The Junior School

Award of points ... 1st— 5 pts. 2nd-3 pts. 3rd-1 pt.

Relays ... ... 1st-10 pts. 2nd-6 pts. 3rd-2 pts. Manor ... 107 points. School House 79 points. Grove ... 52i points. Temple 17 points. Rise ... 141 points.

Mrs. Kendell kindly presented the Kazerooni Cup to R. J. Gibson, the •Captain of the Manor House Swimming Team.

It is a great pleasure to be able to record once again that St. Olave's School has had a very successful Summer Term, with our numbers standing at the nice figure of 194. The boys—with the few exceptions we don't write about—have worked very well indeed, and some have achieved most praiseworthy results, vide the School Prize List. Keenness has been shown in games and sports (as usual), and what is very pleasing, a record number of boys passed the school swimming test. No less than 44 Certificates were presented by the Headmaster at the end of term. Also, we have had no epidemic diseases or serious illness.

In our account of the term's doings we must record our considerable successes in the Scholarship examinations. From our Form J.VI, D. M. Walker gained the highest scholarship to the Senior School : J. E. H. Quickfall also gained a scholarship and M. J. Baddeley and J. R. Jenkinson gained Exhibitions. J. M. Leonard gained a scholarship award at Bedford School. From Form J.VA, D. G. Barton gained a Day Boy Exhibition, and R. M. Hick passed Grade V with Merit in the Royal School of Music exam. for pianoforte.

These successes were not attained without hard work, and we do heartily congratulate all the winners. Mention must also be made of the keenness shown 'by the boys in the lower forms for making Wild Flower collections during the Easter holidays. Many of the collections were extremely neat and well done. The First Prize winners were :— J.IIIA, P. Dronfield. J.IIIB, D. Rayner, J.II, K. Hick. J.I,

F. H. Dimmey.

Going back to the early part of the term, our Athletic Sports were held on Whit Monday, 29th May. The weather was kind, and an unusually large number of parents and friends spent an enjoyable afternoon watching the enthusiastic activities of our small boys in the various events. The arrangements and the organisation by Mr. Chilman, Mr. Scott Cooper, and others of the staff, worked without a hitch. Mrs. Macpherson (the mother of our Captain of Athletics) presented the Prizes (dessert and teaspoons) when the sports were finished.

We congratulate the Cricket team on a very successful season, losing only two matches against other schools. The Inter-House Cricket Shield was won by the Thebans after some very keen and exciting games.

The Games Challenge Cup (to be held by the House which has done the best during the year in all Sports, and presented to the School by Mr. David Inglis, O.O. and O.P.), was won by the Spartans.

Our Annual Swimming Sports were held during the last week of term, and many of the finishes were very close indeed. The diving was particularly good this year. The prizes were presented to the winners by Mrs. Kirkus. And so we finished the term in good style.

On the last Saturday of the term, the Chaplain conducted our own special service in Chapel, and after our breaking-up Assembly we all went across the road and seemed to occupy a very considerable portion of the Clifton Cinema at the Speech Day proceedings. SALVETE

DAY BOY.

A. W. Raylor.

To SENIOR SCHOOL.

M. J. Baddeley.

D. G. Barton.

R. D. Beckitt.

J. D. Birch.

A. B. Bryce.

N. W. M. Carr.

J. W. Coates.

J. M. W. Dobson.

J. R. Dodsworth.

C. R. Eastwood.

A. I. Harrison.

W. B. Hawkins.

B.A. Heap.

P. M. Hewson. VALETE

R. M. Hick. J. E. H. Quickfall. C. G. Howat. G. Ridley. A. J. Isherwood. R. F. Scales. J. R. Jenkinson. D. Sherry. F. D. Jordan. A. G. D. Staines. T. A. W. Kettlewell. W. J. B. Strike. R. V. King. P. J. Taylor. R. M. Kirkus. T. E. Thomas. D. A. A. Lamb. C. J. Vyle. W. G. MacKellar. D. M. Walker. C. R. G McNeil. O. C. Wetherell. D. A. Macpherson. M. Wilstrop. A. L. Pegg. E. S. Portlock.

To OTHER SCHOOLS.

D. J. Elliott.

J. M. Leonard. D. S. Robertson. M. M. Wood. W. V. Waugh.

JUNIOR SCHOOL GAMES

The season has been noteworthy for two reasons, firstly, that we have run eight games every half-day, and secondly, on only two occasions have games had to be put off for bad weather conditions.

Of the nine matches played, we won 5, lost 2, and drew 2.

In the Inter-House Cricket 'Matches Thebans beat the Spartans.

M. J. Baddeley and J . B. Huzzard are to be congratulated on winning their 1st XI Cricket Colours.

The following represented the Junior School in 1st XI matches :- D. A. Macpherson (Capt.), M. J. Baddeley (Vice-Capt.), J. B.

