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No. LXll.

A MAGAZINE EDITED BY MEMBERS OF THE SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

APRIL, 1886.

C ONTENTS. PAGE Editorial ... Prize List-Christmas, 1885 ... 2 Quarterly Examination Prizes 3 List of First Classes, 1885 3 Public Examinations ... 4 The Unfrersity Examinations 6 ... 7 The School v. Church of England 1-lchool 7 The School '" Undergraduates ... 7 The School v . i:lt. Ignatius 8 The School v. King's School 9 The School v. Oallan Park 10 The Melbourne l'tlatch ... 11

SYDNEY: PUBLISHED AT THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 1886. l ...... ~-..~ 13 8 1 ·------··6 ~ ... ~ EDITORIAL.

A FRESII School Year turns our thoughts naturally both to the past and to the future, to what we have done or failed to do and to what we can do and mean to do ; and the thoughtful recollection of the past is indispensable to the successtul carrying out of our resolutions for the future. Bacon says a faculty of wi&e interrogation is half a knowledge, and most assuredly our own failures and successes are facts the right questioning of which will always prove invaluable. \Ve cannot do better than remind those who bring to this year's work the recollection of success of the saying of one of our great Englishmen, that "success is like the meal which the traveller enjoys upon his way, but the purpose of which is to strengthen him for his future journey." Too much stress cannot be laid on the fact that all School work is only a means to an encl, and not an encl in itself: a boy leaves School the richer not by what he bas clone while there, but by the powers of clc>ing and thinking he takes away with him. Most boys, after they leave School, will never need to open a School book again as far as the facts contained in them are concerned : it is not what a boy can understand of the contents of a book that will serve him in the future, but just so much as he has made part of himself, the abiding recollection of facts rightly grouped, and the habits of method and experiment which have resulted from his work. In saying this we do not mean for a moment to underrate what has been done in the late Examinations by the boys who have so well sustained the fame of the Grammar School. \Ve would only warn them not to think so much of past victories as of future achievements, and at the same time say a Word of encouragement to those who have been disappointed. Examinations are confessedly an imperfect test of ahility and acquirements ; we cannot pretend by a score of papers to form anything like that complete estimate of a boy which a score of years may still leave doubtful : yet a test we must ha\'e, and all that can be clone is to make that test as fair as possible. Many familiar faces will be missed this quarter ; we need hardly say they take every good wish with them from those who are left : if, with good wishes We may couple advi~e, a word of it would be this-" See that your polished arms be primed with care." Your favourite gun or bat or racquet has its place where clamp and rust will not spoil, why then let what you have gained at School slip from you for want of use. Not that we should expect to see You spending the Saturday half-holiday over a Latin Grammar or an Algebra; ~tis rather the habits of work than the subject matter that will be valuable 111 the hours that must be devoted to bread-winning. For years you have had to be punctual in rising; each day's work has been portioned out and has had \ 2 to be done to the day ; in every department of work or amusement you have had to act as one of a body, and have hacl to respect the rights of others. Why should these invaluable habits of punctuality, regular method, and corporate action be allowed to fall into disuse ? Rather let them be treasured as the harvest garnered in the years of School life. And in that time, alas! too short, which a man has to himself; in 'which most of us have to crowd a.ll our attempts to clevelope our intellectual powers, to satisfy our artistic impulses, or to attend to duties outside our daily work, duties as members of families, as citizens, as men ; it is all important that the lessons of a good education should not be forgotten. A knowledge of the lessons that all history teaches helps to make a man a wise citizen, tolerant of the opinions of others, and able to distinguish true from false prosperity, while an accurate knowledge of his own tongue added to the reasoning powers so thoroughly developed by mathematics will keep him proof against any specious juggling with words and enable him to unmask self-interest in the thousand and one disguises which it assumes in a young country. While wishing success to all old boys, we should be very ungrateful if we did not recognise the School's indebtedness to them for all that they have done in keeping up the tone of the School, in maintaining discipline and forwarding the interests of all kinds of sport. The new boys, we trust, have found by this time that they have come among boys who are proud of their School, and who will expect them to take an active interest in all that concerns it, whether Examination list or Cricket score. Finally, let old and new together resolve that, what is worth doing at all is worth doing well, whether it be in class, on committees, or in the cricket and football field. Work has to be done and may as well be done pleasantly. Let them get a few clean sheets on Saturday and see if it is not so.

PRIZE LIST.-CHRISTMAS, 1885. Knox Prizes :-1. Thompson i. 2. McClelland i. Windeyer E11say.-Shakespeare a Product as well as a Producer. 'fhompsou i. Knox Latin Prose Prize. Thompson i. Cape Verse Prize. Thompson i.

GENERAL PRIZES. Given to all boys who gain three First Classes during the year. Thompson i. Ford i. Taylor i, Waldron ii. Hunt i. McNeil ii. Kethel Godfrey Lloyd i. Stephen ii. McClelland i. Sharpe McNeill i. Anderson i. Lewington.

