Hurst JoHnian Club newsletter winter 2010 The Hurst Johnian Club formed 1877 Officers during the Year 2009-10 Officers Committee Organisations President President Cricket G C F Croll G C F Croll Star 1952-57 Cricket Week: T Moulton 42 Berrylands Duck Club: J R M Hall Surbiton Vice President Surrey G C S Roff Martlet 1975 80 KT5 8JT Golf R Holgate Past President Vice President J R M Hall Red Cross 1958-63 G C S Roff Hockey 6 Court Close Hon Secretary M T Harrison Patcham J R Bettridge Staff 1973- Brighton East Sussex BN1 8YG Hon Treasurer Choir R H D Ayton Shield 1955-58 R J Ebdon Past President J R M Hall Newsletter Editor Land Society Norwood Grange G L Hill Chevron 1945-51 D E H Chapman Norwood Lane Iver Buckinghamshire Common Room Representative SL0 0EW Mrs D Treyer-Evans Staff 1987- Law Society B E Glazier Hon Treasurer Additional Committee R H D Ayton Members Tennis 22 Dukes Drive, Lindfield J Bell Star 2000-05 R D G Vernon Haywards Heath W Sussex A L Buttifant Fleur de Lys 1968-73 RH16 2JQ N J K Creed Staff 2006- Tel: 01444 483716 R J Ebdon Martlet 1979-84 Girls’ Sports Miss C Hance Martlet 2000-05 A D J Hanson Hon Secretary Miss A D J Hanson Shield 2000-05 J R Bettridge T Moulton Fleur de Lys 1981-86 Contact Hurstpierpoint College J P Ruddlesdin Martlet 1962-67 You can contact any OJ Hurstpierpoint W J Sexton Chevron 1999 - 06 Organisation via West Sussex Miss C E Tibbott Shield 1999-04 [email protected] BN6 9JS Mrs D Treyer-Evans Staff 1987- Editor of the Newsletter A R O P S Representatives G L Hill G C F Croll Hedgehogs, 9 Park Close, R H L Moulton Hurstpierpoint W Sussex BN6 9XA Club Administrator 01273 835639 Mrs Elizabeth Watson Hurst Johnian Club Established 1877 Winter 2010 EditOrial Hurst may not be the oldest independent school in the country, and only the most biased would claim that it is the most famous! However, it has often been Sport – Cricket Week 2 in the vanguard of innovation … its long tradition Golf 5 of presenting Shakespeare’s plays and its production Hockey 8 of its school magazine are just two examples. This Rugby 8 extract from a new book bears witness to another Hurst AROPS 9 “first”:– OJ travel Fund 9 drill was the only activity that Hurst’s first Headmaster, Club Forms 15 Edward lowe, made compulsory. When in 1860, CCF anniversary 16 amidst fears of a French invasion, volunteer forces OJ Choral Evensong 20 were raised throughout the country, a number of Etheldreda masters from the College (including Baring Gould Minutes of AGM 25 who famously wrote the words of ‘Onward Christian News & Views 27 Soldiers’) joined the newly formed 13th Sussex Obituaries 32 Volunteers and the formation of a school corps quickly OJ Socks 33 followed. Thus on 18th June 1860 the No.1 Cadet The last Word 34 Company, 2nd Volunteer Battalion of the royal Sussex regiment was formed and given the badge of the 35th Foot. School Hurstpierpoint College Hurst was one of the first six schools founding corps; College Lane Hurstpierpoint few others followed. By 1870 there were ten and, just West Sussex before the Boer War, only 42. Hurst’s remained the BN6 9JS only public school corps in Sussex until Eastbourne Telephone: 01273 833636 Fax: 01273 835257 formed theirs some 36 years later and it was not until website: www.hppc.co.uk the Boer War that lancing and Brighton Colleges – OJ Club aided by advice from Hurst – were prompted to follow e-mail: [email protected] suit. website: www.theojclub.com 1 Editorial continued Sport The observant among you will have Cricket Week noticed that 2010 will be the 150th anniversary of the founding of Hurst’s corps and events to mark this are 2009 Report being planned. The publication of the book referred to above has already As England sought to build on their taken place, and Hurst features one-nil lead in the Ashes series at prominently in it. details appear Birmingham, the 2009 OHJ Cricket elsewhere in this newsletter. Week got underway. Both contests were weather affected, though in our Happily Hurst’s corps flourishes. at case not too seriously. school there were those who loved it, and those who loathed it! in the late The first game against the Eton 1940s when the corps paraded on a Ramblers saw the OJs in a good Monday there was even a suggestion position having reduced Eton to 136 for that the school motto Beati Mundo 7. However rain caused an early tea and Corde translated as “Beautiful then an abandonment. Monday Corps day”! its history is fascinating, and we former pupils Sunday dawned brighter and a wish it well for the future. prompt start was made. The Romany were bowled out for 136 by Patrick McGahan and Mike Harrison, but we made heavy weather of what should have been an easy victory by losing George Hill, Editor eight wickets chasing a very modest total. Vital