Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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22 out any particular bout, but mention must be made of the extremely plucky display on the part of Mayne when he defeated an opponent whose height and reach should have given him a tremendous advantage. Prizes were presented by Mr. C. R. S. Elford, Chairman of the Bermuda School Sports Association. Results : Under 61 lbs. D. Saints (Deilwood) defeated J. Jones (Saltus) ji 68 W. Perry (Deilwood) was unchallenged by J. Mello (Port Royal) j 75 W. Acton (Saltus) defeated W. Johnson (Warwick) 82 M. Mayne (Saltus) defeated R. Booth (St. George ' s) 89 »j A. Perry (Deilwood) defeated F. Haines (St. Georges) 96 7) R. Semas (Deilwood) defeated D. Outerbridge (St. George ' s) 104 71 S. Cartwright (Saltus) defeated R. Senios (St. George ' s) 112 J J. Smith (Saltus) defeated M. Pimental (Deilwood) ) 120 D. Vallis (Saltus) defeated L. Hancock (St. George ' s) if 130 D. Thorne (Saltus) defeated C. Hummel (Warwick) 140 D. Fisher (Warwick) defeated R. Locker (St. George ' s) ft 155 M. Caton (Saltus) defeated H. Veira (Warwick) Over 155 lbs. F. Crisson (Saltus) defeated C. Cooke (Warwick) Cricket 1952 March 1953. The 1952 season followed much the same pattern as the previous year; although the School were outplayed by a reasonably strong Old Boys ' XI on Founder ' s Day, they succeeded in holding their own in most of the other matches and the final result of Won 2. Lost 2. Drawn 3. was not unsatisfactory. On the other hand, it w ould be idle to deny that the general standard of play often fell far below that ex- pected of a school 1st XL We are all naturally hoping that the arrival of Mr. G. Watson will mark the beginning of a new era in the school ' s cricket, but a vast amount of hard and unspectacular work will have to be done before any vital improvement can be discerned in the senior part of the school. Those w ho are hoping for immediate and dramatic results are, I am afraid, doomed to disappointment.

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21 We were as usual given most valuable service in officiating by Mr. D J. Williams, Mr. H. Evans, Mr. S. Gascoigne, Mr. M, Paschal, Mr. P. Welch, and Mr. D. Measures. At the conclusion of ithe evening Mr. T. W. P. Vesey congratulated the boys prior to presenting the prizes. RESULTS: Under 61 lbs. 68 75 82 89 96 104 112 120 130 140 155 155 lbs. and over F. Crisson (W) RESULTS: J. Jones (S) defeated J. Hooper (D) D. Stubbs (B) and D. Shanks (B) — exhibition bout only. W. Aoton (B) defeated B. McCann (S) W. Mayne (D) F. Williams (D A. Davidson (D) S. Cartwright (S) J. Smith (S) D. Vallis (B) D. Thome (S) W. Cook (B) T. Cassidy (B) J. Dresser (B) D. Macpherson (D) J. Anderson (S) D. Ridgeway (B) R. Kempe (D) G. Cook (B) E. Simmons (B) M. Botelho (S) M. Caton (S) G. Grayston (W) B D S W Points awarded for preliminaries 18 12 13 7 Points awarded for finals 67 35 60 15 Totals 85 47 73 22 K. B. Inter-School Boxing — February 27, 1953 This year the boxing was held at Saltus, with five schools taking part. Saltus and Warwick were entered in every event, whilst Dell- wood and St. George ' s competed in the majority. Port Royal also en- tered a small number of competitors. After the preliminaries were concluded, Saltus emerged with nine finalists out of a possible thirteen. F. Williams, D. Stubbs, A. Davidson and W. Cook were the defeated four, though all gave extremely good performances. The evening of the 27th. found the Assembly Hall half empty but the standard of boxing was as high as ever. It is difficult to single

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2S To return to the 1952 season. The batting lacked any dominant personality, who could be relied upon to hold the side together, as Dick- ens had done the previous year. Although all the main batsmen made runs on occasion, none of them struck really consistent form nd the side ' s performances accordingly followed one of two patterns — either a sudden collapse following a good start or a desperate struggle for runs after an early crisis. Carey in particular, generally seemed likely to make runs, but only in one match, that against Warwick, did he manage to survive the first awkward ten minutes of his innings; his form on that occasion made one regret all the more his other failures. Burns, after a good start, was also disappointing; he is, unfortunately, wasting his undoubted gifts of eye and wrist by adopting methods which are radically unsound and which he seems unable to renounce. Siddle and Leach, despite their limited range of strokes, were the most successful batsmen on figures alone. But undoubtedly the most promising player was Grayston; he alone seems to possess the concentration, without which the most gifted cannot succeed, and this year, with a little more experience and a general tightening of his defensive methods, he should make a lot of runs. Of the bowlers, Acton was undoubtedly the best, reasonably ac- curate, generally hostile and moving the ball just sufficently to trouble the sort of batsmen by whom he was opposed. If he had been even moderately supported in the field, he might well have turned the issue on Founder ' s Day. Unfortunately, owing to an injured toe, he was able to play in only four matches. Carey took easily the most wickets and bowled very well at times, but too often he tended to sacrifice ac- curacy for speed, whilst Kempe, who appeared potentially the most promising, with a high action and a considerable oflr break, had constant trouble with the mat in his run-up and consequently never managed to settle down. But, as in the 1951 season, the most disquieting feature of the side ' s performance was the general quality of the out-cricket, Siddle kept wicket quite competently and there were a number of players capable of good, and even brilliant, fielding on occasion; but despite the efforts of Burns as captain, the side never seemed to be able to maintain a sense of purpose and hostility in the field over a period of an hour and a half (the length of a normal innings in a school match). Moreover, how- ever often they were reminded of them, most of the side consistently failed to observe some of the most elementary rules in the field; to take only one example, numerous catches went astray, simply because field- ers would not stay where they were placed by the captain, or, occasion- ally, by the umpire (who was sometimes moved, by exasperation, to in- tervene in matters outside his normal province).