FORM PRIZES. VI. Thompson i. l\loderns 4. Small Weigall ii. V. Stephen ii. III A. Sharpe B. Cox IV. Watt ii. Newman i. Pain i. Remove. McPherson iii. B. Addison i. I A. Sorrie Moderns 1. Poole Waldron B. Ruutz ,, 2. Taylor ii. II A. Jones ii. C. MacKnight ii. ,, 3. Logan i. 3

MATHEMATICAL PRIZES. Thompson i. Kinross i. Sapsford Godfrey Lloyd i. Brereton i. Menzies i. W eigall iii. Stephen ii. Parker i Neich ii Flatau i. Mcintyre Ross Browne ii. O'Keefe Molinei Walker Black GERMAN (given by L0rd Augustus Loftus) Corlette 2 QUARTERLY EXAMINATION PRIZES. Al'RIL AND SEPTEMBER, 1885, Upper School-Latin Grammar: Thompson i. Greek Grammar : Stephen ii. English Grammar : Thompson i. French Grammar : Deane i. Arithmetic : McNeil i. Lower School-Arithmetic : Menzies i. English Grammar : Waldron ii. French Grammar : Colyer i. Latin Grammar : McClelland i. DRAWING-Poole BooKKEEPING-McKenny

LIST OF FIRST CLASSES, 1885. A.-ENGLISH. UPPER SCHOOL. LOWER SCHOOL. ¥unt i. Stephen ii. Windeyer i. Bereton ii. Leth bJPidge ii. Lewington { hompson i Stephen i. Wall Newman i. Read ii Browne ii. LFloyd. i. Bowman Corlette i. Kethel Massie Hulle ord 1. Mack Huntley i. Addison i. W aldrou ii. Godfrey McNeil i. Dobbin i. Taylor i. Lethbridge i McClelland i. Addison ii. ll'laut Anderson i. Lawson i. Thompson v Weigall ii, Runtz McNeil ii. McLaurin i. Eld Robison iii. Leeder B.-MODERN LANGUAGES, UPPER SCHOOL. LOWE~ SCHOOL. TLhompson i. Bohrsmanu i. Hester Kethel loyd i. Bowman Hunt ii. Manning iii. Hunt i. Kinross Tillett Sharpe McN ~il i. W eigall i Taylor i. Kennet Ford 1. Watt ii. Solomon McLaurin i. Stephen i. Wall Huntleyi. M cOlelland i. Stephen ii. Goldsmid Hunt iii. Massie McNeill ii, Rutter Garnsey Lewington Anderson i. Elwin i. Begbie Kindon Windeyer i. Lyon i. Moses i. C.-CLASSICS. UPPER SCHOOL. LOWER SCHOOL. Thompson i. Newman i. Menzies ii Hunt i. Sharpe Cox Lloyd i. Bohrsmann ii. Pain i. Stephen ii. Aron i. Helm Stevens Read ii. Read iii. Anderson ii. Ford ii. Rutter ii. 4

C.-CLASSICS.-LOWER SCHOOL (continued). Addison i. Manning iv. Cheeke Tress i. Waldron ii, Milford Godfrey Vivian McClelland i, Jones ii. Sorrie Runtz Thompson v. Mansfield ii. Brentnall Anderson iii. Weigall ii. Pickburn ·ii.

D. -MATHEMATICS. UPPER SCHOOL. LOWER SCHOOL. Thompson i. Stokes i. Arithmetic. Lloyd i. O'Conor Ass er RP a ding Stephen ii. . Todhunter Lethbridge ii. Tress i. McNeil i. Brereton i. Sapsford Godfred McNeil ii. Moline ii. Menzies i. Weigall iii. Watt ii. Logan i. McClelland i. Flatau i. Anderson i. Ebsworth Waldon ii. Flatau ii. Osborne i. Ke thel Lewington Perry Mcintyre Parker i. Browne ii. Taylor i. Cruickshank i. Hunt iv. Euclid & Algebra. Fuller Campbell i. Neich ii. Sapsford Olson Lyons Skarratt Lethbridge i. Vernon Walker Thomas ii. Sharpe Moline i. Ross Pope Menzies i. Crisp i. Torpy O'Keefe Gleeson i. Airey i. Harris iii. Taylor ii. Blackwood Moore i. Kinross i. Peters Black E.--:-NATURAL SCIENCE. Crisp i. Lyons Robinson i. Kiss Ebsworth McNeil i. Alledring Smith Fordi. Moline i. Corlette ii. Henry . Poole Gleeson i.

PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. (A, first-class ; B, second ; C, third.) SENIORS. Hunt i.-History, English, Latin, Greek, Physics (A); French, Arithmetic (B); Geometry (C). Thompson i.-English, Latin, Greek, Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry, Mechanics (A); French (BJ; Geometry, Physics (0). Ford i.-English, Latin (A) ; Greek (B) ; French, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry (C). Poole.-Freehand Model Drawing (A); History, Geography (B); Arithmetic, Geometry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physic, Geometrical Drawing (C). University Prize and John West Medal, proa:ime accessit.-Thompson i. English Medal.-Ford and Thompson equal. Hunt proxiine accessit. Latin Medal.-'Ihompson. Greek Medal.-Thompson JUNIORS. Begbie.-Latin, Arithmetic (A); History, English, Algebra, Geometry (B). Cohen.-Geometry, Arithmetic, Algebra (B). Cranna.-Latin (A); History, Geoi:;raphy, English, Arithmetric, Algebra (B). Elphinston.-Engliah, Latin, Arithmetic (B). 5

PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.-JUNIORS (continued). Falk.-Geography, English, French, German, Arithmetic (B). Gleeson.-Geography, Arithmetic (A) ; History, Algebra, Geometry (B). Grainger.-Geography, Arithmetic, Geometry (B). Hayden.-History, English, Latin, Greek, Arithmetic (B). Henry.-Latin (A); Geography, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry (B). Hester.-English, French, Latin, Greek, Arithmetic, Algebra (B). Hungerford.-Greek (A) ; English, Latin, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry (B). Kelly.-History, Latin, Arithmetic (B). Kemmis.-English, Latin (A); French, Arithmetic (B). Kiss.-Arithmetic (A) ; Geography, English, Algebra (B). Knight.-Latin, Arithmetic, Geometry (B). Littlejohn.-Latin, Greek (A) ; English, Arithmetic (B). Lyon.-Latin, Arithmetic (A); History, English, Greek (B,. Lyons.-History, English, Geometry, Chemistry (B). McCarthy.-English, Latin, Geometry (A); History, Arithmetic, Algebra (B). Mclntyre.-English, Greek, Arithmetic (A); Geography, Latin, Algebra, Geometry (B). McNeil.-Latin, Greek, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry (A); English, French (B). McPherson.-English, Latin, Greek, Arithmetic (B). Manning.-History, English, Geography, Arithmetic (B). Moline.-English, Ge0graphy (A); Arithmetic, Geometry, Chemistry,(B). O'Conor.-History, Geography, Arithmetic (B). Olson.-Geography, Arithmetic, Geology (A); History, English, Algebra, Geometry (B). Peden.-Geography, English, Arithmetic, Geometry (B). Quodling.-Geography, English, Arithmetic (B)'. ~obertson.-Arithmetic (A); Geography, Geometry (B). Robison.-Geography, Arithmetic, Geometry (B). Rofe.-English, Latin, Arithmetic (B). Rutter.-Geography, English, Latin, Greek, Arithmetic (B). Stephen.-English, French, Latin, Greek (A); Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry (B ). Swire, E.-Geography, English, Arithmetic (B). Swire, P.-English, French, Arithmetic (B). T~ylor.-Geography (A) ; Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry (B). Tillett.-Arithmetic (A) ; Latin, Greek, Geometry (B ). Wall.-History, Latin, Greek, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry (A); English (B). Warburton.-Geography, English, Arithmetic, Algebra Geometry (B) · Watt.-Latin, Arithmetic, Algebra (A); Greek, Geometry (B). University Prize.-McNeil and Stephen. equal. English Medal. - Stephen. Latin Medal.-Stephen. Greek Medal.-McNeil, p1·oxiine accessit, Stephen. i\lgelJra Medal.-Wall, proxinie accessit, \Vatt. 6

THE UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS. MATRICULATION. Hunger­ Passed.-Thompson i., Hunt i., McNeil i., Ford i., Stokes, Higgins i., ford, Mitchell, Wallace, Mant, Bohrsmann i., Manning i., Shirlow i., Austin, Kinross. HoNouRs.-Classics, Class !.-Thompson i., Hunt i. Class IL-McNeil i., Ford i. MATHEMATICS.-Class !.-Thompson i. Class III.-McNeil i., Hunt i. Scholarship Cooper Scholarship of £50 for one year for Classics, and University of £50 for one year for Proficiency, Thompson i. FIRST YEAR. HoNOURs.-Classics, Class I.-Garran, King, Leibius, Walker. Class IL-Mcintyre, Dare. Class III.-Abbott. MATHEMATICS.-Class I.-Garran. ScIENCE.-Class II.-Sendall, Garran, King. Cla.ss III.-Mclnnes, Fitz, Dare, Vicars. Allen Lithgow Scholarship of £50 for one year for Clnssics, and George Scholarship of £50 for one year for Mathematics, Garran. Passed.-CLASSICS.-Sendall, Mcinnes, McPherson. LATIN AND FRENCH.-Fitz, Vicars. LATIN AND GERMAN.-Fitz. MATH!:MATICS.-Class I.-llfolnnes, Leibius, Fitz, Mcintyre, Walker, Dare, Abbott, McPherson. Class II.-Vicars, King. SCIEKCE.-Class II.-Leibius, Mcintyre. Class III.-Dare, Abbott, McPherson. SECOND YEAR. HoNOURS.-Classics, Class !.-Russell. Class II.-Saddin~ton, Barbour. Class III.-LittleJohn. MATHEMATICS.-Class !.-Russell. Class II.-Saddington. of £50 Cooper Scholarship of £50 for 1 year for Classics, Barker Scholarship for 1 year for Mathematics, proxime accessit to Deas-Thompson Scholarship of £50 for 1 year for Natural Science.-Russell. PASS.-CLASSICS.-White, J. Wood. MATHEMATICs.-Cla.ss I.-White, Barbour. Class IL-Littlejohn, J. Wood. B. A. EXAMINATION. HoNOURS.-Classics, Class !.-Neill, Fletcher. Class IL-Loxton. MATHEMATICS, -Class l.-Delohery, Gold Medal for Classics.-Neill. Gold 1\Iedal for Mathematics.-Delohery. Passed.-CLASSICS.-Barker, Beehag. LATIN AND FRENCH.-Massie, Fosbery. MATHEMATICS.-Cla.ss !.-Barker, Massie. Class II.-Fosbery, Beehag. 7

