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No. OLXIII. JULY, 1893. VOL. XVI.

ESSAYS, AS THEY ARE WROTE.

"mH, Greeks' a grief, and Latin naught, And problemsW hard and prosy."-but oh, why oh why have not the

sorrows of the unfortunate, who finds himself required to writean Essay been immortalised by the poet? The passing shadeof vexation which crosses the student's brow on contemplatinga Greek prose 20 lines in length, or upon finding that he isexpected to reproduce a similar quantity of Macaulay inLivian style, is as naught, compared with the look of con­centrated thoughtfulness with which he will regard the slip ofpaper conveying the distressful tidings that he is required toturn out some three or four pages of English prose on " ImperialF~deration" or "TraYelling to-day and 500 years ago."

Different constitutions are differently affected by the shock.One will rally quickly, seize pen and ink, rush in where angelsfear to tread, and, after a spasmodic ten lines, will sit moodilyruminating on the hardness of fate in general and his owndestiny in particular, till the hour of bed time approaches, andhe realises that out of the minimum two pages he llrls onlycovered some dozen lines.

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Another, on recei ving the intelligence that an essay will

be required of him on the morrow, will sit for an hour or more

wrapped in thought; he then, as a rule, will rouse himself andfare forth to seck advice from the occupant of the next study."Oh! I say, how am I to begin an essay on "Travelling to-dayand 500 years ago?" \Vhat do I know about travelling 500

years ago? I shan't 8ver want to travel the way they did then!""I'm sure I don't know," will be the probable response, "can'tyou find anything about it in some book? It isn't at all a

hard subject. \Vhen we have an rssay its generally on theOttoman Empire or something awful like that; a thing one

knows nothing about. \Vhy, you can jaw for pages on Travell­ing \vithout knowing anything. Bless you, describe a P. and O.voyage, and the sea sickness, and things for the first page anda half, and then you can just throw in a line or two about theold tubs they discovered America in at the end." "It's allvery well" sighs the sufferer on his way back to his own abode,"but I can't jaw Happy thought r Can't I find some-thing in some book after all?" He has it at last, and with theaid of discrimination, and "Ask Mamma" some page and ahalf is covereJ, and by the united efforts of several charitable

friends, a fe\\" facts about ships of a bye-gone age are collected.The Badminton library on" Coaching" furnishes matter forthe last few lines, and the thing is done even down to theflourish, indicative of heart-felt relief, which so invariablyornaments the conclusion of such efforts.

The beginning of all Essay always seems the crux:­once begun, mo&t people can go on scribbling something for a

pclge or sO,-and in fact, quite half the time devoted to theEssay is spent in pen-sucking perplexity, staring blankly at

the paper.

To all who suffer thus, we would offer a word of advice,­make it a rule of starting off with a quotation. Let it be as

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irrelevant as you will, the mere fact of its irrelevancy will bean assistance, as then greater trouble will be necessary todeduce your moral, which, as it were, hitches the quotation onto the subject, aiId a greater aIIlount of blank paper will becovered at the same time. A device which has met with somefavour among those whose knowledge of quotations is limitedto 'Friends, Romans, Countrymen,'-with doubts as to the con­clusion of the line-is to open a Shakespeare at a venture

and put down the first line that meets the eye, but this methodwill be seen to be open to several objections. A better planis to have a stock of SOllle half-dozen and adapt the subjectto one of them.

A deservedly great favourite is "The old order chang­eth,". ..... truly age cannot wither it, nor custom stale itsinfinite-ubiquity! A line of this description which will

accomodate itself to the exigencies of almost every subjectunder heaven is a perfect god-send to the would-be essayist.

May he profit by the suggestion!

Q.T.

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COMMEMORATION.

[JULY,

The Commemoration of the founders and benefactors ofSherborne from Edward the Sixth to Alexander Longmuir, wascelebrated on June 22nd. It is perhaps likely, in future, whenthe purport of 1\1r. Wildman's great introduction to the SherborneRegister is fully grasped, that we shall reject the notion of somodern a beginning to the School as 1550, and future Com­memoration wiII start from King Ine and Alfred, our good KingEdward being commemorated as the refounder merely of a schoolwhich dates from the beginning of the 8th century; but, howeverthis may be, there is hitherto no inkling given of it in ourCommemoration Service.

We may congratulate ourselves on a Commemoration Day en­tirely successful this year. The weather which gave us no quarterlast year, and in the forenoon,at least, serious forebodings this year,ultimately turned out exactly right-neither too hot nor too cold­neither too glaring or too gloomy. More than this the numberof visitors was very large, perhaps unprecedented, and amongthem was an honoured guest whom we shall hope to see againfrequently, namely the Bishop of Durham, father of the Head­

master.The arrangements of the day were the same as last year, and

it does not seem easy to improve upon them. The Abbey Servicebegan at 11,4-5, and the special preacher was Bishop Westcott.His sermon was founded on the words Sursum Corda, and waslistened to attentively by a very large congregation.

We should not forget to thank Mr. Lyle for playing the organfor us at this service, and the choir for singing in a manner worthyof the occasion.

Lunch was given about half-past one, the School Housevisitors being so numerous that most of the members of the SchoolHouse over-flowed into the Reading-Room where they had lunch,leaving the dining hall for the strangers.

Between two and three o'clock the Speeches began before avery crowded audience, including many of the governors, and an

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unprecedented number of parents and friends. Before the end ofthe proceedings, which were certainly not too short, Big School

became very hot and oppressive, but the visitors shewed no signsof flagging interest, Bensly's interesting poem on Lord Tennysonbeing followed with close attention to the end. Had the outsideweather been then as it had been most of the term, the Tartareanhorrors of the auditorium would have been unbearable.

The Headmaster began the proceedings with a review of theyear's progress of the School, hopeful in tone throughout as hehad good right to make it. At the close of his remarks he paidan eloquent tribute to the patriotic efforts of Mr. House (O.S.),which had resulted in the Sherborne Register-(copy producedamid cheers). This was followed by the Contio, where the applausewas more stinted than usual, possibly because no translation wasdistributed to the unlearned.

The scenes acted were in Greek, German, French and English.Of these the Greek was best known and perhaps best in quality.The German 'vas well enough acted. but wanted prompting toomuch. The English scenes from I\Iidsummer Night's Dreammight possibly have been too tame had it not been for the heroicand successful efforts of Powys; in the French scene Gould waswas by far the most successful actor, but the prompter's voice wasfrequent and instant. On the whole, if the standard was not very

high, there was nothing like a break-down, and as stated before,the audience remained attentive, and either amused or interested.

