfordians ' half, but their defence was so good that we could not get it away . Soon, however' the visitors were penalised for offside tactics near the posts, and Eastwood landed a goal . After the kick off Bradford pressed, but could not score . Partington then picked up in the loose, got through several of his opponents, and scored near the posts after running three-quarters the length of the field . Eastwood failed at goal . The visitors pressed again, and half-time was After the interval a series called with play in the home 25 . of scrums took place at the half-way, and the School forwards, headed by Newton, Bailey, Haworth, and Mr . Head, rushed the ball to the 25 line . From a scrummage here, Metcalfe got possession
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and started a bout of passing, which ended in Mr . Lord scoring, all the backs having previously handled the ball . No goal . The visitors pressed again, but nothing came of it, and a forward rush on the part of the School, in which Newton, Dobson, and Mr . Head were conspicuous, took play into neutral territory, where Rose got the ball out to Partington, who scored behind the posts after a magnificent run, a goal resulting. After the kick off, the York forwards took the ball into the visitors' territory, and Bradford were defending when the whistle blew, with the score : School—2 goals (r penalty), 2 tries Old Bradfordians—nil.
(17
points).
The School on the whole played very well, the forwards having a distinct advantage over their op ponents, Newton, Mr . Head, Bailey, Haworth, and Dobson being always to the fore . Partington was the best of the backs, though all played a sound game, and the passing was very good. The past season, though successful as regards results, has been in several ways unsatisfactory . We started with a back team that fitted themselves into their places, and in the first two matches gave great promise . Then Shepherd hurt his knee— off the field, be it noted—and upset matters considerably . After some manipulation, in which period we lost the Durham Match, Whincup developed into a good companion for Metcalfe, and all seemed well again, though the forwards were necessarily weakened by his withdrawal . In his second match in this new position he broke his collar-bone, and a new half was needed . It was then found needful to bring up Eastwood from full-back and trust to our three-quarters to protect his substitute . And this last arrangement brought us to the end of the term, but not without some anxieties, for Eastwood was himself laid up with influenza for a fortnight . However he missed no matches, and was one of the seven who played in all the ten games of the term, slight illnesses keeping others out of the team . Several matches also fell through from various causes, including our match with
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Ripon, which would have settled the destination of the Cup. And with all due deference to the Committee, it passes our comprehension how a Challenge Cup can be taken away from the holders except after a defeat . This is one consideration which must have escaped their notice . To pass on from the disagreeable, out of the ten matches played, 8 have been won and 2 lost— against Durham and against the Old Boys (the second match). The latter match is reported in the present number ; it was only lost by the majority of a try after an even game, and the effects of a week ' s idleness seemed to tell on the School . Perhaps the best victory of the team was against Mr . Joy's team, when with some six of the team away the match was won . The forwards, excellently led by Newton, came on a great deal towards the end of term . Though lacking in weight their combination improved considerably, and all the men promise well . Behind the scrummage owing to the mishaps already mentioned the combined work was hampered, but they often showed up well, and Partington 's running was a feature . The total scores were—for the School, 40 goals, 28 tries, or 281 points against 7 goals, 4 tries, or 47 points of our opponents . The tries have been scored by Partington, 28; Rose, 11 ; Leonard, 7 ; Eastwood, 4 ; Mr. Lord, Newton, \Vhincup, Metcalfe, 3 . Dobson, 2 ; Shepherd and Bailey, 1 . Eastwood dropped one goal and placed one from a penalty ; he kicked 20 out of 25 shots in front. CHARACTERS OF THE TEAM. 1V. A . RosE (Capt .) ; Three-quarter, 9st. Sibs ., 189x .—Plays in the centre, and has worked very hard for the success of his team ; tackles and runs well ; has improved in kicking; passes unselfishly, but spoils it by delaying the least fraction in throwing out ; should not confine himself to the overhead throw. A . W . EASTWOOD . Full-back, 9st . 12lbs., 1S91 .-A good kick ; saves very well, and is generally a safe tackler ; towards the end of the season proved useful at half, stopping rushes well ; improved in passing and running.
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Left Three-quarter, rest . 21bs ., 1891 .-A beautiful runner, dodges and hands off well ; can kick a long way, and takes his passes well ; is improving on the defence, marking his man better, but still does not like saving.
H . R . PARTINGTON .
Forward, 13st ., 1892 .-An untiring worker from beginning to end ; always near the ball ; very good out of touch and dribbles fairly ; a strong tackler ; has led the forwards excellently.
C . W . NEWTON .
Forward, lost . 31bs ., 1892 .-Another worker with a good knowledge of the game ; for his weight is admirable : tackles especially well ; played a good game at half until his accident, passing and kicking well.
C . P . WHINCUP .
Half-back, 9st . 61bs ., 1S93 .-Played better with Shepherd than with any of his late companions ; did a lot of tackling and saving ; sometimes a little wild in passing ; can run well, and might with advantage run more.
J . E . METCALFE .
Forward, lest . 61bs ., 1893 .-Has unluckily been called upon to play behind the scrummage on several occasions, with moderate success ; much more useful in the "scrum, " where he shoves hard, and makes good use of his pace in the loose ; a very fair place kick.
R . H. BAILEY .
Right Three-quarter, 9st . 71bs., 1893 .-With a little more pace would be very good ; always safe and to be relied on ; tackles and kicks well ; is better at running through his men than round ; should try to keep to his own wing.
T . H . LEONARD .
Forward, 9st . 71bs ., 1893 .-Is a little wanting in head, but an undeniable worker ; too fond of picking up in the loose ; tackles and saves well .
T. ROMANS .
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Forward, inst . rzlbs ., 1893 .—Improved very much as the season went on ; makes good use of his weight in the scrummage ; is good out of touch ; wants to tackle harder.
S. DOBSON.
G . P . HAWORTH . Forward, lost. 21bs ., 1813 .—Is fairly fast, and generally on the ball ; tackles well ; with more weight ought to be good. Forward, 9st. 91bs ., I893 .-Good in the open, dribbling and passing well ; works well in the scrummage; should tackle harder.
W, C . B . WILLIAMS .
K . J . Rol, . Forward, 9st . 21bs ., 1893 .—For his size one of the best of the forwards ; works very hard and tackles very safely ; a little short of pace. E . F . NEVILE . Forward, lost . 41bs ., 1893 .—Also very much improved ; fairly fast and dribbles well ; has plenty of dash and tackles well. E . W . H . HENSON . Forward, 11st. 71bs ., 1893 .—Useful in the loose, dribbling and tackling well ; ought to do more scrummage work for his weight .
O.Y. CLUB. T a committee meeting held at the School on Monday, Dec.
A 18, the following were elected members :—R . H . Bailey, `C . J . W . Grindrod, 'I'. H . Leonard, C . W . Newton, R . C . 'I'ute, W . H. Webb, T. B . Whytehead. Subsequently the annual General Meeting should have been held, but the only members present were the Rev . G . T . Handford. and M . F . Atkinson, E . S . D . Carter, J . B . Clarke, E . IV. Clarke, P . E . Lord, W . A. Pearson, and G. Yeld .
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YORK DISTRICT.
The sixth annual dinner of the Old Peterite Club for the York District was held on the loth December last, at the Station Hotel . Twenty-four Old Peterites sat down to an excellent repast . The Rev. Canon Browne, at considerable personal inconvenience, most kindly travelled from London to take the chair, for which the heartiest thanks of all Old Peterites will undoubtedly be given to him . It was with great pleasure that all were able once again to meet Canon Elwyn, without whose genial presence and brilliant eloquence the dinner would have been a very different affair. After dinner, the CHAIRMAN (Canon Browne) proposed the health of "The Queen and the rest of the Royal Family . " He said that throughout the whole of her reign—an unprecedentedly long reign—she had endeared herself to all her subjects ; that a word from the Queen of England had more influence throughout the world than that of anyone else . He alluded to her judgment in that when choosing a title for the heir presumptive to the throne of England, she had taken the opportunity of reviving that most ancient and honourable one of " York . " The CHAIRMAN next proposed the toast of the " Archbishop, the Clergy of the Diocese and Ministers of all Denominations, " and said that St . Peter ' s School ,ought to take the greatest interest in the Archbishop, for the first real Archbishop of York (Egbert) was also Headmaster of the School . He also mentioned the close connection of the School with the Minster , and said he had great pleasure in coupling this toast with the name of one of the most distinguished of all Old Peterites, the Rev . 1V . Y . Fausset.
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The Rev . W . Y . FAUSSET in replying referred to the interest the Archbishops always shewed in the school by annually presenting a prize for classics, which prize he had had the pleasure of carrying off more than once . He spoke of the clerical side of a schoolmaster's life and thanked them for so kindly receiving his name and the toast in such a cordial manner. Mr. MANN next proposed the " Army, Navy, and Auxiliary Forces, " Old Peterites, he said, were always ready to take their places in the forces it was so important for England to keep up, he wished there had been some member of the army or navy present to reply, but he had great pleasure in coupling the name of Col . White, who had risen to great distinction in the auxiliary forces, with this toast. Lt .-Col . WHITE in replying thanked the company for the manner in which they had received the toast. He knew of many O .P .'s who had joined the army and navy and he wondered where they were at the present time . General Roberts had said that the present condition of the army and especially of the commissariat was excellent. The navy he was afraid, was hardly so efficient as England would like to see it . The Reserve Forces in York were fairly satisfactory and he hoped they would go on improving. Mr. MUNBY proposed the health of the " Masters, Past and Present . " There was no need for him to speak of Mr. Handford• We all knew him and we all revered him . He personally wished he could see more of him . He was glad to hear of the school keeping up its reputation and to read of its frequently distinguished scholars . He looked down the table and saw Mr . Yeld ; he should think there probably never was a more popular or excellent To-night they were favoured by the appearance of master . Canon Elwyn in whose presence he dare say nothing . It was a pleasure to see him . He believed there was no man living, whose absence from York was more regretted than Canon Ewlyn ' s. He had done his best to bring some of his old schoolfellows to the dinner, but he was sorry to say with but little success . He alluded to Archdeacon Hey, (who brought out the backbone in the boys and who taught them stability of character) and Mr. Harrison and " Tommy " Richardson .
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Canon ELwvx, who was enthusiastically received, replied in one of his characteristically eloquent speeches . He spoke of Archdeacon Hey and how dear to himself was the memory of the Archdeacon . He was, at Charterhouse, daily reminded of Mr. Richardson, for whenever he visited Mr . Richardson's son, there he saw the old master's portrait staring him in the face . The first half-holiday that he (Canon Elwyn) gave to the school was because Mr. Richardson was 70 years old, and after it was over he discovered that a holiday had been given for the same reason the year before . Of Mr. Harrison the least that could possibly be said was that he was always a perfect gentleman . Mr. Tomlinson was still, he believed, as well as ever and a short time ago he (the speaker) had received a letter from Mr. Robertson . At the other end of the table he saw Mr . Yeld, but Mr. Yeld was a mere chicken, as a master, compared to Mr . Scargill . When he first came to the school, he found Mr. Scargill there and whenever he had the pleasure of seeing him, he always seemed to be the same now as then . He then spoke of Mr . Freeman, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Lord . He looked back to the years he spent in York with great pleasure and followed the doings of the old school with great interest, always reading " The Peterite " to see how it was getting on . It was a great pleasure for him to be present at their annual dinner once again. The CHAIRMAN next gave the toast of the " Old Peterite Club ." He said the toast list sent to him by the Secretary had contained the to him mysterious initials of " O .P . " in describing this toast. This on the system of O .K . meaning " all correct, " he had translated to be "All Perfect ." He said the earliest description of Peterites was that of Alcuin in a letter to Charlemagne, when he called them Scions of Paradise. " IIe hoped Mr . I-Iandford was able to call them that now . \Vhen he was at school he had frequently been knocked down for being a " Peterite, " which was a term of great reproach then, but now it seemed to have become an honoured title . There was one way in which Old Peterites could do a great deal of good to the School ; that was by sending Young Peterites there . (Hear, hear .)
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Mr . NAYLOR responded to the toast in a witty and humorous speech . He regretted the smallness of the number of O .P . ' s present, but suggested that quality was there if not quantity. If only our whole dissembly were to appear we should be a large club ." Canon ELwIN then proposed " The School, " and referred to the great debt the School owed the chairman for proving its antiquity. After speaking of the pleasure it gave him to see his old servant " James, " he alluded to the recent distinctions gained by Leaf, Clarke, Wilkinson and Cotterill, Fausset and Wade . The School was worthily maintaining the traditions of the past. The Rev. G . T . HANDFORD replied, and thanked Canon Elwyn for proposing the toast in so kindly a manner . The School was very much alive at the present time. After alluding to the recent Royal visit and the success gained by Cotterill in the Scholastic world and Mitchell in the Athletic, he read a letter received from Mr . Henry Mills, an old boy in New Zealand. Mr . MITCHELL then proposed " The School Athletic Club, " and spoke of the last boat race (of which he had a lively recollection), which the School won easily . After touching on the School ' s football season, he coupled the toast with the name of Mr . Lord, than whom no one had done more for the School sports in every way. Mr . P . E . LoRD responded, and said that in the last 1 o years seven Old Peterites had obtained their " blues ." At football during the last term the School had only been beaten twice. Mr . AVILKINSON proposed the toast of the " Theatricals . " The School had now obtained a high reputation for their annual theatricals. Last year's performance had undoubtedly been an unqualified success. He coupled this toast with the name of Mr . Yeld, without whose kind and able supervision they would not be able to exist. Mr . YELD replied. He slid the theatricals were a great pleasure to him, and it was with sorrow that he thought of the now dismantled stage and the play that was no more . IIe spoke of the kind way in which Mr . Preston had come forward and managed the play when he (for the first time for 16 years) was unable to be present owing to illness . He alluded to the way in which the theatricals impressed
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the beauties of Shakespeare on the boys ' memories, and spoke of the advantages they had sustained in having Hugh Moss in York to coach them for a couple of nights. Mr. YEI.D then proposed the health of the Chairman, which was drunk with musical honours, as was also that of Canon Elwyn. The Rev . G. T . HANDPORD proposed the " O .P . Pinner Committee, " to which Mr . D . CARTER, the Secretary, suitably replied. It is a matter of great regret to the committee that so few Old Peterites were present . This is the smallest dinner that has yet been held, and it is very disheartening to find it so . The paucity of diners is somewhat accounted for by the dinner being held before the other schools had broken up, but surely there must be more than 24 Old Peterites who are sufficiently loyal to the old School who would like to be present at such a gathering as this . The Committee fear that the blame must be laid on their shoulders, and if this is so, they most respectfully ask all Old Peterites who have the welfare of the School at heart, and who would like to, at least once a year, meet their old schoolfellows and talk over their old school clays, to point out any way whereby the attendance at the dinner might be increased . They would also be glad if Old Boys would forward them the names and addresses of any Old Peterites they may know of . The dinner must not be allowed to fall through, but if more Old Boys do not appear at it than have done on the last two occasions it must infallibly do so. The following is a list of those present :—The Rev . Canon Browne, Rev. Canon Elwyn, Rev . G . T . Handford, Rev . W . Y. Fausset, Lieut .-Col . White, and Messrs . G. Yeld, F . J . Munby, T . G . Mann, J . F. Walker, J . L . Shann, A . Raimes, A . E . Chapman, F . Mitchell, P. E . Lord, K . E . T . Wilkinson, H . and E . W . Crossley, M . F . Atkinson, R . Whincup, D . Naylor, E . W . Clarke, T . Spence, A . Peters, and D . Carter .
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POETRY. Calm and clear was the Summer sky, At peace the gentle bay ; Watching the seabirds (live and fly Whilst the wavelets (lanced in play, Sadly it came to me, "There shall be no more sea, " This cannot always be. Inky black was the Winter sky, Fierce foamed the frantic bay ; Watching the doomed ship helpless lie half hid in billow and spray, Gladly it came to me, This cannot always be, "There shall be no more sea . " So, under life's changing sky, Oftimes a peaceful clay ; "That this were eternal," we cry ; Then wreck, billow and spray ; Welcome, thou old decree, This shall not always be, Time shall roll on to Eternity . BEARI)OE.
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NOTES AND ITEMS. Rev . C . F . Husband appointed to the Curacy of Cudworth. R . Crosthwaite, Pemb. Coll ., Cambridge, proceeded to M A. degree. We congratulate Rev . J . M . Marshall, who has so often entertained us at Durham, on his appointment to the Rectory of Croft, near Darlington. Old Peterites of many generations will hear with deep regret of the death in a ripe old age of William Tomlinson, F .R .A .S ., who for nearly thirty years was a Master in the School, and had special charge of the Civil and Military Department. Mr . Tomlinson died at Sandown, at the age of 85, and though it is now eleven years since he left the city of York, he never ceased to take a most kindly interest in the affairs of the School . He retained all his faculties to the last, and died peacefully after an illness of three days. The last two numbers of the Peterite, 1o6 and 107, were published in October and December. N . L Hood, St Thomas' Hospital, has passed the second and (final part) of the 3rd M .B . Examinaiion, in, we believe, the shortest possible time. We beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following :— " Barrovian, " " Sedberghian," "Giggleswick Chronicle, " " Merchistonian, " " Leodiensian," " Hurst Johnian," " Coventry School Magazine," " Eastbournian, " "c Dunelmian," " Ulula ."
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APRIL, 1894 .
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SCHOOL LET"I'ER. - OW that we are well into April, it seems rather out of place to give much space up to comments upon the football season, especially seeing how entirely our attention is being directed to the river, yet, however enthusiastic we become over the boat races and preliminary drudgery of getting the boats into a racing condition, the popularity of the game of the School will never, we are sure, decrease so as to render it undeserving of first place in the April Pctrrife . We finished the season on March loth by beating Darlington by 3 tries to nil, having also this term defeated the Magpies, Ripon G .S ., Yorkshire College, and Leeds Clergy School. Our only reverse being at the hands of the Old Almondburians. We may say the most important match was that with Ripon, who maintain that they have as much right (perhaps more !) to the Cup as we have . The game was a poor one as might naturally be expected, played as it was in some three inches of snow, and, of course, confined chiefly to the forwards—Ripon ' s strongest spot be it noted . The score—3 tries to nil—was decisive enough considering the day, but what it would have been had the elements been favourable, and our backs had their proper share of the game we can only imagine . perhaps not much short of those which made Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield the losing teams. The Almondburians gave us the beating of the season—37 points to nil—but then we must take into consideration that the
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match was played three days after the beginning of the term and consequently we had little condition, and still less combination, the only two points where we can score off a team much heavier than ourselves . Of course, we missed Newton very much in the pack this term, but had Whincup back again, whilst Mr. Head ' s weight was very useful against heavy clubs. During the season we have scored 47 goals (r dropped and penalty), 43 tries—361 points, to our opponents 13 goals, 8 tries—89 points. To turn from the football field, which, no doubt, our opponents as well as those interested in the School will be glad to hear, is in the course of being levelled and drained, to the river, we find crews of various sizes and degrees of proficiency, out daily, and before this appears in print, many of them will have rowed their race and be crowing over their more unfortunate brethren not yet freed from the strictness of training . The School boat— Partington, Whincup, Bailey, and Cotterell—under Mr . Head's careful coaching is going very well, and we shall be a little surprised if the Old Boys reverse the verdict of the last four years . Their crew consists of G . H . Eyre, F . Mitchell, H . G . Metcalfe, and F. M . Bingham. We take this opportunity of thanking Mr . Crossley for the tubs he has given us, and the mere fact that they are in use every day shows our appreciation of them. There seems much more enthusiasm throughout the School this year than usual as regards the rowing, and the generosity of the Old Boys and Mr . Crossley has, no doubt, done a great deal towards its increasing its popularity . Mr . Head, too, has spared no energy in getting the crews into shape, and will, we think, be rewarded by some very good form shown in the races. By the time this appears in print the term will be pretty well over, and then we have to hope for a cricket term, conspicuous for as much success as the past football season, though attended by a little luck by way of a change .
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FOOTBALL. v . RIPON SCHOOL. Played on Saturday, Feb . 17th, on the Clifton ground, as our ground was in a very sloppy state . The rain which set in on the Friday had continued through the night and on Saturday morning turned to snow . Consequently the Clifton ground, though firm enough in itself, was two or three inches deep in snow. There was only a small crowd of spectators, including a contingent from Ripon . A start was made soon after three o 'clock by Ripon kicking towards the river . As was expected, the state of the ground told against our style of play, cold hands and a slippery ball not conducing to passing . However, our forwards soon settled down to work, and, helped by several free kicks for off-side play by the visitors ' halves, kept play well in the Ripon half . Metcalfe and Eastwood were both well looked after, the visitors playing four three-quarters, with one forward less in the scrummage . Attempts at passing were few, and attended with difficulty, but one very good piece was brought off, landing the ball with Partington, who, instead of running round, came back into the middle . He made a very fine run, and only just failed to get over . Ripon brought the ball down again, and play continued to be even, Wheelwright saving well once, and the halves many times . Towards the end of the first half Eastwood, from a scrummage near touch, kicked along the line, and Bailey, following up, took the ball on the bounce and ran right in, being brought down about half way between goal and touch. This was a very neat piece of play . Soon after this half time was called . Ripon opened the second half with great dash and, helped by good runs by Thompson, looked like scoring in the corner . Some very hard scrummaging continued for nearly a quarter of an hour in our quarters, after which the game became more even . Then Ripon pressed again, but in the last ten minutes Whincup charged a kick and dribbled finely over the line, and almost immediately after Metcalfe dodged through very cleverly.
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None of the goal-kicks were successful, and thus we won by 3 tries to nothing . The probabilities are that a dry day would have been much more to our liking, as our strength is undoubtedly behind the scrummage, On the day our nine forwards had a little the best of their eight, though there was not much in it. The best of the Ripon backs seemed to be Skene, who did a lot of work at half, Thompson, and Stowe . Of our backs, Metcalfe and Bailey were the best, the last-named doing better than before out of the scrummage . Eastwood played well in the first half, but did little afterwards, though tackling well. Partington made two good runs, but had not too much to do, and Rose did beater in defending than attacking . Once he seemed to have almost a clear course, but unluckily passed to Bailey, who was held . Wheelwright was satisfactory . Of course, the backs were terribly handicapped by the weather, and scarcely ought to be criticised . Forward, Whincup was far and away the best : he worked very hard, and was always near the ball . All the rest worked for all they knew, perhaps the most prominent being Romans and Williams . Cotterell did very well too, for a first appearance. ST. PETER 'S SCHOOL .-II . Wheelwright, full back ; H . R. Partington, W . A . Rose, R . H . Bailey, three-quarter backs ; A. AV. Eastwood, J . E . Metcalfe, half-backs ; C . P . Whincup, Romans, S . Dobson, G . P . Haworth, NV . C . B . Williams, K . J. Roy, E . F . Nevile, E. W . H . Henson, C . B . Cotterell, forwards .
v . OLD ALMONDBURIANS. Played on February 3rd, on the School ground. The visitors won the toss and elected to play with the wind—a rather strong one. It was soon evident that the visitors' forwards were much stronger than the School forwards, for they carried nearly all the scrummages, in spite of the determined efforts of their opponents. Being so badly beaten forward, the School backs were constantly on the defence . All the School backs did their work well, Whincup especially tackling well . The efforts of Whincup and Metcalfe to << feed their three-quarters were always frustrated by the watchfulness
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of the opposing backs . The game was more even (luring the second half, and once or twice the School got inside their opponents ' 25, but the sure tackling of the visitors prevented them from scoring. Bailey and Dobson were the most prominent of the School forwards. The following got tries for Almondbury : Bradley (3), Haigh (2), Learoyd (i), Bottomley (r), Lawton (i), and Middlemost (r). Bradley kicked 4 goals and Dennis r. Score :—OLD ALMONDBURIANS, 5 goals, 4 tries—(37 points). SCHOOL, nil.
v . YORKSHIRE COLLEGE. Played on the School ground on Saturday, March 3rd . Rose won the toss, and the visitors kicked off against the wind . It was soon evident that the superior combination of the School forwards more than compensated for their inferiority in weight . The visitors were kept defending most of the first half of the game ; but their good defence prevented the home team from scoring until nearly half-time, when Partington secured the ball from a " throw forward, " about 6 yards from the line, and got over between the posts. Eastwood had no difficulty in kicking a goal . Nothing more was scored before half-time . On resuming, the visitors attacked for a time, but were unable to score, and were gradually driven back into their own half. Here Partington took a pass, and scored after a brilliant run . Eastwood sent the ball over the bar, but a visitor touched it in its flight, and the goal was thus rendered valueless. The home team still kept up the attack, and the backs made several combined efforts to score . At length Partington took a pass cleverly, and, eluding several opponents, again scored. Eastwood converted, and time was called with the score : SCHOOL, 2 goals, r try—(13 points). YORKSHIRE COLLEGE,
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Sulam, TEAM : —Full back, A . W . Eastwood ; three-quarter backs, R . H . Bailey, 1V . A . Rose, and H . R . Partington ; half backs, Mr . Lord and J . Metcalfe ; forwards, Mr . IIead, C . P. Whincup, T. Romans, S . Dobson, W . C . B . Williams, G . P . Haworth, K . J . Roy, E . Nevile, and Henson. The College played only 14 men .
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REMARKS .—The School forwards played a good and vigorous game, and managed to get the ball five times out of six . Mr . Head made good use of his weight, and Whincup, Roy, Williams, and Dobson tackled well . The giving and taking of passes were not so good as usual . Mr . Lord and Metcalfe were always busy—passing, running, or tackling . Besides running well, Partington saved frequently. The rest of the backs, though not brilliant, played well. v. DARLINGTON. Played on the School ground, on Saturday, March loth . The visitors won the toss, and elected to play with the wind. Mr . Lord kicked off, and, the ball being well returned, the visitors took up a position inside the School half. The forwards proved to be fairly well matched, but, owing to the advantage afforded by the wind, the visitors were enabled to maintain their position, and to keep up an attack on our line . Owing, however, to the watchfulness of our backs, and, not a little, to the absence of combination between the backs and forwards of the visitors, their efforts to score were fruitless . Once, their captain got over the line, but, being held outside, a scrummage was formed 5 yards out, and the danger was averted . When halftime was called neither side had scored. On resuming, play was pretty even for a time, until Mr . Lord got the ball from a scrummage, and, feigning to pass, scored somewhat easily. The wind spoiled his kick at goal . We were soon attacking again, and Bailey, taking a pass from Mr . Lord, scored near the touch line . Mr . Lord made a good, but unsuccessful attempt at goal . The kick out brought no relief to the visitors, for Partington got the ball and ran strongly until brought down about 20 yards from the line . Here Bailey received another pass from Mr . Lord, and again scored . No goal resulted. The visitors now, by a combined effort, transferred play to our end, and were only stopped when close to the line. They made a determined, but fruitless attempt to score, and time was called with the score : SCHOOL, 3 tries (q points). DARLINGTON, nil.
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All the School forwards played well, \Vhincup, Dobson, and Romans especially distinguishing themselves . Mr. Lord and Metcalfe were again in great form, both in attack and defence. The tackling of the backs was distinctly good . Partington ran strongly, but had no opportunities for scoring . Eastwood was very safe, and never failed to return the ball, or bring down his man. SCHOOL TEAM .—Full back, A . W . Eastwood ; three-quarter backs, R . H . Bailey, A . W . Rose, H . R . Partington ; half-back, Mr . Lord, J . E . Metcalfe ; forwards, Mr. Head, C . P . Whincup, T. Romans, S . Dobson, G . P. Haworth, \V. C . B . Williams, K . J . Roy, E . F. Nevile, C . B . Cotterell.
LEEDS CLERGY SCHOOL. Played at Leeds on Tuesday, March 6th . St . Peter' s won the toss, and Leeds kicked off with the wind slightly in their favour, and the ball was returned to half-way . Some light scrums followed, and the York forwards took play to the Clergy 23, where some combined efforts to score by the visiting backs were only just stopped in time . The home forwards then came away with a loose dribble, and took the ball close to the York line, where a scrum was formed . They again got the ball loose, and dribbled over the line, scoring near the posts and converting. After the kick-off play was taken into home quarters, and Metcalf getting the hall from a scrum started a round of passing, which ended in Partington scoring behind . Eastwood converted . The kick-off kvas returned to half-way, and the visitors ' forwards, headed by \Vhincup, Head, and Romans, rushed the ball to the home line . A kick into touch brought some relief, but from the next scrum Lord obtained and feinting a pass, ran in between the posts, a goal resulting . The visiting forwards were now having it pretty much their own way in the scrums, though Leeds often came away with a loose dribble . From a scrummage near the centre, Lord obtained the ball, and after passing through the hands of Metcalfe, Bailey, and Rose, it was finally grounded behind the posts by Partington, Eastwood kicking the goal . Bailey was next to score far out Lord failing at goal . Just before half-time the York forwards rushed the ball over the line and Dobson scored, no goal
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resulting, so the score at half-time was :—St . Peter's School, 3 goals, 2 tries (21 points) ; Clergy School, i goal (5 points) . On resuming the Clergy School pressed for a short time, and would have scored but for some smart tackling by the York backs . Bailey made a mark and sent the ball down to the other end, Whincup following up and preventing the return . Then Metcalf obtained from a scrum and passed to Rose, who almost scored himself, but passed to Lord when tackled on the line . The latter made a good attempt at goal against a strong wind across the field . Partmgton next scored in the corner after picking up in the middle of the field and running round all his opponents . No goal . Rose next scored twice in succession, each time with a dodgy run through most of the opposing team, neither of the tries being converted . No further score was added and time was called with the score :—St . Peter's School, 3 goals, 6 tries (33 points) ; Clergy School, i goal (5 points) . St . Peter's School team : back, A . W. Eastwood ; three-quarter backs, H . R . Partington, W . A . Rose (capt .), R . H. Bailey ; half-backs, P . E . Lord and J . E . Metcalfe ; forwards, C . P. Whincup, G . H . Head, T . Romans, T . Dobson, G . P . Haworth, E . F. Nevile, E . W . H . Henson, C . B . Cotterell, F . P . Fausset.
CONFIRMATION. The annual confirmation was held in the School Chapel on April 5th, when a number of candidates were presented to the Bishop of Beverley- . The service opened with the hymn, " Soldiers of Christ, arise ." The Bishop then gave a short address to 'those about to be confirmed . He dwelt on the necessity of the promise they were about to make being one of their own choice . He then put the question, and, after the laying on of hands, again spoke of the solemnity of their choice . Their life could not be without its influence on others, no man died ithout leaving some effect on the world around them ; let their influence be for good ; in order to carry on their conflict against the world successfully they would need strength from on high . The service then concluded with the blessing . The chapel was well filled with the friends and relatives of members of the school .
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GAMES FUND ACCOUNT. NEW BOATS £ s . d. C R. Subscriptions (in May, 1893, PETERITR) 23 IS 0 School Subscriptions 4 IS 6 . M 2 0 0 C . Miller, Esq I o 0 Rev . G . T . llandford . . I o 0 Dr. Bingham . . . . K . E . I . Wilkinson (2nd) r o o II . W. Preston, Esq 0 10 6 F. M . Scargill, Esq 0 10 o o to o E . V . Ilowgate 0 10 0 11 . D . Naylor .. 0 9 0 G. V . birks . . A . C . Clarke . . O 5 0 E . NV . Clarke 0 5 0 Games Fund . . OI1II £37
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Obttuari. On January 29, by shipwreck, at Kilcummin, Brandon Bay, West Ireland, on the barque Port Yarrock, WILLIAM PHILIP BAINES, aged 19 years . Entered the School January 1885, left April, 1888.
NOTES AND ITEMS. J . E. Gofton, B .A ., St . John's College, Oxford, ordained deacon, and licensed to Thornhill. J . Raine, B .A ., Hatfield Hall, Durham, ordained deacon in York Minster. H . D . Naylor sang two solos at the University Musical Society Concert, in the Guildhall, Cambridge. We have received a newspaper cutting announcing the death of Dr . Spence, Mathematical Master at the School about 1840-45. As a botanist, he afterwards made a great name, contributing largely to the Kew Museum durrng "almost a life-long residence " in South America . His name "will always be associated with the introduction of chinchonas into India . " Through J . M . Meek (O .P .), we have gained some information about the School Company of Rifle Volunteers formed in 186o . The Officers were Capt . F . M . Scargill, Lieut . J. Walker, Ensign J . H . Leeman (son of the late York M .P .) The uniform was dark gray with blue braid, buff belts and silver ornaments . On October 24, there were sworn in 36 members of the company, and subsequently 15 more. There was also a Cadet Corps, consisting of about 15 smaller boys, with the same uniform and short swords .' Both lasted about a year. The upstairs class room, near the Head Master's
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room, was used as an armoury . Mr . Meek has presented his rifle and sword bayonet to the School as relics ; they will probably be placed in the Gymnasium. The following have received their 2nd XV colours :—F . P. Fausset, G . G . Yeld (old colours), H . Wheelwright, C . B. Cotterell . R . M . Nevile, B. Hudson, N . F . Roy, F . C . Hey, E . C . Grey, F N . Smith, A . M . Sullivan, H . R. Tomlinson, J . P. Watson, L. Bird, B. Draper. F . Mitchell has been playing for Blackheath v. Cardiff, also v. Newport. T . B . H . WLytehead . son of T . B . Whytehead, Acomb House, York, successfully passed the examination for "Second Mate " in the Mercantile Marine. J . Shepherd and C . P . Whincup have been elected captain and secretary respectively of next year' s Football XV. Rev . R . '1' . E . Fausset has been appointed Chaplain to Lady Dormer of Sedbergh, and also Vicar of Killington in the same township. R . H . Bailey has been elected " Peterite " editor. R. S . Roy has been playing three-quarters for H .M .S . Britannia. We beg to acknowledge since our last issue " Riponian, " "Hurst Johnian, " " Leodensian, " " Eastbournian, " " Brighton College Magazine . " We heartily sympathise with James, who had his hand severely crushed last holidays, and has been put to great expense and trouble thereby .
THE
PETI ;RITE. VOL. XII .
JUNE, IS94 .
No . r ro.
SCHOOL LETTER. T is not the pleasantest thing in the world to sit down to
I write on a lovely spring day ; but we do not complain . We have our reward presently when we hear such criticisms as these: "Very poor Peterite this month, isn 't it? " " Scarcely worth cutting " and the like . And this from fellows who have slept away their time in peace. The rowing this year was a distinct success under Mr . Head 's able directions, though the attendance on the last two days of the racing was rather thin, not to say evanescent, on account of the continuous rain . The Day-boys are to be highly congratulated on their victory in both races over the House . Their success last year seems to have inspired them with true zeal for fresh conquests. In the under-seventeen fours the crews were composed of a mixture of House and Day-boys after the manner of the senior boats last year, though the race, which promised to be one of the best of the season was unfortunately spoiled by the stroke of one boat breaking his rigger. This season was marked by the victory of the Old Boys over the School after many years of defeat. The Old Boys sent a very representative and weighty crew, which also had the benefit of rather more training than usual . The School crew was unusually light . The new tub pairs so kindly presented have supplied a want deeply felt in preceding years ; while Mr . Head's thorough system of training has done much for the rowing throughout the School, where there is no lack of promising material to be seen .
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We are all delighted that the long disputed question of a gymnasium has been settled at last, and watch with eager zeal the steady, if somewhat slow, process of removing the turf from the future site of the building. Cricket is the only other subject that calls for our attention . Last year ' s team (lid not perhaps meet with all the success it deserved . Let us hope this year ' s will be more fortunate . We have five old colours left, two of whom are good bowlers, nor is . the batting talent wanting . Indeed we see no reason why this year's cricket record should not be at least as good as last year's . In conclusion we wish to bid a tearful farewell to our late gallant captain of the football team, W. A . Rose, who has left us . Also to the secretary of the football team and editor of the Peter/le, A . NV . Eastwood, to both of whom we wish every success in the future . To Mr . Ensor too, our late science master, we wish all good luck at Marlborough.
CRICKET PROSPECTS. HE chances of our cricket team during the coming season are
T fairly rosy, as there are at least five of last year ' s team remaining, namely Whincup, Partington, Shepherd, Hudson, and R . M . Nevile. We fear that Rose has left, as no news has been heard of him lately, a loss which all who saw his brilliant catch in the Yorkshire Gentlemen ' s match will understand is greatly to be regretted . Still we hope and believe that our fielding, which was remarkably good last year, will not be amiss. The chief lack seems to be of bowlers, as R . M . Nevile is the only one of any experience left ; but Bailey had a very good average for the Second XI ., and with more accuracy should do good service, and Whincup's pace might make him a useful change bowler . With regard to the batting, improvement will no doubt have been made on last year ; we expect Whincup to be responsible for a good many runs, while Shepherd, though too fond of high cutting, should take some disposing of. Partington promises well as a " hitter," but lacks confidence, and Hudson, who batted well last year, m,ith better luck will be good . Corning on to the second XI ., Sullivan, who batted in as good style as anybody in the first,
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with another year ' s strength ought to have a good average . The rest will probably be selected from E . F. Nevile, Williams, Clemons, Henson, Metcalfe, and Wheelwright ; of these Clemons showed great promise as a bat, though his fielding was at fault. We notice with pleasure that there are two new fixtures, namely , those with Ryburn Valley and Bishopthorpe . To conclude, may all prosperity attend the school, and may it produce many a Mitchell . FIRST XI. VERStS .
DALE . Tuesday
May
Saturday
GROUND.
22
N . R . Asylum . .
Away.
26 29
Barnard Castle . .
Away. Away.
2
Yorkshire Gentlemen . . Ryburn Valley C .C . . .
7 12
Pocklington G .S . Ampleforth College
Home.
16
Ripon G .S . Yorkshire Gentlemen . .
Home. Away.
Durham . .
Home.
N . R. Asylum . .
Away. Home.
Wednesday
29 } Old Boys 30 3 Ampleforth College 7 Pocklington G .S . II Leeds G .S .
Saturday
14
Tuesday
17
Ripon G .S . Bishopthorpe
Thursday
19
Durham . .
SECOND XI . St . Olave's 1st . . St . Martin's 1st
Tuesday Saturday
June
Thursday Tuesday Saturday Tuesday Thursday
15
26
Tuesday Friday Saturday Tuesday
19 21
July
Saturday
Tuesday
May
22
Saturday
June
9 12
Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday
„ July
26
Saturday
„ „
3 1I 14
Saturday
May
26
Wednesday
Home. Away.
IIonie.
..
Away. Home. Away. Ilome. Away.
..
Honie.
Ampleforth 2nd
Ilome. lfome.
St . Olave's 1st . . Ampleforth 2nd
Away.
Home. Away.
Leeds G .S . 2nd St . Martin's 1st TI-IOU)
Home.
XI . . .
. . . .
Thursday
June
12
St . Olave's 2nd St . Olave's 2nd
Saturday
„
30
St . Martin's 2nd
. .
Saturday
July
7
St . Martin's 2nd
. .
I tome. Away. Away. Home.
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TO THE YORKSHIRE DALES ON A BICYCLE. HE barometer was at "set fair " when a solitary bicycle, with
T your humble servant seated on the pigskin, rode through
Micklegate Bar bound for the Yorkshire Dales, and first of all for Ripon . It is a dreary road, the road to Ripon ; you ride for ten miles till you come to the village of Green Hammerton, where there was an arch of " welcome " stuck up . I rode through it triumphantly, and made for Boroughbridge, where there are some great stones projecting from the earth ; "the devil ' s teeth," I think they call them . I didn't go to see "the devil ' s teeth, " but staggered on to Ripon, and decided to stop the night . There was nothing to see in Ripon, there very rarely is, except a howling idiot that has to blow a horn at nine I set off o ' clock every night—some relic of the feudal times . rather late next day, being sleepy, and slowly rolled myself along to Masham . There was nothing very beautiful in the scenery yet, but now the aspect began to change ; the country was beautifully wooded, and hills and undulating fields rose on either side of me . At last I got to a place called Middleham; here there is a fine old castle belonging to the Nevile family, and also Danby Hall, the seat of the ancient family of Scrope . I was very hungry, and called at the "Black Horse " for my dinner ; I should have gone to the "pub" next door, but the sign frightened me, it was a cross between a rhinoceros and a tiger. There is not a large staff of attendants at the " Black Horse ." A deaf old man came out, and yelled to within, "Misses, hae yer ou't to eeat?" Misses responded with some beef-steak, which reminded me strongly of •' Black Horse . " I ate it without a murmur . I now entered Wensleydale, and knowing the speciality of the place clamoured loudly for cheese . Imagine my disgust when they brought me that article known as "red American ." There are two villages to pass after you leave Middleham ; one was without a public-house, and at the other no one told me the back wheel was going round—I have made a note of them . The next place I came to was Leyburn. Mary, Queen of Scots, tried to run away from here along a fine
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ridge called the Shawl . I decided to stop at Hawes, which was the next town, for a night or two, and had a very pleasant time there . There are some lovely waterfalls in the district, notably Hardrow Scar . a fall of too feet ; it flows over projecting rocks, and you can walk between the water and the rock . The poet Wordsworth visited it, and has saved me a great deal of trouble by the number of epithets he has applied to it ; his description of it reminds one of a Greek chorus . It is situated in a peaceful glen . Further up is another splendid fall,—in fact the whole country about is full of beautiful scenery . Aysgill Force is very pretty ; it is a fall of 46 feet, and the water slides over a broad convex cliff of shale . I moved on next day, and went through Garsclale and Dentdale, but it began to rain and thunder, and my last shirt got wet through . A sad thing occu rred here ; I was riding blissfully and easily along, when there floated on my unsuspecting ear the strains of " Daisy Bell" and an insulting suggestion that my bicycle was built for two . I immediately turned my nose towards home, as I felt too sad to proceed . I passed through some very pretty country ; but the holidays were drawing to a close, and I could not linger . Nothing very eventful occurred on my return, except that a horse, with a caravan tied to it, saw me ; it saw how melancholy I looked, and seeing I wanted excitement . it shot off at right angles into a stone wall, smashed the caravan and pitched the inmates . It was really a most enjoyable tour, and, given fine weather, no one will be disappointed who takes a visit to the Yorkshire Dales.
CORRESPONDENCE. [To THE EDITORS OF THE PETERITE .] RESPECTED EDITOR,
On referring to former numbers of the Peterite I find it was the custom for Peterites to indulge in swimming sports ; and considering the number of drowning accidents that occur, notably
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one sad case within our own recollection, it would seem a pity that these were discontinued ; of course it is perfectly possible to swim without having races, but still as in all other things competition gives a stimulus to boys to excel in the art . Mr. Hill would willingly close the baths for an afternoon, if necessary, for that purpose, and prizes of some sort could be got by entrance fees and other ways ; I think, therefore, that it is certainly worth our while to take up the matter. Hoping that something will be clone towards arranging for sports of this nature, and thereby encouraging a most important exercise. Yours truly, NATATOR.
DEAR SIRS,
For some time now there has been a feeling in the School in favour of an alteration in the cricket colours, and when the matter was brought up before the Games Committee, it was suggested that as a first step a letter should be written to you, inviting Old Boys to give their opinions on the subject. 'When a similar attempt was made about six years ago, much opposition was met with from past members of the NI . But are there many O .P .'s who ever wear their blue and white coats, now that the Old Boys Club has its own colours? It is hoped that Old Peterites will let us know through you their feelings on the point . Yours very truly, C . P. AVHINCUP, (Captain of Cricket .)
ROWING. URING the Easter term the river was more patronised than
D usual . The gift of two new fours by the Old Boys and two tub pairs by Mr . Crossley (0.11.) largely increased the facilities for rowing, and they were often between thirty and forty boys on the water during the afternoon . It was decided that the School Four should be excluded from rowing in any other four-oared
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event, and this rule undoubtedly improved the representative crew and added considerably to the interest of the other races . O f the race against the Old Boys itself we shall have more to say later on .
Suffice it now that the crew did their utmost against
a powerful combination and were fairly beaten on their merits. The other school races were characterised by a sad lack of close finishes . The sculls and pairs were a series of processions, the monotony of which was occasionally varied by the aquatic gymnastics of the competitors . The one race worthy of the name was spoiled at a most exciting moment by the breaking of a rigger. The Day-boys were successful in winning both the representative races, and are much to be congratulated on having broken through the long run of ill-success . It is true that, had the members of the school boat been allowed to row in the House Day-boys race, the result must have been otherwise,—but things being as they were, we give full_ honour to those to whom honour is clue .
THE RACES. SENIOR PAIRS .—BvE. Wednesday, April 4th. Greeves Tomlinson
beat
Roy (i). Nevile . (i).
(cox) Cass
(cox) Addis. Rowed after afternoon school . Tomlinson soon went ahead, and rowing longer than his opponents was clear at the School boathouse. A length of daylight separated the boats at the Amateur ' s. Tomlinson won by two and a half lengths . Time 5 rains . 5o secs. FIRST HEAT.
Thursday, April 5th, Rose Whincup
beat
(cox) Addis
Greeves. Tomlinson.
(cox) Cass
Whincup immediately secured the lead and the race was practically over by the White Rose .
Won anyhow.
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THE RACES.
SENIOR SCULLS. FIRST HEAT.
Friday, April 6th. Whincup Nevile (i.) beat Whincup won easily, reaching Lendal Bridge while Nevile was swimming near the Amateur's boat-house—having left his boat in the middle of the stream . SECOND HEAT.
Saturday, April 7th. Roy (i .) beat Greaves. The race was brought off on Monday and Roy won easily in 6 mins . 33?- secs .
SENIOR PAIRS. SECOND HEAT.
Dobson. Bailey beat Partington Haworth (i .) (cox) Wheelwright (cox) Addis. Haworth rowed very pluckily, but was clearly outclassed by his opponents, who landed home many lengths ahead.
SENIOR PAIRS. FINAL.
Monday April 9th. Rose. Bailey beat Partington Whincup. (cox) Addis (cox) Wheelwright. Partington again proved too strong for his opponents . Whincup rowed very hard, but could not get sufficient pace on his boat to make a race of it . The winners rowed hard, but "bucketed " considerably . Time 6 mins. 35 secs .
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SENIOR SCULLS. FINAL.
Thursday, April 12th. Roy (i .) \Vhincup beat \Vhincup was under Lendal Bridge long before Roy, but nearly capsized by fouling a barge about ten yards from the post . By careful management, however, he escaped this fate and got home first. Roy rowed very pluckily.
JUNIOR SCULLS. Russell. Roy (ii .) beat . On his arrival at Lendal, Russell was Roy (ii .) won anyhow no where to be seen . He came sometime later on in the afternoon.
FOUR OARED RACES. Thursday April 121h. The afternoon, which was miserably wet, opened with the senior sculls and after that came the under i6 four-oared race . The Day-boys and the School-house were represented here, and the Day-boys won . The I-Iouse had the worst of the luck as Wheelwright had been promoted to the under 17 fours, though eligible for the under i6, and his presence in the House boat might have made some difference . As it was both boats started off and kept level till a crab in the House crew gave the Dayboys a length's lead, which they never lost, and stroked capitally by Thompson (i .), who with care should develop into a very fair oar, passed the winning post two lengths to the good. DAY BoYs . Moiser (ii .) (Low) . Moiser (i .) Ford Thompson (i .) (stroke) Veld (cox)
BOARDERS.
Crowther (bow). Bingham Russell Roy (ii .) Wheelwright (cox) .
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THE
RACES.
The next event was a race between two under 17 fours. These boats were not representative, but picked, and produced an admirable run up to the White Rose, when Yeld broke his rigger and though Dobson stroked home with great vigor Haworth's boat won easily. HAWORTIH ' S BOATS. YELD'S BOAT. Addis (bow). Hey (bow) . Nevile (ii .) Clemons (i .) Wheelwright Dobson Haworth (i .) (stroke). Yeld (i .) Cass (cox). Yeld (ii .) (cox) A slight delay occurred while Hill mended the broken rigger, but the spectators, few and faithful, remained on . At length the two open fours were started off. There was great speculation as to the probable result of this race, but the Day-boys were rather the favourites . And events proved that idea right . Bird set a good stroke, and rowing long and powerfully the Day-boys gradually drew away from Tomlinson 's boat and won by two or A word of praise must be given to Tomlinson three lengths. for the plucky way in which he chased the leaders home. BOARDERS. DAr Bovs . Metcalf (bow). Carter (bow) . Nevile (i .) Hudson (i .) Greaves Bird Tomlinson (stroke). Rose (i .) (stroke) Wheelwright (cox). Yeld (ii .) (cox .) SCHOOL
OLD BOYS.
Friday, April 13th. The relative merits of the two boats had been much discussed, and popular opinion, perhaps backed up by popular feeling, leant rather towards the School boat . It was thought that the weight and experience of the older hands would secure them an advantage at the start, and that later on the longer training of the boys However, the prophets were would serve them in good stead . all wrong. The boats got off at about 3-30 . Partington striking The boats were neck and neck 34, Metcalfe a trifle faster .
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till the Scope corner was reached, and then the Old Boys with the bend in their favour forged ahead and stayed there . The School were a little unsteady round the Scope but on getting in to the Long Reach they rowed very hard, but were quite unable to catch their opponents, who were swinging along with great power . Metcalfe dropped the quicker rate of striking after the Scarborough bridge and paddled in to Lendal,—winning easily. The time taken was 9 mins . 45 secs . Undoubtedly the best boat won . The new boats are in favour of the better watermen and lack of training does not handicap a crew rowing in them, as much as it did in the days of the heavy boats. We cannot conclude without giving our thanks to the Lady Emma Purey-Cust for promising so kindly to give away the rowing prizes ; but unfortunately the weather was too inauspicious to allow the ceremony to take place . We also owe a debt of gratitude to G . Craven, Esq ., who had placed the York Amateur ' s yard at our disposal for the prize giving, and last but not least to the Rev. G . P . Davys and the Rev . — Cooper for their help in coaching the School Four. Names and \Veights SCHOOL . OLD Boys. C . P. \Vhincup (bow), 9 St . 12 lb . G . H . Eyre (bow), 11 st . r z lb. C . B . Cotterell, tO st . F . Mitchell, 12 St. 3 lb. R . H . Bailey, to st . 121 lb . F. M . Bingham, 11 st . r t lb. H . R. Partington (stroke), to st . 4 lb . H . G . Metcalfe (stroke), 1 o st. 8 lb. (cox .) Addis (ii) ., 6st . 4 lb. (cox.) F . Cadman, 9 St . 6 lb.
O. P. CLUB. COIMII'TEE meeting was held at the School on Thursday, April 12, The Rev . G. T . Handford took the chair, and these were also present Messrs . G . H . Eyre and P . E . Lord . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The following were elected members :—Professor Clifford Allbutt, \V . E . Brockbank, W . H . Cobb, jun . ; L. Dodsworth, A . WT. Eastwood, J . A . Ensor, G . H . Head, J . M . Meek, J . E . Noble . J . Newton, H . S . Scargill, F. Shann, Rev . G. N. Storrs. The Secretary was instructed to write a strong letter to those who had not yet paid their subscriptions for 1892 .
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CONGRATULATIONS.
Subsequently the adjourned Annual General Meeting was held, The Rev. G . T. Handford (President) was in the chair . and there were also present Messrs . R . B . Addis, E . W. Clarke, G . H . Eyre, F. M . Bingham, G . H . Head, P. E . Lord . H . G . Metcalfe, C . M . Miller, F . Mitchell, B . J . Scargill, and H . H . Williams. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, it was resolved that the following words be added to Rule II. : - to the Treasurer ; members elected after June shall pay half-a-crown for the year ." Mr . J . F . Leaf having gone down from Cambridge. Mr. E . W . Clarke was elected secretary in his place. The Hull district was abolished. Messrs . H . W . Rhodes and F . Ware retired by rotation from the Committee, and Messrs . G . H . Eyre and E . W . Crossley were elected to take their places . Messrs . H . G. Metcalfe . F. Mitchell. The and K . E . T. Wilkinson were elected Sports Committee . Dinner Committee remained unchanged. The Treasurer's accounts were passed, and 17/- granted to the Football Secretary for postcards and printing . A sum not exceeding £r was voted as a prize at the School Sports for any race except the Old Boys' . A sum not exceeding Zr was voted as a prize for reading, open to the School, the details to be left to the Head Master . It was proposed by Mr . Lord, and seconded by Mr. Head, that the payment to the Magazine out of each subscription be reduced from 3/6 to 2/6 . An amendment was proposed by Mr . Miller, and seconded by Mr . Eyre, to substitute 3/- for 2/6. The amendment was carried by 6 votes to 3 ; when put as a substantive motion it was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the meeting.
CONGRATULATIONS. To Rev. J . H . Mallinson (O .P .), on his marriage, on 12th day of April, 1894, at St . Stephen's Church, Dulwich, to Rowina, daughter of G . T . Powell, Esq., of Rotherwood, Sydenham Hill .
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To F . E . Robinson, Esq ., on his marriage, on April zoth, 1894, to Miss Amy Hargreaves, of Heywood, near Manchester. To F . K . Hattersley, Esq., on his new musical productions. To R . Garwood, of Queen ' s Coll ., Oxford, who has passed second class in Moderations. To F . Mitchell, Caius Coll ., Cambridge, about whose doings we enclose the following extract from the Yorkshire Post .—" In the University trial matches the success of the young Yorkshire Freshman at Cambridge, Mr . F . Mitchell, was the chief feature . In college and trial games this young player has scored 775 runs in nine innings, being twice not out . It is of course easy to overrate college performances, but the figures are certainly remarkable . and Mr. Mitchell's form against betterclass bowling will have many a close Yorkshire critic . It has been stated, by the way, that Mr . Mitchell is late of Bootham School, York . It should be St. Peter' s School, where he has been educated since about the age of ten years, and where, playing as a boy, the young Cambridge Freshman twice made a century against the Yorkshire Gentlemen . " To the Old Boys on their well-earned victory over the School on the river. To the School on the advent of A . Richards, Esq ., as Mathematical and Science Master . He has already shown his zeal on the cricket field.
THE O .Y . DINNER (LONDON) NOTICE. HE Old Peterite Dinner (London District) will be held on the
T 3rd July, at the Holborn Restaurant. The Rev . Canon Elwyn will preside, and a strong committee is being formed to support him. Invitations will not as a rule be sent except to O .P .'s residing near London and to others who express a wish to be present. Further information may be obtained from the Hon . Sec ., C. H . Chadwick . Esq . . 3, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, V .C .
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ittta rv.
L We grieve to hear of the death of C . P. GRANT. EsQ ., of Melbourne, Australia. He was in 1870 a foundation scholar of this school.
NOTES AND ITEMS. The thanks of the School are due to the fellows of Trinity Coll ., Cambridge . for a presentation to the School, in the form of an engraving of the late Professor Thomson, master of Trin . Coll. Prof. Thomson was for some years under the late " Tommy " Richardson, long time master at the School . The engraving is by Professor Herkomer, and is a copy of an oil painting by the same artist. An article on St . Peter ' s School is in this month ' s St. James' s Gazette. [EDITORIAL . —As complaints have reached our ears as to the uncertain dates of the publication of the Peterite, future dates will be as the law of the Medes and Persians which altereth not, and will be as follows :—February rst, April 1st, June 1st, August 1st, October 1st and December 1st .]
We beg to acknowledge Hurst Johnian, Hymer's College Magazine, Brighton Coll. Magazine, Dunelmian, Sedberghian .
THE
PETERITE. Vor. . XII .
AUGUST, 1894 .
No . iii.
SCHOOL LETTER. T is our sweet duty, before proceeding, to congratulate Mitchell on
I his Cambridge cricket " blue, " or on his innumerable successes both in the batting and bowling departments of the game. Our own successes have been, we pride ourselves, by no means small ; for have we not beaten Ripon, Durham, in fact every school we have so far played, and also the Old Boys ? the Yorkshire Gentlemen, however, behaved to us in a manner far from gentle, but otherwise we have not much to sadden us. Nhincup, Sullivan, Hudson, and Clemons have been hitherto rewarded with fifties, and the team generally is covered with glory. The sight that greeted us on June i i really amazed us : hordes of begrimed workmen were busy with spades and other weapons digging the site for the gymnasium ; numerous old pots, flesh-pots, water-pots, flower-pots, and other Roman antiquities have been fished out by the workmen. The Athletic Sports will soon be here, and the editors cutely tip Partington as the winner of the quarter, pole jump, high jump, and scratch hundred ; Whincup ought to do good time for the mile, and win the throwing the cricket ball . We hope there will be " thirds " this year, and that the handicappers will deal kindly with the editors. Commemoration day was a great success, thanks to all parties ; we won the Old Boys match, though the splendid batting of the
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brothers Lord was rather a thorn in the side of the School bowling ; the excitement at the finish was intense, when Crowther for the Old Peterites, with two to win, was bowled by Hudson. I (not the editorial we this time), have come to the end of my tether, and what else has happened lately I really forget : most of the School went as usual to the Gala, and spent much money in knocking off many cocoanuts off sticks, and other senseless divarsions . " We would fain add our poor voice to join the bursts of joy which greet the birth of the Duke of York's son : it is, indeed, a glad occasion which brings into the world a future king of England . How long 'I'tnE PETeRITE has been going we don ' t quite know ; but isn ' t it time we had a silver wedding, or centenary, or made some such foolish fuss r When its time for us to celebrate our first number please write. There are up to the present not the usual cross keys on this number ; this is not permanent ; a "block" was not forthcoming : next number you shall have cross keys. We glory in the success of the classical Naylor and Padel, and the legal Wilkinson, in their various "tripi" or "tripods" or whatever it is . One of the editors is leaving this term : mourn with us, friends, that he is gone, and for us that are left alone . He is going to Balliol C'oll ., Oxford : 'tis t otterell. There are breakers ahead, for the stumbling blocks of learned, hooded, stupid examiners are still to be steered through . We fear that the School letter is rather vapid, and we are quite sure we shall be told so : there is a certain well-meaning honesty in PETNRITE readers, that when we write anything stale they leave us no room to get conceited at all . You ask the reason why this is the case : the heat, reader, the heat has fuddled us, or " life ' s short, very very short," so we feel, just at this time especially, that there are more profitable was of spending it than writing a School letter. N .B .—We are sorry that Mr . Sample will no longer be organist at our chapel, after a faithful service of seventeen years .
