The Lion Vol. VI. No. 5. July, 1923. New Series.

PRICE'S SCHOOL MAGAZINE.

EDITORIAL.

In the last week of this term The War Memorial
to Old Boys who fell in the Great War will be
unveiled by the Headmaster of Winchester College.
Every town, village and school has its own memorial :
it is not a new idea. But what does it
represent ? Veneration for the dead, respect for
the brave, who fell fighting for a good cause.
And what else? What will it mean for the new
boy of the year 1950 on his first attendance at
morning prayers in the School? He will accept
those thirteen names as part and parcel of the
School tradition. He will understand why they
are thus engraved. He will recognise that the
boys of the School have been brave and noble,
and will perceive that he is expected to be the
same, in order to keep up the standard set by
these heroes. The War Memorial, then, will be
doing its work long after those who saw it set up
will have passed out of the School.

In 1950, also, there will be members of the Old
Boys’ Club who will already be old enough to look
back with regret upon the days of their school
period. “ What's old M— doing? Wonder
where old S— is now: he went to South
America, farming, after he left School. I remember
how he scuttled Cams out for 16 runs in the House
match, and then we went in and only got 12.
That was the same day H— hit a seven against
Pompey Grammar School. We used to call him
Tarzan, too.” And so on: as years pass, the
need for a School Magazine and an Old Boys’
Association, by which you can keep in touch with
your glorious school days, will be more acutely
felt. The two things go together. The Old Boys
represent the tradition of the School : the Magazine
records it and hands it on to the Present ; and
then again, the Old Boys check the doings of the
Present in these pages and see whether or not the
School is going to the dogs.

THE STEEPLECHASE, 1923.

This double event was held on the afternoon of
Saturday, April 7th, in beautiful sunny weather.

In the Junior (under 14) Event, about 50 boys
started, the younger ones being given a lead
according to age. The course was one of about
2½ miles, across country lying adjacent to Fontley,
Northill and Park Lane. The names of the
winners, and the points awarded, in each House,
were :—

BLACKBROOK HOUSE: Flemons (6th), Chase
(11th), Chamberlain (12th), Bark (16th),
Wheatley ii (17th), Bevis (19th), Purver (20th),
Davison, King iii, Walsh, Boyes, Riley, Coker.
Total : 223 points.

SCHOOL HOUSE.—Bucknall i (3rd), Andrews ii
(7th), Hynes i (9th), Hoather (15th), Humphries
(21st), Raby iii, Drover, Pinhorn, Gardner,
Hynes ii. Total: 220 points.

WESTBURY HOUSE.—Tizzard (4th), Riches ii
(5th), Swales ii (8th), Riches i (13th), Hunt
(14th), Scivier ii, Trigg ii, Silvester ii. Total :
213 points.

CAMS HOUSE.—Welling (1st), Watson (2nd),
Hall ii (10th), Cowburn ii (18th), Latty, Winsor,
Baker, Tremlett, Blount, Mundy ii. Total: 199
points.

Result : Blackbrook House won the Junior
Event.

In the Senior Event, about 60 boys started,
handicaps being arranged according to age. The
course was one of about 3½ miles, starting from
the School across the Park in a north-westerly
direction towards Fontley, crossing Kiln Road and
the Fontley stream ; then bearing to the right and
across the Fareham-Wickham Road above Roche
Court ; then going nearly to the water
meadows of the Wallington Stream, but bearing
back south along Pook Lane ; then up the steep
road at Northill, and down Park Lane home.

The names of the runners, and the points
awarded, were :—

WESTBURY HOUSE.—Budden (2nd), Buckley
(4th), Westbrook (5th), Hackett (7th), Scivier i
(8th), Hayward (9th), Rogers (11th), Swales i
(12th), Cawte, Morrison, Mason, Tee, Rodwell,
Cook, Elsbury, Garey, Moore, Davis, Collihole.
Total : 552

CAMS HOUSE.-Knapp (3rd), Cummins (6th),
Bussey (10th), Locke (13th), King (14th), Maffey.
(15th), Newbury (17th), Sheppard (19th), Jones
(23rd), Archell, Richards, Hartridge, Elcockm
Hewetson, Eyles, Mundy i, Dye. Total : 508.

SCHOOL HOUSE.—Wellborne (ist), Raby i
(16th), Ross iv (18th), Tarrant (20th), Ross iii
(22nd), Stevenson, Raby ii, Chapman ii, Chap-
man i, Ellam, White, Houlden i, Houlden ii,
Andrews i, Chignell, Cubbin. Total : 368.

Of the two representatives of Blackbrook House,
one, Croker, finished 51st, while the other,
McNeil, lost shoe and wouldn't come home
without it. There is no truth in the rumour that
Bishop's Waltham and Ireland have therefore
disowned him.

Result : Westbury House won the Senior Event
and also the trophy for the two combined events.

