1971 - Strathallan School

The Strathallian
Vol. 10 No. I
Autumn 1971
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THE H E A D M A S T E R
( F r o m a p a i n t i n g b y M i c h a e l N o a k e s , V . P . R . O . I ., R.P.)
THE STRATHALLIAN
THE
M A G A Z IN E
OF
STR ATH ALLAN
SCHOOL
PERTHSHIRE
T e l e p h o n e No. B R ID G E OF EARN 232
V o lu m e Ten
A u tu m n 1971
N u m b e r One
SCHOOL AUTHORITY
Head
o f S ch o o l
.................................................. N. J. B. Fielding (L e ft '71)
I. W . G ordon (S u m m e r Term ,
V ic e -C a p ta in o f S ch o o l ...................................... I. W .
J. M.
Head o f
Freeland
Head o f Leburn
........................................... T.
................................................. G.
S m ith
1971)
G ordon
(S u m m e r T erm , 1971)
K. Lunan
M . Gall
Head o f
N ico l .....................................................D.
J. M c B rid e
Head o f
R uthven
........................................... J.
Head o f
S im p so n
........................................... I.
W . G ordon
J. D. D. Ingram (L e ft ’71)
M . S m ith
S chool P refects: A . B. W a lk e r, D. A . S. W h y te , P. J. H u nter, J. T. T ho m so n ,
C. J. R obertson.
E ditors o f the "S tra th a llia n ": T. K. Lunan and J. D. H erbert.
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EDITORIAL
W e have tw o d u tie s
w e e x te n d a w e lc o m e
M c C a llu m , a n d h is w ife ,
w ill have a p le a s a n t an d
to p e rfo rm a t th e s ta r t o f th is is s u e . F irs t,
to th e n e w H e a d m a s te r ,M r. A . D . D.
a n d h o p e th a t b o th th e y a n d th e ir fa m ily
re w a rd in g tim e a t S tra th a lla n .
O u r s e c o n d ta s k is a m e la n c h o ly o ne, fo r w e have to re c o rd
th e s u d d e n d e a th , n e a r th e e n d o f th e S u m m e r T e rm , o f M r. J o h n
H a ll, th e C h a irm a n o f th e G o v e rn in g B o d y . M r. H a ll w a s a fa m ilia r
fig u re a t so m a n y o f th e S c h o o l's a c tiv itie s , a lw a y s le n d in g
e n th u s ia s tic s u p p o rt an d a lw a y s u n s tin tin g in th e g iv in g o f h is tim e .
H is p re s e n c e w il l be g re a tly m is s e d in m a n y sp h e re s, and w e e x te n d
to M rs . H a ll a n d h e r fa m ily o u r m o s t p ro fo u n d s y m p a th y .
E a rlie r th is y e a r th e S c h o o l a ls o lo s t a n o th e r v a lu a b le s e rv a n t
w h o ha d g iv e n lo n g a n d v a lu a b le s e rv ic e — A le c B o a g . A le c w ill
be re m e m b e re d b y m a n y S tra th a llia n s fo r n o t o n ly his h e lp w ith
th e fa b r ic o f th e S c h o o l b u t a ls o h is h e lp w it h c ric k e t. H e d ie d a fte r
a lo n g illn e s s c o u ra g e o u s ly b o rn e , a n d w e e x te n d to M rs . B o a g and
h e r fa m ily o u r m o s t p ro fo u n d s y m p a th y .
M o re th a n a n y o th e r y e a r p e rh a p s , th is m a g a zin e has b een in
th e h a n d s o f th e E d ito ria l S ta ff p ro v id e d b y th e b o y s . T. K . Lun a n
a n d J. D. H e rb e rt ha ve b o th w o rk e d v a lia n tly a t th e th a n k le s s ta s k
o f c o lle c tin g in m a te ria l a n d tr y in g to m e e t d e a d lin e s .
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John Hall 1939-44
The m any frie n d s o f John Hall w ill have heard o f his death on
4th Ju ly, 1371, w ith a p ro fou n d sense o f sh ock and o f personal loss.
To all those w h o had the privilege o f kn o w in g him , John w ill
be rem em bered fo r his ca p a city fo r frie n d sh ip and th a t genuine
charm o f being able to co n ve y to th ose w ith w h o m he came in
co nta ct th a t th e ir business, and w h a t th e y had to say to him , w as
the o nly th ing w h ich m attered.
A fte r being at G la sgo w A ca d e m y fo r six years, John came to
Strathallan during the lean w a r years. He w a s C aptain o f Rugby
and C ricke t in 1944 and gained his co lo urs in the F irst X V and in
the First XI T he rea fte r St. Johns C ollege, C am bridge, claim ed him
fo r tw o years w hen he gained a w a r-tim e Blue fo r Rugby and
graduated B.A.
N ational Service w a s s till in vogue and, on leaving C am bridge,
John served in the A rm y fo r tw o years, being co m m issio n e d in the
Highland Light In fa n try in 1947.
On d e m o b ilisa tio n , he returned to C am bridge and graduated
B.A. before entering on a career in a ccou nta n cy. A fte r q u a lify in g
as a C hartered A c c o u n ta n t in 1953 he entered In d u s try and, in
January 1965, he joined C lyde S tru c tu ra l Steel C om pany Lim ited of
w hich he w as appointed D ep uty M anaging D ire c to r in 1970.
He served the S trathallian Club as a M em be r o f C ouncil and
w as the firs t H onorary S ecretary (and one o f the fo u n d e rs ) o f the
Club A ngling Section. The o u tin g s o f the A n g lin g S ection w ere
organised w ith the enthusiasm and efficiency w h ich w ere recognised
as the m ark o f all th a t John u n d e rto o k and th a n ks to him , there
w ere m any enjoyable days o f sp ort.
He became a G overnor o f the School in February 1965 and his
ability soon m arked him d o w n fo r the p o sitio n o f Finance C onvenor.
In a w o rld in w h ich ever increasing co s ts had com e to be accepted
as a perm anent fe ature, Finance C onven orsh ip w a s n ot to be entered
into lig h tly — nor did it m ake it any easier th a t he w o u ld have to
fo llo w in the illu s trio u s fo o ts te p s o f Dr. D avid Bogie w h o had guided
the S chool's finances fo r m ore than tw e n ty years — b u t John did
not a llo w these fa c to rs to d ete r him and w illin g ly a ccepted the
office w h ich he then fu lfille d w ith sing ula r d is tin c tio n . His grasp
and e xpo sitio n o f the financial problem s facing the School earned the
adm iration o f his fe llo w G overnors and o f the School staff.
In N ovem ber 1970 he w a s a pp ointed C hairm an o f G overnors,
and, ju s t a m onth before his death, had presided at his firs t Speech
Day in a m anner w h ich augured w e ll fo r the S ch oo l's fu tu re .
In all th in g s he gave o f his best, w illin g ly and w ith cheerfulness.
It is a tragedy, n ot o nly fo r his w ife and fa m ily, b u t also fo r the
School, th a t he should have been taken so soon.
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OBITUARIES
Mr. A. Boag
A ll those w h o kn e w A le c Boag w ill have grieved to hear o f his
death on 22nd N ovem ber, 1970, a fte r a p ro tra cte d period o f ill
health.
He join ed the O u td o o r S taff in 1927 and in 1953 w a s appointed
C lerk of W o rk s , w h ich a p p o in tm e n t he held u ntil his death. During
the W a r he served in the R.A.S.C. in the B ritish A rm y o f the Rhine,
returning to S trathallan upon being dem obilised.
He w a s a man o f m any skills and o u tsta n d in g practical a bility,
w h e th e r it w a s preparing a w ic k e t, coaxing a reca lcitra nt m o w e r to
s ta rt or designing and e xecu ting a s tru ctu ra l alteration or repair.
There can be fe w S tra th allia ns in the past 43 years w h o w ill not
recall the fa m ilia r sig h t o f his s ta lw a rt figure striding about the
policies.
He w a s a man w ith a great sense o f hum our, a lw a ys co urteo u s
and co nside rate to his fe llo w men. It w a s typ ica l o f him th a t during
his illness, w h ich he bore w ith g re at patience and fo rtitu d e , he kept
returning to his w o rk w he ne ver he w a s able.
He w as a very loyal and u p rig h t m em ber o f the S taff w ho w ill
be sadly m issed.
David Barrie Brown
(27.4.52 - 14.12.70)
W e w ere shocked and saddened to hear o f the sudden death
of David B ro w n a t the age o f eighteen.
David left School in 1969, and since then he had been w o rk in g
fo r adm ission to A berdeen U n ive rsity. A lth o u g h he w as o nly ju s t
seventeen w h e n he left, he had already made a considerable m ark
in the School as C aptain o f Sailing and as a p ro m in en t m em ber of
the N avy Section.
W h e n he returned to v is it us in the sum m er of 1970, he seemed
in e xce lle n t health and fu ll o f the jo y s o f living. It is tra g ic th a t
illness should claim a young man w ith his life before him, and w e
extend o u r deepest sym p a th y to his fam ily.
D .A.R .W .
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THE DEVELOPMENT CAM PA IG N
The final stage o f th is C am paign has been co m p le te d in the
course o f -this year w ith the b u ild in g o f a separate S tu d y and
Com m on Room B lock fo r Leburn House. W o rk sta rted in N ovem ber
and the building w as ready fo r o ccu p a tio n by the s ta rt o f this
S eptem ber term . It is sited on the W e s t side o f the Squash C ourts
beneath S co ut W o o d Hill and provides S tu d y a cco m m o d a tio n fo r
36 boys and a large C om m on Room fo r the rem aining m em bers o f
the House. The 12 m ost senior boys in fa c t have studies to th e m ­
selves. This means th a t Leburn is able to fu n c tio n as a fu lly e sta b ­
lished house, the a p p ro priate n um be r o f boys o f the rig h t age and
s e n io rity having been tran sfe rred fro m the o the r S enior Houses
reducing the m axim um n um ber o f each to 60 and th is in a dd itio n
has relieved the congestion in the Old S tu d y Block.
Leburn House has been presented by M rs. Leburn w ith a
photograph o f the late H onourable M r. W illia m G ilm o u r Leburn and
a m ag nifice nt clock.
NEW SPORTS HALL
One fu rth e r m ajor b u ild in g d e ve lo pm e nt sta rted in A p ril. The
School received a m ost generous g ift o f £25,000 fro m the G annochy
T ru st to provide a S ports Hall. This has been sited betw een the
m aintenance w o rk s h o p and the G ym nasium w ith w h ic h it is linked.
Some of the old w a ll adjoin in g these tw o b u ild in g s had to be taken
dow n to a llo w access to the site b u t w ill be re-erected e ventually.
The S ports Hall w ill provide a fu ll size basket ball c o u rt, three
badm inton co u rts and fa cilitie s fo r six-a -sid e hockey, in d o o r c ric k e t
nets, and a C lim bin g W a ll. A th le tic coaching can also be catered for.
W h ile the b u ild in g w ill be so m e w h a t o ve rp o w e rin g and d om in a te
the Classroom area it w ill prove to be a ve ry great asset in the
Spring term in p articu la r and it is in fa c t hoped th a t it w ill be ready
fo r use by January 1972 at the latest.
SCHOOL NOTES
If there are n ot m any p ho tog rap hs to look a t in th is issue it is
because no-one has been p a rticu la rly w illin g to p rovide any o r to go
out and take some. But, if w e are to m ake a v irtu e o u t o f a
necessity, it can be said th a t th e ir absence at least c o n trib u te s
to w a rd s the holding d o w n o f p ro d u ctio n co sts. T o o u r younger
readers w ho se staple d iet o f reading seem s to c o n s is t o f p icture
books w e apologize.
Buildings. These are s till sp ring ing up all o ve r the place. The
Leburn Day Room s by the Squash C ou rts have been co m p le te d and
w ill be in use by the tim e th is m agazine appears. They are w ith in
striking distance o f the Lawn nets, and w e w o n d e r w h e th e r Leburn
w ill go halves w ith the C ricke t A c c o u n t fo r som e to p -n e ttin g .
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W e have also been fo rtu n a te enough to secure a g ra nt from the
G annochy T ru s t to build a S ports Hall. The building o f th is w as
s ta rte d a lm o st im m ediately. It is sited betw een the w o rk m e n 's
shop and the g ym n asiu m . Some o f the old w a ll join in g these tw o
p oints had to be taken d o w n to a llo w access to the site, b ut it is
to be re-erected w hen building has finished. The building operations
w ere arranged so th a t no interference w ith 0 and A Level exam ina­
tio n s to o k place. This hall w ill accom m odate b adm inton, basketball,
an in d o o r c ric k e t net, a vo lle y ball co u rt and, if the D ire cto r o f M usic
has his w a y, several grand pianos.
A fte r a p a rticu la rly heavy period o f rain a m in or landslip
threatened to be the end o f The C ausew ay.
The leaded ligh ts in the C on serva tory have been rem oved and
replaced w ith large glass w in d o w s . The nearest hit registered from
the square so fa r is 2 inches off. R icochets w ill not count.
Beans.
The S u b -D e p a rtm e n t o f A g ro-T ech no lo g y having
e xhausted (te m p o ra rily , w e fe ar!) the g ad ge try m arket has now
s ta rted to g ro w flo w e rs — carnations. Can th ey really believe they
tu rn into m ilk w hen th e y are tinned?
There has been a sudden rise in the in te re st in natural history.
A nature tra il has been e stablished, and several nesting boxes
installed around the g rounds. The sw an population continues to
increase, as does the rab bit one, b u t w h o ate the ducks?
There have been one or tw o changes in Sunday routine during
the S um m er Term . N o w Chapel is held in the m orning.
T alking o f S undays, w e are sad to have to record the demise
o f the O ccasionals (w h ic h n ow o nly plays in England). No d ou bt
th is is equally regretted by the ju n io r c ric k e t gam es, m any o f w hose
m em bers liked to spend a pleasant S unday afte rn oo n leaning on the
railings o f the Paddock and reflecting th a t sir m eant do as as I say,
n ot do as I do.
'H M S Pinafore' by G ilbert and Sullivan w a s produced during
the year — the firs t G ilbert and Sullivan w e have had fo r som e tim e,
and the firs t to be done w ith the assistance o f young ladies from
the C onvent.
W e w e lco m e d B. S toeppler and J. Herhahn to the School at
the beginning o f the S um m er Term . They w ere here on exchange
fro m the H u m b o ld t G ym nasium , W e s t Berlin. In the previous term
R. C. S tark and D. A. G. M a cIn tyre w ere in Germ any on the o the r
half o f the exchange.
Prizes w ere aw arded at the end o f the A u tu m n Term thus:
For b e s t A Level results: I. W . G ordon and I. D. Lew is.
For b e s t 0 Level resu lts: D. A . W a lk e r and R. C. Stark.
Form Prizes: IVB: C. M . Drysdale.
IV -ln te r: C. R. Hay.
IVC : A . A . W ig h to n
111A: D. A. Cam eron.
111B: R. M . Ja m ieso n .
111C: N. M enzies.
II: S. V iv ie n .
I: D. T. Ross.
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Prizes w ere aw arded a t the end o f the S um m er Term th us:
S pecial M u s ic Prize: A . W . B ethune.
C am pb e ll A w a rd : A . B. W a lk e r.
Form Prizes: IVB: R. P. Ker.
IV -ln te r: C. R. Hay.
IVC: G. W . L in to n .
IIIA : D. A . C am eron.
111B: A . C. M a c A rth u r.
111C: D. P. Benzies.
II: A. D. M . F airch ild .
I: I. D. C am eron.
A t the end o f the year there w ere 363 b oys in the School.
STAFF NOTES
T w o m em bers o f sta ff le ft the School at the end o f the A u tu m n
Term. M r. P. E. G rigsby w e n t to take up an a p p o in tm e n t as Head
of B iology a t A rch b ish o p H olgate's School, Y o rk. For several years
he w as Head o f B iology in th is School, and fo r som e tim e a ssisted
w ith the Riley House tu to rin g . He w as also a long serving officer
in the C.C.F. The o th e r leaver w a s M r. D. S. M acpherson, w h o left
to take up an a p p o in tm e n t a t T au nton School. M r. M a c p h e rs o n ’s
invigorating teaching style and m addening radicalism w ill be
rem em bered by all, and his e cce n tric ru g b y -w a tc h in g dress w ill be
m issed during next rug by season.
T w o fu rth e r m em bers le ft o u r ranks at the end o f the School
year. M r. M arshall departed fo r France. M r. M arshall has c o n ­
trib u te d a great deal to the m usic and the teaching o f French in the
School. On several o ccasions he gave g re at pleasure to us w ith
his organ recitals, b ut he w a s also a flu te -p la y e r and encouraged
m usic in all its fo rm s. M r. M c K in la y 's s ta y has been o nly to o short.
During his tim e here he has been house tu to r o f Leburn, has ta u g h t
H istory and Econom ics, and done trem e n d o u s th in g s w ith the
School s w im m in g . W e w ish him w e ll in his new a p p o in tm e n t in
A ustralia.
W e are able to w e lco m e , h o w e ve r, several new m em bers o f
staff. M r. D. Reed has com e to teach M a th e m a tics, and has already
made his m ark in the clim b in g sphere. Rev. M o n te ith , w h o w a s
around at the end o f last year, to o k o ve r the dutie s o f fu ll-tim e
Chaplain at the beginning o f the year. Dr. B. S tonehouse cam e to
fill the B iology vacancy. P revious to com ing to us he has ta u g h t in
several universities, is, w e u nd ersta nd , som ething o f an a u th o rity
on penguins, and has already m ore than made his m ark in the
natural h is to ry field. Finally, M r. B. Raine has com e to teach H is to ry
and has taken o ver the house tu to rs h ip o f Freeland w h ic h w as
relinquished by M r. M acpherson.
M r. S. C. Pollard had taken o ve r the Headship o f the B iology
D epartm ent.
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S A LVETE
A utum n Term
L o w e r V I — W . K. Ferguson ( F ) ; C. J. MclMee (S ).
Ill — Freeland: G. R. B la c kle y; A . R. Cochrane; A . E. L o ckh a rt; A . K. M cLean;
J. S. M iln e ; A . K. S h o rtre e d ; D. L. Y oung.
Leburn: N. E. C ope; J. F. Fyfe; N. M . H e a d rick; R. L K irkla n d ; A. D.
M a c A d a m ; A . I. Pate; D. C. Ross; A. G. W a tt.
N ico l: D. P. Benzies; T. H. Duff; M . G. Evans; N. D. Fraser; P. A.
H u tch e son ; R. T. L e w is; A . H. M a cka y; R. H. P h illips; A. P. S teele;
J. B. A . S trang.
R uthven: A . J. Hay; J. J. M c In ty re ; R. F. R e n w ick; R. K. W ils o n .
S im p so n : J. C. A rth u r; A. D. B axter; G. I. Bennet; K. C. G rant; D. C.
J e ffre y ; M . J. M a cD o n a ld ; R. N. M acL e o d ; C. C. S. M agee; A. M.
Pearson; C. B. R o b e rtso n .
I — ■V. W . A n d e rs o n ; L. C a b re lli; I.
G. A . M . G errard; D. M .
H. Lee; F. G. M a cA d a m ; J.
I. N. R obb; A . K. S h a w ;
S teele ( A ll R i.).
D. C am eron; K. J. C ra w fo rd ; R. M . Duff;
G illa n d e rs; A. M . H irst; D. N. H unter; S.
H. B. M a lc o lm ; I. G. O g ilvie ; A . B. Peddie;
C. R. M. S m ith ; D. A . M . S m ith ; B. W .
Spring Term
III — I. F. C aird ( N ) ; D. S. M c In to s h ( L ) ; D. P. P aton (S ) .
II — D. C. M e lv ille (R i.)
S u m m e r T erm
III — I. Y. Buchanan ( N ) ; H. K. C u rrie (R ); A. C. G reer ( S ) ; P. J. Holland (S ) ;
A. D. R o b e rtso n ( N ) .
II — S. L. H ill ( L ) ; R. I. W h ita k e r (L ).
I — I. C. Ferguson (R i.); M . E. Y o u n g (R i.).
VALETE
A utum n Term
3rd Year VI
D. R. B arns-G raham ( S ) ; Cam e 6 6 '; III; House P refect; S h o o tin g ; Bio. Prize 70;
E x h ib itio n e r; Ch. Sci. S oc.; Pres. Phot. S oc.; Ed. S tra th a llia n ; i.e.
P S . S e c tio n .
F ed d in ch , S t. A n d re w s , Fife.
R. C. Fergie ( S ) ; Cam e 64'-; I; Ch. Research Prize; C d t. A rm y .
44 W a rris to n A v e n u e , E d in b u rg h EH3 5NB.
J. D. D. Ingram ( F ) ; Cam e 6 6 !; III; S ch o o l P refect; C apt. H ighland D ancing;
T reas. M u s ic S oc.; H ist. Essay Prize 70; U.O. R.N.
'W a rra w e e ', 4, The A ve n u e , C ro w th o rn e , B erks. RG11 6PD.
I. D. Le w is ( N ) ; Came 6 6 '; III; P h ysics Prize 70; Ldg. C dt. R.A.F.
S a n n o x, 3 M e th v e n Road, W h ite c ra ig s , G iffn o ck, G la sg o w .
R. B. Shanks (R ); Cam e 6 4 !; I; SH. 70; G olf; Ldg. C d t. R.A.F.
O rkie M iln , K in g s k e ttle , Fife.
Low er VI
C. R. K eay ( N ) ; Cam e 672; III; S ki-in g ; A .B . R.N.
G rayb u rn , B e n vie , by D undee, A ngus.
W . A . M . Lam bie ( R ); Came 6 7 ! ; III; A .B . R.N.
84 M a in S tre e t, N e ils to n .
M . D. P h illip s ( S ) ; C am e 6 7 '; III; A .B . R.N.
6 C hesham Place, B rig h to n , Sussex.
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V Form
D. B. M cLean ( F ) ; Cam e 67'1; III; C d t. A rm y .
C edarlee, C edar Lee, B ro u g h ty F erry, D un d e e D D 5 3 B A
Spring T erm
3rd Year VI
N.
J.
J. B. F ielding ( F ) ; Came 6 4 1; I; Head o f S ch o o l; X V 70; H 70-71,
C a p t. 71;
SH. 69-70; S quash; S ch o la r; O rch.; C h o ir; Fit. S gt. R.A.F.
P iso 4° — Izq u ie nd a , E d ific io M a rc e lin o Sanchez, B a dajoz, S p a in .
I. O rm erod ( N ) ; Came 6 6 :; III; H ouse P re fe ct; O rch.; E x h ib itio n e r;
Ldg. C d t.
R.A.F.
V a n s to lk e W e g , 26, The Hague, 12, N e th e rla n d s.
Low er V I
G. C. Leslie (R ); Came 67'!; III; C d t. R.A.F.
27 D a ln e ig h Road, Inve rn e ss.
W . K. Ferguson ( F ) ; Cam e 7 0 !.
Ill Form
G. J. Buchanan ( L ) ; Came 6 8 '; I; E xh ib itio n e r; P.S.
T he Latch, 9 M a rin e Parade, !\lo rth B e rw ic k , East L o thian .
Sum m er T erm
3rd Year V I
D
R. B ro w n ( N ) ; Cam e 6 5 '; III; House P re fe ct; S h o o tin g 68-71, C apt. 69-71;
W .O . R.A.F.
87 L o u g h b o ro u g h Road, K irk c a ld y , Fife.
J. M. D ods ( R ); Came 6 6 1; III; House P re fe ct; H XI 71; S.H. 71; Librarian;
E x h ib itio n e r; C d t. A rm y .
F ore st M t., W o rd s w o rth S t., P enrith.
I. W . G ordon ( S ) ; C am e 66"; III; Head o f S ch o o l; D ux, 71; M a th s Prize 70, 71;
S.H. 71; U .O . R.A.F.
94 H o ly w e ll A v e ., W h itle y Bay, N o rth u m b e rla n d .
P. J. H u n te r ( F ) ; Came 6 3 '; I; S c h o o l P re fe ct; E xh ib itio n e r; O rch.; C hoir; Fit.
S g t. R.A.F.
3 L e n n o x R o w , E d in b u rg h EH5 3HL.
T. K. Lunan (F ); Cam e 6 4 !; 1; Head o f Freeland; S ch o la r; Ed. S tra th a llia n ; Head
C h o ris te r; Head Librarian; CpI. R.A.F.
3 D a leside A ve n u e , H a rro g a te , Y o rk s h ire H G 2 9 JA .
D J M c B rid e ( N ) ; Cam e 633; I; Head o f N ico l; X V 69-71; A th le tic s 66-71, C apt.
71; S .S .A . Ja v e lin C h a m p io n 69, 70; G old M e d a llis t 4 x 1 0 0 m . relay 70;
rep re se n te d S c o tla n d in S ch o o ls In te rn a tio n a l A th . Ch. 70, 71; P.O.
R.N.
6761 D a u g h e rty B lv d ., J a c k s o n v ille , F lo rid a 32210, U .S .A .
G. S. M asso n ( N ) ; Cam e 66s; III; S a iling ; S g t. R.A.F.
W a k e fie ld , S e a fie ld T errace, P o rts o y , B anffshire.
C. D. S teele ( N ) ; Came 67-’; III; House P re fe ct; S quash; G o lf; E x h ib itio n e r;
L.S. R.N
S a d d le b a ck, C a stle H ill, P re s tb u ry , C heshire.
U pper VI
M, G. A itk e n h e a d (F ); Cam e 64 :i; I; House P re fe ct; X V 70-71; A th , N.C.O. R.N.
S ect. and P.S. In st.
'H ild e n ', C h a rlo tte S tre e t, H e le n sb u rg h .
J. M . B axter (R ); Cam e 6 4 I; House P re fe ct; Bio. Research Prize, 71; O rch.;
Ldg. C d t. R.A.F.
136 B o 'n e ss Road, G ra n g e m o u th , S tirlin g s h ire .
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A. W . B ethune ( N ) ; Cam e 6 4 !; I; O rch.; Lib.; C hoir; A s s t. Org.; S gt. A rm y .
G le n ty a n , C u lb o k ie , Conor) B rid g e , R oss-shire.
L. H. A . C arm ichael ( N ) ; Cam e 6 7 '; III; H ouse P re fe ct; X V 68-71; H. 71; S.H.
70-71; A .B . R.N.
Saten H o te l, A ro s , M u ll, A rg y ll.
H. J. A . C h ry s ta l (F ); Came 663; III; E xh ib itio n e r; H.D. Team ; L.Cpl. A rm y .
P in m in n o c h , G irvan , A y rs h ire .
A . M . D uff ( N ) ; Cam e 6 8 '; V; H. 70-71; S.H. 70-71; Fencing; P.O. R.N.
M a p le w e ll Farm , W o o d h o u s e Eaves, N r. L o u g h b o ro u g h , Leics.
P. A . D uff ( N ) ; Cam e 6 8 1; V ; H. 70-71; S.H. 70-71; C d t. R.A.F.
M a p le w e ll Farm , W o o d h o u s e Eaves, Nr. L o u g h b o ro u g h , Leics.
H. G. Fraser ( N ) ; Cam e 663; III; House P refect; 2nd X V *; A th le tic s ; C ro ssC o u n try T. 70-71; C h o ir; CpI. A rm y .
"T e e la ", Largo R oad, L u n d in Lin ks, Fife.
G. M cR . Gall ( L ) ; Cam e 6 7 1; III; Head o f Leburn; X V 69-71; H. 70-71; S.H. 70-71;
L.S. R.N. P.S. In st.
G illa h ill, K in g s w e lls , A b e rd ee n .
C. S. G ra n t (R ); Cam e 6 4 ‘; I; S h o o tin g ; Pipe Band.
S t. M a rg a re t's , C rail, Fife.
J. G. M . H e n d ry (R ); Came 673; III; L.Cpl. A rm y .
75, M a tild a R oad, G la s g o w S.1.
J. D. H e rb e rt ( F ) ; Cam e 633; I; House P refect; E d ito r S tra th a llia n ; Physics Essay
Prize, 71; Sec. Sci. S oc.; L.S. R.N.
M u ir Lo d ge , B a th Road, C a m be rle y, S urrey.
D. I. H o w ie ( S ) ; Came 643; I; L.Cpl. A rm y .
N o rth M u rie , E rrol, P erthshire.
R. A . J e n k in s ( F ) ; Cam e 6 4 '; I; House P refect; A th le tic s ; O rch.; CpI. A rm y
W illo w Tree V illa , P in c h in g to n Lane, N e w b u ry , Berks.
C. D. G. L a id la w ( S ) ; Cam e 64 3; I; E x h ib itio n e r; Econ. Prize 71; English Prize 71;
L.S. R.N.
D y k e H ouse, R o w a n tre e Road, K ilm a lc o lm , R e n fre w sh ire .
J. R. Lee ( F ) ; C am e 66>; III; Ldg. C d t. R.A.F.
The Q u in ta , B rid g e o f W e ir, R e n fre w sh ire .
J. W . Locke ( S ) ; C am e 69 3; LVI; House P re fe ct; A th le tic s ; S h o o tin g *; Ch. Sci.
S oc. 70-71; Sci. Lib. 70-71; CpI. R.A.F.
B a lm o n y , G te n de vo n , B y D o llar.
M . T. M a cK e n zie ( R ) ; Cam e 643; I; H. 71; S.H. 70-71; L.S. R.N.
P arks Farm , Inverness.
J. H. M cL a u ch la n ( N ) ; Cam e 64 3; I; L.Cpl. A rm y .
5 C a stle D riv e , K ilm a rn o c k .
I. R. M cLean ( N ) ; Cam e 6 6 3; III; House P re fe ct; XI 70, 71; H. 69-71, C apt. 71;
S.H. 69-71; C a p t. S quash; S c o ttis h U-19 H. 71; Pipe M a jo r.
7 G ro v e Park, Lenzie, Lanarkshire.
R. H. M cQ ue e n (R ); Cam e 6 6 !; III; House P refect; X V 69-71 A th .* ; C ro ssC o u n try * ; C a p t. C ro s s -C o u n try ; V . C apt. A th . 70-71; L.Cpl. A rm y .
Q u ilk ie s to n Farm , M a u c h lin e , A yrsh ire .
C. M ic h ie (F ); Came 6 7 1; III; L.C pl. A rm y .
c / o R o y a l B ank o f Canada, H a to Rey, P u e rto R ico.
A. C. G. M o o d ie (F ); Cam e 63:‘; I; House P refect; Pres. B a d m in to n C lub; CpI.
Pipe Band; S g t. R.A.F.
Paxhaven, La P o u q u e la ye , Je rse y, C hannel Islands.
J. B. M o rto n ( F ) ; Cam e 6 6 :!; III; A th le tic s * ; C ro s s -C o u n try *; S .S .A .A . 1500m.
5 th 70, 7th 71; L.S. R.N.
M y re s id e , G u ild to w n , P erth.
P. J. N ic o l ( N ) ; Cam e 663; III; S h o o tin g * 66-71; A th .; L.Cpl. A rm y . •
32 M o n re ith Road, N e w la n d s , G la s g o w S.3.
D. M . O rm e rod ( N ) ; C am e 6 6 !; III; Ldg. C d t. R.A.F.
V a n S to lk w e g 26, The Hague 12, N e th e rla n d s.
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M . J. F. P icke rin g ( S ) ; Cam e 6 6 2; III; L.S. R.N.
34 A lv a Place, E d in b u rg h 7.
M. J. Reid (IM); Cam e 653; III; House P re fe ct; X V 70-71; S w im m in g 69-71, C apt.
70-71; Pipe Band; L.Cpl. A rm y .
78 C a irn fie ld Place, A b e rd e e n .
I. B. Rennie (R ); Cam e 65 2; III; O rch.; C h o ir; C d t. A rm y .
K in n o u ll, G a tto w s id e , M e lro s e , R o xb u rg h sh ire .
J. R. R e n w ic k ( R ); C am e 6 7 ’; III; S w im m in g 70-71; V. C apt. 70-71; L.Cpl. A rm y .
W e llo g a te Bank, H a w ic k , R o x b u rg h sh ire .
G. G. R obbie ( S ) ; Cam e 64 3; I; O rch.; S gt. R.A.F.
W o o d la n d s Lodge, E rrol, P e rth shire .
D. J. H. S c o tt ( N ) ; Came 6 6 ’ ; III; X V 70-71; H. 70-71; S.H. 69-71; S h o o tin g ;
P.O. R.N.
11 H e p b u rn G ardens, S t. A n d re w s , Fife.
C. G. S cro g g ie ( N ) ; Cam e 663; III; Squash C apt. 69-71; S e m i-F in a lis t E dinburgh
S ch o o ls C ham p. 71; L.Cpl. A rm y .
P.O. B o x 93, N a n d i H ills , K e n ya .
G. R. S. S m ith (F ); Cam e 6 4 '; I; House P re fe ct; Econ. Prize; Econ. Essay Prize;
G eog. Proj. Prize 71; L.S. R.N.
c / o S u m m e rs, R yp e th , H ill S tre e t, L a d y ba n k, Fife.
J. M . S m ith (R ); Cam e 6 6 '; III; V . C apt. o f S ch o o l; Head o f R u th ve n; X V 69-71,
V. C apt. 70-71; H. 71; S.H. 69-71, C apt. 71; A th le tic s ; C h o ir; S g t. A rm y .
13 M a n o r G ardens, B la irg o w rie , P e rth shire .
A. L. S tirlin g ( L ) ; Came 6 7 '; III; H ouse P re fe ct; Ch. P h o to g ra p h ic S oc.; Sec.
A s tro n . S oc.; Fit. S g t. R.A.F.
E thie H ouse, N o rth M a in s , A rb ro a th , A n g u s.
R. A. R odger ( S ) ; C am e 66 3; III; S a ilin g ; A r t Essay Prize 70; T r. Sci. Soc.;
L.S. R.N.
H ills w ic k , A lb e rt Place, A ird rie , L anarkshire.
J. T. T h o m so n ( N ) ; Cam e 6 6 !; III; S ch o o l P re fe ct; T e n n is 71; U.O. A rm y S ect.
R o se villa , S o u th S tre e t, B u rre lto n , P e rth shire .
P. R. P. T h o m so n ( N ) ; Came 673; III; X I 70-71; L.Cpl. A rm y .
H ills o f B e n d o c h y , C o u p a r A n g u s, P e rth shire .
J. S. T u rn e r ( N ) ; Cam e 64 2; I; L.Cpl. A rm o u re r, A rm y .
R ose/and, 44 Irv in e Road, K ilm a u rs , A y rs h ire .
A . B. W a lk e r ( S ) ; Came 6 7 '; III; S ch o o l P re fe ct; X V 69-71, C apt. 70-71; XI
70-71, C apt. 71; S.S. R u g b y v. W a le s ; G o lf; In st. P S.
T illy g re ig , U d n y , A b e rd e e n sh ire .
A. R. W a ts o n (S ) ; Cam e 6 5 2; I; E xh ib itio n e r; C hem . Prize 71; L.Cpl. A rm y .
37 P o lm a ise Road, T o rb re x , S tirlin g .
B. S. W illia m s o n (F ); Cam e 663; III; S h o o tin g 6 9 -7 1 *; S gt. R.A.F.
1 C la y p o tts T errace, B ro u g h ty Ferry, D un d e e D D 5 1LD.
R. J. W ils o n (F ); Came 6 7 ’ ; III; C hoir; L.Cpl. A rm y .
26 Den L e e u w e n b e rg S t., 2520 E degem , A n tw e rp , B e lg iu m .
I. W rig h t ( N ) ; Cam e 663; III; House P re fe ct; T e n n is 70-71, C apt. 71; Fencing
69-71. C apt. 70-71; S a ilin g , V . C apt. 71; O rch.; Fit. S gt. R.A.F.
241 W a le s C re scen t, O a k v ille , O n ta rio , Canada.
Low er VI
J. G. Barnet (R ); Cam e 6 5 3; I; C d t. R.A.F.
K in ta llo n , G le n c a irn Road, K ilm a lc o lm , R e n fre w sh ire .
K. M . Cassels ( S ) ; Cam e 65 3; I; D ra w in g Prize 70; A r t Prize 71; C d t. A rm y .
53 S tu b b s Road, H o n g K o n g , B.C.C.
W . S. M . Elder ( S ) ; Came 65 3; I; C d t. R.A.F.
Laigh H o o k, C h a p e lton , S tra th a ve n , Lanarkshire.
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V F orm
R .G. Dale ( N ) ; Cam e 6 7 !; III; S w im m in g *; C d t. A rm y .
S lo u g h a ll, N o rth B e rw ic k , East L o thian .
N. M . D e lbarre ( N ) ; Cam e 6 8 '; III; S w im m in g *; L.S. Navy.
Friars Farm , B la c k N o tle y , B ra in tre e , Essex
R. Flem ing ( F ) ; Cam e 6 8 !; III; C d t. A rm y .
H a rde n s W a y , Duns, B e rw ic k s h ire .
E. P. G ran t (R ); Came 683; III; C d t. A rm y .
C a th a dh -F a irg ie , G lencoe.
E. J. L a m o n t ( F ) ; C am e 66''; I; O.S. R.N.
D unard, S t. L e o n a rd 's Rd., Forres, M o ra y.
N. A . M cLean ( F ) ; Cam e 6 8 !; III; C d t. A rm y.
S o u th K in g e n n ie Farm , B y D undee, Angus.
A . B. M c M illa n ( S ) ; Cam e 68 3; III; A .B . R.N.
48 M ilv e rto n R oad, W h ite c ra ig s , G lasgow .
R. J. H. M a th e r ( N ) ; Cam e 6 8 '; III; Pipe Band; A .B . Navy.
53 J o h n S t., M o n tro s e , A n g u s.
P. L. S c o tt ( F ) ; Cam e 6 8 :; III; A th le tic s ; D.Sgt. Pipe Band.
5 The G rove , W h ite c ra ig s , R e n fre w sh ire .
G. J. A . T h o m ( N ) ; Cam e 6 8 :; A .B . R.N.
72 R u b is la w Den N o rth , A b e rd ee n .
G. W rig h t ( N ) ; Cam e 6 8 '; F encing 70-71; O rch.; Ldg. C d t. R.A.F.
241 W a le s C re scen t, O a kville , O n ta rio , Canada.
IV F orm
C. C. W o lfe ( L ) ; Cam e 69
III; Pipe Band.
I F orm
S. H. Lee (R i.); Cam e 70".
CHAPEL NOTES
Sunday Chapel Services w ere s w itc h e d to the m orning during
the S um m er Term . On balance th is e xpe rim en t seems to have been
su ccessfu l, and w e plan to co ntin ue it in the A u tu m n T erm , reverting
to the evening ( if o nly fo r the convenience of the sk ie rs ) during the
Spring Term .
Both C hurch o f S cotland and Episcopalian C om m union Services
in the Chapel are n o w open to all denom inations. For boys w h o
have been co n firm e d th e y are n o w optio na l a lterna tives to the
ord in a ry Sunday m orning services; th e y have been w e ll attended.
The fo llo w in g boys w ere co nfirm e d on M arch 14th:
C hurch o f S c o tla n d : C. J. C o tto n , R. G. Rale, B. D. de la
G ib so n , J. G. M . H e n d ry, P. S. H ib b e rd , A . B. Law re n ce ,
J . W . M acF arlane, E. G. M a cK e n zie , T. R. M acL e o d , W .
P. J. N ic o l, I. P a te rs o n -B ro w n , J. P. R e n w ick, A. T.
I. T. W a tte rs .
E p isco p a lia n : I. F. S. Day; A . P. W ra y .
Haye, C. K.
G. C. Leslie,
L. J. M o ffa t,
A . W a lla ce ,
W .N .M .
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SPEECH DAY 1971
Our g u e st on Friday 4th June, a day w h ic h , happily, w as m uch
sunnier than la st year, w a s the H onourable Lord K ilbra nd on , LI.D.,
D.Sc., w h o w as an especially w e lco m e speaker a t S trathallan in
view o f his life-long in te re s t in the affairs o f the young. He has
served on m any co un cils and c o m m itte e s concerned w ith young
people and, in particular, he w a s fo r a long tim e C hairm an o f the
Standing C ouncil on Y o uth Service in S cotland.
The opening address in the C ity Hall, Perth, w a s given by the
Chairman o f the G overning Body. He th a n ke d Dr. Farquharson,
President o f the G annochy T ru st, fo r the ve ry generous g ra n t of
£25,000 to finance the b uilding o f a sp o rts hall next to the
g ym nasium , and also the S trathallian Club, w h o have n o w decided
to introduce th e ir o w n sch olarsh ip schem e. He expressed his
appreciation to the m asters, d o m e stic and a d m in is tra tiv e staffs,
and g ove rn ors fo r th e ir co n tin u e d help and su p p o rt, and paid trib u te
to M r. A iec Boag, lately C lerk o f W o rk s , w h o died in N ovem ber,
1970, a fte r fo rty -fo u r ye ars' d evoted service to S trathallan. He
concluded by w e lco m in g o u r new H eadm aster to his firs t Speech
Day.
M r. M cC allum , in presenting his annual rep ort, expressed his
deep appreciation o f the ve ry frie n d ly w e lco m e he and his w ife
had received from all sides. He co nside red his firs t year at S tra th ­
allan as som e thin g of a 'h o ne ym o on p erio d ' during w h ich his tim e
had largely been taken up in 'o b s e rv in g ', and g e ttin g the feel o f the
School. N o w , he fe lt, th is period w a s dra w in g to a close and more
p ositive p ro of o f his ca pabilities w o u ld soon be dem anded. He w as
pleased th a t the 0 and A Level results had been p a rtic u la rly
encouraging in M r. H oare's last year — the b est resu lts the School
had achieved fo r som e tim e, both in q u a n tity and q u a lity o f passes.
H ow ever, he fe lt it im p o rta n t to stress his belief th a t, as em p lo ye rs
in in d u s try and com m erce n o w appeared to be intereste d in o th e r
q ualities besides purely academ ic q u a lifica tio n s, n ot every boy on
leaving school should necessarily go to u n ive rsity, the degree having
become all to o m uch o f a sta tu s sym bo l. M any w o u ld benefit far
more from the 's a n d w ic h ' courses n o w offered by all w o rth w h ile
firm s.
The H eadm aster then expressed the v ie w th a t the recent
to rre n t o f c ritic is m of the Public Schools, n ow m uch abated, had
in fa c t done the schools a lo t o f good, fo rcin g them into selfexam ination and safeguarding them fro m co m p la ce ncy. The m a jo rity
o f the general public, how ever, still m isu n d e rsto o d the aim s and
m ethods of these schools, and he called fo r active and fa ctu al
propaganda to co rre ct this. 'W o o lly -m in d e d in te lle c tu a lis m ' had,
he believed, bedevilled rather than enhanced educational th in k in g in
recent years, and th is w a s largely a cause o f the m isco nce p tion . A
more positive approach to any problem w a s n o w becom ing
especially vita l. It seem ed th a t 'to have d iscu sse d ' a problem w as
'to have d isposed' o f it, and he fe lt th a t the young in p a rticu la r w ere
feeling an urgent need fo r p o sitive leadership, and th a t th e y w o u ld
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grab a t th is w h e n the chance arose. He w o u ld prefer e d u catio na lists
and yo u th alike to see e verythin g in black and w h ite , and som etim es
be w ro n g , than to see e verythin g th ro ug h an u n co m m itte d eye.
Lord K ilbrandon, a fte r presenting the prizes and c o ng ra tu la ting
the w in n e rs, said he fe lt he w a s in rather an a w k w a rd position on
th is occasion. He w a s re n ow n ed fo r being a s o rt of 'p u b lic relations
officer' b etw een young and old, and therefore w o u ld be bound to
alienate h im self w ith one o f the g roups if w e w ere e ither 'to o
pe rm issive ' o r 'an old square'. He w o u ld therefore com prom ise, and
in so doing, he gave us a ve ry ente rtain in g speech, illu stra te d w ith
m any am using tales. The young w ere fa r readier now adays to
q ue stion th in g s, ta king nothing fo r granted, than th ey had been
w hen he w a s a t school, and th is had considerably raised the
sta nd ard of teaching and b ro u g h t a greater sense of pro po rtio n into
sch olastic m atters. W hen he w a s young, everyone seemed anxious
to g ro w up and lose the tag o f 'y o u th ', b u t now , a 's tu d e n t' w a s a
good th ing to be, young people w ere becom ing m ore and m ore
intereste d in social w o rk ; in fa c t, being young w a s now a thing
w h ich people revelled in. In v ie w o f th is, Lord K ilbrandon w ishe d
his listen ers long, happy and c o n s tru c tiv e lives, co n fid e n t th ey
w o u ld use th e ir yo u th fu ln e s s p ro fitab le, and urged them , above
e verythin g else: 'D o n 't take yo urselve s to o se riou sly'.
G.
S. Low den, Esq., proposed a vo te o f th a n ks fo r Lord
K ilbrandon, and the co n ce rt fo llo w e d .
SPEECH DAY PRIZES
The S m ith C up fo r C ap ta in o f th e S ch o o l .................................... N. J. B. Fielding
(in a b se ntia )
H o u sto n Prize fo r A ll Round M e rit ......................................................
I. W . G ordon
D u x .........................................................................................................................
I. W . G ordon
C lassics
French
English
H is to ry
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G e o gra p h y
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M a th e m a tic s
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E conom ics
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C h e m is try ................................................................
B io lo g y .....................................................................
Physics
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M u s ic .........................................................................
A r t ..............................................................................
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C h e m is try Research
G e o gra p h y F ie ld w o rk
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D ra w in g Prize ..........................................................
P hysics Prize .......................................................
B io lo g y P ro je c t ..................................................
M ath s C o m p e titio n .............................................
E co n o m ics Essay ..................................................
The fo llo w in g prizes w e re n o t a w a rd e d :
Prose; A r t Essay; French Essay.
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J.
A.
C.
N.
H. O wen
M . Duff
D. G. Laidlaw
J. B. Fielding
(in a b se ntia )
H. G. Fraser
I. W . G ordon
C. D. G. L a id la w
G. R. S. S m ith
A. R. W a ts o n
D. R D. I o w
C. J. R obertson
J. H. R. Parker
K. M . Cassels
R. W . Ross
G. R. S. S m ith
A. W . Lawson
J. D. H e rbe rt
J. M . B axter
G. E. S m ith
G. R. S. S m ith
G erm an;
H is to ry
Essay; Latin
H.M.S. PINAFORE
H ow splendid it is to see on the school stage g irls w h o are real
girls fo r a. change! For years and years the regular G ilbert and
Sullivan perform ance at th is, as at m o st b o ys' schools, fo u n d th e ir
M ajor G eneral's daughters o r W h a te v e r from am ong the less inkencrusted ju n io rs. N o w , as in the seventeenth c e n tu ry th ea tre as
a w ho le, w e have broken th ro ug h the barriers and arrived at th a t
dangerous practice, M ixe d A c tin g . A c tu a lly it w as all ve ry re s p e c t­
able, w ith those S isters, C ousins and A u n ts fro m the C on ven t of
the Sacred Heart — or rather, from the school attached to the
C onvent o f the Sacred H eart — falling in love w ith o u r jo lly sailors
o nly on the stage — I th in k — so th a t a happy tim e w a s had by all.
Except Fielding.
