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Vol. XXXIII. No. 8.

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SHIRBURNIAN.SECOND SERf ES .

.. A trivial Grammar School text, but yet worthy a wiseman's consideration "-Bacon's Essay on Boldness.

APRIL, 1926.

Sberborne:PRINTED & PUBLISHED AT THE ABBEY PRESS,

THE PARADE.

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CONTENTS.

Editorial 207

School News 209

A Storm 210

Origin of the Sports 2IO

O.S. News 2II

Deaths 212

News from some O.SS. who are in India 213

Macbeth 215

Song and Piano Recital 2 I 6Scoutmasters' Training Course 2 17

Mile 218

Hockey 218

Fives 219Characters of the XV (1925-26) 221

Football 223

Correspondence 225Contemporaries 226

WANTED, by the Publishers, copies of theShirburnian for June, 1917; February, [919;

December, 1920; March, 1923; December, 1924;February, 1925.

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No. CCCLIX. APHIL, 1926.

EDI'l'OnIAL.

VOL. XXXIII.

T o the average member of the School, the SouthwarkCadet Corps is a remote organization far away in the

slums of London, connected with Sherborne to the extentof one, or perhaps two, Chapel offertories a term: it meansnothing more to him tlla1l a penny or sixpence accordingto his Sunday finances. True, he hears it not un frequentlymentioned in serm(i)ns; but that does not count as reality.Sometimes he hears a lecture on it; sometimes even acrowd of boys appear here for a few days at Whitsun tide,and become eager spectators of all School affairs. But that isno business of his; they descend out of the hlue for abrief interval, and theM return to it again.

Yet there mmlt be a considerable percentage of members'of the School who live in the same town as these mysteriousSouthwark Cadets: of all those at School here who areLondoners, how many have ever gone-or even thought ofgoing-to see these people for themselves? Only a veryfew. It must, of course, b& admItted that, up to qui~e

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recently, lack of organization was to a certain extentresponsible fm' lack of interest: but now, when for thosewho have ears to heal', intimate details of much that goes onat 31, Union Street, are frequently forthcoming, lack ofinterest stands self-convicted,

There is a definite job to be done at Southwark, whichis open to all senior members of the School to do: but it isleft to a few O.SS. to labour alone, in spite of many appealssuch as the following, which appearecl in these pages lastDecember :-

"ONCE ~ronE I must appeal to senior members of theSchool to COllle down to Southwark and take up or startsome particnlar hobby in which they may be interested.FOl' the future welfare of the whole club, it is absolutelyessential to build up a lasting interest which is somethingapart from drill and ordinary routine. Club life must bedeveloped, and we need belp for that especially."

If there are any boys in the School-and there must bemany-who are not satisfied with the sayillg:-

"At church on Sunday to attendWill serve to keep the world your friend,"

they should, when in London, lose no opportunity of (atleast) seeing what'" this Cadet idea" really is, and of helpillgthrough their own particular gifts to accomplish whattwenty pounds in Chapel every Sunday evening could neverachieve.

'Ve welcome Mr. H. J. IGttermaster as a member of theStaff, and are glad to see him already upholding our honourin the International Rugby field.

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SCHOOL NEWS.

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Congratulations to the following on being presented withSchool Colours :--

1ST XV.

J. O. Bayley.

XXX BLAZERS.

Lowis.West ma.Sworder.Wilson ma.Bertram.Simmonds.Sharpe mi.Carver.de la COl1damine.Asbmore ma.Peck.Helbling.Latham.Wightman.Taylor tert.Martin mi.Sahebzada.Gifford.\Vil1dus.Galloway.Green mi.

CLASS LEADER'S BADGES.

W. M. :M. MiIliganL. B. Dyball.G. L. Galloway.L. W. G. Hamilton.E. T. Lewis.B. C. WrightH. C. V/ayR. E. Forrester.C. de \V. Jansen.R. F. Witherby.

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Our congratulations to G. P. Humphreys-Davies on winningthe School Latin Prose Prize.

A STORM.[Reprinted by permission of the Editor of the "Cambridge Review. "]

The lightning, with a fizzing glare like naphtha,picked out the shiny foliage of the trees.

I lay, hot and wet,sweating beneath the sheet,

waiting for the rolling of the thunderIt came,

low and far off, then, echoing round the circleof the tense waiting sky,

burstin a clamorous clap.So the storm moaned on, and the rain hissed,

and, in the midst of the sulphurous flashesin the midst of the thunder,

a bird awoke,and with a drowsy and surprised twittermurmured a warning to its love . . . .