INTER-HOUSE HOCKEY CUP.

SCHOOL HOUSE Points.
1st XI beat Westbury 5-05
1st XI beat Cams2-15
2nd XI beat Cams6-42
2nd XI beat Westbury3-22
2nd XI beat Blackbrook5-12
3rd XI drew Cams1-1½
16½

WESTBURY HOUSEPoints.
1st XI beat Cams. 1—05
2nd XI drew Cams 2—2 1
2nd XI drew Blackbrook 1—1 1
3rd XI beat School House4-11
8
CAMS HOUSE. Points
2nd XI beat Blackbrook 4-22
2nd XI drew Westbury2—21
3rd XI beat Westbury 5—3 1
3rd XI drew Cams1—1½

BLACKBROOK HOUSE.Points.
20d XI drew Westbury1—11

School House retains the Hockey Cup.

NUTSHELL NEWS.

The School holds the Junior Bowl, from May,
1923, (Hampshire Public Schools Athletic Sports).

The * Soccer” Cup is held by Cams and School
House.

The Hockey Cup is held by School House.

The Cricket Cup is held by Westbury (from
July, 192

The School Sports were won as follows :—
Senior, Cams and School House Junior, Westbury ;
Minor, Cams.
Senior Steeplechase (1923) was won by Westbury ;
Junior, by Blackbrook ; both combined, by
Westbury.

THE SCHOOL SPORTS.

There was a fair attendance of parents and
friends on Wednesday, May 16th, when the annual
sports of the School were held. The weather had
shown very little promise for some days, and bad
things were being said about the Gulf Stream and
Icelandic currents. It would have created no
surprise if an iceberg had been seen entering
Portsmouth Harbour. The day of the sports
turned out a little sun at intervals, but a cold wind
all the afternoon, and at 3-30 p.m. an icy blizzard
of rain and hail was noticed approaching from the
North-West, but the spectators had plenty of time
to take shelter in the School before the storm
burst. After that the sun came out again, and
the races were finished in fine weather.

SENIOR EVENTS.

400 YARDS RELAY.

Cams—Sheppard, Jones, Sturgess, Bussey.
Westbury—Buckley, Hackett, Sinnott, Cook.
School House—White, Poelchau, Stevenson,
Wellborne.
2.1.3.

¾ Mile Relay

Cams—Sturgess, Bussey, Jones, Sheppard.
Westbury—Buckley, Hackett, Sinnott, Rogers.
School House—Ross i, Poelchau, White, Wellborne.
3.1. 2.

HURDLES

Cams—Bussey, Barker.
Westbury—Sinnott, Collihole.
School House—Wellborne, Stevenson.
2.3.4.
Blackbrook—(Graham, McNeil) 1.

HIGH JUMP

Cams—Bussey 3 (4ft. 6in.) Westbury—Bone 2.
School House—Wellborne 1.
Total : 10. 7. 10.

The Cup is held jointly by Cams and School
House.

JUNIOR EVENTS

HIGH JUMP

Cams—Cummins (4ft. 4%in.)
Westbury—Goodall. School House—Cooper.
3. 2. 1.

HURDLES

Cams—Locke, Hall ii.
Westbury—Budden, Collihole ii.
School House—Cooper, Ross iv.
1.3.2.

400 YARDS RELAY.

Cams—Veck, Hewetson, King, Cummins.
Westbury—Goodall, Westbrook, Silvester, Phillips.
School House—Raby i, Ellam, Cooper, Coles.
2. 3. 1.

¾ Mile Relay

Cams—Veck, Cummins, King, Hewetson.
Westbury—Budden, Collihole ii, Goodall, Westbrook.
School House—Ross iv, Raby i, Houlden, Coles.
2. 3.1.
Total : 8. 11. S

The Junior Trophy is held by Westbury,

MINOR EVENTS (under 14).

¾ Mile Relay

Cams—Grant, Watson, Newbury, Knapp.
Westbury—Atkins, Scrivens, Morrison, Rodwell.
School House—Drover, Cubbin, Bucknall, Hurden.
Blackbrook—Flemons, Walsh, Riley, King iii.
4.3. 2.1.

220 YARDS (under 12).

Cams—Baker, Edmunds, Manning, Welling.
Westbury—Riches, Swales, Murray, Cross.
School house — Andrews, Hoather, Raby iii,
Hynes i.
Blackbrook- Chamberlain, Bark, Wheatley ii,
Walsh,
4.2.1.3.

JUMPING RACE (under 12).

Cams—Manning, Baker.
Westhury—Riches ii, Swales ii
School House—Andrews ii, Hynes i
Blackbrook— Wheatley, Walsh
3. 2.4.1.

400 YARDS RELAY.

Cams—Knapp, Newbury, Latty, Hall ii.
Westbury—Wage, Tunks, Atkins, Scrivens.
School House—Drover, Bucknall i, Cubbin, Hurden.
Blackbrook—Flemons, Walsh, Bevis, King iii.
4.3. 2. 1.

