THE

MAY, 1006. No. 1.

A MAUAZINE OF THE ARMIDALE SCHOOL, NEW SOUTH WALES.

VOL. VIII.

SCHOOL NOTES

OFFICE-BEARERS

VALETE .. ..

SALVETE .. ..

CON'.l'ENTS.

MIDALIAN

1 LIBRARY BALANCE-SHEET .. 37

5 DRAMATIC SOCIETY BALANCE-SHEET 38

5 38

6 CADET CORPS .. .. .. 39

6 CADET Cosrs BALANCE-SHEET .. 407 SWIMMING .. .. .. .. 407 GYMNASIUM .. .. .. 418 FOOTBALL, PROSPECT .. .. 42

15 O.B.U. ANNUAL MEETING .. 43

CHAPEL NOTES

LAME SINGING

THE BY-LAWS OF CRICKET

PRIZE GIVINGCRICKET ..CRICKET CHARACTERS

CRICKET RESULTS

1ST NT. AVERAGES

2ND XI. AVERAGES

311D XI. AVERAGES

CRICKET RETROSPECT

LIBRARY

32 O.B.U. NOTES .. 4433 UNIVERSITY LETTER .. .. 4534 ARMIDALIAN BALANCE-SIII`ET .. 4634 O.B.U. BALANCE-SHEET .. .. 4735 GAMES' FUND BALANCE-SILENT .. 4835 OUR CONTEMPORARIES .. .. 4837 NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS .. .. 48

SCHOOL NOTES.

Macartuey passed the I Senior' for the second time inNovember last. Through failing in French he did not matricu-late ; this was hard lines, particularly as he got up from a sick-bed to take the paper, and was not fit for work. However, , all'swell that ends well,' and we congratulate our departed memberof the editorial staff on his success in March, and his subsequentappearance in University circles.

We sent up four candidates for matriculation this year, andall passed-a record for the School. The successful competitorswere :-H. W. Rawson, H. C. Wate, J. H. V. Scott, C. F. Scott,All are now in residence at the University, the former two atSt. Paul's, the brothers Scott at the rival college, St. Andrew's.

A gene from the Easter examination :- Question : Declinein plural : senex, etc. Answer : In plural, in pluralis, in plurale,etc., etc.

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We sear Fred. McQuade is off to England by the s.s. Scharn-host o_ Saturday. He has thoughts of a military career : not,we un;erstand, as a big drummer, a post he filled with suchdistincion at school.

Dmi:eg our last shale right our 'solemn wise man' took coverbehind a turkey-coop, an old woman, who was the owner, ripand at h ee with stones and sticks, and he immediately took toflight.

Whilr:; the captain was watering the cricket ground ourpoliticL.n, who happened to stray that way, saw him wateringthe griss, and asked him why he did not water the path in themiddle

On iie night of their returning from the holidays three of ourmembers hailed a cab. After they bad got a start their driver,who h,,.l had too much lemon syrup, thinking be would like tovisit th stars, drove into a lamp-post, evidently mistaking it foran ast,d body. Soon after getting under way again, a violentcollisioei occurred with the pavement, and the '' dauntless three,"fully e- pecting that if they went any faster than a walk, theywould test be going to their funeral, decided to pick up theirtraps a,id trust to shank's pony. Thus the ' long and the shortof it ' ,uturned to our midst.

Geo_e,etry definition (this is authentic) : A right-angledtriang.:: is a triangle that has three sides.

It It, s been decided that the Cox Memorial will take the formof a at t er cup, which is to be won yearly by the best averageshot in shooting. The winner will have his name put on it, andhold it for that year.

We , ongratulate K. Waley on holding the position of cox inthe Si. Paul's crew, and G. Macartney for playing in the 2ndXV., a id leaving a game in the 1st XV. for the University. Wealso congratulate Stephen on being selected for the UniversityPlay b the Dramatic Society.

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On Feb. 10th we all went to the °' J.P." Everybody appre-ciated it very much, and all went home with spasms fromlaughing

We congratulate P. S. Arnott, who succeeds G. Macartney ascaptain of the XV.

The members of No. 1 Study, noticing the pootpriuts of a catwhich had put its foot in an ink pot, and had given itself awayby dancing on Eli's cushion, set a snare, and have since caughtthree, one of which was identified as the School pet.

" Oh Rootity-Toot," You were bowled with a shoot-

er," remarked our curly lad." No, there yon mistake," Twas a curly break "-

Thus Curly, not Rooty, was had.

A ' Christy Minstrel ' entertainment was given in the school-room on the last night of the Xmas term. Having not beenable to find the programme we cannot give the stage names ofthe performers, suffice it to say they were excellently got up, forwhich the thanks of the company are due to Messrs. G. A. D.Silnpson and C. B. Rickinan, and provided real good fun to usall. The " tall " yards were taller than ever, and some of thesinging was even funnier than the performers aspired to make it.

The plaiting industry has not been so flourishing this half, asmost of the buyers won't pay, except on time-payment, which isnot good enough.

We congratulate Mr. Lawrance on winning Champion andFirst prizes with a Wyandotte pullet at the Armidale Show, alsofor winning a Golf Trophy in the Easter holidays.

A few weeks back there was an ' impromptu ' coursing matchin Mr. Fisher's garden, in which our dog secured the game, beinga rabbit.

We hope that football will not be hindered this quarter onaccount of the measles, which we think originated from theShow. We don't wish to imply that the Show was ' measley.'

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In site of the measles only sixteen were unable to go away atEaster, and of those who were left two more were attacked. OnSaturd,,,y, the 14th, we went to Gara, where several went in fora swin-.., but found it rather cold. In the afternoon nearly allwent ta_ see the electrical works, which are again working. One

enthusiastic runner ran all the way home, about 12 miles. OnTuesda 17th, we went to Hillgrove for our second picnic.Just aRer the start some amusement was caused by a man mis-taking us for the coach, but on being offered a seat at thedriver': feet, said he would wait till to-morrow. The roadwas ve. y dusty, and Cooney Creek Half-way House was hailedwith delight. Once at Hillgrove we were met by 1MIr. Simpson,who ar2otnpanied us down the steep tramway to the mine,Our billies were boiled in the furnaces, which saved making afire. -Iterwards Mr. Simpson, who had dinner with us, took usinto th, mine, where we went 1500ft. along the tunnel, andshowed us where they are sinking a new shaft, as the old one isnow d,:ngerous, owing to bulging rock. When we left thetunnel >ome of us saw the Potassium Cyanide Works, and thecrushin;:; battery. After afternoon tea we went up by the tram-way a -w! made a record trip, 22 being in the car. Then wewent t- the office, and saw some very rich specimens of quartz.and al:-) Mr, Wright, the assayer, very kindly showed us hislaboratuey.

The 'rive home was very dark, but not quite so dusty. Whenabout h:df a mile from the School our horses bumped into theback o:l a timber wagon, which had no light. As they wouldnot, we had to leave the road, and when getting on again in thedark, w very nearly upset, and were only prevented by some ofus lean i'' out to one side. This was the last of the holidays,much tf., the regret of all.

We congratulate White i on winning Mr. Payne's fieldingprize. t was thoroughly deserved. Arnett, Dalzell, and L.Taylor :ere the next best.

We a!.o congratulate Payne ii on his achievement in scoringover 80 runs for once out for the 5th Z.I., when playing againsta big b(,,;, who has bowled against our Ist XI. Nothing betterthan thi; has been done for a long time on the 3rd pitch.

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C. S. Slade succeeds H. W. Rawson as captain of the School.We congratulate him, and wish him long tenure of the office.

E. W. Marriott, who has represented the School for sometime on the Committee of the Great Public Schools' AthleticAssociation, has resigned. We offer him our thanks for his pastservices.

H. R. Browning has consented to take his place.

J. B. Sandilands, after two years' globe-trotting, has returnedto our midst. He is now residing at Roumalla, near Uralla,surrounded by weird animals, e.q., mongoose and a genuinechanielion. The latter is a strange creature, and does not liveon air, as popularly reported. It has a great liking for fatgrasshoppers, but is far too lazy to catch them for itself.

OFFICE-BEARERS.

Captain of School-C. S. Slade.Head House Prefect-B. White.Senior Prefects-B. White, E. J. Jenkins.Junior Prefects-S. C. Wiseman, M. -Maxwell, H. S. Anderson,

S. Payne, M. L. Williams.Prefects in Charge of Dormitories-No. I., S. C. Wiseman; No, II.,

B. White ; No. III., E. J. Jenkins.Captain of Cricket-B. White.Captain of Football-P. S. Arnott.1st Lieutenant of Cadets-B. White."red Lieutenant of Cadets-E. J. Jenkins.Librarians-B. White, S. C. Wiseman, B. J. Jenkins, M. Maxwell.Magazine Committee-B. J. Jenkins (Secretary), 5I. Maxwell, C. S.

Slade.Joint Hon. Sees. A.S.O.B. U.-H. R. Browning, P. S. Hipgrave.Iron. Treas. A.S.O.B. U.-H. H. Dixon, Esq.

N.B.-Any communication with regard to Cricket or Sportsto be sent to Mr. Lawrance ; Football or Library to Mr. Skuse ;Cadet Corps to Mr. Hartley ; Matter for Armidalian to Mr.Lawrance.

VALETE.

Macartney, U. 1477. Entered Feb., 1902; Captain of the School andHead House Prefect; colours Football; Captain of Football;2nd Lieutenant in Cadets; Librarian; Armidalian Committee;successful Junior and Senior ('04 and '05) candidate; SportsCommittee; winner of ` Rawson' Cup.

6 THE ARJIIDAI,1AN.1len-ie: F. 3I. Entered Feb., 1901; Junior Prefect; colours Foot-

],all; 1st Lieutenant in Cadets ; Captain of 2nd XI.; Captainc Shooting Team ; Sports Committee.

b'tepher. if. C. Entered April, 1903; Junior Prefect; 2nd XI.;2,,d NY.; successful Junior (matric.) candidate; ArwidalianC "a mittee ; Private in Cadets ; Choir.

Maley, .ll. G. K. Entered Oct., 1902; Senior Prefect; Librarian;-':ruoidalimt Committee; 2nd XV.; 3rd XI.; L.-Corporal-I summer in Band; successful Junior (matric.) candidate.

I)celseil, D. 1'. Entered Feb., 1901; Junior Prefect; Colours Foot-bAl and Cricket; ltmirlalian Committee; Corporal in Cadets;a . utber of Shooting Team ; Choir.

Rotrcou. 117. If. Re-entered Feb., 1903; Captain of the School;etior Prefect; Colours Football; Librarian; successful

S arch matric. ; Choir.11'att. 1'. C. Entered Feb. 1901; Junior Prefect; Private in Cadets;

L, I,r.uian successful Junior candidate and March Matric.Scott, .) If. V. Entered Feb., 1905; successful Junior and March

>i,ttric. candidate; 2nd XI. and Colours in Football.,`,'rott, (. F. Entered Feb., 1905; successful Junior and March

_At.ttric. candidate.Walker. 't. B. Entered Sept., 1903; private in Cadets; Half-colours

I, otball.b'is,urt., '. F. Entered March, 1905; privae in Cadets; 2nd XI. and

2;:,1 XV.

SALVETC.

Form A'A.-F. Griiliths.Form IV.-IC. L. Bee1aell.

J. Weaver.Form III.-I). Ti. Ralje.Forth II.-1I. IT. Chattel/.

L. Capel.T, . i1IeK. I'leteher vti.

Form I.-0. B. 1`u)tq tui.IC. If. I171ite q,°ts.(1. Is'. Furster toils.

We w, ce also very pleased to see AV. Rawson and O. J. Jenkinsback ago.+n.

CHAPEL NOTES.

DuritnJ the lsc quarter the venerable Archdeacon White,M.A., uA the Rev. Canon Radcliff have preached at the eveningservices, and their help has been much appreciated.

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The following special collections have been made since thelast issue. For the Clergy Provident Fund, e1 lls. 2d ; forthe Mission at Yarrabah, -3 Gs. 4d.

LAMB-SINGING.

There was a fairly good muster of lambs this time, but, owingto the bad state of the roads, most of them were very poor, twobeing so weak that they were unable to sing. One of our oldmembers, Mr. Jones, was elected Chairman, but owing to somuch applause no one heard his speech. After a little per-suasion the first lamb started off with 11 The Boy Stood on theBurning Deck," but was immediately drowned by cries of°' something else." After that came Capel, the best performerof the evening, with his recitations, The Skeeter and thePolitikin " and t{ Daly's Dog Wattle." We had another versionof " The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck " and the original" Mary had a Little Lamb," but nothing startling happeneduntil someone said something about a " Priest in a MulberryTree," when shouts came from the audience, " It must havebeen Eli." We then had an exhibition of cakewalking, thelambs being led by an old and noted performer, and beingaccompanied on the piano by Arnott, who gave us a few selec-tions. There were a few other novel items, such as turningsomersaults, and having embraced each other the lambs wentaway happy.

The following were found among M.SS. left by a late memberof the editorial staff. On enquiry he disclaims the authorship,but cannot remember whence he culled them. We publishwithout apology, hoping the author will excuse our omission toacknowledge.-Ens. Arueidalian.

SOME OF THE BY-LAWS OF CRICKET.1. The skipper shall arrange the order of going in, but the order

of going out shall vary inversely as the product of the batting andbowling.

2. The skipper of the opposing side shall place the field, and thefield shall remain as placed; in the event of an earthquake, posi-tions may be altered.

3. If the weather be wet and the wicket tricky, the batsmenwill go out in quick succession. This shall be called a rot, and thecrop of runs shall be exceedingly small.

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4. In the event of rain point may demand a cover, and if the rainbe hea, r and the point be weak, the captain may put on anextra c.,ter.

