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SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
APRIL, 1886.
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Editorial ...
Prize List-Christmas, 1885 ...
Quarterly Examination Prizes
List of First Classes, 1885
Public Examinations ...
The Unfrersity Examinations
Cricket ...
The School v. Church of England 1-lchool
The School '" Undergraduates ...
The School v . i:lt. Ignatius
The School v. King's School
The School v. Oallan Park
The Melbourne l'tlatch ...
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EDITO RIAL.
A FRESII School Year turns our thought s naturall y both to
the past and to the
future, to what we have done or failed to do and to what
we can do and mean
to do ; and the thought ful recollec tion of the past is indispen
sable to the
successtul carrying out of our resoluti ons for the future.
Bacon says a faculty
of wi&e interrog ation is half a knowled ge, and most
assured ly our own
failures and successes are facts the right question ing of
which will always
prove invaluab le. \Ve cannot do better than remind those
who bring to this
year's work the recollec tion of success of the saying of
one of our great
English men, that "succes s is like the meal which the travelle
r enjoys upon
his way, but the purpose of which is to strength en
him for his future
journey ." Too much stress cannot be laid on the fact that
all School work is
only a means to an encl, and not an encl in itself: a boy
leaves School the
richer not by what he bas clone while there, but by the powers
of clc>ing and
thinkin g he takes away with him. Most boys, after they
leave School, will
never need to open a School book again as far as the facts contain
ed in them are
concerned : it is not what a boy can underst and of the content
s of a book that
will serve him in the future, but just so much as he has made
part of himself ,
the abiding recollection of facts rightly grouped , and the habits
of method and
experim ent which have resulted from his work.
In saying this we do not mean for a momen t to underra te
what has been
done in the late Examin ations by the boys who have so
well sustaine d the
fame of the Gramm ar School. \Ve would only warn them
not to think so
much of past victorie s as of future achieve ments, and at
the same time say a
Word of encoura gement to those who have been disappo inted.
Examin ations
are confessedly an imperfe ct test of ahility and acquire
ments ; we cannot
pretend by a score of papers to form anythin g like that complet
e estimat e of a
boy which a score of years may still leave doubtfu l : yet a
test we must ha\'e,
and all that can be clone is to make that test as fair as possible
.
Many familiar faces will be missed this quarter ; we need
hardly say they
take every good wish with them from those who are left :
if, with good wishes
We may couple a word of advi~e, it would be this-" See
that your polished
arms be primed with care." Your favouri te gun or bat
or racquet has its
place where clamp and rust will not spoil, why then let what
you have gained
at School slip from you for want of use. Not that we should
expect to see
You spendin g the Saturda y half-hol iday over a Latin Gramm
ar or an Algebra ;
~tis rather the habits of work than the subject matter that
will be valuabl e
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the hours that must be devoted to bread-w inning. For years
you have had
to be punctua l in rising; each day's work has been portione
d out and has had
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to be done to the day ; in every department of work or amusement you have
had to act as one of a body, and have hacl to respect the rights of others.
Why should these invaluable habits of punctuality, regular method, and
corporate action be allowed to fall into disuse ? Rather let them be treasured
as the harvest garnered in the years of School life. And in that time, alas!
too short, which a man has to himself; in 'which most of us have to crowd
a.ll our attempts to clevelope our intellectual powers, to satisfy our artistic
impulses, or to attend to duties outside our daily work, duties as members of
families, as citizens, as men ; it is all important that the lessons of a good
education should not be forgotten. A knowledge of the lessons that all
history teaches helps to make a man a wise citizen, tolerant of the opinions of
others, and able to distinguish true from false prosperity, while an accurate
knowledge of his own tongue added to the reasoning powers so thoroughly
developed by mathematics will keep him proof against any specious juggling
with words and enable him to unmask self-interest in the thousand and one
disguises which it assumes in a young country. While wishing success to all
old boys, we should be very ungrateful if we did not recognise the School's
indebtedness to them for all that they have done in keeping up the tone of
the School, in maintaining discipline and forwarding the interests of all kinds
of sport. The new boys, we trust, have found by this time that they have come
among boys who are proud of their School, and who will expect them to take
an active interest in all that concerns it, whether Examination list or
Cricket score.
Finally, let old and new together resolve that, what is worth doing at all
is worth doing well, whether it be in class, on committees, or in the cricket
and football field. Work has to be done and may as well be done pleasantly.
Let them get a few clean sheets on Saturday and see if it is not so.
PRIZE LIST.-CHRIS TMAS, 1885.
Knox Prizes :-1. Thompson i.
2. McClelland i.
Windeyer E11say.-Shake speare a Product as well as a Producer. 'fhompsou i.
Knox Latin Prose Prize. Thompson i.
Cape Verse Prize. Thompson i.
GENERAL PRIZES.
Given to all boys who gain three First Classes during the year.
Waldron ii.
Taylor i,
Ford i.
Thompson i.
Godfrey
Kethel
McNeil ii.
Hunt i.
Sharpe
McClelland i.
Stephen ii.
Lloyd i.
Lewington.
Anderson i.
McNeill i.
FORM PRIZES.
VI.
V.
IV.
Remove.
Moderns 1.
2.
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3.
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Thompson i.
Stephen ii.
Watt ii.
McPherson iii.
Poole
Taylor ii.
Logan i.
Small
Sharpe
Newman i.
B. Addison i.
Waldron
II A. Jones ii.
l\loderns 4.