COMMEMORATION i)AY .
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COMMEMORATION DAY. NCL'' more St . Peter's Day came round, and with it brought
O the usual festivities . In the morning a Special Service was
held in the School chapel, the boys all being present, and a large company of parents and friends. The Chapel had been most tastefully decorated with flowers of all kinds as well as ferns most kindly lent for the occasion by Dr . Hingston . Great praise and many thanks are clue to Mrs. Handford, Mrs . Veld, Mrs . Richards, and the Misses Head, Veld, Scargill, Leaf and Ridgeway for the pains they took to make the Chapel appear as it did . After the short Service, Holy Communion was celebrated and a very appropriate Sermon was preached by the Rev . R . M . Ainslie, Vicar of St . Saviour's, Liverpool . Taking for his text the 16th chapter 25th verse of St . Luke—" Son Remember," he said that the life of St . Peter, the patron Saint of this ancient historical school, ought to have a special place in the mind of all those who had the honour of being Peterites . The preacher made a touching remembrance of his time at the School, and said that the festival brought back to his memory the happy times of his youth, but at the same time it recalled the many things he had left undone : and here he impressed upon the senior boys present that it was to their position and influence, and further to their force of character, that the junior boys framed their lives, reminding them that as Christians it was their duty first and foremost to live lives worthy of the name by shunning all dishonourable dealings, and by stamping out all that was impure . To them was entrusted the tone of their School, and so they should remember that their words and actions were always marked, though they might not think so . Continuing, he said that day was the birthday of the School, and they were all gathered together to join in thanking God for His care and preservation, and to pray for his abundant and continued blessing. After the sermon hymn 437 was sung by the choir, and a collection was made for the various missionary societies to which the School is attached . Later on Mr . Handford entertained a large party of friends and the Xl 's of the old and present boys to luncheon . An
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account of the cricket match will be found elsewhere . The weather on both days was lovely, and the number of people who came to the match in the afternoon far exceeded all former years.
CRICKET. 1sT XI . v . N . R . AsvLUM.
HIS the opening match of the season was played on May 22nd,
T on the Asylum ground . The School went in first, and made but a short stay, Whincup making top score with 14, when he was caught by Waterhouse . None of the other batsmen offered any satisfactory resistance to the good bowling of Messrs . Best and Kershaw, and the innings closed with a total of 35 . The Asylum then sent Messrs . Borras and Hingston to the wickets, and the former was despatched by Nevile with 7 to his account, while Hingston scored z I before he was caught off the same bowler. Shepherd bowled well for the School, and the innings ended for 72 . The School went in again, and did better than before, Hudson and Whincup scoring 20 and 36 respectively, the score being raised to 105 before stumps were drawn at six o'clock . Thus the game ended in a win for the Asylum by 37 mots. S . PETER'S.
1st Innings . B . Hudson b Best . . A . Sullivan b Best . J . Shepherd c Moyser b Best C . P . Whincup c Waterhouse b Best E . F . Nevile b Kershaw R . M . Nevile b Best .. H . R . Partington b Kershaw H . Wheelwright b Best F . Clemens c Borras b Kershaw \V . C . B . Williams run out T . W . Henson not out Extras
9 2 0
14
4 3
0 0
I) Borras . . b Kershaw
2nd Innings.
20 9
c Kershaw b Borras
Iy
not out .. b Borras .. I) Leckenby b Lcckenby not out ..
36 2 0 10
3
0
Extras
6
35 N . R . ASYLUM. A . Borras b R . M . Nevile .. A . Hingston c Shepherd b R . M . Nevile W . Milnthorpe c Partington b R. M . Nevile . . C . Waterhouse b Hudson Dr . Kershaw c Clemens b Shepherd
105
..
21 4 1i
12
5
CRICKET . C . Best b Hudson Dr. Johnston b Shepherd J . Moyser b Shepherd B . Rudd b Shepherd A . Stenning run out T . Leckenby not out . . Extras
O
7 O
o 3 o 7 Total
. . 72
Tar SCIIOOL v . N . E . COUNTY SCHOOL. Plaved at Barnard Castle on Saturday, May 26 . The weather Nvas bitterly cold with a strong wind blowing, and the wicket was slow but easy after the previous night's rain and heavy showers in the morning, Hudson and Sullivan began the innings, and scored zo off six overs before the former was caught at point . Shepherd helped to raise the score b 'v a similar amount, and then left for the same number . The third partnership produced 28, and then a good ball dismissed Sullivan for a neat innings, in which leghitting was a frature . Nevile had scarcely joined the captain when heavy rain drove the players to shelter, and no more play was possible before lunch, the total standing at 70 . On resuming, Nevile was immediately caught at point, which let in his brother, and 78 were put on for the next wicket . Whincup hit the bowling about freely, though some of his strokes were uppish ; still he gave no actual chance until his total reached .}o, when he ought to have been caught from a skver to mid-on . Soon after he was again dropped, and was finally caught in the long field at 1¢8. Nevile scored much more slowly, but made one drive off a long hop for which five were run . Two more wickets fell rapidly, and the innings was closed . Nearlv two hours remained for play when the home team went in . The first wicket fell at q, the second at z .} ; then Garthwaite and Alexander put on i o, at which point Hudson took three wickets quickly . Then the play became very slow, and was only- redeemed by a dashing display by Parker, a player of only a few inches . 1?ventually all were out ten minutes before time . Score and analysis :—
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The Sehool—tst Innings. B . Hudson c Ilumblc b Morton .. A . M . Sullivan Is Idarthwaitc . . 26 J . Shepherd c and b Garthwaite . 14 C . P . AWhincup e Alexander b Morton . 62 E . F . Nevile c Humble b Garthwaite . . . . .. I R . M . Nevile not out .. 24 .. H . R . Partington b Fea H . Wheelwright b Fea . . E . W . Henson, F . C . Clemons, and W . C . B . Williams to bat . Extras Total (for 7 wk(s)
2 o
..
N . F . .School—2nd Innings. 17 (i . II . Humble b Shepherd M . 'McPherson b K . Nevile 5 A . iar thwaitc c Iludson b Shep'rd 23 IN . C . Alexander lbw h IIudson .,
18
H . O . Wraith h Iludson \V . Al . id ea b Hudson J . W . Parker c Partington b R. . Nevile H . Wilson I) Shepherd .. \V . P . Paynler h Shepherd T . Young b Iludson .. R . Morton not out Extras
o o
Total
90
151
O . AI . R . NV . Analysis :— Morton 17 6 31 2 . . Alexander . . 10 1 30 0 4 Parker II 3 28 0 Garthwaite . . 10 I 30 3 Fea ., i 30 24 2 Alexander bowled one wide .
Analysis : IL . Nevile . . Hudson . . Shepherd Clemons . .
u
Al .
tz,
15 4 20 lu 19 48 2 0
26 31 25 5
5 I 2 o 3
w•. 2 a 0
Clemons bowled one wide.
YOSEKHIRE GENTLEMEN V . ST . PEIER ' S SCHOOL.
This match was played May 29th, on the Yorkshire Gentlemen ' s ground, hut was frequently inter rupted by the rain showers . The School eleven batted first, and HIudson and Sullivan put on 1 .1. for the first wicket . Shepherd and \Vhincup also got into double figures, but the last five wickets did not cont r ibute 20 runs between them . The Yorkshire Gentlemen knocked oft the 73 runs set them to obtain by the School before the full of the second wicket, and at the conclusion of play the score was 129 for the loss of five wickets . Score : ST . PETER'S SCIIOOL. B. Hudson, b H . C . Dailey .. A . M . Sullivan, b G. H . Aitken .. J . Shepherd, c Young, b G . H . Aitkin C. P . AWhincup, b E . B . Firth H . Partington, b G . H . Aitken R . M . Nevile, c D . Carter b Firth E. F . Nevile, c Joy h Firth E W. Henson, h Marsden F. Clemons, b Marsden W . C . B . Williams, c and b Aitken H . Wheelwright, not out Extras Total
..
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YORKSHIRE GEN'T'LEMEN. 1I . J . H . Marsden, 1) lludson A . O . Joy, 1) Shepherd A . Stainer, run out I . IV . Teal, c Shepherd, b Whincup D . Carter, b J . Shepherd
H .'I'amplin, not out . . A . Young, not out .. .. Extras
29 29
27
5
12 20
.. Total (5 wkts)
4 3
. . 129
Sr . Perlilt' S SCHOOL V . I (BURN VALLEY. June zznd, on the School ground . The match, a new fixture, reminded one of an aquatic carnival . The visitors, winning the toss, elected to bat, sending Villiers and Osborne to face the deliveries of Hudson and Nevile . IIudson's third ball Villiers feebly returned to the bowler . On Hamilton partnering Osborne, runs began to cone freely till the score reached 3 g , when Osborne was clean bowled by Hudson . The next stand was made when Whitley joined Hamilton . Runs coming pretty fast brought on Shepherd, but still no separation was effected till Hamilton hit his wickets . The rest caused little trouble,—being quite unable to cope with Nevile ' s bowling, which, considering the sodden state of the pitch, was excellent, as his analysis s p ews . After partaking of tea, the School, with hardly an hour to knock-up the required no, sent in Sullivan and I Judson . "These two treated the visitors to some lively fielding . The rain now coming down faster, and with only fifteen minutes to play and 58 runs to make, it was decided to draw stumps, leaving the match a draw—decidedly in our favour . Appended are the scores and bowling analysis : RYBURN VALLEY. Rev . J . Villiers, c and b Hudson . E . Osborne, b Hudson .. E . W . Crossley, c Nevile T . Hamilton, ht wkt h Nevile A . S . Whitley, lbw b Nevile D . G . Wheelwright, b Nevile .. R . Wheelwright, c Sullivan b Nevile . . F . \V . ILulwen, not out J . W . Crossley, 1) Nevile .. II . W . Shawcross, run out . ,
A . W . Reith, b Nevile Extras
..
o 22 5
19 25
o 4 to o t
.. ..
o 4 90
S
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B. Hudson, not out A . M . Sullivan, not out J . Shepherd C. Whincup H. R . Partington R . M . Nevile F. C . Clemons J . E . Metcalfe H . Wheelwright R . H. Bailey G. Yeld
20
To bat.
Extras
Total for number of wkts Bowling Analysis :-- o. Ai. Hudson 12 2 R . M . Nevile 21 4 T . Shepherd 8 2 Bailey .. 3
ST . PETER ' S V . POCKLINGTON.
Played on the 7th of June, at York . The Home team won the toss, and Hudson and Sullivan went in first . Hudson was soon dismissed, but on Shepherd joining Sullivan a splenid stand was made, and 69 runs were registered before Shepherd was dismissed for 39 . Whincup then joined Sullivan, and hit eight twos and a one, when he was caught by Harrison . Partington whipped in, but was soon bowled by Harrison . Sullivan ' s wicket was the next to fall, but not before lie had scored a well earned 52 : he had played careful cricket, his runs being mostly made up of ones and twos . The rest were soon out, and the innings closed for 135. Pocklington sent Wright and Taylor to the wickets after the interval, and though the latter soon succumbed, the former scored 15, when he was caught by Yeld . Owing to good bowling, as usual, by Hudson and Nevile, only one other of the Pocklington team, Harrison, made double figures, and the innings closing for 53, a follow on resulted . Harrison with Taylor went to the wickets, and this time put on 37, when he was caught by Sullivan ; 30 more were added by the rest, 16 of these being scored by Iles (not out) : thus the 67 runs scored failed to avert an inning ' s defeat . Bailey bowled excellently for us . Scores and analysis :—
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ST . PETER'S. B. Hudson, c Marshall b Harrison . A . M . Sullivan, c Swindell b Harrison J . Shepherd, c Smith b Taylor C. Whincup, c Harrison b Taylor H. R . Partington, b Harrison R . M. Nevile, b Cantley .. F. Clemons, b Cantley E . \Wheelwright, lbw Harrison J . E . Metcalfe, not out R . II . Bailey, c Smith b Harrison G. Yeld, b Cantley Extras Total
0
52 39 17 2
6 2 5
0 0 0 I2
1 35
POCKLINGT ON . 1st Innings. Wright, c Yeld b I Judson Taylor, c Yeld b Hudson . . Swindell, b Nevile . . Cobb, c Shepherd b Hudson Harrison, c Metcalfe b Hudson .. Marshall, b Hudson Cautley, c Bailey b Hudson Wright, c Clemons b Nevile Smith, c Partington h Nevile Iles, c and b Hudson Nornabell, not out . . Extras .. Total Analysis : — O. M . R . W.
Hudson Nevile
5 30 7 15 6 23 3 16
15 o o 3 . . 14 2 8 o o 7 4 o 53
2nd Innings. Taylor, lbw h ilevile .o Harrison, c Sullivan h Shepherd . . 37 Cobb, c Sullivan b Shepherd .. 3 Swindell, c Metcalfe b Shepherd . . o Marshall . played or b Shepherd . . o I Wright, c Yeld b Bailey . . Cantley, c Sullivan b Bailey .. 2 Wright, c Yeld b Bailey ., o Iles, not out . .. . . 16 Nornabell, b Bailey .. .3 Smith, b Bailey . 2 Extras 3 Total . . 67 Analysis :— o. u . R . W. Nevile 12 3 17 1 Shepherd 21 8 30 4 Bailey II 4 14 5 Clemons 2 0 4 0
S . PETER'S SCHOOL V . AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE.
At Ampleforth on Tuesday, June 1zth . The ground after the recent heavy rains was in a very wet state ; and the home team having won the toss put us in, a doubtful policy, though it promised well at starting . The usual pair began, and Hudson was bowled with the second ball sent down . Shepherd followed in, and did not last very long, being also bowled with the score at 5, all of his own making ; these two wickets fell to what were suspiciously like half-volleys . Whincup and Sullivan mended matters considerably, and by lunch the score had reached 29 without fur ther disaster, the captain being not out 16 . After the restart he added four and then was well caught at mid-off from a hard hit . Farrington showed much improved form, and made some good on-drives ; whilst he was in, Sullivan scored at a quicker rate than before, but was at length bowled for a steady
to
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and well-played 27 . With Nevile in runs again calve freely, and at 0, Partington was bowled off his pads ; he had given two chances . Clemons was caught by the longstop in hitting to leg at too, but Whcelwtii ht and Nevile raised the score to 127, before the latter was bowled . Whittcup then closed the innings Wheelwright having scored his 15 very quickly . A minute or two before five o ' clock Ampleforth began their Innings, and Johnstone hit freely at starling with some luck . After he was out, nobody offered any resistance to Nevile ' s bowling, but time ran out with only seven wickets down . Another quarter of an hour would most probably have settled the issue . Score and Analysis : ST . PETER ' S Scl-ICOL. P .. 27 A. M . Sullivan, b Smith 0 B. Hudson, 1) Quinn J . Shepherd, b Johnstone . . . . 5 C .P .AV'hincup,cJohnstonc,bTraynor2o H . R. Partington, b Smith . , . . 32 . 22 IT . M . Nevile, b Smith . . F . C . Clemons, c Buggins, b Smith 2 14 . Wheelwright, not out .. . J J . E . Metcali'e, It . H . Bailey, G. G. Ycld to bat
Exn as . .
.. 4
Total . . . .12; Analysis :— O. \i . R. W. J . Quinn .. 20 29 9 1 1 B B . Johnstone .. 10 3 24 11 E . Traynor 3 25 1 2 R . Smith 15'3 4 38 I 0 7 0 R . Connor Quinn and Connor each bowled a no ball
A\tt'LEI oR'Tll COLLEGE.
. Buggins, run out .. ..8 B . Johnstone, c Partington, b Hudson .. 26 6 It . Smith, c \\'hincup, b Nevile 11 . Birne, b Nevile .. 4 J . Gallavan, c Clemons, b Nevile .. 0 J . Potter, c Bailey, b Nevile .. 3 R. Connor, not out .. 3 . Quinn, b Nevile . . . .. 2 P . Crawley, E . Traynor, L . Farrel, to bat Extras . , 2 Total (7 Hits .) . . 54 Analysis :--
o. M . R. . Hudon . . 17 6 33 S 19 R . M . Nevile . . 16 .3 Hudson howled one wide.
w. 5
S . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . RIPON SCHOOL.
We won the toss, and Sullivan and June 16th, at York . Shepherd went to the wickets to face the bowling of Daniel and Day . The score reached 23, when Sullivan was out l .b .w. Shepherd compiled our top score of 26, when he was caught by Daniel at slip ; Hudson then added 17 to the score, the third wicket falling for 50 runs . AVhincup was soon caught ; but on Partington joining R . Nevile a long stand was made, the scores of 20 and 19 respectively being credited to these two ',layers . If lieu' was little else worthy of comment, except a well-played innings of 8 by Wheelwright, and the innings closed for 114. .
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Ripon then going in offered but a slight resistance to the bowling of Nevile and Hudson, none of them getting double figures, so that them 'total reached 38 only : this caused at follow on for the visitors . Thompsol ,vas despatched with a cipher opposite his name : but Daniel gave the bowlers some trouble until after being missed two or three times he was, unluckily for him, run out after scoring ¢z : only too others, Tattersall and I\IcCrae . reached doub l e figures . .Le total of 89, however, saved an innings defeat . With [ .; . to win, Sullivan and Shepherd again yVent in ; the tatter was despatches when 1z runs had been scored, and his successor, Hudson, did not long survive ; thus it fell to \Vhincup to make the winning hit, upon which stumps were drawn with eight wickets to fall . Scores and analysis : ST. I'LTER S SCHOOL. 1st Innings .
2nd Innings.
A. AL Sullivan, lbw, b Stowe 6 J . Shepherd, c Daniel, b Thompson 26 B. Hudson, b Collins 1 C . 1' . \Vhincup, c Wood, b Thompson .. 's H . R . Partiugton, b Collins . . 20 R . M . Nevile, inn out 19 F. Clemons, b Collins . . .. 1 j . E . Metcalfe, I) Daniel . . o H . Wheelwright, lbw, b Bainbodge .. .. . 8 E . W . Benson, not out R . H . Bailey, b Collins . . .. 2 Extras ii .. Total
..
not out c Tattersall, b Collins c Bainbridge, b Daniel
.. 2 . . 10 o
not out
(for two wickets) ., 14
114
RIPON. Ist Innings . C . E . Daniel, run out C . E . Wood, c 1ludson, b Nevile . . F . A . Stowe, 1) Hudson \V . Thompson, not out F . A . Skene, c Shepherd, b Nevile II . E . Collins, I) IIudson . \V . Tattersall, c AVhincup, b Hudson \V . G . McCrae, 1) Nevile . . II . Robinson, 1) Nevile N . F. Bainbridge, b Hudson H . Day, b Nevile Extras .. Total
.
2nd Innings. 8 0
8 3 2 0 8 0 0
38
run out b Nevile b Hudson h Nevile b Hudson lbw, b Nevile 1) Shepherd . . b Iludson lbw, b Nevile c I'arlington, b Hudson not out Extras Total
. .
. . . .
. . 42 .. 2 .. o .. o . 2 . o . is . . 17 .. 5 ., o . 4 .. 2 . . 89
12
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BOWLING ANALYSIS. 1st Innings . O.
B . Hudson R . Nevile
2nd Innings. M.
R.
W.
14 8 14 4 13 b 19 5
O.
Hudson . . Nevile
..
Bailey Shepherd \Vhincup
M.
8 4
12
2 7 4
R.
W.
5 4 44 4
0 0
10 21 7
3 1
0 1 0
YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN V . S . PETER ' S SCHOOL.
The return match was played on the Gents' ground, on June 19th. We won the toss, and Sullivan and Shepherd went in first to bat ; the former was soon despatched, but the latter scored 16 before he was bowled by Hill ; none else made much of a stand, and our score only reached 54 . This the Gentlemen knocked off with the loss of 5 wickets ; had not Vi hincup missed a catch off Firth when the latter had made z, we should have made a better show, but as it was their total reached 246, the Rev . Firth scoring 85 not out. The Gentlemen, as will he seen, had a strong team and thus won the match easily. Appended are the scores : S . PETER'S SCHOOL. A. M . Sullivan, b Landon .. J. Shepherd, b Hill B. Hudson, lbw, b Hill C. P . \Vhincup, b Firth II . R . Partington, c Starner, b Landon R . M . Nevile, b Hannay . F . Clemons, b Hannay H . Wheelwright, c Landon, b Firth .. E. Henson, b Hannay R. H . Bailey, b Firth W . Williams, not out Extras Total YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. V. C . Schofield, b Hudson W. H . A . Worsley, b Nevile G . Hannay, c Shepherd, b Hudson Capt . Hill, b Hudson A. C . Starner, c Partington, b Nevile H . R . Tarnplin, c Nevile, b Hudson .. H . Whitwell, b Shepherd .. Rev . E . B . Firth, not out . . R . Young, b Shepherd E . S . Cox, c Williams, b Bailey C . W . Landon, b Shepherd . Extras Total
5
II 10
4 13
26
I0
87 15 28
42 13 264
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S . PETER ' S V . DURHAM SCHOOL.
This match was played on our ground, June zest . Shepherd and Sullivan went first to the wickets for us ; the former was smartly caught at he wickets, when he had made 9 . Hudson joined Shepherd, bet was despatched after scoring 3 . Whincup then went in and made the substantial score of 33 before Wilkinson caught and bowled him . Wickets fell rapidly till Henson partnered Wheelwright, both blocking the balls for eight overs, in which time not a run was scored ; but then they hit out vigorously till Henson was bowled for 9 . Bailey and Williams succeeded one another but both wickets fell for 4 runs, and Wheelwright was left not out, having scored 22, an excellent innings . Durham then went in, Fawcus and Cumberlege facing the bowling of Hudson and Nevile, the latter bowling Fawcus for 3 ; but Cumberlege scored 17 before Shepherd beat him with a good ball . Saddler alone of the others repeated his last year ' s success against us, and scored 28 . The innings closed for 64 . We went in again, and after three wickets had fallen were left victors . Scores and analysis : DURHAM SCHOOL. H . B . Fawcus, c Henson, b Nevile R . F . Cumberlege, b Shephe n d H . Graham, b Nevile .. S . A . Sadler, Ihw, Nevile M . Wilkinson, b Nevile G . Thompson, c Partington, b Nevile
3 17 0
28 0 0
A. Clark, b Shepherd W . Willan, not out C . Maughan, b Nevile E. B . Thornton, b Nevile W. Hardie, b Shepherd Extras
4 i
0
I 0
4 Total
64
ANALYSIS. Hudson Nevile Shepherd
o. 7 16 10
Ti .
.. . . . .
3 3 3
.. . ..
R. II
36 13
w. o .. 7 . 3 .
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S . PETER'S. Est
Innings.
2nd Innings.
A. Sullivan, c Cumber] ege, b Fawcus 26 J . Shepherd, c Thompson, b Fawcus 9 B. Hudson, b Wilkinson 3 C. P . AV'hincup, c and b Wilkinson 33 H . R . Partington, b Wilkinson 0 R . Al . Revile, c Fawcus, b Wilkinson F . Clemons, lbw. Wilkinson 0 H . Wheelwright, not out . . .. 229 E . Henson, b Wilkinson R . H . Bailey, c Clarke, h Fawcus .. 2 W . C . Williams, c Thornton, b Fawcus 2 Extras 4 Total
not out h Graham c Clarke, b Sadler ..
c Fawcus, b Graham
5
Extras
[1[
Total
56
S . PETER ' S V . DURHAM SCHOOL.
The away match was unavoidably played two days after the home match ; the attendance was small owing to other attractions. We were anxious to repeat our victory, while Durham, the match being the last under the old head master, wished to atone for their previous defeat . We won the toss, and Sullivan and Shepherd went in first ; the latter was soon given out lbw, hard lines! On Sullivan being out for 7, Whit cup joined IIudson and made matters lively till the latter was despatched with zo runs to his name . Of the rest I'artington made 12, and Henson but no one else broke their duck . Whincup played a sl+leald ;d innings and barring a chance to long off, when he had made 6, it might be almost considered faultless ; thus our score mounted to 138. Durham then went to the wickets, but excepting 21 by Sadler, 20 by ('lark, and 18 by Thompsrin, there was nothing worthy of comment, and when the innings closed for So we were left victors by 58 runs . Scores and analysi : S . PETER'S SCHOOL. A. M . Sullivan, b Fawcus . . Shepherd, lhw, b Wilkinson It . Hudson, c 7 hompson, b Wilkinson C . P . A\ hincup, not out . . R . M . Nevilc, b i[aham 1I . R . Partington, c Thompson, b Hdie
; o 20
83 o 12
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H . Wheelwright, run out . . E . W . Henson, c Thompson, b Fawcus F . Clemons, lbw, b Fawcus . , R. 11 Bailey, b Fawcus . . W . C . Williams, ht wkt, b Fawcus Extras Total
o . .
11 o 0 o 5
,.
. .138
DURHAM SCHOOL. H . B . Fawcus, b Hudson . II . Cumberlege, b Nevile .. H . Graham, b Nevile S. A . Sadler, c Sullivan, b Shepherd II . M . Wilkinson, b Nevile G . Thompson, b Nevile .. \V . AV'111iams, lbw, b Nevile .. A . Clark, b Whincup ,. W. Harrison, b Shepherd E B . Thornton, not out .. \V . J . HIardie . c and b Whincup Extras Total
ST . PETER ' S V . OLD BOYS. Played on Commemoration Day in most glorious weather . The School team was considerably handicapped by the absence of Nevile and Shepherd . Bowling was never felt the lack of more. Commencing at 12 p .m ., the Old Boys vvent in on a batting wicket, sending in Naylor and Sharpe . In Hudson ' s first over he clean bovyled Sharpe . Rev . R . M . Ainslie came next and fell a victim to Bailey . NVhcn Rev . W . W . Dodsworth came a short stand was made, Naylor getting the runs, but unfortunately his partner was run out . Heaven filled the vacancy, but lost Naylor, who was beautifully caught at cover point . P . E . Lord whipped in, and now there was a long stand ; Whincup went vice Bailey, but no separation was effected, and when luncheon-bell rang the score stood at 7o for 5 wickets . Resuming about 2-30, Heaven was soon smartly caught at the wicket, having made 14 by very careful cricket . When the brothers Lord got together runs came very rapidly, Bailey taking the hall from Whincnp ; but zoo vv as telegraphed in a very little time . Several changes were made, but still the two batsmen scored rapidly, fours and threes coming in
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quick succession . At last, after about 2 hours lively cricket, T . B . Lord was caught and bowled by Whincup . Soon after P. E . Lord fell to a grand delivery from Hudson, who had resumed at the bottom end, his innings of 115 was a fine display of hitting, only marred by a hard chance at the wickets . At this point James " further revived the weary fielders by bringing the Challenge Cup full of claret, which in the intense heat was extremely welcome . The rest caused little trouble and the innings closed for 242 . Clemons and Sullivan by careful batting made I b, when Sullivan was caught and bowled by T . Lord . Hudson came next but did not stay long, and \Vhincup, after making 13, was clean bowled by Sharpe . When Partington came the score rapidly rose in spite of frequent changes, until, after a fine innings of 38, he was caught at point . Benson and Clemons played out time, the latter playing exceedingly for his 27 . The match was resumed on Saturday, and before luncheon the School were all out for 146 . Clemons played extremely well for his 5o, his cuts being very noticeable . The second innings was a great improvement, Hudson, Partington and \Vhincup severely punishing the bowlers in spite of numerous changes . The rest doing nothing worthy of mention, the innings closed for 188, leaving the Old Boys gz to win . The School were favoured by good luck, owing to the enforced retirement of Ainslie and the absence of T . B . Lord. Excitement was great as with one wicket to fall and 8 runs to win P . E . Lord joined Crowther . The former made six of these, when Crowther was bowled amid tremendous cheers, thus leaving the School lucky winners by 2 runs, a task which at one time seemed impossible . OLD Ist Innings.
2nd Innings.
H . D . Naylor, c Whincup, b Bailey 20 J. Sharpe, b Hudson . . 1 . . o Rev . R . M . Ainslie, b Bailey 115 P . E . Lord, b Hudson . . o G. V . Birks, b Hudson Rev . W . W . Dodsworth, run out .. F . C . Heaven, c Sullivan, b Hudson 14 . 66 T . B . Lord, c and b Whincup .. 8 F. C . Crowther, b Hudson .. 4 A. W . Eastwood, b Hudson . . . . o R . \Vhincup, not out Extras . . 13 Total
BOYS.
,
. .242
c Nevile, b Bailey lbw, 1) Bailey retired not out b Bailey h Hudson h Bailey absent b Hudson . b Hudson b Hudson Extras Total ., 90
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SCHOOL 1st Innings.
2nd Innings
A. M . Sullivan, c and 1) T . B . Lord I t F . Clemons, not out . . 50 2 B. Hudson, b Sharpe . . 13 C. P. \Vhincup, b Sharpe H. Wheelwright, b Sharpe o II . R . Partington, c Heaven, b P . E . Lord . . 38 6 E . W . Henson, b T . B . Lord E . F . Nevile . c L'irks, b P . E . Lord 15 o E . Joicey . c Heaven, b Bld g R . 11 . Bailey, 1) Birks . o \V . Williams, b Birks 1 Extras .. .. . . 10 Total
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b Sharpe b Sharpe . . .. b H . Naylo, c Rev . \V . W . Dodsworth, b T . I ;. Lord 1) Bilks b Sharpe b Naylor b Sharpe ht wkt, b Naylor not out b Naylor Extras
.146
Total
. .188
BOWLING ANALYSIS. .SCHOOL .
2nd Innings.
1st Innings. M.
R.
W.
B. Hudson . . 32 . 2 10 R . II . Bailey . . 18 5 2 C. P . \Vhincup 14 . Henson 4 o E. AV 0 F. Clemons 4 0 II . Wheelwright 2
64 73 41 16 12 13
6 2
O.
0.
B . Hudson R . II . Bailey
. .
M.
14
4
13
0
37 52
4 4
I 0 0 0
OLD Boys . 1st Innings.
2nd Innings.
O.
M.
R.
W.
T . B . Lord 2o J . Sharpe 25 Rev.R .\J .Ainslie 3 7 F . C Crowther . . P . E . Lord . . 8 G . V . Birks 3
5 13
44 34 I5 14 26 3
2 3
0 I 0 0
0 0
2 3
J . Sharpe G . V . Birks T . B . Lold Rev . R . M . Ainslie P . E . Lord . . H . D . Naylor . .
0.
M.
R.
W.
24 13 8 6 6
4 1
4
to
3
54 24 29 28 16 22
1 0 1
1 t n 0
5
2ND XI . V . S . OLAVH ' S SCHOOL. The attendance at this match on the School ground on
more interest centred in the 1st XI. in first, and compiled 136, completely mastering the visitors' bowling . S . Olavu's then put together 17, and, following on, added 25 . Scores : 22nd was but meagre,
as
May
match . The School went
ST . PETER'S. R . F . Russell, b Kitching .. I . E . Metcalfe, lbw b Kitching G . Yeld, b Kitching c Cockcyoft
11
19 26
18
CRICKET. R . H . Bailey, b Cockcroft E. Walters, b Cockcroft A. Dobson, 1) Cundall G . P. Haworth . c Smith b Cockcroft T . Watson, b Cockcroft L . Moiser, not out E . Jokey, b Cundall .. H . B . (heaves, b Cundall Extras
4
0 10
8 15 15
16
li 4
Total . .
136
ST . OLAVE'S. 1st Innings. Cockcroft, c Metcalfe b Moiser 5 Kitching, b Bailey . . o Rymer, b Bailey . . o Smith, b Bailey 2 Cundall, c Metcalfe h Moiser o Cundall, b Moiser 3 Wilson, lbw b Bailey .. o Harrison, b Bailey .. o West, not out . . .. o Draper, c Russell b Moiser . o IIutlam, b Moiser .. o .. Extras Total
2nd Innings. b Bailey . . b Bailey b Bailey . . b Bailey c Walters b Yeld . . b Bailey . . b Bailey . . b Yeld . . b Watson b Yeld . . not out Extras
. . 17
Total . .
o o I
5 5 4 4 [ .. o ..o ., o 5 . . 25
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2ND XI . V . AMPI .EFORTH COLLEGE 2ND XI.
On our ground on June 12th . Williams and Henson went in first fur the School, who won the toss, and by good cricket knocked up 2¢ and 23 respectively before they were bowled . The rest dill not give very much trouble, Ilowarih and Dobson alone getting into double figures, and the innings closed with a total of 95• The visitors then went in, and, owing to splendid bowling b~ Benson, who took seven wickets for five runs, were all out for 23, a follow on was the result, but the innings was not completed. Scores : ST . PETER'S. W . Williams, b Nevill E . Henson, b Greenwood E . Nevile, c Murphy b Nevill . R . Russell, c Stanton h Nevill G . P . Haworth, b Nevill S . Dobson, c Greenwood b Johnstone W . Watson, b Nevill E . Jokey, c 0' Beirne b Johnstone H . (heaves, c Greenwood b Nevill L . Moiser, not out J . Walters, b Johnstone Extras . . Total
..
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AMPLE FORTH. 1st Innings . i 2nd Innings. J . Johnstone, lbw b Henson . . 8 not out A . Greenwood, b Ilenson ., o 1 F . Stanton, lbw b Henson , . b Joicey T . Murphy, lbw, b Henson 2 not out . . R . Weighill, hit wckt .. J. Diamond, c Williams b Joicey 2 E. Daniel, b Henson o F. O'Beirne, c Walters b Ilenson o Nevile, run out G. .. 3 K . \Veighill, not out 1 b Williams J . Stanton, b Henson Extras 4 Extras . . Total Analysis :— o . Nei-ill . . 28 Johnstone . . 13 Greenwood . . 13
23 M. 9
R. 42
W. 6
1 4
34
3
17
1
. . 36 ..
A
2
13
..
2
Total for 2 wkts . , 61 Analysis : — o.
I[enson Joicey
.. 9 .. 8
M.
4
2
R.
W.
5 14
7 2
Si . PETâ R ' s Scttoor . V . A31 p r.ErOR'rH COLr .EGE. The return match was played on our ground, July the 3rd. The visitors won the toss, and went to the wicket first . The success mostly lay with us, for excepting a well played innings of 4 2 not out by Johnstone, in which he hit nine threes, not one of our opponents reached double figures . With 87 to win we then sent Sullivan and Clemons to the wickets ; the innings opened badly, for three wickets were down for five runs : an improvement was then made, but with seven wickets down for 53 the match still looked an open question . Then E . Nevile partnered Henson, and runs came freely ; these two added 3S and 24 respectively to the score, thus gaining for us an easy victory . Joicey made some good hits in his 14 not out, and the innings closed for 1 45 . A follow on for the visitors was the result, and Bailey and Shepherd being in good form for us in the bowling department increased our victory to an innings and four runs . Scores and analysis :—
CRICKET.
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AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE. Ist Innings.
2nd Innings.
W . O'Beirne, b Shepherd . . 5 P . Buggins, h Hudson . . ; . Smith, c Partington, b Hudson 2 J . Johnstone, not out C . . . . 42 K . Connor, b Shepherd 7 A . Galavan, c Clemons, b Bailey . . 9 D . Quinn, b Shepherd .. . . 6 B . Traynor, b Bailey . . . . o S . Crawley, b Shepherd . . • . 3 J . Potter, b Bailey .. P . Murphy, b Bailey o Extras ••4 Total
. .
lbw b Shepherd . c and b Bailey c Clemons, i> Shepherd c Sullivan, b Bailey b Shepherd . c Partington, b Bailey run out not out c Sullivan, b Bailey b Bailey b Hudson . Extras
. 86
Total
..
ST . PETER'S SCHOOL. A. M . Sullivan, c and b Quinn F . Clemons, b Quinn J . Shepherd, b Traynor B. Hudson, c Galavan, b Traynor C. P . \Vhineup, c and b Quinn H . R . Partington, b Smith .. H . Wheelwright, b Smith E . W . Henson, b Quinn E . F . Nevile, c Galavan, b Quinn E . J . Jokey, not out .. R . II . Bailey, b Crawley, c Buggins Extras . . Total
4 0
It 8 21 8 24 . . 38 14 . . 0 16
1 45
BOWLING ANALYSIS . 1st Innings. O . M . R . W. Hudson 13 7 20 2 Shepherd ,• 1 7 1 43 4 Bailey 5 0 19 4
2nd Innings. u . \t . R . W. Bailey . 1 5 5 30 5 12 3 22 3 Shepherd 21 11 Hudson . .
ST . PETER ' S 2NI) XI . V . S . MARTIN ' S SCHOOL.
This match came off on our ground on June 19 . The Visitors won the toss, and took all our wickets for 23 ; they then went to the wickets and made 32, of which Rev . Davies compiled 20. Going in again we increased our former total and made 3S. S . Martin ' s then scored 32, winning by seven wickets . Smith took six wickets for two runs .
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CRICKET . ST . PETER'S 2ND Xl. 2nd Innings.
1st Innings . G . Yeld . b Smith . . . .. .. R . Russell, b Smith . Nevile, c Kershaw b Esh E. F .. G . P . Haworth, c Hillyard h Esh . . S . Dobson, b Esh . . L . Moiser, b Esh H . R . Tomlinson, b Esh . . E . J . Joicey, b Esh H . B . Grooves, b Smith J . Watson, b Esh . . N . F . Roy, not out . . Extras Total
o o o 4
o 6 o 6 o o 6
0
hit wkt b Smith c Kershaw b Smith b Smith .. b Smith c Sampy b Esh b Smith b Esh not out c Esh h Smith .. b Smith run out .. Extras
. . 23
Total
ST . MARTIN'S . 2nd Innings.
1st Innings. Rev . J . J. Davies, h Dobson R. 'Vinson, b Yeld . . . . .. N . Sampy, h Yeld .. F . Kershaw, st Howarth b Yeld . . P. Smith, c Nevile b Dobson .. C . Esh, c Watson b Yeld W . Hillyard, b Yeld H . Webbe, b Dobson .. E . Acomb, not out .. B . Bygate, 1) Dobson S. Cockraine, b Yeld .. Extras
c and 1) Dobson
.5
c Yeld b Joicey b Dobson .. • not out
. . Extras
Total Analysis : — Yeld Nevile Dobson
O. 11 3 7
M. 5 1 3
R . W. 6 l0 8 o 11 4
9
Analysis :— Yeld . . .. Dobson .. MOiser Joicey
o. 6 5 2 2
Total
. . 32
M. 1 0 2 0
R . \v. 6 0 20 2 0 0 5 1
S . PETER ' S 2N1) NI . V . S . OEAvE ' S.
The return match was played on our g round, June 26th . Our score only reached 37, owing to good bowling by Rev . H . Wilson and Mr . J . T . Grey . This was soon topped by S . Olave's, who were considerably aided by 22 from Mr . Grey ' s bat, and the match was won by them with a margin of 24 runs.
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CRICKET. ST . PETER'S. 1st Innings.
2nd Innings.
K . F. Russell, b J . T . Giey G . Yeld, b Rev . II . Wilson J . E . Metcalfe, b J . T . Grey E . F . Nevile, b J . T . Grey S . Dobson, b Rev . H . Wilson . L . Moiser, b J . T . Grey E . Joiccy, run out . J. Walters, b Grey .. G. P . Howarth, b Grey H. B . Greeves, not out T . Watson, b Wilson Extras Total
R. F . Russell, c Angelby Cundall o G . Yeld, b Cundall . , o J .E . Metcalle,cCundall 1) E .Cundall o E . F . Nevile, b Rev . Wilson . . 3 S . Dobson, b Cundall .. 5 E . Joicey, not out . . 28 J. Walters, b Grey . . 0 o G . P . Haworth, not out . . 15 L . Moiser, b Cundall . . T . Watson k did not bat H . B . Greeves Extras 2 For 8 wickets .. 53
. ST . OLAVE'S.
\V. Rymer, b Nevile J . C . Cun .lall, c and b Yeld F . Smith, lbw Yeld ., T . Cundall, b Watson J . Cockroft, c Greeves b Watson J . T . Grey, b Greeves , Rev . II . Wilson, 1) Moiser S . Wilcox, e Nevile b Greeves W . West, b Greeves J . Ilarrison, b Nevile. W . Angleby, not out Extras . . Total .
S . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2ND XI . V . Attll'LEFORTH COLLEGE 2ND XI.
July the 3rd, at Ampleforth. AMPLEFORTH. 2nd Innings.
1st Innings. B . Johnstone, run out A . Greenwood, lbw u Veld T . Stanton, c Dobson b Yeld X . Davies, b Watson . K . AVeighill, c Metcalfe I> Watson H . O'Beirne, b Williams . .. G. Neville,e Bingham b Williams J . Stanton, b Watson B . Diamond, c Addis b Williams P . Briggs, b Williams .. R . \Veighill, not out . Extras Total
•
b Williams .. b Williams . c Moiser b Williams b Greeves .. not out c Watson 1) Williams run out b Williams b Greeves .. b Williams .. c Yeld b Greaves Extras Total
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CRICKET . SI' . PETER'S SCHOOL. tst Innings . 2nd Innings. \V . C . B . Williams, c AVeighill b Neville 3 b Johnstone R . F . Russell, c Stanton b Neville o c Johnstone b Neville, G . Yehl . c Stanton b Neville b Neville . J . Metcalfe, h Johnstone c Weighill b Johnstone 4 G . P . Haworth, b Johnstone I b Neville . S . Dobson, I) Johnstone o c and b Johnstone L . Moiser, e and u Neville 4 b Johnstone H . H . (reeves, run out . . 9 run out N . F . Addis, 1) Johnstone o b Johnstone L . Watson, not out . . 2 b Neville . R . II . Hingham, b Johnstone 2 not out . Extras 3 . . Extras Total
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Total
The 3rd X1 . braved the elements on May 26th, and played S . Olave's 2nd . Scores : S . OLAVE'S 2ND XI. D . Harrison b Cass R. Inglebv 1) Ford G . Shepherd 1) Ford J . Cundall b Cass .. C . Nelson c Pavercrow b Ford \V . Cundall b Watson A . West b Watson J . Draper c Pavercrow b Watson A . Bailey c Bingham b Tomlinson W . Hnflam not out J . Nelson b Crowther Extras
0 0 0 3 0 4 2 5 0 6 Total
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ST. PETER'S 31tD XI. T . Watson 1) Cundall J . Ford b Cundall N . Rov b Cundall C . Cass b Cundall G . Crowther b Cundall P. Carter not out . .. II . Tomdinson b Cundall C . Pavercrow lbw b Cundall B . Moise not out .. B . Draper did not bat R . Hingham
24 23 0 6 I] II 6 6 Extras
,. Total
6
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CORRESPONDENCE.
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CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITOR OF " THE PETERIrE . " SIR,
I write to make a suggestion about the scratch fours. It is that they should be rowed off in future, if we are to use our own boats, i1] the boat-house reach . The only advantage of the present course is the nearness of it to Hill's yard . If we do not use Hill ' s boats, there is scarcely a reach on the river that would not be more suitable . In the present course the stations are seriously unequal ; and even the gift of a guessed half-length to the near side boat does not set the matter altogether right. p lay I suggest also that the crews should not be drawn until mid-day of the day of the races . There is nothing to be lost by postponing the drawing ; and this year, for instance, five or six Old Boys who wanted to row were omitted. K . E . T . WILKINSON.
[Omitted in last number, being too late for publication .—ED .] May 2 9, ' 94• Seeing you invite the opinions of O . P . ' s in re the Cricket colours, I should like to register my strong objection to unnecessary change. In my day, 1869-1874, we wore not coats but shirts (dark blue and white stripes) . I am sorry to hear that the O . P .'s do not stick to their colours, but that seems to me no valid reason for present P . ' s letting them go . Personally I should be sorry to cone to the Old School and see the Eleven playing in different colours. I believe myself to be a Socialist, a Radical, and a Progressist in the Christian (though not altogether perhaps in the modern political) sense, but am Conservative enough to dislike change till I know good reason for it . I think the " onus " lies on those who wish for the change to shew cause. 1\Iy interest in the Old School, to which I owe much (perhaps the least not being free board and education under a prince of Head Masters), must be my excuse for trespassing on your space . DEAR MR . EDITOR,—
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I think I contributed to the very first number of the " PETERITE " in one of the years above referred to something of the guidebook type . I am, Sir, yours faithfully, " SUIYEZ RAISON . "
FIRST FORM NATURAL HISTORY.
runs in front of trains on the praire, is used in Buffalo Bill ' s performance. Buffaloes is a distinct animal but was a very big one and it had very big horns and hard to catch it could jup pressipies with out hcarting its self. Is a big bull, it is brown, it gallops across the plains in australaa and if there is a big pit the front ones fall it and full it up and the rest go over them. GIRAFFE is a animal with a very long neck but they are very neare distinct ; you find one or two in ariffica or India. Is a very nice animal. A thing with a pocket in front. HYENA comes out at night ; it is striped and very sharp teeth their laugh is not nice . Will enter anyone ' s house, and carry away anything that they can find candles ham chicken etc. Will attack man Africa. It has a spotted coat and is very like a cat and in fact they say that cats Formerly came from Hyenas. Is an animal that has a pecular .shreck, its colour is black and white . It feeds on the bones of people and other animals. It does not like been seen. JACKAL is a great coward, may be keeped off with a cane. Is a kind of bird. A furous animal of a black clour . It attacks any living thing. KANGAROO has a long strong tail, and does not run but leaps with with its tail . They are found in Australia and hunteded tinned and exported. Is a very swift runner, it is like a mouse but bigger . BUFFALO
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LEOPARD is a sort of tiger only biger, it springs at its pray.
a fish which stings very much, large ears or fins, tail carries the electric shock. Lives under water, it has about i z arms under wich are succers to suck the blood out of anything that falls into its hands. Is a bird, it is black, it lives in the rocky mountains in America. Has eight legs, funny looking animal, is an animal (beast) fierce. OSTRICH is a very big burd. A bird with eggs nearly as big as football. OCTOPUS
RHINOCEROS a great big fish it is brown and it lives at the bottom
of the sea and now and then it comes to the surface and squirts out water. Rionosohoros is an animal about the size of a pig having a thick skin. SEAL, is a very firy animal. Is a sort of mold that lives in the sea and on the sand. SHARK it can half a man at one bite, about the savagous iii the ocean. Is a big fish who men get oil of their lubber, and it eats all other fish it finds in the sea. Is a large fish that lives in the sea, it has three rays at the top of its head and is a tremendus fish for sinking ships. Is a big fish that lives in the sea and eats men and it has a bix throught and can swallow a man hole they arc generally found when a ship goes down. Is a very fierce animal it eats the people that fall into the sea. STORK is a very tall bird which is taken for a block of wood, because it stands still on one leg. stalk VULTURE is a bird of pray. A feirce bird, carry children away to its nests. Is a very large bird, there are different speices of which the condor is the largest, it is very fond of bear meat . It is found eating inside a cave or cliff .
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CONGRATULATIONS. To G . L . Raise (O .P .), who has passed the Inc . Law Soc . Intermediate Examination ; he is also bringing out a monthly magazine, which will doubtless suit the popular taste, and is christened the " York Monthly ." To A . S . Poyser (O .P .), who was called to the Bar in January last: may success and solicitors attend on him. To C . P . AVhincup, A M . Sullivan, who made their fifties for the School against Barnard Castle, Pocklington. To R . Greenwood (O .P ), who rowed for Queen ' s Coll ., Oxford, in the " torpids" (rather late, we fear). To N . L . Hood (0 .]' .), on whom has been con ferred the degrees of "1I .B ." and " ° B .S ." To W . M . Hancock (O .P .), who has been offered a Subsizarship at Trinity Coll ., Cambridge. To W . M . Hancock and R . Whincup (O .P . ' s), who have been doing great things for the Knaresboro' Cricket Club. To H . D . Naylor and H . C . Padel (O .P . ' s), on their passing the Cambridge Classical l ripos—ist Class, 3rd Division. To K . F . 'F . Wilkinson (O .1' .), on his getting a 211d Class in the Cambridge Law 'I'ripus. To
Mitchell, on getting his Cambridge Cricket " blue ."
To AVhincup again, on his fifty against Ampletorth. To Clemons and Hudson, on like performances against the Old Boys. To J . Shepherd, who has been offered an exhibition of 25 guineas for two years at the Faraday Institute.
NOTES AND ITEMS 11 . T . McClellan, who enlisted in the oh Lancers, has just got his commission in the 4th 1lussars. J . E . Noble has also got his commission in the Yorkshire Light Infantry .
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We have it on good authority that W . Hodgson who does sporting sketches in " Punch " is an O .P. The Athletic Sports will be held on August 1st and 2nd, and, as far as we know at present, the prize-giving on the 3rd. We acknowledge Ritoni zn, Dunelmian, Leneliensiizn, Uluta, Jf,rchzslonian, Unpingham Magazine, Hurst Johnian, Coventry Magazine Sul/on Valence Magazine, .S'edberghtoii. :—On June i 6th, J . E . Stephenson to Dora, daughter of John Turner, Esq ., of The Grange, Ulceby, Lincolnshire.
MARRIAGE
A "CIRCULAR TOUR ." EOPLE in our line of business (we are a Clerk in Holy Orders,
P are apt at times, if our business is of the dimensions that it
ought to be, to get our voice and head, to say nothing of bode and spirit, so overwrought that we need recreation and renewal . Even machines need repair : much more the delicate and complex machinery of body, soul, and spirit, of which the human being is composed. So, on the fourth day of the sixth month in the year of our Lord, 189 4 , it came to pass that we, the shepherd of the flock, left our sweet (albeit distant) wilderness in search of sedative air iii the sunny South . No steed of flesh and blood bestrode this modern Don ; with him went no Sancho Panca : alone and unaccompanied he rode the poor man ' s horse—the blessed Bicycle . Look not, reader, for adventures such as befell Lord i\lunchausen, I\lungo Park, Livingstone, or Stanley ; for Bicyclistus scales neither Alpine nor Gwalian heights, fords no streams, and penetrates no jungles, loving rather the dead level, or at most the rolling plain, the easy down grade rather than the toilsome upward climb . What marvel, since he is human nature, " out for a lark, " on pleasure—only secondarily on business—bent. June the .1.tli, though dawning brightly, relapsed on second thoughts into teeming rain . The iron steed, thirsting for the road, was therefore fain ignominiously to rail to Doncaster, and there to kick his metaphorical heels, and champ his figurative bit, with his
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pneumatic nose (pardon alliteration's artful aid) to the manger in the pleasant stall of a country vicarage in the plain of Doncaster. For the lions of that rapid, aye, race city the reader is referred to the pages of (not Lindley) Murray . "There we tarried, weather bound, till the 6th, and even then the still heavy roads compelled steed and self of course much against our will after a short but sweet ride together to Doncaster, to part company while, and rail again to the Land of Nimrod, the brickbats and blackbeetles, the looms and jennies of the working centre of the hunting shire of leisurely Leicester . Biding there a night in the midst of a veritable nest of hospitable aunts, "Thursday at last saw us awheel, " en circle " for the land o' the leal, the city of spires, our Alma Mater, Oxenford the blest . But 0 tell it not in Gad), nor to the scorching Goth) we only rode to Wesleyan Lutterworth and Rugby, since rain still threatened, and our understandings were not yet in " fettle, " no time having been available before starting for " preparation ." Still it was a beginning, and we were able on the smooth rolling road to in a measure) test the potentialities of ours Pneu " (Quadrant No . 22), which went like the " Pneuma did ' nt in its tyres . It was nearly saying " she . " I love her so I) went—to use a not very polished but expressive Yankee phrase— "like the lightning" that all day was hovering round, only—more so—" greased . " Rail again from Rugby to Oxford, there to find neither bag nor telegram arrived, owing to an error in direction. We did not, however, suffer, for old friends put us up for the night " as we were ." Pleasant talk with them, and calls on friends at Iieble, Pusey, and homely Somerville, occupied us till 2 on Friday. We were delightfully surprised to find Keble clad in Virginian verdure in spite of Butterficldian decree . We were not so well pleased to see the Chapel marbles (some of them) hidden by tapestry hangings . The College is fast losing the spotty appearance of its early days, which won it the opprobrious title of the " Small-pox Hospital, " and is getting to look in its red and green bonnet quite respectable bemiddle-aged, not to say " Gampish " and " Grundyish, " though we understand that the latter is not at all the present character of the College . Coming as we did from the progressive North, we marvelled not so much as some might
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have (lone to see the number of sweet girl " undergraduates " (presumably) simply and sensibly bestriding speedy cycles . We hope that the prejudice against the female on the ( ycle may ere long follow that which used to exist against the duly educated woman, or there will certainly be a well-deserved revolt of revolving and revolutionary daughters wishful for the wheel . For further information respecting New Oxford mile Lib : It : in : Oxon: passim ; again, latest edition ; for speak it sub rosa, there are trams and electric lights and performances by undergraduates at the Theatre on behalf of Church schools, and (presumably again) " whirling dons, " or dons on wheels, in plenty . Tempera mu/an/our indeed : seal fin-tuna in ilhs . We can't stand still, if indeed we would ; if we do, we stick in the mud : like the " untyred " Tory of old, who was never blessed with a bicycle, and never tried a tricycle . Paradoxically, our strength is to sit still, but at the same time to " move on," or we shall be " run in " or " run over " by the coming Robbers or " Roberts, " as perhaps they will euphemistically style themsel v es . 1'erbumsap . But we must move on, or our little tittillating tale will ne'er be told . Railing unriieel to Salisbury, we wheeled and walked up to the level of Salisbury Plain, and then literally whirled like the wind to our destination that night, the Druidic altars at Stonehenge, there to offer next morning sacrifice at the scene of our nativity . Amesbury is in some respects like the unchanging East . Changes there may have been (a few) since the Druids worshipped there, but Stonehenge changes not, standing in all its rugged and rural dignity still the same as of )ore . Having worshipped at the Christian shrine of our baptism, we started with the carriers ' carts on our way to our next stopping place, Bournemouth. Speeding under the summer morning sun, yet scorching not, we quickly overtook the earliest of the carts, and scudding past Old Sarum and the site of the ancient Cathedral, we soon regained New Sarum and the Wilts metropolis . There we lingered long enough to do our necessary shopping, glance round the graceful Cathedral (already known to us), lunch and amicably discuss with a fair and friendly Anabaptist the subjects of the Death Duties and the Poor Peoples' Plunder Pill, which we imagine the country
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will find it so difficult to swallow, and then left for Fordingbridge and Ringwood . Nothing of note occurred, the journey over a dead level and rather too gravelly road being only enlivened by riotous ringing of our Bicycle Bell to avoid running down (Village) Belles' frantic attempts on the part of the spiders to keep out the frequent fly . A somewhat toilsome pedal against a strong head wind for about forty miles brought us at length to that Bourne whence no traveller wishes to return, there to meet with a wifely welcome from " saeva con jux•," and a truly fraternal one from our brother-in-law and his hospitable spouse . Tub and dinner put the needful finishing touches to a really charming scurry through a lovely country, which we would recommend anyone who can to try for his or her self. The mystic circle was completed by a prosaic peregrination in company with " saeva con jux " aforesaid on (train) wheels to lovely wilds in fertile Worcestershire, and a like unpoetical procession back to our home in the chilly North, and to the blasts of rude Boreas. And now for the parting shot . You may have heard (or you may hear) or " The Church Lads' Brigade . " I saw the other day that Sedbergh School sent a collection to the IIead Quarters of "The C .L .B ." If S . Peter's would do the same, the School would be encouraging a most deserving object much in need of help, and at the same time indirectly assisting the writer, an O .P ., who is just starting a Branch of the Brigade in his Northern parish ; and last, but not least, be contributing somewhat to the true solution of the Social problem .