5. Si payment shall be made to the gate or wicket-keeper; if hereceive any such toll he shall be disqualified.

6. Tb umpire's person is inviolable. If a ball, whether proceed-ing fro,l bowler or batsman, strike the umpire, it shall be con-sidered dead ; if the umpire also be dead the game shall be sus-pended till such time as a new umpire be appointed, and if it beshown that the ball was directed by bowler or striker with maliciousintent the may be suspended also.

7. If the ball delivered by the bowler strike the batsman on thehead it hall be called a head ball. This is a most useful ball.

S. If he ball, insidiously darting beneath the ba tsman's guarddisturi, aic wickets, it shall be called a " yorker "; if, on the otherhand, f!ie batsman be caught behind the wicket it may be called a

lankatcher"-but this depends upon the wicket-keeper.9. Ai, thing under-hand may be treated with the utmost con-

tempt. i-ucli contempt is not likely to breed familiarity, as the bats-man will probably go out too soon.

10. 11', on the sixth ball the bowler shall knock the batsman down,the urn ire shall call out " Over"; if no runs have been scored, andit is a ;_,rl who is batting it shall b,- called a "Maiden over."

11. I= the ball delivered by the bowler strike the batsman on theleg the !owlet shall immediately cry, " How is it?" And the fields-man shc!11 all exclaim, " Chuck her up." The batsman, disregardingthe pO i to enquiry of the bowler, shall then look towards theumpire who, if lie be much hurt, shall signal hint permission toretire. The batsman, on reaching the pavilion, shall explain to hisfriends die position of his leg, the nature of the break, and his highopinioi of the umpire.

THE PRIZE-GIVING.

heport.0 of the llead)wtster and it ea>ninees foe 1905.

C; IAIRnAN's ADDRESS (Reprinted feoaa the " Uhroiaicle."

EI1 HEAD MASTER'S ANNUAL REPORT.

To the 'irectors of The Armidale School.fiend,,men,-I ha, the honour to present to you my annual report. It is

gratifyii ;; to be able to record that numbers have been wellmmainta;,10 1 during the past veal-, and, in spite of the fact that in

common with other schools we have suffered from the wave ofsickness, which passed over the country during the past six months,we end the year with practically a full school.

"There have been several changes on the staff since this timelast year. Mr. Shuttlewood and Mr. Cranswick joined in February,the former taking the position of organist and choirmaster, inaddition to his duties as form master. And the result of havinga form master in charge of the choir, has certainly had good effectin Yaisiug the standard of singing. In July, Air. Newbery joinedthe staff. This meant an addition to the staff, with the object ofdispensing with a school sergeant, and setting Mr. IIartley free totake full charge of the drill and gymnastics. Besides this, I havebeen able to subdivide the forms more in Languages andMathe-matics, the subjects which call for the greatest amount of individualattention. I feel justified in saying that the school is now betterstaffed than at any time during the last 10 years, and trust that theresults will be seen in raising the standard of work all through.Two of the conditions necessary for effective class-teaching are thatthe class should be of a reasonable size, and that it should be levelin point of attainments. Unless the former condition is fulfilled,the teaching either becomes purely mechanical and a matter ofdrill, or else it approximates to the description that has been givenof preaching. .% preacher has been likened to a man who has setin front of him a number of vessels of considerable capacity, butwith narrow- necks, and whose duty it is to fill these vessels bysprinkling them with a watering can. And a master in charge ofan unwieldy form is in much the same position. However assidu-ously lie may sprinkle his class with the water of knowledge, it is tobe feared that a great deal runs to waste. Then, again, in a schoollike this, where the boys at the top of the school are working forthe University examinations, other boys at the bottom have to beginwith the most elementary work, there must he considerable sub-division to cover the ground in languages and mathematics. Thanksto the increase in the staff, both these conditions are now fulfilled,and the addition of it form ill the lower school should enable the.work in the upper school to be considerably expanded.

" The Latin and French of the whole school has been examinedby 'Mr. Nicholls, and the mathematics bt llr. New-bery. Bothexaminers have remarked upon the absence of a Vlth Form. Asfar as the mere name goes, it would be just as convenient to call theUpper Vth the VIth. The reason I have not done so is because Iwanted to reserve the more honourable title of Vlth for it form ofboys who were definitely preparing for the senior examination.Now, the existence of such a form depends entirely upon the materialat hand. In a school of 90, there will not always he enough cleverboys to make a form fit to do senior work-especially when it isremembered that our boys are drawn largely from the country class,

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which, though it supplies splendid material for the forniatior of afine, nma:cly character, does not as a rule produce boys who loveworking r examinations.

I gig: - Mr. Newhery's report in full. It is one of the must.sotisfacto ;s the school has ever had, and shows that, in spite ofsonne clrzil cs I asks, owying to broken work, the quality of the workhas in n way suffered. -Mr. Nicholls' report is somewhat lengthy,and goes nt" general educational matters not particularly connectedwith the Latin, Greek, and French which lie examined. I will,therefore. real only those portions dealing with the work examined.I am in, hued to think that if Mr. -Nicholls were to try the bookrnentiune on Furor I. and If., he would alter his opinion about itssuitabilii , fur small boys. With the general idea of trying toexpand it he work, I am quite in accord. As a matter of fact, thework in lie A'th Form has already been expanded, as they havecovered core ground in both languages and ]mathematics than ithas been itsiontary for the Junior Form to do hitherto.

" In tl, I`niversite exam inations the school has, oil the whole,lone vcr} .c ll during the year. We have secured one pass in theMarch ill ri,ulation, eight passes, in the Junior, and one in thesenior. ''I - Junior results were, ill some respects, the ]]lostsat1sfact ire have had. Ni one hey shone particularly abovethe ether but the general level was higher than usual, as is shownby the fa. that there were no failures, that 3 boys qualified forntatricul:i- i-t, and that there were more B's and fewer c's than wehave had 4 late years. These results, taken in conjunction withthe (-\:U,u.-r's rcl,ort show that the work of the school is in athorougbi "'mid and satisfactory state.

"Amo l -1 the University successes Must, be placed those of O C.Made, wt l was first on the pass list of the L.L.Y. finals; . A. M.Jlartyn. c n, gained second-class horrors in the B.E. degree exaniin-:itions, mi I has since been appointed Junior Demonstrator inEngineeri :it the sydney 1"mirersity; and E. W. Marriot. whosecure1 lip t- I;rss honours in third year Engineering'. The CadetCorps 1%a- .each hanulieappel in the preparation for the competitionsin sydncn i,y the enforced absence of JIr. 1lartley, Even so, theyagain gairn. e1 recond place out of the live competing, schools, beingbeaten oni . l.v Newinrgton. This is a very gratifying performance,but it welt be quite possible to have a shooting team carrying offprizes, who le the general standard of shooting of the Corps was low.lluclr is tit . iiien and talked of now-a-days about national defence,and the c'r niial thing in a Cmolet Corp,, is that every Member of theCorps slm--h1 i,e bron_lrt lllto ucertain standard. During this quar-to, the tt d- Corps has g,oin' through a special course ill musketry,and bar :]clued the highly satisfactory average of tit; per cent.There has 'semi a great advance in gymnastics during the year, andille stan,l,.rid reached in the annual competitions just held wasmuch high 'r than in recent years.

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" The school ;antes, in the hands of llr. Lawrance and Mr.til:use, have been carried on successfully during the year. Themost noteworthy incident was the visit of the football \\'. toToowoomba to meet the (,ramrnar School team, when they scored adecisive victory by 23 to nil.

We are again indebted to Archdeacon White, \Ir. I)angar, and-M I,. Foster, for continuing their special prizes for composition; andMr. Watt has presented the Divinity prizes, Dr. Wigan the HistoricalEssay, and Mr. Weaver the \'th English.

In conclusion, I can confidently say that as regards work,discipline, and the general tone of the school, things were never ina more satisfactory state than they are now. And I wish to thankthe members of the staff, the prefects,and the boys as a whole,who have helped to bring about this most desirable result."

W. Fts]ixs, M.A.,Ileadnttaster.

F.\_1.\1lNEitS' I.EFOI.TS. Xsmxs, IHOJ.

LATIN, FRENCH, A-M-) ,REEK REPORT.The Council of The Arrmidale School.

(er]tletnen,-I have the honour to submit My report of the examination of the

_lrmidale school in Latin, (reek, and French."Tire Latin work of the school is in it satisfactory condition, time

upper forms being stronger, I think, than last year. ()ne form hasfallen rather below expectations, but its average output is not veryfar behind that of some of the others. I am of opinion that thelatin work of all the forms from the I\'th downwards might beprofitably increased and expanded, as the results show that theycan do more work. The IVt.h ought at least to read a book of Cmesar.

" Greek was sent up from two divisions, with satisfactory results,but here again I would issue a caution not to stop too long over the

dry bones " in division 11."III French, the translation work of the stduoo1 ranges from

satisfactory rat good, as clues the ruurposition. Two forums are belowthe average, one in translation, the other in composition. The V.is stronger than in previous years, but could be ]made more so byI\'. beginning easy, continuous prose, instead of boys beginning itin the V. With such a hook as the school now uses, it should notbe difficult to grade the work, by a judicious selection, to meet this,and relieve the upper forms which are now carrying more. thantheir fair load, and this could be done by abolishing the book nowin use ill 1. and II., and using the other. It seems to me a waste oftime, to practically have to go over the same ground again, inanother form, when the boys get into the III. form.

" I wish once more to draw attention to the lack of power ofexpression in I?ti;elish, and also to faulty spelling, such things asgoiv' for are lltoxcusable, anll I fount] orally such."

W. 1-1. NicHOLLS, B.A.

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.1L! (IIF.11AT1('Ai. AN1) CIIE\IISTRY EXAMINATION1tI' POIiT.

To the t ouncil of The Aruridale School.( 4entk iliell,-"As 1 understood the school had suffered from considerable

disorganisation (luring the past year from sickness, I determined toset papers that were fairly easy in character. I did not anticipatethat my ympat]letic course would be so acceptable to the variousclasses, art the fact is that 1 must admit that. the results are almosttoo goon but an easy examination is perhaps the best test oftlrorougl work, if a high standard of criticism is brought to bear oilthe papc s !,ent ill ; and, I am, happily able to state, without reser-vation, that the previous reputation of The Arntidale School, foraccurate ,e,nd soumi work, has been amply sustained this year. Atthe top the school there seems to be a falling off in the standard,us colllpi,tre-l with past years, but this only applies to the range ofwork, anti nut the quality.

" In c .. nuetry, V. A (81) per cent.) and V. B (7(; per cent.) didextrernel good papers. I\-. and Ill. it sent up sound andintellige),i world, hilt it lacked finish and accuracy. The otherclasses ,aid well. but the Bxperinreutal (teometrY has not [ladenough aiieotion.

Makig every allowance for easy papers, the Algebra waseaceptioi,ills good. The best comment is the list of the class percelltages : 1 A, 8;t per cent. ; V. 13, $3 per cent. ; I V., 71 per cent.II1. A, 8-1 l,er cent-. ; III. B, is per cent. ; II., 80 per cent.

"'Pile .,.ritdunetic also was extretnely satisfactory, though not sohigh in totality as the Algebra. In some cases, numerical errorswere to, common; but nowhere did I find a want of soundprinciple ;urd good teaching.

The VIII stry Class averaged 6-4 per cent., and the majorityseat ill) sa Risible and accurate work.

The tigher itItit] lenratical paper, specially set to Watt i, wasevidently ery much to his, taste, as he secured Sri per cent."

Yours, etc.,W)I. Nl.wnt,r,Y, JI.A.,

(Late Sell lee of Peterlouee, Cambridge.)

"1'111; ('l1AII.1LaN'S .11)I>hl?SS.The Bt. hop, at the outset of his address, stated that he had

oxtended :tn invitation to Lord Jersey to attend the annualbreaking-o l,, but cvaut of time had prevented the popular ex-Iiovernorronr accepting. His Lordship then referred to the sadand sorrov, fill bereavement of the present (lovernor of the State,Sir harry- ltawsoll, by the death of his wife. All of the boys of theSchool mud=l have felt very g rcat regret at Lady Itawson's death,

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because they would naturally feel for one who was their school-fellow in his trouble, which was the greatest and deepest a boy oralmost anyone could suffer-the loss of a dear mother. Speakingfor the people of Armiclale it was with the deepest possibleregret that they received the intelligence of the death of LadyRawson. They all felt the great loss which the Governor and hischildren had sustained. Another dear friend had lately passedaway in the Bishop of Newcastle. The late I)r. Stanton was presentat the opening of the School, and preached the sermon at thededication of the chapel. At all times the Bishop had manifestedan interest in the School, and they deplored that the Church andState had lost one who had ever been an ornament to both. Turningto other matters, His Lordship said that the I-Ieadmaster allcl hisstaff were to be congratulated on the report of the year's operations,and so were the boys, for if they had not responded to the efforts ofthe teachers there would not have been the percentage gained asmentioned in this report. (Applause). They had heard of thesuccess of those who sat for the -University Examinations, bothpast and present boys, and were thankful to hear of suchachievements. Personally he contended that examinations werenot the best possible test of education, admitting that to a greatextent they showed what a pupil knew. In conversation with anold friend once it was remarked that the boys who were mostbrilliant at school, and were envied by their school-fellows, had notturned out up to expectations in after life. The boys must notsuppose from that that those who received prizes _co-day were notbetter than the others. There must be some sort of a test, but thetest imposed at the school was not the test submitted by examinerssuch as Messrs. Nicholls and Newbery. Account was taken of thework of the whole year, for'the teachers were ]letter able to judgeof the merit of the work than a casual examiner who set a fewquestions from a text book. Admiral Sir John Fisher (first Lordof the late Admiralty), in dealing with the question of education,in an interview with Harold Begbie, a noted English journalist,said that " a boy should be taught from the cradle to acquire thegreat Napoleonic attributes to the foundation of character-self-reliance, fertility of resource, fearlessness of responsibility, and thepower of initiative. (five a boy these four things, and his manhoodis saved-he will always rise, he will always be there." IIe trustedthat every boy of the Armidale School hoped to "Ire there" in thesense implied by Sir John Fisher, and intended to possess theattributes which were undoubtedly very std nngly marked ill thecharacter of the first Napoleon. Those were four most importantfoundation stones, and if they built 'upon them, they may expectto emulate those who had done great things in different departmentsof life. He hoped all the boys were taught to Ire self-reliant. Thiswas a manly characteristic, and should be aimed at by all boys.