Huzzard, P. B. Clayton, F. W. Hardy, M. Willstrop, G. Ridley,

J. R. Jenkinson, J. E. H. Quickfall, M. T. Powell, P. M. Hewsonalso played N. W. 'M. Carr (3) and O. C. Wetherell (3).

Huzzard and Macpherson headed the batting averages with figures of 19.3 and 15.2 runs for 9 innings, while Baddeley and Macpherson, with 29 wickets for 5.89 runs and 21 wickets for 6.26 runs respectively, headed the bowling.

Willstrop did well in taking 13 wickets for 5.84 runs per wicket.

Points awarded towards the "House Challenge Cup" for the season 1949-50 are given below :—

Rugger ...

The bans Spartans 10 5

Trojans 3 2 Cross-Country ... ... 10 3 — Athletics ... ... — 10 Cricket ...

Swimming ... 10 3 2 — 5 3 10

Etruscans

3

22 34 20 3

JUNIOR SCHOOL SWIMMING SPORTS

The Swimming Sports were on the same lines as last year, the only difference being the insertion of a consolation race for those not in House teams who had passed their School Test. Everyone capable of swimming was therefore catered for.

Before the start of the sports, Trojans had established a lead of three points from Spartans, and it soon became obvious that these two Houses would finish close together and well ahead of the others. Before the relay, Trojans had a lead of only one point, but they won the relay comfortably whilst Spartans were unplaced.

It is interesting to note that the general standard of swimming has improved enormously since the introduction of points for the width, length and school test. At the time of the sports there were only 39 non-swimmers, whilst 21 had passed the width, 44 the length and 88 the test.

In the sports themselves, the diving was far better than last year and the plunges, both won by last year's winners, were better tooKirkus's by ten feet and Crane's by five. The Middle one length was a good five seconds faster but Parry is exceptionally fast. It is a pity that the stop-watch failed in the Senior one length, for Isherwood appeared to be moving well, and a comparison of times would have been interesting.

After the sports Mrs. Kirkus kindly presented the Shield and the individual spoons.

Senior 1 Length Free Style-1st Isherwood, 2nd Kirkus, 3rd Barton, D., 4th Heap. Time: Not taken. Senior 2 Lengths Breast-stroke—lst Macpherson, 2nd Renwick, 3rd Barton, D., 4th Beckitt. Time: 49 secs. Senior Dive-1st Ridley, 2nd Heap, 3rd Stubbs, A., 4th Magson. Senior Plunge-1st Kirkus, 2nd Barton, D., 3rd Willstrop, 4th Walker. Distance : 41 ft. 114 ins.

Middle 1 Length Free Style-1st Parry, 2nd Crane, 3rd Fish, 4th Waugh. Time : 15.6 secs. Middle Dive-1st Ruddock, 2nd Parry, 3rd Bellwood, 4th Waugh. Middle Plunge-1st Crane, 2nd Collinson, 3rd Quickfall, C., 4th Mitchell. Distance : 35 ft. 8ins. Junior 1 Length Free Style-1st Gibson, 2nd Stanton, 3rd Scaife, 4th Beaumont. Time : 20 secs. Junior Dive-1st Gibson, 2nd Burdon, 3rd Webster, 4th Stanton. Relay-1st Trojans, 2nd Thebans, 3rd Etruscans. Time : 58.5 secs. Winners of Shield—Trojans. Consolation Race—Stubbs, W. Beginners' Length—Hyde. Beginners' Breadth—Elliott, M.

JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORTS

Although rather more upset than usual by bad weather, standards were completed, and a somewhat higher level of achievement than the average was attained. The following obtained maximum points :-

Seniors—D. A. Macpherson, I. Barton, Pfluger, Ridley and Heap.

Middles—Fish and Bulmer.

Juniors—D. G. Macpherson, Knapton, Baldwin and Hopkinson.

After the standards, only three points separated Spartans, Etruscans and Trojans, whilst Thebans with 185 points were only 15 behind the leaders. Partly owing to D. A. Macpherson's injury on Sports Day, they never managed to make up the deficit, although their Juniors did very well.

Sports Day on 29th May dawned stormy, and it was only the howling gale of wind which kept off the rain. A gust blew over and smashed the scoring board before the sports had even started, and many of Mr. Blunt's announcements were swept away unheard. It is not surprising that times were not fast, for the sprints and finishes of the longer races were run dead into the wind. The racing was most exciting, particularly the duel between Dodsworth and Heap in the 880 yards. A word of praise must be given to D. G. Macpherson, whose time for the Junior 220 yards was one second faster than the hard-fought Middle race at that distance.

It soon became apparent that the Spartan Seniors were building up a winning lead, and Spartans finished the day a clear 20 points ahead of Etruscans, their nearest rivals.

At the end of the meeting prizes were presented by Mrs. Macpherson, the mother of the Captain of Athletics.

