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EditorialSchool OfficersValeteSchool NewsO.S. NewsObituaryO.S. Dinnet in ShanghaiMusical SocietyO.T.C. Camp '"Southwark CadetsDuke of York's Camp, I(F7Public Schools' P.T. CourseLectureCricketFootballSwimming SportsContemporariesHouses

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EDI'l'ORIAL.

VOL. XXXIV.

W E read, in a contemporary, that the object of aneditorial is not to amuse but to instruct. We there­

fore intend .to refrain from the witticisms and pomposity ofthe traditional editorial, and to supply in their place someuseful information as a prelude to the more detailed instruc­tion contained in the ensuing pages.

A very generous gift has been made to the School byHowson F. Devitt, O.S., in the shape Gf a new Pavilion,which will be greatly appreciated by all and particularly bythose playing on the more distant fields. When the twonew groundR, at present being levelled, are ready for use,this new Pavilion will be in a central position for four largefootball grounds. In the summer, it will be especially use­ful for Colts'matches. In short, it snpplies a need that wasbecoming increasingly obvions, and it is therefore a greatdeal more than a mere matter of form when we express thereal allpreciation of all concerned.

Class Games are being continued this term with renewedvigour. 'l'he present system seems on the whole a mostsatisfactory one, and everything that one could possibly

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desire to know about games in general is tabulated on largeprinted notices, placed at points of vantage throughout theprecincts of the School. The system aims at giving at leastone game a week to every boy, not under medical exemption,and at considerably lessening the task of Honse Captainsin arranging games. So far, these aims have been adequatelyfulfilled and the games authorities are to be congratulatedon having evolved an admirable system.

We wish to express our deepest gratitude to K. J.Douglas for his O. S. news from Nigeria and also to E. W.Hancock for his account of an O.S. dinner in Shanghai. Itis very gratifying to feel that at least two O.SS. havevolunteered some O.S. news, and we can but hope that otherswill follow their example.

The cloud of Mr. Carey's very serions illness which hasbeen hanging over the School for nearly six months is nowwe arc glad to say being slowly dispelled. It was a greatrelief to heal' that his operation had been successfullyaccomplished, and there seems now to be ground for hopethat there may be a complete though gradual return tohealth. We sincerely hope that it will not be long beforehe and Mrs. Carey return to Sherborne.

We wish the best of luck to 1\11'. Kittermaster at Rugby,where, since it is his old School and he is already knownthere, we feel sure he will be as heartily welcomed as we aresorry to lose him.

We extend a hearty welcome to Mr. Eperson.

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SCHOOL OFFICERS.

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Head of the School ...

School Prefects

Captain of Football

Captain of Fives

Captain of Gym.

Captain of Boxing

President of Debatil1g Society

Editors of the Shirb/lrtlj(/l1

G. P. Humphreys-Davies

G. P. HUlllphreys-DaviesS. H. Nowell-SmithD. A. HodgkinsonA. E. S. CharlesG. C. AshmoreO. D. HoltA. C. M. Cornish-Bowden]. A. GreigR. F. Martin]. W. N. Sharpe

J. W. N. Sharpe

D. A. Hodgkinson

F. A. Simlllonds

G. C. de la Condamine

A. E. S. Charles

\V. D. Tyldesley-]onesG. P. Ilulllphreys-Davies

VALETE.

\V. M. 1\1. l\IILLIGAN (b)-VI.A, Head of the School, SchoolPrefect, Head of Carey's, 1st XV (1926-7), Camp Squad(1925-6-7); 1st Class Gym. (1927), Captain of Gym. (1927),School Fives Colours (1927), Class Leader with Badge,C.s.l\I. in O.T.C., President of the Debating Society,l\Jember of Duffers, Editor of the Shirb/lmian, Exhibitionat Caius College, Cambridge.

E. C. ALDERTON (b)-VI.A, School Prefect, 1st XV (1925-6-7),Camp Squad (I927), 1st Class Gym. (1927), Class Leaderwith Badge, C.S.l\T. in O.T.C., l\Iember of Duffers, Exhibi­tiOll at Sidney Sussex, Cambridge.

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W. T. C. MAYNARD (h)-VI.A, Corporal in a.T.C.A. M. EM1IET (a)-VI.A, School Prefect, Camp Squad

(1925-6-7), 1st Class Gym. (1927), Class Leader with Badge,Sergeant in a:Le., Member of Duffers, Editor of theSlzirbuYlliml.

R. M. KEANE (a)~-VI.A, School Prefect, Head of SchoolHouse, Class Leader with Badge, Sergeant in a.T.C.,Member of Duffers.

K. D. FINDEISEN (h)-VI.A, Corporal in a.T.C., Secretaryof Dramatic Society, Member of Duffers.

R. G. CHAPMAN (g)-VI.A, Lance-Corporal in a.T.e.D. F. SYMES (a)-VLA, Sergeant in a.T.C.A. F. BECHER (g)-VLA.R. L. aAK-RHIND (d)-VI.A, Corporal in a.T.C.A. J. Iv1. HARRIS (h)- VI.A, School Prefect, Head of

a' Banlon's, 1st Class Gym. (1927), Class Leader withBadge, C.S.l\L in a.T.e.

B. A. BAX (c)-Vl.A, Sergeant in a.T.C.P. S. LEEPER (g)-VI.A, Corporal in a.T.C.N. HIGHTON (h)-VI.A, 1st Class Gym. (1927), Corporal in

a.T.C.T. T. HARDY (h)-VI.A, Class Leade~ with Badge, Corporal

in a.T.C.J. HARVEY (c)-VI.A, Sergeant in a.T.e.'vV. R. H. MARTIN (c)-V LA, School Prefect, XXX Blazer,

Camp Gym. Squad (1927), 1st Class Gym. (1927), ClassLeader, Sergeant in a.T.C.

H.. EGLINGTON (g)-VI.A, School Prefect, Head of Ross',1st XI (1924-5-6-7, Captain 1926-7), 1st XV (1926-7),1st Class Gym. (1927), Class Leader with Badge, Sergeantin a.T.C. .

R. G. BAYNES-REED (g)-VI.A, 2nd XI (1926-7), XXXBlazer, Class Leader with Badge, Sergeant in a.T.C.

J. e. c. HENLEY (a)-VI.A, Corporal in a.T.C.l R. ANDERSON (c)-VI.A, 1st XI (1926-7), Class Leader

with Badge, Sergeant in a.T.e.

H. H. M. TOWNSEND (g)-VI.A, Corporal in a.T.e.

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T. E. ULLl\fAN (a)-VLA.F. e. E. KNIGHT (c)-VLA.

]. W. KELWAY (b)--VLA, School PrefeCt, 1st XV (1925-6-7,Captain 1926-7), Camp Gym. Squad, Class Leader withBadge, Sergeant in a.T.C.

D. M. CLEMENT! (a)-VLA, 2nd XV (1926-7), Class Leaderwith Badge, Sergeant in a:r.e.

R. C. KEARY (c)-VLA, School Gym. Colours (1926), ShootingVIII (1926-7), Class Leader with Badge, Sergeant in a.T.C.

W. BENNETT (b)~VLB.

E. L. R. RIX (b)-VI.B, Corporal in a.T.C.

P. C. RICHARDS (b)-VI.B.E. CLARKE (b)-VLB, Corporal in a.T.e.F. G. \VAlmER-VLB, School Prefect, Headof Fox's, 2nd

XV (1925-6-7, Captain 1926-7), 2nd XI (1926-7, Captain1927), School Gym. Colours (1925-6-7), Class Leader withBadge, Trebles, C.Q.U.S. in a.T.e.

C.]. 1\IILLIGAN (b)-VLB, XXX Blazer, 1st Class Gym.(1927), Corporal in a.T.C.

C. B. MEYER {J)-VLB, 1st XI (1927), Class Leader withBadge, Corporal in a:r.c.

R. K. LESLIE (j)-VLB.C. ]. SEARLE (d)-VLB, Lance-Corporal in a.T.C.P. B. COLLINS (a)-Vl..B.G. L. GALLOWAY (j)-VLB, XXX Blazer, School Gym.