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Ti the, was one thing to be said against the people of Australia, itwas the they needed to cultivate more a true spirit of independence.People night ray that Australians were the most independentpeople, but it w a, not the independence which he had in mind.The inci,!l,endeirce to which lie referred was that which prompted itperson ;, say : " I will be independent of everybody so long as I canto a thing myself, and I will never accept aid so long as I can doit." T:,e re. had been a tendency out here to see how much could be"screen .1 out of the Government-people accepted State aidwhose i-latives could afford to support them. That was all tendingto sap tie real independence of the people, and destroy their self-reliance.. They should see to this, and determine that they woulddepend upon themselves to do the things which they felt they hadthe po,.. er within them to do, and only accept assistance fromanyone else when they found it impossible to proceed without suchassista1 -e. (Applause). With regard to " fertility of resource,"while i'iere were some men born with such gifts, they must notforget that this characteristic could be cultivated. A boy in a tightcorner =could always be depended on to he sufficiently fertile inresourc,. to extricate himself (laughter) ; could they not, then,exhibit fertility in more worthy things. If one way would notdo, the should try another-it should be the determination of allboys n, rer to be beaten. In the matter of " fearlessness ofrespond bilit.y," it -would be admitted by all. that many peopleshranl; rein assuming responsibility. There was a responsibilityon all .i' them-a duty for everyone to perform, thing, they allmust '1.,, or attempt. They needed to realise that each had arespon; I I)ilit.y, and would not shrink or recede therefrom. The lastattribu tinder notice was " the power of initiative." In the SouthAfrican war it rras clearly shown that the Australian had a powerof lull ,ative much beyond that of the ordinary British soldier.'['his w:.:+ due to their training in the bush, where men had to actfor the jiselves, and lead a more isolated life than in the oldcouutr These things should all be cultivated in boyhood. Theyroust c,dtivate the power, of initiative, and be independent ofothers. Ii all cause to being independent-being able to act eachfor hii t1;, each to bear his own burdens, to act upon his ownrespri i,iIity. The school succeeded best which laid the foundationto whir he referred, especially in regard to boys, who had to strikeout fo! iiemselves. He believed that the aim of the ArmidaleSchool ,as in the direction of building up character such as thatoutline!, and lie felt that good work was being done in thatparticu?:ir respect. Let there be a spirit of hopefulness, a feeling-which s,ould be in the breast of every youth, a spirit of enthusiasm,a feelin that there are brave deeds to he done, and that it wastheir 1, to do some of them, and please God, they would accomplishz,:ruch, (_t,pplause.)

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The Bishop then presented the following prizes:-('lass ti I.-Mathematics, Macartney.Class V. A.-English, Latin, and French, Slade ; Mathematics,

Slade.Class V. s.-English, Taylor mi ; Latin and French, Gaden ;

Mathematics, Young ina.Class IV.-English and French, Richardson; Mathematics,

Richardson and Williams; Latin, Tooth ma.(.'lass III...-English and Mathematics, tiyme ma; Latin and

French, Maxwell ini.(.'lass III. n.-Latin, Eastick ma ; French, Syuie ma ; Mathe-

matics, Forster nia.Class TI.-English, Ronald; Mathematics,, M'i)ougall ii; Latin,

Walker uri; French, Allen.Class I.-English, Forster ii; Latin, Watt nii; French, Doyle;

Mathematics, Forster rni.Divinity-Tipper School, Scott ma; Lower School, Simpson.Greek-Maxwell ma.Chemistry-Slade.Historical Essay-Macartney.

Composition-Tipper School, Stephen ; Lower School, Synie ruaForm V. a.-Scott nii; V. ii., Dalzell; IV., Waley mi: ITT.,

Arnott rni; IT., Smith; I., Doyle.Precis and Book-keepingDalzell.Gymnastic \Iedals-Senior, Arnott nia; .Junior, Abbott.Shooting Medals-hays, Anderson mi, Taylor mi.Rawson Cup-_llacartney.

CRICKET.

lei XI. v. - OR.TII (IUYRA. Played at Guyra, December 2ind.Our opponents had a strong eleven, and we expected a big

score from them. The wicket, however, was not easy, bumpingconsiderably at one end, and keeping low at the other. Taylor isoon found the spot and wickets fell fast. S wickets were downfor 8 runs, all clean bowled by Taylor, at the cost of one runonly. The next wicket raised the score to 21, but no importantstand was made, and the total realised 29 only. Even on thiswicket we did not anticipate that we would have any difficultyin reaching this total, nor had we. Mr. Skuse was caught atthe wicket for 0 off a bumpy ball, but Mr. Lawrance and Dalzellmade a prolonged stand, the total being 72 before the formerwas bowled, Dalzell played well for 52, if a little lucky, andArnett, the two Taylors, and Payne made useful scores. Our

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total reto 'lied 154, placing us safe for victory. Guyra battedagain aid went it. for hitting with considerable success, and atthe call ,i time had scored 123 for 4 wickets. Hooker, whomade 2'. not out, hit 3 fives, 3 fours, and 1 single. Wewere get 10f01 that this form was not displayed in the firstinnings.

Not it Guyra, 1st Innings. School, lst Innings.J. Roche, b Taylor, L. .. .. 4 Mr. Skuse, c Selden, b Wright.. 0McGoveri b Taylor, L .. .. 0 D. Dalzell, b H Chisholm 52H. Chish tm, b Taylor, L. .. 0 Mr. Lawrance, b H. Chishohn 26C Selden. not out .. 5 S. Payne, b Wright 17N. Chishc in, b Taylor, L. . 2 13. Morse, b McAlister 4

Nankeryi , b Taylor, L... .. 0 B. White, b H. Chisholm 1

McAliste_ b Tooth .. 8 C. Taylor, b Selden 11Hooker, c Arnott, b Taylor, L. 5 P. Arnott, not out 20Wright, 1:, 'tooth .. 0 0. Tooth, b Wright 0Devenish, Mr. Lawrance, b Tooth 0 L. Taylor, c H. Chisholm bHartwell, b Tooth.. .. . 0 McAlister 12

Sundries . . .. .. 5 K. Turton, c Roche, b McAlister 0Sundries .. .. 1L

Total 29 Total 154

Nor,i Guyra, 2nd Innings. Bowling Analysis :-0. Tooth, 4S. Chisholm, c Turton, bTaylor,L. 11 for 11 ; L.Devenish, c Arnott, b Taylor, L. It

H. Chisholm, c White, b Payne.. 2tC. Seldon c Turton, b Arnott .. 36McAlister not out .. .. isHooker, n.at out .. .. .. 28C. \VrightJ. Boche,Nankervi . (lid not bat..Hartwell,McGoverr.

Sun.i_nies .. .. . 4

Taylor, 6 for 13.

- Bowling Analysis:-L. Taylor 2Total 123 for 21 ; P. Arnott, 1 for 22 : S.

- Payne, 1 for 29.lsr I. v. l-It.\LL.\. Played at School on llecenilrer 8th

Our o;.))ouents arrived 3 short, but made an excellent startwith the lint, having 90 on the board before the first wicket fell.Smith h,i with great vigor, and before being nicely caught byTaylor ii, had scored 68, including 1 five and 10 fours. Thetotal wa: then Sit;, and McAlpine and Johnstone increased itfurther. Five wickets were down for 156, but Arnott was toogood for he others, and this was the final total we had to face.Arnott 1 iwled very well, and took 4 wickets for ten runs.Dalzell toid Mi. Skuse opened the batting by steady play, thescore soot, ru.ounted. The Fralla captain did not ask for anysubstitut s for the field, and this materially helped the batsmen,

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At tea time the score was 140, both batsmen standing at thesame total. After tea the services of substitutes were obtained,but by this time the bowling was worn out, and the chief interestcentred in the question of individual centuries. Both Mr.Skuse and Dalzell obtained them, the former retiring with crampat 102, the total being 227, a record for 1st wicket. Mr.Lawrance joined Dalzell, who immediately played on to Cooper,having made 109, containing 12 fours ; Mr. Skuse's inningsincluded 6 boundary hits. White joined Mr. Lawrance, and theworn-out bowling was freely punished, over 100 being put on in45 minutes before White was caught from a skier. His inningscontained 6 fours, and Mr. Lawrance hit one five and six fours.

Uralla, 1st Innings.Snape, b ArnottSmith, jun., c. Taylor, C. b ToothMcAlpine, sen., c Taylor, C., b

Taylor, L.Johnstone, c White, b ToothCooper, sen., b ArnottSmith, sen., c White, b ArnottCooper, jun., b ArnottG. Cochrane, not out

Sundries .. ..

3468

2315

0300

13

School, 1st Innings.Mr. Skuse, retiredD. Dalzell, h CooperMr. Lawrance, not outB. White, c Smith, jun.,

McAlpineB. Morse,S. Payne,0. Taylor ,

P. Arnott,0. Tooth,L. Taylor,

did not bat

K. Turton, )Sundries

102109

53b

. 58

.. 17

Total 156 Total 339

Bowling Analysis :-Arnott, 4 for 10 ; Tooth, 2 for 60 ; L. Taylor, 1 for 54.

SCHOOL v. OLD BOYS.It was hoped that a really strong team of Old Boys would visit

us this time, and our expectations were partly fulfilled. Theabsence of one or two who had been expected, weakened them alittle, but they made it good start in batting, and never gotdemoralised in bowling in spite of the stubborn resistance ofthe School batsmen. The scores lock like an easy victory forthe School, but, though it was a substantial one, runs were nevereasily got, and the fielding of the Old Boys never got slack.

Dick Blorfield was elected captain of the Old Boys, and lostthe toss, White sending them to the wickets. A good start wasmade by Blaxland and Blomfield (Geoff.), though the formerfound the pace awkward after turf. However, by steady playon his part, and some good leg strokes and off drives by Blomfieldthe score reached 53 before Arnott bowled Blaxland, who hadshaped well for 22. Johnstone, who followed, played steady

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cricket, ,-hile Dlomfield scored freely, especially off Arnott. Thescore re...''hed 109 before Tooth bowled Johnstone. Wade madea few, failing to a catch by Jenkins at 123. At this point. Arnottwas tries: at the School end, and had wonderful success. Withthe first hall of his over he bowled Blomfield, who had playedvery wed;' for 73, hittting 9 fours. Delfield was out first ball,and Gr, nup only survived one, and was then. bowled by abeauty. Thus four wickets fell at the same total.

After _nnch the remainder went quickly, and the total onlyreached 30, a disappointment for the Old Boys after their goodstart. V, bite i took Dalzell in with him, and faced the bowlingof «'adt :mild Delfield. By steady play 55 was reached beforeWright d.:.ught White in the slips for a steady innings of 25.Morse joined Dalzell and gradually the Old Boys' bowling wasmastered. The 2nd wicket added 135 before Dalzell was out fora good it pings of 80. lie played slow cricket, but the bowlingwas new, loose and the fielding keen throughout. Payne joinedMorse, who hit freely towards the close, and had the satisfactionof winni ng; a bat. He played well for his runs.

_Mrs. i'isher entertained both teams and many visitors toafternoot. tea.

01 Boys, lst Innings. School, 1st Innings.F. Blaxlar,d, b Arnott .. .. 22 D. Dalzell, c wade, b Sinclair SOA. Blomfif 1-1, b Arnott .. .. 73 B. White, c Wright, b Wade .. 25J. Johnstca.a. h Tooth .. 12 B. Morse, not out . 58F. Wade, c Jenkins, u Tooth .. 13 S. Payne, not out. . .. .. 10A. Belfield lbw b Arnott.. .. 0 C. Taylor.H

Lid. Greenu;, b Arnott .. 0 P. Arnott,

C. Wright Tooth, b Arnott 1 0. Tooth,.R. Blomfi d, b Tooth 2 E. Jenkin s . not batJ. Blaxlan t, b Tooth .. 3 H, Anderson,Sinclair, "t in out .. .. .. 1 L. Taylor,B. Chard, ot out.. .. .. 0 Ii. Turton,

Sundry s .. .. .. 3 Sundries .. .. .. 26

Total 130

Bowling Analysis:--Arnott, 5 for36; Tooth -t for 38.

Total 199

Bowling Analysis :-Sinclair, 1 for19; Wade, 1 for 60.

l sT X1. v. B00IIOLOYG.Our fit match of the quarter was played on our ground on

Feb. 17th, Having lost Dalzell, probably the best bat we haveever had, tnd Taylor i, one of our few bowlers, we did not feelconfident of repeating our successes before Xmas. However, wedid prett; well, and at one time looked like winning, but thetask set u:: by our opponents was a trifle too stiff. Boorolong

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had their very best team, and batting first, made 175. Webegan fairly well, having 3 out for 21, and later had 7 for 94,but a stand then took the score to 154, and the score waseventually nearly doubled by the last three men. Tooth andAir. Skuse divided the wickets. Our excellent feature of thematch was the catching, White, Morse, and Arnott all makinggood ones which might easily have been dropped, and whichprobably considerably reduced our opponents' score. Our startwas not good, Mr. Skuse going at 5; White and Mr. Lawranceadded 30, when the latter succumbed to a slow yorker, White fol-lowing at 53. Morse played confidently and scored fast, Taylorplaying steadily, and the fourth wicket fell at 85. Payne and Tay-lor soon followed Morse, but Tooth and Jenkins added 20, andwith Arnott playing well, our chances brightened. Anderson hada short stay, making two boundary hits. It is a pity he doesn'twait for the balls to hit, as he can defend well enough, butthrows away his wicket in attempts to bit good balls. Turtonjoined Arnott, and showed a stubborn defence that he was notcredited with possessing. Gradually the score rose and we werejust beginning to get excited, when Arnott was caught at 156,and we were beaten by 19 after a good finish.

