JMBarrie
JMBarrie => Davies Family => Topic started by: Nicholas on October 17, 2010, 01:14:51 PM
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All material appears by kind permission of Mrs Laura Duguid and the Provost and Fellows of Eton College
Summer 1918
being the half
in which
my tutor's
won
the
cricket
cup.
Summer 1918
We returned the sadder for losing Peake and Senhouse, the former of whom was eminent as captain of the boats, the latter being the only really important member of the house. New boys - Farmer and Wright. We had five members of the Oppidan sixth form, which we believe constitutes a record: Lowry, Baillie Hamilton, Davies ma, Holland -Martin and Oliver. Speeches therefore were worth going to. It will be worthwhile here to touch on the subject of the E.C.O.T.C. where my tutor's were in the winning 1/2 compy, a most pleasing if unexpected result. Had we known the cup was so hideous - but still, the mischief's done. In the section cup we were not in the final. Camp, which was to be in Tidworth park, was cancelled for influenza - of which the greater part of my tutor's suffered
M Ll D
Cricket 1918
We came back with a good average junior eleven, and drew a place in the worse group, so that the prospect of success was bound to be considerable. I believe, however, that every fact of our levelly victorious procedure through the first month or two proved fatal in itself. There were the usual restless members in the side, and these must have declined steadily, if we are to judge by our collapse against Wells at the crisis, who beat us by only one or two runs. This decay of course is attributable both to the captain of cricket and to the captain of the junior, to the latter for permitting or even participating in such misplaced laxity, and the former for reposing too much trust in his subordinate. It's not surprising to find that our conquerors are from Wells house; they are invariably a well trained body of boys, and we wish they had better fortune in the final match against de Montmorency's. This was the only match we lost. We were an unreliable side . However attention must be drawn to the truth of the point that both the pitches and the net-grounds were bad enough, owing to the lack of cultivation, to bring disaster to the mightiest side, and I really believe that no practice upon them c'd do anything but harm. The fielding was on the whole good. The overflow as usual provided difficulties. It is strange to see how often it seems that the most jejune members of the side, and the least likely to find a place, seem to be by far the keenest and most reluctant to turn to the river in which to drown their sorrows.
[list of junior team members including Davies mi]
Sheldon got his sixpenny, and Barber missed the same, which is absurd because he can play as well as anybody.[/list]