Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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22 THE ASI-IBURIAN SFCDND RUGBY FIELD TEAM N their several games this year the Second Field Team proved un- availing in their efforts to produce a win and ended the season with nothing more gratifying to show than some promising material for next year's rugby. Their first opponents-Lindenlea Rockets, proved more than ade- quate opposition on several occasions, but the experience gained and the spirit inspired in these amicable matches was, to say the least, auspicious. The first Ashbury-Rocket match was interesting, exciting and bloodless. Foulkes, the Ashbury captain, proved a most effective kicker, and MacLaren's run-backs were very successful. Unfortunately, for Ashbury, Renne, the Rocketls captain, was brilliant in his perform- ance. His line plunges, end-runs and tackles were spectacular and the result was a 7-6 victory for Lindenlea. A return watch was arranged for the following week and in this engagement Renne was once more the deciding factor. Although Ashbury were in scoring positions on numerous occasions they failed to carry the ball over the goal line, and the Rockets won by the score of io-o. Vlfharton and Cullwick, both of Ashbury, played well, with the former making sensational tackles and the latter catching many long forward passes. AGAINST B1sHoP7s ISH0P7S rapidly moving backheld and ponderous line soon proved too much for the light Ashbury team. The latter showed excellent team spirit throughout the match, but their line failed to halt the steady l3ishop's onslaught. The match came to an end with a 32-o victory for Bishops Foulkes, MacLaren and Cullwick were outstanding for Ashbury. JUNIOR SCHODL RUGBY Hr: third Held had a fairly successful season and showed excellent spirit at all times. We managed to overcome our friends of Sed- bergh School on two occasions in home and home games and we generally gave a good account of ourselves against a mixed assortment of local teams. David Scott was elected Captain by the team and proved himself an enthusiastic and hard-working leader. Finlay ll for his pass throwing, Dillon for his running and Ned Rhodes for his remarkable kicking of converts deserve special mention. It is only to be hoped that as large as possible a number of these boys of the 194.8 3rd Rugby Field may be allowed and care to keep together through their school days at Ashbury-here is the making of a fine team. No mention of junior School football, hockey or cricket would be complete without mention of Mrs. Rhodes and Mrs. Scott who enthusiastically supported us at every game-we thank these ladies for their loyal support. BGB.

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THE ASHBURIAN SGCCER ASHBURY vs. SEDBERGH N A cool and pleasant Thursday, October 7th, Ashbury Soccer Xl played hosts to Sedbergh on our first football lield. Both teams were obviously somewhat lost playing on such a large piece of terrain, but perhaps Sedbergh suffered more in this respect, for although their condition was evidently better than ours, they didn't press this advan- tage to the full and only looked dangerous two or three times. Un each occasion, Heney I, Clark, or Kerr I Cor some combination thereofi partied the thrust. Pettigrew was easily the outstanding player for our opponents, but his halves worked well with him to form a constant threat to the security of our goal. For us, perhaps Gutierrez was the most useful but, due to lack of speed, was in no way the scoring menace he usually was on our small practice field. Cray, on the right wing, was nursing a weak ankle and was not able to feed our centre with his customary long passes in front of the goal from the touchline. On one occasion, Sedbergh forced their way past our defence but luckily for us in such a way as to be clearly offside. Kerr breathed again and the score remained o-o until the final whistle. The Sedbergh goalie spent a lonely afternoon but cheered up again after some cakes and cocoa in Hall. The game was chiefly notable for lost opportunities due to weak kicking with the 'wrong' foot and poor control of the ball with regard to bounce and spin, Pettigrew and Gutierrez being honourable excep- tions. That we were lucky to hold Sedbergh to a tie was quickly evident when we played the return match two weeks later in Montebello. lt was agreed at the outset to play an 8-man side as the ground was not really big enough to make a good game for II a side. This gave nearly all our players an occasional rest and they needed it for Sedbergh pressed strongly and were soon banging in goals with some regularity. Pettigrew, as usual, was the chief cause for concern, being fed plenty of scoring passes by his lieutenants. Cray again twisted his ankle, thus reducing the strength of our forward line almost to zero, he being our only strong kicker besides our fullbacks and Gutierrez. Abbott and Grimsdale played well but lacked the speed and strength necessary to force a score. Final score on this occasion was 5-o and no mistake. This disagreeable portion of the afternoon's agenda being complete. we quickly turned to pleasanter activities-consumpticin of a magni- ficent tea in the senior common room. NlacRae and cohorts soon showed our kind hosts, Nlr. and Nlrs. XYood, how bracing the Nlontebello air can be.