Shooting

lacked a genuine fast bowler. The ground fielding was good but the catching was variable; all in all there was a general air of keenness, and I feel sure that as they progress through the School many of them will come "good" if they will continue to work at it as they have done this season.

The following represented the School:

D. M. Noyes (Capt.), J. N. D. Brierley, R. F. Broadbent, R. P. A. Chapman, I. D. M. Cramb, A. J. D. Eyre, A. D. Hitchenor, C. T. Hobson, P. E. Johnson, T. S. Kettlewell (W/K), R. W. Lister, R. N. J. Schofield, J. P. M. Taylor, S. W. C. Webb, E. F. J. Wright.

Owing to a curious double breakdown of communications, we did not enter for the B.S.S.R.A. leagues in the Winter term, as has been our custom for some years. Instead the whole term was spent on practices, mainly within the options scheme. As it happened several of the most experienced team members were engaged in other activities and did very little shooting, but some beginners made a useful start and by the end of term we were able to select three teams for the Spring Leagues. The "A" team were outclassed in their division and had no success, but "B" team tied first in their division with Stowe, having lost only one match and, appropriately, having a tie with Stowe in their particular round. The "C" team, from a weak start, improved considerably, but it was only in the last round that they had any success. There is no obvious explanation for the erratic nature of the scores, both with many individuals and with the totals: in the third round the teams totalled 1351, and in the fourth, a fortnight later, made 1391, an average of 2.6 per man better.

As a result of the .22 season. minor colours were re-awarded or awarded to: J. P. J. F. Abbott, S. W. Humphreys, P. W. H. Chilman, D. M. Ellison, J. Galley, R. A. Kaiser, J. N. Denison, R. E. Craggs.

The Summer term's .303 shooting suffered badly from a shortage of range allocations—five in all, quite inadequate for either building up a team or introducing the beginners to serious shooting. Use of a 30 metre range was possible once or twice a week, but after the initial stages its usefulness is very limited. As usual some Bisley practices had to be sacrificed in order that we could enter a team for the N.E. District Skill-at Arms meeting at Strensall. Even so, we were able to practise for only one of the competitions. In view of this, we did reasonably well: Section Competition: 2nd (ex 17) Snap Competition: 6th (ex 19) Team Aggregate: 3rd.

The team for these events was: R. C. Barker (Capt.), J. P. J. F. Abbott, D. M. Ellison, S. W. Humphreys.

Individual Championship: R. C. Barker 3rd (ex 51).

Our Strensall practice on June 11th came to an early end, through some administrative mix-up in the allocation of ranges, and consequently it was a very ill-prepared team that went to the C.L.R.A. meeting at 86