Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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31 School and Staff wicket-takers were Lumsden 1 — 32, Smith 2 — 34, McCann 1 — 6, Mr. Patterson 3 — 20 and Durrell 1 — 11. When the School batted, the first five wickets went down very quickly. It was not until Mr. Brookfield joined Mr. Alger that the rot was stopped. Mr. Alger finished with 30 to his credit while Mr. Brook- field made 34. The only o-ther real contributor was Durrell who scored 31 useful runs using the long handle. The School totalled 107 and thus lost a game which provided a lot of entertainment for all partici- pants. House Matches. The Senior competition was won by Saltus House with Darrell House second and Butterfield House third. The Junior competition was won by Saltus House with Butterfield House second and Darrell House third. B. P. Inter-House Swimming Sept. 20th., 1956. The annual Swimming Competition was held, once more at the Eagles Nest Pool. It resulted in a victory for Darrell House in the Senior Division, and Butterfield in the Junior. The best event of the afternoon was the Group E 100 yds. Free- style, which was won by Moss. Although unchallenged he set a new record for the distance in 58.2 sees. His crawl stroke is beautifully relaxed, the whole action being almost effortless. The winners were: Gp. A 25 yds. Freestyle: Vorley Time 19 sees. Gp. B 25 yds. Freestyle: Hayward Time 15.8 sees. Gp. C 25 yds. Backstroke: Hetzel Time 19.5 sees. Gp. C 50 yds. Freestyle: Hetzel Time 32.6 sees. Gp. C 50 yds. Breaststroke : Harrison Time 43 sees. Gp. D 50 yds. Freestyle: McPherson Time 28.0 sees. Gp. D 50 yds. Breaststroke: McPherson Time 40 sees. Gp. D 25 yds. Backstroke: Macky Time 17.4 sees. Gp. E 100 yds. Freestyle: Moss Time 58.2 sees. Gp. E 100 yds. Breaststroke Patterson Time 1 m. 30.2 sees. Gp. E 50 yds. Backstroke: Smith Time 35.2 sees. Gp. E 200 yds. Freestyle: Moss Time 2 m. 25.6 sees.

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30 match. The Staff batted first and compiled 116 for 7 wickets. Of the school bowlers only Lumsden rnet with any success taking 4 for 35. The fielding was very slack with numerous catches being dropped, and far too many fielders making little effort. The School XI scored 117 — 5, with Lines batting well for his 14, while Durrell and Leseur used the long handle and swung 27 and 41 respectively. In the first game against Warwick, the school side gave a very inept batting display to score 57 all out. Of these Lines made 22, with a good deal of luck and remarkable lack of contact with the ball. Of the rest, only Redding and Kempe, both with 10, made any show of ability. In all, the School batted for 1 hour 40 minutes against fairly accurate bowling. When Warwick batted, they scored 59 for the loss of 1 wicket in 45 minutes against some very weak bowling by Lumsden. He constantly overpitched the ball giving the batsmen very little trouble, while Smith bov led better but without much success. At Warwick, in the second game, Warwick won the toss and scored 39, who, by a series of mighty pulls to anything short and a straight 138 before the last wicket fell. Their main scorer was Stearns with bat to good balls managed to change the picture from 5 for 1 to 51 for 2. Wickets fell regularly until the score stood at 88 for 6, but then a useful stand added a further 25 runs. A last wicket stand of 25 helped to produce the very useful total of 138. L umsden, mixing his fast- mediums with leg-breaks bowled extremely well and his final figures of 3 for 67 in 17 overs do not indicate the countless number of times that the ball beat the bat. Smith with 3 for 29 and McCann with 3 for 16,, also turned in useful performances. When Saltus batted. Lines,, Kempe, Leseur and Redding, all lost their wickets very quickly through their inability to present a straight bat to a straight ball. Smith then joined Vallis and a calm settled on the game. The bowling was ac- curate but the bowlers were allowed to bowl 10 maidens and in 11 of the remaining overs only runs were scored. The defence of both bats- men was very sound but very few scoring strokes were attempted with the result that 60 runs were scored in 2 hours for the loss of 4 wickets. In this game, the team showed a much improved spirit and bowling and fielding were the best produced during the season. In the Annual Founder ' s Day Match, the Old Boys won the toss and decided to bat. The Combined School and Staff XI got off to a good start with the quick dismissal by Smith of Pitt and Vallis. Brewer and Barnard soon settled in and the score was quickly raised from 16 for 2 to 55 for 3. From then on wickets fell fairly regularly and the Old Boys finally totalled 151. The chief contributors were Brewer 30 (rtd.), Barnard 29, Cox 13, Barritt 15, and Conyers (rtd.) 23. The

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32 Junior Diving: West Senior Diving: Lines Junior: 4 x 25 yds. Relay: Butterfieid 60.5 sees. Senior: 3 x 50 yds. Medley Relay: Darrell 1 m. 45.2 sees. Final House Positions: Senior: Darrell, Saltus, Butterfieid, Watlington. Junior: Butterfieid, Saltus, Darrell, Watlington. R. S. A. First XI Soccer — 1956 - 57 The first XI had a moderately successful season finishing second in the Inter-School League. A glorious chance to win the league was frittered away, when in the second match with Mt. St. Agnes, after leading 3 to 2 at half time, poor defensive play allowed the M. S. A forwards to score three goals. However, the team did well to win both league matches against Warwick Academy. One of the best matches of the season was the 1 — 0 win against Warwich at Saltus, in which the whole team played grand football. With a little luck the score might have been consider- ably more. Against St. George ' s G. S. the team was far superior, and in both matches, the forwards were allowed many chances to score. The two matches against the Old Boys, resulted in a win for the school in the first match, and a win for the Old Boys in the second. In the first match, the school played good, constructive football, which caused the Old Boys to do a lot of futile running. Unfortunately in the second match, there was no teamwork at all, and the strength and weight of the Old Boys allowed them to have more of the ball. Usually the team tried to play constructive football, and when do- ing this, was a most pleasing team to watch, sad to say, there were lapses, when one player would attempt to do too much, and the system would break down. Leseur invariably played a captain ' s game, at centre half. Throughout the season, he tackled well, and his ability to kick with both feet made many openings for the forwards. Cook showed plenty of courage in goal, and Durrell at left back played well. Smith and Lines as half backs provided good support, while Godet, Mayne, Whitecross and Redding combined well as for-