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PETERITE. Vol . AIII .
FEBRUARY, 1896 .
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ST . PETER'S SCHOOL PLAY. THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. A numerous company assembled in the School Hall on both nights (December 16th & 18th), to witness the annual representation of the school play . The play chosen for this year was "The Taming of the Shrew, " which was last played in 1887 . The " Children ' s night, " or full dress rehearsal, took place on December 1+th, on which occasion the hall was crowded, amongst the audience being the Hon . Mrs . Maclagan and a party from Bishopthorpe, the Bishop of Beverley, Mrs . and the Misses C'rosthooaite . The play was capitally performed . All the boys seemed to enjoy the acting and to understand their parts . Freer deserves praise as Biondello . He had infinitely more idea of what to do with himself when not actually speaking than most of the others . His b_ye-play was distinctly good . Special commendation ni :st be given to Bayly as the Widow, and Tomlinson as Grumio. The latter's delivery of the description of the marriage ceremony of Petruchio and Katharina was excellent . Yeld also achieved distinction as Petruchio . He knew his lines perfectly, and delivered them with spirit and vivacity . The difficult part of the Shrew was taken by Leaf, and he did it well . His expression of sulkiness was good, and throughout he played his hard role very creditably . He caused much amusement by his illtreatment of Bianca . Russell again acted a comic part as Grumio . He was
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best in the scene where Petruchio returns home . Sullivan as Lucentio increased his reputation, while Hingston as Tranio deserves commendatory notice . Roy ii ., as Bianca, and Cass as Curtis, both made up very well . Williams as Baptista, Roy i ., as Vincentio, and Greeves as Hortensio, fulfilled their respective rules capitally . The representation taken altogether was up to the high level attained at St . Peter ' s . No new scenery was required, but Captain Lindberg kindly touched up some of the old pieces, and the choice collections of flowers and plants with which the proscenium was decked were sent by Dr . Iingston . The full cast of characters is appended :—Baptista, a rich gentleman of Padua, T . F . Williams ; Vincentio, an old gentleman of Pisa . N . F . Roy Lucentio, son to Vincentio, in love with Bianca, A . M . Sullivan Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, a suitor to Katharina, G . G . A Ve ld ; Gremio, Hortensio, suitors to Bianca, H . R . Tomlinson, H . B . Greeves ; Tranio, Biondello, servants to Lucentio, E . M . Hingston, E . L . Freer ; Grumio, servant to Petruchio, R . F . Russell ; Officer, R . G . Bingham ; Pedant, L . 11 . Moiser Tailor, P . H . Veld ; Haberdasher, M . Scott ; Baptista ' s servant, H . S . Haworth ; Nathaniel, Philip, Joseph, the cook, Nicholas, Peter, Gregory, Petruchio ' s serving-men, J . M . Draper, H . A . Bavly, J . Thompson, N . D . Middlemiss, H . P . Coning, W . Thompson Katharina, the Shrew, I3ianca, daughters to Baptista, F . M . Leaf, D . AV . Roy ; Widow, A . E . Bayly ; Curtis, C . P . Cass. After the fall of the curtain Petruchio spoke the following :— EPILOGUE. Greeting to all who once again have come our Play to hear, And suffer us in words awhile " revel and domineer " Though ere we talk of victories, with reverence he those named, Whom during the past year from us the hand of death has claimed. If there was ever man who knew our Shakespeare's dramas well, Who loved him with a constancy no weight of years could quell, 'Twas he (e) whose generous support so often came to cheer ; We offer to his memory—'tis all we can—a tear. Upon the grave of one we lov'd (z) looks down the tropic sun Noble in nature as in name his soldier's rest is won, Who die in battle gain their meed—and «ell ' tis earned—of praise; But what of them whom one and lost the cruel fever slays ?
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Lone— for their country bids it—lost—for the fearsome clime Cuts off the eager in their youth, the stalwart in their prime, They are the souls before whose pride detraction ' s lips are dumb ; They are—our friend was--of the men make England's fame to come. Another soldier (3) too we mourn, of whom all men spoke well ; Though on the field of sport, not 'mid the roar of fight, he fell : Yet in our inmost hearts we feel how brilliant would have been The future of such loyal love, such fire, and courage keen ! In Church we have our Bishop (4), a man of varied gifts, Such as he should be who to-day the Church's flag uplifts, "Trained intellect, tongue eloquent, are his, and vision clear, And the strong frame and steadfast step that mark the mountaineer. In Parliament we've members twain (5) ; in law we ' re to the fore, With Chapman (6), Deane (7), and Snowden (8), as well as other more. Over the Sheffield School Board Coombe (9) with success presides, A task requiring ready wit, wise words, and tact besides ; While in the Kistna district vet blacker and more black Dacoitv's prospects grow and grow with Lane (1o) upon the track. In Medicine 1 . O . Garland (II) is on the way to fame ; In Engineering Addis (iz) has already gained a name. At Oxford thanks to Williams (13) the old School ' s name stands higher; For he ' s acheived the Greatness that all Oxford men desire. 1'o Bailey (1¢) and '1' . Romans (15) at Cambridge we cry "good, " And Leaf (16) continues to ascend, as we all thought he would. Then Fausset (17) has at Pcterhouse obtained the place of pride, And steadfast as the Fusiliers competitors defied. India has robbed us of a friend (1S) whose work was strong and true: May he succeed at Bangalore as he deserves to do ; And may he (1g) who comes after him—whom heartily we greet— Find out of school all pleasant things, and in school "all things neat ." We grieve to part with Mr . Head, and sore will he our need, When at the races on the bank we miss him and his steed. For the hard work he's done for us, our hearty thanks are due ; May all success his footsteps bless " in fields and pastures new ." This brings me to our sports, and here our tails are not depressed, Altho' with ease the Old Boys won the boat race 'tis confessed, First frosts, then floods to practice caused grievous intermission, While our opponents other where had got into condition. And one (z1) of them—we trust that fame his energy awaits— Appeared three times at least or four in the Oxford Trial Eights. Our Cricket Team (lid much tho ' not perhaps quite all we hoped, "Though with O .Ps . at any rate successfully they coped .
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And here to wish the Peterite Tour success don ' t let's forget ; With Lord (z2)to lead, well did they speed, and will speed better yet. Our Football Team we're proud to say, some sterling games has played, Though Fortune—shrewish as she is—has sometimes proved a jade. Durham, our friendly foes, beat us at home two tries to one, While we at York defeated them i goal 3 tries to none. To enumerate all Old Boys who at football are renowned Would weary you, sweet friends, I fear ; their numbers so abound. But I must mention once again our well known double Blue, F. Mitchell (z3), and remark that he's an International too. In fact at Cambridge games he plays the Admirable Crichton With such success ; I know not where his parallel to light on. The theories of yesterday seem specious to a few, The theories of to-day to-day at any rate are new. But the theory on which this School for years and years has flourished Can prove its worth by famous names of pupils it has nourished. And that it still produces sons who still its fame maintain Is from the list we ' ve read to you indisputably plain. But there ' s a banquet toward, you know ; each actor it attends, It would be rude to look in late, and so—Adieu, Sweet Friends. 1, Dr . Rawdon ; 2, Lieut . J . E . Noble, I .O . Yorkshire Infantry 3, Captain C . W . W . Gahb, Indian Staff Corps ; 4, Right Rev. G. F . Browne, D .D ., Bishop of Stepney, and Canon of St. Paul's 5, E . H . Pickersgill, M .P . for Bethnal Green, and V . C . S . Wortley Durham, Houghton-le-Spring ; 6, A . F . Chapman, LL .D ., Christ's College, Cambridge ; 7, E . E . Deane, LL .D ., London ; 8, J . C. Snowdon, a post in the Legacy Office ; 9, J . Newton Coombe, Chairman of the Sheffield School Board ; lo, G . W . Lane, Assistant Superintendent Police, Kistna District ; i i, J . O . Garland, Hilton Prize for Dissection, Guy's Hospital ; 12, R . B . Addis, Foundation Scholarship, R .I .E .C ., Cooper's Hill ; 1 3 , II . H . Williams, First R . H . Bailey, Exhibitioner St . Catharine ' s Class Greats, Oxford ; College, Cambridge, played back in the Freshmen ' s Match 15, T . Romans, Sizar in Natural Science, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge ; r6, J . F . Leaf, Fellow and Assistant Tutor, Peterhouse, Cambridge ; 17, F . P . Fausset, First Classical Scholarship at Peterhouse, Cambridge ; 18, Rev . A . F . Burton, Headmaster of
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Bishop Cotton ' s College, Bangalore ; 19, Rev . C . Robertson, late Scholar St . John's College, Cambridge ; zo, G . H . Head, late Scholar Pembroke College, Cambridge ; 21, R . Garwood, Hastings F.xhibitioucr, Queen ' s College, Oxford ; 22, P . E . Lord 23, F . Mitchell, Caius College, Cambridge, Captain of the Cambridge Rugby Football and Cricket `beams, English International . CRITICISM. The dramatic critic's is a hard case if he can find nothing over which to wail or beat the breast . We may at once confess that this is our own position with regard to last term's performance of Shakespeare ' s Taming of the Shrew . We might, it is true, deplore the absence of the limelight and luxuries of the Lyceum ; or, on the other hand, it is open to us to inveigh against the presence of scenery at all and regret the good old days when imagination was left to rear its substantial pageant on a solitary notice board . But on the whole we prefer to do neither of these things, and to content ourselves with saying that we saw a good play well acted in fact just such an entertainment as we always expect Mr . Veld to give us, and if we cannot say that we detected any embryo Ir-ings, or budding trees in the company, still " thought is free, " and perhaps a " comonty " which is neither a Christmas gambold, nor a tumbling trick " may be " the best fooling when all is done ." Moreover for a critic who happens to be an old actor to do anything but eulogize would be the sheerest presumption . When he remembers how he enjoyed the endless rehearsals which never grew tiring though they lengthened every night : what mistakes he made himself, and how he laughed at other people ' s buffooneries with what a sense of mystery he first approached his costume and still more his wig : the admiration with which on the nights themselves he watched between the acts Mr . Veld struggling with horrific mountains and impossible inns : the apprehension with which when not acting he viewed the cornet player ' s visage slowly swell : and over and above it all the proud consciousness of knowing by heart a play of Shakespeare and being prepared for any part : when he remembers all these and many other past delights
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how shall he, now alas ! a mere spectator, presume to bite his thumb ? so that if any actor should feel that justice has not been done to him, and should find us lacking in that biting sarcasm and pungency of wit which mark the caste of Clement Scott, let him not blame us too harshly . For his excellence he has only himself to blame ; and for the rest—Et nos in Ariadth. It is usual to dismiss the " Taming of the Shrew " as a poor play, and there is just this much to be said for such a view . It is a play which should be acted and not read . It is true that Christopher Sly is worth much ; but then there is so liule of him : one would give worlds to have more ; to learn what he said when he finally awoke, and all his after discourses to Peter Turf and Henry Pimpernell, and, in particular, to old John Naps, of Greece, To descend from Wincot, with its fat ale-wife, to such a paltry subterfuge as ° C Padua," a public place is more than human flesh can bear ; and if, in a Clarendon Press Edition, and with a view to examination, after the keen delights of the induction you manage to survive the dreary unfoldings of the first act, the impossible absurdities and brain-bewildering complications of the fourth, then your sole desire will inevitably be, with Mr . Sly, for a pot of the smallest ale. Once Biondello raised your hopes with his " knowledge of a wench married in an afternoon, as she went to the garden for parsley to stuff a rabbit," but it was only to bid " adieu Sir " and the rest was all, like Metellus Celer, litlus alyue cur, soli/redo merit. But once put the play upon the stage, and all is changed ; the puppets live, the persons are what they pretend to be, what though suitors, shrews, and old gentlemen are not unknown to Plautus ; they are none the worse for that . The Shrew is at least a shrew, and if she made an amazing marriage her character at least is not obscure . And perhaps her marriage was not so amazing after all. To one that really understood her, as Petruchio did, she might not prove so intolerably curst . For the keynote to her character was her jealousy of Bianca . When once Petruchio comes, breathing and sounding battle and uttering such language of flattery as she had never heard before her shrewishness yields at once . Starvation and sleeplessness are but little needed for
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" Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendom " has tamed her long
ago . We will not say that Leaf entirely brought this out, indeed to do so might well tax the powers of the most finished actress, and possibly his temper was not sufficiently aggressive ; he sulked in corners a little too much . But nobody could mistake him for anything but a shrew, which after all was the main thing, and in some scenes, notably the home-coming one, his interpretation was excellent . Veld i . as Petruchio acted really well . To begin with, we thought his conception of the part was the right one . It is true he was not old and withered, nor slid he so very much resemble a crab, being in fact more like a codling when 'tis almost an apple. But we think Kate was only half in earnest when she made that statement, nor do we imagine Petruchio had in his time heard many lions roar . We think he was no veteran, but a young soldier with the air of the trumpet round him, and brought to Katharine by such wind as scatter young men through the world ; and this was just the idea that Yeld's acting suggested . He was just masterful enough . To have stuck his fork into Katharine ' s finger and thrown her down when carrying her off the stage, as Woodward did when acting in Garrick ' s version, would have been slicer brutality : and to have been too gentle might have spoiled the fun of the bear-fight . Moreover he was curiously letter perfect in itself, no small feat . A part such as his could not be learnt in an afternoon . The other parts were not so difficult . When Baptista (Williams) said "Was ever gentleman thus grieved as I," we believed him . He exhibited just that courteous imbecility and senile inaffectuality which was wanted . Poor Katharine ! no wonder she was curst . Gremio (Tomlinson) was excellent throughout, and especially on the first night . Few people could have caught more exactly in the marriage scene the proper tone of half shocked admiration and delight, and, in the contest with Hortensio, his " What have I choked you with an Argosy ? " was worthy of a professional . Hortensio (Greeves) had been handicapped by enforced absence from a good many rehearsals. Nevertheless he spoke his lines well and looked a gallant blade. Lucentio (Sullivan) seemed to have no ear for metre and had an
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unfortunate habit of missing ends of lines out, also he made rather a lukewarm lover, his "Tranio, I burn, I pine, I perish, Tranio, " was of the mildest description, as Katharine would have treated it with scant ceremony ; vet he wooed Bianca well, and looked his part to perfection . Grumio (Russell) and Iiondello (Freer) made first rate servants . We thought sometimes, though very rarely, that there ,vas a boisterousness which savoured of the veteran stage hand about Grumio, still he could not expect to please all tastes, and nobody could find him wanting in vigour. We liked him best in his first scene . Biondello deserves the highest praise . The sight of him was enough to make your sides ache, he thoroughly appreciated his part and acted up to it ; and if his by-play now and then took up rather more than its fair portion of the stage, yet we never had too much of him . We had some difficulty in hearing Tranio (Hingston) . The Pedant (Moiser i .) except when he spoke from the window, we never heard at all. Let him comfort himself with the thought that though others do it "with a better glace" yet he did it more natural . Vincentio (Roy i .) was very properly a most truculent old gentleman, and would never have made a Baptista . We must not forget Curtis (Cass) who deserved the applause which he received . Lastly we come to Bianca (Roy ii) and the widow Bayly . We think we never saw the ladies so well made up before . Bianca ' s appearance could not have been improved . We liked her best in the scene when her hands were tied . We hope to see the Widow act again. He had very little to do but what he did do showed the highest promise . In conclusion, the Tailor and all the " supers" were fully up to the level of the rest of a company which, on the whole, we are inclined to say reached a higher level of all round excellence than any on the St . Peter's stage before it.
SCHOOL LETTER. OMEONE has said that " reading makes a full man, conversation makes a ready man, and writing an exact man .' It is this exactness that is the ruin of writing ; if the man who said that, and I think it was Carlyle, had ever tried to write a school letter
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he would have thrown up the sponge : he would have said, "This is all very well, but I shall have to draw upon my imagination and other people ' s credulity a little, or die ." It is only his statement about writing that concerns us here, or we would make bold to say that, these being the Christmas holidays, plum-pudding rather than reading makes a full man. But putting this aside the editors will aim at exactness as much as possible . In the first place we have been able to do our readers a good turn : it is only right that when the Old Boys are doing so much for the School, the School should do something for the Old Boys ; accordingly we have reduced the annual subscription to the Magazine from 4/- to 2/6, thereby considerably filling the coffers of the O . P . Club . After apologizing for this little crow we will proceed . We congratulate the day-boys on showing more patriotism of late in subscribing to the Magazine and turn to football news. The matches away have throughout the season been a failure ; Giggleswick started the ball of defeats rolling, and Olicana Club and Durham School, both of which teams we beat at home, reversed the previous results . Leeds G . S . away we won. It is a great thing, however, to say that in home matches we have not been beaten, except in a scratch game against Coning ' s XV ., when, after Mr . Robertson and Wheelwright had been injured, we went under to the tune of 8 points : especially creditable, perhaps, was our victory over the Old Boys at the end of last term. Characters of the team and results up to date will be found elsewhere. The theatricals were a great success, and thanks are due to all 'N ho assisted in making them so, and especially to C . Grattan, an Old Peterite, who gave the actors the benefit of his experience at rehearsals. The Archbishop and Mrs . Maclagan were warmly welcomed on their appearance at the dress rehearsal, as was the Bishop of Beverley and Mrs . Crosthwaite. Altogether the " Taming of the Shrew " will be remembered as among Mr . Fold's most successful achievements. Another honour has been gained by a free scholar who attended
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the school until last midsummer ; B . Hudson has gained a scholarship of f.t o a year at Clare College, Cambridge, for natural science ; this may fairly be regarded as a triumph for our science master, Mr . Richards. We believe that Ford is the only member of the football team who is gone, and there is every reason to believe that the season will end as successfully as it began . In conclusion, we wish all Peterites Past, and Present, success on the turbulent sea of 1896.
CAMBRIDGE LETTER. 3/ETHINKS the present staff of Editors must be sadly hard up for matter when they pitch upon such a poor ignoramus to supply them with a ( 'at ridge Letter . Again, they have a peculiar way of asking one just when very little is going on to interest that large number who read the Peterite . Following the example of past writers of the Cambridge Letter, Football is to be dealt with first . The ' Varsity Team was one of the best turned out for some years . Their chief of strength lay in the forwards where Mitchell as Captain, shone as gold . We are all glad to see his name again figuring in the International Team . We managed to beat Oxford by a goal to nil, but there is little doubt that had the weather been finer, the score would have been greater . Of the Old Boys up last term most played for their respective Colleges . Clarke captained the St . Catharine ' s Team, in which also we saw Bailey at centre threeduarters, Eastwood several times played full back for St . John's, whilst among the Sidney forwards Romans was conspicuous, and in E . C . Gray, Queen's found a very capable half. On the liver this term crews are or will be very shortly training for the Lent races, which take place on February 18, 19, 20, 21. At present we notice Hancock rowing 7 in the Christ's boat, also H . S . Stephenson, and Bailey is occupying the stroke thwart in the " Kats " boat. Of last year' s ' Varsity Crew five Old Blues remain, the new men being Fernie, stroke, Weber and Pennington, so far . Hope the President will again row bow . As yet he has only accompanied
Mr . Trevor Jones as coach . It is rather early to fairly estimate our chances of victory, but it is generally thought that they are by no means poor . On 1\Ionday, January loth, the New Theatre was opened, Mr . Beerholm Tree appearing in " Hamlet" du r ing the afternoon, and in the evening " The Circus Boy " was played . The building was packed, a fact which testified how very popular the place is, as last term the want of a first class entertainment was sorely felt . In conclusion we must heartily congratulate Fausset on doing so well at Peterhouse, and Hudson likewise at Clare . We sincerely hope more will follow them.
FOOTBALL. S . PETER ' S V . OLICANA.
Played at Ilkley Nov . 16 . The return match with Olicana took place under exceptionally disagreeable conditions of wind and water . The rain had thoroughly soaked the ground, and a high wind never ceased to blow all through the game . With his usual luck Metcalfe lost the toss, and the school had to face the wind and the rain . This state of things rendered it impossible for the school backs to show their usual skill in passing and running; hence the brunt of the whole of the work devolved on the forwards. Unfortunately they took some little time to realise their responsibilities, and consequently Olicana had much the best of the game at the start . They kept the ball in the school 25 during almost the whole of the first half, in which they scored 3 minor points and a try, which was obtained by Newman after a good run . They just missed getting in a second time . The forwards of the home team were heavier than those of the school, and more than once got dangerously near the school goal line . Fortunately their efforts were frustrated by several useful kicks by Nevile and a timely run by Mr . Head . Once or twice the school took the offensive and succeeded in getting beyond the half flag ; but the forwards were rather below their form . Still it must be remembered they had much to contend against in the way of weather .
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In the second half the school team, playing with the wind, naturally fared better than before . But still they had considerable difficulty in getting away from their own 25, and never succeeded in doing so for any length of time . Once, however, they managed to get far enough for Sullivan to run in from half way ; unfortunately the wind proved too strong even for Yeld . Subsequently the Olicana backs became exceedingly active ; but a minor point was the sole result of all the efforts till just upon time when they scored a try . Towards the close of the match the school played a good defensive game ; the forwards seemed more at home and held their opponents with more success . Metcalfe and Wheelwright had to work hard throughout, and what they had to do they did well . S . PETER' S V. S
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This match was played on our ground Nov . 2 1St . The game was very much confined to the forwards, who were pretty evenly matched . Off-side play gave the school a penalty kick nearly in front, but the ball went wide . At half time nothing had been scored. In the second half the school had the advantage, but the tackling of S . John' s was safe . Nothing, however, had been scored when time was called, and the result was a pointless draw. SCHOOL TEAM :— J . E . Metcalfe, J . P . Watson, H . R . Tomlinson, A . M . Sullivan, R . M . Nevile, H . Wheelwright, N F . Roy, J . W. Ford, E . J . Joicey, G . G . Yeld, R . G . Bingham, L . H Moiser, H . B . Greeves, B . 1\Ioiser, R . F . Russell. S . PETER ' S V . DURHAM.
Played at York on Nov . 30- Durham kicked off, and Sullivan found touch in the visitors ' territory . Many scrums followed, in which we had the advantage, but for a long time the Durham forwards were the more successful in getting possession of the ball . At length, the ball rolled into touch a few yards from the visitors ' goal-line, where Wheelwright bounced it in play and (lodged over near the corner flag . The ball was greasy, and Yeld failed to convert . After the kick-out we again attacked, until
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some rather wild passing among our backs gave the visitors an opening, and they reached our " 25 ." For a time our line was in danger, but Wheelwright and Joicey saved and tackled well, and the latter eventually dribbled to the centre . The Durham halfbacks were several times penalised for off-side play, and Yeld always found touch . The half-time whistle now sounded . On restarting, our kick-off bounded into touch, and Durham were soon busy defending their line . Soon Sullivan took a pass from Metcalfe and galloped over the line . Yeld again failed at goal. After the kick-out the Durham forwards seemed to rouse themselves, and after several scrums and rushes got near our line : but again our forwards showed their superiority and shoved their opponents away in fine style . Sullivan now, by a well-judged kick, found touch near the centre . Ford then started a run, but was tripped up and lost the ball ; Sullivan, however, was at hand, and picking up, ran strongly up to the goal line, where he passed to Joicey, who dodged one or two opponents and scored . Metcalfe kicked a goal . After the kick-off Durham again attacked, and were very near scoring on two or three occasions, but Joicey and Metcalfe saved pluckily . A free kick to us brought relief, and removed play to the Durham half . Here Wheelwright broke away from a scrum, and was only stopped by the full-back . More scrums followed until just upon time, when Sullivan took a pass at full speed, and ran straight through his opponents . The kick at goal was charged down. Score :—School, i goal, 3 tries (14 points) ; Durham, nil. REMARKS .—Our forwards played a vigorous game, especially during the first half. All worked hard . Of the backs, Metcalfe and Joicey played splendidly ; Wheelwright also played very well. SCHOOL TEAM : Full Back, R . M . Nevile. ;-Backs, J . W . Ford, A . M . Sullivan, E . J . Joicey. z-Backs, J . E . Metcalfe, H . Wheelwright. Forwards, J . P . Watson, H . R . Tomlinson, N . F. Roy, F . P . Fausset, R . G . Bingham, G . Yeld, L . Moiser, H . B . Greeves, and B . Moiser .
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S . PEtER ' S V . DURHAM SCHOOL. The return match was played on December nth, at Durham . A perfect cyclo•Ie was blowing all day, and skilful passing was at a discount. Clarke kicked off against the wind . Metcalfe having won the toss, and Nevile returned into touch at our 25 flag ; scrimmages ensued from the line out, and Wheelwright gained ground by kicking into touch at half-way . The Durham forwards broke away, but Ford kicked into touch well up the field . Metcalfe started a round of passing, which was partaken of by all our backs, and Joicey after a good run kicked into touch only a few yards from their line. The Durham forwards wheeled the next scrimmage and got to midfield, but Ford dribbled the ball back, and Metcalfe following up scored a try . Yeld failed at goal, Clarke dropped out, and York soon pressed again ; the defence, however, was too good, though Joicey was within an ace of scoring . Half-time was then called, with the score S . Peter' s t try to Durham nil . Yeld kicked off, and an exchange of kicks ended in touch at mid-field ; scrimmages followed, and the ball going from Wheelwright on to Ford, the latter ran through to the full back, who collared him . Then Durham pressed, and the sleet which was a worse enemy than Durham : after repeated attempts Appleby scored but could not convert ; Yeld dropped out ; but the wind being so strong, the hail so pitiless, and the ball so slippery, it was impossible to gain relief, and the game remained in our half . Scrimmage after scrimmage followed, and at length Appleby dribbled over and scored, and the game was lost, Soon after, time was called, with the score—Durham, 2 tries (6 points) ; S . Peter's, t try (3 points). NOTES ON THE GAME.
Both sides played nine forwards, and the home lot had certainly the best of the argument all through the game, getting possession better than our lot and packing tighter . Joicey played well though he had not much to do, and would once certainly have scored had he been a trifle faster . Sullivan was safe, and Ford showed considerable improvement, getting in at least one good run. Nevile at full back was not up to form, seldom finding touch, and
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on one occasion, in an attempt to run across the field, was pulled down in front of goal . The halves were well matched, the opposing pair having slightly the best of it behind winning forwards . Of the forwards Tomlinson and Watson were the most conspicuous when the scrum had broken up, and Roy and Bingham did some good work . Durham were certainly lucky in playing with the blizzard at their backs, which sprung up towards the end of the game, and by means of which they were enabled to score the second time, the visiting backs being totally unable to face the storm . Still they were very near scoring on other occasions, and our try also contained a certain amount of luck . Clarke, for Durham, was a host in himself, and Appleby also played well. S . PETER ' S V . OLD BOYS.
This match was played on our ground Dec . 1(0 . The O . P. team had been advertised in the local paper, and, as Mitchell was to have played, a big crowd came to see the game. IIe did not, however, fulfil their expectations, having missed his train ; but, as will be seen, the team was very fairly representative . Scargill then took the place of Mitchell, and Forster of Coning. The Old Boys won the toss : Veld kicked off for the school, and Birks returned, followed up his kick, and prevented a reply by collaring Nevile with the ball : from the scrimmage Lord passed to Birks, and he to Whitby, who scored : no goal resulted . The game continued in the school quarters, and \Ir . Lord crossed the line, but lost possession ; the drop-out was well returned by Leonard into touch ; from the throw-out Wheelwright gained ground by a kick, though the school forwards were being beaten at this point . The school backs negotiated a good run, and Ford ran hard, but was brought down by Eastwood ; he passed, however, to Fausset, who was collared with the ball in his possession, and half-time was then called . Old Boys I try to Present nil . Lord recommenced, and Joicey ran and kicked well in reply ; in the ensuing scrimmages it was seen that the school forwards were warming to their work, getting the ball repeatedly ; smart passing by the school backs at length gave the ball to Ford, who scored a fine try, Metcalfe failing to convert . The game continued very
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even, the Old Boys making strenuous efforts to score, though their forwards were rather selfish with the ball . Play remained at halfway ; the ball was sent out to Sullivan, who was brought down by Eastwood, but scrambled over, Yeld converting . After the kick-off the Old Boys played up, and Whitby made a splendid run ; he passed, however, on reaching Nevile, and passed forward—a good chance lost . The school forwards changed the scene of play to their opponents ' quarters, and Joicey threaded his way over the line, Yeld again converting . Play remained for some time at the centre, and when time was called the score was—School, z goals, I try (13 points) ; Old Boys, I try (3 points). PRESENT . — BaCk, R . M . Nevile ; 1-backs, E . J . Joicey, A . M. Sullivan . \V . J . Ford ; 2-backs, J . E . Metcalfe (capt .), H . Wheelwright ; forwards, J . P . Watson, H . R . Tomlinson, N . F . Roy, G . G . Yeld, F . P . Fausset, R . G . Bingham, L . H . I oiser, B . Moiser, R . S . Russell. PAsr .—Back, A . W . Eastwood ; ;-backs, H . B . Whitby, G . V. Birks, T . H . Leonard ; -backs, P . E . Lord (capt .), C . P .Whincup ; forwards, G . Winn, E . W . Clarke, G . P . Haworth, R . H . Bailey, E . Henson, T . Forster, K . J . Roy, B . J . Scargill, B . Hudson. NOTES ON 1 HE GAME.
The O . P . forwards stuck to the ball a good deal, though their backs, when they got it, did good work ; Eastwood kicked and collared splendidly, though later in the game he sometimes allowed himself to be held through not kicking soon enough . The O . P. forwards commenced well, but tired sooner than our nine ; Clarke, Winn, Bailey, and Forster were most prominent . The school backs were in great form, though Nevile perhaps was not careful enough to kick into touch ; if distinction must be made, Joicey might be awarded the palm : the halves, Metcalfe and Wheelwright, played a grand game . The forwards played splendidly together, both in and out of the scrimmage, though a little slow, perhaps from the effects of the house supper on the previous night. S . PETER ' S V . DURHAM SCHOOL, 2ND XV.
Play ed on our ground Dec . 5th . Half-time score—Durham : try to York nil . In the second half our team scored 3 tries by Russell and Cass (z), thus winning by 9 points to 3 .
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S . PETER ' S V . H . CREER ' S TEAM. On our ground Dec . 3rd . The scratch team were far the heavier of the two, and though ( ;reeves, illoiser, and Hingston were several times near scoring, they finally won by i goal 3 tries (I .} points) to nil.
CHARACTERS OF THE FIRST XV. J . E . METCALFE, ' 93, captain ; a good defensive half, tackles and
saves very well, a poor kick and does not kick anything like enough ; on a winning side runs fairly well, but often passes poorly ; looks after the opposing half well . (9st . 61b .) C . A . NELSON, ' 9+ ; a thoroughly sound forward, equally good in
and out of the scrum and always at work ; a great loss, as he was unluckily prevented from playing after three matches. (lost . t olb .) J . P . WATSON, ' 9} ; another good forward, works hard in the pack ;
out of it is good at touch and tackles very strongly, but rather weak with his feet . (lost . blb .) H . R . TOMLINSON, '94. ; an excellent forward with plenty of pace ; follows up well and can dribble, but ought to tackle harder and lower ; always shoves hard . (lost . 81b .) A . M . SULLIVAN, ' 9} ; plays centre, and with a little more pace would
be really good ; a beautiful kick and tackler, and takes a pass and picks up very well ; sho .dd throw out harder to his wings. (lost . Ilb .) R . M . NEVILE, ' 9 :} ; has made a very useful full back, kicking long though not always into touch ; tackles and fields the ball generally well ; should get rid of the fatal habit of fly-kicking, which he has tried . (lost .) H . AVHEELW'RIGHT, ' 9+ ; combines very well with Metcalfe, but like
him seldom kicks to touch ; very tricky, but inclined to stick to the ball too long, though running well good on the defence, marking his opponent well . (9st . 21b .) N . F . Roy, ' 9 .t ; played very well at the beginning of the season, but fell off rather later ; a hard worker in the pack, and useful in the loose, though weak in tackling . (9st . 131b .)
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J . W . FORD, ' 94. ; a three-quarter with a fair amount of price, but
needed a lot of starting ; very clumsy at times with both hands and feet, but much improved at taking a pass : hands off and tackles well . (list . 4lb .) E. J . JoicEV, ' 95 ; a very light but extremely neat three-quarter ; knows the game well, and runs and kicks cleverly besides taking passes well ; ought to be good as he tackles \vel1 for his weight . (9st . 4lb .) G. G . YELD, ' 95 ; a very useful forward, especially in the loose ; has plenty of dash and dribbles and runs well ; an excellent placekick and drop ; can play three-quarters . (lost . 91b .) F. P. FAUSSET, ' 95 ; a useful forward in a loose game, though weak
in tackling, as he uses his feet and passes well ; might do more work in the scrum . (9st . iolb .) R . G . BINGHAM, '95 ; a much improving forward, always a hard
worker, using his weight well in the scrum, and shone more in the open towards the end of the term ; promises very well. ( l i s t . 81b .) L . H . MozsER, ' 95 ; a very useful forward in the tight, where he shoves hard, but short of life in the loose ; can dribble a little. (1 1st .) B . MOISER, ' 95 ; ought to make a good forward, as he has height
and weight and works hard, and is very fair in the open. (lost . i21b .) The following are the results of football matches up to date : DATE .
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Sat . Oct . 5 . Wakefield G . S . Home . Won i o gls . 8 tries—nil. ., Won 4. gls . 3 tries—nil. Tues . „ 8 . Old Boys . „ Won goal i try—i goal. Sat . „ 12 . New Leeds . Won z gls . 2 tries—I try. „ Sat. „ z6 . Olicana F . C . Tues . „ 29 . Giggleswick Schl . Away . Lost 5 goals 4. tries—nil. „ Won i 1 gls . 6 tries—nil. Sat . Nov . 2 . Leeds G . S . Leeds Clergy Schl . Home . Not played . . „ r4 . Thur
Ra . Nov . t 6 Olicana F . C Away . Lost 2 tries—nil, . Durham G . S . Home . Won i goal 3 tries—nil. Sat . „ ;o Away . Lost z tries—i try. 'I'h . Dec . 5 . Durham G . S . Sat „ ; . Old :\ lmondburian . Home . Not played. To . „ to . Leeds Clergy Schl . Away . Not played. I'h . Feb () . Yorkshire College . „ T . Leonard, Esq . ' s 1V . Home. Yorkshire College . „
JOHN'S DEATH. I have mentioned more than once the name of my dear old friend and companion Joy N . He sailed with me as mate for z or 3 years and was one of the best seamen I ever had to deal with. Nothing daunted him . I remember him shinning out to the end of the main gaff in a still breeze to clear the sheet of the gaff topsail when the little cutter was diving head into it, and I implored him to let the thing rip . But " no " said John " what ' s the good of wasting good canvass and manilla? ” Then, what a cook he was! grub was somewhat scarce and of a feeble quality in the South Seas in those (lays . Pork and poultry were then the staple, and the pork was rather a joke . I remember one little tusker that was brought on board . We bought the little demon for a few beads I think ; the natives had caught him in a net and delivered him on deck minus the net . The way that little porker cleared the decks was a caution . His tusks were no joke . He was only about the size of an Irish "Perrier but he was quite as lean and active, and his tusks —well, I have them now to show you what he could do if he liked in the way of ripping a chap ' s leg open . We were trading off the Island of Alai, (Three Hills) a great yam growing place, and were hanging on to the edge of the reef by our small kedge and a line, when this little beast began to cut his capers round the decks . I promptly sang out to the crew sanve yui pent and vaulted onto the top of the skylight . And he had it all his own way for a few minutes, until he scented some more of his own kidney in the
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pigsty forward of the windlass Then came our chance, and a lasso and the cook ' s big knife soon consigned him to the oven. They are ferocious little beats, these island pigs, some of them . But dear old John knew how to deal with the frisky little beggars when they were consigned to the pantry . Of course cooking was not in his department, but he could never rest, and he used to say " Skipper, if you don't mind 1 ' 11 just give jemmy a spell and cook our dinner ." And of course I was only too glad, and John took charge of the galley, with jemmy delighted to have such a goodnatured boss, and we should have a grand old feed—roast pork, boiled fowl, baked yams, boiled taro, baked bananas, and so on, with coffee, and scraped cocoa nut instead of cream . And when it was all over and everything washed up and stowed away, then the good fellow would come below looking as fresh as paint and say " well Skipper, I think we enjoyed ourselves pretty well considering, but there ain't much change in the grub down in these latitudes anyway is there Ft " And there wasn't . We could never get beef or mutton except in the large ports, or out of our tinned stores, and I never fancied those canned things in the tropics . 7 hey went bad almost as soon as they were opened . The only thing that never iced bad was the French Brandy ("Vieux Cognac" it was labelled) and it was so horribly bad when it was put on board that it could never by any possibility become any worse . AMater was the only thing that we could get good, but there was sometimes a difficulty even about water . I carried a couple of iron tanks in the afterhold and we had two casks on deck for present use, and as we were constantly amongst the islands from one landing to another we usually found no difficulty in filling up at any time . Island water is very good as a rule . Most of the larger islands have considerable streams flowing down from the central mountains and discharging themselves either into lagoons or livers opening seaward with small shifting bars of sand at their mouths . It used to be rather a pleasure to water at islands where the people were friendly . If we were sure of our reception we used to leave a couple of hands on board and land with the casks and fill up at our leisure, at the same time going in fora good bath and a real soap wash in the fresh water .
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But sometimes we would run short of water off a shore where our reception was uncertain, and then we had to be careful, and always sent an armed boat with a white flag . It was on one of these occasions that my good old friend met his death . It was in this wise . We were short of water near a village where 1\lartvr Gordon was murdered . I knew the people and they had always been my friends and I anticipated no trouble . Unfortunately I was not aware of a vendetta existing between them and another island, a native from which latter place formed one of my boat ' s crew The boat left us for the shore, John steering, with four hands pulling. We were standing off and on about a mile away with the rest of the hands, and saw the boat land . They got their casks filled and ere pulling off when suddenly I noticed two puffs of smoke spurt out from the bush, and at the same time a visible panic in the boat. No more shots were fired, but when the boat came alongside John could not get up the side without help . Skipper" he said "I ' m badly shot, and I don't know why the brutes did it, but I'm pumping blood out all roads ." I got him down below and then found that he had been shot clean through his right lung . The ball had gone in at his back and out at his chest and as he breathed he pumped blood and wind out of the bullet holes . Plug 'em, Skipper, plug ' em " he said . But there was nothing to be done so far as I knew except to get him into his bunk and keep him quiet . Then we up helm and ran for Noumea, but I did not think much of Noumean surgery, so after we had clone the best we could for him there we ran for New Zealand and landed him alive in Auckland . Unless the man had possessed a constitution of iron he could never have lived a week after such a wound, but John was a marvel of health and strength . He (lied of course in a few weeks, but to the last he was never so happy as when I sat by his bedside and talked over our old experiences . I believe the good brave fellow really loved me, and certainly I did love him . He was a man in a thousand, a rough-hewed old Blue-nose from Nova Scotia, possessing little knowledge, but what he did know was good and to the purpose . He was not stuffed full of the nonsense and superficial cramming of grade this and grade that of the modern Board school, but .ti
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he knew how to sail a ship, cook food and make things comfortable, and as for his heart and affections, they were as true as steel . His was the sort that you could rely on it at anytime . He would have died in front of me fighting for me, and would have gloried in it, and one of the most cherished corners in my memory will be the nook wherein is niched JOHN MACDONALD . T .B .W.
ST. PETER'S SCHOOL, AND THE ROYAL COMMISSIONER. The following, which appeared in the Yorkshire Post of November 16th, may interest our readers : ST . PETER'S COLLEGE, YORK. Upon the constitution of St . Peter ' s College, the oldest foundation in England, Mr. Laurie would lay somewhat irreverent hands. He has no specific fault to find with its teaching, except that the science equipment is poor . Indeed During the year 1893 the school obtained one scholarship and one foundation sizarship at Cambridge, while four former pupils took honours in their final degree, so that it will be noted that the school does fairly well at the Universities, though the results are not anything very exceptional. But he would prefer to see another kind of school . It is in management a distinctively Church institution, doing a special work under the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral, and it does not please him so. It receives (he points out) no aid at present from any of the technical instruction funds in York, or in the West Riding or elsewhere, nor are any County Council scholars at the school . It should be possible, however, considering the central position of York, to make the school play a useful part as one of the first grade schools in Yorkshire in the general scheme of secondary education, though doubtless this would require some alteration of the school as it now stands by the introduction of a conscience
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clause . At present it seems to be somewhat isolated from the general movement in the direction of secondary and technical instruction, which is doubtless due to its peculiar method of government . Were the school put under a reformed scheme of the Charity Commission with a representative body of governors it would play a larger part in the future secondary education of Yorkshire. This is what i\1r . Laurie, the gentleman appointed by the Royal Commission says of St . Peter's School : in comparison with the reports on other schools, it is most considerate . judging of what has been said of him, we should think that Mr . Laurie has made himself unpopular . At each school he visited he seems to have given the impression that he had to catch a train for the South in five minutes ; it must be interesting and encouraging for a Headmaster to hear, as one did, that '` the boys looked inattentive " and the masters sleepy ; that headmaster wrote and said that 1'Ir . Laurie had been in the place at most for twenty minutes . If he had not been headmaster he would evidently have given Mr . Laurie a bit of his mind . Mr . Laurie is, we understand, a " fac totem " ; he combines in himself the duties of Chemical Lecturer at London, University Extension Lecturer in Yorkshire, and Examiner for the Royal Commission on Education . For this gentleman so to wish to treat the oldest foundation in England is indeed " irreverent, " and we would point out for his correction that in the year 1893, the honours of the school were not only those that he mentions, but also Cotterill's I3alliol Scholarship at Oxford, and also the extension of Colby ' s Scholarship at King ' s College, Cambridge. Furthermore, though far from posing as bloated aristocrats, we hope that the day is far distant when our ancient institution shall be given over to the training of youths redolent of bear ' s grease, and corduroys, and when the Charity Commissioners, a body of mushroom growth to whom it was at length proved that the school was founded in the eighth century, vvi11 take the place of that august body the Dean and Chapter .
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THE O . P. CLUB. The Tenth Annual General Meeting was held at the School on Wednesday, Dec . 19 . The Rev . G . 'I' . Handford presided, and there were also present 1\Iessrs R . H . Bailey, G . V . Birks, E . \V. Clarke, A . W . Eastwood, C . H . Eyre, P . E . Lord, G II . Rowe, H . S . Scargill, J . Shepherd, C . P. AVhineup, G . Winn . After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and confirmed, Messrs . J. F . Leaf and E . W . Clayforth having retired from the committee by rotation, Mr . Leaf was re-elected, and the Rev . H. Bloomfield elected to the other position . " I ' he Sports and Dinner Committees were re-elected ; Mr . A . W . Eastwood elected Cambridge secretary in place of Mr. E . W . Clarke ; Mr . H . H . Williams was re-elected Oxford secretary. The Treasurer ' s Accounts, showing a balance of 1' 33 I zs . Old ., were passed, and the arrangement made with the Peterite Editors to pay z/- instead of 3/- towards the magazine (its price having been lowered from .}/- to 2/6) was confirmed . It was resolved that a suggestion be made to the Editors that they should present their accounts shortly before the General Meeting to be audited on behalf of the Club . A vote of . was made toward the expenses of the Old Peterite Cricket Tour. A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the meeting.
At the Committee meeting the following were elected members : Rev . C . Robertson ; Major Allan Moss ; Messrs . A . L . Bird, E . F. Carter, W . B . V . Draper, J . Estill, C . Forster, E . H . Moore, H . S. Procter, A . \V . Richards, G . J. Scott, J . Winn.
CORRESPONDENCE. Rev . R . M . Ainslie writes to say that Cricket was of old played at the school before and after the summer holidays . He says in
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an old photo of the XI . of the end of 1873 the team was as follows : W . R . Ra) son. A . M . Griffith (capt .` . I . M . Hargreaves . F . j . H . Robinson. R . M . Ainslie. \V . Marshall . G . A . Davies . N . Dowson. S . H . Greenhowe. A . Hodgson . We should be glad of lists of former XI .'s and XV .'s from Old Peterites .
NOTES AND ITEMS. The following Old Peterites were ordained on St . Thomas's Day : (Prie st) . H . ( ; . Metcalfe, B .A ., Pembroke Coll ., Camb ., by the Archbishop of York in Doncaster Parish Church. (/',*s/) . '1' . L . S Ferris, I3 .A ., L .Th ., Bishop of Hatfield Ilall, Durham, by the Bishop of Durham in his Cathedral. (Pries/.c) . J . A . Easten, B .A ., Corpus Christi Coll . and Ridley Hall, Camb ., and H . Ichet, B A ., Clare Coll ., by the Bishop of Liverpool in his Cathedral. (Deacon) . 'I' . A . Lane, St . John ' s, Camb ., and Ridley Hall, Camb ., Camb ., by the Bishop of Exeter in his Cathedral. G . 'V eld, Esq ., has been appointed Editor of the Alpine Journal. J . F . Leaf has taken his M .A . degree. Rev . E . H . ( ;reenhow, M .A ., appointed to the Perpetual Curacy of Chidlock, Dorset. Rev . F . AV . Greenhow, M .A ., appointed Hon . Sec . of S P .C .K . for the Deanery of \V'etherby. F. E . A . Colby passed the final F .R .C .S ., England. L . Barnby, son of Mr . W . Barnby, so long music master at the school, has been appointed to superintend instruction in composition organ and choral singing at the Leeds College of Music .
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R . H . Bailey won the too yards' race at S . Catherine's College in I I secs. E . Mawdesley, Town Clerk of Dewsbury, was selected in January as Town Clerk of Croydon at a salary of [ ' t,000 a year . He was formerly Deputy Town Clerk of Swansea. B. Hudson, late Free scholar at this school, has been elected to an open scholarship of [4o per annum for natural science at Clare College, Cambridge. The Bishop of Stepney, the Rev . Canon Browne, has been staying at Sandringham, and whilst there preached before the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Rev . W . O . F. Campbell's church at Bubwith was reopened after its restoration on All Saints' Day by the Archbishop of York . The Headmaster and Mrs . Ilandford were present. We understand that Mr. Campbell has raised more than half the sum required for the work. The Rev . G . H. Chilman has accepted a Curacy at Saltburn-bythe-Sea. J . F . Leaf has been appointed Junior Tutor at Peterhouse, Cambridge. F . Mitchell, in addition to being Captain of Rugby Football at Cambridge, has been elected Captain of Cricket for next season : he has also accepted the vacant post on the English Rugby Union Committee. C. W . Newton has been playing for Croydon R . F . C. Major A . Moss has been selected as second in command of 2nd Battalion Worcester Regiment, vice Major Allan. A . E . Dormer has been appointed Clerk to the Magistrates at Scarbro ' . MARRIAGES .—The
marriage took place in January, at St . Mary's, Bryanston Square, London, of H . W . Cobb, Lieut . of Duke of Wellington ' s West Riding Regiment, son of Mr . and Mrs. W . H . Cobb, of Clifton, York, and Miss Margaret Eleanor Hay, daughter of Sir James Shaw Hay, K .C .M .G . The ceremony was performed by the bride ' s uncle, the Rev. Edward Davidson, and the Rev . H . Russell, rector of St. Mary's, Wakefield.
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On July 2oth, at Whiteshill, Gloucestershire, John Lyttelton Freeman, of Leamington, and formerly master at this school, to Annette, eldest daughter of the late Christopher Oates, Esq ., of Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
BIRTH .—On Oct . 3rd, at 110, Bootham, York, the wife of A . Peters, Solicitor, of a son. Nov . 19, at Haxby, W . Meek Dyson, aged 53. Entered the School in 18 53 . We beg to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of the following : Duneln:iam, Hula, Sutton Valence Hag ., Gi gleswick Chronicle, Hurst johnian, Leodensian, Engineering College Magazine. Barroz'ian, Easibournian, Abingdonian, Sedbcrghian, Lppfngharn Magazine, Sheffield G . S Magazine, Ousel, Portcullis, Jferchtstonian Norimcensian, St. Edward's School Chronicle, Hymer' s College Magazine. OBITUARY .—On
Just a line to appeal to Old Peterites for short stories of adventures : one old Peterite at present holds the field .
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SCHOOL LETTER. 1HE football item on the programme for the school year is over,
1- and the way cleared for the next great event—boating : but before we plunge into the whirling eddies of the Ouse, let us take a last longing look at the vicissitudes of success towards the close of the past season . Previous to this term we will not go, for we have discussed these matters in our last number. The first match of the term was the Yorkshire College . Those who met us at Leeds did not inform us at once of the change of ground and we arrived on the ground with only r .t men, Mr . Lord having gone to the old ground, all unwitting of the new College ground " Unslet waa : " of the asphalt path that lay across the centre of the field : of the unshaven gentleman that wanted to play iii his stead : and one or two other joys, which will be related on enclosing a stamped envelope to the editor . We lost by three tries to a goal and a try, and went home feeling " wrathy ." Next came St . John ' s College, over whom we scored a victory by a try to nil : this, excepting that gained over a scratch team which included three or four York: F .C . men, was the only victory of the term : for the two games against Clifton both ended in draws. A football retrospect will be found in another part of the magazine. Boating :—Tomlinson is the only member of the school-boat of last year remaining, and is therefore captain of the boats . Mr. Burrell and Mr . Robertson are giving great assistance in coaching. The candidates for the school boat consist at present of Wheelwright, Greeves, Yeld, and Moiser . Of last year's house boat three are still here, Nevile, Metcalfe, and Greeves .
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The clay-boys are not so well off, as L . Moiser is the solitary survivor ; bow seems at present the weak point in the boat, but will doubtless improve . The second and third boats ought to make good races. Old Peterites have been to the fore in various quarters of the globe lately, Mr . Place, of Skelton, was a member of Jameson ' s force, and in New Zealand Rev . C . Andrews as President of the Yorkshire Society referred to his education at St . Peter ' s School, York, in terms of pardonable pride. The Debating Society has again taken the field after a rest for two years, and accounts of meetings will be found in this number. The Confirmation will be held in the School Chapel on the Wednesday in Holy week, when the Bishop of Beverley will perform the ceremony. A twice-told tale is proverbially tedious and as other news is duly recorded under other headings we will close "'opin this finds O .P . ' s well, as it leaves us ."
FOOTBALL. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . YORKSHIRE COLLEGE.
Played at Leeds on February 6th, under unfortunate circumstances . On the arrival of our team at Leeds, no-one was at the station to meet us, and it was not known that the Yorkshire College had changed their ground . The consequence was that Mr . Lord went up to the wrong ground and was prevented from playing . The rest were at length apprised of the change of venue and fourteen in number turned out on to the field. The Yorkshire College captain kicked off and the ball was returned into touch at mid-field . They soon pressed however, as the School forwards had not pulled themselves together, and Joicey getting a kick charged down let them in—a soft try. The kick at goal was a failure . Yeld, who was playing threequarters vice Mr . Lord, dropped out, and off the return Sullivan was collared with the ball . Weak tackling let Thomson run
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through under the posts, and the kick again failed . Yeld dropped out, and the school pressed for a time : the ball was sent through the hands of the backs, and Sullivan scored some way out, Yeld kicking an unmistakeable goal . Soon after half-time was called with the score :—Yorkshire College, z tries ; St . Peter's School, i goal. The commencement of the second half saw the school again pressing, and from a scrimmage the halves sent the ball to Sullivan who ran straight through and scored, putting the school two points ahead . The college forwards worked their way up to the school goal line, but Wheelwright brought relief by a kick . Their fullback however gained much ground by his kicks, and they were nearly over . A dribble took the ball back again : an exchange of kicks from marks found the ball at half way, and from the ensuing scrimmage two of our opponents' forwards dribbled to the goal line : the ball was up in the air and Nevile unfortunately took a fly-kick at it, and Thomson waltzed over the line . No goal resulted . With one point difference and five minutes to play, the school played up hard, but it was to no purpose . Time was called with the score :— Yorkshire College, 3 tries (9 points) ; St . Peter's School, t goal, try (8 points) . NOTES ON THE GAME.
The school were handicapped by being a man short . Sullivan was the pick of our team, both his tries being fine efforts . The halves played well, and the forwards, though they packed badly, worked hard . Both sides shewed rather a liking for fly-kicks, and once or twice they were rather unfortunate . The college full-back kicked splendidly. ScHool . TEAM :—R . M . Nevile, A . M . Sullivan, G . Yeld, E . J. Joicey, J . E . Metcalfe, H . Wheelwright, C . Nelson, H . R. Tomlinson, J . P . Watson, N . F . Roy, F . P. Fausset, R . G. Bingham, L . H . Moiser, B . Moiser. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . A . HUFFAM'S
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Played on our ground, February I zth . Thorpe, Dawson, Keech, and Wilson of the York F .C . assisted the scratch team . The
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game proved an easy thing for the school XV ., who won by 5 goals (r dropped), z tries to nothing . The following scored tries :-Mr. Lord (3), Sullivan (2), Bingham . H . joicey dropped a goal. SCHOOL TEAM .--R . M . Nevile, Mr . Lord, A . M . Sullivan, E . J. Joicey, J . E . Metcalfe, H . Wheelwright, C . Nelson, H . R. Tomlinsom, J . P . Watson, N . F . Roy, G . Yeld, F . P . Fausset, R . G . Bingham, L . H . Moiser, Mr . Robertson. ST. PETER' S SCHOOL V. CLIFTON.
This old fixture was renewed this year and the first match played February r5th, on our ground . Wilson kicked off for Clifton, and the school immediately pressed . Clifton halves were very off-side, and all attempts to score were frustrated . At half-time nothing had been scored . Nelson kicked off and the return kick was feeble . Mr. Lord dropped at goal twice but neither attempt was successful . A smart run by the school backs nearly brought a try but the tackling was too good . Yeld had a shot at goal from a mark, but the kick was charged . Near the end a Clifton man made a good run but Nevile brought him down . Time was called soon after with game a draw, nothing scored. SCHOOL TEAM :—R . M . Nevile, Mr. Lord, A . M . Sullivan, E . J. Jcicev, J . E . Metcalfe, H . Wheelwright, C . Nelson, H . R. Tomlinson, J . P . Watson, N . F . Roy, G . Yeld, F . P . Fausset, R . G . Bingham, L . H . Moiser, Mr . Robertson. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . ST . JOHN ' S COLLEGE.
The return match was played on our ground, February 20. The kick-off took place at 3 o'clock, the visitors not arriving till then . Metcalfe lost the toss and they elected to play up the slope. Nelson kicked off and the ball was well returned . The kicking of the St . John ' s backs was good, and the school were kept out. The school team were rather slow, though most of the half they were pressing . When half-time was called nothing had been scored . St . John ' s kicked off and the ball was returned into touch at half way ; the ensuing scrimmages were to the advantage at the school, and passing by the backs took the ball within a few yards
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of the line . The ball was sent out to Sullivan who ran over, being collared just over the line . Metcalfe failed to convert, though it was a good attempt. After the drop out the ball went to Nevile who ran and kicked, Metcalfe followed up and took the ball from the full-back, who mulled : he was however given off-side, and the ball scrimmaged in home territory. The game was then pretty even till time was called leaving the school victors by a try to nil . The team was the same as against Clifton except that Watson being un bjto play, his place was taken by Russell. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . CLIFTON.
Played on the school ground on February 22 . The visitors kicked off, and, playing with great vigour, they kept the ball in our half a long while . Eventually, Sullivan, Mr . Lord and Joicey joined in a movement which removed play to the visitors' 25. Soon, however, we were again put on the defensive, until Sullivan by a timely kick, landed the ball into touch about half-way . Then we attacked for a short time, and Joicey made an attempt to drop a goal . For the rest of the first period of the game the visitors had the advantage, but could not break through our defence. After the interval the game was fought in the visitors ' half for a long time, but we never got very near the goal line . At length, a Clifton man found an opening, and rushed to our 25 . Here a long series of fierce scrums followed . The visitors kept up a sustained and vigorous attack, and it seemed as if they must get over the line, but our tackling, though severely tried, was equal to the occasion . Once only our forwards removed play to the centre with a loose dribble, but the attack was very soon renewed . From this point to the end the visitors increased their efforts to score, but failed, and the game ended, like the first, in a pointless draw. REMARKS ON THE GAME.
The visitors played a fast game, and tackled severely. There was very little offensive play by the backs on either side . Our
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forwards more than held their own in the scrums . On the whole, our tackling was safe, had it been otherwise the visitors would have scored. TEAM :—Back, R . M . Nevile . -backs, E . J . Joicey, A . M. Sullivan, G . G . Yeld, H . Wheelwright . 1-backs, P . E . Lord, J . F . Metcalfe (Capt .) Forwards, C . Nelson, J . P . Watson, H . R . Tomlinson, N . F . Roy, F . P . Fausset . R . G . Bingham, L . AIoiser, Rev . C . Robertson. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL HOUSE V . MR . P. E . LORD ' S X\'.
Played on Thursday, Jan . z8th, and resulted in a win for the School House by i goal to i try . Ford scored an unconverted try for the scratch team in the first half, who led at the interval by 3 points to nil . In the second half Joicey scored behind the posts for the School House, and Metcalfe converted. TEAMS .—SCHOOL HousE .—Back, H . Coning . 4-backs, E . J. Joicey, A . M . Sullivan, R . M . Nevile . i-backs, J . E . Metcalfe (Capt .) and H . Wheelwright . Forwards, T . P . Watson, H . R. Tomlinson, N . F. Roy, R . G . Bingham, R . S . Russell, E . M. Hingston, E . G . Walton, H . A . Longbotham, J . Myers. SCRATCH XV .—Back, A . Wilkes . 1, -backs, J . W . Ford, W . A. Rose, W . Dale . -backs, P . E . Lord (Capt .) and C . Hood. Forwards, C . Nelson, G . G . Yeld, F . P . Fausset, L . H . Moiser, B . Moiser, R . Wood, C . Robertson, E . Teasdale, and E . T . Jones.
FOOTBALL RETROSPECT. The football season of 1895-96, has become a thing of the past and the record for all matches, 17 in number, reads : won 9, lost 5, drawn 3 . The most noticeable feature has been the failure to win " away " matches, four out of five having been lost, while out of twelve matches at home eight have proved wins, one lost, the remaining three drawn . Against Olicana, Durham, and Yorkshire College we were defeated by a try in the last few minutes,
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luck being especially against us in playing the Yorkshire College. To begin with we played the whole time with 14. men, Mr. Lord being unable to find the ground . In addition to this we allowed our opponents to score two very soft tries before the game was three minutes old, and a still softer one at the very end . Giggleswick gave us the greatest defeat of the season by scoring 37 points to nil, and though we never had a look in, had the ground being dryer the score would probably have been much less. To glance at the more cheering results, Wakefield and Leeds were beaten respectively by 72 and 73 points to nil, while the best victory was, of course,inst Durham at home by 1 .} points to nil . The Old Boys were defeated twice, which has not happened for many years, if ever it has happened before . Of the try getters Ford, who left at Christmas comes first nevertheless with 14, Sullivan 1z, Wheelwright 1o, Metcalfe 8, joicey 8, Tomlinson 5, and Nelson, Veld, Fausset, Moiser, and Mr . Head one each. Veld kicked :8 goals, including a penalty, from 33 attempts, most of them at difficult angles, Metcalfe 15 from z 1 attempts mostly in front, also including a penalty . Mr . Lord was unable to assist the team during the first term and his absence was greatly felt against clubs . The total number of points scored is 36 goals, z8 tries—26o points to
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opponents. The 2nd XV . only played three matches, winning against Durham znd and Leeds znd, while they lost the third to a strong scratch team . Russell is the best of the backs playing a sterling game against Durham . He has also acquitted himself well when playing forward for the 1st XV . and should be good next year. Greeves, Longbotham, and Myers were the best of the forwards, while Cass seems to have scoring power . Appended is a list of fixtures with results .
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home won Io 8 72 nil. Sat . Oct . 3. Wakefield G .S. home won 4. 3 29 nil. Tue . „ 8. Old Boys home won i i 8 1 0 5 Sat . „ 12. New Leeds home won 3 1 16 1 0 3 Sat . „ z6. Olicana away lost nil . Tue . „ 29. Giggleswick 5 4 37 away won 11 6 73 nil. Sat . Nov . 2. Leeds G .S. Tue . , . 5. H . Coning, Esq's . XV. home lost z 1 13 ¢ 1 21 away lost o 1 3 0 2 6 „ 16. Olicana . Sat . . . home draw nothing scored. Sat . „ 21. St. John's College . , home won 1 3 14. nil. Sat . „ 30. Durham .. . . away lost o 1 3 0 2 6 Thur .Dec . 5. Durham home won 1 o 5 nil. Thur . „ 12. E . W . Clarke ' s XV. . . home won z 1 13 0 1 3 Thur . „ 19. Old Boys . . away lost 1 1 8 0 3 9 Thur.Feb 13. Yorkshire College . . home draw nothing scored. Sat . „ 15. Clifton .. . , home won o i 3 nil. Thur . „ zo. St . John ' s College . . home draw nothing scored. Sat . „ 22 . Clifton .. Total
. . 36 28 260 1 1 13 90
THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF PHILIP STANLEY, A GENTLEMAN OF YORK. A short time ago when burrowing amongst some ancient manuscripts, I was struck with a curious old memorandum which probably referred to some unfortunate Peterite of long ago . The writing was nearly obliterated but it seemed to refer toe, Philip Stanley, described as a Gentleman of ye Hon . Society of - Gray's Inn, who, on returning from a review of ye Inns of Court Volunteers, was set upon with great violence and carried away. It appeared that the Philip Stanley referred to was a young barrister formerly of York, and of Trinity College, Cambridge, who had made himself prominent in organizing and enrolling members of the Inns of Court to form a permanent body of gentlemen volunteers, the corps having been started some years previously when the Spanish Armada threatened the country. There was every reason why there should be a strong feeling of loyalty amongst the members of Gray' s Inn, for the Queen had
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not only attended a great mask at the invitation of the worthy Benchers, but had on the occasion presented the Inn with some of the oak taken from the ships of the Armada, and moreover given to the Treasurer with her own hands, a snuff box made from the wood of the Spanish Admiral's cabin, and tradition saith that Her Most Gracious Majesty even deigned to take a pinch with the learned Treasurer himself. Anyway, whether the tradition be true or false, from that day to this, on festive occasions when the long tables, made from that Spanish Oak, groan with good cheer, that identical snuff box is handed round, followed by a loving cup of curious spiced drink from which the guests are all expected to drink " to the glorious, pious, and immortal memory of Good Queens . " The impatient reader will exclaim, all this is matter of dry history, "dry rot " I hear some irreverent youngster exclaim, and nothing to do with the disappearance of Philip Stanley, so I will proceed, nolus, volus, as Bacon says, and give the result of my researches. No one was more enthusiastically loyal than Philip Stanley, and when, in addition to being a cadet of the noble house of Derby, it is said that he was also one of the handsomest young men in London, with such a pretty power of turning verses (no doubt acquired at St . Peter' s), it is not surprising to learn that he soon gained the special approbation of the Queen, who requested her great minister, Lord Burleigh, to advance the interests of so loyal and promising a young gentleman, and this Burleigh was ready enough to do, if only to affront his nephew, Francis Bacon, whose character he evidently understood . In gaining the good will of Burleigh, Stanley unfortunately incurred the animosity of Bacon, hitherto his friend, and even in that day known as a man of great ability, but who from his weakly constitution and poor figure, had been prevented from advancing far either in the favour of the Queen, or of the fair sex generally, being unable to excel in those martial exercises that were in that age considered so necessary. Unhappily Philip Stanley had the misfortune to be a rival to Bacon in many things . He was the only man at the Inn who ventured to meet him in those encounters of wit in which the young men of
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that day indulged, in addition to which, he had won the affections of a young lady, a ward of the Ho .Ise of Cecil, to whom Bacon, in his cool and philosophical way, was paying court . Apparently not satisfied with one enemy, Stanley boldly challenged Bacon ' s friend, Sir W . Raleigh, and when flushed with wine, had offered to lay a wager that he would beat him either with Lance or Latin. It did not argue well for the future prosperity of Stanley that he had gained the enmity of two such powerful foes as Bacon and Raleigh, and a few days after the challenge, as Bacon was walking up and down Gray ' s Inn gardens, with the rooks peacefully cawing in the great trees above, even as they do to this day, to witness if I lie, up came Sir W . Raleigh dressed in the gorgeous fashion of the day, with velvet cloak and sweeping plume, and at once engaged his friend in earnest conversation . Amongst other subjects they discussed poor Stanley and his challenge, which Raleigh was eager to accept, but Bacon begged him not to offer Stanley such an opportunity of distinguishing himself, pointing out that whatever was the result of the encounter it must redound to Stanley's credit, the fact of crossing lances with so renowned a knight being a distinction . Whilst they were still conversing, a messenger came hurrying up to say that no less a person than the great Earl of Essex, the Patron of Bacon, was waiting in his greet coach outside Bacon's chambers . It was supposed that the Earl had come to discuss the arrangements that were being made for the gentlemen of the Inns of Court Volunteers, to attend a review at Whitehall on the following day at which the Queen was to be present . After some discussion poor Philip Stanley was sent for. What took place at the interview has never been disclosed, but Stanley was seen to turn angrily away, and apparently engage in warm discussion with one of the Earl ' s followers . He attended the review on the following day, notwithstanding that in the morning he had received a mysterious warning, which he laughingly showed to his friends . It was written on a dirty slip of paper and ran as follows :—Beware of attending the review for " If Bride and Woolsack thou wouldst win To York must thou right hastily spin ."
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The Review being over, and the Queen having complimented the gallant Volunteers for their patriotism, Stanley set out with two or three of his friends to return to the Temple, but when passing along the Strand they were suddenly attacked by a number of armed men . Hastily drawing their swords they defended themselves as best they could . Stanley signalled out the biggest of his opponents and after a desperate encounter, in which blood was drawn freely on both sides, Stanley dispatched his man, but his friends were not so fortunate, one was already down, and the other almost exhausted . Stanley at once turned to the rescue, though sore and bleeding, and was again successful, but now other assailants carne up, and after a desperate hand to hand encounter in which Stanley fought as only Yorkshiremen can, he was knocked down insensible, bleeding from many a wound . The ruffians at once seized him, and carried him down one of the narrow lanes leading to the river . A boat was in waiting, into which they lifted him end rowed rapidly away down stream. From that hour poor Philip Stanley was never heard of again, though his friends made diligent enquiries, but it was supposed that he was taken to one of the ships then sailing to join Drake and others in a voyage of discovery . It was said however that his captors wore the livery of Essex . There can be no ground for accusing Bacon of so foul an outrage, though he did afterwards desert his friend and benefactor, but Stanley ' s friends, in years long after, were wont to say that retributive justice had overtaken the three men whom they firmly believed to have conspired to injure him, two of them dying on the block and the other in misery, shorn of his riches, deserted by his friends, a warning to all future generations that ability, however great, without honour, courage, and honesty, is of little worth.
DEBATING SOCIETY. On March 5th—" That Dr. Jameson, whether his expedition be regarded from a military, moral, or political point of view, appears to be culpable ."
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The headmaster occupied the chair, and after he had congratulated the school on the revival of the Debating Society, Mr . Wilkes proposed the motion . He pointed out that Dr . Jameson' s expedition was not equipped sufficiently well to command success . Dr. Jameson had endangered the peace of Europe, and that at a time when England was engaged in a serious dispute with America. The Boers were a civilized people as much as the Uitlanders, and were entitled to be treated as such . He had thrown back the British cause in South Africa by a rash and unwarranted act, and on these grounds he (Mr . Wilkes) advised the house to carry the motion. F . P . Fausset seconded . He deplored the enthusiasm which greeted Jameson on his return, and said that true patriotism was to disapprove of an act which was against the commands of the State . He was averse to " hanging a man behind his back," but thought no evidence could effect the main facts of the expedition, which was a military failure . Citing one or two historical instances, he said that political rights were to be secured by time and patience, and not by force. Mr . Preston opposed the motion . He said that we were not to judge of Jameson ' s expedition by its having failed—bad fortune sometimes spoiled the best plans . There were instances in European history of breaches of the peace far less justifiable than Jameson's act . The work done by Mr . Rhodes and the Chartered Company in South Africa was as great as any of those which had gone to build up the English State . Considering then that a man should be considered innocent before he was proved guilty, and that present evidence was rather in favour of Jameson, he thought the motion should be rejected. T . F . Williams seconded . He thought that as the Uitlanders were the British population as opposed to the Boers, whom he chose to consider uncivilized, they ought to be assisted . There was every reason to believe that Jameson went to Johannesburg expecting that the women and children were in danger . Jameson had got within six miles of the city, and had fought bravely . He should then be supported by all Englishmen Mr . Richards spoke, saying that Jameson had revived racial differences between the two parties in the Transvaal Republic .
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J . E . Metcalfe thought there was no reason that the Boers, because they had been in the land first, should be, as Mr . Williams hoped, stamped out. N . F . Roy took exception to Mr . Preston ' s mention of Mr. Rhodes in connection with the motion. Mr . Wilkes replied, briefly summing up the arguments for the motion, and shewing that they had not been sufficiently answered. The House divided with the result : For the motion, 8 ; Against, 32. On March 14th—A motion was brought forward " that Cricket must still be regarded as the national pastime of this country . " 'F . F . Williams proposed . He laid great emphasis on the fact that cricket was the only game in the country played with one set of rules . Cricket, he said, was a game not confined to the young and vigorous, it was a game that was played in every village in the land . The style of play, its science and the dress of the players was far more worthy than that of football. A . M . Sullivan seconded . He spoke of the interest shewn not only in England, but also in the Colonies founded by Englishmen, for the national game of cricket, and took as his example the test match recently played in Australia. F . P . Fausset opposed . He said it was a question of the qualities which made a good player, and not one of some difference in the rules, as Mr . Williams had suggested . As far as popularity went, either Rugby or association would hold its own against cricket. Football was the oldest game, being first played in Edward H1's reign, and was played town against town, village against village. Cricket did not assume any shape until r 743, and had its origin in "tip-cat ." The qualities necessary for football, energy, unselfishness, perseverance, were those that had made the British nation what it is, therefore he opposed the motion. J . T . Metcalfe seconded the opposition . He quoted statistics skewing the British public took the greater interest in football. He said that football was what cricket was not, eminently and solely an English game . No other nation had any game played
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like English football . In conclusion he refuted some of the arguments for the motion. G . Veld spoke for the opposition, and no other speakers being forthcoming T . F . Williams replied . He quoted (rather inaccurately at times) the arguments of the opposition and said they were not such as would displace cricket from the premier position among all games. The House, which was but a small one, divided, shewing 9 for the motion ; io against. The proceedings then terminated.
CRICKET AND FOOTBALL ELEVENS. Several gentlemen, including our old friend and master Mr. Freeman, have kindly sent lists of Cricket and Football teams. The following corrections should be made in the lists of Mr. Ainslie ' s XI . (last number) : Mr. Griffith ' s initials are A . M . Mr . Dowson ' s initial is W. „ Mr . Hargreaves ' F. M. Mr . Greenhow ' s initials are E .H. Mr . Davis' „ G . L. FOOTBALL XVs. 1872. 1873. (From Peterite .) Jos . Walleer, Capt. H . W . Leslie. A . H . Griffith, Capt. Leahy. S . Jackson, Sec. "Allan Moss. F. M . Hargreaves. *C . A . Waltham. C . H . Chadwick. W . J . Clarke. M . Dowson. C . H . Chadwick. W. F . Chadwick. W . Dowson. G. L . Davis. A . H . Griffith. B . Mulcaster. *C . S . Gibbons E . S. Challinor. *E . S . Challinor. C . S . Gibbons. Titterington. \V . E . Moore. A . Hodgson. A . Moss. %E . W . Atkinson. A . Hodgson. *G . L . Davis. G . H . Rowe. * Doubtful . J . Titterington. G . F . Chadwick .
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1874. (From Peterite .)
F. 1\I . Hargreaves, Capt. W . E . Moore. W . Dowson. A . Moss. C . H . Chadwick. A . Hodgson. G. F . Chadwick .
M . J . Greener. J . Titterington. C . Titterington. Peters. J . F . Griffith. And two others.
CRICKET XIs. 1875. 1876. G . F . Chadwick. C . A . Wood. E. H . Greenhow. H . A . L . Francis. E . H . Greenhow. R . M . Ainslie. F. M . Hargreaves, Capt. J . H . Daniel. R . M Ainslie. A. Hodgson. J . H . Daniel. W . Ainslie. W . J . Sims. Murdoch. J . Titterington. G . R . French. B. H . Abrahall. C. H . Chadwick. J . S . Webb. C. Moss. W . Calvert. W . Ainslie. 18 77 . 1876. (At the close of the year, as R . M . Ainslie. photographed .) W . Ainslie. R . M . Ainslie, Capt. J . H . Daniel. W . Ainslie. C . J . Daniel. J . H . Daniel. H . G . Sims. T . Trees. C . Daniel. C . Wood. C . Wood. ; W . H . Jackson. E . Stephenson. H . G . Sims. G. R . French. B . H . Abrahall. T . Trees. B . Abrahall. J . E . Stephenson . French. Jackson . To the Editors of Peterite. Dear Sirs, The following Elevens were supplied from the Durham School score-books a few years back :66-J . Edmundson, Lees, G . Edmundson, L . Marshall, Chadwick, James, Milburne, Thompson, Terry, Hotham, Griffith; in the return Bayly and Robertson for Marshall and James,
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67-Milburne, Crawley, J . Edmundson, Thompson, G . Edmundson. Griffith, J . Robertson, Bayly, A . Robertson, Bennett, Wood ; in the return Lees and Hotham for Bennett and Wood. 68—Bennett, G . W . Lees, H . W . Griffith, Wood, A . S . Robertson, Hotham, E H . Bayly, J. R . Terry, Fawcett, H . M . Sims, L . Marshall ; in the return W . Ingle, P . P . Braithwaite, G . W. Donner, R . Hodgson for Bennett, Wood, Hotham, Fawcett. b9—G . W . Lees, H . W . Griffith, H . M . Sims, P . Braithwaite, R . Hodson, A . S . Robertson, E . H . Bayly, E . Hodgson, A . E . Stone, H . T . Hutchinson, W . Morrison. 7o—A . S . Robertson, W . W. Morrison, H . M . Sims, R . Hodgson, E . Hodgson, J . H . Hutchinson, R . Brogden, J . Braithwaite, E . Tomlinson, J . Dyson, H . R . Sandford. . 71-W Watson, J. Walker . II . M . Sims, A T . Pollard, A . S. Robertson, J . H . Crowther, IT . Dyson, John Walker, C . A . R . Waltham, C . A . Close, A . H . Griffith. . Walker, C . A . Waltham, P . Palmer, A . H. Griffith, A . Gray, 72-J W . Griffith, J . Matterson, A . Hodgson, G . L . Davis, W . J . Clarke, W . R . Rayson. 73—Chadwick, Marshall, Palmes, Hargreaves, Griffith, A . Gray, Gibbons, Hodgson, Clarke, Davis, Ainslie. 74—R . M . Ainslie, G . F . Chadwick, A . Hodgson, F . M . Hargreaves, F. Robinson, A . H . Griffith, W . Marshall, W . R . Rayson, G. L . Davis, W . S . Lowson, E . H . Greenhow. G . F . Chadwick, E . H . Greenhow, R . M . Ainslie, F . M. 75Hargreaves, A . Hodgson, J . H . Daniel, J . Murdoch, J. Titherington, C . H . Chadwick, S . Webb, W . Ainslie. 76—C . Wood, H . Francis, E . H . Greenhow, J . H Daniel, R . M. Ainslie, W . Ainslie, W . Sims, G . R . French, B . Abrahall, C . Moss, W . Calvert. 77-R . M . Ainslie, H . G . Sims, C . Wood, J . H . Daniel,W . Ainslie, J . Stephenson, W . J . Sims, C . J . Daniel, G . R . French, B . H . Abrahall, R . A . Scott. The " Peterite " of 873- .4 gives the XI . for 1873 :—A . H. Griffith (Capt .), A . Gray (sec .), P . Palmes, W . Marshall, F . M . t
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Hargreaves, W . F . Chadwick, W . R . Rayson, W . J . Clarke, C . S. Gibbons, G . L . Davis, A . Hodgson . For 1 8 74 : F . M . Hargreaves (capt .), G . F . Chadwick, A . Hodgson, W . Dowson, W . Marshall, R . M . Ainslie, J . H . Daniel, W . R . Rayson, G . L. Davis, E . H. Greenhow, P . H . Pease (in the order of the batting averages). These last were supplied by C . H . Chadwick . From 1878 onwards the XIs . are to be found in the revived magazine, the names of which I shall be glad to send you, as also the 1878 team, if Yours very truly, required . P . E . LORD. P .S .— Have just come across the 1877 XI ., supplied by J . H. Daniel :—R . M . Ainslie (capt .), W . Ainslie, J . H . David, C . J. David, H . G . Sims, T . Trees, C . Wood, W . H . Jackson, G . R. Fench, B . H . Abrahall, J . E. Stephenson.
NOTES AND ITEMS. E . F . Nevile passed London Matriculation, znd Division. S . O . Bingham, now at St . Thomas ' Hospital, has passed the Intermediate Examination in Medicine, excluding Physiology. Rev . A . S Porter to be Hon . Canon of Worcester Cathedral. The following have received their znd XV . colours :—Hingston, Coning, Longbotham, Myers, Hey, Walton, Cass, Paver-Crow, Bowman, Draper. Captain C . J . Daniel, znd Battalion Royal North Lancashire Regiment, has been selected for Adjutancy 3rd Battalion Royal Lancashire Regiment, March 19th. F . Mitchell, who captained England in the football match against Scotland on March 14th, has been presented with his athletic blue, and will represent Cambridge in " putting the weight ." This makes him a triple blue. YORKSHIREMEN IN NEw ZEALAND .—The first dinner of the Yorkshire Society of Wellington, New Zealand, was held at the Trocadero on 'Wednesday, January 15 . The President (the Rev. J . C . Andrew, O .P.) occupied the chair, and there were 61 present,
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A strictly Yorkshire bill of fare was provided by Mr . H . Price. The following was THE MENU. sou p . Broth—" A sup on ' t . " ENTREES.
Sheep ' s Trotters—" Gie ' s a trotter . " Stewed Tripe and Onions—" Warp and Weft ." JOINTS.
Sirloin of Beef and Yorkshire Pudding. "Hutch the chear up, loise the weskut and get agait . " Saddle of Mutton and Red Currant Jelly. Leg of Pork and Apple Sauce. York Ham. " Them's um . " POULTRY.
Roast Chicken . Roast Ducklings. " Aw think awm full . " SWEETS.
Plum Plum and Brandy Sauce. Plum Tart . Lemon Cream Wine Jelly. " It's lightsome, so I'll try a bit . " Apple Pie and Cheese . Mince Pies. " Nowt like 'urn, lads, to finish up wi' . " DESSERT.
Fruits in Season. "An' owt else yo' like, if yo hey a mind to pay for ' t . " THEERE! I! Among other toasts Mr. C . Wilson proposed the toast of " The President . " The toast was drunk with musical honours. The President, in responding, said he claimed to be a typical Yorkshireman, having been born at Whitby, and educated at St. Peter ' s School, at York, and was descended from a family which had been Yorkshire ever since the time of Oliver Cromwell, previous to which, he was happy to say, it was Scotch . (Laughter and applause) . He should be pleased to do all he could to promote the best interests of the Society . (Applause .) Mr. J . Duthie proposed "The Town and Trade of Wellington, " to which the Mayor responded . The toasts of " The Yorkshire Lasses" and "The Press" were also honoured. The proceedings concluded with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" and " God save the Queen ."—New Zealand Mail .
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PETERITE. Vol, . XI II .
JUNE, 1886 .
No . 122
S . PETER'S SCHOOL V. OLT) BOYS. THE annual Old Boys' race, which was rowed on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 15th, seemed to have excited more than ordinary interest among the general public_ Quite a number of people appeared at the Boat House to watch the crews embark . The crowd which collected on and about Lendal Bridge to see the finish was said to have been much greater than on any previous occasion. The afternoon was dull and rainy, but there was no abnormal wind or current, and the river was in excellent condition . The race was fixed for z-3o, but it was after 2-45 before the School Boat, who followed the Old Boys, had arrived at the Waterworks . After some delay a start was erected : the Old Boys, who had won the toss, chose the far station, getting off from a somewhat unfavourable position . Aided by this, and the inside of the first corner, the School, rowing a faster stroke, soon drew ahead, and by the Ings Ditch were more than a third of a length in front . The Old Boys now felt the advantage of their station round the Scope corner, and steadily drawing up were almost half a length clear at the Ferry . The School, however, spurted gamely, swinging out longer, and aided no doubt by superior condition, gradually drew level again, the two boats racing almost abreast down the Boat House reach . At the white railing the Old Boys again began to draw away, and in spite of a determined effort on the part of the School Four, shot the Scarborough Railway Bridge with a distinct advantage . By every appearance, however, the race was by no means over yet, and Tomlinson made a series of gallant efforts to
get on terms with his opponents . Rowing at a considerably quicker stroke, the School made a series of spurts all the way from the Scarborough Bridge to the winning post, but Metcalfe, keeping his crew wonderfully well together, and rowing with admirable judgment, was not to he rowed down, and after an exciting finish brought his crew in first under half a length to the good. The Old Boys are to be complimented upon their victory. Their crew had been got somewhat hastily together, and their opportunities for practice, already circumscribed, had been cut into by various calls upon the time and energy of its members, to which they had to respond in the intervals of their more engrossing occupation . They were, of course, fortunate in being stroked by so capable and experienced an oar as Metcalfe . The School Boat, with the exception of "Tomlinson, were all new to lighter ships and longer courses, and although neither wind, waves, nor weather interfered, as they have so frequently done, with their practice, they hardly seem to have made the most of their opportunities in the earlier stages : apparently sufficient importance had not been attached to tubbing, a long and careful coarse of which is an absolute essential, before the amount of watermanship necessary for rowing in such boats as are now used for racing in can be acquired . Stroke was distinctly short, and addicted to washing out, but he deser v es the very greatest credit for the plucky and determined way in which hr rowed a long race right out from start to finish, especially whenlit is remembered that rather more than his due share of work often fell upon him . Three seemed to be slightly young and light for his place : his swing was short, and towards the end of a course he lost his body form . Two was a distinct weak spot in the crew. He had immense capacity and willingness for work, but he missed his beginning irrevocably, was short and clumsy, and couldn't keep his head . Bow, though light, worked all through hard and honestly . The School. *H . Wheelwright (bozo),
*Cr . 'Veld . 2. *B . 3[oiser . 3.
H . R . Tomlinson n .rti oke). J . Draper cos .) .
Ohl Boys. B . Scaraill (bolo). K . E . T . Wilkinson . 2. 1-i . M . Hancock . 3. H . G . Metcalfe sfrokeJ. H . Scargitl (cos .) .
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DAYnOYS. HOUSE [ST.
DAyBO'S IST. •T . F . Williams (boor).
*I-I . Wheelwright (bow).
B . Moiser.
J . E . Metcalfe.
L . H . :AIoiser. *G . Yeld (stroke'.
li . R . Tomlinson. H . B . Greeves (stroke).
J . Draper (cox) .
D . W . Roy (cox(
A fully representative Dayboys' boat had not beaten a representative House boat since 1886, and consequently this year ' s race was as usual considered a good thing for the House . Nor had a fully representative race been rowed since 1892, members of the school boat having been barred during the past four years. The Ilouse won the toss and chose the boat, so that the Dayboys took the far side . A good start was effected and the boarders went ahead ; they did not maintain this for long however for Yeld gradually gained and at the school boat-house was on even terms. Both crews were putting in all they knew, but the Dayboys stayed better and were well clear at Scarbro' Railway Bridge . The boarders boat then seemed to go to pieces and at the finish the Dayboys had won by four lengths. Yeld's long and well-sustained stroke had a great share in the victory, and lie was well hacked up by those behind him, his boat shewing both better combination and better staying power . Bow rowed best in the losing boat. It is due to the winning boat to say that three of what was then the school boat were rowing for the House. DAYBOYS 2ND.
HOUSE 2ND.
*E . J . Joicey (bow).
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*J. M . Croft (bow).
*R . G . Bingham
*R . T. Teasdale.
A . M . Sullivan. N . F . Roy (stroke).
*F . Pick. P . W . Thompson (stroke).
J . Garland (cox) .'',
R. K . Yeld (cox).
The House went away from the start and gradually increasing their lead were about (lye lengths clear at Scarbro' Bridge ; the race was now practically over, and the House drew out easy winners by several lengths .
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J . Draper (boor'). *\W . Newton. *E . Leaf. *C . Moiler (stroke) . R . K . Yeld (cox) . There had been a Chan )e in the Ditvboys boat as \loiser had gone stroke instead of Draper ; it seemed a pity the change had not been made earlier, as Jloiser rowed a good stroke . but the time throughout the boat was not as good as it had been in practice . A good start resulted in the boats rowing level for some time . The boarders gradually gained, and Walton got his boat well clear at the White Rose boat house. The boarders gained until there was two and a half lengths difference, and maintaining this position vvon as stated. * Have received their colours. *U . \W . Roy (b))ar ). *T . Longbotham. *C . Coning. *E . J . Walton (stroke). J . ('rarland (cox).
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Heat 1. G . G . Yeld (stroke). J . H . Metcalfe (bow). B . Draper (cox). The winners rowed in good style and eventually won easily by several lengths . SENIOR PAIRS,
H . R . Tomlinson (stroke) . H . B . Greeves (boar) . J . Garland (cox) .
HEAT 11. R . M . Nevile (stroke) . H . Wheelwright (bow) .
N . F. Roy (stroke). B . Moiler (bow). B . Draper (cox).
1. Garland (cox) . A splendid race . Roy had a slight lead at the start . but Nevile soon reversed the position, and kept ahead until the end, though never more than a length separated the boats . threequarters of a length was the difference at the finish. FINAL.
R . M . Nevile . H . R . Tomlinson. 1I . Wheelwright . H . B . Greeves. J . Draper (cox) . J . Garland (cox). Neither boat got a very good start but Greeves forged ahead and gained about half a length . Nevile gradually gained down the reach and at the White Rose boat house was just clear . Being then favoured by the side he increased this lead to a length and a half by the time the boats had reached Marygate . Here Tomlinson got into difficulties and Nevile eventually, well backed
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up by Wheelwright, drove his boat past the winning post with a length of daylight between them. SENIOR SCULLS.
B . ,Miser. R. M . Nevile . Nevile won in " go as you please " fashion. FINAL. R . M . Nevile .
H . B . Greeves. Nevile soon had the race in hand, and Lyon easily by a length and a half.
JUNIOR SCULLS. R . G . Bingham .
A . Bourne. Bingham led all the way, and Bourne had the misfortune to capsize near Scarbro ' Bridge. SCRATCH FOURS.
E . M . Leaf. Rose . Croft . Metcalfe. Tomlinson . Roy. Greeves, stroke. Wilkinson, stroke. An even race to Todd's barge, when bow in Tomlinson ' s boat stopped rowing, and Wilkinson won by half a length. Scargill . Moiser 3. Veld . Walton. Moiser . Nevile. Hancock, stroke. Mr . Burrell, stroke . Alter a dead heat another grand race was won by the first-named by a quarter of a length. R'illiams . Longbotham. Sullivan . Thompson. Birk, . Moiser I. J . F . Leaf, stroke. Cotterell, stroke. An easy win for Cotterell's boat by z lengths. SEMI-FINAL.
Wilkinson's boat, 2. Cotterell's boat, 1 . Wilkinson ' s boat slightly led half-way down the course ; then Cotterell ' s boat drew level and won by a length and a-half. Mr . Burrell's boat a bye. FINAL.
Cutterell's boat . t . Mr . Burrell's boat, 2. Aided by the current, the latter boat was slightly ahead at first, but the current failing, the other boat drew level . Cotterell ' s boat. however, rowing the longer stroke, got ahead and won by a length .
SCHOOL LETTER. Since the issue of our last number, very little has happened to supply material for a school letter . Last term, on April 1st, the Rt . Rev . the Bishop of Beverley held our annual Confirmation in the School Chapel . Nineteen candidates offered themselves, and a large congregation was present. The late boating season was, as every one must admit, it fairly successful one . though attended with defeat . We must, itt the first place, congratulate the Old Boys on their victory, while we tend our sympathy to the School on their defeat . --Doubtless the merits of the crew will be discussed elsewhere, but we cannot omit to give them some word of praise for their line, though fruitless, efforts . As regards the House and Dayboys ' races . we heartily congratulate the first Day boys on their brilliant victory over the House, though it is possible that the side and stream aided them . The other two House boats proved successful, but could hardly balance the defeat of the first and representative boat. The senior pair races were somewhat surprising, especially the easy win of Wheelwright and Nevile in the final . Nevile also did great things iii the sculls . The junior laces were rather disappointing . In fact there were no pairs at idl, and only one heat in the sculls, which was evidently an arranged farce . This in itself does not say very much for the junior memb, rs. With reference to the ensuing cricket season, we have a bright prospect . Of last year' s colours eight remain, Nevile filling the place of captain . The batting ought to be rather above the average, while at present there seems to he a lack of bowlers. However, before the season is very old no doubt some new talent will be developed . The fixture card is almost the same as last year, and we are glad to see the insertion of Hynter ' s College and Bradford. We cannot begin the season without wishing Mitchell success as light blue captain, and express our hope that in his new position the same good fortune may attend him as he enjoyed when football captain .
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Mr . Lord has resigned his position as choir master, and Mr. Sample has again undertaken the post. In conclusion, we are glad to bring before your notice the fact that the School house is now quite full, and that 1\[r . Richards has considerably increased his number . We hope in the next number to be able to publish our balance sheet.
THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. The closeness of the struggle between Oxford and Cambridge this year, and the wonderful effort by which the former snatched a victory almost on the post, will make 1896 a year to be marked by all interested in University rowing, with a white stone . " There have been victories as sensational and finishes as close, but none that gave us a better exhibition of dogged English pluck in the face of difficulties . In 1877 there was a so-called dead-heat, but our interest in that race diminishes when we remember first, that one of the Oxford men broke his oar, and so enabled Cambridge to catch up again, when really beaten, and secondly, it was not a dead-heat at all, but a narrow win for Oxford . In those clays the judge was `Honest ' John Phelps . a much respected waterman, who on this occasion, seeing Cambridge coming up by leaps and bounds, quits-test—leis head and gave his decision as a dead-heat and then promptly absconded . Photographs taken on the spot and independent testimony establish the fact that, though Cambridge were ahead tav0 yards past the post, they were just behind as the boats crossed the line . Still the decision of an umpire was not to be disputed on a question of fact, and thus Oxford ' s narrow victory is recorded as the only dead-heat of the series . In 1886, however, there was a race that stands out even before this year' s for a sensational finish . In that year Oxford had secured a comfortable lead and were enabled to take Cambridge' s water a little below Barnes and so secure the advantage of the inside bend . At this point Fairbairn looked round and called on Pitman, the stroke, for a spurt : this was taken up by the whole boat and Cambridge succeeded in driving Oxford
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back to their own water and eventually won amidst terrific excitement by a short length . In this year's race the crews were never so widely separated ; in fact, for only a short period were Cambridge ever clear of their opponents . The day was an execrable one for racing ; the wind was nearly north and in consequence the course was terribly rough, while alternate rain and hail made the work still more trying . Still in spite of all this both crews never relaxed their efforts from start to finish and it was only in the terrible water at the end of the course that Cambridge faltered and were unable to answer to Gold ' s last desperate spurt . The paper criticisms during the last few days persisted in stating that both crews, though very fast for a short distance, were deficient in staying powers : the actual race conclusively shewed how false this idea was . With a strong wind against theta and a miniature sea to row in, the course w s compassed in 20 minutes i second, excellent time on the fh od tinder any circumstances, and on such a day truly remarkable. From start to finish one stroke was spurting against the other, and what that means over a course of four mile ; and a quarter, only those who have tried it know . One paper has the effrontery to repeat the statement after the race with regard to Cambridge, because they could not pick up Fernie's last effort at the end of the race in the wort water they had had to encounter . As a matter of fact they were both remarkably good stayers ; and if I had to pick out the best stayer of the lot, I should take Fernie, the Cambridge stroke . Gold may be as good,—on the face of it, it looks as though he were better,—but it must be remembered that he was backed up by a seven who was undoubtedly the best oar in the two crews, whereas Fernie had immediately behind him a man who has unmistakably fallen off, and who gave his stroke very poor support indeed . I know well, as any stroke must, by bitter experience the effect produced by having the whole weight of the boat on one ' s oar for some strokes until seven discovers that it is time for him to quicken . This was Fernie' s lot again and again through the race, and yet he never gave way, and was the one man ready to make an effort at the last fatal moment . No ; the battle
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was not won by the stroke but by the seven, and Crum may well look with pride and satisfaction on his presidency . Still if Crum was the hero of the boat to the educated eye, we must not forget Gold ' s performance . He is not yet twenty, and he rowed like a veteran,—never hurried, never flustered—and that wonderful Eton spurt we have so often seen at Henley, coming again and again till it landed him to victory . fancy a boy of nineteen, in his first ' Varsity Race, led from the start, in the worst water for 21 miles, keeping his head cool, never hurrying his men, nursing them through their bad time (and it was a bad time, while it lasted), and finally snatching a victory at the very last moment . There is little doubt that his name will go down as one of the great strokes, fit to rank with Goldie, Nest, Gardiner, Shafto, or Pitman . Oxford are indeed fortunate to have such a man to take the place of C . M. Pitman, and Cambridge are indeed unlucky to meet such a crew, at a time when there seemed every probability of their breaking the long run of defeats that have fallen to their lot during the last seven years. I still— 7ieve Cambridge to have been the better crew as a whole, and with Bell in his last year ' s form I feel convinced they would have won . However, he was not the man he was either in the spring or at Henley in 1895, and that is the secret of their defeat . We may congratulate Oxford on a glorious and unexpected victory ; we may congratulate Cambridge on a struggle that deserved a better end ; but most of all may we congratulate ourselves on having seen a race that will live in the minds of us all—a race that displayed the dogged pluck that refuses to know when it is beaten, a struggle of giants,—giants in resolution, determination, and indomitable purpose ; and we may pride ourselves on the thought that the men, who will fight such a battle, not for prizes, but for their ' Varsity's honour, will never fail their country in her hour of need . G . H . E.
CONFIRMATION. The Confirmation Service was held on April 1st in the School Chapel at half-past three . The Bishop of Beverley performed the
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ceremony . Many of the parents of the boys to be confirmed were present, and the chapel was fairly full. The Service commenced with the hymn " Soldiers of Christ, arise . " After the usual prayers, the Bishop of Beverley addressed the candidates . He said that in the rite of confirmation there was a promise both on the part of man and of God . On the part of man to do his best to walk as God would have him ; and on the part of God a promise to enable him by the help of the Holy Spirit to do so. He then put the question to them, after which the hymn " Our blest Redeemer " was sung . Then followed the ceremony of the laying on of hands . The Bishop of Beverley then proceeded to again address the candidates . He said that they must not suppose they could go through life without struggles for their religion ; as the first Apostles had persecution, so would they ; and it was at Confirmation that God promised to help them in these struggles. If a person rowed with one oar there would be motion, but no progress ; and so they must not rely on their own strength but on God ' s also . Nor must they make no effort of their own, but must shew they were making such effort, by their life, and by attending to those things which Christ had enjoined them to do in remembrance of Himself. The Service was then continued, after which the hymn " ° Fight the good fight " brought the ceremony to a close.
CORRESPONDENCE. METL.AKATLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA,
/alzua? 1 31896. DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS,
Last year I was in England and failed to write to you. I tried to meet you face to face but could not . In June, 1895, I returned to my diocese and for six months I was incessantly travelling so as to recover lost ground during my absence . I feel pretty sure that nothing I can write will so much interest you as some particular account of those journevings . Many of you would
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have enjoyed sharing some of my experiences but from others you would gladly be excused. Before, however, plunging into my wanderings how would you like Kodak views of my home lifer You will vote it humdrum of necessity and beg me to drop it . I have the casting vote and shall use my privilege. No one can be dull even if by nature a dullard who is in touch with Indians . They were my first love when I came among them 17 years ago and though I have no lack of paleface society now I am true to my first love. The Fenimore Cooper type of Indians has no real existence so far as my experience goes, but they are a very interesting people. Do not think of them as generally alike . The various Indian nations physically vary more than European nations do . People often think of them as they do of the people of India as of one type . Nine different Indian languages are spoken in this province. The Indians of the plains are tall and wiry, ever restless nomads, so that they can be educated only with great difficulty . Our coast Indians are short stout fellows though I often meet one tall enough for the Life Guards . The chiefs arc generally very stout and strong . Like the Brahmins of India they marry only women of their own status and so preserve their superior physique . There is no danger of degeneration, they excel in all manly exercises, are too often dare devils, and the last to adopt the advantages, as we say, of civilization . But I admire them and am treated as a chief by my fellow chiefs just as I treat them. The Indian world of thought and experience is more limited than ours, yet not less interesting either to them or to us. You would be surprized at their agility in grasping ideas presented imperfectly as they often are by us foreigners . _Abstract thought calls for an effort because they are accustomed to muse over the relationship of tangible things . If their thoughts are often crude their sprightliness keeps them fresh . There is in this crudeness an archness that attracts as we cannot but see from their totem poles outside their fine old houses to their carved
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spoons and platters inside ; in their songs, their legends and even their religion as christians. Some of you will remember the sensation in England caused by the massacre of missionaries in China last year . When the Indians here first heard the news it 'night have been natural for them to think of revenge . Not so . The same evening they heard it they met for prayer, and their temper will be gauged by such petitions as these : "Say again, dear Lord Jesus, `Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do .'' ' Oh gracious Spirit, Thou art not quenched in blood . Let it make Thy garden soil strong to grow Chinese believers in . " I assure you 1 often get new meanings of old truths as they conic moulded by these unconventional Indians ' way of handling them. Another peculiarity is the almost universal gift of ready speech. How some of you laugh as you remember the stuttering attempts of your seniors to propose a health or stand up to air their stupidity. Of course you could do it better ! An Indian would regard it as a physical infirmity, as they did in the case of a ley missionary who could not for the life of hits say /raun liar salmon, but auu ; or haul for standing, but alit . They told me he had a sick throat, nut knowing that the letter n too often sticks there. The wide spread gift of eloquence among Indians is not without its drawback to the listener . I often regard it unsympathetically without being envious. Here let me instance the inconvenience of eloquence in the morning. One day of this week, the weather being- clear and crisp, I should have delighted in a brisk walk, but just as I sat down to breakfast four of Sheuksh ' s Kitkiitla Indians walked in with a request from the chief Sheftksh (pronounced almost like Shakes), who had already embarked, for a lettci of introduction from me to a band of Indians away to the northward, and also to ask some questions as to how he should act under certain supposable conditions. I first listened, then answered the questions, and finally having written the letter sat down again at my breakfast table . 'l'he coffee was chilled, and the porridge had just the chill taken off it . As I
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tackled it afresh in came my churchwarden to ask how they could proceed with the church-roof repairs, now that the sheets of zinc had dropped into deep water between the steamer and the wharf. Another knock, and in walks the bride of the week, and the churchwarden withdraws . Before she had ended her statement in walked three Kitikshan Indians from the Skeena River, who had come to obtain my sanction to the formation of a branch of our Church Army among their people. 'I'o urge brevity seems to confuse their minds and produces a longer story . My plan is to listen patiently till all is said, unless after a question is put a slight interval allows me to give a laconic answer without a serious interruption. For instance . After a respectful preface, these Kitikshans thus began ; " Chief, the work of God is no light thing . All parts are weighty ; small things are parts of great things . Little things differ not from large in things of God . He makes no difference. We may not . If otherwise thou wilt explain . In our ignorance so we think, so we say ; but thou has seen more winters than we have, and know all the wisdom of the ancients . Whatever thou says' we will do . Now, Chief, listen !" Of course I must listen : what else is the paleface made for ? Among other matters of real importance such questions as these were asked : When praying in the street must we kneel if it is muddy ? " " Look out for the clean spots, " said I . `• We will never even look on strong shrink ; but nrusl we give up tobacco ? " " 1 do not smoke, " I replied ; when I became a man I put away childish things ; you are not children but free men . The Bible says no drunkard enters heaven ; there is silence about smokers ." Now, Chief, we ask no trivial questions . When we are inwardly bursting with great desire, may we find relief in crying out in church, 'Amen' or `Alleluia ?' " My answer was a question: Do you know the meaning of those strange words ? We do not . " " Then do not use words without meaning, for that would be merely sound . God looks for sense from men, and noise from dogs . Say the responses aloud, and so allow your feelings to find vent . "
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" May women preach on the streets in a loud voice . ? " Yes ; if they speak wisely ." " Why not then in church ?" " Because S . Paul says ' No . '" " Suppose men on the street laugh at us ? " "Pay no heed to them . " " Suppose they make a row in our house-prayer-meetings ? " " Turn them out . " " May we appoint men to do this ? " " Yes ; the strongest and best-tempered . " While this colloquy was going on a lady missionary came to me for consultation, and . before I had quite satisfied her, the doctor sought an interview about his Examination in the Indian language, which about an hour ago he successfully passed in. He was scared at first by the papers . As he departs, an Indian who had been waiting entered to explain that he had given his wife a black eye, but in play and unintentionally . The wife agreed, and I found it true. Only once, and then in the delirium of fever, have I ever known an Indian to strike a woman, and then, though blameless, his fellows degraded him from his chief-constableship. A widow has "only a very little word to say—only the least little thing—hardly worth mentioning," she says . " Well, what is it ? You know, boys, this is an heiress come to consult me about an affair of the heart . There she sits, with bent head, looking as coy as an English girl heart smitten . But she has all her wits about her, and comes to business thus : "Chief, do you know. Wishtamlaka (it means Thunder) has smiled, and wishes me to smile on him?" "Well, there is no harm in that, " I replied. " But, but, but he wants to marry me ! " " Oh, indeed . Does he know how much money you have ?" " I hardly know! " "Does he love you? " " I hardly know !" " Do you love him ?" " I hardly know ! " " Then—don ' t . " " Chief, I won ' t ." Then I asked how it was that Wishtamlaka (Thunder) and Liitkizampti (Lightning) wanted to espouse her . Her answer again was (yahoi) 1 hardly know! Perhaps she thought her personal charms had to do with it, but she has been a widow to my knowledge sixteen years !
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I then asked if she did not feel afraid . " Chief, why should I fear ; they are but men ! The meaning of the two names, so undesignedlv coincident, had not struck her. When I pointed this out she looked round the room as if a lunatic, and then burst into laughter, hid her face in her hands, and nearly rocked off her chair. When she had somewhat recovered her composure, she had to dash from her eyes the merry tears before she could see clearly. It was pretty to see and hear . She is a very true Christian, full of kindness and faith . I am always pleased to see the dear fat old favourite who is welcome in every house of sorrow, sickness, or poverty. At last my Chinese cook announced luncheon ; so up flies my window ; in blows the pure frosty air, while I hurry off for some minutes and return more ready to do justice to a bowl of steaming soup for the exercise taken. Now, after all, boys, tell out the truth, can a man be dull whose mornings are thus spent? We have here a number of diocesan institution :;—a free boarding school for Indian boys, with 32 youths receiving a fair English education ; a free girls' hoarding school, with only t+ pupils now on account of an epidemic ; a white girls' boarding school, requiring fees 8s . 4.d . a week,—a new institution recently opened, with only six pupils . These are dependent on me to make up deficits, and I am dependent on you . There is also the Hospital, free to the Indians and poor whites, with a special ward for Chinese and Japs . The Christian Knowledge Society rants 3o a year, and the Government [too towards its current expenses . I am responsible for raising contributions in the diocese for it . No English subscriptions are paid to it . We have a very large cedar church ; four good school rooms, with adjuncts for teaching the Indian boarders useful trades . Then comes [the lively Church Army, meeting in its barracks every night after our Evensong . I am its General, the doctor and clergyman its Colonels, and the other officers Indians, who really do the work. You will wonder why so many of the people come to me as
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described . Firstly, because they have known me for 17 years : and lastly, because I am very familiar with their language . The clergyman is yet a novice, and the doctor rarely found at home, so they come to me when I am not travelling. It is likely that I have written enough to he read at one time . I will devote the rest of my time to telling you something about my life away from home. About 5o miles northward is the mouth of the Nass River . The approach to it for 3o miles is by the Portland Channel, the boundary for the present between British and Alaskan territory. It is in dispute, and the British claim that the boundary is Oo miles to the westward . The Indians on the disputed land are very far behind those on British territory in civilization, though physically they are stronger, and in courage second to none . They were the only Indians to attack Capt . Vancouver, R .N ., in his explorations toz years ago along the coast of North America . They are still as drunken and dangerous a set of heathen as I ever met . They have had no teachers . One of them nearly killed me some years ago by striking me in the back with a heavy stone . It was nearly a week before I could stand . The poor wretch three years later sought me out, and was the only Indian who ever fell at my feet asking forgiveness . He became a Christian, almost the only one of his tribe, and until he died behaved himself, I have been told, as a Christian ought to. At Kincolith, the village at the mouth of the Nass, I spent several days . The missionary was in Ireland on furlough, and a layman was in charge . The news I took was that their missionary was not likely to return . At once the Council ordered the flag to be hoisted half-mast on the Town-hall, and the chief men came to me in great distress. " I shall claw the dust," said Pins :ida, the great chief, " if our white leader breaks his word . He promised to return after one year among his relatives, and he will return, I know . " I confirmed zz, baptized 3, and administered the Holy Communion to 5z Indians there . They begged me to remain among
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them, about goo Christians, but 1 had to push on to visit other stations on the upper river. At the head of canoe navigation we have had a station for a few years near a very large and vigorous tribe of heathen Nishga Indians . Since my last visit three years ago the missionary, Rev. J . B . 1\I'Cullagh, a splendid man all round, assisted the Indians to erect a small steam sawmill about two miles below their settlement across the river . There I found none but Indians running the mill, and doing it as well as white men . For Mr . M'Cullagh's help in building the mill the Indians promised to supply timber gratis to build a church, school, additions to the parsonage, and side walks for the new roads. They were loading a scow as I left the mill to sail to Aiyensh, but they all stopped work, and with a will got that scow with i o,000 feet of timber up to Aiyensh soon after me . When I last visited the place there were only }.o Indians resident (all Christians), and their little houses, rough but clean and orderly, stood about 3o feet from the bank of the river . There are only i zo Christians there now, but I stood in speechless amazement as I reached the top of the bank . I saw nothing of old Aiyensh . All things had become new . Instead of the old narrow trail in front of the row of houses I saw fine broad roads, with really beautiful cottages dotted about, set in the loveliest autumnal foliage, each with a large garden separating house from house so widely that a lire in one could not burn its neighbours. The little old parsonage, built and furnished by the labour of the missionary himself, was quite lost amidst the well planned additions. Inside and out it was a perfect model of a parsonage . My own house, though much larger, is inferior in comparison with this one, far away from civilization, but itself a bright civilizer like its master. It stands close to the bank of the river, which is about 3o feet below, at an average stage of water, but flush with it when in flood. Looking from the river northward, there is a stretch of about six miles of flat land with excellent soil, and bounded by a low range of mountains averaging 4,000 feel in height . "I'o the eastward the
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mountains are more lofty . It is a very lonely spot, that some day in the future will be the homes of busy white men, who are often too greedy to snatch good things from their original owners. But this transfer will not take place for very many years I hope. From the parsonage to the beautiful church, now being built, there is a line broad straight road . The women, at their own request, undertook its construction, and when finished it will be a fine piece of work . Do not think that the women would have done it if it had been expected of them . They are no mere drudges to the lords of creation . Not in the least . They are equally mistresses of creation and will be. On the east side of the church is a new school-house, well planned and prettily decorated. The interior arrangements and external decorations of all these new buildings, public and private, expressed the ideas of a single mind . It is a model village, planned by an artist ' s eye, and pleasing in every feature . The cross of the Redeemer is the tree bearing this fruit : His resurrection emits the spark of life producing this civilization, without which real growth is impossible. Not the least satisfactory part of this material advance is that the Indians themselves bear the entire cost of it . The only thing the Church Missionary Society did was to provide funds for the erection of the insignificant parsonage when Mr . M'Cullagh began his work there in 188 .} . Nor is this a singular instance : it is the rule throughout the diocese. When travelling on the river I visit every village, whether Christian or heathen . In the former one meets troops of healthy, well clad children, who run to meet us fearlessly . Their dwellings are either new or in good repair, and well provided with modern furniture ; their gardens fenced in and tidy ; their roadways not mere tracks . Everywhere there are signs of comfort, cleanliness, and a laudable ambition . One hears the school bell twice and church bell once five days in the week, and on Sundays more frequently . I hardly know which I prefer to hear, the whirr of the sewing machine or music right and left from various instrument :, until we approach the village hall, where the band practisings
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nearly every evening after prayers drown all other sounds. There is much more stir in such a place than iu an English village of equal population, and the moral and spiritual state is higher, in some places much higher. One of my lady missionaries soon after her arrival deplored the civilization of the Indians, and longed to see then) iii paint and feathers . I described the dirt and vermin that belong to that type of Indian life, and asked if she was prepared to settle among them as a pioneer of law and Gospel . I have waited in vain for an answer . (i, is iuuliuucd).
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TILE O .P. DINNER. The Old Peterite Dinner will be held in London on Thursday. the 2nd July (the first day of the University Cricket Match) . The Rev . Canon Elwyn will preside and will nominate the Chairman for 1897. O .P . ' s who wish to be present are requested to address the Hon . Sec . : C . H . Chadwick, 3, Stone Buildings, Lincoln ' s Inn, W .C. The following are the Dinner Committee : Abbay, Rev . R. Haigh, Chas. Price, His Hon . Judge. Reinold, Professor. Allbutt, Professor. I-amberP . B. Stepney, Rt . Rev. Anderson, Y. McClellan, Rev . J . B. Atkinson, W . F. Mallinson, Rev . J . H. Bishop of Braithwaite, Mawdesley, E. Taylor, Rev . J . W. \V. Rev . P . R . I'. Meek, W . A. Turnbull, W . P. Close, C . A. Moss, Hugh Walker, Edward. Watson, C . W. Edmundson . Rev . G. Needharn, Dr. Newbury, H . J. Wharton, Hugh. Eyre, G . H. Gregory, Rev . T . H . Pollard, A . T .
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NOTES AND ITEMS. A new cricket shed has been built : half the expense has been borne by the Dean and Chapter, and for the other half we have to thank Mr . Lord. R . A . Draper has just passed his final Examinations at Royal College of Physicians, London, and the Royal College of Surgeons. C . B . Cotterell, Mathematical scholar of Baliol, has obtained 3rd class honours in Classical Moderations at Oxford. I . T. Malcolme attended the Coronation of the Czar as representative of Lord Salisbury : the is Lord Salisbury's private secretary. Major Buckle of the Yorkshire Regiment, on the 9th of April, gave up the Adjutancy of the 3rd Vol . Batt . W . Yorks . Regiment, his five years service with the volunteers then expiring ; Major Buckle will, it is understood, go to Ireland and take command of a company in the 1st Batt . Yorks . Regiment at Curragh Camp. Lieutenant Guy de Herriez Smith, .5th Sikhs, who has been selected for employment with the Egyptian Army by the Sirda has but lately returned from British Central Africa, where the distinguished himself in the war against the Arabs in Nyassaland . He was severely wounded at the capture of Mlozi's stockade, and was several times mentioned in despatches. We note a most interesting article on affairs in the Transvaal in the Conlemporar; Review for April, by 11Ir . Basil Worsfold (O .P.). Belowiwe notify the death of Rev . David Hill . Mr . Hill was in i86i appointed to the then newly opened mission in Central China . In 184 he sailed to China, which was then just recovering from the terrible Tai-ping Rebellion . Hankow was the scene of Mr . Hill ' slabours, and in 1877 he was engaged in distributing relief to the people suffering from the great famine of that year . In 1893 he made his last journey to China, where he died at the age of 56 .
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MARRIA(I1' :. FoR o—Scoarr .—On the t 8th inst ., at S . Mary :Abbot ' s, Kensington, by the Rev . Gerard 1 . Ford, U .A ., vicar of ldcford, South Devon (cousin of the bridegroom), assisted by the Rev . F . H. Ioscel)ne, M .A ., AV'iIiiam Pagan Ford, second son of John Ford, of Potters Bar, Middlesex and late of 'I'ancred, York, to Edith, youngest daughter of "Thomas Scott, S . Clement ' s Villa, "footing . OBITUARY. At Hankow, China, Rev David Hill died Saturday . April ISO), aged 56 . A member of this School some 4o years ago, and subsequently a devoted missionary in China . Mr . Hill ' s place will be hard to fill, and his loss is greatly lamented in the city of York, where he was universally beloved. At Langton Hall, Mallon, Rev . C . 13 . Norcliffe, aged 62 years. Rev . C . B Norcliffe was on, of the oldest members of the Surtees Society, being elected on the same day as the Rev . Chancellor Raine, Canon of York Minster, whose recent death has deprived the School of an old and esteemed friend .
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SCHOOL LETTER. h: would call the attention of our readers to the interesting
W letter of the Bishop of Caledonia which was commenced
in our last number and is concluded in- our present ; the school has for many years subscribed to his mission, and his account shows that it is a mission which deserves to be well supported. The cricket fixtures on the card have now all been played, and our record for the season shows 17 played, 6 won, 4 drawn, 7 lost . We refrain from needless comment, as full accounts of all but the last two or three matches will be found elsewhere : after a somewhat easy victory at home, we lost to Durham away : the Durham air must be at fault, as the football team met the same fate . Sullivan ' s batting has been the chief feature of the year : two centuries, one against the Yorkshire Gentlemen, the other against the Old Boys is an event that does not occur every year in school cricket, and «heelwright ' s two fifties in the same matches require a more eloquent tongue than ours to describe them. Commemoration Day was a great success, and the cricket match was well patronised : we were delighted to see the kindly face of the Dean of fork, both at the luncheon and at the cricket match. We cannot quit the subject of cricket without remarking on the excellent condition in which the ground has been kept this season, considering the dryness of the season, and the increased number of matches, this is especially praiseworthy and a great change for the -better .
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The Athletic Sports will take place on July 28 and 29 . We hope that more will train this year ; last year Ford was allowed to win more than his share of events : he has now left the school, but with reasonable training the performances ought to be quite up to the average, though he was certainly a runner of more than average merit, not to speak of his jumping. In conclusion the editorial firm is about to he divided ; after a term of service of three years and two years respectively we hid yon a touching farewell . We leave you a balance sheet, the account of our stewardship for the past year and a half ; for convenience sake, as editors usually lease at midsummer, the publication of the balance sheet has been altered to that number. Dayhoy's subscriptions will he due next term, and, the subscription being now zs . 6d ., we hope that the school magazine will be taken in by every boy .
CORRESPONDENCE. (belle- from the Bi :v/mfr of Caledonia continued .; The heathen are dirty, ragged, dispirited, and though envious of the well-being of their Christian tribesmen, cannot be induced to emulate them. The paths in their villages are crooked trails so filthy that one must take good heed to his ways or soon find himself in a disgusting plight . The children stand at a distance in awe, huddled together, unwashed, unkempt, in tatters or hits of blanket. In the biting cold of winter I have seen two little ones under one scanty piece of blanket and nothing else to cover them ! Their houses are rotting, propped up and patched as if no future were before them . Squalid within and dismal without they faithfully indicate the physical and moral degradation of their ignorant and superstitious inhabitants . One mourns to see such misery and feel helpless to remove it until they believe our message of a Saviour's redeeming love . They, however, cling with a passionate resolve to their old ways, ready to die rather than give
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them up . There are fine and noble possibilities in these remnants of an ancient race which clearly shine in those who believe in Jesus Christ. Nowhere that I know does the elevating as well as the saving power of faith in Christ so stand out as among the christian Indians who are in such happy contrast with their non-christian brethren. You would be surprised to see what pains the christians take to rescue them from their low estate . They start off when all the autumn work is done and winter supplies are stored for family use, to carry the glad tidings to their heathen fellow•Indian . They walk hundreds of miles each winter, as soon as the rivers and lakes are frozen, at their own charges, for no other object than to preach the gospel of peace . If you knew what they have then to endure you would understand their faith and love. Last autumn I saw some of the fruits of this volunteer agency at least 170 miles away from the Nass river christian villages. When at IIazelton, an important place about 200 miles from the mouth of the Keena river, I was urged by a tribe of Indians 6o miles further up the river to send them a missionary . They had heard of the wonderful love of Christ in dying for them from the liyensh native christians during their great itinerations. With me at the time was a young layman, son of an English clergyman, who instantly volunteered for the work . There he is all alone among the heathen, feeling it the noblest work a man can have to lead others to the Saviour . Truly, boys, it is a splendid vocation ? Now, a word about my voyages up these two rivers. The trip up the Nass was unpleasant because of the rain . It is a small thing I know, but I delight in the glorious majesty of Autumn on the river among the mountains, but the sunshine is wanted. The first night out my tent was pitched clear of the forest trees to avoid the drip that outlasts the rain . The great hank (or as we say here bar) of boulders had too thin a covering of sand to hold tent pegs, so I selected two small drift logs, laid them parallel to each other, weighted them with boulders to hold them
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fast, then pitched my little tent between and fastened the ropes to the logs . They are in some respects better than pegs in sand because they hold up the tent in a gale of wind more securely. It was not the rainy season though raining, and the river level was at least six feet lower, and quite forty-five paces away, so that I lay clown to sleep satisfied with me security . 'l'lhe pelting rain stretched the canvas as tight almost as a drumhead and drummed on it violently all night . A small rain sprang from the inside of the beaten canvas which made me pull my blanket over my head to keep it dry. I could not sleep . Just before dawn, when the darkness was thick, I had a creepy sort of feeling caused by a swirling swishy sort of noise as if the river were close up . I put out my head but could see nothing . I lighted my lantern, and holding it over me head I then saw that the water reached the " deadmen " as we call the weighted drift logs. At once I packed up, and without waiting to eat, quickly got all my belongings into the canoe, and with the breaking of the dawn started up the river . We had to pass the same spot next day and stopped to pick up a forgotten kettle, but found live feet of water flowing over the place where my tent had stood . My Indians had slept under the trees. Next night we were under a roof . It was a rough mission house, only used in April and May du r ing the great oolachan fishing, but deserted at other seasons . It was dark before we reached the place, and then had to climb up a very steep hank of clay about ten feet high from the river. We fixed the canoe mast against it, and having cut footholds in the bank with the axe, climbed up and got well plastered with the greasy clay. "Then, to get into the house, not having the key, we had to rip off three of the weather boards . Having sent the smallest Indian through, he took the lock off the door and we all entered, glad enough to get shelter from the rain . It was impossible to get up any cooking utensils then, so we took along some ship biscuits in our pockets for supper and breakfast . I took also a tin of sardines, being addicted to luxury .
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The place smelt of vermin on entering, but tired men are indifferent to such matters . So I rolled myself iii my rather wet blankets in one room and the crew- in another. The rats soon smelled out my biscuits, and, I suppose, also attracted by sardines, they swarmed around . 'I`lie racket began as I began to doze, and my night ' s work was to save my breakfast from the devouring disturbers You would certainly be amused if 1 described what happened . I do not wish to dwell upon it . I really hate rats. Let us away to the Skeena River . Since I last wrote to you I think, a powerful stern wheel steamer, capable of ] 6 miles an hour, has been put on the river . She is built in eight watertight compartments, can carry about ioo tons of freight, and about 30 passengers. The most dreaded part of the voyage is the getting through the Canyon, where the river is wedged in by lofty rocks, so its to make the water very deep, swift and full of whirlpools. Our great difficulty, however, was just chore the Canyon, where there is a vast bank of boulders quite covered in the season of high water, hut in September it becomes an island because of the snow being all melted on the mountains, causing the lower water in the river. The force of the high water often carries away parts, or piles up fresh material from these great bars . We found a new spur stretching across the end of the main passage of the Canyon, in which the rush of water is too tierce for anything to get through. We had passed up through the smaller of the two Canyon channels, but could not steam through the river channel on that side of the island bar, because there was a shallow at the upper end. But to go up the further side of the bar into the main channel of the rr'er. we had to round the newly formed spur that overlapped the main channel of the ('an_run . To me it seemed impossible. 1 am doubtful if I can clearly explain the difficulty or the way we surmounted it. How to get round that spur without being driven on the opposite rocks is the thing to be solved .
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It might be possible if we can make fast a strong cable ashore on the bar, and with it, as a radius, swing the ship through in an arc of about 6o degrees ; and then trust to being caught by the powerful eddy . Should such a cable hold we cannot be swept by the irresistible fury of the choked up river on to the rocks. Two 14-feet logs were cut from the forest, and after tying to each the end of a hemp cable, four inches in diameter, we buried the logs in the boulders, then they are called deadmen . The other ends of the cables are made fast near the bow of the steamer, one to the steam capstan, the other passing over an iron check close to the stern . We have now two radii from two very near together centres, and we have to move along the circumference. All is ready, and with a full head of steam in reserve, we creep along the lower edge of the bar, starting from about 8o fathoms from its spur . Two men, each with a sharp axe, stand by the cables to cut them through at a given signal . Gingerly the ship ' s bow enters the current near the point until its strength straightens the cables . The surges burst over the bow : the water rushes past us madly . If the cables hold the current itself will carry us round by a skilful use of the four big rudders . "Those ropes have an awful strain on them . What if the deadmen were to rise from their graves ? They have risen ! and the ship is carried by the current towards the rocks astern In a moment the axes fell, the cables tailed off in the stream just clear of rapidly revolving wheel turning astern with full steam power . It was a breathless moment as we rushed past those perilous rocks over which the river leaped, and a narrow escape from destruction. We rebury the deadmen in much deeper graves, splice the cables and try again. Other tactics must now be employed . The steamer is cautiously warped stern foremost right against the bar just inside the spur, and the great stern wheel is actually trade to dig into it . VVe were detained four days, and loosened more than a hundred tuns of boulders which the mighty current swept clean into the Canyon. Once again all is ready . We start from slack water at the dotted line ; and creep along the shore as close in as we can float .
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The deadmen will never rise again ; they are so deep . Foot by foot the ship ' s bow passes the now rounded point or spur into the swift current . The axes are ready, the steam hissing, the cables as rigid as a bar of steel ; the captain ' s hands, and three pair more, are on the spokes of the seven foot steering-wheel in the pilot house . He signals full speed ahead so as to get steering way in case of again breaking away. The frantic water roars as it leaps past or over the bows ; astern the revolving wheel adds to the uncanny tumult . We are in the full sweep of the down rush, and to judge by the water ' s speed past us, we were going at railroad pace ; but not past the land, only over the stream . Snap . away goes the after part of the iron chock like a stone from a catapult . The sudden jerk of the cable pulled out the great oak cleat six feet long, the big iron bolts being drawn from the deck beams as pins out of cheese. A double strain was now put on the remaining cable which seemed to cry out in pain . We are flying through the baffled water . The signal is given : down comes the axe ; back jumps the cable, the end untwisted like a trundled mop, and in a trice are caught by the strong eddy and swept past the dangers into peace and safety ! The mental tension over, a loud hurrah rings out joyfully ! In descending we had to pass through the same peril, but God brought us home safe and sound. I am, very sincerely yours, W . CALEDONIA. T I/o Ileadnws/er, for /he use of /he 1, /silts, fork.
COMMEMORATION DAY. As June zgth, St . Peter' s I)ay, fell this year upon a Monday, it was deemed advisable, for many reasons which need not be detailed here, to hold the celebration of it on the Tuesday after . The hapel was tastefully decorated for the occasion with flowers and plants, and we have to thank Mrs . Handiord and those ladies who
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also gave their services for their successful exertions . The Service, which was attended by a large congregation, was read by the Bead Master, and included the 89th Psi ., and the Hymns: " Disposer Supreme " and " ° dust as I am . " The Sermon was preached by the Rev. G . L . Le Maistre, an Uld Boy of the School, who took his text from Nchetnia 8, 1o . " The joy of the Lord is your strength . " The preacher told how the Israelites were encouraged by the prophet and stirred up to fresh endeavours by these words, which were also especially applicable to the boys of a public school. True happiness was the real aim of religion, and this happiness could only be obtained by living pure and noble lives . All could not be great, but all could be noble in whatever station of life each one might be called, and life at school was the training ground for the battle of life outside . In conclusion, he referred to the days that he had spent at the School, and wished success in all their undertakings t.o all who, now united at school, would soon be scattered throughout the world. A celebration of the Holy Communion was held immediately after the Morning Service. The cricket match was continued at 12-30, and about an hour later an adjournment was made for luncheon, at which, besides the cricket teams, many visitors were entertained, amongst whom we saw the Dean and Lady Emma. In the Afternoon the attendance at the match was very large, a record one in all probability, and the spectators were rewarded by seeing some very plucky batting on the part of the School, in what was rather an uphill fight . The weather was luckily all that could be desired, whilst the dresses of the ladies added much to the gay appearance of the field . The match, as recorded elsewhere, ended in a win for the old Boys, by seven wickets.
CRICKET. Nokrrt RIDING As\LU~t. Plavcd on the_ Asylum ground on May 19 . We had lust innings, Nevile and Sullivan first going to the wickets . Neither ST . P1errk ' S SCHOOL V .
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stayed long, but Wheelwright made 25 by vigorous cricket . Five others reached double figures, viz . :—Joicey, Hingston, Yeld, Watson, and Metcalfe, and the innings closed for the respectable total of 121. Dr . Kershaw and Milnthorpe made a good start for the Asylum, and were not separated until the total reached 64 . . The second wicket fell at 79 . Wickets then fell rapidly—Veld performing the " hat trick . " The 7th wicket fell at 85. , after which the score rose steadily until our total was passed . Parry was out next, at z .} (he had been missed at deep mid-off long before our total was reached), and the innings closed for 127 . Yeld had the best bowling analysis, as will be seen below . Full score : ST. F's;T ER's. A . M . Sullivan, b Parry 4 R . M . Nevile, b Best 4 II . Wheelwright, lbw, b Stenning 25 19 L . J . Joicey, b Best E . M . Ilingston, b Stenning 13 R . F . Russell, b Best 4 G . G . Yeld, c Figgis, b Best 12 .Y. AVatson,c Stenning, b Kershaw 11 J . F . Williams, b Stenning o T J . E. Metcalfe, not out 19 R . G . Bingham, b Kershaw o Extras 12
N . R . AsvI.cm. II . Kershaw, c Nevile, b Yeld T . Milnthorpe, c Joicey, b Yeld C . Best, c Sullivan, b Veld Figgis, b Veld F . Waterhouse, h Yeld S . H . Johnson, b Hingstou W . Stenning, run out \V . Moyser, c Sullivan, b Watson W . Parry, c Yeld, b Nevile \V . Ilccl:ley, run out \V . Hill, not out Extras
Total Total 123 School Analysis :-- Runs . Wickets . Maidens . Overs. Nevile 32 1 t 9 1 2 7 Ilingston 18 Yeld 4o 5 1 11 Joieey 8 o 0 4 Watson 19 I 3 10
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At York, on Saturday, May 23 . Durham won the toss, and elected Elliot and Harrison to bat versus the bowling of Nevile and Yeld . In his first over the latter disturbed Harrison ' s bails, but A . N . Clarke coming in made a long stand . His hitting was clean, and though he gave a chance to long-slip at 3o, he played sound cricket . A brother of our old opponent A . Cumberledge came in, fourth wicket down, and contributed in promising style. The tail end were easily disposed of, Nevile taking . wickets, and Hingston another, while Yates, who came in last, was run out for
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to work, and scoring- the faster of the two, made 22 out of 35 before he was bowled by Galavan . Wheelwright quickly knocked up 14 before he was caught . Joicey° and Nevile scored a dozen off one over of Galavah ' s, besides a wide, and J .,icev was then caught by the wicket keeper lur a lively 20 . 3 for Ioj . Iingston and Nevile remained together till lunch, the former making a fine leg hit over the trees . After lunch wickets fell rapidly . Hingston stood still to watch a catch dropped and was run out . Nevile gave a couple of chances to the wicket keeper, and was then bowled for a steady 44, and Russell was bowled in trying to pull Quinn . 'Veld made 13, and Metcalfe 1 5 , including one over the fence, and the innings closed for 171. Ampleforth made a bad start . Nevile caught and bowled Stanton with his 3rd ball, and Dawes stepped in front of a straight one to pay the penalty, 2 for 1 . Galavan hit hard for 14 . Dolan should have been caught before he had scored and remained till he had compiled 16 . The next three wickets gave little trouble, and the scoring board read i for 42 . A win seemed certain, but Magoris and Farrell made an unexpected stand, bringing on Veld and Watson . The rate of scoring did not diminish, and no new bowler being tried a draw became inevitable . Nevile eventually bowled Magoris for 32, his hitting, in spite of his size, being strong and clean . Quinn and Farrell played out time, the latter being 38 not out . Sr. PETER ' S. A MPLEFORTH. 1 A . M . Sullivan, b Galavan 22 T . Stanton, c & b Nevile R . M . Nevile, b Mawson V . Dawes, lbw, b Nevile o 44 H . Wheelwright, c Stanton, bDolan 14 J . Galavan, c Joicey, b Hingston 1¢ E . J . Joicey, c Farrell, b Dolan 20 J. Dolan, c Sullivan, b Neville 16 E . M . Hingston, run out 18 P . Buggins, b Hingston 3 R . F. Russell, b Quinn . b I-Iingston 5 J Dawson, G . G . 'Veld, b Mawson 13 A. Magoris, c & b Nevile 32 J . P . Watson, c Maynard, b Mawson z E . Maynard . b Nevile o J . E Metcalfe, b Magnin, r5 G. Farrell, not out 38 R . G. Bingham,cMagoris, bMawson r J. Quinn, not out 5 I, . 11 . Moiser, not out o B. Mawson, to bat Extras Extras 7 17 Total . . .171 Bowling Analysis :--Runs. R . M . Nevile . . 34 E . M . Hingston . . 35 J . P . Watson 27 tr . G . Veld 14
Total (for 8 wkts .) Wkts . Maidens . Average. 6 .8. 5 7 3
7
11 . 6 .
117
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Played on opponents' ground, May z8th, in fine weather . The Gentlemen batted first, and the hard wicket proved of advantage to the batsmen . Messrs . Walker and Cox made 21 & 31 respectively. the former being bowled by 1Iingston, and the latter retiring. Landon and Wood were in good form, the latter hitting nine fours in his score of 5S . After eight wickets had fallen, the Gentlemen declared their innings closed, and with z!; hours to play the School had 256 runs to get—not an easy task. Nevile and Sullivan went first to the wickets, but Jones, in his fourth over, bowled Nevi le for one run, and the stand of the afternoon was then made by Sullivan and Wheelwright . In Wheelwright' s display there were only eight singles, his hitting being without a fault ; with 70 runs to his account he was lbw to Wood ' s bowling . Turning to Sullivan ' s century, a score which was last made against the Yorkshire Gentlemen on the same ground by F . Mitchell, we observe three hard chances, two of which were in the slips and one at the wicket : he was at length caught by Walker. joicey followed with 15, and it was seen that there would be an exciting finish . Russell and Yeld made a good stand, and when stumps were drawn at 7 o ' clock, Russell being caught of} Lawson Smith, the School required 19 runs to win, with four wickets to fall. Score and analysis : YORRKSHIRE GENTLEMEN . F . H . Walker, b Hingston E . S . Cox, retired
ST . PETER ' S. 21
31 C .W. Landon, c Williams, b Nevile 52 B. Hudson, lbw, b Williams 37 P . E . Lord, c Russell, b Greeves 9 C. Leigh, b Greeves 34 R . H Wood, not out 58 R . C . Gibb, h Greeves o E . H . Haviland, b Greeves 8 E xtras 5 Total (8 wkts .) 2 55 Innings declared. Did not bat—E . S . Jones and E . M. Lawson-Smith. School Analysis :— Runs. Nevile .. .. 55 Hingston . . .. 65 Joicey 20 6-reeves 51 Williams 24 Watson 12 Yeld . . 16
R . M . Nevile, c Wood, h Jones . . [ A . M . Sullivan, cAWaller, hLawson Smith tot II . Wheelwright, lbw, b Wood . . . . 70 E . J . Joicey, lbw, 1) Lawson-Smith 15 E . M . Hingston, c Lawson-Smith, h Lord o R . F . Russell, c Gibb, b LawsonSmith 16 G . G . Yeld, nct out . . . . . . 18 Extras . . . 15 Total (6 wkts .) . . . . 237 To bat-J . P. Watson . J . E. Metcalfe. II . B . Greeves, and T . F . Williams.
Wickets . Maidens . 1
6
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ST . Pit rate's 15T XI . V . BRADFORD Town. This match was played on our ground, May 30111 . Sullivan's absence rather handicapped the School XI . Metcalfe . Wheelwright, and Joicey alone got into double figures, wickets falling rapidly after they left . After the first three Bradford men had been disposed of, their wickets fell rapidly before the bowling of Greeves and Nevile . They were the victors by ¢6 runs. Score and Analysis : ST . Pyre's. BsA(,i. otcv TOWN. G . Veld . c Scott, b Batchelor 2 A . D . Robinson, b Greeves 31 F . Metcalfe . c Scott, 1> Batchelor to \V . Scott . cWheehvright, b(ireeves 18 I. i 1 . Wheelwright, b Lumby 21 Braithwaite, c Ilingstonb(beeves tb E . J . Joicey, b Lumhy 18 Robcttshaw, b ( ;reeves o E . M. Ilingston, c Constable, b E . H . Lumbv, b Nevile o Scott .. Batchelor, c Metcalfe, b Greeves o 9 R . F . Russell, c Constable . h Scott E . Bur nley, b Greeves 4 K. M Nevile, b Lnmby 0 L. Airey, c Wheelwright, b Nevile 2 J. P . Watson, h Lunit)y [ McGee, c Metcalfe, 1) Williams . . 9 T . F. 'Williams, c Braithwaite, I, Constable, not out 4 McGee Wilkinson, lbw, b Joicey 29 R . G . Bingham, b McGee 3 Byes H . B . Greeves, not out [ Total . . . , 22 Byes 9
Total . . . . 76 Analysis of School Bowling :—Overs . Runs . Wickets . Maidens. 1 2 Hingston 12 27 Nevile 17 28 2 ., Greeves . . .. 17 45 5 4 Williams .. 2 4 t o 2 t U Joicey 9 ST . I 'arait ' S V . AMPLEPORTH CO1 .1 .at e.
The return match was played at Ampleforth, on June 1st . Tirr home captain won the toss, and I3uggins and Stanton went first to the wickets, and in his fourth over Nevile disposed of Buggins, whose partner did not long survive him . Galavan played good cricket for 17, when he was Ihw to (reeves . The rest of the innings calls for little comment except Dawson ' s innings, he being not out 2+, after seeing five wickets fall. Our innings did not commence brilliantly, as Sullivan was out for 3 . Wheelwwright put on [3 before he was beaten by a ball from Quinn, who also clean bowled Russell for to . Veld and Metcalfe, however, made a long stand, the former being in exceedingly good
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form.
\Chen stumps were drawn we had won by a wicket and six
runs . Aver s FOR Ill.
Sr. Pm ER ' s.
P . Huggins, c and b Nevile J . Stanton, b Hingston J . J . Galavan, lbw, 1) Greeves V . Dewes, b ( ;reeves J . Dolan, b (iree) es J . Dawson, not out A. Magoris, b Hingston G. Farrell, c Y eld, b Hingston J, Quinn, b Nevile L . Maynard, h Iingston B. Mawson, b Greeves Extras
8 11 17 2 I 24 2 2 7 5 6 6
L . M . Nevile, b Ouinn .. .. 7 A . M . Sullivan, c Farrell, b Quinn 3 H . Wheelwright, b Magoris E . J. 1oicev, c Farrell, b Quinn 3 E. M . Hingston, c Galavan, b Quinn o IT . T . Russell, b Quinn to G. G . Meld, not out 33 J . P . Watson, c Dolan, I) Magoris o *J . E . \letcalfe, b Mawson 18 H. B . ;reeves, b Quinn 3 Extras 7
Total (9 wlcts .) 97 "Received his colours. rota] . . . 91 R . G . Bingham did not bat. Bowling Analysis :—Overs . Runs . Wickets . Maidens . Average. 12 32 2 3 16 Nevile Greeves . . 17 29 4 7' 2 5 24 4 5 6 Hingston 14 ST . PETER ' S C . HYMER ' s Col .r .EGE, HELI .. This lixture :_was played
on June 4 th, at Hull .
Homer' s College
were an unknown quantity, as we had !not played them before. They went in first to bat, and were soon disposed of, Nevile and Greeves bowling the innings through . Metcalfe and Russell went to the
wickets first for us ; Russell did not stay long, and was
bowled without scoring . Sullivan then joined Metcalfe ; he saw
all the rest of the wickets fall, and carried his bat for 27. HaaER ' s COLLEGE.. . . .. J . Wilson, b Greeves . . . . W . A . Rudd, b Grceves . W . S . A\rcathall,c Joicev, h Greeves J . Wilson, c Russell, 1) Nevile .. W . E . Barton, b Greeves G. F . Greenwood, c Veld, b Nevile J . B . Askew, h Nevile D . Balfour , c Veld, b Nevile R . Grasby, run out C . Helbyer, not out H. 1 f ackwell, b Greeves Extras
•
• • •
Sr . PErER ' s SCIIOOr .. J . E . Metcalfe, b trashy 6 H . S . Russell, b Grashv o 27 A . M . Sullivan, not out o G . Wheelwright, b Grasby R . M . Nevile, c IIelbyer, b Askew E . J. Joicev, c ANilson, bAskew E . M . I{ingcton, c & b Barton . . .. G . G . Ycld, b Barton J . P . AMatson . oGreenwood, b Barton R . G . Bingham, c Wreathall, b Barton H . 13 . ( ;reeves, c Balfour , b Grasby o
Total . . . . 40 Total School Analysis :— Runs. Wickets . Maidens . Overs. 27 4 Nevile 9 19 18 20 5 8 Greeves
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309
Sr . PETER ' S V . POCKI .INGTON G. S. Played at York on Saturday, June 6th . The visitors batted first, a great advantage, and ran up the very satisfactory total of 1 .4.6. Allison and .Murray displayed good cricket, and almost every member of the team played with a straight bat. Nevile and Sullivan then opened our innings, and whatever hope we had that our opponents' total would be passed soon vanished, for one after another, in quick succession, succumbed to the deliveries of Allison and Cautley, and our total only reached 39 . We therefore had to follow on, and, although a little better start was made, we were all dismissed for 38. The bowling of Allison and Cautley was apparently too good and straight for us, and met with a very feeble resistance . In our second innings some of our batsmen adopted a kind of " Don ' t care " style, and hit wildly at everything--a method which met with the usual result . Our defeat was as complete as it was unexpected, but we hope to make a better fight in the return match. Score and Analysis : I NGTON. NG
J . It . Allison, c Nevile, b Yeld . . 54 , L . S . Clough, b Greases R . Lipscomb, b Nevile i D . Nutt, b Kingston R . R . Murray, c Sullivan, b Greeves 31 P . Barber, b Nevile P . Simnel, 6 Kingston I2 C . E . Watts, not out . . J . II . Iles, b (beeves Extras F . U . Cautley, cSullivan, 6K ingston 18 1 Total R . M . White, c Russell, b Kingston o SI. rte's. R . M . Nevile, lbw, b Cautley 5 A . M . Sullivan, b Allison . . . o A II . Wheelwright, b Allison , E . J . Jokey, b Cautley 2 E . M . Kingston, b Cautley 4 R . F . Russell, c Cautley, b Allison 6 o G . G . Veld, b Alliso,1 J . P. Watson, not out 7 J . E . Metcalfe, b Allison o T . F . Williams, run out 0 IT . B . Greaves, b Cautley 5 Extras 9 Total
39
13 4 4 o 8 — 146
5 b Allison 8 b Allison c Iles, Ii Allison b Nutt 4 b Simnel- o 3 lbw, b Nutt not out 3 b Allison b Allison 0 b Allison o b Allison o Extras 5 Total
St . Peter's Analysis :—(tuns. Wickets . Maidens . Overs. Nevile .. 25 2 1 1I Hingston . . 6o .. 4 5 23 Greeves .. . . 37 3 9 19 1 0 3 Yeld . . 5 Williams . 11 0 0 3 ..
38
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ST . PETER ' S V . ALMOND11URY OLI1 Boys. This match was played on June 19th, at York . Nevile and Sullivan went in first, runs coming slowly . Sullivan was soon disposed of for 4., but Nevile and Yeld made a long stand, adding 34. and 32 respectively . An unaccountable collapse then took place, Metcalfe alone showing any resistance to the bowling. Sykes and Walton made most of the runs for the visitors, and with seven wickets clown for 6o, there seemed considerable prospect of victory . Heron and Cameron, however, hit oft the remaining runs . and Almondbury won by I2 runs. Scores and Analysis : ALMONI,BI'RY ULU BOYS.
Sr . PETER ' S'' .
It . M . Nevile, b Grest . . . . 34 4 A . M . Sullivan, b Grest G. G . Yeld, b Grest . . . 32 H. Wheelwright, c Grest, b Turner 3 E . J . joicey, b Crest o H . F . Russell, b Turner I. P . Watson, b Crest o if . E . Metcalfe, b Turner . . . . II B . Nelson, b Turner .. o H . B . Greeves, lbw, b Tuner . . . Cass, not out I C. E Extras 12 Total . . .
F. C . Crowther, c Metcalfe.bNe'ile V . B . Sykes, b Greeves H. E . Walton, b Veld H . C . P . Bairstow . b Yeld G. Crest, b Veld C . Turner, c Metcalfe, b Greeves It . V . Middlemost, b Nelson l I . A . Heron, b Nevile A . Cameron, c Veil, b Greeves T. L . Hay, b Nevile A . Wilkes, not nut Extras
99
Total . . . .Ir2
Schcof Anal}si- :-1tun' . Wickets . Maidens . fivers. Nevile . . . 20 3 0 ; 25 3 4 Ir Greeves Veld . . 3 2 12 Cass . . 20 0 1 7 I 3 Nelson . . 15
S . PETER ' S V . YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN.
'I'lhe School were without Wheelwright . which of course was a considerable handicap . The Gentlemen won the toss and Firth and Marsden opened the innings to the bowling of Kingston and Greeves ; Marsden was bowled by Hingston for one . but Firth scored freely, mostly off Greeves whose bowling was rather erratic, and made 79 ; he gave several difficult chances before being finally caught by Greeves . In spite of numerous bowling changes the scoring continued at a rapid pace, the fielding being partly to blame for this .
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CRICKET .
With two hours remaining for play, the School commenced their innings at live o ' clock with Sullivan and Nevile, who made so good a start that the first wicket did not fall until 78 had been put, Sullivan being bowled after having made .5 in just an hour in his usual good style and without a chance . Joicey then came in and made a hard cut for . . off his first ball Nevile was caught at the wicket for 34, he seemed to find Wilson difficult at first but afterwards played with confidence and was not tempted to hit by the proximity of the field . Joicey returned one to the bowler when he had made 25 which was mostly made up of hard hits . The next four wickets did nothing, but when stumps were drawn at 7 o ' clock the School had still three wickets in hand. Cass was one of the most alert in the field. YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN . Sr . PETER ' S. Rev . E. B . Firth, c Greeves b Hingston 79 FL I . M . Marsden, b Hingston . Landon, b Yeld C. W 19 W. S . Alexander, c Veld b Wilson lo J . M . Davison, not out 84 R. H . Wood, c Sullivan b Greeves 5 Rev . T . C . Birch, lbw b Nelson 1 A . T . Bethel], c Hingston b Yeld 26 M . 11 . Wilson, not out 23 Extr as to
R . M . Nevile, c Birch b Wood , 34 A . M . Sullivan, h Wood 45 E. J . Joicey, c and b Wilson , , . 25 F. M . Hingston, b Wood 2 R . F . Russell, c Firth, h Wilson . 4 G. G. Yeld . lbw h Wilson _ 1 J . P. Watson, st Birch, b Firth , 5 J . E. Metcalfe, not out I H. B . Greeves . not out t Extras 10
Total , . . 258 Innings declared. To bat—Major Swahey and Captain Lindberg. School Analysis : -Runs . Wickets. Nevile . . 30 o Hingston 72 2 Greeves 45 1 Yeld 47 2 Watson 15 0 Wilson . . 20 2 Cass 19 0
Total (7 wkts) .
Maidens . o 2 0 1 3
128
Overs. 8 15 13 8 3 9 6
Sr . PETE1:'s V . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHoof .. On June loth, at York . We won the toss, and Nevile and Wheelwright opened the innings for us . The bowling was rather weak and the score rose quickly . Veld, Joicey, and Sullivan all got into the thirties, " and the latter was well set when he was unfortunately run out . Both Watson and Nelson sheaved much
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improvement on previous form, scoring 17 and 19 respectively. Our score was considerably raised by 20 extras ; with nine wickets down for 187 we declared, Cass not going to the wickets. Only two men in the Leeds team offered any serious resistance to the bowling, Greeves tieing especially dangerous . 'I '. Longlev was smartly caught by Russell off ' V eld for ei ght, and the same bowler caught and bowled Matthews for one, so that five wickets were down for 28 runs . Proctor then came in, and found the bowling more to his liking . IIe was missed early on in his innings of 23, owing to a misunderstanding between )oiccy and Wheelwright. Greeves howled two men with 2 consecutive balls, after which a long stand was made . The fielding was not very good at this stage, and, owing to Messrs . Proctor and Allison, the score was rapidly rising . ' I ' lre former was fun out, however, and the end soon came, a good ball from ('ass disposing of Allison and leaving us victors be 1o+. ST .
1't{TF:R''.
R . M . Nevile, lbw . 11 Allison
'1' . L . Francis, b Nevile It . T . Longley, b Greeves '1' . A . Longley, c Russell . b Veld A . E . North, b (:reeves C . T . Matthews . c Y b Yeld C . II . Proctor, run out P . Bolton, run out ( . . S . Richardson, b (.:reeves l : Sow \, b GreeVeS F. W . Allison, b Cass F. W . Knowles, not out . . Extra s-
..
H . Wheelwright, b Longley G . G, Yeld, b Knowles E . J . ,Joicev, b Knowles .. A . M . Sullivan, run out R . F . Russell, c Francis, b Allison E . M . I I ingston, b Allison J . P . Watson, b Bolton R . Nelson, not out II . B . (*reeves, b Allison Extras Total Innings declared closed. Cass did not bat .
8
8 8
23 o o 0 26
o
18;
Total
83
St . Peter's School Analysis :--Runs . Wickets . Maidens . Ovens. Nevile .. 27 r o 6 Greeves 1b 13 4 Veld 23 3 Q 2 ST . Pi .TE:RS' V . 01 .h Boys. The annual match took place on S . Peter's Day and the day following . The weather was all that could be desired, and the attendance numerous on both days . Ncyile won the toss and hatted first with Sullivan ; runs came apace until Metcalfe sent back Nevile lbw for 1 .L . Sullivan was scoring fast, but Wheelwright
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and Kingston alone got into double figures, and he was left not out, to6 . "There were 26 extras, so that the runs were mostly off Sullivan's hat, and his score comprised 18 singles only . The fielding of the Old Boys seemed rather free and easy, and three chances were missed, still his century, the second this season, was a very meritorious display. Shepherd and Eyre opened the innings for the Old Boys, and Eyre immediately started scoring; . After hitting three " threes " Shepherd was clean bowled by Veld, and \V'hincup came in ; after some good hits he was caught by Metcalfe for 19, when Lord and Eyre made the stand of the afternoon . 'I'Ite defence of these two O .P . ' s was impenetrable ; Mr . Lord, however, gave a chance to long leg when he had made 18 . After several bowlers had been tried, he at length gave a chance oil Veld to Joicer, who mercilessly received it . Eyre and Mortimer wv ere not out, 109 and 24 . When play ceased for the afternoon . Next day at t 2 o'clock, this pair a ant went to the wickets, but Mortimer was caught after staking a single . A splendid one-handed high catch by Metcalfe disposed of Mosley, and though Birks gave a lively display, the innings soon closed fur 373 . After lunch the School went out to bat . The innings opened disastrously, Sullivan being bowled without scoring . Veld then went in and \ till] Wheelwright, who soon came in, a long stand was mle . Veld was playing very carefully, but after Wheelwright had been caught by Eyre the bowling had more effect . The innings closed with about half-anhour to spare liar 211 . With 36 to win, Mosley and Metcalfe went to the wickets for the Old Buys . The clergyman was soon bowled, and Whincup came in ; the runs were soon obtained, and Old Peterites congratu'ated themselves on a victory by seven wickets. Score and Analysis : Tn IS Scat w l .. A . M . Sullivan, nut out 106 h Mortimer It. M. Nevile, lbw, h Metcalfe . . . . 14 lbw b Mortimer G. G . Veld, b Metcalfe . . . . . 3 run out E . J . Joicei, c vv liiucup, b Metcalfe b c and b Mosley . . .. H. Wheelwiight, lbw b Metcalfe . . - c Eyre b Mosley E . Al . Ilingston, run out . . Io It Mosley b Mosley R. F . Russell, lbw b \lottintel . . 19 I. l' . Watson, b Mosley 3 b Cass J. E . Metcalfe, b Mosley . . o b Mortimer B . Nelson, b Mosley 3 c Birlcs, b Mortimer not out H .B .I reeves, c Shepherd, 6 Mosley o Extras 26 Extras I,ota1
19 ;
Total
. .21t
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G . H . Eyre, not out 1 45 J . Shepherd, b Yeld . 9 C . P . Whincup,cMetcalfe, b Greeves 12 P . E . Lord, c Jokey . h Yeld . . . . I t i J . Mortimer, c Nevile, b Greeves . . zj V. A . Mosley, e Metcalfe, L Greeves 7 Rev . H . G . Metcalfe, b Greeves ., o G . V . Bilks, 1) Nevile 22 E . F . Nevile, b Nevile 6 C . P. Cass, c Wheelwright,b Nevile 2 o W. A . Rose, b Nevile Extras 25 Total
not out
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. b Nevile b Greeves not out
16
0 0
. b Nevile
373
School Analysis :—1st innings . Runs. Nevile . . . . b3 Greeves 116 Hingston . . 38 Jokey . . 19 Yeld . . . . , 8; .. . Nelson . . 2, 2nd innings. 23 Greeves .. Nevile . . 12 SF . PE'TER ' S SCHOOL X .
0
Extras Total (3 whts) .. Wickets . Maidens . Overs. 4 20 4 12 4 42 o 2 12 0 1 4 2 2 22 0 o 4 1
36
3'1 S
DURHAyI SCHOOL.
This return match was played at Durham, on June 131111 . The weather was fine and warm and the wicket in good condition. Durham won the toss, and had half-an-hour's batting before luncheon . Hingston and Greeves started the bowling to Sagar and Elliott . After getting each bowler to the boundary, Sagar was bowled ; and three ovens later Hingston got Elliott's wicket ; whilst just before the interval Yeld, who had replaced Hingston, clean bowled Price, 3 for zo . At this time matters looked very well for S . Peters, and on resuming two more wickets quickly fell, and half the home team were out for .} . Meanwhile Clarke had been playing a very free game, but though he made plenty of runs, especially from Yeld, yet he was very lucky in putting up balls just out of reach of the field . Two wickets fell at 89, and then Yates stayed with Clarke till 125 was on the board, when Yeld had his revenge by bowling the latter with a beauty . The innings ended at 128. As in Durham ' s innings so in ours, at the beginning we seemed absolutely safe to win . Nevile and Sullivan took the score to 49 by very steady cricket in about an hour . Sullivan scored the first
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17, and then he stood still while Nevile got is, and then again Sullivan began to score . Things were going very well with us till, at .} ;, Sagar went on to bowl . He at once got Sullivan, who had had none of the bowling for some time, and then Wheelwright who hit across at a straight one, 2 for 5 t . Then Joicev helped Nevile to take the score to 71, the cricket being very dull . In fact Nevile was at one time twenty-five minutes scoring one run . After Nevile left, an unaccountable rot set in . There seemed no other reason for the wretched cricket displayed, except that a few runs were wanted . With the exception of a little hitting by 7tletcalfe, the batting was as feeble as can well he imagined, and after so bright a start we were all out for o6, and had lost the match by 32 runs. Harrison howled extremely well for Durham, taking 6 wickets for 33 . whilst ( ;reeves . for S . Peters, took 6 wickets for ,l4• Dl'R IAM. Sr . t'1•:'rER's. 1 . W . Sagar, 1) ( ) reeves b .1 . Al . Sullivan, bSagar 25 T . R . Elliott, h I Iingston 3 K . \I . Nevile . b Harrison 24 W . A . Clark, 1) -V eld A . Wheelwright, h Sagar 2 W . I'rice, 1) GI cert. - . 3 E . J . Jokey . c Price, b Sagar 1(7) I _ II u-rison, b Veld E . Al . IIin slon . I) Harrison 5 : J, . ( . H . Martin, b ((reeves 1 It . P . Russell, 1) Harr iron 0 A. Henderson, c Nevile, b lbeeves 12 G . G . Veld, not out K . C . Cumberledge, c Sullivan b J . P . \Vatsou, b Harrison o (r, eves o J . E . Metcalfe . b Harison 6 16 h Harrison , . . o C. Yates . b Yeld It . B . (reeves, c B. Sadler . c Watson, b I reeves 0 R . Nelson, run out 1 II . F . D . ner, not out o Extras 12 Extras 5 Total . . . . 95 Total . . _128 School Analysis :--Ruts . Wickets . Maidens . liven'.. 8 Nevile .. 0 0 3 Ilingston .. 1 34 3 9 (reeves . . .. 6 5 16 J} Yeld . . .. 31 0 8 3
Sr . PaFER ' S V . POCKLINGTON SCHOOL. We journeyed to Pocklington on Thursday, July 2nd, anxious to wipe out our defeat itt the first match, and we fully achieved our desire, winning by 72 runs- Nevile won the toss and this time decided to take first innings . The start was very bad . Nevile tvas caught at the wicket at 3 and Sullivan clean bowled at 7 . Then -V eld and joicey began a long partnership . Playing very steadily indeed they kept the ball low and gave no chances . Coining when
,jib
CRICKET.
it did Yeld ' s f z was an invaluable innings . The wicket was very bumpy and the bowling wanted careful watching . At the interval the score stood at }9 for 3 wickets, Joicey not out zz . On resuming it was soon evident that the batsmen meant scoring and Joicey got a grand hit to the square leg boundary . The fourth wicket fell at 77, having added 35, strangely enough the same as the third wicket produced . Then Wheelwright, after a pretty innings, was very well thrown out by Allison . Next Watson played a free innings of 16 . Metcalfe had his usual knock and eventually the innings closed for the respectable total of i zg. When Allison and Lipscomb began for Pocklington, Greeves and Yeld were the bowlers . Yeld was very short at first and Allison hit him for two and three ; but Greeves was bowling very well indeed and in his fourth over bowled Allison and got Murray caught at the wicket . Two for 7 . This was promising, but two overs later Greeves dismissed Iles and Simner with successive balls . His analysis so far was .} wickets for z runs . The sixth wicket fell at 18, all having fallen to Greeves, five clean bowled, and his figures now read 9 overs, . . maidens, 6 wickets, 7 runs . In the same over Barber was badly missed in the slips by Hingston . Three other catches were missed and Greeves seemed to lose his head and the score was taken to 30 when Nutt was run out . Then again there was a stand, till Hingston, going on at 5 z, in his second over got the last three wickets, all at 57. Following on, Pocklington fared as badly, five wickets being down for 18 . but time prevented us winning by an innings, the score at the finish being J9 for 7 wickets . This time Nelson took 6 wickets for zo, five being clean bowled. It was an almost exact reversal of the match at York, and we may be pardoned for repeating a remark overheard on the Pocklington ground . It was this, " I ' m glad they don ' t come here every day ." Sr . Pr:rr:x's. R . M . Nevile, c white, 1 Simner . . o j. P . Watson, c Clough b Watt . . 10 A . M . Sullivan, h Allison .. 4 f. E . Metcalfe, b Simner To . Ycld, b Allison G. G 12 B . Nelson, not out , 3 E . j . Ioicey, b Simner 42 H . B . Greeves, c Murray b Sinner o H. Wheelwright, run out 19 Extras 11 M . Hingston, c Murray b Simner 4 R . F. Russell, c Iles, b Hall . . . . 8 Total . . . . 729
31 7
CRICKR1 . l'OCKI.INOTON SCHOOL ..
