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Vol. XXIII. July 24th, 1948. No. 206.

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Editorial ... ... ... ... ... . .. 375 School Notes ... ... ... .. . ... 376 Speech Day ... . .. ... ... . .. 377 Speech Day Conoer& ... ... ... . .. 3M Play •• 1948 ... ... '" ... ... S88 Agrloulture ... ... . .. ... . .. 389 Requiem ... ... . .. . .. . .. . .. 391 Spring Spate ... .., ... ... . .. 391 Library ... ... ... ... . .. . .. 392 Photographic Society ... . .. ... . .. 393 House Notes ... ... ... . .. . .. 394 Catteral Hall ... ... . .. . .. . .. 401 Cricket ... ... . .. ... ... . .. 401 Retrospeot ... ... . .. ... . .. 422 Team Charaoter. ... ... . .. ... . .. 123 Athletic Sports ... . .. ... . .. ... 421 XV Fixtures ... ... . .. ... . .. 426 Grm. Competition ... ... ... ... . .. 127 Building Fund Dona&\ons ... ... . .. . .. 427 O.G. Notes ... ... . .. . .. . .. 128 Our Contemporaries ... ... ... . .. 432

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No. 206.

VOL. XXIII.

July 24th, 1948.

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EDITORIAL.

THIS term'has aeen the return of the "packet:limch' system, wherebY,a few boys from ea�h house !pay ,go out between

the chapel services on a Sunday, and 'the restoration of the Seniors' privilege of, having a meal at a p' ub 'on the same day, after a suitably long use hf Shanks' Pony., As a result, tlie peaceful sabbath slopes of Penyghent, and the quiet of the dining-room at.the 'Orown' at Hort'on have been disturbed by boys in traditional walking garb (corps boots, First Set sweaters and old flannels) , often carrying J:T.O. waterbottles filled with liquid of doubtful origin. , The: e�ecrable, J un� w�a�h�r ,hit,S curtailed the value of this welcome concession, but one stout­hearted party walked from School to the top of:Penyghent arid back in less than six hours.

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Second Set have not ' been employed as builders' labou�e�� again this term, as all,the bricks

, \vere long a.go piled in the back quad, where the Squash courts have been demolished, and the new lavatory block proceeds according: tb' plan. ' Instead./ armies of boys .from ,t he Eshtons' sets spent several afterpoons, ironically' fine, weeding and rolling the hard tennis courts, which are being put in order again. Ex-agriculturalists will De interested to learn that, the School has purchased a new poeing machine, of vivid orange' hue, which cQ,lls forth delight in Mr. Dutton, typical cautious Yorkshire suspicion \n Mr. Sl1ffery, and envy in the more mechanically-minded Iile�bers laf the ' Science Sixth. . ,

Aquatics have again been restricted by pink-eye, but a new spring-board has been installed, and the swimming sports 'are now under way. The golf course has returned to life, thanks to the devoted wielding of scythe and mower by'Mr. Pape and his fellow enthusiasts, and the Buckhaw road is 'again a: place of peril. Pot-holing, though still lacking the 'glories of the old days of the Field Olub, and the Delage, has gained, new life owing to the restoration of the 'basic' ; and in this connection we have received an unconfirmed report tliat the Science staff have been seen working late at night in the labs. trying to ut).­ravel the mysteries of 'r\:ld' petrol. Two Housemasters have appeared with glittering motor-bicycles, so perhaps their re­searches are succeeding.

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SCHOOL NOTES.

HEAD of SCHOOL :-J. R. Jameson (Head of Carr).

PRAEPOS:rORS :-D. A. Sheard, {Head of Nowell}. J. Bowden (Head of Paley). B. S. Smith {Head of Shute}. B. S. Brewster G. B. Nicholson M. M. Roberts {Head of Style}. D. Smith.

CAPTAIN OF CRICKET :-J. R. Jameson.

HON . 8ECRETARy : -G. B. Nicholson.

LIBRARIANS ;-J. R. Jameson, P. M. Ryley, D. A. Sbeard, B. S. Smith, A. G. Mclntosb , H. S. C. Moore, G. E. Hallitt, A. Wilson.

EluB-EDITORS OF THE CHRONICLE :-J. R. JamesoD, R. C. Saunders, B. S. Smith, A. G. Mclntosh.

FAWCETT, G. N . FAWCETT, R. M . N . FISHER, E. R. KETTLEWELL, J. G. NOBLE, M. S.

From Catteral Hall: DOWNEY, M. G. KYLE, F. B. PARKINSON, M. H . IlIDDIOUGH, J. C . SAMES, D . W. TUBMAN, M. D.

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�beie. L.III L.III L.III IlIA L.III

IIIB L.III IlIA IIIB IlIA IlIA

Nowell Style Carr Style Shute

Shute Nowell Paley Style Carr Paley

The following have entered Catteral Hall this term: Coaghil\, A. D., Da.vies, J. R, Davies, P. K. , Duxfield, J . ,

Farmery, J. P., Hargreaves, R. J., Whitehurst, R.

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ALVIN, D. M., Carr, came '405, placed L.III, left VA, J.T.C. BULLOCK, D, H., Style, came '441, placed L.III, left VI,

L/Cpl. J.T.C. BUR1:, C. W. M., Paley, came '425, placed L.llI, left VI,

Head of School, Head of Paley, XV Colour, C.S.M. J.T.C. DRINKALL, W. K., Now�ll, came '445, placed L.III, left IIIA. THoMPsON, S., Shute, came '435, placed II, left VA. WHITTAKER, E. B. , Carr, came '432, placed IlIA, left VI,

House Senior, Cpl. J.T.C. WOOD, E. H., Style, came '408, placed IlIA, left VI, J.T.C.

SPEECH DAY. (We thank ·the ' Craven Herald' by who:re courtesy aDm' of th,

following account i, reprinted).

SPEECH DAY WitS held on Saturday, June 26th.

The gathering was presided over by Mr. D. G. Hopewell, (chairman of the Governors), the prizes being presented by Monsieur J. 'Po Inebnit, senior lecturer in French history and institution� at Leeds University.

Before presenting his report, the Headmaster said he would like on behalf of the school to welcome their distinguished guest, and expressed the hope that M. Inebnit's presence might serve in Borne small part to promote that closer understanding and solidarity of good Europeans on which so much depended "of all that we in particular must, by our profession, cherish and do our utmost to defend."

H�ving welcomed M. Inebnit, the Headmaster told us that the activities of the ·paat year had followed a fairly normal course. .

In .the Back Quad was arising, if not a stately pleasure dome, a veritable palace of hygiene, and a third dwelling house for married masters had been bought by the Building Fund Trustee8.

He had no outstanding .thletio successes to record but felt certain that the fact that there were now more masters qualified to coach both rugger and cricket than at any time in his memory must have its effect; he WIWI convinced that the vital wert WIWI done OD the IQwer Set ••

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378 We had lost Mr. Benson who a� Housemaster, Roldier, inimitable ent­

tertainer, and outspoken arbiter of the decencies of life, had left a gap hard to fill; but we had now a complete team of Housemasters whioh pulled to­gether but showed no lack of diversity; the Servi ce expAriences of three of them had helped to enlarge our range of vision and sympathy .

The almost total ab�ence of scientists prepared to work in schools had made it very difficult to fill the vacancies on the Science Staff. Had it not been for the loyalty and very hard work of Mr. Bloom ably backed by Mr. Russell, the Headmaster would not have been able to wait long enough to replace Mr. Noakes and Mr. Greenhalgh with men as good . He himself had enjoyed his interlude teaching Biology. The Headmaster continued

" And now for a moment to strike a more serious note . I do not know if parents generally are aware of the new Examination Regulations promulgated by the Ministry on the 23rd April to come into force in 1950. Very briefly , the Hij;her a.nd School Certificate examinations will bo con­ducted as at present in th.at year,_ with the addition of Scholarship papers, but the dates will be ad vanced to permit of recommeudations for U ni versity Awards being available by August 1st at latest . ThiR means , of c'burse, that one term' s working will be lost out of a two-year's syllabus and that the greater part of the Summer Term will be spent in licensed idleness or vain regrets after the examinations are concluded , though doubtless our old friend .. Administrative Convenience" is rubbing his hands . But more important i s the regulation that in 1950 and thereafter no boy shall be entered for an external examination who is less than sixteen on Deoember 1st, 1950 , or September 1st in the year in

· question thereafter .

And it is made pretty clear that with the raising of the School leaving age there is every intention of subsequently raising the agc limit to seventeen .

In 1951 the existing School and Higher Certificate examinations will be discontinued and there is to be introduced an examination for the ," General Certificate of Education" in which papers will be set in all suitable sub­jeots at ' ordinary,' 'advanced' and' soholarship' level . All subjects will be optional and there will be no minimum or group requirements for the .. General Certificate of Education" 'Yhich will be issued to every can­didate who reaohes .. pass" standards in any subject at any level . I have in my time marvelled not a. little at the regulations issued by experts for the confusion of those engaged on a work-a-day job, but this seems to me to ,oollect the bag of nuts with almost insolent eaRe . There oan be few parents and fewer Schoolmasters who have not met the boy who wishes to give up any subject as soon as he finds it difficult, and I have even known this readiness to surrender extended to cases where the teacher's face or temper was open to l).esthetic criticism. I do not quarrel with that. There ' s no harm in trying. But I am not surprised that a neighbouring Headmaster has already christened the new " General Certificate in Education" "The Loafer's Charter . " To forestall any premature rejoicing I feel I should point out that no self-respecting University, or professional body, or prospective employer is in the least likely to accept a . . General Certificate of Education" obtained at . . PIlSS .. standard in one subject BB the equivalent of matriculation or as qualifying a boy to enter on the serious p\lsiue,s ot lif�. And i� is ret:rett�blll that tlle Secolldary SchoQls Exam-

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ination Council , which might have done much to re�oue us from the con­flicting and confusing demands of the Universities , has driven us to the knees of the Universities to rescue us from the prepolterous recommend­ations of the Secondary Schools Examination Council. For the real orux will be the agc-limit . I k now that Schoolmasters are sometimes depicted as selfless , heartless , tireless gardeners remolselessly forcing the life out of tender plants . But I have a wholesome faith in the mortal frailityof these paragons of unfeeling effioiency, and still more in the immortal resistance of their pupils . I think it is truer to say that for every boy harmed by taking the Certificate Examination too young, at least ten are debarred from reaping the best advantages of Secondary Education , let alone any further flights, by taking it too late . But it is with the boy of more than average ability that I am a.t the moment concerned . When all is said and done, it is on him that the leadership of the·world should ulti­mately depend , unless they can get his ability honed out of him in time, however distasteful it is to mediocrity to contemplate. If the UniversiMes continue to insist, as they should , on a broad base for speoialist study, and the boy may give no evidence of possessing that until he is at least sixteen, and probably seventeen , he must be kept marking time in certain subjects to the detriment of his progress . The general effect must be to deprels the level of scholarship and make much of the best of Secondary education nugatory. I-h ' ave heard no valid eduoational argument for the imposition of this age-limit. I am afraid it is a pretty threadbare bolster for another deorepit old friend" Parity of Esteem" as between Secondary and Modern Schools. And here , too, there is typical confusion of mind. Parity of

• esteem mURt at all costs be -maintained, so make it impossible for the pupils in the Modern School to take the examinations at all by fixing an age-limit that rules them all out and at the same time brings the Second­ary Schools to an academically lower level. It looks tidy and neat if you cannot see through a blue-print or think beyond a formula. But as the Secondary Sohools will still take the examination , and no method of selection at the age of elevcn can guarantte that no bright child will find his way into a Modern School where he will not be allowed to take it even in one subject at .. pass" standard, the general result will be to widen the gulf between the two types of School still further . If it serves to show up . . Parity of Esteem '; for a pieoe of misohievous inverted snobbery it may at least be some gai n . Snobbery of birth and wealth is fast disappearing from this country, than k God , and it is worth some effort to be rid of it; but I am afraid that this can only tend to accentuate a snobbery of intell-ectual ability which is just as bad .

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But if I could find plenty to criticise in the present external examinations and the use made of them , I confess I do n ot share a common prejudice I\gainst external examinations in general . I believe that the Examinations Council envisages an extension of internal examinations-always to my mind a pretty morbid procedure-with much talk of .. objective testa " by which , I think, -is meant intelligence tests . I rel\dily agree that we could develop the technique of the School Record-shades of Lister Smith I-but I would point out that no School Record or testimonial is worth the paper it is written on unless you know something of the School as a School, and of the man who writes it a8 a man, SohoolmMters are not unerring ot'n-

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ithologists. and where their own pupils are concerned particularly if their own competence is in question, they are as likely to mistake geese for swans as any fond mother, and , without impertinence to either party, perhaps for the same reason . And for intelligence. tests-I may be. prejudiced , I could never pass the infernal things-but I think we are in grave danger of missing an essential point. If you have no confidence in your educational system, if you feel that birth , wealth and position determine opportunity, then by all means use them to red re'" the balance . But they should be confined to an assessment of a.bility at t.he beginning of any educational process which Boasts that there i, anything like equality of QPportunity . Thereafter it is the business of external examin ers to find out what use teacher and taught have between them made of their natural endowment-what they have to sbow for it. There is a very cogent endorsement of this view in the 25th Ohapter of St. Ma.tthew's Gospel . To keep on fussin g about intelligence tests at subsequen t periods is like pulling u� a. plant to see if its roots are still there, and advertises complete lack of confidence in your system , but

I am �fraid that no psychiatrist Will ever be persuaded to desist Because his own intelligence quot Is not so hot.

Last year .I had a lot to say about the future of the J .T.O, I told you in all good faith that it was to be merged wi th all other pre-Service organ­isations in a Combined Oadet Force . I recognised that the change was inevitable and had not expected to hold more than a watching ·brief. But Oaptain Benson's translation gave me something of a headache­not for the first time . . I decided to take command of the Oontingent myself and try to make the best of the scheme from the inside rather than a.ssume a critical posture on the Oonference fence. I realised that it would be hard to step into his shoes, but the real trouble was the trousers . I had in fact passed tliem on to him when he returned out of the blue, and he had made certain adjustments of which the best I can say is that I find them conducive to a military bearing and austerity diet . But my main difficulties have not so far beel). sartorial. A few davs ago, immed­iately after our General Inspection as a J . T . O. , I received the first intim­ation from the War Office that the Oombined Oadet Force.had come into being as from April 1st. At the same time I was told tha t we had absolute freedom of choice as to whether we joined it or not . As I doubted the genuineness of this offer I consulted- the War Office, and was informed , as I suspe.cted, that it was in fact a figure of speech . It has been officially aecided that the J .T .O.-the pioneer and pattern of all Pie-Service cadet organisations-shall not be allowed to continue with War Office backing. For that I was quite prepared , but I was not prepared for the provision which permits contingents of the Army Oadet Force, Air Training Oorps and Sea Oadets to remain outside the Oombined Oadet Force if they so wish. As the avowed object is the removal of social frontiers , I find this provision hard to understand . A Oombined Oadet Force in which only one out of four categories of cadet is reEjuired to combine strikes me as a singularly abortive conception even for bureaucracy . Needless to Bay we llhall continue to �erve, We h�ve always paid tor the privilege; a.t

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times of crisis, as those of -you who remembpr 1914 well know, we have paid in blood . The War Office has elected to bury the J.T .C. darkly, without drum or funeral note, but that has happened to better men before us , ami I think we shall rise from these ashes to another lease ofusefnllife.