The determined play of our later batsmen, added to the goodfielding, made this defeat almost palatable.

Boorolong, 1st Innings. School, let Innings.J. Chisholm, b Tooth . . .. S Mr. Skuse, c J. C. Chisholni, bH. M, Croft, c AIr. Skuse, b Tooth 12 P. Chisholm .. .. .. 4J. H. Andrew, b Air. Skuse .. 0 B. White, o P. Chisholni, b Delfield 22A. Andrew, c White, b Mr. Skuse 33 Mr. Lawrance, b P. Chisholm .. 17W. Andrew, b Mr. Skuse.. .. 23 B. illorse,c P. Chisholm,b J. Upson 37N. Andrew, run out .. .. 0 C. Taylor, b W. Andrew.. .. 4

A. Belfield, c Morse, b Mr. Skuse 5 S. Paine, b Upson .. .. 0P. Chisholni, c Arnott, b Tooth 31 0. Tooth, b W. Andrew .. . 12D. Millen, b Tooth . . 42 L. J. Jenkins, lbw b P. Chisholm 17J. B. Croft, e Payne. b Mr. Skuse 11 P. Arnott, c N. Andrew, b H. Croft 21J. Upson, not out.. .. .. 0 H. Anderson, C. Belfield, b P.

Sundries .. .. .. 10 Chisholm . . . . .. 8P. Turton, not out .. .. 9

Sundries .. .. .. 5

Total 175 Total 156

Bowling.-Mr. Skuse, 5 for 63; Tooth, 4 for 56.

IST 1I. V. Alit. HOWL'S XI.On Feb. 24th, Guyra disappointed us, but Mr. Howe very

kindly raised a team at short notice for an afternoon match.Unfortunately only an hour's play was possible, before a deluge

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of rain crashed its off the field. During that time our opponentsput together 88 for the loss of two wickets, Mr. Howe showinggood for_n for 49 not out.

Mr. 111 owe's XI., 1st Innings. Bowling Analysis :-Arnott, 1 forRutliven, II Tooth.. .. 19 3 ; Tooth, 1 for 30.Howe, not out .. .. .. 49Boylson, Arnott.. .. .. 14Howard,Wade,Robins,Johnson,Love,Geary,

of bat

Bailey,Long,

Sundries

Total 83

1sT XI. v. BOOROLONG.

For th second Saturday in succession the weather was unkindto us, as we bad a trip to 13oorolong for less than an hour's play.During i'bat time we lost 3 wickets for 56.

The wicket played badly, particularly at one end, and W.Andrew -vas most successful in tempting our batsmen to go atoff balls which rose very quickly and very high. Morse and Mr.Skuse bout fell in this way, and Mr. Lawrence was missed.Another i.natch has been arranged for April 7th.

School, 1st Innings.Mr. Skus-, c J. Andrew, b W.

Andie,v .. 8B. White. e W. Andrew, b A.

Belflela .. .. . 16Mr. Lawrence, not out .. 24

B. Moise, J. Andrew bIT. Andrew 0C. Taylor, not out .. .. 6

S. Payne,0. Tooth,P. Arnott, i did not batE. Jenkins.H. Anders i,K. ''urton,

Sundrua4 .. 2

Total 56

1ST N.I. SALISBURY.This --catch was played at the School on March 10th.

Salisbury batted first, and showed very stubborn cricket, thefirst wick. t realising 65. Each wicket added a fair quantum tothe score. Geoff. Blomfield batting very soundly. He had

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hard luck in being bowled when within one of the hundred, andhis innings was certainly the best played against us this year.Smith gave a fine exhibition of his powerful hitting, which weknow too well already, hitting no less than six fivers, and thetotal reached 228.

Arnott did best with the ball, taking 3 wickets for 31, Mr.Skuse's and Tooth's wickets cost 22 and 17 runs apiece.

It was evident from the first that our task was a hard one,and it was not made any easier by the comparative failure of theearly batsmen. Taylor and White made the first stand, andwhen White left, Arnott helped Taylor to add 40, and 103 wasup for 5 wickets. It was now possible to win, draw, or lose, butthe first soon faded away to impossibility, and it became aquestion if we could avoid the last. Tooth and Jenkins gavevaluable assistance, but when Blomfield bowled Taylor we hadsmall hope of saving the match. Turton went in with 28minutes to play, in a bad light. He again demonstrated abilityto keep up his wicket at a critical time, but unfortunately.Jenkins was caught at short leg with ten minutes to go, ourtotal being 185 and the match lost by 45 runs. Taylor's inningswas a very good one, and he thoroughly earned his first bat forthe XI.

Salisbury, 1st Innings.A. G. Blomfield, b 0 Tooth .. 99R. H. Blomfield, c & b J. Jenkins 29H. M. Croft, c J. Jenkins,b P Arnott 6E. R. Blomfield, c J. Jenkins, b

P. Arnott .. .. .. 2IV. Betts, b P. Arnott . .. 6A. Smith, jun., b Mr. Skuse .. 62T. Ward, c Morse, b 0. Tooth .. 1

J. Burraston, b Mr. Skuse .. 7G. Betts, b 0. Tooth .. .. 0C. Betts, not out .. .. .. 3A. Smith, sen., b Mr. Skuse .. 0

Sundries .. .. 13

Total

School, 1st Innings.Mr. Skuse, cR. Blom field, b Smith 8B. White, b Smith .. .. 39Mr. Lawrance, b Smith .. 5Morse, c R. Blomfield, b E.

Blomfield .. 1C. Taylor, b A. Tlomfield .. 61P. Arnott, b Smith .. .. 18Payne, lbw It R. BettsTooth, e G. Betts, b E. BlomfieldAnderson, b SmithJenkins, e G. Betts, b SmithTurton, not out

Sundries .. ..

0192

142

16

228 Total 185

Bowling Analysis :-Tooth, 3 for 66; Mr. Skuse, 3 for 51 ; E. J. Jenkins,1 for 34; P. Arnott, 3 for 31.

1ST XI. v. LANDS' OFFICE-On March 17th we had a game with the Lands' Office, which

we won by 70 runs. Batting first, we started well, the scorebeing 44 before White was bowled. Taylor then joined Mr.Skuse, who was unfortunately run out shortly after. Mr.

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Lawrarneee succumbed to a yorker, and three were out for 55.Morse wined Taylor and a good stand ensued, the score beingdoubled for the next wicket. After Morse's departure, no onestayed but Taylor was last out for 57, including five fours.The total. reached 171. Our opponents began badly, Arnottmakinc a line catch at slip in the first over. Thornton, whosestyle w, s rather disconcerting to the bowlers, his one five andthree 1: curs in his 27. Six wickets were down for 37 whenRuthve, joined Howe, and a good stand was made, both,howe\e, fell to Tooth, who bowled well throughout. The otherwickets Fell fast, and the total reached 101, leaving us a comfort-able viciory. Tooth took 7 wickets, 6 clean bowled, for 28 runs.

'ehool, 1st Innings Lands' Office, 1st Innings.Mr. Sku:.z, run out .. 25 Roper, c Arnott, b Mr. Slcuse .. 0B. Whit-. b Boylson .. 21 Johnson, b Tooth.. .. .. 0C. Taylo., c Jacobs, b Rutliven 57 Thornton, b Tooth .. .. 27Mr. Lan once, b Boylson .. 0 Howard, b Mr. Skuse .. .. 1

13. ,horn, c Roper, b Ruthven 32 Hip rave, b Mr. Skuse .. .. 0S. Paynp. c Howe, 1) Rolyns . 3 Boylson, b Tooth .. 2P. Arnoi', c If owe, b Rol,pns .. 3 Howe, b Tooth 220. Tooth, c Howe, b Rolyns .. 5 Ruthven, b Tooth .. .. 37J. Jenkio,;, c Robins, b Boylson 10 Rolyns, c Mr Lawrance, b Tooth 2H. Ande son, c Howe, b Boylson 0 Williams, b Tooth .. . 0K. Turtoo, not out .. .. 0 Jacobs, not out .. .. .. 1

Sun-tries ., .. .. 15 Sundries .. .. .. 9

Total 171 Total 101

Bowlii, r, Analysis:-Mr. Slcuse, 3 for 59 ; Tooth, 7 for 28.1ST XI. Y. HERBERT PARK.

This ,n orual fixture took place at Herbert Paris on March 24th.We had a lovely clay for the match, and filled Ryan's biggest'bus, as well as taking several cyclists ; Mr. Jenkins invited asmany could be brought, and the total that made the tripamonni :d to forty. The opposing team were captained by Mr.Croft, nt.d contained some good performers, but they were veryshort o, practice. White won the toss, and sent the others into bat. Little resistance was made to Arnott and Tooth,particui..rly the former, and the total only reached 40. TheSchool !.-egan with Taylor and White, but at 15 the former fellto a sh, oter. White left at 25, and Morse at 39. With Jenkinsin, the !Ierbert Park score was quickly left behind, Arnott, whohad go _ in at the fall of the first wicket, scoring very fast. Hejust mi: -,ed the half century, his 48 including 9 fours. Jenkinsbatted ell for his runs, and useful scores by Griffiths, Turton,and An,ier,son, to say nothing of byes, brought our total to 153.

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School, 1st Innings.C. Taylor, b W. McCleneghan .. 3

B. White, c H. Croft, b Warner 15P. Arnott, b H. Croft .. .. .18

B. Morse, b Warner .. 6

J. Jenkins, c Warner, b W. Best 100. Tooth, b H. Croft .. .. 8

K. Turton, run out .. .. 11H. Anderson, b W. !lIcCleneghan 10S. Payee. c Shaw, b W.

McCleneghan .. . 1

F. Griffiths, b Warner .. .. 13E. Marsland not out .. .. 0

Sundries .. .. .. 1:1

Batting again the home team did better, but could not quitestave off the inning's defeat ; McClenegban and Finlaysonbatted with success, but were not supported. A feature of thisinnings was the catches held. No less than seven were taken,some of them very goad ones, and. none were missed.

Victory thus rested with us by an innings and six runs. Aftervery hearty cheers for Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, we started home atabout 5.30, having had a real good clay. Not only was everybodyfilled with good things on the spot, but endless refreshments werecarried away on the 'bus to pass the time going home. The onlycasualty reported was one broken bicycle.

Herbert Park, 1st Innings.Borland, b Arnott..Finlayson, b ArnottW. McCleneghan, b ToothH. Croft, b ArnottF. McCleneghan, run outA. Finlayson, b ArnottA. Warner, run outH. Madden, b ArnottW. Best, b Tooth..H. Shaw, not out ..H. Rowsell, c Morse b Arnott

Sundries

Total 40

Herbert Park, 2nd Innings.K. Finlayson, b Tooth .. 28H. M. Croft, b llarsland.. .. 7

Borland, c Morse, b Marsland 0W. lIcCleneghan, c Marsland, b

H. Anderson .. .. .. 40F. McCleneghan, b H. Anderson 0A Finlayson, c Turton, b Arnott 0A. Warner, c Taylor, b H. Anderson 9H. Madden, not out .. 5H. Shaw, c Anderson, b'Tooth .. 0H. Rowsell, c Anderson, b Tooth 5W. Best, c Jenkins, b Anderson 0

Sundries . . . . . . if

23

Total 153

Bowling Analysis:-Tooth, 2 for1,13; Arnott, 6 for 11.

- Bowling Analysis:-E. Marsland,Total 107 2 for 28; IT. Anderson, 4 for 21; P.

- Arnott, 1 for 13; 0. Tooth, S _for 7.

1sT XI. v. SALISBURY.This return match was played at Salisbury on March 31st.

Having lost the match on our ground, we were eager for revenge,and we got it to the full. White won the toss and elected tobat, sending in Mr. Lawrance and Taylor. Play began steadily,

but at 33 Mr. Lawrance was caught on the leg boundary.

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Arnott j ,ined Taylor, and they slowly but surely got commandof the I, )wling, and by lunch time had 160 on the board withoutfurther :F--,ss. After lunch, Arnott was caught in the slips for 97.Ile was unlucky to miss the century, having played excellentcricket. He hit 9 fours, mostly off-drives, good strokes alongthe ` cm Morse only stayed a short time, but White stayedto see 'i ,-lor gain his first 100 for the School. He did not staymuch 1, ,er being bowled for 107 out of 280. He gave a fineehibiticea of steady play, without any chances. Tooth and

itc h:t freely for a few overs, and the innings was declaredclosed a '109 for four wickets. Salisbury had nearly two hoursto bat, 1, this was reduced 20 minutes by an interval for tea.The tw( llomfields made a stubborn stand, but on Andersonseparatij J them, it looked as if we must win easily ; however,aided by considerable good fortune, Betts and Burraston madea good r sistance. Our original bowlers were again resorted to,and Arn_,tt soon met with success. Excitement ran high as thelast main came in with two balls to play before time. One wasenough, ,l.d we were victorious by 197 runs with 6 wickets tospare.