LAVINU
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PETERITE. Vol. . VIII .
SEPTEMBER, 1894 .
No . 112.
SCHOOL LETTER. usual in cennnencing a School Letter to bewail our sad I T seems lot in having to deny a little time of the "Six weeks and a few days" iu writing this all-important contribution ; this time however there seems much to talk about, so that one's imaginative powers are not so taxed as sometimes they have been. The Cricket Season, though perhaps 'tis rather late to say so, we venture to think was a suceessfal one, good form with the bat being displayed, as six "fifties" signify . Our victories number just one more than our losses, but we have practically won all our school matches . No back seat for St . Peter' s, please ! We were glad to see Mitchell again figuring with success in first class cricket, notably at Hastings. The Sports were not so successful as they deserved to be, through the wretched weather . The second day the rain came down incessantly, so that the company of spectators was very meagre. Partingtmi's i in 57 sees . was very good with the ground little less than a marsh Very promising also was the form of Jokey, and of him we hope to hear more in the future . The prizes were given away by Mrs . Crosthwaite in the School Hall, owing to the weather . We take this opportunity of thanking those numerous friends who subscribed to the prizes. The day after the Sports the School Hall was again well filled, only on a more solemn occasion, as we see the expectant faces of parents and boys anxious to hear the examiners' reports .
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Chancellor Paine gave away the glittering row of prizes, and in course of the proceedings gave us a brief but exceedingly interesting history of the School since its foundation . After this we all assembled about (we can hardly say " in ") the Gymnasium to witness the laying of the foundation stone . Speculation was rife as to who should lay the stone well and truly, and we were pleased the Dean asked Mrs . Handford to perform the ceremony ; indeed we should have been disappointed had the choice been otherwise. To turn to the all-absorbing topic "footer ." The ground we are glad to say has been levelled and drained, so that we shall be denied the annual mud bathing we have been accustomed to hitherto . Of last season's team only six are left, but we are by no means despondent with Shepherd as our Captain, in whose sound judgment and good sense we have plenty of confidence . To fill Partington ' s place at three-quarters will be no easy task . AVe must refrain however from commenting too much lest we encroach on " Football Prospects " which appear later on. The list of farewells is very large, but chief among them is our esteemed school-captain and co-editor . May his college clays and future career be as brilliant as that of his school . Every happiness too to Partington, whose popular leadership iii the School Ilouse, and prowess in every branch of athletics will lie sorely missed by the whole school. May his shadow never grow less ; a true specimen of "mens sana in corpore sane ." Last and not least, also to our gallant Cricket Captain Whineup ; a hearty farewell to Nevile 1 ; and Williams, whose evening "Scenes from Euripides" are things to be remembered and well worthy of his Celtic origin.
ATHLETIC SPORTS. READERS must forgive the distinctly amateur writer of this READERS any feebleness in the following report, for the gentleman who had kindly promised to take the account was prevented by a bad cold . The first day was on the whole fine, no rain falling in the afternoon ; what it slid in the morning I don ' t remember . On the afternoon of the second day it rained ' cats and dogs, ' and the events were brought off in the intervals between the showers .
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Partington took the lion' s share in the senior events, and Joicey in the junior, but there were some very close finishes. FIusT DAY
(July 31).
PUTTING THE WEIGHT (Open) : 1, J . Shepherd, 28 ft . 9 in . ; 2, H . R . Partington. 100 YARns HANDICAP (Open) : Moat i ., 1, R . M . Nevile 12 yds . ; 2, R . TI. Bade.} 2 yds . Heat ii ., 1, H . R . Partington scr . ; 2, B. Hudson 4 yds . Heat iii ., 1, E . F . Nevile 4 yds . ; 2 P . Carter 12 yds. LeNO June (under i 5) : 1, E . J . Joicey 14 ft . 4 in . ; 2, N . F . Roy. 120 YARDS HURDLE RACE (Open) : 1, H . R . Partington ; 2, R. M . Nevile . Won easily. 100 YARDS (under 13) : 1, C . Sale ; 2, R . Peaty. LoNG Juur (Open) : 1, II . R . Partington 17 ft . 7 in . ; 2, E . F. Nevile. POLE Jum p (Open) : 1, H . R . Partington 8 ft . 3 in . ; 2, J . Ford. THROWING THE CRICKET BALL (Open) : C . P . Whineup 92 yds .; 2, J . Shepherd. 100 YARDS (under 15) : Heat i ., 1, N . F . Roy ; 2, E . J. Joicey. Heat ii ., 1, C . Nelson ; 2, B . J . Walton. 100 YARDS FLAT RACE (Open) : Heat i ., 1, H . R . Partington; 2, B . Hudson . Heat ii ., B . H . Bailey ; 2, E . F . Nevile. 120 YARDS TIURDLE RACE (under 15) : Heat i ., 1, E . J . Joicey; 2, N . F . Roy . Heat ii ., 1, C . Nelson ; 2, E . J Walton. MILE RACE : 1, C . P . Whincup ; 2, B . Hudson ; 3, F . P . Fausset. 19 started in this race . Shepherd made the pace, but couldn' t last and Wliincup took up the running ; at the fifth lap the above were the first three, and this order was maintained till the end . Time, 5 min . 4 sec. 100 YARDS FLAT RACE (under 14) : I, R . G . Bingham ; 2, B. Nelson. 80 YARDS (under 12) : 1, R . Peaty ; 2, M . Richards. SECOND DAY
(August 1).
Mon Jum p (Open) : 1, J. Ford 4 ft . 11 in . ; 2, H . R . Partington. 100 YARDS FLAT RACE (under 15) final : 1, E . J . Joicey ; 2, C. Nelson.
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MILE HANDICAP (under 15) : 1, R . Penty ; 2, D . W . Roy. (The rain didn't damp the juniors' ardour, about 15 starting). Sale ran well but couldn't last, and Penty running strongly won 5 yards from Roy . 100 YAlzns FLAT RACE (Open), final : 1, II . R . Partington, time 10 secs . ; 2, R . 11 . Bailey ; a very close finish. 120 YARDS HURDLE RACE (under 15), final : 1, E . J . Joicey; 2, E . J . Walton . Joicey won with great skill and ease by 5i yds. 1 MILE (Open), 1, H . R . Partington ; 2, B . Iludson ; 3, G. Crowther . Only four turned out, Partington and Hudson not exerting themselves till the last 50 yards, when the former won as expected . Time, 57 secs. 100 YARDS FLAT RACE HANDICAP, final : 1, R . AI . Nevile, 12 yds . ; 2, R . H . Bailey, 2 yds . A good race, ending in a close finish, Nevile winning 1,y about a yard. 100 YARDS SACK RACE : I, N . F . Addis . Addis has become invincible in this acrobatic feat. MILE FLAT RACE HANDICAP (Open) : 1, C . P . W1lroeli1, Ser . ; 2, J . E . Metcalfe, 20 yards . Metcalfe led for the first 2 rounds, when the scratch man overhauled hint and won itt grand style. OLD Boys ' FLAT RACE, .1 MILE : 1, T . S . Spence . Rose was the only other competitor, but Spence sprinted well and beat hint in the last hundred yards. CONSOLATION RACE : 1, R . H . Bailey . A grand race between the winner and E . F . Nevile for first place, Bailey just winning. The Prizes were afterwards distributed by Mrs . Crosthwaite.
PRIZE GIVING. (Extract from " York Herald.")
LAYING THE CORNER S1 ONE OF THE GYMNASIUM. HE annual prize distribution took place on August 2 . The Dean of York presided, and was supported by the Head Master (Rev . G . T . Ilandford, M .A .), the Rev . Chaneellot Raine, the Rev . Canon Hae11ell, Lady Emma Purey-Cult, and a large number of ladies and gentlemen .
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The Head Master read the following list of honours won since last year :—C . B . Cotterell, Mathematical Scholarship, X80 per ammm, Balliol College, Oxford ; ii Garwood, 2nd Class IIonours, Classical Moderations, Oxford ; H . E . T . Wilkinson, 2nd Class Honours Law Tripos, Cambridge ; J . Shepherd (VI. Modern) exhilhition at the Faraday Electrical Institution ; H . D . Naylor, 1st Class Honours Classical Tripos, Cambridge ; C . F . C . Radek 1st Class IIonours Classical Tripos, Cambridge . The Head Master added that several boys either still in the school or who had recently left it had passed ordinary professional examinations, and perhaps the most interesting fact was that a boy rather nearer the bottom than the top of the 4th fuiln had passed the preliminary law examination . (Applause .) Ile could not refrain from calling attention to one or two matters . The past hail been a particularly happy year for them . It was not every year that they had received the honour of a visit from the Duke and Duchess of York ; it was not every year that they had won a Balliol Scholarship ; and it was not every year that one of the old buys had got his football blue and cricket blue at Cambridge—(applause)—and last, but not by any means least, it was not every year, in fact it had not happened for thirty years, that a new piece of substantial building had been set about, and not every year that an old boy gave them a gymnasium . (Applause .) He was happy to say that the health of the school had been good, and with regard to their outdoor sports they had had a very successful football season . The cricket season had been the most successful they had had for some time, but the old boys took their revenge in the boat race after being defeated for several years in succession. The Rev . H . E . D . Blakiston, classical examiner on behalf of the Oxford and Cambridge Board, said that in the test of ability and capacity he was glad to see very good results in the examination he had just been through . Though Cotterell had not been able, through illness, to finish his examination, he was pleased to say that real ability had been shown by him . Fausset, Metcalfe, Bailey, and Williams had also done well. The Rev. A . Harker, mathematical and science examiner under the Board, said that the work of the boys was very satisfactory
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indeed . Cotterell, whose work throughout was very good in the sense of actual attainjnent, gave promise of good work in the future, a promise which he (Alr . 'lancer) hoped would be redeemed. (Applause .) The other boys were less advanced, and they could not expect the same level from all, but good work had been done almost by all of them . (Applause .) In additiet to the mathematical papers, Romans and Shepherd sent papers on physical science and chemistry, which were very good ones. The Head Master read the following reports :—From the Rev. J . S . Sergeant, M .A ., classical examiner 4th and 5th forms :— " Having had the honour for the fifth year of examining the 5th and 4th forms and scholarship candidates of S . Peter's School, York, I am pleased to be able to state that I consider the high standard in those forms to he fully maintained . The boys seem for the most part to have considered the examination not merely as a task to he gone through, but as it thing in which they each took considerable inte r est, and in which,_ they were determined to give a good account of themselves . And it is only right to mention that in several instances the marks gained would have been still higher but that an undue proportion of the time allowed was devoted to some particular part of a paper to the detriment of the remainder, an error of judgment which a little more experience of examinations will probably rectify . Walton, Iley, and Moises iii . (not to mention others) appear to have lost some marks in this way . The 5th form Greek Testament Paper was well done, though no special paper calls for remark . The average of the whole form was close upon 60 . The 4th form Seriptnre Paper was a very good one, and I am glad to say that all the following, viz ., Filliter (an excellent paper), Polley, Addis, Greeves, Lever, Myers, Hodgson i ., Tomlinson, Nelson ii ., Paver Crow and Hodgson ii ., all deserve honourable mention . I was pleased with the results of the grammar papers, both Greek and Latin ; in the Greek Grammar Nevile i. and Walton came to the front, and in Latin Grammar Moiser i ., Watson, Walton, Moiser ii ., Pick, Walters, and Hudson i . In the Scholarship Papers Walton has the pre-eminence in each draper ; Roy did well in the Latin Translation, while in the Latin Composition second honours were gained by 4th form boys, Filliter, Greeves,
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Lever, and Loaf . Iu the 5th form Walton is easily first in Latin and Greek Verse Composition and Greek Prose Composition, while in Latin Prose Composition he is equalled by Moiser i ., with another modern boy, Walters, proximo accessit . Nevile i . takes the palm in Latin Translation . In Roman History Watson, Nevile i., and Roy did well . In the 4th form Filliter showed decided superiority, both in the Latin and Greek Translation. Tomlinson also did well in the latter subject ." The Rev . G. Edmondson, one of the examiners ender the Oxford and Cambridge Board, but who did not examine the boys in that capacity, presented the following report :—" Algebra, Division II . : Four boys, Haworth i ., Pick, Moiser i ., and Filliter, show sound knowledge of the subject . Several others do fairly . The three first named above are to be commended for the neatness of their work. Haworth obtains the highest marks through his greater accuracy in working out the questions . Division III . : Poor. These boys do not seem at home even with the easier questions . Freer and Creer are perhaps exceptions to this general statement, and show some proficiency . Division IV . : Very little has been attempted, and it is therefore difficult to form a judgment on the work of this division . Here again two boys, Nelson ii ., and He, stand apart from the rest, and have done some questions well . Euclid, Division IL : In this subject Pick is well in front with a very creditable paper . He is apt at times to omit steps in his proofs . Gray has here done much better than in his other efforts, and presents a good paper . The riders are fairly attempted, and the Euclid generally satisfactory . Several boys, amongst them Walters, Nevile i ., and Sullivan, are particularly neat and clear in their method of writing out . Division III. : The propositions are satisfactorily done, the style of the papers showing careful teaching. Generally the writing out is full, painstaking and legible, especially that of Addis . Division IV . : There are several good papers, and that of IIey exhibits sound acquaintance with the book-work . Arithmetic—Division II . : The work, with a few exceptions, distinctly satisfactory . Pick and Filliter do excellent and accurate papers . Division III . : The first half of the paper is fairly well done by many, but there is considerable inaccuracy,
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due frequently to carelessness . Freer again, as iii Algebra, stands easily first, and obtains very eredital,le marks . Division IV .: This division contains several very weak mathematicians, and this is no less evident in arithmetic than in the more advaneed subjects. A word of praise must be given to ('lemons, however, for a promise of excellence, which is not borne out by the marks he has obtained in Algebra and Euclid . Newton also has dune well . Division II ., Trigonometry : Three boys show familiarity with the subject, and aptitude . There is generally fair acquaintance with the bookwork ." The Rev. A . E . Burton, mathematical exantiuer III and II . Forms, reported : " The 'I' liird Form was examined in arithmetic, algebra, and Euclid, and in all those subject's the standard of the palters was considerably higher than in recent years . In arithmetic, up to compound interest, the work done was in many cases very good, Roy 2 obtaining 1)1-100 marks . In algebra the advance on previous years was even greater, and in a paper including quadratics Ilayly obtained 92-100 marks and Roy 88. In Euclid the upper division was examined in Book I . and part of Book III ., the lower ire Book 1 . I Iudsou, 72-100, and Roy, 08-100, deserve mention . The work of the form as a whole is very encouraging, and several of the boys mentioned show great promise. The standard of work in the Second Feint has also been considerably raised this year in arithmetic . In this subject the whole form did well . Over deserves mention with 81-100 marks . An elementary algebra paper was done very well throughout . Creer obtained 73-100 marks, and several others above 00 . " The Rev. G . Edmundson also reported :—" French : Good progress continues to be made in this subject, and the knowledge of' grammar and vocabulary shows an improvement on previous years . The translations from the French are well rendered by a large number of the boys, extremely well by some, and the acquaintance with grammar is solid and accurate . The difficulties of turning a piece of connected English into French prose have proved too much for the capabilities of almost all, though some fair attempts (not very idiomatic) have been made by Walters, Draper, Hudson I ., Walton, Filliter, and Leaf. The papers of Walters, Walton, and Filliter deserve special notice . German : Here, as in French, there is
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distinct improvement . The grammar questions are generally correctly answered, and give proof of sound instruction . The translations from the German (owing to lack of vocabulary) are, with two exceptions, very feeble . Bingham and Hudson I . alone have been able to get at the drift and subject of the passage with any success ." The Head Master said that the French and German papers were not on previously prepared books, but what are called " unseen translation ." Mr . R . F . D'Arey, Caius College . Cambridge, reported the results of the chemistry examination as follows : " I have examined the 6th, 5th, and 4th Forms in Chemistry . The paper work was done very fairly, considering the time spent upon the subject . Romans in the 6th, Hudson, Pick, Moiser, and Nevile (II .) in the 5th, all did very well . In the 4th Form Greeves did best . In the practical examination most of the boys showed a capability of doing simple qualitative analysis correctly . The work done by Romans and Hudson was very good . The marks obtained are shown in the lists ." The DEAN said it was his duty to entrust the duty of distributing the prizes to one who had kindly undertaken the office . In the first place he must ask them to look back to the good old days when Board Schools had not been heard of, and County Councils were an unknown , quantity—(laughter)—when the Dean and Chapter of York were really the Dean and Chapter of York, and when their property extended all over the North of England, when the Dean of York was Custos Rotulorum, when they had their own prison and their own gallows . (Laughter .) In those palmy days the chief spirit of the Dean and Chapter was the Chancellor, in whose hands was the education of that groat district . He it was who looked over the schools, and in whose fostering care they were placed, and it was his duty to see that they were rightly carried on and were not interfered with . In one instance an individual had the audacity to start a school in York . The Head Master of St. Peter's at once appealed to the Chancellor, and he at once ordered the individual to desist under pain of excommunication, and nothing more was heard of him . (Laughter .) Chancellor Raine came before them as a representative of that great dignitary, who was always held in great respect within the walls and without, and
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who in former years did a great deal for the educatian of the Northern land . He did not ask them to receive Chancellor Raino as merely representing what had passed away, and what was a matter of traditional history, for he had substantial claims on them which they would all acknowledge . They knew him as one of the most, if not the most, learned antiquaries in the North, and if it had not been for hint they would have lapsed almost into insignificance. It was due to him that the claim of St . Peter's School to the proud position it held as to the (late of the foundation was maintained . (Applause .) The Charity Conunissioners had the audacity to send down an assistant Commissioner to tell them that they were nothing more than a comparatively modern foundation, and that they were not a Cathedral school at all . lie was happy to say that in consequence of their having the presence of Chancellor Raine, and in consequence of iris learning and the thoroughness of the information he was able to impart, they were able to send back the emissary of the Charity Commissioners with a different story . (Applause .) Ile came like lialaam of old to curse but had to bless, and went back to write an article in the "Fortnightly Review " demonstrating that St . Peter' s was the oldest foundation in England . (Applause .) They were all proud of such a prestige, and they would all do their best to support it, and to hand it on to those who came after as efficient as it was that day, and had been in the past . (Applause .) The Rev . Chancellor RHINE said he had been asked to distribute the prizes and to say a f"ew prefatory remarks on the subject of the school, and he thought they would like to hear from him of the history of the school to which they belonged . (Applause .) It dated really front the 8th century, and he was afraid that the descent of the Assistant Commissioner was due to their calling it the Royal Grammar School of St . Peter ' s, York . That was a great mistake, for it carried them back to a particular period and no further—to the period of Philip and Mary, who granted it a reconstructive charter . If that were so, they would have ceased to be a Cathedral school and have lost all the rights and privileges of religious education and be cut and carved just as the Commissioners chose . Happily they were now free from all that, for they
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had established their claim to be a Cathedral school of a very ancient position, and Winchester would now retire a little into the shade and St . Peter's emerge into its own proud position. (Applause .) The education of the country was very much attended to in the 8th century and at York it was begun with great success. Archbishop Egbert,who began the school, was brother to the King of Northumbria, and had every advantage, and was very successful in obtaining teachers, and under successive teachers the school reached a very high place . A very valuable collection of books was gathered together, of which a sort of catalogue existed at the present day . St . Peter ' s School at that time had more the character of a university than of such a school as they saw now, and if it had so gone on there was a probability that the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge would not have been required . The schools of York and Canterbury would have rendered their existence unnecessary, but the unsettled state of the country rendered it impossible for scholarship to have a fair chance as such . The University of York went on for some time, how long he could not say, but when it ceased to be a university it sank away to the position of an ordinary school, and when the Norman Conquest came, the first thing that Thomas, the first Norman Archbishop, did before he appointed a Dean was to appoint a Chancellor, and restored tho school in which he was to work . That school went on all through mediaeval times, and from that school of 1088 the present school came in regular descent, and there had been no break in it to the present day . (Applause .) More than that, there was evidence amounting almost to a moral certainty that prior to 1088 the school went back to 740 . That was an antiquity of which any other university in Europe might well be proud . (Applause .) The reverend gentleman gave a highly interesting account of the various sites occupied by the school buildings up to its removal to the present site sixty years ago . In conclusion, he asked the boys if they did not think it a matter of pride to belong to such an ancient school . (Applause ) He impressed ou them to do their work as a matter of duty, and the reward would come sooner or later in the pleasure and satisfaction of knowing that they tried to do it . He also pointed out to them the folly of doing as so many did on leaving
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school—throw aside their books and give up study . It was a very great thing and very much to their credit that they should be constantly carrying off the chief prizes in the Universities, but they must never forget, along with their work and increased wish to study, to show themselves honourable Christian gentlemen ; they learnt it there and at home, and should put it into practice throughout their lives . (Applause) He then distributed the prizes in accordance with the following list :—Music (given by Mr . Sample) —Fausset . Drawing (given by Mr . Boddy)—Pencil and chalk drawing, Draper ; water colours painting, Filliter ; improvement in painting, Hudson 1 ; mechanical drawing, Henson . Shorthand —Addis and Paine . Geography—Pick. Dictation—Form I ., Newton 2 ; III . and Ti ., Celli ;r ; IV ., Filliter ; V ., Draper. Natural Science—Form III ., Roy 2 ; IV ., modern, Paver Crew ; IV ., classical, Greeves ; V ., modern, Hudson 1 ; V ., classical, Nevile 1 practical chemistry, Romans . German—Furies III . and II ., modern, Shepherd 2 ; IV ., modern, Bingham : V., modern, Iludson 1 . French—Form I ., lower, hill 4 ; I ., upper, Newton 2; II., classical and modern, Swanson 2 ; III ., modern, Shepherd 2 III., classical, Roy 2 ; IV ., modern, Bingham ; IV ., classical, Filliter ; V ., modern, Walters ; V ., classical, Walton . English— Open, Metcalfe ; under 16, Yeld 1 ; under 13, Yold 2 ; extra for Tennyson and Chaucer, IIey 1 ; for Tennyson and Shakespeare, Williams and Williams 3 . Mathematics—Form I ., lower, Joicey I ., upper, Penty ; II ., Creel' ; III ., Roy 2 ; Division IV ., Nelson 2; III ., Freer ; II ., Pick ; I ., The Dean' s prize, Cottorell . Classics_ Form I ., lower, Hill 4 ; I., upper, Yeld 2 ; extra, Mr . Head ' s, Newton 3 ; II., modern, Swanson 2 ; II ., classical, Shebbeare III ., modern, Bayly ; III ., classical, Roy 2 ; Mr . Yeld's Latin, Roy 2 ; Mr . Yeld ' s English, Hudson 2 ; IV ., modern, Addis ; extra Mr . Lord' s, Hodgson 1 ; IV ., classical, Filliter ; V ., modern, Pick; V ., classical, Walton . VI ., Latin Prose—Cotterell ; Greek Verse, Fausset ; History (given by Mr Head), Metcalfe ; Reading in Chapel (given by the Old Peterite Club), Metcalfe ; Canon Elwyn's Divinity, Fausset ; the Archbishop's, Cotterell. The following is a list of the scholarships :—Junior Modern Scholarship—Nelson 2 ; Hey Scholarship—Lever 1 ; equal 2nd,
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Newton 1 and Pelly ; Senior Free Scholarship—Moiser 2 ; First Foundation Schola rship—Filliter ; second ditto—Walton ; Free Scholarships—Roy 1 and Hey ; Leaving Exhibition of £50 for three years— Cotterell. The HEAD MASTER said that they all regretted very much that Cotterell was ill and not able to be there to receive his prizes. At the conclusion of the prize distribution the company proceeded to the north side of the grounds, where a handsome gymnasium is being erected through the generosity of an old boy, to witness the laying of the corner stone by Mrs . Handford . The gymnasium will be 60ft . by 30ft . and 33ft . high inside . At the entrance nearest to the school will be two dressing-rooms with gallery over. The building will have an open timber roof . The style of architecture is late Gothic to harmonise with the existing buildings. The room will be lighted by four tall mullioned windows on each side and by a large traceried window facing the Clifton-road, and others over the gallery . Over the west doorway will be carved the arms of the Dean and Chapter of York, and over the south doorway a sun-dial and armorial bearings . The foundation stone bears the inscription :—" Ahuae Matri Alumnus Gratias . A .D . MDCCC XCIV . Decano, A . P. Purey-Cust Cancellario, J . Bailie. Magistro, G . T . Handford ." Mr . Francis W . Bedford, A .R .T .B .A. of Leeds and Westminster, is the architect . The carrying out of the main portion of the work has been entrusted to Mr . T . P. Barry, of York . Psalm xviii . having been chanted, the Dean of York offered prayer. The Head Master explained that some years ago an old boy sent to Mr . Yeld an intimation that he wished to build thorn a gymnasium if the ground to the north of that site could be obtained for a site, but the owner would not part with it . Last year the donor said he would waive that condition and have it built on the present site. He, however, made it an express condition that his name should not be divulged, and although that had caused them some inconvenience, great honour was due to the donor for putting into practical effect what was not often done now-a-days—the saying " Let not your left hand know what your right hand doeth ." Mrs . HANDFORD having been presented with a handsome silver
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trowel by the architect, laid the corner-stone, saying—" To the glory of God, and for the welfare of His children, I lay this stone, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost . Amen ." The hymn " Now thank we all our God " was sung, the Dean pronounced the Benediction, and the ceremony concluded. Mrs . Handford subsequently held an " at home ."
CRICKET. MATCHES :—Played 10, won 7, lost 1, drawn 2. SCHOOL The season opened in promising style with a viotory over Barnard Castle, in which Whincup and Sullivan laid the foundations of good averages, but the bowlers had all they could do to get the home team out in time to win . Sullivan also did well in the next match with a very sound 52, Shepherd assisting with 39, but no one else made many . However, Hudson in the first innings and Bailey in the second were too much for Pocklington, and we won easily in one innings . We ought to have won at Ampleforth with a little earlier dechwation, as Nevile was dismissing them rapidly when time ran out . Partington was head scorer this time with a hard-hit 32, and Sullivan, Whincup, and R . M . Nevile all got over 20 . The first match with Ripon we won by eight wickets, though better fielding would have made it another innings victory. The scoring was not high, Shepherd heading the list with 26 followed by Partington with 20 ; a stand for the eighth wicket by R . M . Nevile and Wheelwright was of great service . Ripon could do little with Hudson's bowling, and Neville bowled well though with very bad luck . When we went in again, a wild desire to hit cost its two wickets in getting 14 . Thus we came to the Durham matches with a certain amount of confidence in ourselves, which seemed to be justified when at lunch in the first game we had reached 66 with only two wickets down . However, the hour's sun itt the interval seemed to make a difference, and ~wickets fell so fast that seven were down for 76, Whincup 33 and Sullivan 26 . Then Wheelwright again came to the rescue this time with Henson, and brought 100 before the latter was out ;
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Wheelwright remained not out 22 . Durham missed two fairly easy c halloos of running out, which would have made a difference. On their side nobody stopped but Sadler and Cumberlege, Nevile and Shepherd bowling well . The return was played within two days, and Nevile again bowled well on a very different sort of wicket ; but the match was emphatically Whincnp's match, as he took two wickets for no runs, and made 83 not out, out of a total of 138 . We understand that he offered a chance at eight ; and we refrain from speculating on the result if it had been taken. Hudson gave him the most assistance with 20 . The Ampleforth return followed, in which Iti . M . Nevile could not play owing to a cut hand . Still we thought we could win without him, and we did, but not too comfortably . Bailey bowled with great effect, but in spite of that we should have lost but for a partnership of 40 by E . F . Nevile and Henson after the seventh wicket was gone. Nevile and Joicey put on another 40 odd and in the end we won by an innings, Bailey again being successful . After this came our only School defeat of the season at Pocklington by two runs . It is not too much to say that our opponents' ground lost us the match . With our slips and outfields and even coverpoint amid long grass, it is not to be wondered at that inexperience of such a state of ground told a tale and cost us many runs . Harrison certainly bowled well for them, but was assisted in the early part of the innings by a brewing thunderstorm . On the other hand after the sixth wicket he had to bowl with a wet ball ; but the best of our wickets were gone . It was a wonderful catch by which he dismissed Whincup, and practically settled the match, though Henson made a plucky attempt to save it . Our two chief bowlers failed us in this match . Leeds came over next and gave us another close game . Bailey was the most useful bowler though Nevile also did well . Shepherd and Whincup made 32 and 22, but several wickets were almost given away and it was only an unfinished innings of 16 from Wheelwright that gave us the victory by 13 runs . The last match at Ripon ended in a fairly even draw, though our fielding went far towards a defeat. Hudson and Nevile bowled pretty well, and Whincup and Clemons were not out when rain stopped play. Thus we have been
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undefeated on our ground, and only lost the game with Pocklington. In the men's matches the form shown in both Asylum and Yorkshire Gentlemen matches was poor except for an innings by Whincup in the first and by Clemons in the second Asyhim match ; Shepherd did some good bowling in the first one . The Ryburn Valley game resulted in a draw in our favour, Hudson and Sullivan putting on 40 for us without losing a wicket to their 90 . One of the best performances of the term was in the Old Boys' match, in which the School after following on won just before time on the second clay by 11 runs, and that without Shepherd and R . M . Nevile . Much of the credit of this is due to Hudson who took ten wickets and bowled nearly the whole time and scored 68, to Partington for two good innings of 38 and 48, and to Clemons, who went through the first innings for 50. As a whole then, this year' s eleven may safely be said to be superior to last year ' s, and its chief strength lay in batting ; there were at least ten who might be expected to score runs, and most of them to get runs in good style . Another good feature was that three of the most correct bats were new and young . The bowling was fair ; Nevile would have had a better average, but for his accident after the match at Durham, when he was bowling very well . Bailey was a lucky bowler but every now and then put in a very good ball ; and Iludson and Shepherd bowled a good steady length . It has not often happened that the XI . has been blessed with two left-handed bowlers together . The fielding has scarcely been up to the standard of late years. The main feature of the batting in the second eleven was a burning desire to hit, and for choice to hit across . The best bats were probably Joicey, Dobson, Yeld, and Williams : and the lastnamed and Greeves had most success as bowlers. CHARACTERS OF TIIE X1.
C . P . Wmxcur, 1892 (Captain) . Has scored most consistently, seldom failing to reach double figures ; a free bat and makes most of his runs in front of the wicket, driving very hard ; if anything hits too much ; is still very cramped in playing at a good length ball on the leg-stump, not watching it enough ; a good field at cover-point though
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apt to get too near in ; howls fairly well, and might have bowled more ; very successful as captain.
H . R . PARTINOTOx, 1892 . Has improved much in batting, but often gets out from a very weak stroke in the first over : if he can safely survive two or three overs, hits well all round ; played two good innings in the Old Boys' match ; a safe catch in the slips and outfield, though scarcely as brilliant as in previous years. J. StrEPIIEau, 1893 . Very useful all round ; though not an elegant bat, generally to be relied on for runs ; hits entirely with his arms but bits hard ; weak in back play and makes up for it by running out and driving ; bowls a fairly good length with an off-break, when he does not try too many vagaries ; thinks he can howl lobs and has got several wickets with them ; a good field at point with a taste for brilliant catches. B . Tlunsox, 1893 . Another useful all round player ; has done fairly well with the bat, but hardly came up to expectations; does not play hard enough on the ball, can hit bard when he likes ; scored better than anyone in the men's matches ; with Nevile has done most of the bowling, bowls a fair pace and very straight, latterly got very short and was expensive ; a good catch and field. It . M . NEVIr.E, 1893 . Bats and bowls left-handed ; as a bat shows stubborn defence, which has been serviceable on occasions ; can hit a short ball, and gets runs through the slips with a peculiar wrist stroke ; ought to stand up better ; howled with great success before he cut his hand, which accident seemed to take away much of his control of the ball ; not a very safe field, but not afraid to put his body in the way.
A . M . SULLIVAN, 1894 . Has the makings of a very good bat ; up to a certain period of the term played beautiful cricket, and then seemed to lose confidence ; scores most of Ins runs behind the wicket being especially strong to leg ; makes the best of his reach and times the ball well ; with increasing strength ought to make a lot of runs as his defence is so sound ; very neat and useful behind the wicket .
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1894 . With a little more height and roach ought to do well ; at present his to play hack to nearly
H . WHEELWRIGHT,
everything, and does it well watching the ball carefully has been unlucky, his legs often causing his downfall ; has batted with groat nerve at critical times ; rims well but rather rashly ; a good field and throws in nicely : can bowl and ought to be useful next year. E . W . HENSON, 1894 . Has on several occasions by steady defence
with an occasional good hit revived the fortunes of his side ; handicaps himself by his attitude, which prevents him getting on to an off ball ; can hit fairly well on the on side ; bowls a moderate ball and is a good field, catching well. F . CLEMONS, 1894 .
Another promising hat ; has some very pretty
strokes especially a cut behind point ; plays forward well but is a little weak in back play, wants to watch the hall more and play harder on it ; a good ground field but apt to drop a catch, especially if he has any time to think about it ; might make a bowler with more steadiness ; failed singularly with the bat against Schools. R . H . BAILEY, 1894 .
Not very successful as a bat ; a hitter hut
not a straight hitter ; bowls loft hand and met with good success ; takes a short run and bowls all sorts, every now and then putting in a very good ball ; has an easy action but is short of length ; fields wells. E . F . NEvILE, 1894 . Can hit hard, hut plays every ball in much
the same way with a swinging stroke ; has a fair amount of wrist and ought to do better than he does ; saved one match by a timely innings ; a fair field but slow. Some of the improvement in the batting of the XI . is no doubt due to the improvement in the state of the ground and of the wickets . We think it is not too much to say that the XI . nowhere played on better pitches than at home . Certainly the wicket for the Old Boys ' match would have been bad to beat ; and it was almost as good at the finish as at the start .
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BATTING AVERAGES IN SCHOOL MATCHES Innings . Times Total . Highest Average not out. Score. 292 83 36 . 50 C . P. Whincup 3 2 183 .. 5 2 18 . 30 A . M . Sullivan 166 J . Shepherd 39 1 3' 8 3 E . W . Henson 66 24 13 . 20 E . F . Nevile 13'00 39 •• 3 3 0 8 11 .33 H . R . Partington 0 102 . . 32 9 11 . 28 R . NI . Nevile 8 79 „ 24 10 . . 3 . 79 . . 22 11 . 28 H . Wheelwright 12 97 . . 24 8•o8 B . Hudson .. .. 0 F. Clemons 9 ., I . . 21 13 2'62 1 .00 R . H . Bailey 7 1 6 2 . E . J . Joicey, 14, I ; G . G. Yeld, o ; J . E . Metcalfe o, o ; W . C . B. Williams, 2 . 0. BATTING AVERAGES IN ALL MATCHES. Innings . Times Total Highest Average. not out . Score. C . P . Whincup .. 18 . . 4 414 . . 83 2 9'57 A . M . Sullivan 20 . . 3 232 52 13 .64 17 . . 0 231 39 13 .58 J . Shepherd . . [ 241 68 12 . 68 B . Hudson . . 20 16 o 204 48 . . 12 '37 I-I . R . Partington F . Clemons 15 2 115 50 8 . 84 H . Wheelwright . . 17 5 105 22 . . 8 . 75 . . 38 . . E . F . Nevile .. 8 o 61 7 .62 . . 12 7 . 60 E. W . Henson 2 76 . . 24 . . R . M . Nevile . . 13 1 91 . . 24 . . 7 .58 R . H. Bailey . . 1 [ 3 18 9 .. 2 . 25 E . J . Joicey, 0, 0, o, 14, t ; J . E. Metcalfe, o, o ; G. G . Yeld, o ; AV . C . B. Williams, 2, 0, I, 5, 0, 1, 0. BOWLING AVERAGES IN SCHOOL MATCHES. Overs . Maidens . Runs . Wickets . Average. R . H . Bailey . . 54 . . 17 . . 118 .. 22 . . 5 . 40 R . M . Nevile .. 172 . 6o . . 306 . . 4 2 7'33 B . Hudson . . 1 55 . . 6 3 •• 2 72 33 . . 8 .27 114 •• 34 J . Shepherd 228 24 . 9'50 19 C . P . Whincup . . . . 5 2 .. 2 . . 9 . 50 F . Clemons . . 0 . . 8 0 4 Nevile bowled two no-balls, Bailey, Hudson, and Clemons one wide each. BOWLING AVERAGES IN ALL MATCHES. Overs . Maidens . Runs . Wickets . Average. 71 R . M . Nevile .. . 236 512 . . 54 . . 9 5 1 R . H . Bailey .. tot . . 26 284 . . 29 . . 9 . 82 J . Shepherd .. . . [69'1 . . 4 1 394 . . 38 . . 10'36 B . Hudson . . . 281 . 2 . . 100 571 . . S5 ., 19 . 49 C . P . Whincup . . .. 34 . . 8 112 . . 5 . . 22-40 F . Clemons „ 10 I .. 38 . . o Nevile bowled two no-balls, Bailey, Hudson, and Clemons one wide each. S.
PE PER' S
SCHOOL V . POCKLIN0TON SCHOOL.
Played at Pockliugton, on Saturday, July 7th . With the exception of about thirty yards square the ground was covered with long grass, which lessened the value of all good strokes, and was a distinct advaKtage to the home team by reason of experience,
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Nevile and Hudson began the bowling for us ; it was the former' s first appearance since his accident and he was compelled to wear a glove . The play at starting was very slow ; the lust wicket fell at 11, and the second at 20 . Swindell made some lucky strokes off Nevile, but with Harrison put on 21 before the latter was lbw. Swindell put up a catch which Clemons very nearly secured, and lunch was taken with the score at 60 for four wickets . Soon after resuming Bailey took Nevile ' s place and met with success, two wickets falling to him quickly, the seventh at 79 . Then some hitting by Iles sent up the score, but all were out for 10-1, the lobs of Shepherd being successful . When our innings began the light was very bad owing to a thunderstorm, which was blowing up . Harrison bowled with the darkness behind hint, and bowled very well . In his first over he sent back Clematis with a Yorker, and at 16 Sullivan fell to a very good hall . Hudson was out soon to a weak stroke, and then Shepherd played on at the other end after some merry hitting, one of his strokes being stopped by the instruments of the brass hand . Partington stayed while 21 were added and was bowled just before rain drove the players to shelter . More than half an hour was wasted and then Wheelwright was bowled off his leg . Henson came in and with Whine-up made a gallant effort to save the game ; it was here that the grass made its presence felt, stopping Whincup ' s hard drives on the ground. 27 were added and Whincup was out to a very fine catch onehanded in the slips . The last three did nothing, Henson and extras putting on 19 ; and just as we seemed to have another chance, he was bowled off his pad after a most valuable innings. Score and analysis : POCKLINGTON. E . O . Wright, b Hudson . , H . C . Wright, b Nevile . F . G. Swindell, c IIenson, b Bailey . Harrison, lbw, b Nevile . . . . R W . S . Cobb, b Hudson ., F . D . Cautley, lbw, b Bailey , J . F . Marshall, lbw, b Shepherd G. E . Iles, c Hudson, b Bailey J . E . Allison, st Sullivan, b Shepherd A . H . Taylor, c . Bailey, b Shepherd L . Walsh, not out Extras Total
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2 12 34 7 13 8 13 3 o 2 8 106
ST. PETER ' S SCHOOL. A . M . Sullivan, b Harri on . . . . 5 F . Clemons, b Harrison . . .. . . 0 J . Shepherd, h Cautley 17 2 B . Hudson, b Harrison C . Y . Whincup, c Harrison,b Taylor 3 8 II . It Partington, b Harrison . . 8 H . Wheelwright, b Cautley o E . W . Henson, b Harrison 17 E . F . Nevile, b Harrison . . o R . M . Nevile, b Cautley o R . H . Bailey, not out . . . . o Extras .. Total
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. .104
CRICKET . Analysis : — o. at. R. W. B . Hudson . . 30 I I 42 2 R . H . Nevile 26 13 29 2 J . Shepherd . . 4 . 1 1 13 3 R . H . Bailey 8 2 14 3 Nevile one no-ball, Bailey one wide .
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Analysis :— o. at . R . W. R . Harrison 23'4 8 6 3 ti A . B . Taylor 16 1 8 I F . D . Cautley 4 14 31 3 H. C . Wright 3 0 4 0 Harrison one no-ball, Taylor one noball, Cautley two no-halls and one wide.
Si' . PETER ' S 1ST Xf . V . TJEEns GRAMaIAR SCHOOL 1ST XL Played at York, on July 11th . Leeds won the toss and sent Roberts and Barber to fare the deliveries of Hudson and Nevile ; Barber was bowled in Hudson ' s second over, but on Andrews joining Roberts a long stand was made ; when the latter had scored 90 he was dismissed from a catch off Bailey, two wickets being down for 65 . The latter ' s next over was productive of another wicket, and Roberts who had made 43 was caught by Hudson . Longley compiled 13 but was caught by Clemons with 79 on the Board ; the rest offered little resistance to Nevile and Bailey ' s bowling, and the innings just failed to reach the century. St . Peter ' s then went in with every prospect of an exciting finish . Clemons was run out with only two runs to his credit but Shepherd for a long time defied the bowling ; none of his partners reached double figures till Whincup went in and rose the score to 61 before Shepherd was run out for 31 . Eight wickets were down for 96 when Nevile joined Wheelwright and by careful play these two pulled off the match ; Wheelwright's was a very creditable innings of 16 not out . Scores and analysis : LEEDS GRAMMAR •SCnof o . .
ST . PETER' S.
J . E . Roberts, c Hudson, b Bailey . . 43 R . Barber, b Hudson . . . . J . D . Andrews, h Bailey . 20 R . B . Portway, c Shepherd,h Bailey 0 J . A . Longley, c Clemons, b Nevile 13 A . E . North, b Nevile . . 3 J. C . Francis, c Partington, b Nevile 0 C . B . Newstead, c Wheelwright, h Bailey 7 H . M . Newstead h Nevile 7 J. L . Loe, not out . . 0 A .N.Yeadon, c Partington, b Bailey Extras . . .. 4
J . Shepherd, run out 32 F . Clemons, run out . . 2 B . Hudson, c Francis, b Portway . . 4 A . Sullivan, c Loe, b Newstead . . 8 C . P . AVhincup, c Longley, b Roberts 22 H . R . Partington, c Yeadon, b Roberts . . 5 II . Wheelwright, not out 16 A . Henson, st Newstead, b Roberts 4 A . Jokey, b Roberts . . 1 R. M . Nevile, c Francis, b Roberts 7 R . H . Bailey, b Newstead . . . . 2 Extras 11
Total
99
Total
114
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(away).
July 11th . An exciting match ended in a victory for us. Scores : ST.
PETER ' S .
1st innings. W.C .B . Williams,cLongleyb Sprool R. F. Russell, c Sprool, 1) Allison 5 J . E . Metcalfe, b Sprool 2 E . F . Nevile, b Allison 4 G . Yeld, b Sprool 0 S. Dobson, c Longley, b Sprool O . Haworth, c Wood, b Allison G. P . Greaves, b Allison H. B .. 1 3 L. Moiser, b Allison . . •• 5 S . Walters, b Allison J . Watson . not out . . .. Extras . . 5 Total
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2nd innings. b Allison c Jackson, b Allison
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b Allison
o 4 10
c Macfarlane, b Sprool not out not out
.. 1 . . 29 . . 27
1-did not bat . Extras
.. 38
5
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76
LEEDS.
1st innings. T . Longley, b Greeves . . . . .. 5 B . Bondor, b Williams . . .. 3 . to P. Mathews, b Williams G.Thompson, c Metcalfe, b Williams 2 H. Macfarlane, b Williams . . . o W . Sprool, lbw Greeves . . .. o S . Jackson, 1) Greeves . .. 3 E . Knowles, c Russell, h Greeves t B. Allison, c Yeld, b Williams C. Fleming, not out H . Wood, b Williams Extras ..
2nd innings. b Yeld c and b Nevile c Metcalfe, b Nevile b Nevile b Yeld run out c Metcalfe, b Nevile lbw Yeld . c Dobson, b Yeld h Yeld not out Extras
Total ST . PETER ' S
Total V.
19 4
23 2 3 3 8
0 0 0
0
8 .
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RIPON SCHOOI,.
Played at Ripon, on Saturday, July 14th . The ground was very fast, not to say fiery, and Ripon winning the toss went in. A bye was run and then Henson made a one-handed catch at long slip . Scoring was not easy and at lunch 4 wickets were down for 30 . Resuming, Ripon did better, Wood making some good strokes . However, both the and Thompson were out at 51. Collins and Robinson were both missed and began hitting, the latter making an off-drive with the assistance of the grass and an overthrow, which realised 7 . After making 17 in five hits, lie was out at 73 . Mainly thanks to Collins the total was raised to 116 . Hudson was the most successful bowler ; mention should be
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made of a fine one-handed catch at point by Shepherd . When our innings began rain was threatening, and in little more than an hour put a stop to play altogether . Shepherd soon got to work, but was c and la at 23 through not getting hold of one . Hudson was caught at laid-off from a full pitch, and Sullivan bowled first ball . After Clemons had boon missed behind the wicket rain cause down . Score and analysis : RIPON.
ST. PETER ' S. 13 F . Clemons, not out .. . 14 J . Shepherd, c and b Collins B. Hudson, c Tattersall, b Collins 2 A . M . Sullivan, b Collins 0 C. P . AVhincup, not out .. 4
C . E . Daniel, b Hudson 4 W. Tattersall, c Henson, b Hudson o 8 T . N . Skene, h Hudson W. 'Chompson, b Nevile 19 F . A . Stow, c Shepherd, b Nevile t C . E . Wood, b Hudson . 17 H . E . Collins, not out . . 28 H . Robinson, b Hudson .. . . 17 C . F. L . Schulze, b Hudson . , o . Schulze, c Clemons, b Nevile 9 W. R R . M . Coupland, c Whincup,b Nevile 2 Extras ;I Total 0. B . Hudson . . 19 R . 11 . Bailey . . 5 R . M . Nevile . . 13'1 J . Shepherd . . 7
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M. 5 1 3 0
Extras
4 Total (3 wkts .) 37
. .116 it . 43 lo 34 18
W. 6 0 4 0
O.
M.
R.
W.
W . R . Schulze 9 C . E . Daniel 4 . Collins . . 5 I H. E F. A . Stow . . I
3 o 0 1
It 14 8 0
o 0 3
o
Nevile t no-ball . ST . PETER ' S 2ND Xt . V . Si . MARTIN ' S SCHOOL. The return ended in a win for us . The chief feature in the match was the number of byes, which our XI . ran . Williams batted well, and we gained the victory by 103 runs to 79 . Further details not forthcoming. Sr . PETER ' S 3RD ail. v . S . MARTIN ' S 2ND.
S . MARTIN ' S. T . Nottingham, b Tomlinson .. R . Vyvyan, b Cass 1I . \Vare, b Tomlinson R . Tinson, c and b Cass W . Webb, c Pavercrow, b Cass . K . Gasking, not out '1' . Kershaw, b Cass \V . Hillyard, b Tomlinson R . Hood, b Tomlinson .. B . Bourne, b Tomlinson H . Muir, c Crowther, b Cass Extras . . Total
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II 26 I
ST . PETER'S 3RD XI. P. Carter, b Hillyard I M . Hingston, run out o . . 4 B . \Ioiser, b Tinson . . I2 N . F . Roy, b Tinson 4 C . P . Cass, c Tinson, b Hillyard H . it. . Tomlinson, h Tinson . . o G . Crowther, b Iillyard . . o R . G . Bingham, b Hillyard 4 R . Pavercrow o B . Draper, c Webb, b Tinson o o C . Spence, not out Extras .. 2 Total
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MR . FRANK MITCHELL. ( From the York Herald. 1 Despite his failures for Yorkshire, Frank Mitchell has reason to be proud of his achievements during the season, which are :— April, scored 514 runs for 3 innings (took 13 wickets) ; May, scored 766 runs for 16 innings (took 20 wickets) ; June, scored 354 runs for 13 innings (took 12 wickets) ; July, scored 339 runs for 12 innings (took 12 wickets) : August, scored 188 runs for 7 innings (took 11 wickets) ; September, scored 130 runs for 6 innings (took 4 wickets) . Total, scored 2,291 runs for 55 innings, and obtained 72 wickets . The Light Blue once scored 203 not out, and the following centuries :—143 not out, 138 not out, 136 and 100 . On seventeen occasions he scored over fifty, and twenty times over forty . The Mallon cricketer commenced the season in extraordinary style, but had a run of bad luck after the Cambridge matches . Still his average for Cambridge was 28 . 4, being second to T . N . Perkins, while with the ball he led the way with twentyone wickets, with an average of 21 . 57 . For Yorkshire perhaps he was hardly tried often enough, and in county matches in five innings he made hut 44 . In all first class matches he has secured 678 runs, batting 32 times and averaging 21 . 87 . He in this class of matches also secured 23 wickets for an average of 19 . 78 . In batting for all matches his average was 41.
FOOTBALL. T the time of writing there are many rumours in the air — about next term's Football . It is not quite certain which of our old choices will be available ; one fact is agreed that we shall require a complete new line of three-quarters and a full back. Partington, Rose, and Leonard, and Eastwood have all left us, and it will be no easy matter to fill their places . The absolute certainties for next term are Metcalfe at half, and Bailey, Romans, Haworth, and Henson forwards . Shepherd has been chosen Captain and is admirably fitted for the post . At the present moment he is currently reported to be coming back for another term and his knee to be quite sound . That gymnastic performance cost us most probably the Durham match last year, and it is to be
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hoped that his knee will stand the term's work . Another uncertain quantity is AVhineitp ; latest advices are to the effect that he too will be here next term . There is no doubt that his presence will immensely strengthen the forwards, who would in that case be rather good ; the vacancies should be easily filled up from lIudson, Fausset, Puy, Gray, 'I' oudinsuu and Bird. The weakness will lie at three-quarters ; last year's second team backs were Nevile '?, AVluwlwright, Sullivan, Clemons, and Yeld ; out of these we roust presumably fill up our ranks . Wheelwright twice played full-bask for the 1V . last season, and ought this time to get his colours in this position ; should Shepherd not return, he would no doubt partner Metcalfe at half . Of the others Nevile is a good defensive player but wanting in pace ; all four lack weight ; Sullivan is neat and accurate, but also rather slow ; Clemons two years ago promised very well, but did not realise expectations . Let us hope for a recovery of form, in which case he might do for centre . Veld possesses prohahly the most pace of the four, and an kick well, but is wanting in dash and defence. There are also to be taken into consideration Joicey, who showed promising form last Easter term, but is like the rest on the light side, and Ford, who is possessed of fair weight and pace, but scarcely knows enough about the game It would also be possible to increase the weight by bringing Bailey out of the scrum ; and if he could only be relied on to take his passes, he would be of very great service . It has been suggested by a very prominent 0 .1' . that the gauze to play is the "four three-quarter system " and that we had better take it up . But surely with our present halves we should be wasting our forces, if they were converted into mere saving and passing machines to a weakish line of backs ? And again dues it not require great experience and judgment in the players to make it a success ? The best point of the system is that it gives another man on the defence, but it weakens the scrimmage. I)o we not rentenlier the game with Durham two seasons ago, when our forwards won the match. by overplaying their eight and keeping the ball from their backs ? To sun up, it appears that we shall have a very fair team ; how good, time and development will prove . It can scarcely hope to be up to the standard of the last three years in which only one School match has been lost .
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Old Boys and opponents will be glad to hoar that the ground has been levelled and drained, so that the vanquished will no longer have the farrows to excuse theta . We have to thank Mr. Nelson for the generous way iii which he did the work, exceeding his contract . Appended are the lists of fixtures : Date. Versus. Ground. Result. Old Boys Sat ., Oct . 6 . . . .. home „ „ 20 . Ahnondbury Old Boys . . home 27 . Ripon G .S . home .. . . „ Nov . 3 . Wakefield G.S . . . away „ 10 . Du rham School . . . home Tu . „ 13 . Leeds Clergy School away Sat ., „ 17 . Leeds G .S . .. .. .. home \Ved „ 21 . Bradlord G .S . . away 24 . A . O . Joy, Esq's . YV . . . home .. Tu . z] . Yorkshire College away Dec. I . Durham School . . away Old Boys home Ripon G . S . away Feb . 9 . Sat . „ lb . 1leath Old Boys . . home '1'u . „ 19 . Leeds Clergy School .. home 23 . Yorkshire College home 2ND XV. Versus. Ground. Result. Date . Leeds G .S . 2nd away Sat ., Nov. 17 . „ Dec. 8 . Ripon G .S . 2nd home „ Feb . 2 . Ripon G .S . 2nd away 9. Clifton 2nd home :U:-
FIVES TOURNAMENT (Senior). ROUND I. E . F . Nevile bt R . M . Nevile, 15-12, 1 3- 1 5, 1 5- 1 3 E. \V . Henson bt C . Hill, 15-12, 15-1 H . R. ]'artingtonbt F. P . Fausset, 15-3, F .ClemonsbtC .P .Cass9-15,15-13,15-13 1 5-3 R . M . Nevile bt C . P. Whincup, 12-15 A . M . Sullivan bt F. Joicey, 15-7, 15-13 1 5-4, 1 5-5 E .I lenson bt II . \Vheelvright,15-4, t5-2 A .M .Sullivan bt R .H .Bailey,15-4, 1 5-5 F. P . Fausset bt H . Russell, 1 5-3, 1 5-3 ROUND III. E. F . Nevile ht C . Spence (scratched) F. Clemons bt R . Bingham, 15-4, 15-2 .I' .liaworth, 15 .2, H .P.Partington bt (1 H . R . Partington bt A . M . Sullivan, 1 5-5 1 5-6 , 1 5-5 . Metcalfe bt L . Freer (scratched) J. E E . Ilenson, a bye Joicey bt L . Conning, 15-o, 1 F. 5-3 SEMI-FINAL. II . Wheelwright bt W. C . B . Williams, H .R.I'artingtonbtF .Clemons, r 5-4,15-7 11-15, 15-13, 15-13 E . Ilenson ht E . F . Nevile, 15-6, 15-8 ROUND H. FINAL. F. Clemons bt J . E . Metcalfe, 1 5-9, E . Ilenson bt H . R . Partington, 10-15, 1 3- 1 5, 1 5- 1 3 15-8, 15-13 FIVES TOURNAMENT (Junior), given by P . Lord, Esq. ROUND I. C . Hill bt C . I' . Cass (scratched) H . Wheelwright bt H . Russell SEMI-FINAL. C . Spence bt R . Bingham H . Wheelwright, a bye . Freer C . Hill bt N C . Iiill bt F . Joicey F . Joicey bt H . Greeves FINAL, . Cass bt A . Conning C C . Hill bt H . Wheelwright, 10-15, ROUND H. 1 5- 11 , 1 5- 1 3 C . Hill, a bye H . Wheelwright bt C. Spence 1
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Silts,
Ilearin of the loss of several of our most aide athletes this last term I can-not but remind the younger boys that it is from them that our strength must be recruited . Let them be reminded that as nienihers of a school with a glorious past, let us hope all equally glorious future, to strive with enthusiasm and might to worthily lilt the place of those grand fellows who have left . The reputation of the school should be, and I hope is, dear to the heart of every scholar, he he hoarder or day-boy, not only in intellectual attainment but also in the realms of sport in which dear old St . Peter's has ever held its own. And now for another matter . Why should not every boy subscribe his (pinta to the Peterite 9 Wero the matter laid before their respective parents, I feel sure the necessary subscription would not be objected to. Now let us see eery Peterite with his copy : let the circulation of the Peterite, if not the largest in the world, at ally rate he commensurate with the numbers of its scholars . BONNE liOU(IHE. I)E :ka
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I appall to you to call attention to a want, which may easily and reasonably be supplied, namely, that the second XV . have not a blazer. Of cour se it is easier to get into a team where fifteen msen are wanted than where the team is composed of eleven as in the case of the second cricket team vsho have a blazer . But as the school football teams are usually more successful than the cricket, consequently a place in the former is at any rate as ditfieult to obtain as in the latter . There are many who leave before getting a place in the first XV ., to scions the blazer would be useful . I will not occupy any more of your space ; except to mention in their favour that the teams referred to have in the last two years won nine matches and lost none . With the hope that some notice will be taken of my letter . Your humble servant, SECUNDUS .