Nevertheless, the greater part must have been glad to feelthe outside freshness, and exchange the Black Hole of the School­room for the cool delicious air of the Headmaster's garden. Alarge tent for tea (emblazoned in truly modern fashion as to everysquare-yard of its surface with the maker's name), had been erectednear the tennis court; the band unseen,· but not unheard, playedat intervals between the tent and the Sanatorium, and the RifleCorps paraded brilliantly in the paddock on the other side of the

garden, and sent volley after volley point blank at the spectatorswho were drawn up near the little wooden bridge.

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Such were the leading features of the day, but the ordinary

sights of Commemoration Day were not wanting. Interested

groups visited the studies which wp.re decked out regardless ofcost, and looked innocent of noise and tumult, or the bath whosewaters are always pellucid to their very depths at Commemoration;or the works of art, ranged line above line in the Drawing School;

orthe peerless library, which had just been presented by the patrioticEditor with the long expected first copy of the Sherborne Register.Nothing in fine was wanting, and as the evening concert also

went off well, we really had nothing left to wish for except manyhappy returns of such a Commemoration Day.

PROGRAMME OF SPEECHES.

I. Contio, by J. D. GOULD, Captain of the School.

2. Prize for Latin Prose Holberton.

3. Scenes from" Le Major Cravachon " •.•.........•.••........•. Labiche.

Cravachon, governor of S aumur prison, a fire eating veteran .• Gould.Dervieres, suitor of Olympe ...•..•••....•••............ Leslie.Antoine, servant of Cravachon ....••....••..••..•.•..... Spearman.Olympe, daughter of Cravachon ••....•.•..•••.•... , ....Reid-Taylor, ma.A meIie, friend of Olympe, disguised as a man ......•..... 'Vard.A Lawyer, suitor of Olympe ....••......•.•... " .•...... Greenstreet

Cravachon, was very difficult to please in the matter of his daughter'ssuitors, is discovered dismissing one of them, a lawyer. He tells his daughterahout a young man unknown (Dervieres) with whom he quarrelled recently inParis and fought a duel in the dark. He was wounded, and therefore admireshis antagonist enthusiastically. Dervieres comes to propose for Olympe and tryingto sncceed by concealing his naturally violent disposition is rejected. A 111 elie,then who has disguised herself to get a sight of her husband in prision, becomesa suitor too, to give a pretext for her presence. After an altercation withCravachon she is accepted. Olympe tries to explain; Cravachon takes Dervieresfor the disguised woman; but when he at last finds out that he is the unknowG.duellist, he gladly gives him the hand of Oly111pe.

4. Digby Prizes { Modern L~uguages ~nd History Holbertou.:MathematIcs and SCIence ..•...•.••. , TemperIey, ma.

5. Scene 1. from" A ~Iidsummer Night's Dream" ....•....... Shakespeare.

, A tedious brief scene ofyoung PyramusA nd his love Thisbe; velY tragical mirth.'

Quince. a Carpentcr ...................•.......... Gould.Snug, a Joiner Holberton.Bottom a \Veaver . .. . ' ·owys.Flute, a Bellows meader '. \\'ard.Snout, a Tinker. . . . .. . ..•.•..•...........•...... Greenstreet.StarveIing, a Tailor ...•..••...• " .•.............. 'Vood.

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6. Fifth Form Latin Prose ..••.•..••..••.•.•••...•............• Martin.

7· Scene n. from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"Characters as before, together with-

Theseus, Duke ofAthens .•.•...........•••......••Radford.Hippolyta, his betrothed .•.................•....••Honnywill; ma.Philostrate, his master of the Revels ..........•.••.. Plunket.---Lysander, ...........•.............•.•....•••... \Vyatt-Smith.

8. Fifth Form Latin Verse .........•...•......••...•.••• , ••••• Henning.

9. French Prize ......••.......••.........•..•.....•........ Spearman.Lister (German)Prize .....•.•...•••..........•.•• { Spearman.

aeq. Reid-Taylor, ma.

lO. Scene from "The \Vasps" ..........••.•.•••.•••••.•••.. Aristophanes.

Philocleon. . . . . . . . .. . ......................•...Leslie.Bdelvcleon ....•.............................. Holberton.Xanthias ......................•......•..••..•. \Vyatt-Smyth.

\ Plunket.Two Dogs ................•.....•.••...••••• '. t \Vard.

Philocleon is an Athenian with a mania for sitting on juries. In consequence,he is confintd to the house by his son Bdelycleon, who however gets up a mock.trial and lets him represent the jury. One dog (Plunket) prosecutes another'Grip' (Ward) for feloniously stealing and consuming a cheese. Xanthias, aslave, appears for the prosecution, Bdelycleon, who is master of the ceremonies, forthe defence. He calls a cheese-grater, amongst other culinary articles, for thedefence; introducees 'Grip's' puppies and endeavours to \York on the jury'sfeelings; but only succeeds by a trick in procuring the acquittal. Philocleon isovercome at finding that he has, quite contrary to his custom. voted for anacquittal, but is consoled by the treats which his son promises him.

I I. School English Essay ........••......••..••.........•.. Holberton.Fifth FOIm English Essay .........•.........•............ Cruickshank.Lower School English Essay .....•............•......•.... Scott.

12. Bowen Prize for ~Iodern History ......••.........•••..•• \ValTen, ma.

13. Scene 1. from" Die Zerstreuten" •.........••....•..•••.. Kotzebue.

~Iajor von Staubwirbel I f d ffi ...•.•.• Gould.Captain V'Jn ~Iengkorn f re Ire 0 cers .....••• Reid Taylor, ma.Lrottchen, the ~~a~or's daughter } lovers •.•.•••. Stanger- Leathes ma.Karl, the Captam s son " ....•. Spearman.

Both the fathers are extraordinarily absent-minded. The ~Iajorwith a billin his hand, owing to him from the Captain, finds the latter sitting in his roomunder the impression that he is at home. Karl meanwhile has been secretlyvisiting Lottchen, and when surprised is disguised as a milliner. The ~Iajormakeslove to the supposed lady, but soon finds out his mistake. The fathers, throughtheir absent-mindedness, make mistakes as to whether the bill has been paId ornot, (for they have exchanged coats). but finally assent to the marriage of theyoung people.

q. Royal Humane Society's ~Iedal ••......•... . .....••.... \Vigan, ma.

