The Suttonian 1971

SUTTONIAN

Volume 32

Number 2

T H E SUTTONIAN

EDITOR:

T. C. ELGOOD

COMMITTEE:

R. N. BRIDGER R. M. MAYO N. D. NELSON K. RODWAY

(The front cover was drawn by K. K. Ho)

SCHOOL OFFICIALS MASTERS Headmaster: Second

Master:

M. R. R I C K E T T S ,

P. S. W. M a c I L W A I N E ,

N . J . B E N N A L L A C K - H A R T . T . D . , M.I.Biol.

D . A. S I M M O N S , D.L.C.(Hons.)

A. G . F O U L K E S , M.A. R . P. C O U T T S , M.A., F . R . G . S .

R. E . H O R N , M.A. A. R. D O U G L A S , M.A. B. D . W A R B U R T O N , B.Sc. M. H. F A I R B A N K , M.A. F . R . B A L L , B.Sc. G . C . P E N M A N , B.A. R . F . B A T E S , B.Sc. R. D. C H A N C E , B.A. M . F . B EA M A N , M . A .

Bursar:

M.A. M.A.

J. M c C O R M I C K , B.A. M . j. W E S T , B . A .

A. G H A I N E Y , B.Sc, D . L . C .

Rev; G . N E V I L L E , M . A .

K . U. S M I T H , B . S c , M.I.Biol.

M . H . A N D E R S O N , M.A., F . R . C . O . , A . R . C . M . , L . R . A . M .

R. M. B A R R A N , B.A. D. W. T A Y L O R M. i . W E S T W O O D , B.A. G . G . A B L E , B.A. B . J . ' L I T T L E , fi.Sc. D. T. R I C H A R D S , Dip.P.E. C. R. G . S H A W , M.A.

Lieut.-Comdr. T . P.^ H A L L , R.N.(retd.)

Adjutant

to C.C.F.:

Capt. j! A . L . S E R G I S O N

I

PREFECirS Head

of the School: School

T. A. T. E. R.

jp. B A K E R

Prefects:

J. R. S T I F F H. McIVBR C. E L G O O D D. W H I T E W R I G H T N. B R I D G E R

R . F . B. J O N E S J. R. A B B O T T M. G . K R A Y E N B R I N K A . P. S C O T T D. A. S H E R I D A N

N. G . S W A F F E R

House

Prefects:

St. A. C . H A R F O O T

Margaret's: R. A . H A Y D E N Y. C. K W A N

Lambe's: S. C H I N D A S I L P A D. N. H O P K I N S

Westminster: S. J. B O T T O M L E Y N. A. H A R T L A N D

Cornwallis:

I. A. M E N Z I E S H. NASSER

A . S. D A N D R I D G E S. R . J O L L E Y

D. T O N G

R. H. J. B A L L R. C . B A R K E R M . J . S. B O Y L A N D

D. G . L L O Y D B. D. S O R R E N T I N O

Founders: I M . K. MARKS R. M. M A Y O ;R. A. S O R A G G

J. G . J O N E S B. M . O Z A H. A. T H O M A S

GOODBYES Just after "coining of age" as a Suttonian John Bennallack-Hart will be leaving at the end of Summer Term 1971 to take up the post of Senior Biology Master at Belmont Abbey, Hereford.

When he came to Sutton Valence, Biology was a sort of Cinderella subject. John soon changed all that and made his subject live. Not only did Biology continue as an " A " level subject but he also added Botany (his favourite) and Zoology as separate " A " level subjects. He also, and one finds it difficult to think where the time came from, taught some Mathematics and Chemistry too.

When the new Science Block was completed in 1956 John took over the West End with his Senior and Junior lecture rooms and also a private hideout - The Preparation Room. The present standard of Biology in the School is due almost entirely to his energy and enthusiasm for his subject.

He did lots of other thmgs too - here is a list of them - and he put his whole heart and mind into whatever he took on.

Careers Master. Well, he took this task over from Norman Bentley in 1951 and there are many past members of the School who have become square pegs in square holes - or round in round - who can say "Thank you" to John for the advice and work he put in to get them fixed up in their present jobs.

He was a tower of strength and an occasional prop to the writer of this article when he became House Tutor of Founders in 1953. And in 1968 he took over the Housemastership itself with remarkable success - just look at both Academic and Sporting results in this "Suttonian".

On games fields he ran Under-14 Cricket and Rugby for 13 and 10 years respectively, and many of the 1st team experts have reason to be grateful for his help.

For four years (1953-1957) he was in Command of the C.C.F. and for the next 10 he was Schools' Liaison OflScer of 44 Signal Regt. (Cinque Ports) T.A., of which he was Second-in-Command.

There are lots of other facets of School life to which he added a bit of polish: Choral Society, Natural History (he could hardly avoid this one), a Stargazer and a Beekeeper.

Now he couldn't have done all this without help. This, of course, came from Corinne, his wife. We didn't see as much of her as we would have liked, but she was always there, backing up John to the maximum. First they lived in East Went, then Old Orchard, and when this became a sanatorium, to give Founders the old one as a house - which he has administered for the last three years - they moved to Chelsea Cottage, very near the School.

Now they and their two sons are leaving us for Behnont. It is worth noting that he was offered the post and did not have to reply to an advertisement to get it. We shall miss them all, but know that from time to time they will come back to see what is going on in the South-East.

The School is grateful for all they have done for it, and the writer in particular, for all the help John Bennallack has given him. "Good luck in the future; our good wishes go with you."

E.A.C. Richard Barran joined the Modern Language staff just three years ago. In that time he has brought a fresh outlook to the problems of teaching French, which has had a salutary effect on all and caused the older members of the department to start furtively shaking the dust out of their minds. He has been a willing worker in many fields: apart from his normal teaching he has given help to several boys who for one reason or another were behind in their French; has played his part in helping with games; and has spent a lot of time on the Current Events course with the Sixth Form. But his greatest contribution has been with School drama. In taking on himself the production not only of "Danton's Death" last November but also the Junior Plays at Easter, he undertook a labour which only a great enthusiast could have completed with such success. Richard never concealed his intention of moving on from Sutton Valence before very long, so his leaving does not come as a surprise, though we can still feel it a matter for regret. We wish him all good fortune in his job at a new Comprehensive school in St. Neots.

R.E.H. Whilst we awaited the arrival of a new Head of the English Department, Lionel Millard came and joined us last Christmas for one term. He taught English throughout the School, but perhaps most grateful for his tuition were those preparing for 'Oxbridge' Examinations. His enthusiasm and amazing vitality will be remembered by all.

At the end of the Easter Term Mrs. D. L . Saunders, Matron of Cornwallis, left us. We wish her every success in her new job.

It was at the beginning of the School year that we welcomed three newcomers: Mr. D. T. Richards to teach Biology, and Physical Education, Miss A. E . Roscoe as Sanatorium Sister, and Mrs. I Crampton as Matron of Lambe's. Finally, in the Lent Term, Mr. C. R. G. Shaw (O.S.) was welcomed as the Head of the English Department; he and Mrs. Shaw are living at Windflowers and Mrs. Shaw has been helping out as Matron in Cornwallis.

VALETE CHRISTMAS TERM 1970

L R . M A D L E (1965, L . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, Prefect, 2nd X V Rugby, Senior T e a m Athletics, C p l . in C . C . F . , I / c .

Meteorological Society, Governors' Scholarship, U . I V , V F o r m and Distinction Prizes, Winstanley Prize for Science.

I. B U S T A R D (1969, St. M . ) . — " O " Levels.

C . L . P E R R Y (1967, St. M . ) . — " O " Levels, Junior Cross-Country Team.

Goes to Manchester University to read Chemical Engineering.

Goes into Merchant Navy.

1. J . R I D L E R (1967, St. M . ) . — " O " Levels, 3rd X V Rugby.

X. Z A R E P H E (1967, L . ) . — " O " Levels, 2nd X V Rugby, Senior School Swimming T e a m (Colours), Senior Basketball Team.

Goes to West Kent College.

W. M . B. S C O T T (1968, C . ) . — " O " Levels.

T . H . S C O T T - W I L S O N (1964, B. & St. M . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, School Prefect, 1st X V (Colours), Senior V I I I CrossCountry (Junior Colours), Senior Athletics, Sergeant in C . C . F .

Corps of Drums, Hon. Treasurer & President Electronics Society, Choir, Woodwind Group, Head of Lighting G a n g , Hon. Sec. Orchestra, Music Prize, Music Scholarship, Governors' Scholarship for son of O.S., R . A . F . Special F l y i n g Award.

Goes to Downing College, Cambridge, to read Aeronautical Engineering. Hawker Siddeley University Apprenticeship.

I . W . S U F F I E L D (1966, St. M.).

G . T . S T O N E (1967, C . ) . — " O " Levels, U.16 Hockey (Colours), U.14 Rugby, Junior Tennis T e a m Wimbledon 1969, L / C p l . in C . C . F . , Duke of Edinburgh's Silver Award.

Proposed Career: Architecture.

J . A . V O E L C K E R (1963, F . and C . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, Prefect, Hon. Sec. Badminton, C h o r a l Society, Madrigal Group, Orchestra, Woodwind Group, Modern Languages 1 Society, F o r m s I I , I I I , L I V , V , F r e n c h Prizes, Music Prize, ^ Distinction Prizes, Music Scholarship.

Proposed Career: Architecture and T o w n Planning.

Goes to Jesus College, Cambridge.

Goes to Highbury Technical College.

Proposed Career: Marine Engineer.

D . A . R . T H O R P (1%8, St. M . ) . — " O " Levels, Senior Athletics,

LENT TERM, 1971

M . P. L A N G L E Y - H U N T (1967, W.).—2nd X I Cricket, U.16 Rugby, U.16 Hockey, Junior Chess Team.

D . H . C A N T (1966, L . ) . — " O " , " A " and "S" Levels, School Prefect, 1st X V Rugby, 1st X I Hockey (Colours), Captain of Swimming, Hon. Sec. History Society, Debating Society C o m mittee, L a t i n Prize, History Prize, Current Events Prize, E . S . U . Scholarship to U . S . A .

Goes to Exeter College, Oxford, to read P . P . E .

A.

N . D A L T O N (1965, L . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, School Prefect, 1st X V Rugby (Colours), Vice-Capt. Hon. S e c ; Senior Athletics (Colours), 1st V I I I Shooting (Colours), 2nd X I Hockey (Colours), 3rd X I Cricket ( C a p t ) , Sgt. in C . C . F . , Hon. Sec. Printing Society, A r t Society, D u k e of Edinburgh's Bronze Award.

J . | M . P H E L P S (1967, W . ) . — " O " Levels, L / C p l . in C . C . F . , Hon. Sec. Hunting Society. '

Proposed Career: Automobile Mechanics.

T i R . F . T . B A R R Y (1967, C . ) . — " O " Levels, House Prefect, 1st X V Rugby, 2nd X I Hockey, Fencing Team, Sgt.-Major i n C . C . F . , Hon. Sec. Geography Society, D u k e of Edinburgh's Bronze and Silver Awards.

I Proposed Career: A r m y .

L . i C . B A C C H U S (1969, C ) .

A.! P. M U R R A Y (1969, C ) .

Goes to F i t z w i l l i a m College, Cambridge, to read Medicine.

N,LTRANT(1968,F.).

C . V . H Y D E (1965, L . ) . — " O " , " A " and " S " Levels, Head of School, 1st X I Cricket (Capt.), 1st X I Hockey (Colours), 1st X V Rugby, Sgt. in C . C . F . , Hon. Sec. History Society, Chairman of Debating Society, History, English, Distinction and Clothworker prizes.

Clothworker's Scholarship.

E.S.U. Scholarship.

Winner of O p e n Exhibition at T r i n i t y College, Cambridge, where he will read English.

D. R . K I N G (1964, L . ) . — " O " , " A " and " S " Levels, Prefect, 2nd X V Rugby, 1st V I I I Cross-Country (Senior and Junior Colours, Senior T e a m Athletics, L / C p l . in C . C . F . , Electronics Society, Clothworker's Scholarship, Kitchener Prize for Mathematics, Wood Prize for Physics, V and U . I V F o r m Prizes, Distinction Prize.

Goes to Manchester Electronics.

University

to study Physics

with

SUMMER TERM, 1971 G . T . B A R D (1970, St. M.).—1st V I Tennis, E . S . U . Scholarship.

Goes to Denison University, U . S . A .

Proposed Career: Commercial Artist T . D . C L Y N I C K (1965, B . and St. M.). " O " and " A " Levels, 2nd X V Rugby, 2nd X I Hockey, L / C p l . in C . C . F . , Distinction Prize.

P. C . D I N N I S (1967, St. M . ) . — " O " Levels, 3rd X V Rugby, 3rd X I Hockey, Corporal in C . C . F .

Goes to Seale-Hayne Agricultural College.

I . D . G O R R I E (1966, St. M . ) . — " O " Levels, 1st X I Cricket, 2nd

S. R . T U D O R

X V Rugby, 1st X I Hockey, Basketball.

A . C . H A R F O O T (1967, St. M . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, House Prefect, 2nd X V Rugby, 1st V I I I Shooting, 2nd X I Hockey, Senior Basketball T e a m (Hon. S e c ) , Archery (Founder member, H o n . S e c ) , Colour Sergeant in C . C . F .

Proposed Career: Transport Management.

Edinburgh's

Goes to Cranbrook School.

Proposed Career: Business Management.

C . E . S. H A N S E N (1971, St. M.).

1965, F . , H . and W.).—Duke of

Bronze A w a r d .

E.

D . W H I T E W R I G H T (1966, W . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, Head of House, 1st X I Hockey, 1st X V Rugby (2nd X V Colours), Hon. Sec. Soccer Society, President -Philatelic Society.

Proposed Career: Chartered Accountancy.

W. G . W U N D E R (1968, W.).

R . A . H A Y D E N (1966, St. M . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, Prefect, Chairman Conjuring C l u b and Printing Society, Wheeler Prize for French, Entrance Scholarship.

Proposed Career: Chartered Accountancy.

M . P. K A R A N I (1969, St. M.).—1st I V Fives, 3rd X I Cricket, Cross-Country, L / C p l . in C . C . F .

Proposed Career: Chartered Accountancy.

R . C . W U N D E R (1969, W.).—U.13 Cricket, U.15 Tennis.

Going to Choate School, U . S . A .

R. N . B R I D G E R (1966, L . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, Head of House, 1st X I Cricket, 2nd X I Hockey, 2nd X V Rugby, L / C p l . in C . C . F . , Dramatic Society, Debating Society.

G . V . C H A L K (1967, L . ) . — " O " Levels, U.16 Fives.

Goes to Bromley Technical College.

Y . C . K W A N (1970, St. M . ) . — " O " Levels, House Prefect, 3rd X V Rugby, Senior Athletic Team, Badminton Team, 3rd X I Hockey, Senior Basketball Team.

Proposed Career: Chartered Accountancy.

A . H . M c I V E R (1966, St. M . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, School Prefect, 1st X V Rugby (Colours), 1st V I I I Cross-Country, 1st X I Cricket, 1st V I Tennis (Hon. S e c , Colours).

S.

C H I N D A S I L P A (1966, L . ) . — " O " Levels, Prefect, Capt.

Basketball, 2nd X V Rugby, 2nd X I Hockey, Senior Athletics T e a m (Colours), Badminton Team.

S. A . H A R L E Y (1967. L.).—Under-16 Fives, Corps of Drums in C . C . F .

I . S O O N T H O R N (1970, St. M.).

R . F . B. J O N E S (1967, L . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, School Prefect, I St X V Rugby (Colours), 2nd X I Hockey, Junior A t h letics, Sgt. in C . C . F .

T . J . R . S T I F F (1966, St. M . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, Head of House, 1st Vm Shooting (Captain and Colours), 2nd X V Rugby (Colours), 2nd X I Hockey, C . S . M . in C . C . F . , Treasurer Electronics Society.

D . G . L L O Y D (1967, L . ) . — " O " Levels, Prefect, Senior Swimming Team, Hon. S e c Astronomical Society.

Proposed Career: C i v i l Engineering.

B. J . T A Y L O R (1970, St. M.).

T . C . E L G O O D (1966, W . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, School Prefect, 1st X V Rugby (Colours), 1st X I Hockey (Captain), 1st X I Cricket, K e n t Schools' Rugby, Hon. Sec. Soccer Society, Bloxham Prize for English, Economics Prize. Editor of Suttonian.

J. R. A B B O T T (1964, H . and C . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, Head of House, 1st X V Rugby, 1st X I Cricket (Colours), 1st X I Hockey (Hon. Sec. & Colours), Fencing Team, H o n . Sec. History Society, Dramatic Society, Suttonian Committee, Kingdon Prize for L a t i n (twice), Garside Prize for History, R . L . K a y Cricket Prize, Fielding Cup. Proposed Career: L a w .

Goes to Queen Mary College, London.

P. P. B E R T I O L I

D . R . G R O O T (1967, W . ) . — " O " Levels.

(1966, C . ) . — " O " Levels,

2nd X V Rugby. •

Stage Manager, Hon. Sec. Sailing.

Proposed Career: C i v i l Engineering.

I. A . M E N Z I E S (1965, W.).—"O'' and " A " Levels, House Prefect, 2nd X V Rugby, 2nd X I Hockey, 3rd X I Cricket, School Librarian, U . I V and Distinction Prizes.

Proposed Career: L a w .

H . N A S S E R (1966, W . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, House Prefect, 1st X V Rugby, 1st I V Fives, Senior Basketball Team, Senior Chess Team.

T.

D . N . R O L L A N D (1968, W.).—2nd X I Cricket, 3rd X I Hockey, Captain of Badminton, U.16 Rugby.

W. A . C . C H A N D L E R (1969, C.).—U.14, U.15, U.16 Hockey (Captain and Colours,) Played for Kent U.16 Hockey, 1st X I Cricket, U.16 Basketball, L / C p l . in C . C . F . , Duke of E d i n burgh's Bronze Award.

Proposed Career: Tanning.

A . S. D A N D R I D G E (1967, C . ) . — " O " Levels, Prefect, 3rd X V Rugby (Capt.), Junior Cross-Country Team, Sgt. in C . C . F . , Hon. Sec. Electronics Society, I / c Astronomical Society.

Goes to Brighton Polytechnic to study Architecture.

S . , R . J O L L E Y (1964, H . and C . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, House Prefect, 2nd X V Rugby (Captain and Colours), Shooting (Captain and Colours), 2nd X I Hockey (Colours), Fencing, C . S . M . ( D r u m Major) Signals Sgt. in C . C . F . , Astronomical Society (Senior Member).

R . H . J . B A L L (1964, F . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, Prefect, 1st X V Rugby (Colours), Cross-Country (Captain), Athletics and Swimming Teams, C p l . in C . C . F . , Hon. Sec. Entomological Society, Bossom Chapel Reading Prize, I V t h F o r m Reading Prize, V t h F o r m Prize.

Joins Cable and Wireless L t d .

J . G . J O N E S (1966, C . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, Prefect, Senior Cross-Country, Senior Athletics, 3rd X I Cricket, L / C p l . in C . C . F . , Chapel Committee, School Orchestra (Leader), Choir, Madrigal Group.

R. C B A R K E R (1964, F . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, Prefect, 2nd X V Rugby, 2nd I V Fives, Sgt. in C . C . F . , H o n . Sec. Natural History Society, H o n . Sec. Horticultural Society, H o n . Sec. Biology Society, Ornithological Society, Winstanley Prize for Chemistry, Duke of Edinburgh's Bronze Award.

Proposed Career: Accountancy.

M . G . K R A Y E N B R I N K (1966, C . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, School Prefect, 1st X V Rugby, 1st X I Hockey, Senior Swimming Team, Captain of Sailing, L / C p l . in C . C . F . , President of F i l m Society, Hon. Sec. Printing Society, Hon. Sec. Geography Society, D u k e of Edinburgh's Silver Award.

D . W . L U C A S (1969, C . ) . - " 0 " Levels, L / C p l . in C . C . F .

Proposed Career: Engineering.

M . J . S. B O Y L A N D (1963, F . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, Prefect, 3rd X V Rugby, Distinction Prize.

Proposed Career: L a w .

A . M A C R E A V Y (1965, F . ) . — " O " Levels, 1st X I Cricket.

R . M . M A Y O (1968, F . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, House Prefect, >3rd X I Hockey, Hon. Sec. Astronomical Society, U . I V F o r m iPrize, V t h F o r m Prize, Grizelle Prize for History, Distinction •Prize, English Prize.

Goes to Leeds University.

B. M . O Z A (1965, H . and C . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, House Prefect, 3rd X I Hockey, School Fencing Team, School Librarian, Economics Society, Astronomical Society, Geography Prize.

Goes to Leeds University to study Textile Management.

A ; P. S C O T T (1%3, F . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, School Prefect, list X V Rugby (Captain), 1st X I Hockey (Colours), 1st X I Cricket (Captain), Kent, London and England Schoolboys Rugby, L / C p l . in C . C . F . , Junior Reading Prize, Clothworkers Prize.

Proposed Career: Agriculture.

P. J . P I T T (1967, C . ) . — " O " Levels, 1st T e a m Fencing, L / C p l . inC.CF. R. A . S C R A G G (1964, F . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, House Prefect, 2nd X V Rugby, 2nd X I Hockey, 2nd F o r m Prize, D i s tinction Prize.

K . R O D W A Y (1966, H . and C . ) . — " O " and " A " Leyels, L / C p l . m C . C . F . , H o n . Sec. Hunting Society, Hon. Sec. Progressive . Music Society, C h o r a l Society. \

R. P. S M I T H (1968, F . ) . " O " Levels.

H . A . T H O M A S (1966, C ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, Prefect, 1st X V Rugby, 1st X I Hockey, Athletics T e a m , Shooting (Colours), Swimming Team, Fencing Team, L / C p l . in C . C . F . , Secretary Progressive Music Society.

P. B A K E R (1964, F . ) . — " O " , " A " and " S " Levels, Head of School, 1st X V Rugby (Colours), 1st X I Hockey, Senior Swimmmg ( C a p t a i n ) , - C p l . in C . C . F . , Hon. Sec.' Meteorological Society, 2nd F o r m Prize, Headmaster's Prize, Duke of E d i n burgh's Silver Award.

Goes to Sussex University to read Molecular Biochemistry.

Goes to C i t y of London Polytechnic.

D . A . S H E R I D A N (1964, F . ) . — " O " , " A " and " S " Levels, School Prefect, 1st X V Rugby (Colours), Ist X I Hockey, CrossCountry (Colours), Athletics (Captain), Senior Basketball, Chess Society, D e r r i c k Verse Reading Prize, Distinction Prize.

N . G . S W A F F E R (1964, F . ) . — " O " and " A " Levels, School Prefect, 1st X V Rugby (Colours), 1st X I Hockey (Hon. S e c , Colours), Senior Athletics (Colours), L / C p l . in C . C . F . , Chess Club (Captain, Hon. Sec.), Choral Society, M o d e m Languages Society, 3rd, L . I V t h , U . I V t h and V t h F o r m Prizes, K a y Prize for German.

I Proposed Career: Banking.

S. p . Y A T E S (1965, H . and F . ) . - " 0 » Levels. C h a i r m a n C o i n Club.

I Goes to College of Further Education, Tunbridge Wells.

SALVETE Form I I

CHRISTMAS TERM 1970 U p p e r "VI

G . T . Bard (M.)

