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No. 98,
VOL. IX.
Contents. School Notes The Classics O.V. News Oxford Letter Cambridge Letter Sandhurst Letter An Aerial Episode O.T.C. Notes School Calendar The Luck of the Vails School Confirmation In Memoriam War Memorial Scholarship Cricket Fixtures The Beginnings of Rowing Library Valete . . . Salvete Correspondence London Letter School Officers Contemporaries Editorial Notices Addenda to O.T.C. Notes Cricket Matches
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Bathing has been started this term with more care and zeal than ever before, but unfortunately there are less bathers. It is a pity that more do not take advantage of this healthy pastime. The water is very warm and every precaution is taken. We should like to take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Birch Jones and Sergeant-Major Handley for the trouble they have taken in connection with swimming. * * * We should like to congratulate Mr. Salisbury on the success of his book, " Haunts of Worcester Flowers." It is read with interest by many, and we hope that it will have a still wider circulation in the School. * * * We thought that this term we might escape from the annual Greek accidence papers, but not so. Mr. Birch Jones started off with a very severe attack on our Greek nouns and adjectives. * * # We hope that the Dramatic Society will continue its efforts successfully next term. We should like to thank those members of the Staff who so vigorously helped it last * * * term. Building operations in various parts of the School are being carried on with energy. The new cricket pavilion is rising before our eyes, and magnificent apartments are being prepared for the Day Boys.
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We had the usual successful Field Day and Tea on Ascension Day, at Kempsey Common. * * * We must heartily congratulate the ist XI. on a very successful cricket season. * * # The whole School have been taken in a panoramic photograph. The result is very good and the photos are extremely flattering. * * * Congratulations to A. E. Brent Smith. He has written a successful orchestral work, " A Worcestershire Rhapsody," which is to be performed at the forthcoming Worcester Musical Festival. * * * Owing to the lack of a horse to mow the playing fields, and the fields themselves having been under water during the holidays, cricket was impossible for the first fortnight of the term. No\\', however, these inconveniences have been remedied. Cricket is in full swing, and an excellent horse performs its duties on the cricket pitch. * * * Many of us will remember Mr. Sedgwick, who gave us a very interesting lecture on natural history not long ago. He has lately published a new book called " The Master of the Commandery," which, owing to its associations, will be very interesting to a great many boys. * * * We should like to congratulate J. D. S. Thomas and J. G. S. Thomas on their boxing successes. The former represented Guys Hospital in the Inter-Hospital boxing competition, and won the " Feather Weights." The latter represented Oxford in the University boxing competition, and won the " Light Weights." He also won the " Amateur Boxing Association " light weights' competition in London. * * # The College Green is a very progressive institution. Before the war it produced stately trees and green grass. Then, like so many other patriotic " quads," it turned its attention towards the production of artichokes and potatoes. Now it is desperately trying to recover its loss of dignity, and indeed the new grass is growing better than might be expected. * * # The School will have changed its face very much next term, though'by no means its numbers. A great many of the senior boys will have left, and their offices will be filled by new people. We wish those who are leaving very good luck in their different vocations. * * * The Worcester Musical Festival will be held during the summer holidays, and it will afford the musical members of the School who live in the vicinity of Worcester great enjoyment. * * * The regatta was rowed this term amidst great excitement. Castle House beat School House by i j lengths. Both crews rowed extremely well, and it was an interesting race. * * *
Tennis is now going in full swing. This is the result of much labour on behalf of the rowers, who have taken great pains to mow and roll the court. We are fortunate in having this court through the kindness of Canon Southwell. As some small return we keep the grass trimmed to a respectable length. * * * At the end of the term the O.T.C. will attend the annual school camp ; this will be in Yorkshire. The band, under the able guidance of Sergt. Latham and Sergt. Howells, are assiduously practising with a view to acquitting thenv selves well in the competition.
"Cb* Classics." To anyone perusing for the first time the vivid pages of Dr. Kennedy's great work on what afterwards came to be called the Lingua Franca of Mediajval Europe, here and there a sentence will stand out from the printed lines with such force and vitality as almost to startle. Such a one I have in mind now: Seges est ubi Troia fuit. What a momentous phrase! What amazing terseness of expression ! Here, in five words, is summed up the great problem of the production of cereals in the Middle East coupled with a heart-rending picture of urban depopulation. One seeks in vain for anything to come near it in lucid brevity. The famous war correspondents spend five pages or so in exclaminatory, journalistic horror over the spectacle of, say, Tilloy-les-Mofflaines reduced to a few notice boards and a dust heap, while a sad eyed peasant walks mournfully round muttering " Comme fleurissent les orties " (I had to look that word out and so will you). But what is the good of " orties " ? Y'ou do have them sometimes, it is true, in a third class restaurant, labelled spinach, but nowhere else, that I know of, and anyhow they cannot be as one of the staves of life (which thing you should say with your fist clenched on the table, or it doesn't count). But to return to The Phrase. Who said it first? Here Dr. Kennedy, who was a very wise man, prefers to remain silent rather than embroil himself in such a tremendous question. Most of the great artistic productions of the world are of doubtful authority. No one knows who wrote a good deal of the Bible ; no one knows who wrote the Iliad. Lots of people think Shakespeare wrote the essays and Bacon the plays. The creator of the Venus of Milo is unknown. All that is quite right and proper. Great responsibility is a burden to the flesh, and to be responsible for some great artistic production such as we are considering must be more than an ordinary mortal can bear. If you don't agree, go and read what the musical critic of The Times says about the latest virtuoso pianist. It is rather remarkable that there are any left alive. Besides all this the field of conjecture is left open. If you go to the British Museum and look in the library catalogue under "Troia," you will find books and books written about this very sentence, mostly by Germans, who seem to have had time and energy for that
THE VIGORNIAN. kind of thing—Schlingelhausen (3 vols.), Pschrinkle (i vol. of 900 pages), from whom I must quote shortly, (I translate for the benefit of my classical friends): " Few people can contemplate unmoved the spectacle of a great city overthrown by force of arms (a reference here to Minnenwerfen must, I think, be a late interpolation, as no trace of such engines has been found near the site of the city), and where once were palaces of noble kings, is now a rather indifferent crop of Triticum Vulgare, in which I •noticed a few blades of T. Polonicam." (Here follows 150 pages proving undoubtedly that in the 6th cent. B.C. Troy was inhabited by Poles). He finishes his sentence, however, by these remarkable words : " Therefore I -feel bound, in spite of the storm of criticism and scorn which will inevitably descend upon me, to declare my firm opinion that ' Seges ' as found in this phrase is a misprint for ' Sedes * (the two letters being much alike in Bithynian script, whence we get all our information), and thus translated appears to be a fragment of a letter from an unknown artist who had gone out with his easel and campstool, and found the site of the ancient city the best place for a view of the Scamander."