15. Longmuir Prize (Drawing) Day.

16. King's ~Iedal for ~Iathematics••..•••...•••...••....••.•. Rickman.

I~. English Prize Poem Bensly.

18. Silver ~Iedals for Uni"ersitv Distinction:E. J. Holberton, Scholar of ::>fagdalene College, Cambridge.\V. J. Bensly, Exhibitioner of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

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CRICKET.

[JULY,

SCHOOL (2nd XL) v. TOWN (2nd XL)

This match was played on the School ground, on June the3rd. The Town elected to bat first, but, except PhilIips andBrooks, could offer no resistance to the School attack. Radfordand l\IcEnery both had good figures, Radford getting 4 wicketsfor 12 runs, and l\IcEnery actually dismissing 3 men for a single.

The School batting was on the whole disappointing, thoughMason, Dixon and Prichard all scored over 20. Ridout came outwith the excellent analysis of 6 wickets for IS runs. Score andanalysis :-

TOWN 2nd XL-1st Innings.H. Hanton, b RadfordG. Ridout, b RadfordE. Phillips, not out ..H. Appleby, b HolbertonE. Pragnell, lbw, b Holberton ..'V. Adams, b RadfordF. Brooks, c Holberton, b RanfordH. Armstrang, run antC. A. Ford, b McEnen"H. Pragnell, b McEnery\V. Stewart, c Camber, b :l.IcEnery

Byes 8, leg-byes 5

SCHOOL 2nd XI.H. Laurie, c Ste\\"art, b RidoutJ. H. Prichard, c Ford, b AdamsCruickshank, b PhiIlipsStanger-Leathes, c Ford, b RidoutA. 'Vyatt-Smith, b Pragnell ..A. Dixon, b Ridout ..'V. A. McEnery, lbw, b Ridout1\Iason, c Adams, b BraoksE. J. Holberton, c Honton, b RidoutA. D. Radford, not outCamber, h Ridout ••

Byes 30, leg-byes 2, wide I ••

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

TOWN-1St Innings.Overs. Mdns.

E. J. Holherton " 12 2A. D. Radford.... .. IS 8'V. A. ~IcEnery : ....•• 4 3

SCHOOL.E. PhiIIips "' 13 2G. Ridout .. 16 7F. Brooks ". .. .. 9 4\V. Adams " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2E. PragneJI . . . . . . . . . . . . .. :...... 7 3

2I

20420

110I

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13

54

I24

2I

IS21

0

23000

33

120

Runs. 'Vkts.28 212 4

I 3

40 I

IS 65 I

12 I

9 I

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SCHOOL v. KINGSTON PARK.

This annual encounter, took place on June 17th, and rewltedin a victory for the visitors by 34- runs in the first innings. Dalewon the toss. and sent in Cancellor and Irwin to face Radford andMcEnery. The first named left in the first over, and with thescore at 16, Turner was smartly stumped off Powys who hadrelieved McEnery. Askew gave a good deal of trouble andcaused Holberton to relieve Powys. The separation was affectedfrom the other end however, Radford dismissing Irwin and Bornby,Durden stayed while 26 were added for the fifth wicket, but at70 both he and Askew retired. Gatehouse and Roles made a fewruns but the rest did nothing and the venture concluded beforelunch for 92. Radford, Holberton and Powys all had good analyses.

Stevens and Ridout were the first pair for the School, theattack being entrusted to Roles and White. Ridout was cleanbowled in Roles' first over, but Wright stayed while Stevens 11it up13 before being similarly dismissed. At 30 Powys fell to \\'hitewho also bowled Wright seven runs later. From this timeonwards, a disgraceful exhibition was made, and nobody exceptBensly stood up to the bowling with the slightest confidence.The whole side were dismissed in an hour for the paltry score of 58.

The visitors went in again after an interval, and quickly lostfive wickets for 34-. Turner and Hornby, however, gave a lot oftrouble, and later on Gatehouse hit freely for 15. Soon after thelatter's dismissal stumps were drawn, Turner being not out with53 to his credit.

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1st Innings.

G. \V. Cancellor, b RadfordA. P. In\"in, c Ridout, b RaMonlF. B. Turner, st Bensly, b PowysRev. R. Askew, c Bensly, b HolbertonCapt. Phipps Homby, b Radford\V. J. Durden, b PowysG. Gatehouse, b Radford "::IIajor Hargreaves, b Radford ..C. \V. Dale lbw, b Holberton ..Roles, not out .. . . ..G. \Vhite, c Stevens, b Holberton

Bye I, no ball I

2nd Innings

o b HolbertonI I c Riclout, b Holberton5 not out

30 b RaclforclI b Radfonl ..

I I not out13 b Radford6I C and b Holberton ..i c "'right, b Stevens52

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IS

°o2

Total <)2

12345 6 7 8 <)

° 16 38 44 70 i O i 6 i9 86

Total (for 7 wickets) 90

I 2 3 4 5 6 i+ <) 13 3 1 3+ 66 69

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SCHOOL.

J. E. Stevens, b RolesC. A.S. Ridout, b RolesA. C. C. \Vright b WhiteL. C. Powys, b \VhiteH. Laurie, b Roles ..A. Dixon, b \Vhite ..,V. J. Bensly, not outJ. H. Prichard, b RolesW. A. ~IcEnery, b RolesE. J. Holberton, c Hargreaves, b ,VhiteA. D. Radford, b Roles

Byes, 7 ••

13o

'3

44;)

oo3o

Total 58

I 2 3456 789o 15 30 37 41 45 45 45 5-1-

3

'Vkts.5oo2

I

1311\

Runs.2519

.>o2

2

I

KINGSTON PARK.-Ist Innings.

O,-ers. ~Idm.

A. D. Radfonl 16,V. A. ~IcEnery. , . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 4J. E. Stevens .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 4L. C. Powys -. 5E. J. Holberton .. 6.1

2nd Innings.

\V. A. :i\IcEnerv . . . . . . . 5K J. Holbertor{ .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9A. D. Radford 13L. C. Powys 2J. E. Stevens . . . . . . . . . . . . 5A. C. C. ,Vright .. .. .. .. ....... . I

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o

IS23Z-I11

o33oI

o

SCHOOL.-Ist Innings.

Roles 13G. \Vhite.. ....•... 12

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SCHOOL v. ~I.c.C. & GROU~D.

