Hockey. PROMOTED INTO SCHOOL HOCKEY XI. F. B. C. DeChair H. F. Hayhurst THE O.M.'S. MATCH. This, the only foreign match of the year that could be arranged, was played against a team of Old Marlburians captained by E. H. Bucklnad; the game was played on the Common on Tuesday, March the 18th, the ground being hard and dry after the fine days of last week; and the weather about as good as it could be for the players. The match ended in a victory for the School by four goals to one, a result chiefly due to the fine play of our centres and wings; in these points we were perhaps superior to our opponents, while they showed if anything better than we did behind. The School began the game up the hill, and succeeded in driving the ball over their adversarios' line in the first minute or two. After the bully Wynne, who played very well throughout, made a good dribble, but the ball was brought back again up the hill by Firth, who scored the first goal. After this reverse the Old Marlburians played up more strongly, and for a while our goal was seriously threatened. Two corners were gained in quick succession, but our backs stopped our opponents from scoring anything. Buchanan and Padwick relieved us and took the ball away, their efforts being answered by Turner and Wynne; the game now shifted rapidly from one side of the ground to the other; two shots were, however, made at the Old Marlburian goal, one of which was missed and the other was disputed. Mr. Way, and Turner, on the O.M.'s wings, and Buckland among their behinds showed conspicuously. The School answered by a rush, headed by Keeling in the centre and Buchanan and Firth on the wings, and Cheales, scored the second goal for the School. The game was more even after this, the ball continuing in the centre of the ground, and some good passing, of which there was not too much throughout the game, followed on the part of the O.M.'s. The latter began to show more dangerously shortly after this, and after a good dribble by Wynne, Chappell gained the only goal which the Old Fellows scored during the match. After some hitting between the backs, in which the School had a little the best of it, half-time was called after half-an-hour's play. After the ball had been started again the difference of the hill began to tell in the favour of the school, and the game came somewhat dangerously close to the O.M.'s goal; and after a dribble by Firth a corner was scored, and for the third time the school scored a goal. After this event the game became for some time undecided Keeling, Cheales, Mr. Way, and Turner being perhaps the most prominent. Then it became faster and our goal was threatened. Firth and Keeling responded, but were stopped by Buckland, who about this time showed conspicuously for hitting powers. Here the O.M.'s made great efforts to score, Turner being especially vigorous, and the continual rushes made by the different sides grew somewhat monotonous till DeChair varied the proceedings by neatly scoring the school's fourth goal; some hard hitting between Padwick and Buckland followed, and more rushes by the Old Fellows, who once or twice got dangerous, but never succeeded in actually scoring. Shortly after which time was called, leaving the school victorious by four goals to one. The teams were:-OLD MARLBURIANS.-E. H. BuckJand (back), J. S. F. Bacon (three-quarters), W. M. Tatham, R. T. A. Hughes (halfs), Rev. J. P. Way, F. S. Robinson, A. B. Turner, O. Wynne (wings), W. H. Chappell, A. Druitt, J. E. B. Wilson (centres). THE SCHOOL-H.T. Keeling (capt.), J. P. Cheales, F. B. C. DeChair (Centres), F. E. Bull, E. C. C. Firth, T. G. Buchanan, H. F. Hayhurst (wings), F. G. Padwick, H. A. F. Davies (halfs), E. M. Harvey (threequarters), F. Lazenby (back). M.C.H.C. v REV. J. P. WAY'S XI. This match, which took the place of the return match against the Common Room, was played on Thursday last, the 13th. The Common Room was seriously weakened by various causes, but received able assistance from W. H. Rotheram, Esq., O.M., and four members of the school. Keeling elected to play up the hill at starting, and immediately after the bully the school XI was penned, and before long Mr. Ashwin drew first blood-1-0. The ball was restarted, and play remained below and about the middle of the ground, till change was called. After the sides were changed the same fortune favoured the combined eleven, who rushed the ball up the hill and enabled Mr. Raynor to put the ball through the posts, 2-0. Not long afterwards DeChair scored for the school, 2-1. After some play in the centre of the ground, Woolner by a capital dribble took the ball up the hill and between the posts. The School XI then made a vigorous effort against their adversaries' stronghold, and a hard one from Preston, hit outside the ring, touched the back and went through. This the school claimed and obtained after some slight discussion. Misfortunes never come singly. A collision between the left wings of the combined X1, resulted in the loss to his side of Mr. Ashwin; and soon afterwards Keeling by a tremendous run down the ground made the score three all. Neither side gained any further advantage, and the call of time ended a very enjoy able game. Sides:-M.C.H.C.-H. T. Keeling, (capt.), E. C. C. Firth, T. G. Buchanan, H. F. Hayhurst, (wings). J. P. Cheales, C. S. Preston, F. B. C. DeChair, (centres). F. G. Padwick, E. M. Harvey, (), H. A. Ferguson-Davie, (1), F. Lazenby, (back). Mr. Way's XI.