III A.
Weigall ii.
Cox
Pain i.
I A. Sorrie
B. Ruutz
C. MacKnight ii.
B.
3
Thompson i.
Lloyd i.
Stephen ii.
Mcintyre
Molinei
MATHEMATICAL PRIZES.
Sapsford
Kinross i.
Menzies i.
Brereton i.
ii
Neich
Parker i
Browne ii.
Ross
Black
Walker
Godfrey
W eigall iii.
Flatau i.
O'Keefe
GERMAN (given by L0rd Augustus Loftus)
Corlette 2
QUARTERLY EXAMINATION PRIZES.
Al'RIL AND SEPTEMBER, 1885,
Upper School-Latin Grammar: Thompson i.
Greek Grammar : Stephen ii.
English Grammar : Thompson i.
French Grammar : Deane i.
Arithmetic : McNeil i.
Lower School-Arithmetic : Menzies i.
English Grammar : Waldron ii.
French Grammar : Colyer i.
Latin Grammar : McClelland i.
DRAWING-Poole
BooKKEEPING-McKenny
LIST OF FIRST CLASSES, 1885.
A.-ENGLISH.
LOWER SCHOOL.
UPPER SCHOOL.
Stephen ii. Windeyer i. Bereton ii. Leth bJPidge ii. Lewington
¥unt i.
Browne ii.
Newman i. Read ii
{ hompson i Stephen i. Wall
Hulle
Corlette i.
Massie
Bowman
Kethel
LFloyd. i.
Huntley i.
Mack
ord 1.
Addison i. W aldrou ii. Godfrey
Taylor i.
McNeil i. Dobbin i.
Lethbridge i McClelland i. Addison ii.
Runtz
Anderson i. Lawson i.
Thompson v Weigall ii,
ll'laut
McNeil ii.
Robison iii.
McLaurin i. Eld
Leeder
B.-MODERN LANGUAGES,
LOWE~ SCHOOL.
UPPER SCHOOL.
Kethel
TLhompson i. Bohrsmanu i. Hester
Bowman
loyd i.
Manning iii.
Hunt ii.
Kinross
Hunt i.
Sharpe
Tillett
Kennet
W eigall i
McN ~il i.
Taylor i.
Watt ii.
Ford 1.
McLaurin i.
Solomon
Wall
Stephen i.
McOlelland i.
Huntleyi.
Stephen ii. Goldsmid
Hunt iii.
Massie
McN eill ii, Rutter
Lewington
Garnsey
Anderson i. Elwin i.
Kindon
Begbie
Windeyer i. Lyon i.
Moses i.
C.-CLASSICS.
LOWER SCHOOL.
UPPER SCHOOL.
Menzies ii
Newman i.
Thompson i.
Cox
Sharpe
Hunt i.
Pain i.
Bohrsmann ii.
Lloyd i.
Helm
Aron i.
Stephen ii.
Read iii.
Read ii.
Stevens
Rutter ii.
Ford ii.
Anderson ii.
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(continued).
Cheeke
Godfrey
Sorrie
Brentnall
C.-CLASSIC S.-LOWER SCHOOL
Addison i.
Waldron ii,
McClelland i,
Thompson v.
Weigall ii.
Manning iv.
Milford
Jones ii.
Mansfield ii.
Pick burn ·ii.
Tress i.
Vivian
Runtz
Anderson iii.
D. -MATHEMAT ICS.
UPPER SCHOOL.
Thompson i.
Lloyd i.
Stephen ii. .
McNeil i.
McNeil ii.
Watt ii.
Anderson i.
Osborne i.
Mcintyre
Taylor i.
Fuller
Olson
Vernon
Moline i.
Crisp i.
Gleeson i.
Taylor ii.
Kinross i.
Stokes i.
O'Conor
Todhunter
Brereton i.
Moline ii.
Logan i.
Ebsworth
Ke th el
Parker i.
Cruickshank i.
Campbell i.
Lyons
Walker
Ross
Torpy
Airey i.
Blackwood
Peters
Crisp i.
Ebsworth
Fordi.
Henry .
Lyons
McNeil i.
Moline i.
Poole
LOWER SCHOOL.
Arithmetic.
Ass er
RP a ding
Lethbridge ii.
Tress i.
Sapsford
Godfred
Menzies i.
Weigall iii.
McClelland i.
Flatau i.
Waldon ii.
Flatau ii.
Lewington
Perry
Browne ii.
Hunt iv.
Euclid & Algebra.
Neich ii.
Sapsford
Skarratt
Lethbridge i.
Thomas ii.
Sharpe
Pope
Menzies i.
O'Keefe
Harris iii.
Moore i.
Black
E.--:-NATURA L SCIENCE.
Robinson i.
Alledring
Corlette ii.
Gleeson i.
Kiss
Smith
PUBLIC EXAMINAT IONS.
(A, first-class ; B, second ; C, third.)
SENIORS.
Hunt i.-History, English, Latin, Greek, Physics (A); French, Arithmetic
(B); Geometry (C).
Thompson i.-English, Latin, Greek, Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometr y,
Mechanics (A); French (BJ; Geometry, Physics (0).
Ford i.-English, Latin (A) ; Greek (B) ; French, Arithmetic, Algebra,
Geometry (C).
Poole.-Free hand Model Drawing (A); History, Geography (B); Arithmetic,
Geometry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physic, Geometrical Drawing (C).