400 YARDS (under 12).

Cams—Baker, Edmunds, Manning, Welling.
Westbury—Riches, Swales, Murray, Cross.
School House—Andrews ii, Raby iii, Hoather,
Hynes i.
Blackbrook—Chamberlain, Bark, Wheatley ii
McCubbin.
4. 1.3.2.

HIGH JUMP

Cams—Hall ii. Westbury— Atkins.
School House—Drover.
2.3.1.
Total : 21. 14. 13. 8.
The Minor Trophy is held by Cams.

2½ Miles Relay (1 Mile Senior, 1 Mile Junior,

½ Mile Minor).

Cams—Sheppard, Knapp, Welling.
Westbury— Hackett, Budden, Riches i.
School House—Ross ii, Tarrant, Raby ii.
Blackbrook—McNeil, Graham, Flemons.
3.4.2.1.
Aggregate:
Cams 42 points.
Westbury 36 “
School House30 “
Blackbrook10 “

There were two other Races—the Old Boys’,
which was won by the School; and a Sisters’
Relay Race, which was won by Westbury.

At the conclusion of the Sports, the Cups and
Trophies were presented to the representatives of
the winning Houses by Lady Moore.

INTER-HOUSE CRICKET CUP, 1923.

WESTBURY HOUSE.

1st XI beat School House 128 for 4 to 1235
1st XI beat Cams 93 for 4 to 895
2nd XI beat Cams … 102 to 242
3rd XI beat School House 70 to 401
13

SCHOOL HOUSE.

2nd XI beat Westbury 79 to 67 2
2nd XI beat Blackbrook 60 to 42 2
4

CAMS HOUSE.

3rd XI beat Westbury 61 to 34 1

BLACKBROOK HOUSE.

2nd XI beat Cams 25 to 10 2

The final matches of the competition take place
in the last week of term, viz., Cams I, II, and III
against School House. But Westbury House has
made certain of victory, by bagging already 13
points. Even if School House beat Cams through-
out, they can only secure a total of 12 points. In
addition, Westbury II have still a match against
Blackbrook II to decide.

WESTBURY 1ST XI V. SCHOOL HOUSE 1ST XI

Tee, c Chignell b Ross ii… . 28
Collihole i, not out . . 48
Sinnott, lbw, b Ross i . 6
Goodall, run out … 22
Buckley, b Stevenson i. .2
Hackett, not out13

Collihole ii|
Westbrook | innings declared
Bone| closed… —
Ditchburn|
Scrivens i|

Total (4 wkts.)128

Ross i, c Buckley, b Collihole ii 1
Tarrant, lbw, b Collihole ii 4
Ross ii, c Goodall, b Hackett . 9
Wellborne, b Hackett 2
Stevenson, b Westbrook 0
Poelchau, b Hackett 6
Chignell, c Goodall, b Sinnott . 4
Tovey i, b Hackett 1
Cooper, b Hackett . .0
White, not out 24
Houlden, lbw, b Hackett9

Total 123

WESTBURY 1ST XI V. CAMS 1ST XI.

Tee, b Cummins.7
Collihole i, not out … . . 27
Sinnott, b Cummins — 7
Goodall, b Messem - . 34
Buckley, b Bussey4
Collihole ii, not out3
Hackett|
Rogers| innings
Westbrook | declared
Bone | closed
Ditchburn|

Total (4 wkts.) 93

Cummins, c Rogers, b Hackett . 17
Forsyth, b Sinnott . 6
Bussey, b Hackett 6
Sturgess, c Rogers, b Westbrook … 32
Jones, c and b Collihole ii… 14
Archell, b Sinnott - 0
Sheppard, b Sinnott 0
Messem, b Sinnott . . 0
Swinstead, b Collihole ii 4
King, not out1
Hutchings, b Sinnott0

Total . 89

FURTHER ADVENTURES IN THE

PRICE-LIST.

It was the Turkey's fault in the first place ; you
must put it all down to that. I was never responsible
for what happened, except that I had three
good helpings, and enjoyed every one. But who
can blame me for that, seeing that it was Christ-
mas Day ?

That night I was very glad to get to bed, and
no sooner had my head touched the pillow than I
was fast asleep.

1 found myself sitting, surrounded by my Riches,
in my church in Rome. It was a jolly queer
feeling, being a Pope, I can tell you. But I was
not satisfied. “The Eyles are oot wide enough,
and that Archell fall down soon,” I said to my
Self. “Tizzard to see the place fall to bits; I
must have the Mason in.” When he arrived I
said, “Don’t Hackett about too much.” Hall
right, your Hynes, but don’t interfere with my
Cummins and goings. When my men cheeks me,
Isaacs ‘em.”

1 went out and had Tee with the King from
Winsor, who said he'd had an accident with his
car on Barnes Common, but a Sheppard named
Lewis from SWales came to his help, and Drover
for him.