M. A. EXAMINATION. 'CLASSICS.-A. T. Cormack, H. D. Crocker. MATREMATICS.-P. Rygate. An !Lnalysis of the published lists shows that exclusive of the l\fatricula­ tion pass list, past and present members of the school are credited with 35 honour passes out of a. total of 73, and 35 ordinary passes out of a. total of 157. The honour passes are distributed as follows :-Classics, 21 out of 39 ; Mathematics, 7 out of 24; Science, 7 out of 10. Of 9 Scholarships the school 0 takes 6, and old Sydneians a.re also credited with both the gold medals for the B.A. Examination. This analysis is important as showing how closely the interests of the School and University a.re bound together: it is very creditable to be able to claim nearly half the honour work of the University, but at the same time it is only what the School should do while it is in a healthy state.

CRICKET. 'l'HE SCHOOL v. CllURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, Moore Park, 18th Nov. 1885. A win for the School, let us suppose on their merits, but their opponents were very feeble, excepting, perhaps, Roberts who got half the runs made from the bat, and took 7 . We will not say anythi1;1g about the ground, but .anyone who knows the Park knows what to expect there. C.E. School made 18; S.G.S., 86 ; Mitchell 32, Higgins 24. BOWLING.-Swire, in 5 overs (1 maiden), took 3 wickets for 14 runs. Mitchell, in 5 overs (4 maidens), took 6 wickets for 1 run. THE SCHOOL v. UNDERGRADUATES. Wentworth Park, 2nd December, 1885. The School went in and made 80, in which there was only one double figure innings and 15 byes. Street got 27, and played good cricket for them, till he was caught off a bumpy ball ; the next highest score was 9, by W. Allen, who played in good form till bowled by a "Yorker" from Barbour. One or two of our eleven, who shall be nameless for this once, shaped very poorly at the bowling. TlIE SCHOOL, Kemmis, b Neill...... 5 Street, c Jenkins, by Colquhun 27 Mitchell, c Walker, b Colquhun 7 McPherson, b Barbour ...... 6 Hayes, c Colquhun, b Barbour ... 3 Allen, b Barbour ... 9 Major, c ~hepherd, b Adams 2 Swire, c Eden, b Adams ... 4 Crisp, b Barbour ... 1 Harris, b Barbour 0 Chisholm, not out .. 0 Byes, 15 ; wide, 1 16 80 8

UNDERGRADUATES. Eden, b Chisholm 27 Adams, c Hayes, b McPherson 39 Wood, b Macpherson 18 Barbour, not out 37 Colquhun, b Major 16 Shephard, not out

THE SCHOOL v. ST. !GNATIUS. Riverview, 5th December, 1885. The School went in first; Kemmis, 79, and Street, 53, opened the ball pretty effectively rattling up the runs at a great pace, making 100 in the first half hour, but were both missed several times. The was a perfect one, but the fielding ground has yet to be made, having no grass on it, and a quantity of loose small stones which interfered a good deal with fielding; in time, for time will be necessary, no doubt it will be a good ground, but the difficulties to be contended with are great. The School total was 223, and ma.de in a very short time. At one part of the game it looked as if our eleven were going to remain at the wickets all day. It is just as well that the event proved otherwise, as we were enabled to score a victory instead of a draw, our opponents just getting over the century. The total would not have been so large but for mistakes on the part· of the umpire, who was caught napping. However, all is well that ends well, and the match was over soon after 4 p.m., the Riverview eleven not wishing to go in again, as, being in a considerable minority, they had to follow on. Fagan got 45 not out, being particularly good on "Yorkers" but he ought to have been out before he got double figures. The thanks of the eleven are due to the Jesuit Fathers who enter­ tained them most hospitably, and sent them away well pleased with their day out. May the next day on which we meet them be as successful. Score :- 9

