Obituary. On July the 23rd, FREDERICK WILLIAM LANE BIRDWOOD, R.A., Elder and only surviving son of MAJOR-GENERAL BIRDWOOD, R.E. No one who knew Birdwood here will have heard of his sudden death without the most sincere regret. And there were many who knew him, for his bright and genial look and ways won him many friends. He came amongst us when less than 10 years old in 1871, and obtained an open nomination to Woolwich in 1879 direct from the school. The same eagerness which characterized him here distinguished him also in India, and a fall from his horse while out pig-sticking caused an injury to his spine, from which he died two days after the accident: which by a sad coincidence occurred on the very day which a year previously had witnessed the funeral of his younger brother, also an old Marlburian, and an officer in the Royal Navy. O.M.'s. MARRIAGES. June 26th, at the Parish Church, Bradninch, the Rev. Stewart Sim, M.A., of Crayford, Kent, fifth son of Alexander Sim, Esq., of Harrow Weald Park, Middlesex, to Bessie Beatrice, eldest daughter of Charles T. Cuming, Esq., of Parklands, Bradninch, Devon. July 10th, at St. John's, Birkenhead, the Rev. E. W. Simpson, of Metham Hall, Yorkshire, Vicar of Laxton, to Millicent Eleanor, second daughter of W. W. St. George Esq., of Clifton Park, Birkenhead. July 17th, at Sedgeford, Archibald Herbert, second son of J. H. James, Esq., of Kingswood, Watford, to Margaret Isabel Ogle, eldest daughter of the Vicar of Sedgeford. July 21st, at St. Paul's, Landour, India, Edward James Nicholls Fasken, 3rd Sikhs, P.F.F., eldest son of MajorGeneral E. T. Fasken, Madras Staff Corps, to Rosetta Lucy Hanwell Bazalgette, only surviving daughter of the late Captain Bazalgette, R.A. Aug. 2nd, at Emmanuel Church, Clifton, by the Rev. W. M. Furneaux, M.A., Head Master of Repton School, Ernest Alan, third son of the late Rev. W. D. Furneaux, Rector of Berkeley, to Zoë Marion, third daughter of the Rev. G. Carless Swayne, B.D., late Fellow of C.C.C., Oxford. Aug. 6th, at the Parish Church, Lamerton, Devon, Charles George Blathwayt, Bombay Civil Service, younger son of the late Rev. C. Blathwayt, Vicar of Langridge, Somerset, to Georgina Mary, eldest daughter of William Weekes, of Willestren, Devon. Aug. 6th, at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, Herbert Stuart Sankey, of Christ Church, Oxford, B.A., and of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-law, eldest son of Herbert Tretton Sankey, Esq., of Canterbury, to Josephine, only child of the Hon. George Annesley, of Newcastle, Co. Devon. Aug. 16th, at St. Margaret's, Westminster, Alexander Kaye Butterworth, to Julia Marguerite, daughter of G. C. H. Wigan, M.D., of Portishead, Somerset. Aug. 26th, at St. Peter's Leeds, John Horsfall, M.A., Oxon, F.R.C.S., of Leeds, to Constance, only daughter of Charles Copland Templer, Esq., of Leeds. Sept. 2nd, at St. John's Pro-Cathedral, Brisbane, Queensland, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Brisbane, Francis Paul Lefroy, son of the Dean of Dromore, to Beatrice Mary, daughter of the late F. Shand, Esq., and niece of the Governor of Queensland. Sept. 3rd, at Eversley, Seymour Peel Nash, of Stevenage, to Sarah, eldest daughter of the late Hon. William Beresford Annesley, formerly of the 6th Inniskillen Dragoons. Sept. 6th, at St. Luke's, New Kentish Town, Charles Edmund, eldest son of Edmund Dowling, Esq., of King H. Henry's Road, S. Hampstead, to Constance Elisa, second daughter of John Blackley, Esq., of Bartholomew Road, Camden Road. Sept. 9th, at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Reading, George Cleather Collinson, of Forshaw Heath, Warwickshire, to Julie, eldest daughter of the late H. W. M. Hathway, Esq., formerly of the 10th Hussars. Sept. 10th, at Christ Church, East Sheen, Robert Elwyn Fiske, M.A., Head Master of the South Eastern Preparatory School, Ramsgate, to Florence Leonora, second daughter of Walter Bathurst Long, Esq., Willow Lodge, Mortlake. Sept. 11th, at Christ Church, Cork, the Rev. Samuel W. Featherstone, Vicar of Whitechurch, Devon, to Jeannette Harrison Hargrave, daughter of the late Joshua Carroll, of the Grove, Queenstown. Sept. 16th, at Albrighton Church, Shropshire, the Rev. James Stanley Woodhouse, curate of Holy Trinity, Nottingham, son of Coventry M. Woodhouse, Esq., Upper Phillimore Gardens, Kensington, to Harriette Powys, daughter of the Rev. C. Powys Isaac, Rector of Bowingale. DEATHS. July 21st, at Dukki, near Quetta, from a fall while out hog hunting, Lieut. Frederic W. L. Birdwood, R.A. Sept. 2nd, at Queen Square, Penzance, William George Dix, Manager of the Cornish Bank (Penzance Branch). Sept. 10th, at the Vicarage, South Stoke, Bath, John Harman