O.V. The following O.V.'s have been enrolled as life members of the Club : F. J. Hadley, H. E. Oram, G. H. Wilford, and R. D. Willis. G. F. Bennett is serving with the Lloyd Royal Beige Merchantile Marine. P. D. Burch has been transferred to the ist/5oth Kumaon Rifles, and is with the Army of Occupation at Benha, on the Nile. A. Littlebury has returned to India to rejoin his regiment, after four months' leave in England. A. M. Lumsdaine has returned to India. He has been demobilised and is starting tea planting. E. R. Nesfield has been articled to Lord Carnarvon's estate agent at Dulverton, and is leaving Worcester at the end of July. F. Burrows has entered the National Provincial Bank, Worcester. A. H. Dingle has entered Austin's College of Engineering. R. R. Finch has been transferred to the National Prr>vincial Bank, Rugby. C. P. Joseland is with the Castle Motor Co., at Kidderminster. J. C. N. Shorting has entered Coutts Bank, London. B. G. Stevens was to have played cricket for the County this season, but unfortunately sustained a split thumb while practicing at nets. R. H. Fletcher entered for the junior sculling at Evesham Regatta. He won his heats very easily, but was beaten by his brother in the final. G. H. Sharp, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, "has been appointed Chaplain to the Blind College, Worcester. D. L. Board, formerly assistant master, is now in residence at Oxford, at St. Stephen's House.
P. Bingham, 48 Squadron R.F.C., has returned from India and been demobilised, having been awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm and two Afghan Ribbons. A. H. Masterman has been appointed to the Audit Staff of the Ministry of Pensions. Rev. O. G. O. Larr, Succentor Coventry Cathedral, has been appointed Honorary C.F., 4th Class. B. Woodcock has passed the entrance examination for the Eastern Telegraph Company and joins their Training School in July. W. J. Sheard has been appointed on the Staff of Lloyds Bank, London. H. Raymond, now a partner in the firm of Chatto and Windus, was married at St. Martin's in the Field, Trafalgar Square, on April 27th, to Vera, widow of the late Capt. Tasker, when the address was given by Canon Chappel. H. C. B. Hill has obtained ah appointment in the Audit Department of the General Manager's Office, Paddington, G.W.R. G. V. Roland writes a ve.-y interesting letter from Siam. He is on the British Legation at Bangkok, and gives an account of life out there. C. K. Adams is now working for the London Intermediate Examination, during the time he is not at the National Portrait Gallery. A. L. Dunnill has " accelerated " a term at Sandhurst. J. Bowstead has passed his Civil Service Examination, and has been allotted eighth place for Indian Civil Service. Also Part I., Class III., Mathematical Tripos, Cambridge. . T. C. Bowstead is now Acting-Lieutenant on H.M.S. " Sepoy," at Ismid, near Constantinople. J. G. S. Thomas represented Oxford in the InterUniversity boxing competitions, and won the " lightweights." He also won the "Amateur Boxing Association " light-weights competition in London. V. P. Howells is with a tutor in Somerset preparatory to going up to Cambridge in October. S. J. A. Evans has lately been admitted to Holy Orders. He was ordained at Stourbridge by the Bishop of Worcester. The Headmaster was present. * * * A MEMORIAL TO AN O.V. We are pleased to learn that a memorial building is being planned at Aldershot to commemorate the work of late Rev. J. W. Pickance, O.V., an Army Chaplain, who for many years carried on work amongst the soldiers. » * * BIRTHS. To Rev. and Mrs. E. H. TUPPER, of a. son, April 29, 1920. # * * DEATHS. STUART THOMPSON, O.V., died of pneumonia, April i6th, 1920. * * * MARRIAGES. CAPTAIN B. H. CHAPPEL AND Miss MALTBY. A marriage will take place shortly between Captain Brian H. Chappel, i/ioyth Pioneers (I.A.), only surviving
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son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Chappel, of 31, Pemberley Avenue, Bedford, and Irene M. Maltby, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Maltby, of i, The Avenue, Bedford. R. B. CKOAD, ESQ., and Miss JEAN MCNAOGHT, April i, 1920.
Oxford teller. To the Editors of the r' Vigornian." Dear Sirs, Many apologies for the absence of an Oxford Letter in your last two issues. The last time it was due to a misunderstanding between us, and the first time it was our fault for being late. There are nine O.V.'s up this term, and though we have had no dinner, yet we manage to keep in touch with each other, even penetrating as far as Keble in our endeavours. We also welcome Mr. D. B. L. Board, who is at present at Ripon Hall, and is reading the Ordination course of Theology. Oxford is as crowded as ever : heroic souls still live at Boar's Hill and travel to and fro daily, while the Cowley 'buses are never empty. Eights Week passed off without any remarkable incidents except that two people succeeded in falling out of eights in their efforts to secure their crabs. The usual number fell out of punts, of course ; the Thames Conservancy officials were as mildly sarcastic as ever : while the combination of the Whit-Monday and Eights crowds was quite diverting. The 'bus strike livened up things for a little while : the disputes arising from it have scarcely finished yet. Commem. Week is now upon us and there seems a prospect of a record crowd. Now to proceed from general to particular doings. J. C. RAMMELL (Worcester) is still deep in Forestry. We understand that he spends hours in his window studying the details of every tree in Worcester Gardens. Consequently his other activities have been somewhat curtailed. The " George " knows him no longer. A. E. MAUND (St. Edmund Hall). Reads theology. Disports himself on the river in the afternoons. We are told that he finds a punt most congenial to study : we will not be so rude as to enquire what he studies there. G. H. SHARPE (St. Edmund Hall). Also reads theology and will take Schools in December. He has just recovered his voice from Eights Week, when it dwindled to a squeak owing to excessive exhortation. His bass solos in the Madrigals that week were much admired. His boundless energy also leads him to the cricket field, where he keeps wicket and (sometimes) makes phenomenal scores. J. G. S. THOMAS (Hertford). As being our only blue, is the apple of our eyes. He is probably wrestling with a " Stinks " paper even as we write. Plays cricket and has also been seen with a tennis racquet. C. M. HUMPHRIES (Hertford). Reads Law, but in spite of that finds time for many other pursuits. He is a shining light in Hertford cricket; plays tennis and is frequently seen on the river. Rumour has it, too, that when
opportunity offers he worships at the shrine of Terpsichore. L. E. GOWTNG (Keble). Is reading theology diligently. He may have already taken Schools, but we believe he is waiting till next December. A poet, he frequently, as is natural, resorts to Boar's Hill. B. C. MCKENZIE (Keble). Reads English Literature. May sometimes be seen at Balliol concerts ; plays tennis. H. J. P. HA1NES (Queen's). Is reading the School of Modern History. Has also been heard to mention the word " Divvers " (it is now a sore point!). Music is his chief diversion. His rooms are always full of enthusiasts, while a crowd cften collects in Long Wall to listen from afar. Plays tennis. G. N. T. WIDDRINGTON (St. Edmund Hall). Is reading for Previous Examination in Modern History. In the time he spares from this pursuit he either rows, plays cricket or tennis. That, sirs, is the chronicle of our doings. We can only close by wishing the School every success in all its activities. Yours, etc., OXON.