At this point I was awakened by a noise from
somewhere in the ground-floor. Before you could
say Jack Robinson, I was out of bed and waking
up the Cook, a Hale young man of 79, and a
Goodall round fellow.

“What is it? P'r’aps its Coles dropping in the
grate. Can’t be burglars. The dog’s a good
Barker ; and I should have Hurden Bark, if it
was.”

“Go down,” I said, “your Armstrong enough
to catch him. I'm sure there’s a Manning the
place.” We went down together, and found the
dog suffering from Rabies and growling over a
Bone. Hearing voices in the Woods outside, we
gave Chase across a Moore where the Heather
was a Budden ; but a Bramble Cawte me and held
me back, tearing my Mac., while the Cook fell
into a swamp full of Moss. His language was
enough to make the Ditchburn. “You'll have to
Wade out,” I yelled, ‘‘ you're in the Westbrook.”

We went on, and caught the fellow in a Whitfield.
“Houlden tight,” I said. ‘ White's our
own Gardner. What are you doing here?”

“Well,” said the Gardner, ‘‘I was having a
quiet smoke in the stable. I must have gone to
sleep and dropped my cigarette, for soon the
whole place was on fire. I tried to put it out,
but when I saw the Brown Cowburn, I said to
myself, ‘What will the Bussey ?’ and clears out.”

‘Locke him up well, and don’t give him any
Latty-tude,” 1 ordered, “he’s too much of a
Croker for me, and won’t the Boyes be glad to
get rid of him?”

In a Husky voice he tried to protest his innocence.
“Not Hayward ;-I know you only Tovell.
You're an old soldier, for I was in Uridge-ment.
Pop him in the Collihole and leave him amongst
the Nobbs.”

“Yes, Ekins it there until he makes up his
mind to Sinnott again.”

Then I went back to bed, resolving in my mind
to have only two helpings of turkey next Yuletide.

0. STOPPIT.

NATURE STUDY AS SHE IS SPOKE.

It is to the Chicago Board of Education that we
are indebted for the following priceless gem of
literature. It was originally composed by a young
Norwegian :-

“What a wonderful bird the frog are !
When he stand, he sit, almost.
When he hop, he fly, almost.
He ain’t got no tail, hardly, either;
When he sit
He sit on what he ain’t got, almost.”

WINCHESTER SPORTS, 1923.

On Thursday, 24th May, the Annual Meeting
of the Hampshire Secondary Schools for Athletic
Sports was held on the Bar End Cricket Ground,
at Winchester. There were a number of trophies
to be competed for: the Senior Shield, held by
Aldershot School (won by us in 1921) ; the Junior
Bowl, held also by Aldershot School ; the Portal
Cup (under 14) held by Price’s School. We were
doubtful about retaining the Portal Cup, but had
our eyes fixed upon the Junior Bowl, for we had
two good cards to play, W. E. Cummins and
W. G. Budden.

The weather turned out to be fine and sunny,
without great heat. Well over a hundred boys
accompanied us by rail to Winchester, while many
others cycled over. Other schools of Hampshire,
both girls’ and boys’, were well represented.

It soon became evident that, while we were
soon out of the running for the Portal and Senior
events, our Juniors still held their ground, for in
the first heat of the Junior Relay, we won easily,
to be drawn against Winchester (Peter Symonds’),
in the Final. We next won a heat in the 100
yards, and then Budden managed to get a second
place in the Hurdles. In the Senior Hurdles,
Collihole i got into the final, but although he
created some excitement by knocking every top
bar off, he only gained one point. In the Junior
Mile, Budden did well, getting the first place,
almost in the last few yards; while in the Senior,
Wellborne, (as he also did in 1922) led for three
laps with the whole field strung out behind him,
including last year’s winner. The latter, taking a
long easy stride, was well to the rear after one
lap, but came along coolly and unconcernedly,
overtaking the field one by one, to increase his
stride and his speed in the last 220 yards, winning
almost on the tape. Our man struggled gamely
to the end, but had not the necessary spurt left,
and finished about fifth.

The final result in the Junior Competition was :
High Jump : Cummins (1 point shared with
3 others)¼
100 Yards : Cummins, 1st place3
Hurdles : Budden, 3rd place1
1 Mile: Cummins, 3rd place1
Mile : Budden, 1st place3
Relay : Cummins, Budden, Goodall,
Westbrook, 1st place3

Total points11¼

This secured for us the Junior Bowl.

The prizes were then presented by the Headmaster
of Winchester College, J. Rendall,
Esq., LL.D., and after the customary war-cries
and cheers, another Winchester Sports came to
an end.

For Price's School, however, the day was not
yet finished, for first of all Cummins and Budden
were carried shoulder-high through the streets of
Winchester ; and then along West Street, Fareham,
and so to the School, where they handed the
Bow! over to the keeping of the Headmaster.

