THE

PETE RITEVon. VI .

AUGUST, 1884 .

No. 46.

THE PORTSMOUTH VOLUNTEER REVIEW.

ANOTHER Easter has come and gone, and with it another

Volunteer gathering . Since the Brighton Review of last year,of which I sent an account to the " Peterite," the Volunteer force have

gained decided ground in the estimation of the military authorities at

the War Office. The recent speeches of the Duke of Cambridge and

Lord %Volseley, show that they place great confidence in our branch of

the service, and are fully alive to the important aid that Volunteers

could render to the country, should England become one of the activeparties in a great European war. Lord Wolseley's remarks, indeed,seemed to point to the probabilities of such a state of affairs in the not

distant future, for he said that when he saw all the great Powers in-

creasing their standing armies, and their fighting resources, he couldonly conclude that these preparations pointed to some great European

war. We all pray that such an event may be averted ; but in nobetter way can it be avoided than by taking thoroughly to heart andacting upon the late Duke of Wellington's advice, namely, " to main-

tain peace, be prepared for war ."

The great opportunity of the year which is offered to Volunteers

for making themselves more efficient protectors of their Fatherland, is

at the annual manoeuvres at Eastertide, when the doings of our citizen-

soldiers are always viewed with great interest by the public at large.

It is for this reason that I have undertaken to chronicle once more forthe pages of our School Magazine the doings of the Volunteers at the

late Portsmouth Review and on the march ; and although I shall, of

course, have to devote special attention to the part taken in the

manoeuvres by my own corps the London Scottish, but as I speak fromactual experience, I may be forgiven for any apparent partiality owing

to the necessities of the case, and my personal account may prove themore interesting .

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Early in the year it was suggested to the officers of Volunteer

battalions by II .R.H the Duke of Cambridge, that an allocation of the

forces to different fields of action would not only cause less strain upon

the resources of the railway companies, but would give greater

facilities for instruction in the details of practical warfare to the

Volunteers. Ire also offered the co-operation of the regulars at thedifferent stations suggested if his advice were acted upon, so that this

year marching columns were organised and proper plans of operationslaid out in the advance upon Portsmouth as well as upon Dover ; but it iswith the former—which was much the larger and more important—

that we shall deal. Besides these, a few battalions proceeded to

Aldershot, where, on Easter Monday, they had a Field Day with theregulars stationed there . .

In order to be ready for the parade of our corps at 8 o ' clock on

Good Friday morning, I was obliged to spend Thursday night at the

Charing Cross Hotel, where one has the special advantage of a

table d ' Mte breakfast in the morning (prepared specially for passengers

going by the early Continental trains), and to this I found a number ofVolunteers doing ample justice, and thus laying a good foundation on

which to build up the heavy day's work. Our regiment paraded

at Head Quarters, Adelphi Terrace, W .C., at 8 a .m., in full marching

order, with haversacks in which we carried our provisions

for the mid-day meal of Friday, and water-bottles, con-

taining the liquor which each man considered the best to allay his

thirst and sustain his strength . Perhaps, in parenthesis, I may be

allowed to recommend (from experience) sherry and water as the

best drink to serve this double purpose . We numbered about 350men. After the usual inspection, we marched to Waterloo Station, to

the cheery strains of our bag-pipes and amid the friendly greetings of

the Londoners, where without any confusion we were " entrained " andwere soon on our way to Petersfield.

I must now give my readers the " general idea " by which all ourmanoeuvres were governed . The marching force, under Col . Moncrieff

of the Scotts Guards, was divided into five columns, and it was sup-

posed to form the advanced guard of an army marching from

Guildford to prevent a hostile army proceeding from Salisbury with a

view to reinforce the garrison at Hilsea . The London Scottish were

in No. 2 column along with the artists, London Irish, Inn, of Court,

and Cambridge University ; the whole bei g under the coi :iur1,,1 of

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Lieut . Col . Lumsden, of Ours ." No. 5 column was the first to arriveat Petersfield, and, hearing from cavalry scouts that a convoy, sent

from IIilsea to obtain supplies from Petersfield, has commenced its

return and is obliged to go by the road, the railway being cut atRowland's Castle, Col . Routledge at once decides to pursue the convoywith his 558 men of all ranks . This is to say the least of it somewhat

rash, for it is only reasonable to suppose that the convoy is stronglyguarded, and if attacked would be reinforced from IIilsea . The end,however, justified the means in this case, for ere the day was out

