Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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THE .-I.SHBL'Rl:I.X' Sl ULD BUYS at ASIIBLRY SCURIQ I-I-I2-Losl The game that usua.ly constitutes the - ' - 4- 'M laugh of the year, brought tears to the eyes of many members of the school. The Old Boys introduced the new four platoon sys- tem, and appeared in a heterogeneous array of uniforms. They opened the scoring with a pass from Pritchard to Gill. Pritchard missed the convert. The score read 5-O at the half. The school came back in the following quarter with a converted touchdown on a deflected pass to Howie Clark. Then Irvin added to our total by scoring an unconverted touchdown on a short end run. Patterson pounded across for the Old Boys about the middle of the last , . L . J ,, ,. , , . . 11 11 - MTM L A nfiPfsThfooTBaLL TEAM Back row: XV. NI. I-Iogben, K. A. Kingston, XV. A. NI. Holland, R. C. Pennington, C. T. C. Kamcke, D. I. T. Gamble, C. L. Gill. Third rofw: C. B. Hermann, Esq., G. VVatson, L. D. Friedman, A. XV. Lackey, D. NI. T. XViddrington, L. Ochoa, D. A. Hore, A. D. Livingston, R. H. Perry, Esq., R. E. B. Kemp Oilanagerj. Second rofw: 1. B. VVedd, A. B. XVells, j. S. Irvin, D. XY. H. Gamble, XV. L. C. Hart Icaptaini., C. Nowakowski, E. N. Rhodes, L. NI. Killaly. Front rofw: F. XV. Baer, P. A. Riddell, R. F. Turcotte, J. P. S. Haydon, D. S. Xlclnnes, XY. H. Clark. ST. PAT'S at ASHBURY Scoiua 1 1-5 -IYON The first half was tense, both teams playing well defensively. Toward the end of the second quarter Ventura scored for St. Pat's, leaving the score at 5-0 at the half-way mark. Ashbury bounced back in the second half, with a quick touchdown by Irvin on a deceptive play through centre. The convert failed. .Ashbury scored again in the fourth quarter on a pass to VViddrington. This time the convert was good. The game ended without further threat of scoring by either team, leaving the score at 11-5 .

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28 THE ASHBURIAN 6 9865009 FIRST FIELD RUGBY CARLETON PLACE at ASHBURY ScoRE I5-12-LOST This was the opening game of the year. For the first half we played under Carleton's rules and this disadvantage threw us off stride temporarily. Our opponents netted two quick touchdowns, both of which were converted, leaving the score at twelve to nothing at half time. lYe came back much stronger in the second half, but not quite strong enough to overcome the deficit, and the score ended at 15-I2 in their favour. The highlight of the game was a thirty yard pass from Rhodes to Irvin, who ran forty yards for a touchdown. ASHBURY at L.C.C. SCORE 7 -5 -Losr The first away game of the year was played against L.C.C. in Montreal. XYe were on L.C.C.'s ten yard line three times during the first half, but failed to score. jamie Plante, the L.C.C. punter, kicked a single in the second quarter, for the only score of the half. They opened the third quarter with a strong attack, which gained them a converted touchdown, making the score 7-0. Ashbury then opened her scoring with a touchdown by Irvin, on a pass from Rhodes. Irvin crashed over from 8 yards out. Both teams battled back and forth till the end of the game, with no further scoring. Final score-Ashbury 5, L.C.C. 7. BISHORS at ASHBURY Sconiz 10-6 XYoN 'N W The scoring opened early in the first ' quarter when Irvin was forced to pounce on a N -f , loose ball behind the Ashbury goal-line. Ash- Q bury replied with two unconverted touch- L downs by Irvin, and thus the scoring ended at the half. Bishop's fought back valiantly in the second half, and in the fourth quarter Pratt scored a major for Bishop's, after a strong march up the field from their own ten yard line. Final score-Ashbury 105 Bishop's 6. ' fgs mn who xym

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28 THE ASI-IBURIAN Q CGQQBIBCB FIRST FIF.LD RUGBY CARLFTON PLACE at ASHBURY Scoiza 15-12-LOST This was the opening game of the year. For the Hrst half we played under Carleton's rules and this disadvantage threw us off stride temporarily. Uur opponents netted two quick touchdowns, both of which were converted, leaving the score at twelve to nothing at half time. XV e came back much stronger in the second half, but not quite strong enough to overcome the deficit, and the score .ended at IS-12 in their favour. The highlight of the game was a thirty yard pass from Rhodes to Irvin, who ran forty yards for a touchdown. ASHBURY at L.C.C. DCURE 1L-6- x x UN IYe broke quickly in the first half, with two touchdowns, both on passes from Rhodes, one to Irvin and the other to IViddrington. Rhodes converted XYiddrington's major. Price pounded over for Bishops in the second quarter for a converted touchdown. In the second half both teams tightened their defences. Rhodes scored the only point of the half on an attempted Held-goal that went wide of the posts. Thus the game ended 12-6 for Ashbury. The total points of the two Bishop's games gave Ashbury the lSishop's Old Boys' Football Trophy for the lirst time in several years. ASI-IBURY at PERTH Scomi 16-13-U'oN The Perth team jumped to two quick touchdowns on passes intercepted by Pettigrew and Cain. The first of these was converted. They scored again when lelart was forced to fall on a loose ball behind the Ashbury goal line. This ended the half, leaving Ashbury scoreless and Perth out in front by I3 points. ln the third quarter, XX'ells galloped over to open our scoring. Rhodes converted. Gamble and Irvin scored in the fourth quarter, after a series of marches by the determined Ashbury team, the last touchdown being scored in the dying seconds of the game. Neither was converted. The highlight uf the game was the astounding pass defence of the Perth team. lfinal score: Ashbury 16, Perth 13.