University Prize and John West Medal, proa:ime accessit.-Th ompson i.
English Medal.-For d and Thompson equal. Hunt proxiine accessit.
Latin Medal.-'Iho mpson.
Greek Medal.-Tho mpson
JUNIORS.
Begbie.-Lat in, Arithmetic (A); History, English, Algebra, Geometry (B).
Cohen.-Geo metry, Arithmetic, Algebra (B).
Cranna.-La tin (A); History, Geoi:;raphy, English, Arithmetric, Algebra (B).
Elphinston. -Engliah, Latin, Arithmetic (B).
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PUBLIC EXAMIN ATIONS .-JUNIO RS (contin
ued).
Falk.-G eograp hy, English , French, German , Arithm etic (B).
Gleeson .-Geogr aphy, Arithm etic (A) ; History , Algebra ,
Geomet ry (B).
Graing er.-Geo graphy , Arithm etic, Geomet ry (B).
Hayden .-Histo ry, English , Latin, Greek, Arithm etic (B).
Henry. -Latin (A); Geograp hy, Arithme tic, Algebra, Geomet
ry (B).
Hester. -Englis h, French, Latin, Greek, Arithme tic, Algebra
(B).
Hunger ford.-G reek (A) ; English , Latin, Arithm etic, Algebra
, Geomet ry (B).
Kelly.- History , Latin, Arithm etic (B).
Kemmi s.-Engl ish, Latin (A); French, Arithm etic (B).
Kiss.-A rithmet ic (A) ; Geograp hy, English , Algebra (B).
Knight .-Latin , Arithm etic, Geomet ry (B).
Littlejo hn.-La tin, Greek (A) ; English , Arithm etic (B).
Lyon.- Latin, Arithm etic (A); History , English , Greek (B,.
Lyons. -Histor y, English , Geomet ry, Chemis try (B).
McCar thy.-En glish, Latin, Geomet ry (A); History , Arithme
tic, Algebra (B).
Mclnty re.-Eng lish, Greek, Arithm etic (A); Geograp
hy, Latin, Algebra,
Geomet ry (B).
McNei l.-Latin , Greek, Arithme tic, Algebra , Geomet
ry (A); English ,
French (B).
McPhe rson.-E nglish, Latin, Greek, Arithm etic (B).
Mannin g.-Hist ory, English , Geograp hy, Arithm etic (B).
Moline .-Engli sh, Ge0grap hy (A); Arithm etic, Geomet ry,
Chemis try,(B).
O'Cono r.-Histo ry, Geograp hy, Arithm etic (B).
Olson.- Geogra phy, Arithm etic, Geology (A); History ,
English , Algebra,
Geomet ry (B).
Peden.- Geogra phy, English , Arithm etic, Geomet ry (B).
Quodlin g.-Geog raphy, English , Arithm etic (B)'.
~obertson.-Arithmetic (A); Geogra phy, Geomet ry (B).
Robiso n.-Geog raphy, Arithm etic, Geomet ry (B).
Rofe.-E nglish, Latin, Arithm etic (B).
Rutter. -Geogr aphy, English , Latin, Greek, Arithm etic (B).
Stephe n.-Eng lish, French, Latin, Greek (A); Arithm
etic, Algebra ,
Geomet ry (B ).
Swire, E.-Geo graphy , English , Arithm etic (B).
Swire, P.-Eng lish, French, Arithme tic (B).
T~ylor.-Geography (A) ; Arithm etic, Algebra, Geomet ry (B).
Tillett. -Arithm etic (A) ; Latin, Greek, Geomet ry (B ).
Wall.-H istory, Latin, Greek, Arithm etic, Algebra ,
Geomet ry (A);
English (B).
Warbur ton.-Ge ograph y, English , Arithm etic, Algebra Geomet
ry (B) ·
Watt.- Latin, Arithme tic, Algebra (A); Greek, Geomet ry
(B).
Univers ity Prize.-M cNeil and Stephen . equal.
English Medal. - Stephen .
Latin Medal. -Stephe n.
Greek Medal. -McNe il, p1·oxiine accessit, Stephen .
i\lgelJra Medal. -Wall, proxinie accessit, \Vatt.
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THE UNIVE RSITY EXAMI NATION S.
MATRICULATION.
McNeil i., Ford i., Stokes, Higgins i., Hungeri.,
Hunt
i.,
on
Thomps
Passed.ford, Mitchell, Wallace, Mant, Bohrsmann i., Manning i., Shirlow i.,
Austin, Kinross.
HoNouR s.-Classi cs, Class !.-Thom pson i., Hunt i.
Class IL-McN eil i., Ford i.
MATHEMATICS.-Class !.-Thom pson i.
Class III.-Mc Neil i., Hunt i.
ity Scholarship
Cooper Scholarship of £50 for one year for Classics, and Univers
of £50 for one year for Proficiency, Thompson i.
FIRST YEAR.
HoNOURs.-Classics, Class I.-Garr an, King, Leibius, Walker.
Class IL-Mci ntyre, Dare.
Class III.-Ab bott.
MATHEMATICS.-Class I.-Garra n.
ScIENCE.-Class II.-Send all, Garran, King.
Cla.ss III.-Mc lnnes, Fitz, Dare, Vicars.
Allen
Lithgow Scholarship of £50 for one year for Clnssics, and George
Scholarship of £50 for one year for Mathematics, Garran.
