Let us now imagine one of the matches played at another school. You go of course by train, with at least two Masters and at least a dozen or two of your schoolfellows who are the teams mora] support. Your train is met generally by the whole senior school and several Masters: who always know your Masters: I've often wondered and still don't know why they always know each other—and you are taken to the Quad and thence to the Assembly room. Your billets' and '""escorts" are arranged, the "home" "Doctor" comes to be introd to each of you. Generally the first day you are "loose" to roam through the city. The next morning you have about half-an-hour's practice and some function (lunch or some such thing) to attend, while-your games commence the following day.
You kick ''up" and then "down," pass, practise, take in' the fast and slow patches of the field (noone is going to tell you the advantages of playing "up:" you
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