Frankly , this School has not much use for social frontiers. I venture to claim that no School in El?-gland has done more i.n the last twenty years to remove them, and that of Its own dehberate cholCe, and from its own resources . We have not sought and should reject a subsidy for social conscience. We judge our neighbour by how he behaves and by what he can do, and ask to be judged by the same standards ourselves. And we are simple folk , trying to learn to live together in effective community and the fear of the Lord . And let no one mistake that . The centre of our life as a community is the School Chapel, and there are moments-not many perhaps-but still moments when every man and boy in this place has known it and felt it with his whole heart . It would be difficult, if not impossible , to put into words all that a- sohool like this mea.ns to us. Nobody who has not had lot and part in it can guess at the selfless devotion freely offered 'to it by Masters , Servants and boys, who have come to love it. What time and work and energy can do they give . But it is my onerous task to defend it by other means . I have to wrestle with pounds , shillings and penee. Perhaps some of you who have seen the Ion!! lists in the Press of Schools that have had to increase their fees again within the last year have wondered when we should follow suit . My Governors will bear me witness that I have always tried to keep the fees here as low as is oonsistent with sound learning and adequate amenity. Aud I am prepared for you to judge us by any comparative standards. But circumstances of which you must all in your own'economy be well aware are too strong for us, and we shall have to ask you for another increase yet .

I can put the whole case in a sentence. In the . last ten years the cost

of domestic service and labour has trebled, of food and fuel -doubled, and the increase has taken so sharp a curve that in the last year alone running costs have risen by over £5,000. Nor is the future wholly unpredictable. There are certain inevitable increases for which I must budget now. Bu� there is ona point I.would like to olear up.

Some weeks ago a parent who is a good friend of mine remarked to me casually that we had not farmed much back into the place . I said nothing at the time but I have done a little reckoning since. I can only speak of

"what I know, but in the last eighteen years, to take only one or two ou1io standing examples, we have built studies to accommodate all boys in the Hostel, installed electricity, wholly re-equipped the kitchens , enlarged the Dining Hall , renewed the main heating boilers, gutted and re-equipped a"Laboratory, built up a Prep. School of a hundred boys from nothing an d housed it, built a new Boarding House, added some 90 acres of land and buildings to the property of the Trust, and paid our debts-and I submit that that is not bad farming. The endowment brings us less than £2 pE"r boy per year. Every penny of surplus on a year 's working-and on the fees we charge a surplus takes some contriving-is farmed back into the place. And a moment's thought will convince you that without some Burplus we could only slip downhill . Needless to say I do not expect you

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to rejoice at the prospeet. But I know that you value all we strive for and will share our determination to keep it alive as you have always most generously shared in all our hopes , trials , triumphs and endeavours . .

After presenting the prizes M. Inebnit gave an interest­ing and amusing speech , at the outset giving an interesting account of the beginnings of the watchmaking industry in his native Switzerland, adding that like his great grandfather, grandfather, father and brother, he too would have followed that industry" had I been capable of becoming a watchmaker."

Continuing in humorous vein , M . Inebnit said that on arrival in City Square , Leeds 28 years ago , on a gloomy day when the city was shrouded by cloud and smoke , his wife thought she was about to witness a solar eclipse . " But we had to wait seven long years and come tp Giggleswick �o see a real eclipse," he added.

He was grateful for a second visit to that lovely district of Yorkshire. " I came to this country as a foreigner knowing next to nothing about the country , and a good deal of the little I knew was wrong ," the speaker declared, " But in the city of Leeds and in the Yorkshire Dales I soon discovered what the people were really like and felt at .home. I became a Britisher without ever feeling the need to change my passport."

Turning to educatiolil , M. Inebnit said he had been greatly impressed by students who had come to his lectures afttlr having served five years and more in tbe forces. Not only had they broadened out ; they had developed a more critical judgment. He thought it would be a good th ing if all students could, before going from secondary school to upiversity , ha;ve the opportun ity to acquire greater maturi ty and powers of critical judgment than was generally the case. Young people were themsel ves the best qualified to say where their inclinations lay and what was best suited to their talents, but they needed time to decide . Sometimes he thought too much reliance was placed upon examination results, and on the judgment of head-masters and parents . "May I suggest that the new world organisation known as U.N.E. S.C.O . be encouraged to provide more opportunities for the development and application of the spirit of adventure and the desire to do something constructive in our young men and young women in peacetime ," said M. Inebnit . "The world is full of tasks which need to be done." • The speaker expressed the view that U.N.E. S .C.O . was ready to provide training and opportunities for youth, but it needed far more public support . Stressing the importance of the United Nations Organisation , he suggested that an international police force on the lines of the British police system would go a long way towards making it more effective. The British police did not need pistols and tommy guns to carry out their work ; they were respected because of their integrity and they had the whole-hearted support of the public.

M. Inebnit gave impressive examples of the gratitude of the people of France a.nd other continental countries for gifts received from Britain during and since the war.

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Prizes were presented to the following:

Watlgh English Prize:- G. W. HARTLEY ,

HQwsott Latin Prizes :-Vlth FORM Vth FORM

IVth FORM IIIrd FORM

Style Mathematical Prizes :­

VIth

Vth

IVth

FORM FOR M FORM

Greek Prizes;- VIth FORM Vth FORM

Howson French Prizes:- . Vlth FORM Vth FORM

H OWSOlI German Prizes:-. VIth FORM

Vth FORM

Turnbllll Science Prize :-

AlIan Science Prizes;- Under 16 Vth FORM

IVth FORM

Moore History Prize ;-

Martill Hurst Geography Prize:­

Drawing Prizes :-

M Ilsic Prizes: -

IVth FORM IIIrd FORMS

Douglas Natural History Prize : ­

Headmaster's Prize: -

Peacock M emol'ial Pl'ize:-

A. G. McINTOSH' G. H. BERRY S. J. HANSCOMBE 'E. J. L. TAYLOR

B. S. SMITH J. M. BARKER W. M. STEEL

A. G. McINTOSH G. H . . BERRY

P. P. GUMMER A. V. SHEARD

T. E. BEECROFT T. D. WILSON

C. B. COWKING

R. F. H. LEACH J. M. CATON W. M. STEEL

J. R. JAMESON

F. WHITTAKER

D. RUDD E. O. R. BOWEN J. V OY ANTZIS

R. C. BAMFORTH N. P. RICHARDSON

D. A. SHEARD

J. R. J�MESON

B. S. BREWSTKR

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P. STEWART

Preparatory School Prizes :­FORM I FORM II FORM III FORM IV FORM V DRAWING

R. P. FULLER J. M. HITCHEN E. I. MOORE C. R. TOMLlNSON H. SCOTT

MUSIC

A .. M. GODSON M. B. AINSWORTH

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While having tea out of doors. visitors were able to watch an excellent gymnastics display by senior boys of the School. Later an impressive organ recital .was given hi the SchooL Chapel by Dr. H. L. Smith. The Junior Training Corps had their share in the day's proceedings which included a cricket match in which the School defeated the Old Boys . •

SPEECH DAY CONCERT.

PROGRAMME

1. ORGAN SOLO Overture to " Athalia "

N. P. RICHARDSON

2. PART-SONGS (a) "Full Fathom Five" (b) "In going to my naked bed" (c) . "The Blue Bird"

SMALL CHOIR A

3. PIANO SOLOS (a) Waltz in A minor (b) "To a wild !ose"

F. D. H. SHARP

4. VIOLIN SOLO Bolero iu D K. BROWN,

6: PIANO SOLO Fantasie-impromptu in C sharp minor

J. A. SENIOR

Handel

Wood Edwards Btan/ord

Grieg Macdowell

Moskowlki

Chopin

6. TRUMPET SOLO

7. PIANO SOLO

B. CLARINET SOLOS

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Concerto in B fiat J. M. LITTLEWOOD

"Rustle of Spring"

M. V. NEAL

(a) March from the "Occasional Oratorio" (b) "Happy Tune"

9. PIANO SOLO

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M. d'A. LAFFOLEY

Fantasia in F minor

W.B.B.

INTERVAL

10. ORGAN SOLO "Sheep may safely graze"

G. A. BRIGGS -

11. MADRIGALS (a) :'Welcome sweet pleasure"

Haydn

HandeZ Adam Carle

Chopin

Bach

(b) "You th"t wont to my pipes sound" (c) "Every bush new springing"

Weelke. Morley

Cavendi.h

12. PIANO SOLO

SMALL CHOIR B

Mazurka in A minor

A. D. BULLOCK

13. VOCAL DUETS (a)' "Old Mother Hubbard" (b) "A Sailor's Letter"

Chopin

Hely-Hutchinson DyaDn

D. A. SHEARD and M. d'A. LAFFOLEY

14. PIANO.

SOLOS (a) "Serenade to the Doll" (b) "Golliwog's Cakewalk"

Debussy DebuulI

A. H. COHEN

15. SONG " AlIeluia"

J. 'A. SENIOR

,16. ' PIANO SOLO Impromptu in A fiat

R. C. BAMFORTH

17. SONGS (a) "Border Ballad" (b) "The Road to the Isles"

P. M. RYLEY and CHORUS

MOlart

SchtilJMt

Cowm arr. Kenned1l-1l'raur

lB. MOTET "The Spacious Firmament on High" W. K. Stanton

AUGMENTED CHOIR

GOD SA YE THE KING

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BIG School on the evening of Friday, 25th June held a larger crowd than it can have held for some time. On

the stroke of eight the Director of Music appeared, ready like David to dance before the ark, and inferior to David, we may say, in very little but the lack of a linen ephod. He decided, I

and quite rightly too, to give us an even longer programme than last year's, to throw open the gate to all the talents. N. P. Richardson began with the Overture to "Athalia" in a manner sometimes reminiscent of other more frequent performers at the same seat. It was an efficient performance, sometimes perhaps a little uncertain with the stops. Small choir A came into sight, and proved to be a contingent of the Lower Third with additions. Their three part songs, including Edward's lovely madrigal "In going to my naked bed," were not easy and "The Blue Bird" showed Stanford in an unusual manner. This was a courageous and charming effort, perhaps a little ragged in places. Willmoth, in particular, held on bravely to hii treble line to good effect. F. D. H. Bharp's -playing of Grieg and Macdowell was serious, confident and modest, and the rose itself a modest blossom, not entirely without its thorn; Brown never looks as if he enjoyed playing the violin. It is doubtless providentially arranged by way of recompense that we should enjoy hearing him. His tone in the Bolero was admirable; and one could hardly help admiring the vigour and cunning of his accompanist.

Senior had chosen a tricky work by Ohopin; full of traps for the unwary. He played it· remarkably well, though one must add 'for a boy oi his years.' He has not yet, obviOUSly, enough finger strength in the very difficult passages to get .variety of accent. But this was a spirited performance. ,It was pleasant to hear the whole of the Haydn Trumpet Ooncerto in B flat, of which Littlewood gave us a promising instalment last year. The last movement was very spirited and confident. The Rustle of Spring. as Neal gave it us, was decorous and amiable, but it lacked a little in brilliance and contrast; a sedate English spring this, not the passionate stirrings of warmer skies. The clarinet, one feels, is somehow a comic instrument; when Laffoley played it, the comic spirit was still there, but there was plenty of elan and rhythm too, to­gether with a good brassy tone. The first half of the concert

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ended with Mr. Buncher playing the Chopin Fantasia in F minor. This was Chopin in a graver and more serious mood and Mr. Buncher did it full justice, with a sureness of touch and a complete underst. anding.

The second half began when Briggs, watched over by La.f­foley-may one say 'aided and abetted' ?-gave us "Sheep ma.y safely graze." Here there was almost a careless ease; and if the sheep did not q'uite safely graze, at any rate the lambs skipped in the pasture and came safely home. The Small choir, now metamorpbosed into Small choir B, came on in the appearance of the Third Forms, with their former welcome stiffening of more august personages. This was singing in the hey nonny nonny tradition, gay and vigorous; the words may have suffered a little, but the spirit and the speed was there. A. D. Bullock played the Chopin Mazurka in A minor witb surprising confidence and control ; this was playing of a high standard for a boy. Sbeard and Laffoley made light-hearted fun of Handel and of th� Sailor's Letter ; it was neat burles-

• que, cleverly done with a light touch, and it's good, though not common, to laugh whole-heartedly even at concerts. Cohen, perched precariously on two folios, made a very competent job of his Debussy: this was a brave piece of work at music which in its nature did not make a wide appeal, and he tackled it with courage and efficiency. Senior's "Allelulia," too, was a truly competent attack on music which is far from easy for a treble voice, under rather unfavourable conditions for treble singing. Bamforth played Schubert's Impromptu in A flat with skill and spirit, and strength in the fortissimo passages. Ryley and his chorus attacked the songs of the North with the a.ccents of the South, thinly disguised : but with great gusto. Personally I enjoyed the humming background, faintly remin­iscent of plainsong, to "the Road to the Isles" though there a.re those to whom the whole proceeding is anathema. The pro­gramme was brought to a fitting close with W. K. Stanton'a noble eigbt-part motet "The Spacious Firmament on Higb," sung by the Augmented Choir. This is not easy or obvious music on a first hearing, but the choir fought hard and weil. Sometimes the inner parts may have lost themselves, but they came togetber in the end. We were glad to hear this a.nd more glad to know tbat we have a chance of bea.ring it again in Chapel where the acoustic conditions will be better.

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All through the evening David, if we may call him so, had danced with unflagging energy before the ark, and with un­abating good humour. One feared at times that some unscru­pulous B.B.C. scout might be tempted to steal our compere.

We have to tha.nk Dr. Smith and Mr. Buncher for giving us such a good concert; only those who live in fairly close prox­imity to Brookside can know the amount of work beforehand that went. into this concert. "Sometimes a thousand jangling instruments have hummed about my ears, and sometimes voices." It was well worth it.

PLAYS, 1948.

THE entertainment which we have come to expect from the combined efforts of Mr. Curtis and the lower School was

afforded again in full measure, though whether it fell out exactly as planned by the producer, or by the authors of the two one act plays, "Birds of a Feather," and "Wurzle-Flummery."

. is perhaps open to question. The 'point' of both plays is somewhat subtle, and subtlety is not a virtue (or vice, if you prefer it) much practised in the lower school. The kindly, meditat'ive Bishop of Mid-Wales vanished like smoke in the fire of Kaye's determination to deliver his lines before they could escape his memory. The amiable half-wit, with a fellow­feeling for the lower creatures, turned out, in J., Greenwood's hands, to be a determined youth with a stentorian voice, who would have been more at home as the Iron Pirate, thougb it must be allowed that the incredibly solemn demeanour which accompanied his " Ha, ha, ha!" was irresistible. Thornber's open, honest countenance flatly gave the lie to any suggestion of shady dealing-a pity, as the rascally, vindictive keeper so ably portrayed by Steele's coat was thus without a fOIl. The boys, one and all, were hard-wotking; it was plain that they had been well drilled--it simply was not a play for them. 'Not that their hearers cared, for, as always with School audiences, their delight was.in things ,mercifully hidden from the play's a.uthor.