Passed.-CLASSICS.-Sendall, Mcinnes , McPherson.
LATIN AND FRENCH.-Fitz, Vicars.
LATIN AND GERMAN.-Fitz.
MATH!:MATICS.-Class I.-llfoln nes, Leibius, Fitz, Mcintyr e, Walker,
Dare, Abbott, McPherson.
Class II.-Vicars, King.
SCIEKCE.-Class II.-Leib ius, Mcintyr e.
Class III.-Da re, Abbott, McPherson.
SECOND YEAR.
HoNOURS.-Classics, Class !.-Russ ell.
Class II.-Saddin~ton, Barbour.
Class III.-Litt leJohn.
MATHEMATICS.-Class !.-Russ ell.
Class II.-Sadd ington.
hip of £50
Cooper Scholarship of £50 for 1 year for Classics, Barker Scholars
for 1 year for Mathematics, proxime accessit to Deas-Thompson
Scholarship of £50 for 1 year for Natural Science .-Russel l.
PASS.-CLASSICS.-White, J. Wood.
MATHEMATICs.-Cla.ss I.- White, Barbour.
Class IL-Littl ejohn, J. Wood.
B. A. EXAMINATION.
HoNOURS.-Classics, Class !.-Neil l, Fletcher .
Class IL-Lox ton.
MATHEMATICS, -Class l.-Delohery,
Gold Medal for Classics .-Neill.
Gold 1\Iedal for Mathem atics.-D elohery.
Passed.- CLASSI CS.-Bar ker, Beehag.
LATIN AND FRENCH.-Massie, Fosbery.
MATHEMATICS.-Cla.ss !.-Bark er, Massie.
Class II.-Fosb ery, Beehag.
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M. A. EXAMINATION.
'CLASSICS.-A. T. Cormack, H. D. Crocker.
MATREMATICS.-P. Rygate.
An !Lnalysis of the published lists shows that exclusive of the l\fatriculation pass list, past and present members of the school are credited with 35
honour passes out of a. total of 73, and 35 ordinary passes out of a. total of
157. The honour passes are distributed as follows :-Classics, 21 out of 39 ;
Mathematics, 7 out of 24; Science, 7 out of 10. Of 9 Scholarships the school
takes 6, and old S ydneians a.re also credited with both the gold medals for the
B.A. Examination.
This analysis is important as showing how closely the interests of the
School and University a.re bound together: it is very creditable to be able to
claim nearly half the honour work of the University, but at the same time it
is only what the School should do while it is in a healthy state.
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CRICKET.
'l'HE SCHOOL v. CllURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL,
Moore Park, 18th Nov. 1885.
A win for the School, let us suppose on their merits, but their opponents were
very feeble, excepting, perhaps, Roberts who got half the runs made from the
bat, and took 7 wickets. We will not say anythi1;1g about the ground, but
.anyone who knows the Park knows what to expect there. C.E. School made
18; S.G.S., 86 ; Mitchell 32, Higgins 24.
BOWLING.-Swire, in 5 overs (1 maiden), took 3 wickets for 14 runs.
Mitchell, in 5 overs (4 maidens), took 6 wickets for 1 run.
THE SCHOOL v. UNDERGRADUATES.
Wentworth Park, 2nd December, 1885.
The School went in and made 80, in which there was only one double
figure innings and 15 byes. Street got 27, and played good cricket for them,
till he was caught off a bumpy ball ; the next highest score was 9, by W.
Allen, who played in good form till bowled by a "Yorker" from Barbour.
One or two of our eleven, who shall be nameless for this once, shaped very
poorly at the bowling.
TlIE SCHOOL,
5
. ..
...
Kemmis, b Neill...
27
Street, c Jenkins, by Colquhun
7
Mitchell, c Walker, b Colquhun
6
.. .
McPherson, b Barbour .. .
3
Hayes, c Colquhun, b Barbour ...
9
Allen, b Barbour ...
2
Major, c ~hepherd, b Adams
4
Swire, c Eden, b Adams ...
1
Crisp, b Barbour ...
0
Harris, b Barbour
0
Chisholm, not out ..
16
Byes, 15 ; wide, 1
80
8
UNDERGRADUATES.
Eden, b Chisholm
Adams, c Hayes, b McPherson
Wood, b Macpherson
Barbour, not out
Colquhun, b Major
Shephard, not out
Byes
For 4 wickets ...
27
39
18
37
16
<l
2
142
ANALYSIS OF BOWLING.
Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets.
Hayes.:..........
8
0
30
0
Mitchell.........
9
1
31
0
16
Chisholm .... ...
4
1
:McPherson.....
8
0
37
2
Harris............
3
0
12
0
Major............
3
0
18
1
NOTE FOR ScoRERS.-Wides and no-balls do not count in the analysis of
each over, but are given in the summary and ought to be entered against each
bowler in the space provided for them. Byes are entered as they occur, in
the score sheet, irrespective of whom the bowler may be. In reckoning the
bowling average no extras are counted, the average being taken from runs
obtained from the bat only. By this it will be seen that no extra can spoil
a maiden over.
THE SCHOOL v. ST. !GNATIUS.
Riverview, 5th December, 1885.
