Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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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

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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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22 m their ways both physically and mentally, and who are there- fore likely to be more receptive to skilled instruction of this kind. This may not be the most spectacular policy, but it is, I feel sure, the one which will achieve the best results over a period of three or four years. I should like to say how grateful we are to Mr. Bach for giving up his time in this way; while we are, of course, gratified to receive expressions of general bene- volence, from any external quarter, practical assistance of this nature is, perhaps, likely to prove slightly more beneficial in the long run, in raising the standard of cricket in the school. RESULTS Staff 81 for 5 declared. 1st XI 55 for 4. Drawn. H.A. E. Smith ' s 182 for 9 declared. 1st XI 164 for 4. Drawn. Bank of Butterfield 47. 1st XI 113 for 3. Won. Cable Wireless 116 for 3 declared. 1st XI 34 for 9. Drawn. Overseas League 107 for 7 declared. 1st XI 96 for 3. Drawn. 1st XI 71 for 6 declared. Warwick Academy 1st XI 57. Won. Headmaster ' s XI 90 for 7 declared. 1st XI 66. Lost. Old Boys 105. 1st XI 99. Lost. 1st XI 78 for 5 declared. Warwick Academy 1st XI 43. Won. 1st XI 65. Cable Wireless 73 for 6. Lost. M.S. Boxing SCHOOL FINALS After the difficulties of setting up the ring in its new location this year in the new Assembly Hall, it seemed as though we would be held up all the way through in our preparations for February 22nd. The flooring of the ring, however, came in finally by way of a window after it had been hoisted up a nearby cedar tree. This novel method of approach was the only solution to the problem and a removal expert had to be called in to execute the task. We now havie a brand new ring ready for next year ' s finals, however, and do not envisage similar trouble. The standard of boxing was quite high and certainly seemed to be well appreciated by our three hundred spectators, but on the whole I felt that the overall display of polish was, perhaps, not quite as good as the one last year. Some of the