The Vigornian July 1930 by King's Worcester

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No. 128.

VOL. IX.

JULY, 1930.

Contents.

editorial. Page

Kditorial School Notes 712 712

O V Dinner The Concert Cricket

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K.S.W.R.C

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R owing Notes

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O.T.C. Notes

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Shooting Notes

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Athletic Sports Last Term's Concert The P.T. Camp Chess Notes

PRICE is.

Individual tastes are largely responsible for the measure of enjoyments each member of the School derives from the Summer Term. During the Winter Terms one cannot help feeling that routine governs the movements of everyone and that all have to conform with, and acquiesce in, its rules. Most of the time which can be spent out of doors is used up by some form of organised games or physical exercise. But during this term these occupations do not dominate so much, though they go on just the same, because more of one's time may be spent in the open air. This year there have been two additional pursuits which have proved attractive to many. The first is the Scout Troop formed last term and now flourishing and very popular under the management of Mr. Pedder and Mr. Burnett. The other is manual labour which, it seems, gains favour with the young as a hobby, in spite of the grumbling generally attributed—often, no doubt, with good cause—to the professional workman. This pleasant toil has had as its object not merely the physical fitness of those who were not wholly engaged in Cricket or Rowing, but the levelling and preparing of the ground which the Headmaster has acquired and is laying out as a garden for the use of the School. We gladly take this opportunity of thanking him very sincerely for his generosity. " Work hard, play hard," is an excellent motto at all times, but especially in the summer, when most people doubtless feel tempted to sacrifice the work of the class-room te the more congenial business of sport. We hope and believe

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that we have succeeded in keeping that temptation at least at arm's length, but if we have not succeeded, our sins will surely find us out during the last two weeks of term, and our short-comings will be made public on the announcement of the results of the Certificate Examinations. We may, however, assure our readers of our enthusiasm for the lighter side of school life, Cricket, Rowing, Swimming and the O.T.C., in all of which we received great help from the weather. The term started badly, for cricket practice was almost out of the question for more than a week owing to the sodden state of the ground. But since then the weather has been almost continuously fine, and we have lost only a day or two's practice. The O.V. Reunion this year has repeated its past successes, and the week-end passed very pleasantly indeed. The Prize-Giving was held on Friday, July nth, wh«n the Rev. H. W. McKenzie addressed the audience in a speech admirably suited to the occasion. His humour gripped our attention, while his practical advice was delivered in so telling a manner that it must have made a lasting impression upon the whole of the audience down to the youngest member of the School. In the evening the School Choir gave its concert with great success and we should like to congratulate Mr. Day on the high standard of the performance, an account of which appears elsewhere. On Saturday morning was held the annual inspection of the O.T.C., and in the afternoon the cricket matches between the School and O.V. attracted as large a gathering of friends and past members of the School as in previous years. The weather was brilliant and some most attractive and bright cricket was seen. This was followed at 8 p.m. by the O.V. Dinner held in College Hall. On Sunday morning many O.V. attended the cathedral service at which the preacher was Canon Maynard Smith, of Gloucester. His excellent and valuable address was especially intended for the members of the King's School, both past and present. Now we wish all our readers the best of luck and hope to see a very large number of them at next year's gathering.

ScDool Dotes. It is with great regret that we bid farewell this term to Mr. G. K. Tattersall, who is leaving us to take up work at the London headquarters of the Schools Service Bureau, attached to Toe H. During the time in which he has been a master, he has taken part in all the activities of the School, and his keenness and enthusiasm have inspired others to maintain the high standard which he set by personal example. We wish him all the luck in his new work that he deserves, and hope that, while he continues to help others as he has helped us, it will not be long before he returns to visit the School.

Organized bodies of labourers, supplied by the School, have been doing a great deal of work in the School Garden, which is making excellent progress. *

Great energy has been shown among the Scouts this term. Week-end camps have been arranged during the term, and a somewhat frail-looking hut has been erected near the range which we understand has some connection with their activities. No. 9 has had a fresh coat of paint this term. We think this is unprecedented. * » * A new and far more distinguished War Memorial has replaced the old one in College Hall. * * * Several new volumes of Punch have been added to the Reading Room Library. They are remarkably popular among members of the School and are read far more than any other books in the Reading Room. We take this opportunity of thanking Miss Cronshaw for her gift of several books to the School Library.

In memoriani. HERBERT PRIESTLEY CRONSHAW. It is with deep regret that we record the death on Monday, May sth, of the Rev. H. P. CRONSHAW, Canon of Worcester Cathedral and a Governor of the School. He came to Worcester after many years of strenuous work in London, and, as canon, throughout the period of his connexion with the School he showed great consideration for its welfare. We offer our deepest sympathy to his sister, Miss Cronshaw, in her loss.

School Calendar. Sat., Sun.,

May 3.—Term begins. ,, 4.—School Celebration of Holy Communion, 8.45 a.m. Thurs., ,, 29.—Ascension Day. School Celebration of Holy Communion, 7.0 a.m. O.T.C. Field Day, Bringsty Common. Sat., May 24.—Marlow Regatta. Fri. July n.—Speech Day. Presentation of Prizes by Rev. H. W. McKenzie, M.A., formerly Headmaster of Uppingham School. Final of House Races.

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12.—O.V. Day. Annual Inspection of O.T.C. by Field-Marshal Sir Claud Jacob, G.C.B., K.C.S.I., K.C.M.G. Cricket Match v. O.V.'s O.V. Reunion Dinner. ,, 13.—Sermon at Matins by Canon Maynard Smith. ,, 14.—Certificate Exams, begin. ,, 28.—Exeunt Omnes. Aug. 6.—Camp Ends.

Smith R. G. Hopkin C. B. Franklin A. D. Hodgson C. V. Storrs O. T. Graham R. I. Strong S. D. Graves-Morris Jeans G. M. Jones F. G. Thomas F. B. H. W. Graves-Morris Looker R. A. S. Thomas R. E. Underwood W. McC. Longland C. P. W. F. C. Graves-Morris Longland J. L. Littlebury J. E. B. Whitcombe H. M. P. H. Hughes J. S. Pattern C. Webb A. Webb F. W. Humphries C. M. Porter C. E. Hallett M. M. Record C. I. Weight R. Howells B. St. J. Rammell T. E. Whitakcr Rev. Hopkins T. M. Steward F. L. R. J. Holmes H. H. Smith K. P. Wood J. L. Hopkin G. R. B. Smith R. W.

O.V. G. W. Seabright has recently obtained the position of a Senior Salesman in the firm of Harrison Gibson Ltd., of llford, who claim to be the largest furnishing house in Greater London. G. H. Wilford commanded the Honourable Artillery Company's team which won, for the ninth time, the " Daily Telegraph " Cup at the London District Spring Rifle Meeting at Pirbright, on May 25th. C. V. Hodgson captained Woolwich at cricket. He has also become an Under Officer. E. L. Mercier has been appointed private secretary to Mr. G. M. Gillett, secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade. E. W. Parsons coxed the crew of Brasenose College, Oxford, which was Head of the River this year. H. W. Daniels passed the Law Society's Final Exam, in June, having served his articles with Eustace Roberts, O.V., of Worcester. He is now continuing to obtain experience with a London firm of solicitors.

O.V. Dinner. The Old Vigornians' Dinner was held in College Hall on Saturday, July i2th. The chair was taken by Dr. N. M. Ferguson, T.O. (1896-1901), and Mr. P. H. Graves-Morris (Worcestershire Regt.) acted as Vice-Chairman. A large number of Old Vigornians were present, the names of whom are given below. Adlington F. Barnett J. F. .Cavenagh R. T. Adlington B. Beach-Hicks Coomber R. E. Creighton Rev. C. Appleby C. E. R. M. M. Castley R. J. Blackall C. J. O. Carter B. H. Drake A. F. Bates T. Clutton C. Benton-Evans, Craze M. R. Daniel R. C. L. W. B. Cockle D. J. Evans G. H. Boole G. D. S. Cowles F. B. Fisher E. L. Cavenagh J. B. Beavan R. M. Fergusson N. M.

Speech Cap, 3ulp nil). (With acknowledgments to the " Daily Times.") The annual prize day of the Worcester Cathedral King's School, was held in the College Hall, on Friday. The Dean of Worcester (Dr. W. Moore Ede) presided, supported by the Headmaster (Rev. C. Creighton), the Rev. H. W. McKenzie (formerly Headmaster of Uppingham School), Archdeacon J. H. F. Peile. The Mayoress of Worcester (Lady Deerhurst) was also present. The Dean said it was a great pleasure to welcome all those who were interested in the School, and it was very satisfactory to the Governors to know how well the School was flourishing. When one looked back a few years, one was surprised at the enormous improvement that had taken place in the School in the way of new buildings of various kinds. Last year new changing rooms, which they very much wanted, had been added, and now the Headmaster was getting into order that garden on the land which he himself had provided for the use of the School, and which now had been laid out by him, and part of which was to be given to the use of the senior boys. They were indebted to the Headmaster for what he had done. (Applause.) During the year that hall itself had been renovated, and the panelling altered, and the names of those who fell in the war had been inscribed on the walls. Mr. Strong had now been a year at the head of a house, and Mr. Strong's house was going strong, and doing well. (Applause.) He was sure that they were glad to see that the old head of the house had come back. (Applause.) He did not think that he would ever really be happy until he settled down in Worcester, and came back and helped with the King's School. He (the Dean) welcomed Mr. McKenzie, who had in his eyes one special virtue, and that was that he came from Durham, and therefore he must be the right person to come to them that afternoon. THE HEADMASTER'S REVIEW. The Headmaster said that his first and pleasant duty was to extend a very hearty welcome to all the visitors. He

