Mollison Cup

Names of 1916 staff with Annie Mackay.

Interestingly, there is no reference made in the Trustees’ Minutes of the receipt of the trophy or of presenting a trophy in Miss Mollison’s honour. Perhaps, if the School still had the Sports Club Minutes prior to 1928, light would have been shed on these details. However, the 7 December 1928 Sports Club Minutes state: The Miss Mollison Challenge Cup shall be awarded to the form which obtains the highest aggregate of points at the Interform carnival. Points for the different events shall be awarded as the Interschool Sports, and points for additional novelty events shall be 3, 2, and 1. The programme shall be drawn up by the sub-committee and arrangements for morning tea, gate, etc. shall be in the hands of such responsible persons as the sub-committee shall appoint. What is intriguing is the engraving on this cup. The engraving reads Inter-House Aggregate – The Athletics Challenge Cup. However, research has confirmed that this is the trophy referred to as Miss Mollison’s Challenge Cup (Sports) on School Special Prize lists dating from 1920 to 1932 and then Miss Mollison’s Challenge Cup (Athletics) from 1933 until 1941.