S,-hool, 1st Innings, Salisbury, 1st Innings.Mr. Lawrn ece, c R. Blomfield, b 1:1., H. Blomfield, b Anderson .. 26

B. Blomfield .. .. 19 T. Blomfield, b Tooth .. .. 7C. Taylor, 1, Joe Burraston . 107 A Smith, b Arnott .. .. 7P. Arnott, +_3,. Blomfield, b Smith 97 W. Betts, sen., b Tooth .. .. 3B. Morse, T. Ward b Jim H. Blomfield, c & b Anderson .. 29

Burra. Ion .. .. .. 5 T. Ward, b Marsiand .. 5B. White, of out .. .. 36 Jim Burraston, c Taylor, b0. Tooth, :I.ot out .. .. 23 Anderson .. .. .. 5J. Jenkins. W. Betts, jun., c Payne, b Arnott 20S. Payne, Joe Burraston, e Taylor, b Arnott 10K. Turton, (lid not bat .. G. Betts, b Arnott .. .. 1

H. Andersoe,' R. Betts, not out .. .. .. 0E. Marslan,l,,) Sundries .. .. .. 1

Sundries 22

Total for 4 wkts. 309 Total 115

Bowlin -nelysis:-Tooth, 2 for 23 ; Arnott, 4 for 37 ; Marsiand, 1 for37 ; Ande? 3 for 12.

1sT Xl. v. BOOI1OLO1(i.This nm.:tch, our last for the season, played at Boorolong on

April, 711, has unpleasant memories. Throughout the seasonour catchr:)g has been very good, but we were out of nick onthis occa; onr and missed chance after chance, turning whatshould L.1 ,,e been a victory into a bad defeat.

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We batted first., but never looked like making a big score.Mr. Lawrance batted steadily for 27, and Morse was unlucky inbeing run out by his partner when apparently set for a good score.Tooth, Jenkins, and Turton all performed usefully, and our totalreached 138, a fair score for the wicket.

We will not describe our opponents' innings, suffice is to saythat J. Chisholm, who made more than half the score, shouldhave been out for under 25, and AV. Andrews for considerablyless. Their total eventually reached 210, Chisholm securing107, by means of 3 fivers, and 13 fourers. He hit well. Ofour bowlers, Tooth did best with three for 53.

School, 1st Innings.Mr. Lawrence, b R. Chisholm .. 27C. Taylor, c A. Andrews, b P.

Chisholm .. .. 3Mr. Skuse, b W. Andrews .. 10P. Arnott, b W. Andrews.. 40. Tooth, c J. Andrews, b J. H.

Andrews .. .. .. 15A. Morse, run out.. .. .. 29B. White, b P. Chisholm.. .. 5J. Jenkins, c A. Andrews, b J. H.

Andrews . 14S. Payne, c P. Chisholm, b J. H.

Andrews .. .. 1K. Turton, b H. Croft .. .. 14

13oorolong, 1st Innings.A. L. Belfield, c Turton, b Mr.

Skuse 9W. Cameron, c Morse, b Tooth 16J. H. Andrews, b Mr. Skuse 7Jos. Chisholm, c Jenkins, b Tooth 107A. Andrews, b Tooth .. .. 8W. Andrews, b Jenkins..R Chisholm,c Anderson,b White,H. Croft, did not batP. Chisholm, run out ..J. Briggs, not outH. Williams, did not bat ..

299

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5

Sundries .. .. .. 19

H. Anderson, not out .. .. SSundries .. .. .. S

Total 138 Total 210

Bowling Analysis :-Tooth, 3 for 53 ; Mr. Skuse, 2 for 35 ; J. Jenkins,1 for 47 ; B. White, 1 for 4.

2ND Z.I. MATCHES.2_.D `NI. Y. HALF HOLIDAY C.C. Lost.

School, 1st Innings.If r. C'ranswick 3, Jenkins 38, (Ireenup 16, Maxwell ii 4, Scott i 4,

Anderson 0, 1-liginbotham 21, Slade 0, Arnott ii 14 not out, llarsland0, Stephen 6, Sundries 9, Total 115.

Half Holiday C.C.C. Selwyn 20, J. Tolley 22, Donaghue 7, AV. (iallagher 1, AA'. Burke

11, C. Mallam 11, McLean 12, W. Selwyn 0, ('a\-ill its, Callaghan 7,Murphy 4, Sundries 3, Total 107.

Bowling Analysis :-Mr. Cranswick, 4 for 41; Stephen, 5 for 53;Jenkins, 1 for 10.

2ND XI. Y. WEST Ell) C.C. Lost.School.

S11% Cranswick 21, Creer 0, (ireenup (i, Maxwell ii 2, Jenkins i 2Anderson 34, Arnott ii 3, llarsland 0, Iliginbotham 0, Alenzies 13,Stephen not out 2, Sundries 4, Total 87.

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West End C.C.Son,,:rs 11, Tollev, H. 65 not out, Dix 10, Gardiner 5, Tolley, J. 22,

Tollev W. 15, Snell 0, Cooper 20, Cannen 8, Grey 6, Walpole 0,Sundry s 13, Total 175.

Boy ring Analysis:-Mr. Cranswick, 1 for 27; Stephen, 3 for 46;.1enkh,:s, 5 for 43.

2m) XI. v. HALF HOLIDAY C.C. Lost.School.

Mr. 'ranswick 5, Creer 1, Jenkins 10, Anderson 20, (Treenup 14,Maxw- l1 8, Arnott 8, Higinbothani 13, llenzies 3, Scott 14, Stephennot our 9, Sundries 6, Total 111.

Half Holiday C.C.Toll -y 6, Selwyn 29, i\IcLean 18, T. Cavil 33, Trun 21, Burke 1 6;

(lalla, iier 2, .llallam 1, Callaghan 2, Murphy 7, Coomber 0, Sundries3, Total 138.

Bowl in Analysis :-Mr. Cranswick, 3 for 60 ; Jenkins, 1 for 22);SIenzi_-4, 6 for 16.

2ND XI. v. NORWOOI) C.C. Lost.Norwood C.C.

Al. -;taekay not out 59, Grantham 0, Johnstone 9, Snell 10, Long2, M. `lackay 0, C. Love 0, McDermott 2, Wade 0, Cooper 0, C.Cooper 2, Sundries 1, Total 84.

Bowling Analysis:-Mr. Cranswick, (1 for 37; Stephen, 2 for 46;Menzi- I for I.

School.Mr. Eranswick 15, Creer 17, Anderson 4, Jenkins 0, Greenup 1,

Maxw u.-11 6, Higinbotham 0, A rnott ii 0, Scott 10, Menzies 2, Stephen2, Sundries 6, Total 63.

Norwood C.C., 2nd Innings..Iohnstone 68, Long 1, Si. Mackay 27, Cooper 15, Love 1, 11,

llackt,., 4, Snell 1, Grantham 15, Wade 4, Cooper 3, McDermott notout 2, uudries 2, Total 143.

Bow'lo lnuhsis:-Anderson, I for 34; Menzies, 5 for 55;.1 enkii :- , :1 for 10; Iliginbotham, I for 2.

2nd1 51. v. DUMAl-1ESQ C.C. Won.Dumaresq, 1st Innings.

1-1. 1 o t 5, Gordon 17, A. Andrews 4, L. Killen 7, Ed. Killen 1,1Iunl, E- 0, A. Killen 0, Fraser 2, Howe 2, Mitchell 1, Total 39.

flow flog -lnalvsis.-Stephen, 4 for 22; Menzies, 4 for 8.School.

Mr. 'ranswick 4, Jenkins 14, Creer 7, Anderson 2, Maxwell notout 25 Arnott 1, _llenzies 22, Greenup 20,. Scott 9 Iiginbotham 7,Steph,-o, 0.

Dumaresq, 2nd Innings.A. lrett s not out 60, Mitchell 2, Ern. Killen 5, J. Howe 2, Ed.

Killen T, Total 4 for 78.Phew ing Analysis: ---.Jenkins 2 for :17. Anderson 1 for 40; Higin-

bothm", 1 for 0.

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2-ND XI. v. KELLY'S PLAINS C.G. Lost.School.

Jenkins 0, Maxwell 0, Anderson 11, Slacle 3, Turton 5, White 12,Higinbotham 0, Griffiths 5, Marsland 0, De Burgh 5, Sisson 5,Sundries 14, Total 60.

Kelly's Plains C.C.Sewell 4, Cochrane 7, Fenton 11, Ruthven, 45, Cochrane, J. 14, J.

Faint 0, Holsborne 15, Sebalfer 21, AC. Fenton 3, (Trey 27, A. Laskerdid not bat, Sundries 12, Total 159.

Bowling Analysis:-Jenkins, 2 for 21 ; Griffiths, I for 22; Sisson,2 for 21; Marsland, 2 for 20; Be Burgh, 1 for 11.

2ND -XI. v. NORWOOD C.C. Lost.School.

Mr. Cranswick 4, Maxwell 8, Shade 6, White 5, Griffiths 0, Higin-botham 10) llarslancl 0, Be Burgh 0, Syme 6, Sisson 12, Anderson 3,Sundries 5, Total 59.

Norwood C.C.Johnstone 62, Snell 2, Mackay 16, Robins 0, Grantham 7, Wade 8,

Mackay, H. 1S, Long 11, SIcDerniott 0, Duclos not out 0, Sundries 1.Bowling Analysis:-Mr. Cranswick, 4 for 39; Griffiths, 2 for 32;

llarslancl, 2 for 12.

2vn XI. y. HALF HOLIDAY C.C. Lost.School.

Jenkins 2, Slade 0, Maxwell 0, Anderson 0, Scott 3, Griffiths 1,Higinbotham 10, White 5, De Burgh 0, Marsland 0, Sisson 2,Sundries 1, Total 25.

Half Holiday C.C.Trim 0, Callaghan 27, llallam 1, Cavill 0, Smith 14, Gallagher 25,

Selw-in 32, W. Selwin 8, E. Mallam 7, Price 9, Donaghue not out 4,Total 137.

Bowling Analysis :-Jenkins, 4 for 32; Grifiths, 3 for 37, llarsland,I for 30 ; Sisson, 1 for 8; Anderson, 0 for 14; Scott, 1 for 6.

2nd XI., 2nd Innings.Scott 1, Griffiths 17 not out, Slade 1, Maxwell 2, White 5, Mars-

land 1. not out, Sundries 2, 4 wickets for 29.

2ND XI. V. WEST END, C.C. Lost.School.

_Mr. Cranswick 0, Maxwell 2, Slade 24, Scott 9, Griffith,,, 10, White17, Higinbotham 9, De Burgh 2, llarslancl 7, Sisson 0, Simpson 0,Sundries 1, Total 71.

West End C.C.ti. Tolley 14, J. Tolley 12, Dix not out 78, McGregor 64, W. Tolley

5, Gardiner not out 7, 4 wickets for 183.Bowling Analysis:-Marsland, 2 for 42; Mr. Cranswick, 1 for 24;

Higinbotham, 1 for 21.

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2\D XI. v. SALISBURY. C.C. Won.Salisbury.

J. I!crraston 11, Ward 24, Jones 9, G. Betts 1.6, Smith 10, Joe.Burro t,,.,n 5, R. Betts 5, W. Betts 3, Green 0, C. Ward 2, F. Burras-ton 0, ;,undries 5, Total 90.

P,ov Iing Analysis:-Marsland, 3 for 31; Grif[iths, 3 for 26;Sinil,=,n, 4 for 55.

School.Mr. +'ranswick 59, Maxwell 9, Slade 100 not out, Grifliths 54,

Whit, ` 0, De Burgh 6, Syme 4, Marsland 7, Higinbothaui, Marslancl,Sisson and Simpson did not bat, Sundries 25, Total 293.

Salisbury, 2nd Innings.W. ; is 28, Ward 5, Jim Burraston 4, Joe. Burraston 4, J. Jones

)l, (G. Its 3, F. Burraston 2, Total for 6 wickets 46.1-l w u., Analysis:-Sisson, 2 for 28; Higinbotham, 5 for 18.

2xn NI. v. KELLY'S PLAINS C.C. Lost.Kelly's Plains C.C.

La i. r 0, IIolstbauui 88, Sewell 7, Itutliven not out 46, Faint 6,Sundr 3, Total for 4 wickets 150.

Bow iig Analysis:-Griffiths 1 for 31; De Burgh 2 for 15.School.

Mr. rauswick 9, Slade 44, Maxwell 0, Griffiths 4, White 13,Iliginl .,tham 0, De Burgh 0, Syme 20, Richardson 9, Young 3,Simps, n not out 2, Sundries 12, Total 118.

3RD XL 1 ATCHES.SCHOOL v. HALF HOLIDAY B. Lost.

School, 1st Innings.lice- i n 0, Syme i 0, Anderson ii 4, Young i 2, Waley ii 4,

White De Burgh i 0, Maxwell i 8, Sisson 2, Hays 4, Curtis i 6,Sundry 0, Total 30.

half Holiday, 1st innings.if. 1"Cillmott 0, Adamson 2, 1-1. Wilhnott 12, D. Canen 1, Nairn 6,

Smith ., Knapton 1, A\'icherson 13 not out, Geldarcl 0, Hardaker 1,Edwar s 2, Sundries 4, Total 43.

Bowl n Analysis:-Sisson, 6 for 17; De Burgh, I for 10; Young,3 for 1'.'.

School, 2nd Innings.Am!, «-mm ii 0, -Maxwell i 2, Waley ii 8, Young i 1, Hays 0, Curtis

4, Wb, ii 11, Henderson 14, Sisson 3, Syme i not out 1, Total 44.Half Holiday, 2nd Innings.

H. \ Ilniott 32, \\'icherson 0, Nairn 9, Canen 1., Smith 7, Knapton16, A\' i , ,. t t 6, IIardaker 0, Edwards 2, Geldard 0, Adamson 4,Sundri . Total 79.

Bcm l me Analysis:-Sisson, 4 for 32; C'urtis, I for 14; Syme, 3 for11; \\ u 2 for 5.

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SCHOOL v. ROCKWOOD. Lost.School, 1st Innings.

Mr. Newbery 0, Slade 1, Scott i 18, Henderson 0, Young i 0, Curtisi 0, -Maxwell i 2, 11'hite ii 0, De Burgh i not out 4, Sisson 4, Simpson0, Sundries 3, Total 32.