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would like to give a special welcome to the Mayoress of Worcester, who represented not only herself, but the Mayor, who had written apologising for not being able to come. The Dean thought that the reason was that having got in arrears with his practice at the nets, he was making use of the time to get into form before he appeared for the County once more. He ought also, perhaps, to explain that the absence of Governors from the platform was not due to any lack of interest on the part of the Governors of the School. The two members of the Chapter, Archdeacon James and Dr. Lacey, were on their holidays and entirely away from Worcester, but they had asked him to apologise for their absence. No one, he was sure, would suspect them of lack of interest in or affection for the King's School. The same applied to Mr. S. Southall, the Town Clerk, and an Old Boy of the School, one of the most enthusiastic of the Governors and friends of the School. He was sorry that important public business prevented him being there that afternoon. He alluded to the loss that the Governing body of the School, and the School itself, had suffered by the death of Canon Cronshaw. It seemed perhaps impertinent of him to welcome the Dean there that day, but the Dean was accustomed to his impertinence. He wanted to draw attention to the fact that since they met last year, the Dean had celebrated his 8oth birthday, and was none the worse whatever for it. (Applause.) As year by year went by he, as Headmaster, and he thought all of them, realised more fully all the School owed to his unfailing interest in the welfare of the King's School, and this applied not only to the Dean, but to Mrs. Moore Ede. They appreciated their interest very much indeed, and they hoped they would continue to do so for many years to come. (Applause.) THE SCHOOL HONOURS. Mr. Creighton drew attention to the list of honours gained by members of the School since the last Prize Day. It was not a bad list as it was printed, but if he had remembered to put in all that he should have, it would have been better still. He drew attention to the varied nature of the list which they were proud to recall that afternoon. To the list he should have added the names of G. H. Every, first class in modern history, C. I. Record, Choral Scholarship at Oxford, and J. L. Longland, Lecturer in English at Durham University. The Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham, London and Durham were all represented. Another Old Boy, C. V. Hodgson, had been captain of cricket at Woolwich this year, so that in the Army as well Old Boys were winning distinction for themselves. In regard to the Certificate Examinations, the number of Higher Certificates was again creditable to a school of the size of theirs, though not so large as last time when there were nine against seven this. He admitted that the number of School Certificates was below the average. As regards Certificate A winners, the number was the largest the School had ever attained and it showed the large amount of very good work done by the O.T.C., which was a credit to the members and the School as a whole. He referred to the change in Castle House during the, past year. That was in

many ways an epoch in the history of the School because it was the first time in which a boarding house had changed hands. It was natural, therefore, that he had viewed the change with a certain amount of apprehension. He was glad to be able to report that the change in the " captain of the ship " had taken place without any disaster whatever, and that Mr. Rammell had handed over Castle House in such a good state that it was able to be carried on on the old lines and with the old traditions. There had also been many alterations to the buildings and equipment of the School. Referring to the new gymnasium, he said that his idea was to have a gym containing no apparatus whatever. It was much more useful than one containing apparatus. On occasions when they could not get out owing to floods an enormous amount of exercise was taken in there. It was proving itself much more useful than having a lot of apparatus which only got in the way. THE HALL PANELLING. He further referred to the scraping of the stain from the beautiful old panelling in the hall. An Old Boy of the School, who insisted on remaining anonymous, had offered to find the necessary funds to have all panelling scraped, and that had been done except for a portion where they wanted to have recorded the names of O.V.'s who gave their lives in the war. The only way to get the names permanently recorded was to have them cut in the panel and in the panel already erected the names had been so cut in. He also spoke of the beautiful furnishing of the library which Mr. Rammell did before he) left and which had made a great improvement. He hoped that those who could would visit the ground which they were converting into a School garden to be used by all the members of the School. A new feature, which had given him great gratification, was the establishment of a troop of scouts. That was a thing which he had always wanted to do. He thought that the scout movement was one of the most wholesome and encouraging movements among the young people of England among all classes, which had taken place in his time. One thing which a public school ought to do would be to turn out people who would become scoutmasters outside, and who would take the lead in case of need. He hoped that the movement in the School was going to grow without conflicting with any of the other School activities. There was no reason why it should interfere with the O.T.C. He thought they could agree with the Dean when he said that the School was flourishing and it was now really well equipped. The numbers in the School were well maintained. There had been a considerable increase in the numbers passing through the School, because it had been his policy not to aim at large numbers, but to raise the age at which boysi entered the School. He referred to the surprise expressed at the lowness of the School fees. He did not know whether they realised that the fees were so low that the boys were really in receipt of scholarships. A lady had said to him the other day, " 1 could not believe that a school which charged such low fees could be as nice as this." He believed that what was needed more than anything else in England to-day was a scale which kept school fees down to

THE VIGORNIAN. the minimum so that parents, who would not otherwise be able to afford to do so, could send their sons there. There were two schools which he had been connected with—Marlborough and Uppingham. The King's School had rather a special connection with those schools. The last three Headmasters had been Old Boys of Marlborough. Many of the benches in use in the College Hall came from the School at Uppingham. Mr. McKenzie was Headmaster of Uppingham when the speaker was a Master there. He had learnt from him that the chief thing that a headmaster had to do was toi stick to his job, know his boys and his staff, and to think that no department which concerned the welfare of the school was too small to demand his attention. He did not claim that he had always followed the example set by Mr. McKenzie, but he did want to say that he had often been saved from slackness and negligence in his job by remembrance of Mr. McKenzie's inspiring devotion as a headmaster. Mr. McKenzie then distributed the prizes, and afterwards, in an able and witty address, he said that if the boys would carry away with them when they left four things—character, physique, intelligence and good manners—they would have gone some little way towards fulfilling some of the aims of a good, healthy, public school. Parents, he took it, sent their boys to that School, and expected when they came there that they would be trusted by the School authorities. Without that sort of trust, a healthy school life was not possible. Schoolmasters might make mistakes, but it was far better to make mistakes and have their trust abused now and again than to have anything in the shape of suspicion. There was no room for a detective in an English public school. Parents must help in this. They also must put their trust in the school and the school authorities. If during the holidays they heard some very picturesque stories brought back, they must discount a certain number of them. They must realise that a school did not exist for the purpose of preventing wrong doing, but it did exist for implanting the principles of right living, and that was a different thing. Archdeacon Peile proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. McKenzie for distributing the prizes and for his address, and Mr. T. E. Rammell seconded. The vote was accorded with applause. PRIZE LIST. Bishop of Worcester's Divinity Prize.—VI, F. H. Yarnold. Canon Cronshaw Divinity Shrimpton.

Prize.—Upper V, A.

Maurice Day Classical Prize.—Senior : VI, F. H. Yarnold. Junior : Upper V, A. D. Baly. George and James Nash Classical Prize.—Lower V, H. S. Clarke. School Latin Prose Prize (Canon Lacey).—F. H. Yarnold.

School Mathematical Prize (Archdeacon Peile).—O. R. Davies. School French Prize.—T. S. Broadhurst. School French Prize.—School Certificate (S. W. Whitehouse, Esq.): H. Baylis. School German Prize.—H. G. A. Maund. School Science Prize (S. Southall, Esq.).—D. P. C. Harris. Archdeacon James" Accidence Prizes.—VI : Latin and Greek, F. H. Yarnold: Modern VI : Latin, W. R. GravesMorris. Upper V : Latin and Greek, H. S. Clarke. Lower V : Latin, J. F. E. Rawlings ; Greek, A. J. N. Richards. Remove: Latin, N. M. Dickins. Upper IV: D. Rose. Middle IV : R. W. Hall. General Knowledge (The Dean of Worcester).—Upper VI, P. Bowles; Modern VI, J. F. R. Jones-Williams; Upper V, F. P. C. Williams; Lower V, R. L. Thomas; Upper IV, G. B. Hopkin ; Middle IV, G. A. Baker; Lower IV, E. B. Tirbutt; Lower School, R. F. Handy. Archdeacon Spooner's Recitation Prizes.—Upper School, F. H. Yarnold; Middle School, R. E. Summers; Junior School, A. S. Yarnold. Music Prize (Sir Ivor Atkins).—J. E. A. King. Junior Singing.—J. H. Reynolds. Drawing Prize.—J. H. F. Dixon. Special Prize for the Best School Certificates (in memory of F. T. E. and E. R. H. Lewis, O.V.).—A. D. Baly. Mayor of Worcester's Prize (Proxime Accessit in K.S. Examination).—E. J. Cole. Mrs. Henry Wood Essay Prizes.—Senior: First Prize, T. S. Broadhurst; Second, F. H. Yarnold, S. M. Bate; Highly Commended, G. S. Clinch, J. L. Payne, W. F. Cox, A. D. Baly. Extra Prize : G. D. I. Rushton. Middle School First Prize : A. R. Hallett; Second : P. D. Wilkes. Lower School First Prize : A. S. Yarnold. Honours won by Members of the School since last Prize Day.—F. H. Yarnold, State Scholarship for Classics; S. M. Bate, History Scholarship, Trinity College, Oxford; D. A. B. Hopkin, Entrance Scholarship St. Mary's Hospital, London; C. J. C. Molony, 2nd Class Final History School, Oxford, Army Council Scholarship; C. P. Longland, 2nd Class History Tripos Part II, Cambridge; J. Wilding, and Class Honours in Classics, Birmingham University. Winners of Certificates of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board, 1929.—Higher Certificates in Classics : F. H. Yarnold (Distinction in Latin, Greek, Ancient History and Literature), D. W. Bain, S. M. Bate, P. Bowles, J. R. A. Embling. In Modern Subjects : T. S. Broadhurst, D. W. A. Molony. School Certificates : A. D. Baly, E. C. A. Bang, H. Baylis, F. W. R. Claxton, A. R. Flay, W. J. F. Jeff, W. L. Readman, A. P. Shrimpton, F. W. I. Whitehouse, P. Beaumont, R. G. Meers.

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Certificate A won by members of the O.T.C. during the past year :—D. W. Bain, J. F. Beaumont, F. H. G. Bridgman, K. M. Chatterly, G. S. Clinch, W. F. Cox, J. R. A. Embling, J. G. George, J. Gray, D. P. C. Harris, P. Headeach, P. H. Jackson, G. N. Jackson, W. J. F. Jeff, W. R. Graves-Morris, G. E. Parlby, A. V. Parsons, J. L. Payne, S. J. Potts, F. E. Robinson, R. C. Scoular, G. W. P. Stretton, J. H. Waylen. Besides those who have given Special Prizes which stand to their names, the following have very kindly given contributions to the Prize Fund:—Alderman C. Edwards, N. C. J. Houghton, The O.V. Club, The Precentor, The Headmaster.

