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No. 340-Nov. 1897.J THE WYKEHAMIST. 359 Yet men there are of younger mien 'beside, OCTOBER 21ST. WhQ will burrer in the warrens when they may. HOUSES FIFTEEN v. OLD HOUSES. " What sons of gods are these ? " spectators cry : J. D. Greenshields E. E. B. Stephens R. S. Darling B. J. B. Stephens -Say we, let that side win which best doth play ! L. M. Stevens 5 H. S. Corbett JABBERWOCK. R. A. Williams 5 G. W. Hichens W. A. Macqueen I N. E. Waterhouse L. T. Burra R. C. Hunter RONDEAU. J. Younger L. C. Chawner "Red, Brown, or Blue ? " It seems to me G. E. Hall R. E. Gibson • C. Steer E. D. C. Lake 'Tis scarcely easy to decide S. N. Mackenzie A. B. Miller The winning or the losing side R. W. S. Watson A. C. Morgan Among the all important Three; J. Venning J. Watts W. E. B. Henderson N. B. Woodd-Smith Though 'doubtless in the morning we C. J. Merriman J. A. W. Bond :r Shall sport with confidence and pride J. B. Pawson (G. H. Greenwell) Red, Brown, or Blue. -13 -s Alas-it's usual, all agree Played in Houses canvas. Houses started with a slight wind. For the first 10 minutes the sides seemed fairly well balanced, in spite of To hazard a conjecture wide, the enormous superiority of Houses in the hot, in which Greenshields So, since a spot must needs be tried, showed to advantage. However, when the captain got the first goal The winner will be,-let me see- for Houses, the aspect of the game completely changed, and Houses Red-Brown-or Blue. E. got goal after goal; Old Houses were quite powerless to stop the magnificent rushes of the Houses ups, aided by Darling and Stevens and backed up by the sound kicking of Williams. Once or twice th~ Old Houses hotwatchers (notably Hichens and B. J. B. Stephens) football. got through and took the ball down, but Williams relieved. The OCTOBER 14TH. penalty hots were rather frequent during the first half of the game, COLLEGE SIX v. FIFTEEN. usually in favour of Houses. At time to change the score stood at g-o. Old Houses now had the wind, and in a few minutes Woodd 0. R. A. Simpkin 2 J. G. Richey J. L. Stow L. F. W. Willson 2 Smith scored the first goal for them. After this the goals came more N. F. W. Fisher R. G. Pidcock or less alternately. When the score had reached 13-5, hour was E. W. M. Grigg A. E. Zimmern called, leaving Houses with an easy but well-deserved victory. They A. H. Ley G. T. Simonds 2 had played well, but towards the end showed signs of exhaustion F. D. H. Joy 3 J. C. Lane-Claypon being evidently unused to so long and fast a game. Williams kicked S. E. Ford well all through; he converted one flyer brilliantly. All three hot H. P. Thompson F. C. Stocks watchers distinguished themselves in rushes and plants, though Dar E. Pease ling got no chance of scoring. Younger, Burra and Pawson were R. W. Livingstone noticeable among the ups, while in the hot Greenshields was like a 0. R. A. Byrde hydraulic press. For Old Houses, Hichens and B. J. B. Stephens W. J. Barton showed much vigour, and Lake played well. E. E. B. Stephens and T. A. Leach Hunter showed at times. Bond made one good rush and succeeded R. V. Barker I in scoring. Corbett was evidently out of practice, but made some ~ -9 very nice kicks. Woodd-Smith kicked fairly. Played in College canvas. Six started ad arb., and during the first half play was pretty even, The score at tirrie to ·change was 6-5 in favour of Fifteen. In the second half Six played up very well; both OCTOBER 26TH. kicks were very good, Simpkin especially being magnificent. Fifteen COMMONER FIFTEEN v. OLD COMMONERS. at this time played badly,· meeting with no support from their kicks. Eventually Fifteen won g--6. A. B. Reynolds B. J. W. Barry 3 Of the ups, Pidcock was good for Fifteen. Six . ups during the . M. Bonham-Carter A. E. Blake V. J. Gadban J. H. A. Jamieson second half played very well. Joy was good all through. J. A. T. Bramston 5 D. W. Pollock H. M. Lidderdale E. de G. Lucas OCTOBER 21ST. H. G. Haig 4 E. M. Weatherby COLLEGE FIFTEEN v. ,OLD COLLEGE. C. P. Deedes W. H. Yeatman 0. R. A. Simpkin C. L. Mayhew 2 H. H. Jenkyns F. G. Bonham-Carter J. L. Stow J. H. Hattersley-Smith F. W. Comber W. G. Wickham N. F. W. Fisher I W. J. L. Wallace 3 R. L. Baker W. Mitchell-Thompson E. W. M. Grigg 3 R. L. G. Irving 2 P. E. Bates F. H. Latham A. H. Ley A. P. Hardy A. DeL. Long F. C. Maples J. G. Richey H. H. Palmer F. B. Merriman P. M.T. Hill F. D. H. Joy W. Medd 3 G. W. Phillimore R. G, Pidcock H. T. Baker I. N. T. Stoker I A. E. Zimmern W. N. Weech -12 G. T. Simonds J. M. Thompson _I This match was played in College Canvas. Old Commoners were J. C. Lane-Claypon A. I. Mayhew unable to raise a full team, so played .two men short. Commoners L. H. Helbert S. E. Ford started _ad stag. log. against the sun. Commoners got a good deal F. C. Stocks W. S. Gossett ·w. J, Barton :r .