Samler, eldest son of the late Rev. John Harman Samler, Vicar of Swallowcliffe, Wilts. ARMY. Colonel Charles Edward Stewart, Bengal Staff Corps, has been appointed an Assistant-Commissioner for the Demarcation of the North Western boundary of Afghanistan. Colonel Sir Herbert Stewart, K.C.B., 3rd Dragoon Guards, has been selected to proceed to Egypt on special service, in connexion with the expedition up the Nile. Royal Artillery-Lieut. W. J. Hicks to be Captain. Major Vincent Wing retires, with the honorary rank of LieutenantColonel. Corporal Henry Francis Askwith from the Royal Military Academy to be Lieutenant. Royal Engineers-Capt. R. P. Littledale, accompanies the detachment of the Royal Engineers to Egypt. The Lincolnshire Regiment-Gentleman Cadet, Alexander William Hunt to be Lieutenant. The East Yorkshire Regiment-Lieut. D. B. Thomas, has been appointed a probationer for the Indian Staff Corps. The Gloucestershire Regiment-Gentleman Cadet Hugh Vachell Bradley, to be Lieutenant. West Riding Regiment--Major Alexander G. J. Robins retires. The South Staffordshire Regiment-Lieut.-Col. and Col. Chares Tucker, C.B., having completed five years' service as a regimental Lieutenant-Colonel is placed on half-pay. The Gordon Highlanders-Major H. H. Mathias' term of service as Adjutant to the 3rd Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment expires. The Durham Light Infantry-Lieut.-Col. and Col. George Charles Girardot retires with the honorary rank of Major-General. The Connaught Rangers-Supernumerary Major Cecil H Bunbury, to be Major. Staff-Capt. E. E. Money, Bengal Staff Corps, to be DeputyAssistant Quarter-Master-General, Bengal Army. Bengal Staff Corps-Lieut. Edwin Capel Currie Sandys, to be Captain. Lieut. Arthur Robertson Browning, from the Worcestershire Regiment, to be Lieutenant. Madras Staff Corps-Major George Herbert Trevor, to be Lientenant-Colonel. Reserve of Officers-Lieut. Cecil Hodgson Colvin, 4th Battalion, the Essex Regiment, to be Lieutenant. Medical Department-Neville Manders, to be Surgeon. Captain E. G. Barrow, 7th Bengal Native Infantry, who won the gold medal of the United Service Institution two years ago for his essay on "Transport," has again been awarded the annual gold medal for the best essay on 66 Reserves for the Native Army in India." PASSED THE COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE STAFF COLLEGE. Capt. C. R. Simpson, the Lincolnshire Regiment. Capt. F. Carpenter, Connaught Rangers. PASSED OUT OF SANDHURST. Deacon-Arthur Chandler, B.A., Fellow of B.N.C., Oxford. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS, &c. Rev. A. Frewen Aylward, Vicar of Enderley, Leicester. Rev. Samuel Francis Barber, M.A., Curate of Little Massingham. Rev. Edward John Bloxsome, Curate of Kilmington. Rev. James John H. Cottle, Vicar of Christ Church, Henley. Rev. Frederick de Paravicini, Rector of Grately, Andover. Rev. Edward Napleton Dew, Curate of Bishops Froome. Rev. Edmund Walter Estcourt, M.A., Rector of Long Newnton, Tetbury, Wilts. Rev. John Adolphus Liddell Fellowes, Rector of Beighton, Acle, Norfolk. Rev. Frederick Arthur Sanders, M.A., Perpetual Curate of Brixton, Earls Plympton, Devon. Rev. George Henry Purdue, Vicar of Shottermill, Haslemere, Surrey. Occasional Notes. THE Whole School returned on Friday, September 19th. THE Common Room has suffered the loss of Mr. Furneaux, Mr. Davidson and Mr. Tatum, whose places are filled by F. V. E. Brughera, Esq., R. P. Browne, Esq., and W. H. Chappel Esq. (0.M). ONLY five members of last year's XV. remain. They are F. E. Bull (captain), H. Woolner, D. E. Martin, R. O. C. Hume, H. C. Bett. THE Marlburian has lost the invaluable services of W. H. Sharp, C. H. Roberts, F. B. DeChair. The Editors for the ensuing year are A. B. Poynton, A. F. B. Williams, H. Latter, E. K. Chambers. THE Marlborough Triennial dinner was held at Willis's Rooms, on July 30th (1st day of Rugby Match). Dr. Wace of Kings' College presided, and nearly one hundred and seventy O.M's. representing almost every generation were present. Among the visitors were the Dean of Westminster, the Master, and R. Few, Esq. Dr. Fergus received a special ovation. The success of the gathering, which was quite exceptional, was largely due to the indefatigable exertions of the Hon. Secretary, S. T. Fisher, Esq. THE so-called Prize Day this year was remarkable for the absence of ceremony. The privileged were admitted to a supper in the evening, which was crowned by capital songs and admirable speeches. SINCE our return football has ousted cricket; with the exception of a match begun on Choir Half-holiday, Wednesday, Sept. 24th, against the town, which rain prematurely curtailed. THE prize so kindly offered by