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Vol. XXIII. July 27th, 1946. No. 200.

CONTENTS. PAGF

Editorial ... ... .. .. . 55 School Notes .. ... .. .. . 56 Speech Day ... ... ... 58 School Concert ... ... .. .. . ... 62 Mellor Prolea ... 61 The Invisible Duke ... .. .. . M Building Fund Donations ... ... ... 66 The Library ... ... ... ... .. . 67 J.T.C. Notes ... 67 House Notes ... ... ... ... 68 Catteral Hall ... ... .. ... 74 Letters ... ... ... ... .. . 78 Cricket ... ... ... ... ... 78 Cricket: A Retrospect .. ... ... 97 Cricket Characters ... ... ... U9 Cricket Averagea ... ... ... .. ... 100 Athletic Sports ... ... .. 102 0. G. Roll or Honour ... ... ... .. . 103 O.G. lfotes ... 101 0. G.'s Serving ... ... .. . 106 Our Contemporaries ... .. 107

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THE

GIGGLESWICK

CHRONICLE

No. 200.

VOL. XXIII.

July 27th, 1948.

SETTLE:

l, W. L.U<JIEBT .lND SONB, PRINTERS AND IITATIONEBB.

EDITORIAL.

THIS is the 200th issue of the Chronicle, of which the first edition appeared some sixty-six years ago, in March 1880.

It started with a very practical aim-to remedy the lack of any permanent record of the School's sporting activities, which at that time rested mainly on hearsay and tradition, as well as of "the less-known proceedings of the Debating, Literary and Musical Societies." It also set out to provide "original anicles on various subjects of interest to the School .... with general School news and Correspondence." We venture to say that the Chronicle bas come a. long way since then. School news is taken for granted, and our magazine now enjoys the services of talented artistic, dramatic and other specialised contributors which enable it to conform with modern standards of school journalism.

Nevertheless, there is room for considerable improvement­as anyone who has seen the annual total of contributions will affirm-for it is upon voluntary contributions that the Chronicle depends for its individuality, and with contributions alone can it rise above the stereotyped record of events which constitutes the average school magazine. Contributions do not only com­prise the " articles, poems or stories of school or general interest" for which the editors issue in vain their monotonous appeal each term. True they indicate talent which any school is proud to possess, but it is to correspondence also that all great daily, weekly and quarterly publications o,f to-day give prominence; and rightly, for it is evidence of a. healthy trend both among their writers and subscribers. If we are to judge by the obvious enjoyment of those who are accustomed to read the back numbers in the Library, it is apparent that in past times for sheer wit and sagacity the correspondence in this magazine rivalled any in the country, and therefore we con­fidently appeal to all members of the School, past and present, to revive this tradition, so that its former glory in this respect may be recaptured and the Chronicle restored to its rightful place among its contemporaries.

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SCHOOL NOTES.

HEAD OF SCHOOL :-J. G. S. Smith (Head of Shute).

PRAEPOSTORS :_:__N. C. Varley (Head of' Paley). G. M. Halliwell (Head of Carr). R. C. Champeney (Head of Nowell). S. F. W. Monkman (Head of Style). M. H. Walker.

CAPTAIN OF CRICKET :-M. H. Walker.

HON. SBCRBTARY :-G. A. H. Hirst.

LIBRARIANS ;-J. R. Hickson, G. M. Halliwell, M. H. Walker, N. C. Varley, J. M. Lister, C. R. Oddie, W. J. Thomas, W. J. Hutchinson.

SUB-EDITORS OF THE CHRONICLE :-C. R. Oddie, W. J. Hutchinson, I. B. Porteous, J: M. Lister.

BULLOCK, A. D. JACKSON, G. A. A. WHITTAKER, G. D.

From Catteral Hall : BRIGGS, G. A. LONSDALE, B. T. MATHER, P. B.

�uete.

IIIB IliA IliA

. IIIB L.III L.III

Style Nowell Nowell

Carr Paley Carr

The following have entered Catteral Hall this term : Lightowler, C. D. R., Scorer, W., Walton, J. N. R., Wood,

P. S.

'llaldt.

CoLLETT, C., Nowell, came '408, placed L.III, left VI, House Senior, Sub-Editor of the Chronicle, Cpl. J.T.C.

DICKEY, C. R., Nowell, came '398, placed IliA, left VI, House Senior, Gym VIII, Sub-Editor of the Chronicle, Sgt. J.T.C.

FOSTBR, R., Style, ca.me '408, placed II, left VA, J.T.C.

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RIGGIN, P. D., Style, <$me '358, placed IliA, left VI, Prae­postor, Head of Style, Librarian, Sgt. J.T.C.

LEACH, D. H., Carr, came '43\ placed IIIB, left VI, XV Colour, L/Cpl. J.T.C.

LORD, T., Paley, came '40\ placed II, left VI, XV Colour, J.T.C.

LUPTON, J. H., Carr, came '418, placed L.III, left VA, J.T.C.

WRIGHT, P. W., Carr, came '421, placed L.III, left VI, House Senior, XV Colour, Gold Medallist, L/Cpl. J.T.C.

We welcome Mr. B.·Pape, O.G. (W29-34) who has joined us as Housemaster of Nowell and Clerk to the Governors.

We offer our congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Benson on the birth of their son.

The Confirmation Service was held by the Lord Bishop of Bradford in the Chapel on Sunday, July 14th.

A party of Fifth-formers went to the Civic Theatre at Brad­ford to see a performance of "The Tempest."

The 'Chronicle' very reluctantly says farewell to a former Editor, for Mr. Hankey leaves us this term to take up the Headmastership of Clifton College Preparatory School. We congratulate him on his appointment but we shall miss him here, where he has played so many parts, from Housemaster of Paley and r,naster in charge of Cricket and of History to 'Miss Bracegirdle.' We shall miss Mrs. Hankey, too, as hostess of Howson's and as an enthusiastic and skilled taker of games at Catteral Hall. May we offer to both of them our sincere good wishes for the future.

National Savings for the term amounts to £1,200, making a total of £11,600.

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SPEECH DAY. (Reprinted by courtesy of the Craven Herald).

" { do not fear for the future of the Independent Schools, or for this school in particular, but I am in no doubt as to

the conditions of their continued prosperity. To the devotion and pride in workmanship that have made them great must be added a wider sympathy, a broader outlook. They must be ready at all times to co-operate with the State in the grand enterprise of education up to, but not beyond, the point at which the State would claim control."

Mr. E. H. Partridge, headmaster of Giggleswick School, made this statement at the annual speech day on Saturday, June 29th, when Sir Ian Fraser, the blind M.P., who is chairman of St. Dunstan's, presented the prizes.

The Headmaster added that the claims of the Independent Schools to survival and the right of entry to them must be based on merit rather than privilege. As he would strenuously defend

their right to charge fees so long as they could thereby proceed with the practice and evolution of a type of education not else­where or otherhow obtainable, so he would not attempt to j ustify the right of a parent to buy his way in for a boy who could not pass a qualifying examination.

" There is no room here for the boy or man who is not up to his j ob, who will not work, for this is, or sets out to be, a school for life. I would be as loathe to see its work narrowed or restricted to the scope of a technical institute as to have it regarded as a clinic or a chapel of ease. But to work through a world war in such a. community as this, at a time when men search their hearts and ultimate values are laid bare, when thoughts that lie too deep for ordinary speech find rare, articu­late expression, is to stand convinced that it has some quality of life, immortal, imperishable, that will survive at least as long as England remember! not to fear her own greatness and parents still find in the growth and development of their children the gracious and perfect harvest of their labour and their life."

Earlier in his annual review, Mr. Partridge said that the year that was past they must count forever memorable for the lifting of the dark shadow that lay for six long years across their work and across the young life growing up in the school, sternly and iml:nediately to be tested, in some oases to be claimed as the price of their continued freedom to enjoy so fair a heritage.

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We should be poor creatures indeed if while still within sight of the shining example of fortitude and endurance shown by those who learned at Giggleswick to endure hardness and fear God only, we shirked the labour of crowning their endeavour and setting the seal upon their sacrifice.

"But (continued the Headmaster) I think that most of us, whatever our walk of life , are to-day experiencing some sense of disappointment and frustration in that the cessation of war has not diminishad our troubles which is as natural as it is foolish ; foolish because, of course, we know a greai deal about war and precious little about peace, which is infinitely harder to make and which can only be made by individuals leading a certain kind of life and infusing a certain kind of spirit through and be­yond their immediate environment. It is of the essence of tragedy that human vision is still so limited tha.t nothing, it seems, short of the stark rea.lities of war can call forth the best of which human nature is capable in comradeship, in endurance, in unselfishnesa, in sacrifice. And we here do noi escape the implications of this broad generalisation . I saw a spirit here· throughout the war that matched that of our brothers engaged in the actual conduct of hostilities. It was a spirit which Animated the whole country and incidentally saved the world. But I doubt if you would claim that it is as universally conspicuous to-day . But here , if anywhere, we cannot afford to lose it. It would be folly to be misled by the faot that the Independent Schools to-day are full to capacity and ha.ve waiting lists for many years to come. The plain fact is that there are not enough IIChools in the country for children of school age. But this unhappy state of affain will not persist. Before long the Independent Schools will be facinc a competition backed by material resources they can never hope to command. I do not fear that competition if, but only if, we keep fast hold of the spiritual resources which are ours and which are the prime condi*ion of the peculiar quality of life that has been nolved in these communities , a quality which I believe can only flourish in independence and must in the nature of things elude any attempt to impose it by remote external control."

That parents valued this quality highly was evidenced by their readinesa to pay a substantial sum over and above the contribution they had already made to the State system and for which they could claim their children 's aducation. He asked them not to forget the oonditions material and spiritual under which it flourished ; material, in that iudependenoe must uUimately mean financial independence. As to the conditions spiritual , the Headmaster enumerated a sterner discipline, a more exacting atmos­phere , a ceaaeleaa insistence on the overriding claims of the community, a faith living by example rather than in precept a.nd issuing in the infection of a good courage, a toughness of fibre , an unquenchable zeat for life. "If the material condition& are in the last resort your responsibility, these, I know, are mine. It is for me to see that this school remains a hard nurse of men," h� added .

Dealing with changes and impending changes , the Headmaster men­tioned the return of Mr . Smith, for eight years housemaster of Nowell , to Mah·em ; the appointmeni of Mr . Hankey, bouaemaater of Paley , as

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HeAdmaster of Clifton Preparatory School ; the departure of his (Hr. Partridge's) own brother, who had steered Catteral Hall through perhaps the most difficult years of its life ; the loss of Mr. Hinton, who had left to take up an Inspectorship. Mr. Bensan had returned to Carr, and in Mr. Lincoln in Catteral HallGand Mr. Pape in Nowell they had two of their own sons returning, after an experience of war as exacting as any , to the service of the school which nurtured them . The return of Captain Wardle already had done much for the gym. and physical training. Mr. Gaskell , too , was back.

Looking to the future, th� Headmaster said that already a start had been made on some of the projects in thei£ building and re-equipment scheme. Alterations to the pa.ntry and dining hall had vastly improved working conditions for the domestic staff, and a quantity of modern ap­pliances had been installed in the kitchens. He hoped other additions and alterations would swiftly follow. That morning the governors had approved the purchase of 115 acres of additional playing fields .

Sir Ian Fraser, who was introduced by Mr. Dudley H . Illingworth, Chairman o f the Governors, opened with a reference to St. Dunstan's, remarking that the men now coming to them who had been blinded in battle during the recent war were better grounded than the earlier generation who fought in the first Great War. That was a testimony to the development which had taken pktce in our national educational system. These men very speedily learnt to read with their fingers, to typewrite, and to do various other things blindness demanded of them. Altogether, it was a very remarkable school and there was a very remarkable spirit in it . They might be glad to know that a great majority of the men who went out into the world from this school were able to earn their own living in spite of their difficulties. :

Remarking that this tim11 would not come again, Sir Ian said that from personal experience he could tell the bo·ys of Giggleswick that it would be an irreparable loss to them all their days if they left school too early or did not do the best they could while at school . "I left school too early, to go to my war and I have never been able to make up for the loss that occasioned ," he said . "Take advantage of the good things around you and of the great opportunity it is yours to enjoy."

Alluding to Giggleswick's long traditions, Sir Ian said it had survived five centuries of change, danger and hazard. In this age when chR.nge­somehmes change for its own sake-was so strongly recommended to us, we might usefully examine the grea.t inherita.nce handed down by our fathers and forefathers . He commended the courage of the governors and headmaster in making developments and improvements in those years of slump in the early 30's, when others feared to take such steps. Tha.t kind of courage and faith deserved the success with which it had been rewarded. Giggleswick had anticipated some of the findings of the Fleming Report and in some respects had gone further than that Report . He did not doubt that its exa.mple would be one of value to the educational world at large.

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Sir Ian warmly supported the Headmaster'• plea that our great public schools should remain independent-free to serve their valuable purpose ,

possibly with the help but without the control of outside bodies . Giggles wick had existed for five centuries with some State help but without State control. '

If the victory in the wa:r had disappointed us to the extent that it had not speedily brought tlie good things we talked about, we should remember that our elder brothers , our fathers and our foref!!others dowu the gener­ations bad made great sacrifices for us , not without their reward. We were still free. They might feel that that was indeed a very great part of our life ;md that it was .worth the great sac.rifices it had called for.

Congratulating the School on its J.T. C . , Sir Ian said he·believed it to be true that it woul?,remain their duty to engage in national service so that our nation might play its part in the greater service of mankind which new world organisations might require. New ideas were enteting tnen'l! minds, not for the first time, that we should soon begin to owe ' an 'alleg­iance to some wider autho'rity than that of our own nation , perhaps the United Nations, perhaps a World State . These ideas were only just being worked out. For the time being , perhaps for a generation , we might atill do well to own a loyalty , 'if need bt> one calling for the 1,1tmost sacrifice , 'o a closer and nearer organisation we could understand . "I believe it is still the best duty of our people to honour their father and their mother, and to serve their King and Country," he added .

It was a pleasure to visit Giggleswick because he believed that the boys there were being brought up in a liberal tradition from the education point of view but with a strong patriotic outlook . He wished the School every success in the future .

Mr. Donald Hopewell, one of the governors, voiced thanks to Sir Ian and Lady Fraser, who accompanied him, and to Mr. Partridge.