Colours (1925-6), Camp Squad (1927), Class Leader withBadge, Trebles, Sergeant in a.T.C.

M. A. RUGG-GUNN (g)-VLB, XXX Blazer, Lance-Corporalin a:r.e, Trebles.

]. H. E. PANTON (lz)-VLB, Corporal in a.T.C.C. 1\1. R. SPEDDING {j)-VLB, Head of Elderton's, 1st XV

(1926-7), Camp Squad (1927), 1st Class Gym. (1927),Class Leader with Badge, Sergeant in a.T.C.

P. \V. D. BARKER (a)-V.A.T. B. SHARP" (b)-V.A, 2nd Xl (1926-7).R W. 'WELLS {f)-V.A.

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D. L. DIBBLEE (j)-V.A.

E. R. D. SWOIWEl{ (a)-V.A, 1st XV (1926-7), School Gym.Colours (1926), Class Leader with Badge, Sergeant in a.T.C.

A. V. PAGE (d)-V.A, 2nd XV (1926-7), Class Leader withBadge, Sergeant in a.T.e.

C. T. GREGOR (c)-V.A, School Gym. Colours (1926), CampGym. Squad (1927).

D. R. H. l\IACCARTHY (b)-V.A.

P. G. GIFFARD (h)-V.A, XXX Blazer, Class Leader, Trebles(silver medal), Sergeant in a.T.e.

R. W. M. DE \VINTON (a)-V.A, C.Q.M.S. in a.T.C.R. BERTRAM (bJ-V.A, 1st XV (1926-7), 2nd XI (1926-7),

Class Leader, Corporal in a.T.e.T. KINNERSLY (b)-V.A, 2nd XV (1926-7), Gym. Squad

(1926), Camp Squad (1926), 1st Class Gym. (1927), Trebles(1925-6-7), Caplain of Swimming (1927), Class Leader withBadge, Lance-Corporal in a.T.C.

H. e. CARVER (c)--V.B, 1st XV (1926-7), Class Leader withBadge, Sergeant in aT.e.

P. ClWDDAS (h)-IV.A.

J. R IlOl1LIlSWOKrlI (c)-IV.B.

SCHoaL NEWS.

Congratulations to the following on being presented withtheir School Colours :-

1ST XV.

act. 22-G. C. AshmoreJ. A. TallentA. C. A. WrightG. W. H. Peters

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T. K. WestD. E. Ashdown

Nov. 6-H. G. KreyerC. O. HaseldenA. \V. Hopcraft

2ND XV.

Oct. 17-J. A. TalJentA. 'N. HopcraftD. E. AshdownC. O. HaseldenR. S. HuntA. E. S. CharlesE. V. Wagner

Oct. 22-R. G. Kreyer

Nov. 3--P. E. M. Shaw

COLTS' BADGES.

Oct. 26-Bettsl\TalJockLoganRidoutBennettSmyly ma.LyleReadKeanButterfieldHarris mi.Smith ma.ScottMeadPantanSetten

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Our congratulations to 1\1r. and !\Irs. Andrews on the birthof a son.

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Congratulations to 1\1r. M. E. K. \Vestlake and the Gym.Squad on winning the Public Schools' Physical Training Shieldagain. This is the fifth time we have won the competition,since its inception in 1920.

On Tuesday, September 27th, Rev. P. B. Clayton lecturedon Toc H. Sir L. Porter also spoke.

On \Vednesday, October 12th, Mr. Paul Eclmonds lecturedon Travels in Albania, illustrating his lecture with freehanddrawings.

On Friday, October 21st, Mr. F. \Vhelen spoke at a publicmeeting of the League of Nations .Union in the \VesleyanSchoolroom, at which several members of the School werepresent. These together with some members of the staffassisted manfully at the community singing, which precededMr. \Vhelen's address.

A 4th XV has been instituted this term to play against t11e3rd XV and the Colts. It does not, however, play any matches.

The House Suppers at the end of this term will be onSaturday, December 17th.

O.S. NEWS.

The Venerable Ernest N eville Lovett, C.B.E. (a) wasenthroned as first bishop of the new diocese of Portsmouth onOctober 6th.

Dr. H. M. Newport (d) retired from the medical service ofNigeria in May after over twenty years' service.

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Capt. P. Lonsdale (d) is a' Senior President in the NorthernProvinces of Nigeria and has been in the service over twenty­one years.

E. V. R. Rae (a) is attached to the Nigerian Secretariat inLagos.

A. F. M. Tuke (c) is in the Political Department stationedin the Cameroons.

K. ]. Douglas (T.), Deputy Auditor of Nigeria, has beenin the service since October, 1907.

]. S. Boys-Smith, M.A. (a) has been ejected to a Fellowship ofSt. ]olm's College, Cambridge. He obtained a Second Classin the Economics Tripos, Part I, in 1921 ; a First Class in theTheological Tripos, Part I, section B, in 1922; a First Class inthe Theological Tripos, Part II, section V, in 1924, and wasejected to a Burney (University) Studentship in 1924,

]. P. Harrison (j) has obtained a Rhodes Scholarsbip from] amaica at Corpus Christi, Oxford.

R. F. Parry (d) has been awarded a Cadet Scholarship onpassing out of Sandhurst.

Our congratulations to :-

R. Eglington (g) on playing for tbe Rest against the Lord'sSchools and on captaining the Young Amateurs of Middlesex.

]. \V. Kelway and D. 1I. Clementi on playing football forthe R.M.A.

P. G. Bryan Daunt (a) on winning the Oxford Senior ThreeMiles Race by 250 yards. Time 15 mins. 58 secs.

MARRIAGES.

\V. \V. N. Davies (a) to l\Irs. Kennedy.]. N. Goodwin (b) to Miss Marion Edwina Drummond.A. C. Gossling (c) to l\Iiss Phyllis Eleanor Grant-Cameron.R.]. L. Kihgsford (a) to Miss Ruth Ashly Fletcher.D. C. D. Ryder (a) to l\Iiss Nancy Baker.M. F. RadcIyffe (a) to l\Iiss Audry Worthington.

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~bitum·t'.

fNovEMBER,

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The Hyv. CHARLES PEld,y-l{EENE (Clap ill,1860-64) died on November 29th, 1926, aged 80years. He was an incumbent of Herrick's parishof Dean Prior and a fine type of the old Devonshirecleric. He was famous for his skill in archery, andloved to tramp over the surrounding hills with gunand dog until the very last.

FRANK EWAN BENNETT (a, 1864-68) died atBroadstone on September 1st, 1927, aged 78 years.

I(E\'. \VILLIAl\f LaWN DES (a, 1871-78) died atFiesole, Italy, on December 1st, 1926, aged 67 years.

VYVIAN IIARPEI, (d, 1877-83) died on March 12th,1927, aged 62 years.

There are still boys in the School House, as wellas many masters in the School, who rememberTHOMAS AR~ISTRONGCASE (a, 1920-3), too delicateto come to the front either in the classroom or onthe field, but full of life and a lover of beauty in artand nature and especially music, with an engagingand lovable personality. It was a great shock tohear that he met with his death near his home inDublin in the summer holidays, being thrown froma horse. Our deepest sympathies go out to hisfather and mother, of whom he was the only child.

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ROBERT SPENCER BEDDALL, Cadet at Cranwell,crashed on September 9th, 1927, and died the follow­ing day. He was considered "one of the best pupilsof his flight" and on the wreath placed on his graveby the officers of Cranwell were the words "Inmemory of an exemplary cadet who maintained thehighest standards." He entered Harper House inSeptember, 1921, and eventually became .f-Iead ofthe House and a School Prefect.

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On behalf of those present, I have been persuaded to writeyou some account of an O.S. Dinner held here recently, whichit is thought may prove, for yarious reasons, of interest.

