The Vigornian July 1934 by King's Worcester

Che Ukwnian. THE WORCESTER CATHEDRAL KING'S SCHOOL CHRONICLE. TA MEN AIAAKTA MANSANn, TA A'EYPETA ZHTO, TA A'EYKTA IIAPA SEfiN HITHSAMHN.

JULY, 1934.

No 139. VOL. X.

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" Orderly officer for the Term ! Editors 1 Atten— shun ! Many people will disagree with us. Of course they have If we really tried—Rowing—the Band— complaints. almost anything can be criticized and the fault laid at somebody's door. But when we review the term as a whole it gives an impression, like the weather, of being " fine." O.V. week-end again was attended with great success. Who can remember an entirely wet Speech-Day? This year the order of events was changed. The O.T.C. Inspection was held on Friday morning, instead of Saturday, while the O.V. Cricket Match was extended, to become a whole day affair. This arrangement was more satisfactory both for the School and for the O.V.s. The void of Friday morning, usually spent in futile inactivity, was filled, and the prospect of a whole-day cricket match attracted many O.V.s from longer distances, who previously had not found it worth their while to come down merely for a short afternoon's cricket. The only suggestion that might be made concerning this arrangement is that, next year, play might begin a little earlier, while the interval for lunch might be considerably shortened. On Friday afternoon the prizes were distributed by Cyril Bailey, Esq., a Governor of the School, and Public Orator of Oxford University Our enjoyment of his speech was mixed with regret at hearing afterwards from the Dean himself the first announcement of his retirement.

which many O.V.s will doubtless receive with sadness at the loss of one who has for so many years taken a great interest in the School. The Concert held in College Hall on Friday evening was deservedly successful, and now again we congratulate Mr. Day on the part he has played in directing the Choir, and especially on the new piece " Wander-Thirst " which he has composed and dedicated to the School, and which was sung at the Concert. Two things remain—thanks and farewell. We thank all those who have helped with the preparing of The Vigornian of this July. We bid farewell to Mr. Castley and wish him every joy in his new home, at the same time assuring him that he will not be forgotten, both by reason of the lasting gift of a new desk for the Second Master in College Hall, and for another gift which we can only hope may be as well apprecited as the first—a half-holiday to the School. Finally, we wish good luck to all who are leaving this term, and a very pleasant holiday to those who will return.

School Calendar. Mon., Tues., Sun.,

Apr. 30.—Boarders return. May

i.—School meets.

6.—School Celebration of Holy Communion. 7.0 a.m.

9 a.m.

Thurs.,

10.—Ascension Day.

Thurs.,

17.—Extra half-holiday in honour of the Dean's Freemanship to the City.

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O.T.C. Field Day.

25.—Expedition to Woodbury Hill.

June 9.—Half Term. July 13.—Inspection of O.T.C. by Col. J. P. Tredennick, D.S.O., O.B.E. Distribution of Prizes in College Hall by Cyril Bailey, Esq., M.A., Public Orator of Oxford University. 3.0 p.m. House race on the Deanery course. 5.15 p.m. Concert in College Hall. 8.0 p.m. „

14.—O.V. Day. School v. O.V. Cricket Match, ii a.m. Reunion Dinner. 8.0 p.m.

Mon.,

16.—Certificate Exams, start.

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19.—House Cricket matches start.

Sat.,

„ 28.—Exeunt Omnes.

School notes. Just as we go to press, we learn to our deep regret that, owing to Mrs. Moore-Ede's ill-health, the Dean has felt obliged to retire. It was characteristic of him, and a gesture that we all deeply appreciate, that he should have reserved the announcement of his decision, which had in fact been made some time before, for the School's Speech Day. As he reminded us, his first public appearance in Worcester—it was a month before his installation—had been when, as Dean-designate, he presided and distributed the prizes at Speech Day in 1908. For over a quarter of a century, then, he has been Dean of Worcester, and if there has been one part of the duties of that office that he has had closer at heart than another it has, we all know, been that of the chairmanship of our Governing Body. It is rarely that he has missed a Speech Day, a Concert, or any other important School function during the whole of that time, and his concern for the well-being of the School he has shown in a thousand ways both large and small. We understand that the O.V. Club passed a resolution at their annual meeting that a formal expression of their regret should be sent to him. The whole School would, we are sure, wish to be associated with it, and to wish both him and Mrs. Moore-Ede renewed health and happiness in their retirement. * * * The thanks of all O.V. are due to Mr. Nicholls for the trouble he has taken in preparing and seeing through the press a handy little booklet containing the names, addresses and dates of all present members of the O.V. Club. It is intended to re-issue this at intervals, and he will be glad to have notice of any omissions or necessary corrections. *

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The Headmaster's " Bluebell party " on Woodbury Hill, which seems to have become an annual custom, took place this term on May 25. The weather seeming uncertain, the half-holiday was cancelled, but as it cleared up later, the second period of afternoon school was remitted and the excursion took place. Our warmest thanks are due to the Headmaster for his kindness in entertaining a large party at tea. * * * A half-holiday was given on May 17, at the request of the Dean, in celebration of his receiving the Freedom of the City after twenty-five years of office. * * * We are sorry to hear that this is Mr. Castley's last term as a master in the School. He will, however, still have a house in Worcester and will not be leaving us altogether. His future address will be " Beckfoot, Helton, Penrith, Cumberland," where he will always be glad to welcome old members of the School who ever happen to be in that neighbourhood.

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Our tennis players are doing their best to let more air into School House. No matter what time one gets up (so we hear) there is usually someone playing—with the result the Headmaster's court is now practically "hard." * * * We have received no " Oxford Letter " this term. We cannot make accusations here but we should be very pleased if some news, however brief, were sent to us from any place where there are several O.V. residing :—Oxford, London or even India (!), not so much to interest us as other O.V. elsewhere.

Valete. Modern Sixth. Key, J. E. (Day Boys 1927-34). Norman, P. L. (Natland and Hostel 1931-34)- Cadet O.T.C. King's Scholar. Reynolds, J. H. (Day Boys 1927-34). Lower Fifth. Bagenal, J. S. (School House 1929-34). 2nd XV Football 1933-4- ist IV Fives 1934. Lance-Corporal O.T.C. Cert " A " 1933. Librarian. Rashleigh, F. E. G. (Hostel 1933-34). Cadet O.T.C. Upper Fourth. Ravenhill, J. R. (Castle House 1931-34). Cadet O.T.C.

SaltKte. Fairgrieve, A. School House. Hackwood, S. N. Castle House. Hayes, B. D. Day Boys. Powell, D. K. R. School House.

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O.V. Bartrip, K. F. (Day Boys 1927-32) has passed the examination for Part I of the Associateship of the Chartered Insurance Institute. D. E. Bethune-Williams (Castle House 1923-26) has taken up structural engineering in addition to architecture. He is with Sir John Burnet, Tait and Lome, of London, architects. * * * Edwards, B. (Day Boys 1918-27) has resigned from his office of Deputy Town Clerk in Worcester, which he has held for the past three years, in order to join Mr. Herbert March, of Worcester, solicitor. * * * Jackson, J. M. N. (Castle House 1923-26) is taking his Finals at Toronto University and hopes to become an entomologist in the Colonial Service. Hall, J. S. R. (Castle House 1917-22) has been running a service station at Fiveways, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, since last August. *

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Norman, P. L. (Natland and Hostel 1931-34) is articled to Henry White & Co., chartered accountants, Mayfair. *

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Pennington, J. (Hostel 1919-23) is in business as a long distance haulage contractor at Smethwick. Stocker, K. C. (Natland 1927-8) is going to Shamva, Southern Rhodesia, to farm.

School Officers. Captains of the School

Summers. { R.W. E.J. Mercer.

Captain of Cricket R. E. Summers. Secretary of Cricket C. W. P. Langley. Captain of Boats W. J. Mercer. J. G. Stretton. Secretary of Boats Captain of Shooting W. J. Mercer. School Monitors—R. E. Summers, W. J. Mercer, A. J. N. Richards, D. S. Clarke, I. H. Hedderwick, J. D. Evans, C. W. P. Langley. Captains of Houses :— School House W. J. Mercer. J. D. Evans. Castle House Hostel C. W. P. Langley. Day Boys R. E. Summers. Editors of The Vigornian—A. J. N. Richards, R. L. Thomas, W. J. Mercer, R. E. Summers. Librarians—A. J. N. Richards, R. L. Thomas, J. D. Evans, I. H. Hedderwick, R. H. Fyson, H. G. Williams.

Woodrow, W. O. H. (Day Boys 1921-27), of the Norfolk County Council, passed the intermediate exam, of the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants in January last. * » * BIRTH. STRONG.—On May i8th, 1934, at Worcester, to Betty (ne'e Kirkham), wife of Samuel Digby Strong (Castle House 1906-14), a son. * » * ENGAGEMENTS. Ho WELLS—SHORT,—Captain Bernard St. John Howells (1917-20), The King's Regiment, to Daphne, daughter of Lt.-Col. and Mrs. J. L. Short. HALL—HATCH.—John Lambert, son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Lambert Hall, of Dilwyn, Herefordshire, to Nancye Dorothy, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Hatch, of New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland.

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MARRIAGES. LONGLAND—HARRISON.—On June 28, 1934, at St. Brandon's Church, Brancepeth, Co. Durham, by the Lord Bishop of Durham, John Laurence (School House 19191923), elder son of the Revd. E. H. and Mrs. Longland, of Silbury, Cambridge, to Margaret Lowrey, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harrison, of Peppermires, Brancepeth. WOODROW—CROCKER.—On April 3rd, 1934, at St. Peter's, Mancroft, Norwich, by the Revd. Hugh McMullan and the Revd. R. Fielding, William Oscar Hugh (Day Boys 1921-27), youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. W. Woodrow, Ombersley Road, Worcester, to Violet Angear, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Crocker, of Norwich. LANGSTAFF—DEAN.—On June 3oth, 1934, at the Parish Church, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, Harry Ferguson (Natland 1921-27) to Beatrice Mary.

in IRttnoriant, ROBERT FREDERICK SIEVERS (Day Boy 1905-1911). We learned with deep regret of the very sudden death only a few days ago of R. F. Sievers. He was a member of the School Shooting VIII in 1911, and rowed in the ist IV of that year which beat both Hereford and St. Edward's, Oxford. For some years past he has been in practice as a dentist in Worcester, in partnership with his brother, a contemporary of his at the School, to whom we offer our deepest sympathy.

O.V. Dinner. The thirty-seventh Annual O.V. Dinner was held in College Hall on the evening after the O.V. matches, July 14, and was, as usual, preceded by the General Meeting of the O.V. Club. The Chair was taken by Dr. J. B. Cavenagh, and the Vice-Chair by M. E. Webb, deputising for C. J. C. Molony, who was unable to be present. Some 60 members attended. The Vice-Chairman briefly proposed the toast of the evening—" Prosperity to Worcester Cathedral King's School "—which was drunk to the accompaniment of the " Floreat." The Headmaster, in the course of his reply, took the opportunity of calling attention to the lamentably small proportion of the sons of O.V. now members of the School—only three of them—as compared with the fifty per cent of sons of old boys now at one house in another school with which he was acquainted. The health of the Chairman was neatly proposed by Dr. Tom Bates, but before he did so that ever-popular entertainer, Selwyn Driver, rattled off an astonishing number of stories in his raciest manner by way of what he called a " curtain-raiser."

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Dr. Cavenagh replied, and then called upon Mr. Castley, who, unwilling, as he said, to mar a happy evening by dwelling on the regrets with which he severed a connection with the School of over thirty years, congratulated himself on the refreshing sight of sixty people, most of whom owed what they were to his " loud voice " and his " little stick." After Mr. Castley had been assured that he was a " Jolly Good Fellow," the Hon. Secretary, called upon for a speech, declared his ambition to achieve in the near future a dinner party which should pass into three figures, an ambition which he fully deserves to realise, for the arrangements were admirable and the catering such as to satisfy the most fastidious epicure.

