in the 1st round. They also The Grove beat the Manor by went on to beat Temple in the semi-final. The other semi-final was easily won by School House. The final, between Grove and School House, resulted in a 3-0 victory for School House.
ATHLETICS AND CROSS-COUNTRY In spite of many other rival activities, the standards system was again embarked upon and successfully concluded in the last 21- weeks of term. After the painful process of getting into condition had been overcome, enormous benefit was derived by scores of boys from this system, and once again the general standard and enthusiasm shown were most heartening. Since last year a few adjustments had been made in the standard times and measurements, in some cases a levelling up and in others a levelling down, but the overall effect was bound to be negligible. The Rise achieved incredible results, amassing no less than 609 standards at an average of 12.96 per boy, and thus gained a commanding lead in points before Sports Day. Individuals who excelled by gaining maximum points were :—in Set A : Goodburn (R.); in Set B : Roe (T.), Raylor (M.), Fairweather (S.H.), and Nicholson (M.); in Set C : Hawkins (R.); in Set D : Reid-Smith (R.); and in Set E : Maxwell (G.). Seven more boys failed by only one point to reach the maximum, and amongst these the Rise were again well represented. On Sports Day the only innovation was the raising of the Intermediate age limit from "Under 16' to "Under 16r. This was the result of a Games Committee meeting earlier in the year, and undoubtedly the extension of a further 6 months on to this age-group considerably relieved the strain which had previously been experienced by all Houses. The superiority of the Rise, well represented in all events, became all the more pronounced as the meeting progressed, for they gained 10 first places and almost succeeded in winning all 3 relay races. The highlight of the meeting, however, was the breaking of 3 past records. Conditions were not favourable for outstanding performances, for the wind was blustery, the track was heavy, and, although for the most part the rain held off, it was distinctly cold. All the more credit, then, must go to the 3 boys, Goodburn, Wall and De Little, who broke the records on such an afternoon, and they are to be congratulated on their fine achievements. M. G. Goodburn's 'Half-mile (Senior) in 2 mins. 9.6 secs. beat by .9 sec. the previous record set up by P. F. Ringrose in 1944, and Ringrose was the first to congratulate him. It was a solo effort entirely; there were no pace-makers, only the clock to give him 45