£. A. S: -Littlewood rushed m the first half, but managed to make the score 6-2 at time E. Pease F. G. Nutt to change. In the second half they improved their position, and by -8 -13 some good play won 12-5. For Commoners the best were Gadban Old College started ad arb., and Helbert soon scored the first goal. Haig, and Stoker. Bramston acquitted himself creditably in an easy From the first Old College had the best of it. Hattersley Smith post. Bonham-Carter showed considerable contempt for the rules in made several fine rushes, and though they were not much helped by the hot. For Old Commoners Pollock, Barry, and Lucas played their kicks, the score stood at 6-4 in their favour at half time. excellently, but the team was a very weak one. Commoners allowed Barton got several good flyers, and Pidcock took the kicks off well, themselves to be rushed needlessly down ropes, and showed a decided but old College played up and were finally victorious by 13-8. For tendency to plant their own side and to break rules. Old College, Hattersley Smith and Wallace were the best of the ups, and C. Mayhew as an hotwatch was most efficient. Irving was the best of the kicks. For College, Simonds, Ley, Barton, and Pidcock @ur aontemporaries. were good, and Ford did excellent work down ropes and in the hot. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following Contemporaries: Stocks was good, but the kicking was hardly up to form. A deplor. Wanganui Collegian, Ckeltonian, Alleynian, Meteor, Colonia Carthusian able ignorance of the· rules was shown, every rule being infringed at Reptonian, Haileyburian, Pocklingtonian, Eton College Chronicle(2) Lane' least once, and both sides were continually behind their ·side. · ing College Magazine, Marlburian, Newtonian. ' No. 341-DEc. 1897.J THE WYKEHAMIST. BOTANY.-Desiderata. a good flyer (4-3). Simpkin busted out; some good kicks followed. One of Willson's was only just a post. Houses ups again played I. Wax models illustrating the structure of plants, such as well down ropes, but College took the ball behind again; Darling may be seen at South Kensington. backed up well. There were good kicks by Williams and Simpkin; 2. The Micrographic Dictionary (Van Voorst). Willson caught, but Stevens was on him, and secured a magnificent plant. Then Houses rushed the ball behind, and College rushed it Natural History Society Accounts, r897. out again; another combined charge took it back once more. Dr. Cr. Me Don ell made a good attempt to score. Houses hotted well ; £ s. d. £ s. d. Stocks kicked out; but College now made a good effort, and Ley Feb. rst, In hand 32 19 3 June 3oth added another goal for them with a bust (4-4). Joy immediately May, Subscriptions 11 4 0 Wells' Bill I 15 6 after added another with a good flyer, which put College ahead (4-5). Museum's Association I I 0 Me Donell and Williams played well. There was some loose play Entomological Cabinet 10 0 0 of an inferior kind, and then Stevens rushed splendidly, but was Appropriated to Zoologi stopped by Willson. Now was seen the kick of the day: the ball cal Section ... 20 0 0 came jumping along to Simpkin, and he took it on the bounce at 4t Prizes, July, 1897 ... 2 0 0 posts, and scored a wonderful goal (4-6), This was a bad outlook 34 I6 6 for Houses, but they played up hard. An attempt of Williams' was Balance in hand 9 6 9 disallowed. A long hot followed, in which Steer was especially con spicuous. A good kick of Me Donell's got the ball away, and 44 3 3 44 3 3 Darling gathered himself up for an effort. He rushed magnificently . down ropes, and finally got his goal with a plant high up on his chest " (S-6). Good kicks followed; Simpkin caught and ran, but was finally collared.