It held its first schoolboy international in May 1952, when England, who were captained by eventual York manager Wilf McGuinness, beat Ireland 5 0 with a crowd of 16,000.
The minor adventures of its precocious schoolboy hero, Roderick Bobbyy" Bobbin, were inspired by Erskine's experiences at Eton, and Paul Fotheringay, a somewhat ridiculous writer who is terrified of horses, was based on John Betjeman (Betjeman had been in love with Mitford's sister, Pamela).
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 — The studio distributing "The Kite Runner," a tale of childhood betrayal, sexual predation and ethnic tension in Afghanistan, is delaying the film's release to get its three schoolboy stars out of Kabul — perhaps permanently — in response to fears that they could be attacked by Afghans angered by the film's culturally inflammatory rape scene.
Helena also feels that her boyfriend's grooming routine may have its roots in schoolboy insecurity.
Although the sound and shape of Britten's prose remained consistent throughout his life - a sturdy, knockabout style befitting an intelligent former public schoolboy - its function changed dramatically.
As his story lurches towards the inevitable horrors of its conclusion, the schoolboy chuckles turn slowly, almost unnoticeably, into chilling snorts of genuine insanity.
My father-in-law still recalls the patriotic song he was taught as a Haitian schoolboy, its poignant lyrics urging all Haitians to reach into their own pockets to help their government raise the amount that was still "owed" to France.
MINUTES after the Sewol, a South Korean ferry, began to list before sinking on April 16th, a schoolboy made its first distress call to the emergency services before even the crew had radioed for help.