Form V

R. Navabi (L.) D . R . Maitland ( L . ) S. Djahansouz (M.)

Upper I V

K. D. D. J.

Lower I V

R . S. D u n n (C.) S. V . Prudence (M.) R . Safizadeh (M.) I . A . Soonthorn (M.) W . P. Wilkinson (M.) P. J . Daukes (W.) C . R . P. Elliott (W.) C . R . Northover (W.) S. D . Richards (W.) J . O. Andrews ( L . ) M . J . Cherry ( L . ) I. M . Haigh (L.) M. J . Lebon (L.) A . C . Rheinberg ( L . ) M . D . Riddles ( L . ) M . L . W . Wykes ( L . ) P. N . Beringer (C.) P. D . Chandler (C.) W. G . Dawson (C.) N . J . A . Dickens (C.) J . S. Krayenbrink (C.) P. Polycarpou (C.) D . A . Solomon ( C . ) A . J . Atkins ( F . ) J . E . Bent (F.).

G . F . Kershaw ( F . ) M . T . Seth ( F . ) J . M . Townley ( F . )

Form I I I

...

K . H o (L.) A. Horn (F.) A . Humphreys (M.) R . Sheldon (M.)

P. R . Bedford (B.) M . A . Bertram (B.) A . J . Betts (B.) J . E . Burnett (B.) S. A . Cookson (B.) • J. P. Coote (B.) S. J . E l l i s (B.) A . J . Little (B.) T . Pink (B.) S. Wilson (B.) J . Yates (B.) S. P. Hiskett (H.) N . J . E . Jones (H.) M . C . Sherwen (H.) M. P. Smith (H)

LENT TERM 1971 Upper I V

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Lower I V ...

D . J . L . Leslie ( L ) M . J . Collier ( L . ) N . J . Hunt ( L . ) A. J. Murray (L.) D. N . Paul (L.) I. A . P. Wilson ( L ) R . D . S. Adcock (M.) S. Athakravi (M.) C . E . S. Hansen (M.) R . V . K a l m a r (M.) B. J . T a y l o r (M.) K . R . V a n D e r Vlugt (M.) R: J . N . Leighton (W.) J . Maitland (W.) K . L . Biddle ( F . ) R . N . Knight ( F . )

SUMMER TERM 1971 Lower I V

L . Button (B.) C . D . F e r m o r (B.) N . I . Randolph (B.) M . J . B. T o w e r (B.)

S. R . Smith ( L . ) F . B i k h a z i (C.) P. O. H . Rutter (C.) S. E . Wood ( C . ) C . R . Tower ( F . )

CONGRATULATIONS We offer congrtitulations to: C. V. Hyde for winning an Open Exhibition in English at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Both he and D. A. Cant were awarded English-Speaking Union Scholarships.

A. P. Scott, who played for the Kent Schools, London Counties and England Schoolboys Rugby side, and for Kent 2nd X I at Cricket.

T. C. Elgood, who played for the Kent Schools Rugby side.

W. A. C. Chandler and R. A. Crampton, who both played for the Kent Under-16 Hockey side.

R. B. Taylor for Captaining the Kent Under-15

Hockey side, and to I . L. Malkin, who played in this team.

N. R. T. Smith, who was chosen to play for Kent County Under-18 Tennis team.

J. C. J. Horner, who represented the Junior Kent Schools Athletics team in the 80 metres hurdles.

I . R. T. Hutchings and A. A. Speer for receiving their Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award.

Also, the winners of Entrance Scholarships: M. I . Peverett, who gained a Major Scholarship; A. Ford, who gained a Minor Scholarship; and P. J. Bottomley, who gained an Exhibition.

A. P. Aloof and A. R. Bennett; who both gained internal Exhibitions.

CHAPEL The visit of the Rev. Paul Oestreicher in the Lent Term was the most significant event during the year.

His sincere and open personality made a deep impression on many of us during his four days in the school.

It was in some ways an uncomfortable time, because he asked awkward questions - at least as much by what he was as by what he said. But there has been quite a lot of evidence that he has not been forgotten.

Another major event was the concert by the Choral Society at the end of the Lent Term. This event, described elsewhere, was one' of two occasions on which a 'group' of our own boys performed in Chapel, with much acclaim. The other was a home-made Folk Song service on May 9th, which met with mixed criticisms.

The music was, on the whole, much enjoyed, but there was too little congregational participation. More successful was an earlier Folk Song service at which John and Sue Bailey and a friend came and sang for us.

John is a former teacher now working with the Christian Education Movement.

The Choral Society concert necessitated the removal of the choir stalls, and this gave the opportunity to experiment with different arrangements of the chancel.

Recent developments in liturgical ideas have led to widespread re-thinking of the layouts of churches and chapels. Few buildings put up in the last ten years retain the arrangement of an altar against the east wall, with the choir separating it from the congregation. We

have had the opportunity of seeing what other arrangernents are possible, and although the old scheme was reinstated at the end of the Summer Term, further consideration will be given to the question of re-organisation. If it is ultimately decided to re-arrange the chancel, it will require new furniture.

We now have two Sundays each term on which there are no compulsory services. This is rather a by-product of the decision to hold two special week-day services each term for the whole school. The increasing number of day-boys had produced a situation in which a third of the school never attended anything in the way of worship except the brief morning prayers. Now every boy will have the experience of at least some full-scale acts of worship. But the boarders are not required to attend worship on an appointed Sunday, either immediately before or immediately after each of these special services, and consequently can have a long exeat.

The preachers during the year have included the Bishop of Chester, the Bishop of Kensington, Bishop Patterson, the Rev. Christopher Bryant, S.S.J.E., the Rev. Ian Ogilvie, the Rev. Denis Claringbull, the Rev. W. Makhulu, the Rev. P. T. Corfmat, the Rev. Brian Rice, the Rev. O. R. Fulljames, O.S., the Rev. Robert Archer, and the Rev. Canon Joseph Robinson; the Headmaster of Winchester College, and the Headmaster of Eton College. The Confirmation was administered by the Bishop of Dover on 28th May. G.N.

THE LIBRARY This has been a year of quiet progress and rising costs. About 150 new books have been acquired: we are grateful to the following for presenting books:

G. Pember (O.S.), R J. Hill (O.S.) - part author, M. Winch - author, D. H. Cant (O.S.), S. J. Bottomley, Mr. and Mrs. E. Carey - former parents.

M.H.F.

MUSIC In both Choir and Orchestra this has been a year of re-grouping after the loss of some of our best musicians. The Orchestra, and the Wood Wind Group in particular, have found it hard to plug the gaps, but the fact that both bodies are now fairly junior means that most of their members will have the benefit of playing together for two or three years. A start has already been made: the Orchestra has continued to give its occasional after-lunch concerts to fair-sized (and for the most part fair-minded) audiences, and the Wood Wind Group provided a much appreciated accompani-

ment to Speech Day tea. The doyen of our instrumentalists is now Stephen Jolley (first oboe) who, while lacking the finesse of some of his predecessors, has served the School reliably and well. Both groups entered once again for the Canterbury Festival, but the only first place this year was won by a trio, two of whose members must be classed among the more elderly of the competitors.

The Chapel Choir has had a mixed and, for me, rather discouraging year. There are plenty of good

voices and the singing has been good at times, but the experimental seating this term which has sent us off, now to the gallery, now to the extreme East end, has without doubt affected morale. Re-appraisal of this sort is of course necessary and good, and out of it I hope will come a new understanding of the Choir's role in Chapel services. However, if this role turns out to be rather more modest than that which we have previously assumed, it may be that the Choir will tend to become more secularized, leading to eventual disestablishment, though not, I hope, dissolution.

The Choral Society concert has been dealt with elsewhere; it was pleasant to find numbers up again this year, even though this was partly due to the popular

nature of the programme. The aid of the Pop Group was much appreciated by the singers, as it was later in Chapel for a "folk" service. How good they are as a Pop group I am not competent to judge, but I would like to say without condescension that when they turn the volume down far enough for the music to be heard they are talented as well as dedicated players.

Near the end of the Summer Term the Madrigal and Wood Wind Groups went away to give a recital at Cumnor House Prep School. This seems to me an excellent idea and I hope that other similar outings will be arranged, not only to prep schools, both as a stimulus to performance and a means of communication.

R.E.H.

SOCIETIES Since the beginning of the Aeronautical Society three terms ago a large selection of model aircraft, over haff of which are motor powered, has been produced. The pride and joy of the Society at present is a radiocontrolled aircraft, designed and made by a senior member, and we hope to have a few more of these by the end of the year - funds permitting. It is also hoped that by next summer we shall be able to enter our aircraft into various flying exhibitions around Kent, but at the moment we are just getting 'off the ground'.

The Art Club has continued its meandering path this year, varying in numbers from two to twenty-five. As usual, nothing outstanding has been achieved apart from eccentric patterns and shapes; however, most members have enjoyed their artistic attempts and have had sociable if not creative afternoons. From the beginning of the year we have considered enjoyment the most important factor and in this, at least, we feel that we have succeeded.

The Basketball Society has had a rewarding and successful year with the standard of dribbling and shooting constantly improving. It is hoped that many members of the Society will aim for team places next year, and with the growing popularity of the sport we are confident that an influx of members will ensue.

Although there has been an unfortunate lack of senior members in the Biology and Natural History Society, we have enjoyed our most interesting year to date. During the Winter term several films involving various aspects of biology were shown and an illustrated lecture on a Field Study centre in the remote islands of the Shetlands was given by M . K. Marks and R. C.

Barker. The onset of more suitable weather conditions enabled us to apply ecological principles learnt in the classroom to a general survey of the neighbouring area.

I would like to thank R. A. Scragg for his illustrated lecture on 'An Icelandic Expedition' and Mr. Smith for his assistance throughout the year.

After an appreciable length of time the Car Club was again reformed. At present there are only eight members but for one car this is a perfect number. We managed to procure an Austin A40 and hope to recondition the engine, but, as with everything, money has to be taken into consideration. The Club would like to thank Mr. Bennallack-Hart for his full support and co-operation.

Last year was not a very happy one for the Chess Club: we were beaten in competitions and our under-I5 players who had graduated to the senior team did. not fare well. The Junior team were slightly more successful, although they failed to qualify for the Knock-out section of the Kent Schools Championship.

The Conjuring Club has enjoyed a very successful year, despite an unfortunately limited membership due to the lack of funds. Many 'shows' have been performed at schools, private parties and local old people's homes.

It is this incentive of performing which not only gives the Club a positive object, but creates a great sense of satisfaction for all members. Thus it is hoped that next year funds will increase, making it possible to shorten the waiting list for prospective members.

There have been no meetings of the Economics Society this year owing, more than anything else, to an

Upper Sixth Economics set of only seven boys. Nevertheless two outings were arranged; one by Mr. Barran who took a group of sixth formers to the House of Commons, and one by Mr. Chainey who took a younger group to Lloyds.

It is pleasing to say that membership has gradually increased in the Electronics Society, and meetings have continued weekly. As always. Speech Day proved to be the highlight of the year, with the Society's exhibition in the Science Laboratories being well attended. If this boost in membership continues, prospects are very good for the Society.

After an absence of several terms owing to a lack of support, the Equestrian Society was able to find sufficient members to begin again last September. The Society would like to thank Mrs. Scott for the use of her stables, the provision of transport, patient training and the many interesting treks through the hinterland of Kent.

The Geographical Society had a poor year, with a marked lack of enthusiasm when meetings were arranged. The most interesting of these mcluded a, lecture given by R. A. Scragg, in which he showed slides and discussed his Geographical course in Iceland.

Once again the main criticism of this year's History Society was that it was poorly attended by sixth form Historians. This resulted in discussions, which although lively and interesting, lacked sufficient intelligent conversation which might broaden the aspects of the topic involved. The Society has always tried to include topics from all eras of History in its meetings and we thank J. R. Abbott and M . J. S. Boyland for their informative and enjoyable papers on "The Hitler Bomb Plot" and "The Black Hole of Calcutta" respectively. We also thank Messrs. Fairbank and Douglas for their pointed and sometimes extremely revealing comments; and as always Miss Renshaw for her co-operation.

The Hunting Society had two lively debates in the Christmas term but otherwise support has been at a low ebb. In spite of the efforts of a few, there seems a reluctance among sixth formers to attend, let alone speak. Support declined to its lowest when.the Society had one debate in the Summer Term - only fourteen members attended. Surprisingly though this was one of our best debates of the season because everyone was willing to speak and those that were there obviously enjoyed it. Our representatives in the Schools' Debating Competition, R. N . Bridger and N. D. Nelson, were eliminated in the first round which was disappointing considering our success last year.

After a gap of four years the Judo Club was reformed in the School. Bebbington ma. was a major force in stimulating interest in the sport, and we were fortunate in being able to obtain the services of Mr. R. Lockhead to act as instructor again. The existence of a full mat in the School, made the cost of restarting minimal. , In the Lent Term sessions were held on Saturdays in Old Founders; during the Summer term the switch vvas successfully made to Friday evenings. There is now Si keen and very capable core of twenty-four boys in the Club.

Throughout the year there has been a keen interest shown by members in the Junior Shooting Society and because of this enthusiasm a high standard of shooting was maintained. These encouraging results by the junior half of the School could be a good sign for the future.

After a fluctuation in membership at the beginning of the year the Ornitholc^ical Society has maintained a' hard core of those who are very keen and have made some rare and important sightings. We would like to thank Mr. Chambers for allowing us to run wild with binoculars over his farm and to Mr. Taylor and Mr. Ball for their invaluable assistance over the year.

I The Photographic Society found a new and better residence in Lambe's two years ago and with the con, tinning efforts of Mr. Chainey, has enjoyed an interesting year. Many photographs have been entered for competitions, with some success. In this aspect it is only right that C. D. Thomson should be mentioned; he has produced some very creative sets of slides.

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, ' After purchasing a sizeable amount of type for the School play programmes the Printing Society has had a' busy year with large orders from inside the School as well as from outside - the village Post Office being the most notable customer. R. A. Hayden reorganised the Society and arranged for several visits to printing works, and for all his hard work we are most grateful. , The Progressive Music Society has made quite an impact upon afternoon societies and through increasing collections of records made by members, a great deal of variation has been achieved with most musical tastes at some time or another being catered for. In the Lent term a small party went to Brighton to see 'Deep Purple'. We would like to thank Mr. Foulkes, Mr. Ball and Mr. Barran, without whose assistance many of the visits would not have been possible.

Interest in the Soccer Society has gradually increased over the past year mainly owing to the efforts of Mr.

Chainey and Mr. Taylor who have made and painted five-a-side and full-size goal posts. A number of house matches took place over the year because of the enthusiasm of A. H . Mclver, T. C. Elgood and E. D. Whitewright. Popularity for the sport has been rising steadily in the School for the past few years and it is already recognised as a minor sport, and we hope that it will

come into its own in the not-too-distant future.

The Wine Society consists of a small, select body of members despite widespread interest and application to join. We would like to thank Mr. Smith who has provided the necessary funds and equipment and who also has given invaluable help. Full-scale production has not yet been achieved but it is hoped for very soon.

LECTURES Saturday Society Lectures: 26th September: Julian Byzantine.

13th February: 'Self Portrait' by Eli Prins.

17th October: Entertainment by Dr. and Mrs. Leo Aylen.

6th March: 'The History and Development of Firearms' by R. A. Pearson.

23rd January: Song Recital by Owen Brannigan.

School Lecture: 21st November: Lecture by Ley Kenyon, D.F.C., on aqualung diving.

25th November: 'Children in Care' by the Rev. R. W. Browell.

FILMS 12th September: 'The Agony and the Ecstacy'.

19th September: 'Caprise'.

3rd October: 'Dr. No'.

10th October: 'For a Few Dollars More'.

24th October: 'The Graduate'.

2nd November: 'Hannibal Brooks'.

5th December: 'Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush'.

16th January: 'Van Ryan's Express'.

30th January: 'Return of the Seven'.

6th February: 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'.

20th February: '100 Rifles'.

27th February: 'The Most Dangerous Man in the World'.

13th March: 'Hombre'.

22nd March: 'Ice Station Zebra'.

SCHOOL PRODUCTIONS DANTON'S DEATH K A R L GEORG BUECHNER

lynching, a bedroom scene and five executions, and Mr. Barran, the producer, assisted by Mr. Able, stagemanager, cannot be congratulated chough for handling this difiicult form so well.

On stage there is nothing more appealing than blackness, death, pessimism, blood and sex - which was why this year's school play, "Danton's Death" by Buechner, was such a success. But more than this, "Danton's Death" involves a lot of people - thirty on-stage parts and a twenty-strong production team - which is always desirable in a school play: also - wait for it, it had to come - it has contemporary significance.

Richard Scragg conveyed very well Danton's tiredness of the Revolution, his search for contentment in sex if nothing else, and when that failed, his resignation to death in a hopeless world. He did admirably in a demanding part, holding the tension of the tribunal scenes together with great confidence..

But of course it is a very difficult play to produce.

There are nineteen scenes, including an attempted

Pitt's St. Just was a good performance. In his black coat and floppy hat, aptly furtive, he made an excellent

job of his long speech at the end of Act One comparing the revolutionary behaviour with nature's own.

The message of this play is that the years of the Revolution in France were filled with bitterness, selfishness and cruelty. At its best it had moments of shamefully misguided idealism. But all-in-all the Revolution was unpleasant. Robespierre, though, was not unpleasant enough in this production. He could have done with more of Pitt's furtiveness and less of Nelson's oratory. But this is by no means a huge criticism in view of his creditable concentration on diction.

Of the girls, Lucille was excellent, notably in her monologue in Camille's dream. Characteristic of her performance was the degree of pathos she achieved in her final cry of "Long live the King" at the end of the play. Julie's was a difficult part which Christina Koning mastered with considerable poise and professionalism.

May I say that Joanna Ponder made a good tart ?

If so, I say so ^ and I hope she will forgive me.

The smaller parts were all well performed. Of these, Bridger's brief but very effective portrayal of Tom Paine as the furrow-browed, Muggeridge-esque philosopher must surely take the prize for diction.

Social reformation, then, is an enormously difficult task, and, where Revolution is employed, perhaps even an impossible one. But if this final message ;is a pessimistic one, then at least we can console ourselves with the thought that the success of this lively, comphcated and powerful play must surely prompt more people into actually wanting to take part in future productions.

This play involved fifty people. The corning junior play will be involving fifty people too. So there will be a large pool of actors to draw on for next year's production. I hope it will be as successful as this one.

C. V. Hyde Danton R . A . Scragg Camille Desmoulins R . M . Mayo Herault-Sechelles P. S. Wooderson K . Rodway Lacroix J . R . Abbott Phillipeau A. P. Scott Legendre N . D . Nelson Robespierre P. J . Pitt St. Just J . A . Voelcker Barere P. L . Kirrage Collot D'Herbois D . K . Paton Billaud-V arennes J. D . Pilgrim Fouquier-Tinville R. N . Bridger Tom Paine I . J . Ridler Chaumette R. N . Bridger Simon Christina Koning Julie Patricia Littlejohn Lucille Joanna Ponder Marion Gilbert, Christine Jeffree, Jane Other parts played by: Corinne G . E . Arnold, K . J . Daniels, Milburn, Margaret Portal,

P. A . Hardwick, N . M . Hiles, J . C . J . H o m e r , M . J . S. Jones, O. H . C . Stobbs, N . W . N . Townsend, S. R Tudor, A J . D .

Wilkinson, S. F . Bates.

Producer M r . R . M . Barran

NICHOLAS TURNS THE TABLES and BARDELL v. PICKWICK This year the Junior Players turned their attention to Dickens and gave us scenes from Nicholas Nickleby a,nd Pickwick. Taken as a whole my chief criticism is the rather obvious one that, not being originally written for the stage, the extracts both lacked some of the qualities of drama, being more in the nature of static tableaux with commentary. This was made more noticeable in the first piece by Squeers, who held the stage for most of its fifteen minutes, taking a Uttle too long over some of his pauses, thus causing it to sag slightly.

This apart, what a good scene the Dotheboys Hall episode makes! And - be it said in passing - how many of its gruesome details find a pale reflection in any classroom today. There is a very modern ring about the Squeers system of putting immediately into practice concepts learned in the lesson, such as the cleaning of "Winders". Classroom wit, too, has hardly advanced since those days. "Rub my horse down well, boy, or I'll rub you down!" - I can hear myself saying i t !

Sheldon was excellent as Squeers and looked just right in the part - in fact, in both plays all the chief characters with one exception were uncannily suited to their roles. Of the other characters, Polycarpou had the most rewarding part as Mrs. Squeers and gave a grimly shrewish performance, which drew just the right reactions from the cowed and ragged starvelings to whom she administered her brimstone and treacle. Poor Taylor, as that typically dull Dickens "goody" Nicholas, did what he could with some rather feeble lines, but Sharp in the role of narrator fared better and delivered his comments with admirable clarity and diction.

Bardell v. Pickwick was a, longer affair, following the fortunes of Mr. Pickwick until his release from the Fleet prison. Once again there was a narrator to keep things moving, and this time the job was entrusted to Sam Weller. Sam is of course one of the greatest of Dickens' spectacular range of comic characters and a distinguished member of the prolific literary family which includes both Figaro and Jeeves. Appropriately, the performance of Lebon was the best of the evening, full of cheerful impudence, loquacious and loyal. He rnoved easily into the play and out of it and managed his Dickensian Cockney fluently and without becoming inaudible. He was given splendid support by Richards

as Pickwick, another good piece of casting. There is no doubt, I am afraid, that Pickwick is at times a bit of an old bore, but Richards managed to convey the character skilfully, particularly in his blander moments.

The cast of Pickwick was very large with a good many small but important parts, so that I cannot mention more than a few. After the two principals my fancy was chiefly taken by Mrs. Bardell, who not only looked the very essence of respectable widowhood but gave vent to most realistic sobs in the Trial. Courtroom scenes can hardly fail to be effective on the stage, which perhaps explains why they have provided a seemingly endless supply of material from Shakespeare to Perry Mason, and this one stood up well. A good deal of the credit for this goes to Collenette who kept up the pace without flagging in his longer speeches. After the Trial the play tailed off somewhat, for the reason already suggested that the scenes were a httle static and lacked sustained dramatic interest. At this point I should mention the performance of Seth as Weller Senior. He was the one boy who was just the wrong shape for his part, and though his speaking and acting were as good as any, I could never quite see him as the gouty and irrepressible old coachman.

Here I am afraid the axe must fall. The members of the Pickwick Club, Dodson and Fogg, Perker, Mrs. Cluppins - all these and many more played their parts ably, the whole adding up to another enjoyable evening and, no doubt, a long sigh of relief from the happy Producer, Mr. Barran.

R.E.H. G . M . Sharp Dickens J. R . Sheldon Mr. Squeers R. B. Taylor Nicholas Nickleby Mrs. Squeers P. Polycarpou Smike F . M . Goodchild S. C . Easton Head of School J . A . Brennan Bolder M . P. H . Edgley Cobbey Graymarsh N . S. Shaw Tempkins J . V . Scott Other boys: R . J . Adams, F . G . Andrew, S. F . Bates, S. J .

Clements.

M . J . Lebon 5am Weller S. D . Richards Samuel Pickwick A . P. Aloof Mrs. Bardell D. L . Folb Tommy Bardell D . E . S. Mather Tracy Tupman R . Purchase Augustus Snodgrass C . M . H . Roffey Nathaniel Winkle P. W . Scott-Wilson Dodson T . I . Weedon Fogg N . V . Sinclair Jackson M . I . Seth Tony Weller R. Homer Perker M . A . G . Craissati The Judge S. Nader Usher R . Collenette Sergeant Buzfuz T . F . Leighton Sergeant Snubbin M . W . Butler Mrs. Cluppins

G . E . Arnold Solomon Pell M . C . Rimmer Cobbler S. J . K e r s h a w Foreman of the Jury A . F . Elliott, S. C . Easton Prisoners Members of the Jury: N . J . Bardsley, J . D . Andrews, N . G .