-Rev. J. P. Way, (4), J. E. Alston, (back), Rev. T. N. Hart-Smith, H. B. Winterbotham, (), W. L. Giles, E. G. Ashwin, W. S. Bambridge, H. Woolner (wings). Rev. P. E. Raynor, W. H. Rotheram, H. C. Bett, (centres). The boys played directly after, and were pretty even in the first game till seven all, when Purcell, by good service, carried our score to 12. The next game was a much harder contested affair, but we managed to pull it off after setting. The third we won as easily as the first, and the fourth was a repetition of the second. We are unable to give, what we hope to do after the match next Saturday, a detailed account of the games, and as so many saw them it is not of much importance, but of the general nature of the play we formed the following idea. Cairnes for Wellington has come on con siderably since last year and makes some very clean and neat back-handers. His partner is a weaker player, but did his best. Purcell, for us, was much below his best form. His great exertions the week before had, we are convinced, told on him, as he missed not a few serves which he would have put up unerringly in the house match, and his service (where staleness most makes itself visible) had lost much of its sting. We rely on his doing better this week, or we may have to record a different result in our next number. Nevertheless, we were rather surprised at his score of points handed to us, viz., 31 to Meyrick-Jones' 35, as we should say he fully did his share of the work; and points by themselves, it must be remembered, are a very delusive test of play. Meyrick-Jones played a sound and good game, as he generally does, and as the floor got damp his service became more effective-a good omen, by the way, if he plays at Princes. If he goes on improving he ought to make a fine player in 1885. His play, and Purcell's also, is at present rather safe than brilliant ; the hitting on Saturday was rarely as low as it should be, and in the whole match there were only once or twice rallies containing a series of really hard returns. Safeness, however, is the best possible foundation on which to build, and the qualities as yet missing in our players-a really formidable service and a killing return, as opposed to merely getting the ball up-may yet be developed before we go to London; and there is more hope of it, as we never had greater keenness shown in racquets, or more pains taken by each player to do his very best. Score-Wellington 7 13 7 13 an interest in subjects rather different from the daily round of School work and School games. Politics is such a subject. What has become of the old Political Debate, attended by eloquent members of the Common Room, by the majority of the Sixth, and many whom we then considered 'ignobile vulgus ?' I was staying down at Marlborough lately and learnt to my surprise that at the last two Debates of this term (not now I believe held fortnightly but at indefinite and lengthening intervals) the subjects proposed for discussion were Phonetic spelling and Ghosts. The interests of a nation are at stake, the policy of the Government is brought to its account, and the M.C.D.S. meets to discuss Ghosts! “Verily, I say the President is a Phantasm Captain." Can phonetic spelling compare with the franchise question in interest? Is Egypt of less importance then the Cock Lane Ghost? Whether the Debating Society is decaying or not I cannot from personal observation decide; if it is, the reason is not far to seek. I May I be allowed to make one or two suggestions? would venture to advise the first that the debate be held in the Sixth form Class Room as formerly; the Bradleian is too large and will never fill after the novelty has worn off. Secondly that the subject for Debate be chosen as a rule not from books but from newspapers. Thirdly, that the Society be supported more heartily by members of the Sixth. may be, I hope I am, wrong in what I have said. I mean to say no more than that if the Society has changed its tone and become literary, or phasmatological, it is to my mind a great pity. A smattering of politics, a little newspaper knowledge, a little practice in saying what you think, are things very easily acquired in a School Debating Society, and very easily neglected. I remain, &c., EX-PRESIDENT. of several monuments of Greek art, both statuary and vase paintings, which illustrate various phases of the games. Such were the "Diskobolos," or Quoitthrower of Myron, the "Standing Discobolos," the "Boxer with Cestus" from the Louvre, and several others. After a brief description of these, the lecturer proposed an imaginary visit to Olympia. He described himself as landing from the sea in the memorable year B.C. 384; in company with a strange mixture of peoples from Africa, Sicily, and Italy, he made his way to the sacred plain; where he hired a "periegetes," or cicerone, to show him all the wonders of the "Altis," the sacred enclosure, including the Temple of Zeus with its statue of Zeus, the court with its hundreds of athletic statues, each with its marvellous legend, the Victory monument of the Messenians, and many other things. Then the first day of the sports began, and the spectators, gathered round the "Stadion," or on that natural grand-stand, the "Hill of Kronos," witnessed the triumph in the foot-race of Dikon— Dikon, alas! not now "of Kaulonia," as so many times before, but, to his own and Dionysius' shame, "of Syracuse." After the foot-races and the races in armour, we looked at the Wrestlers and saw a combat between two champions of opposite schools of the art which recalled to us the wrestling of Odysseus and Ajax in Homer. The fearfully earnest sport of the Boxers and the Pankratiasts was enlivened by the doctor's comment thereon and various anecdotes of celebrated devotees of this dangerous game. In the evening we heard Lysias the Athenian, and witnessed the onslaught upon the gilded tents of Dionysius, instigated by his burning eloquence. On the next day, besides the Pankration, we beheld the most pleasing competition of all, that in which the "all-round man" came to the fore, the Pentathlon. winner in the pentathlon was the champion in five events, the long jump, javelin-throwing, the quoit, running and wrestling; but in several of these contests we notice practices foreign to our English experience. Thus the jumper carries weights, and succeeds in clearing 29ft. (there was one Phayllus, the cicerone said, who had done 55ft!); in the quoit-throw distance counts, not direction; the javelin is twirled with a strap, to secure accuracy of aim, as with us the gun is rifled. The players, we noticed, were drawn in ties, and the "Ephedros" or man who drew the bye, was counted especially lucky, as he gained breathing-time while. the others were playing. The Here the lecturer paused. The chariot-race and riding-race still remained, but time failed, and the subject was reserved for a future occasion. The Master, who was present, thanked the lecturer in the name of the Society; and photographs of all the most important among recent discoveries at Olympia were shown. At this meeting the prize for holiday drawing work was adjudged to A. B. Jackson, while E. A. Stanton and A. J. Mavrogordato were highly commended on the excellence of their drawings. The next meeting is fixed for March 27th, when S. Image, Esq. (O.M.) will lecture. The last time |