Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Although the season seems unsuccessful when the School standing in the I.S.A.A. is considered, the quality of play and more importantly, the enthusiasm shown, has made the efforts of the team members re- warding. The season opened late in April with the Senior XI hosting the West St. Catharines Cricket Club. The match was used to tune up for the first League game the following week against St. Andrew ' s College. The score of the first match was indicative of the major weakness of the squad throughout the season - batting. W.ST. C.C.C. 165 for 9 to Appleby 75 for all out. The game against S .A. C . saw the XI slump in the batting department as they were only able to total 32 runs against 84 for S .A .C . After defeating Hillfield by five wickets, and losing to the Greenmantles in the middle of May, the team played Ridley College, apparently the team to beat. Appleby ' s fielding was exceptional, but the batting dis- play was not as the results indicate: Ridley 154-45. The Wednesday after halfterm marked the return of Trinity College to the School for a third I .S .A .A . match. Much to the delight of the home team, T .C .S . went out for only 42 runs. However, the sudden overconfidence of Appleby became the downfall as the team could only manage a miserable 32 runs. Prior to playing Upper Canada in Toronto, the team met the Oakville Cricket Club in an exhibition game. The match against U.C.C. was quite close as the School got the opposition out for 86 runs. Aided by a 29 run performance by the Appleby skipper, Russ Thorn, the XI hit up 68 runs, not being able to surpass U.C.C. ' s score. The final match against Lakefield was unforgettable as the opening batsmen for L.C.S. enjoyed extremely good innings, and it appeared as though Appleby was in trouble. Andrew Mann, however, stifled the Lakefield attack with a bowling hattrick, and Appleby needed only 46 to win. The preliminary indications were encouraging, and it seemed that the XI would have no problem. How- ever, with only four runs to win, the Appleby innings were cut short due to a sudden downpour accompanied by lightning and thunder. As THE ARGUS goes to press, the team is playing cricket in Bermuda. Two members have been named to the I .S .A .A . AU-Star Team and Ontario U21 Team - Russell Thorn and Gordon Casperd. Compliments of OAKVILLE DRUG COMPANY LTD. 845-2061

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Senior Rugger The Team had a successful season, winning the I.S.A.A. Championship. We started the season by beating T.C.S. 6-4. This victory was sweet to us as T .C .S . put us out of the Championship last year. We continued to beat S .A .C ., Hillfield and U.C.C. In one game, Ridley defeated us 6-4 but, in a later game we reversed the score by beating them by the same margin. The I.S.A.A. tournament would decide who were going to be Champions. We prepared for the game by putting ourselves on a rigorous training program. We had three workouts a day: before breakfast, in games period and during the ' hour ' . Our first game was against Ridley, the only team that tied us. It was a hard game with a 0-0 score. The winning team in our division would be decided by total points. We won by beating U.C.C. by a larger margin than had Ridley . We advanced into the finals against T.C.S. Appleby was considered the underdog in the final game so we had a never ending desire to win and a team spirit that never let us give up. T.C.S. kicked -off to Appleby. The ball was kicked to the backs instead of to the forwards, Chris Robertson caught the ball and fought all the way to the T.C.S. line to score a try. A more determined T.C.S. kicked-off again. The ball was caught by John Campbell who romped for a try, bringing the score to 8-0. On a penalty kick, James McKenzie took the ball and pitched it to Robertson who ploughed through, and dived for a try. T.C.S. then got a converted try - 12-6. They put another effort together to score another converted try and the score was 12-12. John Campbell then showed his speed and determination to bring the score to 20-12. The game was over. Our thanks go to McKenzie for great leadership, and to our coach, Mr. Stuart, who taught the skills and nourished us with food before the tournament.

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a jy M ■■1 «5 7% P mSOi HiR y K msj UPBlAflrl U16 Cricket The group was very enthusiastic and had several players of exceptional talent and potential. Appleby will be very soon a major force in the I.S.A.A. with the U16 XI moving into the senior ranks. Once again Ridley was the only team to beat us - and when we had opening bowler Kaunas and opening bat Green out of action. Merritt was a good captain, one who handled the team intelligently. A general criticism might be that the bowlers wanted to bowl too fast without being accurate, and the batsmen, in a few cases, were too impatient. The coach wishes to thank all those who turned out for giving him a very pleasant term on the pitch. Compliments of McALISTER MOTORS 850 Brant Street Burlington 634-5531