I think I am correct in stating that it is the first time, or ifriot the first time, at least the first for many years, that such aftlIlction has been held here or elsewhere in China. Thequestion of holding a dil1ller is, howe\'er, no new one, for it hasfrequently been raised here during the last three or four years,but, owing mainly to a dearth of numbers, it has not got beyondthe suggestion-stage till recently, when, owing to the arrival ofthe Shanghai Defence Force, in which there appears to be nosmall number of O.SS., and possibly to the subsequent orgy ofOld Boys' Dinners which resulted, it was again revived.Finally, thanks mainly to the energy and enthusiasm ofH. N. Bellamy (g 1918-22) and G. A. Stewart (a 1918-22) adiuner actually took place on 23rd July last. It shonld perhapsbe noted here that at present there exists no organized branchof the O.S. Socicty in China, due in part to the fact that, untilrecently, our number has been so small, and mainly because,as far as residents are concerned, the lIlajorityof us are movingabout from port to port most of the while in normal times, sothat it is but rarely that it is possible for us to meet togetherin such number as on the occasion which has prompted this

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letter. The subject of forming some such an organization wasbrought up at the dinner when mention was made of the aboveremarks. Nothing definite was decided then,but the fact thata dinner has actually been held, together with the augmentationof our number due to the presence of the S.D.F., some at leastof whom seem likely to be with us for some time to come, shouldincrease the likelihood of more being heard of the propositionere long.

Short of advertising, everything was done by the organizersto assure as far as possible that no O.S., either resident or inthe S.D.F., was left uninvited, with the result that eleven werediscovered, six residents and five Army. Of these, three wereunable for various reasons to be present at the dinner (in orderthat one or two members of the S.D.F., known to be leaving usshortly, might be present, the notice was somewhat short,though, as it turned out, not sufficiently so to allow of their in­clusion); H. C. l\lcCullagh (a 1894-99), of the Durham L.I.,who unexpectedly sailed the same day with his battalion forIndia; A. K Bond (a 1916-20), also of the Durham L.I., whowas engaged seeing off his battalion (he himself is staying ontemporarily in Shanghai); and A. T. Edgington (a 1918-21),ofthe R.A., who was on duty. Those present at the dinner wereW. Napier (d 1903·5), of the British Cigarette Co., who, assenior member present, filled the post of "Master ofCeremonies"; E. A. Jenkinson (d 1907-8), of Messrs. JardineMatheson & Co., an erstwhile leading light in the local "rugger"world, whose latest claim to distinction is that of gettingmarried; H. \V. Brady (aI917-21), and G. A. Stewart(a 1918-22), of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank, both of whomare prominent in local cricket and nIgger circles; H. N. Bellamy(g 1918-22), of the 1st Battalion Border I<egiment, who under­took, and most efficiently carried out, the organization of thedinner; J. 'vV. Gordon (a 1918-23), of the Royal Corps ofSignals; T. G. Brady (a 1919-25), of the Union InsuranceSociety of Canton Ltd., who has' recently arrived in Shanghai,and the writer, whose sole claim to a questionable distinction isthat of being in the Chinese Maritime Customs, a hardlyenvious lot these days!

The dinner was strictly informal, and there is consequentlybut little to record iu the way of speeches. The toast of " TheSchool" was proposed by Napier and enthusiastically honoured.In a brief speech he we1conled O.SS. of the S.D.F., and, on

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behalf of those resident in Shanghai, expressed the hope thatwe should see more of them ere they leave us-he also hopedthat it might be found possible to hold a dinner annuaIJy herein future. The only other toast" for which the" writer wasresponsible was that of "Absent Friends," special mentionbeing made of other 0.55. known to be in China. Space pre­vents more than a passing reference to such of them as thewriter has come across, or heard of through others. F.E. Wilkinson has recently returned from home leave andresumed his post as H.B.M's Consul-General in Moukden, andR. G. Warren is Commissioner of Customs in the salue place.D. G. Hooper (g 1917-21), also of the Chinese MaritimeCustoms, after making a great name for himself in local ruggercircles, was transferred from here in April, 1926, and is nowstationed at a small customs station called Tengyueh, just in­side the Sino-Burmese border in the Yunnan Province. He hashad exciting times there, narrowly escaping being carried offinto the hills as a hostage last Christmas. A recent letter,however, indicates that life has more or less assumed the normalagain. D. C. Drake is in the river gunboat H.l\LS. "l\Iantis,"which is due here shortly for a refit; H. P. Mackley (g 1917-20)and T. L. Binney (a 1917-23) are in Hongkong with theirbattalion, the 1st Cameroniaps, which, according to presentrumour, may shortly be moved up here to replace units of the]hunsi Brigade, which have just returned to India. DOllbtlessthat is not all of them. "

Recently I have met yet another 0.5. in the form of G. F.]. P. Stone (a 1913-16), who I found still smarting under theinsult of not having been invited to the recent dinner; I hopehe is appeased now that he knows how it happened.

One other topic arose during the after-dinner conversationto which I was asked to refer in this letter. It is often difficultfor those of us who are moving about from place to place to keepin direct touch with the old School, in particular, to follow itssporting activities, which, presumably, most O.SS. are interestedin doing. l\Iost Public Schools publish the results of theirmatches and other important athletic events in the Till/CS andother leading name papers, the weekly editions of which are tobe found in most clubs in this country. Sherborne frequentlyseems to be, for some unknown reason, an exception to this rule,and I was asked to enter a plea on behalf of those present, thatit may be found possible to remedy this.

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]\lUSICAL SOCIETY.

[NOVEMBER,

The end-of-term Summer Concert was given on July 25thand it very properly reproduced some of the best efforts ofCommemoration. There was, however, the feeling whichdivides this concert from all others in the year, present on thisevening 1Il exceptional strength. For many listeners and not afew performers were there as part of the school for the last time.

Archdeacon Peile's melancholy and even foreboding "Valete"came at the beginning of the evening, and Auld Lang Synewith its humorous side very marked, at the end, just after GodSpeed (the leaversl.

Miss Schulz (Violin) was mighty on her instrument, andFindeisen (Piano) very great on his. \Ve have, however, apianist nearly as good still with us for whom, fortunately,the clock has not ye~ beaten out the hour to go. 'vVoodhamgave us a 'most virile version from Schumann's Carnival, andFindeisen as accompanist was always excellent, but particularlyin Parry's Chorns from the S1. Cecilia's Day Ode.

Then there \vas our J\Iadrigal Club singing Do\vland's "\Viltthou, unkind, thus leave me?" vVhat can be said of such.things? They are too great for criticism. The]\I usical Societysang J\Iasefleld's grim song, "N ews from \iVhydah," with itsaccents so merry and so weird all intertwined. The SchoolHouse "A" gave us their prize g·lee performance and sang yetbetter than they had done at Commemoration. J\Ir. Parry­Jones was as usual manly and tUlleful and had found a songof Sir Henry Newbolt's which suited.him exactly.

J\I iss Erna Schulz exerted herself again in No. 9, and gotan encore for a charming piece of Kreisler, the essence ofdaintiness.

In No. 10 we had some magnificent music composed by themighty Brahms. Four hands on two pianos with excellentsinging by a small picl(ed choir kept up the high standard ofthe concert, and the J\Iusical Society did not lower it by twounaccompanied modern part-songs, the former with its perfectwords, "Go, lovely rose," and the second containing rapid,superficial, but apparently successful wooing of Pretty PollyPillicote.

Auld Lang Sync, .as we have implied, brought the fullestsatisfaction, being everything that was expected and llothing

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that wasn't. And so to the rainy, rather cold and sunlessSummer Holidays, though fortunately we did not know it then.

1 Valete

Programme :-jJ.H.F.P.IB.G.T.

R. B. F. KHIP. B. A. I'EAIlSON. G. A.T.THOMSON, H. B. H. KAY.E. C. ALDEIITON, S. H. NOWELL-SMITH, E. :\1. HOOTll.\M.

2 Allegro and Scherzo Beethoven(from Sonata in F ma., Op. 24, for violin and piano)

1\1155 EIlNA SCHULZ. K. D. [<'rNDEISEN.

3 Choral Ballad :"News from\Vhydah" H. Halfour-GardinerTHE J\TUSICAL SOCIETY.

4 Part-Song-"The Hemlock Tree" Charles lVood(lmaccompanied)

SCIIOOL HOUSE" A."