Rockwood, 1st Innings.Townsend 23, J. Thorley 27, F. Doyle 13, Worthington 0, P. Doyle

0, Behrend 1, SIoyr 2, AV. Doyle 29, WV. Thorley 0, Shippen not out20, J. Hawkins did not bat, Sundries 15, Total for 9 wickets 155.

Bowling Analysis :-De Burgh i, 4 for 31; Young, 1 for 28; Simp-son, 4 for 20.

SCHOOL v. 1 EDER ALS B. Lost.

School, 1.st Innings.Mr. Newbery 16, Slade 22, Henderson 10, -Maxwell i 7, Young i 1,

White ii 0, De Burgh i 16, Syme 1, Sisson 6, Pickburn not out 4,Simpson 4, Sundries 3, Total 90.

Federals, 1st Innings.McGuire 1.1, Borland 22, Gordon 1, Hove 2, Williamson 6, Snell

12, Littler 0, P. Gallagher 10, J. Gallagher 4, Newman 0, Porter 1,Sundries 0, Total 70.

Bowling Analysis :-Sisson, 2 for 22; Simpson 1 for 21; De Burgh,7 for 24.

School, 2nd Innings.Mr. Newbery 15, Henderson 3, Slade 14 not out, De Burgh i 0,

Maxwell i 5, Young i 0, Sisson 10, Simpson 1, White ii 4, Pick-burn1, Syme 0, Sundries 7, Total 60.

Federals, 2nd Innings.Snell 39, Williamson 24, Borland 5, -IcGuire 17, P. Gallagher 7,

Gordon not out 1, A. Gallagher, Fittler, Newman, Howe, Porter,did not bat, Sundries 0, Total for 4 wickets 93.

Bowling Analysis :-Sisson, 2 for 35; De Burgh i, 1. for 14: Simp-son, 1 for 33.

SCI-IOOL v. DUMA1IESQ B. Won.

Dumaresq, 1st Innings.T. Sluudy 5, O. Frost 8, T. Frazer 8, A. Frazer 21, I\'. Cook 7, A.

Alundy 0, Jas. Frazer not out 31,15. Frazer 7, C. Martin 2, T. Ferris0, H. Killen 2, Sundries 10, Total 101.

Bowling Analysis:-Sisson, 2 for 27; De Burgh, 2 for 29; Simpson,3 for 23; White, 1 for 6; Syme, 1 for 8.

School, 1st Innings.Slade 11, Maxwell i 18, Henderson 0, Anderson ii 11, De Burgh i

16, C'urtis i 6, Sisson 3, White ii 13, Young i not out 17, Simpson 9,Syme 0, Sundries 6, Total 110.

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Dumaresq, 2nd Innings.Ja;:e. FFraser 4, T. Mundy 5, H. Killen 0, C. Martin 6, T. Fraser 2,

0. Frost 5, W. Cook 18, A. Fraser 2, A. Mundy 0, J. Ferris not out1, S. racer 2, Sundries _5, Total 50.

Bowling Analysis:-Sisson, 6 for 24; De Burgh i, 2 for 18; Simp-soil, ! for 3.

SCHOOL v. KELLY'S PLAINS B. Lost.School, 1st Innings.

_Sir, Newbery 9, Waley 4, Maxwell i 3, Young i 1, Sinlpson 9,_1bbcc t 0, Curtis i 8, Hays 0, Eastick not out 11, Pickhurn 5, Jenkins,ii 0, ;' undries 1, Total 51.

Kelly's Plains, 1st Innings.P. asker 7, W. Post 7, Hay not out 74, Gray 0, Faint 18, Miller 2,

J. La ker 0, Holloway 0,. Godfrey 4, Walpole 31, Sewell 2, Sundries9, Tonal 154.

Bowling Analysis:-Simpson, 4 for 30; Young i, I for 40; Curtis,2 for :! 0 ; Waley, 2 for 2.

School, 2nd Innings.Ea:-tick 16, Simpson 6, Maxwell i 17, Curtis i not out 7, llr.

Newl; -'ry, Young, Bays, Jenkins, Pickburn, Waley, and Abbott didnot b,a-c, Sundries 1, Total for 3 wickets 47.

SCHOOL v. MITCHELL'S FLAT. Won.Mitchell's Flat, l st innings.

II. Nelson 0, (4. Comber 30, T. Ferris 0, B. Cathcart 10, W. Nel-son, of out 7, Cuskelly 2, J. Comber 1, Doughan 0; sundries,Total ;or 7 wickets, 22.

Bo , king A nalysis.-Richardson, 4 for 9; Young i, 1 for 10; Buck-nell, i for 1.

School, 1st Innings.Mr. Newbery 7, Waley 21, Richardson 4, Eastick i 5, Abbott 2,

Hays I, Young i 8, Maxwell i 7, -Mr. Hartley Bucknell (not out)0, Picl:burn, 1; sundries, 3. Total, 61.

Mitchell's Flat, 2nd Innings.Vet ris 0, IV. Nelson 6, Cathcart 1, 11. Nelson 10, Cuskelly (not

out) 4`, Comber 0, Doughan 0: sundries, 2. Total for 7 wickets, 19.P,o,rling Analysis.-Hays, 3 for 7; Waley ii, 4 for 10.

School, 2nd Innings.lla.__well i 20, Wale). 9, Young i 14, Hays 1, Eastick i 1, Abbott 15,

Rich.,.rdson (not out) 19, Pickburn 3, Bucknell (not out) 6, Mr.Newl-ry and Mr. Hartley did not hat; sundries, 1. Total for 7wickets, 89.

SCHOOL v. KELLY'S PLAINS B. Lost.Kelly's Plains, 1st Innings.

La: .cr 18, Gray 10, Hay 1, Post 12, Faint 0, J. Lasker 6, Miller2, (;a cy 8, Walpole 26, F. Lasker 4, Sewell (not out) 1, sundries,2. 'j' ;al, 90.

I,- bog Analysis.-Richardson, 4 for 41; Young, 4 for 26; Walev,1 for :- .. ; Hays, 1 for 7.

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School, 1st Innings.Mr. Newbery 0, Anderson ii 2, Waley 4, Richardson 0, Eastick 5,

Young i 15, Mr. Hartley 10, Hays 2, Abbott 9, Maxwell i 13, Pick-burn (not out) 1; sundries, 3. Total, 64.

SCHOOL v. DE LA SALLE COLLEGE. Won.De la Salle, 1st Innings.

Kenny 0, Trim 3, C. Keys 19, Morris 0, B. Keys 1, Wilkerson 0,_McManus 1, Ryan 0, Briggs (not out) 1; sundries, 5. Total for 8wickets, 30.

Bowling Analysis.-Richardson, 3 for 11 ; Simpson, 4 for 14;Young, 1 for 0.

School, 1st Innings.Waley 7, Henderson (not out) 40, Richardson 12, Abbott 0, Young

i 34, Simpson 5, Syme (not out) 4; Hays, Maxwell, Eastick, andPickhurn slid not bat; sundries, 8. Total for 5 wickets, 111.

De la Salle, 2nd Innings.Wilkinson 0, Morris 4, C. Keys 5, Trim 15, Ryan 1, Kenny (not

out) 10, B. Keys 2, McManus 0; sundries, 4. Fotal for S wickets, 41.Bowling Analysis.-Hays, 2 wickets for 1,55; Young, 2 for 8;

Waley, 1 for 4; Richardson, 1 for 3; Simpson, 1 for 0.

JUNIOR CRICKET.5TH XI. Y. ARSJIDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL. Played Nov. 25th.

Won by an innings and 65 runs.PUBLIC SCHOOL: 49 and 36 (Simpson, 9 wkts. for 28; Abbott 5 for 6).STii. XI: 150 (Abbott 43, Wren 42, Simpson 28, de Burgh mi 10).

5TH XI. y. ARMIDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL. Played Dec. 9th.Won by 27 runs on the first innings.

Piiii,ic SCHOOL.: 44 and 177 (Abbott, 6 wkts. for 17: Tooth mi, 3for 16).

5TH XI.: 71 and 5 wkts. for 23 (Wren 25).5TH XI. v. ARIIIDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL. Played March 10th.

Won by 73 runs.Sri-i XI.: 71 and 64 (Turton mi 16, Eastick mi 16 &-. 16, Wilson 20°).Pi'I3LIC SCHOOL: 33 and 29 (Payne mi, 1.5 wkts. for 28; Tooth mi, 3

for 23).

55TH XI. v. AR\JIDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL. Played llarch 17.Won by 26 runs.

PUBLIC SCHOOL : 81 (Tooth mi, 3 wkts. for 16; Barry, 3 for 13; deBurgh mi, 2 for 16; Turton, nri, 2 for 2).

5TH XI.: 107 (Payne mi 30, Wilson 1.7, Jenkins terts 11).

,5TH XI. Y. URALLA PUBLIC SCHOOL. Played at Uralla, March31st. Lost by 51 runs.

5TH XI.: 38 and 14 for 3 wickets (Tooth mi 10).ITRALLA: 89 (Payne mi, 5 wkts. for 39; Doyle, 4 for 15).

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5TH N1 v. URALLA PUBLIC SCHOOL. Played April 7th. Wonby 3 wkts. and 9 runs.

CTPALL' : 70 and 92 for 8 wkts. (Payne mi, 9 for 63; Tooth mi, 6 for82: Doyle, 1. for 7).

5TH ail.: 93 and 78 for 7 wkts. (Paine mi 38 &,50", Jenkins terts 16,de burgh mi 10).

ecru 4=. played 7 matches: won 5, lost 2.

NON-CADETS v PUBLIC SCHOOL JUNIORS.Played \wernber 34th. Won by 7 wickets and 125 runs (Payne mi

56. llloxsonie 46°, Martyn 21, Wilson 10`x).Played December 8th. Won by 100 runs on 1st Innings (Jenkins

tens 70, Wilson 27).Played December 15th. Drawn. Non-Cadets-3 wickets for 80

(P,.yne mi 32, Martyn 32). Public School Jmirs.-3 wicketsfor 28.

Played Pebruary ;53rd. Won by 39 runs on 1st Innings (Turton mi22. Curtis mi 22, Jenkins torts 15'x, Wilson 26°).

J'layed lfaech, 9t/r. Won by 46 runs. (Jenkins tents 20, Blossome 11. )

Played )ta.rc7r 18th. Won by 30 runs. Payne mi 33, Bloxsome 10).Played ?larch ,33rd. Won by 2 wickets and 67 runs. (Doyle 36,

Curtis mi 19).Playeo March 30th. Won by 97 runs (Turton mi 510, Payne mi 46,

IV;lson. 34°. Doyle 13, Jenkins terts 10.Duri t,g the season the Non-Cadets played 11 matches, all against

the Ariidale Public School Juniors. Ten matches were won andthe elc enth was abandoned on account of rain.

Payar. mi, during the season, took 53 wickets for 181 runs, Wilson42 wickets for 182 runs, Turton mi 10 wickets for 71 runs, and Doyle6 wick is for 25 runs.

Richard kept wickets in the last 5 or 6 matches and showedexcelh,rt. promise for the future.

Blot. ome made a keen and hard-working captain.

CHARACTERS OF THE XI.B. 11'hrle, 1902-06. (Captain). Useful bat; consistent scorer; has

. ood wrist strokes on the off. Weak in defence, owing to aredilection for cutting straight balls. A brilliant field

aiid catch, setting a great example to his team. As captainas worked hard for the cricket of the School.

F. L. Taylor, 1905. Medium right-hand bowler, with good off-=Teak. Has a tendency to keep low, which makes him

,.wkward to play. Left-handed bat. Good field. (Has left).

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61'. Taylor, 1905-06. A greatly improved bat. Strong defence,and has latterly developed unproved scoring powers. Surefield and catch, though a little slow.

C.

1'. 8. .Irnott, 1905-6. The most useful all-round member of the1I. (;oocl bowler, using his head well in variation of pace.and break. A powerful bat, with good style and plenty ofstrokes, his best being an off-drive. A fine field.

1). 1'. Dalzell, 1904-5. A really good left-hand bat, his only weak-ness being a tendency to lift balls in the slips. Has manygood strokes and good defence. Fine field in the country, andsafe catch.

B. S. Morse, 1905-6. Batted very successfully. A fast scorer, par-ticularly on the off, but not too reliable in defence. Avariable field: has caught some fine catches, but not alwaysgood in ground fielding.

0. W. Tooth, 1905-06. A really good bowler, keeping an excellentlength. Has borne the brunt of the work. Must be carefulnot to over-run himself. Much improved latterly as a bat ;has good style and plenty of strokes. Should be very usefulnext year.

h`. Payee, 1905-6. Has played some good innings, but fell offlatterly in his batting. Occasionally useful as a changebowler; fair field.

P. D. Turton. As wicket-keep was not a success. Can bat stub-bornly, and played some useful innings.

N. J. Jenltins. Has gained much in steadiness with the bat. Fairchange bowler; keen and reliable field.

11. 5. Anderson. Has good style as a bat and much power, but wasunsuccessful. Useful change bowler; good field.

1st XI. CRICKET RESULTS.1905.

I let. 21st v. t iuyra (South). Lost by 37 runs.()ct. 28th-v. t:ralla. Drawn.Nov. 11th-v. 13 of West End. Drawn.Nov. l8th-v. [-ralla. Drawn.Dec. 2nd-v. Guyra (North). Won by 125 runs.Dec. 9th-v. I'ralla. Won by 7 wickets and 183 wickets.Dec. 1.8th-v. Old Boys. Won by 8 wickets and 69 runs.

1.906.

Feb. 17th-v. Boorolong. Lost by 19 runs.Feb. 24th-v. Mr. Howe's Team. Drawn.March 3rd-v. Boorolong. Drawn.March 10th-v. Salisbury. Lost by -13 rnns.March 17th-v. Lands Office. Won by 70 runs.March 24th-v. Herbert Park. Won by 113 runs.March 31st-v. Salisbury. Won by 194 runs.April 6th--v. Boorolong. Lost by 72 runs.

