knocking-out

Updated: October 3, 2025

There were twelve houses at Wrykyn, and they played on the "knocking-out" system. To be beaten once meant that a house was no longer eligible for the competition. It could play "friendlies" as much as it liked, but, play it never so wisely, it could not lift the cup.

P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse - The Gold Bat