No . 5 column had captured the said convoy! Meanwhile the other

columns continued to arrive at Petersfield, and at once proceeded to

establish successively a line of outposts covering Petersfield on the

south and south-west, forming an arc of which Petersfield is the centrewith a radius of from two to three mile . We were stationed near

Butser Mill, which we reached by m-arching through most picturesque

and undulating country, clothed in all its spring verdure . The day wasperfect, and the wooded country stretching far northwards was very

'enticing . We climbed the steep slopes of Butser Hill, followed closely

by our watercart and ambulance waggon (which accompanied each

column), but after accomplishing the most difficult part of their taskthese latter found that the nature of the ground in front would prevent

their coming further, and were obliged to descend the hill (a much

more arduous undertaking in the slippery clay soil), and thus get to

their billet by a much longer way round !The outposts having been inspected and the dispositions corrected

by Col . Moncrieff, the different columns were dismissed to their

stations about five o'clock . It was a pretty sight to see the variousbattalions descend the steep sides of the Downs and march along the

winding valleys to their billets.The London Scottish were consigned to the little village of

Blendworth . I was one of 150 men who slept in a large cattle shed,

where we had nothing but straw, on which to rest our wearied limbs,

and one blanket to cover us ; but to acid to our discomfort, we were

obliged to retire to rest in the dark (no lamp or light of any kind being

allowed in the structure) . There was no lack of ventilation, however,

for in the roof and sides of the shed there were large holes, which

might have proved decidedly objectionable had it rained, but such was

luckily not the case. The first night of these Volunteer marches isalways ::eomfortable, owing to s IClr a large holy of men having to be

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put in places where no accommodation for them exists, but we " made

the best of it" without grumbling ; and awaking (i.e. those that got to

sleep, which were but few) from our beds of straw, very littlerefreshed, at 6 a .m., we all had a good wash in a large cattle-trough.after which a hearty breakfast prepared us for the lively day before us,

Our force was on Saturday joined by a squadron of the HantsYeomanry, and at about 9 a.m., we set out against the enemy, whichconsisted of Regular Cavalry and 4th Middlesex Volunteers, about

2,000 in all. The Duke of Cambridge arrived about an hour b fore thecontest began, along with Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and a

brilliant staff.

Our object was to check the advance of the enemy in their en-deavour to capture Portdowrl Ridge ; and it was about mid-day whenour outposts discovered the enemy's picquets, and a bickering rifle fire

ensued . The fire increased rapidly as battalion after battalion were

deployed along the slope of the ridge, and the attack was soon con-

centrated on the centre, the London Scottish being the first to engagethe defender's line. The attack of our entire force was so well directedby Col . Moncrieff and so determined that it told at once : quickly we

went up the slopes, taking advantage of all cover, firing volley after

volley and advancing by rushes, while the enemy contending everyyard of ground sullenly retired . On reaching the summit we weremasters of the situation, and the enemy retired on Portsmouth, so we

received the order to " pile arms," But what a view met our gaze !During the half hour's rest we had after the fight, we had time to

enjoy it and to be refreshed by the contemplation of the beauties of

nature.Below lay Portsmouth and IIayling Island, with the Ports-

mouth and Langstone IIarbours stretching almost up to the fort at

Portsdown Heights, and the Isle of Wight could be seen in all its

beauty across the water. Certainly, I have never seen a more lovelypanorama. Oar short rest terminated, we continued our march to our

various stations in Portsmouth (about six miles off), the Scottish being

quartered at the Anglesea Barracks, where we arrived at 5 p .m., and assoon as we were " ° told oFf " to our respective rooms, were not long in

having a refreshing wash in the large wash-house . There were two

regiments of regulars in the same barracks with us—the North

Lancashire and the Leicester—also the London Irish Volunteers, butseparate buildings were assigned to each . The Scottish had their .

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meals served in the regimental school-room on long tables neatlydecorated with flowers and plants, a picket of the N . Lancashire menacting as waiters, and very obliging ones they were.