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The�performance of '''Wurzle-Flummery'' was more uneven. Wall ace was perfectly convincing-if ever a man was wrapped about in wurzle-flummery it was he. W. L. Harrison, too, had the best of intentions, and quite often achieved them, though the dual personality of the w'ayward solicitor at times defeated him. For the others-the first duty of an actor is to be heard. One suspected that Taylor .knew what he was talking about, but, owing to bis awe of the footlights, it. had to remain a suspicion. Miss Crawshaw did not appear to he a maiden for whose sake any reasonahle man, especially one resolved to resist the lure of fifty thousand pounds, would change even a single letter of his name. Possibly Buckley felt that a more sprightly daughter would not have been in keeping with the spiritless, self-effacing parent �hom C. N. TomlinBon, quite rightly, portrayed. Possibly the fault there should be laid at the author's door, as should, most certainly, the strange spectacle of three characters, seated in Hi solemn row on a sofa, , listening to an harangue from a man decidedly in their rear. One could have wished that the producer had consigned the stage directions to perdit.ion. None the less, the play as a whole' succeeded : none whQ heard i�s reception could be in any doubt of that.

AGRICULTURE. SCHOOL tI. THE POTATOES.

Result :-Won bi five acres. Planted at Giggleswick, at the beginning of term. Strengthened and refreshed by their long holiday, Second Set

set to work with much vigour. The vigour lasted as long as the setting. It was over a week before all the potatoes were used up, some by the field and others by the crows. A dead crow was hung up in the middle of the field "pour encourager les' aut res ...

SCHOOL V. THE CABBAGES.

Result :-Chaos. Planted at Giggleswick, at the time at which they were

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In spite of strenuous efforts to prevent it, it is feared that some of the cauliflowers got planted among the cabbages. It is not yet known whether the result will be caulibage or cabl>a­flower. The weeds do not know,.and the 'weeds do not care.

[At this stage of the proceedings, your humble commentator retired to the sallat01'ium jor a well-earned rest, and so was unable to commentate.]

. MORE CABBAGES.

Result :-=--(Censored).

Planted at Giggleswick on this ninth day of July in the ye/ ar of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty eight.

Well anyway, they got planted somehow.

A RETROSPECT.

Before o�tlining the' substantial progress made this season, let me first SI;IOW that last season's work was not altogether in vain. Of the nineteen thousand six hundred ftnd forty-five bricks which we stacked last yell-r, twelve thousand five hun­dred and seventy three have so far been used; and whereas, if placed end to end, tbese bricks would have reached beyond Buckbaw, they have, in fact, merely been used to build an edifice five hundred and sixty seven incbes long by three bun­dreq and forty eight incbes wide by one' hundred and tbirty eight inches high.

The outstanding event this year has, of course, been the arriva.l of the machine. Now this machine is reputed to be able to do everything, but it must ·seem to the overworked cricketers that 'everytbing' does not include t.hose things which' can be done by human hands. The mechanioally minded may be interested te::> know that it has a six horse-power motor, three forward gears, and a reverse, and that it can just keep up with a fairly fast centipede.

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C. R. LINDSEY (I 1947-48). The less said, the better. C.R.L •.

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REQUIEM .

.. Several climbers perished in the attempt. "

THE gaunt grey crags stood towering steeply roun"d,

Swathed thick in swirling silver mist, That hid, beneath a cloak of opalescent grey, The face and treacherous tumbled scree, Where men had climbed, slipped, scralIlbled, fought,

and falling died To rest enshrouded in tne snow's perpetual peace, While winds howl everlastingly A strange inconsequential dirge In organ pipes of vaulted caverns dim, Where torrents roar in dank and dripping dark. A Hero's resting place. Fit only for such men, Who fought with Nature, and in Nature rest.

SPRING SPATE.

R.C.S.

MOOR and heath were dimmed and blurred ; low, grey clouds drove sullenly over the rugged mountain slopes,

and only the pi ash and drum of the rain broke the stillness. At the hea.d of the highland valley, where the floodi'ng streams ran swift and turbid, there began ; withciut sound, the' life of a· great river : under the grey, scarred boulders and broken hum­mocks the waters trickled cold and unseen. The mountain peaks rose gaunt and hare, for the 'hills were higher than the , cloud.

In mid-morning the cloud arose from the land, leaving the floods to pour down the valley in a swirling mass ; sunken twigs and branches, that for long months had lain dea.d amongst the moss-covered stones, were borne away by the white and foaming torrents, to be cast up on the shingle at the river's bend, where at noon the narrow-winged swifts flew screa.ming a.bove the earth .

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A sma.ll brown-backed bird hovered moth-like over the tumbling water, twittering with low, sweet notes : it was a sad and lonely song, for the rising flood had destroyed tbe nesting holes burrowed deep into the sandy banks, and it was long before the river dropped back to run smooth and shallow; but when the solid mass of Penyghent stood bright and clear on the northern horizon and the hayfields of summer whispered softly in the breeze, only a line of dry sticks on the bank marked the height of the spring spate : then the water mur­mured gently through the light -speckled pools, where the yellow-wing�d mayflies danced in the grim ecstasies of death.

Far above the river valley, over the' sbould�r of Whernside, the dark, peat-stained waters of a lonely mountain tarn glim� mered softly, cold and still beneath the western sky : at the water's edge, the gulls brooded their green-mottled eggs amongst the reeds and rushes that sighed in the cold breath of the evening breeze. The dark flame of the sunset glowed blood-red on the surface of the water and the long, low clouds. piled down upon the land, were speckled purple and crimson in the rays of a , dying sun. Dusk slipped quietly ov�r the moors, and the ta.rn lay silent as the sky.

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THE . LIBRARY.

DURING the past year the ,Library ha� been enlarged by the addition of se�eral gifts, for which grateful acknowledge­

ment is made, on the School's behalf, hy the Librarians. To Dr. Oddie we owe an up-to-date edition of the Encyclo­

pedia Britannica-so up-to-date that its delivery is still awaited. Gifts from Dr. H. L. Smith and E. B. Whittaker have added to the music and science shelves, whilst to Miss I. H. K. Evans and to N. S. T. Benson, Esq. is due an addition to our store of fiction of the lighter order, so popular with the lower school, and, it must be con�eded, some at least of their seniors.

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been ordered have been delivered, and there is no certainty that the position will improve greatly in the near future.

At the time of writing the inquisition, with its revelation of sins of omission and commission, which conclud.es each term, is again in prospect. It may be that in some Utopia books restore themselves to the shelves (they apparently cQntrive to remove themselves here!) and there is no need to make frenzied enquiries of notoriously absent-minded characters, but if ever a term ends in Giggleswick without a list's being posted of .. Books Missing " the Librarians will probably suffer from nervous· prostration. They would be qadly shaken if the list were tq, produce any response !

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.

IT was with some trepidation that this column approached the task of writing the Society notes; he .himself had wasted

so much of his valuable paper in an abortive attempt to print seemingly perfect negatives,. that he really wondered whether he was competent enough to undertake the job: They say that only a bad workman blames his tools, but it must be. stated here in self-defence that the enlarger is not all that it might be; uneven illumination is responsible for many failures, and the shortage of photogra.phic bulbs is so acute, that for some weeks at the beginning of term we had to put up with one that pro­jected the words ' Atlas Lamps' all over our enlargements. We must, however, record with gratitude the work of one enthus­iastic member, who has "blacked-out" the enlarger to such good effect that it is no longer possible to read a novel by the -light of escaping rays while waiting for an exposure to be completed.

Undoubtedly by far the'most useful piece of apparatus we have is the swogger. It ill' large and commodious, and, incidentally, if the legend on the outside is to be believed, once contained Sandeman Port; but without wishing in any way to belittle the painstaking efforts of the Society's members, it must be admitted that many more enlargements find their way th�re than into the' pages of any a.lbum.

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We enjoy ourselves, however, and what else matters ? Even the doubtless purposeful manoeuyres of the Signals Platoon outside our very door fa.il to disbearten us, and although they may turn on the lights when we are in the middle of . develop­ing a pan. film, yet even these obstacles we can take in our stride. In conclusion, we should like to thank Mr. Bloom and Mr. Russell for the trouble they have taken to make our hobby possible for us.

HOUSE NOTES.

Head of House : House Seniors :

Captain of Cricket : Captain of Swimming :

CARR.

J. R. Jameson. C. B. Cow king. R. J. Frank. R. F. H. Leach. C. H. Lindsey. J. R. Jameson. C. ' H. Lindsey.

Before chronicling the events of this term, .which have been curtailed by the usual weather, something must be said of the Sports. Although we were last in the House Competition, we finished third in the standards and second in the junior standards, which augurs well for next year.

The introduction of 'packet lunches' on Sundays has drawn some to Malham and others to Long Preston, though it must be admitted that the novelty of a picnic has in some cases been more tempting than the delights of walking.

P.T. has again varied a good deal, but, on the whole, has improved. Our defeat by Styie in the second ' round of the Junior Cricket was disappointing, as we had a good team on paper. Hanscombe bowled well, and Hartley, J. A. and Hick­.son put on sixty for our first wicket, but the other batsmen failed, alld we 10$t by 29 fUJ;)S. NoweU beat us easily in the

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Senior Dorm . . for although Hanscombe again bowled well, our sli p fielding was bad and our batsmen failed against bowling that was never really dangerous. Nowell's fielding and batting wePe, however, spirited and determined. The three mentioned above, together with Leach. Briggs and Harrison have played for the Colts, while Mitchell and Stephenson have found places in the XXII. J ameson is Captain of Cricket and Frank also was in the XI.

After a week of Swimming Sports, we are more than holding our own. Hartley, J. A. has won places in the finals of the four lengtbs free style, both open and junior, and, together with Hartley, M. J. and Mather, is in the final of the junior diving. Leach has a place in the open. back-stroke, and Mather is expected to get into both breast-stroke finals. In the junior events we did not lose a single place in the first round. but there are still too many people who have not swum their three lengths, despite the fact that our beginners now number only three.

NOWELL.

Head of House : House Seniors :

Captain of Cricket : Captain of Swimming :

D. A. Sheard (PraepoBtor) B. S. Brewster (Praepostor) A. G. Mclntosh, P. M. Ryley, R. C. Saunders, R. O. Collett, H. Kessler. • D. A. Sheard. B. S. Brewster.

After our many successes in sport last term, we returned this term full of enthusiasm, and not without hope of proving ourselves even further. No fewer than six cups had come our way, and our leading success was in the Sports, where Brew­ster deserves our congratulations both for his enthusiastic leadership, and also for his own performance, which included the winning of the Open Mile Cup, and eventually the Gold Mednl itself. Sheard, D. A. , Mclntosh and Wardle won other Open events, and Wardle a.lso gave convincing proof of hiB

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a.bility by winning' a number of Junior events. The Hbuse took first place in the Relay.

When the Gym. Competition was held at the end of last term, Kessler (2nd), Wardle (3rd) and Sheard, D.A. (6th) , representing the House, and , Duckwortb , B . (5th) all found places in the School Gym. VIII, and we won tbe House Cup . . '

In Break P.T. we have been striving for ratber a long time to win first place, and our efforts were rewarded. Needless to say, we are working hard to retain the Cup this term.

In Fives, Sheard, D, A. and Ryley won the final· of the Senior Dorm. inatches against Carr. .

In the J.T.C. we ;are !lit present very well represented. Brewster is C.S.M., and. Sheard, D . A . , is Drum Major and C.Q.M.S., and Ryley a serjeant. Tbere are also three corporals a.nd tp-ree lance-corporals in the House. And it js encouraging to note that we shall not be witho!1t strong representation at Camp this year.

Nor are we without talent in the class:room. Hunt, R. has won an Open Scholarship (under 14 years) and we also con­gratulate Sheard, D. A., Brewster, McIntosh (2), Hartley, G. W., Berry (2) , Sheard, A. V., and Voyantzis on winning · Pri�es on Speech Day .

. We have yet to prove ourselves on the cricket field. In the first round of Junior Dorm., . our team fought back well against a strong Style,XI, hut we were narrowly beaten. Senior Dorm. is yet to be played. Sheard, D. A. , besides captaining the XXII throughout the season, played for tlie XI, and Collett has played for the XXII. Ripper, as a regular member, <and Leake hav� played ' for the Colts. .

.: .. .. . In other spheres of School life, we have found ourselveb well represented, particularly in the choirs- which sang at �.he School Concert. Sheard, D. A., Mclntosh and Ryley �re Librarians ;- Saunders and McIntosh are sub-editors of tQe Chronicle. Mclntosh is Captain of School Swimming. In ·the heats, the juniors particularly are acquitting thell'JselYes .well , and we hp.ve this yee,r only two beg�nners • .

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PALEY.

Head of House : House Seniors :

Captain of Cricket : Captain of Swimming :

J. Bowden (Pni.epostor) D. Smith (Praepostor) H. D. Haighton G. D. Wish M. d' A. Laffoley J. Bowden P. G. Duckworth

With the introduction of packet lunches again this term, the House has been able to "get further afield on a Sunday and see more of the country round about. Nearer home, tbe great out­doors has enticed some noted personalities to divide their spa.re time more or less equally between the tickling of trout and the bludgeoning of golf balls. Their touch is improving.

At the moment the House is not packed with swimming talent, but tribute must be paid to Duckworth who has worKed consistently hard and brought about good results.

We were drawn with Shute in the first round of Senior Dorm., but although we were not so strong on paper, we showed what a determined side could do in the field if it took the trouble to practise. House Cricket colours were awarded to E. B. Longton and H. D. Haighton.

In Junior Dorm. cricket we managed to beat Shute in the first round but were decisively beaten by Style in the final.

\ The House was represented by Bowden in the XI, while

Walker, Hearon, Hallitt, Longton and Wish, G. D., played for the XXII. Bowden must be congratulated on winning his XI colours and Walker for obtaining a XXII pocket. Horn and Winter bottom played for the Colts, Horn being awarded his Colts cap. ' .

It is good to see that the House is well represented at the annual Corps Camp which is again to be held at Gandale. At the moment we have six N .C.O.'s in the Corps. Smith. D., ie C.Q.M.S., Bowden a Serjeant and Haighton, Hallitt, Laffoley and Oldfield at;e L/cpls.

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The Common Room has been greatly improved this term mainly owing to the enthusiasm of Simpson, but we still need more contributions to make it first-rate.

In School we have also had successes. Scholarships were obtained by Wallace and Tubman, while Barrett won the Catteral Hall Exhibition. Taylor must also be congratulated on getting a prize on Speech Day.

In the Speech Day Concert, Senior and Cohen did well, while Laffoley proved himself to be an excellent comedian.

Break P.T. has improved by leaps and bounds. The House is full' of enthusiasm abd has the makings of a first-rate squad, but until ' we can move faster, we cannot hope to reach perfection.

At the time of writing, thirteen Old Boys of the House bave visited us ; they Were : -Blair, Burrows, Bury, C. W. M., Bury, K. J. , Burras, Cronshaw, Hartley, Ibbotson, Kitchen, Kenyon, Mitchell, Stew art and Young.

Head of House : House Seniors :

SHUTE.