Fielding p ut his all into the p a rt of Ralph R ackstra w , the
Juvenile L e a d — (m y apologies fo r using the w o rd juve nile in
connection w ith such a d is tin g u ish e d m em ber o f the hierarchy, b ut
it's the technical te rm , you s e e ) — and then m aintained an a tta ck
of la ryn g itis rig h t th ro ug h the three m ain perform ances. B ut w hen
one house captain fa lls in b a ttle , w h o can b e tte r take his place b u t
another? J. M . Sm ith lea rn t the w h o le part b etw e en Grace and Tea
o r som ething, and a lm o s t persuaded us th a t he had been the
original choice. 'U n d e rs tu d y T riu m p h s. Read all a bo ut it'.
The thing th a t m akes o u r school stage p erform ances sta nd o u t
from the o rd in a ry these days is su re ly the q u a lity o f the backdrop.
Instead o f the norm al splosh o f a fe w pastel shades o f d istem pe r,
w e get an original T. J. M acLeod, th is tim e o f a m a n -o -w a r a t anchor
in a harbour. (A n d if he te lls us th a t the b oys did it, I w ill n ot listen;
let's have none of th is 'S cho ol o f' nonsense. In fa ct, if the G overnors
are prepared to do w ith o u t the back w a ll o f the gym fo r a w h ile , I
could sell it fo r a fo rtu n e .) A n d it is s till there, if you w a n t to w rite
in fo r perm ission to view .
A s fo r the a ctors and singers in fro n t o f it, th e y m aintained the
high standards o f the p revious p ro d u ctio n s. The ladies — w e ll, as
a m arried man I am n o t prepared to fa v o u r one before another, b ut
w e w ere ce rta in ly charm ed by Frances B o d y's Josephine, w hile
Patricia W a llis 's perform ance as L ittle B u tte rcu p ca n n o t be blam ed
fo r the fa c t th a t she is fo rty years to o young. T. K. Lunan's C aptain
Corcoran stays m o st in the m ind, o f all the m en, w ith A. W .
Bethune First Lording it o ver him as th ou gh Lunan w a s n o t a School
Prefect at all. R. J. W ilso n sneered at us, I. M . Rennie exuded lo ya lty,
and the chorus stared g la ssy-e ye d at us across the fo o tlig h ts w ith
determ ined jo llity . The School O rchestra m aintained its near­
professional standards and, above all, the c re d it goes to M r.
W areham and M rs. B urnet and M r. W e st, w h o ran it all.
Oh yes, I m u s t n o t leave o u t all the others. The m ake-up w a s
splendidly co n trive d by — er, M iss A u chin na chie and M iss T em p le ­
ton, the lighting w a s sp o tle s s ly — no, th a t's n o t the w o rd —
fa u ltle s s ly achieved by M r. D u tto n . M r. Jo hn son , as F ro n t of
House Manager, w ore fu ll academ ic dress in ord er to be m istaken
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fo r the n ew headm aster — w hich d uly happened — and assistance
in va riou s d e p artm en ts w a s given by — e r — Darn it! You can
loo k it all up in y o u r o w n program m e.
C A ST LIST
S ir Jo se p h P o rte r, K.C.B. (F irs t Lord o f th e A d m ira lty ) A W . B ethune;
C a p ta in C o rcora n (C o m m a n d in g H .M .S. P in a fo re) T. K. Lunan; Ralph R a ckstra w
(A b le S eam an) l\l. J. B. F ielding ; D ick D eadeye (A b le S eam an) R. J. W ils o n ;
Bill B o b s ta y (B o a ts w a in ) I. B. Rennie; Bob B e c k e t (C a rp e n te r's M a te ) J. T.
T ho m so n ; Jo s e p h in e (th e C a p ta in 's D a u g h te r) Frances B o d d y; Hebe (S ir
J o s e p h 's F irs t C o u s in ) M a ry G o rd o n ); M rs. C rip p s ( L ittle B u tte rc u p , a P o rts ­
m o u th B u m b o a t W o m a n ) P a tricia W a llis .
F irst L o rd 's S iste rs, C ousins, A u n ts — K a thleen A itc h is o n ; Rosaleen
A ld rid g e ; G illia n Baynham ; M o ira B la ckm a n ; Joan B la ikie; M ic h e le G iu lia n o tti;
V e n e tia G o rd o n ; Iona J e ffre y ; Elizabeth N orm an; Jane R a ttra y; M a crio n a Roche;
P atricia T ho m so n .
S a ilo rs — C. J. C o tto n ; R. A . Elder; C. K. G ibson; G. A. L o ckh a rt; D.
M a c d o n a ld ; J. W . M a cfa rla n e ; C. D. Reekie; M . J. Reid; G G. R obbie; G. R
S. S m ith ; J. M . S m ith ; D. A . S. W h y te .
D.E.Y.
PRO D U C TIO N :
A r tis tic D ire c to r: T. J. M a cL e o d , Esq.; S tage M anager: I. T. W a tte rs ;
A s s is te d by: J. D. H e rbe rt, J. G. M . H e n d ry, H. M. S. Russell, J. G. Barnet,
G. C. H. Lait, A . I. R obson and G. C. Leslie; L ig h tin g : A . L. K. D u tto n , Esq ,
M a ke -U p : M is s M . A u c h in a c h ie ; M iss R. T e m p le to n ; F ro n t o f House M anager:
R. N. Jo h n s o n , Esq.; C h o re o g ra p h y: M rs. R. A . L. B urnet; M u sica l D ire cto r: G
W e s t, Esq.; A s s is te d by: M iss H. J a ckso n and G. M arsh a ll, Esq.; P roducer: M.
J. E. W a re h a m , Esq.
T he S c h o o l O rche stra w a s led by J. M o u la n d Begbie, Esq.
NATURE TRAILS
D uring the S um m er Term ru stlin g s in the bushes, noises of
hacking, shouts, and the c la tte r o f spades indicated n ot th a t the
School Prefects w ere co n d u ctin g an u nusually th orou g h sw eep
fo r crim ina ls and co ntrab a nd , b u t th a t the e stablishing o f tw o
nature tra ils had started. The idea behind these tra ils is to establish
an in te re st in natural h is to ry by p roviding a w a lk w h ich is both
pleasant and in s tru c tiv e . Through using these tra ils it is hoped th a t
the boys w ill take m ore notice o f w h a t is happening around them
in nature, and there is a lw a ys the p o s s ib ility th a t an in te re s t in
local h is to ry m ight, to o , be aw akened, since to som e e x te n t the
h is to ry o f the g ro un ds tie s in w ith a co m p le te u nderstanding of
w h a t can be seen on each o f the trails.
There are in fa c t tw o trails, labelled the blue tra il and the red
trail. The sta rtin g p o in t o f each is at the classroom end o f The
C ausew ay, and both im m e d ia te ly dip d o w n into the valley. A
flig h t o f steps had to be c o n s tru c te d to take care o f the steeply
descending g ra die nt on one o f the tra ils, b u t very little else o f a
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co n stru ctio n a l nature had to be u ndertaken e ithe r in the directio n of
Coven Trees Garden w here one o f the tra ils goes before c u ttin g
back to w a rd s the Chapel, or Lady's W e ll, w here the o th e r one m eets
the School drive.
A fte r th is the hard w o rk began, and te rrito ry had to be opened
up leading d ia go na lly up the Law from the co rn e r o f the c ric k e t field
nearest the range, across the to p o f the Law, and d ou b lin g back to
join the main drive near the range. S tiles had to be b u ilt to enable
w alkers to negotiate the rab bit fences around the Law, and at the
back o f the Law a zig-zag w as c o n stru cte d w h ich necessitated handrailings. This trail, sce nically, is the b e tte r o f the tw o , since it affords
some sp ecta cula r view s o f the School and the Earn V a lle y w h ich
have o th e rw ise been denied to us since the rep la n ting o f S co ut
W ood.
Both tra ils w ere open in tim e fo r Speech Day, and va riou s natural
historical specim ens and o b je cts w ere placed at va riou s points,
to ge th er w ith notices d ra w in g the a tte n tio n o f w a lk e rs to o th e r
objects o f interest. A sm all, dup lica ted b o o kle t w a s p roduced as
a guide to the trails, and it is hoped th a t it w ill e ve n tu a lly be possible
to have a printed guide. W e p rin t b e lo w an e x tra c t fro m th is guide:
The School grounds w ere p art o f a ve ry m uch larger estate —
Freeland — w h ich belonged to a branch o f the R uthven fam ily.
The R uthvens, p ro m in e n t in S co ttish p o litic s during the 15th
and 16th centuries, lo s t th e ir earldom a fte r the a bo rtive
'R uthven Raid' o f 1582. H ow ever, Sir T hom as R uthven of
Freeland w a s g ranted a peerage in 1651, ta king the title of
Lord Ruthven o f Freeland. His hom e w a s an ancient fo rtifie d
m anor house, the fo u n d a tio n s o f w h ich can be seen at Lady's
W ell. The restored a rch w a y w a s the fro n t door, the s to n e w o rk
lining the stream nearby w as p ro b a b ly p art o f the m asonry,
and there are se ctions o f w a ll fo u n d a tio n under th e shrubs
near the arch. Ruins o f the house, w ith w a lls one m etre th ic k ,
w ere s till present on the site late in the last ce ntu ry.
The house w as approached fro m F organdenny by a road
c o n tin u o u s w ith the main villa ge street, w h ich co ntin ue d across
the present c ric k e t pitch to Bridge of Earn. In d ry sum m ers the
course o f the road can s till be seen close to the fo o t o f S co ut
H ill (th e local name fo r The Law — the sm all hill behind the
present school b u ild in g ). The s ta rt o f the present drive, from
main gate to archw ay, w as a fo rm a l D utch garden in fro n t of
the old house, sheltered on e ith e r side by the avenue o f lim e
trees w h ich n ow lines the drive. Freeland House w as burned
dow n in 1750. The new house, begun s h o rtly a fte rw a rd , fo rm s
the core o f the present school b uilding . Part o f it can be seen
to the le ft of the main entrance o u tsid e the fro n t door.
You pass th ro ug h the th ic k o u te r w a ll o f the house on
entering the Saloon, or in m oving d o w n the steps fro m the
main library to the reading room . The house o rig in a lly faced
S co ut H ill. It w as approached fro m a carriage drive w h ich
passed the ruin o f the old house and crossed the near side of
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the present c ric k e t p itch. N ew w in g s w ere added to the house
fro m 1830, in clu d in g an im posing fro n t entrance w h ich is now
the H eadm aster's private stu d y. In 1873 the estate o f 3,000
acres w as sold to C o llin g w o o d Lindsay W o o d, a Durham m ineow n er, w h o added the m usic-ro om as a chapel, reversed the
la y -o u t o f the house, and b u ilt on the present fro n t entrance.
Riley House w as the o rigin al coach-house and stables, w ith a
separate drive to F organdenny village across the House c ric k e t
pitch. The re d -b rick classroom s w ere w o rk-sh o p s and p o ttin g
sheds fo r th e kitch en garden and tree nursery, w h ich w ere on
the site o f the law ns fa cing the present teaching blocks.
Freeland House estate w as o rig in a lly laid o u t during the
18th ce n tu ry, in a recta ng u la r pattern o f tree-lined avenues
enclosing 12-acre squares. Fragm ents o f th is pattern can s till
be seen in the lines o f old oak trees on the playing fields, the
row s o f stu m p s behind the b io lo g y and ch e m istry blocks
(h o rs e -c h e s tn u ts ) and on S co u t Hill (elm s, cedars, s p ru c e s ).
The tra c k leading d ow n to Pike Pond past the sewage farm
w as a broad, tree -lin ed avenue, o rig in a lly an a ncien t c a ttle d ro vin g road. The old b u ild in g s in the garden of the damaged
co tta g e w ere boatsheds fo r th e c a ttle -fe rry w h ich crossed the
Earn at th is p oint. A n nu a l rings on th e largest stu m p s indicate
ages o f 200-250 years. Lindsay W o o d w as responsible fo r
p la ntin g m any o f the yo un ge r trees w h ich are n ow com ing up
to m a tu rity . In his tim e the estate w as reputed to contain
exam ples o f every B ritish tree and m any e xo tic ones. In spite
of fe llin g durin g the First W o rld W a r and m ore recently, there
is s till an interestin g c o lle c tio n w ith in the grounds.
The w h o le o f th is p ro je c t has been overseen by Dr. B. Stonehouse, and if any o f our readers th in k th e y have so m ething of
in te re s t to add to the fo re go ing , w e have no d o u b t th a t he w ill be
pleased to hear fro m them .
THE STRATHALLAN SCHOOL
CLIMATOLOGICAL STATION
" N o w w e are fo u r", o r a t least, w e shall be by the tim e you
read this. H ow ever, it w ill be a fu rth e r sixteen years before it can
be claim ed th a t w e have a clim a te! M aybe w e do n ot w a n t one, or
perhaps w e kn o w w h a t it is already, b u t it does seem fa irly certain
th a t w e shall n o t experience an 'average year' very often (a fte r all,
h ow o fte n in his innings does a batsm an score his average?).
It w as feared th a t the sp o rts m ausoleum m ig h t p u t paid to the
S tatio n a lto g e th e r in v ie w o f its p ro x im ity , b u t to our surprise the
p o sitio n o f the S ta tio n is s till w ith in m in im u m requirem ents
regarding obstacles, such as b u ild in g s o r trees. A p p a re n tly , the
in s tru m e n t m o st vu ln era ble to such o bstacles is the rain gauge:
eddies are lik e ly to develop w h ich affect the a m o un t o f p re c ip ita tio n
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gathered. As fa r as the te m p era ture s are concerned, the e xpert
opinion (th a t o f the M et. O ffice) is th a t the p ecu lia r s itin g o f our
station perhaps s lig h tly enhances the d a ily m axim um tem peratures.
And n ow the fa cts and figures: in A p ril th is year w e scored
our highest d aily rainfall o f 56.8 mm. (2.2 in ch e s), higher than the
expected m o n th ly to ta l — yes, it w as rather w e t! In com p arison
w ith the Perth rainfall (averaged over 35 ye a rs), 1968 and 1970
received a bo ut the average o f 780 mm. (30 .7 in c h e s ), w h ile 1969
was 'd ry ' w ith o n ly 706 m m. (2 7 ^ in ch e s). Up to and inclu ding
June th is year w e are 32 mm. b e lo w the average o f 335 mm. fo r the
first six m onths.
A s fa r as te m p era ture s are concerned, it is less easy to
generalise as these, unlike rainfall, are n ot to ta lle d o r averaged on
an annual basis. H ow ever, early s p rin g -tim e s fro m 1968 to 1970
have been ch illy, w h ils t su m m e r-tim e s have been w e ll up to average,
especially in 1969 w hen te m p era ture s w ere n o tice a b ly higher. In
co ntrast to the recent cool springs, a utu m n s have been co nside rab ly
w arm er than the Perth average, w ith 1969 again the best. W in te rs
have been variable, w ith Februarys m uch co ld e r in 1968-1970 and
Januarys m ilder. Of course, th is year up to early M ay, w in te r, like
the H ereford hurricanes, hardly happened!
A nd fo r the fu tu re . . . . dare I recom m end the m orning official
radio forecast?
For those w h o like them , m ore figures:
(R e ad in g s sin ce N o ve m b e r, 1967)
H ighest T e m p e ra tu re
2 7 .2 °C
(8 1 ° F )
7 /7 /1 9 7 1
L o w e s t T e m p e ra tu re
1 0 .9°C
(1 2 .4 °F )
7 /1 /1 9 7 0
L o w e s t Grass T e m p e ra tu re
14 .9°C
( 5 .2 °F )
Latest A ir F ro st
Earliest A ir F rost
12th M a y
18th O c to b e r
W e tte s t Day
W e tte s t M o n th
D riest M o n th
1 7 /2 /1 9 6 9
a fro s t-fre e season
days.
56.8 m m . (2.2
in ch e s)
2 3 /4 /1 9 7 1
138.3 m m . (5.4
in ch e s)
M a y, 1969
16.4 m m . (0.6
in ch e s)
M a rch , 1970
LIBRARY
A fte r an extensive n um ber o f changes in the Library last year,
this year has been m uch less e ven tfu l, w ith little to re p o rt e xcept
that, in v ie w o f the g re a tly im proved fa cilitie s , the library is being
used more than ever before.
"S c o ttis h F ie ld " has n o w been in tro d u ce d as one o f our
m o n th ly m agazines, and w e have been try in g to help a little w ith
career problem s by d isp la yin g the various pam phlets w e receive
from the large ind ustria l firm s such as Esso.
W e a cknow ledge, w ith g ra teful thanks, the fo llo w in g g ifts o f
books to the Library by boys w h o le ft durin g the year, and by o th e r
donors:
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Dr. B. S tonehouse: W id e A w a ke Island (B. S ton eh ou se).
T. Flem ing: T ito (P h y llis A u ty ) , M y 55 W a ys to Low er your
G olf Score, Take a Tip from Me (b o th Jack N ic k la u s ).
J. D. D. Ingram : The W o rld o f Renaissance Florence (ed.
Guiseppe M a rtin e lli).
H. W . R. Steedm an: The V a nishing Ju ng le (M o u n tfo rt).
Brig. Graeme W a rra ck: Travel by Dark (G . W a rra c k ).
E. J. Lam ont: Sense and S e n sib ility (Jane A u s te n ) (ed. Claire
Lam ont (h is s iste r) ).
Head Lib ra ria n :
A s s is ta n t Lib ra ria n s:
T. K. Lunan.
A . W . B ethune.
J. M . Dods.
N. J. B. F ielding ( le ft S p ring '7 1 ).
I. W . G ordon.
N. 0 . S h e rin g to n .
R. C. S tark.
A . L. S tirlin g .
J u ly 1971.
T.K.L.
C IVIC S LECTURES: 1970-71
Lectures on a var iety o f to p ics w ere again arranged fo r m em bers
o f the S ixth Form durin g the W in te r Term , 1970, and the Spring
Term , 1971. B e low is a lis t o f th ose gentlem en w h o very kindly
visited the School — som e o f them fo r the second tim e in recent
years — to ta lk to the boys a b o u t th e ir w o rk or o th e r interests. To
each one o f them our m ost sincere th an ks are due fo r fin ding the
tim e in the m id s t o f a busy life to prepare a ta lk and to com e here
to d e live r it.
John
Det.
Prof.
Prof.
D a rling, Esq., F.R.I.C.S.: W o rk o f a C h a rte re d S u rv e y o r
S u p e rin te n d e n t W . A d a m s: T he D angers o f D rugs.
Ja m e s C ro o k s , M .D ., F.R.C.P.: The P ro b le m s o f S u rviva l.
A . E. R itch ie , M .A ., B.Sc., M .D ., F.R.S.E.: The H um an B ra in a nd h o w it
reaches its D e c is io n s.
W illis R o xb u rg h , Esq.: T he P ro b le m s fa c in g In d u s try .
The Rt. Hon. Lord K ilm a n y , P C., M .C .: P a rlia m e n ta ry G o ve rn m e nt.
M a jo r G eneral R. L. C lu tte rb u c k , O.B.E., M .A ., F.I.C.E.: T he T e ch n iq u e s o f
R e v o lu tio n a nd C o u n te r-R e v o lu tio n .
Bernard G ilc h ris t, Esq., M .A .: The W o rk o f th e S c o ttis h W ild life T ru st.
D ouglas G iffo rd , Esq.: M a n and M a g ic in S o u th A m e rica .
Dr. J. M o rto n B oyd: The W o rk o f th e N a tu re C o n se rva n cy.
J. W h itte t, Esq.: The C ham bers o f C o m m e rce .
A. D. C a irn cro ss, Esq., F.G.A.: The T a y P earl F ishing In d u stry.
R. M . Keay, Esq.: The P e rth sh ire A d v e rtis e r a nd th e p a rt it p la ys in th e affa irs
o f th e C o u n ty .
Lt. Col. G. D. D u n lo p , O.B.E., M .C ., A .M .B .I.M .: G u id e D o g s fo r th e B lind .
Dr. A. S. C a ld w e ll, M .B ., Ch.B., D.P.H.: P u b lic H e a lth W o rk .
S tu a rt R. M o llis o n , Esq.: The C o u n try s id e C o m m is s io n fo r S co tla n d .
R. S. J o h n s to n , Esq., Q.C., B.A., LI B.: T he F a c u lty o f A d v o c a te s and th e W o rk
o f an A d v o c a te .
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HOUSE NOTES
FREELAND
The House C aptain w a s N. J. B. Fielding w h o w a s succeeded
at the beginning o f the S um m er Term by T. K. Lunan.
School Offices w ere held by the fo llo w in g : C aptain o f School,
Captain o f H ockey, President o f D ebating S o ciety, School Prefect
i/c O rchestra — N. J. B. Fielding (le ft M arch '7 1 ); School Prefect
and U nder O fficer i/ c Naval S ection — J. D. D. Ingram (le ft
December '7 0 ); School Prefect, Librarian, Editor o f S trathallian,
Secretary of M u sic S o cie ty — T. K. Lunan; School P refect — P. J.
H unter; S ecretary o f Science S o ciety, and A s s is ta n t E ditor o f
S tra th a llia n — J. D. H erbert; C aptain o f H ighland Dancing — H. J.
C hrystal; Captain o f B adm inton C lub — A. C. G. M oodie.
A t C hristm as tim e w e said fa re w e ll to M r. D avid M acpherson,
as House T u to r. He w ill be m uch m issed fo r the v ig o u r and
enthusiasm o f his approach, his e nco urag em e nt on the gam es side,
and the in te re st he to o k in individual boys. M r. M acpherson fo llo w e d
Mr. Jam es W illia m s to T au nton and w e are ve ry so rry to lose him.
His successor, M r. Brian Raine, is equally v ig o ro u s and
enth usia stic a b o u t gam es and like M r. M acpherson a historian.
This seem s a good place to express g ra titu d e to M r. W areham ,
w ho did d u ty fo r the H ousem aster w he n the la tte r w a s confined to
the A ird s w ith a recurrence o f knee tro u b le — th e re b y relieving
Mr. Raine o f the necessity o f being on d u ty every n ig ht fo r the firs t
half o f the Spring Term .
For a n um ber o f reasons, w h ich w o u ld be te d io u s to enum erate,
the House has n ot had m uch success in In te r House C o m p e titio n s ,
despite som e good ind ivid ua l perform ances fo r w h ic h a generous
ration o f House C olours has been aw arded. H ow ever, c re d it is
due to M oodie fo r the H ouse's w in n in g the Tennis Cup and the
J u n io r Squash Cup, and special m ention should be made o f C. D.
Reekie fo r sharing the M id dle V ic to r Ludorum , and P. L. S c o tt fo r
w inn in g the S enior D rum m ing. The House also shared the G olf
Cup w ith R uthven.
Speech Day prizes w ere w o n (in a bse ntia ) by N. J. B. Fielding,
by J. D. H erbert, and by G. R. S. Sm ith.
W e w ere pleased to w e lco m e Jurgen Herhahn fro m H um bo ldtSchule in Berlin fo r the firs t half o f the S um m er Term . He w as on
an exchange v is it w ith D. A. G. M a cIn tyre w h o sp en t the second
part o f the Spring Term in G erm any.
House C olours w ere aw arded to S. D. L ow den, S. R C.
Duncan, G. P. M cH arg, P. J. H unter, C. D. Reekie, J. H. Shedden,
A. C. G. M oodie, M . G. A itke nh e ad , S. P. B. A itke nh e ad , G. A.
Lockhart, and the fo llo w in g w ere House Prefects: J. D. H erbert,
G. R. S. Sm ith, M. G. A itkenhead, R. A. Je nkins, A. C. G. M oodie,
S. D. Low den and G. A. Lockhart.
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House C a p ta in s o f S p o rt
R ugby: N. J. B. FIELDING.
C ric k e t: S. D. LO W D E N .
H o cke y: N. J. B. FIELDING and P. J.
HUNTER.
A th le tic s : R. A . JE N K IN S .
C ro s s -C o u n try : J. B. M O R TO N .
B o xin g , Squash & Tennis:
A . C. G. M O O D IE.
S h o o tin g : B. S. W IL L IA M S O N
S w im m in g : R. A . JE N K IN S .
S ki-in g : H J CHR Y STAL.
M u sic: T. K. LU N A N .
P.R.S.
LEBURN
A s predicted in the p re vio u s issue o f th is magazine the num ber
o f boys in the House doubled in S eptem ber 1971. This w as caused
by the arrival o f th irte e n n ew b oys and M . J. Finlay (S im p s o n ) and
D. A. S. W h y te (R u th v e n ) w h o w ere appointed prefects. It w a s
also reported in th a t issue o f the S trathallian th a t the new house
a c com m o da tion w o u ld be seen rising from the ground at the tim e of
pub lica tion . T hanks to a rath er late pub lica tion date th is fa ith in
'T h em ' w a s am p ly ju s tifie d and the new building, va rio u sly referred
to as the S trathallan H ilton o r the Refugee C entre, now takes pride
o f place a m o ng st the School b uilding s. In ord er to give the House its
fu ll co m p le m e n t vo lu n te e rs w ere called fo r to fill the vacancies in the
s e nior part o f the House and w e are ve ry gra teful to those w h o
cam e fo rw a rd and hope th a t th e y w ill not regret th e ir decision. The
n ew b uilding is m o st acceptable and is w e ll planned and b u ilt and
occupies a natural p o sitio n looking d o w n on the o th e r Houses.
T his has been a m o st s a tis fa c to ry year in the field o f Inter
House C o m p e titio n s. Perhaps the o u tsta n d in g event w as the
w in n in g o f the Boxing Cup — p a rtly because it is o u r firs t m ajor
tro p h y and p a rtly because nearly everyone in the House c o n trib u te d
to it. In the rugger co m p e titio n R uthven ju s t m anaged to beat us in
c o n d itio n s th a t w ere appalling — fo r w h ic h w e are th a n k fu l! The
ju n io r c ric k e t XI sh o w e d w h a t can be done by steady perseverance
and w o n the ve ry e xciting In te r House C o m p e titio n based on a very
co m p le x set o f rules w h ich D. R. N icol w a s ve ry successful in
in te rp re tin g . The A th le tic s w a s m ost g ra tifyin g in th a t w h ils t having
less than half the n um ber o f boys o f any o th e r House w e obtained
w e ll o ve r half the to ta l n um be r o f standards gained by the m o st
su ccessfu l House. T ha t is a fa irly useless piece o f in fo rm a tio n to
m o s t people perhaps, b u t to us in our fo rm a tive years it is very
im p o rta n t. W e also exchanged the Senior D rum m ing Cup (w h ic h
really w a s to o s m a ll) fo r the J u n io r one, th a n ks to the e ffo rts of
D. W . Robb. D. A. S. W h y te is also to be co ng ra tu la te d on w in n in g
the ind ivid ua l G olf Cup. The o n ly co m p e titio n w hich w e again did
n o t e n te r w a s th a t o f M usic. O ther Houses m u s t be w arn e d th a t
w e w ill be there next year how ever.
The firs t tw o years have gone ve ry q u ic k ly and it w a s so m e ­
thing o f a shock to see h om e -g ro w n Leburn boys s ittin g '0 ' levels
already. It also m eans the departure o f Graham Gall and A n d re w
S tirling . They cam e into Leburn from N icol tw o years ago to be
the House Prefects. T his w a s no easy ta s k and th e y have done it
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well. They have had a g re at deal o f influence on the d eve lo pm e nt
of the House and w e are so rry to see them go. W e also say
goodbye to M r. M cK in la y w h o has been House T u to r fo r the last
tw o years. He is leaving S trathallan fo r the second tim e and w e
w ish him good fo rtu n e in the fu tu re .
W e look fo rw a rd to the arrival in S e ptem be r o f M r. C olquhoun,
w ho w ill be joining us as House T u to r and hope th a t he w ill be
happy w ith us.
F.S.M cN .
NSCOL
House C a p ta in : D. J. M cB R ID E .
S ch o o l P re fe ct: J. T. T H O M S O N .
House P refects:
D. R B R O W N , M . J. REID, H. G. FRASER, I. R. M cL E A N , J. I. O RM EROD
( le ft M arch ’7 1 ), I. W R IG H T , C. D. STEELE, L. H. A . C A R M IC H A E L , A . M.
DUFF, R, H. GREEN, R. C. S T A R K .
W ith M asson and a fe w Old G entlem en retu rning fo r a second
A level try , N icol sta rte d the School ye ar w ith 22 m em bers o f the
2nd or 3rd year V lth . W ith a fu ll co m p le m e n t o f 74 th is appeared
a very to p -h e a vy House. L ew is I. D. gained Entrance to F itzw illiam
College, C am bridge, and left in Decem ber, and O rm erod J. I. le ft in
M arch heading fo r Pem broke College, C am bridge. T his broke up the
firs t pair of tw in s . In cid e n ta lly the o th e r pair o f tw in s did th e ir
breaking up later in the year, w he n P.A. failed to defend the
"M e lv ille " m irro r in the S trip Room s to A .M .'s crashing goal.
S tark R. C. w e n t to the H u m b o ld t G ym nasium , Berlin, fo r the
second half o f the Easter Term . H appily he had n ot tim e to fo llo w
Thom son P. and O rm erod D .'s m ore hairy appearance on return. W e
had great pleasure in w e lco m in g Bernd S to e p p le r to the House fo r
the firs t half o f the S um m er Term . He and his colleague Jurgen
Herhahn enjoyed good w ea th er, fish in g, sailing and even some
hockey. It w a s a pleasure also to have a v is it during the Easter
holidays from K la us-D ie te r Gauler, one of last ye ar's exchange
pupils.
A t the end o f the S um m er Term , therefore, w e had the u n ­
precedented leave o f 24 boys. IV th fo rm e rs had already been heard
to com plain th a t the ratio o f p re fects to the rest a t 1 :5 w a s g e ttin g
excessive, b u t I w o u ld like to have been able to make a nother
half-dozen, fo r th ey rich ly deserved it. One o f the o th e r m asters
has been urging me to m ake m y o w n hom e-m ade w ine. No need.
I shall long rem em ber the N icol 1971 vintage ( w ith o nly the odd
bottle s p o ilt). The Senior se ction o f th e House has been o f the
g reatest c re d it to the House and School. N o w if I w a s to g et on
to the IV th fo rm . . . .
A t least th irty -s ix b oys have represented the School in team s
playing against o th e r Schools in all s o rts o f sp o rts, b u t it is the
Seniors w ho have played the m ajor part.
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D. J. M cB rid e w a s C aptain o f A th le tic s and his vig o ro u s c irc u it
tra in in g has been an exam ple to us all. He w a s selected to th ro w
his jave lin once again fo r the S co ttis h S choolboys, and his recordbreaking th ro w on S p o rts Day, th ou gh disa pp oin ting m aybe, gave
great pleasure to the large audience. Reid M. J. did inspiring w o rk
as C aptain o f S w im m in g and him self p u t up an o u tstan din g per­
form ance in the ill-fa te d Bath Cup C om pe titio n. B ro w n has been
a long and e xtre m e ly e fficient C aptain o f S hooting. Scroggie has
been largely responsible fo r p u ttin g the Squash on the firm fo o tin g
it now has in the School. W rig h t I (o r is it rig h t eye?) w as the o nly
boy in the House to be C aptain o f tw o School team s, Fencing and
Tennis. M cLean ended a long s tin t as Pipe M ajor, and he also is
to be co n g ra tu la te d on playing H ockey fo r the S co ttish S choolboys.
Delbarre and Sneddon w ere o th e r m em bers o f the Bath Cup team ,
and Dale tra ve lle d as reserve to London, from w he re he a ctu a lly
returned, unlike w he n he m anaged to g et sn o w e d up in G lenalm ond
n ot so long ago. C arm ichael L. has been an o u tsta n d in g c o n trib u to r
in s p o rt and he is the o nly boy in the House w h o has played fo r the
School 1 st team in Rugger, H ockey and C ricke t, th ough his last
c ric k e t appearance w a s in 1968. W e have m uch appreciated the
services o f Gall w h o has popped up fro m Leburn fo r us in so m any
gam es. One rather fo rg o t he w a s there u ntil he appeared in the
hocke y goal. I am to ld the curling 'te a m ' w a s e n tire ly w ith the
House, co m posed o f Turner, N icol, M cLauchlan and Lew is P., b ut
th e ir a c tiv itie s w e re rath er obscure. On S p orts Day the Senior Relay
Team se t up a new record.
T ho m son J. T. w a s U nder O fficer in the C.C.F. and the Inspec­
tio n Parade w a s a g re at cre d it to him and all under him. O ther
Senior Ranks in the C.C.F. have been B ro w n , i/ c R.A.F., S cott,
Duff A. M ., Bethune, Fraser, W rig h t I., and Sneddon. T urn er has
had a ve ry responsible job in the A rm o u ry.
Bethune has appeared m any tim e s a t the Organ and it w a s
m o s t fittin g th a t he sh ou ld play fo r his last service here. His per­
fo rm a nce in H .M .S. Pinafore w a s p o ssib ly the h ig h lig h t o f his m any
m usical a c tivitie s. Steele C. D. has been a ve ry staunch leader o f
the sm all Episcopal band, and has seem ed unruffled by large
n um bers o f Presbs, and even a Lutheran, appearing fo r C om m union.
Prizes on Speech Day w ere w on by Fraser H. in G eography,
and Duff A. M . in French. Bethune w o n a special M u sic prize later.
The Cups w e have w o n th is year w ere 2nd X V , Squash,
S w im m in g , S enior V ic to r Ludorum S w im m in g (R e id ), M iddle V ic to r
Ludorum S w im m in g (D e lb a rre ), S h oo tin g, Senior Piping (G ra y ),
Senior V ic to r Ludorum A th le tic s (M c B rid e ) and H ockey. W e had
e x a c tly half the 1st H ockey XI in the House (co u n tin g Gall as the ^ ) .
A s a reaction a gainst the Library S tu d y in the Easter Term ,
there w a s a m ilk craze in the S um m er and 36 boys b o u g h t tw o
p in ts a w eek. I th in k it w a s really M c B rid e 's idea, and I should
p a rtic u la rly like to th a n k him fo r his running o f the House o ve r the
year and being an o u tsta n d in g and inspiring House C aptain. W e
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shall m iss him and all o u r leavers ve ry sa dly, fo r th e ir sociable
m anners, th e ir high m orale, th e ir sense o f d u ty and fu n , and the
positive c o n trib u tio n s th e y have made to life here.
C on gra tula tion s to M r. and M rs. G lim m on the b irth o f th e ir
son, Craig.
On the 7th Ju ly I had the sad d u ty o f representing the House
at the funeral service o f M r. John Hall, C hairm an o f the G overnors,
and our deep sym p a th y is extended to his son John, M rs. Hall and
th eir fam ily.
T.C.G.F.
House C o lo u rs w e re a w a rd e d to: B R O W N , C A R M IC H A E L L., DUFF A . M .,
DUFF P. A ., FRASER H. G., GREEN R. H., M cLE A N , SC O TT, SCROGGIE,
STEELE C. D „ T H O M S O N J. T „ T H O M S O N P. R. P.
House C a p ta in s o f S p o rt:
Rugby: D. J. M cBR ID E.
C ricke t: C. D. STEELE.
H ockey: I. R. M cLE A N .
A th le tic s : D. J. M cBR ID E.
Boxing: L. H. A . C A R M IC H A E L .
C ro ss -C o u n try : H. G. FRASER.
S h o o tin g :
S w im m in g :
Squash: C.
S a iling : G.
T en n is and
D. R. B R O W N .
M . J. REID.
G. SCROGGIE,
S. M A S S O N .
S k i-in g : I. W R IG H T .
RUTHVEN
W ith a reduction in num bers th is year R uthven has begun to
e njoy some of the physical b enefits arising fro m the b irth of Leburn.
In the S tud y Block both Ju n io rs and Seniors have m ore e lb o w
room, and the freed space in the J u n io r C om m on Room in particular
has made it possible fo r the firs t tim e to give each b oy a 'p a d ' o f his
o w n . N ext year there w ill be a fu rth e r red uctio n to a b o u t s ixty,
w hich w ill co m p le te the num erical tra n sitio n .
B ut som e new d ifficu ltie s are beginning to appear, especially
in games. A 20% c u t in n um bers gives ve ry little reserve stren gth
in, say, rugger; and selection fo r the House 2nd X V depended more
on being 'on gam es' than on rug by p ro w e ss. It seem s like ly th a t
an individual sta r player w ill m ake a good deal m ore difference to
results than h itherto.
Turning fro m the general to the p articula r, o u r early u n typ ica l
dearth o f silverw a re concealed som e fine perform ances. The u n ­
official 'b o o k ’ p u t us d o w n as rank o u tsid e rs in Senior R ugby, b ut
our X V played w ith rare fire and s p irit, and w e came to the final
round w ith a good chance. H ow ever, a stron g S im pson side played
to its p otential and deservedly w o n . The J u n io r X V made no m istake
and have the m akings o f a fine side. O ur boxers w ere plagued by
inju ry, n o t all caused in boxing (on e w o rth y sharpened his finger
instead o f his p e n c il), b u t courage — and skill — gave us second
place. In C ro ss-co u n try to o w e w ere pipped on the post. The Ski
Cup w e n t on its brief annual trip to the Dining Hall fo r re­
presentation. For m o st of us, ski-ing as a sp e c ta to r s p o rt is lim ite d
to the 'te lly ', b u t I should like to m en tion the e xcellen t results
achieved by the b ro the rs Low and B utchart.
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B ut in general w e m ig h t have been forgiven at Easter fo r
th in k in g it w a s n ot o u r year. H ow ever, te a m w o rk and persistence
w ere to pay off. In the final w e e ks o f the year w e s w e p t the board,
w in n in g the S enior C ricket, A th le tic s and M u sic C om pe titio ns, plus
a share in the G olf tro p h y. In m usic, tim e fo r rehearsal w a s very
lim ited, and I have no d o u b t th a t o u r w in n in g m argin w o u ld have
been m uch gre ate r b u t fo r th is. The A th le tic s v ic to ry w as a w o rth y
team e ffo rt, b u t m ention m u s t be made o f the c o n trib u tio n s o f
W a te rs to n , M cN ico l, K. C. M ackenzie and Ling, and o f the exam ple
o f d edication set by R. H. M cQ ueen.
S u rp risin g ly perhaps, w o rk has n o t been neglected. I th in k it
fa ir to say th a t on paper o u r academ ic 'm e an ' falls s lig h tly b e lo w
the School as a w ho le, b u t there has been a good approach to fo rm a l
w o rk . There has ce rta in ly been a m arked reduction in the nece ssity
to issue 'w o rk c a rd s ', and the q u a n tity o f 'lin e s' and 'extra w o rk ' set
has been w e ll d o w n on last year. O ur G.C.E. results m ay not prove
s ta rtlin g , b u t m o s t boys w ill achieve th e ir p otential. There have
been ind ivid ua l successes. J. M. Baxter, Parker, D. R. D. Low and
G. E. S m ith w ere Speech Day p rizew in ne rs; and C. R. Hay and
Cam eron w o n Form Prizes.
L ittle of th is w o u ld have been achieved w ith o u t a lead to
fo llo w ; and th ro u g h o u t the year the P refects have all set an excellent
exam ple in th e ir respective fields. In p articula r, J. M. Sm ith has
been an o u tsta n d in g Head o f House, d e m o n stra tin g the real rew ards
of p u ttin g service firs t. There have o f course been d ifficulties and
d is a p p o in tm e n ts, b u t in general the e ver-p re se n t m in o rity w h o p ut
self firs t has shrunk. W e had a good cro p o f new boys, and it is
pleasant to record th a t in a n um ber o f spheres, fo r exam ple in w o rk
done on the N ature Trails, service and co -o pe ra tion has been the
d o m in a n t them e there too.
D .A.R .W .
Head o f House: J. M . S M IT H
D e p u ty Head o f House: J. M . DODS.
P refects:
J. M . B A XTER , R. H. M cQ U EEN , J. H. R. PARKER, D. R. D. LO W ,
N. J. W A T E R S T O N
C a p ta in s, etc.
R ugby: J. M . S M IT H .
H o cke y: J. M . S M IT H .
C ric k e t: J. H. R. PARKER.
B oxing: J. M . S M IT H .
S w im m in g : J. P. R E N W IC K .
A th le tic s : R. H. M cQ U EEN.
C ro s s -c o u n try : R. H. M cQ UEEN.
S ki-in g : D. R. D. LO W .
S h o o tin g : I. T. W A TT E R S .
T ennis: J. M . BAXTER.
M u s ic : J. H. R. PARKER.
House C o lo u rs:
J. M . S M IT H , R. H. M cQ U E E N , J. M . DO DS, J. H R. PARKER, D. R. D. LO W ,
N. J, W A T E R S T O N , M . T. M A C K E N Z IE , J. P. R E N W IC K , E. G. M AC KE N ZIE .
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SIMPSON
It has been m ore of a year fo r w o rk than cups, I th ink. W e
retained th e -S e n io r Rugger again, and w o n the Rugger League and
the C ro ss-C o un try. B ut on Speech Day w e ran off w ith half the
prizes w ith Charles Laidlaw w in n in g the English and the Econom ics
(to E d inb urgh ), Ian G ordon the M ath s (to C a m b rid g e ), Colin
R obertson the Physics (to C a m b rid g e ), Alan W a ts o n the C h e m istry
(to Essex), John Owen the Latin (to C a m b rid g e ), Kenneth Cassels
the A rt (to A u stra lia , perhaps) and A n d re w Law son the D raw ing
(still w ith us). I have not bothered to add 'w e hope' w h e re necessary,
it has been a good year fo r w o rk , th erefore, b u t n ot so good fo r
m usic, w here in the House Cup w e, as th e y say, failed to tro u b le
the scorer. (P radi, com e back to u s!) G uitars, yes, w e seem to
be w e ll supplied w ith those. B ut o f people w h o can teach a partsong to a ch oir w e are m uch in need. In cid e n ta lly, w e w ere to ld
w e w ere g ettin g a second M o za rt in C harles M cN ee a year ago, b ut
w hen he arrived w e d iscovered th a t his last headm aster had been
m ixing him up w ith som eone else and so w e are back at the
beginning again. A n d w h a t m akes the fu tu re even w o rs e is the
fa c t th a t w e are losing ju s t a bo ut all o u r nice q u ie t g u ita rs and
keeping th a t n asty e le ctric one th e y com plain a bo ut in Fife.
It is our last year d o w n in the Coven Trees d o rm ito ry , I am
glad to say. C ut off, as it has been, fro m the rest o f the House, it
contains more places to hide a packet o f tw e n ty than all the M ain
Building p ut to gether. The long w in te r plod up the hill to b re akfa st
w ill not be m issed either. To tell the tru th , it never did q uite becom e
the g en tlem en 's residence I had in m ind fo r it.
The House, like all the o thers, w ill be ten o r so less in num bers
next year, n o w th a t w e have helped to create a s ix th fo rm fo r
Leburn (A n d I w a n t it clearly u n d e rsto o d th a t o u r Form er Pupils
are n o t going to be a llo w e d to tr y to o hard a gainst us in the House
M atches. No rough ta ck lin g or a n y th in g .)
T his year, Ian Gordon has co m p le te d five adm irable te rm s as
House C aptain and one as School C aptain. I have done m y
u nsuccessful b est to persuade him to com e back again and add
to his meagre six passes at A level. S till, he w ill be a bly replaced,
in both resp on sibilitie s, b y Colin R obertson, pro vid e d he can spare
us the odd m om ent w hen he is n o t ski-in g. W e have been q uite
nautical th is year, w ith Stephen Gunn in charge o f the sailors
(M ilita ry ) and Sandy P orter the same (C iv ilia n ), w h ile tw o boys
either have crew ed o r are a b o u t to cre w in the Sir W in s to n
C hurchill. O ur o th e r House a c tiv ity is s till Beans, w ith Richard Ross
taking over from Fergie ta king o ver fro m M o rris ta king o ve r from —
w ell, I c a n 't rem em ber, b u t M r. B arker is a llo w e d to join in to o and
one day th ey w ill all m ake th e ir fo rtu n e s. Into the House have com e
brothers of a ncient s ta lw a rts , the tw o M acLeods and the tw o
M c A rth u rs , along w ith the b ro the rs o f m ore recent Birds, M agees,
and such.
P refects th is year:— G ordon, W a lk e r and R obertson became
School P refects, w ith D ouglas Barns Graham ( till he left in
D ece m b e r), Gunn, Bill Locke, N icholas Sherington, and T orquil
M acLeod, House Prefects.
Finally, the principal fig ure on the gam es field has been the
c o lo u rfu l Bruce W a lke r, com b in ing the School C aptaincy o f Rugger
and C ricket, a rare double. The ta le n t available to him in the House
M atch es w a s q uite p le n tifu l on the rugger field, b u t in the Senior
C ric k e t Cup he had to d ra w on several players from the Extra U nder
144 Game, w h ich su gg ests th a t w e o u g h t to be a llow ed to include
e x -c ric ke te rs like Slogger G ordon in fu tu re , if they w ill o nly change
the rules. I th in k th a t W a lk e r rath er despaired o f a steady, w e llg rounded w in , on the w h o le , because he had his h ousem aster
scram bling across the school roo f to retrieve his sixes before w e lost.
D.E.Y.
ACTIVITIES
It is a lw ays d iffic u lt to assess the stren gth of a c tiv itie s in the
School, and m ore reports often do no ju stice w h a tso eve r to w h a t is
happening. There are, fo r exam ple, various social a c tiv itie s w h ich
o ccu r a n n u a lly — b all-roo m dancing, learning to drive, St. A n d re w 's
N ig h t are three w h ic h com e im m e d ia te ly to m ind — b ut w hose form
takes on a pattern o f in e v ita b ility . R eports on them every year
w o u ld take up space w ith reports w ho se c o n te n t is ve ry d iffic u lt
to va ry fro m year to year. T his is n o t to deny the social w o rth of
these a c tivitie s, b u t suffice it to say th a t th ey are s till going on.
A s im ila r d iffic u lty o ccurs w hen w e co nside r some o f the
c u ltu ra l a c tiv itie s o f the School. W ith o u t going to great expense
to reproduce exam ples o f paintin gs it w o u ld be d iffic u lt to do
ju s tic e to the great a m o un t o f a c tiv ity and the p ro lific p ro d u ctio n
o f w o rk s o f a rt in the A r t D epartm ent. One notes w h a t a difference
is made to the new d in ing hall w hen there is a perm anent art
e x h ib itio n in it, and one notes, too, th a t m any o f o u r v is ito rs have
been v is ib ly im pressed and co m m ented fa vou ra b ly on it. It is,
perhaps, a measure o f the q u a lity and a m o un t o f p aintin g th a t is
done in the School n ow th a t w e a lm o st take its pervasive presence
fo r granted. A blank w a ll, u n fa m ilia rly bare because one p aintin g
has been taken d o w n and it a w a its a replacem ent, com es as a jo lt.
T est y o u r reaction n ext tim e you w a lk d ow n the passage from
the entrance hall to the lib ra ry staircase. If there is n 't a p aintin g
on th a t w a ll one becom es aw are o f a sense o f unease, th a t so m e ­
th in g is n 't q u ite rig ht. Y e t these paintin gs are n ot the o n ly things
o f w o rth being produced in the S chool. In the art room s them selves
there are m any good pencil or pen-a nd -in k figure dra w in gs; p o tte ry
and w ea ving are popular, too, altho ug h w e see little o f w h a t is
done in th a t branch o f the A r t D ep artm en t — e xcept fo r the
occasional g lim pse as w e pass the p o tte ry room . So great has been
the in te re st in A rt over the past fe w years th a t it has even becom e
a pop ular 0 Level s u b je ct w h ic h boys are w illin g to take in th e ir
spare tim e.
