THE
PETERITE. VOL . XIII .
OCTOBER, 1896 .
No .
124
SCHOOL LETTER. F last term's doings there only remain for comment the Athletic Sports, and the Prizegiving . The weather was fine and on the whole most of the events were up to the average, though we should like to see more entries for the junior events. most of which were not as good as in past years : only one competitor entered for the junior hurdle race and in consequence the race had to be given up . Nevile carried off the most events securing four 'firsts ." Several good finishes were witnessed especially in the quarter mile, half mile, and handicap hundred, the final heat of which had to be run twice, as the first resulted in a dead heat . We must not forget to congratulate Fausset on winning the mile for which he has struggled gamely so many years . The Prizegiving, as it always does, passed off most successfully. A word about the past cricket season would perhaps not be out of place : it has been on the whole a successful one, the batting power was perhaps above the average, though on one or two occasions, sad to relate, it did not `come off . ' Sullivan and Wheelwright were most conspicuous, the former amassing two centuries during the season which ended satisfactorily with a second victory over Homer's College on our ground when three members of the team made over 4o, namely, Wheelwright, Veld and Watson . A word of praise is also due to Greeves for his creditable performance with the ball . And now for this term ' s prospects . Football of course is the chief topic . Of last year' s team we shall have eight left (not nine as we thought, as Watson
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