Easter Term Rugger

G. R PULLAN (Outside Left). At the beginning of the season he looked very good and combined well with his inside left, but later on he took far too long to centre and developed the bad habit of trying to dribble along the goal line instead of getting the ball across. A. T. Boom (Right Half). Probably the best hockey player on the side, he was a tower of strength to the defence and gave his opposing outside left very little rope. He also fed his forwards well, excelling in the cross pass to his inside left. E. A. M. REID-SMITH (Goalkeeper). His coolness and sound judgment were an inspiration to the side, and he rarely made a mistake. His kicking was excellent, even if, on occasions, it was a little unnecessary. M. J. Woo]) (Inside Left). He promised to be the mainspring of the attack but lost form halfway through the season, developing a fatal tendency to delay his pass and thus hold up the line. Worked hard in defence and often shot well from short corners. R. J. DE LrrTLE (Left Back). Apart from a tendency to get out of position, he played well and his hitting was usually clean, if sometimes misdirected.

He was prone to slowness in clearing in the circle. W. G. A. MAXWELL (Centre Forward). A very welcome "find", he scored ten of the 24 goals scored and with a little more steadiness in front of goal would have scored many more. His speed off the mark and eye for an opening made him very dangerous, but he will have to improve his stickwork to make the most of these attributes. W. B. CROSSKILL .(Left Half). A young player of natural ability, he showed great promise, having the happy knack of being in the right place at the right time—the mark of the good player. He sometimes, however, allowed his opposing outside right too much time to get the ball under control, instead of intercepting the pass himself. G. M. C. BURDASS (Outside Right). He improved greatly through the season and ended up with a well-deserved hat-trick. His ball control left a little to be desired, but he centred well and knew when to go for goal himself.

Combined well with his inside right. J. R. MOORE (Inside Right). At first he looked as if he would be the weak link in the forward line, as he was rather clumsy, but he improved rapidly and soon developed into a very promising hockey player. He worked extremely hard, both in attack and defence, and distributed the ball well, striking up a very happy understanding with his outside right. D. H. GUDGEON (Centre Half), He was generally sound in defence, intercepting centres especially well, but his distribution of the ball was often faulty— he also tended to pat the ball rather than hit it, which made it easy for the opposing side to intercept. •G. B. HUDSON (Right Back). A sound enough player if allowed plenty of time, but he was often too slow in clearing and too fond of first time hitting.

The good weather which we had for most of the term enabled the two Junior games, "A" and "B", to play more Rugger than has been possible for a long time. There were two fixtures for the "A" team and these games proved exciting and encouraging, for there are four ,or five forwards of more than average size who will be able to remedy the lack of line-out experts in the School. 47