A Prefect's Uncle

A school novel

Gethryn of Beckford's College gets a shock when his uncle arrives at the school as a pupil in a junior year and in the same house. Things go from bad to worse when he is obliged to cut a cricket match with the M.C.C team.

Publishing Information

UK:	1903 A & C Black
	1972 Souvenir Press Ltd
	1985 Penguin in omnibus form as The Pothunters and other school stories (used here)
US:	1903 Macmillan
Canada:	1972 J. M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Ltd

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A somewhat rambling tale with a chapter and a half given over to the account of a cricket match (PG was a fast bowler in his days at Dulwich College).

See Schooldays for more notes on the public school world that Wodehouse was writing about.