Conductor-E. H. D. SWORDEl<.

5 Song of the Fleet-"Sailing at Dawn" Sta1lford(for Baritone Solo and Chorus)

.Mlc P. E. H. I'Al<RY-JONES (O.S.).

R. E. \VOODHAM.

6

7

J\Iadrigal- "\Vilt thou, unkind, thus leave me?" Dozela1ld(unaccompan ied)

THE J\IADI'IGAL CLun.

Pianoforte Solo-Carnival jest from Vienna (Op. 26)Sel1ll1llall11

8 Chorus-"But when our Country's cause"(from the "Ode on St. Cecilia's Day")

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Parry

9 Violin Soli-

(a) Adantio

(b) Intrada

(c) Sch6n Rosmarin!\IISS EIlNA SCHULZ.

... Martilli

... xviii Cent. French

... [{reisler

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10 Liebeslieder (Op. 52, Nos. 4-, 5, 6) '" Brahms\Valtzes for Piano (4 hands) and S.A.T.B.K. D. FINDEISEN, R. E. \VOODlIAM, B. A. PEARSON.M. C. GOODEN. P. HOGG, A. A. E. 1\I0RGAN.G. A. T. THOMSON. J. \V. SETTEN. E. C. ALDERTON,

S. H. NOWELL-SMITlI. E. M. ROOTHAM.

11 Two Modern Part-Songs (unaccompanied)-

(a) "Go, Lovely Hose" ... Eric H. Thiman(b) "Down in yonder Meadow" Alex Rowley

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12 God Speed

13 Auld Lang Syne

14- Carmen ...

AccompanistConductor

I ].R.... lL.N.P.

Traditional

{E.M.Y.L.N.P.

God save the King.

K. D. FINDEISEN.MR. B. J. F. PICTON.

O.T.C. CAMP, 1927.

Only 80 out of 168 cadets who had intended to go to campwere free from infection of mumps and able to attend atTidworth Pennings from July 26th to August 3rd. They wereorganized in three platoons and formed a company with theHigh \Vycombe contingent.

Rain fell most nights .and sometimes by day, but did notseriously interfere with the training and only seemed to evokespecial efforts from the cook-house staff and quartermaster'sdepartment for the contentment of all. In spite of wet groundand chilly air rnanceuvres were done with goodwill and energy,and fortunately the night chosen for Night Operations was fine.The Military Tattoo at Tidworth Park was visited by most ofthe cadets, and, as authority was given for them to wear flannels

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under their greatcoats, there was opportunity to dry theiruniforms, which had become wet during the day.

The school squad, though some of its original members wereexcluded by mumps, won the Physical Training Competition,and the report by the camp commandant stated that the contin­gent was "well-disciplined in camp duties."

SOUTHWARK CADETS.

The cadet battalion was officially inspected on July 10th, inthe Temple Gardens, by Field-Marshal Sir Claud Jacob, O.S.,and many were present to greet and support him. At theinspection a suprise visit was paid by Princess Louise Duchessof Argyll, who is president of the Battalion. She was recognisedwalking through the trees from the North entrance to theGardens, just as the march past was about to begin. Insteadof the order to march past a Royal Salute was ordered andafterwards three cheers were called. After the inspectionPrincess Louise presented the sporting and athletic trophieswon during the year. The Southwark Company has won theClifford Shield for the best company in the city of London,this year. This is the fifth year in succession that they havewon it.

The Summer Camp was held in Christ's Hospital SchoolGrounds at Horsham, and was attended by detachments fromthe O.T.C.'s of Sherborne, Haileybury and Christ's Hospital.

Only five members of the Sherborne O.T.C. came on Satur­day, the other three on \Vednesday. \Ve turned up on a dismal,rainy afternoon and were warmly welcomed at the Sergeants'Mess, and refreshed with cheese and beer. The rain cleared offand a happy hour slinging palliasses warmed and restored every­one to cheerfulness. After a tour of reconnaissance, we returnedto our tents on the school fields to find that the Cadets hadarrived; soon a cheerful flow of conversation, objurgation andsong broke out, which lasted far into the night.

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On Sunday there were two church parades, with a sermonpreached by one of the Christ's Hospital Padres, in the SchoolChapel, wl10se vastness was accentuated by our small numbers.Since the majority of the Public School people were on guard,the few present combined at once the duties of chorister, usherand nursemaid.

]\Ionclay, Bank Holiday, was a continuous downpour, en­livened only by a route march round the interminable Schoolbuildings, when the band succeeded in stampeding a herd ofcattle, and then lost its nerve and fled. On Tuesday, after ashort field day, there was boxing in the evening-a successionof Kilkenny cat figh ts on a slippery floor, followed by a no lessbloody exhibition by the instructor and one of us. On \Vednes­day, the O.T.C. was on guard again, but a fine night and a newguard tent adjoining the canteen made the duty less tedious.

On Thursday, there were the Company Sports, when theO.T.e. \von by a short lead from the London Cadets, Harrisdistinguished himself by a striking performance in the obstaclerace. Friday was a field day, and on Saturday most of thePublic School people left sadly, with a determination to renew,at the earliest possible opportunity, the acquaintauces made inthat energetic week

DUKE OF YORK'S CAMP, 1927.

The Duke of York's Camp was as usual held at NewRomney, but it is the first time for many years that Sherbornehas sent any representatives; no doubt this is partly due to thefact that we have to send people to the O:1'.C. camp and to theSouthwark Cadet camp, and also because people do not realizewhat an amount of pleasure and interest can be gained fromthis camp.

As most people know this camp consists of Public SchoolBoys and Industrial Boys, and its object is for these boys toget to know each other, to treat each other as equals and to

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become genuinely familiar. To effect this the chief feature ofthe day's programme is inter-section sports. Everything onedoes goes towards his section and thus e\'eryone gets a splendididea of how to work for a team and not for himself.

There are twenty boys to a section, a section leader, who isa man of middle age, and a deputy section leader. The gamesconsist of various kinds of relays, and a fierce game called "footand hand net-ball," which is a mixture of rugger and net-ball,and on the last day a cross-country race about two miles long.After games the whole camp goes down to the beach and bathes.The afternoons are your own up to 7 p.m., provided that thesection does not need your services in any way or other. Youcan play voluntary games, or else go into JIythe by the minia­ture railway, at any rate you may enjoy yourself how you like.

In the evening comes the sing-song. This is a great time.For the first few nights you practise cOlllmunity singing andget everything ship-shape for the evening when the Duke ofYork visits the camp ancI the sing-song is broadcasted. Afterthe singing comes the cincmatograph display, which was alwaysquite the most popular feature of the evcning. The selectionof the films by the staff was ahvays excellent, such ones asBeau Geste and Charlie Chaplin in the Gold Rush, show theirgood taste. After the cinema display, prayers are held andthen to bed in our huts.

There is only one rule in the camp and that is "Play thegame," otherwise yOll can do almost anything you like. Thereare one or two necessary fatigue duties to be done, which every­one does ungrudgingly. The highly efficient camp staff makeit their duty to see that you have the best timE' possible and asfar as I can see they \'I'ere jolly successful.

Public School boys, with the extra advantages they havehad, can do a tremendous lot in making the one week at campthoroughly enjoyable for the Industrial Boys who have not hadthe same advantages, and at the same time gain a great dealof useful experience by getting to know these boys.

In conclusion, I should like to quote what the Camp Chiefsaid at the Royal l\Iews just before we went dO\\n to NewRomney, "If you do not enjoy yourself during the next week,you will have no one to blame but yourself," and that wascertainly very true.

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS' P.T. COURSE.

This course was held at Aldershot from August 3rd toAugust 12th, and was attended by five representatives ofSherborne, namely Humphreys-Davies, Trethowan, Rogers,Higginson, and Mr. l\Jallett.

For the benefit of those who may think of attending thecourse in future years, it will perhaps be worth while to describewhat was done and to say how greatly we all enjoyed ourselves.