Che Concert. The Summer Term Concert is usually of a light nature, and the practice was followed again this year. The programme began with excerpts from the " Princess of Kensington," by Edward German, a work which is full of cheerful tunes and eminently suitable for the occasion. The choir, or rather the sopranos and altos, began rather weakly, the first chorus not being sung with the lightness and movement which are essential to its success. They soon recovered, however, and rendered the next two choruses, particularly the part-song " Who that knows how I love you " very well. But it was in the more vigorous passages, when the tenors and basses take the parts of jolly fishermen and sailormen, that the choir excelled, except at the entrance of the sopranos as fishergirls, when they seemed to be chasing vainly after the music to the exclusion of the words. The song " Four Jolly Sailormen " has a tune which cannot fail to rouse the enthusiasm, and the tenors and basses sang with extreme vigour and heartiness, earning an encore. In both the Gipsy Chorus and the Bridal March they maintained the standard. The part of Kenna was taken by A. M. Penny and J. H. Reynolds, and that of Brook by J. J. Caves, O.V. All the solos were extremely successful and tuneful. C. Brown, O.V., once again played the accompaniment; no concert would be the same without him, and we tremble to think of what would happen if, by some unlucky accident, he was unable to come. But the real credit of the performance is due to Mr. Day, who has shown unflagging energy and zeal in training the Choir, despite the very limited time which is available for practices in the Summer term. For the second part of the concert, there was the orchestra, songs by C. I. Record, O.V., and the Humorous Quartet. The orchestra, encouraged by their previous successes, launched out into something more ambitious. Two new instruments, a trumpet and a flute, had been added to their numbers, but unfortunately the addition, has rather destroyed the balance. The trumpet was inclined to be too prominent, while the flute hardly came through at all. Nevertheless, the orchestra made a good attempt at two very difficult pieces, the " Rosamunde" Ballet Music, and

Brahms' Hungarian Dance in G Minor. The dances from " Comus " by Dr. Arne, played as an encore, were also very effective. C. I. Record, O.V., has often sung with great success before, but this time he surpassed all his former appearances. His songs were well chosen, " Linden Lea " being a particular favourite, and he sung them excellently. We hope that we shall hear him again before long, and many times, too. We could not help feeling a tinge of regret when the Masters' Quartet came upon the platform, as this was the last time, probably, that we shall hear them, for Mr. Tattersall leaves the School at the end of term But this their last performance was unquestionably their most successful. Their songs were all well-known favourites ; when they had finished the Hall rang with thunderous applause, and they were recalled twice to the platform. Never in all the history of the School, we are sure, has such enthusiasm been shown, or so well earned. Is it too much to hope that some day the Masters' Quartet will come together again to delight us? May that hope be fulfilled. PROGRAMME. PART I. " A Princess of Kensington " Edward German THE SCHOOL CHOIR. Kenna A. M. Penny and J. H. Reynolds. Brook J. J. Caves, O.V. Conductor Mr. E. F. Day. Accompanist C. Brown, O.V. PART II. 1. Orchestra—Ballet Music from Rosamunds Schubert Two Dances from " Comus "...T. A. Arne ist Violins—Mrs. Winifred Hill, J. H. F. Dixon, S. M. Bate, znd Violins—Mr. J. K. Michell, F. T. C. Williams, J. H. Edwards. Viola—Mr. F. Fielder. Trumpet—Mr. H. E. Nicholls. Flute—P. Bowles. Piano—J. E. A. King. 2. Songs—(a) Silver Armstrong Gibbs (b) O Mistress Mine Roger Quilter (c) On the Idle Hill of Summer (A Shropshire Lad)...Arthur Somervell (d) Linden Lea R. Vaughan Williams (e) Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal Roger Quilter 3. Quartets—(o) Turtle Soup Byng Johnson (b) Two Snails /. F. Bridge (c) Simple Simon Messrs. H. E. Nicholls, E. F. Day, A. D. Franklin, G. K. Tattersall. 4 Orchestra—Hungarian Dance in G Minor Brahms (In this programme the encores have been inserted.

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Cricket. 1ST XI.

Date. Sat., Wed., Sat., Wed., Sat., Sat., Wed., Sat., Wed., Sat., Wed., Sat., Sat..

Opponents. May 17. — Worcester City C.C » 21. — Norton Barracks »> 31. —Worcester Nomads June ,,

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Opponents. June 4.—Monmouth G.S. 2nd XL „ 7.—Warwick 2nd XI 14.—Hereford 2nd XI. ,, 21.—Dean Close 2nd XI. „ 28.—Warwick 2nd XI. July 2.—Hereford 2nd XI. ... 5.—Malvern Colts 2nd XL .. 12.—Old Vigornians 2nd XI. ..

The season started badly, for on our return to school we found the ground so wet that real practice was out of the question for over a week. This, coupled with the fact that matches started unusually early, meant that it was a very untrained side that took the field against Worcester City and Norton Barracks. However, matters improved later on,. though the batting remained unsteady to the end and no one could really be relied upon to make runs at the critical moment. The fielding was good throughout and the bowling on most occasions came up to standard. This was especially noticeable on O.V. day when the School beat a strong and experienced side by about a hundred runs. The 2nd XI, though it did not appear to be strong and had nothing really outstanding about it, had a successful season, winning four matches and losing only one. This was due to general keenness in all departments of the game, and shows high promise for next season. Moreover the lower games showed that there should be no lack of talent for the future. In conclusion we wish to thank Mr. Whitaker very heartily for the interest he has shown in coaching, umpiring in the matches and writing the characters of the XI, and to express our gratitude to Mr. Castley and Mr. Thomas for coming down to the field to coach us after school in the afternoons. Also we are grateful to Mr. Michell and Mr. Powell-Evans for superintending the lower games and discovering latent ability. For the latter half of the season we had the benefit of professional coaching from

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Scratched Won Won

Wright of the County XI, who undoubtedly did us much good. It was unfortunate that his services for Worcestershire prevented him from attending regularly.

CHARACTERS OF THE XL F. CALE (Captain). Energetic and keen in the field. His batting at the beginning of the season was shaky and unenterprising, but he improved considerably as he gained confidence. Had some success as a bowler, and carried out the duties of captain with intelligence and discrimination. F. H. G. BRIDGMAN (Secretary). Did not do himself justice with the bat. Safe fielder. L. C. DICKINS. Useful and steady both with ball and bat. Good field. A. C. MORGAN. Stubborn and steady left-handed batsman. Kept wicket well. R. H. GAWN. Safe, active, and at times brilliant, in the field. As a batsman, has a phenomenal eye, and hits very hard, but should develop some defensive strokes, and use some discrimination in choosing the ball to hit. M. H. CULLEN. Useful bowler of the slow medium type. Improved batsman, and with more power in his strokes should make a good many runs. F. H. YARNOLD. Erratic, but sometimes successful as a bowler. TJrratic, but generally unsuccessful as a batsman.

THE VIGORNIAN.

7 i8

D. A. COUZENS. Always looked likely to get runs, but somehow did not fulfil the promise. J. GRAY. Is developing a sound batting style, and should do better still next year.

D. W. Bain b Hacking F. T. C. Williams b Hacking Extras

In conclusion it should be stated that the feature of the play of the XI as a whole was the keen and smart fielding. This was in a great measure due to the Captain's own keenness and smartness.

...

o o

...

Total

F. T. C. WILLIAMS. Bowled well. Always wanted watching, and on his day was dangerous. Safe fielder. Not conspicuous with the bat. T. N. GRAY. Thoroughly deserved his place in! the team. Shows great promise, both with the ball and bat.

...

BOWLING. m.

Harber Rogers Rabjohns Clarke Hacking

ii 6 4 4-4

!4 22

2 2

... ...

3 o 59 o 67 50 9

...

24 7

WORCESTER CITY IST XI. W.C.K.S. v. WORCESTER

CITY.

This year Worcester City again turned out a strong team and proved too good for us, especially as it was our first match. The School won the toss and batted first on a wet wicket. The first four wickets fell quickly and the School was in a bad position when Cale and Gawn came together for the fifth wicket. However, the latter changed the situation by giving a delightful display of hard hitting and scoring 43 out of 45 in just over twelve minutes. His innings afforded a striking contrast to the rest of the side, who were too content to let the ball hit the bat. After Gawn was caught in the outfield, Gray alone stayed for any time to help Cale, who was successfully resisting the bowling and the temptation offered to hit out. The School's total of 89, although small, would have been considerably lower if the City had taken several chances offered them in the field. After tea the City batted and found little difficulty in the bowling of the School. They passed the School's total for the loss of four wickets. The School fielded well except towards the end of the game, when they became a little careless and slack. The result was not disappointing considering the strength of our opponents and the limited amount of practice the weather had allowed us. KING'S SCHOOL IST XI v. WORCESTER CITY 1ST

XI.

Played at Home.

SCHOOL. A. C. Morgan run out F. H. G. Bridgman b Rogers L. C. Dickins Ibw b Harber M. H. Cullen c Hacking b Rogers F. Cale not out R. H. Gawn c Swift b Rabjohns D. A. Couzens b Clarke ... F. H. Yarnold Ibw b Rabjohns ... J. Gray b Hacking ... ... ...

2 i o 2

18 43 o 3

...

J. Clarke b Yarnold R. Townsend Ibw b Dickins C. G. D. Smith c Dickins b Cale H. Hacking c Cale b Yarnold T. Swift c Cale b Yarnold H. O. Rogers not out ... ... G. C. Cox Ibw b Cale ... ... D. Rabjohns I P. J. Cuffe (.Did not bat T R. Jones j J. Harber not out Extras ... ...

Total (for 6 wickets)

219

Result : School lost by 6 wickets. BOWLING. Yarnold Dickins Cale Cullen Williams

o. 10 18 ii

5 3

m. i i 2

r. 47 9i 35 27 8

W.C.K.S. v. NORTON BARRACKS. Norton Barracks batted first on a wicket which suited the bowlers, and were all out for 89. Cale bowled well to take 4 wickets for 15. The rest of the School bowlers were accurate enough but their bowling lacked sting. The School again fielded keenly; Gray, at silly point, in particular, saved many runs and caught three good catches. The batting of the School was, however, disappointing, Morgan alone showing any confidence against the bowling of our opponents. He played a good innings and was unfortunate to be caught at when he had scored 23. The other batsmen were unsuccessful and the School were all dismissed for 80. Again they showed a distinct tendency to miss many opportunities of scoring runs off loose balls.

THE VIGORNIAN. NORTON BARRACKS. C.G.M.S. Singleton c Gawn b Cullen ...

20 7 C

C.S.M. Denton c Bridgman b Williams

Sgt. Tuck not out ...

Extras

... 89

Total BOWLING. Dickins Yarnold Cale Cullen Williams Gawn

... ... ... ... ... ...

o. 8 4 6.5 4 3 2

... ... ... ... ... ...

m. 2 — 2 i —• —

... ... ... ... ... ...

r. 27 8 15 n n 8

w. I 4 2 2 I

719

After tea, Rowlands and Smith put on 34 for the sixth wicket and brought the score up to 162 for 7, when they declared. It is true that the wicket offered no help to the bowlers, but there was no excuse for the numerous full tosses and half volleys sent down. On the whole the fielding was not as good as in former matches. But the extraordinary collapse of the School against bowling which was little better than their own cannot be accounted for. Again Morgan was the only confident batsman and alone reached double figures. The rest of the side without exception simply got themselves out, and the School were all dismissed for the absurd total of 35. MONMOUTH G.S. W. R. Watkins c Williams b Yarnold J. H. A. Tresawne c J. Gray b T. N. Gray ... J. W. A. P. James run out ... ... ... S. T. Jones run out ... ... ... ... T. W. G. Edwards run out ... ... ... N. Reade Ibw b Cale L. J. P. Rowlands b Dickins ... ... ... D. A. Smith not out ... F. H. Lewis not out ... ... ... ... A. S. Lang ) F. P. Meighan j D!d not 8° in

... ,

... ...