contributions by Greg Cover photo and additional photos Haines and Matt Lowndes saw the OJs of new academic buildings by david home. Watson. On Monday the South Wales Hunts amassed what was to be, by some distance, the highest score of the insurance disclaimer – week – 245, despite good bowling Your committee wish to point out by Max McGahan (the first sign of that the OJ Club does not provide how conducive the wickets would insurance for sporting events. be to spin), Mike Harrison and Roger Hickman. Mike Harrison 2 Cricket Week continued led the response with a good 70 but Without a doubt, Friday’s highlight unfortunately his dismissal and Mark was the dismissal of Derek Semmence Semmence’s demise on 49 left us with for a duck. Although Derek was made too much to do and we could only an honorary member of the Duck draw. Unfortunately we were without Club when he retired, it remained our Mark’s services for the remainder of ambition to make him a full member. the week due to an injury picked up When the moment arrived after more in this game. He must work on his than 30 years of trying, no-one could fitness. quite believe it. It was a good all round OJ performance as we won the game by On Tuesday spin bowling was to the 77 runs. fore again, with Stuart Hall taking 4 wickets in the Old Rossallians’ By the time we reached Saturday, collapse to 159 all out. However, any the weather was more settled but celebrations proved premature as we England’s performance was far from could only muster 146, despite Mike being so-described. We were rapidly Harrison’s 58 and 21* from Will Stock. throwing away our advantage in the series with a wretched performance at The Cryptics strong batting line-up Leeds. Not so the OJs, who ended the failed to fire on Wednesday as again week with a thumping victory over the spin bowling accounted for 9 of the Buccaneers. We bowled our opponents wickets to fall in a total of 173, Max out for 106 with Stuart Hall returning McGahan recording his second 5 the remarkable bowling figures of wicket haul in 3 days. The OJs made 8–8–4–0. I wonder if better figures fairly easy work of their reply with have ever been recorded. Bill Baxter’s telling contributions from Nick Creed aggressive 36* helped to bring victory and Matt Isepp. by 6 wickets. On Thursday the Stoics reached 214 We are indebted to a number of people despite Nick Creed and David Gibson for their help during the Week: John having combined figures of 7 for 93. In Maher, Hugh Thomas, Chris Stock reply the OJs reached 80 for 6 before and Ken Ross for umpiring; Roger rain caused abandonment. The scores Moulton, Peter Stock, Ken Ross, Derek would suggest that a Stoics victory Semmence and Matt Lowndes for would have been likely but with Mike scoring; Jenny Honeywood and her Harrison and Nick Creed at the crease team for the excellent lunches (and it could have been interesting. breakfasts for the lazy campers); my 3 Cricket Week continued wife and many other ladies who helped with the teas; a number of people who contributed delicious cakes; Dick and Fiona Smart who cleaned the pavilion every day, not to mention their sterling work with the portaloos; Neil Sayers and his staff for preparing the pitches; the College’s bursarial department and the Headmaster for allowing us to use the College. The following played during the Week: Mike Bailey, Bill Baxter, Dan Burstow, Tudor Carr, James Catterall, Tim Claringbull, Nick Creed, Mark Ellis, David Gibson, Greg Haines, Stuart Hall, Mike Harrison, Roger Hickman, Rikki Hill, Matt Isepp, Tim Leeper, Matthew Lowndes, Rob Lunn, Hot Air Balloon at Cricket Week Simon May, Harry McGahan, Max McGahan, Patrick McGahan, Jeremy We were surprised at the end of Rawlins, Jack Riddy, Peter Riddy, Cricket Week when a hot air balloon Dom Rodbourne, Ben Searls, Derek suddenly arrived. “Keep off the Semmence, Mark Semmence, James square” we shouted … which it did. Stock, Peter Stock, Will Stock, Peter After a few minutes it landed close to Stokes, Simon Warrender, Will Wild, Manyweathers and intrepid campers Joe Woods helped to collapse it. Cricket Week 2010 will be from Saturday 31st July to Saturday 7th august. tom Moulton 4 Cricket Week continued; Golf 2009 CriCkEt Week GOLF ResultS v Eton Ramblers Abandoned – rain Grafton Morrish Qualifier July 2009 ER 136-7 M Semmence 4-29 Our team under its usual event Captain v Romany Won by 2 wickets Richard Kelly, was somewhat depleted Rom 136 OJs 138-7 with the absence of Paul Turrell P McGahan 4-20, M Harrison 2-30 G Haines 31, M Lowndes 25 (playing golf in a Sussex scratch match), v South Wales Hunts Drawn Alex Taylor (legal military manoeuvres SWH 245 OJs 185-7 of some description), Russell Ogden M Harrison 3-49, M McGahan 5-58, (getting over his honeymoon and world R Hickman 2-52 tour!).