Ccciurc. Since there was to be no Concert at the end of last term invitations were sent out for the lecture given on March 24th by J. L. Longland, O.V., on. " The Everest Expedition, 1933." In introducing the lecturer the Headmaster expressed the pride that the School feels at having had an O.V. selected to join this historic expedition. Longland had himself been a member of the expedition and his lecture, combined with excellent lantern slides, gave us a vivid impression of everything connected with the expedition. As somebody was heard to say afterwards when asked if he would like to have been there, " It looked too cold." The first few slides showed us the type of man upon whom the success of such an expedition entirely depends— the native porter. These men are no mere pack animals. They take a keen interest in the expedition for its own sake and several of them have been with more than one. After a brief sketch of the history of previous attempts upon Everest we were shown how the expedition has to travel some 300 miles round into Tibet in order to attack the mountain from the North because no European is allowed to pass through the State of Nepal to the South. This, however, serves a good purpose by slowly acclimatizing members of the expedition to the great heights, although it means also that the attempt cannot be made until late in the season, when time is short. For those 300 miles equipment and supplies have to be transported on mules or yaks. The latter animal is about one and a half times the size of an ordinary ox and travels at the alarming speed of about two miles per hour. According to local legend it " eats rocks," for it can go for long periods across the dusty wastes of Tibet without food and yet it ;l chews the cud " as it goes. It was of additional interest to us to learn that the expedition was equipped with several of the framed, doublewall, umbrella-shaped tents that the late Gino Watkins had invented for Arctic use. Our readers will remember that Mr. Watkins had lectured at the School on more than one

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occasion and only last term we heard Mr. J. M. Scott on the expedition to Greenland. Almost it seemed that we were ourselves travelling in Tibet and seeing the dust, the mountains and forts and the towns that seem grown out of the very rock. Then, at the highest monastery in the world, a blessing from the Head Lama, who is supposed by the Tibetans to be in control of the spirits of the mountains, and Everest itself. Then followed a slow journey up the glacier from camp to camp with " Policie " the watchdog keeping company until, unable to carry on at any greater height, she turned back and was never seen again. We learned the difficulties of scaling the 1500 foot wall of ice between Camps 4 and

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5 and how a blizzard in the night might wipe out many days' hard work. At this height one's senses of taste and of colour completely disappear. Finally we learned of the eventual failure to reach the summit although, as an expedition, it cannot be said to have been by any means a failure. Though he passed it over with becoming modesty, we know from other sources how much Longland's own efforts, in bringing down the porters without a single loss, was appreciated by his colleagues. The lecture was a tremendous success and the evening was concluded with three cheers by the School for Jack Longland and the members of The Everest Expedition.

K.S.UIR.C. FIXTURES. 1ST

IV.

Rowed at Monmouth. Worcester. Tewkesbury.

Date. Opponents. Sat., June 9.—Monmouth School Wed., „ 13.—Hereford Cathedral School Sat., ,, 16.—Cheltenham College 2ND IV.

Sat., June 9.—Monmouth School 2nd IV. Wed.. 13.—Hereford Cathedral School 2nd IV. Sat., 16.—Cheltenham College 2nd IV. Tues., 26.—Clifton College 2nd IV Fri., July 13.—Final House Challenge Cup 1ST

IV.

With one of last year's ist IV colours and three 2nd IV colours available, it was expected that we should have a fairly successful ist IV again this year—but it has turned out rather the reverse. It is the first time for some five or six years now that we have lost all our ist IV races—and the IV this year has been definitely below our usual standard. The combination which was decided on at the beginning of this term never seemed to be able to satisfactorily get together, which was due to the fact that the School has been unable to produce a really good stroke this year. Later in the term other combinations were tried, but none of these seemed to make for any real improvement, and eventually, having suffered heavy defeat in all our three annual races, it was decided that th« crew was not of a sufficiently high standard to enter for the Public Schools Cup at Marlow this year. CHARACTERS. (Bow) R. I. G. BROOKS (lost 61bs.). A young oarsman with definite promise in many directions. (2) J. G. STRETTON (list. lib.) Has improved his style considerably this year, and has plenty of strength behind his work. His build is more suited for rowing on slides, and his general physique will favour the prospect of his becoming a valuable oarsman if he continues his rowing.

Monmouth. Worcester. Tewkesbury. Worcester. Worcester (Deanery Course).

(3) W. J. MERCKR (Capt.) (last. 4lbs.). He has not been really comfortable on bow-side this year, but he has had a steadying effect on the crew, and has been handicapped in the position of " 3 " by not having had a really good stroke in front of him. (Stroke) E. L. R. GILSON (lost. 7lbs.). Had to fill this position rather hurriedly when things were not going well, and considering that he had had very little experience of stroking, he performed his part very well. (Cox) K. B. DYER (yst. 3lbs.). Has developed in his second year into a very sound ist IV cox, and has done his best to keep his crew together when racing.

IST IV v. MONMOUTH IST IV. The race was rowed at Monmouth on a rather sultry day. The river was low, exposing weeds on the Monmouth boathouse side, which the School took after losing the toss. From the start the opposing crew established a lead which they gradually increased. The home crew went up slightly by giving her ten about half way to check raggedness due perhaps to the lack of mutual experience in the IV which had only been together for a few days. Monmouth, however, responded by a spurt and fine finish to which Worcester, unfortunately, could not reply.

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IST IV v. HEREFORD C.S. IST IV. Rowed at Worcester on Wednesday, June I3th. Hereford chose the Henwick station. At first, both crews got away well, rowing virtually stroke for stroke. Both coxes endeavoured to gain the centre of the river, the result of which was that after the first half-minute the stroke-side oars of Hereford became entangled with the bow-side oars of the Worcester boat. As neither cox would give way it was found necessary to stop the race. After a brief discussion by the judges, the crews returned to the start. The second attempt proved rather more successful for Hereford, since they soon established a lead, to which the School failed to reply. Hereford drew away steadily during the race and finished with four lengths between the boats. * « * IST IV v. CHELTENHAM COLLEGE IST IV. This race was rowed at Tewkesbury in decidedly hot weather. Although Worcester had the disadvantage of the first bend, we managed to hold the other crew for the first half-minute. Cheltenham, however, began gradually to draw away for the rest of the race. Worcester, though finishing well, could not decrease the distance of four and a half lengths which Cheltenham established, although rowing a new man in their boat. * * * ZND IV v. MONMOUTH 2ND IV. This race was rowed at Monmouth on Saturday, June gth. The course, set in very picturesque surroundings, was practically dead straight but necessitated one of the boats hugging the bank for a short stretch, owing to the rather numerous water weeds. A new feature was the starting from stake-boats, which was carried out very successfully. Both crews started with a fast stroke and, though for about the first ten strokes Monmouth were slightly ahead, the School got down to it, and at the end of the second minute were a good length up. This lead was gradually increased until Monmouth spurted and came up slightly with about a quarter of the course to go. The School responded however and "took her home" to pass the finishing point three lengths ahead after having the race well in hand the whole way. 2ND IV v. HEREFORD 2ND IV. This year Hereford were the visiting crew and the race was rowed on a hot afternoon over the usual course from the Dog and Duck ferry to a point past the railway bridge. This was one of the best races that the 2nd IV rowed this year, the more so from a spectacular point of view. Both crews rowed practically neck and neck from the start to the finish and, though each went up slightly on the other at various times, a lead of more than half a length was never obtained. At the railway bridge both boats were about level and then the rate of striking was quickened as both crews strove.their utmost to forge ahead. The School just won by two feet after a magnificent though somewhat gruelling race.

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2ND IV v. CHELTENHAM COLLEGE 2ND IV. The 2nd IV met Cheltenham at Tewkesbury for this race on Saturday, June i6th. We had the usual trial outing in the morning before lunch and felt rather strange in the boat at first owing to its finish being higher and the cross-section rather different from that of our accustomed boat. The course ran along a gradual curve throughout its entire length and therefore the outside boat had to be given half a length's start to even matters up. Worcester won the toss and elected to have the inside station. After the first twenty strokes Cheltenham, who had the half length start, slipped away from us, took our water and won easily by five lengths with a much superior crew. The School tried to hold on but never really seemed to settle down as they had in previous races.

2ND IV. v. CLIFTON COLLEGE 2ND IV. Rowed at Worcester under favourable conditions and resulting in a win for Clifton by one length. We had been hoping to make this a win, treating it as a return fixture after last year's defeat, but were unfortunate in. losing Ault, who was away for an exam. Rathbone took his place with credit. Clifton were a much heavier crew and though there was little to choose at the start their weight and superior drive told in the second minute. Nevertheless they could never draw right away, and though going up quickly at the end we could not make it closer than a length.

2nd IV Colours were awarded to the following :— (Bow) P. G. Andrews. (2) K. Ault. (3) A. J. N. Richards. (Stroke) D. H. R. Holloway. (Cox) F. W. N. N. P. Raban.

INTER-HOUSE ROWING CUPS. Senior. Hostel were unable to enter a four this year, and the final, between School House and Castle House, was rowed on the Deanery Course on Speech Day, July I3th. Castle House were unfortunate in losing Stretton a few days before the race, and were unable to get together properly. School House made a rather better start, and were up half a length in the first half minute. They gradually increased the distance until they were leading by nearly two lengths opposite the Diglis Hotel. Here Castle House began to come up, but lost by a length and a quarter. Junior. The Junior Rowing Cup was won by School House with an aggregate of 18 points. Castle House were second with 12 points.

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The following are the results of the finals :—

TUB I Vs. Castle House beat School House by 2j lengths. School House. Castle House. B. Bagenal. R. W. M. Allen. C. D. A. Whitehead. M. E. G. McLeod. C. G. Bush. C. E. Rawlings. A. D. Bolland. J. H. Jackson. D. Sheriff (cox). P. T. Halliley (cox). The crews were fairly level in the first minute, but when Castle House lengthened out they went up until they were leading by three lengths. At this point School House's time was very bad, but they took her home well and made up three quarters of a length. * * » SCULLING. Coxs' Class. K. B. Dyer (S.H.) beat J. W. Wise (H.) by five lengths. Junior Class. M. E. G. McLeod (C.H.) beat F. C. Lewis (H.) by three lengths. Junior-Senior Class. J. S. Wilkinson (S.H.) beat B. Bagenal (S.H.) by five lengths. Senior Class. C. D. A. Whitehead (S.H.) beat D. H. Langley (H.) by four lengths. There were no close finishes in the finals this year, the most unexpected result being the defeat of Langley by Whitehead. Many junior rowers, however, promise well for next year.

Cbe sports. The Sports this year were held on Monday and Tuesday, March 26th and 27th. Conditions were none too good. The recent wet weather had made the ground very heavy and although Tuesday turned out fine, on. Monday it was dull and started to rain before the last three events took place. Consequently the results, and especially the times for races, were rather lower in standard than usual.