The number of those attending the course was forty-two,and this number supplied three classes of fourteen, each ofwhich worked under its own instructor and had a separatehutment allotted to it by way of quarters.

We were all fed by the Naafi and it was but rarely thatanyone "turned up his noble nose in scorn" at the food. Therewere also for our comfort a recreation hut and a bath-house,both admirable.

The programme of work was strenuous, but not too strenuous.There were nine periods in the day, 9-9.30, 9.30-10,10-10.30, 10.30-11, 11.15-11.45, 11.45-12.30, 2.30-3,3-3.30, 3.30-4, and voluntary classes, which we attendedintermittently, from 5.30-6.30. Of these periods, three eachday were devoted to P.T. During the others we boxed,wrestled, ran, jumped, swam, threw the discus, played pass­ball, learned ju-jitsu, and did "agility-exercises," to which oneof our party, though maintaining himself to be quite agile whenon his feet, took a deep dislike. Everything else was verygood fun, the high-jumping perhaps best of all; in it wereceived instruction in the "vVestern Roll" and the "SweeneyTwist"; by the latter method it is alleged that one can jump6 ft. 8 in.; Rogers demonstrates it very nicely up to 2 ft. 6 in.

The three sections competed against one another in sports, aswimming-relay, and a pass-ball competition, for which eachsent in two teams. To our surprise-for we were the smallestin stature-our No. 3 section won all three events. Rogersand Humphreys-Davies did very well in the swimming, andTrethowan and Higginson were notable for their high-jumpingand weight-putting respectively in the sports. In the pass­ball, Humphreys-Davies was what the soccer reporters call "adangerous man near goal !"

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It will be seen then that everything contributed to a mostenjoyable holiday, even the weather doing its very best for us.It only remains to mention what was, in spite of all this, thegreatest factor in the success of the course, namely the friendli­ness of the instructors. \Ve were exceptionally lucky in havingSergt. Drummond to look after us, but they were all first-classmen, and taught us a lot outside, as well as during, work hours.For instance, if anyone wishes to know how to remove a half­penny from under a glass of water without being observed, wecan now show him. And not only were they exceedinglycompetent all round, but they were so obliging that even whenasked to "do something funny on the mat" they did it willinglyand with success.

LECTURE.

On Saturday, October 8th, 1\1r. Collingwood lectured to theSchool on Roman Signal Stations in England. 1t was a greatprivilege to hear so distinguished an authority on such a subjectand one which must necessarily be of great interest to Englishpeople. 1\1r. Colling-wood's own enthusiasm, coupled with anadmirable clarity of expression, enabled us to obtain considerableknowledge of the nature and formation of the Roman SignalStations, and some interesting conjectures as to the where­abouts of stations as yet undiscovered. 1\1 r. Collingwoodillustrated his lecture with plans and slides. Most of thepictures were taken of stations discovered on the cliffs of theYorkshire coast, but there were also some admirable views ofHadrian's \Vall.

1\Ir. Collingwood is almost certain that there are similarstations to be found in suitable positions along the RomanRoads and also along the North De\'on and South DorsetCoasts. This is most exciting news, and henceforward addi­tional interest will be attached to the beauty of a cliff 'valk bythe possibility of discovering an unknown signal station. Ourthanks are due to Mr. Collingwood for providing us with thisnew interest and for giving us a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

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CRICKET.

[NOVEMBER,

HOUSE CRICKET FINAL.

ROSS' v. BENSLV'S.

Ross' beat Bensly's on the Upper by ten wickets in the finalof the House Seniors Competition: it was a keen game, inwhich the fielding was fairly good all through.

Bensly's batted first and had lost six wickets for 53 runsbefore Gregor joined Simmonds: these two, however, togetherput on 70 runs, Simmonds hitting hard for his 85, while Gregorat the other end defended with great patience. The scoreeventually reached 172, Reed taking four of the wickets for 21.

The Ross' batting was, on the whole, more even, andEglington and Ashmore ma. put on 1+1 for the first wicket bygood sound cricket. The Bensly's score was passed with onlytwo wickets down; but, thanks to some steady bowling byAnderson and Tallent, the whole side was out for 235.

Bensly's started better in their second innings, but whenSilJ1ll1onds and Anderson seemed likely to settle down to a goodpartnership, Eglington mi., by a fine piece of fielding, ranAnderson out frOm extra-cover. This was the decisive turningpoint of the whole match: wickets then fell quickly and Bensly'swere all out for 81, Sharpe's analysis for the innings being sixfor 40. Ross' were thus left with only 19 runs to win, and thesethey made without loss of wicket.

FOOTBALL.

1ST XV MATCHES.

SCHOOL v. YEOVIL CLUB.

This match was played at Sherborne on Saturday, October 1st,and resulted in a win for the School by 17 points (l goal 4 tries)to 5 (l goal).

The weather conditions of this match were of the worst order,rain falling throughout the game, and a strong wind blowing.

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Tbe School kicked off against the wind, and soon began toattack. Some good forward play carried tbe baJl into tbeYeovil twenty-five, where de la Condamine broke through; theba]] went down tbe line to \Vilson, who scored. Sharpe failednarrowly to convert (3-0),. After this the Scbool continuedthe attack, and played really well :' the forwards showed greatdash, and made several excellent rushes, while the three-quartershandled very we]], considering the greasy state of the ball. Agood run by Ashdown was foJlowed up by a clE;ver movementin which the ba]] passed down the line to \Vilson, who scoredagain; the kick failed, leaving the School with a lead of 6-0at half-time.

The School, who had maintained their superiority against thewind, proceeded after half-time to press home the advantagethey had gained. After steady pressure had been kept up forsome time by the forwards, a good heel resulted in the ballcoming out to Kreyer, who cut through aud sent vVest in toscore: the kick was again unsuccessful (9-0). At this pointin the game the Yeovil forwards rallied, and began to attackfiercely, and, after a series of good rushes, brought the gameinto the School twenty-five. But this success was short-lived,and by an excellent rush the ~chool forwards, among whomPeters, Hopcraft, and Haselden were in turn prominent, broughtthe ball back into the Yeo\'il twenty-five. The School thenheeled, but the three-quarter 1I1Qvement broke down, and theYeovil right-wing succeeded in breaking away, and on beingtackled by Sharpe, passed to his centre, who scored after a longrun from the half-way line: this try was converted (9-5).

The School, however, soon began to attack again, and cleverplay by Tallent and Kreyer gave Ashdown a chance to run inand score again, Sharpe converting (14-5).

It was close on time, but in the last minute another good three­quarter nJO\"ement was successfully brought off, and \Vilsonscored again, too far ont for Sharpe to convert. The whistlewas blown for "no-side" immed iately after this, leaving theSchool victorious hy 17 points to 5.

School-]. \V. N. Sbarpe; D. E. Ashdown, H. G. Kreyer,1'. K. \Vest, 1. D. 1\'1. \Vilson; ]. A. Tallent, G. C. de laCondamine; A. C. A. \\'right, G. C. Ashmore, G. \V. H. Peters,Reynolds, C. O. Haselden, Hellamy, A. \V. I-Iopcraft, A. E.S. Charles.

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SCHOOL v. DOWN SIDE.

This, the first of the School matches, was played on the Upper,on October 15th, and was one the most exciting matches thathas been seen for many years. The School were without\Vilson on the right wing. Losing the toss, the School kickedoff towards the Abbey Schools. Play at first was ratherscrappy, but the forwards settled down and began to get the ballin the scrums more o.ften than not. Simmonds missed a passwhen well placed, but apart from this, though attacking, thethree-quarters did not look really dangerous. Downside relievedwith good kicking, and in their turn began to attack. Forwardpasses spoiled two of their movements and finally a free kickfor off-side against them took play to half-way. At this stage,de la Condamine was limping badly, and was obviouslyincapable of taking any further part in the game. H is injurydisorganised the side-the backs being for some minutes at sixesand sevens-and though after a good rush by the forwards anda free kick, which took play to the Downside line, we were onthe attack, yet when Downside in their turn attacked, the dis­organised defence was penetrated easily, and they scored farout on the left, a try which was not converted (0-3). Playdeteriorated after this, and apart from missed opportunities byboth sides, nothing of interest took place until some ratherragged play on the Downside right wing brought play into ourhalf: then a judicious kick a head over Sharpe's head and a racefor the ball, which was won by the Downside right wing, gaveDownside their second try. This was not converted (0-6).Downside pressed for the remainder of the first half, but werenot very convincing.