In the evening, sentries were posted and pickets appointed toparade the streets from 8 to 10 o'clock to keep order ; in fact, all therequirements of garrisoning were complied with, so that our training

for the work which would be demanded of Volunteers in case of warwas most practical . Easter Sunday was a day of rest ; we hadChurch Parade at the Scotch Kirk at 10-30 a .m., and the service was

of the required military length (i. e . not to exceed one hour)—it would

be well if all churches were put under military regulations on fine

Sunday mornings ! After dinner, many of the Volunteers visited the

"Victory," to see the spot where England's greatest hero died . Others,

like myself, took one of the numerous steamers which ply between

Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, to Ryde, and enjoyed the sail, whichtakes about half-au-hour, and a walk on the Island . Others again re-

mained in Portsmouth to inspect the elaborate arches and other

decorations which the loyal citizens had put up in our honour . One

archway they had constructed of painted wood, reminded me of

Bootham Bar at York ; it was very realistic, and to complete the

illusion had figures of men in armour on its battlements . The streetswere hung with flags of every nationality, and mottoes such as

" Welcome brave defenders ." So Sunday was passed, and we mostly

retired early to rest, as we had to be up at 5-30 a .m. On Easter

Monday, we breakfasted at 6-30 a.m., left our barracks at 7-30 a .m.,.and after a march of eight miles got into position on the heights of

Portsdown Hill, behind Fort Purbrook, where we were joined by the

detachment of our Corps which left London at four that morning to

attend the review. I fear that I shall not have space to describe the

fight in detail, but will only say that it assumed the form of a contestbetween two bodies known as the Northern and Western Armies . The

latter under General Monck had to relieve and reinforce a garrison at

Hilsea, and the Northern Force (of which the London Scottish formed

a part) was to prevent this operation being effected . Most of the

fighting took place on the scene of Saturday's battle, and I need only

add that the result was an easy victory for General Monck, and Eng-

land was thus saved from the hands of the pseudo-foreign invader!

Then followed the severe ordeal of the " March Past, " which so far

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as our corps were concerned was performed to our Colonel's entire•satisfaction.

The forces were subsequently "entertained." and after a three-

hours railway journey (the monotony of which we relieved by keeping

up a regular concert of Scotch songs and recitations), arrived indingy old London singing " ° Auld long sync " —to fi nd it raining—thisbeing the first rain we had experienced since we left London on Good

Friday.

In conclusion, let me point out a few of the results of this year's

Volunteer campaign . Volunteers have now been put to the test ofbeing brigaded with regular troops, and military critics admit, that if

there has been any marked difference between onr hearing and that of

the Line regiments, it has certainly not been to the dis•redit of the .

Volunteers . Two experiments were tried this year for the first timeas far as Volunteers are concerned . and will doubtless have an impor-

tant influence on our future sham fights . One was the employment of

mounted infantry, and the other a trial of Nordenfeldt machine guns.There were, doubtless, as might be expected on a first trial, mistakes .

in the tactical use of the latter, but the Duke of Cambridge ' s compli-ment to the mounted men of the Victoria Rifles will doubtless serve as

a stimulus to increase the number of our mounted infantry, which (in

view of the success of this kind of force in the Soudan) must be re-

garded as very desirable.

And now before closing . I cannot too strongly urge upon

" Peterites " the necessity of becoming Volunteers on leaving school,

and thus making themselves efficient soldiers, available in times of

emergency—times which many well able to judge think not so very

far off. If all of us who can will volunteer, the necessity of ever

introducing that degrading " conscription " system into free England,

which is established in France and Germany, and which so cripples.

their commerce, need never arise . Let us hope that ere long we may

have St . Peter's, our own Volunteer Corps. If Rossall, Clifton, and

other large public schools have their own corps, why not St. Peters ?

R. \V. C .

83

SCHOOL LETTER.

CRICKET is now over, and the examinations are in full swing.

The doings of the Eleven are mentioned elsewhere, and arevery satisfactory . The School House has maintained its supremacy,having defeated the School by 48 runs . For the House Sharpe made34 and 0, Lewis 23 and 7, W. S. Gofton and 6 . While for theSchool Noble 1 and 22 was the highest scorer . The first eleven withbroomsticks beat the second eleven with bats by 56 runs, chiefly

owing to the fine batting of Lord, who scored 22 and 65, and to the

bowling of Rhodes and Lord, who obtained respectively 10 wickets for40 runs and 9 for 41. The first eleven made 57 and 98, against67 and 32 made by the second, Brandt was highest scorer with

29 and 1 . The football team were beaten by the rest by 11 runs,

and the Fourth, with Mr. Yeld, beat the Sixth, with Mr . Hales, by thesame amount . The result was chiefly owing to the fine bowling ofMr. Yeld, who obtained 7 wickets for 16 runs . The highest scorersfor the Sixth were Rhodes 26 and Lord 19, while for the Fourth

Noble 34, Mr . Yeld 11, and McClellan 10 were highest scorers.