Thowing the Cricket Ball (Open).—i Morgan, 2 Lewis, 3 Hemmings. Distance, 77yds. ift. 511*. Throwing the Cricket Ball (Under 15).—i Anstey, 2 Hartwright, 3 Sheriff. Distance, 6gyds. 2ft. 2ins. Quarter Mile (Open).—i Clarke, 2 Richards i, 3 Hedderwick. Time, 60 2-5sec. Half Mile (Under 15).—i Bryer i, 2 Lavender ii, 3 Wise. Time, 2min. 32sec. High Jump (Open).—i Gilson, 2 Clarke and Crowley. Height, 4ft. loin. High Jump (Under 15).—i Anstey, 2 Walker iii, 3 Sheriff. Height, 4ft. Jin. Long Jump (Open).—i Hemmings, 2 Spencer, 3 Gilson. Length, isft. 4in. Long Jump (Under 15).—i Walker iii, 2 Lavender ii, 3 Bryer i. Length, I2ft. 3in. Hundred Yards (Under 13).—i Harris ii, 2 Rice-Jones ii, 3 Bryer ii. Time, J5sec. Half Mile (Open).—i Clarke, 2 Luscombe, 3 Richards i. Time 2min. 8sec. SECOND DAY. Hundred Yards (Open).—i Bayes, 2 Richards i, 3 Langley i. Time, ii 2-ssec. Hundred Yards (Under 15).—I Walker iii, 2 Lavender ii, 3 Bryer i. Time, 12 4-5sec. Relay Race (Senior).—Hostel. Relay Race (Junior).—School House. Threequarter Mile (Under 16).—i Jackson i, 2 Lavender i, 3 Wilkes. Time, 3min. 5osec. One Mile (Open).—i Clarke, 2 Luscombe, 3 Richards i, 4 Beard. Time, 5min. 6sec. One Mile (Under 15).—i Bryer i, 2 Lavender ii, 3 Anstey. Time, 5min. 52sec. Consolation Race (Open).—Langley i. Consolation Race (Under 15).—Sheriff. Tug-of-War.—Day Boys. Winners of the House Shield.—School House (128$ points). Senior Victor Ludorum.—D. S. Clarke (43$ points). Junior Victor Ludorum.—W. N. Bryer (22 points).

Results were as follows :—

Cricket. Date. Opponents. Wed., May 16.—Norton Barracks Wed., „ 23.—Hereford C.S. Sat., ,, 26.—Malvern Colts Wed., ,, 30.—Monmouth Sat., June 2.—Worcester Nomads Sat., „ 9.—Dean Close Wed., „ 13.—Bloxham Sat., ,, 16.—Warwick Wed., ,, 20.—Norton Barracks Sat., ,, 23.—Worcester City 2nd XI Wed., „ 27.—Hereford C.S. Sat., ,, 30.—Malvern Colts Wed., July 4.—Mr. R. J. Castley's XI Sat., „ 7.—Mr. H. J. Pelham's XI Sat., ,, 14.—Old Vigornians

IST XI FIXTURES. Ground. Home Away Home Away Home Home Away Away Away Home Home Away Home Home Home

Result. For. Against. Won 117 for i "3 Won 124 for 2 94 Won 206 for 8* 59 Won 112 for 8 57 Lost 109 167 for 8 Scratched Scratched Won 204 47 Lost 96 98 Won 201 for 9* 76 Won 129 for 4 127 Won 137 for 2 J36 Won 143 for 4 126 223 for 2 Won 207 for 7* Won 251 for 7* 98 * Declared.

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Date. Opponents. Wed., May 23.—Hereford C.S. Sat., ., 26.—Malverii Colts 30.—Monmouth Wed., Sat., June 9.—Dean Close 13.—Bloxham Wed., 16.—Warwick Sat., 20.—King Charles, Kidderminster Wed., 27.—Hereford C.S. Wed., „ 30.—Malvern Colts Sat., Sat., July 14.—Old Vigornians

2ND XI FIXTURES. Ground. Home Away Home Away Away Home Home Away Home Home

This year's eleven has been one of the best the School has had for very many years, winning all the School matches that we have played. We lost only to the Worcester Nomads and to Norton Barracks in the return match. As regards the weather, we have been very lucky, for we have never had to abandon a single match owing to rain. But we had to cancel two School matches, Bloxham and Dean Close, owing to German measles and mumps. However, at the beginning of the season there was very little indication that the eleven would be a good one. We had only five old colours and three 2nd XI colours left from the previous year. Yet am eleven was soon got together, and we settled down to practice. Our bowlers were few, but reliable. Hemmings did wonders with the ball, taking eighty wickets at the small cost of 8.2 runs each in thirteen matches, and so beating R. G. Hall's record of 1908, who took 66 wickets at a cost of 9.15 runs. The Batting promised to be good from the very first. On two occasions only has the side batted down to No. n. And on both occasions the earlier batsmen have failed, but we were saved from a disastrous collapse by Summers, who has batted consistently well throughout the season. Summers's aggregate for the season of 524 runs is the best since the War, beating W. L. Shorting's aggregate of 518 in 1922. The fielding has been good, and in one or two matches brilliant. It was seen at its best in the Worcester City match. There are several very promising people in the 2nd XI this year, and the eleven has had quite a successful season on the whole. The following were awarded their 2nd XI colours:— I. H. Hedderwick (Capt.), F. E. B. Mole, S. N. Hackwood, J. A. Wilkes, F. W. Lawrey, J. D. Walliker, D. R. Mann, J. N. Baxter, J. H. Folley, E. C. Luscombe, J. L. Warren. This year Mr. Burnett has collected all the most promising youngsters in the School, and has begun a cricket nursery in the 3rd Game. Thanks to his efforts it is hoped that the School will be able to draw good elevens in future years from this Game. The " Under 15 " have had two matches this season, winning the Choir School match, and losing to a strong

July, 1934for. Result. i 66 for 5 Draw Lost 126 Won 128 for 5 Scratched Scratched Lost 95 Draw 114 for 8 Won 116 137 for 7 Won Won 142 for 2 * Declared.

Against. 90 for 5 130 for 9 100

i60 for 9* "4S 103 106 '34

Warwick side. The Bloxham match was cancelled owing to German measles and mumps. This year the " O.V." match was a whole day match, starting at 11.30. It was a great success, and we hope it will be continued in future years. We should like to thank Mr. Franklin for the interest he has shown in the 2nd Game; also Mr. Thomas, Mr. Whittaker and C.S.M. Cooper for umpiring. We must also thank C.S.M. Cooper for the valuable coaching he has given the members of the ist and 2nd XI's.

THE SCHOOL v. NORTON BARRACKS.

Played at New Road, Worcester, on Wednesday, May i6th. The School lost the toss and the visitors batted first on a hard wicket. The first four wickets fell cheaply for 30 ru>ns. Then Major Heselton and Capt. Bryant came together and added 60 runs for the fifth wicket. The Barracks innings closed for 113. For the School Summers batted extremely well, being undefeated with 61 at the close of play. He was ably supported by Morgan, who batted well for 35. The School easily won by nine wickets, a very encouraging start for the season. Hemmings and Pressdee bowled well for the School. THE SCHOOL.

R. E. Summers not out ... W. F. R. Morgan c Jones b Dalloway D. A. Hemmings not out W. G. Spencer J. S. Pressdee C. W. P. Langley D. S. Clarke J. K. C. Bayes Did not bat R. L. Thomas R. R. Townsend F. E. B. Mole Extras Total (for i wicket)

61 35 9

117

THE VIGORNIAN.

July. 1934-

Walters Taylor Harber Bowen Dalloway

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. ••• S ' '3 ... 5 — 13 ... 5 — 29 ... 6 2 22 ... 6 i 26

w. — — — — i

average. — — — — 26

...

NORTON BARRACKS. Sgt. Walters c Mole b Hemmings Pte. Shorthouse c Clarke b Hemmings Capt. Davey c Spencer b Hemmings

Pte Taylor b Pressdee ... ... C.S.M. Jones c Hemmings b Pressdee

Total

Pressdee Hemmings Mole Summers

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

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. n 2 31 17 3 54 7 2 22 i — S

S 5 18

2 2

...

113

w. 4 6 — —

average. 7,75 9.0 — —

* » *

THE SCHOOL v. HEREFORD C.S. Played at Hereford on Wednesday, May 23rd. A win for the School by eight wickets. The School lost the toss and Hereford batted first on a medium paced wicket. The first four wickets fell cheaply for 20 runs. Then Harrison and Dhenin came together and prevented a complete collapse, and their partnership for the fifth wicket yielded 60 runs. Hereford's innings closed for 95. For the School Morgan batted brilliantly for 76 not out. He was ably supported by Hemmings and Pressdee. Pressdee and Hemmings again bowled very well. THE SCHOOL. W F R Morgan not out ... ... ... ... 76 W. G. Spencer c Dhenin b Harrison C. W. P. Langley \ D. S. Clarke J. K. C. Bayes R. .L Thomas Did not bat R. R. Townsend F. E. B. Mole D. R. Mann Extras ... ...

...

Total (for 2 wickets)

...

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. Alsopp ... j i i 37 Morris ... 9 2 40 Harrison ... 5 i 12 "Dhenin ... 4 i 8 Preece ... 2 — 10 Ricketts ... i — 15 HEREFORD C.S. H G Green b Pressdee . G. J. Morris c Hemmings b Pressdee G. H. Harrison c Spencer b Hemmings R. F. S. Creed b Hemmings G. H. Dhenin c Mann b Spencer ... H. J Walsh b Mole . . R. Alsopp b Mole ... ... ... ... F. H. G. Craze b Pressdee G. .L Nicholas c Hemmings b Pressdee M. Ricketts not out ... ... ... Extras ... ...

w. i — i — — —

average. 37.0 — 12.0 — — —

...

... ... ...

i 34 o 31 o o 8 o i 10

Total 95 BOWLING ANALYSIS. — o. m. r. w. average. ... 11.4 5 27 4 6.75 Pressdee Hemmings ... 12 — 36 3 12.0 Mole ... 7 3 13 2 6.5 Spencer ... 6 4 7 i 7.0 * * « THE SCHOOL v. MALVERN COLTS IST XI. Played at New Road, Worcester, on Saturday, May 26th. A win for the School by 147 runs. The School won the toss and batted first on a hard wicket. Morgan and Summers batted brilliantly for the School, putting on 105 for the first wicket. The next three wickets fell cheaply for five runs. Clarke batted well for 27. Then Bayes went in and hit out strongly, scoring 28 in ten minutes, his innings included two 6's and three 4's. The School declared after tea for 206 for 8. Malvern went in and fared disastrously, thanks to the fine bowling of Pressdee and Hemmings. Apart from Baker, no other batsman stayed very long. Malvern's innings closed for 59. THE SCHOOL. R. E. Summers l.b.w. b Cronhelm ... ... W. F. R. Morgan b Baker D. A. Hemmings c Henson b Baker W . G . Spencer b Maclean . . . . . J. S. Pressdee c Beeson b Cronhelm C. W. P. Langley b Norton D. S. Clarke l.b.w. b Cope .. ... J. K. C. Bayes c Cowie b Baker R. L. Thomas not out ... ... ... ... R. R. Townsend i F. E. B. Mole 1 Did not bat

...

63 62 o i I 15 27 28 4

134 Total (for 8 wickets, declared)... 306

THE VIGORNIAN.

952

Cronhelm Cope Norton Cowie Maclean Baker

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

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. n i 70 8 — 37 9 — 48 4 — 16 4 I 15 4 — 15

w. 2 i i — I 3

average. 35.0 37-o 48.0 — 15.0 S-o

Buttfield Lewis Williams Reader Holmes

Cope b Pressdee ... ... Cronhelm c Mole b Pressdee

... ...

o ... ...

... ...

••« ...

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. 2 ••• 5 — 3 ... 8 — 28 ... 10 4 17 ... 8 — 31 ... 2 — 12

MONMOUTH. J. V. Rice c Summers b Hemmings ...

MALVERN COLLEGE COLTS IST XI.

Griffith st Langley b Hemmings

July, 1934-

Pressdee Hemmings

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. ... 10.5 3 13 ... 10 i 44

average. — 14.0 8.5 15.5 12.0

...

P. E. M. Holmes c Mole b Hemmings

J. H. Reader c Summers b Hemmings J. W. Aubrey st Langley b Hemmings

n 10

T P H Leech b Hemmings S. C. Buttfield c Langley b Pressdee

...

o i

...

w. 3 7

average. 11.33 3.29

i i

Total Total

w. — 2 a 2 i

59 w. 4 6

average. 3- 2 S 7.23

Pressdee Hemmings

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. ... n 3 34 ... 10.5 3 23

* * *

THE SCHOOL v. MONMOUTH. Played at Monmouth on Wednesday, May 3Oth. A win for the School by five wickets. The School won the toss and sent in Monmouth to bat on a hard wicket. Monmouth fared disastrously, thanks to the fine bowling of Hemmings and Pressdee, who took all ten wickets between them. Monmouth's innings closed for 57. The School started none too well, losing Summers at seven, but Morgan and Hemmmgs pulled the game round in the School's favour, adding 30 runs for the third wicket. Langley batted well for 36 not out.