TIIE SCHOOL. ST. IGNATIUS. Kemmis, c Cripps, b Jennings 79 Lawler, b McPherson 5 Street, b Jennings...... 53 Mooney, c Harris, b McPherson ... 17 McPherson, run out 7 Jennings, c Mylne, b McPherson 15 Mitchell, b Mooney 28 Fagan, not out ... 45 S. Hayes, lbw, b Jennings O McNeily, c McPherson, b Hayes... 0 Swire, c Ireland, b Jennings ... 18 Cripps, lbw, b Hayes 0 Allen, c Cripps, b Moone .. . O Fitzgerald, c Street, b Hayes 4 l\:lylne, not out 10 Cullaghan, c Mitchell, b McPherson 6 Chisholm, c Cullaghan, b Mooney 15 Ireland, b Hayes 12 Harris, c McCarthy, b Jennings... O McCarthy, run out... 0 Skarratt, b Mooney 3 Lanigan, c McPherson, b Hayes ... Byes 10 104 223

ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL BOWLING. Overs. Maidens. Runs. ·wickets. Hayes...... 22·4 balls 6 49 5 McPherson... 22 6 55 4

THE ScnooL v. KING's SCHOOL. Second Elevens.-Parramatta, 5th December, 1885. The result of the first eleven match was reversed in this, as we won by ~5 runs on the first innings. For the losers, G. Hall and Allen got 15 and 22 u1 the first innings, and E. R. Hall 32 in the second; whilst Cooper, 41, Higgins, 19, and G. Allen, with 10, did most of the run-getting. McGrath was the most successful bowler in the first innings, and McPherson in the second. Score :- KING'S SCHOOL. 1st innings. 2nd innings. Pell, c Higgins, b Hayes ... 2 c Higgins, b McPherson 0 Graham, b Hayes ... 0 b McPherson 0 E. R. Hall, c Higgins, b UcGrath 1 c Allan, b Cooper 32 Rudder, c Cruickshank, b 1\:lcGrath 2 b Higgins 6 G. Hall, c Cruickshank, b A. Hayes 15 b McPherson 0 .Ash, c Cooper, b McGrath 6 b McPherson 1 Allan, not out ...... 22 c Cooper, b McPherson 9 Warner, b McGrath 0 not out 3 Newman, lbw, b McGrath .. 0 c Preddy, b Higgins 2 White, c Preddy, b McGrath 0 b Biggins 8 McKenzie, b McGrath 0 b Higgins 4 Bye 1 Bye I

49 66 Higgins ...... 14·1 ball 5 18 4 10

THE SCHOOL. A. Hayes, b Graham 2 J. McPherson, b Graham 1 Higgins, b Allan... 19 McGrath, b Allan 4 Cooper, run out ... 41 Kinross i., b Allan 0 Osborne ii., c Rudder, b Allan... 6 Preddy, b Rudder 0 Flood i., b Graham 2 G. Allen, c Graham, b Rudder.. . 10 Cruickshank i., not out... 3 Byes, 3; leg-byes, 2; wide, 1 ... 6

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THE SCHOOL v. CALLAN PARK,

Cullan Park, 9th December, 1885. The school lost the toss and took the field, Hayes and Macpherson starting the bowling; the latter proved very expensive, runs coming fast as he was pitching the ball too far up ; this is better than getting short, but too much of it is likely to play havoc with any bowling. and it would be well for him to be on his guard against it. Hayes was unlucky, several balls which completely beat the batsmen just shaving the wicket. Mitchell went on and began gettin!if wickets at first, then a double change was made, Macpherson going on at the opposite end to that at which he began, ancl Major taking the other. The end soon came, and the innings closed for 73. Of those Floyd made 20 by hard hitting and good cricket, but otherwise the was not of a high order. The school started well, Kemmis and Street, hitting at a great pace, had 30 on the boa.rd within the first quarter of an hour, but soon after Kemmis was caught and bowled from a lofty one which, had the ground played true, would have gone out of the enclosure. Street was bowled with a yorker, having just before giving a cha.nee of stumping, which was not ta.ken. Macpherson and Mitchell were both got cheaply, and 10 runs only were wanted to win, when the rain come down heavily, and the game was left drawn, very considerably in our favour, as we had 6 wickets to fall. Skarratt took the wicket very well for us, his first case of stumping being very clean. The wicket was very rough, and cut up very badly towards the latter pa.rt of the time. Score :- 11

CALLAN PARK, THE SCHOOL. Floyd, c Street, b Mitchell ... 20 Street, b Floyd ... 28 Jones, st Skarratt, b l\Iacpherson 5 Kemmis, c and b Rlaxland 15 Barker, st Skarratt, b Mitchell . . . 9 Macpherson, b Floyd 13 Digby, c Macpherson, b Mitchell 7 Mitchell, c .Blackland, b Floyd 3 Dryer, c Kemmis, b Macpherson 10 S. Bayes, not out 0 Price, b 1 w, b Macpherson ... 9 Swire, not out 4 Cheetham, b Macpherson... O Byes 2 Johnson, not out ...... 9 Harrison, b Major... 2 Foe 4 wickets 65 Richardson, b Major O Wood, b Major O Byes... 2