The most successful Junior House so far is Mr . Clarke ' s, who havewon 2 and tied 1, viz . that with the School House, who easilybeat the Day Boys, but were beaten by Mr . Clarke's House in thefirst match, though had time allowed they would probably havewon. The Tennis Club held a tournament last week, the victorsbeing A . C. Clarke and E . Stephenson, who played well together.There is some talk of a match with the York L . T. C. TheRegatta Boat is still at work, and has finally decided to go toChester to row in the Maiden Stakes on August 1st. The boataverages about 10 stone per man, and goes well together, and with

Eyre's coaching during the week is sure to improve.

By the bye, Lord has resigned his post of Cricket Captain, and noone else has yet offered his services . The next captain will havealmost the same eleven at his command as represented the School

this year, Murray being the only certain absentee . May they bemore successful in '85 .

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CRICKET.

THE results of the past term's cricket go to show that the successof the Eleven, which for the last few years has been increasing,has not yet begun to decrease . Though only three of last year's

Eleven were available, we have net done so badly as might have been

expected with eight new members in the team . Out of 16 matcheswe have won 5, drawn 3, and lost 8 ; while last year we played 15,

won 5, drew 1, and lost 9 . Two of our draws would have been almost

certain wins, had time allowed, while the third would have been adefeat . The wins include two Durham matches, Mr . Walker's Eleven,

York Law, and Ebor Rovers ; the draws are the Asylum, Hornsea,and Mr . Walker's Eleven (return) ; and the defeats St . John's College,

Yorkshire Gentlemen, York (2), Leeds, Past, York Law, and theAsylum. The average per wicket of the School was about 91 ; of ouropponents about 103.

The batting averages show a decided improvement . Of last

year's choices Lord has advanced from 15 to 22, Rhodes from 5 to 13,

Sharpe from 0 to 8, the first-named having the highest average at theSchool for some years . Of the new members Wilson and Noble have

the highest averages, though the former only played in the later

matches . The bowling has nut been as successful as the batting.

Rhodes at the commencement of the season was nothing like as certainas last year, but by some really good work towards the end of the

season he obtained an average of 7, a little more expensive than in

1883, but with 86 wickets to his credit . Lord's bowling was infinitely

better than last year, as he took 50 wickets at a little over 10 runs

each, as against an average of 19 . Of the others Sharpe, McClellan,

and Murray have bowled well at times. The fielding was perhaps the

most conspicuous improvement ; of course catches were dropped, butnone of those simple ones (except in the first match) which it used to

be customary for the eleven to miss.

We must not, however, forget to testify to the good done to the

Eleven by I3osomworth in May. The batting all round was bettered

by his able coaching, and we can only hope to have him again next3 ear . ITerewiih we append the characters of the Eleven .

CRICKET.

85

P. E . LORD has played good cricket through the season, generally

to be relied on for runs ; rather weak in cutting, otherwise hits well

all round ; has done good service with the ball ; smart in the field ;

energetic captain.

H. W. RHODES . Good bat, but too fond of playing back to balls

well pitched up, and iu consequence sometimes lost his wicket ; sure

leg hitter ; the bowler of the eleven, medium pace with break both

ways ; took 21 wickets for 55 runs in the last match ; good field.

J. SHARPE . Hard-hitting bat, but does not watch the ball

enough ; would do better with a little more care ; occasionally bowled

well ; uncertain in the field.

A. MCCLELLAN. Began the season well in batting, playing very

straight, but latterly got a habit of pulling away from balls on the

wicket ; too eager to score ; frequently got a wicket when wanted ;

good field.

H. BOTTERILL . Uncertain as a bat ; inclined to play across, but

hits hard, though taking a low hold of his bat ; a safe pair of hands ;

brought off some wonderful catches during the season at long-off.

J . E . NOBLE . Useful man, having good defensive abilities, com-

bined with hard driving powers and a long reach ; bowls slow with a

break ; neat field.

*W . MURRAY . Hardly batted up to the expectations formed of

him ; has a slow style of play, not being at home on a quick wicket ;

was at first successful as a slow bowler, but fell off ; fair field.

R. CIIAWSHAW . Very taking bat, with neat style and a beautifulforward stroke, but lacks punishing power ; very unlucky at the

beginning of the season ; good field.

W. IIoLMES . Moderate bat ; too anxious to get runs ; uncertain

wicket-keeper, being sometimes really good, at other times completely

" out of it ."