I . R . Allison, b Greeves 5 C. H. Lipscomb, b Greeves 5 It. . B . Murray, c Joicey, b Greeves o I . H . Isles, b Greeves 4 R . P . Simnel .. I) ( ;reeves o I R . M . \Vllite, b Greeves D. Watt, run out 5 I' . Barber, not out 18 L . S . Clough, c Nelson, b Hingston 18 E. M . White, b Hingston o o E. It. . Hall, b Hingston Extras . . . .
not out 1) Nelson
4
c Nevile, b Hingston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. b Nelson b Nelson . . . . . b Nelson c Watson, b Nelson not out
13
Extras
Total . . . . 57
o 4 o 7 ; 3
Total (7 wkts) . . . . J9
I . PETER ' ', SCHOOL 2ND V . I)URHA .1 GRAM\IAR SCHOOL 2ND .-
Played at Yink on Saturday, June 13. 1)r'ati_txi. Maughan, b Cass A . Jones . 1) Cass Alderson, b Williams W . Sagar, c Cass, b Greer Shawyer, b Bingham \V . Bell, c Moiser, h Cass Lilldle, b Creer J . Haythornthaite, b Williams Atkinson, b Williams Shurburn, not out Hesket, b Williams Extras Total
t
o 7 15 G 5 , 15 0
o 4 .
55
b Cass c Kirke, h Williams 1) Williams :Moiser, b Cass b Cass b Cass b Cass c 1-1arrison, b Williams b Creer not out b Cass Extras Total . . . . 58
YE rER ' s. o 'I' . Kelly, c Haythornthaite, b 1 . L . Williams . b Bell 20 Shawyer 1t L. Moiser, b Anderson 8 E. Kbke, b Sagar 24 P . Kirke, run out R . G . Bingham, run out t L . Creer, not out 5 . Cass, c Bell, I) Haythornthaite I t t :. P Extras 4 e Shawyer, b Anderson 12 N . F . Roy, 13 Total . . . . 149 T . Sherwood, tun out . i . . Harrison, b Anderson 40
Si . PETER ' S SCIIOOI. 2ND V . ST . MARTIN ' S SCHOOL. On our ground, May 19th . Mr. T. R . Andrew batted splendidly I ,r Io , which included I+ threes and 23 twos . He was batting altogether about an hour and threequarters . Save for a life at zz, his batting was faultless until he had completed the century . For St . Peter' s L . H . Moiser played a steady innings of 32 . For St. Martin ' s Trye took eight wickets for zz runs .
318
CRICKET. Sr. PETER ' S 2ND.
Sr . MARTIN 'S.
o 1'. Kirke, c Dibben, b Tr}'c C . I' . Cass, b 3 o H . B . Grecves, b Ilillyaid L. 11 . Moiser, c Barrow, b Rogers 39 2 N . F . Roy, c Hilly d, b 'n yc I-I . P. Coning, b Fry'e o B . Nelson, b'five A . E . Bavlev, b Tree 2 T . L . Hairison, b ]rye G . B . Walker, b 'rye F. Sherwood, not out 0 Extras
Rev . J . J . Davis, c Kirk, 'o ( ;reeves 8 \Ir.T .Ii .Andrew,cAalker.h(ireevesloS b Mr. E . Griffith, c Dloiser, b Cass Mi'. R . 13 . Frye, b lireeves 20 0 Mr. J . W . Rodgers, U Nelson . 12 C H . Iiillvard (capt .), b lireeves J . \V . Biscomb . b Grecves .. to 11 . Longford, c Nelson, U Cass 0 0 A . Tucker, b Cass 2 H . Bai row, b Grecves G . Dibben, not out 0 Extras 13
Total
'total
b4
Jbq
AMPLEFORIH COLLEGE 2ND V . Sr . I' ETER ' s SCHOOL Aml)lelorth, on Tuesday, 'May 26th.
2ND .-At
AM PLE1 OR'1'H.
ST. 1 'ET ER' S .
T . Williams, b A . Hayes . P . Kirke, b A . Haves . . B . Nelson, c O'Brien . b haves I'. ('ass, c O'Brien, b Briggs N . 1" . Roy, b A . 11ayes 1I . B . Greeves, b A . Ilates L' . Ilalrisou, not out G . Walker, b .l . haves , . Coning, run out .. F . Polly. b W . O'Brien T . Sherwood, c O'Brien, b 1. Murphy Extras Total . . . . 49 Second inning—5o f0r 4 wickets (innings declared) .
L . Stourton, U T . Williams .. A . Mayes, b H . B . (roove P. Daniel, U T . Williams K . Weighdl, b C . P . Cass R . Adamson, c Pellv, b T . Williams ' f . Murphy, U H . B . Grceves \V" . Briggs, b C . I' . Cass \V . O'Brien, b. 11. B . Grceves .. E . Min phv, b Nelson . . .. O . I'riestman, U T . Williams A . Enni- . not out Extras . . .
2
4 4
Total . . 55 Second innings—24 for 7 wickets .
Sr.'PETER ' S SCHOOL 2NI) XI . v" . POCKLINGION GRAMMAR SCHOOI, 2ND.
on the Ground of the latter on Cass for St Peter' s took S wickets for 9 runs. Played
Saturday,
June
6.
. . . 7 1 . Mortimer, lbw, b Cass . o S . I . . Brown, h Cass M . B . Brockwell, c Bingham, b Cass 2 2 H. B . ',meeting, b Smith) . . . 2 I. Brierley, b (ass W . Duggleby, c Sherwood, b Cass I 7 C . R . Hall, b Cass 4 H . A . I'earson,hit wicket, b Cass T . Hannan, c & h Cass o J . D . Dr)den, b Nelson W . Wright, not out o Extras 5
ST . PETER' S. o P . Kirke, b Briefly I L . II . Moiser, run out t R . G . Bingham, b Hall 1' . ( :ass, U Hall o W . F . Roy, cSwcetiug, bBrockwell 13 P . Sherwood, U Brierley . , . . 3 57 B. Nelson, c Brown, B . Brierley T . Ilanison, c Brown, U Hall 3 2 E . Kirke, U Hall I P . L . Pelly, b Brierley C. Smith, not out Extras
total, . . . 31
Total . . ., 8 3
POCKLlxGTON.
A' GYMNAST 'S RETROSPECT.
Sr .
PETER ' S
319
Sceooi . 2ND V . ST . OLyyr ' S SclrOOr..
On the ground of the former, June 27. S r . Or.Ay1: ' S .
Si'. , PETER ' S .
C. D . Peel, c Polly, li Williams 5 E. G . Wood, b Williams J. E . Cundall, b Bingham . . . . : 3 Mfr . Grey, c Sherwood, b Williams 64 A . W . West, b Williams . 18 Cyril Nelson, b Williams 4 W . T. C. Huffam, I) Williams 2 T. E . Nelson, b Williams o A . F . Wolton, c Walker, b Roy 6 F. Hodgson, not out o \V . ti . Webster, c Pelly, b Roy o Extras o
R . G . Bingham, c Hodgson,bCundall 2 T . L Harrison, h Cundall 4 L . H . hloiser,'c Cundall, I) Grey 29 N . F . Roy, b Cundall 15 P. S . Kirke, b Grey o T . F . Williams, b Grey I . Sherwood ; c West, b Cundall 2 G .R .\\ alker,cT.E .Nelson,bCundall o F. L . Polly, c ['eel, b Cundall 1s H . 1' . Coning, b Grey 2 L . Creer, not out o Extras 4
Total
109
Total
Si'. 'PETER ' S 2ND XI . v . ST . MARTIN ' S ScHOOr. .—Played on the For St. Peter ' s Sergt . Wild took five wickets for 13 runs. ST . PETER'S ST . MARTIN' S.
ground of the latter, June 23.
Sergt . Wilde, b Andrew 6 R . G . Bingham, b Trye 5 L . H . Moiser, b Andrew 3 A. Wilkes, Esq . b Esh 14 B. nelson, c Hillyard, b Andrew 14 W. Scott, h Andrew 2 P . Kirke, not out 1 '1 Harrison, b Andrew N . F. Roy, h Andrew . o I . Williams, c Taylor, h Andrew o If . B . Greeves, b Andrew 5 Extras 9
Mr . Andrew, b Wilkes Mr. Griffiths, c and b Wild Hillyard, b Wild \[r. Trve, h Wilkes Mr. Rodgers, b Wild Mr. Davies, b Wild Esh, c Kirke, b Wild Gashing, b Nelson Biscomb, run out Dibben, b Greeves avlor, not ont Extras
Total . . . . 6o
St .
o o o o 16 i 5 4
Total . . . . 30
Peter ' s School 3rd V .
St . Martin ' s School 2nd . At May 26 . Score : St . Peter' s, 113 (Middlemiss 2q, Draper 27, Smith 20) . St . Martin ' s 25 and 23. Clementhorpe,
A GYMNAST'S RETROSPECT. Almost sorry now at parting From the mysteries within, Yet rejoicing that I ' ve left them With an undiminished skin. With a cheerful heart and merry 1~.can look upon the past, Yet not weeping, as an athlete, That I ' ve now performed my last .
320
A GYMNAST ' S RETROSPECT. 2
'Spite of many a gyration I am happy to relate, I can tender information With a whole uninjured pate. Though at times I've rather grumbled, Mother Earth has not been kind, Unexpectedly I've tumbled Rather solidly behind. 3 To von ' ladder in the corner I was hanging by my toes, When the law of gravitation Drew me down upon my nose ; Fortified by fond ambition I tried the feat afresh, Burt descended with contrition To my bones and ribs and flesh. 4 When I had by perseverance Gratified my fondest hope, Made a fav'rable appearance Having climbed a risky roi,e, I had reached the dizzy summit, When that brutal Billy Brown In a manner quite demented Hindered me from coming down. It is wondrous what encouragement I get from Sergeant Wild, It seems that in a century Or less (to draw it mild) I could double up my person In inextricable wreaths And turn such charming somersaults With skill and graceful ease. 0
But I hear a generation Of fickle fading man Has but thirty years' probation, Which is far too short a span ; So I shall eschew gymnastics As I had the grief to find, That by certain living creatures I am sadly left behind .
NOTES AND ITEMS ..
7 The fact is, there ' s a creature, (I've seen it at the Zoo), It has a special feature Not given to me or you. If I could but secure it To win I shouldn't fail, I'd be a champion gymnast If I only had a tail .
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F .P .F.
NOTES AND ITEMS. has been employed by the foreign office to translate some of the old Dutch documents with reference to the Venezuelan question.
G . EDMONDSON, M .A .,
MR . VELD obtained an "award of merit " given by the British
Royal Horticultural Society for a new iris shewn by him recently at the flower-show held in York. and J . P . VV' AtsoN have been elected captain and secretary respectively of next season's football XV.
C . NELSON
G . G . YELD and E . J . WAiION havc been elected editors of this
magazine in place of F . P . Fausset and J . E . Metcalfe. stroked the S . Catherine ' s boat in the May races at Cambridge.
R . H . BAILEY
The Athletic sports will take place on July 28 and 29, the Old Boys ' Quarter-mile being as usual on the second day : the prize-giving on the afternoon of July 3o. While the "Iphigenia in "I'auris " was being played at Cambridge in 18g3_, H . D . Naylor (O .P .), of Trinity College, a member of the chorus, was appointed Classical Lecturer in Ormond College, Melbourne . After some fifteen months ' residence iu his new home, Mr Naylor has produced the " Birds " of Aristophanes : the play was a remarkable success, the performance being, it is said, worthy of the best traditions of Cambridge Greek Plays .
NOTES AS[LITTMS.
322
The names of two O .P .'s appeared iii the Classical Tripos list at Cambridge this year\V . Clarke, 3rd class, 1st division. F . Mitchell, 3rd class, 211d division. H H . AV' ttI.IAyts, I3 .A ., Hastings Exhibition of Queen ' s College, Oxon , who a year ago obtained 1st class honours in " Greats,'' has been granted an Aubreymoorc studentship of [ ' 6o per annum, tenable for three years : open to the whole University. T . ROMANS, sitar of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, promoted to a scholarship of o a }'ear. . Mitchell on his score 1 to for Cambridge We congratulate F University against Sussex County. F . M . BINGHAM played for Derbyshire v M .C .C . in June : business has prevented his playing more often. Second Lieutenant A . Easton, 1st V .B . E . Yorks , passed the examination held last month at York in military tactics. i\IARRIAGE —Htsa .&Nn—WHITAKIn . On May 31st, at St . James' Church, Winnipeg, Canada, by the Rev . Alfred E . Cowley, rector, Herbert \Ventworth, youngest son of the late W . D. Husband, F .R .C .S ., D .I ., J .P ., of Clifton and York, to Katharine, second (laughter of the late Rev . G . H . Whitaker, Rector of Garforth, Yorkshire. The following have received their 2nd NI . colours :—'I' . L. Harrison, P . Kirke, '1' . F . Williams, T . Sherwood, F . Pelly, G . Walker. H . B . GKFFvES and 13 . Nei,so\ have received their 1st XI . colours. B . MotseR has passed the London Matriculation in the 1st Division. G . HFwrsoN has passed the Final Exam . for B .A . degree (2nd part).
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THE
PETERITE. VOL . XIII .
OCTOBER, 1896 .
No . 124
SCHOOL LETTER. F last term's doings there only remain for comment the
O Athletic Sports, and the Prizegiving . The weather was fine and on the whole most of the events were up to the average, though we should like to see more entries for the junior events. most of which were not as good as in past years : only one competitor entered for the junior hurdle race and in consequence the race had to be given up . Nevile carried off the most events securing four 'firsts ." Several good finishes were witnessed especially in the quarter mile, half mile, and handicap hundred, the final heat of which had to be run twice, as the first resulted in a dead heat . We must not forget to congratulate Fausset on winning the mile for which he has struggled gamely so many years . The Prizegiving, as it always does, passed off most successfully. A word about the past cricket season would perhaps not be out of place : it has been on the whole a successful one, the batting power was perhaps above the average, though on one or two occasions, sad to relate, it did not `come off . ' Sullivan and Wheelwright were most conspicuous, the former amassing two centuries during the season which ended satisfactorily with a second victory over Homer's College on our ground when three members of the team made over 4o, namely, Wheelwright, Veld and Watson . A word of praise is also due to Greeves for his creditable performance with the ball . And now for this term ' s prospects . Football of course is the chief topic . Of last year' s team we shall have eight left (not nine as we thought, as Watson
CRICKET.
32 4
the Secretary, one of the best forwards is not coming back this term), five of these are forwards and these with the four who fill the vacant places should form a strong and formidable set . In the back division we have two of last year ' s threequarters, and one half', thus leaving a full-hack, a threequarters, and one half to fill up the team, these though they may require time and judgment to settle, should in the end be successfully filled. Later on this term too are the Theatricals, but as the play is not yet selected it is rather early for remarks on this subject.
CRICKET. ST . PETER 'S v . RYBURN VALLEY. Played as before on the school ground on Saturday, July 4th. The visitors won the toss and elected to bat first on a soft wicket, Ambler and Hattersley facing the deliveries of Greeves and Yeld. From the first ball Ambler was taken by Nevile off Greeves, while at 1s, Avison was dismissed by Yeld off the same bowler . Runs then came freely and Hingston displaced Yeld . The change worked and Hattersley and R . Wheelwright fell his victims . 4-46. However when E . L . Wheelwright and Osborn became partners the aspect of the game was changed and they were not separated until they had raised the total to tot . D . G . Wheelwright then helped his brother to put on So more, when the innings was declared closed at 162 for 6 wickets, leaving the school a little more than an hour to bat Yeld and Hingston commenced the innings but at i6 both they and Joicey \here dismissed. Wheelwright and Sullivan however managed to raise the score to 68 and the innings closed owing to time for . for 5 wickets, Wheelwright being not out for a capital 42. RYSFRN. T. Ambler, c . Nevilc b . Greeves R.IIatterslev,c Watson b .Hingston Avison, c . Yeld b Greeves E . L. Wheelwright, not out R . Wheelwright, c . Joicey b. Hingston E . Osbourn, b . Nevile D . G . Wheelwright, b . Yeld J, -W . Crossley, not out Extras
SCHOOL.
o 12 9 5o 14 33 30 o 14
G. G . Yeld, b . Avison 2 EM . Hingston, b . R . Wheelwright 12 E . J . Joicey, c . E . Wheelwright b. R . \Vhcelwright o H. Wheelwright, not out 42 A. M . Sullivan, b . R . Wheelwright 13 R . M . Nevile, c . Ambler b . R. Wheelwright R . F . Russell, not out J. P . Watson J . C . Metcalfe ,lid not bat. B. Nelson H . B . Greeves
CRICKET . BOWLING ANALYSIS— Greeves Yeld Hingston Nelson Nevile
R. 30 29
31 33 25
W.
325 O. 12 6
2 1 2
10
0 1
8 8
M. 3 0 2
t I
ST . PETER' S V . NORTH RIDING ASYLUM.
The return match was played at the Asylum on Tuesday, July 7th, in dull weather . Winning the toss our opponents put us in. Yeld and Nevile started for the school facing the bowling of Parry and Stenning . Play was at first slow but Yeld soon got to work and the pair raised the score rapidly to 28, when Nevile fell to Parry . Joicey followed and with five more added, Yeld shared the same fate as Nevile . Joicey and Sullivan with the help of Hingston managed to raise the score to 5o, and the innings closed for the miserable total of 58, no one else showing any resistance . The Asylum started well with Kershaw and Milnthorpe and with four wickets down passed our total . Subsequently owing to bad fielding on the part of the school they raised the score to 140. Of our bowlers Hingston alone proved successful, capturing five wickets for 28. ST . PETER' S. N . R . ASYLUM. R . M . Nevile, b . Parry 13 H . Kershaw, c . Joicey h . Hingston 16 In G . G . Veld, b . Parry T. Milnthorpc, lbw . b . Hingston . . 21 E . J . Joicey, c . Kershaw b . Best F. Waterhouse, b . Greeves o 7 A. M. Sullivan, b. Parry 7 G. H . Johnstone, b. Greeves . . . . I I H . Wheelwright, b . Parry 0 C . E . Lansdown, lbw . b . Greeves o E . M . Hingston, c . Ford b . Parry to C . E . Hodgson, b . Hingston . . . . 1 o G . Ford, c . Yeld b . Hingston . . . . 3 R. F . Russell, b . Best Stenning, W. J . P . Watson, b . Best not o out 29 J . E . Metcalfe, b . Best W. Parry, c . Greeves h . Yeld . . . . 38 Best, C B . Nelson, not out 2 b . . Hingston 7 o W . Heckley, c . Sullivan b . Nevile II . B . Greeves, b . Best Extras 2 Extras 13
Total . . . .
58
Total . . . . 14o
BOWLING ANALYSIS— R.
W.
O.
M.
Greeves Yeld Hingston Nelson Nevile
40
3
19
29
, . . 28 6
I 5 0
I0 11
24
t
2 I 2 2 0
3 6
326
CRICKET. ST . PETER ' S V . HYMER ' S COLLEGE, HULL.
Played on the School ground on Saturday, July 1rth . This was the first time to meet them on our own ground and so great interest was taken in the match . We won the toss and batted first, Nevile and Sullivan making the first attempt . Sullivan soon lost Nevile but joined by Veld the score was quickly raised to 84, when Sullivan succumbed to a full pitch . Veld and Joicey continued to put on the runs . Finding the bowling to their liking several of the school team managed to raise their averages. Wheelwright, Yeld, and Watson in particular . Eventually we declared for the creditable total of 265 for 8 wickets . The visitors, owing to our misfielding, started well, but against the bowling of Nelson and Greeves only realized 8z . Rudd . Brittain, and Wilson alone making any resistance whatever. HYMr.R ' s COLLEGE. ST . PETER' S. 4 W . H . Rudd, b . Nelson 15 R . M . Nevile, b. Askew A . M . Sullivan, b. Barton 39 R . Brittain, c . Sullivan h. Nelson 22 G. G . Yeld, 1) . Grasby 45 \V . J . Wreathall, lbw . b . Greeves 3 ,4 E . J . Joicey, c . Tomlinson b . Askew 14 C . F . Tomlinson, b . Greeves T. Wilson, b . Greeves 2 H. Wheelwright, c. Tomlinson h . Grasby 56 G . Greenwood, b . Nelson o E . M . Hingston, b . Askew 8 J . Wilson, c . Nevile b . Nelson 1z 14 F. W . Saxelbye, c . Sullivan b. R . F . Russell, b . Askew Nevile [ J .P.Watson,c .Tomlinsonb .Grasbv 48 J . E . Metcalfe, not out 5 W . E . Barton, b . Greeves o H . B . Greeves } to bat. F . B . Askew, inn out II B . Nelson R . Grasby, not out o Extras 32 I Extras 12 Total (8 wkts .)
265
Total . . . . 82
BOWLING ANALYSIS-- R.
Greeves Yeld Nelson Nevile Hingston
27 16 [6
.
8 3
ST . PETER ' S 2ND ST . OLAV E ' S.
4 3
2
2
ST . °LAVE ' S. ST . PETER ' S.
2 C . D . Peel, h . Bingham H . F . Wolton, h . Williams o A . W . West, b . Williams 6 J . T . Grey, Esq ., c .Moiser b .\Valker 30 H . A . Wilson, h . Roy 23 Rev. J . E . Cundall, not out 6o 13 C . Nelson, c . Pelly b . Williams 2 W . Huffam, b . Roy T . Nelson, b . Roy o F . Hodgson, c . Pelly h . Roy 5 W . E . Webster, b . Williams [ Extras 26
T . L . Harrison, run out 12 R .G . Bingham . c . Nelson h . Cundall [6 I, Moiser, not out 35 19 N . F . Roy, b . Wilson P . L . Kirke, not out 6 T . F . Williams T.P. Sherwood G. R . Walker . did not bat. F. L . Polly C . P . Coning H. S . Ilawnrth Extras [
Total . . . .168
Total (3 wkts .) . . . . 62
CRICKET .
3 27
FIRST ELEVEN AVERAGES. No . of Matches, 18 ; won 6 ; lost 7 ; drawn 4 ; not played, 1.
BATTING.
Sullivan Wheelwright Yeld Nevile Joicey Watson Nelson Metcalfe Russell Hingston Greeves
No . of Innings . 18 19 19 20
Tunes not out . 2 1
4 1 0
20
18 7 t6 20 IS 13
Highest score . Io6* 70 56 44
Total runs .
Average.
454 406 288 252 26o 162 49 125 1 35 113 7
z8 '37 22 . 5 19 . 2 13'26 13 10 . 8 to 9 . 61 7'1 6 . 27 '63
42
33
48 19* 3 1 9* I 19 o 18 2 3 * Signifies not out.
BOWLING. Greeves Nelson Nevile Hingston Joicey Yeld Watson
Runs .
Wickets .
575 1 44 480 508 63 403 83
58 13 39 31 2
21
Average. 9'90 11'07
12'56 16 . 18 3 1 '5 1 9' 1 9 83
SECOND ELEVEN AVERAGES. No . of Matches, to ; won 4 ; lost 5 ; drawn 1.
BATTING.
L . H . Moiser L . Creer N . F . Roy T. L . Harrison E . Kirke R . G . Bingham C . P . Cass T . Sherwood F. L . Pelly P. Kirke 'F . F. Williams J . Draper A . Bayly G . R. Walker P . Coning F . Smith
No . of Innings. Jo 4 12 11
3 7 7 9 9
Times not out. 1
4 I t 0 0
1 3 0
it
2
9
0
I
o o
6 4 3
0 0 1
Total runs. 167 17 I0I
88 26 43 34 30 40 38 24 2 2 9 6 1
Average. 18 . 5 17 9 . 18 8.8 8.6 6 . 1428 5.6 5 4'4 4'2 z'6 2 2 1.5 P5 '5
328
CRICKET CHARACTERS.
Cass Williams Draper Moiser Smith Walker Roy Bingham Creer Sherwood
Runs . 125 179 lo 65 12 I2 96 137
55
8
BOWLING. Wkts . Overs. 30 85 119'6 32
M.
1
4
6
25 . 8 7
7 2
I I
7 8 3 o
3 38
36 56 I
O
63 . 6 22'4
9 18 6
3
0
Average. 4 . 16 5'59 10 10 . 83
12 I2
1 3'7 1 17 . 12 18'3 —
CRICKET CHARACTERS, 1896. R . M . NEVILE (Captain, 93-6) . Very fair slow left-arm bowler. Has improved in batting and fielding . Defends his wicket well, though not in good style, and scores rather more freely than formerly . Has performed the duties of captain very creditably. A . M . SULLIVAN (94-96) Very good straight bat with pretty style. Keeps wicket well . Can also bowl and field well. H . W . WHEELWRIGHT (94-96) . A vigorous bat with good defence, but rather too fond of trying to pull a straight ball to leg. Good field. E . J . JOICEY (95-96) . Fairly good bat but weak on leg side, must learn to face the balls on that side . Very smart in the field and can bowl fairly well. E . M . HINGSTON (95-96) . Medium pace right-arm howler with good length and easy delivery . Bats in good free style but rather weak in defence . Should play forward more . Rather slow in the field. R . F . RussELL (95-9b) . Has improved a little in batting, but is still weak on the off . Does not present the full face of the bat to the ball . Has fielded at point where he stopped the balls but misses catches. G . G . YELD (95-96) . Very fair bowler with good pace, can break from the off but does not keep a good length . Has improved in batting, plays with a straight bat but stiffly . Good outfield.
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J . P . WATSON (95-9 6 ) . Moderate bat ; stands in a cramped position but defends his wicket stubbornly . Slow in the field and unsuccessful as a bowler. J . E . METCALFE (96) . Hits well but not straight, weak in defence. Good catch in long field. H . B . GREEVES (96) . Greatly improved in bowling ; bowls fast right-arm and usually with good length . Poor bat . Has fielded well at mid-on. Fairly good fast bowler with low delivery . Uses B . NELSON (96) . the bat freely, putting plenty of power into his strokes, but is given to pulling . Smart in the field at times but not consistent.
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President .—REv. G . T . HANDFORD. Commil/ee .—J . P . WATSON, F . P . FAUSSET, G . G . YELD, J . L . METCALFE. _Judges .—REv . C . ROBERTSON, G . V . BIRKS, EsQ ., P . S. BURRELL, ESQ ., B . SCARGILL ., ESQ. Timekeeper.—A . WILKES, ESQ. Starter.— P . E . LORD, ESQ. Held on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, JULY 28th and 29th . The weather for once in way kept fine, and the ground was in beautiful condition . TUESDAY, JULY 28th. PUTTING THE !WEIGHT (Open) . 1st, H . B . Greeves ; 2nd, H . R. Tomlinson . The winner put 30 ft . 5 in . ; 2nd, 30 ft . 2 ins. HUNDRED YARDS HANDICAP (Open) . neat i ., 1st, A . M . Sullivan 3 yds . ; 2nd, R . M . Neville, 3 yds. Heat ii ., 1st, N . F . Roy, 8 yds . ; znd, H . li .Tomlinson, scratch. Heat iii ., I st, H . P . Coning, I z yds . ; znd, E . M . Hingston, 7 yds. LONG JUMP (under 15) . 1st, H . Brooke ; znd, E . R . C . Wilson. The wanner jumped 13 it . 10 in. 120 YARDS HURDLE RACE (Open) . Heat i ., Ist, E . J . Joicey; 2nd, R . Teasdale ; won anyhow. Heat ii ., 1st, R . M . Nevile ; znd, E . M . Hingston .
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(under 13) . ISt, P. Pent}' ; znd, H . Leonard. Penty soon drew aooay, and at the end was well-ahead of the second. LONG JUMP (Open) . 1st, G . G . Yeld ; znd, R . M . Nevile . Yeld jumped 18 ft . 31 ins . ; Nevile 18 ft. I in. POLE JUMP (Open) . 1st, R . M . Nevile ; znd, J . Brooke . This was below the average, the winner only clearing 7 ft . 6 ins ., and the znd 7 ft . 3 ins. HUNDRED YARDS (Open) . Heat i ., 1st, H . R . Tomlinson ; znd, A . M . Sullivan. Heat ii ., 1st, R . M . Nevile ; znd, H . B . Greeves, MILE RACE (Open) . 1st, F . P . Fausset ; znd, H . B . Greeves ; 3rd, R . F . Russell . Only eight started, and Roy i ., getting in front, led, at a fair pace, until the third lap, when Fausset and Greeves passed him . The pace now slowed down, and Fausset had it all his own way up to the last lap, when the sprinted and won easily from Greeves . Russell was a good third, Walton and Bowman also finishing. THROWING THE CRICKET BALI, (Open) . 1st, A . M . Sullivan ; znd, E . M . Hingston . Sullivan threw 85 vds . 2 ft , beating last year's performance by nearly to yards . Hingston threw 82 yds . z It. HUNDRED YARDS (under 15) . 1st, H . Brooke ; znd . P . Penty. Brooke soon left his smaller opponents behind, and won easily. HUNDRED YARDS (under 1 .4.) . Heat i ., 1st, E . R . C . Wilson; znd, H . Leonard. Heat ii ., 1st, P. Penty ; znd, E . Kirke. EIGHTY YARDS (under 12) . Heat i . . 1st, C . Pearce-Brown ; znd, K Robson. Richards Heat ii ., 1st, M . Richards ; znd, D . Mackay . galloped in, well-ahead.
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WEDNESDAY,
JULY 29th.
1st, R . M . Nevile ; znd, G . G . Yeld . Yeld fell out at 4 ft . to ins ., Nevile clearing Oft 1r ins ., the height which won him the znd place last year.
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(Open), final tst, R . M . Nevile; znd, E . J . Joicey . A very close race all through. 1st, J . S . Den'iy, 4o yds. QUARTER MILE HANDICAP (under 15) znd, H . Brooke, scr . There was a great crush as usual, but Denby soon got in front and kept ahead the whole way, Brooke being a good second. 120 YARDS HURDLE RACE
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(under 14), final . 1st . P . Penty ;
znd E . R . C . Wilson. EIGI-ITY YARDS FLAT RACE (under Iz), final . 1st, M . Richards;
znd, C . Pearce-Brown . Richards ran very well and had it all his own way. final . 1st, H . R . Tomlinson ; znd, A . M . Sullivan . A very close finish, the two keeping together till near the end.
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(Open) . 1st, R . M . Nevile ; znd, G. G . Yeld ; 3rd, F . P . Fausset . Seven started, and Nevile at once took the lead at a very fast pace and kept ahead the whole way, though Yeld was drawing up rapidly at the end, Greeves finished , up third, but was disqualified for having run inside flag. HIGH Jump (under 15) . 1st, H . Brooke : znd, E . R . C . Wilson. E. Kirke and Wilson tied for second place, but in jumping off Wilson got the verdict . The winner jumped 4 ft . z ins. QUARTER MILE FLAT RACE
HUNDRED YARDS FLAT RACE HANDICAP (Open), final . 1st, A . M.
Sullivan, 3 yds . ; znd, E . M . TTingston, j yds . The first attempt ended in a dead heat, but on running it again, Sullivan won by a very narrow margin. HUNDRED YARDS SACK RACE . 1St, H . P. Coning . Coning won with the greatest ease. HALF-MILE HANDICAP (Open) . 1st, H . B . Greeves ; znd, F. P. Fausset . A great number started as usual . Roy ii ., owing to his handicap, led until half-way, when Greeves and Fausset went ahead, the former leading. At the end, however, Fausset was gaining fast, and Greeves only won, after a most exciting race, by a yard .
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Boys' FLAT RACE (Quarter Mile) . 1st, A . W . Rose ; 2nd, E . F . Nevile . Only two entered for this, and Rose soon took the lead, which he kept to the end, finishing some distance ahead of Nevile. CONSOLATION RACE . 1st, E . M . Hingston . Won by a yard. The Lady Mayoress then kindly gave away the Prizes in a drizzling rain, vvbleb had fortunately kept off during the events. The Committee tender their best thanks for Prizes and Subscriptions to the following : The Headmaster. Rev . C . Robertson. Dirs . Handford. Sir F . Lockwood. P . E . Lord, Esq. The Archlu-.hop. J . Melrose, Esq. C. G . Broadwood, Esq. P . S . Burrell, Esq. J . Nelson, Esq. J . G . Butcher, Esq. G. \V . L . Newman, Esq. R . Pearson, Esq. Nev . E . S . ( ;alter, \V . 11 . Cobb, Esq. 11 . W . Preston, Esq. H . Cowling, Esq. A . W . Richards, Esq. 'I he Dean of York. H. V . Scott, Esq. Canon Temple. Rev . \W . W . Dodsworth. T . B . \Whytehead, Esq . W . J . Evelyn, Esq. A . Wilkes, Esq. H . A . Hudson, Esq. Old Peterite Club. G . Veld, Esq . W . H ,lalland, Esq.
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ANNUAL (DISTRIBUTION OF PRI7_FS. 11Hl : annual distribution of prizes to the scholars took place on J UIv loth, in the Afternoon. The. Dean of York presided, and was supported by the Rev. Canon Temple, the Rev . Canon Machell, the Rev . Canon Fausset, the Rev . ( ;, T . !landlord (Head Master), the Rev . F . AV . Sparling, M .A . (Tutor of Kehl, College, Oxford and the Rev . G. Edmundson, M .A ., (late Fellow of Brascnose College, Oxford`. The I lead Master 1-ea l the following list of honours : — H . H . Williams, Hastings Exhibitioner of Queen's College, Oxford, First Class in Classical Hollows in the final exan ;iratiun for the B A . degree, and awarded n prize of books to t' e value of Z ' to and an extension of his Ilastings Exhibition. J . C . Snowden, second of eleven successful eompetiteis in a Civil Service competition for Solicitors in the Legacy and Succession Duty Office,
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R . 13 . Addis, the Foundation Scholarship open to second year students Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper ' s Hill. F . P . Fausset, the first open Classical Scholarship (L5o per annum), St . Peler' s College, Cambridge. I3 . Hudson, an open scholarship for Natural Science (L4 .o per annum), Clare College, Cambridge. J . E . Metcalfe, an open exhibition for Classics (1 ` 30 per annum), Queen's College, Cambridge. C . B . Cotterell, Mathematical Scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, 3rd Class Honours in Classical Moderations. H . H . Williams, I3 .A., Hastings Exhibitioner of Queen ' s College, Oxford, an Aubrey Moore Memorial Studentship (L6o per annum), open to the University. T . Romans, Natural Science Sizar of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, placed in the First Class in the Intercollegiate May Examination, awarded a prize, and promoted to a Scholarship of 4o per annum. E. \V . Clarke, Scholar of St . Catharine ' s College, Cambridge, 3rd Class (1st Di(ision), in Honours in Classical Tripos (Part 1). F. Mitchell, C:aius College, Cambridge, 3rd Class (2nd division) in Honours in Classical Tripos (fart 1). C . B . Cotterell, Scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, 1st Class in Honours in Mathematical Moderations. R . B . Addis, First of three students elected Fellows of Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, and awarded the Fellow ' s Scholarship. R . Hutchinson (2nd Form), awarded a County Council Scholarship . B . Moiler, I .ond . Univ . Matric . Div . 1. 'The HEAD MASTER said that he should like to point out that the had mentioned altogether eleven names . Several of them occurred more than once, but eight out of the eleven joined the school in the first form . He called attention to the fact because he had reason to know that an impression prevailed to a certain extent— how produced he had an idea—that boys should not join the school until they were old enough or advanced enough to join the second or third, or even the fourth or fifth forms . He would
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say nothing more beyond mentioning the above fact . He called attention to the list of schools, recently published in a London daily paper, giving a list of the schools gaining exhibitions and scholarships . He did not approve of the publishing of the lists, because it was liable to give a false impression of the work and only apply one test . However, they had no reason to complain of the position they occupied in that list . Having mentioned that some of their more valuable scholarships were now made open ones he said that the health of the school had been for some time past of the most satisfactory nature . He alluded in feeling terms to the death of the Rev. Canon Raine, whose place on the governing body it would be most difficult to fill. The Rev . F . W . SPURLING, one of the examiners appointed by the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board, gave a report of his examination . He was happy to say that both in regard of individual boys and the character of the work done he could very heartily say that there had been a good amount of progress made during the past year. The Rev . G . EDMUNDSON, one of the examiners for Foundation, Free, Hey Memorial and Modern Scholarships, reported that this year the work was fully up to the level of former occasions. The reports of the other examiners were of an equally gratifying character. "The DEAN, before calling on Canon Temple to distribute the prizes, said that it was impossible to exaggerate the services to St . Peter's School of the Rev . Chancellor Raine . But for him, humanly speaking, St . Peter ' s would have been ruthlessly overwhelmed under the new scheme of the Charity Commissioners. The Rev . Canon TEMPLE spoke of the fact that when he was at school no prizes were given because they were likely to cause jealousy . His belief was that the principle of prizes worked yvell. As a schoolmaster lie was never able to trace that jealousy . He proceeded to defend clerical headmasters against the charge that they had no ambition to rise in their profession, but only sought preferment in the Church . He then distributed the prizes according to the following list :—
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CLASSICS.
Form V1 . : The Archbishop's prize, Fausset ; Headmaster's prize for Latin prose, Walton ; Headmaster ' s prize for Greek verse, Metcalfe. Form V . : Classical, Roy ii . : modern, Roy i. Form IV . : Classical, Creer ; modern, Bourne. Form III . : Classical, Thompson iii . : modern . Bayly H . ; extra prize, Longbotban). Form II . : Classical, Veld Hi . ; modern, Key. Form 1 . : Hill y . ; extra prize for Greek, Hill v. Canon Elwyn ' s prize for Divinity, Fausset ; reading prize given by Old Peterite Club, Sullivan. MATHEMATICS.
The Dean ' s prize, Tick ; Division II ., Lever ; Division III ., Kirke i . ; Division IV ., Mellor ; Form III ., Longbotham ; Form II ., Hutchinson ; extra prize, Veld iii . ; Form I ., Castle ; extra prize, Bennett I . Headmaster ' s Prizes for I.NGLISH LITERATURE (Open to the School)—Fausset, Williams. Boys under 15—Veld ii . Extra for Tennyson—Veld i . ; Tomlinson. FRENCH .—VI .Classieal, Filliter ; V .Classical, Lever, V . Modern, Collier ; IV . Classical, Smith ; IV .Modern, Nelson i . ; III . Classical, Hill iv . ; III . Modern, Bayly H . ; 1 L Classical, Hutchinson ; 11 . Modern, Key ; I . Form, Clark. GERMAN .—V . Modern, Bingham ; IV . Modern, Haworth ; 1[1. and Il . Modern, Bayly ii . ; extra prize, Key ; I . Form, Castle. DIR . YELD' s PRIzEs . —Greek : Form III ., Thompson iii . ; Form I ., Veld iii . English : Veld iii . ; Latin : Veld iii . ; Extra Prizes, Hutchinson, Veld ic. DICTATION AND WRITING .—Form , Collier ; Form IV ., Mellor ; Forms III . and II ., Ilill iv . ; Form I . . Denby. NATURAL SCIENCE —Practical Chemistry, Nevile, Sale ; V. Classical, Roy ii . : V . Modern, Leaf ; IV . Modern, Bourne. SHORTHAND .—MOiSer i. DRAwING .—fainting in water colours, Filliter ; Improvement in painting, Veld i . ; Chalk drawing, Bayly H .
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'Jcsic .—i3ayly ii. The HEAD MASTER read the following list of scholarships :— Leaving exhibition of / ' 5o per annum for three rears, tenable at Oxford or Cambridge — Fausset . Seniors : Foundation Scholarships—Kirk ii ., and Gibbons . Free Scholarships Teasdale ii . and Scott i . Modern—Bingham Junior—Hey Memorial—Kirk ii . and Gibbons . Modern—Not awarded. The Head Master also mentioned that the Rev . G . Edmundson, an " old boy, " had been selected by the Government to inspect and make translations of old documents of the: Dutch Government in the matter of Venezuelan disputes. Cheers for the Dean, Canon Temple, and the Headmaster brought the proceedings to a close.
THE OLI) PETERITE CRICKET 'POUR. Six matches were played tins season as against our of last year, the additional games being Dr . Kershaw's XI . at the Asylum and Malton . Thus there were three one-day and three two-days matches . The results chew three wins, one draw and two defeats. Beginning with form that was too had to be true, we finished in magnificent st) le . We made a sad exhibition against York, being had all round—did better at the Asylum, and fairly well under adverse circumstances " at Malton—played up the first day against the Gentlemen, failing on the second—but when we got into Derbyshire there was no holding us . To beat the Friars by nine wickets and Burton by eight, was a great performance—the second half of it the more meritorious possibly . At no time was the scoring high, lyre' s 59 in the first innings at Derby being the highest ; Rhodes, Lord, and Wheelwright also got over 50 at different times. Crawshaw and Sullivan too, could generally be relied on for runs. Bingham never seemed to get fairly set, and Whittam was unlucky with two ` run outs ' and one lbw .' Whincup was only ` outed once in three innings—a pity he did not play the whole tour. In bowling the main work fell on Rhodes, who took 36 wickets for 1 5 each . Cater only played in the two-days matches . No more
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useful pair could be desired, the only time they were really collared was in the Gentlemen ' s second innings when the ball was soaked. At Burton, they bowled finely, taking to wickets each and howling all the time with the exception of two overs from Bingham . The last-named was a very useful change, in fact with another change or two the bowling strength would be complete . The fielding every now and then collapsed—notably against Yolk, catching and ground fielding being equally bad . At the Asylum and i\Ialton it was not great, but after that it improved, and was good at the end. The two most wonderful catches were Carter ' s c and b of Dent, and Bingham's dismissal of Evershed at mid-off. Eleven other catches were made by Carter, eight of them at short slip, and next to him came Eyre who made eight including two or three really well judged efforts in the long field . These two missed nothing ; it is doubtful whether any others could say the same . The wicketkeeping was shared by Crawshaw and Sullivan . With one or two more reliable bats, another bowler or so, and a genuine wicketkeepe r , the results would he even better . At any rate the tour is now an established fact . It is a pity that some of the older members of the Club cannot manage to assist . Appended are the leading averages, and detailed accounts of the matches. BA TING AVERAGES.
Inns .
1' . E . Lord
G . II . Eyre H . W . Rhodes K . Crawshaw H . AVheelw fight A . M . Sullivan
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1
53 59
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2 59
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78
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20 W . M. Carter 121 . 3
Runs. 54 6 270
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August 6th. As last year we opened on the York Ground, and again won the toss . The wicket was hard and true—as good as could he wished—yet we were all out for 72 . The first ball of Hornby ' s first over Lord played hard into his wicket ; the first ball of the I' IRSI' MATCH .—v . YORK .
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second clean bowled Bingham . AWhittam hit three fours off Hornby, and Sullivan one at the other end ; then two more wickets wens making four down for 22 . Eyre and Sullivan made 24 off the next four oyers and [hen both fell in one over to Wood Crawshaw put on a most useful 18 but the rest did little . Less need be said about the York innings . One wicket fell at 17 and after that the fielding went to pieces—many catches were missed and the ground fielding was most unclean . Rhodes kept up his end pretty well, but the rest of the bowling was not very dangerous. Going in again with an invested order we did a little better in a had light . Score and analysis : OLD P[3TE.RIT HS.
1st Innings.
2nd Innings.
P . E. Lord, b . Hornby A . M. Sullivan, b . Wood 22 t F. M . Bingham, b . Hornby . Hornby 12 M . Whittam, b o H . AV . Rhodes, b Hornby 7 G. H . Eyre, b . Wood R . Crawshaw, b . Wood IS H. Wheelwright, b . Wood 7 o B . Hudson, st . Cooper, b Breed J . Shepherd, st . Cooper, b . Breed o E . S . Jones, not out , Extras 3 Total Bowling Analysis : R. Wood R . Hornby G . Breed .. .. T . Pride —Herbert E . Hai ris
not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. c. and b . Breed .. . .. . . . .. . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . .. c . Pride, b Breed b . Herbert not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. b. Breed st . Cooper, b . Breed c. Cooper, b Pride Extras
24
93
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4 o 0
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25 38 6
1
30 44
0
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4 1
11
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\Vood howled a wide. YORK.
A . Holmes, b . Rhodes 58 T. Pride, c . Rhodes, b . Lord R . Hornby, st . Sullivan, b . Lord 40 R . A . Rodgers, b . Rhodes 29 G . Breed, c . and b . Rhodes D. Cooper, st . Sullivan, b . Bingham 45 31 E. Staines, c . Shepherd, b . Lord Bowling Analysis : H . W . Rhodes . E . M . Bingham .. E . S . Jones P . E . Lord .. M. Whittam J . Shepherd R. Crawshaw
o 5 4 5 22
—Herbert, b . Rhodes J. Beilby, c . and b . Lord R . Wood, not out . E . Harris, b . Rhodes Extras
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XI . August 7. Played at the Asylum on a good wicket . We lost the toss, but began well as Pride was well caught at cover-slip from the third ball sent up . Ford and Milnthorpe aided by luck hit up 32, and brought on Bingham, off whom l\Iilnthorpe was caught in the long field . In his second over Lansdonne was neatly taken at the wicket . Rhodes then bowled Kershaw and four were down for 5 5. Waterhouse then stopped with Ford and several changer of bowling were tried . At last Rhodes bowled Ford after going all round his wicket . 9+-5-58 . Two more wickets went at the same total and another at 97 . Waterhouse played a good not out innings . We made a fair start with 37 for one wicket ; Bingham and Sullivan put on 34 and then were both out . However Rhodes and \Vhittam soon settled matters, scoring at a great pace. \Vhittam was unluckily run out at 127 and Eyre clean bowled. Rhodes was leg before at 143 for a hard-hit innings and then rain stopped play for nearly an hour . On resuming, Wheelwright scored fast but after he was out the end soon came . In the second innings a bowling examination gave the batsmen plenty of opportunity . Score and analysis : Ha . KERSHAW ' S Xl. 1st Innings . 2nd Innings. 1 . _ride, c . Crawshaw b Rhodes o not out y8 T . Milnthorpe, c . Eyre b . Bingham tb b . Bingham o G. Ford, b . Rhodes 58 st . Crawshaw b . Eyre 30 C .E,Lansdonne, c . Sullivan b . Bingham 1 c . Sullivan b . Wheelwright , , , 16 H. Kershaw, b. Rhodes 1 . Waterhouse, not out 25 E . M . Hingston, b. Rhodes o A . A. Hingston, run out 0 o G. H . Johnston, b . Bingham , W . Stenning, b . Bingham \V . Parry, c . Wilson b . Rhodes o t, E xtras Exias 3 SECOND MATCH . — V . DR . KERSHAW ' S
Total . ., . log
Total (tor 3 wkts .)
to;
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P . E . Lord, lbw . b . Stenning . . 18 ' A . M . Sullivan, r . Lansdonne b . Pride 31 E.M .Bingham, lbw . b . 1I Hingston 14 H. Whittam, run out 22 H . W . Rhodes, lbw . b . Kershaw . . 45 G . H . Lyre, b . Parry o R . Crawshaw, not out 18
H .Wheelwright, ht .wkt . b .Kershaw 24 W . Cf . Wilson, b . Pride B . Hudson, b . Kershaw o J . Shepherd, c . and b . Pride o Extras,, n — Total . . . .184
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BOWLING ANALYSIS DR . KERSHAW's XI. 1st Innings . 2nd Innings. o. M. R. W. o. 22 . R. H . W . Rhodes 17 5 34 5 P . E . Lord 4 0 23 0 1 0 8 o 18 F. M . Bingham 13 1 34 4 4 J . Shepherd 2 t 8 o 2 0 16 R . Crawshaw 2 0 4 0 o B . Hudson 3 t6 2 15 M . Whittam 5 G. H . Eyre 1 20 5 A . M . Sullivan 2 0 9 0 H . Wheelwright 0.3 2 Wheelwright bowled a wide. OLD PI'.rERIT1 s. O. Al. R. w. W . Fairy 16 1 45 II W . Stenning 33 E . M . Ilingston 8 2 28 T . Pride 6 0 28 3 0 C . E . Lansdonne 0 H . Kershaw 9 32 3 THIRD MATCH . — V . MALTON . August 8.
w. 0 t 0 0 o 1 0 1
Heavy rain greeted us on our arrival at Malton, and showers at intervals prevented any play before lunch . Mallon won the toss and of course went in . The ball was very wet and runs came pretty easily, especially as two or three catches were missed. Swallwell had the luck to be caught off a no ball . He and R . W . Frank both hit very hard . Play was stopped for over half-au-hour at one time : in fact the Mallon captain was anxious to abandon the game . When we went in the light was bad, and the fast bowlers very difficult to see . Nobody made any long stand : Crawshaw was not out for the third time . Score and analysis : MALTON. T . Frank, c . Rhodes b . Bingham 6 R . W . Frank, lbw. b . Rhodes . . . . 49 R . S . Swallwell, b . Rhodes 39 \V .Frank,c .\Vheclwright b .Rhodes 31 W . L . Frank, not out 9
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OLD PHI ERITES. P. E . Lord, c . Stericker b .W .Frank 23 A . M . Sullivan, c . Cooper b . W . L. Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 F. M . Bingham, c . Taylor b . W. Frank 9 J . H . Daniel, b . Cooper 12 M . Whittam, c . and b . R . W .Frank 8 G. H . Eyre, c . Rivis b . R .W . Frank 3 R . Crawshaw, not out IO H. Wheelwright, c . Stericker b. Heckley 4 B . Hudson, not out 6 H . AV . Rhodes } to bat. J . Shepherd Extras 5
Total . . . . 137
Total (for 7 wkts.) 86
Extras
BOWLING ANALYSIS-MALTON. 0. M. R. H . W . Rhodes 18 . 3 2 67 F. M . Bingham 1 I 2 40 P . E . Lord 4 0 25 J . H . Daniel 3 2 2 Bingham howled 2 no-balls.
W. 3 1 0 0
OLD PETERI1' S. O. M. W. Cocper 9 4 W. L . Frank 7 3 R. \V . Frank 12 4 W. Frank 5 0 W. HeckleY 4 0 T, Frank 2 0
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R. 10 12 25 15 12 7
R-. I I 2 2 1 0
Aug . l o, 1 I.
The Gentlemen, who had a strong side won the toss —we were strengthened by W . M . Carter . Milligan soon began to hit and at the fall of the second wicket had made 39 Out of 56 . The next wicket put on 47 though many of Walker ' s strokes were fluky. However, at lunch, five were out for 1 14. On starting again runs came freely and the total had reached 183 before Firth was very well stumped . Lawson-Smith was soon after caught at slip from a bumping ball . Our catching and fielding was much better in this innings than it had been . A good start was made, our first wicket falling at 53 . With his score at eight Lord hit one of Milligan's into cover point and was let down, and soon after from the same end Sullivan was given ` in' to a palpable catch at the wicket . Bingham was well caught and bowled at 66 and soon after Rhodes ' arr ival Lord was clean bowled . 89-4-48 . Crawshaw stopped while Rhodes scored freely and the wicket put on 26. At 151 Rhodes was bowled for a good 43 . The last wickets all got into double figures, the innings finishing on the second morning. After two maidens Milligan and Dent scored very fast and it was not until 72 that the former was out to a well judged catch in the long field . Two showers of rain after this thoroughly soaked the ball and run getting was easy . Dent was out to a magnificent catch . After lunch runs came faster than ever, so much so that Lawson-Smith closed the innings at 3-30. Lord was finely caught left-hand at 12, Sullivan bowled at 29 and Bingham at 44 . Six were clown for 72 when Crawshaw and Eyre made a great effort to save the game . For about an hour they remained together but at 124 Crawshaw was caught behind the wicket . Within io minutes of time Eyre played a ball into
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his wicket after an excellent innings . The match ought been saved as the
wicket was
not difficult : some
to have of the batting
was very tame . Score and analysis : YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN.
1st Innings. 2nd Innings. F . W . Milligan, b . Carter 39 c . Eyre h . Bingham Hon . C . Lambton, h . Rhodes 4 F. H . Walker c. Eyre b. Lord 37 c . Eyre b . Rhodes Hon . D . Lambton, c . Shepherd, b .Lord 23 \V. H . Dent, c. Carter b. Rhodes t c . and b . Carter Rev . E . B . Firth, st . Sullivan b . Bingham 31 b . Bingham E . M . Lawson-Smith, c . Carter b . Bingham 47 G. T . Fairfax, c . Carter b . Lord 5 st . Sullivan b . Carter Capt . H. Wood, c . Eyre b . Lord 4 E . T . Whitehead, b . Rhodes 9 J. G . Walker . not out I not out . . . Extras to Extras Total
2I t
47 47 77 15 16
39 11
Total (for 5 wkts .) 252
OLD PETER1TES.
1st Innings . P. E . Lord, b . Lawson-Smith 48 . Sullivan, c . Dent b . C . Lambton 15 A. M F. M . Bingham, c . and b . Lawson-Smith 9 M . Whittam, 11)w . b . Lawson-Smith 4 H . W . Rhodes, b . C . Lambton 45 R . Crawshaw, c . Firth b . Milligan 7 W . M . Carter, c. Dent b . Milligan o G. H . Eyre, c . Dent b . C . Lambton 12 H. Wheelwright, not out 17 B . Hudson, c . and b . D . Lambton I o J . Shepherd, c . Lawson-Smith b . Milligan 14 Extras 8 Total
2nd Innings. c . Fairfax b . Milligan b . Firth b. Firth c. Whitehead b . Firth . . lbw . b . Lawson-Smith c . Firth b . C . Lambton c . Wood b . Firth b. C . T .ambton c. Dent, b . C . Lambton b . Firth not out Extras
189
Total
7 to 16 20
5 21
4 50 4 o [ 15 153
BOWLING ANAL\SISYORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN.
1st Innings . 2 W . M . Carter H . W. Rhodes F . M . Bingham P . E . Lord
2nd Innings.
0.
M.
R.
w.
O.
M.
R.
W.
18 23 8 13
3 6
67 77 28 29
1
19 15 16 5
4 2 3 0
71 72 68 30
2 o
5 2 3
18
t
2
0
41
3
t
3
3 2 4
OLD PETERITES.
F . W. Milligan 24 7 61 3 12 Hon . D . Lambton 8 I 23 1 3 21 4 53 3 17 Hon . C . Lambton 3 30 3 8 E . M . Lawson-Smith 16 7 2 14 0 18 Rev . E . B . Firth Filth bowled 3 no-balls, Milligan 1 wide .
2 1
22
I
53
5
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FIFTH MATCH .-V . THE DERBYSHIRE FRIARS.
Getting into Derby soon after to o ' clock overnight, we were up and on the County ground in good time and began about 12-20. We won the toss and lent the Friars two fielders . The order of going in was altered with successful results, as after a maiden 49 were hit off the next eight overs before Lord was out to a catch by Carter at square-leg off Exham ' s lobs . Bingham was bowled off his pads, and at 94 Rhodes was out, after hitting a 6 . Eyre was next to go for a well played 59, made in about an hour and a half. Just before lunch Sullivan was out to a one-handed catch at fine leg, making five wickets for 1+7 . Two more wickets fell for f o runs after lunch, and then Crawshaw and Wheelwright made a long stand, both playing good cricket, and putting on 6z before Crawshaw was bowled . Wheelwright stopped till another 32 were added, and was then stumped off the lobs, after an excellent innings. On the Friars going in Barrington was promptly caught at short slip, and at i8 Estridge was out to a one-handed catch at mid-on. Exham hit z fours and a two, and was finely held in the long field. Tomlinson and Schwind ran the score up to 89, when both were out, I3inghanm having gone on in place of Rhodes . Peach was soon out, but !he next wicket put on 33, the score at time being 125 for 7 wickets. Next morning the side was completed by the addition of Curgenven and Salt, but Rhodes and Carter soon finished off the innings . Following on, Barrington was once more caught at slip, making three times out in the same way in three innings . Salt fell next over, but Curgenven and Tomlinson stopped together . The former was especially lucky, putting up Carter ' s bowling on the offside frequently, but the ball never quite came to hand, though Wheelwright once almost caught him left-hand . Tomlinson also had luck ; amongst other things, Rhodes hit his off stump without removing the bail . At 88 Carter bowled Curgenven, and soon after Tomlinson tripped and fell, putting his knee out, the result of an old football accident . Schwind came in and runs were being scored fast at lunch time . After being photographed, we got Exham out, caught behind the wicket . Estridge stayed whilst 30
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were put on, but was bowled at 188 ; eighteen later Schwind put up a ball to mid-on, and retired for a hard hit 64 . Rain then stopped play for a little, but only 8 more runs were added. Having 109 to get, we went in again with just undur two hours to play, but a prospect of rain necessitated forcing the game. Thirty-five were scored in to minutes and 70 off the first ten overs, but at twenty minutes past five, after three quarters of an hour, rain came down hard, the score standing at 88 . Luckily, about six the rain stopped, and we were able to win, though Barrington had offered to go out and finish in the rain . At too Lord was yorked, but the runs were hit off without further loss . Only 112 balls were required to make the 109 runs, both hitting and running being rapid . The wicket was beautifully true and fast all through, and much credit is due to our bowlers for getting so good a batting side out twice over . It will be noted that Eyre scored 109 for once out . Score and analysis :-OLD PETERITES.
tst Innings . 2nd Innings. P. E . Lord, c . sub . b . Exham 27 b . G . Schwind G. II . Eyre, c . G. Schwind b . Felton . . 59 not out F. M . Bingham, b . F . Schwind 10 not out 17 H. W . Rhodes, b. Felton . Sullivan, c. Estridge b. Exham , 16 A. M 13 M . Whittam, run out W . M . Carter, b . Exham 5 26 R . Crawshaw, b . F. Schwind H. Wheelwright, st . Peach b . Exham 52 15 C . P . Whincup, not out J . Shepherd, c . and b . G . Schwind Extras 11 Extras Total
252
53 5o 3
3
Total (for 1 wkt .) 109
THE FRIARS.
G . B . Barrington, c . Carter b . Rhodes R . G . Tomlinson, c . Carter b . Bingham L . Estridge, c . Crawshaw b . Carter P. G . Exham, c . Eyre b . Carter, F. H . Schwind, lbw . b . Carter E . E. Felton, c . and b . Carter G. W . Peach, c. and b . Bingham , G . H . Schwind, c. Lord b. Carter N . Storey, c. Bingham b. Rhodes L. S . Salt, c . Sullivan b . Rhodes H. G. Curgenven, not out Extras Total
to 14 26 o 12 o 4 14 to
c . Carter b . Rhodes retired hurt b. Rhodes c. Crawshaw b . Rhodes c . Whittam b . Rhodes c . Crawshaw b . Bingham c . and b . Bingham net out b . Rhodes b. Rhodes b. Carter Extras
43 25
146
Total
214
54 1
8 38 4 24 64 6 2
2 0
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BOWLING ANALYSIS .
F . H . Schwind P . G . Exham G . H . Schwind E . E . Felton N. Storey H. G . Curgenven L . S . Salt
OLD PETERII'ES. 1st Innings. M. R NV. O. 24 2 5 72 26 4 89 4 6 .4 17 20 I 2 22 43 [ 17 0 4
O. 3 2 6. 2 3
2nd Innings. M. R. 0 19 0 13 0 20 0 18
\V. 0 0
32 4
0 0
8o 75 27 7
6 I 2 0
DERBYSHIRE FRIARS .
H . W. Rhodes W . M . Carter F. M . Bingham
16 . 2 20 5
4 4 I
41 74 21
3 5 2
31 26 II I
7 4 2 0
0
SIXTH MATCH .—V . BURTON, AUG . 14, 15.
We found the Burton ground in a much better state than last year . They had what they called ` a pretty warm side,' though Herbert Evershed was away . We started as usual with a neat catch by Carter, at short slip off Rhodes . At 28, Rhodes caught and bowled Tomlinson (brother to the damaged Friar), and at 33, Eyre made a fine catch from a hard off drive of Robinson, the Cambridge Blue . Without any addition, Curgenven was easily held at point . and Richardson out first ball . Goodhall and Evershed hit about a little, but the latter was out to a terribly hot catch, at mid-off, Bingham taking the ball as it rebounded off his chest. Goodall was out to a skier, and Gould bowled at 6o Eadie also put up a skier in the slips . The last wicket added 19, and Rhodes and Carter divided the wickets with almost identical analyses . We had about 25 minutes batting before lunch, and lost Eyre from a leg-stump yorker . After lunch things went well, though Robinson and Gould both bowled well . The score was up to So, and a double change of bowling had been made before Lord was caught and bowled low down for a well-hit 46, including one hit out of the ground . Bingham soon followed for a steady 18 . Sullivan and Rhodes then put on 58, the latter was let down in the long field from his first hit, but afterwards gave no chance but put plenty of power into his strokes . The original bowlers returned at opposite ends and the game was stopped owing to Rhodes getting a nasty blow from Gould . On resuming, Sullivan was out for a neat 20, and Rhodes at 158 was clean bowled, seeming to
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still feel the effects of the blow . He had made 53 by 2 sixes, 6 fours, 3 threes, 3 twos, and only z singles . After this, wickets vent down with a rush, leaving nearly an hour and a half for play. This time Evershed and Curgenven began and scored pretty fast, till Carter bowled the former with a fast ball at z8 . Robinson was beautifully caught at short slip, and Richardson again went first ball . Next Carter bowled Curgenven, and then Salt and Tomlinson doubled the score, bringing on Bingham for Carter . However, Rhodes effected the separation by means of another difficult slip catch . Goodall came in and hit to off the rest of the over. The umpires were persuaded to allow Rhodes another over, and with the third ball he clean bowled Salt, making six down for qz . Next morning the remaining four wickets added 31, and we were put in to make z8 . One wicket fell for 3, and two for 13, and then by some sharp running the required total was reached. Score and analysis : B I; R'r'oN. 1st Innings . 2nd Innings. H . C . Tomlinson, c . and b . Rhodes 8 c . Carter b . Rhodes L . S . Salt, c . Carter b . Rhodes 2 b . Rhodes J . J. Robinson, c . Eyre b . Carter 20 c . Carter b . Rhodes H . G . Curgenven, c. Shepherd b . Rhodes 2 b. Carter 18 b . Carter J. Goodall, c . Shepherd b . Carter T. H . Richardson, c . and b . Rhodes o b . Rhodes F. Evershed . c . Bingham b . Carter 9 b . Carter W . S . Eadie, c . Whittam h . Carter 5 c . and b . Carter o b . Rhodes Gould, b . Carter H . Sully, not out 12 ht. wkt . b. Carter 6 not out J . O . T . Powell, b. Rhodes Extras 2 Extras Total
84
21 22 4 20 16 o 11 I 11
6 6 5
Total
123
46 not out 8 G. H . Eyre, b . Gould F . M . Bingham, c . Robinson b . Powell , t8 b . Robinson A . M . Sullivan, b . Gould 20 H. W . Rhodes, b . Gould 53 2 M. Whittam, b . Robinson o b . Robinson W. M . Carter, c . Curgenven b . Robinson 2 R . Crawshaw, lbw . b . Gould H . Wheelwright, lbw . b. Gould I 4 not out C . P . Whincup, b . Robinson 6 J . Shepherd, not out Extras 20 Extras
to
OLD PETERITES. I' . E . Lord, c . and b. Powell
Total,
18o
8
5 4
Total (for 2 wkts .) 28
BOWLING ANALYSIS BURTON.
1st Innings . O. H . W. Rhodes 18 .2 5 18 \V . M . Carter F . M . Bingham
M. 2 2
J . J . Robinson 20 Gould 19 H . G . Curgenven 7 J . O . T . Powell 7
5 6 r 0
R. 40 42
w. 5 5
OLD PETERITFS. 63 3 39 5 28 o 30 2
2nd Innings. i\I . R. 23 7 50 20 . 3 3 66 2 0 2
o.
6.1 6
16 8
W.
5 0 2 o
FOOTBALL PROSPECTS. We start this Season minus seven of last year's team, viz :— Metcalfe, Watson, Nevile, Ford, Fausset, Moiser i ., and Moiser ii. We want, therefore, a back, a back, a back, and four forwards. It would seem at first sight then that the team must be inferior to last year . But on looking round the chief difficulty appears to be in arranging the back section ; for with the exception of Watson we have the pick of the forwards still left, and for the vacancies in the scrum we have two candidates who appeared more than once last year, viz : Greeves and Russell ; so that the chief anxiety of our captain will be with regard to the arrangement of the team behind the:scrum . As Walton is able to play again the difficulty is decreased as far as the number of places to be filled up is concerned . Sullivan and joicev have had a season ' s experience in working together, and this factor ought to have great weight in arranging the three-quarter line . At present there seems to be a very decided weakness in tackling behind the scrum, and taking this into consideration it may well be considered whether it is not advisable to have four three-quarters . This could easily be done by taking some one from the scrum, especially as most teams we meet play only eight forwards, and we should still have a strong nucleus left to give a good account of themselves in the pack. Coning is well worth a trial at full back . At any rate it is very necessary that the new hands should be played regularly in the places they are thought likely eventually to fill . One feature of last years' pick-ups calls for a radical change ; it is that an effort should
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CORRESPONDENCE.
be made to get sides in which a greater interest can be taken as to the result of the games . This could be done by getting repesentative sides, however fanciful may be their titles . This would avoid much of the slackness that so often shows itself in practice games when hardly anyone cares which side wins . If only the keenness, of which there is no lack, can be sustained right through the season, there is bound to be much improvement, not only in the interest of the games themselves, but especially in the class of the team we hope to turn out . Punctuality in starting is still conspicuous by its absence ; it does not tend to arouse enthusiasm in new players to find themselves kept waiting ever so long after the time advertised for the games to begin . Let the interest of the team stand first and that of the individual second, and then we may look forward to an even more successful season than last .
CORRESPONDENCE. DEAR SIRS,
I should like to call your attention to a state of affairs which I think ought to be remedied ; I allude to the " sloping" of the juniors from the pickups . How will the football 1V. keep up its old renown if the younger members of the School systematically keep away from " the " school game, either on the plea of not being allowed to play, or of having a dancing or fencing lesson? If the captain or the secretary was to keep a list of fellows in the School the could find out, either, if they are not allowed to play what their imaginary ailments are, or, if they are allowed to play why they don ' t play . In this way there could be decent Junior pickups, and as a result of a good number up, the games would not be such farces as they are at present . Hoping to see this rectified . I am, Sirs, AN INTERESTED SPECTATOR.
To the Editors of the Peterite .
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NOTES AND ITEMS. The Rev . Charles Gray (O .P.), Vicar of Blyth, has been appointed to be Rector of West Retford. The Bishop of Peterborough has appointed Canon Denton (O .P .), Vicar of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, to be Rural Dean of Alseley West. H . R . Tomlinson has been appointed Secretary for the Football Club, in the place of J . P . Watson, who has left. A . M . Sullivan and R . F . Russell have been elected Captain and Secretary respectively for next Cricket Season. F . Mitchell played for Gentlemen of Yorkshire v . Professionals, at York last August, scoring 86 for once out. V . Mosley (O .P .), of Commercial College, York, has passed the intermediate M .B . at the Victoria College, Leeds S . O . Bingham has passed the Intermediate Ai .B . at the University of London. . Mitchell leaves for India shortly, intending to travel as tutor and F companion of a young gentleman who is fond of travel, and they will spend some time in India. The editors b . g to acknowledge Mel Bur/an, Thz:ale, Abigr/omen, Srdber ;hian, Pock/,n'fozzi~rzr, Stale Correspondent, h arroz'zan, Illus/rograplz, Dune/titian. BIRTHS .—On August loth, at Lastingham, the wife of A . \V. Richards . Esq ., of Clifton Green house, of a son. On Sept . 6th, Halton, Halton, the wife of Henry W . Lesley, Esq ., of a daughter. MARRIAGES . —On August 6th, at All Saints ' , Bolton Percy, by his father, The Right Rev . The Bishop of Beverley, assisted by the Archbishop of York and Rev . E . \V . Simpson, Vicar of Laxton, Robert Crosthwaite, to Augusta B . E . R . Whatman, daughter of the late Mr . Chas . R . Whatman, of county Kent. On August I rth, at St . Stephen ' s Church, Norwich, by the Rev . A . J . Alpe, Rector of Thuxton, assisted by the Rev . F . C. Davies, Vicar of the Parish, the Rev . Cornwell Robertson, Mathematical Master of St . Peter' s School, York, to Margaret Edith, eldest daughter of F . Baillie Quinton, Esq ., of Norwich .
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At St . Clement' s, Ilford, on August 19th, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Norwich, (uncle of the bridegroom), assisted by the Rev . R . II . Moss, and the Rev . C . E . Lefroy, H . W. Rhodes to Frances F.lizibeth, second daughter of CVilliam'ebb, Esq ., of Ilford, Essex. On August 27th, at Aberdeen, the Rev . Albert Chadwick, (O .P.), to Madeline Anne, daughter of Rev . J . Couper, of St. Margaret ' s Brae, Aberdeen. OBITUARY .-At the Elms, Hull Road, York, on Sept . 2nd, James Clough Walker, aged 32 . Entered the School 1880. On Sept . 6th, Leon Klem, formerly French Master of the School, aged 75 . Entered the School 1872 .
THE
PETERITE. Vor . XIII .
DECEMBER, 1896 .
No . 125
SCHOOL LETTER. Football is now the subject uppermost in everyone ' s mind ; nor have the school any reason to be ashamed of their representatives . So far the team have won eight matches out of eleven ; this including two victories over our old opponents, Durham, a feat which has never before been accomplished . A very creditable victory over Almondbury Old Boys is also worthy of notice ; as well as the close game with Giggleswick, in which the school, though minus three of the team, were only beaten by a try . The worst beating which the team has sustained was at the hands of the Old Boys, by zo points to nil, but the weather was all in favour of the O .Ps . in the second match, which is to be played on the zznd of this month, we hope to make a better show . In club matches the team has had the invaluable help of Mr. Lord. So far there have been no broken bones, though Joicey has had very hard luck in having been stopped playing for the time by water on the knee . Mr . Robertson also was rendered hors de combat for some time by a sprained knee . Mr . Veld is now directing his energies to the Theatricals, and there seems no reason why his efforts should not be attended with as great success as on former occasions . There are several of last year' s actors still left, who form a nucleus for a good cast . The play is to be " The Two Gentlemen of Verona, " which was last put upon the school stage in 1882 . The additions lately made to the library, under the kind superintendence of Mr . Preston, are noticed elsewhere We are glad to see the revival of Oxford and Cambridge Letters in this number .
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DEAR 1\'IR . EDITOR, On being asked to write an Oxford letter to the " Peterite, " I first set to work to enumerate the Peterites in residence, and was on the point of putting them down as three Williams and a Cotterel, when I remembered that we welcome amongst us this term, Lane, of the Indian Police, who has come up to study Oriental languages. Now for the doings of those Peterites . H . IT . Williams is, I believe, engaged in study . Cotterel is a tower of strength for Balliol on the river . B . Williams is playing rugger for Lincoln, and Lane for the non-Collegiates, whilst T . F . Williams may be heard and seen in the stern of various Queen ' s fours, &c ., any afternoon. In matters of general 'Varsity importance, to turn to the rugger first, as the most interesting to my readers, our success has not been striking . Beaten by Blackheath, Newport, and Cardiff, in succession, the outlook is not promising, especially as Cambridge beat Blackheath at home, but nobody knows what the gth at Queen ' s Club may bring . To turn to individual players, Smith at back is perhaps not quite so good as he was, being decidedly off colour in two out of the three matches named . I regret to state that in the Cardiff match he got a blow on the head which has incapacitated him for a time, but he will, no doubt, be all right by the 9th . Of the three-quarters, Leslie Jones and Baker play as well, if not better than ever, whilst Newton is strong on the attack, his try against Cardiff being quite up to international form . The halves are weak, but Crump is quite a class ahead of Donaldson, whom he will, no doubt, displace in the ' Varsity match . Of the forwards the criticism of one of the Welsh papers will be enough, that they "work hard and ` cuss ' harder . " On the river, things at present are slack, with the exception of the trials . The socker team is a fairly good one, the most remarkable thing being the number of Oriel men in it, but as the inter-Varsity match is not played till next term, its composition will be still rather dubious. I must now bid you adieu . OXFORD PETERITE .
CAMBRIDGE LETTER .
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CAMBRIDGE LETTER. DEAR MR . EDITOR,
Rarely do we resign the cares of office on the staff of your glorious magazine, when we are pounced upon by a pursuing Nemesis for a Cambridge Letter . What a scope this affords to an ambitious O . P . to climb the ladder of literary fame ! Shall he write upon the model of the Athletic News, criticising the University Trial eights, and giving latest tips from the football ground, or shall he confine himself to personal remarks on the various Old Peterites at present up here . From professional ignorance of the former subjects and a lurking fear that your magazine will not appear until the Univ . Boat Race is over, we take the latter course. On the river, W . M . Hancock, Christ ' s Coll ., has been busy watching his college trial eights . Otherwise, except that Hudson has a place in one of the Clare trial eights, and that Bailey, at S . Catharine ' s, is expounding the art of rowing to those that can ' t, S . Peter ' s School does not supply any " wet bobs ." Those great oars, T . Romans (Sidney), and F . P . Fausset (Peterhouse), with the best intentions in the world were put into the boats, the former into an " eight," the latter into a tub ; their lives are saved, their boating career is over. J . Myers (Christ ' s), was making progress in the art, but he grew weary and gave it up, various reasons are assigned ; some say that the seats were too hard . He has now joined the " bug-shooters," and is turning into a first rate volunteer. In the Rugby football field there have appeared for their respective colleges, A . W . Eastwood, R . H . Bailey, T . Romans, E . C . Gray, F . P . Fausset ; (should rather say " have donned the jersey ") ; most of these have already received their colours. Unfortunately, Eastwood has lately been laid up with a sprained ankle. We all heartily congratulate the school on their two victories against Durham school, and at the same time regret that the match against Giggleswick was robbed of some of its interest by the unavoidable absence of several of the most prominent members of the school team .
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We noted with pleasure the conferment of the D .D . degree upon the Bishop of Stepney, which took place in Cambridge a week or two ago, and the allusion by the public orator on that occasion to the Bishop ' s having been educated at the ancient school of S . Peter, York. The following Old Peterites are now in residence. W . M . Hancock (Christ' s), 3rd year ; A . W. Eastwood (S . John ' s), 3rd year ; R . H . Bailey (S . Catharine ' s), znd year ; T . Romans (Sidney Sussex), and year ; E . C . Gray (Queen's), znd year ; F . P. Fausset (Peterhouse), 1st year ; C . B . Hudson (Clare), 1st year ; J . Myers (Christ ' s) 1st year. With apologies to your readers for the want of matter in this production . I remain, IN STATU PUPILLARI.
FOOTBALL S . PETER ' S V . SARACENS.
Played on the School ground Sept . z6 . This was the first match of the season, u~hich natura l ly caused great interest, and the school team was considerably weakened by the absence of Wheelwright . Nelson losing the toss, kicked off uphiillagainst a slight wind. The Saracens screwed the first scrummage but were drawn up by the school halves . At first the school forwards got the worst of it but afterwards packing better drove their opponents into their 25. From a line out Walton tricked his half and scored the first try for the school far out . Then from some smart passing Lord got to the line but was held up . Again and again the school forwards let it out but the passing being only poor nothing occurred . At length Sullivan ran round the right wing and scored the second try for the school . Yeld again proved successful . After the kick-off, the Saracens managed to drive us into our 25, and owing to some misunderstanding with regard to the ,vidth, Wood scored for them a very soft try . The attempt at goal failed . Soon after half time
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was called with the score : School z goals (io) ; Saracens 3 points. Saracens kicked off and Sullivan returned into touch at the centre flag . The school forwards now played a much better game, and the passing of the backs was more accurate . But again the Saracens drew themselves together and after a scrummage on our line, Nelson struggled over at the corner . Their kick again failed . The rest of this half the school continued to press, and Joicey running to the line passed to Walton who scored his second try . Nelson and Lord both scored after good passing by our backs, and Tomlinson from a forward dribble, while Walton put the linishing touch by adding a third try to his credit and kicking the goal . Time was then called, with the score : School, 4 goals, 5 tries (34 points) ; Saracens, 2 tries (6 points). SCHOOL TEAM :— H . P . Coning, back ; P . E . Lord, Esq ., A . M. Sullivan, B . Nelson, 3-backs , E . J . Joicey, E . J . Walton, i-hacks ; C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, N . F . Roy, G . G . R . G . Bingham, R . F . Russell, H . B . (reeves, \V . H . Bowman, E . M . Leaf, forwards. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL z' . ST . JOHN ' S COLLEGE.
This match was played on October ist on the school ground, and resulted in an easy win for us by three goals, three tries to nil . The school soon showed their superiority, and Sullivan scored a few minutes from the start, the attempt at goal failed. Play ruled in the St . John's half, and after a bout of passing, Mr. Lord transferred to Nelson who scored under the posts, Mr . Lord converting . Sullivan scored again from a pass from Mr . Lord under the posts and Joicey easily converted . Half-time score, School, two goals, one try (13 pts .), to nil. In the second half the school still continued to press, and Tomlinson getting possession from a line out, ran in under the posts, Yeld converting. After a good run, Walton passed to Sullivan, who scored in a fair position, Mr . Lord failed to convert. After a fine run by Yeld, the ball was dribbled over the line, and Bowman fell on it, scoring far out . Wheelwright took the kick at goal, but failed, and soon after the whistle blew for time, leaving us winners by three goals, three tries, to nil .
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School Team :—H . P . Coning, back ; E . J . Walton, A . M. Sullivan, P . E . Lord, Esq ., B . Nelson, three-quarter backs ; H . Wheelwright and E . J . Joicey, half-backs ; C . A . Nelson, (Capt .), H . R. Tomlinson, N . F . Roy, G . G . Yeld, R . G . Bingham, R . F . Russell, H . B . Greeves, W . H . Bowman, forwards.
SCHOOL V . OLD Boys. Played on October 6th . Rain fell heavily the whole time, in spite of which a keen and interesting game was witnessed by a good number of enthusiastic spectators, among whom were several ladies . The Old Boys had got a good team together, while the school team was weakened by the absence of Roy i . and Greeves. Yeld kicked off and the O . P's soon assumed the aggressive. Birks was the first to score, but no goal resulted . Lord then scored, but the kick at goal again failed . Just before half-time Lord scored again, this time between the posts ; the same player put the ball over the bar . Half-time score : Old Boys i goal z tries ; School nil. After the re-start the O . P ' s were pressed for a time, but soon resumed the attack . For a long time, however, they were unable to break through the school's defence . At length, Leonard, by a dodgy run, got behind the posts, and Eastwood converted . Just before time, Eastwood took a pass in front of the posts and dropped a neat goal . Score : Old Boys 3 goals (t dropped), z tries ; School nil . REMARKs .—Notwithstanding the slippery state of the ball, there was some very good kicking, especially by Eastwood and H . P. Coning . The latter was frequently applauded for his good play. 'The O . P . forwards played vigorously, and generally had the advantage . Shepherd and Whincup were superior to Wheelwright and Joicey . The former pair got the ball away frequently to their three-quarters, the latter pair seldom . The tackling of the school backs (excepting the halves and Sullivan) was weak . The school forwards worked hard, but were overmatched . Bingham and Tomlinson were the best .
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SCHOOL .—Back, H . P . Coning ; I--backs, E . J . Walton, A . M. Sullivan, B . Nelson ; 4-backs, H . Wheelwright, E . J . Joicey ; Forwards, C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, R . G . Bingham, G . G . Yeld, R . F . Russell, E . M . Leaf, W . Bowman, R . Teasdale, D . W. Roy. OLD BoYs .—Back, A . W. Eastwood ; -backs, T. H . Leonard, P . E . Lord, G . V . Birks, C . Coning ; 4-backs, J . Shepherd, C . Whincup ; Forwards, G . Winn, K . E . T . Wilkinson, K . J . Roy, T . Romans, E . F . Nevile, W . C . B . Williams, G . P . Haworth, E . W . H . Henson.
S . PETER ' S V . ALMONDBURY OLD
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This match was played on the School ground on Saturday, October to, and resulted in a victory for the school by t goal, z tries (i i points), to a penalty goal (3 points) . The Rev . F. Marshall kindly acted as referee . In this match Joicey played at three-quarters . The effect of the change was soon felt, in that the defence of the school was much stronger . The game at first settled down in the school twenty-five, and Almondbury soon made a mark, but the kick at goal failed . After this the school began to attack by means of a good run by Mr . Lord, and we soon had a free kick given us for off-side play ; this did not help us much, and immediately afterwards a fine rush by the opposing forwards was only stopped by a plucky save on the part of Joicey. Again we reached the opposite twenty-five, when a smart pass out by Wheelwright to Mr . Lord enabled the latter to pass to Sullivan who romped in, ten minutes from the start . The goal was well kicked by Yeld . From this point several free kicks were given for " feet up," one of which nearly resulted in a goal for us . Then again we were on the defensive, and Almondbury getting a free kick in the school twenty-five, a goal was kicked . The game now became very fast, and the chief feature was a long run by Tomlinson along the touch line, but he was brought down by the full back before he had passed . Half time arrived with the play in mid-field . On resuming, the kick-off by Almondbury was charged down, and the school had a free kick in the opponents' twenty-five, nothing resulting . Soon after there was a pretty run by Joicey and
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Sullivan . From this point the forwards had most of the game, but this was chiefly owing to Wheelwright ' s selfish play, in fact the latter was very much off form in this match, and continually stuck to the ball . The forwards headed by Tomlinson, Roy, Yeld and Bingham, made some fine rushes . The game was very exciting, each side getting very near scoring . But some ten minutes from the end, the halves at last got the ball out and Mr . Lord made a good run, and passing to Joicey, the latter dashed through and crossed the line ; the kick at goal failed . This seemed to put more spirit into the halves, and again in a few minutes they passed out to the right wing and Joicey made another fine run and scored the third try which was also not converted The following were the teams :-S . PETER ' S ScHooL .—Back, H . P . Coning ; three-quarterbacks, E . J . Joicey, P . E . Lord, Esq ., A . M . Sullivan, B . Nelson ; half-backs, H . Wheelwright, E J . Walton ; forwards, C . A . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, N . F . Roy, G . G . Yeld, R . G . Bingham, H . B . Greeves, R . F . Russell, W . H . Bowman. S . PETER' S <' LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Played on our ground on October 17 . Nelson kicked off, and in less than five minutes Sullivan scored from a pass by Joicey ; no goal resulted . Soon Joicey got over from a line out, and kicked a goal . Sullivan now scored, and Nelson converted . Joicey next got the ball from a scrum near the half way line, ran, and passed to Yeld, who in turn passed to Sullivan, who was pulled down near the Leeds line . Here Longbotham picked up in a loose scrum, and ran over . Yeld converted . Sullivan next scored, having received a pass near the centre . Coning failed at goal . Wheelwright now picked up near the line and dodged over . No goal. Yeld scored next, near the corner flag ; the kick at goal again failed . Sullivan again scored, and Tomlinson failed at goal. Half time now arrived . So far the Leeds line had been crossed 8 times . The second half was simply a repetition of the first. Eleven tries were scored, six of which were converted . Towards the end of the game the home team played with increased vigour
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in order to try to " break the record " in the matter of points. This they succeeded in doing, thanks mainly to Joicey, who scored 2 tries in the last five minutes. The try getters were : Sullivan (6), Joicey (4), Nelson H . (3), Wheelwright (z), Longbotham, Yeld, Russell, and Tomlinson. The Leeds forwards almost held their own, but the defence of their backs was weak. Score :—School, io goals (r penalty), ro tries (78 pts .) ; Leeds, nil. SCHOOr. TEAM : 1 i 11 Back, H . P . Coning. Backs, B . Nelson, A . M . Sullivan, G . G . Yeld, E . J . Walton. 1-Backs, H . Wheelwright, E . J . Joicey. Forwards, C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, R . F. Russell, R . G . Bingham, N . F. Roy, H . B. Greeves, H . Longbotham, and W . H . Bowman. ST . PETER ' S V . DURHAM SCHOOL.
Played at York on Saturday, October 24th, in the usual kind of weather that falls to this match . After a showery morning rain fell very heavily just before the game began and continued for some ten minutes of play . Mr . H . Tomes, late of the York Club fifteen was referee, and we won by four tries to nothing . For this match Nelson altered the arrangement of the side, putting Yeld back into the scrummage, thus playing nine forwards to the Durham eight, which was probably a good move on the day . So far, good ; but the manceuvring of the nine forwards is not so easy to praise. During the first half of the game they had possession of the ball in the scrums for nearly the whole time ; and what did they do with it? Heeled out incessantly, in season and out of season. The consequence was that the Durham backs knew exactly what to expect and were always on to their men smartly—they seemed a little inclined to get off side in their eagerness . Now surely with nine in the pack opposed to eight, and a wet ball, the game should have been to loosen out play and rush the ball . To quote from the chapter on Captaincy in the latest book on Rugby Football (in which by the way Mitchell deals with Forward play),—" There is
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nothing to be gained by heeling out a wet greasy ball that neither halves nor three-quaeters can make certain of holding . Under these circumstances let the forwards wheel and rush, not picking up the ball, but dribbling all they can . " In one pick-up this term (and they have mostly been played with a wet ball) has this method been systematically tried, and the side which did try it quite broke down the other' s defence . 13y all means heel out when inside the enemy ' s quarter flag, but not indiscriminately all over the field. Very seldom could Wheelwright and Joicey get the ball out to Sullivan, as they had two halves and two three-quarters continually on the top of them . Whereas if, after tucking the ball away behind the front row . the forwards had then wheeled the scrum, as with their weight they might have done, they would on most occasions have met with no opposition except the full back . If they had not got as far as that, they would at anyrate have kept the Durham backs well behind their pack and so given our halves a chance of starting some passing . Is there no one in the scrum to direct and control the energies of the forwards ? We spectators occasionally hear most sonorous appeals—which are quite wasted under present day rules ; could not this power he converted into orders for the forwards ? It may be urged, and with much truth, that our forwards are not great at dnbhling ; and with the exception of Tomlinson and Roy they none of them seemed able to use their feet . Then let them learn ; if we must have no game on one half in the week, let it he devoted to genuine practice of dribbling and rushing as well as passing . Its not that they kick too hard : they go to the other extreme and wont kick at all ; they run over it . This weakness in their play they exhibited most palpably in the second half of Saturday ' s game, when they were rushed all over the field, giving Wheelwright and Sullivan plenty of saving to do. When the play got dangerously near the line, they pulled themselves together and by some tight shoving gradually worked out of danger . But that is not good enough ; they must learn to flap with their heads ; we know what happens to 7r's onsili Capri . Last year we beat Durham by r goal 3 tries at home, and lost the return. Let us be warned in time . The team has done exceedingly well
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up to now ; let it not suppose it has nothing to learn . There was a manifest lack of condition amongst our forwards in the second half. It was a heavy day no doubt but if Durham could last it out, why not we ? We have never beaten them twice in a season. We must allow a margin to make up for playing away from home. The tries were scored, three in the first half by Sullivan, Walton, and Wheelwright, and by B . Nelson in the second . The first was Sullivan's, who took a throw beautifully with one hand (if he had missed it, Durham would probably have gone clean away) and was immediately through the threequarter line . This try was behind the posts and was not converted . Cannot someone be trained up to kick goals from in front as a certainty ? Probably Joicey would be equal to it . Walton was next to score ; he got possession in his own half from a neat pass by Wheelwright, and running round the scrum on the touch line side was at once well away . Wheelwright later stole away from a scrummage in the Durham 25, and got off near the corner . Then for a large part of the second half we were defending, but towards the end got up to the line and Nelson picking up near touch got over very smartly . Yeld this time made an excellent attempt . In addition to those mentioned above, Bingham was very good at the line out. On the Durham side, the threequarters appeared very weak on the offensive, though the halves were good, The forwards played hard and were excellent in the loose. ScxooL TEAM :—Back, H . P . Coning ; .h,Icks, B . Nelson, A . M. Sullivan, E . J . Walton ; 1-Lacks, H . Wheelwright, E . J . Joicey ; Forwards, C . Nelson . H R . Tomlinson, N . F. Roy, R . G . Bingham, G . G . Yeld, R . F . Russell, H . B . Greeves, H . Longbotham, W . H . Bowman. ST . PETER' S SCHOOL
" A YORK TEAM ."
On the School ground, Thursday, zgth . Nelson kicked off for the School at 3-15 p .m ., in dull and threatening weather, York gaining an advantage almost immediately . One of their threequarters crossed the School line, but loosing the ball, Coning kicked it dead . After the drop out, York still held their advantage
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till Wheelwright, by a neat kick, which Tomlinson followed up and improved, took the game back to half way . At a line out here, Nelson got in a kick hut it was speedily returned and play set in towards the school end . This time it was Sullivan who saved . A free kick further improved the position of the home team and they bore down towards their opponents' goal. Wheelwright and Mr . Lord dodged tie ball round the back of a scrimmage on the York ° 25 and the latter was enabled to get free, scoring the first try for the school . A fine performance of Yeld ' s brought off the goal . York, with the renewal of play, got the ball and charged down, but Walton threw their threcquarter hack, a scrimmage occurring on the school line . Mr . Lord, getting the ball, kicked into touch, a mauuwuvre which lie reheated at the throw out . But York were too strong and they soon had the best of it again . The try could not be averted this tithe—a try, which was changed to a goal . After this the school met with more success, the game proceeding in the York half . Mr . Lord twice got off but failed through want of support . York now became desperate and forced play down to the school lines where a fierce struggle took pace . This continued till Sullivan intercepting, darted off down the field, with the York backs after him. In the race he outran hi pursuers and scored a second try, Born which, however, a goal was not obtained . Soon after the resumption of play, Walton had possession of the ball and ran down to the York quarter with it before he was held . Here some scrimmages took place and at last the ball reached the school threequarters . Then occurred some brilliant passing, Mr . Lord passed to Yeld, who in turn passed to Nelson and he to Sullivan, who crossed the line and placed the third try to the credit of the School. The kick at goal again failed . The opposing team soon made headway, but Wheelwright returned play to the York half where some scrimmaging ensued, leaving the game to the school ' s advantage at half-time . Score, i goal and z tries to r goal. Just as the rain came down in torrents, York reopened the game . The kick off was returned by Russell, who, with the school forwards, notably Greeves and Nelson, followed it up and dribbled
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down to their opponents' end . York returned the game and it continued shifting from end to end in a really monotonous manner. There was a great deal of scrimmaging in the school ` 25 ' which gave Coning, the school full-back, a busy time . The change came at last . Yeld and Nelson pressed the ball back and Russell picked it up and carried it across the York line but lost it through the hot pursuit of the York men . The school still kept near the York goal and being awarded a free-kick closed in . Mr . Lord finally scored a try near the touch line which occasioned a slight misunderstanding . For the third time the goal was missed. Play for a while wavered about the centre, though in York ' s favour. After a hot contest, York got in and scored their second try. They likewise failed in their attempt at goal . This put the school on their mettle, on the drop out, they rushed forward and obtained a free-kick near the York line, from which they attempted to score a penalty goal . This was not successful and they were pushed back to centre by the opposing forwards . The York threequarters next obtained the ball and some fine passing occurred, but it was of no avail as Coning got hold of the ball and was carried bodily over the line clinging to it, thus saving a try . Soon after time was called, Score : School, i goal and 3 tries (i .} points), to York goal and i try (8 points). - backs, E . J . Walton, SCHOOL TEAM :—Rick, H . P . Coning ; G. G . Yeld, A . M . Sullivan, B . Nelson ; 4-backs, P . E . Lord, Esq ., H. Wheelwright ; Forwards, C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, N . F. Roy, R . G . Bingham, R F . Russell, H . B . Greeves, H . Longbotham, W . H . Bowman. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . NORTHERN
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Played on the School ground on Tuesday . November 3rd, resulting in a win for the visitors by two goals to two tries. Coning kicked off and Lord returned well into touch . The visitors at once showed their superior weight in the scrum, and getting the ball out indulged in a pretty bout of passing, which H . P. Coning managed to stop . From a line out on the school line, the visitors got over, but lost the ball and Sullivan touched down .
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After the restart the school carried the ball into the opposing twenty-five, where from a line out I3ingham forced his way over, Yeld failing to convert . Soon, however, they worked back again, and Walton, picking up in the loose, dodged through and reached their full-back where he was shovel into touch . Fine passing by the Northern threequarters enabled them to reach the school twenty-five once more, when Galloway dodged over : the attempt at goal being successful . The play now remained in the middle of the field where Sullivan intercepted a pass and got as far as the full-back who again proved equal to the occasion . Half-time was soon afterwards called, with the score Northern, z goal (5 points), School, z try (3 points) . Nelson restarted and the school forwards pulling themselves together got as far as the visitors' twenty-five, but their three-quarters came down the field and by smart passing reached Coning, who again tackled his man. Twice the visitors got over the line but lost the ball . The school were now constantly on the defensive, but the tackling of the backs proved too good for them . At last, however, Galloway managed to score the second try, which was also converted . This put the school on their mettle, and after a series of hard scrums in the centre, Lord got well away, but was called back by the touch judge ' s flag . Still sticking to it, the home forwards again invaded their territory and after some good passing among the backs B . Nelson was pulled down on the line . From the scrummage Sullivan received and took an unsuccessful drop at goal, but following up gathered and scrambled over, C . Nelson failing to convert . The school were still pressing when time was called, leaving the visitors victors by 2 goals (zo points) to 2 tries (6 points). Notes .—The school forwards played a hard game throughout, generally managing to hold their own against their more weighty opponents, but in the loose they were out-paced, Bingham, Nelson, and Tomlinson being the most prominent . The threequarters played a fine defensive game all through, against the beautiful exhibition of passing shown by the visiting threequarters; At full-back, Coning played a sound game and could generally be
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relied on to tackle his man, picking up and kicking in capital style. SCHOOL TEAM :—Back, H . P . Coning ; -baths, E . J . Walton, P . E . Lord, Esq ., A . M . Sullivan, B . Nelson ; I-backs, H. Wheelwright, E . J . Joicey ; Forwards, C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, N . F . Roy, G . G . Yeld, R . G . Bingham, R . F . Russell, H . B. Greeves, H . Longbotham, R . Teasdale. Sr . PETER ' S SCHOOL V. KINETIC F .C. This match was played at York, on November 7th, and resulted in an easy win for the school by three goals, two tries (21 points), to nil . The school won the toss and at once began to attack, forcing a minor in the first few minutes . On the drop out a man was in front, and this enabled the school to keep the game well in the Kinetic ' s half . The latter seemed quite unaware that they had to play the ball at once on being held, and this led them into difficulities as they were unable to resist the rushing tactics of our forwards . Some ten minutes from the start, Sullivan scored the first try, which was converted by Mr . Lord . After restarting, the forwards soon took the ball into the enemy's quarters, and there should have been some more scoring, but for the selfish play of the halves . However, at last, Walton got the ball out by what was one of the finest bits of play in the whole match, and after some passing Mr . Lord scored . Yeld failed at goal . Till now, Coning had hardly touched the ball, but for a few minutes the Kinetics were in our half, and he had something to do . Then a combined rush of the forwards, together with some passing amongst them enabled B . Nelson to score far out, Mr . Lord failing at goal . Half-time arrived with the score, t i points to nil in our favour. After the restart, the Kinetics attacked for the first time, and for a long while kept up a pressure in our half. The kicking of some of their backs was very good, and this brought the ball back whenever we seemed about to get rid of the attack . But vigorous tackling prevented the Kinetics from scoring . At last our forwards got away, and the halves getting the ball out, a bout of passing
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amongst the backs ended in Yeld forcing his way over the line through a crowd of the defending side, the same player converting. Almost immediately afterwards the forwards attacked again, and from a clever kick on the part of Wheelwright, well followed up, a whole batch of forwards had the ball to themselves ; they rushed it clown and eventually Sullivan scored the try, Mr . Lord converting. A rather one-sided game ended as above. SCHOOL TEAM :—Back, IL P . Coning ; 4-backs, P. E . Lord, Esq ., G . G . Yeld, A . M . Sullivan, B . Nelson ; -backs. H . Wheelwright, E . J . Walton ; Forwards, C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, N . F . Roy, R . G . Bingham, R . F . Russell, H . B . Greeves, E . M . Leaf, W . H . Bowman. ST . PETER'S SCHOOL V . DURHAM G .S.
The return match was played at Durham on Saturday, Nov. 1 4th, and we were greatly handicapped by the absence of Roy,
Joicey, and Longbotham . Yeld kicked off and for the first five minutes Durham pressed and nearly scored . At length the York forwards woke up and after the halves had indulged in a nice piece of passing, Sullivan got the ball in the York half, and, running round the Durham threequarters, scored under the posts. Yeld converted . After this Durham pressed once more and looked dangerous, but Coning saved in grand style . Bowman made a mark but nothing came of it . The York forwards were now playing a much better game and pressing hard, but only a minor resulted . After the drop out, which Wheelwright mulled, the ball went into touch at half-way . The Durham threequarters gained a lot of ground by smart passing, and just after got a free kick for not putting in straight, but no goal resulted . Again the Durham centres showed up well with good kicks . In fact Durham were pressing hard when a free kick brought timely relief to York. Again Durham threequarters were on the move and all but scored. After several scrums under the York posts, Sullivan got away and managed to reach the Durham 25 before being pushed into touch. Half-time then arrived with the score, York 1 goal, Durham nil. After the restart Tomlinson broke away and was only grassed a
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few yards from the Durham line . the ball going into touch. Durham, however, worked their way back . Tomlinson picking up in the loose made another fine run and passing as he was collared enabled Nelson to dribble over and score in the corner. Yeld this time failed . Durham now drew themselves together and Coning was collared with the ball in front of goal ; but. York forwards cleared their line with a fine dribble and were only drawn up by it free kick to Durham . Walton failed to take the ball and a scrum resulted in front of York goal for handed forward . The Durham halves iu their eagerue :s to score were in turn penalised, and the York forwards charged down their return . York again got off-side and Sullivan's relief was badly needed . After this, tame play for some time followed in the centre, but at last the York halves cleared and Sullivan got well up before being pushed into touch again . The Durham forwards now made their final efforts and an exciting game ended with several hard scrums in the centre . Score : York, i goal, i try (8 points) ; Durham nil. :Votes . At the start the York forwards were nowhere, but after Sullivan's run they played a fine game . Bingham, Nelson, and Tomlinson were the pick all round, but all seemed to be working hard . The halves were safe after the first five minutes but their passes were too slow . The threequarters were good and were the only part of the team which did not require waking up at the start. Sullivan was always on his man, almost as soon as the ball. Veld was safe all through . Bowman was very smart and once or twice cleared himself very cleverly, while Nelson had very little to do at all . At full-back, Coning was always safe and impenetrable. The Durham forwards, to give them their due, were a great deal smarter, nearly always got the ball and were certainly in better condition than the York pack. SCHOOL 'I'LAM :—Back, H . P . Coning ; ¢;-backs, B . Nelson, A . M . Sullivan, G . G . Yeld, W. H . Bowman ; i -backs, E . J. Walton, II . Wheelwright ; Porzean/s, C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, R . G . I3inghanm, R . F . Russell, H . B . Greeves, E. M . Leaf, R . Teasdale, G . R . Walker.
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For this match played at home on Saturday, November z i st, a plentiful supply of substitutes was needed . Sullivan was away in Cambridge, Roy in London, and Joicey and Longbotham still suffering from sprains . The team had pulled through shorthanded at Durham, but now there was Sullivan's place to be filled. The Giggleswick authorities were approached with a view to postponement, but were not agreeable ; and therein may be said to have shown wisdom from their point of view . Still one would have thought that school matches were all important to schools, to which feeling some sacrifice might have been made, and also that a team was equal to more than one match in a week. To fill up our team, 1\Ioiser was put into the forwards, as it was not deemed expedient to bring in an inexperienced three-quarters. Thus Yeld, Nelson and Bowman had to cope with four, and splendidly they did it . The game began soon after half-past two, Giggleswick kicking to Clifton against a slight wind . After some scrummages Yeld started a loose dribble, which was taken up by the forwards, and the Giggleswick ` 25 reached . A `free' near touch yielded a minor, and the drop out relieved the pressure . The visitors now got the ball out behind several times, but were slow in their passing, and only worked across the field, Wheelwright and Yeld tackling hard . The latter was then prominent with some line kicks and another good dribble ; and a second free kick scored another minor . Soon after the drop-out from another big kick by Yeld the visitors full back mulled badly ; our forwards were at once on him, and C . Nelson kicked the ball out of his fingers. Following up hard he fell on it under the bar, and Yeld converted. After the restart, play was again largely in Giggleswick quarters, where B . Nelson got in a very neat kick and tackle . Giggleswick however got away to the centre, where from some loose play, their left wing got hold and running round Bowman scored behind the post, and the scores were made even . Nothing more was done up to half-time, just before which Wheelwright got his ankle damaged, but decided to play on . For ten minutes after the resumption, our play was not up to its previous mark, and Hardie twice got well
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away . The first time Coning pulled him down well, hut the second time he scored behind the posts : the kick hit the bar. Then our fellows pulled themselves together again, and played the same hard game as in the first half . Giggleswick generally got possession of the ball, but were quite unable to get away . If they heeled, our tackling was too strong ; if they tried to rush, they were almost immediately pulled up by our halves, who saved wonderfully . Wheelwright seemed to have quite forgotten his sprain, and spoiled the Giggleswick hacks continually . Towards the end, after a run by R . Nelson nearly to the line, where he was pulled down by Elliot, our forwards pressed desperately hard, but just failed to get through . Thus Giggleswick won by i goal, i try, to 1 goal. If ever the threadbare criticism " beaten, but not disgraced" applied to a team, it applied on Saturday . The school XV . rose to the occasion to a man, and played the hardest game they had done for years . When one considers the lightness of the last three or four on the side, the work done in the scrums and all round was wonderful . The forwards were magnificently led by Bingham, who seemed to never tire, and be always on the ball as soon as the halves, and Tomlinson and Nelson were not far behind . But it is hardly fair to single out any one, here the all nine worked for all they were worth . They shone most in loose rushes, a style of game at which they have come on a deal, and their tackling was up to a high standard . Though nine to eight, they were yet overweighted in the scrum, but stuck to it wonderfully, and were going very strong at the end . The halves quite overshadowed the Giggleswick pair ; except for a little muddling at the beginning they made few mistakes . Their saving was most plucky, and they both did an immense amount of tackling . The superior weight of Giggleswick generally gave them possession of the ball, but they did nothing with it when out . Still they kept our forwards from heeling out . In the first half, Veld played better than he has ever done in his life . He tackled hard and sure, and his kicking could not have been improved . Afterwards he strained a muscle in his leg, and, in consequence, his kicking suffered, but he still did Nn
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an immensity of work . I3 . Nelson has steadily improved all the term, and was especially prominent in the second half on Saturday. Always a neat kick, he was on to his man very smartly and took one or two difficult passes beautifully With a little luck he would have scored . Bowman and Coning had neither of them a great deal to do, except at one period in the beginning of the second half when Coning put in some very neat kicks. It is not too much to say that with the whole team playing in such form and with Sullivan in his place (not to mention the others) the result would have been reversed. SCHOOL TEAM :—Back, H . P . Coning -Lacks, B . Nelson, G . G . Yeld, W . H . Bowman ; I-backs, H . Wheelwright, E . J. Walton ; !%orzeards, C . Nelson, H R . Tomlinson, R . G Bingham, R . F . Russell, H . B . Greeves, E . M . Leaf, R . Teasdale, R. G. Walton, C . Moiser. ST . PETER ' S 2ND 7' . LEEDS 2ND. Played at Leeds, October 17 . Leeds won the toss, and chose to play against the wind . Teasdale kicked off for York, and play was carr ied to the Leeds 25, where after some scrimmages, Harrison scored near the touch line . Teasdale failed to convert. The Leeds forwards then took the ball into the York quarters, and the latter being penalised, P . de Macedo kicked a fine goal from near the touch line . Teasdale again kicked off, and following up well, took the ball to the Leeds line, where Leaf scored, Teasdalc again failing at goal . After the kick off, the York forwards, headed by Petty, rushed to the Leeds line again and Smith scored a try, which Draper failed to convect . Half-time was then called with the score, St . Peter' s, 3 tries (9 points), Leeds, i penalty goal (3 points). Leeds restarted, but were not allowed to remain in their opponents ' half, and after good passing by Draper, Roy ii . and Middlemiss, the ball was taken into touch in the Leeds 25. Roy ii . then received and scored, and kicked a beautiful goal from about half-way out . York still pressed, and Draper and Leaf scored, but the tries were not converted, although good attempts were made by Teasdale and Walker . Time was then called with the score, York, 20 points, to Leeds, 3 (t goal, 5 tries, to a penalty goal) .
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At Durham, October z¢th . York won the toss and Teasdale kicked off. Play soon settled in the York 25, and it was not long before Henderson scored a try for Durham . The Durham fifteen completely overpowered their opponents, and 27 points (3 goals, 4. tries) were obtained by half-time . In the second half the York forwards played up better, and though they often got the ball, were unable to keep it, as the Durham forwards rushed over them, owing to superior weight . Five tries were got by Durham, four of which were converted . The York backs seemed quite unable to collar their opponents, and very seldom could reach them, as they were much faster. Roy ii ., Draper, and Hey, however, were most successful, and Sherwood played well at half. Final score, Durham, 50 points, to York, nil . (7 goals, 5 tries) ST . PETER ' S 2nd V . SARACENS 2nd. Played on the the school ground on Saturday, Oct . 3 r . Nelson lost the toss and kicked off uphill . The school forwards, although inferior in height and strength, soon showed themselves better tcgether than their opponents, and took the play into their 25. Here they heeled out, but the school backs made poor use of it, being apparently selfish . At length, after a series of attempts, Nelson managed to get over near the touch line, and Coning kicked a fine goal . After the drop out the play for a while settled in the school 25, but good kicking on the part of Nelson and Coning, was returned to their opponents ' line, and after smart passing, Middlemiss scored the second try, Nelson kicking the goal . Until half-time the school forwards kept pounding away on their line, and after two unsuccessful drops at goal on the part of Nelson, Coning kicked a penalty . Half-time arrived with the score 13 points to nil . Smith restarted for the Saracens, who seemed to revive, and have more of their own way . The school forwards now seemed done, in fact the superior weight of their opponents began to tell . After rushing over two tries, the first by Huffam, the other by Smith, the Saracens held their own in mid-field, but chiefly owing to a fine run by Nelson the school attacked their line, and
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shortly afterwards Nelson got over again . Teasdale kicked a goal from a difficult angle, in fact the goal kicking was the marked feature of the game . Time was then called with the score 3 goals, 1 penalty (18 points), to two tries, (6 points). FOOTBALL FIXTURES, 1896-97. DATE.
Sat . Sept . 26. Thurs .Oct . 1st. Tues . Oct . 6th. Sat . Oct .ioth. Sat . Oct .1 7th. Sat . Oct .24th Thurs .Oct .29th. Tues . Nov . 3rd. Sat . Nov .7th. Sat . Nov .14th Sat . Nov .21st Sat . Nov .28th Sat . Dec .1 zth Wed . Dec .16th Tues . Dec .2znd Sat . Feb . 6th. Sat . Feb .13th
VERSUS . GROUND . RESULT. York Saracens . . home won 35 pts to 6 St . John ' s Coll . . . home won z4 pts to nil Old Boys . . . home lost nil to 20 pts Almondbury O .B . home won 1r pts to 3 Leeds G .S . . . home won 78 pts to nil Durham G .S . . . home won 12 pts to nil York " A " . . home won 14 pts to 8 Northern F .C . . . home lost 6 pts to Io Kinetics . . . home won 21 pts to nil Durham G .S . . . away won 8 pts to nil Giggleswick S . . . home lost 5 pts to 8 Kinetics home not played J .W.Haworth,Esq ' s .XV .home won 19 pts to nil Merchiston home drawn 3 pts to 3 pts Old Boys . . home York Saracens away Heath O .B . home
2ND XV. Sat . Oct . 17th . Leeds G.S . znd . . away won 20 pts 10 3 Sat . Oct .24th . Durham G .S . znd . , away lost nil to 5o pts Sat . Oct . 31 st . York Saracens znd home won 18 pts to 6 Sat . Feb . 6th . A . D . Creer, Esq's .XV . home Sat . Feb .zoth . York Saracens znd . . away
LIBRARY. During the month the books in the school library have been thoroughly overhauled with a view to making some necessary changes, and, it is hoped, a few improvements and additions. The number of books in the catalogue was 84o, but of these, 121, largely three vol . novels unknown to fame, had been so hard worked as to be quite unfit for service, while 132 more, many of them, alas ! valuable books, had on the same analogy, been worked to death, at least their places were " foul gaps, like eye
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teeth knocked out . " The cynical observer might have noticed that readers of Poetry and Theology seem to have treated their books with the most reverential awe, that the science men had for the most part broken the back of their reading, while the history men had simply absorbed the volumes coavo'ina the information, so to speak, in bulk . Prosit In some measure to remedy these defects, 41 volumes are being bound or repaired, and a purchase has been made out of the Library Fund of 76 volumes, as follows :—Sports, r : Biography, ; Travel and Exploration, 9 ; Fiction, 65 . A fine copy of Burns' Poems has also been presented by G . Bailey, Esq. Between November i rth, when these arrangements were completed, and the end of the month, 107 volumes have been issued to 32 borrowers, as follows :—History, 3 ; Classics, 6 ; Travels, 3 ; Sports, r o ; Fiction, 85. The Library is now being opened regularly twice a week, and a further purchase of books is to be added immediately.
THE O . P. CLUB. A Committee il'Ieetiug was held at the School House, on Wednesday, Nov . 18 : present, the Rev . G . T . Handford, E . V. Ilowgate and P . E . Lord . The Rev . C . Robertson and P . E . Lord were appointed to audit the Peterite Editors ' Accounts, and E . V. I-lowgate auditor on behalf of the Club, of the Treasurer ' s Accounts. The Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday, Dec . 2 t, at 5-30 p .m ., at the School, Fourth Form Room. The O . P . football match against the School will be played on Tuesday, December 22 . Apply to P . E . Lord, r, Grosvenor Terrace, York. The O . P. dinner will be on Wednesday, December 23 . Apply to E S . D . Carter, Belfrey Vicarage, York .
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CORRESPONDENCE. The folloming correspondence which came on a post-card may be interesting. Calcutta, 1 :4_/9/96 DEAR SIRS,
We are to inform you something . No man has ever come here to die without food . We know that there are many men in England who are very kind to the poor . You are students and we are also students, and you may consequently know the wants of the students like us . The condition of novices is very miserable and our poor condition prevents us from going to England . But \ se have an ardent desire to go to England and conduct study there . If you, dear sirs, send us ten or fifteen pounds we may then go to England . In a word, our future prospects entirely depends upon you . • Both of us passed the Entrance Examination of the Calcutta University, but for want of money we could not conduct our study here, and we have none to help us . We have informed other gentlemen, if you and they send us the required sum of money our future prospect is then saved, unless marred thereby . We are sorry to say that we had informed other gentlemen here and rich natives of India, but they did not give even a passing look over us . Please do not think us as deceivers, we have nothing to prove innocence. Please take the trouble for the two poor unsheltered boys . God shall keep as the apple of his eyes, and shall shed upon you his everlasting blessings . Please show this letter to your friends, they may also feel sympathy towards us and help us in this manner. Please send the sum before next January. We have the honour to be, Sirs, We remain your ever thankful servants, P . N . G . AND N . P . N. Address :—P . N . G ., 31, Bolarum Dey ' s Street, Calcutta, India .
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NOTES AND ITEMS. Canon Hudson's conductorship at Hovingham Festival. Dr . Alan Gray's new musical work produced at the same. W . North's new medical work on Roman Fever noticed in Yorkshire Post within last month. W . Y . Faussett ' s edition of " De catechizandis rudibus of St . Augustine, with introduction, notes, &c ., " published by Messrs . Methuen, crown 8vo ., 3/6. The School play this year is " The two Gentlemen of Verona, " and the two nights will be Saturday, December 19th, and Monday 21st. The following have received their football colours :—R . F . Russell, H . B . Greeves, E . J . Walton, H . P . Coning, B . Nelson. The degree of D .D ., honorfs causa, has been conferred on the Right Rev . Bishop of Stepney. E. W . Clarke (O .P.) was chosen to play for Bath v. Bristol, but was prevented by illness from playing. Rev . W . H . Griffith appointed Vicar of Treswell, Lincolnshire, Greenhow, Rev . E . H ., appointed local Surrogate, see Guardian. November zoth to December 4th. The following have received their znd XV . colours :—R . Teasdale, R . G . Walker, C . Moiser, R . Sherd ood. W . Carter played for Yorkshire v . Durham, at Hockey. G. W . Filliter has been made Assistant Librarian. The School played Merchiston on Wednesday, December 16th, on the school ground, the match being a draw. F. P . Fausset has received his football cap at Peterhouse. B . Hudson has been chosen to row in the Clare Lent boat. MARRIAGES .—On August 27th, at Aberdeen, the Rev . Albert Chadwick (O .P .), to Madeleine Ann Comper, daughter of Rev . J . Camper, Rector of St . Margaret's, Aberdeen. On November i ith, at St . John's Church, Barbados, by the Rev . Canon Sealey . Robert Haynes, to Winifred, second daughter of Thomas Sealey, Esq ., of Claybury Plantation. OBITUARY .—On November 4th, at Malta, from Fever, Charles E . Douglas, Assistant Engineer H .M .S . Camperdown . Entered the School 1881 .
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On November 16th, at Nairn, N .B ., after a long illness, T . E . Grahame, aged 33 . Entered the School I875. British Guiana, from Georgetown Daily Chronicle, March 5th, 1896 . Bastica Notes . I am sorry to have to report the death, at io a .m . on Sunday, of Mr . George Nevile (O .P . left in '89), an Englishman, who was employed by Mr . F . W . Hutson, at the Inflexible Syndicate, Potaro . This poor man's life might have been saved had we had a resident doctor, or even if Dr . Ozanne had been able to see him in time, but there were no coals for the police launch and Mr. Nevile died before a pulling boat could be sent over to Her Majesty ' s Penal Settlement for the doctor. " Our representative might ask why we keep a large staff, two sergeants, a corporal, and a pioneer, for a steam launch, and keep no coals . " The following is the Speech delivered by the Public Orator in presenting the Right Reverend the Bishop of Stepney for the degree of D D . honnris causa. Scholar antiquissimae discipulum, Collegio ab antiquo honoris causa Socium electum, virum de Universitate toto praeclare meritum, etiam ipsi honoris causa libenter salutamus . Sexto abhinc anuo Sancti Pauli canonicis adscriptus et episcopatus titulo postea ornatus, novimus quanta assiduitate in laboribus sacris obeundis versatus sit ; quotiens populi totius in gratiam Ecclesiae Anglicanae historiam quanto lumine illustraverit . Recordamur quanto prioris aevi amore instinctus patriae monumenta antiqua inter nosmet, ipsos per quinquennium interpretatus sit : quanto iudicio procuratoris officio per sex annos functus sit ; Universitatis statutis denuo recensendis quattuor per annos adiutor quam strenuus exstiterit ; Universitatis concilio quanta cum dignitate per annos sedecim interfuerit ; Universitatis denique imperio non modo patriae per omnes partes sed etiam in colonias nostras longinquas prospere propagando annos duo et viginti quam feliciter dedicaverit . Quid dicam de Alpibus ipsis ab alumno nostro totiens olim superatis ? quid de antris glacialibus ab eodem audacter exploratus r Alumni nostri nomen, non iam antri inhospitalis in obscuritate absconditum sed urbis magnae in media
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luce, imperii Britannici in i pso capite conspiciendum, non saxi duri in tabulis inscriptum sed Matris Almae in pectore grato in perpetuum erit inscriptum . Etenim talium virorum auxilio Universitatis nostrae fama in omnes terras evecta est, et praecepta eius orbis terrarum in regiones remotissimas penetrarunt . Talium virorum et praecepto et exemplo admoniti plurimi didicerunt vitam sine veri inquisitions esse vacuam, sine ordine esse vanam, multum valere doctrinam examine iusto spectatam et probatam ; 1ocratis denique dictum plusquam uno in sensu denuo esse verum :—u uve c'Tfl 7Oi OIOS ov f3«oros iu Opm7npp . Duco ad vos virum admodum reverendum, GEORGIUM FORREST I3ROWNE, Episcopum Stepneiensem .
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SCHOOL LETTER. HE end of last term proved in many ways most successful
T and eventful, and " Who is Sylvia " is still wringing in our cars
and recalling to our minds the annual success of the School play. Mr . Yeld shone out as brilliantly as ever, accomplishing a task by no means easy . " The Two Gentlemen of Verona" is, perhaps, one of the most difficult of Shakespeare's Dramas to put on the stage, and nobody can with truth deny that this year ' s performance ' as up to previous form . Great credit therefore is due to Mr . Yeld . Although this is no place to comment on individual merit, we cannot omit to congratulate Julia, especially with regard to her song, and also the two Clowns . Football, too, has been brilliant . Two victories over Durham, a fine and close struggle with Giggleswick a draw with Merchiston, and last but by no means least, a pleasant revenge on the Old Boys, crown it with glory . Surely Nelson ought to be the proudest of us all, leading as he did such a fine forward fight with the Scottish foe . On the last night of last term, immediately before the house-supper, Mr . Lord entertained us with a house concert . Besides solos by most of the members of the School choir, several ladies and gentlemen volunteered their services. The programme included two charming quartettes, humorous reading by Mr . Yeld, and football song composed by Mr . Yeld and sung by Mr. Lord . Mr . Richards and Mr . Crawshaw, during the evening, favoured us more than once, the latter of whom was perhaps the hero of the hour . Pearce-Brown, by his original
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rendering of " Ours is a happy little home," added considerable mirth to the proceedings . This term, though late, we have been greeted by frost and snow, and for a time Peterites were to be seen disporting themselves in varied attitudes on the ice . However, we were glad to welcome milder weather and once more take to football. Since last term some few of our friends have left us, but 13 new ones have filled their places . Four of them have entered the School-house, thus making its number exactly the same as last term . In this number we publish our Balance Sheet for 1896.
FOOTBALL. ST . PETER' S V . J . W . HAWORTH, Esq . ' s XV.
Played on the School ground on Saturday, Dec . 12th, in a drizzling rain . The visitors kicked off uphill, and the ball was returned into touch at the centre flag . From the line out the home forwards broke away, headed by Tomlinson and Nelson. The School kept up the pressure, but for some time were unable to score owing chiefly to the off-side play of the opposing halves, and the slippery state of the ball ; but at last Wheelwright got it away and smart passing along the three-quarter line enabled Walton to score in the corner ; 'Veld failing to convert . After the restart the School again took the game into the visitors' twenty-five, and several scrummages ensued, from one of which the halves got the ball out to the three-quarters, Walton scoring this time behind the posts ; I'Ir . Lord registered the major point . The visitors then played up harder, and owing to a free kick reached the School quarters, but were soon driven back . I\Ir . Lord soon after broke away, and when close to the visitors' line passed to Sullivan, who failed to hold, but shortly afterwards managed to scramble over. Nelson converted . Soon after, half-time was called, with the score 13 points to nil. Nelson restarted, and a series of scrummages took place in midfield, at last Tomlinson got away with a good dribble, and being well backed-up carried the ball almost to the line, where Roy
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picked up and transferred to Nelson, who scored in a difficult position ; no goal resulted . It now became very difficult to see, and some desultory play ensued in consequence . From a pass from Sullivan, Mr . Lord, after a splendid run, scored far out, but his kick at goal failed . Soon after the drop-out, Greeves headed a rush to the visitors ' goal, but had hard luck in kicking over the dead line . After some more loose play Kingston got off but was brought down by Joicey, before becoming dangerous . Shortly afterwards no-side was called, and the game ended in almost complete darkness, leaving the School victorious by z goals, 3 tries to nothing. SCHOOL TEAM :—Full-back, H . P . Coning ; 4-backs, E . J. Walton, P . E . Lord, Esq ., A . M . Sullivan, B . Nelson ; i--backs, E . J . Joicey, H . Wheelwright ; Forwards, C . A . Nelson, H . R. Tomlinson, N . F . Roy, R . F . Russell, H . B . Greaves, W . H. Bowman, E . M . Leaf, R Teasdale.
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . l\IERCHISTON SCHOOL.
Played at York on Wednesday, December 16th . Merchiston kicked off at 3 o ' clock in a slight fog . Sullivan returned well with a good kick to the visitors ' 25 . By good forward work, however, the ball was brought back well into the home quarters . Two free kicks were given to the visitors for " feet up," and from the second Couper kicked a fine goal . After the restart, play was fairly even for a time, but eventually the home forwards, by a loose rush, took the ball to the visitors ' line, where Yeld essayed a penalty kick, unsuccessfully . The Merchiston full-back then mulled a catch , and one of his three-quarters picking up off-side was promptly penalised . From this, by an excellent shot, Yeld equalised the scores Again the play was fairly even, a run by Sullivan being prominent just before half-time. No time was wasted, and, as before, the game was mostly confined to the forwards, of which both sides played nine . 1\Ierchiston generally got the ball in the packs . but the home forwards, if anything, shoved the harder . Neither side was able to get well away.
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York several times got the ball out, but, owing to the smartness of the Merchiston tackling and the slippery state of the ground, were soon pulled up . About the middle of this half a Merchiston forward was damaged and took no further part in the game . In consequence . York pressed towards the end, but no further scoring took place—the result of a very even game being a .draw, the score being 3 points each . The hard, slippery state of the ground handicapped the backs, but some good kicking was shown by both sides . The Rev . F . Marshall acted as referee. SCHOOL TEAM ; Full Back, H . P . Coning ; 4-Backs, B . Nelson, A . M . Sullivan, and E . J . Walton ; I-Backs, H . Wheelwright and E . J . Joicey : Forwards, C . Nelson, II . R . Tomlinson, N . F . Roy, R . G . Bingham, G . G . Yeld, R . F . Russell, H . B . Greeves, E . M. Leaf, and W . H . Bowman.
SCHOOL
v . OLD BOYS.
This match was played on the school ground on December 22nd in cold weather, the ground was fairly hard owing to recent frost, and in parts covered with frozen snow . Nelson won the toss and the Old Boys kicked off ; play settled in mid-field, but soon Walton broke away and ran nearly to the line before he was collared. C . Coning was several times called upon at full-back and he kicked well ; the Old Boys now gained ground and attacked for a time, Shepherd, Metcalfe, and Lord being prominent, but the school forwards worked the ball back to the Old Boys ' territory, and after good passing by Wheelwright, Joicey, Sullivan, and Walton, the latter named scored in a good position, Joicey landing a goal . Half-time was soon after called with the score one goal to nil in the school's favour . After the restart the Old Boys pressed, and Shepherd obtaining from a ° scrum ' near the line, got over far out, Lord kicking a good goal . The school now played up hard and after a forward rush Nelson scored far out, Yeld failing at goal . The school continued to have the best of it and a bout of passing on the part of the school backs resulted in Joicey dodging over in a fair position . Nelson failed to convert
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and time was soon after called leaving the school victorious by one goal, 2 tries, to one goal. TEAMS :—School . Full-back, H . P . Coning ; - backs, H . Wheelwright, A . M . Sullivan, G . G . Veld, B . Nelson ; i-backs, F . J. Joicev, and E . J . Walton ; Forwards, C . A . Nelson, H . R. Tomlinson, N . F . Roy, R . F . Russell, H . B . Greaves, W . H . Bowman, E . M . Leaf, and G, Walker. Old Boys . Full-back, C . Coning ; - backs, J . Nelson, F . R. Brant, P . E . Lord, W . A . Rose ; ~- backs, J . E . Metcalfe and J . Shepherd ; Fowavds, G . Winn, J . A . Browne, N . E . T . Wilkinson, B . J . Scargill, K . J . Roy, E . F . Nevile, G . P . Haworth, 'I'. Romans.
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2nd XV . v . ST . JOHN ' S COLLEGE 2nd XV.
Played in the School ground on Thursday, December 3rd. The School won the toss, and St . John's kicked off uphill . Nearly all the first part of the first half the School pressed, but owing to their weak show of pressing were unable to score, although many favourable chances offered themselves . Just before halftime, St . John's forwards dribbled from their own goal line the length of the field and scored beneath our posts . The kick at goal however failed . The second half, St. John's, elated by their success, pressed hard but could not score . And from time to time scrummage after scrummage took place on the School line . Just at the end, however, the School forwards drew themselves together for a final effort, and after reaching St . John's 25 managed to give their backs another chance . A neat bout of passing on the part of Sherwood, Coning, and Roy enabled Bowman to romp in. Coning failed at goal . Time was shortly afterwards called, and the match finished with an exciting draw of 3 points each, as above. Of the forwards the best were Leaf, Walker, and Watson, while Sherwood at -, and Bowman at 4 were conspicuous . Hey at fullback seemed scarcely at home .
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FOOTBALL CHARACTERS. t 1st . 31b ., (Captain) ; set his team a good example of hard work, though scarcely playing up to his best form till towards the end of the term a good sound forward with plenty of life in his play, but hardly seemed as fast in the open as in previous years ; rather let down by a weak ankle. H . R . TOMLINSON, '94_, I est . 211) . ; a forward with plenty of pace, of which he makes good use ; perhaps the best dribbler on the side ; follows up very hard and tackles well, and yet does his fair share of scrum work . ; does better with his feet than with his hands, being apt to miss a pass. A . M . SULLIVAN, ' 94, I est . Ilb . ; a most useful three-quarter, especially in a defensive game tackles and kicks, either foot, in the best style, always going hard at his man ; has improved in pace, and as he takes passes well has scored a large proportion of the tries ; does not give his wings or other centre the hest of passes always. H . WHEELW RIGHT, ' 94 ., lost . 211) . ; a very plucky and hard-working half, at his best on the defence, when he saves well and tackles hard, kicking fairly well ; on a winning side often gets away well, but sticks too long to the ball ; improved in this respect ; takes the scrum work fairly well. N . F . Rov ' 94., I Ist . ; a forward with any amount of dash in his play, most useful in encouraging the scrum ; works well in the pack . and occasionally breaks away cleverly : good at touch, but inclined to kick too hard in a rush ; tackles well E . J . JOICEY, ' 95, Lost . ; plays a beautiful game on a winning side, running and dodging really well, and kicking neatly ; plays half and passes well, but is not good at a saving game, though he can do it and tackle well, when he likes. G . G . VELD, ' 95 . i tst . 91h . ; most useful both at three-quarters and forward ; is most at home in the pack, where he does a lot of work, keeping on the ball and getting through any amount of tackling ; takes passes well, and can drop a long way ; runs fairly well but not as strong as he should ; has fallen off in place-kicking .
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i zst . i olb . ; possibly the most promising forward on the side ; in the pack works for every ounce of himself and a bit over, the mainstay of the scrum ; though not fast, generally manages to be near the ball and tackles very strong ; good at the touch-line. R . F . RussELL, ' q6, i 1st . 5lb ; plays a very fair game in the loose, whether passing or dribbling, though inclined to wait offside and kick too hard ; has any amount of dash and tackles well ; useful too in the pack. R . G . I3INGHAM, ' 95,
H . B . GRFEVES, ' 96, i zst .4Ib . ; improved wonderfully as the term went on ; learned to use his weight in the scrum and 'stick to it much better than he slid ; occasionally breaks away yell from touch ; kicks too hard in a rush. E . j . WALTON, ' 96, 9st . n 1lb . ; plays a good game, and for his weight runs strongly ; has played both half and three-quarters, in the former position saves very well and passes neatly ; should learn to kick ; ran and tackled well at three-quarters, but is more built for half. ' 96, 9st . ; though very light did excellently at full back when he got used to the post ; a little shaky at starting this season ; afterwards kicked neatly to touch and generally got his man, if he had a chance ; saves pluckily ; often gets out of difficulties very cleverly.
H . P . CONING,
B . NELSON, ' 96, lost . 61b ; another very much improved player; always a neat kick with his right foot ; learned to take passes better and developed pace ; should mark his opposing wing more and go for him harder. E . M . LEAF, '96, 10 st . zlb ; a hard-working forward with plenty of life in his play, inclined to be over impetuous and kicks too hard ; with more weight ought to be good ; tackles strongly. W . H . BOWMAN, ' 96, gst . 31b . ; a very useful player in the open, always on the look out for a chance ; very good for his weight, has played three-quarters several times with success, though short of pace .
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THE SCHOOL PLAY. The two performances of the " The Two Gentlemen of Verona," took place on Saturday and Monday evenings, December 1901 and 21st, and the dress rehearsal (children ' s night) on Friday, the 18th. Large audiences assembled on all three nights, and on Monday the room was as full as it could he . Mr . Hingston kindly lent foliage plants for the decoration of the proscenium, and the orchestra were assisted by Mr . C . L . Martin, of the Wurzburg conservatorium . A criticism of the play will be found below. Appended is the caste : Duke of Milan, Father to Silvia Valentine The Two Gentlemen Proteus I of Verona Antonio, Father to Proteus . Thurin, a foolish rival to Valentine Eglamon, Agent for Silvia in her escape Host where Julia lodges First Outlaw Second Outlaw with Valentine Third Outlaw Speed, a clownish servant to Valentine Launce, the like to Proteus .. Panthino, servant to Antonio Julia, beloved of Proteus Silvia, beloved of Valentine . . Lucetta, waiting woman to Julia
H . R . TOMLINSON. . .
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G . VELD.
H . B . GREEVES. D . W . Roy. . . F . M . LF. :1F. E . J . WALTON. S . WATSON. R . G . BINGH .AM.
R . K . YELD. W . H . BowaAN.
R . F . RussELr.. N . F . Roy. J . M . DRAPER. H . A . BAVLY. H . W . GARLAND. . . C . P . SCOTT.
The staff was composed as follows : Stage Manager . Prompter Under Prompter Property Man Super Master Call Boys
G . VELD,
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G . W . Fit LITER.
F . W . LEVER. H . C . H . BROADAy oOD. G . G . YELD.
R . HARRISON and J . S . DENBY.
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President :—REV . G . T . HANDFORD. Committee :—G . G . 'VELD, R . F . RussELL, N . F . Roy and E . M . LEAF. Hon . Sec .—A . M . SULLIVAN. Assistant Sec .—E . J . WALTON. Hon . Treasurer .—A . WILKS, ESQ. Valentine at the close delivered the following epilogue : Once more, Sweet Friends, we joy to see you here, And give with grateful hearts our thanks sincere. "In medias res," as Horace bids, we go, And like the jocund cock begin to crow. In Church—what Peterite but's her firm supporter ? Congratulate we warmly (t) Canon Porter. Croydon ' s (2) Town Clerk—may all his joys increase Like 1Eson's son, has won the golden fleece ! To (3) Naylor's scholarship Antipodeans Have sung at Melbourne loud and earnest pavans. ( .f) Cotterell of Balliol his first obtained, Rowed hi his Torpid, and three places gained. (5) Williams at Oxford hold an Aubrey Moore, At Cambridge (6) Romans' Scholarship's secure, While (7) Addis—prosperous oft—continues still His race of victory at Cooper's Hill. Our (8) Athletes in the Tripos did not fail. An omen which we all with pleasure hail; Strength without mind to guide it goes astray, And minus health wit wins but little way, It is their combination we desire, And to supply within these walls aspire. (q) Mitchell, at Football England ' s Captain true, Has, " inter alia," gained his triple Blue. (i o) Bingham has played for Derbyshire at Cricket, And with success to th' end kept up his wicket. And (4.) Garwood in the Trial Eights was tried, And gained in " Greats " a second class beside. The O .P . Tour when York was left behind, Was all that O .P . cricketers designed : The Friars showed them quite a sportsman ' s game, And Burton saw them adding to their fame. On Mr . (t t) Robertson may kindly Hymen Confer all blessings that too often fly men, May all his joys be raised to powers so high 'hhat none to estimate their worth dare try ! And (12) Rhodes—our Julia fourteen years ago— Enjoy all blessings marriage can bestow .
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Now as to Football—you ' ll excuse a crow— It is not always we such seasons know. The Durham matches-- won or lost our pride !— This year gave us the palm so oft denied, Although our friends so long a lead still hold As to dishearten all except the bold. With Giggleswick the game was hard and fast, And but by one `try ' lost to us at la-t. But we, though beaten, keep onr self-esteem : the team ! Four of our heroes were not Four Second Team Booys took the place of these, Who knew the proverb " Spartam nactus es," It was a game on which the losing side For many a long year vyili look back with pride. And –to conclude—we met the Scotch Invasion With resolution worthy the occasion Both sides gained glory, although neither won, Three cheers for York, anti three for \lerchiston ! f. Rev . A . S . Porter, Hon . Canon of Worcester Cathedral. 2. E . Mawdesley, Town Clerk of Dewsbury, was selected in January as Town Clerk of Croydon at a salary of / i000 a year. 3. H . D . Naylor, I3 .A ., Classical Lecturer in Ormond College, Melbourne. 4 .. C . B . Cotterell, Mathematical Scholar of Palliol College, Oxford, First Class in Mathematical Moderations. 5. H . H . Williams, B .A ., late Hastings Exhibitioner of Queen ' s College, Oxford, elected to an Aubrey Moore Studentship of /6o per annum, open. 6. 'I' . Romans, of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, promoted to a Scholarship of 4.O per annum. 7. R . B . Addis . elected Fellow of the Royal Engineering College, Cooper' s Ilill, and awarded a Fellow's Scholarship. 8. E . W . Clarke, Scholar of St . Catherine's College, and F . Mitchell, Caius College, Third Class, in the Classical 'I'ripos. 9. F . Mitchell, Caius College, Cambridge, captain of the English International Rugby Football Fifteen, represented Cambridge in putting the weight. to . F . M . Bingham 11. Rev . Cornwell Robertson, M .A. 12. H . W . Rhodes. 14 . R . Garwood, Hastings Exhibitioner of Queen ' s College, Oxford .
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CRITICISM OF PLAY. Abuse of the Elizabethan dramatists would seem to have become almost fashionable of late . Mediocrity, proud in the possession of a few stage devices and playwrights' tricks, which are all that the last two centuries and more have added, sneers at the simplicity of genius ; critics, " loving to give their judgments (such as they are) from their immediate perceptions, without much fatigue of thinking," find its wit laboured ; and, with ears attuned to the subtleties of Ibsen and the niceties of Henry Arthur Jones, vote its situations preposterous and its plots absurd . Shakespeare, in the vision of Mr . Bernard Shaw, is an arch-impostor . And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges ! To sneer at nonprofessional acting would appear to be no less the mode . And here, perhaps, some of the critics are on safer ground . It may very well be that outside, in tae world, the perpetual amateur actor is not without his faults . lIe is too apt to make confusion between semblance and reality . Too ften the king who rules the stage may step into the streets a clown . But in one ' s school time one is at least free from the fear of playing with fire . For in those early days the puppets had no awkward knack of springing suddenly to life . The real tragi-comedy will begin soon enough . It can do no harm to strut for a moment taliautly upon a safer stage, and mimic with impunity the waiting human fates But for another sort of critic there is little to be said . Most of us have had some experience of the candid friend who (if fortunate) has been twice to the Lyceum and has once seen Sarah Bernhardt on some laaoviocial stage . We remember the faintness of his praises and the scantiness of his courtesy . None less than a Carrick or a Siddons will serve his turn . With his mouth full of "passion" and "fervour of dignity " and the " grand air" be hurled at our heads (to quote once again Sir Joshua) "the rest of the cant of criticism with that volubility which generally those orators have who annex no idea to their words ." For our own part we detest such vile, base practices . Any school play deserves nothing but eulogy because of its slicer educational value alone . And not
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even the most prejudiced of critics could ever proclaim the chief merit of any play produced under Mr . Veld's management to be its educational worth. Still we are not maintaining that the " Two Gentlemen of Verona" is a good "acting " play . In that respect it differs widely from the play of 1895 . The Taming of the Shrew," dull to read, is a pure pleasure to watch . The merits of the "Two Gentlemen " are such as may he best appreciated in an arm-chair. Its characters are for the most part not fully developed . Proteus, for instance, is a mere anatomy, interesting enough when endowed with flesh and blood from one ' s knowledge of the later plays, but on the stage a skeleton . Launce is two men—Launce the fool and Launce the sentimentalist, Shallow and Jacques in germ . The hightoned outlaws, taken as foreshadowing the humour of the States, are delightful . Taken seriously, they turn what should have been an exciting scene into a mere burlesque, and can ant thing be said in defence of the rope-ladder episode and the final scene . Further, the scenery is typically English, and the Third Outlaw swears by the bare scalp of Robin Hood's fat friar And not even the language and metre of the play are free from faults . Among many good lines, put almost entirely into Valentine's mouth, there are not a few very bad ones . And the deadly monotony of the regular cadences barely tolerable for a reader, becomes unendurable to the listening ear . Nevertheless the play has a freshness and spontaneity all its own, and we are glad that it was chosen . No one can properly understand any play of Shakespeare until he has seen it acted, and most of us--but for the School—would have gone to our graves without ever witnessing any performance of " The Two Gentlemen of Verona . " Besides, would not the play have been almost worth acting for the sake of the song alone, as Bayly sang it Veld make an excellent Petruchio and a still better Valentine. His acting was always dignified though he obviously exerted himself a great deal . In the bust scene in the play—the scene in Act II . where he is left alone with the newly arrived Proteuswe thought him first-rate . Greeves too, as Proteus, had improved
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since 1895 . He still had an awkward movement of one of his hands but did his best with an almost impossible part . Leaf, as Thurio, was very unfairly described as `a foolish rival to Valentine, ' We thought we noticed a reminiscence of the Shrew about his acting, and perhaps there was scarcely enough of the boor, but. beyond this, very little with which to find fault . We wish that a part more worthy of his talents could have been found for Tomlinson . He made a splendid Gremio . Doubtless, if the part had afforded him any scope, he would have made a still better Duke . Nor have we anything but praise for Speed and Launce. Russell is an old hand and has been praised before . He was much less boisterous than last year and just as funny . Roy showed decided promi-e . Perhaps he made Launce a little too querulous and a shade too stupid, but he succeeded in being always effective throughout a very trying part . Why did he and Speed go to the ale-house together in opposite directions ? Antonio (D . AV . Roy), Eglamon (Walton), Pauthino (Draper) performed parts of less importance equally well . W e must not forget the Outlaws, and especially the third one (Bowman), a most truculent ruffian and a `linguist ' to boot . Watson made a hearty if decrepit Host and a most determined sleeper . To turn to the ladies . It was obvious that the part of Sylvia was just a little beyond Garland . Still he deserves much praise for knowing it so perfectly, and is young enough to become very good indeed. Julia (Bay ly) looked and acted as well as any . We liked him best as a boy, but best of all as a musician . And Lucetta made a very good waiting-woman. In conclusion we feel bound to say that if " Two Gentlemen of Verona " fell below the exceedingly high level reached by " The Taming of the Shrew, " it was, in a great measure, the fault of the play, and not the fault of the actors. And if it appear that, finding, so we thought, the same uniformity of excellence, we have been too laudatory and not sufficiently critical, then Mr . Yeld and the company have only themselves to blame . H .H .W .
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BOATING PROSPECTS. It is never wise to prophesy before the event, but we may look forward with some deg-re ° f confidence to a fairly satisfactory season . Rowing, especially on the Ouse . is perhaps more dependent on the weather than other kinds of sports, and we can scarcely expect a repetition of the extraordinary favourable condi!ions of last year ; nevertheless we may be permitted to hope for a tolerable immunity from the floods, which often prove such a serious him'.rance Before speaking of rowing proper, we may congratu'ate the school on the possession of some really handsome boats . They have been thoroughly done recently and been beautified almost out of all recognition . Th- possib l e fortunes of the regatta boat naturally claim our first consideration ; for the Old Boys ' race is the crown of our labours . Here the prospects are distinctly encouraging . Three of the old crew are still with us, having the double experience of last year's experience and another year on their shoulders . If a suitable four th man can be found, there is no reason why the present boys should not establish the precedent of winning even in the light stripes. When we turn to the other races, the outlook is not quite so encouraging . Several gaps have been made in the ti-st and second crews f both boarders and day-boys ; but the latter have suffered most seriously . Only Yeld is left of the first day-boys ' crew. Hence, as things now are, there is every likelihood that the races will be very one-sided . This would be a great pity for many reasons : the rivalry is not only a healthy one in itself, but it largely contributes to keep the school rowing alive . Rut, unless some of the senior dayboys, who have hitherto held aloof, are prepared to come tip to the scratch this year, the competition cannot help being very tame . When we remember the exciting races of last .v ear, such a result would be most deplorable. We have been talking of prospects ; but it must be remembered that prospects in rowing, as in everything else, are altogether dependent for their realisation on the keenness and interest
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displayed . No doubt rowing has its repellent side, its monotony, its dulness, its freedom from continual excitement ; but it- has merits which are all its own . It would be out of place to enlarge on them here, and it would be invidious to discuss the comparative merits of football and roving, but, if only a little of the interest taken in the former were given to the latter, rowing might he lifted from its present position, a mere parethensis or stop-gap between football and cri_ket . Moreover the value of a rowing tradition side by side with the football tradition, both as an integral part of the school life, and as a scource of reputation outside the school, can hardly be over-estimated . This year, especially, a really successful season would be a fit sequel to the exploits of our record 1V . We hope that these few remarks may stimulate all who have the power to pull all together for the common good.
THE BINGHAM MEMORIAL. On February loth, the brass in memory of T . H . Bingham was unveiled by the Archbishop . A much larger congregation than usual assisted at the service, which was one special to such occasions and taken from the Evening Service. The brtss stands on the south side of the chapel, just in front of the pews, and reads—
3n Pi= Memoriam conbiscipuli Zbomae baring IPrib is p lug . B .T . M T.fl000IC an Bet f ll)j. 3n tacit TEastwoob Submersi IDum puettam. 714anbc servarc conatur. 0 EC\EN EIIOIIICEN
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At the end of the service the Archbishop, leaving his place within the altar rails, unveiled the tablet, and returning gave a short address on the text, " Greater love bath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends . " —John xv . 13. Referring to the appropriateness of the text he commended the just pride taken by the school in its heroic schoolfellow, and went on to point out that although such an opportunity of self-sacrifice as was given to Bingham was not likely to fall to the lot of many there, yet that the life of one who would make Christ an example was our living sacrifice, a giving up of the will to God ; and opportunities were never wanting in school or at home, in the class-room or the field. When the service was over the school and a few friends adjourned to the Hall, there to celebrate the second part of the memorial of Tom Bingham . Each year there is a life-saving competition . A dummy of wood and iron has to be found under water and brought across the swimming bath . Last year Moiser (ii .) did this most expeditiously, and the medal was now given to him by the Archbishop . His Grace highly approved of the institution, complimented Moiser on his prowess, hoped it might be of real use to himself and others, and learning that he was a student of medicine, pointed out to him that a doctor had often opportunities of doing good and of rendering spiritual aid that are denied to members of other professions.
O. P . CLUB. A Committee meeting was held at the School on Monday, Dec . 2Ist, at 5-1 p .m . Present—Messrs . J . F . Leaf (in the Chair), A . W . Eastwood and P . E . Lord . The following were elected Members of the Club :—The Rev . Canon Denton, Messrs. J . A . Browne, C . P . Cass, A . P . Chadwick . A . C . Champney, A . D. Crecr, F . P . Fausset, E . C . Gray, E . M . Hingston, T . E . Hornby, J . E . Metcalfe, H . Moiser, J . Myers, R. M . Nevile, R . G . PaverCrow, L . E . Stevenson, T . F . Williams .
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The Eleventh Annual General Meeting was held at 5-30 p .m. the same day . Present : The Rev . G . T . Handford in the Chair, the Rev . C . Robertson, Messrs . J . A . Browne, C . P . Cass, A . W. Eastwood, j . F . Leaf, P . E . Lord, A . Peters . G . Winn, G . Veld. The minutes of the previous General Meeting were read and confirmed . Messrs . G . H . Eyre and L . W . Crossley retired from the Committee (by rotation) ; Mr . Eyre was re-elected and Mr. J . H . Daniel elected to fill the other vacancy ; the various Secretaries were re-elected . The following were chosen as Sports Committee :—W . H . M . Hancock, A . W . Eastwood, and W . M . Carter. The Dinner Committee was re-elected, The Treasurer's Accounts (showing a balance of L65 13s . od ) were passed, and votes made of Z z to the Dinner Committee, and [z to the O . P. Cricket Tour . The Meeting closed 'with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.
CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITORS OF THE. PETERIfE. DEAR SIRS,
May I take up a little of your valuable space in calling attention to a fact which must be patent to all concerned . I refer to the want of interest shown in the Gymnasium . Before the generosity of the Anonymous Donor supplied us with the handsome building which now adorns the grounds, one used to hear such complaints as ` Why can't we have a gymnasium, every other school has one ?' Now that we have got all that heart could wish for, we find, after a term's trial, that gym . `is too much fag . ' This applies more particularly to the Senior Members of the School . Can it be that there is some unexpressed reason, which has so effectually and so speedily damped their ardour ? Rumour says that the perspiration has been seen to run down the Sergeant ' s face as he heaved and strained to hoist some burly member of the XV . on to the top of the bar . There is an old Latin Proverb ` Labor ummia vincit .' I am not sure whether the Sergeant found the truth of this, as rumour further adds that the would-be gymnast ' s descent was
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quicker than his ascent . But then rumour has been known to lie. Still it does seem a pity that because some of the bigger boys found that their first essay was not crowned with the success which they had fondly anticipated, they should therefore at once retire into playing the critic upon others, without affording the latter an opportunity of giving a quid pro quo, and should no longer give the Sergeant practice in ` Putting the weight, ' until, as would soon happen, the weight could put itself into various postures, graceful or grotesque as the case might be . Those who write about football and the slackness shown in `turning up ' to the pick-ups seem themselves to forget that a good team can be made very much better by an increase of physical strength and activity. I am, Yours very sincerely, ryvµvaa7LKO 'e.
PETERITE BALANCE SHEET. EXPENDITURE .
RECEIPTS . s . d. Balance from last year . . 13 7 8 Prom O . P . Club . . . . z8 15 0 . . 5 17 6 Subscriptions (Sept .) (Day Boys, Masters and Mr . Richard's House .)
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NOTES AND ITEMS. The Rev . T . B . B . Ferris, Vicar of St . Matthew ' s, Nottingham, has been appointed Honorary Canon of Southwell. At the Eighth Annual Dinner of the East London Polytechnic, the Chair was taken by the Right Rev . the Bishop of Stepney, and the Vice-Chair by F . W . Pixley, while the toast of " Church and Queen " was proposed by the Rev . Canon Elwyn . All these three (two O . Ps . and ex-Head Master) are on the governing body of the Pol n technic—an institution for ` the recreation and instruction' of young men in the East End .
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W . Martin, who left in 188z, is playing with and coaching the Stacie Bordelais—the Bordeaux Rugby Club . They played the Stade Francois of Paris at the end of January, and lost. F . Mitchell, has returned from India, and accepted a mastership at the Abbey School, Beckenham . He has been chosen to play for Kent ! R . G . Bingham and H . B . Greeves have been elected Captain and Hon . Secretary for next football season. At Cambridge the Yorkshire Schools' Football XV . defeated Jesus College . Peterites were represented by A . W . Eastwood, R . H . Bailey, and T . Romans. The following O .Ps . have been playing football :—F. Mitchell for Kent ; C . Newton for Northampton ; E . W . Clarke for Bath ; J . E . Metcalfe for York ; J . Shepherd for Darlington ; B . H . J. Scargill for Wrexham ; E . J . Joicey for North Durham. The Editors beg to acknowledge the following contemporaries and apologizes for any possible omissions :—Dunelmian, Giggleswick Chronicle, Hymers College Magazine, Portcullis, Leodiensian, Merehisfonian, Collegian, Sedbergian, Hurst Johnian, Sherbourne School Chronicle, Barrovian, Doz'orian, Ousel, Coz'entfry School Magazine, Eastbournian. The Rev . T . Adams, M .A ., D .C .L ., Principal of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Canada, has been appointed Canon of Quebec, thus completing a trio of successive house-masters of Clifton Green House who have been raised to canonries. N . L . Hood has taken his M .A . degree. W. G . Hudson has passed his Preliminary Examination of the Royal College of Music. BIRTH .—Peters .—On the z1st of January, at too, Bootham, York, the wife of Arthur Peters, Solicitor, of a daughter. Birth .—On January 3oth, at Flaxton House, Blackheath, the wife of J . F . Griffith, of a son. MARRIAGES .—B . H . Abrahall (O .P .), on zest January. W. H . Sutcliffe (0 P .), on February 17th. OBITUARY.—On December 13th, IS 96, at Bradford, Rufus Mitchell. Entered school, 1865, left, 1869. On February 13th, at Halifax, W . H . Garland, Mus . Bac . For several years School Organist .
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SCHOOL LETTER. INCE the issue of our last number, which, it will be
S remembered, was unavoidably delayed, there have been a
few events of interest, notably two Lectures in the School Hall, one by Dr . Tempest Anderson, the other by the Rev . Norman Bennett, Missioner to Public School Boys, who stayed a week at the School, (luring which he held several well-attended meetings. The Boating, with which last term ended, was robbed of much of its interest by the postponement of the Old Boys ' Race, owing to the illness of two of the School Boat . We hope it may come off this term . The Dayboys ' first boat repeated their success of 1896, though the House second came off victorious . We congratulate the Dayboys on their victory ; we hope that they will not confine themselves to Boating, but will let their athletic vigour extend to the Cricket-field also . We were sorry to see no Senior Pairs, and the entries for the junior events were not very numerous . It is to the latter that we have to look for the future Representatives of the School, and it would be as well for them to get all the training they can now . It is foolish to repeat the remark heard more than once from the lips of non-rowers, that the oarsman, like the poet, ' nascilur non fl .' No one can deny that the rower does need to be very fit. We hope that the Cricket eleven will have as successful a Season as the Football team . At present there seems every prospect of this being the case . The ground is being got into
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good condition, thanks perhaps to the horse which arrived last term, and was at once surrounded by a throng of admiring juniors, whose ardour was not to be diminished by the groundsman ' s insinuations that it would do better as a peg, on which to hang hats and coats.
FOOTBALL. SCHOOL V . SARACENS.
This return match was, contrary to the fixture card, played on the School ground on Saturday, February zoth . The weather was beautiful, and the attendance larger than usual . The school team was considerably weakened through the loss of _ oy , .Joicey, and Coning . Walton tilled the vacant place at -, Bowman vvent wing and Draper full back . Nelson lost the toss, and kicked off against the wind and sun . The first scrummage took place at the centre flag . At first the Saracens showed their superior forward play, and rushed the ball into our 25, and soon afterwards forced a minor . Soon after the drop out Draper had his kick charged down, and the Saracens dribbled over and scored ten minutes after the start . Their kick failed, and a few minutes delay was caused by one of their : being laid out . Roused by their opponents ' score, the school forwards drew themselves together and managed to reach halfway . Good work by the halves got the ball out to Mr. Lord, who, after making considerable headway, transferred to Sullivan. He completed what was really a fine piece of passing, scoring halfway out : Veld failed to convert . Immediately after the dropout, the Saracens in turn forced us back, and aided by the wind reached our 25 . Here, owing to mulling on the part of our three-quarters, they dribbled over, but their kick again failed. After the re-start, Mr . Lord broke away again and reached their 25 . He passed to Bowman, but nothing came of it . Desultory play followed just inside their half, but just before half-time good passing by Walton and Wheelwright enabled Sullivan to get off. When he appeared to have rounded the full back he drew up, and
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failing to pass to Lord the effort came to nothing . Immediately after, Walton receiving from Wheelwright feigned to pass, and after a fine dodgy run scored close to the posts . Still no goal . Warmed to their work, the school forwards drove their opponents back to their line in vain endeavouring to score . From a scrummage in the corner, Walton received and bullocked over . Yeld made a good though futile attempt at goal . Half-time was then called, with the score—School, 3 tries ; Saracens, 2 tries . Aided by the wind . the School at once took the ball to their 25, and shortly after Mr . Lord ran round the scrum and forced his way over at the corner but failed at goal . The rest of the second half was composed of scrums . In fact, there was very little football at all, and what there was, was confined to the forwards . Very little of importance happened . B . Nelson made a good run, but was pushed into touch, and both Yeld and Bingham claimed tries ; a most exciting game ended with the score—School, 4 tries ; Saracens, 2 tries. SCHOOL TEAM :—I uIl-back, Draper .
;-backs, 13 . Nelson, A . M. . Lord, Esq ., and W . H . Bowman . i-backs, H. Sullivan, P . L Wheelwright, E . J . AValton . Forwards, C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, R . G . Bingham, G . G . Yeld, H . 13 . Greeves, R . F . Russell, E . M. Leaf, and G . Walker. Among the forwards, Nelson, Yeld, and Bingham were perhaps most conspicuous, while Tomlinson and Greeves constantly broke away with dribbles . Wheelwright and Walton got through a wonderful amount of hard work, but the 4 had almost nothing to do . The wind doubtless greatly handicapped the place kicking on both sides .
SCHOOL V . S . JOHN ' S COLLEGE.