THE SCHOOL v. WORCESTER NOMADS. Played at New Road, Worcester, on Saturday, June and. A win for the Nomads by seven wickets. The School won the toss and batted first on a hard wicket. Apart from Summers, who batted well for 39, and Clarke, no other batsman stayed very long. The School's total of 109 was very poor considering it was a batsman's wicket. For the Nomads, Armstrong batted well for 92, but gave several chances, which however were not accepted. He was ably supported by Whitty.

THE SCHOOL. R. E. Summers l.b.w. b Lewis ... ... W. F. R. Morgan b Williams W. G. Spencer st Cotterill b Lewis ... O. A. Hemrnings b Williams ... ... J. S. Presdee run out ... . C. W. P. Langley not out D. S. Clarke b Reader J. K. C. Bayes b Reader R.L. Thomas b Holmes R. R. Townsend not out F. E. B. Mole did not bat Extras ... ... ... Total (for 8 wickets)

THE SCHOOL. ...

...

... ..

... ...

...

4 32 4 8 o 36 i 8 8 10 i 112

W F R Morgan b Wilson D. A. Hemrnings b Bailey W. G. Spencer l.b.w. b Hughes J. S. Presdee hit wicket b Hughes C W P Langley b Hughes D S Clarke b Bailey J K C Bayes b Wilson R L Thomas b Wilson R R Townsend b Link F. E. B. Mole not out Total

2 4 8 3 7 20 o 6 8 2 109

THE VIGORNIAN.

July, 1934.

Wilson Bailey Armstrong Hughes Link

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

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. 13 4 33 n 4 25 8 i 20 jo 2 21 0.2 — —

WORCESTER NOMADS. M. Bailey st Langley b Hemmings ... R. Blackwell c Summers b Hemmings C. .L. Armstrong hit wicket b Hemmings R. C. B. Whitty c Hemmings b Pressdee D. A. Baker not out ... ... ... E. C. Hughes st Langley b Hemmings K. W. Allen c Morgan b Clarke A. D. Arbuckle A. Link

w. 3 2 — 3 i

average. n.o 12.5 — 7.0 —

...

6 i 92 24 9 i 5

) _ \ Dld not bat

Total (for 8 wickets) 167 BOWLING ANALYSIS. — o. m. r. w. average. ... 9 i 30 2 15.0 Pressdee Hemmings ... 13 — 63 5 12.6 Clarke ... 3 — n i n.o Summers ... 2 — 21 — — Mole ... 2 — 10 — — Spencer ... 2 — 16 — — » * * THE SCHOOL v. WARWICK. Played at Warwick on Saturday, June i6th. A win for the School by seven wickets. The School won the toss and sent in Warwick to bat first on a hard wicket. Warwick fared disastrously, thanks to the fine bowling of Hemmings and Pressdee, who again took all ten wickets between them. Warwick's innings closed for 47. The School started disastrously, Summers being bowled off his pads the very first ball, and Spencer was caught with only ten runs on the board. But Morgan and Clarke stopped a collapse, adding 40 runs for the third wicket. Langley and Thomas batted well for the School. THE SCHOOL. W. F. R. Morgan c Brown b Marshall W. G. Spencer c Smith b Brown D. A. Hemmings c Freeman b Cunynghame D. S. Clarke st Freeman b Marshall C. W. P. Langley c Marshall b Dodds

31 3 5 20 53

Brown Marshall Cunynghame Redley Calcott Paxton Dodds

953

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

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. 12 2 37 13 2 56 9 i 34 7 3 18 2 i 2 3 — 15 6 3 ii

Total

average. 18.5 26.0 34.0 9.0 — — 3.66

WARWICK. R. A. Paxton c Morgan b Hemmings

J. M. A. Marshall c Summers b Hemmings ... J. D. Smith c Summers b Pressdee P. H. Freeman l.b.w. b Pressdee A. G. K. Brown b Hemmings

...

8 4 I o

W. G. Williams c Summers b Pressdee ... J. I. Calcott st Langley b Hemmwigs W. B. S. Cunynghame c Mole b Hemmings

...

o i o

Total

...

w. 3 7

average. 7.33 2.86

Pressdee Hemmings

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. ... 14 5 22 ... 13 2 20 * * *

THE SCHOOL v. NORTON BARRACKS. Played at Norton Barracks on Wednesday, June 2Oth. A win for the Barracks by two runs. The School won the toss and sent in the Barracks to bat first on a tricky wicket and did none too well till the last wicket, when Cpl. Goddard hit out strongly, scoring 27 not out. For the School, apart from Summers, who batted well for 40, and Pressdee, the School gave a very poor display, in spite of the fact that the bowling presented few difficulties. Again Hemmings and Pressdee bowled well, taking all ten wickets between them. THE SCHOOL. R. E. Summers b Harling ... ... W F R Morgan b Walters

... ...

D. S. Clarke c Heselton b Walters W G. Spencer b Walters J K C Bayes b Harling

R. R. Townsend l.b.w. b Redley _

w. 2 2 i 2 — — 3

...

40 7

...

•••

o o

2 F E. B. Mole l.b.w. b Walters Extras 204

Total

4 10 ..,

9<>

THE VIGORNIAN.

954

Walters Taylor Davey Harling

BOWLING ANALYSIS. r. o. m. ... 18.4 4 42 3 13 9 i 25 7 5 3

NORTON BARRACKS. Pte. Dalloway b Pressdee ... Cpl. Davey c and b Hemmings .. C* „ t_ t¥ £•_,.. t i r _ I*. Sgt. Walters c- Summers b Hemmings ... R.M.S. Harling c Summers b Hemmings Major Heselton b Hemmings ... ... C.S.M. Jones b Pressdee ... ... ... Pte. Taylor b Hemmings ... ... ... Pte. Shorthouse b Pressdee Pte. Harber b Hemmings Sgt. Griffin b Hemmings ... ... ... Cpl. Goddard not out ... ... ... Extras

w. 7 ^— 3

average. 6-0 — — 2-33 o

...

... ... ...

... ...

Total

Pressdee Hemmings Mole

o 6 13 16 10 o 10 o 27 7 98

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. 10 i 31 10.5 i 46 2

Jenkins Smith Osborne Newcombe Bradley

w. 3 7

average. 10-33 6.56

THE SCHOOL v. WORCESTER CITY 2ND XI. Played at New Road, Worcester, on Saturday, June 23rd. A win for the School by 125 runs. The School won the toss and batted first on a hard wicket. The School started disastrously, losing Summers at 18, but Morgan and Thomas averted a collapse, adding 30 runs for the second wicket. Hemmings and Clarke also batted well for the School. The City, apart from Inns, who was unfortunately run out when 31, fared disastrously, thanks to Hemmings, who bowled extremely well, and the City were all out for 76. The fielding in this match was brilliant. THE SCHOOL. R. E. Summers l.b.w. b Jenkins ... W. F. R. Morgan c and b Jenkins R. L. Thomas b Smith D. A. Hemmings b Smith ... ... D. S. Clarke b Jenkins ... ... ... C. W. P. Langley b Smith W. G. Spencer b Jenkins ... ... ... J. L. Noble c Jenkins b Osborne J. K. C. Bayes b Newcombe J. S. Pressdee not out R. R. Townsend did not bat Extras ... ... ...

...

... ... ...

... ... ,. ...

3 24 42 40 43 13 12 4 10 o

...

Total (for 9 wickets, declared)... 201

July, 1934. BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. ... 18 3 63 12

w. 4 3 i i

6 — 3 9 6.5 — 28 ... 4 16 — WORCESTER CITY 2ND XI. H. Morgan b Hemmings ... H. Jenkins c Morgan b Pressdee D. Inns run out ... ... ... ... ... A. Bradley c Summers b Hemmings ... ... P. Osborne c Townsend b Hemmings J. Collett b Hemmings H. Lane c Summers b Hemmings H. Smith not out R. J. Hurley c Noble b Hemmings P. Newcombe c Noble b Hemmings W. Wilmott c Summers b Hemmings ... Extras

average. iS-75 15-33 39-o 28.0 —

... ...

4 31 i n i o 6 i S o 10

Total 76 BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. w. average. Pressdee 9 2 27 i 27.0 Hemmings ii-S 3 35 8 4-37 Summers 3 — 3 * * * THE SCHOOL v. HEREFORD C.S. Played at New Road, Worcester, on Wednesday, June 27th. A win for the School by six wickets. The School lost the toss and Hereford batted first on a hard wicket. Hereford soon settled down and runs came freely until Dhenki was run out, when the score was 27. Morris and Green batted well for Hereford, adding 35 runs for the third wicket. Hereford's innings closed for 127. For the School Summers batted brilliantly for 67 not out, and was ably supported by Hemmings, who batted well for 40, his innings included two 6's and four 4'$. Hemmings and Summers bowled well for the School. Hemmings, by taking five wickets in this match, got his fiftieth wicket, a very creditable performance. THE SCHOOL. R. E. Summers not out ... ... ... ... ... 67 8 W. F. R. Morgan l.b.w. b Alsopp R. L. Thomas b Morris ... 3 40 D. A. Hemmings c Walsh b Harrison D. S. Clarke b Alsopp o W. G. Spencer not out 9 J. L. Noble -v J. K. C. Bayes J. A. Wilkes I Did not bat J. S. Pressdee R. R. Townsend Extras

Total (for 4 wickets)

...

129

THE VIGORNIAN.

July, 1934.

Alsopp Morris Dhenin Harrison

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

BOWLING ANALYSIS.o. m. r. ii i 32 12 — 67 4 — n 2 — 17

HEREFORD C.S. G. W. P. Jones st Morgan b Summers G. H. Dhenin run out . . ... E. G. Preece I.b.w. b Summers ... ... G. J. Morris c Noble b Hemmings ... H. G. Green b Summers ... ... ... G. H. Harrison b Hemmings ... ... H. J. Walsh b Hemmings ... ... R. F. S. Creed I.b.w. b Pressdee R. Alsopp st Morgan b Hemmings G. L. Nicholas c Bayes b Hemmings M. Ricketts not out ... ... ... Extras ... ... ... Total

Pressdee Hemmings Summers

...

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. ... 8 i 40 ... 16.2 2 61 ... 10 3 24 * * *

w. 2 i — i

average. 16.0 67.0 — 17.0

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

... ...

38 6 4 30 27 4 I 3 3 7 2 2

...

127

w. i 5 3

average. 40.0 12.20 8.0

THE SCHOOL v. MALVERN COLTS IST XI. Played at Malvern on Saturday, June 3oth. A win for the School by nine wickets. The School lost the toss and Malvern batted first on a hard wicket. Malvern started none too well, having five wickets down for 31, but Cronhelm (J. N.) and Pattkison batted well, and averted a complete collapse. Malvern 's innings closed for 136. For the School, Summers and Morgan batted brilliantly, putting on 133 for the first wicket, and we just missed passing Malvern 's total of 136 with all our wickets intact, when Morgan was out I.b.w. Hemmings and Summers bowled well for the School. THE SCHOOL. R. E. Summers not out ... ... ... . W. F. R. Morgan I.b.w. b Cronhelm (G. N.) R. L. Thomas b Cronhelm (G. N.) D. A. Hemmings D. S. Clarke W. G. Spencer J. L. Noble Did not bat J. K. C. Bayes J. S. Pressdee R. R. Townsend F. E. B. Mole Extras ... ... ... ...

...

