Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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24 THE ASHBURIAN ASHBURY vs LISGAR ON November 9th, our First Team tied Lisgar Seniors at 12-12. The Ashbury first twelve completely out-played their shghtly heavier opponents in the first quarter, and when the teams changed ends the home team was 7-1 in the lead. Pritchard kicked a single from the thirty-five in the first few minutes of play. The count went up to seven when Scott Price went over for a major from the five and then booted the convert by a drop-kick. In the second stanza Paul Hudson put the Lisgarites back in the ball game when he intercepted an Ashbury pass on the latter ' s 2 5 -yard stripe and ran for a touchdown, which he converted. Near the end of the quarter he hoofed a placement from the Ashbury 15 to put Lisgar in the lead, 9-7. However, John Gill scored on a double reverse from five yards out to give Ashbury a 12-9 lead, but this score was cancelled soon after, when Hudson again connected with a placement, to tie up the ball game, 12-12. ASHBURY vs LINDENLEA Ashbury and Lindenlea played to an eleven all tie in a supposed jCjl. easy-win for Ashbury. A good stroke of luck befell the Linden- lea squad in the last minute of play but it certainly gave the Ashbury twelve a bitter pill to swallow. The first quarter opened with Ashbury driving down to their opponents fifteen-yard line when Hector A4clnnes swung round the right end for the first major. The attempted convert failed and Linden- lea took possession from the kick-off. Sparked by Bob Juneau, the Lindenlea group slowly pushed Ashbury back and Juneau finally took the ball over on a plunge over centre. In the second quarter the two teams fought it out in centre field until Ashbury manoeuvred into a thirty-five yard single from Andy Pritchard ' s boot. The third quarter saw Ashbury driving down the field with a 6-5 point margin. Goaded on by Andy Pritchard the ball was carried to the Lindenlea fifteen. Pritchard rammed over right middle, to make the score read 11-5, in favour of Ashbury. The fourth quarter started much the same as the second. It stayed that way until the one-minute flag was up. Then it happened. Lindenlea had possession of the ball on their own forty-yard line. Juneau took the ball from the centre and faded back, looking for a receiver. The ends hesitated and then went in after him, but they were too late.

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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.

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THE ASH B U RI AN 25 The ball shot forward, over the heads of the secondary and tertiary and settled into the hands of a Lindenlea end who proceeded to gallop some sixty yards for a touchdown. Lindenlea converted to make the final score 11-11. A disappointed team left the field and a disappointed coach kicked the bucket. ASHBURY vs STANSTEAD THE Ashbury 1st twelve walked over a weaker Stanstead squad to the tune of 21-6. The game, played on Ashbury ' s home-field, proved a one-sided game from the start. John Gill scored his first touchdown on a twenty-yard pass from Scott Price. The convert was blocked. Stanstead was unable to re- taliate, and Ashbury stayed in the Stanstead zone for the rest of the quarter. In the second quarter Andy Pritchard raced around the right end for a 2 5 -yard gain and a touchdown. A few minutes later Scott Price went over again, on a quarterback sneak from the 5 -yard line. Neither of these scores was converted. The third quarter saw no score, and both teams fought back and forth at centre field. As the final quarter got under way Pritchard threw a 40-yard pass to John Gill who took it in the clear and ran a few yards for his second major in the game. Don Brown booted the extra point totalling Ashbury with 21. Stanstead now started closing the distance to the Ashbury line by a number of plunges. Finally LeBerne, a halfback from Stanstead, carried the oval over for Stanstead ' s only major. LeBerne also kicked a placement for the extra point. The Stanstead crew fought clean and hard but they proved no match for their faster, harder-hitting opponents. OLD BOYS vs ASHBURY THIS game, lacking in formality and strained friendship, as it did, proved a source of humour to all spectators and to both benches. Needless to say, the Old Boys lost 12-0 but there may have been a few bad moments on the Ashbury bench. The first half of the tussle proved scoreless as both teams see- sawed back and forth and succeeded in nothing save getting each other ' s signals mixed. In the third quarter, however, Ashbury found herself, and after plunging down to the Old Boys ' 5-yard line. Price went over on a quarterback sneak. Scott also converted it by a drop-kick.