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1st _XI, AVERAGES.

BATTING AVERAGES.

D. ; -alzellC. TaylorP. '. Arnott ......

bite v ........B. Morse. ......F. .I ,Ianhius ..... .S. I .* ,te ..........0. }. . Tooth ......K. "! ,.rion.........

.

I1. Anderson ....

Ings, Not out. Total H. Score8 .. 0 .. 370 .. 109

12 .. 4 .. 254 .. 1071.2 .. 3

1,14

Wins average bat.

247

29829974

143

963 .. 391 .. 28

9758

58t19

38

231

14

10t Signifies ` not out.'

15

6

4

5

Average.47'2535527'427.0924'9114.813-

12-

D * 75

L. Ta for batted twice, scoring 0 and 12.Bats °r,. won during the season by I)alzell, Tavlw' (2), Arnott,and 1f, .

BOWLING AVERAGES.Overt'. Maidens, Runs. \ilkts. Average.

1'. > Arnott....... 109 .. 16 .. 374 .. $2 il'6S*1l. I ndersou ... 24 .. 1 83 .. 7 .. 11'8:;O. 1 Tooth ...... 183 .. 23 .. 592 .. 45 13'16F. 'T'aylor ...... 68 9 .. 279 .. 14 .. 1.9'92

Wins bat for bowling average.

2nd NI. RESULTS.Matches played

,c W011 . , .. .. ..lost .. .. ..drawn. .. , . , .

The 1,:,st averages were :--BATTINO .

;;lade" . ........ 10 .. 3 .. 184

F. (=r itliths ........... 7 1 .. 91E. J Jenkins .... ........ 10 .. 0 129H. t: Anderson ............ 9 .. 0 .. 108V. C eeuup ................ 8 .. 0 89F. F. White ................ 7 .. 0 .. 76E.C'eer

7 .. 1 .. 61Wins bat presented by Mr. (ranswick.

16

4

1

26.2815'1612.912'11.12

10.8510'16

BOWLING.wkts. Runs. Average.

S. Menzies .............. 16 .. 102 6'37F. Simpson .............. 5 ,. 46 .. 9'2E. J. Jenkins ............ 19 ,. 197 .. 10'37M. C. Stephen .......... 30 .. 454 .. 16'1

3rd XI. RESLTLTS.Matches played . .

won .. .. .. ..lost ..drawn ..

The best averages were :-BATTINti.

11

4

7

0

Ings. Not out. Total. Average.

K. Walev ............ 4 ., 0 .. 75 .. 18'75H. Scott .............. 4 .. 0 .. 58 .. 14-5C. E. Young .......... 14 .. 2 .. 134 .. 11'16L. Henderson......... 8 .. 1 .. 74 ,. 10'56

BOWLING.Runs, wkts. Average.

S. Waley ................... 26 .. 7 .. 3'7

C'.Sisson .................... 274 ,. 32 .. 7'6

C. Richardson .............. 73 .. 9 811

T. De Burgh ................ 241 .. 28 , . 8.6

CRICKET RETROSPECT.

A review of the season just over reveals a very satisfactoryresult. The number of drawn matches in the 1st XI. fixturesis due to the weather, partly, and the excess of wins over lossesis satisfactory. Of the five drawn matches two had not pro-gressed far enough to be adjudicated upon ; the result of twomore may be considered doubtful ; while in one, time alonerobbed us of victory. A very pleasant feature was the greatimprovement in fielding. Much fewer catches than usual weredropped, and many very good ones were caught, while theground fielding and throwing in were better and more accuratethan before The lack of a good wicket-keep was severely felt,and reacted on the analysis of the slow bowlers. It is to behoped some of our budding cricheters will endeavour to fitthemselves for this important post next year. We wish to takethis opportunity of thanking Mr. Payne for his prize for fielding :

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the improvement in that department was most marked. Asatisfactory feature of the batting was the number of goodavers` as. We had no phenomenon like Gale, but we had a sidewhich our opponents knew took getting out, from first to last,there ],eing absolutely no tail. This is a most satisfactory stateof aff'..ire, and one that we hope will continue. Dalzell, wholeft ue at Xmas, played excellently, and thoroughly deserves theavera`;: bat. He always played sound cricket, and was a mostconsis.i-nt scorer. The noticeable feature after Xmas was thegreat -advance made by Taylor, and the development of Arnett'shither,.) latent powers. Both played some excellent innings.White wvas very reliable throughout, while Morse played somegood i 1nings. Both these batsmen are fast scorers-a greatadvantage. Payne began well, but fell away after Xmas.Tooth ,bows great promise for next year, and is vastly improvedlatterl . The bowling was chiefly in the hands of L. Taylor(who loft at Xmas), Tooth, and Arnott. All acquitted them-selves yell. Of the change bowlers Anderson proved the best.

The 2nd XI. did not win many matches, but they are nodoubt =v-er-matched in the competition, and may be consideredto bay,- acquitted themselves well Sladie played some excellentinuing, after Xmas, and has the honour of being the first boy toscore century for the 2nd XI. He should do well next year,but must learn to be more brisk and active in the field. Griffithsshows rouiise in both departments, but is erratic Maxwell iiis a p, oinising bat, lacking strength at present, and Marelandhas shorn good form with the ball. Higinbothain's captaincyhas 6. ran a feature of the cricket of the 2nd Z.I. We hopeothers viii copy his energetic and unselfish example.

The did XI. did well, especially when we consider that theyineet i!,en in their matches, some of whom have been seniorplayer; in past years. Good work has been dot e by Young i,1-Icnde ion, De Burgh i, and Simpsori. Their fielding left roomfor imp rovement.

The rib XI. did well, winning five out of the seven matches.The eon-Cadets had weekly struggles with the Public School,

and w rally emerged on top. There is much good material onthe 3r6 pitch, and the promise of many future cricketers.

THA' AR.IIIItALIA\'. 37

THE LIBRARY.

The Librarians now are :--White ma, Jenkins ma, Wiseman,Maxwell ma, Anderson ma, and Williams.

The following books have been addedThe Hundred Davs .............................. Max I'eniherton.Avesha ......... ............................... Rider Ilaggard

(Presented by Mrs. R. Hudson).The Scarlet Pimpernel .................................... Orcnt.

(Presented by _Mrs. E. J. Jenkins).The (-tame . .............. ................... Jack London.

(Presented by M. C. Stephen).The Man on the Box .................................. ,1IacGratl,.

(Presented by 1-I. C. Watt).Zolanda ................... .............................. Major.The h.ed Reaperr ......................................... .So'ed(r(.

The Substitute .......................................... Ilar/ei,mSt. Cuthbert's of the West ........................ ..... Kiwtcles.Soprano ....................................... Marion l'rccwlord.The Cherry hibban,l .................................... Crockett.Stingaree .............................................. Iloriaaug.The Spanish Brothers .................................... Alcock.A Maker of History .................................. Oppenheiin.The Scalp Hunters .................................. Mayne Reid.The Rubber Hunters ....................................... Elli.s,\ed on the River .......................................... Ellis.Empire of the East .............................. Bennet Burleigh.Nancy Stair ............................................... Lane.Kipps .............................................. II. G. Wells.My Friend the Chauffeur .............. C. N. d _1. M. lVillianrson.No. 101 ....................................... ........... Carry.

LIBRARY BALANCE-SHEET.

ItECEII'TS. £ s. d. rlrEsnirURE. £ s. d.Balance Aug., 1905 .. 22 11 10 Angus d Robertson, books 1 15 7

Nov-., 1905, Subscriptions 7 11 0 Weaver, books S magazines 1 18 0April, 1006, Subscriptions 6 15 0 Afallam, papers S magazines 5 11 5

G. Robertson & Co., books 1 15 9Dimmock, binding .. 4 13 6

Freight . . .. 1 14 9Bank Charge .. .. 0 5 0Balance, April, 1906 .. 19 9 10

£37 3 10N. W. BUCK MAN.

£37 3 10

alt 'til ARdIIJ ALIAN.

DRAMATIC SOCIETY BALANCE-SHEET.

rr:CEIJrs. B s. d. EXPENDITURE. £ s. d.Sale of ;post-cards.. .. 0 16 S Debit Balance, Aug., 1905 :) 16 5Sale of 'hotographs 1 4 6 Dinmioek, post-cards .. 1 0 6Sale of ld cricket material 0 8 7 Costume (Jure entertain-Unclaie _d money & stamps 0 1 0 ment) .. 0 5 6Fines .. 0 14 3 December Entertainment 6 5 3Advanced by Mr. Skuse .. 14 2 8

.£17 7 8N. W. BUCKMAN.

217 7 8

TENNIS.

During the 1st terni of this year Tennis was very much to thefore. iT trly in the term a tournament was commenced, whichwas nc concluded till a few days before Easter. The tourna-ment waprised the following events :--'Senior Championship,Senior Doubles Handicap, Junior Championship, Junior DoublesI-landi:-,ap. It is satisfactory to note that the entries for all eventswere a usually large-no less that 46 boys competing in the corn-petitieiis, twenty-four of whom entered for the Senior Doublesalone. So large a list of entries augurs well for the future ofthe Sc'iool in this department of sport. Ncarly all the snatcheswere closely contested, all the winners having to fight hard fortheir honours. In one or two cases matches had to be played asecond time before a decision could be arrived at. For thismost ,atisfacLory state of affairs and for the gei,eral success ofthe cu-xipetition, our thanks are due to the Committee for theiruntiri:. ,rnd painstaking efforts to snake the tournament a suc-cess. The Committee consisted of Mr. Cranswick, Jenkins sna,Audit w sna, and Taylor. The School Championship was wonby To, Or, with Ainott second--the final match resulted in amost .acing and close finish, the scores being 6-4, 6-5,1-5. The victors in the Senior Doubles were Anderson maand 'I'. ylor. We wish the latter every success with the Dohertyracqut_,, lie has purchased with his prize money. Maxwell nAeasily on the Junior Championship from Abbott, and Payne miand C. 'tis sni the Junior Doubles.

It i, to be regretted that, owing to the outbreak of measles inour sn lst, we have been unable to arrange any tennis matchesthis tein. We hear that several teams in the district aretalixioi ? to sleet our representatives.

THA; A1 1111L)ALIAN. 39

THE CADET CORPS.

During last quarter the Cadet Corps went through 10 Musketry"as laid down in accordance with the Commonwealth MilitaryRegulations for Cadets.

Of the 71 who passed through the Course 51 qualified for1llarksmen, 15 were in the 1st Class, 3 in the 2nd Class, and only2 in the 3rd Class.

The figure of Merit of the Company worked out at 109, or 14more than is required to qualify for a Marksman.

The best shot in the Company, as shown by the MusketryCourse, is Corporal J. S. Anderson, who is thereby entitled tothe star as well as the crossed rifles. Corporal Anderson tiedwith the Captain at 157 out of a possible 165. Lieut. S. M.1llenries, Corp. Taylor, Corp. Hays, and Cadet Gaden also passedthe 150.

On Tuesday, 5th December, on behalf of the Company, theCaptain presented Lieut. -Menzies with a wrist watch in appre-ciation of his self-devotii n to the best interests of the CadetCorps.

In the Schools of the Empire Match, as was to be expectedfrom the villainous day on which we had to shoot, we came lowdown on the list, viz., 64th out of 42 schools. We wish to con-gratulate Newington on corning 17th, with a score of 450, twopoints below ours of the previous year, when we gained 14thplace. Of other Australian schools, -Maryborough was 9th, andBrisbane 12th for Queeusland ; and Geelong 27th for Victoria.

Another Empire Competition, styled " Schools of the EmpireCadet ' Match " is to be shot this year. The competitors must

be under seventeen years of age, and must not be shooting inthe 11 Empire " Match of the sauce year.

The target for each of these Matches has been altered asfollows at 200 yards :-Bull's Eye of 12 inches' diameter, ofwhich a 5 inches' invisible central shall count d, and theremainder of the Bull's Eye shall count 4. Magpie, 24 inches'diameter. Outer, remainder of target, Oft. square. The targetat 500 yards remains the sauce as before.

There, have been many changes this quarter in the Companyoccasioned by the usual exodus from the School at Christmas

40 T171;' AR MJT)ALJAt r.

time, ,,ud the following is the present list of Officers andN.C.O. s :-Lieutenant B. White; 2nd Lieutenant ; Colour-Sergee t H. S. Anderson ; Sergeants P. S. Arnott, H. Higiu-bothar,, and B. S. Morse ; Corporals F. F. White, J. S. Ander-son, C. W. Taylor, and N. Hays ; Lance-Corporals S. Payne, C.E. Young C. Slade, J. C. N. Eastick, M. Maxwell, and M. LWillia. GIs. H. W. Rawson was Sergeant of the IntelligenceDeparrment during the short time lie was with us this quarter,and m;Ade some useful traverses of the roads in the district.

Duiing the holidays, the Range was declared to be unsafe fortarget practice, and is the, efore closed at present ; but it is to behoped that repairs will soon be made to the mantlets, so as toenable us to make use of the Range again.

THE 'ADET CORPS BALANCE=SHEET, 1905-MArci-1, 1906.

IRI.CEIPTS. £ s. d.SnhSCt'?p)tlons-

l;et a-April 155 17 6October 19 5 0December .. 28 7 6

l:r Ilal ell .. .. 10 0 0S11oolii , .,ccount-

2n quarter .. .. 3 15 03r' piarter .. .. 16 11 04t quarter .. .. 11 14 0

£115 10 0

T sal, fined and found correct,iKignc(l) N. W. BUCKMAN.

Ifs . , !nth, 006

SWIMMING.

£105 10 0

H. W. HARTLEY,Captain.

Th.- Corporation Baths have been used during the warmweatb-' for swiniinin -.

