THE PETERITE
ol. LXIV OCTOBER, 1973 No. 389
Edited by D. G. Cummin, J.P., M.A. EDITORIAL The Labour Party has been at it again : another plan for education; Ior rather, the usual plan by which nobody does better than anybody else, but presented by a different spokesman, sometimes known as the Shadow Minister for Education, a title that would surely have delighted W. S. Gilbert. Perhaps he would have given us an opera called 'Equality" or "Labour in vain;" Commentator: In politics he made a small sensation As Shadow Minister for Education; He planned to stultify the British Nation By stopping any chance of elevation. Chorus of Dolts: Here comes, with Axe, and Policy sinister, Our Comprehensive Shadow Minister. The Plan is heavy with progress; nearly everybody will be able to start being educated at the age of three and go on to at least eighteen, although at present this formidable prospect will not be compulsory. There will of course be more and better teachers; well, more anyway. parents, while losing almost any right to decide how their children are o be educated, will have a small voice in the running of the schools, because the Plan says : "We shall make governing and managing bodies of schools more representative of parents, teachers, and, where appro- riate, pupils—and give them more power." Predictably the Direct Grant hools are again destined for destruction, and, says the Plan, "Our aim to abolish fee-paying in schools and to bring all children of compulsory chool age into the national education system." This is heady stuff, cloth cap and all; and to bring every child into e state system is a bold move towards equality; but is the intention to aise the general level? If not, it is an aim without principle. If it is, en we must look at it with care. The Plan says of the independent schools: "the Newsom report's judgment that they are a divisive influence in the life of the nation is incontrovertible." Maybe; but at least this implies that by some the quality of education is thought to be better in such schools. The teachers are not better people than other teachers; they are not superior beings; but the education they provide is probably thought to be better because they enjoy the freedom of movement that is traditionally a part of teaching in independent schools, which is often why they seek to teach in them. If you are going to bring every child into the state system, you are going to bring in every teacher as well. Thus you will run the risk of taking from the present independent school teacher one major factor 1 CONTENTS PAGE Editorial 1 School Notes ... 2 Mr. E. R. Marshall ... 4 Commemoration, 1973 5 Examination Results ... 11 Valete 12 Salvete 13 Chapel Notes 14 Music ... 15 C.C.F. Notes 16 Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme 18 Boat Club 19 Shooting 22 Cricket ... 23 Tennis ... 34 Swimming 35 Fencing 37 The Oxford Cup, 1972-73 37 Rugby Fixtures, 1973 38 Walking Club 38 Orienteering ... 39 Young Farmers' Club 41 House Notes ... 41 Bradfield '73 ... 47 The North Yorkshire Moors Railway 49 York . . . 50 The Best Month of the Year 51 Old Peterite News 52 that enables him to provide good education; that is, the freedom of movement he enjoys in a school of the type he has chosen to be in. Independent school teachers have no claim to dedication; most of them would find the word embarrassing. Dedicated teachers are found everywhere. It is, however, likely that if you force the independent school teacher into a state system which rightly or wrongly he has not chosen to be in, he may no longer produce his best. He may even soon become unduly conscious of his hours and conditions of work, and it is almost certain that from among such teachers there would emerge some formidable shop stewards. The outcome need not be a positive lowering of teaching quality; but it is unlikely to be a raising of that quality for all; thus it will have achieved no good, and could even have caused harm. The planners of the new Jerusalem have usually hoped to build through education. Like so many planners, they seem easily to forget that education is a personal process; you can make a child learn a few things, but you cannot make him think. Nobody really knows how a child learns to think; what is certain is that it isn't done by legislation or by plans. Perhaps the planners should look first at the foundations of the new Jerusalem, and they may find that the strongest ingredients of a human foundation are still the family, the home, and love. From this it would follow that in a free society parents may wish to express their love through sacrifice so that they can provide for their children what seems to them the best in education. They will pay fees as long as they know they are paying for what is good; the fee-paying school that is less than good will sooner or later destroy itself without any action from a government, because sooner or later it will find no takers. With the best intentions you may plan to build Jerusalem, and find that by some error in the plans or by a weakness in the foundations you have instead built Jericho, where the walls came tumbling down at the blast of a trumpet.
The Editor wishes to thank the many contributors to The Peterite and would welcome correspondence and articles of general interest from Peterites past and present.
SCHOOL NOTES At the end of next Summer Term Mr. L. C. LeTocq will retire as Second Master. Mr. D. G. Cummin, who will give up the House• mastership of The Rise at the end of next Easter Term, will succeed Mr. LeTocq as Second Master in September, 1974. Mr. D. Kirby will become Housemaster of The Rise at the start of the Summer Term, 1974, and Mr. R. H. Hubbard will become Housemaster of Queen's. * * At the end of the Summer Term we said goodbye to Mr. S. E. Bray and Mrs. S. Kershaw who had each taught here for one year: and to Mr. D. Chapman-Smith who was here for two terms. We thank them all for the time and energy they gave to the School in many ways. Mr. 2 Bray has written to thank masters and boys for their gifts when he left, and adds: "My wife and I will miss York more than we thought we should . . . . We wish the School every good fortune in the future." We welcome Mr. I. J. Armstrong, B.Sc. (Durham), who will teach Maths; Mr. A. W. Roberts, B.A. (Leeds), for French and Russian; and Mr. W. Riley for Music. We hope they will all enjoy their time at St. Peter's.
In June Mr. D. G. Cummin was elected in the Clifton Ward to the ork District Council which will take office on 1st April next year. * * * The Summer Term started on 24th April. * * * The first Duke of Edinburgh Award Expedition, for the Bronze and lver Groups was on 5th and 6th May. * * * On 12th May the Boat Club Dance was held in the Memorial Hall. * * * The Scholarship Examination was from 21st to 25th May. * * * Half Term Holiday was from 25th to 29th May. * * * The Choir sang in the R.S.C.M. Festival at Ripon on 24th May, and Evensong in York Minster on 30th May. * * * 2nd and 3rd June: second Duke of Edinburgh Award Expedition, r Preliminary Group Section 2. * * * On 5th June the C.C.F. was inspected by Group Captain J. L. W. owler, R.A.F., the Officer Commanding Royal Air Force, Linton-on- use. * * * On 7th June a party visited the Greek Play at Bradfield; and the me day the Northern Secretary of the Independent Schools Careers rganisation (formerly P.S.A.B.) visited the School. * * * From the 8th to 10th June the Silver Group of the Duke of Edinburgh Award had their expedition; and the Bronze Group were out from 9th to 10th. * * * The Common Entrance Examination was from 11th to 13th June. 3 On 16th and 17th June the Preliminary Group Section 1 of the Duke of Edinburgh Award were on expedition. * * * The Music Prize Competition was held in the Memorial Hall on 22nd June. * * * The last Duke of Edinburgh Award Expedition, for Preliminary Group Section 2 was on 23rd and 24th June. * * * On 1st July there was a party for parents of Lower VIth boys to meet the masters, and this was followed by the St. Peter's Day Service in York Minster. * * * The Choir Supper was on 6th July, and the same evening there was a barbecue at which £615 was raised for the Sports Centre Fund. * * * The Shooting team was unable to go to Bisley because of illness in the School. * * * On 10th July a pathetic hoaxer caused trouble to Police and the Fire Brigade by starting a bomb scare in the School. There is no truth in a rumour that an Old Peterite named G. Fawkes was helping enquiries. * * * On 11th July there was a concert in the Memorial Hall. * * * On 13th July Mr. Hamilton organised a team competition, "It's a knockout", which proved very popular. More please! * * * Term ended after the Commemoration Service on 15th July.
MR. E. R. MARSHALL After 19 years' service to the School, Mr. Roy Marshall, the Bursar. retired on 31st August. As the Head Master said in his Report on Speech Day, Mr. Marshall's "meticulous care, foresight and attention to detail has seen the School past difficulties into a healthy expansion. We are distressed that his poor health has caused his retirement a term earlier than we anticipated, and we send him our best wishes for retirement." All who work in or are connected with St. Peter's will join in these wishes and thank Mr. Marshall for his friendly advice and help over many years. 4 Bursar of the School, where he served for nineteen years.
E. R. MARSHALL,
COMMEMORATION, 1973 The Cricket Match against the Old Peterites started on Friday, 13th July, and the following day the Speeches and Presentation of Prizes were presided over by the Vice-Chairman of the Governors, Mr. W. R. Wilkinson, O.B.E., J.P.; the Chairman, the Very Revd. the Dean of York, was unable to be present because he had been ordered a period of rest from his official duties. The Prizes were presented by Mr. J. V. Barnett, NIA., The Principal of St. John's College, York. In the evening the bust of K. H. Rhodes, executed by Mr. J. C. Brown, was unveiled by e President of the Old Peterite Club, Mr. C. W. Thompson. On Sunday. 15th July, The Revd. R. T. W. McDermid, B.A., Dip.Th. .P.), preached the Commemoration Sermon. ID 5 SPEECHES AND PRESENTATION OF PRIZES The ceremony began with the following Welcome to the Pr inci of St. John's College, York, by S. A. Atkinson: Salvete omnes, Ex quo haec in rostra prius ascendi, quantum quasi fluminis sub pontem non praefluit; nam Americanorum princeps suum non deposuit imperium, ex vico nostro redditus est quidam concilio; eheu, super Parisios nuper non volitavit Concordski, concordia iam tandem exstitit haud vera inter gentes Orientis; nihil imperii iam regit Magna Britannia. inter imperii equites autem praeses noster est electus; electi cunt in Universitatum collegia Oxbridgiensium tredecim omnes in toto discipuli e nobis, de operariorum collegiis id quod legibus sanctum est non iam inter eos multum valet; non iam artem scapha navigandi is praestat in certaminibus qui rem publicam gubernat. Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose, ut Gallis dictum est. Non Musae meae est inimicus nec inscitus hospes noster, J. V. Barnett, principalis Collegii Iohannis Sancti, quem non solum hospitem sed etiam vicinum et familiarem hodie salutamus. Ohm enim puer in schola Wulfrunensi se linguis Graecae et Latinae discendis dedicavit non totum; at in scaena personam Baptistae sustinuit, in eo ludo, quem Angli Hockey nominant, pilam inter undecim egit, in arte disputandi primam inter pares partem gessit; ex qua scholaris electus Collegii Pembroke studiis Anglicis se vertit, homo haud dubie iam sapientior. Iam inter labores suos num poetae praecepta nostri oblitus est, Principio cedes apibus statioque petenda; nonne iure trium liberorum dignus est, a principibus nostris institutor recordaturne etiam id carmen quod puero saepe canendum erat, detur nobis docta mens detur sui cor potens lingua falsi nesciens? Doctrinae nostrae exemplum illustrissimum to salutamus et gratias tibi summas agimus quod hodie contionem nostram tua praesentia illustrare vis.
The Head Master then gave his report as follows: In reporting on the academic year, I start by repeating the congratula- tions of all of us in the School to our Chairman of Governors, the Dean of York, on becoming a Knight Commander of the British Empire in the New Year Honours. Our delight is a reflection of our joy at the restored splendour of the Minster. And we hope that his convalescence continues smoothly. Another item that we read in the newspaper this academic year was not so welcome—the news that, by a decision of the City Council, no more boys were to join us at the age of eleven on special places provided by the City of York. It is not for me to comment on the political or economic background to this decision, but I deeply regret that this happy collaboration, that has been functioning for the last thirty years, should be brought to an end, a year before the boundary reorganisation, when valued this -we shall find ourselves in North Yorkshire. We have greatly eleven year old entry, and take pride in the City Scholars' achievements .(all five who joined us in 1965 and left in 1972 gained places at Oxford or Cambridge). We would like to continue to take boys on special places, not because we are short of applicants—far from it, the pressure on places at eleven is overwhelming—but because we can benefit many pupils 6 otherwise unable to enter the School (and not only good scholars—we ' have specific amenities to offer a boy who wishes, say, to be a champion swimmer, or to paint or to play the organ). Above all I would wish that at this time of tension in the educational world (tension because con- troversy rages about the organization and desirable size of schools, the curriculum of the sixth form, the examination system and the definition of the word "discipline"), the Independent Schools and the State Schools should come closer together and not go their separate ways. Is it too late for this co-operation to be resumed? After all, in the assistance which we give and receive to and from the University Departments of Education and the Colleges of Education, is there any distinction between St. Peter's School and a State School? I am happy to say no, and to add, Mr. Barnett, how grateful we are to St. John's for the very varied assistance given us by your students; I hope that we, too, provide your students with opportunities to gain confidence in classroom and lab. and on the playing fields. Whatever the School, we are trying to help each pupil turn out the best version of himself—so that each is as well qualified for a career and for service of others and for happiness as possible. Our aims are not those of social engineering. It is the avowed policy of the Labour Party, if their shadow Secretary for Education is to be believed, to abolish private education. Is it to be made illegal to spend one's money on something that is generally recognized as ,a benefit? Is education to be outlawed as something immoral if practised in private? Is it to be equated with distilling whiskey? Are certain valuable traditions—the traditions of the grammar school, of the discipline of language—to be suppressed? A tradition I particularly value at St. Peter's is the diversity of activities, many of them outside the classroom, which members of a i boarding school can pursue. Each of these activities calls for its own. discipline. The Head Master then passed to a review of the School's sporting and recreational activities, mentioning in particular the progress made with the new Sports Centre for which well over two thousand pounds had already been raised by two ventures in the Junior School; and the great range of courses available through the Combined Cadet Force without any obligation by a boy to the Services. Turning to the academic side of the School, the Head Master commented on the caution we show towards new teaching methods which may "merely arouse curiosity without satisfying it", but adding that "where new teaching methods do satisfy curiosity and do discipline the mind, then we are happy to innovate." Among several examples of innovation he mentioned the introduction of an Astronomy course to be examined at Alternative 0 Level, and he expressed thanks to Patrick Moore for his help and encouragement during the early stages. The Head Master continued: rt Two important drives that ought to be exercised in a School are twativity and social service. All new boys this year made something in the School and showed it me so as to discuss its craftsmanship. I was overwhelmed by the esponse. I got everything from an electrically driven motor car to a rocs-bow, from an embryo organ to a fire cradle, as well as an assort- ent of pots, dishes and, very useful for our new putting green, putters, I 7 and I began to sense the strong impulse to create that is in all of us and which it should be the job of education to foster—and yet it so often doesn't. Might we look forward to a spurt of creativity next year, with the already formed poet's group? What about a Composers' club among the musicians? The evidence of the House singing and instrumental competitions is that many boys are highly original and resourceful in their settings of music. (And incidentally by authorising Music Scholar- ships the Governors have shown their encouragement of Music in the School—we have our first two Music Scholars joining us next term). As for our creativity in the visual arts, it can be seen in Studio, and I hope that you will call in there today to see the vitality of the work produced there in a number of media. There is much that goes on in the School that I have omitted. I have tried to stress the diversity of School activities, the discipline that goes into those activities, the need for our creative impulses to be exercised and the opportunities for boys to help those less fortunate than themselves. I hope that every boy will do really well in at least two things in his time at School—one thing he enjoys doing ,and one thing he does not enjoy doing. A happy life is not all the doing of what comes easy or pleasant, but the conscientious shouldering of responsibilities of tiresome jobs as well. An education that allows us to opt out of anything we dislike is not an education at all—it is merely self-indulgence.
The prizes were then presented by Mr. J. V. Barnett, M.A., The Principal of St. John's College, York. There follows a summary of his address. Mr. Barnett first referred to the threat to the Independent Schools that had been mentioned by the Head Master, and said that at least such schools were under a "suspended sentence" in that a change of government would be needed before any change took place in their position; he hoped that independent Colleges, such as St. John's, would also be able to keep their independence. Mr. Barnett much appreciated the research into his own career that had been shown in the Latin Speech, saying that it made him feel at home to be reminded, for example, that he played the part of Baptista in "The Taming of the Shrew" thirty-five years ago. The speaker addressed himself mainly to those leaving school, assuming that most of them would be about eighteen, and so born in 1955, and he considered certain things that were happening in that year to contrast them with what is happening now. He thought that 1955 was a "traditional" year still for the school leaver, whose job pattern would still be predictable in relation to home and school expectations; but he recalled that in that same year Voluntary Service Overseas started, and was initiating a new outlook in career possibilities, so that now there are no limits, and no jobs necessarily predestined by VIth form courses. There began to be more scope for the school leaver to think how he would use his talents. Mr. Barnett further contrasted the year 1955 with 1973 in showing how easy it has become for all to travel abroad, not only because travel is cheap, but because it is easy to raise the money for it, for example by a week's strawberry picking. 8
And yet it seemed strange, Mr. Barnett thought, that in a society with full employment and high wages there should be hooliganism, gang fights and vandalism; and he startled the leavers by saying "YOU have a problem !", because it had become a problem for their generation. He said it is no good blaming the police or the school or the home; the problem remains. We must seek to know WHY these things happen, to get inside the mind of the hooligan and the vandal. In a permissive society which at its best gives great opportunities, we have got to find out how all can be brought to share in a sense of responsibility, otherwise, said Mr. Barnett, "we are in for a sticky time." D.G.C.
R. A. Scott, the Head of School, then thanked Mr. Barnett for presenting the Prizes and for his address.
SIXTH FORM RESULTS OF 1972 The following won places at Oxford and Cambridge:— C. J. Atkinson A. J. George J. A. Mitchell C. H. Beall D. W. Grice— C. D. Pallant T. N. E. Bowen (Open Scholarship in R. Sharpe— C. J. Brown Natural Sciences, St. (Open Scholarship in S. P. Coverdale Edmund Hall, Classics, Trinity D. M. Dempsey Oxford.) College, Cambridge.) Of the 57 members of last year's Upper VI and Middle VI, 32 gained University places. 17 went into further education :— Polytechnics 13 Art School 2 College of Agriculture 1 R.N., Dartmouth ... 1 4 went straight into employment. 4 remain undecided.
PRIZE LIST NORMAN CROMBIE MEMORIAL PRIZE R. A. Scott K. H. RHODES PRIZE J. A. Mitchell
STEPHENSON PRIZE FOR GREEK ••• S. A. Atkinson P. E. LORD PRIZE FOR CLASSICS R. Sharpe
WHYTEHEAD MEMORIAL PRIZES FOR DIVINITY: fW. J. Clappison Senior ••• 17. P. H. Harrison Junior ... ... C. G. A. Morcom THE DRONFIELD PRIZE FOR MATHEMATICS P. N. Withers
DEAN OF YORK'S PRIZES FOR LATIN: Senior ... ... S. A. Atkinson Junior ... ... T. J. Stephenson 9 11.