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Then, allied in som e w a ys to the A r t D epartm ent, w e have a
w o o d -w o rk a c tiv ity w h ich is flo u rish in g . Except on Speech Days
and at the end o f term w hen w e see cars d ep arting stacked w ith
coffee-tables, bookcases, and o th e r item s o f fu rn itu re ve ry little is
seen o f th at. But it exists, it flourishes, and in its q u ie t w a y — if
saws and lathes can be called q u ie t— it makes a genuine and
m ajor c o n trib u tio n to the School.
A p a rt from these fo rm a l a c tivitie s, there are o th e r less form al
societies — w e reported the e xistence o f one in these co lu m n s last
year. Those w h o read the n otice -b oa rd s reg ula rly — and o u r e x ­
perience is th a t there are very fe w w h o do— w ill have fo un d interest
and am usem ent at one series o f notices. W e are n ot referring to the
tre n d y or e ye-catch ing posters o f the D ebating S o c ie ty or the
M usic Society, b ut to the se m i-no tices, se m i-p e titio n s , s e m i-s ta te ­
m ents o f beliefs w h ich the Sem i-Zen M a c ro b io tic S o ciety
propagates. To say th a t th is S o cie ty has p ro life rate d w o u ld n ot
be, perhaps, the rig h t th in g . It has c e rta in ly branched o u t, though.
It now claim s, in a note to us, to be no less than five th in g s at
once — The N eo pla ton ic S o ciety, The Nietzschean U nited F e llo w ­
ship; The Parnellian Revival S tu d y G roup, The M ichael Bakunin
Rem em brance Brigade (su re ly the sm allest brigade e v e r), and the
Pixie M ovem ent. This la tte r has no co n n e ctio n w ith e ithe r Riley
House or the A g ro -T e ch n o lo g ists. Indeed, th is so cie ty claim s o nly
a tenuous co nn ectio n w ith the Pixies a nyw ay, since it appears th a t
there are som e 'in solu ble d ifficu ltie s conce rn ing the reform of
so cie ty' (The h ou sem asters?). It should be added th a t o n ly a
sm all n um ber o f names ( tw o or th re e) ever seem to be connected
in any w a y w ith any o f the a ctiv itie s o f these m ovem ents, w h ils t
th e ir reso lu tio ns are fre q u e n tly signed by people w hose names do
not appear on the S ch oo l's official lists — A . H itler, fo r exam ple.
Of the more fo rm a l societies, w e suppose the Y oung Farm ers'
Club to exist, though w e have had no co m m u n ica tio n fro m it.
There s till seems to be a fa ir degree o f in te re st in s ta m p -c o lle c tin g ,
especially a m o ng st the ju n io r fo rm s, b u t there has been an absence
of aero-m odels and th e ir a tte n d a n t noise. W e understand, though,
th a t there is an aw akening in te re st in e le ctron ics, and perhaps w e
shall be able to rep ort on th is next year. P hotography co n tin u e s to
exist, b ut o nly ju st. W hen one considers the enorm ous range of
subjects th a t is available w ith in the School grounds, one finds it
strange th a t the P hotographic S o cie ty has never had a m ore than
highly te nu ou s existence in the past fe w years. It is ve ry d is a p p o in t­
ing, fo r exam ple, th a t no-one is w illin g to produce p ho tographs
fo r the magazine. A s fa r as w e can gath er the main pre -o ccup atio n
of the so cie ty is to obtain an enlarger — to enlarge w h a t? Evidence
of any serious p ho to g ra p h y going on in the School is nil.
One item w h ich w e do get fo r p u b lica tio n is w h a t m ig h t be
called original w ritin g . W e received a fa ir q u a n tity o f c o p y fo r
this issue, some o f it good, som e o f it m ediocre, and som e o f it
d o w n rig h t bad. W e have in the past p rinted som e o f th is m aterial,
but th is year w e fe lt th a t it did n ot s o rt w ith a m agazine o f th is
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kind. One regrets th a t there is n 't an o u tle t fo r poem s and occasional
pieces, b u t even W in g Forw ard in its la tte r days did n o t ca ter fo r
it, m ainly on the g rounds th a t it w as n o t a sound selling point.
A s w ith the p o lic y started last year, then, w e p rin t a selection
o f the a c tiv ity reports, and w e include in th is section the various
C.C.F. reports, too. A fte r all, th e se ction s in the C.C.F. pro ba bly
p ro vid e m ore varied and interestin g a ctiv itie s than m o s t o f our
readers w ill readily a dm it.
M U SIC NOTES
There is no d o u b t th a t the experience w h ic h the orchestra
gained in a ccom pa nyin g T h e C re atio n ' in M arch, 1970 c o n trib u te d
g re a tly to w a rd s the success o f th e ir a ccom pa nim en t to H.M .S.
Pinafore' th is year, fo r the personnel has n o t g re atly changed.
Flaving to be retice nt, y e t th o ro u g h ly co nfid en t, does n o t come
easily b u t the orchestra w ere accom plishin g th is fa irly p ro fessio na lly
by the tim e th a t th e y had reached the m ain perform ance o f the
opera. The strin g section is m o s tly s till ve ry young and fo r th a t
reason its fu tu re looks b righ t. W e have also had the s u p p o rt this
year o f Ann Lynch, a very good French horn player from K ilgra ston ,
and M iss C ra w ford , the H eadm aster's secretary, w h o plays the
flu te .
The second and th ird orchestras th is year have com bined
forces, pro du cing an orchestra as large as the School orchestra and
w ith a ve ry stro n g vio lin section. M a n y of them w ill be going into
the School orchestra n ext year.
The C ho ir has n o t really been one o f the best. It has not
achieved a ve ry high standard fo r w e e k ly anthem s (a lis t o f w h ich
is given e lse w h e re ). The w eakness has been in the tenors w ho
have lacked confidence and have been rather overshadow ed by
m any experienced basses. It is possible th a t n ext year the s itu a tio n
w ill be reversed as all the basses b u t one w ill be leaving at the end
of th is term . On the o th e r hand fo r o ccasions such as the Carol
Service and 'M u s ic in St. G iles' the ch o ir succeeded in overcom ing
these d iffic u ltie s and w as able to p u t on good perform ances.
A lis t o f the program m es o f co nce rts is given below .
INFORMAL CONCERT
T h u rs d a y 10 th Decem ber 1970
7.45 p .m . in th e M u s ic Room
1. O rche stra
Dance o f th e T u m b le rs ................................................................
R im sky K o rsa ko v
2. T w o P ianos
A . W . B ethune, J. H. R. Parker.
S e cond M o v e m e n t fro m th e Piano C o n c e rto No. 2 ................. S h o sta ko vich
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3. F olk S ingers
G. G. R obbie, C. D. G. L a id la w .
Five H undred M ile s ........................................................................................ T ra d itio n a l
Carolina ................................................................................................. C. D. G. L a id la w
The Last T hin g s on m y M in d ................................................................ T om P a xto n
4. O rchestra
Five Dances ..................................................................................................................... L u lly
M a r c h /G a v o tte /A ir/G a v o tte /M a rc h .
5. C la rin e t S olo
F. G. R. G illanders.
F antasiestuck (o p 73) ................................................................................... S chum ann
6. O rchestra
Three Pieces fro m "C a rm e n " ................................................................................ B ize t
P re lu d e /A ra g o n a is e /M a rc h .
7. T w o Pianos
A . W . Bethune, J. H. R. Parker.
Second M o v e m e n t fro m the Fourth Piano C o n c e rto ......................... B e e th o v e n
8. S e c o n d /T h ird O rchestras
T w o S tu d e n t Songs ........................................................................................ T ra d itio n a l
9. T e n o rs/B a sse s
Jo n a h-M a n Jazz .......................................................................................
M ic h a e l H urd
10. O rchestra
Thunder and L ig h tn in g Polka ........................................................... Jo h a nn S trauss
CHOIR A N D ORCHESTRA
St. Giles' Cathedral — M a y 30th 1971
M usic at 6.00 p.m.
S uite o f Five Dances fo r O rchestra ........................................................................... L u lly
M a r c h /G a v o tte /A ir/T rio /M a rc h .
A ria fo r C ello and P ia n o ................................................................................... F lor Peeters
C ello: P. J. H unter, Piano: G. M arshall, Esq.
C o ron a tio n A n th e m : " L e t th y hand be s tre n g th e n e d " .................................... H andel
M usic during the Service
HYM NS:
Sing to the Lord a J o y fu l Song.
C om e D o w n , 0 Love D ivine.
S o ld ie rs o f C hrist, A rise.
VO LUNTARY:
Three M ove m e n ts, arranged fro m an Organ C o n c e rto in F .......................... H andel
i A lle g ro
ii A d a g io
iii M arch
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SPEECH DAY CONCERT PROGRAMME
1. O rche stra
M azurka fro m " S w a n L a ke " ..................................................................... T c h a ik o v s k y
2. In s tru m e n ta l Q u a rte t
T w o songs fro m " P o rg y and Bess
(a ) "O h , I c a n 't s it d o w n ".
( b ) " S u m m e rtim e ".
. G e rs h w in
(arr. D u ro )
3. Piano (J . H. R. P arker) and O rche stra
2nd M o v e m e n t fro m Piano C o n c e rto No.
2 .................................. S h o s ta k o v ic h
4. S e c o n d O rche stra
Indian L am ent ......
M arch in C M a jo r
M iw o k C hant (arr. J u re y )
........... C zerny (arr. J u re y )
5. T en o rs and Basses
F our N o rth A m e ric a n Folk Songs ........................................................... T ra d itio n a l
(a ) "D a rk as a D u n g e o n ".
(b ) " D r ill ye T e rrie rs ".
( c ) "T h e H o u s e w ife 's L a m e n t".
( d ) "S ix te e n T o n s ".
6. O rche stra
T h u n d e r and L ig h tn in g Polka ........................................................... Johann Strauss
N a tio n a l A n th e m
A n th e m s sung b y the c h o ir th is year have been:
C re a tio n 's Hym n (B e e th o v e n ); G loria in Excelsis (H a y d n ); The w a te rs
s to o d lik e w a lls o f brass (J o h n G a rd n e r); From God shall naught d iv id e us
(S c h u tz ); T hy m ercy, Jehovah (M a rc e llo ); L et us n o w praise fam ous men
(V a u g ha n W illia m s ); N unc D im ittis in G (S ta n fo rd ); Te Deum (M a lc o lm
W illia m s o n ); Sleepers A w a k e (M e n d e ls s o h n ); Laudate Nom en D o m in i (T y e );
Praise to the Lord (M ic h a e l H u rd ); J u b ila te Deo (d e V ile ); M a g n ific a t in C
( S ta n fo rd ); G ive ear u n to me (M a rc e llo ); Ride on in m a je s ty (M a lc o lm
W illia m s o n ); T his J o y fu l E a ste rtide (arr. C harles W o o d ); N o w Jesus C h rist,
th e Son o f God (B a c h ); A g n u s Dei (H a y d n ); Let th y hand be s tre n g th e n e d
(H a n d e l); Sing w e m e rrily (B a tte n ); V e n ite (K e n n eth L e ig h to n ); T ho u w ilt
keep him in p e rfe c t peace (W e s le y ); Psalm s 67, 93 and 121 (G e lin e a u ).
A m o n g th e c a ro ls sung a t the Carol S e rvice w ere:
T his is the tru th s e n t from above (arr. Vaughan W illia m s ); P sallite
U n ig e n ito (P ra e to riu s ); On T his Day (arr. H o ls t); A s Joseph w a s a -w a lk in g ;
0 little one s w e e t (B a c h ); The A n g e ls and the S hepherds (arr. C. H. T re v o r);
N o w e ll (J o h n J o u b e rt).
The fo llo w in g b o ys have passed A s s o c ia te d Board M u s ic Exa.ms:
B ethune, A. W . Piano Grade 6.
Elder, R. A . Piano G rade 5.
G illa n d e rs, F. G. R. C la rin e t Grade 5 ( M e r it).
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P o w rie , R. A D. Flute G rade 5.
Ling, T. S. V io lin Grade 5.
L o w ,J . A . D. Piano G rade 5.
H unter, P. D. T h e o ry G rade 5; V io lin
(D is tin c tio n ) .
G rade
4
( M e r it ) ;
G rade 3
Rennie, I. B. C la rin e t G rade 4.
Pate, D. H. V io lin G rade 3.
B axter, C. H. V io lin G rade 3.
F ingland, D. R. I. V io lin G rade 3.
Paisley, J. V io lin G rade 2.
M a c A d a m , F. G. V io lin G rade 1 ( D is tin c tio n ) .
G illa n d e rs, D. M . N. V io lin G rade 1 (D is tin c tio n ) .
N e w to n , D. R. T h e o ry G rade 1.
Ja m ie so n , R. M . T h e o ry G rade 1.
M USIC SOCIETY
This year has been s lig h tly less active than last: there w as, fo r
exam ple, no large co nce rt, o f w h ich w e try to have at least one
every year, b u t w e had a good n um ber o f sm aller events during
the A u tu m n and Spring Term s. These included organ recitals by,
from 'in s id e ' M r. W e st, and fro m St. N inian 's C athedral, Perth,
M r. R obert G illings, th is in N o v e m b e r— and a th ird by M r. W illia m
C oulthard o f G lasgow A ca d e m y — th is in February, th e increasing
attendance at these evenings sh o w in g how th e ir p o p u la rity is
increasing. Earlier, in O ctober, w e had an e xce lle n t recital by J.
M ouland Begbie, v io lin , M r. G. M arshall, flu te, M r. G. W e s t, piano,
and P. J. H unter, 'ce llo. To all these w e extend o u r m o st gra teful
thanks fo r the m ost enjoyable e n te rta in m e n t th ey have given us.
W e w ere hoping to have the John S crim g er Singers from
Perth, w h o w ere to p erform negro sp iritu a ls interspersed w ith
readings from the Bible, b u t th is u n fo rtu n a te ly had to be cancelled,
due to the sudden illness o f John S crim g er him self. W e hope th a t
th ey w ill find tim e to pay us a v is it in the com ing w in te r.
On Speech Day, w e gave o u r n ow regular co n ce rt in the
afternoon. A gain m any th an ks to the perform ers on th is occasion.
They w ere: A. W . Bethune, P. J. H unter, J. H. R. Parker, F. G. R.
Gillanders, T. S. Ling and P. D. H unter.
F inally, o u r grateful appre ciatio n goes to M iss M ille r and
M rs. M cC a llu m fo r p ro vid in g coffee a fte r o u r fu n c tio n s , and w e
extend thanks to M r. M arshall w h o has been in stru m e n ta l in g e ttin g
to g e th e r a program m e fo r us o ve r the last couple o f years, and w ho
has k in d ly acted as
P resident o f the Society. W e w is h him m any
hours of happy m usic in the
French capital. O ther office bearers
were:
V ic e -P re s id e n t: A . W . B ethune.
S e cre tary: T.
K. Lunan.
T re a su re r: J. D. D. Ingram .
M em b e rs o f th e C o m m itte e : N. J. B. F ielding , A . M . Duff, J. D. H e rbe rt,
P J. H unter, J. H. R. Parker, R. A . Elder, W . J. G. S m ith , P. D. H unter.
T.K.L.
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DEBATING SOCIETY
The debating season at S trathallan seem s to coincide roughly
w ith the rug by season, w h ich co uld a cco u n t fo r the a ttitu d e o f the
m a jo rity o f boys to w a rd s debating. W h e n w e go to a debate the
a ttitu d e is m ore one o f m aking sure w e w in than having a good
debate. W e all vo te so lid ly fo r the S trathallan side o f the argum ent,
and w h e n w e com e back the q ue stio n is 'D id you w in ? ' rather than
'W h a t w a s it like? ' (O ne co uld equally call th is a House o f
C om m ons syn drom e — Ed.)
H ow e ver, th is year, th ou gh w e have had fe w debates, the
s u p p o rt has been q uite good, perhaps m ainly due to F ielding's
hard w o rk , and he w ill be m issed — though speakers w ill be
th a n k fu l th a t th e y no lon ge r have to brave his c u ttin g eloquence
fro m the floor. W e have taken the 'S tra th a llia n 's ' advice o f last
year, to o , and n ow hold o u r m eetings in the Sixth Form Hall, so th a t
o ur audiences are no lon ge r decim ated by the co u n te r-a ttra c tio n of
te levision .
The season sta rte d w ith a debate on hippies, m ainly to prepare
fo r the English Speaking U n io n 's In te r-S ch o o l's Debating C o m p e ti­
tio n. Our p re pa ra tion s ca n n o t have been th orou g h enough, as w e
lo s t in the firs t round w ith Steele and Lait defending the m otion
'T his house believes th a t fa n ta sy, n o t fa ct, m akes life bearable
to d a y '.
H ow ever, e verybo dy enjoyed the debate w h ic h w as held
a t K ilgra ston . The m otio n w as T h is house believes th a t m ilita n t
black p o w e r is d e stro yin g the coloured cause'. W e managed to
fo o l the partisan m em bers o f the audience by having m ixed team s.
The m o tio n w a s carried. In the Spring Term w e m anaged to achieve
a situ a tio n com parable o n ly to a riot. Fielding consented to a ct as
chairm an on the m otio n 'B e tte r dead than red'. T hanks to some
p s e u d o -M a rxists, co m p le te w ith little red books, w e d id n 't manage
to g e t a vo te, and the evening ended in chants and slogans.
The high s p o t o f the year w a s u n d o u b te d ly a debate w e had
in the S um m er Term w ith St. Leonard's a t St. A n d re w s . Lait and
N icol carried the day o pposing the m otio n 'T his House deplores the
influence o f te le visio n on m odern s o c ie ty ’ . W e w ere n ob ly e n te r­
tained by St. Leonards, and w e hope th a t it m ig ht be possible to
return the h o s p ita lity next year.
G C H L
SCIENCE SOCIETY
D espite the postal strike, it w a s possible to organise and
pre sen t to the s o c ie ty 's 79 m em bers a fu lle r and more varied
program m e than has been planned fo r m any years. A record to ta l
o f th irty -s ix film s o f in d u stria l and m ore general s u b je c t in te re s t
w ere s h o w n during the A u tu m n and Spring Term s. W e also extend
o u r g ra teful th a n ks to the fo llo w in g w h o delivered lectures to the
s o cie ty: M r. A. A. D ickie (E le c tro n ic s ), Dr. W . G. Ferrier (G eneration
o f E le c tric ity ), Dr. B. S tonehouse (A n ta rc tic R esearch), and M r. P.
E. G rigsb y (The H e a rt).
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In addition three external v is its w ere arranged — to Emihus
M icro co m p on en ts, G lenrothes, in the A u tu m n T erm , and to BP
Chemicals a t G rangem outh and the C o m p u te r U n it a t Dundee
College o f T ech no log y during the Spring Term .
W e are o f course ind eb te d to M r. P. A. Barker, o u r Vice
President, fo r his p ractical a ssistance in the running o f the so cie ty.
O ffice-B earers:
Chairm an: J. W . Locke.
S e cre ta ry: J. D. H e rbe rt.
Treasurer: R. A . Rodger.
C o m m itte e : J. H. M cL a u ch la n , J. M .
C o tto n .
B a xte r, J. P. R e n w ic k , C. J.
^ASTRO NO M ICAL SOCIETY
W e w e lco m e d Rev. M o n te ith to the office o f p re sid e n t o f th is
so cie ty at the beginning o f the session. D uring the ye ar the postal
strike played havoc w ith arrangem ents, and w e w ere o nly able to
see fo u r film s. H ow ever, w e did fit in a lecture — b y Dr. A. E.
Roy o f G la sgo w U n iv e rs ity — and o u r annual v is it to Dundee
O bservatory. U n fo rtu n a te ly w e a th e r co n d itio n s w ere poor fo r th is
last, and w e co uld o n ly catch a q u ick g lim pse o f S aturn and the
ring system th ro ug h the 10-inch Cooke te lesco pe before the w e a th e r
closed in again. N evertheless w e did see the new planetarium in
operation and also saw som e e xcellen t slides w hich the c u ra to r
had taken th ro ug h the telescope.
1970-71 S e ssio n O ffice -B e are rs.
P resident: Rev. W . M o n te ith .
C hairm an: R. W . Ross.
S e c re ta ry : P. S. H ib b e rd .
T re a su re r: S. F. G unn.
COMBINED CADET FORCE
The last A rm y P roficiency Board on the old lines w a s held in
the Easter Term . Training has w id e n e d g re a tly under the new 'A p e x '
scheme, and cadets can be tested in s w im m in g , su rvival, rockclim bing, band, bugling, signals and o th e r sim ila r a c tiv itie s . An
accum ulated lis t o f a ctiv itie s can be cred ited to ind ivid ua l cadets,
including o f course m ilita ry to p ics.
A p a rty o f Naval cadets w ere in the Guard o f H onour fo r the
opening o f H .M .S. C am pe rdo w n by the Queen M o th e r on the 2 1st
O ctober 1970.
The R.A.F. S ection held a parade and w ere inspected by the
C om m anding O fficer o f R.A.F. Leuchars on the 5th February, to
celebrate th e ir foun din g as an A.T.C . Squadron 30 years before to
the day.
A n o th e r su ccessfu l cam p w a s held a t R.A.F. Luqa, M alta, b ut
it w as w ith sincere regret th a t the A rm y Cam p planned at
M achrahanish had to be cancelled at the last m inute because of
NATO exercises. A sm all A rd u o u s Training G reenfields Cam p w a s
held at the end o f the S um m er Term fo r those w h o w ere to o sad
at the th o u g h t o f n ot going to Camp.
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A ir V ice -M a rsh a l R. G. W a k e fo rd carried o u t the General
In spe ction o f th e c o n tin g e n t on Friday 28th M ay. The Parade and
M arch Past w ere held on Big A cre fo r the firs t tim e, and the
h e lico p te r landed at the pond end. Both the H eadm aster, in m o rta r­
board and g o w n , and the O.C. in kilt, fo un d it d ifficu lt to preserve
th e ir d ig n ity on m arching fo rw a rd to m eet the Inspecting Officer.
The Parade, M arch Past, tu rn -o u t, and indeed the varied training
th a t w as seen in the afte rn oo n w ere all ve ry successful. The
Guard o f H on ou r fro m all three se ction s fo rm e d the firs t line on the
parade, w ith the rem ainder behind, and the m agnificent w ea th er
and the se ttin g on Big A cre com bined to make a very sm art parade.
The School C aptain, I. Gordon, having o pted o u t o f C.C.F. fo r
C am bridge exam s fo un d he could not do w ith o u t it, and sp e n t a
g re at deal o f tim e on c o n s tru c tin g and a dm inistering the A s s a u lt
course. His tu nn el proved a rather unpleasant experience, b u t w as
deemed to be w id e enough fo r anyone w hen Law rance d u ly
appeared at the fa r end. I hope Gordon never fin ds him self in charge
o f a C on cen tratio n Camp!
The Pipes and D rum s served us e xtre m ely w e ll th is year. W e
co uld not a tte n d the G lasgow C o m p e titio n u n fo rtu n a te ly because
it clashed w ith Speech Day, b u t w e played o u r best a t Fettes. Our
o n ly successes on th a t occasion w ere in D ancing w hen Langford
and C hrystal gained som e high places. W e had a sm all c o m p e titio n
a gainst G lenalm ond on the w o rs t day o f th e te rm , so it had to take
place in the gym .
The Speech Day R etreat w a s p a rticu la rly sm art and all c o n ­
cerned are to be co ng ra tu la te d. Cox Gunn w as in charge o f the
parade. S e ctions w ere com m anded by P.O. Duff, Sgts. Bethune
and S m ith , F /S g t. S tirling and Pipe M a jo r M cLean. The buglers
w e re O w en and Leishm an, and the Naval Piper Stark.
M a jo r John Flem ing lectured on the A s c e n t o f T irich M ir, in
the A u tu m n Term , and there w as an A irb o rn e Forces Presentation
in February.
C o n g ra tu la tio n s to Je nkins on g e ttin g into S andhurst. V arious
Old Boys in the Services have appeared o ve r the year, including
W in g Cdr. E. S m ith and P /O B. C. Y oung w h o w ere official g ue sts
fo r the In spe ction , 2 /L t. Lamb w h o is in the G ordons, and a ve ry
noisy h elicop ter p ilo t! D. M. S. Robbie, P. D. C. W a rb u rto n and
M. W . Cran w ere all co m m issio n e d in to the Royal A rtille ry .
U / 0 T hom son, P /M M cLean and CpI. Fraser attended Frim ley
Park courses.
Capt. G rigsb y le ft in D ecem ber a fte r long service in the Corps.
I should like to th a n k him fo r all his w o rk and m any am using
m em ories a t C am ps o ve r the years. M y parting advice to him is
to rem em ber to keep his so cks dry! M r. Pearson has taken over
the A rm y train in g . W e w e lco m e M r. D u tto n ve ry w a rm ly w h o has
already been tra n s fo rm in g the Signals section.
T.C.G.F.
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S e n io r Ranks in th e A rm y S e ctio n :
U n d e r O fficer: T h o m so n J. T.
S ergeants: B e thune, S m ith J. M.
C o rp o ra ls : Fraser H., Je n kin s.
Pipes and D rum s: P /M M cLean, D /S g t. W o lfe , th e n S c o tt P.
A rm o u re r: L /C p l. T urn e r.
i / c S ignals: L /C p l. M cLa u ch la n .
ROYAL NAVAL SECTION
U n d e r O ffice r — Ingram .
C o x s w a in — G unn.
P.O.s — S c o tt, W a te rs to n , Duff.
L.S. — S m ith G. R. S., S m ith G. E., M o rto n , M a cke n zie M . T., P icke rin g ,
G iffo rd , S ta rk.
The section co m p le m e n t to ta lle d fifty -fo u r by the end o f the
Sum m er. Sub. Lieut. S tonehouse jo in e d the se ction in O ctober.
An officer o f considerable experience he has already made a
valuable c o n trib u tio n to w a rd s tra in in g , p a rticu la rly in N avigation.
In O ctober S trathallan R.N. S ection w a s asked by H.M .S.
C am perdow n to provide fifte e n cadets fo r the Royal Guard to be
inspected by Her M a je s ty Queen Elizabeth th e Queen M o th e r on
the occasion of the opening o f the R.N.R. H eadquarters in Dundee.
A lth ou g h asked o nly a fe w days beforehand the cadets invo lved
p ut in som e inten sive train in g a t H .M .S. C ondor, A rb ro a th , on
Sunday and w ere w e ll up to sta nd ard on the day. Her M a je s ty
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen M oth er, spoke to five o f the S trathallan
cadets on parade and rem arked on the sm artn ess and bearing of
the Strathallan c o n tin g e n t. A ll boys concerned w ere a c re d it to
the school — full m arks indeed.
Field Day th is year w a s p a rticu la rly e xcitin g. One half o f the
section w e n t to R osyth w he re Lt. C om m ander Bill Kelly to o k the
cadets fo r a day's sea tra in in g on H .M .S. Rapid. This proved a
valuable day's train in g and th e officers and ratings w ere excellen t
in s tru c to rs . The m o st e xcitin g part o f the cruise w a s u n d o u b te d ly
the sim ulated rescue a t sea in w h ich o u r cadets w ere the b oa t's
crew . A t a speed o f o ver th irty kn o ts the trip on Rapid w a s quite
e ven tfu l. W e w ere p a rticu la rly g ra te fu l to C.P.O. M achar w h o came
w ith us on th is occasion.
Lt. Col. Fairbairn to o k the o th e r half o f the R.N. S ection to
H.M .S. N eptune at Faslane. The w e lco m e accorded the Strathallan
cadets more than made up fo r the long bus trip and all had an
exciting and in s tru c tiv e day a t the subm arine base.
A lso in O cto b er the Naval M em be r o f the J o in t C adet Executive,
C om m ander G room , v is ite d the School fo r the firs t tim e. He is
w ell aware o f the problem s invo lved in m aking the C.C.F. an
im p o rta n t part of school life and is a lw a ys m o s t helpful and
e nthusiastic. The R.N. S ection carried o u t a norm al a fte rn o o n 's
training program m e and C om m ander G room co m m en te d on the
enthusiasm sh ow n by the boys he spoke to.
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U n fo rtu n a te ly there are som e cadets in the S ection w h o p ersist
in m aking little o r no c o n trib u tio n to tra in in g and every year there is
at least one parent w h o lets the R.N. S ection d ow n by claim ing
th a t because o f various reasons his son is unable to a tte nd camp.
A s these cam ps are arranged m any w ee ks beforehand by the
Naval E stab lish m e nts invo lve d , m uch inconvenience is caused by
the sudden w ith d ra w a ls fro m nom inal lists, p articula rly as all R.N.
C am ps have proved to be such e xcellen t value.
In A p ril e ig h t cadets w e n t on an R.N. acquaintance course at
P o rtsm o u th w h ile seven cadets a tte nd ed the C.C.F. Cam p a t R.A.F.
Luqa, M alta. This su m m e r nine cadets a tte nd ed a Sailing C ourse
at P o rtsm o u th , o the rs join ed th e ships o f the D artm outh Training
Squadron and tw e lv e cadets had a w e e k 's cruise on the C lyde by
M .F.V.
A n ine vitab le resu lt o f General Inspection is th a t little o r no
R.N. b oa t tra in in g is possible u n til a fte r th a t parade. The R.N.
Section pro vid e d a fu ll and varied program m e and th is year the
C oxsw a in and N.C.O.s p ut in a lo t o f w o rk beforehand to ensure
th a t all w e n t w e ll on the day. A fte r General Inspection the M o to r
Boat w a s tra n s p o rte d to the Tay w he re it w ill remain till N ovem ber.
Several le n g th y b oa t trip s during the la tte r end o f the te rm , p a rti­
c u la rly on S undays, gave several b oys som e experience of boat
handling. On the School pond the G.R.P. d in g h y proved valuable
la s t term by giving m o st cadets sailing practice.
It w a s w ith g re at pleasure th a t w e w e lco m e d la s t term Lieut.
Steele, the C.C.F. liaison o fficer o f H .M .S. Cochrane, R osyth, w ho
has been o f invaluable a ssistance regarding the train in g program m e
fo r next session. To C.P.O. M ach ar and o the rs w h o have v is ite d us
th ro u g h o u t the year w e are m o s t g rateful.
S e n io r P ro m o tio n s :
C o x S. F. G unn to U n d e r O fficer; P.O. W a te rs to n to C o xsw a in .
T .J.M .
THE R.A.F. SECTION
The S ection has been a ve ry se nior one th is year and had the
unique d is tin c tio n o f having both Heads o f School in it. There
w as the usual high n um ber o f cadets, w ith the exam ination
resu lts looking reasonably w e ll, although th e y could have been
b etter, over half o f the S ection having a ttained advanced proficiency.
M an y o th e r cadets are a w a itin g the results o f the June exam , so
w e m ay im p rove on th is fu rth e r.
The sh oo ting has n o t been o f such a standard as had been set
p re vio u sly, a lthough the firs t team did com e th ird in the S co ttish
A ir C adets 2nd D ivision. The c o m p e titio n s w ere also affected by
the posta l strike.
The ye a rly cam p w a s held at R.A.F. Leuchars, th is a special
fa vou r because o f the s ta rt o f the School te rm . T h irty cadets under
Fit. Lt. W o rm a ld and Fig. Off. Barker a tte nd ed and there w a s never
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a dull m om ent. There w a s am ple flyin g available, and during the
w eek m o st cadets fle w tw ic e . A s w e ll as th is m any gained m a rk s ­
man b a d g e s .( 1 " gro up ing a t 25 y a rd s ), by firing SLR's fo r th e firs t
time.
O ther cadets w e n t to cam p at R.A.F. Luqa (M a lta ) and there
flew in C anberras, S hackletons and A rg o sie s, b u t there is a separate
report elsew here.
N.C.O.s:
W .O .s: G ordon I. W ., B ro w n D. R.
Fit. S gts.: F ielding N. J. B., S tirlin g A . l „ H u n te r, P. J., W r ig h t I.
S g ts.: W illia m s o n B. S., R obbie G. G., M o o d ie A . C. G., W a tte rs I. T.
CpIs.: H ib b e rd P. S., Locke J. W ., Locke H. L., P a te rs o n -B ro w n l „
S n e ddon I. W ., D uncan S. R. C., Lunan T. K.
D.R.B.
Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the founding
of the R.A.F. Section at Strathallan
The R.A.F. S ection celebrated its 30th A n n iv e rs a ry in February
and w ere honoured w ith a v is it b y G roup C aptain F lo w le tt, the
S tation C om m ander o f R.A.F. Leuchars.
The In specting O fficer arrived by air, p ilo ting one o f the
W h irlw in d H elicopters o f 202 Squadron, a flig h t o f w h ich is based
a t Leuchars. A fte r the Guard o f H onour, co n sistin g o f 21 cadets
and 3 N.C.O.s, the Pipe Band, w h ich w as in its usual im m aculate
array, and the rest o f the parade had been inspected, the Group
Captain to o k the salute a t the m arch-past.
A fte r a fu ll insp ectio n o f the w o rk o f the S ection the Group
Captain addressed the Section. He gave a ve ry e nlightening ta lk
abo ut the fig h te r role o f the R.A.F. in the m odern fo rce s, and a bo ut
the advantages o f an R.A.F. career. W h e n he had finished his ta lk,
w e m arched o ve r to L ittle A cre to see G roup C aptain H o w le tt leave
by a helicopter flo w n o ve r fro m Leuchars to fe rry him home.
I.W .G .
MALTA 1971
A t the end o f the Easter Term w e had tw o days in w h ic h to
shake off all m em ories o f H .M .S. Pinafore and prepare ourselves fo r
M alta. On 25th M arch w e jo in e d fo rce s w ith C ity o f London and
Oakham Schools and D ollar A ca d e m y and a fte r an o v e rn ig h t flig h t
from H eathrow , w e arrived in R.A.F. Luqa.
The w h o le cam p lasted tw e lv e days and during th a t tim e w e
saw and did m any interestin g th in g s. Britain has a large in te re s t in
M alta, especially as it is one o f the m ajor bases o f all o u r forces in
the M editerranean — an a sset w h ich the new M altese G o vernm e nt
is now sadly try in g to be rid of. W h ile w e w ere in M alta, therefore,
w e sp en t m uch o f o u r schedule vis itin g m ilita ry e sta b lish m e n ts. St.
Angelo, the naval base, offered an in te re stin g selection o f a c tiv itie s .
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N ot o nly does it have m any v is its by naval vessels b u t it also has
an a ctio n -p a cke d h is to ry w ith in its stro n g fo rtific a tio n s . The A rm y
w a s also visite d ; the 1st D evon and D orsets p u t on a fine display
o f a parade fo llo w e d by precision m arching.
B ut o f course the R.A.F., being o u r hosts, w ere v is ite d m ost.
W e w ere show n round 13 and 203 S quadrons and the hig hly in trica te
p ho tog rap hic e q u ip m e n t used by them in th e ir peace-tim e role of
noting and pho tog rap hin g any a c tiv ity in the M editerranean. Having
flo w n on such a m ission fo r ten hours in a S hackleton, I am glad
if o n ly fo r the sake o f the crew s, th a t these a irc ra ft are soon to be
replaced by the m ore u p -to -d a te N im rods.
B ut on to p o f th is w e s till had p le nty o f tim e fo r o th e r a c tiv itie s .
A s w e ll as having m o s t evenings to ourselves, w e v is ite d h istorica l
sites in the island, inclu ding the Tarxien Tem ples and the H ypogeum ,
a ncient relics o f n eo lith ic man. W e sp en t three days on Gozo, a
n eighbouring island — sh an k's pony has ve ry rarely been kn o w n to
have w o rk e d so hard fo r itself. The village ta xi d river also did
p re tty healthy business!
On all v is its and e xcursio n s, w e w ere all gra teful fo r the tro u b le
p u t in by everyone concerned, n ot least M r. W o rm a ld , and the
a tte n tio n received from all personnel to make the cam p so
su ccessfu l and enjoyable.
P.J.H.
PIPES AND DRUM S
A s last year's band w as so young little re-organisation w as
necessary and th is, w e hoped, w o u ld have enabled us to b e tte r our
p o s itio n s in the c o m p e titio n s during the S um m er Term . U n fo r­
tu n a te ly in the end the band w a s unable to com pete in the G lasgow
c o m p e titio n because o f the clash w ith Speech Day. In the East of
S co tlan d co m p e titio n w e w ere m ore su ccessfu l than w e w ere last
year, b u t w e are n o t likely to do really w e ll in th is u ntil w e can
increase our n um ber of pipers.
The band to o k p art in the usual engagem ents, such as the St.
A n d re w 's N ig h t fe s tiv itie s , Speech Day, and the A b e rn e th y Gala
Day, w he re o u r p erform ances have been longer than in recent years.
Because o f illness P. M . S in cla ir has not been able to do m uch
tu itio n , b u t D. Sgt. W ilso n co n tin u e d to in s tru c t the drum m ers. Our
th a n ks to M r. H enderson, and the above-m e ntio n ed gentlem en fo r
th e ir help and e nco urag em e nt th ro u g h the year.
R esults o f the School co m p e titio n s:
S e n io r
J u n io r
S e n io r
J u n io r
P iping: C. W . G ray.
P iping: R. D. Buchanan.
D ru m m in g : P. L. S c o tt.
D ru m m in g : D. W . Robb.
I.R .M c L .
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HIGHLAND DANCING
If a nything, our num bers are sm aller th is year, b u t w e did
better in the East o f S cotland Pipe Band C o m p e titio n than w e have
done fo r som e tim e. H. J. A. C hrysta l obta ine d second place in the
S w o rd Dance, and C. D. Langford w a s th ird equal in the Fling and
the S w o rd Dance. O ur team o f the above tw o to g e th e r w ith
Gordon and King also did w e ll to o , and g o t th ird place in the
Foursom e Reel.
On St. A n d re w 's N igh t and Speech Day perform ances w ere
given, and at the la tte r w e danced the B ro a d sw o rd s w h ic h has
not been danced fo r q uite som e tim e here.
C.D.L.
FISHING
There w ere fe w big fish ca ug ht th is te rm , b ut th ose w hich
w ere w ere of a reasonable co n d itio n . The b ig g e st catch w a s a
rainb o w o f 2 lb. 10 oz. hauled in by P. M arshall. U n fo rtu n a te ly
fe w o f the fish w ere co m p le te ly clear o f eye fluke. N evertheless,
good s p o rt w a s had from the sm aller fish w ith w h ich the pond
w as stocked.
In the second half of te rm the w eed became so excessive on
the pond th a t it w a s necessary, rig h t a t the end o f te rm , to apply
a selective w e e d k ille r in the hope th a t th a t w o u ld cure the problem .
W e a w a it results. C ertainly fishing had becom e w e ll nigh im possible.
The m atch against the Old Boys w as, because o f the nonco -operation o f the tro u t, rather a d isa p p o in tm e n t. A large num ber
of perch w ere caught, and the m atch w a s w o n fo r us by Low w h o
hooked a 1 lb. tro u t — the o nly one o f the a fternoon.
I.A.D.L.
GAMES OR SPORTS SECTION
Captains of Sports
R ugby ...................................................
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H ockey
C ric k e t .......................................................
A th le tic s ..................................................
Fencing
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S w im m in g
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C ro s s -C o u n try
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S h o o tin g ..................................................
S ki-in g .......................................................
Squash
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Sailing .......................................................
G o lf ...........................................................
T en n is .......................................................
B oxing .......................................................
B a d m in ton .............................................
A . B. W a lk e r
N. J. B. Fielding
A. B. W a lk e r
D. J. M c B rid e
I. W rig h t
M . J. Reid
R. H. M cQ ueen
D. R. B ro w n
C. J. R obertson
C. G. S cro g g ie
J. A . L. P orter
D. A . S. W h y te
I. W rig h t
J. M . S m ith
A . C. G. M o o d ie
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On the gam es fields I th in k it w o u ld be agreed th a t generally w e
have n o t done as w e ll as w e had anticipa te d. A c ric k e t side w ith a
fa ir degree o f experience o n ly c o n trive d to w in one m atch, and a
rug by side, o f w h ich g re a t th in g s w e re expected, never quite
recovered fro m the d is a p p o in tm e n t o f an early season gam e against
Fettes. A n d ju s t as the year began w ith such a tro cio u s luck, so it
ended on the same note w he n the Bath Cup team a fte r m on ths of
inten sive train in g w o n the e ve n t co n v in c in g ly only to be disqualified.
In b etw een there have been successes. The hockey and su m m er
hockey sides m aintained th e ir c o n s is te n tly high standards, and a
side w a s se nt to the O xfo rd sch o o ls' fe stiva l at Easter. The ski-ers
have also co n tin u e d to tu rn in e xcellen t results, and ski-ing is w ell
su pp orte d by both sta ff and parents. This year m u s t been p a rti­
c u la rly d ifficu lt, because c o n d itio n s in S cotland w e re never very
good. O b vio u sly the tra in in g in the C hristm as holidays has made
a trem e n d o u s a m o u n t o f difference. B adm inton has undergone a
revival, w h ich should co n tin u e w ith the opening o f the new sports
hall, and the te nn is and squash co u rts are w e ll used. H ow w ell
the te nn is team has done is n ot kn o w n . W e su sp e ct th a t it
h a s n 't done all th a t w e ll, fo r no re p o rt has appeared fo r inclusion
in th is magazine. There are also rum ou rs a bo ut curling. On a valete
fo rm , som eone a ctu a lly claim ed to be captain o f cu rlin g , b ut since
there is no report, there has been no p ub lica tion o f any a pp ointm e nts
or any fix tu re list, w e are inclined to tre a t th is as a piece o f pre­
m ature e m p ire -b uildin g ( fo r U .C .C .A . fo rm s ? ).
In d ivid u a lly, A. B. W a lk e r, I. R. M cLean, and D. J. M cBride
have all represented S co tlan d a t yo u th inte rn a tio n a l level in Rugby,
H ockey and A th le tic s resp ective ly. A. B. W a lk e r w a s aw arded the
C am pbell A w a rd at the end o f the year, an aw a rd , w h ic h , th is year,
w a s keenly co n te ste d since there w ere several possible claim ants.
Some recent S tra th allia ns w h o have d istin g u ish e d them selves
are A. J. H arvey-W alker, w h o scored a c e n tu ry in the second innings
fo r D erbyshire a ga in st O xfo rd U n ive rsity. T his w a s his firs t
appearance in firs t class cricke t, and he had one o r tw o gam es
fo r the c o u n ty. He has also been appearing from tim e to tim e in
the D erbyshire Player League side, and plays regularly fo r D erbyshire
2nd XI. He finished 8th in the D aily Telegraph firs t class averages.
D. N. F. Pennie w as selected fo r the S co ttish S ch oo lbo ys H ockey
side, and J. T. M o ffa t has been capta ining the S tra th c ly d e g o lf team .
W h ile the m agazine w as in p ro o f stage, Jam ie M o ffa t fu rth e r d is tin ­
guished him self by becom ing A yrsh ire cham pion and by w in n in g the
P re s tw ick (u n d e r 25) Open, all in the space o f a fo rtn ig h t. Our
c o n g ra tu la tio n s.
By the tim e th is issue com es o u t, w e are hoping th a t the new
s p o rts hall w ill be in fu ll use. It w ill ce rta in ly ta ke som e pressure
o ff the g ym n a siu m , and it should be possible, n o w , to undertake
m ore than one a c tiv ity in an a fte rn oo n w h e n the gam es fields are
u n fit fo r use.
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Once more th is year w e are sure th a t a w o rd w o u ld n ot go
am iss a bo ut th ose behind the scenes. The g ro u n d sta ff, p articu la rly,
in the S um m er Term , had o fte n to be in tw o o r three places at once
and w e th a n k Bill C am pbell and his helpers fo rg e ttin g pitches ready.
Then, too, M rs. Pliszka as a lw a ys has u n fa ilin g ly seen th a t all our
team s are tu rn ed o u t p roperly. She has o fte n been a s p e c ta to r at
cricket m atches, and w e are sure th a t although she w a s there to
give us su p p o rt, she w a s also m e n ta lly n oting d o w n w h ic h players
had tu rn ed o u t w ith a b it o f green on th e ir flannels. On some
S aturdays life m u st be ve ry h ectic in the S ew ing Room and w e
thank M rs. Pliszka and her sta ff fo r coping so adm irably. There w ere
days, too, w hen M iss M ille r and M iss N icholson w ere having to
cope w ith three separate s ittin g s fo r lunch, teas fo r five d ifferen t
sides, and tw o lo ts o f late suppers. No d o u b t th e y w ill w elco m e
the com parative n o rm a lity o f the rug by season. O ur th a n k s to
them , too.
RUGBY REPORT 1971
A s w a s hoped th is w a s the m o s t su ccessfu l season in te rm s
of 1st X V rugger fo r several years. B ut although o n ly fo u r o f the
tw e lve school m atches w ere lost, and at tim e s there w a s a very
high standard o f play, the season also had its d isa p p o in tm e n ts.
This w a s a team w h ich co uld pro ba bly have been one o f the best
School X V 's ever b u t ju s t fell s h o rt o f it. It w a s a pparent from the
outset th a t the team w o u ld be relying on speed and m o b ility rather
than w e ig h t and pow er. One advantage in m any w a y s th is season
w as th a t although there w ere several good players in the 2nd X V
the 1st X V soon picked its e lf and there w a s o n ly one change in the
team w hen Finlay's m ore c o n s is te n t play at scru m -h a lf w a s
s u b s titu te d fo r Fraser's m ore e nte rp risin g b u t e rra tic s tyle o f play.
For the firs t tim e in m any years th is w a s also a season free from
serious inju ry. The e nthusiasm and a b ility o f A. B. W a lk e r as
Captain w a s also an im p o rta n t fa c to r in the te a m 's success, and it
was fittin g th a t he w a s selected to play fo r the S co ttish S ch oo lbo ys
against the W e lsh at Llanelly.
The season sta rte d w e ll w ith three good v ic to rie s o ve r Perth
Academ y, Keil and the S tra th a llia n s and the team approached the
Fettes game w ith a good deal o f confidence. It is d iffic u lt to say
to w h a t e x te n t the last m in ute defeat affected the rest o f the season
but this w a s u n d o u b te d ly the b est game th a t the 1st X V played,
and one feels th a t a w in , w h ich w a s deserved, w o u ld have given
them enorm ous confidence. A lth o u g h the game w a s fo llo w e d by
victories o ver Edinburgh A ca d e m y and G lenalm ond neither game
produced the same sta nd ard o f play, and the firs t half o f term
culm inated in a d isa strou s gam e a t L ore tto w he re v irtu a lly no one
did him self ju stice . T his w a s fo llo w e d a fte r h alf-term by a close
defeat by M e rch isto n in w h ich the earlier zest o f th e team w a s sadly
lacking. Play im p rove d a fte r th is m atch and there w ere v ic to rie s
over G ordonstoun, G lasgow A ca de m y and K elvinside A ca de m y. The
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Dollar game produced som e ve ry good and e xcitin g rugger under
ve ry w e t and m ud dy c o n d itio n s and resulted in an honourable draw .
The o th e r lo st game w a s at M o rris o n 's on a w e t and fru s tra tin g
a fte rn oo n.