Played on the School ground, and as it was the last match of the Season, special interest was taken in it . S . John ' s won the toss, and kicked off downhill . Play at once settled in their half. Immediately, from a scrummage, Walton and Wheelwright whipped
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out the ball to Sullivan . He made some headway, and then passed back to Wheelwright, who in turn gave to Mr . Lord, with the result that he scored close to the posts five minutes after the start . Mr. Lord converted . After the drop-out the tide for sometime seemed to turn until Mr . Lord broke away and reached the half way line . Thrice the forwards, led by Nelson and Bingham, reached S . John's 25, and from a pass from \Ir . Lord, Sullivan crossed their line half way out . Yeld failed to convert . John's again, spurred on by our success, besieged the school territory, and after numerous scrums on the line managed to break over . Their attempt at goal proved unsuccessful . Half time was soon after called, with the above result. The second half resembled to a remarkable extent the second half of the Saracens match . The game was with a few exceptions confined to the forwards . Mr . Lord broke away and scored an unconverted try, and Sullivan and B . Nelson were only just kept out on two occasions . Two futile attempts to drop goals were next conspicuous, one by Sullivan, and the other by Wheelwright . the latter fading by only a few inches . Just before the end Mr . Lord broke away again, and with a timely pass to Bowman enabled the latter to crown the Season ' s success with another unconverted try. Time was then called. Score :—S . Peter' s 14 points S . John ' s 3 points. Doubtless, had the School forwards confined themselves to playing the game and given the backs more chances, the score would have been considerably augmented . As it was the backs on both sides showed some fine kicking and tackling. 1'FAM :-I1 . P . Coning, back ; :1-backs, \V . II . Bowman, P . E. Lord, Esq ., A . M . Sullivan, B . Nelson ; .-backs, H . Aheelwright, E . J . Walton ; forwards, C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, G . G . Yeld, R . G . Bingham, H . B . ( ;reeves . R . E . Russell, E . M . Leaf, and G . Walker .
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Sat . Sept . 26 . York Saracens home won 35 pts to 6 Thurs . Oct . 1 . S . John ' s Coll. home won 24 pts to nil Tues . Oct . 6 . Old Boys .. home lost nil to zo pts Sat . Oct . i o . Almondbury O .B. home won 11 pts to 3 . .S. Sat . Oct 17 . Leeds G home won 78 pts to nil Sat . Oct . 24 . Durham G .S. home von 12 pts to nil Thurs . Oct . 29 . York A " home won 14. pts to 8 Tues . Nov . 3 . Northern .. home lost 6 pts to to Sat . Nov . 7 . Kinetics .. home won 21 pts to nil Sat . Nov . 14 . Durham G .S. away won 8 pts to nil Sat . Nov .31 . Giggleswick home lost 5 pts to 8 Sat . Nov . z8 . Kinetics .. home not played. Sat . Dec . 12 . J . W . IIaworth, Esq ' sXV .home won 19 pts to nil Wed . Dec . 16. Merchiston School home drawn 3 pts to 3 pts home won r 1 pts to 5 Tues . Dec . 2 2. Old Boys . . Sat . Feb .13. Beath Old Boys . . home not played. . . home won 12 pts to 6 Tues . Feb . zo. York Saracens Sat . Feb . 27. S . John ' s Coll . . . home won 14 . pts to 3 Number of Matches Played, 16 . Von 12 . Lost 3 . Drawn 1. Points against, 72. Points for, 273 . SECOND 1V.
Sat . Oct . 7 . Leeds G . S . 2nd . away won zo pts to 3 lost nil to 5o pts Sat . Oct . 24 . Durham G .S . 2nd . away Sat . Oct . 31 . York Saracens znd . home won 18 pts to 6 Thurs . Dec . 3 . S . John's Coll . znd . home drawn 3 pts to 3 Sat . Feb . 6 . A . D . Greer, Esq's . N.V . not played. Sat . Feb . 20 . Yolk Saracens 2nd .. Number of Matches Played, 4 . Won, 2 . Lost, Points for, 41 . Against, 62.
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CAMBRIDGE LETTER. E relentless Editors, how ill-timed is your request for a
Y Cambridge letter! just when term has barely commenced,
material is very scarce unless one harks back to events so well-known as to have lost all their interest. The Lent races were remarkable for the large number of bumps made, and most of them before half the course was covered. Christ's surpassed all by making five bumps, two on the last day, when they gained a position in the first division . Lady Margaret went head on the third night after a grand struggle with First Trinity, who being a very light crew were somewhat troubled by the high wind which was blowing straight down the course. Hudson was our only representative, figuring to advantage as "Three" in the Clare crew . With regard to the race against Oxford, competent authorities attribute our defeat to the lack of uniformity in style . This is certainly true and it is to be hoped that the new President, whoever he may he, will do his best to overcome this failing, and at the same time endeavour to remove the prejudices which unfortunately seem to exist between some of our leading clubs . The May Boat crews are almost finally settled upon and are vigorously practising . Trinity Hall, with five " blues " available, ought to maintain their position as head of the river, though First Trinity are very smart and will no doubt repeat the exciting struggle of last year . O .P .'s are represented by Hancock, who is " seven " in the Christ ' s crew, while Hudson and Bailey are rowing for Clare and "fiats " respectively. Our cricket prospects are good . The Freshmen ' s match has not brought to light anybody particularly brilliant either with the bat or ball . Druce, however, has plenty of talent with which to fill the four vacancies or possibly three, as it is thought probable that Mitchell will be up this term . The match list is a very formidable one, and includes two new fixtures, viz ., v . Sussex and Hampshire. Before closing, the formation of the Yorkshire Schools ' Rugby Football Club may be interesting to present Peterites . It was largely due to a prominent O .P ., rho, with many others felt the absence of football during the Lent term .
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The membership of the club quickly grew . A fixture list made as follows : YORKSHIRE SCHOOL' S CLUB. Scotch Schools, Draw (no scoring) Feb . 1st Jesus ' College, Won 19 points to Jesus nil 8th Won 29 pts . (2 d gls .) Queen ' s nil . „ 12th Queen ' s „ Sidney Sussex CI . Draw (no scoring) „ 15th Old Levsians Won 1 d gl . 2 tries O .L . r gl . 1 try . . 1 9th „ zznd Old Rugbyans Lost i try to O .R . 1 gl . 1 try Trinity Spartans Won 3 gls . 2 tries Spartans 1 try . . . „ 28th Jesus' College Won i gl . z tries Jesus ' 1 gl . 1 try . . March 1st Sidney Sussex CI . Won 1 gl . 1 try Sidney 1 gl „ 9th
LECTURE. On the evening of March 15th, the members of the school and a number of friends assembled in the School hall to hear Dr. Anderson, O .P ., give an interesting lecture on Glaciers . A large number of beautiful views were exhibited by the aid of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society ' s lantern from the Museum, kindly lent for the occasion ; all the pictures were cordially appreciated by the audience, those worthy of special mention were views of the Black Peteret, Dent du Leant, and Grandes Jorasses, but what specially delighted the younger members of the audience was a picture of Mr . "Veld with his old guide, the well-known Alphonse Payot . The views throughout were of a very high standard, and were mostly from photographs taken by the lecturer himself. The Head-master returned a vote of thanks to the lecturer for his interesting and enjoyable lecture, and the proceedings concluded with three hearty cheers from the members of the school. On Saturday evening, the loth of March, the School and their friends again assembled in the School hall for another lecture . This time the Lecturer was the Rev . Norman Bennett. The subject of his Lecture was Palestine . He brought several native dresses with him which he procured during his visit to the
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Holy Land, and several of the junior members of the School arrayed in these were a source of great amusement to the audience, Bowman and Wood as native women, and Harrison as a donkey boy were perhaps the most comic . The lecture was accompanied by lantern pictures, most of which were coloured views, and these, together with the interesting accounts given by Mr . Bennett, provided a most enjoyable evening for those present . The Headmaster in returning thanks to the lecturer, said he had always felt a wish to visit the Holy Land, and after Mr . Bennett ' s interesting lecture he felt still more desirous of doing so . Three cheers were then given for the lecturer and the proceedings terminated. The Rev . Norman Bennett, who spends his time as missioner to public schools, endeavouring to do good work among the boys and to influence them for good, gave an address in the Chapel on Sunday morning, and spent the week in the School-house, during which time he held various meetings for the boys to attend, and also gave opportunities for those who desired to see him privately and benefit themselves by the advice which from his experience and knowledge of boys he was enabled to give them.
LIBRARY, The Library has been open regularly during the term, and, as the figures below will show, the new hooks have been in great request . At the beginning of the year a purchase of sixty-three volumes was made, again largely with a view to meeting the wants of the junior members of the school ; and nine volumes have been presented . For five of these our thanks are due to the Right Rev. the Bishop of Stepney. In order to be able to increase the value of the Library for the Upper Forms by adding some more costly works of reference, the Librarians have written to a few friends of the school, chiefly Old Peterites, as follows ;—
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" We are trying to improve and enlarge the School Library, very many volumes of which are quite worn out . A hundred and twenty books were bought, rebound, or repaired last term, and there has been in consequence a marked increase of interest among the members of the school. Sixty volumes more have been added this term, and it is hoped finally to make the Library worthy of the school and adequate to its requirements. We are sure of your sympathy with us in this aim, and venture to ask you to help us with a small gift of money or books, which will be gratefully acknowledged in the Pelerile ." In response to this appeal they received the following donations, for which they offer their very grateful thanks. s. W. A . Meek, Esq . . . E. S . Challinor, Esq . Rev . Canon Elwyn Prof. Clifford Allbutt Dr. Tempest Anderson J . W . Craven, Esq .
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If any Old Peterite feels generously disposed to the Library, the Librarians, E . J . Walton and G . W . Filliter, will be glad of his help, for besides the want of more valuable books there is great need of a suitable room for use as a Library and Reading Room ; the Sixth Form room doing duty in that way at present twat hen que ma/.
Books added during the term :—Biography i t, Science 6, Classics 4, History 6, Travels io, Divinity 5, Fiction 29, Poetry r, Total 72. Books issued December 3rd to April 7th . Biography 3, Classics 5, History t t, Travels 7, Fiction 29+, Poetry 8, Sports, &c . 7, Total 335• An analysis of the Fiction read may be interesting . Omitting authors asked for fewer than five times—a group including Dickens, three issues, Besant one, and amounting to 16 authors and .}5 issues—the more popular writers are : Henty .. 32 Dumas tt Conan Doyle 21 Marion Crawford f o Marriott . . 2 t Anstey . . 8
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BOAT RACES. JUNIOR SCULLS. R . Scott heat R . Harrison. Harrison ran into the bank--otherwise this might have been a close race . Scott kept cool and rowed steadily home. JUNIOR PAIRS H . B . Leonard R . Harrison beat P . C . Newton E . H . Creaser A good race throughout, Leonard eventually winning by about a length . Harrison rowed most pluckily, and the result might have been different had he not unfortunately broken his stretcher in the first few strokes, and lost about half-a-length by a large barge being directly in his course. SENIOR SCULLS.
P . W . Thompson beat IT . B . Greeves. Greeves led till the Amateurs' boat-house, but here superior training told, and Thompson won by about a quarter of a length. HOUSE FIRST V . D .YBOYS. First Dayboy's .
First House.
C . Moiser E . J . Walton. R . Teasdale S . Watson. beat E . h1 . Leaf A . M . Sullivan. P . Thompson R . G . Bingham. Thompson, fresh from his success of the previous day, with a longer stroke than the House, had gained about half-a-length when the School boat-house was reached . The House were not in time, and stroke, although working hard, seemed scarcely at home with his oar which continually slipped out of the rowlock . Between the bridges, however, Bingham spurted, and the House gained
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about half-a-length, but the Dayhoys won eventually by about halfa-length ; much credit is due to Thompson and Teasdale, who rowed splendidly. Second House .
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W . H . Bowman P . Whitehead. Newton ii. N . D . Middlemiss beat Newton i. T . L . Harrison J . W . Draper . D . W . Roy . The House won as they pleased . Draper caught a crab at the start, and the House gained at once ; Roy, with a very long steady stroke was well backed up by the others, Harrison deserving special mention. The FINAL of the SCRATCH FOURS was as follows : Newton ii. C . Moiser P . S . Burrell beat S . Watson. B . Moiser L . H . Moiser. R . H . Bailey C . B . Cotterell. A close race, Bailey winning by about half-a-length.
CRICKET PROSPECTS AND HINTS. Six of last year's eleven, viz ., Sullivan, Wheelwright, Russell, Veld, Greeves, and Nelson ii ., will be available for the coming season . Of these, three headed the batting averages, and two others were at the head of the bowling averages . These, therefore, should form a good nucleus for this year's eleven . For the five vacant places candidates will probably be found in Bingham, Harrison i ., Kirke i ., Creer, Pelly, and Walker, all of whom were useful in last season ' s second eleven . Most of these show good promise as batsmen, and Bingham and Creer should be useful bowlers . If the old members retain their form, and the new blood prove useful, we have every reason to hope for a successful season . The degree of success, however, will depend, in a great measure, on the efforts made by each one to improve himself in every department of the game . In batting, each should try to cultivate a correct style . Much might be learned by reading some good authority on cricket, and by watching and studying the methods of successful batsmen . Learn to play with a straight bat—
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pulling is generally fatal ; keep the left elbow and the handle of the bat forward ; play the ball—don ' t be content to let the ball hit the bat ; when you hit, hit hard ; and, unless you can lift the ball over the boundary, try to keep it on the ground . When practising bowling, learn first to bowl straight and to keep a good length. Having attained these qualities, you may, if you have sufficient strength, practise fast bowling . Watch the batsman, and try to find out a weak place in his defence . When sufficiently skilful, learn to vary both length and speed . A good batsman, who has defied all kinds of straight balls, may often be got out by pitching him a good-length ball on the off-side. Fielding should by no means be neglected . Learn to meet the ball—don ' t wait until it comes to you ; pick it up clean and return it smartly . Throw the ball so that it may reach the wicket-keepereither direct or from a bounce—about the height of the wickets. When practising, make the best use of your time . It is a good plan to practise with an object, e .g. the removal of some defect, or the attainment of some good quality . Study, Practise, Persevere.
CRICKET FIXTURES. President :—REv . G . T . HANDTORD . Captain : —A . M . SULLIVAN. Hon . Secretary :—R . F . RussELL. Tues . May 18th . . . .North Riding Asylum away Thurs . „ loth . . . . Ampleforth College away Sat . „ 22nd . . . .Garforth C .0 home Tues . „ 25th . . . ,Hymer's College home Sat . „ 29th . . . . Ryburn Valley C .C home Tues . June 1st . . . .Yorkshire Gentlemen away Wed . 2nd . . . .Leeds G .S away Sat . „ 5th . . . . Bradford Town home 12th . . . .Durham G . S Sat . „ home Tues . „ 15th . . . . Ampleforth College home 17th . . . .Almondbury Old Boys Thurs . „ home Sat . 19th . . . . Pocklington GS away Sat . „ 26th . . . . F . Clemons ' , Esq . XI home Tues . z9th1 . • Old Boys home Wed . „ 3oth . . Sat . July 3rd . . .Hymer ' s College away Tues . „ 6th . . . .Yorkshire Gentlemen away
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A WEEK AT ALDERSHOT WITH THE C . U .R .V. ,s/, Cambridge University Rifle Volunteers . Light-minded people say that Cambridge men only enlist as volunteers in order to wear the light blue badge in their regimental caps : they then, it is supposed, go home and .vith clear consciences tell their relations that they are " blues . ” This is false : however, when over three hundred out of our noble band started for their week at Aldershot, there was no doubt that their blue pipe-clay had been used pretty plentifully and in accordance with the smartness which our appearance among the regulars required . The present equipment of the British soldier is very smart ; it is known as the Slade Wallace . It includes, what I thought most important, a water bottle and a sandwich bag . Some water bottles are made of glass, some of enamelled tin : those of us who had the glass ones mostly jigged up against lamp-posts or other people, and so the contents (often dubious) were spilt . Moral—get a tin bottle . ia'
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Arrived at Aldershot, we had to settle down and made our beds : they never taught me the art at St . Peter's, and I shall have to take my " bedder " next time I go . However, we engaged some immortal Highlanders to teach us the art a la mililaire, and so slept more or less peacefully. At half-past six the bugle goes . I do not understand the bugle any farther than that if you are in bed when it goes you must get out ; if not in bed, take no notice of it . Blacking my boots, making my bed, and eating my breakfast (all three are jumbled up in my mind) occupied until half-past nine . The morning is spent in various military manoeuvres in the country round, work which I can recommend to anyone who wishes to raise an appetite for lunch . In the afternoon the same is continued, or perhaps there is a field-day with the regulars . After four or five o' clock one is free to make merry with one's friends . After a week of this you cannot but feel a hardy veteran, and, indeed, for myself, I am sure that the courage I displayed towards the close of our training in exposing myself to the fire of the enemy ' s blank cartridge must have made a deep impression on the military authorities present. An overflowing " smoker" was held on our last night, and next day we marched gaily to the station, escorted by the band of the South Staffordshire Regiment . In conclusion, let me hope that all Peterites coming to Cambridge will join this corps ; almost all Cambridge " blues " are now members, and I believe Dlr . F. Mitchell was among the number, when he was up . We are apt to forget that there is nothing to prevent a law compelling military service being passed in a case of emergency, and consequently both expediency and patriotism should lead more to go through so useful and enjoyable a military training.
OBITUARY. At Nairn, N .B ., November 16th, 1896, Thomas Edward Grahame, elder son of Mr . James Grahame, aged 33 years. Many ()Id Peterites will hear with deep regret of the early death of their former School-fellow, Edward Grahame, a member of the School-House from 1874 to 1831 . He went from S . Peter ' s to
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Edinburgh University, and became a writer to the Signet About seven years ago his health, till then robust, was undermined by a fever the illness that has now terminated fatally really dates from that time . Prevented by distance, and latterly by ill-health, from keeping up much connection with his old school, he was always loyal to it at heart, and interested in its welfare . "The last letter read to him, shortly before his death, was one from his old headmaster, the Rev . H . M . Stephenson . He was buried at Kenmore, in the Perthshire Highlands that he knew and loved so well, amid marked demonstrations of the esteem and sorrow of the countryside . To those who enjoyed his friendship the memory of the singularly beautiful and gentle spirit, that sheaved itself in a boyhood full of life and energy, and that was afterwards to be tried and perfected i1I a long sickness patiently endured, will long remain a precious inspiration.
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NOTES AND ITEMS. BIRTHS .—SNOW .—On the 4th of May, at Gloucester Mansions, South Kensington, the wife of Thomas Mackenzie Snow of a son. The Times, March 17th .—The wife of Rev . E . S . Fox, (O .P .), of a son. R . F . Russell and H . R . Tomlinson have passed the entrance examination to Emanuel College, Cambridge, and been received into the Hostel. DEATH .—The Times, March 16th .—On the 13th March, Helen, wife of the Rev . Townsend Storrs (O .P .), of Doncaster Grammar School. MARRIAGE .--CARTER—Costa .—On April zoth, at St . Stephen ' s, Acomb, by the Rev . E . S . Carter, Father of the bridegroom, assisted by the Rev . R . P . T . Tennant, Vicar of the Parish, Edmund Sardinson Dashwood Carter to Emma Mary Jeffreys, younger daughter of the late William Preston Cobb, Esq ., of Acomb, York. The Rev . J . A . Shoal (O .P .) appointed Perpetual Curate of St. Matthias, Liverpool. The Rev . W . Jackson (O .P .) appointed Chaplain of H .M . Prison, Preston. MAURICE SWASEY, A .M .S . (O .P .) married Hilda Mannsell, daughter of Colonel E . V . Stace, C .B ., on zznd April, 1897 . See S'landard, April 27th, 1897. H . B . Greeves has undertaken the post of Deputy Organist of York Minster, which, as Mr . Robinson has taken Dr . Naylor ' s place till Chistmas, was left vacant. The Rev . G . Edmondson, Rector of Northolt, Middlesex, late Fellow and Tutor of Brascnose College, Oxford, has just been elected an Honorary Member of the Dutch Historical Society, in recognition of his work during recent years on Dutch Seventeenth Century History. Dr . Anderson (O .P .), has been delivering a course of four lectures on Volcanoes, illustrated by his own photographs, before the Royal Institution. At the May Meeting of the Alpine Club, Mr Yeld read a paper on the Aiguille de Tron chey, the first ascent of which he made last August. The annual Confirmation was held in the School Chapel on Saturday, April zth, before a large congregation . The Right Rev . the Bishop of Hull officiated, and in two addresses gave some valuable advice both to candidates and congregation . 13 candidates presented themselves .
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SCHOOL LETTER. Y the time this number appears in print, the Midsummer Term
B will have drawn almost to its close, and we shall be saying good-bye to many of those who have for a long time been the most prominent, both in School and out . It is a melancholy feature of this term that at the end of it there is almost always a clearance out of the old set ; and this year seems to be no exception to the rule . However, they leave their names and the remembrance of their many virtues behind them, '` pour encourager les mitres ." The Cricket Season closed with a draw with the North Riding Asylum. Except in the matter of School matches, in which we have been rather unsuccessful, the season has been a very successful one . It will probably be some time before another member of the School Eleven will be able to record an average of over so runs . Sullivan has made a couple of centuries again, and scores of ;o and upwards (amongst them an 8+ to Russell, and 6+ not out to Wheelwright). have been constantly registered, and the bowling average is again under ten . • The Sports took place on Monday and Tuesday. July 26 and 27 . The Boat Race, which was postponed last term, took place on Saturday, my 17th . We congratulate the Old Boys on their victory, and sympathize with the members of the School Boat on their defeat after a plucky, if unequal race . The Library continues to be well-patronized in spite of the fine weather, which naturally takes people out of doors more . The School of course had a whole holiday on the jubilee Day, which was thoroughly
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appreciated, and we are now hoping for an extension of the Summer holidays, which will be still more thoroughly appreciated by the boys at least, if not by their parents . Next term Football will be on us, and we trust that plenty of new players will come on to fill up the places of those who are leaving, to whom, iii conclusion, we wish as great success in the future as they have enjoyed in the past . CRICKET. SCHOOL V . MASTERS.
This annual fixture was played on the School ground . on May 15th . The match always occasions some interest as in it candidates make their first appearance for the eleven. The School won the toss and Sullivan was accompanied to the wickets by Yeld, and the two put on 89 runs before a separation was effected . Sullivan was bowled when he had made 44 by Mr . Lord ; having played in very good style, and with a good deal more strength than he showed last year . Wheelwright next partnered Yeld, and after hitting Mr . Lord for a three was clean bowled by Mr . Wilkes . Yeld continued to play well and carefully, but was left by Bingham after the latter had made four . Russell came in next and he and Yeld made another stand, until Russell had made zz when he was stumped by Teasdale off Mr . Yeld's bowling . The batting had been characteristically vigorous, and his runs were made very rapidly . After Kirke had made two not out, the innings was declared closed ; Yeld having contributed 6z not out to the total of r4S for four wickets, he had played extremely good cricket, and deserved his runs . The candidates were thus unable to show their prowess. Mr . Lord and Mr . Wilkes opened the innings for the masters and hit Greeves and Yeld about until Mr . Wilkes was neatly caught at the wickets by Sullivan off Greeves . Mr . Robertson who went in next was run out when he had made three . Mr. Burrell succeeded him but was caught by Walker, again off Greeves, for four . The same bowler next got Mr. Lord's wicket by a good ball when he had just got his 5o, in his usual good
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style ; his hits included four threes, and thirteen twos . Mr . Yeld and Mr. Richards were in when time was called, with the total score 97 for four wickets, leaving the match a draw in favour of the School . The following represented the respective sides : ScHool.. A . M . Sullivan, b Lord
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ST . PETER ' S Z' . This match, the first of the Season, was played on May 15th. As will be seen below, the scores were small . This was chiefly owing to the state of the wicket . The nights had been very frosty, and it was therefore unsafe to water the ground -a poor wicket was the result. We batted first, and made a fairly good start, the fourth wicket falling at 311 . The rest of the team, mainly candidates, did little. and the innings closed for 56 . When the Asylum went in to bat, they, too, found it difficult to get runs . No lengthened stand was made, and the wickets fell at short and regular intervals. DIilnthurpe and Best bowled well for the Asylum, the former taking 5 wickets for 1 1 runs, and the latter 4 for zo . For ourselves, Greeves took 6 wickets for 21 runs, Veld 2 for 18, and Walker NORTH RIDING ASYLUM.
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ST . PETER ' S. to .A . M . Sullivan . b Best G . Cr. Yeld, run out II .AWheelwright, c and 1) Milnthorpe 21 R . F . P ussell, b Milnthorpe 8 R . G . Bingham, b Best P . S . Kirke, b Best G. R . Walker, b Milnthorpe 8 H. B . Greeves, b Milnthorpe 1 B . Nelson, c Aloy ser b Milnthorpe o o T. L . Har rison, b Best o H . E . Soulby, not out Extras 1
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Sl' . Ptc!EK ' s V . A\IPI.EFOkILI COLLEGE. Played at Ampleforth on May 20th . The day was line, and wicket hard and fast . Winning the toss Sullivan went in with Russell. Off the last ball of the over the former scored a one, but after getting three more was taken low down in the slips, 5-1-4 . Wheelwright carne next, hut seemed rather at sea, and at 27 he was caught and bowled 27-2-8 ; Meanwhile Russell was playing with great confidence, but had a near shave on more than one occasion in the long field . Veld fell at 50 . 50-3-6 . With Bingham in, Russell managed to play out time till the adjournment . After Lunch, the collapse came, Bingham went at 1. then Russell, 55-5-32, Kirke at 6z . Walker however stopped the rot fur some time, but could get no runs . Eventually the innings closed for the miserable total of 81 . Doubtless, without Russell ' s innings we should have made a very poor show, an innings which included some very fine, though at times careless strokes. Greeves started the attack, and off the first ball Sullivan caught Briggs at the wicket . This decision did not seem to suit the onlookers, who murmured their disapproval . Connor came in <utd helped by loose bowling on the part of CTreeves, raised the total to zo, and then was lbw to Walker, 20-2-17 . Magoris, Stourton, and Cooke, aided by shocking fielding, managed to top our total, and in the end the innings closed for 123, of which Cooke compiled iq not out . Owing to the applause and signs of disapproval some of the fielders on the approach of a catch utterly lost their heads. and catch after catch fell to the ground almost unhindered at all. No less than live catches were dropped, and Kirke (z), Veld Wheelwright :1), Russell (t) were the culprits . The less said about it the better as it was a disappointing performance . Score : Sr . Pt~rEa ' s. AM I'1 . EFOli III. A. Al . Sullisau, c . F . Stourton b. A . Briggs, c . Sullivan b . GPeeves [: . } arrell . . . . . . 4 E . G . \laynard, c . and b . Veld . . 3 R . Connor, lbw . Walker 11 . Wheelwright . c . and b . _\Lawson S G . Farrell, c . Veld b . Walker S R . F . Russell, c . H . Stourton b, Mattson 3 2 A. J . Magoris, c . Walker b . Veld 13 b . 6 I G . G . Yeld, c . U . Farrel AIaw'On L . i . Earle, c . I ;reeves b . \Valker . . r: o Hon . F . Stourton, c . Sullivan b. It . G . Bingham, b . U . Farrell lbw Farrell Itreeves I'. S . Kirkc, .G. .. .. to 4 6 I t . R .\Valker,c .G .I)attel 1) Mawson B. Mawson, b . Teld u II . B . Greeves, b . G . Farrell A . Hayes, b . Nels .)n 11 . . .. B. Nelson, b . G . Farrell 2 \V . Cooke, not out 39 6 F . I . . Harrison, not out R . Farrell, b . Wheelwright 3 I L E . Soulbv, c . Magoris b. Mawson 7 Extras . . . . 8 Extras 5 Total , . , 81
Total . . . .123
419
CRICKET .
R. w. . 0 M H . B. Greeves 2 9 3 32 G . G Yeld 17 3 9 4 G . R . Walker 3 16 2 39 H . E. Soulby 10 5 2 I 6 2 B . Nelson 9 R . G . Bingham 6 H . Wheelwright . 2 1 1 Walker and Wheelwright each bowled one wide.
BOWLING ANALYSIS
A. 16
5 .6 13 — 9 2
ST . PETER ' S V . GARFORTH C .C.
This match was played on the school ground on May 22nd, the weather being exceptionally favourable . Sullivan won the toss, and Russell and Veld commenced operations . The former sheaved vigorous tactics, and 36 were put on before Veld was bowled by \V . Reede for 15 . The next wicket saw no increase in the score as Wheelwright was unluckily run out in attempting a short run. However, when the Captain came in a lengthy stand was made, both batsmen playing good cricket, and 141 runs were registered before Russell was caught in the long field by Hurst, having played a lively innings of 84 . He gave two palpable chances, one when he had made 41, and the other just before his dismissal, but except for these, and two or three rather dangerous strokes, it was an attractive and useful innings . Sullivan and Bingham Increased the score by 1o, when the former was run out through an attempt at a short run . With Kirke as his partner, Bingham continued to make runs, until with the score at 18o, Kirke was out for obstructing his wicket . When five more runs had been added, W . Reede removed Bingham ' s bails . Walker and Nelson increased the score by three, and then the School Captain declared the innings closed at 188 for six wickets. Garforth began with \V . Tate and G . Reede to the bowling of Yeld and Walker . The batsmen treated the bowling with comparative indifference and compiled 51 runs for the 1st wicket . At this point, Suldbe, who had been put on instead of Veld, got Tate out lbw, but w ith the arrival of Rodgers the score was considerably augmented . At , 1z2 Wheelwright brought offasplendid catch atmidoff, which disposed of Rodgers, and 3 runs later Dixon was caught and bowled by Nelson . G . Reeds had so far been the principal
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scorer, though he sho,:ld have been dismissed while his score was . . by a chance in the slips, and again at 52 . However, when he and the newcomer Pickering had compiled .}z ru g s, he was bowled by Yeld, with his score four short of the century . AVatmough was soon caught and bowled by Walker, and then stumps were drawn with the score 175 for j wickets . Doubtless the absence of Greeves handicapped the School ' s attack considerably. ST . PETER' S. G . G . Yeld, b . \V . Reede
GARFORTn C .C. 15
R . F . Russell, c . Hurst b. \V . Tate 84 11 . Wheelwright, run out o A. Al . Sullivan, run out 42 R . G. Bingham, b . W . Reeds . . 28 P . S . Kirke, lbw, b . \V . Reede 10 B. Nelson, not out 2 G . R . Walker, not out T . L . Harrison 1 did II . E . Soulb not hat. F . L . Pell), y j Extr as 1) Total (tor 6 wkts . i
188
W . Tate, lbw, b . Soulby 31 00 Cr. Reede, 1) . Veld R . Rodgers, c . Wheelwright b. Smithy 19 A. Dixon, c . and b . Nelson . 19 I i . Pickering, not out G H . AV"atmough, c . and h . Walker 3 II . I . Denby B. Chadwick ) did not bat. F . Hm:st W . Reede it. . Tate Extras 4 Total (tor j wilds .)
. . 1 ;2
Boty 1.INC; ANAL y SIsSI . I'm. ' s — u. M. W . Reede 22 3 1 i . J . Denby ii . Reede B . Chadwick 3 \V . Tate 0 11 . Pickering 2 1GARFO1trH C .C .
M
G. G . Yeld ( :. R . Walker
II . E . South) B . Nelson H. Wheelwright A . M . Sullivan . . ..
0 0
ST . PETER ' S V. HYMER ' S COLLEGE.
Played at home on May z8th . Hy .ner ' s went in first, and Tomlinson and T . Wilson started to the bowling of Greeves and Ycld . The two put up 28 before they were separated, T . Wilson being bowled by 'Veld . Tomlinson and A . Wilson, who replaced his brother, continued to score slowly until Tomlinson was bowled by Soulby, who had taken Greeves ' place for 31 . Score, 2 wickets
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for 48 runs . Greenwood followed, and A . Wilson was bowled by Walker who superseded Yeld . Greenwood was given out lbw. off Walker ; score 4 for 53 . Soulby then bowled Grasby, and Barton was snapped up at the wickets ; 6 for 57 . Soulby then caught and bowled Wreathall for 1, and Cockin was caught off Walker for I . Robinson and Macrill succumbed to catches off Walker and Soulby respectively, bringing the innings to a close for 64 . Walker took ¢ wickets for 1 1 runs . Soulby got 5 wickets for 15 runs. Sullivan and Yeld went in first, Wreathall and Grasbv bowling. These took the score to z6 when Veld was bowled by Grasbv. Wheelwright came in but was almost immediately caught by Corkin nfl Wreathall after hitting a four ; z for 33 . Russell came in and when he had made 5 was caught off Grasbv, as was Bingham, after adding two to the total ; score, 4 for 5o . Kirke then came in and making 5 by careful cricket, was caught and bowled by Grasbv. Nelson succeeded Kirke and shared the same fate . Walker took Nelson's place and made 8 before Sullivan made the winning hit. Robinson then came on and bowled Sullivan, who had made 5 i by good cricket, giving only one difficult chance to point at 3 ; score, 8 for 91 . Greeveswhippd in and after giving two chances settled down and made 14, not out, while Harrison, who succeeded Walker, made 8 . Soulby was caught off Robinson ' s howling with no score and the innings closed for 114. Tomlinson and Greenwood began the 2nd innings, and Tomlinson fell to Greeves at 5, having made 2 . Nelson got Greenwood ' s wicket for 8, and Barton soon gave way to Yeld, w•ho had succeeded Greeves ; score 3 for 19 . Wreathall and Wilson brought the score to 30, when Walker bowled the former for i 6 . The next wicket fell to Wheelwright's bowling, Kirke catching A . Wilson . Skelsey was bowled by Nelson for 7, and the next two wickets fell to Walker : eventually their znd innings closed for 82. The School had 33 to make to win . Wheelwright and Greeves went in and Greeves was caught by Tomlinson off Wreathall at 15 . Russell succeeded him, and Wheelwright was caught by
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Sullivan who was fielding "substitute " when the score was Yeld came in and he and Russell brought the score to 40. The School thus won by 8 wickets.
20.
HYMER ' S COLLEGE . 1st innings. C .F .Tomlinson,cBinghani h Soulby 31 T . Wilson, c Bingham b Yeld J . A . Wilson, b Walker to G. F . Greenwood, lbw Walker 2 R. Grasby, b Soul by o W . E . Barton, c Sullivan b Soulby o W. S . Wreathall, c and b Sonlby I R . P. Cochin, c Greeves b (Calker 1 F . W . Skelsev, not out t J . H . Robinson, c and b Walker o H. Mackrill,cWheelwright bSoulby Extras .. Extras
2nd innings. b Greeves . . . . c Kull . b WheeTwright h Greeves c Wheelwright, h NeTson . . . lbw \Volker b Yeld 1) Walker c Kirke, b Walker . . be Nelson,,,, h Greeves not out Extras
Total
1st innings. A . M . Sullivan, b Robinson 51 G . G . Yeld, b Granby to 11 .\Vheelwright,cCockin b\Creathall 4 R .F. Russell, c Tomlinson b Grasby 5 B. . G . Bingham,cTolnlinson bGrasby 2 P . S Kirke, c and 1) Grasby 5 B . Nelson, c and b . Grasby 4 G. R . Walker, b Grasby 8 H. B . Greeves, not out 14 T . L . Harrison, h Wreathall 8 H . G . Soulby, c Greenwood b Robinson 0 Extras 2
Bowling Analysis H . B . Greeves . . G. G . Yeld H. E . Soulby .. G. R. Walker . H. Wheelwright B . Nelson
Total
114
o . m. 4 0 7 3 Jo 3
R . w. 12 0 19 15 5 11 4
2 13 3 8 i 8 16 o 7 13 o 11
Total . .
. 82
2nd innings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. not out c sub . b Wreathall not out . . .
9 14 9
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. c Tomlinson, b \Vteathall
4
Extras
4
Total (2 wkts.) o. toil 5 3 6 6 9
nt . 3 3 1 I 1 4
R. 19 4 9 11 12 16
40 w. 3 1 0 3 1 2
Sr . PETER ' S V . RYBURN VALLEY.
Played
at York
on May 29th, on a wet wicket .
The visitors
winning the toss went in lrst, J . I-Iattersle•v and P. W . Salmon being opposed by Greeves and Soulby . Hatterslev sr•ored a boundary off the first ball of die match . bit on crossing over- was clean bowled by Grooves (5-r-3) .
Salmon was then stumped by Sullivan for a hard
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4 223
hit 16 (50-2- i 6), the next three wickets tell in quick succession until the arrival of Hadwen, who quickly hit up 31 before being bowled by Veld . The School fielding was after this time poor, the outgoing hatsmen being missed by Nelson in the lone field off two successive halls (74-6-31 ) . The remaining wickets quickly fell for the addition of 1 o runs . T he School then went in . sending in Wheelwright and Russell, the latter being caught in the slips after making 2. Sullivan then came in and he and Wheelwright played out time. Wheelwright being not out zo . Sullivan not out 15 . For the School, Greeves took 3 for 12, and Veld } for 16. RSBCHN VALLEY C .C . Sr. PETER ' S. R . Hattersley, b . Greeves 3 H . Wheelwright, not out 20 P. N . Salmon, st . Sullivan b . R . F . Russel], c . R . Wheelwright 16 b . Bingham , Soulbv D . G . Wheelwright, h . Greeves , 6 H . B . Greeves, h . R. Wheelwright 2 A . M . Sullivan, not out J . W . Crossley, b . Greeves . . . . 15 A . J . Stapelev, 1) . Yeld 7 G . G . Yehl F . W . Hadwen, b . Veld 3t R . G . Bingham J . Ingham . c . Kirke b . Creer 3 P . S . Kirke B . Nelson G . R . Stanstield, b . Creer I rlid not bat. G . R . Walker R . Wheelwright, c. Russell b . Yell 0 H . F . Soulbv F. . W . Crossley, b . Yeld T . L . Han ison, not out o H . 1 . . Creel 10 Extras Extras 4 - Total
H . E . Soulhv H . B . Greeves ( i . G . Yeld G . R . Walker T[ . L . Creer
84
Total (2 wkts .) . .
BOWLING ANALVSISW. R. 2S I 3 12 16
4 14
4
0 2
~. . I1 11 8.2 3 ;
42
M. 3
6 2 1 1
S'1- . PETER ' S SCHOOL 7' . YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN.
Played on the Gentlemen ' s ground on June 1st . Sullivan won the toss and opened the School ' s innings with Yeld . Wood and Tang were the bowlers . The scoring at first was rather slow. Jones had a trial with the ball and the rate of' scoring improved. Lawson-Smith also went on without effect on the batsmen. The 5o was telegraphed without loss . Both batsmen seemed to he well set, but Firth going on with lobs at 77 saw Yeld easily stumped in his first over . Wheelwright then joined Sullivan and
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424
the stand of the clay took place . Both batsmen played the bowling all round the wicket with confidence . The century was telegraphed, and a little later Sullivan completed his 50 . In spite of many howling changes, the score progressed steadily . 150 was reached, both batsmen playing brilliant cricket . Each batsman got a good many boundaries, and zoo was telegral lied . Ingles was put on howling at the Pavilion end, but Wood from the other end got the next wicket, Wheelwright being caught by Birch at mid off. Two for 201 . The outgoing batsman had played in good style for his 56 . When Russell joined Sullivan, the latter was fast approaching his century . Russell made good use of the over he had, scoring 7 . Sullivan eventually reached his century, and declared with the score 212 for two wickets . Sullivan's cricket was of the highest order . He played the varied bowling with confidence . His play all round the wicket was very fine. The Gentlemen opened their innings with Firth and Ingles . The bowling was shared by Greeves and Soulby . A draw was the only result anticipated . tioulby completely heat Ingles at 16 . Landon joined Firth and in spite of bowling changes, they played out time unseparated . Both played very free cricket, Firth making some very good drives . The score was 82 for one wicket at the close . ST . PETER ' S. A . M . Sullivan, not out too G. G . Yeld, st Birch, b Firth 28 H. Wheelwright, c Birch, b Wood 56 R . F . Russell, not out 7 Extras 21
YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN.
Rev. E . B . Firth, not out H . J . Ingles, b Soulby C . W . Landon, not out Extras
45
6 26
5
Total, two wickets . . 212 Innings declared closed. R . G. Bingham, P . S . Kirke, B. Nelson, G . R . Walker , H . B . Greeves, H . E . Soulby, and H . L . Creer did not bat.
E . S . Jones, E . M . Lawson-Smith, Capt . Lang, R . H . Wood, Rev . J . E. Birch, Capt . Fasson, E . S . Cox, and E . I-IaGland, did not bat.
Bowling Analysis— Capt . Lang ..
o. as . R . w . 23 7 49 0
H . B . Greeves
R . H . Wood
20
H . E . Soulbv
E . S . Jones E . 6 . Lawson-Smith Rev . E . B . Firth . . H . J . Ingles
17 15
8 2
7 6 3
0 1
38 38
1 o
34 o 24
8
1
o
Total, one wicket . . 82
O.
G . G . Yeld ' H . L . Creer
5 8
5 r
M. 0 r 0
R . W. 22 0 28 1 27 0
1
0
0
CRICKET . SI . PETER ' S
+z
Scttoot . z' . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. This match was played on the Leeds ground on the and of June . Sullivan won the toss, and going in with Veld, made a moderate start for the first wicket, 19 runs being scored before Veld was caught at the wicket by Francis for 9 . After a run had been scored Sullivan was bowled by Heald, and four runs later Wheelwright was also caught at the wicket, without having scored. Bingham was dismissed first ball, and Russell was out to a catch by Francis, making the third batsman who had lost his wicket in this manner . (2+-5-+ .) After Greeves had made a run, he lost his partner Harrison, who was run out in attempting a short run. Walker gave no trouble, and when Greeves and Nelson appeared to he making a few runs, the former was run out . Nelson added 12 more rums before the innings closed for +q, and was 18 not out at the end . He must be congratulated upon his plucky innings at such a critical juncture. Leeds started well, R . Longley and Francis making 30 runs before they were separated by Creer, who had been put on in place of Greeves, Bingham effecting a catch at point . No one else seemed able to cope with Career ' s bowling and the innings closed for 50, or seven ahead of our total . Creer had the remarkable analysis of six wickets for 11 runs, which is the best thing that has been done this season by the school bowlers . The school fared somewhat better in their second attempt, and compiled 92, both Russell, Bingham, Sullivan, Wheelwright and Greeves reaching double figures, the last named hitting vigorously for 18 not out . The first three Leeds batsmen gave some trouble, +8 being registered before the third wicket fell . Francis was again top scorer with 24 . J . Longley and Proctor were then run out, with but three runs added, and nine wickets were down for 68. However, we were not allowed to finish the match, which would have assuredly been won by us, its stumps were then drawn, leaving the game decided on the first innings . Veld took four wickets for 15 runs .
CRICKET.
426
ST. PETER'S. 1st Innings. II A . M . Sullivan, b . Heald G. G . Yeld, c . Francis h . Head 9 H \Vheelwright,c Francisb .Mellish o R. F Russell, c . Francis, h . MelTish 4 o R G . Bingham, b .lteald T . L . Harrison, run out o H. B Greeves, run out 7 o G . R . Walker b . MeTlish 18 B . Nelson, not out H . E . Soulby, b . Mellish o o H . L . Creer, b . Nlellish Extras — Total
2nd . Innings. b. Heald c. Smith, b . J . Lon _ley , , b . Heald b. Heald c. Richardson, b . N[ellish b . J . Longley not out b . J . Longley b. Heald c. MelTish, b . Heald b . Heald Extras
49
14 o 13 13 t6 3 18 2 3 o o 10
Total . . . . 92
LEEDS. R. J . Longley, c . Bingham b . Creer 9 20 J . L . Francis, c . Sullivan b . Creer .. 4 J . A . Longley, lbw . b . Creer C . A . Proctor, c Walker b . Creer o G . S . Richardson, b . Greeves 7 B. Tordoff, b . Creer C. T . Smith, run out A . E . Brown, b . Yeld C . T . Mellish, b . Creer S . Heald, not out o T . Lister, b . Greeves Extras . . . . 3
c . Russell, b . Nelson lbw . Soulby run out run out . . . . b . Yeld b. Yeld lbw . Yeld not out . . . c. and b . Yeld lbw . Creer not out
Extras
Total Bowling Analysis 1st innings :-- R . H . B. Greeves t 1 G. G . Yeld 13 H. L . Creer II
.
II 24 5 0 I0 0 0 12 4 0 o . . . . 2
Total . . . . 0. 5 9 10
N. 2 5 4
68
W. 2 6(I
ST . PETER ' S v . BRADFORD TOWN. Played at home on Saturday, dune 5th . A splendid pitch had been prepared for this match, which fully satisfied all expectations. Bradford won the toss and Robinson and Wass went to the wickets, to face the deliveries of Greeves and Soulby . They soon settled down, and the former had scored 26 out of 4.1, when he was bowled by Creer, who had taken the place of Greeves . The same bowler, 16 runs later also got rid of C . Batchelor, the new-corner, by the agency of Sullivan . the latter effecting a very fine catch some distance from the wicket, and after the addition of 10 runs, Wass, the compiler of a slow but pretty innings of 19, was smartly caught
CRICKET .
42 i
at point by Bingham . Scott made to, though he was missed one run before, and his dismissal took the form of a good catch by ('reer near the boundary, off Soulby's bowling. The last mentioned, who had resumed his task at the School end, now did remarkable well, getting rid of G . F . Braithwaite, who made t 3, S . T .ongbottont, J . Batchelor . who was finely caught by Wheelwright at mid-oft, and G hones in four Overs, all of which were maidens. J . Priestman hit Greeves ov er the Wall for four, and despatched Soulbv to the boundary for three . but H . McGee was bowled by Greeves . and Kerry well stumped be Sullivan . and the innings closed for 97 . Soulbv had the fine analysis of six wickets for 18 runs. Russell and Veld commenced operations for the School, but the start was disastrous, as with the total at 4, Veld was bowled by a fine ball from J . Batchelor ; however, upon the arrival of Wheelwright, matters begun to look lively . Boundaries came in quick succession, and though Russell was missed when he had made 25, the hundred went up for no further loss than that of Veld's wicket, and nine bowling changes were tried, but of no avail, as both batsmen completed their half-centuries, and played attractive cricket till the score was 131, when Russell, in attempting to hit a lob of Robinson ' s, was out to an easy catch at the wicket. having played well and vigorously for 61 . Sullivan made a single, and Wheelwright increased his score by S runs, when stumps were drawn with the score 14o for two wickets, Wheelwright being not out, 64 . Score and Analysis BRADFORD TOWN A . D . Robinson, b . Creel-
ST . PETERS
2b 19
J . Wass, c . Bingham b . Greeves ., Batchelor, c . Sullivan b . Creer . . 9 \V . Scott, c . Crcer b . Soulbv to G . P . Braithwaite, lbw b . Soulbv 13 S . Longhottom, I). Soulbv o J . Batchelor, c . Wheelwright b . Soulby
3
G . Jones, b . Soulbv J . B . Priestman, not out H . McGee , b . Greeves A . Kerry , st . Sullivan h . Soulbv . . Extras
o 8 o o
9
Total . . . . 97
R . F. Russell, c . Braithwaite h. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Robinson 4 G . G . Yell, b . Batchelor 64 H . Wheelwright, not out t A . M . Sullivan, not out R . G Bingham T. L . Harrison P. S . Kirke did not bat. H . B . Greeves G . R . Walker H . L . Creer JI H . E . Soulbv to Extras Total
140
4.2 8
CRICKET. BOWLING ANALYSIS . 0. K. w. 2 14 H . B . Greeves 31 18 6 15 . 2 H . E . SouTby H . L . Creer 20 2 8 G .G .Yeld 9 0 3 3 G . R . Walker Io 0 . Greeves howled i wide and 3 no-balls. H. B
M.
2 8 i I 0
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . DURHAM SCHOOL.
On school ground, June I2th . Durham won the toss and at twelve o'clock Sagar and Price started to the bowling of Soulbv and Greeves . These two raised the score to 25, Sagar giving a chance when he had made 1¢ . Yell now replaced Soulbv and when the score stood at 3 ; Greeves bowled Sagar who had made Cumberlege came in and Price continued to hit while 25 . Cumberlege played careful cricket bringing Nelson on instead of Greeves . When he hacl made 27 Price gave a chance, but continuing to hit Yeld, Walker took up the bowling and in the first hall of his second over bowled nice who had male 36, the score standing at tyI; for 72 . The next ball Walker caught and bowled Cumberlege, and Sadler was bowled the ball after . Walker thus doing the " hat-trick . ' ' In his next I,ver Walker clean bowled Yates . (5 for 77) . After this Turner and Thomas made a stand but scored painfully slowly and brought on Greeves again. Yeld bowled Turner, and Maughan who followed also succumbed to him, the score being seven for 81 . The next three wickets fell to Greeves, at the cost of three runs, h :lpelick bring bowled, Winch caught by Bingham, and Bell clean bowled . Total score 93. The chief feature of the innings was the good bowling of Walker, Greeves and Yeld, Walker getting four wickets for 18 and doing the " hat-trick, " Greeves getting four wickets for 25 runs and Yeld two for 15. Sullivan and Russell started our innings, facing Turner and Sagar, and soon brought on Sadler and Maughan . When Russell had made 25, he fell victim to Maughan being caught by Thomas, score 4.5 for two wickets . Wheelwright then followed, and he and Sullivan brought the score up to 8o when Bell went on
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bowling instead of Maughan and got Wheelwright caught when he had made 15 . Score, two wickets for 87 runs . Bingham came in and after staying in for some time without scoring much was bowled by Winch . Sullivan had by this time completed his 5 o and the school had won . Score, three wickets for 107 . Yeld then came in and playing steadily brought Sagar on, by whom he was bowled when he had made 37 . Kirke succeeded Yeld and was run out for three . Score, five for 161 . Harrison then came in and he and Sullivan took the score to 19o, when the latter was caught off Sagar, completing a chanceless innings of 89, including one four and 23 threes . Nelson now succeeded Sullivan and he and Harrison soon brought up the score to 213 when Nelson was bowled . Walker played steadily for 18, during which Harrison was caught and Greeves came in . Greeves scored quickly and Walker was bowled at 254 having made 18 . Soulby then came in and made four by which time Greeves had given way to a ball of Sagar ' s with a score of 18 . The innings closed for 2J9, the school thus winning by 166 runs . DURHAM G .S.
Si'. 'PETER 'S.
25 I . W . Sagar, b Greeves W . Price, b Walker 36 K . C . Cumberlege, c and b Walker 8 o B. Sadler, b Walker C. M . Yates, b Walker o I . F. D . Turner, c Kirke, b Veld 5 H . M . Thomas, not out II W. W . Maughan, b Yeld o C . Elpelick . b Greeves G. H . Winch, c Bingham, b Greeves 0 W. Bell, b Greeves . . 0 Extras 7
A. M . Sullivan, c Price, b Sadler 89 R .F.Russell,c Thomas, b Maughan 25 H . Wheelwright, c Sagar, b Bell 15 R . G . Bingham, b Winch G . G . Yeld, b Sagar 37 P . S . Kirke, run out 3 TLHarrison,cCumberlege,bThomas 15 1j B . Nelson, b Elpelick 18 G . R . Walker, b Sagar H . B . Greeves, b Sagar 18 H . E . Soulby, not out 4 19 Extras
Total
Total
93
St . Peter's Bowling Analysis . H . E . Soulby . . H . B . Greeves . . G . G. Yeld B . Nelson G . R . Walker
259
u.
h1 .
R.
w.
2
0
II
0
1 ['3
5
25 IS 17 18
4
7
3
2 0
8
3
2 0
4
nO
CRICKET.
S . PFIER ' S V . Ai'IPI .EFORTH
COI .LI!
;e.
This match, played on the School ground on Tuesday, the i 5th of June, was a complete reversal of the match at Ampleforth, and resulted in an easy win for St . Peter ' s . Sullivan won the toss and elected to bat, going in first with Russell . Runs came rapidly, 13 being scored off the first two ovcrs, although after the first over both batsmen treated Mawson, who throughout the innings howled well, with great caution Russell gave an unaccepted chance when he had made 24., but except for this his batting was faultless : At 64, however, he was caught by Mawson in the slips off the bowling of ,Alagoris, who had gone on in place of G . Farrell . He had made 4.2 of the 64 runs scored during his stay, and except for the escape mentioned, his innings was a well-played one, and of great service. Wheelwright., the new-coiner, did not waste much time in settling down, and a prolific partnership ensued between him and the captain, who up to this point had played careful cricket . Seven bowlers were tried but to no avail, as the batsmen continued to hit merrily, and the score mounted to 172 at a fast pace until Wheelwright was well caught by Connor . running from cover point. There was but one chance in his innings, namely, when he had compiled 4 7, but apart from this, he had hit brilliantly, especially on the leg side . 'Veld then arrived, and hit a three to the boundary his second ball, but was then missed at the wicket. The luncheon interval now came, and the score sheaved 18o for two wickets, of which the captain had compiled a meritorious 72, without giving a chance, and was deservedly applauded on his return from his innings . After luncheon, Sullivan decided to effect a closure, and accordingly Ampleforth went to the wickets, in the form of Connor and Cooke, the former of whom was missed before he had scored . They played a cautious game, and raised the total to 4.3 before they were parted, Cooke being compelled to retire by a good ball from Veld . lie had received two lives in his score of 17, one at i o, and one at i The next wicket added t 6, and then Greeves disturbed Farrell ' s stumps . Stourton gave no trouble, as he scored a single, and then his stumps also were wrecked by the
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same bowler . Maynard was vyell caught by Russel! off his first hall, and 6 runs later the captain, Connor, whose innings of 27 was most useful to his side, was finely caught by Soulby . Mawson hit three threes and was then bowled by Greeves, with the score at 76. The next wicket took some separating, but after r 1 runs had been made, Pecoul was caught by Kirke The next wicket fell two runs later . Time was now drawing near and two wickets to fall. Mawson helped Hayes to add 16 for the 9th wicket, and then R. Farrell came in with about five minutes to play . He was missed in the slips, and then, after making a run, was well caught by Russell, and the innings closed for o' . Score and Analysis Sr . PeTER'S . A OPLEFORTH CoLI,EGe. A. Al Sullivan, not out 72 W . Cooke, b . Yeld 17 R . F . Russell,c R . Mawson b . Magoris 42 . Connor, c . Soulby b . Yeld . . 27 Wheelwright, c . Connor b . G . G . Farrel] b . Greeves 9 Farrell I 57 Hon . E . Stourton, b . Greeves . . G . G . Yeld, not out 3 E . G . Maynard, c . Russell, b . Veld o R . G . Bingham B . ?Dawson, b . Greeves 9 P . S Kirke A . Afagoris, b . Greeves .. 6 B. Nelson 5 A . Pecone, c . Kirke b . Creer G. R . Walker did not bat . 6 A . Hayes, not out 1 f . B . Greeves R . Mawson, c . Soulby b . Greeves . 11 H. L . Creer R . Farrell, c . Russell b . Yeld . . .. 11 . E . Soulby Extras (byes r1, leg byes 4) . . 15 6 Extras (byes 5, leg byes I) Total . . _107 rota] for 2 wkts .) innings declared 18o --
H . B . Greeves G . G . Yeld H . L . Creer G . R . Walker H . E . Soulby
BoAVLING ANALYSIS. 0.' h.
29 28
5 4
16
1
8
0
rt
o
0, 20 16 . 3
8 6 5
11.
8 6 2 1
o
Sr . PETER ' S 7' . ALMONfIIURY OLD BOYS. Played on the School ground, on Thursday, June 17th . Almondbury started disastrously on a bowler's wicket, Harrison neatly catching Southall in the slips before a run had been scored . A line piece of fielding on Harrison's part accounted for Heron's dismissal . Bairstow was the only one to make a stand, scoring 26 by hard hitting before being bowled by Soulby . Yeld accounted for four of the last men for 6 runs . The score only realised 50.
432
CRICK ts1.
The School started with Sullivan and Russell . With the score at 15 Russell left : and at 19 Sullivan succumbed to a fine ball from Southall . Wheelwright and Yeld made a stand, and 4z was reached before Southall beat Wheelwright . (4z-2-19 . Another wicket tell but with Harrison and Yeld together the Visitors ' total was passed . The final score was 07, Veld making 25 . Score-S1 . PIrrr:R's. A . M . Sullivan, b Southall R . F . Russell, c Mills b Carter .. H . Wheelwright, b Southall G . G . Yeld, b Nield R . G . Bingham, h Southall . T . L . I Liaison, b Carter B. Nelson . c Crowther b Niild II . B . Greece,, b Carter C. S . Smith, c and b Neild 1t . E . Soulby, c Mills b Carter I I . L . Creels not out Extras
ALMONDRURY Urn Boys.
E . Southall, c Harrison b Soulby
o o
H . A . Heron, run out 5 V. R . Sykes, c ( ;reeves b Soulbv . A . E . Nield, b . Soulby 5 EL P. Bairstow, b Soulbv 26 W. M . Carter . c and b 1eld 5 S . Grist, run out P . S . Kirke, c and b Yeld o F. C . Crowther, b Yeld o C . W . Mills, b Yeld . . . . ..o P . T . C . King, not out o Extras 2 Total . . . . 5o Bowling Anal) sis— I I . B . Greeves
U
\1 .
9
5
H . E. Soulbv G . G . Yeld
I3
4
5
2
.
u 16
Total . . . . 10; R . W. u 12 30 .f 6 4
Sr . PETER ' S SCHOOL S . POCKLIN(=TOA ( ; .s. Played at Pocklington on June 15th . The wicket after the heavy mitts was very soft and almost tuTpiayable . Pocklington batted first and from Soulby ' s first ball Crccr caught Nutt smartly at square leg, while Veld bowled Cautlew at 1 i . Lipscombe and Ilannam made matters look better for then( and took the score to 33 . No one else did anything worthy of notice, and the . innings closed for 67 . Veld took four wickets for 19, Soulbv live for 23 . While (freer caught (our smart catches . t )ur fielding was very poor at times, Bingham especially being at fault . Near the end of the innings Wheelwright had the misfortune to sprain his ankle which handicapped us considerably. We went in with the usual pair but at 11 the first and second wickets fi•11 . Bingham and IAarrison were both run out, the former when well set . Wheelwright, though lame, made the highest score of 13 . The game towards the end was painfully excitable and we were miserably beaten by ten runs .
('k1CKE'1 . POCKLINGION.
D . Nutt, c Cheer, b Soulby o C. H . Lipscombe, c Creer, b Veld 18 F . D . Cautlev, 1) Yeld . . . , 8 E . H . Hannan, b Soulby .. 13 P . R . Simncr, b Soulby 4 J . Hortinwr, h Soulby . . , o R. Al . White, b Yeld L . S . Clough, c Creer, b Soulby 2 S . 1 . . Brown, not out 7 J . C . 1I . How, b Yeld . 4 )1 . R. Brockwell, c Creer, b Greeves 4 Extras 5
433
S't' . PETER ' S. A . M . Sullivan, b Cautley . . . . 3 R . F. Russell, c White, b Cautley 6 G . G . Yeld, b Cautley o It . G, Bingham, run out 12 T . L . Harrison, run out 2 B Nelson, c Brown, b Sinner 4 H . B . Greeves, b Nutt . . 4 13 H . Wheelwright, b Cautley C . S . Smith, b Nutt . . . 6 H . E . Soulby, c Ilannam, h Cautley o H L . Creer, not out 0 Extras . . . . 2
Total Total 67 Bowling Analysis :— R . tv . O . J1. H . B . Greeves 11 6 2 . . 1 H . E . Soulby .. 23 5 19 6 G . G . Veld 19 4 13 1 1 , . I L L . Creer 99 0 6 2 Greeves and Soulby each bowled one wide.
57
SF . F . CL1itoNS, ESQ ' S XI. School ground, June nth, 1897 . Russell and Sullivan „peTted the School innings . A brilliant stand ensued : as 168 was telegraphed before Russell was caught in the long field . The
On the
retiring batsman had made 71 by hard and fearless hitting. After this, Sullivan found no one to stop with him, except Harrison, with whom the score was advanced to 206
for the fourth wicket.
Another wicket tell, but Sullivan completed his second and chanccless century of the season, and delared with the score at 217 for 5 wickets. None of the Visitor ; made any resistance to Greeves and
Soulby,
except t ; . Clemons who made 15, and the innings closed for .}(,. Grecyes took o wickets I .or 23 runs, and Soulby four for 17. S I . PETER ' S.
F . CLESION ' S ESC's XI.
G . Clemons, lbw, Soulby ( ; . IIillv,tr 1 . 1) Greeves \ . Walker, b Soulby G . S . Gibson, b ;reeves . . .. E . ( - lemons . b Greeves S . Wilkinson . b ( :reeve R . Griidale, b ;reeves A . Dawson, b Greeves I . Castle, st . Sullivan b Soulby D . \Vest, c Nelson, h Soulby .) 2l 1P . T . C . ling, not out Total (5 wkts . . . . Extras Innings declared closed. K . G . Bingham, H . B . Greev: Total II . L . Creer, and H . Soulby did not lat. Bowling Analysis-u. a. r. . W. 11' .3 6 23 H . B . Greeves 3 11 H . E . Soulby 3 4 A . \I . Sullivan, not out . . . . 104 R . F . Ru»eTl, C . Grisdale I) I ;ib .uu 71 G . R . Walker, c I1iTlyard b t ;. 0 Clemons (; . Veld . b Gibson . . . .. I ' . L . Ilarrisou, b . IIilh'atd . .. IT . S . Smith, b Hillyard R . Nelson, not out . Extras 28
o 0
6 ., 46
4j4
CRICKET.
ST PETER ' S SCHOOL 7' . HYMER ' S COLLEGE, HULL. This return match was played at I-Iull on July 3rd . The morning was cold and very windy . The wicket was very dry and bumpy especially at our end . At that end it seemed very difficult to keep the balls down and many a batsman got hit on the hands. Had all the catches given in the slips at that end been taken it is safe to say the scores on both sides would have been halved at least . St . Peter's won the toss and elected to bat ; but it was one long series of disaster till lunch time when six wickets were down for 30 . trashy- and Barton were the bowlers ; Grasby was keeping a very good length and aided by the cross wind and the bumpy wicket he required much watching . In his first over the second ball produced a bye, the third howled Russell ' s middle stump (1-1-o) . and the fourth got Wheelwright caught at long leg 1-z-o) . Barton ' s first over produced one run, then followed a maiden from trashy ; and in Barton ' , next Feld got him away- to leg for 4 and ; . But trashy's next over settled Veld, caught off his glove . He was the first of several victims of the bumpy wicket (11-3-8) . Harrison faced the bowing well, but after four overs he was clean howled by Barton ,22-4-6) . Nelson was soon caught at the wicket off his glove (25-5-2) ; and though there were hut few minutes left, another wicket fell feebly before lunch, leaving the score in the following unpleasant state, 30-6- :, Sullivan being not out 5, all singles, the result of 45 minutes play . After lunch Walker accompanied Sullivan to the wickets and it soon became apparent that the school were not out yet . Walker, although pla iug steadily . Jet did not fail to punish the loose balls, especially on the leg side . He soon got a couple of leg boundaries ; and Sullivan did the same, all off ( ;ras p y . When the score was about ;o, Walker and Sullivan both had a life in the slips . Then began the changes in the bowling and higher and higher the score rose . The bowlers pitched the halls very short else more runs would have come . At last, with the score at i fo, Sullivan was caught oil his glove, this being the tenth time he had been hit on the hand ( to-7-48 . His had been an invaluable innings ; for he played with judgment and coolness when wickets
C R ICKE r .
435
were falling fast, and when it was very hard to keep the balls low. As so often happens after a long stand, Walker went at the same total, out through an unfortunate piece of misunderstanding (11u-8-30 . It is impossible to overrate the value of his innings to the side, and although he had three lives in the slips, yet his careful and steady play under difficult circumstances fully entitled him to his colours which Sullivan gave him on returning to the pavilion . The end soon came, as Greeves' hitting did not long avail him, and Soulby was caught after getting a nasty knock on the knee . The final score was 127, a very much bigger one than had seemed within our hopes at the interval. The Homer's innings should have been of short duration, for in Grecvcs ' first over, before he had scored, Tomlinson was badly missed by Veld at short slip . However . the first wicket fell at nine ,9-1-z) . Then followed a long and stubborn stand by Tomlinson and Greenwood, neither of whom gave a chance. They kept together for nearly an hour in spite of change after change of bowling amongst Greeves, Veld, Creer, Soulby . At last . alter two appeals in one over . Tomlinson was caught at the wicket . Ile had played well and the fielding side had plenty of time to regret thr mistake which let him off before he had scored. yY .}-2-24) . T'i next wicket fell at the same total, and after that there was no long stand and the whole side were out for So, leaving S . Peter's victors by 47 after a most exciting match. Veld and Creer had the best analyses . The fielding was not perfect, Russell and Bingham being at fault ; but Nelson and Harrison did some very smart pieces of fielding . Appended is the score : ST .
II ' S.
HY\IER ' s COLLEGE.
A M. Sullivan,cTo nlinson,bW"eathall48 R . F. Russell, b Grasbv o H . Wheelwright, c Batfour .b Grasbv o Grabby 8 G. G . Veld, c Corkin, h T. L . Harrison, It Barton 6 B . Nelson, c Tomlinson, b Barton 2 R . 11 . Bingham, b Barton G. R . Walker, run out 36 11 . B . Greeves, c Balfour, b Barton 6 H. L . Creer, not out . . H .E . Soulby .c Greenwood, b Barton I 12 Extras Total
127
J. Wilson, b Greeves 2 C . F . Tomlinson . c Sullivan,b Creer 24 G . F . Greenwood, lbw, b Soulby 23 \V . S . Wreathall, c Yeld, b Creer o \V . E . Barton, c Nelson, b Veld 6 K. Grabby, lbw . b Soulby to J . D . Leonard, b veld 6 G . W . Balfour, b Veld o F . W' . Kelsey, b Soulby 3 R I' .Cockin,cAWheelwright.bGreeves J . H . Robinson, not out 3 Extras 2 Total
8o
'43 6
CRICKET'. Bowling Analysis - H . B . Greeves G . G . Yeld . . H . L . Creer . . . . H . L . Soulby . . . .
R.
w.
o.
M.
18 19 13 z8
2
10
3
14 8 13
3 6 3 5
2
3
Sr . PETER' S SChooL %' . OLD BOYS. The usual two days' match—School v . Old Boys—was played on Tuesday and Wednesday . The game begun each day about 12-15 . There had been some rain during Monday night and early on Tuesday morning, which affected the wicket at the start, but the rest of Tuesday was very fine, and Wednesday, though not so bright, was not an unpleasant day . The School batted first and found scoring difficult, for the wicket assisted the bowlers and enabled Mosley to get a good deal of work on the ball . Yeld was the only one who made a stand of any length, his 58, under the circumstances, being a valuable contribution . The innings closed for 137 . Mosley and Jones were the most successful bowlers, the former taking five wickets for 52, and the latter tour for 40. P . E . Lord and B . Hudson made a good start for the Old Boys, the former being first to leave at 4 . Jones played well for 20, and Shepherd and Humphreys quickly made 17 each, but no one else stayed long except Henson, who was the " stone-wall " of the side, and, assisted by E . F . Nevile, took the score from 1 1 9q to 146 for the last wicket . The successful bowlers were Creer (5 for 3 .}), Greeves (z for 4.3(,, Soulby (2 for 39), and Walker (1 for 3). In their second innings the School, on a much improved wicket, gave a better display, Sullivan, Wheelwright, Bingham, Russell, Walker, and Harrison playing very well for their respective scores. Jones ( . for 61) and Mosley (3 for 82) again proved the mainstay of their side in the bowling department, but Lord (3 for 15) had the best average . The Old Boys—in their second venture—were very unfortunate in having Hudson and Mosley run out, and when Lord was well caught by Soulby at 70, their hopes of winning dropped . Jones, Eastwood, and Henson, however, made a plucky attempt to stave off defeat, but were unsuccessful . Veld
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took three wickets in three balls, while Sullivan clean bowled the last man . The score only reached 133, and the School therefore won by 76 runs . G . V . Birks and E . F . Nevile were absent on Wednesday, owing to the death of a brother, and their places were taken by J . F . Leaf and C . A . Coning. Here a curious thing happened . Leaf played vigorously at a ball, and by the fall of his straw hat disturbed his bails . Thus Yeld performed a typical hat-trick. A large gathering of friends watched the match on the first day, and were entertained by Mrs . Hand ford with her customary hospitality. Full score : S'r. PET' ER ' S. 151 Innings. A. 11 . Sullivan, c Nevile, b Mosley 12 R. F . Russell, c Birks, b Jones , 7 13 . \5'heelwright, c Hudson, h Jones 17 . Yeld, not out G. G 58 4 T . L . Harrison, b Mosley , B. Nelson, c Lord . b Jones 14 R . G . Bingham, c Henson, b Jones 1 G. R . Walker, h Ilumphreys 12 6 H. B . Greeves, b Mosley II . L . Creer, b Mosley o ]l . E . Soulby, b Mosley o Extras 6 Total
2nd Innings. c Shepherd . b Lord c Shepherd . h .\ioslev lbw, b Jones c and b Mosley c Eastwood, b Lord c Joicey, b Jones e Shepherd, b Mosley b Jones b Jones lbw, b Lord not out Extras
137
72 22
41 8 14 o 25
l-8 o o 2
16
Total,
218
2nd Innings. c Soulby, 1) Creelrun out (Leal), hit wkt, b Yeld , . . , lbw, b Yeld run out c Russell b Yeld , st Sullivan, h Creer h Sullivan b Yeld .. run out (Coning), not out Extras . .
35 o o 4 16 29 o 16 o 14 o 19
OLD Boys.
1st Innings. P. E . Lord, b Creer 23 B . Hudson, st Sullivan, b Creel27 o G . V. Birks, c Russell, b Creel- . J . Shepherd, b Creer 17 V . A . Mosley, b Greeves 9 E . S . Jones, c Russell, b Soulby 20 . Joicey, c Soulby, b CreelE. J o A . W . Eastwood, b Greeves o M . G . Humphrey, b Soulby 17 E . W . Henson, b Walker 15 E . F . Nevile, not out 8 Extras 10 Total
146
Total
. . .
133
('RICKET.
43 8
SEASON, FIRST
X.I .
A . M . Sullivan R . T . Russell ]I . Wheelwright G. G . Yeld G . R . Walker T . L . Harrison R . G . Bingham B . Nelson H . 13 . Greeves E . S . Smith . . P . S . Kirke . . H . E . Soulby H . L . Creer
1897.
BATTING AVERAGES. Times No . of not Imes. out
Most in an inns.
20 21 2o 21 14 14
5
104*
2
3
I5
I
84 04* 5 8* 36 3 o* 31* 18* 18* 8 to
2
3 I
15 3 16 2 3 0 7 r I2 4 9 3 *Signifies not out.
G . G . Yeld H . L . Creer H . B . Greeves G. R. Walker H . E . Soulby A . M . Sullivan B . Nelson H. Wheelwright
Total runs . 791 41 5 3 84 282
Average.
113 117
8'3
78 89
6 '5
16
31 17
AVERAGES .
Runs . 434 229
Wickets.
Average.
45
9'95 9'99
510
45
193
17
499 56
41
11'33 11'35 12 . 17
4 8 3
14 .00 16 . 62 2900
. . .. . . . .
133 87
23
21 . 8 21 . 3 15'6 11 .4 :0 . 2
149
BOWLING . . . .
5 2' 7
63 5 .3 5 .1 2`1 1 .8
Matches played . 18 : won, 9 ; lost, 5 ; drawn,
SECOND XI . MATCHES. ST. PETER ' S Scxoor. 2nd XI . V . Sr . MARTIN ' S May 18th. ST . MARTIN ' S.
ST .
T. H . Harvey, Esq ., b Middlemiss 12 T.R .Andrew,Esq.,cNelson, h Creer 44 Hillyard, h MiddTemiss 1 Penty, b Middlemiss 15 G. Dibben, c Harrison, b Wood I1 Barrow, h Kirke Rev . J. J . Davis, b Kirke 26 Longford, not out 4 2 Tucker, c Newton, b Smith Kennedy, c Creer, b Kirke o H. Dibben, h Kirke I Extras 7 Total . ,
124
Scxool . and XI. PET@R ' S.
W . Newton, b HiTlyard 7 H . L . Creer, b Barrow 5 F . L . Pelly, 11 Barrow o C . S . Smith, c Dibben, b Hillyard o E . S . Kirke, b Barrow o R. Teasdale, c Harvey, b Barrow 5 C . Nelson, c Longford, h Barrow 15 K . Harrison, b IIillvard .. o N . D . Middlemiss, b Hillyard .. o R . K . Yeld, b Barrow R . Wood, not out o Extras 5 Total . . . . 38
CRICKET .
439
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2nd XI . 7' . AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE 2nd XI.
May zoth. ST . PETER ' S . 1st Innings.
W . M . Newton, b Mawson 5 E. Kirke, b Stout ton 2 F. L . Pelly, b Stourton 11 H. L . Creer, c Murphy, 1) Stourton 0 C . Nelson, b Mawson 3 C . S . Smith, c Stourton, b Mawson 12 R. Teasdale, b Mawson 3 N .D .Middlerniss,cCarter,b Mawson 3 R. K . Yeld, h Stourton 2 R . Harrison, not out 4 W. H . Bowman, b Stourton 0 Extras 2 Total
2nd Innings. b Stourton . . . . . c Mawson, b Stourton c Quinn, b Mawson c Murphy, h Stourton b Stourton b Stourton b \Lawson b Stourton b Stourton . . b Mawson . . . not out . . . . Extras
o
0 7
2 o o 5 o
0 o 3
Total
47 AMPLEFORTH.
1st Innings . W . O'Brien, I) Creer , E . Murphy, b Kirke . . . . . .. . . . W . Dowling, b Creer J. Murphy, hit wkt, b Kirke . . . . H . Crean, c Pelly, b Creer . . , . R . Mawson, c Smith, h Kirke . . . . N . Stourton, b Creer .. H . Carter, b Kirke E . Weighill, not out .. . . C . Quinn, h Creer H . Pike, h Creer Extras Total
..
2 5 o
2nd Innings. not out , , . . . b Creer c Nelson, b Creer not out . . . .
4 6 6 o 18
Total for two wickets
12 1
o . .
1
14
10
o 2
. . 54
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2nd XI . V . HVMER ' S COLLEGE, HULL, 2nd XI.
May 25th. ST . PETER ' S.
W . Newton, c Balfou r , b Leonard 17 E. Kirke, c Ansdale, b Ford . . .. 11 F. L . PeTly, b Bilton 2 H . L . Creer, c Dennis, b Ford .. 86 E . J . Walton, b Ford 33 C . Nelson, c Leonard, b Ford .. 6 R . Teasdale, b Rawstorn S R . Harrison, h Rawstorn 0 R. K . Yeld, not out N . D . Middlemiss, not out 0 Extras 19 Total for 8 wkts . . .18o R . Wood did not bat.
HvMFR ' s CoI.LFGF. Smith, b Creer Ford, c Creer, b Kirke Saxelhye, b Creer Leonard, lbw. h Creer Ansdale, b Creer Dennis, c Teasdale, b Pelly Graham, lbw, h WaTton Bilton, c NeTson, b Creer Balfour, c and b Creer Wood, not out Rawstorn, c Teasdale, b Pelly Extras
Total
o 17 4 o
o
o 2 o o o 7 40
CR (+ 0
ICKET.
ST . PETER' S SCITOOT, 2ND XI . 7' . Sr . OLAVE' S SCHOOL, A Oiu . ll11C 1St. ST . °LAVE'S.
ST . PETER ' S.
Wood i ., c and b Smith . Bedwell, c Pelly, b Smith Mr . Peel, c Harrison, h Smith Mr . Grey, b King Mr . Wilson, b Walton Todd, c Newton, 1) Smith Stephenson, b Smith Fothergill, c Harrison, b Smith Webster, c Bennett . b Smith (ones, run out Wood ii ., not out Extras Total . .
W . M . Newton, b Grey
, , o j 6 24 5 2 I o 14 .
F . L . PelTy, b Wilson 5 'I' . T. . Harrison, c Todd, b Wilson 17 E . I . Walton, c Fothergill,bWilson 3 C . S . Smith, c Fotherpill, b Grey 13 C . Nelson, b Wilson . . . 19 R . Teasdale, b \\ikon R . K . Meld, b (3rcy P . King, c Webster, b Grey 5 18 H . Bennett, not out E . Nelson, I) Wilson . . .. .. Extras 2 Total . .
58
89
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2ND XI, 7' . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL 2ND. June 2nd. LEEDS. W . S . Robinson, b . Smith J . O . Thompson, 1) . Bennett , H . Hudson, b . Bennett H . Morro, b .King H . G . Crabtree, b . Smith E . Gale, b King R . M . Horsfield, lbw . b Kirke C . F . Clark, c . Melly b . Bennett H . C . Libbey, c . Smith h . King P . Monro, b . King H . A . Heald, not out Extras
y 24 o , 1t o o $
Si . PETER' S. W. AL Newton, run out o P . S . Kirke, not out 25 F . L . Pelly, b. H . Monro 3 E . J . Walton, h . Gale C . S . Smith, c . Clark b . Monro 17 H . W . Bennett, c . Gale, b. Morro o C . Nelson, c . Crabtree b Monro 6 R . Teasdale, b . Robinson 3 P . King, b . Crabtree o R . K . Yeld, b . Monro o E . Nelson, c . Thompson b . Crabtree 3 Extras 13
Total ,
86
Total,, . 69
o l 23
ST . PETER', SCHOOL 2ND XI . ' . CLIFTON CYCLISTS' ('C . June 3rd. ( .I .1F]ON. Ist Innings.
J . Metcalf, c Bingham, h Soulby .. 6' . Baker, b Creer . . W . Flint, b Creer R . Lacy, b Creer E . Suthering b Soulby E . Parker, run out . . C. Tindall, c Soulby, b Walker D. Shuttlesworth, b Creer F . Darnley, c Creer, b Soulby \V . Calvert, b Creer R . Harrison, not out Extras Total,,
o o 2
o 12 o 2 3 5
, 32
2nd Innings. C . Tindall, b Bingham . . o E. Suthering, b Creer 8 J . Metcalf. lbw, h Bingham o \V . Flint, c Polly, h Bingham 3 F. Darnley, run out I R . Lacy, c Creer, b Bingham 14 T . Baker, c Walton, b Bingham 3 E . Parker, b Bingham 13 R . Harrison, not out \V . Calvert, c Walker, b Bingham o D . Shuttlesworth, b Bingham Extras 2 TotaT
;2
CRICKET,
44 1
ST . PETER ' S.
G. R . Walker, not out jo P. S . Kirke, b Baker 19 R . G . Bingham, b Parker to T . L . Harrison, st Darnley b Baker 3 H. E . Soulby, c Tindall, Baker o Extras II
b
Total for 4 wkts 93 Innings declared. W . M . Newton, H . L . Creer, C . S. Smith, F . L . Pelly, E. J . Walton, C . Nelson did not bat.
ST . PETERS SCHOOI. 2ND XI . V . DURHAM ( ;RAMMAR SCHOOL 2NI).
June DURHAM. A. Heckett, h . Bennett 8 E . Thurbury, b . Bennett o J . Shawyer, b . Bennett 37 J . Siddle, b . King o G. Gillchrist, c . Smith b . Bennett 8 D . Pearson, b . King 27 W . Greenwell, b . Bennett 2 R. Hill, c . Walton b. Bennett 3 A . Jones, c . Walton b . Middlemiss 8 H. Wetherall, not out . . .. M . Bowmer, c. Pelly b . King . . . . o Extras . . . . tt
12th.
ST. PETER' S. W . M . Newton, c . Jones b . Shawyer 3 Is C . Nelson, b . Shaw) el C . S . Smith, st . Thurburn b . Siddle 17 F . L . Pelly, b . Greenwell to E . J . Walton, b . Siddle o E . S . Kirke, b . Siddle 7 II, W . Bennett, c . Greenwell b. Siddle o R . Teasdale, b . Greenwell o P . King, not out N . D . Middlemiss b . Greenwell 2 E . Nelson, b . Wetherall 3 Extras 4
Total . . . .119 Total
62
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOI . 2NI) XI . 7' . AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE 2ND.
June
isth.
ST . PETER'S.
1st Innings. C . S . Smith, c. \Veighill b . Pike C . Nelson, c . Quinn b . Stourton F . L . Pelly, b . Quinn \V M . Newton, b . Quinn H . W . Bennett, b . Quinn E . J . Walton, b. Quinn P . King, b . Pike R . Teasdale, c . Weighill b . Pike .. R . Harrison, not out J . L . Kirby, c . Carter b . Pike R . K . Yeld, b . Quinn Extras Total . . .
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39
2nd Innings. C . S . Smith, b . Quinn 2 C . Nelson, b . Stourton o E . J . Walton, b . Stourton 8 R . Harrison, b . Quinn o F. L . Pelly, b . Quinn W . M . Newton, b . Stourton o H . W . Bennett, b . Quinn o R . Teasdale, c . Fane, b . Stourton 3 P. King, c . O'Brien h . Stourton tt J . L . Kirby, not out 18 R . K . Yeld, b. Stourton o Extras 7 Total . . ., so
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AmPLEFORTH. \\', O'Brien, c Petty b Smith E . Murphy, c Nelson b Smith . . E . G . Fane, c and b Smith J . Murphy, lbw b Walton E . Weighill, not out C . Quinn, ht . wkt . b Smith
tb 25 to 3 35 ! 13
Hon N . Stourtou, b Walton J . M . Galavan, not out Extras
9 5 9
Total (for 6 wkts .) Innings declared.
125
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2ND XI . 7' . POCKI .INGTOS GRAMMAR JVnI' t r)tlT. SCHOOL 2ND . Si. ''PETER' S.
POC KLINGTON,
I' . S . Kirke, run out .. C . Nelson, b Dryden . o E. Kirke, h Dryden J . Kirby, b H : nam 14 \V . Newton, c Badcock, b Dryden 2 P . King, c Green, b Dryden o F. Petty, b Dryden 7 R Teasdale, c Jones, h Dryden 5 o H . Bennett, h Dryden o E . Nelson, not out . . J . S . Clark, c Leonard, b Dryden 2 Extras 5
S . E . Badcock, c Polly, b King . . 3 A .S .Duncan-Jones,cF .Xirke,bKing 3 K . H . Smith, c Pelly, b Bennett o M . I ' Anson, not out 20 II . Green, run out (I G . F . Badcock, lbw, b King 3 R . H . Leonard, c C Nelson, h King to J . D . DrA den, c Kirby, b E . Kirke 12 F . A . Hannan), b E . Kirke . 5 \V . W . Nugent, c Pelly, h E . Kirke 4 A . Hood, c Bennett, b Kirby . . t Extras t4
Total
40
Total
ST . PE'TER ' S SCHOOL. 2ND ST ST . MARTIN ' S . Dibben, b Bingham 5 Harrow, b Kirke 6 Hillyard, c King, b Kirlce o Tucker i ., b Kirke Longford, not out 14 Tinson, c Kirby, h Bingham Taylor, run out 3 Ilalliwell, c Teasdale, b Bingham t 1 Buckle, c Nelson, b Kirke 2 Penty, b Bingham o Tucker ii ., c Kirke, cl Bingham Extras 3' Total
84
ST . MARTIN ' S SCHOOL., YORK.
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. PETER' S.
I. L . Pelly, b Hillyard . . . 6 C . S . Smith, c Pentv, b Barrow 7 R . G . Bingham, b Dibben . . , , 18 \V . M . Newton, b Barrow 3 C . Nelson, b Hillyard . 12 . . J. L . Kirby, c and b Tinson to E. S . Kirke, not out 67 F. J . Walton, b Tucker to R . Teasdale, b 'Pinson , to D . W . Roy, b Hillyard 4 P . King, b Hillyard 37 Extras 8 Total
192
St. . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2ND XI V . HW\rE1t ' S COLLEGE, HULL 2ND. Jtt1 ' 3rd. I1va1ER ' S COLLEGE. H . Saxelbye, c Kirby b E . Kirke P . Atkinson, b E . Kirke C . Denniss, h E . Kirke A . Graham, c PeTly b E . Kirke H . Mackrill, b E . Kirke E . Wood, C . Teasdale b Smith If . Turnbull, c Teasdale It Smith C . Bilton, b E . Kirke G . Chambers, c Pelly b E . Kirke J . Rawstorn, c Newton b E . Kirke , A . Foord, not out Extras TotaT
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•
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ST . PETxR ' s. P . S . Kirke, b Rawstorn 63 C . S . Smith, c Chambers b Rawstorn 22 J . L Kirby, b Bilton 7 E . S . Kit ke, b Rawstorn 6 C . Nelson, c Saxelbye b Denniss tb F . I, . Relly, run out . 8 \\' .\l .Newton .cSaxelbyebTurnbull t R . T . Teasdale b Mackrill tt, E . J . Walton c Bilton b \I acki ill It D . W . Roy, b Mackrill 5 P . J. King, not out 7 Extras, 34 Total , ,
,196
CRICKFT .
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Si . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2ND \I . 7' . POCKLINGTON GRAMMAR july 8th. SCFIOOJ, 2ND . POCRI .INUTON .
Sr . PETER ' ',
M . I'Anson, c and b P. Kirke . . 5 28 K . H . Smith, h King . Green, c Pelly, b King 21 H K . II . Leonard, lbw, b P . Kirke t J . 1) . Dryden, run out 1 S . E . Badcock, b P . Kirke o II . Hood, not out 19 C . F . Badcock, h P. Kirke 3 H . S . Duncan- I one .s,c'feasdale,bKirke3 R. 11 . Hubbock, c and b P . Kirke o F . 11 . Hannan), h E . Kirke . . in Extra s 15
P . S . Kirke, b Dryden , . . 8 C . S . Smith, c and b Dryden , 28 C . Nelson, not out 37 E. S . Kirke, c Green, h Dryden 5 E .J Walton, c S .Badcock,h Dryden I K . Teasdalc, run out 5 F. I, . Pelly, b Hannan) 16 P . King, not uut 2 I . L . Kirby H . W . Roy ` did not bat C . Pearce-Brotyn Extras 5
Total
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Total for 6 wkts
107
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2NI) XI . V . ST . OLAVE ' S SCHOOL, YORK.
July 13th. ST . OLAVE ' S.
ST . PETER ' S.
E. Wood, c and b Creer o 12 F. Bedwell, run out .\Tr . Peel, b Kirke . . . . . 3 Mr . Grey, h Creer . . 12 Mr . Wilson, c Crecr, h King . . 34 S . Stephenson, b Kirke 5 o P . Wood, I) CreelN . Wilson, b King 6 W . Webster, c Crecr, h King 9 W. Todd, b Smith o I. Fothergill, not out . . . . .. o to Extras . . ..
C . S . Smith, It Wilson 14 P . King, h Wilson O C . Nelson, h Grey 3 H . L . Creer, c Peel, b Grey 31 E. S . Kirke, h Wilson F. 1 . . Pelly, b Wilson 20 E . J . Walton, run out 13 J . L . Kirby, b Wilson . 12 W . M . Newton, c Bedwcll, b Grey 5 D . W . Roy, It Grey . . . 3 W . H . Bowman, not out . . . t Extras /
Total . .
91
Total . .
. 1 to
SECOND XI . AVERAGES, 1897. BOWLING AVERAGES. Wide Balls . No Balls . Runs . \\'kts . Over, Maidens . Aver. E . S . Kirke 0 0 139 29 84'2 29 4'79 H . L . Creer 0 0 120 24 62 13 5 .00 P . S . Kirke o bo I I 3 43 19 5'45 6 E . S . Smith 23 8o 20 7 . 17 4 X6 5 2 3 E . J . Walton o 56 6 8 . 00 7 F . L . Pelly 2 0 26 3 15 2 8 . 66 P . King . . 18o 20 87 . 1 19 9 . 00 3 1 H . W . Bennett 125 8 9 . 61 13 45'3 0 0 4 N . D . Middlemis. 28 12 r 1'75 47 The following bowled in less than three innings —R . G . Bingham, o, o, 48, 13, 21, 4, 3 . 69 ; G . R . Walker, o, 0, 8, 1, 2 .4, o, 8 : D . W . ROy, 0, 0, 15, O, 5, 0: E . Smithy, 0, 0, 19, 3, 1 3, 4, 6 '33 : J . L. Kirby, 2 . 0 . 19, 1, 7, 0, 19: C, Nelson, 0, 0, 32, o, 5, I, O .
41-4-
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P . S . Kirke .. H . L . Creer C . S . Smith E . S . Kirke J . L . Kirby C . Nelson .. P . King E . J . Walton . . F . L . Pelly .. R . T . Teasdale ., D . W. Roy
XI . CHARACTERS.
BATTING AVERAGES . Innings. Times Highest not out. Score. [ 63 6 6 0 86
..
Total.
Aver.
1 55 131 1 57
31 . 00
13
0
12
2
7
1
16 I1 10
I 0
r6
0
28 67* ,8 37 ' 37 33 20
o
1fi
90
0
5 5
12
15 3
3
21'83 12'07
III
trio
67 1 44 71 83
10'70
1 Lt
9'5 6 8 . 87 8 . 30 6 '93 6•oo 4 .00 3'5 0 3"40 3'33 1 . 50 1 '2 5 1 . 14
14 E . Nelson .. 5 1 0 , W . M . Newton 15 20 H . \V . Bennett . .. 7 6 2 6 R . Harrison 4* N . D . Middlemiss 5 3 5 8 .. 2 R . K. Veld 9 3* 2 I . Bowman 3 1* I'o0 \V . H The following batted in less than three innings :—R. G . Bingham, 2, o ,I8, 28, 14 .00 : J . S . Clark, 2, I, 2 . 3, 3'00 ; G . R . Walker, 50 4. ; R . Wood , 2 . I, 3, 3, 3'00 : T . L . Harrison, 2, o, 17, 20, 10 .00.
2ND
XI . CHARACTERS.
F . T . ['ELI Y .—Far too eager to score hits across at nearly
everything ; would make a wicket keeper if he would stick to it ; can bowl ; has proved himself an energetic and keen captain. P . S . KIRKE .—A very pretty straight hat, but will not stand up to fast bowling ; smart ground field, but poor catch ; came on with the ball towards end of the season. .—Good bat, especially on the leg side ; right arm . Smrrtr C. S medium bowler ; poor field. C . NELSON .—Promising all round man and has helped to a large extent the success of the team. E . ILIRKE .—Most promising man in the team with both bat and ball ; all he wants at present is size. .—Hard hitter without much skill has kept wicket . TEASDALE R with success. E . J . WALTON .—Fair bat on leg side but weak on the off ; smart in the field.
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P . S . KING .—Useful with both bat and ball, has good swinging action ; capital field. \\- . M . NEwToN .—Good . but rather unlucky bat ; hits hard, but rather across. J . Kixnv .—Hard hitter ; useful in the field and as a change bowler .
THE BOAT RACE. Last Term, owing to the illness of Veld and Tomlinson, the Old Boys' race had to be abandoned ; and it was decided to postpone the event till the present term . Training operations began in the last week of June . Tomlinson, Thompson, Teasdale, and ;rloiser being chosen to represent the School . The great difficulty, which since the acquisition of the light ships has proved almost insurmountable, of sitting the boat and keeping her steady, was this year overcome much earlier than usual . The crew were therefore able to devote their energies to acquiring speed, length of stroke, and form . They were very light ; but were keen and ready to learn and came on wonderfully in the short period of training available, and though their stroke was never quite long enough, and their beginning had not so much dash as could have been desired, they had by the date of the race developed into a neat crew, and could travel at a quite respectable rate. The race took place on Saturday, July 17th, at half-past three. The weather was on the whole favourable . It was, it is true, a hot close afternoon ; but there was no scorching sun, and above all no wind, no small advantage to a light crew . However, Tomlinson won the toss, and therefore had the best of the sides . The Schoolboys made rather a poor start ; whereas Garwood's crew got oil very well and went away at a great rate, rowing a very fast stroke. llaylight was soon visible between the boats, and at the Iugs ' ditch the Old Boys were far enough in front to take their opponents ' water ; and steadily increased their lead to the Scope. By this time it was evident that the race was practically decided .
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THE HOAT RACE.
The Old Bob s were several lengths to the good, and though Garwood diminished his rate of striking, continued to increase their advantage Meanwhile the School-boys struggled on behind, spurted at the Scope, at the White Rose boat-house, and again below Scarborough bridge, but in vain : and the winning boat finished just after the School boat passed Marygate . Thus, as in 1895, the race was a procession. Nevertheless the performance of the School boat was quite creditable . They stuck to their work gamely, kept a fair length. preserved their form up to the end, and never went to pieces . In fact as regards form, they were distinctly above the average . But they had the misfortune to be pitted against a very strong crew, and were hopelessly overmatched in age, weight, and experience. Our best thanks are due to C . B . Cotterell (O .P .) for his valuable aid in Coaching the boat, and to Dr . Long for kindly acting as starter and judge The following were the weights of the crews :-OLD Boys .
Bow . C . Cobb 2. B . Hudson 3. A . L . Bird Str . R . Garwood Cox . T . C . Thompson
ST. J'ErE1'a
st . o
lb . r Bow . C . Moiser 11 12 2. R . Teasdale 12 8 1' . \V. Thompson 3 14 10 Str . H . R . Tomlinson . . . 8 7 Cox . H . W . F . Garland . .
st . 9 10
lb. 2
3
9
1 10 12
5
7
COMMEMORATION DAY. THE SERVICE. The service this year began at 10 o'clock, and was attended by a large number of friends . The church was beautifully decorated, the work (ill which Mrs . [landlord was assisted by Mrs . Veld, Mrs . Robertson, Miss Leaf. Miss Scargill, Miss Quinton, Miss Sullivan, Miss M . Yeld, and Mr . Yeld) having occupied the whole of the preceding day . Dr . Hingston again kindly lent plants. The Preacher was the Rev . S . H . Bennett, an O .P ., Vicar of St . Mary's Bishophill, who took for his text, " Render therefore unto Ctesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God ' s. " ( .S't . 171a/I. xxii ., v . 21 .) In applying the
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text the Preacher said there were unsafe occasions in a boy ' s school life when he must decide between (sod and the world, and therefore many opportunities of rendering unto God the things that are God ' s. After the sermon the Headmaster dedicated to the service of God a new stained-glass vyiudow, which has been given by Henri Cowling-, Esq O .P . The window bears the following inscription :
BO 'nei u[oriani ~[scip[tit ili cbo[a. Z. Petri Bb TLTD . fl ICES UI BO ?1 .J . 111YO.CCCr 9L. IPeractil mentor bane jf dncstr'am U .CS. lbcnricus Cowin i . B.D. 11IJITC CCIC V11. Then followed a Celebration of the Hole Communion, at which the Headmaster was assisted by the i'cv . C . Robertson . the Rev. S . H . Bennett, and the Rev . W . U . E . Campbell . A large number partook of the Sacrament. THE LUNCHEON. Mr . and Mrs . Handford gave their usual luncheon, the guests including the Dean, Lady Emma Pure_y-Cu,t, the Bishop of Beverley, and the Rev . Canon Watson . v%ho succeeded the late Canon Rain ..
DINNER OF OLD PETERITES IN LONDON. The Bishop of Stepney presided on Tuesday, the 7th of July, at the annual dinner of Old Peterites held at the Holborn Restaurant, London Among those present were the Rev . Canon Denton . the Rev . Canon Elwyn (Master of Charterhouse, I)r. Needham, Professor Reinold, E .R .S ., the Head Master of St. Peter ' s ,the Rev . ( ; . 'T . Handlord`, Mr. 1 . E . Blake (Librarian of the Geological Society), who recently, at the special request of the Gaekwar of Baroda, travelled to India to arrange the royal natural science collections, i\lr . \V . \V . Hargrove, junr ., Mr . C. Haiglf (Recorder of Scarbro' , and Mr A . T . Lawson (Leeds), Letters of apology and good wishes were read from several old
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NOTES AND ITEMS.
Blues and others, including Professor Clifford Allbutt, Colonel Brander, the Rev . Canon C . Gray, the Rev . J . B . McClellan, Messrs . G . H . Eyre, F . AI . Ilargreave, H . Rokeby Price, E. Piumer Price, O .C ., and A . J . Pollard . After the loyal toasts, the Chairman, proposing " St . Peter's, Past and Present, " referred to the antiquity of the school, which under Alcuim, 78o A .D ., was one of the most famous in Europe . He spoke at length of one of the earliest masters, Wilfrid of York, and in a most interesting speech traced the history of the school from the time of Wilfrid to the present day . The Head Master, in replying to the toast, referred to a new scheme for the government of the school which has been prepared by the Charity Commissioners . Other toasts b lowed, and the proceedings closed with the singing of '` Auld Lang Sync . "
NOTES AND ITEMS. B . Hadson has been elected to a Foundation Scholarship for Science at Clare College, Cambridge, after the recent May examination. A. M . Sullivan has been elected to a Sizarship of [ ' .}o per annum for Classics, at Christ's College, Cambridge. B. Hudson was chosen to row in the Clare May boat, but owing to bereavement was prevented. The following have received their First XI . colours :—G . R. Walker, H . E . Soulhy, 'I' . L . Harrison, H . Creer, R . G. Bingham. F . P. Fausset gained the prize for Classics for his year at Peterhouse . Cambridge, and prize for Butler ' s Analogy. 11 . B . ( ;reeves and B . Nelson have been elected Captain and lion. Secretary respectively, for next cricket season. I' . Romans of Sydney Sussex C ollege, Cambridge . took Mr. Richard ' s work while he was away working for his bishop ' s examination, The following have received their znd XI . colours :--C . S . Smith, C. Nelson, E . St . G . Kirke, R . l easdalc, E . J . Walton, P. King, W . M . Newton, J . L . Kirby .
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The Rev . W . Yorke Fausset, M .A . (O .P .), has been unanimously elected Headmaster of Bath ( ' ollege. C . Turner, Esq ., has been kind enough to give a hat for the highest individual score in any match during the past season, which has been won by A . M . Sullivan. MARRIAGE .—Daunt—Marshall . On the iith inst, at St . Jude ' s Church, South Kensington, by the Rev . H . Chapman, Vicar of St . Luke's, Camberwell, assisted by the Rev . Prebendary E . A . Eardley Wilmott, M .A ., Vicar of the Parish, Walter Dickens Daunt, Central India Horse, second son of the late Colonel J . C . C . Daunt, V .C ., Bengal Staff Corps, to Edith Gladys, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-( `olonel Lionel Marshall, late Lancashire Fusiliers, of 6 3 , Harrington Gardens, S .W. Rev . Edgar Wharton, Vicar of St . Mary-le-Wilfred, Lincoln, was made a Canon of Lincoln early this year. F . D . Filliter and D . W . Roy have been elected Editors in place of Sullivan and Yeld who have left. The Editors acknowledge with thanks receipt of Dune/man, Sedberghiun, Gi ,gleswuick Chronic, )uvel, Von Iiislonian, Uppingham .Magazine, Leodiensian, Hjono is (]olhgr Magazine, Devonian, Pocklingloniazc Sutton Valence JI,o.azin?, Hull/ /ohniarz, Barro7,an, Burzazz Thistle . Brwhlou Colle.e .11rgarine .
THE
PETERITE. VoL . XI II .
NOVEMBER,
18 97 .
No . 130
SCHOOL LETTER. EFORE recording the School news, we beg to apologize for
B the late appearance of the last " Peterite, " which came out in the first_ week of the holidays, and accordingly subscribers were unable to get their copies before the beginning of this term . We will do our best to prevent a repetition of this . The term is now well started, and conversation turns towards football . We have only four old colours left, viz : Bingham, Greeves, Walton and Nelson, these will form a good basis . We shall greatly miss Sullivan, Veld, Wheelwright and Russell, of last year's Team, but there are a good many of the old znd XV . remaining, who have shown great keenness in the pick-ups, and three or four of the new fellows have proved themselves no mean footballers . The Sports last term went off very well, and splendid weather was an important factor in their success . There were more competitors who finished the mile than is usually the case, and the quarter and half-mile races were splendidly contested . It is with deep regret that we record the news of the death of Canon Elwyn, Master of the Charterhouse, and formerly Head Master of this school . He never failed to take a lively interest in the School, and everything connected with it, and his loss will be deeply felt by all who knew him .
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DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.
LORD WENLOCK AT ST . PETER'S SCHOOL. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. (From the Yorkshire II raid.) Lord Wenlock visited St . Peter' s School, York, on Wcdnrsday, July 28, and distributed the prizes . The Dean of York presided, and amongst those also present were the Rev . Canon Temple, the Rev. Canon Machell, the Rev . G . '1' . Handford (Headmaster), and a numerous company of the parents and friends of he boys. Mr . J . Solomon, who had been appointed by the Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board to examine the school, made a verbal report. The Rev . G . F . Hacdford then read the following list of honours gained by Peterites during the year : R. Garwood, Hastings Exhibitioner of Queen ' s College, Oxford, second class in classical honours in the final exam . for the I3 .A. degree. The Rev . A . S . Porter, MLA ., Vicar of Claines, Honorary Canon of Worcester. The Rev . 'I' . B . B . Ferris, M A ., Vicar of St . Matthews ' , Nottingham, Hon . Canon of Southwcll. The Rev . W . Y . Fausset, MI .A ., Headmaster of Bath College. H . H . Williams, late Hastings Exhibitioner of Queen's College, Oxford, re-elected to the Aubrey Moore Memorial Studentship. F . P . Fausset, Scholar of Peterhouse, Cambridge, Classical Prize for First Year Men in the College Mlav Examination, prize for Butler' s Analogy. T . Romans, Scholar of Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge, First Class in the Intercollegiate May Exam ., and prizes for Natural Science, English Essay, and Reading in Chapel. N . F . Roy, (who left the school in December, 1896), a Naval Clerkship by open competition in June, 189 7. F . Pick, proxime accessit in a joint examination for Mathematical Scholarships held by Corpus Christi and other colleges at Oxford. A . M . Sullivan, elected to a sizarship of L '.}o per annum, at Christ' s College, Cambridge, for Classics. E . M . Leaf, V . Modern, East Riding County Council Scholarship of ao for two years .
DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES .
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W . Hey, VI . Modern, and D . W . Roy, VI . Modern, passed London University Matriculation Examination in the First Division, and H . Wheelwright, V . Modern, in the Second Division. J . L. Kirby, V . Modern, College of Preceptors ' Examination in the Second Class. \V . M . Newton, V . Form, passed the Preliminary Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. Mr . Handford also read a list of the winners of scholarships and prizes as follows : Leaving Exhibition, /5o for three years, tenable at Oxford, Cambridge, or Durham--Sullivan . Foundation Scholarships— Free Scholarships—1, Hutchinson; ', Moiser, z, Teasdale ii . 2, Hatfield . Hey Scholarships—', Fisher ; 2, Lyth . Senior Modern Scholarship—Nelson iv . Junior Modern Scholarship— Not awarded. VI . Form Prizes .—The Archbishop of York ' s prize for Classics— Walton . Canon Elwyn's prize for Divinity—Sullivan . Old Peterite Club ' s prize for Reading in Chapel—Walton. Headmaster's Prizes . For Greek Prose—Walton . For Latin Verse—Sullivan . VI . and V . Modern for English—Roy i. Classical Prizes . V . Classical—Kirke ii . V . Modern—Pelly. IV . Classical—Fisher . IV . Modern—Nelson. Extra prize for English subjects—Veld ii . III . Classical 11 . Classical—Baldwin ii. Veld iii . III . Modern--Hoggard . I1 . Modern—Castle. Mr. Yeld's Prizes . Form III . Greek—Yeld iii . Latin— Yeld iii . English—Yeld iii . Extra—Yeld iv . Form II. Latin—Roy ii . I . Form—Turner. Headmaster ' s Prizes for English Literature, open to the school— Veld i . Under 15—Yell ii . Mathematical prizes .—Division I. Division II .—Kirke i. The Dean of York ' s prize—Filiiter . Division III .—Kirby . Division IV .—Hill ii . Form III .— Hoggard . Form H .—Denby . Extra prize—Castle . Form I .— Turner. French prizes . V . Classical—Smith . V . Modern—Bingham. IV . Classical—Fisher . IV . Modern—Ellis ii . III . Classical—
rISTRIBUf ION OF PRIZES.
454
Veld iii . Extra prize—Hodgson ii . III . Modern—Hoggard. II. Classical—Baldwin ii . II . Modern—Denby . I .—Turner. German Prizes . V . Modern—Bingham . IV . Modern—Bayly. III. and II . Modern—Hoggard . Natural Science prizes . —Practical Chemistry—Kirby . Theoretical Chemistry : V . Classical—Moiser. V . Modern—Kirby . IV . Classical—Hill ii . IV . Modern— Soulby iii . Classical and Modern—Scawin ii. Writing and Dictation prizes . Form V .—Smith . Form IV .— Hutchinson . Forms III . and II .—Baldwin i . Form 1 .—Turner. Shorthand prize—Barton. Water Colours : Filliter. Mr . Boddy s prizes for Drawing . Mechanical—Clark. Mr . Sample s prize for Music—Garland.
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The Rev . G . T . Handford, in the course of some remarks, spoke of the change which is about to be made in the constitution of the school . For some time past the Dean and Chapter had been endeavouring to persuade the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, of whom 32 were Bishops and Archbishops, and z{ were Laymen, to do their duty, and provide out of the resources which they drew from this part of the country, some of which . but for the arrangement by which they were placed in the hands of the Commissioners, would have been at the disposal of the Dean and Chapter, to provide further means for the school . It was a great grief to him and also to the Dean and Chapter that the Commissioners had not seen their way to do this beyond offering a sum of 300, hich was of course useless for the purposes which it was desired to effect . It was satisfactory to know that under the new scheme which was proposed for the management of the school the religious education was absolutely secure . In the course of other remarks, Mr . Handford said the health of the school had been good during the year . They had had a successful football and cricket season, and for the first time this year they had swimming races, which went off very successfully, and ought to be very useful. The Dean of York, in welcoming Lord Wenlock, said it would be a work of supererogation to introduce Lord Wenlock, for his lordship had lived in the neighbourhood of York all his life, and
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to everybody connected with York he was as well known and as cordially appreciated as York Alinster itself. His young friends would welcome him as a manly representative of every manly and thoroughly English sport, not only as a good cricketer, but as a first-rate rider to hounds . Then Lord Wenlock had shown by his career that though he had not been obliged to work to live, vet he had felt that the highest pleasure and the highest end of life was to live for work . No one had been more prominently occupied in useful and practical works than Lord Wenlock . Then they all knew and appreciated the great act of self-denial which his lordship s}rowed in turning out from his comfortable home, in leaving all the enjoyments and attractions of England, to go to India, and for five years undertake the glorious and onerous position of Governor of Madras . It was a mere matter of history that he fulfilled his duties there to the entire satisfaction and appreciation of all those who thoroughly understood what the difficulties and requirements of that position were . He was there at a time of very great distress, when famine was ravaging the land in all directions, and in spite of the heat of the climate, and in spite of the risk he ran, Lord Wenlock was simply indefatigable in doing all he could to alleviate the sufferings of the poor starving people around him. LIe was particularly glad to have Lord Wenloclt present amongst them for he was afraid that in consequence of his success in Madras, his lordship would be enticed off to some other portion of the world, there to uphold the prestige of the English nation in a similar manner. Lord Wenlock, who was received with applause, thanked the Dean for his kind references to himself, adding that the Dean had drawn a picture of him which he did not recognise as his own portrait . He was very glad to be able to be present on that occasion to distribute the prizes to those who had been fortunate enough to obtain them . Ile was not intimate with the actual working of the school, but so far as he was able to judge the school had been upholding its high reputation for scholarly learning, discipline, and all those qualities which elevated a school in the estimation of those who were interested in it . He understood that
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their school vas- almost the oldest, if not the oldest, in England. From its walls had gone out men who had done honour and credit to it in every department of life . They had already- heard references to the careers of old scholars, who were now fillin,; useful and most important positions throughout the country, and displaying the high character which was imparted to them within the walls of St . Peter's . Not only had the Peterites attained greatness in the more serious work of life, but there were those who had taken a prominent and active part in athletics . Athletic. .were highly esteemed alik,, b) , young people and adults, and anyone who succeeded in the walks of sport, in cricket, and other manly games occupied an honourable position in the minds of the public . Of course it was wrong to pay too much attention to athletics, but at the same time he thought that while hard work was looked for in the classroom, good work might also be looked for on the cricket field inai the, playground . His own university eleven had now in its ranks a boy who came from St . Peter ' s, and in that particular line had reflected great honour on his school . He supposed there were few people who within the course of the last few years had occupied the position that he held so frequently as he had done . He had distributed more prizes during the time he was in India than a great many people did during the whole course of their lives . Ile had distributed prizes to boys and girls of every colour and every creed, and in that far distant country it was marvellous to see how- the cause of education was beginning to impress itself upon the attention not only of the Government, but on the masses of the people themselves . Not only in this country, but in 1 ndia, it was more and more recognised that children must have a good education unless they would be left behind in the race of life . The pressure of competition was felt in every direction, and they saw that peoples and nations who lagged behind in the matter of education were those who were left behind in the race for prosperity, and lost much in the general happiness of the community . He was glad to think that in fork their school was still keeping up the reputation it had so long retained . It was a matter of great satisfaction to all those interested in the school
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to know that at the head of its affairs .vas a gentleman in whom they- could place every confidence and reliance . This particular car of -race, 1897, would have brought home to the bons, as it had done to the nation at large, that England was reall v ' but a ,mall part of a very great and eery large dominion . The management of that Empire would eventually dcyOlve upon the boys of to-dav, who would have much to do with its futur e prosperity, and he hoped then all realised ho~a important it was that there should be no falling short of the high character of those who had gone before, and who built up that Empire . To the boys before him, amongst other :: who went out into the world, whether they stayed in the old country or travelled to India or the Colonies, would be entrusted a share in the management of the coarse of affairs in different parts of the Empire . In future Year ., everybody there would either have the pleasure of knowing that he availed himself to the full of all the advantages placed before him, or would bitterly regret that he threw away the best years of his life when he should have been equipping himself for his career, and would probably find himself passed by boys who at one time he despised. He could not sufficiently impress upon them the wisdom of making the best use of their time . They had an excellent school, well managed, and well governed, and they had every opportunity of gaining that education, that knowledge, and that discipline which was so important to thosF ; who took part in the life of the future. He sincerely hoped that none of his hearers would allow those opportunities to go by neglected and disregarded. The Rev . Canon llachell, in moving a vote of thanks to Lord Wenlock, said :hey were thankful to his lordship, not only for the words lie had spoken, but because the words were enforced by example. The Dean of fork, in rcond the vote of thanks to Lord Wenlock, also spoke of the approaching change in the Governing body of the school . Some eight or ten years ago the Dean and Chapter, being of opinion that something should be clone to promote the development of St . Peter' s School, approached the Charity Commissioners, who informed them that it was their duty to take
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the schools of the country in hand, and make them all alike . The only reason for exempting St . Peter' s would be if it could be shown that St . Peter' s was a Cathedral School . A Sub-Commissioner came down and informed the Dean and Chapter very confidently that St . Peter ' s was not a Cathedral School at all ; that it was a mere modern creation of Philip and Mary . Fortunately, by' the help of Canon Raine, they were able to convince the Charity Commissioner that St Peter' s was a Cathedral School, which from the earliest times had been assisted and promoted by the Dean and Chapter . The Charity Commissioners then said that they had no power to give the Dean and Chapter the assistance they needed, but would put their case before the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The latter body pointed out that it was necessary before they could help a Cathedral School, that the school should have been endowed by the Cathedral . The Dean and Chapter replied that they had supported the school for something like a thousand years . but the legal advisers of the Commissioners advised them that that support was one which could be refused . If the Dean and Chapter had made over some property inalienably to St . Peter's School then it could be considered to be endowed within the meaning of the Act Under these circumstances the Ecclesiastical Commissioners were unable to give any help with the exception of the , 300 referred to by Mr . Hand ford, suggesting that the Dean and Chapter should raise the rest of the money required out of their funds . That was out of the question, and the only thing to be done was to make the best terms they could with the Charity Commissioners to secure that in the future the school should be carried on on the same lines as in the past . In conclusion the Dean urged the boys to do all in their power to keep up the reputation of the school. The vote of thanks was carried by hearty acclamations, and Lord Wenlock briefly replied . At the close of the proceedings cheers were given for Lord Wenlock, for the Dean and Lady Emma Purey-Cust, for the Headmaster, and others. Subsequently the Headmaster and Mrs . Handford received a large number of guests in the garden .
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An interesting exhibition of gymnastics was given in the Gymnasium, where a large number of feats of skill and endurance were performed under the direction of Sergeant Wild, the Instructor, Walton, Newton ii . and iii ., Wilson ii ., and He}' showing particular aptness and dexterity.
ATHLETIC SPORTS. Monday z6th, and Tuesday 27th July, 1897. President : Rev . G . T . Handford. Committee : G . G . 'Veld, R . F . Russell, H . B . Greeves, B . Nelson. Judges : Rev . C . Robertson, B . Scargill, Esq ., H . H . Williams, Esq ., P . S . Burrell, Esq. Timekeeper : A . W . Wilkes, Esq. Starter : P . E . Lord, Esq. The Annual Sports took place on July z6th and 27th, and were satisfactory in every way . The afternoon was bright without being hot, the ground was in excellent condition, and there was a large number of spectators '.o watch the young barbarians all at play. But the most gratifying feature of all was the number of competitors in almost every race . There were but a few contests, where the first place was practically the only one in dispute ; often the competition was very keen for the third or even a lower place ; whilst in several events there was an unusually large turn-out, especially in the mile, in which several fellows took part solely in order to make the running . This gives evidence of a .certain esprit de corps, and it is to be hoped that the precedent will be followed in future years . Another very hopeful sign was the exceedingly close finishes, as well as the form and pluck displayed in the junior events, which show that there is no lack of sprinting material among the younger boys. The first day was largely taken up with heats, which were not always very interesting . Somehow or other the tendency was for only two competitors to appear in each heat ; and as the first two in each to run in the final, there was no race at all ; the competition
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was for the last place . Surely in such a case the heats might be abolished . With this criticism may be joined an expression of regret that the art of pole-jumping seems to have fallen into decadence . The height cleared this year, eft . 3in ., is very much below the average . This is all the more regrettable, because the high jump made it clear that there is plenty of jumping capacity, and that practice with the pole is all that is needed . The throw, too, was a poor performance . A good thrower is, of course born, not made ; but we hope it will be long before the senior throw drops below 90 yds . The best events of the day were the long jumps and the mile . In the senior jump Yeld covered 18ft . 34in ., whilst Wilson won the junior with 14ft . in . In the mile, at least a dozen started . Russell, who made the pace, led off at a good rate, kept it up for three or four laps and then dropped out . Walton came in a good first, closely followed by Leaf, while of the rest King and Creaser showed the most promise. On the second day there were some very good events . The senior high jump provided a close contest between Yeld i . and Teasdale i ., and ultimately ended in a tie, both clearing the very respectable height of 5ft . ;in . Among the juniors Wilson ii . got over Oft . 54in . in the prettiest possible style . The junior Quartermile was a great success . About twenty ran, and the result reflects credit on the judgment of the handicappers . There was good sprinting in all the short races—the hundred yards, the hurdles and the quarter . The Senior quarter especially was a fine race, Yeld winning after a close finish in 58 secs . The sack race was won in a canter by Harrison, and for once the spectators on the hill were able to enjoy an uninterrupted view of the race . In the half-mile, Greeves, the winner ran well and with good judgment, whilst Leaf and King were a good second and good third respectively . The Old Boys' race almost dropped through for want of competitors ; the Hingstons, however, patriotically consented to make the pace for Rose. The proceedings ended with the distribution of prizes which were kindly given away by blrs . Dodsworth, wife of the Sheriff of York (E . R . Dodsworth, O .P .)
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The following is the list of events : July 26th . Putting the weight (open) . 1st, A . M . Sullivan znd, H . R . Tomlinson . The winner put 30 feet, io inches. Hundred Yards Handicap (open) . Heat 1 . 1st, H . R . Tomlinson (scr .) 2nd, D . W . Roy (9 yds .) Won by a yard) . Heat z. 1st, A . M . Sullivan (scr.) ; 2nd, P. S . Kirke (9 yds .) Two yards between first and second. Long jump (under 15) . 1st, E . R . Wilson ; 2nd, C . Nelson. Wilson won this event comfortably, jumping 14 feet 71 inches. Decidedly above the average junior jump. 12o Yards Hurdle Race (open) . , Heat 1 . 1st, H . R . Tomlinson znd, E . J . Walton . Merely a run over . Heat 2 . 1st, G . G . Yeld 2nd, R . Teasdale. Hundred Yards (under 13) . Heat 1 . 1st, M . Richards ; 2nd, M . Roy . Richards won by three yards . Heat z . 1st, D . Mackay; znd, E . E . Yeld . Mackay gained in the middle and came in first by two yards. Long jump (open) . 1st, G . G . Yeld ; 2nd, R . F . Russell . A good performance, the winner jumping 18 feet 3s inches. Pale jump (open) . 1st, E . J . Walton ; znd, G . G . Yeld . This event was noticeable for the fewness of its entries . The result was below the average, the winner clearing 7 feet 3 inches. Hundred Yards. (open) . Heat 1 . 1st, A . M . Sullivan ; 2nd, H . R . Tomlinson . A walk over . Heat 2 . 1st, G . G . Yeld znd, B . Nelson. Mile Race (open) . 1st, E . J . Walton ; and, E . M . Leaf ; 3rd, H . B . Greeves . Russell led for the first three laps when Walton took his place and led till the finish, closely followed by Leaf. Greeves came in some way behind . The race was remarkable for the number which ran throughout. loo Yards (under 13) . Final . 1st, M. Richards ; 2nd, M . Roy. Richards won by two yards. Throwieag the Cricket Ball (open) . 1st . G . R . Walker ; znd, B. Nelson . The winner threw 85 yards, z feet, 6 inches. Hundred Yards (under 15) . Heat 1 . 1st, E . R . Wilson ; 2nd, H . Leonard . Heat 2 . 1st, C . Nelson ; 2nd, E . Kirke .
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Hundred lards (under 14) . Heat 1 . 1st, H . Bennett ; 2nd, M . Richards . Heat z . 1st, H . Leonard ; znd, J . I) . Ellis. Eighty Yards (under 12) . 1st, E . E . Yeld ; 2nd, R . St . George. Tuesday, July z7th. High Jump (open) . G . G . Yeld and R . Teasdalc equal . The jump could not be decided, both clearing 5 feet, yin. 120 Yards Hurdle Race (final heat) . 1st, H . Tomlinson ; znd, G. Yeld . The competitors were equal up to the last hurdle, Tomlinson winning between that and the tape. Quarter Mile Handicap (under 15) . 1st, M . Roy (4o yds .); 2nd, C . Nelson (scr .) Roy won by two yards . C . Nelson ran well from scratch, doing justice to the handicappers. Hundred Yards (under 15) . Final Heat . 1st, C . Nelson; znd, E . Kirke. Hundred Fards (open) . 1st, H . Tomlinson ; znd, A . Sullivan; 3rd, G . Yeld . Tomlinson won by a foot . Yeld was three yards behind Sullivan. High Jump (under 15) . 1st, E . R . Wilson . 2nd, C . PearceBrown . Wilson cleared 4 feet, 54 inches . A good average performance. 12o Yards Hurdle Race (under 15) . 1st, E . Kirke : 2nd, C. Pearce-Brown. Quarter Mile (open) . 1st, G . G . Yeld ; znd, H . B . Greeves ; 3rd, H . R . Tomlinson . Yeld won narrowly in 58 secs. Hundred Yards Handicap (open) . 1st, A . M . Sullivan ; znd, H. R . Tomlinson . Sullivan won by a narrow margin. Hundred Yards Sack Race . 1st, R . Harrison . The winner won easily. Half Mile Handicap (open) . 1st, H . I3 . Greeves (scr .) ; 2nd, E . M . Leaf (30 yds .) Greeves judged the race well and Leaf came in a good second. Old Boys Flat Race (Quarter Mile) . 1st, A . \V . Rose . Only three entered for this race and Rose won easily. Consolation Race . R . F . Russell won by half a yard. The committee tender their best thanks to the following prizegivers .—P . E . Lord, Esq ., J . Melrose, Esq ., W . Cobb, Esq ., P . S . Burrell, Esq ., A . Wilkes, Esq ., Rev, W . W . Dodsworth,
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H . Cowling, Esq ., Rev . G . T. Handford, Mrs . Handford, Rev. A . W . Richards, H . Jalland, Esq ., Rev . C . Robertson, G . 'Veld, Esq ., ()Id Peterite Club, J . Nelson, Esq ., H . W . Preston, Esq ., W . L. Newman, Esq ., The Dean of York, R . Pearson, Esq ., H . V. Scott, Esq , and to all who gave subscriptions . Also to Rev . C. Robertson, I3 . Scargill, Esq ., 1I . H . Williams, Esq ., P . S . Burrell, Esq ., for their kindness in judging . Also to A . W . Wilkes, Esq ., and P . E . Lord, Esq ., for officiating as timekeeper and starter respectively .
SWIMMING SPORTS. It was with great pleasure that we were greeted last term with the intelligence that at last the " Swimming Sports, " so often proposed, were to come ofl . Thanks mainly to the energetic organization of Watson a very good show was provided . The sports took place on Saturday, July zl.th, at the Marygate Swimming Baths, when an excellent list of events was gone through with much skill and success . The interest of the afternoon centred round the competition for the gold medal given annually in memory of T . H . Bingham, for the best rescue of a drowning tigure, accomplished this year by S . Watson in 1 minute 50 seconds. The four lengths' race produced an exciting struggle . After two lengths, Newton i ., and Newton ii ., and Middlemiss were exactly abreast, and an excellent finish brought in Newton i ., as victor by a few strokes, the others ending level . Some very pretty diving was shown by several competitors, Scott ii ., Kirke ii ., Har rison ii ., and Richards being particularly good . The prizes were eventually awarded to the two first named . The swimming under water was also worthy of remark, S . Watson accomplishing the creditable distance of 55 yards . The weather was of the kind most appreciated by bathers, the various successes were loudly applauded by a crowd of representatives of the school, and many hopes were expressed that this may become an annual item of the school sports . The Rev . C . Robertson, A . M . Sullivan, and
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Mr . Hill kindly officiated as judges . The full list of events is as follows Two Widths (junior) .—I, H . Leonard ; 2, M . W . Richards. Four Lengths (open) .—1, W . M . Newton ; z, F . J . Newton and D . Middlemiss (dead heat). Beginners Race (one width) .—I, T . L . Harrison ; z, R. G . Newton. Rescue for the Bingham Memorial Medal .—r, S . Watson, I min. 50 secs . ; 2, H . A . Longbotham, 2 min . 1 sec. Swimming under water .—S . Watson, 55 yards ; z, E . H. Creaser, 32 yards. Neat Dive .—r, W . Scott ; 2, R . St . G . Kirke. Object Diving .—1, F . J . Newton ; z, E . H . Creaser. Long Dive .—I . S . Watson, 34 ft . ; 2, N . 1) . Middlemiss, 32 ft.
OLD PETERITE CRICKET. The Tour this year met with several obstacles and in the end had to be cut down almost at the last minute to two matches. In the first place much difficulty was experienced in getting the usual fixtures fitted, and the Yorkshire Gentlemen ' s card was full for the week that we wanted . Lincoln Lindum wanted to play us two days, but as they had been previously offered to Lichfield, their kindness was of no service . Then the fixtures had to he re-arranged, and finally players were not forthcoming to make the journey into Derbyshire . Consequently those matches had to be regretfully scratched. On Friday, August 6th, we opened as usual on the York ground, and as usual won the toss ; also, as usual, started badly . York had got a fairly strong side including Dixon and Wood, their regular pair of bowlers, with whom they opened—they were without Pride however . On a good wicket play began about half-past two and at five Eyre was caught by the wicket-keeper standing back . At 14 Lord was bowled off his pads, a fate Sullivan shared six runs later. Shepherd got into double figures, but was out off a skyer to square leg, and Carter was the victim of a doubtful catch at the wicket . Seven were down for 49 when
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Hingston joined Mosley, and improved the look of things . For a time the latter did most of the scoring, getting the ball away to the boundary three times before he was caught at mid-off from a weak hit . With Veld in at 70 Hingston made matters lively and put together z I in seven hits, mostly drives, before being nicely caught in the long field off Holmes who had taken Wood ' s place. Yeld made some mysterious snicks with an occasional good drive, but he and Birks kept up their wickets till the total reached 119, when the latter was clean bowled . This total was not considered good enough with the bowling at our command. Carter and Mosley opened and it was not found necessary to make any change . The score was quickly sent up to zo before Carter bowled Holmes ; he then caught Shepherd in the slips and bowled Dixon in the following over . Ellison was missed from a fairly easy return by Mosley, but at 31 Bielby was clean bowled . At 36 Breed was run out trying a third run for a hit to the pavilion by a smart piece of work between Eyre and Carter . Wood was bowled without any increase and Cooper at :}o making seven wickets. Then we had another bit of bad luck as Wilde was given not out for a catch at the wicket immediately on his arrival . Thirty-five runs were put on, but just as York were looking to have a chance Carter finished a fine bowling performance with the hat trick, the first smartly taken at the wicket by Sullivan . He thus took eight wickets for 36 runs and had a hand in the dismissal of every man on the side . Score and Analysis : OLD PETERITE .
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P . E . Lord, b Wood 4 G . H . Eyre, c Cooper, b Dixon 4 A . M . Sullivan, b Dixon 9 H . Wheelwright, lbw, b Dixon 2 J . Shepherd, c Ellison, b Dixon [I \V . M . Carter, c Cooper, b Wood 3 V . A . Mosley, c Ellison, b Wood 20 R. F . Russell, b Wood 3 E .M . Hingston,cShepherd,bHolnres 21 G . G . Yeld, not out 25 G . V . Birks, b Dixon . . . . . . . . . . .. 9 Extras . . . . 8 Total Bowling Analysis : o. M. J . W . Dixon . . . . 22 . 3 10 R . Wood . . . . . . 19 5 A . Holmes 6 1 .. .. Sergt . Wilde . 0 .. 4 Dixon one wide.
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A . Holmes, b Carter J . \V . Dixon, 1) Carter R . Ellison, c Sullivan, b Carter . If . Shepherd, c Carter, b Mosley E . Bielby, b Carter . . . G . Breed, run out R . Wood, b Carter D . Cooper, c and b Carter Sergt . Wilde, not out IT . Hill, b Carter F. Cundall, b Carter Extras Total Bowling analysis : W . M . Carter . . . . V . A . Mosley . . . .
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Next morning we were down at the Asylum ground in good time, and found that the home team had not been able to secure much outside assistance . We lost the toss but Carter was again in irresistible form, and in spite of some bad fielding the whole side were out well before lunch Johnston, for example, had three lives in making four runs . Going in we scored 38 without loss when lunch time arrived . Off the third ball, on resuming, lyre was bowled, and at 51 Lord was stumped a long way out for a lively innings . Sullivan put on a neat 20, but nobody else did much with the bumpy deliveries of Hingston and S . Jones, though Yeld stayed a very long time for his 14 and was again not out. It should be mentioned that the home side were handicapped by the absence of one of their regular bowlers and the "imaginary malady " of the other . Going in a second time they were worse than before, as with the fielding up to a much better standard, Carter dismissed nine men for 17 runs in nine overs and three balls . Just before the finish 1\Iosley had to leave to catch a train, and the only change of bowling in the two matches was made, Yeld, who made two excellent catches at deep extra-cover coming on . Thus our two matches ended in great victories, thanks to Score and Carter who rose to the occasion most completely . Analysis : MR . KERSHA\V' S XI.
1st innings. T . Milnthorpe, b Carter 5 4 H . Kershaw, b Mosley C . Best, b Mosley 3 E . S . Jones, b Carter 7 G . H . Johnston, c Birks, b Carter 4 A .A .Hingston,cWheelwrightbCarter 5 o F . Waterhouse, b Mosley 1t P . B . Jones, not out W . Stenning, c and b Caster . . 9 W . Hill, b Wheelwright, c Carter E . Frost, b Carter o Extras 6 Total 57 Bowling analysis :— o . At . R . W . W. M . Carter . . . . 12 . 2 2 ' 28 7 V . A. Mosley . . . . 12 2 23 3
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OLD PETE RITES. R .F .Russell,c S . Jones, b Hingston o E . M . Hingston,cStenning,bHingston 2 W . M . Carter, c Best, b S . Jones 9 G. V. Birks, lbw, b S . Jones . to Extras t6
P. E . Lord, st Kershaw, b P . Jones 35 13 G . H . Eyre, b Stenning 20 A . M . Sullivan H . Wheelwright, c and b Stenning 7 J . Shepherd, b S . Jones 13 G . G . Yeld, not out 14 V . A . Mosley,cHilnthorpe,bHingston 1
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CRICKET CHARACTERS. A . M . SuLLIvAN .—(Captain 94-97) . Very good bat last year : even better this, hitting with more power, His forward play is excellent, but there is a weak spot in his defensive back play against a fast ball . A good wicket keeper and field, and can bowl. R . F . RUSSELL (95-97) .-A hard hitter, and, with luck, a rapid scorer, but lacking in defence . Fielding point stopped, but did not always hold, nearly every ball that came within reach. H . WHEELWRIGHT (94-9?) .-Hard hitter, not without capacity for steady defence . Less apt to be out " lbw" than last season. A smart field at mid-off. G. G . VELD (94- 9 7) .-Bowls faster than last season, and better. Bats awkwardly but has the merit of keeping his bat upright between the ball and the wicket when in doubt . Saved the game more than once . Generally a safe field. H. B . GREEVES (96-97) .-A good fast bowler, but scarcely better than last year . A vigorous hitter with no defence . Good outfield. B . NELSON (96-97) . Hard hitter and fast bowler. Has hardly come up to the expectations formed of him last year. A variable field. C . R . WALKER (97) .-Bats with more success than would be expected from his rather cramped attitude . A fair bowler of medium pace . Very fair field.
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T . L . HARRISON (97) .-A promising bat, but slow in the field.
H . E . SOULBY (97) .--A good slow left-hand bowler with high action . A good catch, and moderate bat. H . L . CREEK (97) .-A good bowler, medium pace, but tires early. Should be better another year . Very fair field, always doing his best, and a moderate bat. R . G . BINGHAM (96) .-Played more than one creditable innings, but too slow at present both at the wicket and in the field. Would be more successful if he played with a straight bat, and have more use of his height.
CRICKET RETROSPECT. Our season has been in some ways a successful one . Nine wins, five losses, and four draws have been recorded . Four of our defeats were against schools . For one of these defeats we had ample revenge, whilst another we hope to wipe out next season. The Yorkshire Gentlemen against whom in the first match we played a creditable draw, retaliated by inflicting a crushing defeat upon us in the second match against them . Durham G .S . (r), Ampleforth (I), North Riding Asylum (I), Hymer ' s College (2), Almondbury Old Boys (i ), F . Clemons, Esq's . XI . (0, Bradford Town (I), and the Old Boys all suffered defeat at our hands . Perhaps the last was the best win of the season, as the Old Boys had a strong XI . in the field . We drew with Ryburn Valley, Yorks . Gentlemen, Garforth, and the Asylum . "The batting was remarkably good, but the scoring except in one or two matches was individual rather than general . Sullivan played brilliant and consistent cricket throughout the eason . He made two centuries, and on five occasions topped his fifty . His best innings was probably 72 against Pocklington G .S ., when most of the team were seen at a disadvantage . Russell showed marked improvement as an advance from an average of 5 to z I clearly shows . He made fifties against Garforth and Bradford, when he hit in fearless style . Wheelwright also had two fifties to his credit . These he compiled against the Gents and
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Bradford Town . Yeld showed to most advantage in the first innings againts the Old Boys, with a most serviceable 58 not out. But in addition he also made other useful scores . Walker came on in fine style towards the end of the season, a remark which also applies to Harrison . Bingham rather fell off towards the end of the season, and Nelson was rather unsuccessful . Greeves however showed a marked improvement. In the bowling line an improvement on last year took place. Yeld, Greeves, and Soulby each took over +o wickets, whilst Greer and Walker also had very satisfactory averages . Soulby and Yeld proved themselves two reliable bowlers . The fielding in some matches might have been better, but on the whole it was very fair. Several splendid catches were made, and the ground work as a rule was fairly good. The following is a full list of matches played : away won. "I'ues . May 18th N . R . Asylum „ 22nd Garforth C .C home lost. Sat home won. Tues . „ 25th Hymcr' s College, Hull Ryburn Valley C .C home drawn. Sat . „ 29th drawn. Tues ., June st Yorkshire Gentlemen away awav lost. Wed . „ 2nd Leeds G .S won. Sat . „ 5th Bradford Town home home \von. Sat . „ 12th Durham G .S W011. Tues . „ 15th Amplcforth College home home won. Thur . „ 12th Almondbury Old Boys lost. Pocklington G .S away Sat . „ 19th home won. Sat . ., 26th F . Clemon ' s, Esq . XI Tues . „ 29th . home won. Old Boys \\'ed „ 3oth .) Hymer ' s College away won. Sat . July 3rd away lost. Tues . „ 6th Yorkshire Gentlemen Pocklingtun G .S home lost. Thur „ 8th away drawn. Tues . „ 13thNorth Riding Asylum
FOOTBALL PROSPECTS, 1897-8. It is a difficult task. this year to make any prophecy as to our chances in the football field . Following a year with such a grand team as last year's, and moreover with only four old colours at his service, the captain is at a great disadvantage ; but difficulties are themselves incentives and we do not think we shall prove to be far
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wrong when we say that in Bingham we have just the energetic, keen captain that we want . The fact that there are no less than eleven vacancies to be filled up should encourage candidates, whilst the four old colours, Bingham, Greeves (forwards), Walton and B . Nelson (backs), have a reputation to keep up . Already there are signs that the prophets of evil things are likely to be in the wrong . The reasons for this are partly natural ones and partly good fortune in having two new boys who are not altogether novices to the game . As we said we expected much energy from Bingham and already he has, nearly every available day after morning school, all likely candidates out in the lower field doing passing practice. This alternated with dribbling and scrummage practice for the forwards is a sure method of raising as good a team as the material at hand will furnish . If this keenness continues throughout the whole of the team, we may after all find ourselves with a majority of wins at the end of the season . The Old Boys ' match was encouraging, despite it being lost . There were three things apparent, first there is a lack of condition that must be eradicated at once, as often a school team ' s only chance of winning against the men ' s team lies in their superior condition and boys have no excuse for not being in it ; secondly, as we might expect, there is a great lack of experience ; last and most hopeful of all signs, there was every sign of a very plucky team . Now for some more particular criticism and advice . The scrummaging is poor at present . It is half-hearted . There is much hanging down of heads, but not enough hard shoving ; moreover the scrummage only gets formed by the time the ball is getting away . Let a forward get his head down properly and then look for the ball. When he sees it in front of him he can push as hard as he likes. To be " on the ball " is the first requisite of a good forward . He must learn to work hard, break away quickly from the scrummage and tackle his opponents with a rush . Afterwards he can learn to " wheel " and "screw" and " heel out ." At half-back we have to find a partner to Walton . Whoever he is, he must learn to be unselfish first . Harrison is at present playing there, but although he often gets the ball, he must get out of his habit of simply rushing into the opposing forwards .
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At three-quarter back we are very fortunate in having two good wings in Otley and King . The former wants to be smarter in gathering the ball and kicking . We badly want another inside three-quarter to go with Nelson . The insides must learn to feed the wings more . Hey should fill the difficult place of full-back, for his tackling is decidedly smart, and he has the invaluable habit of tackling low, an example that may well be copied by the rest of the team . For the rest we should advise all boys to read up the the rules carefully . We wish Bingham and the school every success and we certainly think the team will surprise the Old Boys when they meet us again in December.
FOOTBALL. Boys. This match was played on the School ground on Saturday, October 2nd, and was the first of the season . The Old Boys won the toss and C . Nelson kicked off. Harrison failed to take the ball, and a scrummage was formed in the School 25 . Walton got off but was tackled, and Smith and Watson started a dribble, which, hovever, was intercepted by Leonard who ran some distance before being collared . The School were then penalised for off-side tactics on the part of Harrison, but Henson failed to land a goal . Otley and Clemons then exchanged kicks and the ball stayed near the School 25 . King, Otley, and Soulby saved well . Williams got off for the Old Boys and kicked into touch, but the School worked their way to the Old Boys 25, being, however, soon driven back to their own quarter . Spence and Rose dribbled well, and nearly crossed the line, but Otley kicked over . Soon after Partington got off and Otley collared him, but Leonard took a pass and struggled over near the touch line, Spence making a good shot at goal . After Otley had kicked off, Spence made a mark and kicked into touch, and when Walton had attempted to get away Partington ran in under the posts, and Spence kicked an easy goal . Bingham kicked off, and, following up, collared Spence . Rose and Partington started some nice SCHOOL V . OLD
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passing, but the latter kicked over the line . The Old Boys were then penalised for off-side play and the School got to half way, but immediately lost ground again owing to off-side work by King. Spence had a shot at goal, but failed, sending to King, who ran up the touch line, and kicked into touch at half-way . Walton and Nelson transferred the ball to the Old Boys 25 . Harrison got off and Walton ran well . Nelson got a try half-way out, and Teasdale took the shot, but failed . Clemons kicked off and Otley returned, and then half-time was called with the score, Old Boys r goal, I try, School, try. Upon resuming Bingham kicked off for the School, and Clemons and Walton exchanging kicks, in which the latter got the better, Harrison got off from a scrummage at the Old Boys 25, and passed to Walton who scored under the posts . Nelson had no difficulty in converting . Henson kicked off, and Partington ran and kicked to Otley who returned to half-way . Then Nevile ran down the touch line, and BiTks, after being collared by Walton, passed to Partington, who scored again under the posts, Spence registering the two additional points . Bingham kicked off to the Old Boys 25 . C . Nelson then dribbled well, but King saved splendidly . After various scrummages in the School half, the School were penalised for off-side play . Birks kicked into touch, but Walton got off. He passed forward however, and after a scrummage Partington scored under the posts, Clemons sending the ball over the bar with ease . Bingham's kick-off was charged by Nelson . Partington got off but was collared by King . The same player also saved well later on . Another free kick for the School was taken b) Bingham, who sent the ball into their 25, but it was then kicked over the line . Bingham following up splendidly charged the return kick, and \ \Talton and Greeves did a little running . King then got off, but was collared by Partington. Immediately after, Walton, after a dodgy run scored a grand try under the posts, Nelson improving . Walton again ran after the kick-off, but a mark was made for the Old Boys, and Partington, Nevile, and Spence began some good passing, which ended in the latter getting over the line near the touch, and the referee gave a
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try . Clemons failed at goal . The School then had a free kick, but King got in front . Soon after, the Old Boys also had a free kick for `4 picked out ." No-side was then called with the score, Old Boys, 3 goals, z tries, School, z goals, t try. Notes on the game .— Though unsuccessful the School with eleven candidates played a very plucky game . Forward, the School practically held their own throughout, but the backs were not together, being as yet raw and inexperienced, and the full-back was hardly up to first team form . The three-quarters should do better with more practice . Of the candidates, Soulby at forward, Harrison at half, King and Otley at threequarters, did good work. Bingham set his team a splendid example of hard work, and did all the following up and most of the tackling amongst the forwards ; he and Greeves kept the scrummages together, and the latter got in several good dribbles . Walton played his usual good game at half without whom the school would not have scored. Unfortunately for the School team Mr . Lord had got together a set of very fast backs but the game was more equal than the score would lead one to expect. THE SCHOOL V, THE SARACENS.
Played on the School ground, Saturday, Oct . 9th . During the earlier portion of the game the play was of a fairly even character. The Saracens were much the heavier in the scrum, and worked the ball to the School line, a minor resulting . Play settled just inside the Saracens ' half, and Walton, taking a pass in very good style, ran through their backs and scored an excellent try in the corner, Bingham making a good attempt at goal . The Saracens now pressed, a free kick awarded to them in front of the School goal coming to nothing . After the drop out the Saracens ' forwards worked the ball down to the School line, and scored. Half-time score, 3 points, nil. After the re-start, the Saracens carried several scrums, and twice rushed the ball over and scored . The School halves initiated several bouts of passing, which gained some ground but led to nothing, owing to one or other of the Is passing wildly or failing to take a pass ; King was the worst offender in this respect ;
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Nelson spoilt a good chance once by a had kick into play instead of passing . About this juncture the School lost the services of Bingham (owing to his being persistently tackled by a Saracen after he was in touch) . He had been the mainstay of our forwards up to then ; after this the School forwards utterly failed with their seven men to hold the opposition either in the loose or the scrum, which made it almost impossible for the backs to save, the Saracens consequently putting on two more tries and a penalty goal . A most unsatisfactory game ended in a victory for the Saracens by 21 points to 3 . 'I'he School played 4 three-quarters, which necessitated them putting a good forward in Roy as one of the centres. The School 4 were weak . Walton played well at half, but might have run much more himself, instead of passing, with advantage ; and Harrison did fairly considering he had to play behind beaten forwards . Last year the School won this match by 33 points to 5.
PISCATOR PERFECTUS. BY LUCIUS FEROX, " Man's life is but vain,
For 'tis subject to pain And sorrow, and light as a bubble, 'Tis a hodge podge of business, of money, of care, And care and money and trouble, But we ' ll take no care, if the weather prove fair, Nor will we complain though it rain, But we ' ll banish all sorrow and sing till to-morrow, And angle and angle again . " Old song from " the ('umpleal Angler."
The lines just written shew the absolute contentment and general blitheness of nature which most of Isaak Walton ' s followers exhibit . A true fisherman is as a rule, a genial, good-natured sort of fellow, who, no doubt, in the recital of some extraordinary capture, will add some touch of exaggeration to his picture, but who on the other hand if he has had poor luck, will equally depreciate the value of his catch, and thus justify himself when both accounts are treated as one whole . Many may think that this proves him a double liar, but if they calculate the result of his
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ecitals, they will find that he has really told the truth with a harmonious effect . Now a good fisherman Nvill never exaggerate above an ounce or two . ]le may call a fish that weighs say 91bs. 1 4 oz ., a l o-pounder, and so on, but he will never go beyond that. Such approximations are not uncommon, but they may be justified by comparing fishing with arithmetics, that most accurate of sciences, v, hen approximate solutions are occasionally allowed to take the place of the mathematically correct ones . We may say then that a real fisherman taken as a whole possesses the quality of truthfulness as much as most people . A fisherman proper possesses that unique and prominent virtue, patience, which is universally acknowledged to be absolutely pre-eminent . An impatient man can never be a good fisherman . For the one thing, his dissatisfaction if fortune is adverse will exhibit itself in loud and repeated invective and unusual movements, and gesticulations which will on the one hand only serve to increase his weariness, and on the other will impart terror to his intended prey, and they will hasten from the immediate proximity of such a, to them, and perhaps to us, objectionable apparition . Now this sort of man merely fishes when he has no chance of any other amusement. This is not the right way to treat the " contemplative man ' s recreation, " but the correct manner is to make it one' s hobby and delight, so that a day ' s fishing becomes a synonym for elysian fields and heavenly paradises . One great advantage is that one can indulge in it at all seasons of the year . Even in the midst of winter, if an open space can be found where frost has failed to congeal the surface of the water, good sport may be had by the " coarse" fisherman, and the rivers are open to him who would capture the grayling . But the great advantage of the piscatorial art is that its professors can enjoy the beauties of nature to a greater extent than in other outdoor employments, and there are few who neglect the opportunities given them . When alone, one can indulge in delightful reveries and day dreams, and be occasionally wakened by a dip of the float, or the splash of a pike pursuing his prey, and with a companion, one 's conversation will generally turn to angling exploits of one sort or another, which
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enhance the most enjoyable of all recreations . But fishing is said to be a cruel sport . Is it the foxhunters or entomologists, or those of the fairer sex who wear the plundered wings and feathers of unfortunate sea birds, who lay this charge against Isaak and his disciples? There may be but little defence for the fisherman in this point, but let those who lay the charge against him first pull the beam out of their own eye, and see if they have ever been guilty of cruelty . If they are absolutely innocent in this respect, viz ., of either causing or actively participating in any cruelty of even such a refined type as fishing, then let them certainly attack the fisherman with all the virulence of an eloquent tongue . But we may safely say that no one upon consideration will dare to oppose this prince of sports, which combines excitement with perfect rest, philosophy with mundane pleasure, and nature with science, for fishing is a science worthy of the name. Then as the old song says : Let us banish all sorrow And sing till to-morrow, And angle and angle again.
ON LAKES. "Life is made up of trifles ; it is the trifles that annoy, and it is the trifles that please ." —Harris.
Think not, gentle reader, that it is our intention in this dissertation to enter into the discussion of any theory as to the origin of lakes ; the latest of which, if we mistake not, ascribes to glaciers the creation of these mirrors of heaven . Nowadays, though it seems to be the proper thing among scientists to attribute to the glaciers of the Ice Age, the production—and if not that, at any rate the embellishment—of almost every natural feature which is otherwise unaccountable. Neither think it is with lakes in general that we concern ourselves but rather, note, at the outset, that the lakes in particular to which your attention is to be, it is hoped, drawn, are those comprised in the collective expression " The English Lake District ." There is a saying of an eminent Frenchman who has condescended to write about us, English : "Ils s ' amusaient tristement, selon la coutume de leur pays ."
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And so, verily it is ! When leaving the busy, bustling, work-a-day world, we visit our national pleasure ground, ' for so the district, about which we are supposed to be writing, is called in the ornate and flowery language of the guide book, alas ! how many remembrancets are there of the frailty of human existence, of all that gloomier side of human life, which we would so readily shun even in commonplace and ordinary circumstances and how much more so when we are on our holidays. a J T * 'iF T We were riding down the Honister Pass and were duly admiring the fine scenery around us . On one side of the road tumbled a mountain stream and scattered on either side were large detached blocks of stone—the debris, we presume, of those glaciers again. The road itself goes down somewhat after the fashion of a series of steps . Now the coach seems to be falling on the horses, then the back of the coach seems to be trying to push past the front part . The road was very bad too, and the wheels first sunk in on one side and made the coach careen like a ship in a gale, then on the other and we listed as much to the other side, till we were in danger of tilting off altogether into the stream or of cracking our heads on one of those boulders . We might add that as we were on the box we had the full benefit of this eccentric behaviour on the part of the coach . Now, in our simple faith, we were distinctly enjoying ourselves, and, having just been through one of these performances, there was a lull, in which the miserable driver took occasion to turn round and bawl out a long list of names, meanwhile waving his whip in all directions in a vain endeavour to point out two objects of interest at one time . The result of this impatient and ungodly haste is, that from behind an equally miserable person desires to know " Which, did you say, was Honister Crag ?" And the reply comes " That one (with another flourish of the whip) you can't miss it . You can tell it by the marble cross . (Then turning to the load in general, he continues) There, gentlemen ' s where a man lost his life a year or so ago . There ' s been a many person killed on this side o' the Pass, why I know . . . ." and so on .
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Just at this opportune moment, we commence another performance, really similar in character to the last, but, yet now, it is a very different matter. Enjoyment has fled and beauty fades. Glacial blocks and mountain stream become not objects of awe exactly, but of terror . Your only desire is to get to the bottom in safety. This is but one instance . We stayed at an hotel ' in the heart of the wildest scenery in England' (we quote the guide book), where it was the melancholy custom to adorn the coffee-room walls with mementos and photos of those unfortunates who had lost their lives in attempting to scale those surrounding wilds . And worse, the staff of that hotel had an evil anxiety to allay any doubts we might have in our mind as to the nature of those adornments and to burden our mind with particulars and then they would intimate that at a reasonable cost, guides, alpenstocks, &c ., could be had on applying at the bar . in this same hotel, we had for company a numerous assortment of crickets and deathwatches, neither very agreeable associates. Need we say more—the path up Skiddaw is marked by the tombstone of some shepherds, killed, of course, in the vicinity. This stone, in addition to the usual touching phrases has this remarkable piece of information engraved on it " Noted Breeders of Prize Herdwick Sheep . " The incongruity of the whole did not seem to appeal to the native mind, the discriminative faculties of which would therefore seem to be but ill developed. While the climate of the fells is cool and breezy, and while that of the mountains is cold and bracing, that of the valleys on a fine day (which, however, it would be but doing justice to the district, to say at this point, is rare) is decidedly relaxing and unpleasantly warm, so it arises that one of the travellers ' chief wants is the draught of cold water. The rigid—though we suppose wise economy of the responsible authorities preventing them from personally attending to this want, private enterprise on the other hand has not been lacking to make good this deficiency, for tender and sympathetic relatives have erected memorial fountains, suitably inscribed . Of the
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suitability of the inscriptions, we can testify . One, we found with the following : " Whosoever shall drink of this water shall thirst again . " The rest was gone, if, indeed, it had ever been there . It was a fine day, which is synonymous with a hot day, when we read this, and we impiously wished this had gone too, for there are not too many fountains. This year we were again in the Lake District and it so happened that just prior to our advent there, some wretched man had carefully managed to kill himself at the Falls of Lodore . We suppose therefore that in a short space, these falls will be still further ornamented and that in addition to the present existing waterpipe, we shall have a marble cross or so. In time, the Lake District will dispute with Sierra Leone for the distinction of being the most populous grave-yard of Englishmen (if we may use such an expression) . As to its popularity, there can be no doubt . It is a grue-some outlook. Well, patient reader,—we call you patient now, for having followed us thus far in our circumambulatory nonsense, expecting to hear of lakes and having thus far been continuously and grievously disappointed, you are deserving of the compliment ; erstwhile we called you gentle reader' so as to soothe in expectancy those rough manifestations of displeasure, which so easily display themselves under disappointment (we speak from experience)—we will proceed with our subject. The Lake District was some few years back, the home, or shall we say the asylum, of the poets of a peculiar school of poetry, known to fame as the Lakist School . Their poetry was distinguished from that of other schools by a certain worship of nature and a sickly sentimentality (these peculiarities exhibit in a novel way the effect of environment, and furnish a further proof of the truth of the evolutional doctrine of adaptation to circumstance) of which latter phase an illustrative example is found in the writings of its High Priest—we refer to Wordsworth's " We are seven ." At this present time, they are all, we regret to say, dead, though their homes and tombs and shrines remain to satisfy
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the morbid tastes and curiosity of the tourist, adding further evidence to the truth of the Frenchman ' s saying. Not wholly swept of genius, not wholly descried by the must-, is the fair land we write of. No, on the shores of Coniston, there still lives in seclusion one of the lights of this century. This noble man with high aim and eager zeal, writes letters to the working men of England, and then, insuring as he thinks their wide dissemination publishes them at a price, mirobile dicta, absolutely prohibitive . Missionary zeal to him would seem to import primarily a consideration of self. Most patient reader, it is with the deepest regret we find that we have no space to set faith those rare and matchless beauties which lie hid in skilful groupings of mountain, wood . and lake, and stream ; but so it is, a cruel fate wielded by the hand of no fair creature but by the iron hand of the Editor has cut the thread of discourse and rendered abortive all further enlargements, bringing the whole to an untimely end . F .a ONUS. " Trifles make perfection and perfection is no trifle ."—diz hael Angelo.
CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITORS OF THE PETERI1 1 E. DEAR SIRS .
I will revive the oft-repeated question with regard to the znd XV . Why should there be no znd XV . blazer, when the znd XI . possesses one, especially as football is supposed to be the School game At present all that they possess is an insignificant badge, to be sewn on their jerseys, and assuredly the acquisition of a cap and blazer would make them more conspicuous, and would cause increased emulation and keenness among the candidates . With regard to colour, a chocolate and white striped blazer would not be too much like that of the 1st XV . Hoping this will attract some attention . Yours, &c ., A MEMBER OF THE 2ND XV .
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LIST OF FOOTBALL MATCHES. FIRST XV. Oct . 2 . ,, 9. „ 16 . 23. Tues . 26 . „ 3o . Sat . Thur . Nov . 4 . Sat . „ i 3. Wed . 24 . Sat . „ 27 . Sat . Dec . 4 . Tues . 21 . Sat . Feb . 5 .
Old Boys home .Jost . .13 to 21 pts. home . . Saracens E . Henson Esq's . XV home . . away' . . Leeds G .S E . J . Joicev Esq ' s . XV home. Ileadingley home .. home .. St . John's College Durham School away .. away . . Ripon G .S Almondbury Old Boys home .. home . . Durham School Old Boys home .. Saracens home . . home .. „ 1 9 . St . John's College „ 26. SpeTl Valley Casuals, Cleckheaton home .. SECOND XV. home .. Sat . Oct . 23 . Leeds G .S . znd home. Nov . 13 . Durham School 2nd St . John's Coll . 2nd home . .
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THE LATE CANON ELWYN. The following is from the Times obituary :—We announce with regret the death of the Rev . Richard Elwyn, master of the Charterhouse and honorary canon of Canterbury, which took place on Tuesday afternoon at the Master's-lodge, after a short illness . Canon Elwyn, who was educated at Charterhouse School, had a brilliant University record . Elected a scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, he became Bell scholar and Craven scholar during his undergraduate career, and in 1849 was placed in the tripos as senior classic, the second classic being the late M. Waddington, for several years French Ambassador to this country. The late master held a fellowship of Trinity for some time, and in 1855 was appointed second master of the Charterhouse, three years later succeeding as head master . This position he occupied till 1863, when considerations of health necessitated his temporary retirement from active work . From 1864 to 1872 he was head
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master of St . Peter ' s School, York, and in the latter v•_ar he was presented by the late Archbishop "fait to the vicarage of Ramsgate. In 188o he accepted the living of East Farleigh, near Maidstone, which was offered him by the Lord Chancellor, and he retained this preferment until his nomination to the mastership of the Charterhouse in 1885 . On his return to London he resumed his educational work, and until three years ago acted as principal of Queen's College . Canon Elwyn was a clergyman of the old school, ripe in scholarship, with particularly genial manners, and happy in the possession of a large number of friends . It was said of him not long ago, by one who knew him well, that he had not an enemy in the world . He took great interest in the proceedings of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and his services as a preacher were much appreciated by the London clergy. The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says By the death of Canon Elwyn the ranks of the London clergy are deprived of a distinguished scholar and one of the most genial of men . The deceased canon, who had just completed his 70th year, was Craven and Bell scholar at Cambridge and a Fellow of " Trinity College, where he graduated as senior classic in 1849. His position as head of the Charterhouse, where he succeeded Dr . Currey in 1885, left him leisure for many extraneous occupations, and there was no more familiar figure than his upon the boards and committees of various Church societies . Educational work especially was always congenial to him ; and he was chairman of the Clergy Orphan Schools at Canterbury and St. John's Wood . He was also principal of Queen's College, Harley Street, from 1386 to 1894 . With the young he was a great favourite, and was ever ready with his advice and sympathy to the junior clergy, a circumstance which in some quarters earned for him the title of " the curates' friend . " In private life Canon Elwyn had a most genial and winning manner, and was well known as a witty and vigorous after-dinner speaker .
