make openings for itself and escaped with a draw only because of the brilliance of Garnham, in goal, and the tenacity of the defenders. It must be said that the ground was so muddy that anything less than a hearty crack at the ball was doomed to failure. Ashville realised this at the start, but the School took a long time to settle down. The first chance came, however, when Brockbank went through and shot weakly as the goalkeeper advanced ; the ball trickled across the goalmouth and out of play before anyone could follow up to it. At the other end of the field, Garnham was lured out, but luckily the ball was centred directly to him from the left and he was able to clear. Garnham also saved brilliantly from the centre forward at point blank range. The rest of the first half was spent in fruitless pursuit of the muddy ball. In the second half the School should have made more of their opportunities, but the forwards were very slow to part with the ball. Naturally, on such a ground it was hard work, but it was just the day for a push between the backs for the centre forward to run after. Neither side did this, however, but clung to orthodoxy. Stephenson and Belchamber did not have any difficulty in keeping Ashville in check, and with Lynch playing remarkably well at centrehalf, the School should have won. The Ashville goalkeeper frequently came to the edge of the circle to deal with the most innocent of raids, and once was away from his goal on the right when Brockbank was in possession barely ten yards out with the most open of open goals imaginable, but in haste he blazed wide. Dickinson was unlucky with a flick shot with about two minutes remaining. Another good attack followed, but the Ashville defence remained cool until the end. Team:—J. S. Garnham; G. P. G. Stephenson, H. C. Belchamber ; P. A. Andrew, R. C. Lynch, F. F Steele; L. W. Bennett, J. R. Walters, J. T. Brockbank, E. N. Dickinson, D. Cole. ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. LEEDS UNIVERSITY. Played at Home, Saturday, February 11th. Result—St. Peter's School 1, Leeds University 4. At the beginning of this game the School were outplayed by the direct hitting and clever stickwork of the Leeds players, but after conceding one goal the forwards 47
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