. PRIZE Waugh English Prize:­

En[?lish Versr. Prize :­

LIS 'D .

Howson La tin Prizes;-VI th Vth IVth IIIrd

Style Mathematical Prizes:­Vltb Vth IVth

Greek Prize:- Vlth Howson French Prizes:-

FoRM FORM FoRM FoRM

FoRM FoRM FoRM FORM

Vltb FoRM' Vth FoRM

C. R. OonrE D. IBBOTSON G. M. HELLIWBLL P,. M;. HANSCOMBE. B. S. RINGROSB G. H. BERRY

E. R. BAR KER B.s. SMITH H. KESSLER G. M. HBLLIWELL

M. H. WALK!!R P. P. GUMMER

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How son German Prizes :-Vlth FoRM Vth FORM

Turnbull Scimce Prize:-

Allan Science Prizes:- Under 16 Vth FoRM IVth FoRM

Moore History Prize:-

Martin Hurst Geography Prize:­

Drawing Prizes :-

Music Prizes :-

) Douglas Natural History• Prizes :-

Headmaster's Prize:­

Peacoch Memorial Prize :­

Preparatory School Prizes :-FoRM I FoRM II FORM III FORM IV FoRM V DRAWING Music

M. H. WALKER G. B. NICHOLSON

R. c. CHAMPENEY

B. s. RINGROSE B. s. SMITH H. KESSLER

j. R. JAMESON

M. M. RoBERTS

J. CATON A. w. JENKINS

W. j. BURRAS I. M. RAMSEY

R. E. BLAIR D. G. PELLATT

10 G. s. SMITH

C. R. OooiR

J. M. WILKINSON M. s. GREEN M. D. TUBMAN M. G. DowNEY

I. CHADWICK J. B.WATERTON J. A. SENIOR

SCHOOL CONCERT; BIG SCHOOL - JUNE 28TH.

JT was for many, no doubt, a pleasant thing that the evening before Speech Da.y was devoted, this year, to the arts of

Orpheus and Apollo rather than those of Dionysus and Terpsi­chore. Certainly the programme was happily varied and the Concert Choir provided unlimited enthusiasm and attack. It was true that they often mistook mere volume for true tone, but their peripatetic conductor extracted a tremendous verve from his singers a.nd there were some exciting moments in "The Revenge."

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Burra.s played with a. �enuinely musical sympathy ; his performance' of Debussy's ' Girl with the Flaxen Hair" was particularly successful. Mr. Gaskell gave resonance and point to his songs, especially to those by Mozart. Mr. Buncher guided us skilfully and gracefully ·through the sometimes re­dundant gaieties of Schumann's "Carnaval" (even he could not dispel the impression that the ca.roaval involved a. deal too much bunting), and it was pleasant to hear Mr. Greenhalgh doing justice to the Cesar Franck.

Dr. Smith, whose accompaniment of some of the solos wa.s as discreet a.s it wa.s brilliant, gave us " W a.ltzing Matilda." for good measure. This; very cleverly arranged, was enjoyed alike by choir and audience.

PROGRAMME.

1. (a) CHORUS "From Harmony" Bawl {b) CHORAL SONG "The New Commonwealth"

R. Vaughan William& THE CONCERT CHOIR

2. PIANO SOLI (a) "Andante" (b) "rhe Girl with the Flaxen Hair"

W. J. BORRAS

3. VIOLIN SOLO Last movement of Sonata in A R.T.G., accompanied by W.B .B. ,

4. SONGS (a) "Away, away, you men of rules" ,(b) ".And so, my lord,

5. CHORUS

(c) "Now your days of philandering are over" I.B.G., accompanied by H.L.S.

"Waltzing Matild11o" THE CONCERT CHOIR

6. PIANO SOLO "Carnaval" W.B.B.

Oeaar FraftC'k

Parr11 Mozart Mo•art

trad.

Schumann

'1. VIOLIN SOLO Three Dances Edward. G�rma" (i) Morris Dance

(ii) Shepherds' Dance (iii) Torch Dance

I. M. RAMSEY, accompanied by H.L.S.

8. CHORAL BALLAD "The Revenge" Stanford

THE CONCERT CHOIR

Accompanists: W.B.B. and J.M.D.

Conductor : H.L.S.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

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MELIOR PROLES. "May you be greater than your Sire! " So ran the ancient patriot's prayer When, through the testing world to fare He saw the neophyte afire. For well he knew, that loving sage, The hunger at a father's heart That sons should play a fairer part Than exploits of a previous age. He saw where his own steps had led, And how the path turned out of view, And what was false, and what was true He knew ; the wound of. knowledge bled. So, in a yet more laden time When yet the magic heart of youth Can greet the challenge of the truth With all the glory of its prime. Shall we not breathe our deep desire That man for weakness may atone? " Flesh of our flesh, bone of our bone, "May you be greater than your Sire!"

"THE INVISIBLE DUKE." "THE MAN IN THE BOWLER HAT."

THE School audience is always enthusiastic on the last night of term though we can distinguish between the "going;

home-to-morrow" shout and the shout of real approval. On the last night of the Easter term there wa.s no doubt about the approval.

This was not our first experience of a play produced by Mr. •

Curtis and performed by the younger boys. The previous one had been very good; good enough to set a standard by which this year's efforts might be judged; so good, in fact, that we shall alwayj'l owe them the compliment of hon�st criticism: rather than fulsome flattery.

"The Invisible Duke" is an amusing and unusual play con­taining some good lines, but--;-and here is the point-they are in an exaggerated prose that needs very careful handling. The

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actor is conscious of his unnatural speech as just one more barrier between himself and tbe prosaic rabble on the other side of the footlights, and this may be enough to produce dullness or a too declamatory style. Hodgson nearly fell into the first of these pitfalls and Hartley the second. Hodgson was saved by a certain detachment which made us believe that this cadaverous astrologer did really know something about the stars and might cast a spell over us at any moment, and Hartley by the fact that dictators do declaim, particularly fan­tastic ones.

Mitchell produced his entry lines well and his gesture, half­way between a s4rug of the shoulders and the manual prevari­cations of a fisherman, was most convincing. Unfortunately he tended to use it too often. Faced with the difficulty of playing a mild tragedy queen, Jolly did quite creditably. As one of the apprentices, Berry had an air of slightly mournful rectitude which contrasted well with Longton's wayward naughtiness. These two spent too much of their time on the floor, and as Big School is not a theatre, were sometimes as invisible as the Duke.

" The Man in the Bowler Hat" presents much simpler prob­lems. Not that it is nearer to real life, for the contingency of a film producer 'shooting ' a melodrama in a suburban house without the owner's consent is a remote one, but because the characters are easily recognisable to a race of film-goers.

Burrows and Sheard, as John and Mary, were as respectable a little pair as ever wor� carpet slippers or knitted socks by the fire, or put the cat out at ten -"thirty. ;l\'lary really did hope that something unusual would happen, and when it did she remained matter-of-fact but much the braver and more determined of the two; her's was a good performance.

Duckworth and Newsome gave us the right amount of bur­lesque as Hero and Heroine. Laffoley as chief villain was slightly reminiscent of Adolphe Menjou, and Jenkins of any 'wise­cracking ' gangster whom you happen to know. Rothera, the Man in the Bowler Hat, has only one line but it is important that it should get across : did he leave everybody certain that this was only a film show? I wonder.

There is just one more criticism which can be made about both plays and that is that the final consonants of words were

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not sufficiently stressed: that way lies not only slovenly speaking but inaudibility.

But if the actors sometimes put a foot wrong-and what actor does not ?--they far more often put a foot rigbt. Cues were not always taken quickly enough but on tbe whole the timing was good and tbere is certainly plenty of promise. We have to congratulate all concerned and thank them for a. very pleasant evening which will be, we hope, the forerunner of many others.

GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL BUILDING FUND. SIXTH SUBSCRIPTION LIST.

22nd March, 1946 to 16th July, 1946.

Clemence, P. G. Green, F.

BY DONATION.

Carried forward

Jones, Rev. E. A. MacGregor, Miss E. B. Moss, W. (2nd donation) Stephenson, F. Stokes, R. Style, Miss K. M. (2nd donation) ... Thomas, H. W. West, R. Wightman, S. (3rd dona.ticm) Wiles, J. H. Winterbottom, B. . . .

B Y COVENANT.

Carried forward Hankey, Mr. & Mrs. L. H. A. Rei£, A. E.

£ B. d. 4,703 18 0

15 15 0 21 0 0

5 0 0 10 0 0 10 10 0 6 6 0

100 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 7 10 0

10 10 0 5 0 0

£4,903 12 0

£ s. d. 11 ,978 9 5

14 0 0 52 10 0

£12,044 19 5 {on which tax is recoverable

at the current rate) .

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THE LIBRARY. GRATEFUL acknowledgment must be made for the following

gifts : to G. E. C. Kerr, Esq., for an addition to the Classics Section, to the Rev. P. Curtis for a volume of plays, and to D. Ibbotson for a generous replenishment of detective fiction.

The re-arrangement and recataloguing of the Library has been completed, and it is hoped that the card-index will be available by the end of next term.

The Librarians have done a good piece of work this year and are to be congratulated on their efforts. Acknowledgement; is also due to the generous assistance of D. Ibbotson, who has worked enthusiastically as an unofficial Librarian and has greatly eased the burden of the recataloguing.

It is becoming a little less difficult to buy books, and a good many of the most urgent recommendations for the Reference Sections are being obtained, t�ough still not as quickly as might be hoped.

By next year it may be possible to add more in proportion to the Fiction Sections ; and again, one must plead for greater care in handling books, especially of this type. Present-day bindings and paper are of such poor quality, that a new novel, if popular is apt to have a very short life !

J.T.C. NOTES. WORK this term has followed the usual routine. In ad-

dition twenty-one candidates entered for and passed Certificate 'A,' Part 2 (Section Leaders), and thirteen signallers are taking the proficiency test in the last week. The guard of honour for Sir Ian Fraser on Speech Day was smart in action and steady in repose, while the band, after an unpromising start in May, had made surprising progress by the end of June.

There have been many difficulties to contend with, some trivial and some serious. The most irritating of the trivial difficulties is the perennial problem of boots. There seems no hope of increasing our stock for a long time, or even of replac­ing pairs which are worn out, and it would be a great' help if more cadets could supply their own. Of course many boys do not feel justified in using coupons for an article which is only worn once a week ; but there must be some who enjoy walking

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or climbing, and who would like to equip themselves with a. stout pair of boots for use in tbe holidays a'J well as on parade.

Among the more serious difficulties have bee� the lack of a serjeant-instructor, and the temporary unserviceability of the miniature range. We have now repaired the range, and hope to rei>air tbeotber deficiency before long. Shooting should as a result be more satisfactory next term than it has been in the summer. But perhaps the greatest blow was the cancellation of our ar-. rangements to attend the first official camp since 1938, owing to the risk of infectious disease. It would have been most valuable for the contingent to live for a week as a military unit, to oompet& against other schools, and to move during tactical exercises over strange ground. We hope, however, to save a good deal from the wreck by holding an exercise of our own during the first two days of the holidays, spending one night out in the wilds.

HOUSE NOTES

Head of House : House Seniors :

Captain of Cricket : Captain of Swimming :

CARR..

G. M. Halliwell. J. R. Hickson, G. M. Armstrong, F. D. Cameron, G. A. H. Hirst, P. M. Hanscombe. G. M. Heiliwell. F. D. Cameron.

Last term ended with an exciting finish to the sports and we were able to steal the victory from Paley by a few points. We offer our hearty congratulations to Wright, P. W., orl winning the Gold Medal. The House relay team (Wright, P. W. , Ca.m­eron, Hirst, Lupton, Hickson, J. R., Hanscom be, Smith, E. S. K., and Hedges) ran a very good race and missed the record (which is held by Carr) by only I} seconds. The following gained places in the sports :-Wright, P. W.: (1st) Hundred yards, quarter mile, half mile, mile.

{3rd) Hurdles, long jump. Cameron: {1st) Weight putt.

{2nd) Hundred yards. {3rd) Quarter mile.

Hirst: (2nd) Weight putt.

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To celeb:-ate our winning the Sports' Cup a revue was given in the common room by the Carr Repertory Company, entitled "All in Fun." In spite of the difficulty of singing without accompaniment (which, after the first chorus, we all fully ap-preciated) the show was a great success. ·

Break P.T. this term ha.s impnved gradually and the squad as a whole is putting more effort into the exercises. The small points, however, still need more polish and concentration. The new P.T. rota which Capt. Wardle introduced at tbe beginning of term seemed, on paper, pleasantly easy, but we found that in practice the exercises were more exacting and, if properly performed, more beneficial than the old.

Cricket this term has not been outstanding, but Hirst and Jameson have been very valuable members of the XI. We congratulate Hirst on winning his XI and Jameson his XXII colours. We lost the first round of Junior Dorm. to Shute, who were the better side, but we were rather unlucky in not g�tting Bowden out before he settled down to make his 62. Mitchell, J. H., bowled well and took 5 wickets for 17 runs. Our fielding was quite good, but the batting weak and unequal to Shute's more experienced bowling side. We were sorry to lose Arm­strong half way through the term, whose bowling and batting would have made a valuable addition to our Senior Dorm. side.

Although tne baths were opened late this term there has been keenness shown in the swimming. Ho\lS6 bftthes have been well attended and, when the water was warm, enjoyed. We have several places in the semi-finals of bqth junior and senior events.

I u tbe Corps there is still a lack of N .C.O.'s in Carr, but we have many representatives in the Cert. A platoons. We con­gratulate Smith, E. S. K. on winning the silver bugle, after a.

very hard contest.

Those whose parents did not visit them on V-Day enjoyed a House ramble. The expedition started from Clapham and from there climbed Ingleborough, stopping on the way at Gaping Ghyll. The high spot of the day was when some daring spirits ventured to make the jump of some forty feet over Beezley Falls.

The following received prizes on Speech Day :-G. M. Halli­well, VIth form Latin Prize, VIth form Greek Prize ; J. R.

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Jameson, Moore History Prize; P. M. Hanscombe, Vtb form Latin Prize.

Several Old Boys have visited us this term : on Speech Day H. R. Howe and D. B. Moore (who are now attending Man­chester and Leeds Universities respectively), and later J. B. Womersley, D. W. Gallimore and B. I. Pilley.