B. S. Smith G. B. Nicholson' H. S. O. Moore B. O. Rothera M. V. Neal J. J. Hodgson

We came back this term slightly aJ,lprehensive at the thought of another change of management, but the House has now settled down under Mr. Townend, and we welcome him to Shute. We finally took our leave bf Mr. Fuller at a House conoert produced at the end of last term. He was presented with a desk lamp " in memory of Shute " and many old boys will want to join with the good wishes which went with it. We are very grateful to Mr. Dutton for all that he has done for us during the interim term.

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The first, that a full length drama, Macbeth, was presented for our spiritual nourishment, though not quite as the bard wrote it, and the second that it was Lindsey's farewell production, since he hn.s been transferred to Carr. The whole show pro­vided a fitting conclusion to the term.

House cricket results ·have been disappointing. The Junior XI were beaten by Paley in the first round. However, we managed to get them all out for less than eighty, with only one representative in the Colts set, a creditable performance which showed that we have two or three promising cricketers in the back studies. The Seniors, after being routed for 58 against Paley's 1 22 in the first innings, managed to scrape through the . first round, thanks to a timely 50 by N eal and some good bowl­ing in the second innings, but we were defeated by Style. They were out for 88; a very small total considering the short boundaries on the Tuck Shop pitch, but we were removed for 38 ; a collapse largely due to over-confidence. Again some un­orthodox field setting and good bowling by Nicholson sent them back with less than a century, but even in the second innings none of our batsmen really " came off " and our innings closed with only 70 on the board.

On the brighter side, our swimming results are promising and we have hut three on " beginners' misery." Packet lunches are back and give a few on most Sundays the chance to explore the surrounding countrysiCle, for' which our thanks go to Mrs: West on. The gym. and fives courts have been used more this term, partly due to the wet weather, and partly to increased interest in the junior part of the House, which augurs well for the future. Perhaps the most cheering event was an issue of the Review, edited by Hodgson and Richardson. There. Bore also vague reports of a rival magazine, the Sunday Chronic, operating underground, but competition is not serious as yet.

Our congratulations go to B. O. Rothera, M. V. Neal and B. Parsons for some good performances on the sports field, J:>ring­ing Shute to second place, to J. M. Caton, E. O. R. Bowen, N. P. Richardson and B. S. Smith for winning prizes at Speech Day, to K. W. Leeming for his House Cricket Colours, and to G. B. Nicholson for his XI, M. V. Neal for his XXII oolours and B� O. Rothera. for a pocket.

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STYLB,

Head of House : House Seniors :

Captain of Cricket : Captain of Swimming :

M. M. Roberts E. J. Atherton J. Martin W. M. Clark R. C. B!li'lDforth B. S. Ringrose M. Scales E. J. Atherton

This term, with the revival of packet lunches, we have had a steady stream of boys making weekly pilgrimages to Pen;-y­ghent, Malham Tarn and Cocket Moss, never daunted by the weather.

Turning, to other forms of exercise, we have kept up a steady standard in our P.T. but never reached that which is demanded for tbe P.T. cup. ' During the latter half of this term we have run a knockout tennis doul;>les tournament which after being held up by the weather is now rapidly coming to a close. Thirty­three boys and Mr. Middleton (who is too good for most) , have contributed to an interesting experiment. .

We have one sergeant, two corporals and three lance-corporals in the J.T.C. and there are nineteen volunteers for camp at Gandale, seven of whom went last year. , In the band, whi'ch has had two full dress parades, we �ave been represented 'by nine cadets.

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We won the Junior Dorm: cricket after much bard practice; but people did not seem as enthusiastic as they should have b�e� until they realised that they would have to produce bet�er form than, was shown in the first match. There have been very few nets available for practice and consequently it has been difficult to discover hidden talent, but if no little en­thusiasm and some ability count for anything 'we may be a.ble to hold our own in Senior Dorm.

Scales, Atherton, Fell and Ray have pla.yed for the XI, and'

Bamforlh for the XXII. Raye and 'Wilson, T. D., have been in the Colts team of which Wilson, T. D., 'was capta{n.

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of the term, with the result that there has been only one House bathe in recent weeks before the swimming sports started, and, although much was done in that bathe, some talent may bave been missed. Style started .off the term badly in swimming as there were nine beginners, but the number has been reduced to five, though even so only about eighty per cent of the House has, as yet, swum three lengths.

CATTERAL HALL. This term we have been again unlucky as quarantine has

once more casb its evil spell upon us. We have played three matches and they all provided plenty of excitement. The first was lost by one run, the second was drawn, and the third we lost by three runs� In each game we batted last and were faced by scores of 70 or more. Since this is equivalent to 300 in a Test Match the XI acquitted itself quite well. Had inter­national cricket taught us earlier how to dea.l with 80 packed field we might qave been more successful.

At the beginning of term it looked as though the majority of the House would be able to swim by the end of July but the bath has been out of bounds to us since baif-term.

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The Scouts and Cubs have held their weekly parades. The high light· as far as they are cORcerned appears to have been an afternoon' s cooking which produced the usual delectable dish of grass and egg. No ill effects were noticed after this some.­what exotic dish.

CRICKET. SCHOOL V. CRAVEN GENTLEMEN

Result : Lost by 27 runs

Played at Giggleswick, May 20th.

On an exceptiona.lly .fast wicket and out-field and in a wind so strong that it was impossible after a time to use bails we had our first sight of this yea.r;s XI.

The Craven Gentlemen had brought a strong batting side and it was obviously' going to be very hard work for our bowlers but at the same 'ime a most useful if exa.cting test for them a.nd the fieldsmen.

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Davidson started bowling down wind when we thought that he should have bowled into the wind : later when he tried to do so it transpired that the wind was so strong and at such an awkward angle that Jameson 's orig­inal idea was right. So tricky were the conditions that he 'had to rely almost entirely on length and this is. not enough of itsel� to get out g?od bats­men ' he did however keep thIs length and even If took no wlckets he bowl�d well . Scales could not spin the ball on the hard surface but he too bowled a length and was quite good. Fell appeared to get some nip off the pitch and got a wicket with, 'his first ball when E. W . King, who had come in first with J. Carrington, was well caught in the slips by Scales. 'Ihi. brought in A. B. Sellers , the Yorkshire Captain, who naturally knows most things about cricket ; one of the things ;whioh he could not know was that Neal can throw a ball a very long way and very fast and true and so when he called for what �ppeared an easy second run-the ball was just being gathered near the tennis courts-he did not realize that he might be out by several yards-but he was , having made 22 . Neal owed us something by this time as he had bowled three of the worst possible ' overs which had helped J. Carrington on his way ; the latter needed no help for he made an admirable hund red and wa.s not out when his captain declared at 178 for 5. Frank who had bowled steadily had taken two wiokets and Scales one.

The declaration which allowed us as long to bat as our opponent� certainly meant that we should have to go for the runs and this we did.

A. B. Sellers went on to bowl off-breaks round the wicket with three short legs and another row behind them. His field and prestige to­gether helped him to get the first four batsmen who made forty-two between them. Atherton who made two good cuts , and, still more pleasing, two good on drives was bowled playing across ; Frank, who tended to follow the ball with the edge when trying to play back, was out l .b .w. in the same way ; Fell played quite well but was lured out very obviously and stumped ; Davidson was a little uncertain .. did not get his foot to the ball , and was finally caught at cover when hitting firm footed.

Nioholson , however , really made us hope for good' things during the season by making a firm, quick and safe forty. He straight drove Sellers splendidly for a six and hit five others really hard to the boundary, and was finally bowled when he hit across one from P. RO.binson when trying to keep pace with the clock. Bowden who helped him to put on sixty for the fourth wicket II:\anaged with his bottom wrist to push the , bat straight at the good balls and hit the bad ones hard.

While these two were in there was a chance but after they went and Jameson had been excellently caught by · Fell who was acting as a sub­stitute there was little hope left to win the game. In view of this it was not over wise of Soales to jump down the pitch , hurl his bat at the nearest of the short legs before it could connect' with the ball , and be easily stumped , Parsons had the not very enviable task of facin'g five balls of the last over, Sellers faster one caught him napping and we had lost a most enjoyable , instructive and by no means discouraging game. Our bowling had proved sound, our fielding , if rather untidy, certainly was not bad , and several batsmen had shown promise.

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E . W. King, c. Scales , b. Fell . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 11 J. Carrington, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 A. B . Sellers; run ou t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 P. Robinson . b. Scales • . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 R. Maismith , Lb .w . , b. Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 R. Peacock . c. Scales, b. Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 C. E . Clarke. not ou� . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 J. Sunderland f D. Shaw d 'd t .... t N, Sugden I no ..... .

G. T. Sellers Extras . . . . . . 10

Davidson . 0 for 51 Scales. 1 for 56

Total (for 5 wkts. dec . ) 178 N eal . 0 for 19 Fell, 1 for 26

Frank, 2 for 16 SCHOOL

E. J . Atherton . b. Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 R. J . Frank, Lb.w . • b. Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 W. l!'ell , st . Sugden , b . Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 M : S. Davidson . c. Maismith , b . Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 G. B. Nicholson , b. Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 J. Bowden , b. Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 J . R . Jamesop , o . sub. b . Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M. V. Neal, st . Sugden , b. King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 J . M. Kaye, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 M . Scales, /It . Sugden , b. Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 B , Parsons, c . Bugden , b . Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Extras . . . . . . 15

Total 151 Robinson , 3 for 45 A. B . Sellers, 6 for 41 R. Peacock , 0 for 10 D. Shaw, 0 for 8 E. W. King, 1 for 30 R. ldaismith, 0 for 1

SCHOOL. V. SKIPTON G. S. Result : Lost by 5 wickets.

Played at &)dpton on May 27th . Rain had fallen for the first time for some days and there was l10 suspicion

of moisture on the pitch ; a change after some really fast wickets but not .. sufficiently big ODe to excuse such .a small score . Of course credit must be given to the Skipton bowlers, Falshaw, medium fast, who kept the ball well up to the batsmen and from time to time moved one late with his arm, and Taylor who bowled off breaks a few inches short of a length, were steady and certainly deserved to get wickets but not quite so rapidly as they did.

The whole trouble was that batsmen just would not get the leU foot squarely to the ball . Kaye was caught at the wicket a.nd Fcll and David­son clean bowled playing straight dowu the middle at a ball on the oft­stump, and all three went for 19 runs. At 40 Atherton, who had been

404 patient but always moving slightly across th� ball , �id �o Once too of�en and Nichblson pla.yed too soon when attemptmg , q Ulte rIghtly , to on drIve and sk ied an easy catch to mid-on . Five for forty was not encouraging but with Fran k prepared to sit light al1d watch Bowden beipg ' aggressive things looked like picking up. Bowden played sensibly , picking out the bad balls and really hitting them, making 31 out of the 44 scored while he was in . Frank was bowled playing back and Jameson , complete with runner and twisted ankle, was not sufficiently mobile to get his foot to a drive and was caught at cover . The last three wickets fell for five runs a.nd all told it was a distressing performance .

We had left Skipton all the time in the world to get the runs and there never appea.red to be a.ny doubt that they would do so. Neal bowled very loosely and although Davidson and Scales were reasonably good and were supported by some quite souud fielding-Bowden particularly distinguished himself-the wicket had dried , the outfield was fast and not big. We did not deserve to win and we lost by 5 wickets .

SCHOOL E. J . Atherton, b. Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 J . M. Kaye , c. Crowdson , b. Falshaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 1 W. Fe ll , b,. Falshaw . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 M. S. Davidson , b . Falshaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 G. B. Nicholson , c. Robinson, , b . Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 J . Bowden , b. Tay Jor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 R. J . Frank!, c . Robi n son , b . 'l'aylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 J. R., Jameson , , o. Robinson , b. Falshaw . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 B. Parsons; c. Fa15haw, b. Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ( . . . : 1 M. Scales , b. Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 M. V. Neal , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Falshaw, 4 for 7 Taylor , 5 for 34

E xtras . . . . . . 8

Total 86

Robinson , 0. for 23 Wright ' 1 for 14

SKIETON G.S. J. Falshaw , c. Jameson , b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 O. Crowdson , run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B. Robinson , c. Kaye , b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 J . E . Taylor, b . Davidson . . . :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 J. P. Metcaife , l . b. w . b . Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 H. C . Crook, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 T. Harrison , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 W. M. Wright } R. Rishworth

did not bat F. N. Cook R. Hall

Extras . . . . . . 6

Total for 5 wickets 87 Davidson, 3 for 23 Neal, 0 for 16 Scales, 1 for 16

Fell , 0 for 17 Frank, 0 for 9

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SCHOOL v. ST. PETE R ' S , YORK.

- Result ; Lost by 19 runs.

Played at X,ork, on Junll 5th .

Although the fortunes of this game fluctuated a.nd the final resul t W&S on paper, a fairly close one, it could not be called a rea.lly exciting match and neither side appeared to be a.t the top of its form .

The wioket at York had been cove'red and thus we did not find it as wet as we had, anticipated ', but it W,tS wet' enough to make us sorlY to lose the toss, as tlle ball showed no �igns of coming off at any pace and was obviously going to turn very slowly . The conditions made it imperative to keep a length and rely on the late-swings, keen fielding, and the fraility of human nature to give us w.ickets . Neal was erratio but Davidson settll)d down at once soundly ' and steadily and did not hav� ' to 'wait long for his reward as Thornton was soon l . b . w . and Griffiths edged one to Kaye who also caught Hod,d off Neal in the next over. Davidson went on to bowl Speight and get Parker caught in the slips and we had got half of �hem , out <;>ff the edge fo�, 53 , SOi\les, who had , replaced Neal, made one or �wo get up or spin in a way calculated to cause our own batsmen 'te p�9ker �p.eir . . bro,Ws and stare apoxiously, He got two quick wickets I!!nd we began to feel that 67 for 7 was in our favour. It was at this point that Athert,op. d'ropped Dryden in the slips and the' latter then made twenty-five good runs , the next wicket putting on forty. Mortimer, who had help'�d' ,n tllis, carried on the, good work for St" Peter ' s and was Illst out-and the score was by this time 142-run out when ,the wicket was hit ,by a return from Bowden who had fielded well throughout.

. J �mese,n ri���ly ohose, the, heavy roller and the pitch was de�d when our

Jnmngs began . Frank , havlDg been nearly bowled when leavlDg alone a cunningly concealed googly from Speight , was, soon out leg before because he would not use ,�his feet . The wet wicket and the fact that he would not have to face' 'a new ball made Bowrlen ' s promotion to number three a sensible, one " particu larly IjoA St, Peter 's had a wealth of spin bowlers . He hit these I&tter extremely hard and with Atherton go ing steadily. along at the other end things seemed to be going our way again . Then suddenly at fifty-five Bdwden was l .b .w . trying to hook, Kaye was bowled next bal l .

Atherton left in the next over . and Nicho lson let one gn between bat and pad and we were five, down for fi�ty ' nine .