Colonel Goodden, as usual, captained the l\LC.C., andsucceeded in easily defeating the School on] une 23rd and 24th,by an innings and 24 runs. Powys and Stevens started the Schoolbatting at 2.30 p.m., on Friday, the bowlers being Titchmarsh andBnrton. The twenty was soon signalled, but directly afterwardsStevens retired for 13. Powys, Wright and Laurie all left 5 runslater, and Dixon was bowled at 33. A brief stand was made byRidout and Bensly, but the others were soon dismissed, and thewhole side were out for 59. Titchmarsh obtained six wicketsfor fifteen runs.

The l\I.C.C. began even worse than the School, Moore,

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Askew, and Truell being all dismissed by J\IcEnery in the firstsix overs. Titchmarsh and Burton, however, treated the bowlingwith scant respect, and added +5 in about 20 minutes, ~efore thethe latter put his leg in the way of a straight ball from Holberton.Titchmarsh left at 97 for a very hard hit innings. Gundry andThring made a short stand for the eighth wicket, but the rest didlittle, and the innings finished at about six 0'clock for 165.

Bensly was hit below the eye by a fast rising ball fromStevens just before the close and had to retire, his place behindthe stumps being taken by Laurie.

At 11.30 on Saturday, Stevens and Powys began the Schoolznd innings in a minority of 106. At first it looked as if thesewould be hit off, but after Stevens left a rot set in, and the restwere dismissed in half-an-hour. The total reached 8z, of whichStevens, Wright, Powys and Dixon compiled 7I. Titchmarshobtained six wickets for about 4- runs a-piece.

SCHOOL1st Innings.

J. E. Stevens, c and b TitchmarshL. C. Powys, b TitchmarshA. C. C. \Vright, b BurtonC. A. S. Ridout, c Truel!, b BurtonH. Laurie, lbw, b Titchmarsh .A. Dixon, b Burton'V. J. Bensly, c Burton, b TitchmarshJ. H. Prichard, c Titchmarsh, b Burton,V. A. ~IcEnery, b Titchmarsh ..Eo J. Holberton, lbw, b TitchmarshA. D. Radford, not out

Byes I I, leg-byes z ..

2nd Innings.10 c and b Bm·ton 2812 b Titchmarsh II

0 lbw, b Titchmarsh .. 175 run out 40 c Titchmarsb, b Burton I

5 b Burton 157 not out 03 b Titchmarsh 03 b Titcbmarsh 0I b Titchmarsh z0 b Titchmarsh 4

13 Byes 0 0

GRomm.

Total 59

I z 3 4 5 6 7 8 922 27 27 27 33 46 48 55 59

~I.C.C. AND

F. ~Ioore, c Laurie, b :1IIcEneryRev. R. Askew, c \Vright, b ~IcEnery

Titchmarsh, b HolbertonGeneral Truel!, b ~IcEnery

Burton, lbw, b Holberton,Vheeler, c and b HolbertonA. J. P. ~Iiller, lbw, b HolbertonS. Gundn', b StevensH. R. Thring, b ~te\"ensJ. R. P. Goodden, not outE. ,V. Bastard, b ~IcEnery

Byes 0

Total 8zI 2 345 6 7 8 9

27 39 45 50 66 66 70 70 82

I+3

59o

19II

82720

I

3o

I 2

IQ 22

Total 1653 4 5 b 7 8 'l

22 6- 97 lID I·"'" 15 2 160I

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SCHOOL.-Ist Innings.Overs. 1fdns. Runs. vVkts.

Burton , .. .. .. 14 4 31 4Titchmarsh _ 13.1 8 IS 6

[The Analysis for the School 2nd innings has been mislaid.-ED. SHIR.J1\I.C.C. AND GROUKD.

A. D. Radford _...... 11 2 47 0VV. A. McEnery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . 18 4 3 1 4E. J. Holberton .. 16 I SI 4J. E. Stevens .... .. .. .. .. 9 I 21 2L. C. Powys __ . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 I 13 0

SHERBORNE SCHOOL v. MALVERN COLLEGE.

This match was played at Malvern, on June 27th and 28th,and resulted in a win for the home XI by <) wickets.

Rhodes, having won the toss, sent Simpson and Marriott tothe wickets. The wicket was much faster than our own, butthanks to rain during the night, slower than they usually have it.There was a tremendous wind blowing, and the pIa}' of the firsthalf-honr was varied by the picking up of the bails by the umpires,unfortunately not usually removed by the ball.

Simpson was first out, being l.b.w. to Holberton. l\Tarriottsoon followed him caught and bowled. Then Lowe was ont inthe most extraordinary way, while trying to hit Holberton to theboundary, which he satisfactorily managed to do: he then tumedround and sat upon his wickets, and of course had to retire.Rhodes was caught by Powys. Foster who came next battedwhile he was in very prettily, bnt was beaten by a yorker fromStevens. Bnrnup arrived and pnt a new aspect upon the game,playing with the utmost confidence, and letting the bad balls havewhat they deserved. The rest of the wickets, however, fell fairlyquickly, with the exception of Porch who stayed with Burnup sometime. Burnup was last out having played very well for 54-. Total 154.

Stevens and Powys opened the innings of the School. Off the2nd ball Stevens unfortunately made a miss hit and was caughtby 3rd man. Powys and Wright stayed together till lunch, thescore being then one wicket for 20. After lunch a fast yorkerfrom Lowe sent Wright's leg-stump turning over and over forabout 5 yards, while Powys was soon out offa rank long-hop fromNevile, which he played into his wickets. Laurie then came andplayed very well, looking quite at home with the bowling. Un­fortunately he could find no one to stay with him, Lowe's fast onesbp-ing very deadly, and the innings finished for 66, Laurie being"not out" 22. Nine more would have saved the follow on.Laurie and Powys went in first. Powys failed to score, tryingto pull a straight yorker from Nevile, but when Stevensjoined Laurie a most determined stand was made; all the changesof bowling WNe defied, and there seemed every prospect of there

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being a grand score, when Stevens was run out, Burnup fieldingthe ball and throwing it in admirably. Laurie was soon after­wards caught at the wicket, but both Wright and Prichard piayedwell. Wigan did very fairly in both innings, but after him no onestayed with Prichard, the innings closing for 135.

This finished the play for the day. Both Xl's were hospitablyentertained by the headmaster, and after dinner we heard theirchoir siug. N evile sang some songs with a splendid bass voice.