NOWELL.

We were very sorry to lose Mr. Smith at the end of last term. He was Housemaster of Nowell for eight years, and during this time did much for the betterment of the House. For the first half of term the Headmaster took over the House and ran it until the arrival of Mr. Pape to whom we extend a hearty welcome.

Although it is not very likely that we shall rise to any great height in the inter Dorm. cricket or swimming events this term, it has even so been most eventful. V-Day saw about half the House rambling over the moors and Pen-y-ghent, and a thoroughly enjoyable time was bad by all. Mr. Pape has very kindly driven many of us to the top of High Rigg to see the sunset and to try to predict the morrow's weather, sometimes with success. He has also dragged two members of the House from their beds at 2-30 in the morning to view the sunrise from the top of Ingle borough, and it was an enjoyable trip apart from the fact that the sun was not seen to rise I

In spite of the fact that most of our best players from last year have departed, we still h!1ve hope that we shall not fare too badly in Senior Dorm. Cricket against Paley. The Juniors, under Collett, lost in the semi-finals to a. much superior Shute team, but there are signs that we have one or two promising young players. We congratulate Machell on his XI colours which he richly deserves. Ripper, J. , has also played for the XI, while Barker, E. R., has captained the XXII for whom Holmes has played. Duggleby has played regularly for Colts.

As swimming started late this term we have found it difficult to get as much practice as we should have liked, the only chance being half-an-hour on Sundays. In spite of this we have a fairly fast relay team. The beginners have benefitted a great deal from Mr. Wardle's instruction, though they may have dreaded the beginners' bathe just after the water had been changed I

There has been a very marked improvement in Break P.T. this term, though it is still not as good as it could be. The fault lies in that although most people are usually trying en­ergetically there are always the few who are not.

We have our full complement in the Corps with two Sergeants, two Corporals and tw.o Lance Corporals. We will also be well represented in Camp at the end of term. Congratulations to Townend and Stephenson, D. R., on passing Cert. A. Holmes has played as solo drummer for the Band.

We congratulate Berry and Sheard, A. V. , on their Scholar­ships, and also Barker, E. R., Champeney, Kessler and Berry on winning prizes at Speech Day.

We congratulate GJhirnside on gaining his commission, and were glad to see him and Carter, Nelson, Collett, Dixon and Grant this term. Carter and Nelson played for the Old Boys' XI on Speech Day.

Head of House : House Seniors :

PALEY. �·C. Varley M. H. Walker, .N . F. St�wart, D. Ibbotson, R. E. Blair.

This term has been singular in that it has been Mr. Hankey's last, and also the last for nine senior members of the House.

We have been fortunate in having three members of the Xl in the House this season, but only one in the XXII, and we would like to congratulate Walker, M. H. (Captain), Blair and Kenyon on obtaining XI colours. We lost to Style in the Junior Dorm. cricket match but this was surely caused by WE-akness in batting rather than lack of keenness in the field. The Senior Dorm. matches are still in progress. The team's batting is strong but the bowling we1k; we have hopes, how­ever, that Blair will successfully surprise and demoralise the opposing batsmen with his 'underhand ' deliveries.

Those members of the House who accompanied Mr. Hankey on the ramble on Victory Day obviously enjoyed themselves, and returned home footsore but triumphant.

The School is in the middle of the Swimming Sports, and in' spite of the fact that Varley, who is running them , obstinately refuses to make any concessions to his own House, Walker, M. H., has reached the final round of the Open Four L..engths,

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:Robinson of the Junior Back-stroke, and Duckworth, P. G. , of the Under 15 Two Lengths. Many events have still to take place.

We congratulate the following on winning prizes this year:­English Verse Prize, D. Ibbotson (no one dare ask how many entries there were!) ; Howson French Prize, VIth form, M. H. Walker; Howson German Prize, VIth form, M. H. Walker; Music Prize, W. J. Burras; Douglas Natural History Prize, R. E. Blair.

The House was pleased to see some of its Old Boys on Speech Day, and during the term the following visited us :-T. P. Hall, K. J. Bury, J. F. Gooder, R. Stephenson, P. A. Hartley, J. N. Lamb, T. Lord, H. Palmer, A. G. Romans, J. T. Wilson and H. N. Lewis.

Finally, on behalf of the House, we would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Hankey for all they have done for us, and we wish them every happiness at Clifton.

Head of House : House Seniors :

SHUTE. J. G. S. Smith. R. E. Atkinson, J. W. Falck, C. R. Oddie, R. F. Bates.

We have been treated to the usual Giggleswick weather this summer, if not even more so. We have had just enough sun to turn one's skin red, and enough rain to last a lifetime. Despite this there have been one or two good wickets on the square for both School and Dorm. matches.

In the way of cricket we have had three people in the School XI, five in the XXII, and four in the Colts, which is not too bad. We consequently just managed to beat Style in the final of Junior Dorm. by 16 runs. Bowden knocked up a good 53, and Neal did a hat-trick. We have survived the first round of Senior Dorm. against Style and are at present playing Carr. House netil have been fairly well attended, and there is a lot of enthusiasm in the House for the game.

V-Da.y saw those who were not going out with parents toil­ing off after morning prayers to the the station, on the way to Clapham and a day in the hills. Glapham Cave was the first port of call, where we admired the interior by electric light and stanQ.ing on a. concrete pa.th. At Gaping Ghyll we saw the

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British Speleological Association setting up its gear preparatory to a three week's exploration of this and otber pot-boles. Mov­ing on to the top of Ingleborough we bad lunch, and as it was coldish hurried down to the Ingleton road, which we struck near the White Scar Cave. We crossed the Ribble by some stepping stones and came to Bea�ley Falls, where some of us bathed. As time was getting on and the train back could not be missed we passed on through the woods to Ingleton, and thence back to School and 11. first rate tea.

There are one or two promising swimmers in the House who are keen, as well as some who could show more interest. The material is good, but it will need a year or two's polishing to put a pre-war finish on it. We are glad Capt. Wardle is back on the job seeing to the non-swimmers.

On Speech Day Oddie, Smith, B. S., Caton, J. and Smith, J. G. S., received prizes.

We were glad to see Heaton, Leeming, Farnworth and Gled­hill during the term.

Head of House : House Seniors :

Captain of Cricket : Captain of Swimming :

STYLE. S. F. W. Monkman. 0. A. Entwistle, T. H. Foxcroft A. C. Howarth, I. M. Ramsey. P. S. Lenegban., 0. A. Entwistle.

This term has at long last seen the end of levelling operations. The waste land, which has for so long defied us, has been laid flat after much work, which has been c!!.rried out in the main by stalwarts from second and fifth sets. It is hoped that by next term the ground may have been properly surfaced and available for P.T. as the size of the squad is such that it requires more room for movement. .

On Speech Day we provided nine cadets for the Guard of Honour, and Scales and Leneghan represented us in the band.

Cricket.-In the first round of the Senior Dormitory matches Style met Shute, and were leading-en the first inning, by 12 runs, only to lose the match by a narrow margin of 10 runs. In the Junior Dormitory matches Style beat Paley by five wickets, and by winning this match had to meet Shute in the final. Shute were all out for 105 runs, and Style started off

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well with a first wicket partnership of 68 runs between Ather­ton, E. J. , and Fell, but the rest of the team were very weak, and the side was out for a total of 89 runs.

Leneghan and Scales played for the XI, and were awarded their XXII colours. We had three in the Colts side this season, and of these Atherton, E. J. , was awarded his Colts cap.

Swimming.-Last summer there was, unfortunately, very little swimming and this may account for the fact that several Juniors in Style are unable to swim properly. Nevertheless, three " non-swimmers " have succeeded in swimming their three lengths, but the percentage of Style boys who can swim three lengths still remains low. As yet only two semi-finals of the swimming sports have been completed, and Style has been un­fortunate in not gaining a place in either of them. We hope, however, to be more successful in such events as the breast and back-stroke races in which we are stronger than in any of the free-style races.

CATTERAL HALL.

The weather has been much kinder to us this term, arid we have spent most of our time outside. Cricket has been the main topic of conversation. We have had quite a successful season, and have played six school matches, of which we won four, and lost two. The best performance was at Aysgarth where we won by six wickets. Futhermore, Guild and Hickson have set up a Catteral Hall record which will take a good deal of beating-141 for the second wicket in the opening match of the season. We should like to thank Mr. Hankey and Mr. Fuller for their valuable help in nets, and also the Colts who have come down to bowl to us.

With our swimming we have not been so successful, as the baths were·not available until the second half of the term. The number of swimmers is small, but there are a good many who should very soon swim. Judging by eagerness to go into a very Arctic looking pool on Victory Day there appears to be plenty of enthusiasm.

On Victory Day half the house went to Catrigg, and the remainder to the Ribble near Stainforth. The high-light of the day was an excellent lunch which the Headmaster very kindly brought out for us.

Finally, may we express our gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. Han­key who are leaving this term. Our cricket, our football, and our Latin, will suffer sadly, and the Junior Playroom on a wet afternoon will present a gloomy picture without Mrs. Hankey. We wish them both the very best of luck in the future.

SECOND SET LETTER. Sir,

The XI, the XXII and Colts are all allotted a considerable space in this publication and we feel that as the only other set on top field we also should receive mention. For those there­fore who are in any doubt we will give a short summary of our activities.

Of the play itself liUle need be said except that it is cricket played in the true English spirit. We have our successes and our failures ; yet it is our proud boast that during the first part of the term we achieved scores of test match dimensions and several of our more brilliant players are well on the road to advancement. (Indeed a oertain unconfirmed rumour states that one of our number has received an offer to play for Colts opposition).

The game is played in a convivial atmosphere calculated to bring out the best in budding drawing-room wits. The fielding side stand, seemingly half asleep, but in reality wrapt in thought, in positions which they believe to be those indicated by the captain's terse commands, " slip, mid-off, square-leg, etc." which he strings off in quick succession until his memory for positions or the supply of players fails. T�e umpires chat amiably, and often in Socratic dialogue, with the nearest fielders. The bowler and batsmen, being the most active men on the field are unable to indulge in deep thought, but occupy their minds with formulae concerning, bats, balls a.nd bails.

Thus it ca.n be seen' that wisdom is expounded on the field itself, but it is the batting side that is the discussion group, the debating society, and brains trust. Here everything is discussed, from motor-bikes to pole-cats, from racing results to certificate examinations. Among these sages and philosophers many a plot is hatched, many a coup d'etat is planned, many a Utopia is evolved, but alas, all are nipped in the bud before they reach fruition.

In the interests of philosophy, such talent cannot go un­noticed and unprotected. We feel that we merit a pavilion at least, for even the smallest Roman colony bad its forum.

Finally as a word of encouragement to some of the younger members of the school who feel that first set is outside their compass, we say that second set is no unworthy goal at which to aim and even urge that anyone of intellectual ability should make it his ambition to join our company.

Yours sincerely,

OXFORD LETTER.

To The Editor, Giggleswick Chronicle.

Dear Sir,

LONG STOP.

We are pleased to be able to report that Oxford continues to flourish, and with it your O.G. correspondents-this in spite of a term of perpetual rain, the growing insistence of the local housing shortage, and Romans' Finals !

Romans has, indeed, been the hardest worked among us, and we congratulate him on achieving a Second. Palmer, too, has been very active, dashing from committee meeting to confer­ence-and back again-in his capacity as President of the 0. U. Liberal Club-a position which he bas filled, we need hardly add, most ably. The Liberal Club also benefits from the stalwart support of Wilson, who has been elected to the Committee for next term.

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In the world of sport, Wilson has been playing cricket for Balliol ; and in spite . of this, they are .rumoured to have won a number of matches. Palmer rowed for Queen's in Eights Week, and Widdup only avoided a similar fate in the Trinity rugger boat by retiring to hospital with a. recurrence of dysentry.

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· We are sorry that Widdup and Romans are going down from Oxford this year, but we look forward to welcoming ·o.G. re­inforcements in October.

Yours sincerely, Oxford O.G.'s.

MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY LETTER.

To The Editor, Giggleswick Chronicle.

Dear Sir, As this is the Summer Term a report of the doings of O.G.'s

should first mention our athletic achievements. Cricket is not our forte (we are mostly agriculturists born and bred, or at our best, graduates of 2nd Set) but Heap has succeeded in coxing the University boat from triumph to triumph, and others of us have been discovering the advantages of Tennis as a social asset.

Annual examinations have somewhat interfered with games and other social pursuits, but the "Medics," Heap and Arnold, and the dentists, K. Clark and Stockdale have not been engaged in any serious examinations. Our inseparable scientists, Byrd and Bailey have been so quiet that we suspected t)lat they were plotting atomic surprises, but they asJ'Iure us it · has only been the stress and strain of Intermediate: This hug: bear has kept even the law quiet and Parker and Howe 'bad some ex­hausting three-hour papers to undergo.

We dispatch this letter now as we feel it would be tactlessly indelicate to await examination results which will, we fear, but confirm our forebodings. .

Yours sincerely, :MANCHESTER O.G.'s.

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CRICKET. SCHOOL v. H . C. HASTINGS CLAY'S XI

Result :_:_Drawn

Played at Giggleswiok, on May 16th. Colonel Clay won the toss and sent Nelson and Ashton in on a perfect

babman'a wicket. Neither Mitchell nor Leneghan was either accurate or dangerous and the score rose quickly until Hirst came on to bowl his leg-brea.ka. Immediately both batsmen were in difficulties and had Machell not snatched at several chances, both would have been dis­miesed. Inexplicably, for in spite of some loose balls he had made two confident batsmen look very shaky, Walker took Hirst off after four in­expensive overs, dispa.tched him to the busieat corners of a much-used deep field and did not call upon him again. No other bowler showed any signs of being effective and the fielding was ragged . In these circumstanoee Ashton &nd Nelson happily resumed their a.ssault a.nd Robinson , who came in number four, laid about him most sa.va.gely until, for &ome mysterious rea.son, his captain reca.lled him to the pavilion a.nd took his pl&oe at the wicket . Nelson's was undoubtedly the innings of the match­not faultles& , it was nevertheles11 elegant and forceful-the real cricketer' s knock .