6 50 o 5 ic 12 34 23 i

SCHOOL. 2^

F H G Bridgman b Dalloway ... M H Cullen Ibw b Dalloway L C Dickins b Pelly

Total (for 7 wickets) 16

R. H. Gawn c Drummond b Pelly D. A. Couzens c Tuckey b Dalloway F H Yarnold Ibw b Pelly

7 6 o

D. W. Bain st Drummond b Pelly F T C Williams Ibw b Pelly

Total

BOWLING. Dalloway Cooper Shephard Pelly

o. ... 15 ... 3 ... 4 ... 11.3

m. ... 5 ... i ... i ... 2 * * *

... ••• ... ...

r. 30 n 8 29

w. ... 3 ••• — ... — ... 7

W.C.K.S. v. MONMOUTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL. The School won the toss and sent Monmouth in to bat on a lifeless wicket. Four wickets fell quickly, three of which were run out ; this was chiefly due to the keenness of Gawn, who, at cover point, picked up the ball cleanly and threw in well. Tresawne, who went in first, had batted steadily, and after he had completed his 50 in just over an hour and a half, he was caught at point.

... *i62

* Innings declared closed. BOWLING. o. m. r. L. C. Dickins ... 16 ... 3 ... 26 ... F. H. Yarnold ... 10 ... 2 ... 36 ... F. Cale ... 19 ... 4 ... 40 ... M. H. Cullen ... 7 ... i ... 19 ... F. T. C. Williams 5 ... i ... 14 ... T. N. Gray ... 4 ... o ... n ... Cale bowled one wide and Williams one no-ball. W.C.K.S. A. C. Morgan c Jones b Edwards ... F. H. G. Bridgman, Ibw b Edwards M. H. Cullen c Lang b Edwards I,. C. Dickins c Watkins b Rowlands ... R H Gawn b Edwards

...

F. H. Y'arnold c Lewis b Rowlands J Gray b Edwards .. ... ... T N Gray b Edwards .. . F T C Williams not out Extras . Total

... ... ... ... ...

... ... ... .. ..

w. i i I o o i

17 i I 6 2

... ... ... ... ...

o 3 o o 5 35

THE VIGORNIAN.

72O

BOWLING.

W.C.K.S.

A. C. Morgan Ibw b Alexander ... F. Cale c Alexander b Watson ... M. H. Cullen b Jerrome ... ... I.. C. Dickins b Jerrome ... F. H. G. Bridgman b Alexander ... R. H. Gawn b Alexander ... ... D. A. Couzens c and b Alexander F. H. Yarnold st Chard b Jerrome J. Gray st Chard b Jerrome T. N. Gray not out Extras

S. VV. G. Edwards 12 L. J. P. Rowlands n.i

6 5

ii 19

# * *

W.C.K.S. v. HEREFORD. The School again won the toss and sent Hereford in to bat on a wicket which, although quite hard, looked a little tricky. Their opening pair put on 43 runs, chiefly by wellplaced singles, which defied the strenuous efforts of Gawn and Bridgman to run them out. After the first wicket fell there was little resistance until the sixth wicket when Cutler and Evans made a partnership which put Hereford into a better position. The side was all out by tea-time for 121. After tea Morgan and Cale opened the innings for the School, the latter instead of Bridgman, who was moved down to number five. Cale kept quiet while Morgan made runs freely until the score was 35, when the former was caught. Cullen was soon out, and Morgan was joined by Dickins, who immediately started to punish the bowling, which at this point was very weak. With the score at 74 Morgan was Ibw to Alexander, and Bridgman was bowled by the same bowler two overs later. Gawn then joined Dickins and the required runs were quickly made, the School winning by six wickets.

... ... ... ... ... ...

39 5 o 44 o 36 2 I

9 4

Total (for 9 wickets)

153

F. T. C. Williams did not go in. BOWLING. Watson Alexander Jerrome Gregory Cutler

o. 13

m. 4

3 o o o

IO.S

3 3

r. 35 32 37 '9 16

w. i 4 4 o o

The School won by six wickets.

W.C.K.S. v. NORTON BARRACKS.

In batting and fielding, at least, the School in some measure redeemed their performance against Monmouth.

This was the first match played away this season. Cale lost the toss and our opponents elected to bat on an extremely hard wicket.

HEREFORD C.S.

After 18 runs had been scored, Cooper was well caught by Morgan at the wicket. Rose then joined Dalloway and they added 33 runs for the second wicket. The next four wickets fell quickly and the score was 73 for 5 when C.S.M. Denton joined Lieut. Tuckey ; the pair added 46 runs before Williams had Tuckey Ibw. Denton drove with great power and was ninth out, having scored 64 out of 103 : he hit three sixes and six fours. The Barracks' innings closed at a quarter past four for 181.

Jerrome c J. Gray b Williams Watson c J. Gray b Cullen Alexander c Couzens b Cale Thomas c J. Gray b Williams Gregory b Cale ... ... G. Davies c and b Dickins Cutler Ibw b T. N. Gray Evans c Dickins b Cale ... Derry not out ... ... Chard c Dickins b Cullen ... Powne-Jones b Cale ... Extras ...

... ... ... ... ... ...

... ... ... ... ...

25 16 18 3 o o 13 13 16 o 2 15

...

121

... ... ... ... ... ... ...

r. 23 7 29 19 14 5 6

... ... ... ... ... ... ...

w. i o 4 2 2 o i

Total BOWLING. L. C. Dickins ... F. H. Yarnold ... F. Cale ... M. H. Cullen ... F. C. C. Williams J. Gray ... T. N. Gray ...

o. 12 4 13.4 8 6 2 2

... ... ... ... ... ... ...

m. 2 o 4 2 i o o

The high rate of scoring can be accounted for by the short boundaries. Of the School bowlers Cullen was the most successful, taking five wickets for 20 runs. The fielding was quite good, though not up to the usual standard. After tea Cale and Morgan opened the innings for the School, who had only 90 minutes in which to score 182 runs. Morgan was soon out, but Cullen and Cale quickly added 49 runs for the next wicket, when the former was clean bowled. Dickins then joined Cale and another 46 runs were added before Cale was run out. He made 52 out of 102 in 40 minutes and hit six fours. Dickins, meanwhile, was making runs quickly but when ho was run out with the score at 153 the School seemed in a bad position. The next three wickets fell with only six more runs added, but Gray and Williams lasted the one over before stumps were drawn.

THE VIGORNIAN. The School batted well but were very lucky not to have been beaten. NORTON BARRACKS. 6 28

Mr Rose c Cale b Cullen

Sgt Tuck b Cale ... C S M Denton c Gray b Cullen ... C S M Hirley b Dickins

„..

...

Total

Dickins Cale Yarnold Cullen Williams

BOWLING. o. m. ... n ... 2 ... ii ... i ... 4 ... i ... 6.2 ... 2 ... ^ ... o

... ... ... ... ...

181

r. 54 58 20 20 15

STAFF. G. K. Tattersall c Couzens b Cale J. K. Michell c Dickins b Cale F. B. Thomas c Morgan b Cale ... ... A. D. Franklin b Dickins ... ... ... D. H. Powell Evans b Dickins R. J. Castley b Cale A. J: Bentley c Morgan b Yarnold ... Rev. A. J. Whitaker c Cullen b Yarnold J. H. L. Burnett b Cullen S. D. Strong not out ... .*. ... E. F. Day b Yarnold Extras ... ... ...

... ...

...

7 5 o o o 2 i 7 20 4 o c

Total

...

BOWLING. m. ... 2 ... 2 ... o ... o

... ... ... ...

T. 15 15 4 12

... ... ... ...

w. 2 4 3 i

0 5 I

5 ^2

...

Bowling of the School proved too good for them, and Mr. Burnett alone reached double figures. They were all out for 51, Cale taking four wickets for 15 and Yarnold 3 for 4. The bowling of the Staff was as weak as their batting, and their total was passed for the loss of one wicket. Cullen and Dickins then hit hard and brought the score up to 151 for" 2.

W.C.K.S. A. C. Morgan c Davey b Sheppard M H Cullen b Tuckey

721

Dickins Cale Yarnold Cullen

... ... ... ...

o. 7 6 1.3 i

•57

F. H. G. Bridgman c Tuckey b Rose R. H. Gawn b Rose D. A. Couzens st Tuck b Sheppard F. H. Yarnold c Shephard b Sheppard J. Gray b Cooper T. N. Gray not out ... F T C Williams n o t o u t

Cooper ... Capt. Sheppard... Lieut. Tuckey ... Dalloway ... Denton ... Rose ... Shephard ...

o. 6 10 7 7 3 6 2

F Cale b Tattersall M H Cullen not out

Total (for 2 wickets) ... 151 F. H. G. Bridgman, R. H. Gawn, D. A. Couzens, F. H. Yarnold, J. Gray, T. N. Gray, and F. T. C. Williams did not go in.

Total (for 9 wickets)

...

159

BOWLING. m. ... 2 ... 2 ... i ... 2 ... o ... o ... o

... ... ... ... ... ... ...

w. i 3 I o o 2 o

... ... ... ... ... ... ...

W.C.K.S.

16 ii i 3 o

r. 18 51 13 20 10 29 6

* *

W.C.K.S. v. THE MASTERS. This year Mr. Castley captained a team consisting entirely of Masters. Cale won the toss and put them in to bat. The

...

... ...

...

28 61

BOWLING. o. m. r. w. F. B. Thomas ... ii ... 2 ... 32 ... i E. F. Day ... 5 ... o ... 17 ... o G. K. Tattersall... 7 ... i ... 46 ... i J. K. Michell ... 2 ... o ... 29 ... o R. J. Castley ... 5 ... o ... 14 ... o School won by 9 wickets. * * * W.C.K.S. v. WARWICK. This match was the first that we had played against Warwick, as the previous match had been cancelled.

THE VIGORNIAN.

722

Jerrim and Wade opened the innings for Warwick on a hard wicket, against the bowling of Dickins and Cale. After 18 runs had been scored Yarnold went on instead of Cale, and had Wade caught at first slip off his first ball. Five more wickets fell cheaply until the score was 40 for 6. This collapse was caused by Cale, who was bowling fast, and Dickins who kept a perfect length.

D. A. Couzens b Macaskie F. H. Yarnold b Jerrim ... J. Gray c Bell b Jerrim ... T. N. Gray b Jerrim F. T. C. Williams not out Extras Total

Then Mackenzie and Bell came together for the seventh wicket, and added 36 runs. This partnership put Warwick in a better position, Mackenzie's innings was the best of the day. At 76 Yarnold came on again and, off his first ball, caught and bowled Bell; in his next over he clean bowled Mackenzie. His bowling was faster and more accurate than in any previous match. It is unnecessary to say much about the innings of the School. Six batsmen failed to score at all, and those who stayed any length of time hardly seemed to see the ball. The cause of this pitiful innings seemed to be the bowling of Jerrim, who, although not very fast, was very accurate : of his seven wickets five were clean bowled. WARWICK.

... ... ... ...

Macaskie Jerrim

m. 3

ii 7

W.C.K.S. v. HEREFORD.

By four o'clock Warwick were all out for 91.

T. W. L. Jerrim b Dickins R. R. Wade c Dickins b Yarnold R. F. Dodd b Cale D. K. Dickson b Cale Reade c and b Dickins F. G. Macaskie b Yarnold R. S. Anscombe b Cullen ... Bell c and b Yarnold Johnson ii not out ... ... ... Mason run out ... ... ... Coombe Ibw b Dickins ... ... Extras ... ...

