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Lancaster House Report
1959 |
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This. I am sorry to say, is my last term at Eshton. It has
been a great pleasure to captain Lancaster during the past
four years, and I am very grateful to all members of the house
for their neverfailing support. We have had many exciting
encounters with York and Craven this year. Competition has
been keen, and the spirit of Lancaster truly great.
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RUGGER: At the beginning of the season, the senior team
started off very well, but had mixed success towards the end.
Our highest score was 23-nil, in a match against Craven.
Schofield i, playing as prop., scored many brilliant tries.
Thomas was very effective as a hooker, and for the first time
in many seasons the backs managed to move the ball after it
had been passed out from the scrum. Bushell, who unfortunately
missed some of the matches owing to injury, played a very
important role as scrum leader in the games in which he took
part. In the second row we had Wood and Morgan, and it was
mostly due to the effort put into shoving by these two that
the ball was able to emerge from the scrum. Wood scored sorne
delightful tries, and Morgan, who had very little experience,
had the right idea of what to do when he had the ball in his
possession. "It takes quite a lot to stop 'jet' once he is on
the move," I heard one of the opposing players remark one day.
Ernrey played back with astonishing zeal ! Whenever there was
a loose scrum Embrey was there in the thick of it pulling,
shoving, heeling and shouting slogans ! Batty was a great help
in the lines-out, and the loose scrum.
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Smith and Hanson played as wing forwards, but found little to
do, as the opposing back line rarely got moving properly. At
scrum half we had Hollingworth, who was a very useful member
of the team. His quick thinking, kicking and passing saved
many tries from being scored against us. Ardern, playing at
centre threequarter, was our kicker. He converted many
deciding goal-kicks and gained much ground by touch kicking.
Pallister and Masters played as wings. They didn't really see
much of the ball in many ?f the games, but Pallister showed
how fast he could be when once, in a game against Craven, he
received the ball and shot off to the line in a 100 yard dash,
leaving everyone standing and astounded. Masters played with
great ferocity and had some very nice runs on the wing.
Hitchcox and Moug played as full back and centre-threquarter
respectively. Although very much lacking in experience, they
played hard, and I am sure they will be of considerable value
to Lancaster in the coming year. The junior team played
magnificently all through the season and had some very good
wins.
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CROSS COUNTRY: On a warm sunny afternoon in the
spring term, our cross country team, comprising A. Sedaghat,
J. Masters, Thomas, Hanson, Ardern, Hollingworth, Moug,
Coupe, Smith, H., and Wood, took the field with confidence.
The race was started by the firing of a "flare," and off we
went on our agonizing journey. Half an hour of hard running
on roads, fields, through woods and ravines, brought us back
to the school. The runners in Lancaster arrived in the
following order: Sedaghat (2nd), Moug (3rd), Thornas (5th),
J. Masters (6th), Ardern (9th), Hanson (15th), Hollingworth
(18th), Coupe (20th), Smith H. (22nd). |
The race was a brilliant piece of teamwork, which deservedly
won us the Marathon Cup.
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GYM. GAMES: On the Saturday evenings in the Autumn and
Spring terms, gym. house competitions took place. These were
in the form. of basketball and handball. In the basketball the
senior team had a fine set of games, beating York 4-2 and
Craven 5-2. In the handball the senior team drew with York,
2-2, but was beaten by Craven, 3-2. The middles team,
comprising Jones i (capt.), Emery, Inman, Moss, Geary and
Arown were unfortunately beaten by both York and Craven 3-0
and 4-1 respectively. Our junior toam: Knapper (capt.),
Watmough, Lloyd, Baker ii, French and Ellis, had a delightful
game with York, whorn they beat 5-0. After a very close and
exciting game, Craven just managed to win, the score being
5-4.
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BOXING: In the house boxing, held on a Saturday evening
in December, 1958, Thomas, a member of Lancaster House, won
the "Best Loser's" Cup. All other members of our house who
took part fought very well.
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INTER-HOUSE QUIZZES: On Sunday, the 12th October,
1958, was held an Inter-House Quiz-the first of its kind for
some years. Lancaster emerged as the top house. Following
this up, we had two more successes, in tile Inter-House "20
Questions" competitions. Finally it was proved that all
"brains" abide in this house of ours, when M. RowanRobinson
won the "Brain of Eshton" contest.
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PANCAKE SPECIAL: The night before Shrove Tuesday
tension was mounting in the Lancaster dormitories. Plans,
theories, hypotheses, were being propounded by one and all for
the forthcoming pancake scramble. At 2.15 p.m., the next day,
the participants gathered on the front field, eagerly awaiting
the sticky pancake. Suddenly the whistle blew, the biceps of a
member of the staff were brought into action, and up went the
pancake like a flying saucer. It seemed to hover in the air,
afraid of descending into the eagerly awaiting hands of the
boys. But what goes up must come down, and so the pancake
began to descend with increasing velocity. Up jumped the boys,
and the one-minute struggle began. The results were as
follows:
Winner of the Senior Pancake Scramble-Burrell (York).
Winner of the Middle School Pancake Scramble-Emery
(Lancaster).
Winner of the Junior Pancake Scramble-White ii (Craven).
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ATHLETIC: After the first leg of the heats. Lancaster
was ahead in points. However, we were unable to keep on top,
and were soon overtaken by both Craven and York. On Sports
Day,Atiring which the finals were run off, Lancaster made a
very commendable effort to catch up. We managed to gain more
points than York, but Craven was too far ahead. The senior 4 x
400 yards relay team (Bushell, Schofield, Hollingworth and
Masters) broke their previous year's record. Inm2n i shared
the high jump cup with Rogers, with a record jump of 4 ft. 7
in.
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SWIMMING: Here, as in the previous year, we were just
beaten by Craven (100 points to our 96). Notable swimmers in
our house were Schofield, Thomas, Moss and Watmough.
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HOUSE CUP: Lancaster has won the "House Cup" three
times during the past four years. We have also won it this
year. This is a remarkable achievement, credit for which must
go to all members of the house.
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A. SEDAGHAT (House Captain). |
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