J. SCARBOROUGH. Fair bat, considering his height ; excellentlong-stop.

W. G. WILSON. A useful but not a stylish bat, being of the

" barn-door ;" has, however, scored well ; very fair in the field.

* Is leaving.

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CRICKET.

BATTING AVERAGES.

Times

Highest inInnings .

not out.

an innings . Total. Average.P. E . Lord

. . . 21 1 82 445 22}

H. W. Rhodes 21 3 41* 240 13i

J. Sharpe 21 0 26 172 8-,T

H. McClellan . . . 20 1 34 136 7 5H. Botterill

. . . . . . 17 0 47 121 7itJ . E . Noble

. . . 20 2 29* 158 8%W. Murray

. . . 15 2 16 59 4 1~R. Crawshaw . . . 20 3 25* 98 51iW . Holmes

. . . 17 7 15* 57 5 th;

J . Scarborough . . . 13 2 7 27 2 101

1V . G . Wilson . . . 13 2* Signifies not out .

33 106 11 it

BOWLING AVERAGES.

P . E . Lord

. . .Wiles.

lu

Overs.

Maidens . Runs.510

Wickets.50

Average.101207 . 3 50

H. W . Rhodes 1 2983 78 62) 86 7aJ . Sharpe 2 51 14 138 9 153-

H . McClellan . . . 0 39 4 141 n 17

J. E . Noble

. . . 0 20 0 76 4 15

W . Murray

. . . U 52 . 3 6 185 13 14A,

v . NORTH RIDING ASYLUM .—June 28th.

SCHOOL.P. E. Lord, b Nicholson 12J . Sharpe, h Nicholson 5W. G . \\ ilson, st Nicholson, b Hields 33H. McClellan, cLuekenby, b Nicholson UH . Botterill, b 1-hells 0H . W. lihodes. b Nicholson 7J . E . Noble, hauSled ball 3R . Crawshaw, b Nicholson UW . Murray, not out 5W . Holmes, b Nicholson 1J . Scarbrough, b Nicholson 2

Extras 7

Total 75

NORTH RIDING ASYLUM.G . Breed, c Wilson, b Rhodes 89J. L. Varley, b Rhodes 1C . E. Rudd, b Rhodes 38II . Hields, b Rhodes 8W . R . Nicholson, c Noble, b Lord 5W . Thornton, c Crawshaw, b Lord 1E . Glaisby, c Sharpe, b Lord 7T . Doman, b Rhodes 2T. Leekenby, c Rhodes, h Lord 2R . Tate, not out 4II . Muchall, b Rhodes 3

Extras 8

Total 168

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

SCHOOL.

Overs.H . IIields

. .

24W. R. Nicholson . . 23 . 4

8

Maidens. Runs .

Wickets.10

28

240

7

NORTH RIDING

Overs.II . W . Rhodes

24 .4W . Murray . .

. .

2P . E. Lord . .

21H . McClellan

3J . Sharpe

...

3

ASYLUM.

Maidens. Runs.

Wickets.5

6,2 60

18

O4

57

40

11

00

14

0

CRICKET

87

v . YORK LAW.—July 1st.

YORK LAW.

R. Brooks, h Rhodes 2E . Glaisby, b Rhodes 9D. S . Mackay, b Rhodes 14E. Gray, not out 64H. F. Cundall . h Lord__ 0J. T . Ware . c McClellan, b Lord 2G. G . Thompson, b Rhodes 0F. Ware, b Rhodes 2C . E . Elmhirst, b Rhodes 1A. Wood . c Murray, b Sharpe 1A. Bellerby, c Crawshaw, b Rhodes 4

Extras 11

Total 110

SCHOOL.P. E . Lord, c and b Brooks 32.f. Sharpe, b Cundall 13W. G . Wilson, b Cundall 0H. McClellan, b Gray 2H . Botterill, b Gray 2H. W. Rhodes, run out 39J . E . Noble, b J . T. Ware 2R. Crawshaw, not out 25W. Murray, b Cundall 3W . Holmes, b Cundall 3J . Scarborough. c Bellerby, b Cundall 0

Extras 13

Total 134

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

YORK LAW.Overs .

Mdus .

Runs .

Wkts.H . W . Rhodes

. . 14 .3

5

43

7P . E . Lord . .

7

0

40

2J. Sharpe

. .

3

2

7

1H . McClellan

3

0

10

0

ST . PETER' S SCHOOL.Overs . Maidens.