BOWLING. o. g 8

... ... ... ...

Total

20 4 4 o 3 3° 5 '5 7 2 i o 91

Hereford won the toss and elected to bat. The first wicket fell quickly, and when three more had fallen for ten runs it was obvious that the bowlers would have the best of the day. When six wickets had fallen Stammers and Watson came together and added a valuable 25 runs for their side, bringing the score up to 51. The remaining three wickets fell for 13 runs and Hereford were all out for 64. Dickins and Cale bowled well, the former, in particular, taking great advantage of the wicket and keeping an excellent length. Of his six wickets five were clean bowled. Morgan and Cale opened the innings for the School confidently, but only n runs had been scored when the former was bowled by Jerrome. After Cullen and Cale had raised the score to 27 four wickets fell quickly and half the side were out for 43 before tea. After tea Bridgman kept his end up while three more wickets fell for the addition of only 20 runs. The finish was quite exciting, as Jerrome was bowling excellently, but Gray ii made the winning hit and the School won by two wickets. Jerrome bowled very well for Hereford. He placed his field cleverly and took great advantage of the wicket.

HEREFORD. BOWLING. Dickins Cale Yarnold Cullen Williams

m. 2

w. 3

'3 6 9

3 i

W.C.K.S. A. C. Morgan Ibw b Jerrim ... F'. Cale b Jerrim ... ... ... M. H. Cullen c Bell b Macaskie L. C. Dickins b Jerrim ... ... F. H. G. Bridgman b Jerrim ... R. H. Gawn c Jerrim b Macaskie

... ...

... ... ...

3 6 2 o o o

R. H. Jerrome c Cale b Dickins ... G. Davies c Dickens b Cale C. F. Alexander run out R. B. Thomas b Dickins D. L. Gregory c Morgan b Cale E. C. N. Adams b Cale E. E. Watson b Dickins H. W. Stammers b Dickins E. P. Derry not out T. E. Scott-Chard b Dickins H. W. Cutler Ibw b Dickins Extras Total

4 4 8 i 7 9 IS 6 o 4 4 64

THE VIGORNIAN.

Dickins Yarnold Cale Cullen

o. ... n.i ... 4 ... 9 ... 2

BOWLING. m. ... 2 ... — ... i ... —

... ... ... ...

r. 20 n 22 7

...

w. 6

... ...

3 —

W.C.K.S.

M. H. Cullen c Adams b Jerrome L. C. Dickins b Watson ... ... F. H. G. Bridgmanj not out ... R. H. Gawn b Jerrome ... D. A. Couzens b Jerrome ... F. H. Yarnold st Chard b Jerrome J. Gray c Davis b Watson ... T. N. Gray not out ... F. T. C. Williams did not bat

Alexander Jerrome Watson

...

... ..

7 o 13 5 5 3 o 2

Total (for 8 wickets)

...

BOWLING. o. m. ... 5 ... — ... 16 ... 3 ... 12 ... 4 * * *

... ... ... ...

... ... ..

... ...

... ... ...

r. 19 32 21

... ... ... .

... ... ...

w. — 8 2

W.C K S v MALVERN COLTS. Malvern won the toss and sent in Moss and S.-Hayward to face the bowling of Dickins and Yarnold. The pair scored quickly and changes in the bowling met with no success until Williams was put on. Off his third ball he had Moss caught at point and two overs later he had S.-Hayward Ibw, and before another run had been added he caught Thomas from a hard return off his own bowling. Three more wickets fell fairly quickly and at tea the score stood at 134 for eight. After tea Greenwood and Hurst added 36 runs for the eighth wicket and Malvern were all out for 189. For the School Williams was the most successful bowler, taking 4 for 34. The fielding was very good throughout the innings. Morgan and Cale opened the innings for the School. The former was soon out, Ibw to Thomas, and n runs later Cale was caught. Dickins, Bridgman and Gawn were quickly out, but Cullen and Couzens put on 38 runs for the fifth wicket, and brought the score up to 64 before Cullen was caught. No-one else offered much resistance and the School was all out for 85, thus being beaten by 102 runs. MALVERN COLLEGE COLTS. R. F. Moss c J. Gray b Williams R. G. S.-Hayward Ibw b Williams G. D. Peake b Dickins

24 16 18

723

D. G. Thomas c and b Williams J. Hoyle Ibw b T N Gray ... L. D. D'Ambrumenceil c Yarnold b Cullen ... J. F. Murphy c Couzens b Dickins ... ... W. Greenwood run out ... ... ... . P. G. Hampson c Couzens b Williams H. G. Hurst b T N Gray ... . R. F. Addev not out ... ... Extras ... ... ... ...

... ... ... ... ... ...

Total

o 9 28 6 45 4 6 7 24 187

BOWLING. m. ... 4 ... i ... 2 ... 2 ... 3 ... o

... ... ... ... ... ...

r. 30 24 28 28 34 20

... ... ... ... ... ...

w. 2 o o i 4 2

W.C.K.S. A C Morgan Ibw b Williams ...

...

M H Cullen c Moss b Hurst ... L. C. Dickins c Hurst b D'Ambrumenceil F. H. G. Bridgman c Addey b Hampson R. H Gawn b D'Ambrumenceil ... ...

... ... ...

. 3 0 ... 2 ... o ... o

F H Yarnold b Hurst J. Gray not out ...

Dickins Yarnold Cale Cullen Williams T. N. Gray

... ... ... ... ... ...

o. 14 7 10 10 9 6

...

F T C Williams b Hampson

...

... ...

o o

...

Total

Thomas ... Hurst ... D'Ambrumenceil Hampson ...

o. 12 12 6 7

BOWLING. m. ... 7 ... 5 ... 2 ... 3

... ... ... ...

r. 25 15 15 9

... ... ... ...

w. 2 2 2 4

* »

W C K S v OLD VIGORNIANS. This year the Old Vigornians fielded a fairly strong side. Cale won the toss and he and Morgan opened the innings against the bowling of Hodgson and Porter. When n runs had been scored Morgan was Ibw to Porter, and six runs later Cale was bowled by Hodgson. Cullen and Dickins then raised the score to 41, when the former was caught. Bridgman helped Dickins to add a further 29 and then Gawn came in and hit up 34. Gray i then joined Dickins and the pair flogged the bowling, which by this time was very weak. Dickins was eighth out, having made 75. His

THE VIGORNIAN.

724

innings, during which he hit ten fours, was the best played by a member of the School this season. When the score reached 200 Cale declared. After tea Hodgson and Pattern opened the innings for the O.V.'s. The latter was bowled with the score at 22. When Hodgson and Porter were out little resistance was made to the bowling and the side was out for 103. The fielding was up to the high standard that has been set throughout the year. W.C.K.S. A. C. Morgan Ibw b Porter F. Cale b Hodgson M. H. Cullen c Jeans b Craze L. C. Dickins Ibw b Patton F. H. G. Bridgman b Porter R. H. Gawn b Hodgson ... ... D. A. Couzens c and b Hodgson ... F. H. Yarnold b H. M. Morgan J. Gray not out T. W. Gray not out F. T. C. Williams did not bat Extras

... ...

6 6 18 75 7 34 o S 3° o

Total (for 8 wickets) Innings declared closed. BOWLING. Hodgson Porter Craze Graham Patton Morgan

o. 12 12 7 6 6

m. 3

w. 3

r. 34 49 26

12 7

Total

103

BOWLING. o. 8-5 10

Dickins Cale Cullen Yarnold

m. o o i o

4 2

24 35

3 4 i i

'7 8

BATTING AVERAGES. No. of

Most Times in Not Inns. Out.

Inns.

Name. L. C. Dickins F. Cale R. H. Gawn J. Gray M. H. Cullen A. C. Morgan D. A. Couzens F. H. G. Bridgman F. H. Yarnold ... T. N. Gray F. T. C. Williams...

75 S2 43 30* 3° 39 25 13* 5

9 10 9 8 10 10

i 2 I

No. of Runs. Aver. 168 158 140 58 96 104 54 25

19-75 i7-5

IS 5 i

n.6 10.66 10.4 6-75 3.12 1.87 1.66 •33

Overs.Maidens.Runs. Wkts.

Aver.

I Not out.

3 i o o I o 3 3

BOWLING AVERAGES. Name.

OLD VIGORNIANS. C. V. Hodgson c Morgan b Yarnold C. Patton b Cale C. F. Porter c Yarnold b Dickins G. M. Jeans hit wkt. b Cullen R. I. Graham run out C. I. Record c Cullen b Cale A. J. Humphreys b Cale M. R. Craze Ibw b Dickins

G. D. S. Boole c Cullen b Cale ... H. M. Morgan c Gawn b Diclcins J. H. L. Beard not out Extras

7 10 12

7 7 3 I

T. N. Gray ... 12 F. T. C. Williams 30 F. Cale ... 103.1 M. H. Cullen ... 49.2 ... 4 R. H . Gawn ... 117.1 L. C. Dickins 52.3 F. H. Yarnold ...

o 5 18 7 0 20 6

37 105 309 166 13 342 178

4 9 26 '3 i 22

9-25 11.66 11.88 12.76 13 15-54 16.18

F.C. F.H.G.B.

KS.U1.R.C. FIXTURES 1930. Opponents.

Rowed at

1ST

IV.

June

4 .—Hereford C.S. 14 .—Monmouth School 21 .—Clifton College 21 .—Imperial Service College 22..—Strodes School 22 —Hereford C.S

Worcester Monmouth Marlow Marlow Marlow Marlow

Date.

Result. Lost by 2j lengths. Won by $ Won by 3 Won by i Won by 4 Lost by i

THE VIGORNIAN.

725

2ND IV.

June 4.—Hereford C.S. 2nd IV. „ 10.—Clifton College 2nd IV. „ 10.—Cheltenham College 2nd IV ,, 18.—Monmouth School 2nd IV „ 28.—St. Edward's School, Oxford, 2nd IV.

Worcester Tewkesbury Tewkesbury Worcester Oxford

Lost by i length. Won by 3 lengths. Lost by 2 ,, Lost by 15 ,, Lost by a canvas.

Oxford

Won by a canvas.

3RD IV.

June 28.—St. Edward's School, Oxford, 3rd IV.