The School went in first; Kemmis, 79, and Street, 53, opened the ball
pretty effectively rattling up the runs at a great pace, making 100 in the
first half hour, but were both missed several times. The wicket was a perfect
one, but the fielding ground has yet to be made, having no grass on it, and a
quantity of loose small stones which interfered a good deal with fielding; in
time, for time will be necessary, no doubt it will be a good ground, but the
difficulties to be contended with are great. The School total was 223, and
ma.de in a very short time. At one part of the game it looked as if our eleven
were going to remain at the wickets all day. It is just as well that the event
proved otherwise, as we were enabled to score a victory instead of a draw, our
opponents just getting over the century. The total would not have been so
large but for mistakes on the part· of the umpire, who was caught napping.
However, all is well that ends well, and the match was over soon after 4 p.m.,
the Riverview eleven not wishing to go in again, as, being in a considerable
minority, they had to follow on. Fagan got 45 not out, being particularly
good on "Yorkers" but he ought to have been out before he got double
figures. The thanks of the eleven are due to the Jesuit Fathers who entertained them most hospitably, and sent them away well pleased with their day
out. May the next day on which we meet them be as successful. Score :-
9
TIIE SCHOOL.
Kemmis, c Cripps, b Jennings
Street, b Jennings...
...
McPherson, run out
Mitchell, b Mooney
S. Hayes, lbw, b Jennings
Swire, c Ireland, b Jennings
...
Allen, c Cripps, b Moone .. .
l\:lylne, not out
Chisholm, c Cullaghan, b Mooney
Harris, c McCarthy, b Jennings...
Skarratt, b Mooney
Byes
79
53
7
28
O
18
O
10
15
O
3
10
ST. IGNATIUS.
Lawler, b McPherson
5
Mooney, c Harris, b McPherson ... 17
Jennings, c Mylne, b McPherson 15
Fagan, not out
... 45
McNeily, c McPherson, b Hayes... 0
Cripps, lbw, b Hayes
0
Fitzgerald, c Street, b Hayes
4
Cullaghan, c Mitchell, b McPherson 6
Ireland, b Hayes
12
McCarthy, run out...
0
Lanigan, c McPherson, b Hayes ...
104
223
ANALYSIS
Hayes........ .
McPherson. ..
OF SCHOOL BOWLING.
Overs. Maidens. Runs. ·wickets.
22·4 balls
6
49
5
22
6
55
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THE ScnooL v . KING's SCHOOL.
Second Elevens.-Pa rramatta, 5th December, 1885.
The result of the first eleven match was reversed in this, as we won by
~5 runs on the first innings. For the losers, G. Hall and Allen got 15 and 22
u1 the first innings, and E. R. Hall 32 in the second; whilst Cooper, 41,
Higgins, 19, and G. Allen, with 10, did most of the run-getting. McGrath
was the most successful bowler in the first innings, and McPherson in the
second. Score :KING'S SCHOOL.
1st innings.
2nd innings.
Pell, c Higgins, b Hayes ...
2 c Higgins, b McPherson
0
Graham, b Hayes ...
0 b McPherson
0
E. R. Hall, c Higgins, b UcGrath 1 c Allan, b Cooper
32
Rudder, c Cruickshank , b 1\:lcGrath 2 b Higgins
6
G. Hall, c Cruickshank , b A. Hayes 15 b McPherson
0
.Ash, c Cooper, b McGrath
6 b McPherson
1
Allan, not out
.. .
.. .
22 c Cooper, b McPherson
9
Warner, b McGrath
0 not out
3
Newman, lbw, b McGrath ..
0 c Preddy, b Higgins
2
White, c Preddy, b McGrath
0 b Biggins
8
McKenzie, b McGrath
0 b Higgins
4
Bye
Bye
1
I
Higgins ........
49
14·1 ball 5
66
18
4
10
THE SCHOOL.
A. Hayes, b Graham
J. McPherson, b Graham
Higgins, b Allan...
McGrath, b Allan
Cooper, run out ...
Kinross i., b Allan
Osborne ii., c Rudder, b Allan...
Preddy, b Rudder
Flood i., b Graham
G. Allen, c Graham, b Rudder.. .
Cruickshank i., not out...
Byes, 3; leg-byes, 2; wide, 1 ...
2
1
19
4
41
0
6
0
2
10
3
6
94
THE SCHOOL
v.
CALLAN PARK,
Cullan Park, 9th December, 1885.
The school lost the toss and took the field, Hayes and Macpherson starting
the bowling; the latter proved very expensive, runs coming fast as he was
pitching the ball too far up ; this is better than getting short, but too much of
it is likely to play havoc with any bowling. and it would be well for him to be
on his guard against it. Hayes was unlucky, several balls which completely
beat the batsmen just shaving the wicket. Mitchell went on and began
gettin!if wickets at first, then a double change was made, Macpherson going on
at the opposite end to that at which he began, ancl Major taking the other.
The end soon came, and the innings closed for 73.
Of those Floyd made 20
by hard hitting and good cricket, but otherwise the batting was not of a high
order. The school started well, Kemmis and Street, hitting at a great pace,
had 30 on the boa.rd within the first quarter of an hour, but soon after Kemmis
was caught and bowled from a lofty one which, had the ground played true,
would have gone out of the enclosure. Street was bowled with a yorker,
having just before giving a cha.nee of stumping, which was not ta.ken.
Macpherson and Mitchell were both got cheaply, and 10 runs only were
wanted to win, when the rain come down heavily, and the game was left
drawn, very considerably in our favour, as we had 6 wickets to fall. Skarratt
took the wicket very well for us, his first case of stumping being very clean.