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LIBRARY. The Library register records a considerable number of books taken out during the summer term . The want of a Reading-room is still felt ; perhaps we may be able to remedy this deficiency shortly . At present we are adding some standard works to the Library, a full list of which we hope to publish in our next number. Our best thanks are due to J . T . Gillatt, Esq ., O .P ., for a gift of [1 to the Library . THE LIBRARIAN.
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RECEIPTS. School Subscriptions .. Masters' Subscriptions . .. Rev . G . T . Hand ford .. P . E . Lord, Esq Public Subscriptions
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EXPENDITURE . Messrs . May & Son Band S. Holtby Sundries (including bill for 1895—Z'3 I IS . 6d .) T. G . Hartley & Son J . Taylor York City Police Carriage of Wig & Dresses Paints, &c ., for Scenery . Sundries for " making up " Gas Company Lamps Secretarial Expenses Allowances to Workmen Policemen Cloak Room Attendants Gardeners Dr . Ilingston's Gardener James
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NOTES AND ITEMS. R . C . Tute, who was a member of the school from the age of 15 to that of 19, has been declared by the Civil Service Commissioners to have obtained the fortieth place among sixtysix successful competitors in the recent open competitive examinations for the India Civil Service, open to candidates
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up to 24 years of age . His father, the late Mr . A . C . Tute, who was educated at the School under Canon Hey and Canon Elwyn, was similarly successful in entering the India Civil Service 28 years ago. A . M . Sullivan, as the result of the Oxford and Cambridge Board ' s Higher Certificate Examination, conducted at the School in July last, has received an exemption from fart I . of the Previous Examination of Cambridge University . This exemption was omitted by some oversight from the Board ' s printed lists. D. W . Roy and W . Hey passed the London Matriculation Examination 1st Class. N . F . Roy has been successful in gaining a Naval Clerkship. A . W . Richards, Esq ., Science Master, was ordained by the Archbishop of York during the holidays, and licensed to the Curacy of Huntington. L . H . Moiser passed in Biology in the Preliminary Scientific Examination (M .B .) of the University of London. The Rev . F . W . Greenhow has been appointed to be Vicar of Donington, Sussex. A photograph of the recent dinner in London of the O .P . Club has been received by the London Secretary and may be seen by appointment. The married sons of an O .P ., cultivating tea plantations in Ceylon and India require a pupil . Tea, coffee, cinchona, indiarubber . Experience guaranteed . Apply to the London Secretary of the O .P . Club. K . J . Roy has obtained a Commission in the Army at the recent Competitive Examination of Militia Subalterns. H . B . Greeves has been appointed to an Organ Scholarship at Peterhouse, Cambridge, of the annual value of '4o and rooms, and is leaving at once in consequence. E. M . Leaf has obtained a County Council Scholarship of the value of [ . 6o per annum for four years tenable at the Yorkshire College, Leeds .
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B . Nelson has been appointed Captain of Cricket for 1898 owing to H . B . Greeves having left . R . G . Bingham has similarly been appointed Secretary. J . F . Leaf has been appointed Librarian to the Union, Cambridge. G . W . Filliter and R . G . Binghatn have been appointed Monitors in the School House. A . M . Sullivan has played in the Freshmen ' s Match, the Seniors ' Match, and for Cambridge University v . Guy ' s Hospital. G . G . Feld also played in the Freshmen ' s Match. BIRTxs . GREENHOW .-August 1 tth, at Childeock Vicarage, Bridport, the wife of Rev . E . H . Grcenhow, of a son. RHODES .—On August loth, at The Rowans, Bilton Grange, Rugby, the wife of H . W . Rhodes, of a daughter. July 18th, t,e wife of A . P . Chadwick (O .P .), of a son. MARRIAGES . GOFTON-BROWN .-August 1 1 th, at St Oswald's, Chester, the Rev . John Ernest Gofton, to Marion, sixth daughter of the late John Brown, of Chester. Fox—PYE-SMITH .-September 23rd, at St . Martin ' s, Sheffield, the Rev . N . S . Fox, to Jessie Caroline, youngest daughter of J . W . Pye-Smith, Esq ., of Sheffield. On September 36th, at St . Luke ' s, Chelsea, Percy Kitchin, to Honora Mary Louisa, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel F . F . Johnstone date 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment), of Leamington Spa. On October 5th, J . P . Hubbersty (O .P .) to Mabel Emma, daughter of the late E . B . Boulton. On October 7th, at St . Mary ' s, Barking, Suffolk, Edmund L . Rowe, L .R .C .P . and S . Edin ., of Ipswich, second son of the late Rev . George Rowe, M .A ., Principal of the Diocesan College, York, to Edith Marion Jane, younger daughter of the late Major William Dodds. Ou Wednesday, September z9th, at the Charterhouse, OU,rILARY . Canon Elwyn, Headmaster of this School from 1864 to 1872. Henry Watson (O .P .), of Coatham and Middlesborough . Born June 23rd, 1835 ; Died July , ' 8th, 1897 .
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SCHOOL LETTER. 1HE prevailing topic in this December issue, as in that of former
1 years, will he football, and we must beg our supporters'
indulgence if we begin with that all-absorbing subject . In the first place the rather optimistic tone of the last " Peterite " has hardly been realized, for out of eight matches played, three have been won and the rest lost . We played a good game with the Old Boys, and hope next time to have our revenge . E . J . Joicey brought a strong team against us and we sustained a heavy defeat, although the game was more even than the score would indicate. Durham inflicted a crushing defeat, and we are unlucky in meeting with such a strong combination this season . It is pleasant to see a renewal of our old fixture with Ripon G .S ., and we had a pleasant game, ending in a victory for us on November 24th, at Ripon . The second XV . have been fairly successful, having won three matches and lost two . Notable amongst wins stands that against Leeds G .S . second XV . by 5o points to nil, but they too succumbed to Durham to the tune of 45 points to nil . Altogether although, on looking back it appears discouraging, the XV . must look forward to winning, at any rate, the majority of the home matches that are to come, and thus prediction would be brought nearer to fulfilment if the whole school and those nearly connected with the school would come up to the matches and give their moral support .
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To leave football and pass to the other great topic of this term, " The Theatricals ." The play chosen is the " Comedy of Errors, " last performed in 1888, nor need we differ from the usual prediction " that they will be as great a success as usual ." Although there are not many old hands, the new blond shews good promise and the Play will, no doubt, by the untiring efforts of Messrs . Veld and Preston, score an unqualified success . We were sorry to hear that the projected visit of The Very Rev. the Bishop of Bristol, O .P ., has been abandoned, and so the many present boys who wished to see him have been disappointed. We hear that the first step will be made towards the change of government of the school probably by the time this number is out, and at the very outset of the term we saw signs that the " old order changeth yielding place to new ." for the fire at any rate, of not the least of the school officers has undergone a drastic change . In short, James has decided to retire from his erstwhile position at so many festive boards and has acquired a more hirsute appearance. It was with great pleasure that we received the prospectus of a new monthly periodical entitled " The Public School Magazine," the first number of which is to appear at the end of December. The Editor is Mr . Philip Whitwell Wilson, ex-President of the Cambridge Union Society, and Editor of the " Granta . " Our readers will be best able to judge of the nature of the new magazine by the following extract from the Editor ' s notice. " In general style the new periodical will be edited on the lines of a sixpenny monthly . It will be profusely illustrated throughout and will contain articles dealing with all matters of interest to public schoolmen . Games and athletics will be well represented, and it will be the endeavour of the Editor to obtain the assistance of the great leaders of amateur sport . Illustrated verse and fiction will be among features of the " Public School Magazine," and during term letters will be published from Oxford and Cambridge, one of the objects of the Magazine being to draw the Public School and the University together . Every month an article will
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appear on the History of one of the Public Schools, and the series will open with an account of Harrow School, in which is incorporated an interview with the Rev . J . E . C . Welldon, M .A ." Judging by this the " Public School Magazine " should be very favourably received and we si,:cerely hope that it may earn the popularity which it deserves by reason of its aim and general scope.
IN MEMORIAM . CANON ELWYN. Ob. Sept. 28, 1897, Ae . 70. Just a quarter of a century before his death Canon Elwyn took leave of St . Peter ' s, after rendering it splendid service as Head Master for eight years . Few of his contemporaries here now remain ; only one, I think, of his colleagues at St . Peter ' s, and only three of the then Chapter of York Minster (the present Chancellor, the Sub-Dean, and Canon Blunt, now Bishop of Hull). As an O .P . of the time, I am asked to try to recall him, now he has passed from amongst us, as I remember him in the early seventies . His work at St . Peter's was done when he was between the ages of 37 and 45 ; in many lives perhaps the best part ; but in his, no one portion could well be described as better than another, so beneficently active was it throughout, from the time when he was a sixth form Charterhouse boy at 13, to his last public function, in the summer just past, at the Grammar School of Sandwich, his native place. I will not write of his brilliant scholarship, nor of his success in training and helping others : these are too well known, and I could not bring to the subjects the special knowledge of one who had had the privilege of being in the Head Master's own form. But as I recall him, as he was towards the close of his Head Mastership ; with small, active figure, high forehead, refined features, ever kind, genial, and earnest manner, fluent delivery, and an individual interest in, and memory of, each boy, from the first to the last ; I think that the chief thing I remember was how the closeness and importance of the tie between master and boy was ever present with him .
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He often dwelt on it in his sermons in Chapel, and he gently corrected an expression in one of the speeches (made in the Hall on the occasion of his leave-taking), which referred to his going to a more important position . " I consider," said Canon Elwyn, " no relations more important than those between master and boy in a large public school ." And this same occasion also brings back to me how little he thought of himself and how much of others . When referring to the successes of the school during his time there, how generously he spoke of his colleagues (with whom he had worked in unbroken harmony), and of his predecessor, and how cordially of his successor, but hardly at all of himself. Then, next morning, there were the last few earnest words from him in Chapel, his round through the class-rooms, to take individual leave of each boy, and then Canon Elwyn passed to other scenes and became a memory. But the old relations between master and boys were long afterwards remembered on both sides . He was, as was well known, especially happy in his married life ; and when, in i 889, Mrs . Elwyn died rather suddenly, the thought of how terrible would be his loss, brought him almost innumerable letters of sympathy from every quarter of the world, one from the present writer being amongst them. To such a number, few men would have attempted anything beyond printed or formal replies : but instead, some few weeks later, I received from him a kind letter of four pages, in which he said he was daily going through the letters of sympathy he had received, and was replying individually to each . And I had again the pleasure of hearing from him in the same terms of kindness and interest during the present year. One of the church papers has remarked that " he was perhaps one of the many clergy who failed to reach all the honours which their friends anticipated for them . " Very likely (and this might, through different reasons, be said of Arnold and of Vaughan); but he lived the life that seemed to suit him best, and it is the church ' s loss, rather than it was his, that he slid not become a Bishop .
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To few men, probably, has it been given to inspire so much affection from widely different communities . In my school-days I never heard one word of criticism of him (save from himself). At Ramsgate he was by his parishioners equally beloved ; and the same feeling is shown in the inscriptions on the faded wreaths (sent by the schools and societies which in his later years came under his interest and care) which I saw last week on his grave in Iiensal Green (near those of Wilkie Collins and the second Lord Stratheden). As to his " old boys, " their feeling for him may best be seen from two extracts (given by Canon Benham) from letters sent just before, and just after, his death. The old days and the old school with you " Dear Master at its head are ever in our minds, and we ask for you that you may be guarded from all evil," and-" The best and kindest of friends how I wish I had seen him again and told him of the effect he had on my boyhood . " In the hearts of his old boys, whether Carthusians or Peterites, his memory will not die till the generation that knew him has passed away. J . A . NICHOLSON, O .P. Preaching in Chapel on October 31st, the eve of the Festival of All Saints, on the text " Followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises, " the Headmaster said " And on this day, the eve of the first All Saints ' Festival since he passed away, I should like to say a few imperfect words about one who was very near and dear to some few of us here, and highly honoured, and was nearer to you, nearer to all of you, than you ever thought, I mean the late Canon Elwyn, who after being Second Master of Charterhouse School for some years, and then Headmaster of the same, was Headmaster here for about seven years about five and twenty years ago . There is a material memorial of him here in the window there on the right, in the silver Communion vessels now standing on the Holy Table, and in his annual Divinity Prize ; but he will have a more enduring
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memorial in the souls of all connected with this School whose privilege it has been to know him, of whom alas, there are but few now listening to me here . To me for nearly five and twenty years his name has been a household word through common friends, whose enthusiasm seemed to bring him before me almost as if I had already personally known him, and for the last ten years, since I have been connected officially with this School, I have been indeed privileged to know him in person . I would I had the gift to set him before you as he is known to some,—quick to wrath with a mighty indignation against all unrighteousness, but almost nervously anxious to be just, and to make reparation if he thought he had possibly unwittingly clone injustice : full of sympathy with all in their griefs, full of sympathy, if not with weakness . at any rate with the weaker brethren in their weakness : clever beyond the dreams of many a man reputed clever, but not one of those clever men whom one is almost ready to hate for being so clever, whose cleverness seems a standing challenge to the comparative stupidity of the rest of the world, but clever he was with a cleverness which, with all its brilliance, beamed with a sunny wit on all around, never playing the mocker ' s spiteful game . Ever full of energy, even his supposed dignified retirement in the Master ' s Lodge, where he presided over the Brethren in the Charterhouse, he made perhaps one of the busiest houses in London, working there for every useful purpose that wanted his help . For all his brightness, for all his gift of speech, and he could pour forth a more rapid stream of utterance than any man whom I have yet heard, one could see that he was deeply reverent both in thought and act, a devout follower of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises . He was the centre of a very beautiful home life, and of a communion with a very wide circle of warm friends, not a few of whom, it may be, warmed the more to one another with reflected warmth from him . And lastly he bore this School very lovingly in his heart . Probably no one here knows what I shall now tell you : I should not have told it in his life time : I hardly know whether I ought to tell it now . At one of those annual gatherings of Old Peterites, here in York and
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in London, at which he presided so regularly and so gracefully, in course of his speech after dinner, when he was telling us how he loved St . Peter ' s School, he dropped his voice, as he would in giving utterance to solemn thought, and said in a tone so low that only those quite near him, I imagine, could hear, yet speaking in a quite natural and unaffected way, that when he said his private prayers, day by day, he always asked for God ' s blessing on this School . Think then ! While you and your predecessors here for the last quarter of a century have been thinking of nothing of the kind, going on as usual, doing right, doing wrong, there, far away in Kent first, and later in the Old Charterhouse in London, he who was once Headmaster here was praying day by day to God for your predecessors and for you . And so, be you sure, it has ever been . The kingdom of God is moving on, no matter what appearances there may be to the contrary. You remember how the Syrians surrounded Dothan in order to capture Elisha, and his servant saw it, and was frightened, and Elisha told him ` Fear not : for they that be with us are more than they that be with them, ' and at his prayer God opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. So, more are they that are for you than they that are for the enemy, more than you have ever thought, it may be more than you think now . Many a time when any one of you and your predecessors here in the last quarter of a century has been fenced against Satan's wiles by a fence not of your own making, it may be that the more strength was given to that barrier for Canon Elwyn's prayer. He then surely will be not the least of those for whom we shall thank God to-morrow, determining to follow them that we too may inherit the promises . "
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FOOTBALL. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOI. L. LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Played at Leeds on Saturday, October z3rd . Bingham kicked off for the School, and Leeds mulling the catch, Nelson followed up and scored behind the posts . The same player converted. The School continued to press, and the forwards constantly heeled out, but the three-quarters could not score . Walton, after a dodgy run, scored behind the posts . Nelson converted . From the kick off King kicked dead, Nelson repeating this after the drop-out . At last the ball reached touch, and Bingham having got nearly to the line passed to Nelson who scored far out, Bingham registering the major points . Soon after, tile School were awarded a free kick in the Leeds twenty-five, Bingham ' s place at goal passing outside the posts . The School were still pressing hard when half-time was called, with the score, School 3 goals (15 points) ; Leeds G .S . nil. In the second half, Leeds were again constantly on the defence, their full-hack playing a fine game . The School forwards were still showing their superiority and gave our backs plenty of chances, but the Leeds tackling was too safe . At this point, York had a free kick just inside their opponents ' half, Bingham kicking a fine goal . Shortly after, Tordof got off for Leeds with a good dribble, and bad play by Hey nearly gave them a try, which was avoided by the Leeds men kicking dead . Bingham ' s drop out found touch in the opponents' half, and after some scrummaging, Walton got over and scored between the posts . Nelson ' s kick at goal being successful . Time was called soon after, and a very pleasant game ended in a victory for the School by 5 goals (1 penalty) . (23 points) to nil. Team :—Back : W . Hey . Three-quarter Backs : P . King, G . C. Otley, D . W . Roy, B . Nelson . Half-Lacks : 'I' . L . Harrison, E . J. Walton . Forwards : R . G . Bingham, C . Moiser, R . Teasdale, H . E . Soulby, S . Watson, C . S . Smith, G . N . Longbotham, F . I. Newton .
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Though successful the School were very faulty in the back division . Hey at full back almost gave them a try through failing to pick up . The centres never seemed at home and seemed unable to gain ground, pass after pass being mulled or rendered ineffective. Walton and Harrison played well together at half, Harrison's passing being an improvement on that in former matches . Nelson played a sound game on the wing, and scored two good tries . All the forwards played well, working hard, and packing tighter. Moiser was good at touch, and Bingham got off constantly and had hard luck in not scoring . Teasdale and Newton dribbled well, and Bingham was several times brought back by the referee when dribbling . ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . E . J . JOICEY 'S
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On Oct . 26th, Joicey brought down a strong XV . and inflicted a big defeat on the School, to the extent of 3 goals 6 trids (32 points) to c try (3 points) . The size of the adverse total of points was due to the wretchedly slow play of the School back division . It might have been reduced very considerably but for this weakness of the defence. It was not long after the start before the scratch team began to show their superiority in pace and vigour and scored a try which was well converted. For a short time after this the School held their own, and by a good run on the part of Walton, and some good forward play headed by Bingham, they took the game into their opponents ' territory . The advantage was soon lost, and a second try was gained by the scratch team, this not being converted . Then again the School had the best of matters, and Roy, by a dodgy run, took the ball nearly to the line and passed to Otley, who scored . This success was followed up after a penalty against the School by a long run by Walton, who just failed to get through. From this point, however, the home backs, with the single exception of Walton, continually let the side down, and through some terribly slow play by Hey, at full back, two tries were scored against us in quick succession .
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After half-time, our forwards continued to do well, but as soon as ever they had taken the ball up the field, the backs failed to stop the rushes of the scratch team, and try after try was scored against us . The game was not so one-sided as the score would seem to suggest, but with the backs standing up to the scrum it needed but a dash and a kick to overcome the defence . Hey seemed to have no idea of anything but tackling ; this he did grandly on two or three occasions . The forwards played a strong persevering game ; the best of them were Bingham, Watson, and Newton, though the latter was rather expensive through his want of knowledge of the rules . It is only fair to say that the scratch team included several players who possess great reputations up in the North. School Team :—Back : W . Hey' Threequarler Backs : P . King, G . C . Otley, D . W. Roy, B . Nelson . Half-backs : E . J . Walton, T . L . Harrison . Forwards : R . G . Bingham, S . Watson . R .Teasdale, C . Moiser, H . E . Soulby, C . S . Smith, F . Newton, G . Taylor, Esq.
ST . PETER ' S V . HEADINGLEY.
Played on the School ground on Saturday, October 3oth. Headingley started the game, rather late . The School played well at first quite holding their own in the scrum . The School backs had a bout of passing and play for some time was in the Headingley half, Walton being tackled when looking dangerous. The Headingley backs then relieved the pressure by good kicking, and their forwards following up well the School were repulsed. They defended well for a time, but at length the opponents got in. No goal resulted . A fast threequarter of Headingley almost got in but Hey and Nelson defended well . Headingley got another try, which was not converted . A forward scored for them by a good follow up, and they also scored again before half-time . Headingley were not able to convert either . Half-time arrived with the score : Headingley, 4 tries ; School, nil. Bingham restarted, and the ball was returned into touch. Headingley obtained a try in a favourable position, but it was
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unconverted . The School then played up and kept their lines intact for some time . Walton and Harrison played a good saving game behind beaten forwards . A Headingley threequarter got hold, and running well scored, although it might be mentioned that he was in touch, which was overlooked by their touch judge . Again the kick failed . Headingley nearly scored several times, but lacked finish . They scored again, and at an easy angle the two extra points were secured . Towards time they scored again ; and the final score was :—Headingley, i goal, 7 tries (26 points) to School nil. School 'Team :—Back : W. Hey . Threequarter Backs : B . Nelson, G. C . Otley, D . W . Roy, P . J . King . Half Backs : E . J . Walton and T . L . Harrison . Forwards ; R . G . Bingham, C . Moiser, H. E . Soulby, R . T . Teasdale, S . Watson, F . J . Newton, G . N. Longbotham, and G . M . Taylor, Esq . Referee : A . Wilkes, Esq. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . ST . JOHN ' S COLLEGE, YORK. Played on the School ground on November 4th . The School started and even play ensued for some time . Although most of the play was in mid-field each side had short spells of attacking. Walton got the ball out to the school threequarters but Otley mulled . St . John's got away, but C . Nelson saved his line by a good tackle . Bingham afterwards gained some ground by a kick into touch from the line out . The School were now getting the best of matters and pressed . They were given a penalty far out, but the angle was too difficult for Bingham to gain the three points, although making a fair attempt . From the kick out Walton got hold and eluding opponent after opponent was just grassed on the St . John' s line. He, however, again got hold, and passed to B . Nelson, who scored the first try . Bingham was again unlucky with his shot . St . John ' s got away and were in the School 25 when the whistle blew for half-time with the score, School, i try (3 points), St . John ' s, nil . After the interval the School pressed, but St . John's kept their line intact for some time . Walton got the ball from the scrum, and after running well,
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passed to Otley who transferred neatly to B . Nelson, the latter getting in at full speed but overstepping the dead line . Harrison next got the ball out to his partner, who, after a long and tricky run scored under the posts . B . Nelson converted . The School backs had another bout of passing and B . Nelson scored another try and easily converted it . The St . John ' s line was continually bombarded, and B . Nelson kicked into the St . John ' s territory, and one of their backs mulling, King, who was well up, scored. B . Nelson again did the needful . St . John's got away from the kick at the centre but King saved, and Roy got a good kick into touch . The School forwards brought the ball to half way, and Walton getting hold, scored another fine try, running very strongly. Bingham converted . St . John ' s broke away just before time, and a threequarter getting hold was tackled in splendid style by C . Nelson, who stopped a certain try . The College, from the ensuing scrum, again nearly scored, but Walton tackled . St . John ' s then kicked o%er the line, and after the drop out time was called with the score : School, 4. goals, i try (23 points) to St . John ' s nil. School Team : –Rack : C . Nelson . Thrcequarler Backs : P . J. King, D . W . Roy, G . C . Otley, B . Nelson . Half Backs : E . J. Walton and T . L . Harrison . Forwards ; R . G. Bingham,' C. Moiser, R . T . Teasdale, H . E . Soulby, S . Watson, C . S . Smith, G . N . Longbotham, and G . M . Taylor, Esq . Refiree : A . Wilkes, Esq. NOTES ON THE GAME.
The School played a good game, being equally strong on the attack and defence . C . Nelson, playing for the first time at back, fully justified his selection . His tackling was excellent, picking up clean, and kicking good . The threequarters played fairly well. B . Nelson showed some rare turns of speed . Otley was perhaps not at his best in the first half . Walton played a brilliant game at half. His run in the first half was marvellous . He fed the threequarters with judgment and was well seconded by Harrison, who was seen at his best . Bingham played well forward scrumming hard and nearly always getting the ball at the line-out . He was
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well backed up by the other forwards, who played a very good game . Watson, Soulby, and Longbotham perhaps being the most prominent of a good pack . G . M . Taylor, Esq ., was very serviceable in dribbling and his weight is very welcome to the School scrum. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . DURHAM SCHOOL.
Played on the Durham ground, Saturday, November 13th. Durham kicked off at 2-15, and for the first ten minutes the game wavered between half-way and the York 25 line, the Durham forwards soon showing their great superiority in weight . A free kick was awarded to Durham, for the ball being picked out of the scrum, almost in front of the posts, which however resulted in nothing . Durham then got the ball out, and, passing along the line, Haythornethwaite the wing threequarter scored far out, no goal resulting . Almost immediately after Haythornethwaite scored a similar try, the goal as before failing . Durham were then penalized for off-side, and soon after Ha} thornethwaite scored a third try in the same way, which was not converted . Soon after the same player scored again, and, getting further round, Sagar (rapt .) converted . A free kick being given to York, for off-side, Bingham had a good shot at goal from nearly half-way close to the touch line . Durham worked the ball up the field again, and Yates scored between the posts, Sagar again converting . Immediately after, the half-time whistle went, with the score : Durham 2 goals, 3 tries (19 points) to nil . Soon after the re-commencement, York were given a free kick for Durham not playing the ball, but soon Yates again got through between the posts . Sagar again kicked the goal. York had a free kick for off-side, and found touch at the 25 line. Almost immediately they were given another and found touch close to the line . A scrummage followed, which Durham rushed and then dribbled to half-way . Soon after Yates scored another try which Sagar converted . York were awarded another free kick. Bingham making a good shot at goal . Sagar next scored a try, kicking the goal himself. Here a good run by Walton got the ball up past half-way, where he unfortunately passed to a Durham for-
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ward, who gained some ground before he was brought down. Winch then scored far out from a line out near the line . Yates was the next scorer getting through near the posts . Sagar as usual kicked the goal . Havthornethwaite scored an unconverted try, and on Yates doing the same the whistle went . Score : }8 points to nil. Full Back : C . Nelson . 7hre'quarler Racks : P . King, G . C. Orley, D . W . Roy, B . Nelson . Half Backs : E . J . Walton, T L. Harrison . Fo rwards : R . G . Bingham (Capt .), C . Moiser, S. Watson, R . Teasdale, H . Soulby, C . S . Smith, M . Wilson, G . N. Longbotham. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V. RIPON GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
This match was played on Wednesday, November z4th, at Ripon, on a dull cold day . Some alteration had been made in the arrangement of the backs, as Walton was away . Roy played half in his place, and Creer was tried at threequarters. Bingham won the toss, and Ripon kicked off . In a very short time Ripon got possession of the ball, and after a smart bit of passing between their backs, one of them ran in and scored a try, which was not converted . This was not encouraging . but it made the School pull themselves together, and some tight scrummages took place about half-way . At length the Ripon forwards rushed the ball through, but King saved, and a scrimmage followed near the School line . Here, a free kick for the School, gained some ground. Bingham and Roy now did some neat dribbling, and Nelson following up, kicked into touch in the Ripon " 25 . " Next, Otley obtained the ball, and got in a nice run, but passed forward . Ripon again looked dangerous, but Carey saved by a kick into touch . The School forty ards now played up betterand rushed the ball right through their opponents . A scrummage now took place just outside the Ripon line, and Harrison getting hold scored the first try for the School . The kick at goal failed . Things now began to look brighter for the School, and after the drop out, the forwards gradually worked the ball back, when Watson picking up, rushed over the line and scored a try, Nelson kicking a goal . The kick-off was well returned by Nelson, and Bingham following up, got hold of the ball, and after a strong run was brought down just outside the line .
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Here a scrummage took place, and Harrison picking up, scored about half-way out . Nelson failed at goal . Play now settled in the Ripon " z5, " and Bingham again getting hold made a good run. A hard struggle now took place near the Ripon line, and resulted in Harrison scoring another try . Bingham kicked a fine goal . Soon after the kick-off Bingham received the bail from touch, and running in obtained a try, which he failed to convert . Ripon now worked harder, and getting the ball kicked into our " 25 . " Nelson returned well, but the School were penalized for " off-side " and Ripon had a free kick . Creer took the ball, and made a nice run . Soon after this Harrison passed to Roy, who ran in, and put the ball down, but the try was disputed, and the referee gave a minor. The School again attacked, and Ripon were forced to touch down. Half-time was then called, the score being :—St . Peter ' s, z goals, z tries, to Ripon 1 try . After the kick-off Ripon played up much better, and one of their threequarters getting hold, took a long run, but luckily lost possession of the ball when near the line . The School forwards now took the ball back into their opponents ' " 25, " where some scrummages followed . At length Ripon got the ball out, and after some neat passing, one of them ran right in and scored . No goal resulted . The School again pressed, and Ripon had to touch down . After the drop out, play settled in mid-field and several rushes were made by both sides, Roy saving well . The School backs now did some passing, and got in a few nice runs. Some scrummages took place near the line, and the backs on both sides had a busy time . The School forwards then " rushed it," and Ripon had to touch down . Soon after this Nelson scored a try, which was not converted . Ripon now attacked, but Nelson relieved by a kick into touch . The opposing side next got the ball out, but mulled it, and Creer getting hold, scored an easy try between the posts . The kick at goal again failed . Bingham now got off, but was collared near the line . A scrummage took place, and a free kick was given to the School . Bingham had a shot at goal, but the ball went a little wide of the mark . Within the next five minutes Otley succeeded in scoring a try . The kick at goal was not successful . Time was then called, with the score :—St. Peter's, z goals, 6 tries ( z8 points), to z tries (6 points .)
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Of the forwards Bingham worked very hard, especially in the scrum . Watson also played well, while the rest did a fair amount of work . Roy played very well in place of Walton, though the score would certainly have been larger had our second line been the same as usual, for the tackling on the Ripon side was rather weak . Of the threequarters Nelson kicked well, and Creer put in some good runs . Carey, at full back did not seem quite up to form . The ground was in a very soft slippery state, and the ball very heavy, so that goal kicking was not a very marked feature of the game. School Team :—Back : A Carey . Thleequarler Backs : P . King, G . C . Otley, 13 . Nelson, and L . Creer . Half Racks : T . L . Harrison, D . \V . Roy . Farwardc : R . G . Bingham (Capt .), S . Watson, H. Soulby, R . Teasdale, C . Moiser, G . M . Longbotham, F . I . Newton, and C . S . Smith.
Sr . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2ND V . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 2ND. Leeds kicked off a little after three . Play soon settled down in their " 25, " and Carey five minutes after the beginning scored halfway out . Wilson i . took the kick at goal, but was unsuccessful. Soon after, from a scrum on their goal line, Nelson iii . picked up and dashed over, but Wood failed to convert . Nelson iii . again scored, but Middlemiss hit the post in his attempt at goal . A minute later Wood ran in, Middlemiss again hitting the post in his attempt to convert . Wilson i . then scored behind the posts, still no goal . Soon after, Creer, after a very good run scored far out— no goal . A few minutes after Middlemiss scored near the posts, but Nelson iii . failed to convert Then half-time was called, with the score : St . Peter' s 7 tries (21 points), Leeds nil . After the drop out Nelson scored for the third time, but still no goal . In a minute or two Nelson hi . ran over again, but the attempt to convert failed . ' I' llen Creer, after a very good run, scored behind the posts— still no goal . After a good deal of play between the centre and Leeds" 25, " Creer again scored, from which try a goal was kicked at last by Wilson i . A little after Nelson iii . crossed the
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Leeds line again but had the ball knocked out of his hand . This was hard luck as he had run very well from half-way . However he scored next minute for the fifth time, but it was unconverted. Shortly afterwards Creer scored behind the posts, but no goal resulted . Next minute Clark scored behind the posts but failed at goal . Immediately after he scored again but the kick at goal failed. A little after Leeds were penalized for off-side play, and Middlemiss kicked a goal but was brought back again since he had kicked it from the wrong place and failed in his second attempt . Then Creer scored behind the posts but the attempt to convert failed. Time was then called, with the scores : St . Peter' s, 15 tries 1 goal (5o points), Leeds nil . The scorers for us were, Creer (5), Nelson iii. (5), Clark (2), Middlemiss (1), Wood ( I), Carey (I) . Wilson (I)' The Te am was as follows :—1 fall Back : \V . Bennett . 7hreequarler Backs : L . Creer, N . D . Middlemiss, A . Carey, E . Wilson . Hal/Backs : C . Nilson, E . Nelson . Por7c'ards : R . Wood, M . Nilson, C . Scott, P . Clark, R Veld, J . Kirby, J . Russell, F . Pulleyn. ST . PErEis's SCHOOL 2ND 7' .
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This match was played on the School ground on Thursday, October 14th, and resulted in a victory for the School by a goal to a try . Roy won the toss, and John's kicked off . Nelson's return into touch was poor . The visitors at once began to press, and a long series of scrums took place in the School half, relieved by occasional free-kicks for off-side play by John's men, many of whom seemed very ignorant of the rules . By one of these kicks the School managed to transfer play to their opponents ' quarters . Scott received from his centre and after a good run was brought down only a few yards from the line . The Collegians forced the ball back, but Hey saved well though his kicking was poor . The School forwards wheeled the scrummage, and rushed the ball down the field, but Idle getting possession made a fine run . Otley succeeding in catching him up in our 25 . The same player shortly afterwards managed to slip through our backs, and scored the first try of the game . The kick at goal failed . The visitors still kept the game in the home quarters, chiefly by their
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superior dribbling tactics, Hey doing a lot of saving, and they were pressing when half-time was called, with the score one try (3 points) to nil . After the restart the School took up the oflensive and scored a minor off a free kick . Hey made a good run and passed but the ball was not held . Soon St . John ' s had a free kick, Roy returning into touch with a long punt . Free kicks for the School were plentiful, and some good passing by the School backs gained ground . Watson and Smith were both conspicuous for good forward play, and Otley made a good threequarter run, Roy putting in some good kicks . Where the School team failed was in the sleepiness of some of the forwards, who showed on several occasions that if they took the trouble they could shove their opponents all over the field . Unfortunately they very often did not take the trouble . Perhaps they felt the want of a leader . However, they did not give in altogether, and heeling out from a scrummage, Harrison got possession and after running a little way passed to Otley, who, running straight, scored behind the posts, his kick at goal being also successful . After a little more loose play in which Smith was prominent, time was called, leaving the School victorious by one goal (5 points) to one try (3 points).
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Played on the School ground and ended in a win for our opponents by 45 points to nil . Our team were out matched in every point of the game, for the Durham znd were much heavier . But they did their best and worked as well as they could, but got the ball out of the scrum only twice during the whole game . The half-time score was 14 to nil, but was increased during the second half to 45 to nil . Owing to the forwards never letting the ball out our backs never had a chance. Bennett at full-back and Harrison ii . at half were perhaps the best on our side, although our halves were rather too much inclined to be off-side, and from one of their free kicks Durham kicked a goal .
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Thursday, Nov . 18 . This match was played on the School ground in beautiful weather . The scratch team kicked off against a slight wind ; the ball went to Otley, who returned well into touch . From this time the school began to press and after some loose play Otley ran in for the School . Teasdale kicked the goal . After the kick out play settled in the scratch ' 25 . After a bout of passing, Otley scored another try which Roy failed to improve. After this the School forwards were very selfish and would not let the ball out, but the ball was kicked to King, who, after a good run scored between the posts, Otley converting . Play now settled in mid-field, but after a forward rush to the opponents ' line the ball was let out to the backs who passed well, and Watson, after a pass from Otley, scored the fourth try, which Teasdale failed to convert . At this part of the game the scratch team were penalised a number of times for off-side, and from one of these free kicks, Roy kicked a goal . After this, half-time was called with the score . School, 3 goals (t penalt) ), 2 tries, (ij points) to nil . After the interval, Teasdale re-started for the School and almost directly Otley got over, but failed to ground the ball . The School continued to press and from a pass from C . Nelson, Roy scored a good try . Otley failed at the attempt at goal . Soon after, Roy scored again, and Moiser improved . The forwards had it all their own way and letting the ball out well it was again passed along the threcquarter line ending in King scoring ; Roy registering the major points . Play was again brought to the scratch quarters and Watson worked his way over far out, Teasdale failing in the attempt at goal . After some passing, King scored again, and Roy missed the shot at goal . Here the scratch team were brought back to the 25 for man in front, and from a scrummage Watson scored, Otley missing the goal . After this Roy made the prettiest run of the day and scored a try behind the posts which Soulby easily converted . The scratch kicked off and Otley returned into touch. Teasdale scored from a line out, and Middlemiss improved. After loose play King got the ball and scored . Roy failing at
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goal . After the drop out Moiser was held near the line where a scrummage was formed, and the forwards working the hall over the line Watson fell on it and Moiser kicked the goal . Time was now called with the score : School, S goals (1 penalty), 7 tries (J9 points), to nil . NOTES ON THE GAME.
The School forwards were much too selfish all the game through both in not letting the ball out and not passing. None of them seemed to think forwards ought to lass as much as backs . The halves were our weakest spot, being very slow and very erratic passers . Of the threequarters Roy was the best, Oticy and King being fair . If the latter would run straight on instead of running into the middle of the field he would use his pace to much greater advantage . None of the threequarters have mastered the art of taking passes and giving them whilst running . which makes them very often lose ground instead of gaining it. St . PETERS ' SCHOOL 2ND r . ST . JOHN ' S COLLEGE 2ND. This match was played on the 27th . and resulted in a loss for us by i goal z tries (i i points), to nil . St . John ' s kicked off. King found touch . St . John ' s then pressed and Sunderland got over. Idle converted . After a series of scrimmages in mid-field, St. John ' s again got into our 25, but Creer relieved with a kick into touch . Soulby then dribbled, but Idle saved with a good kick. Some good passing between Roy and Otley resulted in Aliddlemiss being pushed into touch . We pressed a great deal, but no one got over. A free kick was given for off-side, but Teasdale failed at goal . Half-time was then called . In the second half Roy, King, and Otley were prominent in the backs, but our forwards were overweighted, and z more tries were scored by Sunderland and Patchett, both shots at goal failing . Time was then called, with the score, a goal and z tries (II points), to nil .
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LIST OF FOOTBALL MATCHES. FIRST XV. Sat . Oct . 2 . Old Boys home .Jost . . 13 pts . to 21 „ 9 . York Saracens home . Jost . . 3 pts . to 21 „ 16 . E . Henson, Esq's . XV , home . . not played. away . won .23 pts . to nil. 23 . Leeds GS Tues . „ z6 . E . joicey, Esq ' s . XV home . . lost . . 3 pts . to 36 Sat . „ 30 . Headingley home . .lost . .nil to 26 pts. Thur. Nov . 4 . St . John' s College . . home . . won . .23 pts . to nil. Sat . „ 13 . Durham School away . Jost . .nil to 48 pts. away . .won . . 28 pts . to 6 Wed . „ 24 . Ripon G .S Sat . „ 27 . Almondbury Old Boys home . .not played. home . Jost . nil to 26 pts. Sat . Dec . 4 . Durham School Tues . „ 21 . Old Boys home ., home .. Sat . Feb . 5 . York Saracens home . . „ 19 . St . John ' s College „ 26 . Cleckheaton (Spen Valley Casuals) home . . SECOND XV. Thur . Oct . 14 . St . John's Coll . 2nd XV . . . home . . won . . 5 pts . to 3 Sat . „ 23 . Leeds G .S . znd XV . . . home . . won . .50 pts . to nil. „ Nov . 13 . Durham School 2nd XV . home . Jost . . nil to 45 pts. . . . home . . won . . J9 pts . to nil. 'I'lhur . „ -8 . j . Taylor ' s XV . 25 . St . John ' s Coll . znd XV . .home .Jost . . 11 pts . to nil.
THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS. These islands, which of course every Peterite who has been in Mr . Yeld ' s form will know, lie in the Bay of Bengal . The inhabitants, numbering only about 5,000, are of quite a different race to those of India or 13urmah . They are all under five feet in height, and in feature very like the West African negro . Their clothes are of the simplest description, the ladies wearing a light and airy costume of leaves, the majority of the men wearing nothing at all, but some affect the same costume as the ladies . Men, women, and children all smoke clay pipes ; it was very amusing to watch a little boy just able to walk, puffing away at a large clay, nearly as big as himself. They use bows and arrows of their own make for hunting and also shooting fish .
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One day I foolishly put my straw hat on a tree and offered a small silver coin to any of them who could hit it, from a distance of about 8o yards . Before I could prevent them, four of these gentlemen had drawn their bows and my poor straw hat was ruined, all four arrows sticking well through the crown into the tree . Their style of mourning is unique . If a husband dies, the wife has his head and body boiled, and when clean hangs the skull and backbone round her neck, and paints her body red. If a wife dies, the sorrowing husband only paints his body in red streaks . The children, if any, do not take any part in the mourning . These people do not seem to have any religion, but believe that there is a devil who goes about at night, so they will not go out after dark for fear he should catch them . This race is fast dying out . We now come to the other inhabitants of these islands, who are not there of their own freewill, namely, the convicts . There are about 15,000, all from India or Burmah, and they are distributed in different gaols, on islands and round the harbour of Port Blair. If they have good characters, and the authorities do not object, they may go back to their native village after they have done their time ; but the majority are kept, and allowed to marry the female convicts if they wish, and settle down to grow maize or chop timber and work for their living . The convicts receive a little pay, which is kept for them and increased if they behave well, and given them when they have finished their time . To each gang of about zo convicts there is a foreman to look after them, who wears a red turban to distinguish him from the others, who wear white ones, and over each i o foremen and their convicts, is another convict, who also wears a distinguishing badge in his turban . These foremen convicts receive more pay and privileges than the rest . It is very funny that the convicts should hate one another so, but it is a fact that they will do anything to annoy their neighbours, when their foreman is not looking . By this means " convicts looking after convicts, " keeping a large garrison is clone away with ; though of course a fair garrison is always kept here so as to be on the safe side. Each convict wears a tally round his neck with his name, crime,
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and sentence on it . Many of the convicts at the end of their time ate employed as servants to the settlement officers, but whereas in England one would think twice of engaging a man as cook who had murdered two or three of his wives some years before, no such idea prevails here, as murderers are considered the best servants . No ships but the fortnightly mail boat and men of war are allowed at Port Blair without the permission of the Indian Government, and the stay of these is limited to four days . A permit must be obtained from the Indian Government for anyone who wishes to visit here, and his stay is limited . So very few come here, and consequently very little is generally known about the Islands . R .N.
THE GROWTH OF PARODY. One of the commonest forms of literary art in these times is the parody . It flourishes on every side : it blossoms amid the arid wastes of the comic paper ; it springs abundant where the laurel grows to deck the brow—the very broad brow—of the minor poet : the child ' s book of verse is gay with it, and the satirist sows it thick as burdocks on the grave where our hero he buries . Yet it is possibly the newest flower in the wide fields of literature. The name is old enough ; and has been given to diverse forms of mauled quotation, imitation and exaggeration, good and illtempered ; but rare and futile were till recently the attempts made in the style so familiar to us now . For parody is more than quotation, copy, or burlesque : it is all of these together ; and to be perfect should be good humoured, as earlier essays were not always, and well-defined in aim, as they were rarely. If we clear our thoughts by fixing first what we mean by parody, noting its essential elements, we shall the more easily follow the lines on which it has developed . Let us recall for a moment the well-known Resolution of Wither : Shall I, wasting in despaire, I)ie, because a woman' s fair? Or make pale my cheeks with care Cause anothers rosie are ?
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Be she fairer than the Day, Or the flowery Meads in May, If she thinke not well of me What care I how faire she be ? And with them Christian ' s lines : Shall I never storm nor swear Just because the umpire' s fair ? Or from expletives forbear ' Cause he gives me out with care ? Be he fairer, more upright Than Carpenter or Lilly'white, If he will not favour me What care I how fair he be ? The parodist seems to have regarded the first four lines as containing only one rhyme, but that apart, the closeness of the copy to the type, its reproduction of the same situation, its similar treatment, its equal " happiness " are masterly : subject, tone, atmosphere, effect arc identical . The picture is the same: only the figures are different . It is inevitable. Assuming this then as a simple test, let us hurriedly examine various forms of burlesque writing. A very slight touch often produces a droll effect by the change of a single word . When Macduff ' s pathetic outburst at the murder of his wife and children : What, all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop ! is made to read : What, all my pretty chickens and their dam in one thick soup ! (Soup of the evening, beautiful soup ! as Lewis Caroll puts it), burlesque is already carried very far . Obviously no great outlay of comic force is needed here . You have only to know what to do and how to do it . The printer does it by chance when he prints n for h in the lines to a sweet girl graduate : Lady, very fair are you, And your eyes are very blue, And your nose. It springs unbidden in the memory of the youthful examinee
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who quotes : " Strafford brought Ireland into a state of posterity," and translates : " Le chagrin d' avoir un pere clans les fers " by " The annoyance of having a father in the iron trade . " The advertising man thinks it funny : " A youth who bore mid snow and ice A banner with the strange device : Jackson's new shop . " But it can be (lone better, as in Twinkle, twinkle, little bat, How I wonder what you're at. Our test lines however are much more complicated than this : they exemplify a finer form of parody, that directed against style . Now style is merely manner : and sometimes, so individual are we, the very use of another ' s manner is a sort of burlesque . Listen to a bantam and a cochin china crowing on the same wall : each alternate crow caricatures the last ; the sonorous clarion is made to seem pompous, the shrill pipe shown to be insignificant . If there be too the added attraction of the unusual, if one of the birds be hoarse let us say, the parody of style is there in every particular . So it works out in speech of a higher order . Here is the big bow-wow, as the author himself dubbed it, Where ' s Harry Blount ? Fitz-Eustace, where? Linger ye here, ye hearts of hare ? and the yelp of the Rejected Addresses : Whitford and Mitford, ply your pumps : You Clutterbuck, come, stir your stumps. On the other hand, how the mouldering fatuity of the lines on the Little Busy Bee are emphasized by How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads his claws ; And welcomes little fishes in With gently smiling jaws The facile rhymer who writes parody because the air is full of it, because " Seaman does it, doncher know ?" regards imitation as the sum total of his art,—of his art indeed it is . He writes his little lines in some one else's metre, labels them " After R—d
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K—g, as he used to label other lines " This is a cow, " prints them in his little magazine, and looks for his apotheosis . They lie about in every literary journal ; they litter all the comic prints. Specimens would be superfluous : selection invidious . This is the school of Dr . Johnson, who offered as the parody of a ballad, this : I put my hat upon my head, And walked along the Strand ; And there I met another man With his hat in his hand. How do these stupid lines suggest the quivering horror of a similar stanza in the ballad proper But I have dreamed a dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Skye ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I. The parodist must add some spice of fun, a grain of Attic salt, a hint of malice : till a generation back, men looked for a stroke of satire. Chaucer first employed this method, when, glancing at the popular metre of a time in which Pilgrimes and Palmers plighted hem togidere, he made his Persoun say I am a southern man, I can not geste,—rom, ram, ruf,--by letter. Unfortunately iii literary, as in other forms of art, early production often seems grotesque to after ages ; and the parody sounds to our dull ears merely an echo of the original . Even as late as Elizabethan times For deade is Dido, deade, alas and dreut is serious verse, while Whereat with blade, with bloody, blameful blade is burlesque. But Shakspeare was not happy in parody . His genius was not formed to follow on another's traces, careful of his motion, like the skater on ice that hardly bears him ; and after the polished parodies of Love ' s Labour's Lost—one long parody, in fact— hardly recurred to it .
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Through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries however parodies were common enough . They nearly always had the same poor aim of ridiculing the lines imitated : they were usually violent in tone ; otherwise dull and wanting in wit ; not infrequently both at the same time . It may suffice to quote the best, far the cleverest, probably the most malicious of them, Pope ' s imitation of Ambrose Philips' lines to Miss Pulteney . We know Philips so little now that a short illustration will perhaps find allowance : Simple maiden, void of art, Babbling out thy very heart, Yet abandoned to thy will, Yet imagining no ill, Yet too innocent to blush, Like the linnet in the bush, To the mother linnet ' s note 11loduling her tender throat, Chirping forth thy pretty joys, and so following . Whereupon Pope advises: Let your little verses flow Gently, sweetly, row by row, Let the verse the subject fit, Little subject, little wit. Namby Pamby is your guide, Albion's joy, Hibernia ' s pride, Namby Pamby Pilipis Rhimy-pimed to missey-miss. That her father's gracy-grace May give him a placy-place. The only exception to this caustic treatment, or the club and cudgel method of duller men, was John Philips' parody of Milton : From tube as black As winter-chimney or well polished jet, Exhale Mundungus, ill-perfuming scent ! Not blacker tube, nor of a shorter size Smokes Cambro-Briton, versed in pedigree, Sprung from Cadwalador and Arthur, Kings Full famous in romantic tale.
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This was new . As the author says, he sings Things unattemptcd yet, in prose or rhyme, A shilling, breeches and chiin ias dire. And in this newness lies the first suggestion of the later style of parody. But the Editors ' exclaiming " Men may come and men may go, But he goes on for ever," ruthlessly postpone some further notes to the uncertain future.
THE LIBRARY. Books taken out . Fiction .—Total taken out-245, consisting of Rider Haggard, 25 ; Conan Doyle, 17 ; Henty, 17 ; Rudyard Kipling, 15 ; Marion Crawford, 13 ; Collins, 12 ; Marrvat, 12 Stevenson, 9 ; Fenn, to ; Anstey, 7 ; Dumas, 7 ; Ainsworth, 6; Jerome, 6 ; Weyman, 5 ; Lever, 5 ; Ballantvne, 5 ; Farrar, 5 Verne, 5 ; Dickens, 4 ; Kingsley, 4 ; Twenty others less than four times each . Sports, 7 . Travels, to . Classics, 4 . History, 4 . Science, z . English Poetry, &c ., 3 . Biography, z. Total number of books taken out from May 8th to November zoth, 277. The following is a list of new books added to the Library this term : FICTION AND POETRY.
Our Mutual Friend, Martin Chuzzlewit, Old Curiosity Shop, Blake House, Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations, Dombey and Son, Christmas Stories, Tale of Two Cities, Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield (Charles Dickens). Pendennis, The Newcomes, Vanity Fair, Esmond, Philip, The Virginians (Jr M. Thackeray). Middlemarch, Scenes of Clerical Life, Romola (George Glit). Barrackroom Ballads, The Seven Seas, The Light that Failed, A Life ' s Handicap, Plain Tales from the Hills (Rudyard Kipling). The Sowers, With Edged Tools, From One Generation to Another (H. Scion Merriman) .
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The Jubilee Book of Cricket (K. S. Ranjilsiuhji). SCIENCE.
Familiar Wild Flowers, 5 vols ., (F. Edward Hulme). Structural Botany (D. H. Scott). CLASSICS.
Ancient Greek Literature (Gilbert Mull (iv). Socrates and Athenian Society (A . D . Godley). Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (Henry Ne/Ueship and J. E. Sandys). HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND ART.
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, q . vols . (Edward Gibbon). Poetical Works of Milton . History of Christianity, 3 vols . (H. H. [ 3[itntan). History of Architecture (B . and B . F. Fletcher) Achievements of Cavalry (Gen . Sir Evelyn Wood). Life of Froissart (ifirry Darmesleler). Lloyd's English Dictionary (7 vols .) Flourishing of Romance and Rise of Allegory (G . Suinlsbur~, M A). Studies in Prose and Poetry (Algernon Swinburue). Sculpture, Renaissance and Modern (Leader Scott). Classic and Italian Painting (E. /Poi nter, R .A . and PercyR . Head). Water Colour Painting in England (G . R . Redgraz, c). English Painters (II. J. Iltlurol Buxton). Painting, Spanish and French (G . IV. Smith). Sculpture, Egyptian, Assyrian, &c . (George Redford). German, Flemish, and Dutch Painting (H. J. Buxton and E . J. Poynter, R .A .) Lives of the Lord Chancellors, to vols . (John Lord Campbell). Life of Samuel Johnson (Jaynes Boswell). Short History of Our Own Times (Justin IllcCarthy). Ingoldsbv Legends (Thomas Barham). The Coming of the Friars (Rev . A . Jessop). English Seamen of the 16th Century (J. A . Froude). Literature of the Age of Elizabeth (William Hazlill). Ferdinand and Isabella, Philip II ., Charles V ., Conquest of Mexico (W H. Prescott) .
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The Garden that I love, In Veronica ' s Garden (Alfred Austin). Children of the Ghetto, King of Schnorrers (Isaac Zangwill). Verdant Green (Cuthbert Bole). Dog Stories from the Spectator.
CORRESPONDENCE. SIRS,
Far be it from me to depreciate in any way the good work which the librarians have done in selecting books and in re-stocking the library, but may I he allowed in your pages to make a few recommendations about books which hitherto have been overlooked in the choice and which will, I hope, receive attention in the future, Is it right that a writer like Henty should be represented by at least half-a-dozen volumes, while Sir Walter Besant, one of the greatest and best of modern Authors is only represented by one book . Again, " Anthony Hope, " although by no means so well established an author as the above-mentioned (I mean Besant, not Henty) has made himself a name by the "Prisoner of Zenda," which I am glad to see in the library. His later books, including " Chronicles of Count Antonio, " " Heart of Princess Osra, " " Phroso," arc quite up to the mark, although perhaps at present the last two will be beyond the means of the library, and besides it would be a mistake to bring books which have not had time to make much of a name as yet (this only applies to the last two books) . I hope that some of Baring Gould ' s will put in an appearance some time, surely " John Herring," " Mehalah, " and " Cheap Jack Zita, " are not considered objectionable . Among less famous books, Blackmore ' s " Lorna Doone," might be given a place, and perhaps his later book, " Perly Cross ." Crockett is only represented by one book and that certainly not his best . " Cleg Kelly," "The Raiders," and the " Gray Man," are all superior and suitable for boys. With a few exceptions the books mentioned have been out a good time, so that principles of economy should not interfere . Also I might mention that two books, " Huckleberry Finn," and
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" Chicot the jester," are sequels to books which are not present in the library, so that one necessarily gets an incomplete idea in reading them . Let me conclude by stating that I have read most of these books and so this letter must not be attributed to motives of self-gain . Believe me, Yours sincerely, P .S .L. [The Librarian hopes to reply to this in the next Number .—Ed .] DEAR `IRS,
"There has been some attempt this term by one or two fellows to revive that excellent but much neglected game lives . And there is one disadvantage which is very keenly felt by them, namely, that the walls and floor are so dirty that a ball is done for almost immediately . Could not something be done to clean the walls ? Who is the proper person to apply to about this ? For at present it is much too expensive a job for the fives player . In the hope that something may be done, Yours, &c ., A FIVER. DEAR SIRS,
I wish to call the attention of various members of the School to the fact that at present such a small number learn drawing . Now the writer of this knows of some three or four who have decided ability, but are burying their talents in the ground . Of course this is a matter that no one can see to except these persons themselves, but I hope they will consider the matter and start taking lessons next term. Yours truly, P .F .A. [Is P .R .A . prepared to pay the necessary fees ?--Ed .] DEAR SIR,
A general complaint, especially in the Easter term, is that the time between five o ' clock and seven is found to be slack .
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Of course in the Christmas term this time is well filled up by the Theatricals, but in the Easter term it is generally used for running about the House or doing nothing at all . Now there is one game which is particularly fitted to fill up that time, and as it is the oldest game surely it ought to be patronized by the oldest School. The game I refer to is chess, which has never, I believe, been taken up in this School . Could not a chess club be formed, and a tournament held at the end of the Easter term, or perhaps matches arranged with what clubs there may be in the neighbourhood. There surely must be many chess players in the School, and I am sure if the game were thus encouraged, many others would take it up . Trusting this suggestion will be acted upon. Yours sincerely, TUBAL CAIN.
To the Editors of /he Pelerile. DEAR SIRS,
May I through your columns call attention to a state of affairs which reflects considerable discredit upon one section of the School . At present sixty-one boys out of the whole School play football . Of these, thirty-four are in the SchoolHouse and six in the Clifton Green House ; leaving the paltry total of twentyone dayboys . This is not as it should be . Owing to the unusual number who have left, our football is weaker this year than usual . Evidently, therefore, it is the duty of every individual member of the School to do his utmost to preserve the reputation won in past years. One great advantage of games is that unselfishness is a sine qud non, and it is impossible for a School to do anything well if all its members do not pull together to gain success . It is too late perhaps for any alteration this term, but next term I trust to see a marked difference in this respect . Hoping that the day-boys will take this to heart. I remain, Sirs, Yours respectfully, R . G . BINGFIAM,
Captain of Football.
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DEAR SIRS,
I am about to bring up a subject which has often been suggested but not yet come to any definite head . I mean some sport for those who do not take any part in boating . There were only two House boats and two dayboys boats last year, which meant that only zo boys were engaged on the river . Would not hockey be a good suggestion ? It is a game which is coming forward a great deal among Schools now, and there would be no difficulty in arranging matches . Hoping the matter will receive some consideration . I remain, Yours, &c ., SLOPER.
NOTES AND ITEMS. " As a token of affection towards their late Master, a memorial brass is to be erected by Brothers of the Charterhouse in their private Chapel . It bears the following inscription :—To the glory of God and in pious memory of the Rev . Richard Canon Elwyn, M .A ., a faithful priest and beloved Master of the Charterhouse ; Usher of the school 1863-58 ; Headmaster 1858-63 ; Master of the Charterhouse 1885-97, who fell asleep September 28th, 1897 ." I? . J . Walton has been elected to a Lady Hastings' Exhibition at Queen ' s, Oxford. Professor T . Clifford Allbutt, M .A ., is one of the names recommended for election to the Council of the Royal Society. Edwin Gray has accepted the office of Lord Mayor of York. F . Ware has been elected into the York City Council for the Bootham Ward. S . O . Bingham has passed his L .R .C .P ., but intends to stay on at St Thomas ' Hospital, and take his N .B. New Publications :—XIXth Century Prose by J . H . Fowler, M .A . (O .P .) In the Times of October 19th, there is a notice amongst new publications of ' Principles of Criticism, ' by W . B . Worsfold. The Rev . H . M . Young, curate of St . Paul ' s, Camden Square, N .W ., has been appointed Chaplain at Arrah, Bengal Presidency .
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The foTlowing have received their 1st XV . colours :--T . I . . Harrison and S . Watson . G . C . Otley, G . N . Longbotham, P . King, H. E . Soulhv, C . Nelson, and M . Wilson, have received their znd XV . colours. G . M . Taylor, Esq ., B .A ., Scholar of Hertford College, Oxford, has been assisting the Headmaster with the Sixth Form Classics this term. At Cambridge, the following Old Peterites are playing Football, for Queen's, E . C . Gray ; St . Catharine ' s, R . H . Bailey St . John's, A . W . Eastwood ; Sidney, T . II . Romans Peterhouse, F . P . Fausset (Secretary), and H . B . Greeves Christ's, A . M . Sullivan ; Pembroke, G . G . Veld ; Emmanuel, H . R . Tomlinson ; C'ius, G . Crowther. A . M . Sullivan also played twice for the University. F . M . Bingham, St . Thomas' Hospital, played for the Middlesex Colts, and subsequently for Middlesex v . Midland Counties. F . Mitchell is playing for Blackheath and Sussex, and appeared for London and the South v . Oxford and Cambridge ; we hear he is tur ning his attention to Athletic Journalism. G. Winn, of the North Durham Club, was second reserve for Durham County v . Yorkshire. F . G . Williams plays three-quarters for the Civil Service, and W . S . Gofton does duty as one of the London Society of Referees. W . M . Carter kept goal for Yorkshire v . Cheshire, at Hockey. In the Cambridge Freshmen's Sports, H . R . Tomlinson won his heat in the Hundred in 11 secs ., but was unplaced in the Final. In the St Catharine's, Cambridge, Sports, R . H . Bailey won the 10o yards race, and the 300 yards Handicap for Boating men. In the Peterhouse, Cambridge Sports, F . P . Fausset and H . B. Greeves finished first and second in the Mile ; Greeves also won the Weight Putting, and was second in the Quarter. In the Emmanuel, Cambridge Freshmen ' s Pairs, H . R . Tomlinson was in the Winning boat. For the benefit of Old Peterites we insert the end of term Fixtures Friday, Dec . 17th, the Play (Comedy of Errors), Children's Night. Saturday, Dec . 18th, First night of the Play. Monday, Dec . zoth, Second night of the Play. Tuesday, Dec . 21St, Old Boys r. the School, at 2-30. Wednesday, Dec . zznd, Old Peterite (York) Dinner .
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The Old Peterite (York) Dinner Secretary is E . S . D . Carter, Thornton House, Fulford, from whom tickets and information may be obtained. Old Peterites will kindly note that the Twelfth Annual General Meeting of the O .P . Club will be held at the School, in the Fourth Form Room, on Monday, December loth, at 5-30 p .m. BIRTH .—On November 8th, at 4 ., Queen Anne ' s Road, York, the wife of the Rev . C . Robertson, of a daughter. MARRIAGES .—On October 16th, at the Episcopal Church, Menlo Park, California, Albert Barton Grindrod, to Annie Geraldine, second daughter of J . G . Bennett, Esq ., of Liverpool. On October 19th, at St . Martin ' s Church, Scarborough, Robert Kitching, to Mary Caroline, eldest daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Sauer, of Hull and London. On October 26th, at St . Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, John L. Martin, to Matilda, second daughter of A . D . Campbell, Esq ., 8, Belle Vue Terrace, and formerly of Ederline, Argyllshire. Ln the Times of October 18th, was recorded the Silver Wedding of Lionel Marshall. We hear that Mr . Yeld completes this winter his 3o years of Service at the School—that R . B . Addis has returned to India—that the Rev . C . B . Clarke is at present home from India—that H . B. Whitby has had a touch of fever at Chittagong, India, but is now all right—that C . H . Coning has gone to South Africa—that H . W . Allan, late Guy ' s, is with Dr . Fry, at Shepton Mallet, Somerset—that C . W . Newton was damaged early in the Season playing for Northampton St . James', and has not appeared on the football field since. In the amateur performance of " Sweet Lavender, " given in the York Theatre in the week November 22-27, the part of Clement Hale was played by W . M . Carter . E . S . D . Carter, E . F . Carter, and W . B . Y . Draper also had minor parts in this and " She Stoops to Conquer." The following paragraph is from the Leeds 1L1enury Supplement of September 25, referring to a member of the Sixth Form :— " I dare say many of my readers will recollect the good day's pike fishing I had last November, and described in this paper under the heading of " That ten-pounder ." This week a still larger specimen has come out of exactly the same spot in which I caught my two large ones, and the fortunate captor was Mr . G . W . Filliter, of Wakefield . The fish weighed 1 .11bs ., and was taken under very remarkable conditions. Mr . Filliter hooked the fish, and in the first run snap went
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the line, and the pike sailed away for the centre of the lake. Soon after it returned to its old haunt, and the float showed his whereabouts . Mr . F . waded in and tried to get hold of the line, but the water was too deep, and he hail to return to the bank . He next attached a spinning flight to his reel line, and after several ineffectual casts, succeeded in catching round the float, and after twenty minutes' good sport he landed the fish, which has been sent to Messrs . Cooper and Son, of London, for preservation . Mr . Filliter also caught two eels about each, and a perch weighing 1lb . 5oz .— these on fine roach tackle . He has sent me a photo . of the perch, and a very handsome fish it is . My congratulations to you, Mr. Filliter, on the result of your day ' s sport ."
OBITUARY. On September 16th, off Accra, PERCY HOPKINSON,
in his 37th year. Entered the School, Mids . 1872—Left, Mids . 1876.
We beg to acknowledge the following school magazines from our contemporaries :—Dunelmian, Si . &heard's School Magazine, The Lily, Sedbergian, Sutton alcnce School .Magazzne, Abigdonian, G1;glemick Chronicle, Mlerchislonzizn, Portcullis, Cuthbert an, Alma Maier, Mlasonian, Lcodiensian, Uppizzgham SeIwol dlagazine, Hurst Johnian, Coven/ri .S'chool Magazine, Eastbournian, Hymez' .s College Magazine .
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No . 132
SCHOOL LETTER. 7TEJIPORA JIUTAA'TZ7e, said the poet, and we humbly echo the words . The times are passing away, when we slept secure beneath the fostering wing of the Dean and Chapter . The School is on the point of changing hands, but with several of the old Governors left, and the introduction of fresh vigour backed by a longer purse, we need not fear for the result . Fate has evidently decreed that " we go on for ever . " The Christmas term closed with the time-honoured School Play and Old Boys' match . The former was a distinct success ; over the latter we draw the veil. The Old Boys seemed to have an unnatural desire to pile up as large a score as possible against the School XV ., who were unfortunately incompetent to prevent them from gaining their end—or more corr ectly—our end . Mr . Yeld this year increased, if possible, the admiration which we all feel for him by the skill with which, with only about three old actors as a nucleus, he made the "0 Comedy of Errors " as successful as any play that has preceded it . As yet the frost has not favoured us with a long visit, and we have had what we are beginning to regard as a " typical " winter. However, if skaters grumble, footballers rejoice . And now that term has begun we must reckon ourselves among the latter . We are patiently waiting for fickle Fortune to smile upon us in the football field . With a little more grit and a little more deter-
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mination we may yet find the truth of Plint's forh$ jorluna Jural. We succumbed twice to Durham this year, but as they were as much above the average as we were below it, we cannot complain. The boating outlook is, as usual, somewhat uncertain, but, given propitious weather, we should come up to the usual standard of mediocrity . At least we can be sure of energetic coaching if Mr. Burrell appears on the tow-path.
FOOTBALL. ST . PETER' S SCHOOL V . DURHAM SCHOOL.
Played at York on December 4 th . Bingham kicked off, and the ball was well returned . The visitors at once began an attack a hick they kept up nearly the whole game . For it long time, however, good tackling prevented them from scoring . Nelson especially was prominent at this period by overtaking an opponent and pulling him down when just on our goal line . Soulbv now relieved the pressure by breaking away from a line-out, but soon after the visitors broke through our defence and scored in a good position. The kick at goal was successful . After the kick-off Walton took a pass from Harrison in his own 25, and was not brought down until he reached the Durham 23 . The visitors, however, were soon back in our half, and scored a second try, which was not converted. Stubborn defence prevented further scoring for a time, until Huy kicked weakly into the hands of an opponent, who had an easy run in, and a second goal was kicked . Nelson .as again prominent by taking the ball skilfully from a lofty kick, and making a good return . When half-time arrived the score was 13 points to nil in favour of the visitors. At the restart Nelson failed to return the ball, and the visitors resumed the attack . Nelson, Roy, King, Harrison, Bingham, and Walton were most prominent at this period in defending . After a long spell Durham again scored, but the try was not converted. Hey now tackled well, bringing down an opponent who had passed everybody else . The visitors still kept up a vigorous attack, and
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after a scrummage and rush scored a fifth try, which was converted . Walton now made another splendid run ; he broke away in his own 25 and passed all except the full back . Otley and Nelson still further improved matters with a dribble, but the visitors soon brought the ball back, and after several scrummages near our goal line scored a sixth try ; this also was converted . It was now "time, " and the total score was :—Durham, .} goals, 2 tries (26 points) to School nil. NOTES ON THE GAME.
The game was well fought, though one-sided . The visitors were undoubtedly the better, as well as the heavier team . Their passing at times was very smart . We were defending nearly all the time, and, but for good defence, the score would have been much larger. Our team, though beaten, maintained a stubborn defence all through the game . Bingham, Soulbv, Walton . Nelson, King, and Harrison were the most prominent . We must express our thanks to Mr . Lord for kindly refereeing, at considerable personal inconvenience . Si . PETER ' S SCHOOL P . OLD BOYS. This match was played at York on Tuesday, December zest, in fine though cold weather . Bingham commenced hostilities, but the Old Boys soon began to press . The three-quarters showed an excellent bit of combination, which enabled Rose to get over at the corner . Yeld failed . The Old Boys,, after the drop out, kept up a hot attack and Hey was conspicuous for a good tackle which brought Sullivan down . Sullivan, however, scored soon after, under the posts . Browne easily converted . The School played up and mainly through Walton ' s efforts got into the Old Boys half. The Old Boys were penalised, and Bingham landed a good goal from a long shot . The Old Boys soon got to the other end and IIood, who was playing a strong game, scored for the Old Boys. Browne again converted from the shot in front . The Old Boys still kept in the School half and though Bingham and Teasdale both relieved, Russell scored . Yeld failed to convert . The School
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then got to the other end, and, the Old Boys being penalised, Bingham landed his second goal . The Old Boys attacked again after the re-start and Williams scored in a good position . Yeld was unsuccessful with the place kick . Half-time arrived with the score :— Old Boys, z goals and 3 tries (19 points), School 2 goals (6 points). Yeld re-opened play after the interval, and 13 . Nelson replied. The School forwards got off well, but Shepherd drove then) back with a good kick into touch, causing the Old Boys to press . Walton tackled Rose when looking dangerous . Harrison found touch nicely, and gave the School a much needed respite . The Old Boys scrummaged the ball back and Wheelwright, receiving the ball from the scrum, had no difficulty in getting over . Browne placed the goal . Bingham kicked off from the centre, the ball going to Rose ; but Walton received his reply, and gained ground for the School . The Old Boys ' forwards came away with a dribble, but C . Nelson saved vvel1 . Roy got off, and the School got into their opponents' half. Here the School showed a bit of their true form ; for the forwards getting possession let it out to the backs, who would have scored against a less sure defence in which Shepherd shone prominently . Hood got off with a strong run and passed to Eastwood whom Bingham collared . Sullivan also was pulled down by Bingham when near the line . Wheelwright, however, got across soon after, but Yeld failed . Russell, from a pass of Yeld ' s, got his second try a minute or two later . Browne converted . Sullivan got hold and after a smart run passed to Hood, who scored . Eastwood was entrusted with the place, but made only a moderate attempt . The Old Boys kept up a continual pressure ; Sullivan and Eastwood both getting over before the finish, the latter ' s try being converted by Browne . The School halves gained ground, but time arrived with the score :—Old Boys, 3 goals, 6 tries 43 points), School z penalty goals (6 points). SCHOOL .—Teams :—Back : W . Hey . Thrce-quarters : C . Nelson, B . Nelson, D . W . Roy, P . J . C . King . Half-backs : E . J . Walton, T. L . Harrison . Forwards : R . G . Bingham, S . Watson, H . E. Soulby, C . Moiser, R . Teasdale, C . S . Smith, F . I . Newton, and G . N . Longbotham .
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OLD Boys .—Back : J . Shepherd . Three--quarters : W . A . Rose, Half backs : N . L. A . M . Sullivan, G . V . Dirks, A W. Eastwood . Hood, H . Wheelwright . Forwards : J . A . Browne, W . C . B. Williams, E . F . Nevile, G . G . Yeld, R . F . Russell, T . Romans, H . B . Greeves, B . St . G . J . Scargill.
THE "COMEDY OF ERRORS ." It is perhaps owing to a natural incapacity for numerical calculations, combined with a constitutional tendency to occasional nightmares, that the " Comedy of Errors " has never been one of our favourite Shakespearean plays . We can truthfully say (with Mr . Andrew Lang) that we have no head for mathematics, the " low cunning of algebra " has never been ours ; we recoiled (as he did) from the attempt to disentangle its innumerable complications . It is true that once we made a brief but rash incursion into Plautus ; once too, we tried to unravel the plot of the play before us ; twice at least, greatly daring, we made a desperate raid upon the Elements of Trigonometry . But on each occasion the indignant mind rebelled ; thenceforward we have been known to turn pale at the sight of twins, and a brain, that bade fair to become as good as a Christian ' s or an ordinary man's, flies off at the very mention of a tangent. Seriously the play, as it stands, is not a great one . It is interesting because it is prophetic . We seem to trace in it, more clearly than in any other of his earlier efforts, the half-revealed lineaments of the future Shakespeare . And if it he true that " there is somet hing infinitely charming in the crepuscular moments of the human mind " then no doubt there are some who might confess to a secret preference for the " Comedy " over Twelfth Night " or As you like it ." But to justify such a preference would be difficult ; for the merits of the drama lie in the design rather than in the construction and with few exceptions (Pinch, strange to say, is one of them) the characters are but scantily endowed with flesh and blood. Still they live, and their real excellencies can only be perceived if contrasted with the patterns, from which they are derived . The
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characters of Plautus are simply semaphores . Imbecile fathers, spendthrift sons, jealous husbands, dull wives, they walk their weary rounds with just sufficient reality to spoil the illusion of a tragedy without words, and to avoid the frank absurdities of a modern harlequinade . The Devil, clad in the everlasting pallium of Roman comedy, is neither tragic nor even unsuccessful ; he is broadly funny : the true " pietas " of a Roman audience is exhibited by its delight in seeing the Gods contemned and the heaping of indignities upon suffering old age . The last act of that Menaechmus who is the counterpart of our unjustly suspected Antipholus is to offer his wife for auction to the highest bidder Thus, though a child can delight in the villanies of Punch, it requires a Roman crowd or the delighted spectators of a modern third-class pantomime to appreciate the true inwardness of Messenio or Widow Twankey . Wit no doubt Plautus possesses : yet even his Attic salt is apt to leave a bitter taste behind . Nor are we concerned to defend the wit of the " Comedy of Errors," which, to speak honestly, is for the most part " vain bibblc babble . " For Shakespeare could afford to leave wit for Wycherley and Congreve ; his humour is his own and in this respect, Pinch is no unworthy precursor of Sir Topas . Above all we find for the first time in the history of comedy some breathing human interest. Life is no longer treated as a tawdry farce whose dulness is only to he relieved by cynical epigrams and coarse buffooneries . The grave Solinus, too human not to pity, too much a Prince to pardon the ignorant trespasser against his country's law, heralds a long line of statelier kings and captains soon to come . Hapless A geon, forgotten by most of us during the brain bewildering entanglements that make up the main and dullest portion of the play, is once again brought poignantly to mind when he in his turn comes face to face with the wrong Antipholus . Ten years later Shakespeare would not have allowed us to forget him ; and what is now a pathetic interlude with a climax slurred over in half a scene might have been the main motive and the turning point of one of Contrast again Adriana with the Roman the noblest of his plays . shrew . Shrewishness is never pleasant to look on, but her passion
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and her poetry make us half regret that the poet left her to us as his sole example of a jealous wife . While, as for Luciana, we might have been spared her homily on husbands ' rights, but even to mention her in the same breath with Plautus is a profanation. Even the too reproachful Abbess is not only out of place in Ephesus : she speaks lines good enough to betray her as being born before her time. And in one respect the Comedy has a peculiar virtue of its own. No doubt it is mere imagination, but it has always seemed to us that in writing this play more than any of the others Shakespeare was epecially touched by the magic spirit of Greece . " Are you a God ? Would you create me new ? ' says the Syracusan Antipholus. And again, " Sing Siren for thyself and I will dote . " The lines are trivial enough and might have been written by one who possessed no knowledge of Homer . But is it not a Greek, as distinct from a Latin, influence that haunts us in the classic severity of the opening scene ? Like Ulysses A?geon was once not too willing to seek his home . We may fancy (at any rate Gervinus fancies) that the five summers which he spent " in farthest Greece, roaming clean through the bounds of Asia," or perhaps with his " Emerging prow, Lifting the cool-hair ' d creepers stealthily, The fringes of a southward-facing brow Among the Aegean isles," were not altogether unhappy ones . At least, " If I dream not thou art A milia " is a cold greeting with which to welcome a long lost wife . But "oil and balsamun and aqua vitae " make up a strange freightage for a merry Grecian coaster . Shakespeare was not destined to linger long in the dewy freshness of the early world . For him, too, The ship is in her trim, the merry wind Blows fair from land. It is perhaps well for us that the final resting place is neither violet-crowned Athens nor the yellow Tiber, but where a slow stream winds towards a far distant horizon, through Warwickshire meadows, and all the hedgerows and spinneys are white with English May .
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Finally, we have discovered, after a careful computation, that the " Comedy of Errors " offers no less than twelve distinct opportunities for the use of blows. To come at length then to the actual performance . As the play was well staged, clearly enunciated, satisfactorily acted, and, in brief from start to finish a sustained success we do not propose to say very much more about it . No doubt it was not up to the level of the popularized productions that are at present, under the nomde - plume of Shakespeare, drawing crowded houses at three of the London theatres . Nevertheless we are not, on the other hand, plastering a metaphoric pat of butter on the back of what in our hearts we consider a praiseworthy—because puerile—performance. If the editors of the Peterite wish for that style of criticism they must seek another critic . From us, as we have demonstrated in previous years, they will receive nothing but panegyrics and the truth . On the whole we liked "E goon the best . Possibly the result would have been the same if the part had been taken by one less able . But Filliter filled it to perfection . The long and difficult speeches of the first scene would tax the powers of the most finished actor . Yet he spoke every word distinctly, the lines never dragged, and he managed to preserve a grave and pathetic dignity to the end . He could hardly have had a better partner than Bingham who, as Solinus, made a most majestic Duke and in his first speech struck the proper keynote of the play . To turn to the brothers and their servants . We are not going to discriminate between their respective excellencies . It is enough to say that it was not until the last night that we even attempted to guess the difference between the one Antipholus or the one Dromio and the other ; and then the guess was a wrong one . What we chiefly noticed was the way both pairs kept up the traditional rendering of their parts . Watson, Teasdale, Scott, and Thompson were probably not even at the School when the " Comedy of Errors " was performed in 1888 . Yet nobody who had the good fortune to witness both representations could fail to notice the similarity between them . Tricks of gesture, tones of voice seem to be transmitted from one generation of actors to another ; and somehow we
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fancy that the hereditary features which distinguish the St . Peter ' s plays were never more marked than in the last . We hope to find all four working with equal vigour and success upon next year ' s platform . Pinch (P . H . Yeld), though prevented by lack of height from doing himself full justice, nevertheless managed to give a very promising rendering of a difficult part . The parts of Balthazar (Smith), Angelo (Roy), the Merchants (Harrison and R. K . Yeld), and the Officer (Newton) were all adequately filled If we do not say more about there it is only because lack of space and paucity of adjectives prevent us. To turn to the ladies . We were just a little disappointed in ,Emilia . Garland had scarcely made as much progress as we hoped . He was indistinct and hardly appreciated his lines at their proper value . But his speeches were difficult and he tried hard . Ellis, on the other hand, was very good . He looked Adriana and he acted her . Kirke (Luciana) made the most pleasing character in the piece still more pleasing . Creaser displayed great equanimity as a Hostess, but was nevertheless determined upon having his diamond . Neither in Luce (Denby) nor in the servant (E . E . Yeld) did we find anything to blame. Finally, it only remains to give a word of praise to Lords, Guards, Gaolers, Citizens, Executioner, and the Staff ; to congratulate Mr . Yeld and everybody else concerned most heartily, and to express the hope that next Christmas we may witness an equally good company performing a better play.
THE SCHOOL PLAY. The Annual School play was performed in the Hall on Saturday and Monday nights, the 17th and 19th of December respectively. On Saturday the house was full, on Monday it was crowded with a distinguished audience including—The Hon . Mrs . Maciagan, The Dean of York and Lady Emma Purey-Cust, and The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of York (Mr . and Mrs . Edwin Gray) . This play was last performed in 1888, although it had previously been put on the boards in 1881 . Several of last year's actors were
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included in the caste, but a marked feature of the play was the way in which the new blood sheaved up . We might mention several who were especially noticeable, but there is a critcism elsewhere. To speak of matters outside the pale of the critic, Mr . Feld, our best of stage masters and organisers, hardly needs more congratulation than the unalloyed success which the play scored . The music was supplied by the usual string band, and we were pleased to find that they had added considerably to their " repertoire " since we last saw them . Two new scenes representing "The Mart " and " Before an Abbey " added greatly to the effectiveness of the play . Our best thanks are due to Dr . Hingston for the fine show of plants and evergreens which he so kindly lent to garnish the stage . G . Hudson (O .P .) as of late years, undertook the task of " making up " the gentlemen actors and the results were most praiseworthy . With regard to the lady actors, it is not too much to say that we have never seen them better made up, and for this we have to thank the ladies staying with Mrs . Handford . The new shield was painted by Miss Leaf and is, if possible, more beautiful than its predecessors . Before concluding, a word of praise should be accorded to those who worked behind the scenes ; although they as a rule get little honour, they act, behind the scenes, no small part in bringing about the success of the whole play . The Epilogue was again written by Mr . Yeld and was delivered by .Egeon during the tableaux on the Saturday and Monday nights. Following is the Epilogue and the caste of Characters and list of Officers : THE EPILOGUE. Dronzio of 1 blaster, before the curtain falls ' tis right Ephesus ( To thank our friends who've gathered here to-night. Anlipholus Dromio anticipates what I would say, of Ephesus 1 Carried nevi . con ., in the accustomed way. i geon Now unto her whose ever glorious reign Has lasted sixty years, nor known a stain, Who by all life the best of Queens approved Has reigned the longest and been most beloved, We offer hearts in her defence the boldest, As fits the School in all her realm the oldest .
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The oldest School—though back the path we tread To those far days when Alcuin was our head, In all the roll of masters ' honoured navies, Men of the highest worth and noblest aims, To none a brighter crown did Fame allow, To none more love than (i) him we mourn for now ; His ready kindness caught us like a chain, Learning' s rough places his wise words made plain, \Vhate'er the theme his eloquence might treat, Or gay or grave, he held us thralls complete ; But while rapt eyes our deep respect confessed, It was the man himself we loved the best. In joy, who spoke such kindly words as he In grief, who whispered deeper sympathy Alas ! that we shall list his voice no more Amongst us here, yet from distant shore, Where the Immortals are, he bids us still Aim at the highest with unfaltering will. Here ' s to the latest corner (z) to St . Peter ' s Health, happiness, long life, and lovely features. Next we congratulate the Bristol Chapter ; No (3) choice conceivable could have been apter. Greetings to Canon Ferris ( .I), we've a notion, A worthier seldom has obtained promotion. Greetings to (5) him who now directs Bath College ; May his success be equal to his knowledge, And may he yet find time to give us more Of his unequalled Ciceronian lore. Greetings to (6) Fowler ' s book on English prose, Though few the pages each the scholar shows. Greetings to 1)r . Anderson (7), whose pictures Have simply stilled all the critics ' strictures, Who lectured to the learned on Volcanoes As one who every wayward crater' s way knows. Greetings to (8) Tute and to the brothers Roy (9), May they their well deserved success enjoy, May Walton (i o) who's begun at Queen's to score, Add to his Hastings many triumphs more. May Fausset (If) prizeman in the famous Butler, Vin many miles, and grow in wisdom subtler. May Leaf (rz) to every hindrance bid defiance And match his brother ' s classic fame—in science. As for our Cricket Team I think we owe Our thanks to them, they made an excellent show, And if the foe as natural rejoices Because at Football we ' ve but three old choices, Though fortune frown, with confidence we call,
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Elsewhere our last year ' s team their mark have made, Both ( : 3) Yeld and Sullivan (14) in the " Freshers" played. The latter played for Cambridge, too, and scored. Nor should the former ' s place-kicks be ignored, While Mitchell's (15) brow, so oft with laurel's wreathen, Once more are crowned—this time as a Blackheathen Bingham (16) for Middlesex, for Northampton Newton 07), Are men whose merits I must not be mute on, "Then Greeves (18) at Peterhouse did the organ " collar, " As a good Forward " should, and now ' s a scholar. Old Peterites can do more than use their feet aright, For two years, Ebor ' s Sheriff (ry) was a Peterite. This year a Peterite (2o) fills the Lord Mayor ' s seat, May he find office, fame, and all things sweet, And if he should at leisure be some jolly day, May he come up and ask for us a holiday, I know he' d find it if he'd only do it, The shortest way to seek peace and ensue it. Good night to all, and ere we quit the scene Let's altogether sing " God save the Queen . " KEY TO EPILOGUE. 1, Rev . Canon R . Elwyn, Master of the Charterhouse ; z, Miss
Robertson ; 3, Right Rev . G . F . Browne, Bishop of Bristol, Foundation Scholar of St . Peter ' s in 18+7 ; .}, Rev . T . B . B . Ferris, Canon of Southwell ; ;, Rev . \V . Y . Fausset, M .A . ; 6 . J . H. Fowler, M .A ., Assistant Master at Clifton College ; 7, Dr . Tempest Anderson, M .D ., delivered four lectures on Volcanoes before the Royal Institution ; 8, R . C . 'Pule, India Civil Service ; 9, R . J. Roy, Commission in the Infantry by Competition Examination of Militia Subalterns, N . F. Roy, Naval Clerkship, H .M .S . " Royal Oak " ; to, E . J . Walton, Hastings Exhibitioner of Queen's College, Oxford ; 11, F . P . Fausset, Scholar of Peterhouse, Cambridge ; 12, E . M . Leaf, East Riding County Council Scholar at Victoria University ; 13, G . G . Yeld, Pembroke College, Cambridge ; 1 . ., A . M . Sullivan, Sizar of Christ's College, Cambridge; 15, F. Mitchell, plays forward for Blackheath, English International, 1896-97 16, F, M . Bingham, plays forward for St. Thomas ' s Hospital and for Middlesex ; 17, C . Newton plays forward for Northampton ; 18, H . B . Greeves, Organ Scholar of
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Peterhouse, Cambridge ; 19, Dr . Tempest Anderson and E . R. Dodsworth, Esq . ; zo, Edwin Gray, Esq. President : THE REV . G . T . HANDFORD. Committee : G . W . FILLITER, D, W . Roy, R . TEASDALE, W . HEY. Honorary Secretary : E . J . WALTON. Assistant .Secretary : R . G . BINGHAM. SOLINUS, .EGEON*,
duke of Ephesus .. a merchant of Syracuse
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
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R . G . BINGHAM G . W . FILLITER S . WATSON
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THE DEGREES OF THE LIE. A few years ago there appeared in the Cornhill Magazine a story called " The Giant ' s Robe, " the subject of which may he stated in a few sentences . Mark Ashburn is entrusted, for purposes of publication, with the MS . of a friend ' s novel . It seems certain that this friend is drowned at sea . The novel is a great success. Ashburn allows himself to be considered the author, greatly improves his position in consequence ; and the friend returns. This tale, well worked out and smartly told, excited some attention because the critics, the irresponsible, indolent reviewers, asserted that it had been " carefully quarried " out of a novel called " Tom Singleton . " No little obtuseness seems necessary to accuse a novelist of stealing the story of the theft of a story, and after the author's emphatic denial there is no more to be said. A wider interest in the book, however, circles round the fact that it covers the same ground as George Eliot's novel " Romola . " Tito Melema, it will be remembered, has the carved gems of his adoptive father, who is supposed to have been drowned . He uses them to reach a position of influence and wealth, and his benefactor returns . Even in details there is similarity . Ashburn and Tito are alike handsome, courteous, popular men, pleasure-loving, careless and selfish, not radically false or dishonest ; both, by the way, teachers at first ; both are first seduced in difficult circumstances by the hope of future success for themselves without loss or injury to anyone else ; neither feels that any wrong has been done, but both live in dread of discovery ; each is watched by a suspicious acquaintance certain of some dark secret ; each marries a slim fair-haired maiden of portentous propriety, whose love turns to loathing on the revelation of his treachery ; the wives are alike dissuaded from leaving their husband by the arguments of a third person ; in each story a letter foreshows the return of the injured man ; in each he is quite alone in the world ; both rez'enants are removed by friends from the possibility of inconvenient action, to return later with redoubled rage ; and so on . There is no suggestion of plagiarism . We have it on good authority that only seven
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distinct plots exist ; and no reproach can be made against the use of one of them . That apart indeed, to take hints from George Eliot would be like quoting from Shakespeare or Tennyson : no ordinary dulness could mistake the origin or disallow the application . Our purpose is quite different : it is to use this likeness between two books in order to learn—in fragmentary fashion— wherein the greatness of the great writer lies. " Every bourgeois, " says Gautier, " is more or less affected by a sunrise or a sunset . The distinction of the artist is not so much in his capacity to feel nature as in his power of rendering it ." To Gautier, of course, pagan that he was, nature is largely a procession of sunrises and sunsets, a show of movement and form and colour ; of sunsets glowing on some mediaeval square bordered with palaces and thronged with crowds in quaint, bright-coloured dress hurrying happily in chase of money, love, or fame ; of rosy dawns tinting the high-pitched roof and red embattled walls of a chateau where behind the windows of long galleries the candle-light falls paler on the rouged faces and powdered hair of gay forms moving stately through the mazes of the minuet . He would have denied the right of the artist—painter, poet, or novelist—to see more than these simulacra . But it is scarcely necessary now to maintain the existence of a world of thought and feeling, of a world of duty and morality . And Gautier's dictum holds equally there : " the distinction of the artist lies in his power of representation . " Let us look then hurriedly at two or three points in the rendering of " Romola " and " The Giant ' s Robe . " How artistic, yet how full of meaning is the account of Tito ' s personal appearance . After casual mention, chiefly in conversation, of the outer marks noted by the superficial observer, " his smooth olive cheek " and so forth, the general opinion of his personality is thus summed up : Where could a handsome young scholar not he welcome when he could touch the lute and troll a gay song ? That bright face, that easy smile, that liquid voice, seemed to give life a holiday aspect.
the inner meaning being left with consummate skill for the keeneyed portrait-painter to declare : Thou mayst see that thou bast just shown the reason why the face of Messere will suit me Traitor . A perfect Traitor should have a face that vice
THE LOVER OR TIIE LOVER OF TRUTH. 53TRUTHFUL 8 can write no marks on---lips that will lie with a dimpled smile—eyes of such agate-like brightness and depth that no infamy can dulT them—cheeks that will rise from a murder and not look haggard.
We find Mark Ashburn, at the end of the school-day, standing in the empty class-room. He was a young man, almost the youngest on the school staff, and very decidedly the best looking (best Tooking !) He was tall and welT made, with black hair and eloquent dark eyes which had the gift of expressing rather more than a rigid (rigid!) examination would have found inside him (found inside . He dressed carefully, which was not without effect upon him !) . his class ; to them he was " an awful swell " (an awful swell !) ; though he was not actually (actually !) over-dressed . He was not unpopular with his boys : he did not care twopence (care twopence !) about any of them, but he felt it pleasant to be popular.
This vulgar, clumsy catalogue studded with " nots " would be unhappy enough if it touched the story ; but it does not ; clothes and colleagues, class-room and class-sentiment are alike absolutely irrelevant .
(To he concluded.)
I .-THE TRUTHFUL LOVER OR THE LOVER OF TRUTH. At once illustrative of our literary wealth and characteristic of a literary tradition, there has grown up a custom of prefixing to later pieces of composition, a quotation or extract, which may be apt or pretty to a more or less dregree, from one of those older works, now generally recognized and accepted as classical. Why this should be so, it is a matter of some difficulty to determine, inviting as it does at the very outset a comparison which may not always, it is to be feared, give additional lustre and brilliancy to the writing . For as, with the rising of the sun, the stars fade from out the sky and even the moon wanes pale, so will an author of the present time, even of the brightest, pale before the glorious sovereignty of past writers. However it is, so to say, a custom and one it may be advisable to follow ; but here is the evil . Have but a slender acquaintance with the great in letters and the choice of a passage, fitting in the
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least degree, becomes well nigh impossible ; so cut off as it were from legitimate pasture grounds a tendency to subterfuge manifests itself as in the present case.
"To tell a plain unvarnished tale is indeed at all times a matter of considerable difficulty ; and the more especially is it so, if you, yourself are in any way personally concerned, for then the temptation to resort to a certain—or rather uncertain—ambiguity to give a disproportioned colour or undue predominance to certain characters and incidents is so much the stronger .—E.vlracl from the Preface to the Memoirs of Verus I 'eritas. From childhood ' s days, in righteous ways My sober life I ' ve led ; To ever speak the simple truth, My parents have me bred. And now I'm come to youth's estate, With life stand face to face ; The time, when—as I understand Man sees in woman grace .('? And so it is thus with me now, In love, I'm with a maid, And still my training forceth me To be so very staid. I would, my love, an ode indite, Setting at large her charms ; But this and truth will not agree, Which greatly me alarms. Not altogether beautiful, DIy loved one is, nor fair; Her virtues are not infinite; Nor has she glorious hair .(2) (I) Erstwhile, of course, the female sex have been girls, mere girls, rather a nuisance perhaps than otherwise ; hut now, as it were, in the twinkling of an eye, they rise from being so fir beneath man to such a proportionate height above him ; one might almost say they underwent an apotheosis and became angels .— Vale veritas \Iiserere mei miseri (2) This last line the author's intimate knowledge of the Scriptures led him to insert . If we look to the First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, chap . x ., v. 15, we see the same idea recorded by the Apostle, for we learn "The glory of woman is in her hair ." This gives a double sadness to my loved one's hair in that ( r ) the hair is not glorious ; and so therefore (2) she has not the glory of woman,
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Her carriage is not graceful, And yet not wholly rude ; Her learning, though not quite profound, It is not wholly crude. To critically examine her, Shows nothing very grand ; In truth, as common she appears As others in the land. Now this is truth, and when I think, In this full solemn train, And when I find, I love her still, Disease seems in my brain. For why, 0 why do I love her, Who thus (loth common show ? And yet not common is—but how ? I really do not know. But that I love, and love but her, Of this fact, I ' m assured. I only hope with all the rest To run, I ' m not lured. To rave and rant like other men Extravagant of praise. (A deadly sin—extravagance— And not one of my ways .) PERSONAL NOTE :-It was suggested to the author that the preceding poem, as it then stood, was incomplete, a suggestion which on mature consideration, he adopted . Unfortunately, however, in the interval elapsing between the writing of the poem itself and the sequel, a connection with a Browning society threw him under the influence of the eccentric in rhyme and rhythm, and this it is which is accountable for the peculiar change which the reader cannot fail to note.
Kind reader . when you've listened to this ditty, Sure I am, you will bestow on me some pity. I ' ve an aunt, a maiden aunt of many summers, Who, I think, must be a terror to all corners. And further she is pious, very pious, Though for scoffing thus there ' s some one may deny us. By dire mischance, that ever I ' ve lamented, By misfortune, that I ' ve ever since resented,
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Lost I this, the sweet outpouring of my feeling Found she it, 'twas horrible, my mind went reeling. Well, she read it, read it over and then snorted, Raised her nose and strident voice and so retorted : " O foolish youth, it is her soul you love ! (And turning up her eyes to heaven above She handed me the paper so I lend it To you, ere to my lady-love I send it. Let maxims fly, " Revenge, " I say, " is sweet . " And what care I for what is good and meet. So I'm avenged on curiosity, Thus will I show my animosity !) FAUNUS. The following Play, written by Mr . Richards, was acted by the Clifton Green House last term :
LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS. A PLAY IN Two SCENES. Characters : Mr . Dunne-Browne .. .. . . . . J . L . KIRSY . . J . A . CASTLE Mr. Charles Lovelace (in love with Saccharissa) Miss Saccharissa (daughter of Mr . Dunne-Browne) M . W . RICHARDS ' Patty (a Servant) . . S . CLARK Time Scene I .—The Morning.
. . The Present. Scene II .—The Afternoon.
SCENE I. (Enter Sacc ., sobbing.) .S'acc . Oh ! dear, how cruel papa is (sobs), it ' s no use trying to please him (sob) . I have been tidying his study for an hour this morning (sob) . I arranged all the blue books together, and all the red books together, and the leather books together, and I threw away all the scribbled paper, and put all the clean paper on the writing table, and I can't think wiTy he is so cross (sobbing, wipes ryes, gels
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up and looks through the window' -- riglil. Starts). Charles coming up the Avenue ! If he meets papa in his present temper they ' ll quarrel, and Charles will be sent away, and I—and I—Patty ! (rushes to bell and rings). What shall I do? He must not come in now . Oh, Charles ! must I send you away (Enter Patty, who is very untidy). .Sate . Path, why don't you come at once when I ring Patty . Please, Miss Saccharissa, I could ' nt come without cleaning myself. Sacc . Mr . Lovelace is here Patty ! Pally . Lor, Miss, where ? (Looks about). Sacc. Not here, Patty ! Pally . No, Miss. Sacc . I ' ve seen him coming . (Rd/ rings .) Where' s papa ? Patty . I ' ll fetch him, Miss . (Going out .) Sacc . No, no ! Patty . (Draws her hack). Patty. Very well, Miss. .Sacc . Papa must not see him, Patty. Patty . Very well, Miss . I'll send the gentleman away . (Going out—]fell rings). Sacc. No, no! Patty . (Draws her back .) Patty . Then I ' ll bring him up, Miss. Sacc . No, no! Patty. Not bring him up ! Paltr . Not send him away! (Patty sits down in despair .) (Sacc . stands looking al Pally .) (Enter Charles .) Charles: (Coming froward) . My dearest girl ! (Sees Patty) Patty! Patty . No, sir ! I ' ve a young man of my own ! (Exit haughlt'Ii' .) Charles . (Advancing) . Dear heart'. Sacc . No, Charles . Sit down nicely, and be good . (Charles sits down) . If papa were to find you here Charles . It would save me the trouble of finding hint . I ' ve come on purpose to ask him for . What do you think I've come to ask him for? Sacc . Oh, Charles ! If papa finds you here, he'll give you the sack. Charles . (Rising.) Just what I ' ve come for. (Sings .) Give me my Sac . Give me my Sac! : Give me my Saccharissa ! ! (Papa heard below rampaging) .
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Sacc . Papa is not quite himself to-day. Charles . (L)stening.) He seems in his usual health, bless him. (L'nler Papa .) Charles . How do you do, Sir ? Papa . Do, Sir ! Do, Sir ! How should a man do ? What should a man do . with his study tidied, with his hooks arranged by colours, his manuscripts in the waste paper basket, and the room dusted (glares at Sacc .), dusted from top to bottom. Charles . I ' m very sorry, Sir. Papa . Now I must waste my time in rearranging books, and fishing papers from the fireplace, when I should be getting the museum ready for my mummy, my dear mummy, my beautiful mummy : He ' s coming this afternoon. Charles . I can ' t think who could have been annoying you so. If I left her free in the Papa . Who ! Who ! (Points to Sacc.) Museum, she would . Why she would make a flower stand of Pharoah ' s coffin, brew afternoon tea in the Roman soldier's helmet, sit in Queen Hatasu's chair, and play a gallop on the spinnet I Charles . She must be a great trial to you, Sir, but I think I can suggest a remedy. Papa . Eh ! What's that Charles . The lady must be married, Sir. Papa . (Stands sc•ith open moulla, b(okiug Just at Sao anal then at Charles?. Charles . And with your leave I will marry her (crosses to Sacc . and lakes her hand). Papa . Mummies and Flint arrowheads : What is this ? (Rushes to separate the Iwo) . (7b Charles) : How dare you, Sir? Out of my house you go, instantly . (Tb Sacc .) And you, you baggage, off to the nursery ! Charles. 7b Papa) : But, sir, one word. Papa . Outside (lo Charles). Sacc . (To Charles) : Go now, Charles. Charles . Good-bye, dear heart . I shall come back. Papa . Never ! 1 ' 11 take good care that you never get in again, if locks and police can keep you out. Charles . I shall come back! (to Sacc .) Papa . (To Charles) : If you get into my house again you may take her .
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(To Sacc.) : And you, hussey! (Charles blows kiss to Sacc). (To Charles) : What do you mean, Sir? (Sacc . blows kiss to Charles .) (To Sacc .) : How dare you ? (Charles blows kiss to Sacc .) (To Charles) : Puppy ! (Hustles him out .) (Sacc. blows kiss to Charles .) (To Sacc .) : Now, you minx. (Leads Sacc . of.) End of Scene I.
SCENE II.
Pally . (Dusting) . Why do Master be so fond of all these dusty old things, and as if there was not enough of 'ern, there ' s a dummy acoming this afternoon . I suppose he have to go along of the plaster sorus . (Knock). There be the dummy I do think (opens door). (Enter workmen, carzying Charles disguised as mummy in box). isl IV'kman . Hete you arc, Miss, we ' ve brought yer a tinned sweetheart. 2nd IV'kman . Where shall we put him ? Patty . None of yer imperence . I ' ll go and ask Master . (Erz7 .) (lllenlazrange mummy against wall .) (Enter .11h-. Dunne-Browne, with Sacc. and Patty). splendid specimen ! beautiful ! magnificent ! Mr.D .B . A Patty, give those men some tea presently. Patty . Tea, indeed! I ' ll turn them out of the house directly they have finished with the dummy . And a fine mess for me to clear up ! (Exit Workmen and Pally .) .lfr.D .B . Now you are reasonable, Saccharissa. Look at this, z,000 years old . (Goes to mummy .) How much more worthy of contemplation than that feather-brained Charles Lovelace we dismissed this morning. Sacc . Well, I dare say even he was young once, though so dry and dusty now . I don ' t think you would object to Charles if he looked like that !
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Mr.D .B . Well, perhaps not . Now I must leave you here for a time . You may dust the mummy very carefully, like this . (Shows her how with a feather brush, and goes out). .Sacc . (Goes to mummy and dusts) . You tiresome old thing . as if I had not enough dusting without you . (Hits mummt with brush, mummy sneezes, Sacc . screams and runs away, mummy conies down, and slops her going out, Sacc . /cans on /able). Charles . It's me, Saccharissa . I have come back, you see, in spite of locks and policemen, and now we'll make papa keep his promise. (Enter Cllr. D B .) Mr.D .B . Why, what's this ? Eh ? Where is my mummy? and (To you, you scoundrel, where do you come from ? Charles .) .Sacc . Oh, papa ! I do think he was " the dear mummy, the beautiful mummy . " Mr .D . B . But where is my own real mummy ? Sacc . (Going to Charles) . This is my own mummy. Charles . (To Air. D . B .) When you have kept your promise to this mummy, you shall have your own. Sacc . It shall be a wedding present from us to you, papa. JIr.D .B . Then have the wedding at once, and give me my mummy. Sacc. Oh, dear papa ! (Falls on papa ' s neck). (Air . D . B. joins their hands) . ( Enter Pa/ti'). Pittj' . (Uproarious laughter .) Lor, now if that there dummy, weren' t young Mr . Bootlace after all ! (Pally dances and seizes Charles ' s hand). (Then Charles dances and seizes Sacc ' s hand). (Then Sacc. dances and seizes Papa's hand and drags hint out) . (All dance out hand in hand .) FINIS.
THE LIBRARY. We are glad to say that at last the long looked-for Reading Room has been opened . Started towards the close of last term, it is now in full swing . More papers have been added to the list of
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those already taken in, and games of various kinds are provided. The Librarians are now anxious to obtain a complete list of " Petcrites" from the time when the migazine was first started. If any Old Boys would help them by sending any spare copies which they may have, the Librarians would feel greatly indebted to them . The numbers missing are :—z, 5, 7, 8, 14, 18, 19, zo, 21, 23, 24, 25, 32, 35, 3 6 , 37, 39, 49, 67, 72, 81 . If only a few of these gaps could be filled up we should be very grateful . We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following contribution to the Library :— J . Estill (0 . P .), [1 Is. E . J . WAL'I'ON, G . W . FILLITER,
Librarians.
OLD PETERITE CLUB. The following have been elected members of the Club :—\V . II. Bowman, W . H . Ford, H . B . Greeves, H . G . Hill, E . M . Leaf, G. Place, R . F . Russell, F . Pick, A . M . Sullivan, H . R . Tomlinson, H. Wheelwright, G . G . Veld. The Twelfth Annual General Meeting was held at the School on Monday, December zoth, at 5-30 p .m . Present :—The Rev . G . T. Handford (in the chair), Messrs . G . V . Birks, C . P . Cass, A . W. Eastwood, F . P . Fausset, H . B . Greeves, H . S . Haworth, P . E. Lord, A . Peters, B . J . Scargill. The various Secretaries were re-elected except that on Mr. Peters ' suggestion, the office of York secretary was done away with for the present . Messrs . Birks and Howgate retired from the Committee, and Mr . Birks was re-elected with Mr. Peters to fill the other place . Mr . Fausset was elected instead of the Rev . H. Bloomfield, who wished to retire . The Sports Committee was re-elected, and Messrs . Chadwick and Carter elected as the Dinner Committee, Mr . Peters retiring. The Treasurer ' s Accounts were passed, showing a balance in hand of [ ' 85 m zs . old ., and grants made of [z to the Dinner Committee, mos . to James Parker for various services, and 15s . for a wreath for Miss Arrowsmith ' s funeral .
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Mr. Birks then proposed that a recommendation be made to the School Sports Committee to lower the distance of the Old Boys ' Race, which has been a Quarter Mile for a very long time, with a view to procuring more entries . He did not wish to reduce it to a Hundred Yards' Race, as that would limit the entries in a different way by confining the race to those with the special gift of sprinting ; this proposal was seconded . Mr. Eastwood then moved an amendment to suggest 220 yards as the distance, which was seconded and carried. Mr . Fausset then introduced the question—originally brought forward by Mr. C . H . Chadwick—of putting up in the Gymnasium Shields bearing the names of Cricket and Football Teams and Crews . After some discussion he proposed that the Committee be asked to take into serious consideration Mr . Chadwick's suggestion, which was seconded and carried. The meeting closed with the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman.
OLD PETERITE CLUB BALANCE SHEET, 1897. CR . Balance from 1896 2281 Subscriptions t for 1893 4 for 1894 to for 1895 21 for 1899 173Ii for 1897 14 for 1898 2 for 1899 2 for 1900, 1 for 1901 Total
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122 15 6
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Examined and found correct, 18th December. CORNWELL ROBERTSON. GODFREY V. BIRKS .
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EXTRACTS, ETC.
" PETERI'I'E " BALANCE SHEET, 1807. CR . s. d . , Balance from 1896 29 4 8 School Subscriptions and Masters' Subscriptions . . 9 10 0 O .P . Club 22 17 0
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Two Old Peterites were sitting together in a room in Cambridge. One looking over a number of Examination papers—the other reading a newspaper . The latter excited by frequent hums and hah ' s asked their cause . In reply, he received sundry papers with the remark—Are they not funny' An Old Peterite thinks they will appear so to readers of your Magazine.
EXTRACTS From Answers, given by Candidates for entrance into the National Training Institution for Teachers, to the Question : what do you know about the Priests—the Tabernacle—and the Ark in the (lays of Samuel and Saul ? " When the great flood cane the people, who had scoffed when the Ark was being built, dropped clown on humble knee to the Lord ; but unfortunately, no accommodation in the great Ark could be placed at their disposal . " " Priests were dressed in holy orders as now ." The tabernacle was a wooden erection where people praised and magnified the Lord, the priests explaining about the creation and resurrection . This laid the foundation of our present churches . The Ark was made of gopher wood, was lined with pitch, and within this candles were kept burning ."
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" However, after they (the Israelites) had taken it (the Ark) as a final posses .ion, this was dedicated to our Lord and placed within the Holy of Holies, where it was looked upon both by priests and people as a sacred momento . " "(When the Philistines returned the Ark) they put burnt offerings into it, viz ., five emerods, five golden mice, and three milch cows with their trine . " " The chief Priest, in the time of Samuel, was Shiloh ; who was a follower of Christ and lived in the Ark . Samuel, a child of God, lived with the Priest, who taught the child about the Almighty . " "Samuel when a man also assisted in teaching the Philistine the Gospel . As Shiloh was sitting at his tent door waiting for the news of the battle which had taken place between the Philistines and the Egyptians, he beheld Samuel running to him with the news . After he received it he fell back on his chair and broke his neck . " " The Tabernacle in the reign of Samuel was a holy house into which the Philistines congregated, in order to worship . Samuel watched that no idols nor images were set up ." " In the reign of Saul they began to worship idols instead of the Father . " " The Ark in the time of Samuel was occupied by Shiloh, a heavenly Priest . It consisted of two rooms—the one occupied by Shiloh, the other by Samuel . " "There were three Ark Angels . viz , Gabriel, Raphael, and Michael ."
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We thank P .S .L . for his letter ; it gives us an opportunity to say two or three things for which we are sure P .S .L . . with his dislike of "incomplete ideas ." will thank us in return. Suggestions of books wanted in the Library are always welcome, even through the inconvenient channel of a letter to you. A better way is a word to one of the Librarians,
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2. The Library is not at all intended to be a representative collection of novels, or even a collection of novels at all . We hope simply that it will become a good working School library, containing information on any subject that may come up in Form. 3. A large proportion, quite a half, of the subscribers to the Library are juniors . They may not be—evidently are not—visible from the lofty regions inhabited by P .S .L ., but they exist and they help to support the Library . We feel sure that whoa P .S .L . learns this he will agree with us in wishing them to be considered . Their schoolbooks seem to satisfy their longings for instruction ; and for them we have added a supply of stories . It may be true that Henty is a writer, but boys read and like him . Hence his intrusion between the wind and P .S .L .'s nobility. 4. Classical novels come in as pieces of literature . Now and again some partiality of the . Librarians shows, for librarians, like P S .L ., have their pet books ; but with very few exceptions selections are made only from the stories which a study of Library lists shows that boys read most. 5. According to the catalogue, the Library does possess a copy of " Lorna Doone . " Only a few weeks since, a book, absent for years, was sent in through the parcel post without a word . " ° Lorna Doone " may return in the same way ; meanwhile another copy shall be got. 6. The other matters mentioned seem to be of importance only to P.S .L . The extent of his reading—among novels— scarcely interests us ; his consideration—the repeated assurance of his consideration—for our poverty does not vex us ; his defence of the respectability of Baring Gould does not surprise us ; his enthusiasm for Besant does not even amuse us . But we beg him not to disfigure the English language with the word " self-gain ." Yours respectfully, THE LIBRARIANS .
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OLD I'aTr.RITE CLUB — LIFE-MEMBERSHIP.
To the Editors (f the DaAR SIRS, In accordance with instructions given by the Old Peterite Club Committee I write to ask for the views of members of the Club on the above question . Two members have suggested it in the past year ; the one had no scheme to propose, the other suggested a payment of 1'3 after ten yearly subscriptions . Surely this would be too high, being equivalent to 22 yearly payments . At the Committee meeting a feeling held that 15 annual subscriptions would be sufficient without any further payment to constitute a Life-member with all the privileges of membership . Will Old Peterites give their ideas on the point Yours very truly, P . E . LORD.
NOTES AND ITEMS. The Master and Fellows of St . Catharine's College, Cambridge, have presented a massive gold ring, set with a sapphire, to the Right Rev . the Bishop of Bristol. The Rev . F . Watson has been appointed an Honorary Canon of Ely. The Rev . W . L . Tudor has exchanged his living of St . Jude's, Moorlields, Sheffield, for that of Thorpe-Arnold, near Melton Mowbray. " Church Bells," for November 7th, contained a life and a bad portrait of the Rev . R . M . Ainslie. The Rev . E . A . Douglas, hone from Tinnevelly, gave a short address on Mission Work in the Chapel, at the end of last term. The Lord Mayor of York, Edwin Gray's portrait has appeared in " Black and White ." Major E . J . B . Buckle has retired from the Army. Captain O . C . Williamson has been serving with the Tochi Valley Force. A year ago no fewer than four Old Peterites were serving in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment :— Captains Taite and Jefferson and Sub-Lieutenants Mortimer and Scott . The two former have now retired, but Mortimer is Musketry Instructor to the Battalion .
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BIRTHS .—On February 8th, the wife of J . H . Daniel, of a daughter. On March 3rd, the wife of Major E . J . B . Buckle, of a daughter. MARRIAGE .—On November t t th, the Rev . A . E . Stone to Elinor Mabel, elder (laughter of J . Innes Rogers, Esq ., of Rigglewood, Chislehurst, Kent. Old Peterites, especially those of the School House, will hear with regret of the death, on December zoth, of Miss Arrowsmith, aged 86 years. B . Hudson, of Clare College, Cambridge, has passed the First M .B . Examination. G . G . Yeld, of Pembroke College, Cambridge, has passed the whole of the Little-Go and H . B . Greeves, of Peterhouse, Part I. G . R . Walker has passed the examination for admission to the Surveyors' Institution. F . W . Wilsden has passed the examination for First Mate in the Merchant Service. We are told that K . E . T . Wilkinson acted as editor of the Liberal Fly Sheet during the recent York Parliamentary Election. G. I, . Davis has contributed the Chapter on Steering to the " Rowing " Volume of the Isthmian Library. We note in the Forks/lire Post the christening of a Fire-engine at Brighouse by H . J . Barber. W . M . Carter kept goal for the Northern Counties v . The Midland Counties at Hockey. F. M . Bingham has played regularly for Middlesex County. A . M . Sullivan played for Cambridge University "A " against Bedford School. G. G . Yeld was third in the Long Jump at Pembroke College, Cambridge, Sports. H. R . Tomlinson was third in the zoo yards Race in the Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Sports. The Yorkshire Schools, Rugby 1V ., is again having a successful career at Cambridge ; several Old Peterites are playing in it. The Rev. A . E . Stone has been appointed Garrison Chaplain, Fort William, Calcutta ; also officiating Archdeacon of Calcutta. Major Allen Moss has accepted an appointment at Poonah. E . F . Price, (2 .C,, has resigned the office of Recorder of York on the ground of age . He was 8o years old on March 31, and entered the School on August 11th, 1829 ; he must therefore be one of the oldest Old Peterites alive .
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W . A . Meek, of the Inner and Middle Temple and Trinity, Cambridge, has been appointed his successor . He was Fourth Classic of his year, and has been Revising Barrister for York and Scarborough and two Yorkshire Divisions. N . T . Crombie has passed the Final Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. G . H . Burton has passed the Mining Examination held at Newcastle in January last in the First Class . He holds, we believe, it post as Mining Engineer to the Barnsley Collieries. OBITUARY.
On December nth, at Sidney, N .S .W . Aged }}. C . PEN ROSE. Entered the School, fan , 1869--Left, Mids ., 1872. On January 1 zth, at York . Aged 70. SIR
JOSEPH
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Entered the School, Aug ., 1838—Left, Mids ., 18+o. On January Toth, at Estcourt, Natal . Aged 22. Gm :oFFRM' FRANCIS DIXON,
Natal Mounted Police, late 3rd Batt . W . Yorks . Rgt. Entered the School, Sept ., 1887—Left, April, 1891 . 1 The Editors acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following :—Merehzslonian, 8'rdGrr~lirizzz, Me Lilt, I-ijmer's College Magazine, .Soullz L'aslern College Magazine, Dunelnzian, Leodienszaa, Lppinglzam School Magazine, Co/onia, Slale Cor esisondenl .
THE
PETERITE. VoL . VIII .
APRIL, 1898 .
No . 1 33
SCHOOL LETTER. S the remissness of one of our contributors caused a delay
A in the appearance of the last Pe/erile, the present number has
been treated with but scanty deliberation, and had to be hurried to the printers with almost unprecedented celerity . We hope, however, that the result of our efforts will cause a grin of delight to expand itself on the faces of our readers. The broad bosom of the Ouse is now being tortured by parasites in the form of boats . At the time of writing the School boat has not been definitely arranged, as there are fluctuations with respect to one place therein. The First XV . have lost and won respectively the two matches that were played this Term, the Spen Valley Casuals being unable to raise a team. The Saracens, like their namesakes in days of old, displayed a fiery vigour, worthy of the battlefield of Waterloo . One of their forwards attacked one of the School backs, an assault for which he was gently requested to join the spectators for the remainder of the game . They retired victorious from the field of carnage with a score of 23 points to their credit . Bingham ' s absence no doubt accounted to a great extent for this defeat . His presence in the next match with St . John ' s College brought us victory in a game which was conspicuous for a splendid dropped
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goal by B . Nelson and good tries by the same player and Walton. We must offer our hearty thanks to Mr . Lord, for the series of Concerts which he has given us in the School Hall. The School now boasts a number of Hockey enthusiasts . who disport themselves on the Football field, armed with murderous looking clubs, which they wield with a ferocity that to the untutored eye seems dangerous to life and limb. On Tuesday, March 15th, the Confirmation was held in the School Chapel, the Bishop of Beverley officiating. But lo ! Aged Time, scythe in hand seizeth us in his awful grasp, and we must close, though ye grieve never so much . So now farewell .
CAMBRIDGE LETTER. O the Editor has returned—to the old chestnut, a Cambridge
S Letter!
You write, sir, at a singularly inconvenient time ; it is a notable fact that at this time of the year, a University man is always appealed to by his parents, who seem to think that he is personally responsible for the result, for his opinion on the University Boatrace ; he is similarly troubled by his friends, who want to know whether ` bow ' really does bucket, or if { . is the best man that could be got, or some such worthless piece of information. However, I can assure your readers that all Cambridge Old Peterites have done their best to turn the tide of ill fortune, which has so long been set dead against the Cambridge boat . Hudson rowed in the Clare Lent boat, and also in the Clare Clinker Four which defeated the Pembroke boat . Greeves stroked the Peterhouse Lent boat, which succeeded in bumping Third Trinity. Tomlinson worked vigorously for some time in an Emmanuel boat. I myself (Peterites will excuse a pardonable pride) subscribed 2 6 and entered for the College Scratch Fours ; as the rest of the boat did not turn up when they found I was rowing, I secured the return of my 2/6 : thus was I saved a watery grave. From this you will infer that though Oxford may win, still I ncline to think that Cambridge—well we shall see .
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T3 turn to the Athletic Sports, the performances against the L . A . C . were very good, especially noticeable was the mile race won by Lutzens for the L . A . C ., by only three yards from Hunter, a freshman, in 4 min . 25 secs ., consequently we expect to carry off the Inter-Varsity contest by a small margin. The win in the Association match was some consolation for the loss of the Rugby match earlier on . Cambridge O .Ps . have as usual been prominent in football . Sullivan has played once again for the University, Yeld for Rosslyn Park, and Eastwood for Croydon ; all three have played with great success for the Yorkshire Schools' Club, who have had a very strong team this year. I understand that all the Christ ' s hacks are from Yorkshire Schools. Russell too has played for the same club on several occasions; while the latter with Fausset and Crowther—and Eastwood when not playing elsewhere—have played for the Cambridge Town Club. There is but little college football this term, but "Rugger nines " form a pleasing diversion, and at Emmanuel I hear that Russell carried off the crown, or rather many crowns—the reward of valour for the winning nine . Romans burns the midnight oil with reckless profusion, and a passing glimpse through the holes in the blinds at z8 Park Parade reveals another victim to "Trip " fever. May success attend him, and Bailey, the two St . Peter's heroes sacrificed this year to the inexorable Tripos dragon . By the way, the latter should be congratulated on promotion in the ranks of the Cambridge University Volunteer Corps. I must hasten to conclude . The Women ' s degree question is dead, and the Lent Term in which the hockey player is the only person who shows any signs of life, has all but dragged out its weary length. Would that I could provide you with "a college joke to cure the dumps! " but the smells in this town, the drains, the reeking manholes, the torn-up streets, and the influenza, would make a cat weep . P . H.
O .P's . in residence are A . W . Eastwood, St . John ' s ; T . Romans, Sidney ; R . H . Bailey, St . Catharine ' s ; E . C . Gray, Queen's ; F . P . Fausset and H . 13 . Greeves, Peterhouse ; B . Hudson, Clare ;
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J . Myers and A . M . Sullivan, Christ ' s ; G . G . Veld, Pembroke ; R . F . Russell and H . R . Tomlinson, Emmanuel ; G . Crowther, Caius .
FOOTBALL. SCHOOL V . SARACEN ;
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This return match took place on the Saracens ' ground on Saturday, February 5th, and resulted in a win for the latter by 23 points . The School were minus the services of Bingham, which probably had a great deal to do with the result . There was nothing of any note in the game, which was stopped from time to time for the Saracens to settle their disputes with the referee . . The School played up well at the start and gained ground, but the Saracens brought them back by kicks into touch . King got off once and looked like scoring, but was tackled in the opponents ' " 25," Walton failing to take his pass . The Saracens, however, held the scrums . and getting the ball out scored several times before half-time. The second Falf was a repetition of the first—much talk and little scientific play. Dale made several good runs on the wing, and once, intercepting a pass from Roy, scored a fine try . Towards the end of the game one of the Saracens was sent off the field for rough play . At the close the School forwards were holding their own, showing better training than the Saracens . The game ended with the score : r goal, 6 tries (23 points) to nil.
THE SCHOOL 7' . ST . JOHN 'S TRAINING COLLEGE.
The game commenced in a shower of rain, which lasted about a quarter of an hour and seemed to affect the School play more than St . John ' s . St . John's were the first to score, getting an unconverted try ; the School then played up better, the forwards letting the ball out several times but the passing was too high and erratic. The halves then got the ball away, and after a good piece of
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passing Bingham almost scored in the corner ; however, the halves got the ball out again almost immediately and Nelson taking a pass from Otley scored near the posts, the kick was a failure . Halftime score :—3 points all. The School now had the advantage of the wind and playing up better continued to press ; Walton passed out and Otley gave B. Nelson a pass, who took the ball at full speed and sprinting round on the wing scored a good try . St . John ' s dropped out from the " 25 " line and B . Nelson, catching the ball, dropped a goal from nearly half-way with a beautiful kick . St . John's now pressed, Walton tackled well and C . Nelson several times saved " a forward rush . " A free kick was awarded to St . John ' s who placed a goal. Some even play followed, Soulby tackling well on several occasions and Roy marked his opposing centre very well . Walton saved very smartly and passed to 13 Nelson who kicked . Bingham following up hard grassed a St . John ' s three-quarter before he could reply, thus gaining a lot of ground . St . John's now carried the ball to the School " 25, " and one of their men following up a high kick beat 13 . Nelson for possession and scored a rather soft try, thus putting them only one point behind . The School, however, played very strongly in the last five minutes ; Roy followed up a kick and upset one of their men, who dropped the ball, Walton snapped it up and almost scored after a long run . St. John's brought the ball back to half-way, but Walton again getting possession, went at a great pace and, breaking through their defence, scored an excellent try between the posts ; Bingham converted, the School thus winning by 15 points to g . C . Nelson at full-back saved very pluckily and kicked well.
FOOTBALL RETROSPECT. We have now reached the end of another football season with four wins to our credit and eight losses to our discredit . This is not such a bad result as it appears at first sight, when the fact that only three old colours were left is taken into consideration, viz . : Bingham, Walton, and Nelson . We were beaten twice by the
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following :—Durham School, Saracens and the Old Boys, once by Headingley and E . J . Joicey ' s XV . Durham were very strong this year, and the Saracens beat us with tactics which we could not employ ourselves . Our victories were against Leeds G .S ., Ripon G .S . and twice against St . John's College . Walton and Nelson have shared most of the scoring, each obtaining eight tries . The following also scored :—Harrison (3), Otley (2), Bingham, Watson, King, and Creer one each . Bingham and Nelson shared the place-kicks, Nelson kicked 9 and Bingham 7 . Nelson also dropped one goal. Further details of this season ' s doings are :—Against us—22 goals, r dropped goal, z penalty goals, 45 tries (z55 points) . For us :— 13 goals, I dropped goal, 3 penalty goals, L 2tries (i 14 points). The second team won three and lost two matches out of the five played this season . Total score for us :—9 goals, L penalty goal, 22 tries, 114. points . Against us :—6 goals, r penalty goal, 7 tries, 54 points. We take this opportunity of thanking Messrs . Lord, Wilkes and Robertson for kindly refereeing in matches, and we tender our heartiest thanks to Mr . Yeld for his enthusiastic support from the touch-line .
FOOTBALL CHARACTERS. Captain (r3St . 7lbs .) .—An excellent forward, who uses all his weight ; very good at the line-out, and a vigorous tackler always ; has place-kicked with some success ; very fair dribble ; has proved a very energetic captain, and knowing the game well, has been of invaluable use in leading his forwards.
R . G . BINGHAnt,
(Lost . zlbs .) .—A tine half, both in attack and defence ; a fearless and strong tackler ; very good at stopping rushes ; runs very fast and strongly ; Clever at getting the ball away, though a weak three-quarter line has made him inclined to be selfish this term ; might kick more with advantage .
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13 . NELSON Gist . 3115x .) .—I-las not fulfilled the promise of last year ; occasionally makes a brilliant run, but is very slow and weak in defence ; has a dangerous habit of fly-kicking ; improved this term. (lost . Slbs .) .—A much improved half ; Gets possession of the ball well ; rather selfish about getting it away must get out of the habit of rushing into the middle of the opposing forwards . Tackles pluckily and does his best to stop a rush . Should try to find touch more with his kicks. S . WATSON (1 1st . 1 lb .) .—A very hard-working forward, always on the ball . Good tackler. D . \V . Roy (gst . 1 zlbs .) .—A slow three-quarter ; stands right on top of the scrum . and so lets the other three-quarters through . Tackles well. H . E . Soul.BY .—A hard-working forward ; should be very useful when he knows the game better ; is good at the line out; kicks too much in the loose. C' . 1\IotsER .—A steady worker, forward ; should be very useful with more weight. R . TEASDALE (lost . iolbs .)—A useful forward ; always on the ball ; rather clumsy at the line-out ; a very fair place-kick. T . L . HARRISON
(qst . 3.lbs .) .—A very plucky three-quarter ; tackles strongly for his weight ; kicks well ; with more weight should be a useful scorer ; stands too close up to the scrum. and must mark his man more. G . C . OTLEv .—At first gave hopes of being a good three-quarter, but has been very disappointing ; is very slow : must tackle more vigorously. C . S . SMITH .—A steady forward, better in the loose than in the P . J . C . KING
pack. G . N . LONGBOTHAyI .—A rather sleepy forward ; kicks too hard in
the loose. F . J . NEWTON .—A promising forward ; tackles hard and is always
on the ball ; must learn the rules as he has cost the side many kicks for off-side play in the loose .
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W . HEY .—Has played full-back ; tackles excellently if his man comes near him, but is dreadfully slow ; kicks very poorly. C . NELSON .—Has played full-back ; very light ; would tackle a steam engine if he could ; a very fair kick.
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R . WooD —Has captained the 2nd Team all this year ; a hard working but light forward. M . Wtr.soN .—Probably the best forward in the team ; very good in the open, but does not quite use his weight in the scrum. ii . L . CREEK .—A fairly good wing three-quarters ; very fast for his size, but should learn to kick. C . NELSON .—Has played half, but does not seem at home ; does not pass soon enough and should tackle harder. E . NELSON .—Has played both wing three-quarters and half ; is I etter at half ; inclined to kick too hard ; rather selfish. P . CLARK .— A very hard working forward ; is always near the ball ; should be good next year. R . HARRISON .—Has played very well at times, but is poor behind losing forwards ; passes very nicely. W. BENNE't°r .—Has played full-back with great success ; though small is a good kick and strong tackler, generally getting his man . A good place-kick. C . P . Scott —A hard working forward, with plenty of dash ; has played three-quarters. T . Per.i.EYN .—A forward with plenty of life ; kicks too hard in the open ; should learn the rules. R . K . YELD .—A good forward, better in the open than the scrum ; dribbles well. J . RUSSELL .—A fair forward ; is rather inclined to slack the scrums .
THE CONFIRMAT10N SERVICE .
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THE CONFIRMATION SERVICE. HE Bishop of Beverley held a Confirmation in the School 1 I I a .m. The Bishop was attended by the Rev . G . T . Handford, Headmaster, and Rev . C . Robertson . After the Preface had been read by the Headmaster, the hymn Soldiers of Christ, arise," was sung. In his first Address to the candidates the Bishop spoke of the two things in Confirmation, the two promises, and the two gifts. There were the promise of obedience to God, and the gift of his life to God's service on the part of the person confirmed ; and there were the promise of help, and the gift of the Holy Spirit on the part of God . In the words of the Prayer Book they were come to the age of discretion . Coming to the age of discretion meant the power to choose between good and evil . Some people pleaded that they did not wish to sin and disobey God, but circumstances compelled them ; they were very sorry but they could not help themselves . Daniel did not say circumstances compelled him to refrain from sa n ing his prayers for thirty days though he was threatened with being thrown to the lions . They too all had the power to choose, and on their part being Confirmed meant a public choice of good in preference to evil. After silent prayer the Bishop proceeded to Confirm the following boys :—E . H . Creaser, H . W . F . Garland, E . St . G . Kirke, G . N. Longbotham, W . R . Lyth, J . B . iAlossop, T . E . Nelson, C . Nelson, E . J . Otley, J . A . Russell, J O . Thompson, W . H . Wilson, R . W. Winn. In his second Address the Bishop spoke of the promise of God to those Confirmed . He referred to the Gospel of the previous Sunday, the Parable of the unclean spirit, and said that the surest way to keep evil out of the heart was to let the heart be filled with the service of God . He urged them to make every use of the means of grace given by God, of private Prayer ; of Public Worship, remembering that it was an act of homage to God ; of reading the Bible, that they might know Christ ; and especially of Hole Communion . They were to remember that, besides coming
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to Christ for help, they were also doing an act of loyalty and homage in carrying out His special command of the night before
His death . Some people said they could lead good lives without ally help, but, even if that were possible, we owe it as an act of homage to God to come to the Holy Communion . In conclusion, he urged them to forget that the Catechism had ever been a lesson, and to study it carefully, for, with the exception of the Bible, it was the most simple and beautiful document in the English language. The other hymns sung were " Our Blest Redeemer, e ' er He breathed," and " Fight the good fight ."
DEGREES OF THE LIE (continued). If anywhere, then in the treatment of an important incident, the picture should be vivid, the narrative direct . In Romola, the old man, after much suffering, returns to Florence . Stumbling in the street, he seizes the arm of one among a group of signori. It was Tito Melema who felt that clutch . He tu rned his head, and saw the face of his adoptive father, Baldassare Calvo, close to his own . The two men looked at each other, siTent as death . Baldassare, with dark fierceness and a tightening grip of the soiled, worn hands on the velvet-clad arm ; "Tito, with cheeks and Tips all bloodless, fascinated by terror . It seemed a long while to them—it was but a moment . The first sound Tito heard was the short laugh of Piero di Cosima, who stood close by him and was the only person that could see his face . " Ha, ha ! I know what a ghost should he now!" "This is another escaped prisoner" said Lorenzo Tomalnoni! " Who is he, I wonder! "Some madman, surely .."' said Tito . He hardly knew how the words had come to his lips : there are moments when our passions speak and decide for us, and we seem to stand by and wonder ." In the Giant's Robe, a stranger enters Ashburn ' s room " Will you kindly give me the name, the real name, of the author of this book : And he glared down at Mark, who had a sudden and disagreeable sensation as if his heart had just turned a somersault . Could this terrible old person have detected him, and if so, what would become of him ? Instinct rather than reason kept him from betraying himself by words. " Th—that's a rather extraordinary question, sir," he gasped faintly. We have been present at the interview, but its significance must be expounded to us twenty pages later. " There's something wrong about him too, continued the old man ; he's got a secret ."
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(" So have most of us" thought his nephew .) "But what makes you think so ? " he asked aloud. I saw it in the fellow's face ; no young man with a clear record ever has such a look as he had when I came in . He was green with tear, sir, perfectly green !" " Is that all : " and Caffyn was slightly disappointed.
The words marked above characterize the books . Some madman, surely :—the natural quick flight of the traitor taking refuge in slander :—how sharply it contrasts with the inconclusive exaggeration of the " perfectly green " face and the gymnastic heart. It is not possible here to do more than mention the setting of the pieces . On the one hand, the specious magnificence of Florence under Lorenzo, crumbling to broils and slaughter through twenty years of the treachery _typified in Tito : with Savonarola falling away through plausible paltering with truth from his spiritual leadership to the slippery methods of the demagogue, and stumbling amid futile struggles with recantations and withdrawals, in terror and dis'tonour to torture and the stake . Bardo, true and honest but selfishly ambitious, carried disappointed to a soon-forgotten grave : del Nero ' s unbending honesty broken at last on the scaffold ; and lialdassare ' s self-sacrificing purposes warped to revenge and murder . But the easy prosperity and the petty squabbles of Mark's world, checquered only by the machinations of the stage villain, Caffyn, who is removed at last—to America ; these are in themselves without significance. Ashburn again ;—what is his real nature ? He detests falsehood, but he never tells the truth where it is inconvenient . He accepts a false position only to produce a book of his own, which he does not produce, though it is written : he writhes over his deception at every opportunity, "suffering not so much from conscience as from a fear that his lie might after all be detected," yet he thinks that forgiveness rights all wrongs . " What sort of tree is that you have put into your picture ? " a painter was asked by an admirer. " No tree in particular, " was the reply, " it' s just a tree . " "Tito, moving smoothly along the line of least resistance, eager for a pleasant life, making directly for what he calls •` substantial good, " meeting reproach, it is true,
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You talk of substantial good, Tito ! Are faithfulness and love, and sweet grateful memories no good ? Is it no good that we should keep our silent promises on which others build because they believe in our love and truth ? Or is it good that we should harden our hearts against all the wants and hopes of those who have depended on us ? but avoiding it, wherever possible because it is unpleasant : Tito, starting so, grows and develops, he
becomes selfish, unscrupulous,
false and treacherous. And to what end ? How does the maker of these puppets deal with them ? What effect has been produced by all the causes carefully traced for us ? That is final test of the worth of a book, as distinct from its cleverness . It will be remembered how Tito, to escape a mob met in the street, flung himself into the Arno, hoping to swim as he had done five years before, to safety, how he was carried by the current to a grassy hank below the city, where an old man waits, thinking of him and of vengeance. Tito knew him, but he did not know whether it was life or death that had brought him into the presence of his injured father . It might be death, and death might mean this chill gloom with the face of the hideous past hanging over him for ever . But Baldassare s onTy dread was lest the young limbs should escape him . He pressed his knuckles against the round throat and knelt upon the chest with all the force of his aged frame. Let death come now And it came—to both. And what of Ashburn, like Tito, liar, traitor, and coward, and unlike him, hypocrite Those who know Mark now are inclined to envy his good fortune. He is a successful barrister and a popular man . The friend whom he had robbed of success and happiness and fame is dead-dead after forgiving him : the wife he won by fraud has been ill and near to death : she sends for him,
They have not told you," she said : "I asked nurse to prepare you, I knew you would be so anxious . No, dear, it is not goodbye . I feel much better, I am quite sure now that I am going to get well . I wanted to tell you so myself." It may, of course, be satire.
II.--TO THE BEAUTIFUL AEMILIA, MY HEART'S VICEREGENT .* " I knew a girl, Aemilia by name; And I did love her clearly, but alas My proffered suit, her wilfulness did seem To much despise, and I was left forlorn While she like some Bacchante in fine frenzy Wandered at large, to my deep misery Undoing both herself and hearts of men ."
From an old MS.
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What flower so sweet as the violet, pray ? What flower so fair as the rose ? Or yet, as the lily, so slender and pure And graceful ?—there ' s none ever grows. And mine own dear love, as the violet is sweet ; And fairer is she than the rose ; More of slendrous grace than the lily, she; Lovelier maid there's no one knows. You may not all agree with me, But this I know, whoe ' er you be, If you my love could only see, You could not help but love her. If fault it be, no fault of mine, it is That I do now adore her, Nor her's too—but her beauty's be the blame, That I hold none before her . FAUNUS. *No'FE :—"This, the second piece which it is proposed to bring before your
notice, is a lyric and a delightful example of the extravagant style . It contrasts the feeling of the first .
SCHOOL CONCERTS. A very pleasing feature of this term has been a series of School Concerts organized by Mr . Lord . Besides a large number of members of the School and Masters, a number of ladies and gentlemen took part on different occasions, making up very attractive programmes . These Concerts took place on two nights every week, and a delightful variety of items was performed . In the different concerts there have been four instrumental performers, four humorous sketches, and a multitude of vocalists of all kinds. We were much pleased with the performers from without . Of the instrumentalists, G . Hudson, Esq ., gave us a splendid exposition of the 'cello, and the vocalists were extremely well received. The humorous readings by H . V . Scott, Esq . . and D . Carter, Esq ., were received with great applause, and were repeatedly encored . It would be vain to speak of the respective merits of the performers within the School ; suffice it to say that everybody, in their different spheres, acquitted themselves well, and have done a great deal towards brightening up this slackest of terms .
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We understand that it is inconvenient to have these concerts twice a week at this period of the term, but that they will be continued once a week, on Saturday nights, for the future . In conclusion, we beg, in the name of the School, to thank, above all . Mr . Lord, for the great trouble he has been at to organize these concerts and to get performers from outside, and also for accompanying the songs throughout, and on several occasions giving us the benefit of his vocal power . We beg to thank Miss Hingston, Miss Carter, the Misses Morris, Mrs . Yeld, Mrs . and Miss Richards, Messrs . D . Carter, W . Carter, H . V . Scott, G . Hudson, and the Masters . for the part they took in rendering the concerts an unalloyed success . May all success attend the concerts and their originator in the future.
LIBRARY. The following New Books have been added this term : Deeds that won the Empire " ( W. H. .I, ilchell). "Red Cockade " (Stanley II 'grnan). "Memoirs of Minister of France" (Do .) "0 House of the Wolf " (Do .) " Style " ( Walter Raleigh). " Public Schools' Year Book, 1897 . " " Greek Vases " (S . Horner). Rev. C . Robertson has kindly presented a copy of " Lorna Doone " to the Library . E . J . WALTON, G . W . FILLITER,
Libra' :ans .
NOTES AND ITEMS.
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NOTES AND ITEMS. The Rev . F . W . Metcalfe has been presented to the living of St. I3arnabas, Clapham Common. H . H . F . Stockier has passed First into the Marines and received a sword engraved with the crest of the Marines and the inscription, " Presented by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to Second Lieutenant H . II . F . Stocklev, R .1\I .I, .I ., for meritorious examination, January, 1898 ." ()Id Peterites of a past generation will hear with regret of the death of Miss Jane Frances Harrison which took place (n March 29th . at the age of 84, at 25, Grosvenor Terrace, York. We hear that the Rev . C . B . Clarke is going back to India in September. H . I3 . Greeves stroked the Peterhouse Lent Boat at Cambridge, and is, we hear, to stroke the May Boat. B . Hudson has been rowing in the Clare Lent Boat, and is chosen to row iu the May Boat. BIRTHS .—'In the Standard of March 4th), the wife of Captain G . W . Mitchell, of a daughter. At Liverpool, on April 1st, the wife of the Rev . R . M . Ainslie, of a daughter. The Editors acknowledge with thanks the receipt of—Hurst Johnian, Dunelmiarr, Portcullis, Cuthberlian, Lilt, TT j'combe Allot' Case/1 , S . Edward's School Chronicle .
THE
PETERITE. VoL . VIII .
JUNE,
1 898 .
No . 13+
SCHOOL LETTER. HEN we got back, the general conditions looked as little like cricket as possible, as, owing tet heavy rains, the groundsman had hardly got the ground under control, and it has systematically rained on every possible occasion since . However, by conyulsiye efforts, the ground has been ruade to look very well, the turf apparently being in good condition . The first match was against the North Riding Asylum, and resulted in a win for the Asylum by z runs . Considering the absence of Nelson, and the vaunted superiority of the Asylum bowling, the score of 8+ which the School compiled is not at all despicable. Of last year's first NI . four remain, viz ., Nelson, Soulby . Bingham, and Creer ; of these, two at least ate bowlers, and from the other two a wicket keeper will be forthcoming we should imagine. Seven places are left to be filled up, but there is plenty of good material left from last year's znd XI ., and we have heard rumours of other new corners . There seems to be plenty of bowling talent, but it is early yet to make any comment, and by the time this comes out the season will probably be at its height, and anything which we may have correctly prophesied, will be put down as having been written after the event ; it is safer therefore to keep our forecasts within bounds .
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SCHOOL LETTER.
Once again we are to be provided with a cricket pro," the Ilea lmaster having most generously offered to defray the expenses. H . Hayley, of Wakefield and Leeds Professional staff, is the new professional, and will no doubt do much to improve the play of the XI . As far as our humble experience goes, he seems a most capable teacher, and speaking for ourselves . we have learnt a lot, theoretically . We must take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Handford for his extreme kindness in providing a cricket professional, in addition to the ordinary groundsman. With regard to the second XI ., one match has been played, against St . Olave's School first XL, and strangely enough, the match resulted in a tie of +o runs each, the conditions of the weather, making play of a rather curious description. With regard to last term, there will be found elsewhere a full account of the Boat races . The House won both the four races, and the Old Boys were again the victors . This time we can fairly claim that the spin of the coin decided the race, the stream being tremendously strong in their favour. Sullivan played in the Freshmen ' s match at Cambridge, and scored 11 not out and 16 . He kept wicket in the first innings, but was unfortunately unable to do so in the second : we are hoping to hear further tidings of his doings with the bat as the season advances. Since the above was written the School have linislied two matches, against Ampleforth School and ( ;arforth C .C . The first resulted in rather crushing defeat, the second in a splendid win by 1899 for 5 wickets, innings declared, to 77 . Of this score Nelson made Ioo, and Smith 58 . The second XI . beat Leeds second XI. and other matches, both of first and second XIs . have been wholly or partly stopped by the bad weather .
I ERTIUM QUID, OR THE PROBLEM UNFOLDED.
TERTIUM QUID, OR THE PROBLEM UNFOLDED. You may not think, That there's a link Connecting these fragments together ; That to these tales Of luckless males, That there's a moral—Never' Yet assuredly there is, for it would ill become any sober-minded and ordinarily sane individual to write such doggerel, as that contained in the two preceding sections of our paper, unless it had some purpose, some meaningness ulterior to mere poetic effusion. What that may be, we are unhappily not always in a position to affirm . It may be, that most important of all, amorously written for amorous ends ; or it may be the balm of dulcet melody to a riven heart ; oftenmost it may, in very truth, he inexplicable, However we may flatter ourselves that for once the certain motives will be displayed, but so as to give you due warning, though perhaps erring in anticipating, even in the least, the sequence, we will confess to a philosophic motive—an attempt to introduce for one brief moment into the whirl of passion that cool and calm temperament so peculiarly fitted for the serious contemplation of the most intricate of problems, the problem of love, in the solution of which must be experienced much inward, if not outward perturbation . But leaving our philosophic aim, to return to our moral and to verse. Two girls, I've showed you and of these the first With no attractive spell allureth you, A homely maid she is, and trusty too, Lovely and yet not pretty, womanly. The other's fair of feature, fair of form, But for the rest, I know not anything, ' Tis swallowed up in beauty, though mayhap It lives, as latent hidden qualities. Not that there are not more types of womankind than two, for such is the differentiation between members of the human species —aye, and of every species had we but the skill to discern it—
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1'ERTIUM QUID, OR THE ekOTiT .LM UNFOLDED.
that each separate specimen is, in a way, a type unto itself. The tiny flame of personality, flickering in the mind-soul of each of us, the source of the t ° ego " is unique and characteristic of the particular earthen vessel, of its abiding-place : and to this fact, must be attributed, the intricacy, the aweful complexity of the problem set forth . To each of us, one solution alone and that, based on our own and some one other " ego " of our choice. But for the fulfilling our intentions, two would seem to us to be all-sufficing, in especial the two already drawn, so contrasting the one with the other in every aspect, both in the passion they excite and in the utterance it finds, as well as in character. Interesting were a third type, experience might have afforded us, in one who, with quaint smile, betokening of wilfulness casts over you a spell, a fascinating glamour hard to be resisted . It is not the face that smiles, but the eyes, and look you must . Oh the witchery of those wilful laughing eyes of the little enchantress! Probably in some subtle and indefinable way, it is related to the phenomena of hypnotic suggestion ; for its effect is mysterious speedily effaced but reviving with increased ardour on further sight . For this reason then, that it has no permanency, it may be neglected and excluded from our consideration of the question. Besides, shall we not say, with the poet : " In our world, this world of care, Is my love to be won by a laugh ? In careless joy, mid joyless care to lose my soul ? " Can we not leave it with you ? I wonder now, If you know how, To solve for me this question : Which girl to love Of those above Tell me which is the best one ? A beauty for a wife—or just a wife ? Which your companion up the mount of life ? FAUNUS.
" Nothing venture, nothing win . "
THE
HUAI INrl SEASON .
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THE BOATING SEASON. It has long been the custom to indulge in a forecast
of the
Boating Season . But this year a departure from the ordinary rule was deemed advisable, because the prophecy would not have become public until the season was well-nigh over . Now a forecast may be one of three things . It may consist of a series of gloomy forebodings ; it may be a confident prediction of success ; or it may be a meaningless compound
of the two, in which the
light and the shade neutralise one another . Now we had no desire to emulate Cassandra ; we could not conscientiously pretend to the cheery optimism of a Mark Tapley, and we were unwilling to bombinate in vacuity . We therefore confess that the peculiar combination
of circumstances which made a forecast unnecessary,
afforded us considerable satisfaction . In writing a retrospect we
feel to be more secure. We have not to soar aloft on Pegasean wing into the realms of fancy " voyaging through strange seas of thought alone ;" we can comfortably amble along the humdrum road of the accomplished fact . Let us then to our task. The weather—always an important consideration in rowing— has been unique within recent experience . There has been a remarkable absence
of floods, which generally succeed in making
our short season shorter still .
This year, however, rowing
operations have been uninterrupted . But as a set-off to this advantage, the cold has been perpetual and occasionally diversified by a small hurricane . The weather, then, on the whole was satisfactory . When we turn to the actual boating, we find by no means such a satisfactory state of things . To begin with, the rival sections—the Boarders and Dayboys—were very unequally matched both in numbers and size . The disparity was made still more glaring by the fact that some Daybovs, who had rowed in previous years, kept away from the river till a very short time before the races ; while to make matters worse illness weakened the ranks of the Dayboys still further . At one period it looked as if each side would have to be represented by only one boat instead of two ; for it was evident from the first that three boats on each side were out of the question . Ultimately it was found possible to raise two
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THE BOATING SEASON.
boats a side . This state of things naturally produced its i.necitable result—apathy ; for there seemed no end in view, and no object to strive after . The early stages of rowing generally present the same characteristics, the same repetition of directions, the same frantic struggles with the oar, and the same qualified success. But during the earlier part of this season, from whatever cause, the form seemed distinctly poor and disappointing ; and it is significant that as soon as two pairs of rival boats were made up, z e ., as soon as the spirit of emulation was roused, everybody seemed to wake up and do much better . The beginning " became hearty and enjoyable . We hope, therefore, that it will be long before there is such a lack of wholesome rivalry again. A better state of things prevailed in connection with the School boat ; for though things did not go quite smoothly here, the causes were different . In the first place, the composition of the boat was a matter of some difficulty . Two members of last year's crew remained, Moiser and Teasdale ; Bingham made a third, but for the place of bow there were three passible candidates, A Talton, Roy, and Watson, the first-mentioned being ultimately selected. Then there were the problems of balancing the weights and choosing the stroke, and several alternatives had to be tried before the final arrangement was adopted, i .e ., Moiser stroke, Bingham Teasdale z, Walton bow . Further, the boat itself gave no little trouble, and required considerable alterations of seats, riggers . and stretchers before it could accommodate its crew . Though every inch of space was utilised, we suspect that even so there was not room enough in the stern part of the boat to be really comfortable. With regard to the form displayed, Moiser showed easily the best, and promises to make a good oar . Bingham (lid a great deal of work, but he had an ugly screw and the roundness of his back proved quite invincible . Teasdale worked conscientiously, but had a tendency to rush forward at the end of the swing and to put the work in too late in consequence . Walton worked well, but continually lost his labour by plunging and swinging from the middle of his back . More tubbing in the early stages might have done something to correct these faults : but unfortunately the
fToor . RoA 't RACE' .
i%i
scarcity of coaches made that impossible . During the last part of the training the crew had the benefit of B . Hudson's (O .P .) coaching, whom we take this opportunity of thanking for his kindness . Lastly, we ought to mention that two new sets of oars were obtained for the light boats.
SCHOOL BOAT RACES. The Boat Races began on Wednesday, April 6th . The first event was the junior House v . Junior Dayboys, resulting in a win for the former, after a good race. 3rd House . Creaser Thompson Sale beat Castle Harrison z Nelson 3 Otlev r (stroke) Teasdale 2 (stroke) E . Kirke (cox) P . Yeld (cox). The Dayboys led at first, but by the White Rose the House were slightly ahead, and won by about two and a half lengths, Otley setting a faster stroke than Teasdale . There was not much to choose between the two crews, but the House rowed harder all through and had had more practice together. Thursday, April 7th .
Junior Sculls.
Leonard
boil
Harrison z.
Harrison promptly ran into the hank at the start and threw away all chances of winning . Leonard rowed well and at the end was about eight lengths to the good. "I he race lw tween the Senior House and Senior Da) boys took place on Saturday, April 9th . The House won the toss and chose the far side with a strong wind blowing down stream . The Dayboys, gutting slightly the butter, led for the first few lengths. IIowever, the House rap s 1 v gained on them and got level at the School boathouse . At th, White Rose boathouse they were three lengths ahead and eventually won by seven lengths . The crews were as follows ;—
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SCHOOL
no,U
Senior House.
P . King, ', bow T . L . Harrison, z S . Watson, 3 D . W . Roy, ,stroke). H . W . F . Garland re.e .
KACEs.
Senior Doyho,'s. 'T . C . Newton, (bow T . Leonard, z M . Wilson, 3 F . J . Newton, stroke P . Veld (ro.t . i
The Old Boys ' race took place on Easter Monday afternoon, April r ith, Mr . Lord acting as starter . The river was full and there was rather a fast stream ; but fortunately the inclemency of the weather left the river almost entirely clear of pleasure boats. The Old Boys won the toss and elected to take the outside station and thus got the advantage of the current in the lower part of the course . The Schoolboys started well and rowing a fast stroke soon gained about half a length . The Old Boys . however, managed to draw level by the lugs ditch . From that point to the scope the race was very even and very hotly contested . The School on the whole had the advantage, getting a slight lead several times, but were never able to get clear away . Round the scope the Old Boys had the shorter course and were more than a length ahead at the wall end . This was diminished to about two-thirds by a good spurt on the part of Moiser which was well picked up by the rest of his crew . During the rest of the course the race was well sustained, though the Old Boys gradually increased their lead in spite of another spurt on the part of the School at the White Rose boathouse . At Scarborough bridge it was clear the race was decided . The Old Boys were leading by several lengths, and though the School made another gallant spurt after Marygate, won comfortably by two lengths . Thus the race resulted in a defeat for the School, but the School crew are to he congratulated on the plucky manner in which they rowed against an older, heavier, and more experienced crew . They could not row such a fast stroke as their opponents, but they kept a fair length and preserved their form right up to the finish . From the Waterworks down to the scope they more than held their own, and though they were never able to get level again they made several very spirited spurts . The following are the names and weights of the crews :—
SCHOOL IioAT RACES .
Old Boys . H . R . Tomlinson, (bow) L . Bird . 2 B . Hudson, 3 R . H . Bailey, (stroke) H . S . Scargill, (cox)
st . to rI r► ►► 9
lbs . ►2 xI tz
►o z
School. st . E . J . Walton, (bow) ►o R . Teasdale, 2 ►0 R . G . Bingham, 3 ►2 C . Moiser, (stroke) ►o H . W . F . Garland, (cox) 6
579 lbs. o 8 121
i 6}
junior Pairs . There were only two entries for this event. Leonard and Harrison were the favourites, both having showed very good form last year . About Neilson and Dunning little was known . However, by constant practice, they had got well together, and Neilson kept a very good length in the race . Both Harrison and Leonard were better oars, but they did less work and were not very well together. J . Dunning (bow)
brat A . Neilson (stroke) E . St . G . Kirke (cox)
R . Harrison (bow) J . Leonard (stroke) H . W . F . Garland (cox)
Neilson went ahead at the start and rowing hard all through won easily by about six lengths. Senior Pairs . This race was not of a very exciting nature . Both crews rowed well, but did not seem in danger of overworking themselves . Moiser took the lead soon after the start and setting a better stroke than Teasdale won eventually by a narrow margin. T . L . Harrison (bow) beat C . Moiser, (stroke) H . W . F . Garland, (cox) . Won by about two lengths.
P . King (bow) R . Teasdale, (stroke) E . St . G . Kirke, (cox).
Scratch Fours . The Scratch Fours were rowed off on Wednesday, April ► 3th, and, as usual, produced some very exciting races. There were about the usual number of entries, and Bailey's boat eventually won . The final was : M . Wilson, (bow) J . Croft S . Watson beat R . H . Bailey, (stroke) E . St . G . Kirke, (cox)
C . H . Sale, (bow) P . King R . G . Bingham C . Moiser, (stroke) H . Garland, (cox).
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CRICKET.
CRICKET. Sr .
PETER ' S V . NORTH RIDING ASYLUM.
This match was played on Saturday, May L}th, on the Asylum ground . The weather was favourable and the match was begun without hindrance from the rain, which has spoilt four out of our first seven matches . 'f he School won the toss and P . Kirke and Otlev went to the wickets to face the bowling of Best and Parry. Best ' s first ball resulted in a three hit to the boundary from Kirke ' s bat, and the score mounted slowly but steadily till Otley was bowled for 6, with the total standing at 2+ . Bingham ' s wicket was disturbed by a " shooter " at the same total . Creer and Kirke added 1 ; runs and then the latter was dismissed by Hill for a useful innings of 23, in which there were two chances, both given when his score was 22 . N . Kirke succumbed to his first ball from Hill, and four runs later Benson found his way to Creer ' s wicket, the batsman returning with a score of i i, also favoured by fortune. Soulby gave little trouble and Longbotham ' s innings ended with his first all, (j for 3 .}) . DIoiser was out to an easy catch by Benson, but Walton stayed some time with Smith, and the score was augmented by 25, Smith then being foolishly run out for a well hit 23 . Walton was run out the next ball, and our innings closed for S .}, a very creditable performance, seeing that this was the first match of the season, and that the Asylum bowling is as good as any we ever get . Their innings started disastrously as Kershaw was clean bowled by Soulby's first ball, and Best was run out while as yet no runs had been scored . Five wickets went down for 36 runs, but Cadman came in and hit vigorously . The 8th wicket fell at Sz, but the next saw the winning hit made by Cadman . Ten runs were added for the last wicket, with the score standing at o6 . The School fielding was very good, though some two or three catches were missed . Soulby bowled well all through the innings, taking 6 wickets for 37 . Creer was rather severely treated, but had hard luck on one or two occasions, catches being missed off his bowling .
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CRICKET . ST . PETER ' S. P. St . G . Kirke, b Hill G. C . Otley, b Parry R . G . Bingham, b Parry H. L . Creer, b Benson E . St . G . Kirke . h Hill FI . E . Soulbv, h Benson C . S . Smith, run out G. N . Longbotham, b Benson . C . Moiser, c Benson, b Hill E . J . Walton, run out J . L . Kirby, not out Extras
Total
N . R . ASYLUM. 23
6
o 11 o
3 23 o o 3
o 15
o H . Kershaw, b Soulby 17 C . E . Rudd, c Kirby, b Soulby o C . Best, run out F. Waterhouse, c Smith, b Creer 16 T . Milnthorpe, c Kirke, h Soulby 9 o G. H . Johnston, b Creer 38 11 . Cadman, not out 4 W . Parry, c b Soulby : W . Hill, c Longbotham, b Soulby 1 3 J . W. Harhottle, b Soulbv 3 W . Benson, c Smith, h Otley Extras 5 Total
84
96
BOWLING ANALYSIS. N . R . ASYLUM .
H . E . Soulbv H . L . Creer G . C . Otley
Runs .