THE B.M.A. PRIZE FOR SCIENCE ... M. J. F. Davidson TOYNE EUROPEAN HISTORY PRIZE ... J. P. H. Harrison PRIZE FOR HISTORY R. W. Egleton SIR LUMLEY DODSWORTH ESSAY PRIZE ... C. D. Auburn THE HEAD MASTER'S PRIZE FOR ENGLISH VERSE: Senior ... ••• ••• ••• J. J. Beadle Junior ... P. A. Newdick THE OLD PETERITE CLUB READING PRIZES: VIth Form ... .. R. A. Scott Below VIth .. P. W. S. De Silva YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S PRIZE ... A. J. Thornton THE JACK BRITTAIN MEMORIAL PRIZES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL ESSAY: IVth Forms ... ... B. M. Kay IlIrds ... C. T. Anelay THE ARTHUR CRAVEN MEMORIAL PRIZES FOR SPOKEN FRENCH: Senior ... P. A. Demuth Middle School S. W. Wallace R. D. Long ATKINSON PRIZE FOR RUSSIAN T. J. Ward MODERN LANGUAGES PRIZES: French ... ••• J. P. H. Harrison German ••• I. W. Stephenson CHEMISTRY PRIZE ••• R. M. Harland BIOLOGY PRIZE ••• S. J. Warren PHYSICS PRIZE ••• A. R. Hornby MATHEMATICS PRIZE ... ••• A. R. Hornby GEOGRAPHY PRIZE (below the VIth) ••• D. J. Young MUSIC PRIZES: Keyboard A. Robinson Instrumental R. M. Spencer ART PRIZES: Senior N. A. Cameron X. P. Sanderson Junior S. R. Dench THE FRANK PICK PRIZE FOR DESIGN ••• T. J. Stephenson HANDICRAFTS PRIZE ... ... A. Q. Steggall GENERAL KNOWLEDGE PRIZES: fD. R. Chester VIth Form '•• D. G. Senior Vth Forms ... J. M. Wilson IVth Forms ... A. S. Newstead IIIrd Forms ... P. S. Lancaster
FORM PRIZES J. Bannister M. A. J. Ferguson Vth FORMS ... ... I. P. Heavens II. D. Heddle IT. J. Stephenson IVA ... A. S. Newstead 10 IVB K. G. Nicholson IVC J. N. Auburn IVD I. R. Pullan ILIA P. S. Lancaster HMI S. Fell II1B2 N. E. R. Brown 111B3 D. M. B. Simpson
EXAMINATION RESULTS 1973 The following successes were achieved at Advanced level:— Atkinson, S. A.—Latin, Greek, English Lit. Beadnall, A. G.—English Lit., History. Buckman, A. M.—English Lit., M.E.I. Maths. Cluff, J. M. F.—English Lit., Art, Politics. Demuth, P. A.—French, German, English Lit. Exell, J. N.—Economics. Fotheringham, D. C.—English Lit., Geog., Economics. Gray, I.—Art. Hall, L. C.—History, Economics, Politics. Hazel, C. N.—Ancient History, English Lit., Art. Hudson, J. C. M.—History, Economics, Politics. Jamieson, I. S.—English Lit., Economics. Johnston, P. B.—Economics. Kirby, S. G. D.—Ancient History, French, English Lit. Naylor, M. L.—M.E.I. Maths. Pritchard, N. G.—English Lit., History, Economics. Roberts, R. N.—Art (A). Sargent, A. J.—English Lit. (A), History, Politics (A). Schmidt, G.—English Lit., History, Economics. Scott, P. H.—English Lit., Economics. Scott, R. A.—English Lit., Economics. Shepherd, A, M.—English Lit., Economics. Short, P. A.—Geog., Economics (A), S.M.P. Maths (AU). Smith, J. C.—French, English Lit. Stephenson, I. W.—French, German, English Lit. Tasker, R. T.—English Lit., M.E.I. Maths. Taylor, P. M. A.—Art. Walmsley, E. J. M.—English Lit. Warnock, G. A. R.—English Lit. Whittle, J. R.—English Lit., Politics, M.E.I. Maths. Winstanley, P. A.—English Lit. History, Economics. Yule, M.—M.E.I. Maths. Bidgood, M. S.—Physics, Econ., S.M.P. Maths (A), S.M.P. Further Maths. Hornhy, A. R.—Economics, Physics, S.M.P. Maths (A2), S.M.P. Further Maths. Ramsden, P. A.—Physics: S.M.P. Maths (A), S.M.P. Further Maths, Economics (A). 1 1 Townsend, P. R. F.—Physics, S.M.P. Maths (A), S.M.P. Further Mat Economics (A). Balls, I. W.—Physics, Biology (A), M.E.I. Maths. Benson, K. N. G.—Physics, Biology, Chemistry. Bloom, T. M.—Physics, Biology, Chemistry. Cameron, N. A.—Physics, S.M.P. Maths (A), Art (A2). Cass, P. L.—Biology (A2), M.E.I. Maths, Chemistry. Challis, P. A. E.—Physics, Biology (Al), Chemistry (AU). Davidson, M. J. F.—Physics, Biology (A), Chemistry (A). Dobbins, P. J.—Art, Woodwork. Feasby, P. J.—Physics, Biology, Chemistry. Harland, R. M.—Biology (Al), S.M.P. Maths (Al), Chemistry (A). Hazel!, R. J.—Physics, S.M.P. Maths (A), Chemistry. Heddle, A. R. 0.—Physics, S.M.P. Maths (A), Chemistry (A). Kerruish, R. N.—Biology, M.E.I. Maths, Chemistry. Ray, M. S.—Biology, M.E.I. Maths. Shepherd, P. M.—M.E.I. Maths, Chemistry. Terry, J. P.—Biology. Thornton, A. J.—Biology, Chemistry. Tree, M. P.—Chemistry. Warren, S. J.—Physics, Biology, Chemistry (AU). At Ordinary level:— Allen, R. L. (10); Bannister, J. (10); Barnett G. M. (10); Bernard, G. M. (6); Black, M. P. (10); Brockbank, A. J. (8); Brooker, P. M. (9); Clark, J. J. (10); Craggs, G. T. (7); Duckling, C. (10); Feeney, V. J. (8); Ferguson, M. A. J. (10); Gumbrell, G. D. (9); Hart, J. B. (8); Heavens, L. P. (10); Heddle, I. D. (10); Hollis, S. J. (10); Needier, F. W. R. (8); Potter, D. N. (8); Rhodes, P. J. (4); Ringrose, C. F. (10); Shepherd, N. J. (4); Sherratt R. G. J. (7); Smith, S. C. A. (10); Stephenson, T. J. (10); Wilson, J. M. (10); Bartlett, I. F. (1); Barton, J. S. (7); Briggs, N. T. (8); Brindley, N. A. J. (7); Brown, J. P. (7); Clegg, C. A. (10): Flint, A. J. (5); Green, P. (11); Hall, S. D. V. (5); Halsall, A. S. (5); Hudson, T. F. (9); Hughes, D. J. (8); Jamieson, M. W. (9); Knowlson, C. W. (6); McItroy, W. S. (11); Maher, C. W. (8); Neale, J. (9); Newdick, J. M. (6); Pattie, S. K. (6); Shepherd, D. A. (6); Spencer, D. C. (8); Spencer, R. M. (9); Taylor, M. R. (3); Wolstencroft, J. M. (2); Beaulah, C. R. (5); Crossley, J. B. (3); Drewery, C. W. (1); Ellison, M. D. (4); Holden, R. J. (5); Honeyman, P. A. (3); Jowsey, D. B. (5); Keyes, R. J. M. (7); McCarter, D. B. (9); Moun- tain, D. C. (4); Nichols, P. J. (5); Phillips, D. M. H. (7); Rawson. A. P. (4): Rounthwaite, J. C. (4); Temple, R. J. A. (9); Turner, C. D. C. (2); Walker, R. M. (6); Yates, S. D. M. (4); Bough, C. R. (2); Coates-Walker, R. M. (I); Fenwick, S. C. (3); Gibson, G. T. (3); Halstead, A. R. J. (8): Hawkswell, S. W. S. (2); Hudson, R. E. (2); Johnson, C. I. (3); Lucas, M. J. G. (1); McMaster, W. A. D. (3); Parker, T. D. (I); Spencer, P. S. (4); Wright, P. M. (I).
VALETE SUMMER TERM DRONFIELD Allen. R. L., Buckman. A. M., Clayton. J. C., Fotheringham, D. C., Ha C. N., Hudson, J. C. M., Kirby, S. G. D., Roberts, R. N. 12 THE GROVE Cass, P. L., Dobbins, P. J., Dunk, R. J., Kerruish, R. N., Schmidt, G., Smith, J. C., Warnock, G. A. R., Webster, P. J. L.
THE MANOR Beadnall, A. G. Drewery, C. W., Eddell, D. J. R., Hawkswell, S. W. S., Johnston, P. B., Mason, S. W., Needler, F. W. R., Parker, T. D., Pritchard, N. G., Ray, M. S., Tasker, R. T., Thornton, A. J. Townsend, P. R. F. QUEEN'S Bough, C. R., Demuth, P. A., Grant, S. K., Hall, L. C., Hall, S. D. V., Jamieson, I. S., Naylor, M. L., Scott, R. A., Spencer, D. C., Warren, S. J., Winstanley, P. A. THE RISE Bloom, T. M., Gilbert, B. L., Marsland, A. J., Robinson, A. Shepherd, A. M., Short, P. A., Taylor, P. M. A., Walmsley, E. J. M., Whittle, J. R., Yule, M.
SCHOOL HOUSE Cluff, J. M. F., Craggs, G. T., Ezell, J. N., Gray, I., Johnson, C. I., Scott, P. H., Sherris, A. B. L., Terry, J. P., Tree, M. P., Wright, P. M.
TEMPLE Balls, I. W., Benson, K. N. G., Cameron, N. A., Davidson, M. J. F., Feasby, P. J., Haze11, R. J., Hodge, C. A., Mountain, D. C., Nichols, P. J., Rawson, A. P., Sargent, A. J., Shepherd, N. J., Shepherd, P M.
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SEPTEMBER, 1973 DRONFIELD Atha, E. J., Atkinson, N. G., Bird, C. R., Birtle, A. D., Brown, M. A., Budge, 1., Cooper, D. W., Crowley, P. W. M., Morris, G. H., Rushbrooke, P. D., Schofield, J. S., Wallhead, V. A.
THE GROVE Aldridge, J. T., Anderson, M. B., Bronk, R. A. C., Casson, C. P., Chadwick, A. M., Day, A. H., Fawthrop, D. J., Frost, N. P., Kilmartin, P. S., McGrath, J. P., Markwick-Smith, J. R., Mayor, J. I. D., Pattison, M. R., Tong, L. B., Turner, M. St. J., Wiggle, I. P.
THE MANOR Collingwood-Gittins, R., Crossley, C. C., Dee, M. C. M., Demades, J., Halsall, S. B., Hawking, N. S., Morris, N. F., Mortimer, J. C. B., Murray, K. S., Nichols, R. D., Parker, M. I., Readman, R. W., Wilkinson, R. M.
QUEEN'S Barker, R. C., Craig, R. E., Denison, J. N., Hughes, J. J. R., Kaiser, R. A., Lethem, J. A., Miller, K. J., Newstead, T. I. J., Preece, J. W., Tait, G. W., Turner, A. R., Turner, R. M.
THE RISE Baggs, J. H., Bruce, R. M., Burdass, T. J., Ewing, A. M., Glover, R. J. D., King, G. J., Marsland, R., Teale, R. J., Temple, S. D. M., Turnbull, N. J. G., Wright, A. J. 13 SCHOOL HOUSE Braime, S. L., Brown, S. D., Burn, M. J., Glaysher, M. A., Gray, M., Johnson, G. H., Lumb, W. E., McKinlay, H. J., Mair, D. J. B., Parkinson, E. M., Scott, M. J. TEMPLE Burn, S. M., Chilman, P. W. H., Coates-Walker, T. J., Hawkswell, C., Hepworth, R. I., Humphreys, S. W., Johnson, C. P., Kerr, J. V., Macfarlane, J. R., Morcom, J. P., Schofield, G., Wetherell, S. C., Wilson, M. E., Wilson, R. J. T.
CHAPEL NOTES At the last Family Communion of the Easter Term the question of introducing the new Series III Communion Service was discussed, and the interesting suggestion was made that in the Summer Term we might lead up to Series III by having first the Prayer Book Service of 1662 and then the Experimental Rite of Series II. So the pattern of our services for this term was laid down, and as each service was used the address was devoted to a short explanation of the service and the way in which the rite is evolving. Perhaps the main impression which was gathered was the contrast of the simple acts of the Lord's Supper which remain un- altered and the continually changing manner of its presentation. And perhaps some of us gained a better understanding of the construction of the service. In every generation there are those who complain about compulsory services on weekdays. Now a new phenomenon has appeared: a group of boys and staff who meet each Tuesday for prayer together during the lunch interval although a compulsory service is due to follow at 2-0 p.m.! And during the lunch interval on Wednesdays the Christian Union group meet jointly with the group from Queen Anne Grammar School. We are most grateful to those who have helped with the weekday services this term : Michael Naylor and a group from the Christian Union, Tony Robinson, William Andrew supported by members of the Fourth Form, and Mr. Hubbard. What a variety they gave us!—Songs with guitar, readings from Bertrand Russell, poetry of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Edith Sitwell and a week on the theme of Charity. We have been most fortunate, too, in the variety of our visiting preachers, Mr. Christopher Chapman, the retiring Vice-Principal of St. John's College, the Rev. Neville Metcalfe, recently retired from a career as an Army Chaplain, the Headmaster of Pocklington School, Sister Barbara, the Headmistress of the Roman Catholic School for the Deaf at Boston Spa. and Michael Burden—so well remembered by many ex-Olavites. We were very sorry to hear of the death of Archdeacon Hodd, who was coming to preach at Commemoration; but in his place we were glad to welcome another Old Peterite, the Rev. Richard McDermid. Many Old Peterites will be sorry to hear that Ronnie Allenby has had a spell in hospital. He and his wife Maisie have done so much for the Chapel. I hope that by the time you read these notes he will be back in harness again. But in future one man's work will have to be sufficient for him! N.H.K-W. 14 THE NEW ALTAR FRONTAL For some years we have managed to keep going with our present set of altar frontals, but they are now reaching a point where the fabric of three of them will not stand further repair. So the Chapel Committee were delighted to accept the offer of John Gaastra to design and weave a new frontal. To begin with he is working on a front panel with a design of loaves and fishes round a central chalice. The brilliant colours should make a wonderful centre-piece for our Chapel and complement the choir stalls which he has already designed for us. If money allows he hopes to go on to weave a matching panel for the other side of the altar with the Christian Chi-Rho symbol and St. Peter's keys. The cost is bound to be fairly considerable, as wool is very expensive and the work will take an immense amount of time; but in the end we shall have a distinguished work of art and possibly the only woven frontal in the country. If an Old Peterite or parent who reads this should feel inspired to contribute to the cost we would be very grateful. Cheques should be made out to "St. Peter's School Chapel Account" and sent to the Head Master. N.H.K-W.
MUSIC CHOIR Evensong in the Minster for the Eve of Ascension; the R.S.C.M. Festival at Ripon Cathedral; the St. Peterstide procession in the Minster; Commemoration. A familiar and well loved routine. This year we added Sumsion in G to our repertoire and use has also been made of John Rutter's setting of the Series 3 text. The Choir Supper again drew a goodly crowd though the presence of a barbecue supper and dance later the same evening and the mystery virus combined to delete the entertain- ment which had been such an enjoyable feature last year. David Cooper leaves us to become Director of Music at Ashbourne; he will be missed very much as a superb organist and choir trainer; the Choir showed its affection for him by presenting him with a gramophone record. We wish him every success for the future. IMUSIC PRIZES The competition was held in Hall and was once again a most enjoy- able concert. The panel of judges reached their decisions much quicker than last year thanks to a simplification of the scoring mathematics. The Keyboard Prize was won by Tony Robinson playing the Brahms Intermezzo in B flat minor, and the Orchestral Instrument Prize by Richard Spencer with the first movement of the Mozart Oboe Quintet. Close runners-up were Stephen Irons (piano) and Christopher Hirst (clarinet). 15 TRIAL BY JURY Following the success of last year's Victorian Evening when some excerpts from Pirates of Penzance were sung, we decided to have a go at Trial by Jury in our Monday lunch hour practices and see how far we could get. In the end we managed a semi-staged, semi-memorised performance which we had intended to give on the Music School Lawn, but at the last moment we were rained off, and we played it more or less off the cuff in Hall, never having tried it there before! Refreshments were provided, and the first half of the programme consisted of a concert by the Wind Band. CONCERT 7-0 p.m., Wednesday, 1 1 th July Overture—Light Cavalry Suppe Waves of the Danube—Waltz Ivanovici Ode to Music (Etude) Chopin El Relicario (Paso Doble) Padilla Guard of Honour (March) Holmes Gypsy Baron (March Paraphrase) Strauss Ain't we got fun Whiting
Coffee and Biscuits
TRIAL BY JURY The Judge Edmund Field The Plaintiff Ray Nixon The Defendant Jeremy Beadle Counsel for the Plaintiff Keith Pemberton Usher James Harrison ...Accompanist: David Cooper K.R.P.
