[Report 1956] / School Medical Officer of Health, Oxford City.
- Oxford (England). City Council. no2012034102.
- Date:
- 1956
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1956] / School Medical Officer of Health, Oxford City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(c) Basket Ball The standard of l:»asket l)all ])layod in schools is inncli improved and on leavin,y school boys are now able to join the newly formed ^h)uth Basket Ball Lea,c^iie and also recei\^e ad\'anced coaching at the Bayswater Youth Training Centre. (d) Boxing Forty-five boys from nine City schools entered the 1956 Oxfordshire Schools’ Amateur Boxing Association Championships, the Finals of which were held in the Don Bosco Hall, Cowley, on 13th February, with the Re\c Father '\\ ]. Jennings as Official in charge. (e) Cricket The coaching of batting strokes, fielding and bowling actions in physical training and organised games lessons is much improved. The number of concrete practice wickets in schools is increasing and it is pleasing to record that some very promising cricket squares are being prepared by Schools' groundsmen. The Schools’ Cricket Association had a very successful season, winning five matches and drawing against Hampshire Boys and Cambridge Boys. J. Love of Headington Secondary School won an Evening News Ten Hutton award and had a trial for Hampshire. This season the Association affiliated for the first time to the English Schools’ Cricket Association. (f) Rugby Football Four one-day training sessions which cater for the requirements of secondary schoolboys at novice, intermediate and county standard were held at Headington Secondary School. Thanks are tendered to the mem¬ bers of the Oxford University R.F.C. and to the many other players for their valued assistance at these coaching courses. Oxfordshire staged the South-East Trial game in which seven local boys appeared, all of whom displayed much promise and enhanced the reputations of their schools and county. G. Webb, Headington Secondary School and M. O’Connell, Gosford Hill Secondary School played for England (under 15 years) against Wales. Two hundred and fifty boys from eight schools attended a talk and film by Vivian Jenkins (Oxford University and Wales) on the suc¬ cessful 1955 British Isles Rugby Tour of South Africa. Mixed Activities (a) Athletics d'wenty-six boys and girls from City schools represented Oxfordshire in the All England Schools’ Athletic (Championships at Plymouth and two Cheney School boys, M. Golder and A. Harrington gained second places in the finals of the junior long jump and the intermediate 440 yards I espectively.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29942834_0054.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