There, outside in the rain soaked gardencame the sleepy sounds of sparrowsquaint and feeble against the passionate storm.

ORIGIN OF THE SPORTS.

We are indebted to the Secretary of the Pilgrims for thefollowing letter from the originator of the School Sports, Mr. H.1.. Rawlinson, who has since died.

. . . . . "As, practically, the originator of all games atSherborne, I am naturally greatly interested in everything con­nected with them. I raised the necessary money for making

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the first cricket ground, on the site of the present one. ThenI started the Athletic Sports. This was in 1857 or 1858.The Sherborne register gives the date as 1861, which is amistake.

It may interest you to hear how the Sports originated.Every year a considerable sum of money was collected for adisplay of fireworks on November 5th in the School Grounds.These were let off by a Mr. Bergman, who lived in the town,and had several sons, day boys, at the School. The wholething seemed to me to be a great waste of money; the boyswere only spectators and got but little fun out of it at all.Amid great opposition I eventually had this money transferredto a fund for providing prizes for athletic sports. In thosedays Marlborough was, as far as I could ascertain at the time,the only school that had any sports on a large scale-Eton andHarrow had something quite small-so Marlborough was mymo:1el. These sports were first held on Lenthay Common andwere a great success; they have been continued ever since.Eventually the School came round to my view, and on leavingfor Oxford in 1859, the whole School made me a very handsomepresentation, the Headmaster, Dr. Harper, making it in public.

I wish the present generation knew of some of our difficultiesin those early days! Alas, all of my time is, I fear, gone, andat my age, 83, I cannot expect to be here much longer.

Yours very truly,H. J. HAWLINSON."

An account of the Presentation, mentioned by Mr. Rawlinson,is to be found in the first number of the first volume of the" Shirburnian."

O.S. NEWS.

]. L. G. Weall (g) boxed for Cambridge (heavyweight)against Oxford and \\'on the deciding fight after a hard struggle.He goes to S. Africa with the" Varsities" Boxing Team nextsummer.

Our congratulations to]. P. \Vhitham on his being presentedwith his Cambridge half blue for putting the weight; also toA. L. Spens on his success in the Foster-Fairbairn pairs.

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IDeatJJ5.

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I

SIR JOHN HENRY LOFTUS (a) 1867, Marauessof Ely, at the age of 74.

\iVILLIAM MAURICE PRYKE, B.D., Rector of Risbyin Suffolk, who died on January 31st, in his 40thyear, was in the School House from January, 1901,to April, 1903. He was afterwards at MertonCollege, Oxford, and at Marburg University, aCurate under Canon Garbett at Portsea, then underCanon A. W. Robinson at All Hallow's, Barking,and Vicar of Bradninch in 1918. He became Vicarof St. Aidan's, South Shields, in 1921, where heovertaxed his strength; so in 1924 he obtained thequiet rectory of Eisby in Suffolk, but withoutthereby avoiding a premature death. He is a greatloss, not only to his immediate circle of friends, butto the cause of true religion in England. His powershad developed not fast, but with steady and deepgrowth. His review5 of books in the ModernChurchman and articles in other religious reviewswere full of sound sense, sound learning, tandourand vigour of expression; and his recent book,Modernism as a \Vor1lillg Faith should do much toconvince plain" people that it is not only their dutyto use their intelligence in relation to religion, butthat it is even possible to do so.

Mr. Pryke was HOll. Librarian of the Churchman'sUnion and a member of the Council. He marriedin 1917, and leaves a widow and three daughters.He preached in Chapel here in March, 1921, and

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had promised to do so again when he could findopportunity. A friend writes: "His dying dayswere characterized by a wonderful joyousness, basedon his strong faith in the love and presence of

~. God. . . .. \Vhen, in reply to his enquiry, his wifetold him he was dying, he said, ' I had no idea howwonderful it would be.' "

N.C.S.

JOHN LESLIE PILKINGTON NORRIS, who died onMarch 18th, after a painful illness borne withexemplary courage aud sweetness, was in the SchoolHouse from May, 1917, to July, 1921. He was inthe Cricket XI for two seasons, and deservedlypopular for his modest and simple character. Hewent out to South Africa to farm, and was doingexcellently and had made many new friends, whenhe developed sarcomatosis and had to return toEngland last l'.Iay for treatment, which unfortunatelyproved ineffecti\Oe. It was a great disappointmentboth to him and to us that he could not come to theChristmas House Supper.