Cambridge Cetter. To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, Since our last communication our colony here has suffered a very serious loss in the sudden death of J. W. S. Thompson, of Queen's College and Westcott House. He had been connected with Cambridge life for about ten years and was quite the oldest of our numbers. He was hoping in the very near future to take Holy Orders. During his long period of time in residence he had taken a prominent part in rowing, and he will long be remembered by many for the work he had done for the religious life of the University as Secretary of the S.C.M. in 1914. We beg to express through your columns our deepest sympathy with his relatives. Our information of the other members of our colony will unfortunately be of a somewhat meagre and scanty nature since this has been a term of unusual brevity and rush. Fearsome shadows of stupendous ordeals in the form of examinations or of boat races have been overhanging most of us, and have for the most part kept our backs ground down to the mill. But nevertheless Cambridge is never seen to greater advantage than in the May term, and the river and outdoor sports are most superbly attractive. Now for our scanty notes :— J. L. HAMILTON (King's) can be seen and heard at a distance every evening and every Sunday afternoon in the sanctity of King's College Chapel performing his choral duties. He has attained fame by the part he took in the May week performance of the Footlights Dramatic Club. S. F. DAVENPORT (St. Catherine's) has lived this term in • apparent seclusion. We imagine he has been revelling in the study of law, philosophic speculation and other subjects worthy of a graduate of the University of Cambridge.
THE VIGORNIAN. G. F. D. PERROTT (Selwyn) lives a very varied life, though he tells us it is monotonous. Working, walking, talking, sleeping, eating, drinking, playing tennis, dancing, punting and entering for medical examinations form part of his many occupations. P. N. W. STRONG (Selwyn) has not rowed again since his illness last term. He is said to have been working this term and to be in favour of " increased production." J. B. CASWELL (Trinity) has been neither seen nor heard this term, I hough his name: appears in the " Resident List." H. J. P. WARREN (Queen's) has taken his degree on a Theology and Military Special and does not intend to come up again. He was rowing in May Week in his 2nd College boat. A. MACDONALD (Corpus Christ!) is a leading light in the journalistic and literary life of Cambridge. He is connected with quite a number of University papers. In his spare time we believe he studies modern languages and indulges in soothing and brain-cooling recreations. J. BOWSTEAD (Corpus Christ!) has not rowed this term. He has been grappling with the Mathematical Tripos Part I. D. D. WARREN (Corpus Christ!) was out when we called. His room seemed full of cards denoting different clubs and societies, so we presume he is well occupied. We understand he intends to enter for the Indian Civil Service Examination in October and to proceed to India shortly. A. G. COOMBS (Selwyn) often looks bored and worried, but he finds relief by walking round the court of his College. He rows and studies Hebrew and Theology. Always with the very best wishes for the future happiness and success of the old School. We are, dear sirs, yours, CANTAB.
Sandhurst Ccttcr. To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, I feel quite sure that your latest addition to the " Vigornian"—London Letter—will be most welcome to all, and more especially to those who are unable to honour the Metropolis with their presence, and see for themselves that the information contained in that letter is correct (or otherwise). It has therefore seemed expedient for us at the R.M.C. to write unto you concerning certain O.V.'s who are either in this College or in the near vicinity. Being an O.V. myself, I find it hard to take up my pen to write criticisms on the activities of my fellow O.V.'s. But, as I have now " crossed the Rubicon " in the matter of the frightful ordeal before me, I cannot lay my pen down without a few words on :— A. L. DUNNILL, who hopes to get a " pip " at the end of this term. We wish him luck in this matter. G. P. CLARK, having been given a "stripe," spends, most of his spare time at golf and fishing (though
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what success he has at the latter remains a mystery to all and sundry)! In our opinion (and perhaps his own also) he undoubtedly ought to have been included in the Rowing VIII ! ! !? P. N. WHITE. During the earlier part of this, his first, term here has played " Soccer " for the College ist XI. with brilliant success. E. K. PRICE spends all his time when indoors at billiards, and when out is often to be seen at a noted pawnshop in the vicinity. A. L. HARRISON, who is in the VI11. as cox, spends all his afternoons on the Thames at Reading in preparation for Henley. We are anxious to know what he finds to do in Reading after his work there is over. J. B. P. A N G W I N (stationed at Aldershot), as usual, strictly refuses to answer correspondence, but we had the honour of seeing a glimpse of him during the sports week ! The reason for his not writing appears to be that every evening we hear of him either at dances or theatres, etc. Hoping you have another " squad " getting ready for us to welcome down here, and wishing the School every success. I remain, yours, etc., R. M. C.
fln fltrtal episode. Our recent dispute with Germany is rapidly becoming an unpleasant memory, and people who indulge in anecdotes about the war fill us with a vague irritation—the same irritation which is less actively roused by the unending series of elaborate tomes in which every Allied General and Admiral gives account of his labours and, not uncommonly, of his personal woes! These are of great value to the Staff College, though most of us get little further than the titles. But it is, of course, to posterity, that the great mass of literature which the war has produced will be of such immense value, and it would be a thousand pities if a natural reaction should become a convention with us, and thereby, the hundreds of personal incidents, which give to history its human appeal, be lost. I have allowed myself the luxury of this preamble for its own sake, and it is in no way intended to apply to the small incident which follows. I have adopted the name of Brown for the very distinguished pilot who was, unfortunately, killed some twelve months later, while flying in England. Robinson will sufficiently disguise the observer (Brown's inseparable companion, and the sharer of his invaluable work for the R.F.C.), who is now a barrister in Australia. The Aerodrome which we had inhabited since the Somme offensive began, appeared to be our permanent abiding place. The push was long over, and the winter rain and mud had made flying—sometimes for days at a time— impossible. The routine of counter-battery work and
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registration went on, but it was mostly an uncomfortable and chilly affair, and the stove in the centre of the antiroom was red-hot most of the day and seldom had vacant chairs round it. Thus, through January and February, but towards the end of March, Brown, to whom inaction was intolerable, decided to initiate a small offensive on his own. The Bosche must not be allowed to pass the ist of April unmindful of its significance. Therefore, with the collaboration of Robinson, the aid of a mechanic and a pot of white paint, a football was inflated and decorated with the timehonoured but impolite retort—April fool—in German. The enterprise of dropping this on St. Quentin, and so filling the Hunnish mind with fears of bombs, had to be kept a strict secret both from our Squadron Commander (for his own sake) and also from that excellent, but necessarily officially-minded person, our Wing Commander. We wakened on April ist to a steady drizzle—at ten o'clock it rained, at eleven o'clock it rained, and showed every sign of continuing to do so. To reach St. Quentin it would be necessary to cross the Hindenburg line, and it was impossible to see at over 500 feet. Now machinegun and rifle fire is very effective from the ground at 2,000 feet—at 500 feet, from a strongly held line, it ceases to become a subject for humour ; wherefore I endeavoured to reason with Brown and his fellow-joker, but in vain. They were not going to waste their labours with the football, nor miss the opportunity of perpetrating so excellent a joke. At two o'clock, when there was no further hope of a break, they got into their machines, in a murky atmosphere of drizzling rain, started up and took off. They had neither of them been to St. Quentin before. The account of their exploit which follows was dragged from them bit by bit, and though it is short and vague, I am anxious to avoid romance. There is a canal running south out of Peronne, which curves gently east again to St. Quentin, and is fairly easy to follow. But taking a more or less direct line, as they did, all the country east of Peronne (then occupied by the Huns) was entirely new to them. It was necessary, therefore, to keep below the clouds, which meant crossing the Hindenburg line at anywhere round 300 or 400 feet on an antiquated B.E. zE. The occupiers of this particular fortification were probably glad to have something to pot at, and their fusilade gave the occupants of the machine an extremely uncomfortable time. When that was over, their chief danger until their return was possible engine failure and a forced landing. Archies would not worry them very much at so low an altitude, also they could dodge into a cloud for a moment or two if necessary. Robinson, doing his best to avoid losing the way, they flew on until they sighted St. Quentin. Circling round the city they made for a crowd of people drawn by curiosity from their houses, and diving down on to them threw the football overboard. Immediately there was a stampede down below—people rushing to get out of the way of the supposed bomb. The pair were, naturally, unable to see much of the results of their joke, but the thing was done, and they were happy.