The wicket was very rough, and cut up very badly towards the latter pa.rt of
the time.
Score : -
11
THE SCHOOL.
CALLAN PARK,
...
Floyd, c Street, b Mitchell
Jones, st Skarratt, b l\Iacpherson
Barker, st Skarratt, b Mitchell . . .
Digby, c Macpherson, b Mitchell
Dryer, c Kemmis, b Macpherson
...
Price, 1 b w, b Macpherson
Cheetham, b Macpherson ...
...
Johnson, not out ...
Harrison, b Major...
Richardson, b Major
Wood, b Major
Byes...
... 28
Street, b Floyd
15
Kemmis, c and b Rlaxland
13
Macpherson, b Floyd
3
Mitchell, c .Blackland, b Floyd
0
S. Bayes, not out
4
Swire, not out
2
O
Byes
9
2
65
Foe 4 wickets
O
O
2
20
5
9
7
10
9
73
Major, Cooper, Chisholm, Skarratt, and Harris to bat.
ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL .BOWLING.
Hayes
Macpherson
Mitchell
l\Iajor
Maidens
Overs
1
9
0
6
0
5
3·5 balls 1
Runs
24
22
14
12
Wickets
0
4
3
3
THE MELBOURNF. MATCH.
17th and 18th December, 1885.
twelve, left Sydney hy the express on Monday,
rather
or
The eleven,
December 14, and reached Melbourne the day following, considerably done up
by the journey. Sleeping berths were not to be had, and the heat after
leaving Albury was terrific; some idea may be formed of it when the thermometer stood at 90 degrees before 9 a.m. However the journey came to an end
at last, but not the heat, which continued all day aud was all the worse to
bear as there 'l\&S no water to be had for a "tub," th~ water people having
cut it off for the day. They were met at the station by some of the
Melbo\irne boys and driven out to the school in cabs. Owing to the school
being full, room could not be found in the building for all of them so some
went to private houses where they were very kindly put up during their stay
in 111elbourne.
The thanks of the ~.G.S. are due to Dr. and Mrs. Wilson fortheir kindness
to the eleven, and it may safely be asserted that those who went to Melbourne
on our behalf will look back with pleasure to their visit, accompanied as it
~as by victory, and feel sorry for those who did not go. Next year, when it
is their turn to come to us, we will hope to see among their eleven some of
those who did battle this year for them.
Sydney won the toss and went in on a perfect wicket to the bowling of
Looker and Morris.
12
The start was lucky for us, as Kemmis was missed before he had
made five, a costly mistake for our opponents, as with any luck on such a
wicket, a batsman was sure to score. Profiting by his escape, be began one
of the best innings played by him this season, and one which went a long
way towards winning the match for us. Street was also missed when he had
made 3, and the iniss gave him another couple of runs, but he fell to a good
catch at very forward point when he had made 11, and the first wicket went
for 18. McPherson followed, and was bowled for two, at which the glee of
the C.E.G.S. was great and justly so; if he" ould learn to stand faster on his
feet instead of hopping about, and to play with a straight bat when going
back to a ball, it would be the
the better for him and the eleven also.
Two for 23. Mitchell followed, and runs began to come quickly, both batsmen playing good cricket and punishing the loose ones freely till llfitchell
lost his wicket to Smith for 22, a very good innings wanted at a critical time.
Three for 72. Swire followed, but his play was anything but in his usual
form, being exceedingly tame and showing none of his hitting power which
is his best point. The same fault is very palpable;in his batting, as in the case
of McPherson, his bat being anything but straight in playing back, but his
innings was decidedly useful. Four for lll. Hayes came in and started
playing carefully, and in something like his old form, but soon after lost
Kemmis, who was got rid of just before lunch for 60, which, except the miss
before mentioned, was an excellent and free-hit innings. Five for 128. A.lien
joined Hayes, and the two put on runs fast ; the former was in anything bnt
a happy state of mind on his arrival at the wicket, but scoring off his second
ball, be fell to work on the rest with confidence, and"fully justified his place
in the eleven, notwithstandin g what was said about the selection by some
growlers in Sydney. His innings was faultless, and played in good, free
style. Hayes was well set, and batting better than he had done for a long
time when he had the misfortune to be run out. It was a close thing, but
bad he run over the bowler who was stauding in his way, and not tried to
a.void him, he could have saved his wicket. Six for 150. Major joined Allen,
and soon got to work, but the bowling about this time was more on the spot.
and difficult to get away, Champion (left hander) seeming to be the more
difficult. Morris got Allen, who played back at a half volley, and was bowled
with a ball that ought to have gone for four at least. Seven for 162. Chisholm came in. and began letting out as usual till he was run out, leaving
Major at the wickets (Sfor 181), but his time was near, as soon after Cooper
came in he was bowled by Noall in his fifth over. Ska.ra.tt joined Cooper, and
immediately smacked Noall for 4, and the pair put on 16 runs for the la.st
wicket ! Major deserves credit for his innings, which was made without a
cha.nee, and in much better style than usual ; the la.st wicket might have
put on more runs but for a most senseless case of run out. The innings closed
for 202, much better than the start promised. Our opponents fielded well, in
some cases brilliantly, and backed up the bowling well, but it was all over a
batsman's wicket. Looker and Morris bore the brunt of the bowling, but
the former was tried too much. He took three wickets, but they cost 64
runs, while Morris got two for 65 ; but for the wickets thrown a.way by the
men getting run our total might have been larger.
all
13
McPherson and Hayes started the bowling in the first innings
of the
Melbourne team to Morris and Duke, who opened the ball well,
the first
wicket falling for 22, when Hayes caught the former in the slips
for 7, and so
got rid of one of their free bats. Duke batted well for his runs
till he also
fell to a catch in the slips at 37, having just previous ly lost his partner
in the
same place, which gave Major credit for two first-rate catches.