CRICKET.

The First XI, to date, has played 8 matches,
won 7, and lost 1.

PRICES SCHOOL V. F. TAULBUT’S E.R.A. XI

May 26th. Home.

SCHOOL. GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Collihole, b Green 0 Ralphs, b Hackett 20
Wellborne, b Bennett 4 Jameson, b Ross i3
Ross i, b Bennett 9 Hageer, lbw, b Cummins. 7
Sturgess, run out 37 Tyson, c and b Hackett 0
Ross ii, c Bennett, b Newton 8 Surtain, c Tarrant, b Ross i 1
Tarrant, c and b Newton 2 Gill, not out a 5
Cummins, lbw, b Taulbut 15 Pugsley, c Collihole, b Cummins 0
Bussey, not out 5 Hanlon, lbw, b Bussey 0
Goodall, b Taulbut 0 Webley, c Ross ii, b Bussey 3
Sinnott, c and b Taulbut 0 Cocks, c Tarrant, b Ross ii 2
Huckett, b Taulbut 0 Abrams, c and b Ross ii 0
Extras 1

Total 91 Total 46

E. R. A. June 13, Home - School 92 for 7; St. Helen's College 44. Sturgess not out 47, Ross ii 4 for
Taulbut, c Goodall, b Ross ii 7 14, Sinnott 3 for 8. Won.
Bennett, c Goodall, b Ross i 2
Corfield, lbw b Cummins 10 SCHOOL V. MIDHURST GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Thomas, run out 0June 23, Home. Won.
Jones, run out9
Newton, b Bussey0
Skinner, c Ross ii, b Hackett 27
Green, c Collihole, b Bussey 7 SCHOOL
Wright, not out … . 16 Collihole, not out61
McLaughlin, b Hackett 0 Wellborne, run out3
Austen, st Bussey 3 Ross i, b Fish10
Extras 3 Sturgess, b Fish93
Total 84Cummins, lbw, b Fish6
Goddall, did not bat-
Won by 7 runs. Bussey, c and b Carn0
Tee, Sinnott, Hackett, innings de-
May 30, Home.—School 118; Fareham Banks clared closed . —
25. Wellborne 28, Cummins 27, Goodall 33,
Bussey 5 for 17, Ross ii 5 for 8. Won. Total for 6 wickets … 192

SCHOOL V. PORTSMOUTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL II.

June 2, Home. Won. MIDHURST

Fish, b Ross ii 1
Barnes, c and b Bussey 0
Ross i, c Gill, b Ralphs… .. 4 Laishley, lbw, b Bussey 4
Wellborne, c Jameson, b Ralphs 0 Robertson, lbw, b Bussey 12
Collihole, c Hanlon, b Sartain 18 Grieshaber, b Bussey2
Sturgess, not out… 78 Carn, c Tee, b Bussey 18
Ross ii, lbw, b Webley … … 4 Hart, not out 14
Cummins, Ibw, b Ralphs 82 Phillips, lbw, b Ross ii1
Goodall, b Gill… .. .. 6 Linfield, b Ross ii 2
Tarrant, not out. 1 Cook, lbw, b Ross ii 8
Bussey, Sinnott, Hackett, did notOfield, c Cummins, b Ross ii 13
bat, innings declared closed Total 88
Total for 6 wickets ~~ .. 150

Bussey § for 35, Ross ii 5 for 30.

THE LION. 7

SHOOL V. GOSPORT SCHOOL.
June 27, Away. Won.
Collihole, b Pentecost7
Wellborne, c Germaine, b Brewerton5
Ross i, b Brewerton7
Sturgess, c Martin, b Ilton18
Cummins, b Pentecost4
Ross ii, not out 7
Goodall, st Pentecost4
Bussey, c Parker, b Ilton4
Tee, Sinnott, Hackett, innings declared closed -
Total for 7 wickets60

GOSPORT.

Ilton, b Ross ii1
Bulmer, b Ross ii 13
Brewerton, lbw, b Ross ii0
Watts, ¢ Wellborne, b Collihole3
Parker, b Collihole3
Warder, b Ross ii9
Pentecost, c Cummins, b Collihole1
Martin, b Ross ii4
Germain, c Goodall, b Ross ii0
Maltby, c Goodall, b Collihole3
Bevis, not out2

Total44

Ross ii 6 for 22, Collihole 4 for 9.

SCUOOL V. MUNICIPAL COLLEGE.
June 30, Home. Won.

SCHOOL.
Collihole, b Bell…13
Wellborne, c Budd, b Bell3
Ross i, b Bell10
Sturgess, not out34
Cummins, c Bell, b Budd2
Ross ii, c Wood, b Bell11
Goodall, c and b Wood2
Bussey, c Budd, b Wood1
Tee, c Wood, b Budd .4
Hackett, c Wood, b Budd0
Sinnott, c Budd, b Bell3

Total92

COLLEGE.