There remained the return journey, and the re-crossing of the Hindenburg line. The Bosch were waiting for them this time, and though they crossed at a different point, their reception was hotter than before. How they got away without worse mishap than a badly riddled machine is remarkable, but they did, and 1, for one, was extremely glad to see them back again—a blissfully contented pair. It only remains to say that both the Squadron and Wing Commanders heard of the episode, but both maintained complete official ignorance. BY TIDAPA.
O.C.C. Rotes. In the March Examination for Certificate A only Sergt. H. S. Thomas was successful. * * * The annual inspection, which was fixed for June 24, was carried out by Major Kerans, D.S.O., Worcestershire Regiment,, with great success. * * * The combined Field Day at Wellington having fallen through, we organised one on our own account, which took place on Ascension Day at Kempsey Common. The Company was split up into two parts under Cdt-Officer W'ebb and C.S.M. Adams. These approached the Common from opposite sides, each having orders to seize the Common and clear it of hostile troops. Everybody was keen, and there was a marked improvement in the maintenance of communication, but the reconnoitring was not good, and it must be remembered that gorse bushes are not cover from fire, though they may be .cover from view. * * # Apart from the actual operations, the supply arrangements left little to be desired, and the weather was most favourable. * * * By the kindness of Major jefferies, D.S.O., the VIII. has been able to practise shooting with a full charge at the 3o-yards Range at Norton. On the Miniature Range, Classification Tests are being completed. * * * PROMOTION. 17/5/20 Cadet W. L. Shorting to be Lance-Corporal. * * * CAMP. The contingent is due to go into Camp at Strensall, near York, on July 24. Camp lasts until August 5. This is the most important as well as the most enjoyable part of our training, and we hope, for the credit of the contingent as well as the benefit to cadets, to take an even stronger detachment than last year, when our strength in camp was 72 out of a possible 83, the absentees being mostly bona-fide casualties, not shirkers. * * *
THE VIGORNIAN Sections are busy practising for the competition, and the signallers are almost equally active, which is very creditable to them, as they are doing it at times not laid down for drill. * * * C.S.M. Adams attended an Army signalling course at Maresfield at Easter, and Lance-Corporal Patton a physical training course at Aldershot at the same time.
ScDool Calendar. Wed., April 28. Boarders return. Thurs., ,, 29. School meets. School Service in Ladye Chapel. Sat., May 2. School Celebration, 8.45, in the Ladye Chapel. Thurs., ,, 13. Ascension Day. School Celebration, 7.0. O.T.C. Field Day on Kempsey Common. Sat., June 12. Half Term. Thurs., June 24. O.T.C. Inspection. Sat., July 24. School breaks up.
CD* ftick or tDe Vails. (With apologies to E. F. Benson.) By S. Characters— Tyncelli Vaildoylitis ... An artist. ... A medium. Venus Vaildoylitis Benvenuto Vaildoylitis ... A " futurist creator." Hermione Vaildoylitis ... A musician. Mrs. Flor-de-Profiteery ... A "lady." Note. Vaildoylitis is somewhat long, therefore Vails' is the shortened form. Time : About 7 p.m. Place : London. (The scene is laid in the Studio of the artistic family, the great Vaildoylitis. Cushions, easels, drawings, a large piano and torn armchairs contribute to furniture. A picture consisting of an eye, four bristles, a wheel and smiling lips adorns the wall. It is entitled " A poet's brain in full working order when writing Satires." The. family eagerly await the arrival of a certain Mrs. Flor-de-Profiteery.) FATHER (to son, who is singing): Hush—Benvenuto, hush.' See, your mother sleeps. (Mrs. Venus Vails' snores heavily.) Perchances she communes with the great White Rulers in preparation for our visitor. SON (humbly) : Pardon, O my father, I did but fancy 1 played among the nymphs, but tell me who is the expected lady? FATHER (sadly): Alas! I would not humble myself if
FATHER (to Mrs. Flor-de-Profiteery): Madam, behold my children reared amongst the Greek nymphs. (The children sit quite still gazing before them.) Even now they are lost in thought—their minds are even now wandering along the silver pathway amongst the poets of bygone days. MRS. FLOR-DE-PROFITEERY (with admiration): 'Ow nice. FATHER (abruptly): And now to business. With whom would you communicate? MRS. FLOR-DE-PROFITEERY (almost in tears): With Fido —my darling Fido, my Pekinese. (Explaining) A nasty 'orrible 'ortermobile ran over him three days ago. FATHER : Be comforted. (To his wife) My dear, we are ready ! (Mrs. Venus Vails' proceeds to go into a trance. She emits a series of blood-curdling grunts and groans; she writhes horribly; she moans; she tears her hair ; at last she becomes quiet. Hermione all this time has accompanied her mother's groans with an equally dreadful row upon the piano.) FATHER (apologetically): To create an atmosphere, madam, an atmosphere is necessary. MRS. FLOR-DE-PROFITEERY (greatly impressed) : Oh! (The piano ceases to the infinite relief of all.) FATHER : Hush ! (Waving his arms.) Fido, your mistress is here. I command you speak. Silence (louder). Fido, your mistress is here! (Pause. Louder still) Fido, your mistress is here. (Pause.) (Aside to Venvenuto) Is all ready? (Nod from Venvenuto.) (Suddenly a ghostly bark falls upon the assembly.) MRS. FLOR-DE-PROFITEERY (wildly) : My gawd' it aint 'arf like Fido. (Another bark) It is! It is! My Fido! (Pause.) FATHER (triumphantly) : Fido, thy mistress is here. (This time a terrible choking gasp is heard.) Ah-er ugh! ! ! (from cupboard concealed by curtains) (Pause) Oh oh ugh ! ! (Pause.) Gasps grow fainter. Mrs. Vails' opens one eye carefully. Father looks uncomfortable. The noise of a person vomiting is heard. (Pause.)
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Ular memorial Scholarship. It will interest O.V.'s and other subscribers to the War Memorial to know that the scholarship for sons of O.V.'s who fell in the war is held by M. D. B. Royle, who joined the School this term. He is the son of Captain D. C. Royle, M.C., 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action in France. There is another younger son whose education it will be the privilege of the War Memorial Fund to assist later on. The Fund is still open for further subscriptions to enable it to carry out this and the other objects for which it was started. Subscriptions should be sent to Mr. Rammell. C. C.