3; 39
Wickets . 6 2
15
1
Average. 6.1 1 9'5 15
Sr, PErER' s r' . AMPLEFORIH COLLEGE. Played on the School ground . Thursday, May zbth, and attended by line weather . Anipleforth won the toss, Connor and Stourton opposing the bowling of Soulbv and Utley . Nelson brought off a good catch which disposed of Connor at 18, and nine runs later Soulbv clean bowled Haves . CreeT- then went on in place of Utley, and after causing a little trouble Maynard was caught he Nelson off his bowling . Coonan was missed twice before he was run out, and Stourton at the same total (6o) was bowled by Creer for a prettily played zp . Dawson succumbed to his first ball, and Quinn failed to score . Wright was nicely caught by Bingham, and after the last two men had been got rid of, having only added three runs, the innings closed for 77, by no means an impossible score to surpass . Creer took live wickets for Icy runs . P . Kirke and Utley- started the School innings and had made 26 without difficulty before the luncheon interval. However, the batsmen appear to have been troubled by indigestion, which, together with Hayes' good bowling brought about our downfall . The first wicket fell at 33, Utley- and S . Kirke playing well for their respective scores ; Bingham made nine in four hits,
CRICKET.
hut seven wickets fell for 53 . The last three wickets could not add a single run and Hayes took four wickets in his last two overs Hayes had the for no runs . Thus we were beaten by 24 . splendid analysis of nine wickets for 17 runs, J . Shepherd having performed exactly the same feat against Ampleforth for St . Peter' s on the School ground three years ago . The second innings was a mere farce, and Ampleforth succeeded in making 182 runs for seven wickets, though they were favoured by fortune to the extent of some ten or twelve lives in the field . Appended is the score and analysis : AMPLFFORTH COLLEGE .
ST . PETER ' S. Ci . C . Otley, c Quinn, 1) Tiaves . . P . St . G . Kirke, b Hayes C . S . Smith, b Hayes
R . Connor, c B . Nelson, b Soulby E . Stourton, b Creer
A . Hayes, b Soulby E . Maynard, c B . Nelson, b Creer P . Coonan, run out . _ R . Dawson, b Creer C . Quinn, c Longbotham, b Creer E .Weighill .c Bingham, b B .Nelson H . Crean, not out V. NevilT, lbw, b B . Nelson .. W. Foote, c Smith, b Creer .. Extras Total
K . G . Bingham, b Hayes B . Nelson, b Hayes H . L . Creer, c Dawson, b NevilT G. N . LongbothaEn, b Mayes H. E . Soulby, not out E . St . G . Kirke, b Hayes C . Nelson, b Haves J . L. Kirby, b 1-laces Extras Total
J7
15 14 1
9 2
4 0 3 o
o o 5 53
Second Innings, 182 for 7 wickets. BOWLING ANALYSIS —Ampleforth College.
First Innings . Bowler . Runs . Wkts . Aver. 2 15 H . E . Soulby . . 3o . 15 0 — G . C . Otley 11 . L . Creer . . . . 19 5 3' 8 B . Nelson . . . . 3'5
Second Innings. Bowler . Runs . Wkts . Aver. 14.6 H . E . Soulby . . 44 3 H . L . Creer . . . 43 2 21 . 5 K . G . Bingham . . 27 2 13 . 5
ST . PETER ' S V . GARFORTH C .C.
This match was played on the School ground, on May 28th. Nelson won the toss and elected to bat first on a rather soft wicket. Otley and Kirke faced the bowling of Reed and Tate, but Otley was bowled when the total was at z, Bingham was soon out, and shortly after Kirke was bowled (3 for 17) . The game after this assumed a different aspect and the next wicket did not fall till the total was 154 . Nelson played a fine lively innings for his century, his strokes to leg being especially fine . Smith played a good game
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UKIt KET .
for his 58 but we should like to see him score more on the off. Creer followed Smith in and played a steady innings of 1 z not out, after which Nelson very judiciously declared, the score being 189 for 5 wickets, a very creditable score on a bowler ' s wicket. Garforth sent in Denby and W . Tate, but the former was smartly caught by Walton at extra cover for 3 . Nobody gave much trouble except G . Reed who played a careful innings of zo . Great excitement prevailed near the end, the last man being out to a fine catch by Creer from what wJuld have been in any case the last hall of the match . Mention must be made of the two catches by Soulby in the slips, the second was a beauty . Score and Analysis : ST . PETER ' S.
P . St . G . Kirke, h W . Tate G . C . Otley, b \V . Tate R . G . Bingham, b W . Reed B. Nelson, b \V . Reed C. S . Smith, b \V . Reed II . L Creer, not out H . E . SouTby N . St . G . Kirke did not bat. C . Nelson J . L. Kirby Extras (for 5 wickets)
7 0
too 58 12
11
189
GARFORTH C .C. H . J . Denby, c Walton, b Soulby 3 W . Tate, b Soulby 2 II . Hurst, h Soulby o G . Reed, c Bingham, b Creer 20 A . Dixon, b Creer 11 8 R . Tate, b Soulby' J . II . Pickering, c Soulby, b Creer 3 8 F. Sibery, not out C . Chadwick, b Otley 5 2 W . Reed, c Soulby, b Otley 3 F . Turner, c Creer, b Soulby . . Extras 9
74
Innings declared closed . GAIrFORTH
C .C.
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Runs . H . E . Soulby
22
H . L . Creer G . C . Otley
39 4
Wickets . 5 3 2
Overs . 19 15 3
Average. 4'4 13 2
S1' . PETER ' S V . LEEDS G .S. This match was started on Wednesday, June 1st, but it was only possible to play for a short time owing to tremendous showers of rain which left the ground absolutely unplayable The School went in first and had made z8 for four wickets when the match was abandoned . Both Kirke and Nelson were out by very good catches, especially the latter.
58+
I RICKEr. ST . PETER'S.
P . St . G . Kirke,c P . Munro, b Heald 4 G C .(hley,cG .India' ds) n, I) Lister 5 R .U . BinghamcUliichardson,bHeald o B. Nelson, c Phillips, b Lister 3 13 C. S . Smith, not out H . L . Creer 2 Extras T Total (4 Wkts .)
28
H . E . Soulby, E . St . G . Kirke, C. Nelson, E . J . Walton, G . N . Longbotham, did not bat.
ST . PETER ' S
f' . DURHAM G .S.
On Thursday, June znd . the XI . journeyed up to Durham, only to find the ground under water and the rain still falling. Consequently we returned by the next train, this being the third match abandoned through rain.
Sr . PEI ER ' S F . POC~KI .INGtON U .S. This completed for the week the list of abandoned matches. The School went in to bat and was doing very well when the rain stopped further play . Bingham scored very last, and his
26
included some very good hits . Kirke played beautiful cricket, and things looked very well at the lunch interval, after which further play was impossible . Sr . PETERS.
K . U . Bingham, b Dryden P . St . G . Kirke, I) Green G . C . Otlev, not out
C . S . Smith, b Dryden . . B . Nelson, not out
.
26 20 () 4
Total (3 wickets) H . L . Greer . H . E. Soulby, E . St . G. Kirke, C . Nelson . E . J . Walton, G . N. Longhotham, did not bat .
5x5
CRICKET FIXTURES .
CRICKET FIXTURES. FIRST Xl. Dale . Sat . May 1 .} . ,, 21 . "I'hurs „ 26 . Sat . 28 . Wed . june 1 . Thurs , . z. Sat . , {. Tues . „ 7. Thurs . ,, 9. ,, 1 t . Sat . 'rues ,, Thurs . ,, 16 . Sat . „ r8. Tues . ., z 1 . Thurs . ,, 23 . Wed . 29 . Thurs .,, 30 . Sat . July 2. Tues . ,, 5. "Thurs . „ 7. Sat . q.
Gnd. Rsli. away . . lost home . . abd. home . . lost home . . won home . . abd. away home away . . away home .. away home home home away home Oid Peterites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
hersus . North Riding Asylum Friends' School Ampleforth College Garforth C .C Leeds ( ; .S Durham G .S Pocklington G .S Yorkshire Gentlemen Friends' School Durham G .S Ampleforth College F . C . Crowther's XI Homer's College Old Pockling Ionians Pocklington G .S Ryburn Valley C .C Yorkshire Gentlemen North Riding Asylum Garforth C .C
home away away away
SECOND XI. Tues . May 17. z1. Sat . Wed . June I. Thurs . ,, 2. Sat. Thurs . ,, 9. Toes „ }. Sat . . . 18 25. Sat . "Tues . July 5. Thurs . ,, 7.
St . Olave ' s School znd Friends ' School 211(1 Leeds Grammar School znd St . Martin ' s School 1st Pocklington Grammar School znd Friends' School znd Ampleforth College znd Homer ' s College 211(1 Durham G .S znd St . Martin's School 1st St . Olave' s School 1st
home . . tie away .. away home .. away .. home .. home .. a,vay . . home .. home . , away ..
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4
LL n.
OLD PETERITE CLUB.
A Special General Meeting was held at the School on Wednesday, June z9th, at 9-15 p .m . The Rev . G . T . Ilandford, President, was in the chair, and there were also present the Rev . S . J . J . S . Le Maistre, and Messrs . R . H . Bailey, G . V . Birks, W . M . Carter, A . AV . Eastwood, F . P . F ;lsset, J . F . Leaf, P . E . Lord, J. Mortimer, E . F . Nevile, R . F . Russell, J . Shepherd, A . M . Sullivan, C . P . Whincup, H . H . Williams, T . F . Williams, G . Yeld, and G . (3 . Yeld. After the reading of the minutes of the last meeting, a vote of .55 was passed to pay for the panelling of the School Gymnasium, according to a plan drawn by Mr . \V . 1\1 . Carter . The estimate accepted was that of Mr . T . 13 . Barry, the contractor who built the Gymnasium. A sum, not exceeding 1'2, was granted towards purchasing, jointly with the School, a Bible, to be presented to the Bishop of Bristol for use in his private chapel. In connexion with the cricket match, Old Pocklingtonians r. 01d Peterites, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr . Ilandford for entertaining both teams at lunch, and a grant of 13s . was made for the expenses of the match. This concluded the business of the Meeting. OLD PETERITES
v.
OLD POCKLINGTONIANS.
This match was played on the School ,round on Monday. June 27th . Rain had fallen over-night and began again about eleven o'clock, and continued for an hour, preventing any play before lunch . A little fell at intervals in the afternoon, but not sufficient to interrupt the game Having won the toss, Lord took Cadman iii with him, Harrison beginning the bowling . Runs came pretty quickly, though both were missed after reaching double figures, Lord behind the wicket and Cadman from a skyer at mid-off. On the wet wicket the bowlers were unable to do much, and both batsmen bit out freely . At g 6 Cadman was caught at long slip . Sullivan followed in and soon settled down, and
OLD teIT :Kt1F:
ct .r'1t.
again the score was advanced rapidly ; at
161
he was bowled in
trying to pull a very bad long hop . At 188 lord was caught behind the bowler, having been in about an hour and threequarters . Daniel and Jones both played on, and WVhineup was out to a good length ball . Hudson and Russell hit hard before the innings was closed at .}--p with six wickets down . The Old Pociciingtonians '
first innings, begun after tea, was of short
duration . The wicket had dried, possibly helped by the roller, and Carter got a deal of work on . Jones did most of the damage. as his analysis skews, but the batting display was not very vigorous . Cadman caught Cautley high up at the wicket, and Hudson ' s catch was a very fine one ; the others were easy, from poor strokes . Following on, Cautley played very careful cricket, and just before time Iles hit up thirteen quickly, but again the rest showed little form . Score and analysis : Ut.D PlTLR!TFS.
P . R . Lord, c Madden, b Harrison H . Cadman, c Lipscomb, b Allison A. \I . SuTTivan, b Madden J . H . Daniel, b Cautley L . S Jones, b Harrison B. Hudson, not out C. P . \\'hincup, b Harrison R . F . Russell, not out Extras
9b 34 30 20 i 24 0 12
14 Total
2 37
OLD POCK! .I NOTONIANS .
First Innings. F . D . Cautley, c Cadman, b Jones R . Han ison, c Lord, b Carter C . H . Lip-comb, Tbw b Junes J . F . Marshal, e Caster b Jones C . H . Madden, st Cadman, b Carter R . M . White, c Russell, 1, Jones .. H . F . Lipscomb, b Jones 1 . R . Allison, c Daniel, b Jones 1 . H . Iles, c Lord, b Carter t ITes, c Hudson, b Jones E . Thrill 1111, not out Extras Total
• • •
• to 3 o
Second Innings. not out I, Carter 6 Jones c Russell, b Jones lbw b Carter b Carter b Carter
43 t t
4 o 0 2
lbw b Jones
2
i5 37
Extras
o
Total (fur 7 wkcts) 65
OLD PETERITE
588
CLUB.
BOWLING ANALYSIS OLD PP.TRRITES.
O. M. J . R . Allison . 18 2 R . Harrison . . . 25 5 o E . Hannam I Ib 2 F . D . Cautley . . . . J . F . Marshall . . . . 2 o C . Madden Allison bowled a wide.
R. 55 65 12 6o
R'. I 3 0 I
I;
14
OLI) POCELINGTONLAN .S. 1st
Innings . O. M. R. \V . M .Carter 9'2 3 IQ q 3 E . S . Jones
W. 3
O. 17 17
2nd Innings. Al . R. 28 9 5 37
\V. 4 3
THEATRICALS — BALANCE ,HEET .
589
LIBRARY. We are glad to say that through the kindness of three
Old
Peterites—J . A . Dunkerley, P . L . Newman, and G . AV . Bennett, the Library collection of back " Peterites " is now complete, with the exception
of No . 5, which is still missing . We should feel very
grateful if any one having a spare copy could send us it. The following books have been added to the Library : English Prose, by Professor J . Earle.
Geology of England and \Vales, by G . Woodward. E . J . \VALTON, G . W . FIJ .I,I'I'ER. Li/ra"l7ns.
1897 . THE SCHOOL PLAY-BALANCE SHEET. Rr:CeIP'rs . Day Boys' Subscriptions . . Boarders' Subscriptions . Rev . A . \V . Richards' House Subscriptions . . Public Subscriptions Masters' Subscriptions, . .. Rev . G . T . Handford . . . .
Deficit
L
s.
d.
10 to 15 10
0 0
1 10 9 17 3 to S o
o 6 o o
S Total . . . , X54
t t 3
8
9
EXPRNDI'I UKF . . d. . L Hire of Dresses . . . . . 20 0 0 \Vigs _ 10 0 Carriage of Dresses and 0 15 5 Rigs Varlcv's Band 4 4 a Programmes, &c ., (J . Sampson) 4 15 3 Decoration, &c ., (Hartley & Son) . . . . 3 S o Hire of Chairs (Brown & Sons) 1 13 4 Fixing and removing Stage, &c . . (Holtbv) 11 9 O York Gas Company 0 4 5 Police o lb 6 Sundry Requisites . . 1 o 4 AlTowances : To \\'orl:men and PoTicemen . .. t 1 6 „ Cloakroom Attendants o 14 o James l0 0 „ Dr . Hingston's Gardener o to 0 Secretary's Expenses . . 0 4 9 Last Year's Deficit 0 12 3 Total . .
Z54
8
9
jqo
NOTES AND ITEMS.
NOTES AND ITEMS. T . Romans, Scholar of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, First Class in the Natural Science Tripos. S . O . Bingham, St . Thomas' Hospital, admitted M .R .C .S . ; also obtained the Chevelden Medal for Anatomy. The Rev . H . G . Metcalfe, Pembroke College, Cambridge, has taken his M .A . degree. Prof. Clifford Allbutt is about to deliver a course of lectures at San Francisco University. " The Principles of Criticism, " by W . B . «'orsforld, was recommended by Mr . II . II . Asquith,1LP . (late Home Secretary), in his address to the University Extension Students. Messrs . Morris & Co ., of 392, Strand, London, are publishing a portrait of the late Canon Elwyn at 15S. R . H . Bailey, Exhibitioner of St . Catharine's College, Cambridge, allowed the Ordinary Degree in the Classical Tripos. BIRTHS .—At Ivy Lodge, Temple Sowerby, Penrith, on March 1st, the wife of L . E . Stevenson, of a son. On April 24.th, the wife of F . E . Robinson, of a son. At Hillsbro ' , Alle_yn Park, \V . Dulwich, on June 1+th, the wife of the Rev . J . H . Mallinson, of a son. The Rev . G . H . Chilman has been appointed Curate of Foston. T. L . Chadwick is acting as Conductor of the Dewsbury Choral Society .
OBITUARY. At Dewsbury, in March, JOHN HARRISON WATTS, Entered the School, Jan . 186 . Left Midsummer, 1857 .
THE
PETERITE. VoL . XIII .
OCTOBER,
18 9 8 .
No . 1 35 .
SCHOOL LETTER. HE Summer term, which always brings a touch of sadness in its wake for those that are leaving, this year has brought with it cause for regret to the whole School ; for, after a seven years' residence at the School, Mr . Lord has left us to take Holy Orders . Both in School and out, he had won and affection of everyone, and we felt that he was a the respect part of the School itself. In the football and cricket he used to take an active part, and the last output of his energy was the series of School Concerts which enlivened the Easter Term. Mr . Lord ' s refusal to accept our testimonial prevented us from giving any substantial token of the esteem in which he was universally held. The Cricket Season has been very fairly successful . Our worst opponent at the beginning of the term was the rain, which stopped four matches . For the first time the Ryburn Valley match was finished and resulted in a good win for the School . There were some good individual scores, both B . Nelson and Bingham making centuries, the one against Garforth, the other against Durham School . The Second XI . won three matches and lost four ; one resulted in a tie . Of the Sports and the Prize-giving more hereafter .
CRICKET.
592
Commemoration Day passed off as successfully as usual, and the cricket match, though somewhat spoilt by the weather was still very interesting, the School, however, being well beaten. We hope that Bingham will have a more successful football team this year ; age and experience should make a big difference to his men, and as B . Nelson is, we hear, staying on a term, the back division should have some good stuff in it.
CRICKET. ST . PETER ' S Z' . YORKSHIRI'. GENTLE1\IEN .
Tuesday, 7th June.
YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN.
Sr . PETER ' S.
R . H . Wood, b B . Nelson 47 E . S . Jones, c Walton, b Smith 32 Major Evans, b B . Nelson 4 I C . Burne, c and b Smith G . H. Cadman, c C . Nelson, 1) B. Nelson 5 G. F. Fairfax, c Bingham, b Soulby 96 . Lawson-Smith, b Bingham 46 E. M C . \V . Landon, not out 11 H. S . II . Barton, b Smith 4 o C . Wellesley, b Smith A . C . Stainer ( did not bat A . W . Ingles l Extras 4
R .G .Bingham,cLord (sub)6Ingles 26 P . St . G . Kirke, run out 43 o G . C . Otley, b Jones o C . S . Smith, b Jones B. NeTson, b Jones 28 . Creer, e Borne, b Jones o II . L II . E . Soulby, c Wood, b Cadman E . St . G . Kirke, not out C. Nelson, c sub, b Jones 1 . E . Nelson, b Jones E . J . Walton, 1) Cadman G . N . Lon gbotham,cAV'ood,bCadman Extras 4 Total
Total H . E . Soulby H . L . Creer G . C . Otley B. Nelson .. C. S . Smith R . G . Bingham
106
250 Runs . Wickets. 53 33 30 55 53 22
ST . PETER' S V . FRIENDS ' SCHOOL.
Overs . Maidens . Average. 11'3 0 53 0 5 6 o — 15 2 18 .3 1 3' 2 5 14 o 22 4
Thursday, 9th June.
ST . PETER'S.
FRIENDS ' SCHOOL ..
R . G . Bingham, c Pearman, b Broadhead o P. St . G . Kirke, b Broadhead 13 G . C . Otley, c Moulton, b Broadhead 6 B . Nelson, b Baker 7 13 C . S . Smith, run out H . L . Creer, not out 14 H . E . Soulby, c Stuart, b Broadhead 5 E . St . G . Kirke, c Pearman, b Knight 4 C . Nelson, b Broadhead C . Moiser, b Broadhead 0 E . J . Walton, c Moulton, b Knight 4 Extras 9
3 A . G . Pickard, b Soulby A . Rowlands, c P . Kirke, b Otley 22 C. CoTTinson, c Creer, b Soulby 1 o F. M . Pear man, b Soulby o J . S . Baker, b B . Nelson Y . E . Broadhead, b ()tley 26 o J . Moulton, lbw, b Soulby 14 h . IL Knight, b B . Nelson o R . Stewart, 16w, b Soulby G. Morland, not out . o o \V . A . Milner, b B . Nelson 7 Extras
Total ,
76
Total
73
CRICKET . Runs. H . E . Soulby B . Nelson C . S . Smith G . C . Otley H . I . Creer
23
14 II 9 9
Wickets. 5 3 0
593 ()vets. 22
14. 1 3
2
0
Maideas. to 7 0 2
2
0
Average. 4.6 4.6 — 4'5 —
Si'. •PErER ' s 7' . DURHAM SCHOOL.
Played at York on Saturday, June 11th . Nelson won the toss and sent in Bingham and P . Kirke . Ten runs were scored in two overs . 13ingham was missed from a difficult catch in the long field when he had made seven, but after that hit with marked vigour, Kirkeallthe time playing pretty but morecareful cricket . The score advanced at a great pace, Bingham passing his half-century in a little over half an hour . The hundred appeared on the board some time after, and Kirke reached his fifty with the score at 1¢6, but at 156 he was bowled . His score of 59 was a very pretty innings made in an hour and to minutes, his "glides" being particularly fine, and his cuts excellent . Otley came in and Bingham reached his century after an hour and a quarter ' s batting. The luncheon interval then interrupted further play . Upon recommencing, Bingham and Otley hit vigorously, till the former was stumped at I n+ . I l e had made 125 by hard and well-timed hitting, and though he gave some three chances, all were really hot ones, and there was considerable excuse for missing them. "Thirteen runs later ()Bey was bowled, and but seven more had been put on when Smith was similarly treated by Turner after hitting a three and two singles . Nelson made 12 before he was caught and then Creer and E . Kirke added 33 tuns, each making 18 not out, before the innings was declared with the total 255 for six wickets . Durham started well, .}z being made before the first icket fell, Price being then howled by Otley for 14 . Henderson only made j, hut Cumber-loge and Sagar brought the score up to q6, Sagar being then dismissed by a capital catch by Creer, who took the ball with one hand, running at full speed . Ile had played a very good innings of 6z, though marred by one chance at 24, sheaving himself a good batsman all round the wicket. Elphick hit a three, but was clean howled by ()Bey before any
CRICKET.
594
more runs had been scored . At 116, Cumberlege cut a ball hard towards the boundary, but Smith stopped it with his left hand, and throwing in well, ran him out . Though missed at 14, he had been of great service to his side, and had hit well . The rest of the side gave little trouble, and, though 'Fhurlmrn played pluckily at the end, the innings closed for 163, St . Peter ' s winning by 92 runs. Otley took five wickets for J5 runs . Appended is the score and analysis : ST. PETRR ' S.
DURHAM SCHOOL.
P . St . G . Kirke, b Turner 54 R . G . Bingham, st Thurbam, h 125 Dempster 15 G . C . Otley, h Dempster . . . B. Nelson, c Shawger, b Dempster 12 C. S . Smith, 1) Turner 5 18 H . L . Creer, not out H . E . Soulby, run out 5 E . St . G. Kirke, not out 18 C . Nelson E . J . Walton did not bat J . 1 . . Kirby Extras 3 Total Bowling Analysis :— H . E . Soulby . . B . Nelson G. C . Otley , . H. L . Creer . . C . S . Smith
J . W . Sagar, c Creer, b Smith
, . . 62 \V . Price, b Otley 14 H . A . Henderson, b Otley 7 R . C . Cumberlege, run out 27 C . Elphick, b Otlev 3 H . F . D . Turner, lhw, h Smith . to G . A. Shawger, b Otley 6 R . J . E . Thurbam, not out 17 o A . E . Hesketh, run out F . Dempster, b South), . , . 3 W . B. Bell, c B . Nelson, b Otley o Extras 14 Total
163
255 Runs . Wickets. 38 15 0 55 5 8 0 33 2
Overs . Maidens . Average. 16 4 38 0 3 25 . 3 7 11 3 1 — z 10 16 . 5
ST . PETER ' S 7' . AMPLEFORI'M COLLEGE.
Played at Ampleforth, June 14th, 1898. Nelson won the toss, and elected to bat, taking in with him P. Kirke, The two played careful but good cricket, gradually raising the score to 36, before Nelson \' as bowled for a useful 20. Otlev succeeded him but shared the same fate after raising the score to 56 . Smith made four when he tamely returned the ball to mid-on who easily held it . (60-3-4) . Creer followed but was soon dismissed for 3 . Soulby hit two 3'S but was then disposed of by a good catch in the long field . E . Kirke made 5 before he was caught at the wicket (97-6-5) and at this juncture P . Kirke was dismissed by a splendid catch on the boundary at square leg.
595
CRICKET .
He had played a splendid innings for his side, going in first and being seventh wicket down . His display was not marred by a single chance . (110-7-36 .) C . Nelson succeeded him and hit vigorously all round the wicket . He was ably assisted by Walton who made 18 in t o minutes, the pair adding 25 . Kirby was caught, having made four, and Moiser only having one or two balls the side was out for 146, by no means a despicable total, considering the bad light which prevailed throughout the innings. Shortly after lunch Ampleforth started their innings with Connor and Hayes, but with only two on the board, Connor was out lbw. Nine later Hayes was thrown out from square leg by E . Kirke. Nor did their misfortunes end I ere, for with only another added Coonan was clean bowled by Soulby (3-Iz-o) . Maynard and Weighill then made a plucky effort to save their side and added 17 in as many minutes, when Weighill was dismissed by a good catch in the long field by Walton . Maynard was dismissed by Otley 5 later and at the same total two more wickets fell, and the innings finally closed for 57, leaving us victors by 89 runs. Ampleforth went in again and made .}o for 4 wickets, when stumps were drawn . Score and analysis : AMPLEFORTH.
ST . PETER' S .
B. Nelson, b Field 20 P . St . G . Kirke, c Weighill, b Goote 36 G . C . Orley, b Field 7 C. S . Smith . c Coonan, b Field 4 H .L .Creer.cdeNormanville,blayes 3 II . E . Soulby, c Quinn, b Hayes 6 E . St . G . Kirke, c Maynard,bHayes 5 21 C . Nelson, h WeighiTl E Walton ,cdeNormanville,btlayest8 J . -L . Kirby, c Field, b Weighill 4 C . Moiser, not out o 22 Extras Total Analysis :-H . E . Soulby G . C . Otley
R . L . Connor, lbw, b Soulby 2 A . Hayes, run out 5 E . Maynard, b Otley 17 P. Crean, b Soulby E . AVeighill, c Walton, b Otley it J . R . Murphy, C . Smith, b Soulby o 11 . L . Crean, c E . Kirke, b Soulby 2 C . Quinn, b Otley 3 W . Field, not out E . de Normanville, b Orley o W . St . G . Goote, b Soulby 8 Extras 8
146 Total Runs . Wickets . Overs . Maidens . Average. 12 2 6 30 5 19 11 4 4.7 4
Si'. "PETER ' S
F . C . CROWTHER ' S XI.
On the School ground on Thursday, June 16th . Crowther won the toss and sent in Sullivan and Crosland to face the bowling of Soulby and Otley . Crosland was caught with the score at seven
CRICKEr.
596
by 13 . Nelson . Tinker and Sykes gave little trouble, but when Carter joined Sullivan, the two made a long stand Sullivan was let off in the long field when he had made 43, and Carter gave one chance before he was caught by P . Kirke off Nelson, having made 19 . 70-4.-19 . Bairstow made two and was caught off Smith, and G . Crowther was bowled first ball . Sullivan was howled next by Nelson for 64 . He had made some good hits but was missed four times . 12 -i-64 Grist made a good stand : he and F. Crowther adding on 35 for the last wicket . The last three men were all clean bowled by Otley the total then being 168. The School innings opened very badly : two wickets going down for one run . B . Nelson, Smith, Creer and Sonlbv contributed nothing to the score : five wickets being down for seven runs. Otley and Kirke made a short stand, and had brought the total up to 27 when the latter was caught in the slips . 27-7-5 . Otley went out soon afterwrds, being caught in the long field . He had played an excellent innings, and made some very tine strokes, though he had given a few chances . Walton made three not out, and E . Nelson hit Carter for three . Ciosland got nine wickets for 13 runs . The School innings closed for 42 . Following on the School made it better show and compiled 113 . E . Kirke and Soulbv were in some time, the latter being clean bowled by Bairstow for 1 I . Kirke hit vigorously and had made 34 'vhcn he was run out . B . Nelson made 15 and C . Nelson to . The rest made a few runs, but the School were beaten by an innings and 13 runs . Appended is the score and analysis (1 4 F .J .Crosland, e B .Nelson, h Soulby 3 II . Tinker, b Soulby V . B . Sykes, b Otley 0 \V . M . Cartcr,cP . Kit ke,bTlN elson 19 I-L P . Bair,tow, C B . Nelson, b Smith T. Crowther, b B . Nelson o S . Grist, not out 30 2 C . Mills, b Otley E. P . S) Ices, b Utley o F. C . Crowther, b Otley 17 Extras _o
Sr . PH 1F :R ' s. St . (I . Kirke, c Tinker, b Carter 1 G . C . Otlev. b Crosland .. 2; B. Nelson, - e E. P . Sskes,bCrosland o o C. S . Smith, b Crosland o II . L . Creer, h Crosland H . E . Soulby. b Crosland o 1? St . ('. .Kirke, c Tinker, b Crosland 5 C . NeTson,c V . B . Sykes, b Crosland o E . J . Walton, not out 3 C . Atoiscr, lbw, b Crosland o T . E . Nelson, b Crosland 3 Extras 3
Total
Total
F . C . Cnowlntck's NI. A . M . Sullivan . b B . Nelson
168
P.
42
CRICKET . Bowling Analysis : H . E . Soulby G . C . Otley B . Nelson .
C . S . Smith . . II . L . Greer
Runs . 55
Wickets .
Overs .
Maidens .
2
19 15 . 4
4 6
13 3
3
42 27
4
14
1
to
597
3 o
S . PETER ' S V . POCKLINGTON
0
Average. 2 7'5 10 . 5
9
14
o
2
G .S.
At I'ocklington, June 23 . Pocklington won the toss and went in; Lipscomb and Mortimer facing the bowling of Soulby and Otley. When only seven runs had been scored, Lipscomb was out lbw . to Otley, and in the next over, Baxter who had succeeded him, was clean bowled by Soulby (8-2) . Leonard then came in and hit freely, soon raising the score to 33 . At this point Soulby beat Mortimer with a fine leg break . How replaced Mortimer, but almost immediately Soulby was too much for him . A Smith, the new corner, played steadily, and shortly afterwards, Leonard after hitting two fours, was taken by Smith off Soulby . Brown came in and hit a three, but in the next over Otley got him lbw . I ' Anson joined Smith, whose stumps were disturbed by Soulby in the following over, 45-7. Dryden partnered I'Anson, runs coming very slowly . However Dryden was somewhat later bowled by Soulby, and Green came in, but I'Anson was soon afterwards lbw . to Soulby J3-9 . Hudson took I'Anson's place at the wicket, and in conjunction with Green raised the total to sixty-four ; bringing on B . Nelson instead of Otley . The change was efficacious . Nelson quickly bowled Hudson, the Pocklington innings closing for 6¢ . Most noticeable was Soulby's 7 wickets for 33• R . G . Bingham and Kirke started for the School, but in Dryden ' s second over Bingham was caught by I'Anson . B . Nelson now partnered Kirke and the score was raised to t 8 ; then Hudson, who was getting rather badly punished, was replaced by How. The good form which Kirke was displaying was deceptive, as he was shortly bowled by Dryden, 2-18 . Otley partnered Nelson, who in the same over was caught by Leonard off Dryden. Creer took Nelson's place, but after hitting a two, returned the ball to How . E . Kirke came in and was bowled in Dryden ' s next over, 26-3 . From this point onwards the bowling of How met
598
CRICKET.
with no resistance, the rest of the School wickets quickly falling for 8 runs . How secured 3 wickets for 9 runs, and Dryden 4 for 12. Pocklington restarted, Lipscomb and Mortimer facing Soulby and Nelson . Lipscomb hit a four off Soulby, but was clean bowled by Nelson in his first over. From this point onwards the Pocklington second innings was a wearisome repetition of the first ; stone-walling was the order of the day, and only Mortimer, Leonard and Brown reached double figures . The School bowling was very good, Otley getting 5 wickets for 15 runs, Soulby 3 for 21, and Nelson z for 24. The Pocklington innings closed for 72, the School thus having 103 runs to get to win, in not much over three-quarters of an hour. Bingham and Kirke started, Dryden and How bowling ; off Dryden ' s first over Bingham hit two z's and a single, and off How ' s first ball he also scored a single, Kirke was however clean bowled by How's next ball . Otley succeeded Kirke and began to play steadily and with confidence, Bingham then dismissed How fot a four, and prospects began to look rosier ; appearances were deceptive however, for Bingham was soon caught by Lipscomb, off How, 2-17 . Nelson took Bingham's place, and immediately began to hit all round the wicket, Otley contenting himself with keeping his wicket up . The score rapidly rose to the half century, and Green came on instead of How, and shortly after Hudson came on instead of Dryden . The change was however of no avail, Nelson several times scoring 8 or q runs off an over, and on one occasion r o runs off one over . The score rapidly rose, and eventually there were six runs wanted to win, and three minutes to time . According to the rate of scoring up to that time, this could easily have been done ; but apparently the Pocklington umpire and captain did not think so, as they immediately rushed off the field, utterly disregarding the objections of the School umpire, who had, it should be noted, set his watch by the Station clock. To leave this unpleasant subject and to return to the actual cricket. Nelson was not out 65, all of which had been scored in 14 overs ; 78
CRICKET .
599
out of a total of 97 had been made in the last 14 . Dyers . Too much praise cannot be given to Nelson for his magnificent forcing of the game . Otley also deserves great credit for contenting himself with keeping up his wicket under great temptation to hit . We may under the circumstances undoubtedly claim a moral victory, and although the accompaniments were unpleasant, the cricket of the School, the bowling in the two Pocklington innings, and the batting in the second innings of the School, is something to be proud of. POCKLINGTON G .S.
1st innings. C . II . Lipscomb, lbw ., b Otley ) . Mortimer, b Soulby J . L . Baxter, b Soulby 1Z . H . Leonard, c Smith, b Soulby J . C . How, 1> Soulby R. H . Smith, b Soulby S. L . Brown, lbw ., b Otley . M . I' Vinson, lbw ., b Soulbv J . D . Dryden, b Soulby IL Green, not out C . H . Hudson, h B . Nelson Extras Total
6 15 o 21
o o 3 3 ro o 5
2nd innings. b B . Nelson b Otley b Otley b Otley b B . Nelson c and b Otley c and b Otley c E . Kirke, b Soulby c E . Kirke, b Soulby b Soulbv not out Extras
64
4 14 9 t 2 5 o 16
o o o o 12
Total
72
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL.
1st innings.
2nd innings.
It . ti . Bingham, c I' Anson, bDryden 3 P . St . G . Kirke, b Dryden 6 12 B . Nelson, c Leonard, b Dryden G . C . Otley, b How 3 }l . L . Creer, c and b How 2 E . St G . Kirke, b Dryden o o C . S . Smith, c and 1) Flow 2 H . E . Soulbv, run out o E . J . Walton, 1) How C . Nelson, not out 3 R . K. Yeld, c Brown, b How o Extras 3 Total w. 33 7 R.
c Lipscomb, b How h How not out not out
did not hat
Extras
.t . A. 94'71 7 13
Bowling analysis 21 H . E . Soulby 4 G . C Otley . . 26 2 20 1 1 — B . Nelson o I H . E . Soulby bowled a wide .
1
Total (2 wkts .)
34 0.
13 o 63 18
R.
21 15 24
w. 3 5 2
A.
7
17 3 12
6 16 19
97
M.
I0
CRICKI .1.
600
Sr .
PETER ' S
Jule 29th and 3oth.
01 .1) PErF.K11ES . Om)
PF II R 1 I l S.
1st innings.
2nd innings.
, . I A. 'I . SuTlivan, c and b OtTey E . S . Jones, c ("leer, b Otl :r IC B. Hud ' ',n, Tbw, b B Nelson . . 35 6 R . F . RusseTT, b G . C . U11ev 1 . Shepherd, c WaTton, b smith 26 t8 C. P . \Vhim:up, b B . Nelson E . S . D . Carter, b B . Nelson . . 35 J . Mot timer, c Smith, b Utley :4 G G . Veld, b Otley ; A . W . Eastwood . not out 2 G . V . Birl:s, b OtTey 4 10 Extras Total
I) Oticv c 'reet, b B Nelson c Otlec . it Soulbc h B . Nelson . . . . 1) B . Nelson lbw . b ()Hey c Nelson, b Soulbt b ( Itlev not out b Soulbv c and b Soulby Extras
Totals
Bowling analysis : E S. Jones G . G . Veld ., J . Mortimer .. J . Shepherd R . F . Russell .. E . S . D . Carter
9 3 3 25 193
b Russell b Russell b Veld c \\'him:up, b Jones h Yell R . K . Veld, not out I) Ytld c Eastwood, b Carter b Carter bVeld b Cal ter Extras
7 o 4o 13
Total
117
.,141 W. 0. 0 10
1
9
2nd innings.
1st innings.
6 3
16
30
PETER ' S .
R . G . Bingham, run out P . St . G . lithe, b Jones G . C . Otley, h Mortimer B. NeTson, c Ea ' twood, b RusseTl If . L . Creel', b Russell b Russell E . St . G . C. S . Smith, c Carter. It Jones II . E . Soulby, b Russell E . J . Walton . not out C . Nelson, b Jones G . N . Loughotham, b RusselT .. Ext ras
Bowling analysis : R . H . E . Soulby . . 37 . . 72 (1 . C Utley B . Nelson . . 34 1 1 C . S . Smith ..
to .3 54
.
Total
164 Si,
4 1 7
s1 . A. 0 — 20 . 1 6 12 18 6 I1 .s 7 2 II
R.
w.
38
3
27 23 22 22
0 1 0
4 5
M . A. 1 12 .6 1 — 0 23
5
1'02
3 --I 4 .4
0. 13
R.
W.
65
4 3 3
b .l
O. 23 . 2 22
21
o Iv 0 I
i 6 3
M.
7 2
A. 16 25 21 . 3 10
30 lb 5 0 3 0 9 H . E . Soulby bowled [wide, Smith 2. R. 36 23
W. 1
4
0.
It 9
M.
A. 36
2
5'75
I 15'5 2 9 0 8 24 3 i'3 R. F . Russell bowled 2 no-balls . 31
CRICKET .
6o l
S . PETER ' S r' . RYRURN VALLEY C .C. At York, July znd . Rvburn Valley won the toss, and elected to bat ; Crossley and Wheelwright facing the bowling of Soulby and Otley . When only 5 had been made, Wheelwright succumbed to a delivery from Soulby, Bingham taking the catch some way from the wickets ; Jenkins then came in, and he and Crossley began to knock the bowling about, quickly bringing up the half century ; at 7 0 Crossley was taken by B Nelson off Otley . Hamilton succeeded Crossley, and shortly after Jenkins registered his 5o, bringing on B. Nelson at the bottom end, and somewhat later Smith at the top end. At 121 Smith got Hamilton caught at mid-off, and G . G . Yeld taking Hamilton's place was quickly run out . Creer now succeeded Smith and very shortly, clean bowled Jenkins, who had made 69 (129-5 .) After this there was no great opposition, Creer getting Houldsworth caught ; Nelson in the last two balls of his next over bowled Stanfield and N . Nugent, and in the first ball of his next over he bowled E . Crossley, thus completing the " hat-trick . " The last man was run out, and the innings closed for i45 . Chiefly noticeable were Jenkins ' 69, Nelson ' s 3 wickets for 23, and Creer ' s
2 wickets for i r. Bingham and Oticy started for the School, to the bowling of Jenkins and Hamilton . Bingham hit a three in his first over, and soon began to lay in to the bowling in his usual style . Otley hit a single, a three, and a two, and then hit a ball from Hamilton into the long-field, where it was well taken by Houldsworth (19-7). Kirke succeeded Otley, and runs came quickly, but at 47 Jenkins clean bowled Bingham (47-2) . Nelson came in and hit one or two boundaries ; Kirke a little later returned the ball to Jenkins, having made 13 (56-3) . Creer replsced Kirke, and almost immediately Nelson was bowled by Hamilton, having made 9 (56-4 .) Smith came in, and in conjunction with Creer, made things look more hopeful, rapidly raising the score to the century . Yeld came on instead of Jenkins, but was unable to effect their separation ; however at 102 Jenkins bowled Creer for a useful 25, which included one chance at I f (102-5 .) Soulby succeeded Creer and hit some opportune boundaries . Smith was run out at this point, having
CRICKE T'.
602
Walton came in, and playing carefully was unable registered 21 . to score . Soulby then succumbed to Hamilton after making 12. Nelson took Soulby's place and Walton went down to Hamilton. I.ongbotham succeeded Walton at this point, and C . Nelson apparently thinking time was short, hit two fours, a three and a two in his next over ; I .ongbotham made three, and the innings was brought to a close for 151 for 8 wickets . The School thus winning by 6 runs and 2 wickets . Most noticeable in the School innings were Creer's 25 and Bingham and Smith ' s z1 ' s ; C . Nelson's 16, made nearly all in one over, is also worthy of mention. RYISURN VALLEY .
ST . PETER ' S.
J . W . Crossley, c B . Nelson, b Utley 23 D. G . Wheelwright, c Bingham, b I Soulby 69 E. R . Jenkins, h Creer . Nelson, A . Hamilton (pro cB 22 b Smith o . run out G . G . Veld 13 G . R . StanfieTd, b B . NeTson G. T louldswortie c Kirke, b Freer 0 2 N . Nugent, h B . Nelson 0 E . W . CrossTey, h B . Nelson . . o H. Nugent, not out 2 C . Nugent, run out 13 Extras
21 It. C . Bingham, h Jenkins G .C .Otlev .cIlouh1Sworth,bHalllilton 6 13 P . St. G . Kirke, c and b Jenkins ) B. Nelson, h HamiTton H . I . . Crcer, h Jenkins 25 21 C. S . Smith, rail out 12 H . E . SouTby . b Hamilton o E I . WaTton, I) Ifamilton 16 C . Nelson, not out G . N Longbothanl, not out 3 R . K . -Veld, did not bat Extras 25
Total Bowling analysis : H . E . Soulby G . C . Otlev , . B. Nelson . . C. S . Smith H . T.. Creer
Total
145
. .
Runs. 37 44 23 17
Wickets
Overs .
I t
11 to
0
3
to 6 51
3
1
11
ST . PETER ' S 7' . NORTH RIDING
On the
151
Maidens.
t
Asyl.uM.
Asylum ( ;round, july 7th.
NORTH rFR ' s . ASYLUM. ST . PP RIDING
R . G . Bingham, h Stenning 4 37 G . C . OtTev, c and h Best 25 Y . St . G . Kirke, c Best, I) Milnthorpe 6 II . L . Greer . c Aluchall, b Pany C . S . Smith . b Parry C . Nelson, c Johnston, h Parry i I . E . Soulby, h Parry E . J . Walton, c Best, h Stenning 1' . E . Nelson, not out, R . K . VeTd, c Kershaw, h Stunning C . Moiser, b Parry Extras Total
1o8
. T . MiTnthorpe . Is Otlev F. Waterhouse, c Moiser, h OtTev 20 \V- . Parry . h Otlev o 4 C . Best, c I' . Kirke, b Soulby W . Stunning, c 1' . Kirke, b UtTey I G. H . Johnston, lbw . b Soulby a \V" . MuchalT, run out 20 \V . Hill, not out J . Benson, b Otley 4 o A . M . Sullivan, b Creer o H. Kershaw, h Creer Extras 2 Total
65
603
CRICKET .
Bowling Analysis :— H . F. . SouTby G. C . Otley 5 C . S . Smith H. L . Creer
0. 8
1I . 2
R. 10
14 4
3
30
1 1
12
0
3
2
2 .1
w. 2
'PETER ' S v . GAR FORTH C .C . At Garforth, July 9th. Si'. Sr. -PETER'S.
GAIsFORTH C .C.
R . G . Bingham, b W . Reed o 8 G . C . OtTey, b \V . Reed P.St .G Kirke, c Libary, b 11 .Denby 6 B . Nelson, b \V . Reed 5 H . L . Creer, b H . Denby 8 . Smith, c Pickering, 1) W . Reed 8 C. S . Nelson, b G. Reed 13 C E . J. Walton, b Pickering 21 T . i. . Nelson, c Libary, b G . Reed 2 R . K . Veld, not out o H . E. Soulby, c and b G . Reed . o Extras 11 Total Bowling analysis : H . E . Soulby G . C . Otley B . Nelson
J . I) . BaiTer, h Soulby J . If . Pickering, b Otley G. W . Reed, lbw, b Soulby W. Tate, b Soulby II . J . Denby, c Walton, b Otley 1~. Liharv, b Soulby R . Tate, run out H. Hurst, run out B . Chadwick, h Otley T . Craven, run out W . Reed, not out Extras Total
82
2 4
6 o o 4 11 20
o 3 7 13 70
Ovens . Maidens . Runs . Wickets . Average. 16 6 25 4 6 . 25 16 29 3 9. 6 3 0 3 0 -1
. .
ST . PE'TER' S zNl) v ST . OLAI-r: ' S . Played May 17th.
S'I' . PETER 'S 2N1).
ST . OI .AVF' S.
G . C . Otley, c and b Gray G . N . Longbotham, b Gray E. S . Kirke, b Wilson E . J . Walton, b Gray J . L . Kirby, b Gray C. Moiser, b Gray R . Harrison, h Wilson T . P . Pulleyn, I) Wilson D. W . Roy, b Wilson R. Wood, b Wilson P . CTarke, not out
4 13 t5
o o 3 2
o
Total Bowling analysis : G . L. Otley E . Kirke
Iledwell, b Otley .. Walton, c Longbotham, b ()tley Todd, b Otley Mr . Gray, run out Mr . \Vilson, not out Wilson, b Kirke Wood, b Kirke Peters, l> Otley Merry ii ., b Kirke . . . . . Hartley, b Kirke Laugh ton, st Kirby, b Kirke Extras
40
4
Total 40 Runs . Wickets . Ovens . Maidens . Average. 1; 19
4
5
10
9
2 2
4'25
3.8
604
CRICKET. ST. PETER ' S 2ND V . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Played at Leeds, June 1st. ST. PETER ' S 2ND.
LEI'DS GRAMMAR SCH00I
T . E . Nelson, b Heald K . K . Veld, b Williamson R . HaHison,I) Jackson D . \V . Roy, h Jackson C . Moise-. b Heald T. . I . Kirby, b Richardson J . S . Clarke, not out R Wood, not out C . H . Sale R . Dunning ( did not bat G . Armstrong Extras Total Bowling analysis : T . NeTson . . . . J . Clark G . Armstrong . .
49 24
o 4 Ib 20
14 10
11
16 Horsfield, c Sale, b Nelson Seaton, c Clark . b Nelson 2 \\"ilb:unson, b Nelson o 2 Francis . h Nelson Jackson, b Clark 3 II . HeaTd, run out o li I Terld, c and b Clark 5 C . B . Richardson, b Nelson 3 3 .Andrews . c Clark, b Armstrong T. S .Richardson,cRov,bArmstiong 7 S . Jackson . not out 2 Extras 7
Total 148 Runs . Wickets . Overs . Maidens. Average. 26 12 5
5 2 2
15 10
4
3 6 2
5'2 6 2-5
ST . PETERS 2ND 7 1 . POCKLINGTON 2ND.
Played at Pocklington, June 4th. ST . PETER ' S 2ND.
POCKLING7„N 2ND .
M . I'Anson, c Harrison, b Nelson 5 2 R . Raedell, I) Nelson J . 1 . . Baxter. b Clarke 26 A . G . Dunen fonts . hit wicket, b Arm s trong . . 2 W . V . Nugent, sr Kirby, h Clarke 3 3 H . C . 1) iruell, run out R G . Unblock . e Kir bv, b Wood 25 A . Hord, run out 2 22 W. T . I'Anson, c Veld, b Wood o T . A . Harman, run out J . B . Gash Bourne, not out 1 Extras 11
R . K . Veld, h DarnelT . . o . . 19 C. Moiser, c Baxter, b Harman T . E . Nelson, c Hublack, b Darnell 4 D. W . Roy, c Darnell, b Harman 5 3 T . I . . Kirby, not out 0 R Wood, not out o J . S Clark, I) Harman [ R . Harrison . b Darnell C . H . Sale R . Dunning did not bat G . Armstrong J 7 Extras Total
Total Bowling analysis : E . Nelson . . Clarke D . R . Roy G . Armstrong Wood
40
. .102
Runs . Wickets. 25 30
25 I2 6 6
2
8
8 12
17
(avers . Maidens . Average.
2 2
11 1 2 1 2
12'5 15 -12 8 '5
6o5
CRICKET . ST . PEI'I{R ' s 2ND V . FRIENDS' SCHOOL 2ND. Plated at `i . I'i•tor' s, tine 9th. I'RIH.NDS ' SCHOOL 2ND.
PRTER ' S 2ND .
R . K. Veld . b Sparkes . , . 19 GNLL)L In 1hanneSpatkes,1Redfeln 5 o T . I" NeTson, run out 3 D . \V . I'L v, b Redfern o T . L . Kirllt, c :url I-, Kedfcln H . Hanisou,cAbiaham,bEdmondson 3 18 R . Wood . b Redfern J. Clarke, lbw, Redfern 7 R . Dunning, b Redfern 2 C . Sale, b Sparkes o o M . Roy, not out 4 Extras
Runs. 12 15 14 2 —
Bowling analysis : T . E . Nelson P . Clarke . . . R . Wood . . , . R Dunning Longhothan)
S. Redfern, c Dunning . b Clarke T. E . Abraham, b Clarke H . W . Edmondson . b Nelson P. A . Edmondson, b Nel on A . F . \Vallis, b Wood A . D . Naish, run out A . T . Clemesha, b Wood H . G . Tempest, b Wood C . C . CTarke, b Dunning W . Gray, b Dunning M . Sparkes, not out Extras
Wickets . Overs. 2 13 2 6 3 9 2 4 -I
6 0 I
3 23 I
o 6 o 2 19
62 Total Maidens . Average. 6 6 7'5 4 2 3
ST . PETERS 2ND V . Aa1Pr.EFORTH COLLEGE 2ND . At York, June. 14 AMPLEIfORT13 2ND. S't' . PL IER ' S 2ND. o R . K . Veld, b Nevile G . N . Longbotham, h Martin . 2 18 T . E . Nelson, c Nevile, b NeaTe 1 R . Wood, b Martin D . W . Roy, b Y OIke . . . . . I1 P . S . Clarke, b Martin 27 W . L . Bennett . c Yorke . 1) Martin o 8 C . Newton, c Cluran, b Martin R . Dunning, b Yorke o C . H . Sale, not out . . .. o . o G . Armstrong, c and b Yorke 10 Extras .. . "Total
..
77
A. J . Gatelev, c and b Roy 48 A . D . Bvne, lbw, b NeTson . . . 15 F . St . G . Yorke, c Yeld, b Nelson 7 b' . 1 . Dawson, c Benuett,L Dunning 2 M . P . Gallivan, b NeTson o V. R . Nevile, run out 5 H. D . Cluran, c sub, b Longbotham 1 t h' . A . Neale, b Longbotham 7 W. I . O'Ilagan, b Longbotham 14 17 C . C . \ far tin, not out T . G . Pike, c and b Roy 9 Extras , 9 Total 144
ST . PETER ' S 2ND 9' . Hl'3IER ' s COLLEGE 2ND . ST . PE'T'ER ' :; 2ND.
R . K . Veld, c and b Smith G . N . Longbotham, b Bilton C. Nloiser . b Bilton J . S . Calk, L Smith D. \V . Roy, b Bilton IT . I Ln-rison, b Bilton R Wood, c and b Smith \V . N . Bennett, c Ross . h Bilton .. C . Newton, run out R. Dunning, run out .Al . H . T . Roy, not out Extra', Total
• •
• •
At Hull, June 18.
H vatER 'S COLLEGE 2ND. M .Cuckin .cLongbotham .CD .AV .Roy 9 W . Tomlinson, b Dunning 4 H . C . Hilton, b Dunning 5 T . C . Ross, I) Longhothan 5 . "axelhvc, h D kV . Roy 4 HF IL Braithwaite, not out 23 A . i-I .Grah :nn .cNewton,bl .ongbotbam2 2 T . Gibb, b Bennett 6 P . J . Rippon, h Bennett o S . Brown, b Clark H.W.Smith,cM .H .T .Rov,CClarke 2 Extras 3 Total
65
Gob
CRICKET.
ST . PETER ' S 2ND 7' .
Played at St . Peter's, July 5th.
Si' . MARTIN ' S .
ST. MARTIN ' S 2nd.
ST . PETER' S 2ND. 8 C. Moiser, b Slowcock T . E . Nelson, lbw, b Storey 24 R . Harrison, b Storey o J . L . Kirby, b Storey 4 D. W . Roy, b Slowcock 9 P . Clark, h Slowcock o R . Wood, c Slowcock ii , b Storey 6 .. Newton, c and b Clark . 15 2 R . Dunning, b Slowcock W . Bennett, b Slowcock o M. H . F . Roy, not out It 2 Extras
Clarke, c Kirby, b Nelson Andrew, b Nelson Penty i ., b Clarke Slowcock, i, b Nelson Storey, b Nelson Cheeseman, b Clarke l'enty ii ., b Clarke Tucker, not out Graham, run out Slowcock, c and b Clarke Buckle, c Kirby, b Nelson Total
Total
81
Bowling analysis : .. '1. E . Nelson Clarke
Runs . Wickets. 8 5 17 4
Sr . PETER ' S 2ND v . ST . OI,AVE.'S .
Overs. 9 10
Played at St . Olave' s.
ST . PETER'S 2ND.
Or.AVE ' S 1ST.
D . W . Roy, b Mr . Grey to C . Newton, b Mr . Grey to R . Harrison, c Todd, h Mr . Grey to J. L . Kirby, not out 6t R. Dunning, b Mr . Wilson .. 8 Clark, c Bedwell b Mr. J. Wilson 8 R . Wood, not out 28 M . H . T . Roy W . Bennett did not bat. C . H . Sale G . Armstrong Extras 18 Total Bowling analysis : T . S . Clark . . .. R . Dunning R . Wood M . II . T . Roy
Maidens . Average. 5 I '3 4 4 25
Wood, b Dunning . . . Catley, c Kirby, b Dunning . . . Croskill i ., b Dunning i\lr . Grey, b Dunning Mr . Wilson, b Wood Wilson i ., I, Dunning Todd, b Dunning Bedwell, b Wood Sneers, c Sale, b Dunning Morris, c Kirby, b Roy ii. Peters, not out Extras
153 Runs 26 12
16 o
Total
Wickets . 7
elvers . 8 14
2
7
Maidens . i 7 3 o
63 Average. — 1 .7 8 0
ATHLETIC SPORTS .
607
ATHLETIC SPORTS. The Annual Athletic Sports took place on the last two days of the Midsummer Term, July 27th and 28th . The first day (Wednesday), was brilliantly fine ; on Thursday there was a steady downpour all the morning, and the outlook was anything but rosy. Fortunately, however, the ground was too hard to be seriously affected, it was perhaps even improved by the rain for the purpose of the day ; and the afternoon proved, if anything, finer than the preceding . The weather being so favourable, there was quite a large company of spectators . The first clay was, as usual, devoted largely to the running of heats . Many of these were of an uninteresting character . For, as the rule is that the first two in each heat run in the final, and as in some heats there were only two competitors, the result was more like a walk over than a race. The Senior throw, we are sorry to say, again fell short of qo yards. The best events were the Pole jump and the Mile . In the former, Walton, jumping in excellent style, cleared 8 ft . 6 in ., winning easily with ► 5 inches to spare . The Mile was notable for several reasons . A great many competitors turned out to run, and what is still more gratifying, persevered to the end ; further, it was not so much one race, as two races in one, the contest for the third place being as keen as for the first . (if the individual runners, Bingham the winner, ran with excellent judgment and in excellent time (5 minutes), whilst liirke, Gibbons, and Garland ran pluckily. Finally, we must not omit to congratulate Yeats cn his indomitable perseverance, which, if we are able to judge by a recent example, is a sure prognostication of ultimate success . The junior racing was not so interesting as that of the seniors . The entries were too few, and there was much inequality among the competitors . Both on this and the following day, Bennett, Leonard, and Harrison showed the most promise . Thursday opened with a disappointment, 'I'easdale, who cleared over 5 ft . last year, appears to have lost his cunning and was beaten by Wilson, who only got over :}. ft . r t in . The Quarter Mile was done by Walton in the excellent time of 55 secs . ; Bingham was a good second, whilst Kirke was a good third . The Sack Race proved as popular as
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ATHLETIC SPORTS.
ever with the juniors, of whom Harrison and P . Veld displayed the most conspicuous skill . The Half Mile recalled the Mile of the previous day, alike for the number of competitors and the closeness of the racing . Besides the winner Ro_v, Kirke and Gibbons are deserving of special mention . 1'he Ohl I3uv .,' Rice was a great success, the number who turned out being quite unparalleled in recent years. At the close of the proceedings the Lady Mayoress very kindly distributed the prizes. The details of events are as follows : The events were on the whole better than last year . The best events in the first day were the Mile, won by R . G . Bingham in 5 minutes ; Long jump won by R . "Teasdale, 17 ft . 8 in . ; the Pole Jump won by E . j . Walton, 8 ft . t, in . Of the junior events, Long Jump, under 15, \V . Bennett jumped i+ ft . 9 in . Second Day . The High jump was a failure due to the slippery state of the ground . M . Nilson the winner, after jumping over 5 ft . in practice, only cleared }ft . i r inches on the day . Open too yards, E . J . Walton, won in t t secs . Quarter Mile Open, E . J . Walton won in 55 secs . too yards Handicap, E . J . Walton, scratch, won in to ; seconds . 220 yards Old Boys ' Race, R . II . Bailey, won in 25 secs . junior Events . High Jump, W . Bennett won . . . ft. 4 in . EVENTS.
Wednesday, July 2711, . Pulling the weight (open) . t . R . G. Bingham ; 2 . B . Nelson . 31 feet, 7,1- inches. Hundred Folds Handicap (open) . Heat t . 1st, B . J . Walton ; 2nd, D . W . Roy . Heat z . 1st, C . L . Stevens ; znd, C . P . Scott. Heat 3 . 1St, R . G . Bingham ; znd, C . l\Ioiser. Long jump (under 15) . 1st, W . N . Bennett ; znd, R . Harrison. The winner jumped 14. feet 9 inches ; Harrison, 13 feet 7 4 inches. azo Yards Hard/,• Race open) . Heat t . 1st . W . H . ANilson; znd, C . P . Scott . Heat z . 1st, R . Teasdale ; znd, C . lloiscr. Hundred Yards (under 13) . 1st, E . E . Yeld ; znd, J . Pulleyn. Time 1+ seconds. Long Jump (open) . 1st, R . Teasdale, 17 feet 8 inches ; znd, P. St . G . Kirke, r6 feet to inches .
ATHLETIC SPORTS .
6o9
Pole Jump (open) . t s,, E, J . Walton ; znd, C . Moiser . The winner cleared 8 feet b inches, has done 8 feet lc) inches in practice. too lards Flat Race (open) . Heat J . 1st . E . J . Walton znd, R . G . Bingham . Heat z . 1st, 13 Nelson ; znd, D . \V . Roy. Nile Race (open) . 1st, R . G . Bingham ; znd, E . J . Walton 3rd, H . L . Creer . 8 vards between 1st and znd ; 12 yards between znd and 3rd . Time, 5 minutes. Throwing the Cricket Ball (open) . 1st, I3 . Nelson ; znd, C. Nelson . Distance, 86 yards, z feet. loo Farris Flat Race (under lo) . Heat 1 . 1st, \V . N . Bennett znd, H . Leonard . Heat 2 . 1st, T . E . Pulleyn ; znd, M . W. Richards. loo Yards Flat Race (under 14) . Heat 1 . 1st, M . W . Richards znd, A . R . St . George . Heat 2 . 1st, T . E . Pulleyn ; znd, H . T. Roy. 8o Yards Flat Race (under 13) . 1st, J . Lyth , znd, F . C . Shaw. Time, II seconds. 100 Yards Flat Race (under 14) . 1st, S . E . Pulleyn ; znd, M. Richards ; 3rd, M . H . T . Roy . 13 seconds. Thursday, July 28th. High jump (open) . 1st, \V . ANikon ; znd, C . Moiser . Height, 4 feet, 11 inches. Quarter if//c Harnlriap (under 15) 1st, R . Harrison, scratch; znd, H . Richards . Richards ran into Harrison about 30 yards from the tape and threw away his chances of winning, both running very well from scratch. 120 Yards Hurdle Race (open) . (Final Heat) . 1st, R . Teasdale znd, M W . Wilson . Time zo seconds. too Yards Fla/ Race (under 15) . 1st, W . N . Bennett ; znd, H. Leonard . Time, 12 ; seconds. Ioo Yards Flat Race (open) Final Heat . 1st, E . J . Walton znd, R . G . Bingham . Time, 11 seconds. High Jump (under 15) . 1st, \V . N . Bennett ; zncl, R . Harrison. Height, 4 feet 4 inches. Quarter Mile Plat Race (open) . 1st, E . J Walton ; znd, R . G. Bingham ; 3rd, P . St . G Kirke . Time, 55 seconds .
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PRIZE-GIVING.
1st, \V . N . Bennett; Izo Yards Hurdle Race. (under 15) . . Harrison . Time, 21 seconds. znd, R 100 Y1/Vs flat Race Handicap (open) . 1st, F . J . Walton ; znd, C . L . Stevens . Time, 10 four-fifths seconds. too Lards Sack Rare . 1st, R . Harrison ; 2nd, AC . M . Bennett. 1st, D . W . Roy, 1 $ yards 1/elf Male Handicap (open) . 2nd, P . St . G . Kirke, 10 yards. Old Bo's Flat Race (zzo yards) . 1st, R . IT . Bailey ; znd, R . F. Russell ; 3rd, G . V . Birks . Time, 25 seconds. Consolalinn Race . 1st, G C . Otley ; znd, C . Nelson
PRIZE-GIVING, PRIZES DISTRIBUTED BY LORD CHARLES BERESFORD. The annual distribution of Prizes took place on July- 28th, in the large schoolroom of the institution . The Dean of York presided, and there were also present Lady Emma Purey--Cust, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of York, Lord Charles Beresford, M .P ., Lady Charles Beresford, Lady Bolton, IIon . Miss Powlett, Miss Milner, Miss Fairfax, Sir Christopher and Lady Milward, and a numerous company of ladies and gentlemen. The Rev . G . 'F . Ilandford, the Head Master, read the reports of the examiners, which were of a highly gratifying nature . He then read the following list of honours gained during- the past twelve months : Right Reverend G. F . Browne, D .D ., Bishop of Btistol ; F . Gray, Lord Mayor of York ; W . A . Meek, Recorder of York ; R . C. Tute, fortieth of 66 admitted to India Civil Service ; K . J . Roy, successful in competitive Examination of Militia Subalterns for Commissions in the Army ; L . H . Moiler, prize for Physics at Yorkshire College, Victoria University ; S . O . Bingham, Cheselden Gold Medal for Anatomy, St . Thomas ' s Hospital ; T . Romans, scholar of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, First Class in Honours in the Natural Science Tripos ; I . Williams, Queen's College, Oxford, Third Class Honours in Classical Moderations
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C . B . Cotterell, scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, First Class Honours in Mathematics in the Final Examination for B .A. degree ; D . Williams, Lincoln College, Oxford, passed final examination for ]3 .A . degree ; R . H . Bailey, 8t . Catherine ' s College, Cambridge, 13 .A . degas e by examination in the Classical Tripos ; A . M . Sullivan, Christ's College, R . F . Russell, and H . R . Tomlinson, Emmanuel College, U . G . Veld, Pembroke College, have passed the previous examination at Cambridge, and H . R . Tomlinson the general examination ; F . L . Pelley, (V . Form) entrance examination, Aberdeen University ; H . B . Greeves (VI. Form) organ scholarship, / -.}o per annum and rooms, Peterhouse, Cambridge, and has passed the previous examination ; IF . j. Walton (VI . Form), Hastings Exhibition,/ o per annum, Queen ' s College, Oxford, and has passed responsions ; S . Mellor (VI. Form, modern), passed London University matriculation ; L . Kirby (V . Form, modern) . ];asset] College of Preceptors examination, first class ; Clark (IV . Form, modern), passed College of Preceptors examination, znd class. The Head Master then said that the must take that opportunity of acknowledging the indebtedness of the school to his assistant masters, e ithout whom that list of honours could not have been gained . He mentioned the fact that Mr . Lord was leaving the school with the view of taking holy orders, and devoting himself to the work of a parochial clergyman . The loss to the school would he a very great one, but he believed that the gain to the Church of England would be as great or even greater . The health of the school dur ing the year had been good . He was glad to be enabled to mention that the Old Peterite Club had taken upon themselves to further beautify the gymnasium, by panels inscribed with the lists of the elevens, fifteens, and school boats . The great event of the year had of course been the preparing and passing of the new scheme for the government of the school . He believed that the only possible result of that scheme would be good . He said that the scholarships would be definitely provided to be retained, so that there would be no alteration for the worse in the status of the school . He wished to say that, because people asked
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questions which showed a very imperfect acquaintance with the nature of the changes likely to be made . He extended a hearty welcome to Lora Charles Beresford, M .P. The Dean of York, in introducing Lord Charles Beresford to present the prizes, referred to him as a man of brilliant ability, undaunted courage, and recognised singleness of purpose. Lord Charles Beresford had an exceedingly hearty reception. Having congratulated the school upon the list of successes read out, he said there were many things of which they were proud of in this country, but few of which they were prouder than they were of the British boy . The British boy was a first-class boy . Ile did not say that other nations did not produce first-class boys, but they believed the British boy was the best boy the world produced He had very many manly characteristics . He was generally in robust health, gentlemanly in thought, courteous to those below and above him, and above all, the had a spice of mischief in him. As the had often explained to those he had had to do with in the Seri ice, he liked the boy or young man—he was afraid the headmaster would not agree with him—who had the pluck to get into a row . And when the British boy did get into a row and knew he had clone wrong he was not ashamed to say so, especially if another boy was likely to get into trouble for him . As long as these characteristics remained they had no need to fear for the future of the race, and he was certain they would be able to hold their own for chivalry, honour, and courtesy. By way of advice to the boys before him, he would urge them, whatever they went in for, to do it with all their might . Even in private enterprise they might reflect a great deal of honour upon their country . When they were beginning life as young men they should learn all they could. Their masters could teach them a good deal, but they could teach themselves more . In these days of democracy it was brain power which won . Many men who had reached a certain age regretted that they had not learnt more when they were young . He himself often found it a loss to him that he did not know languages . He could have learnt French and German o hen he was at school, but for some boyish reason lie did not think it worthy that he
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should learn ant- other language but English, and he was not sure even that his English was as good as it might have been. lie would point out also to those who were beginning life the necessity for being scrupulous and very nice about money matters. The present love of money which he saw in his own country was a great danger . lie saw people in high position-, people who ought to know better, accepting money for what was called value received, and he deplored it . It was to be hoped that the younger generation would take them back to the chivalrous days when money was not everything, but when straight running and straight dealing were counted before mere wealth . Dealing with the importance of healthy sports and gymnastics, Lord Charles said it was here that boys learnt self-denial and self-control, how to win and how to lose . I-Ic had always found that a healthy body meant a healthy mind . They should also take care that they were kindly and courteous to those below then ;, and at the same time deferential and respectful to those above them . Individuality had always played a great part in the history of the world, but let them preserve their independence and at the same time recognise that outer people had the same right to their own opinions as they had themselves . Ile advised the young fellows he was addressing to run straii4ht, even if it appeared for the moment to be to their detriment_ They should not be arrogant in giving their pinions and laying down the law, but whilst they held their own opinions they should he courteous and recognise the opinions of others . It was the boy who was most unselfish at school, who was most respected in after life . If they took the advice he had given them he felt sure that the benefit would not only be felt by their country generally, but they would also benefit themselves. The prizes included in the list given below were then distributed by Lord Charles I3eresfurd . SKI%E Lts.r. Leaving Exhibition, f so per annum for three years, Walton. Scholarships :— Senior : First Foundation Scholarship (free board and tuition for four years), Fisher ; Second ditto (board and tuition fees reduced to L ' zo for four years), Veld ii . ; free scholarships (free
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tuition for four years), Lvth i . and Crosthwaite ; modern scholarship (free tuition for two years), Leonard . junior : Hey scholarships (free tuition for one year), Fisher, Veld ii . ; modern scholarship, not awarded . Prizes :—Classics : VI . Form, the Archbishop ' s prize for classics . Walton ; Divinity prize . Walton ; Latin prose, Walton ; Greek verse, Filliter ; Old Peterite club's prize for reading in Chapel, Walton . V . Form, classical, Fisher ; V . Form, modern, Hutchinson ; VI . and V . Forms, extra for English, Mellor ; IV . Form, classical, Baldwin ; IV . Form, modern, Hoggard ; extra for English, Key ; III . Form, Classical, Balmer III . Form, Modern, Harrison . Mr . Yeld ' s extra prize for Latin, Bulmer ; English, Dewhurst ; Greek, not awarded, II . Form, Classical, Heap . II . Form, Modern, Jennings . Mr . Yell ' s extra prize for Latin, Heap ; English, Jennings . I . Form, Newton iii . Mathematics—Division I ., the Dean ' s Prize, Smith . Division II ., Hutchinson . Division III ., Hoggard . Division IV ., Denby. III . Form, Armstrong ; II . Form, Jennings ; I . Form, Newton 3 French .—VI . Form, Classical, Gibbons ; V . Form, Classical, Yeld ii . ; VI . and V . Form, Modern, Nelson i . ; IV . Form, Classical, Neilson, extra, Baldwin ; IV . Form, Modern, Hoggard III. Form, Classical, Farrow ii . ; III . Form, Modern, Scott B .; II . Form, Classical, Heap ; II . Form, Modern, Stephens ; I . Form Lyth ii . German—VI . and V . Form, Modern, Creer ; IV . Form, Modern, Key ; III . and II . Form, Modern, Scott ii . Natural Science .—Practical Chemistry, Roy i . ; V . Form, Classical, Yeld ii . ; V . Form, Modern, Kirby ; IV . Form, Classical, Garland; IV. Form, Modern, Clark i . ; III . Form, Dewhurst . Dictation . V. Form, Fisher ; IV . Form, Baldwin ; III . and II . Form, Jennings ; I . Form, Lyth ii . English literature—V . Form, Yeld i. Form, Veld iii . Catechism .—Seniors . Turner i ; juniors, Yeld ii . ; Shorthand, Wood . Mr . Boddy's drawing prizes . Geometrical, Clarke i . Pencil, Robinson. Painting, Filliter Improvement, Roy i . Mr . Sample ' s music prizes—Garland and Mossop. The Lord Mayor of York, in proposing a vote of thanks to Lord Charles Beresford, said that it was a great pleasure and privilege
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to be there that evening . He said that he could not remember while at that school having taken more than one little obscure prize . There were no functions of that kind in his day . He was there to propose a very hearty vote of thanks to Lord Beresford, for not only coming there to give away the prizes, but for giving what was far more admirable and of greater value to boys, the advice which would carry them high up in whatever walk of life they might choose . He would emphasise Lord Charles Beresford ' s advice as to the necessity of keeping their hands clean in money matters, and to paying attention to gymnastics. Sir Christopher Milward seconded the motion . He said that the City of York looked up to St . Peter's School, which had always been a credit to the city . If the boys would only keep in mind what Lord Charles Beresford had told them they would be very much better for the remainder of their lives. The Dean of York said as representing the ancient governing body of the school for the last time, for next year they would find a governing body of a rather different kind established, he would add his thanks to Lord Charles Beresford, who had shown them the power of courage, efficiency, and unselfish independence of character, and had given advice to the boys for which they could not be too grateful. The motion was carried with hearty cheers, and the proceedings terminated. Mrs . Handford then held a reception on the lawn, which was tastefully illuminated with coloured lamps.
CRICKET FIXTURES. Sat . May 1} . „ ò 21. Thurs „ 26 . Sat . ., z8 .
FIRST XI . North Riding Asylum Friends' School Ampleforth College Garforth
Wed . June 1 . Leeds G .S Thurs . „ z . Durham G .S Sat . „ } . Pocklington G .S
away . .lost 8k— 95 home . . abandoned home . Jost 53 — 77 home . .won 186— 7+ (5 wkts .—Inns . declared). home . . abandoned away . . abandoned home . . abandoned
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CHARACTERS.
Tues . ,, 7 . Yorkshire Gentlemen Thurs . „ 9 . Friends ' School Sat . „ 11 . Durham G .S
away . Jost lo6—z5o away . . won 7 6— 73 home . .won z55—163
Tues . „ 14 . Ampleforth College Thurs . „ 16 . F . C . Crowther ' s XI Sat . „ 18 . Hymer's College
home . Jost 16 .4.— 42 home .Jost 84—205
Thurs . „ 23 . Pocklington G .S Wed . z9•) Old Peterites Thurs . „ 30 . 1 Sat . July z . Ryburn Valley
(5 wkts .—inns . declared). away . .won 146— 56
(5 wkts —Inns . declared).
away . . disputed —193 home . Jost i141 1 7 — 164 home . .won 151—145 (8 wkts .)
away .Jost lo8—292 Yorkshire Gentlemen away . . won log— 65 Thurs . „ 7 . North Riding Asylum away . .w•on 81— 71 Sat. , . 9 . Garforth Result :—'Von 7, I .ost 7, Abandoned 5, Total 19. SECOND XI. home . . tie 4o-- 40 Tues .Mav 17 . St . Olave's School 1st XI away . . abandoned „ 21 . Friends ' School znd Sat . away . won 146— 5o Wed . June 1 . Leeds G S . znd . Tues . „ 5 .
(6 wkts .—Inns . declared.)
Thurs . „ 2 . St . Martin ' s School 1st Sat . „ 4 . Pocklington G .S Thurs . „ 9 . Friends ' School znd Tues . „ 14 . Ampleforth College znd „ 18 . Hymer ' s College 2nd Sat . Tues . July 5 . St . Martin ' s School 1st Thurs . „ 7 . St . Olave's School 1st Sat .
home . . abandoned away . . abandoned home . Jost 61— 62 home .Jost 77 —1 44 away . Jost 27— 85 home . . won 81— 31 away . . won 150— 81 (6 wkts .—Inns . declared .)
home . Jost 88--loo „ 9 . Durham G .S . znd Result :—Won 3, Tie 1, Lost 4, Abandoned 3, Total 1 1.
CRICKET CHARACTERS. B . NELSON . — (96-98) .—Captain . A much improved bat, and a
good fast bowler . More reliable than ever before, both in batting and bowling . Very smart field generally. R . G . BINGHAXt .—(97-98) .—A greatly improved bat, both in defence and attack ; a dangerous hitter when set . Fairly good field and wicket-keeper. H . L . CKEEK .—(97-98) .--A useful bat—bats straight and hits hard, but has a very stiff style . Has fallen off in bowling . Very good field .
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II . E . Sou1 .RY .—(97-98) .—Good slow bowler—left arm . A poor hat . Fairly good field. P . St . G . KIRKE .—(98) .—Good straight eat--very reliable. Good field. C . S . Sig-oTH .—(98) .—Uncertain bat—hits well at times, but not straight . Rather slow in field, but good catch. G . C . O1LEY .—(98) —Useful—but not graceful—left hand bat ; can hit hard Fairly successful right-arm medium-pace howler, and lasts well . Good field. E . St . G . K1RKE .—(98) .—Good, straight, and promising bat. Very good field. C . NELSON .—(98) .—'try fair bat—hits hard . Good field. E . i . WAI :roN .—(98 ; .—Very fair left hand bat—has improved. Good field .
CRICKET AVERAGES. 33ATTl NG. B . N, krill
No . of Lins . Times not out . 17 . . . . . 3
R . G . Bingham . , P . St . G . Kirke Ii. I . . Crecy . . . . . G . C . ()Hey . .. C . S . Smith . . . . C . Nelson . . .. E . St . G . Kirke . . F . 1 . Walton . . . . II . E . Soulbv . . . .
19
Run, .
Highest score .
Ave,.
339
100
24 . 21
1 1
321
125
19 15
2 9+
54
+
2
1 53
10
18
,
193 18o
t3
2 2
112 58
30
1 7' 8 3 X6 '33 13'90 11' 35 10 . 58 10 . 18
18
725
21
1
64 67
533 +53
10
13 io
25
40 58
22
BOWVLING. No . of wickets .
Soulhv II . I . . Creel U . C . ()Het B . Nelson R . G . Bingham . . . . C . S . Smith
33+ 49
Average. 11 . 26 13 . 82 14 . 51 1 +'5 2 16 '33
176
22'00
No . of Ruas .
57
642
17
235 624
43 23 3 8
FOOTBALL FIXTURES.
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XI. CHARACTERS.
r . J . L . KIRBY . —A disappointing bat, should use his size more, and play with a straight bat ; a fair wicket-keeper. 2. G . N . LONGBOTIIAM . — A very good style, but could not score. Should try to overcome his nervousness . A good field. 3 . C . MoISER .—Is apt to get " cramped " and consequently not play straight, rather slow in the field. 4. T . E . NELSON .—A very good fast bowler having a good length, also a fair bat, but too much given to "slogging . " 5. R . K . YELD .—A very steady but cramped bat, played several very useful innings, a good field. 6. D . W . Rol .—A fair bat, being able to keep his end up when necessary, a fair change bowler. . R . WOOD .— A steady bat, and a good fast bowler, energetic in the field. 8 . J . S . Clark .—A fair change-bowler with a puzzling action, a poor bat. ct . R . HARRISON .—A disappointing bat ; last year showed great promise, but has developed a flourish and consequently was always late, a fair field. Jo R . DUNNING .--A fairly successful bowler but rather erratic ; a poor bat, too much inclined to " pull " everything.
FOOTBALL FIXTURES. President.—REV . G . T . HANDFORD.
Captain .—R . G .
BINGHAM.
Hon . Secretary .—D .
W . Roy.
COIOurs . — CHOCOLATE Tues . Oct . .1th Sat . „ 8th Thur . „ 13th „ zznd Sat . Sat . „ 29th Thur. Nov . 3rd „ r zth Sat .
AND
WHITE.
First Fifteen Fixtures. Old Boys Richmond School St . John's College Leeds Grammar School Durham School Yorkshire College Headingley F .C
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Thur . Feb . 18th
Giggleswick School Durham School Spen Valley Casuals F .0 Yarnbury F .C Old Boys St . John's College
away away hone home home home
Sat . Oct . zznd Thur . „ 27th Sat . „ 29th Tues . Feb . znd
Leeds G .S . 2nd St . John's College znd Durham G .S . znd St . John's College znd
Sat . Nov . 19th Sat . „ z6th Sat . Dec . 3rd Sat . „ loth
Second Fifteen Fixtures.
FOOTBALL PROSPECTS,
away home away home
18 9 8 -99 .
The prospect this year of a successful season is considerably brighter than last . There are eight of last year's team to form a good basis and plenty of promising candidates to fill up the seven vacant places. The " pack " ought to hold its own against most teams, with five of last year ' s forwards . Among the candidates who play forward the most promising at present are Wilson, Scott and Meek. Unfortunately both last year's " halves ” have left, and Walton ' s loss will be greatly felt . The most promising halves among the candidates are C . Nelson and Harrison. Three of last year' s threequarters are still at school and the other place in the line should be taken by 'I'. E . Nelson. Full-backs seem to be conspicuous by their absence, the only candidate who shapes at all well is Bennett, who kicks with accuracy but is rather weak in tackling, perhaps on account of his size. The Second XV . will be rather below the average in size but with practice ought to make up for it by a thorough knowledge of the game. 1\1r. Laurance will be of great assistance in club matches, both by his play and also by his valuable instruction in the game. The old colours are Bingham, Teasdale, Moiser, Smith, Longbotham (forwards), Nelson, Roy, Otley (threequarters) .
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O.P. DINNER (LONDON DISTRICT) ACCOUNT, 1898. CR . s. d. Balance from 1897 and Bank Interest .. o 5 5 O .Y . Club Grant 1 0 0 23 Subscriptions at 7s . 6d . . 8 12 6
DR .
Printing 200 Circulars Engraving 300 Cards Stationery . . Postage .. 23 Dinners at 7s . . . Balance ..
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15 4
0
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8
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.C9 17 11
C. II. CHADWICK, District Secretary.
NOTES AND ITEMS. C . B . Cotterell, of Balliol College, Oxford, has taken a First in Mathematical Greats. W . S . Gofton has been appointed Commissioner to administer Oaths in the Supreme Court of judicature. Hugh Moss, OP ., is engaged as stage manager for I)r . Can's musical stage productions. New books by Rev . A . Baker and W . B . AVorsfIeld, Esq ., 0 . P's .. are expected before Christmas. Rev . G . H . Chilman, curate of Foston, appointed to the living of Dalton. Rev . W . Routh, formerly Mathematical Master, is editing "The Church ." C . B . Cotterell, of Balliol College, Oxford, has passed the Indian Civil Service examination, 23rd. B . Moiser has passed the Preliminary Scientific (I st MB .) Examination of the University of London, in the 2nd 1)icision. Gazelle. Captain G . W . Mitchell, O .P ., to be Major. R . S . Roy, R .N ., to be Sub-Lieutenant. The Hon . Sec . of the O .P . Dinner has been presented with a portrait of Canon Elwyn, and photograph of the dinner this year, for the use of the Committee.
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At the O .P . Dinner (London District) held on the 3oth June, 1898, P . B . Lambert presided, and by the courtesy of the authors, editors, and publishers, the following pictures and books were exhibited. Portrait of the late Canon Elwyn by Morris & Co. Photograph of the O .P . Dinner, London, 1897, by Fradelle & Young. Allbutt, Prof., O .P ., System of Medicine, published by Macmillan. Baker, Rev . A ., O .P ., " Poems," published by Bemrose " In & Sons . training " 48 hours in Athens . " ." " Moschake ' s Catechism . " Fowler, J . II ., O .P ., " Nineteenth Century Prose," published by A . & C . Black. Robinson, F . E ., O .P ., Oxford and Cambridge Colleges. Route, Rev . W ., O .P., " Church Gazette . " Worsfold, W . B ., O .P ., " Story of South Africa," " South Africa, " "The Principles of Criticism, " published by Geo . Allen. Old Peterites will kindly notice the Secretary's change of address (after October 22nd) to the Clergy School, Leeds. The fol owing have received their 1st XI colours :—P . St . G . Kirke, G . C . Otley, C . Nelson, C . S . Smith . E . St . G . Kirke, E . J. Walton. The following have received their 2nd NI . colours :—G . N. Longbotham, T . E . Nelson, R . Yeld, C . Moiser, R . \Vood, D . W . Roy, P . Clark, R . Harrison, R . Dunning. R . G . Bingham and E . St . G Kirke have been appointed Editors of the " Peterite ." I) . W . Roy and J . S . R . Gibbons, Librarians. Biwrns .—June 14th, the wife of the Rev . J . H . Mallinson, O .P ., of a son. July 6th, the wife of C . L . Rowe, of a son. July 5th, the wife of 'I' . L . Shann, of a daughter. July 22nd, the wife of G . E . Crawshaw, of a daughter .
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July 28th, the wife of Rev . W . H . Griffith, O .P ., of a son. September 13th, the wife of J . P. Hubbersty, O .P ., of a daughter. MARRIAGES . —July,
L . Hutchings. September 2oth, W . B . Worsfold, to Jessie, second daughter of R . J . E . Symons, of Wadebridge, Cornwall. August . Rev . M . Carroll, at Norway, Maine, U .S .A.
OBITUARY. On July qth, at the Vicarage, Wooler, ALFRED WILSDEN, M .B .,
aged 30. Entered the School 1 8 8r , left 1886. On July 9th, HENRY ST . AUBYN, second son of Canon Denton, O .P.
We beg to acknowledge with thanks the following contemporaries :— Leodienstan, Dovorian, Barrovian, Gtagleswick Chronicle, Eastbournian, St . Edward 's School Magazine (2), Sedberghtan, Merchistonian, Coventry School Magazine, Dunelmian (3), Hurst _Lohman, Uppingham Magazine .
THE
PETERITE. Vol. . XIV .
DECEMBER, 1898 .
No . 136.
SCHOOL LETTER. INCE the last number of the Peterite " appeared, several events of importance have taken place ; the most important of these was the long .promised visit of the Bishop of Bristol . After preaching at the Minster, on Sunday evening at a special service, which was attended by the School, on the Monday following he came up to the School where he was presented with a small gift in commemoration of his election to the See of Bristol a fuller account appears on another page. Among the other subjects most prevalent in our minds at this time of the year are Football and Theatricals . The Football team is now practically settled and so far has done fairly well ; they have won two and lost 5 matches, but most of the hest matches have been played and before the end of the season we hope to see the number of " wins " nearer to that of the " losses " than at present. We were very glad to see the Giggleswick match once more arranged, and the match turned out to be the best yet played after the long journey we were only beaten by z tries to nil ; perhaps the balance would have been the other way had the match been at York . The second fifteen are a promising though small team, and consequently were beaten badly by St . John ' s A, who brought a heavy team against them . Mention of the 2nd XV calls to mind the subject of znd XV caps which was talked about a short time ago are any steps being taken to obtain them ?
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SERMON BY THE BISHOP OF BRISTOL.
The Theatricals this year are handicapped by the number of novices who have had to take large parts, as nearly all last year' s actors have left and at least two of those still at school are prevented from acting by working for " Schols ." The play chosen is " Love's Labour ' s Lost," it was last performed in 1892, so it will be witnessed by a few for the second time . Each rehearsal shows marked signs of improvement, and we have no doubt the play this year will maintain the high level of former years. The Rev . Norman Bennett gave a most interesting lecture on Northern Palestine to the School, and of the large number of limelight views shone, a few were taken by the Headmaster on his tour in Palestine. Why do not the Members of the School try to relieve the hard worked Editors, by contributing something to the " Peterite ?
SERMON BY THE BISHOP OF BRISTOL. A special service was held in the Choir of York Minster on behalf of the Home and Foreign Mission Fund of the School, the sermon being preached by the Right Ri v . Forrest Browne, Bishop of Bristol, who received his early education at the School . The Head Master, and a large number of the scholars were present . His lordship took for his text, " Behold I make all things new, "
Rev.
xxi ., 5 . He said that they knew that in the physical body of man there was no such thing as stagnation, if there be it was the foreboding of death .
Men of science, who had so much to
tell us in understanding the things eternal and Divine, told us that our tissues changed in the course of seven years, and that no part of the body, he supposed of the more tender tissues, was the same as it was before . "There in that ancient building, those who knew its history, had very direct teaching of how the old was kept new . "There might he some present who remembered the fire of 1829, when that end of York Minster was burnt down by a fire lighted at what then corresponded with the
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throne opposite to him . Some might vividly remember, but not with the same vividness as he remembered it, the fire of i 8+o. Why he remembered it so vividly was because he was taken out of bed and carried through the streets lest the towers should fall on the house in which he lived . Their thoughts were also turned that day to an ancient school which in outward form had changed, and changed, and changed, beginning from the time when as far as they could tell its site was just on the west side of the Chancel screen and extended down the middle of the Nave . In all cases the outward form changed, but the life continued . He might carry them down later to the year 188o, when the South Transept, which looked so essentially a part of the old building, was built absolutely new . Like the body of man with the same soul, those great institutions, those great fabrics were kept healthily alive by being made new . But the principle was not new . So it was with that ancient school to which their special attention was being called . From the first account they received of it, more than 1,200 years ago, Bishop Wilfrid received the sons of nobles and others to educate, and he educated them on the principle that when their education was finished, and the time came when they should choose their lots in life, whether their lot be in the service of the King in arms or whether they served God in an ecclesiastical station, they should be found fit for their work . No more beautiful principle could be found in the life of the oldest school in the Kingdom than that . That had been the string—the golden thread —from that time on which had been strung the pearls of many a successful life. Some, great ones in the eyes of the world, and many not as the world knew them . Those quiet and successful lives which passed away without leaving any mark except the gratitude of those who had seen them live . They could look at the School 1,150 years ago, when the School had Kings for its nursing fathers and Queens for its nursing mothers ; and again, some fifty years later when Charlemagne sought advice from the Head Master as to the teaching of his turbulent nobles how to guide themselves. The Head Master obtained leave from the King and Council, so great was his position in those times, to absent himself ; and he
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went in person and ruled and governed all the educational and religious affairs of that enormous Empire which stretched from Spain to the furthest limits of what is now known as Germany . So he might go on mentioning one interesting fact after another, all telling the citizens of York that it was no mean educational inheritance on which they had entered . He was told that there was to be a new governing body, but they would never do better than with the ancient governing body, the Dean and Chapter, under whom the School had attained great success, and to whom he was grateful for four years of complete and free education, and was also helped in his University course, a help without which Ite could not have gone through that course, and without which he would not possibly, humanly speaking, be standing there . But the times changed, and they had to keep abreast of the time, and he would ask and urge the citizens of York that they would make all things new . There was much that the School wanted to bring it up to modern requirements, and if the citizens tinder the new governing body will provide what was absolutely necessary, he was sure that the work and intelligence of Yorkshire boys would produce in their generation such results as from the earliest times had made the City of York proud and the citizens glad . As he was told that no small number of the boys was present, he would urge them to remember that much as might be done by the School, by equipment, by carefully selected masters, and, by the curriculum which might fit for any work, that, so to speak, was the machinery, but the real living thing was just the boys, and it rested with t hem to do their part, and if their part was done that famous School would go down to the future generation not shorn of its past glory ; higher;,and greater than in the long past they could not expect, yet it might be the greatest thing of all, the leaven of religious influence and of hearty sincere work in this part of England . He said that they who were away from York anxiously watched the career of the School and its successes . He was - told that the collection that evening was to be given to a fund dear to the hearts of the boys of the old School . The aim and object of the boys of St . Peter's Schoo l to-day was quite worthy of the most noble, the most lofty of the
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achievements of the past . He mentioned the objects of the Clergy Orphan School and the help to the Diocese of Caledonia in the far North-West of America, and went on to say that he had another sign of the temper, and spirit of the boys in this, that when they desired to give some grateful old school-fellow a token to mark a step in life, they could not think of a better gift, and he could think of no better one, than a plain old Holy Bible. The collection was in aid of the Home and Foreign Missions of St . Peter ' s School.
PRESENTATION TO BISHOP OF BRISTOL. Several of the parents and friends of the boys witnessed the presentation . Hearty cheering greeted the Bishop when he arrived, accompanied by the I-Iead Master and the Dean of York. The Head Master in introducing the Bishop of Bristol, said that as a foundation scholar of St . Peter's his lordship put his foot on the first step of the ladder of his long and distinguished career. At Cambridge he took his degree among the wranglers, and obtained honours in what then corresponded to the theological tripos . In due time he was elected to a fellowship of his College, and then for many years he managed the great system of the Cambridge University local examinations . Then he became successively Canon of St . Paul's, Bishop of Stepney, and Bishop of Bristol . They all wished his lordship every success in his high position, and if he might very respectfully offer a little advice he would ask the Bishop if possible to reserve the great experience and judgment he had gained in his long and varied career, and apply them to the great questions in the Church which demanded judicial . firm and kindly treatment . The bishops of the present were much too hardly worked, and there was a danger of their energies been expended on details . They felt very grateful to the Bishop of Bristol for the kind interest he had always shown in the School, and he would ask the captain, in the name of the present.
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School, and of the old boys, to present the Bishop with a Bible which, by his lordship ' s own choice, was to be placed in his private chapel . (Applause .) D . \V . Roy, the captain of the School, then presented the Bishop with the Bible amid applause. The Bishop of Bristol first expressed his gratitude for the most useful, valuable, and highly prized token of their regard which he had just received . Very few of them, he supposed, had ever seen him in the flesh, but their hearts went out towards him because he was an old boy of their own School . It should be the first aim of a boy at school so to act, that when he came back, however old he might be, his return should be accompanied with a sense of thankfulness and gratitude, and he should be able to look straight in the face of those who had known his career as a boy . He should endeavour to go through life so that there could be no one before whose eyes his own had to fall because that other person knew something that was not to his credit . If they did that, it would always be a pleasure and delight to them to come back to the scene of their early boyhood . Personally, he got, he hoped, into at least as many scrapes as any boy of his time . (Laughter .) But there were scrapes and scrapes, and it was as much the business of a boy to get into wholesome scrapes as it was the business of a master to come down upon the boy for those mistakes . (Laughter and applause .) He exhorted the boys to accept from the masters that kindly discipline which was so much less severe in the present days than it was in his own boyhood, If on both sides there was a pleasant friendly recognition of their mutual relations, then they would have nothing to recall with regret . It was more than fifty years since he obtained his scholarship at that School, and he remembered meeting the then head master, who afterwards became Archdeacon Hey, a name much beloved in York, and, who, putting his hand on his shoulder, said, " You are one of the scholars . " The advice given him by the head master was so sound, so unquestionably sound, that there was not the slightest chance of his following it . (Laughter .) No one could merely reserve himself for big things . It was impossible for a Bishop to pick and
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choose . The people who did that were just the people who did not get on with their work . The prominent men in England today were the men who were so immensely full of work that they had time for nothing else . (Applause .) There was no chance of getting an average distribution of wealth throughout the country ; nor was there any chance of an average distribution of work. Certain lives had to engage in a large amount of work, and they had to give themselves up to it . He could assure them of the intense gratitude with which he looked upon that great School and the great pride with which he regarded it . Having referred to the ancient origin of the School, its association with Egbert afterwards Archbishop of York, and Alcuin, his lordship said he had very little doubt that in founding his great School, Charlemagne based the institution on the example set him in the city of York. (Applause .) The words of the anthem sung in the Minster on the previous evening, " Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way," gave them a strong golden thread, on which every detail of their life should be based, gathered and strung . He hoped they would begin early in life to spin that golden thread, and that none of them, whether in time or eternity, would ever have to say that that thread had snapped . (Loud applause). The Dean of York then addressed a few words to the boys, referring to the distinguished career of the Bishop of Bristol, and adding that above all they admired his sterling qualities of character Referring to the recent changes in the governing body of the School, the Dean said he hoped that in the future the School would be conducted on the lines of the days gone by, and if that was so they could have every hope that the prestige of the past would be continued . (Applause .) The proceedings then concluded with cheers for Bishop Browne, the Head Master, the Dean, etc .
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IV.—THE PROBLEM EXPOUNDED, (With a Reflection on Pessimism). Of the sequence .
It may hap that you have been heart-searching : but how can I gue-s aright what have been your thoughts ? and how can I then lay before you their true answer ? Yet, if it cannot be that I should wholly content you and lay to rest all your heart-burnings and asking, I may still enlighten you in some little way, though even here I feel fearsome, of the beginnings of the riddle.
r Pessimism .
In these days, the spirit of man is darkened ; there has been broadcast the seeds of evil teaching, the teaching that this is the worst of all worlds, which our God were able to make . Since thus boldly outspoken are these teachers, small wonder is it that they
the pTace of have even that they have even dared to speak ill of Love,—Love to L. 1n which all our noblest clearest seers look for the hope of our dear evoTution
earth, Love from which has sprung all that is beautiful and good among us, all the self-sacrifice by which we mount towards the Godhead . For would you but ponder over man ' s story and mark the path by which he has come from a very beast to a being a little lower than the angels crowned with glory and honour, underneath whose feet all things are put, the temple of the Indwelling God, you could not fail to find how large a part this wondrous feeling of ev„Totion of Line .
Love has played . But Love has not always been the same ; it too, has grown purer and loftier and withal methinks not any the rarer. Let me show you : it was one thing to love a woman for herself, it is another to love her for her soul, for all that makes her a thing unto herself. And sure am I, there is a kinship of soul, even though some may mock and some may scoff.
f a form of It is alive and kindled, when we make our choice ; it moulds the oraT Selccun towit— trend of our inmost wish . You may remember these verses from ctive Affinities one of those quaint tales in " The Earthly Paradise " where, mid
" the wild tumult of the ruined day " Walter draws rein before the darksome cavern in the Hill of Venus . They run so :—
" Of such fair women, as he erst had seen, The names he named and thought what each had been .
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Yet as he told them over, one by one But dimly might he see their forms and still Some lack, some coldness cursed them all, and none The void within his straining heart might fill ." There was none whose soul, his soul might love . ' Tis a sad tale, save where at the end the old Pope dies, full of faith, in the wonder which he has seen, " Too glad for smiles or tears or any speech . " But I wander. It gladdens me to think it is not so with us all, that many of us, nay, can I not say, most of us, win the heart of her, who shall make whole and fair and sweet our life here and may we not hope, hereThe return after too . I trust we have no cause to say with the Preacher : of Pessimisn One man among a thousand, have I found, " But a woman among all these, have I not found ." of the? His was a gloomy outlook, he missed all the brightness, all the consequence: Pessimism earth and it disheartened him . HopeTessne and ""hero " What profit bath man of all his labour, i.istTessnes Wherein he laboureth under the sun ?" There is no cheer, no hope of progress in his toil, he does not look for better times to come. It is an ill teaching, which dulls the soul of the learner, which mars his life and saps his strength and force. Deep source of sorrow is the direful ruin, it has spread among The Conde the youth of our towns whose lives it has embittered and in no way has it been more harmful than in hardening our hearts to the tenderest and, from its very place and purpose in life, the most ennobling of passions . We still love and wed, but alas! our love, it has lowered from its proud height. Much more I would say but I cannot now. This Eastertide I have been out alone into the presence of >>„st,, .,p, the ear Nature . The world was just awakening from its winter sleep and ofbeautiful standing on you high wold and looking forth on fruitful dale, where the church spire peeps out from amid the trees and like incense, the blue smoke curls gently heavenward from the clustering white washed cottages, or on glittering streamlet, where it winds
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along through flowering meadows to meet the shimmering waters
of the horizon, wreathing with mist and vapour, where the blue waves sparkle in the flood of sunlight, and far out over which we longingly imagine " Some shadowy isle of bliss Midmost the beating of the steely sea," Some island-valley of Million f ° Deep meadowed, happy, fair with orchard lawns, " where we can heal us of our hurt ; at such a time, it seemed as
if
soon, the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches should pass away like some horrid nightmare and the fair dream of our beauty-loving seers might soon perhaps come true, and then—As I write these last words, the shadows lengthen and our busy world is hushed, and through the deepening gloom, a vision floats before my eyes . The truth is slowly borne in upon me, as I sit silent in the falling night .—Soul of my soul ! My delight, after all thou art the best ! FAUNUS.
FOOTBALL. ST . PEFEK ' S SCHOOL, V . OLD PETERITF :S. Bingham kicked off for the School and play settled in the Old Boys' 25 . The Old Boys by good kicking on the part of Shepherd worked into the School zs, and Walton dodged over about halfway out ; Eastwood failing to convert . Play for some short time was in the School 25, and the Old Boys by smart passing got the ball out, to Sullivan, who ran round and scored in good position . Shepherd missed the goal . The School forwards now playing a hardworking game, the hall was carried to the Old Boys ' 25 and shortly after into touch in the corner . Teasdale got possession from the line-out and scored in the corner . Bingham landed a very fine goal . The School forwards now playing a very fine game, made repeated attempts to score in the corner, many times the ball being
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held over the line . Nelson kicked to Shepherd who made a mark, and landed in touch at half way . Scrummaging occurred in the centre, and Sullivan running strongly was pushed into touch at the School corner . From the line out Russell got over unmarked, and Sullivan converted . The School again worked their way up the field and were in the Old Boys ' 25 when half time was called . Score: I goal and 2 tries I I points to I goal 5 points. Russell kicked off, and Otley found touch at half way . The Old Boys got possession, and Walton dodged over between the posts ; Shepherd converting . Soon after the Old Boys got possession in a scrimmage, and Sullivan scored halfway out . Shepherd missed the goal . The Old Boys pressing strongly ; Nevile scored from the line out . The Old Boys again pressed strongly, and the School repelled a good bout of passing by their forwards . A bout of passing by the Old Boys ' backs resulted in Rose being pushed into touch at the corner . Another bout of passing resulted in Joicey scoring under the posts . Tomlinson converted . Walton again got away and scored, Eastwood converting . The School now pressed again and a minor resulted . Henson kicked off and Otley found touch at the Old Boys ' 25 . The Old Boys gained ground, and Eastwood getting possession kicked into the middle of the field, and a School back kicked and followed up causing Walton ' s kick to go wide . Nelson gained possession and scored far out . Bingham failed to convert, soon after time was called with the score—4 goals 4. tries 32 points to to I goal i try S points . The School forwards played a very good game, holding their own against their heavier opponents and often shoving them . The School backs, with a very fine combination against them, were obviously out-classed.
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S . John's kicked oft and play settled down at half-way . Good work by the School forwards and a good kick from Otley, found touch at S . John ' s 25 . From the line out Smith broke away, but was tackled, S . John' s forwards using their feet smartly made a rush, but Roy saved ; several scrummages on the touch line resulted
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in a free-kick against S . John ' s, for not putting the ball in straight. Bingham had a shot at goal, but the ball vent wide . S . John's dropped out, Bingham returned into touch, a loose rush by the S. John's forwards sent the ball in touch in the School 25 ; exchange of kicks by the backs, resulted in Roy getting possession, and running to S . -John ' s 25 ; the ball went into touch . Wilson got possession at the line-out and passed to Nelson, who scored far out ; Bingham failed at goal . From the drop-out Bingham got possession and kicked across, following up strongly ; good passing by the School forwards was seen and Bingham got over but was called back to the whistle . From a scrummage on the line B . Nelson got possession and dropped a fine goal . S . John's pressed from the kirk-oft but the ball was kicked iuto touch in cue . Good kicking by B . Nelson carried the ball to half-way where a scrum occurred . C . Nelson passed to Harrison, Harrison to Roy, Roy to Ode)", Otlev to B . Nelson, who scored in the corner. Bingham failed to convert . From the kick-oft 13 . Nelson found touch in St . John's quarters and Bingham passing to Nelson from the line-out, he dropped a tine goal at a difficult angle . The School again pressing, there followed a series of scrums in S. John's half. Half-time was called with score :--S . Peter' s School, z goals (both dropped), two tries, to S . John ' s College nil. Bingham kicked oft, and shortly after from loose play in the centre, a S . John's man got off but was tackled by Lawrance ; another S. John ' s man got oft but was tackled by a back S . John's now pressed strongly and would have scored, but kicked too strongly over the (lead line : weak kicking by a S . John ' s man gave the ball to Roy who kicked across to Lawrance ; Lowrance ran strongly but was pulled into touch at the corner . From the line-out, Lowrance got oft and scored in fair position, but had to retire hurt for a time . Nelson failed to convert . 'I'hc School still pressed and Smith picking up in the loose scored in the corner, Bingham made a good attempt to convert, the ball hitting the post . At this point Lawrance returned to the field, and S . John ' s kicked down the field, Bennett returning into touch, S . John ' s again pressing, Bennett picked up well and kicked into touch ; Nelson shortly
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after relieved with a long kick into touch . Smart passing between Harrison, Otlev, and Nelson, resulted in Nelson scoring under the posts, the same player converted . From tke kick off Bingham got possession, and there was good passing by the School forwards, touch being found at S . John's 25 . A long exchange of kicks followed and shortly after time went with the score :—St . Peter's School, 3 goals (z dropped), 4 tries, 25 points, to St . John's nil. The play of the School on the whole was good, the forwards might perhaps have done a little more work, considering their weight . Of the backs B . Nelson was the most prominent, his two dropped goals being particularly fine, the play of the rest of the backs was better than in the match before, the passing being much better ; still there is room for improvement, the backs generally being slow and prone to hesitate . Bennett's play at full back was good, his fielding and kicking being excellent ; he had not ho \% ever much tackling to do.
THE SCHOOL Z' . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Rain fell at the start and continued during most of the match. Play settled down in the Leeds half, directly after the kick-off; Bingham passed to B . Nelson, who made a good attempt to drop a goal . The forwards rushed the ball over the Leeds line two or three times, but no score resulted . B . Nelson again dropped at goal, but the ball went wide . Longbotham dribbled to near the Leeds line, were a scrum was formed and the halves got the hall out smartly to Roy, who scored ; B . Nelson converted . Shortly after the halves again got the ball out to Otley, who passed when close to the line to B . Nelson, the last named getting a try . Leeds then gained some ground and R . Nelson saved twice in quick succession . The three-quarters then gained some ground, but Otlev passed forward . The forwards let the ball out promptly, and a good piece of passing ended in B . Nelson scoring again, and also kicking the goal . Teasdale took a pass well and gained some ground . Francis and another Leeds man then dribbled nearly down to our line, but Bingham saved and prevented them scoring .
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A Leeds three-quarter got off, but E . Nelson brought him down. Bingham passed to Nelson who ran, the full-back tackling him low . Harrison passed to B . Nelson and he on to Wilson who scored . Bingham was the next to break through and Smith got a try . C . Nelson tackled well . Teasdale and Meek were then prominent, and Longbotham passed to Roy who ran strongly, but the full-back collared him low . Half-time 19 points to nil . Leeds pressed and E . Nelson tackled a man . Otlev passed to Stevens, who ran into touch . Moiser and 1\Ieek took the ball on . Stevens then followed up and scored a try . C . Nelson ran to near the Leeds line, and Meek shortly after dribbled the ball over and scored. Scott and Wilson took the ball on . The forwards let the ball out and C . Nelson made an excellent opening for B . Nelson, who scored . Passing between Harrison, C . Nelson and Roy, ended in the last named scoring . Scott ran but was tackled . Bingham then got another try, no goal resulting . Good passing between nearly all the backs ended in B . Nelson scoring behind the posts. The halves got the ball out to Roy, who made 13 . Nelson an opening, the latter, taking his pass smartly, scored easily . Time was then up . The forwards let the ball out frequently so giving their backs plenty of chances . The halves passed exceedingly well all through the game, and did not seem to be affected by the wet ball . B . Nelson took his passes very well . Leeds were without Phillips during most of the second half . Final score, 3 goals, 9 tries (42 points) to nil.
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . DURHAM SCHOOL.
On the School ground on Saturday October 29th, Bingham kicked off for the School and the return found touch towards the School 25 . Durham forwards carried play into the School quarters, but for a quarter - of - an - hour, no great difference was shewn between the two teams. Soon the Durham forwards got the ball better, and occasioned some good bouts of passing by the Durham three-quarters, Barrow nearly scoring in the corner . Eventually, from another
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fine effort by the Durham three-quarters Barrow scored far out and Ayton converted . The School still held their own fairly ; although much out-weighted forward, the School halves being considerably smarter than the other p ir . Harrison by a neat piece of play and a kick, carried play towards the Durham half. Durham forwards carried play to the School 25 and Cumberledge scored after a dodgy run . Ayton converted . Play remained pretty even till half-time when the score was :—Durham School 2 goals 10 points ; St . Peter ' s School nil . After the re-start, play soon settled clown towards the School quarters and Durham had all the best of the play . Most of the time the School were on the defence, but Barrow and Turner scored in quick succession . Durham still pressed and Turner had a drop at goal, but the shot went wide. The School forwards got the ball out and it went to B . Nelson, who ran strongly but was tackled by the Durham full back . Good kicking by the Durham backs soon regained the lost ground, and they again pressed strongly, Turner scoring a rather soft try. Shortly after from a bad mull by Otley, Haythornthwaite picked up and scored . Pearson scored from the line out but no goal resulted. For a short time again, the School had the best of the play and B. Nelson dropped at goal and follow up strongly scored far out, Bingham kicked an extremely fine goal . Time went with the score . Durham School, 3 goals 3 tries (27 points) ; St . Peter's School, goal (5 points) . 1 he School were hopelessly outweighted forward but played a plucky game even when tired out . The School halves were the smarter pair, but could not do much behind beaten forwards . Bingham was as usual the main stay of the forwards . Harrison at half played an exceedingly plucky and neat game . B . Nelson kicked and ran well, his try was a fine effort . SCHOOL V . YORKSHIRE COLLEGE.
On Thursday, Nov . 3rd, on the School ground . Bingham kicked off for the School at 3 .15 . Play remained for a time at half way, but presently one of the College backs scored after a good run from half way, but the attempt at goal was unsuccessful . They
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were pressing again when Lawrence intercepted a pass, and dribbled up the field to half-way . Bingham was next prominent by dribbling away from a scrim . Play continued for a little about half-way, but their forwards by degrees brought it hack to our " 25 " and presently scored ; this time their attempt was successful . Scott got away from a scrum with a dribble but was stopped by a man collaring him, although he had not the ball, and soon after the College forwards worked the ball up the field and scored a try which was unconverted . B . Nelson presently made a mark and from his kick the College made a mark, but failed at goal from far out . Our opponents were soon penalized for offside play on our lines, but presently nearly scored after a long passing bout, but .ere ' prevented by good play on the part of B . Nelson . One of their men made an unsuccessful drop at goal . After good passing along the three-quarter line our opponents scored, and were successful at goal . "I'he College were passing again when Stephens intercepted a pass and brought us into their " 25, " but a good kick by one of their men brought us to halfway again where play remained for a minute or two, but they soon scored again, whereupon half-time was called with the score— Yorkshire College 2 goals 3 tries 19 points to School nil . Yorkshire College kicked off again, but were whistled back for having a man in front, they were penalized for offside play and Bingham kicked into touch in their " 25, " but a good passing bout by their three-quarters resulted in their scoring an unconverted try . Soon after their wing threequarter after a long run kicked across and one of their forwards following up scored . After the kick off they rushed it back into our " 25 " and presently scored ; the attempt at goal being successful . Soon after this Nelson took a long drop at goal, but the ball passed outside the posts . After the kick out Nelson made a mark, and dropped a fine goal from halfway . One of their three-quarters nearly scored but was pushed into touch just in time . B . Nelson then intercepted a pass and ran into Yorkshire College " 25," and after a few scrums time was called with the score : College— 3 goals 5 tries 30 points ; St . Peter' s—r dropped goal ¢ points. School team : Back, W . N . Bennett ; three-quarters : B . Nelson,
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C . L . Stephens, B . G . Lawrance, Esq , and G . C . Otley ; halves: C . Nelson and R . Harrison ; forwards : R . G . Bingham, C . Moiser, R . Teasdale, G . N . Longbotham, W . Wilson, J . T . Meek, C . P. Scott, and E . D . Teasdale. Sr . PE'TER' S SCHOOL V . HEADINGLEY. Bingham kicked off for the School at a quarter to three One of their halves made a mark from a kick by Harrison . The School broke away, but the Headingley three-quarters picked up and kicked to the School lines . Harrison saved well and C . Nelson gained ground by a good kick . Roy then tackled splendidly : and Lawrance charged down a kick . Harrison and Roy again saved well . The School forwards shoved the scrum but the Headingleti three-quarters brought them hack by good play . Our opponents got off-side and B . Nelson kicked far up into touch . Chaneley presently scored for Headingley, but Yeadon ' s kick at goal failed. B . Nelson ' s drop out found touch beyond half-way ; but the Headingley forwards broke away with a dribble but were stopped, Roy saving well . J . Nelson of our opponents was hurt and went off the field, but came on again soon : from the next scrum Bingham and Lawrance dribbled to the Headingley " z5 ." C . Nelson here saved well and B . Nelson made a mark . From the kick Frank got away ; C . Nelson and Harrison saving by timely kicks . Through a misunderstanding as to an injury to Bingham, Perkins scored for the visitors, but Firth failed to convert . After the drop out Roy repeatedly spoiled the Headingley passing . Meek then gained some ground by a rush from a line out . From a kick by Harrison J . Nelson made a mark, but nothing much came from it, and Smith soon after broke away with a dribble . Harrison here saved well, but shortly afterwards Newstead scored an unconverted try. After the re-start Roy tackled well, but presently Platts scored a try but the kick at goal failed . Soon after the drop out Chaneley again scored for them, but Mawson failed to convert . Headingley were awarded a free kick for off-side play by the School, but failed to kick a goal . Yeadon then scored and converted it . Soon after Roy saved well and Bennett returned by a fine kick into touch .
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Here the School wheeled the scrum, but were brought back for off-side play . Bingham gained ground by breaking away from a line-out . By the aid of two free kicks, the School got in their opponents' " 25 . " Here they got the hall out, but Harrison was smothered before he could pass . Bingham then saved a certain try by collaring a man after he had passed the full-back . R. Harrison picked up splendidly and kicked into touch, whereupon time was called with the score : Headingley, r goal 5 tries ; St. Peter ' s School, nil . School team :—Full-back, W . N . Bennett; three-quarter backs, B . Nelson, D . \V . Roy, G . C . Otley, C . L. Stevens ; half-backs, C . Nelson, R . Harrison ; forwards, R . G. Bingham, C . 1\Ioiser, R . Teasdale, C . S . Smith, W . Wilson, C . P. Scott, J . Meek, B . G . Lowrance, Esq . The tackling of the School team was a great improvement on former matches . The School forwards, although altogether outweighted, played a plucky game and kept it up to the finish . Harrison at half was conspicuous for neat and plucky play . Behind outweighted forwards the threequarters played a good tackling game. SCHOOL 7' . GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL.
Played on Saturday, Nov . t 9th, at Giggleswick, in tine weather. Giggleswick lost the toss and kicked off against a light air . B. Nelson returned, and Giggleswick found touch near the School 25. Give and take play following, no great difference was apparent between the teams . Giggleswick three-quarters gained ground by their kicks, but the School forwards retrieved the ground by consistently good play . Play worked its way towards the Giggleswick half, and B . Nelson got possession and ran strongly, being pushed into touch in the corner . The School now pressed hotly but the defence was good, and the Giggleswick forwards rushed the ball down to the School half. Here they were awarded a free kick for C. Nelson not putting the ball in straight and took a place at goal, the shot, however, fell short, and B . Nelson kicking well, cleared the School lines . From a weak kick by a Giggleswick man, Bennett got possession and kicked into the middle of the field ; following up fast he dribbled almost to the Giggleswick line, where the full
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back got possession of the ball and was tackled . From a scrum here the School pressed strongly for some time, and Bingham was held up more than once in an attempt to score. Giggleswick playing a strong forward game and showing good judgment in kicking in their back division, gained considerable From a scrum, Giggleswick got the ball out, but the ground, B . Nelson was effort was frustrated by Roy, Otley, and Stevens . conspicuous at this point for a neat save and kick . C . Nelson made a useful run, gaining some ground . Passing by the School three-quarters resulted in the hall going to B . Nelson, who was again only tackled by the full-back . From the resulting scrum, the ball passed through the hands of C . Nelson, Harrison, Otley, and Roy, the last named passing to Stevens almost on the line, but Stevens mulled badly, losing a certain score . Half time went with the School on the Giggleswick line . Score : School nil, Giggleswick nil . After half-time the School again pressed for a while and made some good attempts to score, but the Giggleswick forwards began to show their superiority in weight, and continually from this point got possession of the ball better than our pack . Our forwards, tired by the long journey still played a plucky game, and although they could not get possession, gave their Giggleswick opponents The Giggleswick forwards continuously letting the plenty to do . ball out, gave the School backs a lively time . Harrison and C. Nelson continually spoilt the passing of the halves, and the tackling of our three-quarters was the best seen this season . Time after time Giggleswick were tackled near the line, Meek and Bingham being especially noticeable in this respect from among the forwards, none needing especial mention from among the backs . At length, however, the tension was too much, and a Giggleswick forward, Ingham, dribbling over the line, scored through the full back omitting to save . The kick at goal failed. The School still played up, and for a time play was carried to half way . But this was a game in which the team who first scored was a certain winner ; and the Giggleswick forwards again doing sterling work, heeled out, and Hodge dodged over and scored between the posts, no goal resulted . Time was called with the score—Gig-
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gleswick School z tries 6 points ; St . Peter ' s School nil . Giggleswick on the whole showed better condition than the School team, although this doubtless accounted for by the long and tedious journey which they had gone through . The Giggleswick forwards only just won the day by their superior condition . At half and three-quarters, as shown by the play in the first half behind winning forwards, we were superior . Probably had the match been played at home, the result would have been either a draw or reversed . In this match the whole team played a far better game than they have clone hitherto this season . After the match Meek and Harrison received their colours . School Team—W . N. Bennett, full back ; C . L . Stevens, D . W . Roy, G . C . Otley, and B . Nelson, three-quarters ; R . Harrison and C . Nelson, half-backs ; R . G . Bingham, C . Moiser, R . Teasdale, C . S . Smith, W . Wilson, G . N . Longbotham, J . T . Meek, and E . Creaser.
SCHOOL 7' DURHAM SCHOOL.
At Durham on the University ground in very wet weather. Durham kicked off and B . Nelson returned into touch . Durham got possession and Henderson ran strongly and kicked but too hard, the ball being touched down . Bingham broke away from the touch line and gained some ground . Durham got away from a scrum but were brought up by tackling by Otley, Roy, and Bennett. Otley broke away with a dribble and tackled the fullback, with the ball . A Durham man made a mark but no great amount of ground was gained . Bingham dribbled very neatly and Scott was conspicuous for good tackling . Durham were penalized and B . Nelson took the kick. Soon after Durham broke away strongly but B. Nelson and Bennett tackled . C . Nelson saved pluckily . Durham continued to press although not very strongly, their passing being spoilt by the state of the ball . York were penalized for offside play by Harrison, and Durham gained some ground, Wilson and Bingham dribbled well and so did Smith . Teasdale broke away from the lineout and gained some ground . Durham threequarters passed well and Heskett scored under the posts . Aston
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missed the goal . Nelson dropped off and Bingham followed up and tackled well . From a scrum Turner got possession and dropped a rather fluky goal ; and very shortly after Avton kicked a fine goal from a free-kick . Until half-time the School were nearly always defending and once had to touch down . Henderson also got over the line but went over the dead-line . Half-time : z goals (I dropped, i penalty and a try), io points, to nil . Bingham kicked off, the return going to B . Nelson who dropped at goal, the shot falling short . Durham continued to press as in the first half, but the tackling of the School was pretty good, although eventually Haythornthwaite scored . Shortly after, from a bad mull by I3ennett, Newcomb scored and Haythornthwaite converted . At the finish Henderson, Heskett, and Haythornthwaite, scored in quick succession . None of the goals were kicked . Final score: Durham School, 3 goals (1 penalty,) dropped), and 3 tries, 27 points, S Peter's School, nil.
SCHOOL T' E .
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ESQ . ' S TEAM.
Played on Tuesday, November zgt]i, on the School ground. Bingham kicked off for the School, and play settled down in the centre of the field . One of the visiting team got the ball from a scrimmage, and carried it to the School 25, when the home forwards by a vigorous rush carried the ball back to half-way . In turn the visitors pressed, but Harrison saved well near the School line, and neat passing took the ball to the other end . Here C . Nelson made a mark, but Bingham failed to kick a goal . Then the scratch forwards rushed the ball into the School 25, but Stephens relieved the pressure by a long kick into touch . After a series of line-outs about half way, one of the visitors made a mark and kicked down the field, but C . Nelson received and found touch well . One of the visiting three-quarters scored far out, but the try was not converted . From the drop out the ball went into touch about half way, here the School forwards dribbled well, Meek being especially conspicuous . Scott got away from a line-out but was overtaken . One of the visitors got hold of the ball and kicked
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down the field, where Longbotham secured the ball, and passed to Bingham, who ran into touch . Half-time was called with the score E . J . Joicey ' s Team, I try (3 points), School nil . After the interval the visitors kicked off, and Neilson receiving kicked down the field, when the ball was knocked on . B . Nelson had a drop at goal, which just failed, and Stevens following up well scored a try for the School, which was not converted . After the drop-out the visitors were penalised for offside play, and Bingham kicking finely down the field, the ball was returned, and scrums followed on the School line, and C . Nelson had to touch down . From the drop-out one of the visiting three-quarters secured the ball, and kicked down the field and following up hard, scored the second try for Joicey ' s team . The kick failed . After the drop out, one of the visitors made a mark, and had an unsuccessful drop at goal. B . Nelson dropped out and one of the visiting team got hold, and after a long run, passed, an unconverted try was the result. After the drop out scrums in the School z5 followed, but Joicev's team were penalised for not putting the ball in straight, and B. Nelson had a long kick into touch . Bingham got away from the lineout and passed to Meek, who was tackled near the visitors ' line. One of the scratch team got away but was run into touch near halfway . Shortly afterwards time was called with the score :—E . J. joicey ' s Team, 3 tries (q points), S . Peter ' s School, try (3 points .) The following represented the School :—(Back), W . N . Bennett ; (three-quarter backs), B . Nelson, G . C . Otley, A . Neilson, C . L. Stevens ; (half-backs), C . Nelson, R . Harrison ; (forwards), R . G. Bingham, C . Moiser, R . Teasdale, C . S . Smith, G . N . Longbotham, J . T . Meek, C . Y . Scott, B . G . Lawrance, Esq.
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . SPEN VALLEY CASUALS.
The Casuals did not play their full strength owing to a portion of their team having lost their train, which accounts for the ease with which the School won . I3ingham kicked off for the School at 3- 1 5, and almost immediately after the start he scored from a lineout, but failed to convert . After the drop out there followed a
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long spell of scrumming about half-way, and the School began to press, when one of their halves intercepted a pass and got well away, but was finely collared by Roy. The School worked the ball back again to their half, but one of the visiting forwards nearly scored after a splendid dribble being prevented by Roy kicking dead . B. Nelson had a shot at goal but failed, and Stephens following up nearly scored . About ten minutes before half time 13 . Nelson scored after a dodgy run and converted . The School were awarded a penalty kick for off-side play by the opposing halves, but Bingham failed to kick a goal Longbotham and Moiser broke away with a line dribble which ended in 11oiser scoring an unconverted try, whereupon half time was called with the score : School : i goal 2 tries (1 r points) to Spen Valley nil . After a good deal of play in their 25, Bingham scored again from a line out but failed at goal. Soon after this, good passing by the School forwards ended in Bingham scoring his third try, which, however, he failed to convert. The School were pressing in the visitors ' " 25 " when Spen Valley worked the ball into our half by good kicking, but B . Nelson by a fast run brought the ball back into our opponents ' " 25 ." A good run by C . Nelson further helped the School, and B . Nelson presently dropped a goal from close in . Meek shortly after dribbled over their line, but a scrum five yards out was ordered. One of the Spen Valley halves by a good run brought the ball into our " 25, " and presently ran over but lost possession . Time was then called, with the score St . Peter ' s, z goals (i dropped), + tries (z points), to Spen Valley Casuals nil . School Team-Back : \V . N . I3cnnett ; three-quarters, B . Nelson, D . W . Roy, G . C . Otley, and C . L . Stephens ; halves : C . Nelson,R . Harrison ; forwards : 13 . G . Bingham (capt .), C . Moiser, R . Teasdale, C . S. Smith, G. N . Longbotham, J . 'I' . Meek, C . P . Scott, and B . G. Lawrance, Esq. ST . PETER' S SCHOOL 2ND XV. V . LEEDS
G .S . 2ND XV.
Played at Leeds on Saturday, October 22nd, and resulted in a win for the School by 5o points to nil . During the first half, the School only scored 12 points owing to the forwards not letting the
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ball out sufficiently . In the second half, the School played more together, and added 38 points before time was called . The scorers for us were Creaser 5, Leonard 3, Kirke 2, Neilson, Denby, Sale, Final score—School, Pulleyn, Robinson, and Teasdale i each . r goal 15 tries (5o points) to Leeds nil ; School Team : full back, M . \V . Richards ; three-quarters, A . Neilson, E . H . Creaser, E. St . G . Kirk, and H . Leonard ; half backs, C . H . Sale and J . S. Denby ; forwards, T . Pulleyn, J . Russell, E . D . Teasdale, E T. Otley, J . H . Robinson, R . Dunning, J . S . R . Gibbons, and G. Armstron g . Sr . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2ND XV . v . DURHAM 2nd XV. Played at Durham on Saturday, 29th Oct ., and resulted in a win for our opponents by 27 points to nil . Durham scored 17 points in the first five minutes before the School team woke up . Creaser and Winn got away with some good dribbles, and Sale made a good run but was collared by the full hack . Durham scored again three times about ten minutes before time . Final score : Durham 2 goals 6 tries (z8 points) to St . Peter's School nil . Neilson was alone prominent among the three-quarters for good defensive play. School Team—Full back, M . AV . Richards ; three-quarters, A. Neilson, E . `t . G . Kirke, E . R . Wilson, and A . Leonard ; halfbacks, C . H . Sale, and H . Denby ; forwards, T . Pulleyn, T . A. Russell, E . H . Creaser, R . Winn, E . J . Otley, J . H . Robinson, R. Dunning, and G . Armstrong.
LIBRARY. The following books have been added to the Library this term : Grenville Cole Aids to Practical Geology Andrrzv lung Customs and Myth Red Deer je ieys j~ffiels Story of My Heart Wood Magic belies : c Field and Hedgerow /-,gnI Baring Gould Curious Myths . of the Middle Ages
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Voyage of the " Sunbeam " Where 'Three Empires Meet Africa in the Toth Century With Kitchener to Khartoum Arabian Nights Entertainments Story of Marco Polo The ( ;olden Butterfly Beyond the Dreams of :Avarice The Master Craftsman Micah Clarke The Refugees Count of Monte Christo Marguerite de Valois The Forte-five Guardsmen Fascination of the King Nada the Lily King Solomon ' s Mines Alan Quatermain (new copy) Scalp Hunters Headless Horseman Corleone (leg Kelly Mehalah Grettir the Outlaw The Little Minister Robbery under Arms Shade) ow Tom Cringles Log Perly Cross Lost Sir . Al assingberd " Ph roso '' Lewis Arundel "Through the Looking ( ;lass Notre Dame Les Miserables
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Recant Conan Doyle Conan Doyle Dumas Dumas
Dumas Guy Boolliby Rider Haggard Rider Haggard Rider Haggard Maine Reid 1laine Reid Varian Cra7tf~rd S . R . Crncke/1 Baring Gould Baring Gould Barrie Rolf Boldrewood Capt . Marryal Michael Scott Biackmore James Payn t'n/honP Hope 5'nred/ty Levis Carrot 1ic/or Hugo Victor Hugo
The Librarians request that Subscribers should treat the books better . Many of the books which were added to the Library a year ago have been much illused, and we beg to remind subscribers that in thus 'Busing or not taking proper care of books, they are acting a very selfish part, in that they deprive other subscribers of the use of the books, who have just as much right to the use of them as they have themselves. A number of new books have been added this term with stronger bindings, in the hope that more wear may be got out of them . But
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this will be of no avail unless those who take books out look after them properly and treat them as they would treat books which have been lent them by a friend. No one would think of wholly or partly destroying a book lent them by anyone for whom they had any regard ; and similarly no one ought to think of destroying a Library Book, which is just as much lent to him by the rest of the subscribers to the Library. Hoping that these few words will have some effect in preventing the very quick destruction of books which has taken place heretofore .—Yours, &c ., THE LIBRARIANS.
NOTES AND ITEMS. Rev . J . Raine, B .A ., has been licensed to the Curacy of Bromptonwith-Stain ton. G. W . Mitchell has been gazetted Major. A . J . Montgomery, has been gazetted Lieut .-Colonel. A . T . Weller has been gazetted Lieut .-Colonel. Capt . F . H . Eadon was with the 21st Lancers in the charge at Omdurman. Old Peterites will be sorry to hear that the Rev. Canon Adams, D .D ., has had a stroke of apoplexy . He is however, we are glad to say, progressing towards recovery. We hear that H . Crossley, who it will be remembered, presented the tub pairs to the School, gets many prizes with horses from his ranche in Muskoka. L . E . Stevenson, M .B ., has been elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. H. R . Partington has passed the Intermediate Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. \V . L . Crombie has passed the Final Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. Rev . W . Jackson, Chaplain of H .M . Prison, Preston, has been appointed Chaplain of H .M . Prison, Wakefield. At the Church Congress, on the 27th September, 1898, the Bishop of Bristol drew attention to the Ancient History of our School .
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R . F . Russell has got his colours for Emmanuel College, Cambridge. F. Mitchell has gone out to South Africa to play for Lord Hawke's Cricket XI. T. R . Heap has got a Commission in the Royal Naval Reserve. The following have been elected Members of the O .P . Club :— W. L . Attley, N . P. W . Brady, G . W . Filliter, J . E . Fawcett, P . J . C . King, H . A . Longbotham, G . E . Raine, J . P . Sowerby, J . P . Watson, S . Watson, G . R . Walker, E . J . Walton, R. Wood. BIRTHs .—October 3oth, 1898, the wife of B . H . Abrahall, of a son. November 7th, 1898, the wife of the Rev . E . S . Fox, of a daughter. November 19th, 1898, the wife of F. W . Pixley, of a son. MARRIAGE .--October 25th, W . H . Cobb, I .C .S ., to Edith Augusta Harland, 4th daughter of Rev . A . A . Harland, Vicar of Harefield, Middlesex. We extract the following from an unsigned article in The Leisure Hour :
"In Strype' s life of Sir John Cheke it is recorded that Sir Thomas, the eldest son of Henry Cheke, was bred in a school at York, where he had two memorable schoolfellows though of different inclinations and reputations. The one was Morton, Bishop of Durham, the other Guye Fawkes. The School where these afterwards notable men received their education is discovered to have been the Free School in ` Le Horse Fayre," near the City of York, originally founded by the Royal Charter of Philip and Mary, and placed under the protection of the Dean and Chapter ." Xole .—This " Free School in Le Horse Fayre" was St. Peter's School which had, in the reign of Philip and Mary, obtained the Hospital of St . Mary Magdalene, outside Bootham Bar in an open space called the Horse Fair, as an endowment .
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F . M . Bingham has been playing for I3lackheatlh this Season, and three times for Middlesex County. E I . Walton played half-back for the ~S ripcs in the Yorkshire ('ounty trial match, Whites v . Stripes, at Kirkstall ; he also played half-back with J . Shepherd for Yorkshire County v. The Rest of Yorkshire, at Cleckheaton, and for Yorkshire County v . Durham County . Ile also played for Queen's College, Oxford. J . Shepherd played half-back in the Yorkshire County Trial Match, Possibles v . Probables ; he also played half-back Nvith E . J. Walton for Yorkshire County v . The Kest of Yorkshire, centre three-quarters for Yorkshire County v . Durham County, and half-back for Yorkshire County P . Northumberland County; he has also been playing for Durham City. E . J . Joicev has been playing centre three-quarters for Percy Park. G . AWinn has been playing forward for Hartlepool Rovers. C . Dobson has been playing for Lennox F .C. H . Wheelwright has been playing full-back for St . "Thomas's IIospital. A . M . Sullivan was picked to play for Cambridge University on one occasion ; but was unable to play through injury he has also been playing, when fit, for Christ' ; College, Cambridge. R . F . Russell has been playing forward for Emmanuel College, Cambridge. G . G . Yeld has been playing forward for Pembroke College, Cambridge. F . P . Fausset has been Captaining the Peterhouse team this season. H . 13 . Greeves has been playing for Peterhouse. G . Crowther has played full-back occasionally for Caius College. 1 . . Hood has been playing for Rosslyn Park. J . P . Watson has been playing for Durham City. Will Old Peterites kindly forward their subscriptions to E . M. 1IINGsTON, Clifton Asylum, York, and not to the Ilead Secretary. We beg to acknowledge the following contemporaries : Dunelmian (z), .Sedber~hiarr, Denslonian, L_eediensian, .S't. .$rightonian, Edward's .S'chool Magazine, I;aslbnurnran, Abin donian, Culhberlian (2), Dozerian, The Lily, .51 . Michael's Chronicle (Pietermaritzburg).
THE
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MARCH, 1899 .
No . 137.
SCHOOL LETTER. HE football team has done fairly well this season, having won seven matches, lost eight, drawn none, and having scored a total number of z .}5 points, as against 171 points scored by their opponents . We are glad to note the renewal of the fixture with Giggleswick, and must congratulate the fifteen on having played better in that match than they had done, till then, during the season . Perhaps the best match was against E . J. Joicey's fifteen, when the school played their hardest right up to the call of time. This term we have been without the services of B . Nelson, G . N. Longbotham and W . N . Bennett . The loss of the first named has been very much felt, both in drop-kicking and try getting, as last term he created a record, by scoring more points, individually, than any one has ever done for the school before, in one season. We regret to say that the criticism of the school play has not come yet, so it will have to stand over till the next number . The play was as successful as ever, which fact was a great deal due to the able coaching of G . Hudson, Esq ., who assisted Mr . Yeld in his onerous task. To turn to boating, which is the chief topic just now, we ought to have a very good crew, since three of last year's colours are left (including "stroke"), namely, Moiser, Teasdale and Bingham, and with regard to the fourth place, Roy was a candidate for it last year,
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and so should easily get a place . The river, at the time of writing, is in a state of flood, but will probably have subsided before serious work begins. It seemed likely at one time that we should have had some skating, but our hopes were shattered, as a thaw set in almost immediately we had looked up our skates, which in consequence will have to lie by till next year, when perhaps the weather will be more propitious. Mr . Lawrance, we hear, has most kindly volunteered to give a challenge cup to the form which shows the greatest proficiency in gymnastics at the end of the term, and an individual prize to the best gymnast in the school . We hope this generous offer will give a stimulus to gymnastics, indeed it has already done so, for there is a marked increase in the number of enthusiasts who attend the gymnasium . Before, there were very few who regularly went and exercised themselves, and as ours is most probably the best school gymnasium round about, this was rather a lamentable state of affairs.
FOOTBALL. ST. PETER' S SCHOOL V . RICHMOND SCHOOL.
On Tuesday, December 6th . Played at Richmond on a wet day under rather curious conditions . In the first half 36 points were scored by the school to 3 points on the side of Richmond . In the second half 53 points were scored by the school . The full score was St . Peter' s School, 89 points ; Richmond, 3 points . The following scored for the school :—J . T . Meek, 5 tries ; B . Nelson, 5 tries ; C . Nelson, 3 tries ; R . Harrison, 2 tries ; C . S . Smith, R . Teasdale, A . Neilson, G . N . Longbotham, C . P . Scott, and D . W . Roy scored a try each . Bingham kicked 8 goals ; Nelson, 4 goals ; and Roy, i goal . Full score, r 3 goals 8 tries (89 points), to I try .
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Saturday, Dec . r oth . Bingham kicked off for the school at a little after 3 o ' clock, and found touch . Yarnbury, aided by the wind, worked the ball into the school 25, and one of their men dribbled over, but B . Nelson kicked dead . Play still continued in the school 25, and one of our opponents crossed our line, but Harrison held him up . C . Nelson was here conspicuous by good saving . The school forwards then worked the ball into the visitors ' half, but almost immediately after they got into the school 25 by good kicking. Roy was prominent with fine tackling, and Mr . Lawrance saved well once or twice . After desultory scrumming in our 25, half-time was called with no score. After half-time the school had the wind—which had gone down considerably—with them, and kept the ball in Yarnbury half . Our opponents had to touch down twice in quick succession . Bingham made some good runs, but was collared in time . The school were awarded a free kick, and Bingham's shot from beyond half-way just fell short . Play continued in their 25 . Roy kicked over, but Yarnbury touched down . B . Nelson from a penalty had a splendid drop at goal from half-way, but the ball just fell under the bar . Wilson broke away with a good dribble, but a Yarnbury back saved by kicking into touch . Bennett kicked over, but the ball rolled over the dead line . Play remained in Yarnbury 25, and after a few scrums Roy scored, but Bingham hit the post in his attempt to convert . The school forwards again pressed, but the effort ended in touch in goal . Shortly after- no side was called with the score :—St . Peter's, r try (3 points) ; Yarnbury, nil. School team : back, W . N . Bennett ; three-quarters, B . Nelson, D . W . Roy, G . C . Otley, C . L . Stephens ; halves, C . Nelson, R . Harrison ; forwards, R . G . 13ingham, C . Moiser, R . Teasdale, C . S . Smith, W . M . Wilson, J . T . Meek, C . P . Scott, B . G. Lawrance, Esq . ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . OLD
Bo y s.
This, the last match of the term, took place on December loth, and resulted after a good game in the victory of the Old Peterites
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by t goal 5 tries to z tries (2o points to 6) . Russell kicked off from the lower end, and Roy ' s return going straight up in the air, the ball was rushed over the school line, where Harrison touched down . From the drop out play settled down momentarily near the centre, but B . Nelson broke through with a dribble, which brought the game to the Old Boys' line, not, unfortunately, to stay there long, for after Scargill had relieved by a dribble into touch near the 25, Shepherd got away from a scrum, and, assisted by C . Nelson, transferred play to the school quarters ; here the ball soon found its way into Partington ' s hands, who scored with a tricky run, but Russell missed an easy kick . A good kick by Nelson iii . gave the school an advantage after the kick out, play settling down in the centre, where two hard scrums were fought out, in which the school about held their own . From the second of these the O .P .'s heeled, but B . Nelson cleverly intercepted a pass and, punting over the back ' s head, ran round him and scored behind the posts, a pretty piece of play . He failed to add the extra points . With the scores now level play continued very keen and fast ; for three minutes or so it fluctuated near the centre till Walton got right away from a scrum and crossed the line, but in his anxiety to score in a good position was forced beyond the dead ball line . The drop out brought relief to the school, but the "County " half-backs were a source of continual danger . Eastwood should have scored, but dropped Shepherd' s pass ; Nelson, however, backing up, Rose scored an easy try, which Russell again failed to convert . The school put renewed vigour into their work now, and a smart follow up by Nelson iii . enabled him to tackle the back with the ball in the O .P . ' s 25 . Bingham then came away with a dribble which Leonard stopped . A long spell of loose play followed, in which Partington, Tomlinson, Bingham, Teasdale, and Harrison were conspicuous for their respective sides, the game fluctuating between the two 25 flags . The school were having the best of the scrums at this point, but their heeling was as a rule rendered ineffective by the smartness of the Lion and the Leopard ." A vigorous effort by Russell caused the school temporary alarm, but Stephens heroically saved, and was " danced " into touch . A fine kick by Bennett, in answer
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to a high punt of Shepherd ' s, transferred play to half-way, and further efforts by the school forwards brought it to the 25 . Here 13ingham received from a line out, upset Eastwood and Partington, and struggled over in the corner . The kick failed . With the scores level the school forwards, led by Bingham, Smith and Meek, made strong efforts to get the lead, but could not break through. Partington got well off again, and looked certain to score when well tackled by Roy . Shepherd also came through from a scrum, but was tackled near the line, and a fine kick by Nelson iii . found touch near the half-way. The spectators now had hopes that the school might win, but they were evidently exhausted by the efforts of the first half, for the rest of the game was with the Old Boys . From the kick-off Eastwood returned to touch at half-way . Bingham came away with a dribble and skirting the touch line brought the ball to the O .P . ' s 25, but the play soon gravitated back to school quarters, where temporary relief was gained by a penalty . A series of blind passes near the centre ended in Walton securing the ball, but Otley leapt upon his back and laid him down when he was well away . A free kick to the Old Boys, well taken by Russell, fell just short of goal, and Bennett touched down . The return from the drop out landed near the school line, and Shepherd ran through himself from the ensuing scrum, the school tackling falling off a bit about now. Yeld failed to convert . The next item of interest was a drop kick by Shepherd, which we fancy was meant for a shot at goal, though wide enough to leave room for doubt . Still pressing, Walton ran strongly from the 25 and scored far out, but the kick failed again, though Browne fairly groaned with the effort . Further efforts by Walton and Rose kept up the pressure, while Russell seemed untirable . Walton again crossed the line, but his jersey was rent from his back, and the ball also escaped him, so a touch down resulted . A spell of even play near the centre was followed by a fine piece of play by Leonard, who following up his own kick caught the return practically off Bennett ' s boot, amd scored behind the posts . Russell converted . The school now woke up a bit and carried play to the O .P .'s territory, where C . and B . Nelson nearly
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scored by a joint effort, the Old Boys touching down . From the drop out the school forwards again attacked, but Shepherd relieved with a good kick, and Walton getting away from a scrum passed to Leonard, whom Bingham laid low just in time . The game was fast to the finish, and the Old Boys scored once more through Partington, the kick failing again . A last effort to relieve the pressure, headed by B . Nelson and Harrison, left the game near the centre when no side was called. The game was a good one to watch, and the school team showed much improved form on the former match . In the scrums they held their own, Bingham, Scott, and Teasdale being most conspicuous among the forwards, though the whole eight did good work at times . The advantage with the Old Boys lay principally at half-back, where Walton and Shepherd were very quick in getting the ball away, and in smothering any attempts of the school halves to open the game . Harrison and Nelson iii . did very well under the circumstances, while Roy and Nelson i . did well among the three-quarters, the former doing plenty of good defensive work. Teams :--School : full back, W . N . Bennett ; three-quarter backs, C . L . Stevens, D . W . Roy, G . C . Otley, B . Nelson ; half-backs, C . Nelson, R . Harrison ; forwards, R . G . Bingham, C . 1\Ioiser, R 'I'easdale, C . S . Smith, G . N . Longbotham, W . Wilson, J . T. Meek, C . P . Scott . Old Boys : full hack, F . C . Hey ; threequarters, T . Leonard, A. Rose, A . W . Eastwood, H . R . Partington ; half-backs, J . Shepherd, E . J . Walton ; forwards, R . F . Russell, F . P. Fausset, C . J . Nelson, H . R. Tomlinson, G . G . Yeld, J . Browne (capt .), J . P . Watson, B . J . St . G . Scargill.
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On Saturday, Feb . I1th . Bingham won the toss and kicked off against the wind . Stephens, after a bit of desultory kicking, took play into their 25, but the ball came back again to half-way almost immediately, through faulty passing by the backs . Through mulling by Otley, the School had
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presently to touch down . Lawrance dropped out to half-way and the lorwards worked the ball into Wakefield 25, where we were given a free kick, but nothing came of it, and through a poor pass by Roy, the ball worked back to half way . Roy was here prominent for good saving, as was C . Nelson a few minutes later . Scott ran a bit and passed to Roy, who was collared in Wakefield 25 ; when a good run and kick by Sherwood took play into the School 2 .5 . The School were penalized for off-side play on the part of Scott . Meek then by a good run along the touch line took play into the Wakefield half, and the forwards worked the ball into their 25. Sherwood relieved by a good kick into touch at half-way, but Bingham broke away from the line out and took the ball again into the visitors ' 25 . The Wakefield forwards then broke away, but Otley relieved with a good kick into touch . Wakefield were still pressing when half-time was called with the score ; St . Peter ' s, nil. Wakefield St . John ' s, nil . After the restart Lawrance put in a good dribble, and C . Nelson found touch at the corner flag. Bingham scored from the line out and kicked a splendid goal from the touch-line . After the drop out Neilson dribbled well and collared their full-back with the ball, in his own 25 . Soon after, Bingham scored again, behind the posts, a try which he himself converted . Soon after he dribbled over but lost possession. Harrison made a mark in their 25, and Bingham kicked a goal. The kick-out came to Lawrance who ran into their half. After good passing by the backs, Scott ran over in the corner, but was whistled back for a forward pass, and from the resulting scrum a minor was registered . Roy then carried the ball down the field, and kicking over the back's head, ran up and scored a splendid try which Bingham converted . Neilson and Roy were next prominent for good dribbling which took the ball into Wakefield 25. The School were pressing hard on the line, when time was called with the score : St . Peter' s—4 goals (1 from a mark) i9 points ; Wakefield St . John's, nil . School team : Full-Back, G . C . Otley ; threequarters : C . L . Stephens, D . W . Roy, A . Neilson, C . P . Scott ; halves : C . Nelson and R . Harrison ; forwards : R. G . Bingham (Captain), C . Moiser, R . Teasdale, C . S . Smith, W. Wilson, J . T . Meek, E . D . Teasdale, B . G . Lawrance, Esq .
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After the kick off, Roy took play into St . John's 25 with a kick, but their forwards worked the ball to half-way, when Neilson dribbled into their 25 again and C . Nelson scored, but Bingham failed to convert . After the drop out the school worked the ball into St . John's 25, but their forwards rushed to half-way, where play remained for a short time . Otley put in some good kicks into touch . After a good rush by the school, Lawrance scored under the posts, and Bingham converted . Soon after St . John ' s were penalized on the school line, and Bingham relieved with a kick. Half-time was called with the score :--St . Peter's School, t goal I try (8 points) ; St . John ' s College, nil. After the drop out St . John's took the ball into the school half, but Neilson put in a good run, which took us to their 25, and presently Lawrance scored . Almost immcdlately after St . John ' s had to touch down . Bingham scored, but failed to convert . Nelson broke away and transferred to Lawrance, who scored under the posts . No goal resulted . Soon after Stephens scored, but Roy failed to convert . Just before the call of time St . John's rushed up the field with a dribble and scored far out, but failed to convert. Final score :—St . Peter ' s School, I goal 5 tries (20 points) ; St . John ' s College, try (3 points) . School team : full back, G . C . Otley ; three-quarters, C . L . Stephens, D . W . Roy, A . Neilson, C . P . Scott ; halves, C . Nelson, R . Harrison ; forwards, R . G . Bingham (capt .), C . Moiser, R . Teasdale, C . S . Smith, M . W . Wilson, J . T . Meek, E . D . Teasdale, B . G . Lawrance, Esq.
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL znd XV . V . ST . JOHN ' S COLLEGE 2nd XV. Played on February znd on the school ground . St . John's College kicked off with the wind, and Kirke returned into touch at the school 25 . Loose play ensuing, Russell gained ground with a useful rush and Neilson with a long kick . St . John ' s were then off-side, and the resulting kick found touch at half-way ; a short bout of passing by the school backs gained a little ground, and shortly after Leonard found touch in the visitors' 2 5 . St . John's
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relieved with a hot rush, checked by good saving on the part of Sale and Richards . St . John ' s, aided by a heavy snow shower, pressed, and would have scored but for the safe tackling of Neilson and Robinson . St . John ' s again looked liked scoring, but a timely tackle by Robinson rendered the effort barren . Eventually St . John's pressing hard on the line, the school conceded a touch down. After the drop out a good rush by the school carried the ball beyond half-way, where for some time play was devoid of interest. A free kick was given against our opponents, but was productive of no advantage . A St . John's man getting possession ran strongly, but was brought down by Teasdale before he became dangerous. Another good effort by a visitors ' three-quarter was frustrated by Farrow . The school now got away with a dribble, but St . John's cleared their lines in a similar manner. Here Richards was conspicuous for a good save and a kick which took play to half-way. For a short time the school pressed, but St . John's again relieved with a rush, Richards being called upon to save . Half-time went with the score :—St . Peter' s School, nil ; St . John's College, nil. The school kicked off with the wind, the weather having improved . Play wavered about half-way, and Richards was conspicuous for neatness in taking the ball and for good kicking. The school forwards appeared to be feeling the weight of their opponents and rarely got possession of the ball in the scrum. Pulleyn was, however, conspicuous for sonic lusty dribbling, but he should guard against kicking too hard ; he might also with advantage do more work in the scrum . The forwards overweighted, the backs began to feel it, and eventually were unable to prevent a score . The try was, however, not converted . The school ' s play brightened up a bit after this, but soon sunk back again to a standard of mediocrity, relieved occasionally by bits of useful play by Richards at full back, and Winn, Pulleyn, Robinson, and Farrow, forward . The tackling of the backs, excellent in the first half, had now lost a great part of its keenness, and was unable to prevent the school line from being crossed on two more occasions. Neither of the tries were converted . Final score :—St . John's College znd XV ., 3 tries (9 points) ; St . Peter ' s School znd XV ., nil .
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The most noticeable fault of the game was, not breaking up fast enough from the scrum, by which it is not meant that forwards should shirk the scrum work, but that they should break up immediately as soon as the scrum work is done, i.e ., as soon as the ball is out . The tackling of the forwards was good, but it would have been more effective if they had come more smartly out of the scrum and used it to help the backs . This applies all the more when playing against a heavier team since obviouslt the best policy is to make the game as loose and fa-t as possible . Another fault is kicking too hard when dribbling, the inevitable consequence of which must be patent to every dribbler, aspiring or otherwise. The backs can only be exhorted to make no mistake about their tackling but do it thoroughly and "down " their man . The advantage of this is obvious since, although he may pass at the moment of tackling, if you go hard there is a very good chance of spoiling his pass, and, if you do not spoil his pass, he cannot be passed to again . Another piece of advice is never hesitate, but go hard while you can, and don ' t first look round for somebody to pass to . The exact time to pass can only be learnt by bitter experience. This advice will be of no use for this season, bnt perhaps it may be for next season. School znd XI . :—Forwards, E . D . Teasdale, T . E . Pulleyn, J . A . Russell, R. Winn, H . Robinson, E . J . Otley, R . Dunning, A . E . Farrow ; half-backs, C . H . Sale, J . Denby ; three-quarters, H . Leonard, E . Creaser, A . Neilson, E . St . G . Kirke ; full back, M . Richards .
TI-IEATRICALS. " LOVE'S LABOUR LOST ." The usual dress rehearsal, called by some the "children ' s night, " took place on Friday, December 16th, and was attended by a large audience of the more youthful supporters of the school. The first performance came off on Saturday, December 17th, and the room was not quite full, the majority of ticket holders reserving themselves for the last night . On Monday, qth
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December, the room was packed to overflowing, some difficulty being found to provide seats for all . Among the more notable of those present were The Hon . Mrs . Maclagan and Miss Maclagan, The Dean of York and Lady Emma Purey-Cust, The Sheriff of York, Edwin Gray, Esq ., and Mrs . Gray . The performance was excellent in every way, the public s p ewing their appreciation by vociferous applause . Among the scenes which were most applauded, we may mention the scene where the Duke and his Lords hide behind the bushes, and each in turn denounces the other . The last scene was also much applauded, particularly the dancing bears with their keepers, and the two songs, "When daisies pied and violets blue, " and " When icicles hang by the wall ." These songs were excellently rendered by C . P . Denby and A . R . St . George, and were received with well-deserved applause, being encored on both nights. It is not necessary, we are thankful to say, for us to compare the respective merits of the players . That will be done hereafter, when fate permits the writer of the criticism to send it in. The pleasant duty now remains to us of thanking, first Mr . Yeld, for his untiring zeal and kindly patience with the actors, and for the excellent results which we were permitted to witness . Next our duty is to thank G . Hudson, Esq ., for the excellent make-ups which he accomplished ; also Miss Thomson, Miss Lord, Miss Bingham, Miss Leaf, who took such trouble in " making up " the ladies and in correcting their somewhat masculine tendencies. To Miss Leaf particularly, we owe a debt of thanks and praise for the shield of last year ' s play which, if it were possible, excelled her former productions . We thank Mr . Arthur Sample for accompanying the two songs, Dr . Hingston for his kindly loan of plants, and Rev . A . E . Burton for his help on the stage .
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President : THE REV . G . T . HANDFORD. Committee : R . TEASDALE, B . NELSON, C . P . SCOTT, C . S . SMITH.
Hon . Secretary : R . G . BINGHAM. Assistant Secretary : D . W . RoY. Ferdinand, King of Navarre Biron Longaville Lords attending on the King Dumain Boyet Lords attending on the Princess Mercade of France Don Adriano de Armado, a fantastical Spaniard Sir Nathaniel, a Curate Holofernes, a Schoolmaster Dull, a Constable Costard, a Clown Moth, Page to Armado A Forester The Princess of France Rosaline Maria Ladies attending on the Princess Katherine Jaquenetta, a Country Wench
R . G . Bingham R . Teasda/e P. St. G . Kirke C . S. Smith T. C. New/on J . T. Meek C . P. Scott E. H. Crras r P . H . Feld G . C . Ot/t C . H. Sale E. E. Yrld C . 'Miser E . St . G . Kirke A . Nei/son J. S . Drn/o H. W F. Garland H. 7'. Rol'
Lords, Blackamoors, Bears. THE STAFF. Stage Manager Prompter Under-Prompter Property Man Super Master Call Boys
G . Feld, Ls/. J S. R . Gib/on.c G . A . Fisher R . Harrison R . G . Bingham A . R . St. George, G . J. Armstrong
The dresses and properties were supplied by C . and W . May, successors to S . May, Costumiers, 9 and i r, Garrick Street, Covent Garden, London. The wigs by W . Clarkson, Wellington Street, Strand, London.
1876 . 1877 . 1878 . 1879 . 1880 . 1881 . 1882 . 1883 . 1884 . 1885 . 1886 . 1887 .
PREVIOUS PLAYS. The Critic . i888 . The Comedy of Errors. The Merchant of Venice . 1889 . Tempest. Twelfth Night . 1890 . Twelfth Night. The Taming of the Shrew 1891 . First and Second Henry Fourth Much Ado about Nothing . (Abridged). The Comedy of Errors . 1892 . Love's Labour Lost. The Two Gentlemen of Verona . 18 93 . Merchant of Venice. The Great Duke of Florence . 18 94 . A Midsummer Night's Dream. A New Way to pay Old Debts . 18 95 . The Taming of the Shrew. The Good Natured Man . 1896 . The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Much Ado about Nothing . 1897 . The Comedy of Errors. The Taming of the Shrew.
