The following town boys are now in the Sixth W.L. Benbow Grants Prin. Opp. (T.B. Monitor) E. Poland Grants. T.B. Monitor J.B. Hodge Grants T.B. Monitor T. Morison – Grants A. Soames – H.B. Grants F.F. James – Rigauds H.G. Gwinner – Home Boarders W.G. Hewitt H.B. Rigauds It will be observed that…
We have had another shy at Henley but although we came off better than we did last year we did not win. The four went into training on April 20th going out from Sails at Lambeth composed as follows – W.W. Bury Q.S (bow) 2. R.T. Squire T.B. 3. R.H. Coke Q.S. E.J.H Brandon…
The School Prizes this year were awarded as follows Latin Prose —– J.B. Hodge T.B. Greek Iambics —– W.C. Dale Q.S. Greek Prose —– 1. J. Langhorne Q.S. 2. H.R. James Q.S. Phillimore Essay —–T. Morison T.B. Senior Cheyne Prize —– F.E. Lewis Q.S. Junior “ “ —– W.E. Marshall T.B. Master’s Prize for Mathematics…
The subjects for election this term were – Aeschylus Agamemnon Cicero’s Selected Letters (Watson) Pt II Catullus Selections (Simpson) Plato Republic III IV Gibbon’s Decline &c Vol I Butler’s Analogy Part II Epistle to the Romens Iliad XXII XXIII Aeneid X XI XII The examiners were the Rev H.L. Thompson and W.D. Rawlins Esq.…
A T.B. and Q.S. row which might have grown to disagreeable proportions arose in the Debating Society this term. The Q.SS were very sore at the fact that three of the four officers in the Society were T.BB and also because at a recent election all their candidates had been black-balled. Consequently they sent round…
The annual T.BB and Q.SS match was played on March 23rd and resulted for the first time for sixteen years in a most decisive victory for us by 4 goals (kicked by Burridge Crowdy Ingram and Jenner) to love. This result was foreseen by all as we had all the backs who played against Charterhouse…
On March 9th Mr R.H. Scott secretary to the meteorological office (brother to our present head-master) came down and gave us a most interesting lecture on distribution of temperature.
A Shrove Tuesday fell on St David’s day this year the Pancake was thrown at 9 o’clock after Sir Walkin-Wynn’s annual visit. It fell between the Under School and Under fifth Horse-shoes and was at first secured by H.G. Gwinner T.B. from whose grasp however it was soon ruthlessly torn and as no one could…
On February 26th our eleven went down to Godalming and were followed immediately after school by a large number of supporters. Their ground maintained its usual character of hard and dry dustiness which seemed to no small extent to throw us out. Their eleven which xhad not been defeated once in the season was deprived…
The temporary committee whose names I have recorded in 457 have succeeded in their endeavours to form a O.W.F.C. it may be thought right that the results of the first season’s play should be recorded. I therefore extract the following list from the Elizabethan Nov 6 v Clapham Rovers Drawn 2-2 10 v O. U.…