N.C.S.

NEWS OF SOl'.lE 0.55. \YHa ARE IN INDIA

AT PRESENT.

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Lieut. B. G. l\Tason, R.A., Lahore, writes to the Secretaryof the 0.5. Society, as follows :-

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February, 1926.I have met:-

H. R. C. Frillk Cb) who is in the 4/7th Dragoon Guards, butat present an instructor at the Equitation School, Sangor, c.P.He has been doing a lot of race riding and has already made aname as a gentleman race rider in India.

\V. H. G. Sall/ler (a) is a forest officer in Kashmir.

P. J. Morgan (j), who is in the Indian Police, is now III

Delhi.

Col. A. H. Moberly, D.S.a. Ca) is Commandant of theArtillery School at Kakul, in N. India.

P. C. Bullock (g) is in the 20th Lancers at Delhi, where he isa keen pigsticker and runs the Delhi Tent Club with greatenergy.

A. Cooper (a) is divisional Transportation Officer, N.\V. Rail­way, at Quetta, where he has just been transferred from asimilar appointment at l\Iultan. A keen shot. I have heardhim singing" olilil fuit monachoflnll ...." as he cleans hisgun after a good day's sport.

G. B. S. Prauce (a) is another in the Indian Police wholooks awfully fit when he comes in from his district.

B. C. Palairet (b) is a Royal Eugineer at Lahore, where hehas been seen out often with the Lahore Hounds.

W. R. W. Weallens Ca)is in the 2/4th P.W.O.Gurkha Rifles,at present stationed at Baldoh.

I am only sorry th:tt I could not get in time personal newsof their doings from each and more of them. I have the namesof more O.SS. in India whom I have not yet met.

Sir elaud ]acob left us last week on completion of his Com­mand. He is a great loss as a soldier and a friend to the Army inIndia. He had a great send off in pouring rain from Rawal Pindistation, where he commanded the Northern Command.

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MACBETH.

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After many rehearsals and perhaps less interruption thanusual, Macbeth came to the birth in Big School on March 11 th,12th and 13th. Mr. O'Hanlon, vice 1\1r. Tindall left, andMr. Fox resigned, inspired and directed the play and took thegreat part of Macbeth. The Lady Macbeth was Miss Gwendu Boulay from \Vinchester. There was no attempt at scenery,no music, but the stage properties (except the rather sordidbanqueting arrangements) were quite adequate; the witches'cauldron, incessant lightning, stage thunder, were terrific, notcomic. And so we come to the acting, which after all is the test.There is little to say in the way of blame; let us say it and bedone with it. 1\1acbeth as a play, is full of the atmosphere ofhorror, and except with Macbeth himself, this was seldomreached. It was besides probably a mistake to choose well­known masters for the trying part of the murderers of Banquo.The murderers acted their part uncommonly well, but theuurestrained hilarity of the school completely ruined this partof the play and turned the murder of Banquo into burlesque.That was a pity.. Macbeth himself was the making of the playin more senses than one. If he did not always rise to the heightof his great argument, he never sank into bathos: it was a mostcarefully thought out piece of acting, the banquet scene beingperhaps the best; thevery difficult dagger scene coming next.It is no disparagement of l\Tiss du Boulay's powers to say thatshe did not reach the level of a really great Lady Macbeth.She was beautifully dressed, graceful in every movement,possessed of a limpid voice as musical as a thrush's notes.After all, to be a successful Lady Macbeth means to be a verygreat actress. Of Lady l\Tacbeth's utterances, whenever thiswell-graced actress came on the stage, the audience were ex­pectant; what more could be said?

Except for the unfortunate murder of Banquo there was nocomic incident in the play except the porter's scene. Theporter deserved' to be remembered' and we hope he got a goodtip. Though the scene of his labours was In\'ernesshire heevidently came from Poplar or \Vhitechapel, and his speechbewrayed him.

1\1r. Thompson made a stately Duncan: his voice was perhapstoo confirmed, too little of the dodderer's for his long snowy beard.

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Martin's Macduff on recelvmg the dreadful news was lesspathetic than he ought to have been; the scene is one of extremedifficulty, but he fought splendidly. Best's Banquo was notalways audible.