Hodge, R . C . Wunder, C . J . Wait, M . J . B . Tower, J . H . C .

Scott, R . A . Prestidge, M . A . Bertram, T . Pink, J . Yates.

Spectators: A . J . Little, D . A . Solomon, S. P. Hiskett, N . J . E .

Jones, T . G . Bennett, J . E . Burnett, S. A . Cookson. M . C .

Sherwen, M . P. Smith.

CHORAL SOCIETY Britten - ST. NICOLAS Webber - JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT It was a pleasant change to have a concert in the Chapel, which is an under-employed building. The acoustics are good and produced unusual effects, rather striking for the "antiphonal chorus" in the gallery. Your correspondent was slightly handicapped by pillars and unfamiliarity with the works performed.

A.G.F. conducted from the "body of the kirk" and he and M.H.A. (on the organ) had trained the choir and orchestra to their customary high standard. Both pieces rely very much on words: these were clear but still demanded attention to the programme. The snag here was the sound, especially in the recitatives, of turning over pages: but this is unavoidable given an audience which its warmest admirers could scarcely call musical.

The Britten is not an easy work, but it is full of good tunes. "The Birth of Nicolas", and "Nicolas and the Pickled Boys" were good rollicking stuff, and had some tuneful solos by Polycarpou and others. The fugal section when Nicolas is chosen Bishop was good traditional music and the Storm was suitably windy; but I don't find Britten's "Lost" so dramatic as Bach's "Barabbas" or Walton's "Slain". John Tudhope sang the solos with great understanding and clarity, emerging, appropriately enough, from the pulpit like Santa Claus from the chimney. It was pleasant to be able to join in the hymns, and also to have the girls of Maidstone Grammar School for the "echoes".

If the Britten seemed slightly derivative, how much more so was the Webber. Britten's harmonies are somewhat strange, Webber's virtually non-existent; just bags of tonic and dominant. Apart from some hotting up by guitars and drums - Lloyd and Harley looking like altar candelabra and Dandridge invisible to me but highly audible - it seemed more old-fashioned than the Britten.

Memories of Fred Astaire. Carroll Gibbons and even Mozart came floating back. But it was obviously great fun to sing, and certainly enjoyable to listen to.

Altogether it was a memorable occasion.

M.H.F.

LITERARY AND GENERAL SPEECH D A Y The Chairman of the Governors began the speeches with a warm welcome to those boys and parents for whom this was the first Speech Day. A different facet of school life is taken as the theme each year; this year the theme was that of development, the emphasis being that this was a family occasion. He talked of the Headmaster's extremely tiring, though successful. World Tour for the Appeal, and the sad fact that he contracted virus pneumonia before returning home.

The Headmaster then thanked Mr. Clc>wes and repeated that Speech Day this year was to be a family affair. He paid tribute to Mr. Bennallack-Hart and Mr. Barran, who were leaving at the end of the term (fuller appreciations will be found elsewhere in this! edition).

Mr. Bennallack-Hart's 21 years at Sutton Valence was a record of service not often found in the 1970's. The Headmaster welcomed the Governors, especially Mr. Cole, a new member, the Appeal Committee, and finally the Bishop of Dover, to whom he was particularly grateful for agreeing to present the prizes. The Bishop was ideally suited to be Guest of Honour on a family occasion.

The Headmaster talked about the development of the School; a quarter of a million pounds had been spent in the previous decade, and there was great need to keep in tune with the times and to press on I with the aims of the School. He then went on to the- Appeal, describing the great amount of organization a:nd work that had been put into it. The title "Towards the Quatercentenary" had been carefully chosen; It was very encouraging, he said, to see so much enthusiasm for the School, both in this country and abroad; and as a result he had every confidence m its success.

Already, after only six weeks, the half-way stage had nearly been reached. He went on to thank the Friends of Sutton Valence, especially Raymond Wickham the Chairman, for their contribution of ÂŁ10,000.

Lastly, the Headmaster related the sad news of Captain Jack Lee's death after a car accident. His connections with the School were many: as Chairman of both the O.S.A. and the Appeal Committee; and as a parent. But the Headmaster said it was not i just his connections with the School which made him the respected man that he was; rather it was his determination and integrity in all that he did.

The Bishop of Dover thanked the Headmaster for inviting him to speak, and commented on how pleasur-

able it was to be speaking from somewhere other than a pulpit, though it was rather hard on Sutton Valence to' be burdened with him twice in a week.

In a short but amusing speech, he made one telling point - that in a time when it was increasingly difficult to' leave anything worthwhile to one's children, the best one could do was to provide them with a really good education. He had great faith in the education provided

by Sutton Valence.

The speeches lasted between 11.30 and 12.30, and various exhibitions, including a mock-up of a study bedroom, were on view both before and after. After tea on the lawn in mid-afternoon, parents and boys departed for half-term.

PRIZEWINNERS Form I I A. J . Belts (and Junior Reading Prize) Form I I I M . Edwards (and Distinction Prize) Distinction Prize: N . A . Smith M . G . Smith Form Lower I V G . E . Kershaw (and Distinction Prize) C . M . H . Roffey (and Distinction Prize) G . M . Sharp (and Distinction Prize) C . A. L . Terry Distinction Prize: R . D . Adams T . J . Egginton R. H o m e r

F o r m Upper I V T . H . L . Adams (and Distinction Prize) E . A . H . James I . A . W . Robinson (and Distinction Prize) Intermediate Reading Prize: A. N . Scott Form V M . Hatcher (and two Distinction Prizes) J. C . J . Horner A . P. Richards O. H . C . Stobbs (and Distinction Prize) Distinction Prize: R. V . Arnold D. C . Paul Form V I Distinction Prize: M . J . S. Boyland T . D . Clynick

Set Prizes Macdonald Prize (Current Affairs) N . D . Nelson Design Prize C . D . Thomson A r t Prize P. S. Wooderson Bossom Prize (Reading i n Chapel) R. H . J . Ball Winstanley Prize (Chemistry) R. C . Barker Economics Prize T . C . Elgood Bloxham Prize (English) - shared by T . C . Elgood, R . M . Mayo Grizelle Prize (History) and distinction prize R . M . Mayo Biology Prize M . K . Marks Geography Prize B. M . Oza K a y Prize (German) N . G . Swaffer Kingdon P r i z e (Latin) J . R . Abbott Garside Prize (History) J . R . Abbott Wheeler Prize (French) R . A . Hayden Clothworkers Prize A . P. Scott Derrick Prize (English Verse Speaking) D . A . Sheridan Headmaster's Prize (Head of School) P. Baker

AN IMPRESSION OF AMERICA —from a letter written by C. V. Hyde Charles Hyde has been a two-term E.S.U. scholar.

He enjoyed and appreciated his time in the United States; although this article is somewhat critical, he regarded the experience as thoroughly worthwhile.

There are a lot of good things here. First, I've seen how a big, rich, U.S. private school works, what its aims are, how it teaches people and what sort of people it produces. There's a great danger of comparing everything that's done here with what was done at S.V. and I put a lot of people's backs up by saying things like "You people over here do it like this, do you?" and instead of saying something was good or bad, I more or less judged things by saying, "Oh, how English" or "Oh, how un-English", implying that it amounted to the same thing. All of this was quite unintentional and unmalicious, but easy to do if you don't watch every word. The school: very rich - $80 million endowment.

It costs $1 million p.a. to pay the staff and is loaded with computers, visual aid centres, audio-visual centres, audio-lingual-visual centres and all the rest of the stuff which has made America great. Also, of course, it is 'progressive'. Hair can be any length, no clothes restrictions, no compulsory meals for '12th grades' - which, apparently, is what I am - although you do have to attend Chapel once a week (though not after this term); you do have to be in by 10.00 p.m. (not that there's anything to go out for); and you do have to attend classes - miss more than five periods and you are punished, not by the teachers but via an immensely involved procedure which usually leads to being put on trial in front of some committee or another composed of people you have quite likely never seen before and have never seen you. Assuming that the nature of your offence hasn't been lost in the paperwork, you may get some form of gating. Or you may not. It depends on a lot of things which are way beyond me.

Drugs are everywhere. 85% of the students 'blow dope', to use the latest phrase. There is nothing the staff can do. They are happier not knowing, and don't go out of their way to catch anyone. Last year there was trouble with hard drugs, but that has cleared up.

Drinking is forbidden, and a second offence means Out: even so, a fair amount goes on - I suppose it's bad etiquette to offer someone a 'joint' and not offer him a gin as well.

If the housemaster leaves for a marijuana comes out and, truly, whole dorm reeks and everyone rubbery, filleted look in his walk,

weekend away, the within minutes the you meet has that and an immovable.

half-daft smile on his face. They tell me it's bliss, and apparently does wonders for your virility, which is good value for the price of a double Scotch.

There are two things in this school which I find pretty hard to take. Both concern the students themselves.

Both are nourished by the style of teaching here and dare I say it? - by the whole style of American life.

First, is the insufferable amount of pretentious 'philosophical' claptrap which so many of them talk. Second, is the arrogance - I know, back on the same old theme - and unbearable pre-occupation so many of them have with their own insignificant psychological affairs. God !

That sounds pompous and arrogant (and is probably smug and hypocritical too; however, the point is they drive me potty with all their nonsense). What frightens and upsets me most - I'm heading towards a massive generalization, knowmg how much you like them - is (wait for it!) the 'crass naivety of the American race'. Bingo.

I've never managed anything quite as extravagant as that before! not even in the fourth forms. From my experience, though, there is much truth in that sweep of the arm. I see it time and time again in the lack of insight which the students here suffer from in comparison to, say, my years at S.V. I t is evident, too, in the way so many adopt fashionable, imposed views as though they were their own. O.K., all students do this, but surely not with the blatancy of the American, unaware, almost, that he is doing it, shouting all the time about individualism and yet so much a battery product himself.

If you haven't had an identity crisis, you haven't lived. Mind you, it's not enough to have had it; you've got to tell everyone about it, too. I remember you telling me once of a party you - or was it Clement Freud? went to, at which everyone sat down and very honestly opened their hearts to everyone else, and of course it was an impossibly embarrassing mistake. That happens here more times than I care to think about. Where it differs is that no-one seems aware of the embarrassment, and Part I of the great American failing is exhibited by everyone: very complicated problems are reduced to very simple solutions. Part I I is the betterknown habit of making very simple problems unconquerably complicated. A l l of these time-honoured views of the U.S. I have, much to my surprise, found to be true.

One thing which really has got through to me, is the dilemma of the American parent. Ever since the beginning of the student-cultural-revolution which liberated middle-aged middle-class America from the collar and tie and brought instead beads, flared-bottoms

and an amazing capacity for knowing all the answers, American youth has found itself on a pedestal. On either side bow teachers and parents. Time .and time again you hear the same thing said, either from behind the classroom desk or in the home: "We look to you for the answers." It's a nice general thing to say and just the job to bring from the student a nice general come-back - philosophical, naturally - about what was wrong in the past and what would be done in the future. This relationship results in three things: students have no time for the belief that wisdom comes with experience and age, and consequently the respect which, in England, one hopes a student has for both parents and teachers (according to this principle of age and wisdom) is non-existent here: this in turn helps nourish dangerous over-confidence on the part of the student: and finally the parent is left feeling left out of things in a sort of limbo, functioning only to provide the allowance on time, and the keys to the Buick. Obviously this is not all of it, only an outline, but there is more than a grain of truth in that picture of the parent-child relationship here.

SOCIAL SERVICE In the last edition of 'The Suttonian' the Social Service was briefly acknowledged for the increasing number of its functions organised by Mr. Neville, who also commented on the growing interest of participants.

The major services included visits to Oakwood Psychiatric Hospital, Mote House Cheshire Home, Linton Geriatric Hospital, Boughton Mount Training Centre and the children's wards of the West Kent and | Ophthalmic Hospitals. Alongside this routine work each term, groups of boys offer their assistance in differeint forms, varying from decorating and hospital canteen duties to organising firework displays. Although the; service's scope is still frustrated by the shortage of transport, a number of outside organisations have come to recognise our use.

However, each year little more than the bare facts have been listed, and as a result an appreciation of the service and education which this work offers boys themselves, has been neglected in the past. Nobody can suppose that such an introduction and contact with others of mixed disabilities can exist without a reaction on both sides. Whilst not claiming to be able to analyse the many differing and personal reactions each boy is subject to, I do feel it worthwhile to attempt to describe briefly the broad experience offered to the participant.

The initial effects and consequences of cutting logs for the 'old dear' in the village (and more important, the tea and chat afterwards), and entering a classroom

of mongols, are naturally vastly different. Nobody is to say which duty is more valid, but common to both is the fact that neither is of any value without a conscientious effort, for an absence of sincerity is rapidly sensed by any recipient. The point being made is that there is, locally, a variety of people in need, and that scope enables the individual to choose those to whom he can contribute most, according to his own disposition. There are, if you like, 'grades' of service ranging from the less complex ones of village 'calls' and hospital visits, to the often more disturbing heights of training centres and psychiatric hospitals. Without doubt there are those who rapidly discover their best-suited levels, and rather than strive to conquer more demanding situations, gain maximum satisfaction and experience in, fulfilling a chosen role.

For a service which operates once a week, this description might appear over-elaborate and somewhat pretentious. Indeed, when I myself first joined the service and, with another group of newcomers, visited the Boughton Mount Training Centre (a centre catering strictly for the mentally handicapped), we returned with nothing more than an air of depression. Yet with continued visits our initial reactions altered, as did those of the occupants, and whilst we won the confidence of both young and old, we sensed our presence and conversation being heartily appreciated. The two and a half hours spent at the Centre each week became less and less of a formality and far more a responsibility, and in realising this we all took a far more conscientious and active part in our status of 'friend' as opposed to 'visitor'.

Boughton Mount Training Centre is an example of improved facilities for the mentally handicapped. It was built in the last decade and as a modem, open building in the country it stands in great contrast to the familiar ancient stone manors, which in the past have been adapted as hospitals. The structure is composed of three main sections. One consists of classrooms and playrooms for children up to about the ages of fifteen or sixteen, whilst another section is best described as a large workshop employed for the training of teenagers and adults. The third is a hostel for approximately thirty people, who have either lost or been disowned by their parents. Each person has a bed-sitter, and there is a television room, rest room and games room. The hostel is very much an experiment in an attempt to give these people a sense of independence wherever possible, and although obvious difficulties arise, the system has proved largely successful. To those who do not stay in the hostel, the Centre offers every amenity including a spacious dining hall.

Although we visited the children each week, our company seemed far more important to the older members of the Centre, who were always waiting to greet us on each visit. Although these people still remained the objects of the service, as our friendships developed we were no longer simply the instruments, but objects ourselves, gaining from each meeting. The success we enjoyed can be best confirmed by Mr. Anderson, who regularly had the formidable task, when collecting us, of preventing two particular individuals from becoming stowaways on the mini-bus, with the intention of coming to visit our 'centre'.

Many other examples could be given, and they would accumulate to form a powerful argument illustrating the need and validity of such a service - the fact is probably undisputed. What must be realised is that the active unit does not consist of a group of boys helping for the sake of the service, but helping because the service offers an obvious two-way experience. In assisting people who are mentally or physically handicapped we ourselves have received not only a satisfaction but an experience of exceptional value. For the majority, the opportunity of participating in such a service is limited to school. As a result I hope the Service will be acknowledged as a more significant element of education, and receive even more of the enthusiastic support it has tasted and which it fully deserves.

T. C. Elgood.

ADDENDUM For two years now, groups of boys have been making equipment for Pre-School Playgroups in and around Maidstone.

A Playgroup is a centre, provided by parents in premises approved by the authorities. It is an extension of home life and an introduction to the wider world outside. There, children aged three to five play regularly together for a few hours a week in the care of a skilled •supervisor, enjoying stimulating and creative activities geared to the needs of each stage of development.

We have been able to help in this valuable work by making such equipment as paint easels, building bricks, measuring rods, xylophones and play houses. So far, we have supplied six different groups, charging them just the cost of the materials, and the demand for more equipment is increasing. ' D.W.T.

THE D U K E OF EDINBURGH'S AWARD SCHEME This may be a brief report but it does not mean that the Scheme is not thriving. In fact numbers have been steadily increasing; two Gold Awards have been gained

since last year and the only disappointing feature has been that too many boys have dropped out after the Bronze stage.

The main expeditions this year were both valuable and enjoyable. In luly 1970 we went to the Lake District. On one occasion the group found themselves on high ground in a mist at nightfall but they acted sensibly according to instructions and all was well. In the Easter hoUdays 1971 the expedition was in the Peak District. Some of the Silver candidates were quite young but all acquitted themselves admirably. These expeditions are probably the most rewarding part of the Scheme, not least to the Masters in charge. R.F.B.

A MODDE THER WAS . . .

A Modde ther was and that a merie wight.

That shaken coulde and twistan thurgh the night.

Embroudered was his cote as is a meede, A l ful of fresshefloures,whyte & reede.

Bright were his shoon and sharp as point of spear; Fro Carnabye, I gesse, was al his gere.

Ful ofte he rood his scoter doun the strete.

His helme upon his head, his pallis for to mete; Fro Hakkenye they cam & oother place bisyde Wenden to Margate to seen the sees side.

Hym thoghte he rood al of the newe jet, But for his clothes afiggeI wolde nat sette.

Ful loude he soong 'A Yelwe Submaryne', With hosen tight, his lokkes short & clene.

This like fresshe Modde schoon as doth the stars.

And lived his lyf, Ltrow, in cofye barres.

M.I.W.

HUGGLES i was watching some demolition men at work pushing and shoving a chimney to the ground. an ordinary domestic chimney belonging to a ruined corner shop. the immense satisfaction that can be obtained from the physical destruction of a construction. the stored up internal emotion must alleviate some hidden mental strains i remember far off days in the sand when i would spend hours of time and labour building castles to supreme perfection only to spend the following half-hour pounding my castles into the granules that my creation had arisen from

is our destiny and constant torment of this can we not create structures and keep them intact must life be an everlasting cycle of putting things up and knocking things down this philosophy could be applied to myself as i lacerate this paper into pieces but then not being much of a thmker surely morsels of poems are no use besides it would be unreadable N. D. Nelson

GOOD FOOD COSTS LESS AT A SUPERMARKET Thousand blurred, whitewash paint faces dart for synthesised shined cylinder cans, [food search untouched by human hand, machine claw oiled; gnarled, veined hand displaces 1000th sale of Heinz 59.

'Move on, move on!' meshed metal minces through, groping, grabbing compulsaries, dulleye rabbit fear, sheep heads of hollowed wood, dulled clothes, minds whirling, watching as machine-gun cash machines grind into gold. Bloodied polythene clasps dead sinew, systematised battery fed chicken egg, icicledfishfinger, acid bleach, detergent, enzyme wash a little faster, pounding hearts excited vigour, what's new [is never known.

P. S. Wooderson

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Breathe once to start.

Continue till five.

Then find out where to go next.

Tick off a decade or so; Choose your partner.

Landed on black spot.

Return to eighteen.

Throw a three.

Now: Game starts again.

Only this time Play to the rules And play it cool.

K. Rod way

AND CHRISTMAS IS TO COME . . .

"We really mustn't stay - Oh! Really?*' She said it without thought, feeling, sense, and was totally re-

absorbed in the purposeless conversmg. Well, at least she said it; there was a move m the right direction.

These parties are all the bloody same, we surely can't stay here much longer.

I tried to make a meaningful movement:, a jerk of the head, a twitch of the eyebrows, but the incessant noise seemed not only to absorb the words spoken, but movement as well - like looking at a mass of ants, their motion distinguishable as a whole, but individually it was not possible.

A tap on the shoulder; chinking and clinking of glasses and ice. More taps, more beer, more Scotch, and God! those incredibly passive, beaming smiles.

The 'Oh, so good to see you' was accepted as said, and before you knew it, they were all off to bed. Yes, just like poetry, I thought.

More people, more noise and more deodorants that seemed to nullify any other smell (sweet or sour), withm the oh-so-colourful vicinity. God! such colour, such taste, and who's going to be top-for-the-rap at this happy gatherings, girls?

No more, please! A gentle shove, an outstretched hand, waving ridiculously over somebody's shoulder; an attempt at verbal communication with her - from four sweating bodies away.

"Darling . . . " Recognition.

Success overwhelmed my limping patience and I dropped my eyes to some girls' cleavage, raised them again and said, "Oh, for Christ's sake, now where . . . ?"

A spasm of laughter emerged from a corner; another spasm, building to a definitely discernable sound. Perhaps within that corner I might find her; surrounded by gleaming, dark gloating men and their 'ever so nice really' women. But the thought of having to cross, no, traverse, this seething room was more than I could possibly imagine.

Another Scotch.

That nauseous feeling rising - somewhere; with a slight numbing of the face and general unsteadiness.

And now a sour look at some self-satisfied 'life and soul'; an intricate pattern of writhing arms and bared thighs; then "Hey, Rob, over here."

"Go to hell," I mouthed to her.

And left.

R. N. Bridger.

FORMATION Who Spilt the grain of intelligence Into man which made Him undinosaur and

Caused the birth of Caustic society.

God's Frankenstein Who ran away With the uncontrollable Urge for self-destruction.

P. W. Scott-Wilson.

COMMUTER He sits in the train As it screams, engulfed, into the tunnel He watches unconcerned: It was there yesterday, Irremovable.

The completed history of the dawn Flickers past.

Mechanically, in fragment images On the window.

Shabby, squatting Morris Minors Clamber from their burrows And grunt belligerently towards the suburbs; A moped wasps up to the level crossing And is swatted by the train's heavy thrash.

He sees.

Hypnotized, Backdoors yawn, A hand-grope for elusive milk bottles.

And on in the maturing light.

Threading into the giant web Of the brooding spider.

Drawing its tiny prey Inwards, Where he fades into obscurity.

His non-identity absorbed by the Throbbing, vibrating, identical mass; He is trapped for a day In a clacking cell.

At night he is excreted, Waste, Through a giant pore.

Used.

And He sits in the train As it screams engulfed, into the tunnel.

K. Rodway.

THE NIGHT WATCHMAN He sits, in his small box, just inside the door.

Even as the Egyptian, in his, against the wall.

The expression differs Even as the imagination makes a portrait's quiver.

Both have a strange fascination for life; The watchman, whose cup steams in his hand.

Is negative, empty of light; The Egyptian, though long dead, Is an embodiment of life.

J. P. Winchester.

THE CASTLEWALI^FLOWER A hundred yards downhill from the village the austere Norman castle stands.

Still dignified looking over its conquered country as though it had never changed.

All nine hundred years had passed as if through a night.

It learns nothing and sees only what is in sight.

Leaning over in dark shadows sinister and forebearing Its high towers crowned with battlemarks and a sheet of evening sun.

There were flowers of all kinds growing in its masonry.

Each one begging for more room in which to plant Its roots Its name Its life.

One that took my eyes was a yellow flower small and detailed issuing forth from its stone cave moistened with a dust of earth.

Its petals half open as if to encapture the last reminiscences of sunlight and keeping it held in its glove till sunrise.

On looking inside this yellow cave with petals still transparent the forks of life are found.

Surrounding it is a green jungle of leaves giving the flower the appearance of butter smooth and soft silently swaying slightly in the wind melting into the evening sun.

G. E. E. Priestley.

JUST A N ACCIDENT (2nd June, 1971)

The skid on the gravel seemed normal.