Ramsay
came in with the score at four for 37, and pfayed a patient innings
which
showed strong defence, but lacked offensive power, but for
all that he
deserves every credit for it, not only for its being the highest
score of the
innings, but because it was played when a rot was setting in,
which it in
some measure stayed. Hayes at last got him in the slips, and soon
the innings
came to an encl, the last wicket falling for 112. Smith and Champio
n batted
~veil and freely for their runs. but the bowling of Hayes was decidedl
y good ;
1
n fact, above the average, as he varied his pitch and pace wlth
consider able
jt~clgment, and got an excellen t analysis . McPhers on's bowling was
not up to
Ins Sydney form, half volleys predomi nating, with the usual result
of them
being hit. Major had a certain amount of bad luck, but he was
kept on too
long, when Mitchell might have been tried sooner. The extras are
noticeab le,
there being no less than 17 byes from want of a long-sto p to the
fast bowling.
A~ the chances given were taken, and these, strangel y enough, were all
in the
slips; the fielding generall y was good, being sm~rter than we
have seen it
sometimes in Sydney matches. 'Vhere all worked hard it is difficult
to say
to whom the palm should go, but it certainly lies between Ha.yes,
Mitchell ,
Major, and McPhers on ; the only exceptio n to the generall y good
fielding was
Chisholm, who is very slow and thinks about getting to a ball
when it has
gone past him.
Melbour ne followed on, and started badly, as the first wicket,
Shuter's ,
fell for 2 to Major, while he got the second for 15 ; l\Iorris
came iu, and
~ayes opened his account by bowling him for 0. Three for 18. Ramsay
Joined Greene, and saw the latter missed badly by Street at cover-po
int when
he had made 9 ; the batsman profited by his escape and illct·ease
d his score
greatly. The stumps were drawn at 6 p.m. for the clay, Melbour
ne having
lost 4 wickets for 46. Play was resumed at 10 a.m. the next morning
, so to
enable the players to go down to the Melbour ne Cricket Ground,
and ~ee the
match between the Universi ties. '!'he fifth and sixth wickets
both fell
at 46 with Ramsey still in playing and as if he meant staying there
all day.
Smith and he were knocking up the runs when they were
both let
off, the former badly to Chisholm, who afterwar ds made
amends
fo~ it by catching him oil just the same hit and Ramsay behind the
wicket by Skaratt more than once; the seventh wicket
fell for 72,
and the ninth for 133.
Our wicket-k eeping here was bad, and the
gloves were given at last to McPherson, and he immedia tely stumped
the last
man off Hayes, and ended the innings, leaving us 39 runs to
get to win.
Hayes canied off the bowling average again, but Mitchell and
Major were
both kept on too long; that they were expensiv e will be seen
from the
analysis.
14
Street and Kemmis w€nt in to get the runs, but neither of them seemed
inclined to play their usual game. The first wicket fell for 7, when Street
fell to a good catch at leg. McPherson came in, and was busy with singles
for a while, doing the lion's share of the scoring till be was bowled by
Ramsay. Two for 29. Kemmis and Mitchell got the required runs, and the
match was over soon after 3 p.m., with an eight wickets victory for the
S.G.S., of which they may well be proud. Our victory was due chiefly to the
fine bowling of Hayes, with whom none of the batsmen could do much as the
analysis shows. He bad a considerable amount of bad luck in the second
innings, several times completely beating Ramsay, but the ball just missed
the wicket. Our fielding on the whole was not so good as in the first innings,
but the beat may have bad something to do with it. Ramsay's innings was
not so good as bis first; he was almost bowled several times, and was let off
more than once at the wickets, besides being missed by Allen at short slip
from a left-banded catch which he ought to have held ; but without his runs
the total would not have reached that of the first innings.
How did we win? The answer is not far to seek ; simply bec::mse our
eleven played well together, and made up their minds to win, if possible. If
our school eleven will always field as well as the team did in the first innings,
we s~all never have cause to regret their representing us against anybody.
We may be overmatched at batting, but our fielding is surely in our own
hands, for without good fielding the best bowling in the world is compara.tivaly useless. Both teams have a lesson to learn from this match. Our
batting is, at the best, inclined to be rough and ready ; that of the Melbourne
tea.m is more taking to look at, and some of their bats have very good style ;
they have strong defence, and some of them good punishing powers, but in the
la.tter they do not come up to our eleven, and in this the contrast was very
marked. In one:thing we must yield to them, and I say it without the least
hesitation, for there is not a shadow of a doubt of it; they play with a straight
bat, most oj om· eleven do not.
The wicket we played on was perfect ; nearly 500 rune made on it, and
another match was played on it the following day, when another 250 were
made, and yet it bore no signs of .hard work, and was not in the least cut up.
It played fast too, and was a regular run-getting wicket, doing infinite credit
What with their " pro," pavilion, and
to Greenwood the school "pro."
grancl wickets, it makes one wish-but the Tenth Commandment is before
me, so I pause. Score :SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
1st innings.