Ha.ving t&ken two and a ha.lf hours to make 226 runs , the visitors left the School an hour less in which to get them. Doubtless the idea was to get the XI out .in that time. If so, Blair, Walker, Helliwell and Kenyon showed that they clearly had other ideas . They were all ready to come forward to the quicker bowlers , and had Mitchell done the same, he would have made an equally good impression . Leneghan alone failed ; he was perhaps unlucky to be caught in the attempt to hook a short rising ball . Walker played some glorious craoka through the covers and one grand slash past second slip . Buswell eschewing the fast-bowler's stock-in-trade of intimidation, bowled for an hour with great accuracy and little luck . The way in which the batsmen plu.yed him was a. tribute to the practice and oo&ching he had given them during the previous fortnight.

H. C. Ii. CLAY'S XI. T. W. Ashton, run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 W. H. Nelson , c . Blair, b. Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 J. A. Falck , c. Mitchell, b. Bates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 R. P . Robinson , retired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 I. A. Nutter , c. Helliwell, b. Falck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 H. 0. H. Clay, c . Walker, b. Leneghan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 F. B. Barrell, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 L. H. A. Hankey, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Extras . . . . . 2

Total (for 6 wickets declared) 226

K. R. Bull, M. C . Miles-Sharp. J. Buswell , did not bat Mitchell 10-1-55-Q Leneghan 1S-Q-65-1 Ripper 7-1-36-0

Hirst 4-1-lQ-0 Walker 5-1-113-1 Bates 4-Q-31-1 Falck 2-Q--4-1

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R. E. Blair, c. Nelson , b. Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 P. S. Leneghan, c. Bull, b . Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 E . Mitchell, b. Buswell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 M. H. Walker, b. Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 G . M. Halliwell , not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 W. J. Kenyon , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Extras. . . . . . 13

Total (for 4 wickets) 7 4 G. A. H. Hirst, R. F .· Bates , J, W. Falck, R. P. Machell, J. H. ·A. Ripper,

did not bat

Buswen s.:......1-14-1 Clay 5-1-15-1 Robinson 6-2-14-2 Falck 6-1-16-0 Miles-Sharp 2-1-2-Q

SCHOOL v. BRADFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Result :-Lost by 9 wickets .

Played at Giggleswick , on May 21st.

Walker won the toss and the XI went in to bat in ideal conditions . Rhodes bowled · with some life and accuracy rbut Thompson was loose ; Blair and Leneghan were somewhat gentle with them, but Blair , at least, looked as though he w0uld be there all day . However he played across a yorker and Mitchell and Leneghan threw their wickets away just as they seemed set. Walker, however, batted really well (it was a good ball that bowled him) and all the next five batsmen played with some confidence . Hirst 's was a very entertaining knock ; h e slams anything short with abandon but has a very futile habit of poking the straight length ball to­wards square-leg. This was, and will always be, fatal ; he must be rid of the stroke if he is to be consistent.

146 was no more than a satisfactory total and Bradford had plenty of time in which to get the runs. In the event they did so easily, thankll largely to a merry and highly unorthodox innings by Longbottom, who enjoys his cricket, and to some very mediocre bowling by all but Mitchell, who, after his first three overs , did at least keep a length . None of the Giggleswick bowlers 1\pproached the skill of M!\gson , the verve of Rhodes or the persistence of Stott , and Bradford fully deserved their easy win . They are a lively side and are notably energetic in the field .

SCHOOL

R. E. Bh.ir, b. Rhodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 P. S . Leneghan , run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 E . Mitchell , c . Powell, b. Stott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 M. H. Walker, b. Magson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 G. M. Halliwell, c . Stott , b . Magson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 W . J. Kenyon. c . Wilkinson , b . Stott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 G. A. H. Hirst, l .b .w. , b. Magson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 R. F . Bates, b. Stott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 J . W. Falck , c. Blakey, b . Magson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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R. P . Maohell, c. Jackson, b. Magson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 J. H. A. Ripper, not out- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Extras . . . . :. 12

Total . . . . . . 146

Rhodes 8-2-17-1 Thompson 6-1-17-Q Stott 17 · 3-5-43- 3 Blakey 2�1-7-Q Ma.gson 18-4-36-5 Terry 2-0:-14-0

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R. S. Longbottom, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 0. 0. Newboult , st. Ma.chell , b . Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 R. V. Blakey, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :. . . . . . . . . . . 40

Extras. . . . . . 8

Total (for 1 wicket) 148 W. K. Wilkinson, B. A. Stott, D . F. Rhodes, J. B. T. Jackson , 0. H.

Ma.gson, J . . C. Powell, P. A. Thompson, A. 0. Terry, did not bat

Mitchell ll-2---4G--1 Leneghan 3 · 5-G--24� Ripper 2-G--8-0 Hirs� 5-G--23-Q Falck 6-G--25-Q Walker 3-Q--20-Q

SCHOOL 'V. SKIPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Result :-Drawn

Played a.t Skipton, on May 23rd . The sun shone brighUy on this . exciting and mu<:Jh enjoyed game. If

the standard of cricket was not always high, there was a well-timed dec­laration by Ashton, a magnificent display of controlled hitting by Hirst and enough tension at the end for the most rabid seekers of sensation

' Tails ' proved the wrong call and Mitchell opened the bowling against Skipton's first pair, of whom Ashton was considerably the better . Mitchell bowled well throughout the match but had very little luck with catches in the slips which either did not go to . ha.nd or were not made to go to hand; the slip-fielding was sluggish. Leneghan never found length or direction, Hirst was accurate but could not turn them, Walker, who suddenly decided �o revert to leg-breaks, turned them feet but bowled to a. field suit&ble for no known type of bowling, Falck got & wicket with almost the only ball he pitched up, and Ripper, also bowling to some very queer fields , turned them a little and used flight to good purpose. With the notable exceptions of Hirst and Blair, the fielding was shoddy , and the earlier Skipton bats­men enjoyed themselves and were allowed too much latitude . The later batsmen were less effective and, until Ashton declared at tea-time, the match became almo11t static, though Walker enlivened it with some whirl­wind and inexplicable changes of bowling.

After tea. the XI began their innings with 134 to get in _just under a.n hour and forty minutes . Leneghan and Blair were out almost at once, but Walker and Mitchell soon had the measure of the opening bowlers , whom they trounced with power and, in W a.lker ' s case, elegance. Walker's shot thro,11gh the covers off his back foot is a beauty, but he tried to play

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it too often and soon he and Mitehell were tending to use the back foot too much. However when Walker was out , victory semed in sight provided the good work was carried on. Runs were needed quickly and we looked eagerly to the pavilion gates to see Hirst come out. Unfortunately , how­ever, it was Halliwell, that courageous and confirmed stopper of rotii, whose scoring strokes are as yet ah;nost non-existent. Moreover , when Mitchell was bowled playing bac.k to a half-volley, Kenyon, not }first, took his place, and for a time he and Halliwell scratched about, looking-and, no doubt , feeling-that they were the wrong men for the job. Ten precious minutes had passed be�ore Kenyon gav

_e mid-0� an easy catch and

Hirst cs.me out to bat. For a time he took thmgs easily but he played some good strokes on tlie off side and soon began to see the ball and size up the situation . Then the fun began. Twenty minutea before time 50 odd runs were still wanted and Halliwell evidently felt that he must con­tribute, a decision which immediately caused his downfall. Bates took his place and this necessitated a reshuffle of the field, which caused some delay owing, apparently, to the multiplicity of captains in the Skipton side. Bates watched the fun , took guard deliberately and was clean bowled . Hirst was beginning to look a little thwarted and Falck did not improve matters by stealing the bowling. He then , instead of pushing the ball into the covers and getting to the bowlers end, essayed a series of curious passes to long leg , all " air shots , " and played a maiden over. This was too much for Hirst , who now began to flail in earnest. Falck soon departed and was promptly replaced by Machell , who would have been welcome earlier. But all efforts were in vain . Ashton put on his best bowler ; Hirst tried to get him away but couldn't , and the match ended very happily when Hirst got his 50 by hitting the last ball so high that two runs were completed before it landed.

The match could and -should have been won, but it had been a most pleasant and varied afternoon's cricket .

SKIPTON

Ashton, l .b .w. , b. Ripper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 French, l .b . w . , b. Ripper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Nutter , I. A. st. Machell, b. Ripper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Nutter , A. 8 . , b. Walkir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · 15 Robinson, b . Falc k. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Bury, b. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Simpson, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Extras . . . . . . 6

Total (for 3 wickets declared) 13S

Mellor, Watson, Mitson, Coates , did not bat

Mitchell 8-2-25-1 Leneghan 6-1-14-0 Hirst 6-0-12-0 Ripper 12--{)-47-3 Walker 5-0-31-1 Falck 4-1-4-1

SCHOOL

R. E. Blair, c . French, b. Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 P. S. Leneghan , b. Coates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 E. Mitchell, b. Nutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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M. H. Walker, b. Nutter . . ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . 19 G. M. Helliwell , l .b .w. , · b. �ellor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 W. J . Kenyon, c. & b . Bury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 G. A. H. Hirst, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 R. F . Bates, b. Mellor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 J. W. Falck , b. Mellor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 R. P • . Machell , not out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Extras . . . . . 8

Total (for 8 wickets) 126

Robinson 5-1-20-1 Coates 7-1-49-1 Bury 7-2-18-1 Nutter A. S. 9 -4--9-2 Mellor 7-1-22-3

SCHOOL v. LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Resplt :-Drawn

Played at Giggleswick, on June 4th . This unfinished match , though notable for the melan choly conditions

in which it was played , was in SOQ").e ways very satisfactory . In the first place it provided some real ly good batting by Walker and Mitche l l and later by Bedford and Hay ; in the second place Armstrong, who took a wicket with the first ball he bowled for the XI, suggested that he may prove the opening bowler to support Mitchell that the team bas so far lacked ; in the third place the game was contested with the utmost keen­ness and sportsmanship by both sides .

Walker ' s innings was something more than a captain ' s knock. He has his limita.tion.s as a batsman (for oue thing he has no strokes behind the wicket) , but he, is unusually sound for a school batsman , his driving of the over-pitched ball has a gracefu l vigour and, an unusual quality in a school-boy , he can force the short one really hard off the back foot . This wa.s an extremely good as well as a. useful inn ings . Mitchell too batted really well and it was a ·pity that he should have been rather stupid ly run out . Hirst displayed · his usual enterprise and · violence but a little less than the necessary d iscretion . Kenyon and Fakk batted better than they have yet done .

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Leeds had only half-an-hour's batting . Tha rain had been fal l ing steadil y for some time , and as the clouds grew darker and the damp more chilling, and as the few faithful spectators huddled pathetically under inadequate shelter, it became clear that the weather and not the skill of the players was to decide the day.

SCHOOL

R. E. Blair, b. Watkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 ·

P. S. Leneghan , l . b .w . , b. Cotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 E . Mitchell, run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 M. H. Walker, c. Lewis, b. Watkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 G. M . Halliwell , b . Aber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 W. J. Kenyon , b. Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 G . A : H . Hirst , st. Bedford, b . Ha.y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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G. M. Armstrong, c. Morley, b. Aber . . . . . . • • • . . . . . . . . . ( J . W. Falck, b. Watkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 10 R. P. Ma.chell , b. Watkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 J . H. A. Ripper, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Extras. . . . . . �0

Total UO Cotes 4-�-5-1 Watkinson 6 · 2-3-11-4 Hay �Q---2-48-1

Aber 12-3-33-2 Herlichy 4-1-12-0 Lewis 4-1-11-1

LEEDS G.S .

G. M. Bedford, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 R. Lewis, l .b .w. , b . Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 G. M. Aber, l .b .w . . b. Armstrong. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A. R. Hay , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Extras . . . . . . 8

Total (for 2 wickets) 8� K. Kirkby, M. W. Booth, D . K. Lawman, N. A. Morley, A. A . Cotes ,

D. Watkinson, M . H. Herlichy , did not bat.

Mitchell 4 · 3-1-1Q--1 Armstrong 4-Q---19-1

SCHOOL v . ST. BBES

Result-Lost by 111 runs .

Played at St. Bees on June 5th and 6th. The journey to St. Bees is long and, a.lthough far too bea.utiful to be

tedious , is not the best preparation for a. game of cricket . The XI reached St. Bees station at a. bout 3 and were playing ha.lf an hour later. Moreover an icy, salt-laden sea. wind is not the ·best climatic accompa.niment to a. game, but the XI, fielding first , seemed for a. time to be able to ignore thi11 . Mitchell, helped by some clumsy batting, a.nd undeterred by the violence of the gale , bowled really well and deserved his figures ; Armstrong and Ripper found the wind too much for them but the fielding was quite sound and the Giggleswick umpire , rubbing his numbed fingera , foreaaw victory.

It is to be regretted, however, that the Giggleswick umpire gets 0 for clairvoyance, for the XI proceeded to prove him very wrong. Except for Hirst none 0f them se emed to see or be at all anxious to hit the ball and after scratching about for quite a long time they were outed for 69. Heaton and MacCaig had bowled well but had been flattered by spineless batting. The gale may be some excuse, but a lack of confident aggression was the chief fault.

That , of course, was not the end, for there wa1 still 4t hours ' play the next day and the Giggleswick umpire gazed into his mental crystal and dreamed of a dashing victory, galla.ntly forced five miuntes before stumps were drawn . Again he was disappointed . 9-30 may be a vile hour at which to begin cricket, but Linton, Heaton and Ma.cCaig were quite un­da.unted by its problems (there was no dew) whurea11 the XI ' s bowlers

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seemed to be infected with some of the laseitude of their scorer, detair in St . BePs sanatorium with a bilious attack. Certainly the batsmen •

joyed •hemselves and we enjoyed their batting , especially Heator Mitchell plugged away willingly but almost the only bright :tnoments ,

for as •he out-cricket was concerned, were provided by Blair who, witl cunning and evil leer, bowled four overs of assorted lobs which !(OI wicket . This gambit might well be tried more often , for there seems be a shortage of effective bowling .

St . Bees ·declared at 204 for 7 and the XI had 221 to ·get to w in a barely time to get them . The policy obviously was to push the scoro alo as quickly as possi.�!e in or�er that the lashers might later on have th chance to force a w1.n . In the circumstances the early batting was dre1 to a degree . Heaton's first four overs were maidens and when Falck " out, he and BJ.aiF had taken 15 minutes to score 7 runs. Nor was Mitch much better, and Walker was still not seei ng the ball . All the later ba men adopted the same half-hearted and disastrous tactics except Hi: who, determined as ever to enjoy himself whatever the state of the gan procee\ied to show clearly that all the bowlers could be hit and some ve frequenU:t. He playad a grand hitter ' s knock and took no unnecessa risks ; his footwork was so quick that by the end he and not the bowi was deciding the len11th of each ball . The final idiocy of a not very hap day's cricket came when Hirst was wantonly run out just after he h made 50.