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EPILOGUE, read by Biron. Once, gentle guests, again we find it sweet Your gracious presence in this hall to greet, Once more to Shakespeare we display tenacity. Once more your kindness comforts our capacity. The year gone by has dealt us one shrewd blow, How shrewd all Peterites, past and present, know We've lost a Master who knew how to blend As few men can, the teacher and the friend. Who, mating precept and example, led Our steps along the way he bade us tread, Who, whether sport or knowledge was our aim, Bade us be men and always play the game, Who the Old Peterite Club's success made sure, Whether at festive meeting or on tour— In all our hearts the name of Percy Lord Strikes, and with justice, a responsive chord. In his new work we wish him all success, May every happiness his pathway bless. To Mr . Lawrance (Dulwich School and Jesus), Who has already done so much to please us, Our kindest greetings from the oldest school. (To note our age we always make a rule) Cotterill so well by schools and river known A First in Mathematics made his own, An " Indian Civil " then became his prey, Long may he live the rod of power to sway; Romans in Science holds a premier place, And Roy is fairly off on the same race, While Raine—In Durham's Halls an honoured name A Scholarship of [‘6o can claim. Two visits to these walls this year we've greeted With joyful plaudits be they here repeated. Keen and exhiliarating as the breeze That shoreward blows the freshness of the seas, Lord Charles came, saw, and conquered every heart, And gave us counsel, sound and straight and smart. Then Bristol ' s Bishop who with pride recalls The schoolboy days he spent within these walls: Told us the fame of Alcuin and his lore, Eleven hundred years ago and more, When to St . Peter ' s Europe raised her eyes In reverence, as the mother of the wise; And bade all Peterites quit themselves like men To lift the old school to that place again. Few know, as he knows, how with genial wit To drive the moral home and rivet it. We thank him for his kindness and are fain
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To hope he soon will visit us again. Now to our games, so dear to each and all, Our standard shows no tendency to fall. At cricket, if we could not always claim The verdict, yet we gave our foes a game, And tho' as mortals must, some times we floundered, Bingham and Nelson gained the longed for hundred. ' Mongst Old Boys Mitchell sheaved some sterling play (8) On tour with \Varner ' s team in U .S .A ., (q) May he in Afric' shortly with Lord Hawke Keep scorers busy and the bowlers baulk. The boat race ! Oh, I have not the account, Old Boys know " where until it cloth amount," Though Mr . Burrell coached with vigorous skill, As Biron phrases it, " Jack had not Jill ." At Football, though our team is young and light, E'en with our strongest foes we've made a fight. In every game I have myself observed it, If we ' ve not gained the victory, we've deserved it. As to O .P . ' s I have not words nor time To give you half their doughty deeds in rhyme. Strong as the lion, agile as the leopard, (1o) Shepherd assisted Walton, Walton—Shepherd, Two half-backs raised for Yorkshire, the same year May well, you'll own with me, evoke a cheer. Bingham and Sullivan, Russell, Dobson, Yeld, A mere quintette of those who have excelled, May p ' raps "adumbrate, indicate, suggest" The merits and achievements of the rest. Should you prefer, before you judge, to see 'em, Come up on Tuesday at 2-3o I .M ., There a good presence of worthies shall you view, Do it like Pompey " in their shirts . " —ADIEU. C. B . Cotterill, of Balliol College, Oxford, gained a First Class in the Final Mathematical School. C. B . Cotterill passed twenty-third in the Indian Civil Service Examination. T. Romans, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, gained a First Class in the Natural Science Tripos. D. W . Roy gained an Exhibition in Natural Science of 30 per annum at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. A . Raine gained a Scholarship of ,;6o per annum in Theology at Durham University. Lord Charles Beresford distributed the prizes at the end of the Midsummer Term. The Bishop of Bristol, O .P ., was presented with a Bible for his private chapel ; he also preached in the Minster for the School Missions. F. Mitchell headed the batting averages of P . F. Warner's XI ., touring in the United States of America. F. Mitchell went out to South Africa with Lord Hawke's Team. E. J . Walton and J. Shepherd have played half-back for the Yorkshire County Fifteen on more than one occasion .
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FOOTBALL RETROSPECT. It is a considerably more pleasant task to write of this year ' s teams' doings than it was of last year's. Although this year we had no individual player as good as Walton, the team as a whole improved greatly during the year, and gradually improved till the end of the season. B. Nelson, at three-quarter, was very useful, and he comes out top of the try-getters, having 17 to his credit ; his place-kicking was also very successful, he converted 1 o tries ; but perhaps his best point was his drop-kicking, he dropped 4 goals, and one of these was from over half-way . He left us at Christmas, and had he been here for the Easter term his figures would no doubt have been much larger. Bingham comes next on the scoring list, having 8 tries and 17 goals (all placed) to his credit. Roy, who has improved vastly since last year, comes next with 5 tries and t goal ; but it was on the defence that Roy was seen to advantage, his hard low tackling being of great service. Other scorers are C . Nelson, Meek, . . and 5 tries respectively ; '1 easdale, Smith, Stephens, 3 tries each ; C . Moiser and R . Harrison, z tries each ; Longbotham, Wilson, Scott, one each. C. Nelson, at half, has improved vastly, and with another year ' s growth should be very useful. R . Harrison partnered C . Nelson at half, and is a plucky, though small, player. G . C . Otley, at three-quarter, was disappointing . He played full back in the Easter term, and it seems a pity he was not put there before, and Neilson inserted in the three-quarter line. W . N . Bennett, at full back, was good for his size, but that was a great disadvantage for tackling purposes. C . Moiser was most useful in the open, using his feet with marked skill . Smith, Teasdale, Scott and Wilson used their feet well too. Meek was useful in the scrum when he chose to use his weight, but should play a less selfish game in the open. Now to results . We have won 7 and lost 8 .
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We heat St . John' s College (twice), Richmond School, Wakefield St . John's, Yarnbury, Spen Valley Casuals, Leeds Grammar School. We lost to Durham (twice), Old Boys (twice), E . J . Joicey's XV ., Yorkshire College, Headingley, Giggleswick School. The total number of points scored for the school is 245, against 177 scored by our opponents. The znd XV. played matches, of which they lost three and won one. The forwards seemed to be the best part of the team, the best among them being Winn, Robinson, Pulleyn, and Creaser. Neilson, at three-quarters, was the mainstay of the backs, and Richards, at full back, performed wonders for his size. On the whole we are quite satisfied with the present standard of football at St . Peter ' s . We cannot conclude without expressing our thanks to Mr . Lawrance for his assistance . In club matches his weight in the scrum was most welcome, and his interest taken in the team was very encouraging. We also thank Messrs . Wilkes, Robertson, and Shepherd for undertaking the unpleasant duty of referee. Our thanks are also due to F . Mitchell for refereeing twice. We conclude by congratulating the XV . on their successful season, and by thanking all supporters, "voiced " and " voiceless ."
FOOTBALL CHARACTERS (9 8 -99) . (95-99) . Weight, i 3st . 5 lbs . Captain 97-99 . Forward . A very hard worker, always on the ball ; plays a sterling game. B . NELSON (96-99) . Weight, 11st . 6 lbs . Threequarter back. Speedy and smart ; kicks a good length and in little room ; a dangerous drop-kicker when near the goal posts. D. W . Roy (97-99) . Weight, lost . Threequarter back . Very reliable both on attack and defence ; not very speedy, but plays with judgement. C . MoISER (97-99) . Weight, 10 st . 8 lbs . Forward . A consistent and untiring worker. R . TEASDALE (97-99) . Weight, 11 st . 7 lbs . Forward . Plays a hard game without tiring ; tackles well . R . G . BINGHAM
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G . C . OTLEY (97-99) . Weight, I t st . 6 lbs . Threequarter back. Not very reliable in fielding and kicking . Has hardly realised expectations. C . S . SMITH (97-99) . Weight, to st . 13 lbs . Forward . A genuine and consistent worker ; though not speedy is never far from the ball. G . N . LONGBOTHAM (97 . 99) . Weight, Io st . Forward . A hard worker, but rather lacking in judgment. W . \WILSON (98-99) . Weight, 1 t st . Forward . A hard and untiring worker. C . NELSON (98-99) . Weight, Io st . 2 lb . Half back . An unselfish player and fearless tackler ; plays a good and hard game. J . T . MEEK (98-99) . Weight, 11 st . I o} lbs . Forward . A hard worker and very keen in following up. R . HARRISON ( 9 8- 99) . Weight, 8 st . 7 lbs . Half back . Rather small, but strong and skilful ; makes up in cunning what he lacks in size. Weight, 9 St . I 1 lbs . Forward . Good and C . P . SCOTT (98-99) . untiring worker ; follows up hard. W . N . BENNETT (98-99) . Weight, 8 st . 4 lbs . Full back . Reliable; kicks and tackles well for his weight. C . L . STEPHENS (98-99) Weight, 9 st . 1 lb . Threequarter back. Speedy and tackles pluckily . Will doubtless improve with increase of weight and experience.
SCHOOL CONCERT. A highly successful concert, promoted by A . Wilkes, Esq ., took place in the School Hall on the night of Friday, February Loth. The concert was got up by Mr . Wilkes for the benefit of the Games Fund, which has long been in an unsatisfactory condition. A number of celebrated artistes had been secured and we were much pleased with the varied and liberal fare with which we were provided . The programme began, as it has done on occasions of this kind before, with a Pianoforte Solo by Mr . Arthur Sample. The piece " Galop brillant, " by Raff, was received with loud applause, not less for the excellence of the execution than for the wide-spread respect and appreciation with which Mr . Sample ' s talents are regarded both in the School and in the city in which he holds so distinguished an appointment . Mr. Sample then settled
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down to the onerous duties of Accompanist, a duty which he performed to the entire satisfaction of his audience . The second item in the programme was a song by Mrs . Firth, " The Chorister, " with which we were greatly pleased . Mr . Lawrance, who was greeted with a round of applause, then gave forth "The Merry Monk " with characteristic vigour, and was loudly cheered and called for again ; he sang " The Golden Guineas " as an encore, and again pleased his audience . Mr . Handford then arose to introduce Mr . Worsdell, who gave us a very pretty piece on the violin . Mrs . Richards' well-known face was greeted with applause, and we were much pleased with her song " Why do I love thee ." W . G . Hudson, Esq ., appeared bearing his well-known instrument, and held his audience charmed while he played ; if we were pleased before, we were delighted now, and there was a burst of applause at the termination of the piece . Mr. Hudson, however, would not respond and we had to be content to wait until his next appearance . Miss Chapman now appeared, and sang " The Promise of Life . " Next came the Rev . E . B . Firth with a song from Sullivan ' s " Iolanthe, " which was much appreciated . A . R. St . George came on and made up for want of size by the excessive energy with which he rendered the " Four Jolly Smiths ." He was encored . The first part of the concert was brought to an end by a humorous reading by Councillor H . V . Scott, entitled " Fine Art Music—The French Horn ." This was received with rapturous applause, and the performer was repeatedly called upon with the result that he gave us " A Frenchman ' s After-Dinner Toast, `The Ladies . '" Interval of ten minutes. The second part of the concert was fully up to the standard of the first . It included an intricate violin solo by Miss Hartley, and then a fine bass song by Mr. Lawrance called " The Monarch of the Storm, " who was encored and sang the last verse again. The next item on the programme was that good old song " In old Madrid, " which was beautifully given by Mrs . Firth ; we liked her much better in this song than in the former one, and she sang as an encore " Meet me by moonlight alone, " which she has sung in the School Hall on another occasion . The next performer was C . P . Denby, who sang " The Priceless Gift " with great success .
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He was much applauded and sang an encore . Now, at length we had another opportunity of hearing Mr . Hudson play, and this time he consented to respond to the applause of the audience . Mrs. Richards now sang " Oh, had I wings to fly ! " and the Rev . A . E. Firth sang " The Vicar's Song," which was loudly applauded, and being encored, sang " Trinken ." Another well-known song was " When the heart is young," which was rendered with great sweetness by Miss Chapman, who was called upon again, but did not respond . " The last item but one in the programme was a humorous song, " The Three Beggars, " by Councillor H . V . Scott, and this received a full mead of applause . " God save the Queen " brought the long programme to an end . We take this opportunity of thanking Mr . Wilkes for his trouble in giving us so delightful a concert in aid of such a useful and necessary fund . 'We also wish to tender our thanks to Mrs . Handford, without whose aid in selling tickets the concert could not have been so great a pecuniary success. Programme .—First Part .— Pianoforte Solo " Galop brillant," Rai, Mr. A . Sample ; Song " The Chorister, " Sullivan, Mrs. Firth ; Song " The Merry Monk," Bevan, Mr . 13 . G . Lawrance ; Violin Solo, Mr . AVorsdell ; Song " Why do I love thee, " Hartoa, Mrs . Richards ; Violoncello Solo " Romance sans paroles," dlend,lssohn, Mr . \V . G . Hudson ; Song " The promise of life," Cowen, Miss Chapman ; Song "The Sentry ' s Song " (Iolanthze), Sullivan, Rev . E . B . Firth ; Song " Four jolly smiths," Leslie, Master A . R . St . George ; Reading " Fine Art Music—The French Horn," Councillor H . V . Scott, Encore " Frenchman proposing the toast of The Ladies' after dinner ." Second Part .—Violin Solo " Concerto, " Accolar, Miss Hartley ; Song " The Monarch of the Storm, " Mullen, Mr . B . G . Lowrance, encore ; Song " In old Madrid," Trotere, Mrs . Firth, encore, " Meet me by Moonlight; Song f ' The Priceless Gift," Hamilton Graff, Master C . P . Denby; Violoncello Solo " Lied," G, utxmacher, Mr . W . G . Hudson, encore ; Song " 0, had I wings to fly!" illolilue, Mrs. Richards ; Song " The Vicar' s Song (So rcerer), Sullivan, Rev . E . B . Firth, encore, Trinken ; " Song " When the heart is young," Dudley Buck, Miss Chapman ; Song " The Three Beggars, " Molloy, Councillor H . V. Scott ; Finale " God save the Queen ."
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O .P. CLUB. The Thirteenth Annual General Meeting was held at the school on Monday, December rgth, at 5-30 p .m . Present—the Rev . G. T . Handford in the chair, the Revs . W . H . G . Holmes and C. Robertson, Messrs . J . A . Browne, A . W . Eastwood, F . P . Fausset, F . C . Hey, P. E . Lord, W . A . Pearson, A . Peters, B . J . Scargill, A . M . Sullivan, R . F . Russell, E . J . Walton, K . E . T. Wilkinson. The first business was the election of Officers ; new Officers elected and others re-elected were Mr . E . M . Hingston as Secretary for the York District to assist the Head Secretary, who found himself unable to do all the work ; Mr . F . P . Fausset as Secretary for Cambridge ; Mr . A . M . Sullivan to a place on the Committee; Mr . Leaf re-elected ; Mr . B . Hudson as Boating Secretary to the Games Committee. The report of the Auditors, the Rev . C . Robertson and Mr. Wilkinson, on the Treasurer' s accounts was accepted and the accounts passed, showing a balance of f49 12S . 4-.ir d . An application for a grant to the school play was considered, and a SubCommittee, consisting of the President, Secretary, and Mr . Peters, formed to go into the question and, if necessary, vote a sum not exceeding 1' 5 . A suggestion was made to hang photographs of prominent athletes in the gymnasium, but after discussion withdrawn. A member present mentioned two instances of O .P . ' s not having received invitations to the York Dinner, i 898, in one of which the O .P . himself was shown to be to blame. Votes of thanks to the Secretary and President closed the meeting. At the previous Committee Meeting the Rev . S . H . Bennett, Messrs . G . B . Bailey, A . B . Bailey, and F . W . Lever were elected members. Will Old Peterites kindly forward their subscriptions to E . M. Hingston, Clifton Asylum, York, and not to the Head Secretary .
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Audited and found correct, CORNWELL ROBERTSON. K . E . T . WILKINSON.
December 19th, 1898 .
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Audited and found correct, December 12th, 1898. CORNWELL ROBERTSON. E . F. NEVILLE.
THE LIBRARY. The Librarians wish to make a last appeal for Number 5 of the Peleri/e numbers . Only this one number is wanting to complete the set, and to make a lasting memorial of the Magazines by binding them for the Library . Will all Old Peterites of that date please look up their Pe/exiles to see if they possess this number . If they do possess it, and will send it off to the Librarians, they will confer a great benefit on the Library.
NOTES AND ITEMS.
ACROSTIC. SPRING. Songs of birds in every tree; Primroses in every lane ; Riotous, the lark, and free Into heaven ascends again ; Nature ' s chorister to sing Glory to the Lord of Spring . BEARDOE.
NOTES AND ITEMS. Lt .-Col . G . H . Rowe, O .P ., has passed all the army examinations for his rank and is now entitled to put the magic letter Q after his name . Only one Volunteer Officer in Yorkshire has previously succeeded in passing (Yorkshire Post). Dublin University have decided to grant an honorary M .D . to Professor Clifford Allbutt, O .P. A . F . Leach, Esq ., F,S .A ., whose researches have thrown much light on the early history of education in this country, has edited a history of some Yorkshire Schools, comprising copies of charters and other documents relating to St . Peter ' s, Archbishop Holgate ' s, Leeds, Ripon, Sedbergh, Giggleswick, Bradford, Wakefield, and other Yorkshire schools. G . H . Lane has been appointed by the Indian Government to institute a reform of the Police of Siam. . J . F Leaf has been appointed one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. H . Wheelwright has passed the First Examination of the Royal College of Physicians in Physics and Chemistry. D . W . Roy has gained an Exhibition of Lao per annum in Natural Science at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. A . Raine has gained a Scholarship of [3o per annum at Durham University in Theology. H . L . Creer has passed the Preliminary Examination for a Chartered Accountant. K . J . Roy has been promoted to the rank of Captain in 3rd West Yorkshire Regiment Militia .
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E . J . Walton played for Yorkshire against Cheshire and against Cumberland ; also for Oxford University z v . East Sheen. R . G . Bingham has been playing football for Blackheath. A. M . Sullivan for Rosslyn Park, Ilackheath, and Cambridge University. G . G . Veld has been playing for Croydon, Cambridge University A team, and Cambridge University. R . S . Roy has played for the United Services F .C. B. Nelson, who, we regret to say, left the School last term, has created a record in the School's Football by scoring 87 points in a season ; this score also included 4 dropped goals, which is also a record. The following have received their 1st XV . colours :—W. Wilson, C. Nelson, J . T . Meek, R . Harrison, C P . Scott, A . . N. Bennett, C . L . Stephens ; and the following their znd XV. colours :—A . Neilson, E . D . Teasdalc, E . H . Creaser, R . Winn, C . H . Sale. PREFERMENTS .—Rev . William Hague Barnby to the living of Laneham, Notts. Rev . H . W . Griffith, Chaplain at Peshawur, to be Chaplain of Delhi, also Archdeacon of Lahore and Bishop's Commissary. Rev . W . O . Fitzhardinge Campbell has accepted the living of St . Mary's, Castlegate, York, where he was curate while a Master at the School. BI R THs .--January 31St, 1899, at 52, Bootham, the wife of F . Ware, of a son. February 1 , th . The wife of J . O . Garland, of a son. MARRIAGES .—December 8th, at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, by the Rev . G . T . Handford, assisted by the Rev . E . Markby, Vicar, Frederick Cartledge, eldest son of George H . Crowther, of Thornhill, to Annie Hilda, younger daughter of George S . Mason, of the " The Quarries, " Huddersfield. RYTON, Holy Cross Church, on the zoth inst ., by the Rev . Canon Baily, George William Marlo, eldest son of Rev . G . R. Bulman, M .A ., rector of Shincliffe, to Josephine Isabella, youngest daughter of the late George Bourn, of Ryton .
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OBITUARY. Extract from a Canadian .\"ewspaper. After a brief illness, Lieut .-Colonel Van Straubenzee died at Kingston, Ontario, on November 9th . Deceased lived near Portsmouth, and was highly regarded. Lieut .-Colonel Bowen Van Straubenzee, late of the Canadian Militia Staff, was the third surviving son of the late Major Thomas Van Straubenzee, by his wife Maria, youngest daughter of Major Bowen . Deceased was born at Spennithorne, York, England, on April i zth, 1829. He was educated at St . Peter' s, York, at Richmond Grammar School, and at Woolwich . Ile entered the army as ensign in the 32nd Regiment, 1846, and was present with his regiment before Mooltan, including the action of Soorjkoond . He was severely wounded on December 27, 1848 . He also served with the 32nd on the frontier of India in 1851-52 under Sir Cohn Campbell, and was present at the affairs of Nowadund, Pranghur and Shaskoti (medal and clasp) . He served in the Crimea, 1855-56, on the staff of his brother, Sir Charles Van Straubenzee, who commanded the First Brigade of the Light Division . He also served in China, 1858-6o, being Brigade Major of the Staff. In 1876 he was appointed Deputy Adjutant General, Canadian Militia . He served through the North-West Rebellion, 1885, and commanded the Infantry Brigade at the Battle of Batoche . He retired from the service on a gratuity in 1893 . Politically he was a Liberal. He married on October 9th, 1857, Annie Macaulay, second daughter of the late John S . Cartwright, Q .C ., M .P. His eldest son, Arthur Hope Van Straubenzee, is at present an Instructor in the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. His third son, Casimir Cartwright Van Straubenzee, is now serving with No . 7 Company, Eastern Division, Royal Artillery . His fourth son, Charles T . Van Straubenzee, is an Officer of the 4th Hussars, Canadian Militia. On the zoth February—Fanny, the wife of Hall Rokesby Price. We beg to acknowledge the following Magazines received :— Merchistonian, Leodiensian, Cozentry School !Magazine, Hymerian, Brighton College Magazine, Barroz'ian. NOTICE. Will all Old Peterites oblige the Editors by sending in all notes and items which come to their notice connected with O .P. ' s, as the Editors' means of obtaining the same have lately been greatly diminished .
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No . 138.
SCHOOL LETTER. HE predictions of our last Editorial have, strange to say, not been verified . The boat, which bade fair to be a very strong one, containing as it did three of last year's crew, has been immeasurably weakened by the loss of R . Teasdale, the captain . His place has been filled by Otley, while Roy, a candidate, last year also for "bow," has given place to C . Nelson, who although somewhat of a novice, has been rowing very well . We hear that the Old Boys ' boat will not be so strong this year as those of former years, so that perhaps this year is destined to see the turning of the tide of defeat with us, as in the more famous instance . We will, at any rate, undaunted by the former ill success of our prophecy, commit ourselves so far as to predict, that if the School win the toss and take the side (granted a strong wind down stream and a big current), the race will be won . Some people may say that this prediction savours somewhat of the Delphic Oracle . We answer with the still more profound remark, " we shall see . " To turn to the alternative amusement of this term—the hockey— matches have been arranged with scratch teams, and we hope before next year to see something like a list of fixtures . The great want at present is of proper goal posts, the football posts requiring
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rather more than a little bit off the top, and the sides to make them of the proper size . This should be seen to, in time next year. Mr . Wilkes is most regular in his attendance at the hockey field, giving the players the benefit both of his experience and advice, and of a fine exposition of defensive play. We are very glad to notice that the day-boys are taking up hockey with some degree of enthusiasm, and this brings us to the question of the falling off in the attendance of day-boys at the School games . It is a patriotic duty which they owe to the School . that they should do their best to attend the School games as well as the School work . There is only one in the House incapable of joining in the games . It is a reproach to the day-boys that only a hare half of them should join in the games. No one can believe that, if they really wished to play, their parents would be an unsurmountable obstacle . Captains and secretaries of football and cricket are only too glad to see them appearing on the field . We will not repeat the " chestnut " which comes so readily to our pen, but it is a mere matter of commonsense that a boy has a clearer head, and is in every way better in mind and body when in good condition ; which good condition will not be obtained by merely walking to School and back, and loafing about at home every half-holiday afternoon . We appeal to the patriotism of the day-boys to do their best to join in the School games so that the reproach may be taken away from them, and so that the day-boy who does not play in one or other of the games, may become a curiosity.
CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Semper ego auditor ?
So wrote the satirist of Rome, when he apologised for writing at all . Semper ego seriptor ?
That is our complaint . But what Peterite, and especially a former editor, could heartlessly refuse a request for a Cambridge Letter ? He must know that the Editor is at his last gasp . The criticism
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of the Theatricals is, it may be, too short! there have been but few football matches ! or no births, deaths, and marriages! Winter is past, or will be when this appears in print, and alas ! no " icicles have hung by the wall," but the " ways have been foul " and a rich fog has been exuding from the Cam . Influenza has been the result, and Mr . Leaf at Norwich says he is dewwe vovw KaTEXo evoc . By the way, we note in the Cambridge Review, the following : " In Mr . Leaf both Peterhouse and the University lose one of the most energetic and brilliant of our younger scholars, so that it is hard to know whether congratulation or condolence is more in place ." Doubtless you will remember that Mr . Leaf is now one of Her Majesty' s Inspectors of Schools. Eastwood went down also last term, and is now a Schoolmaster in Devonshire . His place at full back in the Yorkshire Schools team up here is usually filled by G . Crowther . Sullivan is Secretary of the Yorkshire Schools Club, and Veld, Russell, Fausset, and Tomlinson have played for the team at various times in addition to those already mentioned. Sullivan played for the University against Kensington this term, and we must congratulate Yeld too on playing against Lennox— his first, but we are sure not his last appearance . Sullivan played for Blackheath against the 'Varsity, and Yeld plays at times for Croydon, but to chronicle their doings would he too long a task--such is the demand for O .P . ' s in the football world. We expected also to see F . M . Bingham playing for Blackheath against the University here, but, though chosen, he was unable to get away. We cull from the Clare correspondence in the Cambridge Review the following : "On Friday our boat captain distinguished himself by being blown, with his bicycle, into the river . He chose the neighbourhood of the Red Grind for the performance ." The unfortunate boat captain in question was B . Hudson, who was coaching the Clare Lent Boat at the time . H . B . Greeves has stroked the Peterhouse eight, and also their clinker four to victory ;
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the latter has suffered somewhat from the aforementioned influenza, but other Peterites, avoiding the delights of rowing, have been happily freed from it. Fausset and Russell have taken to hockey, the former captains the Peterhouse team, the latter plays half-back for Emmanuel. About mid-term the ubiquitous Shepherd appeared in Cambridge, and played next day for the Yorkshire Schools against Scotch Schools, the latter represented by half the University team among the rest . The Yorkshire Schools none the less won, and Shepherd returned north smiling. We apologise for the absence of those flowers of rhetoric which should distinguish a letter intended for publication, but the Editor was in a hurry and gave us short shrift by which to hang ourselves. Besides, the Lent races call us to the river, where the great sight is the Trinity Rugger VIII . This boat is manned among other football lights by Pilkington, Campbell, and Bell . The average weight per man is nearly twelve and a half stone . They have gone up five places, though they voted paddling "rot," while rowing is "such awfully good exercise for the arms " N .13 .—We leave remarks on the result of the University Boat Race to your Oxford correspondent.
OXFORD LP:TTER. '• Sir," as I)r . Johnson says " Judge no man by his letters, " therefore, if we appear in the light of small discretion, pray let our sluggard humour down gently, and say with Shakespeare, " Sir, your wit ambles well, it runs easily ." Ah ! but it may run away with us altogether if we do not guide it into the arena of hard facts—to wit, the football field . That we lost both Inter 'Varsity matches is stale news now ; to offer excuses would be both futile and ungenerous, and we will content ourselves with hoping that the best team won . So far this term our Rugby team has beaten Coventry, Croydon, East Sheen, and the London Scottish, while
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we lost to a very strong Blackheath team, including Skrimshire and Fookes, by six points to nine . We should like to congratulate Walton on playing for the 'Varsity against Fast Sheen. The University Dramatic Societe " has strutted gaily for a space and gone ." The play acted was " A Midsummer's Dream," and was in every way a success . Mr . H . M . M . Woodward, as " Puck," was undoubtedly the best, while Mr . Talbot ' s " Bottom " was delightful, his acting in many ways reminded us of Bailey's . The scenic arrangements were excellent, though the faries rather taxed one's imaginative powers . Of the ladies, Miss Una Cockerell, in her portrayal of " Titania, " was most delectable . Taking it altogether, the play was a decided advance on last year's production. This week the "toggers" are in full swing, more so than the crews perhaps . We are told on good authority that they are rather below the average this year, owing to the fact that no Peterites are rowing, and also in some degree to the difficulty of getting adequate coaching by reason of the floods, which have been indeed dreadful. For the first four days the towing path was under water to a depth of eighteen inches, and enthusiastic Peterites might be seen trailing exhausted limbs in the wake of Ruskin Hall Second or the agitated Toshers . The sight of victor and vanquished rowing on to the Brasenose cricket ground to get out of the course caused amusement to many . Of the boats, Balliol will remain head, while Brasenose, Merton, Pembroke, and Worcester will materially improve their position . The 'Varsity boat is going well, though the inability of Warren to row has proved a serious loss . Tinne, however, is proving himself an efficient substitute, and his success is the more pleasing as he was ninth man last year . Of the athletic club no authentic news has come to hand, but with Vassal, Thomas, Danson, Parkes, and Cornish still in residence our expectations are rosy . Of the Peterites up at present, may we not say with Virgil ? Non multa sed tiara el venerabilia nomina. H . H . Williams is at Hertford, and plays with formal logic and metaphysics . R . Whincup is at Grindle ' s Hall and goes for pleasant drives . E . J . Walton plays rugger for Queen's, and when he has time, for Yorkshire County . T . F . Williams is not playing
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football for Queen ' s, nor has he been approached by Broughton Rangers along with the brothers James . C . I3 . Cotterell has been learning to ride a horse on Shotover and falling off : he has the satisfaction of not hurting himself behind if he falls in front . Of the rest we know nothing . lob r alai we may mention the fact that there are three hundred candidates in for honour moderations, including women and children : that the Vice-Chancellor has been guilty of the atrocity of Nos el hi Prot-tares Judie ahunt ; and that there is no submarine boat in the " torpedo races " of 1899, owing, it is supposed, to the Tzar's " eirenekon, " or a telegram from the German Emperor.
FOOTBALL RESULTS (Delayed). FIRST XV.
Date .
Versus .
Ground . Result . Scorefor . Scoreagst.
Tues . Oct . 4 . Thurs . „ 13 .
Old Boys . . home lost i g . I t . 4 g . +t. St . John's College home won 3g .(2dr .)4t . nil. Sat . „ 22 . Leeds G .S . . . home won 3 g . 9 t . nil. Sat . ,, 29 . Durham School home lost i goal 3 g . .} t. Thurs . Nov . 3 . Yorkshire College home lost I g . (dr.) 3 g . 5 t. Sat . „ 12 . Headingley F .C . home lost nil I g . 5 t. Sat . „ 19 . Giggleswick School away lost 2 tries. nil Sat . „ 26 . Durham School away lost nil 3g .(IdrIp)5t. Tues . „ 29 . E . J . Joicey' s XV. home lost I try 3 tries. Sat. Dec . 3 . Spen Valley Casuals F .C . . home won zg .(i dr .)4t . nil. Tues . „ 6 . Richmond School away won 13 g . 8 t . I try Sat . „ to . Yarnbury F .C . home won i try nil. Tues . „ 2o . Old Boys home lost 2 tries r g . 5 t. Sat . Feb . I i . Wakefield St . John's home won 4 g . (I from a mark) nil. Thurs . „ 18 . St . John's College home won g. 5 t. I try Total points for, 245 ; against, 17^, .
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Date. Versus . Ground . Result . Scorefor . Scoreagst. Sat . Oct . 22 . Leeds G .S . znd away won 1 g . 15 t . nil. Thurs . „ 27 . St . John's Coll . : home lost nil . 3g .(zdr .)}t. Sat . , 29 . Durham G .S . znd away lost nil . 2 g . 6 t. Thurs . Feb . 2 . St . John's Coll . A home lost nil . 3 tries . Total for, 5o points ; against, 62 points.
RULES t]F FORM CHALLENGE SHIELD FOR GYMNASTICS. I .—Competition to take place in the following : (a) Horizontal bar, parallel bars, vaulting horse, bridge ladder, rings, rope climbing (two set exercises and one voluntary in each). (b) High jumping. (c) Free Gymnastics (dumb-bells, sceptres, &c .) II .—Each form may send five representatives, the total number of marks scored Iw the form to count. (a) A prize will be given to the boy scoring the highest individual marks in the competition. (b) The form winning the shield to retain it till the next competition. III .—For the purposes of this competition there are four forms, Sixth, Fifth, Fourth, Junior School. N .B .—The set exercises in each event will be posted in the Gymnasium at once, that competitors may practice them. In free gymnastics, boys representing any one form will perform simultaneously. The competition will take place on a date to be fixed, probably early in April .
CONFIRMATION. On the 6th April, the Bishop of Hull held a Confirmation in the School Chapel . The whole School was present, with a number of the parents and friends of the candidates. In his first address, the Bishop, pointing out the exceptional nature of a Confirmation held in a School Chapel owing to the
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unity and harmony of feeling dependent on the common worship and common teaching, characterised it as a ceremony at once interesting and solemn . He then pointed out that there Nvere in a Confirmation Service—as indeed in all religious ceremonies— two parts ; first, the reception of God ' s blessing, which is the gift of the Holy Spirit, and secondly, the dedication to God of the candidate's heart and life . Touching lightly--because he deemed the subject inappropriate here—on the sin of coming to Confirmation as an idle form, and by subsequent behaviour bringing contempt on the Church and God's ordinances, the Bishop impressed on the candidates that if Confirmation did not make them better, it would make them worse, it would harden their hearts and start them on a course of hypocrisy . At Confirmation there was an especial need to bear in mind St . Bernard's words, " Respice, aspice, prospice, " —" look back, look around, look forward . " They were now to look back upon their years of childhood and school life up to the present, to recognise their faults, and feel and express contrition for them, and to fulfil the first vow of their baptism, to renounce the world, the flesh, and the devil . Further, to look around upon the present, revealed it an occasion full of blessing . Most of them would have fathers— fathers who loved them, prayed for them, prayed with them. Such a love was but the shadow of the Heavenly Father ' s blessing. And that love and help and blessing they were now to receive from the Father Himself ; the laying on of hands was but the sign of the giving . The Bishop then put the question and the candidates answered one by one ; and the laying on of hands and the hymn " ° Fight the good fight with all thy might, " followed. In his second address, after the laying on of hands, the Bishop took up the lesson of the word " Prospice," look forward to the future . And yet, as to the traveller at the mountain's top, what lay in front was hidden, hidden in mist, as it were, hidden in the unknown future . Peril there might be, or ease, success or failure, or perhaps a life, the one which is the most common, like an English day, of varied aspect or neutral tint ; but the traveller knew that above him and beyond the mist was the light of the sun .
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The Christian knew that beyond and above the changes and chances of this mortal life there was, guarding and controlling his life, the Father ' s love. The Bishop concluded with a few practical counsels to the candidates . To recollect the day on which they were confirmed. To bear in mind the difference between Esau and Jacob . Esau is called in the Epistle to the Hebrews a profane person, with no hopes or thoughts outside this present life . Jacob, with all his many and great faults, still with a strong sense of the unseen, the spiritual, and able to live for what is beyond . Finally, the Bishop exhorted them to take as a motto the words of God to Jacob at Bethel, " I am with thee and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, for I will not leave thee until I have clone that which I have spoken to thee of." The following were Confirmed :—P . H . Yeld, A . Neilson, 11 . Leonard, J . Denby, R . Harrison, A . H . Turner, J . II . Robinson, R . Key, H . C . Scott, T . J . Black, R . Dunning.
FORM GYMNASTIC COMPETITION. On Thursday, April 6th, before a goodly company of spectators, Colonel Fox (Chief Inspector of Gymnasia for the Army) had kindly consented to judge, and he was assisted by Capt . AVitherby. The contest between the Forms was for an exceedingly handsome shield of oak, containing in its centre a bas-relief of frosted silver representing Hercules . This centre-piece was set in brass and surrounded by a number of small silver shields, destined to bear the names of the annual winners of the Shield . A prize was also given for the best all-round gymnast in the School. The original arrangement was that there should be two set exercises on each apparatus and one voluntary ; but, owing to the objection of the Judge on the ground of the difficulty of judging, the voluntary was struck off from the programme, which deprived it of much of its interest . The Competition began with the Horizontal Bar, P . St . G . Kirke and E . St . G . Kirke distinguishing
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themselves for the Sixth Form, R . Harrison and M . Richards for the Fourth Form and Lower School respectively . The Sixth Form gained
21
points, the Fourth Form I7 points, the Lower
School 13i points . The next apparatus to be used was the Parallel Bars, in which P . St . G . Kirke, Harrison, Otley and Richards excelled, for their respective Forms, the Fourth Form winning this event by 3 points . Next followed exercises on the Vaulting-horse . Kirke I . and I L, Otley, Richards and 131ack were noticeable ; the Fourth Form were again victorious by 2 points. The Bridge-ladder now came into use, and this the Fourth Form won by half a point . In climbing the rope the two Kirkes were very good . This again the Fourth Form won by half a mark. The " Rings " followed and was also won by the Fourth Form. The total for the Fourth Form was 143> points, for the Sixth Form 1342 points, and for the Lower School 103 points . In the other portion, competition comprising dumb-bells and freegymnastics, the Fourth Form again won by 61 points . The Fourth Form finally won by 15 points. The reason of the victory of the Fourth Form is to be sought more in the fact that they had a full team than in their individual merit, although no one will deny that they worked very well, and great credit is due to them for raising the maximum number of representatives . The prize for the best gymnast was gained by P . St . G . Kirke, who not only gained the highest number of marks altogether, but also the highest number in each separate exercise. His total was 704 points ; E . St . G . Kirke came second with 594 points, and M . Richards third with 54 points . Colonel Fox described the drill as poor, but the exercises on the apparatus, though not difficult, were well done. It is our very pleasant duty to again thank Mr . Lawrance for presenting the magnificent shield and for getting up the competition .
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MARKS . Sixth Form. P . St . G . Kirke E . St . G . Kirke C . P. Scott
Horizontal ParaTTel Bars. Bars. 8 71 SL
91 7 51
VauTting Bridge Horse . Ladder. 10
101
9 6
9 8
Rope .
Rings.
TotaT.
51 5
10 9 51
46
4
Form Total
Fourth Form.
E . J . Otley
R . Harrison H . Robinson G. Armstrong W . Wilson
s1 61 41 41 4
71
21 2
6 6 5 51
6 61 5 5 51
4±
61 9 5 61 41
31 41 3 21 14
Form Total
Lower School. J . B . Mossop M . Richards T . J .Black C . Croft
Sixth Form. P . St . G . Kirke E . St . G . Kirke C . P . Scott
3 8 -2 z1 o
5 7 41
31
21
11
2 41
7 8 i
61
5a
Free Gymnastics .
Dumb-belTs .
151 1211 9a
19 131
4 i
12 11 7 101 8 Total
Lower School. J . B. Mossop M . Richards T . J . Black C . Croft
7
Ili c 72
t
1 71 1 31
Ioa Total
101 10 9 9 7
8_ 7
1
341 1 341 30 . 40 26 1 261 201 1 431 26 40 1 3 01 6
Form Total 103 halt TotaT . Grand Total.
Fourth Form, E . J . OtTey R . Harrison H . Robinson G . Armstrong W. Wilson
s1
53i
7 0i
10
591 441
401
1 75
I1 IO1 8 91 iy
411 501 341 36 28
47
1901
8
74
1 41
1 31
121
101
9
8-1r
331 54 41 1 41
Total 39
142;
BOAT RACES. SENIOR SCULLS . — H . LEONARD T . E . CREASER. Wednesday, April 5th .-A dull, windy afternoon . Leonard led from the start, and was about a length and a quarter ahead at the White Rose boathouse ; and before Scarborough Bridge he increased his lead to two and a half lengths . Creaser gained again through the bridge, and Leonard finally won by a length.
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H. H . Williams has been elected Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. V . A . Mosley has passed Part I . of the Final M .B . Degree of Victoria University. F . L . Pelly has passed the First Professional Examination for Medicine, of Aberdeen University, in Chemistry and Physics, with First Class Honours in Chemistry. We notice with pleasure that the chief illustrations in Professor Bonney ' s Book on Volcanoes in the Progressive Science Series are from photographs by Dr . Tempest Anderson, whose Lecture on Glaciers, in the School [Tall, is still fresh in the minds of many of us. F . Mitchell has written the part of the New Football Badminton which deals with Rugby football . He has illustrated it with photographs of some members of the School Fifteen. W . C . B . Williams was ordained Deacon at the Lent Ordination in the Diocese of Ripon. H . B . Greeves rowed "stroke " in the Peterhouse Lent Boat, which went up a place ; he also " stroked " the Peterhouse "clinker " four which was victorious. B . Hudson was in the winning " pair" at Clare College, Cambridge. A Games' Committee has been constituted as follows :—B . G. Lawrance, Esq . (Chairman), A . Wilkes, Esq . (Treasurer), P . S . Burrell, Esq ., D . W. Roy (Secretary), R . G . Bingham, R . Teasdale. G. C . Otley and C . Nelson have been elected Captain and Secretary of Football respectively for next season. March 4th, at Christ Church, West Hartlepool, by the Rev . W . F. Cosgrave, Robert W . Baird, son of J . W . Baird, to Jennie, daughter of Captain Rowe, both of West Hartlepool. The Valley of Light (Macmillan's) is an interesting account of a journey of discovery recently made by W . B . Worsfold in the Vaudois Valley of Piedmont .—( Times, 11th Feb ., 18 99) . "The House of Strange Secrets, " by A . E . Bayly, O .P., published at 3/6 . z/- for Peterites and Old Peterites . Ready in May. BIRTH .—5th April, 1899, the wife of F . E . Robinson, of a son. OBITUARY.
March z 1 st—THOMAS WILLIAM EASrWOOD, aged 36, Solicitor, Stoney Royd, Todmorden. March 31st—JOHN SNOWDEN, aged 26, Solicitor, of Somerset House, at High field, Wandsworth. CONTEMPORARIES .
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We beg to acknowledge with thanks the following Contemporaries :—St. Edward's School Chronicle, Sutton Valence, Dunelmian (z), Portcullis, Mason/an, Lily, Wycombe Abbey Gazette, Leodensian, Hurst Johnian .
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SCHOOL LETTER. U R first duty, and a very pleasant one, is to congratulate the following O .P .'s on their success in their different spheres . First, we have to congratulate H . H. Williams on his well-earned election to a Fellowship at Hertford College, Oxford ; secondly, F . Mitchell, on his fine batting performances with Lord Hawke's team in South Africa, and also for the " century" which he made for Yorkshire against Gloucestershire . We then come to A . M . Sullivan, who made 54 (not out) in the Seniors' match at Cambridge, and followed it up with 38 for Cambridge University v . A . J . Webbe ' s XI ., and +9 for First Twelve of Cambridge University v . Next Sixteen . To turn to School news,--The Bishop of Hull held a Confirmation in the School Chapel on the morning of April 6th, at which about the usual number of candidates were confirmed . In the afternoon of the same day the Form Gymnastic Competition was held, and was a distinct success . Still, we hope to see more keenness displayed about it when the time for the competition comes round again. We should suggest that a more suitable time for the competition would be the middle of the Christmas Term, when it would not interfere with anything, and when the practice for it would fill up the long evenings in the first half of the term ; or it would be equally convenient in the middle of the Easter Term . The Fourth Form won
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the Challenge Shield, and P . St . G . Kirke the prize for the best individual gymnast . Mrs . Handford kindly presented the shield and the cup to their respective winners. The boat races were of a rather tame description ; some fairly close racing was seen in the heats of the " fours" and in the 1st heat of the senior pairs, but the rest of the racing was not exciting. The School race could only be described as a fiasco . The School boat was an exceptionally fast one ; the Old Boys ' boat was not a fast one, and was untrained . Result : The Old Boys were " Marygated . " A fuller account will be found elsewhere. The cricket has so far not cone to much ; continuous rain has played havoc with pick-ups and nets, and has not shown any respect for matches . Two i st XI . matches, those against Garforth C .C . and the Yorkshire Gentlemen, and two znd XI . matches, were prevented by rain . The match against the North Riding Asylum was put off for two clays, and finally played on May 18th, when it resulted in an easy win for the Asylum by i o6 runs . The Asylum went in first, made 162. for 6 wickets, and declared. The School were all out for 56 . The want of practice, owing to rain, may have had something to do with this result . On Saturday, May zoth, the School beat Leeds Grammar School, at Leeds, by 6z runs . Leeds went in first and made 63, Smith getting 7 wickets for 17 runs, and the School made 125. We note with great regret the death of S . A . Sworn, Esq ., at Gravesend, from a bicycle accident . He was, as most people are aware, Natural Science Master at the School from January, 1893, to July, 1893 .
BOAT RACES. FRIDAY, APRIL 7TH. FOURS .-1sT HEAT. E . A . Creaser C . N . Hatfield E . D . Teasdale J . A . Russell J . T . Meek v. R . Harrison H . S Leonard (stroke) C . P . Scott (stroke) P . H . Yeld (cox) H . W . F . Garland (cox)
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Rowed with a strong wind and high river . Leonard ; won the toss and chose the far side, no small advantage with such a stream on . Scott started at a marvellous rate of striking, but soon settled down, and his boat was a length ahead at the White Rose Boathouse . Here Leonard put on a spurt, and, aided by the current, was two lengths ahead when they had got through the bridge . The race was not vet won, however, for Scott ' s boat sticking pluckily to their work reduced the lead to 1- lengths at the finish . Leonard' s boat finally won by i lengths. SATURDAY, APRIL
8TH.
SENIOR PAIRS .—IsT HEAT.
\V . Wilson E . Creaser A . Neilson (stroke) v. H . Leonard (stroke) L . St . G . Kirke (cox .) H . W . F . Garland (cox .) Neilson won the toss and took the far side, with a strong stream running . Neilson was a length ahead at the bridge, and increasing his lead through the bridge, finally won by a good three lengths. SATURDAY, APRIL 8TH.
OLD BOYS
RACE.
SCHOOL BOAT .
O .B .'s.
Weights .
Weights.
C . Nelson (bow) 9 st . 12 lbs . E . H . Carter (bow)9st . I I lbs. G . C . Otley, I 1 st . 7 lbs . J . Shepherd, 11 st . 13 lbs. R . G . Bingham, 12 St . 1 211 bs . v . B Moiser 1 1 st . o lbs. C . Moiser (stroke) 1 o st . 7 lbs . C . Cobb (stroke) l o st . o lbs. E . St . G . Kirke (cox) 6 st . 9 lbs . G . F .Williams (cox)9st .olbs . The day was showery, the river was high, and a strong current was running . The Old Boys got an atrocious start, and the School got well clear in half-a-dozen strokes . What followed will be best understood when one hears that a looker-on opposite the ferry steps had time for a fairly long conversation after seeing the School boat before he gained a glimpse of the Old Boys ' boat. When they did appear, it was not to great advantage ; how the rest of the boat rowed at all behind such an awfully short stroke appears little less than a miracle . The School boat had simply a paddle over, having taken the Old Boys ' water from near the start ; finally, the School boat passed the winning-post when the Old Boys were opposite Marygate .
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It is much to be regretted that the Old Boys did nut make more judicious arrangements for their crew . It was annoying to the School, because this year, the boat was considerably faster and better than usual, and a great part of the satisfaction of winning was taken away from them in knowing that they had beaten an untrained boat . It was annoying to the Old Boys, because although sonic of them would, no doubt, have liked to see the School will for a change, they would scarcely have wished to see this effected by giving the Old Boys' crew two days to train for a 21 mile course, making the whole race a ridiculous proceeding . Of the School boat, all rowed extremely well . although they were never really tried . Through the rough water round Clifton Scope they kept the boat very steady and travelled well . Kirke took a very good course round the long corner at the Scope . Of the Old Boys ' boat, B. Moiser and jO . Shepherd rowed well, although their position must have been uncomfortable in the extreme. MONDAY, APRIL . 101H. FOURS .—FINAL.
HEAr
R . Dunning C . N . Hatfield C . H . Sale ) A . Russell W . Wilson y. P . Harrison A . Neilson (stroke) H . S . Leonard (stroke) E . St . G Kirke (cox) H . AV F . Garland (cox; A tine calm day, and practically no current . Leonard won the toss and took the far side . The boats kept nearly level for a considerable distance after the start, Leonard having it slight lead. Neilson ' s boat was not so well together as the opposing boat, a fact which became more apparent as the race proceeded . Leonard's boat was two lengths ahead through the bridge, and continued to creep away, assisted by some crabs in the other boat . Finally, Leonard's four won by 31. lengths. MONDAY, APRIL IO'rH.
SENIOR PAIRS .-2N0 URAT. C . Moiser C . Nelson R . G . Bingham (stroke) v . G . C . Otley (stroke) Kirke (cox) Garland (cox) Bingham's boat drew away at once, and won as they liked .
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TUESDAY, APRIL I ITH. FINAL HEAT.
W . Wilson C . Moiser R . G . Bingham (stroke) v . A . Neilson (stroke) Kirke (cox) Garland (cox) Bingham drew away at once and won comfortably, the other pair rowing pluckily in a hopeless race . Bingham ' s boat won by five or six lengths . SCRATCH Ft)URS. The Scratch Fours took place on the last day of the term, and as usual afforded plenty of excitement and amusement . There were considerably less entries than usual, and only four " Fours " were made up, leaving two competitors out . A fifth " Four " was made up with these two and two chosen by lot from the losing " fours . " The final was as follows : E . D . Teasdale E . Creaser W . Wilson beat A . Neilson G . C . Otley C . Nelson L . Moiser G . G . Feld
CRICKET PROSPECTS. It is never an easy task to predict what the fortunes of a cricket team may be ; yet with six of last year ' s team we may look forward to a successful season . The six colours are R . G . Bingham, P . St . G . Kirke, G . C . Otley, C . Nelson, C . S . Smith, E, St . G. Kirke . Most of these are pretty useful with the bat, but, unfortunately, Otley is the only regular bowler from last year's team. Smith and P . Kirke may make useful change bowlers . Bingham will again take the gloves. There are five places in the team to be filled, and those likely at present are Neilson, Roy, Harrison, Dunning, Wilson, Newton, and Leonard . Of these Neilson and Dunning ought to turn out successful bowlers, and the former has already proved himself a big hitter.
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CRICKET FIXTURES.
There are considerably less matches than last year for both teams, as only one fixture, instead of two, has been arranged with most of the schools . Mr . Lawrance is kindly coaching the XI . at present, and we all hope that his advice may be taken in by all, and that they will make practical use of it in matches.
CRICKET FIXTURES. FIRST XI.
Date.
Teams.
Ground .
Results.
away . not played. away lost, 56 to 162 for 6 (declared). „ zo . .Leeds G . S away won, 125 to 63. Sat . away . Jost, 70 to 73. Wed . „ 24. . .Friends ' School Thurs . „ 25 . .Yorkshire Gentlemen ao.%ay not played. „ 27 . . Durham G . S home won . 14.7 to b6. Sat . Sat . June 3 . . Friends ' School home . . won, 138 to 91. „ to . .Garforth C .C home Sat . Thurs . „ 15 . .AlmondburyOld 13oys home „ t7 . Durham G . S away Sat . Tues . „ 20 . .Yorkshire Gentlemen away „ 24 . . Hymers College away Sat . Thurs . „„ 29 30 Old Peterites home (( Fri . . North Riding Asylum away Sat . July . home Thurs . „ 6 . .Ampleforth College Sat . ., 8 . . Pocklinton C .S home Sat . May 13 . .Garforth C .C Thurs . „ t8 . .NorthRidingAsylum
SECOND XI.
home . . not played. Tues . May 1 6 . . St . Olave ' s School Sat . ,, 20 . . Leeds G .S . 2nd home . .not played. „ 24 . . Friends' School 2nd home . . lost, 3 I & zo to z6 & 28 Wed . Sat . „ 27 . .Durham G .S . 2nd away .Jost, 6z & 52 to 13?. Sat . June 3 . . Friends ' School znd away . . lost, 4.3 to 54 . Sat . „ 17 . . Pocklington G .S . znd home „ 24 . . Hymers College home Sat . Tues . July 4 . . St . Olave's School away Thurs . „ 6 . . AmpleforthCollege znd away
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693
CRICKET MATCHES. SCHOOL V .
NORTH RIDING ASYLUM.
Played on the Asylum ground, on Thursday, May 18 . This match was originally arranged for Tuesday, but had to be put off on account of rain . Kershaw won the toss and took Milnthorpe in with him . There was nearly a gale blowing, which seemed to demoralise both batsmen and fielders . Runs came pretty freely from the start, and it was not before the pair had made 56 that Otley effected a separation by bowling Kershaw, who had made 29. Soon after Otley also got rid of Milnthorpe (71-2-36) . Cadman and Best then took the score to 102 before the former was bowled by Smith, having compiled 22 . Hingston was also bowled by Smith for nil (1o6-4-o) . Smith was next responsible for the dismissal of Stenning, who played a ball into his wickets (118-5-10). Parry only made 5 when he shared a similar fate . Hill, the next man, was missed no fewer than three times before the Asylum finally declared . Best carried out his bat for a carefully compiled 35 . The Asylum declared at 162 for 6 wickets. The School began their innings about five o ' clock, and before a run had been registered Nelson was unfortunately run out . P . Kirke succeeded Nelson, and with Otley carried the score to 29 before he was clean bowled in attempting to lift a ball from Parry (2-29). Bingham followed, and immediately succumbed to the same bowler (3-29) . E . St . G . Kirke then came in, and almost directly Otley was caught off Best's delivery, having made 6 (4-29) . C . S. Smith took Otley's place and hit a 3 . E . Kirke soon went down to Parry (5-32) . Roy then went in and played carefully, without, however, being able to score . Smith hit a single, and then a 2 and a 3, bringing on Cadman instead of Best . The change of bowling was effectual, Smith giving an easy catch to mid-off (6-38). Neilson succeeded Smith, and had made 5 when he was bowled by Parry (7-44) . Harrison came in and played an over, giving a catch in the slips, which was accepted, off Cadman's bowling (8-45) . There was now no hope of winning, and so an attempt
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was made to play out time . Wilson came in and Roy hit a 3 off Cadman, his first score . Wilson made a single, and Roy succumbed to Parry, half an hour of play still remaining (q—49) . Dunning went in, and he and Wilson managed to make play last out for another quarter of an hour, Wilson giving an easy chance, which was not accepted . The innings came to an end at a quarter-past six, the Asylum thus winning by 1o6 runs . Score and analysis : NORTH RIDING Asvar a T . Milnthorpe, b Otley , W . Kershaw, b Otley . . . . H . Cadman, b Smith C . Best, not out M . Hingston, b Smith \V . Stenning, b Smith W . Parry, h Smith W . Hill, not out Byes Three did not bat .
Total
36 29 22 35
o to 5 20
5
Sr . Perri?R's SCHOOL. G. C . Otley, c Kershaw, b Best t6 C . Nelson, run out o P . St . G . Kirke, b Parry . . to R . G . Bingham, b Parry o E . St . G . Kirke, b Parry o C . S . Smith, c Milnthorpe, b Parry q D . W . Roy, b Parry 3 A . Neilson, b Parry 5 o R . Harrison, c Pairy, b Cadman W . M . Wilson, not out R . Dunning, b Cadman o Byes 6
162
Total
BOWLING ANALYSIS .—NORTH RIDING As y i .UtN. R. W. o. M. C . S . Smith . . . . 30 4 15 4 25 0 10 1 P. St. G . Kirke G . C . Otley 36 2 19 6 0 A . Neilson 26 0 4 27 0 12 2 R . G . Bingham . . . R . Dunning to 0 6 2
56 AV.
7'5 — 18 —
SCHOOL V . I .EEI)S G .S.
May loth, at Leeds . The ground was very wet, in fact muddy and the wicket free from much suspicion of grass . Leeds won the toss and went in first, G . S . Richardson (captain) and H . Munro facing the howling of Otley and Smith . The batsmen played carefully, the ball needing a lot of watching, and runs came very slowly. When only 5 had been scored, Munro played a ball from Smith into his wicket (5 — 1—2) . G . B . Richardson came in, but the score had only reached double figures when a good length ball by Smith took their captain ' s leg stump . M . A . Francis succeeded Richardson, but runs continued to come very slowly . At length G . B. Richardson dealt too gently with a full-pitcher to leg of Smith's,
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and deposited it into the hands of Dunning (15-3-5) . Rain began to fall heavily at this point, and the fielders speedily left the field . Rain fell heavily for some time, and play had to he abandoned for the time being . The umpires decided to resume play after lunch if no more rain fell. At two o ' clock Smith continued the over he had begun before lunch, the wicket being rather drier than when the game was started. E . Munro replaced G . B . Richardson, and runs came more freely; soon, however, Smith proved too many for him (33-4-5) . Hudson came in, and Bingham went on bowling instead of Otley. Francis went down to a fine off-break from Smith (38-5-12). Hudson came in and soon succumbed to Bingham's slows (38-6-0), Seaton meeting with a similar fate (40-7--0) . H . A. Hield and N . Lister made a stand, hitting Bingham for a four and a two in one over . Smith was not bowling so well at this point, and Kirke went on instead of him . The change soon had effect ; Lister was clean bowled by Kirke for 1 o (J9-8-10) . A . A . Seaton came to the wickets, and Smith came on again instead of Bingham, and with his second ball relieved H . A . Hield of his bails ( 6 3-911) . H . M . Heald came in, and was also bowled in trying to lift a ball over the pavilion . The Leeds innings closed for 63 . C . S. Smith had the very fine bowling analysis of 7 wickets for 17 runs. Nelson and Bingham started batting for the School, and runs calve fast . Bingham hit five "fours" and three singles, and then was finely caught at mid wicket far out (35-1-24) . Otley then went in, and at 43 Nelson was clean bowled by Hudson . P . Kirke went in, and in company with Otley knocked off the twenty odd runs required for a win . When the score was 76 . P . Kirke was caught in the long field off Hield ' s bowling (76-3-21) . E . Kirke went in next, and runs continued to come freely . At 101 E . Kirke was taken at square leg, having made 11 (101-4-11) . Smith succeeded E . Kirke, and Otley, whose innings had not been free from luck, was caught at cover-point for a useful 28 (I o 1-5--28). R . Harrison went in, and Smith returned after making 2 (103-6z) . Neilson took Smith ' s place, hit a four, and was caught (Io87-4) . Roy came to the wickets and outlasted an over or two, only
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having made a single when his leg-stump was upset by Hield. Wilson came in and had good luck to carry out his bat for 7. Dunning having hit his wicket to Richardson ' s bowling . The innings closed for 125, the School winning by 62 . Score and analysis : LEEDS G .S. SCHOOL. C . Nelson, b Hudson . . I I H . Munro, b Smith .. R . G . Bingham, c Munro, b Hudson 24 G . S . Richardson, b Smith 5 G . B . Richardson, c Dunning, b G . C Otley, c H . Seaton, h RichSmith . . . . ardson . . .. 28 . 7 M. A . Francis, b Smith 12 P . St . G . Kirke, c H . Lister, b H. 21 E . Munro, b Smith . . . 5 A . Hield o H . Hudson, b Bingham E . St . G . Kirke, c H . T . Seaton, b H . T . Seaton, c Dunning, b BingRichardson II 2 ham . . 0 C . S . Smith, b Richardson .. 11 H . A . Hield, b Smith . . . .' R . Harrison, c A . A . Seaton, b . Kirke ro Richardson 2 N . Lister, b P A . Neilson, c P . Munro, b RichardA . A . Seaton, not out . . .. H . M Heald, b Smith . . c son .. 4 . Hield D . W . Roy, b H . A 7 W . Wilson, not out . R . Dunning, hit wkt, b Richardson I Extras ro Extras . . 13 Total . . G C . Otley . . . . C . S . Smith . . . . R . G . Bingham P . St. G . Kirke
Total . . . .
125 0.
M.
R.
W.
AV.
17
19 13
18
o
—
16
3
7
2'42
8
17 14
2
7
4
I
4
1
4
63
SCHOOL V . BOOTHAM SCHOOL.
At Bootharn, on May 24th, in cold damp weather and on a very wet wicket . Pickard and Rowlands came to the wickets, to the bowling of Otley and Smith . Pickard hit up a lofty catch to midon from Otley's second delivery, and it was safely held by Roy (o-1-o) . C . Edmundson came in and put tip an easy catch to Bingham at point in Otley ' s second over (1-z-o) . H . W . Edmondson succeeded C . Edmundson, and scoring became dreadfully slow. After seven maidens, Rowlands hit Otley out of the field for 5, but after two more maidens returned the ball hard to Smith, who held the catch (15-3-14) . P . A . Edmundson came in, and after a couple more overs H . W . Edmondson was smartly stumped by Nelson (16-4-1) . B . Watson arrived at the wickets, and in company with Edmundson raised the score to 27, and having been missed once
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was clean bowled by Otley (27-5-7) . F . H . Knight came in and soon brought on Bingham instead of Smith . The change was not immediately successful, but after making a very patient 8, P . A. Edmundson was caught at mid-off off Bingham (33-6-8) . Alexander partnered Knight, but put up an easy catch to point in his first over from Bingham (35-7-0) . Clemesha succeeded Alexander, and his partnership with Knight soon raised the score to 5o, bringing on Smith again instead of Otley . Five more runs only were added before Smith bowled Knight, who had been missed twice, for 14 (54-8-14) . W . A . Milner was the next batsman, but the score was only augmented by 5 when Clemesha was caught in the slips by Wilson off Smith's bowling (59-9-9) . Marriage came in, and in company with Milner brought on P . Kirke instead of Bingham. At i3 he was clean bowled by Kirke, and the innings closed for 73. No less than five catches were missed, which was very bad, although the extreme cold might be partly responsible. Nelson and Otley started batting for the School with a disaster; after four runs had been scored Otley was clean bowled by Rowlands . P . St . G . Kirke came in, and with Nelson raised the score to 16 . Then he also succumbed to Rowlands, being caught off his delivery . Bingham came in, and was bowled by Marriage after making 1 (19-3-1) . Neilson replaced Bingham, and at once began to hit, evidently the best game on such a wicket . Thirty-six had been made before Neilson and Nelson were separated, Neilson being bowled by Rowlands in attempting to hit a "yorker" ; he had played a very useful innings (36-4-1z) . E . Kirke came in, and almost immediately Nelson was caught at deep mid-off for an excellent 11, which included one life (36-5-18) . Smith came to the wickets, and did some useful hitting before being bowled by Rowlands (51-6-12) . Harrison went in and hit a three, being soon caught off Marriage . Roy, his successor, had no better luck, being caught off the same bowler, after making 2 (56-8-z) . Wilson came in and played carefully for 5, bringing the score up to 64 . There were ten runs to win when Dunning went in, and there was good reason to hope that the match might yet be pulled out of the fire. After making six of these, Kirke having been let off cheaply at
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CRICKET MATCHES.
the wicket the ball before, was caught in the slips for an extremely useful 12 . Thus the match ended in a win for Bootham School by the narrow margin of three runs . Score and analysis : BOOTHAM SCHOOL. A . G . Pickard, c Roy, b Otley .. o W. H. Rowlands, c and b Smith .. 14 C . Edmundson, c Bingham, b Otley o H . W . Edmondson, st Nelson, b t Otley P . A . Edmundson, c P . St . G . Kirke, b Bingham .. 8 B . Watson, b Otley . .. 7 . 14 F . H . Knight, b Smith E . R . Alexander, c Smith, b Bingham . .. o A . S . Clemesha, c Wilson, b Smith 9 6 W . A . Milner, not out A . W . Marriage, b P. St. G . Kirke 8 Extras 6 Total
SCHOOL. C . Nelson, b Watson G . C . Otlev, b Rowlands P . St . G . Kirke, c Pickard, b Rowlands R . G . Bingham, b Marriage . .. A . Neilson, b Rowlands . . E . St . G . Kirke, c P . Edmundson, b Rowlands C . S . Smith, b Rowlands . . . . R . Harrison, c Alexander, b Marriage . D . W. Roy, c Knight, b Marriage W . Wilson, c Alexander, b Edmundson R . Dunning, not out Extras Total
73
O. M. G . C . Otley . . . . . . . . 28 14 .. . ... . 12 C . S . Smith 20 R . G. Bingham 11 4 P. St . G . Kirke 2 1 C . S . Smith bowled 2 wides.
R. 31 15 18 3
18 2 3 12 to 12 2 2 5 2 70
W. 4 3 2 1
S . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . DURHAM SCHOOL.
May 27th .-This match was played at York in spiendid weather. Bingham, for the first time this year, won the toss, and took P. Kirke in with him . The first over was a maiden, and then both began to score fast . Bingham was let off in the long field when he }yid made 18, and again at slip at 28, owing to the sun being in the fielder's eyes . Kirke was also missed twice, at 18 and 25. Bingham soon passed the fifty, Kirke's score being 31 . Just after the hundred was up, however, Kirke was clean bowled by Turner for 40, in which were nine boundary hits . As often happens after long partnerships, Bingham immediately followed suit, being caught at deep extra-cover, after making 61 . His innings, though marred by the two chances above mentioned, was a fine display, including as it did to boundary hits . Otley came in, but after making 1 was caught low down at point, and Neilson, who came in next, was
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clean bowled first hall . E . Kirke was missed off his first ball at the wicket, which was rather hard on the bowler, Turner, who would have clone the " hat trick " if the chance had been taken. Nelson and Kirke stayed together till lunch time, when the score was tog for + wickets . After lunch Nelson was bowled by Bell for 13 . Smith, the newcomer, was caught off his second ball by Cumberlege in the long field, and E . Kirke was next out 1-b-w in trying to pull a straight one from Bell . Roy made nine before playing on to Henderson, and Wilson made the same number, but succumbed to Turner . Robinson shared a like fate soon after, and the side was out for 1 +7 . Durham started disastrously, for with only seven on the board, Henderson was bowled off his pads by Smith . Cumbcrlege succumbed to Orley two runs later, and with the same total, 9, H . de Crespigny was dismissed (9-3-0) . Turner and Price carried the score to 32, before the latter was well caught by Roy at mid-on. \Iaughan was run out in attempting a short run, and Bell, after making 6, was bowled by Otley (36-6-6) . Turner was dismissed at 40 . The eighth wicket added 13, and the ninth to . Pearson hit his wicket after making a patient t6, which was the highest score on his side . The School thus won by 81 runs. Si I i 001 .. 6t R . G . Bingham, c Mohun, li Bell P . St . G . Kirke, b Turner 40 G . C . Otley, c H . de Crespigny, b Turner 1 13 C . Nelson, b Bell A . Neilson, b Turner o E. St . G . Kirke, b Bell 8 C. S . Smith, c Cumberlege, b Bell o .. 9 D. \V. by, b Henderson W . Wilson, b Turner 9 I . H . Robinson, b Turner i R. Dunning, not out Extras 4 Total
DURHAM SCHOOL. A . ITenderson, b Smith R . C . Cumberlege, b ()tley H . F . D . Turner, h Orley H . de Crespigny, b Otley W . Price, c Roy, b Smith A . W . Maughan, run out \V . B . Bell, h ()tley D . Pearson, hit wkt, b Bingham A . Richardson, b Otley H . Fitzgerald, h Smith . . H . Mohun, not out
1 47
M. o. G . C . Otley 16 6 C . S . Smith 15 3 R . G . Bingham . t 1 C . S . Smith bowled 3 wider .
R .
31 25 0
o 4 9
o r4 o 6 t6
o
7 0
Extras
to
Total
66
w. 5 3 1
700
CRICKET MATCHES. 2ND XI . V .
FRIENDS ' SCHOOL 2ND.
At home, May 24th . SCHOOL . 1st Innings.
H . Leonard, b Thorpe o M . Roy, b Williamson 2 T . C . Newton, b Williamson 3 C . P . Scott, h Thorp o T . E . Pulleyn, b WiTliamson , t E . D . Teasdale, st . b Thorp o H . Robinson, run out 8 E . J . Otley, c Mordey, b Williamson 3 G . Armstrong, run out 3 A . E . Farrow, b Williamson 3 M . Richards, not out 3 Extras 5 Total
31
FRIENDS ' 1st Innings. o Mordey, c Newton, b Robinson o Emmett, b Leonard Abraham, b Leonard 1 Wright, h Robinson o Williamson, c Newton, b Robinson o o Byles, b Robinson ATlen, c Scott, b Leonard o Thorp, b Leonard 2 Spence, b Leonard o 8 Webb, b Armstrong Brockbank, not out to Extras 6 Total
2nd Innings. b Williamson lbw, b Williamson h Thorp b Williamson h Wright . .: b Wright c Abraham, b Williamson b Williamson b Wright . b Williamson not out Extras
27
'.Total SCHOOL . 2nd Innings. b Robinson run out b Robinson h Otley . . . . . lbw, b Robinson b Otley b Leonard b Otley not out b Armstrong b Leonard Extras Total
o 3 3 o I
3 1
3 o 5 8 28
S . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2ND XI . V . DURHAM G . S . 2ND. At Durham, Saturday, May z7th . Weather and ground alike were all that could be desired, and the visitors winning the toss went to the wicket first . Otley and M . Roy opened the batting, the latter was dismissed for 2, and Otley for 3 soon after the start . Newton and Harrison, however, remained at the wicket till lunch, the score being then 22 . Newton, who was at the wicket for about threequarters of an hour, was disposed of after making 18 . Harrison also made 18, but no other scores are worthy of note . Hicks and Jackson opened the batting for the Durham XI . The former was bowled by Leonard when he had scored 8, the telegraph board
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showing 1 z for r wicket . 57, however, had been scored before Trevor, who had joined Jackson, was clean bowled by M . Roy, and G . Henderson was bowled by Leonard one run later . The only other features of the innings worthy of record were the clean bowling of Jackson, by Farrow, when he had made 74, and a splendid catch by Armstrong, which di . missed Charlton after making 17 . York then went to the wicket a second time and compiled 53, of which Harrison and Richards made 22 and rz respectively, no one else making more than . . Thus Durham znd had made 132, against S . Peter ' s School znd 62 and 53, and therefore won by an innings and 17 runs. S . PETER ' S SCHOOL. 2ND.
1st Innings. E . G. Otley, b CaTlinan 3 M . Roy, b de Crespigny 2 T . C . Newton, c Hicks, b de Crespignv 18 R . Harrison, c Marsh, b de Crespigny r8 J . Leonard, c & b de Crespigny o M . Richards, b Stewart A . E . Farrow, b de Crespigny C . P . Scott, c & b Stewart G . Armstrong, lbw, b Stewart P . H . Yeld . not out T . J . Black, b Stewart Extras
b Callinan b Stewart
2nd Innings.
4 o
b Callinan
.
st Henderson, b Callinan c & b Callinan c Charlton, b CalTinan b Stewart b Callinan i lbw, b Callinan c Trevor, b Callinan not out Extras
22
Total
53
4 12 2
o 2 I
5
DURHAM G.S.
Hicks, b Leonard 8 Jackson, b Farrow 74 Trevor, b Roy .... 14 Henderson, b Leonard LangTey, c Annstrong, b Farrow 3 Stewart, b Roy 2 Charlton, c Armstrong, b Farrow . 17 De Crespigny, b Roy 3 3 Marsh, b Farrow o Trevor, b Farrow 1 Callinan, not out o Extras II Total
132
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
o.
M.
R.
Leonard
17
4
42
W. 2
Armstrong . . . .
7
n
23
o
Roy
II
Yeld . . . . . . . . ..
1
0
10
0
Farrow
5.6
2
15
5
31
702
ACROSTIC.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS. At my parents ' instigation, I had burned the midnight oil, Had resisted all temptation, And had bur ied self toil. Twice ten years had hurried o ' er me, While at school I plodded on, In the sanguine expectation, That I'd rise to he a don. At no counter would I daily, Daily counting up the pence, In amounts which will not tally— Earning but a poor pittance. See of York or Canterbury, "These alone should be my aim, Or p ' raps pleading as a barriSter I'd gaily rise to fame. As a young and rising actor, With the affix of 13 .A ., I should silence each detractor ; Critics all would fade away ; Or ma) hap a l e arned doctor Skilled in physiology, Of prescriptions a director, Famous at biology. But too previous I stumbled In the Littlego's embrace ; Ploughed in algebra and humbled, Saw the toughness of life's race. Now, alas! I'm doomed for ever To a post of lowly rank, Earning but a monthly " fiver " As a clerk in Barclay's bank . A . PESSIMIST.
ACROSTIC. SUMMER. S unshine bathing all the land, U nderneath each shady tree, M editative cattle stand ; M urmurs by the droning bee ; E artb rose early, satisfied, R ests she through the warm noontide. BEARDOE .
GAMES' FUND BALANCE SHEET,
January, 1898, to January, 1899. RECEIPTS .
EXPENDITURE.
s. d. Football : 32 1 o Iloltby 1 5 5 32 2 0 R .U . Sub . . . 1 1 0 29 3 o i Sec .'s Expenses ., o 6 6 t1It 6 Sundries .. o 3 5 Touch Lines, o 18 o &c . 0 9 0 Footballs 0 5 6 (part only) 1 9 6 15 I 10 jerseys, &c . . . 11 7 0 o 8 10 17 6 t1 Fares
s . d.
s.
Boys' Subscriptions :— Easter Term Summer Term Christmas Term PubTic Subscriptions to Sports Old Boys' Subscriptions to Sports Sale of Cricket Ball to OTd Boys . Sale of jerseys, &c. Net Proceeds of Concert . .
26 19 4 Boating : New Oars 6 0 o Car riage, do . o 7 0 Ho]tby 1 9 9 Repairs to Boats 1 5 0 Rent of Boathouse o 5 0 Prizes . 3 3 0 12
9
9
49
11
10
Cricket : Groundsman . 19 5 6 Fares .. 7 8 q HoTtby . . 0 16 6 Secretary's Expens's . . 0 10 0 Cards t 18 6 Repairs to M over, &c . 1 13 3 Food, &c ., for Horse 3 5 4 Harness and Boots for do. 2 1 0 Cricket Ma ' terial to 16 6 Blacksmith . . 1 1 0 Repainting Figures ., o 12 6 Sundries . . 0 3 0 .Sports Prizes Holtby Police String
. . 13 13 9 . . 1 12 42 .. 0 9 0 .. 0 2 0
15 17 Miscellaneous : Rent of Football Field t8 0 0 Balls, &c ., for Hockey . . 0 8 2 Bottle of Paste .. o 0 6 -- 18 8 8 Balance on Al or . 28, 1898 2 4 3 Interest charged by Bank, Dec . 31, 1898 o 11 6 Balance on Mar. 31, 1899 6 I of, £ 1 32
3
b 132
3
6
NOTES AND ITEMS.
7 0+
THEATRICAL BALANCE SHEET. RECEIPTS. Rev . A . E . Burton E . W . Clarke, Esq. Public Subscriptions Day Boys' do. Adamites' do. School House do. Masters' do. Rev . G . T . Handford
Deficit
s. d. EXPENDITURE . s . d. o Band (Valley's) 3 10 0 • 7 6 Hire of Dresses (May & Co .) 20 o 0 1 o Carriage of do . . . . . o 18 4 o o Hire of Wigs (Clarkson) . . 3 0 0 . . 7 8 o • 15 0 Stage (Holthy) o o Decorations (Ashby & Harto o ley) .. 3 8 o o o Hire of Chairs (Brown Bros .) 1 5 0 Programmes, &c . (J . Sampson) .. . . 2 7 5 Police 1 1 0 Gas Co .—footlights . , 0 7 11 Sundries . . o ,6 4 Lights in Garden (2 yrs .) 0 5 4 Sundry Properties . . . . o r2 1 Sundry Allowances .. I o 9 I 14 11
•
ro
X4 6
8
5 I
X46 8
5
NOTES AND ITEMS. F. Mitchell was second in the batting averages of Lord Hawke ' s Team in South Africa . He has been playing regularly for Yorkshire so far this season, and made Poo against Gloucester, in addition to other useful scores in earlier matches. A . M . Sullivan made 54 not out in the first innings of the Seniors ' Match at Cambridge, and Iq in the second innings . Playing for Cambridge University against A . J . Webbe's XI ., he went in first and made 36 . Against Yorkshire he accomplished a curious performance, stayin an hour and a quarter at the wickets for 3 runs . He made -}q for the First Twelve of Cambridge University v . Next Sixteen. G. Raine has been called to the Bar at Lincoln ' s Inn. Professor Clifford Allbutt is to have an honorary Degree conferred on him by Victoria University on July 1st. The Yen . A . E . Stone was promoted at Fort William, Calcutta. India, at the end of April .
CONTEMPORARIES .
705
Gilbert Hudson has been appointed to a Clerkship in the Probate Registry, Somerset House, London. limes, May loth .—Gloucestershire Regiment .—Supernumerary Captain C . Moss to be Captain. We omitted to mention in the last " Peterite" that the new book by A . E . Bayly, O .P ., entitled " The House of Strange Secrets " (3s . 6d .), may be obtained at 2S ., for O .P . ' s only, from the author, at 8, Whitefriars Street, E .C. BIRTH .—May z3rd, the wife of Rev . A . Chadwick ('77- ' 81), of a son .
NOTICE TO OLD PETERITES. Professor Clifford Allbutt, M .D ., F .R .S ., will preside at the Old Peterite Dinner in London, on the .f th July . Old Peterites who wish to attend and have not received invitations before the 31st May are requested to address the Hon . Secretary, C . H . CHADWICK, 3, Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, W .C.
OBITUARY. April .—S . A . SWORN, at Gravesend, formerly Natural Science Master at the School. May 17th .—HILDA MURIEL, infant daughter of H . A . L . FRANCIS.
CONTEMPORARIES. We beg to acknowledge with thanks the following Contemporaries :—The Savilian, Sedber ;hian, Brighton College Magazine, Rymer an (2), Denstonian, Merchistonian, Dunelmian (z), Dycombe Abbey Gazelle, .Si . Edward's School Chronicle .
THE
PETERITE. VOL . XY .
JULY, 1899 .
No . 140.
SCHOOL LETTER. HIS is the last number that we poor hard-worked editors will bring out, and with what deep regret we have to lay down the pen for others, and make our way out into the world, some to sit all day in offices, others to work hard for four or five years to gain the coveted B .A . or other degrees. The worst part of the term will be at hand when this appears, and we shall be sitting in School with a three hours' paper in front of us, on a half-holiday, silently expressing our opinion of the examiners. The Cricket XI . this year seems to be dogged by bad luck, as the toss has only been won five times during the whole season . We congratulate Mitchell on gaining a permanent place in the Yorkshire XI ., and sympathize with Sullivan on not gaining his " blue ." The Sports will soon be at hand and we hope to see some good " times " done . In last year ' s sports it was a deplorable fact, that most people only ran in races in which they thought they would get a place, and so the entries were considerably smaller than they ought to be . It is to be hoped that boys this year will run as sportsmen and not as professional "pot-hunters ." There seems to be great keenness, as we have already seen various coloured shorts and bare legs flitting round the cricket field ; and juniors have been seen burying themselves in the jumping pit .
7o8
ON LONDON.
We notice that P . E . Lord has given up the Secretaryship of the O .P . Club, and it has been undertaken by A . Peters with H . R. Partington as Assistant Secretary . \Ve hope the Club will prosper as it has done under P . E . Lord ; we cannot wish it better than this. We now retire from our pleasant duties, and pass the pen on to younger hands to use, we hope, with greater skill than our poor selves. We wish our successors all success.
ON LONDON. One hardly dares to ask an editor to stereotype in plain black and white, within the covers of his magazine, anything upon such a subject as this, for the chance of the matter is that it is only too plainly stereotyped already . Yet London is life—a fair, wherein are congregated all types of humanity, and where all phases in the drama of existence are revealed in action ; so it were strange if one could not find something left unwritten . At any rate, having been up to London for the first time quite recently, yet not so recently but that he has had time to reflect on his visit, the writer now has the audacity to attempt a picture or so of his view o f things. Now there are some things which no one can fail to observe, such as top-hats and frock coats, and a sightseer can scarcely miss noticing the pigeons . No one can long be unconscious of his being in a place, always full and always in a terrible hurry . The hurry is terrible ; it kills ; you can observe that . The first thing it kills is the faculty of observation itself, and in this it is considerably assisted by the very largeness of the place, for space is equally destructive of capabilities of observation . For instance, going the round of the museums in two days, the writer could only regard the collections there exhibited as a whole, in a similar way to that in which a certain person regarded his library . There were, say, a mile of stuffed animals, a mile of fossils and bones, a mile of bottled invertebrates, so many cubic feet of minerals, a mile of engineering models and castings, a mile of Asiatic objets
ON LONDON .
709
d ' art, so many acres of paintings, a mile of manuscripts, sundry miles of archxological relics and so on, till the legs weary with walking round the seemingly endless galleries, and the eyes ache with constant gazing on the changing panorama . And all the while he saw nothing of London . To see London you must take to the streets. The Thames Embankment boasts a little fresh air, and comparatively speaking, it is quiet : here you can refresh your jaded surfeited brain. Cleopatra's Needle stands on the Thames Embankment, somewhere about the centre of the Metropolis . On either side it is flanked by a sphinx, whose face seems to wear a faint, calm smile, a smile inscrutable, immutable . It is superbly expressive . Here is this monolith representing the labours of many people, not only those who created it and cut it from the living rock, not only those who carved and incised its weird quaint hieroglyphs, but those, too, of whom its tablets speak, and those whose wasted care transported and transfixed it here . Whether is it, a monument of pride or of folly Perhaps it is of both . You say it is a record of the past, a monument of the most monumental and ancient civilization of the world, just so ; immovable amid the vortex stands the Past, swirling and whirling around is the Present . It has its significance . The Present is the Past ; it is gone in a moment . All that is and will be, has been . There is nothing new under the sun . The riddle of the sphinx is ever the same, just like its ceaseless, changeless smile . The Past can smile, it knows too much. Again it is strange what a difference a mere river's breadth makes, when you look at the immense fashionable hotels on this side, and then across the Thames at the farther side, where, so it is said, dwell a somewhat benighted people ; but it is best not to go to see, for so also it is said, " The rich and the poor do not meet, though the Lord is maker of them all," nor can they meet save in a light which seldom shines here. But leaving the sphinx to smile (it happened to be Primrose Day, while the writer was in town), over yonder, in Parliament
710
CRICKET.
Square, the crowds, by dint of gentle urging on tin° part of some score or two of policemen, were defiling before the flower bedecked statue of the Earl of Beaconsfield, whose head was obsequiously inclined, as he received the tribute of his admirers in the bunches of primroses, which were cast at his feet . About six o'clock the members began to leave St . Stephen's . Some came across to have a look out of curiosity and then went their way, some joined the throng to pay their respects to their departed chief . One, he must have been a ritualist, raised his hat as he passed before. Such hero-worship would have amused Carlyle . However, there can be little doubt that it was but just he should show such deep respect to the statue, it being the counterfeit resemblance of the, as it were, patron saint of an organization, which, speaking from report, is the most effective of all party or electioneering organizations. Looking at the back-turned statues of other leaders of the people and at the background of venerable Abbey and stately Parliament House, one may be a heretic, but it was a bit grotesque. Looking at the crowd led by political catchwords, tricked by the outward paraphernalia of nobility, still ruled and swayed, as it were, by symbols and cloth—a people to whom much opportunity has been given, but who have not yet obtained minds and wills of their own ; it was pathetic, if it was not tragic. With these two pictures, the writer ends . POLI
ricus.
CRICKET. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL Z' . BOOTHAM SCHOOL.
June 3rd .—This match was played on the School ground in fine weather, on a hard wicket . Bootham won the toss and elected to bat . They started badly, as with only one scored Pickard was bowled by Otley . The next pair put on 32 before Rowlands was out lbw . (33-2-12) . H . W . Edmondson failed to score (33-3-0) . The next wicket added 18 and the next to (71-5) . The innings finally
71 1
CRICKET .
ended for t . Otley had the excellent analysis of 7 wickets for 24., Smith's being 3 for 30. "I'he School started none too well, as at 12 Bingham had his leg stump disturbed by Rowlands, and at the same total Otley succumbed to the same bowler . Nelson and P . Kirke took the score to 32 before the former was caught and bowled by Rowlands. E . Kirke went down to a yorker from Edmundson, having only scored a single, and thus wickets were down for i3 . Smith made ten before he was out to Rowlands, as was Neilson for a like total (87-6-Io ; . P . Kirke was batting steadily all this time, and, aided by one let off at square leg, was approaching his 5o, which he afterwards completed, with two runs to spare, before being caught at third man (118-7-52) . Wilson hit two fours, four threes, and three singles before being run out . Harrison and Roy both made 8, and the innings closed for 138, or 47 in advance of Boot ham's. BOOTHAM SCHOOL .. G . Pickard, b G . C . Otley H . Rowlands, b G . C . Otley P. A . Edmundson, c Bingham A.
b Smith
SCHOOL.
o 12 36
Fl . W . Edmondson, I) G. C . Otley
o
B. Watson, b G . C . ()Hey 12 E . B . Alexander, b G . C . Otley to T. H . Knight, b Smith 8 C. Edmundson . c Bingham b G C. Otley 3 A . J . Clemesha, b G . C . Otley 4 W . Mordey, not out o W . A . Milner, h Smith 0 Extras 6 Total
Bingham, b Rowlands P . St . G . Kirke, c C . Edmundson 1) Knight G . C . Otley, b Rowlands C . Nelson, c and b Rowlands E. St. G . Kirke, b P . Edmundson C. S . Smith, c and b Rowlands A . Neilson, c Alexander b Rowlands W . H . D . Wilson, run out D. W . Roy, not out R . Harrison . b Rowlands R . Dunning, run out Extras R. G .
91
4
Total . .138
BOWLING ANALYSIS M. R. W. AV. °. G . C . Otley 18 8 24 7 3'4 2 3 to C . S . Smith . . . . 11 4 30 r6 0 — R . G . Bingham . . . 4 o P . St . G. Kirke . . 0 15 0 — 3 R . G . Bingham and C . S . Smith bowled 1 wide each.
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . GARFORTH C .C.
Played on the School ground on Saturday, June loth . Garforth won the toss and opened their innings with Tate and W . Reede to
71 2
CRICKET.
the bowling of Otley and Smith . Runs came fairly freely, and the score was 31 when Reede was out to a fine catch in the slips by Wilson, after being missed shortly before (31-1-Io) . Dawson came next and
II
runs were added before Tate was bowled by
Otley (42-2-2 z) . At the same total two more wickets fell, Dawson being caught at mid-on and Dixon cleaned bowled by Smith (42-4-0) . The next two wickets did not give much trouble, and the score was 54 for 6 wickets when Denby and Sibary came together . Both hit freely, and Bingham took the ball from Smith. The change soon worked, as Bingham bowled Denby in his first over and in his second Sibary was caught by Otley (q7-8-19). The next wicket fell at 98, Chadwick being caught and bowled by Otley (98-9-4) . However, the innings was not yet finished, as the last wicket, by hard hitting . aided by wretched fielding and failure of certain members of the eleven to accept easy chances, defied the bowling . It was not until the score had reached 117, that Reede was out to a catch by Wilson . Fawcett carried out his bat for a hard hit 42. Bingham and Kirke opened the School ' s innings to the bowling of W . and G . Reede . The start was not very satisfactory, as Bingham was caught at the wicket in trying to hit a ball to leg (o-1-o) . The second wick t fell soon afterwards, P . Kirke being bowled for , (8-z- 1) .
The next wicket gave more trouble, and the
score was 4.6 before Smith hit out at the slow bowler, Tate, who had replaced G . Reede, and was caught in the long field (46-2-1 z). Wilson did not stay long, and with his score 3, was bowled by Tate (51-4-3) . Otley took his place and another good stand was made . With the score at 79, Nelson was howled after a very good innings . His off-driving was particularly noticeable (79-3-41). Then came a long stand by Otley and E Kirke . They raised the score to 127 before Kirke was run out and Otley caught ( 1 37-7-4 8 ) . Neilson hit well, but Dunning did not give much trouble, and the ninth wicket fell with the score 154 (154-9-0) . With twenty minutes 'to play, and 23 runs needed to avert defeat, the chances of the School (lid not look promising . However, by an exhibition of sterling defensive play, Roy and Harrison succeeded in taking
CRICKET .
713
he score to 1 71 without losing another wicket . Thus the match ended in a draw, the School being six runs behind with one wicket to fall . GA RFORTH. W . Tate, b Otley
SCHOOL. 22
G. Reede, c Wilson, b Otley . Io H. Dawson, c Dunning, b Smith 5 A. Dixon, b Smith o II . Pickering . b Otley 3 H . Hurst, b Smith 2 H . J . Denby, b Bingham 20 F. Sibary . c Otley, h Bingham 19 B. Chadwick, c and h OtTey 4 P. Fawcett, not out 42 W . Reede, c Wilson, b Bingham 27 Extras 23 Total .
P . St . G . Kirke, b G. Reede I R.G .Bingham, c Dixon, b W .Reede o C. Nelson, b W . Reede 41 C. S . Smith, c W . Reede, bTate 12 \V . Wilson, b Tate 3 G . C . Otlev, c W. Reede, b Fawcett 48 E. St . G . Kirke, run out 23 A . Neilson, c and b Reede 12 R . Dunning, b Fawcett o D. W . Roy, not out 6 R . Harrison, not out 7 Extras 18
1 77
SCHOOL Bowl .' NO :
Total (for 9 wkts) 171 0.
M. I I 0 0
R.
G . C . Otley 15 57 C . S . Smith I `I 37 41 R . G . Bingham 7—4 14 P . St . G Kirke . . 5 Smith and Kirke each bowled one wide.
\V.
4 3 3 0
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL v . F . C . CROWTHER ' S XI. Thursday, June 15th, at York . The School were without Bingham . Almondbury won the toss . Grist and Heron went to the wickets, facing the bowling of Utley and Smith . second ball disturbed Heron ' s stumps (o-1-o) .
Otley's Gainsford
succeeded Heron, and the score was 41 when Smith bowled him (41-2-8) . Carter arrived at the wickets and was soon bowled by Smith for nothing (47-3-o) . V . Sykes and Grist made a useful stand, but with Otley
(68-4-3 ) .
6o on
the board Grist was bowled by
Middlemost was associated with Sykes and
rapidly hit up 16, when he was bowled by Smith . F . C . Crowther was clean bowled by Otley for a single . The ninth wicket fell at 103, but the last wicket added 48 runs before L . Sykes was bowled by Otley . The innings closed for 151. The School started their innings with P . Kirke and Nelson. Runs came quickly until, at i9, C . Nelson was clean bowled by E . P . Sykes for zo . G . C . Otley went in, and at 48 he was caught in the slips for 2 (48-2-2) .
E . Kirke partnered his brother, who
was bowled by G . Crowther after eight more runs had been added
CRICKET .
714
(56-3-17) . Smith went to the wickets and did some useful hitting until he was bowled by Gainsford (q3-4-17) . Neilson came in and was let off twice while he contributed 12 . Wilson succeeded Neilson and had made 13 when he was caught and bowled by Crowther (137-6-13) . Harrison went in, and E . Kirke was caught by Carter in the slips for 28 (138-7-28) . Roy went in, and Harrison succumbed to Crowther (139-8-1)- Otley also was bowled without scoring (139-9-0) . Newton came in when thirteen runs were required to win . When seven of these had been made Newton was lbw . to Crowther (146-9-1) . Roy carried out his bat for 3 . The School thus lost by 5 runs . Score and analysis : F . C . CRowTHER'S XI . S . Grist, b Orley H . A . Heron, b Otley E . A . Gainsford, b Smith W . M . Carter, b Smith V . B . Sykes, b Smith R . V . i\liddlemost, b Smith F . C . Crowther, b Otley 11 . P . Bairstow, c Smith b Otley E . P . Sykes, not out G . Crowther, b Otley L . P . Sykes, b . Otley Extras
SCHOOL. P . Kirke, b G . Crowther 17 o C . Nelson, b E . P . Sykes 20 G . C . Otley, c Carter b Grist 2 9 o E . St . G . Kirke, cCarter b Crowther 28 i8 C . S . Smith, b Gainsford 7 16 A . Neilson, c i\Iiddlemost U Gams1 Cord 12 18 W . Wilson, c and b Crowther 13 16 ' R . Harrison, b Crowther 1 1 D . W . Roy, not out 3 26 E . J . Otley, b Crowther , o 1 . Newton, lbw b Crowther 13 Extras 32
31
Total
Total . .151 BowL1NG ANAI .PSISG . C . Otley C . S . Smith P . St . G . Kirke
0. 21 3 20 i
\l .
R.
W.
3 3
81 54 3
6 4
0
146
0
ST . PETER ' S V . DURHAM SCHOOL.
On the Durham ground on June 17th . After travelling to Durham on the hottest day of the year, the School XI . had to go straight out to field, as Bingham lost the toss . Cumberlege and Henderson started batting for Durham against Otlev and Smith. Thirty was telegraphed before Bingham vvent on for Smith, the change bringing about the dismissal of Cumberlege who was beautifully caught at square leg by Harrison after a long run (44-1-29) . "Turner took his place but got his leg in front before he had scored (46-z-o) . Henderson was then bowled by Bingham
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CRICKET .
(49-3- 1 5), his place being taken by Price who was caught by Roy at mid-on (51-4-18) . Pearson was caught at slip by Wilson who was knocked over at the sarne time by Otley, but did not leave go of the ball (68-5-o) . Crespigny played a creditable innings for 44, although his wicket was hit without removing the bails, before he had scored . The innings finally closed for 165, the last wicket stand having put on exactly 5o runs. The School opened their innings with P . St . G . Kirke and Nelson, and with the total at zo Nelson was beautifully caught with one hand at long slip . Smith followed him in and soon after P . Kirke was stumped, the ball bouncing back from the wicketkeeper ' s pads on to the wicket (27-2-9) . Bingham followed him in and soon Smith was out lbw (32-3-3) . Otley was then caught low down in the slips, a fine catch (40-4-2) . E . Kirke did not stay long, his off peg being disturbed by a beauty (43-5- 2 ) . Wilson then came in and played a sound defensive game until Bingham was caught at point through skying a " full-pitcher . " The partnership had contributed 35 runs . Neilson tried some lusty hits and then succumbed to Turner (91-7-9), Wilson finally falling victim to a catch at the wicket off Henderson ; he had made a valuable 18 (103-8-18) . E . J . Otley played a good innings of 24., and it was all the more creditable as it was only the second time he had played for the team, and it was at a somewhat critical time (130-9-4) . Roy and Harrison stayed together for some time until the former was caught at cover in attempting to hit a short one. The innings closed for 133, 32 runs behind the Durham total. After the match Wilson received his colours . Score and analysis : DURHAM SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
R . G . Cumberlege, c Harrison, b Bingham 29 A . Henderson, b Bingham 15 H . F . D . Turner, lbw, b Orley . . o W . Price, c Roy, b Otley 18 D . Pearson, c Wilson, b Bingham o G. A . Hicks, c Otley, b Bingham 14 H. (le Crespigny, b Kirke 44 W . B . Bell, b Bingham 2 A . : Vaughan, c Nelson, b Smith 5 H . Mohun, b Smith o G . Jackson, not out 17 Extras I1
P . St . G . Kirke, st Price, b Bell 9 14 C . Nelson, c Bell, b Turner C. S . Smith, lbw, b Bell 3 R . G . Bingham, c Crespigny, b Cumberlege 26 G . C . Otley, c Turner, b Bell 2 2 E. St . G. Kirke, b Turner W . Nilson, c Price, b Henderson 18 A . Neilson, b Turner 9 E . J . Otley, c Price, b :Vaughan 24 D. W. Roy, c Jackson, b -Vaughan 6 2 R . Harrison, not out Extras 18
Total
165
Total ,
1 33
716
CRICKET. BOWLING ANALYSIS-
G . C . Otley R . G. Bingham C . S . Smith D . W . Roy P . St . G . Kirke
R. 56
w. 2
5o
5
43
5
0
2 u
A. z8 10
21'5 0
ST. PETER ' S SCHOOL . V . YORKSI-LIRE GENTLEMEN.
Tuesday, June 20th . Rain fell in moderate quantities before the match began, but fine weather prevailed during the match. Bingham won the toss and went to the wickets with P . St G. Kirke, facing the bowling of Jones and Burne . Bingham placed a ball to leg for a single and was then bowled by Burne (1-1-1). C . Nelson took his place and had only made 8 before he also was bowled by Burne (13-2-8) . C . S . Smith came in, and Kirke hit a " two ." Smith then was bowled by Burne in attempting to lift him out of the field (15-3-2) . G- . C . Otley came to the wickets, and in company with P . St . G . Kirke, made a useful stand, bringing the score to 45 . At this point Kirke was run out ; his wicket being thrown down while he was strolling across the pitch (45-4-15) . E . St . G . Kirke succeeded his brother, and played carefully and with confidence . Sixty appeared on the board when G . C . Otley was bowled by Burne for an invaluable 24 (62-5-2 .0. Wilson was the next batsman, but was quickly leg-before to Burne (66-6-3) . E . J . Otley, having been in some time for a single, was well caught in the long field off Wright (79-7-1) . Neilson had good luck in not being caught first ball, and, after a hit or so, was bowled by a " yorker " from Wright . Roy came in and was bowled shortly after by a good length ball from Jones taking the off bail 03-9-0) . Harrison went in, and the and Kirke made a lengthened stand . Mr . Lawrance replaced Jones at the bottom end, and one of his overs yielded 16 runs . Finally, Harrison was caught at the wicket off Burne, having made a useful 14. E . St . G. Kirke carried out his bat for a good 55, which included one " life ." The School innings closed for 132. The Yorkshire Gentlemen began their innings with Mr. Lawrance and P . B . Jones . Neither batsman seemed at home
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with the bowling, and Jones was caught by Bingham in the slips off Otley ' s delivery, after making four singles (9-1-4) . E . S . Jones came in, but in Otley's next over Mr . Lawrance was clean bowled (14-2-8) . Captain Burne replaced Mr . Lawrance, and, after being missed at point, was caught and howled by Otley, who was bowling extremely well at this point (20-3-4) . Smith went on at the top end instead of Bingham . Young having cone to the wickets . The change was of quick effect, Smith bowling E . S. Jones in his first over (26-4-8) . In his next over, Smith's second ball dismissed Wright (26-5-0) . Young and Hill became associated, Hill doing some useful hitting, and Young adopting stone-walling tactics . After making 12, however, Hill was taken at "silly" mid-on by Roy off Otley (43-6-12) . The Gentlemen at this point sent in Peck (pro .) in the hope of saving the match. Peck, after being beaten twice in Smith's first over to him, soon settled down and mastered the School bowling . Bingham came on instead of Smith, and missed an easy caught and howled chance when Young had made 15 . P . Kirke and C . Nelson were tried at the top end, and, finally, Smith went on instead of Otley at the bottom end . Just as time was up Smith bowled Young for 20 (113-7-20) . Peck was not out 49, having pulled the match out of the fire . Score and analysis : SCHOOL. P . St . G . Kirke, run out R . G . Bingham, b Burne C . Nelson, b Burne C . S . Smith, b Burne G . C . Otley, b Burne E . St . G . Kirke, not out W . Wilson, lbw b Burne E . J . Otley, c Peck b Wright A . Neilson, b Wright D . W . Roy, b Jones R . Harrison, c Hill b Burne Extras,,
15 I 8 o 24 55 3 I 7 o 14 4
YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. B . G . Lawrance, b Otley P. B . Jones, c Bingham b Otley E . S . Jones, b Smith Capt . Burne, c and b Otley R . R . Young, b Smith H . S . Wright, b Smith R . Hill, c Roy b Otley , F. Henry R . H . Leonard to bat. H . S . Anderson Peck (pro .), not out Extras
Total . .132 O. M. 20 10 11 2 8—4 2 0 3 2 I Smith bowled a wide.
49 8
Total . . 113
BOWLING ANALYSISG . C . Otley R . G . Bingham . C . S . Smith . P . St . G. Kirke C . Nelson
8 4 8 4 20 c 12
R. 3i 26 28 13 I
W. 4 0 3
0 o
71 8
CRICKET. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . HYMER ' S COLLEGE, HULL.
This match was played at Hull in fine weather and resulted in a win for the School by 37 runs . Bingham won the toss and took P . Kirke in with him . When only eleven runs had been scored, Bingham had the misfortune to be given out caught off his trouser pocket . Nelson was bowled by Greenwood without scoring, but Kirke and Smith took the score to 33 before the former was out lbw to Greenwood . P . Kirke was taken low down in the slips at the same total . Otley and E . Kirke added ten for the next wicket when Kirke was clean bowled by Greenwood . Otley and Wilson, however, mastered the bowling, Wilson being content with keeping his end up while Otley did the scoring . '['hey stayed together till the luncheon interval, soon after which Wilson was taken at point by Cockin . His innings, though he only made nine, cannot be undervalued, as he stayed while 6o runs were added for the sixth wicket . G . C . Otley just completed his fifty when he was run out . He hit with great vigour, especially leg balls . In his total were included one five and eight fours . E . J . Otley was next given out to a catch at point, which he apparently hit hard on to the ground, the ball bouncing up . Neilson came in and started hitting, but Roy was bowled by Greenwood without scoring. Harrison and Neilson, however, put on 22 runs for the last wicket before Neilson was bowled . Harrison ' s score was nine. The innings ended for 135. Hymer's opened with Robinson and Greenwood . The score mounted rapidly, Greenwood gliding Otley's slow balls to leg. However, he tried this stroke once too often, as Otley clean bowled him with the score at 51, for a very useful 36 . Robinson soon after was out lbw to Otley, and their wickets then went down in quick succession before Otley and Smith, the final score being 98, or 37 runs behind our total. The School started batting again with Wilson and P . Kirke, who made 39 before the former was bowled by Greenwood Kirke was next c & b by Greenwood, and Roy was howled off his pads with the score at 48 . E . Kirke and Bingham took the score to
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before the former was given out caught at the wicket.
Smith came in, and he and Bingham took the score to
95 .
The
latter hit with great vigour and landed two balls clean over the sheet, for which, however, he was only allowed four . Otley went in last but one this innings, and with his brother put on ¢1 for the last wicket, being not out . He therefore made the excellent score of 8o for once out . After the match, Neilson and Harrison received their colours . Score and analysis : SCHOOL. First Innings.
Second Innings.
R . G. Bingham, c Sinclair, b Greenwood P . St . G . Kirke, c Greenwood, b Robinson C . Nelson, b Greenwood C . S . Smith, lbw, b Greenwood G. C Otley, run out E . St . G . Kirke, b Greenwood W . H . D . WiTson, c Cockin, b Greenwood E . J. Otley, c Cockin, b Bilton A . Neilson, b Podmore D . W . Roy, b Greenwood R . Harrison, not out Extras
to
13 o to 51
9 2 17 o 9 13
W. H . D . Wilson, b Greenwood . . to P. St . G . Kirke, c & b Greenwood 31 E . St . G . Kirke, c Sinclair, b Greenwood 8 D . W. Roy, b Greenwood o R . G. Bingham, c Greenwood, b Robinson 37 C. S . Smith, b Sinclair 12 C . Nelson, b Sinclair 2 A . Neilson, c Bilton, b Sinclair 4 R.Ilarrison, c Tomlinson, b Sinclair 7 G . C . Otley, not out 29 E . J . Otley, b Robinson 8 Extras . . 7 Total
Total
155
1 35 HvMER' S COLLEGE.
J . H . Robinson, lbw, b Otley J. F. Greenwood, b Otley K. K. Grieve, b Otley J . Braithwaite, b Smith \V . H . Tomlinson, b Smith H . C . Bilton, c Nelson, b Otley . W . Sinclair, lbw, b Otley Analysis : G . C . Otley C . S . Smith R . G . Bingham
19
36 3 16
o o 4
M . S . Cockin, b Otley T . Gibb, b Smith E . W . Johnson, lbw, b Otley B. Podmore, not out Extras . .
o. M. R. 17 3 44 .. 13 2 33 4 1 11 Smith bowled a no-ball.
Total W.
7 3 0
3 6 o to 98
AV.
6 . 28 11 —
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . OLD PETERITES. On Commemoration Day, Thursday, June 29th. Rain fell heavily in the morning, and the weather and ground were not fit for play until a quarter of an hour before lunch-time. However, a start was made at 1-15, Bingham and P . St . G . Kirke facing the bowling of B . Nelson and Hingston .
Bingham
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attempted a " cut " off Nelson ' s second ball, and deposited it into Carter's hands at point, a very smart catch (o-1-o) . C . Nelson arrived at the wickets, and, after giving a chance in his first over, settled down to score rapidly . Kirke got a single off Hingston and was clean bowled in B . Nelson's next over (7-2-I) . Smith went in and gave three chances before he was bowled by Hingston (38-3-6) . Otley succeeded him, but was soon caught by Henson at long leg off Yeld (47-4-7) . E . St . G . Kirke came in and kept Nelson company until Nelson was caught at third man for an admirable 45, which included ten " threes " (7 1 -5-45) . W. Wilson arrived at the wickets and, as usual, played with great steadiness, only succeeding, however, in compiling 6 runs (81-6-6) . At this point Kirke returned a ball to Carter (86-7-14), and soon after E . J . Otley was dismissed by Hingston for a single (101-7-1). Neilson and Dunning were now together, of whom Dunning showed extreme caution, while Neilson hit rapidly . Dunning was caught by Russell at 131, and Harrison came in . Neilson continued to hit merrily until 150 appeared on the board, but at 153 he was clean bowled by Russell for 38 . Harrison was not out 9 (153-10-38). Sullivan and B . Nelson started batting for the Old Boys . Ten appeared on the board, when B . Nelson was bowled by Smith. Whincup took Nelson ' s place, but before 20 was on the board Sullivan was bowled by Smith (19-2-5) . At 24 Whincup was clean bowled by Smith (24-3-4) . Hudson and Russell raised the score to 53 when Hudson was well caught in the long field by Wilson for 16, and Russell was bowled by Bingham for 13 (54-5- 1 3) . Hingston and Shepherd had augmented the score by 3 when play was over for the night . On Friday Morning, at 12 o'clock, Hingston and Shepherd, the over-night not-outs, went to the wickets to the bowling of Smith and Otley . At 67, Shepherd was well caught at cover point by E . St . G . Kirke for 12 (67-6-I2). Yeld partnered Hingston, and the partnership had yielded 48 runs when Hingston was bowled by Bingham (15-7-30) . Henson and Carter were soon got rid of, but Metcalfe, by lucky hitting helped to put on 41 runs for the last wicket ; he was finally caught at square
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leg by Harrison off E . Kirke for 27, having been missed at point before he had scored . Yeld carried out his bat for 45, including four fours . The innings closed for i8o, 27 runs ahead of the School ' s venture. Neilson and P . St . G . Kirke started batting for the School, and had made 15 before Kirke ran himself out 05-i-1 o) . C . Nelson went in, and at 28 Neilson was bowled by Shepherd (z8-2-to). C . Nelson and Otley were together until Otley foolishly ran Nelson out (37-3-9) . Bingham went in and immediately began to score rapidly . The " fifty " and the "century " were quickly on the board, and in 27 minutes Bingham ' s individual score reached fifty. At 122, Otley was bowled by Russell (122-4-27) . E . Kirke came in, and was run out before he had scored . Wilson, who took his place, added 15 before being caught by Whincup off Carter. Bingham continued to score rapidly, and in 65 minutes completed his 100 . When he had made 103 he was caught by Nelson off Sullivan ' s bowling . His innings included one " six," three " fours," and nineteen " threes ." He was missed three times. Harrison and Smith were dismissed for nothing and six respectively, and Otley and llunning were one and nothing not out respectively. The innings closed for 201, the Old Boys thus having 175 runs to get to win. B . Nelson and Whincup started batting for the Old Boys to the bowling of Otley and Smith . Runs came fast, and soon Bingham went on instead of Otley, who changed ends . At 38, Whincup was caught at the wicket off Bingham (38-1-19) . At 46, B . Nelson was bowled by Otley for 16 (46-2-16) . Russell went in, and at 66 Hudson was bowled by Smith (66-3-1o) . Hingston and Russell added 16 more runs before Russell was bowled by Otley (82-4-20). J . Shepherd and Hingston were now together, and soon put a different complexion on the game ; at 131, however, Shepherd was nicely taken at cover point by E . Kirke off Smith . Yeld succeeded Shepherd, and soon Hingston completed his 50. There was now no doubt of the result, but another wicket, that of Hingston, fell before the School score was passed . Hingston made J3, Yeld 23 not out, and Sullivan 3 not out . The Old Boys thus won by 4 wickets and 9 runs . Score and analysis :—
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1St Innings. R . G . Bingham, c Carter b Nelson P. St . G . Kirke b Nelson C . Nelson, c sub . b Nelson C . S . Smith, b Hingston G . C . Otley, c Henson b Yeld E . St . G . Kirke, c and b Carter \V . Wilson, c Hudson b Russell E . J . Otley, b Hingston A . Neilson, b Russell R . Dunning, c Russell b Carter R. Harrison, not out Extras
o 45 6 7 14 7 t 38 5 9 20
Total
2nd Innings. c Nelson b Sullivan run out trot out c Metcalfe b Sullivan b Russell run out c Whincup b Carter lbw . b SuTlivan b Shepherd not out c Nelson b Carter Extras
15J
103 to 9 6 27 O 15 to 0 o 20
Total
201
OLD BoYs. 1st Innings . 2nd Innings. A. M . Sullivan, b Smith 5 not out 8 b Otley B. Nelson, b Smith 3 c Nelson b Bingham C. P . Whincup, b Smith B . Hudson, c Wilson b Smith 16 b Smith R . F . Russell, b Bingham 13 b Otley 30 c Wilson b Otley E . M . Hingston, b Bingham 12 c E . St . G . Kirke b Smith J . Shepherd, c E . St . G . Kirke b Smith 45 not out G . G . Yeld, not out E . W . H . IIenson, c and b Bingham 4 2 did not bat. E . S . D . Carter, b Dunning Rev. H . G . Metcalfe, c Harrison b E . Kirke 27 Extras 14 Extras Total
180
3 16 19 10 20 53 31 23
8
Total (for 6 wkts .) 183
BOWLING ANALYSIS School 1st Innings. 2nd Innings. O. nI. R. w. O. M. R. w. B . Nelson 20 5 2 3 0 20 0 45 32 6 E . M . Hingston 14 2 0 18 0 3 0 G . G . Yeld 4 9 1 9—4 2 21 3 8 2 29 R . F. Russell E . S . D . Canter 8 1 24 2 5 o 18 2 6 1 J . Shepherd 28 1 4 0 14 B . Hudson 0 8 0 42 0 G . H . Metcalfe A . M . Sullivan 6 2 13 3 B . Nelson bowled 4 wides . Shepherd and Metcalfe each bowled a wide. Old Boys' 1st Innings . o. 16 G . C . Otley 19 C . S . Smith R. G . Bingham 11 P . St . G . Kirke 2 4 R . Dunning E . St . G . Kirke o--I
m. 5 o o o
R. 35 Go 47 6 17 0
2nd Innings. w. 0 5 3 0 1 1
0. 19 12 to 4
M. 5 t 0 1
F. 63 42 48 24
w. 3 2 1 0
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ST . PETER ' S 2ND XI . V . POCKLINGTON G .S . 2NI) XI ., JUNE 17th. SCHOOL 2ND. E . J . Otley, c Kirk, h Mitchell . M . Roy, b Duggleby A . E . Farrow, b Duggleby T . C . Newton, b Duggleby H . Leonard, h Duggleby H . Robinson, c Gathorne,b Mitchell G. Armstrong, c Murray, b Mitchell M . Richards, run out , , C . P . Scott, b Duggleby H. W. F . Garland, not out T . Black, b Duggleby Extras Total
POCKLINGTON G.S . 2ND. 4 H . Gathorne, c Newton, b Robinson 2 o W Randell, h Leonard 5 3 F . Mitchell, b Robinson o o o C . Gathorne, b Leonard 6 J . B . Garle-Browne, c Farrow b t Robinson 2 4 G . Kirk, b Robinson o H . B . Murray, run out 8 t R . K. Hubbock, b Leonard 15 II . L . Matthews, b Robinson o 4 1 M . Duggleby, c and b Robinson , o W . G . Everingham, not out 2 i 3t
Total
40
BOWLING ANALYSIS : O. M. R. W . A. H . Leonard 16 8 20 4 5 H . J . Robinson 15 7 12 6 2 H . E . Farrow . . 1 — 5 — Robinson bowled one wide.
COMMEMORATION DAY. St . Peter's Day was celebrated in the usual manner on Thursday, June zgth. Morning Prayer with the Holy Communion was held in the Chapel at I o a .m . The Service was conducted by the Headmaster, assisted by the Venerable Archdeacon Mackarness and the Very Rev . the Dean of York ; the following clergy also were present in their robes :—Rev . C . Robertson, Rev . A . W . Richards, Rev . A. E . Burton, Rev . H . Metcalfe, Rev . R . de C . Baldwin, Rev . A. Fasten . The Sermon was preached by Archdeacon Mackarness. Taking as his text Hebrews X . 38 and XI . 13 " Now the just shall live by faith ; " and " These all died in faith, "
the
Archdeacon led back the minds of his congregation to the fearful disaster of the "Stella " in the Channel, and showed thereby the importance of taking the true course through life . He showed that although occasionally a boat came safe to land without oars, compass, or chart, that was no reason why we should try to do without charts and compasses on every occasion . "The chart in life showed, as in a ship, the right course laid down by God ; and
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this had been revealed gradually by God, first to Abraham, then to Moses and to the Judges, in a somewhat fuller, degree to the Prophets, and in the New Testament to the Apostles . The Great Faith of Abraham was shown in that at the Word of God he journeyed whither he was commanded, all unknowing what was in store for him and his children, but trusting implicitly that what God commanded was for his own good . What the text meant was that the just shall lire by faith in God, implicit obedience and trust in God, like a good son's trust in his parents . In illustration of this faith the Archdeacon quoted a saying of one of the early Christian Fathers, " We must remember the trustworthiness of Him who has revealed unto us these great truths . " Turning to the New Testament he said that to-day was St . Peter's Day, the Commemoration Day of the School . St . Peter, a fisherman, who was called by faith to be an Apostle of Christ and by faith accepted ; the Archdeacon spoke of his fall and recovery by faith, his ministry, work, and finally his death by martyrdom in the faith ; and here was an illustration of the second part of the text, " These all died in faith ." This had been the faith of the School from the time of Egbert and Alcuin till now . We must hold fast to the faith as the rudder that guides us to Salvation . Some of us would go out into the world, and they might bear in mind the picture which Christian saw in the Interpreter ' s house " of a grave man with the best of books in his hand and the world behind his back . " As St . Peter said " Add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness, and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity . For if these things be in you and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of Our Lord Jesus Christ . " After Service the Rev . G . T . and Mrs . Handford entertained to luncheon a number of Governors of the School, Masters, and Old Boys, besides the First XI . and the Old Boys' XI. After the luncheon the Annual Match, School v . Old Boys, was begun, and although stopped occasionally by rain, some interesting cricket was seen . A full account of the match will be found elsewhere .
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JUNIOR CRICKET. The scores of the Second XI . throughout the season have been so uniformly small that it seems certain that there is something wrong somewhere with the methods of the individual batsmen. The fault is not far to seek ; it lies primarily in the tendency to hit across straight balls so common among beginners and so fatal to long and successful innings at cricket . This tendency is natural to boys, and for this reason the delight of every boy is to make big hits, and the small boy can only do this by swinging his bat round in a circular motion, ending invariably over the left shoulder, this being the only way that he can get the full amount of his power into his stroke . Now this circular motion of the bat is all very well in its way, if it should so happen that the ball is well pitched up and the stroke correctly timed, but should the bat not come across the ball exactly at the right moment, the result is premature retirement to the Pavilion, frequently from a ball which a straight bat would have met easily . We would impress upon all would-be cricketers this important fact, that a straight ball must be played with a straight bat, that is, with the bat rising from the block up to the top of the middle stump and brought down again with the full face ready to meet the ball on the pitch . Beginners will find that at first they will not appear to meet with more success by adopting this method, but they must remember that any success they have met with by incorrect methods is due chiefly to the extreme crookedness of the average bowler, and the amazing generosity of the average fielder . These two factors cannot be relied upon as you get older ; you must be prepared to meet straight bowling and correct fielding, which cannot be treated with disrespect . Much more might be said on the subject of cricket and how to play it, but we will close these remarks with one more precept only : the weight of the body in batting should be borne on the right foot . This is the first principle of batting : the right foot is the hinder foot, and a batsman must never retreat, but always be ready to advance to meet the ball, for which purpose the left foot must be left free to move quickly ; also, the right foot
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being firm, you can better avoid the tendency to run away, which is the delight of so many youthful aspirants to fame . The following conversation, overheard not ten miles from York the other day, serves to point some of the above remarks :
(Interested spectator of mature years to youth of diminutive size who has retired to the Pavilion after a misguided attempt to hit the ball out of sight) : "Well, you see the result of not playing with a straight bat ."
(Youth) : " Oh ! it pays much better to hit across, you get runs Ierb sap.
twice as fast ."
THE MEWS OF HISTORY. To a casual glance it seemed to be a yellow-gray blur on the purple-gray patch where the sunlight caught the slates ; to further inspection it was a cat, a dull-hued, baggy, listless thing, harmless enough ; yet the suspicious turn of the head as it looked up tempted you to throw something at it, to disturb its ease, to spoil its fur, at the very least to damage its reputation. Even in the absence of any will to slander it, what a humbug a cat is! a quadrupedal Tartuffe that steals into the house by the kitchen door, hangs about the larder till it is plump and bright of coat, and purrs its way into the drawing-room where by and by it will be found established on the cosiest cushion, accepting meat-offering and drink-offering from its biped votaries, and posturing in sphinx-like attitudes, with calm eves '' pale, sea-green, immaculate," apparently dreaming of the far-off mystic past, while in reality ruminating on the unpleasantly sooty flavour of the last blackbird or concocting nasty speeches for Tom if he is late for his appointment. And so it seems to have been from the beginning . Even in these degenerate times of scrimped imagination and irreverent scepticism, it is not difficult to lift the eye from the cat before you,
fells domesticus, and see the prehistoric tabby, the cat destined to
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727
mummified immortality, the cat with a future, sneaking back from some nuktoplanetic divagation, some poaching expedition among the fleshpots of Egypt, some Polyhymnian revel, some ecstasy of choric song, licking her chops, mental, physical or moral, taking up her impeccant virtuousness at the point where she laid it clown, and returning to her wonted pose, Cruel, but composed and bland, Dumb, inscrutable and grand. Yet not so completely dumb neither, not dumb with the uncommunicating muteness of fishes, " only relatively and, as it were, insufficiently dumb . On occasion pussy (fells donzesticus) will develop a power of utterance, a force and directness in the expression of emotion, that the poet himself might have envied. And with what economy of resource ! The nearest garden—it alwa) s seems to be the nearest--the mere stone-paved yard, your own or your neighbour ' s, becomes through her transforming presence a very Albert Hall, a virtual Bayreuth Theatre ; and one or two poor themes, Uariyah, Pooh ! Bah'. Cuss ! blossom out into infinite variety of modulation, notes " in linked sweetness long drawn out, " impassioned recitative and torrential declamation, out-Wagnering Wagner in daring rejection of the conventional limitations of rhythm and melody, in untrammelled following of the lyric impulse . It must have been from sleepless attendance at such dithyrambic orgies that sweet bully Bottom rose to the perception of the highest dramatic expression as "a part to tear a cat in" and developed his personal preference for the tongs and the bones . Dumb ? No : sonant, resonant, loud-sounding, farechoing, car-splitting, brain-piercing ; but hardly dumb : dumb only by a figure of speech. Then there is the cat of the great Oxford professor of history, who saw it—in his mind ' s eye—as a pilgrim, a cat dissatisfied with herself, a cat trying to discover her duty. The thought of it almost shocks one . What? Tabby wanting to know ? Fells donesticus in search of happiness, of truth, of a theory of life, of anything, in fact, except fish, someone else ' s fish ? No, no : the cat in her time has played many
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parts ; but that of pilgrim ? Tut, tut ! When can she make these wild excursions among owls and dogs and dickey-birds ? Her whole life is in the public eye : at breakfast time, on the diningroom hearthrug ; through the morning, sharpening her claws down the leg of the kitchen table and expressing her undying affection for the cook ; in the afternoon, lying along the sunniest wall with one eye on the movements of the nearest thrush ; in the evening— well, everyone knows where she is then . Your cat does not even put on the poor pretence of seeming to want to know, or be, or do anything different . Shakespeare does, indeed, speak of a poor cat in an adage "that let I-dare-not wait upon I-would ;" but though " all the images of nature were still present to him," even Shakespeare only knew of such a monstrosity by hearsay . A cat, as everyone knows, has clearly defined rights of looking at a king; but he does not condescend to use them . Neither regal ermine nor imperial purple, not the bagwig and red heels of little Louis the Great, not Tybalt king of cats himself would draw one indifferent glance from the meanest mouser of them all . What does your cat want from a king? or from anyone else? Look at him : graceful, indolent, cruel, incurably selfish, a born aristocrat, a consciously superior beast, without a gleam of humour or a spark of generosity, gradually losing the one useful quality he brought with him out of savagery and becoming absolutely worthless, the tiny Tiberius of the modern world, the perpetual reincarnation of the undiluted barbarian—but the sun is off the roof and the cat has gone. That's a matter for regret : there are still his merits to enumerate. As a mummy, for instance, if applied in sufficient quantities, he is infinitely precious—but the cat has gone.
O .P . CLUB. A Special General 1MIeeting of Members of the Club was held at the School on 29th June (Commemoration Day) in the Evening. The Rev . G . T . Handford presided . The following Old Peterites
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72 1)
were present :—Rev . H . G . Metcalfe, Rev . J . A . Easten, Messrs. G . V . Birks, E . S . D . Carter, \V . M . Carter, E . L . Freer, E . W. Henson, M . Hingston, H . R . Partington, A . Peters, R . F . Russell, J . O . Shepherd and C . P . AVhineup. After the minutes of the last General Meeting had been read, the Rev . H . G . Metcalfe proposed and Mr . E . S . D . Carter seconded the following resolution : "That Mr . Arthur Peters be appointed to the post of Head "Secretary and Treasurer in the place of Mr . P . E . Lord, " resigned ." This resolution having been carried and l\Ir . Peters declared to have been duly elected, he briefly thanked the members of the Club for the honour conferred upon him and expressed the hope that during his office the Club would continue to make progress, and referred to the very flourishing condition to which it had attained under Mr . Lord's management, and also to the amount of good work done and energy thrown into the management of its affairs by Mr . G . H . Eyre, the founder and first Head Secretary and Treasurer of the Club. Mr. H . R . Partington was then elected to fill the vacancy on the Committee caused by Mr . Peters' election to the Head Secretaryship ; and a Grant of L z was voted towards the expenses of the Dinner Committee in 1898. The following resolution was then proposed by Mr . E . S . D. Carter, seconded by Mr . Peters, supported by the Rev . G. Handford, and carried with enthusiasm : " That a hearty vote of thanks be given to Mr . P . E . Lord for " his valuable work as Head Secretary and Treasurer during the " eight and a half years that he filled that position, and that the " Secretary be instructed to communicate this resolution to him . " The Rev . H . G . Metcalfe then drew attention to the fact that the Old Boys Crew to row against the School this year had been made up so very late that they had hardly any time to practice, and consequently no chance whatever of getting together. Assurances were given that care should be taken to prevent the same cause for complaint occurring in the future .
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OP . CLUB.
The election since the last General Meeting of the following new members was announced :—Rev . J . A . Easten, Messrs . R . K. Yeld, J . Swanson, G . J . Swanson and R . G . Swanson. The proceedings terminated with a hearty vote of thanks to the Rev . G . T . Handford for presiding.
NOTICE. Members of the O .P . Club are requested to not e that the address of the Head Secretary and Treasurer is AR'T'HUR PETERS, THE, AVENUE, CLIFTON, YORK,
to whom subscriptions may now be paid.
O.P . DINNER, 1899
(LONDON DISTRTCT).
This Annual London Meeting was held at the Holborn Restaurant on Tuesday, julw :}th . Canon Allbutt, fresh from his enthusiastic reception at the Victoria University, was iii the Chair, and the following were present : Entered School about 1857 Abbay, Rev. R. 1850 Allbutt, Professor . 1861 Anderson, Y . 1867 Chadwick, C . 1 1 . 187o Crosland, B . 1883 Easten, Rev . J . A . 1885 Grindrod, C . J . W . 1859 Haigh, Chas . 1887 Handford, Rev . G . T . 1888 I'Anson, C . C . D. 1858 Jackson, S . 1856 Lambert, P . B . 185o Needham, Dr . F .
Entered School about 1889 NeviTc, E . E. 185o Newberv, H . J. 1866 Pollard, A . T. 1872 Poyser, A . S. 1854 Reinold, Professor 1873 Routh, Rev. W. 1856 Taylor, Rev . J . W . W. 1874 \\lade, G . H. 1854 Walker, E. 1855 Watson, C . W. 1896 Watson, S. 1856 Wharton, Hugh
We are glad to observe that the more recent O .P . ' s are coming forward in greater numbers, and to endorse the London Secretary's request that O .P . ' s living in or near London will communicate their addresses to him from time to time when necessary. Notices of the Dinner appeared in the Times, St . lames' Gazette and other London Papers. Subjoined are the Secretary ' s accounts.
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H . VV . Preston, Esq , has passed the Examination for the Degree of .M .A . of London University. At the Levee of the Prince of Wales in June, Professor Clifford Allbutt was presented by H .R .H . The Duke of Cambridge. The Rev . A . W . Richards was ordained priest on the 11th June. Rev . A . E . Burton was licensed to the Curacy of Cottingham on the I4 .th July. Hugh Moss has been entrusted with the Stage Management of the Masque " Beauty ' s Awakening, " which is the production of the Art Workers' Guild, and was presented in the Guildhall, London. B. Hudson, Clare College, Cambridge, gained Second Class Honours in the Natural Science Tripos. F . P . Fausset, Peterhouse, gained Third Class Honours in the Classical Tripos. C . J . \V . Grindrod, St . George ' s Hospital, has obtained the Final Degree in Medicine and Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. H . AWheelwright, St . Thomas ' Hospital, has passed the second examination of the Royal College of Surgeons in Anatomy and Physiology. R . Collier has passed the first examination in Medicine of Victoria University i11 Chemistry and Physics. 0 . Grindrod has passed the Final Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. R . G . Bingham has passed the London Matriculation in the Second Class. F . W . Lever has passed the London Matriculation in the First Class.
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ITEMS.
C . P . Cass has passed the Intermediate Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. H . Bayly is the designer of the covers of several recent volumes, including " With Zola in London, " " Sarah Bernhardt," " Social England under the Regency ." We hear that A . F . Bayly ' s Novel " The House of Strange Secrets, " has been selling well in America ; a short review of it appeared in the Spertator of July 8th. We also hear that other novels from the same pen have appeared in The Rtginrcnt and Success. . Mitchell made 19 .+ for Yorkshire against Leicestershire, being F the highest score made for Yorkshire this season. R . F . Russell has received his Cricket Colours for Emmanuel College, Cambridge. R . G . Bingham (Capt . 1st XI .) made Io3 in 6 ; minutes for the School against the Old Boys. The following have received their First X1 . Colours :—W . M. Wilson, A . Neilson, R . Harrison, D . W . Roy. M . H . T . Roy, E . J . Otley, H . Robinson, T . C . Newton, H . Leonard, C . P . Scott, have received their Second XI . colours. BIRTH .—July loth, the wife of the Rev . C . Robertson, Queen Anne ' s Road, York, of a son. MARRIAGES .—June 3rd, at St . George's, Hanover Square, by the Rev . H . M . Stephenson and another, A . R . Stephenson to Agnes Maud, youngest daughter of the late Levett Hall Levett. June 26th . Youngest son of Canon John Denton, O .P. July 1st . Second son of the Bishop of Bristol, O .P. The London Secretary of the O .P . Club has received from Chas. Darrell, O .P ., a copy of the printed Rules for Football " as played at St Peter's in 1856 . They were evidently the foundation of "'I'hc Laws of Football as played at St . Peter ' s School, York," issued in 1873, and the development is curious. In the earlier edition hacking is regulated, and players are prohibited from " taking up the ball after the first bound for any purpose whatever . " In the rules of 1873, hacking is abolished and by Rule 14 " It is not lawful to take up the ball when rolling as distinguished from bounding . " In both sets of rules attempts to throttle or strangle players are prohibited
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and there is a rule against "standing on the goal bar to intercept the ball . " There is an old tradition in the School that the Rev . Thos. Richardson once saved the life of H .R .H . the Prince of Wales . We are informed by an old member of the Fourth Form that it is founded on fact, and that he was present when the tale was told to " my own Upper Fourth " by their revered master. The Sports will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, August znd and 3rd .
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CONTEMPORARIES.
OBITUARY. June 1 zth . Clifton Ramsey Garwood, aged 59, at York . Came to the School in 18 53 . June 21St . Ayscough Fawkes, aged 67. DEATH OF MR . G . L . DAVIS.
From The Field, Saturday . July 15th. It is with great regret that we notice the death on the 6th inst .— the second day of the late Henley regatta—of Mr . G . L . Davis, formerly of Clare College, Cambridge, at Wolfreton House, Kirkella, near Hull, aged 44 years, after an indisposition not at first regarded as serious . Of very small stature and light weight, Mr . Davis was peculiarly fitted to handle the rudder lines of racing craft, and steered his college crew on the Cam . It was, however, as coxswain of the Cambridge ' Varsity crew at Putney that he will be best remembered by boating men, for he handled the lines of the Cambridge eight in 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, winning twice, losing twice, and taking part in the dead heat of 1877, his weight on these occasions being respectively Est 1 olb ., Est . 131b ., 7st . zlb ., 7st . 5lb . (twice) . It was in 1877 that an unruly rowboat crossed out from the Middlesex side of the river a little way above Hammersmith Bridge, and threatened collision with both crews, but the steersmen avoided it successfully, Mr . Davis having the more difficult task of the two in doing so, but acquitting himself bravely at the moment . He also steered the Leander crews on several occasions, winning the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley in their crew of 1880 . He was one of the most popular and genial men imaginable ; he never said an unkind thing of anybody—we are sure no one could ever cast a stone at him—and he was one of the few little men who never swagger . His cheery and familiar face was missed from the towpath at the practice for Henley regatta, but it was little imagined that his end was so near.
CONTEMPORARIES. We acknowledge with thanks the following Contemporaries :— Denslonian, Leodensian, St . Edward's School Chronicle, illerchistonian, Hurst Johnian (z), St . Michael's School Chronicle, Dovorian, Dunelmian (z) .
THE
PETERITE. Vol. . XV .
OCTOBER, 1899 .
No . 14.1.
SCHOOL LETTER. E regret to say that two old friends have left us, Mr . Burrell, the Fifth Form Master, and Mr. Wilkes, the First Form Master, who will be very much missed on the Cricket field. The Cricket season ended rather ingloriously, as we were beaten in our last four engagements. The weakness of the team lay in their having no reliable change bowler who could give Otley and Smith rest for a dozen overs or so, though Bingham and P . Kirke did useful work sometimes ; the latter especially in the Pocklington match . There was one century compiled, namely, that by R . G . Bingham in the Old Boys ' match, who only took an hour about the task . Five fifties were scored—by Bingham (61), E . Kirke (55 not out and 54. not out), P . Kirke (5z), and G . C . Otley (51) . But we are anticipating . A retrospect of the cricket season will be found elsewhere. The sports and prizegiving were the two most important events at the end of last term . There were an average number of entries for the former, but no good times were done, perhaps to be accounted for by the iron-hard state of the ground . The most noticeable events were Otley' s long jump of 18 ft . to in ., and Bingham ' s put of 30 ft .
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CRICKET.
The prizegiving went off very successfully, in spite of the fact that there were no prizes to give . Mellor carried off most of the Sixth Form prizes : other winners of more than three prizes were P . H . Yeld in the Fifth Form and Hutchison in the First Form. We hear that Old Boys have been distinguishing themselves on the football field . Walton, Shepherd, Sullivan, Yeld and Russell have been playing for Castleford . Yeld distinguished himself in one match by placing five goals out of six attempts . Walton unfortunately cut his hand badly after one match and was unable to play for about a fortnight . We hope to see him and Shepherd playing for Yorkshire again, and Sullivan, Russell, and Yeld too, perhaps . With regard to our own football it may be said that the first fifteen will probably be up to the average, though distinctly weak in backs, but about the second it is hard to form an opinion. We have got a new gymnasium instructor, in place of Sergeant Wild, who seems to be very keen and energetic.
CRICKET. SCHOOL V . AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE.
This match was played at York on Thursday, July 6th, and resulted, contrary to expectations, in an ignominious defeat by an innings and 4 runs . E . Kirke was unable to play owing to indisposition, and his place was taken by T . E . Pulleyn . Ampleforth won the toss and sent in Dowling and Pilkington . With only 1 1 on the board Harrison caught the former for 5 . Dawson followed but did not remain long, being " c and b " by Smith. Crean, the next batsman succumbed to the same bowler, but with Mawson and Pilkington in a long stand was made, the former being especially strong on the leg side . It was rather unfortunate for the School that Otley never appealed for " lbw " against Mawson when his score stood at 7, as the umpire afterwards said he was right in front . This oversight proved expensive, as it was not before he had made 71 that he was very well caught by Bingham at slip . Pilkington was finally bowled by Dunning and
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another long stand took place with Mawson and Nevill at the wicket . Foote, too, dd useful work at the end, and the innings closed for 136 The School started badly, as both Kirke and Neilson left before to was scored . Nelson and G . C . Otley made a short stand, but none of the other School batsmen did anything except Harrison, who made 8, and the venture closed for 5o, or 86 behind the Ampleforth total . We therefore followed on, and except for short stands by Nelson and Otley, and Bingham and Harrison, the School fared little better than in the first innings . Foote captured the last four wickets for no runs . Full score : AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE. W . Dowling, c Harrison, b Oticy . . 5 E . J . de Normanville, b Bingham H . Pilkington, b Dunning 17 A . J . Gateby, b Smith R . J . Dawson, c & b Smith t F. Neal, b Smith H . Crean, b Smith 0 W . St . G. Foote, not out B . P . Mawson, c Bingham, b Smith 71 Extras W . J . Lambert, b Otley o V . R . Nevill, c Wilson, b Smith . . 19 1 Total
7 o 3 10
3 136
SCHOOL.
1st Innings.
P. St . G . Kirke, b Mawson A . Neilson, b Foote
C . Nelson, c Nevill, b Mawson G . C . Otley, b W . Foote R . G . Bingham, c Neal, b Foote W . II . D . Wilson, b Foote R . Harrison, b Mawson C . S . Smith, c Crean, b Neal E . J . Otley, not out R . Dunning, b Mawson T. E . Pulleyn, b Mawson Extras Total SCHOOL
4 e to 21 1
o 8 3 1
o o 2
2nd Innings. b Neal c Lambert, b Neal c Mawson, b Neal run out b Neal b Foote not out b Foote c Dowling, b Foote b Foote b Foote Extras
50
Total
6 1 15
31 12 1
12 o o o o 4 82
v . NORTH RIDING ASYLUM.
This was the last match of the season, and was played on the Asylum ground on July t i . Bingham won the toss and sent in P . Kirke and Nelson . Both, however, were quickly got rid of by Parry ; and Otley and Neilson, the next two batsmen were clean bowled by Best without scoring . Bingham and E . Kirke came together and stopped the rot, adding 20 for the fifth wicket. Bingham was eventually caught at cover, off a mis-hit, in attempting to drive IIingston . Wilson stayed some time for his runs, but was
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CRICKET.
caught at point, and six wickets were down for 30 . Harrison then came in, and he and E . Kirke made a prolonged stand . Numerous bowling changes were tried, but it was not until the too had been passed that Harrison was "c and b" by Hingston . His innings must not be undervalued, as he helped lo add over 70 runs for the seventh wicket . Smith, Roy, and Otley all helped a little and the score finally reached 136 . E . Kirke carried out his bat for 5+, which had been compiled without a chance. A short interval was then taken for tea, but Bingham very chivalrously hurried the School team into the field, so as to give the Asylum a chance of winning. The Asylum opened with Kershaw and Miinthorpe, who immediately set about scoring at a great rate . Numerous bowling changes were tried but without any effect . The separation was finally brought about by a very good catch at slip by Neilson off Otley's bowling, which disposed of Kershaw . This was Otley's fiftieth wicket during the season . Lord came in and forced the game a great deal, and the Asylum finally won, with one minute to spare, by nine wickets .
Full score :
ScHOOL.
N .R . As y num.
5 P. St . G . Kirke, c & b Parry C . Nelson, b Parry 4 G . C . Otley, b Best o A . Neilson, b Best o R . G . Bingham, c Best, b Hingston 14 E . St . G. Kirke, not out 54 W. H . D . Wilson, c Hingston, b Parry . . . . . 2 R . Harrison, c & b Hingston 33 . Smith, c Muchall, b Kershaw 4 C. S 8 D . W . Roy, b Kershaw E . J. Otley, b Kershaw 2 Extras to
H . Kershaw, c Neilson, b Otley . . 44 1' . )I ii ,it Ii urpe, not out 66 P . E . Lord, not out 21 E . M . Hingston C . >est W . Parry A . Ilay den did not bat. W . Stenning F . Waft! house A . Aluchall \V . I 1111
Total
8
Extras
'36
Total
139
ST . PETER ' S 2ND V . AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE 2ND. This match was played at Ampleforth, The School XI . won the toss and took first innings . No one seemed able to make any stand against the bowling of Martin, and six wickets were down for 12 runs . The later batsmen did rather better than the earlier ones, though in the end the score reached only 27.
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Ampleforth had an easy task when they started their innings, and were not all out till they had made 74 . The innings was marked by some good bowling by M . H . T . Roy, who took 4 wickets for 5 runs, and by the consistently good fielding of the School XI . ST . PETER' S 2ND. T. C . Newton, c & b Martin D . W . Roy, b -Martin J. H . H . Robinson, c O'llagan, b Crean C . P. Scott, b Martin C . N . Hatfield, b Martin H . Leonard, b Martin G. Armstrong, b Martin S . A . Mellor, run out Al . H . T . Roy, c Dowling, b Burn W. H . F . Harland, 11 Martin M . W . Richards, not out Extras Total, ,
ST.
AMPLF.FORTH 2ND. t o
G . Crean, c Mellor, b Robinson ., 14 F. Quinn, b Leonard 5 J . Pike, b Robinson o W . J . O'Hagan, c Richards, b Robinson 3 D . H . Burn, b M . H . T . Roy , . . 33 W. Forster, c Hatfield, b Robinson I C . AI . J . ,Martin, b M . H .T. Roy 9 J . Bochford, b Robinson 3 R . Dowling, not out o J . Nevile, b Al . H . T . Roy o C . Williams, b Al . H . T . Roy , o Extras . . . . . . . . . . .. b
i I 4 o 7 8 r I
o 3
Total
27
74
PETERS 2ND V . ST . OLAVF. ' S IST.
This match was played on the York Club Cricket ground. St . Olive' s took first innings and were all out for 24 . R . Dunning took 7 wickets for Io runs and D . W . I:oy 3 for 6 . The School total reached 33 and they thus won by 9 runs . Frill score : S . OLAVE ' S IST . Catley, b D . W . Roy Ramsden, b R . Dunning . . . . . . .. Mr. Grey, b R . Dunning Morris, c Newton, b D . W. Roy Mr . Wilson, b R . Dunning Todd, b R . Dunning Bedwell, b D . W . Roy Peters, c Leonard, bR . Dunning Berrum ii., b R . Dunning Laughton, b R . Dunning Stephenson, not out Extras Total
ST .
ST . PETER ' S 2ND. 1 1 R . Dunning, c Bedwell, b Morris I I 1 3 E . J . Otley, b Grey . . . . . . . . . . .. D . W . Roy, c Catley, b Grey o I 4 T . C . Newton, b Wilson 2 C . N . Hatfield, c Peters, b Nilson o 4 I o H . S . Leonard, b Morris o H . Robinson, c Grey, b Wilson 2 A . E . Farrow, c Peters, b Morris 3 5 o C . P . Scott, not out 2 o M . Roy, b Wilson 5 . Richards, c Todd, b Wilson o o M. W Extras 8 4 24
1
Total
33
PETER' S 2ND V . HYMERS COLLEGE 2ND.
This match was played at York . The School won the toss and batted first . The score reached the good total Of 62, Hatfield,
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CRICKET AVERAGES.
Scott and Robinson doing best . Hymers fared badly against the bowling of Leonard, Roy, and Robinson, and were all out for 35, the School thus winning by z7 runs . Full score : ST. PETER ' S 2ND.
H1'\tERS COLLEGE 2ND.
R . Dunning, c Wilson, b Saxelbye 3 S . A . MeTlor, c Saxelbye,b'171101"pson 4 o T . C . Newton, lbw, b Saxelbye J . If . II . Robinson, bThompson 8 11 . Leonard, b Saxelbye 1 A . E . Farrow, Ibw, b Saxelbye 6 C . N . Hatfield, b Thompson 13 M . W . Richards, b Saxelbye o C . P . Scott, lbw, b Saxelbye 9 It . Roy, run out 5 H . W. Garland, not out 3 Extras 10
S . B . Faibstein, b Leonard A . C Andsell, c & b Dunning 11 . W . Longhurst, b Roy C . H . SaxeTbye, b Leonard 1? . R . Thompson, run out C C . Wilson, c Newton, b Roy W . H . Davis, c Newton, b Robinson G . G . NewelT, lbw, b Roy C . Browne, c I .eonard, b Robinson G . W . Fattall, b Robinson W . Smith, not out Extras
Total
Total
62
7 0 o o o 5 o 3 o 3 9 35
CRICKET AVERAGES FIRST X1. BATTING AVERAGLS.
Innings.
Tunes not out.
YbIal rums .
15
;
236
16
0
309
103
1y' ;1
17 17
1
303
51
18 . 96
0
249
52
14 . 64
17
o
232
48
13 . 63.
114 .
33
11 . 18
E . St . G . Kirke R . .G . Bingham (Capt .) G . C . Utley P . St . G . Kirke C . Nelson R . Harrison W . H . D . Wilson . . A . Neilson C . S . Smith D . W . Roy
16
III
Afosl in Innings .
Average. 19 . 66
17
z
142
23
9 . 46
17
0
151
38
8 . 88
17
0
111
3
46
17 9
6• :z
12
5 . 11
BOWLING AVP.RAGE
C . S . Smith G . C . Otley R . G . Bingham P . St . G . Kirke
Ovets.
Maidens.
Runs .
Wickets .
Average.
227 . 2
70 f; 6
52 50
10 . 52
280 . 1
54 8 66o
11 4 . 4
20
387
18
21 . 5
40'3
5
130
0
z 1 . 66
13 . 2
CRICKET CHARACTERS .
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CRICKET CHARACTERS. R . G . BINGHAM (i8q--q8-99) .-A free-hitting bat, with a good off drive, but weak in defence . A useful change bowler, and good field at point . Was a keen and energetic captain. P . ST . G . KIRKE (1898-99) .- Bats with a taking style, and played some excellent innings . Should get rid of the habit of letting the ball play the bat, and reach further forward. Bowls with a nice action and should be useful next year in both departments. G . C . 0- 1 - LEY (iS98-99) .-Bore the brunt of the bowling throughout the season, and finished with a good average . Keeps an excellent length and bowls a good yorker, but should vary his pace more . A very fair left-handed bat, strong on the on side . Fair field. C . NELSON (i 898-99) .-A much improved bat with fair defence and good hitting powers . Has an excellent stroke past extra cover . Kept wicket creditably. C . S . SMITH (18,)8-qq) .—Bowled with much success . Has a high delivery, with a curl from leg ; rather apt to get short when hit . Unsuccessful as a bat, chiefly owing to a lack of discrimination in hitting. I: . ST . G . KtxKE (1898-99) .—Bats in good style and watches the ball well . Has an excellent defence, and can score well behind the wicket . A good ground field at cover . Should make a slow bowler next year. W . H . I) . WILSON (1899) .-A very useful defensive bat, with rather a cramped style . Gets most of his runs by a leg glance. A keen and reliable field. A . NEILSON (1899) .—Has a fine free style and some good strokes on the off-side . Hardly came up to expectations, but with more judgment in hitting should score freely. R . HARRISON (18gq) .-Has a good forward stroke, and hits well to leg, though rather inclined to risky pulls . A keen field. D . W . Roy (1899) .-A steady bat, with fair defence . A change bowler .
CRICKET RETROSPECT.
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CRICKET RESULTS. FIRST XI. Date .
Versus.
Thurs . May 18 . North Riding Asylum Sat . „ zo . Leeds G .S Wed . „ 24 . Friends ' School Sat . „ 27 . Durham School Sat . June 3 . Friends' School Sat . „ 1o . Garforth C .C' Thurs . „ 15 . F . C . Crowther's XI Sat . „ 17 . Durham School Tues . „ zo . Yorkshire Gentlemen Sat . Thurs . Fri .
„ 24 . Hymers College 29 } Old Peterites „ 30
Thurs . July 6 . Ampleforth College Sat . Tues .
S . Pocklington G .S North Riding Asylum
il .
SECOND XI. Wed . May 24 . Friends' School znd Sat . „ 27 . Durham School znd Sat . June 3 . Friends' School 2nd Sat . „ 17 . Pocklington G .S . 2nd Sat . „ z . . . Hymers College znd "Tues . July 4 . St . Olave ' s School Thurs . „ 6 . Ampleforth College znd
Ground .
Result.
away . . lost . . 56—16z (6 wkts inns . declared) away . won . . 8 wkts. away . . lost . . 7 0— 73 home . . won . . 147—66 home . .won . .138—91 homc .draw .171(9wkts .) -177 home . Jost . .146—151 away . . lost . . 133--165 away . . draw . . . 132—118 (7 wkts ) away . . won , . 1 35 — 9 8 153&zo1 home . Jost 180, 183 (6 wkts .) home .Jost . . 50 & 8z 136 home . Jost . . 175—123 away . . lost . . 136—139 (1 wkt .) home . Jost 31 &20 27 & 28 away . .lost .6z & J3-132 away ,away .Jost . .31—40 home . . won . .6z—35 away . .won . .33—29 away .Jost . .27—74
CRICKET RETROSPECT. Considering that there were six of last year's eleven left, the season was not so successful as might have been expected . We only won four matches, namely, those against Leeds G .S ., Durham School, Friends ' School, and Hymers College . We suffered
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743
defeat at the hands of the North Riding Asylum twice, Friends ' School, Almondbury Old Boys, Durham School, Old Peterites, Ampleforth College, and Pocklington G .S . We had hard luck in not beating the Yorkshire Gentlemen . The Garforth match might have ended either way, and we must again congratulate Roy and Harrison on their stubborn defence on that occasion . We certainly ought not to have been defeated by Friends' School, Almondbury Old Boys, Durham School, Ampleforth, or Pocklington, in all of which matches, except the first and fourth, our opponents ' last wicket quite altered the aspect of the game. The chief cause of our failures was the absence of a reliable change bowler . There was no one who could give Otley and Smith rest for a dozen overs or so, and keep down the run getting at the same time . The captain was also exceedingly unlucky with the toss, as during the whole season he only won it five times. The fielding on the whole was not good, though a few players were excellent in this respect. There was a very keen struggle for the batting average, P . Kirke, R . G . Bingham, G . C . Otley, and E . Kirke all being in the running . Before the Asylum match Otley was top with 20, Bingham second with 19, and E . Kirke third with 15 . Otley, however, failed to score, his average thereby falling to 18 . 96. Bingham made :4, which made his average 19 . 31, and finally E . S . G . Kirke raised his average to 19 . 66, by an excellent innings of 54 not out, this being his second fifty in the season. R. G . Bingham made a century for us in the Old Boys match. This is the fourth season in succession in which at least one century has been compiled for the school . Besides this four individuals topped the fifty, namely, R . G . Bingham (61), E. Kirke (55 and J4), P . Kirke (53), G . C . Otley (51) . We must sympathize with Nelson on twice getting so near, with his 48 and 45 .
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PRIZE-GIVING.
PRIZE-GIVING. (From the Yorkshire Herold .) The programme for the annual prize-giving, which was fixed for August 3rd, underwent considerable alteration at the last moment on account of quite a series of mishaps . The Dean of York, who should have presided, was absent through illness : Mr . J . G. Butcher, Q .C ., M P ., was unable to leave the House of Commons; whilst the prizes had disappeared, and there were consequently, with one or two exceptions, no books to give away . The Bishop of Beverley undertook the duties of chairman, and amongst those present were Mrs . and Miss Crosthwaite, Lady Emma Purey-Cust, Mrs . Butcher and Miss Gordon, the Rev . Canon Maddock, and Mr. John Newton, J .P ., and Mrs . Neooton. The Headmaster read portions of a letter from the Dean of York, in which he stated that his medical adviser insisted upon his remaining absolutely quiet . He also announced that Dr . Stokoe, one of the examiners, had gone home unwell, whilst Canon Temple felt quite unable to take any part in the ceremony . He prided himself upon the absence of any hitch as a rule, but he was sorry to say there was still a further apology . He had a communication from Mr . Butcher stating that it was the last night of Supply, and there were likely to be twenty or thirty divisions, and he had been unable to secure a " pair. " If this mishap had occur r ed two or three years ago the breach would have been quite irreparable, but although Mr . Butcher had not been able to obtain a Parliamentary " pair," he had made arrangements by which the breach of his other engagement could be most excellently repaired. Mrs . Butcher, whom they were all very glad to welcome, had come to take his place . But there was also something else which at first sight presented the appearance of a hitch . The prizes were put on the Great Northern Railway at King ' s Cross on Monday last, and they had never been heard of since . The guard in whose charge they were placed had been off duty for forty-eight hours for some reason or other, and could not be found . Evidently lte
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had some mysterious prescience of the fact that the prizes were to be distributed by a lady, and was anxious that she should not be unnecessarily fatigued. Reports on the work of the school were read by Mr . Handford, who also submitted the following list of successes : LIST OF PRIZES. FORM PRIZES.
VI . : The Archbishop ' s prize for Classics, S . A . Mellor ; the Bishop of Bristol ' s prize for Divinity, S . A . Mellor ; Greek Prose, E . D . Teasdale ; Latin Verse, S . A . Mellor ; Old Peterite Club ' s prize for Reading in Chapel, D . W . Roy . Mr. Burrell ' s prize for English Essays, S . A . Mellor. V.: Classical, P . H . Yeld . Mr . Burrell's prize for Homer. P. H . Yeld : Lyth and Newton highly commended . Modern, R . W. Hutchinson. IV . : Classical, E . E . Yeld . Modern, E . J . Otley. III . : Classical, R . H . Verini . Modern, L. Sample. Mr . Yeld's prize for Latin, Grammar, and English, L . Sample. IL . Classical, G . Newton . Modern, M . N . Stephens . Mr. Yeld' s prize for Latin Grammar, G . Newton. I . : A . Hutchison . MATHEMATICAL.
Division I : The Dean of York's prize, C. S . Smith. Division 2 : P . H . Yeld. Division 3 : J . S . Denby. Division 4 : J . H . H . Robinson. Form III . : R . H . Verini. Form II . : T . J . Black. Form I . : A . Hutchison . ENGLISH.
V . : Modern, R . W . Hutchinson. IV.: Modern, J . S . Denby. Literature : P . H . Yeld. Literature (under 13) : E . E . Yeld. CATECHISM.
Senior prize, A . H . Turner . Junior prize, C . E . Dewhurst .
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Certificates of special merit awarded by examination under the Chapter of the Rural Deanery of York to boys under 14, Dewhurst, J . L . Fisher, E . 'I' . Heap, E . E . Veld . Ditto, second class, 'I' . E. Pulleyn . FRENCH.
Form VI . : R . G . Bingham. V . : Classical, G . A . Fisher . Modern, R . W . Hutchinson. IV . : Classical, E . E . Veld . Modern, E . J . Otlev. III . : Classical, R . A . St . George . Modern, L . Sample. II . : Classical, C . V . Crombie . Modern, C . P . Denby. I . : A . Hutchison . GERMAN.
V . : Modern, C . Nelson. IV . : Modern, J . S . Denby. NATURAL SCIENCE.
V . : Classical, W . R . Lytle . 11lodern, R . W . Hutchinson. IV. : Classical, A . B . Sale . Modern, R . Harrison. III . : Modern, M . W . Richards. Practical, D W . Roy . DICTATION.
V. : D . R . Baldwin. IV. : E . J . Otley. III. and II . : NV . B . Robinson. I . : W . F . E . 'I'llomas. Shorthand : J . B . Mossop. Mr . Sample's prizes for music : NV . I-l . F . Garland, 1 . It . Mossop. Mr . Buddy's prizes for drawing : Pencil, J . I I . I I Robinson ; Mechanical, J . S . Eardley. SCHOLARSHIPS
Leaving exhibition of 15o per annum for three years, tenable at either University, D . W . Roy. Foundation Boarding Scholarships of 1 35 per annum, tenable so long as the holder is a boarder in the school : D . R . Baldwin, M . H . T . Roy. Day Scholarship, giving free tuition so long as the holder remains at the school, J . E . Farrow. Hey Scholarships of L . 15 for one year, E . E . Veld, J . L . Fisher .
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C . B . Cottcrell, twenty-eighth in the list of successful candidates for the India Civil Service. A . Rains, scholarship for Theology, Durham University. 1) . W . Roy, exhibition for Natural Science, Sidney College, Cambridge. J . F . Leaf, appointed one of Her Majesty ' s Inspectors of Schools. H . II . Williams, elected to a fellowship at Hertford College, Oxford. The Rev . I1 . \V . Griffith, Archdeacon of Lahore. R . Teasdale, exhibition at Worcester College, Oxford. E. M . Leaf, scholarship of [Co per annum at Yorkshire College, Leeds, renewed for one year. F. W . Lever and R . G . Bingham passed London University matriculation. 13 . Hudson, scholar of Clare College, Cambridge, second class in honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos, part I. F . P . Fausset, scholar of Peterhouse, Cambridge, third class in honours in the Classical Tripos, Cambridge, part 1. 1) . W . Roy has passed the previous examination, Cambridge. II . B . Greeves, organist scholar of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and R . F . Russell, of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, have passed part I . and part II . of the general examination. T . Williams, of Queen's College, Oxford, has passed the final examination for the B .A . degree. Mrs . Butcher, who was received with loud applause upon stepping forward to present the prizes, said she regretted very much that Mr . Butcher was unable to come . In a letter she had received from him he expressed his regret very strongly, but he said that the Whips of the House of Commons would neither allow a pair nor permit him to come away . Nothing else, he said, would have prevented him . He was prepared to go without his dinner and travel through the night, but was not allowed to do so. Mr . Butcher asked her to say that he sincerely hoped that on a future occasion Mr . Handford and the school authorities would ask him again, that he might have the pleasure of being present himself to give away the prizes .
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As the books were not forthcoming, the pupils were presented with the labels, the Headmaster impressing upon them the fact that they must be returned to him afterwards. The Bishop of Beverley, proposin g a vote of thanks to Mrs. Butcher, expressed his regret at the absence of the Dean of York, and said he was sure all present would join most heartily in the wish that it would not be long before he was quite himself again. Everyone knew the intense interest he took in St . Peter ' s School. The little difficulties which had been referred to in connection with the arrangements for the distribution had on the whole been well surmounted . The boys had not received books, but a sort of promissory note that they would receive a book . But they had been told they were to return these promissory notes, and this seemed to him to be a shady transaction indeed . He did not think they should give tip the promissory note until they got the book . Perhaps they would settle the matter with the headmaster. The absence of the books was, he thought, due to the progress of education . No doubt the guard who had disappeared was reading the lost volumes . At least, he probably began to read them, but got such a splitting headache that he had not been able to restore them . The Bishop of Beverley asked the company to join him in thanking Mrs . Butcher for the gracious way in which she had performed her duties . He was present at the meeting of Governors that morning, and Dr . Stokoc spoke most kindly and encouragingly of the work of the Sixth Form which it had been his special duty to examine . St . Peter's had held its own in the distinctions gained at the Universities, and he trusted it would continue to do so . The heartiest good wishes of all present went to the masters and boys during the holidays, and for the future success of the school when it resumed work. Mr. J . Newton seconded, and said the Governors were trying to make the school even more successful than at present. The resolution was carried with applause. On the motion of the Rev . Canon Maddock a vote of thanks to the Bishop of Beverley was adopted. Subsequently the Headmaster and Mrs . Handford entertained
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a large number of guests at a garden party on the lawn . The garden was illuminated with Chinese lanterns and fairy lamps, and light refreshments were served under the trees . The Artillery Band played musical selections.