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School Confirmation* The following were confirmed in the Cathedral by the Bishop of Worcester, on March 26th, 1920 : — G. R. B. Hopkin. W. M. Graves-Morris. J. E. Seabright. J. R. Brown. H. G. Coverdale. F. W. C. Gittings. F. M. Jones. F. M. Goddard. A', de B. Edye. M. E. Kitton. W. L. Shorting G. West. A. G. Bain. R. E. B. Robinson. E. R. Palmer. E. M. Badger. G. Rice Jones. F. H. Burden. W. J. Blakeway. E. C. Wadams. C. T. Winterton. C. A. Whiting. M. R. Craze. W. H. K. Davey.
Cricket Fixtures. 1920. 1ST
Date.
XI.
Opponents.
May 29. Malvern College Colts June 2. Dean Close School 5. Hereford C.S • ,, 9. Norton Barracks ,, 12. Dean Close School ,, 16. K.E.S. Birmingham ... ,, 19. T. E. Rammell, Esq.'s XI. ... 23 Hanbury C C „ 26. Hereford C.S. July 17. Worcester City C.C. ...
Ground Result. Away Home Home Away Away Home Home Home Away Home
Drawn Won Won Won
Drawn Won Won Won Won
2nd XI.
in roentoriam. WILLIAM CECIL SEAGER. Born April 29*. 1903. Died March 27th, 1920. Cecil Seager, whose tragic end through drowning in the first race of the Regatta at the end of last Term cast the shadow of death upon our school-life and aroused a sympathy with his bereaved family which is still deeply felt by us all, was the elder of two brothers who came to the Hostel from Hartlebury Grammar School in September, 1919. He had thus been with us only two terms, but as he was 16^ when he came to the School he had already won for himself more of a position in the life of the School than is usual in so short a time. In so brief a school career there is naturally little to record, but in the promise already shown there was much that only increases our regret that we are not to see its fulfilment here.
C. C.
May 29. June 5. ,, 9. „ 12. ,, 26.
Malvern College Colts Hereford C.S. ... Himbleton C.C. Dean Close School Hereford C.S
Home Lost Away Won Home Lost Home Drawn Home Won
" A " JUNIOR XL Date.
Opponents.
May 26. Hanley G.S. June 30. Hanley G.S.
Ground. Result. Home Away
Won Won
A\vav Away Away
Won
" B " JUNIOR XI. June ,, July
2. Ch'oir School 5^ Tredennyke 7. Tredennyke
\Yron
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ClK Beginnings of Rowing. The man who first turned a paddle into an oar was a despot. Consider the revolution he brought about. A paddler faces in the direction he is going, and to that extent is master of his own course ; but an oarsman, unless he sculls, must be guided by a steerer, for he is back to his destination. Thus men learnt to commit themselves to another's control, to go backward into the unknown in faith, and «.o use their strength at his bidding. When men first began to row they did so by the light of nature, that is to say in the darkness of ignorance. I am not favourably impressed by the oarsmanship of the Homeric sailors. It may be only the limitations of language, but oi Se ^po-eo-ovre^ e/Jecrrrov suggests a " bucket " or a sack of coals, according to the simile which happens at the moment to commend itself to the coach. " To fall or throw oneself forward, as in rowing "(!) say Liddell and Scott—an implied precepr which ought to be expurgated from all oarsmen's lexicons. Such a method of coming forward must inevitably have resulted in the oarsmen tumbling over the stretchers while the blades flew up into the air. Consequently they missed the beginning, and instead of getting their blades close to the water and gripping it at once, they " hit the sea with their oars," as the Odyssey (e.g. iv., 580) frequently informs us. The fact that we use similar language about the " stroke " is only a proof that words arid terms are older than style. The finish, too, was often dirty. Ulysses' ship approached the Sirens' island in a dead calm. The air was as still as on the day when Ralph the Rover cut the Inchcape Bell; so still that the crew not only lowered the useless sails but unstepped the mast. The surface must have been as smooth as glass, yet Homer tells us that having stowed this tackle they sat down and " whitened the sea with their polished oars." There was found in that mysterious cave of Mt. Ida where the Cretan Zeus was born and worshipped, a fragment of decoration from the support of a bowl. It is made of cast bronze and represents a boat containing five oarsmen besides the cox, or " keleustes," who stands up perilously erect and is a bigger man than any of his crew. As, however, all their oars are on the bow side, it is clear that the five are really a conventional way of representing ten. So far as I am aware this three thousand year old " ten " can only be paralleled in modern rowing by a ten-oar which represented Trinity in the college bumping-races at Cambridge in 1827. The Cretan bronze is in profile and may therefore be criticised as seen from the bank. The body form leaves a good deal to be desired, for " three " and " nine " are the only ones who are sitting up, while " bow " (who is very late), "five" (who is early), and " seven " (who is late on " nine ")are very round-backed and apparently not swinging on their bones. One merit they have : they swing with arms straight, for though, with the exception of " bow," all have already swung back behind the perpendicular, not one of them has begun to bend his arms. " Bow's " lateness is a very bad
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fault for a man at that thwart, and the keleustes, whose mouth is wide open, may be adjuring him by Dictaean Zeus, though it is equally possible that he is only occupied in his usual duty of giving the time to the rowers. As the centuries went on the style of the Greeks improved. By the fifth century B.C. they were learning to sit up at the finish better and row the oar well home into the chest, for the Scholiast on Sophocles, Electra, 89-90— " many blows against the bloodstained breast "—says that the passage is a metaphor from rowing. It is evident from this that they did not fall away from the oar; but, like their forebears who whitened the sea beside the Sirens' isle, they still found a difficulty in dropping the blade out clean and smartly, and to this of course is to be attributed that " ensanguined hue " which the base of the thumb leaves where it chafes on the sweater. Some advantages the ancients had which we have lost. No modern coxswain has yet recaptured the secret of Orpheus, at whose song the Argo trembled on the slips and took the water of her own accord. To-day the launching of boats is always a laborious process, and I doubt if even Orpheus could have housed them again. Most of the heroes of old time oarsmanship have been forgotten. We know the names of all four boat captains in Vergil's Boat-race, and one coxswain, who was pitched overboard for incompetence; and we know also many of the heroes who manned the Argo. That is nearly all. But it may be a comfort to reflect that they committed the same faults and suffered the same hardships as we in their apprenticeship to the art, that their hands also were chafed to bleeding where they rowed them home, and the Seats of the Mighty were sore. For the rest, their very names are lost, but the comradeship of the oar that they knew and the spirit of adventure that filled them live on and make of life a perpetual Odyssey. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds T o sail beyond t h e sunset, . . . . It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles. F. S. S. CHARACTERS OF THE FIRST IV. Bow. G. H. WEBB. Improved greatly during the term, rows a good blade and works hard. Longer experience will correct a tendency when a faster rate of striking is attempted to swing forward before his arms are straight. 2. R. V. FARR. Gets a good beginning thanks to steadiness over the stretcher, but must learn to row his hands right home to his chest. 3. H. D. TONKING. His inability to square his blade made it impossible to get the full effect of his weight and strength into his stroke or to row himself right out. Stroke. M. E. WEBB (Capt.). His unavoidably deferred entry on training, and its interruption by illness, prevented him from acquiring as steady a balance over the stretcher as one could have desired. He improved considerably in length, set a lively stroke, and had the knack of getting the utmost possible out of the men behind him.