The fo rw a rd s did th e ir w o rk w e ll and provided a good supply
o f the ball. The fro n t ro w w a s one o f the main problem s — both
the props, Reid and A itke nh e ad , w ere a good size and developed into
useful props b ut the idiosyncrasies o f M cQ ueen at hooker coupled
w ith the d is c o m fo rt of the 2nd R ow p rovided by the w e ll-p a dd ed
M cB rid e and the ta lle r and m ore angular Fielding produced hours
o f fru s tra tio n before the fro n t five became fu lly effective. Eventually
th e y becam e m o s t useful and M cQ ueen w a s one o f the m o st
im p rove d players in the side. Fielding became an a ccom plished line-
v. P u b lic S c h o o lb o y s W a n d e re rs
o u t e xp e rt and it w a s noticeable th a t the pack im proved co nside rab ly
w hen he to o k o ve r its leadership. The back ro w w as sm all, even by
s c h o o lb o y sta nd ard s, and w a s a little lacking in basic speed but
th is w as m ore than made up fo r in e ffo rt and enthusiasm . M acLeod
w o rk e d e xtre m e ly hard and w as p a rticu la rly useful close to the
scrum . Gall, b u ilt m ore like a prop, became q u ite m obile and his
s u p p o rt w o rk w a s im p ro vin g g re a tly to w a rd s the end of the season.
J. M. S m ith had a great influence on the fo rw a rd s and gave a great
deal o f th o u g h t and energy to the gam e. He tended to play at his
b est w he n the situ a tio n w a s m o s t desperate.
It has been several years since the School 1st X V has had so
m uch real pace behind the scrum . W h y te , L ockhart and W a lke r
p rovided considerable speed and Reekie and S c o tt w ere by no
m eans s lo w and th e ir directne ss in running made them very
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effective. This w a s a back d ivisio n w h ic h co uld play m o s t a ttra c tiv e
rugger and th e y scored som e fine tries. They did at tim es becom e
a little o ver-a nxio us and tense w h ich led to a d ete rio ra tio n in th e ir
fluency. T heir defence w a s sound w ith W a lk e r being o u tsta n d in g
w ith som e ve ry d e stru ctive ta cklin g . The m ain thing lacking behind
the scrum w a s really accurate ta ctica l kicking . A t fu ll back C ar­
michael w a s capable o f e n te rp risin g play on firm ground and his
basic play im proved co n sid e ra b ly during the season.
The 2nd X V had a good season. T he ir standard of rugger w as
very high at tim es. The pack w a s th e ir s tre n g th b u t the backs w ere
rather ponderous and w ith m ore speed w o u ld have scored a lo t of
points. The 3rd and 4th X V 's had good seasons also, w ith the 3rd
X V having som e ve ry high scoring victo rie s.
The Senior C olts w h ils t o nly w in n in g three o f th e ir e ig ht
m atches also had a good season. The a b ility o f the players available
w as rather lim ite d and ye t th e y made up fo r th is w ith e ffo rts and
discipline. It could easily have been a m o st depressing season fo r
them b u t w in s o ve r G o rd o n sto u n , Fettes and Edinburgh A ca de m y
w ere m ore rew arding. The S enior C olts rugger has reached a high
standard under M r. M cP h erson 's coaching and his departure is a
loss to the S ch oo l's rugger.
The J u n io r C olts w ere a ve ry good side and som e o f th e ir
play w as m ature and so ph istica te d . There w a s co nsiderable size
(n o t o nly in the fo rw a rd s ) and som e real speed. There is some
good m aterial fo r the fu tu re here if th e y are prepared to w o rk really
hard.
This w a s an enjoyable season and I w o u ld like to th a n k all
those w h o c o n trib u te d in any w ay. P a rticularly the coaches at all
levels and the g ro u n d sta ff and n ot fo rg e ttin g the H ousekeeping and
M a tro n 's d ep artm en ts w h o pro vid e d valuable su p p o rt w o rk in
clothing and feeding the players.
F.S.M cN .
RUGGER RESULTS 1970-71
P oints
1st X V
...............
P
W
D
L
For
Agst
12
7
1
4
127
82
(S c h o o l M a tc h e s )
16
9
1
6
153
128
(A ll M a tc h e s )
2nd X V ...............
9
5
1
3
123
38
3rd X V
...............
8
8
—
—
149
21
4th X V
...............
3
1
1
5th X V
...............
1
1
6th X V
...............
1
14
14
—
—
29
14
1
1
—
—
26
0
Senior C o lts
9
4
—
5
52
79
J u n io r C o lts
8
5
—
3
77
49
U 13|
7
4
—
3
101
25
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2 9 th S e p te m b e r— v. Perth A c a d e m y — W o n 22-6.
From th e o n s e t o f th e gam e S tra th a lla n asse rte d th e ir s u p e rio rity in the
b a ck d iv is io n . A th re e -q u a rte r m o v e m e n t in th e e ig h th m in u te g o t th e ball
to th e w in g and W h y te w ith a fo r ty yard b u rs t b ro u g h t p la y in sid e th e Perth
A c a d e m y 25. A . B. W a lk e r to o k a d va n ta g e o f th is p o s itio n and a q u ic k heel
to break th ro u g h to sc o re th e fir s t try . Fraser k ic k e d th e goal. T his e sta blish ed
tre n d o f fa s t-ru n n in g ba cks w a s c o n tin u e d th ro u g h o u t th e gam e b y S tra th a lla n ,
and w a s m ade p o s s ib le b y g o o d p o sse ssio n b o th from ru cks and lin e -o u ts.
In de fen ce , th e y w e re up q u ic k ly on th e A c a d e m y b acks, w h o , harassed all
th e tim e , s ta rte d to m ake m is ta k e s u n d e r pressure, and lo s t p o sse ssio n . A
p e n a lty k ic k fro m th e 10 ya rd line b y A itk e n h e a d b ro u g h t th e sco re up to e ig h t
p o in ts . In th e fin a l m in u te b e fo re h a lf-tim e Gall sco re d a fte r a d u m m y by
Reekie, and Fraser c o n v e rte d to b ring th e h a lf-tim e sco re up to 13 p o in ts to nil.
T he se co n d h a lf s ta rte d w ith a b u rs t in to P e rth 's 25, w h e re w e rem ained
t ill Reid sco re d fro m a lo o se scrum in th e co rn e r. A break b y P e rth 's scrum
half n e a rly re s u lte d in a sco re fo r th e A c a d e m y , b u t th e ball ran lo o se o ve r
th e d e a d -b a ll line. From th e d ro p -o u t S tra th a lla n w e re able to ta ke p la y back
d eep in to th e A c a d e m y half, and te n m in u te s a fte r h a lf-tim e , Fraser to o k
a d va n ta g e o f a fu m b le b y th e A c a d e m y s c ru m -h a lf to score. Im m e d ia te ly a fte r
th e re -s ta rt J. M . S m ith b ro ke fro m a se t scrum on th e b lin d sid e and gave
S c o tt a fin e run to sco re on th e w in g
Team : L. H. A . C arm ichael; D. A . S. W h y te ; C. D. Reekie; G. A . Lo ckh art;
D. J. H. S c o tt; A . B. W a lk e r; H. G. Fraser; M . J. Reid; R. H. M cQ ua e n ; M . G.
A itk e n h e a d ; N. J. B. F ielding ; D. J. M c B rid e ; J. M . S m ith ; T. R. M acL e o d ;
G. M . Gall.
1 s t O c to b e r— v. S tra th a llia n C lu b X V — W o n 9-5.
On a d u ll and ra in y d a y th e Old B o ys fie ld e d a v e ry c o m p o s ite side
c o n ta in in g ra th e r m ore fo rw a rd s than b acks. From th e k ic k -o ff pla y e ntered the
C lub h a lf and th e re w a s so m e to u g h fig h tin g am ong th e fo rw a rd s fo r th e ball,
th e S ch o o l w in n in g its fa ir p ro p o rtio n . The ta c tic s , as in th e p re vio u s game,
w e re to run th e ball, and S tra th a lla n w a s aided in th is b y th e C lu b 's k ickin g
th e ball as o fte n as p o ssib le , ta c tic s w h ic h have b e fo re n o w w o n them the
gam e. In fa c t C arm ichael w a s having a g o o d d a y a t fu ll-b a c k and w a s able to
fie ld th e se k ic k s c le a n ly and se t up a tta c k s . The fir s t near sco re w a s an
a tte m p te d d ro p -k ic k ta ke n in so m e haste by W a lk e r — th e a tte m p t w e n t w e ll
w id e o f th e p o s ts . S h o rtly a fte r, h o w e v e r, S tra th a lla n d id score. A m o ve m e n t
le ft, s w itc h e d q u ic k ly to th e rig h t, and a lm o s t as q u ic k ly back to th e left,
w ro n g -fo o te d n e a rly all th e C lub d e fe n ce and W a lk e r w a s able to slip the
ball to S c o tt w h o sco re d c o m fo rta b ly . It w a s e v id e n t by n o w th a t the S chool
had th e edge as fa r as fitn e s s w a s c o n ce rn e d , and th is w a s seen p a rtic u la rly
w h e n Gall w a s able to d rib b le th e ball th ro u g h m o s t o f th e o p p o s itio n and ju s t
fa ile d to sco re .
A fte r h a lf-tim e th e S tra th a llia n s w e re fo rc e d q u ic k ly o n to th e d e fe n sive
again, b u t a c o u n te r-a tta c k s a w th e m back in th e S c h o o l's tw e n ty -fiv e . There
th e y rem ained fo r th e b e st p a rt o f te n m in u te s, w ith o u t being able to press
hom e th e ir a d va n ta g e . Then a m is d ire c te d k ic k w a s ca u g h t by W h y te w h o
m anaged a long run b e fo re being b ro u g h t to a h a lt b y th e C lub fu ll-b a c k in
th e o p p o s itio n 25. A q u ic k heel fro m th e ruck enabled Reekie to sco re in the
co rn e r. W h y te sc o re d a fu rth e r tr y b e fore th e end.
Team : L. H. A . C a rm ich a e l; D. A . S. W h y te ; C. D. Reekie; G. A . Lockhart;
D. J. H. S c o tt; A . B. W a lk e r; H. G. Fraser; M . J. Reid; R. H. M cQ ue e n ; M . G.
A itk e n h e a d ; N. J. B. F ielding ; D. J. M c B rid e ;
J. M . S m ith ;
T.R.M acLe
G. M . Gall.
8 th O c to b e r— v. K e il S ch o o l— W o n 19-3.
S tra th a lla n to o k a long tim e to s e ttle d o w n and in th e fir s t th re e m in ute s
g ave K eil fiv e p e n a ltie s , tw o o f w h ic h w e re k ic k a b le . N e ve rth e le ss, Keil w ere
n o t able to ta k e a d v a n ta g e o f th is , and a fte r fifte e n m in u te s it becam e e vid e n t
fro m v a rio u s th re e -q u a rte r fo ra y s th a t K e il's d e fen ce w a s h ig h ly su sp e ct. A
fo rw a rd rush in v o lv in g F ielding , A itk e n h e a d and Reid s p lit th e de fen ce w id e
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open and a tr y re s u lte d u n d er th e p o s ts , Fraser c o n v e rtin g . A fu rth e r s im ila r
m ove m e n t ended w ith a fo rw a rd pass near th e line. A tta c k s c o n tin u e d , and
resulted in tw o fu rth e r sc o re s — th e fir s t b y Reekie a fte r a long run and th e
selling o f a d u m m y , th e se co n d b y W h y te w h e n he o u tp a c e d th e o p p o s in g
w in g .
Keil trie d to c o u n te r-a tta c k in th e se c o n d -h a lf, and w e re re w a rd e d w ith a
p enalty goal a fte r five m in u te s . T his, h o w e v e r, w a s th e end o f th e ir o p p o s itio n .
A tr y fo llo w in g a b lin d -s id e break b y W a lk e r, and c o n tin u a l p re ssu re b y th e
backs a fte r th a t m ea n t a tta c k in g and a ttra c tiv e ru g b y. W h y te sco re d th re e
in all.
Team: L. H. A . C arm ichael; D. A . S. W h y te ; C. D. Reekie; G. A . L o ckh art;
D. B. M cLean; A . B. W a lk e r; H. G. Fraser; M . J. Reid; R. H. M cQ ue e n ; M . G.
A itke n h e a d ; N. J. B. F ielding; D. J. M c B rid e ; J. M . S m ith ; T. R. M acL e o d ;
G. M . Gall.
v. K e il
13th O ctober— v. Fettes— Hom e— Lost 11-14.
In ideal ru g b y c o n d itio n s S tra th a lla n k ic k e d o ff to w a rd s th e M o n k e y
Puzzle and a lth o ug h th e y gained no im m e d ia te a d va nta g e , a ch ip k ic k fro m
Fraser se n t p la y to w a rd s the F ettes line. F ettes cleared fro m th e ensuing ruck,
and a p e n a lty a w a rd e d to S tra th a lla n s h o rtly a fte r to o k pla y back again. A
fu rth e r ruck, in w h ic h one o f th e F ettes p la ye rs w a s p enalised fo r lyin g on the
ball ju s t o u ts id e th e 25 and to th e le ft o f th e p o sts, led to a score. A itk e n h e a d
kicked the p e n a lty goal, and S tra th a lla n w e re 3 p o in ts up a fte r o n ly tw o
m in u te s — -an e n co u ra g in g s ta rt indeed. From th is p o in t o n w a rd th e S tra th a lla n
rucking becam e m uch m ore w o rk m a n lik e , and a p le n tifu l s u p p ly o f fa s t ball
enabled the backs to m ove a ro u n d . H o w e v e r one ha n dlin g m o v e m e n t w e n t
astray, and F ettes w e re able to snap up th e loose b all and m o u n t a c o u n te r­
a ttack. F irst th e y w e re a w a rd e d a p e n a lty w h e n so m e o n e g o t o ff-sid e round
a scrum — th is k ic k w e n t w id e — and then a S tra th a lla n p la ye r c o n triv e d to
g e t in fro n t o f th e ball a t th e ensu in g d ro p -o u t, so the F ette s' s ta n d -o ff w a s
a ble to a tte m p t a d ro p goal fro m th e scrum on th e c e n tre o f th e 25. T his w a s
te m p tin g P ro vid e n ce to o m uch, and F ettes b y th is tim e had g o t the range —
3 p o in ts all a fte r seven m in u te s' play.
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D u rin g th is phase o f th e gam e th e F ette s' heeling had n o t been ve ry q u ick,
and it soon becam e a p p a re n t th a t k ic k in g fro m th e s ta n d -o ff w e re the ta c tic s
th e y w e re e m p lo y in g . T hese k icks, h o w e v e r, w e re n o t all th a t a ccu ra te , and
C a rm ichael had little d iffic u lty in fie ld in g m o st o f them and re tu rn in g them w ith
in te re s t. The a tta c k in g w a s n o t d o n e by S tra th a lla n alone th o u g h , and w h ile
each sid e w a s g e ttin g th e m easure o f th e o th e r th e c o v e r d e fen ce s te n de d to
be a shade s lo w . The F ette s' w in g , fo r exa m p le , w a s ta c k le d and th e re w a s
no one on e ith e r sid e to p ic k up th e ball. The F ette s' k ic k in g , in fa c t, penned
S tra th a lla n in th e ir o w n half. B oth sid e s w e re w illin g to keep the ball in play
as m uch as p o ssib le , and th e re had o n ly been th re e lin e -o u ts a fte r 35 m in u te s.
O nce o r tw ic e th e re w e re breaks w h ic h w e re n o t fin ish e d o ff in te llig e n tly . A
g o o d h a n dlin g m o v e m e n t and fa s t run b y W h y te n early sa w a S tra th a lla n
score, b u t he trie d to b e a t th e d e fe n ce w ith a k ic k , and co n ce d e d a 25. The
F ettes n u m b e r e ig h t d id m uch th e sam e th in g s h o rtly afte r. S m ith , to o , k e p t
co m in g in to th e line and w a s m ore o f a h in d ra n ce than a help, and the ce n tre s
th e m s e lv e s began to d r ift to o fa r a p a rt. F ettes added a tr y to th e ir sco re a fte r
a th ro w th re e -q u a rte rs o f th e w a y d o w n th e lin e -o u t. E ve n tu a lly S tra th a lla n p u t
an end to th e fe n c in g th a t had being g o in g on. A p e n a lty w a s run fro m the
m ark along th e backs fro m rig h t to le ft. L o ckh a rt to o k th e ball n e a tly on the
lo o p w ith a b u rs t fro m W h y te and a tr y resu lte d o v e r on th e le ft. It w a s n o t
c o n v e rte d . Several o th e r g ood m o ve m e n ts by b o th sides cam e to fru itle s s ends
and a t h a lf-tim e th e sc o re w a s s ix all.
The second h a lf s ta rte d w ith S tra th a lla n d riv in g F ettes back to th e ir 25,
and a n o th e r o f Fraser's ch ip k ic k s p u t fu rth e r pressure on them
T he y w e re
able to cle a r th ro u g h a p e n a lty fo llo w in g a lin e -o u t in frin g e m e n t. Play cam e
back to m id -fie ld b e fore th e F ettes b a c k -ro w ran th e ball up to th e S tra th allan
25. T h e ir backs m is-h a n d le d fro m th e ensuing ruck, and S c o tt, p u ttin g a tim e ly
b o o t to th e loose ball b ro u g h t p la y back to the h e lf-w a y line. T here fo llo w e d
one o f th o se p e rio d s o f in c o n c lu s iv e pla y w h e n n e ith e r sid e seem s to be
m aking m uch h e a dw ay. B it b y b it S tra th a lla n m anaged to reach th e Fettes
tw e n ty -fiv e o n ly to g iv e up th e ir g a in s w h e n Reekie w a s penalised fo r lying
on th e b all — a fa irly c o m m o n in frin g e m e n t in th is gam e w h ic h su g g ests th a t
b o th sid e s w e re a b it on edge. Then a F ette s' m o v e m e n t in to the S tra th allan
half lo o k e d lik e s u c c e e d in g w h e n S c o tt m issed a ta c k le — u n u su a lly fo r him
— b u t a fu rth e r p e n a lty , th is tim e to S tra th a lla n , sa w th e m o u t o f im m e d ia te
danger. A fte r y e t a n o th e r p e n a lty, a ch ip k ic k fro m Fraser d o w n the b lin d side
sa w th e F e tte s' fu ll-b a c k ca u g h t in p o sse ssio n. H o w e v e r, k ic k s w e n t astray,
and th e F ettes b a c k -ro w once again sa w th e m o ff th e ho o k. T hen a p e n a lty fo r
o ff-s id e rou n d th e s c ru m on th e 25 ju s t to th e rig h t o f th e p o sts gave Fettes
a chance o f g o in g ahead, and th is th e y d id . 9-6.
It d id n o t ta k e S tra th a lla n long to p u ll back. Running th e ball o rth o d o x ly
fro m a p e n a lty , W h y te o u tp a ce d th e F e tte s ' d e fen ce to sco re a w e ll-ta k e n try
o u t on th e le ft. A itk e n h e a d c o n v e rte d m a g n ific e n tly fro m near th e to u c h -lin e .
B oth sid e s th e n p layed as if th e ir lives de p en d e d on th e re su lt, and th e re w as
so m e s c ra m b lin g a w a y a t b o th ends o f th e g ro u n d . B oth sides, to o , m ade
so m e e le m e n ta ry m ista ke s in th e ir e x c ite m e n t. In th e last se co n ds o f tim e
p la y had been w o rk e d back in to th e F ette s' tw e n ty -fiv e on th e le ft. T here w a s
a lin e -o u t. T he ball cam e back on th e S tra th a lla n side. A g o o d k ic k in to the
Pond and th a t w o u ld have been th a t. A la s, th e ball w e n t d o w n th e line. One
pass w a s to o s lo w . T here w a s an in te rc e p tio n w ith th e fu ll-b a c k in th e line
and th e le ft-w in g w a s to o fa r a w a y to co ve r. So, on tim e , F ettes sco re d the
goal to s e ttle th e m atch . It w a s a d is a p p o in tm e n t v e ry ke e n ly fe lt in the heat
o f th e m o m e n t, b u t even in te rn a tio n a ls have been lo s t in th is fa sh io n, and, at
least, p o s itiv e ru g b y w a s being p la ye d rig h t to th e end, and w e w e re g ive n a
m e m o ra b le m atch to w a tc h .
Team : L. H. A . C a rm ich a e l: D. A. S. W h y te ; C. D. Reekie; G. A . L o ckh art;
D. J. H. S c o tt; A . B. W a lk e r; H. G. Fraser; M . J. Reid; R. H. M cQ'ueen; M . G.
A itk e n h e a d ; N. J. B. F ielding ; D. J. M c B rid e ; J. M. S m ith ; T. R. M acLeod;
G. M . G all.
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17th O c to b e r— v. E d in b u rgh A c a d e m y — A w a y — W o n 8-5 (0 -0 ).
A s is o fte n th e case a t N e w Field th e w in d w a s p re v a le n t and pla ye d an
im p o rta n t role in th e m atch , a lth o u g h by b lo w in g s tra ig h t a cro ss th e p itch ,
it fa vo ure d n e ith e r side.
The hom e team k ic k e d off, and, a t firs t, S tra th a lla n seem ed s lig h tly
b e w ild e re d by th e u n ity o f th e A c a d e m y a tta c k , w ith p la y p re d o m in a n tly in
o u r half. A p e n a lty k ic k a t goal a w a rd e d to th e A c a d e m y a fte r seven m in u te s
w a s u n s u c c e s s fu l, and a g o o d k ic k n o w p u t us on E d in b u rg h 's tw e n ty -fiv e .
S tra th allan k ic k e d w e ll, u s u a lly m aking to u c h w ith long k ic k s , b u t o fte n lo s t
th e g ro u n d ju s t gained as th e y w e re p ushed back in to th e ir o w n half again.
B u t alth o ug h o u r k ic k in g w a s g e n e ra lly b e tte r, th e A c a d e m y ru c k in g w a s far
s u p e rio r and it w a s u n fo rtu n a te fo r th e m th a t th e ir ba cks fa ile d to m ake
e ffe ctiv e use o f th e o p p o rtu n itie s th u s g ive n b y being unable to p e n e tra te the
S tra th allan defence.
In th e second half, E dinburgh o p ened th e sc o rin g , fo llo w in g a s h o rt p e n a lty
on S tra th a lla n 's tw e n ty -fiv e , by a clean, th re e -q u a rte r m o ve m e n t, leading to a
t r y in the c o rn e r by th e w in g e r. A s u c c e s s fu l c o n v e rs io n p u t th e A c a d e m y
five p o in ts ahead. The S ch o o l im m e d ia te ly fo u g h t back in to an a tta c k in g
p o s itio n , and s h o rtly a fte rw a rd s , a scrum to th e rig h t o f th e p o s ts p ro d u ce d
an o p p o rtu n ity , w h ic h C a rm ich a e l to o k , o f b re a kin g th ro u g h th e A c a d e m y backs
and sc o rin g a g o o d tr y in th e le ft-h a n d co rn e r. The c o n v e rs io n a tte m p t w a s
un su cc e s s fu l. A lo t o f run n in g a cro ss th e fie ld b u t little up and d o w n , a chieved
little fo r e ith e r side, b u t seven m in u te s fro m th e end, W a lk e r sco re d u n d er the
p o sts by a n o th e r e x c e lle n t b re a k th ro u g h and a run o f so m e fo r ty ya rd s, eva d in g
several ta c k le s . Fraser c o n v e rte d . Play rem ained in th e E dinburgh h a lf u n til
a k ic k p u t th e m up to o u r tw e n ty -fiv e . W ith S tra th a lla n o n ly th re e p o in ts in the
lead, a p e n a lty a g a in s t us gave E d in b u rgh a chance to eq u alise th e sco rin g .
B u t th e k ic k fa ile d , and th e m atch ended soon a fte r.
A fte r a p a rtic u la rly g ru e llin g m atch a g a in s t F ette s, S tra th a lla n played
som e fine ru g b y , and d e se rve d to w in a to u g h m atch in d iffic u lt c o n d itio n s ,
la rge ly because o f th e ir c o n tin u e d d e te rm in a tio n .
Team : L. H. A . C a rm ich a e l; D. A . S. W h y te ; C. D. Reekie; G. A . L o ckh a rt;
D B. M cLean; A . B. W a lk e r; H. G. Fraser; M . J. Reid; R. H. M cQ ue e n ; M . G.
A itke n h e a d ; N. J. B. F ie ld in g ; D. J. M c B rid e ; J. M . S m ith ; T. R. M acL e o d ;
G. M . Gall.
20th O ctober— v. Trinity College, Glenalm ond— W o n 6-3.
The c o n d itio n s fo r th is gam e w e re co ld and v e ry w in d y — n o t th o s e w h ic h
are ideal fo r a tta c k in g rug b y. T his d id n o t s to p th e sid e a tta c k in g as soon as
po ssib le , th o u g h , and e v e n tu a lly W a lk e r to o k th e ball on th e b lin d sid e and
d u m m ie d a pass to S c o tt b e fore d iv in g fo r th e line to sco re . A brave e ffo rt
by A itk e n h e a d to c o n v e rt in to th e w in d d id n o t su cce e d. Then a pass w h ic h
w e n t a s tra y in th e ba cks — a lw a y s a d a n g e r w h e n p la yin g fa irly open ru g b y
in a w in d — w a s p o u nce d on b y G le n a lm o n d and th e y to o k th e ball d o w n to
the S tra th a lla n tw e n ty -fiv e b e fore th e m o v e m e n t w a s s to p p e d o w in g to the
co m b in e d e ffo rts o f C arm ichael and S m ith . T he b all w a s scra m b le d in to to u c h ,
and g ra d u a lly w e w o rk e d a w a y fro m th is p o s itio n to one w h e re fu rth e r a tta c k s
w e re launched. J u s t b e fore h a lf-tim e W a lk e r b ro k e in sid e his o p p o s ite n u m b e r
and slip p e d th e ball to Reekie w h o sco re d .
A fte r th e in te rv a l G le n a lm o n d m ore o r less ca m p e d on th e S tra th a lla n
goal line fo r n e a rly te n m in u te s. It w a s d iffic u lt to p re v e n t th e ir h e a vie r pack
from g aining p o s s e s s io n , and Leslie w a s s to p p e d a t least tw ic e b y Gall on the
b lin d -s id e o f th e scrum . A t la s t w e fo rc e d a tw e n ty -fiv e , and fro m th e d ro p -o u t
C arm ichael cleared p la y up to th e S tra th a lla n te n -y a rd line. The re lie f w a s
c o m p a ra tiv e ly m o m e n ta ry , fo r G le n a lm o n d w e re soon back in o u r tw e n ty -fiv e ,
and th e c o n tin u o u s p re ssu re led to a sco re in th e c lo s in g m in u te s o f th e game.
Team : L. H. A . C arm ichael; D. A . S. W h y te ; C. D. Reekie; G. A . L o ckh art;
D J. H. S c o tt; A . B. W a lk e r; H. G. Fraser; M . J. Reid; R. H. M cQ ue e n ; M . G.
A itke n h e a d ; N. J. B. F ielding ; D. J. M c B rid e ; J. M . S m ith ; T. R. M a cL e o d ;
G. M . Gall.
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24th O c to b e r— v. L o re tto — L o s t 5-14.
On a w in d le s s d a y L o re tto k ic k e d off w ith a w e t ball, and o p ened the
s c o rin g in th e o p e n in g
m in u te s w ith a
b re a k-th ro u g h
b e tw e e n th e o u tsid
c e n tre and w in g . T h is s e t-b a c k d id n o t lead im m e d ia te ly to fu rth e r sco re s
h o w e v e r. Soon th e S tra th a lla n pack w e re g e ttin g a p le n tifu l s u p p ly o f th e ball.
In fu ria tin g ly , th e ba cks seem ed to be q u ite unable to use it w ith any
im a g in a tio n . The L o re tto line w a s q u ic k up on th e m , and w h e n th a t kin d o f
th in g happens a k ic k in to th e e m p ty spaces is o fte n a g o o d plan. H o w e ve r,
th e k ic k s w e re n o t fo rth c o m in g , and th is m ay have p a rtly been because o f
som e s lo w n e s s in g e ttin g th e ball a w a y. Fraser w a s m anaging to kic k w e ll
enough fro m lin e -o u ts , b u t here again th e a d va nta g e s w e re fritte re d a w a y by
p o o r h a n dlin g. So it w a s th a t L o re tto sco re d again in th e fir s t half — th is tim e
u n d e r th e p o s ts .
S h o rtly a fte r h a lf-tim e , L o re tto , w h o once again sta rte d w ith m uch m ore
dash and p o s itiv e p u rp o se , sco re d again. By n o w th e re w e re th in g s s ta rtin g
to g o w ro n g a t th e base o f th e scrum . F raser's passes w e re g o in g a stra y, and
to o o fte n W a lk e r w a s being ca u g h t w ith th e ball. M a in ly th e fo rw a rd s w e re
to blam e, because th e heel w a s s lo w and b a d ly d ire c te d . W o rs e s till th e y w e re
in fe c te d w ith th e m ania fo r p a ttin g th e ball back, and a s c ru m -h a lf has to be
v e ry g o o d in d e e d, o r th e o p p o s itio n has to be asleep, if one is to g e t a w a y
w ith th a t. O ur o n ly score, th e n , cam e fro m an o rth o d o x th re e -q u a rte r m o v e ­
m e n t fro m a p e n a lty , W h y te ta k in g the ball o v e r and run n in g round behind
th e p o sts.
L o re tto , th o u g h , w e re to sco re again — a shade fo rtu n a te ly
perhaps, because th e ir w in g g o t a lu c k y b o u n ce run n in g o n to a kick.
Team: L. H. A . C a rm ich a e l; D. A . S. W h y te ; C. D. Reekie; G. A . L o ckh art;
D. J. H. S c o tt; A . B. W a lk e r; H. G. Fraser; M . J. Reid; R. H. M cQ ue e n ; M . G.
A itk e n h e a d ; N. J. B. F ielding ; D. J. M c B rid e ; J. M . S m ith ; T R. M acLeod;
G. M . Gall.
v. M e rc h is to n
7th N ovem ber— v. M erchiston Castle School— Lost 5-6.
C o n d itio n s w e re again w e t, indeed w e t enough to rule o u t' m uch e n te r­
p ris in g p la y b y th e b acks. The S tra th a lla n a tta c k s in th e firs t half lacked
im a g in a tio n , and th e y w e re una ble to b re a k th e usual tig h t M e rc h is to n defence.
S m ith m ade several b re a ks h im s e lf b u t w a s n o t s u p p o rte d by e ith e r the
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rem ainder o f the back ro w o r th e s c ru m -h a lf, and one a lm o s t ce rta in chance
o f sco ring w e n t a -b e g g in g because o f th is lack o f s u p p o rt. So it w a s th a t
IVIerchiston sco re d firs t, g e ttin g a g o o d heel fro m s e c o n d a ry p o s s e s s io n , and
w o rk in g th e balj on th e b lin d side.
A t the s ta rt o f th e second h a lf L o ckh a rt m anaged to w e a v e and jin k his
w a y th ro u g h the M e rc h is to n d e fen ce o n ly to be ta c k le d near th e line. From
th is p o s itio n w e fe ll a w a y b a d ly, so b a d ly in fa c t th a t M e rc h is to n sco re d again,
as a re s u lt o f d e fe n s iv e e rro rs. It w a s o n ly w h e n it w a s to o late th a t M acL e o d
scored u n d er th e p o sts.
Team: L. H. A . C arm ichael: D. A . S. W h y te ; C. D. Reekie; G. A . L o ckh art;
D. J. H. S c o tt; A . B. W a lk e r; M . J. Finlay; M . J. Reid; R. H. M cQ ue e n ; M . G.
A itke n h e a d ; N. J. B. F ie ld in g ; D. J. M c B rid e ; J. M . S m ith ; T. R. M acL e o d ;
G. M . Gall.
12th N ovem ber— Public School W an derers— Hom e— Lost— 8-22 (0 -1 1 ).
The P ublic S ch o o l W a n d e re rs , w h o to u r in an a tte m p t to help im p ro ve
sta n da rd s o f s ch o o l ru g b y b y d e m o n s tra tin g so m e o f th e ir ta c tic s , gave th e
team a chance o f pla yin g a g a in st a v e ry to u g h and e xp e rie n ce d o p p o s itio n .
W e had heard e a rlier in th e w e e k th a t a W a n d e re rs sid e had beaten F ette s
30-14, and w e hoped th a t, in any case, S tra th a lla n w o u ld be able to m ake
som e sco re a g a in s t a s id e in c lu d in g s ix in te rn a tio n a ls , fiv e fro m S c o tla n d and
one fro m Ireland.
It w a s th e c o ld e s t day o f th e season so far, and a lth o u g h it w a s d ry by
th e a fte rn o o n , it had been s n o w in g lig h tly a t lu n c h tim e . In th e fir s t half, there
w a s no d o u b t th a t th e W a n d e re rs w e re e n tire ly on to p . W ith in th e firs t co u p le
o f m in u te s, th e y w e re tw ic e n e a rly o v e r th e line, and it w a s o n ly s ix m in u te s
before R. G. Y o ung sco re d a b re a ka w a y tr y w h ic h A . R obson c o n v e rte d . The
firs t ten m in u te s w e re a p a rtic u la rly fine d is p la y o f a tta c k in g rug b y: th e ir
th ro w in g w a s m ore like long flic k in g , and th e ir ball c o n tro l w a s su p e rb , as
w a s th e ir passing w h e n ta c k le d . Backing up m ea n t th a t th e re w a s h a rd ly a
ta ckle by S tra th a lla n w h ic h c o m p le te ly stifle d th e b a ll, and c o n s e q u e n tly , th e re
w a s a n o tic e a b le lack o f loose s cru m s. T o g e th e r w ith th e m ore c o n v e n tio n a l
assets o f d o m in a tio n in th e lin e -o u t, g e ttin g th e b e tte r o f th e se t scru m s, and
sheer speed in th e line, th e W a n d e re rs seem ed, and w e re , in v in c ib le .
B u t S tra th a lla n 's e ffo rt w a s n o n e th e le ss co m m e n d a b le . A fte r th e firs t
q u a rte r o f an hour, th e y w e re push in g hard on the W a n d e re rs ' line, a m o v e m e n t
w h ich w a s o n ly s to p p e d by a g o o d ca tch and b re a k th ro u g h b y K. J. H o u sto n ,
w h o w o u ld have sco re d again fo r th e W a n d e re rs b u t fo r an e x c e lle n t ta c k le .
S tra th allan realised th a t no m a tte r h o w big a man is, if he is ta c k le d p ro p e rly ,
he w ill go d o w n , and th e team is to be co m m e n d e d fo r its ta c k lin g . P. F orbes
and R. C. K. D ouglas sco re d fu rth e r trie s in th e half, b o th b y d in t o f som e
sp e cta c u la r w e a v in g a b o u t a m o n g s t th e line and fo rw a rd s .
Eight m in u te s in to th e se co n d half, H o u sto n sco re d , b y ta k in g th e ball
from one side o f th e fie ld to th e o p p o s ite c o rn e r. B u t n o w S tra th a lla n seem ed
to be learning, and soon th e y began to a d o p t so m e o f th e m ove s th e y had
seen in th e fir s t half, e s p e c ia lly in m aking q u ic k changes in d ire c tio n so th a t
three m in u te s la te r W h y te m ade a g o o d run, w e ll ba cke d up b y A itk e n h e a d ,
in tu rn s u p p o rte d b y G all, w h o sco re d S tra th a lla n 's fir s t p o in ts : a m o v e m e n t
su re ly in s p ire d by th e p la yin g o f th e W a n d e re rs. W ith in a s h o rt tim e , th e
S chool w e re again p ressing on th e W a n d e re rs ' line and fo r a g o o d w h ile
w e re w ith in five ya rd s o f it. S tra th a lla n g o t p o sse ssio n o f a c o u o le o f loose
scrum s, and b y so m e c le v e r d o d g in g and p a ssin g , W h y te w a s able to c ro ss
the line to score, and A itk e n h e a d c o n v e rte d .
In th e last p a rt o f th e gam e, th e W a n d e re rs sco re d tw ic e again: A.
M cN ish c o n v e rte d a tr y b y Y o u n g a fte r som e c lo se p la y on th e S tra th a lla n
line; and D ouglas sco re d a fte r a long p a s s -o u t to m ake th e fin a l sc o re 22-8.
It w a s u n d o u b te d ly a v a lu a b le e xp e rie n ce fo r th e te a m , and it is to be hoped
th a t th e y w ill be able to use som e o f w h a t th e y learned in la te r m atches.
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Team: L. H. A . C a rm ich a e l; D. A . S. W h y te ; C. D. Reekie; G. A Lockhart;
D. J. H. S c o tt; A . B. W a lk e r; M . J. Finlay; M . J. Reid; R. H. M cQ ueen; M. G.
A itk e n h e a d ; N. J. B. F ielding ; D. J. M c B rid e ; J. M . S m ith ; T. R. M acLeod;
G. M . Gall.
17th Novem ber— v. M orrison's A cadem y— Lost 8-11.
S tra th a lla n k ic k e d o ff in to a s lig h t w in d w ith a w e t ball. Both se ts of
fo rw a rd s w e re soon fig h tin g hard and th e y appeared to be e v e n ly m atch e d .
M o rris o n 's A c a d e m y w e re a w a rd e d a p e n a lty on the h a lf-w a y line and th is
th e y c o n v e rte d . M o m e n ts a fte r th is th e y sco re d a try a fte r a d e fe n sive b lu n d e r
b y S tra th a lla n 's b acks. A n e a rly id e n tic a l m o ve m e n t o ccu rre d again s h o rtly
a fte r, b u t th is tim e S tra th a lla n w e re th e in itia to rs o f it, and L o ckh a rt scored
b e tw e e n th e p o s ts , A itk e n h e a d c o n v e rtin g .
In th e se co n d h a lf th e sid e w e n t to pieces badly, th e backs being the
m ain c u lp rits , d ro p p in g th e ball on a lm o s t e v e ry co n ce iva b le o cca sio n . S m ith,
th e re fo re , trie d to w o r k th e ball a w a y fro m th e b a c k -ro w in ste a d , but. poor
s u p p o rt g e n e ra lly en su re d th a t th e se m o ve s cam e to n o th in g . S tra n g e ly,
M o rris o n 's w e re n o t able to m ake m uch a d va nta g e o u t o f th is . T h e ir defence
w a s g o o d , and th e ir ba cks w e re a lw a y s up fa s t on the e rrors, b u t th e y to o
lacked im a g in a tio n in a tta c k . T h e y w o n because th e y w e re able to k ic k
p e n a ltie s . O ur o th e r th re e p o in ts cam e in th e c lo s in g m in u te s w h e n an
o rth o d o x th re e -q u a rte r m o v e m e n t led to a tr y fro m W h y te .
Team: L. H. A . C a rm ich a e l; D. A . S. W h y te ; C. D. Reekie; G. A . Lo ckh art,
D. J. H. S c o tt; A . B. W a lk e r; M . J. Finlay; M . J. Reid; R. H. M cQ ue e n ; M. G.
A itk e n h e a d ; N. J. B. F ielding ; D. J. M c B rid e ; J. M . S m ith ; T. R. M acLeod;
G. M . Gall.
v. G o rd o n s to u n
21st N ovem ber— v. G ordonstoun— Hom e— W o n 16-0 (8 -0 ).
S tra th a lla n k ic k e d o ff, and th e re fo llo w e d so m e ra th e r in d e c is iv e play,
d u rin g w h ic h th e S ch o o l m isse d a p e n a lty a b o u t th ir t y ya rd s fro m th e p o sts.
H o w e v e r, th e re w e re th e n so m e g o o d m o ve m e n ts, back and fo rw a rd a cro ss
th e p itc h , and fro m a lo o se ru ck Reid m ade a break and passed to W a lk e r
w h o s e fa s t run n in g enabled him to sco re a lm o s t u n d e r th e p o sts. A itke n h e a d
c o n v e rte d . T here fo llo w e d a g o o d deal o f m id fie ld p la y in w h ic h S tra th allan
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w o rke d hard, g e ttin g the b e s t o f th e s c ru m s and th e re fo re the a d va nta g e o f the
ball in the line. J u s t a fte r h a lf-w a y th ro u g h th e half, A itk e n h e a d had a n o th e r
su cce ssful k ic k , th is tim e a p e n a lty, to g iv e S tra th a lla n an e ig h t-p o in t lead.
Play w a s edgi.ng back to w a rd s S tra th a lla n 's end u n til a v e ry g o o d m o v e m e n t
b ro u g h t the S ch o o l back to G o rd o n s to u n 's line, w h e re w e s ta ye d u n til a fe w
m in u te s b efore th e end o f th e half, w h e n G o rd o n s to u n m ade a g o o d b re a k­
th ro u g h , w h ic h m ig h t w e ll have been a tr y b u t fo r a fine ta c k le b y C a rm ich a e l.
The second h a lf o p ened u n in s p irin g ly , b u t th e re soon cam e a n o th e r try ,
scored by Reekie, a fte r a g o o d run a cro ss th e fie ld by W a lk e r and Lo ckh art.
S tra th allan c o n tin u e d pu sh in g: W a lk e r b ro ke th ro u g h th e G o rd o n s to u n d efence,
never tig h t a t th e b e st o f tim e s , and he had a long run, w e ll ba cke d up by
W h y te , to w h o m he passed a t ju s t th e rig h t m o m e n t fo r a n o th e r try . A itk e n head's c o n v e rs io n sco re d th e la s t p o in ts o f th e gam e, a lth o u g h b o th sid e s
m issed a chance o f s c o rin g again: a p e n a lty k ic k by G o rd o n s to u n w e n t w id e
o f th e p o s ts and S tra th a lla n d id n o t a tte m p t an easy k ic k at g o a l a fte r th re e
p e n a ltie s in a ro w b ro u g h t th e m s u c c e s s iv e ly n e arer the p o sts.
G o rd o n s to u n 's p la y w a s se ld o m e ffe c tiv e ly c o h e re n t and perhaps as a
re su lt S tra th a lla n 's p la y app ea re d ra th e r b e tte r than it rea lly w a s ; b u t in any
case, S tra th a lla n 's gam e seem ed a lo t fa s te r th a n o f late — a g o o d om en
fo r the re s t o f th e season.
Team: L. H. A . C arm ichael; D. A . S. W h y te ; C. D. Reekie; G. A . L o ckh art;
D. J. H. S c o tt; A . B. W a lk e r; M . J. Finlay; M . J. Reid; R. H. M cQ ue e n ; M . G.
A itke n h e a d ; N. J. B. F ielding ; D. J. M c B rid e ; J. M . S m ith ; T. R. M acL e o d ;
G. M . Gall.
26th Novem ber— v. Dollar A cadem y— Draw n 3-3.
The p itc h w a s v e ry w e t and th e re w a s no w in d to a ffe c t th e play.
S tra th a lla n k ic k e d off and a tta c k e d , w ith a v e ry g o o d break b y L o ckh a rt
n early re s u ltin g in a try . From th e d ro p -o u t D o lla r to o k th e pla y in to S tra th ­
a lla n 's half b u t th e d a n ge r w a s cleared b y W a lk e r and a g o o d No. 8 break by
M acLeod n early p u t Gall o v e r fo r a try . D o lla r cle a re d , and a fte r m any reve rsa ls
o f a tta c k , a 'la te ' ta c k le b y C a rm ichael re su lte d in D o lla r ope ning th e s co rin g ,
w ith a p e n a lty c o n v e rs io n . T h is w a s fo llo w e d b y a tta c k s and c o u n te r-a tta c k s
on b o th sid e s, b u t n e ith e r side sco re d and a t h a lf-tim e th e sco re rem ained
0-3 in D o lla r's fa vo ur.
Im m e d ia te ly a fte r th e D o lla r k ic k -o ff, S tra th a lla n a tta c k e d and fo r 15
m in ute s pressed th e D o lla r side in to d e fen ce , b u t th e y co u ld n o t sco re u n til a
scrum in frin g e m e n t by D o lla r le t C a rm ich a e l eq u alise th e sco re s. S tra th a lla n
a tta ck e d again, b u t th e D o lla r c e n tre in te rc e p te d a pass and th e ir s ta n d -o ff w a s
o n ly p re v e n te d fro m s c o rin g b y e x c e lle n t co v e rin g b y S c o tt. A fte r th is , th e
play c o n tin u e d to s w in g fro m h a lf to half, w ith b o th c a p ta in s try in g d ro p -g o a ls ,
b u t th e sco re rem ained 3-3. D u ring th e c lo s in g sta g es, D o lla r seem ed the
m ore lik e ly team to break th e d e a d lo c k , b u t th e sco re n e ve r cam e and the
final re s u lt w a s 3-3.
S tra th a lla n played a tta c k in g ru g b y in u n fa v o u ra b le c o n d itio n s , w h ile th e
D ollar sid e m o s tly relie d on th e e x p lo ita tio n o f S tra th a lla n 's m ista ke s, rath e r
than ta kin g th e in itia tiv e . The re s u lt w a s a fa ir one, fo r b o th sid e s p la ye d w e ll,
co n sid e rin g th e c o n d itio n s , and th e m atch w a s e n jo y a b le to w a tc h .
Team: L. H. A . C arm ichael; D. A . S. W h y te ; C. D. Reekie; G. A . L o ckh art;
D. J. H. S c o tt; A . B. W a lk e r; M . J. Finlay; M . J. Reid; R. H. M cQ ue e n ; M . G.
A itke n h e a d ; N. J. B. F ielding ; D. J. M c B rid e ; J. M . S m ith ; T. R. M acL e o d ;
G. M . Gall.
9th Decem ber— v. G lasgow A cadem y— W o n 15-9.
S tra th allan had a g o o d s ta rt and a fte r fiv e m in u te s th e y w e re nine p o in ts
up a fte r th re e g o o d k ic k s b y A itk e n h e a d . A fte r th is th e y pla ye d a d e fe n sive
gam e, re s u ltin g in a s lo w m atch . T ou ch kic k in g b y b o th sid e s w a s th e main
fe a ture o f th e gam e at th is p o in t. G la s g o w A c a d e m y had a ta lle r and heavier
side, and th e y g ra d u a lly trie d to use th is to th e ir a d va n ta g e . T h e y ne a rly
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su cce e de d in g e ttin g so m e p o s itiv e re s u lts fro m th is as S tra th a lla n 's ta cklin g
w a s p o o r. S c o tt, h o w e v e r, w a s d e p e n d a b le and e xe cu te d som e fine ta ckle s.
The s c ru m w a s ga in in g on th e se t scru m s and S m ith e xce lle d h im se lf in sco rin g
a fine o p p o rtu n is t try .
From th e re -s ta rt G la sg o w A c a d e m y p u t on c o n s ta n t p ressure and w e re
fin a lly re w a rd e d w ith a sco re on th e b lin d side. S tra th a lla n then s tro v e in to
a tta c k and w o u ld have sco re d e x c e p t fo r th e A c a d e m y 's fu ll-b a c k w h o had
a n tic ip a te d th e m o v e m e n t w e ll.
