Summer Times, November 2004 - Old Scarborians

Geoff Winn the accountant. I wish Ihad known him better at Leeds Universityso he could have helped me with the betting.Did Geoff ever sit in the commonroom where we used to watch the raceson TV and do some phone betting? In my1958 Leeds University Diary there arelisted the following: ‐ 6 th March La Mon2.30, Spithead 3.05 and Dantelle 3.45, let’shope I made a profit with them. Geoffalso mentions Dave Goulding at the University.Dave Goulding arrived at the Universityand started calling me George,when I was telling everybody I was calledBill. Although it again created problems itdid have some usefulness when datingnurses!Mike Rines thanks for the excellentcricket summary. Mike mentions LenHutton, as I was born in Pudsey andwould have gone to Pudsey GrammarSchool if we hadn’t moved to Scarborough,I followed Len’s career and sawhim and Bradman in Scarborough, alsomy mother’s sister used to bowl to Lenwhen they were young. She said that allLen wanted to do was bat irrespective ofwhom bowled to him.Ted Lester Yes, the cricket ball hitover the houses in Trafalgar Square fromthe Scarborough Cricket Ground was partof the folklore when I lived in TrafalgarSquare and watched the cricket from abedroom window in the late 1940’s onwards.I missed the big hit but I did see acouple of hits into the access way betweenthe houses and the cricket field wall; incidentallythe wall was topped with glassset in concrete to deter would be wallclimbers, an insurance nightmare. I used37the practise cricket nets in the grounduntil a rising ball hit me in the mouth inabout 1951 or 1952, which resulted institches and many visits to the dentist. Inoticed a few months later that the bloodsoakedbatting glove was still being used.Did Ted ever buy fruit from the greengrocer’sstall at the top of Trafalgar Square,particularly during the Cricket Festival? Imay have served him. I also lament thedowngrading of the Festival; it reallyused to be the highlight of the cricketingyear for Scarborough and for the occupancyrates of the boarding houses in theSquare.Brian Shipley would know all aboutthat as his parents had a business acrossfrom us.Mike Elvy wrote from Malton. Butwhere is Sam Malton who was bornon the same day as me?CONVERSATIONSWITH GEORGE FOWLER(1926 –31)By Tom Gofton (1951-59)from a conversation withGeorge FowlerAt 89 years of age, George must be one ofthe oldest of old boys and I thought itwould be interesting to get his recollectionsof the School as it was 78 yrs. ago.George was a pupil at Central School andpassed his entrance exam to the HighSchool at the age of ten, only to be told hewas too young to take up his place andwould have to reapply the following yearwhich he duly did. He passed once moreobtaining a free place worth he thinks, tenpound per annum. The entrance exam