I thought we could pull out - we must pull out but in a flying unthinking instant the car made its sudden humanless spin skipping across the road like a triple jumper.

It was not fear that gripped me nor the blind terror that signals impending panic no - there was no time to panic or think no time to see life flash before the eyes no time to do anything except hope wonder.

Was this to be my natural full stop or just a parenthesis in the line

that I hoped would be long and expanding or would it be an event forgotten until the mud of my memory was dredged by hordes of grandchildren eager for danger.

But I was not thinking about this as the summer green oak tree leapt towards us.

I was not even attempting to cope with the emergency confronting me.

It was as if time stood still - the tree's image was burnt so vividly on my mind that the picture-scar is there for life to sustain in later years the cruel reminder of an era when we were all young in a devil-may-careish sort of way.

We hit the tree hard. Very hard. Too hard.

But with the aid of a prayer survived to be allowed to crash another day.

Driver and occupants caught a few abrasions but no-one was signed for life duration.

To our friends tomorrow we can all say that we had some car trouble yesterday and then I'll turn round a little impudent: "Really folks, it was just an accident!"

N. D. Nelson.

CHOICES God seeds the birth of these new spring shoots pure as greeness, as glass !

How he jets their juice and fibres through !

See - they pierce the blue's Wind-and-bee-filled armour.

Sacrifice their beauty to the probing antennae.

The stiff breeze: all so that life may continue and renew.

You have, then, something to give your existence to.

Now look at me, for I am not like you.

I have the dreadful and beautiful power to choose.

Yet I have noon-sun pollen, too.

Which, left unused, will hernia its perfumed fats About my heart.

Christ! There is so much I could do !

And would: but already past failures gape like valleys.

And disappointments have left unhealing wounds.

C. V. Hyde.

POEM IN drabbed indifference, he sits; Thinking of decision, yet never deciding; Frantic for positive thought.

His mind toils in chaotic stress.

Wishing that his grey walls would change colour.

There's a sense of urgency, somewhere; Now he feels the time must come.

It should happen soon.

So he waits.

Wasted.

Feeling for his life, he thinks of time past: And smiles.

The mind wanders, roaming over memories; Then a shade of truth colours his fancies: He looks.

Unnerved, reality spikes his glazed sense.

Scratching through at his disbelief: He frowns.

His eyes dim, his thoughts are cast away.

R. N. Bridger.

C.C.F. AND SHOOTING C.CF. At last membership- of the contingent is to become voluntary, with those who wish to do so signing on for a year's service each September. It had been hoped that the introduction of the new proficiency syllabus.

Apex, last September would stimulate interest in, and enthusiasm for, the C.C.F. It didn't, and as the year progressed it became increasingly obvious that we were numbering among our ranks far too many cadets who were not prepared to make any effort at all - not even when it came to trying to put on a good show for the General Inspection.

Corps day is now Monday and, among other things.

this means that Field Days can start on a Sunday and include a night exercise. In the Michaelmas Term the Regular Army Cadet Training Team organised a night patrol exercise in Pippingford Park as part of the new Apex training. The second-year cadets taking part were carefully prepared for the exercise by Captain Aitken and his team, but on the whole they performed very disappointingly. Perhaps the whole experience was too new to them; anyway, as a result of their poor showing, it was decided to use the March Field Day for a simpler night exercise for the recruits to give them at least some experience of night work before they (or at least those of them who sign on in September) tackle the full exercise this coming November. On both occasions we were fairly lucky with the weather, although

bivouacking in winter is never likely to be an entirely comfortable experience.

Orienteering, another feature of the new Apex syllabus, is very difficult to organise on an ordinary training afternoon, and we are therefore particularly grateful to Mr. Chainey who, whenever on a Sunday there has been a civilian event within reach of Sutton Valence, has taken boys to it in the School mini-bus.

This year's General Inspection was carried out by Brigadier R. M . Bremner, O.B.E., who is Commandant of the Intelligence Corps. It was probably the last ceremonial parade that we shall put on, as in future we plan to use the summer term for more purposeful training and will arrange for the Inspection to coincide with a Field Day, with the Inspecting Officer coming out to a training area. (One rather sad implication of this is that there will no longer be any justification for maintaining a Corps of Drums. Their march past at the end of the Inspection has always been a highlight of the parade and this year was no exception. Cadet C.S.M. S. R. JoUey, who has been Drum Major for two years now, again did an excellent job.)

The final of the assault course competition, which, as usual, concluded the demonstration of training on Inspection Day, was won this year by St. Margaret's.

There was no drill competition.

Mr. Able is resigning his commission after just two years in the C.C.F., but he assures us that he will continue to take an interest in our activities and will be willing to assist us when we need extra help. Mr. Shaw will replace him, thus maintaining our officer strength at four.

M.F.B.

SHOOTING Captain: T. J. R. Stiff Hon. Secretary: R. M . Eaton The miniature range has brought us no major successes so far, the scores being respectable rather than outstanding. After an encouraging first stage in the South eastern T.A. Associations Competition, a disappointing score in stage two resulted in our finishing third, though only 6 points behind the winners. Scores were also below our best in the 'Staniforth' and 'Country Life', the latter being postponed to the summer, owing to the postal strike. Some of our experienced shots seemed to take a long time to adapt to ring foresights.

The Easter holiday practice at Bisley saw a promising beginning to the Open Range season; averages being well above last year's. Undoubtedly this was partly as

a result of our having eight rifles re-bedded by Fulton's and fitted with tunnel foresights, allowed for the first time this season under Ashburton conditions. We must also thank Colonel Cooper, who captained the U.K. team in Canada last season, for his invaluable help both in zeroing the rifles and in giving us much expert advice and coaching. The VIII's success in winning the cup in the Kent Schools Meeting, provided a welcome stimulus and gave the team a spirit of determination, which was not lost, in spite of some practices in the pouring rain and a disappointing 200 yard score in the Sussex Schools Meeting. Now that the C.C.F. is becoming voluntary, it is hoped that the growing interest in shooting amongst younger members of the school will continue to flourish and that they will be prepared to put in at least a minimum period in the C.C.F. to qualify to shoot in the N.R.A. and other competitions.

Lastly I would like to say how grateful we all are to those in charge of shooting: Mr. R. P. Coutts and Captain J. A. L. Sergison, who devote much of their time to shooting activities, and whose enthusiasm directly influences the attitudes to shooting, of both the team, and the school in general.

R.M.E. Results Miniature Rai^e: 'Staniforth Cup' V I I I placed 34th out of 118 teams with 756.

S.E. T.A. Competition - (Invicta Trophy) 'A' Team placed 3rd with 1135.

P.S.R.M.A. V I I I Competition. Our team just qualified for stage I I .

'Country Life' - Placed 26th.

Southern (formerly Eastern) Command Shield Results not yet known.

House Match - Winners: Cornwallis.

2nd: St. Margarets.

Open Range: Kent Schools Meeting - V I I I won Challenge Cup with 486 (Tonbridge being counted out at 500).

Individual Medal won by R. M . Eaton (67), who also won the Stiff Cup. The Cadet Pair were both 2nd.

Sussex Schools - V I I I placed 20th out of 38 schools with 483.

'Nunn Cup' won by M. W. Hisket (63).

Match v. Tonbridge School shot at Shoreham Range.

Tonbridge won by two points - 497 to our 495.

House Match - Winners: St. Margarets 126.8.

2nd: Cornwallis 122.3.

N.R.A. Schools' Meeting, Bisley, July 13th-15th Three days of scorching sunshine were in many ways' a welcome change for Bisley, but made shooting conditions tiring and tricky. Our team produced some most encouraging scores, details of which are given below. We were delighted to have the support of Maj.General J. L . Moulton, O.S., and member of the Governing Body, as well as that of several parents and O.S. during the shooting of the 'Ashburton'.

Altogether things went smoothly and members of the team will, I know, join me in thanking Mr. Colin Shaw for his cheerful company and invaluable help throughout the meeting.

R.P.C. Results

gaining a place in the Schools' Hundred, and winning him the School Open Range Individual Cup. He scored 46 in the 'Spencer-Mellish', shot immediately after the 'Ashburton' (won on 49).

'The Wellington' (200 yds.) - R. M . Eaton was 14th (35 - 2 'V's) and A. P. Richards 18th (34 - 6 'V's).

'The Iveagh' (500 yds.) - R. T. Manwaring was 6th (35 - 5 'V's). Both of these competitions are from about 1,000 individuals.

The Cadet pair had a disappointing score of 111.

'The Marchant Vase' (best Open Range aggregate for the season) - Winner: R. M . Eaton (255); Runner-up: S. R. Jolley (249).

'Marksman of the Year' Trophy:

'Ashburton' - V I I I placed 15th with 497 (won on 512).

Highest individual scorer was S. R. Jolley with 66,

(Open and Miniature Range) - T. J. R. Stiff.

Shooting Colours: T. J. R. Stiff, S. R. Jolley, A. C. Harfoot and R. M. Eaton.

SPORTS RUGBY RETROSPECT 1970 Captain: A. P. Scott Vice-Captain: A. N . Dalton Hon. Secretary: T. C. Elgood 1st X V (Won 9; Drawn 1; Lost 3) Despite the availability of six old colours and thus the likelihood of having an experienced foundation to a side that had largely been built up over the previous two years, prospects at the start of the 1970 season seemed to be no more than average. There were doubts about certain key positions, notably scrum-half and full-back, and a worrying lack of depth of adequate reserves outside the 1st X V squad, due primarily to a dearth of rugby talent in the previous year's Under-16 XV. The situation seemed serious enough for two fifteen-year-olds, Crampton and Townshend, to be promoted from the lower age group.

Fortunately our early doubts were quickly dispelled, for the school side, led quite superbly by Andrew Scott, enjoyed its best season since 1957 in winning 9 games out of 13. The reasons for this success lay to a large extent in the determination of the boys themselves to succeed. For the first time the X V squad returned for the Christmas Term two days earlier and, with the aid of the P.E. staff, much valuable training and tactical work was fitted in. This pre-term session stimulated a fresh enthusiasm towards fitness and team drills that lasted throughout the season. The senior players, par-

ticularly Scott, Elgood and Dalton, with their infectious enthusiasm, played a major part in encouraging the younger and less experienced boys to heights not previously conceived as attainable; they cannot be praised too highly, for to them the success of the 1st X V very obviously mattered a great deal. But in the last analysis the kingpin of it all was Scott. He was a boy with that rare gift of inspiration and leadership from the front, a captain whom the other players respected openly and admired as player and leader. In the previous year he had been no more than a capable 1st X V performer, but with the added stimulus of captaincy, his own game improved to an exceptional degree. This dedicated effort could not be better illustrated than by looking back to a torrid afternoon in mid-October in the match against Kent College when, with only seconds to go and with victory assured, an opposition threequarter broke clear and seemed certain to score. However, the observant spectator had noticed Scott straining every muscle to come back across the field from a ruck to intercept the winger, and this indeed he did a yard or two from the try-line. Both Scott and Elgood represented a useful Kent Schools side in the Christmas Holidays, while later on Scott played for London Counties on several occasions and then achieved the ultimate ambition for a schoolboy sportsman of representing his country, against the French Schools at Headingley in a match the England boys won by 16-6.

The season can conveniently be dealt with in two phases. The first comprised the weeks up to half-term.

by which time all six matches played had been won.

The dry conditions suited the side who played sensible, drilled rugby, with fluent back movements only occurring when quality possession from the rucks had been obtained. I t was especially pleasing to notice the number of rehearsed manoeuvres that resulted in tries, a whole series coming off in succession in the second half versus Caterham. There was a one-sided and thus uninformative game against Tonbridge Club Colts and two hard, uncompromising encounters with Sir Roger Manwoods' and Kent College, but the games worth singling out were those involving Cranbrook and Dover College. The first concerned a side Sutton Valence had not defeated for eight seasons. What was gratifying here was not so much the result, a convincing 20-6 victory, but the manner of the win for the school forwards who took decisive command, never releasing the grip they had exerted at an early stage and quite ruled out the possibility of some speedy opposition backs staging a revival. Against Dover the school played with real cohesion in the fkst quarter to establish a 14-point lead, but three unfcjrtunate injuries, including one to Swaffer, the most penetrating of the backs, meant that the side was reduced to 13 in the second half. With Scott taking over at scrum-half, kicking a vital penalty goal and inspiring bis men to prodigious deeds, and with Dalton returning to the fray for the final ten minutes despite a severely cut head, the lead was maintained - just - and by the end of the game one could not help feeling proud of the boys for their efforts and also much moved by what one had witnessed.

In the second half of the term the weather conditions and a series of injuries to important players prevented the side from recapturing their earlier form with any consistency. There were disappointing displays at Hurstpierpoint and Emanuel (played at the end of the term when the team had gone off the boil) while the hardfought draw at Sevenoaks was equally out of key.

Against St. Lawrence, for which there was a complimentary match report in the next day's Daily Telegraph, the school began as if they were going to swamp the opposition, but feeHngs that it was going to be easy spread, and they were glad to hold on to a 3-point advantage; at the Duke of York's, in a match played in continuous driving rain, there was an encouraging return to the very best form, only for the fittest and most skilful side we had encountered durmg the season to come from behind and win the game in the final five minutes. The highlight of this second phase of the term was undoubtedly the visit of the hitherto unbeaten King's Rochester. With four full colours absent through injury, chances of victory seemed remote, but Scott once again managed to inspire his side to play well

above themselves. The determined spoiling and keen support play that formed the basis of victory was well exemplified when, with defeat seemingly a few minutes away. Ball in typical vein charged down an attempted kick to touch and Dalton was quickly up to gather and go over for a try that levelled the scores. With many spectators scarcely daring to watch the kick at goal, Scott calmly made the conversion and the match was won, though not without a tremendous last-ditch effort by Rochester. The scenes at the end of the game, whh the crowd coming on to the field and cheering Scott and the victors off, will long remain in the memory, as indeed will the sight of poor Whitewright, a very gallant reserve, being carried away on a stretcher after receiving a kick on the head in the final exciting minute. The season ended officially with the Old Suttonians providing the opposition and for the third sucessive year a large crowd witnessed a close and exciting game.

Of the 193 points scored, Scott and Elgood, who shared the place-kicking, were responsible for 118, half of which were made up of tries. Their contribution, as these figures clearly indicate, was massive and their work on the administrative side highly efficient. Dalton, too, whose hooking improved considerably from the previous year, stood out for his enthusiastic support play and he received excellent backing in the tight from his props, Jones and the lightly-weighted Baker. Of the other forwards, Scott-Wilson gained much good ball from the fine-out and Ball worked tirelessly in his role as destructive flanker. At half-back, Crampton performed gutfully at scrum-half, while stand-off Sheridan maintained admirable calmness under pressure, and followed instructions with intelligence. The remainder of the backs were inevitably less in evidence, particularly in the latter part of the term, but mention should be made of Mclver's tackling and individual flair for a break; of Thomas' all-round improvement in the centre; of Cant's willingness to help out at fullback and stand-off when injuries cropped up; and of the consistent form of Townshend at wing and fullback, a notable performance for a boy who had played at No. 8 in the previous year's Under-15 side; while Swaffer's determined running was much missed in the last seven matches. My thanks go not only to these but to all who contributed in any way to what was a most rewarding and satisfying season's rugby.

The House Match Cup was won convincingly by Founders, who amassed a record 125 points in the three games of the competition, including a 53-0 defeat of St. Margaret's in the final.

R.D.C.

Colours: A. P. Scott, T. C. Elgood, A. N. Dalton, T. H. Scott-Wilson, A. H. Mclver, R. H. J. Ball, R. F. B. Jones, D. A. Sheridan, N . G. Swaffer, P. Baker and H. A. Thomas.

Also played: Crampton, Krayenbrink, Townshend, Nasser, Cant, Abbott, Barry, Daniels, Whitewright.

2nd X V (Played 11; Won 3; Drawn 2; Lost 6) If the function of a second team is to provide adequate reserves for the 1st XV, the 1970 2nd X V was very successful. When the School beat the hitherto undefeated King's Rochester X V , there were five second team players in the side, but since no-one ever seemed to come down from the 1st XV, there was a continual draining off of our best players and as a result any planning of tactics became almost impossible despite the untiring efforts of Jolley, the captain, to produce an organised team.

The defeat of Cranbrook in the first game suggested a good season ahead, but in it Kwan was badly injured and he never returned to the side.

Draws followed with Caterham, a game we were unlucky not to win, and Dover where we were lucky not to lose. Kent College were defeated and a very good game played with Sevenoaks, but by the end of the season back row forwards were playing at fly half and in the centre and no cohesion was possible. Several .players passed through the side on their way to impressive performances in the 1st XV, in particular Nasser, Whitewright and Daniels. Much credit must go to those who were ever present and played their hearts out while not obtaining promotion or good results to encourage them, and they were: Jolley, King, Stiff, Marks, Thomson and Gorrie. Barry reached the Ist X V in the end after much effort. These players never gave up and they learnt a good deal about the game.

K.M.S. Colours: S. R. Jolley Capt.), E. D. Whitewright, T. R. F. T. Barry, D. R. King, H. Nasser, T. J. Stiff, M . Marks, R. A. Scragg.

Also played: Bertioli, Hardand, Menzies, Harfoot, Qynick, Tong, Zarephe, Gorrie, Bridger, Thomson, Kwan, Daniels, Chindasilpa, Abbott, Cant, Langley-Hunt.

appeared to be the potential for at least a reasonably successful side without those five, nothing came of it.

Had they been fortunate enough to get a victory early in the season (and they were perhaps a little unlucky not to) they might well have developed the confidence which they so obviously lacked, and things might have been different. But, as it was, they finished the season playing little better than when they started.

The forwards were certainly the better half of the side but even they too often lacked the necessary drive and cohesion when it most mattered. (There were several matches which they ought to have dominated far more than they did.)

Bottomley, who captained the team at scrum-half, showed a steady improvement and it was largely due to him that the team scored at least once in every match.

M.F.B. Colours: S. J. Bottomley.

Also played: Latham, Hemsley, Lascelles, Stiff, Stobbs, Scott-Wilson C. J., Murray, Hardwick, Paul, Claridge, Mansell, Hughes, Mee, Hakimnejad.

Under-15 X I (Played 9; Won 5; Lost 4) Rather disappointing overall. As a team they no longer enjoyed the physical superiority over opponents they had made the most of the previous year, and it took a long time to overcome a poor work rate and lack of technique, though there was a steady improvement over the term as some ideas of team play emerged.

Covering, particularly by Dancey, a robust and freescoring No. 8, and Hogg, an excellent hooker in all respects, was good and so was Robinson, an attacking full-back, who had several outstanding games. Malkin at stand-off played his heart out and ran and tackled admirably. The forwards proved to be our strength but • support for tries was often too slow in materialising.

Yet despite the efforts of the above, and Walker at halfback, the majority gave up the struggle too easily and so, with the exception of the last match, the results were either good wins or defeats. There is a lot of talent in the age group, and the term has seen the smaller, more able players such as Taylor, gaining in expertise at the expense of those relying mostly on physique.

M.J.W.

Under-16 X V (Played 8; Won 1; Drawn 0; Lost 7)

Colours: I . L . Malkin, R. A. L . Dancey, S. L. Hogg, I . A. W. Robinson, W. M . Walker, W. J. Terry, D. Dow, S. Nader, M . J. S. Jones.

This was another disappointing season. With five of last year's Under-15 team not available, a good deal of reconstruction was necessary, and although there

Also played regularly: C. J. Beacon, N. M . Bebbington, D. N . Cleave. A. J. Aloof, J. W. Coulling, R. B. Taylor.

SUTTON D.H.Cant

M.G. Krayenbrink

D.A. Sheridan

R.H.J. Ball

P.Baker A.H. Mclver

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H.A.Thomas

A.N. Dalton

A.P. Scott

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Townshend

H. Nasser

T.H. Scott-Wilson

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Under-14 X V (Played 10; Won 6; Drawn 0; Lost 4) This was a goodish season, but the team never really justified themselves in matches. The forwards usually played well, although they missed two key players Lebon and Hosktns - for most of the term, Horner, a rousing captain, and Easton were outstanding in the pack and both scored opportunist tries with some regularity. The back division promised much but never really demonstrated their full talents in matches: their tackling was not consistent enough, with the exception of Dunn who is a very promising full-back.

G.G.A. Colours: J. C. J. Horner, S. C. Easton, R. S. Dunn, N. A. Qarke. M . L. W. Wykes, P. J. Sheldon.

Also

played: Lebon, Hoskins, Sharp, Seth, Clements, Horner R., Riddles, Hobson, Luckham-Down.

RESULTS

1st X V Sept.

Oct. Oct.

19 3 10

Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec.

13 20 24 7 10 14 17 21 10 12

2nd X V Oct. Oct.

3 10

Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. 3 rd X V Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec.

V. Tonbridge Club Colts V. Cranbrook School V. Sir Roger Manwood's School V. Kent School V. Caterham School V. Dover College V. Sevenoaks School V. Hurstpierpoint College V. Duke of York's R.M.S. V. St. Lawrence College V. King's School, Rochester V. Emanuel School V. Old Suttonians

Won Won

Won

10 20 24 7 10 14 17 21 5

V. Cranbrook School V. Sir Roger Manwood's School V. Kent College V. Caterham School V. Dover College V. Sevenoaks School V. Hurstpierpoint College V. Duke of York's R.M.S. V. St. Lawrence College V. King's School, Rochester V. Eastbourne College

Lost Won Drawn Drawn Lost Lost Lost Won Lost Lost

5-18 15-11 3-3 6-6 0-3 0-20 3-28 3-0 0-27 0-28

3 17 24 14 17 21 5

V. Cranbrook School V. King's School, Rochester V. Dover College V. Duke of York's R.M.S. V. St. Lawrence College V. King's School, Rochester V. Eastbourne College

Lost Won Lost Lost Won Lost Lost

8-28 29-8 5-25 3-23 18-9 13-25 0-38

Lost Lost Lost Lost Won

5-39 5-16 3-22 5-27 6-3

UNDER-16 X V 3 V. Skinners' School Oct. Oct. . 17 V. Kent College 20 V. Caterham School Oct. 24 V. Dover College Oct. Nov. 7 V. Sevenoaks School

Won Won Won Won Drawn Lost Lost Won Won Lost Won

45-0 20-6 19-9 16-8 33-3 20-14 3-3 0-6 11-17 9-6 11-9 0-19 6-3 13-8

Nov. 14 Nov.-",. '^1.17 Dec. - 5

V. Duke of York's R.M.S. V. St. Lawrence College V. Eastbourne College

UNDER-15 X V Oct. 3 V. Cranbrook School 10 V. Sir Roger Manwood's Oct. School 17 V. Kent College Oct. 20 V. Caterham School Oct. 24 V. Dover College Oct. Nov. 7 V, Sevenoaks School 17 V. St. Lawrence College Nov. 21 V. King's School, Rochester Nov. 5 V. Eastbourne College Dec. UNDER-14 X V Oct. 3 V. Cranbrook School 10 V. Sir Roger Manwood's Oct. School 17 V. Kent College Oct. 20 V. Caterham School Oct. 24 V. Dover College Oct. Nov. 7 V. Sevenoaks School 17 V. St. Lawrence College Nov. 21 V. King's School, Rochester Nov. Nov. 28 V. Holmewood House Dec. 5 V. Eastbourne College

Lost Lost Lost

3-20 8-25 3-23

Lost

3-16

Won Lost Lost Won Lost Won Won Won

31-5 3-19 3-9 25-6 12-16 37-3 50-0 11-8

Won

14-0

Won Lost Won Won Lost Won Lost Won Lost

18-0 5-11 8-6 21-5 8-16 10-6 13-15 8-0 0-14

Winner of House Match Final: Founders.