C.C.F. The main work of the term was directed towards the Annual In- spection on 5th June. We had not been officially inspected since 1971, as each Contingent is free from inspection one year in four. We made a radical change in the form of inspection, and it is likely to be our pattern for some time to come. There was no formal parade by the whole Contingent as in the past; no March-past; no rifles except those carried by the Guard of Honour who welcomed the Inspecting party to the accompaniment of a Guard of Honour tune played by the Wind Band, and for this we are grateful to Mr. Pemberton and Mr. Cooper. The Inspecting Officer was Group Captain J. L. W. Towler, R.A.F., the Officer Commanding Royal Air Force, Linton-on-Ouse, and he was accompanied by Staff Officers of all three Services. After the inspection of the Guard, the party visited static displays by Service Sections, and 16 attended the briefing of the Contingent by C.S.M. Dimelow for the afternoon exercise. After lunch the party went to Strensall to watch an exercise by the three Service Sections combined; the exercise included Assault Course, Shooting, Patrolling, Bivouacing and Cooking. Meanwhile, part of the Royal Navy Section were at work on the river by the Boathouse, and the party returned to watch this before the Inspecting Officer addressed the Contingent and presented the Fernie Cup to C.S.M. Dimelow for his work during the year. At the end of the first year of close alliance with the Duke of Edinburgh Award, described in the last issue of "The Peterite", we can say that it has been a successful experiment, although next year we aim to give more definite C.C.F. training to first year boys by taking each group for a longer period of continuous Service activity. D.G.C.
ROYAL NAVY SECTION Twelve recruits from the Preliminary C.C.F. group have joined the Section this term. We welcome them to our ranks and hope that their time with us will be enjoyable and stimulating. It is encouraging that most of them attended during the summer the sailing course at H.M.S. Raleigh, near Torpoint in Cornwall, an excellent instructional area for both novice and more experienced hand. The Navy continues to offer many varied and exciting summer activities, all supervised and administered with kindness and experience, and it is an indication of the enthusiastic spirit of the R.N. Section at St. Peter's that so many cadets have this summer taken advantage of the opportunities offered to them. A.B. Barker and A.B. Coates-Walker are perhaps the most fortunate this year. They joined the frigate H.M.S. Undaunted for a ten-day cruise which included partaking in the Royal Dutch Navy Day celebrations at Den Helder and excursions ashore at Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Other cadets attended specialist navigation courses at H.M.S. Dryad, adventure training at Loch Ewe, and a week's sea training around the south coast in Fleet Tender H.M.S. Bembridge. "Callie" has been temperamental this summer and in spite of much hard work by A.B. Hind and A.B. Snowdon, amongst many others, a leak in her prop shaft bearing has been persistent and eventually she had to be hoisted out of the water at Naburn to await expert Navy assistance. Nevertheless, many river expeditions have been enjoyed during the term and in spite of her coyness "Callie" remains a most useful asset. We should like to thank our small but successful group of efficient N.C.O.s for keeping the various administrative cogs turning, and especially Q.M. L.S. Feeney for his precise storekeeping, and our senior statesman, P.O. Harrison, for his kindly and academic approach. Perhaps we should all emulate their enthusiasm and fine example. J.B.L. 17 ARMY SECTION We must face the fact that the Army Section is not at present attracting the interest that is shown in the other two Service Sections, and if it continued to decline it would be necessary to consider closing the Section and increasing the establishment of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force Sections. However, the Army Section N.C.O.s, particularly C.S.M. Dimelow and Sgt. Prowde, led the exercise on Strensall Common during the Annual Inspection, and made it clear that a basic training in movement on the ground is valuable to all cadets. Only five cadets attended the Army Camp at Proteus Training Camp in the Dukeries, but they got a lot out of their time. For this we must thank the officers and cadets of Bridlington School, who allowed our cadets to work with them. There were two excellent night schemes, shooting, and a visit to the Royal Tournament in London. Clearly an Army Camp can only be effective if a workable number attend; and certainly five is not such a number in normal circumstances. Any cadet who joins the Army Section must consider that he has an obligation to attend at least one camp, and members of other Sections could gain much from joining in such a camp, particularly those who may have it in mind to join a university O.T.C. or the Territorial Army. J.N.G.
ROYAL AIR FORCE SECTION Sgt. Moxon is to be congratulated on obtaining a Flying Scholarship, the first award in the Section for a number of years. Senior cadets prepared four projects for the general inspection and these were generally commended by the Inspecting Officer. They included V.T.O. aircraft by J./Cpl. Bannister, airships by J./Cpl. Spencer, air war- fare by J./Cpl. Shepherd, D. A., and engines by J./Cpl. Berry, M. W. Flight B provided a display of aircraft models. This was partly a spare time activity as the assembling, joining and painting involved several hours' work. Air experience flying was a big disappointment this term. There was no lack of applicants, particularly from new recruits; but unsatisfactory weather conditions caused the cancellation of flying on both Wednesdays for which it had been arranged. P.L.H.
DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD SCHEME The Award Scheme is gaining in popularity resulting in a much improved success rate. The foundations have now been laid quite firmly at Preliminary and Bronze level, and this is now bearing fruit at the Silver, and soon Gold stages.
PRELIMINARY YEAR As reported in the last magazine, 82 boys took part in a scheme run in conjunction with the C.C.F. After what seems to have been a success- ful year it is time to take stock. The list of activities, hopefully enjoyed by the boys, runs to nearly 30, of which the following are examples. Basic map and compass work equipped some to do well in Orienteering events, and avoided total confusion on the hikes in the Summer Term. Shooting with live ammunition in the range was not put to direct use on the two night exercises, where the use of "blanks" seemed more judicious. A visit to the Fire Station was full of interest as was a talk by a visiting officer from the Police Force. The list continues through use of an Army assault course, lightning chess, morse and cooking (very popular!) to the expeditions in the Summer Term. Much hard work went into arranging all these activities, involving many members of staff with Mr. Hubbard bearing the brunt of the responsibility for the very successful camps.
BRONZE AWARD Only those who have taken part can appreciate the work involved in making a success of the award. Those who did succeed proved them- selves physically fit in the swimming bath or gym, and followed this by passing a First Aid examination set by the British Red Cross. In addition each boy had to select a hobby which was pursued to a high level of interest and achievement. Finally came a 15-mile expedition to study, for example, local history or flora. The following boys can feel proud to have succeeded in gaining such a testing award:— I. A. Nichols. P. A. Newdick. I. R. Pullan. P. J. Procter. R. W. Parkinson. S. W. Wallace. J. H. Larcombe. S. Bruce-Jones. T. C. Moore. S. J. Tatterton.
SILVER AWARD If the whole ethos of the award scheme is to be honoured, much of the responsibility for successful completion of the programme must, at this level, rest with the boy. No amount of organisation can eradicate the need for personal initiative. The programme, though similar to the bronze, is more exacting and some boys used the physical fitness section as an opportunity to win the Gold personal survival award of the A.S.A. It is nice to report these successes:— C. P. Hodgson. P. M. Brooker. P. M. Wright. R. M. Walker. D.H.H.
BOAT CLUB A membership of 85 gave us greater scope than usual in the Summer Term, and with a depth of talent running through the Club we were able to give competitive experience to a number of crews at all age-levels. The results have been most encouraging and promising for the future, not just in regattas but also in individual training performances and personal progress. As before, there has been a wide diversity of rowing 19 through the Club, and once again sculling has played an important part, especially in the first two years. After initial training the Junior Junior Colts and Junior Colts were formed into a squad of competitive and non-competitive crews. The first- year oarsmen trained in VIIIs and sculling boats, from which two IVs were selected to race in our own Schools Regatta and Bradford's return invitation at the end of term. In both regattas the two crews showed great promise without producing a win. From the Junior Colts we selected two IVs originally, to which a further two were added later, while the rest trained in VIIIs. The top two IVs performed well in our own regatta and were unlucky to get no further than the first round at Lancaster. At Durham the "A" crew rowed well to reach the final, where they were beaten by an excellent crew from Scotland, who had put our "B" crew out in the first round. The term ended with a clear win for the "A" crew at Bradford Schools Regatta, where our other two crews also rowed well. The Colts section made up two VIlls, the first of which was a crew of great promise. A mechanical fault at Chester, a third of. a length at Lancaster, and a strong Durham School crew at Durham were their early undoings. Nevertheless the crew was obviously good enough to warrant an attempt at the National Schools Regatta. What it lacked in size and weight it made up for in enthusiasm and technique, and in spite of a big upset at Nottingham the crew rowed well, but could not match the strength of opponents averaging two stone a man more in weight. At our Schools Regatta the "B" IV won cleverly, and at Bradford our two crews dominated the competition, fighting out the final between them. Three IVs emerged from the senior section of the Club. The 3rd IV was full of keenness and enthusiasm, was outclassed in Senior "C" IVs at York Spring Regatta, reached the semi-final of Novice IVs at Bradford. and rowed three inspired races at York Summer Regatta to reach the final, only to , be beaten by a very good crew from Derby. C. N. Hazel, who was the main inspiration of this crew, received the cup for the oarsman who gave the greatest contribution to the Club. The 2nd IV was good and raced all its races against senior crews. At York Spring Regatta they reached the final of Novice IVs, were beaten in the first round at Durham, but were finalists and unlucky losers at Newark. They competed at the National Schools Regatta, but like the Colts they were outclassed more by size and strength than by skill. They rowed unsuccessfully as an VIII with the 1st IV at Leeds, but by far their best performance was at York Summer Regatta where they were con- vincing and deserving winners of Novice IVs. The 1st IV began the term well by winning the coxed IVs' event at the North-West Junior Championships at Chester, but failed at Durham in Senior "B" IVs because of a broken rudder string. They were finalists and unlucky losers at Newark, and then produced the race of their lives at the National Schools Regatta to finish third in the re-rowed final of the Hedsor Cup. Compensation for much hard work came at York where they won Senior "B" IVs by four feet from the Bede College crew, who had sold us the boat we beat them in, containing two Old Peterites. A slightly re-arranged version of the 1st IV trained into the first week of the holidays to compete in the National Rowing Championships where they did well to reach the semi-finals. Many finalists and a number of significant victories have made this term the most exciting for many a year. Throughout the Club thereA 20 have been signs of great promise, the successes of the senior crews and the ability of all the Colts crews suggest that the next three years could see the Club achieve even greater victories. Two events of the term deserve special mention. The Boat Club Dance, organised by the Supporters' Club, raised £221 which has enabled us to complete our purchase of two excellent racing IVs in one year. The other event was the second of our own school's invitation regattas, which attracted an entry of nearly 40 crews from five schools, and which again provided some valuable competition for crews which would otherwise have experienced little racing. Three people deserve a special mention. Mr. Owen, our boatman, who did a brilliant repair job on our fine IV after a serious accident, still keeps us floating with our heads just above water through a very busy season. Mr. J. Hood, who has added his own expertise to the training of our first two IVs, has been a great help and inspiration to our competitive crews. Last, but not least, Mr. C. P. M. Duncan, who has surrendered the administrative responsibilities but continues to coach, has combined in his running of the Club elements of professionalism and fun which have contributed so much to the overall success of the Club. The term ended in spectacular style with the procession of boats, where for once we were unable to boat all our members, and the finals of the House IVs' races. In the Senior competition School House gained revenge for last year by beating The Manor by a canvas in a thrilling final of high quality. In the Junior competition Temple provided a surprise by earlier beating the seeded Queen's IV, and in the final defeating the favourites, School House, by three-quarters of a length. The last action of the term was an excellent race between the 1st VIII and a very talented Old Peterite VIII, in which the verdict, possibly prejudiced by the successes of the term, went to the School by two feet. The following crews competed in open regattas:— 1st IV 2nd IV 3rd IV D. J. R. Eddell A. R. Hornby M. J. F. Davidson M. S. Bruce P. N. Withers T. M. Bloom S. J. Tomlinson P. A. E. Challis S. G. D. Kirby A. G. B. Perks M. S. Ray C. N. Hazel A. B. L. Sherris (cox) A. P. P. Gray (cox) N. A. J. Brindley (cox)
Colts VIII Junior Colts "A" IV W. A. D. McMaster W. E. Andrew (also rowed in the 3rd J. N. C. Turner IV) T. S. D. Kirby D. B. McCarter R. J. Holden J. M. Newdick P. D. Johnson (cox) W. S. McIlroy (also skulled) J. P. H. Harrison Junior Colts "B" IV (also rowed in the 3rd C. G. A. Morcom IV) T. Barker C. Duckling N. J. Ramsden M. A. J. Ferguson L. S. Wilson T. F. Hudson K. C. Brown (cox) P. S. Spencer (cox) R. A. Hind (cox) D.R.D.C. 21 SHOOTING The Rifle Club had a number of new applicants this term and there was no difficulty in maintaining the more or less traditional membership of 28. In other respects the difficulties involved in •303 shooting have not dwindled, the most serious now being the availability of ranges. Next year this could be replaced by a shortage of rifles of adequate quality. The first part of term was devoted to coaching beginners and practising for N.E. District Cadet Skill-at-Arms Meeting. This was followed by a very few practices for the Altcar Meeting, after which we settled down to practise for Bisley. Our visit to Altcar undoubtedly suffers from the practice devoted to the entirely different style of shooting required for the Cadet meeting and in future some other plan must be sought. The main misfortune of the term was the cancellation of our trip to Risley, brought about by an unfortunate outbreak of an infectious illness. However, the term was not without its successes, as the list below shows.
Inter-School Competitions N.E. District Cadet Skill-at-Arms Meeting, Strensall: Match 1: Individual Championship—Won by I. W. Balls Match 2: Team Competition—St. Peter's "B" 2nd Match 3: Snap Shooting—Won by St. Peter's "B" Match 5: Aggregate—St. Peter's "A" and "B" tied for 2nd place
County of Lancaster Schools' Meeting, Altcar C.L.R.A. Cup-4th Cadet Pair-5th Reserve Pair—Won (S. K. Pattie and J. B. Littlefield) Fletcher Cup—Won Aggregate Cup—Won
Internal Competitions Green Howard Cup (.303 Individual Championship)—D. F. Richardson Donegall Badge (.303 Snap-shooting Individual Championship)—Tie: M. W. A. Paynor and D. F. Richardson Inter-House Team Competition—Temple .22 Individual Shot—A. S. Halsall .22 Recruit Cup— S. Dench House Aggregate Cup—Grove
Major colours were awarded to: I. W. Balls (Capt.), P. L. Cass (Vice Capt.), M. W. A. Poynor, D. F. Richardson, J. E. Prowde, S. M. Cooper, M. J. W. Dimelow, S. K. Pattie.
L.C.LeT. 22 ii CRICKET RETROSPECT The 1973 season was a successful one for three of the four School teams, indeed the Under 14 Colts were unbeaten for the third year in succession. Unfortunately a School's record is judged largely by the results of the 1st XI, and this was the worst season that the 1st XI have had for many years. It was all the more disappointing as we started the term with seven old colours from last season's unbeaten XI. The main weakness in the team was the batting, as is clearly indicated by the fact that not one of the old colours was able to improve on his batting average of the previous season. No-one was able to find consistent form and rarely did any batsman seem likely to build a big innings. Towards the end of the season, Tim Ward's belligerent hitting was good to see, but otherwise one had to be satisfied with occasional glimpses of ability, which several players possessed, but seldom showed. The bowling, if somewhat inconsistent, was of a higher standard. Special mention must be made of Philip Brumfield, who bowled with great stamina and deter- mination. In the second half of the season he began to get the results that he deserved, and it was a pity that he had to miss the last two matches and the Yorkshire Schools' trial. All the other seam bowlers had their good days and Simon Lloyd-Jones, who was perhaps not used enough, bowled his off-spinners very well on occasions. On the whole, the fielding was satisfactory, but it was never really good enough to put the batsmen under pressure. The Fielding Cup was won by Brumfield. There were two general aspects of the season, which were particularly disturbing and which certainly contributed to the poor results. Firstly, there was little desire to practise. Few players were prepared to make the necessary effort to maintain their form, let alone to improve it. At one period, four free days, all perfect for cricket, went by without a single member of first game practising. Also disappointing was the pathetic attitude of a few players, when not selected for either the 1st or 2nd XI, Instead of fighting for a place, they stopped trying, which must have been just as detrimental to their self-respect, as it was to the School cricket. Because of the uncertainty of the 1st XI selections, the 2nd XI under the captaincy of Christopher Auburn was not able to remain a settled team, but they had a successful season. All the batsmen played good innings on occasions, but the outstanding player was Christopher Turner, who took 30 wickets at a cost of only six runs each. He was well supported by his opening partner, Michael Naylor. The Under 15 Colts started the season badly, but after being strengthened by the Under 14 Colts opening batsmen, they showed promising form in the second half of the term. Despite losing both openers, the Under 14 Colts had an unbeaten season with several players showing encouraging ability. The Senior House Cup was won against all expectations, but most deservedly by School House, who defeated the Rise in the Final. The Junior Cup was won by the Manor, who narrowly defeated Queen's in the Final. Before finishing this report, I would like to give a special vote of thanks to our 1st XI scorer, Michael Bidgood. Not only has he been a reliable scorer for four years, but his interest and enthusiasm have helped the morale of the team enormously. D.K, 23 1st XI Senior Colts XI (Under 15) f *E. J. M. Walmsley (Capt.), J. N. Auburn (Capt.) 1971-72-73 *M. P. Haw (Vice-Capt.) t*P. W. Brumfield, 1971-72-73 *P. C. Clare t*P. A. Scott, 1972-73 *C. C. Harland *R. N. Kerruish, 1971-72-73 *D. I. Riley *S. D. Lloyd-Jones, 1972-73 *R. M. Stringer *D. R. Chester, 1973 R. S. Barker *J. C. Rounthwaite, 1973 A. S. Newstead *A. M. Buckman, 1973 R. W. Parkinson *J. J. Clark, 1973 J. S. M. Thomas *P. H. Scott, 1973 J. H. Twizell *T. J. Ward, 1973 *--Colours t—Cap *—Colours
2nd XI Junior Colts XI (Under 14) Selected from :— Selected from:— *C. D. Auburn (Capt.) C. T. Brockbank (Capt.) R. R. R. Clayburn F. T. Abbey *C. F. Baggs C. T. Anelay *J. S. Barton G. B. Brown *A. E. Hills N. E. R. Brown *M. L. Naylor D. R. Gilbertson *D. N. Potter N. C. I. Glaysher *C. D. C. Turner M. J. Glen I. D. Heddle A. G. March D. G. Senior N. J. Radford R. G. J. Sherratt J. S. Taylor N. A. S. Wormald R. H. Taylor *—Colours D. A. J. Thomas A. W. Tait
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
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Date Opponents Ground Result School Opponents 5th May Yorkshire Gentlemen C.C. Home Won 97 for 7 95 9th May M.C.C...... Home Drawn 158 for 9 181 12th May Bradford G.S. ... ... Away Lost 58 59 for 3 16th May Durham School ... ... Away Won 113 for 6 1 I 1 19th May Worksop College Home Drawn 142 for 8 226 for 5 (dec.) 23rd May The Forty Club ... Home Cancelled 30th May York C.C. ... Home Lost 52 for 9 112 for 5 (Dyers game) 2nd June Sedbergh School Away Aban- 99 19 for I doned 9th June Giggleswick School Away Lost 102 158 16th June Ampleforth College Home Drawn 163 for 7 223 for 8 (dec.) 23rd June Leeds G.S. ... ... Home Won 116 86 30th June Craven Gentlemen C.C. Home Won 104 for 5 103 7th July Bootham School ... Home Lost 77 96 9th July Pocklington School Away Drawn 91 for 8 122 11th July The Saints C.C. Home Lost 150 216 for 5 (dec.) 13th July 101d Peterites Home Lost 73 114 14th July f 189 152 for 7 15th July Epsom College ...... Home Cancelled Played 15, Won 4, Drawn 4, Lost 6, Abandoned 1
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2nd XI Date Opponents Ground Result School Opponents 5th May Lime House School ... Home Won 93 for 4 91 12th May Bradford G.S. Home Drawn 112 for 8 150 for 5 (dec.) 16th May Durham School ... Home Lost 100 116 19th May Worksop College Home Won 57 for 0 55 2nd June Pocklington School Home Drawn 164 for 8 115 for 2 (dec.) 9th June Giggleswick School Home Drawn 126 71 for 6 16th June Ampleforth College Away Drawn 131 82 for 7 23rd June Leeds G.S. Away Won 150 for 3 149 7th July Bootham School Away Won 62 48 9th July Pocklington School Away Lost 59 60 for 4
Under 15 Colts XI Date Opponents Ground Result School Opponents 12th May Bradford G.S. Home Drawn 121 for 6 86 for 8 (dec.) 16th May Durham School ... ••• Away Won 59 for 5 58 19th May Worksop College ••• Away Lost 100 105 23rd May Manchester Boys XI ••• Away Cancelled 30th May Manchester Boys XI ••• Home Lost 65 69 for 6 2nd June Sedbergh School ••• Away Abandoned 124 for 7 9th June Giggleswick School ••• Home Drawn 87 for 5 143 for 9 (dec.) 16th June Ampleforth College Away Lost 95 134 23rd June Leeds G.S. Away Drawn 93 for 9 122 30th June Ashville College ... Home Won 135 for 8 58 (dec.) 7th July Oakwood School ... Home Won 123 for 3 39 (dec.) 9th July Pocklington School Home Drawn 118 for 9 80 for 8 (dec.)