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THE OLD PETERITE DINNER, 1894. (London J)iHrici.) The 6th Annual Meeting in London of Old Peterites was held on Tuesday, the 801 July, in the Commodore's Room at the Holborn Restaurant . The Ileadmaster was unfortunately prevented by a summons to the York Diocesan Synod from being present, but a popitlar substitute was found in the person of Mr . Lord, who travelled from York at considerable inconvenience to represent present members . Canon Elwyn was again welcomed by popular acclaim to the chair, and he refused to allow either the physical pain caused by recent illness or the fatigue of a previous meeting to prevent him from showing his devotion to the old school. The toast list which appeared upon the menu cards was as follows :—The Queen and Royal Family (Proposed by the Chairman) . St . Peter ' s School fast and Present (Proposed by the Chairman), answered by Canon Gray and P . E . Lord . The Old Peterite Club (Proposed by Professor Allbutt), answered by P . B . Lambert . The Chairman (Proposed by M . J . Newbery). The loyal toast and that of the chairman's health were received with musical honours, and after singing a verse of Auld Lang Sync) the company separated shortly before 11 p .m. The following are the names of the Old Peterites who accepted invitations this year and the asterisks show those 1110 were at the last moment prevented from attending Liar SCHOOL . * 1864 Abbay, Rev . R . 1862 Ahngton, F . N . 1856 Allbutt, Professor 1 . C . 1869 Anderson, Y . * 1854 Atkinson, W . F . 1873 Blake, J . F . 1876 Chadwick, C . H . * 1859 Crowther, Col . G . H . * 1874 Challincr, E. S . 1856 Darrell, Chas . 1877 Dowson, Dr. * 1866 Edmundson, Rev . G . 1872 Elwyn, Rev . Canon * 1881 Eyre, G. 11 . 1885 Ford, W . P. * 1851 Forster, G . B . * 1876 Francis, H . A . L. 1852 Gray, Rev. Canon Chas . 1875 Gray, Dr . Alan 1862 Gregory, Rev . T . 11 . 1874 Griffith, Rev . A. H . 188 r Griffith, F . J. 1862 llaigh, Chas . * 1881 Halliwell, Dr. Thos .
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Handford, Rev . G . T. Henderson, R . W. Lambert, P . B. Lord, P . E. Meek, W . A. Moss, Hugh Dlulcaster, M . V. Needham, Dr. Newbcry, J. Pollard, A . T. Poyser, A . S. Reinold, Professor A . W. Robinson, F . E. Rowe, E . L. Rowe, Arthur Swabey, F . E. Taylor, Rev . J . N . M. Thompson, Rev . G. C. Wade, G . H. Walker, Harold Walker, John Watson, C . M. Wharton, Hugh Whytehead, W . \V. Young, Rev . H . M .
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N0rE .-The Hon . Sec . wishes us to express his thanks to many Old Peterites for the good wishes contained in their replies to circulars . The number of such letters received by him renders it impossible to answer them separately .
O . P . CLUB. A Coluntittee meeting was held at the school on Wednesday, August 1 . The Rev . G . T . Ilandford took the chair, and there were also present Messrs . E . S . I) . Carter, E . W . Clarke, Y . E. Lord, F . Mitchell, and K . E . T . Wilkinson . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and ondirmed . The following were elected members of the Club :—Messrs . C . H . Coning . C . B. Cotterell, S . Dobson, W . I)uwson, AV . J . Hodgson, E . F . Nevile, 7I . E . l' artingtun, F . E . Robinson, W . A . Rose . K . J . Roy, Rev. H . G . Sims, E . S . Steward, Rev . J . W . W . Taylor . A . Walker, W . C . It . Williams . Mr. F . Ware was re-elected Auditor.
" ANIMALIA ." went in very much for animals myself, and I'm not I NEVER sorry . My family once had a dog, but it seemed off its feed, and got the mange, which struck me afterwards as being rather natural, since nobody fed it ; however it died, poor thing, and there was an end of it . This foolish performance on the part of the dog so disgusted us that we got no more dogs ; at least I don't think so : there certainly is an animal prowling about the garden now with its ears chopped off, but I couldn ' t say whether it is a dog or a cat myself . I once squandered one shilling and sixpence on a pair of tumbler pigeons ; they were, to all appearance, fine birds, but they didn't attempt to tumble . When my pigeons bred, however, and the family became larger, I did see
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one tumble ; the noble bipeds were careering madly over the neighbouring corn-fields, and I was proudly watching theist wlien I heard a noise, and one pigeon tumbled—oh, how gracefully!—but the wretched animal forgot to rise again, and where it is I can't make out . I had now four pigeons ; they were inseparable in their lives, and itt their deaths why should they be divided ; so I killed them and put theta into a pia . I have consulted the Editors about pets, and they jelly well know nothing about them, except one fool who kept rabbits, so he says, and they bred and bred and bred till they couldn't be exterminated, and his people had to emigrate. The other day I was reading that it vicar, who was great on temperance, had a parrot, which he had trained to shout out " A plash of wawtah ." The bird used to he put out to stuff himself oil the lawn, which adjoined the road, but it drunken bricklayer who heard it, and had to pass by every day to his work, improved upon this . And when the clergyman exhibited the animal at a bazaar, where it could be seen for the small sum of twopence, the wretched temperance bird, as it was called, shouted out " Gin an ' wawtah, gin and wawtah . " In the old days, that is to say about 700 n .e ., I find the order of things was reversed : it was the animals kept the humans as pets then . This I discovered itt an elevating picture of the Wolf of the Capitol on page fifteen of Smith's, or rather Liddell ' s, History of Rome . I dare say the animal those depicted was very kind to Romulus and Remus ; but I'd rather not be in their shoes. Shoes!—what on earth am I talking about ? They didn't oven ornament themselves in those ltarbarian days with a few well bestowed fig-leaves . After this, however, human intellect again showed its ascendancy ; for I rejoice to read that, in B .C . 390, the sacred geese being (like my dog or tumbler pigeons—which was it ?) off their feed, cackled and saved the Romans from being surprised. Altogether, animals seem to have been a good speculation to the Romans . But the finest of pets is undoubtedly the horse, a noble animal, as they describe it in the pantomimes, with four legs, one at each corner ; but the horse is costly, so to experience the delights of the horse I hire it on the Scarbro' sands at one and sixpence an
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hour . What the correct method of sticking to the horse is I don ' t know ; but I can recommend grasping the horse affectionately round the neck . Love will often do what force can never affect. I thus urged it into as warlike a gallop as its feeble limbs could command, and on it went clearing all before it, till it came to one of those photographers on the sands, and here it stopped dead ! Notwithstanding the earnest way in which I reasoned with the horse it refused to proceed . The photographer was all this time beseeching me to suhnnit myself to his art . I haughtily waved him aside, and dismounting pushed the horse ' s hind quarters till lie could stand it no longer : thus conquering, as man always must do when opposed to the beast . I rode it home . I have since then, however, discarded the horse, which I should mention so far forgot its position as to walk with me against my will into the sea and splash me violently Of other animals I know but little, except of course the ass, which inseparably connects itself with the fifth proposition of the First Book of Euclid, a subject naturally painful and distressing to myself personally . As for the pig, despite the fact that learned anatomists inform us that its " innerds " bear a great similarity to the human, I have no desire to follow up my acquaintance except in the matter of hams. Any one desiring to know ar_3 thing further on the subject of animals need only angnire my name and address from the Editor, when I am completely at his disposal : may one desire is to make man better acquainted with his inferiors ; and I intend, as soon as I have sun iently educated myself in the classics, to sally out to Africa and aid that gentleman out there who is making such noble attempts to establish relationship with the apes.
NOTES AND ITEMS. Professor J . F . Blake, O .P ., read a paper on the magnetism of an ice sheet, at the meeting of the British Association. Dr . Tempest Anderson (O .P .), of York, also read a paper on Depressions in Iceland, at the same meeting .
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Charter of Warwick Grammar School has been found in the Record office dated 12th century and referring to a previous Charter of William I ., in which it is claimed that it is the oldest Royal School. See the present number of the " York Monthly" and the able article therein, entitled " S . Peter's School ." We rejoice to see that G . E . Paine does not forget his old School. C . IT . Chadwick has the heartfelt thanks of the Editors for the diligent way in which he keeps them uh in nll the l test news about O .Ps. J . E . Metcalfe has been elected an Editor. Robert Walker, Esq ., has written an article in the " Magazine of Art" on "Mr . Williams Cannal's collection of works by Albert Moore ;" the article contains a short account of A. Moore's life and work, in which it is stated that the latter was at S . Peter's School, where lie won several prizes. J . F . Leaf has resigned his post of Sixth Form Master at Marlborough to accept a Fellowship and Lectureship at Peterhouse, Cambridge. J . II . P. Fowler has accepted a Mastership at Clifton. II .'G . Metcalfe was ordained at York Minster on Sept . 23, and licensed to Whitby. We bog to acknowledge h urst Johnian, Portcullis . Ilgine 's G'ollege Magazine, banelnaian, Coventry .Magazine, Giyr/lesur ic/ G'hroaiele, Sheffield Royal G .S . 171agaztite, Merchistonian, Bari ()elan.
MARRIAGES :—McClellan—Cripps .—August 28th, at the Parish
Church, Cirencester, II . T . McClellan, Lieut . ith Dragoon Guards, to Mary Janet, youngest daughter of the late Edward Cripps, Esq ., of Cirencester. Peters —Guillebaud . —August 31st, at All Saints', Yatesbnry, Wilts, A. Peters to Agnes Beatrice, youngest daughter of the Rev . E . L . Guillebaud, late of South Grove, Malvern. Proctor—Lees .—On August 28th, at St . John's, Middlesborough, the Rev . Francis Bartlett Proctor, Vicar of 'I'adcaster, to Anna Lees (nee Werner), late of Clifford Vicarage, Boston Spa .
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iE term is steadily- q dvaiming, and many of us are already
looking forward to the time when detention school will no longer be visited on him who has either been loth to leave his bed or has had bad luck in being put on in translation which he has not done The Football team has not been as successful as in recent years, chiefly owing to the fact that we are lighter than we have ever been before, and have been severely handicapped In the inability of Shepherd to play in any but School matches, whilst Ilavyo di has not been able to play this season, and Romans of late has been disabled . We played two pleasant games with Giggleswick and Durham, both of which we lost, though we might have drawn the latter with a dry ball had we taken more of our chances . We were al s o a dropped goal to the bad in a match with Ripon at York, in course of which the Referee found it necessary to award us some dozen free kicks against our opponents for offside play . In our position as the chorus or moralizing spectators, the game seemed too rough to be agreeable . To pass to pleasanter subjects, the School Play is advancing with rapid strides under the able management of Mr . Yeld, and though the subject is perhaps as difficult as any that can be found in Shakespeare ' s plays, we do not doubt but that a ` Midsummer Night's Dream will be as great a success as last year's ` Merchant of Venice .'
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The roof of the Gymnasium is being erected, and Y n e hope that ere long we shall be seen disporting ourselves in attitudes which most we fancy . The modest donor is still shrouded in mystery, but we hope that he will be able to pay us a visit incognito and see that his gift is appreciated none the less because the giver is unknown. Before concluding, let us give a word of congratulation to Mitchell who, to quote from the .4Mb/l .V(tos, " is playing great guns for Cambridge," and also to Eastwood, who has been playing for his College (St . John's and according to the same paper " is decidedly above the average on the football field ."
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Anticipation . Hard-worked Undergraduate tears open letter. Realisation . Reads . " Dear—, Please send a Cambridge Letter for the Peterite, a good old three-pager . " 131esse .1 be the Hard-worked Undergraduate (fervently) . Peterite Editor ! Such were the feelings of your Correspondent when he received the invitation to contribute to the School Magazine . l'o make a beginning, it will perhaps be best to turn to the river . The Coxwainless hours produced two surprises, Caius beating 3rd Trinity, and Emmanuel, 1st. Trinity . In the final, Trinity Hall, as most people expected, beat Emmanuel . The President of the C .U .B .C . has two eights out daily but it. is too early to comment on them . We were amused to hear that the other day one of these went out as usual, and, on turning round, 3 caught a crab, and as a strong wind was blowing at the time, the crew received a sudden damper in the pure waters of the Cain . " Ilow are the mighty fallen ! Turning to the football field, at present our chances against Oxford are not too rosy . Of last year's men, Tucker the Captain, Mitchell and Pilkington are in great form, while of the new men
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the best are Taylor at three-quarters, Jacobs at half, and , Dixon forward . We have beaten Richmond, S . Thomas' Hospital and Middlesex Wanderers, but lost to the Old Leysians. But what of Old Peterites ? Leaf of Peterhouse—well, with all apologies to Mr . Horace, Micat inter omnes Ledfium skins velut inter ignes Luna minores. I am sure all Old llovs heartily congratulate him on his well earned Fellowship . Naylor and Padel too, though perhaps it is rather late to say so, must be congratulated on their " Firsts " in the Tripos. At Football, Mitchell is Secretary of the 'Varsity Team and is in greater form than ever this year . We were delighted to see that he scored a try and placed a goal for the combined Universities v . London, and it is to be hoped that he will get a place in the South Team . Eastwood, who represented S . Peter's in the freshers' match, plays for John's, Stephenson for Christ's, and Clarke is Secretary of S . Catharine ' s . We were glad to see the two Binghams playing here for S . Thomas'. At the river are seen Ilancock, Clarke and Ilewison, all rowing in their College trials. The " 1phigeneia iii Tauris" is to be performed at the Theatre Royal at the end of this month. The 5th of November passed off undisturbed save by a little howling on the part of the townsfolk who paraded the streets, By the way, rumour has it that some lively spirits in a certain College, which shall be nameless, since rumour has been known to deceive, conceived the idea of a moonlight pig hunt . But fearing that by its tuneful voice it should bring down upon them some ever watchful don, as they led, or shall I say propelled the unfortunate victim within the College walls, they administered to it a close of chloroform that so they might accomplish their evil design . But alas it slumbered peacefully on and has not yet awaked. Before I stop I must give you the latest from they Littlego. Here is a translation sent up to the Examiners . Injecto pulvere
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curras .--" With an inject pound the currants (i .e., pestle) . " We did not hear whether the gentleman got through or not. O . Ps . in residence are J . F . Leaf, Peterhouse ; H . D . Naylor, Trinity ; F . Mitchell, Caius ; E . W . Clarke, S . Catharine's ; A . W . Eastwood, John ' s ; W . H . Hancock and H . Stephenson, Christ ' s ; G . Hewison, Queen's . C. C .J .S.
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7' . PRESENT.
Played on Saturday, Oct . 6 . The Old Boys had only 14 men, but the vacancy was filled by P . Carter Shepherd and Haworth were absent from the School team, which was thus somewhat weakened . As will be seen below, the Old Boys had a fairly strong team, and their forwards were much heavier than the School forwards. 1\Ir . Lord gave Metcalfe the choice of ends, and the latter elected to play with the wind, which proved to be of no little service . The kick off was not well returned, and the greater part of the first half of the game took place within the School territory. Early in the game Birks scored after a strong run, bet no goal resulted . Hood also got a try, which C . Whincup converted. At half-time the score was :—Past, 8 points ; Present, Nil. The Old Boys played a strong forward game, and it was only after repeated requests that their halves could induce them to " let the ball out ." The School forwards, though lighter than their opponents, invariably held them, and were more successful in getting possession of the ball, and passing it out to their halves. During the second half the game was more even, the ball several times moving quickly from one end of the field to the other. Rose, Newton, Sullivan, and Bailey, each obtained a try for their respective sides, but none of the tries were converted into goals. When time was called, the score was :– Past, i goal, 3 tries (1¢ points) ; Present, z tries (6 points) .
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TaAms : Past .—Full-Back, 1' . Carter. '-Backs, L . Hood . G . V . Bilks, A . Rose. 2-Backs, C . P . Whincup, P . E . Lord. Forzrards, K . E . T . Wilkinson, N . T . Crumble, B . Scargill, V . Huff'am, C . Newton, H . Mawson, R . Whincup, E . F. Nevile, A . Hingston. Present .—Full-Back, R . M . Nevile. -Backs, A . M . Sullivan, R . H . Bailey, B . Hudson. 4-Backs, J . E . Metcalfe, H . Wheelwright. Forre'wds, T . Romans, E . Henson, C . Nelson . F . P. Fausset, R . H . Tomlinson, H . B . Greevcs, K . S . Roy, J . Watson, G . Veld. SCHOOL V . ALMONDRURY OLD BOYS.
Played on the School ground on Saturday, Oct . aoth . The visitors at once began to attack, and within ten minutes of the start they scored a try . No goal resulted . Soon after the kick out a visitor made a fair catch near the home 25 line, and Bradley kicked a goal . The home team now played up strongly, and drove their opponents into their own half ; Metcalfe led this attack, after receiving a pass from Joicey . Very soon, however, the visitors were attacking again, and after several scrimmages near the line the ball was kicked over, and Joicey touched down . Three more tries were obtained by the visitors before half time, only one of which was converted into a goal . The score at half-time was :— Almondbury, 18 points ; School, nil. The second half of the game wts rather more even . Soon after the re-start the visitors were obliged to touch down, the ball having been kicked over their line by Mr . Lord . The visitors' forwards now played strongly, and as a result a try was scored in a favourable position ; Brown converted . Metcalfe now got the ball, ran a short distance, and then passed to Mr . Lord, who, after a good run, passed to Ford, but the latter was tackled before he could get away . The visitors now got another try, which was not converted. After the kick out, Bailey took a pass cleverly which was meant for an opponent . After running a short distance, he passed to Mr. Lord, who ran down the touch-line half the length of the field,
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and scored near the corner flag . The kick at goal failed . The visitors attacked after the kick out, and scored a try just before time was called . Bradley again kicked a goal. Final score :—Almondbury, q. goals c 1 from fair catch) ¢ tries (31 points) . School, r try. For the visitors Fox got 3 tries, 1iairstov 3, and Bradley 1. Bradley kicked 3 goals, and Brown i . '1'lle visitors half-backs were very smart in getting the ball away to their three-quarters, who played a good passing game . The School forwards, though lighter than their opponents, played pluckily, the most prominent being Mr . Head, Romans and Fausset . Bailey played forward part of the time, and played well . Metcalfe and Joicey, though playing behind a beaten set of forwards, did very well . Mr . Lord did a lot of useful work, and Ford, Sullivan and Wheelwright tackled well, especially the latter, who also showed great coolness under trying circumstances. S&HooL 'l'uAM :—hill Back, H . Wheelwright. Backs, B . Hudson, Mr . Lord, J . W . Ford, A . M . Sullivan. Backs, E . J . Joicey, J . E . Metcalfe. Gbnearals, i\lr . Head, R . H . Bailey, '1' . Romans, G . Henson, F . P . Fausset, R . II . Tomlinson . N . F . Roy, J . P . Watson. SCHOOr,
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Played at home on Tuesday, October, 23 . The visitors won the toss and Bailey kicked off. The return was charged down, and for a short time the visitors had to defend . Very soon. however, we were forced back to our goal line, and after a spell of good combined play the visitors scored . The kick at goal failed . Early in the game it was evident that the visitors' forwards knew how to make good use of their superior weight . Shepherd ' s kick out was well returned, but Bailey caught the ball on the run, and gained a lot of ground . Much scrummaging followed near our goal line, and the visitors tried hard to get through, but the defence was good, and their attempts were fruitless . Eventually, however, Eastwood dropped a neat goal . After the kick out we were again compelled to defend, and after several very good displays of passing, the visitors again scored . The kick at goal again failed . Shepherd now took a pass meant for an opponent, and gained a lot of ground by a good kick . Half-time score :— Giggleswick, 10 points ; School, nil .
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The second part of the game proved to be almost it repeti.tiou of tile first ; we seldom got into the visitors ' territory . Alter much play in our hall, the visitors were allowed a free kick, which proved of no advantage to them ; for Bailey caught the bait, and Ly means of a good run and kick drove them back to the centre. The visitors' forwards, however, soon brought the ball back to our 23, where one of their halves broke away with a fast dribble and scored . No goal resulted . After play was resumed Shepherd relieved the pressure by means of a free kick . 1'he same player and Sullivan, by smart following and tackling, spaded several passes . Our backs now got possession of the ball—a rare occurrence—and passed well, but the visitors were too smart for them, and but little was gained . More scrummaging followed in our halt, and the visitors scored another try . This tune the kick at goal was successful . When time was called we were still busy defending . Score : —Giggleswick, t goal, 1 dropped goal, 3 tries t 8 points) ; School, nil. The visitors were much heavier than we were, especially forwards Besides possessing this advantage, the whole team played well together . Their forwards pushed ours about with apparent case, and consequently their halves got the ball from nearly every scrummage . '1'hc most prominent of our forwards were Romans and Nelson . Being so badly beaten forward, our hacks had very few opportunities for showing their skill, in fact, they were defending nearly the whole time . Shepherd did a good share of the tackling . Sullivan and \Vheelwright also tackled well. \Vheelwright kicked well, too, and never failed to bring down his opponent whenever he got near him . Bailey also played well, both as forward and three-quarter. SCHOOL 'T'eAM :—Pull Back,
H . Wheelwright.
-Backs, A . M . Sullivan, J . W . Ford, E . J . Joicey.
z-Backs, J . Shepherd, J . E . Metcalfe. Firtea,J, '1' . Romans, E . Henson, R . I1 . Bailey, E . Nelson, R . H . Tomlinson, B . Hudson, J . Y . Watson, F . P . Faussct, N . F . Roy . SCHOOL V . RIPON SCHOOL
Played on the School Ground, October 27th . At three o'clock Shepherd kicked off for us, and the ball was returned bo the centre .
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After scrimmages, in which the superiority in weight of the Ripon forwards displayed itself, the ball was rushed to the York goal line. A free kick to us gave little relief, and from a scrimmage Daniel dropped a neat goal . After the kick off the ball was sent back to Wheelwright, who kicked well into touch, Ripon again pressed, but grand collaring by Romans saved Black's getting away from the touch line . After a scrimmage on our goal line, Joicey touched down . Ripon were penalised, and Shepherd gained ground by kicks, as did Joicey . The Ripon forwards, however, forced us hack. Shepherd next initiated a good bout of passing, but Ford missed the ball and a good chance was lost . Ripon again pressed, and Wheelwiight had to touch down . Shepherd punted out, and for this infringement a scrimmage was formed at our 25 . Jokey did good service for the home side, and half-time was now called with the score Ripon r goal (dropped), S . Peter's nil . After the interval, Thomson kicked off, and Shepherd returned ; good following up by Gray prevented the return . Metcalfe started an attack by the home side, but was eventually collared with the ball in his possession . Skene kicked down to Wheelwright, who failed to return, but Bailey got hold, and, niter a brilliant run, he outdistanced all his opponents and scored . Shepherd failed at the place . From one of several free kicks awarded us, Shepherd got the ball into touch at the Ripon goal line ; Sullivan kept up the attack with a neat kick, but good dribbling on the part of Ripon forwards, headed by Wood, transferred operations to our half . Our backs passed neatly, but the ball eventually rolled into touch . For Ripon, Stowe made a determined run and scored a dashing try . The place kick failed . Henson and Nelson for us gained ground out of touch after the kick oft, but this was responded to by a good dribble on the part of Skene, when Romans saved in daring fashion . After kicks had been exchanged between Tattersall and Joicey the ball was rushed to our goal line. Immediately after, time was called, with the score, Ripon, i goal (dropped) r try (7 points) ; York, i try ; points). S . Peter's Team :—H . Wheelwright ; R . H . Bailey, J . W . Ford, A . M . Sullivan, R . Hudson ; J . Shepherd, E . J . Joicey ; T . Romans, E . Henson, E . Nelson, R . M . Tomlinson, 1 . E . Metcalfe, J . P. Watson, P . Gray, L . Moiser .
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The Ripon forwards soon settled to work, and our men made a valiant fight against superior weight . Romans and Nelson were most prominent for us, and seemed far away ahead of the rest, both playing kith great dash, though Henson also played well. Joicey played a grand game a ; half-back for his size ; of the threequarters Bailey was the pick, his by being in oar opinion the best effort of the match . Wheelwright wits very dependable . It was superior forward play that won our opponents the match, as they shoved our men over the hall time after time . Ford was hardly up to his usual form . The Ripon halves played frightfully off-side, and can ' t complain of the free kicks we got in consequence. Why did the Captain select the crossing of this particular stream for the operation of " swapping horses" therein by playing Metcalfe, for this time only, in the scrimmage, and at , instead of at s-back as usual ScttOOL Z' . WAKEFIELD.
Played at Wakefield, on Saturday, Nov . 3, without Shepherd, who was enable to play . The ground ryas very wet and slippery. Wakefield kicked off, and the ball being well returned, the home team were forced to defend . After about ten minutes play, Nevile scored a long way from the posts, but H dson kicked a goal. Soon Bailey scored, but no goal resulted . Wakefield were now pena'ised near their own goal for off-sideplay, and Bailey kicked a goal . Tries were subsequently obtained by Bailey and Ford, but the kicks at goal were not successful . Just before half-time Ford ran strongly and got over the line, but collided with an opponent and lost the ball . At half-time we had scored 17 points and Wakefield none. After the restart we were soon attacking again, and Ford scored after good passing among the hacks . The kick at goal failed. The kick out brought no relief to the home team, for the ball was well returned, and, after another round of passing, Nevile scored. No goal resulted . After similar play Ford scored again, and then Bailey got over three times in succession . Three of these tries were converted, two by Sullivan and one by Hudson—a good kick. Taylor got a try for Wakefield after dribbling more than half the
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length of the field . Score :—School, 5 goals (i penalty I, 6 tries, (} i points) ; Wakefield, t try (3 points). Large as the score was, it would probably have been larger but for the slippery state of the ground . We were stronger forward, consequently our halves got the ball from nearly every scrummage. Metcalfe and Joicey fed the three-quarters frequently and judiciously . Considering the greasy state of the ground and ball, the three-quarters took the passes very well . Bailey got 5 tries, Ford 3, and Nevile z . Sullivan played well, though he did not score. Wheelwright had very little to do . After a rather tame start the forwards played a good and unselfish game. TEAM :—F'i//-B,z,k, H . \Vheelwright. 4-backs, R . M . Nevile, A . M Sullivan, R . II . Bailey, W . F. Ford. 2-backs, J . E . Metcalfe, E . J . Joicey. 1-luz&aids, E . Henson, C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, J . P. Watson, E . Gray, 13 . Hudson, N . F . Roy, F . P . Fausset. SCHOOL V . DURHAM.
Played at home on Saturday, November loth . Durham kicked off ; Shepherd caught the ball, and, by a huge kick, sent it into touch near the visitors ' " 25 " flag . The Durham forwards were, however, rather heavier than ours, and we were gradually forced over the half-way line . After some fairly even scrummages in our " 25, " the visitors were awarded a free kick and the ball g ent over the line and Wheelwright. touched down . More scrummaging in our territory followed the kick out, until Sullivan, Shepherd, and subsequently Nevile, removed play to the Durham " 25 ." Here, we were allowed a free kick for off-side play . The ball was placed for Shepherd, but only a minor resulted . After the kick-out Durham again attacked, and this time A . Clarke scored behind the posts . The kick at goal was also successful . On resuming, Shepherd gained ground by a good kick, and shortly after, the visitors were again penalised in their own half ; Shepherd made a good but unsuccessful attempt at goal . Half-time was now called. Hudson started the second part of the game, and for a short time the visitors had to act on the defensive . Gradually, however,
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their forwards drove ours back until they reached our " 25, " where many scrummages were stubbornly contested . "Then, for a brief period, our forwards got the upper hand, and forced their opponents nearly to the centre . Here, the visitors were allowed a free kick, which, however, was of no advantage to them, for Metcalfe pluckily made it fair catch when surrounded by opponents, and kicked into touch . Our backs now got the ball loose, and transferred play to the Durham half, and Shepherd soon after kicked into touch near the visitors ' goal-line . After a lew scrummages here, Durham again reached our half by means of a loose dribble . More " scrums" followed, until the visitors ' captain all but got in, Wheelwright bringing him down close to the line. Tomlinson and ,Metcalfe now broke away from a " scrum " with it dribble and thus obtained temporary relief . Soon, however, the visitors renewed the attack, and when time was called they were close to our goal-line . Score :—Durham, 1 goal ; School, nil. Besides being rather heavier, the visitors played nine forwards to our eight . This gave them a great advantage in the scrummages, an advantage, however, of which they did not avail themselves as much as they might have done . Their forwards "packed " and "screwed" better than ours, who worked hard individually but seemed to lack combination . There was vet y little open play. The visitors had the best of the game, and their score would probably have been larger but for the watchfulness and good tackling of our backs.
H . Wheelwright. R . M . Nevile, R . II . Bailey, A . . M . Sullivan, J . W.
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Hudson, J . P . Watson, F . P . Faussct, N . F . Roy, E . C . Gray. SCHOOL V . LEEDS CLERGY SCHOOL.
Played on Leeds Grammar School ground on Nov . 13th . The Clergy kicked off against the wind, returned, and a series of "scrums" took place in our ` 25 .' The School forwards were much lighter than the Clergy, but they held their own for the first Io minutes . Then in some loose play the ball was knocked on by
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one of the Clergy forwards, hut the Referee was looking at his watch . Percival got possession, kicked over the line, and scored a somewhat lucky try, which Bowden-Smith converted . Mr . Lord kicked off, and as there was no return the school got to the Clergy ' s z5, ' but the heavy Leeds forwards steadily worked the ball back to our ` zs, ' and Bowden-Smith received a pass in front of the posts and dropped what the Referee thought was a goal. After Mr . Lord had kicked off, the School forwards played up better and heeled out well to Metcalfe who passed well to Mr . Lord, and after a brilliant run he scored a try, which he also converted . Nothing worthy of notice occurred before half-time, when the Clergy held a lead of four points . In the second half our team seemed disheartened by the incapacity of the Referee, who did his best, but seemed unaccustomed to the duty, to the detriment (it is only fair to say) of both sides. The Clergy kept us in our own half for a few minutes, then our forwards dribbled past the centre, but the ball was soon in our `zs ' again, and Percival scored after a good run, Bowden-Smith kicking a goal . Soon after the kick-off, Percival scored again, no goal was kicked . The school forwards played up better until near the call of time, when one of the Clergy forwards forced his way over the line, and Bowden-Smith kicked a goal, and time was called with the score :—Leeds Clergy School, 4 goals (i dropped) i try ; to i goal. For the Clergy, Percival (English International) and BowdenSmith played a good game. The School forwards played a plucky game against their weighty opponents ;Nelson, Hudson, Watson, and Gray playing especially well ; of our backs Mr . Lord and Metcalfe were the best ; Nevile and Sullivan tackled well. DURHAM G .S . 2ND Y\". S . PErER ' S 2ND \V . Played at Durham, November m oth. A good game resulted in a win for Durham by 3 tries to nil. In the first half neither side scored, though the ball was in the York quarters most of the time . The Durham forwards got the better of the scrimmages and it would have fared ill with York if it had not been for the excellent play of Juicey, who was probably
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the best man on the field . Durham were very near scoring several times . Once when just on our line they were penalised for off-side play Yeld took the ball and sent it into touch half way with a very fine kick. In the second half Alaugh scored twice for Durham, and Sadler once, but the place kicks failed . The Durham forwards won the game . On our side joicey at half-back was conspicuously good and was well supported by Addis . joicey once by a bit of clever work intercepted the ball, and, after a good run, got very close to the Durham line but was brought down by the full-back . Yeld collared better than usual and twice brought down Durham players when within a yard or two of our line . Draper was most conspicuous among the forwards . Polly at full-back was not up to his usual form, though he showed his habitual pluck in collaring. The game was a pleasant one and less onesided than the result seems to show . Final score :—Durham, 9 points ; S . Peter ' s, nil. S . PETER ' S 2ND XV . Z' . LEEDS G .S . 2ND XV. At Leeds, November i 7th . Clemons and Yeld (z) scored tries for us in the first half, one of which tries Crowther converted . In the second half Leeds did better and scored in a scrimmage on the line . Near time, Carter scored for us and Clemons kicked a goal . Final score :—S . Peter ' s, z goals, 2 tries ; Leeds, I try.
CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editor of the Peterite. DEAR SIR,
No doubt very many O .P's . have of late been watching with interest Mitchell's career in both the cricket and football worlds, and have felt proud that their old school has added another ' blue' (and that a double one) to its already respectable list . I have long thought that the School Year Book, which contains an interesting list of Academic Distinctions gained by O .P's ., would still farther enhance its interest by including as complete a list as can be procured of OP . Oxford and Cambridge Blues . ' At any rate, I think such a list should be prepared and placed on record somewhere . Personally, I should
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prefer to see it in the Year Book, but it might be thought preferable to publish it in the Pelerile, or to place it on a panel in some prominent place in the School. I trust this suggestion may meet with the approval of the School Authorities . Yours truly, CANAnIENSIS.
YORK ANNUAL O .P . DINNER.
7o the Editors of the Peferr'fc. DEAR SIRS,
Mav I be permitted through your columns to offer one or two suggestions in response to the invitation of the O .P . Dinner Committee in their account of the Dinner held in York last December ? The extremely able organisation of the Committee has left so very few loopholes for criticism that I should imagine their invitation has not been largely responded to, but 1 venture to think there are two feasible alterations in the general scheme which if carried out would enable their efforts to be appreciated by a still larger circle . They are as follows :—First, that the price of the Dinner Tickets be reduced by half-a-crown . Economy is a sordid and repellant consideration, but we cannot now-a-days afford to overlook it ; and tin the difference between the present and the proposed price of the tickets may appear to be insignificant, I am sure there are cast s numerous enough in which it might have weight . I can think of only one objection that can be offered ; it is the obvious one—scarcely perhaps worth mentioning—that diners would have to be satisfied with a less expensive banquet. But I cannot believe that even in a small town like York it is impossible to procure, under the conditions I propose, a meal which would help to promote a genial conviviality which, at an%rate let us hope among I'eterites, does not depend on mass and quality of viands eaten. The second alteration I would suggest is that, whenever possible, an extension of license be procured, together with a suitable room to which diners may repair to meet more discriminately and less
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formally than over the dinner table . An arrangement like this would grant many a long wished for opportunity of seeing old acquaintances and forming new ones, and of reviving that close interest in the fortunes of Peterites and St . Peter's which it is one of the objects of these gatherings to foster . An old Peterite once said to me after an unusually pleasant and successful gathering : ` I route here from distance at considerable trouble to try to meet some old friend, and in the hope of seeing others . I happened to he placed at dinner between two entire strangers, neither of them at all near the time of my own connection with the School . Alter an excellent dinner and a lengthy toast list I thought I should have the opportunity which I had expected, but the only chance I had of seeing old friends and recalling old times was the few hurried minutes in the ante-room before and after the business of the evening, and it hardly seemed worth coming fear .' Such an illustration needs no comment. The existing arrangements minister perfectly to the enjoyment of a small circle of 0 . Ps' . who are in touch with one another and the School, and who have other and frequent opportunities of reunion . I for in, however, should like to see the influence of this most delightful annual gathering a little more extended . I should like to see it reach all sorts and conditions of Old Peterites, and become, as it should, an effective means of keeping alive our interest and aff ection for the School to which we all owe so much and of which we all carry some pleasant memories. I have now, Sirs, only to apologise for the length of the letter, and to entreat the forbearance of the York U .P . Dinner Committee for writing perhaps rather offensively on a subject on which they are doubtless far better informed than myself. I enclose my card, and remain Your obedient Servant, C .O .D .
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EDITORIAL GOSSIP. The School withdrew from the Cup competition immediately after the unsatisfactory meeting of the Committee thereof on Oct. 24, and therefore before any of our matches arranged under its auspices took place. There was no time to remark on our illustration last month . In fact it needed no explanation . It was taken by Mr . Burton. The Editors are not visible . Photographs enlarged can be obtained on application to Rev . A . Burton, Clifton Green House, York. We note that F . Mitchell (O .P .) has been appointed Secretary to the Cambridge University Cricket Club . We wish him continued success also with the University Football Team. J . F . Leaf (O .P .,) as we announced last month, has been appointed Fellow of Peterhouse College, Cambridge . He was formally elected on the 3oth of October . He is the first future Fellow of any College at Oxford or Cambridge whom the School has sent up since 1868. We are sorry to hear that E . W . Clarke, who was playing with increased success for St . Catharine's College, Cambridge, has been prevented from playing in the University trial matches by a badly strained ankle. A . W . Eastwood (O .P .) has been playing full-back for St . John's College, Cambridge . He also played iii the Freshmen' s match . Late Peterite Editors again to the fore ! Old Boys will be glad to hear that Mr . H . Tomlinson, F . R .S . (O .P .), whose father was long a valued master at the School has been elected Principal of the South Nest London Polytechnic Institution now being erected, which is to be opened by H .R .H . the Prince of Wales on July z3rd, 1895 . He is at present, it will be remembered, lecturer in experimental philosophy at King' s College, London. We are sorry to have to bid farewell to Mr . Scargill, who is spending his last term as fifth form master after a faithful service of 36 years .
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F . Mitchell (O .R) playing for Cambridge University against the Harlequins scored a try and kicked q . goals ; he also got a try and kicked 2 goals playing for the Universities against London and Counties. We should be glad of any contributions to the Peterite . Much obliged for the letter in the present number about the dinners. Many thanks also for the trouble some of the masters have taken in writing us accounts of football matches. The cold weather has frozen up the editorial intellects, and their literary udders are for the most part dry, so we must apologise for a rather small Peterite. The Compliments of the Season to all Peterites, present and past, from their humble servants the Editors. We hope the law of the Merles and Persians will not be broken this month, and the Peterite come out late, but we think not. E . J . Walton has been appointed librarian. The Theatricals will take place, the children's night on December 16th, and the final performances on December r 7th and t oth. We don't know any other news. Except that the Old Boys match will, weather permitting, which it probably won ' t, take place on December zoth, and the O .P. Dinner on the evening of the same day. And that the Editors are expecting Xmas blessings in the form of turkeys, five pound notes, &c ., from grateful readers. P . S—E . S . D . Carter and I-I . F . Chadwick have respectively passed the Intermediate and Final Exams . of the Incorporated I,aw Society. R . H . Bailey- has been appointed captain of the boats ; also J. Shepherd and B . Hudson, cricket captain and secretary respectively. 41'e beg to acknowledge the following : Lew/ens/an, Dune/mean, Coventry .Magazine, L7ula, Uppinghain r7Paa., S . Edward's School Chronicle, L'aslbournian, Hurst John/an, Sullen 1'a/ewe iMag., and Shrjjield G. S . tllzgazine .
PETERITE. Von . XII .
JANUARY, 1S95 .
No . 1r¢.
EDITORIAL. HE last Peterite had no very special feature in it ; for, except the changing of the title " Notes and Items" to "Editorial Gossip," there was no new literary departure . It will be my endeavour, accordingly, in the following pages to produce the longest, and for aught I know the most rubbishly School Letter which has cycr appeared . And this brings me to another point . There have been many complaints among certain subscribers to this magazine which seem to me to be quite uncalled for . These people must grumble at something ; they can ' t g rumble at the cricket or football captains, for the latter would have no difficulty in rewarding them for their pains, so they grumble at the Peterite . They complain of its want of literary talent ; smallness of the magazine ; and compare it with like literary efforts in the past . I shall endeavour to prose that these charges are false, and that the fault rests not with the Editors but with the subscribers . First, as to want of literary talent :—The original purpose of the magazine was not that it should be a brilliant literary composition, but that (I quote from December number, 1878) it should contain news of the School for Old Peterites, and news of Old Peterites for the School . " Original articles by pas/ and present members of the School will be inserted for amusement and instruction ; " not by the Editors, mind you, they have enough to do with School news : and the fact speaks for itself that during the whole of the past year two articles have been contributed by past members of the School, and not one by present members, Masters excepted . Everything else has been done by
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the Editors . The lack of contributions is also the cause of the second complaint as to the smallness of the magazine . You say to the Editors, make the bricks, but you give us no straw to make them with, veritable Pharaohs ! This complaint on our part, by the way, is as old as the magazine itself ; sue the magazines for March, 1882 ; j une, 1887 ; and others . "The Peterite must have support from a much wider circle if it is to go on, " and such remarks ; and what applied then applies now . In December, 188 .}, the Editors say (I quote the exact words), " considering the many other duties that fall upon them (tile Editors ) , much ought not to be required of them beyond the task of editing and the collecting of news ; surely it is they (tlie Editors) who have it right to complain that out of one hundred and fifty nominal subscribers (for many of the latter do not seem to understand that to be a subscriber entails a subscription) there cannot be found more than one in six months to offer help ." Thirdly, the good old tip of bidding the Editors to look at the Peterites of the past : do so . ye literary critics, do so, and you will find that the Peterites were never more than twenty pages . Let me point out to you that in the past t ear two consecutive Peterites were of thirty-one pages each . The balance sheet now shows twenty pounds odd on the right side . You will see there, in conclusion, that we have done our best for the magazine, that after all the fault rests a good deal more with those, who though very fond of picking holes and pointing out mistakes our humble productions don ' t lift a finger to- help us out of tile difficulty . If you have any real complaints to make, make them by letter, but for goodness sake don't come dropping in on me and my fellow Editors in shoals to point out some mistake, which can't cause any perversion of the sense. if you want a big Peterite don't confine yourselves to grumbling at the editors, who, after all, do their best in spite of difficulties, but write something yourselves, and clear yourselves of the charge which we make against you, ye growlers, of either ill-will or incapacity. The Theatricals were very successful, there being a full house at both performances .
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The Old Boys Match ended in a win for our opponents, and a rather easy one, though the School were handicapped by the absence of five members of the team. As I have not been at School for more than a week or two since the last Peterite came out, it seems rather ridiculous to write a School Letter. The First NV . as photographed is—J . Shepherd (rapt .), J . F . Metcalfe, R . H . Bailey, '1' . Romans, G . P . Haworth, E . W . Henson, C . Nelson, B . Hudson, R . H . Tomlinson, A M . Sullivan, C . Gray, J . P . Watson, R . M . Nevile, H . Wheelwright, N . F . Roy . \V . F . Ford. in conclusion, we wish all our readers a happy New Year iii the foulest collection of puns that were ever put on a New Year Card which appeared in the form of an egg. When you have chipped the Season's Shell, And on the New Year gamely started, Fall foul of none, yet all egg-eel, And don't grow meek and chicken-hearted.
We are very corn to have to hid farewell to .ATr . Scargill, so well-known and beloved of all Peterites past and present . May his old age he " as a lusty winter, frosty but kindly :
FOOTBALL. SCHOOL z' . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Played on the home ground on Saturday, November 17 . Leeds kicked off, and the ball went into touch near our " 25 " flag . The game was contested here for a short time, and then Bailey and Shepherd caused the visitors to retire into their own half . They soon returned to the attack, however, but good play on the part of our forwards drove them a second time over the half-war line. Here Metcalfe made a fair catch, and kicked nearly to the visitors ' goal line . We were gradually driven back, until Nelson broke away from a line-out, and was only stopped close to the line . From the following " scrum " the ball was passed to Shepherd, who scored behind the posts—the try was converted .
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After the kick-out, the visitors attacked for a time, but Shepherd, Bailey, Nevile, and Ford were instrumental in again putting them on the defensive . About this time Sullivan was injured, and changed places with Wheelwright . Shepherd now received the ball from a " scrum" in the visitors ' " i5 " and passed to Wheelwright ; the latter ran and passed to Bailey, who ran strongly and scored a good way out . 1fudson made a good attempt at goal. On resuming, the visitors twice benefited by Sullivan's lameness, and eventually reached our half. Aided by mistakes on our part they were enabled to attack for a time, until Shepherd relieved the pressure by a judicious kick into touch . They again returned to the attack, but Wheelwright frustrated their efforts by good tackling . Shepherd, Barley, and Wheelwright now played well together, and removed play to the Leeds half . Here i\letca!fe passed to Shepherd, who again scored behind the posts—another goal resulted . It was now half time . Score : S . Peter ' s, 2 goal i try ; to Leeds, nil. Henson restarted : the hall was well returned, and the first " scrum" took place in our half . Very soon, however, the visitors were forced into their " 25 ." After a few " scrums " here, Metcalfe passed to Shepherd, who ran in front of the posts and dropped a goal . The kick-off enabled the visitors to attack, hut Shepherd kicked to the centre . Several scrums" followed here, and then Metcalfe and Shepherd passed and repassed to each other until they reached the Leeds " 25 ." The visitors again reached the centre by a combined dribble . Metcalfe and Shepherd again got the ball away very cleverly from a " scrum ; " the latter passed to Bailey, who ran strongly . Directly after, Bailey all but scored . Again aided by Sullivan ' s lameness, the visitors reached our " 25, " and made a determined effort to score, but Gray, "Tomlinson, and Metcalfe dribbled to the centre . By another dribble, Metcalfe got close to the line, and Shepherd soon found his way over--Metcalfe kicked a goal . Similar play followed the kick-off—Leeds attacked, Shepherd kicked to the centre, and then we attacked . The visitors now broke through our forwards two or three times, but Nevile, Wheelwright, and Shepherd saved well,
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Metcalfe now took a pass from Shepherd, and scored after a good run– Shepherd failed at goal . Time was now called. Score—School, 4 goals (I dropped), z tries (25 pointsl. Leeds, nil. The forwards were fairly well matched as regards weight, but ours were the better, and, as a result, our halves got the hall from nearly every scrimmage . Shepherd and Metcalfe worked well together, and were very successful . The three-quarters did fairly well—Bailey and Wheelwright being the most successful . Of the forwards, Nelson, Hudson, (Tray, Henson, and Watson worked hard in the " scrums, " and Tomlinson and Fausset were prominent in the open . Roy, no doubt, worked hard, but was not conspicuous. SCHOni . TsAm .—Full back : H . Wheelwright ; three-quarter backs, J . W . Ford, R . H . Bailey, A . M . Sullivan, R . M . Nevile. Half backs ; J . Shepherd, J . E . Metcalfe . Forwards, E . Henson, E . Nelson, B . Hudson, R . H . Tomlinson, j . P . Watson, E . C . Gray, N . F . Roy, and F . P . Fausset. S . PETER ' S V . YORKS . COLLEGE.
Played on the College ground, Dec . 6 . They had a very strong team, men flocking in from Liversedge, Wakefield Trinity, Heckmondwike . and all parts of Yorkshire, to play against humble S . Peter ' s . Even the redoubtable Cheshire countvman, Fenton, was there ; while both Henson and Nevile, Romans, Haworth, Sullivan, were absent from our ranks . At first our forwards held their own, but afterwards tries came to the College in quick succession, z goals, 2 tries (16 points to nil) being the score at half time. In the second half our hacks had a few more chances, and Shepherd nearly dropped a goal ; but still the score of our opponents was rapidly rising, and it was not till near the call of time that, after a bout of passing, in which all our three-quarters took part, Bailey scored behind the posts . Shepherd failed at goal. Soon after time was called, with the score : College, 3 goals 7 tries (36 points) ; S . Peter's, r try .
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Nelson and Watson played the best of our forwards . Shepherd played a cool game at half ; the three-quarters did moderately well, but tackled badly ; but as the score chews, the team were outclassed. S. Peter's team .—Full back, Wheelwright ; three-quarter backs, Hudson, Mr . Lord, Bailey ; half-backs, J . Shepherd, J . E . Metcalfe ; forwards, Mr . Head, C . Nelson, J . P . Watson, R . H. Tomlinson, E . Gray, F . Ford, N . F . Roy, F . P . Fausset, L . Bird. 1ST XV . v . E .
\V . CI .ARKF, ' s XV.
Played on the School ground, Dec . 13th . Clarke brought a strong team.. including N . L . Hood )S . Thomas's Hospital), E . Pitts (captain of S . Catherine's College, Cambridge) . We lost the toss, and Dlr . Lord kicked off against the wind ; the School rushed to the attack, and scrimmaging took place near their opponents' goal line . The attack, however, was staved oft by a good run and kick on the part of Pitts . The ball was carried to the School 25, and Hood and Eastwood successively made poor attempts to drop a goal . '['he visitors' three-quarters made some attempts at passing, but the School tackling was very safe . An erratic pass by \Vhineup gave a chance to Metcalfe, who dribbled to the visitors' line, and Mr . Head dropping on the ball completed the try . Mr . Lord failed at goal . Desultory play followed, and half-time was called with score, S . Peter ' s, i try ; Clarke ' s team, nil . Alter the restart, S . Peter's, aided by the wind, again attacked, and good passing between Shepherd, Metcalfe, and Mr . Lord ended in the latter scoring a try, which he faihad to convert . The scratch team gained but little advantage from the kick-out, and good passing enabled Mr . Lord to score a second try, which Metcalfe converted into a goal . The visitors then gained a slight advantage through good passing by Pitts, Collins, and Hood . Ford, however, who was playing in tip-top form, responded with a good run and screw-kick, and the School again pressed . This enabled Nevile, after the ball had been passed through the hands of most of the backs, to score a try far out .
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Hudson failed to convert, and time was then called, with the score, S . Peter's, ► goal, 3 tries ; F . W . Clarke ' s team, nil. NOTES ON THE GAME.
The play all round was better than in previous matches ; the forwards packed well, and the three-quarters made no mistakes, Ford sheaving greatly improved form . Wheelwright, at full-back, (lodged well but should have kicked sharper, while the halves, Shepherd and Metcalfe, shewed up well against their formidable opponents . SCHOOL 2' . Oi .n BOYS. Played on Thursday, Dec . zo . The Old Boys had a fairly strong team, but the School team lacked the help of Shepherd, Bailey, Sullivan, and Haworth, owing to injuiies . With Shepherd absent at 2, and Bailey and Sullivan at , the back division was greatly weakened, while the forwards lost the assistance of Hudson, who took Bane .) 's place at centre ;,. The Old Boys ' forwards soon showed their superiority, both in weight and skill, consequently, the School were obliged to defend most of the time . Rose was in great form, and got 5 tries, receiving an abundance of passes from N . L . Hood . The latter got z tries, and Birks got 1 . Eastwood, N . L . Hood, and Coning each kicked a goal ; the latter' s kick was a very good one—from near the touch line . Ford scored for the School in the second half, far out, from a pass by Metcalfe, and Yeld kicked a splendid goal . Score :—Old Boys, 3 goals, 5 tries (30 points) ; School, 1 goal (5 points) . REMARKS.
For the Old Boys—besides those already mentioned—Whincup played well at half, and Scargill, Clarke, Wilkinson, and Crosthwaite were the most prominent of the forwards . For the School, Hudson and Wheelwright were best behind the scrum, and Nelson, Henson, and Watson forward ; Yeld was several times prominent in the loose . 'TEAMS : Old Boys .—Back, A . W . Eastwood. 2-Backs, L . Hood, G . V . Birks, W . A . Rose.
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Forwards, K . E . T . Wilkinson, E . S . D . Carter, B . J . SeargIll, C . H . Coning, O . W . Whaley, R . Crosthwaite, K . 1 . Roy. E . F . Nevile . E . W . Clarke. School .—Back, H . Wheelwright. ))-Backs, J . W . Ford, B . Hudson, R . M . Nevile. 1-Pa( k\, J . E . Metcalfe, E . 1 . Joicey. Forwards, E . Henson, C . Nelson, G . "Veld, L . Bird, F . P. Fausset, H . R . Tomlinson, P . Gray, N . F . Roy, J . P . Watson. S . PETER ' S 2ND XV .
J . CLARKE' S XV.
On our ground, Dec . 1st . An exciting match ended in a win for the scratch team by a goal to a try . Yeld scored the try for us but failed at goal. S . PETER ' S 2ND XV . P . J . WOOD ' S XV.
Wood brought a strange team, who seemed totally unacquainted with the game, and we won easily by }6 point, to nil . Veld, Crowther, Joicey, Addis, Clemons . and Carter scored for us, and Fausset, Moiser, Yeld kicked goals. FOOTBALL RETROSPECT.
Our football season 086+-5) is nearly at an end, for we have now only three engagements to fulfil, and only one of these is with a school. On glancing at the September number of the Peterite, I find that the writer of the football prospects foretold that, if Whincup returned, the forwards would he rather good . Whincup did not return ; Bailey was taken from the pack to fill a position at ; Haworth received an injury to his knee at the very beginning of the term, and has not played since ; and finally, Romans has been ill and unable to play since the Ripon match (Oct . 27) . These circumstances have considerably weakened the forwards, for the vacancies were filled by players, not only less experienced, but, in the case of Bailey and Haworth, much lighter . Our backs have,
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on the whole, performed creditably, and were not inferior to those of other Schools, except Giggleswick . Wheelwright has filled the position of " full back '' very well ; Bailey has shown most scoring power at at which position Sullivan and Nevile have tackled well ; and at z, shepherd and Metcalfe have been of great service. Our ranks have been weakest forward, owing to the circumstances mentioned above, The weakness may fairly be attributed to absence of weight, and inexperience (6 of the 8 forwards being recruits) . We were lighter (forward) than Durham, Giggleswick, and Ripon. Of the new players, Nelson has been very useful, and if he continues to grow and improve, he will soon be of still greater service, Joicev has taken Shepherd's place at (in club games), and has invariably played well . When he has increased in weight, and gained a little more experience, he ought to prove a really good player. Of 9 matches played by the first XV, we have lost 7 and won z. The Old Boys won both their matches . Our victims were Wakefield and Leeds . The second XV . lost at Durham, but won at Leeds .
THE THEATRICALS. The annual play was performed in the School Hall, on Monday and Wednesday, the 17th and 19th of December respectively, and of it one can truly say " Han- (dim rnimi11isse juvabii . " Unfortunately, there was a very great lack of tried material, and when " A Midsummer Night ' s Dream " was decided upon and parts given, there were many fears and misgivings as to the competency of those who had been chosen . However, though time was shorter than usual, after a month's hard work at rehearsals, a very marked improvement was shew-n by everybody, and our able Stage Manager ' s energy and indefatigable perseverance gained their well-merited reward by the success of the performance which was amply proved by hearty applause at the fall of the curtain . A great feature of the play, and one which should give Mr . Yeld great pleasure was
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that the cast included his four sons, and not only that, but they also acquitted themselves with marked success . It is our duty and pleasure to again thank our good friends, Mr . Lindberg for painting a new scene, and Dr . Hingston for the pretty show of plants and evergreens, and last, though certainly not least, Dr . Naylor, whom we have to thank for the charming setting to music of the Fairies' Song, Ye Spotted Snakes, and Bottom ' s Song, " The Ousel Cock . " We must not forget Mrs . Burton for the trouble and pains she took to renew the faded shields, and for painting the new one . The arduous task of " making up" was this year put into other hands, namely, that of G . Hudson (, O .P .), and he accomplished his work extremely well . One feature of the properties was Puck's magic wand, at the end of which shone an electric light, procured by the Head Master . The same orchestra as last year were engaged, and beguiled away the tedious moments between the Acts with " popular" but somewhat aged songs. The Epilogue was written, as in former years, by Mr . Yeld, and delivered from the Tableau by Bottom . At the fall of the curtain, "Honour Riches," the setting of which came from Dr Naylor when " The Tempest " was performed, was sung, and praise is due to Mr . Lord for his pains to make it a success . A criticism on the play will be found elsewhere . Ere we conclude, a word of gratitude and praise mu s t be said of those who worked so untiringly behind the scenes. The following is the Epilogue and a cast of the characters and list of officers We greet you once again, sweet friends, we greet you with delight, But sorrow casts a shade on joy—you know it well—to-night. Our play is " Midsummer Night's Dream ." And yet should truth prevail The story we ' ve to tell to you would be " A Winter's Tale ." For we are losing from our midst a true, and honoured friend (1), And parting is as great a grief as envious years can send. For six and thirty years these walls have been the scholar ' s home, For six and thirty years his voice has taught of Greece and Rome. Of orator, of law-giver, of statesman, soldier, poet. Their lore were ours for evermore—as he knows—could we know it ! With something of the soldier ' s pride—a gift he owes his birth— With something of the poet's power—a power not. horn of earth—
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He taught us of the great of old, whose thoughts the world still sway If ever we had need of them, we've need of them to-day. May happiness on him and his her brightest smiles bestow. May all his roses twice a year like those of Pistum blow ! Sweet blooms be his in multitudes—vet fairest will be seen The flower of his own life which knows no taint of small or mean. Long may he live ' midst blossoms bright and fruits well juiced and mellow, For he—you know our schoolboy phrase —for he's a jolly good fellow! But while we mourn the parting old, we greet the coming new, May Mr . Richard ' s victories be great, his failures few ! On banks of Isis and of Cam you ask if we succeed I answer with alacrity we do—we do indeed ! In other years great things have been by men of mark attained, But seldom have two Peterites their Firsts in one year gained. What need S . Peter's care for scoffs of critic gruff or railer When Firsts are won the selfsame day by Padel (z) and by Naylor (3)? Nor is that all ; for Wilkinson (+) has done good work in Law— Retain him—he Nvill rescue you from that dread monster ' s paw. Then Leaf (S) adorns at Peterhouse the higher walks of learning With weighty lore, and finished taste, and scholarship discerning ! Nor are these two the only fields in which our fame has thriven To Naylor an important charge at Melbourne (6) has been given. And though our Oxford honours may without fatigue be reckoned Garwood (7) of Queen ' s obtained in " Mods " a meritorious Second. While Tomlinson (8) has won a post which, though its name affrights us, Was much desired by Science men—so his success delights us. Mr . Stephenson's (9) promotion gives us all the greatest pleasure May fortune henceforth ever mete to him with the same measure To Tempest Anderson (to) success as Sheriff! He the way knows Through all the mighty anarchy of earthquakes and volcanoes. And should unruly spirits try for civic storms to cater He doubtless will suggest a way to batten down the crater. And now, sweet friends, we have to thank the donor of the '° Gym, " And yet we cannot find the words which shall be worthy him. The thought of one so generous must every heart uplift. None but a noble soul could be the giver of such gift. He wills not you should know his name, he seeks no voice of praise But there his monument will stand until the end of days. The one return which would to him, we feel, be really ample Is that t 'Id Boys whom wealth has blessed should follow his example. The building is as beautiful as gold and skill can render it,
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And he' ll accept our gratitude . for love and duty tender it. In Cricket we ' ve a goodly store of victories amassed, And only once by rival School was our Eleven grassed. The Old Boys changed positions in their boat and in the race, And after four years' tenure we ' d to yield the premier place. To Horace Crossley (i t) hearty thanks—would some O .P . repeat His rift, we might perhaps put up with e ' en one more defeat. In Football, if we' ve not attained high water mark this season, Fortune has been—but hush !—you know that Cassius spoke with reason. To Mr . Nelson too we now a vote of thanks must pass, To-day we ' ve got a football field—last year ' twas a m',rass Then R . M . Ainslie (12) WC acclaim ! In chapel and outside We looked on his performances with great and honest pride. That he win works should work his best, who plays, his best should play Is and has been S . Pe'er ' s creed for many and many a day. And here our annual plaudits to Mitchell (I 3) WC renew ; Few men attain in their first year the double Cambridge blue. And what is more since that great match between the North and South, As an International candidate his name ' s in every mouth. N .B . Among the Codan Alps a tall and stately town r Bears great S . Peter ' s name, and fame and grandeur is its dower Its western ridge is long and steep and curved with gap and spire, And long has been the object of the mountaineer ' s desire. Two members of S . Peter's staff--last August was the time— Decided to essay this new and breath-exacting climb. And thanks to what S . Peter does for all who bear his name, They sped where other feet had failed—S Peter ' s be the fame. But if our triumphs are to be in future years as bright, We all have need of rest and sleep, and so, sweet friends, good night. F . M . Scargill, M .A., Trinity College, Cambridge. C . F . C . Padel, Scholar of Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge First Class in the Classical Tripos. 3. H . D . Naylor, Trinity College, Cambridge . First Class in the Classical Tripos. .} . K . E . T . Wilkinson, Caius College, Cambridge . Second Class in the Law Tripos. 5. j . Leaf, elected fellow of Peter House, Cambridge. 6. H . D . Naylor, appointed Classical Lecturer, Ormond College, Melbourne University, Australia. R . Garwood, Hastings Exhibitioner of Queen ' s College, Oxford . 2.