Winner of Junior House Match Final: Lambe's.

Winner of Senior League: Founders.

Winner of Junior League: Comwallis.

The Wickham Trophy was won by A. P. Scott

HOCKEY Captain: T. C. Elgood Hon. Secretary: N . G. Swaffer 1st X I (Drawn 3; Lost 7) The side this season has had little material success and lacked skill. Two amazing performances provided the highlights of the season. The first was against the Hockey Association who annually threaten a cricket score but were very hard pressed this year and had to fight the whole game to win. Every member of pur team fought hard and unselfishly and we were complimented on being the best side the H.A. had played that season. The second good • performance was the game against the Old Suttonians, played, experimentally, on a Sunday this year. Again, hard work and an unselfish attitude put great pressure on the star-studded O.S. side and the result was a very fast' and entertaining game of hockey. These two games" emphasised how industry can close the gap between good and poor sides. In other matches, alas, the attitude was too nonchalant, a disastrous assumption considering our lack of skill. With a few exceptions, there were no ball players who could control the game; this was

most evident in the forward line where we lacked a player who could take the ball at the defence and set up chances. Swaffer played wholeheartedly in every match and, in a side with more control and pressure, would have rushed many goals in. We would not expect the defence to keep their heads while the forwards lost theirs and the goal line of 9-29 is probably more a reflection of the attack than the defence, who could not withstand unalleviated pressure.

Elgood, the captain, made some fluid saves and gained in confidence, while Abbott, who mopped up well and who distributed the ball superbly, had an excellent season, though some of his tackling was irregular; Rutherford, too, showed some control.

Colours: T. C. Elgood. N. G. Swaffer, J. R. Abbott, A. P. Scott.

Also played: P. Baker, S. J. Bottomley, S. A. Crampton, R. A. Crampton, I . Gorrie, M . G. Krayenbrink, D. A. Sheridan, H . A. Thomas, E. D. Whitewright.

I would like to thank A.R.D., M.H.F., M.J.W..

G.G.A., R.M.B., R.E.H., C.R.G.S., M.H.A., R.D.C. and G.C.P. for their efforts great and small, and congratulate G.G.A. and the triumphant U.16 side. Our thanks are also warmly extended to Charlie and the ground staff.

M.I.W. 2nd X I (Won 2; Lost 7) The bare facts above do not tell the whole story and the 'classified results' must be examined to get the full depressing picture - for most of our losses were by pretty hefty margins. The truth is that the team as a whole failed to make up for its lack of skill with either thoughtful play or speed and energy. However, I must make mention of Baker, the captain and centre-half, who never gave up trying, Alexander at full-back, who had a better eye than most, and above all Scragg, who is a pretty good goalkeeper and without whom some of the score against us would have been even more embarrassing.

A.R.D.

3rd X I (Played 5; Won 1; Lost 4) About 20 boys played for the 'gentlemen' during the season, so mention of names^ is invidious; however, Gordon scored our only winning goal from the position of left-half. Captaincy went in strict rotation.

Some of the games were close, all were enjoyable.

M.H.F.

Under-16 X I (Played 8; Won 8) The team's record speaks for itself: they have combined individual brilliance with an excellent team spirit, and have played fast, attacking hockey throughout, scoring 25 goals. Chandler captained the side superbly and played with calm assurance at centre-half, hitting his penalty corners with great power. Crampton and Malkin were complementary in style and proved an inventive pair of inside forwards. Latham raided powerfully down the right, and Townshend banged in eleven well-taken goals. The defence was sound - conceding only five goals during the season - and the distribution of Taylor, the tackling of Hemsley and the goalkeeping of Mee were outstanding. One mentions the stars, but the other team members and those who played in the practice also contributed greatly to the success of the team.

Finally, I would like to congratulate Chandler, Crampton, Malkin and Taylor for being selected for the Kent U.16 and U.15 sides.

G.G.A. Colours: W. A. C. Chandler. I . L . Malkin, R. A. Crampton, P. R. Latham, N . W. N . Townshend, R. B. Taylor, R. P. Hemsley. A. K. Mee. Under-15 X I (Played 7; Won 4; Drawn 1; Lost 2) An unfortunate number of cancelled fixtures spoiled what might otherwise have been a very good season.

The team as a whole played well together, and though Robinson, the Captain, was perhaps the outstanding individual, the best performances all came from good combination, often starting with the defence. Beacon, armed with a very powerful kick, kept goal well, but his job was made easier by two very steady full-backs, Whitewright and Richardson. Westacott distributed the ball well from the centre-half position and all the forwards showed a willingness to run, both on and off the ball. The team's most notable victory was probably that against St. Lawrence, away, when three good opportunist goals were taken against the run of the play. They should do very well later on.

R.E.H. Colours: I . A. W. Robinson, C. J. Beacon, G. A. Whitewright, D. N . Cleave. W. I . Westacott.

E. A. H. James, B. A. Richardson, S. J. Fermor.

Also played: Horner. Grigg, Bardsley, Clarke, Rhodes.

Under.l4 X I (Won 2; Drawn 2; Lost 3) This was once again a reasonably successful term's hockey though not as outstanding as either of the previous two years. There was perhaps not quite the

same desire to improve amongst this year's set of boys and in any case work on the basic skills was considerably interfered with by the wet spell at the start of the term.

The team was fortunate to have Dunn, one of only three boys who had played the game to any extent before. This boy, more than any other I have witnessed at this level, combined skilful stickwork and clean hitting with such a fierce determination not to be beaten by an opponent that he almost totally dominated the games in which he appeared. So that the inexperienced players should not rely on him excessively he was rested for the games against Friars and Winchester House, and like Taylor last year was quickly snapped up by the Under-15s.

The best moments of the season came in the first 20 minutes against Eastbourne when with any luck four goals might have been scored, and in the final 10 minutes against Holmewood House during which centre-forward Polycarpou, who had elected to play hockey only a fortnight previously, snatched two goals in three minutes to earn the side a somewhat unexpectR.D.C. ed and fortuitous draw.

Colours: R. S. Dunn (Capt.), P. D. Chandler, J. M .

Townley, R. S. Baird, N. J. Hunt.

RESULTS 1st X I Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. .

Feb. Mar. Mar. 2nd X I Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. 3rd X I Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb.

16 4 6 11 18 23 25 27 10 14

V. Skinners' School V. Dover College V. Sir. Roger Manwood's School V. Kent College V. St. Edmund's School V. Eastbourne College V. Hockey Association X I V. Cranbrook School V. Maidstone H.C. V. Old Suttonians

V. Skinners' School V. Dover College V. Sir Roger Manwood's School 11 V. Kent College 20 V. Maidstone Grammar School 23 V. Eastbourne College 27 V. Cranbrook School 14 V. Old Suttonians 18 V. Awbridge Danes 16 3 6

16 4 11 23 27

V. V. V. V. V.

Skinners' School Dover College Kent College Eastbourne College Cranbrook School

UNDER-16 X I Jan. 16 V. Skinners' School

Lost Drawn Lost

1-2 3-3 1-3

Lost Lost Drawn Lost Drawn Lost Lost

1-3 0-7 2-2 0-4 0-0 1-2 0-3

Lost Lost Lost

0-1 0-4 0-6

Lost Won Lost Lost Lost Won

0-4 3-1 0-7 0-4 1-11 3-1

Lost Lost Lost Lost Won

1-5 2-4 1-6 0-1 1-0

Won

3-1

Feb. Feb.

4 6

Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb.

11 18 20 23 27

V. Dover College V. Sir Roger Manwood's School V. Kent College V. St. Edmund's School V. St. Lawrence V. Eastbourne College V. Cranbrook School

UNDER- 15 X I 16 V. Skinners' School Jan. Feb. 3 V. Dover College 6 V. Sir Roger Manwood's Feb. School 11 V. Kent College Feb. 20 V. St. Lawrence Feb. 23 V. Eastbourne College Feb. 27 V. Cranbrook School Feb. UNDER-14 X I 3 V. Dover College Feb. 11 V. Kent College Feb. Feb. 20 V. Friars School • 23 V. Eastbourne College Feb. 27 V. Friars School Feb. Mar. 10 V. Holmewood House Mar. 14 V. Winchester House

Won Won

5-0 3-1

Won Won Won Won Won

5-2 1-0 2-1 1-0 5-1

Won Won Drawn

3-0 3-0 1-1

Lost Won Lost Won

1-2 3-0 0-1 2-0

Won Drawn Lost Lost Lost Drawn Won

4-0 1-1 0-1 2-4 1-2 2-2 3-1

Winners of House Match Final: Founders.

FIVES Captain: N . R. T. Smith It seems that enthusiasm for fives continues to wane and so it is not altogether surprising that we had an even worse season than that of 1970 this year. For a game like fives to flourish it is essential that there should be a core of really keen players who will take every opportunity to improve their own game as well as to help and encourage others. It is to be regretted that no such nucleus has been seen at S.V. since the halcyon days of 1964 and 1965 when we went through two full seasons undefeated. Perhaps there are too many other attractions these days, in which case I dread to think what effect the building of the squash courts is going to have.

For the record, Westminster won the House Match competition for the second year running, N. R. T. Smith (W) retained his Open singles title, and J. W. Coulling (W) won the Under-l 6 competition.

M.F.B. RESULTS 1st I V Jan 30 Feb 6 Feb 11 Feb 13 Feb 23 Feb 27 Mar 6 Mar 20 Mar 21

V. London University Ravens V. Old Dunstonians V. Tonbridge School V. Rutlish School V. Eastbourne College (pair) V. R.F.A. V . O.S. V. Christ's Hospital V. Haberdashers Askes Other Teams: Under 16 Under 15

For Against 164 108 Lost 165 Lost 113 31 180 Lost 136 134 Won 61 39 Won 65 175 Lost Lost 177 Lost 60 113 Lost 85 Played 3 1

Won 1 0

Lost 2 1

CROSS-COUNTRY, 1971

13.2.71

Captain: R. H . J. Ball (F) Hon. Secretary: G. T. Hughes (F) After a number of highly successful seasons, the Senior team experienced a very thin season, mainly through lack of numbers. I t was frustrating to witness the determined front running of Ball and Hughes, the good supporting runs of Jones J. G. and Mclver, failing to bring team success, simply because we lacked other Senior runners. Later in the season we used Intermediates to complete the Senior team, and their performances were quite creditable, in view of the longer courses and older opposition.

In the Intermediate (Under 17) and Junior (Under 15) teams, there were enormous improvements i n performance, as the season progressed, Paul ma and Mansell fully deserved their places in the Maidstone District team, for throughout the season they were to the fore in School matches. Maitland ma, Frederick and Hardwick gave good support while Gardner, Lambert J. K. and Rothman contested the 6th team scoring place.

A very young and enthusiastic Junior team was generally led home by Pierson, but all gave of their best in a long and tiring season of matches. I f these boys work hard in the coming seasons, then the years of good results f o r our Seniors will return very swiftly.

The School Steeplechases were a triumph for Founders and Holdgate Houses, and the Baton races gave the same results.

A.C. Colours: Seniors - R. H . J. Ball, G. T. Hughes.

Intermediates - D . Paul ma, R. A . J. Mansell.

23.1.71

A t Home

A t Home

V. St. Dunstan's College Seniors U.17 U.15

6.2.71

Lost 53-27 Lost 53-30 Lost 51-31

V. Judd School Lost 50-31

A t Mote Park - Maidstone District Schools Championships U.17 2nd out of 10 Schools U.15 8th out of 14 Schools At Home

11.2.71' At Canterbury

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Seniors U.17 U.15 18.2.71

A t Tonbridge

v. Judd School

20.2.71

A t Home

V. Blackheath Harriers Seniors

3rd- 81 3 r d - 81 3rd- 73

U.15

Lost 59-28 Won 30-73

27.2.71

A t Dover

v. Dover College and Cranbrook Seniors 3rd- 98 U.17 1st- 47

13.3.71

A t Hayes

Blackheath Harriers Invitation Schools Race Sutton Valence 14th of 25 teams.

Winners: Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School

20.2.71

A t Home

v. Forest School, Eltham College, King's School, Rochester, and Bethany Seniors 1st - 57 U.17 3rd- 76 U.15 1st- 58 School Steeplechases

Tuesday, 16th March Division

"A" Team Winners - Foimders.

Individual Winner - R. H . J. Ball (F) 31.41.

Winner of Victor Bentley Cup.

Division

"B" Team Winners - Founders.

Individual Winner - G. T. Hughes (F) 20.44.

Division

"C" Team Winners - Comwallis.

Individual Winner - E. A. H . James (C) 18.56.

Division

"D" Team Winners - Holdgate.

Individual Winner - D. J. Pierson (B) 10.32.

BASKETBALL, 1970-71 Hon.

U.17 3.2.71

v. Sevenoaks School

Nation Cup Result: 1st, Founders 24 points; 2nd, Cornwallis 18 points; 3rd, Lambe's 7 points; 4th, Westminster 4 points.

RESULTS 16.1.71

A t Sevenoaks

v. King's School, Canterbury, Tonbridge School and Skinners' School Seniors 4th-107 U.17 3rd- 89 U.15 .4th-107 v. St. Edmund's School and St. Lawrence School Seniors 3rd - 73 U.17 )st- 42

Secretary:

A. C. Harfoot ( M )

Senior Captain:

S. Chindasilpa (L)

Under 16 Captain:

A . P. Murray (C)

In the 1970-71 season, the achievements of the Under16 team in being placed 2nd in the Maidstone District Schools League and in reaching the semi-final of the Kent Schools Cup Competition were definite highlights, but the greatest gain has been the marked improvements in the standard of play throughout the School.

The Senior Inter-House League, in which St. Margaret's triumphed, was extremely well contested, and discipline in team play was much in evidence.

The School Senior team squad worked hard at their

game, Kwan ma earned a Kent Schools Trial and ijJasser and Harfoot proved to be very consistent performers. The team suffered f r o m a "patchy" programme of matches, and generally lacked the incentives provided by competitive league basketball. The team's best basketball came in the match with Gravesend School on the full-sized court at the Maidstone " Y " Centre. The game with St. Edmund's at Kent University was most entertaining, and remarkable for the fact that Sanders, an E.S.U. Scholar, scored 46 of the opposition's 53 points, without ever resorting to selfish play.

I The successful Under-16 team squad possessed naturally talented players in Hakimnejad and Murray, and players like Weekes, Latham and M a l k i n who i^vorked extremely hard at the game. The whole squad improved with every outing, and played some very attractive basketball. I n the league we were once more thwarted by a well drilled Maidstone Technical High [School squad, on their home court.

Judging by the performance of the Under-15 team an their match with Sevenoaks, we can look forward to another good season for our Junior squad next year.

I n the Junior League programme, Lambe's proved decisive winners.

Mr. Taylor and I were pleased to see squad players |Working hard to master individual skills, and also passing on team plays and tactics to their House teams.

A.C. RESULTS Senior Team (Played 5; Won 2; Lost 3) Home L10.70 - Sutton Valence 58 The Common Room 44 Won Home 5.11.70-Sutton Valence 35 Cranbrook62 Lost Away 19.11.70 - Sutton Valence 21 Cranbrook 47 Lost " Y " Centre 28. 1.71-Sutton Valence 38 Gravesend 34 Won Kent University 18. 2.71 - Sutton Valence 36 St. Edmunds 53 Lost Leading Scorers: Kwan ma 63, Nasser 29, Zarephe 24, Sanai 24, Harfoot 14, Chindasilpa 10, Murray 10.

Junior Team (Played 7; Won 5; Lost 2) Home 5.11.70-Sutton Valence 31 Cranbrook 30 Won Away 15.11.70 - Kent Schools Tournament.

Lost in semi-finals to Harvey G.S. Away 19.11.70 - Sutton Valence 20 Cranbrook 36 Lost Away 24.11.70-Sutton Valence 29 Maidstone G.S. 26 Won Home 10.12.70 - Sutton Valence 29 Oldborough Manor 13 Won Home 26. 1.71 - Sutton Valence 60 Clare Park 23 Won Away 2. 2.71-Sutton Valence 60 Cornwallis 40 Won Away 16. 2.71-Sutton Valence 34 Maidstone T.H.S. 48 Lost Leading Scorers: Hakimnejad 114, Weekes 47, Murray 43, Malkin 25, Chandler ma 10, Paul ma 10. " Y " Centre 11. 3.71 - Sutton Valence Under-15 27 Sevenoaks 4 Won

C R I C K E T RETROSPECT Captain:

A . P. Scott

Vice-Captain: Hon,

Secretary:

J. R. Abbott M . J. Banks

1st X I (Won 3; Drawn 4; Lost 3; Abandoned 3) Although a brief glance at the figures suggests that this was at least an average season, frankly speaking it was, apart from one or two notable exceptions, one of the least memorable m recent years. Admittedly the inclement spell of weather f r o m late May onwards did not help matters: the School cricket season, already very compressed through the position of half-term and the start of examinations, tended to peter out since the Band of Brothers game was abandoned at lunch and those versus the X L Club and St. Edmund's, two later fixtures, were both called off without a ball being bowled.

However, taking into account these obvious disappointments, too many of the regular 1st X I players failed to strike any sort of consistent form with bat or ball throughout the season, with the result that the responsibihty for the major contributions fell upon the shoulders of the same four players. No doubt a combination of exam pressures, lack of confidence and varyingly paced wickets affected the performances of some boys, but few gave the impression of thinking deeply enough about their game and did not do enough practically towards improving it. Bowlers, for example, cannot hope to strike length and line without hard and consistent practice, not only of an organised nature but also of the individual variety - the dedicated practice that any sportsman ambitious for success will only too readily indulge in to ensure that he improves.

The first and most outstanding exception in this ordinary season was the captain, Andrew Scott, who so often stood out as a young man amongst boys both when batting and fielding. The game shone with renewed lustre whenever he was at the centre of the action and one not only remembers with pleasure his superb 104 against a strongish M.C.C. bowling side that included the Buckinghamshire off-spinner and captain C. J. Parry, but also his match-winning 50s against King's, Rochester, and St. Lawrence, his boundary catch at Dover, his 18 in one over against Trinity, Croydon, and his many shrewd bowlmg changes and tactical field placings. Only once in the opening match against the village would i t be fair to say that he failed as a batsman for he reached double figures in every other innings and seemed certain, as in fact he did on five occasions, to dominate the bowling and ultimately reduce the attack to impotence. That he did not succeed more often lay firstly with the pressure put on him by the failings of the other leading batsmen and also his own impetuosity and inabihty to concen-

trate against lesser opposition. Without doubt, as in the rugby team, his contribution was considerable and one hesitates to think what might have happened had he not been present.

The second significant contribution came from the opening batsmen, Latham and Abbott, who regularly gave the innings a sound base; the former, a slowly i m proving wicket-keeper with the D'Oliveira-like temperament, began to master a technical deficiency outside the off-stump and proved the more prolific and patient of the two, while Abbott, a fine fielder in his third year in the X I , improved through recognising his own limitations and disciplining himself carefully at the start of his innings. The two ran between the wickets with inteUigent understanding and were particularly severe on anything loose down the legside.

The other notable figure. Beacon, made his mark much more unexpectedly since he had missed a great deal of the previous Under-15 season through illness and was thus something of an unknown quantity. His final tally of 34 wickets, 19 ahead of his nearest rival, gives a fair indication of the vital role he played as a medium-pace stock bowler who was capable of moving the ball a little both ways. On six occasions he took four or more wickets in an innings, his incredibly economical figures against King's, Rochester (32 overs; 17 maidens; 28 runs; 6 wickets), being particularly worth recording. Latterly he tended to bowl too short but he has learnt a great deal during the season through having to bowl unchanged for long periods; he thoroughly deserved the Robert Kay Prize.

On the whole the remainder of the side were very disappointing: off-spinners High and Banks bowled well once or twice but did not attain the sort of consistency necessary at this level; Bottomley and Rutherford failed consistently in the middle order and never did their abilities justice; while Cleave and Richardson, two younger players, both of whom fielded with some distinction and who look like developing into more than useful allrounders, were not assisted in their first year in the X I by the poor form of the senior players previously mentioned.

Since only Scott and Abbott of the regular side are leaving, the picture should not be one of gloom but of hope for the future. There are several promising younger players, one or two of whom were given experience of 1st X I cricket towards the end of the season. Thus the foundations of the side are already there; it now remains f o r those who failed this year to learn f r o m their mistakes, to play as much holiday cricket as they can reasonably fit in, and to realise, as no doubt Luckhurst of Kent has realised in his first year of Test cricket, that the most

characteristic feature of this game is the sudden, unpredictable turn of the wheel of fortune.

Through pressure f r o m other commitments, I have been forced, somewhat reluctantly, to hand over the running of the cricket at the end of this my seventh year i n office. As my tribute to the boys who have played in recent X I s and to those who hke to amuse themselves with past names and statistics, I offer these eleven names in batting order to represent a Sutton Valence School X I between 1965-1971: J. M . Johnson, P. G. Boorman, A . W. Dixon, A . P. Scott (wicket-keeper), G. B. Harrison, C. V . Hyde, P. R. Hudson, D . Carslaw, W. T. Addison, N . T. Richards, C. J. Beacon.

Colours: A. P. Scott, J. R. Abbott, P. R. Latham, C. J. Beacon, S. J. Bottomley.

Also played: R. N . Bridger, M . J. Banks, A . R. Rutherford, D . C. High, B. A . Richardson, D . N . Qeave, D . J. C. Weekes, K . J. Daniels, R. B . Taylor, I . D . Gorrie.

For the second year i n succession the House Match final proved a close affair. Founders, captained by Scott, winning by two runs against Cornwallis i n a match limited to 30 overs a side.

The Fielding Cup was retained for the second year by J. R. Abbott.

The Robert Kay Prize (for the most improved young cricketer) was awarded to C. J. Beacon.

The Cricket Cup and the Master i/c's prize for the most outstanding contribution to 1st X I Cricket was awarded to A . P. Scott.

The Junior House League Competition, i n which many more runs than usual were scored, was won by St. Margaret's.

R.D.C. Ist X I L E A D I N G A V E R A G E S BATTING

Scott Latham Abbott Cleave Banks

Innings Not Out 11 1 11 2 11 0 8 2 10 0

Runs 400 230 162 78 104

Highest Score Average 104 40.00 78 25.50 56 14.73 26* 13.00 31 10.40

BOWLING Overs Beacon Banks Richardson High

204.3 88.4 27 83

Maidens 58 19 5 8

Runs 505 250 92 327

Wickets 34 15 4 11

Average 14.85 16.66 23.00 29.72

CRICKET WEEK I A s i f i n response to the comment made i n last year's Retrospect about boys "availing themselves of the opportunities provided in the Cricket Week", no fewer than 24 boys declared their interest in participating in this year's venture. From a practical point of view this number could not be fixed up with enough games to justify their staying on, though 17 boys, including all regular members of the 1st X I , played in one or more laf the matches. A l l this augurs well for the future and suggests there is no decline of enthusiasm in cricket at Sutton Valence.