With +7 to get, Simpson and Marriott again went in first. Runscame slowly, but steadily, till Simpson was bowled by Holberton.Lowe next arrived and soon hit off the required runs, and so endedour match.

The hospitality shown to us at Malvern was very great and weenjoyed ourselves immensely.

MALVERN COLLEGE.

1st Innings.G. H. Simpson, lbw, b HolbertonH. H. l\farriott, c and b HolbertonW. W. Lowe, bw, b Holberton "T. B. Rhodes, c Powys, b HolbertonR. E. Foster, b StevensC. J. Burnup, c Prichard, b HolbertonR. B. Porch, b Radford "G. H. Nevile, c Holberton, b StevensE. H. Simpson, run outA. E. B. 1Ianders, c Dixon, b HolbertonC. "\V. B. Elliott, not out "

Byes 6

2nd Innings.16 b Holberton15 not outI I not out155

542053o46 Leg-bye I ••

182111

Total 154

12 345 6 7 8 928 36 54 59 65 109 II~ 129 13 2

SCHOOL.

Total (for I wkt.) " 51

I

31

I st Innings.J. E. Stevens, c Elliott, b Ne\ile ..L. C. Powys, b NevileA. C. C. "\Vright, b Lowe ..H. Laurie, not out ..A. Dixon, b N evile ..C. A. S. Ridout, b Lowe ..J. H. Prichard, c Rhodes, b LoweC. H. "\Vigan, b LoweE. J. Holberton, b Bumup"\V. A. ~IcEnery, lbw, b LoweA. D. Radford, c Rhodes, b Lowe

Byes 15, leg-bye I

2nd Innings..o run out7 b Nevile9 lbw, b Burnup

22 c Rhodes, b Elliotto c Simpson, b ElliottI b Nevile3 c Rhodes, b Lowe ..8 b LoweI b Loweo run outo not out

16 Byes 12, leg-byes +

28o

1938oo

FJ8o34

16

2 345 5 I 8 9708+ 84 85 IQI 118 1I8 129

Total

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9o 22 24 24 40 46 47 66 67

6-I Total .. 135

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MALVERN COLLEGE.-Ist Innings.

Overs. J\fdns.E. J. Holberton.. .. .. .. .. 18.2 3A. D. Radford ••........ 10 IJ. E. Stevens . . .. . . . . . . . . 13 8\V. A. McEnery. . . . . . . . . . 3 0

L. C. Powys . . .. •.... . . . 2 0

Runs.58372013ID

Wkts.6I

2

oo

E. J. Holberton ...•......A. D. Radford .J. E. Stevens .

2nd Innings.7. 2

43

oI

o

30II

9

roo

36

2

3I

oo2

2317II

3735213

185

7592

I

3

SCHOOL.-Ist Innings.G. H. Nevile 9 3\V. \V. Lowe 11.4 2C. J. Burnup 3 I

2nd Innings.1615·418365

G. H. Nevile .\V. \V. Lowe .......•....C. J. Burnup . . .G. H. Simpson .R. B. Porch .c. W. Elliott ......•.....

SCHOOL v. DOWNTON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE C.C.

In this match. on Saturday, July 1st, the School played inreally good form and inflicted a crushing defeat on their oppon­ents. Powys beat Birch in choice of innings and accompaniedStevens to the wicket at twelve o'clock. When only a single hadbeen registered the captain returned a ball to Butler. Wrighthelped Stevens to add 39 for the second wicket, but it was not tillRidout joined the latter that the bowling was thoroughly mastered.The total at lunch-time was 80 for 3 wickets, Stevens being 50not out. After lunch Stevens hit fearfully hard and completedhis 100 with I +0 on the board. At 136 he lost Ridout who hadbatted very patiently for 28. With Dixon in runs came at a greatpace, and despite numerous changes of bowling the score wascarried to 276 without further loss, at which total Powys declaredthe innings closed. Stevens' grand display was only marred byone positive chance, and was a splendid exhibition of free hitting.Dixon, too, hit very hard for his forty not out.

Stevens followed up his batting performances by a brilliantcatch in the first over of the Downton innings, which dismissedBirch. Three wickets fell rapidly for 22 runs, but Archer andButler gave a good deal of trouble. However, after Powys dis­missed the latter, and Radford the former, the rest gave no troubleand the side were all out for 69, Radford's five wickets cost justunder four runs a piece.

The visitors had forty minutes more batting before the call oftime and lost two wickets for fifty runs. Full score :-

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SCHOOL.-Ist Innings.L. C. Powys, c and b Butler ..J. 1£. Stevens, not out .. ..A. C. C. Wright, c Shelley, b ~ferryweather

H. Laurie, b BirchC. A. S. Ridout, b ShelleyA. Dixon. not outJ. H. Prichard "1C. H. \Vigan IW. J. Bensly (did not bat.E. J. Holberton IA. D. Radford )

Byes 26, leg-byes I, wides 3, no ball I ..

r16rr23

2840

31

-i, 420' l3' I-ffo Total (for 4 wickets) *276"Innings declared.

DOWNTON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, C.C.1st Innings. 2nd Innings.

A. G. Archer, b Radford .. 28 run out 26R. E. Birch, c Stevens, b Holberton 0 c Benslv, b l~adford 9P. B. Shelley, b Holberton 2 not out 14F. H. lIIerryweather, b Holberton 0

A. 1£. Orr, c Prichard, b Radford 1 IR. P. Bntler, b Powys 19R. F. Peel, c Radford, b Powys 0C. Saunderson. b Radford.. 2C. R. Seymour, not out .. I~I. R. Conwav, b Radford 0

J. B. Canuthers, b Radford IByes 4, leg-bye I 5 leg-bye I

Totalt,~,~,~,~,h,~,~,~.

SCHOOL.-Ist Innings.O,·ers. Mdns.

P. B. Shelley .. .• . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 8R. P. Butler 17 5R. E. Birch.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I 2F. H. Merr\'\\'eather 5 Ic. Saunderson 7 0

A. G. Archer.......... 7 IDOWXTO~ A.C.C.C.-Ist Innings.

E. J. Holberton .. .. .. 17 4A. D. Radford 13.2 8J. E. Stevens ••...... .. .. .. .. 5 2L. C. Powys .•.............. 5 0

2nd Innings.A. D. Radford ...•.......... 6 IE. J. Holberton . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 6 0

L. C. Powys .•... • . • . . . . . . . . 1 0

Total (for 2 wkts) 50

Runs. Wkts.63 I50 I44 122 I44 0

26 0

18 319 514 0

12 2

15 1

32 0

3 0

SCHOOL v. 0.5.5.

