Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN 9 Colonics: B. Gilmour. L. Bates. E. Beardmore. H. A. Fauquier. R. Craig. P. B. Smellie. T. Bates. F. Coristine. The Hockey Season was somewhat marred by injuries. Fau- quier, SmelHe, Elwood and Craig were all out of the game for long periods owing to injuries received while playing; on account of this and some sickness in Ottawa, we were able to play only one match against Ottawa University and none against local Collegiates. This left what was undoubtedly as good a team as we have had in the past, very short of match practice. Upper Canada did not come to Ottawa this year as they went West and we were unable to make a trip to Toronto. We had a new fixture, which provided a very enjoyable and interesting experience, a match with Clarkson College, Potsdam, N.Y. An account of the game will be found elsewhere. Clarkson were so pleased with the game that they already arranged a fixture for January 23rd, 1931. In Montreal we drew with Lower Canada and Bishop ' s College School, matches which we should have won. Lower Canada very unfortunately were unable to play the usual return match in Ottawa. We wound up the season by defeating Westmount High School at the Auditorium 2 — 0. Westmount High School won the Inter- Scholastic League of Montreal and this was the only game which they lost during a long season. Several faces will be missing from the Ashbury line up next year. Gilmour who has kept goal since 1926 and has captained the team for the last two years ; L. Bates, a spare in ' 27 and a big asset both in defence and attack in ' 28, ' 29, ' 30; Adam Fauquier who has scored a number of very opportune goals at critical periods in the past three seasons ; R. Craig who has played equally efficiently and hard both as a forward and a defence for the past three years

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8 THE ASHBURIAN Loyola College, Montreal West High School, Graduation Class took blocks of tickets, and the financial success of the venture was assured before the doors opened on the evening to the general public. SOCCER The return match with St. Alban ' s was played at Ashbury on Saturday, November the 10th, and ended in a win for Ashbury by 2 goals to 1. It was a fast game with plenty of good combination and exciting incidents. St. Alban ' s won the toss, so Ashbury kicked ofif against a diagonal wind. For the first few minutes play was confined to the centre of the field. Both forward lines were playing well but the halves and backs checked and cleared consistently. A number of corners were taken at both ends and the goal keepers had chances of showing their brilliancy. Ashbury were heavier and showed more enterprise and as a result opened the scoring when Fauquier took a pass from Smellie after a movement iniated by MacBrien and Calder and raced right in on Greene to give him no chance to save. Half Time Ashbury 1 St. Alban ' s 0. St. Alban ' s fought hard for the equaliser but their shooting was erratic. Ritchie relieved one rush with a nice kick and some smart passing between Robinson, Smellie and MacBrien led to Fauquier scoring his second goal. St. Alban ' s came back strongly and after a good combined rush Thom took a pass from Hutton and gave Grant no chance to save. This finished the scoring though both teams continued to play offensive football right up to the final whistle. We were only able to play the two school games with St. Alban ' s. Fauquier captained the team well and was always danger- ous in front of goal. Smellie and MacBrien combined unselfishly and were always up and also ready to help halves when they were pressed. Calder ' s dribbling was good and his centring very accurate. Robinson, Elwood and Beardmore fed their forwards well and were always working. Grant was himself, cool, confident and often bril- liant, while the backs though they gave us some bad moments by miss-kicking worked tirelessly and never gave up worrying their opponents or doing their best in a position in which they had not had much practice. Hammond knows how to play his position and should be very useful next year. -J. R. P.

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10 THE ASHBURIAN and T. Bates whose hard work when called upon and unfailing good humour at all times has helped very considerably the co-ordination of the team for the past two years, and E. Beardmore a hard working and polished centre. Everyone can look back upon the last three seasons with satisfaction. The standard of hockey at Ashbury has advanced considerably and the whole team which has been together for so long are to be heartily congratulated. And while not decrying the work of any one individual when all have done so well, we must give the largest share of credit to Gilmour, whose ability as a goal- keeper and captain inspired the confidence which brings success. In spite of the number of hockey players leaving this year, we can look to the future with the utmost confidence. Smellie, with three years ' experience behind him, and Coristine, Elwood, Perodeau and Thomas can be trusted to uphold the traditions of the past. D. M. Woods fully justified his selection as manager, carrying out his many tasks to the satisfaction and assistance of all. B. Robinson whose ability as a goal-keeper has somewhat suffered by comparison with the outstanding skill of Gilmour shared in the successes of the team both as spare goal-keeper and on account of the help which he was always ready to give. -J. R. P. ASHBURY vs. L.C.C. Played at the Forum, Montreal, Sat. Feb. 15th. Drawn 2 — 2 Two twenty-minute periods were played, in which Ashbury had much the better of the play, but careless work in front of goal lost them the game. L.C.C. worked hard and made the most of every opportunity. The first period started was very fast. Fauquier was sent off for heavy playing and Carsley opened the scoring by netting an easy one past Gilmour fourteen minutes after the start of the game. Shortly after the face-off Carsley and Craig were given a rest for heavy checking and were later joined by Eraser and Campbell. The period ended L.C.C. 1 — Ashbury 0. SmelHe, on an assist from L. Bates, opened the second period by scoring five minutes after the period began. The game seemed to be improving with both teams working harder. Coristine was through twice but each time shot wide, and several other chances for goal were lost through not passing or passing to the wrong wing. Two minutes after Ashbury ' s goal, Roughton scored for L.C.C The play was level, neither team having any noticeable advantage until ten minutes later L. Bates scored one of his typical solo goals