The most pleasing feature of the season has been the improvement in the two Elevens. Not only have more matches been won, but there has been a keen team-spirit, and it is this that has brought about the improvement in the batting, bowling and fielding.

To date the First Eleven has only one victory, and the Second Eleven have won four matches. On paper the First Eleven results do not seem very satisfactory, but in not one of the matches was the team beaten easily, and in some the Eleven gained a " moral " victory, being defeated only by time. The First Eleven season opened auspiciously with a victory against Old Swan Technical School, in a low-scoring game. Opponents' scores were kept quite consistently low throughout the season, for not one School has topped the century total against us. For this the greatest praise must go to the School bowlers, who have often placed the School in a potential winning position, if it had not been for weak batting. The opening bowlers, Nicholson and Jackson, have bowled consistently well throughout the season. Nicholson has increased his speed and improved his length and accuracy, but too often when he has beaten the bat the ball has just passed over the wickets. Jackson, with his medium-paced spin-bowling, and varied pace and flight, has bowled well and kept the batsmen on the defensive. The change bowlers, Kruse and Webster, Gregson and Lea, have ably supported Nicholson and Jackson. Kruse has kept a very accurate length and is always hostile to the batsman. Webster, the School slow left-arm bowler, although somewhat erratic in length at the beginning of the season, has improved considerably, and often tempts the batsman into the indiscretion of jumping out. Finally, Gregson and Lea have both on occasions bowled well.

With the improvement in the bowling there has come more efficiency in the field. The ground fielding has been good, and some hard catches have been held.

The batting has not improved to the same extent as the bowling, but nevertheless there are some pleasing innings to record, Webster, who opened the season well, has kept in fairly consistent form, and has the highest individual score of the season (95) to his credit. Kruse, the most consistent big scorer of the season, has already scored one 52 not out, and richly deserved another when he scored 42 against Prescot Thursday in very trying circumstances. Smith, Clarke, Foster and Lea have all batted well on occasions.