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  Association Football, 1957-58

 

Team		P.		W.		D.		L.
U14XI		9		4		4		1
U15XI		13		4		7		2
2nd XI		4		1		2		1
1st XI		14		3		11		0

 

The most successful team of the season was the U/14XI, although no team had a particularly good season.

The 1st XI perhaps did not do very well over the season but had one or two good wins. In one match against Hyde, we won with the last kick of the match, 1 - 0. We had two victories against Hathershaw Technical School, 3 - 1 and 5 - 0. In the second one L. Kershaw scored four goals.  Middleton found the weaknesses in the team and beat us rather easily as did Glossop.  Our rival school, Counthill, also won both duals.

The 2nd XI played only four games, but in one of these they beat Counthill 8 - 1, after Counthill had previously beaten us 4 - 3.

The U/15 XI after a disappointing start, losing the first four matches, went on to beat Glossop and then Hyde.  They then lost in a very exciting game to Ashton, followed by their second win against Glossop. Counthill then completed the double over us, and then we went to Urmston and were victorious.  We then finished off the season by losing to Ashton 6 - 0.

The U/14 XI were the most successful team of the year.  They opened the season with a 5 - 2 win over Counthill, followed by a win at Middleton.  They then lost at Hyde followed by a win over Chadderton. At Ashton they lost and later lost at home to Counthill after a very hard fought game. Hyde completed the double over us and we finished the season losing to Ashton.

The U/12 XI had several matches and two of these were cancelled.

 

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  Cricket

 

Unfortunately the weather caused many of this year's fixtures to be cancelled. Some matches were played, however, and although they did not all result in victory, they were enjoyed by the teams.

The 1st XI played five matches, of which two were drawn and three lost. Dowd and Wild were most successful with the ball and Millward and Selby most successful with the bat.

As usual, the staff match was played during the last week of term. The school, batting first, soon had the staff chasing the ball, and eventually declared at 82 for 5, Selby scoring 31 of these, and Mr. G. Wright taking three wickets for 32 runs. An opening stand of 15 by Mr. Petford and Mr. Tempest for the staff was broken by the dismissal of Mr. Tempest by Wild. An entertaining innings of 26 (which included six fours) by Mr. Sedgley was the highest score of the innings, which finally closed at 73, giving the school a wall-earned victory.

The U/15 XI came out just about even over the season. After being dismissed for 9 against Ashton they dismissed Hathershaw Tech. for 8, B. Dyson taking 5 wickets for 2 runs and P. Wood taking 5 for 6 runs. The other matches which they managed to fit in between the showers were all drawn.

The U/14 XI played their first match at Ashton where they were beaten easily. The other two matches, against Middleton and Hathershaw, both resulted in victory, the match at Hathershaw being somewhat closer than the other two.

R. SMITH, Secretary

 

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Tennis  

Rounders 

 

Netball

 

Judging by the results our teams have not been very successful, although the hockey team has improved slightly. One cannot, however, form a true opinion by the results alone. I am sure that our girls, although they gained no great victories, entered into the spirit and enjoyment of the game. They, therefore, should be praised for their endeavour and not their skill. It must also be remembered that our teams travel a considerable distance from school to the games field for practices. Many of them curtail their dinner hour for the honour of the school. Let us then be not too critical and wish them better luck in the future.