Davidson began uncertainly aud seemed troubled by Speight 's flight but at length he looked like settling down , and with Walker helping .him ,

once more gave us hope but h'e mi5-hit a full toss at 94. After this ,Jameson and Neal looked a li ttle like making runs, -hut , only a little-and .we' ,were all out for 123. a disappointing seo're when we remember that we ..had once been 50 for d . Davidson ' s bowling and, Bowden ' s hitting had .been the two praiseworthy features of pur performance , but that Budden landslide in the middlo of our innings was both disa.ppoin ting all the day �lind disturbing for the ;futu.re , , " . ' " ' ' '

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Thornton , l .b .w . , b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 0 Griffiths , c. Kaye, b . Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Hodd, c . Kaye , b. ·Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Parker, c . Atherto�, b . Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . < 0 . . . . . . 18 Speight , b . Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 DenniB, b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I . . 4 Dryden , l o b . w . , b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . 25 Baker , b . Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mortimer, rUll out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Grabam, c. Davidson , b. Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ilurdass, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; 8

Davidson, 5 for 51 Walker , 0 for 15

Neal , 1 for 30

SCHOOL

Extras. . . . . . 5

Total 142

Scales , 2 for 28 Frank, 1 for 13

E. J. Atberton , b. Speigbt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 R. J. Frank, l . b . w . , b. Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 J. Bowden, l .b . w . , b. Dryden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 J. M. Kaye, b. Dryden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 G. B . Nicholson , b. Dryden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 M. S. Davids:>n , c. Graham, b. Speight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 J. D. A. Wa.lker, b. Speight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 J. R. Jameson , b. Speight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 B . Parsons , b. Hodd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 M . V. Neal , c. Hodd, b. Speight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 M. Scales , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . ; . . . . . 4

Gra.bam,

,Thorn ton ,

1 for 23 o for 16

Speight. 5 for 39

Extras . . . . . . 6

Total 123 '

Hodd, 1 for 32 Dryden 3 for 7

SCHOOL V. STONYHURST COLLEGE .

Hesult : Lost by 5 wickets.

Played at Stonyhurst, on June 12th.

We had to go Stonyhurst without Jameson who was on the sick list . Nicholson , who led the side in wbat was to prove an unUBua game in which triumph was turned suddenly into disaster , gave us a good start by winning the tOBS and taking Atherton in with him to face the medium fast bowling of Rhodes and Kelly . In tbe third over Atherton pushed forward too soon and ga.ve an ea.sy catch but Nicholson looked as if he

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might get some runs al?d although Bowden , who again came in first wicket down , does not time the fast ball well , he was obviously looking for them. Unhftppily Nicholson , with the total !lot 22 , was well oaught at the wicket on the leg side when trying to hook a ball outside his leg-stump. Six runs later Bowden drew back and across a good length ball and was caught. in the s lips. Fell was obviously determined to stay and began slowly . If only someone with a few more scoring strokes could stay with him' we might make a decent score , and Davidson raised OUl" hopes , for although he did not get his foot to the line of the ball, he did most certainly deal very effeotively with some in-swingers going wide of the leg stump. ' At 55, of which he had made 25. he played inside a straight ball which bowled him . After this, and in spite of the dogged Fell , things began to happen . Walker pushed one gently into 'a leg trap , Rothera was bowled by a good one from Shepherd , who also got rid of Neal when he only came half forward. Finally just before lunch Fell was caught for a patient and valuable 13 and at the interval we had got 92 for 8 . When we began again Frank and Raye batted stubbornly and our i nnings lasted another three-quarters of an hour and ended with a, score of 125.

This was not a lot of runs to play with but Davidson managed to get a little life from the pitch and , finding a good, Jength , soon had the batsmen nibbling and as a result Nicholson in the gully, Raye behind the wicket, and Neal at first slip all made good catches to comfort us with 3 for 15. At 25 Wilson moved across the wicket and was beaten by a weli pitched up ball froin Neal which swung enough to beat the bat . Leydon looked like stopping the rot when he and Manning carried the score to 50. Then suddenly the end came. Scales aud Fell were able to iurn the ball and the last six wickets fell for two runs a few minutes before tea.

We had 'arranged to draw stumps at six-forty five and our opponents wanted to have another go at us . With a lead � seventy three and two hours and a quarter to play everything should have been safe . Eighty runs in an hour and a half were all we needed .

Either we felt too safe, or our concentration , which had certainly been keen in the field , was broken , but the fact remains that we crumpled . Stonyhurst with everything to gain went for us hammer and tongs with their fast bowlers and our second inn ings lasted fifty minutes Itnd in

. it we got 44. The bowling and fielding were good but several wickets were lost carelessly .

Stonyhurst needed 118 in seventy minutes and they got them with six minutes to spare . Reeble's forty three gave us a lesson in straight driving. the use of the feet , and short runs. Sad though the story was one cannot grudge him a single onc.

SCHOOL

E. J. Atherton , o. Wilson , b. Rhodes 1 G. B. Nicholson , o. Adam , b. Rhodes 10 J . Bowden , c. Shepherd , b. Reily . . . 13 W. Fell , c. Wi!son, b . TweddeIl . . . . . . 13

b. Relly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 c. Wilson , b. Rhodes . . . . . . . . . 0 b. Rhodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 b. Rhodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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M, S.· Davidson, b . Shepherd . . . . . . . . . 25 J . D. A. Walker, c . Laurence,

• b . TweddeIl 1 B. O . Rothera, b. Shepherd. . . . . . . . . . . . 9 M. V. Nea.l , b. Shepb�rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 R. J . Frank , c. Leyden , b. '!'weddell 1 1 J . M . Raye, not out . . . . � . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 M. Scales , c . Leyden , b . Shepherd 5

Extra.s . . . . . . 17

b . Relly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

c. Wilson , b. Relly . . . . . . . . . 0 c. Tweddell, b. Rally . . . . . . 2 not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 c . Leyden , b. Rhodes . . . . . . 1 c. Rooney, b. Relly . . . . . . . . 0 c. Leyden , b. Relly . . . . . . . . . 1

Extras . . . . . . 12

Rhodes , 2 for 19 Rooney, 0 for 6

Total 125 Relly . 1 for 22 Shepherd , 4 filr 29

'l'otal 44

Rhodes , 4 for 12 Relly, 6 for 20

STONYHURBT T. R. Reeble, c . Nicbolson ,

b. DfIovidson . . . . . . 1 1 M . Latlrence, c . Raye, b . Davidson 1 A. Wi1son , I .b.w . • Nea! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 C. Shepherd , c. Neal, b: Davidson . . . 0 B. J. Leyden , b . Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 G. Maoning, b. Fell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

. B. Rhodes , b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 P. Relly , b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 C . Adam, b . Fell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 13. Rooney , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 W. Tweddell, b. Fell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Extras . . . . . . 4

c. Bowden , b. Fell . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 b . Scales . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 b . Fell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 did n'ot bat b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

} did not bat

Extras . . . . . . . 7

Total 52 Total for 5 wiokets 120

Davidson , 3 for 10 "Neal , 1 for 22 David�on , 2 for 34 Neal , 0 for 3i .Scales, 3 for 6 Fell , 3 for 10 Fell , 2 tor 33 Scales, 1 for 12

SCHOOL 1). ST. BEES.

Result Won by a.n innings and 57 runs. Played at St . BeE)s. on June 16th and 17th .

. A long bus journey is not the best preparation for an innings and so, in spite of the fact that the fourth knock is never an attractive prospect . in these circumstances one perhaps minds losing the toss less than at any other time, St. Bees went in on a dry wicket to face Davidson a.nd Neal . Davidson got some belp from a wind from the sea. and fortnd life in the pitch . Neal still bowled too ma.ny loo�e ones but on the ' whole looked less erratic than usual . He was heartened by tbe batsmen's tendency to play back and still more when he got a. wicket in each of his third .and fourth avers , when Borlase and Burgess each put his pads in �ront. In the intervening over Davidson ha.d bowled Bloomer : twenty three fo r "tbree . A cautious resistance soon brought about a double change. Fell

'Wft>S a.�Je to turn the oall sharply and wa$ rewarded by. a w�cket ill his

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first over but Thompson and Brothers helped Hartley to go on resisting. The latter was caught by Atherton off . Scales,' against whom he had never really looked comfortable . for a very useful and by ' no mean. inelegant thirty four. The total wa.s now 73 and in spite of some run. from Fecitt. Davidson was able to finish off the innings taking in his pecond spell 4 for 9 in 9 avers of which 5 were maidens .

The St. Bees bowlers ' began quite well . Hayek was fast, and if rather erratic , was liable to bowl a really' deadly ball from time to time and both Swiuglehurst and Brothers kept just sufficiently short of a length to let batsmen .get themselves out. So we had the unwelcome though not unfamiliar sig1!t of half the side out for less than fifty. Th",n Jameson and Fell stepped into thc breach and began slowly and continued to wear the bowlers down . Most valiantly they batted and not a little of our sub­sequent success is due to them, for when Fell was out after nearly an hour the score was still only 63 but the way was open for Some hard hitting by NeaI . Jamesl)n departed at 88 for an invaluable 21, and Kaye came in . We pasRed our opponents ' score and made 116 for 7 , before stumps were drawn .

Things were better than they might ha"e been but the wicket looked as though it might be awkward by the fourth innings and a great deal would depend on our remaining batsmen , It was good that night to hear rain falling which might prevent a crumble and deaden the pitch for the first hour. This is exactly what happened and with the ball just sitting up and looking at him Neal had a merry time . He hooked well and safely, :indulged in some mighty straight drives and forced the ball through the covers off his back foot. We must not forget Kaye who though he only made seven runs helped in a partnership of seventy-five , or Rothera who made a most useful twenty.

When St. Bees went in an hour before lunch Jameson , anxious to get rid of Hartley, put Scales on from the start . This was a happy choice for he bowled well and the match finished in the early afternoon .

ST. BEES.

Hartley., ct . Atherton , b . Scales . . . . . . 34 ct. Nicholson, b. Scales • . • 0 Borlase. l .b .w . , b. Neal ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 I .b .w. , b . Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , Bloomer, b. Davidsou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Burgess, l .b .w. , b. Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 et. and b . Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Smith , ct. Davidson , b. Fell . . . . . . . . . 7 b . Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Thpmpson, ct. Neal , b. Fell . . . . . . . . . 11 I .b .w. , b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . , Brothers , ct. and b , Davidson . . . . . . 11 st . Kaye , b. Soales . . . . . . . . . 0 Fecitt , b . Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 ct. and b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Swinglehurst, b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hayek. b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 b . 8cales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Delany , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Davidson. 5 for 22 . Scales , 1 for 40

Extras . . . l() Extras . . . 2

Total 105 Total 89

Neal , 2 for 15 Scales. 8 for 21, Davidson, 2 for 16 Fell, 2 for 18

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E. J . Atherton, Lb.w. , b. Hayek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 G. B. Nicholson . b. SwinglehuIst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 W. Fell, b . Brothers . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 M. S. Davidson . b. Hayek . . . :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 R. J. Frank . b. Ha.yek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 J . Bowden. ct. and b . Brothers . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 J . R. Jameson , ct. Fecitt , b. Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 M : V . Nea.l , not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 J. M. K!'ye . l .b .w . , b. Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 B. O. Rothera . ct. Swinglehurst, b. Brothen . . . . . . 20 M. S9ales , b. Borlase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Hayek, 3 for 48. Feci tt , 0 for 10

Swinglehurst, 1 for 40 Borlase , 1 for 20

SOHOOL V. LEEDS G.S.

Extras . . . . . . 25 Total 201

Brothers, 5 for 46 Burgess, 0 for 13

Result : Lost by 61 runs . Played at Giggleswick , on June 19th . We wele lucky to play this game at all in the middle of a wet spell ;

even as it was a start was impossible un til 2-40. On a ra.in damaged wicket with the ba.ll getting up at uneven heights and with spells of poor light the bowlers were always on top. There were altogether nine extras , twenty one batsmen made fifty eight between them and the twenty second made sixty four, This was Lewis , the Leeds Ca.ptain . who played the most delightful cricket that we have seen in any school side this year . With his head well over the ball and with the straightest of bats he never looked in difficulties and although he obviously has most of the strokes he very wisely used only those which suited the conditions . lt is a pity that our batsmen failed to learn a lesson from his demonstration of foot work. concentration , restraint and cricket sense . But they did fail to learn it.

lt is only fair to say that i f Lewis , playing well , took two hours to make his runs. some very definite credit must go to the bowlers. The shine was bound to disappear early with silch a wet out-field and the pitch could only be expected to take spin very slowly and although the ball was obviously coming off at varying p8.ces and bowlers could dominate the game they could only "do so if they bowled steadily and always forced the batsmen to play them. There were very few short balls and these were fortunately treated so mercilessly as to put all four of our bowlers on their mettle .

Only fifteen runs were made off the first sixteen overs which were shared by Davidson and Neal . each bowling four maidens and Neal getting a wicket through a catch by Parsons.

Fell got some life from the pitch and turned a few from the off but waB a little unlucky . Scales, who had taken over from Neal , bowled un­changed for the rest of the innings. He did not spin the ball a lot but kept it well up to the batsmen and relied mainly on his swing and his faster balls to get his wickets-he took 5 for 35 in eighteen overs of which seven were maidens. Davidson' s second spell wa� just as steady as hill tirs� apd JIluch mOre successful !\os he got four very UStlful wickets .

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The bowlers were helped b y some sound fielding and at this s�e o f the match our performanoe had been creditable . '

From this time on the story is a depressing one. The Leeds bowlers­were good, were on' the attack and were probably always capable of getting us out , but when they were aided and abetted by our obvious deter. mination to get ourselves out, what should have been a keen and closely contested match turned into a rout . �eir quick men'soon h&d NicholloQ pushing the ball gently into the hands of sil1y·mid·on , Fell caught at the wicket when playing back to a well pitched up out·swinger, and Bowden clean bowled hitting across one . But it was Hulton's leg breaks that showed us up most, etor the batsmen just would not use their feet and either pushed uneasily forward at the flight of the ban or played back awkwardly to spinning half volleys. If we could have found just two who would have come right out to the pitch of the ball with their heads well down" the tide might have been turned. As it was the tide never looked like turning and we were soon ignomimo.usly engulfed by it.

LEEDS Metcalfe, st. Kaye, b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • 12 Watkinson, c . Parsons, b . Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lewis, c. Kaye, ,b . Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Susses , tb .w . , b , Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Woodbridge, c. Scales , b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Booth, c. & b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,8 Draper, c. Fell , b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . l5 Butterworth, b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hulton , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Howard, b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Whimster, c. Atherton, b. Davidson ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

M. S. Davidson , 4 for 85 W. Fell, 0 for 14

Extras . . . . . . 6

M. V. Neal , 1 for 6 M. Soales , 5 for 85

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SCHOOL ' G . B. NicholBon , c. Draper, b. Watkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 W. Fell , c. Woodbridge, b. Howard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 E . J. Atherton , b. Hulton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 M. S. Dli.vidson , st. Woodbridge, b. Hulton . . . . . . . . . SI J. Bowden, b. Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 J. R. Jameson , b. Hulton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 M . V. Neal , c. Lewia , b. Whimster. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 1 B . O. Rothera, l .b .w" b. Hulton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 J. M. Kaye, c. Lewis . b. Whimster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 B . Parsons, c. & b. Hulton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 M. Scales , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Howard, 2 for 6 �ulton, 5 for 18

Extras 8

Watkinson, 1 for 7 Whimster , SI for 1

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SCHOOL V . OLD BOYS

Result : Won by 8 wickets .

Played at Giggleswick, on June 26th .

