SQUASH THE LONDONDERRY CUP After the school's easy victory over Brentwood in the first round of the Londonderry Cup, St. Peter's came up against Harrow, the holders, and were defeated by five events to love at the Naval and Military Club. This result was only to be expected, for Harrow had three Internationals in R. M. Boustead, W. S. Jameson and M. T. Turnbull; one of the best players in the country in P. J. Phillips; and as fifth string Lord Ronaldshay, who plays for Queens Club in the Bath Club Cup and gained a blue at Cambridge. The outstanding performance for St. Peter's was that of J. T. Brockbank, who actually took the first two games off Jameson, a quarter finalist in this year's Amateur Championship, and led him 5-0 in the third—a remarkable achievement for a player who had hardly touched a racket since the Londonderry Cup match of a year before. St. Peter's reached the last four in the Londonderry Cup in the first year it was held, only going down 3-2 to Eton, who eventually won the competition, but nowadays they lack young players with first class match experience. It is to be hoped that Old Peterites who are able to play squash rackets regularly after leaving School will get in touch with B. A. C. Gray, whose enthusiasm has done so much to keep a St. Peter's team going •in this competition year after year. This season the Londonderry Cup was won for the first time by Lancing, who beat Harrow in the semi-final and Tonbridge in the final, both 3-2. It is interesting to recall that it was against Lancing that St. Peter's played the first Public School Old Boys squash match, at Ealing in the early thirties. The details of the match against Harrow are : N. W. D. Yardley lost to R. M. Boustead, 9 5, 7 9, 5 9, 5 9. —
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S. G. S. Pawle lost to P. J. Phillips, 3-9, 4-9, 3-9. J. T. Brockbank lost to W. S. M. Jameson, 9-4, 10-9, 7-9, 2-9, 3-9., C. K. Hudson lost to M. T. Turnbull, 3-9, 2-9, 4-9. W. J. Oliver lost to Lord Ronaldshay, 3-9, 4-9, 3-9.
ENGLAND v. DENMARK An Old Peterite played squash rackets for England for the first time when Denmark were defeated by five events to love at Copenhagen. The England team, in order of play, was R. M. Boustead (Harrow and Surrey), P. L. Richards (Charterhouse and Leicestershire), Si G. S. Pawle (St. Peter's, York, and Herts.), D. Dugdale (Dartington Hall and Yorkshire) and H. D. Bradshaw (Rugby and Surrey) (Captain). The School might well have had two representatives, for N. W. D. Yardley was chosen to make the journey, but was unable to accept owing to business reasons. Pawle won his match against B. 0. Smitt in straight games, 9-6, 9-7, 9-3. This was the first official International match between the two countries, 8