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II . 'l oniIinson, F .R .S ., elected Principal of the S .V . London Polytechnic Institution. Rev . Al . Stephenson, presented by Christ ' s College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Pegworth. to . Dr . Tempest Anderson, fellow of University College, London, Sheriff of York. t z H . Crossley presented the School with two pair-oar boats. 12 . Rev . R . M . Ainslie, Vicar of S . Saviour ' s, Livrpool. i ; . F . Mitchell, Caius College, Cambridge, Secretary of Cambridge University Eleven and Rugby \V ., and played for the South against the North. 8
Prsrlh n! : Rev . G . T . Handford. : R . H . Bailey, G . Veld, T . P . Watson. Ho,. . Srcnlaw) , : J . F . Metcalfe. I iulrr Srcn/ai r : A . M . Sullivan. G . G . Yeld I'HESHa :s ( Duke of Athens) . . (Father to Hen-ma) . . T . F . Williams EVEL's A . M . Sullivan L~s~tvllr:r. ~1u love with IIermia) .. 1)P:ME1 R1US i G . P . Haworth P}III.osTRATE (Master of the reels to Theseus) H . B . Greeves QUINCL (A C r penter) Prologue J . Shepherd . . Pyramus R . H Bailey BUT-IOM (A Weaver) R . F . Russell FLUTE (A Bellows ' -mender) Thisbe . . . Lion . . B . Draper SNUG (A Joiner) . SNOC'r (A Tinker) . . Wall . . . . . L . Bird Moonshine H . R . Tomlinson HAith], I ING (A Tailor) HIPPot .YLA (Queen of the Amazons. bethrothed to Theseus) R . G . Bingham HI ;R . \Io (Daughter to E)cus, in love with Lysander) A . B . Bailey (In love with Demetrius) F . Clemons HEr,P . . R . H . Yeld O ' Br:RON (Ping of the Fairies) H . W . Garland TITAN IA (Queen of the Fairies) PUCK OR ROBIN GOODFELLOW P . H . Yeld PFASEBLOSSOM . . E . E . Yeld COBWEB . . A . T . Clemons C . H . Sale MUSTARD SEED Commi//
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G . G . Veld, Esq. C . P . Cass E . J . Walton R . G Paver-Crow .. J . Shepherd H . Broadwood, M . Scott
STAGE MANAGER .
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PROMPTER UNDER PROMPTER PROPERTY MAN SUPER MASTER CALL-BOYS CRITICISM.
T is a striking proof of Shakspeare ' s sublimity, that not a few of his plays are too great to be acted . Even this stage-mad generation,—despite all its mechanical and decorative arts,— despite its Irvings, " Trees, and Harrises,—despite the patronage of loyalty and the adoration of aristocracy,—fails as a rule in ' the purely dramatic representation of these mighty works . The majority of literary minds would sooner have King I ear in one of Cassell ' s threepenny pocket-editions than in one of Mr . Irving's lavish and colossal productions . For this reason : the free expression of Shakspeare ' s own soul affords infinite scope for every reader ' s imagination, whereas a theatre, however spacious and grand, only confines the poet ' s powers within a very narrow sphere, and hampers his worshippers ' wings with mere material appendages. The difficulties of the Midsummer Night ' s Dream as a performance must be plain to the dullest eye . Firstly, no amount of spectacular or inventive skill can do justice to the ethereal spirit that breathes through the whole . Canvas, wood, and paint, are but gross and incongruous companions for the velvet sward, the ghostly glamour, the woodland fragrance, and the freshening dew, which the great enchanter has taught us, by his mesmeric power, to °see and feel in every line . Secondly, much of the language is so exquisitely sweet and fairylike, that human utterance seems only to overcharge and oppress it . When reading it silently, we are conscious of mysterious echoes from the whispering trees, the nodding flowers, and the moonlit streams,—we hear the midnight buzz of fairydom mingled with the murmurings of the sleeping world,—but all these charms are too apt to flee at the first sound of corporeal tones .
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We then experience the same disappointment as when an ordinary voice attempts a recital of Paradise Los!, the Ode o the .1 aliviIy, or Pounilhaus Unbound . Thirdly, the actions which the language of the play compels a sympathetic imagination to assign to the elves, are too dainty, delicate, and fragile, to bear any handling but that of fancy, and seem to fall, utterly crushed, at the rude carnal touch of man. For amateurs the play has special obstacles and trials . Its marvellous variety demands uncommon versatility among the actors, while the obtrusive opportunities for scenery and dresses must sorely tempt and tantalize a limited purse . Consider, moreover, that the dramatic company consists entirely of boys, some of them mere children, and you have as formidable an array of hardships as could ever face a stage-manager and "put to proof his high supremacy. " The foregoing remar ks may suggest a proper appreciation of the difficulties that Mr . Yeld and company set themselves to brave and finally overcome on the nights of the 17th and 19th of December last . How enjoyable and successful these performances were, it would here be superfluous to tell, seeing that it was fully testified at the time by the hearty approbation of the audience . It remains only to pass a few remarks of personal criticism. On the whole the parts had been allotted with great propriety. Sullivan and Haworth, as "Lysander " and "Demetrius," were well suited, and ranked among the best . Their appearances as well as their voices were good, and contrasted very pleasingly. They played throughout with considerable force and elegance. G . Yeld was efficient in the somewhat thankless part of Theseus, " and Williams deserves high commendation for his natural and artistic " Egeus . " Greeves, as " Philostrate, " left nothing to he desired . Clemons and Bingham, as " Helena " and "Hippolyta," were perhaps a trifle masculine, but " ° Hermia " and " Titania'' found very able exponents in the persons of Bailey II . and Garland . The former of these preserved quite a feminine dignity and grace through all his scenes, while the vivacious and fairy-like aspect of the latter was wholly worthy of the demonstrative recep-
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tion he gained from the spectators . Yeld II ., invested for the time with the mighty sceptre of fairydom,—which, however light and ethereal, was a decidedly heavy burden for so young an usurper,—worked earnestly and well . He maintained a good, easy presence on the stage, and gave the greatest satisfaction . And what shall he said of " Robin Goodfellow," " that shrewd and knavish sprite ?" Why, the truth is, " Master Puck " spoke, and acted, pretty well for himself, in the voice and body of Master Veld, who, to ' judge from his impish and unearthly manners, had substituted for himself a veritable goblin changeling by means of his own magic craft . He seemed to enjoy his part thoroughly, and, as a natural consequence, his audience thoroughly enjoyed him . " Peas-Blossom, " " Cobweb," " Moth," and " Mustardseed, " were all in competent hands . So much for the immortals ; now we come to! beings of grosser sort . Of these we have no cause to complain . bailey was an excellent " Bottom," and shewed to great advantage both in the head of the Ass and in the helm of Pyramus . Shepherd made an ideal " Quince, " and was very comic and natural ; "Tomlinson shone conspicuously in the capacity of " Moon ;" Draper extracted considerable amusement and by-play iron " the Lion ' s skin ;" Bird was a " Wall " not easy to be surmounted ; while Russell's " Thisbe" was astonishingly quaint and humorous. The _charm of the play was greatly enhanced by the singing, " You spotted snakes" being admirably rendered by Roy and Haworth II . Further enchantment was supplied by the generous brush of Mr . Lindberg, whose artistic and beautiful scenery called forth unanimous praise . Mr . Yeld ' s epilogue contained a goodly store of pertinent allusion, and had the beneficial effect of awaking the " pert and nimble spirit of youth " to feelings of noble and enthusiastic pride in the old school . G . HUDSON .
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A FISHING EXPEDITION. MacBurney was i . then, I was 12 . AlacBurnev said, "We'll putall the fish together at the end of the day and divide then equally . I said I was not a very good fisherman, and that it might not he a just arrangement . But MacBurnev said it would be best.], He could fish . He would say, "'There ' s a big tin," and walk straight in—(of course we had taken off our shoes and stockings :and coats, and rolled up our shirt sleeves)—and gently but firmly lay hold of the trout and bring him out . Or he would say, " There ought to be one under that stone . " Then he would lie down on his stomach, and plunge his arm in, and lift out the big fish that had been waiting in the proper place. Now all this time I was getting desperate, for no fish would trait for me, nor could I rightly distinguish the proper stones to grope under. So I drew aside, further up the stream, and coming to a little pool with a little fish in it, I spoke to the fish and said : "You are only a little one, and I will catch you . " So to tire him out, and make him more inclined to wait for me, when I began the cha s e in grim earnest, I threw stones at him for a space . Then i walked in, just like MacBurnev did, and though he fled I marked hi, place of refuge and felt for him, and felt him, but just as my fingers were beginning to close on him he swam away . I followed, and felt him again . Again he began to move off . Down I stooped, with both hands I heaved on to the bank stones and mud and water—and the little fish . But even then he began to jump about and dance on his tail, every rapid movement on the sloping bank bringing him nearer to the water, and me to confusion . I swiftly climbed out, and precipitated myself on all that I had hurled out of the river. and feeling about beneath me 1 got the fish. Now MacBurney always put his forefinger in the fish's mouth, and his thumb on his neck, and broke his poor little neck, to kill him . So I put my finger in the little fish's mouth, and my thumb on his neck, and broke his neck, and killed him dead, and
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his head came off. Then I took the parts of him down the stream to MacBurney, and in quite an ordinary matter of fact voice I said, Here is one ." " Oh," said MacBurney, " you should have thrown a little one like that back again . " . \V. K
O. P. CLUB. A Committee meeting was held at the School on Wednesday, December 19 . Rev . G . 'F . Handford took the chair, and there were also present Messrs . E . W . Clarke and P . E . Lord . The minutes of the previous Committee meeting were read and confirmed, and the following were elected members : Messrs . G . W . Clarke, C F. Coombe, Rev . E . Evers . J . L . Freeman, Rev . F . M . Hargreaves, J . C . Pickering, E . L . Rowe, G . IT . Rowe, E . S . Tozer, C . P. Whincup, C . J . Wright. The ninth annual General Meeting was subsequently held . Mr. Handford again took the chair, the following members being present :—Messrs . G . V . Kirks, E . S . D . Carter, E . W . Clarke, F . C . Crowther, A . W . Eastwood, P . E . Lord, B . J . Scargill, H . S. Scargill, K . J . Roy . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . Messrs . G . V . Kirks and E . V . Howgate were elected to fill the places on the Committee of Messrs . F . R. Dodsworth and J . F . Walker, retiring by rotation . The Sports and Dinner Committee were re-elected, and a grant of J ' I made to the latter for the York Dinner . The Treasurer's Accounts, showing a balance of [zz 7s . 51d . were passed, and it was decided that the Club should bear all expenses connected with the testimonial to Mr . Scargill . A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings .
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O . P . SUBSCRIBERS TO MR . SCARGILL'S TESTIMONIAL FUND, Rev. E . Evers Rev . W . Y . Fausset J . H . P. Fowler Rev . F . H . Greenhow Rev. A . H . Griffith F . T . Griffith W . H . Grindrod A . A . Hingston W . J . Hodgson Rev . W . H . G . Holmes N . L . Hood E . V . Howgate J . P . Hubbersty H . A . Hudson C . C . D . I'Anson P. B . Lamb_rt J . F . Leaf (T . H . Lindberg) F . J . Lord T . B . Lord jun. P . E . Lord Rev. J . H . Mallinson W . Martin F. Mitchell (Dr . Naylor) C . L . Naylor
Rev . R . M . Ainslie Dr . Tempest Anderson M . F . Atkinson G . V . Birks F . R . Brandt Rev. H . Bloomfield E . S . D . Carter C . H . Chadwick Rev . G . II . Chilman A C . Clarke E . W . Clarke G . W . Clarke W . H . Cobb F. E . A . Colby J . Newton Coombe C . B. Cotterell J . W . Craven R . Crosthwaite J . H . Daniel C . J . Daniel E . E . Deane H . E . Donner \V . S . Douglas C . E . Douglas W . Dowson A . \V . Eastwood
BALANCE SHEET, DEC. CR. s . d. Balance from 18 93 1592 Subscriptions -6 for 1892 42 for 18 93 o4I, for 1894 15 for 1893 2 for 1896
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6 II
39 1 7
6
,L55 4 5
1 1,
H . D . Naylor E . F. Nevile H . R . Partington W . A . Pearson A . Peters J . C . Pickering A . T . Pollard A. Raimes E . L . Rowe K J . Roy 11 . J . Rudgard H . Tomlinson P . Turnbull R . C Tute R . S . 'lute G . H . Wade A . Wade F . \Vellburn O . W . Whaley IT . Wharton R. Whincup C . P. Whincup K . E . T. Wilkinson H . H . Williams L . W . Wilsden A . \Vilsden
1893-DEC .
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s . d. To Peterite Editors 62 at 3/6 10 17 0 972 at 3/14 12 6 0 3 6 Horse for Coaching Printing 2 4 0 Stamps and Postc :ud . 1 14 0 Newspaper Wrappers . . o 8 7 Sports Prize 0 19 0 Reading Prize . . . . o 19 0 Envelopes . . 0 2 4 Football Secretary . . 0 17 0 Balance in hand . . 22 7 5 DR .
Total
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4
Audited and found correct, A . W . RICHARDS. 17th Dec ., 1894 .
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"PETERITE" BALANCE SHEET, Aeittr . TO Dec ., 1894 .. s . (1. jr: S. d. Balance from 1893 14 t8 3 To Ben Johnson (Printing) . . to 8 3 Do . 9 16 6 Masters' Subscriptions o r8 8 H . ;Morley Postage . . 2 19 0 old Peterites' Subscriptions 18 6 e Darboys' Subscriptions York Monthly' for loan 4 6 2 7 (, Mr . Burton's House Subof block . . 0 Balance scription 1 t 4 for 1895 22 12 10 Schoolhouse Subscription . . 6 to 8 Back numbers ,. 0 3 0 .446 4
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NOTES AND ITEMS. We hope that the hydra headed " Debating Society '' will spring forth again this term . The new Solicitor-General (Sir F . Lockwood) tells a story of the Debating Society at Manchester Grammar School, when he was there . The first and only debate was on the right of British interference in the Crimea . After the debate, one of the masters complimented him on his speech, saying it smelt somewhat of the Camp . Sir F . Lockwood thinks it probable slid, since it consisted of two pages of Kinglake's Crimea, which he had learnt off for the occasion. A report of the O . P . Dinner will appear in our next. H . D . Naylor (O .P .), of Trinity College . Cambridge, has been appointed Classical Lecturer at Ormond College, Menu urne, Australia. The School has presented \Ir . Scargill with a purse of gold as a token of gratitude for his long period of service at the school. G . H . Chilman and J . E . Lofton have been ordained Priests. The Rev . H . M . Stephenson has been offered the living of Kegworth, near Derby . It is said to he the best living in the gift of Christ ' s College, Cambridge. We hear that the Rev . C . B Clarke is in charge of a class of ho g s in Calcutta, and that his brother A . C . Clarke is giving up his mastership at Leeds, having decided to go out as a missionary . A . Crosthwaite is coming home owing to ill-health.
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H . D . Naylor sailed on Jan . t i by the Orient s . s . Austral to enter on his duties at Ormond College, Melbourne. F . Mitchell played for England against Wales and Ireland. Mr . Miller ' s Preparatory School at Foisted was formally opened at the end of November. W . G . Wilson has accepted the charge of a house at Westward Ho. Many Old Peterites will regret to hear of the death of Mr . E . L. Haynes, which occurred in Barbados from a fall from a horse. While in York, he always took the greatest interest in the games of the School. \V . J . P . Kaye was over last term from India on leave ; G . C. Murray from China, where he is tea-planting . W . 'I' . Murray is at present in Toronto. J . F . Blake (O .P .) has been appointed to arrange the Natural Science Specimens of the Gaekwar of Baroda. A . C Clarke and C . L . Naylor have taken their M .A . Degree. E . S . D . Carter has passed the Final Examination of the Incorpor ated Law Society with 3rd Class Honours. G Winn is playing fo r ward for Manchester F .C. The 19th Punjaub Infantry, under Colonel Brander (0 .P.), has been ordered to join the Reserve Brigade, operating against Warziris. MARxIAGES .—At St . Thomas's Cathedral, Bombay, Captain Geo Warder Mitchell, .th Bombay Infantry, to Eliz . Robertson, daughter of the late Wm . Ferguson, Writer to The Signet, Edinhro' . DEATas .—Edwin Procter, The Mount, York, on the 1 ; th inst, aged 25 years. Rev . Robert Hey, Vicar of S . Andrew ' s . Derby, of heart disease. We beg to acknowledge : Ht mers College Magazine, Ripontan, &dberghian, .JIe chislonian, Leodiensian, Hurst johnian, The College Times (Toronto, Canada), Shefeld R . G . S ., Portcullis, Grggleswick Chionr'cle, Sutton Valence, Uppinglram Magazine. P .S .—We extract the following from the York Sentinel covering : Arthur Sample ' s Azalee, a fragment dedicated to Mrs . G T. Handford . It is a weird soporific pibroch-like composition, but " vera bonnie " like the Scotch lassie ."
GAMES FUND BALANCE SHEET, 1894 . Cr.
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Cricket: Materials ., 15 16 9 D ewse (groundsman) . . 8 15 0 Fares . . .. 8 6 10 Horse 5 3 6 Average Bats, etc . I 18 9 Ironnfronger r 18 2 Cards . . I 5 b Extra Labour on Gerund I 4 0 Holtby . . 1 otI Carriage . . ., 0 4 I,
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SCHOOL LETTER. NCE again the Football season has drawn to a close, and the continued had luck which has been with us from the very commencement will have no further opportunities of visiting us in the shape of injuries and illnesses, which have played so important a part in the results of our matches . This term only two matches out of some six arranged have been able to be played, owing to the unusual severity of the frost, which having accompanied us from the very beginning of the term, has only lately withdrawn to seek fresh fields and pastures new . New Leeds were defeated by us on our own ground, and we fell victims for the second time this season to Durham, being defeated in the last five minutes . Our total record reads : Won 4, Lost 8, Drawn none. Boating prospects are not particularly rosy since only one of last year ' s crew is available, and our football luck has already visited the boats, one likely candidate being already hors de combat, but though the probability of reversing last year ' s verdict and changing places with the Old Boys is not at present very great, still it is by no means impossible, and we hope Mr . Head ' s efforts will this year be crowned with success . We take this opportunity of expressing the hope that once more the time-honoured contests between representative " fours " of the School House and Dayboys will be renewed, as all must be agreed that the state of affairs last year was most unsatisfactory . Owing to the fact that the regatta boat was excluded, the Dayboys were enabled to win so-called representative races, and we heartily congratulate them on their success, but it will not encourage them to strive and defeat the
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House on even terms if they are only considered fit to row the House 2nd crew . The argument may be that the object is to improve the rowing of the school, and that this can only be attained by close contests ; but besides the fact that last year the old arrangement would probably have resulted in closer finishes than was the case, we will not do the Dayboys the injustice of supposing that they are not sufficient sportsmen to prefer a keen race between representative fours, rather than win a pewter pot in a race for which the best opposing crew has not been entered. In last year ' s epilogue to " A Midsummer Night ' s Dream " it was mentioned that Mitchell was mentioned by all as a likely candidate for International honours, and we are glad to record the fact that the prediction was correct and that he has well sustained his reputation by his excellent forward play in all the three International matches.
RUGBY FOOTBALL. THE FOUR THREE-QUARTER GAME. BY AN O .P.
The great question I consider with regard to school football at the present moment is as to whether the school should adopt the four three-quarter system or not . There are many reasons for adopting it and but few against it, and at any rate there could be no harm in giving it a trial on some future occasion . The old style of scrummaging has had its clay, the more attractive and more effective fast and open game has taken its place . At Giggleswick, a little over two years ago, we, with our big forwards averaging r i stone a man, were hopelessly beaten by a team averaging a little over ro stone. a man, simply because we were beaten behind; would not the four system have acted in this instance ? and frequently the York team is stronger forward than in any other department . Some one I daresay will urge that the present width of football grounds is too narrow for the four threequarters system to
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be utilised thoroughly, and that three speedy threequarters can frustrate the efforts of four . But experience goes to show that it is quite impossible for three threequarters to prevent four from scoring if the four have mastered the short passing game. Again, it has been pointed out that eight forwards cannot hold their own against nine, and this seems a perfectly natural conclusion to arrive at . But the effective way in which eight forwards have now learnt to wheel the scrimmages has balanced very much the effectiveness of the extra man iii the ranks of the opposing side, and very often the ninth man devotes his energies to playing on to the opposing half-back, while the actual scrimmage work has to be borne by the remaining eight forwards Others may say that the new system is too advanced in football for boys to take it up and thoroughly play it as it ought to be played ; this certainly is, I consider, the greatest objection to raise against the four threequarter system being taken up by the School, but other schools have managed to practice it and bring it to perfection, why shouldn't St . Peter's ? But if a team intends to take up the new system, there must certainly be no wing forward amongst the eight ; that individual must be done away with once and for all, because you need all the weight and energy in that department to compensate for the man taken away . But, as I have said, with all its advantages and failures, there could be no harm in giving it a trial ; if it did not succeed, resort to the old system again . I am no three-quarter myself, I only write from what I have seen of that department of the game, and from notes by a recent captain of the Oxford University Rugby Football XV.
SCHOOL FOOTBALL. 1ST XV . V . NEW LEEDS.
Played on our ground, March znd . Leeds kicked off, and the ball was returned into touch near half-way : i\Ir . Lord gained ground by a good kick . Scrimmages were then for it long time the order of the day, until Shepherd kicked to the full-back, who returned well . Sullivan had his kick charged, and Leeds pressed
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for a time, scrimmages being formed on our line The ball was passed to one of the Leeds three-quarters, who kicked over the line, and a minor accrued . After the kick off . Leeds returned to the attack, but Sullivan saved gallantly . Shepherd kicked up to the full-hack, and Mr . Lord collared him before he could reply . A free kick to the school gained some ground, and Mr . Lord got the ball from Shepherd and struggled over, but failed at goal . The school continued to press, Mr . Lord doing good service ; the latter passed to Romans, who ran and passed to Shepherd, enabling him to score behind the posts . Metcalfe converted . This stirred up Leeds to fresh efforts, but Sullivan saved and half-time was called with the score :—S . Peter ' s r goal, i try, to New Leeds, nil. Mr . Lord kicked of and Leeds returned well up the field. Harrison for Leeds made a good run, but kicked too hard and a minor was the result . After even play and a smart attack by Hildreth, which Wheelwright foiled neatly, Shepherd made a good run for the school, but was collared just in time . A free kick taken by Leeds, nearly succeeded, the ball striking the upright and rebounding into play : Sullivan however, retaliated with a run and kick, and the ball was returned to Wheelwright, the latter replying well. Soon Mr . Lord got hold and after passing and repassing between himself and Metcalfe scored a good try . Yeld failed at goal. Ford was prominent among the school forwards, and scrimmages took place in Leeds territory . Shepherd got hold from a scrimmage and scored, though no goal was kicked . The school continued to press, but Leeds gained relief with a free-kick and tome was soon called with the score :—S . Peter ' s, t goal, 3 tries ; Leeds, nil. SCHOOL TEAM :—Back : H .
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Three-quarter Backs : A . M . Sullivan, P . E . Lord, B . Hudson,
R . M . Nevile. Half Backs : J . Shepherd, J . E . Metcalfe. Forwards : T . Romans, C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, J . P.
Watson, J . Ford, N . Roy, G . Yeld, H . B . Greeves .
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The play of the school was highly satisfactory, considering that there had been only one practice game : the school three-quarters played a combined game, Mr . Lord being in great form, while Sullivan did very good work on the defensive : Wheelwright was very safe at full-back : both the halves played excellently, Metcalfe showing considerable improvement on previous displays : the forwards were good, though rather slow in breaking up, of whom Romans, Nelson and Ford were most prominent. 1ST XV. V . DURHAM SCHOOL.
The return game 'vas played at Durham, March 9th . The ground was very muddy, but not so bad as one would have expected considering the amount of rain that had fallen. After S . Peter's had won the toss, Allden kicked off for Durham, the ball going to Sullivan who duly returned into touch . It soon became evident that the game would be a forward one, scrimmage following scrimmage almost incessantly : the York forwards held their own well, and Nevile gained some ground by kicking into touch. The Durham halves however, were very sharp on to their men, and usually held them before much could be done. At last however, a good run by Metcalfe took play into Durham quarters, but a kick by Clark soon gave them relief. Even play followed for some time, until Shepherd rushed for the line, but was tackled before he could pass . Durham then took up the running and Ferens made his mark but Sullivan replied to our advantage ; the home three-quarters showed good passing, but Shepherd tackled well, and half-time was called with no score. After the usual interval Yeld kicked off for us, and after kicks had been exchanged, S . Peter ' s pressed . Ford kicked well and following up charged down Clark's return ; the latter however, fell on the ball, and saved a score. A dribble by the Durham forwards was saved by Shepherd, but Durham reached our twenty-five, and continued to press for some time .
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The York forwards were tiring, and Romans only just saved a try. Durham, however, were not to be denied, anhi though Wheelwright twice staved off the attack, N . Clarke at length, with a dodgy run, scored behind the posts . A . Clarke converted . Shepherd kicked off, and the Durham full-back replied well . A free kick to York gained but little ground, and finally Cumberledge scored, Clark failing at goal . Durham soon returned to the attack, and Maughan scored, Clark failing to convert . Time was then called with score :—Durham, r goal, z tries (r r points) ; S . Peter' s, nil. NOTES ON THE GAME.
The game was a very hard one, in fact too hard to be scientific. Both sides worked for all they were worth individually and combination suffered in consequence : for example the scrummages were often most disorganized . Outside, the bulk of the work fell on the halves, and here we had probably more of the ball than Durham, but their tackling was very good, especially at threequarters . Shepherd did a great lot of work, but seemed to be a little slow or else think that he could run through Appesley, and was often tackled near the scrummage . Metcalfe was well marked by Cumberledge and the wing three-quarter, and three or four times passed wildly . Several times he got well away in the first half, but could find no one to pass to . Sullivan did very well, kicking and tackling excellently : once he intercepted a pass and with more pace would have scored . Nevile and Ford had little to do . Wheelwright hardly touched the ball till the last quarter. Of the forwards we were possibly better in the tight (be it understood we had nine to eight) but did not break up anything like as fast as they did . Where all worked well, we would mention Haworth particularly after his long absence ; up to half time he played very well . Nelson charged a kick down once and looked like scoring . The Durham first try (scored with nine minutes of time) was thoroughly well deserved, from a nice piece of passing. The other two were probably as a critic put it, "a case of tails down :" for the first of them Appcsley got away unmarked up the touch line, and threw to Cumberledge when approaching
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Wheelwright, and the other was much the same . Not a great match for spectators, but most enjoyable from players ' point of view . CHARACTERS. J . SHEPHERD, Capt ., i I st . (1892), has done a great amount of defensive work at half, especially in tackling, notably in the Giggleswick match ; has never quite realised the expectations formed of him in 1892 ; no doubt was handicapped by his accident ; kicked a long way, but often lost chances by dwelling on his pass ; a good captain on the field, knowing the game, but too fond of trying new arrangements of his team. J . E . METCALFE, 9 S+ . 3 lbs . (1893) . Played half with his captain; somehow the pair hardly ever seemed to be in form on the same day ; ought to have suited Shephcrd, a he could run well, and get away quickly ; sometimes a little wild in passing; saved and tackled with plenty of pluck ; too much inclined to waste chances in appealing. R . H . BAILEY, 11 st . q. lbs . (1893) As wing three-quarter ran well when he got fairly started, but was slow in making a beginning ; improving in taking passes ; as centre, hardly paid enough attention to his wings, and threw out too slowly ; a moderate tackler, and kicked a long way. T . ROMANS, q st . 2 lbs . (1893) . A hard-working forward ; was unluckily kept out of the team for some time by a sprain ; generally well on the ball ; not a good tackler, and wanting in head, when the ball was loose ; too fond of putting his head down and charging. G . P . HAWORTH, I I St . I lb . (1893) . Scarcely played at all owing to a bad knee ; was greatly missed, having plenty of dash and life in his play, as he chewed in the Durham return after some months ' idleness. E . W . H . HENSON, 10 St . 12 lbs . (1893) . Occasionally inclined to shirk the scrummage work, but still a useful forward ; good in the loose, tackling well and playing a good passing game; apt to kick too hard when dribbling ; left at Christmas .
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C . NELSON, Io St . 4 lbs . Promises to be an excellent forward; works hard in the tight, and yet manages to be well on the ball ; ought to be most serviceable next year. B . HUDSON, I I St . 2 lb . Was tried first at three-quarters, where he ran well, but was not a success in collaring and tackling; worked very well in the pack, making full use of his weight, and tackling much better than when outside. J . P . WATSON, Io St . I lb . Plays with plenty of clash in the loose, tackles harder than any of the forwards, and makes good use of his height in the line out ; ought to be very useful in another year. E . C . GRAY, 9 St . 6 lbs . Though only light, gave the impression of greater weight ; good in the loose, and . + t lQ'J.gii not fast, generally pretty near the ba ll ~~ih'sled well ; left at Christmas. F_ P. . oMLINSON, 10 St . 3 lbs . The fastest of the forwards, but scarcely used his speed enoug'i in following up ; a useful forward, but varied a good deal in his play ; wants to tackle harder. A . M . SULLIVAN, 9 St . 9 lbs . The best tackler in the team, going hard and low ; not possessed of much pace, but made up for it by good kicking and fielding of the ball ; plays a passing game well, and chews promise. R . M . NEVIL.E, 9 St . 8 lbs . A good defensive three-quarters, tackling and saving well ; kicks fairly, runs too much round instead of straight ahead ; slow in starting. H . WHEELWRIGHT, 8 st . i t lb . Tackles hard and low ; kicks well into touch, and dodges very neatly, though sometimes holding the ball too long. N . F . Roy, 9 St . 8 lbs . A hard working forward ; inclined to kick too hard, and lacks clash in tackling ; should develop into something useful. J . W . FORD, 10 St . 3 lbs . Has a certain amount of pace, but is very slow in getting under weigh ; tackles pretty well, but is a poor kick ; has played forward as well as three-quarters .
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OLD YETERITE DINNER. YORK DISTRICT. The Seventh Annual Dinner of the Old I'eterite Club was held on the zoth December last, at Harker ' s Hotel . Thirty-four Old Peterites sat down to an excellent repast . When we mention that the Chairman was Mr . P . B . Lambert it will be unnecessary to state anything further, as his name will be more than a sufficient guarantee that the dinner was an unqualified success, marred only by the most regrettable but unavoidable absence this year of Canon Elwyn. After dinner, the Chairman (1Ir . P . B . Lambert) proposed the health of " The Queen and the rest of the Royal Family . " He said that this was a toast of which it had been observed that it was invariably received with enthusiasm wherever it was given in the company of Englishmen, and he felt sure that it would be so received by loyal Old Peterites . He felt that he could not do better than use the words of a worthy Mr . Green, of London, Hairdresser, who, when the Queen came to town joined his good wishes with an advertisement for his business by displaying on a large blue banner the elegant inscription " Long live the Queen . God bless her, Is the wish of Green, Hairdresser . " The Chairman next gave "The Archbishop, Clergy of the Diocese and Ministers of all denominations, " and said that he was glad this toast appeared on the list, as the School ought never to forget the obligations they were under to the Clergy . He said that on occasions like the present he liked to regard the clergyman as the friend of the parish and he thought that that description was really the most applicable one to the clergy as a body . They were expected to provide spiritual food for the soul and material clothes for the body of all their needy parishioners . Mr . Lambert then gave a most humorous story, illustrating what was required from some vicars, the point of which was that a farm labourer desirous of " bettering " himself came to the parson to be taught Latin which he had thought would in some mysterious way bring
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about that desirable result . He observed that we must remember all people do not like the same things . What may give great pleasure to some may not be cared for by others, and he was glad to see included in the toast " the Ministers of all denominations ." He coupled with the toast the name of the Rev . R . M . Ainslie. The Rev . R M . Ainslie in reply thanked the company for the kind way in which they had received the toast, and spoke of the great change which had come over the clergy and the church during the last few years, and compared the clergyman of the past with the parson of the present, and remarked on the better feeling which now existed between the Nonconformists and the Established Church . In conclusion, he referred to Mr Richardson and Canon Elwyn and many other Old Peterites, who were splendid examples of what the clergyman ought to be. The next toast on the list, that of " The Army, Navy, and Reserve Forces " was suitably proposed by Mr . T . C . Mann, who spoke of the great pride which all Englishmen should feel in the glorious traditions of the English Army. Mr . Pearson in reply said that this was a toast which was generally received with mild toleration and he thought the reason for that was the inability of the average Englishman to see the necessity for it, but he thought that it was now beginning to be understood that England's very existence depended upon the existence of her Army and Navy, and that he felt sure that if ever the Forces were called upon they would do their duty as their forefathers had done theirs. . Mr . F . Munby then gave the toast of "The School, its sports and theatricals, past and present masters, and Old Peterites, " in proposing which he said that he took it as a great compliment to be asked to propose that toast . Those who were present at the dinner last year had heard a great deal with regard to the history of the School and he was sure that all rejoiced with Canon Browne in the antiquity which it had been proved the School possessed . He wished there had been more Old Boys present for he was sure that a school which could point to such a record as S Peter ' s, z too years, deserved to be better supported by the
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Old Boys . Of the Athletics and Theatricals he was unable to speak as he had not the time to have that personal knowledge of the School he should like to have. The Headmaster in replying said he was glad to say that this term the. had a slight increase in numbers . He then spoke of what had been done by the School during the past year in Athletics, referring to Mitchell's recent success in being chosen to represent the South of England when they beat the North . Next he went on to name the successes of (inter aria) Leaf, Naylor, and Padel in the classical world . IIe hoped that before long the Ecclesiastical Commissioners would have reinforced the School financially for Canon Browne, and the Bishop of London had promised to help in that body on their behalf. In conclusion, he spoke of the departure of Mr . F . M . Scargill from the position of master, and touched on the difficulties to which masters, and especially headmasters, were subject . He then read a telegram from Canon Elwyn wishing success to the dinner. Mr . G . Veld in replying to this toast also spoke of the improvements which the School had this year made . He believed that it was said every year of the Theatricals that they were the best the School had ever had, he believed he could say the same of them this year . He was sorry, however, to say that this year there was a deficit of [ to in the Theatricals Account. As this was probably the last time that Mr . Naylor would be present at the Old Peterite dinner for some time, seeing that he was shortly to sail for Australia, a special toast was given by Mr. K . E . T . Wilkinson, who in a few well-chosen words gave Mr. Naylor' s health and prosperity in the far country to which he was going, to which Mr . Naylor suitably replied, though suffering from a severe attack of neuralgia. After this the Chairman rose to present the Old Boys ' testimonial to Mr . F . M . Scargill, which took the form of a purse of money, and in doing so referred to the long period during which Mr. Scargill had fulfilled his duties as master to the School . He remembered Mr . Scargill perhaps best of all as Captain of the School Volunteer Corps .
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Mr . Scargill in accepting the gift said he gave them all his heartfelt thanks and that it afforded him great pleasure to look round on the increased number of familiar faces he saw before him that night . He wished to impress upon them all the sorrow he felt at parting from the School . Whilst he had been at the School he had always tried his best to do his duty in the place into which it had pleased Providence to call him . He would like to impress upon them the fact that the old French maxim was true . " L ' union c ' est la force ." Union was force . Before concluding, he begged to wish them from the bottom of his heart a very happy Christmas and a happy New Year. The Rev . G . T . Handford then proposed the health of the Chairman and said it was most kind of him to take the trouble to come down from London to preside over them that night. Mr . Lambert, on rising to reply, was greeted with loud applause and in a most humorous short speech thanked the Old Boys for the way in which they had greeted him and spoke of the pleasure it gave him to be present. The Headmaster then gave the health of the Dinner Committee, to which the Secretary (Mr . D . Carter) replied, thanking the company for the honour and regretting on behalf of the Committee the unavoidable absence of his . ex-secretary, Mr . A Peters, who was too unwell to venture out, and that the numbers present had not been larger. This concluded the Toast List and shortly before twelve o ' clock the company dispersed. It will be noticed that this year the numbers present exceeded by to those of last year, a fact which is most encouraging to the Committee and which may perhaps be attributed to the fact that the price of the tickets was lowered to 6/ . As before, the Committee request Old Boys to send any suggestions they wish to make to the Secretary, and in particular to give them the names and addresses of any Old Boys they know of, as it is very difficult to keep in touch with all .
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THE "TOMMY" CARD. Seldom does an Old Puterite Dinner pass without a reference to this historic source of information, compiled by the Rev . Thomas Richardson ; and it has been suggested that a brief description of it would be interesting to the present generation, if only that they might know what the aetas parentum went through and survived. This miraculous card, measuring roughly 5 inches by 3, contained on each side four columns of names, the one concerned with sacred, the other with profane, learning . The former comprised the following :--the Books of the Old Testament ( ;q, each with a date, even the Book of Psalms), and the Books of the New Testament (27, also dated ; " if you take the number of Books in the Old Testament and multiply the figures together, you will get the number in the New"), the Twelve Tribes (dated, in fact everything possible had a date, by printer' s error Simeon was qq years older than Reuben, who appeared as the youngest), the Judges (14), the Kings (3), the Kings of Judah (zo), of Israel (19), Four Major and Twelve Minor Prophets, Twelve Apostles, the Deacons (7), the Churches of Asia (7), the Pillars of the Temple (Jachin on the right hand and Boaz on the left .) The Historical (?) side was if anything more closely packed. It started with the Kings and hills of Rome (7 each), then came the Wise Men of Greece and their native places (also 7), the First Tribunes and First Consuls (a pair of each), the Csars (1 z), the First and Second Triumvirs, the Procurators of Judrna (13), the Horses of the Sun 4), The Graces, Fates, and Furies (a trio of each), the Muses and their departments (9), the Gorgons and Harpies (also 3 each), the Gates of Troy (6), the Provinces of the Peloponnesus (6), the Twelve signs of the Zodiac, Seven Planets, the Pleiades (7), the Pillars of Hercules (2), the Kings of England before the Conquest (21), and after the Conquest (35) . It is stated that Mr . Richardson ' s form recited both sides of this card from memory every morning after prayers .
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FOR BRITAIN'S SAKE. If you truly love nature, if you truly love your country, if you love justice, wisdom and mercy, do not, I beseech you, destroy or harm any of our wild birds, nor even rob them of a single egg. Mercy and justice should arrays of course be shown to all living creatures alike ; but in these clays, and at this season of the year, a special plea is necessary on behalf of the birds. Here, in brief, is the state of the case : England cannot afford to lose so much as a single bird . Already their numbers are pitifully' reduced . "Trading naturalists, private collectors, taxidermists, gardeners, farmers, and boys, have waged war too long against them, with a result that is as mighty as it is deplorable. The Goldfinch, one of our loveliest and most useful birds, is going ; the Kingfisher, the sole tropical gem of our native avifauna, is going ;—going whither our Great Bustard and our Great Auk have already gone—to utter extincton . The fair sex have committed havoc enough among the bright-feathered denizens of foreign lands, and will not be convinced of the abominable cruelty, not to say danger, of their vain fashions in this matter . And here in England, despite all the efforts of true naturalists and men of science, our birds are persecuted ruthlessly ; the trap and the gun know no rest, and prejudice, ignorance, and superstition, are ever in arms against our feathered friends. Will not the boys of England take up the cause of the birds ? When one considers what a vast influence even schoolboys might exert in this direction, it seems a pity that they do not make a practice of doing their utmost to protect and preserve our native birds . Most boys are, it is generally known, anything but friends to the wild birds . That is frequently so because they do not think deeply enough on the subject . Perhaps the following paragraphs may throw a little light upon the matter. Birds'-nesting is an utterly useless and heartlessly cruel practice upon this point all our modern true naturalists are agreed. Nowadays there is no need for anyone, however ardent a lover of science he be, to collect the eggs or the birds themselves, or, to
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go further, any living creatures whatsoever . Enough has been done in that line already . We have museums—too many of them, alas !—we have excellent books by the thousand . as accurate . as interesting, and as complete as is necessary . Besides, the practice of taking nests is also to be condemned on the ground that, as I have said before, England cannot afford to lose any of her birds. Thirty years ago the case was different . Many birds and beasts were then plentiful which are now extinct or scarce . The science of practical natural history, too, was then hardly out of its "teens, " so to speak . A company of great naturalists were then in their glory ; Wood, Waterton, and Darwin were doing their best work about that time . Notice, by the way, what a friend of the birds and beasts Charles Waterton was, who made his grounds a veritable Eden for them, enclosing them with a high wall, and constructing every accommodation for the various creatures . In these later days, a new method of studying nature has sprung up— a method founded upon the principles of preservation and not of destruction ; but we fear this method is in vogue among very few boys . It is a good thing for a boy to study natural history—it is better still if he prolong the study through later years,—but it is very bad that he should do so at the expense of nature. Think, again, of the cruelty of robbing nests . Further words on this point are unnecessary : it must be plain to every sensible boy. Boys have a way of saying that they never take all the eggs out of a nest . This is no excuse. I f the bird has to lay more eggs to make up the number, time is lost, and loss of time in nature means loss of life . The birds must be hatched at the period when the earth is ready for them, when their food is in season, and the weather is congenial, or they will stand a poor chance. And now let me appeal to your hearts . Is not the song, nay, even the sight of a bird, dearer to you than the empty, meaningless shell of its egg? Have you not more joy in the innocent, useful life of the birds themselves than in the mere covetous hoarding up of these dead though beautiful objects ? Who would study death, when he may study life ? What a glorious thing it would be for England if her boys would
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only throw away their dastardly catapults and their blow-pipes, if they would resolve to take never a single egg or destroy a single bird, if they would study nature in a proper and peaceful manner, instead of following the example of our blockheaded gardeners, farmers, and gamekeepers, the majority of whom have from time immemorial been resolutely destroying the very creatures whose lives are of the most vital service, not only to them, but to the whole of Britain . OLD I'E ' I'ERITE.
CORRESPONDENCE. DEAR SIR,
In the last Peter/1e you inserted a little notice about my brothers' work in Calcutta, which, though the thought was kind and one he will appreciate, I know, was (you will forgive my saying it, for " none of us are infallible, not even the youngest ") wrong and needs corrrecting. My brother has been in India the last two years, and during that time has been engaged in learning the Bengali language, helping in a christian school in Calcutta and seeking (and this is his special work) to influence the educated men of the University there . At the end of last year tile missionary in charge of the school broke down in health, and my brother was asked by the committee in Calcutta to take his place . He agreed to do this and consequently is in charge not of ` a class, ' but of a school of some 6o boys, the sons mainly of native christian gentlemen of Bengal . His work is a very responsible one, as he is the only Englishman on the staff of the school and as you will understand, 6o boys are not the easiest mortals for one to manage. You may care to hear something about the work they do . The first hour every morning, I understand, is given to the study of the Bible—the great object of the school being to win the boys for Christ ; the rest of the day to work like what we have . Science is very valuable, I hear, out in India—so if there are any of you fellows
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hoping to become missionaries, don ' t think you may as well chuck science at school, because you ' ll never want it : you mar find it someday very useful. Work naturally does not occupy the whole day . Those who knew my brother will not be surprised to hear games thrive in the school, though, of course, that is more due to my brother' s predecessor, I daresay, than to him . Still my brother does not mean to let them degenerate . Only two months ago I sent him out a couple of footballs (they were socker, I am sorry to say ; still, I think, don ' t you, they are better than none at all) and some +o hockey sticks for the fellows this term . They have a very good football xi ., with a good deal of the Peterite grit, I should fancy, in it : for last season, when the Lieutenant-Governor offered a cup for competition to the schools and colleges connected with the University, they managed to beat all their opponents, except in the final, when they lost to another christian school with a team of much stronger fellows. "My tale I've told " —thank you Mr . Editor, for the opportunity you have given me of writing about an Old Boy and his work, and also for your little mention of Yours faithfully, A . C . CLARKE. P .S .—Can ' t you send us some Pe/sr:Yes out to India! Why should all stay at home?
NOTES AND ITEMS. The masters of S . Peter's are becoming quite famous for their bravery . Everyone will remember the gallant manner in which Mr . Richards plunged into the river and saved a youth from drowning a short time ago ; and now Messrs . Head and Burrell have been following in his footsteps . One night, during the late frost, as Messrs . Head and Burrell were returning from a skating expedition up the river, they heard a cry for help, when about a quarter of a mile above the Waterworks . They at once skated on
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with all possible speed, and after going a short distance found two men in the water, one of whom was holding on to the ice and supporting the other . They, with the aid of a stranger who came up, formed a chain by lying at full length on the ice, and with no little difficulty succeeded in rescuing the men, who were quite exhausted, and who stated that a third man was in the water, they were however unable to see anything of him, and he was unfortunately drowned. STRANGE PHENOMENON .—Father information has been received as to S . Peter ' s School, when it existed in Spen Lane, from the Yorkshire Herald of February .6th, from which we extract the following, pointed out to us by the watchful James, which was in the correspondence column : " Some dozen years before the present century, my father, then a junior day boy at the York Grammar School, held then in the old building in Spen Lane, saw it occur . In the absence of the Headmaster, the usher, whose nickname was `Cocky Hills, ' dragged a boy round the schoolroom by his ear, then seeing the blood flow he found he had nearly torn his ear off . The elder boys exclaimed ` Look at Cocky Hills, ' and Cocky Hills ' hair was seen to stand straight up . " Rejoice then, ye Peterites, that such sanguinary ushers have been abolished, and when the pliant willow curls cruelly round your tenderer parts, remember " Cocky Hills ! 13 . Draper has passed the London Matriculation Examination, first class, first divison. We regret to announce the death of W . Baru by, Esq ., at St . Mary's House, 13ootham . Mr . Barnby was until very recently musicmaster at the school, a position which he held for twenty-three years. H . H . Williams, of Queen' s College, Oxford, has been offered a mastership at Halford School, Hants. H . S . Crombie (O .P .), has passed the Incorporated Law Society Intermediate Examination E . S . D . Carter (O .P .), has been awarded a prize of .[5 by the Yorkshire Law Society for the best examination in 1894 . ;
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1\Ir . Carter took third class honours in the September examination. Mr. Head, on March 18th, in the Exhibition Buildings, gave a most interesting and amusing lecture on Dickens. J . C . Snowden (O .P .), articled with Messrs . H . & J . R . Wood, Solicitors of this City, obtained 3rd Class Honours at the final examination of Incorporated Law Society, held January last. Canon Browne has been giving in York four most instructive lectures on the Reformation . In the matter of the Pope ' s infallibility, Canon Browne quoted Alcuin, a scholar at S. Peter ' s School, 1150 years ago, to show that it was not believed in those days. J . Newton Coombe is chairman of the Sheffield School Board. Col . G H . Trevor, C .S .I ., has written " Rhymes of Rajputana, " published by MacMillan & Co. C . F. C . Padel is filling a temporary vacancy at Haileybury. E. E, Deane has taken his LL .D of London. F. Clemons (V . Modern) has passed the professional examination for Chartered Accountants. An O . P . cricket week has been arranged as follows : August I2 .-V . York. I3 .—v . Yorkshire Gentlemen. 14, I5 .—v . Derbyshire Friars. 16, I7 .-V . Burton-on-Trent The Rev . R . M . Ainslie, H . W. Rhodes, P . E . Lord, R . Crawshaw, W . M . Carter, J . R . Atkinson, F . M . Bingham and C . P. \Vhincup have already promised to go on tour . F . Mitchell is not despaired, as also J . H . Daniel . O .P . ' s desirous of accompanying the team as scorers or umpires should apply early. The Rev . J . R . Husband has been appointed Rector of Laverstoke, Whitchurch, Hants. R . Garwood has been rowing for Queen ' s, Oxford, in the Torpids. We beg to acknowledge with thanks : Dunrlmzizn (z), Leodz'ensian, Hurst Johzzinn . (,' or'uzhy 1la~~z~ine, S.P .G . S. Magazine, Eastbournian, Brightoniatt, The Illzzslrograph, Ph/la, PocklingIon an .
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OBITUARY.
OBITUARY. BUCKLE .—On the i 7th inst ., at his residence, 11, Wenlock-terrace, York, Joseph Buckle, Captain, Argyle and Bute Artillery, Southern Branch of the Royal Artillery, and eldest son of the late Joseph Buckle, Monkgate, York, aged 39 years. MooRE .—February 4th, at Ackworth, Herbert Cyrus Moore. Entered the School, 1870. PowELL .—At Knaresbro' , March 9th, Frederick Powell, Solicitor, aged 70 . Member of the School circa, i 839 .
THE
PETERITE. VoL . ?III .
JUNE, 1895 .
No . 116.
SCHOOL LETTER. WILL there never come a season
Which shall rid us from the curse Of a prose which knows no reason And an unmelodious verse ; When the world shall cease to wonder At the genius of an ass, And a boy ' s eccentric blunder Shall not bring success to pass : When mankind shall be delivered From the clash of magazines, And the inkstand shall be shivered Into countless smithereens : When there stands a muzzled stripling, Mute, beside a muzzled bore: When the Rudyards cease from Kipling And the Haggards ride no more. J . K . STEPHEN. T seems barely six weeks since our last number appeared, and
I since then so little has occurred to furnish us with materials for the inevitable school letter, that we must perforce deal with things somewhat summarily . However, important items are more fully commented on elsewhere . The boating season was short, far too short, owing to the long frost and subsequent floods. The special feature of this season was that the House carried all before them . It was assumed that the Senior crew of the House and that of the Dayboys would make a close race, but it turned out quite the contrary, perhaps because the Dayboys' stroke was
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unable to maintain the dash and energy which characterized the fast and long stroke of the House . The Old Boys again beat The School, nor is it to be wondered at—not by way of excuse but as a fact, seeing that they had more opportunities for efficient practice than The School boat . Barely three weeks was at the disposal of The School boat, which for practically a new crew was quite insufficient. Our thanks are due to our good friends Revs. G . P . Davies and H . Cooper for the energy and pains they lovingly took to coach . J . F . Leaf was a great acquisition as a coach to the Senior House crew, in fact we hardly like to say what they would have done without him . Messrs . P . Burr ell and B . J . Scargill also were very energetic in endeavouring to drive some sense into the young cubs . By the way, we have forgotten to mention a VERY important matter ; owing to circumstances pretty well known the Dayboys were this year denominated " The Rest," probably " The Remainder" would have sounded more euphonious . The Games Committee has very sensibly decided that in future football must cease six weeks before the end of term : " better late than never, " as it should have been done before . It is to be hoped that as this time has now been definitely fixed, it will be fully appreciated. A more popular system of prizes has been resorted to, practically giving the recipients the power of choosing their own prizes by issuing orders on tradesmen to the value of the prize won . This system we consider more desirable than the annual distribution of pewter pots, and we venture to say it will meet the approval of the various Temperance Societies. As for cricket, we have six of the last year ' s eleven left, so that our prospects are far from gloomy . All last year's bowlers are with us, and no lack of batting talent . The match list is a large one, and we hope the new fixture will prove a success. Now that the Gymnasium is very near completion, it is to be hoped when the opportunity arrives it will be in constant use, and that the present carriage of Peterites will be improved into something more upright and elastic . Before we close we wish we could use a sledge-hammer to remove the lamentable indifference of a
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large section of the Dayboys to the prosperity of the School Magazine . Last year an appeal was made in these columns, but without success . It is a fact that only one-fifth of the Dayboys subscribe . Can anything be more deplorable Mr . Burton is leaving us to take charge of Bangalore College, Madras . He and Mrs. Burton have always been our good friends, and they will be much missed . We hope they will always be in touch with THE PETERITE, and that we may from time to time hear from them . We congratulate Mr. Burton, and he has the best wishes of all of us.
