Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN 23 Score : — The Fathers. Mr. Gausden, c. MacBrien, b. Oppe 63 Mr. Bonnar, c. Oppe, b. Fauquier 27 Mr. Whitfield, b. Fauquier.... 18 Mr. Wright, c. Irvin, b. Bowman 46 Mr. Brodie, b. Wilson 16 Mr. Clarabut, b. Fauquier .... 2 Mr. Southam, h. w. b. Dewar 13 Mr. Wilson, b. Bowman 3 Mr. Dewar, st. Irvin, b. Dewar 1 Mr. Robinson, b. Wilson .... 5 Dr. Wilkes, not out 1 Extras 17 Total 212 Bowling Analysis. Bowman, 2 wickets for 50. Oppe, 1 wicket for 64. Wilson, 2 wickets for 23. Fauquier, 3 wickets for 48. Dewar, 2 wickets for 9. Gausden, 0 wickets for 1. Ashbury. Southam, b. Gausden 7 Gausden, not out --- 55 Oppe, b. Wright 24 Irvin, run out 10 Fauquier, b. Wright -. 13 MacBrien, c. Southam, b. Whitfield 0 Smellie, b. Wright 1 Dewar, b. Bonnar 3 Wilson, not out 4 Bonnar and Bowman did not bat. Extras 9 Total (for 7 wickets) 126 Bowling Analysis. Mr. Bonnar, 1 wicket for 13. Mr. Gausden, 1 wicket for 33. Mr. Wright, 3 wickets for 47. Mr. Whitfield, 1 wicket for 24. HOUSE MATCHES In the first round, played on May 28, Ottawa played Montreal. Montreal batted first and made 71. Beardmore 25 and Coristine 12, were the top scorers. Ottawa started badly, losing their five best wickets for 28. Dewar, who was batting well, was then joined by Ewart and the score taken to 43. Dewar, who made 22, was caught and bowled by Bonnar and the next three wickets fell quickly. Then Grant and Rowley came together, and amid great excitement, took the score to 68 before Rowley was bowled by Bonnar for 8. Grant carried his bat for 6. In the second round, played on June 7th, Montreal met Dom- inion. Montreal batted first and made 95, Gausden 12, Oppe 19, Bonnar 15 and Ritchie 13. Dominion sent Southam and J. Mac- Brien in. Southam ' s wicket fell at 8 and Cann, who followed him, was sent back without any addition to the score. Fauquier and Mac-

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22 THE ASHBURIAN and the score was taken to 186 before another wicket fell. The Ashbury bowlers now began to assume command; wickets fell fairly regularly and in spite of some good strokes by Mr. Harry Southam, the innings closed for 212, quite a creditable total. Ashbury opened with Southam and Gausden, and batting steadi- ly took the score to 16, when Southam played over the top of a good length ball from Mr. Gausden and was bowled. Oppe joined Gaus- den and a really good stand followed. They naturally took no risks as a win was out of the question, but both played the correct game under the circumstances. When the score had reached 62, Oppe was bowled by Mr. Wright. Irvin followed in and another good partner- ship seemed likely when Irvin was run out by a return from deep third man, 82 for 3. Fauquier came next and stayed some time with Gausden, being eventually bowled at 106. There was not much time left and all Ashbury could do was to try and save the game. Mac- Brien was quickly caught at the wicket, and two further wickets fell for the addition of seven runs, but Wilson defended resolutely and succeeded in keeping his wicket intact, so stumps were drawn with the score standing at 126 for 7. Gausden had played a good innings and carried out his bat for a very sound 55.

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24 THE ASHBURIAN Brien then took the score to 67, of which Fauquier made 50, before being bowled by Bonnar. The 4th wicket fell at 74 and the fifth at 75, then El wood and MacBrien took the score to 92 before Elwood . was bowled by Bonnar. The remaining runs were made without further loss of wickets, and stumps were drawn when Dominion had made 97. MacBrien carried his bat for a valuable 28. The other not out was W. MacBrien, who made 1. INTERMEDIATE CRICKET We had a very good season last year and the standard of play generally showed some improvement, which augurs well for the future. Considerable keenness was displayed and the amount of rolling which was carried out in the early morning was not without effect on the standard of cricket, as the team reaped the advantage of improved wickets which their own enthusiasm had made possible. There was keen competition for places on the side and more often the main difficulty was to decide whom to leave out. In batting, Elwood and W. MacBrien, and in a lesser degree Perodeau, were the mainstays of the side. Elwood was very neat and effective on the leg side, and if he is able to produce some scoring shots on the off he should develop next year into a dependable first wicket batsman. He is also a wicket keeper of more than average ability, and takes the ball cleanly without any unnecessary flourish. MacBrien is quite a strong ofif side player, who made most of his runs through the covers, but at present his timing of leg balls is poor. Perodeau has a natural straight drive which he used to good effect in the match with Lower Canada, but his defence, though not always ineffective, is at present rather crude. He was also a useful change bowler. Henderson batted well at times and has a good off shot, though his defence still needs improvement. Craig captained the side with sound judgment and was not afraid of experimenting with his bowling, but his captaincy appeared to affect his batting, as he never really got going. F. Coristine shows promise and may develop into a useful forcing batsman but at present does not always show judgment in selecting the right ball to hit. There was plenty of bowling in the side, as, in addition to Perodeau, Kelly, N. Gillies, D. Fauquier, Henderson and F. Coris- tine were all useful. The most promising feature in this respect was the good length which was consistently kept which after all is the foundation of all bowling. Finger spin can be developed later. The side was keen and effective in the field, Henderson and Craig on the off side being particularly good. Robinson converted from wicket keeper to slip fieldsman showed considerable aptitude in his new position.