# Tony Graham — School Stories character guide

> Tony Graham in School Stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Graham, Poor old Tony

**First appearance:** 0002-now-talking-about-cricket

## Snapshot

A good-natured Merevale stalwart whose injury on the football field reshuffles the team and quietly reshapes his friends' loyalties.

## Who they are

Tony Graham is the dependable presence whose being 'crocked' forces Charteris and the Babe to reorganize the side and reconsider their own commitments. His absence from the pitch becomes a kind of moral pressure on those around him, especially the reluctant Charteris, who is prodded into a training run partly to fill the gap. Graham's steady, unglamorous reliability anchors the early sporting arc.

## In the story

### [The Odd Trick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/the-odd-trick)

Prefect in Merevale's House; punishes Harrison for ragging, is victim of Harrison's biased umpiring, and later reclaims his mackintosh, leaving Harrison exposed.

### [Harrison's Slight Error](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/harrison-s-slight-error)

Owner of the study Harrison claims as his own.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/i)

Half-back in the Bargees' match; suffers a broken collarbone from a rough tackle.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/ii)

Ill in bed, bored, and asks Charteris for reading material.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/iii)

Injured and unable to compete in the Aldershot Boxing Competition; lounges moodily in the gymnasium.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/iv)

Expresses his opinion against Charteris's plan, calling him a lunatic.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/vi)

Enters the study; injured with a broken collarbone from a previous incident with the Bargee man.

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