21 . 3

10

14

3

7

1

8

2

6

2

6

1

i . YORK—July 3rd.

H. F . CundallE. Grav

..,T. T . WareR . Brooks

.F. Ware

..1) . S . Mackay

Runs .

Wkfs.31

5

34

2

17

1

14

1

11

0

16

0

Brooks bowled 2 wides, Gray and Mackay I each.

SCHOOL.P. E . Lord, c Stevenson, b Procter 21J. Sharpe, b Wisker 2W . G . Wilson, st Pride, b Wisker 51H . McClellan . run out 2H . Botterill, b WiskerH . W . Rhodes, c and b Procter 4J . E . Noble . b Murfin 1R. Crawshaw, b Murfin 0W. Murray, not out 2W. Holmes, c Spetch . b MurfinJ . Scarbrough . st Pride, b Wisker 1

Extras 11

Total 77

YORK.J .T.Wisker,cSens brou ;h,bRhodes 2J . L . Procter, c B oClellan, b Lord 38T . Dudley, b Rhodes 54T . Pride, b Rhodes 2L . E . Stevenson,b Lord 0E . Glaisby, c Murray . b Lord .

23A . Murtha. c Crawshaw, b Lord 3J, T . Grey, c Crawshaw, b Lord

1L . T . Spetch, c Wilson . b Rhodes 5H. T . Vaughan, b Murray 8G . Linfoot,not out 0

Extras 2

Total 139

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

ScHooL.Overs .

Mdus .

Runs .

Wkts.J . T. Wisker . .

. .

18 . 3

5

30

4A . Murfin

. .

. .

13

5

20

3J . L . Procter

. .

8

3

13

2J . Spetch

. .

. .

3

1

3

0

J . Spetch bowled 2 wides .

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CRICKET.

YORK.Overs.

Maidens . Suns .

Wickets.H . W. Rhodes 26 6 48 4P. E. Lord . . 16 3 50 5J. Sharpe . . 7 1 17 0H. McClellan 3 0 12 0W. Murray . . 4. 2 0 7 1

v . DURHAM SCHOOL.

This return match was played at York on Saturday, July 5th.

The Visitors' Eleven was strengthened by the addition of Miller, whowas prevented by rowing from playing in the first match . Shaw won the

toss, and went in with Alderson, to the bowling of Rhodes and Lord.

The former opened with a maiden, but after this Alderson hit both

bowlers for 2 . Shaw scored two singles, and then had his off stump

bowled by Rhodes . Ilolden followed, and stayed with Alderson

until the score was 16, when the latter was bowled in trying to pull

a straight ball from Rhodes . With the same total Lord caught and

bowled Ilolden. Walker was caught in the slips, and Miller bowledby Lord, and 5 wickets were down for 25 . Jackson and Stanton now

made a good stand, and McClellan bowled for Lord, but was soon

replaced by Sharpe, who in his second over bowled Stanton. This

wicket had added 28 runs. Two runs only were added when Rhodes

bowled Jackson . Headlam followed, and obtained a single off Rhodes,

who had bowled 7 successive maidens . Barmby and Nimmo were soon

bowled, and the innings closed for 67.

Lord and Sharpe then made a good beginning for the School, theformer hitting Miller for 4 and 3, which Sharpe repeated in his next

over. This brought on Alderson, and in his first over he got Sharpe

caught at long off. Wilson played the new bowler for a single, and

Lord hit him for 4 and 3, but was soon after caught at long on.

McClellan and Wilson were together at lunch time, when the score

was 44 for 2 wickets. Soon after lunch Wilson was bowled, and

Botterill took his place. He quickly hit up 9, and was caught at

point. Rhodes followed, and with McClellan took the score to 79,

when the latter was clean bowled by Alderson . Noble hit Miller for

3, and was then out 1 b w to Alderson. Crawshaw joined Rhodes, who

hit Miller for 4 and 3. Nimmo took the ball from Miller, but soon

gave way to Shaw, who, after being hit three times for 3, bowled

Crawshaw. Murray was easily caught and bowled, but Holmes

stayed some time with Rhodes, and brought on Stanton vice Shaw.

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The new bowler soon bowled Holmes, and in his next over Scarborough

hit his wicket, the innings closing for 131.