Under 14 Colts XI Date Opponents Ground Result School Opponents 16th May Durham School ... ... Home Won 60 for 1 58 19th May Worksop College `A' XI ... Away Won 95 for 1 94 19th May Worksop College 'B' XI Away Won 107 65 2nd June Pocklington School ... Home Drawn 72 68 for 1 16th June Ampleforth College ... Home Drawn 137 for 6 71 for 8 (dec.) 20th June Bootham School Away Cancelled 23rd June Oakwood School ... Home Won 82 for 6 81 30th June Ashville College ... Home Won 85 for 2 84 7th July Bootham School Home Cancelled
Senior House Matches (Dronfield 72 beat Grove 55 1st Round School House 95 for 3 beat Queen's 94 Manor 59 for 5 beat Temple 57 { School House 102 for 3 beat Dronfield 101 Semi-finals Rise 40 for 1 beat Manor 37 Final School House 76 beat Rise 53.
Junior House Matches {Grove 113 for 4 beat School House 31 1st Round Queen's 69 for 5 beat Dronfield 67 Rise 46 for 0 beat Temple 45 f Queen's 56 for 3 beat Grove 54 Semi-finals `Manor 139 for 5 beat Rise 137 Final Manor 65 beat Queen's 61 25 1st XI AVERAGES Batting No. of Highest Innings Not out Runs Innings Average T. J. Ward ... 5 0 138 78 27,60 R. N. Kerruish 15 0 283 51 18.87 P. A. Scott ... 16 I 275 71* 18.33 E. J. M. Walmsley 16 2 248 58* 17.71 J. J. Clark ... 15 4 151 32* 13.73 S. D. Lloyd-Jones 16 0 143 43 7 P. W. Brumfield 10 3 60 16 8.57 A. M. Buckman 10 1 66 25 7.33 P. H. Scott ... 15 1 97 21 6.93 J. C. Rounthwaite 7 2 30 16 6.00 D. R. Chester ... 10 5 24 7* 4.80 *Denotes not out. Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average J. C. Rounthwaite 63 18 152 12 12.67 S. D. Lloyd-Jones 95.5 22 257 20 12.85 P. W. Brumfield 192.1 45 489 36 13.58 P. H. Scott ... 58.1 9 233 12 18.58 D. R. Chester ... 162.4 34 463 21 22.05 E. J. M. Walmsley 92.2 17 304 12 25.33 R. N. Kerruish 4 0 19 0 62 ST. PETER'S v. YORKSHIRE GENTLEMEN C.C. Played at home on Saturday, 5th May Result: Won by 3 wickets. Yorkshire Gentlemen C.C. 95 (D. R. Chester 4 for 37). St. Peter's 97 for 7 (J. J. Clark 32 not out, J. J. E. Brennan 4 for 28). ST. PETER'S 158 for 9, M.C.C. 181 M.C.C. batted first and made steady progress against accurate bowling by the School. D. Brawn (52), D. Kirby (36), S. P. Coverdale (26) and C. A. Robinson (20) were the main run-getters in the M.C.C. total of 181. For the School, off-spinner S. D. Lloyd-Jones bowled execellently to take 6 for 27. He was well supported by D. R. Chester (2 for 51). In the School's innings, P. A. Scott scored a quick 34, but apart from an effective innings of 51 by R. N. Kerruish, none of the main batsmen were able to build a big innings. D. J. Spooner (4 for 52) and R. K. Platt (3 for 52) were the most successful M.C.C. bowlers. In the end, the younger School batsmen were left to save the game. This they did with great determination. ST. PETER'S v. BRADFORD G.S. Played away on Saturday, 12th May Result: Lost by 7 wickets ST. PETER'S BRADFORD G.S. R. N. Kerruish, I.b.w. Woodhead ... 4 R. Simonite, ct. Walmsley, b. Schmidt ... 25 P. A. Scott, l.b.w. Woodhead 5 J. C. Dobson, b. Brumfield E. J. M. Walmsley, ct. Oliver, b. Woodhead 5 T. P. Bentley, run out 16 J. J. Clark, b. Meehan ... 1 N. J. Topham, not out 2 G. W. Schmidt, l.b.w. Meehan ... 0 W. Barclay, not out ... ..• ... 2 J. S. Barton, b. Meehan ... A. D. Meehan R. R. R. Clayburn, ct. Dobson, b. Topham 4 P. Bottomley P. H. Scott, ct. Bentley, b. Woodhead.. 14 W. Oliver did not bat S. D. Lloyd-Jones, ct. Meehan, b. Woodhead 8 S. N. Kirkby P. W. Brumfield, not out ... ... 8 P. G. Woodhead D. R. Chester, b. Topham P. Hardy Extras Extras ...
TOTAL for 10 wkts. ... 58 TOTAL for 3 wkts. •••
Fall of wickets Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 9 10 15 15 15 16 33 33 43 21 54 57 26 Bowling Analysis BRADFORD G.S. ST. PETER'S 0. M. W. R. Av. O. M. W. R. Av. P. G. Woodhead 17 7 5 23 4.60 P. W. Brumfield 7 3 1 14 14.00 A. D. Meehan ... I I 5 3 18 6.00 D. R. Chester 5 2 0 1I 03 N. J. Topham 5.1 0 2 12 6.00 S. D. Lloyd-Jones 7 1 0 15 CC, E. J. M. Walmsley 4 0 0 12 G. Schmidt ... 1.4 0 1 5 5.00
Perhaps the winning of the toss had as much bearing on this result as anything else. The pitch was very wet; Bradford won the toss and put the School in to bat, and our batting just had not the technique to cope. There was little prospect of a recovery after the School had batted for an hour for the loss of 6 wickets for 16 runs. The tail resisted for a further 'hour and the total struggled to 58. Local conditions presented few problems for Bradford, although it must be admitted opportunities were missed in the field, and after 80 minutes Bradford were safely home for a 7 wicket victory.
ST. PETER'S v. DURHAM SCHOOL Played away on Wednesday, 16th May Result: Won by 4 wickets DURHAM SCHOOL ST. PETER'S D. J. Newton, b. Walmsley 47 R. N. Kerruish, b. Tilly ... 0 N. P. Sykes, run out ... 3 P. A. Scott, not out ... 71 S. G. Hopkinson, l.b.w. Brumfield ... 13 E. J. M. Walmsley, b. Robinson 4 A. Scott, ct. P. H. Scott, b. Brumfield ... 7 D. Lloyd-Jones, b. Robinson 2 S. S. Patel, I.b.w. Brumfield 0 J. J. Clark, b. Staveley 15 S. M. Croft, b. Brumfield ... 0 G. Schmidt, b. Staveley 0 N. J. Bolam, ct. Kerruish, b. Lloyd-Jones 13 R. R. R. Clayburn, run out 0 P. J. Staveley, cy. Clayburn, b. P. H. Scott 21 P. H. Scott, not out 16 P. N. Carr, l.b.w. P. H. Scott ... 0 A. M. Buckman S. N. Tilly, b. P. H. Scott ... 0 P. W. Brumfield did not bat P. N. Robinson, not out ... 0 D. R. Chester I Extras ... 7 Extras ... 5 TOTAL for 10 wkts. I I 1 TOTAL for 6 wkts. ... 113
Fall of wickets Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 61 75 75 75 75 94 105 105 0 5 7 86 86 86
Bowling Analysis ST. PETER'S DURHAM SCHOOL 0. M. W. R. Av. 0. M. W. R. Av. P. W. Brumfield 17 8 4 26 6.50 S. N. Tilly ... 15 6 1 35 35.00 D. R. Chester 15 5 0 23 P. N. Robinson 11 3 2 25 12.50 P. H. Scott ... 8.4 4 3 11 3.67 P. N. Carr ... 3 1 0 9 03 S. D. Lloyd-Jones 9 I I 27 27.00 A. Scott 2 0 0 13 E. J. M. Walmsley 10 2 1 17 17.00 P. Staveley 9 2 2 26 13.00
Durham won the toss and batted first. After losing an early wicket, Durham made quite good progress with their captain, D. J. Newton (47) •benefiting from three missed chances. After Newton's dismissal, Durham collapsed, and although P. J. Staveley (21) played solidly, Durham were all out for 111. P. W. Brumfield (4 for 26) and P. H. Scott (3 for 11) were the most successful bowlers for the School. 27
The School's innings started disastrously, three wickets falling for 7 runs. From this point, P. A. Scott (71 not out) took charge. He played excellently and was helped by a determined innings by J. J. Clark (15). Despite the loss of three more wickets when the score was 86, P. A. Scott, helped by P. H. Scott (16 not out) succeeded in scoring the remaining runs without great difficulty.
ST. PETER'S v. WORKSOP COLLEGE Played at home on Saturday, 19th May Result : Match drawn
WORKSOP COLLEGE ST. PETER'S E. P. W. Kime, I.b.w. Walmsley ... 17 R. N. Kerruish, b. Shuttleworth ... 30 I. M. Rollinson, b. Chester 3 P. A. Scott, b. Money C. E. Coulthurst, I.b.w. Brumfield ... 49 R. R. R. Clayburn, ct. Esheby, b. Durdy 12 G. D. Shuttleworth, not out... ...... 110 P. H. Scott, ct. Kime, b. Shuttleworth ... 2 P. D. Eshelby, run out 23 E. J. M. Walmsley, ct. Kettlewell, b. Shuttle- E. W. Money, ct. and b. P. H. Scott 1 worth 6 C. N. Durdy J. J. Clark, not out ... ... 23 D. M. Jackson A. M. Buckman, b. Tate .— 25 A. J. Kettlewell . did not bat G. W. Schmidt, ct. Kime, b. Durdy . . 36 M. A. Tate S. D. Lloyd-Jones, ct. Kettlewell, b. Coul- J. E. Forsyth thurst 0 I P. W. Brumfield, not out ... ... 4 D. R. Chester, did not bat Extras 23 Extras TOTAL for 5 wkts. (dec.) ... 226 TOTAL for 8 wkts. ... 142
Fall of wickets Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11111 4 40 106 220 226 17 42 45 51 52 96 137 137
Bowling Analysis ST. PETER'S WORKSOP COLLEGE 0. M. W. R. Av. 0. M. W. R. Av. P. W. Brumfield 17 4 1 58 58.00 E. W. Money 11 2 1 27 27.00 D. R.. Chester 10 1 1 38 38.00 C. N. Durdy 16 4 2 34 17.00 P. H. Scott ... 11.2 2 1 25 25.00 G. D. Shuttleworth20 10 3 27 9.00 E. J. M. Walmsley 11 1 1 63 63.00 C. E. Coulthurst 11 5 1 14 14.00 S. D. Lloyd-Jones 3 0 0 19 co D. M. Jackson 6 0 0 20 M. A. Tate ... 3 0 1 17 17.00
Worksop could claim all the honours in this drawn game, in which the School failed to do themselves justice. For Worksop, C. E. Coulthurst (49) batted impressively, but the School's loose bowling and succession of lapses in the field contributed largely to Worksop's 4th wicket partnership of 114 runs between G. D. Shuttleworth (110 not out) and P. D. Eshelby (23). Worksop declared, leaving us with even time, but the task quickly proved to be beyond our means with half the side out around the half- century mark. Although No.'s 6, 7 and 8 brought some respectability back to the score, a tame draw followed with Worksop never really looking convinced of their ascendancy. 28
ST. PETER'S v. SEDBERGH SCHOOL Played away on Saturday, 2nd June Result: Match abandoned ST. PETER'S SEDBERGH SCHOOL R. N. Kerruish, b. Outhwaite 21 F. J. M. Carr, not out ... 8 P. A. Scott, b. Outhwaite 6 W. J. R. Allen, ct. Buckman, b. Chester 8 J. J. Clark, 1.b.w. Outhwaite 0 R. W. Birchenall, not out ... 4 E. J. M. Walmsley, ct. Brown, b. Weston ... 17 F. A. K. Johnson A. M. Buckman, b. Outhwaite 3 H. D. E. Roberts S. D. Lloyd-Jones, b. Birchenall 12 C. D. Weston G. Schmidt, I.b.w. Birchenall 6 M. Braithwaite-Exley did not bat P. H. Scott, ct. Brown, b. Birchenall 21 A. W. A. Outhwaite P. W. Brumfield, ct. Brown, b. Weston 1 D. K. Gill C. D. C. Turner, not out ... 3 D. H. W. Mount D. R. Chester, b. Birchenall 0 S. G. G. Brown Extras Extras ... 0 TOTAL for 10 wkts. ... 99 TOTAL for 1 wkt. ... 19
Fall of wickets Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 22 26 29 35 51 63 89 95 99 16 Bowling Analysis SEDBERGH SCHOOL ST. PETER'S 0. M. W. R. Av. 0. M. W. R. Av. C. D. Weston ... 11 3 2 19 9.50 P. W. Brumfield 2 0 0 12 co A. W. A. D. it Chester 5 2 I 7 7.00 Outhwaite ... 11 3 4 21 5.25 E. J. M. F. J. M. Carr 6 2 0 12 co Walmsley 3 3 0 0 R. W. D. Birchenall ... 9.2 0 4 26 6.50 F. A. K. Johnson 3 0 0 12 cc Every endeavour to start play in the morning was greeted by further rain, so lunch was taken early and play was able to start at 1.10 p.m. Sedbergh fielded with their customary zest and their bowlers maintained good control in the prevailing wet conditions. The School batted tenta- tively throughout the innings, and with the dismissal of Walmsley (17) at the fall of the 7th wicket any recovery seemed unlikely. Sedbergh must have felt well satisfied if not surprised to have found themselves with only 100 runs for victory, but victory it was not to be, for after a half an hour's play rain once again took control and the match had to be abandoned. ST. PETER'S v. GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL Played away on Saturday, 9th June Result: Lost by 56 runs GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL SR. PETER'S T. S. Swainson, 1.b.w., Turner ... ... 23 R. N. Kerruish, b. S. J. Mitchell ... ... 10 R. S. Houghton, b. Brumfield ... ... 43 P. A. Scott, st. Swainson, b. D. M. Lee ... 11 J. C. Statham, b. Brumfield ... 21 J. J. Clark, 1.b.w. D. Mitchell ... ... 3 Daker, ct. J. J. Clark, b. Walmsley ... 17 E. J. M. Walmsley, l.b.w. D. Mitchell ... 26 N. A. Shaw, 1.b.w. Walmsley ... 4 A. M. Buckman, b. D. Mitchell ... ... 7 M. P. Newhouse, st. P. A. Scott, b. Brumfield 3 S. D. Lloyd-Jones, b. Newhouse ... 8 J. Tedd, not out ... ... 10 R. R. R. Clayburn, st. Swainson, b. Newhouse 1 D. Mitchell, b. Brumfield ... 11 P. H. Scott, ct. Swainson, b. Newhouse ... 14 A. Nuttall, ct. P. A. Scott, b. Brumfield ... 14 P. W. Brumfield, b. D. Mitchell ... ... 16 S. J. Mitchell, st. P. A. Scott. b. Brumfield 6 C. D. C. Turner, b. D. Mitchell ... 1 D. M. Lee, st. P. A. Scott, b. Brumfield ... 2 D. R. Chester, not out ... 0 Extras ... 4 Extras ... 5 TOTAL for 10 wkts. ... 158 TOTAL for 10 wkts. ... 102
Fall of wickets Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 32 73 104 110 114 114 126 150 156 20 26 26 35 55 56 74 88 93 29 Bowling Analysis ST. PETER'S GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL 0. M. W. R. Av. 0. M. W. R. Av. P. W. Brumfield 22 2 7 65 9.20 S. J. Mitchell ... 5 1 1 9 9.00 D. R. Chester 9 1 0 25 co D. M. Lee ... 8 2 1 18 18.00 C. D. C. Turner 3 0 1 16 16.00 D. Mitchell ... 22.2 7 5 42 8.40 E. J. M. M. P. Newhouse 19 9 3 29 9.67 Walmsley 9 1 2 38 19.00 P. H. Scott ... I 0 0 10 The loss of the toss meant another long stint of bowling with a soaking wet ball, and Giggleswick prospered considerably with the bat. After the 100 mark had been passed for the loss of only 2 wickets, the merit of Brumfield's bowling (7 for 65) began to tell as conditions gradually dried out. The remainder of the Giggleswick wickets fell for little more than 50 runs. When it became the School's turn to reply, the batting again broke down. D. Mitchell (left-arm) bowled well for his 5 wickets and Giggles- wick fielded with much enthusiasm as soon as they sensed their first victory against us since 1949.