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Nobody oould grudge St. Bees their victory ; they could and shoU: however, have beeu made to work harder for it.

f ST. BEES

Potter, hit wicket b. Ripper Linton, b. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Heaton, b. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sinclair, l . b .w. b . Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . .

MacCaig, b . Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bloomer, run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . .

Anderson, c . Kenyon , b. Mitchell . . .

McQuillan , c . Ripper, b . Mitchell . . . MacKsy, c .Falck, b . Mitchell . . . . . .

Thompson, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yates, st. Machell, b. Mitchell . . . . . .

Extras . . . . . .

1 5 b. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0 b . Mitchel l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 9 b . Leneghan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0 b . Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 4 st . Machell, b . Falck . . . . . . . . . '

1 1 c . Hirst, b . Blair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 st. Machell, b. Falck

g } did not bat

2 Extras . . . . . .

Total 85 Total (for 7 wickets decl . ) 2(

Mitchell 14-2- 61-3 Armstrong 4-Q-13-Q Ripper 4-Q-23-Q Leneghan 6-0-32-1

Mitchell Armstrong Ripper

18-4-3Q-8 6-2-24-Q 6-1-'29-1

Hirst 2-Q-17-Q Walker 4-Q-2Q­Blai r 4-Q-U-1 Falck 3 · 3-Q-18-

Photo by] T H E X I , 1 9 46.

[4 . Horner &: Son, Settle

J. W. Falck P. S. Leneghan J. R. Jameson E. Mitchell W . J. Kenyon G. A. H. Hirst M . H. Walker (Capt. ) R. E. Blair R. P. M achell

M . S. Davidson M. Scales

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SCHOOL R. E. Blair, l . b . w . b. ).\'[acCaig . . . . . 10 l . b . w . b. MacCaig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 J . W. Falck, b. Heaton . . . . : . . . . . . . : . . 7 · l . h . w . 'b . Heaton . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . 2 E . Mitchell. b . :iieatort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 c. Potter, b . Heaton . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 )!. H . Walker, . b . Ma.cCaig . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 c . Bloomer, b . Anderson . . . . . . 1 G. M. Helliwell , l . b .w . b . Thompso n 5 b. Thompson . . . . . ·. : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 w. J. Kenyon , b . MacCaig. . . . . . . . . . . . 0 c . & b. Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 G. A .H . Hirst ,c . Thompson , b . Linton 19 run out . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 p, S . Leneghan , l .h.w b. Linton . . . 1 not out . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . 4 G M. Armstrong, not otit : . : . . . . . . . . . �- b . ' Heaton . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . : . . . . . . . . 7 R. P. Mac):lell . c·: Potte r . b. Linton ·a l . b .w. b. Heaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 J . H . A. Ripper , b. Heaton · . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 b. MacCaig. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

· · Extras . . . . . . 0 Extras . . . . . . 20

II eaton Linton MacCaig_ Thomp11on

14 · 2-4-31-:-3 1 1-5-17-:-3 10- l-15-3

2-Q-6-1

Total 69 : . . Total 109

IIeaton · 15-7-22-4 . . Linton 5-Q-21-0

:M acCaig 9 ·.4-2-31-2 Thompson 4-1-14-1 Anderson 4-3-1-2

SCHOOL v . ST, PETER'S YORK. Result : -Lost by 6 wickets

Played at York, on' Jrine loth.

The pitch at York was .unusually. slow and it seemed unlikely that it would d ry much . Walker rightly chose to bat ; it was as well to secure the benefit of an undamaged wicket. ·

Unfortunately the ' batsmen failed miserably . It is true that Clark hrought the ball across a long way with his arm and bowled to a leg-trap, a new ext>erience for many of the XI . He bowled well after his first few overs, but was allowed by all the batsmen except IIirst and Nicholson to place almost all his fieldsman behind ·the wicket ; so that there wa.a a. yawning but unpierced gap at mid-on and anoiher at extra-cover. L9neghan, Mitchell and Falck all lost their wickets, as too often , by playing back to half- volleys . It was also deplorable that Leneghan and Nicholson should have run Blair and Kenyon out by calling runs for hardish strokes to cover-point . No respectable cover misses chances like tbat . On the other hand several balls were hit gently towards extra-cover and the easy r.un ignored . It was a melancholy procession (even .Hirst had less th,an his usual alam) and the innings :was chiefly distinguished -for the excellep t grouJld-fielding and .steady bowling of the opposition .

6 1 i s a small score with more .than four hours left t o play, and the York opening pair, playing forward elegantly • 1md surely , looked good enough io get them without fuss or discomfort. However the out-cricket of XI waa as good as their batting had been bad·. Mitchell may have bowled too many loose balls but he bowled a much greater number of good ones. Davidson was straight and steady , Falck , who pitched them up for once , deserved .a wicket and , above a.ll , the field was keen, effioien� and well-placed.

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Four good batsmen were out for 44 runs and one almost began to think in terms of miracles, but Dook, solid and aggressive , was still there at one end and had made some good hits. Another coat of varnish on the leg­stump would have given Falck his wicket and the York tail a chance to show its paces . But this was not to be and the York XI, which was a good one and well-directed, deserved to win.

SCHOOL

R. E. Blair, run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 P. 8. Leneghan, l .b .w . , b. Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 E. ·Mitchell , c. Andrews, -b . Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 23 M. H. Walker , l.b .w. , b . Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 G. B. Nicholson , c. Rayson , b. Boyes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 G. A. H. Hirst , b . Rodger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 W. J. l{enyon , run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 J . W. Falck , l .b .w. , b . Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 R . P . Machell, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 M. S. Davidson , c. Dook, b. Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 J. H. A. Ripper, b. Rodger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Total 61

Clark 12-3-23-5 Rodger 12-2-33-2 Andrews 2-Q-5-0 Boyea 2-2-o-1

ST. PETER'S YORK

Rayson , l .b .w. , b. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Speight , b. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Hudson, b. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Dook, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Rignall , c. & b. Mitchell . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Oliver, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Extras . . . . . . 3

Total (for 4 wickets) 62 Clark, Boyes , Forsythe , -An<hews , Rodger did not bat

Mitchell 8 · 5-Q-32-4 Davidson 4-2-6-0 Falck 4-0-19-Q

SCHOOL v. D. F. A. RIPPER 'S XI. Result :-Lost by 87 runs

Played at Giggleswick, on June 20th. Mr. Ripper paid the School the compliment of bringing one of the

strongest sides ever seen on the cricket field. This in itself would have been excitement enough but when the day came there were sensations in the actual play.

Howard and Hallows were a tough proposition for Mitchell and David­son, but both bowled well and, in his fourth over, Davidson sent Hallows back to the pavalion . Parkin , who came next, was surprised by several balls from both bowlers ; Davidson was unlucky not to get him out, but Mitchell , who brought a few back sharply , eventually did so. Then came the great Martindale who, to everyone' s astonishment , was soon well

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caught by Davidson off his ow n bowling , and before. we had recovered from this Duckworth was completely fooled by Davidson 's rare in-swinger and clean bowled . Meanwhile Howard was batting with grace and confidence ; his off-driving was that of a master. Tonge played for safety until l o'clock, when Mr. Ripper took his team and two guests off and regaled them with a magnificent lunch .

After lunch the XI's attack , which had been excellent, was a little less ·hostile . ' Moreover the Giggleswick umpire , somnolent perhaps after so much food, failed to give Machell the credit for a good catch on the leg­side , and, when Bewick declared , the score was 137 for 6, a score whioh would have been much larger but 'for the good bowling of Davidson and Mitchell , a steady over or two from Scales (playmg his first game for the XI in di�tinguished company) , and some very keen fielding .

The batting of the XI was not so impressive , though it must be said that the bowl ing gave little chance to the comparatively unskilled. Parkin soon found that they were turning and only Kenyon was able with any confidence to play the ball lJast the leg-tra.p . Kenyon certainly made a. creditable showing as an opening batsman ; most of the others seemed overawed .

I t rdmains t o thank M r . Ripper and his distinguished friends for coming to Giggles wick ; it was indeed unlucky that J. H. A. Ripper was prevented by i llness from taking part with the rest of the XI in such an enjoyable game.

D. F . A. RIPPER'S XI.

N. D . Howard , c. Machell , b . Falck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 C. H allows , l . b . w . , b. David son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 R. Parkin, l . b . w . , b. M itchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 E . A. Martindale , c . & b . Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 G. Duckworth , b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 W. N. Tonge, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 A. J . Bewick , b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 J . Holroyd, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Extras . . . . . . 1

Total (for 6 wickets) 137

D . C. C . Ripper, H. Chadwick , A . Bewick , did not bat .

Mitchell 14-3-41-1 Davidson 21- 3-59 -4 Scales 9-1-28-0 Falck 2-0-8-1

SCHOOL

R. E. Blair, c . Holroyd b . Martindale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 W. J . Kenyon, b . Parkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 E . Mitchell , b . Martindale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 M. H. Walker, b. Martindale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 G. B. N icholson, b. Parkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 P. S. Leneghan , b. Parkin· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 G. A . H . Hirst , b. Parkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

J . W. Falck, c. Martindale, b. Holroyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

R:P. Maohell, b. Holroyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

88'

M. So&les, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

M . S. Davidson , b. Holroyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Extras . . . . . .

0 2

-.,

Total 50

Martindale 11-5-13....:3 Parkin 17-5-21-4 Holroyd 6 · 3-1-9-3

SCHOOL v. DURHAM Result :-Won by 5 wickets

Played at Giggleawick, on June 22nd . It was the general opinion that the XI must win a match. The un­

beaten Second XI were beginning to sneer a little and the Colts too were gaining their share of victories. The Durham XI, who had given Sedbergh a great deal to think about, arrived safely on the Friday evening and Walker hospitably urged them to bathe-with a. view, be it hoped, to refreshing them after a. long journey rather than afflicting them with b&ther's astig­matism for the next day. · Certainly it would take a. lot of bathing , one imagines, to affect R . W . Smithson 's eye. This very aggresive left-hander was clearly the player of the match , his 51 being much the best knock of the day and his sub­sequent bowling lively , and fielding brilliant . Of the later batsmen Brook&. and Familton were, perhaps , allowed to make rather more than was necessary . Walker seemed to forget Scales and his predilection for Falck as a bowler proved. expensive . However Durham hl\d made only 144 in the end and the wicket was easy enough.

Blair and Kenyon played as if they intended to win the match them­selves . 72 is a good opening stand and , since the runs never came slowly, this was a. very valuable aid to the confidence of later batsmen. Mitchell did not stay long and Walker never seemed comfortable, but Leneghan looked safe and sound and it proved to be one of Hirst 's afternoons oui. He found the bowling much to his liking and finiehed the ma.toh with a . typically powerful hit for 6 .

This victory, in which most of the XI played a part, was well deserved. The side had not so far been lucky and everyone wa1 glad to see that ite turn had .come at last.

DURHAM SCHOOL

A. K. Paterson , l . b .w , , b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 'r. A. Smitheon , c. Hirst, b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 13 R. W. Smithson, c. & b. Falck, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 J. U. Sidgwick , run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 E . C . Craven , b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 S. Brooks, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 B . Pa.lfra.ma.n, b. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 D . G. French, b. Falck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 H. Familton , b . Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 L . T. Jones , b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 F. T. Neli;on , c. Hirst, b. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Extras . . . . . . 11

Total 144

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Mitchell 16 · 4-5-:-37-2 .Davidson 24-7-44-'-4 Falck . 12-l-!l9-2 Scales 4-1-6-1 Walker 2-0-7-{)

SCHOOL

R. E. Blair , l . b .w. , b . Familtmi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 W. J . Kenyon , b . Craven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 E. Mitchell , c . & b . R. Smithson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 M. H. Walker, b. Craven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 G. B . Nicholson , c. R. Smithson, b. Craven . . . . . . . . . 0 G. A . H. Hirst , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 P. S. Leneghan, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Extras. . . . . . 6

Total (for 5 wickets) 146

J. W. Falck, R. P . Machell, M. Scales , M. B. Davidson did not bat .

Paterson 16-3-40-{) Familton .7�2-22-1 Jones 2-Q-6-{) R. W. Smithson 13-3-25-1 Brooks 5-0-24-{) French 2-1-4-0

Cra.ven 5-0-19-3

SCHOOL v . OLD BOYS.

Result :-Drawn

Played at Giggleswick on June 29th.

The heavy rains of Speech Day washed away this very promising game and denied us the chance of seeing again at the wicket several old friends. The batting of most of them in their hey-day here had been pretty hostile, and a pleasan t evening would have made pleasant watching. As things were , we had to be content with seeing one or two members of the XI l;>&t in a lively manner, while K. L. Wilson , with his lovely, lazy action , CartE'r, who still spins them viciously , and Ashworth , steadier than he usually is on Speech Day , revived memories of some strong bowling sides , while Nelson showed what fun bowlin!( and fieldin!( can be if vou put your whole heart into it. Nelson may never be a great cricketer , though he is certainly a good one, but his enjoyment of the ga me is in fectious and in the unlikely event of his mak i n g 0 . taking no wickets and dropping several catches he would still make a substantial positive contribution to the game . · · ·

Of the XI, l\enyon, played. a most valuable innings and . for a time, dominated the game . . Blair and .Mitchell looked good b ut fell victims to Nelson ' s agility . . Jameson attac.ked the bowling bravely ancl so did Machell , and the )U had reason to be well sati sfied with their treatment of some good bowlipg.

