Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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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

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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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Junior School - First Cricket XI Captain: John Farrington A very successful season. The team lost only one match and won the other five, thanks largely to the efforts of those who had figured in last year ' s 1st and 2nd teams. There was some promising batting from Jamieson, Farrington 1, Johnson and Flatt, though all are prone to lose patience and concentration too soon and to swing at the ball. Graham Johnson ' s 97 scored against Lakefield is an individual total rarely met with at this level of Cricket and will no doubt long stand as a record here. Lakefield were totally demoralized, and we inflicted on them their only defeat of the season. The attack was generally shared between John and Bruce Farrington who, aided by good fielding, catching and throwing, recorded some very good bowling performances. The Parents and 1st XI match was enjoyable and exciting, the fathers proving to be too strong and winning by 25 runs. Results: School vs Hillfield: won by 73 runs 79 5 School vs Ridley: won by 5 wickets 35 34 School vs S.A.C.: won by 18 runs 45 27 School vs U.C.C.: won by 2 runs 55 53 School vs T.C.S.: won 65 for 7 67 43 School vs Ridley: lost by 28 runs 47 75 School vs Lakefield: won by 196 runs 207 13 This was a mixed 1st and 2nd XI For the records, Johnson scored 149 runs, with an average of 21 In bowling, John Farrington took 36 wickets for 107 runs (average: 3.0) Bruce Farrington took 25 wickets for 89 runs (average: 3.6)