Rowing Dotes. There were no old colours left for the first four from last year, except the stroke, J. G. George, whom we unfortunately lost unexpectedly at the end of the Easter term, so that the 2nd and 3rd fours had to be called upon. The material at hand was rather young and inexperienced, but in spite of this we got together a crew averaging n stone, consisting of two members of last year's 2nd IV, one of the 3rd, and one of the 4th. Considering that one member of the crew was only 15 and two only 16 years of age, the four has been moderately successful. The 2nd IV, in spite of great expectations, has been rather disappointing. The junior rowers this term have shown continued keenness, especially the beginners of this year. In the tub IV races during the regatta week, two scratch crews, consisting almost entirely of beginners, were successful, in spite of a very heavy crew of old rowers. The sculling, however, although showing keenness, was very disappointing; during the whole of the regatta week there were no good races. The scullers showed complete inability to steer a course, and a complete lack of steadiness forward, which are two of the most important things in a race. A Junior Rowing Cup has been offered this year for interHouse competition during the regatta week. It was won by School House with n points, Day Boys being second with 4! points. We would like to thank Mr. Strong for all the time and energy he has expended on the ist IV, and also Mr. Bentley, Mr. Burnett, and Mr. Pedder for all the time and excellent coaching they have given to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th IV "s.

IST IV. CHARACTERS. (Bow) G. F. PARLBY (lost. 2lbs.). Is inclined to be slow with his body work, but he has a promising style otherwise, and good staying power. (2) G. H. RIDLEY (tost, nibs.) Has never quite managed to get the length that is required of a " 2." His blade work is good, and he has rowed himself out when racing. (3) G. N. JACKSON (t2st islbs.) Has improved very considerably in style and general watermanship, which is of vital importance for such a heavy weight. A good captain.

(Stroke) J. H. F. DIXON (lost 81bs.) Has filled the vacancy of Stroke, caused by the unfortunate loss of J. G. George, most worthily. He has been developing lately a very unpleasant " hang " over the stretcher when paddling, but his length is good and he knows how to drive his crew through a close race. (Cox) D. P. C. HARRIS (731. 7lbs.) He will leave this term with an excellent career as a cox here, and must have steered the School boats many times to victory in the past three years. We shall hope perhaps to see him coxing one of the Tideway crews at Henley in the near future. * * » Ln both heats at Marlow, the crew rowed well up to expectations, and can without doubt be said to be one of the best of recent years. * * * SCHOOL v. HEREFORD. Rowed at Worcester, June 4. Hereford won the toss and chose the Pitchcroft side, conditions being rather faster than usual. Hereford were quick off the mark and were threequarters of a length ahead at the end of the first minute. They gradually increased this lead and went on to win without incident by 2^ lengths. The School crew knew that Hereford were good, as nearly the same crew won the Public Schools Cup last year, and consequently settled down and allowed themselves to be beaten without any determined challenge. * » * SCHOOL v. MONMOUTH. This race was rowed on Saturday, June 14, at Monmouth. Monmouth have now got two new light fours similar to those obtained by the School last year, which makes the conditions of the racing between the two Schools as equal as possible. Owing to the swiftness of the current, the start had to be made from stake boats. Monmouth had a bad start, with the result that the School were a length ahead in the first minute. Monmouth sprinted and succeeded in coming up to within half a length, where the School held them. Monmouth then pulled up to within quarter of a length, when Dixon spurted in the last half minute and won by half a length. In this race, the crew, although lucky at the start, reversed its performance against Hereford and showed considerably more grit and determination against a very strong crew.

THE VIGORNIAN. PUBLIC SCHOOLS CUP AT MARLOW. The School was drawn against Clifton College and the Imperial Service College this year in the first heat of the Public Schools Cup. Owing to the large number of entries, we had to row on Friday evening. The Imperial Service College took the lead early in the race, but, rowing a slower though longer stroke, we passed them in the third minute, and increased our lead until we passed the post a length ahead. We led Clifton from the start, and beat them quite comfortably. In the next heat we were drawn against Strodes School and Hereford, who had already beaten us earlier in the season. We got off the mark quite well, and were slightly ahead of both crews at the end of the first minute. We increased the lead until about half a length ahead of Hereford and two lengths ahead of Strodes. We were still leading at the half-way post, but got rather short in the fourth minute, and allowed Hereford, who were now rowing well, to get i j lengths ahead. We then made a spurt, and picked up a quarter of a length, finishing a short length behind. We beat Strodes by about 4 lengths. Hereford, in the final, were beaten by Winchester, the winners of the Cup. » 2ND

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The 2nd IV. have had a somewhat disappointing term. In the earlier part of the term some difficulty was experienced in choosing the right combination. Eventually the four were agreed upon and in a few days showed signs of becoming a really fast crew. Rowing over timed distances and in practice with the ist IV, they compared favourably with crews of previous years. This form was maintained up to the time of the Hereford race, in which they rowed extremely well and were beaten by a few feet. Shortly afterwards a weakness developed at Stroke, which was seen to some extent in the race against Cheltenham and Clifton. The result of this race, however, led us to believe that the weakness could be eliminated before the next race. Against Monmouth, however, it was clear that Stroke was weak and a poor race resulted in an easy victory for Monmouth. A substitute Stroke was tried, with the result that the crew regained their earlier form, and against St. Edwards, Oxford, rowed an excellent race, which they were unlucky to lose by a canvas. Bow. BEAUMONT, J. F. A steady and reliable oar who always pulls his weight. (2) BEAUMONT, P. Rather clumsy style but gets in a lot of work. Has a tendency to swing out of the boat and to do too much work with his arms. (3) JACKSON, P. H. A heavy weight who has developed into quite a useful oar. Has a tendency to lie back too far, which makes his recovery rather slow. Has backed up stroke well. Stroke. CARTER, R. S. Owing to illness was not included in the four until late in the term. His inclusion had the immediate effect of livening up the crew, and in his only

race, against St. Edward's, he stroked with good judgment. He will be most useful next year. Cox. EMBLING, P. M. K. This was his first year of racing and he has become quite good. He steers well and has been useful to Stroke in races. * * * 2ND IV v. HEREFORD IND IV. Rowed at Worcester, on Wednesday, June 4. The School won the toss, and chose the Pitchcroft side. Both crews got away with a good start; at the Rowing Club, however, the Worcester boat was half a length ahead. Hereford now spurted; the School replied, but Hereford succeeded in gaining a lead of half a length, until, just before the finish, the School made a final effort, and just lost by a bare half-length. A most close and exciting race, both crews rowing excellently, in which Hereford thoroughly deserved their victory. ' « « » 2ND IV. v. CHELTENHAM AND CLIFTON. This race furnished the same result as last year. Cheltenham won the race by three lengths and we were second, beating Clifton by four lengths. The water was very rough and at one time it seemed as if the race could not be rowed according to schedule. However, at 3.0 p.m., it was decided to row. Cheltenham won the toss and chose the inner station ; we had centre station and Clifton the outside. A good start enabled Cheltenham to take the lead, and after one minute they were almost a length ahead of us, and we were clear of Clifton. From this point we drew steadily away from Clifton and for more than half the course Cheltenham were unable to increase their initial lead. Towatds the end, however, Stroke seemed to tin-, and got very short behind the rigger. Chdtenham, who had then the advantage of the bend, drew ahead to win by three lengths. The crew rowed well on the whole, and considering the state of the water did a very creditable lime for the course. * * # 2ND IV v. MONMOUTH 2ND IV. Rowed at Worcester on Wednesday, i8th June. Both crews got away to a good start, with the Worcester boat .slightly ahead. This lead was gradually increased, until at the end of the second minute the School were a length ahead. Monmouth now spurted, overhauling the School boat, and at the boat house were slightly ahead. The School now seemed to go hopelessly to pieces, stroke becoming short and ragged, with the result that Monmouth reached the Railway Bridge i£ lengths ahead. *

2ND IV. v. ST. EDWARD'S 2ND IV. This race was rowed at Oxford on June z8th. The School won the toss and chose the forward station. They got a good start but were half a length behind at the half-way post. Carter spurted and was well backed up by his crew

THE VIGORNIAN. who had reduced the lead to a canvas when they passed the post. After the race both the 2nd and 3rd crews were admirably entertained at the school. 3RD IV. v. ST. EDWARD'S OXFORD 3RD IV. This race was rowed at Oxford on June 28th ; owing to the weeds in the river, it had to be a time race. St. Edward's won the toss and chose the forward station. The School got a good start, and rowed steadily over the course, until Stroke spurted in the last 200 yards, and won by a canvas.

THE HOUSE RACES. Three crews were entered for the House races this year, and at first seemed all of about equal strength. It transpired, however, that Castle House, although the lightest, were the fastest over the short upstream course. In the preliminary heat Castle House were drawn against Natland, School House getting a bye into the final. Consequently' Castle House rowed Natland on Wednesday, July gth. This race resulted in a win for Castle House by two lengths. They had then to meet a heavy School House crew in the final. As last year, this race was rowed on Speech Day, over the Deanery course. There was a strong wind blowing downstream and across from the St. John's side. Castle House won the toss and chose the sheltered side. At the start, School House caught a crab, which gave Castle House about ij lengths lead. School House then attempted to row a fast stroke, in order to catch up, but were prevented from so doing by the wind. Castle House, rowing well and out of the wind, gradually increased their lead and won by 3$ lengths. Although School House had a great deal of bad luck, there is no doubt that they were not as fast as the Castle House crew, who thoroughly deserved their victory. The result proves the truth of the theory that a light, faststroking crew is superior to a heavy, swinging crew over a short upstream course. Crews :— CASTLE HOUSE. Bow G. E. Parlby. 2 G. P. Stretton. 3 A. P. Shrimpton. Stroke R. S. Carter. Cox D. P. C. Harris.

SCHOOL HOUSE. Bow R. C. Scoular. 2 P. H. Jackson. 3 G. N. Jackson. Stroke J. H. F. Dixon. Cox M. C. Dormehl.

o.c.c. notes. It is with regret that we have to announce this term the resignation of Lt. R. J. Whitaker, who has served with' the contingent for 14 years. For seven of these he was in command, and during the whole of his service he has worked hard in the interests of the Corps. The value of his services

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cannot easily be expressed in words, but will readily be computed by all who have, or have had, any connection with the O.T.C. It is some satisfaction to realise that though he is resigning his commission, he is not leaving the School, and we hope to be able still to turn to him for help and advice for many years to come. We are glad to welcome Mr. J. H. L. Burnett, whose commission was gazetted this month. Training this term has been carried out in accordance with the syllabus, with a view to the Annual Inspection. Fortunately the Contingent is now strong enough to be organised into four platoons, the recruits' platoon being sufficiently trained to take part as a unit in the work done for the Inspecting Officer. Field operations took place as usual on Ascension Day. This year the area was Bringsty Common. We were favoured with a good day, and after marching from Suckley Station, the attack on the high ground of the Common was commenced. N.C.O.'s and cadets worked well. Sgt. Ridley, in charge of the defence, showed knowledge of the principles of defence in his dispositions, and his successive withdrawals were correctly carried out. C.S.M. Beaumont was in charge of the attack and handled his command well until the later stages. He had captured successive positions and was developing an attack on a final and strong position taken up by the defending force. Here his enthusiasm prevailed over his discretion and, taking one section, he worked round to the rear of the enemy position. The enemy were, however, on the alert, and the section, with its commander, was captured. On the whole, however, the operations were useful in exercising platoon and section commanders, who showed a good general knowledge of the principles of attack and defence. * * * As is usual this term, a good deal of shooting has been carried out, both on the miniature range and on the 30 yards open range. In addition, members of the VIII have been able to get a certain amount of practice on the ranges at Tyddesley Wood. The Band have again given up a great deal of their spare time in making themselves proficient. They are quite as good, if not better, than last year, when they won the Band Competition at Tidworth, and we have great hopes of their being successful at Strensall. The results of the Cert. " A " examination held last term were received early this term. Of the 17 candidates, 16 were successful, making the total for the year 23, a record number. * * *

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The Annual Inspection was carried out on July I2th by Field-Marshal Sir Claud Jacob, G.C.B., K.C.S.I., K.C.M.G. His official report is not yet to hand, but, before leaving, he expressed himself as being very pleased with what he had seen. He considered, however, that the miniature range was inadequate and hoped that a better range might be constructed as soon as possible.