JUNIOR SCHOOL ATHLETIC SPORTS, 29th May, 1950 SENIORS 880 yds. 1st Dodsworth (Sp.), 2nd Heap (Et.), 3rd Beckitt (Tr.), 4th Barton, L. (Sp.). Time : 2 min. 45.6 secs. 220 yds. 1st Ridley (Sp.), 2nd Pfluger (Sp.), 3rd Clayton (Th.), 4th Birch (Tr.). Time: 30.4 secs. 100 yds. 1st Pfluger (Sp.), 2nd Staines (Et.), 3rd Clayton (Th.), 4th Kay (Et.). Time : 13.6 secs. High Jump. 1st Ridley (Sp.), 2nd Barton, D. (Sp.), 3rd Hawkins (Th.) and Heap (Et.). Height: 4 ft. Long Jump. 1st Ridley (Sp.), 2nd Clayton (Th.), 3rd Heap (Et.), 4th Stubbs, A. (Et.). Distance : 13 ft. 3 in.

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Cricket Ball. 1st Barton, D. (Sp.), 2nd Huzzard (Th.), 3rd Jenkinson (TO, 4th Hewson (Sp.). Distance : 57 yds. 2 ft. 4 ins. Relay. 1st Spartans, 2nd Etruscans, 3rd Thebans. Time: 1 min. 2 secs. MIDDLES 220 yds. 1st Robinson (Sp.), 2nd Bulmer (Et.), 3rd Parry (Tr.), 4th Morrison (Sp.). Time: 35 secs. 80 yds. 1st Fish (Sp.), 2nd Turner (Et.), 3rd Charlesworth (Tr.), 4th Gurney (Et.). 11.8 secs. High Jump. 1st Sanderson (Tr.), 2nd Fish (Sp.), 3rd Miers (Th.), 4th Hopwood (Et.). Height : 3 ft. 8 ins. Long Jump. 1st Fish (Sp.), 2nd Gurney (Et.), 3rd Jackson (Sp.), 4th Bulmer (Et.). Distance: 12 ft. 5 ins. Cricket Ball. 1st Catchpole (Th.), 2nd Whitmore (Et.), 3rd Hall (Sp.), 4th Netherwood (Tr.). Distance: 53 yds. 54 ins. Relay. 1st Etruscans, 2nd Thebans, 3rd Spartans. Time : 1 min. 5.4 secs.

JUNIORS 220 yds. 1st Macpherson (Th.), 2nd Baldwin (Et.), 3rd Burdon (Th.), 4th Crossley (Tr.). Time : 34 secs. 50 yds. 1st Hopkinson (Et.), 2nd Sawdon (Th.), 3rd Rhodes (Sp.), 4th Thorpe (Th.). Time : 8.2 secs. High Jump. 1st Hopkinson (Et.), 2nd Russell (Tr.), 3rd Bradford (Sp.), 4th Stanton (Th.). Height : 3 ft. 6 ins. Long Jump. 1st Macpherson (Th.), 2nd Baldwin (E.), 3rd Sawdon (Th.), 4th Dronfield (Sp.). Distance 11 ft. 4 ins. Cricket Ball. 1st Hopkinson (Et.), 2nd Baldwin (Et.), 3rd Craven (Tr.), 4th Maxwell (Sp.). Distance : 40 yds. 10 ins. Relay. 1st Thebans, 2nd Spartans, 3rd Trojans. Time : 1 min. 9.4 secs. Winners of Shield. 1st Spartans, 287 points; 2nd Etruscans, 2654 points. CONSOLATION RACES Senior. 1st Hardy, 2nd Sparham. Middle. 1st Newitt, 2nd Ruddock. Junior. 1st Parkin, G., 2nd Peacock.

WOLF CUB REPORT

No holiday meetings were held, but during the holidays we had our annual "Bob a Job" week. A variety of jobs produced the sum of £.14 3s. 4d., which easily surpassed last year's effort. This is mainly due to more work being done rather than the increased cost of labour.

During the term no second stars were gained, but six cubs won their first stars and nine badges were given. This lack of two-star cubs will have a bad effect on the badge question if something is not done about it quickly.

The strength of the pack remains at 28, though the waiting list has grown smaller, and it is hoped that we shall not start next term with more than 24, as a large batch is leaving.

Apart from the usual programme, in which the Yellow Six again proved victorious, we attended the Cub Sports on the Knavesmire, played one cricket match and had our outing to Dunnington. We were third in the sports, our most successful competitor being Mayson, who is now the undisputed Egg and Spoon Champion of York. Southlands inflicted a severe defeat on us at cricket, beating us by five wickets. We were perhaps a little unlucky, but the better side won. The outing involved a surprise attack by Northern Koreans, a lot of scratched legs and the dastardly theft of a bottle which caused someone acute distress.

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