After half-time the game fell into two distinct sections. Forthe first twenty minutes the School pressed almost continuously,and were seldom out of the Downside twenty-five. In thisperiod the seven forwards rose to the occasion splendidly, andtheir short rushes and quick heeling were as good as could bedesired. From a loose scrum on the Downside line, Tallentslipped round the blind side and sent Hopcraft in on the leftwing, though too far out for Sharpe to convert (3-6). Afterthis the School still pressed, but found it difficult to pierce astrong defence. Kreyer cut through and made a good deal ofground, and Tallent was nearly over, but not quite. \Vithabout twelve minutes to go, however, from a scrum on thetwenty-five line, the ball came out to West and then to Ashdown

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in the centre; there seemed little chance of a score, for the wing,vas well marked, but AshdowII with great resolution forced hisway through a knot of players and scored under the posts,Sharpe converting (8-6). Downside then exerted tremendouspressure, and the ga.me was confined to our twenty-fi ve. Onceonly a great tackle by Ashdown saved what seemed a certaintry, and it seemed inevitable that Downside should score again.But all the backs,and Sharpe in particular, tackled magnificently,and a rush led by Peters and Ashmore took play to half-waywhen no-side was called.

To take the field with only one old colour; to Jose a goodscrum-half in the first ten minutes; to be 6 points down at half­time and yet to pull the game out of the fire, was a very fineperformance. The forwards, against a much heavier pack,were really good, especially in finishing off their rushes with atackle, and the backs, for the most part, defended magnificently.Individually, the Downside fly-half was the outstanding playeron the field in attack, though Sharpe again and again saved thehome side from defeat.

School-J. \V. N. Sharpe; D. E. Ashdown, R. G. Kreyer,T. K. West, F. A. Simmonds; J. A. Tallent, G. C. de laCondamine; A. C. A. \Vright, G. C. Ashmore, G. \V. H. Peters,A. VV. Hopcraft, C. O. Haselden, R. S. Hunt, A. E. S. Charles,E. V. \Vagner.

SCHOOL v. RADLEY.

Played at Radley under very bad weather conditions, whichfailed, however, to upset the School outsides, who played veryconfidently, and were at the top of their form behind a pack offorwards whose dash in the open and skilful scrumming wereremarkable. Radley attacked from the kick-off, but the Sher­borne tackling was very sound, and \Vest put his side on theattack with a beautiful diagonal kick which took play to theRadley twenty-five. A free kick to Sht;rborne was unsuccessful,and play in between a series of scrums in mid-field showed theSchool defence to be very safe. A prett)' attacking movementsent Simmonds over with a really good try (3-0). Tallentand \Vest showed some skilful handling, and Ashmore led agreat forward rush to the Radley line, where Tallent scoredneatly (6-0). A free kick to Radley left matters as they were,and the forwanls did some very good and thoughtful scrtlmming,

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Ashmore's control and leading being very effective. Adamswas always dangerous when Hadley could get the ball to him,but \Vest was successful for the most part in stopping him.From loose play he got round or through twice at this stage,but Sharpe was able to deal with the attack. Ashdown broughtoff a good effort, all the three-quarters showing very fair paceand accuracy, and a moment later the same player interceptedand scored after a strong run, Sharpe converting (11-0).Hunt was noticed in the open on resuming, and West andKreyer both attacked strongly. Pressure was maintained andHaselden scored a good forward try, Sharpe again converting(16-0),

The ball and gronnd were by now as slippery as either couldbe, and the forwards played intelligently in adapting themselvesto such conditions. Tallent sold a dummy prettily, and Sharpeagain added the points (21-~0). Radley attacked strongly,Barneby, Rogers and 130stelI being conspicuous. Simmondsscored another try (2+-0), and just before half-time Hopcraftled a splendid rush for some forty yards.

III the second half Hadley were more effective, but mainly inindividual play. Our forwards for some reason failed to getthe ball as Illuch as hefore, though their dash in the open andtheir steady work in loose scrums were as good. Adams wasagain dangerous, but Sharpe never failed and brought off abeautiful kick to mid-field, his only fault being a double failureto reach loucll ill this half. The School outsides were not sosuccessful at this stage in fielding the slippery ball, and \Vestslipped once and a strong attack resulted. \Vagner was goodin an open rush, and Peters brought off a good dribble and" finish off." Tallent relieved successfully more than once withwell-judged kicking, and Shaw, who played well throughout,did all that was possihle, as is seen by the rate of scoring whenthe School gut the ball. There were too many free kicks, theground making play difficult. Kreyer cut through finely andsent Ashdown in (29-0), and for ten minutes the game was arepetition of scrums, individual attacks by Radley, and gooddefensive kicking by Tallent and Sharpe. The latter pickedup once and ran right through the Radley side to their line,bu t failed to score, and the game ended with Sherborne winnersby 4 goals and 3 tries (28 points) to nil.

It is a little difficult to add to what has been said aboutindividuals, as all played well under conditions that were none

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too easy for many of them. The team was perhaps a little" flattered" by the score which was well enough built up, hutagaiust rather unsound defence. The forwards had evidentlysettled down well as a pack, aud the outsiders, in spite of theloss of two men, were very effective. It will be instructive tosee them against Blackheath, and it is quite possible that therewill be a temporary reaction from two finely played Schoolmatches. But they have shown that they can play rea]]y goodfootball.

School-I. D. M. Wilson; D. E. Ashdown, R. G. Kreyer,T. K. \Vest, F. A. Simmonds; ]. A. Tallent, P. E. M. Shaw,A. C. A. Wright, G. C. Ashmore, G. \V. A. Peters, A. \V.Hopcraft, C. O. Haselden, R. S. Hunt, A. E. S. Charles,E. V. \Vagner.

SHERBORNE v. BLACKHEATH "A."\Von 16-5. It was unfortunate that Blackheath should

have to turn up short for this match, and sti]] more unfortunatethat, for some unexplained reason, they elected to play for thegreater part of the game with fourteen men, although they wereoffered substitutes.

It was soon evident that weak tackling hy the Blackheathhalves and centres was likely to flatter the School attack, andTa]]ent looked dangerous almost at once.

After about ten minutes, fo]]owing some good work by theforwards, Ta]]ent went through and gave Kreyer a well timedpass for the latter to score under the post. His altempt toconvert was pitiable.

Play was fairly even, with the School always the llloredangerous, until Shaw was off-side on the Sherb8rne hventy-fiveline and Blackheath nearly scored a goal.

A t this time the heeling of the forwards was rather slov'enly,and the three·quarters were not quite finishing off their move·ments. \Vest was inclined to miss his man. Half-time camewith no further score.

Very soon after the interval Ashdown scored after a fine run,having recei\'ed the ball well from Kreyer. \Vest converted.Next Kreyer got through, but failed to pass correctly when atry looked certain.

Following some even play Sherborne were gi yen a free hick,and soon afterwards \Vest got through well and passed to

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Haselden, who throughout played a very g"ood game and whonow scored for Simmonds to convert. 13-0.

l\gain Sherborne pressed and, following a good forward rush,\Vright scored, Simmonds failing with the kick. 16-0.

This was the last School success, and Blackheath, reinforcedby a late arrival, looked more dangerous. Once Wilson h8d totouch down, and shortly afterwards vVitherby led a rush whichled to a try by one of the Club forwards. This was converted.Soon afterwards came no-side.

It was very satisfactory to win this match, which is usuallylost, but the general impression was that the School showed alack of finish. There were flashes of good football, but manyopportunities of scoring were lost, and, for the most part, theheeling was slow.