Budd, c Wellborne, b Collihole11
Wood, c Tee, b Ross ii8
Bell, b Ross ii0
Wilson, b Ross ii 6
Matthews, c Sturgess, b Bussey1
Davis hit wkt, b Ross ii4
Morris, not out5

Bilney, b Ross ii4
Offes, b Ross ii0
Pratt, b Ross ii 0
Boswell, b Ross ii 3

50
Ross ii 8 for 22.

July 4, Away.-—School 45; St. Helens College
50. Lost. Sturgess 21, Bussey 3 for 14,
Ross ii 3 for 15, Collihole 4 for 14

The 2nd XI has played 4 matches and won 4.

June 2, H.-—School 2nd XI 75; Portsmouth
Grammar School II, 13.

June 13, H.—School 2nd XI, 91 for 9; St.
Helen's College 11, 43.

June 27, A.—School 2nd XI, 100 ; Gosport School
11, 23.

July 4, A.—School 2nd XI, 36; St. Helen's
College 11, 33.

OTHEER XI'S.

June 6, H.—School 3rd XI, 127 ; Eastman’s, 34.
Won.

June 27, H.—School 9th XI, 37; Portsdown
Lodge, 84. Lost:

July 4, H.—School 3rd XI, 61; Southern
Progressive School, 76. Lost.

July 6, H.—School 6th XI, 131; Eastman’s, 34.
Won.

CRITIQUE.

A 1st XI record of played 8, won 7, lost 1, is
quite creditable.

Perhaps the best match was that against F.
Taulbut’s E.R.A. XI., when the School just
managed to get home by a small margin.

The Midhurst victory—seemingly overwhelming
—was a triumph for Sturgess and Collihole, the
tormer getting 93 and the latter 61 out of the total
of 180.

The catching as a whole has been good, bit the
ground fielding may still be improved. The
bowling is weak, and till Collihole left wicket to
bowl, too much reliance was placed on Ross ii
and Bussey. In battle too much has been left to
Sturgess and Collihole.

CHARACTERS OF 1st XI.

H. F. STURGESS (Capt.)—Has played several
good innings and stepped into desperate
breaches on many occasions. Is a sound bat,
who can drive straight and through the covers,
besides cut in front of, and behind, point. Is a
quick and safe field at cover.

W. E. COLLIHOLE. —A very steady bat, who
possesses several strokes. Has quickened his
pace in run-getting, and has played many
very valuable innings. Uses his reach well,
and can cover most length-balls with a very
straight bat. Developed into a useful bowler.

F. WELLBORNE.—Is very quick in the field, and
has a safe pair of hands, and has kept wicket
quite well. As a bat has been disappointing, as
he can hit, but often chooses the wrong ball,
and is too anxious to get balls round to leg : he
also puts them up on the off playing from the
wrong leg.

B. R. ROSS.—A keen slip, and quite the most
consistent bowler on the side, as he keeps a
length, comes in from the off and does not try
to bowl too fast. As a bat must learn not to
lose power by crouching over his forward
stroke and holding his bat too low.

F. Bussev.— Rather an uncertain bowler, but has
taken wickets with judicious variation of pace.
As a bat hits refreshingly hard, though he gets
across too many balls. Quite a good field.

R. H. S. ROSS.—As a bowler is too apt to sacrifice
length and direction to pace. Has quite
a useful forward stroke, but must learn to play
each ball on its merits. Rather uncertain in
the field.

W. E. CUMMINGS.—A good field with a safe pair
of hands. Has not yet enough power in his
forward stroke, and when he hits, plays across
his wicket too much: he has however made
runs when they were wanted.

L. S. GOODALL.—Has come on as a bat, but
plays too much with his bat horizontally, and
does not use his shoulders. Is a most alert
point, whose catching and ground fielding are
both good.

A. W. TEE.—Has improved as a bat, and when
he has learnt to get more straight swing into
his strokes will prove useful, as he has a good
eye and can hit hard.

J. B. SINNOTT.—His batting is rather laboured.
As a bowler must pay more attention to length.
A very fair field.

C. H. HACKETT.—Can bowl quite a good-length
ball, but his control of length and direction is
very uncertain. A variable field. As a bat
should be a hitter, but does not judge the flight
of the ball accurately.

F. TARRANT.—Has played in some matches. His
forward play is quite fair, but he has not yet
much power in his strokes. Has taken some
good catches, but must improve his ground
fielding and learn to get to the ball quicker.

2nd XI CHARACTERS.

E. G. WARE (Capt.)—Too much inclined to play
across his wicket, and does not watch the ball
enough.

F. H. COLLIHOLE.-Has cricket strokes, and with
more power should be useful. As a bowler
tires himself with his run.

H. CHIGNELL.—A painstaking bat, who has made
some useful scores.

R. W. BUCKLEY.—Lacks confidence and does not
play with the face of his bat. As a bowler can
make the ball break from the leg.

