Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE FIRSr FOOTBALL LEAM First row — left to right: Brown, Price, Darby (Captain), Gill I, Gill II Second row: Wood, Sudar, Hart I, Brouse I, Lee, Lyon, A4clnnes Third row. Setton, Burke, Gutierrez, Kerr I, McCulloch I Rear row: Mr, Glass, Baldwin, Bryce, Artola, Aiaclaren, Cherrier, Vandervoort, Graham I, Pritchard, Wells I, Capt. Higgs At the be ginning of the second half Ashbury settled down to take three first downs and put Andy Pritchard in position to kick a thirty-eight yard field goal. Darby and Price did the plunging and passing that made this point possible. In the fourth quarter Scott Price threw a pass to Larry Wood, who was over the goal-line, for the only major of the game. The convert was just a little wide of the bar. Both teams played good football, and they were very evenly matched. Credit is certainly due to a fast Ashbury backfield and also to a hard charging line. ASHBURY vs LOWER CANADA COLLEGE I THINK IT may truthfully be said that in this tussle, Ashbury 1st twelve played the better game all the way. In the first quarter a series of plunges and short snappy passes carried Ashbury from their own 30-yard Hne to the L.C.C. 5. Darby smashed over right tackle to chalk up the first major in the game,

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THE ASHBURIAN 21 FIRST FIELD RUGBY TEAM WITH ALL but half a dozen of last year ' s first field still with us, we had every reason to look forward to a successful football season in 1949, and, indeed, our hopes were to a very large degree fulfilled— as may be seen by the following accounts of the games. The record of the season ' s play for the First Rugby Team stands as follows: of the eight games played, we lost one, drew two, and won five. As a result of our double win against Bishop ' s College School, Ashbury came once more into possession of The Ashbury Old Boys ' Cup, a trophy put up for competition between the two schools. ASHBURY vs HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE SPARKED BY a smooth running backfield and a not-to-be-beaten line, the Ashbury 1st team romped over Commerce to the tune of 19-0. The whole Ashbury team moved as a single man and Com- merce was unable to cope with the situation. Charging over the line in the first quarter, middle Don Lyon, picked up a fumbled ball and accounted for the opening touch. The attempted convert was wide of the mark, but Pritchard soon evened that up when he kicked a placement goal from the thirty-five yard line. Going over from three yards out, Don Brown, the Ashbury quarter, chalked up another five points, and this time Larry Wood, end, gained the extra point by snagging a pass from Pritchard. The third quarter found Commerce making their one real threat, but quick work on the part of Harry Brouse recovered a fumble and set the ball rolling once more for Ashbury. Andy Pritchard took a long lateral from Scott Price in the fourth quarter and romped 40 yards through the Commerce backfield for the final score in the game. The Commerce team played well and tried hard, but they just couldn ' t seem to get under way in this opening tussle. Much credit is due to a staunch Ashbury line. They indeed may be congratulated for a fine showing on their opening game of the season. FIRST BISHOP ' S GAME ON October 1st a high spirited Ashbury team defeated a hard fighting squad from Bishop ' s College School at Lennoxville, to the tune of 6-1. In the first quarter, McGee, centre for B.C.S. kicked a field goal from the 2 5 -yard line. From then on until the third quarter both teams battled back and forth, neither one being able to reach pay dirt terri- tory.

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THE ASHBURIAN 23 but the attempted convert went wide. Lower Canada then turned the tables, and, after using much the same strategy, carried over a major. They kicked the convert. At the start of the second quarter Ashbury got off to a bad start as one of the catching halfs fumbled the L.C.C. kick-off. An alert L.C.C. end picked up the loose ball and stepped over the line. L.C.C. tried to convert by a pass, but it was knocked down. Then Ashbury began to drive, and, when finally forced to kick, Andy Pritchard laced the pigskin 45 yards for a single. In the third quarter Ashbury again drove down the field, with Pritchard plunging most of the way. Bib Darby slammed over right tackle again for the major, and Scott Price converted via the drop- kick method. The final quarter started much the same as did the second. A fumble on the kick-off, and L.C.C. was set up for their final touch- down. This one was converted, making the final score 17-12 in favour of L.C.C. And thus Ashbury lost her first and last game of the season. The boys played well, however, and fought from the opening whistle until the gun. With three of her best players injured. Bib Darby, a con- cussion; Hec Mclnnes, a broken nose; and Don Lyon, three broken ribs; Ashbury may be congratulated on fighting as she did. SECOND BISHOP ' S GAME ON October 22nd Ashbury Seniors took their second straight victory over Bishop ' s College School to the tune of 12-5, and thus regained possession of the Old Boys ' Cup which they lost (last) four seasons ago. Ashbury struck for their first major midway through the first quarter after Bob Da rby ' s plunging and Andy Pritchard ' s end runs had taken the play from mid-field to the Bishop 15 -yard line. Scott Price climaxed the drive by heaving a short forward to John Gill for the score. Scott then earned the extra point via the drop-kick method. Bishop ' s started to drive in the second stanza and Giles scored the only Bishop score after three trips round the Ashbury left end on a reverse. Harry Brouse and Al A4cCulloch smashed through to block the convert. In the final quarter of the game Evan Gill leaped to intercept a B.C.S. pass and raced with it from the 40 to the Bishop 5-yard fine. Bib Darby went over centre on the next play to get the touch and again Scott Price ' s toe, hoofed the extra point.