The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.Statham, Edward Phillips
History
The Story of the "Britannia": The training ship for naval cadets. With some account of previous methods of naval education, and of the new scheme of 1903.
Statham, Edward Phillips
Britannia (Ship); Great Britain. Royal Navy; Naval education -- Great Britain
H. S. Steele, c and b Underwood 1
A. Bearne, l b w, b Underwood 0
J. B. Denison, c Underwood, b Tims 7
J. T. Warner, c Tims, b Taylor 38
A. Robinson, b Taylor 20
H. B. Mapleton, c Gillett, b Underwood 33
Rev. G. Warner, c Evans, b Underwood 1
W. R. Rendell, st, b Underwood 18
G. Shrubb, b Underwood 0
E. F. Denison, b Tims 3
Ellis, not out 0
Extras 5
---
Total 126
The second eleven played some matches, and came off successfully.
Result of the season in 1887:--
Played, 21: Won, 10; lost, 7; drawn, 4.
The season of 1888 was remarkably successful:--
Played, 17: Won, 12; lost, 1; drawn, 4.
There are not many schools that lose only one match out of seventeen
in a season. For some reason, there are no scores inserted in the
_Britannia Magazine_ for this season; it is mentioned that Captain
Bedford rendered good service with the bat on more than one occasion.
In 1889 there is again a lack of material for comment, the cricket
number for this year having unfortunately been lost.
One very important event, however, has to be recorded.
On July 17th and 18th a two-day match was arranged against M.C.C. and
Ground, and the team was captained by no less a person than "W. G."
himself. Unfortunately, he could not come down for the first day's
play; but let Mr. Grace speak for himself:--
_15th September, 1903._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account