No. 142

The Athletic Sports this year took place on Oct. 12 and 13. There were two Town Boys on the committee, O.S. Macleay (Grant’s) and W. L. Pemberton (Grant’s). The mile was won by Vidal (Q. S.) in 5.20. In the races open to all Birchett (Rigauds) was third for the mile, Noyes won the long…

No. 141

On Saturday Dec. 17 there was a concert in College Hall. In consequence of the limited space there were only 150 tickets issued. It commenced at 7.30 and was finished a little before 10. P.M. A wedding march was played by the Rev R. F. Dale and W. A. Ellis in honour of Rev. E.…

No. 140

As Macleay the Head Town-boy is away & will not return this term I make the following entries in this ledger:- At the end of November Macleay went up to Oxford to try for the Balliol scholarship; he was not successful but came out seventh on the list. A.P. Hill

No. 139

The T.B. and QS match resulted again this year in a victory for the QS in the first innings. Q. S. T. B. 1.       H. E. Rawson 1. R. M. Curteis. capt 2.       Dyce 2. Jackson 3.       Gilbertson 3. Saunders 4.       W. S. Rawson 4. Trollope 5.       Northcote 5. Pemberton 6.       Stephenson 6. Noyes, C.…

No. 137

The annual Charterhouse match came off this year at Lord’s on the 20th July: and, sad to say, with the same melancholy result as last year for after a gallant fight Westminster was defeated with several wickets to go down on the part of her adversary. It is to be hoped that a successful effort…

No. 135

In March another of those unpleasant rows took place which have from time to time made their appearance in the chronicle. Several articles had been missing in this house (Grant’s) from October last, when about the time of the Athletic Sports a boy named Lefroy had lost a little mechanical engine under circumstances which left…

No. 134

The Wooden was won this year by H. G. Barron QS. While the Wire fell to H.C. Randolph QS.* *The wire was won by H. G. Rawson Q.S. It is to be regretted that only one T. B. took part in the competition this year, and it seems desirable that something should be done to…

No. 133

Complaints having been made of misconduct on the part of some of the boys of Westminster School who have been climbing on the roof of the Houses of Parliament & making disturbances in the courts, the Lord High Chamberlain has ordered “that the Westminster boys, if they conduct themselves properly, may be permitted to pass…