H. MESSAM.—Can bowl a good bowl, but his
length is rather uncertain.

F. J. TOVEY.—Plays back too much and loses all
power over the ball. A steady bowler.

A. J. B. COOPER.—Apt to flourish his bat into a
crooked position. Bowls fairly for a few overs.

F. E. JONES.—His batting is rather unorthodox,
though he can play forward quite well.

L. H. STEVENSON.—Ought to be a hitter, but
hits across too much. As a bowler does not
find a length. A poor field.

R. FORSYTH.—Can hit quite hard, but only in one
direction.

G. A. J. HOULDEN.—A keen left-hander, who
watches the ball.

OLD BOYS’ NEWS.

C. C. BRAMBLE is now at Artillery College,
Red Barrack, Woolwich, having passed the
Army Artificer Exam. in the first seven out of
fifty who competed.

G. T. WILLCOCKS appeared on a motor bike,
looking very thriving, and decidedly heavier
than when last at Fareham, He is at Manor
Farm, Chalton-Mackerel, Nr. Taunton.

F. KENNEDY-LAURIE, who left to go to Reading,
is now apprenticed to Plessey Engineering Co.,
at Ilford : his address is 44 Holmwood Road,
Seven Kings, E.

H. SWAFFIELD is now at Oakdene, Kinson, Near
Bournemouth, Nursery Gardening. He was in
Fareham at the end of June, as also was his
brother G. Swaffield, who was over from Paris
for a few days.

F. T. BUTLAND, 30 Nightingale Road, Southsea,
is taking up a Commission in the R.F.A.
Territorials.

L. G. EASTON, 5 Westmount Road, Eltham, is
still engineering, and is getting a good deal of
cricket.

G. H. STARLING is at 121 High Street, Itchen,
Southampton.

“PUSSY” SMITH is now at 30 Beaumont Rise,
Marlow, having been moved to the Bank there,
from Petersfield. His brother,

E. P. SMITH, has just been out to India and is
now going to New York and Cape Town.

J. M. LEE, who hoped to get back to captain the
Old Boys’ team, has had to join the Regiment
at Alexandria, so won’t get his leave this year.

R. R. SINCLAIR finished his course at Pangbourne
and joins the Clan Line as soon as he has got
over having his appendix out.

H. E. DEAN-COOPER, having defeated all his
“Mods” papers but one, is wrestling with that
and starts the long Vacation very shortly. He
is reading at Oxford for English Finals.

C. M. RIDSDALE is coming out of the Indian
Army, having been offered a good civil billet.

“NANNIE” SCOTT is said to be “coming out,”
and is now in the Hills at Coonoor.

F. R. CLARK is at Grange Estate, Honiton. He
looked us up the other day. He seems to
thrive on Devonshire cream !

V. HOULDEN is farming in Hertfordshire, before
going out to New Zealand.

R. SWINSTEAD is dairy farming at Curdridge.

NORMAN FROST has an article in this Magazine on
the Gramophone.

G. CHIGNELL, in his capacity as assistant analyst
at Hove, is said to be dissecting buns. When
last heard of, was counting the pips in strawberry
jam. He also meddles with Molecular
Complexes on occasion.

W. BAKER is at the Ministry of Health (Housing
Dept.).

D. P. DODRIDGE, when last heard of, was preparing
to leave for Malta, where he has been
appointed from the Eastern Telegraph Training
College. At the latter place, H. Evans, H.
Wellborne, and H. Lardeaux are still to be
found.

H. FAY is now at Southampton University
College, training for a Wireless Inspector.

E. CROAD, who is in the jewellery trade, was at
the School Sports, and was then about to start
for India.

G. RICHES is farming in Australia.

W. CROCKER, who is still at Bristol University,
writes to say that he will not be at the Old Boys’
Cricket Match, as he is camping at Folkestone.

A. LINESAY’S address for the present is ‘The
George Hotel,” Pangbourne-on-Thames.

“BUSH” Ivens (Avon Downs, Camooweal, N.
Queensland), is enjoying a lovely life out there,
out in the open all day and all night. There
are plenty of gins for society. He says: the
nearest town of any size is Cloncurry, 250 miles
distant, but one can reach the railway in 220
miles. The natives, though averaging seven
feet in height, are all as thin as match-sticks.
The out-back Australian is a fine type of man,
and not one would dream of betraying a trust :
bit different from the average Australian townsman,
who is undoubtedly the greatest crook
imaginable. Occasionally a shark finds his way
out here, and takes everyone in, but he does
not want to stay too long after he gets found
out, as he will find that the spin he gets is hardly
worth his crookedness. [I shall be sorry to
leave the people—I intend going inside to the
coast this year and start doing farming on my
own—though it is a “cow” of a country, with
the heat, flies, beetles, mosquitoes ; in fact all
the pests in the world : snakes, centipedes and
scorpions. My mate got bitten by a snake the
other night. He is not dead yet : so I suppose
it was a non-poisonous variety, or perhaps he
is immune to snake-bite, as he has been bitten
several times. I woke up the other night with
a 6in. centipede asleep on my face. He crawled
off and got into my blankets, and I did not find
him for a week. But far and away, the worst
pest is the beetle, which gets in one’s ears and
gives one the most awful agony. It is impossible
to get him out, until he feels like getting
out himself. But all the same Australia is a
fine country, especially the North, and I would
not leave it for the world.”

