Our football team was weakened by the absence of R.T. Squire who was suffering from a damaged groin and by the departure of W.A. Burridge, S.A. Bird and H. Wetton. H.A. Fulcher and A.G.L. Rogers filled the vacancies behind and A.J. Heath and H.W. Waterfield both obtained their pinks forward the team standing thus in…
The following T.BB are in the Sixth this term XW.L. Benbow Grant’s Monitors XJ.B. Hodge XH.G. Gwinner H.B XT. Morison Grant’s A. Soames A.M.J. Jackson XF.F. James Rigaud’s XW.G. Hewitt X In for Election
The subject for the Gumbleton English Verse Prize was ‘William the Conqueror’. A second Prize for it was awarded to W.L. Benbow T.B. [This is almost an exact, no doubt erroneous, copy of entry no. 497]
The Play this year was the Adelphi of Terence. The Prologue was as usual composed by Dr Scott; the Epilogue, a very witty one, was the work of P.G.L. Webb (O.W.) and dealt with the present state of Ireland. F.W. Bain (captain) as Syrus and H.W. Waterfield as Micio were the most conspicuous of the…
The subject for the Gumbleton English Verse Prize was ‘William the Conqueror’ a second Prize for it was awarded to W.L. Benbow Prin Opp.
Our football team this year has been unusually successful. They have won all their matches but two and in both those they led the best of the game through out. So good were they that several of their number were invited to play for different Cup Teams. R.T. Squire and W.A. Burridge played for Clapham…
The Q.SS who have swaggered a good deal lately have been trying to get the Elizabethan completely under their thumb by making all the offices belong ex officio to the Q.S. monitors and by never holding meetings of the Committee. I accordingly spoke to Benbow (Prin Opp) about it – Bain made some excuse about…
The T.BB in the Sixth this term are W.L. Benbow Prin Opp- (T.B. Monitor) J.B. Hodge Grant’s (T.B. Monitor) H.G. Gwinner H.B (T.B. Monitor) W.G. Hewitt (Rigaud’s) T. Morison Grant’s A. Soames Grant’s F.F. James Rigaud’s
Our Athletic sports which were held on October 18 + 19 were chiefly remarkable for the success of R.T. Squire T.B Grant’s who won the Mile, Half Mile with Hurdles, Half Mile Handicap, Open 100 and got 2nd in the hurdles. R.H. Coke Q.S. won the jumps and the hurdles. G.E. Eden T.B. won the…
The Ireland Verse Prize was awarded to C.C.J. Webb Q.S. The subject was ‘Cometae’. The Dean’s Greek Testament Prizes were awarded to 1. J.B. Hodge 2. C.C.J. Webb Q.S. The subjects were – The Epistle to the Galatians, Epistles General of S. James and S. John and Rev ch 1-V. The Mure Scholarship has been…