73 Major, Cooper, Chisholm, Skarratt, and Harris to bat.

ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL .BOWLING. Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Hayes 9 1 24 0 Macpherson 6 0 22 4 Mitchell 5 0 14 3 l\Iajor 3·5 balls 1 12 3

THE MELBOURNF. MATCH. 17th and 18th December, 1885. The eleven, or rather twelve, left Sydney hy the express on Monday, December 14, and reached Melbourne the day following, considerably done up by the journey. Sleeping berths were not to be had, and the heat after leaving Albury was terrific; some idea may be formed of it when the thermo­ meter stood at 90 degrees before 9 a.m. However the journey came to an end at last, but not the heat, which continued all day aud was all the worse to th~ bear as there 'l\&S no water to be had for a "tub," water people having cut it off for the day. They were met at the station by some of the Melbo\irne boys and driven out to the school in cabs. Owing to the school being full, room could not be found in the building for all of them so some went to private houses where they were very kindly put up during their stay in 111elbourne. The thanks of the ~.G.S. are due to Dr. and Mrs. Wilson fortheir kindness to the eleven, and it may safely be asserted that those who went to Melbourne on our behalf will look back with pleasure to their visit, accompanied as it ~as by victory, and feel sorry for those who did not go. Next year, when it is their turn to come to us, we will hope to see among their eleven some of those who did battle this year for them. Sydney won the toss and went in on a perfect wicket to the bowling of Looker and Morris. 12 The start was lucky for us, as Kemmis was missed before he had made five, a costly mistake for our opponents, as with any luck on such a wicket, a batsman was sure to score. Profiting by his escape, be began one of the best innings played by him this season, and one which went a long way towards winning the match for us. Street was also missed when he had made 3, and the iniss gave him another couple of runs, but he fell to a good catch at very forward point when he had made 11, and the first wicket went for 18. McPherson followed, and was bowled for two, at which the glee of the C.E.G.S. was great and justly so; if he" ould learn to stand faster on his feet instead of hopping about, and to play with a straight bat when going back to a ball, it would be the all the better for him and the eleven also. Two for 23. Mitchell followed, and runs began to come quickly, both bats­ men playing good cricket and punishing the loose ones freely till llfitchell lost his wicket to Smith for 22, a very good innings wanted at a critical time. Three for 72. Swire followed, but his play was anything but in his usual form, being exceedingly tame and showing none of his hitting power which is his best point. The same fault is very palpable;in his batting, as in the case of McPherson, his bat being anything but straight in playing back, but his innings was decidedly useful. Four for lll. Hayes came in and started playing carefully, and in something like his old form, but soon after lost Kemmis, who was got rid of just before lunch for 60, which, except the miss before mentioned, was an excellent and free-hit innings. Five for 128. A.lien joined Hayes, and the two put on runs fast ; the former was in anything bnt a happy state of mind on his arrival at the wicket, but scoring off his second ball, be fell to work on the rest with confidence, and"fully justified his place in the eleven, notwithstanding what was said about the selection by some growlers in Sydney. His innings was faultless, and played in good, free style. Hayes was well set, and batting better than he had done for a long time when he had the misfortune to be run out. It was a close thing, but bad he run over the bowler who was stauding in his way, and not tried to a.void him, he could have saved his wicket. Six for 150. Major joined Allen, and soon got to work, but the bowling about this time was more on the spot. and difficult to get away, Champion (left hander) seeming to be the more difficult. Morris got Allen, who played back at a half volley, and was bowled with a ball that ought to have gone for four at least. Seven for 162. Chis­ holm came in. and began letting out as usual till he was run out, leaving Major at the wickets (Sfor 181), but his time was near, as soon after Cooper came in he was bowled by Noall in his fifth over. Ska.ra.tt joined Cooper, and immediately smacked Noall for 4, and the pair put on 16 runs for the la.st wicket ! Major deserves credit for his innings, which was made without a cha.nee, and in much better style than usual ; the la.st wicket might have put on more runs but for a most senseless case of run out. The innings closed for 202, much better than the start promised. Our opponents fielded well, in some cases brilliantly, and backed up the bowling well, but it was all over a batsman's wicket. Looker and Morris bore the brunt of the bowling, but the former was tried too much. He took three wickets, but they cost 64 runs, while Morris got two for 65 ; but for the wickets thrown a.way by the men getting run our total might have been larger. 13 McPherson and Hayes started the bowling in the first innings of the Melbourne team to Morris and Duke, who opened the ball well, the first wicket falling for 22, when Hayes caught the former in the slips for 7, and so got rid of one of their free bats. Duke batted well for his runs till he also fell to a catch in the slips at 37, having just previously lost his partner in the same place, which gave Major credit for two first-rate catches. Ramsay came in with the score at four for 37, and pfayed a patient innings which showed strong defence, but lacked offensive power, but for all that he deserves every credit for it, not only for its being the highest score of the innings, but because it was played when a rot was setting in, which it in some measure stayed. Hayes at last got him in the slips, and soon the innings came to an encl, the last wicket falling for 112. Smith and Champion batted ~veil and freely for their runs. but the bowling of Hayes was decidedly good ; 1n fact, above the average, as he varied his pitch and pace wlth considerable jt~clgment, and got an excellent analysis. McPherson's bowling was not up to Ins Sydney form, half volleys predominating, with the usual result of them being hit. Major had a certain amount of bad luck, but he was kept on too long, when Mitchell might have been tried sooner. The extras are noticeable, there being no less than 17 byes from want of a long-stop to the fast bowling. A~ the chances given were taken, and these, strangely enough, were all in the slips; the fielding generally was good, being sm~rter than we have seen it sometimes in Sydney matches. 'Vhere all worked hard it is difficult to say to whom the palm should go, but it certainly lies between Ha.yes, Mitchell, Major, and McPherson ; the only exception to the generally good fielding was Chisholm, who is very slow and thinks about getting to a ball when it has gone past him.