Colonel Byron to that member of the XI. who does most service to the school all round in cricket, i.e. by his own individual batting, bowling and fielding, has been unanimously awarded to J. P. Cheales. THE average bat also fell to Cheales, and the ball to Sale. SIXTH V School was commenced on Big game, on Saturday, Sept. 27th. At present the Sixth have scored two goals to the School's one. THE work of demolition has been completed. Some considerable delay has been occasioned in the building of the New Chapel, owing to the workmen coming on the old moat. AMONG the events of the holidays is the publication of Mr. Sharp's French Syntax and Mr. Thompson's Attic Accidence, a companion to his larger book. AMONG the donors to the Adderley library, we must not omit to thank our visitor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, for his most valuable present of "British Museum Marbles." THE sub-librarian of the VIth Form would remind former members of the VIth Form, that the practise of presenting their photograph and some books is not yet obsolete. WE feel sure that all the school will have heard with deep regret of the death of R. C. Rowe, Esq., who for several terms conducted the mathematical examination of the VIth Form. MICHAELMAS day was celebrated by a half-holiday. The annual sermon will not be preached this year. OUR readers will be glad to hear that in the aggregate results of the certificate examination, Marlborough comes second. Eton heads the list. THE exhibitions that were competed for at the last Midsummer examinations were awarded to C. H. Roberts, W. H. Sharp, J. M. Harvey, E. C. C. Firth. We have received from Charterhouse a copy of the "Grey Friars." The illustrations, which are extremely beautiful, are by Carthusians. The Editors decided to present it to the Art Society, with a hope that that institution will some day produce work as admirable. THE Race committee was filled by election, on Monday, Sept. 22nd. The duties are shared as follows:T. G. Buchanan (Cricket and Races) F. E. Bull (Hockey and Gymnasium) D. E. Martin (Fives) F. Meyrick-Jones (Racquets) THE following form the Football committee:- Mr. Baker's (Fleur-de-Lys)-D. E. Martin ALL O.M.'s who desire to play in the O.M.'s Match on All Saints day, Nov 1st, are requested to communicate with J. P. Cheales, Keble College, Oxford. We acknowledge with thanks the following contemporaries: the Shirburnian, Newtonian, Blue, Felstedian, Ulula (Manchester Grammar School), Epsomian, Reptonian, Tonbridgian, Cheltonian, St. Peter's School Magazine, Leys Fortnightly, Welling tonian, Salopian, Meteor, Haileyburian, Rossallian, The Elizabethan (Westminster). Correspondence. To the Editor of the Marlburian. DEAR SIR,-Allow me to remonstrate with some of the players of Racquets on the way in which they waste balls. A stranger who sees it is invariably amazed, and many players have said that they have never seen balls so recklessly squandered at any Public School. I went the other day into the Court, and found a dozen or two of balls on the floor. I picked up ball after ball which had lots of play in them. Two were new, true, almost perfectly clean, and as good balls as you could wish to have. I often see a player chuck away a good ball used for a bit in favour of an inferior new one. Such wasteful folly is prejudicial to the game in two ways. (1), by preventing fellows playing, (2), by accustoming players to rely in service too much on the quality of the ball instead of being able to adapt it to the kind of ball they may happen to get. At Princes-where however the waste of balls is now truly ludicrous-we cannot be a law to ourselves, but we need not go out of our way here to penalise the game. Yours, COMMON SENSE. Cricket, Our apologies are due to Mr. Bourdillon, and the members of the second team of old fellows, for not inserting any account of the performances of the latter on July 5th and 6th. As however the score was kept on a loose sheet of paper and therefore promptly lost, no account was forthcoming when our last number was being brought out. The result was a victory for the O.M's by 8 wickets. It was manifest that several of the members, that composed the team, were cricketers of too high an order to be opposed to our 2nd XI Bowling. Details fail us, but we believe the school won the toss, and Chaine elected to bat, and contributed a spirited 28. Purcell also made a very useful addition to the score. effort reached 113 (or thereabouts). The The O.M's at the end of the day soon were ahead. For them Windeler (60) and Mounsey (60), played fine innings, though our bowling was not first class. Belt was not successful, Hayhurst was steadiest. The O.M's totalled 239. On going in again the school