Sport 1953-54
Colts Cricket
Photo from Frank Morley. Thank you, Frank
Back Row L-R: Mr. Senior, Sumnall, Hambleton, Mason, Hawcroft, Homer, Hardy, Morley, Mr. Allen
Front Row L-R: Sykes, Halstead, Bramham, Vest, Tickle
The Colts XI succeeded in winning only 1 of their 5 games, but amongst them are several promising players who should prove very useful members of the senior teams in future years.
Rugby Reports
Photo from Les Thomas. Thank you, Les
Back Row L-R: Mr. Leonard, Dillon, Wall, Ward, Trueman, Warden, Stones, Mr. Hamilton
Middle Row L-R: Thacker, Pearson, Moore, Holder, Stead, Smethurst, Thomas, Butcher, Poole
Front Row L-R: Hebden, Birkenshaw
The 1st XV opened the 1954 season well, with wins against Thorne, Doncaster, Morley, Castleford and Wath. The only defeat suffered by the team over this period was at Castleford in a clean, hard match.
The play of backs and forwards up to this point was good, with new-comers Moore, B. and Pearson, K. showing very encouraging form. Of the older team members, Dillon, T. is worthy of special mention. His form has been outstanding, gaining a place for him in the Sheffield Schools' Team, which Stead, J. H. W. captained.
From this point, however, the team's performances slumped rather badly with matches lost to Silcoates, Rothwell, Wath, and West Leeds. It is true to say that the losing margin in each of these games was never greater than 5 points; and that, at some point in each match, Hemsworth held a winning margin. In the remaining matches it is to be hoped that such small margins will occasionally be, "on the right side".
Undoubtedly the highlight of the season was the Rothwell match. Against a team with the remarkable record of 16 wins in 16 matches, Hemsworth played well above their normal form. It was only near the end of a hard and exciting game that Rothwell scored the try which kept their record intact.
The record reads :-played 16. won 7; lost 8; drawn 1.
Points for 206; against 126.
2nd XV
The 2nd XV, we are glad to say,. have had a very good season so far, winning most of their matches. They have found a winning team which has been fielded consistently.
Record Played 13; Won 10; Lost 3.
Colts
Record : Played 10. Won 4; Lost 5; Drawn 1.
This Colts XV, under the leadership of Yates, N. and Thomas, L., have had several exciting matches winning, or losing, by only a few points. Most players have played well at practices and in matches, but Thompson, L., playing at either half-back position, is worthy of particular mention.
Under 14's
Matches played 4. Won 2; Lost 1; Drawn 1.
Despite the lack of fixtures, this side has produced some good exciting football, with forwards and backs linking together well.
Under 13's
Matches played 6. Won 2; Lost 3; Drawn 1.
This side includes some keen players who make up for the lack of inches with their enthusiasm. The forwards must learn to bind in the loose, and the backs to go to the man with the ball. Some of them should be more than useful players after a few more seasons.
The thanks of all the Rugby contingent are due to Messrs. Leonard, Taylor, Swinbank and Allan for their encouragement and help throughout the season; to Miss Brogden, who has filled Mrs. Cliffe's former position with complete success; and lastly, to Mr. Rhodes for keeping the pitches up to the standard we have come to expect at Hemsworth Grammar School.
Stead, J. R. W. (Captain)
Cricket
I have found a newspaper photo of the School 1st XI Cricket circa 1954.
Back Row L-R: Terry McCroakam, Walt Hebden, Don Weaver, Sam Chambers, Dan Secker, Bill Baxendale, Jim Ainge, Colin Appleby
Front Row L-R: Terry Dillon, Ted Fox, Jim Stead, Geoff Boycott, Chris Birkinshaw, Brian Moore
Terry McCroakam
After its successful season last year, the 1st XI has had rather mixed fortunes in 1954. Too often the attack has seemed to lack the 'bite' which was a feature of last year. At the beginning, of the season, our recognised bats-men failed to find their form and only in the last few matches have they shown their true quality.
Newcomers have been prominent in the team this season, Moore and Boycott topping the batting and Chambers heading the bowling averages.