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He will be most difficult to replace at the responsible thwart he has occupied for the last two years. B. ST. J. HOWELLS. Rowed bow until a few days before the Hereford race, but was then compelled by examination to retire.
Obrarp. The following books have been added to or replaced in the Library :— D r . Nikola . . . . Guy Boothby Raffles E. W. Hornung. M r . Standfast . . . John Buchan. Phroso Anthony Hope. House of Whispers Conan Doyle. Hugh Rendal L. Portman. Sign of Four Conan Doyle. Berwick the Briton G. H. Henty. Footsteps of a Throne Max Pemberton. Admirable Betty Jeffery Farnol. Elusive Pimpernel Baroness Orczy. Arcadian Adventures Stephen Leacock. Frenzied Fiction Stephen Leacock. The Jacket Sax Rohmer. Happy-go-lucky Ian Hay. Garryowen - H. A. Vachell. The Iron Pirate Max Pemberton. Sign o f t h e Cross . . . Wilson Barrett.
Valefe.
Via. Landale i. W. (igiS-igeo), Fives IV. 1920, Pte. O.T.C. VIb. Coombs i. E. H. (1915-1920), Pte. O.T.C. Vb. Gowing, A. J. (1917-1920), Pte. O.T.C. Rem. Coombs ii. R. H. (1915-1920). Watt, E. W. S. (1916-1920). Wilford, G. H. (1914-1920), Pte. O.T.C. IVa. Bartlett, J. R. F. (1917-1920), Pte. O.T.C. Walcott, E. G. E. (1919-1920), Pte. O.T.C. IVb. Brazier, F. (1916-1920), Pte. O.T.C. Badger, E. M. (1918-1920), 2nd XI. Football 1919, Pte. O.T.C. III. Leeke, L. S. (1918-1920), Pte. O.T.C.
Ila. Hilliar, J. R. (1917-1920).
Rem. Lancaster, H. M.
Saloete.
IVb. Hinchliffe, R. W. Watts, G. M. Williams, D. D. III. Graves-Morris ii., P. H. Hopkin ii., C. B. Ila. Hanan, D. S. F. H. Hartwright, J. E. lib. Cale, J. Cockle ii., D. J. Crane, E. E. Gettings ii., H. C. Loveridge, R. L. Maund, J. A. A. I. Baker ii., K. J. Elt, R. A. Grundy, A. N. Nott, J. A. W. Royle, M. .D. B. Stone, R. I.
Correspondence. To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, May I suggest that the banner, presented to the School by Mrs. Bradley, be uncovered at School Services, to enable the members of the School to see its beauty, as a great number have not been lucky enough yet. Surely, someone may see the sense of this request. Does it not seem a shame that a thing so beautiful should be enveloped in a case all its days? Yours, etc., " CRITIC."
To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Sirs, Being an enthusiastic member of our most excellent Training Corps I feel, very consciously that the following suggestion, if put into force, would be highly conducive to the improvement of discipline. When we proudly wend our way through the city, en route, either for the much loved parade ground or an equally popular route march, we pass by that imposing monument, the Cenotaph, without any outward sign of respect or salutation. Surely this unpatriotic omission could and should be
THE VIGORNIAN. easily remedied, if only for the sake of respect due to fallen O.V.'s. With sincere apologies for filling up your not too plenteous space. I remain, " BULDINAGE."
To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, Why don't more people bathe? I know they are afraid of getting wet or hurting themselves or some other excuse. Of course the cricket XI. can't swim. But there are many others who can and don't, or can and wont, or can't and don't. People forget that it is of great value to learn to swim, and if they can't do it as a pleasure they ought to do it as a duty. Yours, " ENTHUSIAST."
Condon cuter. To the Editors of the " Vigornian." Dear Sirs, In response to your kind request for some more news of our somewhat dispersed colony, we have great pleasure in forwarding you the following interesting items. We hope that you will realise that in this quite extensive village we have not the same facilities, as have our more educated brothers, of casually " dropping into one another's rooms," or of seeing one another every now and again riding down the main street with hockey sticks or mortar boards—and that we are therefore obliged to supplement the little information that we have with sundry conjectures which may appear to you to be wholly unmerited and quite unjustifiable. Here goes: J. B. P. ANGWIN (Woolwich?). Continues to decline to see anyone or to answer any correspondence whatsoever. S. V. STRONG (Guy's). When we visit him he is usually busy dissecting the entrails of a frog or some such animal. The room in which he works is marked " Biology Room." But we are inclined to suspect that in reality it is the kitchen of a neighbouring restaurant, and that the workers therein are wily fellows who have discovered the means of preserving their reputations as prospective members of a noble profession by masquerading as medical students, and, at the same time, by accepting fabulous salaries as accomplished chefs, of participating in the benefits accruing to the success of the Labour Party in their persistent and importunate misrepresentation of their deserts. We must apologise for all that—but whenever thoughts of Labour enter our head we always wax extremely eloquent and also unintelligible.
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K. P. SMITH (Lieut. H.M. Forces). Runs a Harley Davidson. Studies Persian and the Financial News. Has developed into a most interesting conversationalist. S. S. S. KINGDOM. We hear that he is regretting the fact that he gave up the comforts of the War Office in favour of the cares of commercial life, in spite of the discrepancy in remuneration to the disadvantage of the former job. W. H. L. DAVIES (?). One of our reporters professes to have seen him in the bar of the Royal Automobile Club; but sine" his report was so lacking in information we cannot but suppose that he addressed his remarks to the wrong one of him. J. D. S. THOMAS (Guy's) deserves our congratulations and our sympathies on being Captain of the Second Eleven Cricket. But do not talk too loud ; he has an exam next month ! A. E. WATKINS (Guy's). Has transferred from the world of medicine to that of insurance. In time to come no doubt she will unite the two professions, and, having in her capacity as doctor reduced us all to a state of perpetual hypochondriasis, will proceed to induce us to insure our lives and will kindly undertake to introduce us to a reliable broker for that purpose. N. MACDONALD (Stock Exchange). Does not work a sixteen-hour day, and (consequently) does nothing in his spare time. Yours, etc., METRO.
School Officers. M. E. Webb. Head of the School Captain of Cricket M. E. Webb. C. I. Record. Secretary of Cricket A. H. Adams. Captain of Boats B. St. J. Howells. Secretary of Boats M. E. Webb. Captain of Shooting E. L. Fisher. Secretary of Shooting School Monitors—M. E. Webb, A. H. Adams, C. I. Record, T. H. Horsfield, H. H. Blanchard, H. S. Thomas, G. H. Webb. Editors of the " Vigornian "—M. E. Webb, T. H. Horsfield, T. F. W. Schofield, R. M. Beavan. Librarians—M. E. Webb, A. H. Adams, T. H. Horsfield, V. C. Powell, W. Wickersham, C. A. C. Patton, W. H. K. Davey.
Contemporaries. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following contemporaries, apologising for any accidental omissions :— Cantuarian, Alleynian, Monktonian, Rossallian, Felstedian Decanian, Eagle, Portcullis, The Lily.