Old Boys ' matches are very good fun . ' One is glad to see so many friends playing here again : glad to realise that if they bowl short or edge the ball it does not matter as it did when they played on the other side a year or two ago. There is , too, the secret hope that they may 'do these things from time to time , as, formidable though they are on paper , they are often a little out of practice and the odd long hop or catch in the slips may help us to a victory whfch we shall welcome and our opponents will not grudge us. The very hours of play, from the grey unfriendliness of 10-30 to an early lunch , and, the afternoon having been devoted to Bands, G uards of Honour, Speeohes , Gymnastio Displays , and tea , from 4-30 till late in the evening, are sufficient to rob the match of too much grimness . The crowd too, after tea, is such -0. large one, and nearly all on our side.

This year's match was of this pattern . We fielded first and were en­couraged by some quick wickets . D . S . Ainley was run out in the first over, and in the next J . Nuttall was unlucky to chop a ball from Neal on to his stumps . W. Middleton and K. J. Bury looked like steady ing things until the latter was run out , and the former, perhaps a little put of! by the basilisk stare of sundry Junior Oolts or by the itching fore-finger of an umpire , skied a ball from Fell into the covers where he was caught by Neal . R. }<} . Bh\ir was immediately stumped of! Scales and W. H. Nelson ' caught and bowled by Fell. That made 31 for 6. J. O. Maltby and Parsons , whom we had lent to the O .G.s to take the place of one who had not turned up, then dug in until lunch . After tea the remaining wickets fell cheaply and they were 0.11 out for 59 .

Atherton got a four o f! the first ball o f our innings and was caught at �he wicket of! the third . After this Nicholson and Fell settled down to some sound cricket and it was not until we were within four runs of victory that Nicholson left, having made a useful 30. We went on merrily until we declared at 96 for 4 'and gave the 0.G . 8 a half hour's knock. During this time we got four of them out for forty two and Nuttall by driving hard and straight made twenty four not out. Stumps were drawn at 7-30 and at 7-32 a heavy shower , which had held of! with rare decency, began to fall .

OLD BOYS

D. S. Ainley, run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 J. Nuttall , b . Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 K. J. Bury , run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 W. Middleton , at . Neal , b . Fell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 J . O . Maltby, ct. Kaye , b . Da.vidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 R. E . Blair , st . Kaye , b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 W. H. Nelson, ct. & b. Fell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B . Parsons , ct. & b. Sca.les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 J, Cresawell, st . Kaye , b . Scale� . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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J. G. Atherton, 'not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 M . Hoyland, b. Scales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Extras . . . . . . 2

Total 59 M. S. Davidson , 1 for 20 M. V. Neal, 1 for 9 M. Scales , 4 for 17 W. Fell , 2 for 11

J. R. Jameson , 0 for 0

SCHOOL E. J. Atherton, c . Cresswel l , b . Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . , 4 G. B. Nicholson , c. Nuttall , b. Ainley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 W. Fell, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 IlL S. Davidson , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Extras 7

Total (for 2 wkts) 61 W. H. Nelson , 1 for 15 J . Nuttall , 0 for 22 W. Middleton , 0 for 14 • D. S. Ainley, 1 for 8

J. C. Maltby, 0 for 4

SCHOOL V. DURHAM SCHOOL

Result : Lost by 25 runs , Played at Giggleswick, on July 3rd. Once again our bowlers did their utmost , at first keeping going well

against some sound opening batting and then , when they saw their chance, seizing it , skittling out their last six batsmen for twenty runs and giving us every opportunity of winning. Once again our batsmen failed to avail themselves of this opportunity .

Durham went in at the cold and cheerless hour of 10·30 and showed at once that they had some batting strength. Our fielding was at first in tune with the time of day, not bad but a littlll watery and as far as the slips went still a little sleep laden. Jameson was justified after two balls in one over , one a chance, had got through these same slips, in dismissing them and replacing them by two more whom he exhorted to be more ware and waking. This summary treatment might have been the turning point of the match for Atherton who had been one of those dismissed was either stung into inoredible activity , or wanted to prove that he had been put originally into the wrong place , but whatever the cause he began to hurl himself at the ball and on two occasions, once at short extra. and once a. mid·on, he emulated a soccer goal keeper diving camerawards and got to his feet again with surprise in his eyes , applause in his ears , and the ball in his hands . Not content with this he caught 110 sharp one from a left·hander at forward short leg . Then with a twinge of pessimism he muttered , . . I ' ll get a sitter next a.nd then- I've h&d it . " But whether he was pessimist. repentent sinner, or just showing us, they were three very good catches and J;Dight ha.ve won the match.

These a.crobatic8 came in a la.ter stage of the Durham innings for at

414 6.rst wiokets were hard t o get though Davidson bowled well and although he took no wiokets his first ten overs of whioh six were maidens, oost only nine runs. It was Soales who got the first wioket bowling Bell, who had made twenty two of the first thirty two , with a ball pitohed outside the oft-stump and coming oft at a tremendous paoe to hit the wiokets . In the next over Davidson made Gatenby edge one straight towards Neal at first slip when Ray. with more enthusiasm than oricket sense moved across , got the ball into his gloves, and dropped it I Gatenby had then made nine .nd he went on to make thirty-seven until .he beoame the first of Atherton's viotims. The fourth wioket fell at 89 and then Davidson, who had had two brief rests during whioh Fell bowled far too .short , took eight wiokets for eight 'runs to finish oft the Durham innings for 109 .

We had to ' face two overs before lunoh and Fell and Raye went in primed with the obvlo'us instruotions. Raye interpreted these by nearly running himself out in the first over and still more nearly getting him­Belf oaught when he attempted to .cut a fast riser in the seoond . Re­membering that youth will be youth and resisting an impulse to ofter him up as a sacrifioe to the Gods of Crioket we we�t in to lunch in reasonably good heart .

There was plenty of time to get the necessary score , two runs an over would have got us these oomfortably , the wicket was slow and at ita worst would only cause the ball to rise at uneven heighta , so, provided there was no hooking or badly judged cutting there seemed no reason why we should not get the runs. It is true that Durham had some good bowling ; Craven was as fast as anybody we ha.d met and . Bell kept a length and swung the b,lll well . They oertainly bowled well and needed no help from the batsman . Unfortunately they got ft. Fell and Bowden were out trying to pull , Davidson and Scales trying to hook, Jameson and Sheard through not playing right forward to fast bowling, Rothera throu�h not hitting the bad ball hard enough, Atherton because he mistimed a full toss . Neal alone made runs , not that he always played a safe shot or hit the ball in the middle of the bat but he really hit the ball hard and so was able to get 'a",!!oy with his mistakes . His 35 not out was the one bright spot of a. most dila.ppointing innings.

DURHAM M. W. Bell, b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 W. L. Gatenby, ct. Atherton , b . Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 T . Bourn, ct. Nicholson , b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 R. W. Smithson, ct. Raye, b. Davidson . . . . . . : . . . . . . . 15 E . C. Craven, ct. Atherton , b. Fell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 J. R. Hamilton, b. Davidson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 S. Brooks, b , Da.vidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 H. Hofmann , ct. Atherton , b. Da.vidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 D . C. McRea.g, I .b .w. , b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 C. W. Thomson , b. Nea!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 T. G. Smailes , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Davidson. 30 for 6 Neal. 20 for f

Extras 4

Total 109

Scales . 22 for 2 Fell . 33 for 1

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SOHOOL · W. Fell . b. Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 J. M. K .. ye. et. Bell. b. Smithson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 E . J. Atherton. ct. Hamilton, b. Thomson . . . . . . . . . 1 1 G. B . NiehoJson . b. Bel! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 M. S. Davidson . l .b .w. , b. Bell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 M. V. Nea.l , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 J. R. Jameson . b. Craven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 D. P. Sheard, b. Craven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 J. Bowden . b. Craven . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 � . O. Rothera. et. McKeag, b: Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 M. Bcales , l .b .w . • b. Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 0

Extras . . . . . . 3

Total 84

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. ' Craven, 19 for 3 Bell , 29 for 5 Smithson . 29 for 1 Thomson, 5 .for' 1

SCHOOL v. O. A. HILFORD'S XI

Result : Lost by 107 runs .

Played at Giggleswick, on July 8th

Mr. Milford had warned us that he was bringing a very strong team this yoar and he was as good as his word , and from the time when C. R. Davies and C. G. W. Loomes began to dig in it was obvious that we should have .to fight desperately for any glimpse of succees . Davidson and Neal opened the bowling very Rteadily and . althou�h it would be an overstatement '$0 say that they ever for one moment had the batsmen in trouble, there were times when the batsmen themselves said that they were glad to have

. missed Naal ' s occasional late out-swingers. Jameson -was soon faced with , th� problems of field placing which exper�enced batsmen present to

liarassed captains and if he did pot always solve them at once he certlloinly did not shelve them. For instance some very square driving tesulted in cover point working further and further to his left band thus leaving a gap throu�h whieh the ball was then playfully tapped. More unfort­unately this lack of position resulted in Bowden not quite getting to a catch off Frank' s first ball which should ha.ve gone straight into his hands . The fielding, if rather untidy, was never bad and by the end the fieldsmen were in the right places. The first wicket fell at 91 , just before lunch . when Davies was bowled by Scales and J. Chll-dwick came in to take his �ce.

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Soon after lunch Loomes was bowled by Neal . G. M. Shuttleworth . fresh from the Varsity match. and J. Howarth both left for small Icores and with memories of the delightful innings which they had played in previoul years one was both glad and sorry to see them go. When the old Middlesex and E ngland bowler known familiarly to his many fans as • Big Jim ' Smith came out of the pa>rilion one oould hear the ripple of anticipation. Nor were those same fans disappointed for , as theT had

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gleefully predicted , he hit 0. six. But Jameson had rig�tly ordered his bowle rs to bowl well outside the off stump and when DavIdson obeyed and a giant like left foot did not get there Bowden had an easy catch at cover. All this time Cho.dwick had been pushing the score along with that easy and orthodox style which our batsmen would do well to copy . He was 74 not out when the innings was declared closed at 203 for H.

With just under two and a quarter hours to play our batting was not .'rong enough to make a serious bid for the runs. Furthermore it was imperative that in view of previous collapses we should not disgrace our­selves so all we could hope for was that runs would come at 0. normal pace .

At long last we got a I\teady start and Atherton , Nicholson and Fell all played qui te well. It is true that runs sometimes came from the pdge of the bat but that is to be expected from school sides when facing Smith even if he is bowling at greatly reduced speed , for his slower action is par­ticularly deceptive as it gives little indication to the unwary of his pace off the wicket. We had 58 for 2 at tea, Nicholson having been bowled by one that moved late and Atherton having suddenly decided to play back to a half volley. ,

After tea Fell w as soon caught magnificently low down in the slips , Davidson was bowled playing firm footed , Neal followed his second ball round and poked it feebly into the hands of backward short-leg . Jameson was caught at cover when his left foot did not get to the ball , and Bowden played back and across his first ball .

• Kaye and Rothera strove to save the day, the former playing straight

up and down the line of the ball ",nd the latter producing one really good looking off drive . In spite of this vJ.liant effort we could not hold out and our last wicket went five minutes before time. On the whole we had not put up a bad performance and in any case we had had a most enjoyable an<l. instructive day ' s oricket.

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C. A. MILFORD ' S XI

C. R. Davies, b. Scales . • . . . . . . . . .•. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 C. G. W. Loomes , b. Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,. . . 51 J. Chadwick, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 G. M. Shuttleworth , l . b .w . , b. Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 J. Howarth, ct. Davidson , b. Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 C. 1. J . Smith, ct. Bowden, b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 J. Kenyon, run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 W. J. Kenyon , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . 1 W. Green } G. Pemberton did not bat J. Holroyd

Extras . . . . . . 4

Total (for 6 wkts . dee. ) 203

Davidson , 1 for 75 Neal, 3 for 56 Frank, 0 for . 9 Scales , 1 for 38 Fell, 0 for 21

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SCHOOL

E . J. Atherton , b. Loomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 G. B. Nieholson , b. Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 W. Fell , et . Loomes , b . Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 M . S. Davidson, b. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 M. V. Neal , et. J. Kenyon, b . Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 J. M. Kaye, et. W. J . Kenyon , b. Green . :. . . . . . . . . . 16 J. R. Jameson , et. Shuttleworth, b. Loomes. . . . . . . . . , J. Bowden, b. Loomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 B. O. Rothera, b. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 R. J . Frank , et . Davies, b . Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ?If . Scales , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Extras . . . . . . 8

Total 96

Pemberton , 0 for 6 Green , 2 for 29

Smith , 5 for 21 Loomes , 3 for 15

J . Kenyon , 0 for 20 Howarth , 0 f<lr 2

SE COND XI MATCHES.

Results : Played 5 , won 4 , lost 1 .

SCHOOIJ v . RISHWORTH SCHOOL XI

Result : Won by 8 runs Played at Giggleswiek , on Saturday , May 22nd .

SCHOOL , 116. Sheard , 36, Hallitt 16 , Telford , 5 for 22. RISHWORTH, 108 . Telford , 41 , Walker, 4 for 34, Stephenson, 3 for 82.

SCHOOL v. SKIPTON G . S . XXII

Result : Won by 71 runs.

Played at Giggleswiek , on Thursday, May 27th . SCHOOL , 136 for 9 declared. Rothera, 41 , Sheard. 27. SKIPTON G.S . 65. Brown , 38, Walker, 6 for 23.

SCHOOL v . ST. PETER ' S , YORK XXII.

Result : Lost -by 16 runs.

Played at Giggleswiek, on Sa.turda.y, June 5th .

BT . PETER'S, YORK , 74. Stuart 37 , Stephenson , 7 for 81.

SCHOOL , 68 . Rothera 33 not out, Wal�r, 6 for 22.

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SOHOOL 1.1 . QUEEN ELIZABETH'S G.S . Xl. Result : Won by 105 runs .

Played at Ki rkby Lonsdale , on Tuesdav, June 15th . SCHOOL , 176 for 7 de�lared. Sheard 95 not out, Hearon 16, HaIlitt' 1 5 ,

Walker 14, Street, 4 for 36.

QUEE;' ELIZABETH'S, 7 1 . Clough 3�, J ones 15, Leemillg , 6 for 1 3, Walker , 4 for 28.

: SCHOOL 1.1 . LEEDS G.S. XXII. Result : WOD 'by 8 wickets.

Played at Leeds , OD Saturday, June 19th. LEEDS G.S. , 47 . Thompson 13, Walker, 5 for 19, St8phenson, 5 for 26

SCHOOL, 48 for 2. Bamforth, 16, Hearon, 23 .

THE COLTS. The sh ort s pell of hard wicket weather i n May al lowed individuals to

show t heir best , in deed or i n promise . So that the team which drew against Stonyhurst Colts at Ston y hurst, remained u n changed (except for the Box and Cox performance by H arrison and Leake) to have a successful season .

Preven ted by bad weather from engaging Rossall Colts , it later "only j ust beat the XXII" (Colts version), "only j ust" because only nine Colts played , two being elbo wed into the scor ing hut and the 1st Xl respectively , by M essrs . Townend (36 [runs not years ] ) and Stewart (1 not out [run, not year] ) . Colts 122 - (36 + 1) = 85 . The XXII , 84. See ? " The following facts are irrelevant : Mr. Townend took one wicket and the U mpires (Col ts) also p layed weU . .