ST. PETER'S v. AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE Played at home on Saturday, 16th June Result : Match drawn
AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE ST. PETER'S C. Satterthwaite, ct. P. A. Scott, b. Brumfield 30 R. N. Kerruish, b. Pearce ... 43 A. Berendt, ct. P. A. Scott, b. Chester ... 6 P. A. Scott, ct. Moorhouse, b. Pearce .. I 1 M. Faulkner, ct. P. A. Scott, b. Chester ... 20 J. J. Clark, ct. M. Cooper, b. H. Cooper . 9 M. Cooper, ct. Lloyd-Jones, b. Brumfield 34 E. J. M. Walmsley, ct. Satterthwaite, b. C. Ainscough, ct. P. H. Scott, b. Brumfield 5 Faulkner ... 5 H. Cooper, ct. and b. Brumfield 41 S. D. Lloyd-Jones, b. Dalrymple ... . 43 A. Mangeot, b. Brumfield ...... 0 C. F. Baggs, b. Faulkner ... 4 M. Beardmore-Gray, run out R. R. R. Clayburn, not out ... 22 J. Hamilton-Dalrymple, not out 52 P. H. Scott, I.b.w., Faulkner 5 J. Pearce, not out ... 24 J. C. Rounthwaite, not out ... ... 4 M. Moorhouse, did not bat P. W. Brumfield Extras ... 11 D. R. Chester }did not bat Extras ... 17 TOTAL for 8 wkts. (dec.) ... 223 --- TOTAL for 7 wkts. ... 163 Fall of wickets Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 26 58 58 70 127 130 139 147 26 57 62 91 116 123 132
Bowling Analysis ST. PETER'S AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE 0. M. W. R. Av. 0. M. W. R. Av. P. W. Brumfield 23 5 5 67 13.40 J. Hamilton- D. R. Chester 18 1 2 71 35.50 Dalrymple 10 4 1 24 24.00 E. J. M. Walmsley 16 4 0 44 co A. Mangeot ... 6 3 0 12 cc P. H. Scott ... 4 0 0 30 J. Pearce ... 14 4 2 34 17.00 M. Faulkner ... 21 4 3 46 15.33 H. Cooper ... 11 4 1 30 30.00
Ampleforth's innings was prolonged and full of fluctuating fortunes, indeed they only gained the upper hand at the fall of the 8th wicket with the score standing at 147. This was the moment when the School lost the initiative. For some unaccountable reason only 4 bowlers were tried in an innnings of 61 overs lasting 3+ hours. Ampleforth's 9th wicket partnership remained unbroken when the declaration was belatedly made, and J. Hamilton-Dalrymple's innings of 52 was as impressive as Brum- field's bowling analysis. 30
No wonder in reply the School's innings lacked adventure, although Lloyd-Jones's innings of 43 contained as many boundary hits (seven in all) as had been seen from any one bat all day.
ST. PETER'S v. LEEDS G.S. Played at home on Saturday, 23rd June Result : Won by 30 runs ST. PETER'S LEEDS G.S. R. N. Kerruish, st. Wright, b. Bell 20 J. Wood, ct. P. A. Scott, b. Brumfield ... 23 P. A. Scott, b. Wood ... ... ... 10 F. D. Pinto, I.b.w. Rounthwaite 11 R. R. R. Clayburn, ct. Shoesmith, b. Walsh 7 G. B. Bennett, ct. P. H. Scott, b. Lloyd-Jones 17 E. J. M. Walmsley, not out ... ... ••• 58 S. K. Lax, b. Rounthwaite 9 J. J. Clark, b. Walsh .... . . .•• 2 T. J. Walsh, ct. P. A. Scott, b. Rounthwaite' 4 S. D. Lloyd-Jones, ct. Pinto, 'b. Walsh ••• 2 N. Lister, ct. and b. Lloyd-Jones 3 C. F. Baggs, b. Walsh ...... ... o D. J. Gray, b. Brumfield ... 2 P. H. Scott, ct. Wood, b. Walsh ... ••• 2 P. A. Heasman, b. Lloyd-Jones 8 J. C. Rounthwaite, 1.b.w. Walsh ... ••. 0 M. J. Shoesmith, b. Brumfield . . 0 P. W. Brumfield, b. Walsh ... 0 S. A. Bell, ct. P. A. Scott, b. Brumfield ... 0 D. R. Chester, b. Lax ... ... 2 N. D. Wright, not out Extras 13 Extras TOTAL for 10 wkts. 116 TOTAL for 10 wkts. ... 86
Fall of wickets Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 34 36 64 66 74 79 85 91 91 26 38 51 57 64 67 78 78 84
Bowling Analysis LEEDS G.S. ST. PETER'S 0. M. W. R. Av. 0. M. W. R. Av. T. J. Walsh 13 5 7 18 2.57 P. W. Brumfield 20.5 9 4 25 6.25 D. J. Gray 9 0 0 30 cc D. R. Chester 4 0 0 8 co S. K. Lax 5 0 1 11 11.0 J. C. Rounthwaite 19 8 3 33 11.00 J. Wood 11 7 I 12 12.00 E. J. M. S. A. Bell I1 3 1 32 32.00 Walmsley ... 3 2 0 5 11.00 S. D. Lloyd- Jones ... 13 7 3 7 2.33
After the solid opening partnership of the School pair, there was little indication of the collapse of the lower half of the batting order which was to follow. So disastrous did this turn out to be, with no batsmen able to muster more than 2 runs apiece against the lively bowling of T. J. Walsh (7 for 18), that had it not been for a fine captain's innings by E. J. M. Walmsley (58 not out), the School's total would have been paltry in the extreme. As it was a total of 116 runs seemed hardly adequate. In the event however it transpired that Leeds leaned heavily upon their opening pair, and after their dismissal with the score at 38, the Leeds batting line-up proved equally frail. This was a most encouraging win, in which J. C. Rounthwaite, bowling for the School for the first time, added depth to the School attack.
ST. PETER'S v. CRAVEN GENTLEMEN C.C. Played at home on Saturday, 30th June Result: Won by 5 wickets Craven Gentlemen C.C. 103 (P. W. Brumfield 5 for 33). St. Peter's 104 for 5 (E. J. M. Walmsley 45 not out, P. A. Scott 33). 31
ST. PETER'S v. BOOTHAM SCHOOL Played at home on Saturday, 7th July
Result: Lost by 19 runs BOOTHAM SCHOOL ST. PETER'S A. Lane, b. Chester 37 P. A. Scott, ct. Lane, b. Jewitt 5 G. Smith, b. Chester .... . 2 J. J. Clark, I.b.w. Jewitt ... 3 A. Wragge, ct. Lloyd-Jones, b. Rounthwaite 21 J. S. Barton, ct. Wilks, b. Saxby 0 A. Robinson, l.b.w. Brumfield ... 0 E. J. M. Walmsley, ct. Wragge, b. Jewitt ... 2 M. Barber, b. Chester ••• 9 S. D. Lloyd-Jones, b. Saxby 0 J. Bellerby, ct. Clark, b. Chester ... 7 A. M. Buckman, ct. Saxby, b. Robinson ... 10 R. Hermiston, b. Rounthwaite 4 T. J. Ward, b. Jewitt ... 32 A. Ashby, ct. P. A. Scott, b. Chester 7 P. H. Scott, b. Saxby ... 6 R. Wilks, ct. Ward, b. Rounthwaite ••• 0 J. C. Rounthwaite, b. BeIleri;y. ... 16 J. Jewitt, b. Brumfield 0 P. W. Brumfield, ct. Wragge, b. Saxby 0 J. Saxby, not out D. R. Chester, not out ... ... 2 Extras 9 Extras ... TOTAL for 10 wkts. ... 96 TOTAL for 10 wkts. ... 77
Fall of wickets Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
5 43 49 62 76 84 89 89 96 7 8 10 10 10 48 55 60 60
Bowling Analysis ST. PETER'S BOOTHAM SCHOOL 0. M. W. R. Av. 0. M. W. R. Av. P. W. Brumfield 12.1 1 2 41 20.50 J. Saxby 17 6 4 22 5.50 D. R. Chester 19 11 5 23 4.60 J. Jewitt 10 4 4 38 9.50 16.00 S. D. Lloyd- A. Robinson 7 2 1 16 Jones 2 0 7 J. Bellerby 4 0 1 0 J. C. Rounthwaite 10 2 3 16 5.33 In dismissing Bootham for 96 runs the School could have been well satisfied, especially since their task had been made all the more difficult by the prevailing wet conditions. D. R. Chester (5 for 23) and J. C. Rounthwaite (3 for 16) had shared the bowling honours. When it came to batting ourselves, a succession of shocks were in store with the Bootham opening bowlers ripping into our batting line-up. The only redeeming feature came from a whirlwind knock of 32, including 8 boundaries, by T. J. Ward after the first 5 wickets had fallen for 10 runs. Bootham ended up as worthy winners and gained their first success against us since 1956.
ST. PETER'S v. POCKLINGTON SCHOOL Played away on Monday, 9th July Result: Match drawn POCKLINGTON SCHOOL ST. PETER'S D. Allison, ct. Barton, b. Brumfield 0 R. N. Kerruish, ct. Simpson, b. Woodhead 7 V. Henderson, b. Chester .. 0 P. A. Scott, ct. Allison, b. Woodhead ... 0 B. Stollmeyer, I.b.w. Brumfield 0 J. S. Barton, run out A. Woodhead, b. Lloyd-Jones 40 E. J. M. Walmsley, ct. Wood, b. Burton ... 16 M. Burton, b. Chester 5 S. D. Lloyd-Jones, b. Stollmeyer ... 7 I. Simpson, b. Rounthwaite 3 A. M. Buckman ,not out ... ... 16 C. Wood, b. Walmsley 24 T. J. Ward, b. Woodhead ... 20 J. Bartram, run out 34 P. H. Scott, ct. Simpson, b. Charlesworth 2 N. Charlesworth, b. Lloyd-Jones . 0 J. C. Rounthwaite, ct. Burton, b. Bartram 0 D. C. Osborne, ct. Brumfield, b. Walmsley 10 P. W. Brumfield, not out ... 13 C. Pressley, not out 0 D. R. Chester, did not bat Extras 6 Extras ... 10
TOTAL for 10 wkts. ... 122 TOTAL for 8 wkts. 91 Fall of wickets Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 0 0 10 17 56 81 85 122 0 4 9 25 40 65 72 72 32 1
Bowling Analysis ST. PETER'S POCKLINGTON SCHOOL 0. M. W. R. Av. 0. M. W. R.. Av. P. W. Brumfield 17 3 2 28 14.00 J. Bartram ... 8 2 1 17 17.00 D. R. Chester 11 3 2 23 11.50 A. Woodhead 10 4 3 8 2.67 J. C. Rounthwaite 8 1 1 22 22.0 B. Stollmeyer 5 1 1 13 13.00 E. J. M. N. Charlesworth 9 5 1 13 13.00 Walmsley ... 8.2 2 2 25 12.50 M. Burton ... 5 2 1 22 22.00 S. D. Lloyd- C. Pressley ... 4 1 0 8 Jones ... 6 1 2 18 9.00
Never can the School have made a better start, and seldom can the opportunity for victory been so ineffectually grasped. The Pocklington innings started sensationally, and their plight could have been even worse if we had taken our chances. Before the end they succeeded in playing tip and run with their opponents. With more than 2 hours in which to regain our ascendancy, we seemed to be as incapable with the bat to force a win as we had been with the ball. A poor game lasting five hours.
ST. PETER'S v. THE SAINTS C.C. Played at home on Wednesday, 1 1 th July Result: Lost by 66 runs The Saints C.C. 216 for 5 dec. (R. M. N. Green 108). St. Peter's 150.
ST. PETER'S v. OLD PETERITES Played on Friday and Saturday, 13th and 14th July Result: Lost by 3 wickets ST. PETER'S (1st Innings) OLDIPETERITES (1st Innings) R. N. Kerruish, ct. Robson, b. Hunt ... 16 J. C. P. N. Lightowler, I.b.w. Chester ... 4 P. A. Scott, b. Gough ... 0 J. C. Richardson, I.b.w. P. H. Scott ... 29 J. C. Rounthwaite, ct. Ranson, b. Woodruff 7 E. M. H. Ranson, b. Chester 16 E. J. M. Walmsley, b. Gough ... ... 0 J. A. Eatough , ct. Chester, b. P. H. Scott ... 3 S. D. Lloyd-Jones, ct. Hepworth, b. Gough 6 M. G. B. Hepworth, run out 16 A. M. Buckman, b. Woodruff ... 0 M. E. Robson, b. P. H. Scott ... ... 9 J. J. Clark, ct. Richardson, b. Hunt ... 18 G. Gildener, ct. and b. Lloyd-Jones 0 T. J. Ward, ct. Ranson, b. Woodruff C. I. D. Tomlinson, b. Rounthwaite ... 12 P. H. Scott, b. Hunt. G. A. Hunt, not out 13 R. R. R. Clayburn, b. Hunt M. W. Woodruff, b. Lloyd-Jones ... 8 D. R. Chester, not out C. W. Gough, ct. Rounthwaite, b. Lloyd- Extras Jones o Extras ... 4 TOTAL for 10 wkts. ... 73 TOTAL for 10 wkts. ... 114
Fall of wickets I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 14 15 23 23 37 46 53 62 4 31 50 64 81 81 81 99 108
Bowling Analysis OLD PETERITES (1st Innings) ST. PETER'S (1st Innings) 0. M. W. R. Av. 0. M. W. R. Av. C. W. Gough 9 3 3 17 5.67 D. R. Chester ... 10 1 2 35 17.50 M. W. Woodruff 11 5 3 27 9.00 J. C. Rounthwaite 9 4 1 24 24.00 G. A. Hunt ... 8.4 3 4 19 4.75 P. H. Scott ... 8 2 3 28 9.33 E. M. H. Ranson 6 1 0 10 co S. D. Lloyd- Jones ... 7.5 3 3 23 7.67 33 ST. PETER'S (2nd Innings) OLD PETERITES (2nd Innings) R. N. Kerruish, ct. Lightowler, b. Ranson 26 J. C. Richardson, b. Walmsley ... 70 P. A. Scott, b. Woodruff ... 41 J. C. P. N. Lightowler, I.b.w. Rounthwaite 5 S. D. Lloyd-Jones, b. Woodruff ... 0 M. G. B. Hepworth, I.b.w. Walmsley ... 29 E. J. M. Walmsley, ct. Gough, b. Lightowler 7 M. E. Robson, run out ... 15 T. J. Ward, b. Gough E. M. H. Ranson, ct. P. H. Scott, b. Walmsley 2 A. M. Buckman, ct. Tomlinson, b. Lightowler I C. I. D. Tomlinson, ct. Lloyd-Jones, b. Chester 0 P. H. Scott, I.b.w. Lightowler ... I J. A. Eatough, not out ... ... 13 J. J. Clark, ct. Tomlinson, b. Eatough ... 16 M. W. Woodruff, hit wicket, b. Walmsley... 10 R. R. R. Clayburn, b. Eatough ... 9 G. Gildener, not out ... ... 6 J. C. Rounthwaite, not out ... 0 G. A. Hunt not bat D. R. Chester, b. Gough ... ... 2 C. W. Gough Extras ... 8 Extras ... 2
TOTAL for 10 wkts. ... 189 TOTAL for 7 wkts. ... 152
Fall of wickets Fall of wickets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 66 66 70 91 112 114 165 187 187 14 89 109 118 118 133 145
Bowling Analysis OLD PETERITES (2nd Innings) ST. PETER'S (2nd Innings) 0. M. W. R. Av. 0. M. W. R. Av. C. W. Gough 15.3 0 2 56 28.00 D. R. Chester 11.4 I 1 42 42.00 M. W. Woodruff 12 5 2 23 11.50 J. C. Routhwaite 7 3 1 15 15.00 J. A. Eatough 5 0 2 31 15.50 P. H. Scott ... 4 0 0 23 oc G. Gildener ... 3 0 0 12 co S. D. Lloyd- G. A. Hunt ... 5 0 0 14 co Jones ... 10 1 0 31 a E. M. H. Ranson 8 1 1 19 19.00 E. J. M. J. C. P. N. Walmsley ... 14 2 4 39 9.75 Lightowler ... 6 1 3 26 8.67
The School batted first and set up a very poor performance. Against steady bowling supported by excellent fielding, none of the batsmen played with any conviction. G. A. Hunt (4 for 19), C. W. Gough (3 for 17) and M. W. Woodruff (3 for 27) were the Old Peterite wicket-takers. When the Old Peterites' turn came, they fared little better. J. C. Richardson (29) played well, but no other batsman really settled. S. D. Lloyd-Jones (3 for 23) and P. H. Scott (3 for 28) were the most successful bowlers. At the close of play, the School were 65 for 0 in their second innings. This good position was soon lost, when quick wickets fell on the second day. Fortunately T. J. Ward (78) saved the situation with some powerful hitting and eventually the School were all out for 189. P. A. Scott (41) and R. N. Kerruish (26) were the other main run-scorers. The Old Peterites seemed to be coasting to victory with J. C. Richard- son (70) and M. G. B. Hepworth (29), but the middle order collapsed to E. J. M. Walmsley (4 for 39) and the winning run did not come until the fourth ball of the last over.