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THE VIGORNIAN. 1st Class.
editorial notices. The " Vigornian " is published three times a year, in March, June and November. Contributions from past and present members of the School are always welcome. They should be written on one side of the paper only, and the writer's name should be enclosed (not necessarily for publication). Back numbers may be obtained from the Editors. " Vigornian " envelopes may also be obtained from the Editors, jd. each. News of O.V. 's is always very gladly received by the Editors.
2nd Class.
Cpl. Lanning. Cadet Edge. Lce.-Cpl. Smith. Cadet Price. Cadet Shaw. Cadet Longland. Cadet Schofield. The test included theory, flag, buzzer, lamp and shutter. A N N U A L INSPECTION. The War Office Report :— Drill. The march past was good, also the handling of arms. Extended order drill was done and was most efficiently carried out. Signals were given accurately and acted on promptly. Manoeuvre. A good knowledge of use of ground was shown by the scouts and infantrv who were attacking. Fire and movement were observed. The fire orders and control were good.
flddcnda to O.C.C. Dotes. PROMOTIONS. Corporal G. H. Webb to be Sergeant 25/6/20. Corporal H. H. Blanchard to be Sergeant 25/6/20. Lance-Corporal V. C. Powell to be Corporal 25/6/20. Lance-Corporal G. T. Winterton to be Corporal 25/6/20. Lance-Corporal E. R. Palmer to be Corporal 25/6/20. Lance-Corporal C. A. Patton to be Corporal (for P.T. duties 25/6/20. Lance-Corporal F. W. Lanning to be Corporal (for Signalling duties) 25/6/20. Cadet H. D. Tonking to be Lance-Corporal 25/6/20. Cadet G. H. Evans to be Lance-Corporal 25/6/20. Cadet R. O. Smith to be Lance-Corporal (for Signalling duties) 29/6/20.
Discipline.
Very good.
Turnout.
Very smart.
Signalling. An ordinary field message was sent by flag, etc., and was received correctly. The time was most satisfactory. Arms and Equipment.
Clean and well kept.
General Remarks. The officer commanding is keen, energetic and an excellent instructor, and is given every support by the Headmaster. The discipline is excellent and the N.C.O.'s thoroughly understand their duties.
SIGNALLING CUP.
Cricket matches.
The Inter-House Signalling Cup was competed for on Tuesday, July 6. Capt. Hudson, from Norton Barracks, very kindly acted as judge. Owing to the new procedure being used, and to slight ailments " cropping up " at the last moment, School House and the Hostel were the only teams that competed. The competition consisted in the sending of a message by flag, each member of the team sending, receiving and writing down in turn. This resulted in a fairly easy win for School House. The results were as follows :—
SCHOOL v. MALVERN COLLEGE COLTS.
Team.
Time.
Accuracy.
Style.
School House The Hostel
8 minutes n minutes
4 mistakes 20 mistakes
Very good. Good
The teams were— School House.
Hostel.
C.S.M. A. H. Adams. Cpl. F. W. Lanning. Lce.-Cpl. R. O. Smith.
Cadet I. F. W. Schofield. Cadet G. J. Shaw. Cadet A. de B. Edye.
At the Signalling Classification test the following were classified :—
Played at-home on May 2cjth, ending in a draw. WORCESTER. N. A. Snowball b Palfrcman S. Nash b Holmes W. C. Shorting c Jagger b Greenstock H. S. Thomas b Greenstock C. I. Record c Bourke b Palfreman ... A. E. Davies b Greenstock M. E. Webb not out ... F. H. C. Shorting c Muirhead b Greenstock... C. A. C. Patton run out R. V. Farr b Greenstock L. P. Snowball not out ... Extras Total (9 wickets) * Innings declared closed.
26 3 19 3 2 26
45 4 i o 4 4 137
THE VIGORNIAN. MALVERN COLLEGE COLTS. D. A. R. Cripps run out ... A. C. Pyrah b Snowball E. R. T. Holmes hit wicket b Snowball J. A. Palfreman c Snowball b Farr L. E. Bourke c Farr b Snowball J. W. Greenstock run out C. R. Foster not out J. D. S. Muirhead not out i J. C. Griffiths, vDid not bat. S. T. Jagger, A. A. S. Hodern, J Extras Total (6 wickets)
SCHOOL v. DEAN CLOSE,
...
...
28 33 4
KING'S SCHOOL, WORCESTER. I
...
99 ~
CHELTENHAM.
Played at Worcester on June 2nd. Won by 159 runs.' SCHOOL. N. A. Snowball b A. D. Lee S. Nash b A. H. Williams W. L. Shorting b A. D. Lee H. S. Thomas c L. R. Miller b A. D. Lee C. I. Record c E. S. Hoare b A. D. Lee A. E. Davies b H. P. Hutchinson M. E. Webb Ibw b J. K. Keene F. H. C. Shorting run out C. A. C. Patton b J. P. Shaw R. V. Farr c J. K. Keene b J. P. Shaw L. P. Snowball not out ... Extras Total
5 28
'S 4 70
33 i
132 33 39
R. V Farr L. P. Snowball
Extras
9
Total (4 wickets)
247
21 15
4 4 2
DEAN CLOSE. C. P. Woodhouse b W. L. Shotting E. H. Frost b W. L. Shorting H. P. Hutchinson c L. P. Snowball b N. A. Snowball E. S. Hoare c M. E. Webb b S. Nash L. R. Miller b W. L. Shorting ... J. W. Kerr b N. A. Snowball A. D. Lee l.b.w. N. A. Snowball J. K. Keene b W. L. Shorting C. H. Doudney b W. L. Shorting A. H. Williams l.b.w. N. A. Snowball J. P. Shaw not out Extras
N. A. Snowball c J. Davis b J. W. Davis S. Nash c Yendoll b R. Walker W L Shorting c Jaccon b Pennington H. S. Thomas run out C. I. Record not out A. E. Davies M. E Webb (Capt.) F. H. C. Shorting Did not bat. C. A. C. Patton
21
2O3
Total
Shorting reached his century, playing some fine shots all round the wicket. The score rose to 247, when Shorting was caught off a mis-hit and Webb declared the innings closed. The Hereford batsmen looked like making a stand until Addison played on at 24. The scoring was never fast after this, Hereford endeavouring to play out time and draw the match. At one period it seemed as if they must succeed in doing this, but A. Davis was caught at the wicket after a lengthy stay and W. L. Shorting clean bowled the last man with the next ball.
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL, HEREFORD. J. W Pennington b ^Jash W E Jaccon b W. L. Shorting S. I. R. Addison b Snowball F. J. Parker (Capt.) b Snowball F. V. Cross l.b.w. b W. Shorting R. H. Hopkins c Record b Snowball ... J. W. Davis c L. Snowball b N. Snowball J. A. Davis c N. Snowball b Thomas ... A. G. Davis c Record b W. L. Shorting L. Yendoll not out R. Walker b W. Shorting Extras
12 O O
12 13
8 2 O
13 O
7
Total
SCHOOL v. NORTON DEPOT. o
7 i
Played at Norton on June gth. Won by 116 runs. NORTON.
2
74
SCHOOL v. HEREFORD C.S. Played at Worcester on Saturday, June 5th. The King's School batted first, and after about ij hours' play W. L.
