2nd VI v. Bootham 31-51; a stout game against good opponents. v. Archbishop Holgate's 7-2; a very solid victory over rather erratic opponents. v. Pocklington lost; never really getting to grips with the court. Our weakness at the net has been the chief deficiency and must be a priority for next season. Performances at the younger end suggest that we will have a much stronger season next time and we were pleased at the performance of a rather makeshift U15 team in losing to Pocklington (3-6). The following boys represented the School teams: 1st VI: Cresswell, Brockbank A. J., Briscoe, Neale, Elwen, Barron A. J., Yates D., Temple R. J. A., Knowles G. 2nd VI: Elwen, Temple R. J. A., Temple A. J. S., Crowther, Knowles. Gray N., Brooker, Spencer R. M. U15 VI: Barron D. J., Village, Larcombe, Willetts, Brockbank C. J., Kerr. A.W.R. •
SWIMMING This has been a season where individual results have tended to overshadow team results. The team record of three wins and five defeats in school matches is not impressive, but does not reflect a true picture of the season. Against Worksop and Stonyhurst the School won all but a handful of races, indeed against Stonyhurst the U.15 team did not drop a single point. The matches against Doncaster G.S. and Leeds G.S. remained in the balance until the very last race; perhaps if we had had a full team we might have defeated Leeds. Only the matches against Bradford G.S. and Durham resulted in heavy defeats for the School. As a team we have not been entirely without success. In the York Schools Gala we retained the Senior trophy for the fourth successive time and won the relays cup, with the help of St. Olave's. The U.15 team, our main hopes at the gala, were unlucky to be squeezed out of victory by Bootham on a disqualification decision. Three boys, N. C. Foley, C. J. Dalby and T. C. Reay, became individual champions, but the real strength of the team was represented by the fact that no one came lower than second in their final. This consistency brought us close to a clean sweep of the trophies. At the Northern Public Schools Relays, held at Bootham this year, the senior team narrowly missed both finals, whilst the U.15 medley team reached their final but could only manage fourth place. The Public Schools Relays in London saw us finish halfway down the field in both the freestyle and the medley events. Both teams are very young and all will be returning except for N. C. Foley. The now annual quadrangular fixture was held at our baths, but the organisation was arranged by Barnard Castle. Barnard Castle managed to win again, as they did last year. However, the three other teams, St. Peter's, Bootham and Bolton G.S. managed to make it very close. St. Peter's managed to keep in touch until the relays, but were then out46
