Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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24 Discus — 1. Cave, 2. Spurling, 3. Outerbridge. Distance 95 feet 10 inches. Hop, Step, Jump — 1. Bailey, 2. Leach, 3 Grayston. Distance 38 feet 11 1 2 inches. (N.R.). 100 feet Hurdles— 1. Cassidy, 2. Grayston. Time 14.6 sees (N.R) Old Boys Race— 1. Davis, 2. Doe, 3. Ashton Time 11.0 sees. Under 12 Relay (4 x 55)— 1. Butterfield, 2. Darrell, 3. Watling- ton. Time 32.0 sees. Junior Relay Under 14 (4 x 110)— 1. Darrell, 2. Watlington, 3. ' Saltus. Time 58. G sees. (N.R.). Senior Relay (Open, 4 x 110)— 1. Butterfield, 2. Saltus Darrell Watlington. Time 50.0 sees. (N.R.) HOUSE COMPETITION RESULTS Senior. — 1. Saltus 103 points, 2. Butterfield 66 points, 3. Darrell 59 points. Junior. — 1. Butterfield 60 points, 2. Watlington 45 points, 3. Darrell 42 points. Cricket 1953 March 1954. Junior Colts and Colts. Undoubtedly the feature of the 1953 cricket season was the appearance of a new spirit of interest in the junior part of the school. This interest can, I think, be attributed to two causes: (1) the presence of a highly qualified cricket coach. (2) the arrangement of a regular series of inter-school matches. The improvement, particularly in the bowling and fielding depart- ments, effected by Mr. Watson, was most noticeable, especially when one considers the time at his disposal in a season cut short by the demands of the Inter School Sports and punctuated by frequent holidays. Mr. Watson would, I am sure, be the first to admit that the advance in batting technique was by no means so marked. There are a number of reasons for this, of which the most important is the general unsuit- ability of concrete wickets for boys of this age, at any rate for those who are seeking to play cricket, as opposed to a modified form of Softball. There is also the difficulty of arranging sufficient net prac- tice when one is dealing with groups of 25 to 30 boys. The system of group coaching, introduced by Mr. Watson, m ust inevitably fail to

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23 Vz inches. Javelin — 1. Macpherson, 2. Gutteridge, 3. Patterson. Distance Pole Vault — 1. Hayward, 2. Gibbons Height 6 feet 2 inches 78 feet QVz inches. GROUP D 100 yards — 1. Berridge, 2. Finlay, 3. Outerbridge. Time 12.2 sees. 220 yards— 1. Berridge, 2. Finlay, 3. Durrell. Time 27.2 sees. 440 yards — 1. Leseur, 2. Finlay, 3. Williams. Time 64.4 sees. 1 Mile — 1. Berridge, 2. Chiappa, 3. Lines. Time 5 min. 39.8 sees Shot Put — 1. Durrell, 2. Outerbridge, 3. Wright. Distance. 32 feet 10 V2 inches. Discus — 1. Patterson, 2. Outerbridge, 3. Leseur. Distance 75 feet 1 inch. Javelin — 1. Wright, 2. Smith, 3. Cook. Distance 108 feet 10 inches. Long Jump — 1. Smith, 2. Pierce, 3. Chiappa. Distance 18 feet 41 2 inches. (N.R.). High Jump— 1. ' Smith, 2. Cartwright, 3. Mayall. Height. 5 feet 2 inches. (N.R.). Pole Vault— 1. Williams, 2. Durrell, 3. Lines. Height 7 feet 10 inches. (N.R.). 75 yards Hurdles — 1. Ranee, 2. Cartwright. Time 13.1 sees Hop, Step, Jump — 1. Patterson, 2. Lines, 3. Mayall Distance 33 feet 2 inches GROUP E 100 yards — 1. Cassidy, 2. Kaufmann, 3. Cassidy. Time 11.2 sees. 220 yards — 1. Kaufmann, 2. Cassidy, Time 27 sees. 440 yards — 1. Kaufmann, 2. Leach. Time 60.3 sees. 880 yards— 1. Caton, 2. Bothelo, 3. Vallis. Time 2 mins. 31 sees. 1 Mile — 1. Davidson. 2. Outerbridge, 3. Williams. Time 5 min. 54.2 sees. 2 Miles — 1. Bailey, 2. Davidson, 3. Vallis. Time 13 min. 25 sees. Long Jump — 1. Leach, 2. Cassidy, 3. Bothelo. Distance 15 feet 7 4 sees. High Jump — 1. Grayston, 2. Caton, 3. Davidson. Height 5 feet. 0 inches. Shot Put— 1 Cassidy, 2 Spurling, 3. Cave. Distance 37 feet 5 inches. (N.R.). Javelin — 1 Caton, 2. Bailey, Distance 113 feet 8 inches.

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25 achieve its full objective, unless it is possible to follow up the lessons taught in the gym by individual tuition in the nets. For this reason, I was very glad that a number of our junior boys were able to take advantage of the coaching classes during the summer holidays. In any case, it would be misleading to end this part of the report on a pessimistic note. The extremely young side, which represented the school in the Colts (Under 15) matches last season, was most ably captained by Lines and contained in Lumsden, De ' Silva and Hayward three excellent bowlers of contrasted type. Of these. Lines, Lumsden and Hayward will still be available this year; there are several other potential cricketers in the ofRng and altogether the future prospect seems not unpromising. 1st XL The 1st. XI enjoyed a moderately successful season, winning two and losing one of the six matches played. The side was seen at its best against the relatively strong Cable and Wireless and Old Boys ' XI ' s, at its worst in the first match with a distinctly indifferent Warwick Acad- emy team. The batting was always of a rather speculative character. Grayston batted with great concentration on several occasions, but he still lacks any effective scoring shots, whilst Adderley failed to maintain his early improvement, partly because, for a left-hander, he proved so vulnerable on the leg stump. Of the others, Williams played very pleas- antly in the final match of the term and Smith, without achieving any scores of note, gave promise of better things to come; indeed one was sometimes apt to forget that the latter, at 14, and Grayston, at 15, were by English standards distinctly young to be playing against adult crick- eters of any calibre. Amongst the bowl ers. Thorn had days of success with his leg breaks, and Williams always bowled steadily, but the rest of the attack presented little difficulty to any batsman equipped with a modicum of technique. The fielding, thanks to the example set by Burns, was of a relatively high standard and was seen to particular advantage in the final match against Warwick, on an exceptionally hot and humid after- noon. Looking to the future, we are all naturally delighted that Mr. Watson is remaining in Bermuda for another year; by next July he should be able to see some of the results of his labours since April 1953. With the advent of Mr. Cornaby, we shall be able to separate responsibility for the senior and junior teams, which, allied to the assistance so generously promised by Mr. Bach and Mr. Ingham, should go a long way to solving the problem of net practice referred to above.