Team: L. H. A . C arm ichael; D. A . S. W h y te ; C. D. Reekie; G. A . L o ckh art;
D. J. H. S c o tt; A . B. W a lk e r; M . J. Finlay; M . J. Reid; R. H. M cQ ue e n ; M , G.
A itk e n h e a d ; N. J. B. F ielding ; D. J. M c B rid e ; J. M . S m ith ; T. R. M acL e o d ;
G. M . Gall.
3rd X V A U T U M N . 1970
W h e n one co a ch es a team a t any gam e one v e ry rare ly g e ts th e team th a t
live s up to th e ideal th a t one has, and even m ore rare ly d oes a team ach ie ve
th e re s u lts it d e se rve s. T his 3rd X V a lm o s t d id th e fir s t and c e rta in ly d id the
s e co n d. The fig u re s are im p re s s iv e ; th e y w o n e v e ry m atch: — sco rin g 149
p o in ts th ro u g h 35 trie s , 16 c o n v e rte d and 4 p e n a ltie s, and had 21 p o in ts
a g a in s t, 5 trie s , 3 c o n v e rte d . O f th e ir 8 m atch e s, 5 w e re a w a y, and no one
sco re d a p e n a lty a g a in s t th e m , and in th e se days th is m u s t be a lm o s t unique.
In fa c t, o n ly 3 te a m s sco re d a g a in s t th e m .
T h e y w e re v e ry lu c k y in th a t h a lf o f th e team played in e ve ry m atch and
o n ly 20 p la ye rs played to g e th e r, th e fiv e 'e x tra s ' a ve ra g in g 2 appearances each
T he y w e re a lso lu c k y in th a t th e ones fro m th e 4th X V w h o ste p p e d up fitte d
in to th e ir s ty le o f play. T h e ir s ty le w a s s lig h tly o ld -fa s h io n e d in th a t the
w in g e rs sc o re d m ore trie s th a n a n yo ne else, b u t w h e n th e need arose the
fo rw a rd s a lso s h o w e d th a t th e y c o u ld sco re , and th is o fte n happened at the
v ita l m o m e n t, as a g a in s t F ettes.
T aken as a w h o le , th e se co n d gam e had a g o o d season. T he y w e re all
v e ry e n th u s ia s tic , keen and c h e e rfu l w h ic h said a lo t fo r th e 4th X V w h o w e re
fre q u e n tly on th e re ce ivin g end fro m th e 3rd s, b u t th e y w e re s till a g o o d team
in th e ir o w n rig h t.
It w o u ld be in v id io u s to sin g le o u t in d iv id u a ls in a team like th is , as th e y
all w o rk e d to g e th e r. Here is th e team : W a lk e r, D. A ., * S c o tt, P. L., *M cL e a n ,
I. R., J e n k in s , R. A . (C a p ta in ), * M c N ic o l, D. R., ‘ T h o m so n , J. T., D ods, J. M.,
*D ale, R. G., R o b e rts o n , C. J., S m ith G. E., *H u n te r, P. J. (L e a d e r), H o w ie ,
D. I., *D u n ca n , S. R. C., P o rte r, J. A . L., T h o m so n , P. R. P. A ls o Rennie, I. D.,
L o w d e n , S. D., M a sso n , G. S., M o o d ie , A . C. G., Lee, J. R.
* Played in all m atch e s.
HOCKEY 1970
The F irst XI played eleven m atches: five in the Spring T erm ;
five a t the O xfo rd Festival, and one at the beginning o f the S um m er
Term . They w o n four, d re w three and lo s t fo u r, conceding eleven
goals and scoring tw e n ty -o n e . A s last season the XI lacked c o n ­
fidence and a u th o rity in its early m atches, and it w a s n ot u ntil
O xfo rd th a t it fu lfille d its p ote ntia l.
A s a resu lt o f trial hockey m atches played in Strathaflan on the
last tw o S undays o f the Spring Term , I. R. M cLean w a s chosen to
play fo r the S co ttish S ch o o lb o ys' H ockey X I, as w a s D. N. F. Pennie.
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Sat., 6th M arch— Strathallan v. Aberdeen G ram m ar School— Hom e— D raw 2-2.
In th e e a rly sta g es o f th is m atch S tra th a lla n sq u a nd e re d several chances
o f sco ring b e fore D ods, fo llo w in g up a s h o t fro m S m ith , p u shed th e ball in to
the net. There w a s little to be seen o f th e G ram m ar S ch o o l a tta c k in th e firs t
half, and in th e se co n d half S tra th a lla n c o n tin u e d to a tta c k and w e re re w a rd e d
by a n o th e r goal sco re d by S m ith . The G ram m ar S ch o o l w e re c o u n te r-a tta c k in g
and a c e n tre fro m th e rig h t w in g w a s firs t-tim e d in to th e goal by an u n m a rke d
fo rw a rd at th e back o f th e c irc le . S tra th a lla n fa ile d to regain th e in itia tiv e , and
ju s t be fore th e final w h is tle a m is -h it s h o t b y an A b e rd e e n fo rw a rd w a s o n ly
p a rtia lly d e fle c te d by th e S tra th a lla n g o a l-k e e p e r and th e ball tric k le d in to the
g o a l-m o u th .
Team: G. M . Gall; D. A . S. W h y te ; C. D. S te e le ; N. J. B. F ielding ( C a p t.); M.
T M acke n zie ; I. R. M cLean; L. H. A . C a rm ich a e l; E. G. M acK e n zie ; J. M . D ods;
J. M . S m ith ; D. J. H. S c o tt.
Tuesday, 9th M arch— Strathallan v. Loretto— T om e— D raw 2-2.
D ods sco re d fo r S tra th a lla n fo llo w in g a g o a lm o u th
m in u te s play.
L o re tto p ro m p tly c o u n te r-a tta c k e d and
leading 2-1.
m elee a fte r fifte e n
by h a lf-tim e w e re
S tra th a lla n had m ore o f th e te rrito ria l a d va n ta g e in th e se co n d half, b u t th e
sp e e dy L o re tto b re a k a w a y s w e re a th re a t to th e S tra th a lla n d e fen ce w h ic h ,
h o w e v e r, held firm . E v e n tu a lly S tra th a lla n p re ssu re w a s re w a rd e d w h e n D ods
scored by fo llo w in g up a s h o t fro m S m ith .
Team: G. M. Gall; D. A . S. W h y te ; C. D. S te e le ; N. J. B. F ielding ( C a p t.); M.
T. M ackenzie; I. R. M cLean; L. H. A . C a rm ich a e l; E. G. M acK e n zie ; J. M . D ods;
J. M . S m ith ; D. J. H. S c o tt.
Thursday, 11th M arch— Strathallan v. Perth A cadem y— Lost 1-2.
S tra th allan s ta rte d w e ll and th e fo rw a rd s a tta c k e d ke e n ly, a d a p tin g th e m ­
selves to th e w e t c o n d itio n s w h ic h m ade it v e ry d iffic u lt to a vo id s lip p in g .
The de fen ce held the Perth a tta c k s c o m p e te n tly on the w h o le , b u t a g o a lm o u th
m elee fo llo w e d one d e fe n s iv e e rro r and a goal to Perth A c a d e m y re su lte d .
S tra th allan appeared u n s e ttle d by th is and th e Perth d e fen ce s tiffe n e d .
H o w e v e r, p ressure w a s m a in ta in e d and M cLean sco re d fo r S tra th a lla n fro m
a s h o rt co rn e r.
A high sta n d a rd o f pla y w a s m a in ta in e d d e s p ite th e in c re a s in g ly s lip p e ry
c o n d itio n s fo r m o s t o f th e se co n d half. B o th s id e s seem ed e v e n ly m atched
u n til a pair o f Perth fo rw a rd s c o m b in e d to b e a t th e S tra th a lla n ba cks and a
reverse s tic k s h o t fro m th e le ft w in g w h o c u t in to th e c irc le d e fe a te d Low d e n
w h o w a s m aking his fir s t app ea ra n ce fo r th e side. S tra th a lla n trie d hard to
equalise and re g is te re d som e near m isse s b e fo re th e fin a l w h is tle g ave Perth
A c a d e m y a 2-1 v ic to ry .
Team: S. D. L o w d e n ; N. J. B .F ielding (C a p t.) ; D. A . S. W h y te ; A . M . Duff;
M . T. M acke n zie ; I. R. M cLean; L. H. A . C a rm ich a e l; P. A . D uff; J. M . D ods;
J. M . S m ith ; D. J. H. S c o tt.
Saturday, 13th M arch— Strathallan v. G ordonstoun— A w a y — W o n 1-0.
G o rd o n s to u n w e re soon on th e a tta c k and te s tin g th e S tra th a lla n d efence,
w h ic h lo o ke d fa irly secure. S tra th a lla n s e ttle d d o w n and pla y m ove d s w iftly ,
a g ood open gam e d e v e lo p in g . B oth te a m s w o n s h o rt co rn e rs b u t no goals
resu lte d and the sco re w a s s till nil all a t h a lf-tim e .
In the se co n d h a lf S tra th a lla n pla ye d w ith d e te rm in a tio n and p e n e tra tin g
running on th e w in g s led to th e G o rd o n s to u n d e fen ce , a lth o u g h helped o u t by
the G o rd o n s to u n fo rw a rd s , b e co m in g ragged.
There w e re som e rath e r
d e sp era te cle a ra n ce s, b u t th e G o rd o n s to u n d e fen ce k e p t S tra th a lla n from
sco ring u n til w ith in ten m in u te s o f th e se co n d h a lf's end in g w h e n a goal fro m
S m ith c lin c h e d th e re s u lt.
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Team: G. M . Gall; N. J. B. F ielding (C a p t.); D. A . S. W h y te ; A . M . Duff;
M . T. M acke n zie ; I. R. M cLean; L. H. A . C arm ichael; P. A . D uff; J. M . Dods;
J. M . S m ith ; D. J. H. S c o tt.
Tuesday, 16th M arch— Strathallan v. Fettes— A w a y — Lost 1-2.
S tra th a lla n lo s t th e to s s and had th e ir backs to th e pond. In itia lly th e re
w a s som e h e s ita tio n in th e d e fe n ce and th e S tra th a lla n fo rw a rd s d id n o t a tta c k
w ith th e ir usual th ru s t. F ette s c e rta in ly d o m in a te d th e fir s t half and scored
th e ir fir s t goal a fte r a b o u t a q u a rte r an h o u r o f play. The se co n d F ette s goal
cam e w h e n a c e n tre fro m th e le ft w in g fo u n d th e ir c e n tre fo rw a rd , Rome,
u n m a rke d . The S tra th a lla n g o a lk e e p e r m is tim e d his clearance and th e ball
rolle d in to th e goal u n d e r his fo o t.
In th e se co n d half S tra th a lla n a tta c k e d s tro n g ly d o w n th e hill and ke p t
th e F ette s goal u n d e r p re ssu re . It w a s som e tim e , h o w e ve r, b e fore S tra th allan
sco re d a fte r an a tta c k in w h ic h b o th w in g s and the c e n tre -fo rw a rd had been
in v o lv e d . S tra th a lla n k e p t a tta c k in g and earned several co rn e rs. O ff o ne long
c o rn e r S m ith n e a rly s c o re d , b u t th e ball had n o t been c o m p le te ly s to p p e d ,
and th is e x c itin g gam e e n ded soon a fte rw a rd s w ith th e sco re s till 2-1 in
F e tte s ' fa v o u r.
Team: G. M . Gall; N. J. B. F ielding (C a p t.); D. A . S. W h y te ; A . M . Duff;
M . T. M acke n zie ; I. R. M cLean; L. H. A . C arm ichael; P. A . Duff; J. M . Dods;
J. M . S m ith ; D. J. H. S c o tt.
Saturday, 25th April— Strathallan c. A bbey School, Fort Augustus— Hom e—
W o n 2-1.
T h is w a s o u r fir s t m atch a g a in st th e A b b e y S ch o o l, and it w a s an e x c itin g
one. From th e s ta rt each team pla ye d rea lly ke e n ly w ith p le n ty o f fa s t m o v e ­
m e n t o ff th e ball. The A b b e y X I p re sse d hard and w e re u n lu c k y n o t to score
o ff any o f th e n u m e ro u s co rn e rs th e y w e re a w a rd e d . E ve n tu a lly a g o o d cro ss
fro m th e le ft w in g w a s d e fle c te d p a st the A b b e y 's g o a lke e p e r by C arm ichael
a t s h o rt range. J u s t b e fore h a lf-tim e th e A b b e y e qualised w ith a w e ll taken
s h o rt co rn e r.
The se co n d h a lf o p e ne d m ore q u ie tly , b u t th e pace g ra d u a lly increased.
A b o u t te n m in u te s fro m tim e S tra th a lla n w a s a w a rd e d a p e n a lty flic k from
w h ic h M cLean s co re d . The A b b e y c o u n te r-a tta c k e d w ith tre m e n d o u s ve rve
b u t S tra th a lla n ju s t m anaged to keep th e lead u n til th e w h is tle w e n t fo r tim e.
Team: G. M . G all; C. H ill; D. A . S. W h y te ; A . M . Duff; M. T. M acke n zie ; I. R.
M cLean ( C a p t.); L. H. A . C a rm ich a e l; P. A . Duff; J. M. D ods; J. M . S m ith ;
D. J. H. S c o tt.
O XFO R D HO CKEY FESTIVAL
The S ch o o l p a rty c o n s is tin g o f th e F irst X i and G. G. R obbie, a cco m p a n ie d
by M e s s rs . P e d g rift, Pearson and S p u rg in , s p e n t tw o n ig h ts in W o rc e s te r
C ollege, O x fo rd . The fir s t m atch w a s a g a in st D u n ro b in on th e d a y o f our
a rriv a l in O x fo rd . A ll th e fo rw a rd s sco re d a goal
e x c e p t fo r S c o tt on th e le ft
w in g w h o sco re d tw o .
M a cke n zie a t c e n tre -h a lf also sco re d tw o goals. On
th e fo llo w in g m o rn in g th e m atch a g a in st R u g b y w a s an e n jo ya b le gam e. R ugby
had th e b e tte r o f th e fir s t h a lf and sco re d a goal, and S tra th a lla n had th e b e tte r
o f th e se co n d half, th o u g h w ith o u t s c o rin g . The a fte rn o o n gam e a g a in st K in g 's
B ru to n w a s a g o o d deal m o re e x c itin g than one w o u ld s u p p o se fro m the
fa ilu re o f e ith e r sid e to score. U n fo rtu n a te ly th e p itc h w a s n o t fu ll w id th and
th is , to g e th e r w ith th e large n u m b e r o f in frin g e m e n ts , p ro ve d a little fru s tra tin g ,
th o u g h n e ith e r s id e c o u ld c o m p la in o f th e re su lt.
The fin a l d a y p ro v id e d th e g re a te s t te s t fo r th e X I and th e m o rn in g m atch
w a s a g a in s t C a n fo rd , w h o had had a v e ry g o o d season. In fa c t th e y did n o t
p la y as w e ll as th e y m ig h t have done, and, th o u q h th e y w o n 1-0, th e re su lt
m ig h t e a s ily have gone th e o th e r w a y . B ris to l
G ram m ar S choof, w h o m w e
o la ye d in th e a fte rn o o n , also had a g o o d re co rd . T h e y cam e clo se to sco ring
in th e e a rly sta g e s o f th e gam e, b u t it w a s ju s t n o t th e ir day. O nce th e y had
m isse d som e easy ch a n ces, as w e had d o n e e a rlie r in th e season, one began
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to feel th a t th e y w o u ld n e ve r sco re ; and so it p ro ve d . C a rm ichael sco re d tw o
goals in as m any m in u te s , and in th e se co n d h a lf S c o tt and S m ith sco re d . As
if to m ake up fo r M cLean m issin g a p e n a lty flic k , a B ris to l d e fe n d e r h it th e
ball in to his ovvn goal w h e n try in g to clear.
1st X I Results at Oxford:
W e d . 24th M a rc h v. D u n ro b in . W o n 7-0.
T hu rs. 25th
M arch v. R ugby. L o st 0-1.
T hu rs. 25th
M arch v. K in g 's , B ru to n . D ra w 0-0.
F riday 26th
M arch v. C a n fo rd . L o st 0-1.
F riday 26th
M arch v. B ris to l G ram m ar S ch o o l.
W o n 5-0.
Other Hockey Results:
2nd XI
Sat. 6th M arch v. A b e rd e e n G ram m ar S ch o o l. H om e. D ra w 1-1.
Tues. 9th M arch v. L o re tto . A w a y . D ra w 0-0.
T hu rs. 11th M arch v. L e n d rick M u ir 1 st X I. Hom e. W o n 5-1.
Sat. 13th M arch v. Perth High S ch o o l 1 st X I. D ra w 1-1.
Tues. 16th M arch v. F ette s. A w a y . L o st 1-3.
Colts
S at. 6th M arch v. A b e rd e e n G ram m ar S ch o o l. Hom e.
Tues. 9th M arch v. L o re tto . A w a y . D ra w 1.1.
Sat. 13th M arch v. G o rd o n s to u n . A w a y . D ra w 0-0.
T ues. 16th M arch v. F ette s. H om e. L o st 1-2.
D ra w 2-2.
Junior Colts
T ues. 9th M a rc h v. L o re tto . A w a y . W o n 2-1.
T hu rs. 11th M arch v. Lathallan. A w a y . W o n 8-1.
Tues. 16th M arch v. F ettes. H om e. W o n 4-2.
Riley
Thurs. 11th M arch v. C ra ig flo w e r. A w a y . D ra w 1-1.
Sat. 13th M arch v. N e w Park. H om e. W o n 6-0.
House matches
1st round: Freeland 0 R uthven 1; N ico l 4 S im p s o n 0.
2nd round: Freeland 1 S im p so n 2; N ico l 1 R uthven 0.
3rd rou n d : Freeland 0, N ico l 4; R uthven 2 S im p so n 0.
N ico l w o n th e H o cke y Cup.
S im p so n w o n th e H o cke y League Cup
SUMMER HOCKEY
The S u m m e r H o c k e y X I e n jo ye d a g o o d season, w in n in g fiv e m atch e s,
d ra w in g one and losing o n ly th re e . The h a rd e st m atch o f th e season w a s
p ro b a b ly a g a in s t M org a n A c a d e m y F.P. a sid e w h ic h in clu d e d th e fo rm e r
O lym p ic p la y e r and c u rre n t ca p ta in o f th e S c o ttis h side, G. D. Carr, and one
o th er S c o ttis h in te rn a tio n a l. For th is gam e S tra th a lla n w a s s tre n g th e n e d b y
R. Saldhana, w h o has played fo r England.
The S u m m e r X I c o n s is te d of: G. M . Gall; I. F. S. Day; I. R. M cLean; A . M.
Duff; M T. M acke n zie ; J. M . S m ith ; L. H. A . C a rm ich a e l; P. A . D uff; J. M . D ods;
C. R. Hay; D. J. H. S c o tt. I. W . G o rd o n , D. A . S. W h y te and J. J. M cQ ueen
also played o c c a s io n a lly .
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Results:
Sat. 8th M a y v. G. W . V . B irn ie 's X I. W o n 5-0 (C a rm ich a e l 2, S c o tt 2,
D o d s ).
S at. 22nd M a y v. In v e rle ith . L o st 1-3 ( S c o tt) .
S at. 2 9 th
M a y 'A ' XI v. M e rc h is to n . W o n 6-0 (H a y 2, D ods 3, Duff, A . 1 ).
Sat. 10th
June v. G rove A c a d e m y F.P. L o st 2-4 (M a c k e n z ie ,
S c o tt) .
Tues. 15th June v. G le n a lm o n d . W o n 4-1 (D o d s 2, M acke n zie , Duff, P.).
Sat. 19th J u n e
v. S tra th a lla n C lub.
D ra w 3-3 (D o d s , C arm ichael,
M a c k e n z ie ).
Sat. 2 6 th June v. E dinburgh A c a d e m y . W o n 3-0 (D o d s , Duff, P. 2 ).
S u n d a y 27th J u n e v. M org a n A c a d e m y F.P. Lost 1-5 (H a y ).
Sat. 3rd
J u ly v. E d in b u rgh N o rth e rn .
W o n 3-2 (D o d s , C arm ichael,
M a c k e n z ie ).
CRICKET
A season such as the F irst Eleven has ju s t had w a s u n ­
d istin g u ish e d as fa r as resu lts are concerned. O nly one m atch w on
— against Dundee U n iv e rs ity 2nd X I — and three w ere lo s t —
a gainst The Edinburgh A ca de m y, G lenalm ond and C. B. E. S om er­
v ille 's X I — and ye t in b etw een these gam es a little more experience
co uld have made a difference in at least six o the r gam es. For
instance there w a s one w ee k w here w e finished 16 runs s h o rt w ith
tw o w ic k e ts in hand chasing a to ta l of 177, in the next m atch the
scores w ere level, and in the last m atch w e needed one w ic k e t to
w in w ith the o the r side 11 runs behind. In o the r w o rd s , the c ricke t
th a t w e e k w a s as e nte rtain in g as it has been here fo r some tim e.
The side w a s captained by A. B. W a lker. Like so m any
s c h o o lb o y ca pta ins he w a s unable to m aste r the su b tle tie s and
intricacie s o f field placing, and the basic stra te g y of b o w lin g to
fa irly defensive fields w a s not, perhaps, the rig ht one eventually.
W h e n w ic k e ts w ere taken w ith these field s e ttin g s early on,
pressure w a s n ot p ut su fficie n tly on the new batsm en. H ow ever,
he did b o w l w e ll w ith o u t falling into the fa u lt o f e ithe r b ow lin g
him self to o m uch o r to o little , and his b attin g and fielding set an
exam ple to all.
Fine w e a th e r and firm pitches ensured th a t w e scored more
runs than last season w ith o u t, alas, g e ttin g any large to ta ls . Indeed,
the firs t half of the season w a s characterised by the failure o f the
e stablished batsm en to score runs at all — w ith the e xcep tion s of
Parker and W h y te . Parker, in his firs t season in the side, scored
400 runs a ltog eth e r, a to ta l w h ich has never been co nte m p lated
since D. J. S. C urrie left, and th is included fo u r fiftie s. He proved
to be a ve ry c o n s is te n t bat, although one lim ite d by being alw ays
on the fro n t fo o t. W h y te , w h o also had a p ro lific season, w a s even
m ore lim ite d and becam e m ore and more stroke less as the season
progressed. N evertheless th e y both g o t runs and th is is more than
can be said o f the o th e r a ccre dite d batsm en. M acKenzie w as
desperately o u t of fo rm u ntil late in the season, and neither C antlay
nor Hill co n triv e d to have a big innings. The rem ainder o f the rung e ttin g , then, w a s left to th ose w h o w ere, last season, prim arily
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bow lers. P. R. P. T hom son flo urish e d, e xcep t a gainst spin, and
eventually became one of the opening pair — one o f several th a t
were tried during the season — A. B. W a lk e r su dd en ly fo u n d th a t
he could h it-s tra ig h t, and am assed a lo t o f runs fo r one w h o the
previous season had appeared at the w ic k e t once; Low den also
show ed a great deal o f prom ise as a batsm an, and should by next
year be a useful all-rounder.
The b o w lin g w a s ste a d y rather than penetrative. W a lke r, as
m entioned above, b o w le d w ith a great deal o f steadiness. Chalm ers,
com ing late into the side, b o w le d o ff-c u tte rs w ith a great deal o f
venom once he had g o t a w ic k e t, and w ill be a ve ry useful b o w le r
if he can m aster the one th a t m oves a w a y too. Low den w a s a
model of c o n siste n cy and his g entle sw in g and c u t trie d the patience
of m any batsm en. He im proved as the season w e n t on and during
the O ccasionals' to u r w a s never m ore expensive than tw o runs an
over a fte r 70 overs against club and m in o r c o u n ty batsm en.
Thom son never looked as good as he had last year, b u t as noted
above, he g o t runs instead. S herington never g o t on ve ry m uch
such w as the preponderance o f seam th is year and although he
collected ten w ic k e ts he never b o w le d really w e ll. T oo o fte n he
over-p itche s and his line stra y s , and one ca n n o t help th in k in g th a t
the strange grip th a t he e m p lo ys m u st lead to a loss of co n tro l.
C ertainly M acKenzie, w h o w a s used as the a lterna tive spinner, w as
a shade less expensive and had at least one goo d spell. Green
proved to be o u r m o st e rratic b ow ler, and afforded som e e n te rta in ­
m ent in th a t no-one, the b o w le r included, could be sure w here the
ball w a s going to pitch next, if at all. H ow e ver, he generated as
much pace w ith his left arm o ve r the w ic k e t as W a lker, and against
Fettes, b ow lin g round the w ic k e t instead, he s tru c k a b e tte r line
and length.
The fielding w a s good. M acK enzie, as a lw a ys, to o k som e ve ry
good catches in the slips as did W a lk e r in the deep. W h y te c o n ­
tro lle d the covers w ith a g re a t deal o f aggression and had a
th u n d e rb o lt o f a th r o w — Green w a s a ve ry adequate s u b s titu te
here. The th ro w in g of all the side w a s good and o u r one w eakness
w as behind the stu m p s. Several w ic k e t-k e e p e rs w e re tried , and
e ventually w e se ttle d on Hill w h o w a s o n ly adequate, b u t then he
h ad n't ke pt w ic k e t fo r som e years.
N ext year w e shall have nine o f the side w h ich played a gainst
Fettes back, and co m p e titio n to get in should be keen. It w o u ld not
be surprising to see som e o f the cu rre n t co lo urs o u t on th e ir present
form .
The rem ainder o f school c ric k e t had a c u ra te 's egg typ e of
year. The second eleven did w e ll, b u t then th is w as to be
expected since m uch o f the o p p o sitio n th e y com e up against
now adays is ve ry poor. The A XI had a s lig h tly longer list, and
Loretto and M o rris o n 's w ere added to the 3rd XI fix tu re list. The
Senior and J u n io r C olts sides d id n 't do as w e ll as m ig h t have been
p redicted, m ainly due to b attin g fa ilu re s, b u t Riley had one o f its
golden years and a lo t o f runs w ere scored on the Paddock.
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D om estic c ric k e t did n o t undergo the re-organisation th a t w as
hinted at in these co lu m n s last year. In the e ven t tim e w as found
to run ju n io r house m atches. M r. W illia m s w o rk e d o u t a system
fo r playing under a m odified ve rsion o f the Player League Rules, and
as soon as ju n io r house ca pta ins had appreciated th a t th a t w a y of
playing c ric k e t d o e s n 't dem and tw o slips and a g u lly there w ere
some close finishes. The re su lt w a s in d o u b t u ntil the final round
w hen the co m p e titio n m ig h t have had to be decided on the average
runs per o ver scored, b u t fo rtu n a te ly slide-rules w ere not necessary
and Leburn w on the Cup. One notes in passing th a t the reduction
in the num bers o f each house and the contin uing p o p u la rity of
o p tio n s m ig h t see the dem ise o f senior house m atches. A t least
one house th is year had d iffic u lty in raising a side, and if it became
necessary to a llo w n o n -cricke te rs to play, then it is d iffic u lt to see
h ow school c ric k e t w o u ld benefit.
The w id e r issues o f less boys ta king cricke t at school have
already begun to affect o u r fix tu re s as a w hole. It has already been
m entioned above th a t the second eleven had some easy games.
The Daniel S te w a rt's game had to be d ow n-g ra de d to A XI sta tu s
because th e y could not, at th a t stage in the te rm , raise a fu ll firs t
eleven, and it is feared th a t the u n lim ite d o p tio n s fo r su m m er-term
s p o rts is becom ing m ore w ide sprea d.
1st X I AVE R A G ES
Batting
J. H. R. Parker
D. A . S. W h y te
P. R. P. T h o m so n
A . B. W a lk e r
E. G. M acK e n zie
S. D. Low d e n
N. 0 . S h e rin g to n
C. H ill
W . M . C a n tla y
I. R. M cLean
R. H. Green
G. C halm ers
Inns.
14
13
10
12
13
10
9
9
8
8
6
4
N o t O ut
2
2
4
3
5
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
H 'st.
79*
57
34*
64
57*
38
24
21
24
32
6
9
Runs
400
328
164
235
187
149
75
71
64
44
20
12
Av.
33.33
29.81
27.33
26.11
23.37
18.62
9.33
8.87
8 00
5.50
4.00
3.00
W
16
20
10
13
9
9
5
A v.
15.37
18.50
18.70
19.07
Bowling
A.
S.
N.
G.
E.
P.
R.
B.
D.
0.
A.
G.
R.
H.
W a lk e r
Low d e n
S h e rin g to n
C halm ers
M acK e n zie
P. T h o m so n
Green
0
95
125.3
50.4
95 5
57
63
49.2
M
17
21
5
16
15
7
7
R
246
370
187
248
177
203
166
19.66
22.55
33.20
Saturday, M a y 1st v. Crieff C.C.— Home.
W e w e re fo rtu n a te to s ta rt th e season fo r th e se co n d ye a r in su cce ssio n
w ith g o o d w e a th e r, and c o n d itio n s fo r th is m atch w e re o f th e kin d th a t one
w o u ld n o rm a lly e x p e c t and m ee t m uch la te r in th e season.
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C rieff b a tte d firs t a g a in s t a S ch o o l a tta c k th a t to o k som e tim e to s e ttle
d o w n S h o rt s p e lls w e re th e o rd e r o f th e d a y, and even so, a clu b sid e in fu ll
p ra ctic e w o u ld have e xa cted a g re a te r to ll than th is one d id . The C rie ff o p e ning
p air to o k th e ir tim e to s e ttle d o w n , a lth o u g h n e ith e r appeared to be in any kin d
o f d iffic u lty , and W a lk e r had ju s t co m e o ff a fte r th re e o ve rs w h e n C. A d d is o n
played o v e r a ball o f v e ry fu ll le n g th try in g to w o r k it a w a y th ro u g h m id ­
w ic k e t and w a s b o w le d by M acL e o d . D e w h u rs t fo llo w e d s h o rtly a fte r w h e n
T hom son, w h o had replaced W a lk e r a t the C hapel End, in d u ce d him to play
d o w n th e w ro n g line. Up to th a t p o in t T h o m s o n ’s b o w lin g had been o f a v e ry
c h a rita b le nature, and it w a s perhaps fo rtu ito u s th a t he to o k y e t a n o th e r w ic k e t
in his n e xt over. Peter H a m ilto n , ha vin g h it th e firs t six o f th e season on the
g ro u n d — a p ro c e e d in g w h ic h is ra p id ly b e co m in g a tra d itio n — trie d to h it a
second one and w a s w e ll ca u g h t by B. W a lk e r. The in n in g s c o n tin u e d w ith the
regular fa ll o f w ic k e ts , and w e w e re fo rtu n a te to d ism iss M o rris o n , h a ving him
ca u g ht e arly on in his in n in g s on th e lo n g -o n b o u n d a ry. E. G. M acK e n zie ,
b ro u g h t on late in th e in n in g s, a c c o u n te d fo r th re e w ic k e ts w ith a m ix tu re o f
leg and o ff-sp in .
The S ch o o l w a s g ive n 2 h o u rs and 5 m in u te s to g e t 147 runs, and the
s ta rt o f 67 fo r th e fir s t w ic k e t w a s a h ig h ly u se fu l one fro m w h ic h to launch
an assault on th e b o w lin g . Parker pla ye d s te a d ily , sc o rin g m any o f his runs
s tra ig h t o r fro m fo rc e s th ro u g h m id -w ic k e t, a lth o u g h his te n d e n c y to g e t o n to
th e fro n t fo o t and s h u ffle to w a rd s th e o ff-s id e and M u rp h y 's te n d e n c y to s w in g
the ball d o w n th e le g -side d id m ore o fte n than o n ce mean th a t b a t m issed ball
b y a g ood tw o fe e t. M cLean b a tte d w ith his c u s to m a ry u n c e rta in ty , and g o t
32 rath e r s k e tc h y runs b e fo re a llo w in g one fu ll to ss to o m any to b e co m e a
yo rke r. P arker's in n in g s p ro ce e d e d in s ta te ly fa sh io n , and W h y te , w h o se
presence a t th e w ic k e t d u rin g th e season n e ve r fa ile d to raise th e d e cib e l
level o f th e area c o n s id e ra b ly , trie d to fo rc e a w a y th e b o w lin g , b u t a lth o ug h
he k e p t g iv in g th e ball a p ro d ig io u s th w a c k , sin g le s and tw o s w e re th e o n ly
re su lt A t 123 Parker w a s o u t h ittin g across th e line, and s u d d e n ly it becam e
a p p are n t th a t a little m ore u rg e n cy w a s needed. Five m in u te s and th re e runs
la te r W h y te w a s run o u t. He ca lle d fo r an im p o s s ib le run ju s t b a c k w a rd o f
square, w a s s e n t back, v e ry rig h tly , by M a cK e n zie — a case, if e ve r th e re w a s
one, o f th e e n g in ee r's being h o is t b y his o w n p e tard . A fte r th a t th e scra m b le
fo r runs, to o late begun, w a s o f no avail, and th e S ch o o l fin ish e d 12 runs sh o rt.
Crieff
Strathallan
J. A . D e w h u rs t, b T h o m so n ...
H C. A d d is o n , b M acL e o d ...
P. M . H a m ilto n , c W a lk e r, B. b
T ho m so n
......................... .
W . S in cla ir, b L o w d e n .............
I. Oates, b M acK e n zie ............
A. M o rris o n , c. W a lk e r, B. b
T ho m so n
...................................
N. C ooper, b M acK e n zie .......
C. P. M u rp h y , b M acL e o d
G. D o w , n o t o u t ...........................
M . W a reh a m , c. W a lk e r, D. b
M acK e n zie ....................................
G. Ew ing, n o t o u t ......................
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D. A . S. W h y te , run o u t ........
E. G. M acK enzie, c M o rris o n b
O ates .................
C. H ill, n o t o u t
A B W a lk e r, n o t o u t
T. R. M acL e o d , S . D. L o w d e n ,
N. 0 . S h e rin g to n , P.R.P . T hom son and D. A . W a lk e r d id n o t
bat.
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T ue sd a y, M a y 4 th v. D undee U n iv e rs ity 2nd X I— H om e.
D undee U n iv e rs ity b ro u g h t up a second ele ve n w h ic h , th o u g h w e a k, b atted
w ith a s in g u la r lack o f re s o lu tio n . A . B. W a lk e r, s trik in g a line and a length
q u ic k ly , re m o ve d n u m b e rs one, tw o and th re e w ith o u t any d iffic u lty . From
3 fo r 14 th e in n in g s n e ve r re co ve re d . B a rtle y lo oked g ood fo r som e runs, b u t
w a s c a u g h t m is -h ittin g a t P. T ho m so n , H ill ta k in g a g e n tle ca tch . S h e rin g to n
and L o w d e n m o p p e d up th e re m a in d e r w ith o u t tro u b le , a lth o u g h som e sw ish e s
and s c y th e s by K e ndall and Russell ensured th a t a score, w h ic h had a t one tim e
seem ed rem o te , becam e p o ssib le . T h e ir e ffo rts, needless to say, w e re aided by
so m e fie ld in g lapses and by tw o ca tch e s a t th e w ic k e t being p u t d o w n .
The D undee in n in g s lasted 90 m in u te s and the S ch o o l's re p ly d id n o t
shine w ith p o s itiv e in te n t. M cLe a n w a s o u t e a rly on — b o w le d in th e usual
w a y — and to u r o ve rs la te r B rig h tm o re g o t one to lift, a lb e it it v e ry s lo w ly , and
W h y te p la y in g as s tra n g e a s h o t as w ill e ve r be seen — a cro ss b e tw e e n a
d e v o tio n a l a ttitu d e and a s lo w -m o tio n o ver-head te n n is sm ash — c o n triv e d to
be c a u g h t off his g lo ve s. W o rs e w a s to fo llo w
In B rig h tm o re 's n e xt o ve r
M a cK e n zie w h o w a s p la yin g fo rw a rd a lm o s t b e fore th e ball w a s b o w le d p a tted
a h a lf-v o lle y s tra ig h t in to th e hands o f a g ra te fu l s h o rt m id -o n . T h e re a fte r C.
H ill, a fte r an e d g y s ta rt, began to s m ite the b all in all d ire c tio n s w ith som e
v ig o u r. A s w in g in g h it o v e r m id -w ic k e t o f C ra w fo rd w h ic h landed firs t b o unce
in th e rh o d o d e n d ro n s b y th e p a v ilio n co m e s p a rtic u la rly to m in d . T ry in g to
rep e a t th e s h o t off the n e x t b all he e n d ea vo u re d to s k y th e ball behind the
b o w le r. A t least th re e fie ld e rs in s tra te g ic p o s itio n s s h o u te d 'Y o u rs ' and then,
to o late, all dashed in. N o t long a fte r th o u g h Parker ran H ill o u t, and
in e x c u s a b ly Parker had th e bad m anners to g e t h im s e lf o u t to o at th e same
score. B. W a lk e r and L o w d e n sa w us hom e, and a m atch w h ic h w e should
have w o n c o m fo rta b ly ended as a scra m b le
Strathallan
Dundee U niversity 2nd X I
K. Pannell, b A . B. W a lk e r ...
T. M c L in s k y , b A . B. W a lk e r ...
M . W a lte rs , b A . B. W a lk e r ...
S. B a rtle y , c H ill, b T h o m so n
M. C ra w fo rd , b Low d e n ............
M. B rig h tm o re , c Parker, b
S h e rin g to n ....................................
W . R ussell, b L o w d e n .............
A. K endall, b Low den .................
B. de M a tto s , b S h e rin g to n ...
S. G raves, b L o w d e n .................
K. A lla rd y c e , n o t o u t .................
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H. R. Parker, c Pannell, b
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D. A . S. W h y te , c Russell, b
B rig h tm o re ....................................
E. G. M acK e n zie , c Russell, b
B rig h tm o re ....................................
C. H ill, run o u t ...............................
A . B. W a lk e r, n o t o u t .................
T. R. M acL e o d , b B a rtle y ........
S. D. L o w d e n, n o t o u t .............
D. A . W a lk e r, N. 0 . S h e rin g to n
and P. R. P. T hom son did not
bat.
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Saturday, 15th M a y v. The Edinburgh Academ y— A w a y .
O ur m atch w ith T he A c a d e m y has in the p a st been close, b u t n o t so th is
year, fo r th e S ch o o l, w ith som e ig n o m in io u s b a ttin g , w e n t d o w n b y 73 runs.
S tra th a lla n fie ld e d firs t and began to w h ittle a w a y at th e e a rly b a ttin g . In the
e ig h th o v e r o f th e gam e G reen b o w le d M a c k ie round his legs. Up to th is
p o in t G reen had n o t been b o w lin g w ith any d is tin c tio n , b u t th e presence o f
a c lu s te r o f g u llie s , s lip s and s h o rt-le g s m ay have persuaded th e b atsm en th a t
th e fu ll-to s s e s and lo n g -h o p s th a t w e re se rve d up in rap id su cce ssio n w e re
m ere c lo u d -c a p p 'd fa n cie s. Then M a cK e n zie w a s b ro u g h t on as firs t change
G6
It w as a g ood p lo y to b ring s p in so so o n in to th e
b o w le d a sp e ll o f so m e fo u rte e n o ve rs v e ry s te a d ily
n o t to p ic k up m ore th a n th e one w ic k e t th a t he d id
go to hand. B o w lin g c a n n o t have been m ade a n y
presence o f the’ p e rm a n e n t c o ld w in d th a t E d in b u rgh
a tta c k , and M a cK e n zie
indeed and w a s u n lu c k y
g e t. C atches ju s t d id n 't
th e m ore easy b y the
has.
It w a s s h o rtly a fte r lunch th a t th in g s s ta rte d to go w ro n g . The fie ld in g
became ra th e r w a y w a rd , and Lou do n , ch a n cin g his arm , s ta rte d to d e sp a tch
the b o w lin g to all p a rts o f th e g ro u n d . G reen, c o m in g on a t th e back
end
o f th e in nings, g o t tw o m ore w ic k e ts — M a cke n zie m ig h t ju s t as w e ll have
never been a t the w ic k e t fo r all he k n e w a b o u t th e ball th a t b o w le d him —
and th e in n in g s w a s de cla re d a t 146.
Then cam e th e rain — n o t m uch, b u t enough to freshen th e w ic k e t a little .
T o a s sis t The A c a d e m y in th e ir ta s k , Parker ran C a n tla y o u t se co n d ball o f th e
innings — a lth o u g h it m ig h t be fa ire r to say th a t C a n tla y ran h im s e lf o u t
because he w a s n 't b a ckin g up w h e n he
w a s ca lle d fo r a s h o rt sin g le , and
w hen he did e v e n tu a lly g e t u n d e r w a y he w a s w a v in g his b a t like a S a lva tio n
A rm y banner, a lth o u g h he
w a s n 't d e stin e d to be am ong the e le c t th is
tim e. N e ith e r M cLean n o r M a cK e n zie lasted long a g a in st Cosh w h o
was
g e ttin g som e lift fro m th e w ic k e t, and
H ill w a s o u t p la yin g a lap. A ll
th is tim e Parker w a s c o p in g a b ly e n ough
w ith C osh, and it w o u ld seem th a t
o thers w e re reading d iffic u ltie s in to his b o w lin g and th e p itc h th a t w e re n o t
there. C e rta in ly W h y te , d e p u tis in g fo r W a lk e r w h o w a s ill and c o u ld n o t pla y
in th is m atch , began to p la y an in n in g s o f som e w o rth , and w a s a shade
u n fo rtu n a te to be o u t w h e n he g o t an in s id e edge o n to his pad, th e ball
c a rryin g back to th e w ic k e t-k e e p e r. S in ce Parker had ju s t g o t o u t d riv in g
o u ts id e th e o ff-s tu m p a t Loudon, little rem ained in th e w a y o f b a ttin g , alth o ug h
S h e rin g to n and M acL e o d lasted n e a rly 25 m in u te s and s h o w e d w h a t co u ld
have been done w ith m ore re s o lu tio n and courage.
A ll c re d it th o u g h to The A c a d e m y fo r fie ld in g and b o w lin g so w e ll.
Strathallan
The E d in b u rgh A c a d e m y
A.
A.
J.
A.
C. K in g h o rn , Ib w b M acL e o d
B. M a c k ie , b Green .............
D. F ulto n , b T h o m so n ........
Jam es, c C a n tla y, b M a c ­
Kenzie
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W . D. G. Loudon, n o t o u t .........
J. E. S tro b rid g e , bM acL e o d ...
J. D. M acK e n zie , b Green ......
A . J. S -D a rlin g , c H ill, b Green
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H. R. Parker, c S tro b rid g e ,
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I. R. M cLean, c Fulton, b Cosh
E. G. M acK e n zie , b Cosh ........
C. H ill, c Jam es, b Cosh ........
D. A . S. W h y te , c S tro b rid g e ,
b G ra n t .........................................
R. H. G reen, c Jam es, b Cosh
S. D
L o w d e n, c D arling, b
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T. R. M acLeod, n o t o u t ..........
P. R. P. T h o m so n , Ib w b K in g ­
horn
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Tuesday, 18th M ay v. Perth A cadem y— Home.
The S chool b a tted firs t and soon lo s t tw o q u ic k w ic k e ts . C a n tla y w a s
the firs t to go, ca u g ht behind to a ball w h ic h lifte d s lig h tly and le ft him , and
M cLean fo llo w e d s h o rtly a fte r. The re c o v e ry o f the in n in g s w a s being c o n 67
d u c te d w ith a fa ir a m o u n t o f su cce ss, and Parker lo o ke d in g o o d fo rm u n til
run o u t by W h y te . P o s s ib ly a ffe cte d by th is and the d is m is s a l o f H ill tw o
run s la te r — in s id e edge o n to th e pad and th e n ce o n to the w ic k e t — W h y te 's
sc o re p ro g re sse d v e ry s lo w ly in deed, and it w a s le ft to W a lk e r to m ake runs
as q u ic k ly as he w a s able. The sc o rin g rate w a s held d o w n , to o , by the
re te n tio n at bo th ends o f m ed iu m pace b o w le rs . Three o ve rs o f spin w e re
used, b u t th e se w e re in a ccu ra te and th e sco rin g rate w a s u s e fu lly b o o ste d .
The in n in g s w a s d e cla re d a t 113. For Perth A c a d e m y J. R. W a lk e r b o w le d
e x c e p tio n a lly w e ll, b u t had one o f th o s e days w h e n th e ball ju s t m issed the
w ic k e t o r th e edge, o r w h e n ca tch e s ju s t fe ll s h o rt; 1 fo r 33 h a rd ly does ju s tic e
to his b o w lin g .
The Perth A c a d e m y sid e w e re a fa r m ore p o lish e d sid e than w e have seen
fo r so m e tim e , and w e w e re indeed lu c k y to be rid o f S m ith so early. He w a s
o u t h o o k in g a t a ball fro m W a lk e r w h ic h d id n 't com e th ro u g h so th a t a sim p le
c a tc h w a s lo b b e d to s h o rt m id -w ic k e t. Then Law rence w a s b o w le d , and
W a lk e r, J. cam e in to jo in Foster. T hese tw o p u t on 31 w ith o u t m uch tro u b le
fo r th e th ird w ic k e t — indeed W a lk e r th u m p e d 19 off T h o m s o n 's fir s t tw o
o ve rs. L o w d e n , b o w lin g a t th e Law End, w a s m uch ste a d ie r and his flig h t and
c u t m ade his less p re d ic ta b le fo r th u m p in g . In fa c t he rem o ve d W a lk e r, ca u g ht
a t th e w ic k e t, ta m e ly s tre tc h in g fo rw a rd , and G rim m o n d w a s b o w le d by
T h o m s o n in th e fo llo w in g over. Paul s m o te T h o m so n fo r a six b e fore running
h im s e lf o u t, and a t la st F o ste r w a s b o w le d b y Low den.
Strathallan
Perth Academ y
J. H R. Parker, run o u t .............
W . M . C a n tla y , c S m ith , b
W a lk e r
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I. R. M cLe a n , b L a w re n ce ........
D. A . S. W h y te , n o t o u t ............
C. H ill, b F o s te r ...........................
A . B. W a lk e r, n o t o u t .................
R. H. G reen, N. O. S h e rin g to n ,
S. D. Lo w d e n, T. R. M acLeod
and P. T h o m so n did n o t bat.
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I. C. F oster, b Low d e n ............
J. R. W a lke r, c H ill, b Low den
A . G rim m o n d , b T h o m so n ........
W . Paul, run o u t ...........................
B. S trachan, n o t o u t ......................
P. M o ffa t, n o t o u t ......................
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Saturday, M a y 22nd v. M orrison's Academ y— A w ay.
The in n in g s s ta rte d w ith a s lig h t drizzle and w e cam e off o nce fo r a
q u a rte r o f an h o u r b e fore the rain cam e d o w n in e arnest again and p la y had
to be abandoned. The o n ly fe a tu re s o f th e in n in g s th a t can be co m m e n te d on
are Parker's being as safe as usual and lo o k in g to be s e ttlin g fo r a big score;
S h e rin g to n 's appearance as an o p e ning bat, and M cLe a n 's fa ilin g once more.
Strathallan
J. H. R. Parker,
n o t o u t ..........
N. 0 . S h e rin g to n , b M c N a u g h to n
I. R. M cLe a n , c W e s t b M e N a u g h to n
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D. A . S. W h y te ,
n o t o u t ..........
C. H ill, B. W a lk e r, G. M acK e n zie ,
R. G reen, S. L o w d e n , A . M a r­
shall, and P. T h o m s o n d id n o t
bat.
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T hursday, M a y 27th v. L o re tto — A w a y .
