Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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A week later we walked over to Perdue High School and had a quick game against their Seniors. The first half was ours thanks to some very sloppy ball handling by our opponents. Michael Rosseel scored two touchdowns and John Slattery one; Nick Waterfield kicked one convert and Slattery ran for a two point conversion. All this scoring occurred in the first half. In the second half Perdue came stor- ming back and scored 13 points. Only the final gun prevented them from scoring more. Final score: Appleby 21, Perdue H.S. 13. for two long runs, the former set- ting up a short touchdown plunge by Michael Rosseel, the latter being a major score in it- self. Waterfield kicked the con- vert for the last one. It was an odd win! Lakefield controlled the play for most of the contest but couldn ' t score. We literally stole the game away from them in the final minutes 19-9. On the Friday of the Thanksgiving weekend, we travelled to Trinity College School. We played the first half of the game as though we were still on the bus, allowing our op- ponents to build up a 28-0 lead. In the second half, we got un- packed somewhat and managed to do some scoring of our own. Jay Burn ran for two touch- downs, and Nick Waterfield kicked one convert and a field goal. Trinity ran hard and hit hard all afternoon. They were worthy victors by a score of 45-16. A week later against Upper Canada College we played poorly again. Jamieson kicked us into an early lead but it was soon all U.C.C. We couldn ' t seem to stop their running attack and some solid kicking by their pun- ter gave them good field position time and time again. Our offense sputtered all afternoon and we finally succumbed to a better team 34-4. Jamieson kicked a field goal for our other points. Our final two league games were played at home! Against St. An- drew ' s we managed an 11-11 tie. A significant change was made before this game; Neil Jamieson was given the quarterbacking assignment. This position was completely new to him but he performed quite creditable in his debut. He threw a long pass to John Rosseel for a major score, kicked for a single and ran with the ball himself for some im- portant yardage and first downs. This year it was our turn to travel to Lakefield. It was a pleasant, sunny, but windy day. As usual our opponents were tough and determined. In fact, they were soon ahead 9-0 by scoring an un- converted touchdown and a field goal in the first quarter. John Slattery finally broke loose, ran fifty yards to score but we failed to convert. The half time score was 9-6 when suddenly first John Slattery and then Jay Burn broke

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The First Football Team — ! FRONT ROW: Merritt. Green I. Burn, Rosseel I. Cantle. Jennings I, Timmins. SECOND ROW: Parker. Johnson I, Rosseel II. Green II. Falco I, Wilson I, Maslon. THIRD ROW: Keefe. Grady. Paterson I. Crosbie I, Sims, Kaneff. Jamieson. Johnston. FOURTH ROW: Naish. Hawthorne. McAlister. Keates I, McMurchy. Waterfield. Cameron, Kunst. BACK ROW: Mr, Larsen, Mr. Smith. Mr. Abbott, Slattery I. 1973 had been a disappointing season! Those Old Colours who returned and a host of keen players from the Under Sixteen ' s unbeaten team of the previous year returned resolved to change Appleby ' s losing ways. In the early practices it was obvious to the coaching staff that a spirit of enthusiasm and expectancy per- vaded the work-outs. The selec- tion of John Rosseel as Captain and Kerry Cantle and Buzz Green as Vice-Captains seemed a further step in the right direc- tion. Two weeks after school began, we played our first game, at home to Hillfield. We could do no wrong; it was a coach ' s dream! Every play we used succeeded, often for touchdowns; every play they used was stopped cold. The final score was 47-0 and the following boys shared in the scoring: two touchdowns for Cantle and one each for Burn, Slattery, Jamieson and Mike Jen- nings; Waterfield kicked one convert, a single and field goal; Burn ran a pair of two-point con- versions; Jamieson kicked for a single. In fairness to our op- ponents, they had a very off day as they were to prove later in the season. Looking back on this game, it was probably the worst thing that could have happened to us. Psychologically we thought we were world beaters; we soon found out otherwise!

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Waterfield continued his fine kicking by adding a field goal. Disappointingly, late in the game, a kick which might have won us the game went out of bounds: however, we were happy with the tie. Our game against Ridley was the most exciting of the season in spite of the final outcome. An early off-tackle run by Michael Rosseel. the convert and a sub- sequent field goal by Waterfield gave us an early 10-0 lead. Ridley came right back with a long bomb ' to make the score 10-7. In the second quarter, Jay Burn, Michael Rosseel and Jamieson combined on the old ' hot-potato ' play to score another touchdown. Waterfield converted. Defensive mistakes and some good Ridley running led to two converted touchdowns by our opponents as they went ahead 21-17. Early in the fourth quarter Jamieson led a march downfield which culminated in a short drive over the goal line by Kerry Cantle. Waterfield ' s convert made in 24- 21. Again our opponents came right back and with about five minutes remaining in the game, they scored another touchdown and convert to move ahead 28- 24. Not to be outdone, Jamieson and Cantle moved the team downfield, but on a third and goal to go on the eight yard line, we were stopped cold by a good defensive play. Ridley then ran out the clock. Final score: Ridley 28, Appleby 24. During the last week of the season we played two games. On the Wednesday, we lost to Hillfield 6-1 in Hamilton. Our op- ponents were much improved since our first meeting with them earlier in the season, and we were both hurting with injuries and feeling uninspired. However when a team gets the ball inside its opponent ' s 15 yard line three times and only scores one point, it has no one to blame but itself! On the last Saturday of the season, we finally beat the Old Boys for the first time in seven years. Neil Jamieson, back at quarterback after a game ' s ab- sence, scored a touchdown on a short plunge and kicked two 7 f converts; Kerry Cantle scored the other major on an exciting play, a long pass from Jamieson after a double reverse. Jim Chalkley (who else?) scored for the Old Boys. Final score: Ap- pleby 14, Old Boys 7. Two weeks later the 1974 football season ended with a stag dinner at the Town and Country Restaurant in Toronto. The general consensus of opinion by all present was that in spite of the mediocre 4-4-1 season, the spirit, cooperation and en- thusiasm amongst the players had been very high, and that the ubiquitous cry of Wait till next year did not seem so hollow or jaded. W.D.R.S.