Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Firsts F o o t b a I I FRONT ROW: Slattery II, Keates I, Wilson I, Cameron, Rosseel, Green I, Waterfield. Jamieson, Kolle. SECOND ROW; McCarter, Stuart III, Moffat, Withey, Yustin I, Hammill, Mckenzie I, Grimes. THIRD ROW: Gibson I, Thomson II, Hall, Harrigan. Cutler. Cheney, Paterson, Graham. FOURTH ROW: Grimm. Crosbie, Lomas, Bethel!, Hodge. Hebert I, Thompson I, Maxwell. BACK ROW: Beatson, Mr. Larsen. Mr. Abbott, Mr. Smith, Taylor I. For the first time in the School ' s history, we made football op- tional this year (along with soc- cer and cross-country running). Only time will tell whether this was a progressive step or not. Nevertheless, on the first af- ternoon of school this year, thir- ty-three boys chose to play foot- ball at the senior level and most of them appear in the photograph above. It quickly became obvious that our season was going to be fraught with difficulties and errors because twenty-four of last year ' s team were not back. We did have our captain, John Rosseel, back for another year, and with the nucleus of Water- field, Green, Wilson, Jamieson, Cameron and Taylor, we built a high-spirited team which steadily improved each game throughout the season. It was too bad that our inex- perience had to be victimized so early in the season. We played our first game at St. Andrew ' s, who rolled over, us 49-0. The score tells it all; but the fact that they did much the same to