TENNIS Tennis is a minor sport on the calendar at St. Peter's. With only two courts, the Club is limited to 24 Senior boys who play the sport for their final two or three years at most. Eleven boys played for the 1st VI this year, and four of these were playing competitive tennis for the first time. Against this background the results of the 1st VI were praiseworthy. Of the six fixtures uninterrupted by wet weather, two were won, four lost, in this manner:— 34 16 May, Ashville at Ashville. Lost 4-5 23 May, Scarborough at Scarborough. Lost 34-5+ 30 May, Bootham at Bootham. Lost 21-6+ 2 June, Roundhay at home. Won 6-3 9 June, Hymers at Hymers. Lost 34-64 16 June, Ampleforth 2nd VI at home. Won 74-14 Team: R. T. Tasker (Capt.) and A. J. Brockbank; I. W. Stephenson and I. S. Jamieson; P. R. F. Townsend and I. Gray or N. D. Briscoe. The first match of the season was in many ways the best, being very closely fought in brilliantly fine weather. Our best tennis was played against Hymers College, our strongest opposition. A note on scoring will assist in understanding the results. The team consists of three doubles pairs, each of which plays all three opposition pairs over two sets. Each set is worth half a point. This emphasis on doubles play in the inter-school competition was balanced by the School singles championship, which was unfortunately weakened when Tasker, the School's only strong player, contracted appendicitis. The final was contested by Townsend and Brockbank, Townsend winning 6-2, 11-9. The final of the House tennis was fought out by Dronfield and Manor, illness having robbed Manor of its first and fourth strings. Dronfield, which had looked a likely winner in any event, won comfortably, captur- ing the championship for the second year in a row. The Tennis Club owes much to Tasker for his enthusiasm and organisation, and we wish to record our debt also to neighbouring Queen Anne School for permission for extensive use of six courts whilst our two new hard courts were being laid. D.C-S.
SWIMMING As expected, 1973 has been a rather lean year when compared with last season. However, the inter-school results were creditable to such a small team and the water polo section of the Club enjoyed another successful term, in which they were unbeaten. Captained by Dave Spencer and vice-captained by Paul Scott, they followed their Easter Term successes with wins over Scarborough Swim- ming Club and Doncaster Grammar School. Their most notable achievement was to win the St. John's College Junior Water Polo Tournament by defeating:— Doncaster Grammar School "B" 7-0 Doncaster Grammar School "A" 3-0 Ampleforth College 4-2 (semi-final) Dewsbury Swimming Club 6-2 (final) The team was selected from D. C. Spencer, P. A. Scott, M. R. McMahon, N. C. Foley, M. W. Berry, N. Gray, G. B. Brown, C. J. Dalby, V. V. Matthews, C. E. S. Monro, R. Turton, P. C. Clare and K. D. J. McCarter. 35 Our thanks go to David Manning and Keith Wadsworth from St. John's College for the valuable help and assistance they are giving to the team; with only one senior player ineligible next year, we are going to have a very formidable U.18 team. The swimming team, captained by Richard McMahon, had seven inter-school matches, of which we won four and lost three against : — Match Result Sen. Int. Jun. Score Durham (Away) Lost L X L 66-97 Worksop (Away) Won W X W 98-57 Stonyhurst (Home) Lost L W X 87i--971- Doncaster G.S. (Away) Won W W W 120-107 Bradford G.S. (Away) Lost L L X — Welbeck (Away) Won W X X 69-55 Henbury (Home) Won L W W 123-109 St. Peter's hosted a four-cornered match this term, the first of its kind in York. Such is our policy of swimming against good opposition, we ourselves had to take fourth place in a very close and interesting competition. Barnard Castle were the best of the group with St. Peter's, Bootham and Bolton fighting it out for second place. After 24 individual races the points scores read St. Peter's 111 points, Bolton 110 points, Bootham 114 points and Barnard Castle 138 points, very close and very exciting. Unfortunately we were not able to hold our place in the team events and Bolton crept above our score to take third place. The competition was enjoyed so much that we have decided to hold it again next year with a view to it becoming an annual event. Our relay quartets were not as strong as usual though both Senior and Junior teams were younger than their compatriots. In the local schools events the Under 15 team of Nick Graham, Chris Dalby, Tom Reay, Victor Matthews, Michael Simpson, John Radford and Peter Clare were placed second overall with Tom Reay winning an individual first place in a personal best time. The Senior team swam exceptionally well to gain first place and retain the Shepherd Trophy for the third year running. Dave Spencer was first in the Back-crawl and Butterfly and Richard McMahon won the Breast-stroke. Nigel Foley, Kevin McCarter, Paul Green and David Shepherd made up the two successful relays. The John Parry Relay teams were selected from these same boys who unfortunately found it hard to "rise to the occasion" and we put in a very ordinary performance. Richard McMahon, Nigel Foley, Dave Spencer, Paul Green, Kevin McCarter and David Shepherd were our representatives in London at the Bath Cup and Otter Medley relays. The Medley team achieved sixth position after a poor swim, and hold promise of a finalist place next year. Our congratulations go to the Royal Belfast Academical Institution who, after many years of trying, gained their first win in this event. These are relays open to schools throughout Great Britain of which the top 50 are invited to compete. Richard McMahon, Nigel Foley, Kevin McCarter, David Spencer, Paul Green, David Shepherd, Tom Reay, Michael Simpson, Chris Dalby and Roddy Turner (St. Olave's) were chosen to represent York Schools in 36 1 the Yorkshire Schools Swimming Championships at Bradford. St. Peter's had the largest representation on the team. Finally, our congratulations to Michael Simpson who broke A. Gray's record for the Under 14 50 yards Breast-stroke. This record was the oldest in the book and has stood since 1967. It was 36.2 seconds and is now a very creditable 35.2. T.T. FENCING Fencing continues to thrive in the School. Seven team members obtained their York City Colours when York engaged Huddersfield on 23rd June in an inter-city sports day. Our Pentathlon won the Yorkshire Championship and we are going to develop this section next term. After an exciting match with Cambridge we won the York Festival Cup 10-9, a very close and enjoyable match. The highlight of the season was our O.P. match. Martin Muncer captained a strong team—John Williams, Richard Oldham and Tony Wood. It was a very good fencing afternoon and our Juniors gained a great deal from this match. It was good to see Tony Wood attack with such vigour. Next term the full R.A.F. team are coming to fence us, as are the Army. We are also going to Sandhurst. Fencers are encouraged to play and compete in other games as we require our top fencers to be extremely fit. I would like to thank our captain„ Simon Atkinson, for his devotion to this sport and his leadership in developing it to its present high standard. P.F.P. THE OXFORD CUP, 1972-73 Points School Awarded Grove Queen's House Dronfield Manor Rise Temple Senior Rugger .•• 20 — 20 Junior Rugger • • • 10 — — 1() — Senior Cricket • •• 20 — — 20 Junior Cricket •• • 10 — 10 — Senior Rowing ••• 20 20 Junior Rowing ••• 10 10 Athletics, Sports ... 15 — 15 — Athletics, Standards 15 — 15 Cross-country ... 10 — 10 — Junior Long Run ... 10 — 10 — — Swimming, Sports ... 15 15 Swimming, Standards 10 10 — Squash ... ... 15 — 15 — Tennis ... ... 15 15 Shooting (Team) ... 15 — 15 Fencing ... ... 15 15 225 15 20 20 60 15 55 40
37 RUGBY FIXTURES, 1973 1st xv Saturday 22nd Sept. Harrogate R.U.F.C. Colts Home Saturday 29th Sept. Headingley Colts XV ... Home Wednesday 3rd Oct. Headingley Wanderers XV Home Saturday 13th Oct. Bradford G.S. ... Home Wednesday 17th Oct. Ashville College Home Saturday 20th Oct. Denstone College Away Saturday 3rd Nov. Giggleswick School .. ... Away Saturday 10th Nov. The King's School, Pontefract Away Saturday 17th Nov. Ampleforth College ... Home Saturday 24th Nov. Barnard Castle School ... Away Wednesday 28th Nov. Durham School Away Saturday 1st Dec. Worksop College Home Saturday 8th Dec. Pocklington School Away Wednesday 12th Dec. Old Peterites ... Home Saturday 15th Dec. Leeds G. S. ...... Home Any Old Peterite wishing to play in the Old Boys Match against the School should apply to J. R. Wood at 29 Chestnut Avenue, Stockton Lane, York.
WALKING CLUB An excellent turnout of members, together with reasonable weather conditions, produced yet again a successful term for the Walking Club. Our first walk consisted of a venture from Carlton village to Hasty Bank Farm on the other side of Riccal Dale. It was only four miles, but most exhausting as the sides of this valley are as near to vertical as one can find in this area. During May's pleasanter weather we managed a few of our longer walks. These being one near Black Hambleton and one from Sutton Bank to Sneck Yate Bank. Also in May we helped Mr. Coulthard with his conservation work on Skipwith Common. This entailed kicking bracken shoots and scuffing the paths. I am assured that if one is to count each scuff as a pace our group must have walked fifty miles that day! At the beginning of June we went to Scrayingham, near Stamford Bridge, and then the following week to the River Nidd, near Tockwith. The latter was considered a shortish walk so we stopped at Marston Moor on the way back for another quick stroll. On the 20th June, it rained hard. Again though, due to our fanatical enthusiasm, the group was found climbing up to the old observatory near Byland Abbey. The weather three days later was quite different. It was amazingly hot and humid and due to the parched fields near Kirkham Abbey many suffered from attacks of hay fever. Hood Hill and Flamborough Head were among the last two places visited near the end of term. These brought the total mileage to seventy-six. Messrs. Leng and Wise again took up the joint position of Masters- in-Charge and our sincere appreciation must be shown for their such valuable help this year. R.N.R. 38 Walking Club. Hole of Horcum, February, 1973.
ORIENTEERING Since publication of the last magazine a regular group of orienteers has achieved a fair measure of success in National Badge events. Much of this has been due to genuine interest and a desire to improve standards, the latter being readily apparent from the number of attendances at training courses on Strensall Common. It must be stressed to newcomers that there is still room for the novice, since many events are designed with their express requirements in mind. Those who consider themselves expert are willing to help any new competitor, since it must be remembered that teaching others is a very good way to improve one's own standards, and none of us are beyond the stage where improvement is needed. Results since the last magazine: — NO VICE EVENT—ESHOLT (May '73) NOVICE COURSE 1: 2nd M. P. Haw; 5th G. C. Pattie. MAP MEMORY COURSE (FOR EXPERTS): 8th C. J. Hirst. MANCHESTER NATIONAL BADGE EVENT (May '73) GOLD standard: C. J. Hirst. SILVER standard: S. Bruce-Jones. BRONZE standard: E. Atha, G. C. Pattie, M. L. Warne. I 39 "BEEHIVE" NATIONAL BADGE EVENT (June '73) GOLD standard: C. J. Hirst. SILVER standard: E. P. V. Storey. BRONZE standard: P. T. Atkinson, M. P. Haw, A. M. Prowde. CITY OF SHEFFIELD TROPHY EVENT (July '73) SILVER standard: S. Bruce-Jones, C. J. Hirst (in higher age group than usual), G. C. Pattie, M. L. M. Warne. BRONZE standard: G. B. Brown, P. T. Atkinson. NORTH WEST MAMMOTH WEEKEND (August '73) a detailed account of this event appears later in this article. GOLD standard: C. J. Hirst. SILVER Standard: S. Bruce-Jones, M. P. Haw. BRONZE standard: A. M. Prowde.
NORTH WEST MAMMOTH WEEKEND 17th/18th/19th AUGUST, 1973 To orienteering enthusiasts, weekend events are amongst the high spots of the year. Three days of intensive orienteering and camping with friends sharing the same interest, is not only enjoyable but beneficial to one's prospects in the sport. The camp site was set beside a river in Newcastleton just north of the border in Scotland. During the three days we all found out how refreshing a swim could be, though I must claim more "points" for my early morning dip than those who waited until the river had sizzled under the day's sunshine before risking a plunge. A training event was arranged for the first day, and being held in a relaxed atmosphere it provided a good opportunity for us to familiarise ourselves with the terrain. The National Badge event on the second day tested orienteering skills and the successes are recorded elsewhere. Christopher Hirst deserves special mention for finishing second in his class, and received a medal as a memento of this fine performance. We look forward with eager anti- cipation towards the Regional and British Championships later this year. A novelty team event in heavy rain rounded off a very worthwhile weekend on the third day, and we all returned home richer in experience, and some having found new friendships.
The following National Awards have been presented by the British Orienteering Federation : — GOLD: C. J. Hirst. SILVER: S. Bruce-Jones. BRONZE: E. J. Atha, G. B. Brown, M. L. M. Warne. Each award resulting from at least three separate performances at that standard in National Badge events. D.H.H. 40 YOUNG FARMERS' CLUB This term the Club has operated quite successfully. We managed to fit two outings into an unusually busy term. Our first outing was on 30th May, and it involved a visit to an Experimental Husbandry Farm at High Mowthorpe. Here Mr. Turner very kindly gave up his time to show us round; we saw many of their experimental methods of keeping cattle. One thing that Mr. Turner impressed upon us was that even a ministry farm has to pay its own way as much as possible. We finished with tea, very kindly provided by Mrs. Turner. 3rd June then brought about the second visit to Chris Swiers's farm in Broxa. He took us round the farm and showed us the cattle and sheep installations. We then went to see some of the places on the hillside where he had recently reclaimed some sheep land. Once more the visit was made even more enjoyable by an excellent tea. The final meeting of the term was on Thursday, 21st June. The purpose of the meeting was to elect next year's committee. The following were elected to the committee: T. M. Driffield, Chairman; A. C. Fenwick. Vice-Chairman and Minutes Secretary; D. J. Lister, Secretary; J. R. Swiers, Treasurer; R. S. Barker and N. J. Ramsden, Committee Members. Our thanks go to P. Brumfield, D. C. Fotheringham, P. B. Johnston and A. J. Thornton, who have left the committee. We also thank Mr. Coulthard for giving up his valuable time to help the Club. Similarly we wish the new committee all the best for the future. D.C.F.
HOUSE NOTES DRONFIELD This has been a most successful term for many individuals within the House but teams representing Dronfield also performed admirably. One of the earliest events was the Senior House cricket competition in which we (surprising to some), overcame Grove in the first round. This was due to stubborn batting down the side and fine bowling by David Yates and Nick Wormald which led to his recognition and a place in the 2nd XI. The side succumbed to School House, the eventual winners, in the next round despite a fine innings of 50 by the captain, Andrew Buckman. John Clark batted well in both games and they should both be congratulated on obtaining their 1st XI Colours. The Junior team, attempting to defend the trophy, were beaten by Queen's in the first round. Chris Brockbank, the captain of both the House and the Junior Colts, batted well, and John Taylor, another Junior Colt, bowled without luck. We did manage to win the House Tennis Cup for the second year in succession by beating Rise, Grove and Manor. John Cresswell and James Brockbank were the first pair and David Yates partnered Charles Crowther as the second. James Brockbank, also awarded his 1st VI colours, was beaten in the final of the individual competition 6-2, 11-9. The Rowing Club is at present expanding rapidly and many members of the House have been involved. Tim Kirby and Tim Barker both represented the School in Junior Colt crews whilst Charles Clayton was in the 4th IV. Chris Hazel and Steve Kirby both gained 2nd VIII colours 41 and Chris also won the cup for the most improved oarsman of 1973. Richard Hind has also coxed a variety of crews throughout the year. In the house competition we were eliminated by The Manor in the semi- finals. Congratulations are due to Graeme Perks who, together with the rest of the 1st IV, has had a splendid summer and came third in the National School Regatta and in late July rowed in the National Youth Regatta. The House shooting team, unfortunately weakened, as were some other houses, by "the bug" which swept the School in early July, came last, but David Richardson, the captain, won the Green Howard Cup for individual .303 shooting and shared the Donegall Badge for snap shooting. He also won his first team colours. We had two prizewinners this year, Tim Stephenson, who won the Dean of York's Latin Prize, the Frank Pick Memorial Prize for Design and a Fifth Form Prize, and Brian Kay, the winner of the Essay Prize. At the end of term we said goodbye to Mr. D. Chapman-Smith, our assistant housemaster for two terms, and thank him for all he has done and wish him the very best for the future. Richard Allen is also leaving to continue his sixth form education elsewhere. We also say goodbye to all the monitors except Mike Bidgood who may be staying to take Oxbridge Entrance Exams. May I take this as an opportunity to thank them for all their help during the year, especially School monitors Andrew Buckman and John Hudson. David Fotheringham's electronic abilities will be difficult to replace as will Nick Robert's ballistic knowhow. All the leavers wish the rest of the House the very best for the future. M.S.B.
GROVE This term Mr. Nixon resumed his post as Housemaster after his term in Cambridge. The House was much the same as before but I think that everyone benefited from the change. The Grove Senior House cricket team included three players who had played for the 1st XI and the captain of the 2nd XI. The first round of the House matches was against Dronfield, very early on in the season. The side bowled and fielded well but because of their bad batting they lost the match. The Junior House cricket team, captained by J. N. Auburn, met with a little more success. In the first round they beat School House, with outstanding performances from J. H. Twizell, who scored an un- beaten 51, and J. N. Auburn with bowling figures of 5 for 8. In the semi- finals they narrowly lost to Queen's. The Grove retained the House League Cup, as the competition was not played this year. The Grove tennis team was captained by I. W. Stephenson who. along with R. A. Elwen, played tennis for the School. The team had a con- vincing win over Temple in the first round. In the second round, however, they narrowly lost to Dronfield. Everyone put in a great deal of effort and there was some very fine tennis played. The Grove shooting team was captained by P. L. Cass. In the House matches they met with little success, but in the House Aggregate com- petition they managed to come first, to the surprise of everyone. It was such a surprise that no one was there to collect the cup. However, it was a commendable achievement. 42 M. R. McMahon was captain of the School and House swimming teams. N. Foley and C. J. Dalby also swam regularly for the School and made a large contribution to the success of the School team. R. Turton also played for the School water polo team. Near the end of term there was an epidemic throughout the School and the House lost several members for a few days. One or two of these missed important examinations but were able to catch up on them towards the end of term. Many of the juniors enjoyed such pursuits as orienteering and camping, which the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme inspired. During "A" levels the Lower Sixth took over the duties of the monitors. We thank them for undertaking this task with efficiency, and I hope they continue to maintain this efficiency next term. All the leavers wish to thank Mr. and Mrs. Nixon for a very enjoyable lunch Mr. L. Cass generously donated a cup to the Grove, but as yet its designation is still undecided; one suggestion was that it should go to P. J. Dobbins, so that his name would appear at least once in The Peterite, but now that has happened the cup is reserved for someone else. R.N.K.