fared very badly. But thanks to a good innings of 33 by Poynton, and several minor contributions by Purcell, Bett, and Cairns, 107 was reached. In making the necessary 10 runs, 2 wickets were captured and one missed. Our fielding was respectable, and our bowling not so bad as might have been expected. But Windeler and Vans-Agnew and A. V. Buckland might be expected to be too good for us, and as it proved Windeler was almost unplayable in the 2nd innings of M.C. This is our impression of a match, which unhappily our staff did not witness. If the facts are not correct, who is to blame? MARLBOROUGH BLUES v. PLAW HATCH. This, the last match of the Blues' Season, was got up after the card was printed, and therefore finds no place in the engagements of the Club. Seven Blues, out of some twenty who were asked to play, managed to make their way down into Sussex, and were rewarded by a most exciting match and the princely hospitality of an English country house. To these favoured few the 22nd of August, 1884, will always be a red letter day, and the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnot an abiding memory, while they will for ever be able to point the finger of derision at those who broke their engagements and missed this delightful outing. The Blues, reinforced by a well-known name in another department of sport, and by a cricketing gardener, won the toss, and commenced scoring rapidly, Page hitting grandly all round, while Cooper's cutting was a picture. When 100 was up, the home team discovered their best bowler who, with slow round, on a watered wicket, and ably assisted by his brother behind the sticks, soon toppled down our wickets, securing 6 for 39 runs. The Blues, who were lamentably short of bowling, nearly all went on in turn, till, at 100 for 2 wickets, they were obliged to have recourse to Mr. Emergency, who secured 4 wickets for 30 runs. Cobbold, Campbell, and Marchant all hit hard but were not supported, and a most exciting finish left the Blues victorious by one run. Let it be recorded that the ground being on the side of a hill was favourable on one side to big hits, so that 6 sevens, 7 sixes, and 4 fives-all run outwere hit in the match. Nov. 15th v. Clifton At a meeting of the Football Committee, held Sept. 27th, it was resolved: That the stockings at present worn by the XV shall be abolished, and be replaced by dark blue ones. That all fellows playing in foreign matches shall wear dark blue knickerbockers. That House-Grounds shall be played fifteen a side. WIMBLEDON, 1884. Or the result of the competition between the Public Schools for the Ashburton Shield our readers have long been aware, but the contest took place so immediately before the end of last term that no details were obtainable before the publication of the final Marlburian, and we are thus compelled to publish our account thus late in the day. To have omitted detailed mention of the contest would have been impossible for the impartial historian, and all who can recognise merit must confess that the performance of the Shooting Eight at Wimbledon was but little less admirable than that of the Eleven at Lords. In both cases the representatives of Marlborough outdid themselves, and-to use the cant term-" played above their form;" and whereas it is certainly glorious to be first, even out of two competitors, what shall be said of those who won their way to second place and defeated thirteen rivals ? but In plain English the shooting of the team was worthy of the highest praise. Not a shot was thrown away, no foolish timidity caused the misses, every member of the Eight tried his very utmost; and we were not beaten through any fault of our own, were simply overborne by the difficulties of the weather. Such a puzzling day for shooting does not often fall to our lot to experience, for the variations in the wind and the light were kaleidos copic. Not many yards from where the Schools were firing some of the best shots in the United Kingdom, shooting with the most perfect rifles that can be made, came to complete grief in the great competition between England, Scotland, and Ireland, for the Elcho Shield, and the wonder is not that boys firing with the obsolete Suider should have done badly, but that they did so well. The Eight assembled under the Umbrella Tent by luncheon time on Wednesday, the 23rd July, the day before the competition for the Ashburton Shield, and as soon as firing re-commenced had an hour's useful practice at the 500 yards Pool targets, the necessary arrangements having been made beforehand by an O.M. in camp. The result of the practice was fairly satisfactory, for though the scores were not very good the sighting was obtained, and the rifles were-in shooting