55 76 4

955

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. Cronhelm (G. N.) 9 — 41 Cowie ... 8 2 33 Manson ... 2 — 15 Baker ••• 3 — '8 Maclean ... 3 — 18 Norton ... 2 — 10 MALVERN COLTS.

Cronhelm (J

N ) b Noble

Pattinson c Morgan b Hemmings

...

average. 20.5 — — — — —

•

...

Total . . 136 BOWLING ANALYSIS. Pressdee ... 5 i 26 i 26.0 Hemmings ... 15.3 3 67 7 9.68 ... 5 — 18 — — Summers Noble . . . 5 i 20 2 10.0 Mole ... i — 4 — — * * * THE SCHOOL v. MR. R. J. CASTLEY'S XI. Played at New Road, Worcester, on Wednesday, July 4th. The School lost the toss and the visitors batted first on a hard wicket. Runs came freely until Ede was brilliantly run out at 34. A. C. Morgan and Capt. Bryant batted well, adding 60 runs for the second wicket. The innings closed for 126. For the School Summers and Morgan scored freely until the former was brilliantly stumped by A. C. Morgan. Thomas batted well for 34 and we passed Mr. Castley's XI 's total with six wickets in hand. Hemmings again bowled well, performing the hat trick. As this was Mr. Castley's farewell match as a Master, we sincerely hope he will continue these matches in future years. MR. R. J. CASTLEY'S XI. A. C. Morgan c Summers b Hemmings Capt. J. Bryant c Clarke b Hemmings Holland b Pressdee ... ., C S.M Cooper b Hemmings ... ... T. R. C. Prothero b Hammings J H L. Burnett not out ... ...

... ... ...

...

F. H. Yarnold st Langley b Hemmings ...

ao 47 21 2 6 3 o

2 Extras

Total (for i wickets)

w. 2 — — — — —

...

... 137 Total

126

THE VIGORNIAN.

956 BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. w. Pressdee ... n 3 22 I Hemmings ... 14.4 i 57 8 Mole ... i — n — Summers ... 3 — 24 — THE SCHOOL. R. E. Summers st Morgan (A. C.) b Bryant W F. R. Morgan run out ... ... ... D. A. Hemmings c Prothero b Clarke D. S. Clarke c and b Clarke C. W. P. Langley not out ... ... W. G. Spencer ) J. L. Noble / J. S. Pressdee / Did not bat R. R. Townsend ) F. E. B. Mole Total (for 4 wickets) BOWLING ANALYSIS.

Prothero Yarnold Bryant Ede Clarke

... 13 2 ... 7 2 ... 6 — ... 6 2 . . . 5 1 * * »

40 43 26 21 7

average. 22.0 7-12$ — —

25 49 4 o 25

...

— — i — 2

... 143

— — 26.0 — 3 . 5

D A Hemmings -not out ... ... W. G. Spencer D. S. Clarke C. W. P. Langley R. R. Townsend Did not bat J. S. Pressdee J. L. Noble J. K. C. Bayes .. Extras

...

Total (for 2 wickets)

...

w. — — — ' I — —

average. — — — 43-° 29.0 — —

MR H. J. PELHAM'S XI. Capt. Bryant c Clarke b Summers ... ... P Dorrell b Pressdee ... ... ... ...

... 112 ... 2

Coventry Pollard Bryant Dorrell Mole Beavan Pelham

H. J. Pelham b Summers ... Hon. J. Coventry l.b.w. b Summers Major Delahey b Hemmings ... R. Harrison c Noble b Hemmings J Beavan not out ... ... ... J H L Burnett not out . F. E. B. Mole 1 J. Appleby | Did not bat ...

...

... ... ...

...

... .

26 4 i 4 o 2

...

Total (for 7 wickets, declared)... 207

in ...

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. ... 17 2 71 ... 4 — 23 ... 3 — 27 ••• 7 « 43 ... 3 — 29 ... 2 — 17 ... i — i

Extras

THE SCHOOL v. MR. H. J. PELHAM'S XI. Played at New Road, Worcester, on Saturday, July 7th. A win for the School by eight wickets. The School lost the toss and Mr. Pelham's XI batted first on a hard wicket. Capt. Bryant batted very well for 112, but was very lucky, being missed four times. During his stay at the wicket he hit thirteen 4*8 and six 6's. Mr. Pelham's XI declared after tea, and the School were left just under two hours to get the runs. Summers and Morgan put on 125 for the first wicket, their third first wicket partnership of over one hundred this season. Morgan batted brilliantly for in, and during his stay at the wicket he hit twenty-two 4's, and was ably supported by Summers. THE SCHOOL. W. F. R. Morgan c Pelham b Mole

July, 1934-

13 223

Pressdee Hemmings Summers Noble

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

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. 13 2 58 14 — 93 7 i 26 3 — 5

w. I 3 3 —

average. 58.0 31.0 8.66 —

* » »

THE SCHOOL v. THE OLD VIGORNIANS. Played at New Road on Saturday, July 141)1. for the School by 153 runs.

A win

The School won the toss and batted on a medium-paced wicket. The School started none too well, being three wickets down for four, and at the lunch interval the score was 78 for three. Summers and Spencer continued the School's innings after lunch, and added 130 runs for the fourth wicket, before Spencer was out l.b.w. They however had saved the School from a collapse. Summers batted brilliantly for 128 not out, and during his stay at the wicket he hit twelve 4'$, and was ably supported by Spencer, who batted well for The Old Vigornians fared disastrously, thanks to Hemmings, who bowled extremely well, and apart from Bain

July, 1934.

THE VIGORNIAN.

and Boole no other batsman stayed very long. For the Old Vigoroians, Chignell was the most successful bowler. THE SCHOOL. R. E. Summers not out ... ... ... ... W. F. R. Morgan b Chignell R L Thomas b Chignell... D. A. Hemmings st Morgan (A. C.) b Chignell W. G. Spencer l.b.w. b Chignell D. S. Clarke l.b.w. b Chignell C. W. P. Langley b Chignell R. R. Townsend l.b.w. b Chignell J. S. Pressdee not out J. L. Noble I J. K. C. Bayes f Did not bat Extras

---

t^R

...

7 51

8 2C

Total (for 7 wickets, declared)... 251

Hodgson ... Chignell ... Bain ... Yarnold ... Morgan, H. M.... Arthure ... Baker ...

BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. 12 — 44 21 — 78 7 — 41 i — 7 6 — 21 6 — 20 4 — 26

OLD VIGORNIANS. B. A. J. Arthure st Langley b Hemmings A. C. Morgan c Summers b Hemmings H. M. Morgan b Hemmings ... ... W. R. Chignell st Langley b Hemmings D. W. Bain st Langley b Hemmmgs ... C. V. Hodgson b Hemmings G. D. S. Boole c Pressdee b Hemmings G. A. Baker run out A. J. Dash l.b.w. b Hemmings ... L. Warren l.b.w b Pressdee F. H. Yarnold not out Extras

w. — 7 — — — — —

average. — 11.14 — — — — —

... ...

... --

14 2 i

... ...

15 25

...

16 8

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BOWLING ANALYSIS. o. m. r. ... 15.2 4 17 ... 22 4 57 ... 7 3 12 * # *

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BATTING AVERAGES. Not Highest Innings. Out. Score. Runs. Aver,. R. E. Summers... 12 4 128* 524 65.5 W. F. R. Morgan 13 2 in 498 45.27 R. L. Thomas ... 9 4 42 118 23.6 J. S. Pressdee ... 7 4 25* 55 18.33 D. S. Clarke ... 9 2 43 121 17.14 D. A. Hemmings 12 2 40 171 17.1 C. W. P. Langley 7 2 19* 71 14.2 W. G. Spencer ... 9 i 51 94 11.75 J. K. C. Bayes ... 4 o 28 38 9.5 R. R. Townsend... 3 o 8 19 6.33 J. L. Noble ... i o 4 4 4. (* Indicates not out.) BOWLING AVERAGES. o. m. r. w. aver. D. A. Hemmings 180.06 23 656 80 8.2 D. S. Clarke ... 3 — n i n. J. L. Noble ... 8 i 25 2 12.5 J. S. Pressdee... 138.1 33 378 29 13.03 R. E. Summers... 48 7 133 6 22.16 W. G. Spencer ... 8 4 23 I 23. R.E.S. C.W.P.L. CHARACTERS OF THE XI. R. E. SUMMERS (Capt.). Led the side well, and set an excellent example in the field. A good first-wicket batsman, who places the ball well, and scores quickly. His chief fault is a tendency to hit under the ball. Useful change bowler. C. W. P. LANGLEY (Sec.). Kept wicket well, but is too apt to move his feet unnecessarily. Hard-hitting batsman, without much defence. W. F. R. MORGAN. A much improved batsman. Has acquired more scoring strokes without lessening his powers of defence. Good in the field, and has deputised behind the wicket with success. D. A. HEMMINGS. The mainstay of the attack. Bowls slow leg-breaks with an excellent length, and is not disturbed by being hit. Hard-hitting batsman, and good in the field. J. S. PRESSDEE. Steady medium-pace off-break bowler. An excellent foil to Hemmings, and bowled very few loose ones. Fair bat. Keen and active in the field. D. S. CLARKE. Quick and accurate in the field, and a much improved batsman. W. G. SPENCER. In the early part of the season he was disappointing, but towards the end he became as smart in the field as any member of the XI, and was much more successful with the bat. R. L. THOMAS. Sound batsman, with good scoring strokes. Good in the field. R. R. TOWNSEND. Keen and active in the field. Uncertain with the bat. J. L. NOBLE. Hard-hitting batsman. Fair change-bowler and good in the field. J. K. C. BAYES. Hard-hitting batsman. Good in the field.

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O.C.c. notes. In spite of the numbers of the O.T.C. being smaller than in previous years, the high standard of efficiency lias been well maintained, and the very satisfactory report received from the Inspecting Officer adds weight to the statement. * * * During the training this term special attention has been paid to Battle Drill and the contingent has received some instruction in Company Drill. Owing to the unfortunate circumstances which have attached themselves to the outbreak of infection in the School, the contingent will be unable to attend Camp at Tweseldown this summer. After such a very successful camp at Strensall last year it is a considerable disappointment to many who were looking forward to going again, as well as to many who have not yet had the advantage of attending a camp. * * * The Band this term has put in a great deal of practice and in spite of a good deal of disorganisation due to German measles it has made very satisfactory progress, although it is not up to its usual high standard. Due to the conclusion of the School year the band is losing a lot of its most valued members, and is urgently in need of recruits, if it is to carry on with the same measure of success as it has done in previous years. * * * The following attended the P.T. Camp this year:— C.S.M. Stretton, Sgt. Mercer, Cpl. Gilson, Cpl. Luscombe, Cdt. Bayes, and Cdt. Langley. On. the Thursday, April igth, a display was given by all the cadets attending camp before His Majesty the King. It was followed by a display of high horse work and fencing by the Instructors. * * * The contingent was inspected on July i3th by Colonel J. P. Tredennick, D.S.O., O.B.E. The band put up a good performance and the company's turn-out and drill were complimented by the Inspecting Officer. Battle Drills showed up rather a weak spot but control of individual sections and fire-orders were good. The official War Office report is not yet to hand. J.G.S.

71(14 Dap. Field Operations this term took place on Ascension Day in the Old Hills and Madresfield Park areas. A good day was rendered the more successful owing to the splendid weather conditions which prevailed and the fact that the journey to and from the scene of manoeuvres was made by river-steamer.

