Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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Unde 2n Cric rl6- d ket ifi -.J JLmJm P J» ! FRONT ROW; Meredith, Stewart, Boyd, Marshall, Gratton. BACK ROW- Yates, Goddard, Hughes, Kay, Mr. Revill, Sustronk. The Under-16 Cricket squad was a team that had talent in its ranks. The bowlers revealed that they could do the job. displaying a fine knowledge of the game. Probably the best bowler was Tom Hughes. He was supported by Paul Stewart and Peter Meredith, who almost perfect his deadly googly. In batting, Paul Stewart was the ace batsman, scoring over a hundred runs. He was the only one to score a six on his first bowl. Opening batsman was usually Louis Gratton, a safe, very cautious player, who therefore score very few rims. Following wljtK ' ' V i i t H ■mf. ««

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Again our batting was not up to form but we still managed the seventy-three runs needed. On Sunday we faced S.A.C. and we batted and were all out for sixty-nine. We then disposed of four S.A.C. batters very quickly when Steve Goddard, their All- Jamaican came to bat and destroyed our bowling. He scored most of their runs and S.A.C. won the tournament for the second year in a row. Fortunately we all received a little plaque or else Sham would have been very angry. Our final league game of the season came against Ridley and it by far was our most disappointing display. Ridley batted first and scored one hundred and ten runs which was a fairly good score, but well within reach because of our explosive batting power. Well, our batting wasn ' t explosive, and it wasn ' t even close. We reached sixty runs for five wickets and then the next five wickets fell for zero rims. Mr. Dickens was most upset as we could all tell by his long, solo trek across the vast empty playing fields of Ridley after the game . Though the year was disap- pointing we had a lot of fun and a lot of laughs. Many a time Lanny had us in stitches with his inability to catch the ball when it was thrown to him. The days of Mad Dog also gave us a laugh (and a growl). I would like to thank Mr. Dickens for having the patience to stick with us. It must have been frustrating to coach such a talented team that sometimes just didn ' t play up to its potential. David osseJyn

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him was usually Paul Stewart, then Adam Boyd and Don Johnson, who between them would score most or all of the runs needed to win, leaving six or seven batsmen with no action at all. Don Johnson was second to Paul Stewart in batting average, but not in runs. He had many Not Outs, though. Batsmen such as Tom Hughes, Barry Kay, Peter Meredith, Paul Sustronk, Geoff Marshall, Steve Cockell and Jeff Goddard had very little or no time to bat. The talent was, imfortunately, locked away. We give great thanks to Mr. Revill, our coach, who proved to us that cricket is more fim than we thought possible. With the spirit high and the bowling average low, we had a great team. Stephen Bon ieJd