Shaw and Parker opened the second innings of Durham to the

bowling of Lord and Rhodes . Each bowler opened with a maiden, but

in the former's second over Shaw made a drive for 2. Each batsman

then made a single off Rhodes, and Parker hit Lord for 3, when Shaw

was bowled. Miller entered, but soon lost Parker, who was well

caught by Wilson . Walker and Miller took the score to 29, when

Rhodes bowled Miller. With only 4 runs added Lord bowled Walker.

The light then became very bad, and the remaining 6 wickets only

added 9 runs, the innings closing for 42 . This left St . Peter's victorious

by an innings and 22 runs .

DumlAm Scuoon.1st innings.

A. F. Shaw, b Rhodes 2F. Alderson, b Rhodes 8H. Holden. c and b Lord 1G. K . Walker, c Rhodes, b Lord 5T. Miller, b Lord 1P . Stanton, b Sharpe 12G . Jackson, b Rhodes 8T . Parker, st Holmes, b Sharpe 0M. Headlam, not out 1H. F . Barmby, b Rhodes 4W. Nimn:o, b Rhodes 5

Extras 20

Total 67

ST. PETER ' S SCHOOL.P. E . Lord,C Holden,b Alderson 21J . Sharpe, c Walker, b Alderson 18W . G . Wilson, b Alderson 5H. McClellan, b Alderson 14H. Botterill, c Parker, b Miller 9H. W. Rhodes. not out 41J . E . Noble, lbw b Alderson 3R . Crawshaw, b Shaw 6W . Murray, c and b Alderson 0W . Holmes, b Stanton 7J . Scarborough, hit wicket, b Stanton 2

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Total 131

BOWLING ANALYSIS.

DceIIADI SCHOOL.

2nd innings.

\Vkts.

Over-. â laidens.

Runs . Wickets.5

12 .1

3

19

8

3

13

7

17

1

11

—

—

—2 — —

—

P . E . Lord bowled a wide .

P . E. Lend bawled 3 wider,

2nd innings.b Rhodesb Rhodesb Rhodesb Lordb Rhodesb Rhodesb Rhodesc Wilson b Rhodesrun outb Rhodesnot out

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Total 42

1st innings.Ovens . Maidens. Rune.

H . W. Rhodes . . 21 . 3

13

16P. E . Lord . . . . 11

4

19H . McClellan . ,

2

0

6J . Sharpe 8

4

6

'90

CRICKET.

ST . PETERS SCHOOL.Ovens . Maidens. Hans . Wickets.

W . Nimmo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2 32 0F . Miller 8 2 ':8 1F . Alderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 6 42 6A. F . Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0 19 1P . Stanton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . 2 1 2 2M. Ileadlam 3 1 3 0

Shaw bowled 2 wides, and Miller and Stanton 1 each.

v . EBOR ROVERS.

This match was played on the School Ground, on Saturday,

July 12th. Lord won the toss and went in with Sharpe, to the

bowling of Wisker and F. Dudley . Lord began by hitting Wisker

twice for 2, and Dudley for a single . Sharpe then hit Wisker for a

2 and a 3, and Dudley for two singles, but soon after lost Lord, who

was caught in the long field . Wilson came in, and after making one

run lost Sharpe, who was well caught by Procter in the slips.

McClellan followed, but was given out 1 b w without scoring.Three wickets were now down for 19 . R. Haynes joined Wilson, butafter two more runs had been scored Wilson was clean bowled by

Dudley. Rhodes followed, but was soon bowled by Dudley . Fivefor 21. Noble was easily caught for 1, and Crawshaw joined Haynes,

and a short stand was made, the pair taking the score to 35 before

Haynes was bowled . Murray stayed with Crawshaw until the scorereached 1, when he ran himself out . Crawshaw was then bowled,and Scarborough being sent back with his first ball the innings

closed for 42.

T. Dudley and Wisker opened the innings of the Ebor Rovers

to the bowling of Rhodes and Lord . Off the former's first ball

Dudley was splendidly caught by Lord in the slips . Procter followed,

and after scoring a single off Rhodes, played a maiden from Lord.Wisker obtained a single off the next over, and then hit Lord for 2.

He was then missed in the slips by Rhodes, but did not survive long,

being bowled with the total at 7 . T. Dudley followed, but was bowledby the first ball he received . Pride joined Procter, and after hittingRhodes for 4, and Lord for 2, was easily caught . Four for 15.Stainthorpe came in and stayed with Procter until the score reached25, when he was bowled by Rhodes . Grey helped Procter to takethe score to 31, when he pulled a ball into his wicket . With one runadded Lord bowled Procter off his pads, and Lazenby was bowled

by Rhodes . Walker and Bellerby took the score to 39, when the

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former was caught, and Bellerby, with one run added, was also wellcaught by Crawshaw, leaving the School victorious by 2 runs.