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The Contingent, divided into an Attacking and a Defending Force of two platoons each, embarked from Diglis at 09.30 hours and after a downstream course of sJ miles had been followed, a landing was made at Clevelode, on the west bank of the river. Here the two forces separated to take up their respective positions. The Defence, consisting of No. I Platoon, under the command of Sgt. Evans, and No. II, under Cpl. Hedderwick, marched across country to the S.W. extremity of the Old Hills, while the Attack, comprised of No. Ill and IV Platoons, under the command of Sgt. Richards and Sgt. Mercer, took up a position in Madresfield Park south of the defending position. Zero hour had been fixed at 13.00 hours, by which time platoon-commanders had made a survey of the ground and formed their plan of campaign. In the first phase of " the battle " those attacking were successful in slowly pressing the Defence back from a strong position it had held along the course of a deep stream in the N.E. corner of the Park and causing it to fall back on the Old Hills. In the second phase the forces came into closer contact with one another on the lower slopes of the Hills, where by far the " fiercest fighting " took place. As one section after another of the attack breasted the lower ridges they were met with concentrated fire from the higher ground and soon the surrounding woods were echoing to the sharp crackling of rifle fire and the incessant rattle of Lewis guns. As the attack advanced, however, the advantage changed sides since the Defence, which had hitherto been well concealed, had to withdraw to the open stretches of ground on the hill-tops. The third and last phase of the day saw a vigorous attempt on the part of the Attack to take the hill, whose lower slopes had been incessantly stormed during the preceding phase, and to dislodge the Defence which had firmly " entrenched " itself in the gorse and other rather scant cover which the hill afforded. The Defence organized a swift retreat from the eastern part of the hill to the west in the hope of luring the enemy onto the open area just evacuated, where it would have unpreparedly met with a concentrated attack from the massed forces of the Defence. Instead the Attack tried to carry out a number of outflanking movements which were brilliantly repelled by the Defence, which had the advantage of having only a small area to defend; even so a sudden onslaught on the north of the hill by No. IV Platoon was practically successful in attaining the higher ridge of the hill. Although the two forces did not actually close in on one another on the summit, it was obvious, had they done so, that no very definite " victory " would have been gained on either side, as operations had been well carried out both by Attack and Defence. The contingent reassembled and marched down to Cloud Green, where tea rations were served. At about 16.45 hours the steamer was boarded at Pixham Ferry and the returni made to Worcester. J.D.E.

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Flees. The following are the results of last term's fives competitions. In the Singles (Open) R. E. Summers defeated J. G. Stretton 15—8 and 15—8 without very much trouble. The interest of the competition was rather spoilt by D. S. Clarke's forced retirement from it. Mr. Franklin was yet again the senior partner of the winning pair in the handicap doubles. He was partnered by Ravenhill ii. However, they did not gain their honour without some very hard struggles in the earlier rounds, notably one against R. E. Summers and A. C. White. The other finalists were P. G. Andrews and J. S. Pressdee. The House matches resulted in a win for Day Boys, whose pair, R. E. Summers and R. L. Thomas beat the School House pair, D. S. Clarke and J. S. Bagenal 15—8 and 19—17. The match was a good one and R. L. Thomas is especially to be congratulated on his much improved form. D.S.C.

Sbooting notes. At the beginning of this term we heard that Colonel Chichester had decided to award his cup for the best score on the 200 yards range at Kidderminster when the Worcestershire Rifle Association Cup Competition was being held instead of at 30 yards and a separate competitionWe were sorry to hear this, as the only practice that would be of any use would be that on the open range itself and our rapid loading practice on the tennis lawn would not help us as it has done so much in previous years. *

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The result of the Chichester Cup Competition at 200 yards :— Points. 1. Worcester Royal Grammar School ... ... 236 2. Malvern College 233 3. Bromsgrove School 226 4. King's School, Worcester ... ... ... ... 206 The result of the W.C.R.A. Cup Competition at 200 and 500 yards:— *

1. 2. 3. 4.

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Worcester Royal Grammar School Malvern College Bromsgrove School ... ... King's School, Worcester ... ...

... ...

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Individual scores at Kidderminster :— At 2ooyds. At $oayds. Sgt. W. J. Mercer 28 32 Cpl. R. L. Thomas 26 29 Cdt. W. G. Spencer ... 29 22 Cpl. E. C. Luscombe ... 26 24 Cpl. K. Ault 24 26 Cdt. J. S. Wilkinson ... 22 28 L/Cpl. D. H. R. Holloway 28 21 Sgt. A. J. N. Richards ... 23 19 206

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Total. 60 55 51 50 50 50 49 42 407

The above were awarded shooting badges for 1934. « * *

It was decided to fire the House Individual Competition on the open range at Tyddesley Wood this year, though keeping the House Teams of four on the miniature range. This was generally approved as a more sporting event, especially because the cup was less likely to go to the House winning the Team cup.

The Individual Cup was won by Sergeant Mercer with a total score of 55. Cpl. Thomas and L/Cpl. Clarke were equal second with 50. * * * The result of the shooting for the House Cup Was as follows :— Hostel ... ... ... 207 points. School House ... ... 206 ,, Castle House 192 „ (Possible score—340 points.) The Hostel four were :— Cpl. E. C. Luscombe. Cpl. K. Ault. Cdt. W. G. Spencer. Cpl. I. H.'Hedderwick. W.J.M.

Swimming. The very fine weather has favoured swimming more than usual this year and as a result of the exceptionally fine spell at the beginning of the term we were able to start early. Mr. Nicholls has held Instruction Classes for beginners and nine boys have been successful in learning to swim ; during the term 20 boys have passed the River Test and 21 the Baths Test. Great activity and enterprise has been shown by competitors for the Life Saving Certificate of the Royal Life Saving Society. The following have passed and have

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gained two awards—the Intermediate Certificate and the Bronze Medallion :— R. L. Lodge, R. Anstey, J. M. Paul, E. M. F. Bearcroft, D. K. R. Powell, G. W. L. Glew, D. Sheriff, P. T. Halliley, J. Wise. C. R. C. Hoddinott, The result of the Inter-House Swimming Sports are not yet known, since the events will not take place until the last week of term. It is much to be regretted that more people do not take advantage of the excellent opportunities afforded for learning swimming in the School. We find it difficult to commend the courage of those persons who have entered their names on the bathing list but who have never put in an appearance at the baths.

J.D.E.

Scouts. For the Scouts this has been an eventful term. The weather being what it was, there has been no interference with the camping programme. Most of the Boarder Scouts have had two week-end camps, and the Day Boys have had more. The season really began in the Easter holidays, when the Rover crew and two patrols, in spite of extremely cold weather, had very successful camps, the Rovers at the Rhydd, Beard's patrol at Powick, and Pettigrew's patrol near Malvern. Four of our patrols attended a week-end camp arranged by the District Commissioner for all Worcester Scouts. This is an innovation, and from our point of view a particularly good one, as it gives us the opportunity of mixing with other Scouts; seeing what they can do, and showing them what we can do. There were about two hundred in camp and the time was well filled with Scouting activities. The Headmaster visited us on the Sunday morning and conducted an open-air service. The camps at Tutnall have been larger than usual, generally about twenty Scouts, consisting of both Day Boys and Boarders; and with the fine weather we have been able to do considerably more than usual. At the half term week-end, there was a camp for all Day Boy Scouts near the mouth of the Teme. One of the patrols distinguished itself by bridging the river with a rope contraption, which, though it looked frail, was strong enough to carry most of the troop over without accident. We are glad to see that several past and present members of our troop are doing useful work with Scouts outside the School. Wythes, who undertook the difficult task of starting a village troop at Crowle, is carrying it on very successfully and is assisted by Morgan. Summers, who is our A.S.M., is also the Cubmaster at the Royal Albert Orphanage, Rackstraw is with the St. John's troop, Jones with dairies, and others with troops in other districts.

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Our Troop Leader, Beard, was among those selected to represent the County for the St. George's Day gathering at Windsor. Unfortunately it is impossible to take Boarders to the summer camp this year, but we are glad to hear that at least two patrols are trying to arrange camps themselves later on in the holidays

Cbe ?ield Club. There have been three expeditions so far this term—May 3Oth, to Martley and Broadwas; June i6th, to Stoulton and Pirton; July yth, to Besford and Kempsey. Each of the churches has its special feature of beauty, quaintness, ugliness. Some of them leave lasting impressions. Such are the south doorway, the wall paintings and the great red tower of Martley; the I4th century chapel at Broadwas, with its characteristic mouldings; Stoulton's Norman windows, pilaster buttresses, and arcading above north and south doors; the timber nave and rood screen at Besford, where there is a rare harmony and repose; Pirton and its charming quaintness with relics of the fallen Norman central tower and the black and white timber belfry : and very much of Kempsey, which is a really large church, and, despite a portentous nave roof, chancel arch and pulpit, displays to advantage examples of i2th to isth century work in walling, mouldings, windows, arcading, which are an education in the sort of thing that the sort of person who goes to see them wishes to see. The membership is small and appreciative, and we very much hope to carry on next summer. A.D.F. J.D.E.

Cbe Cibrarp. The following books have been added to the Sixth Form Library :— The Cambridge Modern History. 13 vols. Companion to Shakespeare Studies (presented by the HeadMaster). * * * The following have been replaced in the School Library:— The House of the Arrow Mason Third Round Sapper ,, Final Count Jim Maitland Lives of the Hunted Seton The Second Jungle Book Kipling Allan Quatermain Haggard

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and the following added:— The Secret Hand Valentine Williams D. L. Sayers Lord Peter Views the Body John Masefield Bird of Dawning The Locum Tenens V. L. Whitehead Beau Geste P. C. Wren Mutiny! H. C. Nordoff and J. N. Hall English Journey J. B. Priestley P. G. Wodehouse Thank You, Jeeves The Invisible Man H. G. Wells The Forest Stewart E. White The Wrong Box S. Lloyd Osbourne The Secret of Trescobel Joseph Hocking " The Artist " is to be taken in for the Art Room. The following books have been added to the Reading Room:— Stanley Gibbons' Simplified Stamp Catalogue. Presented by the Publishers. March, 1934. Punch 1930, in 2 volumes. A History of the Great Western Railway, presented by the Publishers. * * * A Reading Room Coommittee has been established in order to keep the Reading Room tidy and in order. It is hoped that they will be able to report all complaints or suggestions for change to the Librarian for discussion at the Library Committee meetings.

School Concert. The Concert, held in College Hall on the evening of Speech Day, opened with an excellent performance of Purcell's " King Arthur." One listener at least regretted the omission of the enchanting Frost Scene, but was grateful for the rest. Mr. G. K. Tattersall kindly came back and sang the bass solos, and Mr. Nicholls sang the alto part, his rendering of " I call you all to Woden's hall " being particularly effective. Hartwright, Cox, Briggs i and Hinds between them managed the treble solos very well, apart from a tendency to lose pitch occasionally. But Mr. M. Williams, who kindly sang the tenor solos, was quite magnificent, and made of " Come if you dare " a really exciting experience. The chorus work was refreshingly precise and spirited, and gave full value to Dryden's splendid words. " Your hay it is mowed," irrelevant and probably unauthentic though it may be, went with an infectious swing. G. A. Baker, O.V., accompanied helpfully and Mr. Day conducted. In the second part of the programme, R. I. G. Brooks made a gallant attempt at a movement from a Beethoven sonata, but was evidently more at ease in the slighter work of Bach that he gave as an encore. The Orchestra then played two Norwegian Dances of Grieg, after which the

choir sang a very pleasant Unison Song, " Wanderthirst," composed by Mr. Day. There followed a generous " Selection " from "The Pirates of Penzance "; this was well played by the orchestra, Holloway being imperturbably efficient at the percussion, and justified itself by the pleasure it evidently gave. It is doubtful whether as much can be said for the " arrangement" of the " Blue Danube " waltz as a choral work which brought the programme to an end. The Orchestra consisted of:—Violins, Mrs. Winifred Hill, G. A. Baker, O.V.; viola, Mr. F. Fielder, O.V. ; 'cello, E. W. Price, O.V. ; flute, Mr. A. D. Franklin; clarinets, Mr. E. G. Bcothroyd, R. A. H. Davies, O.V. ; trumpets, Mr. H. E. Nicholls, J. G. Stretton; percussion, D. H. R. Holloway; piano, K. B. Dyer.