For the rest as to whom space fails us for recording them,we will only say that the stage management was goodthroughout. Nobody walked about wondering what he wasta do with his hands or his feet. And the witches weresuccessful in producing the uncanny feeling required, being wellbacked up by their cauldron and its fires of Tophet.

H.R.K.

SONG AND PIANO RECITAL.

In this recital Miss Russell and Miss Deneke confined them­selves entirely to the works of Schubert and Scbumann. Aselection from the works of such an unequal composer asSchubert may be said to be representative in that it shows himat his worst (and what a worst!) as well as at his best, but onthis particular occasion there was something in the tauteensemble of the programme which lacked interest. To beginwith, the superiority of the German words to English transla­tions was again triumphantly proved, particularly in " Margaretat the Spinning \Vheel" and "Erlking": and secondly, theeager longing of Schubert's songs for a male voice was veryobvious. Miss Deneke has an interesting touch on the piano,if at times it jarrs somewhat against the composer's meaning.As to the pro's and cons of dissecting a subject before singingor playing it, we do not venture any definite views, save thatto us at least there seemed to be an ever present danger of ananticlimax, if the audience was not carried to the same pitch ofenthusiasm as the lecturer.

Miss Russell's voice was suffering from the uncongenialatmosphere of the Big Schoolroom, and it cannot be said tohave been heard at its best.

Of individual pieces, the immortal" Sylvia" was taken ashade too slow for its rhythm. Schubert's waltzes were, we

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felt, spoilt by Schllmann's lantern slides. They were, however,well-played. " Erlking," as we ha,,"e already remarked, is notsuited to a female voice. Those who remem ber Mr. John Goss'srendering of Brahm's "Verrath" last term will wish he hadbeen here to sing this ballad too. The two versions of "a songof night" by Schubert and Schumann, were well produced andformed an interesting contrast. During Schumann's dancesthe interest flagged somewhat, but in the two final pieces "ThevVandering Bell" (why could not Goethe's original have beenkept?) and "The Two Grenadiers," Miss Russell seemed toregain complete possession of her voice, and the swing of thefinal ballad formed a stimulating end to an evening of somewhatmixed enjoyment.

SCOUTMASTERS' TRAINING COURSE.

A scheme which has come into force this term is the resultof much discussion, and it seems to meet most of the objectionsthat have hitherto been found to " Scouting" for Public Schoolboys. Briefly, some fifteen senior boys in the School, whohave got Certificate "A," are "seconded" from the a.T.C. toundergo a course of training, tbe object of which is " to intro­duce them to the things that they would wish to know if everthey became scoutmasters." A comprehensive syllabus hasbeen drawn up covering a lot of ground, from "Aims andOrganization" of the Scout l\Iovement, to the practical know­ledge required, first-aid being one of the most important subjects.This particular branch of social service is one for which PublicSchool boys are preeminently fitted, and it will in fact providethe best practical opportunity for Public School men to leadthe younger generation and to carry into other circles the ideaswhich the Public School system claims to teach.

Boys taking the course will return to the O.T.C. for campto meet the wishes of Housemasters. Their numbers arenecessarily limited to meet the due requirements of the O.T.C.,which must, and does, have first claim upon any member of theSchool.

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It is hoped that the" Sherborne experiment," at; it is called,and which has the full approval of the authorities of the Scoutmovement (though official recognition by them is not possibleas boys are not registered as Scouts or Scoutmasters) maydevelope in such a way as to justify its adoption elsewhere andso begin a movement which, subject to the inevitabledifficulties presented by locality and time, will one day succeedin bringing Public School boys as a whole into their rightfulposition in relation to boys whose opportunities hav~ been of adifferent kind.

MILE.

The Mile was nm on Tuesday, March 23rd, in a wind whichwas all against a good time. There was a large number ofentries.

The race was won by Hamilton, who ran with good judge­ment and finished some six yards ahead of Milligan mi. Thelatter might have made a much closer race of it if he had lIotfallen into the very common mistake of running outside anotherman for at least one whole lap, thereby wasting energy andlosing a good deal of ground. vVoods, last year's winner, wasthird and Attwater fourth.

Time, 5 minutes 6~ seconds.

HOCKEY.

