Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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20 RESULTS House Competitions Junior: — 1st Butterfield Watlington vs. Butterfield 0-0 2nd Watlington Saltus vs. Butterfield 0-3 3rd Darrell Saltus vs. Watlington 0-2 4th Saltus Darrell vs. Butterfield 1-1 Watlington vs. Darrell 0-1 Saltus vs. Darrell 1-1 Senior: — 1st Watlington Watlington vs. Butterfield 5-1 2nd Butterfield Saltus vs. Darrell 4-3 3rd Saltus Saltus vs Butterfield 1-7 4th Darrell Watlington vs. Darrell 4-0 Saltus vs. Watlington 1-9 Darrell vs. Butterfield 3-4 Friendly Matches School 7 vs. Staff 0; at home School 2 vs. Army 7; at home School 2 vs. Queen of Bermuda Bellboys 0; at home School 0 vs. Prospect 5; at Prospect Practice School 5 vs. Old Boys 1; at home School 1 vs. Old Boys 1; at home Senior League Pts. School 9 vs. Warwick 2; at home 1st Saltus 3 School 12 vs. Mt. St. Agnes 1; at home 2nd Warwick 4 School 5 vs. Warwick 0; at Warwick 3rd Mt. St. Agnes 0 School 6 vs. Mt. St. Agnes 1; at home Junior League School 2 vs. Dellwood 1; at Dellwood 1st Saltus 10 School 2 vs. Warwick 1; at home 2nd Dellwood 9 School 2 vs. Mt. St. Agnes 0; at home 3rd Warwick 5 School 0 vs. Dellwood 3; at home 4th Mt. St. Agnes 0 School 3 vs. Warwick 0; at Warwick School 4 vs. Mt. St. Agnes 0; at home K.B.

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19 Basket ball still draws a great deal of enthusiasm through- out the school and several boys play with the junior B.A.A. team. House competitions were run at the end of the Xmas Term but the Seniors found the small area of the gymnasium floor too restrictive and the competition was stopped for fear of serious accidents. The Juniors continued, however, and the tournament was won by Butterfield House. This term we shall be going to camp and boys are particu- larly keen to take advantage of the mid-term break and to sport themselves on one of the islands for a few days. I am hoping, too, that we may be able to put a class through the Royal Life Saving Society ' s first examination before the summer vacation arrives. K.B. Soccer Our teams had another triumphant season in both the Junior and Senior ends of the school. With only two other teams to play in the Inter-school competition, our Seniors found no difficulty in winning all their matches. Neither Warwick nor Mt. St. Agnes were able to field strong teams, mainly be- cause both schools are handicapped by having few boys of the requisite age and size. Friendly matches were far more enter- taining and two excellent duels with Prospect took place. We asked the soldiers to field strong opposition and this they did. Our boys were always level or even on top in the first half but lacked stamina enough to hold on and collapsed half way through the second period of play. The Old Boys turned out their strongest side ever this year after feeling our strength in a practice match, when the school team worked like clockwork to win easily. The match proper, however, was a hectic struggle and produced the most satisfac- tory result of a one goal each tie. 1st Eleven Captain A. Tucker, through the season, proved a fine centre forward, tapping in goals with great regularity — and nearly always with his head. The Colts (under 14) did not settle down well, mainly be- cause they seemed to lack leadership in attack, and, though they just managed to defeat Dell wood ' s claims to the Inter- school crown, they were hardly to be called worthy victors.

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21 Cricket April 1952. The cricket season of 1951 was one of rather varying fortunes. It was found pos sible to arrange more 1st XI matches than has apparently been the case in the last few seasons and the final record ,Played 10, Won 3, Lost 3, Drawn 4) was, on paper at any rate, a fairly creditable one. There were, how- ever, several disquieting features. The batting depended far too much on C. Dickens, who improved considerably during the course of the season and played a number of competent innings, notably against the Headmaster ' s gl and in the two games with Warwick Academy. Incidentally he demonstrated to the rest of the team the value of concentration and determination especially in the early stages of a boatsman ' s innings; the failure to concentrate, both in matches and also in the nets, was largely responsible for the limited success experienced by the other batsmen. However, Carey, Burns, Blee and Mitchell all batted well on occasion, Blee in particular showing most pro- mising form towards the end of the season. The same defect of temperament could be seen in the bowling. In schoolboy cricket at this age, especially on con- crete, it is usually sufficient to bowl with reasonable accuracy of length and direction; the opposing batsmen and the wicket will do the rest. Unfortunately, there was not a single bowler who could be relied on to bowl with this sort of consistency throughout the season, or even in successive matches; it was left to Wright of Warwick Academy to demonstrate the value of bowling a good length at the stumps, without attempting excessive variations of flight and spin. Incidentally, his duel with Dickens in both matches produced what was perhaps the best cricket of the season. Carey and Freisenbruch were per- haps the two most promising bowlers, though Davis wrought a certain amount of destruction by sheer pace; both the former, I am glad to say, will still be here this season (1952). The fielding, especially the catching and the backing-up, also hardly achieved the standard that one would expect from a school 1st XI; perhaps the climate is partly responsible, as well as the difficulty of getting the whole team together fox ' regular fielding practice. One other fact certainly deserves mention. Mr. Norman Bach, better known, as Stephen Potter would say, for his work in Bridge circles, has very kindly offered to devote his Thurs- day afternoons to coaching at the school. He is anxious to concentrate particularly on the younger boys, who are less set