R.Q.M.S. Walliker c Record b N. Snowball Pte. Johnson c L. Snowball b N. Snowball Sergt. Kent run out Capt. Bridges b W. L. Shorting Lieut. Newcombe c Record b W. L. Shorting Cpl. Green run out Cpl. Lloyd c Record b W. L. Shorting Pte. Ovens c F. Shorting b W. L. Shorting
S 16 7 o
150
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Pte. Straker c and b N. Snowball Sergt. Ainslie c F. Shorting b W. L. Shorting Pte. Snowling not out Extras Total
9 9
SCHOOL v. K.E.S., BIRMINGHAM.
10
SCHOOL.
76
SCHOOL. W. L. Shorting b Snowling S. Nash b Walliker N. A. Snowball c Johnson b Snowling H. S. Thomas b Walliker C. I. Record b Walliker A. E. Davies not out M. E. Webb l.b.w. b Walliker F. H. C. Shorting c Johnson b Walliker C. A. A. Patton b Ovens R. V. Farr b Walliker L. P. Snowball b Walliker Extras Total
46 19 0
55 6 2
4 o 7 3'
Played at Cheltenham. A draw.
Total
Total
192
SCHOOL v. DEAN CLOSE, CHELTENHAM.
SCHOOL. N. A. Snowball c Malaher b Woodhouse S. Nash c Hoare b Keene W. L. Shorting c Frost b Keene H. S. Thomas l.b.w. b Woodhouse C. 1. Record c Malaher b Woodhouse A. E. Davies c Frost b Shaw M. E. Webb c Hoare b Hutchinson ... F. H. C. Shorting b Hutchinson C. A. C. Patton c Keene b Hutchinson L. P. Snowball c Kerr b Hutchinson ... H. H. Blanchard not out Extras
Played at Worcester on June i6th. Won by 13 runs. N. A. Snowball c Rigby b Whitehouse ... ... 17 S. Nash b Seldon 5 W. L. Shorting l.b.w. b Seldon 23 A. E. Davies b Whitehouse ... ... ... ... i C. I. Record c Seldon b Whitehouse ... ... ... 10 F. H. C. Shorting b Kent 12 C. A. C. Patton b Whitehouse ... ... ... ... o L. P. Snowball b Mayell 5 R. V. Farr b Kent o R. M. Beavan not out ... ... ... ... ... 3 H. T. Fell c Welsh b Kent o Extras 8
48
'4 4 23 0
o o I
84
K.E.S. J. R. Jones c L. P. Snowball b N. Snowball R. G. Seldon b A. E. Davies H. F. Webb l.b.w. b W. L. Shorting W. Jackson b W. L. Shorting ... J. R. Donovan b W. L. Shorting —. Rigby c Fell b N. Snowball —. Humpherson c Fell b W. L. Shorting —. Kent b W. L. Shorting F. Welsh run out ... —. Whitehouse b W. L. Shorting —. Mayell not out Extras
10 i 3 10
4 71
Total
0 2
SCHOOL v. T. E. RAMMEL ESQ.'S XL I O6
Plaved at Worcester on June igth.
Won by 117 runs.
T. E. RAMMELL ESQ.'S XL
DEAN CLOSE. C. P. Woodhouse b N. Snowball E. H. Frost run out H. P. Hutchinson l.b.w. b N. Snowball ... ..". .;,. E. S. Hoare not out J. W. Kerr not out L. R. Miller \ j J. K. Keene C. H. Doudney Did not bat ' J. P. Shaw J. R. S. Webb J. W. Malaher
Col. F. L. Footner b W. L. Shorting Dr. N. Duggan b W. L. Shorting Dr. G. R. Footner b W. L. Shorting L. Brice b W. L. Shorting Dr. E. L. Bunting b N. A. Snowball W. Glennie b W. L. Shorting A. E. Spreckley b W. L. Shorting Major F. A. W. Howe b N. A. Snowball B. A. J. Arthure b W. L. Shorting D. Webb b N.- A. Snowball T. E. Rammell not out ... Extras
Extras Total (3 wickets)
27 o 8 7
26
Total
i
8 4 7 i o 2
5 IO 2 I
ss
THE VIGORN1AN.
151
SCHOOL v. HEREFORD CATHEDRAL SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. N. A. Snowball c and b A. E. Spreckley ... ... W. L. Shorting c and b A. E. Spreckley ... ... A. E. Davies c Brice b W. Glennie C. I. Record b Dr. E. L. Bunting M. E. Webb c Brice b A. E. Spreckley ... ... R. M. Beavan b W. Glennie ... ... ... ... L. P. Snowball b W. Glennie H. H. Blanchard b A. E. Spreckley V. C. Powell not out ... ... ... ... ... H. C. Fillmore c Sub b A. E. Spreckley ... C. T. Winterton st T. E. Rammell b A. E. Spreckley Extras ... ... ... ... ... ... Total
o 10 28 i 89 o o 7 17 4 7 9 172
Played at Hereford on June 26th. Won by 82 runs. SCHOOL. N. A. Snowball c Addison b J. Davies S. Nash st Cross b Pennington ... W. L. Shorting c Addison b J. Davies H. S. Thomas b J. Davies C. I. Record c Yendoll b J. Davies ... A. E. Davies not out M. E. Webb c J. Davies b Jaccon F. H. C. Shorting b J. Davies C. A. C. Patton b J. Davies L. P. Snowball b Pennington H. H. Blanchard c Parker b J. Davies Extras Total
40 II IS o
28 33 3 '7 o 4 7
172
SCHOOL v. H A N B U R Y C.C. Played at Worcester on June 23rd. Won by 156 runs.
HEREFORD C.S.
SCHOOL. N. A. Snowball c Wilson b Bayliss S. Nash b Bayliss ... W. L. Shorting b Smith A. E. Davies l.b.w. b Bayliss M. E. Webb l.b.w. b Harvey F. H. C. Shorting b Bayliss C. A. C. Patton l.b.w. b Smith L. I'. Snowball b Smith ... H. H. Blanchard not out H. T. Fell b Smith R. V. Farr not out Extras
...
Total (9 wickets)
...
...
92 o SS
18 o o 6
Total 205
HANBURY C.C. J. B. Wilson b W. Shorting ... N. E. Palmer l.b.w. b N. Snowball J. Gibbs b N. Snowball E. Norton b N. Snowball Rev. Blois b W. Shorting Capt. Watford b N. Snowball ... J. E. Bayliss b W. Shorting ... E. Jackson b W. Shorting E. J. Harvey b N. Snowball ... H. Smith b W. Shorting • ... F. Bayliss not out Extras Total
J. W. Pennington pld. on b W. Shorting W. E. Jaccon pld. on b W. Shorting ... S. R. J. Addison b N. Snowball F. V. Cross b N. Snowball F. J. Parker c and b Thomas ... R. H. Hopkins run out ... J. A. Mullins c W. Shorting b S. Nash J. Davies run out A. G. Davies b N. Snowball R. Walker c Blanchard b N. Snowball L. J. Yendoll not out Extras
8 2 O O
20 2 O I O O IO
6 49
'9 o i 3 '9 20
8 6 o o 4 IO
90