The following have been awarded Cert. " A " in the course of this vear :— Cdt. Bain, D. W. „ Beaumont, J. F. ,, Bridgman, F. H. G. ,, Chatterley, K. M. „ Clinch, G. S. „ Cox, W. F. „ Embling, J. R. A. ,, George, J. G. „ Gray, J. „ Harris, D. P. C. ,, Headeach, P. ,, Jackson, P. H.

Cdt. Jackson, G. N. „ Jeff, W. J. F. ,, Graves-Morris, W. R. „ Parlby, G. E. ,, Parsons, A. V. ,, Payne, J. L. ,, Potts, S. J. ,, Robinson, F. E. „ Secular, R. C. „ Stretton, G. W. P. „ Waylen, J. H.

The following promotions have been made this term : Cpl. Yarnold to be Sgt. L/Cpl. Clinch to be Cpl. ,, Beaumont ii „ ,, ,, Bain ,, ,, „ Cox „ ,, ,, Embling ,, ,, Cdt. Graves-Morris i to be L/Cpl. „ Gray i. ,, „ ,, Jackson i ,, ,, ,, Jackson ii ,, „ „ Parlby ,, Payne „ ,, ,, Potts „ Waylen „ „

C.S.M. Beaumont is unable to attend Camp. Sgt. Ridley has, therefore, been promoted to C.S.M.

The contingent will go into Camp at Strensall, Yorks., on Monday, July 28th.

Spooling notes. In spite of leading in the grouping and application practices of the Chichester Cup Competition, the School was third. This was due to the rapid practice, which, although equal to last year, was comparatively poor. The total of 535 was an increase of nearly 30 on last year's total.

The scores were as follows :— Group. Application. H.P.S. J. H. Waylen ... A. L. Flay ... K. M. Chatterley ... G. D. I. Rushton ... F. H. G. Bridgman L C. Dickins ... R. H. Gawn ... P H. Jackson ...

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25 25 20 20 25 20 20 20 15

19 19 i8 20 18 18 16 IS Total

...

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33 35 32 25 28 25 26

77 74 70

7° 66 63 62 S3 535

In the W.R.A. Public Schools Competition the eight shot well below the standard shown in practices at Tyddesley Wood, probably owing to nervousness, and the School finished a poor fourth. Shooting Badges were awarded to Flay, Waylen, Rushton i, Jackson i, Bridgman, Chatterley, Gawn i and Bain. In the Individual Competition Waylen, Rushton and Graves-Morris i tied with a score of 107 out of 120 points. These three shot the test again and Rushton won with a score of 105. At present there are 22 ist class and 19 2nd class shots in the O.T.C. We wish to thank Mr. Whitaker and C.S.M. Cooper for their help and coaching of the VIII and other members of the corps. A.L.F.

fltbktk Sports. The finals of the School Sports took place on March 28th and zgth. Very little practic had been possible owing to the sodden condition of the ground, and on the actual afternoons of the finals the track was far from ideal Therefore, though some of the events were very interesting and well-contested, there were no outstanding performances. A noticeable feature was the absence of O.V.'s, only one putting in an appearance on the second day. This necessitated the cancelling of the O.V.'s race. The House Shield was won by Castle House, Day Boys being second. The Senior Challenge Cup was won by R. S. Carter (C.H.), with F. Cale (D.B.) and P. H. Jackson i (S.H.) as runners-up. The contest between K. R. Fletcher (H.) and D. H. Dunnill (C.H.) for the Junior trophy was keen, the former eventually winning by his victory in the Mile under 15.

THE VIGORNIAN. FIRST DAY (MARCH 28th). Throwing the Cricket Ball (Open).—ist, Beaumont ii (N.); 2nd, Cale (D.B.); 3rd, Yarnold i (D.B.). 88yds. 2ft. Throwing the Cricket Ball (Under 15).—ist, Morgan ii (D.B.); 2nd, Blaiklock (N.); 3rd, Beard (D.B.). 72yds. 2ft. Sins. J-Mile (Open).—ist, Cale (D.B.); 2nd, Carter (C.H.); 3rd, Gawn i (C.H.). 58 4-ssecs. i-Mile (Under 15).—ist, Fletcher (H.); 2nd, Dunnill (C.H.); 3rd, Hopkin i (C.H.). 2mins. 36secs. High Jump (Open).—ist, Carter (C.H.), 2nd, Yarnold i (D.B.); 3rd, Jackson i (S.H.) and Thompson (H.). 4ft. <)£ins. High Jump (Under 15).—ist, Rackstraw (D.B.); 2nd, Barker (D.B.); 3rd, Boole (H.). 4ft. 4ins. Long Jump (Open).—ist, Carter (C.H.); 2nd, Gawn i (C.H.); 3rd, Morgan i (D.B.). i8ft. Long Jump (Under 15).—ist, Pilbeam (S.H.); 2nd, Gawn ii (C.H.); 3rd, Barker (D.B.). 1511. loo Yards (Under 13).—ist, Hemmings (D.B.); and, Jackson iii (D.B.); 3rd, Baylis ii (D.B.). 13 i-$secs. j-Mile (Open).—ist, Gawn i (C.H.); 2nd Jackson i <S.H.); 3rd, Cale (D.B.). 2tnins. 25 i-5secs. * * * SECOND DAY (MARCH 29th). 100 Yards (Open).—ist, Cale (D.B.); 2nd, Carter (C.H.); jrd, Dickins i (C.H.). n 2-$secs. 100 Yards (Under 15).—ist, Edwards ii (N.); 2nd, Bailey iii (H.); 3rd, Fletcher (H.). 12 2-ssecs. Relay Race (Senior).—ist, Castle House; 2nd, School House; 3rd, Day Boys. Time, imin. 48secs. Relay Race (Junior).—ist, Hostel; 2nd, Day Boys; 3rd, School House. 2mins. i-Mile (Under 16).—ist, Clarke i (S.H.); 2nd, Shrimpton (C.H.); 3rd, Davies ii (D.B.). 3mins. sssecs. Pole Boat Race.—ist, Castle House; 2nd, School House; 3rd, Day Boys. One Mile (Open).—ist, Jackson i (S.H.); 2nd, Bowles <S.H.); 3rd, Jackson ii (S.H.). smins. 3osecs. One Mile (Under 15).—ist, Fletcher (H.); 2nd, Dunnill (C.H.); 3rd, Luscombe (N.). 6mins. issecs. Consolation Race (Open).—Ridley (N.). Consolation Race (Under 15).—Rawlings ii (C.H.). Tugs-of-War.— 1. Castle House beat School House. 2. Natland beat Hostel. 3. Day Boys beat Castle House. 4. Day Boys beat Natland. F.H.Y. F.H.G.B.

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HEREFORD C.S. v. WORCESTER C.K.S. ATHLETIC MEETING. This inter-schools event was held for the first time on Wednesday, April 2nd. The result was a decisive victory for Hereford by 42 points to 24. Lack of training owing to the state of the ground was very evident upon the part of-all our representatives. Unfortunately the afternoon was spoilt by rain. A heavy storm broke over the ground just before the start, leaving the surface very slippery and making good times extremely unlikely. After the 8th event there came a real deluge of rain and hail, and, when the sports were eventually continued, there were pools of water all over the field. Some good races were nevertheless seen, though the only outstanding performance was the high-jumping of Adams, of Hereford, who cleared 5ft. 2ins. in spite of the bad condition of the " take-off." Results :— (1) 100 Yards (Open).—(i) Gunn (H.), (2) Lewis (H.), (3) Carter (W.). i3secs. (2) loo Yards (Under 16).—(i) Cutler (H.), (2) Royle ii (W.), (3) Martin (H.). 12 3-ssecs. (3) 220 Yards (Open).—(i) Chatterley (W.), (2) Parsons (W.), (3) Gunn (H.). 25 3-Ssecs. (4) i-Mile (Under 16).—(i) Cutler (H), (2) Dixon (W.), (3) Dunnill (W.). 63 4-$secs. (5) Long Jump (Open).—(i) Bettington (H.), (2) Akerman (H.) and Gawn i (W.). i8ft. 4Jins. (6) J-Mile (Open).—(i) Adams (H.), (2) Bettington (H.), (3) Ridley (W.). 6osecs. (7) Relay Race (Laps: 440, 880, 220, 220 yards).— (i) Hereford. 4mins. 22secs. (8) i-Mile (Open).—(i) Beauchamp (H.), (2) Sherman (H.), (3) Jackson i (W.). 2mins. 23secs. (9) One Mile (Under 16).—(i) Clarke (W.), (2) Richards (W), (3) Davies ii (W.). 5mins. 2isecs. (10) High Jump (Open).—(i) Adams (H.), (2) Carter (W.) and Kendrick (H.). $ft. 2ins. (n) Tug-of-War.—Hereford. (12) One Mile (Open).—(i) McClay (H.), (2) Bowles (w-)> (3) Adams (H.). smins. 26secs. Total Points: Hereford 42 Worcester

F.H.Y. F.H.G.B.

Cast arm's Concert. At the School Concert, held on Thursday, April 3rd, the main part of the programme consisted of Mendelssohn's " Hymn of Praise," sung by the School Choir. They opened in good style, the sonorous first chorus " All men, all things," being sung with vigour and enthusiasm. There followed " Praise thou the Lord, O my spirit," a soprano

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solo by A. M. Penny, with a semi-chorus of sopranos and altos. This was also very well rendered, though Penny appeared a little uncertain on his high notes. The tenor solos were taken by an O.V., B. Holloway, and both " Sing ye praise " and " We called through the darkness " were extremely well sung particularly the second part of, the first —" He counteth all your sorrows." The fine chorus " All ye that cried unto the Lord " was also well taken, and due value given to its variations of tone. The duet " I waited for the Lord " is bound to succeed anyhow on its own merits, and the soloists, Penny and J. H. Reynolds, together with the Chorus, did it full justice. But the Choir were at their best in the last two choruses, particularly in the fine Chorale which ended the performance. The tune of this is familiar as the hymn " Now thank we all our God," but Mendelssohn's harmony and accompaniment enhance its grandeur. On the whole the Choir worked very well; our heartiest congratulations are due to Mr. Day, and also to C. Brown, O.V., who once more played the piano accompaniment. In the second half of the programme the most successful items were Mr. Michell's Gilbert and Sullivan songs. He combined excellent singing with remarkable dramatic talent to produce a most enjoyable effect. J. E. A. King was quite equal to the difficulties of Brahms' Intermezzo in B Flat Minor. The School Orchestra under Mrs. Winifred Hill went one better than their previous success, both the Handel " Water-Music " and Schubert's Marche Militaire, particularly the latter, being enthusiastically received.