Kemmis, c Duke, b Looker
Street, c Shuter, b Looker
McPherson, b Morris
Mitchell, b Smith
Swire, b Looker
Hayes, run out
Allen, b Morris
2nd innings.
60 not out
11 c Noall, b Ramsay
2 b Ramsay
22 not out
17
18
22
12
4
.. 15
2
15
18
11
7
7
...
Major, b Noall
Chisholm, run out , . .
Cooper, not out
Skarratt, run out .. .
Byes, 3; leg-byes, 2; wide, 1 ;
no-ball, 1
7
1st innings ..... 18
2nd innings...... 7
23
29
72
... 39
For 2 wickets ...
202
The wickets fell as under :3
2
1
6
...
Byes, 4; leg-byes, 2
4
5
6
7
8
9
IO
111
128
150
162
181
186
202
C.E.G.S., ANALYSIS OF BOWLING.
lat innings.
Overs Maidens Runs
Looker ........... 45
64
11
. ............ 26·3 balls 3
Morris
65
Ramsay ...... ... 13
12
3
Smith ..............
18
0
6
Champion ........ 16
23
7
Noau :..............
3
6
8
2nd innings.
lliorris ............ 12
14
3
Ramsay .......... 11 ·3 balls 3
19
Wickets Wides
0
3
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
No-balls
0
0
0
0
2
0
C.E.G.S., MELBOURNE.
lat innings.
7
Morris, c Hayes, b McPherson
.. 17
Duke, c ll'.l:ajor, b Hayes . ..
1
Mouritz, c Major, b Hayes
2
.. .
. ..
Shuter, run out
9
.. .
.. .
Green, b Hayes
... 21
Ramsay, c Hayes, b l\1ajor
1
Looker, b Hayes ...
18
...
Smith, b Hayes
.. 19
Champion, b Hayes
0
Noall, lbw, b Hayes
.. . O
Manifold, not out .. .
Byes, 17; leg-byes, 4; no-ball, 1 22
2nd innings.
b Hayes
0
9
0
0
26
42
13
... 26
0
5
4
3
b Major
c Major, b Hayes
b Major
b Hayes
c Mitchell, b Hayes
1 b w, b Hayes
c Chisholm, b Mitchell
b Hayes
not out
st McPherson, b Hayes
Bye, 1; leg-byes, 2
128
112
The wickets fell as under :1.
2
3
1st innings ...... 22
2nd innings ..... 2
23
15
30
18
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
37
46
46
46
48
46
74
72
110
113
112
119
112
128
16
S.G.s., ANALYSIS OF BOWLING.-lst innings.
Overs Maidens Runs Wickets No-ball
Hayes .......... 29·3 balls 14 3
2
7
1
McPherson .. .. .. 14
3
28
1
0
Major.............. 11
2
21
1
0
5
2
9
O
0
Mitchell . . .. .. ..
2nd innings.
Hayes ........ .. 48 ·2 balls 24
45
0
7
25
6
Major ............ .
46
2
0
Mitchell ......... .. 23
9
34
0
l
Scorer : C. W eigall.
On Monday, 21st December, a combined team of the two schools played
the St. Kilcla C.C., and won by ten wickets. The Melbourne contingent got
most of the runs, making 49 out of the total of 80 obtained from the bat, four
extras bringing it up to 84. The wicket was frightful, the wonder is there
was no one killed, and that any one managed to get any runs at all, let alone
get double figures. St. Kilda tried no less than eight bowlers, of whom
Finlay took four wickets for 21 runs, and Siclclely three for 17. For St. Kilda,
Greenwood, the C.E.G.S. professional, made 28 out of 54 in the first innings,
none of the others reached double figures. Hayes took six wickets for 19
runs in the first innings, and Morris (C.E.G.S.) four for 24. In the second
innings Finlay got 16, by hard hitting, out of 34 (no extras). Hayes and Mr.
Chapman, one of the C.E.G.S. masters and captain of the team, took respectively four wickets for 28 and 6 for 6. The Schools had five runs to get and
got them without losing a wicket.
On Tuesday, 22nd, was started what was to have been a two clays'
match with the Melbourne C.C. and Ground, but unfortunately just as the
Schools ended their innings a thunderstorm broke over the ground and
swamped it. There was heavy rain during the night, and on Wednesday
the ground was quite unfit to play on, so the match was abandoned,· and
those of the eleYen· who had not already left for home did so that night
reaching Sydney in time for Xmas.
It was our clay for the runs, and we got more than our share of them,
Kemmis was to the fore with 48, made by free hitting, and without a chance,
against rather more than average bowling. McPherson got 13, and then had
hard lines in getting stumped some time after the wicket-keept.r had taken
the ball; Mitchell got 13, but was not quite at home at the wicket; Hayes
did ditto, and was not out for a good innings, which promised to be larger.
Our batting showed up well, as we got 87 out of the total, but it is an open
question how the Schools would have fared with an innings of 120, and a
strong team against them, including Bonnor and a couple of "pros." Of the
C.E.G.S. five, exclusive of Mr. Chapman, Greene was the only one to reach
double figures with 12. Ramsay was in some time, but failed to score, though
he ought to have taken advantage of being let off in tne field. The 120 runs
were made from 44 overs of 6 balls each ; in the Schools match 4 balls only
were bowled to the over.
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[Tho report of the Debating Society and Correspondence have been held
over for want of space.-EDs.]
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