The Athletic Sports came off on Thursday & Friday, Oct. 17 & 18, & were very successful, no rain, mirabile dictu, falling on either day. The T.B.B., of course, took all the events under 15 – of the 16 events, Squire and Boyd were respectively 1st and second in both the quarter & hundred.
In the open events the T.B.B. won the following places –
Mile, first & second – W. Stephenson and Westmorland
Quarter – second & third – Westmorland and O. Bury
Half Mile with hurdles – first and third – W. Stephenson & O. Bury
Hundred – first and second – Stuart-Edwards and J. Frere.
Cricket Ball – first – Robson
Hammer – seconds – Ritchie
Hurdles – first – Ritchie
Long Jump – first – Stuart-Edwards
High Jump – second – Wilks.
Bicycle Race – first & second – Steggall & A. Soames
We also introduced this year a new feature in the sports – a ‘Tug of War’ between the Q.S.S. & T.B.B. 12 a side. The Town Boys won this year – pulling over the Q.S.S. twice. The first pull was quickly gained by the T.B.B., but the second was a longer matter, the Q.S.S. offering more resistance, but we pulled them over & won.
The team was – W.G. Bell, C. Campbell, F.G. Clarke, F. Newington, J. M. Stuart Edwards, H.S. Westmorland (Grant’s), O. Bury, Palmer, H. Robson, C.V. Wilks, (Rigaud’s), J. Frere & W. Ritchie (HBB).
Counting with open events & u.16, first place, as three, second two & third one, then the scores are
| College | 34 | T.B.B. | Grant’s | 22 |
| Rigaud’s | 13 | |||
| H.B.B. | 10 | |||
| 45 |
Counting all events the Houses stood
| Rigaud’s | 34 |
| Grant’s | 32 |
| H.B.B | 23 |
| Dale’s | 3 |