Played on July 6th and 7th. C. S. Whitehead had gottogether a fairly strong XI for the a.s., and the match was most

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equally contested throughout. It was a great pity that it couldnot be satisfactorily brought to a conclusion. The scoring washigh on both sides.

Powys won the toss, and decided to bat on a very truewicket; he and Stevens went in first and saw 20 up for the firstwicket, when Powys was caught. Wright joined Stevens and afterplaying well for 12 was also caught at point off Rutty. Stevenswas in splendid form, ' taking tea' with all bowlers, Crosby beingespecially despised. Dixon stayed for somA time with him play­ing a good pace, but after he was out, the wickets fell faster,the whole side being out for 216. Stevens compiled 104- by trulybrilliant cricket without a chance, and must be congratulated onmaking two centuries in succession. With about half-an-hourbefore time, Whitehead sent Broadbent and Kendle to the wickets.Both of them were soon dismissed, Holberton clean bowlingBroadbent, and Radford Kendle. De Winton was then caught,three wickets being down for 7. Rutty and Bundock now becamepartners and played out time that evening. Bundock, however,was missed at the wickets, which was somewhat expensive, as hadhe been out that evening, in the bad light, it was quite probable zor 3 more wickets might have fallen. However, the next daythey put on 100 runs. Rutty at length was caught for 76, and thenwickets fell pretty quickly. Whitehead and Nelson made rathera long stand, but Holberton manage to beat them both. And sotheir innings closed for 276.

Going in again Stevcns and Powys stayed together till 100was registered on the telegraph. Then Stevens got caught atextra cover. Ridout and Wright were cleaned bowled by halfvolleys from Crasby, but Dixon came in and hit about with thegreatest freedom, being helped by Wyatt-Smith. The score wasleft at 208 for 6 wickets, when stumps were drawn. The eleven nowseems to be showing what its worth really is.

SCHOOL.1st Innings. 2nd Innings.

L. C. Powys, c Rutty, b Braadbent .. 10 C Nelson, b Rutty .. 54J. E. Stevens, c Rigden, b Rutty .. 104- c de \Vinton, b Bundock .. 57A. C. C. \Vright c Crasby, b Rutty 14- b Crosby 0C. A. S. Ridout, b Rutty 15. b Crasby 0A. Dixon b de \Vinton .. 23 not out 57J. H. Prichard, c and b Rutty 7 c Elton, b Nelson .. 8A. Wyatt-Smith b Rutty 9 not out 17C. H. \Vigan, c Rigden, b Crasby 3\V. J. Bellsly, not out .. .. 0 b Bundock .. 2E. J. Holberton, lbw, b Rutty 4A. D. Radford, b Rutty 2 Byes 8, leg-byes 2,

Ryes 17, leg-byes 2, Wides 6 25 \Vide I, No ball 2. 13

Total 2162 345 6 7 8 9

14- 60 155 155 179 201 204- 209 213

2082 3 4 5 6

102 102 102 108 136 161

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O.S.S.-Istlnnings.

G. E. Kendle b Radford ..A. E. Broadbent, b Holberton "A. J, de Winton. c Ridout, b HolbertonA. W. F. Rutty, c Powys, b Holberton •.H. 1<. Bundock, b Stevens .•H. S. Crosby, st Bensly, b Holbertoll\V. Elton, b Wright ..H. P-S. Devitt, b HolbertonRev. E. J. Nelson, st Bensly, b HolbertonC. S. \V. \Vhitehead, b HolbertonF. Rigden, not out

Byes 18, leg-bye 8, Wides 2 "

22

I

;66522

I

344244

28

32

53 4 5

u8 152

Total 273

6 7 8 9153 164 221 257

SCHOOL.-Ist Innings.Overs. lVIdns. Runs. Wkts

H. S. Crosby .................. 20 3 48 IA. C. Broadbent .............. IQ I 47 IA. \V. F. Rutty .. " ...•.••..• 19 5 57 7H, F. Bundock ...... 10 2 27 0E. J. Nelson ................ 2 0 12 0A. J. de Winton .............. 8 3 IQ I

2nd Innings.A. \V. F. Rutty .............. U 41 IH. s. Crosby ................ 19 32 2H. F. Bundock .......... -, .. 16 4 45 2A. J. de \Vinton •••••••••• o' 5 I 22 0H. P-S. Devitt ........ '0. o. 8 2 23 0

E. J. Nelson .. ........... 5 I 15 IF. Rigden ...... . .... ...... 4 I 19 0

O.SS.

E. J. Holberton ............ 32-4 4 89 7A. D. Radford .... 0" •••• 25 9 61 IJ. E. Stevens ................ 18 4 40 IL. C. Powys ................ 9 I 41 0A. C. C. Wright .............. 7 3 14 I

SCHOOL v. SHERBORNE C.C.

This annual encounter, which had been postponed from June3rd, took place on July 8th, and resulted in a draw in favour ofthe School. Powys won the toss, and with Stevens rapidly hit up59 before the first wicket fell. Wrigbt did not trouble the scorers,but when Dixon joined PO\vys a long~r stand was made, and atlunch-time the score was 76 for 2 wickets. Dixon left at 80, aftercompiling a careful 12, but Ridout stayed until 130 appeared onthe telegraph. Bensly did not stay long, but Prichard stoppedwhile Powys completed his century, and with the score at 2/3 for5 wickets the innings was declared closed. Powys must be con-

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gratulated on his brilliant innings, marred only by two chances,which included a six, a five, and 10 fours. This is the thirdmatch in succession in which a century has been registered forthe School.

Holberton appeared to be unplayable in the early part of ourOpponents' innings, and 4- wickets fell rapidly for 4-2, when rainstopped the game for a quarter of an hour. When the downpourceased Rawlins and Woolmington made a meritorious stand, andmanaged to save the match. In the fine intervals between theshowers they increased the total to 85 before Holberton dismissedRawlins. Adams was very lucky in obtaining 19 runs, and withthe total at 108 he fell to a catch at square-leg. Seymour followedand quickly hit up 22 before time was called. Woolmingtoncarried his bat for a careful innings of 4-5.

Full score ;-

SCHOOL-1St Innings.

