Characters

Jimmy Silver — Head of Blackburn's and Captain of its cricket team and also on football team
Robert Mowbray Fenn — Head of Kay's and all-round cricketer
Kennedy — Prefect of Blackburn's on First Eleven and switched to Head of Kay's
Challis — Member of Blackburn's on First Eleven
Williams — Prefect of Blackburn's who plays a Cakewalk on the piano
Billy Silver — Jimmy's brother who lives in Kay's
Kay — Housemaster
Blackburn — Housemaster
Wayburn — Member of Kay's and cricketer
Walton — Member of Kay's, bad fellow and cricketer
Morrell — Member of Mulholland's
Mulholland — Housemaster and Music Master
The Bishop of Rumtifoo — Distributed prizes at end of term
Mortimer — Member of Kay's who attended camp
Perry — Member of Kay's and Walton's friend who attended camp
Callingham — Member of Kay's who attended camp
Wren — Member of Kay's who attended camp
Leveson — Member of Kay's who attended camp
Private Jones — Sentry at camp
Matron — of Kay's
Spencer — Kennedy's fag in Kay's
MacPherson — Member of Kay's football team
Fenn — Robert Fenn's older brother attending King's College in Cambridge. Playwright.
Higgs — An actor-manager who stars in Fenn's opera
Mr. Raynes — Housemaster
Thomas Edward — Matron's cat at Kay's
Taylor — Fenn's fag at Kay's
Baker — Silver's fag at Blackburn's
Watson — Headmaster's butler
Dencroft — Housemaster who took over from Kay
Gorrick (*)