Melbourne followed on, and started badly, as the first wicket, Shuter's, fell for 2 to Major, while he got the second ~ayes for 15 ; l\Iorris came iu, and opened his account by bowling him for 0. Three for 18. Ramsay Joined Greene, and saw the latter missed badly by Street at cover-point when he had made 9 ; the batsman profited by his escape and illct·eased his score greatly. The stumps were drawn at 6 p.m. for the clay, Melbourne having lost 4 wickets for 46. Play was resumed at 10 a.m. the next morning, so to enable the players to go down to the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and ~ee the match between the Universities. '!'he fifth and sixth wickets both fell at 46 with Ramsey still in playing and as if he meant staying there all day. Smith and he were knocking up the runs when they were both let off, the former badly to Chisholm, who afterwards made amends fo~ it by catching him oil just the same hit and Ramsay behind the wicket by Skaratt more than once; the seventh wicket fell for 72, and the ninth for 133. Our wicket-keeping here was bad, and the gloves were given at last to McPherson, and he immediately the last man off Hayes, and ended the innings, leaving us 39 runs to get to win. Hayes canied off the bowling average again, but Mitchell and Major were both kept on too long; that they were expensive analysis. will be seen from the 14

Street and Kemmis w€nt in to get the runs, but neither of them seemed inclined to play their usual game. The first wicket fell for 7, when Street fell to a good catch at leg. McPherson came in, and was busy with singles for a while, doing the lion's share of the scoring till be was bowled by Ramsay. Two for 29. Kemmis and Mitchell got the required runs, and the match was over soon after 3 p.m., with an eight wickets victory for the S.G.S., of which they may well be proud. Our victory was due chiefly to the fine bowling of Hayes, with whom none of the batsmen could do much as the analysis shows. He bad a considerable amount of bad luck in the second innings, several times completely beating Ramsay, but the ball just missed the wicket. Our fielding on the whole was not so good as in the first innings, but the beat may have bad something to do with it. Ramsay's innings was not so good as bis first; he was almost bowled several times, and was let off more than once at the wickets, besides being missed by Allen at short slip from a left-banded catch which he ought to have held ; but without his runs the total would not have reached that of the first innings. How did we win? The answer is not far to seek ; simply bec::mse our eleven played well together, and made up their minds to win, if possible. If our school eleven will always field as well as the team did in the first innings, we s~all never have cause to regret their representing us against anybody. We may be overmatched at batting, but our fielding is surely in our own hands, for without good fielding the best bowling in the world is compara.­ tivaly useless. Both teams have a lesson to learn from this match. Our batting is, at the best, inclined to be rough and ready ; that of the Melbourne tea.m is more taking to look at, and some of their bats have very good style ; they have strong defence, and some of them good punishing powers, but in the la.tter they do not come up to our eleven, and in this the contrast was very marked. In one:thing we must yield to them, and I say it without the least hesitation, for there is not a shadow of a doubt of it; they play with a straight bat, most oj om· eleven do not. The wicket we played on was perfect ; nearly 500 rune made on it, and another match was played on it the following day, when another 250 were made, and yet it bore no signs of .hard work, and was not in the least cut up. It played fast too, and was a regular run-getting wicket, doing infinite credit to Greenwood the school "pro." What with their " pro," pavilion, and grancl wickets, it makes one wish-but the Tenth Commandment is before me, so I pause. Score :-

SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL. 1st innings. 2nd innings. Kemmis, c Duke, b Looker 60 not out 12 Street, c Shuter, b Looker 11 c Noall, b Ramsay 4 McPherson, b Morris 2 b Ramsay .. 15 Mitchell, b Smith 22 not out 2 Swire, b Looker 17 Hayes, run out 18 Allen, b Morris 22 15