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R. E. Blair, c .· & b. �l el11on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . .. . . . 1 1 W. J . Kenyon , c . Hall , b .- Stephenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 E. Mitchell , c. & b. Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 M. H. Walker , c . Knight , B. H . , b. Carter . . . . . . . . . . . 9 'G'. A . H. Hirst , st . Knight, B . H . , b . Carter. . . . . . . . . 0 P. 8. Leneghan , c. Stephenson , b. Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 J. R. Jameson , c. Hall, b. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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J . W. Falck, o. Carter , b. Ashworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 R . P. Machell , c . Stephenson , b. Wilson • . . . . . . . . . . . 22 M . Scales , l .b .w . b. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 !I' L S. Davidson , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Extras . . . . . . 25

Total 147

Nelson 7-2-21-2 Wilson 14-2-37-3 Ashworth 8-1-H-1 Carter 6-1-18-2 Hall 3-0-17-1 Stephenson 4-Q-22-1

OLD BOYS

D. Ca.rter (Oapt . ) . P. J. Taylor, K. L. Wilson , B. H. Knight , D. W. Knight , J . F. Good•· r , .R . Stephenson , K. J. Bury , S. Ash\\ orth , W. H. Nelson , T. P. Hall .

SCHOOL v. SEDBERGH .

Result-Lost by 8 wickets .

Played at Giggleswick on July 2nd.

There is not much to be said about .this match . Clearly the better side won , but one searched in va.in for a reason why the XI allowed themselves to be dismissed so cheaply by a. pair of bowlers who , though undoubtedly good players , were on this occasion bowling, for the most part , wide of the wicket . One does not criticize the bowlers for this ; if batsmen .are mugs enough to chase wido balls, it is an excellent way of getting them out . More determined batti ng would have given the game interest , for it would have compelled Banks and Robertson to bowl at the wicket with more consistency . A s it was they had a. very successful morning without being tested as they sb ould have been .

Davidson and Scales bowled steadily a.nd, had Sedbergh been given more runs to ma.ke in less time, there m ight have been some exciting cricket . As it wa.s , however, Sed bergh batsmen showed the same will to stay in as the XI ha.d to get out, and in due course they scored their 54 and repaired to the swimming baths.

SCHOOL

R. E. Bla.ir, c. Kendrew, b. Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 W. J. Kenyon , st . Woodman , b. Robertson . . . . . . . . . 8 E . Mitchell , b . Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 M . H. Walker, c. Woodman , b. Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 G. A. H. Hirst, b. Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 P. S. Lenegha.n . c. Robertson , b. Ra.tcliff . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 J. R. Jameson , c. Mcindoe, b. Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 J. W. Falck, b. Robertson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 R . P. Machell, e . & b. Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . 11 M. Scales , not out . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 M. S. Davidson , b. Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 ·

Extr&a. . . . . . 3

Total 53

Robertson 14-6-25-4 . Banks 1 4 · 3-5-23-5 Ratcliff ;t-0-2-1

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SEDBE RGH

N . E . Umbers , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 A. G. Parker, c. Kenyon , b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 G. F. G. Woodman, b. Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 E . J . 8. Clifford , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Extras . . . . . . 2

Total for 2 wickets 54

W. I. Mcindoe , G. M. Wilson, W. F. Banks, J. H. Robinson , J . S. Kendrew, J . C. Ratcliff , G. M. Fish did not bat .

Davidson 1 1-4-18-2 Mitchell 15-1-16-0 Scales 7 -Q-8-Q Falck 2-Q-10-0

SCHOOL v. STONYHURBT .

Result :-Won by 5 runs .

Played at Stonyhurat on July 6th .

It was a littl e di11couraging to find that Stony hurst ho.d won 8 matches and boasted th ree batsmen with averages of over 30 apiece . Moreover there seemed to be at least four bowlers of proved worth in the Stony hurst XI, and some of us felt that our single victory and rather meagre averages were pale glories comp<�ored with such cricketi ng glamour . However it was a. fine da.y, though cold and windy , the ball ran smoothly over hard , well­mown turf, a'ld Wal ker won the toss , so that if the Giggleswick umpire shivered a little, it was a phyaical mther than '!. moral ch i ll tha.t a.ssailed him .

Bl&ir and Kenyon started shakily , for Blair snicked one through first slip ' s hands at once , while Kenyon met an early death through chasing the wide ones . Mitchell appeared to be in a sort of foot-tied stupor, from which even two boundaries off successive full-tosses did not rouse him , and Walker, after playing several balls with great aplomb, patted a half- volley into silly mid-off ' s grateful hands . Blai r , however had batted with his usual majesty and found that the runs came fairly easily behind the wicket ; Leneghan , who succeeded him, was very cautious , but nobody felt in a mood for risks with four good batsmen out for 38 . When Mitchell met hili inevitable doom (he persistently felt for the ball outside his off­stump) Hirst came out and showed at once that he meant business . Who.t is more, he showed that he could bat like a real cricketer as opposed to a. mere adventurous smacker of loose ones . The Stonyhurst bowlers were stead y enough but extra-cover was kept busy and quite soon long-on ho.d the mortification of watching a. ball sail over his head and the boundary .

Kelly oame on to bowl quickish stuff , but some of it was short 11.nd Hirst knew several different ways of dealing with that . He never hurried but he missed no chances and when Leneghan, just before lunch , closed his eyes and essayed a frisky yahoo , the pair had put on 50 runs.

At lunch 90 was on the board for five wickets and we ate with cheerful appetite . After lunch Hi rst was soon out and of the others only Jameson showed much profitable enterprise , but 140 can be a useful score and there were rumours that Stonyhurst had a long b.il .

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And so it proved . Hurst and Kelly opened with enormous confidence and both punished Mitchell severely . Davidson shoul d , have had Hurst ' s wicket but Machell dropped the catch ; Kelly however o bl iged us by run­ning Hurst out badly and we were rid of one of the trio of giants . Wel­lard, the third giant , fo!ned x�p;y; a_nd the 'pace was maintained

' until, with

the score at 71, Kelly h1t one gently back to Scales . Then the rot set in . Wellard ran Shepherd out atupidly and Scales got amongst his succes1ors . Wellard carried on confidently but only Archer gave him any support, and at tea time , with Archer caught off a full-tos s , Stonyhurst needed 37 runs to win with Welll\rd still there but only two wick ets to fall.

After tea Mitchell and Falck did their best to hand Stonyhurst the match for each dropped a simple catch given by, of all people, Wellard. The latter kept his head and the bowling and the score mounted steadily . Falck bowled Rhodes but Goodfellow defended pluckily a n d only five runs were needed for a tie when Wellard , anxiou s to keep the bowlin g , rashly essayed a second run off a stroke dirocted to Hirst at deep square-leg. This proved a fatal error ·of judgement , and the Giggleswick u mpire , whose shivers had violently recurred, whipped the stum ps out of the ground and went muttering back to the pavilion .

It was H\rst.' s match for , in addition to making 46 runs excellently , he

must have saved nearly 30 more at deep square-leg . But Scales had bowled very steadily indeed and deserved his good analysis .

SCHOOL

R. E. Blair, c . Kelly, b. Shepherd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 W . J . Kenyon , c. O 'Regan , b. Archer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 E . Mitchell, c. Rhodes. b. Shepherd . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 M. H. Walker, c. Kelly , b. Goodfellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 P. S. Leneghan , b. Goodfellow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 G . A. H . Hirst , c . O ' Regan , b . Rhodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 J. R. Jameson , b. Shepherd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 J . W . Falck, l . b . w . , b . Sh epherd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 R . P . Machell , c . Clarke , b . G oodfel low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 III . Scales , c . O 'Regan , h .· Shepherd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 M. S. Davidson , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Extras . . . . . . 3

Total 140

Archer 11-2-30-1 Rhodes 10-2-25-1 Goodfellow 1� · 5-2-48-3 Shepherd 10-4-18--:-5 Kelly 2-0- 14-0

STONYHURST

J . G. Hurst , run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 P . Kelly , c . & b . Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 G . Wellard , run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 C . Shepherd. , run out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 M . Berkley, b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A. Clark e , l . b . w . b . Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 J. O ' Regan . c. Kenyon , b. Falck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 D. Harries , b. Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 M. Archer, c. Scales , b. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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B . Rhodea, b. Falck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 1 M. Goodfellow , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

Davidson 9-Q-35-0 Falck 14 · 3-1-33-2

Extras . . . . . . 6

Total 135

Mitchell 4-Q-25-1 .Scales 14-1-37-4

SCHOOL V. C. A. MILFORD ' S XI

Result :-Lost by 107 runs.

Played at Giggleswick , on July 1 1th .

The sun shone on this very enjoyable match , and for discerning spectators there was some extremely good cricket to' be seen .

It was a pity that Walker loet the toss, for the wicket was one of the best ever prepared at Giggleswick ; in such circumstances batsmen of the &tamp of Chadwick and Davies are hard nuts to crack. However David­son bowled as well as could be expected ; during the 90 minutes before lunch he kept three really expert batsmen quiet on a plumb wicket-good going for a novice. Falck bowled quite well too and Scales kept a n ex­cellent length. The fielding was pretty good , though Falck failed on several occasions to ' back up, ' but the great thing was the batting of Chadwick and G . M; . Shuttleworth (fresh from the Varsity match) which was of real distinction .

After lunch the batsmen put on some extra pressure . Scales soon had Shuttleworth caught at the wicket-' caught ' is an inadequate word to describe t}.le astonishing jugglery of Machell before he finally n ipped the ball firmly between his pads-but Howarth came in to display some ex­quisite foot-work and all the bowlers were clouted hard . One had no chance of seeing how they would stand up to this , for a declaration was made as soon as Chadwick reached his hundred ; we could only hope that the batting of the XI would be worthy of the occasion.

Before the School began to bat , two things were made abundantly clear to them . The first was that , on such a wicket , the one req uisite for making runs was to play forward ; the second was that Milford ' s XI had much less bowling than usual. Both these statements were proved true and it was the more depressing that Blair , Mitchell and Kenyon should all have been out playing back' and that the total should have been a mere 100. Walker ' s was the most correct innings (he ,certainly should not have allowed himself to be ' outed ' when well set) but several good judges ap­preriated Hirst's quickness of foot and controlled aggression . Most of the others caused their own down fall and the batting of the XI was quite unworthy of their out-cricket .

We had enjoyed watching Shuttleworth and Howarth bat. In the field they put up a superb display and showed som e of the more flat -footed in the XI how to bend to and chase the ball . Nothing in the match was better than the fielding of the>e two .

. 94 C. A. MILFORD'S XI.

C. R. Davies , l .b .w . , b . Falck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 J . Cha.dwick, not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 G. M. Shuttleworth, c . Machell, b . Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 J. Howarth , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Extras . . . . . . 3

Total (for 2 wickets) 206

F. Co\terill, G. P. Nightingale , H. C. Barton , J . N . Prest, G. Pemberton, W. Green , J . R. Higson, did not bat.

Da.vidson 16-2-72-0 Mitchell 5- Q-31-0 Falck 4-Q--18-1 Scales 5-Q--51-1 Leneghan 3 · 1-Q--16-Q Walker 3-Q--15-0

SCHOOL

R. E. Blair , b . Prest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 W. J. Kenyon , c. Higson, b. Cotterill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 E. Mitchell , c. Pemberton , b. Prest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 M. H. Walker, b. Prest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 P. S . Leneghan, c . Pemberton , b . Green . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 G. A. H. Hirst, c. Pemberton , b. Chadwick . . . . . . . . . 25 J. R. Ja.meson, b. Cotterill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 J. W. Falck , b . Cotterill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 R. P. Machell, c. Nightingale, b. Chadwick . . . . . . . . . 8 M. Scales , not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 M. S. Davidson, o. & b. Chadwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Extras. . . . . . 6

Total 100

Prest 12-2-27-3 Pemberton 11-4-18-3 Cotterill 9-3-18-3 Green 6-Q--24-1 Chadwick 3 · 4-:- 1-7-3

SECOND XI MATCHES.

XXII v. RISHWORTH XI.

Result :-Won by 37 runs . Played at Giggleswick on May 25th.

XXII 93 (Armstrong, 30, Barnes, 4 for 30) RISHWORTH 56 (Armstrong, 5 for 20, Falck, 4 for 16)

XXII v. LEEDS G . S . XXII.

Result :-Won by 5 wickets

Played at Leeds, on June 4th ,

LEEDS G . B . 53 (Davidson 6 for 27)

xxn 54 for 5

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

Result :-Won by 5 wickets Played at Giggleswick, on June 15th.

ST. PET ER' S 96 (Neal , 6 for 29, Soales 3 for 22)

XXII 98 for 5 (E mmett 42) XXII v. QUEEN ELIZABETH ' S XI

Result : -Won by 66 run• Played at Kirkby Lonsdale , on June 22nd .

XXII 147 for 6 (Hel liwell 69)

QUEEN E I,IZABETH ' S 81 (Bates , 5 for 14, Neal , 3 for 28)

XXII v. SEDBERGH XXII.

Result :-Lost by 140 runs

Played at Sedbe�gh , on July 2nd

SEDBERGH 189 for 8 (Handcock, 43, Bateman , 37, Black , 34)

XXII 49 (Grant , 6 for 18)

XXII v. STONYHURST XXII.

Result : -Won by 2 wickets

Played at Giggleswiok, on July 6th

BTONYHURST, 75 (Neal , 4 for 19, Ripper , 4 for 40)

XXII 79 for 8 (Armst'rong 24)

THE COLTS, 1946. The only survivor from last year's set was Jameson to whom fell the lot

of marsh alling the newcomers and looking out for talellt . This was not far to seek for , we knew that we had plenty of bowl ing , plenty of keenness , but a great dearth of batsmen . This was the problem and so it remained nearly-but not quite-to the end .

Davidson and Scales soon made it clear that we stood a ch11nce of beat ing any sc bool side i f only we could get a hundred runs ; a fact wbich ulti mately proved to be true, as the highest score m ade against us by Colts was 92 by Sedbergh when batting on after beating us by 6 wickets . In addition to these outstanding bowlers w e had others who were usefu l . Neal , H . S . Smith , Duggleby, Fell , and Frank a l l showed promise and would in normal years have had a larger share of the toi l and of the limelight .

The fielding was seldom bad but seldom re�lly impressive. Bowden is a good cover-point , quick , safe , and a hard 'thrower . He and Neal are good examples of the progress which can be made by those who are really prepared to take trouble. Atherton i s becoming a useful field close to the wicket .

