Sporting and Athletic Records

258 SCHOOL RECORDS Highest Batting Average —65-5made in 12 innings (5 times not out) with a total of 459 runs by W. S. G URNEY in 1876. Best Bowling Average —79 wickets taken at an average of 8-5 by C. S. Cox in 1878. Matches with Wellington —28 played, 4 won, 6 drawn, 18 lost. Matches with Uppingham —18 played, 2 won, 1 drawn, 15 lost. Harrow School ATHLETIC SPORTS Event Performance Recordholder Date Remarks V* Mile 49%s. J. B. Loyd 1893 do l & nhi\\ 1 jt „ 2m. o 4 /i t s. N. C. Alcock 1892 1 „ 4m. 45 V# 5 - H. F. Wigram 1892 Weight putting 32ft. loin. J. W. Sandilands 1893 i61bs. High Jump 5ft. 5in. H. A. Hilton 1892 Long „ 19ft. Sin. J. W. Farrar 1896 Throwing Cricket Ball | 101yds. ift. 5in. C. J. L. Rudd 1892 CRICKET See under Cricket VIII, at p. 61. RIFLE SHOOTING Harrow have won the Ashburton Shield 9 times; and the Spencer Cup 6 times. For the latter R. L. C. H OBSON made a "possible" in 1895. Ipswich School ATHLETIC SPORTS Event Performance Recordholder Date Remarks '/* Mile 57 %s. J. Josselynn 1889 '/» „ 2m. 5s. S. Ransome 1884