Cbe P.C. Camp. The P.T. Camp was held from the i6th—i6th of April this year. The programme was as follows:— Breakfast Work Break ... Work ... Dinner ... Work ... Tea Voluntary Work ... Supper

7.45 a.m. 9—10.45 a-m10.45—" a.m. ii—12.30 p.m. I p.m. 2.30—4.30 p.m. 5 p.m. 5.30—6.30 p.m. 7 p.m.

... ... ... ... ... ...

" Work " was divided into periods of half an hour each. It consisted of P.T., Agility, Athletics, Boxing, and Swimming. There were also interesting lectures and demonstrations. On the whole the work was varied and thoroughly enjoyable and we learnt a great deal about the importance of Physical Training in developing character and physique through the demonstrations and lectures. The Athletics were particularly interesting, for we had opportunities of attempting many events which \se do not have in the School Sports. The food and accommodation were excellent and the rules and restrictions were remarkably few. We advise anyone who wants to spend a healthy and enjoyable ten days during his Easter holidays to attend this camp. F.H.G.B.

PROGRAMME.

Chess Rotes.

PART I. " Hymn of Praise " (Mendelssohn) THE SCHOOL CHOIR Conductor—Mr. E. F. DAY. Accompanist—C. BROWN, O.V. Soprano—A. M. PENNY and J. H. REYNOLDS. Tenor—B. HOLLOWAY, O.V. PART II. 1.

Pianoforte Solo—Intermezzo in B Flat Minor (Brahms) J. E. A. KING.

Strings and Piano— (a) Air. (6) Hornpipe (from the " Water Music ") (.Handel) Violins—Mrs. Winifred Hill, S. D. Strong, O.V., Mr. H. E. Nicholls, S. M. Bate, J. H. F. Dixon, J. H. Edwards, A. W. Smith, F. T. C. Williams.

On Tuesday, March 25th, a match was played against the College for the Blind. This was the final of the competition for the Worcestershire Public Schools Shield. The School were, on the whole, too cautious and slow, for at the end of two hours only ten moves had been made in one game, and in three other games they were under twenty. It is probable that clocks will be used next year. The scores were :—

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T. S. Broadhurst - o A. R. N. Cross O. R. Craze - o C. C. G. Nock W. R. Graves-Morris - J* P. A. Hughes P. Headeach - o * H. L. Evans J. H. Waylen - i R. H. Pettifer J. E. A. King - J R. O. Brown -

- I - i

F. T. C. Williams - o J. F. R. Jones-Williams J

- I

J* - i * - i - £

Viola—Mr. F. Fielder. Piano—J. E. A. King. 3. Song—The Sentry's Song (lolanthe)

(Sullivan)

Mr. J. K. MICHELL. 4.

Strings and Piano—Marche Militaire

H. W. Gamble E. Leary

(Schubert) ' By adjudication. * * •

THE VIGORNIAN. During last term, a junior competition was played, in which the first three moves of the Guiocco Piano were compulsory. The prizes, which Mr. Whitaker very kindly gave, were won by J. L. Warren and J. Wynne-Woolley. * * * T. S. Broadhurst played for Worcestershire in a correspondence match, and drew with Mr. Earle, of Essex, after a most intricate game of 50 moves. O.R.C.

Scouts. At the Headmaster's suggestion, Scouts were started in the School at the end of last term. The call for volunteers produced gratifying results, and out of many applicants from the Middle and Lower Schools 36 were chosen. They started in earnest at the beginning of this term, passed the Tenderfoot tests in record time, and were duly enrolled as Scouts in the middle of May. The principal activities this term have been out of doors, and thanks to the kindness of the Headmaster in lending his grounds, the question of week-end camps has been greatly simplified. In the course of five week-ends every patrol has been under canvas at least once. Many of the Scouts have now passed their second-class tests and all show considerable enthusiasm. Thanks are due to the Staff and the School in general for the interest shown and the very real help which many of them have given to the movement. There arc at present four patrols, the leaders being Maitland ... ... School House. Edwards ... ... Castle House. Thompson ... ... Hostel. Summers ii ... ... Day Boys.

ClK ?lew Club. After two or three years of comparative neglect, the Field Club has once more come into its own. This year there has been a marked increase in membership and in interest, and a corresponding increase in the number of expeditions. Our first expedition, on May 2ist, was to Huddington Court. This is a fine half-timbered building, especially interesting in that it was connected with the Gunpowder Plot. It was here that the conspirators gathered, after the arrest of Guy Fawkes, and celebrated their last Mass together. The house is full of interest, and among other features are a carved oak staircase, a sliding panel in the garret giving access to a priest's hiding hols, and on inscription scratched with a diamond ring on; a window pane. Three fine retrievers and a beautiful peacock strutting about by the moat added dignity to the scene.

On May 3ist the younger members of the Club visited Holt Church. Here there is some very good Norman work to be seen., especially on the south doorway and on the chancel arch. We next visited Kempsey and Pirton churches. Kempsey is a cruciform church with a i3th century chancel, very beautiful 131)1 and i4th century arcades, and a I4th century tower. Pirton contains some interesting features, the chancel arch, the font and the tower being noteworthy. About a fortnight later we went to Martley and Broadwas. Martley is a handsome church of red sandstone, with a fine tower, and some good Norman doorways. Its chief interest, however, lies in the mural paintings which illustrate the Annunciation, the Adoration of the Magi, and the legend of Saint Martin. Our last expedition was to Pershore Abbey, where some of the finest Early English architecture in the country is to be found. All the monastic buildings, and a great part of the Abbey itself, wrre destroyed at the time of tin- dissolution of the monasteries, and now only the presbytery, the tower and the south transept remain. The presbytery is chiefly of I3th century design, while the beautiful vaulting belongs to the i-fth century. We climbed the " singularly graceful " lantern tower, and ga/.ed out far and wide over the diverse-coloured counties. Finally we ended a most enjoyable expedition with an excellent tea at the " Angel " ! We cannot conclude without a word of thanks to Mr. Franklin. He has taken much trouble in planning and carrying out the expeditions, and we can only thank him most cordially for sacrificing his afternoons on our behalf.

ScDool Clbrarp. The following books have been added to the School Library this Term :— Michael Angclo Dmitri Merezhkovsky Black Rose F. B. Young The Trials of Topsy A. P. Herbert The Water Gypsies A. P. Herbert The Cask F. W. Crofts Dialstone Lane W. W. Jacobs William the Outlaw Richmal Crompton In the Land of Youth James Stephens The Courts of Idleness Dornford Yates Blood Royal Dornford Yates A Tall Ship " Bartimeus " The Promenade Ticket A. H. Sidgwick The Valley of Fear Conan Doyle Mixed Relations Victor Whitechurch Shot on the Downs Victor Whitechurch The Missing Ship W. H. G. Kingston The Hidden Kingdom Francis Beeding On the Wings of the Air P. Westerman Meet Mr. Mulliner P. G. Wodehouse Yellow Sands Eden Phillpotts The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Herriot

THE VIGORNIAN.

732 Crouchback The Iron Mask The Golden Roof Lieutenant and Others

C. Oman J. Sarrasin Marjorie Bowen " Sapper "

The following have been placed in the Reading Room :— The Real War Capt. Liddell Hart The Turn of the Wheel P. G. H. Fender

School Officers. Captain of the School Captain of Cricket Secretary of Cricket Captain of Boats Secretary of Boats Captain of Shooting

F. H. Yarnold. F. Calc. F. H. G. Bridgman. G. N. Jackson. G. H. Ridley. A. L. Flav.

Captains of Houses :— School House . . . P. Bowles. R. S. Carter. Castle House Day Boys F. H. Yarnold. Hostel . . . . F. H. G. Bridgman. G. H. Ridley. Natland School Monitors—F. H. Yarnold, P. Beaumont, R. S. Carter, F. H. G. Bridgman, F. Cale, P. Bowles, J. R. A. Embling, G. H. Ridley. Editors of the Vigornian—F. H. Yarnold, F. H. G. Bridgman, P. Bowles. Librarians—F. H. Yarnold, F. H. G. Bridgman, P. Bowles, D. W. Bain, G. P. L. Taylor, A. P. Shrimpton, J. H. Waylen.

Valete. Upper V. Drew, D. W. (1925-30). Day Boy. George, J. G. (1926-30). Natland. 2nd XV Football 1928, ist XV 1929, ist IV Rowing 1929, Captain of Boats 1930, L/Cpl. O.T.C., Cert. " A " 1929. Rumsey, M. W. (1928-30). Natland. Cadet O.T.C. Lower V. Wilkins, R. G. (1925-30). Remove. Gibbs, G. K. (1926-30).

Day Boy. Day Boy.

Upper IV. Smith, A. W. (1925-30). Day Boy. Second Form. Deakin, W. R. (1929-30). Day Boy.

Salvete. Upper IV. Mole, D. R. T. School House. Morgan iii, J. H. B. Day Boy. Middle IV. Davies iii, R. A. H. Day Boy. Lower IV. Pcarce, P. H. Day Boy Third. Eckersley, B. S. Castle House. Second. Woodyatt, F. G. Day Boy.

floes. The results of the Fives Competitions held last term were as follows :— Singles, Open—M. H. Cullen (D.B.). Doubles Handicap—A. D. Franklin, Esq., and J. T. Daren (S.H.). Singles, under 15—R. P. Royle (C.H.). Inter-House Competition— First Round :

Castle House beat School House. Hostel beat Natland. Second Round : Day Boys beat Hostel. Owing to lack of time at the end of last term the final had to be played at the beginning of this term. Castle House was represented by L. C. Dickins and R. H. Gawn. Day Boys were represented by M. H. Cullen and A. L. Flay. Castle House won the first game with ease (15—i). Day Boys played up well in the second game and won 15—10. The final game was very exciting, being hotly contested right up to the end, when Castle House won the game 15—n, and with it the match. L.C.D.

Contemporaries. We acknowledge the following contemporaries, with apologies for any accidental omisssions :—The Herefordian, The Bromsgrovian, The Wulfrunian, The Monmothian, The Wyggestonian, The St. Edward's School Chronicle, The King Edward's School Chronicle, The Rendcomb College Magazine, The Felstedian (2), The Dccanian, Hesperia, The Limit, The Monktonian, The Portcullis, The Tonbridgian, The Cantuarian.