L. C. Powys, not outJ. E. Stevens, b RawlinsA. C. C. "\Vright, b Rawlins ..A. Dixon, b Thomas ..C. A. S. Ridout, c Appleby b Ridout"\V. J. Bensly, b RawlinsJ. H. Prichard, not outA. "\vyatt_Smith)C. H. \Vigan Did not bat.E. J. HolbertonA. D. Radford

Byes 14, leg-byes 5, \Vide I

"Innings declared.

12417o

12

146

20

20

Total (for 5 wkts). "213

2 3 4 559 59 80 131 147

SHERBORNE C.C.

H. T. Appleby, b Holberton .•G. H. \Vhite, b HolbertonW. Rawlins, lbw, b HolbertonG. Ridout, b HolbertonA. Thomas, c Prichard, b HolbertonJ. E. \Voolmington, not out ..C. H. Adams, c Prichard b \VrightH. J. Seymour, not outJ. Nutt }A. P. Invin Did not bat."IN. Seymour

Byes 4

31

38o3

451922

4

Total (for 6 wkts). 135

2345 62 21 21 37 42 85

SHERBORNE C.C.

E. J. Holberton " • 20 3A. D. R~dford 13 3J. E. Stevens .. . . . . . . . . .. :...... 7A. C. C. Wright. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 4 0

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SCHOOL.Overs.

A. Thomas .• ...••...•.........• 26C. H. Adams .•.•.•.............. 17G. H. \Vhite ;..... I7W. Rawlins.... I2G. Ridout .J. E. \Voolmington ..J. Nutt .

2

4oIo

I5 I

Runs. Wkts.67 I19 0

39 021 319 I

7 0

9 0

01 535 0

23 0

I2 I

MUSICAL SOCIETY.

The Concert on the evening of Commemoration Day, withoutbeing very remarkable from a musical point of view, was verysuccessful because of the pleasure which it gave to our visitors.There was a general chorus of praise from the dispersing crowd­a tenth part of which might have made the Conductor happy forlife if he had only been able to hear it-and it was thoroughlywell deserved. A wise decision had been come to that l\Iendels­sohn's 'Hear my prayer'-the subject of the Sunday afternoon'spractice for many weeks-should not be given till the end ofTerm and Mr. Hodgson had to fall back on School Songs,and miscellanea ludi to fill up his programme, notwithstandingwhich, the general effect of the concert was not cheap or jejune,so skilfully were the different items made to support and commendeach other. Big School was of course crowded, and it was notcool-how could it be ?-but at any rate no one fainted or wasafterwards reported as indisposed because of his sufferings onthis evening. \Vith these few general remarks we may pass on tothe programme.

The two School Songs were the Song for CommemorationDay and the Rifle Corps song: words and music of both areadmirable, and they have never been better sung. A new effectin "Company 'Tion" was the drum played-or banged shallwe say ?-fortissimo by Dixon, so that the hearers who satnear were ready to fly to some convenient shelter. Chief-BuglerHaes introduced this remarkably vigorous song with a solo on

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his favourite instrument. The choir also sang Caldicott's verypretty glee ., Where are you going to," and did full justice to itsharmonious folly. There was besides a Quartett of Farmer's"The happiest land," wherein Falconer was heard for the firsttime and Reid-Taylor for the second time: there was a Duetsung by Winch and Park, which gave pleasure (the prime objectof every true artist), for it was encored, but which was not per­haps very good: there was a trio by three members of Wilson'sHouse of a humorous nature which made everyone exclaim" lleshrew us, but the boys are in arJmirable fooling," and beforethe Carmen there was Romberg's Toy Symphony-well performed,but to many listeners not music which, however soft, they wouldhear so very oft. It remains to say something of the solo per­formances. Reid-Taylor was encored for Molloy's . Rosemarie'and Mr. Hodgson sang Piatti's beautiful" 0 swallow, swallow"with its tender violin obbligato. Greenstreet played Berlioz' verydifficult Hungarian March on the organ in a masterly way: theloss of him at the end of Term will be very severely felt by theSociety for more reasons than for his executant's skill on theorgan: Carlton made a good attempt at a Tarentelle for violinbut was rather overweighted with his task. The Carmen wassung throughout, and after a verse of the National Anthem andg-eneral cheering the visitors dispersed in high good humour.

PROGRAMME.

j .f.R.t L.N.P.

Etlenberg.

Molloy.

COll1MElIWRATION SONG

GAVOTTE

SONG

Die Erste Primel

Rosemarie ..Reid-Taylor, ma.

CHANT d'EGLISE 0110 Langey.Organ (Brennand), Piano, (Leslie), and Strings.

DUET. . Such merry men are we flfarzzals.Winch and Park.

ORGAN SOLO Hungarian March .. Serlzoz.Greenstreet.

SONG 0 Swallow, Swallow PlalH.Mr. Hodgson. Violin obbligato, Mr. Regan.

QUARTETT The happiest land J. Farmer.Falconer, Close, Reid-Taylor, ma., and Everington.

Glee .. Where are you going to. . Caldzcott.

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TarantelleCarlton.

Peter PiperMason, LesIie and Wigan, ma.

"Company 'Tion " ..

VIOLIN SOLO

TRIO .•

SCHOOL SONG ..

Toy SYMPHONY

Qual'!N<s:htingaleTnilllg/e7:1711bollrille

Mason.\Vigan, ma.'Warren, tert.Winch.

Drulll

CuckooTrufllpet ..BellsRatlle

Haes.

Allen.

1f.R.

. L.N.P.Romberg.

Adamson.Wigan, mi.SaillardReid-Taylor, ma.

CARMEN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Oflfanist and Accompanist.­GREENSTREET.

Justructor of Orchestra .­l\IR. REGAN.

Cnnductor .­

MR. HODGSON.

CADET CORPS.

The Chief Shooting :'Iatchesas follows :-

v. Rossall School, June 6th ..

v. Weymouth College, June 27th

v. Staff Sergts. } J I t'39th Reg. Dist. u y 11 ,1

this term have being- decided

Sherborne 353Rossall 34-5Sherborne 375Weymouth 295Staff Sergts. 374-Sherborne . . 355

The only event of importance, which has occured since thelast issue of the Shirburtlli11l, is the Ashburton Shield and SpencerCup Competition. In the former we did better than last year by24- points; but the improvement might well have been even 30points better. Sergeant Everington's score of 31 at 500 yards isworthy of. special mention. About the Spencer Cup we had bettersay nothing.