The School went in a second time, Lord and Sharpe going first

to the wickets . Sharpe made six out of nine, and was easily caught

and bowled . Wilson and McClellan were soon out, and Lord was

bowled by Wisker for a patient 11 . Haynes was soon bowled by

Procter, and Rhodes, after hitting Procter for a 3 and two 2 's, was

given out 1 b w. Crawshaw and Murray were bowled, and Noble

and Holmes played out time, the score being 91 for 8 wickets.SCHOOL.

1st Inns Hre.P. E. Lord, c Walker, b Winker 5J . Sharpe, c Procter . b F . Dudley 10W. G. Wilson, b F . Dudley 2H. McClellan, 1 b w, b Wisker 0R. Haynes, b Wicker 11H. W . Rhodes, b F . Dudley 0J . E . Noble, c F . Dudley, b Wisker 1R . Crawshaw, b F . Dudley 9W. Murray, run out 0W. Holmes, not out 1J . Scarbrough, b Wisker 0

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Total 42

EI;OR ROVERS.F . Dudley, c Lord . b Rhodes 0J . T . Wicker, b Rhodes 4J . L . Procter, b Lord 12T. Dudley, b Rhodes 0T. Pride, c Wilson, b Rhodes 7J . Stainthorpe, b Rhodes 2J . T . Grey, b Rhodes 5T. Lazenby, b Rhodes 0J . C . Walker, c Wilson, b Rhodes 2A . Bellerby, c Crawshaw, b Lord 6E . A . Birks, not out 0

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Total 40BOWLING ANALYSIS.

ST . PETER' S SCHOOL.1st Innings. 2nd Innings.

Overs Mdns. Runs Wkts . Overs Mdns. Runs Wkts.J . T . Wicker 10 . 2 0 18 5 9 2 14 3F. Dudley 10 2 21 4 16 6 20 1J . L. Procter 9 3 17 3J. T. Grey 3 1 3 0J.Stainthorpe 3 1 5 0T . Lazenby 5 3 7 1T, Pride 2 0 6 0T . Dudley — — — — 3 1 3 0

F . Dudley bowled 2 wides, Wisker, Lazenby, and T . Dudley 1 each.EBOR Rovxns.

Overs . Maidens. Runs.

Wkts.H . W . Rhodes . .

. .

11

0

20

8P. E . Lord

10 .1

3

18

2P. E. Lord bowled 2 wides .

2nd Innings.b Wicker 11c and b F . Dudley 6st Pride b Wisher 0c Birks, b Wisker 2b Procter 11 b w, b Procter 7not out 29b Procter 3b Lazenby 6not out 8to bat

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Total for S wkts 91

92

NOTES AND ITEMS.

LAWN TENNIS.

THE Tennis Tournament in connection with the School TennisClub was played during the last fortnight of the term, theside that first obtained 10 games being declared the winner.

HEAT A.R. Crosthwaite .

F . W. Faber.A . Lister.

H . Kershaw.

In this heat Crosthwaite's side was decidedly the strongest, and ultimately

won by 10 games to 7 .

HEAT B.T. P. Clarke .

E. Stephenson.

L. W. Pickles .

A. C . Clarke.

At first T. P . Clarke's side met with ill luck, but afterwards played much

better. In spite of their efforts, however, they were beaten by 10 games to 5.

HEAT C.F . It. Brandt .

T. Little.

S. T . Chadwick.

C. B. Clarke.

A very close game from the very first, the sides almost alternately winning

the games . In the end it resulted in a win for Brandt's side by 10 games to 9.

HEAT D.E. Stephenson.

F. R . Brandt.

A . C . Clarke .

S . T. Chadwick.

Brandt and Chadwick, after the form they had shown the night before,

were expected to have it easily their own way. Stephenson and Clarke, however,

owing to remarkably good serving, won the heat by 10 to 8.

FINAL HEAT.

E. Stephenson.

R. Crosthwaite.A. C. Clarke .

A. Lister.

A disappointing finish, Stephenson ' s side having it all their own way, and,

in spite of Crosthwaite's efforts, winning by 10 to 2.

NOTES AND ITEMS.

G. H. Wade has taken his B .A. degree.

G. H . Eyre, rowed 2 in the Thames R . C . eight at Henley Regatta .

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