Matches were arranged this term with Blandford, the Officersof the Tank Schools, and the United Services, Portland.Unfortunately, only the Blandford match materialised, theSchool winning a fast game by 4 goals to 1. In place of theTank Schools match, Mr. Thompson raised a scratch side whichjust managed to beat the School by 5 goals to 4. The game

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was marred by a nasty accident to Adye, who received the ballin the face just after half time. In place of the U .S. match,the Upper Sixth challenged the rest, and were heavily defeatedby 8 goals to 2. A match against the Masters has yet to beplayed.

Turning to indi\'iduals, Adye is already quite a finishedplayer and has been a tower of strength at centre half. LeJ\Iarchant is neat, Sharpe mi. shows much promise, and Wight­lllan has improved in every game. Eglington, if he takes thetrouble, should become a very useful player, but he has llluchto learn in the way of tactics. Lean, Cliff, and Evans are fullof dash, but very clumsy at present, and there are several otherswho show promise.

There is no doubt that the standard of Hockey is slowly im­proving, but there is room for still greater improvement. TheThe team work against Blandford was good, but has never beenso since. There is far too much aimless hitting, instead oftrying to get rid of the ball to some purpose, and there is toomuch of the ohviolls about the work of the forwards.Experience, however, will put this right. Undoubtedly theworst features at present are the stick work and the tackling,which are often cmde in the extreme. Proper use of the wrists,neatness, anticipation, quick movement, and cultivation of thepush shot are essential before an individnal or a team canreach a reasonably high standard. The games this term haveshown that there is plenty of latent ability if only these pointswill be borne in mind.

FIVES.

THE SCHOOL V. THE ~IASTERS.

On \Vednesday, March 10th, the Schnol played the Mastersat Fives. The l\Iasters were much too strong for their oppo­nents, and won by seven matches to one. Of the 1\lasters, 1\1r.Kittermaster showed a very good eye, while 1\lr. J:·Jderton wasas good as ever. The School team are not good this season,and only 1\1r. Kittermaster experienced any difficulty in winning

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his single. ·Woods put up a stout resistance against 1'.1r.Elderton, but Sheldon mi. did not do as well in the singles aswas expected. Perhaps the School would obtain better resultsin singles, if the players would only learn to keep the ball lowerand not to hit it so hard.

In the doubles, Mr. Elderton and Mr. Piclon were as in­vincible as ever. It is a real pleasure to see them play. Mr.Kittermaster and rl/lr. vVestlake proved easy victims to the firstpair, though they dealt summarily with the second pair. Thechief fault of the School players was that they were inclined tolean back when playing the ball, instead of attacking it andputting their body into their stroke. They have only to watchMr. Elderton to see how this can be done.

In conclusion, I should like to say a word on the presentstandard of fives in the School. The fact that the School isrepresented by one house alone, is a fair indicatiou of how fi vesis treated in the other houses. The School cannot hope to pro­duce a good team, until all the houses play the game seriously.If a little more time were devoted to fi ves, the standard mightreturn to what it was three years ago. Until more trouble istaken over fives, the School will never produce a good team.

The scoreslwere as follows:-

Sillgles.

M. B. Elderton, Esq., heat \-Yoods, 15-4-, IS-I.B.]. F. Piclon, Esq., beat Birch, 15-0, 15-0.H. ]. Kittermaster, Esq., beat B. H. Sheldon, 12--15, 15-9,

17-14.lVI. E. K. Westlake, Esq., beat Sheldon mi., 15-5, 15-4-.

Doubles.

M. B. Elderton, Esq., and B. ]. F. Picloll, Esq.:-beat B. H. Sheldon and Sheldon mi., 15-5, 15-0.beat Woods and Birch, 15-0, 15-4-.

H. ]. Kittermaster, Esq., and M. E. K. Westlake, Esq.:­lost to B. H. Sheldon and Sheldon mi., 9-15, 2-15.beat Woods and Birch, 15--4-, 15-9.

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SCHOOL v. WEYMOUTH COLLEGE.

On Saturday, March 13th, the School played \VeymouthCollege at home. Scott came in instead of Birch, but otherwisethe team was the same as had played against the Masters onthe previous \Vednesday. Sheldon ma. and Scott should havewon both their matches, but they did not combine well, and,after losing to vVeYJlJouth's fIrst pair, beat the second pair onlyafter a close game. Sheldon mi. and \Voods lost both theirmatches. Weymouth, content with their victory, and decliningto play singles, were thus left winners by three matches to one.

