Spectrum - 1965 - Southgate County School

Staff v School Cricket
School 112 for 8 dec. Staff 103 for 8 Draw.
THE STAFF TEAM, lead by Mr. Reynolds, took the field at
11 o'clock on a bright, sunny morning and prepared to
do battle with the school's opening pair Gibbs and
Burton. The School's hopes of victory were running high
but they were soon dampened when with the score at 2
Gibbs was caught behind the wicket off Mr. Reynolds'
first over. But worse was to follow as Burton was bowled
by Mr. Day in his first over with no further addition to
the score.
However Watts and Heaps settled down to increase
the score steadily until at 28 Heaps lofted one high to
Mr. Gilliat standing on the boundary who made no
mistake with the awkward catch. For the School it was
now a matter of survival until lunch when the score was
54 for 5, Dealhoy being not out 14 and Watts not out 22.
Resuming play the score was taken briskly along
until Watts was bowled by Mr. Reynolds with the score
at 70. Another wicket quickly fell but Ellis and Dealhpy,
by a mixture of luck, mishits, good shots and misfielding
pushed the score rapidly from 78 to 112 for 8 when the
School declared, Dealhoy being undefeated with 29 and
Ellis not out 10.
Mr. Ingham and Mr. Turtill, the staff's openers,
went out boldly to face the school attack of Ellis and
Hotchkiss. The latter soon found the edge of Mr. TurtilFs
bat and he was well caught by White at second slip.
Mr. Macarthy joined Mr. Ingham and they pushed
the score along to 42 with a series of very exciting shots
including a magnificent six by Mr. Ingham and a beautiful
cover drive by Mr. Macarthy. Just when the staff
seemed set for a long stand, Mr. Ingham skied one to
Heaps at mid-off and Mr. Reynolds, batting confidently
was somewhat dubiously dismissed a few overs later.
Things indeed looked black for the school with the score
at 53 for 3 wickets but when the score was 71 Mr. Meltzer
was clean bowled by Hardcastle and the very next ball
Mr. Bigg rushed down the wicket, missed the ball
completely and was easily stumped. Enter Mr. Packer.
He, however, and his successor Mr. Day were quickly
dismissed after a brief flourish and with 93 runs on the
board for 7 wickets and 10 minutes to go, the game
could still be won by either side.
Tense indeed, threateningly the fielders closed in and
Ryan, diving, brilliantly caught Mr. Gilliat for 0. 93 for
8 — 2 overs to go.
Mr. Macarthy, unperturbed however, immediately
hit two more fours, much to the delight of the staff. But
time was the only winner in the end for the match had to
be finished with the staff score at 103 for 8, only 9 runs
behind! Mr. Macarthy being undefeated with 32.
House Results
Senior
1st. TRENT
2nd. CHACE
3rd. BRAMLEY
4th. HADLEY
Junior
1st. TRENT
2nd. CHACE
3rd. HADLEY
4th. BRAMLEY
GRAHAM WATTS.
ATHLETICS
School Sports
Monday, 31st May was a particularly cold day—too
cold for best performances but one record was equalled
and three new ones set up. This year, one of the field
events, the javelin, stole the limelight from the track
when J. Heaps broke the old record by 20 feet with a
throw of 164 feet 4 inches. Later in the season Heaps
won the Middlesex Grammar Schools' javelin event at
Hendon. What a delight it is to see a javelin thrown well.
A new javelin record was also set up by a Form I boy,
Vale, competing in the junior group. He will still be in
the same group next year so what distance will he do
then?
Mr. Denny, Chief Education Officer for the Borough
of Enfield, presented the trophies. Realising how cold it
was Mr. Denny wisely kept his comments to a minimum.
The lower forms will remember it as the day they almost
got off the field without carrying a chair. "Off home
now!" finished the Education Officer—"With a chair!"
countermanded Mr. Johnston seconds later.
The groundsman, Mr. March, worked hard combating
rain and growing grass to keep all the track lines
till the day of the sports, but they were at their brightest
on the day.
In addition to getting runners off to a good start
Mr. Hulford, our Olympic starter, entertained some of
the younger ones with tales of his experiences as an
international athlete and starter.
District Sports
Complete teams are seldom entered for the District
Sports because they always clash with school examinations
and boys want to devote their time to revision.
However a few of the more confident do compete and of
these the winners of their events were: Spiers (Sen. 220),
Graham (Form I, hurdles), Hadfield (Form 1, long jump).
CHAMPIONS
Senior
Middle
Junior
Boys
W. Spiers
T. Kitching
R. Vale
H. PACKER.
Girls
Christine Owen
Ruth Amdur
Christine Poole