The side w e re unable to ta ke a d va n ta g e o f th e ideal c o n d itio n s w h ic h N ew
Field p resented in th is m atch. Losing th e to s s and being p u t in to b a t on a
w ic k e t fu ll o f runs, S tra th a lla n lo s t tw o v e ry e a rly w ic k e ts . In th e th ird o v e r o f
the game Parker w a s b o w le d leg s tu m p b y A rm s tro n g . S in ce P a rke r's firs t
m o ve m e n t is a fo rw a rd sh u ffle to w a rd s th e o ff-s id e , th e re is a lw a y s da n ge r
th a t a le ft-a rm o v e r th e w ic k e t b o w le r is go in g to b o w l him ro u n d his legs,
and th is is w h a t happened th is tim e . S h e rin g to n , p la yin g an u n u s u a lly c irc u m ­
s p e ct in n in g s fo r him , fo llo w e d th re e o ve rs la te r w h e n an u p p ish square c u t
resu lte d in a to p edge w h ic h w a s w e ll ta ke n by T ha ckra h a t fir s t slip . T h e re ­
a fte r th e in n in g s w a s all g rin d . H ill and W h y te w e a th e re d th e o p e ning a tta c k
w ith o u t s c o rin g m any runs, and it w a s n o t u n til C ra w fo rd w a s p u t on th a t
e ve n ts to o k a fu rth e r unusual tu rn . C ra w fo rd is one o f th e b o w le rs w h o g ive s
the ball so m uch air th a t it is p o s s ib le fo r th e b a tsm e n to m ake th re e o r fo u r
s h o ts be fore th e ball even a rrive s, and th e n, being to ta lly c o n fu s e d b y the
rich a v a ila b ility o f s h o ts th a t co u ld have been p la ye d , th e b a tsm a n g e t o u t.
T his is m ore o r less w h a t happened to H ill — or, a t le a st, th e c h a rita b ly
d isp o se d w ill th in k so fo r he w a s b o w le d le g -s tu m p b y a fu ll-to s s . W h y te
had m ore idea a b o u t h o w to deal w ith th is kin d o f b o w lin g , and fo r th e m o s t
pa rt a d vanced d o w n th e w ic k e t and p u lle d th e b o w le r th ro u g h m id -w ic k e t.
C ra w fo rd , th e re fo re , cam e off, and A rm s tro n g cam e back on — a g o o d m ove
sin ce it g o t rid o f M acK e n zie q u ite q u ic k ly . The C ra w fo rd w a s b ro u g h t back
and m ore w ic k e ts fe ll u n til L o w d e n and T h o m so n cam e to g e th e r a t 10 and 11.
These tw o in 31 m in u te s p u t on 30 in va lu a b le run s, and a p a rt fro m so m e ve ry
clo se th in g s a risin g fro m id io t run n in g b e tw e e n th e w ic k e ts th e y lo o ke d to be
in no p a rtic u la r d iffic u lty . One began to w o n d e r w h a t all the ala rm s and
e xcu rsio n s d u rin g th e p re v io u s h o u r had been a b o u t. T hu s W a lk e r w a s able to
declare at 5.45 leaving L o re tto to sco re a t a b o u t fo u r an o v e r if th e y w a n te d
to w in . It co u ld be said th a t w e b a tte d to o long, b u t a sid e w h ic h p u ts th e
o th e r one in m ust hope to g e t it o u t q u ic k ly , and if it d o e s n 't, th e n th e re can
h a rd ly be g ro u n d s fo r c o m p la in t.
In fa c t th e L o re tto in n in g s s ta rte d in a h ig h ly b u s in e s s -lik e w a y . T hackrah
scored fre e ly fro m h o o k s and c u ts and a fte r 40 m in u te s th e sco re w a s 41 and
the sco ring rate 3 an ove r. A t th is p o in t T ha ckra h c u t hard a t C halm ers and
gave a ca tch to firs t s lip n o t u n like th e one S h e rin g to n had g ive n to T hackrah.
M acK enzie d o e s n 't d ro p th a t k in d and so th e b a tsm a n w h o had th re a te n e d to
be dan ge ro u s w a s o u t. W a lk e r a t th e o th e r end had c o n trib u te d o n ly 11 runs
by th is stage and w a s o b v io u s ly so m e o n e to keep in. W ith 80 runs to g e t in
50 m in ute s L o re tto g ave up, d e s p ite having 9 w ic k e ts in hand. T he n e x t w ic k e t
fell at 62, fiv e m in u te s b e fore c lo se o f play, o u r tw o m o s t b o rin g b o w le rs by
th a t tim e having th o ro u g h ly e s ta b lis h e d th e m s e lv e s .
T his w a s C h a lm ers' fir s t m atch in th e side. He had been g e ttin g a s ta c k
o f w ic k e ts in se co n d eleven c ric k e t, and he b o w le d s tra ig h t in th is gam e,
a lth o ug h he te n de d to p itc h s h o rt.
Strathallan
J. H. R. Parker, b A rm s tro n g
N. 0 . S h e rin g to n , c T hackrah
b Clarke ........................................
D. A . S. W h y te , c G albraith b
C ra w fo rd
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C. Hill, b C ra w fo rd ......................
E. G. M acK enzie, c B o o th b
A rm s tro n g ....................................
I. R. M cLean, s t W in to n
b
C ra w fo rd
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A. B. W a lk e r, c W a lk e r b B e tt
G. A. Chalm ers, b B e tt ............
R. H. G reen, c and b C ra w fo rd
S. D. L o w d e n, n o t o u t ............
P. R. P. T ho m so n , n o t o u t ........
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M . S. S. W a lk e r, n o t o u t ........
R. S. T ha ckra h , c M acK e n zie
b C halm ers ....................................
P. D. W in to n , c M cLean b
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A. S. M . W ils o n , n o t o u t ........
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Saturday, M ay 29th v. M erchiston Castle School— Home.
Parker and S h e rin g to n s a w th e sid e o ff to a g o o d s ta rt in th is game,
p u ttin g on 41 fo r th e firs t w ic k e t in ju s t o v e r an hour. S h e rin g to n in p a rtic u la r
w a s severe on a n y th in g p itc h e d s lig h tly s h o rt o f a length o u ts id e th e o ff-s tu m p ,
p u sh in g such d e liv e rie s back th ro u g h th e gap b e tw e e n m id -o ff and e x tra -c o v e r.
W h e n S h e rin g to n w a s o u t, Parker began to acce le ra te his sc o rin g , m a in ly by
w o rk in g th e ball th ro u g h m id -w ic k e t, b u t also w ith som e s tra ig h t d riv e s and
d riv e s to th e o ff-s id e o f th e w ic k e t. W h y te p lo d d e d on, and no fu rth e r w ic k e t
fe ll b e fo re lunch. A fte r lu n ch th e in n in g s d id n o t p ro g re ss w ith th e speed th a t
it o u g h t to have done. W h e n W h y te w a s o u t fo r 19 ca u g h t a fte r s k y in g a ball
fro m th e to p edge in an a tte m p t to s w e e p he had been in fo r th e b e st pa rt
o f t w o hours. The u rg e n cy fo r runs w a s g re a t and a s p e c ta c u la r co lla p se
fo llo w e d because o f u n in te llig e n t ru n -ch a sin g . From 2 fo r 123 the in n in g s w e n t
to 150 all o u t, and th e b a tsm e n fa ce d b y R ichards and Buchanan fla ile d a t the
w ro n g ball, and pla ye d fo rw a rd w h e n th e y sh o u ld have been on th e back
fo o t. Parker w a s ta ke n a t s lip c u ttin g a t R ichards — a tire d s tro k e and one
w h ic h he sh o u ld n o t use a n y w a y u n til he has m aste re d th e te c h n iq u e o f
c u ttin g hard (th is w a s a slip s h o d d a b ). T here had been tw o s h o rt s to p p a g e s
fo r r a in — th e M e rc h is to n m atch a lw a y s seem s to a ttra c t rain— and M e rc h is to n
w e re le ft 2 h o u rs and tw e n ty m in u te s in w h ic h to g e t the runs.
T h is ta s k p ro v e d to be b e yo n d th e m . M e rso n sta rte d in fine s ty le b u t in
th e fo u rth o v e r d ro v e C h a lm ers on th e up o v e r w h e re m id -o ff s h o u ld have
been. In fa c t m id -o ff w a s lu rk in g m uch fu rth e r a w a y near th e b o u n d a ry, and
th e c a tc h w a s w e ll-ta k e n by W a lk e r. C halm ers, w h o a lw a y s lo o ks tw ic e the
b o w le r once he has ta ke n a w ic k e t, th e n re m o ve d R iddell w ith one th a t c u t
back, and had R ichards c a u g h t a t th e w ic k e t w ith one th a t p itc h e d o ff-s tu m p ,
lifte d s lig h tly and m ove d a w a y o ff th e seam . A n e x ce lle n t ball. R ichards w as
p o s s ib ly a little u n lu c k y to g e t an edge. A t 3 fo r 15 M e rc h is to n lo s t som e
in te re s t in th e p o s s ib ility o f a w in , and, in d e e d, th e y w o u ld have been in dire
tro u b le had ch a n ces w h ic h b o th T u llo and H u tch iso n g ive n e a rly on s tu ck.
A s it w a s th e y pushed th e sco re to 80. B y th is tim e S h e rin g to n and M acK e n zie
w e re b o w lin g , and th e y p re se n te d m ore d iffic u lt p ro b le m s, a lth o u g h the
M e rc h is to n b a tsm e n d id n o t b a t in such a fo o lh a rd y w a y ag a in st th e m as the
S tra th a lla n ones had a g a in s t R ichards. H o w e v e r, T u llo w a s b rillia n tly ta ke n
a t s lip b y M a cK e n zie off S h e rin g to n , D ru m m o n d w a s b o w le d s h o rtly a fte r, and
so, to o , w a s H u tc h is o n .
A t th is p o in t, w ith th e sco re a t 6 fo r 94 th e m atch had s w u n g b a ck in
S tra th a lla n 's fa v o u r. H o w e v e r, C larke and S e rvice w e re able to pla y o u t tim e ,
o r n e a rly so, fo r in th e la st o v e r o f th e d a y C halm ers a t last g o t S e rvice caught.
A p ity th e e a rlier ones w e r e n 't held, to o !
Strathallan
J.
H. R. Parker, c M e rs o n b
R ichards .........................................
82
N. 0 . S h e rin g to n , c H u tch iso n
b B la c k .........................................
24
D. A . S. W h y te , c
R id d e ll b
R ich a rds .........................................
19
C. H ill, c H u tc h is o n b Buchanan
0
E. G. M a cK e n zie , c T u llo
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S. D. L o w d e n , c
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R ichards .........................................
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R.
D. M e rso n , c
W a lk e r b
C halm ers
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M . J. R iddell, bC halm ers .........
R. M . R ichards, c M cLean b
C halm ers
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P. C. T u llo , c M acK e n zie b
S h e rin g to n
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K. I. H u tch iso n , b M acK e n zie
D. H. D ru m m o n d , b S h e rin g to n
A . M . S e rvice , c H ill b C halm ers
I. H. C lark, n o t o u t ...................
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A. B. W alker, c D ru m m o n d b
Richards
I. R. M cLean, b Buchanan
R. H. Green, c H u tc h is o n b
Buchanan
P. R. P. T h o m s o n , n o t o u t
G. A . Chalm ers, b R ichards .
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R. G. B uchanan, n o t o u t
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Tuesday, June 1st v. Dundee University Staff X I— A w ay.
T his w a s a n e w fix tu re , o rig in a lly a d ded to the A X I lis t, and th e n tra n s ­
ferred to th e 1 st XI one. The gam e w a s pla ye d on a w e t p u d d in g o f a w ic k e t
at D o w n fie ld , and runs w e re hard to co m e by, p a rtic u la rly as th e o u tfie ld , to o ,
w a s fa irly w e ll g ra sse d . The team g o t o ff to a v e ry s lo w s ta rt and th e sco re
w as 2 fo r 10 a fte r h a lf an h o u r's play. C a n tla y and W h y te b o th trie d to push
the score along a g a in s t a c c u ra te b o w lin g . M o s t o f th e sco re , th e re fo re , cam e
in singles and tw o s . One c o u ld have w is h e d th a t the la te r b a tsm e n had pushed
the score along m ore q u ic k ly : o n ly L o w d e n and T h o m so n seem ed p repared to
do th is . M cLean, fo r exa m p le , scra tch e d a ro u n d fo r nin e tee n m in u te s w ith o u t
sco rin g a t a tim e w h e n a d e cla ra tio n m u s t have been near. A s it w a s th e
d e cla ra tio n cam e a lm o s t to o late.
The S ch o o l b o w le rs w e re n o t able to g e t m uch m ore o u t o f w ic k e t than
the Dundee b o w le rs . Sharp w a s b o w le d in th e fir s t o v e r o f th e in n in g s fro m
one o f th e fe w b a lls th a t m ove d a t all, and T a lb o t w a s v e ry w e ll ca u g h t by
T hom son at s h o rt e x tra -c o v e r. The ball had been h it v e ry hard. D undee trie d
to keep pushing th e sc o re along, b u t lo s t w ic k e ts in th e pro ce ss.
Strathallan
Dundee University Staff XI
J. H. R. Parker, c S harp b B a rke r
N. 0 . S h e rin g to n , c H argreaves
b B a rry ........................................
W . M . C antlay, c and T hom as
D. A . S. W h y te , c Sharp b Barker
E. G. M acK e n zie , c T a lb o t b
B arry .............................................
S. D. L o w d e n, c T ho m a s b Barry
A. B. W a lk e r, b B a rry ............
I. R. M cLean, c M au le b Barker
P. R. P. T ho m so n , n o t o u t
R. H. Green and G. A . C halm ers
did n o t bat.
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P. T ho m a s, Ib w b W a lk e r
A . Sharp, b C halm ers ........
M . T a lb o t, c T h o m so n b Green
W . G. F errier, b W a lk e r
J.
D e w h u rs t,
c
W a lk e r
b
L o w d e n ...............................
B. H argreaves, Ib w b T h o m so n
A . J .M aule, b Low d e n
C. T o w n s e n d , Ib w b W a lk e r ...
J. B arker, n o t o u t .................
M . A . Jo n e s, n o t o u t
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T h u rs d a y , 3rd J u n e v. C. B. E. S o m e rv ille 's X I— H om e.
T his year w e d id n o t a c q u it o u rse lve s p a rtic u la rly w e ll a g a in st M r.
S o m e rv ille 's side, a lth o u g h so m e e xcu se m ig h t be o ffe re d in th a t both
o f o u r o p e ning p air a t th is tim e w e re in v o lv e d in o rch e stra rehearsals fo r
Speech Day. The m a tte r, in fa c t, w a s c ru c ia l, sin ce th e S ch o o l in n in g s sta rte d
d is a s tro u s ly . The v is ito rs b a tte d firs t, and m ade g o o d use o f th e w ic k e t.
M c N a b tu c k e d th e ball a w a y as c o rre c tly as ever, and a fte r a c a u tio u s sta rt,
n e ve r lo o k e d like g e ttin g o u t. M cL e lla n , a t th e o th e r end, had s u ffic ie n t luck
to la st him several years, y e t his being prepared to sta y th e re m ea n t th a t he
g o t runs — an o b je c t lesson fo r yo u n g b a tsm e n . E ve n tu a lly he w a s o u t m is ­
h ittin g L o w d e n , and tw e n ty runs la te r M cN a b h it a cro ss th e line and w a s
b o w le d . H aines b y th is tim e w a s w e ll se t and th re a te n e d to d o g ra ve d e s tru c ­
tio n to th e tile s on th e p a v ilio n ro o f. W re n , to o , seem ed to be q u ite h appy
u n til G reen b o w le d him one o f his u n p la ya b le ones. Haines w a s o u t s h o rtly
a fte r tea, and T e rry T ru s d a le m ade one o f his w e lc o m e b u t in fre q u e n t v is its to
th e w ic k e t. W e d id n o t have m uch tim e to see his range o f s tro k e s , because
M a rtin at th e o th e r end h o o kin g a t a ball fro m Green w h ic h w a s n o t all th a t
s h o rt o n ly c o n triv e d to g e t a to p edge in to his face. The in n in g s w a s then
de cla re d clo se d .
The o p e n in g a tta c k o f M r. S o m e rv ille 's side w a s o b v io u s ly to o m uch fo r
o u r b a ttin g to c o p e w ith . M a rsh a ll c e rta in ly h a d n 't the e xp e rie n ce to co n ta in
H ogan, a lth o u g h it w a s a t th e o th e r end th a t he w a s o u t w h e n he d id n 't g e t
beh in d a ball w h ic h cam e back at him and he gave a re la tiv e ly sim p le chance
to firs t s lip o ff th e s h o u ld e r o f th e bat. H o w e ve r, b e fore th a t M cLean had
been ig n o m in io u s ly b o w le d p a d ding up to Hogan — th is w a s M cL e a n 's la st
a p p earance fo r th e 1 st X I; a fte r a long series o f b a ttin g fa ilu re s he w a s no
lo n g e r in te re s te d in p la yin g c ric k e t. W h y te , w h o s e lim p e t-lik e q u a litie s w e re
needed at th is p o in t w a s also b o w le d pushing fo rw a rd a t Hogan, and C a n tla y
p la ye d a d is g ra c e fu l c ro s s -b a tte d s w is h at Hedges. M acK e n zie w a s b o w le d
p la yin g d o w n th e w ro n g line, and M acL e o d sta ye d , pla yin g c o rre c t fo rw a rd
d e fe n s iv e s tro k e s fo r th e n e x t 50 m in u te s. By n o w som e fa irly c h a rita b le
b o w lin g had been in tro d u c e d in to th e a tta c k , and L o w d e n , relish in g his chances,
began to d e s p a tc h it in to th e tre e s on th e lo n g -le g b o u nd a ry. O n ly 8 o u t o f
his 38 had to be run. W h e n he, to o , w a s b o w le d h ittin g at T racey, W a lk e r and
T h o m s o n c o n tin u e d th e th ra sh . W a lk e r e v e n tu a lly su ccu m b e d to Haines, w h o
w a s g e ttin g so m e th in g o f th e sam e kin d o f tre a tm e n t th a t he handed o u t, and
th e n C halm ers and T h o m so n p u t on 33 fo r th e la st w ic k e t. A ll g o o d th in g s
m u s t c o m e to an end: Hogan w a s b ro u g h t back, and Chalm ers, having no
relish fo r th a t k in d o f b o w lin g , w a s c a stle d second ball o f the sp e ll.
C. B. E. Som erville's X I
A . M c N a b , b L o w d e n .................
G. M c L e lla n , c T h o m so n
b
L o w d e n .........................................
D. H aines, b W a lk e r .................
A. B. W re n , b G reen .................
G. F. R. M a rtin , re tire d h u rt ...
T. N. W . T ru s d a le , n o t o u t ........
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G. M arsh a ll, c W re n
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I. R. M cLean, b Hogan ..................
D. A . S. W h y te , b Hogan ........
W . M . C a n tla y, b H edges ........
E. G. M acK e n zie , b T ra c e y
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T. R. M acLeod, b T ra ce y .............
S. D. Lo w d e n, b T ra ce y .............
A . B. W a lk e r, c S o m e rv ille b
Haines
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R. H. G reen, b H aines .................
P. R. P. T ho m so n , n o t o u t ........
G. A . C halm ers, b Hogan ........
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T hursday, June 10th v. D o lla r A c a d e m y — H om e.
It w a s a g o o d d a y fo r a c ric k e t m atch , b u t perhaps w ith h a lf te rm
in te rve n in g sin ce th e p re v io u s gam e e ve ryo n e w a s a little o u t o f to u c h . A s it
w as th e S c h o o l'd id n o t sc o re th e ir runs q u ic k ly enough, and D o lla r's re p ly w a s
to o h a lf-h e a rte d . A s it w a s one had th e fe e lin g a t th e end o f an u n s a tis fa c to ry
day.
The S ch o o l b a tte d fir s t and a n e w ope ning b a t in th e shape o f T h o m so n
w a s trie d . The m ove w a s trie d b y th e s e le c to rs w ith a v ie w , fo r a s ta rt, of
reducing th e e n o rm o u s and rid ic u lo u s average T h o m so n had a c q u ire d by
u n co m p le te d in n in g s a t th e o th e r end o f th e o rd e r. T h o m so n had opened
before, and he a cte d as an a d m ira b le fo il fo r Parker. He g o t 18 o f th e fir s t 23
runs, b efore being give n o u t le g -b e fo re , and C a n tla y w a s o u t s h o rtly afte r.
Then Parker and M acK e n zie p u t on 128 in an u n fin ish e d sta n d fo r th e n e x t
w ic k e t. T he b o w lin g w a s n o t p a rtic u la rly d is tin g u is h e d , and it w a s ple a sa nt
to see M acK e n zie a t la s t run n in g back in to fo rm and s h o w in g us so m e o f the
s tro k e s th a t he has. He g o t o n to th e b a ck fo o t m ore th a n he has been w o n t
to th is season, and th is seem ed to be enough to g e t his b a ttin g g o in g . Late
cu ts, square c u ts and d riv e s on th e up w e re th e o rd e r o f th e day. T ru e he
w a s d ro p p e d a t deep m id -o n in th e th irtie s , b u t a t le a st he had been m aking
a p o s itiv e s h o t. Parker w a s his usual se lf, and g ro u n d a w a y a t th e b o w lin g ,
m e th o d ic a lly ta k in g it to pieces. T he S c h o o l's in n in g s la ste d 2 h o u rs and 3
m in ute s, and W a lk e r d e cla re d leaving D o lla r 2 hours 5 m in u te s in w h ic h to
g e t th e runs.
T h e ir ope ning p a ir im m e d ia te ly p u t th e m b e h in d th e c lo c k , and w h e n
Davies w a s n e a tly ta ke n a t s lip b y M a cK e n zie o ff C h a lm ers' b o w lin g , he had
taken all o f 30 m in u te s to pro ce e d to one run. Burn w a s b o w le d n e x t ball.
W a tso n and S pencer, ch a sin g th e arrears w ith a little m ore u rg e n cy, p u t on 83
fo r the fo u rth w ic k e t — a sta n d n o t w ith o u t its p re se n ts fro m th e fie ld e rs.
H o w e v e r th e b o w lin g o f L o w d e n , T h o m so n and M acK e n zie k e p t th e m in
check, and th e y w e re unable to sco re m uch o ff Green d e s p ite se ve ra l v a lia n t
a tte m p ts to reach th e ball.
Strathallan
Dollar Academ y
J. H. R. Parker, n o t o u t .............
P. R. P. T ho m so n , Ib w b W a ts o n
W . M . C a n tla y, c D avis b
W a ts o n ........................................
E, G. M acK e n zie , n o t o u t
D. A . S. W h y te , N. 0 . S h e rin g ­
to n , S. D. L o w d e n, A . B. W a lk e r,
R. Green, D. A . W a lk e r and G.
A. C halm ers did n o t bat.
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C. Burn, b C halm ers
N. W a ts o n , n o t o u t
I. S p e n ce r, b T ho m so n
M . S m ith , n o t o u t
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W ednesday, June 16th v. Forfarshire— Home.
F orfa rsh ire b a tte d firs t, and fro m th e s ta rt it w a s a m a tte r o f h o w fe w
th e y co u ld be c o n ta in e d fo r. For th e fir s t s e v e n ty runs th e ba tsm e n w e re
to ta lly in co m m a n d , and R o b e rtso n w a s e v e n tu a lly o u t s w e e p in g a t a fu ll-to s s
from S h e rin g to n . W . Y. Bell c o n tin u e d to h it th e b o w lin g to all p a rts o f the
g round, and h it a p a rtic u la rly fin e s ix off L o w d e n o n to th e Law. Jo n e s w a s
n o t so severe on th e b o w lin g , b u t h a rd ly a n yo n e e scaped a m au ling . W a lto n
h it tw o balls ju s t s h o rt o f a le n g th o n to th e p a vilio n ro o f, and w h e n w ic k e ts
d id fa ll, b y and large th e y w e n t to ca tch e s in th e deep.
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The S c h o o l's re p ly w a s less than c o n v in c in g , th e e arly b a ttin g again
s h o w in g th a t it w a s s u s p e c t a g a in s t g o o d clu b b o w lin g . Parker w a s b o w le d
d riv in g a c ro s s th e line, S h e rin g to n and T ho m so n d id n 't la st long, and W h y te
c o n triv e d to g e t h im s e lf run o u t. C a n tla y, to o , w e n t e a rly and w h e n H ill w a s
c a u g h t the sco re w a s 6 fo r 60. In th e m e a n w h ile M acK e n zie w a s s ta rtin g to
sc o re runs as he had done a g a in s t th is sid e la st year. T he la te r b a ttin g w as
pre se n te d w ith so m e lo llip o p w h ic h L o w d e n and th e n W a lk e r e n jo y e d . Indeed
W a lk e r h it to such e ffe c t — 38 in 23 m in u te s — th a t w e cam e near to w in n in g
a m atch in th e la s t h a lf h o u r th a t fo r th e p re vio u s 3 j h o u rs w e had appeared
to be lo sin g c o m fo rta b ly . M a cK e n zie at th e end w a s s till th e re having
p e rfo rm e d th e ta s k o f a n ch o r-m a n w ith a g re a t deal o f a p lo m b .
Forfarshire
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D. G. R o b e rtso n , Ib w b S h e rin g ­
to n .................................
W . Y. Bell, c and b T h o m so n
D.
Jones,
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L o w d e n .......................
M . J. W a lto n , c
Parker b
L o w d e n ........................
J. W e b s te r, c Parker b Low d e n
R. F lem ing, n o t o u t
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J. H. R. Parker, b Flem ing
P. R. P. T hom son,, c W a lto n b
W a lsh .................
N. 0 . S h e rin g to n , b W a lsh
D. A . S. W h y te , run o u t
E. G. M acK enzie, n o t o u t
W . M . C antlay, c C ra ig ie b
W a lsh .................
C. H ill, c Flem ing b A lla rd y c e
S. D. Low den, c W a ls h b
Flem ing ............
A . B. W a lke r, c W e b s te r b
W a lto n
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R. H. G reen, n o t o u t
G. A . C halm ers d id n o t bat.
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Thursday, June 17th v. Dundee University Staff X I— Home.
W e yvent in to th is , th e se co n d m atch o f th e series, w ith a lo t m ore
c o n fid e n c e in th e b a ttin g . A g a in it w a s a fine d a y fo r c ric k e t, and a lth o ug h
som e o f th e e a rly b a ttin g fro m D undee lo o ke d a trifle in se cu re , runs w e re soon
c o m in g . T a lb o t, w h o w a s b a ttin g v e ry w e ll, fa ile d to n o tic e th a t S h e rin g to n
had a d eep square leg h id in g in th e tre e s , and w a s ca u g h t p lo n kin g a fu ll-to s s
s tra ig h t d o w n th e said fie ld e r's th ro a t. D e w h u rs t c o n s tru c te d a v e ry p leasant
fifty , and th e in n in g s w a s d e cla re d a fte r tw o and a half h o u r's b a ttin g .
The S c h o o l g o t o ff to a bad s ta rt w h e n Parker w a s stu m p e d d o w n the
le g -s id e b y y o u r c o rre s p o n d e n t, w h o th u s s ile n ce d som e o f th e je e rs th a t had
been u n til th a t tim e c o m in g fro m th e d ire c tio n o f sq u a re -le g . L o w d e n , p u t in
e a rly to keep th e ru n -ra te b o w lin g a long, m anaged to d o th a t u n til he h it across
th e line o f th e b o w lin g o f th e A d m is s io n s T u to r fo r th e M .A . Degree (a form
o f in s u ra n c e ? ). W h y te sh o u ld have been o u t fa irly e a rly on, b u t re g re tta b ly
y o u r c o rre s p o n d e n t w a s o n ly able to g e t o ne hand to th e ca tch d o w n the
le q -s id e , and, as I e xp la in e d to th e fie ld in g side, if there w a s a .ru n -c h a s e on
W h y te , on p a s t fo rm , w a s b e s t k e p t in. A la s, p a st fo rm w a s n o t retained,
and W h y te s m o te th e b o w lin g fe ro c io u s ly w h e n he w a s g ive n a chance to get
it, fo r W a lk e r, p ro m o te d to c a rry on th e g o o d w o rk , p ro ce e d e d to c o lle c t runs
a t a rap id and a la rm in g rate. F in a lly W h y te w a s ca u g h t at s h o rt e xtra -co ve r.
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He had played a c u t off th e fro n t fo o t w ith a v e lo c ity w h ic h gave s h o rt-e x tra
co ve r the o p tio n o f in ju ry o r ca tch . C atch it w a s. M a cK e n zie a rrive d a t th e
w ic k e t and w a s able to keep g iv in g W a lk e r th e s trik e and w h e n th e la s t o v e r
arrived 15 run s w e re req u ire d to w in . W a lk e r, w h o had ju s t reached his fifty
tw o o v e rs b e fore w ith a s ix , had s trik e . The fir s t ball w a s a w id e . The second
w a s a n e a r-w id e . The n e x t fo u r b a lls w e re s tru c k fo r 4, 2, 2, 4. A h u rrie d
a cadem ic c o n fe re n c e w a s c a lle d ; th e d is p o s itio n o f fie ld e rs w a s a lte re d . Then
the la st ball w a s b o w le d , w id e o f th e off s tu m p and a shade s h o rt o f a length
— n o t th e kin d o ne can ta p fo r a sin g le . W a lk e r, in fa c t, h it th e ball v e ry
hard indeed, and D e w h u rs t, fie ld in g a t d eep e x tra -c o v e r to o k th e ball a n kle
h ig h — - it had n e ve r risen m uch h ig h e r th a n th a t a n y w a y , and in the c irc u m ­
sta n ces w a s an e x c e lle n t ca tch .
It w a s g ra tify in g to see h o w fa r th e S ch o o l had p ro g re sse d in th e m a tte r
o f g e ttin g runs fro m th e fir s t d u ll d is p la y a g a in s t th e D undee U n iv e rs ity
S ta ff XI.
Strathallan
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J. M cLe o d , b W a lk e r
J. Barker, c C halm ers b Low den
M. T a lb o t, c L o w d e n b S h e rin q ton
J. H. L. D e w h u rs t, n o t o u t
A . C raig, c Green b M acK e n zie
A . Sharp, n o t o u t ............
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P. R. P. T ho m so n , s t J o h n so n
b Jo n e s .........................................
S. D. L o w d e n , b B a rry .................
D. A . S. W h y te , c J o n e s b Barry
A . B. W a lk e r, c D e w h u rs t b
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E. G. M a cK e n zie , n o t o u t
N. O. S h e rin g to n , C. Hill, M.
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Saturday, 19th June v. Strathallian Club X I— Home.
Looking th ro u g h th e s c o re -ca rd o f th is m atch o ne m ig h t be fo rg iv e n fo r
th in k in g th a t th is e v e n t w a s b e co m in g m ore and m ore an e xcu se fo r
the
g a the rin g o f the Clan M acke n zie . O ve r h a lf th e run s o f th e S tra th a llia n C lu b 's
to ta l cam e fro m M acke n zie s and a q u a rte r o f th o s e sco re d in th e m atch cam e
from th e sam e clan. T h e y w e re less s u c c e s s fu l th is ye a r w ith th e ball.
W e w e re again b lessed w ith a g o o d d a y fo r c ric k e t, and o nce again one
has to o b se rve th a t it is a p ity th a t such c u rio u s h o u rs have to be played.
Less than an h o u r's pla y to s ta rt w ith is n e ith e r here n o r th e re , and it o n ly
needs th e b a ttin g sid e to lose th re e w ic k e ts in th a t p e rio d fo r th e m atch to
be
kille d sto n e dead as a s p e c ta c le a fte r lunch. S im ila rly a te a -in te rv a l o f
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m in ute s is e x c e s s iv e — o v e r tw ic e th e no rm a l le n g th p re scrib e d b y
th e
Law s o f C ric k e t — and lia b le to p u t a b ra ke on th e m o m e n tu m o f th e gam e
as it did th is year, w h e n w e had fifte e n m in u te s fa irly a im le ss b a ttin g a t th e
end o f th e S c h o o l's in n in g s in o rd e r to g e t th e tim e -ru n s e q u a tio n rig h t.
T his year th e S ch o o l b a tte d fir s t and n e ith e r M acK e n zie , S., n o r M cK e n zie ,
N., w e re able to b o w l w ith q u ite th e a c c u ra c y and ve n o m th a t have
ch a ra cte rise d th e m h e re to fo re . Parker and T h o m so n , th e re fo re , w e re able to
p u t on 50 runs in 45 m in u te s . B y th e tim e T h o m so n w a s o u t, b o th ope ning
b o w le rs had been seen off, and replaced b y I. Q. Jo n e s and a s lim -lin e ve rsio n
o f T o m m y T aylo r. It w a s th e la tte r w h o b o w le d T h o m so n . L o w d e n cam e in
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a t n u m b e r th re e , fu lfillin g th e d u a l p u rp o se o f ru n -g e tte r o r lu n ch -w a tch m a n ,
if th e re is such a th in g . He c e rta in ly pla ye d like a lu n c h -w a tc h m a n , and had
a v e ry u n c e rta in s ta rt.
A fte r lunch, L o w d e n w a s soon o u t, b o w le d by Sim b o w lin g g e n tle offb re a ks fro m th e C hapel End. Parker lo o ke d s e t fo r a big sco re , and no-one
re a lly tie d him d o w n , b e fore he w a s o u t ju s t o ve r an h o u r a fte r lunch fo r 64
w e ll m ade runs. W h y te , b a ttin g even b e tte r than on his last appearance a t the
w ic k e t, gave g o o d s u p p o rt fin d in g th e gaps on the o ff-sid e b e tw e e n e x tra ­
c o v e r and th ird man w ith som e p re cisio n . Sim b o w le d w ith a fa ir a m o u n t
o f a c c u ra c y fo r ju s t o v e r an hour, b u t n e ve r tro u b le d th e b a tsm e n g re a tly , and
s in ce th e y w e re n o t g re e d y he w a s n o t ta ke n off. Parker and W h y te p u t on
70 fo r th e th ird w ic k e t, and w ith th e a d v e n t o f W a lk e r th e sco rin g increased
s te a d ily . In ju s t o v e r th ir ty m in u te s he sco re d 29 runs, in c lu d in g a s tra ig h t
s ix o f P icken, and W h y te reached a w e ll-d e s e rv e d 50 — a sco re he had ju s t
m isse d fo r one reason o r a n o th e r on th re e o th e r o cca sio n s. T h is w a s n o t one
o f his s lo w in n in g s, and one w is h e s th a t he co u ld b a t m ore like th is all the
tim e . W h e n b o th he and W a lk e r w e re o u t s h o rtly a fte r 3.30 th e sco re sto o d
a t 183, and p la in ly a d e c la ra tio n th e n w ith a c o u p le o f o ve rs a g a in st th e Club
w o u ld have le ft th e m w ith less than 90 an hour to sco re — o r p u t a n o th e r
w a y ju s t o v e r fo u r runs an o ve r, an easy ta s k fo r a clu b sid e a g a in s t school
b o w lin g . In m y o p in io n W a lk e r w a s rig h t to p ro tra c t th e in n in g s; b u t it w a s a
p ity th a t a fe w m ore runs w e re n o t sco re d in th a t last te n m in ute s. By th a t tim e
b o th M acke n zie s w e re back and b o w lin g ra th e r b e tte r. Perhaps th e e ffe cts of
lunch had w o rn off.
A fte r tea D onald T u rn e r and lain Sim o p ened fo r th e C lub, and th e y had to
face so m e re a s o n a b ly a ccu ra te b o w lin g . C halm ers, u n u s u a lly fo r him , opened
w ith an o v e r o f o u t-s w in g , b u t it w a s n o t u n til som e o f the sh in e w a s off the
ball th a t th in g s began to happen. S im w a s be g in ning to lo o k v e ry da n ge ro u s
w h e n C h a lm ers b ro u g h t one back sh a rp ly fro m ju s t o u ts id e th e o ff-s tu m p , and
Sim lo o k in g fo r a fo rc e on th e o ff-s id e w a s b o w le d . Then T. T a y lo r, second ball,
w a s c a u g h t a t lo n g -o ff, w h o w a s p o sted a t th a t p o in t in m e m o ry o f so m e b a llo o n ­
ing h its last year. T his w a s a c ru c ia l w ic k e t, because once T o m m y g e ts th e range
any ta rg e t being chased lo o ks m uch less rem o te . In th e fo llo w in g o v e r Picken
w a s b o w le d off his pads b y one fro m C halm ers w h ic h p itch e d m id d le and c u t
in, and th a t little s k ip b a c k w a rd w h ic h Picken is lik e ly to m ake to such a ball
w a s his u n d o in g as it w a s on so m any o cca sio n s w h e n he w a s at S ch o o l. It
w a s a p ity to see t w o such b a ts as T a y lo r and Picken go so e a rly because
b o th can s e t a m atch a lig h t w ith s tro k e -p la y . John Parker, b ro th e r o f Hugh,
trie d to c o n tin u e th e w o rk o f g e ttin g on w ith th e in n in g s, and he pla ye d som e
s tro k e s w h ic h had an a ir o f d e sp e ra tio n a b o u t th e m . It w a s n o t long, th e re fo re ,
b e fore he w a s b o w le d b y C halm ers. T he a tte m p te d o ff-d riv e w a s n e ve r on.
P. H a m ilto n , g o in g fo r a c u t firs t ball, w a s v e ry n early ca stle d , and C halm ers,
in a space o f th re e o ve rs had ta ke n fo u r w ic k e ts fo r seven runs. In the
m e a n tim e , a t th e o th e r end, D onald T u rn e r w a s cru is in g g e n tly a long; in
fa irn e ss, he w a s n 't g e ttin g m uch o f th e b o w lin g . He then d ro ve a t L o w d e n,
and u s u a lly peo ple d riv e a t L o w d e n w ith so m e e le m e n t o f risk. The to w e rin g
o ff-d riv e w a s w e ll-ta k e n b y W a lk e r. 5 fo r 51.
A t th is sta g e it w a s cle a r th a t w ith a b o u t an h o u r to go th e C lu b w o u ld
n o t g e t th e run s, b u t n e ith e r w o u ld th e S ch o o l g e t th e w ic k e ts , and W a lk e r
w is e ly b ro u g h t on th e s lo w b o w le rs to tr y and b u y a fe w w ic k e ts . R eward
cam e v e ry s w if t ly w h e n S h e rin g to n b o w le d H a m ilto n . 6 fo r 81. T he b ro th e rs
M acke n zie , S tu a rt and Derek, p u lle d th e in n in g s fu rth e r round w ith som e ve ry
s e n s ib le c ric k e t — a m ix tu re o f h ittin g and q u ic k ly run sin g le s w h ic h th re a te n e d
to u n n erve th e S ch o o l fie ld in g . D erek e v e n tu a lly w e n t to a ca tch skie d to
deep e x tra -c o v e r. 7-124 and tw e n ty -th re e m in u te s to go. N orm an M cK e n zie ,
w h o s e p ro d ig io u s h ittin g p o w e rs are w e ll-k n o w n , d id n o t le t us d o w n . A
s tra ig h t s ix o f E. G. M acK e n zie and one o r tw o m ore b o u n d a rie s, and b o th the
s p in n e rs w e re off.
W a lk e r b ro u g h t h im s e lf back on and in his fir s t o v e r b o w le d S tu a rt
M a c k e n z ie fo r a v e ry w e ll sco re d 46. W ith fifte e n m in u te s to qo th e Club
needed th ir t y runs to w in . W illy Pate w a s run o u t v e ry q u 'c k ly ta kin g an
im p o s s ib le run, and th e la s t p a ir k e p t g o in g fo r the runs. W a lk e r v e ry nearly
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ca u g ht M acke n zie on th e lo n g -o ff b o u n d a ry — a fte r a long s p rin t and a d ive
he g o t his le ft hand to th e ball b u t it w o u ld have been a m ira cle c a tch if the
ball had s tu c k . W ith e ve ry o n e spread o u t th e chase ju s t fa ile d , and yo u r
c o rre sp o n d e n t w a s ro u n d ly je e re d w h e n he to o k off th e ba ils a t 6.30 — e ve ry
w a tch on th e g ro u n d disa g re e in g w ith th e p a vilio n c lo c k !
T his w a s th e c lo s e s t fin is h in th is se ries sin ce M a rtin S te w a rt fin ish e d
off a gam e b y h ittin g s ixe s all o v e r th e g ro u n d , and th is tim e fu ll c re d it m u s t
go to th e C lub fo r p la yin g a ttra c tiv e c ric k e t and n e ve r g iv in g up th e chase
fo r runs.
S tra th a lla n
S tra th a lla n C lu b XI
J.
P.
S.
D.
A.
H. R. Parker, c T a y lo r b Sim
R. P. T h o m s o n , b T a y lo r ...
D. L o w d e n, b Sim .................
A . S. W h y te , b N. M c K e n z ie
B. W a lk e r, c M ac k e n z ie , S.
b Picken
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E. G. M acK e n zie , n o t o u t ........
N. 0 . S h e rin g to n , n o t o u t ........
C. Hill, W . M. C antlay, R. H.
Green and G. A. C halm ers did
n o t bat.
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J. L. W . Parker, b C halm ers ...
P. M . H a m ilto n , b S h e rin g to n ...
S. L. M acke n zie , b W a lk e r
D. M a cke n zie , c W h y te b M a c ­
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N. D. M cK e n zie , n o t o u t .............
W . S. Pate, run o u t ......................
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S aturday, J u ly 3rd v. T rin ity C ollege, G le n a lm o n d — Hom e.
This is a gam e th a t w e n e ve r looked like w in n in g . A ll th a t w a s needed
w a s one batsm an to m ake som e runs once he w a s se t, b u t no -o n e d id , and
fu ll c re d it m u s t go to th e C ollege fo r seeing th a t th e y d id n 't. Parker w a s soon
o u t d riv in g a cross an in s w in g e r o f fa irly fu ll le n g th, and th e re a fte r th e in n in g s
p o tte re d along. W h y te , o u t o f to u c h again, w a s s tu m p e d b y H u n te r, and
Thom son w h o had lasted w e ll enough a g a in st all the m edium pace, endeavoured
to play several s tro k e s a g a in s t th e spin o f O w en and w a s b o w le d . Then, ju s t
before lunch, C a n tla y h it th e ball firm ly to s tra ig h tis h m id -o n , w h o gaped in
a s to n is h m e n t as C a n tla y em ba rke d upon a single. Had C a n tla y been a p a id -u p
m em ber o f th e M a g ic C ircle he m ig h t w e ll have g o t a w a y w ith th is sin g u la r
a tte m p t a t d e c e p tio n . A s it w a s he w a s run o u t b y several yards. N o tw ith ­
sta n ding th is, s h o rtly a fte r lunch M acK e n zie , w h o o u g h t to have been persuaded
th a t the fie ld in g side w e re n o t c re d u lo u s , trie d a s im ila r piece o f d e c e p tio n , and
Low den th is tim e w a s th e u n fo rtu n a te v ic tim .
Even w ith five w ic k e ts d o w n fo r 107 th e re w a s som e hope o f salvaging
som ething from the w re c k a g e , b u t M acK e n zie , having d e cid e d th a t a ssa u lt w a s
the b e st m eth o d o f s a lva tio n s tru c k a lo n g -h o p in the air b a c k w a rd s o f square,
and Robson, s tic k in g o u t a hand in hope, fo u n d he had m ade a b rillia n t catch.
W a lke r, a fte r tw o e n o rm o u s sixes, w a s b o w le d , and the in n in g s co lla p se d
m iserably.
W ith all the tim e in the w o rld to m ake the runs, G le n a lm o n d seem ed set
on s e lf-d e s tru c tio n to o fo r a tim e . Paterson w a s o u t le g -b e fo re to W a lk e r w ith
the score a t 25, and H u n te r, w h o had k e p t w ic k e t e x c e e d in g ly w e ll, seem ed
to decid e th a t he co u ld s h o w C a n tla y and M acK e n zie a th in g o r tw o a b o u t ta kin g
im p o ssib le runs. K err and Ireland ste a died th e in n in g s and the second b re a k ­
th ro u g h w a s achieved b y S h e rin g to n . He had Ireland e x tre m e ly w e ll ca u g h t
by C antlay, and H ardy even b e tte r ca u g h t b y M acK enzie. W ith the sco re at
61 fo r 5 w ic k e ts , S tra th allan w e re b ack in the gam e. H o w e v e r, Irving and
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G o w a r pla ye d m ore s e n s ib ly th a n a n yo ne else on e ith e r sid e had up to this
p o in t, and w ith th e w ic k e t g iv in g no help a t all th e y saw Coll. hom e w ith half
an h o u r to spare. G o w a r, in c id e n ta lly , has th e d is tin c tio n o f being the firs t
O cca sio n al to p la y a g a in st us ap p ea rin g fo r a n o th e r sch o o l.
Strathallan
Trinity College, Glenalmond
J. H. R. Parker, b M c H a rg ........
P. R. P. T h o m s o n , b O w e n ........
D. A . S. W h y te , s t H u n te r b
R obson .........................................
W . M . C a n tla y, run o u t .............
E. G. M acK e n zie , c R obson b
O w e n .............................................
S. D. L o w d e n , run o u t .................
A . B. W 'alker, b P ringle .............
C. H ill, s t H u n te r b P ringle .......
N. 0 . S h e rin g to n , s t H u n te r b
O w e n .............................................
R. H. G reen, b O w e n .................
G. A . C halm ers, n o t o u t .............
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N. A. S. H ardy, c M acK enzie
b S h erington ...............................
G. P. Irving , n o t o u t .................
D. J. S. G o w a r, n o t o u t ............
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M on day, July 5th S trathallan/G lenalm ond Combined X I v. O xford U niversity
Cricket Club A uthentics.
It w a s a little u n fo rtu n a te th a t as hom e side w e sh o u ld have to p ro v id e
b y c u s to m s ix o f th e p la ye rs fo r th is sid e w h e n w e had played w ith so little
d is tin c tio n a g a in s t C oll. The C o m b in e d X I w o n th e to ss and b a tte d firs t. Parker
d id n 't last long and a lth o u g h W h y te and H u n te r ra ttle d th e score alo n g a t a fa ir
old pace, b o th w e re o u t w ith in m in u te s o f each o th e r and lunch w a s ta ke n w ith
th re e w ic k e ts d o w n and ju s t o v e r fifty runs on th e board. U n fo rtu n a te ly s h o rtly
a fte r lu n ch Ireland, w h o had lo o ke d g o o d , in the sh o rt p e riod b e fo re , w a s
b o w le d p la yin g d o w n th e w ro n g line, and Raspin, b o w lin g le ft-a rm rou n d the
w ic k e t s lo w s k e p t th e re m a in d e r o f th e b a ttin g q u ie t. Irving b a tte d so m e tw o
and a half hours fo r his 44, and a lth o ug h it held th e in n in g s to g e th e r, it w a s a
s in g u la rly s tro k e le s s p e rfo rm a n ce . A t one p o in t, fo r exam ple, L o w d e n g ivin g
him a lm o s t an h o u r's s ta rt, a lm o s t o v e rto o k him .
T he A u th e n tic s had little d iffic u lty in sco rin g the runs. B a rke r w a s o u t
early, b u t a fte r th a t w e w e re tre a te d to a range o f s tro k e s fro m Lo w e and
C ushing.
Authentics
Com bined XI
J. H. R. Parker, c T ib b e tt b Lees
D. A . S. W h y te , c Low e b
Raspin
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P. D. H u n te r, c Barker b H ardy
N. P. Ireland, b H ardy .................
G. P. Irv in g , c T ib b e t b B rya n t
E. G. M acK e n zie , c Lo w e b
Raspin
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S. D. L o w d e n , c S u tto n -M a d o x
b Raspin .........................................
