Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN 21 The Team suffered rather severely from injuries, while J. Rowley, the captain, and Smellie were away for the first few weeks owing to illness. The following were awarded their colours, J. W. H. Rowley, G. Perodeau, E. Elwood, J. Allen, G. Wodehouse, D. Fauquier, P. Smellie, R. Rowley, B. Robinson, A. MacCarthy, J. Magor, D. Cowans, F. Coristine. FOOTBALL CHARACTERS. J. W. H. Rowley. Capt., Right inside. 2nd year on the team. Always held his man. A hard tackle and determined plunger. A sound captain who always got the best out of his team. G. Perodeau. Vice capt.. Flying Wing. 3rd year on the team. Good ball carrier and determined tackle. An excellent kick and safe catch. E. Elwood. Quarter. 1st year on the team. Quick to seize an unexpected opening, but inclined to be slow in getting his regular plays under way. Good tackle. J. Allen. Right Middle. 1st year on the team. An excellent line plunger who was very had to stop. Always worked hard but should pay more attention to his tackling. G. Wodehouse. Left Outside. 1st year on the team. Excellent tackle. Hard worker, but rather slow in getting down on kicks. P. Smellie. Left Middle. 2nd year on the team. Started as Fly- ing Wing, but was needed to strengthen the line where he did excellent work. Good tackle ; strong ball carrier. D. Fauquier. Right Outside. 1st year on the team. Always down on kicks. Tackled well. B. Robinson. Half. 1st year on the team. A safe catch. Uses his head in returning kicks. R. Rowley. Left Outside. 1st year on the team. A good tackle but must learn to watch his man more closely. A. MacCarthy. Flying Wing. 1st year on the team. Safe catch but does not tackle hard enough. Spare quarter. J. Magor. Snap. 1st year on the team. Broke through the line repeatedly. Excellent tackle. A hard worker from start to finish. D. Cowans. Left Inside. Good at interference; must learn that it is not profitable to ' clip a ball carrier.

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20 THE ASHBURIAN RUGBY FOOTBALL Although we lost the game with B.C.S. the team acquitted itself quite creditably. There was not a great deal of material left from the previous season and team building was a somewhat lengthy task. At the beginning of the season we were fortunate in securing the services of Mr. Lou Cote as coach and there is no doubt that the team benefited from his experience. Mr. Apple also assisted in the work and we owe him our thanks for the extremely able manner in which he refereed the school games. Some of the younger members of the team improved consider- ably as the season went on and should prove a very good nucleus for next year ' s side. Early in the season a powerful scratch team of Old Boys beat us with ease, but there is no doubt that this game helped to weld the school team into a side. The number of injuries sustained however rendered match practice more or less impossible for the next fortnight. So it was with rather an untried team that we played L.C.C. in Montreal on Oct. 18th. Ashbury won 10-3, mainly because they seized their chances. On Monday, Oct. 27th, we played B.C.S. on the McGill campus and were beaten 26-1. On the day ' s play we undoubtedly lost to a better side though the school team played below its form. The return game with L.C.C. was played at Ashbury on Nov. 1st, and a very exciting match resulted in a win for Ashbury, 19-15.

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22 THE ASHBURIAN F. Coristine. Half. 1st year on the team. Tried hard, but rather an uncertain catch. Must learn not to wait for the bounce. Deceptive runner. M. Grant. Spare Middle or Outside. Sound tackle. F. Heubach — Spare Inside. Good tackle but should learn to use his head more. F. Sherwood. Spare snap. Hard worker but must learn to tackle. M. Menzies. Spare Middle. Plays a hard game, though on the slow side. J. McGuckin. Spare line man. A good tackle who should be use- ful next year. J. Stannard. Spare Half. Promising broken field runner. ASHBURY vs. L. C. C. Played in Montreal on October 18th. L.C.C. started with the wind and soon established themselves in school territory. They kicked frequently on the first down and thus obtained two rouges in the first ten minutes. Ashbury rallied and swept down the field with some heavy line plunging and a clever corkscrew run by Perodeau. A 9 yard gain through the centre by Allen brought play within the L.C.C. 20 yard line and Perodeau kicked a point. 1-2. With the advantage of the wind Ashbury began to press and Perodeau kicked to the dead line some few minutes after the re- start. Ashbury continued to have the better of the play but a suc- cession of fumbles and some good tackling kept them out. 2-2. Ashbury restarted in great style and some line plunging by Allen, Rowley and Smellie brought the ball to the L.C.C. 40 yard line, where Perodeau dropped a goal into the teeth of the wind. For the remainder of the period Ashbury held an undoubted edge ; their heavy plunging was weakening the L.C.C. line but fumbling prevented any further score. 5-2. L.C.C. rushed play to the Ashbury 20 yard line. They kicked on the first down and Coristine was tackled a yard behind his own line. Ashbury again brought the ball up the field with line plung- ing and on the L.C.C. 25 yard line, close to the right touch line Elwood called for an end run on the left, faked a pass and skirted the short end, scoring a clever touch which Perodeau failed to convert. 10-3. The following represented Ashbury : — Halves, Robinson, Coristine ; Flying Wings, Perodeau, Smellie ; Quarter, Elwood; Snap, Sherwood; Insides, Cowans, Heubach; Middles, J. Rowley, Allen ; Outsides, Grant, R. Rowley. Spares : — Wodehouse, Magor, McCarthy, McGuckin, Menzies, Southam, Thompson, Symington.