No. 499
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]
Category: Revd Scott
No. 498
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…
No. 497
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.
No. 496
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…
No. 495
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…
No. 494
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
No. 493
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…
No. 492
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…
No. 491
T.BB v Q.SS Played at Vincent Square on August 1st and won easily by T.BB. Full score- T.BB. OC.W. Crowdy b Bird 16 OC.J. Roller not out 6 XA.E. Bedford c Waterfield b Bird 19 XF.G. Thorne run out 4 OH. Wetton b Bird 0 XH.T. Healey c Bain b Harrington 0 XG.E.M. Eden c…
No. 490
I do not think any mention has previously been made of the presentation to the school (by Mr Ryde father of F.C. Ryde T.B. Captain of Cricket 1880) of a Cricket-Shield to be competed for by the houses. On the first year it was won by Rigaud’s owing to the excellent batting of F.T. Higgins…