Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SI-1I,WYN HOUS1-1 SCHOOL MAGAZINE T. BURc:Ess. 1936 36. Greatly improved from last season. Through persistent practice developed into a steady opening bat. His 56 not out against B.C.S. was the outstanding performance of the season. A. XYREGG. 193536. Bowled well all season with a much improved length, and could always be relied upon for a few wickets. A good bat, but has a fatal tendency to hit across straight balls. Must concentrate on defensive strokes. K. PoR'rER. 1936. 1.eft-hander. Kept wicket excellently, and the best bat in the side. Hit hard everything off the wicket, and especially good on his leg side. D. S'1'AiRs. 1936. A good all-rounder who improved steadily throughout the season. A steady medium-to-slow bowler with a good length and a very deceptive flight. A good bat and excellent in the field. XY. PALMER. 1936. Shared the slow bowling with Stairs, and played well all season. A natural bat who with practice should do really well. The neatest fielder in the team. D. 'I1OMl.lNSON. 1936. A hard hitting bat, but weak in defence. Kept wicket on occasions, and claimed several wickets by stumping. H. Peacock. 1936. Had the makings ofa good bat, but never seemed able to get going. A good slip Fielder. H. NORSYVORTHY. 19.16. A recruit to cricket, and a rather erratic bat. A splendid fielder at mid-off. G. XYINTERS. 1936. lmproved as the season advanced, and in a crisis could do some useful blocking . Good in the field. K. CHEYNEY. 1936. A slow bat, who, through going in late, made only a few runs. lfielded well in the deep, and could throw far and accurately. M. I.i'r'ri,E. 1936. A hard hitting bat, but must learn to defend his wicket against a straight ball. The Under 15 Xl played two matches. The match against 1..C.C. was played on the l.C.C. ground on May lst. Tetrault won the toss, and batted first. The weather was particularly cold and only Porter seemed set for a good innings, but mis-timing a straight ball, he was clean bowled for 19. We were all out for 53. I..C.C. went into bat and passed our score shortly before time with three wickets in hand. 1Yregg, Stairs, and Palmer shared the bowling and accounted for two wickets each. The game against Ashbury was played on the Campus on May 30th. We again batted first and were all out for 53, Burgess making a useful opening innings of 11, and Tetrault contributing a bright 22 before getting out l.b.w. 1Yhen stumps were drawn Ashbury had made 139 for 7 wickets. XYregg took the bowling honours in this game with 5 for 22. The llnder 14 Xl played home and home games with B.C.S. The game at Len- noxville on May 9th. was lost by 93' runs. Selwyn House batted first, and when a rather short innings closed, the score book showed six 1' ducks and Porter 30, the only other 1331

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FOR THF SCHOOL YEAR 1'J3ne 1937 C R I C li Ii 'I' 'I' Ii :X NI 1 9.111 Sfrlflmilllgf R. Tomlinson, H. Burgess, If. Peacock, Ii. Whitley, H. Norsworthy, K. Choy ney, NI, Little. .N'.'fl.v1g: D. Stairs, A. IYregg, R. Ietrault, K. Porter, XY, Palmer. SPORTS NEWS Qlritket 1936 Played 5 Drawn 2 I.ost 3 Iwo drawn games out ol' hye matches played is not a very spectacular record. Our great weakness was lack of experience in batting, only two ot' the 1935 Xl being left, Burgess and XYregg, around whom a new team had to be built. Robert Tetrault was elected Captain to carry out a yery dilhcult task, and the results are not a true measure of the success he achieved. Ifired by his enthusiasm, the team was always smart in the field and gave splendid support to the bowling of XYregg, Stairs I and Palmer. In the batting, however, the lack of opportunity for practising defensive strokes meant that any Straight ball was a threat of disaster, a threat that was only too often carried out. R. 'I1f'I'RAI'I.'I'. Captain, 1936. .-X strong forcing, though rather unorthodox bat. Very good in the held, and an excellent captain who made up for his lack of experience by his keenness and enthusiasm. I 37l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YE.-XR 1936-1937 double figures in the list being the byes. This inauspicious start was rather discouraging, and B.C.S. were not dismissed until they had scored 151. Stairs 2 bowled particularly well and had 5 wickets for -H runs to his credit. The return game on the Campus on June 6th. produced the most exciting match and the best cricket of the season. B.C.S. batted First for the good score of 167, Wregg taking 5 for 72, and Stairs and Palmer two wickets each for less than twenty runs apiece. So Selwyn House was faced with the task of scoring at the rate ofover 85 runs an hour in order to win in the time. After the fall of the First wicket Burgess and YYregg came together and set a fine pace until a misunderstand- ing led to YYregg being run out for 16. Tomlinson followed but was soon caught outside the crease and stumped. Stairs 2 then came in and with Burgess played out time to draw the match. Both batted extremely well, hitting freely all round the wicket, and when stumps were drawn the score stood at Ili' for 3, Stairs making a fine 33 not out and Burgess carrying his bat for a splendid 56. After the game Mr. XYanstalI presented Burgess with a bat as a memento of his half century. In the remaining match of the season against L.C.C. the Lnder I3 XI declared at 60 for 5 wickets, Mike Little hitting up 25, and just failed to dismiss L.C.C. in the time left, the score standing at 33 for 8 when stumps were drawn. The prospects for the 1937 season are considerably bright. The Five old 'f Colours left, YYregg, Stairs 2, Palmer, Tomlinson, and Little l, should form the nucleusfof a good team in which the bowling should be particularly good, and the battingmuch better than last year. Much practice is necessary, however, and it is to be hoped that nets U wfill again be available at the YYestmount Grounds before the seasoniopens, and that everybosdy will take the greatest possible advantage of whatever opportunities for practice there may be. i Xmas H Merry Christmas in English, In French, U Joyeux Noel , Two ways I send you my message, Because I wish you well! J. T., lForm BJ. l 39l