Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE ASHBURIAN 23 ASHBURY vs. B. C. S. Played in Montreal, on the McGill campus, Oct. 27th The game was rather a disappointment from the Ashbury point of view. touch in the opening minute of the game. A half hearted tackle in mid field let one of their halves away ; he skirted the ends for Bishop ' s kicked off, the kick was fumbled, and they scored a another touch and Bishop ' s were ten points up before the game was well under way. Ashbury continued to play below their form and lost the ball on their 40 yard line when trying a line buck, whereupon one of Bishop ' s backs dropped a splendid goal, putting his side thirteen points ahead. Ashbury held their own till nearing the end of the third quarter when another misfielded kick yielded a further touch. Fauquier intercepted a pass on an end run and made about forty yards but his pass to Robinson went astray and a good chance was lost. Perodeau kicked on the third down and Ashbury scored their solitary point. In the last two or three minutes of the game B. C. S. scored a final touch near the corner, which was converted, leaving them winners, 26-1. The following represented Ashbury : — Halves, Robinson, Coristine; Flying Wings, Perodeau, Smellie ; Quarter, Elwood ; Snap, Magor ; Insides, Cowans, Mc- Guckin ; Middles, J. Rowley, Allen ; Outsides, Grant, Wodehouse. Spares, R. Rowley, Sherwood, MacCarthy, Fauquier, Thompson. ASHBURY vs. L. C. C. Played at Ashbury, November 1st. L.C.C. kicked off, Robinson fielded the kick, fell awkwardly, and lost the ball. L.C.C. kicked a field goal on their second down. They kept up the pressure and soon went further ahead when an end run resulted in a touch in the corner, which was converted. Ashbury had started slowly as in their previous game with L.C.C, and in this case it cost them nine points, but they now began to fight back in determined fashion. Perodeau kicked high to the L.C.C. 20 yard line, the ball was fumbled and Elwood fell on it. Perodeau and Smellie made gains and Elwood fought his way over for a touch. 5-9. In the 2nd quarter Perodeau kicked to the dead line in the first minute, and a few minutes later dodged through for a clever touch which he converted himself. Keeping up the pressure, Rob- inson fielded a kick, returned it well over the line and scored a further point. 13-9.

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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.

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24 THE ASHBURIAN Ashbury had most of the play in the third quarter and half way through Perodeau kicked over the line, the ball was misfielded and Fauquier fell on it for a touch. 18-9. The start of the last quarter found Ashbury still maintaining their attack and Perodeau kicked a further point. Five minutes before the close L.C.C. rallied strongly and tore through the Ash- bury line for yards in succession. Finally Burpee forced his way over the goal line for a touch which was converted. Time was. soon called, Ashbury winning 19-15. The following represented Ashbury -HH Halves, Robinson, Coristine ; Flying Wings, Perodeau, Mac- Carthy ; Quarter, Elwood ; Snap, Magor ; Insides, J. Rowley Cowans ; Middles, Allen, Smellie ; Outsides, Fauquier, R. Rowley. Spares, McGuckin, Sherwood, Menzies, Stannard, Southam,. Thompson, Boyd. F. E. B. W. INTERMEDIATE RUGBY This season we have been handicapped by a series of unfor- tunate occurrences. To begin with, various unforeseen circumstances prevented much organization until the season was nearing its close.. Again, the unavoidable cancellation of several games caused a great deal of disappointment both to players and those interested. In spite of these setbacks, however, the teams showed remark- able enthusiasm, which ably revealed the sporting instinct which Ashbury makes it her business to develop. The school won all the games ! Jacobs, the lightweight captain,, played splendidly. When he gets away it takes a good man to stop him. Gait is also very fast. Davidson II, the lightweight quarter can use his head cleverly, and he piloted his team very ably. McCar- thy I gave some valuable assistance in connection with the light- weight team, and their excellent signals were entirely due to his efforts. K. B. M.