As you can see from the above picture Cricket was played at the college in 1910 and we won the championship that year. Cricket would be a natural game for English boys to play and since our founder came from England, I am sure cricket followed him here. I did some research and found that Mr. Job of Job Brothers Ltd. also "introduced" cricket to St. John's. It was played in the Pleasantville area where there was a large flat piece of land.
Cricket is no longer played here and that goes back to the early 1900's, after 1910. It seems that the weather was not conducive to playing cricket and games sometimes took a week to finish. In one edition of The Feildian there was a hue and cry when cricket was removed from the college's list of sports and replaced with basketball. Several articles were written saying how could this be allowed to happen; the national game of the mother country cast aside in the oldest colony. Shame! Shame!
But we Feildians did play it and played it well as can be seen from this picture. They are a smart lot!!
Wednesday, 2 April 2008
Thursday, 27 March 2008
More Feildians
Boys, have a look at some of the pages from The '55-'56 Feildian. I am sorry that the cover is inverted. Maybe you can fix that in your browser. REMEMBER TO CLICK YOUR BACK BUTTON TO RETURN TO THE BLOGSITE.
Feildian 1955-56 (1)
Feildian 1955-56 (2)
Feildian 1955-56 (3)
Feildian 1955-56 (1)
Feildian 1955-56 (2)
Feildian 1955-56 (3)
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
Stores Around Feild
Boys, do you remember Connors' Restaurant on the corner of Flavin and Bond? Many's the time I went there for chips, dressing and gravy and could hear the college bell ringing for afternoon class. Then with t
he burn of vinegar on my lips beat it down Bond Street to get in school before Mr. French took out the thick, green Latin book and started talking about The Punic Wars. Sometimes I made it other times he visited the strap upon my gravy soaked fingers. Here's an ad from the '56 Feildian.
Remember Jack English's taffy(sp) apple shop on either York or Wood Street. He made the best taffy apples. They cost 7 cents and they were delicious. Up on Rawlins Cross was a store called The Book Mark that sold all manner of pencil cases, erasers and the like. Do you remember it? Were there any other stores in the vicinity?
he burn of vinegar on my lips beat it down Bond Street to get in school before Mr. French took out the thick, green Latin book and started talking about The Punic Wars. Sometimes I made it other times he visited the strap upon my gravy soaked fingers. Here's an ad from the '56 Feildian.Remember Jack English's taffy(sp) apple shop on either York or Wood Street. He made the best taffy apples. They cost 7 cents and they were delicious. Up on Rawlins Cross was a store called The Book Mark that sold all manner of pencil cases, erasers and the like. Do you remember it? Were there any other stores in the vicinity?
Sunday, 23 March 2008
HAPPY EASTER!
Hello Boys,
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL FEILDIANS, YOUNG AND OLD, NEAR AND FAR. HAVE A GREAT DAY!!
HAPPY EASTER TO ALL FEILDIANS, YOUNG AND OLD, NEAR AND FAR. HAVE A GREAT DAY!!
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