parlance-" brought together." On the 24th, the eventful Thursday, all the fifteen Schools entered paraded at 11 o'clock, and after considerable delay drew lots for their targets and moved off. According to camp gossip no less than four Schools-Eton, Harrow, Charterhouse, and Glenalmond-were named as probable winners, while Clifton's merits, except to themselves and to those who had shot against them, were almost unknown. On reaching the 200 yards range it was found that Marlborough were almost at the end of the long line, having only Harrow beyond them to the right, while to their immediate left were their old friends and rivals, the Cheltenham Eight. Shooting commenced at 200 yards just at 12 o'clock in a perfect gale of wind, the precursor of a furious thunderstorm which burst over the Common before half-an-hour had elapsed. Cheke and De Jersey, who led off, had much ado to keep their rifles anywhere near the target, but they came down again and again with admirable and thus, while misses were perseverance, frequent at the targets of the other Schools, Marlborough commenced with a most hard-earned and well-deserved 23 and 25. While the next pair were firing the storm burst, and shooting was stopped by the range officers, while competitors and spectators huddled together to make what shelter they could for each other. On resuming the weather was calm and the air clear, and shooting was a very different matter. Thynne put on a useful 25 and MacInnes a brilliant 30, ending with three bull's eyes. Shooting without delay the Marlborough team soon made up the time they had wisely spent while waiting for better wind and weather, and finally they were well within their time, putting on 213 points without a single miss, to which Hulbert contributed a good 30 and Manton a very unlucky 27. When the range totals were added up it was found that the order was as follows:-Charterhouse 215, Marlborough 213, Clifton 206, Cheltenham 204, Winchester and Whitgift 200 each, Harrow 199, Rossall and Glenalmond 198 each, Eton 197, Wellington and Rugby 194 each, Bradfield 171, Dulwich 168, and Derby 163. Luncheon followed, and the Eight, slipping away from the too friendly hospitality of the Victorias, were carried off to a separate tent, and ate their luncheon in quiet in the company of the anxious and interested Ö.M.'s who had already assisted them at the firing points. When the 500 yards shooting began after luncheon the strong but steady wind of the morning had given way to fitful gusts from different quarters and of the most varying force, while the sun alternately shone brilliantly or disappeared suddenly behind heavy clouds, thus constantly altering the required elevation. Before a shot was fired it was obvious that no big scores would be made, and the friends of Marlborough, knowing that the forte of the Eight was steadiness and not brilliancy, had very strong hopes of success. This time we had Clifton on our right and Dulwich on our left. Our first two began fairly, totalling 43 between them, which was the best score of any pair at the time. With our next pair, however, disasters commenced, for Thynne, shooting by his own judgment, scored only 18, while MacInnes -though he shot with the greatest care and attention to orders-only secured three outers; it should be added that at this time the light was most trying. With the third pair, Browne and Stack, our prospects brightened again, for badly as we were faring many other Schools were doing much worse, and it should be noted that while this pair were firing the shooting was again stopped by a second downpour. Had our last pair, Manton and Halbert, been able to reproduce by magic some of their former scores victory might still have been ours; but Hulbert could not find his sighting at first, and Manton had a most unaccountable miss, so that they only totalled 35 between them, and we left off with a range total of 134 and an aggregate of 347. Clifton were among the last to conclude, but before they had finished it was clear that no one could reach them, and they gained a well-deserved victory by 17 points. The following are the shot for shot scores of our The following are the range totals of each School, and they show that while Clifton was third at 200 yards their 500 yards shooting took them to the top. Five Schools scored more than our total at 500 yards, but as they all had done much worse than us at 200 yards we retained second place. Charterhouse broke down so badly at 500 yards that they fell from first to seventh, while Glenalmond dropped from eighth to twelfth from the same cause. It should be noted that Marlborough was the only team which had no miss at 200 yards. Clifton Marlborough 200 yds. 500 yds. Total. |