School-I. D. M. \Vilson; D. E. Ashdown, R. G. Kreyer,T. K. \Vest, F. A. Simmonds; J. A. Tallent, Shaw; G. C.Ashmore, A. C. A. \Vright, G. vV. Peters, A. W. Hopcraft,C. O. Haselden, R. S. Hunt, A. E. S. Charles, E.V.\Vagner.

SCHOOL v. TONBRIDGE.

Played on the Upper on November 5th. The School playedtowards the Abbey Schools the first half, and had theadvantage of a strong wind. The Tonbridge forwards, whowere considerably the heavier pack, got possession in the setscrums four times. out of five, but failed to make much use ofthe ball when they had got it: it seemed as if they had decided onwearing-down tactics. In consequence the School three­quarters had few chances. Play at first was without muchincident, scrambling play by the forwards and kicking by bothsets of backs being the chief features. \Vest missed one goodchance of sending \Vilson away by kicking, but apart from thisopportunity the School, though pressing almost continuously,were not convincing: the forwards completely failed to get theball in the tight and the backs were not using the windintelligently. The first score came after about fifteen minutes:Tallent picked up from a loose scrum on the Tonbridge twenty­five, came round the blind side, and passed to Ashdown who,after making some ground, threw the ball to the feet of hisforwards who took it with a neat rush over the line. Sharpefailed to convert (3-0). Tonbridge pressed after this for a

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short period, but their handling was slow and their backs Jackedpace. Play was still scrappy with the School in the Tonbridgehalf almost continuously. Tallent once worked the blind-sideand sold the dummy well, but just failed to get over. TheTonbridge left wing got away, but was well tackled by Kreyer:in fact the tackling on both sides was good. From a scrum onthe half-way line the ball went to \Vilson, who kicked highand won the race for the ball, scoring far out. Half-time camewith the School leading 6-nil.

The School forwards went off with a rush at the beginningof the second half, but failed to drive home their initial burst.Scrappy play and loose scrums followed, from one of whichSparke, the Tonbridge wing forward, who throughout played amagnificent game, secured and ran through to score near thepost, Hill converting (6-5). Encouraged by this the Tonbridgeforwards swept the ball down to the School line, aided by someweak rush-stopping in which forwards and backs were equallyto blame. Tonbridge at this period were distinctly on top, butSharpe drove them back -with some good kicking. A goodforward rush took play to half-way, but Tonbridge returned tothe attack, and Sparke was again nearly in. The School thenrecovered from their bad patch and the forwards began to beatthe Tonbridge pack. Haselden on one occasion, and Peters onanother, led good rushes, both finishing off with a real smothertackle, and for the first time in the game the School backs gotthe ball. Kreyer cut through well, but delayed his pass afraction too late, and Ashdown was bundled into touch. Thegame fluctuated, but the School was more than holding its ownwhen a l,ick meant for touch went straight to Tilling, theTonbridge wing three-quarter. Thinking there had been aknock-on the School at first failed to play to the whistle, duringwhich time Tilling got well into his stride, and he went straightthrough to kick over Sharpe's head and score. Tonbridge thusled by (6-8). Play became very exciting until the end. TheSchool returned to the attack, and Ashdown got mvay, only tobe overtaken by Sparke. A minute later Ashdown was over,but was called back for an infringement. The School exertedalmost continuous pre5sure, but the Tonbridge tackling wasvery sound and held out till "no side."

After a dull opening the game ended in a blaze of excitement,and the final effort to snatch a win to some extent lessened thedisappointment of defeat. The chief impressions of the game

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are: the failure of our forwards to get the ball in the first half,their excellent recovery in the second, and the superiority of theTonbridge forwards at the line-out; the failure of our backsto make sufficient use of the wind in the first half, and through­out the game a tendency not to find touch, some excellenttackling on the part of Kreyer especially, the clever use of thecross kick by the Tonbridge backs, and the outstanding playof Sparke, the Tonbridge wing-forward. Finally, we wereonce again indebted to Captain Pratt for his excellent andscrupulous refereeing.

School-J. '.:V. N. Sharpe; I. D. M. \Vilson, T. K. '.:Vest,R. G. Kreyer, D. E. Ashdown; P. E. Shaw, J. A. Tallent;G. C. Ashmore, A. C. vVright, G. W. Peters, C. O. Haselden,A. \V. Hopcraft, R. S. Hunt, A. E. Charles, E. V. Wagner.

SCHOOL v. DLUNDELL'S.

At Tiverton. The School played up the slope in the firsthalf and this prevented the forwards from settling down quickly,though once they had done so they played very well. BJundell'slooked dangerous at the start, but though they scored twice inthe first half they did not keep up their initial pressure for verylong. There was a lot of mediocre football and too muchlying on the ball, in between flashes of good play on both sides.Good scrumming was noticed in both packs, and the Schoolforwards, though over-weighted, quite held their own. If anycriticism be justified, it is that our winging forwards were notas helpful in defence as usual. Shaw found great difficulty tooin getting the ball away smartly. The three-quarters, as alwaysin a School match, started weakly, but once they had got usedto the feel of the ball, they did well in spite of very closemarking. Kreyer was not always fortunate in dealing withPincott, and Wilson let his man sidestep him once, but theformer's try was a very fine individual effort. Young scoredfirst for Blundell's and Pincott soon after; the score at half-timebeing (6-3) in Blundell's favour. Play had been fairly even,the School forwards having done a lot of good work againstodds; Peters, Charles, Haselden and Ashmore all beingconspicuous.

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In the second half, playing down the slope, the Schoolattacked frequently, but the first half uphill had taken some ofthe sting out of the three-quarters. Even so Tallent, 'Vest,Ashdown and Kreyer all broke through the defence in turn andwere within an ace of scoring. ~\shdown actually carried theball over the line, but was, it seems, held up. The forwardswere very good iudeed in this half and gave their outsides duechances, but the marking was very close and Blundell's wingersa great help to the defence. A brilliant individual effort byAshdown gave us a further ·three points with another weakattempt at conversion, and then Pincott brought off the feat ofthe day with a splendid try for Blundell's, which \Voodconverted. There was no further score.

For the School the forwards mentioned, and indeed the wholepack, did well. Outside \Vest found his form again and dida lot of good covering work and Kreyer showed improvementin attack The tackling was good with one or two seriouslapses. Few will deny that the School were again unfortunate,as they had most of the game, though it must be rememberedthat Blundell's were playing a man short for a considerabletime.

Final Score-Blundell's, I goal 2 tries (11 points); School,2 tries (6 points).

School-J. \V. N. Sharpe; I. D. 1\1. 'Vilson, T. K. West,R. G. Kreyer, D. E. Ashdown; P. E. Shaw, J. A. Tallent ;G. C. Ashmore, A. C. \Vright, G. 'V. Peters, C. O. Haselden,A. \V. Hopcraft, I~. S. Hunt, A. E. Charles, E. V. 'Vagner.

Blulldell's-M. V. Pickthall; D. L. 'Vood, C. F. Acldanu,G. H. Pincott, J. G. Young; A. L. T. Sassoon, G. H. Sil1lmons;B. 'V. l~eynolds, B. L. Heberts, G. 1\1. \VaUs, H. Bobbins,E. B. Fitch, 1\. C. f.lerrick, J. D. Vincent, J. \V. Lane.

2ND XV MATCHES.

2ND XV v. BRUTON 2ND xv.The match was played on the Lower on October 8th, and won

by the School by 51 points to 3. The School were all O\'erEruton from the start, our outsides being much too fast andheavy for them. Even so, bad tackling by the Eruton out-

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sides flattered Simmonds and Greig, who ran through to scorefairly regularly. The game was uneventful and scrappy,because of its unevenness, though Greig's goal-kicking in thesecond half was worth watching. The forwards played as wellas they were able against an undetermined opposition. Brutonscored their only try in the second half when their right wingbroke away well to score.

2ND XV V. GLOUCESTER REGIMENT.