The weather this year was perfect and though results jwere poorer than i n any of the previous four "Weeks", the aim has always been to mvolve boys i n a cricketing atmosphere for a few days with the pressures of school ife behind them. I n fact the game against the Scorpions could not have been more exciting with the boys failing to score the necessary three runs to win off the very last ball. Scott and Latham having laid the foundations with a start of 116 for the second wicket. The Cranbrook game, too, went the f u l l distance but i n the others, as during the term, there was a lack of major contributions f r o m fairly experienced players. However, Andrew Scott batted beautifully i n three of his four innings whUe Rutherford again kept his best batting for the "Week" with a handsome 35 against The Kent Wanderers, and young Richardson, so often unlucky i n the term, made his best score of the season in the final game against us for the Junior Bluemantles, who added interest with the inclusion of C. Cowdrey junior in their side.

A novel feature this year was a visit to Lord's on the Monday when the Oxford and Cambridge match was in progress. A somewhat ordinary day's cricket was brightened considerably in the evening, first by some fine aggressive shots from D . R. Owen-Thomas (Cambridge) whose abilities have been quickly recognised by Surrey, and secondly by a visit to the pavilion after play had ended, when, thanks to E.A.C.'s easy influence, the boys were able to spend a short time in the Long Room and walk at their leisure where all the cricketing greats have walked.

M y gratitude for a most enjoyable few days must go to M r . Craven for his enthusiastic assistance in the organisation, to K.M.S. and G.G.A. for their help with the umpiring, and to Tom Watman for preparing us three really good batting wickets. M y only regret was that CharHe Smith, now officially retired, who so wilhngly agreed to preparing the extra wickets when the Cricket Week idea was first started, was unable through illness to share in the enjoyment. We wish him a speedy recovery.

R.D.C.

C3UCKET W E E K R E S U L T S Thursday 8th July v. R. Langridge's X I Drawn R. Langridge's X I 191-8 dec. (High 4-10, Banks 3-61) Sutton Valence X I 150-5 (A. P. Scott 84, Latham 26) Sunday 11th July v. Cranbrook Detours Sutton Valence X I 189 (R.D.C. 58, Abbott 31) Detours 192-6 (Banks 2-73)

Lost

Tuesday 13th July v. Maidstone Grammar School Lost Sutton Valence School 98 (A. P. Scott 27, Rutherford 22) Maidstone Grammar School 99-4 (Beacon 2-40) Wednesday 14th July v. Scorpions Drawn Scorpions 218-9 dec. (High 5-92, Richardson 2-26) Sutton Valence X I 216-5 (A. P. Scott 83, Latham 58, Abbott 38) Thursday 15th July v. Kent Wanderers Lost Sutton Valence X I 169 (A. P. Scott 66, Rutherford 35) Kent Wanderers 172-3 Friday 16th July v. Junior Bluemantles Lost Junior Bluemantles 220-9 dec. (Richardson 35*, High 2-33, Rutherford 2-15, Bridger 2-48) Sutton Valence X I 109 fWeekes 37)

2nd X I (Played 6; Won 4; Drawn 2) The 2nd X I enjoyed an unbeaten season, a distinction they deserved as the played hard and well with great team spirit.

The season opened with a curious victory over Hollingbourne, where Gorrie produced the first of a number of good bowling performances. King's, Rochester, were then dealt with efficiently. Chandler and Scott batting well. There followed a game, against Sevenoaks, which really tested the mettle of the side.

The pitch was too fast for 2nd team batsmen and Sevenoaks had a good fast bowler who took five wickets in five balls; this would have shattered a lesser side, but Daniels and Dow batted as i f nothing had happened and a more or less respectable total was reached. Gorrie and Daniels then showed that two fast bowlers are better than one, and bowled Sevenoaks out f o r fiifty to produce a remarkable win.

Rain robbed us of victory over St. Lawrence, Gorrie again bowling well; he was promoted for the Kent College game, but Daniels and James bowled effectively to restrict them to a reasonable total. Chandler and Dow then put on 112 for the first wicket and a fine win was achieved.

Finally, Gorrie took yet another six wickets against Bethany but they just held on for a draw.

Amongst the players, Gorrie captained the side well arid took 24 wickets i n five games; Chandler improved beyond recognition compared to the previous season; Scott was sound and steady; while Dow, as an opening batsman, and James, as a medium swing bowler, were very useful discoveries.

Once again a wicket-keeper had to be manufactured, but Chandler eventually became quite useful, while the fielding in general was keen and very few catches went down. Those who were in the side but did not make many runs or take many wickets played their part, and for most of them success lies in the future.

K.M.S. Colours: I . D . Gorrie, K . J. Daniels, W. A . C. Chandler, N . P. Scott.

Also played: G. B. Martin, A . Macreavy, C. R. J. Young, D . Dow, S. A . Hemsley, D . R. Qaridge, M . R. H . Lee, E. A . H . James, R. J. Bray, R. J. Blackwell.

U.15 X I (Played 8; Won 3; Lost 2; Drawn 3) This has been a most enjoyable season: the two matches we lost were due to rare batting failures all occurring unfortunately at the same time, and the three drawn games were overwhelming moral victories.

The batting of the side - apart from at Sevenoaks has been good to see: Dunn, Taylor - who captained the side enthusiastically and well - Westacott and Clarke have all shown themselves to be very capable players, Bardsley has played delightfully at times, and Horn, Coulling and Spencer have also batted with considerable promise. The bowling has relied rather heavily on Fermor who has taken 23 wickets at 5.44 runs each, despite missing the Cranbrook game: he has a good action and should continue to get wickets in the future.

Taylor has supported him well at medium pace, but the spinners - Dunn and Bardsley - have often lacked accuracy, alhough they, too, have had their moments.

The fielding of the side has been extremely good throughout the season, both on the ground and in the air, and all the team deserve f u l l credit for the way in which they have worked on this most important aspect of the game.

G.G.A. Colours: R. B. Taylor, R. S. Dunn, S. J. Fermor, N . A . Qarke, W. J. Westacott, N . J. Bardsley.

U.14 X I (Played 9; Won 2, Drawn 2; Lost 5) This side was an athletic one but contained only a few cricketers. When the catches went to hand they looked a good fielding side, but there were too few bowlers, and concentration was usually lacking at the crease. The best cricket was played at home but the loss of three weeks through rain in the middle of the season dissipated the encouragement of a good start.

King's School Rochester again gave us two enjoyably close games and the Holmewood House game, here

for a change, saw the best cricket. Edgley and Sharp bowled well and usually amassed some runs and Polycarpou and Lebon had one good innings each. Hunt was not-out on five occasions and Paul looked promising.

Colours: M . P. H . Edgley (Captain), G. M . Sharp, D. N . Paul, N . J. Hunt.

U.13 X I (Won 1; Drawn 1; Lost 5) For some boys, cricket is a totally new experience.

Only a few of them manage eventually to attain a reasonable competitive standard after a lot of hard work has been put in with the bat, in the nets, and with the ball, fielding and bowling.

It was hardly surprising that the season started badly with a match in which the team managed to drop about 15 catches. The fielding improved quickly after that match to reach a high standard.

After so many depressing results, the team showed great spirit to produce its best results in the latter half of the term.

Coote bowled quite well throughout and was backed up in depth, if not in accuracy. The batting was at times depressing, but showed signs of improvement as the term progressed.

B.J.L. Colours:

J. P. Coote.

RESULTS 1st X I V. Sutton Valence C.C. (Home) Sutton Valence 74 (Banks 25) Sutton Valence C.C. 75-5 (Rutherford 3-32) Lost by 5 wickets.

V. King's School, Rochester (Home) King's 107 (Beacon 6-28) Sutton Valence 108-2 Won by 8 wickets.

V. Sevenoaks School (Home) Sevenoaks 150-6 (Beacon 5-26) Sutton Valence 95 Lost by 4 wickets.

V. St. Lawrence College (Away) Sutton Valence 156 (Scott 55, Abbott 56) St. Lawrence 113 (High 4-25) Won by 43 runs.

V. Trinity School, Croydon (Home) Trinity 153 (Banks 4-59) Sutton Valence 124-8 (Latham 47) Drawn.

V. Band of Brothers (Home) Band of Brothers 150-1 Match abandoned.

V. Dover College (Away) Dover College 222-8 (Beacon 5-68) Sutton Valence 76 Lost by 146 runs.

V. King's School, Rochester (Away) King's 64 (Fermor 5-8) Sutton Valence 69-2 (Dunn 30) Won by 8 wickets.

V. Cranbrook School (Away) Cranbrook 176-2 dec.

Sutton Valence 140-6 (Latham 78) Drawn.

V. Sevenoaks School (Away) Sutton Valence 93 Sevenoaks 97-3 Lost by 7 wickets.

V. M.C.C. (Home) M.C.C. 208-4 dec.

Sutton Valence 181-9 (Scott 104) Drawn.

V. St. Lawrence College (Home) Sutton Valence 143-8 dec. (Clarke 91) St. Lawrence 33-7 (Taylor 3-14) Drawn.

V. Headmaster's X I (Home) Headmaster's X I 207-7 dec. (Beacon 4-79) Sutton Valence 129-9 (Scott 46, Abbott 30) Drawn.

V. Kent College (Home) Sutton Valence 118-6 Kent College 50-6 Drawn.

V. Old Suttonians (Home) Sutton Valence 172-9 dec. (Scott 46) Old Suttonians 135 (Banks 6-38, Beacon 4-36) Won by 37 runs.

V. King's School, Canterbury (Away) King's 112 (Fermor 4-27) Sutton Valence 105 (Taylor 52) Lost by 7 runs.

2nd X I V. Hollingbourne C.C. (Away) HoUingbourne 49 (Gorrie 4-21, Elgood 3-18) Sutton Valence 51-9 Won by 1 wicket.

V. King's School, Rochester (Away) King's 103 Sutton Valence 104-7 Won by 3 wickets.

V. Sevenoaks School (Away) Sutton Valence 76 Sevenoaks 50 (Gorrie 6-23) Won by 26 runs.

V. St. Lawrence College (Home) St. Lawrence 104 (Gorrie 5-27) Sutton Valence 81-4 Drawn.

V. Kent College (Away) Kent College 120-9 dec. (Daniels 4-30) Sutton Valence 122-1 (Chandler 78, Dow 41) Won by 9 wickets.

V. Bethany School (Away) Bethany 125 (Gorrie 6-32) Sutton Valence 78-8 (Gorrie 41) Drawn.

3rd X I V. King's School, Rochester (Away) Sutton Valence 25 King's 26-1 Lost by 9 wickets.

U.15 X I V. Bethany School (Home) Sutton Valence 202-5 dec. (Westacott 60, Dunn 34) Bethany 40 (Fermor 4-15) Won by 162 runs.

V. Cranbrook School (Home) Sutton Valence 146-7 dec.

Cranbrook 109-8 Drawn.

V. Benenden Juniors (Away) Sutton Valence 174-5 dec. (Dunn 66) Benenden 42 (Fermor 5-28) Won by 132 runs.

U.14 X I V. King's School, Rochester (Home) King's 72 Sutton Valence 74-6 Won by 4 wickets.

V. Sevenoaks School (Home) Sevenoaks 26 Sutton Valence 28-2 Won by 8 wickets.

V. Kent College (Away) Sutton Valence 93 Kent College 97-3 Lost by 7 wickets.

V. Dover College Junior School (Away) Dover College 149-5 dec.

Sutton Valence 97-1 (Edgley 51, Hunt 31) Drawn.

V. King's School, Canterbury (Away) King's 121-6 dec.

Sutton Valence 59 Lost by 62 runs.

V. Friars School (Away) Sutton Valence 81 Friars 82-3 Lost by 7 wickets.

V. Cranbrook School (Home) Cranbrook 64 Sutton Valence 55 Lost by 9 runs.

V. Holmewood House (Home) Holmewood House 152-4 dec.

Sutton Valence 106-7 (Polycarpou 43) Drawn.

V. King's School, Rochester (Away) Sutton Valence 126-8 dec. (Edgley 55) King's 133-6 Lost by 4 wickets.

U.13 X I V. King's School, Rochester Sutton Valence 95 (Termor, C. 28) King's 97-4 Lost by 6 wickets.

V. Sevenoaks School (Home) Sutton Valence 33 Sevenoaks 34-2 Lost by 8 wickets.

V. Coursehorn (Home) Sutton Valence 37 Coursehom 41-3 Lost by 7 wickets.

V. Kent College (Home) Kent College 160-6 dec.

Sutton Valence 10 Lost by 150 runs.

V. King's School, Rochester (Home) Sutton Valence 77 King's 35 (Coote 5-13, Bikhazi 3-1) Won by 42 runs.

V. Cranbrook School (Away) Cranbrook 58 (Bedford 8-3) Sutton Valence 19 Lost by 39 runs.

V. Grenham House (Away) Grenham House 121-6 dec.

Sutton Valence 50-8 Drawn.

ATHLETICS 1971 Captain:

D . A . Sheridan

while Sheridan's performances in the triple jump, 800 metres and 4x400 metres relay earned him the tankard presented to the outstanding athlete of the 1971 Meeting; and set a fine example to the other members of the team.

Defeats by King's School Rochester and in the Sevenoaks School Relays Meeting left us licking our wounds and cursing our failings, but we bounced back to triumph in the Senior Match against Dover College.

I t was no disgrace to be well beaten by Cranbrook in the re-arranged fixture, since they had one of the best senior teams in the South East this season.

The Senior and Under-17 team squads rounded off their pre-public examination programme with good wins in the Pentathlon matches at St. Edmund's School.

The Senior team of Sheridan, Swaffer, Ball, Chindasilpa and Jones J. G. set a new record score for this series of matches.

I n the Under-17 Athletics team, Crampton R. A . , Sharp N . J., and Mansell were consistently successful performers, while Smerke, Aloof A . J., Scott H . C. P., Paul D . C , and Frederick improved quite markedly during the season.

A party of eight competed in the Kent A A A Championships at Crystal Palace during the half-term weekend and, although we failed to capture any County titles, the good facilities and competition lifted performers to new levels on the day and in subsequent events.

Crampton R. A . and Horner J. C. J. represented Maidstone Schools in the Kent Schools Championships at Broadstairs, and Homer earned a County Schools title in the Under-15 80 metres hurdles, recording 12.6 seconds in the final. As a result of this success. Homer represented Kent Schools in a Home Counties InterCounty match and in the A l l England Schools Championships, both events taking place at Crystal Palace.

I n the early weeks of the season, the athletes suffered at the hands of the weather and the consequent lack of continuity in their training left the squad poorly prepared for the stiff programme of matches. With few experienced athletes, early results were poor, and our weakness in the throwing events was again very apparent. However, the season has not been all mud and rain and failure, for in hurdling, triple jumping and in sprinting and middle distance events we have more than held our own.

Homer's success was just reward for his application in training and his aggressive running in races. Full Under-14 and Under-15 teams were fielded for the match against Eltham College and St. John's Leatherhead. This was our first attempt at giving junior boys opportunities to compete, and their excellent response leads me to hope that it w i l l prove possible to extend the programme next year.

The postponement of our early season match with Cranbrook forced us to enter the Foundation Schools Meeting for the Colonel Godfrey Trophy without match practice. As a team we did well to earn second place.

A limited number of junior boys took part in the Preparatory Schools Athletics Meeting. Pierson (Under14 , 800 metres), Krayenbrink J. S. (Under-14 200 metres) and the Under-14 (4x100 metres) relay team

were successful in winning their events, in the course of an afternoon of keen competition.

The senior team emerged briefly f r o m the examiners' grasp to take part in the Duke of York's Trophy Meeting. Despite scoring 14 more points than last year we were unable to improve upon our sixth place of 1970.

The season ended on a high note with the week of Athletics Finals bringing fine weather, many good performances and five new records:I n the ' A ' 100 metres N . G. SwafEer clocked 11.0 seconds; with A . H . Mclver in second place recording 11.1 and also beating the record of A . G. P. Collings set over 100 yards in 1929.

I n the ' B ' 100 metres hurdles H . C. F. Scott clipped 1.2 seconds f r o m the record with a superb run of 14.4 seconds.

I n the Junior Triple Jump R. A . Crampton cleared 12.11 metres (39' 9") and in the ' C High Jump N . A .

Clarke soared over 1.55 metres (5' 1"). The fifth record went, predictably, to J. C. Horner who ran the 80 metres hurdles in 12.7 seconds.

96 68

Juniors: King's School, Rochester (Under 17) Sutton Valence

Tuesday 11th May at Sevenoaks—Senior Relays Meeting.

Placed 6th. Wiimers, Cranbrook School Saturday 15th May at Sutton Valence.

Seniors: Sutton Dover Juniors: Dover (Under 17) Sutton

Valence College College ...

Valence

...

78 72 68 68

Tuesday 18th May at Cranbrook.

Seniors: Cranbrook Sutton Valence Juniors: Cranbrook (Under 17) Sutton Valence

97 56 84 59

Tuesday 25th May at Sutton Valence.

Seniors: Sutton Valence .

Kent College Juniors: Sutton Valence (Under 17) Kent College

...

68 . . r 64 71 61

Thursday 3rd June at St. Edmund's, Canterbury - Pentathlon Matches.

Seniors: Sutton Valence St. Edmund's School Juniors: Sutton Valence St. Edmund's School

... ...

11,678 points 10,357 points 8,007 points 6,815 points

Thursday 17th June at Sutton Valence.

A l l of the Relay races were well contested and the 20-man relay race provided an exciting end to the racing. A t the conclusion of the meeting Mrs. Ricketts presented the certificates, medals and trophies. Founders were clear winners of the Senior Cup for the second year, but their win in the Relays Cup gave them the trophy f o r the first time.

We can look back on a season of mixed fortunes, but in the Under-17 and Under-15 teams we have a nucleus of highly talented athletes. I f these boys can apply their talents and can generate the selflessness and enthusiasm of senior boys like Swafifer, Chindasilpa and Jones J. G., then the next few Athletics seasons will be highly successful ones for Sutton Valence.

Senior Colours: D . A . Sheridan, N . G. Swaffer, S. Chindasilpa.

Junior Colours: R. A . Crampton, R. A . J. Mansell.

A.C.

(Under 15) Sutton Valence Eltham College St. John's, Leatherhead (Under 14) Eltham College Sutton Valence

145 96 92 143 121

Saturday 26th June at Dover—^The Duke of York's Trophy.

295 Winners - Duke of York's R.M.S. . .

289 2nd St. Edmund's School 284 3rd Dover College 279 4th St. Lawrence College 246 5th Sir Roger Manwood's School 231 6th Sutton Valence 195 7th King's School, Rochester ...

Monday 28th June, Tuesday 29th June, Saturday 3rd July.

Athletics Finals.

Inter-House Cup - Founders.

Relays Cup - Founders.

20 Man Relay - Cornwallis.

Junior House Shield - Holdgate.

Junior House Relay Cup - Holdgate.

School Pentathlon Championships (200 metres; Shot Putt; Hurdles; Long Jump and 800 metres) Senior: D . A . Sheridan 2,653 points Junior: R. A. Crampton 2,196 points

RESULTS

TENNIS

Tuesday 4th May at Battersea Park.

Emanuel School Sutton Valence Westminster City

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104 93 91

Thursday 6th May at Rochester.

Seniors: King's School, Rochester Sutton Valence

87 78

Captain: Secretary:

N . R. T. Smith A . H . Mclver

The numbers playing tennis this summer were greater than ever, so an American tournament in four groups was organised to keep them occupied. Even without

the bad weather, I doubt whether the tournament would have been finished; there seemed to be a general reluctance to play. The rain did us one good turn: by early May the grass courts were beginning to look parched and bare, but I haven't seen them better in mid-June.

Although the team was not so good as some of recent years, the results were not too bad and included the first-ever victory over Kent College as well as the first defeat by St. Edmund's. The match against Sevenoaks took the form of six singles following the usual opening round of doubles. Although we were conclusively beaten, there was plenty of good tennis.

Colours: N . R. T. Smith, A . H . Mclver.

Also played: W. M . Walker. G. T. Bard, J. D . N .

Rolland, G. N . T. Cooper, C. D . Thomson, T. Sucharitakul.

A.R.D.

May May May May June June June June

8 13 15 20 1 12 19 26

RESULTS V. King's School, Rochester V. Kent College V. Eastbourne College V. Dover College V. King's School, Canterbury V. Sevenoaks School V. St. Edmund's School V. Old Suttonians

Won 8 i - i Won 5-4 Drawn 3-4 Rain Won 5-1 Won 5^ Lost Lost H-5i Won 5-4

We were beaten by Sherborne in the first round of the Y o u l l Cup but went on to beat The Leys and Rossall in the Plate before losing to Repton. The Thomas Bowl pair (Malkin and Terry) were defeated in the first round.

SWIMMING Secretary:

The most enjoyable part of the term was the interHouse finals, which were blessed with a heatwave. We are grateful to Mrs. Stewart for presenting the cups on this occasion.

P. Baker.

RESULTS SCHOOL MATCHES V. King's School, Rochester V. Tonbridge School Kent College INTER-HOUSE

Senior Lost 62-22 Junior Won 43-21 Junior Lost 67-30 Junior Lost 64-28

RESULTS

INTER-HOUSE C H A L L E N G E CUP Won by Founders.

INTER-HOUSE RELAYS CUP Won by St. Margaret's.

INTER-HOUSE WATER POLO CUP Won by Founders.

Westminster won the Inter-House Competition.

Captain:

emergence of some promising juniors. Among these, M . J. S. Jones and D . J. Leslie stand out; both broke School records in their age groups, for back stroke and butterfly respectively.

P. Baker M . J. S. Jones

Swimming this season was by no means successful; there were two basic reasons for this. The first and perhaps the most important was the lack of senior swimmers, and the second the terrible weather we had during June cancelling four matches.

The first and only f u l l match we had was with King's School Rochester, held in the pouring rain, in which we were beaten rather soundly; the other two matches, both Junior, against Tonbridge and Kent College, were more successful though we lost both.

However, the prospect of the bath being heated has given us something to look forward to, as has the

JUNIOR HOUSE C H A L L E N G E CUP Won by Holdgate.

JUNIOR HOUSE RELAYS CUP Won by Holdgate.

THE K E N T SCHOOLS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP This year the Championship was held at Heme Bay, on a glorious hot afternoon. We entered a team as usual, this time consisting of an older pair, S. J. Bottomley and A . S. Rutherford, and a younger, G. A .

Whitewright and W. M . Walker. Both pairs acquitted themselves quite well considering their lack of practice, though their scores of 93 and 97 were not really in the same class as the two 74's returned by the winners.

However, apart f r o m being excellent competition practice, this tournament is always an enjoyable day out for the players, and on this occasion all four played enough good shots to remember the outing with some satisfaction.

R.E.H. STOP PRESS.—On July 25th M r . Horn won the Wintle Cleek Competition at Littlestone, defeating M r .

Douglas in the final.

ORIENTEERING "Competitive way-finding on foot, across country, using map and compass".

The above mouthful of definition may not make it quite clear to the reader what Orienteering is, so here it is in a nutshell:-

On a map (usually based upon the 2^" Ordnance Survey map) are indicated anything from four to twenty control points, together with the start and finish - often the same place. Y o u are also given a brief description of each control, e.g.. No. 1 The Re-entrant, No. 2 The Spur, etc., and now it is up to you, by intelligent use of your map and compass, head and legs, to visit all the controls in the correct order and return to the finish in the shortest possible time. For proof, your competitor's card is stamped at each control.

The sport has its home in Scandinavia, where it is truly a national sport, and where, ever since its beginnings in 1918, it has been a family sport.

I n Britain we lack the vast forest tracts of Scandinavia, but since the early 1960's, with the help of landowners like the Forestry Commission and the National Trust, and with the drive of enthusiasts like Olympic athletes John Disley, Christopher Brasher and Gordon Pirie, the sport has grown-in popularity.