MANOR This has been an interesting and rewarding term, with many exciting matches and prizes and cups won. In the Senior cricket, the XI, under the captaincy of Ridley Clayburn. beat Temple convincingly, but then lost to Rise whose out-cricket was splendid. The Junior XI, under the captaincy of Marcus Haw, however. gained revenge by beating Rise in a high-scoring game, Peter Clare scoring 90 not out. In the final Queen's were beaten by four runs in an exciting low-scoring game, thanks to enthusiasm and keen fielding by the whole team. In rowing, Manor were well represented in the 1st and 2nd IVs, both of whom had en exceptionally good season; Mike Ray, Dave Eddell and Malcolm Bruce were awarded their 1st VIII colours. Unfortunately the House IV were not able to repeat last year's performance, and lost by a very small margin to School House in the final. An inexperienced Junior IV did well to beat Rise, but lost to School House in the semi-final. In tennis we were unlucky, for having reached the final of the House competition, our captain, Richard Tasker, and one other member of the team were ill and unable to play, and we lost to Dronfield. In shooting the team came second in the House average competition, but two members of the House won individual cups: Andrew Halsall won the "Shot Cup" and Simon Dench the "Recruit Cup". Our successes were not restricted to the games field and Richard Harland, Andrew Thornton, Simon Dench, Charles Anelay and Paul Sanderson won prizes. At the end of term Richard Tasker, Malcolm Bruce and Dave Eddell were awarded their Senior House colours and Victor Matthews and William Andrew gained their Junior House colours. Malcolm Bruce was appointed Head of House for next year. All of us who are leaving wish him and the House all the best for next year. M.S.R. 43 This has been a splendid year in so many ways, and the House has been fortunate to have a group of monitors who have been so willing to help the House in all its activities. To them, and especially the Head of House, Mike Ray, we say "thank you", and we wish them every success in their future careers. G.M.S.
QUEEN'S As always this term brought with it the thought of examinations, both School and "0" and "A" levels, but despite this the House did not lack its usual enthusiasm for the variety of activities and competitions offered. In the various sporting activities Queen's were relatively unsuccessful, but this was not due to any lack of effort. The Senior cricket team captained by S. Lloyd-Jones were knocked out in the first round by School House, the eventual winners. However, the Junior team fared a great deal better, losing an exciting and tense final to the Manor by four runs. In the rowing the Senior team lost in the first round as did the Junior team who were favourites for the trophy. The tennis team did a little better, beating School House in the first round, but losing to Manor in the second. The swimming team in London involved three members of Queen's: Paul Green, David Shepherd and David Spencer, who were subsequently awarded their School colours. The instrumental music competitions held during this term provided Queen's with a double success, by being highly placed in both competi- tions. The wind instrument section was won by R. M. Spencer, and J. J. Beadle was highly commended in the keyboard section. Near the end of term it was announced that N. P. Moxon had won a R.A.F. Flying Scholarship. We offer him our hearty congratulations. For their many achievements for the House, S. Lloyd-Jones was awarded his Senior House colours, and P. Green his Junior House colours. The term ended on a high note with Queen's retaining the Oxford Cup and having nineteen prize-winners on speech day. Finally, we wish the leavers all the best in the future and thank them them for what they have done for the House. P.A.W.
THE RISE Yet another term has passed in which hopes, both academic and athletic have failed to materialize. On the cricket field the Junior House XI led by J. S. M. Thomas convincingly defeated Temple by ten wickets. In the second round however they went down to Manor, the firm favourites, in a marathon battle. A. J. S. Temple was awarded his Junior House colours. In the Senior cricket the team obtained a bye through the first round. Manor were overwhelmed in the second round by good bowling and fielding, 44 E. J. M. Walmsley and P. W. Brumfield taking four wickets apiece as Manor were all out for 36. In the final, School House were bowled out for a seemingly meagre 76 runs despite some slack fielding. The team, Ihowever, fell at the final hurdle when they were dismissed for 53 runs. All credit must go to School though for an excellent performance. The House tennis team were drawn against the eventual winners, Dronfield, in the first round, so the team was by no means disgraced in the defeat. The House rowing was of rather short-lived duration. Both Senior and Junior fours went out in the first round to Dronfield and Manor respectively. The Seniors by only half a length though. On the individual side the House had its usual quota of representa- tives in the various school teams. P. W. Brumfield was awarded the Fielding Cup. P. N. Withers was selected for the four to represent the School at the National Rowing Championships. A. Robinson, P. N. Withers, R. W. Egleton and S. Fell collected prizes at Commemoration. This being a great increase on the previous year's numbers. So despite minor tremors down below the House completed a relatively successful year. P.A.R. From the Housemaster: The Head Master has asked me to be Second Master of the School from September 1974; I have accepted this position and will leave The Rise at the end of next Easter Term, when Mr. D. Kirby will become Housemaster. D.G.C.
SCHOOL HOUSE This term has been one which has seen many surprises in the results of the sports. The House began the term with the Senior House cricket team beating Queen's fairly comfortably. P. H. Scott and J. S. Barton produced some very good cricket, their standard being high through all their matches. Unfortunately the Junior House team could not follow the example set by their Seniors, losing to the Grove in the first round of the competition. The tennis players also lost in the first round of their competition, to Queen's. The Senior cricket team then played and beat Dronfield, winning through to the final. It was at this point in the term that the House suffered an epidemic of gastroenteritis. At the worst time we had sixteen people in bed feeling very ill. This meant that with the people from the other houses the Sanatorium became full and at one time the television room, quiet room and one large study were all converted into extensions of the Sanatorium. This epidemic hit our cricket team and our Junior House fours very hard. The team fielded for the final of the House cricket contained three of our Junior team, whilst the Rise team had only lost one man. The House opened the batting and R. G. J. Sherratt played excellently getting many runs for the House. On the strength of this he was awarded his Junior House colours. The whole team fielded well and beyond many people's expectations beat the Rise to win the cup. The House rowing was also ruined by the illness. We should have been able to enter two Junior House fours, one of which was in with a 45 very good chance of bringing the House a cup, but unfortunately by the last week of term we had to scratch one four and make up a composite four. This consisted of J. R. Swiers, J. N. S. Fry, N. J. Ramsden and L. S. Wilson, coxed by W. M. A. Bentley. The four was very keen and made up for their initial problems by hard training. They beat the Manor House four comfortably and won through to the final, where a bad start unfortunately lost their race, with Temple gaining a totally unlooked for victory. The Senior House four was stroked by the Colts eight stroke, T. M. Hudson, and had two first eight rowers, S. J. Tomlinson and P. A. E. Challis. W. S. Mcllroy made up what on paper appeared to be a fairly strong crew, which was coxed by the first four cox A. B. L. Sherris. The four rowed well to beat Queen's and gain a place in the final. Once again, as in the past three years the final was to be School House against the Manor, who were this year's favourites. The four rowed very well in a fast, close race and finished less than half a length ahead of the Manor. Thus the House gained revenge for last year when we lost the cup to Manor. On the strength of this row T. M. Hudson and W. S. Mcllroy were awarded their Junior House colours, and P. A. E. Challis and A. B. L. Sherris their Senior House colours. In general the House has had a successful term and has great potential in its younger members. We wish the leavers the best of luck in all their future ventures, and hope that all examination candidates obtain the results they need. P.A.E.C.
TEMPLE As always in the Summer Term, the emphasis was towards the impending G.C.E. examinations. Even so, many members of the House contributed much towards School and House teams in a variety of sports. The House excelled itself in all forms of shooting this term. Under the experienced captaincy of I. W. Balls, the School captain, Temple were able to field a very strong team in the inter-house competition which was won handsomely. The School shooting teams were always well endowed with Temple shooters; I. W. Balls, S. M. Cooper, M. J. W. Dimelow, H. M. Godwin, J. E. Prowde and S. K. Pattie being awarded their shooting colours and I. W. Balls became the North-East regional cadet champion at a rifle competition at Strensall. Once again we were very successful in School fencing competitions. S. A. Atkinson, the School captain, fenced well to finish 6th in the National Schoolboys' Sabre Championships which made him reserve for the England team. S. A. Atkinson and S. J. Winrow-Campbell both represented York in a match against Huddersfield. Cricket was not a very popular sport with the senior members of the House this term. Thus we were not too surprised when they lost their first match against Manor, although the team captained by J. C. Rounthwaite surpassed themselves on the day and played much better than everybody expected. The Juniors, under their captain D. I. Riley, looked stronger than the Senior team because of the players from 46 younger school teams. Unfortunately they were under strength and played below their usual standard and were beaten convincingly by Rise. There were individual successes for cricketers of the House: J. C. Rounthwaite was awarded his 1st XI colours and D. I. Riley was selected to play for (he 1st XI at the end of the term. On the river this term Temple provided several rowers for school rews. A. R. Hornby rowed for the 1st VIII and 2nd IV throughout the term and won a tankard with the latter crew at York Summer Regatta after being beaten finalists on two previous occasions. M. J. F. Davidson rowed for the 3rd IV at York and Bradford and P. M. Shepherd was a member of the 2nd VIII. J. M. Newdick and R. M. Coates-Walker rowed for Colts crews, the former at the National Schools Regatta. Many members of the 5th and 4th forms rowed this term and the large number promises well for the future. Some Junior Colts rowed in Schools Invitation regattas with some successes. A. R. Hornby was awarded his 1st VIII colours and M. J. F. Davidson and J. M. Newdick 2nd VIII and Colts VIII colours respectively. The Junior House IV : C. G. A. Morcom, P. A. Newdick, T. C. Moore and I. A. Nichols with C. A. F. Brown coxing beat Dronfield in their first race even though P. A. Newdick parted from his seat half way through the race. In the semi-final they won a close race against the strong Queen's crew and in the final beat the favourites School House convincingly to win the Junior House IVs cup. Some members of the House took part in less well publicised sports; for instance C. G. A. Morcom won the York Canoe Club's Still Water Slalom and C. J. Hirst continued his orienteering this term and won a gold award. Academic standards throughout the term were high as confirmed by the Prizegiving at which Temple collected over 25% of the prizes: a fitting end to a term of hard work by the House. We say goodbye to the majority of M VI and C. A. Hodge, to whom e extend our best wishes for the future. M.J.F.D.
BRADFIELD '73 1 "THE BACCHAE" by EURIPIDES At 7-0 a.m. on 7th June, six members of the School, Mr. Croft and the Head Master set out from St. Peter's in the brand new minibus. On the outskirts of the city we picked up two others, making the full complement of males. At Wakefield we made contact with the five other members of the party, four girls and their teacher. As we sped along, the sun rose in the sky, for which we were very grateful. At Brackley we were allowed to stretch our legs, and some of us were refreshed. Then we re-embarked to complete the journey. At about one o'clock we stopped for lunch in surroundings which were pastoral rather than bosky. As we sat by the river and ate, we made the acquaintance of a family of swans who willingly accepted all our unwanted food. Perhaps these swans were descendants of those which 47 Marcel Proust met during his stay by the River Wye and which prompted his famous book, "Swan's Wye". Cucumber sandwiches, confectionery and resinated wine devoured, we started on the final hour of the journey which took us to Bradfield. We arrived in good time for the play. The play was performed in the open and entirely in Greek. The play tells of the god Dionysus's revenge on the Theban house of Cadmus. Dionysus, son of Zeus and Semele, was not honoured in his mother's native Thebes. Having founded his Bacchic religion in the East, Dionysus began to spread his cult through Greece; when the Thebans refused to acknowledge his deity, Dionysus drove the women of the city mad, including Agave, mother of Pentheus, and Ino, her sister. Pentheus, the King of Thebes, was determined to stamp out the Bacchic cult. At the beginning of the play Dionysus arrives at Thebes and tells of what he has done so far. He tells of his plan to disguise himself as an Eastern priest of the Dionysus cult. Cadmus, founder of the Cadmaean line, and Teiresias, the prophet, announce their intention of going to the Bacchic rites. Pentheus arrives on stage, and, having denounced the Bacchic cult as an abomination, orders the two old men not to go. They defy him and leave. The disguised Dionysus is brought, captive, before Pentheus, and he attempts to make Pentheus see the error of his ways, but Pentheus orders that Dionysus should be imprisoned. A messenger tells Pentheus of the rites taking place on the mountain-side and then Dionysus engineers his escape. He attempts to make Pentheus see reason, but, having failed, he decides to take revenge on Pentheus. He plays on Pentheus's craving to witness the rites, and, infecting his brain, persuades him to dress as a woman in order to watch the rites. This done, Pentheus is led out of the city in a daze. A horrified messenger tells the Chorus of what has happened to Dionysus, having taken him up to the mountain, made Pentheus appear to be a lion to the Bacchants, and led by his own mother, Agave, they tore him to pieces. Cadmus enters with the headless body of Pentheus, lamenting. Agave enters brandishing the head, still thinking it is that of a lion. Slowly, Cadmus makes her realise what she is carrying, and they both lament. Dionysus, in his true identity, appears on top of the palace and dispenses his justice. Cadmus and his wife must leave Thebes, and when they die they will be turned into serpents. Thebes itself will be overrun by barbarians, and all the women, including Agave, will be led into captivity. The play ends with the almost banal words of the Chorus that gods never behave as you might expect them to do. The main faults of the production lay in the Choric interludes. The voices of the Chorus were not always audible, often being drowned by the music. Both the movements of the Chorus and the music were too slow and stately, and were not sufficiently suggestive of Bacchic frenzy; also the music was uncertain as to whether it owed its allegiance to Vaughan Williams or jazz. The actor portraying Pentheus could have been more aware that he was playing a king rather than just any young man. The parts of the two messengers offered many opportunities for acting, and these were seized upon by the actors, especially the second of the two. Despite the reservations mentioned above, the play made a profound impression. ,i . 1 48 So, after a brief walk round Bradfield, we returned to the minibus to set off on the long return journey. To while away the time we ex- changed old folk tales and medieval fables. Eventually (about 11.15 p.m.) we reached York. J.J.B.
THE NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY Recently re-named the North Yorkshire Moors Historical Railway Trust (but still known as N.Y.M.R.), the railway is a steam preservation society, the country's first passenger railway to become a registered charity. The Duchess of Kent re-opened the railway on May 1st this year. The line is an 18-mile stretch from Grosmont (B.R. connections) via Goathland and Levisham to Pickering. Pickering station is currently undergoing major renovation by members of the York Area Group; but, as the station platforms have been declared unsafe, a temporary platform has been erected at High Mill, 600 yards down the line. Services are operated every day, but not all trains are steam, due to heavy costs. The School is a member in itself, but junior individual membership costs 50p per annum. Details are available from the Trust Offices at 36 Westgate, Pickering. School Visit to the Railway At about 09.45 on 29th April, 1973, a party of boys set off in the two school buses to visit the line. We arrived at the Pickering station car park at half past ten. After stocking up in coke and crisps from the kiosk, we walked down to the temporary wooden platform where a diesel railcar was already waiting. This was the 11.00 to Grosmont, 10 minutes late; a flood of officials descended on us, and we set off. The countryside round the line is, in parts, wooded; very picturesque, but rather annoying— steam locomotives are forbidden on this part of the line, as they are a fire risk. After a long wait at the signal, we arrived at Goathland, and all got out. The train did go right through to Grosmont, but the object of our visit was to ride on a steam train, so we waited for the 12.30 to Grosmont. While waiting, we ate our packed lunches and visited the station shop. The engine arrived : an 0-6-2T ex-Lambton Railway tank, No. 29. After a short journey, we alighted and dispersed; we admired some engines, renovated and repainted, but pitied others, rusty and in a dilapi- dated condition. Some went to inspect the engine shed which is in the building stage. During this interim period, we successfully lost Richard Hind and Martin Smith, and this loss was not discovered until we had set off on the 13.15 to Pickering. The train was a mere DMU—the arrival of which also appears unsatisfactory to members of N.Y.M.R., to judge from "Mailvan", the letters section of the railway's quarterly magazine "Moors Line". One letter says: "This (the purchase of two 3-car DMU's) can only be regarded as somewhat of a retrograde step." Hear, hear! We had a short walk round Pickering Station and met Mr. Kemminoe, who came to talk last year to the Junior Science Society. After having ascertained the safety of the two wanderers, we set off, and arrived in York just before 4 o'clock. Our thanks go to Mr. Wise and Mr. Craine for arranging the trip and taking us. H.C.G. 49 YORK . . . THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR The B.B.C. started "access television" in Britain with the recent series called "Open Door", which explained itself with its introductory slogan "Your own say in your own way". Last April the B.B.C. invited the committee of York 2000, the society formed in December, 1971, to oppose the present plans for a York inner ring road, to put on a programme in "Open Door". We had attracted the attention of the B.B.C. because our method of protest had become interesting and relevant to many other towns with planning problems. It was not our intention to re-state the case against the proposed York inner ring road, but to show how we had roused public opinion and raised money to present a valid and expert objection at the public inquiry into the proposal. The process of putting on such a programme was bound to be interesting. What comes over on the screen will almost certainly appear simple and unpolished, but it will have behind it many hours of work and thought which will only end at the end of the programme itself. B.B.C. producers started to come to York some weeks before the programme, which was on 21st May, and some members of the York 2000 committee went to the T.V. centre to discuss the general plan. The York 2000 programme was done for the most part "live", but it included two pre-recorded films. One of these was made in the streets of York by the T.V. unit of St. John's College in co-operation with the B.B.C.; this film was a series of interviews with York people, and it took nearly ten hours for one of our committee to cut it. The other film was made in the B.B.C. studio in Newcastle, and in it several members of York 2000 who had given evidence at the public inquiry gave very brief summaries of their evidence and answered questions about the inquiry. The programme on 21st May was presented live from the B.B.C. T.V. Centre in London, a huge and complex building, seemingly purpose built for 1984. Here five of us went to have our "own say in our own way". We were well entertained by the producers in the B.B.C. cafeteria where it was interesting to see many "household" faces queuing for their meals. After a recorded rehearsal of our programme we saw bits of it, and had quite a lot of argument about how it should be altered and which bits were to be left out; then suddenly it was 11-25 p.m. and we were in our places for the live programme to start at 11-30. Faintly we heard a voice in the background: "This is B.B.C. 2. Open Door. Your own say in your own way . . . ." One of the production staff stood by to bring each of us in, but we were well enough versed in what we wanted to say to take a cue from each other. It is not easy to talk to the grim and somehow searching "face" of a T.V. camera, but it soon became less important, and less formidable. There is, however, always a feeling of relief when one of your own bits is over and the camera turns its attention elsewhere. We had been offered one of the distinguished B.B.C. personalities to chair our programme; but we decided to do it ourselves, not through 50 arrogance, but because we had worked together for so long that we felt we could best present it in our own way, which was the avowed purpose of "Open Door". So at about midnight, when the camera was on some- one else, I found the producer beside me saying, "If you feel you are going well you can go on till 12-20". In fact it had become a race against time to say all we wanted, and it became necessary to cut down hastily the "part" of one of our members in order to give time to two visitors we had invited on to the programme from other towns, a Q.C. and a Transport Consultant. At 12.20 it was over. Back in the Hospitality Room, where before the programme wine or beer had been offered, the range was now much wider. After a few minutes we were guided through the great sinister building to waiting taxis for King's Cross and the sleeper to York. We had had our own say in our own way. D.G.C. The film of the above programme subsequently became part of the Open University's Summer School course on systems analysis.