The match was played on the Lower on October 15th, andlost by 27 points to 6. The game was not conspicuous formuch good play on either side, and variol1s factors militatedagainst it: such were the exciting match v. Downside on theUpper, the tendency to scrappiness in the Gloucesters' play,and unattentive refereeing. It is little to be wondered at thatthe first of these made the match rather a half-hearted affair.However, the Gloucesters were too good and heavy for theSchool, who cracked badly in the second half. At the end ofthe first half the School were almost holding their own, butlater became disorganized. Cameron was hurt at half-time andwas carried off; this deranged the side, and it was some timebefore anyone was taken out of the scrum to play full-back.This mistake let the Glol1cesters through on several occasions.The outsides, though outweighted and outpaced, especially bythe scrum-half and wing three-quarters of their opponents,stuck to their task, but were not themselves given many chances;this was largely due to quickness of the Gloucester forwardsround the scrum, and their weight in the scrum. Our forwards,indeed, were rather lifeless and so gave themsel ves and theoutsides few opportunities. This match, so unlike a Schoolmatch, undoubtedly did the side good, as they were frequentlyconfronted by unorthodox methods of play, and had to use theirwits to counteract them.

2ND XV v. BLUNDELL'S 2ND XV.

The game was played at Blundell's on October 22nd, andlost by the School by 17 points to 8. An excellent match fromevery point of view, with just a chance soon after half-time ofthe School winning. vVe went down to Blunclell's with all the

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regular outsides except Gladden away, and put up a creditableperformance. Blundell's scored twice quickly at the start, whenwe seemed not to hal'e settled down. There was no otherscore at half-time, though several times we nearly got over.Soon after half-time, when the score was 6-nil to Blundell'sHodgkinson, who played very well throughout the game, cutthrough and kicked over tbe full-back's head. The latter tackledhim when running for the ball and so baulked him. The refereeawarded us a penalty try, which Mermagen converted with agood kick. Soon after this, Potter made an excellent cut­through, and with only the full-back to beat and three menoutside him, decided not to pass and was pulled down. Hadthis been a try the result might have been different, as Blundell'shad struck a bad patch. From that moment Blundell's improved,and scored again far out, making the score 12-5. Then Potter,to make up for his bad mistake, put Ferguson in for a beautifultry, which Mer:nagen failed to convert, though it was under theposts. vVith a few minutes to go, Blundell's scored again andconverted, and "no-side" came with the score 17-8. The sideas a whole played well, and, with a little more luck and practicetogether, might have made the score look better. The forwardsplayed really well, though they could not quite keep in checktwo of B1undell's fast winging forwards. The Blundell's outsideswere too big and fast for us, but our three-quarters refused togive up, and stuck to their men to the end.

2ND XV V. DOWNSIDE 2ND xv.The game was played at Downside on October 27th i.n a

deluge of rain and a sea of mud, and was won by the School by22 points to 6. From the kick-off the School played as if therewere no such things as rain and mud, and handled, cut throughand kicked superbly. Our methods had the Downside teamguessing most of the time, and everyone seemed at the top oftheir game. Hodgkinson scored three good tries in the first­half, two from runs round the scrum, and the third by a dribbleand touch-down. Downside scored by a kick and rush forabout seventy-five yards, which ended in a try. Falling, on theball was a difficult business, but most of our attempts at stoppingthe rush were rather half-hearted. \Ve crossed over at half­time with a substantial lead, and DowlIside could hardly hope

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to win. The second half was a mud-fight. Several times wenearly scored, and, as in the first half, we spent most of thetime in their half of the ground. They scored again through arush similar to the one in the first half, and we did not get overagain, the game thus ending with the score 22-6 in ourfavour.The whole side played well, though H utton at full-back wasvery shaky at times. Our forwards were much too good forDownside, and our outsides were bigger and ran more strongly.The Downside scrum-half played a plucky game behind abeaten pack.

THE PILGRIMS v. SOMERSET WANDERERS.

This Couuty Trial l\Iatch provided some interesting play,and the victory of the Pilgrims was thoroughly deserved.Loose football at the start quickly improved, \Vright and N unnbeing noticeable in defence, and very soon Peddie with abeautiful kick across enabled \Vitherby to send Alderton inwith the first try (3-0). \Vhitehead and vVright wereconspicuous in ensuing play, and from a scrum on the line thelatter scored (6-0). Randolph was responsible for somepretty footwork which gained ground, and a bout of passing byNunn, Gaye and Peddie took play to the \Vanderers twenty­five. The advantage was short-lived and from a scrum I~owe

scored for the visitors and the try was converted (6-5).Barlow brought off a good kick to touch, after which N unnsold a dummy prettily and kicked across. After a scrUIll theWanderers relieved dangerous pressure. Baker might havescored just after this, but his kick-ahead \vent wrong. Peddiea moment later started a great attack, running across the groundto put Nunn in motion and Baker finished off a pretty move­ment (9-5). The visitors replied strongly and Rowe againscored (9-8).

Ragged play opened the second half, Peddie being conspicuousfor some good kicking and Barlow and \Vitherby for brilliantforward play. Gaye was playing in good form and fromWhitehead outwards the outsides were formidable. A goodtry came from a movement initiated by the former, andRandolph con verted (14-8). Somerset attacked strongly, butEvans saved well, and the forwards were splendidly effectivein the open, enabling Baker to add another try (17-8).\Vitherby was successful with a punt and a strong tackle, and

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Nuun, Wright and Peddie all contributed to the last score,which the second-named finished off (20-8).

The Pilgrims forwards were very good individually in theepen and successful on the whole in the tight, in that theyenabled their outsides to indulge in frequent attacks and playat the top of their forni. Barlow's leadership was invaluableand the side as a whole made a very good impression since theforward play was sound and the outside play never stereotyped.Final score: Pilgrims, 1 goal, 5 tries (20 points); SomersetWanderers, 1 goal, 1 try (8 points).

SWIMMING SPORTS, 1927.

The Sports did not produce anything particularly worthy of.note, but the general standard of the swimming and divingwasquite good.

Carey's won the Senior Swimming Cup with 45 points.Elderton's and O'Banlon's tied for the Junior Cup with 40 pointseach.

It is worthy of note that the Senior Plunge has been won forfive consecutive years by a member of the \Varner family.

Event.High Dive.

Spril/g Dive.

RI/Il1/illg Dit'e.

PlulIge.

One Lellgth.

Six Lwgtlis.

Senior. Pts.1 Galloway (j) 102 Boddy (b) 51 Spedding (j) } f102 Newbury V) 1 51 Galloway (j) la2 Button (b) 51 \Varner (cl) la2 Nowell-Smith(J/) 51 Kreyer (b) 102 Panton mi. (J/) 51 Godfray (cl) 102 Baselden (b) 5

Junior. Pts.1 N ewbury (j) 102 Hutton (b) 51 Newbury (j) 102 Godwin (J/) 51 N ewbury tert.(f) 102 Hutton (b) 5

1 Panton mi. (h) 102 Hutton (b) 51 Newbury (j) la2 Godwin (h) 5

Relay. 1 Carey's20'Banlon's

Marks.2010

1 O'Hanlon'sCarey's

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The Alleynian, The Berkhamstedian, The Black and Red,The Blundellian (2), The Britannia, The Canfordian, TheCantaurian,The Cheltonian(2), The Cholmelian,TheClavinian,The Clijtonian (2), The Dolphin, The Elizabethan (2), TheElthamian,The Eton College Chronicle(8), The Felstedian,(2),The Fettesian, The H aileyburian, The Kelly CollegeMagazine, The Lancing College Magazine (2), The Limit,The Lorettonian, The Marlburian (2), The MalveruiaH (2),The Meteor (3), The Mill Hill Magazi/le (2), The Monktonian,The Ousel (2), The Pauline (2), The Radleian (2), The Raven,The Reptollian (2), The R.A.F. Cadet College Magazillc,The R.M.A. Magazine, The R.M.C. Magazine and Record,The School Magazine (UPPillgham) (2), The TOllbridgi(lIl, TheVictoriall, The Wykehamist (3).

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Blanch's, Bell's, Bensly's, Tindall's, Fox's (d).

Hetherillgtoll'S, Rhoades', Hodgson's, King's, Elderton,s (f).Milford's, Ross's (g).'

O'Hanlon's (h).

Town (T).

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