Cbess notes. On Friday, March i6th, a match was played at home against Malvern College, too late for inclusion in last term's Vigornian. The School team was weakened by the unfortunate absence of Spencer, and after a hard fight had to admit defeat. Andrews was unlucky enough to stalemate his opponent when within sight of victory, and this half-point made all the difference between a draw -and a loss for the School. Scores :— THE SCHOOL. 1. J. L. Warren 2. K. B. Dyer 3. P. G. Andrews 4. F. C. Lewis

5. E. L. R. Gilson 6. I. Roberts

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Warren defeated Dyer in the final of the Chess Cup after an interesting game and so retained the cup for the Day Boys.

Speed) Dap, [Reprinted in part from The Worcester Daily Times and The Birmingham Post.] Speech Day was held on Friday, July I3th. The Dean presided, and the prizes were distributed by Mr. Cyril Bailey, Fellow of Balliol College, and Public Orator of Oxford University, a Governor of the School. Others present on the platform included the Bishop (Dr. A. W. T. Perowne), the Mayor (Mr. A. E. Looker), Archdeacon J. H. F. Peile, and Canon Hutchinson.

THE VIGORN1AN. The Dean, after referring to the presence of the Bishop and Mr. Rammell, said that Mr. Castley, the second master, who had served the School for a large number of years, was there in that capacity for the last time. The School owed Mr. and Mrs. Castley a great deal for what they had done in connection with The Hostel, and he wished them health and prosperity in their retirement. THE HEADMASTER'S REPORT. The Headmaster spoke of the death of Archdeacon James, whose genial interest in the School was very greatly appreciated by everybody. There was no member of the Cathedral body who interested himself more in the affairs of the School, whether in scholarship or on the football field. He had been personally indebted to Archdeacon James, an experienced headmaster, for wise counsel on many occasions. They also missed Dr. Carlyle, who in his short stay as Canon had endeared himself to them all by his kindliness, friendliness, and humour. They would miss them both very much, but at the same time they were fortunate in their successors. They would find in Canon Hutchinson a great acquisition and a very good friend, and Canon Briggs' interest in education was sure to show itself to the benefit of the School. The Dean never absented himself from any function to do with the King's School, and he doubted whether they had ever had a better friend since Henry VIII, who founded the School. He might elaborate a comparison of their sturdy British qualities and understanding of the ordinary Englishman. They welcomed the Dean in the same way that they might welcome Henry VIII. They rejoiced very much that those qualities of the Dean which they had learnt to admire and appreciate had been recognised by the wider circle of the citizens of Worcester in making him a Freeman of the City. They were sorry Mrs. Moore Ede was not well enough to be present, but they were glad to hear that she was going on very well. There was not very much to report in the year's work, continued the Headmaster. It had not been a year of brilliant successes, but he wished to pay testimony to the exceptionally sound, loyal, and public-spirited monitors of the past year. He had never had a more pleasant and unassuming lot of leaders, and in ways which counted much more than successes they could put on an honours list, he was sure that the School had been sound during the past year. " There is in some public schools a class of young man who is called a ' blood,' " he said. " We don't rear that class at all in the King's School. We have had some rather inferior imitations of it occasionally, but I cannot imagine a lot of fellows less like the traditional conception of ' bloods ' than the fellows I have had this year, and I think that is a very important thing." He also acknowledged the valuable assistance of his staff, in addition to their work in the classrooms. They were saying good-bye to Mr. Castley, who had served the School for thirty years, and he expressed his gratitude to Mr. Castley for the help he had given him, especially during the past few years, as second master, since the retirement of Mr. Rammell. His chief work had been the founding and carrying on of one

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of the School boarding houses, and when they thought of the number of boys who had passed through the Hostel during its thirty years of life, they would have some conception of the debt that the King's School owed to Mr. and Mrs. Castley. He was glad that the members of the Hostel had shown their affection by a presentation. He mentioned that Mr. Castley was presenting the School with a more worthy desk and chair for the use of the second master at Prayers in College Hall. The number of honours won by the School had not been as many as in past years. On the other hand they had gained 28 School Certificates and five Higher Certificates, so they had nothing to be ashamed of in that respect. Another most successful department was the cricket eleven, which had had its best season for a very long time. They had not lost a single School match, and they were not going to be beaten by the Old Vigornians. The only feature whicli was not quite satisfactory was the School numbers, which were about fifty lower than they had been at their highest, but that was the case with a great many schools in their position, and he was not perturbed about it. He had abundant evidence that it did not imply any loss of good name or any lack of confidence in the School. People had said to him, " You ought to advertise," but he believed some of the greatest evils of the present day were due to the wrong kind of publicity and propaganda. He thought they had all gone mad about publicity and propaganda and there was very great danger of getting into their head a wrong scale of values. If the parents thought it was a good school it was up to them to pass on the information to everybody else they met, and that was the only sort of advertising he wished the King's School to receive. He mentioned that they had a trifling plague of German measles which would make it necessary for them to abandon going to the O.T.C. camp, and that in consequence the School would break-up on Saturday, July 28, instead of remaining over the week-end. THE MRS. HENRY WOOD PRIZES. Before Mr. Cyril Bailey distributed the prizes, the Dean referred to the Mrs. Henry Wood prizes. This year he had asked competitors to review The Channings, but he was disappointed that the reviews were not as good or exhaustive as they ought to have been. Some of the essays had been good, but they had not risen to that height of excellence which he generally associated with the Mrs. Henry Wood prizes. MR. CYRIL BAILEY. The Headmaster then called upon Mr. Cyril Bailey to distribute the prizes. After which, Mr. Bailey resisting, so he said, the natural inclination to " orate " in Latin, consented for once to use the " unaccustomed " English tongue. For the past three weeks, he said, he had been carefully scanning reports of speech days in the hope of getting some really good hint, but there was not one. He noticed two main divisions of speech-day speeches. First there was the " old buffer " speech, delivered by a man who put his thumbs in his waistcoat and said, " I never did a stroke of work at school and look at me now! "

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He clearly left himself open to the retort, " Think what you might be now if you had done some work 1 " On the other hand there was the more ambitious type of speech, by the man who tried to define the ultimate purpose of education. These definitions varied from the somewhat lofty but doubtless true ones, such as " a turning of the soul to the light " (which he believed was perfectly true, but not very easy to apply immediately to practical concerns), down to the gloriously cynical one, that education consists in " casting sham pearls before real swine." He noticed that whereas a year or two ago everybody said they were looking to the public schools for leaders, now they said they looked to the public schools for good followers. Possibly the speakers thought our need for leaders was amply satisfied in Sir Oswald Mosley and Sir Stafford Cripps. It might be that they were not quite sure whether " leaders " were exactly suited to the British nation, or it might be that they simply felt they would like to give the British public schools a rather easier task. He agreed that they wanted leaders and followers, but there was something else which they needed even more—to be good friends. They had seen violence and hostility and the aggressive self-assertion of nations and individuals, and what they wanted more than anything else at the present moment was the assertion of the principle of friendship and understanding and co-operation. That was a contribution he believed the English people could make as well as, and possibly better than, any other nation in the world. What was it that was keeping the nations apart and preventing them from reaching the only real security, an unarmed understanding based on common- will and an assent to waive individual rights and claims for common needs? It was suspicion and fear, and they were the exact opposites of friendship. Even in our efforts for international understanding, and one felt how great they had been in the past few years, we had been a little lacking in the real understanding friendship which tried to see the other man's point of view. A Venetian ambassador in the fifteenth century wrote, " An Englishman, when he sees a foreigner whom he likes, says, ' What a delightful man. What a pity he is not an Englishman.' " Nations, and particularly England, had entered into conferences in that spirit, expecting that other nations were like themselves. The same applied in industrial problems. They wanted to sit down together with frankly open minds, prepared even for very great changes if they seemed necessary for the common weal. The boys, he said, turning to the School, could help by trying to be real friends with foreigners and people belonging to a different class (a phrase he hoped would soon vanish), and getting to understand their outlook. They should not be content with the facile and easy friendship which came to them naturally, but try to get to know the shy and awkward people, the apparently uninteresting people and the people who seemed to be a little bit out of it. In that way they could prepare themselves for the bigger and more difficult task of being true friends in public and international life." At the conclusion of the proceedings, the Dean rose and,

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as his voice betrayed, very deeply moved, made the following announcement:— " The King's School gave me my introduction to the people of Worcester, for it was in connection with the King's School p>ize-giving that I made my first official appearance as Dean of Worcester. Therefore, I think this King's School Prize Day is the most fitting occasion to announce that I have intimated to the Prime Minister my intention of resigning the office of Dean of Worcester. I have been thinking of doing so for some time, and was only waiting for the new canons to be settled in, but when my dear wife broke down in health some three weeks ago I felt I must delay no longer. " We both feel deeply leaving the Cathedral and the Deanery. They have been the centre of our life for twentysix years. Our friends are in Worcester, our interests are in Worcester, and the people of Worcester recently did me the honour of making me a Freeman of the City. Therefore, when we leave the Deanery we hope to continue to live among you. " When my resignation will take effect will depend on the condition of my wife's health and when we can secure a suitable residence. The Prime Minister desires me not to send in my formal resignation until the moment is really convenient to us." Mr. Castley, in rising to return thanks for what had been said about himself, spoke briefly of what the School owed to Dr. Moore Ede. The Headmaster also expressed the deep regret with which he knew the announcement would be received. Tea was then served in the School garden. PRIZE LIST. Bishop of Worcester's Divinity Prize, VI, R. J. W. Bryer ; Canon Cronshaw Divinity Prize, Upper V, K. Ault; Maurice Day Classical Prize, R. L. Thomas; James Nash Classical Prize, Upper V, R. I. G. Brooks; George Nash History Prize, Modern VI, R. J. W. Bryer; School Latin Prose Prize (Archdeason Peile), R. L. Thomas; School French Prize, L. V. Podesta; French, School Certificate (S. W. Whitehouse), J. L. Warren; School Science Prize (in> memory of Samuel Southall, O.V.), E. T. C. Harris; Archdeacon James' Accidence Prizes, VI, Latin, D. S. Clarke; Greek, R. I. G. Brooks. Upper V, Latin, D. O. Hall; Greek, J. P. C. P. Raban. Lower V, Latin, R. Anstey; Greek, A. E. Hardman. Upper IV, H. G. Williams. Middle IV, H. A. Bubb. Lower IV, R. L. Lodge. General Knowledge (the Dean of Worcester), VI, R. L. Thomas; Upper V, J. Sutton; Lower V, J. F. Lavender; Upper IV, R. Pettigrew; Middle IV, N. W. Richards; Lower IV, R. L. Lodge; Lower School, R. H. Bough. Reading Prizes (Canon Hutchinson), Senior, D. H. R. Holloway; Junior, D. Dencer. Music Prize (Sir Ivor Atkins), H. G. Williams. Junior Singing, C. G. Hartwright. Drawing Prize, J. H. Jackson. Prize for the Best School Certificate, J. L. Warren.

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Mayor of Worcester's Prize, D. W. Gaylor. Yates Prize for Best Certificate A in O.T.C., K. Ault. Special Prize (The Headmaster), A. J. N. Richards. Mrs. Henry Wood Essay Prizes : Senior, first prize, J. D. Evans; second prize, A. M. Penny. Junior, first prize H. C. Cox; second prize A. G. Strother. Honours won by Members of the School since last Prize Day: A. J. N. Richards, Meeke Scholarship, Hertford College, Oxford; A. V. Parsons, ist Class Classical Moderations, Oxford.

