South Wales Daily Post: 20th September 1932

Painted the Place Re: “Outrageous Conduct of Undergraduate and Boy”.  … continues … Stephen Mackenzie a Cambridge undergraduate, of Dorking and Roger Pinsent, a public schoolboy of Somerset, were charged with doing willful damage. It was alleged against them that late at night they painted statues of lions on the lodge gates of a large house at Seaview with blue and red paint, and also daubed a post office pilar box with white paint … 


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GRO0754 Devonport: Roger Philip Pinsent: 1916 – 1997

Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer: Friday 7th September 1934

Schools Exams Results: July Certificate Candidates: Local Successes: … Higher Certificates: Boys: … Downside School … (includes) Pinsent, R. P. … 


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Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer: Friday 20 July 1934

Downside Follow-On: Game with Sandhurst Wanderers ends in a Draw: … Sandhurst Wanderers … 252 (includes B. R. Macnamara c Leeper b Pinsent, 84; Capt. E. D. Tims c Addington b Pinsent 37; Lieut. L. J. E. Kenley lbw b Pinsent 0; J. D. King-Martin b Pinsent 7): … Downside … 136 (includes R. P. Pinsent c. Whiting b Graham 29): Downside second innings: … 174 (5 wkts) …(includes R. P. Pinsent lbw b. Wilson 24)  …


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GRO0754 Devonport: Roger Philip Pinsent: 1916 – 1997

Shepton Mallet Journal: Friday 20th July 1934

Cricket: Downside v. Sandhurst Wanderers: Played on Saturday and Sunday and a drawn game resulted, after the visitors had forded the follow-on: Scores: Sandhurst Wanderers: Total 252: Includes B. R. Macnamara, c. Leeper, b. Pinsent, 84; … E. D. Tims, c. Addinton, b. Pinsent 37; … J. D. King-Martin b. Pinsent, 7 … Downside: First Innings: Total 136: includes … R. P. Pinsent, c. Whiting, b. Graham, 29 … Downside: Second Innings: Total 174 (for 5 wickets) … includes … R. P. Pinsent, lbw Wilson, 24 …


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Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer: Friday 13 July 1934

Downside’s Victory: Pollen Bowls Well Against King’s School: … Downside … 212 (includes R. P. Pinsent c. Wilson b. Trestrall, 53): King’s School Bruton … 81 (includes M. D. I Gass c Pinsent b Pollen 8) … (also see Downside v. Somerset Stragglers:) …


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Shepton Mallet Journal: Friday 15th June 1934

Cricket: Downside School v. Blundell’s: These teams met at Downside on Saturday, when the homesters won by 54 runs. The visitors fared very badly after the tea interval, five of their wickets falling for only three runs. Pollen taking four of these for two runs: Altogether Pollen captured 5 wickets for 7 runs: … Scores: Downside: Total 124: … includes R. P. Pinsent, b. Morant, 2; … Blundell’s: Total 70: … includes A. M. Wynne, c. Pinsent, b. Addington, 18 …


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Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer: Friday 15th June 1934

Downside Win: Bowling on Top in Match with Blundell’s: … Downside … 124 (includes R. P. Pinsent b Morant, 2): Blundell’s … 70 (includes A. M. Wynne c. Pinsent b Addington 18) …


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Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer: Friday 8th June 1934

Downside Cricket: Wanderers Defeat the School: Downside School and Downside Wanderers played a two days’ match at Downside on Saturday and Sunday, resulting in a win for Downside Wanderers by seven wickets: Downside School: 129 (includes R. P. Pinsent lbw. b Radcliffe 12; 2nd Innings: R. P. Pinsent b. Radcliffe 24) Downside second innings 202 declared: Downside Wanderers: First Innings: 229 (includes R. C. Arbuthnot c. Pinsent b. Smith 0; and T. C. Wallis c. Pinsent b Mortimer 6)

[see several other matches played by Downside School in June and July 1934]


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Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer: Friday 23rd June 1933

Downside Cricket: School Match v Somerset Stragglers: Played at Downside, the Stragglers winning by 15 runs: Somerset Stragglers: Total 163: Downside: Total 148: (includes R. P. Pinsent, lbw b. Gunston, 15)


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West Sussex Gazette: Thursday 22nd September 1932

Dorking: Painting a Place Red:  “It outrageous that young visitors to Seaview should go about actually painting the place red,” said the presiding Magistrate at Ryde on Tuesday, when Stephen Mackenzie, a Cambridge undergraduate of Dorking, and Roger Pinsent, a public schoolboy, of Somerset, were charged with doing wilful damage. lt was alleged that late at night they painted statues of lions on the lodge gate of a large house at Seaview with blue and red paint and daubed a Post Office pillar box with white paint. Through their parents, the defendants apologised. They were each fined 50s and 50s damage.


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GRO0754 Devonport: Roger Philip Pinsent: 1916 – 1997