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B. J. L. Low e, c Irving b O w en
P. D. Barker, Ib w b W a lk e r ...
C. S u tto n -M a d o x , s t H u n te r b
Robson ........................................
V. G. B. C ushing, n o t o u t ........
D. Bell, n o t o u t ...............................
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A uthentics
A . B. W a lke r, c and b R aspin ...
D.
E. O w en, b Raspin ..............
E.
M. R obson, Ib w b Raspin
G.
A. Chalm ers, n o t o u t ..........
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W ednesday, 7th July v. Fettes College— A w a y .
The fin a l fix tu re o f o u r season — and h o w e a rly J u ly 7th is to fin ish a
season. — again had fine w e a th e r and a g o o d w ic k e t. It w a s an a ll-d a y gam e
sta rtin g a t 1.30 because o f e x a m in a tio n c o m m itm e n ts , and F e tte s b a tte d firs t.
A long a fte rn o o n in th e fie ld w a s p ro m ise d , b u t such w a s th e w e a th e r th a t
breaks fo r d rin k s w e re a rranged. S h o rt sp e lls o f b o w lin g w e re th e o rd e r o f
th e day.
C halm ers b o w le d s te a d ily d o w n th e hill w ith o u t m aking any
im p re ss io n , and G reen, b o w lin g rou n d th e w ic k e t w ith a g re a t deal m ore
accuracy, g o t a b it o f m o v e m e n t b o th w a y s . In one o v e r he persu a d e d C ausey
to p la y and m iss a t a co u p le . F in a lly he g o t th e edge, and a s im p le ca tch at
th e w ic k e t w a s p u t d o w n . W a lk e r to o k o v e r fro m C h a lm ers, and L o w d e n cam e
on a t th e C ollege end. In his se co n d o ve r L o w d e n b o w le d a ball w h ic h seem ed
to zig-zag in th e air, and b e a ting th e d e fe n s iv e p ro d fro m M c N a u g h to n , b o w le d
him. T his w a s a g o o d w ic k e t to get. B re a ke y and C a usey k e p t th e sco re
m oving , h o w e v e r, and it w a s M acK e n zie w h o e v e n tu a lly g o t C ausey ca u g h t at
the w ic k e t. D ic k in s o n ne ve r lo o ke d v e ry c o m fo rta b le and he w a s re m o ve d by
W a lk e r in his second spell.
A t th is p o in t th e re w a s a m in o r co lla p se . From 3 fo r 90 th e sco re w e n t
to 6 fo r 91 and W a lk e r w a s re s p o n s ib le fo r all th e w ic k e ts . H aving b o w le d
D ickin so n , he g o t T ra n to r's o u ts id e edge w ith th e n e x t ball w h ic h skid d e d
th ro u g h rather. Then, in th e n e x t o ve r, B re a ke y w a s b o w le d b y one w e ll up
to him , and M c C o n k e y s u rv iv e d one ball o n ly to be b o w le d as w e ll. W a ll w a s
b o w le d b y L o w d e n , w h o had been b o w lin g v e ry tid ily , w ith th e sco re a t 110,
b u t Rankin and G illie s w e re a llo w e d to p u t on to o m an y runs w ith so m e w e lld ire cte d s w ip e s . H o w e v e r, it is so m e tim e sin ce w e g o t F ette s all o u t on a
w ic k e t as g o o d as th is one w a s .
The ta s k o f g e ttin g 161 runs in tw o and th re e q u a rte r hours is n o t an
arduous one. Parker and S h e rin g to n s a w th e sco re to 27 b e fore S h e rin g to n
w a s ca u g ht a t m id -o ff, b u t b y th e n S h e rin g to n had d o n e his jo b . Then, fo u rte e n
runs la te r Parker d riv in g a c ro s s an in s w in g e r w a s b o w le d in e x a c tly th e same
w a y as he had been a g a in st G le n a lm o n d . One w o u ld h e s ita te to ca ll th e s h o t
an irre s p o n s ib le one, b u t in v ie w o f th e tim e a va ila b le , and in v ie w o f th e w a y
in w h ic h he is s u s c e p tib le to a ball o f th a t nature, one w o u ld have th o u g h t a
little m ore care m ig h t have been e xe rcise d . S till 41 fo r 2 w a s n o t a d isa ste r.
It w a s, th e re fo re , e x c e e d in g ly stra n g e to see, w ith one h o u r and th re e -q u a rte rs
to go, W a lk e r co m in g in. It is s till n o t cle a r w h a t he h o ped to
achieve.
C e rta in ly the s c o rin g w a s a trifle s lo w , b u t th is w a s as m uch due to th e over
rate as to th e c a u tio n o f th e b a tsm e n . A s it w a s he w a s soon o u t fo r e ig h t
and 3 fo r 57 w a s m uch m ore e n co u ra g in g fo r th e fie ld in g side. One d oes n o t
k n o w w h a t w a s said in th e d re s s in g -ro o m , b u t th is m ove m u s t have in d u ce d
som e kind o f u n n ece ssa ry rush and p a n ic in th e b a ttin g . A far s im p le r w a y
w o u ld have been to have s e n t a m essage to th e o th e r ba tsm a n in o c c u p a tio n
to g e t on o r g e t o u t. W h e n W h y te d id g e t o u t n e x t he had s p e n t an h o u r and
ten m in u te s fo r n ineteen runs. H ill p layed so m e a ttra c tiv e s tro k e s , one c u t
b a ckw a rd o f square rem ains m em o rab le , b e fore h oling o u t a t deep m id -w ic k e t.
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By then th e sc o re had reached 80, and w ith C a n tla y s tu m p e d push in g fo rw a rd
s h o rtly a fte rw a rd s th e in n in g s w a s a lm o s t b e yo n d repair. F o rtu n a te ly M a c ­
Kenzie cam e in a t n u m b e r e ig h t — a p o s itio n w h ic h fo r him w a s lu d ic ro u s in
v ie w o f his fo rm in th e la tte r h a lf o f th e s e a s o n — and he and Low d e n set
a b o u t th e rescue o p e ra tio n s . F ette s c ro w d e d round th e bat, b u t one o r tw o
fu ll-to s s e s o r long hops w e re se rve d up and th e se w e re p ro m p tly d e sp a tch e d .
A t la st L o w d e n su c c u m b e d to a s h o rtis h ball o u ts id e th e o ff-s tu m p , m ainly
because he d id n 't raise his bat. The n in th b a tsm a n w a s J. E. H a m ilto n , a se n io r
c o lt p la yin g his fir s t gam e fo r th e sid e in th e absence o f T h o m so n and any
se co n d eleven p la y e r in any kin d o f fo rm . O f co u rse his b a ttin g a b ility w a s
w o rth m uch m ore th a n a n u m b e r nine, and he w a s called u pon to p la y a
d e fe n s iv e gam e w h e n m o s t o f his e xp e rie n ce co m e s fro m being on th e a tta ck.
N e v e rth e le s s he w a s able to rise to th e o cca sio n , and w h ils t he k e p t o u t
T ra n to r, M acK e n zie d e a lt w ith M c N a u g h to n 's sp in . N e ith e r lo o ke d re m o te ly
like g e ttin g o u t d u rin g th e la st q u a rte r o f an hour.
So th e m atch ended q u ie tly in a d ra w . On a w ic k e t w h e re so m e th in g in
e xce ss o f 400 runs o u g h t to have been sco re d , o n ly 280 w e re .
Fettes College
Strathallan
G. C. M c N a u g h to n , b Low d e n
J. D. Causey, c H ill b M acJ. N. F. B reakey, b W a lk e r
R. F. D ic k in s o n , b W a lk e r
A . W . R. T ra n to r, c H ill b
W a lk e r
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T. B. Rone, c and b M acK e n zie
S. J. M c C o n k e y , b W a lk e r
M . A . W a ll, b L o w d e n ......
W . R ankin, n o t o u t
L. E ddlestone, run o u t ......
K.
R.
G illie s,
c
W h y te
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C h a lm ers
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D. A . S. W h y te , b T ra n to r ........
A . B. W a lk e r, c G illie s b D ic k in ­
son ..................................................
C. H ill, c G illies b T ra n to r ........
S. D. L o w d e n, c R ankin b
M cN a u g h to n ...............................
W . M . C a n tla y, s t Rankin b
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E. G. M acK enzie, n o t o u t ........
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R. H. Green and G. A . C halm ers
did n o t bat.
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2nd XI RESULTS
v.
v.
v.
x.
v.
v.
v.
The Edinburgh A cadem y. S tra th a lla n 54. T he E dinburgh A c a d e m y 49 W o n
Perth A cadem y. S tra th a lla n 77. Perth A c a d e m y 42. W o n
Fettes. F e tte s 101. S tra th a lla n 78-5. D raw n,
Dundee High School. D.H.S. 44. S tra th a lla n 45-6. W o n .
Loretto. S tra th a lla n 118. L o re tto 54-9. D ra w n ,
M erchiston. M e rc h is to n 138-9 (d e c .). S tra th a lla n 75-4. D raw n,
T rinity College, G lenalm ond. G le n a lm o n d 148-9 (d e c .). S tra th a lla n 107-9.
D ra w n .
3rd X I RESULTS
v. Fettes. F ette s 146 (W a lla c e 4 fo r 3 7 ); S tra th a lla n 104 (M a c k e n z ie 48 n .o .).
Lost.
v. M orrison's A cadem y 2nd X I. M o rris o n 's 47 fo r 6 (W a lla c e 3 fo r 1 5 ). M atch
a b a nd o n e d . Rain.
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v. Loretto. L o re tto 167-5 dec.; S tra th a lla n 105. Lost.
v. M erchiston Castle. M e rc h is to n 197; S tra th a lla n 109 (M c In to s h 3 1 ).
v. Trinity College, Glenalmond. S tra th a lla n 42; G le n a lm o n d 47-5. Lost.
Lost,
'A ' X I
v. Daniel S tew art's. 'A ' X I 152-4 (d e c .); Daniel S te w a rt's 64. W o n .
v. St. Salvator's. 'A ' XI 64; St. S a lv a to r's 42. W o n .
v. Dollar Acad. 2nd X I. 'A ' X I 167 (M a c k e n z ie 66, H u n te r 5 7 ); D o lla r 109
(M a c L e o d 6 fo r 2 9 ). W o n .
SENIOR COLTS RESULTS — 1971
v.
v.
v.
v.
v.
v.
v.
Edinburgh Academ y. C o lts: 86; E d in b u rgh A c a d e m y : 87 fo r 5. Lost,
Fettes. Fettes: 174 fo r 6 dec.; C o lts: 121. Lost,
M orrison's Academ y. C o lts : 36 fo r 2. Rain. D raw n,
Perth Academ y. Perth A c a d e m y : 26; C o lts 31 fo r 3. W o n .
M erchiston. C o lts: 52; M e rc h is to n : 46. W o n .
Loretto. C o lts : 116; L o re tto 118
fo r 3. Lost,
Trinity College, Glenalmond. 139 fo r 9 dec.; C o lts: 69. Lost.
Played 7; w o n
2; lo s t 4; d ra w n 1.
JU N IO R COLTS C RICKET — 1971
Team from : E. A . Ferguson ( c a p t.) ,
N. E. C ope ( w / k ) , G.S teele, N. D.Fraser,
D C. Ross, A . J. Hay, M. G. Evans, R. N. M acL e o d , R. I. W h ita k e r, D. S.
Low den, R. K. S hedden, J. I. M c In ty re , A . K. M cLean, A . D. B axter.
Results:
v. The Edinburgh A cadem y. S tra th a lla n 75-9 dec.; E dinburgh A ca d . 77-8.
v. F ette s. F ettes 103-8 dec.; S tra th a lla n 93. Lost.
v. Dundee High. S tra th a lla n 67-6 dec.; D undee 70-4. Lost.
v. Perth Academ y. Perth A ca d . 65; S tra th a lla n 49-9. D re w .
v. M erchiston. M e rc h is to n 78; S tra th a lla n 59. Lost.
v. Loretto. S tra th a lla n 57; L o re tto 58-4. Lost.
v. Trinity College, Glenalmond. T rin ity 103; S tra th a lla n 69. Lost.
Lost
T his has been a d is a p p o in tin g year, as is p la in ly e v id e n t. T im e and again,
ou r a tta c k w a s p a te n tly on to p w ith th e m ain o p p o s itio n b a ttin g b a ck in the
p a vilio n , o n ly fo r p re ssu re to be eased. T he team n e ve r learned to a p p re cia te
th a t all eleven o f th e fie ld in g sid e are in v o lv e d in " th e a tta c k " , n o r d id th e y
sense w h e n to press hom e an ad va nta g e .
M acL e o d w a s o u r m o s t p ro m is in g b o w le r and one o f th e b e st fie ld e rs.
The b a ttin g w a s se ld o m m ore th a n a d e qu a te , b u t u se fu l in n in g s w e re played
by F erguson, Ross and S teeie, w ith p ro m ise also being s h o w n by Fraser ^nd
Cope. S u rp ris in g ly perhaps, b u t it is in th e sphere o f b a ttin g th a t th e b e tte r
p o te n tia l lies.
JU N IO R XI
22.5.71— v. Lathallan— ( A ) . S tra th a lla n 118; Lathallan 114. W o n b y 4 runs.
29.5.71— v. Drum tochty C astle— ( H ) . S tra th a lla n 121 fo r 5 dec.; D ru m to c h ty
83. W o n by 38 runs.
1.6.71— v. Belmont House— ( H ) . S tra th a lla n 157 fo r no w k t. dec.; B e lm o n t
House 16. W o n b y 141 runs.
12.6.71— v. N e w Park— ( H ) . S tra th a lla n 96 fo r 7 dec.; N e w Park 63. W o n by
33 runs.
19.6.71— v. Croftinloan— ( A ) . S tra th a lla n 105 fo r 8 dec.; C ro ftin lo a n 46 fo r 9.
D ra w n .
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26.6.71— v.
by
29.6.71— v.
38
Craigflow er— ( H ) . C ra ig flo w e r 52. S tra th a lla n 55 fo r no w k t. W o n
10 w k ts .
A rdvreck— ( A ) . S tra th a lla n 109 fo r 9 dec.; A rd v re c k 71. W o n by
runs.
Runs fo r;— 761 fo r th e loss o f 39 w k ts . — an average o f 19.5 runs per w k t.
A g a in s t:— 445 fo r th e loss o f 69 w k ts . — an average o f 6.45 runs per w k t.
Played
7
W on
6
D raw n
1
Lost
0
JU N IO R 2nd XI
26.6.71— v. Craigflow er 2nds— ( A ) . S tra th a lla n 17; C ra ig flo w e r 19 fo r 5 w k ts .
L o st by 5 w k ts .
29.6.71— v. A rdvreck— ( H ) . S tra th a lla n 48; A rd v re c k 78. L o st b y 30 runs.
ATHLETICS
T his season has been a successful one although the resu lts are
n o t as good as last ye ar's w ith regards to m atch and m edal w in n in g .
H ow ever, I feel th a t a th le tics should be regarded as som ething
o the r than a mere team event. For exam ple, a rugby score o f 30-0
te lls us q uite a lo t a bo ut the game b u t an a th le tics score of 100-70
says next to nothing a bo ut the m eeting, especially a bo ut the key
a spe ct o f the sp o rt — ind ivid ua l c o m p e titio n . T herefore, in reality,
a th le tics is n 't ju s t a team sp o rt, b u t a num ber o f individual co n te sts
vaguely linked by th e ir o w n p a rticu la r rules, te chn iqu es, personalities
and clim axes. I th in k it fa ir th a t I sh ould, therefore, report on the
season from th is p o in t o f vie w .
In o u r firs t m atch a gainst The Edinburgh A ca de m y K. M ackenzie
w a s by fa r the m ost su ccessfu l athle te w ith a record-breaking th ro w
of 43.34 m etres in the m iddle discus. One of our v is ito rs , R. Jenkins,
produced an e xcellen t run in the m iddle 100 m etres, breaking the
tape at 11.1 secs. O ur n ext m atch w a s against L oretto, and it
proved to be m uch m ore su ccessfu l all round. G. L ockhart recorded
tw o ve ry fine perform ances in the open 100m. and the long jum p
w ith a record tim e of 11.35 secs, and a ju m p o f 20 fe e t
inches.
M. Finlay and P. S c o tt set up personal b ests in the long ju m p and
high ju m p re sp e ctive ly w ith 18 ft. \\ ins. and 5 ft. 5 ins. It w a s our
m iddle a thle tes w h o excelled th em selve s a ga in st Fettes, w ith D.
M cN ico l breaking the tape w e ll ahead o f his fe llo w -c o m p e tito rs in
both the 800m . and 1500m . w ith tw o good tim es. In the field, C.
Reekie leaped a fine 18 ft. 1\ ins. to firs t place in the long jum p, and
K. M ackenzie th re w the discus a nother reco rd -b rea kin g distance of
157 ft. 1 in.
A g a in s t G lenalm ond w e w e re outcla ssed on the tra c k e xcep t in
the m iddle 100 m etres, in w h ich A. Law rence clocked 11.5 secs, to
set a n ew School record. In the field w e v irtu a lly dom inated e v e ry ­
th in g , and A. W ig h to n se t a personal b est in the m iddle discus w ith
a th ro w o f 138 ft. 4 ins. and C. Reekie w a s on to p fo rm w ith a best
p u tt of 41 ft. 4 ins. in the m iddle s h o t . The Rannoch m atch produced
good resu lts w ith G. L ockh art and H. Fraser w in n in g the 100m. and
200m . re sp e ctive ly in tim es o f 11.3 secs, and 24 secs. — both
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personal bests. R. M cQ ueen pulled off the double in the senior
distance events, and D. M cN ico l did like w ise in the m iddle 800m.
and 1500m.
U n fo rtu n a te ly o u r S co ttish S ch oo lbo ys team w a s not as
successful as last year's b u t there w ere som e good e ffo rts during
the day. H. L. Locke excelled h im seif by reaching th e fin als o f the
m iddle 110 m etres hurdles a fte r equalling the record w h ich w a s a
trem endous b it o f running conside rin g th a t it w a s his firs t race at
th a t p articu la r e ven t th is season! O ur ju n io r team m em ber, T. S.
Ling, w as m o s t u n lu cky in n ot g e ttin g into his 200 m etres final.
Having run in the fa s te s t heat and recorded a tim e th a t w as fa s te r
than the qualifiers from the o th e r heats, he fell v ic tim to the ch a m ­
pionship rules w h ich said th a t the firs t tw o fro m each heat qualified
fo r the final; nevertheless he gained his badge standard, along w ith
K. M ackenzie in the discus. R. A. Je n kin s and D. M c N ic o l ju m p e d
and ran w e ll resp ective ly, and both n a rro w ly m issed th e ir badge
standards.
Results of inter-schools matches:
v. The Edinburgh A cadem y. Lost,
v. Loretto. W o n .
v. Fettes. W o n .
v. Glenalmond. Lost,
v. Rannoch. W o n .
In th e D unblane B aton C h a m p io n sh ip s th e S ch o o l cam e th ird o u t o f s ix
sch o o ls.
Records set during the season:
S enior:
100 m etre s. G. L o ckh a rt. 11.3
D iscus. D. J. M c B rid e . 137 ft.
S h o t. D. J. M c B rid e . 43 ft. 10
J a ve lin . D. J. M c B rid e . 185 ft.
secs.
8 ins.
ms.
6 ins.
M iddle:
100 m etre s. P. L. S c o tt and A . B. Law re n ce .
D iscus. K. C. M acke n zie . 157 ft. 1 in.
11.5 secs.
Junior:
200 m e tre s.
T. S. Ling.
24.7 secs.
D .J.M cB .
SPORTS DAY
This w a s held on 9th J u ly , and the w e a th e r w a s perfect, as it
a lw ays seemed to be fo r th is occasion. 15 o f last ye ar's records
w ere broken and one equalled. One record of 1968 w a s broken and
one equalled. The m assive fall o f records sta rte d last year w ith the
changeover to the m etric syste m , and w ill pro ba bly c o n tin u e fo r a
year or tw o before sta bilizin g, although one hopes th a t perform ances
w ill go on im p ro vin g , and records w ill go on to p p lin g . The results
are published b e lo w and speak fo r th em selve s, b ut a special m ention
m u s t be made o f the S enior 4 by 100 m etres relay. T his w a s a ve ry
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e xcitin g e ven t w ith N icol recording a ve ry good tim e o f 46.6 secs,
to break last ye ar's record. T his tim e w o u ld have given them a
place in the S co ttish S chools C ham pionships.
A t the end o f the s p o rts , M rs. A. D. D. M cC allum
presented the medals.
kindly
RESULTS OF THE INTER HOUSE SPORTS
100 m e tre s R ile y — 1 F a irch ild ; 2 V o ig t, 3 M un ro .
Tim e: 14.2 se cs.*
100 m etre s J u n io r — 1 Ling (R ); 2 W h ite fo rd ( S ) ; 3 A lla n (R ). T im e 12.0 secs.*
100 m e tre s M id d le — 1 L a w re n ce
11.6 se c s .*
( S ) ; 2 W ig h to n
( S ) ; 3 Reekie
(F ).
Tim e:
100 m e tre s S e n io r — 1 L o ckh a rt ( F ) ; 2 W h y te (R ); 3 Locke ( S ) . Tim e:
11.6 s e c s .t
200 m e tre s J u n io r — 1 Ling (R ); 2 A lla n (R ); 3 M c In to s h ( L ) . T im e : 24.8 se cs.*
200 m etre s M id d le — 1 L a w re n ce
T im e: 24.65 secs.
( S ) ; 2 M acK enzie, K.
(R ); 3 Reekie
(F ).
200 m e tre s S e n io r — 1 Fraser ( N ) ; 2 W h y te ( R ) ; 3 Locke ( S ) . Tim e: 23.7 secs.
300 m e tre s R iley — 1 M u n ro ; 2 B e ve rle y; 3 H in sh a w . T im e 44.5 s e c s .*
400 m e tre s J u n io r — 1 Ling (R ); 2 A lla n (R ); 3 M c In to s h ( L ) . T im e : 57.0 se cs.*
400 m e tre s M id d le — 1 M c N ic o l ( R ) ; 2 Locke ( S ) ; 3 Reekie ( F ) .
secs.
400 m e tre s S e n io r — 1 W a te rs to n
53.0 s e c s .*
( R ); 2 Fraser
( N ) ; 3 F inlay
T im e: 55.0
(S ).
Tim e:
800 m e tre s J u n io r — 1 M c D o n a ld ( S ) ; 2 Ling ( R ); 3 A lla n ( R ) . T im e: 2 min.
15.4 se c s .*
800 m e tre s M id d le — 1 M c N ic o l ( R ); 2 Locke ( S ) ; 3 Dale ( N ) . T im e : 2 m ins.
7.1 secs.
800 m e tre s S e n io r — 1 W a te rs to n
m in s. 3.4 se c s .*
1500 m e tre s J u n io r — 1 M c D o n a ld
4 m ins. 38.0 s e c s .*
(R ); 2 M o rto n
( S ) ; 2 Ling
(F ); 3 M cQ ue e n .
T im e: 2
(R ); 3 M arsh a ll ( S ) .
T im e:
1500 m e tre s M id d le — 1 M c N ic o l ( R ); 2 Locke ( S ) ; 3 Lo w (R ). T im e: 4 m ins.
26.4 se c s .*
1500 m e tre s S e n io r — 1 M o rto n (F ); 2 M cQ ue e n (R ); 3 S h e rin g to n ( S ) . Tim e:
4 m in s. 23.7 secs.
High J u m p
R ile y — 1 V o ig t; 2 L yd o n ; 3 P o w rie .
High J u m p
J u n io r — 1 Ling ( R ); 2 M c In to s h ( L ) ; 3 Hay (R ). H e ig h t
H e ight 4' 4 ".
4 ' 1 1 |" .
High J u m p M id d le — 1 Sandem an ( L ) ; 2 Reekie ( F ) ; 3 Locke ( S ) . H e ig h t 5' 5".
High J u m p S e n io r — 1 J e n k in s ( F ) ; 2 G o rd o n ( S ) ; 3 N ico l ( N ) .
Long J u m p R iley — 1 C ra m o n d ; 2 C am eron, P.; 3 S m ith , C.
H e ig h t 5' 6 | " .
Length 13' 1".
Long J u m p
J u n io r — 1 Ling ( R ); 2 M c In to s h ( L ) ; 3 B ird ( S ) . Length
Long J u m p
18' 3 ".
M id d le — 1
Ja rro n ( S ) ;
Long J u m p S e n io r — 1 L o ckh a rt ( F ) ; 2 Je n k in s ( F ) ; 3 W h y te (R ).
20' 6 j " .
D iscu s J u n io r — 1 M a rs h a ll ( S ) ; 2 M ag e e , K. ( S ) ; 3 Ferguson, F. (F ).
98' 6 ".
D iscu s M id d le — 1 M acK e n zie , K. (R ); 2 W ig h to n ( S ) ; 3 Low .
D iscu s S e n io r — 1 M c B rid e ( N ) ; 2 Gall ( N ) ; 3 H o w ie (S ) .
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17' 1j " .
2 Reekie ( F ) ; 3 M acK e n zie , K. (R ). Le
Length
Length
Length 1 3 6 '6 " .
Length 139' 6 ".
"1
Javelin J u n io r — 1 M acK e n zie , G. (R ); 2 M agee ( S ) ; 3 M a rsh a ll (S ) .
138' 0 " . t
Javelin M id d le — 1 M acK e n zie , K. (R ); 2 L o w ( R ) ; 3 P o w rie ( S ) .
143' 9 ". •
Length
Ja ve lin S e n io r — 1 M c B rid e
187' 2 i " . *
( F ) ; 3 S m ith , J. ( R ).
Length
S h o t J u n io r — 1 M acK e n zie , G. ( R ); 2 M a rsh a ll ( S ) ; 3 F erguson (F ).
38' 1 } " . *
Length
( N ) ; 2 A itk e n h e a d
Length
S h o t M id d le — 1 L o w (R ); 2 Reekie (F ); 3 M a cK e n zie (R ).
Length 40' 7 ".
S h o t S e nior — 1 M c B rid e ( N ) ; 2 G all ( N ) ; 3 L o ckh art (F ).
Length 43' 9 f " .
Relays:
4 x 1 0 0 m . R ile y — 1 Big D orm ; 2 D ru m fin n ; 3 G lencoe. T im e 58.6 se cs.*
4 x 1 0 0 m . J u n io r — 1 R u th ve n; 2 S im p s o n ; 3 Leburn. T im e 50.9 se cs.*
4 x 100m. M id d le — 1 S im p s o n ; 2 R u th ve n; 3 Freeland. T im e 48.2 secs.
4 x 1 0 0 m . S e n io r — 1 N ico l; 2 S im p so n ; 3 Freeland. T im e 46.6 se cs.*
* in d ic a te s n e w reco rd ;
S tandards:
Freeland
86; Leburn
76;
t in d ic a te s equals reco rd .
N ico l
138;
R uthven
135; S im p so n
137.
Over-all winners: R uthven.
V ictores Ludorum
Ju n io r: T. S. Ling (R u th v e n ).
M id d le : K. C. M a cK e n zie (R u th v e n ).
S e n io r: D. J. M c B rid e
( N ic o l).
BADM INTON
A fte r a period of non-existence, the club fin a lly w as reorganised
and opened again at the beginning o f the A u tu m n Term . By the end
o f the year there w ere a bo ut fifty -e ig h t m em bers, and th ro u g h o u t
the year to ta l m em bership did go as high as seventy. The main
disadvantage has been the lack o f tim e available to play b adm inton
due to the g ym n asiu m 's high use by o th e r sp o rtin g a ctiv itie s , by the
operetta and by e xam inations. A t present, therefore, w e have been
able to play at the w ee ken ds o nly, b u t th is situ a tio n is lik e ly to
im prove once the new sp orts hall opens.
A t the beginning o f the S um m er Term an open k n o c k -o u t
co m p e titio n w as organised, there being th irty -s ix entries fo r this.
The brothers Locke w ere the fin a lists, J. W . beating H. L.
A .C .G .M .
BOXING
The standard o f boxing th is year w as again very high due to the
w e e k ly sessions durin g w h ich M r. Henderson passed on his k n o w ­
ledge and skills to the ju n io r boys.
T h ro u g h o u t the q u a lifyin g rounds o f the inter-house c o m p e ti­
tio n, C. Carm ichael proved to be the m o st stylish boxer, b u t A. D.
G. M ackenzie and Pow rie proved th a t d e te rm in a tio n and stren gth
have th e ir qualities. This w as sh ow n, fo r exam ple, in P o w rie 's tw o
fine v ic to rie s over N icol and M cLean, K. In the finals the b a n ta m ­
w e ig h t final b o u t proved fu ll o f e xcite m e n t w ith A itke nh e ad o f
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Freeland n a rro w ly o u tp o in tin g R obertson o f Leburn. Carm ichael,
P aterson-B row n, Pow rie and M ackenzie, A. D. G. all had fine w ins
in the finals, all sh ow ing su pe rio r stren gth, greater sk ill and greater
d e te rm in a tio n than th e ir o pponents.
T hanks are due to the Headm aster, M r. W o rm a ld and Mr.
N e w b u ry fo r ju d g in g in the finals, and to M r. H enderson fo r
refereeing.
Results:
Bantam : A itk e n h e a d (F re e la n d ).
Feather: S hedden (F re e la n d ).
Light: M a c d o n a ld (S im p s o n ).
L ig h t W e lte r: C ope (L e b u rn ).
W e lte r: C a rm ichael ( N ic o l).
L ig h t M id d le : P a te rs o n -B ro w n (R u th v e n ).
M id d le : P o w rie (S im p s o n ).
L ig h t H eavy: M c K e lv ie (L e b u rn ),
H e a vy 'A ': Ling (R u th v e n ).
H eavy 'B ': M acke n zie , A . D. G. (R u th v e n ).
H ouse w in n e rs : Leburn.
J.M .S .
FENCING
The Fencing C lub has had a good season by any standards,
cu lm in a tin g in the w in n in g o f the S co ttish Schools J u n io r Sabre
C ham pionship by Ferguson, E., and a team placing in S co tlan d of
fifte e n th place, d espite the fa c t th a t o n ly tw o o f the norm al four-m an
team w ere able to attend.
The considerable enthusiasm show n at the home m atches has
n ot been equalled by any such enthusiasm in the s p o rt its e lf by
the seniors; th is notice ab le lack o f se nior interest, how ever, has been
offse t by the s p irit and co nsiderable num bers o f the m iddle and
ju n io r m em bers. D espite th is handicap o f little c o m p e titio n , the
Fencing C lub's senior team o f W rig h t, I. (C a p t.), Duff, A ., and
Ferguson w o n tw o o u t o f the three m atches. The com bined m iddle
and ju n io r team o f W rig h t, G., Gordon, King, S chneeberger and
K err w on all th e ir m atches.
An inn ova tion has been the in tro d u c tio n o f a Presentation Foil
w h ic h has proved hig hly successful in th a t it has encouraged more
people to fence at least once a w ee k in the S um m er Term . It w as
w on by I. W rig h t, C aptain o f Fencing, in his last term — very
app ro p ria te ly.
There is, w e th in k, great prom ise fo r the fu tu re . W e have to
th an k M r. Henderson and Professor Hans M ater, a ssistan t to the
national coach, fo r th e ir u n fa ilin g help th ro u g h o u t the year.
A .M .D .
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GOLF REPORT
A lth o u g h the m em bership co n tin u e s to be high, there has been
a d isa p p o in tin g lack o f su p p o rt fo r the S um m er Term co m p e titio n s .
The coaching to o has n ot been e n th u s ia s tic a lly su pp orte d, and this
raises the question o f w h e th e r the g o lf club , to g e th e r w ith the G olf
Foundation, co uld su bsidise the sm all n um ber o f b oys w h o are
w illin g to take the o p p o rtu n ity o f free tu itio n . It is to be hoped th a t
the apathy w h ich prevailed th is year w ill be replaced by genuine
keenness to p a rticip a te fro m a m uch larger n um ber o f people next
season.
The C airnies proved to be a tough te s t o f g o lf on the day w hen
the annual Perth In te r-S ch oo ls c o m p e titio n w as played, and our
four-m an team o f D. A. S. W h y te , J. H. R. Parker, S. D. Low den and
R. B. Shanks w as unable to produce c o n siste n t g o lf in the w in d y
co nd itio ns, and finished fifth . The w in n e rs w ere Perth High School.
The w ea th er w e encountered at Elie in O cto b e r w hen ta c k lin g the
Old Boys w as w orse than a t G lenalm ond, and the p a rtic ip a n ts w ere
ce rta in ly glad w hen the ordeal w as over. The result, w h ic h became
of less and less im portance, w as in fa v o u r o f the Old B o y s — I
th in k ! The Old Boys, under the o rg an isatio n o f Graham Jo hn ston ,
w ere again ve ry generous in th e ir h o s p ita lity .
The S um m er Term fixtu re s (th e results o f w h ich are show n at
the end) w ere very enjoyable and q u ite successful. W e have yet
to break our d u ck against G lenalm ond, and th is w as one o f the
years w hen w e did n o t really get ve ry close. The M asters w ere
beaten d ecisively, although the m argin w a s perhaps rath er m isleading
since there w ere several last green dram as! The House c o m p e titio n
w as shared by Ruthven and Freeland, and the club cham pion, fo r
the second year, w as D. A. S. W h y te .
One s ig n ific a n t inn ova tion th is year has been the in tro d u c tio n
o f the g o lf o p tio n into the su m m er gam es schem e, and th is does
give the keen golfer, w h o is free to do so, an e xcellen t o p p o rtu n ity
fo r im p roving his game.
Finally, a w o rd o f thanks to the g o lf m aintenance squad w ho ,
so w illin g ly , looked a fte r the upkeep o f the course. T h e ir c o n trib u ­
tion, to g e th e r w ith the heavy rollin g done by M r. C am pbell, helped
to make the greens the best th e y have ever been.
Results:
v. G o rd o n s to u n — W o n 5-1 (L o s s ie m o u th ),
v. Old B o ys — Lost 2 | - 3 | ( M u d fla ts ),
v. E dinburgh A c a d e m y — H alved 3-3 (B a rn to n ).
v. M a s te rs — W o n
(R o s e m o u n t).
v. G le n a lm o n d — L o s t 2-6 (C a irn ie s ).
SAILING
In both A u tu m n and S pring Term s, M r. G lim m supervised the
upkeep o f the boats, and his appearance on the scene w as a
w elcom e one as the co n d itio n o f the boats w as g enerally poor. The
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paintin g undertaken should, w e hope, sustain the fleet to g e th e r and
afloat, and fro m n ow on w e hope to replace the boats one by one
as th ey becom e unserviceable.
The sailing on the Tay w as generally successful, if one makes
a llow ances fo r the fe w m ishaps such as a m ast to p p lin g overboard,
a fe w unforeseen co llisio n s, and boats being b ro ug ht back in need
o f som e im m e diate and necessary extra m aintenance. N evertheless
the standard o f sailing is b etter, w ith some o f our new m em bers
s h o w in g great prom ise, and a couple having progressed to singlehanded cruising .
There w ere o n ly tw o sailing m atches. The firs t w as against
Loretto on th e ir home ground (or, rather, w a te r), and w e managed
to w in th is d espite high w in d s and rough w aters. In the firs t race
S tra th allan to o k 1st, 2nd and 6th places, and Loretto, 3rd, 4th and
5th. In the second race, w e to o k 1st and 3rd places — one o f our
crew s n ot fin ish ing , and Loretto to o k 2nd place — tw o o f th eir
crew s n o t fin ish ing . For an e xtre m e ly good perform ance in this
m atch, D. S. G ifford w as aw arded his sailing colours.
The second m atch w as a gainst G lenalm ond, and th is m atch
w as sailed in hom e w a te rs on the Tay. This w e ju s t lost 22 points
to 191.
The team , u nu sua lly young and fu ll o f prom ise, co nsiste d of:
Helms: 1 J. A. L. Porter; 2 R. C. S tark; 3 D. S. G ifford.
Crew s: 1 G. S. M asson; 2 I. W rig h t; 3 R. A. Rodger or D. J. B utchart.
The cre w o f Porter and G ifford represented the School in the
Loch Earn S ch oo ls' C ham pionships and came third.
J.A .L.P.
SHOOTING
A s m ost o f our c o m p e titiv e sh oo ting is by post, w e w ere
co nsid e ra b ly affected by the postal strike. H ow ever, results even­
tu a lly cam e and in the PSSRA league, the A team came 3rd and the
B team 2nd in th e ir respective groups (5 team s in e ach ). The house
sh o o tin g c o m p e titio n w as w o n by N icol House (as last y e a r).
S h o o tin g c o lo u rs w e re a w a rd e d to —
G rant, C. S.; N ico l, P. J.; Locke, J. W .; W illia m s o n , B. S.
D.R.B.
SKI CLUB REPORT 1971
R ecently standards o f ski-in g w ith in the school have risen
co nside rab ly w ith several skiers elig ib le to com pete in national races
a t both senior and ju n io r levels. In vie w of the intense co m p e titio n
and cro w d e d race calendar, it w as decided to end the series of
annual races a gainst G o rd on sto un , Rannoch and Loretto (unless
these could be run c o n c u rre n tly w ith events o f n a tio n a l's ta n d in g ).
The school s till entered the main inter-sch oo l races in Edinburgh
and Glenshee how ever.
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In preparation fo r the N ational S chools Race in Edinburgh the
w hole racing squad w as entered fo r the D endix tro p h y in Edinburgh
on O ctober 17th. U n fo rtu n a te ly due to pressures o f w o rk w e w ere
unable to leave school u n til lu n ch tim e w h ich m eant th a t the race
had started by the tim e w e reached the slope. This necessitated
very rushed preparation fo r the race w h ich w as reflected in the
results, M r. C layton having the fa ste st tim e o f a school m em ber.
Despite th is it proved useful p ra ctice fo r the N ational Schools race
later th a t term .
Three m em bers o f the team , nam ely C. J. R obertson, D. R. D.
Low and G. B row n le ft fo r Firrhill School on Friday, D ecem ber
11th, w ith the fo u rth m em ber, D. J. B u tch art, fo llo w in g later a fte r
a rugby m atch on the S aturday. The usual e xce lle n t program m e of
tra in in g and sp o rtin g a c tiv itie s w as laid on and a m o st enjoyable,
ce rta in ly more peaceful, tim e than in previous years w as had by all.
The race, held on the M on da y m orning, w as as e ffic ie n tly run as ever
w h ile fo r the second year running the School cam e second behind
Edinburgh A ca de m y. A lth o u g h all m em bers o f the team skied w ell,
particula r c re d it m ust go to B row n, w h o made tw o e xce lle n t runs
to finish 16th overall in the in d ivid u a l classifica tion in th is o n ly his
second race.
The B ritish J u n io r C ham pionships (A lp in e ) w ere held in B randt
this year, the school being represented by D. J. B u tc h a rt and A. D.
Butchart. Thanks to th e ir e fforts in gaining 9th and 29th places
respectively in the C om bined Result, the School, fo r the second
tim e, finished fo u rth in the Baidlands Cup. W ith nearly all o the r
mem bers o f the racing squad tra in in g in A n d e rm a tt, the prospects
of good race results durin g the season appeared to be good.
Due to the u n fo rtu n a te ly m ild w e a th e r these hopes w ere not
realised and despite o u r having 114 m em bers, the bus going to
Glenshee w as rarely fu ll. It is hoped th a t th is w ill n ot discourage
fu tu re m em bers from jo in in g the club next year.
The a forem entioned w e a th e r had a crip p lin g e ffe ct on the race
calendar so th a t although both R obertson and Low w ere accepted
fo r the East o f S cotland C ham pionships, it w a s cancelled, leaving
them s till w ith none o f the precious seed p o in ts so essential fo r
e ntry into N ational races.
The inter-house race w as fo r m ost the firs t race o f the season
being run in e xtre m e ly m arginal co n d itio n s on the C airnw e ll o ve r­
looking the bus park. Faced w ith an a lm o st im p ossible tra c k (o n ly
18 inches w id e at one p o in t) M r. C layton set the best course th a t
he could. H ow ever, lack o f pra ctice and the d iffic u lty o f the course
w ere indicated clearly in the results. From 30 starters, o n ly 10
managed to record tim es fo r both runs,, the lo w e st n um ber fo r m any
years. Ruthven once again d em on strate d th e ir s u p e rio rity having
no less than 6 o f the 10 finishers, D. J. B u tch a rt e ve n tu a lly em erging
the w in n e r. No o th e r house had enough finishers to produce a team
tim e. M any people th o u g h t th e y should have fo llo w e d the exam ple
of Freeland w h o declined to s ta rt a fte r loo king at the course.
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In despair o f there ever being any m ore snow , it w as even tua lly
decided to s ta rt running races on the cornice o f Glas M aol. The
firs t race to be run on the cornice w as the T ennent T rophy, the
S c o ttis h Ski C lub 's annual " f u n " race. F ortu na te ly as it w as the
S c o ttis h S chools race the fo llo w in g w eek, all m em bers o f the School
team managed to g et at least one run d ow n the course. D. R. D.
Low and A. D. B u tch a rt vo rlau fe d, C. J. R obertson w as a last
m in ute s u b s titu te fo r the G lasgow team (w h o w ere s o u n d ly beaten
by E dinburgh) w h ils t D. J. B u tch a rt skied fo r the v ic to rio u s Perth
team under the ca p ta in cy o f Old S trathallian David Banks.
C. J. R o b e rts o n re c e iv e s th e G ree n la n d C hallenge S h ield fro m M rs.
B arbara W e b b , P re s id e n t o f th e W h ite Hare S k i C lub.
The fo llo w in g S a tu rd ay the East o f S cotland J u n io r C ha m p ion ­
ships w ere held on the co rn ice w ith both B u tch arts and the younger
Low representing the school. D. J. B u tch a rt skied s m o o th ly in the
icy c o n d itio n s to w in by 0.4 seconds — q uite a large m argin w hen
the length o f the course is taken in to co nside ratio n. The n ext day
the S c o ttish S chools race w as held, also on the cornice, being
sponsored as in previous years by B.P. Because o f the rem oteness o f
the loca tion th e ir presence on the slope w as n ot nearly as fo rc e fu l as
in previous years, b u t th e ir g e n e ro sity w as once again clea rly in
evidence a t the prize g iving. The previous days' icy c o n d itio n s
rem ained and th is coupled w ith a course th a t w e n t over the edge
o f the co rn ice m eant th a t crash helm ets w ere the " in " th in g to w ear.
R eg re tta b ly o u r previous year's perform ance w as n ot repeated.
Robertson having dem olished m any o f the firs t fe w gates even tua lly
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ran o ut at the fifth gate. This m eant, o f course, th a t the o th e r three
members o f the team had to ski to finish as opposed to sk i-in g to
w in, a fa c t reflected in o u r re la tive ly d isa p p o in tin g place o f 5th.
The next w ee k R obertson and Low w e n t to Glencoe to ski in
the W e s t o f S cotland (S e n io r) C ham pionships and d espite n either
of them really excellin g them selves, both obta ine d cred itab le
placings, Low had the great sa tisfa ctio n o f beating R obertson and
both gained valuable seed p oints.
F ortu na te ly the disasters o f previous w ee ks w ere n o t repeated
in the Perthshire Schools race w he re the fu ll ta le n ts o f the team s
fin a lly emerged. The School in fa c t s w e p t the board w in n in g all
three team prizes and all three ind ivid ua l prizes. It w as e specially
pleasing to see the return o f a Riley boy (n a m e ly I. G. O g ilv ie ) to a
School ski-in g team ; in th is era o f high standards it provides a
healthy p ro pe ct fo r the fu tu re .
During the Easter holidays m em bers o f the School entered
(in d iv id u a lly ) the Hird T ro p h y and the S co ttish S enior and S co ttish
J u n io r C ham pionships. In the H ird, R obertson skied ve ry w e ll to
gain 5th place w h ile Low came 10th. in the S co ttish J u n io r C ham ­
pionships D. J. B u tch art skied w e ll to gain 11th place. The
younger Low and yo u n g e r B u tch a rt also did w e ll to gain 2 1st and
24th places respectively.
A lth o u g h both R obertson and Low w ere accepted fo r the
S cottish S enior C ham pionships, o n ly Low w as able to represent
the School R obertson having been in ju d ic io u s enough to p ick a fig h t
w ith a G lasgow C orpo ratio n bus. Low w as n o t able to do h im self
ju s tic e over courses a lm o st as im p ossib le as the c o n d itio n s,
recording o n ly one tim e and thus n o t appearing in the results.
In general the season w as very d is a p p o in tin g . C o n d itio n s w ere
quite the m ost dia bo lica l w e have ever kn o w n and as a consequence,
results w h ich had prom ised to be so good w ere reduced to the
m oderate, som e co nso la tion co m ing th ro u g h ind ivid ua l successes.
R obertson has done a good jo b o f ca pta ining the club in the
m ost try in g o f circum stances. It is to be hoped th a t his successor
w ill have an easier task.
AMDERMATT 1970-71
This year saw the firs t o f w h a t is hoped to be an annual trip to
A n d e rm a tt in C entral S w itze rla n d . The p a rty gathered in V ic to ria
S tation in London on D ecem ber 28th and fro m thence by an a s s o rt­
m ent o f train s and a boat till w e reached H ospental at a bo ut m id ­
day the next day. A s o u r abonnem ents w ere n ot valid u n til the next
day, the rest o f the day w as sp en t in s e ttlin g d o w n in the hotel and
looking round the village.
Having been s p lit into tw o groups w e ventured fo rth o n to the
slopes the next day b u t due to a co m b in a tio n o f cloud and sn ow
the ski-in g fo r the firs t tw o days w as confined to the to w on
Gurschenalp, the main runs from the to p o f the G e m stock all being
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closed due to avalanche danger. H ow ever a fte r the cloud had
disappeared on the evening o f the second day, the w ea th er was
a b s o lu te ly m agnificent, w ith n o t a cloud to be seen fo r the rest of
the holiday.
M ea n w h ile the firs t group had been receiving race tra in in g in
the m orning w ith the second group being given in s tru c tio n in the
a fte rn oo n. U n fo rtu n a te ly, fo r the firs t fe w days the tra in e r adjusted
the pace o f the firs t group to th a t o f the slo w e r m em bers. W h ils t
th is w as ve ry good fro m th e ir p o in t o f view , it w as inclined to make
the b e tte r skiers m ore than a little im p a tie n t at tim es.
This problem h ow eve r disappeared w hen w e w ere allocated a
new in s tru c to r, Sepp. A lth o u g h w e had to share him w ith the R.A.F.
" B " team th is disadvantage w as fa r o utw e ig he d by the excellent
tra in in g w e received a t his hands.
M e a n w h ile c o n ta c t had been made and good relations e stab ­
lished w ith th e W h ite Hare Ski C lub w h o are sta tion ed in A n d e rm a tt.
One result o f th is w as th a t the school challenged the ju n io r trainees
in the club, the race to be held in co n ju n c tio n w ith the Greenland
Challenge Shield on the 4th o f January. A lth o u g h the school as a
w h o le w as s o u n d ly beaten w e m anaged to salvage som e pride w ith
R obertson being firs t hom e to take the Challenge Shield its e lf and
w ith the team registering a w in o ver the R.A.F. " B " team .