W. E. MAULE-COLE (Longerenong Agricultural
College, Dooen, Victoria, Australia), has been
in Australia for two years now, He calls it a
‘bonzer’ place. He says This part of
Australia (or Aussie), the Wimmera, is about
the best for wheat. The College is in the
centre and contains some 3,000 acres. The
year is divided into two Sessions and two
Vacations. The Sessions are five months each
and the Vacations one. Last Vacation I went
up to a sheep-station in N.S.W., consisting of
50,000 acres and carrying 23,000 sheep. It
was very hot, the temperature going up to 112°,
but we had a ripping time.

We had dances every fortnight. It is now
mid-winter and the mud appalling, but we
splash around somehow. The lamb-marking is
just over, and the ‘cropping’ (sowing the seed)
is nearly finished too. Every Session we have
Exams., Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Dairying,
Chemistry, Botany, Physics, Surveying,
etc., etc. The course here is two years, and
then providing all exams. have been passed,
they serve us out with ‘certificates of competency.’

There was to have been a paper-chase to-day,
but it started to pour yesterday and has kept
up ever since. We learn every branch of
farming here, sheep, wheat and other cereals,
dairying, orchard and poultry. One cannot
take a special course here in any one of these
branches, as they do at Dookie College.

The Australians have a football game of their
own which might be called a combination of
Rugby and Soccer, with a good deal of variation
too. The Australian chaps are not much
different from the English chaps, and they are
a bonzer lot, on the whole. They are awfully
open-hearted, and as a matter of fact everyone
seems to be so, more especially in the country ;
not nearly so conventional as at home.”

THE GRAMOPHONE.

Its DEFECTS and THEIR REMEDIES.

As an indication of the rapid growth of the
gramophone during the past few years, it may be
mentioned as an interesting fact, that in the 1904
Edition of “Grove’s Dictionary of Music,” the
word “gramophone” is not so much as mentioned ;
there is only a short description of the “Talking
Machine.” It is not so long ago that the records
made were those of brass bands, “with
effects,” bell and banjo solos, comic songs and
speeches.

To-day the gramophone is recognised universally
as a musical instrument, and its importance
in raising the general standard of musical taste
can easily be estimated when it is remembered
that superb records of many wonderful works can
be heard at the fireside of any home possessing a
gramophone.

Two serious defect have hitherto marred
complete enjoyment of this musical instrument.

One is the surface noise produced by the contact
of the steel needle with the record : the other— by
far the more serious—is the unnaturalness of tone.
How often have we heard the comment, “I really
thought it was a clarinet and not a violin"?

But. these two objections are already out-of-date,
by reason of two inventions which have been made
known only during the last few months. The first
of these inventions is the new process by which
Columbia Company have made their latest records,
giving us at last the perfect surface which the
gramophone lover has always dreamed of, but
hardly dared to hope for.

The other is the new “Lenthall” sound-box,
which at once puts the gramophone into the front
rank as a musical instrument. The chief feature
of this new sound-box is a diaphragm made of
spun aluminum instead of mica. A protuberance
is spun round the centre, which is thus strengthened,
and the over-vibration which causes a
‘blast’ on the highest and loudest notes is
avoided. The actual tone of any instrument or
voice can be exactly reproduced. True, it is
costly, but to the gramophone lover it is worth its
weight in gold, for to play one chord of an
orchestral record with the new sound-box will
mean at once and for ever to discard the old. It
has opened a new epoch in the history of the
gramophone.

NORMAN FROST.

BOOKS REVIEWED.

PHOSPHORUS ACID ESTERS.—The Influence of
the Character of the Groups R’, R”, R’” on the
Stability of the Molecular Complexes R'R”R’”
C-0-PCl2 and R’RR’"C-O-P(OH)2. Part I. By
David Runciman Boyd and Guy Chignell.

From the Transactions of the Chemical Society,
1923. Vol. 123.

The above treatise gives in concise form an
account of a research into the action of phosphorous
trichloride on aromatic alcohols. From the
title our readers will gather that the pamphlet is
not exactly elementary ; and while congratulating
Chignell on his share in a very valuable piece of
research, we think it would be better to refer those
capable of appreciating it to the Author, who
would then, doubtless, be glad to tell them all
about triphenylmethoxyphosphorus dichloride.

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