T.BB. in the VIth. Summer Term- A.M.T. Jackson (Grant’s) (Monitor) M.H.M.T. Pigott “ (Monitor) R.A. Ingram (Rigaud’s) (Monitor) C. Buttar (Ashburnham House) A.T. Pryce (Grant’s) J. Salwey (Grant’s) C. Bompas (Grant’s) E. Allan (Rigaud’s) Stirling (Rigaud’s) Towers (Home boarders) Webber (Ashburnham House)
Results of the Cricket Season – Matches played Won Lost Drawn Runs for Agst. April 26th v Harris’ XI 94 98 Lost by 4 runs & 6 wickets. Sherring 23 Armitage 19 May 3rd v. Mr Blackburne’s XI 58 164 June 21st v. M.C.C 48 & 143 for 8 wkts 231 Armitage…
The School Confirmation took place on the 19th of July, the Bishop of Rochester officiating.
The Masters’ Prize for mathematics fell to E.F. Allan T.B., the Marshall Prize in the Sixth to F.H. Coller Q.S, & in the Shell to J.W. Aris Q.S. G.C. Ince Q.S gained the Senior & J.E. Phillimore the Junior Cheyne Prize.
On the 31st of May at Queenstown Co. Cork Mr Sloman was married to Miss Bessie Penrose of Queenstown.
Perry’s shop has been removed to Ashburnham House. Fellows now go up fields beyond by Victoria Street & Artillery Row, while Simpson’s & the street between it & Payne’s has been put out of bounds, & Monitors may not give leave to the Baths in Smith Street.
The Elections to College in 1884 were as follows – J.B. Chapman F.W. Marshall J.H. Cumming E.L. Clapham A.J. Lee P.J. Preece F. Street H.J. Whittaker C.S.W. Barwell C.C. Sharpe W.S. Cox R.E. Olivier J.H. Clarke Exhibitioners – W.A. Last P. Williamson G.H. Fry J. Liberty A.E. Balfour J.B. Farrar
The theses for School Epigrams were – ‘A Xεìρ τàv Xεīρa –‘ & ‘Standard gold or token.’
A few days before Election the Head Master sent for me & told me that if I had stayed longer than the summer term he would have made me Captain of the School(!), but that as things stood, he advised to waive any right(!) I believe such a change is most undesirable; for, setting aside…
The Gumbleton English Verse Prize & the Latin Prose Prize were awarded to C.C.J. Webb Q.S. The subject of the former was “The Confessor’s Abbey of Thorney”. The Greek Prose Prize fell to R. Vavasseur Q.S. & the Greek Iambic Prize to A. Jackson T.B. No one attempted the Phillimore Essay, the topic of which…