A REVIEW OF THE ROWING SEASON OF 1895. Nothing in the world stands alone . A boot suggests a foot : an organ implies a monkey . Similarly a rowing Club presupposes a river and an accessible Boat-house . It is bootless to expect a foot-less boot to walk alone : take away a monkey ' s organs and inanition ensues . "Turn a river into a frozen high road, or make a boat-house an island, and for pursuits aquatic, motion is at an end, commotion and emotion begin. For weeks the Ouse was frost-bound—the football and goal-post were buried—hockey and the skate reigned in their stead . And after that—the deluge—the towpath submerged—the river rapid as a Centaur racing a bicycle—the wind turbulent, erratic, ravening, like a pack of wolves in pursuit of sheep. The excess of water was followed by a threat (rare in the annals of crime in connection with water) of a three-foot drop . Fortunately this was in part averted . The proposal to postpone the races, that they might be " the last rows of summer," faded away : wherefore several strange processions took place upon the waters— called not unjustly on account of the brevity of educational opportunity, " the wild tows of Easter." " But it is difficult to smile with an aching heart ." We would fain offer a word of sympathy to Bailey, in that his energetic good
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management was thwarted by the uncontrollable freaks of the elements. Other writers will deal mitt' the races in detail : it is our duty to be comprehensive. An idea seems abroad that the rivalry between the Day-boys and the School House is of more importance than the welfare of the Rowing of the School. This theory is so utterly absurd and unwarranted that only its prevalence makes it worthy of notice . "I'o say that competition is good is a truism ; but competition is merely a means to an end, namely, Excellence . To endeavour to make competition the End, to the exclusion of Excellence, marks a false conception of a false Ideal. That the same boy should row in the School Four and in a Representative Boat is rendered absolutely impossible by the limitations of physical strength, and also—though this is a minor point—by the lack of competent coaches that would ensue . The sooner this fact is recognised once and for all, the better it will be for all interested . True patriotism demands the sacrifice of the Individual to the State : it places the University before the College, the School before the House . The first and foremost aim of the Club must be the best available School Boat ; after that the arrangement of the closest races possible with a view to discovering the best material for the School-Boat of the following year . If it so turn out that the representative boats of the Day-boys and House will make good races, so much the better ; but if contests of this kind seem likely to turn out, hollow farces, then it is infinitely better to arrange mixed boats, with a view to the development of keen oarsmanship ; and any one who is not a good enough sportsman to row to win had better retire elsewhere to play croquet or spellicans. A word as to the races themselves . We heartily congratulate the Old Boys, and offer our sympathy to the Present ; and thereto we add a special word of condolence to L . Bird, who was prevented by doctor' s orders from a probable place in the School Boat . This
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year denied to the tiros any long practice, whereby alone they can hope to beat the greater experience of the veterans . The School were scarcely out more often than their rivals . Everything was done in a hurry—except the leisurely arrival at Lendal by the winners. A word of individual comment may not be out of place . Bailey never seemed as much at home on the stroke side as on the bowside . That he rowed all he knew goes without saying, but he contracted a nasty habit of " screwing " at the finish, so that the end of his stroke was cramped, whereas at " 3 " in 1894 . his body form was excellent. Shepherd at three rowed hard . He may be described as a rough diamond . Had the period of practice been longer, some of the roughness might have been polished off, and more of the diamond allowed to appear . But Rome was not built in a day. Hudson stuck to his work well, and showed decided improvement on last year ' s form, but his lack of strength in the small of the back gave a weakness to his work behind the rigger . He also has a tendency to " slice " at the beginning . Tomlinson was disappointing . He stroked the House-boat last year very pluckily, and hopes were entertained of a further improvement ; but either the change of sides or the lightness of the craft upset him : this, added to a preternatural slowness in getting the hands away, quenched the expectations formed about him . Oh, that he may blossom again next year ! The other races will be dealt with lower down . The First House-boat "came on " wonderfully under Leaf's coaching (luring the last few days, and the fact that most of them will be here next Easter speaks volumes of hope . From start to finish they rowed hard, in capital time, and with a good swing. In conclusion, a word of praise to Roy and Carter (who should be heard of again) for their excellent performances in the pairs, and to Tomlinson and Greeves for their victory in the final .
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BOAT RACES. The annual four-oared races were rowed on Saturday, April 6th. The weather was cold, and a strong wind was blowing down the course. The Third Boats put out at 3 p .m ., The House taking the far side . The House were far heavier than " The Rest," and had had more experience, whereas The Rest had never rowed in a race before . At the start Freer went away with a quick stroke, and quickly showed the way, and increased his lead all down the Straight The Rest struggled gamely on, but with their small physique they had no chance against their muscular opponents. Housx. G. Crowther (bow) . R . G . Bingham . R . F . Russell . E . L . Freer (stroke) . H . Garland (cox .).
REST .
J . M . Draper (bow). 'A . B . Bailey. B . Nelson. H . Thompson (stroke). R . Yeld (cox .).
The Senior crews embarked next, and The House winning the toss chose the near side . The excitement manifested in this race was very great, as The Rest were confidently expected to win. At the word " row" Haworth clashed off with a splendid start, and in the first half minute was nearly half a length ahead . In spite of the vehement shouts of his partisans Moiser seemed quite unable to row a fast stroke, and by the White Rose they were two lengths behind . Through Scarbro' Bridge Cass took The Rest ' s water, and aided by the stronger current, Haworth drove his crew through Lendal Bridge comfortable winners by two and a-half lengths . Time, 6 min. HousE .
J. E . Metcalfe (bow). H . B. Greeves. R . M . Nevile. G . P. Haworth (stroke). C . P. Cass (cox.).
REST 1ST .
B . Moiser (bow). P. Carter. J . W . Ford. L . H . Moiser. A. B . Bailey (cox.).
In the last race between the 2nd crews, The House were expected to win, and rightly so as The House dashed away from the start and quickly drew out . The Rest did not show very good form, their time being scratchy, and stroke had a bad hang over the stretcher ; however, they rowed very pluckily, but they lacked
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the dash which marked the display of The House, who won as they liked . Time, 6 ruin . 3 1 sec. Houss 2nd . A . M . Sullivan (bow) . N . F . Roy . H . Wheelwright . F . Clemons . D . W. Roy (cox .) .
REST 2ND .
B . Y. Draper. P . Raine. J . Watson. G . E . Yeld (stroke). J . Draper (cox .).
SENIOR PAIRS.
Heat I .
J . Shepherd. R . H . Bailey .
Heat 2 .
H . Tomlinson
H . B . Greeves. Bailey 2, cox.
w .o. G . G . Yeld. G . P . Haworth. Cass, cox.
v
Haworth got a capital start and led a bit at first, but Greeves was pulling a good long stroke and soon overhauled his opponent, being quite clear at the White Rose boathouse . Haworth here spurted and began to come up, but his effort was quite fruitless ; Yeld appearing to be quite done, and at times very much out of time. Greeves meanwhile had increased his lead pretty substantially, and won by five lengths. Heat 3 .
R . M . Nevile . B . Hudson .
v.
P . Carter. N . F . Roy.
This appeared to be a mere run-away for Hudson, but the result proved a most extraordinary surprise . Roy got a good start and began to lead, but Hudson quickly got well under weigh, and at the corner was two lengths to the good . Here Roy, who was keeping his stroke very long, spurted, and going through Scarbro' Bridge drew up level . From here to Todd ' s Barge ensued a neck and neck race . Hard work in The School boat during the earlier part of the afternoon now began to tell on Hudson, and he got very short and scratchy . Through Lendal Bridge he spurted and drew up a bit, but his effort came too late, as Roy had already passed the winning post by about a yard. Semi-final.
P. Carter . N . F . Roy .
J . Shepherd. v. R . H . Bailey.
Roy in this, too, provided a further surprise by winning as he liked . Bailey led at the start, and maintained it up to the corner. Here Shepherd "caught a crab, " and Roy drew up level, and,
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aided by the strong current, drew ahead through the bridge, where Shepherd again lost his oar twice over, which gave Roy time to get well ahead . Bailey now spurted, but past the jetty Shepherd again lost his oar, so that Roy had no difficulty in winning comfortably by four lengths. Final. P. Carter . H . R. Tomlinson. N . F. Roy . v . H . B . Greeves. This race was rowed after the scratch fours . Roy was evidently a bit fatigued by his previous race, and, though he rowed very well, the strength of his opponents managed to pull them through winners by about three lengths. Senior Sculls. H. B . Greeves .
v. J . E . Metcalfe. Metcalfe had only been out in a skiff twice, and this being his first race, proved a very easy win for Greeves . He led all the way, and through Scarbro' Bridge had taken Metcalfe ' s water. From here to the end he paddled home with one or two easies and won as he liked . junior Sculls. Heat r . Draper ii . v. Thompson ii. A good race ensued . Draper led as far as the corner, where Thompson, who was pulling stronger and in better style, came up level, and was clear at the jetty . Draper gamely spurted, but could not make up the lost ground, and lost by a length and a-half.
Bailey ii . . . A bye. Bailey ii . v . Thompson ii. Thompson was the favourite, but Bailey led away from the start, and maintained his lead all the way, winning by four lengths. Thompson seemed unable to keep clear of the bank, which possibly lost him the race. Heat 2 .
Final.
JUNIOR PAIRS.
For these there were only three pairs entered, Bingham and Nelson getting the bye. Beat i . J . Draper Roy ii .. A . B . Bailey . v . Thompson. Getting off well at the start, Bailey led by about half a length, which he increased by the corner . Thompson rowed very hard,
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but their style was not as good as their opponents, who won by about two and a-half lengths. Final.
J . Draper . A . B . Bailey .
Nelson ii. v . R . G . Bingham.
This was one of the finest races of the year . Bingham had more weight and strength than his opponents, and no doubt was greatly hampered by the somewhat crude ideas of rowing which his partner shewed . Both crews got a capital start, and down the straight were level, both rowing all they were worth . Past the White Rose Bingham gained, and was nearly a length clear, when, unfortunately, Nelson lost his oar, and enabled Bailey to come up, and, spurting through the bridge, he got well ahead . After this great effort they seemed exhausted, and Bingham began to draw up quickly, and past the jetty was only three-quarters of a length behind . Then Bailey gamely spurted all he knew, to which Bingham responded, but Nelson could not keep it up, and Bailey just succeeded in getting home by a few feet . The winners shewed very good form for youngsters, and should in future . with increased weight and strength, he of great service to the School rowing. The following was the final of the Scratch Fours : (G . G . Yeld (bow) . B . Moiler )bow). E . C . Cadman . L . Moiser. A. W . Richards . Esq . beat E . W . Clarke. B. J . Scargill, Esq . (stroke) . B . Hudson (stroke). A . B. Bailey (cox.) . D . W . Roy (cox .). OLD Boys' RAcE. This, the most important race of the season was rowed on Monday evening, April 8th . Owing to the long frost and subsequent floods the practice of the School crew was very long delayed. This was most unfortunate as it is only by a lengthy period of practice that Present crews can hope to overcome the superior physique and experience of the Old Boys . Again, in the composition of the boat there were also difficulties to surmount, Bailey alone of last year ' s crew bring left . L . Bird, who showed very promising form in the Day-boys ' crew last year was prevented by doctor ' s orders from being tried . Again the boat had to be made
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up rather Hastily and the time for getting together was very short, and though sundry critics doubted whether the strongest possible combination had been got together, the brief space of time at the disposal of the captain made him determined to get his crew, if not the best, to row together rather than make changes which might possibly have increased the strength of the crew individually but not, owing to the press of time, collectively . The Old Boys too, were beset with difficulties in getting a crew . Its composition was in the hands of the Rev . H . G . Metcalfe, the old Peterite and Pembroke College, Cambridge, oarsman, who was prevented by clerical duties from rowing himself . However, he managed to get a crew stroked by C . B . Cotterill, who rowed z in last year ' s Present crew ; A . L . Bird who is well known in local rowing circles was No . 3, R . Garwood 2 and Cecil Cobb bow . This was undoubtedly a strong lot and considering that they had as much time as the School in which to practice, it is no disgrace to the School to have been beaten . The evening was an ideal one for racing and favourable for a fast time as the result proved . A moderate stream was running and though there was a fresh breeze blowing down stream the water was quite smooth At the word " go " both boats jumped off at a great pace, but the wearers of the light blue soon sheaved to better advantage, swinging a longer stroke and coming more steadily forward . The Present hung on gamely for a while and their partisans hoped to see a great race but the Old Boys, awed by having the far side at the Scope corner drew right away, and past the School boat-house was quite three lengths ahead . Bailey made strenuous efforts to pick them up but the superior form and strength of the Old Boys was not to be denied and they soon sped home, easy winners in the very fast time of 9 minutes 2 seconds, no less than 43 seconds faster than last year' s winning crew . There was a very large gathering of enthusiastic spectators, especially on Lendal Bridge, to see the finish. CREWS . OLD Bo y s . SCHOOL. C . Cobb (bow) . R . Garwood (2) A. L . Bird (3). C . B . Cotterill (stroke) . Thompson (cox) .
H . R . Tomlinson (bow). B . Hudson (2). T . Shepherd (3). R . H . Bailey (stroke). A . B . Bailey (cox).
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CONFIRMATION. The annual Confirmation was held in the School Chapel on April 6th . The chapel was filled with a large congregation of friends of the candidates and others, when the Bishop of Beverley, accompanied by the Headmaster and Rev . A . E . Burton, entered the building . After the usual exhortation had been read, the hymn "Soldiers of Christ arise " was sung ; the usual order of service was then proceeded with, after which the Bishop of Beverley addressed the candidates, who numbered twenty . He began by telling them that they must not forget the original object of Confirmation, and the outpouring of the Holy Ghost narrated in the Acts of the Apostles . Though now the gifts of tongues, as indeed the need for such gifts did not exist, still the Holy Spirit was none the less powerful to work out salvation in the hearts of all present . They must not think, however, that the power against temptation which would now be given them from the Holy Ghost in the laying on of hands would suffice them for their whole lives ; but they must avail themselves of the privilege granted them of obtaining a continued renewal of that Spirit in the Holy Communion . Our Lord was subject to the same temptations as we are ; and, though they could not of course remain perfect and undefiled as He had done, Who had resisted the fiery darts of the Evil One for forty days and forty nights, still the more they aimed at His perfection, the nearer would they attain to a pure and holy life . In conclusion, he bid them add to their daily prayers the prayer he was about to repeat : " Defend, O Lord, me Thy servant with Thy Holy Spirit, that I may be Thine for ever, and daily increase in Thy Heavenly Grace more and more until I come to Thine everlasting kingdom . " He then performed the ceremony of " the laying on of hands, " after which the prayers for those Confirmed were offered, and the service concluded with a hearty singing of the hymn " Fight the good fight ."
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"ANIMALIA ." (Continued from last October. " My efforts are attended with success ."
Those who read through my article on the lower creation last October will remember perhaps that I closed my remarks with a determination, when my classical education was concluded, of going out to Africa, to help the gentleman who went out to discover the language of the apes . Though I still remain a pupil, and am still being bathed at this fount of education, I saw no reason on second thoughts why my classical studies should interfere with this praiseworthy resolve . And, though the length of purse was not such as would allow my undertaking the expedition on my own account ; though the British public had not the spirit to subscribe to so deserving a cause, nevertheless I decided that the thing might be done on a smaller scale with equal success. And, as the issue will show, I was not mistaken . Fortified with two of Mrs . Arrowsmith ' s half-penny buns, and twopence which was the price of admission, I went towards the Market-place, where the Martinmas fair is held in the city . I wended my way to the tent, where the "missing link" was kept : from the large picture on the outside I concluded he was a half-man half-monkey: the man with the big drum standing at the door said he had been captured last week from the wilds of Borneo (they must have telegraphed him over). 1 paid my twopence and advanced to the fray : the " missing link " struck me as not being kept in the state of magnificence which his peculiar nature deserved : he was seated in the corner of a small cage : (if he had stood up he would have bumped his head) . I adopted the following form of address : " Jumbo, do you like buns ?" He still remained staring at me with the same leaden look . I repeated my question . No change in the "missing link ! " And then the horrible truth dawned upon me—the " missing link " was stuffed ! In a tone of indignation I addressed the man at the door, but my threats
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were of no avail ; he simply pointed to the picture over the door. " Read that, " said he ; " if that man ain ' t got a link missin ' I ' ll eat my ' ead orf. " And I was bound to acknowledge the truth of the statement. So I was obliged to go away, discomfited in the present instance, but not disheartened : the thing hadn't had a fair trial ; so I pawned my " Gradus ad Parnassum " for sixpence, and still armed with the halfpenny buns, entered the " grandest menagerie in the world . " I have since had reason to doubt this statement, but I will say that what the animals in that menagerie lacked in number they made up in smell. What with the monkeys, and what with the camels, I can ' t tell how I came out alive ! but I did it, and mine be the glory. Owing to this state of affairs I was obliged to come to the door at intervals for relays of fresh air, at the imminent risk of being shoved out and having to pay my sixpence over again . And now came the moment in my life, which our great dramatist so vividly pourtrays in the words " There is a tide in the affairs of men, which Taken at the flood leads on to fortune," etc. Despising the roar of the King of the forest, and the terrible tiger, the leopard, and other attractions, all of which looked too sleepy to be stirred up even by the man who went into their cages and fired pistols off, I advanced to the monkey cage, and immediately selected for my arts an old sage monkey with a red nose and white beard . I advanced towards him, and with a fascinating wave of my hand with a bun in it said : " Sancho" (my great aunt who kept a monkey called hers Sancho, so I knew) " Sancho, do you like buns ? " The intelligent animal hesitated not a moment ; with a sweep of his wiry arm he clawed the bun out of my hand, and the greater part of one finger after it, replying " jabberjabber-jabber :" not content, however, with this courteous remark, he further established his relationship to man by stealing the other bun out of my hand when I wasn ' t looking . The other monkeys seemed (and rightly so) rather to blame him for this, and took my
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part : and on my requesting a small monkey with a long tail to recover the bun he did so, but dishonestly ate it up, swearing horribly ; but I saw from the first he was a low brute, and didn ' t use monkey soap . I beg to make, therefore, the following diagnosis of their language : apart from " jabber-jabber, " it has too much of the Billingsgate smack about it, and, in spite of the interest which I feel in the matter, the human dictionary in that line wants no additions : it seems, however, very expressive. Not only monkeys swear, but all animals, parrots especially : there were two parrots living next door to one another ; the one used to swear, and the other to sing psalms ; and parrot number two was sent in to correct parrot number one ; but the thing couldn't be done, it failed miserably, and not only that, but the good parrot was the one that was converted, and thenceforward the language was so needlessly strong, the neighbourhood got quite a bad name. Such is life, and I could draw morals from this story but I won ' t, because it' s a moral in itself. The work of my life is o ' er, and if I am not pensioned off by the State, or fed at the public expense, as they used to do to great men in Athens, not meaning of course at the lunatic asylum or the workhouse, well it' s not my fault.
THIS YEAR'S CRICKET. Of last year's team there remain Shepherd (capt .), Hudson (sec .), Nevile, Sullivan, Wheelwright, Bailey. Everything points to a keen competition for the remaining places, and a "tail " quite worthy of the senior members of the team. A list of matches is given below : among them will be found a new fixture in the match against Driffield town . There is every prospect that, given an ordinary amount of good luck, the cricket
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team of 1895 will close the season with the matches won considerably predominating over those lost. FIRST XI. DATE .
VERSUS.
GROUND.
Saturday, May 1S Tues ,, 21 Thur . ,, 30 Tuesday, June 4. Thur. 6 Sat. 8 Tues . „ I1 Sat . „ 15 Thur . ,, 20 Sat . „ 22 Tues . „ 25 Friday „ 28 Sat . ,, 29 Tuesday, July 2 Thur . „ 4 Wed . „ to „ I1 Thur .
Yorkshire Gentlemen N .R . Asylum Pocklington G S. Ampleforth College Yorkshire College Durham G .S. Yorkshire Gentlemen Driffield Town Almondbury Old Boys Ryburn Valley N R Asylum
Away. Away. Away. Home. Home. Away. Away. Home. Home. Home. Away.
Old Boys .
Home.
Ampleforth College Durham G .S . Leeds G .S . Pocklington G .S .
1St NET. J . Shepherd . . B Hudson . R . M . Nevile . A . M . Sullivan . H . Wheelwright . R . H . Bailey . E . M . Hingston . R . F. Russell . E . J. Joicey . G . Yeld . J. Metcalfe . L . H . Moiser . H . B . Greeves J . P. Watson . G . Crowther . J . W . Ford .
Away. Home. Away. Home.
XI. St . Olave's School . . Home. . St . Martin ' s School . Home. . . . Ampleforth College 2nd . . Away. . . . St . Olave ' s School . Home. . . . Ampleforth College znd . . Home. . . . Durham G .S 2nd . . Away. . . . Leeds G .S . znd . . Home. St . Martin ' s School . . Home. 2nd NET. 3rd NET. N . F . Roy . J . Myers. P. Carter. E . J . Walton. H . R . Tomlinson . G . \V. Filliter. R . G . Paver-Crow. F. P . Fausset . (i . R . Walker. D . T . Romans . T . F . Williams . E . M . Leaf. R . Bingham . H . W . Bennett. C . P. Cass . W . N . Bennett. J . Thompson. B .Moiser. J . L. Harrison. E . L . Freer . J . W . \Vinn . H . S . Haworth. F . L. Pelly . P . B . Jones. B . Nelson . F. W. Lever. W . M . Newton . A . E . Bayley. M . Scott . H . C . Broadwood. H . P. Coning. SECOND
Tuesday, May 21 Thur . ,, 30 June 4. Tues . Tues . ,, 25 Tues . July z Thur . „ 4 Wed . „ to Sat . „ 13
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ASSOCIATION SIXES. 3rd NET (continued). J . M . Draper. T. R . Heap . J . Hodgson . C . P . Scott.
L . R . I . Shebbeare. T . VT. Williams. R . Collier. R . K. Yeld .
ASSOCIATION SIXES. This excellent institution was established this year at the happy suggestion of Mr . Lord, and through the diligence of the football captain . ROUND I. G. P . Haworth T . Romans. E. Joicey G . Crowther. beat R . Bingham. P . Carter H . Bennett. F. Pelly N . Creer H . Thompson. A. Clemons R . G . Paver-Crow. By 2 goals (Haworth and Carter) to [ goal (Bennett) .
Mr . Lord Mr . Richards. F . P . Fausset N . F . Roy. P . Raine beat F. Clemons. C . P . Cass C . Nelson. A . Garland G . Broadwood. M . Richards T . Shepherd. By 4 goals (Cass 3 gls ., Mr. Lord) to r goal (Clemons).
Joicey and Bennett played well for their respective sides, and Paver-Crow kept goal pluckily for the losers. Mr. Lord gave great assistance to the winners, and was well backed up by Cass . Clemons did good service for the other side. ROUND I. v. E . Nelson. J . P . Watson L. Freer. L . Moiser E . Coning M. Scott. G . Winn R . Yeld C . Moiser After a draw Nelson's team scratched .
A . M . Sullivan Hingston Candler Draper Heap Newton . . . .
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Mr . Lord ' s team beat G . P . Haworth ' s team by four goals to one goal. Raine, Fausset, Cass and Richards scored for the winners, and Haworth for the losers. Mr. Lord ' s team beat A . M . Sullivan ' s team by 8 goals to nil. Fausset (3), Raine (3), Cass (z), scored for Mr . Lord ' s team.
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Watson's team beat Mr . Lord's team, z goals to 1 goal. Soon after the start Cass got a goal for Mr . Lord ' s team, but bad play by Garland let in a shot from \Vatson Then \Vat -on got another goal, and in spite of strenuous efforts on the part of Mr . Lord ' s team the latter failed to equalise, and time was called with the score as above.
THERMOPYLAE. " To Arms !—To Arms ! The foe march on our rear. Arise !—The Persians even now are here . " They heard the words—turned pale—and gasp ' d for breath. Some cried—" Flee ! Flee ! " To stay is certain death. Panic and tumult Sparta's warriors fill ' d, Till brave Leonidas the tempest stilled. " Dream yc of flight, " he cried . " Do Spartans flee ? Nay, noble warriors ! stay and stand by me : Sparta requires her sons to win or die. Conquer ye cannot—will ye life deny ? A glorious death wins man undying Fame: To live by flight—a traitor ' s deathless shame. By gods and heroes ! shrink not from the fray, But spring upon the foe without delay ." They grasp ' d their spears—they form ' d their lines—they bore Down on the Persian—with a deaf' ning roar. They hurl ' d themselves upon them—slashed them down : They fell ! The heroes !—won they not renown Their tomb's an altar ! Still their praises ring Who bled and died for Country and for King . G. E . R.
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NOTES AND ITEMS. THE O .P . DINNER. (LONDON DISTRICT .)
The Old Peterite Dinner will be held in London on the 4 th July (first day of Oxford and Cambridge Cricket match) . The Rev . Canon Elwyn will preside. Invitations will not, as a rule, be sent, except to O .P . ' s residing near London, and to others who express a wish to be present . Further information may he obtained from the Hon . Sec ., C . H . Chadwick, Esq ., 3, Stone Buildings, Lincoln ' s Inn, W. The following are the members of the Dinner Committee : Abbey, Rev . R . Allbutt, Professor . Anderson, Yarborough . Atkinson, W. F . Braithwaite, Rev . P . R . Close, C . A .
Edmundson, Rev . G . Forster, G . B . Gregory, Rev, G. H . Haigh, Charles . Lambert, P. B . Mallinson, Rev . J . H . Meek, W . A .
Moss, Hugh.
Needham, Dr. Newberry, H . J. Pollard, A . T. Price, His Hon ., Judge. Reinold, Professor. Stepney, Right Rev . Bishop Suffragan of. Taylor, Rev . J. W . W. Turnbull, W. P. Walker, Edward. Watson, C . W. Wharton, Hugh.
Canon Browne, appointed Suffragan Bishop of Stepney. F . Mitchell, for Cambridge University v . Somersetshire scored 191, his first century in first-class cricket. R . H . Bailey, elected to an Exhibition of 1)0 a year at St. Catherine ' s, Cambridge. We beg to acknowledge with thanks : Riponian, Leodiensian, Dunelntran,Hyrer' sCollege Magazine, C .M.S. College (Calcutta), Coventry Magazine, Abingdon :an, aferchislon :an, Illustrograph, Carliol, Dovorian, S . R. G . S . 'Wag., Giggleswi/k Chronicle.
MARRIAGE. On April 3oth, at Kirbymoorside, C . A . Knapton, to Margaret, daughter of J . A . Harrison, Esq ., Kirbymoorside .
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OBITUARY. On April 7th, at Scarborough, Leonard Dodsworth. Entered the School, 1867. Early in April, in Nest Africa, Lieut . John E . Noble. Entered the School, 1879 . Lieut . in 1st Bat . K .O. Yorkshire Light Infantry. On May 6th, Captain F . M . St . Clair (O .P.). [See Times, May 8th .]
The following account is taken from the " Standard " : "The news at Akassa was that the Royal Niger Company had made several expeditions up the river against the natives . In returning from one directed against a village, which was found to he abandoned, darkness came on, and the men who had left their steamer lost their way in the dense bush . The captain of the vessel persistently blew his whistle, and by this means the expedition was enabled to ascertain the direction in which to proceed, and, after several hours ' exhausting work, cut its way through to the ship . Several of the force were struck down with fever, amongst them Captain Noble, who died the next day Lieutenant \Viddicombe, of the Constabulary, also died of fever . He had not been with the expedition . It vvas reported that a further expedition to attack some natives entrenched about 6o miles up the river had been countermanded upon instructions from home . " Mr . Noble is described as a Captain . This may have been his local rank, as he was in command of a company of Houssas at the time when the was struck down . His rank in the Army, however, was that of a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion King ' s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, a regiment long associated with Yorkshire . One of the trophies of this regiment can be seen in the York Guildhall, and a record of its achievements is inscribed on a monument erected in our Cathedral .
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The late Captain A . F . St . Clair, of Her Majesty's ship Edinburgh, was buried at Southsea . Admiral Sa'man, with the officers of the Portsmouth squadron and more than 700 seamen and marines, paid the last honours, and in the college there marched also Rear-Admiral Seymour, Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves ; Commodore Atkinson, commanding the Training Squadron ; Lieutenant-General Davis, C .B , commanding the Southern District ; and all the captains of ships in harbour . Lord and Ladv Sinclair, Admiral Sir A . Milne, and numerous lodges of Freemasons were among those who sent wreaths . During the burial service minute-guns were fired by the Inflexible .
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PET ERITE. VoL . XII .
JULY, 1895 .
No . 117.
SCHOOL LETTER. ITH only two more matches remaining, the cricket season
W may be said to be almost over, and the XI may be congratulated on another successful season . In one or two instances the hardness of the ground and the erratic playing of the pitch has materially affected the result, a matter which a more liberal use of the hose would probably have rectified . On good wickets some excellent individual scores have been made, and four " fifties" have been compiled, of which Hudson is responsible for two, with scores of 64 not out and 71 not out, and Wheelwright and Joicey, for the other two, with scores respectively of 63 not out and 8z . Sullivan, Hudson, Wheelwright (twice) and Nevile, have all made scores over forty, the first named being unlucky in missing his fifty by one run. We heartily sympathize with Durham, whose illness has prevented the fulfilment of our fixtures, and we wish them a speedy recovery. The Gymnasium has at last reached completion, and on Commemoration Day was formally opened by Major General Thynne . After he and the Dean had delivered two excellent speeches, two military gymnasts gave an exhibition of their strength and skill, an exhibition which we shall be glad to see equalled by all present members of the school . After this, the company adjourned to the cricket ground to witness the Old Boys receive
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another " drubbing " though it is only fair to add that their team was not the best that could have been got together had more time been available. Since our last number we have lost Mr Burton, head mathematical master, who has left us for warmer climes, and we can wish him and Mrs . Burton nothing better than that they may be as popular and as universally esteemed iii Bangalore as they were amongst all of us with whom they came in contact.
COMMEMORATION DAY. OMMEMORATION Day was kept on Saturday, June z9th, (St . Peter's Day) at St . Peter ' s School . The day commenced with a celebration of the Holy Communion at eight o'clock in the School Chapel . The sacred building had been most tastefully decorated by Mrs . Handford, Miss Grantham, Miss Naylor, Miss Leaf, Miss Sullivan, Mr . and Mrs . Yeld, and Mr . B . Scargill. Matins and Ante-Communion were said at I0-30, several of the parents and friends of the scholars being present . Prayers were read by the Rev . G . T . Handford (head master), and the sermon preached by the Rev . T . R . B . Ferris, vicar of St . Matthew ' s, Nottingham, formerly vicar of St . Thomas', York, an " old boy" and formerly one of the Mathematical Masters at St . Peter ' s . The rev . gentleman took for his text " Nevertheless I am continually with Him ; Thou hast led me by my tight hand . Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsels, and afterwards receive me to glory . " Psalm Ixxiii ., 23 and z¢ . He said that it would be difficult for him to express the strongly mingled feelings that filled his heart as he stood once more in the pulpit in that building, which was associated with so many memories . There were very pleasant memories of people, some of whom were now silent in the grave, and incidents when he looked back over the past, which stretched to a point of 33 years . There were also unpleasant memories of words which ought not to have been uttered and of deeds that ought not to have been done . Memories of influences which had been exerted over
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others the effect of which they could never recall and which might have made others less true, less real, and perhaps rebellious to their God . In dealing with his text the preacher said that all that was helpful in religion seemed to cluster around the thought of the fatherhood of God . They should never let anything rob them of the blessed revealed fact that they stood in the closest relationship with God—Father and child, so that nothing could stand in place of Him . They should never forget the continual presence of God, that the power of God could keep them, and constantly use the means of grace, Holy Communion, and mark each day by consulting the Word of God, and, all through their conflict with sin, unbelief, care, and sorrow, lean on God as they drew near Him in prayer. Lastly, let them ever remember that the true goal of life was not the winning of the success which they might desire, or the building up of the earthly home on which in early life they had set their eyes, it was the unfading glory of the heavenly home beyond. In the afternoon the new gymnasium was opened by MajorGeneral Thynne . The gymnasium is ()oft . by pit . and 33ft . high inside . At the entrance nearest to the school are two dressing rooms with gallery over . The building has an open timber roof. The style of architecture is late Gothic to harmonise with the existing buildings . The room is lighted by four tall mullioned windows on each side and by a large traceried window facing the Clifton-road, and others over the gallery . Over the west doorway are carved the arms of the Dean and Chapter of York, and over the south doorway a sun-dial and armorial bearings . The foundation stone bears the inscription :—" Almae Matri Alumnus Gratias . A D. MDCCCXCIV. Decano, A . P . Purey-Cust, Cancellario, J . Raine . Magistro, G . T . Handford ." Mr . Francis W . Bedford, A .R .I .B .A ., of Leeds, and Westminster, was the architect . The carrying out of the main portion of the work was entrusted to Mr . T . P . Barry, of York. Amongst those present were Major-General Thynne, C .B ., Mrs . Thynne, the Very Rev . the Dean of York, Lady Emma Purey-Cust, Captain the Hon . O. Lumley, A .D .C ., the Rev . Canon Machell and the Hon . Mrs .
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Machell, the Rev . Canon Fausset, the Rev . G . T . Handford and Mrs . Handford, the Revs . E . S . Carter, W . \V . Dodsworth, M . Sullivan, T . B . B . Ferris, W . O . F . Campbell, (Bubwifh), A G . Tweedie (Selby), W . B . Tomlinson (Great Ouse burn), \V . P. Schafter (Sr James ' , Selby), J . P . Metcalfe (Bilbruugh), John Williams (Poppleton), Arthur Clarke, J . J . Christie (Pontefract), 'I' . S . Ilatlield, and C . AV . D . Chevallier, Mr . W . W . Ilargrove, J .P ., Colonel Bourne, Colonel and i\lrs Kirke, Dr . Iliogston, Captain Bland, Dr . and Mrs . Naylor, Misses Crosthwaite, Mrs . Fawkes (Escrick), Mr . G . Cotterell, Mr . W . Pearson, &c. The Rev . G . 'I' . HANDFORD said that as that beautiful gymnasium was pretty nearly fit for use they thought that the time was come when it might be opened They all regretted that the generous donor was not disposed to open it in propia persona . He had however, as they knew, expressed the strongest wish that his name should not be known . Though constantly longing to utter his name, he might not do so . It seemed to them that it should be opened by some one who had a more intimate knowledge of gymnastics than the majority of people, and General Thynne had been kind enough to consent to open it. General THYNNE, who was received with applause, said it gave him great pleasure to be there that day, and he felt it the greatest possible compliment to have been asked to open the gymnasium at St . Peter ' s School . In York, which was full of profound interest, he had met with universal kindness and consideration . When he came there he was told that that school was one of the oldest foundations in England, in fact he was told that it was founded 730 B .C . He hardly cared to swallow that, and then he was told that it was founded by St . Peter himself . He was still sceptical about it, and now he learnt from his friend Canon Machell that it really was founded in the year 730 . He believed it stood the oldest institution in the country that could historically prove its commencement . Canterbury he was told had a similar institution of similar antiquity, but it could not prove its origin, so that St. Peter ' s stands fac►7is princeps . It gave him greater pleasure to be
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there because he was educated at St . Peter ' s College, Radley, which was keeping its commemoration that day, to which he had been invited, but was unable to go . With regard to that gymnasium, all interested in St Peter's School, those who had sons there, and those who were being educated there, must be deeply grateful to the generous donor, who, with the true spirit of generosity, declined to give his name . There was no sounder proverb, if it may be called a proverb, than mens sang in corpore sand. If they wanted to do their duty they must broaden their chests and make themselves strong and hearty . He saw men there of his own age who were still able to make 6o not out, and the boys would not be able to do that at that time of life if they did not make themselves strong and active and keep it up . Having spoken of the beneficial effects of gymnastics on the young recruits in the Army, he declared the gymnasium open. The Dean of YORK proposed a vote of thanks to General Thynne for so kindly coming to open the gymnasium . He was told that some years ago, when it was first divulged that York was to be a military station, that the number of troops was to be increased, and a real live General was coming, the wise old people predicted all sorts of evil falling on the city. They said that it would be the means of disturbing society, and that they would all go away and leave the military alone . lle need hardly say that experience had shown that this fancy, like other fancies, had proved entirely baseless . A succession of Generals had come and had won the goodwill and regard of the citizens, and the only regret associated with them was that they had to go away to some other sphere of duty . The General represented military men, the spirit of discipline and order . He (the Dean) had been in York fifteen years, and although he did not say the character of the military was spotless he was bound to say that, as far as he was able to judge, all rinks of the army were thoroughly well conducted men, who behaved themselves as Englishmen should behave themselves, and there never had been any disturbance owing to the presence of the military . He went on to say that that gymnasium should represent
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the spirit of discipline and order, the lack of which had often blighted a young man ' s prospects in life . There was not an allegorical meaning in a gymnasium, but there were allegorical truths attached to it . In the gymnasium these were two ways of falling on their feet, and so in life . Many young men were said to fall on their feet when they came into some great property, but they very often did not know how to manage it properly, because they had not learned endurance, and how to fall on their feet in the right way . Lord Beaconsfield, when Mr . Disraeli, was once asked at an election what he stood on, he replied, " Gentlemen, I stand on my head . " He did stand on his head, and on account of his head won the election . He (the Dean) hoped that was a gymnastic feat those boys would learn, and by standing on their heads would secure an amount of stability which would make their future lives prosperous whatever their callings might be . It was a great pleasure for the Dean and Chapter to see that addition to St. Peter' s, and he hoped that the day was not distant when they would be able to do all they wanted to for the school . They were grateful to the masters, who were doing such real hard work, and maintaining the prestige of the school. Three hearty cheers were given for General and Mrs . Thynne, the Dean, and the donor. Sergeant WvLI and an assistant then gave a display of gymnastic feats, which they went through with great smartness . The gymnasium has been fitted with all the most approved apparatus. Yorkshire Herald," July Isl.
CRICKET. ST . PETER ' S V . YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. Played on the Gentlemen ' s ground on Saturday, May 18th, in cold weather with a north-east wind blowing . Shepherd von the toss, and Kirke opened the bowling to Nevile, a maiden. Sullivan scored a single off Capt . Wilkinson ' s first ball, but six overs only produced three runs . Then Sullivan cut Kirke for
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four . Runs however came very slowly and several were missed from want of judgment . Kirke was taken off for W . Carter, off whom Sullivan scored a couple of fours and brought on his brother . This got rid of Nevile, as after getting a cut to the boundary from the other end he was caught at fine leg, 4o-1-14. Wheelwright stood six overs and saw his partner get Whitwell twice to the wall on the leg side and was then cleaned bowled. Hudson arrived, and at starting was very shaky being let off once; however he improved aml with Sullivan put on 5z for the wicket, when the latter was caught at long-slip for a very correct innings having been in just about two hours, and having hit six fours. Shepherd did not stay long but Russell helped to put on 36 before being out at point, 5 for 164 . Four later Hudson was easily stumped ; the latter part of his innings had contained some really good hits ; it included one 5 and six 4 ' s . No one else stopped long with Joicey, who ought to have been out just before the finish . He put up an easy one in the middle of the pitch, both the bowler and wicket-keeper went for it and collided. D . Carter took five wickets for zo . The innings lasted about three hours and a quarter, closing at half-past five . This left about thirty-five minutes for play, in which Shepherd clean bowled two wickets, after Wood had been let off at point. Score and analysis : ST .
Pi :ref's Scnool . .
YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN.
A. H . Sullivan, c Cox, b Whitwell 49 R. H . Nevile, c Pennynian, b D .
Carter 14 II . Wheelwright, b D . Carter 3 B. Hudson, st Fawkes, h W . Carter 63 J. Shepherd, c Fawkes, b Whitwell 9 R . F . Russell, c Savile, b D . Carter 12 E . J . Joicey, not out 13 G . G . Yeld, c Whitwell, h Kirke 7 E . M . Hingston, b D . Carter o J . E . Metcalfe, b D . Carter o R . H . Bailey, b Kirke i 15 Extras Total
186 1
R . R . Fawkes, not out R . H . Wood, b Shepherd W . Carter, b Shepherd
20
Extras
2
8 4
Total (2 wkts) . . 34
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ST . PETER ' S V . OLD BoYs. The day before this important match a team of Old Boys had not been got together, but thanks to the energy of Mr Lord, 11 men managed to turn up in time to commence on Friday. The School won the toss and sent in Nevile and Wheelwright, who were soon disposed of for seven runs . On Sullivan and Hudson getting together cricket became a bit livelier though Hudson was missed when he had made one . Sullivan had got well set when he was caught in the slips of 1\Ir . Lord . His 21 included five three ' s and a four . Shepherd was smartly caught at point by Leaf after surviving one or two overs and then Hingston and Bailey quickly fell . On Joicey coming in matters underwent a distinct change, runs coming very quickly from both, but Hudson, when three off his 5o, was unfortunately run out from a smart bit of fielding by C . Whincup . Joicey continued to get runs in grand style but slowed down a little as he approached his 5o . Watson following Russell soon got set and the score quickly ruse in spite of frequent changes in the bowling . After completing his 5o amid cheers, Joicey played more freely but soon lost his partner Watson . It was hoped J oicey would carry his bat ; the seemed to have got a little tired by his long innings and after Yeld had made seven he put a ball tamely into cover point ' s hands . His 81, including two singles and 1¢ three ' s, was only marred by one easy chance when he had made. The Old Boys sent in P . E . Lord and Birks to oppose Shepherd and Nevile . Lord began hitting in merry style, despatching Shepherd to the boundary twice in his first over . Birks, after making six was clean bowled by Shepherd who repeated the performance next ball by bowling Ruse . Mosley did not survive long and Whincup at first seemed anything but comfortable. Meanwhile all the scoring was being done by Lord who quickly completed his half century but lost Whincup who fell to a grand ball from Shepherd . Nobody else offered any resistance and the innings closed for 1 r~, of which 82 were clown to AIr . Lord's credit . He gave it doubtful chance to mid-on before he scored, but bar that his innings was a grand display of hard hitting .
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Ninety runs to the good, the School started on their second innings on Saturday morning with Bailey and Shepherd . The former was soon out, being followed just after by Shepherd out lbw. Things looked very bad for the School, as four wickets fell for 26, but when Hudson and Russell got together they brought the score up rapidly, Hudson doing most of the scoring . Russell was playing well but was beaten by Mosley after getting a useful 11. Hingston was a long time in making 10, leaving the run getting to Hudson, but at 76 a heavy shower of rain caused an interval of about zo minutes Shepherd then determined to declare, leaving the Old Boys 166 to get to win . Lord and Whincup went in determined to make a bold bid for victory . Runs came apace and 5o was telegraphed before a separation was ef fected by Shepherd bowling Mr. Lord, who had compiled z8 in as many minutes. After his departure the fast rate of scoring considerably fell off though Whincup was quite at home and was punishing the bowling unmercifully until Hingston going on at the bottom end, bowled him . After his departure none except Mosley, who played very careful cricket for his 21, could play the tricky deliveries of Hingston . Half an hour before time the School had won by 49 runs . The following are the scores and analysis. ST. If . Wheelwright, c P . E . Lord, b V . Mosley R . M . Nevile, c R . \Vhincup, b V . Mosley A. M . Sullivan, c . V . Mosley, b P. E . Lord B. Hudson, run out J. Shepherd, c J . F . Leaf, b Lord E . M . Hingston, c Nevi]e, b Lord R . H . Bailey, c C . P . Whincup, b V . Mosley E . J. Joicey, c C . P. Whincup, 1) Mosley R . Russell, h Lord J . Watson, 1) Mosley G . Veld, not out . . .. Extras Total
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35 5 10
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81 5 18 7 21
b Mosley . c Nevile b Mosley c C . P . Whincup, b Lord Extras
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209
Innings declared . Total (5 wkts .) 76
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M.
R.
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Nevile Shepherd Hudson . Hingston
3 2 1 6
24 56 22 11
0 8 1 o
9 19 . 3 8 3
OLD P . E . Lord, not out . . . . G . V . Birks, b Shepherd W . A . Rose, b Shepherd V . A . Mosley, b Shepherd C . P . Whincup, b Shepherd E . F . Nevile, c and b Hudson , R . Whincup, b Shepherd H . Scargill, b Shepherd B . J . Scargill, b Shepherd J . F . Leaf, c Nevile, b Shepherd F. Clemons, absent Extras Total
82 6
o 4 12 o 0 1 o 6
o
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Bowling Analysis :— o . 16 Shepherd Hudson . . 7 Bailey 2 Yeld . . . . 1 Hingston 6.4
ST . PETER ' S V .
R. 42 23 18 8 18
W. 4
0 0 0 5
Boys. b Shepherd b lingston absent, hurt c Yeld, b Shepherd b Hingston not out c Wheelwright, b Hingston c Wheelwright, b Shepherd c Wheelwright, b Hingston b Hingston c Watson, b Shepherd Extras
119
Bowling Analysis :— o . M . R . w . 61 5 V . A . Mosley . . 43'2 15 P. E . Lord . . 40 15 67 4 6 8 o G . V . Birks .. 11 6 1 18 o C . P . Whincup . .
M. 5 0 0 o 1
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o 21 47 4
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Bowling Analysis : — o . at . R . w. 2 0 6 o H . S . Scargill . . . . 2 0 *4 0 W . A . Rose E . F . Nevile . . 3 0 16 0
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Played on May 21st, on the Asylum ground . The home team batted first . Runs came quickly, and the first wicket fell at 83, of which number Dr . Kershaw, the retiring batsman had made 40. The second wicket fell at 84, and then another long stand was made, Best and Milnthorpe taking the score to 145, when the latter was caught at the wicket, he had made 76 . When the score was 175 for 6 wickets the innings was declared closed. Nevile and Wheelwright opened the batting for us . When the score was 7, Nevile was caught . Sullivan joined Wheelwright, and by steady play they raised the score to 31, when Sullivan was caught at the wicket . Wheelwright was out " leg before " the same over . Shepherd and Hudson then took the score to 56, when Shepherd mowed at a straight ball and was bowled . Hudson left next, being bowled at 84 by a straight " long hop" which he
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tried to pull . The wickets now fell quickly, and when stumps were drawn we had lost q wickets for qq runs . Yeld was very successful with the ball—he was not put on to bowl until the score was 1+5 two wickets only then being down), and he secured the rest of the wickets which fell before the innings was declared. NORTH RIDING ASvI.IM . ST. Pi.TeR ' S SCHOOL. R . M Nevile, c Moyser, b Woolfield I H . Kershaw, b Iludson 40 T . Mil nthorpe, b Yeld . 76 H . Wheelwright, lbw, b Whitwell 16 H . Whitwell, b Bailey o A . M . Sullivan, c Moyser, b Whitwell 9 C . Rest, c Metcalfe, 1) Yeld B . Hudson, b Best • 35 30 F . Waterhouse, c Russell, b Yeld 4 J . Shepherd, b Whitwell 15 G . H . Johnston, not out 15 G . E . Metcalfe, b Best Io S . B . higgis, b Yeld I R . Russell, c Woollield, b Best to I C . W . ,Mouser, not out Juicey, 1) Stenning o Extras G . Yeld, c Whitwell, b Best 3 o J . Watson, not out o Innings declared . Total . o 1 75 R . H . Bailey, not out Extras 8 A . Woolfield, W . Stenning, and W. A . Hill did not bat . Total (9 wkts) 99 Bowling Analysis :—0. M. R. W. Hudson 12 2 34 I Nevile . 14 43 0 2 Shepherd 0 14 3 40 Bailey 14 2 40 I Yeld 6 I 15 4 S . PETER ' S V . POCKLINGTON.
Played at Pocklington on Thursday, May 30 . Shepherd won the toss and put the home side in, with a view to becoming acquainted with the pace of the ground, presumably . Nevile started bowling well, taking two wickets in successive balls in his second over, and repeating the dose in his fifth, with another in his sixth : three fell at 19 . After this the home captain Taylor, who had given a difficult chance at the wicket, made a stand with Murray, and pulled the total up to 4o before being bowled . The next wicket put on zq, and then the end soon came . Our fielding was not as clean and smart as it might have been . When our innings began, Nevile was soon caught at the wicket ; Sullivan and Wheelwright rapidly put on 25 before the former was bowled off his pads. Russell and Hudson stayed with Wheelwright some time, especially Hudson, who was in whilst 35 were added At 8z Wheelwright was bowled by a good length ball for a thoroughly good and useful
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score . After this runs came pretty easily, Yeld making some useful strokes, and Bailey scoring 11 in four hits . The latter was then caught, and the innings closed for 143 . Score: POCKLINGTON. H . C . Wright, b Nevile 8 A . H . Taylor, h Shepherd 28 F . O . Wright, b Nevile o T . D . Cautlev, b Nevile 6 P . H . Seniker, b Nevile o T . H . Hiles, b Nevile o T. R. Allison, c Bailey, b Hudson 17 R . B . Murray, b Shepherd 8 C . F . Watts, run out 5 R . M . White, not out 7 C . H . Lipscomb, b Bailey 2 Extras 13
Total
ST . PETER'S. 20 A. M . Sullivan, b Cautlev R . M . Nevile, c White, h Cautley 2 H . Wheelwright. b F . Wright 43 R . F . Russell, h H . Wright 6 B. Hudson, c Lipscombe, b Cautley 6 15 J. Shepherd . lbw, b Allison E . J . joicev, b Allison 7 M . Hingston, b F . Wright 9 G. Yeld, not out 19 J . E Metcalfe, b Murray o R H . Bailey, c Murray . b F. Wright 1 t Extras 5
Total
85
Bowling Analysis :— 0. Nevile 22 5 Shepherd .. 28 Hudson .. 6 Bailey . •2
M.
1;.
4
38
17 2
28
0
0
1 43
W. 2
15
S . PETER ' S V. AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE.
This match was played on our ground June 4 th . Shepherd won the toss, and sent Sullivan and Nevile to the wickets to face the bowling of Quinn and Connor . Nevile was soon disposed of, but with Sullivan and Wheelwright batting, the score was raised to 41, when Wheelwright was caught . Soon after Sullivan was out for a well-played 34 . Hingston then came in, and saw five wickets fall, when he too was dismissed for a careful lo . With Bailey not out, the innings closed for 9z . The Ampleforth team made a poor show in batting, Quinn only getting into double figures . Shepherd bowled with great success, getting six wickets for 19 runs . The feature of our second innings was the batting of Wheelright, who when stumps were drawn had scored 61 not out . Thus the game ended in a win for us by 4.8 runs . Score :—
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ST. PETER ' S.
A. M . Sullivan, b Quinn 34 R . N . Nevile, b Quinn I H . Wheelwr ight, c Quinn, b Connor 14 M . Hingston, c and b Nevile to J . Shepherd, b Traynor 0 B. Hudson, c and b Quinn 4 8 R . F . Russell, b Quinn 2 E . J . Joicey, lbw, b Nevile o G . Yeld, b Nevile R. H . Bailey, not out 5 J . P . Watson, b Nevile 5 Extras 9 Total
b Nevile c Swarbeck, b Traynor not out
25 15
c Weighill, b Connor b Quinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . b Quinn not out . Extras
to o
Total (r wkts .)
117
92
61
1
3 2
AMPLEFORTH.
P . Buggins, b Shepherd T . Quinn, b Shepherd J. Galavan, b Shepherd R . Connor, lbw, b Shepherd C . Swarbreck, b Shepherd T. Traynor, b Shepherd J. Potter, c Bailey, b Nevile
2
15 5 1
o 4 o
V . Dawes, h Shepherd A . Swarbeck, b Shepherd K . Weighill, h Shepherd G . Nevile, not out Extras
Bowling Analysis :— o . .. 16•I Shepherd 6 Nevile . . 16 . 1 Hudson .. 1
Total M. 6
R. 17
34 0
2
8 3 o 15 o 53
W. 9 1 O
S . PETER ' S V . YORKSHIRE COLLEGE.
Played at York June 6th . A late start was made, and it was nearly three o ' clock before Sullivan and Nevile went to the wickets to face the bowling of Evans and Speight . Sullivan was run out before we had scored, but Nevile playing carefully, with Wheelwright as his partner, the pair put on z6 before the latter was bowled for 15 . Hingston and Hudson put on five and eight respectively. Then followed Shepherd and Russell with a pair of spectacles ; Joicey had hard lines in being out leg before, and Yeld whipping in just got into double figures before he was neatly caught at mid-on by Rosamond . The innings closed with Nevile's wicket unmolested, he having lasted the innings out and scored 4z not out. In the College innings Shepherd followed up his performance against Ampleforth by securing five wickets ; of the other five,
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four fell to Hudson and one to Nevile . Cope batted well for his score of 21 not out, but only Evans of the rest got into double figures . The game ended just before the limit of time had been reached in a victory for us by 45 runs . Score : ST. PETER ' S . A . M . Sullivan, run out 0 R. M . Nevile, not out 42 H . Wheelwright, c Evans, b Mosely 15 M . Hingston, b Speight 5 B . Hudson, b Parry , 8 o J . Shepherd, b Speight R.Russell, c Rosamond, b Eastman o J . Joicey, b Speight 6 G. Yeld, c Rosamond, b Evans 11 R. H . Bailey, b Evans J. P . Watson, b Evans o 15 Extras Total
YORKSHIRE COLLEGE.
1
King, b Shepherd Eastman, b Shepherd Evans, c Nevile, b Hudson Mothers, b Shepherd Mosely, h Shepherd , Rosamond, b Shepherd Bottom, c Shepherd, b Hudson Speight, c Sullivan, b Hudson Cope, not out Parry, b Hudson White, c Hudson, b Nevile Extras
103
Bowling Analysis :— Shepherd . .. Nevile Hudson Yeld Bailey
Total o. 16
3 13
2 3
.1 . 7 I 5 0 1
R. 20 6 20 6 6
5 3 to 2 o 6 o , 2 21 o 3 6 58
W. 5 1 4 o 1
ST . PETER' S V . YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN.
Played on Tuesday, June 11th . The Gentlemen batted first. Hudson and Shepherd started the bowling, and were very successful at first . Nevile was called upon to bowl instead of Hudson in order to try and separate Kirke and Landon, who made a long stand . The change worked well, for Nevile took 4 out of the 5 remaining wickets for 25 runs. The School began their innings badly—Nevile being bowled by the second ball . Only Sullivan, Hudson, and Bailey offered any resistance to the bowling . Sullivan played very carefully, and was run out owing to a little hesitation in deciding whether to run or not . Yeld was also run out . He hit a ball to Mr . Lord, at cover point, and then stood out of his ground until he and his companion batsman had discussed the question of running . Before they had decided, however, the ball was returned and the wicket put down. Hudson must have batted more than half an hour for 3 . Bailey
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found Kirke' s slows to his liking, and hit up 23 in a very short time . The innings closed for 6o, and, being 98 behind, we had to follow on . This time a better stand was made, and when play was stopped by rain the score was 67 for 4 wickets. YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. P. E . Lord, b Hudson 26 E . Smyth, c Joicey, b Nevile , to G. H .Head,c\Vheelwright,bShepherd 4 A . Carley, c Bailey, b Shepherd . . o R . Lawson, b Hudson E . M . Young, b Nevile . . . . 14 H. Williams, b Shepherd 6 Capt . Pennvman, not out 3 K. Kirke, c Shepherd, b Nevile . . 38 Extras 7 Major Boyd, c Shepherd, b Hudson 6 C . \V . Landon, c Joicey, b Nevile 43 Total 158 ST . PETER ' S. A. M . Sullivan, run out 10 P . H Nevile, b Kirke o H . Wheelwright, st Cayley,b Kirke 4 E M . Hingston, b Young o B . Hudson, b Kirke 3 J . Shepherd, b Young 5 R . J . Russell, c Kirke, b Young o E . J . Joicey, st Smythe, b Young r G . Yeld, b Kirke o R . H . Bailey, c Head, b Kirke 23 J . E . Metcalfe, not out Extras 13 Total
c Young, b Landon c Smythe, b Young not out b Young
not out b Young
.
2I 5 14
4 11 II
.. Extras
6o
Bowling Analysis : Shepherd Hudson . . Nevile
. .
Total (4 wkts .) . , 67 O. 19 lo 7 .1
M. 3 2 1
R.
79 47 25
AV. 3 3 4
ST . PETER ' S V . DRIFFIELD TOWN.
Our first fixture with this team was played on our ground June 15th . Shepherd won the toss and elected to bat . Sullivan and Nevile opened the innings . The first two overs were maiden, but in the third the former drove Storer off his second ball to the boundary for three . Sullivan played carefully, but was dismissed for 8 . Shepherd was soon out lbw, nor did any of the others offer any opposition to the bowling of Messrs . Storer and Lazenby. Nevile played most carefully, and repeated his performance against the Yorkshire College by playing right through the innings for 14. The innings closed for 54., of which 13 accrued to us from extras.
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Dickinson and Berry batted first for Driffield . The first ten was barely hoisted before Dickinson was bowled by a good length ball from Hudson . Lazenby, the well-known Malton professional, for a long time defied the bowling, and with six wickets down the match was won by Driffield . With his score at 19, Lazenby was smartly caught by Wheelwright off Shepherd Of the rest, Stead, by some hard hits, had scored 12 before he was run out, and then the innings closed for 85 —a victory for Driffield by 31 runs. Score and analysis : ST . FFTaR's . D RI FFI ELI). A. M . Sullivan, b Storer 8 M . Dickenson, b Hudson 6 14 F. Berry, c Yeld, b Hudson R . M . Nevile, not out 18 2 A . E . WWaddington, b Shepherd J . Shepherd, lbw, b Lazenby 7 G. Newlove, b Shepherd H . Wheelwright, lbw, b Lazenby I 3 B. Hudson, c Berry, h Storer . . G . T . Scott, b Sher herd 9 3 E . J . Joicey, b Storer o F . Lazenby, c Wheelwright, b R . S . Russell, run out 5 Shepherd 19 J . P . Watson, b Lazenby .. 7 T . Smith, b Shepherd o o R .H .Bailey,cWaddington,bLazenby E . Mortimer, b Nevile .. . . 2 . Yeld, c Berry, h Lazenby , , o J . Mortimer, b Shepherd o G. G Extras 13 R . Stead, run out 12 A . Storer, not out o Total . . , E xtras 9 54 Total Bowling Analysis :— o. Shepherd . . .. 14 Hudson . . 6 .. Nevile .. 8
M.
4
0 3
It . 32 21 23
85
W. 6 2 1
ST . PETER'S V . F . C . CROWrI-IER ' S XI.
