Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Seconds -Under 16 FRONT ROW: Etherington, Smith I, Gaskin, Suchanek, Josselyn, Wilson II, McLaughlin. BACK ROW; Mr. Revill, Aleong, Burke I, Hickling, Lytle, Mahfood I, Morrison, Cameron. This season was rather disap- pointing for the boys, because of the few games we managed to complete, with games cancelled, interruptions for rain and fixture chaos. Many of the team thought we should play on the Q.E.W. in- stead of the 22 yd. strip! The U16 XI won the three games played quite comfortably and should develop into quite a sound side during the next two years, as several managed to hold down a First team place later in the season. The highlight of the team ' s performance was a stand of 198 not out for the first wicket against Loridon Juniors when Gaskin and Morrison were playing sensibly against rather poor inaccurate bowling. In any standard of cricket to obtain scores of this nature (against whatever opposition) gives the boys that much needed con- fidence and the sense of per- sonal achievement. The side was particularly strong in bowling, with S. McLaughlin, K. Morrison, D. Suchanek and M. Wilson generally running through the sides we played. David Suchanek captained the side well, but still needs to be a better leader in the field and a more careful field placer. Mark Gaskin, David Josselyn and Stuart McLaughlin were selected to represent the In- dependent Schools versus Toronto Schools. The second XI was rather a depleted side, having few cricketers to choose from. However, they enjoyed the two games they had, even though they lost both games narrowly in hard fought finishes. C.R.

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The Toronto Cricket Club paid us the compliment of sending a very strong team to play us. Chasing 121 runs, Wetmore and Jamieson gave us a good start, putting on 46 before being parted, but once they and Large went, our batting evaporated. After losing to Oak- ville B, we travelled to Ridley. On a very damp wicket, we bowled well. Large and Rick Wilson spear-headed a good opening at- tack, balanced by some cunning slow leg breaks by left-hander Ed Dickens. But Ridley proved to have just too many good bats- men. Then, when we batted, we proved that we had very few. Thus the half way point was the nadir of our season. We had lost four out of five and were just starting our I.S.A.A. games. But we now began to do some things right. Against S.A.C. we bowled very effectively to get them 10 runs for 5 wickets, and skittling them out for 63. Wet- more and Large shared the wickets evenly and led us to our first win. Our finest effort was reserved for a key game, against T.C.S. Large bowled well, starting with three maidens and giving up only 16 runs in 12 overs for two wickets. Having got them struggling we were able to use our spin bowler, Keith Morrison who, in his finest hour, took four wickets for 15 runs. With T.C.S., all out for 71, our early batsmen, Josselyn, Taylor and Large, knocked off the runs to give us a very gratifying victory. Next day, our hopes high, we went to U.C.C. For the first hour our hopes remained high. We had three U.C.C. batsmen out for 12 runs. But then two of their players dug in and pushed their score to 76 for 4 and 133 all out. As so often happens when we need a good start, we got a bad one. Wetmore was run out by a superb throw from the boundary, and we were in trouble. But now the younger batsmen gave us a great lift, and raised hopes for next season, by digging in and fighting for a draw. We ' ll all remember Harrigan ' s magnificient six that scattered the U.C.C. fielders. And so we finished with our best I.S.A.A. record for a long time. Next year looks good. We should have 10 of the squad back, and with several good players coming up, it could well be our year. I.S.A.A. FinaJ Standings School WON DRAWN LOST PTB. Appleby 2 1 1 7 Ridley 2 1 1 7 T.C.S. 2 1 1 7 U.C.C. 2 1 7 S.A.C. 4 Batting Innings Not Out Runs Av. Jamieson 4 64 16.0 Harrigan 10 2 107 13.5 Large 11 1 110 11.0 Wetmore 11 112 10.2 Josselyn 9 77 8.5 Taylor 9 1 60 7.5 Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Av. Gaskin 7 30 3 10.0 Wetmore 62 6 213 16 13.3 Large 121 28 331 20 16.5 Morrison 61 4 202 11 18.5 Taylor 41 2 139 7 19.9 Dickens 23 3 80 4 20.0 Oakville Cricket Club Awards - Most Valuable Batsman - Jim Wetmore Most Valuable Bowler - Ross Large J.E.D. 105

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Under 16 Played: 3 Won: 3 Lost: Ridley 43 Appleby 46 Won by 2 Wickets Appleby III - 9 T.C.S. 54 Won by 57 Runs Appleby 198-0 London Juniors 28 Averages: Batting: Name Gaskin Josselyn Inn. Not Out High Score Runs 107 23 153 28 Average 76.50 14.00 K. Morrison had 3 not out innings total 89 runs, highest score 79 runs. Bowling: Name Overs Maidens Runs Wkts. Average McLaughlin Suchanek Wilson M. 23.4 19.0 14.0 8 10 5 25 19 28 15 7 3 1.66 2.71 9.33 Seconds: Played: 2 Won: Lost: 2 Appleby 28 U.C.C. 29 - 7 Lost by 3 Wickets Appleby 78 T.C.S. 79 - 7 Lost by 3 Wickets Averages: Batting: Name Inn. Not Out High Score Runs Avere McLaughlin Mahfood 1 Aleong 1 2 2 32 12 11 32 16 13 32.00 8.00 6.50 Bowling: Overs Maidens Runs Wkts. Avera Wilson, M. Cameron 18 19 4 6 33 33 6 4 5.50 8.25