The British Orienteering Federation now has a flourishing regional network and a club network within the regions. I t is to events organised by clubs in the south east region that boys f r o m the School have gone, on Sundays, during the past year.

We have competed at Reigate H i l l , Headley Heath, Farley Heath and Bookham Common in Surrey, at Bordon in Hampshire, Epping Forest in Essex, Bedgebury Park and the Bayham Estate, Tunbridge Wells, in Kent. Arnold R. N . , Frederick D . J. S., Rothman H . , and Roffey C. M . H . have appeared among the leaders at some of these events. The aim of all competitors is to achieve a consistently high level of performance, and as soon as we have a nucleus of half-a-dozen boys capable of doing this we will venture beyond club events into Regional and National Junior Championships.

A.C.

THE SPORTS COUNCIL Five meetings of the Council took place during the Academic Year 1970/71, and a number of developments stem f r o m the Council's recommendations.

From September 1971 there will be a system of Full and Half-Colours at First Team levels in all School games where a f u l l inter-school programme is undertaken. The present distinction between major and minor Colours w i l l be discontinued. The system of 2nd team and Junior team Colours will continue.

A new School

Junior Colours award will be intro-

duced in September 1971 for boys in teams aged under 16 and below, who are making a major contribution to games within the School. The Master(s) i/c teams are asked to submit names to the Council, and the Council will make the School Junior Colours awards.

The award will take the form of a tie, which the holder may wear for School.

Other changes involving Inter-School games arrangements, accommodating visiting teams, internal games arrangements, improved games publicity, have all been discussed by the Council.

The Council welcomed the renewed interest in Fencing and Judo within the School, and we are looking for additional ways in which the quality of games and the enjoyment derived f r o m sport may be further increased within the School. The building of the two Squash Courts is most welcome, and one of the early Autumn tasks of the Council w i l l be to ensure that adequate opportunities are given to all members of the School to benefit f r o m this new amenity.

A.C.

NON-CORPS PHYSICAL EDUCATION During the past year the physical education department, with the aid of eight senior boys, has endeavoured to introduce 120 junior boys to some of the broader aspects of the subject. Operating on the C.C.F. Monday afternoons, the programme has included: Talks on Asthma and its Treatment, Safety in the Hills; Films on Trampolining; People plus Leisure; Glacier Climbing; A Sports Forum, with Masters and boys on the panel; activity session in the main School Sports, and on a number of afternoons boys were given options of physical activities.

Despite our own failing in trying to cover too much, and the frustrations of shortage of time, manpower and equipment, the experiment has proved most stimulating, and with modifications this programme can become an essential and integral part of physical education in the School.

Next term a number of changes are planned. Working with the whole Lower Fourth year, the programme w i l l enable boys in this year to be introduced to a range of outdoor activities (Camping and Expedition work.

Canoeing, Climbing, Orienteering and Sailing), the basic court games (Badminton, Fives, Squash, Tennis) and the essentials of first aid and health. Field Days and overnight camps w i l l become an integral part of the outdoor activities programme. The support of senior boys will again be critical in operating the programme, and my thanks go to all those who assisted during the past year.

A.C.

THE APPEAL As Sutton Valence w i l l celebrate the 400th Anniversay of its Foundation i n 1976 it was decided some time ago to launch the "Towards the Quatercentenary" Appeal. Much preliminary planning and organisation was undertaken, records were checked and brought up to date and Hooker Craigmyle and Co. L t d . were invited to run the campaign. The survey was carried out in the autumn and early winter of 1970 and, the result being encouraging and favourable, it was decided in December 1970 to launch the Appeal in 1971.

The target and the objectives are by now known to most readers and a brief summary will therefore suffice.

The target is £110,000 and the objectives, carefully chosen to f u l f i l balanced needs, are:— (1)

The building of Squash Courts;

(2)

The conversion of Boarding Houses to provide more study bedroom accommodation for boys;

(3)

The building of a Sixth Form Centre;

(4)

The heating of the Swimming P o o l

The Appeal was finally launched on an Open Day at the School on A p r i l 24th and on the day this note is written, three months later, the sum of £41,328 has been received. This is encouraging and we are most

APPEAL OPEN D A Y The Appeal was oflScially launched on A p r i l 24th and an Open Day for those who were interested i n how the money was being spent was held at the School, in the Refectory, on this day.

The Chairman, the late Captain Lee, began the proceedings by going through the contents of the Appeal brochure explaining the plans and aims of the appeal committee. There are basically four main projects, the first being the squash courts which, through the generous gift of the Friends of Sutton Valence, are m the process of being built, and the Chairman stated that he was pleased to say they should be in use by September 1971.

The second aim was to build study bedrooms m the boarding houses; Captain Lee said it was hoped that these would be started during the summer holidays in St. Margaret's and Westminster, with the other boarding houses being converted at a later date depending on how the appeal went. The third and the most expensive development was to build a sixth f o r m centre. The centre will provide facilities f o r sixth formers to relax, to decide on careers and universities, also to entertain

grateful to all who have already contributed. A substantial amount has in addition already been promised and we hope to be two thirds of the way to the target figure by the end of October.

Our thanks are especially due to the Friends of Sutton Valence who have given us a sum of money which has enabled us to place the order f o r two Squash Courts immediately. These will be ready for use at the beginning of the Christmas Term and the conversions i n St. Margaret's and Westminster are also taking place during the Summer holidays. I t w i l l be seen that we are acting with urgency as the funds become available.

The Appeal is of great importance to the future of Sutton Valence and no effort will be spared on our part to ensure success. I t is vital that the impetus is maintained and we do hope that all O.S., Parents and Friends w i l l make up their minds to contribute. A n y queries w i l l be answered immediately and should be addressed to: The Resident Campaign Director, The Campaign Office, Sutton Valence School, nr. Maidstone, Kent —or to the Headmaster.

DO PLEASE H E L P US W I T H A C O V E N A N T M.R.R.

guests. The fourth and the smallest project is to heat the swimming pool; as the Chairman explained, the pool is at the present only used for about three months every year and by heating it it is hoped that swimming w i l l be possible throughout the Summer Term and the beginning of the Michaelmas Term.

These four projects will use up the £110,000 which is the target of the appeal; if this target is exceeded the Chairman said it was hoped that further projects such as new music rooms and an all-weather playing surface would be started. A t this point the Chairman threw the meeting open to the floor for any questions which were particularly worrying anyone. The next halfhour was spent discussing the merits and demerits of heating the pool by oil-fired boilers; other suggestions such as solar heat and gas-fired boilers were proposed and the Chairman said no doubt the most eflScient and effective means of heating would be used and that o i l fired boilers had not been oflScially decided on. The question of covering the pool also was raised and many useful suggestions about the most economic method of doing this were put forward.

The question of study bedrooms was raised next, whether they were completely necessary, to which M r .

Craven stood up and suggested perhaps the best person to answer this was a boy. The Head of School, who had been both a day boy and a boarder, explained that he felt it was essential for a boy to be able to cut himself off for a few hours in order to get useful work done, and that this is very diflficult in a dayroom with constant distractions.

Tea was served at the end of the meeting.

wood at such speed that I found myself addressing a gathering of about 20 people within 45 minutes of the plane's touching down. We had a wonderful dinner, arranged by Martie Haywood, widow of G. B. Haywood, in this remarkable setting. While in Los Angeles I visited the University of Cahfornia, was given a fascinating tour of Disneyland on a day when it was closed to the public, and Bob Sunshine, who is our Area Chairman, took me on an extensive drive down the Pacific Coast.

P.B.

THE HEADMASTER'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD I have been asked to describe my journey f o r "The Suttonian" but the amount of space available is limited and this will therefore necessarily be an abbreviated report.

When we were working on the documentation of the "Toward the Quatercentenary" Appeal we discovered that nearly 12% of our total "constituency" were resident overseas, and we felt strongly that this significant percentage should be approached if possible personally and at any rate through the setting up of local organisations abroad. Accordingly a schedule for my journey was drawn up, involving about 30,000 miles travel in 24 days, the Chairman wrote to all concerned overseas and one person in each port of call was asked to make the necessary arrangements. A t 12 noon on A p r i l 14th I left Heathrow for Canada.

I n Toronto I was met by Ralph Bentley and a well attended O.S. Dinner was held in the Universities Club.

One O.S. had flown in for the occasion and two others had driven about 300 miles! This function had been jointly arranged by Ralph Bentley, Peter Heara and Maresq Child, the latter being our Chairman f o r the area. I was also given a most interesting tour of Toronto and on the last morning had the unforgettable experience of visiting Niagara before departing on the next leg.

I n New Y o r k Dr. Allan Hobson, our first E.S.U. Scholar, had arranged accommodation for me at The Harvard Club and had flown in himself from Boston.

We had a valuable meeting in which plans for his huge area were laid and I was also given the opportunity of an interesting and extensive tour of that vast cosmopolitan city.

Then to Los Angeles, where I arrived at twilight, and was met by Bob Sunshine and a family friend who transported me to the Bel A i r Country Club in Holly-

I n Vancouver I stayed with our Chairman, Brian Masson, and he kindly arranged an excellent dmner party at his home which was attended by eight O.S. I was able to visit Simon Fraser University and St. George's School (from where a boy enters Sutton Valence i n September), and Robin Bums took me for a long and memorable drive along the coast.

Thus ended the North American part of the journey and I started for the Antipodes, via Hawaii. On arrival in Honolulu I was met by M r . and Mrs. Robert Rath with the traditional Hawaiian greeting. Harry Taylor had unfortunately had a stroke but I was able to have two meetings in his lovely home. Nothing was too much trouble for these kind people and I had a most interesting tour of the Island and a round of golf on the beautiful and exotic course (electric buggy and all) - promptly brought to an end at the 14th by torrential rain. I t is nice to know that Pluvius does after all spread his favours.

I n New Zealand Denis Peach, who is our Chairman for that country, was my kind host. A n O.S. gathering was not possible, but individual meetings were held and Denis took me on a most interesting tour of the North Island country near Auckland. I t was here, too, that I had a 48-hour respite and was able to hire a secretary and get up to date with my correspondence.

M y Australian visit was in two parts: first, a very pleasant meeting at Sydney Airport with six O.S., arranged by Hugh GriflSths, our Joint Chairman with Peter Simmons, and, second, a stay in Melbourne with the latter. Here once more I was shown great kindness, and Peter, who is representing us with much enthusiasm, had arranged an O.S. Dinner and press interviews. I am glad to say that a tight schedule nevertheless admitted a pilgrimage to Melbourne Cricket Ground and a talk with Ian Johnson.

The flight to Hong Kong was a long haul but I was immediately invigorated on arrival by a splendid reception committee of S.V.S. parents and families, not to mention press photographers. M r . Y i p K i t , our Chairman, had already arranged a generous response f r o m

all our friends and, in addition, luncheons and dinners.

His hospitality was most kind and included a comprehensive tour of the whole territory, incorporating a drive to Chairman Mao's frontier.

The next flight thwarted, I am glad to report, the unworthy hopes of those who anticipated that I might be hi-jacked while crossing Vietnam, and ended in Bangkok where I was so well looked after by many of our parents - M r . Chindasilpa (our Chairman) and Mrs. Sucharitakul in particular. Here I went to a traditional T h a i dinner, well attended by S.V.S. parents, and was also treated to a visit to a crocodile farm and the famous floating market.

Thence to Karachi, 105 degrees i n the shade, and I can only say "once again" a tremendous welcome from Shaukat Fancy, a loyal and keen O.S.. I am most gratef u l for the support he has promised for the Appeal, and f o r his hospitality which included an inspection of his farm, in which exercise we were continually followed by a boy with a 12-bore whose duty i t was to deal with any cobras which might be unwise enough to put in an appearance.

I was unfortunately feeling rather unwell when I left Karachi on the penultimate leg of my journey which took me to Teheran, via Rawalpindi, for a very short visit. There I was greatly indebted to M r . Nasser for his kindness and support, including a memorable and well attended dinner party at his home. The plans for

visits to Beirut and Zurich had by this time been postponed, as the O.S. concerned were not available, and I therefore returned, appropriately by B.O.A.C., via Tel Aviv to Heathrow - and thence to Headcorn, Sutton Valence and Home!

As I said eariier this is necessarily a short report. I t would be so much easier to write at greater length about this experience and I hope that my omissions will be understood. I n the next issue of the News Letter we shall print a list of everyone I met and include any new information I gleaned about O.S. overseas.

I n conclusion I am glad to report that my journey was well worthwhile. The first objective was, of course, to interest O.S. and parents in our Appeal and to ask for their support. The expenses of the journey have already been covered and, bearing in mind promises made, I feel certain that our overseas community is going to provide a significant "bonus" to the Appeal, for which we shall all be most grateful. But of course it didn't stop at that and there were important byproducts: the bringing together of O.S. overseas, the renewal and making of friendships, the strengthening of the bonds between S.V.S. and O.S. and parents, publicity f o r the School and, lastly, entries f o r the future.

But my final and abiding memory will be the support for Sutton Valence and the love of which was so evident in every port of call round the world. For this we are all grateful as we continue our efforts in the days that lie ahead.

M.R.R.

OLD SUTTONIAN NOTES Last year's obituary notices brought some reminiscences f r o m G. T . Hardy (1917, W.), whose two sons came to the School later on. We think that one of the most interesting is of George Barnett Haywood, who came to S.V. i n 1910 and left i n 1911 in the F i f t h Form, but as a new boy he had to "fag", which he did for N . S. Hewitt (1911, M . ) . George joined up in the 1914-18 War and visited the School with staff oflScer's 'tabs' up. He married after the War and his son was in Lambe's, 1937^0. After the War he joined a bank in the City. He and another ex-officer saw no prospects in this, so they bought a double-decker 'bus and ran a "pirate service" f r o m Liverpool Street to Victoria.

There was enthusiastic support f r o m the populace, and the one 'bus became four or five. Eventually the London General Omnibus Coy. (now part of London Transport) gave i n and bought them out f o r about £10,000 per 'bus. ( I remember the 'bus; it was orange coloured, I think, but I had no idea that it was run by an O.S.—EAQ.

Mr. Haywood's second wife was recently one of the Headmaster's hostesses on his World Tour last A p r i l May, and has also entertained O.S. who have gained E. S.U. Studentships when they have been in California.

We wonder i f she knew this story about her late husband.

J. E. Hamilton (E.S.U. 1960, L.) graduated at Davidson College and is now Professor of Ethics at Houghton College, Houghton, New Y o r k State, where J. A . C. Allison (1945, M . ) is also a lecturer.

J. W. Powell (1926, M . ) and his son, C. S. (1954, M . ) tell us that their stores, Hammond's of H u l l , has just celebrated 150 years of existence. Their celebratory notepaper shows this with a magnificent display of fireworks. I n June they had the honour of a visit by Princess Margaret - and all went well. Congratulations.

H . R. Hearn (1945, W.) and P. N . Goddard (1956, F. & L . ) both played f o r the Headmaster's Ex-Captains X I to celebrate 100 years of cricket on the "Upper" in

June. O n the following day they found themselves on the same flight f r o m Heathrow to Helsinki.

Lt. D . G. Lovelock, R . N . (1964, W.) has now joined H.M.S. Albion, a Commando Carrier in the Far East, based on Singapore. On a recent exercise the Albion carried L t . A . P. Montgomery (1964, W.) and his Battery, R.A. They expect to see quite a lot of each other i n the near future.

The O.S. Cricket Day (26.6.71) brought to the School G. L . Jones (1948, W.) and his family, who were on holiday f r o m Vancouver, and Dr. J. Allan Hobson (E.S.U. 1952, M . ) , who had come f r o m U.S.A. on a lecture tour in Europe, telling about his work at home, on the "Human Brain". He gave one lecture in France in French. (He studied f o r a year in Lyon). His last lecture was at Cambridge, in English, which has some connection with Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., where he has his laboratory.

Incidentally, both these O.S. were host to the Headmaster on his World Trip.

R. W. Lattimer (1961, M . ) writes f r o m Lahore, Pakistan, where he is on a year's secondment from British Rail to Pakistan Railways on a consultancy contract in connection with the electrification of the line from Karachi to Lahore. He points out that three mem'bers of the "Clan Lattimer" were Heads of School - N . H . L . (1925, M . ) and his son, N.J.L. (1962), and D.W.L. (brother of N . H . ) (1929). R.W.L. (nephew of the two older brothers) was Head of St. Margaret's and a School Prefect in 1961.

Dr. R. H . Palmer (1959, M . ) is moving f r o m the University of Malawi to the Department of History at the University of Zambia. (Box 2379, Lusaka, Zambia).

Ian Maddieson (1960, L.) points out an error in a recent Newsletter. I t is he who is at the Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages at the University of Ibadan. John W. Ireland (Master, 1963-65) is Headmaster of Urbobo College, Warri, Mid-West State, Nigeria. Incidentally, Maddieson also tells us that he has been confirmed as a Lecturer at Ibadan after a three-year probationary period.

I n addition to those mentioned in previous Magazines and Newsletters, the following O l d Suttonians have entered their sons for the School: M . A . Chantler (1955, F.), E. D . Chantler (1954, F.), C. L . R. Hart (1951, W.), J. B. Pugh (1944, M . ) (two), R. G. White (1957, W. (son of J. A . White (1924, M.)), M . Tyrie (1954, F.), and Alfred Neate (1927, W.) has entered his grandson, Simon Richardson, f o r September 1980.

During July we were visited by W. E. Prockter (1926, W.), who was on a visit from Western Australia. I t was his first time back to Sutton Valence f o r 45 years and i t was very nice to meet him again. Many years back he had the doubtful privilege of being the writer's fag, but didn't seem to hold that against h i m !

Another visitor during July was the great-niece of Headmaster Bennett (Dr. Lawrie of Eynsford), who brought the album of autographs presented to Headmaster Bennett on his retirement in 1910. This album will join two others given to Headmaster Holdgate (Bennett's successor) in the Muniments Room. Whilst on the subject of the Muniments Room, the Curator thanks the many O.S. who have sent details of their careers to him, but there are still lots of gaps in the records. He also thanks those who have given other items of Suttoniana, particularly Dr. Alec Vidler, who sent many items which gave information of the School in the 1880's and of the formation of the O.S.A. by his father, uncle and others. Maj.-Gen. J. L . Moulton, D.S.O. (1924, W.) has given us two of his books on various aspects of the last War, and we thank him for them.

N . F. Lemon (1958, F.) gained his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Psychology at H u l l University and has been a lecturer at Exeter and Sussex Universities. I n July 1971 he took up a two-year post as Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Sociology in the University of Tanzania, Dar-es-Salaam.

T. G. McCarthy (1959, W.) was on the staff of St. Thomas' Hospital from 1965-1968, and the University Hospital of the West Indies in 1969. He is now Surgical Registrar of the East London Hospital Area. ^ N . C. Whitlock (1966, F.) played at f u l l back for R.A.F. in the Inter-Services Hockey Tournament in March/April. His team shared the Championship with the Army. He also played for Combined Services on the 14th A p r i l against the Hockey Association in the match to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Combined Services Hockey Association.

Brig. J. R. C. Gannon, C.B.E., M . V . O . (1900, L . ) was mentioned in the M.C.C. list of members who had completed 60 years membership. He was elected in 1908. I t may be of interest to recall that he was made a Member of the Victorian Order for his work on the Prince of Wales' (later King Edward V I I I ) tour of India in the '30s, and his C.B.E. was awarded for his work as F . M . Lord Montgomery's Military Secretary during Hitler's war.

J. W. Stead (1922, M . ) was Master of the Fruiterers Company for 1970-71.

M a j . P. J. Brill, R . A . (1939, W.) is now at a new Army Selection Centre at Corsham, Wiltshire. He deals with young entrants and endeavours, as he puts it, to fit "round pegs into round holes". Before this he had a spell in Aldershot, where he was involved in "Aldershot Show 1970", and in Larkhill, where he managed "Royal Artillery Day, 1970". He says that he felt rather like the manager of a circus !

J. L . K . Argles (1958, F.) is now a Barrister, and although called in the Middle Temple has his Chambers in Lincoln's Inn. He thought that he and N . L . Sarony (1958, M . ) were the only two O.S. Barristers, but we know also of J. Monkton (1932, M.), G. A . Nops (1932, B. & M . ) , and Christopher Frere-Smith (1945, F.). Are there any more? Yes, D . G. Scott (1942, M . ) .

Capt. A . C. Nash, Royal Regt. of Wales (1956, W.) is now serving at H.Q. 1 (Br) Corps in Germany (BFPO 39). He will be joined later this year by Lt.-Col. A . P. Baker, R. Signals (1943, M.).

A . F. S. Cotton (1922, M . ) has resigned f r o m the Governing Body of the School to make way - as he puts it - for a younger man. We thank him for his work in the past, not only as a Governor but also as a Trustee of the O.S.A. Another retirement is that of Geoffrey Pember (1926, W.), who gave up his post as Principal of West Ham Technical College last December. He will now have plenty of to time to spend on his "railway" activities.

He recently sent a book - his annual gift, and always about railways - for the School Library, and for this we thank him. The "Pember Section" of the library has now grown to a formidable size.

S. K . Miller (E.S.U. 1966, C.) is at present working in Kinshasa, Congo, f o r a Protestant Relief Organisation. M . A . Nemeroff (E.S.U. 1964, M . ) is in his third year in Columbia University School of Law, and J. L .

Myers (E.S.U. 1968, M . ) is a Senior in the Chemistry School at Baudoin College, U.S.A. He is also going to the Summer School at Dartmouth.

Dr. H . T. Skinner (1923, F.) says that he will retire from his post as Director of the National Arboretum of U.S.A. in Washington, D.C., in a year or two, and as he. has acquired a cottage near his old home at East Sutton we hope that we will see more of him and his family than for many years past. The writer of these notes remembers visiting his home a few years back, and the first thing he saw on entering the house was

a "brass rubbing" f r o m the Filmer tomb in East Sutton Church.

H . S. Hacker (E.S.U. 1961, W.) graduated at Yale in 1965 and Cornell Law College in 1968. I n late 1970 he was on Sabbatical leave in Austria and Yugoslavia.

E. B . Miller (E.S.U. 1964, L . ) is still interested in Music Composition and the theatre.- He plans to continue his studies at Bard College in U.S.A. The news of these American O.S. comes f r o m the work that J. A . Hobson (E.S.U. 1952, M . ) put in to help the Headmaster on his 'globe-trotting' on behalf of the "Towards the Quatercentenary" Appeal.

J. M . Wragge (1941, M . ) is taking over the Headmastership of Blackwell School, Bowness-in-Windermere, in September next.

W. E. Ellis (1956, L . & M . ) is Marketing Du-ector for Software Sciences L t d . - a computer firm.

B. E. Cleghom (1964. W.) graduated at Cambridge in 1969 and then went on a post-graduate course at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. He is at present doing research work in India.

C. A . Pearson (1965, C.) quahfied M . B . , B.S.. at Middlesex Hospital on 30th A p r i l , 1971. He is still at the Hospital as a House Surgeon.

Many years have passed since whe heard of the Strickland brothers. The elder, J.R. (1937, M . ) emigrated to South Africa in 1948, where he is an engineer.

The younger, R.G. (1939, M . ) is a Senior Design Engineer at the Plastics Division, I.C.I., at Welwyn Garden City. He lives in Highgate and commutes daily to Welwyn.

N . J. W. Page (1963, B . & W.) is at present on the Music Staff of Epsom College. I n September he will become Director of Music at Hurstpierpoint College.

I n January 1971 he was elected to a Fellowship of Trinity College of Music.

M . J. Weller (1966, L.) has completed his third year at Salford University and obtained CI. I I Div. 2 in Civil Engineering. He did his practical work with Surrey C. C. Highways Dept.