Played on our ground June zo . Crowther had the assistance of three of his fellow Peterites, Whitby, Carter, and G . Crowther. Shepherd won the toss, and sent Nevile and Sullivan to the wickets . After a maiden over Sullivan hit a three, and the third over saw Sullivan facing the bowling of Southall . He did not, however, seem at home, and the third ball of the over dismissed him, clean bowled Wheelwright and Nevile made a short stand, and Hudson livened up matters until an adjournment was made for lunch . On re-commencing, Hudson was caught at point first ball, and Russell a few minutes later was dismissed with
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five to his credit . The fast deliveries of Southall came off with deadly effect, and the innings closed for 72 . Whitby and Sykes began the innings for Crowther ' s XI ., the former batting very prettily for his 16 . A good catch by Sullivan dismissed Carter for nothing, and the next wicket also falling for nothing gave the School hopes of victory . Horsfall, however, made 20 before he was smartly caught and bowled by Shepherd. Crowther and Bairstow had a long innings, and knocked off the rest of the required runs for their team. The innings closed for rob, Crowther's XI . winning by 34 runs. Score and analysis : ST . I'eTER's .
F . C . CROWHER ' s XI.
R . H . Nevile, c Bairstow, b Southall 4 A. H . Sullivan, h Southall 3 H . Wheelwright, b Southall ,6 B. Hudson, c Sykes, b Whitby 15 J . Y . Watson, b Southall 0 j . Shepherd, c & b Whitby 4 R . F. Russell, c Grist, b Whitby 5 E . H . Hingston . b Southall 6 R . H . Bailey, c Southall, b Carter 5 E . J . Joicey, not out 4 G. Yeld, c Whitby, b Southall 4 Extras lb
H . B . Whitby, c Yeld, b Shepherd 16 E . B. Sykes, b Shepherd to W .M .Carter,eSullivan, bShepherd o S . Grist, c Yeld, b Nevile o J. Horslall, c & b Shepherd 20 L . Southall, run out o F .C .Crowther,cHingstonbShepherd 22 H . P . Bairstow, not out 15 N. K . Brook, b Shepherd 1 A Cameron, c Bailey, b Yeld 13 G.Crowther,cWhcelwrightbShepherd 6 Extras 3
Total 72 Bowling Analysis :— Nevile Shepherd Hudson Bailey Yeld
Total,
to6
o. 7 16 4 3 3
ST . PETER ' S V . RYBURN `ALLEY.
Played on the School ground on Saturday, June 22 . Shepherd again won the toss, and went in with Wheelwright . Thirteen runs were scored before Shepherd was caught at point, left hand. Hudson came in and soon settled down . Twelve scored off an over from Paskin brought on Walker at the School end . The change produced little effect ; in fact the pair put on 6o before Wheelwright was caught at long slip from a long hop . He had been in fifty-fiveminutes, and scored 45 out of 73, with three chances .
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With Sullivan in, Hudson scored faster than previously, chiefly by good drives, for some of which he scarcely got full value . The hundred went up after seventy minutes' play, and despite numerous changes the two continued to score until 132, when Sullivan was run out Two more wickets fell rather easily, and finally Shepherd declared the innings closed . Russell managed to give three chances in his brief innings . Hudson had only offered one —a return to the bowler just after completing his fifty . He had played a very steady innings, scoring more freely towards the finish, having been in about an hour and three-quarters . Ryburn Valley were left with little more than an hour to bat . Nevile got a wicket with the last ball of the first over, and Shepherd another at 9, but after that matters went better . The third wicket fell at 31, and the fourth at 44, but E . Wheelwright was playing very well, and at half-past six was still not out. RYBt1R N. ST . PETER ' S . J . Shepherd, c Paskin . b Nortcliffe 6 G. Wheelwright, I) Shepherd . 1; S .L . R'hiteley .cltMHiig,tonbNevile o H .Wheelwrtght, c E .Wheelwright, —Nortclifhe, b Shepherd .... 3 b Nortcliffe 45 B . Hudson, not out 75 E . Wheelwright, not oat 25 19 J . Ambler, c Hudson, h Feld .3 A . M . Sullivan, run out E .J .Joicey,cCrossley,bltWheelwright 3 W . S . Paskin, not out 5 b Extras 12 E . M . Hingston, b Nortelife tt.M .Nevile,cWalker,bl3Wheelvright 3 o Total (¢ wkts .) 65 R . F . Russell . not out Extras 11 Did not bat—E . P. Walker, J. W. Total *168 Crossley, R . Wheelwright, A . H. Empson, and E . W . Crossley. Did not bat—R . H . Bailev, G . G . Veld, and J . P . Watson . *Innings declared . ST . PETER' S V . N . R . ASYLUM.
Played at the Asylum on Tuesday, June 25, in splendid weather. The Asylum batted first . Dr . Kershaw and Milnthorpe started the innings, runs coming freely . Shepherd and Nevile started the bowling for us ; Hudson, -V eld, and Watson also bowled without success . Bailey and Hingston went on next, the latter bowling with great effect, taking seven wickets for 36 runs . The score stood at 89 when Dr . Kershaw was caught by Watson off Bailey for 39 . Best joined Milnthorpe, who was soon after bowled by
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Hingston, after making 42 . Best made a good stand before he was bowled by Bailey for I I . Rudd was caught by Nevile at mid-on after making a useful 13 . Woolfield and Mouser were both caught in the long field by Yeld, the latter knocking up 13 . Heckley was bowled lbw by Hingston, and the innings closed for 153 . Shepherd and Hudson batted first for the school ; the former, however, was soon bowled by Woolfield for z . Wheelwright joined Hudson, but did not stay long before he was also bowled by \Voolfield . Hingston and E-Iudson made a fair stand, but runs did not come very fast. Hudson was cleverly caught by Best after he had made 12. Hingston was in a long time for 6 . Sullivan and Nevile kept together for a good time, runs coming pretty freely until Sullivan was caught by Best in the slips . Nevile . who played carefully throughout, carried out his bat for 27 . jOicey and Russell were quickly despatched, neither of them making a run . Bailey knocked up 9 before he was caught by Moyser . Ycld joined Nevile and had made 12 before he was bowled by Dr . Kershaw, the score standing at 97 . Watson and Nevile sent up the hundred, and played out time, thus saving a defeat, which all along seemed imminent. N . R . Asvirat . ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL. Dr . H . Kershaw, c Watson, I) Bailey 39 Shepherd, b Woolfield 2 T. Milntltorpe, b E . M . Kingston 42 Hudson, c Best, bWooltield 12 C . Best, b Bailey .. 11 Wheelwright, b Woolfield 3 F . Waterhouse, c Sullivan, b Bailey 3 E . M . Ilingston,c Best, b Woolfield 6 W . Stenning, not out 2 Sullivan, c Best, b Woolfield 13 Dr . G . H . Johnstone, c Shepherd, Nevile, not out . 27 .. o b E. DI . Hingston Juicey, b Woolfield 4 C . Rudd, c Nevile, bE .1\I . Hingston 13 Russell, c Woolfield, b Best . . . . o G . Hingston, h E . M . Kingston .. 5 Yeld, b Kershaw 12 W .Alovser, cYeld, b E . M . Hingston 13 Watson, not out . 4 A .\Voulticld,cYeld,bE .M .Hingston 4 Bailey, c Moyser, b Kershaw . . . . 9 H .Ilecklcy, lbw, E . M . Hingston .. 2 Extras 16 Extras IS Total (9 wkts .) . . 104 T otal 153 Bowling Analysis : O. H. K. R'. Nevile 5 2 16 0 Shepherd 9 1 18 o H udson 16 0 7 1 Yeld 3 0 9 0 Bailey 17 6 32 3 Watson 2 0 11 0 Hingston 13 1 36 7
16¢
CRICKET.
ST . PETER ' S 2ND XI . V. S ;' . May 21St, on the School ground
OLAVE ' S SCHOOL. ST. PY :TER ' S 2ND XI.
ST. ()LAVE' S SCHOOL.
West, hit wkt, b Ford 4 Ingleby, b Ford 4 Cundall, b Greeves 15 Mr . Wilson, st Paver-Crow, b Ford o Mr. Grey, b Roy 31 Mr. Gabb, b Ford o C . Nelson, h Ford 2 Kitching, not out 20 E . Nelson, b Roy o Huffam, c Ford, b Winn o Barton, c Greeves, b Winn Extras Total
Carter, b Mr . Wilson Moiser, run out Ford, c & h Mr . Wilson Bingham, b Mr . Grey Greeves, c Cundall, b Mr . Wilson Roy, c Huffam, b Mr. Grey Cass, c West, b Mr . Wilson Tomlinson, b Mr . Wilson Paver-Crow, not out . Winn, c Huffam, b Mr, Grey Polly, b Mr. Grey Extras Total . . .
78
ST . PETER ' S 2ND v . ST
MARTIN ' S SCHOOL.
On the ground of the former, May loth . Esh took five wickets for six runs for St . Martin's. ST . PETER ' S 2ND .
ST . MARTIN ' S.
Moiser, c Kershaw, b Trye . . Carter, b Trye Greeves, b Esh Ford, b Kershaw, h Frye Watson, b Esh Cass, b Trye Roy, run out Tomlinson, b Esh Paver-Crow, b Esh Winn, c & b Esh Coning, not out Extras
3 o o 2
o 8 o o 1
3 3
Total
Mr . Sampey, b Watson 30 Mr. Trye, b Ford Mr . Andrews, b Greeves 10 Rev . J . J. Davies, b Greeves 13 Esh, b Watson o C . Hilivard, not out 17 F . Gasking, c Watson, b Greeves 2 H . J . Webb, b Watson 6 Midgley, b Greeves 2 F . Kershaw, b Greeves 2 o H . A . Scruton, b Watson Extras 7 Total
21
94
ST . PETER' S 2ND V . AMPLEFORTII 2ND.
At Ampleforth, on June 4th. AMYLEFORTH .
J . Stanton, c Bingham, b Ford A . Hayes, c Paver-Crow, b Greeves G . Farrell, b Greeves Hon . N . Stourton, run out E . P . Daniel, h Ford A . Magoris, c Paver-Crow, b Ford R . Adamson, b Ford T . Murphy, run out B .Mawson, c Paver-Crow,b Greeves E . Mur phy, not out J . Ennis, b Greeves Extras Total
25
c Metcalfe, b Cass c Cass, b Greeves b Ford
14
not out c Winn, b Moiser c Moiser, b Greeves c and b Moiser c Metcalfe, b Ford c Metcalfe, b Ford b Greeves Extras
12 2
2
o
Total
13 I
4 3 9 4 66
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ST . PETER ' S 2ND. J . L . Metcalfe, b Stour ton 3 H . B . Greeves, h Mawson 20 J . W . Ford, b Mawson 2 L . H . Moiser, c Ennis, b Stourton 2 C . P. Cass, run out 1 N . F . Roy, c Daniel, b â Lawson J. Winn . b Mawson 6
R . G . Bingham, b Mawson E . F . Carter, b Magoris R . G . Paver-Crow, b Magoris T . Romans, not out Extras Total
o 4 o I o 40
Second Innings : -- Metcalfe (h Mawson) 5, Greeves (b Magoris) o, Ford (b Mawson) 6, Moiser (b Mawson) o, Cass (not out) 4 ; extras, t ; total (4 wkts) 16. ST . PETER ' S 2ND XI . V. Sr. 'OLAVE ' S 1ST XI. June 25th, on our ground . ST . PETER ' S 2ND. IST. ST. OLAVE' S Greeves, st Ingleby, b West o Ingleby, run out 3 Metcalfe, b Cundall, 23 West, b Greeves o Ford, c Cundall, b West o Peel, b Crowther 9 Crowther, c Huflam, b âIr . Grey o Mr . Grey, ruts out 12 Roy, b Mr. Grey 2 Cundall, b Crowther II Moiser, not out Nelson ii, c Paver-Crow, b Greeves o 44 Cass, c Ingleby, b Mr . Grey Huffam, h Crowther 4 o Carter, b Cundall 16 Webster, b Greeves 3 Winn, b Mr . Grey to Harrison, b Crowther 3 Romans, b Cundall 4 Nelson i, b Greeves 3 Paver-Crow, c and b Mr . Grey 3 Wood, not out o Extras 13 Extras to Total
119
Total
54
PETERITE ADVENTURES, No . I. [The writer of this article suggests a series of adventu res of old Peterites : plenty of them must have had funny experiences, and we should be very grateful for the narration of such adventures to be immortalized in our pages .]
Jr was in the island of "Tanna . I wonder if any present Peterite could tell us off-hand where Tanna is situated . I know that in dear old Archdeacon Hey's time we were not very strong in geography, but perhaps things may have altered in these rapid days of advancement . At all events it was in Tanna, and in the South-West Pacific, and he came for me, brandishing a long black-handled tomahawk . And it was not fair, because I had been
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awfully good to him, about as good as an old Peterite could be to an outsider, and I did not admire his proceedings . Nevertheless he came dancing, yelling, and gesticulating, and whirling this great long weapon round his head, and plainly meaning to have my scalp . I did not like to pistol him, because, if I had, all the fat would have been in the fire, and there would have been a general commotion, which would certainly have resulted in nothing less than the wiping out of our entire party ; for there were only four of us, and there must have been at least forty of these naked ruffians all armed with rifles and spears, and only wanting an excuse to polish us off and collar our box of "trade . " But my mate, John Macdonald, was equal to the emergency, and before you could say Jack Robinson he had bent down and charged the blackguard full in the stomach with his head I saw not the result, for the simple reason that the tomahawk, performing a revolution in its owner ' s hand, came down, happily not on its edge, on my left temple, and knocked me senseless on the sand When I recovered I was in the boat, and good old John was pouring sea water on my head most liberally out of his hat . I had a beastly headache for a day, and a slight dent I can still feel on my skull. When he saw that I was no worse John went off into fits of uncontrollable laughter, in the intervals of which he described the agony of the black beast, whose stomach must have felt a new sensation from the effects of John ' s Nova-Scotian skull . John said that he fell like a bullock, and yelled with pain, whilst his friends, so far from sympathising, were so diverted that they surrounded his miserable carcase on the beach, and greeted his groans and yells with peals of laughter . It was the funniest method of warfare they had ever seen . I don ' t know whether they afterwards adopted it themselves or not . At any rate the next time I landed on Black Beach I had a very civil reception, but John was not with me then . He had gone the way of all flesh, and that in a tragic way, and in my service . If you care to hear how a brave old Blue-nose met his end, and died true to the core, T .13 . W . I will tell you some time .
A
" GYMNASTS " LAMENT.
A " GYMNAST'S" LAMENT. I. As I view the oaken portal Of this muscle-raising pile, As I think how many a mortal Will that threshold white defile : Then in humble adoration Grateful thoughts within me rise, For so lib ' ral a donation-Whose it is we can ' t surmise. II. But a kind of hesitation Mingled with this sentiment, Drives na' near to desperation, As I make this sad lament : Vaulting horse, ' tis my ambition High to vault with nimble toes, But I fear I'll cause derision And shall come down on my nose !
Wooden. bars in you there ' s reason, But my courage here ' s at fault : It will be a distant season That I ' ll turn a somersault. Though some Blondin at the gala Can perform on a trapeze, My attempts will prove a failure, This my mind ' s clear vision sees. IV. If against a boxer pitted, ' "wouldn ' t need a Jemmy Mace For me quickly to be fitted With a sadly swollen face. To fence me all are eager, ']'hough I'm not one of the best ; Their sport—I call it meagre— Is to stick me in the chest .
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THE OLD PETERITE DINNER. V.
Though to mount up to the ceiling By that undulating rope Needs an utter lack of feeling, Of such feats I have no hope. But I'm not without some valour ; Let him challenge me who dares ; I can climb, I ' ll bet a dollar, Yonder gall ' ry—by the stairs !
F .P . F.
THE OLD PETERITE DINNER, 1895. LONDON I~IS'I'RICT).
The Seventh Annual Meeting in London of Old Peterites was held on Thursday, the 4th July, in the Prince's Salon at the Holborn Restaurant . The names of the Chairman and Committee have appeared in a previous number (ante p . 1+z), and may be accepted as fairly representing the Old Peterites whose names are held in honour . The absence of the late Headmaster, the Rev. H . M . Stephenson, was alluded to with regret during the evening. The Toast List which appeared upon the Menus was in the usual form, as follows : " THE QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY " (proposed by the Chairman). " Sr . PETER ' S (PAST AND PRESENT) " (proposed by the CHAIRMAN). Answered by His Honour Judge Price and The Headmaster. " THE CHAIRMAN " (proposed by P . B . Lambert, Esq .), and an additional toast of the HoN . SECRETARY " was proposed by Canon Elwyn and answered by Mr . Chadwick. The Loyal toast and that of the Chairman ' s health were received with musical honours, and after singing a verse of Auld Lang Syne the company separated at i 1 p .m .
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The speeches, which were of more than usual interest, arc r e serv ed for separate notice.
The following are the names of the ( )ld Peterites whu accepted invitations this ear, and the asterisks show those who
were at the
last moment prevented from attending the dinner : Left School circ, .
Left "chuol circa.
1877 Abrahall, B . II . 1877 Ainslie, W . 1869 Anderson, I . 1854 Atkinson, W . F. 1876 Chadwick, C . I1 . 1874 *Challinor, E . W . S . 1856 Darrell, Chas . 1877 *Dowson, Dr . W . 1858 *Dyson, J . M . 1872 1 ;l yn, Rev . Canon Ford, J . C . 1885 Ford, W . P . 1862 *Gregory, Rev . J . H . 1869 Griffith, Rev . H . W . Is8i Griffith, F . J . 1877 Griffith, J . F. 1862 Haigh, Chas . Handford, Rev. G . T . 1870 Henderson, H . W .
1861 Jackson, Col . S. 1864 Lambert, P. B. 1871 *lMarshall, Rev . W. 1869 *Moore, E . H. 1856 Needham, Dr . F. 1857 Newbery, H . J. 187o Poyser, A . S. 1836 Price, His Honour Judge. 1819 Rowe, Arthur F. 1878 Rowe, E . L. 1875 Rowe, G . H. 1877 *Stephenson, J . E. 1862 Taylor, Rev . J . W . W. 188o Wade, G . II. 186o Watson, C . W. 1863 Wharton, Ilugh 1862 Whytehead, W . W. 1884 Wilson, E . T . G. 1874 Worsfold, W . B . ACCOUNTS .
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S . (I. Balance from 1894 I 13 I Interest on Deposit, oo1r 31 Subscriptions at 7/6 . . . . I I 12 6
Printing 325 Circulars Engraving 10o Cards Stationery Postage, Stc 31 Dinners at 7/Balance in Bank
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X13 6 6 No'rs,—The Hon . Secretary wishes us to express his thanks t0 many Old Peterites for the good wishes contained in their replies to circulars, and also for the prospect which they offer of an increased attendance next year.
NOTES AND ITEMS. E . I' . DANIEL, Royal Marine Light Infantry, to be Captain. PROP. J . F . BLAKE, F .P. .S .,
has
been awarded
Medal of the Royal Geological Society.
the Lyell Gold
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Christ ' s College, Cambridge, has taken his LL .D.
The REv. S . J . LEMAISTRE (O .P .), Rector of Everingham, has just been returned one out of four Representatives for the Clergy of the Market Weighton Deanery at the York Diocesan Conference in October next. A . C . CLARKE is going out as a Missionary to the Punjaub. A Concert will take place in the School Hall on July 31st, at 7-30 p .m . Tickets 2i- and 1/-, to be obtained from G . H. Head, Esq ., or through any member of the School . The proceeds will be devoted to the erection of a new boathouse, of which the School rowing very much stands in need. The Athletic Sports take place on July 3oth and 31st. G . E . RAINE is the Unionist Candidate for Holmfirth. E . H . PICKERSGILL has been returned for Bethnal Green in the interests of the Radicals. On July 5th, the commemoration of American Independence, the School buildings and " James " were photographed for a firm of publishers from Chicago . The book, which will contain photographs of many other ancient institutions, will be published shortly. We beg to acknowledge with thanks—Dunelmian, Leodiensian(z), Lppingham School Nag., Sutton Faience, Ousel, Portcullis, Barrozian, Giggleswick Chronicle . Merciustonlan, Hurst Johnian (2), Hrme,s College .Magazine, Ulula, St . Edward's School Chronicle, Eastbournian, Brighton College Magazine. Cricket colours have been given in the following order : ist XI . E . J . Joicey, E . M . Hingston, R . F . Russell, G. G . Yeld, J . P . Watson. znd XI . J . W . Ford, G . Crowther, C . P . Cass, J . Winn, N . F . Roy, E . F . Carter, R . G . Bingham, H. Paver-Crow, T . Romans. L . H . MoISER and F . PICK (Vth Modern) have passed the London Matriculation in the 1st Division .
OBITUARY .
OBITUARY. 1nIadras, consequent on an accident in a Polo Match .
CAPTAIN C . W . W . GARB,
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No . 118.
ATHLETIC SPORTS. PRESIDENT .—RCV . G . T . Handford. COMMITTEE .—J . Shepherd, B . Hudson, J . P . Watson, F . P . Fausset. JUDGES .— RCVS . G . P . Davys, E . F . Booty, E . B . Firth ;
G . H . Head, G . V . Birks, F . Mitchell, Esqs. TIMEKEEPER .—A . Wilkes, Esq. STARTER .—P . E . Lord, Esq. Held on "Tuesday and Wednesday, July 3oth and 3ist . The weather was dull, but there was no rain, and the attendances good . The performances of Ford in the Senior Events, and J . Brooke in the junior were most worthy of note. July 3oth . PUTTING THE WEIGHT . 1st, J . Shepherd ; znd, H. Tomlinson . The winner put Soft . 51ins . Second z8ft. HUNDRED YARDS HANDICAP (Open) . Heat 1 . 1st, N . F . Roy, 22 yards ; znd, E . F . Carter, 9 yards . Won by yards. Heat z . 1st, H . Tomlinson, 4 yards ; znd, J . Ford, 4 yards, and R . H . Bailey, scratch . Won by z yards . Dead heat for second place. Heat 3 . 1st, A . M . Sullivan, 9 yards ; znd, H . B . Greeves, 7 yards . 3 yards between first and second. 1st, R . G . Bingham, 13 ft . 112 ins; LONG JUMP (under 15) . znd, J . Brooke, 13 ft . 71111. 120 YARDS HURDLE RACE (Open) . Heat 1 . 1st, J . Ford ; . Joicey . Ford won easily though he tripped at the znd, E . J last hurdle. Heat 2 . 1st, R . M . Nevile ; znd, J . Shepherd . 3 yards between the pair. HUNDRED YARDS (under 13) . 1st, H . Leonard ; znd, E . Kirke. A good race, the former just obtaining the verdict. LONG JUMP (Open) . 1st, J . Ford ; znd, B . Hudson . Ford cleared 18 ft . 41 ins . ; Hudson 17 ft . 3 ins.
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POLE JUMP (Open) . 1st, J. Shepherd ; znd, J . Ford . A very good performance, 8 ft . 4 ins . and 8 ft . 3 ins. ' I HROWING THE CRICKET BALL 1st . J . Ford ; znd, A . M. Sullivan . Ford threw 77 yds . 1 in. HUNDRED YARDS (under 15) . Heat 1 . 1st, L . Shebbeare; znd, J . Brooke. Heat z . 1st . R . G. Bingham ; znd, H . Brooke. 1st R . H . Bailey, HUNDRED YARDS (Open) . Heat 1 . znd, H . R . Tomlinson . An easy win, neither troubling themselves much. Heat 2 . 1st, 13 . Hudson ; znd, R . M . Nevile . Won by 3 yards. 120 YARDS HURDLE RACE (under 15) . Heat 1 . 1st, J . Brooke ; znd, L . Shebbeare. Heat z . 1st, H . Brooke, walk over. MILE RACE (Open) . 1st, J . Ford ; znd, F . P . Fausset: 3rd, H . B . Greeves . Shepherd made the pace for a time, but in the third round dropped out with several others : in the fifth round Ford went ahead and was followed by Fausset passing Watson and Greeves who were leading . Watson dropped out, and this order was maintained to the end . Ford winning by about zo yards from Fausset : same between znd and 3rd . The mile was run at the rate of .} minutes 45 seconds. HUNDRED YARDS (under 14) . 1st, H . Brooke ; znd, C . Sale. A good lace, Brooke ' s longer stride bringing him through. 80 YARDS (under 12) . 1st, H . Leonard ; znd, P . Penty . Won
by a yard. Second Day, July 31st . HIGH JUMP (Open) . 1st, J . Ford, 5 ft . 2 ins . ; znd, R . M . Nevile, 4 ft . 1 1 ins . Ford did 3 inches more than his last year ' s performance. 120 YARDS HURDLE RACE (Open) Final . 1st, J . Ford ; znd, R . M . Nevile . Won easily . Nevile beat Shepherd by 4 yards. QUARTER MILE HANDICAP (under 15) . 1st, J . Brooke, 1 o yds. znd, M . Richards, 5o yds . Richards running very well for his size led to the last side when Brooke overhauled him in the last ten yards. HUNDRED YARDS
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J.
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HUNDRED YARDS (Open) Final . 1st, R . H . Bailey ; 2nd, B. I-Iudson . \Von easily in 11 seconds. 120 YARDS HURDLE RACE (under 15) Final . 1st, J . Brooke; znd, H . Brooke. QUARTER-MD .E (Open) . 1st, J . W . Ford ; 211(1, B . Hudson ; 3rd, R . M . Nevile . Nevile went off at a great pace, followed by Hudson ; in the last hundred yards Ford over-hauled them and won a good race in 57 seconds. HIGH jwoe (under 15) . 1st, J . Brooke, 4 . ft . 4 ins . ; znd, R . G. Bingham, . ft . 1 in. HUNDRED YARDS HANDICAP (Open) . 1st, R . H . Bailey, scr .; znd, A . M . Sullivan, q yds . A splendid race . Bailey just winning from Sullivan. HUNDRED YARDS SACK RACE . 1st, H . B . Coning . After a number of heats, Coning, who seemed quite at home waltzed gaily to the winning post. HALF- :\TILE HANDICAP (Open) . 1st, H . B . Greeves, 25 yds .; znd, J . W . Ford, scr . A splendid finish, Ford after a hard run for second place being just beaten by Greeves. OLD BOYS QUARTER-MILE . 1st, H . Whitby . Four started, Whitby and Rose beating the others easily, and the former winning by a few yards. CONSOLATION RACE . 1st, H . Tomlinson . Won by 3 yards. The prizes were then gracefully given away by Mrs . Chancellor Raine, and the proceedings terminated amidst cheers . The thanks of all must be accorded to the judges, and all who rendered their services to the success of the sports. The Committee tender their best thanks for Prizes or Subscriptions to the following : The Headmaster . Rev . W . W. Dodsworth . R . Pearson, Esq. Mrs . Handford W . J . Evelyn, Esq . H . W . Preston, Esq. The Archbishop . G . 11 . Head, Esq . Canon Raine. C . G . Broadwood, Esq . H . A . Hudson, Esq . A. W . Richards, Esq. P. S . Burrell, Esq . W . II . Jalland, Esq . H . V. Scott, Esq. Canon Temple. J. G . Butcher, Esq . . M .P . Sir F . Lockwood, M .P . Rev . E . S . Carter . T. B . Whytehead, Esq. P . E. Lord, Esq . W . H . Cobb, Esq . J . Melrose, Esq . A. Wilkes, Esq. H . Cowling, Esq . J . Nelson, Esq . G . Yeld, Esq. The Dean . W . L . Newman, Esq . The Old Peterite Club . Also to G. V . Birks, Esq ., Rev . H . E . Booty, Rev. E. B . Firth, and Cr . H . Head, Esq ., for their kindness in Judging.
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DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The annual distribution of prizes took place on the 1st of August . The Very Rev . the Dean of York presided, and was supported by the Sheriff of York (Dr . Tempest Anderson, I .P .), the Rev . G. 'I' Haudford, head master, the Rev . Canon Temple, and the Rev . Canon Fausset. THE HEAD MASTER read the following list of Honours :-F . E . Deane passed examination for LL .D . of London University. J . F . Leaf, I3 .A ., late scholar of Peterhouse, elected Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge. H . Tomlinson, M .A ., F .R .S ., late student of Christ Church, Oxford, elected Principal of the S .W . London Polytechnic Institution. H . D . Naylor, B A ., late Sizar, Trinity College, Cambridge, appointed Classical Lecturer at Ormond College, Melbourne University, Australia. Rev . G . F . Browne, B .D ., Canon of St . Paul's, consecrated Bishop of Stepney. A. E . Chapman, M .L ., Cambridge, awarded LL .D . for his thesis on the theory of Perpetuities. R . H . Bailey awarded an Exhibition for Classics at St . Catharine ' s College, Cambridge. B. Draper, L . H . Moiser, F . Pick, passed London University Matriculation in the First Division, and F . C . G . Gray in the Second Division. L . Clemons passed the College of Preceptors ' Examination in the First Class. F . C . Hodgson passed the Preliminary Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. He went on to say that the health of the School had been very satisfactory, with the exception of a little influenza . With regard to the conduct of the School, to the best of his knowledge the boys had conducted themselves well, and in respect to his own boarding house he had had a very pleasant time and very little
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trouble . To pass on to the sports, their football season had been considerably spoiled by an unusual number of minor accidents, in fact it was very seldom that the whole fifteen could assemble together in the field to meet the enemy . The boating, too, had been subject to adverse influences, owing to the long frost and the floods . He alluded to the generosity of the old boys in presenting them with new boats . The cricket season had been possibly the best they had had during his time, and he could not omit again making a reference to the great addition of the gymnasium to the school . There was another matter to which he attached very considerable importance . It had been felt for some time that, as in most other schools of the kind, so in that, the nature and quality of the religious instruction had left something to be desired, and the Dean and Chapter had had the matter under their consideration, and he hoped that in the future the character of the religious instruction, which was so important, would be more real and more thorough . Since that time last year he had lost two of his colleagues, whose places it was difficult to fill, in fact one had not been filled . For 1\Ir . Scargill they had found a substitute in Mr . Burrell . Of course nothing but time could give Mr . Burrell experience, but with time they hoped that he would well fill Mr . Scargill ' s place . The Rev . A . E . Burton had become warden of the Bangalore College, and his loss in mathematics would be much felt . He (the Head Master) had missed very much his able assistance in the chapel, and his place had only been temporarily filled. The Rcv . F . W . SPURLING, lecturer of Iieble College, Oxford, examiner appointed by the Oxford and Cambridge Board, who had examined the papers of six boys in Classics and Divinity, reported that he wished to say a word of special commendation of the work of three of those boys . Fausset ' s was thorough and conscientious work all through . In Divinity, Latin and Greek he was first in all . He would like to mention Metcalfe with honour in Latin translation at sight, and also for his general Divinity paper . The third he would like to mention was R . H . Bailey for
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promise in Greek prose and Latin verse . With small exceptions the boys had worked through all the papers. Mr. J . F . LEAF, Fellow of Peterhouse, who had examined the IV . and V . form boys in classics, next presented his report, which was of a highly satisfactory nature. The HEAD MASTER read the reports of the examiners who were unable to be present . Mr . G . McN . Rushforth, Christ College, Brecon, who had examined VI . Form in histuty, reported that the answers showed that the period of history had been carefully looked up, though the type of question set was perhaps not very favourable to the candidates . Though the totals were not high, individual answers were decidedly well done . Fausset, Metcalfe, and Veld were the best . Mr . C . M . Jessop, M .A ., Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, who examined the first Mathematical division reported that the results were decidedly satisfactory . In each of the three principal subjects, arithmetic, algebra, and euclid, good work was sent in . No case of failure occurred . In particular he had to commend Pick's work in every subject . Mr . D . H . Nagel, Trinity College, Oxford, examined the VI . Form in Chemistry and physics, but only two boys sent in, and reported that Romans did his work very neatly and well . 1\Ir . R . F . D'Arcy, M .A ., Caius College, Cambridge, who examined the VI ., V ., and 1V . Forms in chemistry, reported that the paper of Romans (VI . Form) was exceedingly well done . Several boys in the Modern V . did good papers, particularly Hudson, Pick, and Nevile . The practical examination was very satisfactory . The Rev . G . Edmundson, late Fellow of Brasenose, Oxford, who examined the Upper School in Mathematics, French and German, reported that in arithmetic half the boys in Division II . did fairly well . In Division III . Hey stood far ahead of his competitors . No one else rose above mediocrity . In Division IV . most of the work was promising and fairly accurate . Euclid—Division II—The style in which this Division presented their Euclid was good, and evidenced careful teaching . Division III .—Good knowledge shown of the book work . Division IV .—More attention should
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have been paid to the writing out, which in several cases was slovenly and difficult to follow . In Algebra the report for each Division was satisfactory . French—The subject had generally been well done, and the progress fully maintained . The translations from the French were in several instances really excellent, and the knowledge of grammar, with a few exceptions, satisfactory. Among the papers the following deserved special mention :— Form V ., Modern, Hudson i ., and Moiser i . Form V ., Classical, Filliter and Watson . Form IV ., Classical, Bailey ii ., and Roy ii. Form 1V ., Modern, Collier . The report for German was favourable. The DEAN explained that the matter of a grant for extending the buildings and otherwise improving the school had been referred by the Charity Commissioners to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and had the earnest, active, and efficient co-operation of the Archbishop of York, who had brought the matter to the point that if the Commissioners could legally make the grant they would. He felt bound to say that the Dean and Chapter felt very strongly the very plucky and cheerful way in which the head master had, under the circumstances, carried out the work of the school . He then introduced Dr . Tempest Anderson, as an old Peterite, and read the list of honours gained by the Sheriff, who in gaining those honours had shed lustre on that institution . Ile asked Dr . Tempest Anderson to present the prizes. DR . TEMPEST ANDERSON said that he felt it one of the most pleasant tasks which had fallen to his lot as Sheriff of York to have been called on by the Dean to perform that duty . Since he had left that school it had been his good fortune to have known many old Peterites who had been very successful in life . It would be helpful to the boys to consider what had brought them forward, and what on the contrary had caused the failure of others whom he had known . A writer in the last century wrote " Patience and perseverance made a Bishop of his reverence," and if that was true too years ago how much more was it true to-day . The main cause of failure was idleness . He impressed on the boys the
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paramount importance of painstaking accuracy in their work, and on that ground the competition for prizes was of the utmost value. In speaking of the gymnasium and the great value of physical exercise for the development of the body, he warned the boys not to give exclusive attention to it to the neglect of their mental training . Ile then presented the prizes in accordance with the following list : VI . Foxm .—Archbishop's for Classics—Fausset. Canon Elwyn ' s, divinity—Fausset. Head-master' s Latin verse—Metcalfe. Greek Prose—Bailey i. " Old Peterite " Club' s prize for reading—Sullivan. V .—Classical for classics—Watson. V .—Modern for classics—Pick. IV .—Classical for classics—Roy ii. 1V .—Modern for classics—Freer. lIL—Classical for classics—Thompson iii . ; Mr . Yell's Greek —Shebbeare ; Mr . Yeld's English—not awarded. III .—Modern for classics—none awarded. IL—Classical for classics—Term ' s marks : Yr Id ii ., Newton iii. Examination : Mr . Yeld's Greek—Veld ii . ; Mr . Yeld's English— Yeld ii ., Newton iii. II .—Modern for classics—Penty. I .—Upper for classics—Hill iii. I .—Lower for classics—Veld iii. Captain Key ' s prizes for recitation—Thompson iii ., T . Key. MATHEMA Ics .—Division I . (The Dean's prize)—Pick . Division I1 .—Nevile . Division III .—Hey . Division 1V .—Kirke ii. Form II1 .—Kirke i . Form HI .—Farrow i . Form I .—Upper— Hardy . Form I—Lower—Pearce-Brown. ENGLISH LITERATURE .— Open to whole school, Fausset and Metcalfe, equal ; under 15, Veld ii . ; extra, Veld i. FRENCH—V . Classical, Filliter ; V . Modern, Hudson i . ; IV. Classical, Roy ii . ; IV . Modern, Collier ; Ill . Classical, Newton ii . ; 11I . Modern, Haworth ; II . ( lassical, Mellor ; II . Dlodern, Prnty; I . Upper, Thompson iii . ; I . Lower, Bennett i .
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GERMAN .—V . Modern, Hudson i . ; IV . Modern, Bingham ; III. and 1I . Modern, Penty ; I . Modern, Brooke i. NATURAL SCIENCE .--Practical Chemistry, open to whole school, Romans ; V . Modern, Hudson i . ; IV . Classical, Bourne ; IV . Modern, Collier ; 11I . Form, Heap ; II . Modern, Joicey. Die FATION .—V . Pick ; IV . Collier ; III . and II . Mellor ; I . 'Thompson iii. SHORTHAND .—Cass. 'GEOGRAPHY .—V . and IV .—Pick. Mr . Boddv's Prizes for Drawing, Filliter ; Roy ii . ; Newton i . , Newton ii. Mr . Sample ' s Prize for Music, Fausset. Dr ANDERSON announced that next year he would give a prize for carpentering. The HEAD MASTER announced the following as winners of scholarships :— Junior modern—Bingham ; Hey Scholarship — Roy ii ., Gibbons and Moiser ii ., equal ; senior modern—Lever; free scholarships—Gibbons and Moiser ii, ; foundation scholarships—Roy ii . and Lever ; leaving exhibition—Fausset. On the motion of the Rev . Canon TEMPLE, seconded by the Rev . Canon FAUSSET, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the Sheriff, and the proceedings terminated with cheers for the Dean and Ladv Emma Purey-Cust, the Sheriff ; and the Rev . G . T . and Mrs . Handfurd .
THE CONCERT. CONCERT in aid of a new boat-house was promoted by
A Mr . Head and held in the School Hall on July 31st.
An excellent programme was provided, and there was a very fair attendance. The audience was most enthusiastic, and several encores had to be acceded to. Mr . Sample commenced the entertainment with a piece of Liszt ' s, vihich he played with his usual taste and dexterity, and
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was loudly applauded . Then came a song by Mrs . Forbes ' 'When the heart is young .' Both Mrs . Firth and Major Broadwood were most successful in their songs ; but from a schoolboy ' s point of vies, the palm must be awarded to Mr . Eille Norwood for his most amusing sketch, ' The Aviary,' for which he was deservedly encored . Mr . Dashwood Carter gave a most amusing recitation, and Mr . Cooper' s rendering of . The Admiral's Broom ' brought to a most successful conclusion the first part. Part ii was equally appreciated . Mr . Broadwood, Mr . Eille Norwood, and Mrs . Firth being vehemently encored . Mr . Eille Norwood however, owing to the strain on his voice in imitating a violoncello was unable to accede to the request . Mr . Head gave a most amusing recitation, " Hiawatha' s photographing, ' and the proceedings terminated with a brief speech from Mr . Handford acknowledging the kindness of the performers and of Mr . Head who had arranged the Concert PROGRAMME—PART i. Pianoforte Solo—' Rigoletto de Verdi (Li+zl) . . Mr . Arthur Sample. Song—' When the heart is young' (Duality Ruch) . . , . Mrs . Forbes. Song—' Sentry song' from Iolanthe Rev . E . B . Firth. Song—' Meet me by Moonlight alone ' ( Hark) Mrs . Firth. Song—' An Evening song ' (Blumenthal) . .C . E . I3road«ood, Esq. Musical Sketch—' The Aviary ' Mr . Eille Norwood. Recitation--Murnford ' s Pavement ' Mr. Dashwood Carter. Humorous Song— The Admiral ' s Broom . . Rev . N . 13 . Cooper. PART ii. Song—' Lilly Snow (Et/le Norzo,iod) C . E . Broadwood, Esq (Rorckel) Mrs . Firth. Song—' The Devoted Apple ' Song—' Out on the Deep (Lahr) Rev . E . B . Firth. Song—` Punchinello ' (ihfolior) Mrs . Forbes. Musical Sketch—'The Orchestra ' Mr . Eille Norwood. Recitation—' Hiawatha ' s Photographing (L . Carroll) [Mr C . H . Head. Humorous Song— 'Three men in a boat (Ti-olerr) [Rev . N B . Cooper .
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SCHOOL LETTER. UI' alas and alack, we ' ve come back,' to slightly alter the
B street-song ; for be it known that the Peterite Editors and
the Peterite Printers, like Parliament, have been away for a little holiday, and if the Peterite is not out in time, then no one is to blame . R H . Bailey too, late editor, has left for Cambridge, and has missed the course of instruction in the gymnasium, which lie advocated in one of his School Letters . For the gymnasium, a start has been made ; during the last fortnight of last Term about twenty martyrs (including one of your humble servants, I mean much respected fellow editor) offered themselves for the execution of sundry feats explained to them by the muscular instructor . ' New brooms sweep clean,' says the proverb, and they certainly must have swept the floor clean, by the number of times they fell on it, or rather on the mattresses thoughtfully provided ; but what matter if they fell, there was, as persons wittily-inclined would say, ' a lower shelf.' ? Next time compulsory instruction will commence, and then will the editorial brains reel round in the maddening somersault and—oh, it will be immense. The Sports Prize-giving and Garden Party were all most successful, and the weather was more encouraging than it v as last year. The Cricket season was, as we prophesied, a success, and several of the junior members of the team, besides the old hands, Hingston for instance with the ball and Joicey with the bat, gave great promise. A word as to the Athletic Sports . Ford ' s performances throughout were most praiseworthy, and there can be no doubt that if he continues, he will be found an athlete of no mean pretensions in almost every department. But Football is a thing of the future, and the future is more important than the past . Shepherd, that capable and skilful veteran has we fear, left us ; Bailey too, and Hudson ; Romans also, to enjoy a science sizarship at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge ; Metcalfe remains captain, and last year ' s sterling forward
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Nelson, secretary . There remain in fact four forwards, one half, three three-quarters, and the full-back, Wheelwright . It is to he hoped that the team will have better success than last year, and with good management and good luck, this result is certa i nly within the range of possibility.
CRICKET. THE SCHOOL V . AMPLICPORTH COLLEGE.
Played July 2nd, at Ampleforth . The College won the toss and started batting on a somewhat slow wicket . The weather was threatening most of the day, but only a pos s ible three-quarters of an hour was lost owing to a heavy thundershower just after luncheon. The home team made a bad start, Buggins falling to a smart catch at the wicket off Shepherd—who was trundling from the batting shed end—before double figures had been reached (7-1-5). Johnstone filled the vacancy and a dozen were added when Quinn made a mis-hit to leg off Hingston, and was caught by Shepherd (19-2-5), Hingston claiming Galavan ' s wicket soon after (27-3-2). Johnstone who was shaping well, when he made a bad stroke at a full pitch from Shepherd—which Hudson appropriated at long slip (31-4-18) . Hingston distur bed Potter with a good length (33-5 -1 ) and then Connor helped to add a little life to the proceedings and 4 o went up and directly after gave a sharp invitation to Watson in the long field and another to Russell at square leg, neither of which was accepted . Hudson however, soon rose to the occasion and held a stroke from one of Hingston ' s deliveries (4+-6-6). One run was added and Sullivan nipped up Nevile at the wicket (45-7- 0 ) and the score had only been increased by two when a sharp piece of work by Joicey at cover and Sullivan dismissed C . Swarbreck (47-8-o ) . The end was near : the next two wickets falling with no increment. Hingston came off with 6 for 26 and Shepherd with 3 for 18. A word of praise is also due to Sullivan t r three catches behind the wicket and his share in C . Swarbreck ' s departure .
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After Luncheon, Shepherd and Nevile went out to . face the bowling of Quinn at the College end and Johnstone at the other end . The start was not auspicious, Shepherd falling to Connor at point off Quinn just as double figures went up (ro-1-5) Wheelwright entered—only to sec Nevile run out in trying to save two for a leg-hit off Johnstone (r r-z-6) . Sullivan had the next turn, and put in a cut for three, which relieved some very slow play, zo going up after about half an hour ' s play . A brace of two ' s and a single, all past point, from the same batsman caused a re-deal and Nevile relieved Johnstone, and soon after the 30 was hoisted Sullivan fell a victim to a shooter from Quinn, who was bowling well (31-3-16) . The Secretary followed, as did a pair of singles, and then Wheelwright found Nevile beyond his powers and made way for Joicey (33-4-2) . Galavan then relieved Quinn at the moorland end, Hudson not appearing to relish the change . A single from Joicey and Hudson following suit, the College total was equalled and then two from Hudson placed the issue beyond doubt . Play had been going on for just an hour when Galavan displaced Joicey ' s middle peg, the ball keeping low. He retired in favour of Hingston, who assisted in raising the score to 6o and he was then missed off a " hot-un " by point . Johnstone then went on vice Nevile at the valley end, but Hingston and Hudson were not to be baulked of their desire, and a long partnership was not broken till Hudson was caught by Stourton at mid-on for an excellent 31 (89-6-3) . Having stayed at the wickets while 61 were put on, Bailey filled the vacancy and after seeing the roo go up was promptly bowled by Connor (100-7-3) . Hingston, now partnered by Russell, fell to at catch at square leg . His display had been a capital one in spite of one or two uppish strokes, thoroughly justifying his election and showing that he could keep up the sticks as well as knock them down. Russell wearied the " notchers " but little—having the misfortune to he run out . Veld had an extraordinary piece of luck. He deflected a -ball from the top end to long leg . The ball rolled into some long grass and remained in obscurity till " lost
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ball " had to be called . Aided by this he made a dozen before he was stumped, leaving the wickets with Watson, who had made four undisturbed . The total was 121 . Quinn being credited with three wickets, Connor with two, and Nevile, Galavan, and Johnstone with one apiece. The College restarted, there being yet time to finish the match if they could be disposed of again as cheaply . But this was not to be, and it soon became apparent that the match would have to be decided on the first innings only . Huggins ran short of his twenty by a single—Connor amassed double figures, but the feature of the innings was a capital display by Johnstone, who put together 33 before Sullivan, who was now fielding point—Nevile having donned the gloves—stayed his career by a catch at point. Quinn had 11 to his credit when time was called, the total being 8+ for four wickets. We cannot conclude without acknowledging our indebtedness to our hosts at Ampleforth for the exceeding kindness with which they entertained us. Full score as below : AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE.
ST, PETER ' S SCHOOL.
Buggins, c Sullivan, b Shepherd . . 5 Quinn, c Shepherd, b Hingston . 5 ohnstone, c Hudson, b Shepherd 18 Galavan, b Hingston . .. 2 Connor, c Hudson, 1) Hingston 6 Potter, b Hingston [ Stourton, b Hingston : o Nevile, c Sullivan, b Hingston C . Swarbreck, run out o A Swarbreck, c Sullivan,b Shepherd o Farrell, not out o Extras 3
5 J . Shepherd, c Connor, b Quinn 6 R . M . Nevile, run out 2 H . Wheelwright, b Nevile A. M . Sullivan, b Quinn 16 B. Hudson, c Stourton, b Connor 31 E . J . Joicey, b Galavan 4 R . H . Bailey, b Connor 3 E . M . Hingston, c Nevile, h Quinn 28 . R . S . Russell, run out . . J . P. Watson, not out 4 G . G . Yeld, st Farrell, b Johnstone 12 Extras 9
J
Total
47
Total
I2I
AMPLEFORTH Cor_1 .rcE .—Second Innings .—Buggins, lbw, b Bailey, 19; Quinn, not out, 11 ; Johnstone, c Sullivan, b Shepherd, 33 ; Galavan, c & b flingstou, 5 ; Connor, b Watson, to ; extras, 6 ; total (4 wickets) 84 .
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187
Sr . PETER ' S School. V . MR . P . E . L.ORD ' S ELEVEN. On the School Ground, July 4th. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL. A. V . Sullivan, b Pentony . .. 0 R . M . Nevile, c Gray, b Yeld . . .. 5 c Pent any B. Hudson, Wood, b .. 0 J. Shepherd, st Bean, b Yeld 0 E . M . Hingston, b Pentony II If . Wheelsviight, b Pentony 3 E . J . Joicey, b Veld 11 R . F . Russell, c Metcalfe, b Yeld 0 J . P . Watson, c Bean, b Yeld . .. 0 15 R. H . Bailey, b Pentony G . G . Yeld, not out 9 Extras 7
MR . LORD' S ELEVEN. Dr . Hodgson, b Shepherd o J . T . Grey, run out 5 . R . II \Vood, c Yeld, h Hingston 2 Dr . Bateman, b Hingston o A . Pentony, b Shepherd 5 G . Breed, c Nevile, b Hingston 15 G . H . Head, c Bailey, b Hingston 2 J . E. Metcalfe, c S ullivan, b Shepherd 3 W . Bean, c Bailey, b Hingston , o A. Willis. not out 2 G . Yeld, c Shepherd, b Hingston 2 Extras 3
Total . . 61 Total 39 ST . PETER ' S ScHooL .—Second Innings .—R. H . Nevile (b Breed) 1; A . M . Sullivan (b Willis) 21 ; B . Hudson (c sub b Head) 33 ; J . Shepherd (st Bean, b Willis) 2 ; E . M . Hingston (not out) o ; extras, 4 ; total (4 wickets), 61 . ST . PETER'S SCHOOL
LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Played at Leeds on Wednesday, July 10 . The home team won the toss, and Hingston opened to Roberts ; Shepherd took the other end and with the last ball of the over bowled the home captain . Three wickets fell for 24, and then Francis and Longley put on 66 ; the latter hit very well on the leg side, getting three fours off Hingston, who at 35 retired for Hudson . The new bowler seemed unable to keep them off Longley ' s legs, and was hit for five in his first over . At 65 Yeld was put on and bowled two wides, bringing back Hingston . At 90 Longley completed his fifty after batting 54 minutes, and then Hingston bowled Francis . Three more wickets were rapidly secured, including Longley, who had only given one difficult chance ; his score included one five and seven four's . Newstead hit hard after being missed before scoring, and made his runs out of the last fifty. Our fielding was not very smart ; the catches missed were none of them very easy . The bowling was certainly not changed enough; Shepherd bowled himself at one end almost the whole time, and only put Nevile on, who was so successful on this ground two years ago, at the end of the innings .
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Ongoing in, we never looked like winning. ; there was no life about it . Nevi l e was bowled off his legs ; Wheelwright given out lbw ; and Hudson bowled oft his legs by the time the score reached 18 . After Hingston had been yorked, Shepherd did enliven matters by running some smart runs, and 26 were added before he too helped the ball into his wickets with his legs . Sullivan all this time was playing good steady cricket, but nobody would stay with him, and he carried out his bat without giving a chance—a valuable innings . Rumours about Newstead ' s bowling and the Leeds score of 15o were apparently the causes of our failure with the bat. LI-:EUS GRAMMAR SCHOOL .
ST. PETER ' S
J . E . Roberts, b Shepherd 1 J. A . I .ongle), b Hingston 7 IT . I . Longley, b Shepherd 58 P . IT . Jackson, b Shepherd 1 j . L . Planets, b Hingston 19 K. Barber, b Hingston 1 A . E . North, sr_ Sullivan, b Hingston o H . M . Newstead, not out 39 S . N . Yeadon, h Hingston 5 Matthews, b Hingston C . T. „ o C . W. Sproule, b Hingston 5 Extras 14
Total
15o
A. M . Sullivan, not out 3; IT . M . Nevile, b Newstead o II . Wheelwright, lbw, b Newstead _ B. Hudson, b Newstead -} E . Al . Hingston, b Yeadon o j . Shepherd, b Yeadon 8 E . J . joicev, b Newstead 6 IT . F . Russell, b Newstead lo J . P . Watson, b Newstead 0 R. H . Haile), b Newstead 9 S. Cr. Ycld, h Newstead 2 Extras 21
Total , .
99
Sr . PETER ' S SCHOOL r' . POCIiLINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL. The return game was played on our ground, Jul) 1 1 th. Considerable interest centered in the match as it was the last of the season . Pocklington won the toss and commenced to bat with Wright and Allison ; the latter was soon despatched, but lies, who then came in, made a long stand . Shepherd and Hingston however were bowling most successfully for the school, and no one else got into double figures . The innings closed for 52 of which Iles had contributed 30. Shepherd and Sullivan batted first for us, and runs came apace. At 15, Shepherd was clean bowled by Hannon, and Wheelwright, who succeeded him, was soon out lbw to Cautley . Sullivan and Hudson found the bowling to their liking, and with two wickets down the match was won .
CRICKET .
189
The rain caused a temporary adjournment, and on resuming Hudson was bowled by Wright. Nevile hit freely-freely for Nevile at least, and Joicey just failed to score zo . Wickets then fell faster, but Bailey knocked up 22 before he was caught by Taylor . Sullivan has our sympathy in being again so near his fifty, yet just failing . Veld was then left not out five . Pocklington commenced their second innings, but with four wickets down stumps were drawn, and the match therefore decided on the first innings as a win for us by 103 runs . Score : POCIiLING'I ON .
ST . PETER' S.
H . C . Wright, b Shepherd 4 J. Shepherd, b Hannon 15 J . R . Allison, c Shepherd,b Hingston o A .M .Sulhvan,c Allison,b F .Wright 44 J. A . Iles, c & b Shepherd 30 H . AV'heehyright, lbw b Cautley 2 F .O . Wright, c Hudson,b Shepherd o B . Iludson, b F . Wright 16 R .B .'.1lunay, c Sullivan . b Shepl erd 3 R . AI . Nevile, lbw b Cautley , 14 A . H . Taylor, b Iingston I E . J . joicey, c Murray . b H . Wright 19 E . G . Hannon, not out a R . F . Russell, b H . Wright o F .D .Cautley,c Sullivan . b Shepherd 4 E.M . Hingston,cMmTa ,bH .Wright o P . R . Simnes, lbwb Hingston 2 G . G . 'Veld, not out 5 J .Mortimer,c3Cheelwiight,hShepherdo R . H . Bailey, c Taylor, b Cantle .), 22 C . R . Hall, b Hingston o J . P . Watson, c & b H . Wright , , o Extras 2 Extras TS Total Total 155 52 POCKLTNGTON .—Second Innings .—II . C . Wright (c Mevile, b Hingston) 6; J. R . Allison (c Russell, b Shepherd) 8 ; J . A . Iles (b Hingston) to ; F . O. Wright (not out) 14 ; R . B . Murray (c Russell, b Shepherd) o ; A . H . Taylor (not out) 6 ; extras, 4 ; total, (4 wickets) 48. S . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2NI) XI . 7' . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 2ND XI.
July Io, on our ground. LEEDS 2ND XI. F .W .Allison,c Metcalfe,b Crowther 0 C . T . Sowry, 1) Greeves o J . L . Low, b Crowther 31 J . II . Mellor, run out 4 F . \V . Knowles, run out 20 T . Landwain, b Gceeves o C H . Proctor, c Winn, b Gceeves 4 F. Mhldlebrough, b Gceeves 4 G. S . Richardson, b Crowther 5 L . L . I-Ieald, c Crowther, b Greeves 2 F . E . Owen, not out o Extras 24 Total
114
ST . PETER ' S 2ND X1. J. E . Metcalfe, b Low II . B . Greeves, run out J . \V . Ford, 1) Sowry L . H . Hoiser, b Low .. G . Crowther, run out N . F . Roy . b Allison T . F . Carter, b Sowry . .. C . Y Cass, run out J . Winn . b Sowry R, G . Bingham, not out T. Romans, not out Extras
,
o 9
Total for 9 wickets 73
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CRICKET. S . PETER' S SCHOOL 2ND XI . V. S . MARTIN ' S SCHOOL . XI.
July 1 3 th on our ground. ST . PETER ' S 2ND XI. I. F . Metcalfe, b Andrews 3 H . B . Greeves, c Kershaw, b 'frye Io J. W. Ford . b Andrews 5 L . H . Moiser, b Andrews 3 G . Crowther, b Andrews C . P . Cass, b Andrews R . G . Bingham, b Trye N . F . Roy, 1) " 1 ' rve E . F . Carter, h Andrews
G. Pavercrow, not out T . Romans, b Andrews Extras
4
ST . MARTIN ' S XI.
Mr . Davies, c Cass, b Crowther , 2 Mr . Sampey, b Greeves G Mr . Trye, c -Metcalfe, b Greeves 32 Andrews, 1) Ford 23 G. Kershaw, b Greeves I o T . Hillyard, b Greeves N . Gashing, c Metcalfe, b Greeves 5 H. Gray, b Ford o F . Webb, h Greeves 0 T . Longford, b Ford o C . Kirlcup, not out o Extras 9
Total Total 78 37 CHARACTERS OF THE XI. T . SHEPHERD (Capt .) A very fair fast bowler, but has not performed well with the bat ; has some good strokes, but inclined to play across . Smart field ; energetic captain. Has left. Batted very well, especially in club matches . Hits B . HUDSON . hard, a fair bowler, and good field . Has left. R . M . NEVILE . Has fallen off in bowling as a whole, but has come on decidedly in batting . Rather slow in the field. A . M . SULLIVAN . A very pretty bat ; has been rather unlucky. An excellent wicket-keeper . Should be very good next year. Has greatly improved as a bat ; plays very H . WHEELWRIGHT . straight . Excellent field. Very hard hitter, but must learn to play straight. R . H . BAI7.EY . Very fair bowler ; good field . Has left. Good medium pace bowler ; comes fast off E . M . HINGSTON . the pitch ; has met with great success ; promises to do well with the bat . Good field. Has not come up to the expectations formed of E . J . JOICEY . him as a bat, through invariably hitting across . Excellent cover. Poor bat ; does not finish his stroke, so loses his wicket . Smart in the field.