The scores were as follows:-

n. H. Sheldon and Scott ma.:- .lost to H. F. Hodge and H. S. Senior (15-18), (8-15).beat ]. H. L. Phillips and R. ]. Marshall (15-11),

(15-12).

Sheldon mi. and \Voods :-lost to H. F. Hodge and H. S. Senior (6-15), 7-15).10sttoJ. If. L. Phillips and R. J. Marshall (6-15), 7-15).

CHARACTERS OF THE XV (1925-26).

R. A. KINNERSLEY (1924-5-6). A very keen and pains­taking captain who refused to be discouraged by adversity.Learned gradually to lead his forwards on the field, and setthem an example of hard and honest play in the scrum as wellas in the open. (Is leaving.)

A. H. L. BAKEI{ (1924-5-6). Through some "'eakness inhandling st arted the season 11l0derately, but improved immenselyin all ways and de\'eloped into an excellent wing both in attackand defence; without owing much to his centre's help he scoredmany tries. (Is leaving.)

H.. D. LEAN (I924-5-6). Has not fulfilled earlier promise.

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Gifted with a sense of position and some skill and neatness inthe open, he Jacked the essentials of hard work, dash and deter­mination in tackling and in the line-out. (Is leaving.)

J. HIGGINSON (1924-5-6). His play varied with his health,but at his best a very good scrum half indeed. His tacklingand rush-stopping were object lessons to the School. (Has left.)

P. E. DEVITT (1924-5-6). Generally very sound in defence,but through lack of pace and adequate openings frolll his centre,did not shine greatly in attack. A fair kick. (Is leaving.)

C. J. A. T. CLIFF (1924-5-6). A very useful forward, whowas always. up to take a pass. Hardly fond enough of hardshoving and vigorous footwork to be a sterling forward. (Isleaving.)

R. H. KENDAL (1925-6). A forward in the making, but notmade. Should be very useful with his pace and dash. (Isleaving.)

S. M. R. WOODS (1925-6). Next to his captain the mostgenuine forward in the side-works hard and uses his feet.He should be heard of again. (Is leaving.)

J. S. HINDMARSH (1925-6). A sound worker in tightscrimmages but has not yet learned footwork and play in theopen generally. (Is leaving.)

J. \V. KELWAY 0925-6). A wholehearted but sometimesblind forward. When he knows the game better he shouldmake a very useful heavyweight.

D. F. R. EVANS (1925-6). Had the misfortune to be neededat out half, where he did not excel. He would have made areally useful full back with his fielding, kicking and soundcollaring. (Is leaving.)

E. C. ALDERTON (1925-6). Gained his place as a.hook, butfell off in this respect in the latter part of the season. Wasoccasionally seen in a forward rush.

R. C. F. WITHERI3Y (1925-6). At full back often kickedand fielded well, but his tackling was very deficient. (Is leaving.)

J. O. BAYLEY (1925-6). A heavy and powerful outside ,vhoimproved a good deal all round through his efforts, but had notthe gifts of a centre three-quarter. (Is leaving.)

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P. B. SHAW.plucky tackling.

vVas often useful to the side through hisIn altack he has everything to acquire.

FOOTBALL.

THE THIRDS.

FIRST ROUND.

Carey's beat Elderton's.Fox's beat Bensly's.

SECOND ROUND.

Carey's beat O'Banlon's.Fox's beat Ross's.

THIRD ROUND.

Carey's beat Fox's.

CHALLENGE ROUND.

Elderton's beat Bensly's.Fox's beat Elderton's.

SCHOOL HOUSE v. CAREY'S AND FOX'S.

Played with a strong north-west wind blowing across theground. The match ended in a win for the School by 52 pointsto nil, but practically all the scoring was by the wings, and inthe centre play was not so one-sided as the score indicates.Though l\foberly hooked well for the House and ]oseph wasalways conspicuous at scrum-half, the House forwards werenot 'ery successful in the tight, though in the second half theirloose heeling was good. The School forwards were a heavypack and \Vright did some useful work in the close scrums,while Lang was usually near the ball in the loose. Apperlywas always noticeable in the House pack.

