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Lancaster House Report
1960 |
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It
was with deepest regrets that we said goodbye to A. Sedaghat,
who had been House Captain for the last four years.
Also to M. Rowan-Robinson who became House Captain for the
Christmas term.
Competition between the houses has been keen, and the spirit
of Lancaster has never failed. During the year Lancaster has
won the Marathon Cup and the Cricket Cup, and drawn with the
other two houses for the Boxing.
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RUGBY: Results : Senior-Played 4, Won 1, Drawn 1, Lost
2. Junior-Played 4, Won 2, Drawn 0, Lost 2.
At the beginning of the season the senior team started off
badly, but after the first two matches the team improved and
drew with York and then beat them. Embrey hooked well,
enabling the ball to be passed out to the three-quarters of
whom Ardern and Schofield i scored many a good try. Morgan,
Batty and Cram made up the weight badly needed in the scrum.
Jones i with his high jumps in the lineouts got the ball back
to Hanson i, who passed it down the line of three-quarters.
Sheard, Hitchcox and Sayers played well as three-quarters and
back respectively. The Juniors started ofF the season with a
victory, and throughout the season only lost two matches.
Senior team: Bushell, M. Rowan-Robinson (Christmas
term), Schofield i, Ardern, Hitchcox, Hanson i, jones i,
Embrey, Moug, Morgan, Batty, Sheard, Cram, Pallister i,
Sayers.
Junior team: Parker ii, jerome, jones ii, Buckley,
Edwards i, Atkinson i, Emery, Fawcett, Moss, Inman i, Coupe,
Watmough, French, Geary.
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GYM GAMES.
On the 17th October, 1959, the first inter-house Handball was
played. The teams of Middles and Juniors consisted of:
Middle: Geary, Moss, Atkinson i, Morgan, Emery, Inman i.
Junior: Crawley, Harron ii, Pickard, Coltart i, Baker ii,
Hanson ii.
Results :
Middle: Lancaster 1, York 2. Scorer: Moss.
Lancaster 2 Craven 1. Moss, Geary.
Junior: Lancaster 1, York 0. Harron ii.
Lancaster 0, Craven 2.
Lancaster won.
On
31st October, the Seniors played Basket Ball, which resulted
in all three houses drawing.
Team : Bushell, Schofield i, Ardern, Batty, Morgan, Sayers.
Results Lancaster 2, Craven 1. Scorer : Ardern 2.
Lancaster 1, York 2. Bushell. 1.
On
31st. February, there was another inter-house handball match.
The teams were the same as before.
Results Lancaster 3, York 1.
Lancaster 2, Craven 2.
Lancaster 1, York 0.
Lancaster 5, Craven 2.
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MARATHON: The inter-house Marathon was held on 18th
March. The teams of Seniors and Middles consisted of:
Senior: Moug, Ardern, Sayers, Hirst, Hanson i, Hitchcox,
Sheard, jones i.
Middle: Moss, Geary, Coupe, French, Thackeray, Parker ii,
Pallister ii, Watmough.
After half-an-hour of agonizing running over road, field,
and through woods and rivers, both the Middle and Senior
teams won. This race was a brilliant piece of teamwork, and
we therefore retained the cups for the second year running.
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BOXING: The inter-house Boxing was held on March 27th.
All members boxing for the house put up a good fight. The
results were a draw for all three houses with nine points
each.
Lancaster Bushell. beat Stroud (Y) Emery lost to White i (C).
Inman beat Chester (C). Jerome lost to Robinson iii (Y).
Henson ii lost to Grimes (C). Barker ii beat-King (Y).
White i and Turner ii (Craven) won the Best Boxer and Best
Loser Cups respectively.
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PANCAKE SCRAMBLE: On Shrove Tuesday, as usual, we had
the Pancake Scramble. There were three teams.
Senior: Bushell, Schofield i, Ardern, Moug, Sayers, Jones i,
Hirst.
Middle: Geary, Morgan, Edwards i, Buckley, Moss, Coupe,
French.
Junior: Pickard, Crawley, Pallister ii, Harron ii, Hanson ii,
Coltart i, Wilson.
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QUIZZES: On Sunday, 23rd January, we had the first of
the inter-house Twenty Questions. The result was a draw, each
house having 7 points.
Team: Embrey, Hanson i, Sayers, Rowan-Robinson ii, Hitchcox,
Crawley.
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SWIMMING: The inter-house Swimming Competition was
held on July lst. We were runners-up for the second year
running with 104 points to York's 125. Notable swimmers
were: Schofield i in the Seniors, Geary and Moss in the
Middles, and Watmough in the Juniors. All members swimming
put up a good fight and we won the Senior 6 x 25 yards relay
for the second year running.
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SPORTS: Sports Day was held on July 9th, 1960. After
the heats, Lancaster was a long way behind the other two
houses, but on Sports Day we almost caught up.
Pallister i broke the senior 220 record in 24 4/5, seconds,
and Ardern won the Senior High Jump with 4ft. 8in. In the
Middle School, Inman i and French equalled the school record
in the High Jump. For the third year running, Lancaster won
the senior 4 x 440 relay, but we did not break last year's
record.
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CRICKET: On July 12th, 1960, Lancaster Seniors played
York Seniors. Lancaster won the toss and put York in to bat.
York were all out for 43 runs. Schofield and Ardern bowled
well throughout the match. Lancaster then scored 46 for 6.
Jones i bowled very well.
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On
July 17th, Lancaster Seniors played Craven. Though Craven were
all out for 33, Lancaster only just managed to win by one
wicket. This was the first time for a long time that Lancaster
had won the Cricket Cup.
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The juniors won both their matches easily. French, Clark i,
Moss, Cousins bowled and batted very well.
Senior team: Bushell, Ardern, Schofield i, Morgan, Sayers,
Jones i, Geary, Embrey, Atkinson i, Hitchcox, Hanson i.
Juniors : French, Clark i, Moss, Cousins, Turner i, Buckley,
Baker ii, Jones ii, Knapper, Watmough, Fawcett.
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J. BUSHELL (House Captain). |
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