R. V . Cant (1964, L . ) is reading f o r Ph.D. in Geology at the University of the West Indies and hopes to take his degree in the summer. His brother, James (1968, L . ) has dropped Geology and is now reading Business Methods and Accounting, although he is still reading Maths and Physics for B.Sc.

Lt.-Col. P. E. B. Badger (1936, W.) has retired f r o m the A r m y and is now Secretary of Aldeborough Golf Club.

P. A . Carson ("Carly") (1937, M . ) is now General Manager of the Caledonian Telephone Company in Edinburgh.

J.. D . Webster (1940, L . & M . ) is working for ShellB.P. (Nigeria) at Warri, Nigeria. We had lost him for years, and are grateful to J. W. Ireland (Master, 1959 to 1964) and I . E. Maddieson (1961, L.) f o r news of Webster's whereabouts. The two latter recently had an O.S. meeting on a river bank in Nigeria.

C. V . Hyde (1970, L.) keeps us well abreast of his progress at Andover College, U.S.A. He gained the Clough Award f o r Literature last term, and says that pitching at baseball hasn't improved his bowling action.

R. C. G. Smith (1960, F.) has left Perth, Western Australia, and is continuing his Research in Agriculture at Davis, California - a branch of Berkeley University.

D . Russell (1944, F.) is a member of the Executive Council of Toorak Teachers' College, Victoria, Australia, as well as being Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Education.

R. E. Woolveridge (1970, L.) has been accepted f o r a course in Journalism at Harlow Technical College and starts his studies in September.

Rev. P. G. F. Norwood (1959, F.), who is in his third year as Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury and also Du-ector of Ordinands f o r the Diocese of Canterbury, has given us the address of D . Diskul (1958, W.).

Norwood tells us that "Chai" is Private Secretary to the Queen Mother of Thailand. Norwood's job sounds most interesting, involving as it does lots of travelling with the Archbishop, and he has been to many countries recently.

J. C. Murrells (1963, L.) has followed his degree at Camegie College, Leeds, with an Honours B.A. degree at London University as an external candidate. He has also been selected f o r a grant aided course in Recreational Management at North Western Polytechnic Institute, London. The course is for one year and John will rank as a member of the Staff.

J. A . Swarbrick (1944, M . ) is now Deputy Manager of Commercial Union Assurance Coy. f o r India and is based in Calcutta. We believe that he w i l l be returning to U.K. i n 1972.

R. I . Grant (1970, F.) is joining Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, in September, where he may well be taught by R. F. McKay, (Rudd), (Master in the late 40's).

Welcome visitors in late July were C. G. Ericson (E.S.U. 1955, L . ) and his wife. Carl will be returning to the University of New Bruswick at Fredericton in early August to put the finishing touches to the thesis he has been working on in G.B. for the last year. He threatens to return to U . K . in May 1972 f o r about fifteen months. This is good news.

"THE G R E E N MAN" The usual "First Monday of the M o n t h " gatherings have been reasonably well attended in the last few months. Recent members of the School need not be shy in coming along. Everything is quite informal and they will certainly meet some familiar faces. Time is about 1.00 p.m; Place, "The Green Man", corner of Bucklersbury and Queen Victoria Streets, E.C.; and the Day is the first Monday of every month.

100 Y E A R S OF C R I C K E T ON T H E UPPER This Centenary was celebrated on 12th June 1971 when the Headmaster's X I was composed of ten exCaptains and one ex-Vice-Captam of School cricket.

Unfortunately the Headmaster, who was to have captained the side, was unable to play himself.

The Eleven was made up as follows: D . W. Branson (1935-6), J. H . Gray (1938-9), H . R. H e a m (1945), C. F. Smith (1951), C. L . R. Hart (1951), P. N . Goddard (1956), D . Fenton (1957), A . C. B . Lister (1958), A . , Barr (1964), A . W. Dixon (1965-6), and P. G. Boorman (1969).

A number of ex-captains sent messages but could not themselves be present, but the following venerable gentlemen were among the spectators: T. R. K . Jones (1917), who had made the journey f r o m Sidmouth, H . G. Kennard (1922), E . A . Craven (1923-4), W. H .

Blaxland (1925), and P. R. Anderson (1952). They all got well into their anecdotage during the aftemoon and evening.

The actual match was drawn, the Headmaster's X I scoring 207 for 7 wickets (declared), to which the School replied with 129 f o r 9.

HENRY SPICE AND CHARLIE SMITH These two gentlemen have served the School well and faithfully for many years. They retired at the end of Easter term, 1971, and were present at the last Assembly of that term to be thanked for their work

by Mr. R. D. Wickham (O.S. and a Governor) and be presented with gifts from the Governors, School and Staff.

Henry first came to Sutton Valence in 1910 when his father, William senior, brought the whole family Spice from Brackley with Headmaster Holdgate to be Head Gardener at the School; the "New Buildings" were in course of construction and the early work in the gardens was supervised by William. Henry, himself, first entered the School's employment as House Porter in Lambe's House, but later went on to the Gardening Staff, where he eventually followed his father and elder brother, William junior, as Head Gardener.

For many years Henry was a keen footballer and cricketer for the Sutton Valence F.C. and East Sutton C.C. respectively.

Charlie, who had lived in Chart Sutton since his childhood and was well known to us at the School before the War as a good bowler and bat for Chart Sutton C.C., heard about 12 years ago that there was a vacancy as Head Groundsman at the School. He promptly applied for it, and the present state of the School sports grounds is a tribute to the care he has lavished upon them. Here, his experience with the Kent County Police Sports Grounds and with Maidstone Grammar School stood him in good stead.

Fortunately we shall see quite of lot of them in the future. Henry is staying on part-time in the gardens, while Charlie will keep a supervisory eye on the Grounds until a new groundsman is appointed.

We thank them both for their loyalty and wish them the long and happy retirement which they so richly deserve.

BIRTHS LISTER.—On 31st March, 1971, to Elizabeth (n6e Grenfell), wife of D. R. B. Lister (1963, F.) a son, Robert Bramham.

CHARLTON.—On 6th May, 1971, to Beryl Diana (nee Condict), wife of Philip Charlton (1961, F.) a second son, David Christopher, a brother for Sean Nicholas.

PALMER.—On 22nd June, 1971, in Blantyre, Malawi,

to Judith, wife of Dr. Robin H . Palmer, a second daughter, Joanna Ruth, a sister for Jocelyn.

TURTLE.—On 3rd May, 1971, to Christine (n&e Gibson), wife of M . R. Turtle (1964, M.) a son, James Martyn.

SHERIDAN.—In 1970 to Anthea (nee Downie), wife of Roger C. H . Sheridan (1957, B. & St. M.) a second son, Timothy, a brother for Andrew and a second grandson for J. A. Sheridan (1923, W.).

GIBSON.—On 4th November, 1970. at Cheltenham, to Bridget, wife of Rev. D. I . Gibson, Chaplain 1963 to 1968, now Chaplain at Dean Close School, Cheltenham, a daughter, Mary-Anne.

ALLAWAY.—On 1st February, 1971, at Pembury Hospital, Kent, to Hazel (nee Pearson), wife of David J. Allaway (1964, C.) a daughter, Rachel Justine.

ROWLANDSON.—On 29th November, 1970, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to D. J. (John) (1948, W.) and Linda Rowlandson, a son, Neil William.

OLIVER.—On 4th November, 1970, to G. T. J. (Toby) Oliver (1962, L.) a son, James Toby Edward.

WRAGGE.—On 26th January, 1969, to Fiona (nee Laird), wife of J. M . Wragge (1941, M.) a daughter, Eleanor Jenny.

GARDNER.—On April 2nd, 1971, in Margate, to Christine (nee Brumer), wife of J. H . Gardner (1948, W.) a son, David Richard.

SWIFT.—On February 20th, 1971, in Calcutta, to Campbell and Jill Swift (1955, L.) a son, Gregory Vincent, and a grandson for D. J. Swift (1927, W.).

LONGDEN.—On 26th April, 1971, to Christina Ann, wife of Andrew J. Longden (1956. L.) a son, Hamish John Campbell.

MARRIAGES DAY—HILL.—On 22nd May, 1971, at Plaxtol Parish Church, Michael J. Day (1962, H. & L.) to Suzanne Mary Hill.

ALLAWAY—PEARSON.—On 31st May, 1969, David J. Allaway (1964, C.) to Miss H. J. Pearson.

SMITH—CHILDS.—On Saturday, 18th July, at Welby, Nr. Grantham, Lines., Alan T. Gordon Smith (1959, F.) to Mary Childs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Herbert Childs.

RICHARDS—HYSTED.—On 19th September, 1970, in Maidstone, Jack Bryan Richards (1938. F.) to Edith May Hysted.

ERICSON—KING.—On Wednesday, 24th February, in London, Carl George Ericson (E.S.U. student, 1958, L.) to Penelope, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lewis King.

HOBBS—HUTCHESON.—On 14th November, 1970, at S. Paul's Church, Winchmore Hill, N.21, Christopher J. Hobbs (1964, L.) to June Hutcheson. R. W. Fisk (1964, W.) was a member of the congregation.

WRAGGE—LAIRD.—On April 4th, 1968, John M .

Wragge (1941, M.) to Fiona M . Laird of Reswhallie, Angus, David G. Scott (1942, M.) was best man, as Wragge was for Scott. J. D. M . Mather (1940) was was also present.

GARDNER—BRUMER.—In June, 1969. in Switzerland, John H . Gardner (1948. W.) to Christine AnnMarie Brumer.

HARRISON—MURRAY.—On 23rd January, 1971, in Watford, Neville Harrison (1956, M.) to Jackie, daughter of Gp.-Capt. and Mrs. A. D. Murray, of Watford. D. K. Robertson (1956, W.) was present.

CARSLAW—PITTS.—On 14th September, 1970. at Barton, Torquay, Douglas Alexander Scott Carslaw (1965, M.), son of D. R L. Carslaw (1930, M.) and Mary, to Veronica, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Pitts, of Torquay.

TURTLE—GIBSON.—On 6th June, 1969, at St. Leonard's Church, Chelsham, Surrey, Martyn Rupert Turtle (1964, M.) to Christine Anne Gibson.

WHITLOCK—FIRMIN.—In June, 1971, at St. Oswald's Church, Oswestry, Salop. F/O Nicholas C. Whitlock, R.A.F. (1966, F.) to Julia Firmin.

DEATHS We announce with regret the deaths of the following: MARCHANT.—On 9th June, 1971, in Margate, Leonard V. Marchant (1905, L.).

PAYNE.—On 18th August, 1970, at Harrow, Phyllis Payne, who was one of the manageresses of the Tuck Shop from 1958 to 1966.

THOMSON.—On 21st August, 1970, whilst on holiday in Scotland, Mrs. A. L. W. Thomson, mother of J. W. Thomson (Master, 1935-1957), and well known to many Old Suttonians.

ANDREWS.—In Switzerland, on 9th September, 1970, Philip Andrews (1924, W.). He was an enthusiastic member of the Ski Qub of Great Britain, The Alpine Club, the Swiss Alpine Club and a past President of the Alpine Ski Club. He had been climbing in Switzerland only a week or so before his death.

WEDGWOOD.—In Ibiza. Balearic Isles, on 10th August. 1970, Godfrey Josiah Wedgwood (1924, M.) after a long illness.

WARRICK.—In Queensland, Australia, on the 2nd December, 1970, R. M . Warrick (1929, W.) after a long illness. Warrick had been a regular correspondent with the School and was responsible for finding details about the death of A. K. Brook (1940, B. & M.), an R.A.F. pilot, killed in Queensland during the War, to whom a memorial fountain was built in the town of Charleville, Queensland. (See "Suttonian" 1970).

LYNAS.—On 27th October, 1970, at his son's home in Leeds, Yorks., after a long illness, Herbert Frank Ernest Lynas. Director of Music at Sutton Valence from 1955 to 1964. For nine years he had been teaching, rehearsing, composing and helping with House music competitions. He was also assistant Housemaster in Lambe's for a time and gave assistance at cricket. On retirement he went to live at Hastings and was Musical Director of the Hasleons and Steward of Hastings Musical Festival. Later he went to direct the music at Sherborne Preparatory School but retired owing to ill-health a year ago. After an operation he went to live with his son Richard in Leeds, Yorks., where he died. We remember with gratitude all he did for Sutton Valence, particularly with regard to the music at the School.

FELIX-JONES.—On 28th December, 1970, at Southampton, Ivor Felix-Jones (Master, 1923-24), late of Campbell College, Belfast, and Dept. of Education, Hong Kong, in his 71st year.

LUCKRAFT.—On 7th December, 1970, The Rev. Reginald Charles Luckraft (1937, F.), Rector of Ilsham, Torquay.

WINTLE.—On 23rd January, 1971, at his home, Arthur Edward Wintle (1920. W.), brother of G. H. F. Wintle (1918. W.) and son of F. W. Wintle (1898, F.).

ABELL.—On 31st January, 1971. peacefully in. his sleep, at 6 Hurle Road, Bristol, Horace Kenyon Abell (1918, W.).

APPS.—On Easter Sunday, 11th April, 1971, in Linton Hospital, after a long illness, Leslie Mason Apps (1916, F.). He had lived in Sutton Valence, just by the Castle, all his life, and was well known in the village as Councillor, member of the British Legion and as an architect. For some years he was architect to the School. He was the surviving member of a family of three brothers, all of whom were at Sutton Valence about the time of the 1914-1918 War.

O.S. WITH SONS AT T H E SCHOOL Additions to the list m the last Newsletter are: M . D. J. Solomon (1945. L . & W.).

O.S. WITH SONS E N T E R E D FOR THE SCHOOL I . N . Wilcockson (1951, M.); M . Tyrie (1954, F.); P. N . Janes (1939, M.); P. N . Goddard (1951, F. & L.).

SMITH.—On 27th October, 1970, Frederick Wallis Smith (1925, W.).

LEE.—On 21st May, 1971, in Canterbury Hospital, Captain Herbert Jack Lee, C.B.E,, D.S.C. and two Bars (1935, W.). Captain Lee had been involved in a car accident on the 9th May. His death has been a great blow to the School. Jack was an almost "Complete Suttonian". Boy, O.S., parent of a boy now at School, Governor, Chairman of the Old Suttonians Committee and, at the time of his death.

Chairman of the "Towards 1976 Appeal". It will be a long time for such a record to be equalled. When one adds to this his record in the Royal Navy, it is all the more distinguished. In 1936 he was awarded the Kmg's Dirk for the best "Ail-Round Cadet" in H.M.S. Frobisher - his dirk is unique, in that it was the only one presented during the reign of King Edward V I I I . His D.S.C.s were awarded for bravery in "three oceans". Mediterranean 1941, Russian convoys in 1943, and the third when he was Captain of H.M.S. Cockade off Korea in 1949. The rest of his Naval career was also a distinguished one. Many Staff jobs, A.D.C. to the Queen, Acting Commodore in the Mediterranean, etc., he retired with the rank of Captain in 1965 and joined Vickers-Armstrong Ltd., for whom he travelled all over the world.

CHANGES OF ADDRESS OF OLD SUITONIANS OVERSEAS Capt. A. C. Nash. R.R.W.. H.Q. B.F.P.O. 39.

l(Br) Corps,

R. A. Dick, 319, Inglewood Drive, Toronto 7, Canada.

D. J. F. Godden, c/o John Burrow and Ptns., Box 1923, Lusaka, Zambia.

M. J. Aisher, Henri Dunantstrasse 16, II/D, Salzburg, Austria.

G. J. A. Hardy, 46, Ave. des Tilleuls, Rhode St. Genese 1640, Brussels, Belgium.

J. W. Ireland, c/o Dept. of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

J. D. Webster (1940, L . & M.), c/o Shell-B.P. (Nigeria) Ltd., Warri, Nigeria.

J. M . Sewell (1954, L.), Box 103, Amanzuntoli, Natal, R.S.A. J. C. Swift (1955, L.), c/o Everett s/s Corp., Box 25, Calcutta, India.

His services to the school were many, when he was at home long enough to give them. As a boy he gained Rugby and Cricket Colours and was Captain of Fives when the present courts were opened. A School Prefect, of course.

A. T. C. Wong (1968, M.), Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.14850, U.S.A.

Later, he became a Governor, Chairman of O.S.A. Committee, and most recently Chairman of the Appeal, for which he put in hours of work at various meetings and conferences.

D. J. E. Lion, Box 2497, Freeport, G.B.I., Bahamas.

His funeral service was taken by Rev. O. R. FuUjames (1919, M.), with whom he served in the Navy during the War.

N. G. Lawley, Box 340, Thames Ville, Ontario, Canada.

To his widow and sons, Richard and Martyn, we extend our sorrow, gratitude and respect for this outstanding Suttonian.

D. T. K. Wong (1968, M.), Box 2187, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. 94305, U.S.A.

B. C. Masson, 2939, West 38th Ave., Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

F. A. S. Waldron, 4065, Black Point Rd., Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. N. J. Noyes-Brown, 384, Lake Avenue West, Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada.

C. Green, (travels a lot). Use: 40, Brampton Tower, Bassett, Southampton, SOI 7FB. D. Russell, 40, Trentwood Ave. (not Trantwood), North Balwyn, Melbourne, Victoria, 3104, Australia.

A. J. Slee, Box 60, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, West Indies.

B. H. Lewis, c/o Mentone Grammar School, 62, Venice St., Mentone, 3194, Victoria, Australia.

W. E. Prockter, 31, Wellard Rd., Calista (Kwinana), 6167, Western Australia.

A. R. Ford, 3/2, Linda St., Homsby, New South Wales, 2077, Australia.

P. H . Hugens, 9, Walmsley Rd., Darien, Conn., 06820.

E. K. Hall. ,1264, North Buchanan St., Arlington, Va., 22205.

J. L . Cox I I I , (Home) 424, High St., Bethlehem, Pa. 18018.

D. K. Case, Millbrook Farm, 100, Mill Rd., North Hampton, New Hampshire, 03862.

T. Lumbard, Office of Law Enforcement Programs, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., 20530.

T. M . Chastain, P.O. Box 190, Palm Beach, Fla., 33482.

A. D. Booth, 456, Eldon St., Apt. B.8, Corpus Christi, Texas, 74812.

R. A. Nation, c/o Edward Lumley and Sons (N.S.W. Pty. Ltd.), Box 2519, G.P.O. Sydney, 2001, New South Wales, Australia.

J. E. Hamilton. Graduated at Davidson College; now Professor of Ethics, Houghton College, Houghton, New York State.

A. Robinson: Has returned to U.K.

S. G. DiCicco, 8, Milford Ave., Natick, Mass., 01760.

R. G. Newbury, 19, Malba Crescent, Dianella, 6062, Western Australia.

D. McCargo, (Home) 1001, Highmont Rd., Pittsburgh, Pa.. 15232. (Univ.) 3300. S. WasMngton St., Apt. 205, Englewood, Colorado, 80110.

D. E. Strange, c/o Barclay's Bank Ltd., 108, Queensgate, S.W.7, and Student in French, Vancouver University, B.C., Canada.

B. E. Megilley, Box 147, Thika, Kenya.

Dr. M . B. Scott, 202, Bay St., Orillia, Ontario, Canada.

Dr. U . D. Longford, c/o Medical Arts Centre, Orillia, Ontario, Canada.

M. R. Disnadda Diskul, c/o Sapatrum Palace, Bangkok, Thailand.

Mrs. Maureen Haywood, Apt. Isabella, 350, Sharon Park Drive, Menlo Park, Calif. 94205, U.S.A. A. de C. Denny, Suite No. 5, 521, Simcoe St., Victoria, B.C., Canada.

ADDRESSES OF ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION STUDENTS We are indebted to Miss Lilian Moore, of the English Speaking Union of the Commonwealth, for obtaining the following list of E.S.U. students who attended Sutton Valence, but whose addresses had changed. She obtained these addresses via their various Alumni Associations or their Universities.

OLD SUTTONIANS A T UNIVERSITIES Newsletter No. 15 dated January 1971 gave a list of Dons and Undergraduates whom we knew to be at Universities, and No. 16, April, gave a few more. Now we can add further to the list. We have recently been told of the following, and will be very delighted to hear of even more.

A. Hughes-D'Aeth (1968, L.) is in his first year studying Chinese.

L. G. Price (1966, W.), whose home is in Lebanon, is in his second year reading Fuel Science.

NEWCASTLE G. C. W. Thompson (1970, C.) will be going up in October next to study Art. MANCHESTER I . R. Madle (1970, L.) will be going to Manchester in October to read Chemical Engineering.

WYE COLLEGE (University of London) R. H. Miles (1967, G) reminds us that Wye is a College in London University, at which he is studying Agriculture. We apologise for the omission. Next July, he and his brother Martin (1968, C), who is currently at Magdalene, Cambridge, are going to spend their long vacation in Africa.

LIVERPOOL F. Y. C. Hung (1963, W.) is now at Liverpool. He gained his B.Sc. CI. I I Div. I in Biological Sciences at Birmingham in 1968 and since then has been working at the National Vegetable Research Station at Wellesbourne (8/68 to 7/69) and then at United Sheffield Hospitals Centre for Human Genetics (8/69 to 9/70).

WARWICK D. E. Strange (1966, C.) gained a Class I I , Div. 1 Honours degree in French at Warwick University and is now going to read for Master of Arts degree in the same subject at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

IMPERIAL COLLEGE, London M. P. Strange (1961, C.) has completed his Research at the Marine Biological Unit at Menai, Anglesey, and has started research work as an Assistant Research Contracts Officer at Imperial College. London.

LEEDS P. H. Jesty (1966, L.) gained his B.Sc. at Leeds University last year, and this year has been reading for M.Sc. in Electronic Computation. He now goes for several years to Leeds Polytechnic Institute as a Lecturer in System Analysis and Commercial Data Processing. He was Vice-Captain of Leeds University shooting team and gained full colours at this sport.

He has met A. Hughes-D'Aeth (1968, W.) and L . G. Price (1966, W.), who are also at Leeds reading, respectively, Chinese and Fuel Science.

UNIYERSITY EXAMINATION RESULTS We know of the following results for June 1971 Examinations and will be glad if other Old Suttonians who have taken Finals this Summer will let us know about their successes for School Records.

D. M . Ball (1967, F.), Trinity College, Dublin. Geology.

CI. n, I.Hons.

M. W. Miles (1968, C), Cambridge. Maths lb. CI. I I , 1.

S. P. Clarke (1967, W.), Sussex. Law. B.A.(Hons.), CI. I I , l;Ll.B.(Hons.),Cl.II, 1.

M. J. Weller (1966, L.), Warwick University. Engineering. CI. I I , 2, Hons.

D. E. Strange (1966, C), Warwick University, French.

CI.n, I.Hons.

J. C. Murrells (1963, L.), London (External). Physical Geography & History. B.A.(Hons.)

P. J. Sheldon (1967, M.), Exeter College, Oxon. Law. CI. I I Hons.

R. H . Miles (1966, C ) , Wye College. Agriculture. C I . I .

Ist XV RUGBY FIXTURES 1971 Sat., 25th Sept. v. Tonbridge Qub Colts

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UNITED STATES The Wong brothers are both at University in the U.S.A. David (D.K.T.) (1968, M.) is at Stanford reading Mechanical Engineering, and Abraham (A.T.C.) (1968, M.) is at Cornell reading the same subject.

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Information regarding Old Suttonians at Universities will always be welcome; either to the Master i/c University students, or the Muniments Room. After all, William Lambe did found the School so that people could obtain Education.

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