SPORTS. The sports were held this year on Wednesday and Thursday, the znd and 3rd of August . There was not a large company present on the first day, but this was made up for on the second, when there were a great many spectators . The best events on the first day were Bingham's put of 30 feet, Roy ' s junior long jump of 14 feet 9- ins ., and Otley's senior long jump of i8 ft. io2 ins ., which is the best that has been done for some time. Tie best event on the second day was the junior high jump in which there was very keen competition . It is only fair to competitors and all concerned in the sports to say that the hard state of the ground consequent on the drought of preceding weeks explains in a great measure the inferiority to previous years visible this year in some of the times and measurements. FIRST DAY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
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R . G . Bingham ; z . G . C . Otley. I. Putting the il'er:;>h/ . The winner put 30 feet. II. ioo Yards Handicap . Heat i . i . T . E . Pulleyn, 8 yards ; z . C . Nelson, 3 yards . Pulleyn showed himself much faster than anticipated and won by about three yards. Heat z . 1 . C . P . Scott, scratch ; z . C . L . Stephens, 3 yards. Heat 3 . i . W . H . D . Wilson, 5 yards ; z . P . St . G . Kirke, scratch . A very close race, Wilson just keeping ahead till the finish . III. Long Jump (under 15) . I . M . H . T . Roy ; 2 . A . B . Sale. The winner jumped 14 ft . 9i ins . ; a good junior jump. IV. izo Yards Hurdle Race (open) . Heat I . i . W . H . D. Wilson ; z . E . St . G . Kirke .
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Heat z . 1 . C . P . Scott ; z . G . C . Otley . Scott won after passing the last hurdle. V . Long jump (open) . 1 . G C . Otlev ; z . P . St . G . Kirke. Otley jumped 18 ft . loiins . Poth were very good jumps, Oticy~ winning with his last jump, which was over a foot more than he had ever jumped in practice. 2.
VI . too Kurds Flat Race (open) . Heat i . 1 . P . St . G . Kirke R . G . Bingham . Time 11 4-5ths secs. Heat 2 . 1 . C . P . Scott ; 2 . D . W . Roy . Time 12 secs.
VII . Mile Race (open) . 1 . R . G . Bingham ; z . ( . S . R . Gibbons: 3 . P . St . G . Kirke . Time 5 mins . 21 3-5 Sees . There was 110 one to press Bingham in the opening laps, but Gibbons stuck to him very pluckily, only a few yards separating the pair. VIII . Throwing the Cra'cket Ball (open) . Hill . Distance, 85 yds . 2 ft.
1 . C . Nelson ; 2 . E .
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IN . too raids Flat Race (und, r 15) . Heat 1 . r . A . 13 . Sale M . H . T . Roy . Heat 2 . T . E . Pulleyn ; z . M . \V . Richards. 1 . G . A . Fisher ; 2 . F . E. X. 1 oo Fardc 1+7at Race (uadn 14) . Yeld, and A . E . Clark, dead heat. 2.
XI. 8o 1 lards F/al Race (uudcr 1 z ) . 1 . F . C . Peters ; z . B . Yeats. Peters ran very well and won by about three yards. SECOND DAY,
"THURSDAY, AUGUST 3rd.
I. High jump (open) . 1 . W . H . D . Nilson ; 2 . G . C . Otley. Height, .} ft . 9 ins . The winner had jumped well over 5 feet in practice, and his failure can perhaps be accounted for by the iron state of the ground. II. Quarter MileHandicap (unde r 15) . 1 . T . E . Pulleyn, scratch 2 . A . B . Sale 15 yards . Time, 68 3-5ths sees . "I his is always a very exciting race, and this yea) it was no exception to the rule. Pulleyn, Sale, Richards, Roy, and Fisher all ran very vcil, but the first named drew away at the last corner. Final Heat . 1 . C . P . Scott 120 Yards Hurdle Rate (Open) . G . C . Orley . Time, zo secs . Scott led from the second hurdle and keeping well ahead of the others won by about 6 yards . III.
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IV. too Farris 1', '/al Race (under 15) . t . 'I' . E . Pulleyn ; 2 . M . \V. Richards . Time, 13 secs . Pulleyn won this race as he liked, though Richards ran well for second place. V. loo .1,Is Fiat Race (open) . Final Heat . 1 . C . P . Scott ; 2 . P . St . G . Kirke . 'Phis proved a very good race, as anticipated. Scott got away from tile start quicker and this enabled him to win by a narrow margin . Time, i 13-5ths secs. VI. Ilrkh jump (under I ;) . I . M . H . T . Roy ; z . M . AV. Richards . Height, + ft . 3 ; ins . This was a very exciting event as till the last jump it was quite uncertain who would win, Roy, Richards, and Denby ii . all being fancied as likely winners. VII. Ouar/eril/le 17a/ Race ((pen) . I . R . G . Bingham ; 2 . D . \V. Roy ; 3 . P . St . G . Kirke . Time, 6z secs . As was expected Bingham won this race by about to yards, the same distance separating second and third. VIII. Izo I"anls Hurdle Ran (under 15) . I . T . E . Pulleyn; z . M . W . Richards. IX. too Yards Fiat Race Hrndriap (open) . Final Heat . I . '1' . E. Pullein, 8 yards ; 2 . C . Nelson, 3 yards . Pulleys had too much start from Nelson and won by about 3 yards. N . loo Fa, ds Sack Race . This proved a source of great amusement, and after several heats Harrison finally came out winner. XI . Half i/i/e Handicap . 1 . C . L . Stephens, zo yards; 2 . C . P . Scott, 15 yards . Time, 2 minx . 26 secs . This proved a very good race, but Scott did not seem to start his final spurt quick enough, and so failed to pass Stephens, who just won by his superior handicap. YII . O/d Bcj's Race (220 yards) . H . R . Partington. XIII . Consolation Race . D . W . Roy. We have to thank the following friends who kindly gave prizes or subscriptions :—The Right Rev . the Lord Bishop of Beverley, the Very Rev . the Dean of York, J . Newton, Esq ., J .P., E . R. Dodsworth, Esq ., H . V . Scott, Esq ., Mrs . Demaine, J . R . Wood, Esq ., J . Melrose, Esq ., F . Shroeder, Esq ., The Lord Mayor of York, the Sheriff of York, Rev . Canon Hudson, Rev . Canon
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Argles, Major Dent, Rev . W . W . Dodsworth, G . Crawhall, Esq ., Rev . Canon Temple, F . E . Walker, Esq ., J . Nelson, Esq ., H . J. Denby, Esq ., W . H . Cobb, Esq ., H . Cowling, Esq ., G . R. Pearson, Esq ., W . L . Newman, Esq ., Sir Christopher A . Milward, Rev . Canon Watson, F . J . Munby, Esq ., Oxley Grabham, Esq ., D . S . Mackay, Esq ., G . Hirst, Esq , Mrs . Handford, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs . Wilson, and all the Masters of the school. The prizes were given away about 4 p .m . by Mrs . Bingham, who performed the task very successfully.
THE SORROWS OF SATAN. The day I first met Satan had been a very eventful one . I was shooting in the Himalayas, and after a fortnight's disappointment, I had at last got to close quarters with a huge black bear and killed it . On returning to my camp (followed by the whole population of the village carrying the bear slung on a pole) I was startled to hear the well-known sound of a bear quite close to my tent, and looking up saw a tiny bear tied to a tree . It was Satan ! It appeared that a shepherd had caught two little cubs at play, had killed one with a stone, and captured the other in a blanket. That was three months before . He now wanted to sell it . I offered him a rupee, which, to my surprize, he jumped at, and I became the proud owner of the cub . It was only two feet long and eighteen inches high, but very strong in the arms, as we found next day, when we trimmed his claws . Even with a rope round his neck and a man on each leg he bit two men . Partly for this reason and also on account of the extremely vicious appearance of his little pigs ' eyes, he was named Satan . He was tremendously popular with the servants, who used to sit round him in a circle stuffing him with apples, till he made his teeth meet in somebody ' s hand, when their enthusiasm cooled somewhat . When I moved my camp, it marched too ; at least, for the first few days, after which it absolutely and entirely refused to move a yard, so a basket had to be got into which he was pushed, biting and
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snarling . The bearer, to whom the task of carrying him was entrusted, started off gaily, delighted at having to carry only thirty pounds instead of sixty, the usual load . He soon found out his mistake, however, and came iii a sadder and a wiser man . He had apparently opened the basket to have a look, when Satan promptly fastened on his hand, a performance he repeated nearly every march, seldom failing to bag some inquisitive coolie. A curious fact about him was his fondness for a tent : his one object in life was, apparently to get a good roof over his head for the night . Directly he got loose, he would bolt into the nearest door, and if there happened to be a fire, walk straight into it unless seized by the scruff of the neck in time,—a feat which required considerable dexterity . Failing the fire, he would stalk round all the rooms, close against the wall, till he came to a table, which he would climb on to, if possible ; if not, he used to pull all the things off, or upset it . I shall never forget his disgust when he pulled a jug full of water off the washhandstand on to his head . Having wrecked the room he would retire into the darkest corner and compose himself for a long sleep. The only safe way to approach him was with an apple, a large quantity of which were carried especially for him . Directly he saw one he would climb on to your knee in the most friendly way, and sit up and eat it like a child . You were then permitted to stroke him and pull his ears . Any display of affection unacompanied by an apple was strongly resented . I always kept some in my tent, which tact he knew, and it was owing to this that his worst crime was committed. I had been out all day after bear, and had returned late, tired and hungry, when on entering my tent an extraordinary scene met my eyes . Everything was upside down, the table upset, food ever) where, and on my bed was seated Satan, with a fat, contented, smile on his face, and a broken rope round his neck . He had eaten all the apples, threequarters of a pound of butter, and a large tin of Keating ' s " Insect death ." I had laid in a large supply of the latter, on the principle of the man, who, when asked by the chemist why he wanted such an enormous amount,
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replied that the half pound he had had before had made the insect so sick, that another pound and a half might finish it . Anyway it was all gone, likewise all my butter, and no more to be got within a hundred miles . I was naturally rather annoyed, and, seizing the opportunity when he was not looking, planted my foot in his ribs and shot him off the bed, which step I immediately regretted, as he retreated under the bed using language shocking in one so young . There were no apples left, and nothing would entice him out, so we finally had to take down the tent and remove the bed. Next day I confidently awaited the effects of the Keating's, but in vain . Satan ' s appetite was as hearty as ever, and his temper even worse. But his career, as a member of society, was almost ended . Two days after the above events, my bearer was to pitch my camp about five miles further up the valley, while I made a detour up the mountain . When I reached the appointed place there was no sign of either camp or bearer . However, after a few hours the latter appeared . He had, so he said, been searching three hours for the bear, which had bitten a coolie, and in the confusion escaped into the forests. Such is gratitude . From that day to this I have heard nothing of him . All my enquiries among the natives for a small bear, of a particularly vicious appearance, smelling of Keating's, and answering to an apple, have elicited no information. However, I have discovered one important fact which will be of interest to naturalists, that if you want to poison a small bear it takes more than one pound of Keating ' s . HARRIE DRIVELLI.
OVERSIGHTS. Readers of the Peter/le were regaled a year or two ago with some interesting zoological specimens collected from examination papers, a feast of unreason that may be not inappropriately followed in the way of dessert by an assortment of definitions and translations
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offered to long-suffering masters within the memory of boy . They seem to divide themselves into the happy-go-lucky, the foolishly serious, and the simply silly ; but it will be simpler to avoid such invidious distinctions and class them as explanatory, historical, bilingual and orthographical. In the coin-se of simple definition a new thought, a really valuable addition to the world ' s wisdom, is sometimes struck out, as in explaining Political Economy to be " not going too far in making laws ;" and a University as "a number of words united to form one body ." An early and acrid cynicism lurks, it is to be feared, in that last definition : Bodleian libraries, University sermons, lectures, and chapels, Unions, Grantas, elegant latinities of Public Orators, lumped together as "a number of words united to form one body! " a mere Parliament, in fact . To define inexorable as " given up to prayer " is perhaps only quaint ; but to assert that the Levantine colony in Paris consists of " people from all over the world who want to get away from the place they came from," is probably to make a guess at truth ; and in these stirring times " Caliph, a kind of German,"—surely a hazy memory of one Storch of that ilk, sounds almost like matter of fact. Etymology is not without its interest when it leads to such generalisations as this : " No/ is taken from the Scotch no, which means the same, but the English like to put things on to words, so they put t on to it . " There is a quiet charm too in the simple statement " coq, fem . coquette, " hardly surpassed by the fuller explanation : Gossip from god-sib ; it means `the whispering of God : hence we get our meaning ." Hence is perfect . The Eastern question could probably be answered by such a lightning thinker, such a neglecter of unconsidered trifles, as the author of that hence. It must have been mere confusion of thought that embodied itself in the declaration that "the Ionians were demoralized by the intercession of the Carians with the early settlers, " and the other that " Strafford brought Ireland into a state of posterity ; " but there is no haziness about the statement that "Cr0esus was buried in a wheelbarrow where he had had a mound prepared," or in the rendering of " Vers Pan 390 avant J-C " by " About the year 390 before Julius Ca;sar ."
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Annotated editions are sometimes mere pitfalls . It was evidently after a glance at a grammatical note that " Ein daraus hervorstehendes Rohr " was solemnly translated "the attributive construction ; " and " Sa marraine qui etait fee," " her godmother without article ." After all, how is a fellow to know whether " what it says in the notes " is translation or explanation ? Occasionally that stepping-stone to learning, the dictionary, becomes a mere stone of stumbling ; as when " He rammed it into his mouth " is made to masquerade as " II la belia clans sa bouche (Dict . ram, subst . masc . biller) : when "Don't defer your trip" becomes "Ne differez pas votre faux pas " : when "this saintly man" produces "ce sacree homme " : and when "these last are great bores" LN .B . No connection with the preceding phrase] is rendered " Ces derniers sont de grands calibres ." A judicious combination of dictionary and original thought will work wonders in the way of error ; thus " a trifle rash " bursts out into " une petite eruption " : " the hedgerows " flower as " les tapages des haies " : " lisse comme une jatte d'huile" appears " calm as a dish of eels, " surely a most unfortunate simile : " ces gouvernements d ' outremer, " produces "these ultramarine governments " : " au grand soleil," " in summer in the dead heat " : la garde du quartier," "the watch guard " : this last from a very small sufferer. Many blunders however can be nothing more than mere shots at the meaning, more or less happy according to the point of view, as " cette limpidite du regard, " " that lame look " : " je me suis mis en voyage a la garde de Dieu, " " I started on my journey to Paradise " : " volucremque prmvertitur Hebrum, " " and he passes the Hebrew bird " : " les hommes de corvee, " " men like crows " : " heroIque comme la race corse," "as heroic as a racecourse " : " faire des ligues, " "to walk miles" : "me torret face mutua Calais, " "Calais frightens me with his quiet face": " deploye comme un drapeau," " employed as a dressmaker": " Jovem indigetem appellant, " they call him Jove, who is indignant at it " : " une gousse d'ail ." " a gallon of ale ." While the respective merits of science and literature as means of education are still under discussion, it is interesting to notice the
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result of combining them . Natural history modifies a description of strips of cultivation thus : " On each side of the road stretched all sorts of tame tigers and zebras" ; and helps one to state that " a shoal of fish had been signalled as having to spend the evening " (comme levant passer le soir) . It is all very well when physiology teaches us that " Nous n'irons pas " probably means " We are not made of iron " ; but when physical geography informs us that "the light of the Midnight Sun is the moon, " we can only conclude that sun was misspelled. Though even science fails at times . There must have been some disregard of the laws of physics if " Le parfum sous monta au cerveau" was correctly rendered "The perfume lifted us to the ceiling " ; or if the translator was right in saying "There they sit on their gravestones under the shade of an express, " a weird but surely transitory spectacle ! The concluding two are merely blunders in spelling, but they are, like all the others, genuine, and they seem appropriate here, igicy " (both i's are short), and " assademical ."
FOOTBALL FIXTURES. FIRST XV. Date .
Versus.
Ground.
Result.
Thurs . Oct . 5 . Old Boys Sat . „ z i . Leeds G .S Sat . ,, z8 . Durham School Sat . Nov . . . Headingley F .C Sat . „ 1 i . Yarnbury F .C Sat . „ i8 . Giggleswick School Sat . „ 25 . Richmond School Sat . Dec . 2 . Durham School Thurs . „ 7 . St . John's College Old Boys Thur . Feb . 22 . St . Iohn's College
home . .lost . . 8—4.5. away . . won . .9—nil. away home home home home home home hone home
SECOND XV. Sat . Oct . 21 . Leeds G .S . 2nd Sat . „ z8 . Durham School znd Thur . Nov 16 . St . John's College 2nd Thur. Feb . 15 . St . John's College znd
home . .won . .32—6. home home home
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FOOTBALL PROSPECTS. The team will be slightly lighter this year than last, and with only six "colours" left there are plenty of vacancies to be filled up ; but there are also plenty of promising candidates . The " pack " should be good, as all the forwards are about the same weight and build . The most promising among the candidates at present are Dunning, Teasdale, Pullcyn, and E . J . Otley, who with Newton and Mellor make up the eight . Both last year ' s halves are here, which is, of course, a great advantage . With regard to the threequarters Neilson and Stephens played for the team last year, and Scott, who is a good forward, will probably take the right wing, with Leonard on the left . There are two full-backs to pick from, Richards and Robinson . The former is rather small, but good, and the latter, though much bigger, does not understand back play yet. The Second XV . will be small, but good for its size . Mr. Lawrance will be of great value to the team as a coach, but will not be required to show his skill so often as last year, as there are only two or three club matches . The old " colours " are G . C. Otley and Wilson forwards, Nelson and Harrison halves, Scott and Stephens threequarters .
LIBRARY. The Librarians beg to acknowledge with thanks the following books :—" Life and Letters of Edward Thring, " presented by J . H . Fowler, O .P ., " Rowing (Isthmian Library)," presented by P . S . Burrell, Esq . ; also the subscription, from H . V . Scott, Esq ., off' Is .
NOTES AND ITEMS. P . E . Lord (O .P .) was ordained deacon at the New Parish Church at Bishopthorpe by the Archbishop of York, and licensed to curacy of Sharrow, Sheffield. The Rev . A . E . Burton has been appointed Vicar of Boroughbridge .
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Capt . Claude Moss (O .P .), after fifteen years' service in India, has rejoined his regiment at Aldershot, and volunteered for service at the Cape. Capt . K . J . Roy (O .P .), 3rd West Yorkshire Regiment has been appointed Assistant Inspector of the Gold Coast Constabulary. C . P . Cass (O .P .), has had an accident whilst taking part in a bicycle gymkhana at Keighley, severing the achilles tendon of the leg, which has been put in plaster of Paris, and will probably be all right again, though we hear that a slight limp may always be noticeable. Walton, J . Shepherd, G . G . Yeld, A . M . Sullivan, R . G. Bingham, and R . F . Russell, have been playing for Castleford. G. G . Yeld, A . M . Sullivan, and R . F . Russell played in the " Whites and Stripes " Yorkshire trial match. E.
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BIRTHS .—August 31st, the wife of the Rev . J . H . Mallinson (O .P .), a son (Standard, September 6th). September 2nd, the wife of Major F . Ii . Eadon (O .P .), a daughter (Standard, September 2nd). October 3rd, the wife of Robert Crosthwaite (O .P) ., a son. September 15th, at Simla, the wife of W . H . Cobb, I .C .S . (O .P .), a son. 'hhe following books have been favourably reviewed :—" A Manual of Essay Writing," by J . H . Fowler (O .P .), in Spectator, August 5th ; " A System of Medicine, Vol . VII ." edited by Professor Allbutt (O .P .), in .Spectator, August 5th ; "The Valley of Light," by NV . B . Worsfold (O .P .), in Standard, September 2nd. Collinson (O .P .), has recently been married, and is returning to Canada.
MARRIAGE .—J . H .
R . Teasdale (O .P .), has passed Responsions and is at Worcester College. Mitchell (O .P .), played regularly for Yorkshire at cricket ; his F. best score was 193 against Warwickshire . He also played for C . I . Thornton ' s XI . against the Australians, at Scarborough .
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E. J . Walton, A . M . Sullivan, and R . F . Russe T l (O .P's .), were chosen to play for Yorkshire v . Glamorganshire, at Castleford, on Monday, October 3oth. J . Shepherd and G . G . Veld (O .P' s .), were chosen as reserves for Yorkshire v . Glamorganshire. A . M . Sullivan (O .P .), has been playing full-back for Cambridge University. F. Mitchell (O .P .), played for Kent v . Middlesex, at Blackheath, on October z5th. H . Wheelwright (O .P .), played full-back for St . Thomas' Hospital v . Cambridge University.
OBITUARY. August 1, 1899, at Geeler House, Norwich, very suddenly, EDWARD PENNER PRICE, (O .P .),
aged 81. July 25, 18qq, at Penhalauga, Rhodesia, of blood-poisoning, CHARLES LISTER MARTIN, (I) .P .).
aged 34 .. October 3. HENRY JOSCELYN BARKER (O .P .),
in his 53rd year.
CONTEMPORARIES. We beg to acknowledge with thanks the following school magazines :—Portcullis, Cuthbertian, G,rgdcswf k Chronicl Li y, Savi/ian, Eastbourniezn, St. Edward's School Chronicle, Dunehnhrn, Sdberghian, Jferchislonian, Coventry School Magazine, Po, khng/o/nan, Brighton College Magazine, Barrovtan, Mason/an (2) .
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PETERITE. Vol, . XVI .
DECEMBER, 1899 .
No .
142.
SCHOOL LETTER. E are now rapidly drawing near to Christmas and its attendant joys and cares . The great topic of interest just now is, of course, the coming Theatricals . Though many of the actors will be young and new to the work, we nevertheless feel sure that, under the experienced and excellent guidance of Mr . Yeld, they will rise to the occasion and, with proper co-operation on the part of those not acting, will make this year's performance equal, if not excel, all that have gone before it. The play will be " Twelfth Night ." Our " Fifteen " has now had a fair trial and, on the whole, has proved itself worthy of the School . Every player in the team has, we believe, at all times, done his best for the success of his side and, win or lose, we have always given our opponents a good game. Outside the School, O .P's . have been distinguishing themselves on all hands . Mitchell is still as brilliant as ever and has turned out with Kent twice this season . Russell, Sullivan, Yeld and I3ingham have all been playing for Yorkshire, Russell especially earning commendation from all quarters for his splendid forward work . In this connection we may mention that Walton would have frequently assisted Yorkshire this season had he been able to leave Oxford . A . M . Sullivan has been playing full-back for Cambridge University, and seemed safe for his "blue" until he
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most unfortunately injured his knee in an inter-College match. He has not played since . and his place has been taken by Sagar, an Old Dunelmian . We, one and all, sympathise with Sullivan in his unlucky and aggravating accident, and at the same time congratulate Sagar on his success at full-hack. Since the issue of our last number two interesting events have taken place in connection with the School, of which full reports will be found elsewhere . The first is the gratifying victory scored over Pocklington Grammar School in gymnastics ; and the second is the visit to the school of Bishop Ridley, an Old Peterite, who is at present at work in British Columbia and the Klondyke district. As this is the last number before the holidays we cannot conclude without wishing that all Peterites, past and present, may enjoy a merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year, no matter in what part of the world they may be spent.
VISIT OF THE BISHOP OF CALEDONIA. BISHOP RIDLEY was introduced to us by the Headmaster, and told us all about his missionary work among the Indians . He said he had great pleasure in coming to see us, and in talking about the churches in British Columbia, where he had been working twenty years . He had told the boys of St . Peter ' s of a former generation, of what had been done : how the missionary work had begun in a very small way and had gradually spread step by step, and now was in touch with almost every tribe in his diocese . The distances out there were very great, and his work extended over a country which was much bigger than England, very mountainous, and which could only be got into by the rivers and wild beast tracks, along which one had often to go on all fours ! The rivers, the biggest of which was the Fraser, were much larger than English rivers, and probably any one of them carried into the sea as much water as all the rivers in England put together. They drained the Rocky Mountains and flowed out into the Pacific . The country was covered with forests, and abounded in bears, wolves, moose, and all
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kinds of game . That was the place to go to if one wanted big game shooting . The Bishop told the tale that the Queen, when asked by a savage chieftain the secret of England ' s greatness, ordered a Bible to be sent him with the message that it was their faith in that, that had made the English the nation they were ; and went on to say that it had been the earnest endeavour of himself and his helpers to bring the knowledge of this same Bible home to the Indians, and so teach them to lead nobler and truer lives. He next described his journey to the further tribes in his diocese, how they had to go miles by canoes on huge rivers, up which you can go by steamers, for quite 100 miles . Four years ago they had to walk over the mountain passes on foot, but now they had got a railway, which ascended 2900 feet in ten miles, and was cut from the solid rock on the faces of what were almost precipices . It was now possible to go from Liverpool to Klondyke in 19 days, whereas a few years ago it would have taken over two months . He was visiting a settlement once, and found about S000 people living in tents, with their horses stabled on a frozen lake . He had been given a hundred and fifty pounds to get big tents to use for churches, and on one occasion he was very much touched to see some Indians, whom he had baptised nineteen years before, sitting among the congregation . It was astonishing to see how quickly settlements grow in those parts . The first week there would be only tents to be seen ; the second week log huts would spring up ; and the third, saw—mills would arrive, and after that hotels, restaurants, etc ., would appear. He knew frequent cases of people walking 26 miles before breakfast so as to be able to receive the holy communion at 8 o ' clock. He was on very friendly terms with the miners and had more than once tried his luck at digging for an hour or two, and on one occasion had secured gold dust to the value of fifteen shillings in one hour, although of course he was not a very expert hand. Towards the end of his address he told us of the boys ' and girls ' schools which were fast springing into life, although the money had to be raised privately . The largest was in charge of three ladies, who had volunteered, and given themselves up to their work. They taught the Indian girls to sew, and cook, and he had often
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seen them actually scrubbing the floors to show their pupils how it ought to be done . They had now got a hospital, and trained nurses, and were in a very flourishing condition generally. The Bishop then brought his instructive address to a close somewhat quickly, as he had to catch a train, and hurried away amid the cheers of the School.
THE DREYFUS CASE. " Of the making of books there is no end . " Nor perhaps is there any end of essays and sketches regarding this drama, which has aroused the interest and wonder of all the civilised world, in the last years of the nineteenth century . Yet we propose to add another to the number, not in reality an essay, but rather a short record of the actual course of events, the plot, so to speak, of the drama. Thus we shall put aside political discussions, and forbear to plunge into the sea of religious conflict which has begun to rage around it . We shall only try to put before our readers a statement of what actually occurred in France during the years of Dreyfus ' martyrdom . So to our tale. In France, as in other countries, there is an Intelligence Department, which has for its sphere the preservation of particulars of various new inventions and arrangements in the national army, and the collection of similar information concerning rival armies . To this department Captain Dreyfus, some five years ago, belonged. He was at that time a young man of ambition and of decided opinions . Possessed of large financial resources he was somewhat independent, and in his own words did not " march behind" his superior officers . That is to say, he did not, when he saw an abuse, pass it by in silence and leave it to his officers to remedy or neglect ; instead he proclaimed it, and thus forced their hands. We have said that he was ambitious, and in fact he desired to become a member of the General Staff. For this purpose, however, it was necessary to know something of other departments
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besides his own . Thus he acquired the character of an inquisitive and dangerous officer . In addition he was a Jew, and in France this is one of the worst of crimes. One of the superior officers, of whom we have made mention, was Colonel Henri . This officer had for some time employed as a spy a woman, engaged in some menial capacity in the office of Colonel Schwarzkoppen, the German military attache at Paris . At certain intervals she brought to Henri the contents of the wastepaper basket of the office . Among these papers was found one day a document which had been torn in pieces . Henri pieced it together again, and was horrified to find that it was a list of most important documents, which had been sent to the German embassy by the writer. It had already been noticed for some time that there was a 1 leakage, and here was the confirmation . However the only means of finding out the traitor was by the handwriting of this document, the famous " bordereau ." For some time the search was unsuccessful, but one day an officer, on seeing the list, exclaimed " why, this is the writing of Dreyfus, I know it well ." Some genuine letters of Dreyfus were obtained and certainly showed some similarity in handwriting. We may well believe that there was no lack of readiness to denounce the hated Jew as the traitor . The case was entrusted to an officer of the name of Du Paty de Clam . Summoning Dreyfus to his room he ordered him to sit down and write what was dictated . Then he read out the actual words of the Bordereau. The unusual nature of the proceeding, and the strangeness of the matter dictated, could not but cause Dreyfus great agitation. In addition to this, he became aware that he was being watched by men concealed in various parts of the room . The weather, too, was bitterly cold . From all these reasons, as he wrote, Dreyfus ' hand began to tremble . This was seized upon as final proof of his guilt ; he was arrested and thrown into prison . There he was continually visited by Du Paty who tried, but in vain, to extort a confession from him . He was even visited in his sleep to see if in his dreams he would reveal what was looked upon as the truth. Meanwhile the agony of his mind affected him to the verge of
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madness . But his behaviour convinced the governor of the prison who was experienced in such cases, of his innocence, and this officer, at the risk of losing his position, went to the General Staff and asserted that a mistake had been made, Nevertheless they ignored his statements and Dreyfus remained in prison . It was at first attempted to keep his arrest secret but the news of it leaked out, and the political organs of Paris, the gutter press, commenced to urge an immediate trial . By a threat to promote an interpellation in the Chamber, and to wreck the Government, they intimated the General Staff . Dreyfus was brought before a court-martial. The Bordereau and specimens of the handwriting of Dreyfus had been submitted to experts, who declared that the writing in the different documents was identical . The chief of these experts was M . Bertillon, and he was one of the principal witnesses at the courtmartial . Another was Du Paty, but their evidence was not sufficient to allow the judges to finally decide against the prisoner. Then General Mercier achieved infamy . Without the knowledge of I)reyfus or his advocate, Maitre Demange, he communicated to the judges a number of documents which we know under the name These of the " documents secret dossier . " did not actually name Dreyfus but apparently implicated him, and decided the judges, who brought in a verdict of " guilty . " I t has since been proved that the majority of these documents were forgeries, and in any case General Mercier ' s action was completely opposed to all the usages of justice . The prisoner was sentenced to transportation and solitary confinement for life and to public degradation . The latter part of the sentence was shortly afterwards carried out, and Dreyfus was no longer captain. He never ceased to maintain his innocence, and even begged the reporters, who attended the ceremony, to proclaim in their papers that a mistake had been made . This appeal met with the brutal response, " Be silent, Judas, traitor, Jew !" Before his departure from France he wrote a letter, protesting his entire innocence, to his wife, and besought her to use every effort to discover the real culprit . Then he was taken away to Devil's Island, and for a time the victory of the General Staff seemed complete . Two years passed, and Colonel Picquart, a man
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of honesty and uprightness, became Head of the Intelligence Department . The German Embassy was, of course, still watched, and one day a spy brought a telegraph form, taken from Colonel Schwarzkoppen ' s office . This form was the " Petit Bleu" of which much was heard afterwards . It ran somewhat as follows : "I wish to speak to you shortly . Therefore pay me a visit or let me know where I can see you . " The signature was that of Schwarzkoppen, Colonel Picquart at and it was addressed to Major Esterhazy . once made enquiries with regard to that officer . He found that he had a bad record in the army, was in great need of money, of dissolute character, and no Frenchman . Ile came of a noble Hungarian family, who for some years had refused to acknowledge him . This was at once reported to General Boisdeffre, and he ordered Picquart to institute an enquiry . Some letters of Esterhazy were procured, and the colonel, glancing at them, was at once overwhelmed by a startling truth . Ile had not taken any great interest in the Dreyfus case previously, but he had seen the Bordereau . He now recognised the writing of that document in these letters of Esterhazy, and realised that a great mistake had been made . At once he despatched the Bordereau and a specimen of Esterhazy' s handwriting to experts, who emphatically pronounced that the writing was identical . This matter was at once reported to the General Staff, in the expectation t hat they would at once try to do justice to Dreyfus . But, to their shame, they refused point blank to re-open the case, and one of them, General Gonse, made this infamous remark to Picquart, " Granted that, as you say, a mistake has been made . Yet thousands were killed in the last war, what does one man more matter ? You are the only one who knows of this discovery ; if you keep quiet, no one else But willColonel ever know . " Picquart was a man of another stamp . " General, " he cried, " I will not live my life, and go This down to my grave with this was secret upon my soul too ." much for the General Staff . Lacking the moral courage, to acknowledge their mistake, they determined that Picquart must be silenced at any cost . For this purpose--they despatched him on a fanciful mission to Algiers. But the agitation for truth had begun .
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Mathieu Dreyfus, brother of the captain, denounced Esterhazy as the culprit, and demanded that he should be brought to trial. This demand was taken up by a more influential man, M . SchurerKestner, and he could not be ignored . A court-martial was held, but the witnesses were carefully chosen, and the evidence of certain experts was bought . Esterhazy was found " not guilty, " and left the court completely cleared by his judges . But Colonel Picquart, who had returned, publicly proclaimed himself dissatisfied, and again accused Esterhazy . Thereupon the latter, inspired by the General Staff, challenged him to a duel . Picquart refused to so honour him, and then received a challenge from Henri . This he accepted, and, in the duel that followed, wounded him in the arm. Then the General Staff accused Picquart of forging the " Petit Bleu, " and kept him in prison without trial for the next eighteen months. But another accuser sprang up . Emile Zola, head of the realistic school of novelists, published a letter entitled " J ' accuse, " in which he denounced the experts as bought men . He was at once prosecuted for libel, and, despite a splendid defence by Maitre Labori, lost his case . He was sentenced to a heavy fine and a short term of imprisonment . Thereupon he left the country, vowing never to return till justice was done. In the meantime, M . Cavaignac had become Minister of justice. He was known to be a man of upright character, and the General Staff, fearing for their secret, determined to convince him, at any cost, of the guilt of Dreyfus . For this purpose they published a series of letters, purporting to be the correspondence between Colonel Schwarzkoppen and Colonel Panizzardi, the Italian Military Attache, with regard to Dreyfus, and incriminating that officer. This convinced M . Cavaignac, and he determined to strike a final blow at the agitation for revision . He ascended the Tribune during a sitting of the chamber and declared on his honour that he believed Dreyfus to have been rightly condemned, and vouched for the authenticity of the correspondence . Such an avowal from such a man had tremendous weight, and amidst wild enthusiasm a vote was passed that this speech should be printed and published For a time the movement in favour of throughout the country .
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revision vas crushed, and we will leave it to see how Dreyfus fared in Devil ' s Isle. This is a small and rocky island in French Guiana, and Dreyfus lived in a hut near the guard-house . At first he was allowed to wander at large on the shores of the island, but his guards became fearful of an attempt at escape, and by order of M . Lebau, Minister of the Colonies, a narrow space in front of the hut was enclosed by a high palisade, and Dreyfus was confined to this . Shortly afterwards the cruel order was given to put him in irons, which were attached to his bed . All this time he wrote many letters to the President of the Republic, asserting his innocence and demanding that the real culprit should be sought for . Most of these letters were however intercepted by M . Lebau, and never reached the President. One night Dreyfus was awakened by feeling the barrel of a revolver pressed against his forehead . Fortunately he made no movement and thus escaped death . It afterwards transpired that orders had been given to shoot him if he made any attempt to leave his bed, on the pretext that an American ship had approached the island, and an escape was feared . During the five years of his captivity Dreyfus was allowed to speak to no one, except the doctors who twice visited him, and it was on their recommendation that he was released from the irons. However, as we shall see, his deliverance was at hand . Six weeks later M . Cavaignac's declaration, Colonel Schwarzkoppen formally complained that the letters, which he asserted were deliberate forgeries, had been attributed to him . M . Cavaignac made enquiries and found that the letters had been produced by Colonel Henri . He at once sent for that Officer, and as the result of a rigid cross-examination extorted from him the confession that the letters had been forged " to preserve the honour of the army ." Henri was at once placed under arrest, and M . Cavaignac, as an honest man, acknowledged in the Chamber that he had been deceived . Henri was thrown into the Mont Valerien prison, and three day s afterwards was found with his throat cut—a doubtful case of suicide. It is provided by the law in France that, before
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any case can be re-opened, some new fact, bearing upon the case and unknown to the judges at the time of the trial, must have come to light . On the ground that the confession of Colonel Henri constituted such a new fact, Madame Dreyfus now applied to the Court of Cassation for a revision of her husband's case. Madame Dreyfus had always been fully convinced of the innocence of her husband, and from the first had been the mainspring of the cause of revision. The decision of the Official Reporter of the Court of Cassation was entirely in favour of the Appeal, and accordingly the Court sat to revise the case . From the evidence given before them, they realised almost immediately that there was absolutely no case against the unfortunate officer, and ordered him to be at once brought back to France . Finally they submitted his case to a fresh court-martial, to sit at Rennes, with a strong recommendation, which should have been sufficient to secure his acquittal. About this time a new ministry, under M . Waldeck-Rousseau, had come into office, and it was soon apparent that this was better than any that France had enjoyed for a long time . Its Minister of War was one of the most famous generals of France, de Gallifet, a man of a very different stamp from the _notorious General Staff. Energetic measures were taken to preserve Dreyfus from the danger of assassination, and, if possible, to secure him a fair trial. He was landed under cover of night at a small fishing village on the south coast, and taken at once to Rennes to await his trial. At length the sitting of the new court-martial began . Surely never in the whole course of the world's history has there been such a mockery as this trial . Throughout the case not a particle of genuine evidence against the prisoner was brought forward. Instead, member after member of the General Staff came forward and asserted his unalterable belief in the guilt of Dreyfus . Before civil judges they would have been laughed out of Court, but here the judges were men who had been accustomed to regard these generals as their leaders . In them "the honour of the army " was attacked . They must be defended at any cost. During the trial Maitre Labori, the heroic defender of the prisoner, was shot by an unknown assailant, and was for some time
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absent from court . However, he recovered in time to continue the case This dragged on for weeks and it is hard to realise what must have been the suffering of the unhappy officer, when he heard so many witnesses rise in turn and assert their own valueless opinions with regard to his guilt . No wonder was it that at times his agony drew from him those passionate exclamations, of which we have heard. But even this farce could not last for ever, and after a magnificent speech from Maitre Deimange for the defence, the judges retired to consider their verdict . To the amazed disgust of the whole civilised world they brought in a verdict of "guilty o ith extenuating circumstances . " Such a decision was at once culpable and ridiculous . The crime, of which they had found Dreyfus guilty, was such that there could be no "extenuating circumstances ." But the evidence, or lack of evidence, had most emphatically shown that he was not guilty . However, such was the verdict, and Dreyfus was sentenced to ten years imprisonment . His sentence involved a fresh ceremony of degradation, but when the judges realised this, they at once appealed for a remission of this part of the sentence, and in so doing revealed their belief in his innocence ; for to a man convicted of betraying his country, no mercy could be shown . It was evident that their devotion to the honour of the army " had been too strong for their sense of justice . But in sentencing him to a fresh term of ten years' imprisonment in France, they had believed that in consequence of a rule, which makes one year's captivity abroad equal to two years' in France, he would shortly be set at liberty . In this way they hoped to save the " honour of time army " and at the same time to spare Dreyfus any further torture . Instead, they had still more disgraced the army, and left the prisoner to resume his misery . Fortunately for France, however, there was a higher power . President Loubet had long been firmly convinced of the innocence of Dreyfus, and he wished at once to set him free by means of a pardon . This desire was frustrated by the fact that Labori had appealed against the verdict immediately after the trial . The law in France provides that no pardon can be given while an appeal is still undecided. This was pointed out and the appeal was withdrawn, so that ten
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days after the completion of the trial, Captain Dreyfus was once more set at liberty . On the day after his release he published a letter to the French people, in which he declared his determination to devote the rest of his life to the clearing of his name from the stain left upon it by the iniquitous verdict . General de Gallifet ordered the General to submit to the decision of the President, and affirmed that the incident was closed. But this can hardly be, while Major Esterhazv is still at liberty, and Dreyfus is still held in execration by half the French people as a despicable traitor . No, there can be no final closing of this memorable case till the absolute innocence of Captain Dreyfus is recognised by the whole French nation, and Esterhazy is expiating his crimes on Devil's Isle . So mote it be . PTOLEDIY.
FOOTBALL. S . PETER ' S V . OLD
Bo y s.
Played on the School ground, October 5th Otley kicked off, and Shepherd returned into touch After good passing by the Old Boys, Partington got away but was brought down by Stephens. The Old Boys carried the game into the School's " 25," and Partington took a pass from Walton and scored ; Yeld converted. The School forwards dribbled the ball clown the field, but Partington picked up and scored his second try, which Shepherd converted . The visiting forwards continued to press, but Harrison relieved the pressure by good kicking ; the School forwards dribbled the ball down to the O .P . 25," and Scott had hard luck in not scoring . Scrimmages on the O .P . line continued till Walton relieved by a long kick . Walton got the ball from a scrum at half way, and passing between Shepherd, Sullivan, and Joicey resulted in a further score . Yeld converted . Soon afterwards the whistle blew for half-time, with the Old Boys leading by 15 points—nil. Coning kicked off for the Old Boys and play settled down at half
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way . Shepherd took a pass from Walton, and though tackled pluckily by the School back, succeeded in scoring . Partington converted . After the kick off, Tomlinson dribbled over the line, but Scott fell on the ball . Sullivan received the ball from the drop out and passed to Russell who scored between the posts . Coning converted, bringing the O .P . score up to z5 points . Rose was the next to score, and Coning again took the kick . Good play by Stephens, Dunning, and Mellor resulted in the first try for the School ; Neilson kicked the goal . Partington and Yeld then scored for the visitors in rapid succession ; both tries were converted . C . Nelson scored a good try for the School far out, but Neilson failed to increase the score . Passing between Shepherd, Walton, and Sullivan gave the Old Boys another try, which Coning converted . The whistle blew for time, with the score : Old Boys, 45 points, School, 8 points. SCHOOL . TEAM :—Back, M . Richards ; Ilireccuarter-Backs, C . P. Scott ; A . Neilson, H . Leonard, C . L . Stephens ; Half-Backs, C. Nelson, R . Harrison ; Fnrwe.wards, G . C . Otley, W . H . D . Wilson, E . D . Teasdale, R . Dunning, T . E . Pulleyn, E . J . Otley, S . A. Mellor, T . C . Newton. OLn Bois :—Back, H . P . Coning ; 7hreequarle-Backs, C . H. Coning, H . R . Partington, A . M . Sullivan, E . J . Joicey ; Half= Backs, J . Shepherd, E . J . Walton ; Forwa+ds, W . A . Rose, F . P. Fausset, J . P Watson, C . A . Nelson, G . G . Yeld, R . F . Russell, H . R Tomlinson, R . Teasdale. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL 7' . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Played at Leeds on Oct . z 1st . The ground was greasy on the top and hard underneath, making the ball difficult to catch, and falling unpleaant . Leeds kicked off from the far end, and play settled down in St . Peter ' s half for the first few minutes . The Leeds forwards, though rather smaller and lighter, were more successful at getting the ball, and the result was that they attacked fairly consistently for some time, and all but scored, a wing threequarter on one occasion being held up when over the line . After this the York forwards woke up a bit and took play to the other end, where Leonard spoilt a fine chance of scoring by a knock on .
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Scott, on the right wing, on one occasion nearly got over, being pushed into touch near the line . Give and take play followed in the middle of the field, and half-time arrived with neither side claiming any advantage, though the superior strength of the visitors seemed likely to give them the benefit in the long run . Resuming after the interval, play settled down in the Leeds half, though not for some time did either side look like scoring . About zo minutes before the end, Nelson got Light away from a line out near the "25 " flag, and scored between the posts, Otley converting . For a moment or two after this Leeds pressed fiercely, Nelson on one occasion saving by a touch-down . Two good dribbles by Wilson, however, relieved the pressure, and the York score was increased by a neat dropped goal from Harrison . Just previous to this, with about ten minutes left for play, Stephens was so unfortunate as to fracture his collar-bone, and had to leave the field . Pulleyn having retired earlier with a damaged knee, the game was finished with only thirteen men on the York side . Leeds, however, were by this time quite worn out with their exertions, and the game continued to be fought out in their quarters . Harrison had another drop at goal, this time unsuccessful, and the game ended with the score nine points to nil in favour of St. Peter' s. The game was not altogether satisfactory from our point of view, as the School forwards showed a considerable falling off from the form displayed against the Old Boys . They lacked dash, and did not seem to use their weight, several showing a tendency to `wing,' which They must get rid of. The outsiders were fair, though showing a tendency to hold the ball too long . Their passes should be sharper . Robinson at full–back was satisfactory. Back : J . H . H . Robinson ; three-quarter Backs : C . P . Scott, C . L . Stephens, A . Neilson, H . S . Leonard ; Half-Backs : C . Nelson, R . Harrison ; Forwards : J . C . Otley, W . H . D . Wilson, E . D. Teasdale, R . Dunning, T. E . Pulleyn, E . J . Otley, S . A . Mellor, and T . C . Newton. ST . PETER 'S V . DURHAM SCHOOL.
On Saturday, October z8th, we journeyed to Durham for the first of our two matches with the school, and were defeated by
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three goals, five tries (thirty points) to one goal (five points). Durham won the toss and elected to play with the wind, which was fairly strong, though slightly across the ground . Otley kicked off, and the game began in the Durham half, but was quickly worked up by their forwards to our twenty-five, where, after some exciting play near the line, Cumberlege struggled over and scored. Pearson failed to convert . ()tley dropped out, the game continuing to be fought out in our twenty-five, the wind preventing our outsides from giving relief by kicking . Several times Durham were only prevented from scoring by the poor play of their centre three-quarters, who invariably drove their speedy left wing on to touch-line before passing . Nelson brought relief by a run from our twenty-five well into the Durham half, being then collared by the full-back, but the advantage was only temporary, a smart round of passing enabling Barrow to romp right round and score behind. Cumberlege added the major points . The pressure was still kept up, Pearson scoring again from a forward rush, Cumberlege again converting . A free-kick to York for "picked-out " gave a little relief, but the ball was again worked up to our quarters, where, after a touch-down, Bell scored from a scramble . This try was not converted . From now to half-time nothing further was scored, a rush led by Harrison even bringing us close to their goal line. Superior weight, however, always brought the ball hack, and halftime was called with the game near the centre flag . the scores reading : Durham, 16 points ; York, nil . With some advantage from the wind, which had gone down considerably, York showed up better at the re-start, and even got the ball in the scrimmage once or twice . For some time play was in mid-field, but an attack by the Durham outsides led to a further score by Cumberlege, whom Leonard should have stopped . Pearson missed the kick. The next noticeable feature was a dribble by Otley, which unfortunately ended in touch-in-goal, the ball thus crossing the Durham line for the first time . Encouraged by this partial success York played up with vigour, and had a good deal more of the game . Durham, however, had not yet finished ; working down to our line they scored on three further occasions, twice by Cumberlege, who played finely throughout, and once by Barrow . Keeping hard
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at it to the finish York made a further attack, this time successful ; Leonard, from the half-way flag kicked across, and Kirke following hard up succeeded in touching the ball down after the Durham full-back had missed it . Otlev converted . The game ended soon after with the score as stated above . Durham owed their success to their heavy scrum, which enabled them to get the ball almost every time ; in forward rushes they showed up well, and would have scored very much more frequently but for the fine play of Harrison and Nelson . The former was brilliant throughout and did an immense amount of work, while Nelson was in his best form . Robinson saved pluckily at full-back, and the three-quarters, playing behind a beaten pack, were very fair . To the forwards considerable credit is due for their efforts under disheartening circumstances ; they showed great improvement on their Leeds' form, G . C . Otley and Wilson being most conspicuous. SCHOOL TEAM :—lull-Back, J . II . H . Robinson ; 7hre-quarlcrBacks, C . P . Scott, A . Neilson, H . H . Leonard, I? . St . G . Kirke ; Half-Racks, C . Nelson, R . Harrison ; Forwards, G . C . Ot ley (Capt .), VV . H . D . Wilson, E . D . Teasdale, R . Dunning, S . A . Mellor, F . J . Otlev, T . C . Newton and H . W . F . Garland. DURHAM SCHOOL :—Izzl/-Back, A . Haythornthwaite ; Dacequarter-Backs, Barrow, Callinan, Leeson, Richardson ; Halves, R. C . Cumberlege . W . B . Bell ; Forwards, D . Pearson, (Capt . ), VV. Smith, W . Pearson, VV . Jones, Sampson and H . de Crespignv. S'i' .
PETER ' S 7' . HEADINGI .EY.
Played at York on Saturday, Nov . 4th . Our opponents brought a very strong team, although having one or two men of f. On our side Stephens was absent, and E . Kirke took his place . Pulleyn, too, was unable to play owing to a bad knee . Headingley kicked Play settled down in our of, and Kirke returned into touch . " 25," and one of their forwards dribbled over and scored a tr), After the kick off play remained in neutral which was converted . territory for a little time, and Scott and Lowrance were both conspicuous for good saving . Dunning was next prominent with a Their . howgood dribble into theforwards Headingley "25 . " ever, worked it back to the centre where they were penalized for
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not playing the ball . But the School did not gain much advantage from the kick, and Headingley pressed again, when Harrison and Lawrance saved well . Scrums in our " 25" followed, and Wilson brought a man down just before the line . Harrison kicked down the field, but passing among their backs brought it back again and presently we were forced to touch down . The ball was brought back to our " 25" after the drop out, and we again had to touch down . The next event was a try by the Headingley right wing three-quarter, whom Leonard should have collared, but the kick at goal failed . An exchange of kicks followed which ended in touch at the halfway flag . A dribble by the School forwards then took the ball into Headingley territory, but one of their backs relieved by a kick which rolled into touch owing to Leonard fumbling. Their right wing then nearly got in, but dropped the ball . Then Headingley were conspicuous for good dribbling, but Wilson saved well . One of their men got over the line, but Nelson pushed him into touch in goal After the drop out Harrison made a splendid run to their " 25," but as nobody backed him up the effort ended in nothing . Neilson damaged his knee at this point in the game, but continued to play . One of the Headingley threequarters got away from a line out and scored after a long run . The kick at goal failed . After the drop out Neilson made a good run, but his pass was intercepted by a Headingley back, who was brought down by Scott after a long run . After some loose play in our territory half-time was called with the score :—Headingley 1 goal 2 tries (r i pts .) St . Peter' s nil. Headingley had the wind second half and completely outclassed the school, especially in the back department . Otley kicked off and the ball was returned into touch at half-way . Headingley presently scored and converted . After the drop out a free kick gained us some ground, but they soon pressed again, and the School had to touch down . Another try to Headingly soon followed . A good rush by our forwards took the ball into our opponents " 25," and Otley picking up got over, but was pushed into touch in goal. After the drop out Headingley made a good dribble, but Harrison relieved splendidly . Robinson was conspicuous for good tackling, but Headingley scored 3 more tries, z of which were converted .
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Final score :—Headingley 4 goals . tries (32 pts .) the School nil. The following represented the School : Back, J . H . H . Robinson ; Three-qua/ ten, C . P . Scott, A . Neilson, H . S . Leonard, E . St. G . Kirke ; Halves, C . Nelson, R . Harrison ; Forwards, G . C . Otley, W . H . D . Wilson, E . D. Teasdale, R . D . F . Dunning, S . A . Mellor, E . J . Otley, T . C . Newton, and B . G . Lawrance, Esq. ST . PETERS V . YARNBURY.
This match was played at York of Saturday, Oct . z ith, in a strong wind . The school were without Wilson, Stephens, and Scott, whose places were filled by Robinson, E . Kirke, and Richards . Otley lost the toss, and kicked off against the wind, but play soon settled in our " 25 ." Hard scrimmages on our line followed, where Harrison relieved by a kick into touch . They soon scored however, but failed to convert. Otley dropped out, and Yarnbury returned well into our i 0 25," and a series of scrums ensued in front of our goal . After a kick we were forced to concede a minor . Yarnbury pressed after the drop out, but we were awarded a free kick, owing to one of our opponents refusing to play the ball . One of the school forwards, however, got in front and a scrum in our " z5" followed, after which we were obliged to touch down . Good combination by the Yarnbury backs ended in King scoring . The shot at goal hit the post but did not bound over the bar . They pressed again after the drop out, and from a free kick awarded to us, King made a mark for them, but the shot at goal went just outside the posts. After a good deal of scrummage they scored far out, and landed a splendid goal . The school now played up and kept in their " 25 " for some time, but their defence was too sound for us to score . Their forwards then rushed the ball down the field to our " 25," and presently they scored close in, but failed to improve. Half-time then arrived with the score :—Yarnbury F .C . 1 goal 2 tries ( 1 1 pts .) to the School, nil . The School now had the wind behind them and played much better, though at the start Yarnbury pressed and were awarded a free kick, but the shot fell short, and Neilson kicked into touch about half way . They continued to press, till Nelson relieved with a good kick, and presently we were
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given a free kick, which took us into our opponents " 25 ." Neilson about this time got his knee badly hurt, but went on playing. Play remained in the Yarnbury " 25" for some time, till a bout of passing by their backs brought them to half way where Richards got dangerously kicked, and had to be carried off. Near the close of play we were awarded a free kick, and Otley, aided by the wind, landed a goal, from half way ; after this they crossed our line once more, and placed the goal . Time was then called with the score : —Yarnbury F .C ., z goals 3 tries (19 pts .) St . Peter' s, i penalty goal (3 pts .) The following represented the School : Full Bark, M . W . Richards ; Three-quarter Backs, A . Neilson, E. St . G . Kirke, H . Leonard, B . G . Lawrance, Esq . ; Halfbacks, C. Nelson and R . Harrison ; Forwards, G . C . Otley (capt .), E . D. Teasdale, R . Dunning, S . A . Mellor, J . H . H : Robinson, E . J. Otley, T . E . Pulleyn, and 'I' . C . Newton. ST . PETER ' S V . GIGGLESWICK SCHOOT..
Played at home on Saturday, Nov . I Ith, in a dense fog . It is quite impossible to give any sort of account as one could hardly see from touch-line to touch-line, much lees from goal to goal. The Giggleswick backs combined very well and scored twice in the first half, from which tries i goal resulted . They scored two very soft tries in the second half, and finally won by z goals z tries (16 pts .) to nil. Our forwards quite held their own in the scrum, and put in some very fine rushes . Otley, Wilson, Dunning, and Teasdale were best . Scott played a very good game at three-quarters, repeatedly collaring a man on the other wing, and saving one or two tries in this way. SCHOOL TEAM :—Back, M . W . Richards ; Three-quarters, C . P. Scott, A . Neilson, J . H . H . Robinson, E . St . G . Kirke ; Halves, C . Nelson, R . Harrison ; Forwards, G . C . Otley, W . H . D . Wilson, E . D . Teasdale, R . Dunning, T . E . Pulleyn, E . J . Otley, S . A. Mellor, and T . C . Newton. NOTES .—The forwards quite held their own in the " scrum," but allowed their oppenents to get the ball too often and were slightly, if anything, superior in the loose . . The halves were rather slow
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allowing their opponents to pass the ball out to the three-quarter line, who combined well . There was some improvement in the tackling, though better kicking might have prevented at least one of their tries . Si' . PETER ' S V . RICHMOND SCHOOL. Played at York on Nov . z5th . From the outset it was evident that the school team were much too strong for their opponents, who, however, did not seem to play up as well as they might have done . It is hardly possible to give any account of the match, as it was a mere fiasco, but perhaps a few remarks will not be out of place . The forwards left little to be desired in their dribbling and wheeling, though inability to obtain the ball in the scrum took half the value away from many fine rushes . There was very good passing shown among them, and it is hard to single out any special one, but perhaps G . C . Otley, Wilson, and Teasdale showed up best . All, however, were good . The backs might have done more passing perhaps, but in a game in which scoring was so easy, such selfishness may be excused . Nelson and Harrison at half completely outclassed the opposing pair, who were much smaller. Of the three-quarters Robinson and Kirke showed some improvement, but Neilson was not quite up to his usual form, though he gave one or two very good passes . Scott returned into touch very nicely at times, and resisted the temptation to run from our " 25," which he is rather apt to do. The following scored for the school :--G . C . Otley (5) . R. Harrison (4), C . Nelson (3), W . H . D . Wilson (z), C . P . Scott (3), E . D . Teasdale (z), E . St. G . Kirke (z), T . E . Pulleyn (z), J . H. Robinson (z), Neilson and E . J . Otley (i each) . G . C . Otley kicked 8 goals, Wilson, 4, and Teasdale, i . The score was L3 goals (i from a mark) 15 tries (109 pts .) to nil. SCHOOL TEAM :—Full Back, M . W . Richards ; Three-quarters, C . P . Scott, A . Neilson, J . H . H . Robinson, E . St . G . Kirke; Halves, C . Nelson and R . Harrison ; Forwards, G . C . Otley (capt .) . W . H . D . Wilson, E . D . Teasdale, R . Dunning, T . E. Pulleyn, E . J . Otley, T . C . Newton, and W . Crosthwaite .
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FIRST XV. Versus .
Ground.
Points for Gls. Tries. Pts.
Points against. Gls. Tries . Pts.
Old Boys home . . . , r . . . . r . . 8 . . . . 8 . . o . . 45 away . . . . t 2 Leeds G . S 9 .. . . Nil. Durham School away 5••••3••5 30 Headingley F .C home . . . . Nil . 4•• 4 32 Yarnbury F .C home . . . . # 1 . . . . o . . 2 .. 3 19 Giggleswick home . . . . Nil . 2 . . z . . 16 Richmond home . . . . t13 . . 15 109 . . . . Nil. Durham School home . . . . Nil . 45 St . John' s College home . . . . t1 . . 1 .. 7 ... . Nil. Old Boys home . . .. St . John ' s College home . SECOND XV. home . . . , Leeds G . S . znd Durham znd home . . . . St . John ' s College znd home . . St . John's College znd home .. t One dropped .
•••• o•• 2 . . Nil . t4 • • 9 • • 1 ....1 .. 8 . . . . o . . 1 . .
4 • • • • 4 • •3 2
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3
One penalty goal.
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL 2ND XV. V . Sr . JOHN' S COLLEGE 2ND XV. This match was played on Nov . r 6th on the school ground . St. John ' s kicked off, and Leonard returning found touch near our opponents " 25 . " St . John ' s were gradually gaining ground when a free kick was given to us, which, however, did not help us, as one of our men got in front . Play settled down in our " 25," and the visitors two or three times nearly scored, but at last one of their men attempted to drop a goal, resulting in the ball going over the dead line . After the drop out the game returned to our " z5, " where one of the visitors kicked the ball over the line, and, Richards failing to hold it, St . John's secured a try, which was not converted . Play of a somewhat uneventful character ensued, but soon a good rush by our forwards brought the ball near our
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opponents' line . Here a free kick was given against St . John's, but Dunning failed to kick a goal from a difficult angle . The game remained in the visitors ' " 25" for some time, until some faulty passing by our backs enabled St . John's to bring play up to half-way., . Here Kirke . made a good run and was collared near their line, where, after several scrums, the ball was touched down by one of the visitors . Soon after the drop out another free kick was given to the school, and Dunning by a good kick carried the game again near our oppenents' line . A St . John ' s man made a long dribble, which, however, was pluckily stopped by Richards, who kicked well into touch . The game now came into our z5," when a kick by Armstrong, followed by some good forward play, in which Otley was conspicuous, took the game to half-way . Here Kirke made another good run, but, kicking the ball over the full-back's head, St . John ' s just managed to touch down . Half time went, the score being :—St . Peter's School, nil ; St . John ' s College, 3 points. St . John ' s kicked off, and a good rush by their forwards resulted in the ball being kicked over our line, but Richards did not fail to touch it down . The game now settled down in our " 25," where Mellor and Armstrong were conspicuous for some fine defensive play . Pulleyn made a good run, and, kicking the ball into touch, we looked like scoring . But St . John ' s forwards relieved, and play returned to our " 25 ." Here a free kick was given against us, but our opponents failed to kick a goal . Several scrums ensued on St . John ' s line, where our forwards were seen to great advantage. The visitors, however, took the game to half-way by a kick into touch . Here Dunning was prominent with a dribble, but play soon returned to our " z5," where Richards saved by some good tackling . Another free kick was given to St . Peter' s, and a kick into touch took the game into our opponents ' quarters, where Mellor, after several good rushes by our forwards, secured a try. The try, however, was not converted . After the drop out we carried the ball again into their " 25 ." Here Pulleyn broke away from a line out and scored a try, which Mellor converted . Soon afterwards time was called, the final score being :—St . Peter ' s School, 8 points, St . John's College, 3 points .
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The following represented the School znd XV . :—Back, M . W. Richards ; Three-quarters, E . St . G . Kirke, J . H . H . Robinson, H. S. Leonard, R . W . Hutchinson ; Halves, G . Armstrong and T . J. Black ; Forwards, R . Dunning (capt .), S . A . Mellor, E . J . Otiey, T. E . Pulleys, T . C . Newton, W . Crosthwaite, C . N . Hatfield, and H . W . F . Garland. 2ND XV . V . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL 2ND XV.
Played at York and resulted in a win for us by 32 points to 6. The School kicked off and Leeds returned . Soon after the start Leeds dribbled over and scored, but the attempt failed . Another try followed owing to mulling by the full-back . The School then pulled themselves together and remained in the Leeds " 25," Hutchinson finally scoring . E . Yeld converted . Half-time arrived with the score : Leeds G . S . 6 points, York 5 points. In the second half the School forwards let the ball out to the backs and we crossed their line seven times . E . Kirke got 4 tries, Armstrong, Black and Harrison one each . Black kicked two goals and E . Yeld another in addition to his first one . The final score was York, 32 points, Leeds, 6 points. Notes .—The School forwards were all over the place the first half, repeatedly kicking into our opponents' feet . One or two showed a strong tendency to "wing" and shirk the scrums, and three or four times, when on the Leeds line, kicked the ball straight through instead of heeling out ; consequently, as the Leeds forwards were as heavy, if not heavier than ours, we were one point behind at half-time. In the second half they worked together much better, and heeled out a few times . Crosthwaite, Hatfield and Garland were the best, the two first-named especially at line-outs. The School znd XV . was as follows : Back, R . G . Newton ; Three-quarters, E . St . G . Kirke, R . W. Hutchinson, M . H . T . Roy, P . H . Vold ; Halves, G . Armstrong, T . J . Black ; Forwards, W . Crosthwaite, C . N . Hatfield . H . W . F, Garland, E . E . Yeld, J . S . R . Gibbons, S . R . Harrison, C . B. Crombie, and J . B . Mossop .
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GYMNASTIC COMPETITION. 2ND XV . V . DURHAM 2ND XV.
Played at York . Durham were, as usual, much heavier than the School team and had matters mostly their own way, their outsides combining well . Armstrong again played a very good game at half, and Richards at full back was good . Crosthwaite and Hatfield were the best of the forwards and should be good when they get more knowledge of the game . Durham won by 39 points to nil. School znd XV . :--Back, M . W . Richards ; Three-quarters, R . G. Newton, M . H . T . Roy, R . W . Hutchinson, A . B . Sale ; Halves, G . Armstrong, T. J . Black ; Forwards, W . Crosthwaite, C . N. Hatfield, C . B . Crombie, J . A . Fisher and J . S . R . Gibbons.
GYMNASTIC COMPETITION. ST . PETER ' S V . POCKLINGTON SCHOOL.
On November 1st, a contest that had been looked forward to with much keenness and not a little anxiety took place in the Gymnasium at Pocklington, resulting in a great triumph for the School . The competition was arranged, after some discussion, on the following lines : two seniors and two juniors (under 15), to represent each School, both sides to do one set exercise each on the horizontal bar, horse, parallel bars and rope, and one voluntary on the same, except the rope, the set exercises being mutually agreed upon by the respective instructors . The conditions of the contest being finally settled about the second week in October, about three weeks were left to get ready . Four seniors and three juniors worked steadily during this period, P . Kirke and E . Kirke being finally chosen as seniors, while Richards and G . Fisher were the junior representatives. A substantial lunch of roast beef (we hoped our boys were beefy enough already) preceded the contest, which began at 2-30 p .m ., before a large audience, consisting of the Masters and Boys of Pocklington, some ladies from the neighbourhood, and one enthusiastic Old Peterite . Major \Vitherby, who has taken a great interest in our Gymnastics, and Mr . Fennell kindly acted as judges, Colonel Fox, who had promised to referee, being unable to do so
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from stress of business . The parallel bars were taken first, both sides doing the set exercises well, Pocklington perhaps rather the better . In the voluntaries Kirke I . was quite the best ; Richards should have scored heavily with a long arm balance, but unfortunately only got it at the second attempt . Following the parallels came the horse, at which S . Peter's were rather the better, Kirke II . showing up well . One of the Pocklington juniors, hesitating between two exercises, performed a medley and ended on his head . No harm was done . Next came the horizontal bar ; on this we established a strong lead . In the set exercise both Kirkes did well, the younger slightly better than the elder, but the latter ' s voluntary was the triumph of the afternoon, a stiff exercise done perfectly . Richards also did well for the juniors . On the rope, which followed, marks were given only for the distance climbed, and not for style . Pocklington had the best of us here, as by much kicking. and spiderlike struggling they succeeded in covering a greater distance. The marks were announced , by the Headmaster, Mr . Hutton, who congratulated us on our victory, which was substantial enough to satisfy us . Pocklington had the satisfaction of heating our juniors . Harks :-ST . PETER' S SCHOOL. Seniors.—P. St . G . Kirke, 46 86 E . St . G . Kirke, 44 12 3 Juniors .—M . W . Richards, 25 A . Fisher, I l i 36 G. POCKLINGrON SCHOOL.
Seniors .—H . T . Robinson, 37 t
6 5# H. B . Murray, z81 { 112 juniors .—W . F . Watson, 2 31 4 6+} H . Gathorne, 23 The result was very gratifying, and should stimulate interest in the gymnasium, which is not attended as well as it should be. We are lucky enough to have a gymnasium as good as any school possesses, while the Sergeant, to whom we owe in a great measure our victory over Pocklington, is as smart and keen as one could possibly desire . It is to be hoped that many juniors will take advantage of the offer of a prize to be competed for this term, and
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continue to attend with a view to the form shield competition during next term . We may be certain that Pocklington will want to compete with us again next year, and it is our business to be ready for them with a team of eight accomplished gymnasts, that being the usual number, not four only, as in the last contest. There cannot be a boy in the school who does not wish to become a strong man, and here is his opportunity ready to hand.
NOTES AND ITEMS. The address of the London Secretary of the Old Peterite Club " 6, Stone Building, Lincoln's Inn, W .C ." Lieut .-Col . A . J . Montgomery . R .A . (O .P .) has been appointed to an important command at Aldershot . (Standard, Oct . 2i8t, 1 899 .) Captain C . Moss (O .P .), znd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, has been appointed Brigade Major of the 3rd Infantry Brigade at Aldershot. B . H . Abrahall (O .P .) . has been promoted to a first-class clerkship in the Secretary's Office G .P .O. W . B . Worsfold (O .P .), is delivering a series of lectures on South Africa at the Imperial Institute. R . F . Russell (O .P .), played for Yorkshire v . Durham, and has got his county cap. R . G . Bingham (O .P .), played for Yorkshire v . Northumberland, and v . Lancashire, and has got his county cap. G . G . Yeld (O .P .), played for Yorkshire v. Northumberland and kicked a goal from the touch line . He also played for Yorkshire vv . Lancashire, and has been given his cap. E . I. \\Talton (O .P .), has been chosen to play for Yorkshire, but has hitherto been unable to get away from Oxford .
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A. M . Sullivan (O .P .), has got his knee badly "crocked " and will be unable to play for some time, which is unfortunate, as lie was considered almost certain for his " Blue ." F . Mitchell (O .P .), has been playing for Kent this season. F . W . (Pickles) Wilsden (O .P .), passed as master mariner Oct. t zth.
E . D . Teasdale, T E . Pulleyn, S . A . Mellor, A . Neilson, and R. Dunning have got their 1st XV . colours. The following extract from the Loudon Gazette dated 7th November, 1899, will be of interest :—" Royal Engineers (Volunteers) 1st West Riding of Yorkshire (Sheffield), Major E . S . Tozer is granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, dated 8th November, 1899 ." E . S . Tozer was in the school '7o- ' 72. W . M . Carter and N . L . Hood (O .P . ' s), played for Yorkshire v. Durham at hockey. R . Teasdale (O .P .), was first in the hurdles at the Worcester College sports. E. J . Walton (O .P .), won the quarter mile at the Queen ' s College sports. F. P . Fausset (O .P .), won the mile at Peterhouse. The Rev . J . F . Griffiths (O .P .), who has been for the past eight years chaplain of the Missions to Seamen for the shipping on the Tees, has been offered the vicarage of St . Paul's, Chippenham. E . J . Walton (O .P .), played half for Oxford University 7' . West of Scotland. The following have received their znd XV . colours :— W. Crosthwaite, E . Kirke, H . Leonard, M . Richards, H . W . Garland, G. Armstrong . 'I' . J . Black, C . N . Hatfield .
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CONTEMPORARIES. We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following school magazines, and apologize for any possible omissions :
Leodiensian, Hynzerian, St. Edward's School Chronicle (2), Monktonian, Savilian, Cuthberlian, Dunelmian (2), Sedberghian, Pocklinglonian, Hurst Johnian, Wycombe Abbey Gazette, Portcullis, Easlbournian, Dovorzan (2), Coventry School Magazine, SI . Michael's School Chronicle .
THE
PETERITE. VOL . XVI .
MARCH, ,qoo .
No . 14.3.
SCHOOL LETTER. R Theatricals were as successful as ever, thanks to the unwearying efforts of Mr . Yeld . The play chosen was the "Twelfth Night " ; and, in spite of the fact that some were prevented from taking an active part in the play, we were able to maintain our old standard of excellence. To turn to last term ' s football . Though our team is light it cannot be denied it has worked hard under the able captaincy of G . C . Otley . Not since the match with Leeds Grammar School were we able to put our full strength into the field ; for in that game Stephens had the misfortune to break his collar bone. Towards the end of the tern E . J . Otley met with a similar catastrophe . These and other accidents contributed, in no small degree, to the severity of some of our defeats . Our victories included that memorable match with Richmond in which we won by 109 points. The O .P . Tour, which has been talked of so long, was made during the holidays, when they played three matches . The team was weak in three-quarters, but otherwise was a strong combination. The match with the Old Dunelmians resulted in a draw of one try each .
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We are glad to hear that Sullivan's knee is better, and hope his most untimely accident will not prevent his further distinguishing himself on the football field . Russell has been playing for Cambridge University ; Bingham has secured a regular place in the Yorkshire team ; and now we wish success to F . Mitchell, who has sailed for South Africa with the Imperial Yeomanry . We hope he and other O .P . ' s will speedily return from the front. At last we have had some genuine skating which, although it seriously interfered with football, made a pleasant break in the term, which is the most monotonous in the year . Even the river was frozen over ; but it was too late in the year to hope there would be any skating on it.
CAMBRIDGE LETTER. Old Peterites at this University have a downright " cussed " habit of fixing their abodes high up—ubz eddunl ova cohembce . The perils of a certain staircase at Christ's, the tedious climb of an Emmanuel kopje hard by, and the shaky condition of the bannisters at Sidney haunt our dreams. Still, when duty calls, even a staid fourth year man will brave the worst for the editors and readers of the Pelerz'le. We found Sullivan making up the accounts of the Yorkshire Schools Football Club, a team which, alas! he will be unable to captain this term owing to that unfortunate leg of his ; but we are glad to say he is fast getting well again, as far as such an accident allows. We then went to the dizzy heights of Emmanuel above referred to . R . F . Russell thought it was a tout, and had retired to his bedroom ; but we guessed as much and pierced the recess, where he awaited us—with a club . We smiled at him just in time, and he recognised us, or the Cambridge Letter would have been unwritten . He talked of Yorkshire football and other things, and hopes to be playing rugger for the Yorkshire Schools, or hockey for Emmanuel this term . He is training at Fenner's for his College Sports, and looks exceedingly well (so/le voce—his friends call him " beef-eater.")
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The sight of the laboratories as we were returning reminded us of Roy, so we went to Sidney, clomb the massive stair and found the beast in his den . He made tea (mem : shall call again) ; he is playing football and hockey, and has just taken a good place in one of his medical examinations Greeves was playing a piano when last we saw him, and for the first term since he has been up is not rowing . The regulations for Lent boats do not allow him. Fausset, who—presumably for the study of pure Greek—lives in an attic, like the rest, was boiling eggs, at which he fancies himself. He plays hockey now, and is courting the Law ; but she is a dura puella, and when speaking of his prospects as to her he shook his head. Other Peterites, Yeld, of Yorkshire County fame, Hudson, Crowther, we have not seen recently ; but we hope to meet when the Yorkshire School team football matches begin, and show the Southern Schools a thing or two. The three Cambridge O .P.'s who went on the O .P . tour all agree in voting it a distinct success, and when Shepherd comes to Cambridge, they are ready to sing " For He's a Jolly Good Fellow " at any hour of the day, to show that they appreciate his labours in getting it up. Thirty of the ' Varsity volunteers have followed Frank Mitchell's example and been accepted for the front . One hundred out of the six hundred composing the corps volunteered, but only thirty were wanted . They have gone for a month's training at Bury before going out. They will be attached to the Suffolk regiment, who are fortunate in being under such a general as General French. We are hoping that last year's victory on the river will be repeated . The boat is certain to be a good one, but as the sporting papers are all agreed, " individual criticism at this early stage would be superfluous . " Campbell, the rugby captain, seemed to stand a good chance of his rowing blue. At the time of writing the outlook politically and climatically is very depressing, so let us conclude by hoping that when this appears in print there will be a change for the better ; unfortunately
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before the latter happy consummation, the kaleidoscope of human affairs has usually altered to such an extent as to make our remarks valueless .
FOOTBALL. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . OLD BOYS.
The Old Boys got together a fairly strong team, captained by Mitchell . It was at first thought that the match would not be able to be played, owing to two inches of snow which covered the field. However it was decided that playing in it was better than nothing, so the teams turned out at about three . The ball soon became very heavy and slippery, which spoiled the passing of the backs on both sides . Just after the start a rush by the School forwards took the ball into the Old Boys ' quarters, but Hood, by a good run, brought play to half-way again, where it remained for some time. The Old Boys then invaded the School territory, and Mitchell presently got over and converted . Play of an uninteresting character followed, but just before half-time Rose scored by what looked like a knock-on . Veld failed to convert. After the restart play was of a very even character till Walton got over after a good run, but in his eagerness to get behind the posts, went over the deadline . The Old Boys' forwards, headed by Bingham, put in some very good dribbles . Scott was prominent for the School with a long run along the touch line ; but he was finely collared by Birks before getting really dangerous . Eastwood got over for the Old Boys, but it was found by the footmarks in the snow that he had gone into touch, so a line-out was ordered. G . C . Otley put in a long run but was collared by Mitchell . A rush by the Old Boys ' forwards ended in Bingham scoring a converted try. Shortly after time was called with the score :—Old Boys, z goals, 2 tries (I() points) ; School, nil. SCHOOL TEAM :-Back, H . S . Leonard ; Three-quarters, C P . Scott, A . Neilson, J . H . H . Robinson, E . St . G . Kirke ; Halves, C . Nelson, R . Harrison ; Forwards, G . C . Otley, W . H . D . Wilson, E . D. Teasdale, R . Dunning, S . A . Mellor, T . E . Pulleyn, T . C . Newton, W. H . Crosthwaite .
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OLD Boys ;—Back, G . V . Birks ; 7hree-quarters, F . Mitchell, W . A . Rose, A . W. Eastwood, D . W . Roy ; Halves, E . J . Walton, N . L . Hood ; Forwards, J . A . Browne, R . G . Bingham, G. G . Veld, R . Teasdale, N . T . Crombie, F . P . Fausset, C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson.
FOOTBALL CHARACTERS. Plays a sound forward game, pushing hard in the scrum, and always on the ball in the open. Much improved in tackling, and a good kick . As captain worked with great energy, and was untiring in his efforts to keep the School football up to the mark. NELSON, C . (1898-9-00) '1St . q . . An invaluable member of the team behind the scrum . Can always be relied upon to play a sound game, and at times brilliant . Tackles hard and low and punts well with either foot . In attack might cultivate feinting to pass with advantage, being a little inclined to pass to marked men. Saves excellently. HARRISON, R . (1898-9-00) lost 3 . A half-back of much promise. Good in both attack and defence, though rather slow in his movements . A clever kick and good at stopping rushes. STEPHENS, C . L . (1898-9-00) 1 ost. Unfortunately got incapacitated early in the season . On last year's form should have been most useful either centre or wing three-quarter. WILSON, W . (1898-9-00) 11st . 4 . A dashing forward, very good in the open, being an excellent dribbler . Hardly did his fair share of pushing in the scrum. SCOTT, C . P . LI898-9-00) lost . 8 . Played wing-three-quarter . Plays with plenty of dash, but was hardly used to his place . Tackle and save well, and runs strongly, but should keep his head up. DUNNING, R . (1899-00) I1st . A useful forward, works hard in the scrum and follows up well in the open ; good out of touch, but should tackle more. TEASDALE, D . (1899-00) Inst . 7 . A good steady forward, hard worker and good tackler . OTLEY, G . C . (1897-8-9-00) 1 ist . 8 .
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11st . 4 . Forward . Improved much during the term ; works hard, if a little blindly ; good out of touch. PULLEYN, T . E . (1899-00) 1 1st . 8 . A forward of great possibilities. Played very hard at times and is good in the open, but much too inclined to shirk scrum-work, where his weight was of great importance. NEILSON, A . (1899-00) IoSt . 7 . A steady centre-quarter, reliable, but not brilliant . Very fair tackler and good kick . In attack should run straighter, being inclined to pen his wing. OTLEY, E . J . (1899-0o) lost . A light but useful forward . Works well up to his weight and keeps well on the ball. ROBINSON, J . H . H . (1899-00) 1 ost . 5 . Full-back or centre threequarter. In the former position kicked and saved excellently, and tackled well ; as three-quarter showed promise of being good in the attack, but seemed to lose his tackling. NEWTON, 'P . C . (1899-00) I ost . 10 . Forward . Played well early in the season, but fell off . Should try to be quicker in recovering when the scrum is being screwed. MELLOR, S . A . (1899-00)
OLD PETERITE TOUR. On January 1st the opening match was played at Castleford. The day was foggy, and it was feared the game might be impossible, but though the thickness of the atmosphere prevented our " Special correspondent " from seeing all the game, we got through with it without any interference from the weather . Mitchell kicked off for us, and the game settled down in Castleford territory, Bailey missing a fine opportunity . The kick and run game of the Castleford forwards seemed to worry the visiting team, and after ten minutes play, in which Walton showed some good defence, Castleford scored a try, but failed at goal . A free kick to the O . P . ' s gave us a little relief, but a scrum was soon after formed on the line, from which the ball came out to Birks, who dashed through and relieved the pressure. A rush by the O .P . forwards gave a better aspect to the game, but the chance was lost by kicking over. Back to our end again, where a scrum on our line was screwed
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by Castleford, who secured a second try, failing again at the place kick . Give and take play followed till half-time, which found us six points to the bad . On changing ends renewed vigour was shown, with encouraging results . A good save by King, after Birks had lost the ball, was followed by a fine forward rush up to the Castleford goal, where Shepherd secured from a scrum and scored behind the posts—Mitchell failed at goal . At this point the spectators were very keen in their encouraging remarks : " go in, lads, don ' t argue, but go in ! " and such like . Walton shone hereabouts in the attack, and another rush of the forwards, who were playing up vigorously, resulted in a try by Yeld, which Bingham improved upon . With a lead of two points we began to feel on better terms with ourselves, but our hopes were soon dashed. A rush by Castleford resulted in a try, giving them the lead again, and this was followed almost immediately by another, neither being improved on . At this point Rose had to leave the field, Yeld dropping out three-quarter . The vigorous exhortations of Mitchell failed to bring us the requisite energy for success, and yet another try was scored against us . After this we did have some more of the game, but the effort came too late, and we had to retire defeated by 15 points to 8 . The game was fast and good to watch, but the result disappointing, seeing we were leadiug soon after half-time, A want of cohesion among the forwards and smartness among the three-quarters were our noticeable defects . Walton was in very good form at half. From Castleford we returned to York, where most of us were enjoying the hospitality of Mrs . Handford . Keen to show up better against the Old Dunelmians, we retired early to rest. In the morning King was found to be unable to accompany us, his hand being too badly bruised to admit of his being any use. Clarke coming in and a forward, Yeld dropped out to centre threequarter, which place he retained for the Hartlepool match. We reached Durham early, proceeding straight to the "Three Tuns," where we were to lunch and change . The former proceeding turned out to be an event of note, the Old Dunelmians hospitably entertaining us . The good things provided proved a
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great temptation, but most refrained from the plum pudding and mince pies, though one hero proudly boasted of three "goes " at the former. He lives yet . After lunch G . C . Kerr, as captain of the O .D . ' s, welcomed us in a bright and entertaining speech, saying that he hoped the meeting would be continued annually . For himself, he said, the match contained a keen personal interest, in that it was the first time for ten years that he had met Mitchell, the last occasion being when, each being captain of their respective schools, they had struggled in a famous game won by St . Peter ' s by a try to nil . To avenge that defeat he was eager for the fray. Mitchell replied, and suggested that a combined tour of the two Schools would be the thing for another year, when a really strong side could be got together with a chance of making a show against first class clubs . With regard to the match alluded to by the O .D. Captain, he was glad to have the opportunity of playing against him again, and hoped to repeat the former result . Now to the match. The ground was very swampy, and the game therefore rather inclined to be a forward one, and not interesting from a spectator ' s point of view . To the players, however, it was as exciting as could be wished . Mostly fought out in mid-field, each end was visited from time to time, the O .D .'s nearly scoring quite early . In the scrums they seemed as a rule to push us, but in the open we had, if anything, rather the better of them, Bingham and Russell being especially conspicuous among our forwards . Walton at half-back was in fine form, and scored our try near the end of the first half. Bingham failed to convert, though the kick was straight in front ; but the greasy ball must be held responsible . After half-time both sides went at it fiercely, but for some time the advantage lay with us, Bailey having a fine opportunity which he threw away by not running straight . Then came the turn of the O .D .'s, Bell scoring wide out after a round of passing started near our " 25 ." Knowing the prowess of Sagar as a kicker, we trembled for the goal, but his shot, though an excellent one, was not quite successful, and we were now level . The remainder of the game was keenly fought, Durham nearly scoring again on one occasion . A forward rush relieved, and " no side " arrived with the game a draw, a result better than
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we had hoped for, and one which pretty well represents the game. All through we showed much improvement on the Castleford match, and were " full o ' beans " for Hartlepool . From Durham we journeyed to Newcastle, where we stayed the night, going on to Hartlepool next (lay. The weather improved considerably and we had a fairly dry game . The ground being situated on a cliff close to the sea we had a good stiff breeze blowing . Quite a decent crowd, about fifteen hundred, turned up to see the game, which ended in our defeat by eight points to nil . We had none the worst of the game, especially forward, where Russell was in great form, to say nothing of Bingham and Mitchell, the latter of whom was positively fierce. There was no " chiel amang us takin ' notes, " which renders an accurate detailed account impossible . We were not badly beaten, one try, in fact, with a little luck, should have been a minor . So ended the tour, which, though we did not win a match, was by no means unsuccessful . The one match we really were keen about, the Old Dunelmians, was not a defeat, and it is to be hoped the tour will be repeated . The gratitude of every member of the team and O .P . Club is owing to Shepherd for his exertions in getting up the team and arranging the tour. The constant refusals for various reasons were very trying, and he had quite a " wearing " time, which he came through smilingly. OLD PETERITES z' . CASTLEFORD. OL PETERITES :—Bask, G . V . Birks ; Three-quartets, A . W. Eastwood, R . H . Bailey, W . A . Rose, P . J . C . King ; Halves, E . J. Walton, J . Shepherd Ibrwards, F . Mitchell (capt ), R . F . Russell, R . G . Bingham, G . G . Veld, B . G . Lawrance, F . P . Fausset, R . Teasdale, C . P . Scott. OLD PETERITES V . OLD DUNELMIANS. OLD PETERITES :—Back, G . V . Birks ; Three-quartets, A . W. Eastwood, R . H . Bailey, G . G . Veld, C . P. Scott ; Halves, E . J. Walton, J . Shepherd ; Forwards, F . Mitchell, R . F . Russell, R . G . Bingham, E . W. Clarke, F . P . Fausset, B . G . Lawrance, R . Teasdale, G . C . Otley .
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:—Back, J . Hutchinson ; Three-quarters, H . A . Henderson, J . W . Sagar, H . F . D . Turner, W . B . Bell ; Halves, R . F . Cumberlege, R . C . Cumberlege ; Forwards, J . W . Longden, D . F . Hardie, G . F . Bell, J . E Houldev, W . A . Ayton, W . B . Smith, M . Buchanan, G . C . Kerr (capt .) OLD DUNELMIANS
OLD PETERITES V . HARTLEPOOL ROVERS. OLD PETERITES :—Back, G . V . Birk' s ; Three-quarters, A . W. Eastwood, R . H . Bailey, G . G . Veld, C . P . Scott ; Halves, E . J. Walton, J. Shepherd ; Forwards, F . Mitchell, R . F . Russell, R . G . Bingham, E . W . Clarke, F . P. Fausset, B . G . Lowrance, R . Teasdale, G . C . Otley.
TWELFTH NIGHT. If any proof were wanting to convince us of Shakespeare's sweetness of nature, and his tenderness of conscience in assisting the laws of moral and poetical justice, we need only turn to, and note, the principle of retribution he has carried out in the person of every agent in the Comedy of "Twelfth Night ." From the very first line to the last—from the Duke's "That strain again, it had a dying fall," to the song, "With hey ho, the wind and the rain,"—there is not a thought that is not calculated to call forth pleasurable feelings . The love melancholy of the Duke is a luxurious abandonment to one pervading impression ; not a fierce and hopeless contest, with one overmastering passion . It delights to be canopied with bowers ; " to listen to " old and antique songs " which dally with its innocence ; to be "full of shapes" and " high fantastical . " The love of Viola is the sweetest and tenderest emotion that ever inflamed the heart of the purest and the most graceful of beings, with a spirit almost divine . Perhaps in the whole of Shakespeare's poetry there is nothing more beautiful than Viola ' s celebrated speech to the Duke, in her assumed garb of the page, having hired herself into his service, " She never told her love," &c . (act ii., scene 4) .
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No one but Shakespeare, with his reverence for what is due to real refinement in the female character, could have redeemed
Olivia from the charge of violating the principles of delicacy inherent in women, for, instead of being the retiring and attracting, she is the seeking party . The love of Olivia, however, wilful as it is, is in no one instance masculine in character or repulsive in manner. So strictly does she maintain the proprieties of her sex, that our sympathies constantly accompany her perplexities, and we rejoice in her ultimate happiness. The character of Sebastian presents no "mark or likelihood" for especial notice . 1-Ie is the " counterfeit presentment " of his sister in external favour and no more . Let us hope he made as kind a partner to the Countess as the loving and lovely page, Viola, would have done under similar circumstances. Antonio, the sea-captain, is a delightful specimen of that frank, open and prodigal nature so common in the nautical character— at all events, in the English sailor . His offering Sebastian the use of his purse is done in the best manner, for it is homely, natural, and without ostentation. " Hold, sir, here's my purse. In the south suburbs, at the Elephant, Is best to lodge : I will bespeak our diet, While you beguile the time and feed your knowledge With viewing of the town : There shall you have me. Seb . Why 1 your purse Ant . Haply you shall light upon some toy you have desire to purchase : and you, store I think is not for idle markets, sir ." The secondary movement, or plot, is one round of fun, and hoaxing, and carousing, and mad waggery . There never was perhaps, a larger store of wit and humour, and roguish " larking " (unmingled with co irseness and malice), condensed within the same space of writing ; and a rare choice of materials are brought together for the purpose. There is the roaring blade, Sir 'Toby, and his butt and tool, Sir Andrew Aguecheck, the former so complete a John Bull in character and habits that we wonder how he could be domicilicated
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in Illyria of all places, and to be a kinsman (cousin) of the rich Countess Olivia ; but we need not scrutinize his genealogy ; his mother we may assume to have been an Englishwoman. Then there is that terrible little gadfly, the waiting-u . man, Maria . This phalanx proved formidable odds to bring against the poor pragmatical self-worshipper, Malvolio, the Countess ' s steward, who draws on himself the mischief of their contrivances by his over-estimation of himself, with a too rigid exaction from those ranking below him in the household . He keeps no measure in his contempt for them, and they in return (as the vulgar phrase has it) " pay him out ." There is an inherent propensity in mankind to upset a selfworshipper . We notice, however, that all their teazing, notwithstanding the animal spirits waiting and carrying it on, is not accompanied by any malice, or ill nature, or vulgarity . At the close of the play we have their mistress, Olivia . rebukes them for the extremity to which they had carried their hoax . Fabian apologises for it all : " Good Madam, hear inc speak : Most freely I confess myself and Toby Set this device against Malvolio here, Upon some stubborn and uncourteous parts We had conceived against him. How with a sportful malice it was followed, May rather pluck on laughter than revenge, If that the injuries be justly weighed That have on both sides past ." Of all the subordinate characters in "Twelfth Night," no one character is more finely conceived and more thoroughly carried out than that of Maria . She is by nature of the most boisterous spirits, irrepressible, outpouring . Her delight is in teazing, her joy a hoax . Worrying is her element, and she revels in it . She has no female associate but her mistress, who is a recluse, shutting herself out from society, musing over her brother's death . When Viola, disguised as the Duke ' s page, has an interview with Olivia . Maria hovers about like a gnat, watching for an opportunity to have a gird at the youth ; and on the first symptom of her mistress
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dismissing him, she steps forward with an impertinent alacrity to show him the door . She manifests her delight in making him believe that she would gladly shut it in his face, and yet, with all her impudence, there is such a charming vivacity that no one can be angry with her except the great self-worshipper, Malvolio . He has a natural dislike towards that which threatens to upset his pomposity . He avoids her like a quicksand, perilous to the stately bark of his dignity, and he is right . Her vivacity loathes his ponderous sedateness, and she resolves to scuttle it . His own peculiarities furnish her the ready means, and to one of her disposition the temptation to use them is irresistible . How like the woman is the language of her relish with which she devises the trick against the steward : " For Monsieur Malvolio, let me alone with him . If I do not gull him into a nay-word and make him a
common ,ecteation, do not think I have wit enough to lie straight in my bed . I know I can do it. " How like the kind of woman is that phrase! She originates and concocts the letter for him, and when he has fallen into the snare, we have the whole picture of her manner ; flitting hither and thither ; rushing in and out in breathless ecstasy as her plot thickens and her mischief begins to ferment . She watches her prey lynx-eyed, and is in a perpetual chuckle of meny malice the whole time the trick is being played . She darts in with the words : "If you desire the spleen, and will laugh yourself into stitches, follow me . Yond ' gull Malvolio is turned heathen— a very renegado ; for there is no Christian that means to be saved by believing rightly, can believe such impossible passages of grossness . He's in yellow stockings !
Sit Io . : And cross-gartered. Afar. : Most villainously—like a pedant that keeps a school in the church .
I have dogged him lake his murderer .
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are in a new map, with the augmentation of the Indies. You haven't seen such a thing as it is . I can hardly forbear hurling things at him . I know my lady will strike him : if she do he'll smile and take it for a great favour. The little imp's hunting and badgering of the poor " gull " —as she calls him—are performed with a zest and requisite relish for tormenting that are perfectly characteristic . Following up the pretence that he is going mad, she says : " Get him to say his prayers, Sir "Toby, get him to pray . " lllal. : [turningarrgrilY] My prayers, minx ? ti/ar. : Oh, Lord! No, I warrant you, he will not hear of godliness. In her appetite for teazing she does not even spare the Countess : "If you will see the fruit of the sport, mark his approach first before my lady . He will coup e to her in yellow stockings, and 'tis a colour she abhors ; and cross-gartered, a fashion she detests ; and he will smile upon her, which will now be so unsuitable to her disposition, b°ing addicted to melancholy as she is, that it cannot but turn him into a notable contempt . " Sir Andrew Agueeheck is not only the foil of Sir "Toby, his butt and his tool, but he is his shadow, his echo . No one like Shakespeare has drawn the conceit of fatuity . Others have drawn imbecile character, but objects either revolting from their mental degradation, or so overstrained and buffoon-like in colouring, as to be anomalous and monstrous . Shakespeare always ranges within the worldly experience of us all . Auuecheck is an unadulterated fool, without even good nature to redeem his folly . He is chiefly imitative in character . He apes Sir Toby, echoing all his phrases : Sir To. : I could marry this wench for this device. SirAnd. : So could I too. Sir To . : And ask no other dowry with her but such another jest. Sir And. : Nor I neither. Fabian : Here comes my noble gull-catcher. Sir To . : Wilt thou set thy foot on my neck ?
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Sir And. : Or on mine either. Sir To . : Shall I play my freedom at tray-trip, and become thy bond slave ?
Sir And . : I' faith, or I either ? Sir To . : To
the gates of "Tartan I'll follow thee, thou most excellent devil of wit.
Sir And. : I ' ll make one too. With such a fool as this one feels no repugnance in Sir Toby making a slave of him ; moreover, he merits all the usage he receives . Fabian says, with a knowing wink : "This is a dear mannikin to you, Sir Toby . "
Sir Toby : I have been dear to him, lad, some two thousand strong or so. None but such a character as Sir Toby, who has a strong spice of Falstaff's roguery as well as waggery, could so pi eon him. Feste, the clown, is an especial favourite, and is, in truth, a capital fellow . Nothing vexes him ; nothing makes him anxious or even gave ; not even the threat of his mistress's displeasure ; nay, not even hanging has any terrors for him, for if he is to be hanged he philosophically reflects : " Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage . "
The fact is he knows he has his
mistress's partiality for his " quips and cranks ." As Olivia appears he says : " Wit, an't be thy will, put me in good fooling ." His pleasant foolery and his cheerful temper together, soon win back his lady's favour as he has calculated . She cannot long withstand his playful retorts . At first we see the half frown with which she says :-" Go too ; you're a dry fool : 1 ' ll no more of you . Besides, you grow dishonest . "
Clown : "Two faults, Madonna, that drink and good counsel will amend . For give the dry fool drink, then the fool is not dry : let the dishonest man mend himself—if he mend he is no longer dishonest ; if he cannot, let the botcher mend him . Anything that ' s mended is but patched . Virtue that transgresses is but patched with
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sin, and sin that amends is but patched with virtue. If that this simple syllogism will serve so—if not, what remedy ? " Master Feste ' s humour is strictly and professionally legitimate. It spares no one, gentle or simple, chick or child . When Viola asks him : "Art thou not the Lady Olivia's fool? " He replies, thinking that C2esario is likely to wed his lady-mistress : " No indeed, sir . The Lady Olivia has no folly . She will keep no fool, sir, till she be married." Fabian, the man-servant, is artistically introduced to assist Maria, and to restrain the impetuosity and rage of Toby and Andrew, while they are concealed in the garden, watching the effect of their plot against Malvolio . He helps to reconcile us to their usage of the steward by showing how offensive he has contrived to make himself to the whole household . But, indeed, a valuable moral is to be drawn from the conduct of Malvolio and the treatment he encountered . He is honest and zealous in his stewardship, and is so far estimable, and he has his reward in the confidence and favour of his mistress . But his honesty is bitter, and his zeal overweening, and being so "virtuous" he would banish all "cakes and ale" from the house . He cannot perceive the entertainment of jesting, and marvels that his mistress can tolerate, far more take delight in, the sallies of the jester :—" I marvel your ladyship takes delight in such a barren rascal ." While interrupting the night revels of Sir Toby and his company, we feel that he is quite as much venting his ill-temper at the hilarity and the roistering, as that he is conveying her reprobation of their obstreperous merriment . With austere relish of his rebuke, he says : " My Masters, are you mad? Or what are you? Have you no wits, manners, nor honesty, but to gabble like tinkers at this hour of night ? Do you make an ale-house of my lady ' s house, that you squeak out your cozier ' s catches without any mitigation or remorse of voice ? Is there no respect of place, persons or time in you ? " Sir To . : We did ` keep time,' sir, in our catches . Sneck up ! " Three merry men be we . "
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How perfect is this scene and situation ! With the pompous man in authority, surrounded and baited by the hubbub of the roisterers. They persist in bawling their wine-songs, and in answer to his remoastrances, screaming a chorus . His gravity is no match for their ungovernable mirth ; his sobriety is fairly upset and smothered in their drunken uproar . He has nothing for it but to retreat, and this he does in as dignified ill-humour as need be, and a threat into the bargain : " ° My lady shall know of it, by this hand!"
[Exit .]
SCHOOL PLAY. The nights of the performance this year were Saturday, December 16th, and Monday, December 18th . On both days there was a good attendance . Amongst those who witnessed the performance were :—The Dean of York and Lady Emma PureyCust, the Sheriff and Mrs . Jones, Canon Watson, the Rev. A. and Mrs . Commeline, the Rev . W . W . and Mrs . Dodsworth, the Rev . M . and Alrs . Sullivan, the Rev . W . O . F . and Mrs . Campbell, the Rev . E . S . and Mrs . Carter, Colonel, Mrs ., and the Misses Green, Colonel and the Misses Crookenden. The Hall was well decorated as usual with flags and the shields with the name of plays previously acted by the school . Everything went off smoothly and there were no anxious waits for the prompters . The chief defect was indistinctness . This, however, is always noticeable and is generally due to nervousness . Another defect was that—as a worthy local paper puts it—some of the actors " stared at the floor with the persistency of a Kaffir searching for diamonds at Kimberley, whilst others looked up to the heavens as keenly as did any Astronomer last November, when the meteor showers were expected . " The Duke was represented carefully and in a painstaking manner by T . C . Newton . If there were any faults they were those
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of indistinctness, and emulation of the above-mentioned Kaffir. However, such dignified parts are always difficult to do perfectly, even by an experienced actor. Malvolio was hardly as good as might have been expected from the many times P . Yeld has acted ; but, unless a boy can be found with the exact temperament necessary it is a very hard part to render accurately. He was also under the disadvantage of having a sore throat. Sebastian (E . F . Yeld) was fairly good but hardly natural enough, and there was a differ e nce of some inches between Viola, his sister, and himself. But it is always difficult to get boys exactly the same height . R . Harrison, as Sir Toby Belch, was very good and suited his part exactly . His make up too, by the aid of a few towels to add corpulence, was excellent . Sir Andrew (Garland) was very good too, and thoroughly understood and suited his part ; he certainly could not be accused of indistinctness. Fabian (P . Kirke) was rather indistinct owing to emphasizing too much some syllables, whilst others were hardly pronounced at all. However, he seemed to have a very fair idea of acting . The Clown (R . C . Scott) did well and sang the song nicely, although handicapped by the fact that his voice is just breaking . Neilson ' s make up as the first Sea Captain looked very realistic, but he was rather indistinct owing to a tendency to drop his voice at the end of the sentence . Robinson (the second Sea Captain) was made up very well and acquitted himself creditably . Curio and Valentine (St . George and Dunning) did what little they had all right, and Denby sang his two songs very nicely. Turning to the female characters, it may be said that Olivia was in appearance charming, and in manner dignified, so much so, indeed, that she lacked animation, a fact doubtless due to her supposed mourning for her brother . Viola (A . B . Sale) was very attractive to look at, but somewhat stiff . She was some four inches taller than her brother Sebastian, which however, was not her fault, and she delivered her lines very nicely. We doubt if a real girl could have acted Maria ' s part better than M . Roy did . Her wig and dress exactly suited her and in voice
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and gesture might easily have been mistaken for a girl . Richards as Olivia's servant was rather quaint, but acquitted himself creditably. The music for the three songs was specially composed by Mr. Sample, the School Organist and Choirmaster, to whom our thanks are due for the great care he took in teaching Denby and Scott their songs. The Epilogue written by Mr . Yeld, was read by the Duke, and was fall of allusions to honours gained by Old Peterites. We must not conclude without thanking 1\1r . Yeld, who as usual tool : great pains in prep ,ring the play for the stage ; also Mr . and Mrs . Handford, Miss Leaf, who painted the shield with name of last year' s play, Love ' s Labour ' s Lost ; Mr . Preston and Mr . E . D. Carter, each of whom has given us help in various ways.
THE PROGRAMME. President : THE REV . G . T . HANDFORD. 7reastenr : B . G . LAWRANCE, ESQ. Honorary Secretary : C . P . SCOTT. Committee : C . P . SCOTT, P . ST . G . KIRKE, E . ST . G . KIRKE, E . D . TEASDALE, S . A . MELLOR, G C . OTLEY.
Assistant Secretary : P .
ST . G . KIRKE.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE. ORSINO, duke of Illyria
.. friend of Sebastian A SEA CAPTAIN, A SEA CAPTAIN, friend of Viola .. VALENTINE }. gentlemen attending CURIO on the Duke. 1
T. C . NEWTON A . NEILSON
SIR TOBY BELCH
J . H . H . ROBINSON R . DUNNING A . R . St . GEORGE . . R . HARRISON
SIR ANDREW AGUECHECK
H . W . F . GARLAND
St . Olivia' s Steward FABIAN servants to FESTE, a clown Olivia MALVOLio,
. . P . H . VELD
P . St . G . KIRKE . .
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FIRST OFFICER SECOND OFFICER A . PRIEST
G . C . OTLEY
W . H . D . WILSON
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. . C . P . SCOTT
Lords, Pages, etc. OLIVIA
E . ST . G . KIRKE
VIOLA MARIA,
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Olivia ' s Woman
A . 13 . SALE
M . H . T . RoY Servants, etc . THE STAFF.
Stage Manager Prompter . . Under-Prompter Property-Man Call-Boys . .
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G . VELD, haQ. J . S . R . GIBBONS .. R . BALDWIN . . G . A . FISHER
.. .. .. 1', . C . PETERS, R . G . NEWTON, G . NEWTON
THE EPILOGUE. The epilogue at the close of the play was delivered by T . C. Newton as follows : Once more, fair friends, we welcome you, once more we would beguile Your gentleness of sympathy, your kindness of a smile. As time runs by and leaves with us sad losses in our hearts, On life ' s stage our young actors learn to play distinguished parts, Williams (I) our last Malvolio is now in truth a " Fellow" And Oxford ' s halls applaud him for his learning rich and mellow, Greatness he has, indeed, achieved—philosophers incline— Hard critics they—to place him in their very foremost line ; Greatness he thrusts on others, too, for the longed-for " First " awaits The fortunate and happy men whom he prepares for "greats ." Since last we met in Mr . Wilkes (z) our games have lost a friend, Who spent on them much thought, keen wits, and labour without end, Than Mr . Burrell (3) scholar, friend, and " coach " of the School boat, There's not a truer-hearted man `twist York and John O ' Groats. His zeal was great, great his success, but greatest his desire To kindle in young hearts the flame of wisdom' s sacred fire. We miss him much, we mourn him more, we ne' er shall see again
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A heart so absolutely free from all self-seeking stain. Mr . Preston (,}) we congratulate on his M .A . degree, Few men in English literature are better read than he. Few scholars are more deeply versed in French and German lore, None more deserve this honour, none will adorn it more. Cotterel (5) has left the Isis to rule on coral strands, 1\lay eloquence inspire his tongue and vigour guide his hands ; And should any moral problem his inexperience floor, He needs but send a telegram to th ' Archdeacon of Lahore (6). Leaf (7) is East Anglia ' s Alcuin and Tityrus there finds His boys beneath the beechen boughs improving of their minds. Hudson (8), Leaf ( 9 ) . 'I'easdale (to), Lever ( 1 i ) , and Bingham (I t ), we acclaim. And Raine (12) at Durham proves his right to bear his father ' s name. At hockey Hood (13) and Carter (i 3) have played in splendid style, While Fausset (I+) Third Class Classics is first-class in the mile. The School Four won the boat race—at cricket the O .P . ' s Reversed the river's fortune with almost equal ease. While Mitchell 09) with Cape bowlers right "scaithful grapple " made, And from the first match to the last for Yorkshire ably played. At our one gym . competition (i 5) t! e verdict we obtained, For our new sergeant's just the man by whom success is gained. At football--but there opens here before us such a field, We scarce know how with judgment the poet' s pen to wield ; Our own campaign has hardly been as bright as some we've known, Like other schools, we're liable to waver up and down. One record, anyhow, we claim—so high we' ve never soared, In one match points one hundred and nine by us were scored ; If we have not been brilliant, we've struggled hard and long, And at any rate the O .P . Club is going very strong. " East, West, Home's best," take Yorkshire first—she's truly to the fore, And five O .P . ' s have helped her, could fortune well give more ? Our thanks are due to Castleford, who took our boys on trial, And that they proved themselves good men will meet with no denial ; While Sullivan (i6) and Shepherd (17) at half and full back play, As forwards Russell (18), Bingham (18), Yeld (i8), to quote, " bide no denay . " It was the thought of your applause no doubt that made the last Score that great goal at Newcastle, a kick not oft surpassed. Mitchell (19), for Kent and Blackheath, still shows his pristine form, And Walton (20), who just missed his " blue," deserves your plaudits warm ;
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For Sullivan his " blue " we hoped, none better placed than he did, But fate said no, to our much woe, for he is invalided. Here H . B . Greeves (zr) our praise receives, he ' s Peterhouse ' s stroke, So strongly in the " Fours" he rowed that he the record broke. Last, though not least, I ' m sure your hearts will feel for those O .P .'s Who're bravely lighting for their Queen so far beyond the seas; May they return in triumph with the victor's laurel crowned. And when they do with hearty cheers we ' ll make these walls resound.
(1) H . H . Williams, Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford ; (2) A. Wilkes, Esq ., B .A ., Dublin ; ( 3 ) P . S Burrell, Esq ., M . A ., Oxford ; (+) H . W . Preston, Esq ., M .A ., London : (5) C . 13 Cotterill, Scholar of Balliol College, Oxford, E .I .C .S . ; (6) Ven H . \V. Griffith, Archdeacon of Lahore ; (7) J . F . Leaf, Fellow of Peterhc ., . :se, Cambridge, H .M . Inspector of Schools ; (R) 13 . Hudson, Scholar of Clare College, Cambridge, Second Cl i in the Natural Science Tripos, Part I . ; (9) E . M . Leaf, Scholarship at Yorkshire College renewed ; (ro) R .Teasdaie, Exhibitioner of Worcester College, Oxford ; (II) F . W . Lever and R . (I . Bingham passed London University Matriculation ; (rz) A . Raine s Theology Scholarship, Durham University ; (13) N . L . Hood and W . M . Carter play for Yorkshire ; (1 .}) F . P . Fausset, Scholar of Peterhouse, Cambridge, Third Class in the Classical Tripos, won the Mile at the Peterhouse Sports ; (15) V . Pocklington Grammar School ; (16) A M . Sullivan, Sizar of Christ's College, Cambridge, played full back for Cambridge University and Yorkshire ; (17) J . Shepherd played half-back for Yorkshire ; (18) R . G . Bingham, R . F . Russell, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and G . G . Yeld, Pembroke College, Cambridge, played for Yorkshire ; (19) F . Mitchell., English International, played for Yorkshire at cricket throughout the season ; (zo) L . J . Walton, Hastings Exhibitioner of Queen ' s College . Oxford, played for Oxford University at half-back ; (z1) H . B . Greeves, Organ Scholar of Peterhouse, Cambridge .
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OLD PETERITE CLUB. The Annual Meeting of the Club was held at the School, on Monday, t 8th December, 1899, at 5 p .m ., the Rev . G . T . Handfurd (President) in the chair ; the following members were also present : J . A . Brown, C . P . Cass, E . S . D . Carter, J . Ii . Clark, F . P . Fausset, G . W . Filliter, E . F . Nevile, H . R . Partington, A . Peters (Hon. Sec .) D . W . Roy, R . F . Russell, B . S . Scargill, J . Shepherd, C . S . Smith, R . G . Swanson, R . Teasdale, and K . E . T . Wilkinson. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the meeting proceeded to the election of Officers and Committees for the ensuing year . H . R . Partington, who is acting Assistant to the Hon . Secretary of the Club, was elected local Secretary for York in the place of E . M . Kingston, resigned . C . H . Chadwick was re-elected local Secretary for London, H . H . Williams for Oxford, and F . P . Fausset for Cambridge . K . E . T . Wilkinson was elected to fill the vacancy on the Committee caused by Partington ' s election as local Secretary for York, and G H . Eyre and the Rev . P. E . Lord were elected to fill the places on the Committee, vacant through the retirement in rotation of the two senior members, G . H . Eyre and J . H . Daniel. B . Hudson, J . Shepherd, and W . M . Carter were elected as the Sports Committee, and C . H . Chadwick, E . S . D . Carter and N . L . Hood as the Dinner Committee for the ensuing year. The Treasurer ' s Accounts for the year 1899 were submitted to the meeting and passed. The following resolution was proposed by J . Shepherd, seconded by E . S . D . Carter, and carried unanimously : "That a special grant of /'Io be made towards the O .P. Football Tour, on the understanding that any surplus receipts from gate money, after payment of expenses, be handed over to the Treasurer of the Club ." The usual grant of L2 was voted to the Dinner Committee, also grants for the School Reading Prize and Sports Prize not to exceed 1 each . A sum of L' 5 was voted as a donation to the York Mansion House Fund, in aid of the widows and orphans of our
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soldiers killed in the Transvaal War .
It was also resolved that a
sum not to exceed 1'3 should be granted to meet the deficiency cif anv) on the Schools Theatrical Fund. A special Sub-committee, consisting of C . H . Chadwick, W . M . Carter, and H . R . Partington was appointed to prepare a scheme for completing the Gymnasium Panelling, and report to a Special General Meeting to he called for the purpose. The usual vote
of thanks to the President terminated the
proceedings.
OLD PETERITE CLUB BALANCE SHEET,
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s . d. Peterite Editors . . . . 19 16 o Grant to Dinner Committee 2 o 0 Grant to TheatricaTs Fund 1 14 11 for Sports' Prize . . 1 0 0 , , Reading Prize o 18 o „ Bishop of Bristol's Bible . . 1 5 o Bellerbv - Painter's Account 2 13 0 kT . llorlev for Printing, &c. (including postages) 1898 Account . . 3 14 0 Do . 1899 account 4 22 James Parker, gratuity for services and assistance o 10 0 Postages and Sundry payments . . . . 3 4 4 Balance from 1898 Subscriptions . .
s . d. 49 12 4i 49 10 0
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58
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18th December, 1899—Audited and found correct, CORNWELL ROBERTSON. K . E. T. WILKINSON.
NOTICE. Subscriptions for 1900 are now due, and should he sent to the Hon. Treasurer, Arthur Peters, The Avenue, Clifton, York.
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THE LIBRARY. The Librarians beg to acknowledge the receipt of the follo'n ing books :—" At School and Sea, " presented by F . W . Wilsden, Esq ., O .P. ; " Early Yorkshire Schools, " presented by S . J. Chadwick, Esq ., t ) .P
CORRESPONDENCE. CALCUTTA, January 161h. I t has always been my great ambition to shoot a tiger ; but as I live several hundred miles from their haunts, my chances have been nil . People at home have a sort of idea " Oh ! in India anybody can shoot a tiger ." Given an unlimited supply of time and money ; twenty or thirty elephants ; or a couple of hundred beaters ; this is no doubt true, but for a penniless subaltern it is quite another matter ; and I for one thought my wish would never be gratified . However my chance came, quite unexpectedly . A draft had to he taken to Bombay for a regiment in South Africa, and I was the unfortunate selected for the task . Two days and nights in the train, with the constant dread of somebody's leaving himself or his rifle at one of the numerous halting places, is enough to turn one's hair grey . However they turned out an excellent lot, and we all arrived safely . Then came the prospect of the return journey, which I was determined to enliven with a little shooting on the way up . Starting after antelope one day, I met a native Shikari, who said he could take me to a good place for a tiger. This was too good a chance to be lost ; so, packing up my blankets, which was all the camp kit I had, and borrowing a basin, saucepan, spoon and fork, and enough rice to last for a week , I went some twelve miles into the jungle and bivouaced, having tied up a young bull in a likely spot for the tiger . Three days had passed, during which I had tramped all over the forest and seen no sign of anything . The Shikari assured me " there was plenty of game : but it didn't seem to come master ' s way ." But as somebody once said—or something like it " If there be no game for me. What care I what game there be ."
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On the next day, one of my men came in to say that the young bull had been carried away, the rope round its neck being broken. Sure enough, when we went to look, a broken rope and a pool of blood were all that remained . Cautiously following the track made by one of his horns on the ground, we found the body among some rocks, half a mile away . The Shikari built a small platform in a tree near the body. About six o ' clock I went and climbed on to the platform on which we had hardly been sitting half an hour, when a twig cracked in the jungle and presently stealthy steps were heard approaching . This was followed by dead silence save for an occasional dry leaf failing . After about an hour of this I got so cramped and stiff that I had to move ; in doing which I must have moved a branch which made a slight rustling noise . The tiger evidently heard me as he could presently be heard moving off. For five hours after this I sat up, but the tiger refused to come. I at length decided that if he couldn't come at a reasonable time for his grub, he shouldn ' t have it at all . So I clambered down to go to sleep near the carcase, rifle in hand . On reaching within about a foot of the ground—so far as I could see—I let go with my hand and stepped backwards, to fall about six feet on to a sharp rock . I got up and made a few general remarks, which had the double effect of soothing my feelings and effectually frightening " stripes " if he was anywhere near . When day broke I crawled back to camp and went to bed, very tired of life . Next night however saw me back on my platform, and soon I heard the same stealthy approach as before . The footsteps came to within a dozen yards or so, but, to my infinite disgust, the tiger, having apparently satisfied himself that it was all right, sheered off again. I heard nothing for an hour or two, so I made myself as comfortable as a person a mass of bruises can on a space four feet square, and dozed off. I don ' t know how long it was after that I woke with a start, to hear a great commotion below us, and, peering into the darkness, I saw a huge tiger walking off with the front half of the ox . I seized my rifle and sat up (anyone who has ever used a rifle at night knows the impossibility of seeing the foresight, even in
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moonlight . To obviate this I had pasted a bit of white paper over it .) I seized my rifle then, and aiming at the tiger ' s head, who was walking away, not ten yards off, I fired . The tiger immediately stopped and turned half round with a who-threw-that-brick sort of expression on his face . Hastily loading I took careful aim behind the shoulder and fired again . The tiger quietly deposited the carcase on the ground and trotted coolly off . I was simply flabbergasted at having missed, which seemed almost impossible at such a range . I looked at my rifle, expecting it to be the cause, on the principle of the bad workman, and found that the paper . had got pushed down from the foresight, and consequently both my shots must have gone well over him . My feelings beggar description . I again made a few general remarks, when, to add to my discomfiture an excited mob of beaters arrived from camp to carry in the corpse, just as I could hear the tiger approaching again . My greeting to them was perhaps more expressive than polite, but under the circumstances may, I think, be excused . My only hope of the tiger coming next night was that he might think I was giving a harmless display of fireworks for his delectation. As he must have found out my platform I had a new one made on the opposite side, which had the double advantage of being a more concealed position and to windward of the carcase, which was decidedly aromatic . This proved a wise precaution. I found time hang heavy on my hands, as even the exciting amusement of pulling an incipient moustache palls after two nights of it. However, after two or three hours waiting I heard my friend approaching, and chuckled as I heard him prowling round the old platform . He must have done this for half an hour before he finally decided it was all right, and then he began tearing at the carcase . I could only see his head and shoulders, but taking a steady aim, fired . The only result was a loud click ! my bearer had unloaded without my knowledge, though of course I ought to have looked before starting . The tiger raised his head and half turned to go, but changed his mind, and went on feeding, whilst I stealthily loaded . When I fired he dashed off into the bushes and I heard him scrambling along a nullah sending stones flying .
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"Then a few groans and silence . We dared not go to see whether it was dead or not, so had to wait till daylight . On coming to the nullah we saw a striped dead body, with a shout of joy we rushed up, to find a hymna. After another night of watching in vain I returned to camp to find an urgent wire recalling me to duty . Ten minutes later a man came in and said that another bullock had been killed, which I had tied up the day before, and that from the footmarks the tiger must be a very big one . I looked at my time table and found that the mail train did not go till three next morning . So sending off my things, I started off to the kill . To cut a long story short, lying on some rocks about six feet above the body, I had the satisfaction of seeing the tiger approaching . Waiting till he was within about ten yards, I got up and took aim . Just as I fired he turned round and saw me . He made a spring, but fell short, and, staggering off about 50 yards, fell . 1 clambered down, and by the time I reached him he was stone dead, shot through the heart . He was so big that four of us could scarcely move him. After two hours hard work in the moonlight, we got the skin off. With the head and paws, this was as much as a man could carry. We had a ten mile walk to the station, besides fording the Nerbuddah, which was half a mile wide, and full of alligators. However, we found the water not deep, and arrived at midnight tired but triumphant.
NOTES AND ITEMS. Professor Reinold (O .P .), has been elected a Member of the Council of the Royal Society. Captain C . Moss (O .P .), 2nd Gloucestershire Regiment, is in the 13th Brigade, 6th Division, at the Cape. Major Mitchelson (O .P.), has volunteered for active service in South Africa. Rev . C . A . Skelton (O .P.), has been appointed Rural Dean of Woking .
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BIRTHS .- On the zoth of January, at Laverstoke Rectory, the wife
of the Rev . J . R . Husband of a son . On the znd of December, 1899, the wife of H . A . L . Francis (O .P .), a daughter (Yorkshire Post, December 6th, 1 899 .) W . M . Carter and N . L . Hood (O .P .'s), played for Yorkshire v. Cheshire, at hockey. G. Yeld, Esq ., has composed a song entitled : " Who will Volunteer," which has been set to music by A . Sample, Esq ., and met considerable success at a Patriotic Concert in aid of the Transvaal War Fund, in the Exhibition Buildings. R . F . Russell (O .P .), was first in the long jump at Emmanuel College Sports, and second in the too and iso yards. G . G . Yeld (O .P .) has been elected Captain of the Yorkshire Schools Rugby Club, at Cambridge, in place of A . M . Sullivan. A . M . Sullivan (O .P .) has been elected Captain of Christ' s Cricket Eleven. R . F . Russell (O .P .), was asked to play for Cambridge, but was unable owing to a previous engagement with Yorkshire. E . J . Walton, (O .P .), was asked to play for Yorkshire v . Cumberland, but could not get away from Oxford. F. Mitchell and E . S . Jones (O .P .'s) have volunteered for active service in South Africa. N . F . Roy has been playing for the Royal Navy at Rugby Football. The Form Gymnasium Competition took place early in March. A new arrangement of forms has been made, the School being divided up into 6 sets, viz . :—Sixth, Fifth Classical, Fifth Modern, Fourth Classical, Fourth Modern, and Lower School. J . A . Castle and C . W . Newton (O .P.'s) are serving with the Cape Mounted Police in South Africa. Lt .-Col . A . J . Montgomery (O .P .) was wounded while in command of a Brigade Division at Potgieter ' s Drift. The Rev . R . M . Ainslie ' s Church (St . Saviour ' s, Liverpool), was burned on the 4th February. Professor Clifford Allbutt (O .P .) has been elected Harveian Orator at the Royal College of Ph)sicians. R . Garwood (0 P .) passed the Final Examination of the Incorporated Law Society, held in January. E . J . Walton (O .P .), played for Blackheath v. The London Scottish, on March 3rd .
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On the 3rd of January at Radlcy . Aged So. E . G . MONK, MRS . I)oC ., Formerly Organist and Choirmaster at the School. On the 14 .th of November, 1899 . Aged 56. EDWARD WALKER, Barrister-at-Law. (7imes, Nov . 1( n th, 1899).
OUR CONTEMPORARIES. We beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following School Magazines :—Sarilian, Cuthbert/an, L/odensian (2), .S7. Edward' s School Chronicle, Bieghton College Magazine . .Sedberghian (z), Denstonian, Dunelmian, tiW't'combe Abbcr Gazette . Hvnerian .
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SCHOOL LETTER. E are glad to be able to affirm, without any fear of being contradicted, that the tide of the war has decidedly changed for the better . First came the capture of Cronje (a name which apparently no one knows how to pronounce) ; then the relief of Ladysmith, which we celebrated by a half-holiday, and finally the expulsion of the Boers from Cape Colony . We hope to be able to publish, in the future, some letters from the front ; perhaps, too, a list of O .P .'s engaged in the war. The names of a few will be found among the Notes and Items of our last number. Of the two football matches played this term, we won one and lost the other, and the total record reads :—Won 4, lost 8, which is not so satisfactory as last year, but not disgraceful, though we ought to have beaten Wakefield St . John ' s. It is hoped that a few hockey matches will be arranged to stimulate interest in the game . We are sorry, however, to note that some boys, who would have boated, if there had been no hockey, have deserted the water . This seems a great pity, as with such a good boating river as the Ouse there ought to be no lack of eagerness to learn how to row . We would suggest that it should be made compulsory for everyone who can swim . The lack of
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interest may be ascribed to the hopeless absence of punctuality which characterises everything connected with boating . There seems to be a feeling that if a boat is put down to go out at 2-30, means that when 2-30 arrives it is just time to think about changing . Allowing quarter of an hour to change, ten minutes to get down to the boathouse, and twenty minutes more for doing nothing in particular except getting the boats out—allowing we say for these insignificant items, it is one hour, almost to the minute, after the proper time that the first boat puts off . This state of affairs falls hardest on the day boys, who have no idea when the School House members of the rowing community will put in an appearance . They consequently have to stand shivering on the bank for about an hour, generally in a cutting wind, without any shelter at all, as the boathouse is not kept open This breeds, in the day boys at any rate, a dislike of everything and anything connected with the river, and it is no wonder that the number of that half of the School engaged on the river dwindles year by year. Surely something ought to be done to remedy this . We would suggest that the captain of boats make people start changing directly after dinner . How inveterate a habit it is in School to think of changing at the time for actually starting cannot for a moment be denied by anyone who has ever taken part in a football pick-up . In cricket the fault is not so clearly marked, owing to the cricket field adjoining the School, so that directly after the quarter of an hour taken for changing is over the game can begin—at least serious thoughts are then entertained of altering the sides put upon the notice board owing to numerous " detentions . " Happening to be looking at some past numbers of "'l'he Peterite, " we found letters addressed to the Editors on this very subject . Naturally a Day-boy was the complainer . Not that we intend to cast a slur on the Day-boys, but rather to show that they have a lot to put up with, and are generally much and wrongly abused. As we are writing we hear the hockey community boasting that they have achieved the remarkable record of starting at the proper
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time . This should create a spirit of emulation among the exponents of the other games . The newest game introduced has set the school an example . Let us follow it. The gymnasium competition took place on March the 3rd. Colonel Fox kindly consented to judge . It was arranged to be much shorter than last year, which measure turned out a decided improvement . The Sixth Form won the Form Shield, and P. Kirke again won the Cup . A longer account will be found elsewhere. In our last number we stated that R . F . Russell had played for Cambridge University . We have since heard that this was inaccurate, as, though asked to play, he never actually did so, owing to a previous engagement with Yorkshire. We must conclude by claiming indulgence for the smallness of this number, but it will be seen that this term is the least eventful of the year, and therefore accounts of the School ' s doings must be shorter in proportion . Unfortunately we do not feel in a position to say that lack of quantity will be made up by quality, as we humbly acknowledge ourselves quite unable to rise above steady paced mediocrity .
FOOTBALL. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . ST . JOHN ' S COLLEGE.
Played on the School ground on February zznd . Otley kicked off for the School, and St . John's pressed . Leonard relieved with a good punt into touch at halfway . Scrummaging in the centre followed . The School were then penalized and St . John's punted into touch . After fine passing among the School backs, Scott almost got over, but was held on the line . Dunning presently dribbled over but did not succed in touching down . Lawrance returned well into touch from the drop-out, and Nelson gained some ground by a good kick . From a too vigorous kick by Leonard, St . John ' s touched down . Leonard found touch from the restart and was presently again conspicuous for good kicking. Nelson by a long punt took play well into their " 25 ." Lawrance
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tried a drop at goal, but the attempt failed . Continued pressure by the School forced St . John ' s to concede a minor . One of their forwards made a mark and from the kick Leonard returned well into touch . Nelson punted over the St . John's line, and a minor resulted . The School kept up the pressure and a scrum near their line followed, from which Harrison failed in a drop at goal . The game came back to mid-field, but Lawrance again took play into their " 25 " by a good dribble . Leonard here again made the mistake of punting over their line . Scott, from a pass by Lawrance, made a good run, and Leonard picking up cleverly ran into St. John's " 25 ." A forward rush by our opponents took play to halfway and almost immediately after they dribbled over our line ; but Scott succeeded in touching down . Another rush by their forwards was well stopped by Leonard, who managed to get in a kick into touch . St . John's, however, were not to be denied, and they presently dribbled over our line, but did not succeed in touching down . The game continued in our " 25, " and presently one of their men attempted a drop at goal, unsuccessfully, however. Otley made a long punt into touch, and Nelson put in a splendid run . Otley took the ball to the line, but a touch down resulted. Lawrance stopped a rush well, and Neilson made a good run from a pass by Harrison . Half-time score, School, nil, St . John's, nil. After the kick-off, Otley put in a good dribble, but kicked into touch . Scott picked up and ran into their " 25, " before being collared . Hatfield was next conspicuous with a good dribble . By a forward rush St . John ' s took play to mid-field, but Leonard with a good kick brought the game back again to their " 25 ." Play then fluctuated between half-way and St . John ' s " ° 25," Scott and Lawrance being conspicuous with good runs . Neilson made a mark and gained some ground . St . John ' s made another effort and dribbled over our line, but again were unable to touch down. Scrums in the centre followed, and Nelson found touch in their " 25 ." Good passing between Scott and Nelson resulted in the former scoring, about a minute before time . Otley made a very good attempt to convert . Result :—School, i try (3 pts .) ; St. John's, nil .
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SCHOOL TEAM :—Back, H . Leonard ; Threequar/ers, C . P . Scott, A . Neilson, B . G . Lawrance, Esq . ; Halves, C . Nelson, R . Harrison ; Forwards, G . C . Otley, E . D Teasdale, R . Dunning, J . E . Pulleyn, S . A . Mellor, E . J . Otley, T . C . Newton, H . W . F . Garland, and C . N . Hatfield. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . WAKEFIELD ST . JOHN ' S. This match, the last of the season, was played at York on Saturday, February 2+th . Wakefield did not turn up till nearly an hour after the proper time for beginning The visitors lost the toss and kicked off uphill . Lawrance returned into touch, but play continued for some time in the School half, Wakefield pressing hard and C . Nelson repeatedly saving by kicks into touch So hard were the St . john ' s men playing now that they were within an ace of s oring when Lawrance saved well and a good rush by the School forwards took play into the Wakefield " 25 ." C. Nelson and Scott nearly scored, but Wakefield managed, bya good deal of very loose kicking, to remove the clanger . The School were penalized for off-side, and Wakefield taking advantage of their kick got over and scored far out . No goal resulted . The play for the remainder of the first half the School had all their own way, and nearly scored twice . Neilson and Pulleyn were prominent with good dribbles . Half-time score : Wakefield 3 pts ., School, nil. After the interval Otley kicked off and after some interchange of kicks, Harrison by a fine run carried the ball to their "25 ." Wakefield were penalized for off-side ; Otley took a drop at goal which, though a good shot, was not successful . Wakefield touched down . From the drop out Scott secured, and nearly scored after some good passing by the School backs . Wakefield again pressed hard, but Black saved by a long kick into touch . The game was taken to the School line where Wakefield were again penalized and Otley punted well up the field . Loose play followed in midfield . Scott again secured and after a good run was tackled on the Wakefield line . Wakefield then pressed but Scott relieved, though not for long, as Wakefield soon rallied again, and despite the efforts of the School, scored and converted . Time was soon after called with the score, Wakefield, 8 points, School, nil .
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The School, in spite of the score, were the better team, and, with only a very little luck, would have won . The forwards played well together and with fine spirit . The backs were fair ; Scott and Nelson were always conspicuous and Black made a safe full-back. The team was as follows : Back, J . T . Black ; Threequarlers, H . Leonard, B . G . Lawrance, Esq ., A . Neilson, C . P . Scott; Halves, C . Nelson, R . Har r ison ; Forwards, G . C . Otley, E . D. Teasdale, R . Dunning, T . E . Pulleyn, S . A . Mellor, E . J. Otley, T . C . Newton, C . N . Hatfield. KICKING COMPETITION. Through the kindness of J . A . Browne, Esq . (O .P .) prizes have this year been awarded for the best " place " and " drop " kicking. The competition was to have taken place at the end of last term. but, owing to the sudden advent of snow, it had to be postponed, This term, however, has seen " the final settlement" and the award of the prizes . The Competition took place on Thursday, February 28th . Mr . Lawrance obligingly acted as judge . The rules for the competition were as follows t . Each competitor to have 6 Place and 6 Drop kicks. 2 . The Place kicks to be :—two in front of goal, two on the right side and two on the left side of the posts. 3 . The Drop kicks to be :—two with the right foot and one with the left at twenty-five yards, and the same at fifteen yards. . The prizes to go to those who kicked most goals. 4. 5 . The prizes to be divided in case of any equality. There were four prizes in all . Two for the ist XV . and two for the znd XV. A fair proportion of the two fifteens entered for the competition, though the display of kicking was not so good as might have been expected . Most of the competitors managed to secure goals from the place kicks in front and the drop kicks with the right foot. The left foot kicking was not at all successful, only four goals being kicked out of a total of twenty-four shots . " Extenuating circumstances" are, of course, allowed . The prizes for the 1st
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XV . were divided between C . Nelson and R . Harrison, who each kicked five goals . In the znd XV . Black got the first prize with six goals, and P . H . Veld the second with four. The following is the full analysis : PLACE . Right Side Near . Far .
Front . Left Side . Near Far.
DROP. Right Foot. Left Foot. i5 yds . 25 yds . 15 yds . 25 yds.
Ist XV. G. C . Utley . . . . — , i 1 — , — — — C . Nelson . . . . I I - — I I — R . Harrison . . I I 1 — I — — I T . E . I'ulleyn . I I — I I — — A . Neilson , . . . -- — 1— — I 1 R . Dunning . . I I — I — — — T . C . Newton , — — 1 — I 2nd XV. H. Leonard . — C . N . Hatfield . . — — - — T . J . Black . . . . 1 r r — 1 P . H . Veld . . — I I 1 — I — M . H . T . Roy . . — - I I - - — — FOOTBALL RESULTS. FIRST FIFTEEN.
Date . Versus, Ground. Result. Home Lost . . Ig It - 9g Th . Oct . 5 . .Old Boys Sat . 2 1 . . Leeds G . S Away . . Won . . zg (I dr .) - Nil Sat . „ z8 . . Durham School Away . . Lost . . Ig - 3g 5t Sat ., Nov . 4 . .Hcadingley F .C Home . . Lost . . Nil - 4g 4t Sat . „ I I . . Yarnbury F .C Home . . Lost . . I g (pty) - 19p Sat . „ 18 . . Giggleswick School Home . . Lost . Nil - zg 2t Sat . „ z5 . . Richmond School , Home . . Won . . 109 pts . - Nil Sat ., Dec . 2 . . Durham School , Home . . Lost . . Nil - 45 pts. Th . „ Home . . Won . . g (dr) 1t - It j . . St . John's College Tues„ 19 . . Old Boys Home . . Lost . . Nil - 2g zt Th ., Feb .2z . .St . John ' s College Home . . Won . . It - Nil Sat . Feb . 24, .Wakefield St . John's Home . ,Lost . . Nil - Ig it Total for, 144 . Against, 214. SECOND FIFTEEN.
Sat . Oct . 21 . . Leeds G . S . 2nd Home . . Won . . 4g 4t - Nil Sat . , z8 . .Durham G . S . znd Home . . Lost . Nil - 37 pts. Th . Nov . 16 . .St . John's College znd Home . . Won . . Ig It - It Th .,Feb .15 . . St . John's College znd Home . . Not played (Frost). Total points for, 40 . Against, 4o .
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CRICKET. YORK v . DURHAM Perhaps it will not be out of place before the summer term to give a list of the results of our cricket matches with Durham . It will be seen that Durham have won 22 to our 20 . This majority was gained by their long succession of victories from 1879 onwards, in the time of Brutton's prowess . Durham hold the record for the biggest total, namely, 274, to which Brutton contributed 163 not out, which is the highest individual score. Our highest score is Bingham ' s 125 in 1898, after making which he was stumped . There is a close race for lowest score, but we have it by one run, our score being 13 . We are now two matches behind, so let us try and wipe off the score this year. Appended is the list : YEAR .
YORK .
DURHAM
,st Inn'gs . 2nd Inn ' gs . 1st Inn ' gs . 2nd Inn'gs.
GROUND.
RESULT.
Durham won by 23 runs Durham „ 24 „ 92 York ,, 37 43 York 31 56 York won by an innings and ro runs 6o Durham Durham won by 45 runs 49 31 54 1869 81 .. 83 (4 wkts) York Durham „ 6 wkts 1870 8o 119 64 33 (6 wkts) Durham York , 16 runs 1871 154 . . 83 177 York York •, 94 ,• 18 7 2 47 . . Durham Durham „ an innings 44 1 46 and 47 runs 18 73 5 8 5 (3 wkts) 86 I r, York Durham won by 28 runs 1874 183 70 Durham York 11 3 1875 127 20 (1 wkt) 62 83 York York 65 „ 1876 90 52 (5 wkts) 98 Durham Durham „ 1877 68 15 (nowkts)$9 23 York York 9 1878 94 14 (2 wkts) 48 153 Durham Yo,k 46 1879 61 . . 153 York Durham 92 „ 188o 31 53 171 Durham Durham , an innings and 87 runs 1881 81 162 York Durham 81 „ 1882 13 6r 98 York Durham 112 34 2G9 (6 wkts) Durham Dunham 169 , 40 1883 44 24 27(nowkts) York Durham 10 wkts 43 „ 33 •• 2 74 Durham Durham „ 241 runs 1884 83 92 (2 wkts) 73 ,. Durham York „ ro .. ,, 131 67 42 York York „ an innings and 22 runs 1885 140 14 41 Durham York „ an innings and 85 runs „ 42 6o 107 York Durham „ an innings and 5 runs 1866 56 53 26 64 88 1867 ro8 24 (2 wkts) 71 20 54 40 1868 94 28
96
York Durham Durham York York
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CRICKET. YEAR .
YORK .
DURHAM.
GRouxn.
RESULT.
1st Inn'gs . 2nd Inn'gs . sat Inn'gs . 2nd Inn'gs.
York York 1886 118 113 Durham Durham 93 16 7 1887 No Matches. Durham 44 (3 wkts) York 1888 49 59 Durham 1889 114 York 1 44 Durham Draw 129 (9 wkts) 1 75 York York „ 1890 88 71 67 41 Durham Durham „ 1891 61 84 Drawn. 1892 Io8 20 (2 wkts) . . York York Durham 1893 113 119 65 Durham Drawn. 23 (1 wkt) York 56 (3 wkts) 64 York 1894 III 138 . . 8o Durham York 18 95 No Match. York York 1896 157 97 I28 Durham Durham 95 York York 93 1897 2 59 York York 1898 255 (6 wkts) 163 York York 18 99 1 47 66 Durham Durham 165 1 33 Drawn 3. Durham 22 . York 20 .
5 runs 74 „ I0 "
20 „ 21 ,,
20 „ 6 „ 47 58 6o „ 33 166 „ 92 „ 8t „ 32 „
SOME APROCRYPHAL RUBAIYGAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (With Apologies .) I must abjure the " footur squash, ” I must, And taught by stale old rules received on trust, Sitting uncomfortably on a thwart, Plug in a heavy tub, until I "bust . " Last Tuesday raised a blister on your hand, And made you loth to sit and fain to stand, And that first "crab " within the tub-pair caught, Did quite forestall the perfect stroke you planned. Well, never mind ; you only have to try To keep your back straight and to fix your eye Upon the shoulders of the man in front And watch his swing and follow till you die. Shoot out your hands like lightning, but keep back Your body till the arms be no more slack, And when your hands are past your knees—why then Come off the feather gently, lest you lack A strong beginning ; then with legs pressed tight Upon the stretcher and with hands raised light Swing steady from the hips, but never " screw " Nor " bucket " forward like a streak of light .
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SOME APROCRYPHAL RUBAIYGAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM.
With body, jammed hard down between the knees, When you have got as far as you can squeeze, Oh ! do not " hang " ; but with a str.aig leg-drive From off the stretcher—" lift her, lift her, please ." And having " lifted " do not plunge your oar As though to dredge the river ever more. Cover the blade and nothing but the blade, Nor drive it through in pieces three or four. But pull not with your arms ; the legs alone, If you shove hard and bend not the back bone, Will drive the handle up into the chest Serenely ; else, by Jove, you ' ll get well blown. Some feather under water ; but if you Would wish to pull your stroke expertly through And finish well, drop smartly' down your hands ; Then only turn them, lest a "crab" you rue. Some " bucket " forward madmanlike ; and some Like unto sacks of taties " crouch most glum ; Others the caterpillar emulating Arch their backs round as any kettle-drum . * What are we but a miserable row Of " passengers " that well to " sugar " know Nor heed the admonitions of the coach Who cries, " Now come! you beggars, make her go ." The ship does not leap forward with her '` nose, " But looks quite dead as sluggishly she goes. The tiny cox, who holds the rudder-strings He knows how best to steer—or thinks he knows. A string of catchwords from the riverside A world of jaw and shibboleths ; how wide The difference 'twixt his precept and his " form " ! Yet ponder well his words your hearts inside.
As late upon a bright half-holiday, After a hurried lunch I strode away, Again upon the boat-house steps I stood And heard how school aquatics made its way. Boys of all sorts and sizes, large and small, There hung about the door or by the wall, And some loquacious oarsmen were ; and some Were beefy, but they hardly talked at all .
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Quoth one among them : " Well upoh my word I came here thrice a week and my loins gird, I scarify myself inside a tub And listen to the coach's winged word ." Then one exclaimed, " If e ' er I come again, My zephyr on my back I'll eat amain; 'Tis better, with an impot to inscribe, Up at the school in " lock-up " to remain ." After a melancholy silence spake A youngster of a Lilliputian make. They bring me down upon a vain pretence Then make me carry boats till my back break. * Would but some polished oarsman of great note Arrest the roll of the Regatta boat, Prevent the crew from swinging all away And make it quite the fastest craft afloat Ah, Cox ! could you and stroke with crew conspire To take the Old Boys ' water and perspire Profusely till you reach the Scope . Oh ! then You ' ll lick them by a Marygate entire. REMEX EMERITUS.
GYMNASIUM. '1 he form competition took place on Saturday, March the 3rd. There was only a small attendance owing to the measles in the school . It will be as well to write down the rules before entering into an account.
1.
"The exercises to be posted in the gymnasium three
weeks before the competition takes place. z . For this competition the School is divided as follows :1. Sixth Form. 2. Upper Fifth. 3.
Lower Fifth.
.} . Upper Fourth. 5. Lower Fourth. 6.
Lower School .
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GYMNASIUM. 3.
Each Form may send in a maximum number of
5 competitors. 4.
A cup will be given to the boy having the highest
marks in the competition . Last year's winner to have four marks deducted for the cup, but no penalty for the shield. 5.
On the narks obtained in this competition, badges
will be awarded that a school gymnastic team may be formed . The number of badges given away
will
depend
entirely upon the standard reached . Thus boys, whose forms appear to have no chance for the shields, will themselves have a chance of gaining badges . " There was by no means a full number of entries, and only two forms competed . However, Harrison from the Upper Modern, and Black from the Lower School, went in to try for the badges. E . Kirke was unable to take part owing to a knee damaged at football, but his absence did not make any difference to the actual result, as the Sixth Form won comfortably . The first item was the horse, in which Scott and Kirke were the best, Harrison and Fisher were good too . On the horizontal bar, Kirke succeded in getting once more the full marks, and Harrison only full short by half a mark . The second exercise on this apparatus was considerably curtailed and simplified, owing to a misunderstanding between the Sergeant and Col . Fox . The work on the parallel bars was the best, owing perhaps to the fact that the exercises were somewhat simpler than on the other apparatus . In the bridge-ladder, Kirke and Harrison were especially good . It should be noted that Kirke got over full marks in four out of seven events, and that his total was one-and-a-half marks over' maximum," if it can be called such . After the competition, Harrison, Scott, and Newton received their colours . The marks for the cup were very close, as Kirke, minus the four deducted, owing to his being last year's winner, was only two ahead of Harrison, who did his exercises very neatly and well . The Fifth Form were very level in marks, four out of the five getting I8 or r 8
GYMNASIUM .
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We are able to give a list of the marks in each event : Horizontal Bar.
Horse
SIXTH (green) P . St . G . Kirke 5 . . 4 . . . .6 T . C . Newton . . 31 . . 21 . . . .31 C . P . Scott . . . . 4 .• 5 4 G. A . Fisher 3 3 . . 21
Parallel Bars.
Bridge Form Ladder . Total . Total.
5 . . . .51 . . 51 . . . . 51 . . . . 3 6 1 4 . . . .3 4 3z . . . . 24 26 31 . .} . . 21 . . . . 3 3k . . 3 . . 3 . . . 2 ; . . 2012 I07
FIFTH (chocolate) A . R . Fisher 21 H. W . Garland 2 A . Neilson 21 G . Armstrong . . 21 M . H . T . Roy 2
r . . . .21 . . 2z 31 . . .21 4 . . 2L 21 . .21 . . 21 31 _21 . . I _21 2 .. 2 . .4 ... .2 2 .''~ . . . . .3 ., I . . I14- . . . .
UPPER MODERN (blue) R . Harrison . .4 3 JUNIORS (red) T . Black . .3 . .4
3; 21 31 21 11
. . . . 18 181 . . . . 18 . . . . 18 . . . . 121 851
41 . . . . 4 4 . . .. 301
. . . 41 •• 5 . .
2
3
,I
20
After the conclusion of the exercises, Mrs . Handford presented the shield to P . Kirke, as captain of the Sixth Form team, and also the cup for his individual excellence . Cheers were then called for C Ilonel Fox, Mr . Lawrance, who gave the shield and the cup, and for Mr . and Mrs . Handford . We must take this opportunity of thanking Mrs . Handford for the great trouble she took in personally sewing the colours on to the jerseys of the different forms, and cannot conclude without a word of praise to the Sergeant for the great pains he has taken in getting the competitors into proper efficiency. NoarEs .—It will be seen from the above that the competition only lay between the Sixth and Fifth Classical . We would like to hint that there ought to have been more forms competing . Without mentioning names, we can think of several members of the School who have frequently been in the gymnasium, and could easily have become proficient in the exercises in two weeks. Many of these put forward the excuse that they couldn ' t go in for both football and gymnasium at the same time . The obvious answer is that the gymnasium is only opened on whole days, and that, as football is only played on half-holidays, the two cannot possibly interfere with one another —at any rate this term . There is something to be said for this objection in the Christmas term, when
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NOTES AND ITEMS.
there are passing and dribbling practices on whole days ; but we venture to think that this is not sufficiently tiring to make coming to gymnasium in the evening impossible, if boys really wanted to come . Attending gymnasium is a much better amusement than loafing up and down in front of the School, which is little better than waste of time . We have heard it stated that a Peterite can always be recognised by his walk . We trust this is not literally true, though such a thing is possible ; but still walking aimlessly up and down without specially caring whether one is out or in cannot have a very good effect. We therefore exhort everybody to go into the gymnasium at least twice a week, in addition to the ordinary drill, and remind them that as the number of boys in the School is not as large as it used to be, everybody should do his best to keep whatever the School undertakes up to the mark, and that unless everybody pulls together and keeps the School ' s welfare at heart rather than his own individual interests, it will never be able to maintain the reputation which has been won for it by our predecessors .
NOTES AND ITEMS. E. J . Walton (O .P .), scored for Oxford University v . Rosslyn Park. R . F . Russell (O .P.), has played for Blackheath. The following have received their Gymnasium colours :—R. Harrison, C . P . Scott, and T . C . Newton. N . L . Hood (O .P .), played for Yorkshire v . Lancashire at hockey, and W . M . Carter was chosen as reserve for the North. L . W . Huffam (O .P .), resigned his Commission in the Volunteers to go to the front. C . Cadman (O .P .), has gone to South Africa with Mitchell's company of the Imperial Yeomanry. F. M . Bingham (O .P.), has passed his conjoint, M .R .C .S., and R .C .P. A . Crosthwaitc (O .P .), is returning to England after six years residence in India. H . B . Greeves (O .P.), stroked the Peterhouse boat in the Clinker fours at Cambridge, and beat St . Catherine ' s in the final by y oo yards .
CONTEMPORA RIES .
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LIBRARY. The following books have been added this term :—" Ilow England saved Europe," in
.l. vols ., by W . A . Fitehett, B .A ., LL .D.
Waverlev Novels, by Sir Walter Scott :—Waverlev, ( p up Mannering, The Antiquary, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, Montrose and the Black Dwarf, Heart of Midlothian, Bride of Lammermoor, Ivanhoe, Kenilworth, Pirate, Fortunes of Nigel, Peveril of the Peak, The Talisman.
CONTEMPORARIES. We acknoacledge with thai .ks the receipt of the following School Magazines :—Saz'ilian,
Masonian, Lily .
.Sezzbevghian, Eastbournian, Hurst johnian,
THE
PETERITE. VOL . XVI .
JUNE,
1900 .
No . 145.
BOAT RACES. SENIOR SCULLS.
H . S . Leonard beat R . Harrison. Harr ison won the toss, and took the far side, and got off the better. Leonard, however, drew up before Scarborough Bridge, and was ahead at Marv gate . Maintaining his lead to the end, he won a close race by a quarter of a length. SENIOR PAIRS.
C . Nelson (bow) . G . C . Otley (stroke) . C . P . Denby (cox) .
R . Dunning (bow). C . P . Scott (stroke). K . Nelson (cox).
There were only two entries for this race, which number is distinctly below the average of previous years . Both crews got off well, but Scott, in anxiety to get ahead, caught a magnificent crab, which had the double effect of cooling his ardour and overturning the boat . All the crew could, fortunately, swim well, and were dragged out . This proves the necessity of the rule that nobody may boat unless he can swim ; also that it is as well to go out a few times to practice before entering for a race .
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19oAr RACES.
HousE FouRs . School House. Day Boys. (bow) . W . H . F . Garland ( 9 4). (bow) . C . N . Hatfield (9 .7). 2. S . A . Mellor (io .io). 2. C . P . Scott (10 .5). 3. R . Dunning (10 .1 o). 3. T . C . Newton (i o .5). (sir.) A Neilson (10 .3). (sir.) E . D . Teasdale (i o . i ). (cox .) C . P . Denby (5) . (cox) . K . Nelson (6). The School House were the favourites . The Day Boys won the toss, but unfortunately caught a few crabs at the start, and gave the House a lead of well over a length in the first fifty yards . The House continued to draw away, and took their water above the White Rose boat-house . The Day Boys made strenuous efforts to effect a foul, but the House, keeping cool and rowing steadily, maintained their lead, and eventually won by four lengths . The House are to be congratulated on their victory ; but one cannot help wishing that the Day Boys had not caught crabs at the start. As they had the stream side they would have had a very fair chance of winning. SCRATCH FOURS.
There were only zo entries for these races, and consequently several byes had to be rowed, one boat getting into the final without ever having had a race at all. Heat 1. Croft (bow). C . N . Hatfield (bow). T . J . Black (z). A . Neilson (z). H . W . F . Garland (3) . beat H . S . Leonard (3). . Scott (stroke). G . G . Yeld (stroke). C. P K . Nelson (cox). C . P . Denby (cox.) Yeld ' s boat kept well together, and, rowing a slower stroke, caught fewer crabs than Scott ' s . They consequently won comfortably by a length. G . Armstrong (bow) . R . G . Newton (bow). S. A . Mellor (2) . E . D . Teasdale (z). R . Dunning (3), beat R . G . Bingham (3). T. C . Newton (sir .) G . C . Otley (sir.) C . P . Denby (cox.) K . Nelson (cox.)
RACES .
BOAT
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Otley's boat was much the stronger, but owing to bow in it seldom getting his oar into the water, C . Newton ' s boat won by a length and a quarter . A Bye. E . St . G . Kirke (bow). T . J . Black (z). D . W . Roy (3) . C . Nelson (stroke). C . P . Denby (cox .) Heal z. C . N . Hatfield (bow) . A . Neilson (z) . H . S . Leonard (3) . G . G . Yeld (sir .) C . P . Denby (cox.)
beat
G . Armstrong (haw). S . A . Mellor (z). R . Dunning (3). T . C . Newton (sir.) R . Nelson (cox .)
Yeld's boat was again conspicuous for their even time, and caught much fewer crabs than is customary in scratch fours . (z) and (3) in the other boat caught a good many, and Yeld won comfortably . A Bye. E . St . G . Kirke (bow). T . J . Black (z). D . W . Roy (3). C . Nelson (stroke). K . Nelson (cox .) Final Heal. C . N . Hatfield (bow) . A . Neilson (z) . H . S . Leonard (3) . G . G . Yald (slr.) K . Nelson (cox .)
beat
E . St . G . Kirke (bow). T . J . Black (2). D . W . Roy (3). C . Nelson (sir.) C . P . Denby (cox.)
Both boats got off very fast, but Nelson, setting a too-quick stroke, caught a succession of crabs, which threw (3) out, who did likewise . Yeld consequently won by two lengths .
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BOAT RACES SCHOOL V . OLD
Boys.
The School made a splendid start, getting three-quarters of a length ahead by Iugs' ditch . The Old Boys, however, having the shorter course round the Scope, drew slightly ahead . The race continued very close to Cat ditch, and, but for a member of the School boat taking one hand off his oar to arrange his attire, the finish might have been much closer . As it was, the Old Boys were able to maintain their lead, and, drawing away through Scarborough Bridge, won by about two lengths and a half. It will be noticed that the Old Boys won the toss . It is a curious fact that they nearly always do so . Four years ago the School won the toss, but owing to the immense superiority of the Old Boys this was of no value, as the Old Boys took their water, and won by a " Marygate . " Perhaps it would be a good plan if the two crews took it in turns to have the stream side, or even if the School always had it, as the Old Boys can generally get a stronger crew. There is seldom less than two lengths difference in the sides, so we are told by authorities on the subject, and there is frequently more . Denby took a very good course round the scope, going as near the Old Boys as was possible without fouling. OLD Boys. C . Cobb (bow) 9st iolb. lost 71b. C . Moiser (z) B . Moiser (3) i 1st rolb. H . Partington (stroke) . . . i 1st 41b. E . Lane (cox .) . Total weight
43st 31bs.
SCHOOL.
R . Harrison (bow) . G . C . Otley (2) C . Nelson (3) H . Leonard (stroke) C . P . Denby (cox .) .
lost . 4lbs. 11st. 31bs. lost . rolbs. 9st . r f lb. 5st.
Total weigh/ 4 zst . olbs
CRICKET FIXTURES .
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JUNIOR PAIRS.
G . Armstrong (bow .). R. G . Newton (bow .) . S. J . Eardley (stroke) . beat S . R . Harrison (stroke). C . P . Denby (cox .). K . Nelson (cox .) . Armstrong and Harrison were the favourites, but were defeated. There was a strong wind up stream, so that Eardley and Newton being the heavier crew had a better chance . Eardley won the toss and took the far side . He got away butter than the other boat and aided by the current through Scarboro ' Bridge he won a close race by a length and a half. It was probably one of the best junior races for some time.
CRICKET FIXTURES. PRESIDENT
. .
Cali/ain, P . St . G . Kirke .
REV . G . T . HANDFORD.
Hon . .S°ec ., A . Neilson.
Committee :—I' . St . G . Kirke, E . St . G . Kirke, A . Neilson, R . Iarrison. FIRST XI.
Versus . Date . Sat . May 12 . Garforth C .C Sat . „ 19 . Eiootham School Tues . zz . Yorkshire Gentlemen Sat . z6 . Ryburu Valley C .C 29 . Tues . N .R . Asylum Sat . June 2. Durham School Thurs . 7 . Hymers College Sat. "Tues. Thurs. Sat. Thurs. Sat .
Ground. Result. away lost (7 wkts .) home drawn. away lost (8 wkts .) home won (8 wkts .) away lost. home won (1 z 1-1 1 9). home won (innings 16 runs). 9 . 13ootham School away away lost 139—179. 12 . Pocklington G .S 14 . Almondbury Old Boys , home home 16 . Leeds G .S 21 . Ampleforth College away 23 . Durham School away
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CRICKET.
Fri . June Sat . „ Sat . July Tues. „ Sat .
29 . 30.
7. o. 14 .
1 Old Peterites
home
away N .R . Asylum Yorkshire Gentlemen . . away Garforth C .C home SECOND XI.
Sat .
May
Thurs .
„
19 . 31 .
Tues . June 5 . Thurs . „ 7. Sat . „ 9. Tues . iz . 13 . Sat . „ Sat . „ 23 . Tues . July 3 .
won (innings and 70 runs). home won (innings St . Olave ' s School 1st and 51 runs). Ampleforth College 2nd . . home lost. . . . away won. Hymer ' s College 2nd . Bootham School 2nd . . . . home drawn. Pocklington G .S . znd . . home Leeds G .S . 2nd away Durham School 2nd . . . . home St . Olave's School rst . . away Bootham School znd . . .
away
CRICKET In writing a forecast of the Cricket Season it is generally the first item to say how many old colours are left . We hoped to have six this year, namely, P . Kirke, Otley, Nelson, E . Kirke, Neilson and Harrison, but Otley and Nelson have unfortunately left . The former will be missed both for bowling and batting, the latter for batting and wicket-keeping . Of the four remaining colours, P . Kirke, E . Kirke, Neilson and Harrison should all be useful with the bat, and the three first-mentioned in bowling. Harrison will wicket-keep . Of the candidates there are several distinctly promising . Newton, Dunning, Roy and Fisher seem to have a very good idea of batting, though the last-mentioned ' s style is one peculiarly his own, but apparently effective . Dunning, Roy, and Leonard are useful with the ball, but could get a good deal better with careful practice . The first two should try not to pitch so many balls on the leg side, and if Leonard paid attention
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to getting a good length rather than to mere pace, it would be a great improvement . However he ought to be useful in school matches. Last, but not least, fielding must be mentioned . Too much importance can not be attached to this branch of the game . We cannot do better than quote from Ranjitsinjhi ' s book on cricket, " As to the importance of good fielding, it is easy to prove it. Each catch that is missed simply adds another batsman to the opposing side . If five catches are dropped, the side that drops them has to all intents and purposes fifteen men to dispose of instead of ten ; and each man who thus received a second innings, starts with the advantage of having more or less got used to the light and state of the wicket . Again let us suppose that each man on a side gives away in each innings 3 runs which he might have saved by a little more dash and alertness . Not only has the opposing side 33 more runs added to its score without the trouble of making them by its own efforts, but the side which gave the runs away has 33 more runs to get than it need have had, and consequently has given itself so much more the greater chance of meeting with bad luck . A run saved is more than a run gained ; it is a run that need not be got . Runs vary in value . It is far more than three times harder for a side to get iso runs than it is to get so .
