HEMSWORTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL 1921-67
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Sport Index
Mr Hamilton, the Headmaster of HGS for 30 years, was a keen sportsman who played for the Hilmians Cricket team every weekend right up to his retirement in 1967. As a Headmaster, everyone, both staff and pupils, knew what the school meant to him and how proud of it he was.
Terry McCroakam (HGS pupil, Head Boy and Staff member)
Terry McCroakam
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Mr Hamilton
A question put to Mr. Hamilton in 1962 by Margaret Birkin and Michael Harrison (Upper Sixth Form):
Q. What importance do you attach to sport in the curriculum?
A. "Not as much now as in my earlier days. Then I was very active in games and attached greater importance to sport than perhaps it ought to have. Even now, I say that sport is very important in a school, but I think that the other things are important too. I would devote more time now to the fostering of music and drama and other cultural pursuits than I would have been prepared to give when I was young. All my time was taken up with sport: I knew nothing of acting, nothing about music, and even less about art. I think that my life has been the poorer because of this, I missed an awful lot, but I didn't worry about it at the time. Now I realise how much I missed and I have been trying in various ways to make up for it.

Of course, I would not like to see these other things fostered at the expense of sport. Games teach you to give every ounce of physical effort, to take knocks and to give them. They teach you to control your temper and to respect the other person. These things are valuable because the boy who becomes a good sportsman, even when his playing days are over, knows what is meant by good sportsmanship, and he carries over these ideals into his other walks of life. There are those who think that we have overplayed this idea in this country. I wouldn't have thought we had. However, I wouldn't like to think that in any school I was connected with, games were the thing and other activities didn't matter."
RWH

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First three in the 1957 100 yards race on Sports Day.
The photo comes from Brenda Nettleton.

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Here is Keith Lowery, our 1966 English Schools 100 yards National Sprint Champion.
An HGS hero forever!
Here are our two England Rugby Union Captains
Kenneth Johnson
John Basford
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Captain of England U15 Rugby 1962
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Captain of England Rugby at U15 level in 1968
Sport Action Photos
Victor Ludorum
Tennis Team 1934
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Photo from the School Magazine 1934 submitted by Janet and Susan Bristow. Thank you.
Back Row L-R: May Madeley, Betty Mulheir, Kathleen Perry, Gertie Ramsden
​Front Row L-R: Doris Hainsworth, Joyce Higgett 
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Mr Atack and Mr Millican at Sports Day 1966
Sports Day Scoring and Age Limits
Here is an example of the Sports Days criteria for 1958 (the same every year)
Individual Events: 1st  5 points, 2nd 4 points, 3rd 3 points, 4th 2 points. One additional point to all finalists.
Team Events: 1st 12 points, 2nd 8 points, 3rd 4 points, 4th 2 points. 
Age Limits:
Juniors: Under 13 years 3 months on March 31st, 1958. 

Intermediates: 13 years 3 months to 15 years on March 31st, 1958.
S
eniors: 15 years or over on April 1st, 1958.
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Marrion Pearson
Marrion held the most Sports Day records when the school closed at the end of 1967.
In total 51 pupils set final records on Sports Days. 13 pupils set more than one record. They are listed below.
Multiple All-time HGS Record Holders
Marrion Pearson, 6 (Yorkshire Schools and England Schools Athletics Team 1967)
Jacqueline Winder, 5 (4 were set on Sports Day 1967)
John Basford, 4 (England U15 Rugby Captain 1968)
David McKenzie, 4 (Shot Put: Yorkshire Youth Champion 1962, Yorkshire Schools Senior Athletics Team 1961 and 1962. North of England Schools Senior Athletics Team 1962)
Sheila Kelsall, 3. (After HGS, England Ladies Netball)
Brian Moore, 3 (Yorkshire Schools Athletics Team 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1957. Yorkshire Men's 440 yards Champion 1958)
Josh Allen, 2
Florence Crossley, 2. (Yorkshire Schools Senior 100 yards Sprint Champion 1952).
Raymond Griffiths, 2 (Yorkshire Schools Junior Pole Vault Champion 1958 and Yorkshire Schools Athletics team)
Alan Kay, 2
Keith Lowery, 2 (Yorkshire Schools and England Schools Junior 100 yards Champion 1966)
Trevor Nicholls, 2
Ellen Toulson, 2. (After HGS, England Ladies Hockey)
N.B. These are just the basic numbers. More detail can be found in this Sports Section, e.g. Sports Days and Athletics Records.
Several of our Rugby players represented Yorkshire at that Sport and Kenneth Johnson captained the Under 15 England Rugby Team in 1962 against Wales.
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HGS Athletics Colours
Athletics Records including 1967 - Updated 26.03.2021
Athletics Records - Photographic - Origin to 1966
Standards Competition
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Rugby Sevens 1950s
Rugby Sevens 1960s
Huddersfield Sports 1933-36
A Hockey Pitch (inside the grass running track) on a Saturday Morning and a view of the hard surface Tennis Courts.

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A goal for HGS scored by Kenneth Bates
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Photos Batey
Please note that the drawings on this website are published with the permission of the artist Mr G. Holdsworth.
​Hemsworth Secondary/Grammar School 1921-67
Headmasters: Major A.G. Jenkinson M.A. (Oxon) and Mr. R.W. Hamilton M.A., M.Litt.
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N.B. The Search facility will not work on text in the pdf files but will work on text on normal pages.
Many images on the site come from Stephen Batey and Glenn Riley, both are former pupils. They are indicated by "Photo: Batey" or "Photo: Riley" below them.
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