THE BEST MONTH OF THE YEAR To Slim McNickle there was no doubt at all about which month he considered best in the year. " 'Tis July an' no mucking" He would say when asked. But why? "Well once 'a break up from skouil on't 1 1 th, a'm free." This statement expresses all his feelings and actions for the rest of the month. First there was the test-match at Headingley to go and see his heroes in their white, clean flannels upholding the honour of England out on the green, lush cricket pitch. The thrill of the 6 which curves gracefully in the air like a red space-ship and then comes whistling down into the ground. The electric tension as the opening batsman faces the first ball and the groans or cheers when he is out. The wondrous fragrance of beer and sausage-rolls wafting slowly over the ground. Ah, this was the way to spend your days, lying in the rich green grass watching cricket. But this only went on for 5 days at the most. What else? Fishing was another favourite pastime. Lying drowsily amidst the long grass and bushes of the sandy river-bank for many hours, disturbed only by the buzz of flies and the distant splashes of cows drinking, until suddenly the little red float in the water would begin to bob up and down as if mad. Then was the time to strike, and for a few minutes the stillness would be disturbed as Slim fought to bring in the fish. And once it lay gleaming, quicksilver in his landing net the joy of returning to his thoughts and feelings on the hot, dozy river-bank. And he could get out his old, rusty bike and pedal for miles through the small country lanes. Stopping wherever he chose, to admire some work of nature's. Be it butterfly or flower he never ceased to marvel at the colour of things. And also the amazing fragrance of the flowers, the sun-soaked hedgerows and the fields of ripening corn. All were there to be admired. 51 Sometimes, like last year, the corn would be ripe by the end of July. Then came weeks of hard work and sweating to gather all the corn. Usually Slim's job was to help "bagging off." This meant standing in the farmyard by the big double doors into the "granary" filling sacks with grain from the back of trailers. It was hot, dusty work hooking the sacks over the spikes on either side of the shoots, and letting the grain escape into them like so many buckets of sand, while the dust slowly rose up and choked him. Then came "barrowing". With the help of a small pair of wheels he carried the 14 stone bags of corn through to where "old" Ned was stacking them. Dust covered him from head to foot to mix with his sweat to form an irritating coarse caking over his skin. If he was lucky he would go to the field and help to stack bales. This was great fun, chasing the baler over the fields in the back of a land- rover. Stopping to stack bales then jumping into the back of the moving landrover. But after a few days his hands began to ache. Red marks appeared and each bale hurt more and more. One day, with the help of Ned and a young lad from the village they stacked nearly 2,000 bales! And, as Slim said to his father that night, "It b felt like it an' all!" It was hard work during the day, but at night came the best part of all. Each night when work had stopped for the day, all the farm-hands and he, and his family sat down for the evening meal. Over the huge helpings of beef and potatoes they swapped stories about fishing and discussed the day's work. At 9 o'clock Slim went upstairs. First he had a long bath, lying in the water, letting it sooth his aches and remove his itchings. It was then he felt best. He had worked hard all day and really helped his father: now he could relax. Drying himself slowly Slim usually sang to himself. It sounded awful, but just so long as he was happy, he didn't care. Lying in bed between the clean, white sheets Slim thought of fields of wheat and hot summers as he quickly fell asleep. Tired, worn-out, weather-beaten, coarse and still fairly grimy but very happy and satisfied. C.T.A. (IIIrd Form)
OLD PETERITE NEWS The Old Peterite Club's 82nd Annual General Meeting was held at the School on 14th July. D. W. Grice, R. D. Harding, C. H. Lewis, F. N. Newdick, D. T . Rumfitt and E. Sheriff were elected to serve on the General Committee. There was a lengthy discussion about the Regional Dinners, and several suggestions were made. There was general agreement that mixed functions should be arranged either to replace or in addition to the usual all-male dinners. The meeting passed a proposal that limited funds, at the discretion of the Committee, should be made available to help Old Peterite teams participating in national competitions. 52 Regional dinners were announced as follows:— West Riding : 29th October, 1973, at the Barn Inn, Cowthorpe . London : 9th November, 1973, at the Charing Cross Hotel.
NOTES The next meeting of the General Committee will be held at the School on Saturday, 15th December, 1973, at 4.45 p.m. The Hon. Secretary (D. Kirby, 7a St. Peter's Grove, Clifton, York) would like to receive any items for inclusion on the agenda by 27th November. The following crested neckwear is available (from the Hon. Secretary): £ p All-silk crested ties ... 1.35 Texturised terylene crested ties 80 Terylene crested ties 65 All-silk bow ties ... 62 All-silk batswings 1.00
OLD PETERITE CLUB OFFICERS President: C. W. Thompson, Barclays Bank House, 28 Market Square, Retford, Notts. Hon. Secretary : D. Kirby, 7a St. Peter's Grove, Clifton, York. Hon. Treasurer : J. E. Moore, 56 Bents Road, Sheffield S11 9RL.
District Hon. Secretaries: London : P. J. Dronfield, 21 West Hill Road, Foxton, Royston, Herts. West Riding: M. A. Butterworth, 9 Station Road, Upper Poppleton, York. North West: Dr. G. E. L. Graham, Netherby House, 15 Upper Dicconson Street, Wigan, Lancs. North East : J. N. Roe, 4 Heather Drive, Acklam, Middlesbrough, Teesside. East Riding: P. S. Atkinson, "Greystones", Garton, Driffield, Yorks. York: J. C. M. Rayson, 2 St. Olave's Road, Clifton, York. Birmingham : M. Hollway, P.O. Box, 34, 63 Colmore Row, Birmingham 3.
Sports Organisers: Cricket: J. A. Shouksmith, Denstone College Preparatory School, Small- wood Manor, Uttoxeter, Staffs. Golf : J. C. M. Rayson, 2 St. Olave's Road, Clifton, York. Hockey: H. J. Gration (Hon. Sec. Pandas H.C.), West Leigh, Northfield Lane, Riccall, York. Rugger: J. R. Wood, 10 East Parade, York. Squash: J. C. Richardson, The Forge Cottage, Little Ouseburn, Nr. York. Tennis: G. M. Todd, 6 Heworth Hall Drive, Heworth, York. 53 OLD PETERITE CLUB ANNUAL DINNER The Old Peterite Club Annual Dinner was held on Saturday, 14th July, 1973, in the School Dining Hall, by kind permission of the Headmaster. The time-honoured toast of the School was proposed by M. A. Butter- worth. The Headmaster responded and also proposed the health of the "Club", to which the President responded. The Club is again indebted to the School Catering Staff for the excellent meal provided. Those present were:— The President Croft, P. G. Nix, J. (C. W. Thompson) Dawson, J. R. Pallant, D. J. The Headmaster Dench, P. G. R. Parkin, F. N. The Hon. Secretary Dimmey, F. H. Parkin, G. D. (D. Kirby) Dodd, N. L. Peacock, R. W. The Hon. Treasurer Dodsworth, J. R. Peaty, J. R. (J. E. Moore) Dronfield, J. Penty, P. R. F. W. B. Pacey Fenton, P. A. Pick, T. S. (Immediate Past Field, C. E. Powell, W. B. President) Gedge, H. F. S. Powell, W. W. J. A. Hanson Graham, G. E. L. Rainford, T. C. (Past President) Gray, G. P. Ranson, E. M. H. T. J. Lewis Grice, D. W. Ratcliff, K. M. (Past President) Hall, M. S. Raylor, A. W. The Head of the School Harding, R. D. Rayson, J. C. M. (R. A. Scott) Harding, R. F. Riley, G. W. Allen, B. Hamby, F. B. S. Shearsmith, B. D. Andrew, J. K. Harris, P. L. Shepherd, C. S. Atkinson, R. Harwood, R. H. Sherriff, A. G. Atkinson, R. B. Holmes, D. C. Slater, J. R. Baker, E. T. N. Hyde, J. L. Slegg, F. C. Botterill, J. S. Jesper, D. G. S. Smith, J. E. Brindley, R. A. Johnston, D. P. Smith, W. Brown, J. C. Knowlson, D. W. Stabler, D. A. Browne, F. D. Le Tocq, L. C. Sutton, J. A. Butterworth, M. A. Lewis, C. H. Swiers, C. J. Carr, M. J. T. Marshall, H. C. Talbot-Jones, R. Clark, R. T. Morris, P. A. Thompson, J. E. Clarkson, I. G. Murray, H. Woodcock, J. R. Coles, D. P. Nendick, B. M. Woolley, C. J. Coles, J. R. Newdick, F. N. Woolgrove, F. G. OLD PETERITE CLUB EAST RIDING DINNER The Annual Old Peterite Club East Riding Dinner was held at the Highfield Country Club, Driffield on Friday, 25th May, 1973. Those present were The President Cooke, J. D. Newdick, F. N. (C. W. Thompson) Dawson, J. R. Ogley, F. M. The Headmaster Dee, C. C. Patchett, D. M. The Hon. Secretary Dronfield, J. Peacock, R. W. (D. Kirby) Fletcher, D. I. Potter, B. Atkinson, J. S. Frank, C. Powell, W. L. Atkinson, P. S. Harding, R. F. Pullan, G. B. Beacheli, H. M Hardy, F. Rayson, J. C. M. Brown, J. C. Hirst, D. Richardson, H. Browne, F. D. Hopkinson, R. C. Richardson, R. S. Burdass, C. M. C. Hornby, M. R. Shepherd, P. M. Burdass, C. U. Johnston, P. D. Smith, J. E. Burdass, J. U. Martinson, C. S. Swiers, C. J. Burdass, R. D. May, A. Tomlinson, N. E. Chilman, K. G. May, M. Wetherell, 0. C. Coles, D. P. Megginson, P. B. 54 OLD PETERITE GOLF Grafton Morrish Tournament The regional qualifying competition was held at Fixby on Sunday, 20th May. Ten Old Peterites played a practice round on the Saturday and this was also used as a qualifying round to pick the team of six. The successful members of the team which qualified for the finals at Hunstanton in October were: A. T. Booth, J. M. Booth, D. L. Edbrooke, R. A. Elliott, P. J. Middle- brook and K. M. Ratcliff. "Burnett" Trophy The annual competition was held at Fulford Golf Club on Sunday, 15th July. Atrocious weather conditions had curtailed the entry, but, even so, thirteen foolhardy O.P's splashed their way through the traditional Stableford competition. The trophy was won by J. C. M. Rayson with 36 points and M. S. Hall was the runner-up with 35 points. The match against the Old Sedberghian Golfing Society scheduled for the 23rd September had, unfortunately, to be cancelled, but it is hoped that one or two matches can 'be arranged for next year. Old Peterites who would like to play in any of these matches please contact J. C. M. Rayson, St. Olave's School, if they have not already done so. NEWS OF OLD PETERITES ANDERSON, T. D. F. (School House 1955-61) has recently been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Sheldon Press, a new quality imprint for general non-fiction books on psychology, sociology, political affairs, religion and biography. He will be pleased to hear from any Old Boys who are presently engaged in writing a book or who are thinking of writing a book which falls into any of these categories. He can be contacted at Sheldon Press, SPCK, Marylebone Road, London NVV1 4DU. (Telephone: 01-387 5282). JOHNSON, P. F. (1954-61). Obtained his Board of Trade Master's Ticket last December and is now serving in the P & 0 liner 'Himalaya' as 2nd Officer (Navigation). On 3rd March 1973 he married Miss Christine Ann Roband of Matamata, New Zealand, at Welton Church, East Yorks. LINSLEY, J. L. (Rise 1967-69) 'has graduated in Soil Science at Newcastle University, and is to work with the Overseas Develop- ment Administration. In this connection he has already started a two year Studentship, of which the first part is a twelve month assignment in Malawi, where his work is in Land Capability Assessment. OBITUARY: MANN, F. J. (1909-20, St. Olave's and St. Peter's). Rev. F. J. Mann died on 22nd July. From St. Peter's he gained a Scholarship to Keble, Oxford, and he served in the York Diocese throughout his ministry. When he returned to York after several years in other parts of the Diocese, he was at first Director of Religious Education, and from 1957-71 he was Rector of All Saints, Pave- ment with St. Saviour and St. Crux. Here he did great work with the City Guilds and, for part of the time, as a hospital Chaplain. 55 MORAG, M. B. (1947-52). Dr. Michael Morag was killed earlier this year in a road accident in Israel. He was an acknowledged world authority on the subject of sheep lactation, on which he was about to launch an international academic journal. Dr. Morag worked in the Beersheba Arid Zone Research Institute, and he was described by Mr. Norman Rose, Centre for International Studies, London School of Economics, as "the personification of a Jewish intellectual". PETERS, M. W. (1900-06). Died on 24th May, aged 84. Two of his brothers were at St. Peter's, as were his father and grandfather. He was Captain of Cricket and of Rugger, and won a Choral Scholarship to Christ's College, Cambridge. In the 1914-18 War he won the Military Cross. For several years he had his own preparatory school, and later he taught at Uppingham and ran a coaching establishment. W. F. Dixon (School House 1923-26) writes from Rhodesia that another Old Peterite, Charles Prince, died there recently. Prince was a distinguished flier, and after his death the name of the Mount Hampden Airport was changed to the Charles Prince Airport in his memory. H. W. Judge (Grove 1919-23) writes that a contemporary, Geoffrey Spink, died at Leeds on 5th June; he notes particularly that "he went out of his way to be kind to new boys".
OXFORD LETTER Once more, another Oxford year ends and we say "goodbye" to one set of Oxford Old Peterites and we prepare to welcome another. However, two of the four final year group are staying on. John Fender (Queen's) gained a first in P.P.E. having switched from Mathematics. He proves a good example of how profitable it can be to change course at University. He is remaining in Oxford to do a B.Phil. in Economics with his sights on a D.Phil. and a possible academic career. Timothy Day (Dronfield) has recently eschewed wordly pleasures for the sake of knowledge, but will seek inspiration and ensue the heady delights of Oxford during a year composing for B.Mus., or so the Muse says. Michael Black (Queen's) achieved an Upper Second in Maths and has got a place at Lancaster University for a twelve-month M.A. course in Operational Research. He is having great difficulty explaining to his friends exactly what O.R. (as the jargon goes) is, but it seems to be management consultancy with a slide rule. He has spent his vacation in places as far apart as Holland, Wales and Surrey, helping at a boys' camp and attending a College Christian Union houseparty, as well as simply holidaying. The fourth Schoolsman Andrew Scaife (Temple) got a second in Lit. Hum. and is taking a year off before going to theological college to begin three years training for ordination in the Church of England. Before then he plans to work as a porter in one of the Oxford Hospitals until 56 Christmas and then in January he hopes to go to East Africa for six months' teaching. Of the newer arrivals, Nick Barnes (Queen's) devoted last term to working for his first exams which he passed, as well as sampling the more exclusive delights of Oxford such as punting and rowing in Eights week. He rowed in Wadham's 2nd VIII and is in the College VIII which plans to row from Oxford to London in a day, next term. We hope to tell more of this in our next letter! Adrian Cook (School) successfully passed his Law Moderations. He is often to be seen in the Oxford Union and participated in one of the longest-ever election counts last term which lasted some 12 hours, non-stop. Otherwise he often manages to get to a race meeting and usually comes back with a small profit! During the vacation he has been helping on the farm at home, lending a hand at harvest time. Steven Foster (Manor) has had an arduous but certainly rewarding term. Although free from exams, he has been very busy and has devoted himself to his duties as Wadham Christian Union rep. Further, to dispel illusions that he does nothing else, he mentions his exploits in Whiteham Woods, leading a gang of a dozen crazy tennis players through the most studied rural area in the country. A likely story! He has also tasted punting the wrong way in Cambridge and invested in a motor-bike. Further details of the latter enterprise are still sub judice. Rodney Lund (Temple) has also had a hectic term, although for him academic tests (in Law) are still a year away. He was Chairman of the Labour Club and spearheaded a successful local election campaign which once again proved an embarrassment to the Conservatives. The Oxford Labour Club is the only major University association under the Labour Party aegis, and by financial backing succeeded in wresting power in the student Council Executive away from the extreme left. On this committee the balance of power rests in the hands of the only Conservative elected, one John Williams (Manor) who was also elected as next term's Treasurer of the University Conservative Association. Last term he spoke at the Oxford Union in a debate with a fellow Old Peterite, Prof. C. Northcote Parkinson. They were on opposite sides of the motion "that History is Bunk." Political enthusiasts may be interested to know both Rodney and John are planning late summer holidays in Blackpool this year, although not at the same time. We are sorry our notes prove incomplete. Some of our fellows have fled to the four winds, and no trace remains. We wish them well and hope to see them in the future. Oxford life proves as exhilarating as ever, a trap for any aspiring academic, sportsman, bon viveur or wit. THE OXFORD OLD PETERITES
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