MT. ALBERT GRAMMAR OLD BOYS’ REUNION

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 157, 23 September 1927, Page 13

MT. ALBERT GRAMMAR OLD BOYS’ REUNION

SCHOOL’S GREAT RECORD

Old boys of the Mount Albert Grammar School held their annual reunion last evening, when over 140 assembled at the school hall. The tables for the banquet were decorated with the school’s colours —light blue and gold. The headmaster, Mr. W. F. Gamble, M.A., and Mr. W. "Ward Baker, representing th€» Board of Governors, were also present.

Mr. E. Gumming, who was in the chair, referred in glowing terms to the continued success of the school, both scholastic and athletic. The first fifteen had not done so well as usual, he said, but this was compensated for to a great extent by the great record of the cricket eleven, which had won the secondary schools’ championship. Cricket had come into its own at last in the school.

Mr. Gamble thanked the old boys for their congratulations. The record of the first fifteen had been equal to, if not greater than, that of the teams which were fortunate to win the championship a few years ago. It had played plucky football against very much heavier teams. All the lower grades had either won, or been defeated only in the final of their respective rounds. Such a record spoke well for the future. Just as the school had won fame on the athletic field, so had the old boys. The outstanding instance, to Mr. Gamble’s mind, was the rise of V. C. Butler on th© football ground. They were all hoping that he would be Mount Albert Grammar’s first All Black. Mr. Gamble said that he did not favour pfc.otos of school athletes appearing in the papers, especially busts of the winners. Such a practice was liable to make schoolboys think they were as important as the King of Engla.nd or the Mayor of Mount Albert. (Loud laughter.) A football match played in the afternoon, between fifteens representing past and present pupils, resulted in a win for the old boys by 31 points to 0.