There are half a dozen boys in the School now who cannotswim. It is a pity that those boys are so shy of the water that

EXPr\PITCT£E. £ s. d.Balance due to Captain

Hartley .. .. 20 7 SBand Tuition .. 1s 3 0Books and printing .. 2 12 0Mending .. .. .. 0 13 6Shooting--

Honour Boards .. 1 13 1

Coaching Team 3 0 0Markers and Care of

Arms .. .. 16 5 0Ammunition .. . 7 0 7Wright Heaton 3 Co.,

carriage . . 4 1s 3Shooting Sundries .. 0 12 4

C. Heap, cartage .. 0 9 6Messrs. l$raund's Bill ,.. 1 0 9>

Richardson's .. 0 14 3Weaver's .. 1 5 0

Tents, etc. A;c (1903) .. 23 12 4Postage .. 0 6 5Balance in hand.. .. 2 16 312

THA'' ARMJ1)A LIsi11'. 41

they do not venture near the baths, where they could be taughtto swim, and where the other boys would be only too glad tohelp them. Every boy should make it a matter of duty, both tohimself and his fellows, to learn to swim as early as possible ;but some of these six appear to think that it is not prudent togo into the water, until after they are able to swim.

Some races were held on the 11th and 16th December, forwhich the Headmaster, Mr. Skuse and Mr. Hartley provided theprizes.

In the Senior Race of 100 yards there were ten entries, sothat it was necessary to have heats. In the final the winnerwas P. S. Arnott, who thus won the School Championship ; andJ. C. L. Eastick was second.

Arnott won somewhat easily in 68 seconds ; had he beenpressed, it is probable that he would have come near the recordfor this race 65 seconds, made by D. S. Anderson.

The Junior Race of 75 yards was won by A. G. Eastick in70 sees. J. S. Anderson was second, and T. K. Abbott third.

As there were not sufficient entries for a race under 13, a 50yards race was swum under 14, 5 seconds handicap beingallowed for those who were under 13. The first place wassecured by R. Jenkins (5 sees.), and Richard, and C. F. Maxwell(scratch) were second and third.

THE GYMNASIUM.

The competitions for the Senior and Junior Medals forGymnastics, given by the Headmaster and Mr. Hartley, wereheld on Friday 15th December and the Monday following.

In the Senior, Regimental Sergeant Major Fraser of the VI.Regiment, Australian Light Horse, kindly acted as judge, andthe thanks of the School are also due to the four senior prefectswho marked the entrants in the Junior Competition.

This year there was a general advance on the standard of thework done in former competitions, and very good form wasshown by some of the boys.

New mattrasses and spring-board, have been lately added tothe Gyninasiunm, by the Board of Directors, and this accountedto some extent for the improvement in the work on the horse.

42 THE AR31I]ALJAN.

P. S. Arnott, who was specially commended for his work by -the judppe, was first on the Horizontal Bar, Ladders, Rings andHorse. Higinbotham came first on the Parallels, and showedgood form. throughout. Arnott H., and Syme S., also did goodwork, specially on the Parallels and Horizontal Bar.

The ;_,enior Medal went to P. S. Arnott.In the Junior Competition, T. K. Abbott was first and carried

off the Medal, and A. G. Eastick came second. Abbott wasvery nc,A and exact in his exercises and gained much applause,he should do well in the Senior Competition, when he hasgained more strength.

The IL°'irst Foam also held a competition among themselves ona hanhicap basis, but R. 13. C. Watt was easily first fromscratch.

All those boys who enter for these Competitions, deserve thepraise a their fellows, and of the whole School, because theyraise the standard of the work at which they practice, eventhough they do not all will the first or second place ; and thoughin Gynjnastics or Swimming, they do not necessarily gain theapplaus; of the outside public, they need not consider that,because the outside public is generally not competent to form aright judgment in such matters.

A fev, simple exercises were performed in the Gymnasium onTuesda after Prize-giving, in which the following took part :-Mr. Haftley, P. S. Arnott, H. Higinbotham, H. Arnott, S.Syme, A. Creer, 0. Walker, B. S. Morse, and T. K. Abbott.

Appe-}ded are lists of the Senior and Junior Competitions.S 1,,ti SORB. JUNIORS.

1'. S. A nott 105 T. K. Abbott .. 99H . 11 igi b ,tham 9-I A. G. Eastick 91Ii. Arna it S6 R. B. C. Watt .. .. 7SS. Synmc .. &11 0. C. Barry 72E. Creer 71 H. V. Walker 650. B. AV ulker 65 H. Curtis .. 62J. C. Eu-,tick E. D. Ogilvie 60B. S. 11. arse 59 C. Bloxsome 53

FOOTBALL PROSPECTS.

Of L. A year's team we still have Arnott who has been electedcaptain Jenkins, White i, Anderson i, Higinbotham andWisem,,n, also Williams, Maxwell, White ii, Young i, and Symewho hae played a few games. We will feel the great loss of

THE Af-DIIDALIAN. 43

Macartney, Menzies and Daizell in the forwards, and F. Taylor

as full back, but we expect that Pickburn, Payne, Taylor and

Turton will fill the vacancies in the forwards, and White ii or

Tooth i as full back. We are looking forward to seeing Morse

a five-eighths. On the whole there is a good prospect of our

having a very fair team, but it will be a very light one. We

hope, that if all turns out as expected, we will be able to enter

for the Rawson Cup. Exceptional keenness is being shown and

that stands for a great deal.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF TIIL ARIIIDALE

SCHOOL OLD BOYS' UNIO\T, 2ND APRIL, 1906.

Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,--In the first place we mustdeplore the death of Mr. P. W. Wright, who was so eminentlyassociated with the founding of the Union, and one of its most

enthusiastic supporters. A letter was sent to his family in the

name of the Union, offering its deepest sympathy.To many members of the Union, the credit balance will

appear dangerously small ; but these members must considerthat " Arinidalians " are always sent to those who have paidtheir subscription for the previous year, and that, when thesemembers do not pay for the current year, a loss is caused to the

Union. Also it must be remembered that in the previous

statements of receipts and expenditure the subscriptions of life-members had been included in the credit balance, and, were we

to do so, our balance would be over X15.

To turn to the social side-The Annual Dance held in

Armidale was a great success, and it is now regarded as one of

the chief social wants of the year there. Unfortunately, the

usual dinner in Sydney at midwinter bad to be dropped lastyear, since it was impossible to assemble enough Old Boys, in

the absence of the school Football Team, to make the affair a

success. However, at Michaelmas when the school shooting

team was in Sydney a theatre party was given to the team andwould have been most successful had a few more Old Boys

turned up.Very few O.A's assembled for the Annual Football Match in

Armidale, and nearly half the team was composed of present

boys. The match was won by the School by 10 points to 3.

-44 THE ARd1IDATI-AN.

The Annual Cricket Match also resulted in an easy will for theSchool. The football match in Sydney did not take place lastyear, be ause the School Team did not come to Sydney; howeverwe hope to see the School here again this year

In spite of the lack of success of the Old Boys against theSchool, you should be glad to hear that O.A's were wellrepresented in the sport's field at the University and elsewhere.

The o?sual donation of -RI Is. was given by the Union as aprize for the School sports.

bout committee resolved to appoint a sub-committee to reviseand rer:<w the rules of the Union. These rules will be placedbefore ; on for consideration at the Annual General Meeting.

During the past year five committee meetings have been held,all at 1'e. A. W. Hyman's chambers, for the use of which weare grenJtly indebted to him.

T. A. H. WING,Chairman.

2/4/06.

OLD BOYS' NOTES.

C. 11'. I crizia when last heard from was in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,bet expects to be back in Sydney again about the middle oftb.e year.

l ". J. _l:,,lc,eon left for England by the Himalaya early in January,a4 when heard of from Colombo appeared to be having ag- ,d time. It is his intention to join the Imperial Army.

F. 0. 11,aling has left Dalgety's and has gone out back in Queens-lo,irl.

J. M. I',,,7so r has had a stroke of very bad luck, for he was preventedfi -nr sitting for his exaninations in 2nd engineering by verybt l blood poisoning.

A. M. during the latter part of last year, held a post on thetc.tching staff of the engineering school.

L. T. )I-,(7onald was married on New Year's Eve. We wish himtruest happiness and felicity.

Phe Th.'e Bones are scattered about on several stations aroundIn erell-hanger's Valley, Waterloo and Woombi.

Eric II1 i l is in England going through a course of expert milling.Icy intends to keep up his ` millingtary ' work also.

P. H. C. , c,o is studying at Birmingham University, England.

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R'. IV. P. Burrow is about to be married. In fact the knot will betied before this is in print. The lady is Miss Lily -Macdonaldof Roseneath, sister of another Old Be,,,. ` Dick' has aproperty in Queensland to which he will take his wife, andwe wish them both all prosperity in the future.

F. A. Marriott also, we hear, is shortly to seek Hymeneal bliss. Mayall good luck attend him.

The following Old Boys passed their examinations at the SydneyUniversity :-

E. W. Marriott, BE. degree, with honours.C. H. Cropper, B.B. degree.W. T. Forrest, passed 2nd year engineering.E. S. Anderson, passed 1st year dentistry.B. H. Browning, passed 1st year arts.A. C. Baxter-Bruce, passed 1st year law.

P. 11'. Chap)ian obtained a certificate for 'best on piggery' at theHawkesbury Agricultural College. He also received recogni-tion from the Metropolitan Water Supply Board for servicesrendered in saving their property from bush fires in November.We congratulate him.

We also congratulate W. M. Borthwiclc on receiving a dairycertificate at the same institution, for butter-making anddairy farming.

A. M. llartyn has been appointed engineer of submarine departmentin the permanent forces of the Commonwealth, at Melbourne.

E. if. Marriott has been appointed Junior Demonstrator in engine-ering at the University.

UNIVERSITY LETTER.Dear 1r. Editor,-

I atn just writing to give you some of lily impressions of college life,and some news of the old boys who are here. There are as many-representatives from Armidale as from any other school, and as somany of us have come as fresh wren this tinge, we make a nice partytogether. Fortunately, all of us, with one exception, managed toget roosts in the same passage, which makes it seem less strange.All who are taking first year Arts have all the afternoon off, and cando as they please then; Rawson, however, is going for honours inChemistry, and has his afternoons fully occupied. The two Scottyare over at St. Andrew's, and seem to lie comfortably settled andenjoying themselves. H. Scott's jumping prowess has alreadybecome known. Waley is the cox of the St. Paul's crew, and maygo even further in that line. The ` Freshers' ' fours do not takeplace till next term, so none of us have tried our luck at the riverat present. We have three representatives at present in the'Varsity 2nd. XV. Browning, Macartney, and Rawson. Thetwo former have also played for the 1st XV. _Morris, Simp°

46 THE ARJLIDAJJA N. 7'H L; A P11 [I )A LIA . 7

son is, I believe, in New Zealand, trying sulphur waterswith g, ,.1 effect. Finley and Anderson are doing 1st kfedi-cal and 2nd Dentistry respectively, but we only see themat lect!res. I came across Baxter-Bruce a few days ago.The greu.Lest. event of interest so far has been ` commem.,' whichtook pla e on Wednesday; we all went in the procession in fancydress. - faley and Watt captured two old gees, and went as Waiteand Ski t.borpe, of Martini's buck-jumping show. Billy Beestonand Hu.. ion paraded the streets as cow-boys, firing blanks in alldirectioi:. Browning went as a bookmaker. Stephen, disguised asa Jew, vas, driven in a hansom cab by another old boy, who shall benauleles: , and incurred several minor accidents. To one who isdoing 1 ,, rear Arts seems to find the work much harder than atschool, gut I do not know how long this state of things will last.

Now I eally must stop, so with best wishes to all at Armidale,Believe me,

Yours, etc.,

CORRESPONDENCE.

[The I:.litters respectfully decline to be held responsible for the opinionsof their f -errspondents. All letters to be addressed to the Editors of the" Ar;aid, liana." Any letter received will be inserted at the discretion ofthe Edits in the number of the Magazine following its receipt. The

writer oi' ! letter innst sign it with his own name, but, if he does not wishit toappc, riiathe inga.rine, he 1/lay add cc ito'ut-de-plzrne,for'ptiblicatioiz.jDear f- Editor,-

Last i ,Mhall season something was said about getting dates puton the 1 KV. caps, to show when a boy received his colours inthe lit i'. The senior boys in the team naturally like somethingto shoe lien they got their colours, and the putting on of dates isconinlon done in schools. It must be nice in after years to beremin(b vi one's time at school by such a relic. We would beglad to - the change introduced here.

Yours faithfully,COLOURS.

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cartage 1 0 0Anderson, repairs to mats 1 10 0Simmons, cutting grass .. 1 0 0Lassetter, mower and mat 10 0 0Hern, timber for tennis

court .. .. 2 3 6Ryan, 'bus fares .. .. 26 15 0Bank Fee .. .. 0 5 0Interest on account .. 0 2 0Tennis prizes .. .. 2 2 0Heap, parcel .. 0 1 0Petty Cash .. .. 0 13 0

N.B.-iialance available but not ye

£61 3 10

in Treasurer's hands, £41 7s. 6d.B. G. LAWRANCE.

Examine.. and found correct - N. W. BUCK MAN.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

We bca to acknowledge receipt of the following:-Torcwusville G. S.lung., lroncan, Sydneian, 117elburnian, Brisbane G. S. 1llag.,Hawde.sh ul/ College Journal (2), Torchbearer, King's School Il ng.,Geelong 5'. Quarterly, Christ's College Register, Bathurstian, Swan,a se ho in "'irarirari.

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.The so 6seription (2/6) to the Arinidali.an. is now clue, and may be

sent to tie lion. Sec., E. J. Jenkins, Armidale School.Our nc._t number will appear in August.

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T. Di,r,mock, Litho. and General Machine Printer, Maitland.