A lth o u g h th is w as the o n ly proper race th a t w as held during
our s ta y in A n d e rm a tt, the lack o f actual co m p e titio n w as more than
made up fo r by the e xce lle n t tra in in g courses w h ic h w ere set by
various frie n d s o f Sepp, in clu d in g m em bers o f the S w iss N ational
Ski Team no less!
For the less a m b itio u s, m ornings ski-in g in the w a rm sunshine
a t Natschen w ere fo llo w e d by som e h air-raising afternoon descents
in the w ake o f the incred ible Sepp.
It w as w ith great regret th a t w e fin a lly packed o u r bags and
said goodbye to A n d e rm a tt and H ospental. The o n ly real critic is m
of the w h o le holida y w as the d istance o f H ospental fro m A n d e rm a tt
and the s c a rc ity o f p u b lic tra n s p o rt betw een the tw o . 1 | miles is
q u ite a vyay to w a lk w hen the te m p era ture is 35°C . This problem
it is hoped to solve by fin d in g a cco m m o d a tio n in A n d e rm a tt this
com ing year.
It is s ig n ific a n t o f the general level o f e n jo y m e n t th a t a very
high p ro p o rtio n o f the p a rty are seeking to com e again next tim e
round.
Fussnote fro m the Fuehrer: The "S c h lu s s e l" is the key to the
w h o le "B e rg id y ll” . N ext year the "S o n n e " again?
SQUASH REPORT
This year w as, as w e expected, the best season the School
has had since the game sta rted at S trathallan. The team suffered
defeat o n ly by one school and can lay claim to being the second best
school team in S co tlan d th is year. A p a rt fro m th a t there w ere other
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very notable ind ivid ua l achievem ents, the best being J. H. R. Parker's
and I. R. M cLean's reaching the q u a rte r-fin a l o f the S co ttis h S chools'
C ham pionship, w h ich is all the m ore im pressive w hen one notes
th a t n ot one m em ber o f a S co ttish school w as in the sem i-finals.
A lso C. G. Scroggie, th is year's captain and a m uch im proved player,
reached the sem i-final o f the Edinburgh S ch oo ls' C ham pionship,
w here he lo st to the eventual w in n e r.
W ith all the five regular m em bers o f th is year's team leaving,
the p ro pe cts fo r next year are n o t p a rticu la rly b right. H o w e ve r w ith
an eye to the fu tu re the team in tw o years tim e should be a stron g
one.
RESULTS:
Senior Team — Played 13
W o n 11
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F ettes — L o st 0-5 — H om e,
C rie ff H y d ro — W o n 3 - 2 — Hom e,
M a s te rs — W o n 3-2 — Hom e,
M e rc h is to n — W o n 8 - 0 — Hom e,
G lenalm ond — W o n 5-0 — Hom e,
E dinburgh A c a d e m y — W o n 4 - 1 — A w a y ,
G eorge W a ts o n 's — W o n 5-0 — Hom e,
G le n a lm o n d — W o n 4 - 1 — A w a y ,
F e tte s — Lost 1-4 — A w a y ,
Scone Palace — W o n 5 - 0 — Hom e,
E dinburgh A c a d e m y — W o n 4 - 1 — Hom e,
G o rd o n s to u n — W o n 5-0 — A w a y ,
Old B o ys — W o n 4-2 — Hom e.
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F irrh ill — L o st 1-9 — Hom e.
E dinburgh A c a d e m y — W o n 3-2 — A w a y .
F ettes — W o n 3-2 — A w a y .
F irrh ill — W o n 8-3 — A w a y .
E dinburgh A c a d e m y — Lost 1 - 4 — H om e.
F irrh ill — W o n 8 - 1 — H om e.
Brechin H.S. — Lost 0-5 — A w a y .
Junior Team — Played 7
W on 4
Lost 2
Lost 3.
The fo llo w in g played fo r th e S e n io r Team : C. G. S cro g g ie , J. H. R.
Parker,
I. R M cLean, I. W rig h t, C. D. S teele, L. H. A . C a rm ich a e l, G. P.M cH a rg ,
G. I. B ro w n , A . G. M arsh a ll, A . C. G. M o o d ie .
Senior Cham pion — J. H. R. Parker.
Junior Champion — A . G. M arsh a ll.
W inners of the Senior House Com petition — N ico l
W inners of the Junior House Com petition — Freeland.
S W IM M IN G
The sw im m in g team — all o f ten people — had a no the r very
successful year and it could claim to be the m ost successful team
in the School. It w on all its m atches, and th is is due to the
enthusiasm and hard w o rk generated by M r. J. G. M . M c K in la y . W e
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m u st also th a n k M r. Hogg, the S co ttish N ational Coach, fo r his
invaluable kn o w le d g e and tim e spent upon us in preparation fo r the
Bath Cup.
The h ig h lig h t o f the s w im m in g te am 's year w as the Bath Cup,
w h ic h w as held in London. The School w as represented by J. P
R enw ick, I. W . Sneddon, N. M . Debarre, M . J. Reid (c a p t.) and
R. G. Dale as reserve. This year w e qualified fo r the final w ith the
fa s te st q u a lify in g tim e, b u t in the final w e w ere disqualified fo r
m aking a fa u lty tu rn , even th ough w e did finish firs t in a s lig h tly
fa s te r tim e than our q u a lify in g tim e heat.
This year w e saw a great im p ro ve m e n t in the q u a lity o f s w im ­
m ing. In the fre e style event the record w as q u ic k ly reduced by
R enw ick in the course o f the S u m m e r Term to 54.7 secs. T w o other
sw im m e rs w ere in the 56 sec. b racket. T his kind o f q u a lity has been
the resu lt o f a hard year's tra in in g fo llo w in g on last year's experience
and tra in in g .
S w im m in g co lo urs w ere aw arded to N. M . Delbarre and R. G.
Dale and re-aw arded to J. P. R enw ick and I. W . Sneddon.
BATH CUP
The team — a bo ve-m entioned — travelled d ow n the m orning
before the e ven t and co m p ete d in a private six-co rne re d m atch at
W h itg ift School th a t evening. M a n y o f the o th e r c o m p e tito rs had
been fin alists in the Bath Cup the year before It w as encouraging,
therefore, th a t our five-m an team fa r fro m disgraced itse lf. Reid was
firs t in the 50 m etres fre e style race, and R enw ick came th ird in the
100 m etre freestyle. W e w o n the fre e style relay. Over-all w e w ere
placed fifth .
N ext day the team travelled to the S e ym ou r S tre et Baths, w here
w e qualified in the second heat o f the day, beating last year's
w in n e rs w h ile w e w ere at it. A t th e end o f the heats, no o th e r team
had com e w ith in three seconds o f o u r tim e.
In the final o u r luck did not hold. A lth o u g h w e w ere firs t to
to uch hom e, one o f the tw o judges ruled th a t a fa u lty tu rn som e­
w he re in the race m eant th a t w e w ere disqualified, despite our
gaining no advantage w h a te ve r from the fa u lty tu rn . Such a d is­
a p p o in tm e n t a fte r m onths o f hard tra in in g m eant th a t w e had very
little heart fo r the m edley relay event. S w im m in g in a late heat,
and w ith o u t m uch d e te rm in a tio n (n o t s u rp ris in g ly ) w e came ninth
over-all — o n ly tw o places and p o in t five o f a second off the final.
Our tim e fo r the 4 by 88 yards fre e style w as 3 m in. 15.3 secs. Our
tim e fo r the m edley w as 3 m ins. 51 secs.
M .J.R.
M A T C H RESULTS:
v.
v.
v.
v.
v.
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T rinity College, Glenalm ond. S tra th a lla n 65 p ts.; T.C .G . 33 p ts. W o n .
Perth A cadem y. S tra th a lla n 70 p ts.: Perth A c a d e m y 58 p ts. W o n .
Loretto. S tra th a lla n 74 p ts .: L o re tto 56 p ts. W o n .
Loretto. S tra th a lla n 103 p ts.; L o re tto 60 p ts. W o n .
Robert G ordon's College. S tra th a lla n 1 1 \ p ts.; R.G.C. 6 6 | pts. W o n .
IN D IV ID U A L RESULTS v. PERTH A C A D E M Y
Senior:
100 yds. F re e style — 1 R e n w ic k ; 2 Reid. S ch o o l tim e 58.2 secs.
100 yds. B a c k s tro k e — 2 D elbarre; 3 R e n w ick.
S c h o o l tim e 67.5 secs (re c o rd ).
100 yd s. B re a s tro k e — 1 Reid; 2 Dale. S c h o o l tim e 75.9 secs.
50 yd s. B u tte rfly — 3 G o rd o n ; 4 Delbarre.
4 x 5 0 yd s. F re e style Relay — 1 S tra th a lla n . T im e
109.2 secs.
4 X 50 yds. M e d le y Relay — 1 S tra th a lla n . T im e 120.5 secs.
Junior:
50 yds. F re e style — 1 S n e d d o n ; 2 R o b e rtso n .
50 yds. B a c k s tro k e — 2 S n e d d o n ; 3 P o w rie .
50 yds. B re a stro ke — 2 M a cL e o d ; 3 R o b e rtso n .
25 yds. B u tte rfly — 2 G o rd o n ; 4 M acL e o d .
4 x 50 yd s. F re e style Relay — 1 S tra th a lla n . 111.5 secs.
4 x 25 yds. M e d le y Relay — 1 S tra th a lla n . 59.5 secs.
IN D IV ID U A L RESULTS A G A IN S T ROBERT G O R D O N 'S COLLEGE
Senior:
100
100
100
50
4 x
4 X
yds. F re e style — 1 R e n w ic k ; 2 Reid. T im e 54.7 (R e c o rd ).
yd s. B re a s tro k e — 1 Reid; 2 Dale.
yd s. B a c k s tro k e — 2 D elbarre; 4 R e n w ick.
yd s. B u tte rfly — 2 S n e d d o n ; 3 D elbarre. T im e 70.6 secs (R e c o rd ).
50 yd s. M e d le y Relay — 1 S tra th a lla n . T im e 2 m in s. 0.5 secs.
50 yd s . F re e style Relay — 1 S tra th a lla n . T im e 1 m in. 45.4 secs.
Junior:
50 yd s. F re e style — 2 G o rd o n ; 3 S m ith .
50 yd s. B re a stro ke — 2 M acL e o d ; 3 R o b e rtso n .
50 yd s. B a c k s tro k e — 1 P o w rie ; 3 R o b e rtso n .
25 yds B u tte rfly — 3 M acL e o d ; 4 G o rd o n .
4 x
50 yd s. F re e style Relay — 1 S tra th a lla n . T im e
4 x
50 yd s. M e d le y Relay — 2 S tra th a lla n .
THE RESULTS OF THE IN TER -H O U SE S W IM M IN G
1.52 secs. (R e c o rd ).
SPORTS
Freestyle:
100 yd s. S e n io r — 1 R e n w ic k (R ); 2 Reid ( N ) ; 3 Je n k in s ( F ) . T im e 57.5
100 yds. M id d le — 1S n e d d o n ( N ) ; 2 D elbarre ( N ) and R o b e rtso n (R ).
59.4
secs.
50 yd s. J u n io r — 1 R o b e rtso n ( R ); 2 M a c K a y ( N ) ; 3 M en zie s
(L ).
30.0
secs.
secs.
T im e
T im e
Backstroke:
100 yd s. S e n io r — 1 Reid ( N ) ; 2 R e n w ic k (R ); 3 C h ry s ta l ( F ) . T im e 78.9 secs.
100 yd s. M id d le — 1 D elbarre ( N ) ; 2 S n e d d o n ( N ) ; 3 P o w rie ( S ) . T im e 73.0
secs.
50 yds. J u n io r — 1 R o b e rtso n (R ); 2 M a cD o n a ld ( S ) ; 3 R o b e rtso n ( L ) . T im e
37.3 secs.
Breastroke:
100 yd s. S e n io r — 1 Reid ( N ) ; 2 J e n k in s ( F ) ; 3 Green ( N ) . T im e 79.5 secs.
100 yds. M id d le — 1Dale ( N ) ; 2 M a cL e o d ( R ); 3 R o b e rtso n
(R ). T im e 77.5
secs.
50 yd s. J u n io r — 1 Ferguson ( F ) ; 2 R o b e rtso n (R ); 3 Pearson ( S ) . T im e
39.8 secs.
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Butterfly:
50 yd s . S e n io r — 1 Reid ( N ) ; 2 R e n w ic k (R ); 3 G ord o n ( S ) . T im e 32.1 secs.
50 yd s. M id d le — 1 D e lbarre ( N ) ; 2 S n e ddon ( N ) ; 3 G ord o n ( S ) . T im e 33.0
secs.
25 yd s . J u n io r — 1 Heard ( N ) ; 2 R o b e rtso n (R ); 3 B ennet ( S ) . T im e 17.3 secs.
M ed ley Relay:
4 x
50 yd s .
S e n io r — 1
N ic o l; 2Freeland; 3 S im p so n . T im e
2m in. 15.8 s
4 X
50 yd s .
M id d le '— 1
N ico l; 2S im p so n ; 3 R uthven. T im e 2m in s. 11.7 sec
4 X 25 yd s . J u n io r — 1 S im p s o n ; 2 Leburn; 3 R uthven. T im e 1 m in. 8 secs.
Freestyle Relay:
4 X
50 yd s .
S e n io r — 1
N ic o l; 2S im p s o n ; 3 Freeland. T im e
1m in . 57.0 s
4 x
50 yd s. M id d le — 1 N ico l; 2 R uthven; 3 S im p so n . T im e 1 m in. 56.5 secs.
4 x 25 yd s . J u n io r — 1 Leburn; 2 R uthven; 3 S im p so n . T im e 57.9 secs.
Freestyle Relay Open:
6 X 50 yd s . — 1 N ic o l; 2 R u th ve n; 3 S im p so n .
RESULT:
1
2
3
4
5
N ic o l 111 pts.
R uthven 67 p ts.
S im p s o n 59 p ts.
Freeland 36 p ts .
Leburn 25 pts.
Senior V ic to r Ludorum
M . J. Reid ( N ic o l) .
M idd le Victor Ludorum
N. M. D elbarre ( N ic o l) .
Junior V ictor Ludorum
C. B. R o b e rtso n
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(R u th v e n ).
STRATHALLIAN CLUB
1971
Hon. O ffice-B earers, O ffice -B e are rs, M e m b e rs o f C o u n cil, e tc.
H O N. PRESIDENT
A . D. D. M c C A L L U M , ESQ.
PRESIDENT
IA IN A . H E A D R IC K , ESQ.
VIC E -P R ES ID EN T
E. W A T S O N
LIN TO N , ESQ.
HON. SECRETARY and TREASURER
D O N A L D I. TURNER, ESQ.
C O U N C IL M EM B ER S
R e tirin g 1971
Dr. J. M ag u ire , R obin C. M a cG re g o r, A . M. Paul
R e tiring 1972
R. S. Eason, A . G raham J o h n s to n , P. W a te rs to n
R e tirin g 1973
J. C. D a w s o n , J. S. H u n te r, J. A . M c A rth u r
Hon. A u d ito rs
D. M . Paul, C .A ., and W . M . N airn, C.A.
T ru s te e s fo r th e C lub
D. W . L e w is and A . S. H e a d rick, B.L.
CLUB M EM BER ON BO ARD OF G O VERNO RS
R. D. L in to n , M .B.E.
SEC RETARY (G O LF S E C TIO N )
A . Graham J o h n s to n
SECRETARY (A N G L IN G SE C TIO N )
Hugh S te w a rt
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The P re s id e n t o f th e S tra th a llia n C lub.
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The President 1970-71
lain H eadrick w a s at S tra th allan School fro m 1939-42, and
became a House Prefect o f
N icol.
He sp en t one ye ar a t G la sgo w U n iv e rs ity before join in g the
Navy. He served as a seam an on H .M .S. "R e n o w n " and a fte r
gaining his co m m issio n he
served on M TB s
and M G B s based on
Y arm outh.
S u bse q ue ntly he w a s engaged on a nti-sub m a rin e
a c tiv itie s in W e s t A frica n w aters. He ke p t up an a ssociation w ith
the R.N.V.R. by becom ing se cre tary o f the R.N.V.R. C lub in S cotland
fo r a period o f 6 years from 1959.
On d e m ob ilisa tion he returned to U n iv e rs ity and resum ed
studies, g raduating B.L. He join ed his fa th e r in the fa m ily law
business in 1949, and w a s later join ed by his b ro th e r A la sta ir.
He p articip a tes in a w id e range o f sp o rts, including rough
shooting, fish in g, w in te r and w a te r ski-in g, sailing and golf, and is
able to e njoy m o s t o f these a c tiv itie s in Carradale, w he re he has a
holiday co ttage.
lain and Doreen have three c h ild re n — tw o boys and a girl.
The older boy, Neil, is a t present at S trathallan, and the younger
boy, D onald, a fte r co m p le tin g his stu die s a t B e lm o nt House, hopes
to join his brother.
lain has m aintained a stron g in te re st in the S tra th allia n Club,
and has made a great c o n trib u tio n to it by being an excellent
S ecretary and T re a surer from 1957 to 1969. He d evo ted a
trem e nd ou s a m o u n t o f tim e to th is jo b , and carried it o u t w ith great
efficiency. The Club is g ra teful indeed fo r the service he rendered
during th is period.
E verything th a t lain und erta kes is carried o u t w ith th orou g hn ess
and good h um our, and w e are fo rtu n a te to have him as our
President.
AGM and Annual Dinner
The 37th A n nu a l General M eeting o f the Club w a s held in the
S tation H otel, Perth, on S aturday, 28th N ovem ber, 1970, at 6 p.m.
The President, Ronald M . D. G rant, w a s in the Chair, and the
m eeting w a s a tte nd ed by 34 m em bers.
The M eeting w a s carried th ro ug h q u ic k ly during w h ic h fo rty five new Life M em bers and one new O rdinary M em be r w ere elected.
The C o u n cil's R eport and A nnual A c c o u n ts w ere approved and
it w as reported th a t the Deed o f C ove na nt a pproved during 1970
had been signed b y the re p re sen ta tives o f the Club and the W a r
M em orial Trustees.
The Club w e lco m e d tw o new h onorary office-bearers. M r.
M cC allum became Hon. President ex-o fficio and M r. Hoare w a s
elected an Hon. V ice-P resident.
The A n nu a l D inner w a s held in the S tation Hotel and a tte nd ed
by 129 S tra th allia ns and g uests. Sir G ilm o ur M enzies A nderson,
Chairman of the C onservative Party in S co tlan d , in proposing the
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to a s t to the Club and School, spoke o f the im p orta nce o f Public
S chools and the virtu e s o f ind ep en d en t p articip a tion . " A sch o o l”
he said, "w o u ld be poorer w ith o u t an Old Boys Club to continue
the h is to ry and e xistence o f the School and to encourage the
y o u n g ".
The angling and g o lfin g tro p h ie s w ere presented by the
P resident w h o gave an in te re stin g resum e o f his year o f office.
T his w a s the firs t dinner at w h ich M r. M cC allum had spoken as
Headm aster, and his reply on behalf o f the School w as lou dly
applauded and enjoyed.
It w a s w ith deep regret th a t the Club w ere inform e d o f the
death o f A le c Boag w h o , during 44 years at S trathallan, had show n
g re at lo y a lty to the School and earned the sincere resp ect o f all
S trathallians.
E.
W a ts o n Linton, the new V ice -P re side nt, proposed the health
o f the g ue sts to w h ich M r. H arry M cN ab replied.
Dinner Dance
The A n nu a l D inner Dance w a s held on Friday, 22nd January,
in the C entral H otel, G la sgo w , and w a s again e xtre m e ly w e ll run
by Dr. John M aguire to w h o m the Club e xten ds ve ry w a rm th an ks
fo r his e ffo rts during his tw o years as Dance Convener.
It is d ifficu lt to im agine the D inner Dance n ot being a success,
and, of course, th is year w a s as th o ro u g h ly enjoyable as previous
years. It is hoped th a t m em bers w ill co ntin ue to s u p p o rt th is
fu n c tio n .
London Branch
This ye ar's D inner w a s held on Friday, 19th M arch, on the
eve o f the C alcutta Cup m atch a t T w icke nh a m . The attendance
w a s gre atly im p rove d th is year, and the President, the Headm aste.'
and M r. R. A. L. B urnet made the trip from S co tlan d fo r the
occasion w h ich w a s h ighly su ccessful.
The T re a surer o f the Branch, Kenneth R. H unter, has retired
from office. Kenneth H un te r has served the London Branch in this
ca pa city fo r a n um ber of years, and the C ouncil w is h to extend to
him th e ir th a n ks fo r his co n tin u e d in te re st and e ffo rts during his
term o f office. His su cce sso r is J im m y W . Linn w h o is w o rk in g
w ith I.C.F.C. Ltd. as C o n tro lle r in the In ve stm e n t D epartm ent. He
is an e xtre m e ly e n th u s ia s tic S tra th allia n, and his enthusiasm w ill
no d o u b t spread to o th e r yo un ge r S tra th allia ns in the London area.
The S e creta ry o f the Branch is a lw a ys ve ry keen to hear from
S tra th allia ns. The London Branch can o nly be ke pt operative by
a ctive p a rticip a tio n o f local m em bers w h o are requested to c o n ta c t
him w h e n e ve r possible.
SECRETARY: D. M . A n d e rs o n , 1 9 4 /2 0 0 B ish o p sg a te , London, E.C.2. 01 283.6767.
TREASUR ER: J. W . Linn, 16A C re s s w e ll G ardens, London, S .W .5.
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Angling Club
Once again th is season has been note d fo r a general lack of
fish b ut all w h o p articip a ted appeared to e n jo y the good c o m p a n io n ­
ship and s p irit o f co m p e titio n . The season opened at Loch A w e on
a cold, b lu s te ry day. Robbie B o w ie did w e ll to net 3 o f the 5 fish
caught.
I w a s delighted to see a good tu rn o u t fo r o u r m atch against
the Phoenix Club and w a s delighted w h e n , fo r the firs t tim e fo r
some years, w e w ere trea te d to o u r dinner. This w a s in large
measure due to the e ffo rts o f new m em ber, Sandy M a c in to s h , w h o
landed 2 fish of 3 lbs. 10 ozs.
The evening o u tin g to Loch Leven in M ay w a s ve ry d is ­
appointing w ith a poor catch o f 5 fish, b u t the m eeting at Lake of
M en teith in June produced 18 fish o f 14 lbs.
The firs t m atch against the School a t the pond w a s abandoned
due to w e a th e r co n d itio n s and the u nh ea lthy state o f the fish. It is
hoped th a t the p roblem s w ill be o vercom e and the pond resto cked
in the near fu tu re . A t Loch Leven a gainst th e S chool, the Club
suffered a m ajor defeat — 6 fish o f 6 lbs. 2 ozs. to 5 fish o f 3 lbs. 15
ozs. The outin g, h ow eve r, w a s m uch enjoye d and it w a s g re at to
see the enthusiasm o f the b oys fo r the sp ort. The q u a lity o f the
fish ca ug ht appeared m uch im p rove d on previous years, b u t I
w o n d e r if th is w ill be m aintained th is year.
Light w in d and b rig h t sun prevented Lindores fro m being as
successful as expected — 1 fish from 8 rods. Given d ifferent
co nd itio ns, the o utco m e m ig h t have been better.
Loch Tay in February w a s p o o rly a tte nd ed w ith no fish, b u t a
m em ber on the previous w e e k-e n d landed a salm on o f 17 lbs.
from the Chinese pool.
David B iggart represented th e Club a t the N ational and David
and I w ere y o u r elected at the G la sgo w and D is tric t A n glin g C lubs
A sso ciatio n co m p e titio n , David w o n the ind ivid ua l T an kard and the
Club w o n , fo r the firs t and I hope n o t the last tim e, the T ro p hy.
C O M P E T IT IO N W IN N E R S 1970-71
G ro s s e t T ro p h y : S a n d y M a c in to s h
F ing la n d T ro p h y: Hugh S te w a rt
A rc h ie G len T ro p h y : R o b b ie B o w ie
C lub C ham pion:
Sandy
M a c in to s h — w h o m
we
w is h
e v e ry
su cce ss in the
N a tio n a l C o m p e titio n a t Loch Leven.
Robbie B o w ie 's p arty in D ecem ber w a s a h ig h lig h t o f the
season and w a s ve ry m uch appreciated by all those w h o w ere
present. Thank you Robbie and A u d re y fo r a sp lendid evening.
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Finally I m u s t th a n k A lis ta ir Fingland fo r the tim e and energy
he has d evo ted to m aking o u r o u tin g s so su ccessful, and also thank
Hugh S te w a rt fo r offering to ta ke over the arduous duties of
S ecretary fo r the new season.
Golf Club
The G olf C lub have had y e t a nother successful year. The
m em bership has n o w risen to 80, although o nly a p p ro xim a te ly half
th a t n um ber have a ctua lly paid th e ir su b scrip tio n s!
The Club scored a p a rticu la r success in S eptem ber 1970 in
the Queen Elizabeth S chools T ro p h y at B arnton by reaching the
se m i-fina ls, having beaten B oroughm uir, W a tso n ia n s and G lasgow
H.S.F.P. Both W a tso n ia n s and High School w ere fo rm e r w in n e rs
o f the to u rn a m e n t. In the se m i-finals the Club lo s t to Kelvinside
A cads. T his w a s a firs t class perform ance by o u r C lub side —
the b est so far!
TEAM :
G. S. L o w d e n , I. Q. Jo n e s, A . G. J o h n s to n , J. T. M o ffa t, I. M cE w e n ,
R. I. W illia m s o n .
R esults o f o th e r m e e tin g s d u rin g th e ye a r w e re as fo llo w s :
Elie W e e k -e n d — O c to b e r, 1970.
Reid S a lv e r w o n b y N. G. Reid ( d o n o r ). S core 85-16 = 69.
C a p ta in 's Prize w o n b y A . M c T a g g a rt. S core 93-24 = 69.
M a tc h v. S c h o o l w o n by the Club.
13 m em b e rs c o m p e te d fo r th e Reid S a lve r and
23 m em b e rs c o m p e te d fo r th e C a p ta in 's Prize.
D in n e r O u tin g — G le n e ag le s, N o v e m b e r 1970.
S e c re ta ry 's Prize w o n b y J. C. D a w so n . S core 77-4 = 73.
12 m e m b e rs c o m p e te d .
S p rin g O u tin g — T u rn b e rry , A p ril 1971.
J o h n s to n T ro p h y w o n b y E. W . L in to n. S co re 87-16 = 71.
O n ly 6 m em b e rs a tte n d e d and th is o u tin g w ill be d is c o n tin u e d o w in g to
annual p o o r tu rn o u t o f m em bers!
M a tc h v. S c h o o l — M u d fla ts , M a y 1971.
W o n b y th e C lub b y 3 ^ m a tch e s to 2 j. The C lub w is h to e xp re ss th e ir
th a n k s to th e S ch o o l fo r th e ir e x c e lle n t h o s p ita lity .
S u m m e r M e e tin g — G leneagles, June 1971.
Bogie T ro p h y w o n b y R. I. W illia m s o n 73-4 = 69. A sp e cia l prize w as
a w a rd e d to S. L o w d e n w h o is s till a t S c h o o l fo r his sco re o f 80-13 = 67.
There are s till se ve ra l o u tin g s to co m e b e fo re th e D inner in
T h e y are:
2 5 /2 6 S e p te m b e r — Q ueen Elizabeth T ro p h y at B a rn ton .
2 / 3 O c to b e r — Elie W e e k -e n d fo r p la ye rs and w iv e s .
23rd O c to b e r — M a tc h v. G le n a lm o n d .
28th N o v e m b e r— D in n e r O u tin g a t G leneagles.
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N ovem ber.
The Club w ish e s to th a n k Ian M cE w en , th is ye ar's Captain
and Graham Jo h n sto n fo r th e ir endless enth usia sm th ro u g h o u t
the year.
The Hon. Sir George Baker
In the D ecem ber 1961 issue o f the M agazine, the C ouncil o f the
Club recorded th a t a K n igh th oo d had been co nfe rre d upon George
Gillespie Baker, O.B.E., fo llo w in g his a p p o in tm e n t in the same year
as a Judge o f the High C o u rt o f Ju stice.
It is w ith g re at pleasure th a t the C ouncil n o w record Sir
George's a p p o in tm e n t as President o f the Probate, D ivorce and
A d m ira lty D ivision o f the High C ourt. T his is one o f th e three
divisions of the High C o u rt and it is due to becom e the Fam ily
D ivision in the re-organisation a t the end o f th is year. A s a
perm anent jud icia l a p p o in tm e n t the P resident ta kes precedence a fte r
the Lord Chief Ju stice and the M a ste r o f the Rolls (P re s id e n t of
the C ourt of A p p e a l). Sir George also becom es a P rivy C ouncillor.
The c o n g ra tu la tio n s and best w ish e s o f the C ouncil and m em bers of
the Club are extended to him as a p ro m in e n t S trathallian.
News of Old Strathallians
B a rn e tt, P. (19 6 3 -6 7) has been a p p o in te d s c ie n tific b o o k s e d ito r o f a London
p u b lis h in g house. He is to be a C o u n cil C a n d id a te fo r C avendish
W a rd in th e C ity o f W e s tm in s te r and is also ta k in g an a c tiv e in te re s t
in th e th e a tre .
B ooth, A . J. (1 9 6 1 -6 4 ) has
G la s g o w U n iv e rs ity .
re c e n tly
g ra d u a te d
B .V .M .S ., M .R .C .V .S ., from
B orland, B. M . S. (19 6 0 -6 5) g ra d u a te d B .V e t.M e d .M .R .C .V .S . in London in
1970. He is n o w in g e neral p ra c tic e in A lto n , H ants. He w a s m arried
in J u ly , 1970.
C a ld w e ll, G. (19 5 7 -6 0) has been a p p o in te d re s id e n t p a rtn e r o f Price, W a te r­
house & Co., Lagos, N igeria.
C am pbell, A . D. K. (19 5 5 -5 9) is n o w F lig h t L ie u te n a n t in th e R.A.F. and has
co m m e n c e d a c o n v e rs io n co u rse o n to P hantom FGR M k 2 a t R.A.F.
C o n in g s b y w h ic h w ill la s t u n til Ja n u a ry 1972.
Chalm ers, A . G. (19 6 4 -6 9) is n o w in th e 3 rd ye a r o f a B.A. co u rse in B usiness
A d m in is tra tio n a t S tra th c ly d e U n iv e rs ity .
C lark, N. F. (19 5 4 -5 8) e m ig ra te d to A u s tra lia in O c to b e r 1969 w h e re he jo in e d
I.C.I. as a Farm M a n a g e m e n t A d v is o r.
C um m ing, A . (19 6 0 -6 5) is w ith B.P. in A d e n .
D a w so n , E. S. (19 4 9 -5 5) w a s a p p o in te d a p a rtn e r w ith B a b tie S h a w & M o rto n ,
C o n s u ltin g C iv il and S tru c tu ra l Engineers on 1 st Ja n u a ry, 1971.
D innen, G. S. (19 6 4 -6 9) is n o w on th e fo re ig n s ta ff o f th e Hong Kong and
Shanghai B anking C o rp o ra tio n .
D odd, G. (19 6 3 -6 5) is w ith C arreras in London.
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D odd, Lt. Col. T. J. (1 9 3 5 -3 9 ) has re ce ive d th e fo u rth a w a rd o f the A rm y
C o m m e m o ra tio n M ed a l. He w a s c ite d fo r w o rk as c h ie f o f the
M a n o e u v re s D iv is io n , O p e ra tio n s and T ra in in g O ffice. A veteran o f
m ore than 27 ye a rs se rv ic e he has seen d u ty in Europe, Korea and
V ie tn a m . His d e c o ra tio n s in clu d e th re e B ronze S ta rs and t w o Purple
H e a rt m edals. His p re se n t a d d re ss is: 3131 R euker A ve n u e , San
A n to n io 78218, Texas, U .S .A .
D u n lo p , Q. (1 9 2 8 -3 1 ). The C lub w is h to c o n g ra tu la te him on his s o n 's se le ctio n
to th e S c o ttis h R u gby X V fo r th e C a lcu tta Cup M a tc h a t T w icke n h a m
in M a rc h 1971.
F a w c e tt, T. R. (1 9 6 0 -6 5 ). A fte r g ra d u a tin g B.Tech. ( H o n s.) fro m Lou gh b o ro ug h
U n iv e rs ity has re c e n tly jo in e d Durban C lo th in g M a n u fa c tu re rs , Durban,
S o u th A fric a . He w a s m arried on 3rd A p ril, 1971.
F ielding , N. J. B. (1 9 6 4 -7 1 ).
F ra n klin ,
Is in his fir s t year o f legal s tu d ie s a t C am bridge.
D. P. (19 5 9 -6 4) has g ra d u a te d B.Sc. E le c tro n ic and
Engineering. He is to be m arried in S e p te m b e r, 1971.
E lectrical
Fraser, T. R. L. (19 4 4 -4 6) is C hairm an o f th e G u ild o f A g ric u ltu ra l J o u rn a lis ts
fo r 1971-72.
G a lb ra ith , J. P. (1 9 6 0 -6 5 ). A fte r q u a lify in g as a C h a rte re d A c c o u n ta n t in
F eb ru a ry 1970 s p e n t one ye a r in th e A ra b ia n G u lf w ith a D rillin g
C o m p a n y . In Ju n e 1971 he w e n t to V enezuela as C h ie f A c c o u n ta n t
o f th a t C o m pa n y.
G a llo w a y , W . R. (19 5 8 -6 0) has c o m p le te d th e second ye a r o f a M .A .(H o n s .)
P s y c h o lo g y C ourse a t S t. A n d re w s .
G o rd o n , G. G. H. (19 5 5 -6 0) is w o rk in g in th e C ity o f London as a financial
a n a lyst.
H o u s to n , A . G. (19 5 9 -6 5) e m ig ra te d in 1968 to W e s te rn A u s tra lia w h e re he
s p e n t tw o years fa rm in g . He jo in e d th e R .A .A .F. in 1970 and came
se co n d in his tra in in g co u rs e a t Pearce. He is n o w on flyin g M irages
fro m W illia m to w n , N .S .W .
H o u s to n ,
I. A . (1 9 6 0 -6 7 ) g ra d u a te d 2nd cla ss Hons. B.A fro m Leicester
U n iv e rs ity in Ju n e 1970. He is n o w e m p lo ye d in the m a rke tin g side
o f Ford o f Europe Inc. based a t W a rle y , Essex.
Laird, D. A . (19 4 9 -5 5) is w o rk in g in C osta Rica w ith H o w a rd H u m ph re ys &
Sons, C o n s u ltin g C ivil E ngineers, on w a te r s u p p ly fe a s ib ility s tu d y
a t San Jo se .
Lang, R. (1 9 6 0 -6 6 ) has re c e n tly g ra d u a te d M .A . in P o litica l S tu d ie s at Aberdeen
U n iv e rs ity and in te n d s to s tu d y P o litic a l S cie n ce a t th e London
S ch o o l o f E co n o m ics s ta rte d in O c to b e r 1971.
Linn, J. W . (19 5 6 -6 1) is n o w w o rk in g w ith I.C.F.C. Ltd., as C o n tro lle r in the
In v e s tm e n t D e p a rtm e n t. He in fo rm s us th a t his S tra th a llia n co lleagues
in London are e n jo y in g all a sp e cts o f life to e xtre m e s. He has n o w
be co m e T re a su re r o f th e London B ranch o f th e S tra th a llia n Club.
M c C a rro ll, J. (19 4 5 -4 9) is a G.P. in Nassau, Baham as. He is a sa ilin g e n th u sia st
and has re c e n tly ta ke n up s k i-in g in th e A u s tria n T y ro l. He hopes
to m ake an annual p ilg rim a g e to A u s tria .
M c K e n n a , W . B. (1 9 2 9 -3 4 ) has been a p p o in te d by th e S e c re ta ry o f S ta te s fo r
S c o tla n d as C hairm an o f th e C h ild re n 's Panel, C ity o f G la sg o w .
M a rn o c h ,
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I. A . (19 6 1 -5 7) is m anager o f th e In te rn a tio n a l D iv is io n o f the
C h a rte re d Bank o p e ra tio n s in th e P h ilip p in e Isla n d s. He w ill be there
u n til late 1973 and any v is itin g S tra th a llia n s s h o u ld c o n ta c t him at
P.O. B o x 303, M an ila.
M o n tg o m rie , J. A . (1928-32 has been a p p o in te d K n ig h t o f th e M o s t V e n e rab le
O rde r o f St. J o h n b y H er M a je s ty th e Q ueen on 3rd M arch 1971.
M o rris ,
D. J. (19 6 3 -6 9) has c o m p le te d his se co n d ye a r B.Sc. (H o n s .)
B io c fie m is try a t S t. A n d re w s . He is T re a su re r o f th e U n iv e rs ity
C o n s e rv a tiv e A s s o c ia tio n .
M o rto n ,
H. G. (1 9 5 7 -6 1 ) has re c e n tly been a p p o in te d
P s y c h ia try a t th e U n iv e rs ity o f D undee.
to a le c tu re s h ip
in
Nairn, A . (19 5 8 -6 2) has been a ssu m e d as a P a rtn er w ith M essrs. C halm ers,
Im p e y & Co., London.
O rchard, T. G. (19 6 2 -6 9) is n o w w o rk in g as a T e le v is io n C o rre s p o n d e n t on
the 'E vening S ta n d a rd ' in A b e rd e e n .
Paterson, M . B. N. (19 6 0 -6 5) w a s p ro m o te d in A u g u s t 1970 to D e p a rtm e n ta l
Sales M an a g e r w ith A r n o tt S im p s o n s .
In M arch 1971 he w a s
a p p o in te d S e c re ta ry o f F inn a rt C h u rch , G ree n o ck.
Paterson, N. D. L. (19 5 5 -6 1) has re c e n tly ta ke n up an a p p o in tm e n t as a s s is ta n t
to th e G eneral M a n a g e r o f H a llw a y s H o te ls in M a la w i. He is based in
B la n ty re , c / o M o u n t S oche H otel.
Paton, W . w a s e le cte d se co n d ju n io r v ic e -p re s id e n t o f th e N a tio n a l F ederation
o f B u ild in g T rades E m p lo ye is, and it is a lm o s t ce rta in th a t he w ill
be p re s id e n t in 1973 — th e firs t S c o t to hold th e office.
Peacock, J. G. (19 5 6 -6 2) is A s s is ta n t H o te l P ro je c t A d v is e r w ith S c o ttis h and
N e w c a s tle B re w e rie s Ltd.
Peters, J. R. (19 5 4 -5 8) is C hairm an o f th e G la s g o w and D is tric t C e n tre o f the
S c o ttis h M o to r T rade A s s o c ia tio n . He is also a m em b e r o f th e C o u n cil
o f th e G la s g o w J u n io r C h a m b e r o f C o m m e rce .
P e tty, W . M . (1 9 6 0 -6 5 ) is C hairm an o f th e S c o ttis h C h ristia n Y o u th A s s e m b ly .
P hilip, R. G. M . (19 4 8 -5 3) is an o b s te tric ia n and a n a e s th e tis t in F re e p o rt, Grand
Bahama, Baham as. He in fo rm s us th a t R aym ond P h ilip (19 4 5 -4 9) and
B ob Philip (19 5 2 -5 6) are ty c o o n s in th e w o o lle n and a d v e rtis in g
bu sin e ss o v e rlo o k in g th e 18th green a t S t. A n d re w s .
R eynolds, E. M . G. (19 5 9 -6 2) is w o rk in g in H o te l M a n a g e m e n t in London. He
is m arried w ith a d a u g h te r and n o w live s a t 151 M e llis o n W a y m ,
E dgw are, M id d le s e x .
R eynolds, P. M . G. (19 5 9 -6 4) is a House P hysician a t W e s tm in s te r H o sp ita l,
London.
Rich, C. L. (19 2 8 -3 1) re c e n tly paid a b u s in e s s /h o lid a y v is it to U.K. in M ay.
He is s till pla yin g a leading
e n te rp ris e s in c lu d in g m in in g.
ro le
in
m any
A u s tra lia n
bu sin e ss
Sandem an, F. K. (19 5 8 -6 4) is D is tr ic t Sales M an a g e r fo r Fiat M o to rs , T o ro n to ,
Canada.
S e ttle s, R. (19 6 1 -6 8) has c o m p le te d his se co n d ye a r B.A. (C .N .A .A .) Hons, at
P o rts m o u th P o ly te c h n ic.
S u th e rlan d , J. R. (1 9 6 3 -6 7 ) is a lo ca l in s p e c to r w ith th e C o m m e rcia l U nion
A s s u ra n c e G rou p in Perth. He is p la yin g ru g b y fo r H o w e o f Fife R.F.C.
T a rg o w s k i, E. G. M . (19 6 2 -6 9) has c o m p le te d th e se co n d
(H o n s .) D egree a t E d inburgh U n iv e rs ity .
ye a r o f a M .A .
T em p le to n , T. M . (19 4 3 -4 8) w a s a p p o in te d P ro d u c tio n C o -o rd in a to r re sp o n sib le
fo r o p e ra tio n s o f th e M in e s, B a u xite and A lu m in a D iv is io n s o f th e
G uyana B a u xite Co. Ltd. on 1 st J u ly , 1971.
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T hain, D. A . (1 9 5 0 -5 6 ) is P re sid e n t o f th e S c o ttis h A s s o c ia tio n o f R egistered
H o u s e b u ild e rs fo r 1 9 7 1/7 2 .
T u rn e r,
D. I. (19 5 5 -6 2) has been assu m e d as a Partner in M e ssrs, T urner,
H u tto n & L a w so n , C h a rte re d A c c o u n ta n ts , G la sg o w , w ith e ffe c t fro m
1 st A u g u s t, 1971.
W a lla c e , N. F. (1 9 6 3 -6 7 ) is an a s s is ta n t Q u a n tity S u rv e y o r w ith C y ril S w e e tt
and P a rtn ers, B a s in g s to k e .
W ils o n , N. H. F. (1 9 6 2 -6 8 ) has been a w a rd e d his blue fo r R ugby, Squash and
H o c k e y , a t th e E dinburgh D ental H o sp ita l.
W ils o n , P. M . (1 9 6 3 -6 8 ) has been e le cte d P re sid e n t o f S t. A n d re w s U n iv e rs ity
B io c h e m ic a l S o c ie ty .
Engagements
J o h n s to n , A . G. (19 5 5 -6 2)
Peebleshire.
to
M is s
Susan
G.
H orne, S to b o
M arch , Lyne,
P eacock, J. G. (1 9 5 6 -6 2 ) to M is s A d e le B rig g s o f Brig H ouse, Y o rk s h ire .
Ross, A . D. (1 9 6 0 -6 6 ) to M is s Y vo n n e Irvin e , S tra h o u r C o tta g e , M illp o rt.
T u rn e r, D. I. (19 5 5 -6 2) to M is s Patricia A . L. Hardie, E d g e w o o d , D rym e n , Nr.
G la s g o w .
W ils o n , J. (1 9 6 0 -6 5 ) to M is s M a rg a re t S. O rr, S u n w ic k , P axton, B e rw ic k -o n Tw eed.
W ils o n , N. H. F. (19 6 2 -6 8) to M iss M a d e le in e C. M u n ro .
W ils o n , P. M . (19 6 3 -6 8) to M is s Sarah B a rn h ill o f C le m so n, S o u th C arolina.
Marriages
C lark, B. G. (1 9 5 6 -6 4 ) to M is s A n n e M ic h ie on 13th N o ve m b e r, 1970, a t St.
A n d re w s U n iv e rs ity C hapel.
M e lv ille , J. B. (1 9 5 6 -6 3 ) to M is s M o y a C lague on 11th S e p te m b e r, 1971.
N airn, A . (1 9 5 8 -6 2 ) to M is s Susan A n n e N apier, S to n e h a ll, W o o d h u rs t Lane,
O x te d , S u rre y , on 25th A p ril, 1969.
S later, R. M . (1 9 5 9 -6 5 ) to M a d e m o is e lle S v lv ie Leroy, 167 A ve n u e C a rno t, La
R ochelle, France, on 1 st A u g u s t, 1970.
Births
Benson, B. (1 9 5 4 -5 9 ). On 28th M arch , 1971, to M r. and M rs. Bruce Benson,
71 N o rth G range Road, B earsden, a son.
C lark, N. F. (1 9 5 4 -5 8 ). On 29th D e ce m b e r, 1969, to M r. and M rs. N. F. Clark,
11 Raglan S tre e t, D a yle sfo rd , V ic to ria , A u s tra lia , a d a u g h te r — Sarah
E lizabeth.
C o o k , A . S. (1 9 5 6 -6 0 ). On 22nd N o ve m b e r, 1970, to M r. and M rs. A lla n Cook,
a d a u g h te r— K atie.
D in s m o re , H. W . (1 9 4 9 -5 5 ). On 2nd J u ly , 1970, to M r. and M rs. Harry
D in s m o re , 12 M a th e rto n A v e n u e , N e w to n M ea rn s, a son — Graham
H arry.
G ray, J. M . (1 9 4 7 -5 1 ). On 30th Ja n u ary, 1970, to M r. and M rs. J. M . G ray,
c / o th e H ong Kong and Shanghai B a n kin g C o rp o ra tio n , H am burg,
G erm any, a d a u g h te r, K a trin a , a s is te r fo r S iobhan.
M arn o ch , I. A . (19 5 1 -5 7) a t G la sg o w on 14th S e p te m b e r, 1970, to M r. and
M rs . I. A . M a rn o c h , P.O. B o x 303, M a n ila , P h ilip p in e Isla n d s, a
son, G len D uncan E d w a rd , a b ro th e r fo r N ichola.
M arsh a ll,
L. (1 9 4 7 -5 3 ). On 25th M arch , 1971, to M r .and M rs . L a w re n ce
M a rsh a ll, 45 O xgangs Road, E d in b u rgh , a son, A n d re w M acG re g o r.
M acK e n zie , D. F. (1 9 4 2 -4 7 ). On 8th S e p te m b e r, 1970, to M r. and M rs . D erek
M acK e n zie , P antiles, G o s fo rth Road, L o n g n id d ry , East L o thian , a
son — K evin.
M cLa ch la n , W . E. (1 9 5 6 -6 3 ). On 10th J u ly , 1971, to M r. and M rs. W . E.
M cLa ch la n , 7 T rin ity C re sce n t, B e ith , a d a u g h te r — D eidre Helen.
S in cla ir, J. H. (1 9 4 8 -5 4 ). On 6th N o ve m b e r, 1970, to M r. and M rs. J. H.
S in c la ir, 12 R od d in g he a d Road, W h ite c ra ig s , G la sg o w , a son — Euan
Fraser F itz p a tric k .
Deaths
B ro w n , D avid Barrie (1 9 6 5 -6 9 ) o f 117 High S tre e t, M o n tro s e .
A b e rd e e n Royal In firm a ry on 14th D ecem ber, 1970.
Craiq, I. G. (19 2 2 -2 6) o f G la sg o w , The Lane, S ke lm o rlie .
A u g u s t, 1971.
Hall, J o h n (19 4 1 -4 4) o f T ho rn Road, B earsden.
a t his hom e.
S u d d e n ly at
S u d d e n ly on 14th
S u d d e n ly on 4 th J u ly , 1971,
S tu a rt, M a lc o lm M . (19 5 9 -6 6) o f 25 Jo rd a n Lane, E d in b u rgh , 10.
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