Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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good fielding and accurate bowling, we estEiblished ourselves. It wasn ' t until the eighth Ridley batter entered that they finally topped our score. Our second match against U.C.C. was more successful than upper Canada batted first and to the surprise of all con- cerned we ended their innings quickly with a total of 40 runs. The boys could see victory in their grasp. After six batsmen our hopes seemed dashed on the rocks. We had only thirteen runs when Locke presented himself to the field. In less than five overs his mightly bat sprayed balls to the far corners of the pitch. Our total finally eclipsed the opponents with our last batsmein; a very close contest indeed. We returned to U.C.C. later the same week for a rematch. Our opening bat- smen, Fowls and Johnson, succeeded in their efforts, scoring twenty between them. We were slowly closing the gap on Upper Canada ' s very reputable score of 65. Despite some gallant batting by McNair and Sustronk, we succembed to the fine fielding of U.C.C. and were all out for 43. Our trek to T.C.S. followed in mid-May. We opened the batting with a furour, scoring runs and continually building our total. Throughout the afternoon, our bat- smen plodded their way to a fifty-three run innings. Mention has to be made of the fine efforts of Carter Powis who managed to remain at bat for over two hours scoring 20 runs. We took to the field eager to end the con- test and confident we could. With six bat- smen successfully eliminated, T.C.S. stood at only 20 runs. However, the game was not to be a victory so easily. Slowly, the margin t egan to dwindle, until our op- ponents stood at 45 with their last bat- smen entering play. Tom Hughes smashed the last wicket to ensure the vic- tory. With two wins and an equal number of losses, our season ends with a Ridley rematch in early June. Will we win or lose? Only time will tell! Among the veteran, Pat Bates and David Toles sent many a ball rippling off the pitch to strike the stumps with spec- tacular violence. Joey Ryan grafted the game onto his repertoire with steady bowling and surprisingly aggressive bat- ting - one six he hit at U.C.C. rolled to stop about 300 yeards down a street ad- jacent to the grounds. Good fielding came from Craig Fretwell and Adam Gor- don. The taste of success from this year ' s matches should spark continued interest in the sport from all the players on the team. Congratulations go to the whole team, but a special mention, must be made of Jim Vernon, out wicketkeeper, who stumped the opposition with glee and was a par- ticularly good batsman. Ross II, Sidford, Thomson I and Appleby all turned in creditable performance and were eager to participate to the fullest. Seferian turned out to be the surprise bat- sman of the season, for he held off U.C.C. ' s fast bowlers for six successful overs. This was his first year in the sport.

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Second Cricket FRONT ROW: Jenkin, Susfronk. Meredith, Crawford, S. Hughes, Locke. BACK ROW; Mr. Bailey, Tasi, Paletta, Powls, Benson, Johnson. Third Cricket This year ' s second XI has successfully completed a highly competitive season. The team was a good mixture of boys with some cricket experience and a handful who had never held a cricket ball before. Of the latter, Powis, Sustronk and Locke played exceptionally well. Paletta and Benson also began to play more con- fidently as the seaso n came to a close. Throughout the season, Meredith, John- son and Hughes shared the bowling responsibilities. In our opening game against Ridley our inexperience proved to be our downfall. With the exception of Meredith who managed nine runs, we were all out for a dismal seventeen; not exactly a positive note to take the field by. However, by The Third Cricket Team was a lively com- bination of veterans and rookies who provided at times brilliant, and at times amusing displays of proficiency at the sport. Those boys familiar with the game had an opportunity to improve their skills and to test their performance in the matices. The boys new to the game, after overcoming their awkwardness with the batting technique, the way the ball is bowled, and the various other ec- centricities, quickly reached the level of the others. FRONT ROW: Headley, Toles, Sullivan, Strucken, Trupke, Gordon. BACK ROW: Hueton, Fretwell, Bates, Mr. Snowden, O ' Hearn, Ryan, J. Hughes, Sopinka. Fourth Cricket We had quite a successful season. We began with a strong field and weak bat- smen and ended with a strong batsmen. Our captain, Steve Mann, led the squad with superb fielding and directed our sportsmanlike team on the field with smoothness. Our bowlers - Waddell, Freeman II, and Nightingale - all performed well, with Waddell gaining the edge in wickets taken. FRONT ROW: Sidford. Ross, Appleby, Mann, Thomson, Nightingale. BACK ROW Chapman, Waddell, Vernon I, Wood, Senst, Freeman. Mr. Boyd.

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