R . S . RussELL .
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191
Has a very awkward style ; plays fairly straight, but rather stiff in the arms . Good field. G . G . YEcu . A hard hitter, but too much inclined to play across Must keep his right foot firm . Good outfield. J . P . WATSON .
BATTING AVERAGES, 1895.
B . Hudson A . M . Sullivan H Wheelwright E . J . Joicey R . M . Nevile R . H . Bailey G . Yeld J . Shepherd E M . Hingston J . P . Watson R . F . Russell
No . of Innings .
Times not out .
17
2
16
1
16 14
2 2 3 4 3
16
16 15
Total Run ;.
16 14 11 15
1
3 1
366 340 224 146 1 44 97 83 I o6 8z 44 73
Most in Innings . 1,
75 49 61 .z81 42 23 19'; 15 2.8 i8
12
Average.
2440 22 . 6 i 6 00
12 16 11'07
8•o8 6 . 91 6 . 6z 6 . 3o 5 .5 o 5 . 21
Not out .
BOWLING AVERAGES, 1895. O. M. R. 89 11 241 E . M . Hingston 264 .1 87 J . Shepherd 543 67 G . Yeld 21 1 o4 . 29 R . M . Nevile 2 47 1 zo R . II . Bailey 10 44' 2 85 17 242 B . Hudson 27 J . P . Watson 8 0
W.
Average.
32
7'53 8 . 61
63
6 14
i o . 16
6
20 . 00 20 ' 16 27 ' 00
12 1
1764
FOOTBALL PROSPECTS. Six of last season ' s fifteen have left us, viz . : —Bailey, Shepherd, Romans, Hudson, Henson and Gray . We have therefore to find i-back, a i -back, and four forwards . This ought not to be a difficult matter, but we must not expect the new players to perform, at once, as well as those whose places they fill, for the latter, as a rule,—if not older and bigger—have had more experience than the former . Of the probable candidates for the vacant places, a
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Fausset, Ioicey, Veld i ., Greeves, and Moiser i , were all tried with the 1st fifteen last season once or more, and all should obtain their colours this term. If this prediction be fulfilled, there will be only one vacancy left, and that will probably be tilled by Bingham, whose weight should make him a useful member of the team . Last season we were rather lighter than most of the teams we played, and this season we shall probably suffer in the same way ; but weight is not the only quality which tells on the football Held—knowledge of the game, skill, and combination, are equally important The remains of last season ' s team ought to form a good nucleus, and if each member of the team will try to obtain an intelligent knowledge of the game, and when practising, strive always to improve, there is every reason to believe that a fairly good team can be formed . Let no one think he is perfect as soon as he has won his place in the team, but rather let him try to discover his weak points, and be willing also to learn them from others . May accidents be few, and victories many ; and lastly, let us not be discouraged when defeated.
PETERITE ADVENTURES, II. MLLE'S VENGEANCE. He was a handsome lad, wild as a hawk, bold as a lion, lithe as a snake, muscular as Hercules, and with eyes like an eagle. According to his lights, moreover, he was a gentleman, and although he wore next to nothing on his symetrical body, he would have scorned to do a mean thing . I first made the acquaintance of FAL.L when I touched at his coast village to buy tortoise shell . He was the boy-chief of a village in the Soloman Group and we somehow managed to strike up an intimate friendship. On one occasion he stayed a week on board my cutter and piloted inc amongst his native reefs, which in those days were not marked in any charts . FALLL ' s great trouble arose from the
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Northern Heald Hunters, who looked upon the Soloman Islands as we should regard a Scotch Moor, a human game preserve in fact ; and every now and then these wretches made raids upon their southern neighbours, coming down armed to the teeth in huge canoes, murdering man, woman and child, and returning with stores of heads wherewith to adorn their dwellings . For these reasons the Soloman Islanders constructed houses of refuge for themselves in the forks of great trees, ascending by means of ladders, which could be drawn up through the floors . FALLS was very anxious that I should take up my abode permanently in his village, for he argued that if the Head Hunters knew that a white man was resident there they would hesitate to attack them . He held out all sorts of inducements to make me accept his proposals, including the hands of his two sisters as wives, but somehow or other I failed to see the advantages of such a bargain so far as I was concerned. I had not seen my young friend for two or three months, but next time I was round that way I. put into the little land locked harbour in front of his village, and presently he was paddled off in a canoe by three or four of his people, a tame white-crested cockatoo sitting on his wrist, and looking every inch a swell . I had given him some brass anchor buttons and a lock of my hair and he had somehow arranged these into a kind of necklace of which he was awfully proud . He told me that news had reached them that the Head Hunters were on the war path again, and that they had taken to their tree houses as they did not know when they might attack them Our last port of call had been Noumea in New Caledonia, and the agents had asked me to tty to get sonic native labour for the French Rice Plantations . Now I did not care about the business, as it was then carried on, for it was no better than kidnapping, but I promised to do what I could in the way of getting natives to come voluntarily . I asked FALLL if any of his people would come but he said he could not spare any men in view of the coming trouble . And so we parted _fir the last ting e, he happy in the gifts
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of an old single smooth bore and some powder and shot, with some tins of preserved beef. Next morning we weighed and stood south, telling FALLS that we should be back in a few clays . I think it was the fourth clay morning when we once more made the entrance of the harbour . I noticed great columns of smoke rising from the shore and felt sure that something was wrong . We also thought we could hear occasional shots fired . Not caring to go inside the reef under such suspicious circumstances we put the cutter about and made a couple of miles offing. About noon we saw a large cance paddling out of the harbour. " Poor FALLF," I said, " They have had those brutal Head Hunters . " Out they came, chanting a sort of song and paddling in time to it . As soon as they got outside the corral they stopped paddling and hoisted their great mat sail for the run home . They had to pass us and as they got closer we could see that there were about sixty of the ruffians with muskets and other arms piled in the canoe. " John, " I said to the mate, " we have not been lucky with our labour business, here's a chance for us . " John stared—" Why skipper there ' s sixty of ' em at least, better keep clear of 'em I should say . " " All right John, stand by and we ' ll have the lot . " I believe dear old John thought I was mad. In the meantime the great hunkering canoe came bowling along before the south-east Trade with a view of passing to leeward of its, perhaps three or four hundred yards away . " Let draw the fore sheet, " I shouted, and took the tiller myself ; " All hands stand by, but keep well out of shots, under shelter of the bulwarks ." The good old " JVondpz';eon " cutter, 45 tons register, could sail like a witch, and when her foresail filled she started off on a race, making a bee-line for the big canoe . Her crew looked at us for a while, and then I saw some of them begin to handle their muskets, but they had not much time to think for the lloodpigeon was no dawdler, and in less time than it takes me to write it, her great sharp forefoot had plunged down like a steam hammer upon the middle of the murderous canoe, and with a wild yell her crew were all in the water, swimming for their lives . I shoved the helm down and brought the cutter up into the wind with her foresail aback .
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" Now then," I said off with one of the hatches and heave lines over the side . " Promptly the hands carried out the order, and the swimmers were hospitably helped on hoard, and as fast as they touched the deck were bundled down below . Of course in the crash they had lost all their arms so that they were helpless We got over }o of them and probably the sharks finished the rest. If any got ashore I should be sorry for them . " . Now then, on with the hatches and we'll run in and see what's happened . " So we ran into the little harbour, but no FAI .I.fi came off to welcome us . At last, as we were thinking of clearing out we saw a small black ball slowly coming over the water . Div glasses showed me the head of a native swimmer feebly approaching . We lowered the dingy and pulled for the head, which was pretty nearly exhausted, and when grabbed and pulled on hoard proved to belong to one of poor FAl .t,k ' s little sisters . She told us the horrid story—how the Head Hunters had been there the day before, had taken them by surprise and almost annihilated the village, slashing off all the heads and sailing off with them in their canoe . She had hid in the bush and was not discovered. Jr-hn, " I said I've a good mind to hand over my cargo to the next village : they would make examples of ' em "Yes, " said practical John, "but that would not pay . Stick to your plan skipper and take ' em to Noumea " So we did We landed the poor . little lass at a village where she had some friends, and we brought over 40 villains into Noumea, and got'} a head for them. It was one of the best pacing trips we ever made . I don't suppose any of them ever got home again, for labour vessels (lid not care about visiting those Head Hunting Islands in those days . 1 told Bully T[ayes the story one day in the smoke room of the Hotel deSebastapol in Noumea and he laughed consumedly . " Brutes," he said, " I wish I had been with you, but I should have landed them where they would have been done to death . I could not have resisted the temptation of giving them a Roland for their Oliver . hut perhaps you were right in sticking to the side of mercy . Anyway you made a jolly good haul . Have another cigar ? " TT .B .W .
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THE OP . TOUR. It might serve a good pur pose, before recounting the events of the week, to pat on record the communications rcceiyed from two members of the club . For there is no doubt that both in cricket and football, scratching out on the morning of a match is by some few considered sufficient notice . "Phis particular pair duly answered, when the matches were definitely fixed in March ; one on a postcard, " I shall be very pleased to go on the O P . tour in August ." 'The other by letter, " So htr as I know at present I shall he able to assist you . " A letter in July detailing arrangements produced no response, and the next information received consisted of telegrams on the Saturday afternoon before the first match :—No . i . " Very sorry can ' t come on tour ; " No 2, "Cannot possibly leave, business detains, write ." It is now September, and yet no letter- Flowerer, other O .P ' s . cheerfully stepped into the breach, and made the week a success. Monday, August 12, a late start due to home team . Won the toss on a soft wicket ; Bingham and Procter made 17, before a wicket fell . Procter was out at 27, and Dixon going on to bowl at .}1 was at once successful . Wickets fell steadily, no one remaining with Sullivan, whose z6 was most valuable, and included several good cuts . At the close of the innings heavy rain delayed play, and was considered to have taken away what chance the O .P's . might otherwise have had The wicket was very yet when play was resumed . In the second over Wilson held a catch at long slip, and in the next Rhodes shattered Pride ' s wicket with a terrific shooter . Midgley, by hitting raised the score to z6, when Holmes, who had narrowly escaped a run out was well stumped. Carter caught the next two men smartly at short slip, and after this nobody looked like staying . The analyses speak for thr mselves . Score and analysis :---
TILE 0 .1' . TOUR .
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OLD PE ERITFS,
YORK.
F . \i Bingham, c Cooper, b Tindall 3 21 \V . K. Procter, c Dixon, b Breed 1' . F . Lord, b I)ixcn 14 A. H Sullivan, not out 26 B. Hudson, b Dixon o G . I I . Eyre, c Rodgers, b Johnson I II . \V . Rhodes, c Pride, b Johnson o 11 . B . Whitby, b Johnson S W . G . Wilson, I) Dixon \V . M . Cuter, b Dixon 9 2 J . Sharpe, c Tindall, b Dixon Extras 6
T . Pride, b Rhodes R . A . Rodgers, c Wilson, b Carter o A . R . Alidgley, c Carter, b Rhodes t8 A . R . Ilolmes, st Sullivan, b Cat ter 6 N . Johnson, c Carter, b Rhodes . . 3 W . "Tindall, h Carter .. 2 H . S . Procter, b Rhodes 3 G. Breed, b Rhodes _ 8 J . \V . Dixon, b Rhodes .. .. t R . Ellison, b Carter 4 D. Cooper, not out 4 Extras 3
Total
88
OLD PETERITES. Bowling Anal) sis : u . M . R . W. W . Tindall 10 5 22 I G. Breed 8 1 12 1 N . Johnson 14 6 23 3 5 J. W . Dixon 12-2 4 25
Total YORK. Bowling Analysis : H. \V . Rhodes . . W . M . Carter
o . M . R . W, 19 8 26 6 18-2 6 24 4
Next morning we appeared at the Gentlemen ' s ground, and made quite an °arly start . Unluckily we lost the toss, which had an important bearing on the result, as the wicket before lunch was slow but easy, and afterwards became difficult The gentlemen had a strong batting side, but not much bowling . Rhodes opened to Leatham, who, from the first two balls offered chances at the wicket, one on each side Runs came easily, Whitehead making the greater share, but being let off from Bingham (substituted for Rhodes) in the long field . At 58 he was stumped, and Rhodes coming on again bowled Leatham at '71 . Firth, who began very shakily and Antos put on 42, causing a double change, which was successful . At lunch the score stood at 143 for three wickets. On resuming, the difference in the wicket was at on ..e manifest, as the remaining seven wickets went down for 36 runs, Rhodes taking six of them for 17 . Sullivan at the wicket, dismissed four men in the innings, thus atoning for his early mistakes . Our first three wickets fell for 24., when Rhodes got busy . Chiefly by fine driving he scored 35 out of the next 42, and was then bowled by a ball that kept low . Capt . Wilkinson took three more wickets quickly, and then Carter and Whitby put on runs . Both were out
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to good catches, the former to a one handed catch in the country. The total was a poor one considering the bowling opposed to us six of the side only made 13 amongst them . The home team on going in a second time lost six wickets for 33, which gave the match a more even appearance . It is questionable how far this defeat may be laid to the account of a riotous O .P .—a nonplayer—who on the previous night opposed all attempts at sleep. Score and Analysis : YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN.
1st Innings .
2nd Innings. 19 I> Lord C . Leatham, b Rhodes E .T. Whitehead,stSullivan,bCarter 43 Rev . E . B . Firth, c Lord, b Rhodes 5 0 H . G . M . Amos, c Sullivan, b Sharpe 15 c Whitby, b Lord Capt . Harcourt Wood, c Sullivan, b Rhodes 24 C Hudson, b Bingham Capt . Wilkinson, b Carter 3 b Lord Ii . A .C .Dar] ey,cSullivan, bRhodes 4 not out T . T . Bower, b Rhodes 8 C . W . Landon, not out 6 not out A . C . Stainer, c Carter, b Rhodes 2 c and b Lord C .W .L . Fernandes,cSharpe,bRhodes o retired Extras Extras 5 Total
179
5 4 2 o 4 14 2
Total (6 wl:ts .) • • 33
Bowling Analysis : H . W . Rhodes W. M . Carter .. F . M . Bingham . . J . Sharpe P. E . Lord
O
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R.
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W . K. Procter, c Leatham, b Firth 13 F. M . Bingham, bFirth ,, , ,,o P. E . Lord, I) Darley 4 17 A . M . Sullivan, b Wilkinson 35 H, W . Rhodes, b Wilkinson G . H . Eyre, b Wilkinson o 2 B . Hudson, b Wilkinson
\V . M . Carter,c Bower, b Wilkinson 25 II . B . Whitby, c Bower, b Darley 17 NV . G . Wilson, c Bower, b Darley 4 J . Sharpe, not out 3 Extras 4 Total ,
Bowling Analysis :— O. Rev . E . B . Firth 9 H . A . C . Darley 14 Capt . Wilkinson . , 12 Capt . Harcourt Wood . , 6
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4 30 3 2 39 5 0 27 0
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An altered order of going in
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met with success as the score at lunch was 68 for no wicket. The ground was in good order to begin with, and was improving. Mr . and Mrs . Stephenson and daughters, who arrived during lunch no doubt assisted our batting . At loo Procter was caught at extra cover for a freely hit innings, made in a little over an hour . Lord stayed till 14o, and just passed Procter ' s total. Almost everybody made runs and but for three bad cases of running out, the third hundred might have been reached . The rate of scoring was fairly rapid until towards the end, when our only freehitter was occupied in getting set . Still there was time to put the Friars in and get three wickets down for 31 runs . Next morning the wicket was better than ever, and I-Iemmingway and Schwind made a long stand . It was not till 145 that Hemmingway was caught at cover by S . Bingham off his brother. He had been lucky as he put up several just out of reach and was once badly missed at long slip . The next two wickets only added one run, but as we were hoping to make them follow, Baines hit 19 off two overs of Bingham and settled it . Carter coming on again bowled him first ball, and then Schwind was caught at point from a bumping ball at 185 . He had played a very good innings, containing a five and 10 fours and only six singles . The end was then soon reached . Wilson and Sharpe scored 9 before lunch, and steadily raised the total to 41, before the latter was run out. Procter was out at 8o, and then some wild hitting ran the score up to 152 in 35 minutes, when the innings was closed at half-past four . A slight drizzle accompanied us out into the field . Carter immediately bowled Baines, and Hcmmingway put a ball into mid-off, who dropped it . Slowly the score reached 24, and then he was lbw . Barrington and Schwind put on 76, but the latter was missed at 6, and afterwards gave two or three hot chances. He was caught before time at extra slip, Barrington being well set, and playing well . Score and analysis :—
200
THE O .Y . TOUR. O[,n PET I?RPfES. 1st Innings.
2nd Innings.
\V .K .Procter,cBaines, BCurgenven 64 P . E . Lord, c 1 .ciio~, b Cr. Schwind 65 A. M . Sullivan, b F . Schwind o B. H . Eyre, b Story 20 H . 1V . Rhodes, lbw b Wilson 20 F . M . Bingham, run out 24 W .M . Carter, c G Schwind,b Story 16 14 B . Hudson, run out 12 W . Cr . Wilson, run out J . Sharpe, c Lefrov, b Peach , 14 S . O . Bingham, not out 3 Extras 9 Total Bowling Analysis : F . H . Schwind H . G . Curgenvcn G . H . Schwind G . B . Barrington R . N . Story T. A . Wilson G . W. Peach
b G . Schwind not out
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1st Innings. G .BBarrington, c Carter, b Rhodes 22 H. G . Curgenven, run out . .I C .L .Estridge,cF .Bingham,bRhodcs 7 G .E .Hcnimingway,cS hi' Bingham 6o F. H . Schwind, c Lyre, b Rhodes 73 G. W . Peach, c and b F . Bingham o G. H . Schwind, c Eyre, b Rhodes 1 23 E . T . Baines, b Carter 1 R . N . Story, c Carter, b Rhodes T . A . Nilson, st Procter. b Carter 3 II. Lefrov, not out o Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Total Bowling Analysis : — o. M . H . W . Rhodes . . 23 10 W . 31 Carter . . 21-1 4 0 P . E . Lord .. 3 0 F . M . Bingham 7 2 0 J . Sharpe . . ..
not out not out
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b Carter
Extras
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10
11 Total (3 Wlits .) . . . . 109
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Friday was a very stuffy and depressing day, and the Burton ground was decidedly soft, and looked short of care . They had a
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very strong side, and won the toss . After three overs Rhodes strained a sinew in his left leg, and could not bowl his full speed. However he bowled the Derbyshire captain with a "swimming" full pitch, and got Lorrimer at extra cover ( for 31) . The score was doubled before E . Evershed was c and b, and Marsden was out at 72 for a moderate innings . as he put up two or three that might have been caught . F . Evershed made some big hits, and was out a little before lunch at i o . The features of the subsequent play were a brilliant one-handed catch at cover which dismissed Walker, and the stand by Eadie and Stephenson for the eighth wicket . Carter bowled very well but with little luck . The atmosphere had a serious effect on our batting, as we cut up very badly and were only saved from an ignominious total by some free hitting by Rhodes . Off seven balls he made 16 including a hit out of the ground . Following on we scored 51 for two wickets before time . Procter was caught from a half hit, and Bingham bowled by a good ball . On resuming next morning Eyre was bowled first ball, Rhodes was caught from a skyer and Sullivan just escaped a pair, half the wickets being down for 67. Carter then stayed some time, but was unluckily thrown out when nicely set . Lord fell to a one-handed catch at short slip at 90 and the game was over by 1-30 . Score and analysis : BITRTON-ON-TRENT. S. H . Evershed, b Rhodes 6 G . A . Marsden, c Procter, b Rhodes 4 o B . Lorrimer, c Sharpe, b Rhodes 9 E. Evershed, c and b Carter 11 F. Evershed, c Rhodes, b Lord . . 25 W . S . e adie, b Lord 24 G. G . Walker, c Wilson, b Carter 21
Bowling Analysis : H . W . Rhodes W. M . Carter J. Sharpe . P . E . Lord , . F . M . Bingham
H. B . Denham, h Carter ; A . Stevenson, b Carter . W . Furze, b Lord J . U . T . Powell, not out Extras
Total O. 27 28 2 7- 2 4
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NOTES AND ITEMS. On PETI :RITES.
1st Innings. W . K . Procter, c Eadie, b Walker 3 P . E . Lord,c S .l1 .Evershed,b\Valker 2 A . M . Sullivan, b Denham 0 G. 11 Ecre, b Denham Carter, b Walker W. 4 I'S . M . Hi g1tana,cl .Eve : shedb\Valker 6 H. W . Rhodes, b Denham 16 B . Hudson, c Furze, b Denham . o W . G . Wilson, c Furze, b Walker 2 J . Sharpe, not out o S . O . Bingham, c and b Walker 4 Extras 2 Total 4o Bowling Analysis : — o . 21 . R . W . H . It Denham . , 12 5 21 4 G . (I . Walker . . 1 t-1 7 17 6 A. Stevenson 1; . Evershed W . S . Eadie S . II . Evershed J. O . T . Powell .. F . Evershed B. Lorrimer A thoroughly enjoyable week ! the Fifth Form voila 1911!!
2nd Innings. c E . Evershed, b Stevenson c Walker, b Eadie it S . II . Evershed I) S . II . Etceshed run out it S . II Evershed c Lorrimer, b Powell c Walker, b Eadie not out b Eadie 1) Stevenson Extras
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NOTES AND ITEMS. B . Clarke (O .P .), Headmaster of the C .M S . High School, Calcutta, has sent us two copies of a school Magazine he has begun there . The magazine, which sparkles with Mr . Clarke's wit and spirit, can be seen on application to the editor. J . C . Snowden (O .P .), second of eleven successful competitors in a Civil Service competition for Solicitors in the Legacy and Succession Duty office. R . B . Addis (O .P .) gained Foundation Scholarship open to Second Year Students, Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper ' s Hill. J . O . Garland (O . P .), has won the Hilton Prize for Dissection at Guy's Hospital, open to Second Year Students. The Rev . C . Robertson, Mathematical Master and Chaplain at Exeter School, late scholar of S . John ' s College, Cambridge, and 22nd Wrangler 1891, has been appointed Mathematical C.
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Master and Assistant Chaplain in the place of Mr . Burton, whnn duties Were t€mporarily undertaken by Mr . Carver. V . C . S . AVortley (O .P .) was in July elected Liberal Unionist Member for Durham, Hoag hton-le-Spring Ii . H . Williams (O .P .) Hastings Exhibitioner of Queen ' s College, Oxford, must be congratulated by all Peterites on his passing the Oxford "Greats " First Class in Classical Honours . His success has been, we understand, only equalled five times previously by Old Peterites. 'I' . Romans has accepted a Sizarship for Natural Science at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, granted him for three years. A . M . Sullivan has been elected editor of this magazine, on the departure of our valued fellow-editor, R . H . Bailey. The Rev . F . O . Phillips, from r85o to 1854 1\Iathematical Master at the School, has been offered and accepted the Deanery of St . David ' s. The Rev . T . IT . Gregory, of Padbury, has been appointed to the Vicarage of Whalley, Lancashire. R . M . Nevile and A . M . Sullivan have been appointed Captain and Secretary respectively of next year ' s Cricket XI. P . E . Lord had the third batting average for the Yorkshire Gents. Rev . F . M . Hargreaves appointed conduct at Eton College. The editors beg to acknowledge Hurst John/cm, Leodiensian, Srrtlon Valence ,llaga ine, .S'ed(el hian, lllerchislonian.
Sat . Oct . 5 . 8. Tues . „ Sat . „ 12 . Sat . „ z6 . Sat . Nov . 2 . Sat . „ 9. Thurs . „ I .} . Sat . „ 16 . Sat . „ 30 . Sat . Dec . 7 . Tues . „ r o . Tues . Feb . 6 . Thurs . „ 22 .
LIST OF FIXTURES. Wakefield G .S . Old Boys . . New Leeds Olicand F .C . Leeds G .S . Durham G .S . Leeds Clergy Olicand F .C . Durham G .S . Old Almondhurians Leeds Clergy School Old Boys . . .. Yorkshire College T . H . Leonard, Esq's . Yorkshire College . .
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PETERITE. Vol, . XI I .
DECEDII3HR, 1895 .
No . 119
SCHOOL LETTER. Y the time this Number appears the term will be almost over,
B a term which has been uneventful except in the football world, where already we have had a fruitful crop of accidents, which we hope will not increase . In the first three matches only was our worthy football Secretary permitted by the relentless decree of Fate, in the shape of a sprained ankle, to render us his services, while we have to tender our sympathy to Mr . Lord for a broken collar bone in the first pick-up, to Mr. Head for a damaged knee in the same game, and later to the Rev . C. Robertson for a sprained shoulder in the match against C. Coning ' s XV . So far we have won all our matches on the fixture card, though we had a large score made against us by Giggleswick on their own ground . As some slight extenuation we may plead the long railway journey and may add also the state of the ground which was soft on the top and hard underneath, owing to a frost the night before, on which, however, Giggleswick seemed perfectly at home . En passant we may remark that against the two schools, whom of old we used to meet in the League competition and whom alone we continue to play, we piled up the respective scores of 72 and 73 points to nil. Our first fixture with Durham was unavoidably put oft', owing to illness on their part, which prevented us from going to Durham .
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However we hope that both games will ultimately be played, especially as we were unable to try conclusions at cricket. Mitchell has been elected captain of the Cambridge University Football XV ., and is assured of a place in the Yorkshire XV ., whenever he can render his services to his county ; Bailey played three quarters in the Freshers match . The subject for the School play is Shakespeare ' s " Taming of the Shrew ." Mr . Yeld of course takes the helm and with nearly all last year ' s actors left, we have no doubt that under his able guidance the play this year will increase, if possible, the reputation which he has gained for himself and for the School Theatricals . ` A'on onrnia flossnmus mines' but Mr. Yeld is evidently one of the privileged few, at any rate in the matter of the School play. A . C . Clarke who was head of the School in 1887, and has lately been ordained, has resigned his mastership at Leeds Grammar School and gone out to India ; before his departure he addressed the School in the Hall and gave us a short description of the work upon which he is about to enter . We wish him all success . We tender our best thanks to Mr . Lord, who, during his enforced absence from the football field, has energetically devoted himself to initiating the juniors in all the science of football ; his efforts have already borne fruit in greater keenness and larger pick-ups, ' and we have no doubt will bear still more in years to come .
FOOTBALL. ST_, PETER'S SCHOOL V . WAKEFIELD GRAMMAR SCIIOOL.
Played at York on October 5th . Wakefield won the toss, and elected to play with the wind . Immediately after the start, play settled in the Wakefield 25, and Joicey quickly scored far out. Yeld kicking an excellent goal . The home team quickly proved themselves far too good for their opponents, and :Miser scored, but the place kick was unsuccessful . Wakefield were then penalised for offside play, and Metcalfe kicked a goal . Wheelwright then
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got over, but lost possession . The home team still remained in the Wakefield 25, and Ford scored far out, but the point was not converted . Wheelwright was the next to score from a scrimmage on the line, Yeld converting . Wakefield then paid a short visit to the home quarters, but the home forwards came away with a rush, and Tomlinson getting possession scored behind the posts, Metcalfe converting . After some loose play, in which Wakefield played up harder, Metcalfe scored, but the point was not improved . Wakefield were then again penalised, but the kick was charged down, and shortly afterwards the whistle went for half-time with the score : St . Peter' s, } goals 4 tries (30 points) to Wakefield nil. Shortly after the restart Ford again scored, Sullivan failing at an easy position . The passing of the home backs at this point began to be rather loose and badly timed . Ford, however, quickly scored again, which was converted . Yeld was the next to get over the line, the place kick failing . The home forwards then got away with a dribble, Tomlinson scoring near the posts, the kick being successful . Sullivan was the next to score after a good run, the major point being again registered . Ford, Wheelwright, and Joicey then scored in the above order, all three tries being improved . Ford then after a strong run scored near the posts, but the shot at goal went wide . Then Sullivan scored half-way out, but the point was not converted . Wakefield, who had lost one of their men through an injury, played up most pluckily against a much stronger team and gained a footing in the York half, but the home forwards came away with a dribble and Tomlinson scored behind the posts, Metcalfe converting . Time was shortly afterwards called with the score : St . Peter' s, lo goals (i penalty), S tries (72 points) ; Wakefield nil . The home team played nine forwards to their opponent ' s eight . St . Peter' s School team Back, R . M . Nevile ; three-quarters, E . J . Joicey, A . M . Sullivan, J . W . Ford ; half-backs, J. E . Metcalfe (capt .), H . Wheelwright ; forwards, C . A . Nelson, J . P . Watson, H . R . Tomlinson, N . F . Roy, G. G . Yeld, F . P. Fau s set, L . ;Miser, H . B . Greeves, R . G. Bingham .
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ST . PETER ' S V . OLD Boys. Played on the ground of the former on Tuesday, 8th Oct . The Ohl Boys came with some men short, but were provided with substitutes from the School . Wilkinson for the Past won the toss, and the School kicked off uphill and against the wind . For a short time it seemed as if the Past forwards were going to have it all their own way, but the School soon settled down, and several tight scrums were held just inside the Past half A good kick by Partington brought relief, and Shepherd was conspicuous for a good run down the field, but was well tackled by Nevile with the ball in his possession . The School forwards then got away together and dribbled the ball out of danger . Scrimmages followed in the Old Boys ' 25, and after some good passing amongst the forwards Ford almost completed a try, the ball going into touch in goal . Shortly after the drop out the School forwards again got away, and good passing between Ford, Fausset, and Nelson enabled the latter to complete a grand try behind the posts, which Metcalfe converted . The Old Boys were still unable to get the ball away, and Ford got clean away, but was unlucky in crossing the touch line in an attempt to get behind the posts. The Old Boys then got to the School line, but the tackling of the School backs prevented them from scoring . At this point of the game the School were awarded three free kicks for the persistent off-side play of an opposing forward . This brought the School to their opponents' quarters, and Wheelwright running through their backs completed a try behind the posts, the kick again being successful . Half-time was soon afterwards called with the score :—Present, 2 goals (to points) ; Past, nil . The restart soon proved that the School had worn down their opponents, and for a long time the School were in the Past quarters . A kick by Eastwood brought relief, but the School forwards getting away from the touch line started a bout of passing, which eventually reached Sullivan, who, after running almost from the half-way scored far out . Feld kicked an excellent goal, the ball striking the upright and falling through . After the kick off the School
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had an anxious time, and the Old Boys were repeatedly within an ace of scoring, but the School forwards eventually took the ball out of danger . Ford then got possession, and after a strong run down the touch line scored behind the posts, Metcalfe kicking a goal . Shepherd then got away from a scrimmage and ran some distance, but his pass was too late, and the Past lost an excellent chance of scoring . The School had their work cut out to repel the repeated efforts of the Old Boys, whose passing was very erratic . The ball was gradually worked back, and Metcalfe obtaining the ball scored about half-way out, Joicey making a good attempt at goal, the ball just going outside . The School still remained in their opponents' citadel, and Joicey, after a dodgy run, scored in a fair position, but the point was not improved . The Old Boys then came away to the School quarters, but could not penetrate the defence, the tackling of Sullivan being especially noticeable . After another try by Joicey, no side was called, with the score :—Present, 4 goals, 3 tries (29 points) ; Past, nil . The Present team was as follows :—R . M . Nevile, back ; E . J . Joicey, A . M . Sullivan, and J . W . Ford, 4-backs ; J . E. Metcalfe (captain) and II . Wheelwright, z-backs ; C . A . Nelson, J . P . Watson, H . R . Tomlinson, N . F . Roy, G . G . Ycld, F . P. Faueset, L . Moiser, H . B . Greeves, and R G . Bngham, forwards. Si . PETER ' S V . NE\V LEEDS. Played on the School ground, on Oct . 12 . The visitors elected to play against the wind, which was rather strong . Nelson kicked off, and the ball rolled into touch near the " 25 " flag. The visitors gradually forced our men back to the centre, but here Wheelwright got the ball and reached the " 25 " line before being tackled ; he lost the ball, and an appeal was made for a "knockon, " but was not allowed, and Ford, who had followed closely, kicked over the line and scored . No goal resulted . Directly after the kick-out, a smart piece of play between Wheelwright, Metcalfe, Sullivan, and Ford ended in the last named again scoring, this time between the posts . Metcalfe converted . 8 points
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were thus scored in the first to minutes . The rest of the first half of the game was not at all one-sided . The visitors attacked on two separate occasions, and once Nevile was obliged to save by kicking the ball dead . Yeld ' s kick-out bounced into touch well within the visitors ' half. This brought half-time. Leeds now had the advantage of the wind, which had not abated, and their kick-off landed the ball in touch near our " 25 " flag . The rest of the game consisted almost entirely of scrimmages. For fully 20 minutes the visitors pressed, but our forwards invariably got possession of the ball, and thus prevented their opponents from passing out to their backs . At last, by means of two or three short rushes, the visitors were driven to the centre, but Pingston (i-) here picked up, and, after a strong run, scored between the posts . The kick at goal was successful . After this the game was more open, and also more even, but neither side scored again, and when time was called, the visitors were being hard pressed . Score :—School, 1 goal, t try (8 points) ; New Leeds, i goal (5 points). Remarks on the Game .—The School forwards were a little stronger than their opponents ' , and more skilful in getting possession of the ball . The tackling on both sides was good . The visitors had rather the best of matters in the second half of the game, and had they been able to make more use of their backs, the result would probably have been different . Every man in the School team played well. SCHOOL TEAM :—Back, R . M . Nevile ; 4-Backs, J . W . Ford, A . M . Sullivan, E . J . joicey ; 2-Backs, J . E . Metcalfe, I1. Wheelwright ; Forwards, C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, J . P. Watson, N . F . Roy, F . P . Fausset, G . Yeld, L . Moiser, R . G. Bingham, Rev . C . Robertson. ST . PETER ' S V . OLICAND F .C.
Played on our ground October z6th . At 3-30, Watson kicked off for us with the wind, and the ball being well returned play ranged for some time in the School territory . The School forwards
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however worked their way back, and Metcalfe gained ground by a nice run . Scrimmages took place for some time in front of the visitors' posts, the school forwards peeling out rather slowly ; at length, however, Metcalfe dodged through, and scored behind the posts, Yeld converting . Even play followed, and the game had settled down towards our opponents' twenty-five, when from a free kick to the school Yeld landed a beautiful goal . similar penalty for offside play given to Olicand was taken by Bell, who followed Meld ' s example, and kicked a goal . Watson recommenced, and the ball being returned, Nevile landed into touch well up the field ; soon after, half-time was called with the score : The School 2 goals, 8 points ; Olicand F . C . I goal, 3 points. \Vest kicked off for Olicand, and Wheelwright neatly returned. The school forwards were playing at a great pace, and in several scrimmages fairly ran their opponents off their feet ; soon a scrimmage was formed in the visitors ' quarters, and Sullivan, after a strong run, passed to Mr . Head, who forced his way over the line —a well earned try . Metcalfe converted, the ball hitting the post and going over . Sleet was falling, aed passing was thereby at a discount, scrimmages being the most prominent of the game at this point . \Vest made a good run, but was collared by Nevile. The school then pressed and at length the ball was got out to Ford, who ran strongly and was over the line before ` held would be called . No goal resulted . Soon after the drop out Joicey made a corkscrew run, but was collared by the full-back . Play now settled in mid-field, and time was soon after called, leaving us victors by 3 goals, I try (i 6 points), to Olicand F . C ., r goal (3 points .) School team : 1 . E . Metcalfe (capt .), J . P . Watson, H . R. Tomlinson, A . M . Sullivan, R . N . Nevile, H Wheelwright, N . F. Roy, J . R . Ford, E . J . Joicey, G . Yeld, F . P . Fausset, R . G. Bingham, L . Moiser, and Messrs . Head and Robertson. ST PETER ' S V . GIGGLESWICK.
Played at Giggleswick on Tuesday, October z 9 th . We went w ithout Nelson our best forward, but this loss was more than
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counterbalanced by the absence of their captain, Rolf, and also their best three-quarter . The ground, owing to an over-night frost was hard and greasy in places, which seemed to interfere with us more than them . Opinions before the game were in favour of a close match and little scoring ; yet Giggleswick won by 5 goals and
4
tries to nothing—37 points . This is the
severest defeat we have received from them, and it is the third. Of course there are odds against us in this match always, especially when played away, but the defeat ought not to have been so heavy . They scored
2
goals and a try in the first half : thus 3
goals and 3 tries were added after change . Their first try was a good piece of work, well earned after a lot of good tackling . The second might have been stopped by a little more energetic marking of the opposing- three-quarters, and the third was a very " soft " one. A hard kick along the ground by one of our forwards or half-backs bounded high off a Giggleswick behind, who, following it up scored easily . In the second half of the game our pack went to pieces badly and were pushed about the field . The backs were constantly saving and tries were scored rapidly . The chief credit of the victory lies with the home forwards, who were an exceedingly smart lot . They were always in possession of the ball from the moment it was put into the scrum, and made splendid use of it . They were equally good at heeling out or screwing, and our eight never had "a look-in . " It should be explained that Feld was brought out to strengthen the three-quarter line, when the game was about ten minutes old. Tomlinson was far away the best of our forwards and worked unceasingly from start to finish ; which is more than can be said for some of the pack . Roy and the two Moisers also played hard, but all were slow in getting into and out of the scrum . Behind Metcalfe and Wheelwright occasionally broke away in the first half ; and both (lid a lot of saving work . In Hacking, Giggleswick have an excellent half ; big, a fair amount of pace, and a sound knowledge of the game, he was always dangerous. Their three-quarters did not play a very great combined game,
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but Hardie and Ramsbotham made some good runs, the latter especially in the second half. Joicey was the best of ours and did some neat work, though not having much to do . Sullivan seemed scarcely up to form, but got in a kick now and then and tackled well . Ford was very slow at starting and kicking, and Yeld does not shine at a defensive game . Nevile did fairly well both at tackling and kicking and saved several tries just at the last minute . To sum up, there did not appear to be much difference in the weight of the two teams, but Giggleswick were far and away the faster of the two, and the whole of our team seemed slow in comparison, Nkhether in running, kicking, dribbling or shoving. SCHOOL TEAM :—Back, R . M . Nevile ; i -Backs, E . J . Joicey, A. M . Sullivan, G . Yeld, J . W . Ford ; 2-Backs, J . E . Metcalfe, H . Wheelwright Forwards, J . P . Watson, H . R . Tomlinson, N. F . Roy, F. P. Fausset, R . G . Bingham, L . Moiser, H . B . Greeves, B. Moiser . ST . PETER ' S V . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Played on Saturday, November znd, on a dull, cold day, on the Leeds ground . The game was very one-sided, the final verdict being a little more than a point a minute . The ball was kicked off at 3-15 by Leeds, who had their backs to the pavilion with a breeze blowing diagonally in their favour. Only three minutes had elapsed when Wheelwright ran in, but Yeld failed to convert. Metcalfe followed suit, but it needed a try from Sullivan before the first goal was kicked by Yeld . A smart follow up by Nevile enabled Tomlinson to cross the line and the skipper improved the occasion . Soon after, Ford looked dangerous, but was brought down by the Leeds full-back--Richardson—who throughout, playing a capital game . Joicey almost immediately added to the score, and Metcalfe again converted . Ford was not to be denied and went through a whole company and Joicey put the ball over the bar . Wheelwright and Metcalfe, as before, ran in successively, and Yeld supplied the needful on each occasion . Newstead, who
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is worthy of mention for his play, looked dangerous, but Sullivan checked him, and this enabled Wheelwright to obtain possession and run through the lot . Metcalfe converted . Sullivan was again called on to tackle Newstead and the whistle went for halftime, the score standing at 41 points in 35 minutes. The game re-opened with a rattling piece of passing, and Wheelwright and Yeld scored the necessary five . Metcalfe and Joicey followed, and then Yeld put in a really fine kick after a successful attack by Fausset, though the former failed just afterwards at a very hard opportunity provided by Wheelwright . Some time then passed without an addition, but Ford then got home, though Yeld was unable to increase the attempt . Ford scored again from a fine piece of passing, but Metcalfe followed Yeld's lead . A try and accompanying failure by Joicey prefaced a good pass from Metcalfe to Sullivan and Yeld added the last two notches, and the score stood at 73 points in 70 minutes . It is impossible to individualize merit in the St . Peter ' s team in the face of such a big total, but Newstead, Richardson, and North were the pick of the Leeds contingent. ST . PETER'S V . G . A. CONING ' S XV.
Played on Nov . 4th, on our ground . The scratch team scored first by Galloway, Coning converting . A penalty goal soon after brought their score to 8 points . The School then pressed, and good following up by Tomlinson resulted in Wheelwright scoring . Yeld converted . Half-time score :—Coning ' s XV., z goals (1 penalty), to St . Peter ' s, 1 goal. The second half was not many minutes old, when good passing between Wheelwright, Sullivan, and Metcalfe gave the latter a try which was not improved . For a long time the School kept their opponents out but at length Bell scored, and was followed by Thew and Stratton, two of which G . A . Coning converted . Ford then scored for the School, Yeld kicked a goal . Final score :— G . A . Coning ' s XV ., 4 goals (1 penalty), i try (21 points) ; St . Peter' s, 2 goals, 1 try (13 points) .
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The School were unfortunate in being without Watson, and in Mr . Robertson being injured early on. G . A . CONING ' S 1V .—H . Bunting, Full-back ; H . D . Lister, H S. Galloway, G . S . Jackson, ; H . S . Bell, G . B . Stratton, 4 ; B . G. Bryant, T . W . Coning, F . S . Thew, G . Humble, J . G . Joicey, J . S . 1\leikle, R . Watson, G . A . Coning, Forwards. ST . PETER ' s .—R . M . Nevile, Full-back ; A . M . Sullivan, J . W. Ford, E . J . Joicey, ; J . E . Metcalfe, H . Wheelwright, ; H . R. Tomlinson, N . F . Roy, G . Veld, F . P . Faussset, R . Bingham, L . Moiser, R . S . Russell, Messrs . Head and Robertson, .Forwards. ST . PETER ' S 2ND V . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL 2ND. Played on our ground, Nov . znd, ending in a victory for our team by 4 goals, 7 tries (41 points) to nil . The following gained tries Freer (3), Hingston (z), Greeves (2), Thompson, Coning, Cass and Bowman.
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AV in Noumea one morning . Breakfast was served at ten and consisted of i4 or 15 courses . It was the first real meal of the day, and we had to depend on it until six in the evening, when we had dinner . There were the French Officers of the garrison, the English and Scotch settlers who happened to be in town, the principal storekeepers and the skippers of the ships in port . And old mother O ' B was a rattling good caterer . She could not speak a word of French, but her pretty daughter could talk it as fast as you like, and the Frenchmen fluttered round the violet eyed Irish girl like bees round a honey pot . It made good business for the house, except when it got late at night and they quarrelled about her and smashed the lamp shades. Auguste, a French West Indian, who was the principal waiter, whispered in my ear, "Monsieur, somebody from the Agents wants to see you . " So leaving my French beans and gravy, I adjourned to the Bar, where a clerk from Messrs . -- & -- was imbibing
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something refreshing, who said, "Skipper, they want you to go down and take charge of the Caroline cutter ; you know her; she is just discharged, and the master is awfully bad in delirium tremens. He has driven all his crew overboard and he wont let anybody come on board . You know him personally, and the Agents think you might tackle him and get him ashore and into hospital, and take charge of the boat for the time being ." This was rather a poser . I knew poor old Jack well, and that was sufficient to make the acceptance of such a proposal very risky . Jack was a thick-set chap of about forty, a capital navigator and a smart seaman, but a demon to meet when he was drunk. Then what would he be in D . T . ? I said, " All right, I'll come down to the office after breakfast . " Breakfast over I went down to the beach and presently my good old mate came ashore and sculled me on board my ship in the dinghy . I told John the story . "Do you think we can manage it, John ?" " Well, Skipper, you and I have managed a good many things, and I think we might be good enough to shanghai old jack ; but it will have to be done carefully . " We adjourned into the cabin of the rvoodpigeoia to talk things over, and finally arranged a plan which we thought would answer . In the first place I jumped into the dinghy and sculled alongside the Caroline . As I closed with her I could see the old Skipper squatting on the deck with his pipe in his mouth . " Hallo, Jack, " I hailed, "How are you sagaciating ?" For reply I had a volley of expletives that would have honoured an East Indian Coolie Driver, or a Portuguese Quartermaster . When he had finished, I said, " Why Jack, don ' t you know me ? Don't you remember the big spree we had in the Waitemata Hotel last time we met in Auckland ?" His face changed and he leaned over the bulwarks and said, "I do, but IT shoot any man who comes aboard this ship, and I don ' t care who he is . " This with an endless lot of expletives . " Very well, Jack, I'll sit in the boat, and I hove him the painter, which he mechanically made fast to a belaying pin . " Jack, " I said, " I'm deucid dry ; can ' t you get me a drink ?" " Drink, my lad, lashings
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of it down below ; come aboard and have a long sleeved one ." This was what I wanted . I dropped my handkerchief in the boat as a signal and shinned on board, knowing that old John and another hand would be alongside with the whaleboat in two minutes . We went down below . The condition of the cabin was simply awful . A case of Geneva was open on the flooring boards, empty square bottles were knocking about and there was no sign of food . Old Jack - took a fresh bottle out of the case and said, " How do you drink it John, with sugar or neat ?" (I forgot to tell you that my nickname amongst the South Sea Skippers was " John Runyan, " from a fancied resemblance that I bore to the portraits of that virtuous tinker .) I had no particular preference, for it seemed to me that a dose, however mixed, being trade liquor, was equally fatal, but I said I would have it with sugar . lie produced a basin of loaf sugar, poured me out nearly a tumbler of raw spirit and ditto for himself, and forthwith began to suck the gin through lumps of sugar . I made believe to do the same, but imbibed very little . In the meantime he gradually became bellicose and wanted to fight me . Then he embraced me. Finally he said I was the Fiend himself, and by the time he had gulped his tumbler of poison he fell back on the locker in something very like a fit of apoplexy . I put my head out of the companion hatch and signalled John . We made the poor fellow' s hands and feet fast, carried him up, lowered him into the whaleboat and took him ashore, and finally to the Military Hospital, where they kept him and dosed him until he became sane . But the sequel is where the fun comes in. I shoved a hand on board the Car,line as ship-keeper, and thought no more about it ; but a few days after, another message came from the Agents to the effect that the French Government had taken a fancy to the boat and thought of buying her for a pilot cutter if they could come to terms with the owners . Would I take my crew on board, sail her up to the Government Dockyards, take on board a party of Captains of the French Warships lying in the port, and let them see Miss Caroline ' s performances . No-
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thing suited me and mine better . We knew the boat . We knew her in New Zealand when she was a illaori trader . She had lovely lines . She was built by one of the best men in Auckland, but she was built cheap and for natives . Her sticks were perfect, but she was a trifle oversparred, and as for her fastenings—well, the least said the better . Her timbers were good, but, to use a Colonial expression, she was put together with shingle nails . However, we washed her down, gave her a lick of paint, and three days after the order she was hove to off the Government yard waiting for the arranged party . We had three of these warriors, who came alongside in the cutter of a frigate that had just brought out a consignment of convicts . I forget her name . Her commander and the commanders of a steam gunboat and a sailing schooner made tip the party . They came in all their war paint and each accompanied by his coxswain . No sooner on board than we dropped the cutter and let the little Caroline have her head . You must remember that all this sailing was to be done inside the Great Barrier Reef of New Caledonia, which gives plenty of scope for sailing and with no sea . The South East Trades thunder on the reef but make no impression inside, where it is a lagoon merely ruffled by the breeze, except in the case of a toi nado . Well, we sailed away in great glee and glory . It was a soldier's wind, and we put her about and hove her to, and tried all the tricks known to a fore and aft sailor to show off our little hooker. The French guffy officers were awfully pleased with her. At last I said, John, she's vtell ballasted . Let ' s shew ' em what she All can really right, stand . " Skipper, " said old John, with a wink, Pile it on, Sir ." It was afternoon, and the trade-wind was freshening . "Get out that gaff topsail ." Soon the great spread of canvas was aloft and telling on the angle of the keel. Already the Caroline was heeling over with her scuppers awash But when she felt the topsail sheeted home she laid over until her lee rail was under water. Lord ! how she flew . The foam made cascades over her bows, and it was all I could do with another hand to keep the tiller aweather . And still it breezed up, and she
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went over until—if we had not been assured of her ballasting—we should not have been justified in carrying on as we did . I saw His Napoleonic 1\Iajesty's skippers whispering together, and if my French education at St . Peter's School had been worth a cent I might have known what they were talking about, but, presently, up came the senior coxswain, who could speak English, and said " Are you aware, sir, that you are risking the lives of three captains of the French Navy ?" "W 'y ell," I said, " If I am, I am risking my own as well, but, if they wish, I will reduce sail ." " They have seen sufficient" was the reply, so down came the flapping gaff topsail, round went 1\Iiss Caroline, and in a very short time we were once more off the dockyard landing . Each French Officer came forward and complimented me as a sailing master, and I dined with them at the Hotel that night . The Government bought the Caroline, and immediately put her on the slip . They took out the beautiful Kauri pine stick and bowsprit, put in some wretched stumps which they had in the dockyard, and proceeded to fasten hr r fore and aft until she was as rigid as a new corpse. Soon after she was launched the harbour master came to me and said that they were all disappointed with the performances of the Caroline. She was not the boat they thought she was ; and it was not until I had explained that a vessel ' s spars and canvas and hull were an entire scheme and could not be divorced, that, I think, the good man understood that the dockyard people had spoiled the sailing powers of a little sea witch . Poor old John was awfully amused, and was nearly- "run in" that night by the French sentries because, having got a skin full of whisky, he would persist in singing " Rule Britannia " at the gates of Government House, in spite of their curfew rules and the expostulations of the " ouioui " patrol . T.B .W .
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ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL EVERGREENS — JAMES.
S . PETER'S SCHOOL EVERGREENS-JAMES. Ile was horn many years ago—age doubtful, in La Belle Sauvage Yard, of Cassell & Co . fame, London . After a varied experience as errand boy, flunkey, etc ., he entered upon political life in the Foreign Office . On his duties here James always looks back with pride, and many are the stories which can be extracted from the wily J . P . on his experience here . TIe left this or was shot out, and departed to find his true calling as school-porter, but ere he reached this laborious post, he climbed o ' er many stepping stones. First he was at Cheltenham ; then he made beds at Eton, but the toffish manners of the latter gentlemen did not suit our friend, so he went to Malvern ; what he did here we don't know . Thence he went on to Charterhouse, and here he served under that most beloved friend of S . Peter's, Canon Elwyn, and thence he came on to York with Canon Elwyn, and has been school-porter here ever since, now thirty years ago . It is the fact of the completion of these thirty `ears that has led us to describe him. Nor is this the only event on which we congratulate James this Christmas ; for it is his pearl wedding . Thirty years ago James and Mrs . Parker were married . On the occasion of their silver wedding five years ago the school presented the said happy couple with a purse of gold, which as James expressed it, would enable him to buy " a noo watch . " James is of a charitable turn of mind, and, as was duly recorded in the Evening Press, on Lifeboat Saturday, collected for that institution the sum of [ ; 1 os . But James is modest, and the only time that the Jacobean features light up with pride, is when he recalls the names of famous O . Ps who have been in lock-up under him . The result is that nothing more can be got out of him, so we leave the rest to be said when James celebrates his golden wedding .
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CORRESPONDENCE. A PETERITE IN NEW ZEALAND. The following extract from a letter of a Peterite of the present generation who is prospecting for gold on the Karangahake Ranges on the Coromandel Peninsula, may interest some of the chaps who have notions of emigrating : " Aug . 29, 1895 . I am writing this in my bunk whilst my mate is playing the violin which he plays very well . It is only 7-30 p .m .. but we generally turn in pretty early as a day ' s outing in the supplejacks makes a chap ready for his blanks . To give you some idea of what I am doing, I will describe a day's work . We turn out about 7-30 a .m ., cook breakfast and start off into the forest about 8-30, one of us carrying a pickaxe and shovel, the other a slash-hook and a bag containing a pestle and mortar and prospecting dish, and our lunch in our pockets . We travel along until we come to a gully up which we push, looking out for the outcrop of a quartz-reef. If we find one we cut a trench across it to lay it open and then we pound up some of the quartz and wash it in the dish to see if there is gold in it or not . It is a very exciting game because you never know when you may drop across a very rich patch of gold . We sometimes take my gun with us and shoot a few pigeons to take home for tea . We generally manage to make home again by 4 p .m ., so you see our hours are not very long . We came across a sad sight the day before yesterday when we were out pegging out a " claim " for ourselves called the " homeward Bound . " Whilst going up a very deep gully, about 8 miles inside the bush we found, in fact almost fell over, the skeleton of a man . How long it had been lying there I don ' t know, but be had evidently been a prospector, as lying beside him were a pickaxe and a dish . We took the local police to the spot yesterday, but no one seems to know anything about any missing man .
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There are any amount of wild cattle and pigs in the bush . The wild boars are no joke and could rip a chap up easily with their great curled tusks . The other day we were rushed by a wild bull and the way we each shinned up a tree would have made you laugh . You should have seen the way he stood below us pawing up the earth and bellowing . We were " bailed up " by him for over half-an-hour before he cleared out . " [" Supplejacks " are wild vines which sometimes render the bush impenetrable by climbing in all directions from tree to tree .—ED .
NOTES AND ITEMS. W . Basil Worsforld (O .P .), has written a volume containing a short history of S . Africa, and a full account of its present position and extraordinary capacities ; there are chapters on the diamond and gold mines and the Chartered Company. Title—" South Africa, its history and its future . " Crown 8vo ., 6s . Methuen & Co. Capt . T . L . Chadwick has retired from Halifax Artillery Volunteers. The following O .P ' s . among others are in the volunteers :— A . Thorney, Hull ; J . E . Stephenson, London Irish ; M . F. Chadwick, Huddersfield ; Col . Freeman, Huddersfield ; M. E. Donner, Scarboro ' ; G . H . Rowe, Leeds ; C . H . Chadwick, Inns of Court. R . H . Bailey (O .P .) played in the Cambridge Freshmen ' s match this term. R . Garwood (O .P .) has been rowing in one of the Oxford University Trial Eights. Lieut .-Col . H . P . Ditmas (O .P .) has been gazetted to the command of the Durham Artillery Militia . Colonel Ditmas has held every position in the regiment. The following O .P ' s . are prominent in the football world : F. Mitchell, captain of Cambridge University XV. E . Gray is playing half-back for Queen ' s College, Cambridge, Rugby XV .
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'F . Romans has got his colours in the Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Rugby XV. R . H . Bailey is playing three-quarter back for S . Catherine ' s College, Cambridge, XV ., in which, of course, is E . W. Clarke. \V . S . Gofton plays for Hull Athletic Club, full-back. B. Hudson for the Yorkshire College, three-quarter back. C. J . N . Carter for Ealing, three-quarter back. F . R . Brandt, Captain (three-quarter back) of Royal Veterinary College. S O . Bingham and F . M . Bingham for St . Thomas ' Hospital. J . O . Garland, three-quarter back for Guy's Hospital. C . H . Chadwick (O .P .) wishes us to suggest that names of the School XI's . and XV ' s . should be published for correction before putting them on shields in the gymnasium . He has furnished us kith the following lists of the 1873 and t 87 .} XI's . : 1873. 18 ;4. A . H . Griffith (Capt .) F. M . Hargreaves (Capt .) A . Gray (Sec .) G. F. Chadwick. P . Pahnes. W . Marshall. F. M . Hargreaves. W . F. Chadwick. \v . }h . Ra.son. W . J . Clarke. C . S . Gi bbons. G. L. Davies. A . Hodgson.
A . Hodgson. \V. Dowson. N. Marshall. it . M . Ainslie. 1 . M . Daniel. W . R . Rayson. G . L . Davis. L . II . Greeuhow. P . H . Pease . Played 18, won to, lost 6, drawn 2.
F. P . Fausset has been elected to a [ 3o Classical Scholarship at Peter house, Cambridge. G. W. Lane (O .P .) appointed Assistant Superintendent of Police, Kistna District ; also promoted to be Assistant Superintendent +th Grade, permanent .