Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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The First Soccer Team The Junior School first soccer team, on occasions, combined well to play successfully as a team. The defence, with Smith handling high shots, and Gray, Lanch and Wright kicking hard, was solid, but rather slow. Con- sequently, fast-breaking forwards too often got behind them. In mid-field we often dominated; Skipper McBride, Dorion and Burke covered many miles in trying to maintain control. Sutherland on the wing was fast, Appleby and Pike who each played at centre forward (in dif- ferent games of course) were determined and aggressive, while Durst and Washington on the left often combined very ef- fectively. Un doubtedly our greatest weakness was in shooting, as those who shot hard were usually inaccurate, while those who were accurate lacked FRONT ROW: Washington, Smith. Dorion. CENTRE ROW: Burke. McBride, Durst, Appleby. Sutherland. BACK ROW: Pike. Gray II. Wright. Lanch, Cole. Mr. Dickens. power. The most pleasing aspect of the season was that we played hard as a team with no bickering or complaining about each other ' s performance. Seconds practiced with Firsts throughout The Second Soccer Team the season and, indeed, the two squads were quite closely con- nected, with several players having played for both teams at one time or another. David Stevenson, our Captain, provided an excellent example of gentlemanly conduct on the field and his fellows readily grasped this important aspect of the game. Some other aspects, such as passing and kicking directly on the net were not grasped quite so completely. However, we did manage to press our op- position very hard at times and Hickling, Fife I, Baiz, Brooks, and Holland scored some very satisfying and important goals. Defensively. Coxon, Hueton I, Bundschuch and Dowling played very well though we had FRONT ROW: Hickling. Holland. Stevenson, Fife I, Bundschuh, Baiz II. BACK ROW: Dowling. Coxon. Mr. Boyd. Brooks. Hueton I. Hewitt, Gilchrist. problems in regaining control of the ball in our end. Hewitt and Jaciw, sidelined for a while because of injuries and viruses, played solidly when they were on the field.