their heavier opponents. After Ampleforth had narrowly missed a penalty, Woodruff put St. Peter's ahead with a penalty from the "25" line. Half-time : Ampleforth—O St. Peter's-3. After only five minutes of the second half Ampleforth drew level with an unconverted try scored by R. J. Gerrard. From then onwards it was anybody's game, as play swung from end to end. The School forwards shone once again, being resolute in defence and always dangerous in attack. The one feature of the game which stood out was the excellent touch finding of Woodruff and Kirk. The pack were once more ably led by Hewitt, whose inspiration rallied the team when uilder pressure, and to draw against what was probably the best school side in the North of England was a great achievement. Alexander and Robinson were awarded their caps, and R. L. Bruce and Parker their colours. Team:—M. W. Woodruff; R. A. Wood, M. T. Bell, A. L. McKay, R. H. Parker; J. D. M. Hackney, R. L. Bruce; D. H. Rhodes, F. J. A. Hewitt (Capt.), R. G. Bruce, M. McCallum, J. R. Brown, U. A. Alexander, J. M. D. Kirk (Vice-Capt.), G. P. Robinson. v. WORKSOP COLLEGE Played away on Wednesday, 23rd November. Lost 18-6. This match was played in completely contrasting conditions to those encountered at Ampleforth. As opposed to the fog and mud there, it was a sunny day and the pitch was very dry and in excellent condition for open rugby. Unfortunately the School's style of play was not suited to these conditions and the Worksop three-quarters showed their superior abilities in the later stages. St. Peter's did however make a good start, Wood jumping on to a defensive mistake to dribble over for a try between the posts. The conversion hit the post, but Woodruff made up for this mistake quarter of an hour later by kicking a penalty from 40 yards out. Worksop then began to make use of their ground advantage and by half-time tries by C. Dibell and T. Weastell had levelled the score. Half-time : Worksop 6 St. Peter's-6. With Parker a passenger on the wing and one or two other St. Peter's players suffering from minor knocks, Worksop got well on top and went ahead when R. J. Tubley scored another try. Further tries came at regular intervals from D. J. Reason and T. Pearson; none of the five tries were converted, but three minutes from the end C. Dibell kicked a penalty goal. Though it was a rather disappointing end to the season, the School need not be too disappointed with their performance, as they had never before played with conditions so fast. Colours were awarded to Bell and McKay. Team :—M. W. Woodruff; R. A. Wood, A. L. McKay, M. T. Bell, R. H. Parker; J. D. M. Hackney, R. L. Bruce; D. H. Rhodes, F. J. A. Hewitt (Capt.), R. G. Bruce, M. McCallum, J. R. Brown, G. P. Robinson, J. M. D. Kirk (Vice-Capt.), U. A. Alexander.
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