Results-
May 8th - Ackworth: 125 for 7, dec. (Birkinshaw 3 for 25) v. School: 66 (Hanks 31*) Lost
May 15th - School: 60 (Secker 18) v. Wath: 58 (Baxendale 5 for 20) Won
May 22nd - School: 111 for 3 dec. (Moore 57*) v. Thornes House: 112 for 3 Lost
May 29th - School: 119 for 9 dec. (Moore 51) v. Wath: 27 (Baxendale 6 for 12) Won
June 5th - Old Hilmians: 86 (Hebden 3 for 15) v. School: 88 for 6 (Moore 22, Weaver 19, Boycott 18*) Won
June 19th - School: 102 (Moore 51*, Chambers 20) v. Thorne: 103 for 3 Lost
June 26th -School: 170 for 6 dec. (Weaver 38, Fox 36, Stead 32) v. Percy Jackson's: 96 Won
July 3rd-School: 111 for 6 dec. (Stead 34, Boycott 22*) v. Thorne: 112 for 5 (Chambers 4 for 31) Lost
July 7th - Parents: 153 for 8 dec. (Baxendale 3 for 5) v. School: 156 for 7
(Weaver 32, Chambers 25, Chivers 27, Fox 23*) Won
July 10th - School: 141 for 9 dec. (Hebden 39*, Moore 32) v. Silcoates: 64(Birkinshaw 5 for 10) Won
Averages:-
Batting
Inns., Not Out, Runs, Highest, Average
Moore...............7, 2, 220, 57*, 44
Hebden.............6, 2, 94, 39*, 235
Boycott.............4, 2, 58, 22*, 29
Fox (V. Capt.)....9, -, 105, 36, 11.7
Hanks...............7, 1, 67, 31*, 11.2
Weaver.............9, -, 97, 38, 10.8
Stead (Capt.)....8, -, 86, 34, 10.8
Chambers.........5, 1, 36, 20, 9.0
Dillon................5, 1, 25, 16, 63
Birkinshaw........5, 1, 22, 15*, 5.5
Baxendale.........4, 2, 11, 8*, 5.5
Chivers.............5, -, 14, 10, 2.8
Bowling
Overs, Mdns., Runs, Wkts., Average
Chambers:.... 78, 26, 158, 21, 7.52
Secker:......... 20, 5, 58, 6, 9.67
Birkinshaw:.... 53.4, 14, 122, 11, 11.09
Baxendale:..... 84.4, 24, 213, 19, 11.21
Hebden:......... 11.4, 0, 47, 3, 15.67
The 2nd XI, captained by McCroakam, has played 4 matches but has succeeded in winning only one -- against the Staff!
Back Row L-R: K. Bramham, Swaine, M. Poole, Wood (Scorer), D. Maltby, N. Yates, C. Holder
Front Row L-R: G. Thacker, J. Winter, T. McCroakam, Warren, D. Sumnall
After practising assiduously, the Colts have been disappointed at having half their matches cancelled. Their enthusiasm in practices, and on the field, has shown that there is some very promising material amongst these youngsters, captained by Bramham.
Hockey
1st XI 15 matches played
5 won; 4 lost; 6 drawn. Goals for 28; Goals against 20.
2nd XI 14 matches played: 5 won; 5 lost; 4 drawn.
Colours for this season were awarded to J. May, V. Manning and J. Nuttall. Repeat colours were awarded to A. Greetham and E. Tate.
HOCKEY RALLY, 1954.
This year's Hockey Rally was held on April 3rd. The teams to reach this year's Final were Ossett G.S. and Doncaster CC. Ossett beat Doncaster by two goals to nil.
The shields were presented by the Senior Mistress, Mr. W. J. Leonard was the official Timekeeper.
We extend our thanks to all who helped with this Rally.
On behalf of the teams, I should like to thank Miss Parkin for her help and encouragement throughout the season. I should also like to thank Mr. Rhodes for his excellent care of the pitches.
Eileen Tate (Captain)
Netball
The above image of the Second Seven comes from Adele Whittaker. Thank you, Adele. Some names have been provided by Geoff Govier. Thank you, Geoff.
Back Row L-R: Brenda Pawson, Miss. Wimpenny, Rhona Tatton , Miss. Saville, Molly Hepworth
Front Row L-R: Adele Whittaker, Eileen Hirst, Jean Snookes, Pat Brooke, Norma Street
During this season, the Netball Teams have enjoyed only moderate success, the chief reason for this being the lack of senior members. It is more than time that this deficiency was made up.
The vigour and enthusiasm shown by the Juniors do not, I fear, make up for lack of skill and experience; but, despite these difficulties, the teams have shown progress. The teamwork has improved greatly during the last few weeks of the season.
Out of a total of 18 matches played, the first team won 2, drew 2 and lost 6; the second team won 1, and lost 4; and the Junior team won 4 and lost 1.
On behalf of the teams, I should like to thank Miss Wimpenny and Miss Saville for their much-needed advice and encouragement.
Joan Dyson (Captain)
Athletics
The above image and names come from Peter Whitehead. Thank you, Peter.
Back Row L-R: Miss. Parkin, Davison, Tony Firth, Downes, Bruce Ward, Peter Wall, Eddie Lowe, John Mansfield, Howard Widmore, Mr. Leonard
Third Row L-R: Jeannette Hayton, 2, 3, 4, Eileen Tate, 6, Pat Brooke, 8, June Barraclough
Second Row L-R: Carol Sugden, Valerie Manning, Julia Street, Molly Hepworth, Margaret Butterfield, Maurice Poole, Roy Homer, Hellewell, Trevor Trueman, 10
Front Row L-R: Malcolm Halstead, David Nye, Peter Whitehead, 4, Vest, Joe Pearson
County Championships
At the County Schools' Championships held at Beverley on June 26th, three pupils of H.G.S. were successful. Moore, following his success last year as a Junior, won the Inter. Boys' 440 yards Championship in 54.3 secs.; Margaret Butterfield was 2nd in the Senior Girls' Long Jump and Wall, P. was 3rd in the Senior Boys' Pole Vault. Moore has been selected to represent Yorkshire in the All England Schools' Championships at Ashington on July 17th and 18th.
