Cricket Our prospects for the Cricket season of 1880 were not bright, as it was understood that only F.C. Ryde (T.B.), the eleventh man of last season, would be here, and that upon him would devolve the arduous task of giving away ten ‘pinks’. Benbow however came back, but did not retain the captaincy, and…
Owing to the kind intervention of Sir Robert Phillimore permission was obtained from Dr Scott to send a four up to the Henley Regatta to compete for the Public School’s Challenge Cup. Unfortunately no Schools of any note entered. The entries were Bedford, Derby, Cheltenham, Radley, Magdalen College School (Oxford), and Westminster. John Phelps, a…
The prizes for the Phillimore Translations into English prose and verse were awarded as follows: Prose. H.C. Benbow Verse. H.R. James Q.S. The subject chosen for the Prose was Thucydides i. chpp. 7-10, for the verse the fourth Ode of Propertius.
Friday June 18th gave rise to one of the most serious rows that have occurred here for many years:……. On Friday June 18th after ‘speeches’ up School a most unseemly disturbance was made by the greater part of the school, and which the masters took no steps to quell whatever. At the advice of Dr.…
On Monday June 7th I and my brother and Robson were asked by H.R. James Q.S. captain to attend a monitors’ meeting on the following day to consider a case in which Sheridan (Grant’s) had shown great insubordination and insolent defiance to F.E. Lewin (Head monitor) whilst ‘picking up’ at Lawn Tennis and a second…
It is, I believe, under somewhat unusual circumstance, that my name suddenly appears as Prin: Opp: – From 1876 until May 1880 I was a Q.S. but after being elected to Cambridge had nothing to engage me until the following October. Dr Scott and the Rev. C.A. Jones kindly consented therefore to keep me on…
The following are the T.B.B. monitors for the Midsummer Term: H.C. Benbow prin: opp: …… Grant’s W.L. Benbow ……………… Grant’s H.N. Robson ………………. Rigaud’s The following T.B.B. are also in the Sixth: H. Gwinner Homeboarder H. Munro Rigaud’s T.B. Hodge | | Grant’s | E. Poland T. Morison
The result of “Election” this year is as follows: W.A. Peck | |Oxford | C.W.R. Tepper R.S. Owen A.A. Sikes | |Cambridge | H.C. Benbow H.W. de Sausmarez Triplett Exhibitions A.A. Sikes H.C. Benbow Triplett Gratuity C.Ogle Cyril Ogle Prin: Opp:
The result of the competition for the Latin prose prize is that W.A. Peck Q.S. obtains a second prize; R.S. Owen Q.S. being next best. No first prize was awarded. In the Gk: Iambics W.A. Peck and R.S. Owen Q.S.S. were bracketed equal, W.R. Tepper “proxime accessit”. In the examination for the Cheyne Arithmetic prizes…
On Feb: 24th: a school collection was made in Abbey, which reached 18 guineas, and was devoted to the fund raised by the Duchess of Marlborough for the relief of distress in Ireland.