Major, b Noall ... 18 Chisholm, run out , . . 11 Cooper, not out 7 Skarratt, run out .. . 7 Byes, 3; leg-byes, 2; wide, 1 ; no-ball, 1 7 Byes, 4; leg-byes, 2 ... 6

202 For 2 wickets ...... 39 The wickets fell as under :- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 IO

1st innings ..... 18 23 72 111 128 150 162 181 186 202 2nd innings...... 7 29 C.E.G.S., ANALYSIS OF BOWLING. lat innings. Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No-balls Looker ...... 45 64 0 M . 11 3 0 orris ...... 26·3 balls 3 65 2 0 0 Ramsay ...... 13 3 12 0 1 0 Smith ...... 6 0 18 1 0 0 Champion ...... 16 7 23 0 0 2 Noau: ...... 6 3 8 1 0 0 2nd innings. lliorris ...... 12 3 14 0 0 0 Ramsay ...... 11 ·3 balls 3 19 2 0 0

C.E.G.S., MELBOURNE. lat innings. 2nd innings. Morris, c Hayes, b McPherson 7 b Hayes 0 Duke, c ll'.l:ajor, b Hayes . .. .. 17 b Major 9 Mouritz, c Major, b Hayes 1 c Major, b Hayes 0 Shuter, run out ...... 2 b Major 0 Green, b Hayes ...... 9 b Hayes 26 Ramsay, c Hayes, b l\1ajor ... 21 c Mitchell, b Hayes 42 Looker, b Hayes ... 1 1 b w, b Hayes 13 Smith, b Hayes . . . 18 c Chisholm, b Mitchell ... 26 Champion, b Hayes .. 19 b Hayes 0 Noall, lbw, b Hayes 0 not out 5 Manifold, not out ...... O st McPherson, b Hayes 4 Byes, 17; leg-byes, 4; no-ball, 1 22 Bye, 1; leg-byes, 2 3

112 128 The wickets fell as under :- 1 . 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1st innings ...... 22 23 30 37 46 48 74 110 112 112 2nd innings ..... 2 15 18 46 46 46 72 113 119 128 16

S.G.s., ANALYSIS OF BOWLING.-lst innings. Overs Maidens Runs Wickets No-ball Hayes ...... 29·3 balls 14 3 2 7 1 McPherson ...... 14 3 28 1 0 Major...... 11 2 21 1 0 Mitchell ...... 5 2 9 O 0 2nd innings. Hayes ...... 48 ·2 balls 24 45 7 0 Major ...... 25 6 46 2 0 Mitchell ...... 23 9 34 l 0 Scorer : C. W eigall. On Monday, 21st December, a combined team of the two schools played the St. Kilcla C.C., and won by ten wickets. The Melbourne contingent got most of the runs, making 49 out of the total of 80 obtained from the bat, four extras bringing it up to 84. The wicket was frightful, the wonder is there was no one killed, and that any one managed to get any runs at all, let alone get double figures. St. Kilda tried no less than eight bowlers, of whom Finlay took four wickets for 21 runs, and Siclclely three for 17. For St. Kilda, Greenwood, the C.E.G.S. professional, made 28 out of 54 in the first innings, none of the others reached double figures. Hayes took six wickets for 19 runs in the first innings, and Morris (C.E.G.S.) four for 24. In the second innings Finlay got 16, by hard hitting, out of 34 (no extras). Hayes and Mr. Chapman, one of the C.E.G.S. masters and captain of the team, took respec­ tively four wickets for 28 and 6 for 6. The Schools had five runs to get and got them without losing a wicket. On Tuesday, 22nd, was started what was to have been a two clays' match with the Melbourne C.C. and Ground, but unfortunately just as the Schools ended their innings a thunderstorm broke over the ground and swamped it. There was heavy rain during the night, and on Wednesday the ground was quite unfit to play on, so the match was abandoned,· and those of the eleYen· who had not already left for home did so that night reaching Sydney in time for Xmas. It was our clay for the runs, and we got more than our share of them, Kemmis was to the fore with 48, made by free hitting, and without a chance, against rather more than average bowling. McPherson got 13, and then had hard lines in getting stumped some time after the wicket-keept.r had taken the ball; Mitchell got 13, but was not quite at home at the wicket; Hayes did ditto, and was not out for a good innings, which promised to be larger. Our batting showed up well, as we got 87 out of the total, but it is an open question how the Schools would have fared with an innings of 120, and a strong team against them, including Bonnor and a couple of "pros." Of the C.E.G.S. five, exclusive of Mr. Chapman, Greene was the only one to reach double figures with 12. Ramsay was in some time, but failed to score, though he ought to have taken advantage of being let off in tne field. The 120 runs were made from 44 overs of 6 balls each ; in the Schools match 4 balls only were bowled to the over.

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