It is far easier for an individual to save 20 runs by
good fielding than to make Zo by good batting . In a particular match, the best batsman in the world may twice fail to score. Suppose he is a bad fielder and gives away, as he may well do in fielding in the country, 25 runs in each innings . Not only has he made no runs himself, but he has burdened the rest of his side with the necessity of making so more than they would otherwise have required . He has practically dui'ucled so runs from the score
of his site .
Let us imagine that, but for his bad fielding, there
would have been only ioo runs to get to win, as it is there are 150. Clearly as far as concerns him, so runs must be scored before one is counted. "Good fielding is as helpful as bad fielding is noxious . To a certain extent it turns bad bowling into good, and makes good
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bowling better . Backed by strong ground-fielding and sure catching, quite moderate bowling can, as a rule, be relied upon to dispose of any side for a not unreasonable large score . Besides bowlers who can trust their fielders to hold catches bowl with far more confidence and keenness . Nothing demoralised a bowler more than to see run after run scored off him when it might have been saved . As for missed catches, it is weary work for a bowler to lie in wait for a batsman ' s weak stroke for half an hour, to succeed in getting him into a carefully planned trap and then to see the catch—such a baby one—muffed ridiculously, and have all his trouble over again . It is too much, no doubt, to expect every catch to be caught ; but if more trouble were taken over fielding, far fewer catches would be missed . "
And again from another place,
" nearly every one can without much trouble become a moderately good fielder, because fielding is far easier than batting or bowling. In the same way, real excellence in fielding is within the reach of a great many more cricketers than is real excellence in batting or bowling . But whereas many are eager to excel as bats or bowlers, few care to aim at more than average excellence as fielders . They know that, unless they acquire a certain degree of skill, their deficiency will be noticeable and regarded as so much against their claims to be chosen as bats or bowlers . " Another point is the absolute necessity of good returns to the wicket-keeper ' s and bowler ' s hands . A man run out or not may, and frequently does, alter the whole result of the match. One often sees the ball returned to the bowler in a slovenly way, which necessitates his running after it to save a run or even if it is not a question of saving a run, it means that the bowler has to expend so much energy in getting the ball . It is a noticeable fact that bowlers themselves are the chief offenders, when they do not happen to be bowling . They seem to have an idea that all they are there for is to bowl, without any other object such as saving runs or saving the other bowler trouble . It is above all necessary to husband the bowler's strength and not to give him unnecessary trouble by slovenly returns. These remarks should be carefully considered by all who wish to
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become proficient in the national game . Too much importance cannot be attached to fielding. As Ranjitsinjhi says "a run saved is more than a run gained ; it is a run that need not be got ." 1st NE1'. 2nd NET. *P . St . G . Kirke. tC . P. Scott, *E . St . G . Kirke. fE . J . Otley. *A . NeiTson. W . H . Garland. *R . Harrison. T. E . Pulleyn. tR . Dunning. M . W. Richards. tT . C . Newton. C . P . Denby. tM . H . T . Roy. S. R . Harrison. C . N . Hatfield. E . E .Yeld. W. H . Crosthwaite. A . E, harrow. S . A . Mellor. P . H . Yeld. TH . Leonard. G . A. Fisher. A . B . Sale. G . Armstrong. A. R . Fisher. T. J . Black. * Denotes old 1st XI . Colours . t Denotes old 2nd XI . Colours.
Si . PETER ' S SCHOOL D . GARFORTH C .C. This match was played at Garforth, on Saturday, May the 1201. Kirke won the toss and took first innings . E . Kirke and Harrison opened the School innings, but in the fourth over the former, in attempting to drive Reed, sent a hard catch to cover point which was accepted . In the same over P Kirke returned one to the bowler . Dunning shared the same fate, and matters were looking extremely bad for the School . Scott and Neilson were soon out, as was Hatfield . Mellor and Newton made a short stand before the former was " c and b " by Hirst . Roy and Newton put on Jo for the ninth wicket and the last wicket added 7 . The whole side were thus out for 34 . Almost immediately the School went out to field it started to rain and this made it impossible either to bowl or to catch . It may be truly stated that if all the chances had been accepted, and we have good reason to hope that a very great proportion would have been, six of the Garforth wickets would have been down for 20 runs . As it was they totalled 46 for four wickets . No blame can be attached to the school team for the chances missed, as the ball resembled very much a lump of soap to the touch . Kirke caught Hirst with a very good catch in
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the slips . Dunning bowled very well and secured four wickets for twenty runs . The fielding was not all that could be desired, but under the circumstances was not at all had . On the whole there is no need to predict a bad season on the result of this match. it rather showed that the bowling talent is better than last year and that among the candidates are some who should develop into good cricketers if they practice assiduously . Full score and analysis : GARFORTH.
S1' . PETER' S. E . St . G. Kirke, c Longfellow b G. Reed R . Harrison, b G Reed P . St . G . Kirke, c and b G . Reed Reed . . .. R. Dunning, c and b C . P . Scott, c Dawson b W . Reed A . Neilson, c WaTker b G . Reed C . N . Hatfield, b Hirst S. A . Mellor, c and b Hirst S . C . Newton, not out M . H . T . Roy, c Dawson b Hirst A . B . Sale, c Reid b Hirst Bye'
• • • • •
•
A. Longfellow, b R . Dunning . . . . 1 H . Dawson, b Dunning 14 H . Hirst, c P . Kirke, b Dunning 3 R . Tate, not out 9 A . Dixon, b Dunning 13 . Walker, not out H. C W . Tate, H . Pickering, G. W . Reed, did not bat. H. J . Denby. W . Reed, Byes 5
Total
Total (4 wkts) 46
BOWLING ANALYSIS O. R . Dunning
II
P . St . G . Kirke . . . . M .H .T .Roy . . . .
8 2
M. o o
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL D .
R.
W.
AV.
20 14
4 0
5 —
7
0
Boot HAM SCHOOL.
Played on the School ground on May 19th . Kirke won the toss and took Newton in with him . The pitch was not all that could be desired, and both were caught at the wicket, at 19 and zo respectively, off bumping balls (20—2) . Harrison and Dunning took the score to 38 before the former fell to Rowlands (38-3-9). Dunning immediately followed (38-4-Io) . Roy and E . Kirke came in and another stand ensued, the score being 71 before E . Kirke was bowled by Taylor for a useful 16 (71-5-16) . Fisher followed and hit lustily, making 32 in about 20 minutes before being caught at deep mid-on (116-6-3z) . His strokes included z -} ' s and 6 3'S
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As this was his first appearance for the eleven his score is very creditable, tho ' it is a pity he slid not establish a record by making a 5o . Neilson came in and started scoring at once . Roy at this point was bowled by Rowlands for a very useful 27 (140-7-27). Neilson left next after making a hard-hit 20 (145-8-20). Crosthwaite and Hatfield both did useful work and Leonard was not out with 3 to his credit . The innings terminated for the respectable total of 168.
With only an hour and a quarter to play Rowlands and Edmundson went in for Bootham School . Runs calve very freely, both batsmen meeting the bowling with confidence . When the former had made 19 he was missed off Leonard, a mistake which lost us the match . Profiting by his let off Rowlands continued to hit all round the wicket, and it was not till the score stood at 79 that Edmundson played one of Neilson's deliveries into his wicket. The next batsman, Pickard, curiously enough did exactly the same. There was now no chance of our winning as there only remained 30 minutes for play, and Rowlands was still in . At 113 however he tipped one into Harrison ' s hands off P . Kirke, for a brilliant 67, and 3 runs later Watson was caught by Crosthwaite off Leonard (116 4-9) . Three more wickets fell rapidly, Neilson catching Alien off the last ball of the day . Stumps were drawn at 6 o ' clock, their score standing at 123 for 7 wickets . If it had not been for the mistake which let Rowlands off, we should have won comfortably, and as it was, if the game had gone on there can be little doubt we should have got the remaining 3 batsmen out for under 45 and thus have won.
The form displayed was a distinct improvement upon that against Garforth . The difference in the wicket may account for this partly, but the School never do shine particularly in the first match of the season . and this match clearly proved that the gloomy predictions uttered after the Garforth match were quite unfounded . Score and analysis :
848
CRICKET.
ST. PETER ' S.
BOOTHAM SCHOOL.
P . St. G . Kirke, c Pickard b Watson i i T . C . Newton, c Pickard b Watson 7 R . Harrison, 1) Rowlands 9 R. Dunning, b Watson 10 M . H . T . Roy, b Rowlands 27 E . St . G . Kirke, h Taylor r6 A .R .Fisher,cEdmundson bWatson 32 A . Neilson, c ATlen b Rowlands . . 20 C . N . Hatfield, b Rowlands 8 W . H . Crosthwaite, c Rowlands b Watson . . 11 . H . Leonard, not out 3 Extras 14
W . II . Rowlands, c Harrison b P. Kirke 67 P . Edmundson, b Neilson 31 I. Pickard, 1) Neilson 3 B Watson, c Crosthwaite b Leonard 9 A. Showell, b Leonard 4 B. TayTor, c Newton b P . Kirke 4 C. Allen, c NriT :.on 1) P . Kirke ., 0 0 D. Clark, not out E. Abraham ) F. Priestman ;did not bat. G . Spence Extras 5
Total . , 168
Total . . 123
Score at fall of each wicket. 1 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 19 20 38 38 71 116 14O 145 164 168
Score at fall of each wicket. 1 2 3 4 5 6 79 85 I13 116 120 121 123
BOWLING ANALYSIS O.
R . Dunning H . Leonard E . St . G. Kirke M . H . T . Roy . . . A . Neilson P . St . G . Kirke . . . .
M,
R' .
8 12
2
AV.
—
41
205
22
4 2
3 5
R.
34
2
9 3
3
9
3
ST . PETER ' S 7' YORKSHIRE f3ENILEMEN. The Gentlemen won the toss and sent us in . The School started disastrously as P . Kirke was caught at point off Firth's second delivery . Harrison came in and soon Newton was bowled by Firth (10-2-3) . After the addition of 5 runs Dunning was clean bowled by Carter . Harrison was soon out to Firth for i i (i 9-4-11) Roy and E . Kirke took the score to 28 before the former succumbed to Carter . Fisher helped to add 15 for the next wicket, and then Neilson and Kirke added 29 for the seventh, when Kirke was unfortunately run out after playing steadily for half an hour. Neilson was the next to leave for a free and extremely useful 24.. Crosthwaite and Sale were soon disposed of, and the innings closed for 8 r . Leonard made 6 not out. Lowrance and Dawson opened the Yorkshire Gentlemen's innings, but the latter was caught by Crosthwaite with only 2 on
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the board . Chambers and Lawrance added 57 before the former was stumped by Harrison off Roy . Cox came in and started hitting vigorously . Several changes of bowling were tried but without effect, and the Yorkshire Gentlemen won by eight wickets. Lawrance was bowled at 12o by P . Kirke, and Scott was dismissed next ball .
Otley came in and after he had made three the
gentlemen declared. The School went in again and made 59 for six wickets, of which E . Kirke made 25 not out. The collapse of the School in both innings is quite unaccountable, as the bowling was not difficult, though Carter ' s action was perhaps rather puzzling at first . Most of the school batstucn seemed frightened of Firth's lobs, though in reality they were of the simplest nature . Score and Analysis : ScHOO1..
1st Innings. P . St . G . Kirke c Carter b Firth o T . C . Newton b Firth 3 R . lion ism) 1) Firth 11 R . Dunning b Carter o F . St . G. Kirke, run out t2 M . H . T . Roy 1) Carter 5 A . R . Fisher c Gibson b Firth 12 A . Neilson c Gibson 1) Lawrance 24 A . B . Sale c Anderson b Firth 1 W . II . Crosthwaite c & b Lawrance t It . S . Leonard, not out 6 Byes 6
2nd Innings. st . Gibson b Firth b Firth lbw . b Firth c Carter b Firth not out run out b Carter not out
t to 5 25 5 o 2
Byes
Total,8t YORKSHIRE
Io
Total (6 wkts ), 59 GENTLEMEN.
Is . G . Lawrance 1) P . Kirke F . \V . Dawson c Crosthwaite b Leonard Rev . J . Chambers st . Har rison b Roy L . S . Cox, not out C . P. Scott b P . Kirke E. J . Otley, not out Rev . E . B . Firth F. S . Carter Gibson (Pro .) did not bat. Dr . Anderson W . H . Newton Byes,,
64 1 14
52 o 3
2
Total (4 wkts .) . . . . 136
85o
CRICKET. BOWLING ANALYSIS—O . R . Dunning 6 H . Leonard .. 4 A . Neilson 3 P . St . G. Kirke . . 8 M . H . 1' . Roy . . 1 E . St . G . Kirke 3
M. 2
0
o 0
0 0
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL T .
R. z8 18 17
W. o —
AV. — 18 —
34 10
2 1
17 to
27
—
—
RYBURN VALLEY .
Ryburn won the toss and sent in Anders and Stansfield . After 9 runs had been registered Stansfield was bowled by P . Kirke. Only one more run was added before Armitage was caught by Neilson, at third man, off Dunning . Hamilton (Pro .) came in and Anders was lbw . to Dunning (13-3-7) .
D . Wheelwright was
bowled oft his pads by P . Kirke and then Tindall and Hamilton carried the total to 38 before Hamilton played on . None of the subsequent batsmen gave much trouble, and the whole side was out for 57 . P . Kirke had the excellent analysis of 7 for 21. The School opened with E . Kirke and Harrison, who played carefully .
Harrison however had his off stump disturbed by
Tindall after making .} .
Newton came in and played steadily.
The total was raised to 19 before Kirke was bowled by Tindall. 09-2-5) . Dunning and Newton raised the score, the former hitting a 5 on to the gravel ilt front of the school, and 2 out of the ground . They remained together till the Ryburn score was passed and thus the School won by eight wickets . The remaining batsmen went in with intention of having a few hits rather than systematically making runs, and consequently the side were out for 114, of which P . Kirke made 26 not out, iu which were
2
fours,
and 5 threes . Leonard hit well for his 6, only the ball mostly went to fielders . Hamilton succeeded in getting 7 wickets for 27. Full score and analysis : RYBURN VALLEY . O . L . Anders lbw . b Dunning . . G . R . Stansfield b P . St . G . Kirke 2 C . J . Armitage c Neilson b Dunning 0 Hamilton (Pro .) b P. St . G . Kirke 19 D . G . Wheelwright b P. St . G . Kirke 14 H . Tindall b P . St . G . Kirke . J .S . AWebbcE .KirkehP .St . G . Kirke 0 F . HadwencE . KirkebP . St.G . Kirke 3 J . Wheelwright, not out . . . . 3 . G . Kirke . . . . 2 Dr . Mercer b P. St H . J . Armitage b M . H . T . Roy . . 0 Byes
6
Total . . . . 57
ST. PETER ' S. E . St . G . Kirke b Tindall R . Harrison h Tindall T . C . Newton c & b Mercer R . Dunning h Hamilton M . I1 . T . Roy c Webb b Hamilton P . St . G . Kirke, not out A Neilson b Hamilton A . R . Fisher b Hamilton H . S . Leonard st . Stansfield b Hamilton A . B . Sale b Hamilton W. H . Crosthwaite b Hamilton . Byes
5 4 26 3o
4 26 o 2
6
o 1 to
Total . . . .t14
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BOWLING ANALYSIS : RYBI . RN VALLV.V.
P . St . G. Kirke . . K . Dunning 11 . S . Leonard . . . M . H . T . Roy . . . .
O.
M.
R.
W.
AV.
13
5
21
7
9 4
1
19
2
3 9'5
0
8
I
o
3
I
3
SCHOOL. O.
M.
R.
W.
AV.
Hamilton (Pro .) . . II . Tindall
15 . 3
4
27
7
3'8
Io
2
24
2
12
J . Wheelwright
.,
4
0
C . J . Armitage
..
3
1
16 7
—
--
5
0
30
1
30
Dr . 'deicer ST . PETER ' S
2ND XI . V . I3OOTHAM SCHOOL 2ND XI.
The School 2nd dismissed their opponents for z8 and 42 the second innings, so that A . B . Sale came within 4 runs of beating them by an innings off his own bat . Score : BOOTHAM SCHOOL 2nd.
Whiting, run out Webb, hit w•kt . b Mellor Brockbank,run out Thorpe i ., b Denby .. Littleboy, b Mellor Emmott, c Richards b \Tellor \lalehaln . lbw . Denby A . It . ShewelT, c Eardley b Denby Thorpe ii ., b Denby R . K . Clark, b Mellor Walker, not out Extras
• • • • • • •
bE .Veld h K . Yeld 1) \Tellor cand1) Mellor b H . Veld run out lbw . Mellor b E . Veld b Mellor not out c Denby b Mellor
.. .. . . . . . . . . . ..
Extras
Total . . 28
Total,
SI' . PE'TER' S 2nd .
S . R . Harrison, b Whiting E . J . Otley, b Whiting S . A . Mellor, b Whiting A . B . Sale, c Webb b Whiting E . E . Yeld, II Whiting C . P . Scott, run out M . Richards, c and b Whiting
21 4 0
66
S . J . Eardley, not out , , , . C . P . Denby, not out H . Garland, I' . H . Yeld, 1 did not bat.
4 3 10
. 27 8
Total (7 wkts .) . . 144
BOWLING ANALVSIS
1st Innings. S . A . Mellor C . P . Denby E . E . Yeld
O. 12 . 4 12
2nd Innings.
M.
R.
6 5
13 II
W.
4 4
AV.
o.
21 .
3' 2 5 2 '75
12 2
7 13 5
9
R. 12 0 12
W.
5 4
AV. 2 '4
3
852
LETTER FROM AN O .P . AT THE FRONT.
LETTER FROM AN O .P. AT THE FRONT. From the Yorkshire Evening Press. The following letter, dated Boshof, April 22nd, has been received by Mr . John Bellerby, D-L ., J .P ., from his son, Mr . Edward Bellerby, of the Imperial Yeomanry, who is now at the front in South Africa : " In my last letter I said that I was closing in a hurry, as if camp was being hurriedly struck . In a quarter of an hour our twenty men on the kopje from which we were looking out were re-inforced by thirty Kimberley Light Horse and about twenty Bucks Yeomanry, and in less than five minutes we saw about from 1,500 to 2,000 of the enemy, who immediately opened fire on us with rifles and then with artillery . They got the range directly, and we had to retire to another kopje, without any loss so far . There we found a lot more of our men and had a very hot time . Our men are in fours, and every third man holds the horses, I unfortunately on the second kopje had to hold horses, a most unpleasant job, four horses and a rifle, with bullets coming all round and shells bursting. My mare was shot in the leg . We were by this time almost in danger of being cut off from the main body, in fact, we were almost surrounded on three sides by the Boers . The word was then given to retire, and only just in time . We had to run the gauntlet of the enemy ' s fire for about three or four hundred yards, my mare being shot in the side, from which she died . You will be glad to hear that I didn ' t funk it at all, while so many good things were done by our fellows that half wont appear in print. As I was galloping across the open, just as my mare was hit, I saw one of our fellows go down, shot through the shoulder and his horse gone, so I rode back and lifted him on to my horse, held him till he felt better from the shock, and sent him off to join the convoy and ambulance as fast as he could . Had my mare been sound, I would have got on with him, but I got on behind another fellow until I came upon Gutch and Bagley, two in our troop, helping another of ours who was badly hurt . I got down to help them and we carried him under fire round some rocks to wait for
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the hospital orderlies . We had tried to put him on a horse but could not . The major then came and told Gutch and Bagley to stay, and we others had to ride away as we were only drawing the fire . It seems that our artillery and infantry were in the front of the convoy, but •yhy Lord Methuen did not send them back at once, no one knows . Our party were supposed to be rear-gu ird and protecting the lot . When we got round the corner where we left Gutch we found our guns and infantry all ready, and that finished the fight as the Boers thought this looked too warm . Our loss was two killed, one of them being young Whytehead, of Acomb, whom we all liked immensely ; he was shot . Fortunately he did not have any pain, and died in one of our fellow's arms . I went back with 12 others and the doctors, and ambulance carts next day to recover bodies, and found our losses altogether were two killed and i i taken prisoners who had been sent that morning to Pretoria) all but one who was wounded so seriously that they dared not move him ; and 5 or 6 wounded with us . We buried our two, both from my company, under a tree near the kopje where they fell, and put a cross over their heads . The Kimberley Light Horse said they had been in a lot of tight corners during the war, but never in such a one as this . Of course, the Boers claim a victory, but seeing we defeated their object, which was to capture our convoy, I should say we were the victorious side. Six of our section have been out to-day from 6 a .m . to 6-3o p .m. patrolling the country near Kimberley, but have seen no Boers. We are to mobilise a large force here, a lot of regulars coming, but I cannot tell you our destination, we never know where we are going until we get there . I was very lucky in not being hit . Key, Gutch, and 1 were lying behind the rocks, and the shells burst all round us and we were not touched except Key, who was hit by a piece of stone which left no mark . We hear Sir Archibald Hunter, D .S .O ., is coming here to command us, and we are all very pleased. Our camp here is very unhealthy . The Sherwood Rangers Imperial Yeomanry have about fifty down with dysentery, etc . So far I am all right and hope to continue so . It was a very near shave for death or Pretoria for us all, 1 really never expected to come out of
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CONFIRMATION SERVICE.
the fight alive . We would give a lot for one day ' s absolute rest, we are fairly hard worked, but I don ' t mind that now if I keep well ; the fight has cheered us all up as we began to think we were sent to South Africa for nothing . If I get hurt, I will telegraph as soon as able . It is now lights out, so I must close . "
CONFIRMATION SERVICE. The Bishop of Beverley held a Confirmation on April the 7th in the School Chapel . The whole school were present, and a number of parents and friends of the candidates . After the beginning of the Service, as ordained by the Church of England, the hymn, " Soldiers of Christ, Arise," was sung . Then followed the Bishop ' s Address . We cannot hope to give his words, or even a full analysis of the valuable advice embodied in them, but perhaps some of the chief points may be given . The Service, though in particular for the Confirmation candidates ' benefit, was, nevertheless, one from which all those present could learn something. The chief function of the Confirmation was the strengthening of the candidates as Christians, and as the starting point from which they began a new life, as it were . From that time they had fresh temptations to struggle against . He asked us to think that the special function of the Aoly Spirit was to strengthen . Everybody had their weaknesses, and it was a comforting thought that assistance could always be got from God by prayer . E verybody is sent into the world not merely not to do harm, but to do good. A prayer for the candidates was said, and the Bishop asked them whether they renewed the promise made at their baptism . The next hymn was " Our Blessed Redeemer, E ' er Ile Breathed . " The laying on of hands followed, after which the Bishop gave a second address, in the course of which he said that there were three duties to be observed by everybody—namely, duty towards Cod, duty toward one's neighbour, and one's duty towards one's self. The object of going to church was not only to receive something, but also to give something—namely, thanks to God . In the
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Sacrament the chief thing was the nourishment of the soul, which required it as much as the body . Christ came to us as an example as well as a sacrifice for our sins . St . Paul says, "•Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus .'' The worship of God is no way complete without prayer. The last hymn was " Fight the Good Fight," and after a few prayers the service terminated with a Benediction from the Bishop. The following candidates presented themselves :—A . R . Fisher, G. A .
Fisher, G .
I . Armstrong, M . H . T . Roy, A . B . Sale, S . J.
Eardley, M . M . Stephens, C . P . Denby . C . B . Croft.
GYMNASTIC COMPETITION. Si' . PETER ' S 7' . HYMERS COLLEGE. This competition took place last term, on Saturday, the 31st of March . The voluntary was knocked out on each apparatus, so that each individual had only to go through three exercises . P . Kirke showed excellent form and was especially complimented by Colonel Fox, who kindly consented to judge . One of the Hymens squad turned up late and missed the competition, but his presence could have had no material effect on the result S'1' . PETER ' S . P . St . G . Kirke . R . Harrison, C . P . Scott, T . C . Newton, 'I' . J . Black, G . A . Fisher, A . R . Fisher,
Horse. 6i 6 3? 4 5A 5
horizontal Bar. 10 72 7 9 7 6 4
Parallel Bars. 10 8
Total 261
7 6i 6 6
1 7i 1 91 18,1 16
51
1 4i Total
21i
1 3+
H1'MEks CoLLEGE . E . R . Thompson . IL W . Long*hurt . F . M . Turnbull, E . M . Gosschalk, A . R . Gardner, W . E . Crompton, P . R . Meals,
4 3i z1 4434 3
9g 4'5 3 4 4 4
t2 2
4
121I 2; 10 12 13 I I
5 3 4i 5i-
Total
8 41
856
CORRESPONDENCE.
CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDITORS OF THE PETERITE. DEAR SIRS,
Can any one enlighten me as to why the House Fours were rowed on Saturday, April 7th, and not on Friday, as originally arranged ? Alter making inquiries I have only been able to discover one member of the two crews who wished it on that day, and even he withdrew his objection in the end All the other members of the two boats wanted the race to be on Friday, for the obvious reason that if it was on Saturday they would not be able to run with the School Boat in the Old Boys' race . Why should the wishes of seven be made subservient to the wish of one who was not even captain of either boats ; as far as I can ascertain, his only reason was that it would give a day more to train ! The hopeless absurdity of this reason must be patent to everybody, as the crews had been training for at least two weeks before . It seems very foolish to alter the day originally fixed for the sake of one, and positively against the wishes of the remaining seven . I should be glad if you could give me any information on the subject. SANITATIS AMATOR.
[We could see no reason for the alteration above mentioned, but perhaps the " one member " will he kind enough to explain —ED .] TO THE EDITORS OF THE PETERITE. DEAR SIRS,
In your number you stated that " L . W . Huffam (0 . P.) has thrown up his commission in the Volunteers in order to It should he Sydney IlulTam (O . P .) proceed to the front . " gave up his commission in the 1st V. B . P . W . O . West Yorkshire Regiment, and is now at the front as sergeant in the 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment . Digbv Huffam (0 . P .) in Briiish Colombia was one of the Canadian Volunteers chosen for Strathconna ' s Horse. L . W . Iluffam (O . P .) gazetted znd Lieutenant 1st V . R . P . AV . 0. West Yorkshire Regiment . Please correct in your next number . L. W . H . Yours truly,
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NOTES AND ITEMS. The Rev . A . Baker (O .P .) . has been appointed Chaplain to H .M .S . " ° Calliope ." The Rev . E . S . Fox (O .P .), has been appointed perpetual Curate of Sand Hutton. Professor T . Clifford Allbutt (O .P .), has been elected Honorary Physician of Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. Major E . J . B . Buckle (O .P .), has been appointed Major of the Royal Northern Reserve Regiment. BIRTHS . - 5 th May, the wife of J . F . Griffith (O .P .) of a daughter .—links, 8th May. January zoth, the wife of the Rev . J . R . Husband (O . P .) of a son. 22nd May, the wife of the Rev . W . H . Griffith (O .P .), of twins. Tints, z .}th May. MARRIAGES .—On the 3rd of April, H . E . M . Donner (O .P .) to Emily Bullen, grand-daughter to the late Arthur Rawson, Esq. At Clifton Church, York, the Rev . P . E . Lord, M .A . (O .P .), to Winifred Emily Mary Hingston, elder daughter of Dr . Hingston, of the North Riding Asylum, York, by the Lord Bishop of Beverley, assisted by the Rev . C . T . Alexander, Vicar of Clifton, York . G . H. Eyre, Esq . (O . P.), acted as best man. On the i 8th inst , at the Parish Church, Bolton Percy, by the Right Rev . the Bishop of Beverley, Jacob, the youngest son of W . A . Wood, J .P ., of Hasbv Hall, York, to Mabel, the youngest daughter of James Myers, of Steeton Hall, Tadcaster. On the 25th inst ., at Salem Congregational Church, by the Rev. F . A . Rus-ell, Herbert William Allan (O .P . 1882 -88), of Wells, Somerset, to Clara Louisa, third (laughter of Thomas Rodwell, of Fulford Road, York. On the 1st inst , at St . Mark's Church, Surbiton, by the Yen. Archdeacon Burney, Vicar of Surbiton, assisted by the Rev . F .
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de Quinces March, Francis E . A . Colby, M .B ., F .R .C .S ., third son
of W . Taylor Colby, M .D ., of Malton, Yorkshire, to Elsie, elder daughter of the late A . C . Bryant, of Oak Hill Lodge, Surbiton. On the 19th
of April, at the Old Parish Church, Knaresborough•
by the Rev . W . E . Hancock, M .A ., Vicar and Rural Dean, Charles Pearson Whincup (O . P .), youngest son of the late William Whincup, of Stockwell House, Knaresborough, to Margaret Isabel Robinson, third daughter of Thomas Robinson, of Hag-a-Park, near Knaresborough . At Home, Branton Grange, Sprotborough, near Doncaster, June 21st and 2211d. The old Peterite Dinner (London District) will be held in London on the 4 th July . Canon Denton, O .P ., has consented to take the chair . The London Secretary
of the O . P . Club will be glad to
hear from O . P .'s who wish to be present. The Rev . Walter Marshall (O .P .) has been presented to the Rectory of Ewhurst. A . H . Hatfield (O .P .) was ordained Priest, on Trinity Sunday, at Newcastle. E . H . Place (O .P .) is in South Africa with the Yorkshire Militia. A . M . Sullivan (O . P .) scored 63 and 55 for Cambridge University v. Surrey, hitting . . ¢ ' s in one over from Hayward. A . Neilson has been appointed hon . secretary of the Cricket Club in the place of G . C . Otley, who has left. The publication is announced of "The Secret of Scotland Yard, a Mystery," by A . E . Bayly (O . P .)—Sands & Co ., who was writing the current story in the " Daily dlail " at the time of his muchlamented death. The following boating colours were given last term :—School Boat—R . Harrison, H . S . Leonard, C . P . Denby .
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st House—
R . Dunning, A . Neilson, C . P . Scott, H . Garland . rst Day Boys— C . Newton, E . D . Teasdale, C . N . Hatfield, S . A . Mellor. We notice among the recipients of the Queen ' s Birthday honours the name of Arthur T . Lawson (O . I' .), upon whom a baronetcy has been conferred .
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The following extract from P . F . Warner ' s " Cricket in Many Climes " will be of interest :—" Mike " (F . Mitchell, O . P .) and Clem Wilson paid a visit to President Kruger early one morning. They found him sitting on his stoep, smoking and drinking coffee, He was wearing a frock coat of an extraordinary cut and colour, that would have excited considerable surprise in Piccadilly, and a top hat that might have belonged to an unpopular referee after a football match . " His Honour" was in a good temper, and talked to them in Dutch through an interpreter for about ten minutes. He asked them if they liked the country ; and when they said that they did and had had a very good time, he replied that he was glad to hear so, as Englishmen as a rule ran down the land . " Mike" tried to persuade him to come to the match, but Oom Paul declared he knew nothing about cricket, and appeared to regard it with some suspicion . One of his grandsons, Igart Kruger, who was at the head of the Secret Police, and keen cricketer, was, however, present each day. From the " St . James '
Gazette . " —" Mitchell, the famous
cricketer, is a private no longer, though he joined as one . IIe has been given a commission, and is quartermaster of his corps . He has now been promoted lieutenant . " A . M . Sullivan (O . P .) had at one time in college matches an average of 600, scoring 93, 100, 76, 130, 100, 101, and being only once out. P . St . G . Kirke has passed the Littlego, and C . P . Scott Part I. and the entrance to King's College.
CONTEMPORARIES. We have received the following school magazines :—Portcullis,
Srdberghian, Giggleswick Chronicle, Leodiensian, Dovoroin (z), Sam/ran, Met-this/on/an, PocklingtonIan, Coventry School lllagazine, Dune/man (z), Cuthibertian (2), St . Edward's School Chronicle, Sutton Valence School Magazine, Upping ham School Magazine, Brighton College Magazine.
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OBITUARY .
OBITUARY. March, 1900. A . E . C . BAYLY, (O .P .) Aged 20 VcarS. At the School ('i893-96). "Tiurcs, " March 20.
April 1st, 1900. G . S . L ARDW ELL, (0 .1' .), " 1'orkshiri Post,"
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PETERITE. ~~~. .
X VI .
JULY, 1900 .
No . 146.
SCHOOL LETTER,. .I:ICKET is now over, and we are glad to be aide to say that on the whole we have had a fairly successful season ; having won 6, lost 7, and drawn 2. The best scores of the season were made by P . St . G. Kirke (73 not out and 46), R Harrison (64 and 63), B . St . G . Kirke (43 and 42), and M . I1 . T . Roy 41. It is with great regret we have to announce the departure of Mr . 11 undford . Our sorrow can hardly be expressed in words . He has been with us now for thirteen years, and has always been kind and sympathetic to all alike . The Old Boys will miss him quite as much as those at present here, if that is possible . Mrs . IIandford will be missed quite as much, as all Old Boys will know who have enjoyed her kind hospitality from time to time . 't'heir's was always an open house for Old Boys of' whatever generation, and we can say that our Old Boys are much more in touch with the school than elsewhere. The new Head Master has been elected, namely, the Rev . E . C. Owen . AVe wish hint all success. Tlw Dean kindly gave us a whole holiday on Mafeking day, which we utilized to the fullest advantage. Wo have much pleasure in presenting to our readers a view of part of the School, including the School House, some Form-rooms and the Central Hall .
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862
Training for the Sports has begun a long time, even before the cricket matches were over, so let us hope some of the School records may be broken, as in the Amateur Athletic Championship We must congratulate S . A . Mellor on getting an exhibition at Hertford College, Oxford. Commemoration day was quite as great a success as usual, the Chapel being most tastefully decorated by Mrs . Ilandford and some of her guests . The Old Peterites won the Cricket Match, being strongly represented, but E . St . G . Kirke, who got the batting average last year, and the bowling average this, was absent on the School side, which weakened the team considerably. Finally, we must congratulate Mr . Yeld on his fine performance for the Masters against the School, in which match the Masters, after having 4 wickets down for 4 runs, made 152, thanks to a long stand between Mr . Yeld and E . Yeld, which yielded 87 runs . The School then made 1=16 for 6 wickets, Harrison making 63 . E . Yeld took 3 wickets for 28 .
CRICKET. . Sr PETER ' S SCHOOL V . N .R . AsvLuu. This match was played on the Asylum ground on Tuesday, May 29th . As usual, the School had to field first, and Leonard and Dunning opened the bowling . Milnthorpe and Parry started for the Asylum and immediately began to score freely, getting eight runs off Leonard's first over, which caused hint to be relieved by P . Kirke . The score, however, quickly rose, until Parry was caught by Fisher, after making a useful 24 (45-1-2-1) . Best followed, and after being missed before he had scored, was run out (53-2-5) . Only another run had been added when Milnthorpe was clean bowled by Neilson (54-3-26) . Hingsten failed to score, and at 81 Dr . Hayden succumbed to Neilson . Muchall and Waterhouse scoring freely, carried the score to 109, before the former was caught by Leonard off Roy . Hill came in and helped to raise the score to 134 for the seventh wicket . The rest gave little trouble and the innings terminated for 144 .
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The School started with E . Kirke and Newton, but only four had been scored when the former was most foolishly run out, and at 6 Newton succeeded iii running himself out . Harrison and Dunning took the score to 26 before the latter was bowled by Harbottle for a useful 11 (26-3-11) . Harrison and P . Kirke then stayed a long time together and put on runs slowly . The latter, however, succumbed to Milnthorpo and four wickets were down for 40 . lioy, aided by four lives, was very useful, but Harrison was unfortunately bowled by Ilingstou, after staying in forty minutes for an extremely useful 15 . Neilson quickly hit up ten, but was then bowled by Benson, who had gone on with slows, and proved very successful . The sixth wicket fell at 62, and, the last four wickets adding 21, the innings closed for 83 . or 61 behind the Asylum score . But for the unpardonable errors at the beginning of the innings the result might have been different, and it might be here pointed out that it is only under very exceptional circumstances that it is worth while risking a wicket for one run . Full score and analysis : N .R. ASYLUM . T . Dlilnthorpe, b A . Neilson 26 \V . Parry, c A . R . Fisher, b P . St. 24 G. Kirke 5 C . Best, run out F . Waterhouse, c H . Leonard, b It. 55 Dunning 0 A . Hingston, b P . St . (4 . Kirke 3 Pr. IIayd, n, h A . Neilson A . Muehall, c H . Leonard, B M . q . T . tiny 13 W . Hill, c It . Punning, b H . Leonard 6 T . Benson, B It . Dunning 0 J . W . Harbottle, not out 1 E . Frost, b A . Neilson 0 Extras 11
. . .. . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . .
Total Bowling Analysis : o . u . R . II . Leonard . . 3 0 18 . 9 2 24 it . Dunning 10 1' . St . G . Kirke 10 1 A . NeiTson . 11 3 36 2 0 9 E . St . G . Kirke 6 âI . II . '1' . Roy . . 2 0
ST . PETER' S. E . St . G . Kirke, run out T . C . Newton, run out R . Harrison, h A . Hingstun R . Dunning, b G . W . Harbottle P . St . G . Kirke, b T . lllilnthorpe DI . II, T . Roy, b T . Benson A. NeiTson, b T . Benson C. P. Scott, lbw, b A . l\Inehall H . It . Fisher, not out H . Leonard, b T . Benson S . A . lIcllor, c A . â Iachal1, h T. Be, n sen Extras Total
I 2 15 11 9 8 10 3 1 7 0 16 83
144 w. 1 2 2 3 0 1
A . i Bowling Analysis : 18 . 00 W . Parry . . . 1200 J . AV . llarhottle . . 20 . 00 '1' .11ilnthorpe . . 12 . 00 A .11ingston . . T . Benson . . . . 6 . 00 A . 1\Iuehall . .
o . M . R. w . A. 7 3 8 — — 6 -- 24 1 24 . 00 7 2 6 1 6 . 00 5 2 16 1 16 . 00 5 3 3 4 . 75 3 1 10 1 10 . 00
864
CRICKET. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . DURHAM SCHOOL.
Played on the School ground on Saturday, June 2nd . Durham won the toss, and Bell and Pearson opened the innings, to the bowling of P . Kirke and Punning . Pearson scored a single off the first hall, but with his second Kirke howled Bell . 11 . de( 1 respign n came in, and started scoring quickly ; the score rising rapidly, till Pearson, who had survived an appeal at the wicket, was given out lbw . to Kirke . Previous to this Neilson had relieved Dunning. who was being very freely scored off . Neilson, however, was no more successful in keeping down the runs . E . Kirke went on and clean howled Hicks, the next man, in his second over . H . deCrespigny continued to score freely, hut the other batsmen were more cautious. At 86, however, Fitzgerald was thrown out by E . Kirke, from cover, and four wickets were down fur 82 . G . Henderson was quickly got rid of, and, at 92, de Crespigny was bowled off his pads by E. Kirke . Jackson and P . Henderson were howled in one over by P . Kirke . The last wicket made a stand, and, aided by byes, added 17, the innings terminating for 119, not a large score, considering the hardness of the wicket, which was almost fiery. P . Kirke and E . Kirke opened the School innings, and in Bell's first over scored 16 runs . Bell had his revenge, however, in his next over as he clean bowled P . Kirke with only 11 on the hoard (11-1-8) . Newton came in and after making a single and a tla r ce was bowled by a curly ball from Gough . Dunning, who followed, shared a similar fate, and three wickets were down for 25 . Kirke and Harrison then made a short stand adding 19 for the fourth wicket, before the latter had his off stump removed by a leg-break from Bell (44-4-12) .
Fisher was disposed of in the same howler's
next over and five wickets were down for 52 . The School's chances at this point appeared none too rosy, especially as Boy and Neilson were soon bowled by Fitzgerald, and 10 were required to win with only three wickets in hand . At this point Scott came in and contented himself with stopping the bowling, while Kirke did the scoring . The score rose steadily, and hopes were entertained that the match would be won without further loss . At 85, however, a
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CRICKET .
beautiful off-break from Bell took Kirke's leg-stump and all chance of winning seemed over . Leonard followed and hit well making four 3's before being yorked by Gough, and 14 runs were still requir ed to win . Crosthwaite and Scott played very carefully, treating the bowling with great respect, and presently there was one run required to win, when Crosthwaite scored a 3 and thus won the match, amid great enthusiasm . Scott was bowled by Bell next ball . The credit of winning lies with E . Kirke, who scored 43 in 50 minutes without giving a chance, with Scott who stayed in over an hour for his 13, and thus gave the others a chance of making the runs, and with Leonard and Crosthwaite, who went in at a very critical time, and hit hard when they did hit . The watch will be remembered as one of the closest in the annals of our contests with Durham, especially as, more than once, we seemed to have no chance of winning . Durham have now won 22 to our 2 I . Full score and analysis : Dt1tIfAM SCHOOL .
ST . PETE1t' S.
D . G . Pearson, lhw, b P . St. G.Kirke 24 \\' . B . Bull, 1, P . St . G . Kirk . 0 IL dcWnspig'ny, b E . St . G . links 51 G . A . Hicks, b E . St . G . Kirk . . . I II . S . Fitzgerald, un out 7 U . Henderson, b E . St . G . Kirke . . 0 2 C . S . Jackson, b P . St . G . Kirk ; . .('Ilenderson, lbw .hl' .St G .Kirke 0 P J . G . Todd, b 1' . St . G . Kirke . . . . 4 G . 11. Richardson, not out 3 F . It . Gough . b P . St . G. Kirke . . . . 10 Extras 14
E . St. G . Kirke, b W . B . Bell 43 P . Sr . G . Kirke, b W . B . Bell 8 T . C . Newton, b F . B . Gough 4 It . Dunning, b F . B . Gough 0 R . Tiecrison . b W . B . Bell 12 .1 .R . Fislrer .cG . A .I Ticks,b W .B .Bell 4 M . II . 'L Roy, b II . S . Fitzgerald 1 A . Neilson, L 1I . S . Fitzgerald 5 C . P . Scott, b W . B . Bell 13 H . S . Leonsrd, b F . B. Gough 12 W . 13 . Crosthwaite, not out 8 Extras 11
Total
119
Bowling Analysis : o . hr. R . w . A . P . St . G . Kirke . . 14 . 2 3 35 6 5 . 83 R . Dunning . , 3 — 23 — A . Neilson . . 2 — 10 — — M . II . 'P . Roy .. 2 — 6 — — E . St . G . Kirke . . 12 4 22 3 7 . 33 H . S . Leonard . . 2 — 9 — —
Total
121
Bowling Analysis : o . si . R. w . A. W . It . Bell , . 16-3 3 54 5 10 . 80 F . B . Gough 9 — 32 3 10 . 66 II . S . Fitzgerald 5 -- 16 2 8 . 00 P . C . Henderson 2 — 8 — —
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V .
HY\IEItS COLLEGE.
Played at York on Thursday, June 2nd . 11 fuels won the toss and chose the first innings . ']'hey- started badly, as in P . Kirke's second over Wood was out by . Braithwaite and Johnson then
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CRICKET.
made a stand, adding 21 for the second wicket . Then the former, who had been missed at the wicket, was caught in the slips off Dunning, and at 3-1 Johnson was howled (34-3-12) . At 12 Grieve was clean bowled, and at i England suffered the same fate. Saxelbye and Thompson made a good stand for the sixth wicket, putting on 20 before a separation was effected, P . Kirke bowling Thompson . Only a rein later Saxelbye was caught by Neilson (81-7-16) . E . Kirke then bowled Longhurst and Newell with successive balls . The next ball shaved Smith's wicket but did not hit it . After making 4 he was howled . Loth bails . curiously enough, landing about three yards in front of the wicket . Hynters thus scored 85. E . Kirke and Scott opened the School inings . Kirke started to hit at once, but after giving two very ]tot chances to mid-on, and to the howler, was caught at mid-off, where Scott was also caught . Newton was bowled by Smith after making 12, and at the same total P . Kirke succumbed to a shooter front Thompson, and four wickets were down for 28 . Harrison and Dunning took the score to 57, when the latter was bowled by Thompson . C'rosthwaite was out lbw . to Wood only 11 runs later, and six wickets were down for 68, with still 20 to make . Harrison and Neilson quickly took the score to 107 before the latter was caught . At 121 Harrison was clean bowled by Longhurst after making a splendid 64, in which were five hits out of the ground and twelve boundaries, seven of which were in succession . This was the first innings of over 50 made this season . Leonard and Roy made 28 for the ninth wicket and the last added 6, the innings closing for 155 or 70 in advance or the 11ymers total. With an ]tour and a half to play Hymers went in again . When only 4 had been scored Wood ' s off stump was removed, and at 18 ]Braithwaite was clean bowled by P . Kirke . Johnson and Grieve were well caught and, nobody else offering mach resistance to the bowling, the innings terminated for 51, so that the School won by an innings and 16 runs . E . Kirke had, in the whole match, the excellent analysis of 1 .2 wickets for 47 runs, twice no :11.13 doing the hat trick, and P . Kirke secured 6 wickets for 5 4 .
CRICKET .
867
Full score and analysis : IIYMEns COLLEGE.
E . \\rood, lbw, b P . St . G . Kirk*
2 GG' .h'raitTn' ilc,cl' ltirke,bRDiuiningl7 E. W . Johnson, h R . Dunning . . . . 12 K . K . l i rirv••, i, E . St . G . Kirke „ C . IL Sruxeltve, c A . Nelson, b P . St. G . Kirke 16 F. England, b E . St. K . Kirke 5 E . R . Thompson, b P . St. G . Kirke 17 11 . W . Longhurst, It E . St . G Kirke 0 S . R . Newman, not out 0 G. G. Newell, b E . St . G . Kirke 0 \V. Smith, b E . St . G Kirke 4 Extras 9 Total
0 b E. St. G . Kirke b I'. 5t . G . Kirke 10 c Al . 11 . T . Roy . b E . St. G. Kirke 10 A . R . Eisher, it E . St . G . Kirke 7 b P. St . G . Kirke 7 e. and b P . St . G . Kirke b F . St. (4 . Kirke b E . St. G. Kirke b It . St . G . Ku lie b E. St . G. Kirke not out Extras
3 0 4 1 2 0 9
Total
85
Bowling Analysis : o . M . R . w . A . P . St . G . Ki, lee 9 1 81 3 10 . 33 E . St . G . Kirke . . 15 . 1 1 26 5 520 It . Dunning . . 7 2 19 2 9 . 50
53
O. M.
R.
W.
A.
1 1
23 21
3 7
7'66 3 . 00
8 8.3
PETEU ' s.
G .Kirko,iNewell,bE .Tlunnpson10 C . 1' . Scott, c Newell, b \V . Smith 1 T . C . Newton, b W. Smith 12 R . Dunning, b E . Thompson 6 0 P . St . G . Kirke, b E . Thompson It. Harrison, b II . \V . Longhurst 6 .1 \V, I3 . C' rosthwaite, lbw, b E. Wood 4 A . Neilson, c G . Braithwaite, h II. 15 W. Longhurst Bowling Analysis : o. \V . Smith . . .. 12 E . R . Thompson 8'5 E . Wood 7 2 C . II . Saxelbye II . 1\I . Longhurst . . 6 G. G . Newell . . 3 1 5
2 18
19 II . Leonard, not out DI . II . '1' . Roy, e F . England, h 11. W . Longhnrsl 12 (1 A. It . Fisher, b It . Thompson Total
155
M.
R.
W.
A.
3 1
28 35 21 15 29 12
2 4 1
14 . 00 8 . 75 24 . 00 — 14'50 —
— 1 —
Runs at fall of each wicket. 3 4 5 6 7 8 28 57 68 107 121 28
2 — 9 149
10 155
Si. ''PETER ' S SCHOOL v . POCKLINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Played at l'oeklington on Tuesday, June 12th, on a broiling hot day . Poeklington, for the fifth year in succession, won the toss, and sent in I'Anson and Brown to face the bowling of P . Kirke and E . Kirke . In the latter' s second over Brown was caught at " silly " squaro-leg . Mandell followed, and both batsmen played very slowly, only scoring 30 in an hour and a quarter . At 38
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CRICKET.
I'Anson got in front to E . Kirke . Gilbert followed and, after being very nearly bowled once or twice in his first over, played very different cricket to the outgoing batsman, scoring 14 in one over from Neilson, who had relieved 1' . Kirke . At 108 he was clean bowled by Roy, having made 54 by free cricket, which was slightly marred by two hard chances in the slips at 11 and 15. Mitchell succeeded, but succumbed to his third ball from Roy . as did Kingsland 6 runs later, (114-5-5) . Gathorne and Randell made another stand, taking the score to 153, before the latter, who had just topped the fifty, was thrown out from cover by E . Kirke. The last four wickets added 36, and the innings ended for 179, a very formidable score to go in against, considering that the School had been fielding four hours in a blazing stff . To add to the difficulties, a thunderstorm cause up which caused
play
to be
stopped for a short time, and after which the ball shot a good deal, on a wicket that had never been very hard. Scott and E . Kirke opened the School innings, and had scored 30 without being separated, when the thunderstorm stopped play, owing to the difficulty of seeing the ball when the flashes of lightning took place . On the resumption of play the light was very bad, and at 34 Kirke was bowled by a shooter from Kingslaud. Newton took his place and the score was taken to 53 before he returned a ball to Gilbert . At 6I Scott was bowled by a ball, of whose whereabouts he was apparently quite ignorant, having contributed a very useful 13 . Dunning went in, but after making 8 was caught in the slips by I'Anson off How . Without any addition, Leonard was bowled by flow, and 5 later Neilson was caught in the long field off I ' Ansou, who had gone on with lobs. Harrison, after giving one or two chances at the beginning of his innings, afterwards hit freely, retaking two 4's in succession off 1'Auson, who had 19 runs hit off him iu two overs . P . Kirke and Harrison took the score to 101 before the latter was given out lbw ., a decision with which he seemed to disagree . Roy came in and helped to add 25 for the eighth wicket when Kirke was caught at mid-on (126-8-21) . K . Fisher left at the same total . G . Fisher and Roy took the score to 139 when Fisher was bowled by Gilbert
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for a useful 10, a very creditable score as it was his first appearance for tho team, and was made at a critical moment. The toss doubtless had a large share in the result, and it is a curious fact that in the last six ;ears the side that has won the toss has always won the match . This time the School had the disadvantage of having to go in rv'itlt a bad light, whereas during the morning it had been all that could be desired . Full score and analysis : POCKLINGTON SCHOOL.
â I . I'Anson, lbw, b E . St . G . Kirke 19 S . L . Brown, c If . S . Leonard, b E. St . G . Kirke 2 W . Rantlell, run out 52 E. L Gilbert, b M . II . T . Roy 54 0 F. \V . Mitchell, b M . 1I . IT . Roy J . ,' . How, lbw, b E . St . G . Kirke 6 J . Kingsland, h M . 11 . T . Boy . . 5 G. Gathorne, c It . Dunning ;, b . 1'. St . G . Kirk .. . 25 II . B . Murray, c A . Neilson, I) E. St . G . Kirke 6 C . M . B . Skene, c A . Neilson, I) P. St . G . Kirke 0 H. C . Darnell, not out 0 Extras 10 Total
ST. PETER ' S SCHOOL. E . St G . Kirke, b J . Kingsland . . 22 . 13 C . 1' . Scott, b E . D . Gilbert . . T . C . Newton, c S b E . D . Gilbert 10 R . Dunning, c [ ' Anson,hJ .C .flow 8 It . Harrison, lbw, b J . C . IIow 24 }I . S . Leonard, C J . C . IIow A .Ne ilson,eC.1I .Skene,bM .I'Anson 5 1' . St . G. Kirke, c C . M . Skene, b E . D . Gilbert 21 M . 1I . T . Roy, not out 11 A . It. Fisher, c M . I'Anson, b E . D. 0 Gilbert G . A . Fisher, b E . D . Gilbert 10 Extras 1,5
Total
139
179
Runs at fall of each wicket. 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7 38 108 108 114 153 169 179 179 179
Runs at fall of each wicket. 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 34 53 61 79 79 84 101 126 126 139
Bowling Analysis : o . M . w. R . A. P . St. G . Kirke . . 15 2 2 42 21 . 00 E . St . G . Kirke 21 4 4 49 12 . 25 A . Neilson . . 8 -- 0 36 — B. . Dunning . . 5 1 — 10 -M . H . T . Roy . . 7 — 3 25 8 . 33 H . S . Leonard . , 3 - --- 5
Bowling Analysis : o . DI . H. w . A. E. 1) . Gilbert . . 17 . 3 8 34 5 6 . 80 . . 5 1 14 – — F. Michell J Kingsland . . 11 2 30 1 30 .00 J . C . H . How . . 7 1 22 3 7 . 33 M . I'Anson .. 2 --- 19 1 19TO 2 — 5 — -H . B . Murray . .
ST . PETER' S r . F . C . ClowrnER ' s XI. Played on the School ground on Thursday, Time 14th . The School won the toss, and E . Kirke and Scott forced the bowling of
870
CRICKET.
Brown and G . Crowther . With the score at 20, the former bowled Scott (20-1-3) . Newton succeeded and played very carefully, not scoring one boundary during his w hole innings . At 33 Kirke was yorked by G. Crowther . Dunning scored three singles before being bowled by a leg-break from F . Crowther, and at 54 Newton was bowled by a ball which appeared to come in about a yard. Roy and Harrison added 17 for the fifth wicket . The latter was then relieved of his off stump by Brown . Neilson followed and helped to add 1-1 for the next wicket, when he retu r ned one to F . Crowther . Shepherd went on to bowl but got 21 knocked off him in 3 ovens . A heavy shower of rain after dinner had made the wicket easy, and the ball difficult to hold . A long stand was made on P . Kirke joining Roy, -14 being put on in about but an hour. The latter was then bowled by a shooter from G . ('rowther (129-721) . Leonard was unfortunately run out,
~t ithout any addition to
the snore . G . Fisher auul Roy made another useful stand, adding 33 before the former was caught at the wicket off Brown for a wellplayed 14 (152-9-14) . The last wicket added 11, when
Rod
was
well caught by Harrison at cover, after having got within 6 of his fifty (163-10-44). Sykes and Sh 'plterd started our opponents' innings . Tile latter was missed off E . Kirke from what seemed an easy chance in the slips before he had scored, and, profiting by his escape,, scored freely . With the score at 29, Sykes was well taken by Harrison at the wicket, and at 39 Shepherd was splendidly caught by Scott with one hand at maid-off from a hot drive (39-2-2-1) . At the same total Brown was bowled by P . Kirke, as was Barnicot at -1-1. Bairstow and Hopkinson then made a stand, putting on 1 ti for the fifth wicket . The latter was then well bowled by Roy . With alt addition of only 7, 1larrisou was run out . Bairstow and F . ('ion ther made a good stand, making 22 for the next wicket . The former was then bowled by Ncilsou after making a vigorous, but lucky 27. F . Crowther was bowled at 103 by E . Kirke, and G . Crewtllcr was well caught at the wicket olf Neilson . Mellor was out lbw . at the same total, leaving the School winners by exactly 60 runs .
CRICKET .
871
Full score and analysis : F . C . CROWTHER ' S XI.
ST. PETERS SCHOOL ..
E. St. G . Kirke, b G. Crowther C . 1' . Scott, b 1I . Brown T . C . Newt n, h F . Crowther B . Dunning, b F . Crowther R . Harrison . b 1I . Brown M . H . T . Roy, e S . R . Harrison, b J . 13 . Sykes A . NeiTson, c and 1) F . Crowther P . St . G . Kirke, b G . Crowther H . S . Leonard, run out G. A . Fisher, c II . A . L'airstow, b I I . Brown W . II . Crosthwaite, not out Extras Total
18 3 16 3 10 44 9 21 0 14 5 20 163
Runs at fall of each wicket.
J . B . Sykes, c R . Harrison, b P . St. G . Kirke 9 J . Shepherd, c C . P . Scott, b R. Dunning 24 H. Brown, b 1' . St . G . Kirke 4 I, . Hopkinson, b M . H . T. Roy . . 7 W . Barnicot, b P . St . G . Kirke 5 H . P . Bairstow, b A . Neilson . . 27 S . R . Harrison, run out 0 F. C . Crowther, b E. St . G . Kirke 16 G .Crowthor,eR .flarrison,hA .Neilson 6 A . 13 . Sale, not out 0 S . A . Mellor, lbw, b E . St . G . Kirke 0 Extras 5 Total
103
Runs at fall of each wicket. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 33 45 51 71 85 129 129 152 163
29 39 39 44 62 69 91 103 103 103
Bowling Analysis : o . M . It . w . A. 11 . Brown . . . . 13 — 58 3 19 . 33 l ~ . Crowther . 11 3 :30 2 1500 F. C . Crowther . . 8 — 28 3 9 . 33 J . Shepherd 3 21 — — J . B . Sykes . . . . 2 . 5 — 6 1 6 . 00
13owling Analysis : o . M . R . Iv. A. E . St . G . Kirke . . 6 . 3 33 2 1650 P . St . G . Kirke . . 10 1 38 3 12 . 66 R . Dunning . . 4 — 14 1 14 . 00 M . II . Roy . . 3 — 12 1 1200 A . Neilson . . . . 3 2 1 2 •50
ST . PETER' S
SCHOOL V . LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
At York, on Saturday, June 16th . Leeds won the toss and sent in Richardson and P . Munro . Both played carefully, but at 21 the latter had his off stump upset by E . Kirke Ti . Munro came in and a prolonged stand ensued . Various changes were tried and at last Munro was well caught at mid-off by R . Fisher, after making. 49 . Each of the succeeding batsmen helped to raise the score hut none managed to get double figures . Richardson, aided by four let-offs made 67 not out . The innings was declared closed at 187 for 9 wickets . E . Kirke took 5 wickets for 57 runs. The Si hool started with E . Kirke and Newton, who got in front of a straight ball from Meld, when only 14 had been scored . Roy w as caught at point 3 nuts later . Harrison was soon out, and Dunning succumbed to Ilield without scoring . E. Kirke played on to Hield, at 30, after making 16 . P . Kirke and Neilson took the score to 43, when the former was caught at point by H . Munro .
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CRICKET.
G A . Fisher helped to take the score to 59 . After that the end soon came, the innings closing for 64, or 123 behind the Leeds total . On the merits of the day's play Leeds were certainly the better team, but it must he remembered that the lionie team were tired with a long day's fielding, and consequently could not do themselves justice with the bat . The noticeable difference between the two teams was the fielding . Leeds missed no catches, we missed five, and thus materially added to the score against ns. Full score and analysis : LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL .
ST. PETER ' S S(hCOOL.
G . B . Richardson, not out 67 7 1' . Munro, b E . St. G . Kirke H . Munro, c A . K . Fisher, b E . St. (1 . Kirke 49 M . A . Francis, c II . S . Leonard, 4 b E . St . G. Kirke I1 . A . Hield, b P . St. (_ . Kirke 1 6 .I K . I\Iozlev, run out . Kirke 4 W . E . Smith, b E . St . G E . Williamson, b E . St. G . Kirke 7 J . H . Seaton, b M . H . T . Roy 1 G .F .IIeald,cR .Dunnin„bM .Fl .T .Roy7 9 H. M . IIeald, not out Extras 25 Total for 9 wkts Innings declared closed. Runs at fall of each wicket . 1 21
2 101
3 108
5 6 7 115 138 152
E . St . G . Kirke, b H . A . Ilieti . . . . T . C . Newton, lbw, b II . A . 'Held
16 5
M . II . T . Roy, c 11 . M unro, b G . F. Heald 3 11 .Harrison,e .T Mozlcy,b II .A .Hield 3 K . Dunning, b G . F . IIeald 0 1' . St . G . Kirke., c H . Munro, 1) II. A . HeTd 10 A . Neilson, b 1I . A . Meld 11 U . A . Fisher, b II . A . held 11 W . II . ('rosthwaitc, nit out 1 Il . Leonard, b II A . llicld 0 A . It . Fisher, c At . Francis, b II M . IIeald 0 4 Extras
187
8 9 159 169
Bowling Analysis : o . Si . n . w . A . P . St. G . Kirke . . 20 7 51 1 +51 . 00 E. St . G . Kirke , . 21 1 57 5 11 .10 A . Neilson . . . . 5 — 10 — — 51 . H . T. Roy 8 2 33 2 16 . 50 K . Dunning 2 -- 11 — —
Total
6-1
Runs at fall of each wicket. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 17 20 21 30 43 59 63 6 .3 64 Bowling Analysis : o . M . x . w . A. H . A . Iliedd . . 8 1 21 7 3 . 00 G . F . Heald 9 -- 35 2 17 . 50 11 . 51 . HeaTd 2— 4 1 4 . 00
ST . PETER ' S V . AMPLEFORTII COLLEGE.
Played at Ampleforth on June 21st . Ampleforth won the toss, and Dawson took in with hint Gately . Only 2 had been made when the former, trying to pull a slow one from E . Kirke, missed it and was out lbw . At the same score Crean was run out, and at 20 Gately was out lbw . Only 2 had been added when Dowling, who succeeded, was caught at cover . The adjournment for lunch then took place After the re-start wickets fell very quickly, E . Kirke getting the last two wickets in successive halls . lie got five wickets for 10 runs, and P . Kirke four for 14.
CRICKET .
8 73
The School started even worse than Ampleforth had done, losing two wickets for no runs . At 7 E . Kirke was bowled off his foot by Burn . G. Fisher seemed the only one at all at home with the bowling, and made 9 before being caught in the slips . Wickets fell rapidly, and with only one wicket in hand, 6 runs were still required to win . Dunning and R . Fisher were the pair on whom this task devolved . Dunning scored a two off Foot, and then a single off Burn . Fisher then scored a single off the same bowler. Foot bowled a no ball , and then Dunning scored another single, and the scores were equal . Fisher then hit a two, and two balls later scored another . The innings terminated for 36 . The School thus won by 8 runs . Burn, who curled in very much just before the ball pitched, had the splendid analysis of 7 wickets for 14 runs . The low scoring may, perhaps, be accounted for partly by the fact that the Ampleforth ground is not a good scoring ground, even under ordinary circumstances, and that a heavy storm just before the match made the balls keep low and come very fast off the pitch . The School have never this season played against a bowler with such a puzzling curl as Burn had, nor against such a fast bowler as Foot . Fisher and Dunning are to be congratulated on the way they made their runs at such a critical time . After the match Dunning received his colours. Full score and analysis : — AIIPLEFORTH COLLEGE. It . J . Dawson, lbw, b E . SL G . Kirke 2 A . J . Gately, lbw, b E . St . G . Kirke 8 G . Crean, run out 0 W . Dowling. c E . St . G . Kirke, b P. St . G . Kirke 6 W . Lambert, b P . St . G . Kirke . 2 D . Burn, c \V . H . Crosthwaite, b P. St . G . Kirke 6 F . J . Dawson, b P . St. G . Kirke 0 J . Pike, b E . St . G . Kirke 0 C . J . Martin, c T . C . Newton, b E. St . G . Kirke 0 F . Quin, not out 0 . St F . Foot, b E . G . Kirke 0 Extras 4 Total Runs at fall of each wicket. 1 2 3 4 x 6 7 8 9 10 2 2 20 22 23 23 24 28 28 28
ST . PETER' S SCHOOL. E . St. G . Kirke, b D . Burn . . .. T . C . Newton, lbw, b D . Burn .. 11I . H . T . Roy, b D . Burn G. A . Fisher, c D . Burn, b F. Foot P . St . G. Kirke, c A . J . Gately, b F . Foot . . . W . H . Crosthwaite, b F . Foot R . Harrison, b D . Burn A . Neilson, b D . Burn R . Dunning, not out H. Leonard, b D . Burn A . R . Fisher, b D . Burn Extras
. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Total
28 Runs at fall of each wicket. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 0 7101314162323 36
36
CRICKET.
8 74
Bowling Analysis : o yc . R . W. A . E. St . G . Kirke . . 8 . 2 3 10 5 2 . 00 P . St . G. Kirke . . 8 3 14 4 3 . 50
Bowling Analysis : o . M . R . w . A. . . 11 5 17 3 5 . 66 F . Foot, . . D . Burn . . 10 . 1 3 14 7 2 . 00
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . OLD
PErEl uTas.
P . Kirke won the toss and sent in R . Harrison and T . Newton, but the start was not encouraging as at 9 Newton was howled by F.
Bingham .. P . Kirke succeeded him and the score was taken to
33 before Kirke succumbed to R . Bingham (33-2-15) . Scott stayed in while 11 were added and was then out lbw . G . Fisher Caine next, and two overs later play was stopped for luncheon with the total at 44, Harrison not out 20, Fisher not out 0. Play recommenced at 2-15, and runs came freely . Directly after the start Harrison was missed at point by Metcalfe, and was again missed at 28 . With the score at 97 G . Fisher was naught by Nelson in the long field, for 19, (97-4-19 . Dawning was missed off his first ball but settled down, till at 121 11 art ison was naught at point, after making 63, his second sixty this season . his innings lasted 78 minutes, and included 2 fours and 12 threes . Roy took his place, but 13 later Dunning retired for 1-1 . Roy was out 4 runs later, and Fisher shortly after . Crosthwaite then joined Neilson, and after being missed off his first ball, hit hard When 58 had been quickly added, Neilson returned a ball to Nelson and retired for a hard hit 32, marred by only one chance (201-9-32). Leonard remained while 15 were added, and the innings closed for 216 . Crosthwaite was not out for 34, an extremely lucky innings, including six chances. The Old Boys sent in Yeld and Lord . Early on Lord was missed at point and at 15 both batsmen were sent bank . Then the two Binghams made a stand and wore still together when stumps were drawn, the score standing at 120 for two wickets, P . Bingham, 70 not out, F . Bingham, 30 not out. Neilson opened the bowling for the School and in his second over clean-bowled R . Bingham, who had made 79, though he had been missed at 35 by G . Fisher in the long field (135-3-79) .
CRICKET .
8 75
Neilson secured Nelson ' s wicket, and Shepherd was soon rust out for 3 . F . Bingham was out to P . Kirke three runs later (161-6-99). The remaining wickets fell quickly, and the innings closed for 176, or 40 in arrears . Neilson bowled right through the innings and therefore his analysis of 6 wickets for 73 is extremely creditable. An unpromising start was made in the School's second innings. In F . M . Biughant's first over Harrison was caught for 0, and in the next over Newton succumbed to II . G . Bingham . Crosthwaite and Kirke stayed for a little chile, but G . Fisher fell to a catch in the long field . Dunning came itt and played carefully . Roy followed, only to be bowled by if . G . Bingham for 0, while Neilson and Scott were both disposed of for a like sure (S-26-0) . A . R. Fisher was the next, and with Dunning made a valuable stand. Together they added 20 runs before Dunning was caught off IL G. Bingham for a careful 12 . Fisher stayed in while I was added and was then bowled by an off-brake, Leonard being not out. G . Veld and T . Lord opened the Old Peterites' second innings and scored slowly, but were secured by Neilson in successive balls at 35 . E. Bingham played on at 13 (13-d-2) and Nelson was caught a run later (44-4-0) . Shepherd and F . Bingham then made the 46 runs required to
Score and analysis :
ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL
1st Innings.
2nd Innings.
R . Hart icon, c 13 . Metcalfe, b F . M. Bingham 63 T . C . Newton, b F. M . Bingham 3 P . St . G . Kirke, b B . G . Bingham 15 C . P . Scott, lbw ., b T . Lord 4 G . A . Fisher, e B . Nehon, b F . M. Bingham 19 B . Punning, e E . S . P . Carter, b T. Lord 14 M . I I . T . Roy, lbw . . hit . G . Bingham 12 A . Neilson . e & b B . Nelson 32 A . It . Fisher. e & b R . U . Bingham 1 ('rusthwaite, not out 34 11 . S . Leonard, b B . Nelson 7 Extras 12
e E . S . D . Carter, b F . M . Bingham 0
Total
216
Buns at fall of each wicket. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 9 33 44 97 121 134 143 201 216
b It . (4 . Bingham b F . M . Bingham b F . M . Bingham
7 0
c B . Nelson, b F . M . Bingham
0
c G U . 17( Id, b R . G . Bingham b R . (1 . Bingham o F . Lord, b It . (I . Bingham b F . M . Bingham e II . G. Metcalf, b F . . M . Bingham not out Extras
12 0 0 19 6 0 5
Total Runs at fall of each wicket. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 4 8 14 14 19 19 26 48 49
49
876
CRICKET.
Bowling Analysis : o . K . F . M . Bingham . . 22 7 B . Nelson ll'l 2 R . G . Bingham . . 20 2 . Lord 9 2 T G . G . Yeld 8 3 J . Shepherd . . . . 2 —
R.
40
3l 71 37
w.
A. 3 1333 2 15 . 50 3 23 . 65 2 18 . 50
15 — 10
Bowling Analysis : o . M . R. w . A. R . G . Bingham . . 11 3 15 4 3 . 75 F . M . Bingham . .10 . 2 1 29 6 4 . 83
— OLD PETERITES.
2nd Innings.
1st Innings. G . G. Yeld, c P. St . G . Kirke, b A. Neilson 'P . B . Lord, b P . St . G . Kirke F . M . Bingham, lbw ., P . St . G.
c R . Dunning, b A . Neilson
15
b A . Neilson c R . Dunning, b II . Leonard
18
1) P . St. G . Kirke c NI . H . T . Roy . h A . Neilson c A . Neilson, b R . IIarrison b R . Ilan ism) b P . St . G . Kirke c H. Leonard . b A . Neilson absent
2
9 3 49 79
R . G . Bingham, h A . Neilson 2 B . Nelson, b A . Neilson 3 J . Shepherd, run out 2 H . R . Partington, not out 5 E . J . Walton, lbw ., b A . Neilson 5 R . K . Yeld, b P . St . G . Kirke Rev . H . G . Metcalfe, c R . Harrison 1 b A . Neilson E . S . D . Carter, c H . W . Crosthwaite, 0 b A . Neilson 17 Extras
Bowling Analysis : o . at . P . St . G . Kirke . . 13 2 18 2 A. Neilson M . II . T . Roy . . . . 1 — . . 2 — R . Harrison II . S . Leonard . . 1 -R . Dunning . . . . 1
R.
W.
A.
46 3 15 . 33 73 6 12 . 16 8 -8 — -— 8 — 12 —
ST . PETER ' S v .
0 77 19 34
5 0
not out
7
Extras
Total . .176 Runs at fall of each wicket. 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 1 .5 15 135 147 158 161 171 171 176 176
55
27 Total
2 .59
Runs at fall of each wicket. 1 2 3 4 5 S 9 6 7 35 35 43 44 157 197 211 244 257 Bowling Analysis : o . as . It. W . A. P . St . G . Kirke 18 . 4 4 53 2 26 . 50 A . Neilson . . . . 23 1 95 4 23 . 75 8 M . H . T . Roy . . I -H . S . Leonard . . 9 — 32 — 32 . 00 R . Dunning . . . . 3 — 19 R . Harrison . . . . 5 — 25 2 12 . 50
NoSTIi RIDING ASYLUM.
On the Asylum ground on Saturday, July 11tH . The Asylum won the toss and sent in Milnthorpe and Parry . In E . Kirke's first over, Parry, who had hit a 4 and a 2, was caught at cover by P . Kirke . Best, who succeeded, and Milnthorpe took the score to 28 before the former was run out, as was the latter 2 runs later, and the Asylum had thus lost their three best men for only 30. Waterhouse was well taken at the wicket off E . Kirke, and then a stand by Muchall and Hayden took the score to 47 for the fifth wicket, when the former was bowled by Neilson . Harbottle failed
CRICKET .
877
to score and 6 wickets were down for 47 . Hayden and Hill added 20, and then Neilson bowled the latter . Hayden shared the same fate and, nobody else doing anything, the innings terminated for 72 . Neilson took 4 wickets for I I runs, and E . Kirke 4 for 38. The School started very badly, as Parry dislodged Harrison's leg bail with his third ball, when no runs had been scored, and Crostluvaite was howled in Harbottle's first over . Two wickets were thus lost for no runs, when P . Kirke came in, and immediately started hitting . Newton contented himself with stopping the bowling, but at 30 was bowled by 11liluthorpe . E . Kirke came in and another long stand followed . P . Kirke scored very fast, getting three 4 ' s from successive halls from Milnthorpe . At 62 E Kirke was bowled by a curling full pitcher from IIarbottic, and then three more wickets fell in quick succession, 7 wickets being down for 64 . At 71 P . Kirke was bowled for an invaluable 46, in which were five 4 ' s . His innings, though somewhat lucky, was made at a very critical time, and as it was his first high score of the season, it was very opportune . Fisher and Roy made another stand, the former, as in the Ampleforth match, having the honour of making the winning hit . Both scored freely, but at 94 Roy was bowled by Harbottle . Scott did not give any trouble, so that Fisher was not out 21 . The innings closed for 104, the School thus winning by 32 runs. Full score and analysis :NORTH RIDING ASYLUM. T . Milnthorpe, run out 8 W . Parry, c P . St. G. Kirke, b E. St . G . Kirke 6 13 C . Best, run out F . Waterhouse, c R . Harrison, b E. St . G . Kirke 0 A . MuchalT, b A . Neilson 12 Dr . Hayden, b A . Neilson 16 J . W . Hail ,tile, b E . St . G . Kirke 0 W. Hill, b A . Neilson 7 4 C . Moyser, not out E . Frost, b E . St . G . Kirke (! W . Hickley, c and b A . Neilson 0
ST . PETER' S. R . Harrison, b W . Parry 0 W .H .Crosthwaite,bJ .W .Harbottle 0 T . C . Newton, b T . Milnthorpe 5 P . St. G . Kirke, b W . Parry 46 E . St. G . Kirke, b J . W . Harbottle 10 G . A . Fisher, c'1'. Milnthorpo, b W. Parry 0 A . Neilson, b W . Parry 0 R . Dunning, b J . W . Harbottle 0 M . H . T . Roy, b J . W . Harbottle 8 A . R. Fisher, not out 21 C .P.Scott,cF .Waterhouse,bW .l.'arry 0 Extras 14 Total
Total 72 Runs at the fall of each wicket. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 28 30 46 47 47 67 68 69 72
104
Runs at the fall of each wicket. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 0 30 62 63 64 64 71 94 104
878
CRICKET.
Bowling Analysis : o . M . R, E . St . G . Kirke . 12 2 38 P . St . G. Kirke . . 6 1 17 A. Neilson . . 6 1 11
w. A. 4 9 . 50 0 — 4 2 . 75
liowlin . Analysis : o . ar . R . w . A. \V . Parry . . H5 . 3 1 34 5 6 . 80 J . AV . Harbottle 10 1 30 4 7 . 50 T . Milnthorpe . . 5 1 26 l 26 . 00
SP . PETER ' S V . YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. The School won the toss and went in on a wicket which played very queerly . Harrison and Newton were soon out . On E . _Kirke being bowled off his pads, three vvie :tots were down for 8 runs. The rot continued and, P . Kirke being the only one to do anything with the bowling, the innings ended for 38. The Yorkshire Gentlemen then went in and did not do much better than the School, only topping the School score after they had lost 5 wickets . N . Firth made some
very good strokes before
being unluckily run out, owing to smart fielding at cover by the substitute for E . Kirke, who strained his side in the second over, and was unable to take further part in the day's play . None of the succeeding batsmen did much against the bowling of 1' . Kirke and Neilson, the former of whom took 4 wickets for 37, and the latter 4 for 26, having at one time 4 for 11. That the match should have been played on a pitch that had been under water the night before, seems casual on the part of the Yorkshire Gentlemen, to say the least of it . The School captain was not told about it till after the match so that he naturally took first innings, which he would not have done if he, had known, as the wicket, which was difficult at first, became very much easier by the time the Gentlemen went in. Null score and analysis : YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN. ST . PeTER' s.
4 K. Harrison, c b Trench T . C . Newton, b N . Firth 0 E . St. G Kirke, b Trench 3 4 A . R . Fisher, run out R. Dunning, b Trench 2 P . St . G . Kirke, b N . Firth 8 Al . II . T . Roy, b Trench 2 A . Neilson, b N . Firth 0 W . H . Crosthwaite, not out . Fisher, c E . B . Firth, b Trench 5 (4 . A 2 H . S . Leonard, b N . Firth Extras 7
G. C . II . Whaler, c .0 b A . Neilson 9 R . Palmer, b A . Neilson 1 Rev . J . A . Birch, c P . St . G . Kirkc, b A . NeiTson_ 6 Capt . Trench, b A . Neilson H. S . Wright, b P . St . G. Kirke 7 F . W . Dawson, b P . St. G . Kirke 11 R. li . Leonard, b P . St . G . Kirke 0 N . Firth, run out 16 J . B . Kershaw, P P . St . G. Kirke 10 W . M . Newton, not oat 4 Rev . E. B . Firth, absent 0 Extras 25
Total . .38
Total . .92
Runs at the fall of each wicket. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 5 8 16 16 26 26 26 31 38
CRICKET . Bowling Analysis : o . M . N . Firth 9'2 4 Capt .'french . . . 9 2
R. 14 16
w. A. 4 3 . 50 5 3 . 20
i Bowling Analysis : o . Si . R . E. St . G . Kirke . . 2 1 4 (Retired hurt). I A . Neilson . . 13 4 26 P . St . G . Kirke 11 . 3 -- 37
8 79 W.
A.
0
—
4 6 . 50 4 9 . 25
Sr . PETER ' S SCHOOL V. GARFORTII C .C. Played on the School ground June 14th. Kirke won the toss and sent E . Kirke and if . Harrison in to hat on a perfect cricket . Both players scored quickly, and the score was raised to 62 in 33 minutes, when, in hitting at a full toss to leg, Harrison was caught for a well played 23 . Crosthwaite took Harrison's place, and the pace slackened a little . E . Kirke made a risky stroke through the slips, which happily did not come within reach of any fielder, but at 91 E . Kirke was caught off NV . Tate in trying to cut the slow bowler . The retiring batsman had made 42 by attractive cricket, including eight boundaries. 1' . Kirke came to tile wickets, but after seven runs had been added Crosthwaite was caught at the wickets for 18, which ineludcd two hand chances to the bowler (98-3-18) . Newton was the new comer, and played steadily, while P . Kirke ]tit . After surviving two appeals for l .b .w . he was given out (13 .2-1-t l) . Boy carne in and was missed oil' his first ball, but was bowled shortly after for eight (146-5-8) . Neilson hit hard, and 27 were added in 12 minutes before Neilson was bowled (173-6-13) . Dunning failed to score A . R . Fisher and P . Kirke, by vigorous hitting, added 45 in 18 minutes, when Fisher was bowled for 23, including 4 threes and a four (218-8-23) . G. Fisher came in, and 23 were added in live minutes, when Fisher was run out (241-9-7) . Leonard made 10, and the innings closed for 251, P . Kirke being not out with 73 to his credit, his chief ]tits being seventeen threes. Frequently running down the pitch, he, made these runs itt 1 hour :39 minutes. It is rather a curious thing that, just as last year, during the course of the last match three different players held the batting average—viz . : 1: . 11 arrison, E . Kirke, and 1' . Kirke—this scoring in the match reversing the order to P . Kirke, E . Kirke, and R . Harrison.
88o
CRICKET.
Garforth started their innings at 5 .30 with H . E . Walker and H. Dawson, facing the bowling of Neilson and P . Kirke . When Walker had only made four he gave a hot chance to E . Kirke at cover off P . Kirke, which that player just failed to hold . Profiting by this let off, he, together with Dawson, carried the score to 89, when the latter was bowled by Harrison, for 17, compiled in 67 minutes . W . Tate then partnered lValker, and the two together played out time, Walker being again missed this time at the wicket off P . Kirke, from the last ball, having made 67 runs in 90 minutes . The result of the match, consequently, was a draw. After the match the following received their 1st XI . colours :— M . H . 'l' . Roy, A . R . Fisher, T . C . Newton, W . II . C'rosthwaite, G . A . Fisher, and H . S Leonard Appended is the full score and analysis . ST . PETER ' S.
GAREl1RTII.
E . St . G . Kirke, e A . Longfellow, b W . Tate 42 It . liarris,m,ell .E .Walker,hG .lieed 23 \V . H . Crosthwaite, c H . J . Denby, h H . 1'irkering 18 P. St . G . Kirke, not out 73 T . C . Newton, lbw, b F . P . Fawcett 11 M . II . '1' . Roy, h W . Tate 8 A . Neilsen, b 11 . J . Donny 13 R . Dunning, st H . E . Walker, b H . J . lienhy 0 A . R . Fisher, b H . J . Denby 23 G. A . Fisher, run out 7 H. S . Leonard, b R . Tate 10 Extras 23 Total
H . E . Walker, not out 1 L Dawson, b lt . Harrison . . . . \V . Tate, not out A . Longfellow 11 . J . Denny R . 'fate G. Reed Did not bat. J . II . Pickering J . P . Fawcett II . Hurst A . Smith Extras Total
47 16
8 138
251
Runs at fall of each wicket. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 5 9 10 62 91 98 132 146 173 173 218 241 251 Bowling Analysis : o . M . R. H . E . Walker 11 2 29 H . Hurst 3 -- 18 A . Longfellow 9 1 31 W . Tate . . 12 — 43 2 21 . 50 G . Reed 11 1 34 1 34 . 00 W. Pickering 5 — 14 1 14 . 00 G. P . Fawcett 4 — 15 1 15 00 H. J . Denby 6 — 34 3 11 . 33 R . Tate . . . . 2 . 1 — 10 1 10 . 00
Duns at fall of each wicket. l for 89 Bowling Analysis : o . a . ti . w . A. A . Neilson . . 13 — 49 — -P . St . G . Kirke . . 10 1 37 H. S . Leonard 4 — 21 — E . St . G Kirke . . 1 — 7 — -R . Harrison . . 3 -- 16 1 16 . 00
N .B .--The School were greatly handicapped owing to E . St . G . Kirke and M . H . T . Roy, who were suffering from severe strains, being unable to bowl. E . Kirke bowled one over left hand, but without success.
CRICKE1 CHARACTERS .
881
CRICKET CHARACTERS. 1sT ELEVEN. 1' . Si . G KIRKE (Captain '98, '99, '00) .—Good straight bat. Drives well on the off, but rather weak on the leg . Very successful this season with the ball . Good field . Proved an excellent captain, changing the bowling with groat judgment. E . Sr . G . KIRKE ( ' 98, '99, '00) .—A good all-round cricketer. Fields very well at cover, and returns beautifully to the wit ketkeeper . Has suddenly developer) into a good fast bowler, with a nice high delivery . Very stylish bat, but leis defence is hardly as good this season as formerly. A . NElasox ( ' 99, '00) .-A hard hitter, but has a weak defence, owing to his inability to play forward as a defensive stroke. Fair ground field, but poor catch . Late in the season he developed into a good leg-break bowler, with a slight curl in the air when bowling against any wind. R . IlaluusoN ('99, '00) .—Good stylish bat, drives well all round, and should develop into a really good cricketer . Very safe catch iii the long field, but has kept wicket nearly all the season with moderate success . Can bowl. C . P . SCO1 ( ' 00) .-Very ineffectual batsman, but plays very straight ; has no ability to hit, but by keeping up his end has played one or two very useful innings . Fell off a good deal the latter half of the season . Sleepy field. L' . DUNNING ('00) .--Vigorous bat, but lacks defence, as he does not play forward enough . Should learn to get rid of his flourish, which has lost him his wicket several times this season . Gave promise of being a bowler at the beginning of the season, but has not realised expectations, probably owing to carelessness in practice . Lazy field and poor catch. TI . H . T . Roy ('00)—Very useful change bowler, with a puzzling action ; unfortunately handicapped towards the end of the season owing to a strained shoulder . Very fair bat . Moderate catch, and very good ground field. A . R . F1sHER ('00) .—Very hard hitter, but plays across at nearly
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everything . Poor on the leg, with moderate defence ; has a pretty stroke through the slips . Quite the best field iii the team ; at times brilliant . Safe catch. T . C . NEWTON ('00) .-A steady hat, 1,ut plays back far too much. frequently doing so to half volleys . Has a very had habit of walking in front of his wickets to balls on the leg stump, and should therefore try leg stump or middle and leg for his guard. Should play with more spirit, and hit much harder . Very slow field. W . H . CROsTHWAuTP; ( ' 00) .—Fairly sound bat, but rather apt to be puzzled by slow breaks . Has kept wicket several times . Was perhaps rather handicapped by his inability to turn up to net practice . Poor catch, but fair ground field.
G . A . FISHER ('00) .-Hits hard, and plays fairly straight, except at half volleys, which he pulls With groat success . Fair defence . Much too slow in the field to be good.
IL . S . LEONARU ('00) .-Very fair catch, but poor ground field ; returns well to the wicket keeper . IIits hard, but has a poor defence . A fast change bowler. The following marks were given for correct and stylish batting at Nets : P . St . G . Kirke (captain)
65 per cent.
I . Harrison
65
E . St . G . Kirke
63
R . Dunning
45
T . C. Newton
45
M . I1 . T . Poy
45
G . A . Fisher
42
A . Neilson
10
A . E . Fisher
40
C . P . Scott
35
C . N . Hatfield
35
Ti . S . Leonard
30
,.
The fielding at first was bad, but owing to the exertions of the captain it improved wonderfully . II . HAYLEY.
CRICKET CHARACTERS.
88 3
2ND ELEVEN. 'E J . OTLEY ('99, '00) .—Has fallen off dreadfully this year, owing to his eyesight having become worse . Very poor field and catch . Didn't seem to take any trouble. "A . E . FARaow ('00) .—A very careful bat ; scores very slowly. Improved greatly during the season . Very useful fast bowler. Safe catch and good field. "A . B . SALE ('00) .—Should make a good bat in time . Hard hitter. Moderate field. ~S . B . HARRISoN ('00)—A very promising left hand bat, but must learn to keep balls down on the off more ; is apt to got caught in the slips, but is very good on the leg side . Very good field and safe catch . Good bowler, keeps a very good length, and has a leg break. S A . MELLOR ('00) .—Good slow bowler, hut poor bat ; has improved in the latter branch of the game towards the close of the season . Fields at point with moderate success. 'C . N . HATFIELD ('00) .—Very fair bat ; occasionally hits hard. Moderate defence . Can keep wicket. "E . E . VELA ('00) .—A very steady hat ; scores slowly ; ought to be good next season . Good fast bowler . Sleepy field. C . P . DENEY—Good bowler and fair bat, but as yet too small to score much . Has improved very much this year, and is exceedingly enthusiastic . Good field and safe catch. 'I' . E . PULLEYN—Fair bat, with moderate defence . Does not appreciate fast bowling much, being rather prone to stopping hack to leg balls and cutting them into his wicket . Slow in the field. \V . II . F . GARLAND .—Moderate bat . Fair field. Has improved this season . *Denotes 2n1 Eleven colours .
884
CRICKET AVERAGES.
CRICKET AVERAGES. 1st XI . BATTING. No . of Innings .
not out .
Total runs.
Most in Innings .
Aver.
1.
P . St . G . Kirke
17
2
266
73
17 . 73
2.
E . St . G . Kirke
16
1
226
43
15 . 03
3.
R . Harrison W . H . Crostllwaite A . R . Fisher M . H . T . Roy A . Neilson T . C . Newton G . A . Fisher R . Dunning H . S . Leonard C . P . Scott
18
0
•160
64
14 . 44
13 16 17
3 3 !
90
34*
1125
139
32
10 . 69
156
4.4
9 . 75
17
1
146
32
9 . 12
17 10 18
1 0 2
121 75 116
26
7 . 56
19
7 . 20
30
7 . 25
14
4
72
19*
7 . 20
9
0
37
I3
4 . 11
4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 . 11 . 12 .
BOWLING. O.
M.
R.
W.
A.
125 . 3
20
353
37
9 . 54
187 . 3
34
527
44
11 97
3.
E . St . G . Kirke P . St . G . Kirke A . Neilson
100
16
328
24
13-66
4.
M . II . T . Roy
31
2
131
9
1455
5.
R . Dunning
64
8
214
11
19 . 45
6.
R . Harrison
5
0
28
1
28 . 00
1. 2.
1st XI . RESULTS. School .
Garforth Cricket Club Friends' School Yorkshire Gentlemen Ryburn Valley North Riding Asylum Durham School Hyniers College Friends ' School Pocklington Grammar School
Opponents.
Lost 3-1 46 (4 wkts-) Drawn 168 123 (7 wkts ) Lost 81, 59 (6 wkts) 136 -Von 11 57 Lost 82 144 Won 1 2 1 1 19 -Von 155 85, 5-1 Not played Lost 139 179
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CRICKET AVERAGES .
F . C . Crowther' s XI Leeds Grammar School Aiupleforth College Durham School Yorkshire Gentlemen
Won 163 Lost 64 Won 36 Drawn Lost 38
Old Peterites
Lost
North Riding Asylum Garfurth Cricket Club
Avon 101 Drawn 251
108 187 29 29 (0 wkts, ) 92
2 19 j
1 `159 72 136 (1 wkt .)
2nd XI . BATTING. No . of Innings .
:Pines not out .
Runs
Most in Innings .
er.
2
1
42
27
-12 . 0u
Il
76
38
25 . 33
5
1
98
44
24 . 50
2 G 8 10 9
6
47
36
13 . 50
I
104
38
20 . 80
104 115
8
2 0 0 5
25
66 46 41 13$
T . E . Pulleys
5
1
32
141
8 . 00
"I-I . S . Leonard
2 4
0 0
14 22
14 11
7 . 00
^`C . P . Scott "W . H . Crosthwaite *G . A . Fisher CA . R . Fisher IA . E . Farrow IA . B . Sale tS . R . Harrison tC . N . Hatfield 1-E E . Yeld
89
17 . 33
11 . 50 9 . 88 8 . 33
5 . 50 try . J . Otley 1 36 I-S . A . Mellor 9 20 4 . 50 . Denby, H . AV . Garland, M . Richards, S . J . Eardley, tC . P 1' 11 . Veld, G . Armstrong, and T . J . Blaek also played. C Afterwards received 1st XI . colours. t Denotes 2nd XI . colours. + Signifies " not out ."
BOWLING. *II . S . Leonard -A . E . Farrow f E . B . Veld tS . A . Mellor
0.
M.
B.
W.
A.
27
9
32
9
3 . 55
171
5
44
8
5 . 50
653
20
123
17
7 . 23
107 . 4
29
279
29
9 . 62
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M. R. W. O. tS . R . Harrison 16 208 21 75 . 5 tC . P . Denby 48 10 131 13 Afterwards received his 1st XI . colours. t 2nd NI . colrnu's. Score of opponents in all matches Byes .
Leg-Byes .
79
7
62
9
Wides .
Runs.
Wickets.
A.
9 . 90 10 . 07
Average per Wicket.
15 931 106 Own score in all matches. 15 941 75
LIST OF 2nd XI . MATCHES . Sat . May 19th . Friends' School 2nd XI . Thurs . „ 31st . St . Olave's School 1st NI . Tues . June 5th . Ampleforth College 2nd NI . Tliurs . 7th . Hyuters College 2nd XI . Tues . 12th . Pocklington G .S . 2nd XI . 16th . Leeds G .S . 2nd XI . Sat . Sat . 23rd . Durham School 2nd XI . Tues . July 3rd . St . Olave ' s School 1st XI,
8 . 78
12 . 54 ao ay home house away home away home away
Result. won won lost well drawn lost drawn won
OP . DINNER. LONDON DISTRICT, 1900. This Annual London Meeting was held at the Ilolborn Restaurant, on Wednesday, the 4th . July . '1'ho Revd . Canon John Denton, occupied the chair and the following were present :— Revd . R . Abbay, W . Ainslie, J . A . Allanson, R . H . Bailey, C . H. Chadwick, E . S . Challinor, Chas. Darrell, Revd . Canon Denton. W . B . M . Draper, Revd. .T . A . Easten, Revd . T . H . Gregory, Chas. Haigh, H . W . Henderson, C . C . D . I'Anson, S . Jackson, P . B. Lambert, H . J . P . Mulcaster, Dr . F . Needham, B . F . Nevile, H. J . Newberg, A . J . Pollard, Rev . J . W . W . Taylor, Joshua Walker, S . Watson, Hugh Wharton. The unavoidable absence of the Headmaster was referred to with regret in the course of the evening, and by cordial assent the lion. Secretary was instructed to write to him and express on behalf of
I1'atos .
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those present The very warns thanks of Old Peterites for all that Mr . Handfbrd has done for us and the School, and our earnest hope for his success in the future ." Attention was also drawn to Old Peterite traditions and anecdotes, the names of former masters, old sites of the school, and the school registers, which it is hoped will he preserved in the Peterite. Poems by A . Baker, the Principles of criticism, by \V . Basil \\"orsfold, 19th Century Prose and a Manual of Essay writing, by J . II . Fowler, and photographs of Ohl Peterites and the O .P . Dinner, 1898, were kindly lent for exhibition. A photograph of the meeting was taken by Messrs . Fradelle and Young, and the Daily Graphic published a notice of the Dinner. The Accounts are given below. 0 P . DINNER ACCOUNTS, £ s. d . Balance in Bank including grant in Dec . 1899 and interest 25 Subs . at 7s . Gd .
9
9 7 6
LONDON DISTRICT,
1900.
£ s . d. Printing 250 circulars 0 9 6 Engraving 300 cards 0 9 0 Stationery 0 2 9 Postage 0 18 8 Dinner Bill 8 16 0 Balance in Bank 0 0 8
£10 16 7
£10 16 7
NOTES AND ITEMS. A . M . Sullivan ' s average for Cambridge University was 22 . 90. The following have received their 1st XI colours :—C . P . Scott, (after the Durham match), R . Dunning, (after the Ampleforth match), M . Fl . T . Roy, A . R . Fisher, T . C . Newton, W . H. Crosthwaite, G . A . Fisher, and II . S . Leonard. The following have received their 2nd NI colours :—A . E . Farrow, A . B . Sale, S . R . Harrison, S . A . Mellor, C . N . Hatfield, E . E. Veld, and C . P . Denby. C . P . Scott has passed the Littlego. R . F . Russell has got a temporary Mastership at the Mount School, Northallerton. II . B . Greeves has taken his degree and has been offered an organ scholarship at Leeds Clergy School .
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H . R . Tomlinson has taken his II A . degree. We are sorry to note that R . IL Hall (O .P .) was badly wounded in South Africa, and subsequently died. E . .J Walton got a second class in Mods, G . NV . Filliter also satisfying the Moderators The Yen . H . NV . Griffith u .L' . ;, Chaplain of Della, has been appointed Chaplain of Murree, Punjab. Dr . Ililton Pollard ((1 .P .), is on the Committee of the $la,rylebone branch of the Navy League. Books published :—The History of the Baronetcy, by F . W. Pixley (0 .1.' .) A manual of Essay writing, by J . II . Fowler (O .P .) Scrambles in the Eastern Graians, by Geo . Yeld, M .A.
0111 1'1'A It)'.
E1u[ce et decorum cst pro patria moll.
Uuprrt
lritrll tall
(Second Lieutenant in the Sherwood hbresters'. Died of wounds received at Roeideval. At the Silo iii 1880-91
It is with great regret we amlonnee the death of Jour CLARK (O .P .), who has been a constant resident at Cambridge University for close upon seventy years . He left the School in 1832 and entered Queen ' s College. After taking his degree he because a private tutor and was both successful and popular . His merits were recognised ill 1857 by his election to the Edwards Fellowship, which conferred upon him the right to rooms and commons and the status of a fellow . Ile died at his rooms iii the College .
ERRATA. In the obituary of last month R . C . Tute should be ROL'ERT SlEwATt' r Tt-rE .
THE
PETERITE. VoL . XV 1 .
OCTOBER, 1900 .
No . 147.
SCHOOL LETTER. T was with great regret that we heard on returning to school that . in addition to our other losses, we should be without Mr . Preston . The keen interest which he took in our School and in all connected with it, is too well known to Peterites to require mentioning here . While heartily thanking him for all he has done for us, we can only wish him success and happiness in the work which he has undertaken. We have to report an important addition to our School buildings. This is a changing-room which is being erected in the Old Fives' Court, for the day boys, all of whom will now be able to take part in athletics and be deprived of the common excuse that " they hadn't time to change ." It is hoped that they will now realise that we look to them, who form the majority of the School, as much as to boarders for assistance in maintaining and raising the standard of our games. We congratulate E . St . G . Kirke on his success in passing into Woolwich ; E . J . Walton who has been chosen to Captain the Yorkshire XV . against Devonshire, and F . Mitchell on his safe return from South Africa .
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(From the Yorkshire Herald).
The large hall of St . Peter's School, was crowded on Wednesday, on the occasion of the distribution of prizes by Mr . J . G . Butcher, Q .C ., M .P . The gathering was also notable because the retiring Head Master, the Rev . G . T . Handford made his last public appearance as the head of the school, and his successor, the Rev. E . C . Owen, the Headmaster elect, met his future pupils and their parents face to face for the first time . The Dean of York presided, and in addition to Mr . and Mrs . Butcher, was supported by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, the Sheriff of York and Mrs . Arthur Jones, Lady Emma Purey-Cust, the Bishop of Beverley, the Rev . Chancellor Temple, the Rev . Canon Maddock, etc ., etc. The Rev . G . T . Handford first read the list of honours gained by Peterites since July of last year, as follows : E . S . Kirke (VI . Form) and E . D . Teasdale (VI . Form), higher certificate of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools' Examination Board. 19oo—R . W . Hutchinson (V . Modern) passed the London Matriculation in the first division. C . P . Scott (V1 . Form) and P . S . Kirke (VI . Form) passed the previous examination (Littlego) Cambridge, and the entrance examinations to King's and Trinity Colleges. R . Whincup, Queen's College, Oxford, passed the final examination for the I3 .A . degree. H . B . Greeves, Peterhouse, Cambridge, and H . R . Tomlinson, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, passed the final examination for the B .A . degree. A . M . Sullivan, Christ's College, Cambridge, third class in honours in the classical tripos. E . J . Walton, Queen ' s College, Oxford, second class in honours in classical moderations .
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F. P . Fausset, Peterhouse, Cambridge, third class in honours in the law tripos, part z. D . W . Roy, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, first class in natural science in the College May examination and awarded a prize of books. S . A . Mellor (VI . Form), exhibition for classics, Hertford College, Oxford. The Dean of York, in the course of his address, suggested that his hearers met together with mixed feelings, on the one hand with feelings of great regret that they were about to part from one whom they had known so long and valued so much, and on the other hand they wished to rejoice with him because, having done a good work, laboured conscientiously and honestly discharged his duties as headmaster for many years of St . Peter's School, he was about to enter upon a sphere of " otium cum dignitate . They all sincerely hoped that he might be spared to carry on an efficient and useful work in other things, and they trusted that he had given up the wear and tear of a large school before it had imprinted any severe injury upon his health and strength . (Applause) . They were no less sorry to part from Mrs . Handford, who he would venture to say was emphatically a head master ' s wife . (Applause). Mr . Butcher, who received a hearty greeting, prefaced his distribution of the prizes by adding some words in eulogy of Mr . and Mrs . Handford . "Their gathering, he said, was tinged with regret because they saw Mr . Handford for the last time as their head master, although not for the last time as their friend. (Applause) . Mr . Handford would carry with him into his new sphere of usefulness the grateful memories of all old Peterites for his long and faithful services to their historic school—(applause)— and would also be followed by their heartiest good wishes for the future happiness and welfare of Mrs . Handford and himself. (Applause) . As to the boys now in the school, he would not suggest that like the familiar personage Homer, they should either deem themselves or consider that they might be better than their fathers, but exhorted them to prove themselves worthy successors of those who had gone before and prove that they were
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not unworthy of the great traditions of their old school, which had been handed down to them . (Applause) . Speaking of the relative value of athletics and study, 1\Ir . Butcher observed that the presence of an old Yorkshire cricketer the Rev E . S . Carter) in the hall— (applause)—reminded him that in Yorkshire athletics were not likely to be unduly undervalued . If it could possibly be otherwise he would recall what was, although a truism, apt to be forgotten, namely, that a public school education was in the first instance intended to be a training for after life, a training of both body and mind, and if they unduly stimulated or unduly repressed development either in body or mind they were certain to produce a dwarfed, incomplete, and unsatisfactory specimen . (Hear, hear .) As to this point he should like, in addition to the physical exercises now in vogue, to see some system of military drill introduced— (hear, hear)—which would be not only advantageous to the individual, but fruitful of benefit to the great country and nation of which they were all proud to be citizens . (Applause .) There was another topic, which had proved fruitful of discussion, and that was in regard to the advantages of a classical education . In regard to this it should he remembered that early education did not consist merely in the acquisition of knowledge : one of its great functions was the training of youthful minds and intelligences so as to fit them to acquire those special studies which would be of assistance in later life . After all, the great lessons taught in a public school were those which went to the formation of character . In the first place he valued the life of a public school because the spirit pervading it encouraged and maintained a high standard of honour . (Hear, hear .) Boys at a public school learned to view with a contempt that was founded on a wholesome public opinion anything that was mean, unworthy, dishonourable, anything, in short, that did not become the character of an English gentleman. In the second place, public school life developed an honourable rivalry whether in the class room or in the playing fields, a rivalry which viewed without jealousy the good fortune of an opponent and accepted without exultation the honours of success . Thirdly, he valued public school life, because it encouraged that strenuous
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activity of body and mind which prompted them to follow out one of the most simple and at the same time one of the most essential maxims, " Whatever thy hand fludeth to do, do it with thy might ." (Applause) . In conclusion he wished the school a long uninterrupted course of prosperity in the future . (Loud applause). The following is a list of the winners of exhibitions and scholarships, and of the prizes distributed by the senior member :— Exhibitioner—S . A . Mellor. Foundation Scholar—R . H . Verini. Day Scholar—E . T . Heap. Hey Memorial Scholars—E . E . Yeld and J . L . Fisher. Archbishop of York ' s Prize for Classics—E . D . Teasdale. Bishop of Bristol ' s Prize for Divinity—E . D . 'Peasdale. VI . Form Prize for Greek Verse—S . A . Mellor ; Latin Prose E . D . Teasdale ; English—S . A . Mellor. Old Peterites ' Prize for Reading in Chapel—E . S . Kirke. Classical Prizes—V . Classical, R . Baldwin ; VI and V . Modern, R . W . Hutchinson ; English, R . W. Hutchinson ; IV . Classical, R . I1 . Verini ; IV . Modern, S . R . Harrison ; English, G . E. Sleightholme ; III ., A . Hutchison . Mr . Yeld ' s Prize for Latin, A . Hutchison ; for English, F . G . Schroeder ; II ., E . B . Laughton ;
I., J . D . Wells . Mr . Yeld's Prize for English, J . D . Wells. The Dean of York ' s Prize for Mathematics—P . S . Kirke and P . H . Yeld. Mathematical Prizes—VI . and V . Modern, R . W . Hutchinson; V . Class, E . E . Yeld ; IV ., E . T . Heap ; III ., 'I' . II.,
J. Black;
A . E . Clarke ; I ., J . D . \Veils. Headmaster's Prizes for English Literature— J . S . R . Gibbons
and P . H . Yeld ; extra prize, E . E . Yeld. French Prizes—VI . and V . Modern, A . H . Turner ; V . Class, R . Baldwin ; IV . Class, J . E . Farrow . IV . Modern, L . Sample; III.,
A . Hutchison ; II ., A . E . Clarke ; I ., J . D . Wells.
Dictation—Form V ., R . Baldwin ; IV ., G . E . Sleightholme ; III . and 1L, \V . F . E . Thomas ; I ., F . S . Smith. Natural Science—VI . and V . Modern, A . H . Turner ; V . Class, A . R . Fisher ; IV . Class, C . E . Dewhurst ; IV . Modern, S . G. Eardley ; III . and II ., A . Hutchison .
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Shorthand—J . B . Mossop. Music—H . W . F . Garland, J . B . Mossop, and C . Duffitt. Drawing—Division I : : 1st, E . S . Kirke ; znd, S . J . Eardley. Division II . : W . F . E . Thomas. Medal won in life-saving competition—K . Nelson. The Rev . E . C . Owen, the Headmaster elect, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr . Butcher, said that the name had previously been better known to him through the reputation of Mr . Butcher' s brother, Professor Butcher, of Edinburgh, whose translation of Homer had preserved for English readers in such a singular degree the characteristic features of the original . They might expect from him something in the nature of a declaration of policy . (Laughter) . All he would say was that he had always known St . Peter ' s School to be one of the public schools of the country, and his object as Headmaster would be simply to maintain the ancient prestige of the school . (Applause) . As to the question of modern education touched on by Mr . Butcher, he had to say that the development of life had advanced at such a pace recently that schoolmasters were faced with new demands . The demand was couched in language such as this : " The classics are of no practical value . There is much which, during these years of school life might be learnt that would afterwards be of practical value . Why should you continue to teach your Greek verbs and Latin syntax ; why do you not teach our sons French, German, and Science .' " That demand might be met in two ways . It might be met simply by a refusal, in which case some of the best blood of England would go to the technical schools, or they might meet it in the way in whi. edh it was met in all our schools except one and that perhaps the greatest, and agree to teach modern languages and science, but not in such a way as to qualify the pupil for a clerkship, but in such a way as to give him a liberal education . (Applause). The Lord Mayor, in seconding the vote of thanks, made some reference to the desirability of teaching elocution in public schools. The resolution was carried with hearty cheering. Mr . Butcher, in response, commented on the remarks of Mr. Owen by saying that he thought classics might fairly claim to take
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their place side by side with modern subjects, so that each boy might have an opportunity of devoting himself to one branch of education or the other. Mr . J . F . Leaf then stepped forward, and asked permission to express on behalf of the Old Peterites and the past and present members of the staff their deep regret at losing Mr . and Mrs. Handford, for whom they had always had a great and sincere regard . They felt and recognised the devotion with which Mr . and Mrs . Handford had sacrificed themselves to the best interests of the school, and of the boys put under their charge. He could not better describe the relations existing between Mr. and Mrs . Handford and the old boys than by saying that they had always regarded the Old Peterites as an integral portion of the school . Long before they left the school they learnt to recognise in Mr . and Mrs . Handford, not merely the Headmaster and the Headmaster ' s wife, but dear friends . (Applause) . On behalf of the Old Peterites and past and present members of the staff he asked Mr . Handford to accept a purse of ~I00, and to Mrs. Handford the proffered a small token in the shape of a bracelet which she would be able to carry with her as a small token of their affection . (Loud Applause). The Rev . G . T . Handford, in reply, spoke touchingly of the thirteen years spent by Mrs . Handford and himself as years of happiness . Their work had been a labour of love to them . He thanked the Old Boys and the members of the staff past and present for their handsome gifts, and again acknowledged the good feeling evinced by the boys now in the school by the presentation which they made privately to him in the afternoon. The presentation referred to consisted of a purse containing about L30, subscribed by the boys of the school. The proceedings concluded with cheers for the principal personages, and Mrs . Handford subsequently held a reception in the beautiful gardens of the school, which were charmingly illuminated for the occasion . Refreshments were served, and a band provided a musical accompaniment .
ATHLETIC
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SPORTS.
ATHLETIC SPORTS. The Annual Athletic Sports took place on the afternoons of the 30111 and 31st of July, before good attendances . The first day was fine, but the second day was rather colder . Throwing the cricket ball was much the best feature of the first day, none of the other events being above the average ; on the second day perhaps the Junior Quarter provided the best sport, several runners showing great promise, G . A . Fisher being specially prominent. MONDAY, JULY 30th.
I.
Pulling the might .
1.
R . Dunning ; z . R . Harrison.
Distance, 27 ft . 9 ins.
II.
Lon Jump .
1.
E . St . t : . liirke ; z . P . St . G . Kirke.
Distance, 17 ft . C . P . Scott did
19 ft . 6 ins in practice.
A very well contested III. loo Bards Ma/ Race (undd- I A race . Heat I . 1 . C . Duffitt ; z . E . N . Greenhow. Heat z .
I . J . C . Lyth ; 2 . S . \V . Phillips.
IV.
lards Handicap (open) .
loo
Harrison ran well and was
only beaten in the last 5 yards . Heat 1 . t . C . P . Scott, scr . ; z . R . Harrison, 6 yards. Heat 2 . 1 . E . D . Teasdale, } yards ; 2 . P . St . G . Kirke, scr.
V. Long Jump (under 15) . t . E . E . Yeld ; 2 . A . E . Clarke. VI. 12o Yards Hurdle Race (open) . 1-Teat 1 . I . C . P . Scott; z . T . J . Black.
I.
Heat 2 .
VII.
R . Harrison ; 2 . T . E . Pulleyn.
Throw mg /he Crickel Ball (open) .
The best event of
the sports, the winner ' s throw beating that of the last few years. 94. yds . 1 ft . 6 in .
VIII.
I.
H . S . Leonard ; 2 . S . A . Mellor.
Pole Jump (open) .
An easy win for Kirke . 1 . E . St . G.
Kirke ; 2 . R . Harrison. IX.
loo
Yards Fla/ Race (under
15) .
Heat I .
1 . A . E.
Clarke ; z . G . Newton. Heat 2 . X.
loo
I . G . A . Fisher ; z . L . E . Yeld. Yards Flal Race (open) . Heat 1 .
1 . C . P . Scott ; z . T . E . Pulleyn .
Scott won easily.
ATHLETIC SPORTS. Heat 2 . I . H . S . Leonard ; z . P . St . G . Kirke. XI.
Yards Flat Race (und t
8o
12) . A very good race, the
winner running remarkably well for his size . 1 . W. E . Eardlev 2 . G . H . Bateman.
Illile Race (open) .
XII.
This race was noticeable for the
number of starters ; Scott led for a lap and a half, followed by Leonard, when he was passed by Gibbons . Crosthw'ait(' ran well for third place . 1 . J . Gibbons ; z . P . St . G . Kirke ; 3 . W . Crosthwaite. TUESDAY, JULY 31St. I.
High Jump (open) .
The two Kirkes tied with .} ft . qa ins.
I cq , P . Kirke and F . Kirke. IL
Qualte/- .Mile Handicap (umh'r 15) .
Fisher ran remarkably
well from scratch, but could only just ge t a pl ice . 1 . L . Sample (7o yds .) ; z . S . W . Phillips (50 yds .) ; 3 . G . A . Fisher (scr .) III.
Ito
raids Hun/1e Race (opt n) .
Final Heat .
I . C . P.
Scott ; 2 . T . J . Black. IV.
leo
bards F/at Race (hler
15) . Final Heat . F . G . A.
Fisher ; z . E . E . Veld ; 3 . A . E . Clarke. V.
ioo Yards
Flat Race (open) .
Final Heat . 1 . C . P . Scott;
2 . P . St . G . Kirke.
High Jump (under 1 5 ) . 1 . E . E . Yeld ; z . G . A . Fisher
VI.
and H . Verini req . Height, .} ft . 2 ins.
Quarter-Milt Flat Race (open) .
VII.
Considering the small
size of the track, Kirke did good time ; Scott was a good second. I . P . St . G . Kirke ; 2 . C . P . Scott ; 3 . R . Harrison. 12o I rzrds Hurdle Race (under 15) . t . G . A . Fisher ;
VIII.
2 . E . E . Yeld. ioo Yards F/al Race Handicap (open) .
IX.
Final Heat . Scott
and Tcasdale ran a dead heat, but on running again the former won by about 5 yards . 1 . C . P . Scott, scratch ; z . E . D . Teasdale, .} yards . X.
10o
Yards Sack Race .
There were several heats to this
race, which provided the usual amusement . I . C . P . Denby ; 2 . J . H . B . Sullivan .
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CRICKET.
XI.
Half .1/'It Handicap (open) .
This race resembled the mile
in the number of starters ; Baldwin led till the last lap, when he dropped out . I . W . H . Crosthwaite, to yards ; z .
J . Gibbons,
5 yards ; 3 . H . C . Scott, 30 yards.
XII.
Old Bays Race (zzo yalds) . Walton sprinted away at the start, and kept his position till the tape . t . E . J . Walton ; 2 . R . F. Russell ; 3 . H . R . Partington. Consolation Race . T . E . Pulleyn. At the conclusion }\Irs . Handford kindly gave away the prizes.
CRICKF1'. ST . PETER ' S 2N1) 7' . POCKLINGI ON G . S . 2N11. Played at York, Tuesday, June 1 zth. S1' . PE1'itss.
POCICLINGrN +N .
Eddie, b Harrison Gathorne, b Harrison Wood, run out Smith, run out Henry, b Farrow Brver-Smith, b E . -Veld Bonfort, b E . Yeld Randell, run out Sherwood, run out Carle Brown, not out . . .. Ibbetson, c Armstrong, 1) E . Yeld
• • •
Extras Total
Mellor Harrison . . . . 'Veld Denby Farrow . . . .
u. 9 16 6 5 2
91
M. 5
x. 21 26 t6 14
C . N . Hatfield, c Sherwood b BreerSmith S . R Harrison, c Sherwood, b Wood A . B . Sale, c Sherwood, b Wood A . E . Farrow, h Brver-Smith T . E . Pulleyn, b Wood S . A . Mellor, 1) Ibbetson E. E . Yeld, not out C . P. Denby, c Si b Ibbetson S. J . Eardlec, b Ibbetson T. 1 . Black, lbw . 1) Ibbetson . G. Armstrong, not out Extras Total (9 wkts .)
w. 2
3
ST . PETER ' S 2ND 7 . Sr . OLAAE' S 1ST. St . Olave's won the toss and batted first, and were dismissed for
55 .
The School went in and declared with seven wickets
down for 164, chiefly owing to the innings of Hatfield and Crosthwaite . St . Olave ' s were dismissed, just on time, for 57 by good bowling by Harrison .
CRICKET .
8 99
ST . PETER' S 2ND. S . R . Harrison, c Jones, b Wilson C . N . Hatfield, b Morris W . II . Crosthwaite, c Wilson, b Stephenson A . R . Fisher, b Wilson E . J . Otley. c Grey, b Wilson A . E . Farrow, b WiTson C . P. Scott, not out H . Leonard, c Ramsdell, b Mon is A . B . Sale, not out S . A . Mellor did not bat. C . P . Denby J Extras
Total
11 41 38 It 1t
6 15
14 6 It
164
Sr. OLAVE' S IST. 1st Innings. o W . Ramsdell, b Mellor o J . Blenkin, b Leonard R Morris, c Leonard, b Mellor 19 J. T . Grey, Esq ., c Farrow, b Denby 1 Rev . H . A. Wilson, c Leonard, b Mellor 19 3 C . V . Hingston . b Leonard G . S . Stephenson, b Mellor 9 C . CroskelT, b Mellor 3 o K. Jones, c Fisher, b MeTlor G . Ramsdell . not out o o M . Browne, b MelTor II Extras Total o. S . A . MeTlor 14 H . Leonard 9 C . P . Denby 5
\V .
4
H. 28
5
4
3
M.
I
12
6 I
55 AV, 4.6 1 '3 12
znd Innings. o o
b Leonard c Scott, b Leonard b Harrison c Odey, b Leonard b Mellor
24 2
6
c & b Mellor b Harrison not out b Leonard b Harrison c Crosthwaite, b Harrison Extras
to 3 2
o o 7
Total H . Leonard S . Mellor S . Harrison
O. 8
M.
R.
W.
57 AV.
6
3
1
13 26
4
3' 2 5
2
13
—
11
4
2 '75
4'5
ST . PETER ' S 2ND V . ST . °LAVE ' S 1ST. Played on the York Ground, July 3rd . The School won just on time, chiefly owing to the scores of Crosthwaite and A . Fisher. ST . OLAVE'S. ST . PETER ' S 2N1) . to Catley, b Yeld W . Crosthwaite, b Morris 32 Ramsden, b Leonard 2 G . A . Fisher, b Grey Morris, c A . Fisher, b Yeld to C . N . Hatfield, c Morris, b Stephen2 Mr . Grey, b Leonard 8 son .. Stephenson, c Crosthwaite, b Yeld 4 A . R . Fisher, c Croskell, b Hingston 36 Hingston, b Yeld 2 II. S . Leonard, b Morris 0 14 Croskell, c Hatfield, b Harrison 6 S . R . Harrison, b Jones 3 Jones, c G . Fisher, b Harrison S . A . Mellor, c Sleightholme, b Brown, c Hatfield, b Yeld 7 Jones . . . . o . Sleightholme, cHatfield, b Harrison i A. B . Sale, not out 19 Blenkin, not out 2 E . E . Yeld, not out o Extras 22 C . V . Crombie, l did not bat C . P . Denby, Extras 16 Innings declared (7 wkts .) . .
12o
Total
87
90o
CRICKET. ST . PETER' S 2ND V. DURHAM SCHOOL 2ND.
Played at York, June 22nd . Durham won the toss and decided to bat . Harrison captured Hedley with the first ball . Eight Durham wickets were down for 78, but the last two wickets added 39 . Farrow had the best analysis of five wickets for 22 . The School went in with 118 to win . Harrison was out with only eight up . Farrow hit hard, and made a very useful innings of 38. Hatfield also made a useful 16 . Rain, however, descended with such force as to make the wicket unplayable . The game therefore was left drawn . Score and Analysis : DURHAM SCHOOL . G . Headley, b Harrison . . o P . Henderson, hit wkt ., 1) Mellor 10 G . Stewart, c HatfieTd, 1) Farrow . . 28 A . C . Trevor, b Mellor .. . . 7 M . Stewart, c Crosthwaite, b Farrow 6 1 . Robson, b Farrow 2 C . Sive,wright, c & b Farrow . . . . o F . Bell, c Garland, b MeTlor . . . . Iq E . Anderson, b Yeld 6 E . Trevor, not out 16 D . Allan, b Farrow 14 Extras q Total
ST . PETER ' S. S . R . Harrison, c Anderson, b Henderson t A . E . Farrow, 1) Bell 38 W . 11 .Crosthwaite,c&bG .Stewart 6 C . N . Hatfield, b IIedley i6 S. A . Mellor, not out 7 E . E . Yeld, not out 2 A . B . Sale, T. E . Pulleyn, II. W . F . Garland, did not bat. M . W . Richards, C . P . Denby, ~ Extras 5
117
Total (4wkts .),
75
BOWLING ANALYSIS S . Harrison . . S . Mellor . ... E . E . Yeld . . . A . E . Farrow . . C . P . Denby . , . .
0. 6 12 17 7 4
H. I 3 7 I 1
R. 17 36 21 22 12
W. I 3 1 5 —
AV. 17 12 21 4'4 —
ST . PETER' S 2ND V . AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE 2ND. Played on the School ground, Tuesday, June 7th . Mellor won the toss and sent Hatfield and Harrison in to bat . They started badly, Hatfield being bowled at r 1, and Harrison was caught z runs later (13-2-8) . With no addition to the score, Otley and Sale were bowled (13-4.-o) . Farrow and Mellor put on 8, before Mellor was caught . Farrow, with Pulleyn, took the score up to 36 before he retired for a useful 12 . Pulleyn and Fisher added ro and then Fisher and Yeld added zz . Denby was soon disposed
of and the innings closed for 74 .
CRICKET . Ampleforth
901
soon knocked off the runs with four wickets down,
and completed their innings for 1 55 . St . Peter ' s went in again and
lost
eight wickets for 95 .
M'Cormac bowled splendidly throughout
the match, obtaining
twelve wickets for sixty-eight . His bowling and their fielding gave them the match . Our fielding was very poor. Score and Analysis : ST . PETER ' S 2ND. 1st Innings.
2nd Innings.
C . N . Hatfield, b M'Cormac 5 S . R. Harrison, c M'Donnal, b Nevill 8 E . J . Ot1ey, b M ' Cormac o A . B . Sale, b M'Cormac o A . E . Farrow, c Dowling, h M'Cormac 12 S. A . Mello], c Nevill, h M ' Cormac 2 T. h: . Pullevn, b Field 9 G . A . Fisher, not out 20 [ II . AV Garland, b M ' Cormac 6 E . F . Ycld, b Folding C . P . Denby, b Folding Extras 10 Total
c Field, b M'Cormac c Williamson, b M'Cormac
18
c & b M'Cormac c Folding, b M'Cormac Retired hurt
7 o
b M'Cormac not out c M'Cormac, b Field not out did not bat c Dowling, b M'Cormac Extras
o 14 33 3 o 2
o
i
iI
Total (8 wkts .) . . 95
74
BOWLING ANALYSIS O.
M.
J . Neville . . 8 C . M'Cormac 13 'D . Field . . . . 6 H . Folding . . 2 . 3
3 2 2 1
R. II 35 13
W.
I 6 I 2
4
AV. II 5.8 13 2
O. 4
M. —
12 6 2
1 I --
AMI'LEFORTI3 2ND. R . Dowling, b Denby E. Pilkington, b Mellor Q . M'Dermott, c Mellor, b Harrison J . Nevill, b Harrison O . AVilliarns, lbw . Yeld J. Westhead, c Fisher, b Denby J . Rochford, b Mellor H . Folding, c Denby, h Mellor D . Field, h Mellor J . Telefene, c Garland, b Harrison . . C . M'Cormac, not out Extras Total
R.
W.
22
—
33 12
6 I
AV. — 5'5 I2
14
—
—
28 3 y
o
,
20 17 27
5 15 20 o 13 . . . . 1 55
BOWLING ANALYSIS S . R . Harrison S . A . Mellor A . E . Farrow C . P . Denby E . E . Yeld
O.
M.
17 11
4 i 2 — i
4
7 6
R. 58 41 6 23 14
W. 3 4 — 2
AV. 1 9'33 10 . 25 — 11'5 14
902
CRICKET. ST . PETER ' S 2ND V . HYMER ' S COLLEGE and.
Played at Hull, June 7 . Hull won the toss and sent Mucklethwaite and Turnbull in to bat . Mellor took two wickets in the first over but the next wicket did not fall till 28 .
Davis was out lbw . to Denby,
at 64, for a useful 37 . After this the rest of the side were quickly disposed of, and the innings closed for 82. Hatfield and Harrison started well, putting on 18 for the first wicket . Then Fisher and Har r ison added 8o for the second wicket before Fisher was disposed of for 4.4 . A complete rot then set in, the remaining eight wickets only yielding 28 . Harrison was sixth out at Io8 for an excellent 46, including eight fours. The School thus won by thirty-two runs . Score and Analysis : ST. PETER ' S 2ND.
HYMH.R ' S COLLEGE 2ND.
C . N . Hatfield, b Ansdell . . .. 5 S . It . Harrison, c Davis, b Smith 46 G. A . Fisher, c & b Mackrill . 44 A . B . Sale, b MackriTl 4 T . E . Pulleyn, b Smith 2 S . A . Mellor, b Mackrill H . W . Garland, c Locking, b Mackrill 3 G . Armstrong, b Smith C . P . Denby, c Mucklethwaite, b Mackrill o T . J Black, c Lewis, b Mackrill . . 2 E . E . Yeld, not out 2 Extras 8
Mucklethwaite, b Mellor Turnbull, h MeTlor Davis, lbw ., b Denby Smith, b Harrison FarreTl, c & b Harrison Mackrill, b Mellor Browne, c & b Denby
Locking, h Denby Ansdell, not out Extras
o 5 4
118
Total
82
Lewis, b Mellor Lawton, b Mellor
4 o 37
15 3 3 4 o
. .
.
BOWLING ANALYSIS HYMER' S COLLEGE. 2ND.
Ansdell Locking Farrell Davis . . Smith Mackrill
O.
M.
8 8 4 4 6
3 — 1
R. 17 25 II
W. 1
AV. 17
3 6
7'3 3'3
9 12'5 2.6
16 1
5'3
22 19
ST . PETER'S 2ND.
Mellor Harrison Denby
12 7
45 25
5 2
4
8
3
7
FOOTBALL PROSPECTS .
903
FOOTBALL FIXTURES FIRST XV. Tues . Oct. Sat . „ Sat . „ Sat . „ Sat . Nov . Sat . „ Sat . „ Sat . Wed . Dec .
q. t3. zo . z7 . 3. t o. 17 . z .} . 5.
Wed .
Feb . 25 .
Old Boys Yarnbury Durham G .S Giggleswick G .S Leeds G .S Ripon G .S Headingley Durham G .S . S . John's College Old Boys St . John's
Wed . Sat . Sat .
Oct . to . „ zo . Nov . 3 . Feb
St . John ' s College Durham G .S . znd Leeds G .S . znd St . John ' s College and
home lost ( .fz pts . to 6). home lost (6 pts . to nil). home away home away home away home home home
SECOND XV. home (won 3 pts . to nil). away away
FOOTBALL PROSPECTS. Our prospects for this season are not so bright as usual, as we have only five colours left : Teasdale, Dunning, Pulleyn and Newton, forwards, and Neilson, threequarters . The forwards ought to be fairly good, but the backs will be rather weak, especially the halves . Leonard and A . Farrow will in all probability fill up two of the places at threequarters ; but the other place will be difficult to fill . There are several candidates, but none are very good ; Roy and P . Veld are the most likely. Armstrong at half works very hard, but is handicapped by his size, while Black is very weak at saving . Richards will probably be the fullback . Mr Curgenven at half, and Mr . Pawle, forward, should be of great assistance in the club matches ; and their coaching and experience will be of great value to the team . Altogether there is no reason why the team with constant practice should fall much below the ordinary standard.
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NOTES AND ITEMS.
CORRESPONDENCE. To THE EDITOR OF THE PETERITE. SIR, We beg to appeal through your columns to the Dayboys and their parents for a more liberal interest in and support of our School Library. We fully realise that ample reading material at home is richly supplemented by the excellent libraries in the Town ; and that consequently a feeling of independence should prevail with regard to our Library. And yet, we base our appeal on two grounds ; first we hope that the Day-boys will patronise us out of a feeling of " esprit de corps, " an earnest that they feel themselves really members of the Corporate Life of the School, and secondly, that through increased contributions we may be enabled to purchase such books and works of reference as will most conv eniently supplement their School reading, and which we shall be able personally to point out and recommend. A detailed catalogue will be made out by the end of this term. We are, Sir, Yours etc ., THE LIBRARIANS.
NOTES AND ITEMS. Mr . Preston has been appointed to the newly created post of Instructor in Modern Languages under the Devon County Council. Rev . John Turnbull (O .P .), has been presented to the living of Great Linford, Bucks. The following appear to have been educated at St . Peter's :— John and Christopher Wright, circa 1578. Father Tesimond, alias Greenway, also known as Philip Beaumont, circa 1 573 . Thomas Morton, afterwards Bishop of Durham .
NOTES AND ITEMS .
905
Sir Thomas Cheke. Sir William Jardine, circa 181o. J . F . Blake (O .P .), at the British Association meeting at Bradford, read a paper on Suggestions in regard to the registration of type fossils ." At the recent ordination at Ripon, the following names appear :— Deacons—R . Whincup (O .P .), licensed to Christ Church, Skipton. H . H . Williams (O .P .) Priest—W . C . B . Williams (O .P .) E . H . Pickersgill (O .P .), was candidate for Bethnal Green at the recent Parliamentary Election. E . J . Walton, R . F . Russell, and R . G . Bingham were chosen for the Yorkshire Trial Match. E.
J . Walton was elected Captain of the Yorkshire XV . v . Devonshire . Russell also was chosen.
G. G . Yeld is playing for Leicester ; he also played for the Midlands v . Gloucestershire. F. Mitchell has been invalided home from South Africa. E . St . G . Kirke has passed into Woolwich. The following are the Monitors :—E . D . Teasdale, W . H . Crosthwaite, H . W . F . Garland, H . S . Leonard, A . Neilson, 'I' . C. Newton. J . S . R . Gibbons and G . A . Fisher have been elected Editors of the " Peterite . " A Musical Society is being organised by Mr . Senior, and a Photographic Society by Mr . Pawle. BIRTHS .—July 31st, 1900, the wife of F . C . Crowther, of a son. August 25th, 1900, the wife of E . Mawdeslcy, of a son. DEATH .—August 5th, at Offord Cluny Rectory, G . C . Thompson.
CONTEMPORARIES. We beg to acknowledge the following Contemporaries, apologizing
omissions :—The ,lferchirlonian, The Dur:elmian, SI. Edze'ard's School Chronicle, Hurst Johnian . for possible
THE
PETERITE. Vol. . XN'I .
DECEMBER, !goo .
No . 148.
SCHOOL LETTER. HERE are several new features in this term's routine, the Friday drill, the mid-day games and runs, owliich seem to be especially appreciated), the fortnightly school meetings (which are not so much appreciated), and the compulsory gymnasium . The greater part of our match fixtures has been got through, with very creditable success ; we have most unfortunately been unable to play either of the Durham matches, owing to illness in that school ; the Ripon match, too, had to be postponed, owing to the extremely bad condition of their ground . We have to congratulate E . J . Walton on his late football successes, and more especially on his " Blue . " The " Comedy of Errors " has been selected as the School Play for this year, and the rehearsals are now in full swing : the performers, under Mr . Yeld's able tuition, will no doubt make the piece as great a success as its predecessors . There has recently been some discussion in the papers as to which really is the oldest school in England, and our title to that honour, though severely, criticised in the " Daily Mail ", is now clearly established.
A DAY IN THE WEST AFRICAN BUSH. In this short article I do not pretend to describe a day's march in the Bush anywhere between Sierra Leone and the Niger, as I have only so far experienced the bush at the back of one colony .
910
A DAY IN THE WEST AFRICAN BUSH.
But as far as I know the absence of Railways, Roads, Bridges and any sort of wheeled vehicles, is common to any part of the partially explored country at the back of the original colony. Please imagine that I am travelling in a half-conquered, wholly uncivilized country, several days' march (roughly 20 miles a day) from the nearest station . If possible I stop in a native village for the night, otherwise I make my camp in the bush, on high ground, if possible, but also near water. Picture to yourself an indiscriminate group of round huts made entirely of grass, or perhaps of mud walls and grass roofs ; or in some places of square mud houses with fiat roofs of mud supported on thick unhewn timbers, whore the inhabitants sleep, in fine weather, and their women make chop . This is a native village in the district I am travelling in. In or near the village, generally under a big tree, my camp is pitched . In the centre my tent, around it, soldiers and carriers asleep in the open, lying on straw mats or turned sheep skins, wrapped in their cloths . The horses, if I or any of my soldiers are mounted, are hobbled close by . If the country is unsettled, a sentry is posted in front of my tent . This is a typical camp. Day dawns, and everybody wakes up, the small meal of porridge and tea, commonly called " early chop " indispensable to a European before starting on the march in the tropics, is prepared by my black cook and general factotum . Meanwhile soldiers and carriers are also having their morning meal, and rolling up their mats preparatory to a start . When I have finished, all provisions, clothes, and cooking materials are packed up, the tent is struck and packed up into two loads, my bed, bath, blankets, etc ., forming another, and everything is ready . The carriers put their respective loads on their heads, the Hausas form themselves into their proper order of march, I get into my hammock, if I have enough men to be able to use one, otherwise I mount my horse, and off we go ou our journey to the next halting place, following the narrow winding track which is a road in these parts, with bush in some places so high that one can only see the loads above it, the carriers being hidden . If the next village is some hours distant,
CAMBRIDGE LETTER .
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a halt is made about 11 for my breakfast and to rest the carriers. Al wood fire is soon made, and I eat my frugal meal of some tinned food with coffee or tea to drink, on a table composed of two chop boxes one on the top of the other . After an hour's rest, the march is resumed, until the halting place for the night is reached. Suppose no village exists within a day's march, then I select as suitable a place as possible, near water, and again make my camp. The bush is cleared, the tent is pitched, some carriers go for firewood, others for \rater, my cook lights his fire and prepares everything for my evening meal . Meanwhile the soldiers and carriers unpack their mats and select spots all round my tent, and, lighting their own fires cook their evening meal . If a halt has been made when the sun is getting low, 1 probably go out for a short walk with my gun in search of guinea fowl or bush fowl. I come back at six, have my bath, then my dinner, then a pipe or two, then bed, and by about 8-30 all are asleep . It is a pleasant life if only one can steer clear of fever, but, if one has not a hammock, riding for hours in the tropical sun at a walk is not much fun . OLD PETE RITE.
CAMBRIDGE LETTER. The weather is vile, and O .P .'s and everyone here are depressed and irritable ; consequently the editorial postcard was in danger of sharing the fate of certain bills which arrived at the same time,— our waste-paper basket is capacious . We reflected, however, that Peterites must be pining to hear what O .P . ' s are doing . Our ranks are, alas, much thinned, as seven men went down at the end of last year and only two have come up this . We bid adieu to Messrs . B. Hudson (Clare), F. P . Fausset and H . B . Greeves (Peterhouse), A . M . Sullivan (Christ's), R . F . Russell and H . Tomlinson (Emmanuel), and G . G . Yeld (Pembroke), while we welcome C. P. Scott to King's and P . St . G . Kirke to Trinity, who with F . C. Crowther (Caius) and D . W . Roy (Sidney) form the whole muster here at present .
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Crowther, we believe, has abandoned all forms of Athletics now for hard work . Roy is now Secretary of the Sidney R.U .F .C . and is prodigiously busy . He plays footer regularly, and it is not his fault that Sidney have not won more matches than they have . We foolishly called on Scott at 9 o'clock in the morning, and his breakfast was still on the table—untouched . IIe came down shortly and welcomed us with the old smile and told us it was quite exceptional. By the way, he did not say whether he meant exceptionally early or exceptionally late ; however we refrained from asking, and added that the ` Peterite' was anxious to know what he was doing. He told us many things, and we gather that he has been playing for King's II . at Rugby, and has also been rowing in the King's trials . We asked if his eight had won, he considered a moment, and then said, " Yes, we won a moral victory ." We felt rather shy about calling on Kirke, as he is a Trinity " blood ."
h owever,
we screwed up our courage and went, and were relieved to find that he was in quite ordinary lodgings . Although unable, of course, to play foot- ball, or row, he has not been idle, as he has been running at Fenner's . He is now devoting his energies to Physical - culture at a Gymnasium. O .P .'s of course, are extremely pleased to read of Walton's splendid performances in the football field We offer him heartiest congratulations on receiving his " Blue ."
FOOTBALL FIXTURES. FIRST XV. Date . Tues . Oct . Sat. „ Sat „ Sat . „ Sat . Nov . Sat . „ Sat „ Sat . „ Sat. Dec . Wed . „
Versus . 9. 13 . 20 . 27 . 3. 10 . 17 . 24 . 1 . 5. —
Wed . Feb . 25 .
Old Boys Yarnbury Durham G .S Giggleswiek G .S Leeds G .S Ripon G .S Headingley Durham U. S Leeds G S St . John's College Old Boys St . John's College
Ground .
Result.
home . .lost (42 pts .—6). home .Jost (6 pts .—nil). home . not played. away .Jost (50pts .—nil). home won (8 pts .—6). away . . not played. home lost (11 pts .—3). away, . not played. away . . won (6 pts .—3). home . lost (3 pts—nil).
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SECOND XV. Wed . Oct . 10 . St . John's College 2nd . .home . , won (3 pts .—nil). Sat . , , 20 . Durham G .S . 2nd away . . not played. away . .won (18 pts .—3). Sat . Nov . 3 . Leeds G .S . 2nd – Feb . — St. John ' s College 2nd . .home
FOOTBALL. S . PETER ' S
SCHOOL,
YOnIC V . OLD PETERITES,
Played on the School ground, Tuesday, Oct . 9th, 1900 . Bingham kicked off for the Old Boys, and play soon settled down in midfield ; King nearly scored, but was tackled by Black just in time, Nelson scored from a scrum . on the school line, and Bingham converted . Joicey received the ball from a scrum . in midfield and had hard lines in slipping when near the line . After several scrummages in the school quarters Rose scored, Bingham again converting . A free kick was then given for the School and Teasdale found touch well ; the 0 . P's dribbled the ball back to the school quarters but Neilson relieved by a good kick . Pulleyn picked up the ball near the half-way flag and running strongly scored far out ; Neilson failed to add to the score . After good passing by the visitors Bingham scored but failed at the kick . The Old Boys were penalised for offside play and Dunning kicked into touch . King sprinted round the School back and scored, R . Teasdale failing to improve. Hatfield and Leonard were conspicuous for good play, but the Old Boys continued to press and King was held up over the School line ; the O .P .'s were given a free kick and Bingham dribbled over and scored, and taking the kick himself brought the half-time score up to O .P .'s 21 points . School 3 points. Teasdale restarted for the School, and the home forwards pressed, but the rush was soon stopped and Roy scored ; Bingham converted . Soon afterwards Hood ran over from a pass from Nelson and Bingham converted . The Old Boys continued to press and passing between Bingham, Hood, and Sherwood resulted in an addition to their score ; hood failed to convert . Soon Joicey ran over, and Roy converted . Leonard had an unsuccessful drop at goal and
FOOTBALL. 9 14 Dunning followed up well but was given offside . Armstrong got away well and a rush by Crosthwaite and Dunning resulted in a try which Dunning failed to convert . After several interchanges by the backs Greeves scored, but Bingham failed at the kick . Time was called with the scores, O .P .'s 42 points . School 6 points. O .P .
TEAM .—Buck,
C. H.
Coning—Three-quarters,
P . King.
Half-backs Frwards—R . G . Bingham,
T . Leonard, T . Sherwood, E . J . Joicey . —C . Nelson, N . Hood .
P . Fausset, H . B . Greeves, H . P . Coning, P . Teasdale, A . Rose, D . W Roy, R . F . Russell. ScuooL
TEAM—Back, T .
Three-quarters, A . B . Sale, Half. Harrison . Forwards, E. backs, G . Armstrong . S Black .
H . S . Leonard, A . Neilson, A E . Farrow .
W . Teasdale, R . Dunning, T . E . Pulley'', T . C. Newton, W . H . Crosthwaite, C . N . llatlield, J. E . Farrow, J . Sleighthoni. ST . PETER' S V . YARNBUIiY F .C. Played at York, October 13 . Teasdale kicked off against the wind, and Yarnbury returned into touch at half-way . In spite of good work by the halves, the ball was soon taken into our 25. After only 10 minutes play Yarnbury scored all easy try, which was not converted . Dunning dropped out and serums ensued at half-way . Dunning and Crosthwaite were conspicuous with
good
dribbles, and our halves made some useful runs . A Yarnbury back getting possession ran and kicked down the field . Black failed to touch down and a second try resulted . The attempt at goal failed . Our forwards now got more together, and aided by a free kick for offside took the game into the Yarnbury 25 . For a few minutes the school pressed, Mr . Cnrgenveu nearly scoring . Our forwards took the ball to the line, but the full bark touched down . Half-time was then called with the score, Yarnbury two tries ; School nil. After the kick-off play settled down in the Yarnbury 25 . The School continually pressed but failed to score . In spite of a second free kick to the School for offside, the School were gradually forced
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back to their own twenty-five . However, dribbles by Dunning, Teasdale and Mr . Curgenven brought relief, and good runs by A . Farrow and Neilson took the game once more to the centre. From a good opening by Mr . Curgenven the backs got away, but their chance was spoilt by bad passing . A fierce struggle took place near their lines but their full-back relieved with a good kick into touch . After a few scrums in the centre " no side " was called. Full Back, T . J . Black ; Tlu•eequarters, A . Neilson, H . Leonard, A . Farrow, P . 'Veld ; half-Racks, G . Armstrong and G . Curgenven, Esq ; 1'bru'erd.s, E . D . Teasdale, R . Dunning, T . E . Pulleyn, T . C. Newton, W . H . Crosthwaite, J . Farrow, G . Sleightholm, H . W. Garland . Referee, Rev . C . Robertson. ST . PETER' S V . LEEDS G .S.
Played at York, on November 3rd . Leeds kicked off towards Clifton, and play settled in our 25 . The forwards at length brought relief and took play to half way with a dribble . From here Roy and Farrow carried the ball to our opponents' 25, and Armstrong dribbled over at the corner . At this point York were playing a notch better game . Leeds dropped out, and Dunning dribbling to Leeds line, Teasdale scored in a scramble . Pulleyn failed to convert . Some good passing among the Leeds threequarters took play into our 25, where Francis, getting possession from a scrum, scored a try far out, which, however, was not converted . On Leonard dropping out, the ball was returned into touch at half-way. York then worked their way into the Leeds 25, where Pulleyn dribbled over, but the ball was kicked dead . After the drop out scrums followed outside our opponents' 25, and Leeds getting possession almost scored, Pulleyn collaring =a threequarters at the corner flag . Half-time was called . Score :—St . Peter ' s :3 points ; Leeds 3 points. On resuming, Teasdale kicked off and play settled about half-way. Then Francis got the ball from the scrum and ran into our 25. Here the Leeds forwards getting possession of the ball, and kicking out, Munro broke away and passed to a forward, who scored . The kick at goal failed . Soon after the drop-out a free kick enabled us to reach the Leeds 25 . Pulleyn made a good attempt to kick a
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penalty goal from half-way . Leeds now Caine away with it dribble, but Richards saved well . A Leeds tlu•ecquarter tried to drop a goal, but failed . York took play to the other end and Armstrong almost scored . The Leeds forwards, however, relieved, and Williamson intercepting a pass gained further ground . but was well tackled by Richards .
Soon our forwards reached our
opponents' line and Teasdale scored at the corder . Pulleyn converted by a brilliant kick from the touch line . Final score :— York 8 points ; Leeds 6 points. Teasdale, Dunning, Newton and Crosthu cite all worked hard, and Yulleyn played well in the loose . The School showed greatly improved form after the first ten minutes, although they were not so good in the second half . Our forwards were better in the loose, but never got possession of the ball iii the scrum, Leeds e,ntinualle heeling. out to their backs . Two or three of our forwards did not do their fair share of work in the scrum, being slow in getting their heads down, and showing a decided tendency to wing. Armstrong and Yeld played a good game at half . The threequarters never had an opportunity of attacking, hut managed to stop the Leeds backs, although at times they were rather inclined to try to collar high . Richards, at full-back, tackled and saved well. For Leeds, Francis and Munro at half played a splendid game being responsible for both their tries, and their forwards were superior in packing and heeling . After the match II . Leonard and W . Crosthwaito received their colours . The team was as
follows : —Back, M . V . Richards ;
Threeyearlers . II . S . Lon ad,
A . E . Farrow, M . Hoy . E . E . Yeld ; Half- Backs, G .Ardtstrong, P . II. Yeld ;
Focecarrl.y, E .
D . Teasdale, I: . Dunning, T . E . Ptdleyn,
T . C . Newton, W . H . Crosthwaite, J . E . Farrow, C . N . llatlield, G . E . Sleightholm.
ST . PETER ' S V . llEAiuNOLEV F .C. At York . The School were without the services of Mr. Curgenven, owing to a twisted knee, and M . Roy . Headingley kicked off with the wind and immediately pressed . Plucky saving by the halves and frequent rushes by Mr . Pawle and Teasdale helped to keep Headingley out for about a quarter of an hour .
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Then, after A . Farrow had hold one man up, they scored three rather soft tries in rapid succession . and converted one More even play now followed, our forwards, though completely outweighted, played pluckily . Half-time was then called with the score, Headingley 11 points, School nil. Immediately after the restart, a threequarter broke away but was brought down by a spendid tackle by Richards . Neilson appeared to drop
it
goal amid loud applause, but the referee
decided against the point . From a pass out by Mr . Pawle, A. Farrow made a long run and passed to Leonard who scored, Pulleyn failing at goal . Even play in the centre followed till time was called, Headingley winning a hard-contested game by 11 points to 3. In spite of the overwhelming weight of the Headingley forwards, our forwards, led by Mr . Pawle, Dunning and Teasdale, played a good game . The halves were very safe, their saving being particularly good . Tlie threequarteu•s did not appear to great advantage, but they had few opportunities . Richards at full-back was very safe. Tia.rm :—M . Richards, Lack ; A . Neilson, H . Leonard, A . E . Farrow, C . Hatfield, tlncequarters ; G . Armstrong, P . Yeld, Half-Backs ; E . D. Teasdale, R . Dunning, T . E . Pulleyn, T . C . Newton, AV . Crosthwaite, J . Farrow, S . Harrison, and C . D Pawle, Esq.,
Forwards.
Si . PETER' S C . GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL. Played at Giggleswick and resulted in a severe defeat for the School who were witlurut Neilson and Richards . In the first half the School played up well, but could not keep their opponents out. Giggleswicic crossed our line and scored a converted try. Two more tries followed, of which neither were converted . Halftime, Giggleswick, 11 points, School, nil . In the second half the School were hopelessly beaten in all points . Giggleswick crossed the line no less than nine times and converted six of these . Score: Giggleswick, 50 points, School, nil. Our forwards iu the first half played very pluckily against the overwhelming weight of their larger opponents, but were unable
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to hold their ground in the second . The backs, who were handicapped by the absentees, were very poor, their tackling being very weak . ST . PETER ' S V . LEEDS G .S.
This return fixture was played at Leeds on December 1st, on a very wet and muddy ground . Teasdale having won the toss, Leeds kicked off and Dunning returned into touch . Scrums and line-outs followed . The game was essentially a forward game, as it was too slippery for the backs to do anything with the ball. Our forwards playing well together drove Leeds into their 25 several times, but the Leeds halves relieved . Armstrong had bad luck in not scoring from a good dribble between himself and Dunning, the ball being touched clown . One of the Leeds halves made a good run but it only resulted in a minor . The School forwards were now driven back to our goal line and shoving us over the line one of the Leeds forwards dropped on the ball . The try was not converted . After the drop out, scrums followed and our forwards drove them down the field and Armstrong getting the ball scored a try a good way out . Pulleyn just failed at goal. Shortly after this half-time was called with the score : St . Peter ' s, 3 points, Leeds, 3 points. Teasdale kicked off and serums followed . Richards tackled one of their men very neatly and saved a try . We again drove them into their 25 and Armstrong, getting the ball from a serum, ran round and scored right in the corner . Dunning failed at goal. Shortly after this one of the Leeds threequarters had his ankle hurt and had to retire . The game after this was merely a succession of scrums and line-outs, Teasdale, Pulleyn, Newton and Crosthwaite getting away several times with good dribbles. York had two free-kicks given in the second half for a Leeds man picking up the ball in a serum, Dunning kicking into touch each time . Time was called with the result : St . Peter's, 6 points, Leeds, 3 points . Notes on the Game.
Our forwards and halves played a very good game taking all things into account . The threequarters had very little work, though Leonard might have scored once but for slipping .
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919
threaguarters, Roy, A . E. Farrow, Neilson, Leonard ; half-backs, Armstrong, P . H . Feld ; Forwards, TEAM :—Full back, N . Richards ;
Teasdale, Dunning, Pulleyn, Newton, Crosthwaite, Hatfield, J . E. Farrow, Harrison.
Sr . PETER ' S U . Sr . JOHN ' S COLLEGE. On the School ground, December 5th . The School were without the services of Teasdale and Mr . Pam le . Dunning won the toss and the College kicked off towards Clifton . T . Newtou'returned into touch at the half-way flag . St . John's rushed the ball at once into our 25, but two good kicks by Richards, and dribbles by Dunning and Pulleyn brought relief . The ball was gradually worked back to our line, and from a line out on our line, touch-ingoal resulted . Leonard dropped out well but owing to fumbling by the School backs play again remained in our half. Richards cleared iu good style from a nasty forward rush . Roy and R. Newton were next conspicuous with good tackles . A couple of free-kicks to the school, for offside, carried the game into our opponents ' 25, only to be rushed back by their forwards . After some hard lighting St . John's scored, but failed at goal . From the drop-out scrums the centre ensued . Iu spite of neat kicks,,by Rov and Richards, St . John's found touch close to our line, but Air . Cuigenven kii ked far down the field . Neilson made a mark and found touch in their twenty-five . More ground was gained by a punt by Dinning from a free kick . Scrumming on the St . John's line ensued . A St . John's threeguarter getting possession punted up the field and following up hard tackled Richards with the ball in the home half . t )wing to plucky saving by Armstrong and Yeld, and useful dribbles by Dunning and Crosthwaite the rush was stopped and the ball worked back to the visitors' twenty-five. Neilson kicked down the field, and Pulleyn following up hard, got possession, and making a splendid run was not pulled down till he had almost reached their line . After a succession of hard-h ught serums on the St . John' s line, play returned to the centre . Dunning and Crosthwaite were again prominent with dribbles and Mr .
Sao
FOO FRn[,L.
Curgenven gained ground with a neat kick and tackle . Play was well in the St . John's half when half-time was called with the score : St . John's, 3 points ; School, nil. Dunning restarted, but Neilson lost one chance by a foolish drop at goal, from which the opponents got possession and rushed the ball back to the home goal . Pulleyn gained some ground by a good rush, but lost it again by getting offside . St . John's tried a drop at goal, which, however, passed outside the posts . After the drop-out, a good combined forward rush, in which Dunning and '' . Newton were prominent, took the game to the centre . Roy stopped a passing movement of the opposing backs by a good tackle, but Leonard being tackled on the line lost the ball which luckily rolled into touch . Dunning, Crosthwaite and Mr . Curgenven made several determined rushes but they received little support from the other forwards . Yeld saved pluckily . The College forwards dribbled over, and touch-in-goal was given . After Dunning had dropped out A . Farrow and Pulleyn gain more ground by rushes . Further dribbling by Dunning, Crosthwaite and Mr . Curgenven took the ball to St . John's line . Mr. Curgenven made a mark from a line-out and Pulleyn made a good attempt at goal . Leonard returned the drop out with a long punt . Our forwards rushed the ball to the line, but one forward in his eagerness to score kicked too hard rid a touch-down resulted . The School again rushed to the College line where a free kick was awarded them . Pulleyn failed to place a goal. " No side " was called shortly after, the College thus winning by three points to nil.
TEAM :—haek, M . Richards ;
1Iu cequarters,
A . Neilson, II.
Leonard, A . E . Farrow, M . li . T . Roy ; Hal" -backs, G . Armstrong,
P . H . Yeld ; Forwards, R . Dunning, T . Pulleyn, T . Newton, W. Crosthwaite, J . Farrow, R . Newton, G . Sleightholm, G. Curgenven, Esq .
SCHOOL MUSICAL SOCIETY .
921
SCHOOL MUSICAL SOCIETY. Seven meetings of the Society have been held in the Big School, on successive Satur days this term (beginning Oct . 27th), and to judge by the attendance the idea of winding up the week with music has " caught on ." Short as the life of the Society has as yet been, it has shown however, two things ; first, that there is much musical talent in the School ; and second, that there is no lack of good music on which it may he exercised . With regard to the first point we have only to mention the names of Farrow (piano), Teasdale(cello), Pulleyn i. and Schroeder (violin), as instrumentalists, and of Sale, Denby and St. George, as singers—to prove it ; while as to the second, the hearty reception of Gaudeamas," which is after all hut one of many available Song-books, says much for the standard of taste. Thankful, however, as we are for these discoveries we still have our suspicions that there are a number of others (especially singers) whom nothing but shyness prevents from coming forward in the public service. It would be too long to enumerate all the songs (etc .) which have been sung this term . Suffice it that the list is good, varied, and attractive. Our best thanks are also due to the ladies who have helped us so materially ; and to the Masters, every one of whom has contributed Songs or Readings to the programmes. This is the place to say that any old Peterite would be most heartily welcomed whether as listener or performer, but especially the latter. It might be an attraction to know that the society possesses a Broadwood Grand Pianoforte, which, in a room like the big hall, is heard to exellent advantage. The Society was formally constituted some weeks ago . The Head-Master was elected President, and Mr . Senior, Conductor ; while on the Committee are H . W . F . Garland as representative of
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NOTES AND ITEMS.
the Choir, T . C . Newton of the day-boys, and E . D . Teasdale of the School-house. This sketch is all too brief for its subject, even as a retrospect ; while prospectively there are few bounds to our ambition.
CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editors of the Peterite. SIRS, It has always seemed to me rather unfortunate that the School in general, though possessing a really good fives ' -court, should make such little use of it . It is very doubtful whether half-a-dozen games have been played in it during the last two years, and it is certain that half the School have never been inside it . Now as Fives is a game which affords a good deal of pleasure and exercise, and which can, moreover, be played in any spare time, it surely might receive more patronage from Yeterites. I am, Sirs, Yours, etc ., PENTAGON. [We fully sympathise with your desire to see more interest taken in this game .—En .]
NOTES AND ITEMS. E.
D . Teasdale has been elected to a Hastings' Exhibition of £90
F.
P . Fausset (O .P .) passed 2nd Class in Roman Law at the Bar
per arm-um for five years at Queen ' s College, Oxford.
Examination, October, 1900. The following O .P . ' s are playing football : — E . J . Walton for Oxford ; he also played for London and Universities v . Rest of South, when he scored three tries. T . Sherwood and R . F . Russell for Yorkshire ; the latter captained the County Team twice. G.
G . Yeld for Leicester and for Midland Counties.
CONTEMPORARIES .
923
E . J . Walton played in the Varsity match and scored ; he is also picked for the North together with R . F . Russell. N . L . Hood and W . Carter (O .P .'s) played in the Yorkshire v. Durham Hockey Match. On Tuesday, November 20th, Mr . Wickstead kindly gave us a most interesting lecture on Dante, in the School Hall. H . S . Leonard, W . H . Crosthwaite, and G . Armstrong have received their First XV . colours. A committee of the Musical Society has been chosen, and already there have been several very successful concerts. The choir were taken to York Theatre to see " For the Ding ." The nights of the play are Monday, December 17th, and Wednesday, 19th, while the dress rehearsal is on Saturday, 15th. "Richard Elwyn, Master of Charterhouse, 1885-1897 ; a brief record of his life " is the title of a book written by Rev . R. Patterson, M .A. Lieut .-Col . Tozer (O .P .) has been appointed to command the 1st Yorkshire Engineer Volunteers . Lieut.-Col . Thorney (0 .P.), already commands the 1st East Riding Rifle Volunteers. The Graphic for 1st December, 1900, p . 802, calls attention to the heroism of the Rev . H . Vyvyan, and publishes his portrait. Professor Reinold (O .P .) has been elected a Member of the Royal Society Council (Times, Dec . 1st). The Bishop of Bristol (0 .P .), preaching at Lincoln, on 700th Anniversary of St . Hugh's death, referred to his education at St . Peter's School. BIRTII .-17th November, at Sleights, Yorks ., the wife of J . H. English (O .P .), of a son. DEATH .-29th November, Chas . Stewart Ditching (0 .P .), aged 34, at Dnottiugley, Yorks.
CONTEMPORARIES. Lodcnsian, Scdbci ;gliau, Dnnelnrian,Poe/ding toman, Sutton Valence, illonktonian, Lily, Ilyinerian, lf'ycwnbe Abbey Magazine, Brightonian, Brontsgrovian (2), Coventry School Magazine, Hurst Johrtian, Leeds Gram inar School Magazine, Eastbournian.
The Editors beg to acknowledge the receipt of the