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powerfully but if he �ishes to get runs agai�st really good . bowl!ng. he must learn to swing h1s bat and not to keep h1s elbow tucked mto h1s s1de. Atherton has very definite possibilities; he is graduallY curing himself of the habit of playing across the l ihe of the ball and is drivi:'g .powerfull

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on both sides of the wicket . Frank has played two useful mnmgs but IS slow footed while playing back and is weak on the leg side. Fell should make a batsman when he allows the ball to come to him and plays his strokes smoothly . Neal will make a lot of runs when he uses his feet properly , and Scales bids fair to be good . But it is to J ameson that we owe most . He began the season as almost a non-batsman and by quick­footed aggressiveness he found . his way into the first XI. He is deter­mined , and undeterred by a sticky situation , and if h e comes on as rapidly next year as he has this he will be real! y good .

Our first match was against St . Peter's , York . We won the toss and promptly lost 5 for 80. Only Frank looked like runs until he got some help fro m Scales , Fell and Duggleby . These saved the side from com­plete disaster but were out for 88. St. Petet 's started even more shakily , six of them being out for 2 8 . After that the fight was on . The next stand produced another 27 and then three quick wickets fell , making the score 60 for 9. 'The last pair played gallantly and got to within one run of our total before a catch at m id-on gave us the match.

The batting broke down even worse against Sedbergh . Bad calling, cross bats , and h 'l!f-hearted hitting only managed to put on 46 for us and our opponents had no difficult in winning.

Rossall started very slowly on a soaked wicket and had got 43 for 5 when the rain drove us into the Pavilion for two hours. We were finally left fifty minutes to get 75 runs, For a time this looked possible as J arne­sou and Atherton completely dominated the game, but a rot set in and a series of batsmen ran to the wicket , breathlessly refused to take guard , and departed, in a vain but praiseworthy attempt to get the runs. In the end our last two men were forced to play out tha last two overs and man­aged to do so.

There was a gloomy start at Bradford when the first three wickets fel l for three runs. Jameson and Bowden then proceeded to lay about them vigorously . The latter was run out with the total at 56 but Jameson went on to make a good 53. A total of 94 and some good bowling and fielding enabled us to win.

At Leeds we batted second but it was the same story of an early collapse, some valuable batting by J ameson and Bowden and we managed to scramble home.

It was disappointing that the Stonyhurst match had to be scratched , but by way of compensation M r . Hankey brought a team of assorted vet­en.ns, O . G's , and members of First Set . The fact that there were four m asters in the side made the spectators ready to enj oy a good laugh . Two of the four had been up Ingleborough before d awn and had failed to observed the sunrise and i t might be fun watching them chase the ball -it was ! Mr. Benson was keeping wicket and that might be reminiscent of his stage goal -keeping-it was t M r . Hankey did not bowl his • wrong ' un ' but he did field at silly mid-off, and the Colts coach gave an exhibi­tion of how not to bowl .

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Now ·curiously �nou gh , there was a seriou� and most enjoyable after-noon ' s cricket . The assorted ones were not really a bad side and the Colts proved at last that they were a very good one. Atherton and Frank gave the� a good start . Atherton was playing particu larly con­fidently and h ttt tng the ball hard when he had the misfortune to edge one into his face and had to retire. Jameson and Bowden failed us for once but Scales and Frank played better than ever before . A h undred for four on t h e board was a good sigh t and a 145 no bad total. The Colts were after all proving themselves a batting side .

The match did not finish . for, in spite of a s ixty from their captain which was most pleasan t to watch, the assorted ones were still 25 behind with six wickets in hand at the close of play . The Col ts' batting , bowling , and field ing reached a high standard and it was a good finish to a suc­cessfu l season . J ameson led the side wel l , aa indeed he has done through the season . He thinks , is not easily ratt led , and knows what he wants, and has proved himself the best captain we have had for some time .

A RETROS PECT This year the XI have accounted for Durham and Stonyhurst and

needed only eight runs to beat Skipton Grammar School when stu m ps were drawn . Against Leeds Grammar School they were wel l placed when rain stopped play , and the del uge on Speech Day denied us the pleasure of seeing . the Old Boys bat ; they would, at any rate, have had to work hard to get 148 runs. Against Colonel Clay's strong bowl ing side the School showed no signs of collapse , and if the bat ting failed agains t Ripper ' s and Milford 's teams, the out-cricket gave cause for sati sfaction . O n the other side o f the picture are the seven• defea ts a t the hands of Brad ford Grammar School , St . Peter ' s , St Bees and Sedbergh . I n brief the record is of two wins, four draws and six defeats,

These statistics are not impressi ve , but it is true to say that this year' s XT has looked the best bat t ing side for some season s . Walker ( a t his best a beautiful player) , Blair, Mitchell , Leneghan , Kenyon and , in a lesser degree , Falck have all given evidence of a skill and pol ish which has , at least , made them better to watch than the s tock bat1men of recent years . On the other hand none of these batsmen has made runs with any regularity and all have at various times shown a tendency either to play exclusively for safety or to t h row away their wickets unnecessarily . The one consistent batsman, in fact the most reliable the School has pro­vided since the days of Harland, Wright and Abbs , has been H irst, who, last year, was little more than an adventurous but irregular basher and who, at the beg inning of this season , had more obvious fau lts than any of t h e others . There was , for example, his notorious ' o i l-hole ' stroke , a queer and gentle poke in the d irection of short-leg which woul.d always �ave been disastrous had H irst not h ad a good enough eye sometimes to htt the ball with the very end of his bat , w h enc� it usual�y trickled back to th.e bowler. There was, too, his tendency , still not entirely cured , to pu t his left foot out to m id-wicket before the ball was even bowled , and again h is qu ixotic and unprofi table yearn ing to strike the rising leg�break towards square-leg . These were abominations and in the nets , dunng early M �y . Hirst could hardly have l ooked worse . But (and here are t h e tv�· o crucial points) first ly , at a critical moment in the S tonyh urst match dunng July,

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Hirst made 46 runs in the very best tradition of school-boy batting and secondly, when , in the course of th is excel lent knock, he so far forgot him­self as to execute a particular ludicrous • oil holer , ' he grinned cheerfully at the infuriated Gigglesw.ick umpire and did 11ot make the 111m1 mistake agtain Hirst has still a deal to learn about batting ; his leg-side play, for instance, is rotten and he does not watch the bowler's hand carefully enough But he has three qual i t ies which o thers, as na turally talented as he is , would do well to acquire : first he is always look i n g for runs and is not obsessed with the idea of m erely not i(etting out, secondly he listens to advice and hu the guts and the gumption to take it and , most import­ant of al l , he never ceases to enjoy h imself at the wicket . These quali ties allied to a good eye, strong wrists and quick feet , have made him the mainstay of the side and i t is to be hoped that he will continue to play cricket in this spirit . If h e does , he will be a menace to bowlers and a murderer of close-in fieldsmen , for he i s , in the best sense, a dangerous batsman .

This long (an d , t o H i rs t , probably embarassing) dissertation o n morale provides the answer to the problem of the too frequent fai l u res i n bat t ing of th is and other Giggleswick sides. A t the moment there are more p1 0mising cricketers i n the School than at any other time in the last ten years , but they do not m ake enough runs . Hirst ' s example may , if followed , enable many of them to be as successfu l a s he h<�s been and . possibly , even better batsmen than he has made h i msel t .

I n t h e field there have been some obvious w eaknesses a n d some equal ly obviou1 sources of strength . First Set h as lacked good bow l e r s , b u t fortunately the Colts h ave enj oyed a posi t i v e glu t o f likely ones . O f t h ese Davidson and Scales were promoted to reinforce M i tche l l and Falck, who emerged as the best of an erratic lo t i n the XI . Ripper ' s bowl ing having proved j ust not good enough to make up for his negligible batting and lum­baginous fielding. These two Colts gave an object lesson i n accuracy and keenness and , in the end , were the best bowlers in the side ; future seasons will , we hope , show that they have profi ted by their experience. They must both learn to bat , there is no reason why they should not be good all -roundet s . Of the fieldsmen Blair was perhaps the most valuable . A specialist at cover-point who never stops th inking anrl t ry ing , he has induced many batsmen to eschew short runs which might have bet:n successfully attempted . Falck is a good fi eldsman, H i rst chases w i t i 1 enormous verve a n d th rows very accurate ly , Kenyon i s prepared to crouch on top of all well-behaved batsmen and Machell is a w icket-keeper w h o can do everything but catch . Of the others a few are s o u n d b u t •orne slow and even slugg ish , and this year 's XI cannot be cal l ed a good fielding side even thou,gh the energet ic hosti lity of Blair and the other musketeers have sometimes made i t appear so for a t ime.

The 2J;ld XI h ave had a tri u mphan t season and a t one t ime seemed likely to be unbeaten . Rish wort h , Leeds . S t . Peter's , Queen Elizabet h ' s and S tonyhurst were in t u rn vanquished ; only Sed bergh proved t h e i r u n­doing. In the earl ier m atches Dav idson and Scales took most of the wickets, and when these t wo ousted Armstrong and Ripper from the XI . Neal emerged from the Colts as a you ng and promising bowler of some pace who was ready to bowl al l day a nd had an engaging habit of hi t t ing the stumps . Bates tos,ed 'em u p well once or twice an:i had a glorious afternoon at Kirkby Lonsdale, and Ripper was a great asset to the bowl-

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ing strength . The batting was a lesa certain quantity. Armstrong, keen­est of cricketers, was the most consistent , Helliwell the cautious compiler of the high est score, Cranshaw the most patient and Emmett the most impert inent The team baa been captained with excellent judge:nent by Barker who, no cricketer himself, has obviously a cricketer ' s brain and does his job with unobtrusive intell igence .

The Colts are discussed on another page. Junior Colts are less diatin ­guished than last year's remarkable gang, but it must be remembtored that Davidson a n d Neal , XI and 2nd XI open ing bowlers, are both j unior colts ' age and that many others were taken up to the col ts owing to the lack of a whole-ti me coach for the lower set . I t is to be hoped that someone will be fou nd to take on next summer the vitally important job whose foundations Mr. Smith laid ao bri lliant ly .

Second Set cont inues noisily to prosper and , as usual , bas provided material for the Second XI. The other sets on Esbton 's have combined cricket and agriculture with a will and, one hopes , success . There has been a constant stream of gueril la cricketers on the top field and even in the long grass on Chapel field . Their enthusiasm is indicative of the general keenness ; the fact that few , if any , make the slightest attempt to bat correctly during these skirmishes i l lustrates the main weakness of Giggleswick as a cri cket school. When all the keen cricketera try all the time to bat correct ly , then only will the school regularly produce good batting sides. Given this and contin ued good coach ing of the two Colts ' sets, the outlook is very promising. Seven of this year's si de should be here next summer and the competit i on for the last four places will be very hot .

In conclusion one must mention the valuable work done this year by Buswel l , part icularly for the bowlers of whom those who have taken his advice have made a rapid i m provement . Nor must we forget to acknow­ledge the devoted and sternly cri tical support of the XI by a small band of enthusiasts, beaded , rain or shine, by E. S. K. Smith .

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TEAM CHARACTERS, 1946. G. A. H . HIRST, (1946-47) . An invaluable member of the side, who by

hard driving and fearless hooking , undeterred by circumstances , haa more than once saved the situation . He throws accurately , and has always been keen and quick in the outfield .

R. E . BLAIR, (1946-47) . A stylish opening batsman with a sound de­. fence. At present he can deflect but does not hit the ball hard enough ,

A keen and intelligent cover-point .

W. 1. KENYON , (1946--47) . An opening batsman with a short back-lift , and an inelegant stance, he has , perhaps more than anyone else in the side , shown determination to watch the ball and to stop at the crease . A keen and fearless fieldsman close in .

R. P. MACHELL, (1946-47) . A wicket-keeper who takes the ball well and stumps quiokly , his weakneas has been catching , for he tends to snatch. A uaeful hitter .

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E. MITCHELL , (XXII\ . A promising natural cricketer , who has bad a disappointing Beason , for though he has plenty of power and a quick eye, he never concentrates enough for real improvement . He W&Rtes the new ball , for though he oan move it in the air, he has often bowled ,short of a length, and because he does not follow up his bowling, it lacks fire . A capable but lackadaisical fieldsman.

J . W. FALCK, (XXII) . His batting has been disappointing . He Jacks concentration a.nd has a fatal tendency to hit across the straight ball . When the ball will turn , his off-spinners have been awkward, though he is apt to bowl short . A keen and hostile fieldsman .

M. S. DA VIDSON , (XXII) . A very promising bowler with a beautiful action , he can move the ball a. little in the air, get life from the pitoh , and keep an admirable length. He is as yet very young , and must learn to bat and field as well as bowl.

P . o. LENEGHAN , (XXII) . A patient and promising batsman , he has had a disappointing season, and has too o ften been out playing back. His bowling is consistently short of a length , and he is slow in the field .

M. SCALES, (XXII) . A young and promising left-arm bowler, who brings the faster ball a little with his arm , spins the slower one, and keeps a good length . He should bat one da.y .

J . R. JAMESON , (XXII) . A Colt whose batting lacks polish, b u t who gained his place in the side by defiant punishment of loose bowling . A s low fieldsman , but a trier , he i s gain ing knowledge of the game.

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M . H. WALKER, XI (1945-6) . As a b11.tsman Walker shows conside�able promise and on fast wickets he often looks very good. His driving is elegant and severe, he can force the ball through the covers off his back foot and he is learning to push them off his legs . He has not had a great deal of luck this season and the cares . ,f captaincy may have affected his performance , but he will certain ly get r u n s in good cricket and it will be a pleasure to watch him.

As a captain he has been keen and thoughtful . He does not al ways think &ii a cricketer thinks and is too apt to be carried away by a new idea withoutr really working it out, but he has never ceased to con ­sider the welfare of his team a.nd no capta.in could have given h imself more willingly to the job .

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BATTING AVERAGES No. of Times Tot&!

innings not out runs G. A. H. Hirst 12 2 289 W. J. Kenyon 13 1 170 E. Mitchell 13 0 178 J. R. Jameson 4 0 52 M. H. Walker 13 0 151 R. E. Blair 13 0 100 .T . W . Falck ll 0 70 R. P. Ma.chell 11 2 56

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Hi11hest score Average 52" 28.90 41 14.16 28 13.69 24 13.0 55 11.61 30 7.67 17 6.36 22 6.22 21 6.09 P. B. Lenegha.n 13 2 67

Also bo.tted-M. S. Davidson M. Scale•

6 - 9 - 4 - 2 5 - 1 - 1* - 3

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BOWLING AVERAGES. Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average

�.-:it!���� 1;1: 2� 178 10 1 7.8 403 22 18.1

l\1. Scales 42 3 130 6 21.6 M. S. Davidson 85 18 234 10 23.4

Also bowled-B. E. Blair G. A. H . Hirst P. S. Lenegban M. H . Walker

4 - 0 - 14 - 1 17 - 1 - 62 - 0 32 - 1 - 161 - 2 112 - 1 - 116 - 2

SENIOR DORMITORY MATCHES.