INTER-GRAMMAR SCHOOL SPORTS - HUDDERSFIELD, 1954.
At the Inter-School Sports at Huddersfield this year, neither the girls' team nor the boys' team was successful in obtaining major honours. Most credit lies with the Junior Boys, who won the plaque for the championship of their section. The girls continue to improve and missed 3rd position by only half a point.
The following gave exceptional performances : M. Butterfield (Girl's Captain), 1st in Senior Girls' Long Jump (16' 1.5"- New Record); Hellewell C., (Junior Captain), 1st in Junior Boys' High Jump and 1st in Junior Boys 220 yds. (28.8 secs. -new Record); Winstanley, 1st in Junior Boys' 440 yds. (65.8 secs. - New Record); The Junior Boys' Relay Team --- Nye, Halstead, Winstanley, Hellewell, who won the Junior Relay in the record time of 56.4 secs.
Valuable points were also scored by M. Butterfield (2nd, Senior Girls' High Jump); V. Manning (2nd, Senior Girls' 220 yds.); M. Hepworth (3rd; Inter. Girls' 100 yds.); H. Britton (3rd Girls' Javelin); the Inter. and Senior Girls' Relay Teams (3rd in each case); Homer (2nd, Inter Boys' 220 yds.); Davidson (3rd, Inter. Boys' 880 yds. and for 4th places in their respective events taken by J. Hayton, A. Ward, M. Dowding, P. Brook, Trueman, Firth, Downes, Ward, Homer, Moore, Mansfield and Wall, P.
Tennis
1953
The 1st Tennis VI played 9 matches. Two of these were won and the remainder were lost.
Full colours were awarded to S. Lillford, while E. Lill received Repeat Full Colours.
Eileen Tate
Girls' Tennis 1954.
Last season, out of the sixteen matches originally arranged, seven were cancelled because of weather conditions. Of the remaining matches, one match was won and eight were lost.
Eileen Tate, the captain, was the only player to be awarded her tennis colours for the season. Very few of last year's teams are still at school but we look forward to
a more successful season.
The team would like to thank Miss Parkin for her help.
S. Lindley, 5A
Boys Tennis
Last year, the boys formed a tennis team and played three matches, winning one. The team beat Percy Jackson's School, and lost to Percy Jackson and Wakefield. This year, more fixtures have been arranged and a successful season is anticipated.
The amount of practice possible is, unfortunately, limited by the small number of courts available.
The members of the team would like to thank Mr. Owen and Mr. Taylor their coaching.
Allsop, A. A., U.VLS.
Rounders
The above image of the Second team comes from Adele Whittaker. Thank you, Adele. Some names have been provided by Geoff Govier and Audrey Carrington. Thank you.
Back Row L-R: K. Cooper, Wendy Taylor, Miss. Saville, Anne Cooke, Audrey Carrington
Front Row L-R: Norma Street, Pat White, Adele Whittaker, J. Jennings, Pat Brooke
The season was not a very successful one although many of the team of 1953 resumed their places.
P W L D
lst Team 4 1 3 0
2nd Team 3 1 2 0
Junior Team 1 0 0 1
Under 15 Team 2 1 1 0
The batting more concentration but the fielding was very good.
Four people received their colours: Margaret Connolly (Bowler); Edith Horbury (2nd Deep), Maureen Mathers (1st Post), Jean Nuttall (3rd Deep).
On behalf of the team, I would like to extend our thanks to Mrs. Young for her invaluable help and advice, and also to Mr. Rhodes for his constant care of the pitches.
Jean Nuttall, V.T.
Colts Rugby
Photo from Bryan and Malcolm Thomas. Thank you. Some names have been provided by Geoff Govier. Thank you, Geoff.
Back Row L-R: 1, John Linacre, Roy Homer, Colin Garbett, Vic Bentham
Middle Row L-R: Mr. Taylor, Arthur Tickle, Colin Thomas, Barber, 5, Mr. Swinbank
Front Row L-R: 1, George Thompson, Tony Pickering, Norman Yates, Bob Davidson, Geoff Marston, Billy Sykes
Some names have been provided by Colin Richardson. Thank you, Colin.
Annual Cross Country Run
Click on this link: http://www.multimap.com/
Enter the post code WF9 4HW. You will then see a map and aerial photo of the school area and the cross-country course. A map scale of 1:25000 is suitable. Pan as required. Zoom the aerial photo and the running track and rugby fields are visible.