The Shirburnian.

GAMES FUND.

[JULY.

We are requested to insert the following letter:­

SCHOOLHOUSE,

SHERBORNE,

DORSET,

July 6th, [893.DEAR SIR,

The Treasurer of our "Games Fund," (Mr. C. H.Hodgson), has latterly found it a very difficult matter to arrangefor the proper maintenance of the School games, owing to thelack of Funds.

It has occurred to me that many Shirburnians will be preparedto help their old School by subscribing annually any sum fromfive shillings' upwards, to a ' Bowling Fund,' with the object ofsecuring for the School XL, efficient and regular' coaching.'

We are anxious to obtain the services of J. R. Painter as apermanent cricket instructor and groundman. This can only bemanaged by the raising of additional monies year by year.

Mr. Hodgson has promised me that the subscriptions alreadykindly paid by a few O.SS. shall be devoted to this object, and weall greatly hope that others will follow their example.

There should be no difficulty in raising £50 or more a year.I myself shall be happy to subscribe £10 annually and I am surethat other friends and neighbours will readily contribute.

Believe me, dear Sir,Yours very sincerely,

F. B. WESTCOTT.

Subscriptions may be sent to C. H. H odgson, Esq., AbbeyLands, Sherborne.

CORRESPONDENCE.

DEAR SIR,In your last number in the article on the Gymnasium, reference was made

to the" wants of interest in Gvmnastics lower down in the School." Has itnever struck the writer that "this may be partially caused by the fact thatproficiency in " this branch of athletics" is rewarded by no outward and visiblesigns, such as'are worn upon the hats of members of the XI and XV. This seemsespecially hard now that it is reported that members of the Shooting Eightare going to ornament their hats with crossed rifles, or similar emblems of prowess.Not that we should like to see members of the school gymnasium team adornedwith embroidered parallel bars on their hat ribbons, but still we cannot helpthinking that a vest of no particular beauty which can only be worn on the rarest

1893. ] The Shirbternian. 155

occasions, is rather a poor reward for those who have the energy to persevere ina somewhat thankless task, and the strength of mind to spend hours a week in thegymnasinm, which in winter resembles an ice-house and in summer an oven.

Yours truly,B.D.

DEAR SIR,\Vhy has the pratice of binding 'Punch' for the library been discontinued?

It was a regular practice till 1883-4 and it seems a pity it should have been dropped,especially seeing the popularity enjoyed by the volumes that are in the library.

Yours trulv,A.B.T.

DEAR 1fR. EDITOR,\Vhy has Sherborne never been represented at the Public Schools Quarter

:\Iile Race? Surely we often have sprinters of equal merit with those who usuallycompete.

I am,Yours truly,

A.F.R.

SCHOOL NEWS.

The following have been presented with their colours sinceour last issue:-Ist XI, A. Dixon Ca), E. J. Holberton Ca), J. H.Prichard Cc), A. D. Radford (a), C. H. Wigan (c), md XI, T. C.Mason Cc), J. G. Cruickshank Cb), L. G. Stanger-Leathes Cb).

The Eradfield l\Iatch was played on Friday and Saturday,July Ifth and 15th, and resulted in an easy victory for the Schoolby 72 runs.

The Batting Average has been won by J. E. Stevens Cc), andthe Bowling Average by E. J. Holberton Ca).

The 127th Concert of the i.\Iusical Society will be given onMonday, July 31st, when i.\Iendelssohn's "Hear my Prayer,"will be the chief feature.

The 50 yards Senior Swimming Race has been won byT. C. l\Iason Cc); 2nd J. E. Stevens Cc). S. H. Gordon (a) andH. R. Dean Ca) were 1St and 2nd in the Junior 50 yds. race.

l\Ir. Dunkin and l\Ir. Turner are both to be married duringthe holidays. We give our best wishes to them both.

The Shirbltrlzialz.

The long expected School Register has at last appeared.All Shirburnians, past, present and to be, will always be deeplygrateful to Mr. House for the enormous trouble he has takenin compiling it. A review will appear in our November issue.

The Captain of Cricket wishes to take this opportunity ofthanking those Masters who have so kindly given up their leisuretime in order to improve the Cricket of the School.

The Editor respectfully reminds Contributors that theirSubscriptions are now due for the ensuing year.

(a), School House; Cb), Blanch's; Cc), Wilson's; Cd), Hodgson's;Cl), Wildman's.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

H.l\I.S-He lived in the town but was never a member of the School.

A.F.R.-An apology is due to you. Your letter has been lost but the substanceof it has been inserted in our present issue.

INDIGNANT.-You must allow the Editors to judge whether a contribu tion isor is not fit for insertion.

\V 14874.-YOu are at liberty to respond bv a letter in our columns. \Ve arenot allowed to divulge the names of ou~ correspondents.

G.-Letters of a personal nature cannot be inserted.

A. N. OTHER.-See our issue for June, 1892.

Xn+I.-Tryagain. • Mom' does not rhyme with' dawn.'

The Editors beg to acknowledge with thanks the receiptof the following :-Lorettonian, Rossallian, Baileyburian, BurstJolmiall, Marlburian, Cartlzusian, Wykelzanzist, Laxtonian, Thistle,Clavinian, Batlzonian, Felstedian, Lancing Collelie NIagaziue,Uppingham School Magazine, Alleynian, Blue, Blzmdellian, Alden­hamian. Wellingtonian, St. Edward's School Magazine.

CONTENTS.

ESSAYS, AS THEY ARE \VROTECOMMEMORATION -CRICKETMUSICAL SOCIETYCADET CORPSGAMES FUNDCORRESPONDENCESCHOOL NEWSANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

NOTICES TO. CORRESPONDENTS.

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All Letters and Articles intended for publication shouldbe sent to the EDITOR, School House, Sherborne, Dorset.

The Annual Subscription is 3/3 including postage. TheShirbzlrnian is published six times in the year, twice eachterm.

Subscribers changing their addresses are requestedtocom­municate at once with the EDITOR, as otherwise the Shirburniancannot possibly be forwarded to them. This applies especiallyto subscribers entering or leaving the Universities.

No anonymous contribution will be accepted: but the fullname must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, which will not beopened if the article be rejected.

If an article is to be continued in successive numbers, thewhole is to be sent in at once.

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We decline to hold ourselves responsible for the opinionsof our contributors.

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