Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN 13 L. C. C. opened with a strong offensive and scored twice in the first seven minutes. Thomas, the right wing, shot from inside the defence ; the defence were slow clearing and Thomas followed up to put the rebound between Gilmour ' s legs as he fell. Shortly after- wards Gatehouse broke throug h the Ashbury team and skated right on top of Gilmour to score easily. Gausden took the puck down the wing and gave a well judged pass to Beardmore who made no mis- take with his shot. From then on two well matched teams fought hard with no further scoring. Somerville made many fine saves and showed himself to be a very finished goal-keeper. In the third period he made saves off Southam and Smellie in rapid succession which looked to be certain goals. Craig who was sent on in L. Bates ' place soon after the start filled his position well. Southam worked his poke-check at centre with skill and effectiveness, and every one did his share. Line-ups : — Ashbury — Goal, Gilmour; defence, T. Bates and Stanfield; centre, Southam; wings, Smellie and Fauquier; subs., Craig, Gaus- den and Beardmore. L. C. C. — Goal, Somerville ; defence, Gatehouse and John- son ; centre, Carsley ; wings, Thomas and Mickles ; subs., Fraser, Ebbitt and Burpee. ASHBURY vs. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCHOOLS. Played at the Varsity Arena, Tuesday, March 5th. Won 5-3. This is the first time the Ashbury hockey team has been seen in Toronto and they gave a very impressive exhibition both in at- tack and defence. Two Twenty Minute Periods Were Played. U. T. S., the champions of the O. H. A. Junior Preparatory School group, have a very strong team and immediately started a fast offensive. Ferguson, the U. T. S. centre, initiated a ' number of dangerous attacks, two of which resulted in goals from McLean and Hendry respectively. Ashbury settled down quickly and checked Ferguson and WilHamson, the most dangerous U. T. S. players closely. Towards the end of the first period Craig sent in a hard well directed shot from outside the defence which ended in the corner of the net.

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12 THE ASHBURIAN ASHBURY vs. L. C. C. Played at the Forum, Saturday, February 16th. Won 2-0. This game, which was played in two twenty-minute periods, was a very good exhibition of hockey. Ashbury were determined not to have a repetition of Monday ' s game vs. B. C. S., and they made no mistakes in their combination or back-checking. L. C. C. who finished the season at the top of the Montreal league, were worthy opponents. Mickles and Gate- house always being dangerous when in possession of the puck. Fauquier, Southam, L. Bates and Smellie were outstanding for Ashbury, playing hard and scientific hockey. L. Bates opened the scoring midway through the first period. Bates stopped a Lower Canada attack at his own defence, eluded the opposition and scored with a hard shot that completely baffled Somerville. Lower Canada attacked time after time but on the few occasions when they got past the Ashbury forwards Bates and Stanfield forced them to shoot from the wings and Gilmour made no mistakes. Towards the close of the game the puck was put past Gilmour but the goal was declared offside. Two minutes before the end, Fauquier put Ashbury two goals up when he scored from a scramble in front of the goal. The referee was Frank Carlin. Line-ups : — Ashbury College — Goal, Gilmour ; defence, Stanfield and L. Bates ; center, Southam ; wings, Smellie and Fauquier ; subs, Craig, Beardmore and T. Bates. Lower Canada College — Goal, Somerville ; defence. Johnson and Gatehouse; wings, Carsley and Thomas; subs., Ebbit, Fraser and Burpee. ASHBURY vs. L. C. C. Played at the Auditorium, Saturday, March 2nd. Lost 1-2. Three fifteen minute periods were played. In the return game with L. C. C. -Ashbury were beaten 2-1. His Excellency, Lord Willingdon, faced the puck and stayed to watch a very closely fought game in which both teams showed considerable hockey ability.

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14 THE ASHBURIAN The second period opened with Ashbury very much on the aggressive. The defence were swinging out wide passes to the wings who gathered them well and showed skillful combination which baffled U. T. S. After two minutes Bates passed to his wing, fol- lowed up and was in position for the return pass from which he beat the goal-keeper. In the middle of the period Smellie skirted the defence and placed a fast drive in the corner of the net putting Ashbury in the lead. In the closing minute Bates out-maneuvered the entire opposition and put Ashbury two goals up. The third period opened with U. T. S. trying hard to lessen the Ashbury lead but Ashbury were still on the offensive, that being the best method of defence against a fast skating team such as U. T. S. Mid-way through the period after good combination Bates secured his third goal. In the closing minutes of the game U. T. S. sent four and five men up but owing to exceptional goal keeping by Gilmour they were only able to score one goal. It would be invidious to mention any one Ashbury player when all the team worked their hardest and played good hockey through- out a very hard and keenly fought game. Line-ups : — U. T. S. — Goal, Hannam and Dickinson ; defence, Williamson and Donovan; wings, McLean and Hendry; centre, Ferguson; subs., Copp, Boddington, Cunningham, McPherson, Keith and Kerr. Ashbury College — Goal. Gilmour; defence, L. Bates and Stan- field ; centre, Beardmore ; wings, Fauquier and Smellie ; subs., Craig, Gausden, T. Bates and Coristine. Referee — Jimmy Loftus. ASHBURY vs. UPPER CANADA COLLEGE. Played at the Arena Gardens. Wednesdav, March 6th. Lost 0-3. Ashbury showed the effects of the previous day ' s struggle, and although everyone gave of his best there was not the same finish to the play that there would have been had the team been fresh. Gilmour particularly was inclined to be listless, the only occasion during a long season, and let in two goals he would usually have had no difficulty in stopping.