The match against S t . Peter 's , York provided a nerve-racking finish when wickets were gambled away for the 93 runs needed before c lose-of­p\!lY . The first wicket fell after 8 runs and Wilson promoted himself from No. 5 to No. " to s teady the innings . The score was taken to 45 berore H orn was run out . Time was gett ing short , but Hanscom be made the win possible with a very quick ' and enterprising 21.

Wi th the score at 77 for fo u r , some fifteen minutes were left and the next three batsmen eagerly ran out to the wicket, and quickly ran 'back again , 87 for 7. R i pper joi !!ed a muddy fronted \I\Tinterbottom (whose method of completing short runs left noth ing to chance, but much to the laundry ) , and proved the val u e of the newly re-opened Settle Golf Clu b by sw i ngs wh ich al though directed at a moving ball resulted in the winning mis-hit . .

f\nd so, tail well up the Colts faced Sed bergh Colts . But t h is time the tat! although wagging for recogni tion , was not allowed to go for runs.

419 S e t 1 14 t o get , �aye and Horn started carefully and h a d given t heir

s ide a good start when Horn was bowled. ' Although the batsmen had taken thirty-five min utes to get thirty-tliree runs, Wilson quite right ly j udged that the bowling was st i l l too accurate for h i s forcing batsmen and again went i n at fi rst wicket to n u rse the · situation . He playlkl a nicely j udged i n n i ngs, with a confi dent but careful start and good placi ng, and soon began with Kaye to score at a rate that was comfortably beating the dock . . At 104 Kaye was bowled after an innings of fi fty runs, and some narrow escapes. W i t h twenty five minutes left, the game was well in hand . It was sad that W i lson after a very creditable exhibition of captaincy in the field and a real "captain's knock" should have heen run out at 49 with the score 1 1 3 . However, the lath run was. made wi thou t further loss and w i t h a quarter of an h o u r to spare .

. We truly appreciated the declaration by Sed bergh who chose roughly to'divide the time available by bat t i n g two and a half hours, and left us the rem a i n i n g two h o u rs Ten minutes more Sed bergh batting with tile additional runs i n vol ved would have demanded a rate of scoring that few Colts teams can supply and it is pretty certain that after the loss of wickets the match would have degenerated into a staleItlate. As it was they had a chance of getting us out .

Eight df the team could bowl and even Kaye was willin g to have a g o , without pads, so t h a t there was plen ty of variety in sty le alone, even if .too much variety i n )eug t h and d i rection . H ickson has been the most successfu l and owed something to the barrage of sometimes erratic thun-

. derbolts which preceded him and which his captain kept going from the other w i cket H e t ook ful l advan t age of thi. contrast in pace and flighted the ball wel l to take four of S t . Peter 's wicket s a n d six of Sed bergh's. Hanscombe h as stead ied down and l a t terly has been bowling really well at a good pace . He h a s learnt to fol low t h rough with h i s body with th� reward of a l ivelier bounce. The other bowlers have h ad ' on ' and ' olf ' days, but Briggs has done his share well and W i nterbottom deserves meD­tion .

" The field ing of the team with the exception of W ilson , Horn and Hans­combe has been too uncertain . Kaye has kept well and let remarkably few

. byes considering the great nu mber of erratic leg side balls delivered . I t has been a happy t e a m w i t h a good morale , due in large part t o its Captain 's pleasant and reliable hand ling . W i lson . in the field , has placed his men in the most useful posi tions w i t h thought for the bowler, each new bats.

'. inaR and th.e state of the game. I n each match, he h as provided good tactical management of the batting and a " captain's knock " h imself.

Procter, Blackledge, AlItree and Jackson deserve mention amoI1gst other� for the w i l l i n g spirit they h ave shown in contribu t ing to the team 's success by bowl i n g to give practice and U mpiring even when . it became apparent that they could Dot find a place i n the team . Thts cheerful support did much . .

The Colts' opposition has had its usual tussles with the J u nicir Colts ao.d at the t ime of going to press , civil war-the annual War of the Roaes - lS being waged . The Yorkshire force totals exactly ele-/eD men , but uDder­establ ishment has forced the other side to enlist from other pal'tl---even

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from beyond the Pale in Middlesex. The enlisted think that it is a matter of Yorkshire v. The Rest. The Lancastrians know better ano are confi ­dently figh t ing to t h e last foreigner.

Stop Press. Mr. Fuller repoltt!d to be mobilising. Colts promise united front.

COLTS MATCHES.

Results : Played 3, won 2, drawn 1.

SOHOOL V. STONYHURST COLTS.

Result : Drawn.

Played at Stonyhurst, on Wednesday, May 26th.

Stonyhurst, 179 for 5 declared. Finch, 55 not out, Poole, 38, Courtney, 30.

School, 123 for 8. Raye, 35, Horn, 27, Hickson, 18, Chamock, 3 for 1 1

SOHOOL v . ST. PETER'S YORK COLTS

Result : Won by 3 wickets.

Played at Giggleswick, on WednoBday, June 23rd.

St. Peter'. York" 92. Booth, 25, Hodgeson, 19, Hickaon, 6 for �':2. School, 94 for 7. Wilson, 27, Hanscombe, 21, Horn, 19, Wall, 2 for 20

SCHOOL v. SEDBERGR COLTS.

Result : Won by 8 wickets.

Played at Giggleswick, on Thursday, July 1st.

Sed bergh , 113 for 8 declared. Hinds, 20, Adams, 17 not out, Hiokson, 4 for 36.

School, 114 for 2. Raye, 50, Wilson, T. D., 49.

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SENIOR DORMI.TORY MATCHES.

SRUTE v. PALEY

Friday and Saturday, May, 28th & 29th.

Result : Shute won by 4 wickets.

PALEY 122 Longton 28. Bowden 19, Walker 17, Haighton 17 Davidson, 5 for 39, Neal, 4 for 30

57 Longton 12, Neal, 6 for 27, Davidson, � for 115

SHUTE 58 Neal 16, Rothera, B. O. 16, Haighton, 5 for 25, Wish, G. D . , 4 for 20

124 for 7 Neal 55, Parsons 18, LODgton, 3 for 21

IInd Round : STYLE v. SRUTE

Saturday and Tuesday, May lOth & 18th.

Result : Style won by 76 runs.

STYLE 88 96

SHUTE 38 70

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Atherton 20, Kaye 16, Fell 14, Davidson, 9 for U Wilson, T. D. 29. Fell 2 l , Baty 10,

Nicholson, 5 for 29, Davidson, 3 for 26

Nicholson 13, Thornber 9, Scales, 7 for 26, Fell, 2 for 14 Rothera, B. O. 16, Neal 15, Leeming, 15, Scales, 8 for 24

CARR v. NOWEI,L

Saturday and Tuesday. May 10th � 13th.

Result : Nowell won by an innings and 8 runs.

CARR 92 Rartley, J. A. 22, Hartley, M. J. 14, Jameson 13, Foster. W. J. G . , 3 for 2, Ripper, 3 for 25

42 Leaoh 13 not out. Collett, 2 for 6, Jaokson, 2 for 9

NOW ELL 142 Collett 41, Coates 23, Sheard, D, A. 21, Foster, W. J . G. 12, Hanscombe, 7 for 23

Final : NOWELL v. STYLE

Thursday, Saturday a.nd Tuesday, July 15th, 17th & 20th.

STYLE 114 113

NOWELL 60 S5

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NOWELL 50 STYLE 5l lor 8.

2nd Round

STYLE 111

OARB 82

PALEY 79

SHUTE 39

Final

STYLE 101 1'4LE)Y 28

Result : Style won by 132 runs.

Fell 80, Scales 21, Foster, W. J. G., 4 for 18 AthertoD 52, Fell 21, Ripper, 4 for 24 Fell, 6 for 28, Scales, 4 for 27 Fell, 3 for 9, Soales, 4 for 18, Wilson, T. D., 3 for 6

JUNIOR DORMITORY MA.TCHES.

STYLE v. NOW ELL

Result : Style won by 2 wickets.

Ripper, 29, Jaokson, 9, Wilson, T. D., 10 for 26

Ka.ye, )5, Steel, 9, Ripper, 6 for 24.

CARR v. STYLE

Result : Style won by 29 runs.

Wilson, T. D . , 52, Steel , 16, Hanseombe. 7 for 25.

Riokson, 33, Hartley, J. "\. , 80, Wilson, T. D., 6 for 26 Steel, 4 for 8.

P4LEY v. SHUTE

Result : Paley won by 40 runs.

Horn, 31, Taylor, 13, Bowen, 4 for 8, Downey, M. G., 4 for 17.

Rothera, D. 0., 19, Morris, 1 1, Taylor, 6 for 10, Winterbottom, 5 for 21.

STYLE v. PALEY

Result : Style won by 73 runs.

Wilson, T .D. , 48, Harrison, D. L. 14, Taylor, 7 for 24 Wilson, T. D., 6 for !I), S�el, 4 for 5,

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A RETROSPECT. 'We knew from tbe start tbat we had some useful howling and that Our

weakness would lie in the lack of sound rel iable batsme n . This lack tells the w hole slory of a d isappoi n ting season. To attempt to d raw up a batting order made o u r deficiences o n l y too painfully obvious : nearly everyone had the qual i fications of a n u m ber five downward s , Nicholson alone having any real clai m 'to go i n higher and he is a fast wicket player. Now these qualifications presuppose fou r reliable ' batsmen capable of taking th e edge off the bowl ing and the shine off the ball and we had not got them . Our h igh!'st openin!! partnersh ip was on e of · twenty -si x , the next h ighest thir teen ; on only three occasion s h ave we reacheci sixty hy the t ime half the side was out. .

We did not I;ck players ready to hit the bad ball but 'there 'were to'o many trying to hit the good one-and with a cross hat , too ! We all know that i t is wrong to book on a bad wicket or hefore we have got a sigh t of the bal l . that it is wrong to cut a fast riser , that it is wrong to pusb tent­atively at a spin bowler. that it is wrong not to get a foot to the line of the bal l . or to bring the bat across that line of the bal l on the stumps . yet time and again this term wickets have been t hrown away by th ese suicidal methods . All t h is must be rectiijed in the future, and more too ; for there. is more than stroke play , or even cricket sense. in batti ng . there is. the ne.ed for patience , determination and , above a l l , concentrati9n. There is i n a School side the need for a tradition of run get ting and t h e fitness to play a long innings. . . .. . . . . We are too prepared to congratulate a batsman who maki!s twenty and . marvel at that rare performer w ho makes fi fty, and we musi realise that if he reaches fifty there is no reason w h y he should not make a hundred ;' and that at twenty he is only j ust beginning .

It was certain l y poor batting that lost us our lIlatches. very often aft er Davidson and Scales b ad put us in a winning position ; for at some time during every Sch ool mat ch these two. w i th some help froni Fell an d N eal . who has i mproved consi derabl y during the term , have got a whole seril'!s of cheap w ickets . Their performances would h ave o ften been real ly im, pressive if we had had some reliable slip fielders. Again in the future we should be able to find them ; ther e is a sl ip catcb cradle w hich can be used . in ·spare · time and ' anybody who wants a place in future sides should USE; it all he can . We have suffered too much from willing but heavy footed old gentlemen .

, This is not to say that the fielding all through has been bad for. at times. it has been quite good . N eal has usually been excellent and Bowden al though .rather patch y , has given some very good displays, so too has Scales when fielding at fi ne leg. B u t a real fielding side needs the utmo�t concentratio n and grim determination to get the batsmen out. and consists of eleven individuals who can field , well moulded together into a menacing. destructive machine. We h ave lacked cohesion and menace. We ' h ave h ad too to use a Colt ' s wicket keeper . who has not done badly for his ' age and experience, but w e ough t not to have been forced to use h i m ; some-thing else to be guarded against in tbe fu ture.

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to brood gloomily on a season in which we have only �aten St . Bees and the Old Boys . Our fu t ure is in the lower games and h ere we have an increased number of keen coach es who wil l , we h ope, see to it that the weaknesses enu merated above are partiall y , if not completely , , eradica ted before a boy leaves Eshtons . They certainly have some l ively material to work on and are already prod ucing several prom is ing players .

The 2nd XI, always rather a Ci ndere ! 1a in a School of our n u m �rs; have pursued there usual ch eerful and reasonably successful course under the efficient ieadersh ip of Sheard , who once d eclared when 'he h i mself had got 95 ! Hishworth , Q u een E l izabeth ' s , Ki rkby Lonsd ale , a n d Leed s Grammar School have been beaten b u t we lost to S I . Peter ' s , York.

The Colts have had a good season beat i ng Sed bergh and St . Peter ' s . York , a n d drawing w i t h S tonyhurst .

TEAM' CHARAQTERS.

M. S. DAVIDSON (XI 1947-48) . He has always bowled accurately, . and occasionally really dangerously , and has been unlucky with

dropped catches . His batting has been rather disappointing, for he still does not get his foot to the pitch of the ball, but he has played Revera) hard-hitting innings. His fielding has improved, and he is a safe catch.

M. SOALES (XI 1947-48) . He has bowled well for long periods, partio­ularly against school sides , and has varied his flight and pace effectively but if he is to get wickets against really good batsmen he must spin the ,ball more. His batting has been unsatisfactory, for he has too often thrown his wicket away by a rash stroke. As a slip-fielder he was slow and uncertain but elsewhere he' has usually been reliable • .

J, BOWDBN (XI-1948) . He started the season well with some vigorous apd a.ggressive innings at critical moments , but he has never been happy against accurate fast bowling , for his bat is not straight. He is, potentially, a good cover-point. but after a promising beginning. his ground fielding and throwing have become untidy, and his sense of pO!!ition faulty.

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G. B. NIOHOLSON (XI- 1948) . In form on a hard wicket , he looks the best batsman in the side, for his driving is powerful and attractive , and his defence has improved. On a soft pitch he is less certain , and still tends to play too early. �e is a: sale , though sometimes rather

. slow, gully.

E, J. ATHERTON (XXII) . Technically his batting is not Bound , for he plays jus, across the line of the ball, and often mistimes it, but he has shown some determination and commoll sense which have atoned for this to a large exent. A very weak slip-fielder I he has done a little better in front of the wicket.

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M. V. NEAL (XXII) . His fast bowling has often been erratic, but he has never given up trying. and in the last few matches he has bowled well . His batting has improved , and he cau drive powerfully and hits the hall hard through the covers off his back foot, but he s till does Dot al ways get across to the pitch of the ball . He has ' fielded ener; getically in the deep, picked the ball up cleanly, and thrown well .

W. FELL (XXII) . A dour and determined batsman, who has played some most valuable defensive innings , but who must move hig feet more quickly and hit the bad ball hard . His off-spinners have some­times been effective , though he is inclined to bowl short. A safe. though rather slow. fielder.

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J. M. KAYE . A promising and admirably keen cricketer. His wicket­keeping too often suffers from ove'-excitement I\nd over-confidence , and he must learn not to stand in the half-way position , but he has done well on the whole. Though Lis strokes lack power and his running between the wickets is bad , he haR batted well on occasion , and should make a lot o f runs next year.