Bye Round- SHUTE v . STYLE

Result . Shute won by 10 runs . Shute 87 (Leneghan , 7 for 39) a.nd 83 (Leneghan , 5 for 31 , Scales , 4 for 29)

Style 99 (Leneghan, 35, Davidaon, 4 for 16) 61 (Scales , 32 , Mitchell, 6 for 21)

1st Round- CARR v . SHUTE

Result : Shute won by 216 runs

Shute 225 (Mitchell , E . , 54, Neal , 42 uot out , Hickson , H. G. , 3 for 16) 133 (Mitchell, E . , 59, Bowden , 37 , Bullock , R. , 4 for 23)

Carr 80 (Davidson, 7 for 34) 62 (Mitchell , E . , 3 for 12, Falck, 3 for 4)

PALEY v. NOWELL

Result : Paley won by 23 runs

Paley 195 (Wa.lker, M. H . , 77 not out , Stewart , 45, Smith , H. S . , 41 , Ripper , J . H. A. , 5 for 61)

96 (Cranshaw, 31, Ripper, J. H . A . , 5 for 33, Duggleby , 4 for 35)

Nuwell 159 (Ripper, J. H. A. , 61, Sheard , D. A . , 33 , Walker , J . D. A . , 4 for 24)

109 (Machell , 45, Smith, H. S . , 4 for 44)

FINAL SHUTE V . PALEY

Result : Shute won by 200 runs

Shute 149 (Mitchell, 50, Bates, 41) 215 (Mitchell , 84 not out, Nicholson , 50, Ibbotson , 8 for 10,

Kenyon , 8 for 16)

Paley 91 (Neal , 3 for 5) and 73 (Cronaha.w, 36 , Mitchell , 3 for 18)

JUNIOR DORMITORY MATCHES .

l ST ROUND : - C A R R v. SHUTE

Result : --Shute won by 69 runs

Shute 99 (Bowden, 62 , Mitchell 5 for 17) Carr 80 (Gaunt, 7 for 7)

2ND ROUND-

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SHUTE v . NOWELL

Result : Shute won by 74 runs

Shute 1 1 1 (Collett, 7 for 48) Nowell , 37 (Davidson, 6 for 10)

PALEY v. STYLE

Result : Style won by 5 wickets

Pa.ley, 31 (Fell , 5 for 17) Style 34 for 5 (Smith H. S . , 3 for 18)

3RD ROUND-SHUTE V. STYLE

Reeult : Shute won by 16 runs

Shute, 105 (Bcwden , 53) , Style , 89 (Atherton , E. J . , 38, Neal . 6 for 28)

ATHLETIC SPORTS. Winner of Cup-Carr

House Tug-of-War-Paley

Soarrig-J. G. S. Smith

Winner of G old Medai-P. W. Wright

House Relay-Carr; 'l'ime, 3 mins . 37! sees.

OPJCN EvENTS .

One mile-(1) P. W . Wright (2) W. J. Hutchinson (3) R. H. Wiseman Time, 5 mins . 13! sec.

Half-mile-(1) P. W. Wright (2) J. G. S. Smith (3) E. R. Barker Time, 2 min . 25! sec.

Qnarter-mile-(1) P. W. Wright (2) E. R. Barker (3) F. D. Cameron •rime, 57 seoa.

100 yards- (1) P. W. Wright (2) F. D. Cameron (3) N. F. Stewart Time, 1 0! sees.

Hurdles ( 1 20 yards, 10 flights)-(1) N . F. Stewart (2) E. R. Barker (3) P. W. Wright

Time, 1 9J sees.

High Jump-(1) N . F . Stewart (5ft . 2 � ins) (2) M. H. Walker (5ft. Oi ins) (3) E. R. Barke� } -lo ft 10l ins. W. J . Hutchmson ·

Broad Jump-(1) M. H . Walker ( 17 ft . 1 � ins . ) (2) E . R. Barker (16 ft. 4 ins.) (3) P. W. Wright (16ft. 2 ins . )

Puttin g t h e Weight-(1) F . D . Cameron (27 ft . 10 ins . ) (2 ) G. A . H . Hirst (27 ft. 6 ins . ) (3) 0. Collett (27 ft. 1 in . )

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Thro wing the Cricket Ball - ( l ) C . Collett (89 yde. 1 ft . 4 i n s . ) ( 2 ) J . W . Falck (80 yde. 0 f t . 6 i n s . )

JUN IOR EVE NTS, Hal f·mile - ( 1 ) G. W. l1 . Bury (2) P. M. Ryley

Time , 2 mine . 28 sees.

Quarter.mile-(1) �. M . Ry ley ,2) H . D. Haighton Time, 62 sees.

300 Yarde (open to all under 15)-(1) B . Parsons (2} M. V. Neal Time, 40! sees .

100 Yards-( 1 ) H . D. H aigl , ton (2) P. M . Ryley Time, l li sees .

Hurdles ( 120 yards, 10 flights) - ( 1 ) P. M . Ryley (2) R. C. Bamforth Time, 20f seeR.

High Jump-( 1 ) P. M . Ryley (4 ft . 7 ina.), (2) M . V . Neal (4 ft . 6t ins . )

Broad J nmp-(1 ) P . M . Ryley ( 14 ft . 5 ins . ) (2) J . Bowden } ( 14 ft 2 . )

B . 0 Rothera · m s .

Putt ing the Weight-( ! ) J . Bowden (26 ft. 9 ins . ) (2) G . E . Hallitt (25 ft . 3!- ins . )

Th rowing the Cricke t Bal l -(1) J . Bowden (87yds . 1 ft . 3� in• . ) (2) M . V. Neal (83 yds, 2 ft . 6 i ins . )

Half-mi l e Handicap-( ! ) '£. D . Wilson ( 1 20 yds. start) (2) D . H. 131ackledge ( 100 yds. start)

'l'ime, 2 mins. 15 sees .

�oLl of �onou� Killed :

2nd Lt . J. IBBOTSON, R.F.A. J. Ibbotson (1928-33) was reported missing at St. Valery,

and must now be presumed killed. He was Head of Paley, a School Senior, Sergeant in the J .T.C. , and Captain of the XI, in which he played for four years. Though very quiet and reserved he probably made more good friends than most boys, to whom it came as no surpri se that be proved oustandingly successful when, on leaving school, he en tered his father's busi­ness . By his unti m ely death a career of unusual promise was cut short , and his friends are the poorer for the loss of a person-

• ality of singular force a.nd oourage.

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� Uibt�U �on.ou�•·

C.B.E. Brigadier D. C. CUMMING, O.B.E.

O.B.E. and Mentioned in Despatches. Squadron Leader H. H. LOVEDAY, R.A.F.

M.B.E. Major G. W. R. JAMESON, R.E.M.E, Major W. H. LIVERSIDGE, R.T.R.

M.C. and Mentioned in Despatches. Major P. CLEMENCE, County of London Yeomanry.

Mentioned in Despatches. Capt. J. B. BUTTERWORTH, B.A.

Major G. PARKER, R.A.O.c. CAPT. T. T. ROMANS, R.A.H.C.

O.G. NOTES.

MARRIAGE. NEWHOUSE-MOORE-On May 18th, at Clevedon Parish Church, F/0. K. Newhouse, of 25, Marshfield Road, Settle, to Molly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Moore, of Clevedon, Somerset.

DEATHS. CHARLESWORTH-On July 3rd, at Stackhouse, Settle, George

Kenneth ChaHesworth, in his 79th year. G. K. Charlesworth was at the School from 1 878 to 1884.

After leaving Corpus College, Cambridge, he was admitted as a.

Solicitor in 1893, and practised in Settle, as his father had done. He was Clerk to the Settle Magistrates from 1919 to 1934. He took an active pa.rt in public affairs and was Chairman of the first Settle Parish Council and for a time member of the Settle Rural District Council.

By his death, Settle has lost a popular and honoured citizen. '

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Sw AINE-On March 17th in a Bradford nursing home, Arthur Edwin Swaine, aged 62 years.

A. E. Swaine was at School from May 1897 to December 1899. He showed all-round ability at School, though he was particularly interested in Natural Science. He won a Martin­Fisher travelling scholarship, which en11.bled him to study Chemistry in Germany and he eventually became a Fellow of the Chemical Society of Berlin. He took also his B.A. and B.Sc. degrees at London University. At the time of his death he was a director of F. F. Firth and Sons, Flush Mills, Heck­mondwike.

He was a keen golfer and was the first Captain of the O.G. Golfing Society.

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The engagement is announced between D.E.B. Ingham, second son of J. Ingham (O.G.) , Langcliffe Place, Settle, and Ethel Joan Catlow, of Parkfield, Upton, Macclesfield.

F/Lt. J. B. Towler (1935-41) was the navigator of the Lan­castrian bomber, which recently made the flight from England to New Zealand in the record time of 60 hours, 45 minutes.

Lt. Col. Rowley, M.B.E., was in the Arctic when war broke out, and joined the Canadian Army. He has been taking part in the recent expedition that has been working on Exercise Musk-Ox.

Brigadier D. C . • Cumming, C.B .E., has been acting as Chief Adviser in civil affairs to G.H.Q., Cairo, and in that capacity bas been attending the Conference of Foreign Ministers in Paris.

W. H. Liversidge, M.B.E., writes : " I served in the R.T.R. from September 1939 until I was demobilized in December last year. I was in England until ' D ' day and after the campaign in N.W. Europe finally took root in a village a,bout ten miles from Hamburg. I played a couple of games of rugger against Tubby Hutton last season. He does not seem to have changed a scrap and was Captain of Roundhay. I am having one more season as Captain of Selby and then packing up."

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Cyril White, Ll.B . (1921-7) , has been appointed the first full-ti me Clerk to the Justices for the whole of the City of Stoke-on-Trent, which comprises six amalgamated towns. Since December 1935 he has been Justices' Clerk at Warrington.

H. W. Da.rbishire (1891-7) has been appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Oaernarvon.

· N. V. Brasnett (1908-11) , who has been for some years Conservator of Forests in the Uganda Protectorate has now resigned, and it is interesting to note that he is succeeded by W. J . Eggeling, Ph .D. , who was at the School from September 1923 to July 1927.

Col. N. Geld ard, D.S .O . (1906-7) and the Rev. H . A. Bland (1916-21 ) , Vicar of Clitheroe, have recently j oined the Govern­ing Body of the School.

J. K. Booth (1904-09) has been appointed a. Justice of the Peace for the County of Lancashire.

A. G. Romans, of Queen's College, Oxford , has gained a. second class in the Honours School of Engineering.

The Editors regret that they still have not got sufficient in­formation to enable them to publish a final list of O .G. ' s who served during the war. They would like to th ank all those who have sent the details they asked for, and to say that the whole project has not been shelved hut that a different method of approach will be made.

Eighteenth List of O . G. 's serving in H.M. Forces (including promotions) :

We are permitted to publish o�ly certain details.

Booth , H. B . , L/Corporal , R .A .S .C . Boothman , A . , Serjeant , R . A . S . C . Booth man , D . , Lt . , R . A . S . C . Boothman , F . , C Q . M . S . , M . M . • Lincolnshire Regt . Boothman , R . , Sub.-Lt . . R .N .V . R . Butler . J . C . , Sq. -Leader, R . A . F. Butterworth , W. B . , Lt -Col . , R .A .

107 Capper , H . , Lt. -Commander, R.N.V R . Carpen ter , P . F . , Th ird Officer, M erchant Navy Clapham , T . , Dri,·er Operator, R . A . C . Clarke, C . , Lanc . -Bombardier, R . A . C lemence , P. , M ajor , M . c . . County of London Yeoma n ry Dodd, R. F. , Lieu t . , R . N . V . R . Donovan , C . , M ajor , R . A . S . C . Douglas, R L. , Sergt . Instructor , Army Educat ional Corps . Dugdale . N , C . F . M . ; R . E . M . E . Dugdal e , S . . F/Lt . , R . A .F . D ugdale, T . , Corporal , R . A .F . Goode, H . W . , S/Lt . . T h e Hampshire Regt . Hickson, H . , Sergt . , R . A . S . C . Hogg, T . , Capt . , Worcestershire Regt . Hutton, H . G . . Major, R . A . M . C . Jameson , G . W. R . , R . E . M . E . M . B .E . Kay, R. S . , LfSergt . , In tel l igence Corps. Kerr, P. C . , Lieu t . , The Black Watch Livers idge . W. H . , Major, R .T . R . M . B. E . Loveday , H . H . , Sqfbeader , R . A . F. O . B . E . Newhouse, K . , F/0 . , R . A . F . Plat t , E . G . , FfSergt . , R.A .F . Preston , H. , Lieu t . , R.E. Raper, F . P. , Major , R.A . M . C . Richards , G. L. Sergt . , W . Yorks. Riley . I . D , Major, R . A . M C. Roberts, J . . Sergt . , Northumberland Fusiliers Rowley, G. W. , Lt/Col. , Canadian Army M . B . E . Sedgwick, T . , Corporal , Duke o f Wellington's Sen ior- S m ith , E., F/Lt . , R . A . F. Thomson. H . H . , Col . , R . A . O . C . U mpleby , H . , Capt , W. Yor k s . . U mpl eby , P . , LfA . , F leet Air Arm Walker, J. S. (A) Lieut . , R . N . V . R . Warren, A . , L/ A . c . , R . A F. West, R . , Major , Green Howards Wier, J . Surgeon-Lieu! . , R . N . V . R .

OUR CONTEMPORARIES. T'M Editors beg _to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of the

following Maga.ines, and they apologise for accidental omissions. The Gresham, The Merchistonian , The Rishworth School Magazine ,

The Sedberghian , The Rossa.lhan, The Aldenha.mian , The Leodiensian , The Brightonian {2) , The St. Bees School Magazine , The NorvicPnsia n , The Btonyhurst Magalline, The Ampleforth J'ournal , The Denstonian (2 ) and The PeterUe.