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Fladgate was too big and fast for the House three-quartersand scored eight times, King on the other wing adding fourtries, while Haselden scored two and Lang one. One of theformer's tries was a good bit of work starting with a dummywell served up by Carey and reverse passing through Lang tothe wing: but perhaps the byst try of the day was one byHaselden, who turned the ball very cleverly by the touch lineand took it on with effective, if somewhat loose, dribbling. TheSchool centres were not dominating even after Alexander wascrocked. Knight was quick in starting and, with experience,will do well if he can develope an eye for an opening. Hemust not try to drop iinpossible goals. Tilby, who disbelievesin the "fixed idea" of passing under all conditions, almostoverdid the kicking, seeing how strong his right wing was, andagainst a fast full-back he must be cautious, however much hedesires variety in the method of attack. Hutton was safe,though scarcely tested, at full-back,

The game was more keenly contested than the score indicates,though the School side were far the better in almost every way.

School House-Beattie (capt); Nash, Potter, Hotten; Joseph,Alexander; Apperly, Ladenburg, lIigginson, Hopcraft,MoberlYI Blacker.

School-Hutton mi.; Fladgate, Knight, King; Carey, Tilby;Lang, Wright tert., Haselden, Boddy, Millar, Paterson.

XXX. GAME.

This game was played on the Lower, on Saturday, March 6th,between a possible next year's side (Whites) and a scratch sidecontaining eight members of last term's XV.

The game was disappointing, chiefly owing to the verymoderate tackling of the \Vhites side and the inability of theirforwards to cope with the faster and more experienced oppo­sition. As far as the scoring went, Baker's pace was onceagain the determining factor. the final score being 26--10against \Vhites (5 goals and 2 tries to 2 goals). The two triesscored by \Vhites were the outcome of fine individual efforts bySpedding. Apart from these and occasional good bits of workby Shaw, the \Vhite outsides were poor-Sworder especiallyfailing to produce the good form he showed in the Three-cock.

1926.] The Shirbumimz

To the Editor of Tile SIIirburlLi"IL.

Of the 'White forwards, Aldertoll and \Varner were the best,whereas on the other side, Cliff and Kendal \vere the most con­spicuous, the latler doing many good bits of work at tbe baseof the scrum.

A word should be said in conclusion about Bayley, who pbyedhis best game this season, and who afterwards deservedlyrecei ved his Firsts.

Whites-Sharpe mi. ; Simmonds,P. B. Shaw, C. M. R. Sped.ding, D. M. Clementi; Newman, Sworder; E. C. Alderton,F. G. \Varner, H. Eglington, R. Philp, 'vV. M. M. Milligan,Carver, de Carteret, Bertram.

Stripes-R. C. F. Witherhy; A. H. L. Baker, ]. O. Bayley,\Vest, P. E. Devitt; Lowis, de la Condamine; H. D. Lean,C.]. A. T.Cliff, R. H. KelldaJ, G. E. Garrett, C. G. B. Stand­ring-Smith, H. C. R. Way, Rwrg-Gunll, Holt.

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'Dear Sir,It seems that a persistent effort has lately been made to remo,-e from the

Chapel Services all those hymn t"nes wlllch the congregation enjoy singing,and to have instead of them what amount to little more than solos for thechoir. Since the choir have ample opportunity to show their powers assoloists at the School Concert, could not we (the congregation) be alloweda share in the musical part of the Chapel Services. Certainly we shouldlearn new hymn tunes, but not as substitutes for those which every­one likes. ;\Ioreover these substitutes, for the most part, rival the Latinhymn in musical monotony. As an example, on i\Jarch 21st, the propertune of hymn No. 47, which is extremely popular, gave way to anexceptionally uninspiring substitute.

Yours,O)<E OF THE CONGREGATION.

226 The Shirlmrnitlll [APHIL.

Dear Sir,Lawn Tennis, in spite of the slnr which is often cast upom it by lovers

of cricket, has great merits of its own. There is accomodation ou theSchool playing fiel,]s for over two hl1lHlred cricketers to play at once,while there is at present only accomodation for less than a tenth of thatnumber of tennis players. Is it not possible for more tennis courts to belaid down? Or, at least, if that isnot possible, snrely the existing groundand equipment could be improved. There is, I believe, a Games Fund,to which every member of the School or his long-suffering parents con­tribute. Is not tennis a game? If this is admitted, then it would not beunfairto the footballer and cricketer if a portion of the fund which they havehitherto enjoyed, were devoted to improving the unhappy lot of the tennisplayer. Although it is h ...rdly to be expected that these remarks willreceive any consideration, nevertheless I hope for the best.

Yours truly,

W. H. S. MICHELi\10RE.

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