OLD SCHOOL TIES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 14, 17 July 1939, Page 10

OLD SCHOOL TIES

LORD'S A BEARGARDEN

ETON-HARROW AFTERMATH

HIGH SOCIETY SCRAP

(Independent Cable Service.)

(Received July 17, 10 a.m.) LONDON, July 16,

Top hats were smashed in, umbrellas broken, and ties torn after Harrow had beaten Eton for the first

time, in 3.1 years,

When the winning run was hit, Lorcfjs became a well-dressed' hear garden. Grey-haired City men and pillars of county society had their toppers kicked from their hands when j they look them off to cheer

Harrow

A .distinguished old Etonian punchqd a clerical old Harrovian, whereiipon two other old Harrovians set on the Etonian, threw him to the grokind, and tore off his trousers. The-fighting was at-first-confined to'oldjboys, but the schoolboys soon overcame their awe of the masters presents and joined in. Noses bled, eyes were blackened, an old woman was knocked down, and girls' frocks were toi;n.

\ Harrow won the match by eight wickets.' Scores are::—

Eton, 268 (Boult four for 69), and 156.\ Harrow, 294 (Wallace five for 69), and 131 for two (Lithgow, not.out 67).

This was Harrow's first win since 1908. Eton.had won twelve times since then, the remaining matches, being drawn. The series was interrupted during the war. Of the 110 matches played Eton have won 43 and Harrow' 36.'