On the Tuesday we returned to London after a most interesting and enjoyable trip. As the tour has been such a success the O.T.C. Club and the Ypres League hope to arrange a similar tour next year, and if they do I most certainly recommend anyone to go, as it is so well organized and interesting. C.W.P.L.

more misleading. (With acknowledgments, apologies and profoundest admiration to Mr. A. P. Herbert.)

fl Cour or tbe Battlefields of f landers. I was one of the 150 members of the Junior O.T.C. who left London on Saturday, April I4th, for Ypres. We were about to fulfil a wish expressed by the late Lord Plumer that the younger generation should visit the scenes where their fathers had fought, and in many cases died, for England. The tour was arranged jointly by the Ypres Leagues and the O.T.C. Club, and on the platform at Victoria to wish us God-speed were Lieutenant-General Sir William Pulteney, Chairman of the League, Lady Plumer, and the Belgian Ambassador who had done so much to assist with the arrangements. We arrived at Ypres the same evening, and after dinner we attended a preliminary lecture given by officers from the War Office who were accompanying the party. On Saturday morning a large number of us were taken, to visit Talbot House, in Poperinghe, which is well-known to thousands of officers and men who fought in the Ypres Salient. We returned to Ypres in time for a service in St. George's Memorial Church. After the service a wreath was laid at the Memorial by Major Montague Jones, who was in charge of the party, to the inhabitants of Ypres who were killed in the bombardment. In the afternoon, we made a tour of the Salient and, at some of the stops, explanations were given by the officers about some battle or the situations at various dates. The route we followed went by Gheluvelt, where the and Battalion Worcester Regiment made a brilliant counter-attack in 1914 which saved the Channel ports. The achievement was complimented by the late Lord French, then General Sir John French. We returned to Ypres after visiting " Hill 60 '" and Zillebeke. After dinner we assembled at The Menin Gate where, after a few prayers by the resident English chaplain," Last Post " was sounded (as it is every night of the year) and a wreath was laid in memory of the thousands of missing whose names are recorded upon the stone panels of the gate. On the Monday we went into France and visited Messines Ridge, Armentieres, Neuve Chapelle, Loos, Vimy Ridge, Arras, and back to Ypres via Souchez, B£thune, Kemmel and Shrapnel Corner,

Higginwinch and Higginwinch v. Ferryman. The hearing of this case was concluded to-day at the Suckley Sessions. The Examining Magistrate, Sir Anthony Logwash, LL.D., delivering judgment said:—The case before us raises several interesting points of law and possesses one feature which is quite without parallel in the experience of a long and arduous career on this bench, a career which I fondly believe has been fair and unprejudiced and which has not been without its contribution and its benefit to the problems of this day and age. (Sympathetic applause.) I refer to the fact that of the parties to this action only the plaintiff, Mrs. Higginwinch, can with any reasonable certainty be traced. Even Mrs. Higginwinch is not in law the true plaintiff, the action being taken by her on behalf of her only child in the male lineage, who is at present serving his King and his Flag in a distant corner of our far-flung Empire. The Court will stand for one moment. But the reason that he is distant on military service does not prejudice his right of action in a court of law, as was conclusively proved in Fitzbang v. The Amalgamated Association of Cabdrivers of Marseilles (1897), 3 Q.B. Here you will remember judgment was found for the Brigadier although he "was during the entire hearing in the northern hills of Assam, more than four days' march from the nearest postal communication. So that the initial plea of the defence, that the plaintiff has no knowledge of the action and that if he had he would withdraw his case immediately, will not stand. A supposition, as Mr. Justice Wool has sagely observed, is only a supposition. The essential facts of this case are deceivingly simple. Between the King's School and the King's School playing fields is a stretch of water which as was sworn by Professor Rugg, of the Royal Geographical Society, forms part of the river Severn. Across this water and by virtue of various acts and amendments into which it is not the purpose of this court to enquire, there plies for public hire a ferry-boat. On the inside of this boat in such a manner as to be decipherable to a reasonable man is written Adults—Boys, with the numbers against each classification above- which life and property would be endangered

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and criminal negligence incurred under the various clauses of Plimsoll's and the Navigation Acts. Now it is alleged for the plaintiff that on a certain afternoon in November of 1924 the boat, which was occupied entirely by schoolboys, proceeding to the playing fields, was allowed to be filled to a number exceeding that allowed by the law, that there was a heavy list towards the western or Powick shore and that as a direct result one of the football boots of the plaintiff was trajected into the water, where it sank immediately. The plaintiff in order to answer his name at the roll call was compelled to cross more than four hundred yards of damp grassland in a semi-shod condition. In consequence it is alleged a painful inflammation affecting the muscles and joints of the foot, known medically as polyarthritis, was thereby set up. The plaintiffs base this case on two letters, one of which dated November the I2th, 1924, describes in somewhat immature prose the events I have just related, while the other, headed Dehra Ghazi Khan, who is not it seems a religious leader but a place in Baluchistan, contains these words : " I have had a return lately of my old rheumatic trouble in the foot." Now if we are in agreement with these facts and if we are of opinion that this hurt was caused to the plaintiff as a direct result of his damp walk which in its turn was caused by the defendant's contravention of PlimsoH's and the Navigation Acts, then we must find for the plaintiff and assess damages accordingly, notwithstanding that no person has yet come forward to state with any reasonable certainty who the defendant is, for (Mudd v. Inspector Trott and The Metropolitan Water Board) the case will pass " ipso jure " to his principals. But if it lacked a defendant this court was at least fortunate in having the assistance of a number of publicspirited gentlemen who obtaining leave of absence from their various professions and business houses came forward voluntarily to assist in the findings of this case. Witnesses to the number of twenty-nine, all of whom claim to have been in or near the boat at the time in question, have appeared before us with information of varying value. It was noticeable however, as you will remember, that the evidence was always of a more interesting and sparkling nature after the luncheon adjournment and it was during one of these afternoon sessions that the witness Blogg gave it as his opinion, adding modestly the rider " for what it is worth," that the boat was carried down by the strength of the current as far as The Elephant House. This, as those of you who were awake will remember, gave rise to heated controversy occupying the attention of the court for more than three days on the purely irrelevant question of the origin of this name The Elephant House, opinions varying from the simple and probably accurate idea that it once housed a travelling circus to the fantasy of a place of worship to the Elephant God by the citizens of Worcester in ancient time. It was on the third day after all twenty-nine witnesses had given evidence on this point, and, the Dog and Compasses being closed, there seemed no reason to suppose that they were not, all twenty-nine of them, prepared to give further evidence, that I delivered my famous dictum. For the benefit

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of those who did not hear it and to ensure its insertion in future legal text books, I will repeat it: " The purpose of a Court of Law is to dispense justice not to constitute itself an etymological investigation bureau," which I modestly think is rather good. The closing stages of this case coincided very fortunately with the Old Vigornian week-end. On the Saturday morning, in spite of the counter attraction of the Annual Inspection on the cricket field, we drew our best crowd, long odds against the defendant being freely offered and taken. From the evidence then forthcoming it seems that, including fourteen who are at present dispersed in various parts of our far-flung Empire, you need not stand up, no less than fifty-seven people were in the boat at the time under discussion. This is a grave charge. On the Monday, when the attendance was poor, only the leisured classes being left in, we had the statement of the witness Wart, by his own confession a bookmaker. Wart is the only witness in this case who claims to know nothing whatever about it and for that reason, to my mind, he is convincing. He is here, as he told the Court, purely in the exercise of his professional duties, but one morning while busy with his slate adjusting the preluncheon, the important call over of the day, an aspect of the case occurred to him which in the welter of irrelevant information had escaped the notice of earlier witnesses. Briefly his contention is, that if there had been no threat of corporal punishment, the plaintiff could have returned on the ferryboat and proceeded to the school for fresh boots without the necessity of crossing damp grassland. That furthermore, if there had been no threat of corporal punishment, the ferryman, who was no doubt a kind-hearted man, would not have been induced to overload his boat. That action be taken therefore against the instigators of this corporal punishment, who in the absence of the particular captains and princes of games at the time shall be deemed to that powerful vested interest known as the Games Fund. Now what the bookmaker said is not evidence but it does bring an entirely new light to bear on the case and if we only follow it, will dispense, thank Heaven, with our fictitious or undecided defendant. Such action may be without precedent but then I venture to suggest that this entire case is without precedent, and the more we are without precedent the merrier we shall be and the more pages we shall get in the Law Reports and the nearer I shall get to my peerage. I declare therefore that the action is hereinafter directed against the Games Fund. The defendant being allocated, it remains to be seen whether there is any weak link in the argument of the plaintiff. That he travelled on the boat, that the boat was overcrowded, that his boot fell overboard, and that he was compelled to walk semi-shod, are undisputed facts. But can we say with certainty that this was the entire cause of his hurt? I think not. Who are we to say that he did not, perhaps at some dance at Poona neath the deodars, wander into the garden in thin evening shoes to show his partner the beauty of the tropic night? (Laughter.) It

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would not be the first flutter that the uniform of our gallant Army, you need not stand up, has caused in the feminine heart. (More laughter.) Here then I find the weak link in the argument and the action must perforce be quashed. Costs of the case will be paid by the Games Fund. Witnesses will, however, provide for their own refreshment, which I hope will be a lesson to those optimistic gentlemen who were misguidedly induced, in the homely expression of the countryside, to " chalk it up." AN O.V.

Correspondence. To the Editors of " The Vigornian." Dear Sirs, At the request of the Headmaster and with the approval of the O.V. Club, I am writing a History of the School. May I invite any O.V., particularly those who knew the School in the last century, to send me any information which may help me to make the picture as complete as possible? Invaluable as the files of The Vigornian are, they start only in 1878, and there is naturally comparatively little in them of a personal nature. I should be grateful for character sketches and anecdotes of masters before the turn of the century; for reminiscences of the aspect of buildings now vanished; for particulars of games, especially the nature of the rules by which football was played here before Soccer was adopted (in 1892); in fact, for anything that may throw light on the details of the life of the School. Very often the most trivial things are of value, serving to confirm or correct an impression already formed on scanty evidence. Old letters, photographs, prints, drawings, etc., would be of great assistance, and I will undertake to treat these with proper care and to return them after having them copied. Yours, etc., ALEC MACDONALD, O.V. 1911-1915. King's School, Worcester.

To the Editors of "The Vigornian." Dear Sirs, A letter appeared in these columns last term, signed under the nom de plume of " Antiquitas," in which the writer protested against the introduction of new societies and ideas into our school life. He derided the fact that people were joining together to promote new interests and maintained that they should work for " the things that are already here." Many in the School admire " Antiquitas " for his stolid stay-where-we-are attitude but they wish to ask him to explain why he is so averse to any enterprise in school life. He was horror-struck at the thought of any idea of conformity in future " out-of-school employments " but it would seem that he wishes people to conform to his own dogged conservatism and to be content to stay where they are. While being " lovers of this place " and duly appreciating its manifold advantages to the full, they cannot see why these must be an excuse for suppressing enterprise or creative endeavour. They would assure " Antiquitas " that no new societies of any worth are likely to be formed unless they have the true approval of a large number of the school and meet with popularity. (I trust that if such a thing as a Bridge Club accidentally came into existence it would be shortlived.) I am, sirs, yours, etc., J.D.E. [J.D.E. is perfectly right when he says that there ought to be enterprise in the School. His own opinions happen also to be the very opposite to Conservatism. But what " Antiquitas " tells us he is after is the abolishing of all casualness and frittering away of energy upon useless or impossible " enterprise." We cannot go beyond a certain standard because we are always coming and going. Casual folk always want something new and get " fed up " failing to try and find a cause. With small numbers we have no room for those who refuse to get keen and interested in things.—EDS. " VIG."]

Contemporaries We acknowledge the following contemporaries, with apologies for any accidental omissions:—The Bromsgrovian, The Cantuarian, The Cheltonian, The Decanian, The Felstedian, The Herefordian, The Limit, The Monktonian, The Monmothian, The Portcullis, Royal College Magazine, The Tonbridgian, The Wolvernian, The Wulfrunian, The Wyggestonian.