B . O. ROTHERA. His batting is weak in ·defence, and his on-side play is uncertain, but he can hit the ball hard on the off, and has played three useful innings . His fielding is good, and he has a .strong .and

, generally accurate throw. R. J . FRANK . As a batsman he has not done well , largely because of a

weakness against slow bowling, and a fatal tendency to play back to well pitched up balls. His bowling has been accurate but· rather lifeless, and his fielding is very poor .

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J . R. JAMESON . ( Oaptain) . Off the field his administration and .keen­ness on others ' cricket have been excellent. On the field he has used his brains and has been increasingly quick to sum up a situa.ion . His mistakes , and' all captains make them, have been those of com- ' mission and not of omission and these are the right ones to make . As a batsman he is still very unoertain.

R . W . B . F .

ATHLETIC SPORTS.

Winner of Cup-Nowell Winner of Gold Medal-,-B. S. Brewster (N) 17 points

Runner up-B. O. Rothera (S) 13 points

House Tug of War -Style House Relay (1) Nowell (2) Shute Time 3 mins. 45� SllCS. '

Scarrig B. S. Smith (S) B. S. Brewster (N) W. Fell (St. )

House points

Standards points

One mile

Half-mile

Quarter-mile

100 Yards

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Nowell 90 Shute 73t Paley 60t Style 38 Carr 12

Paley 35 Nowe1l 12 Carr 11 Sty le IQ Shute 5

OPEN EVENTS

(1 ) B . S. Bre.:vster' (N) (2) W. Fell (St) .

(3) C. H. Lindsey (S) } Time b mins. 12 8008 . C, W. M. Bury (P)

(1) C . W. ·M. Bury (P) (2) B . S . Brewster (N) (3) W. Fell (St . ) Time 2 mins. 2.0. secs.

(1) B. Pa�sons (S) (2) P . M. Ryley (N) (3) B. S .. Brewster (N) ' Time 58! sees.

(1) A. G. Mclntosh (Nt (2) H. D. Haighton (P) (3) R. Wardle (N) Time 11 sees .

Hurdles (12.0 yds . , 1.o .flights , 3ft. 6ins . ) . (1) R. Wardle (N) (2) P. M. Ryley (N) (3) B. O . Rothera (S) Time 21 sees.

High Jump (1) B. O. Rothera (S) (2) M. V. Neal (8) (3) D. A. Sheard (�)

.Heights (1) 4 ft . , lOt inches (2) 4ft . , IQ inches

, (3) 4ft . , 9� inches

Broad Jump (1) B. O. Rothera (S) (2) R. Wardle (N) (3) M. V. Neal (S) Distances (1) 16ft . , lOtins.

(2) 16ft . , 9ins. (3) 15ft . , l1�lns .

Putting the Weigh/; (16 Iba.) (1) D. A . Sheard (N) (2) J . Bowden (P) (3) P. G. Duckworth (P) Distance (1) 30ft . , 4ins.

Throwing the Cricket Bsll

(2) 28ft . , 6lins. (3) 27ft . • 11 tins.

(1) M. V. Neal (S) (2) J . Bowden (P) Distances (1) 96 yds . • Ht. , 4ins.

(2) 93 yds . , .oft . , .oins,

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Quarter-mile

100 Yards

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JUNIOR EVENTS.

(1) Et. Wardle (N) (2) T. D. Wilson (St.) Time 2 mins. 34 Becs.

(1) R. Wardle (N) (2) M. V. Neal (8) Time 60 secs.

(1) R. Wardle (N) (2) J. H. Barnett (P) Time 11� seos.

Hurdles (120 yds., 10 flights, 3 ft.)

;High Jump

Broad Jump

(1) M. V. Near (S) (2) B. T. Lonsda.le (P) Time 20! secs.

(1) M. V. Nea.l (S) (2) R. Wardle (N) Heights (1) 4ft., 8�in8.

(2) 4ft . , 6ins.

( L) T. D. Wilson (St.) (2) R. Ward1e (N) Distanoes (1) 16ft., 6iDS.

(2) 16ft. , O�iD .

Putting the Weight (12 Ibs.) (1) M. V. Neal (S) (2) R. F. H. K. Foster (P) Distances (1) 30 ft., 2ins.

(2) 27ft., 11�in8.

Throwing the Cricket Ball '

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Sat . Oct. 2nd

Sat . 9th

Thurs. 14th

Tues. 126th Sat . Nov. 6th Thurs. 11 th Sat . 20th

Sat. 27th

Wed . Dec. ht Sat. 11th Sat. 18th

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S�t, Feb. ' Hltb

(1) M. V. Neal, (S) (2) D. Rudd (C) Di9tances (1) 96 yds. , Oft. , 4ins. (Record)

(2) 73 yds., Oft., 7ins.

FIXTURES, 1948-49.

J . W. FRASER, ESQ. ' 5 XV Home NORTH R I BBLESDALI!: Home SKIPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL Away AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE Away LKBDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL Home Sr. BEEs SCHOOL Away St. PETER'S. YORK Away DURHAM ScHOOL Away ROSSALL SCHOOL Home STONYHURST COLLEGE Home OLD Boys' XV Home

!iBADINGLBY, ElITIl4 "1\" flome

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GYM. COMPETITION.

House Order :

Individual Order :

G'/Im. VIII

1 Nowell 2 Shute 3 Style 4 Paley 5 Carr

] Neal 2 Kessler 3 Wardle 4 Scales

P. T. Cup (Easier Term) :

5 Duckworth , B. 6 Sheard, D. A. 7 Looming 8 Wilson, T. D.

Nowell

Vaughan Cup : Wilson, T. D. beat Hartley, J. A., 15-4, 15-1

GIGGLESWIOK SCHOOL 'BUILDING FUND.

TWELFTH SUBSCRIPTION LIST. 12th March, 1948 to 20th July, 1948.

Booth, H.B. Harrison, J. . .

BY DONATION.

Carried forward

Middleton, W. (2nd donation) Sutcliffe, Rev. T. H. (4th donation) Tainton, J. B.

£ 6,011

10 50

6 1

25

s. 3 0 0 6 1 0

Wightman, S. (7th donation) 7 10

£6,1 1 1 0 BY COVENANT.

d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0

Stead, G. O. Oarried forward £12,144 19 8

35 0 0 _._- ---

£12,179, 19 8 (on which tu is recoverable

at the current rate).

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O.G. NOTES.

BIRTHS.

ORTH-On May 15th, 1948, to the wife of J. B. orth, a daughter.

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AMBERT-On March 31st, 1948, to the wife of A. Lambert, a daughter.

RILEY-On March 29th , 1948, to Marina, wife of J. F. Riley, M.D., F.R.C.S., a daughter.

WIDDUp-On April 2�th, 1948, to Ruth, wife of M. Widdup, a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

'HANNAM-CORCORAN-On M arch 24th, 1948, John David, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Hannam, to Mrs. Doris May Corcoran, 31, Elm Hale Drive, Mossley Hill, Liverpool.

NEW'rON-CLEMEN'l'I-On March 24th, 1948, at Bowden Parish Cburch, Antbony Lees, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. J . . A. Newton, of Hale, to Nora, second daugbter of Mr. and Mrs. N . Clementi, of Sale.

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WILLIAMS-DOHERTy-On July 3rd, 1948, at the Church of St. Pbilip Neri, Mansfield, Notts" Ronald Stanley, only son of Mr: and Mrs. R. V. Will.ia)lls, of Settle, to Winifred Patricia, youngest daugbter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Doberty, of Mans-field.

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DEATHS.

LEE-On June 21st, 1948, at · his home, The Close, West Acres, Alnwick, Rev. P. T. Lee, M.A'., aged 84 years .

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The Rev. P. T. Lee, whose death has been reported, was Vicar of Shilbottle from 1900 to 1920 : be had previously been a.t Birtley and was editor of the Newcastle Diocesan Gaz'ette

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for 22 years. He entered local government work in 1901 as a member of the Alnwick Rural Council and in 1921 was elected a member of the Alnwick Urban Council of which he became chairman in 1926, and retired in 1936. For five years he served as a member of the North No. 2 Area Guardians Com­mittee at Alnwick. He was a prominent freemason-a past chaplain of the Alnwick Lodge No. 1 167 and formerly Provin­cial Grand Master of the Mark Masons of Northumberland. He was the oldest honorary trustee of the Board of Manage­ment' of Alnwick Savings Bank, bein� appointed to the Board in 1901 . He entered the School in January 1878 and played for the first XV : on leaving in 1880 he went to Hertford College, Oxford, and was ordained Priest in 1887. He was the author of " A Northumberland Rebel."

LEETE-On May 31st, 1948, at a Manchester Nursing Home, Dennis C. Leete (Major, late of the Manchester Regi­ment), aged 33 years ..

LODGE-On May 26th, 1948, at The Wick, Barnt Green, WorcesterEjhire, Lionel Lodge, fourth son of the late Sir Oliver Lodge, aged 65 years.

The death is reported from Alberta, Canada, of Kenneth George Marsden, F.e.S. He was at the School from May 1897 to August 1905, when he went up to St. John's College, Oxford, with an open exhibition in Natural Science. Soon after taking his degree with second class Honours he went out to Ceylon as Research Chemist to the Ceylon Rubber Growers' Association. He returned to Oxford, as a lecturer in Chemistry, in 1919, but in the following year emigrated to Alberta, where he took up farming.

He was in the School XV for three years and his con­temporaries will remember him as a vigorous and most useful forwa.rd.

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, The engagement is announced between John Humphrey; younger son of Mrs. Holdsworth and the late Mr. Arthur Holdsworth, of The Cedars, 50 Gledholt Road, Huddersfield, and Nancy, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Robinson, of Wheatfield House, Brockholes , Huddersfield.

The engagement is announ ced between Nicholas, eldest sur­viving son of Dr, and Mrs. A. H. Style, of Ha.dleigh , Suffolk, and Ann, daughter of Major and Mrs. Keith Brown, of Wester-field, Ipswich,

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The engagement is announced between John Richard , fourth son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Wales, Mevell Hall, Gar­grave, Skipton, and Elizabet h , younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Renfrew, West Park, Neilston, Glasgow.

The engagement is announced between David Ellis, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. B)1tterwol't h , of Worsley, Lan.cashire, and Dorothy Elizabeth, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Flower, of Oporto.

, In the Birthday Honours MAJOR-GENERAL D. C . CUMMING was awarded the C.B. (Military Division) .

J. S. DUGDALE, of Jesus College, Oxford, has gained a First Class in the Honours School of Natural Science.

D. T. Cox has gained First Class Honours in Modern Lan� guages at Bristol University.

T. FRANKLAND, at present Assistant Engineer and Surveyor

to the Fylde Rural District Council , has passed the final exam ­ination for the Testamur of the Institution of Municipal and County Engineers.

P. R. BARRETT h as passed with distinction the final exam­ina.tion for the Diploma in Architecture at Liverpool Univerity School of Architecture.

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D R . G. C. VEALE has been reappointed Pro-Chancellor of Leeds Un iversity .

F. H. KING has passed the final examination of the Society of Accountants and Auditors (Incorporated) , securing the first Credit Certificate and the first prize of the Society.

A most enjoyable dinner of the North-Western (Area 2) Group of the Club was organised by the area secretary, G. WHITTAKER, and held at The Engineers ' Club, Manchester on May 1 1th. There was a very good attendance to hear the Headmaster, who presided, speak about such School affairs and activities as would interest old Boys. The informal natu�e of the function was appreci ated by all and the hope expressed that the dinner would become an annual event .

The School will play the Old Boys ' XV on December 18th , a.nd Old Boys who wish to play in this m atch should write to P. G. CLEMENCE, who will captain the side ; his address is 8 , Danesway , Prestwich Man chester .

The Annual General Meeting of the Club will be b eld in the Library after th e match , at approxim ately 5 p.m.

LT. COMMANI)ER H . CAPPER has been appointed Metalll1rg­-< ical Adviser to t h e Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet and promoted

Principal Scientific Offi cer in the Royal Naval Scientific Service.

J. M. PARKER has won his Manchester University Athletio Colours.

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New members of the Club ;-

3 Alvin , D . M . , 22 South Crescent Avenue, FiIey, E. Yorks. 2 Bullock, D. H .• Proven off Somerset Avenue. WiIpshire , nr. BIBckburn 2 Bury, C. W. �. , Elmfield , 44 Park Vme. Oswaldtwistle or. Accrington 2 Whittaker, E. B . , 27 Athol ROBd, Bramhall , Stockport , Cheshire 3 Wood , E. H . , 6, AllertQn Avenue, Moortown, Leeds 7

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Changes of address :-6 Angus , Col . A. , T . n . , A . M . S . , The Red House, Bletchworth, Surrey 6 Angus, D. G . , The Red House, Bletchworth , Surrey 3 Bailey, J . E . , Mabcote , 16 Cross Lane, Burniston Road, Scarborough 2 Bleazard , J. C . , 29 Waddington Road , Clitheroe 2 Broady, J . A . , 59 West Avenue, Stock ton Heath , Warrington 3 Burton , Rev. P . , Ht. Paul ' s Vicarage , Eastthorpe , M irfield, Yorks . 2 Clark. W. J . , Glenvale, 81 Whitefield Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington' 1 Gallimore, D . W . , 26 Moorhead Terrace . Shipley , Yorks . 6 Glen, Dr. A. T. M . , 16 Telford Avenue, London , S .W.2 6 Haddon , E . B . , 28 , Barton Road, Cambridge 2 Hardman, H. W . , 17 Clifton Drive, Lytham , Lancs . 2 Hil l , A. R. P . , 57 Cartinel Road , St. Annes-on-Sea 2 Hill , T. P . , 57 Cartmel Road , St. Annes-on-Sea 2 Hurst, G. A. , 42 South Park Road, Ga.tley, Cheshire 5 Little, A. R . , Swinton Hill , Duns, Berwickshire 6 Moore, J . , School House ; Oakham, Rutland 2 New�on , A. L . , 115 Chestnut Drive, Sale, Cheshire 6 Presley, R. E . , 20 Tregunter Road, Earl ' s Court, London , S .E .3 2 Salem, J . E. , Borriss Hall, Prestbury , Cheshire 2 Sames , A. R . , 10 Lowood Place, Blackburn .

, OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

The Editors beg to , acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of the following Magasines, and they apologise for accidental omissions.

The Gresham, The Merchistonian, The Rishwortq. School Magazine, Th� Sedberghian , The Rossa\lian , The Aldenhamian , The Leodiensian , The Brightonian (2) , The St. Bees School Magazine: The Norvicensian , The Stonyhurst Magazine , '[he Ampleforth Journal , The Denstonian (2) and ;rhe Peterite , The Breconian , The Chronicles of Ermysted, The Hailey­burian and I .C .S . Chrotlicle , The City of Oxford High School Magazine , The Ousel . /

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GIGG LESWICK CLUB.

This Club was formed in 1 896 with the following objects :-

(a) To promote social intercourse by organising meetings at suitable centres .

(b) To print and circulate a register of the names and addresses of all members of the Club .

(0) Generally to maintain the connexion between the School and its past members .

All " Old Boys " are invited to become members immediately on leaving School. The subscription is two guineas, on payment of which each person becomes a life member of the Club, and is also entitled to receive the " Chronicle " for seven years .

A ll who wish to j oin should apply to L. P. DUTTON , ESQ . ,

Beck House, Giggleswick. Settle