Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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.l- SFLWYN HOUSF. SCHOOL MAGAZINE game 3 hy good close passing they were ahle to reliexe the pressure on the hacksand halves, and make a numher of attacks. The game ended with the score I me U in favour of the School. On Saturday Novemher the Rth. a return match was played with St. .-Xlhan's, in Brockville. Conditions were all against good foothall of any kind. .-X gale was hlowing straight down the held so that the only goalfkick taken with the wind sailed over the goal line at the other end without heing touched lthis unusual feat was accomplished hy Peck! and numhers of goal-kicks against the wind came hack like hoomerangs and produced corners. l,yman won the toss, according to his custom, and played with the gale. The play centred round the St. Alhan's goal for the entire halfg twice only did the hall cross the half-way line 3 once a St. Alhan's forward got away hy himself and Sharp savedg the other attack was spoiled hy an otfside. Nlcfourt was called upon to kick a large numher of corners and put in some very accurate ones, hut poor shooting and good goal-keeping comhined to prevent the School from scoring. Un changing ends play of course centred around the School goal. Shortly after the restart St. .Xlhan's scored from a penalty kick for hands within the penalty area. This reverse unsettled the School for a few minutes and St. .-Xlhan's scored two more goals in rapid succession. After this the School settled down and prevented any more scoring. On Saturday Novemher the llnd. a fourth game was played with l..C.C., on their grounds. This match hroke the deadlock and resulted in the School winning hy l --0. A few changes were made in the team, Gray Miller's place at hack was taken by Blake Miller, who played a very strong game, Russel played on the right wing with D. Birks inside and Nlcfourt at half-hack supporting them. Sharp in goal was outstanding, making a numher of Fine saves. 'lihe game like the previous ones was very even, hath goal-keepers heing kept husy. The first half ended scoreless. Half way through the second half, Kerr hroke away down the left wing. Un draw- ing the defence he centred accurately and Galloway gave the goal-keeper no chance to save, a hard low shot into the corner hreaking the season's tie. CHAR.-XCTIQRS Ulf THF Xl S. l.vxiVxx : Capt. Centre Forward. l.ed his team well, always working hard in attack and helping his halves when pressed. Good hall control. .-ln example to the other forwards in following up. H. Kermit : l.eft Wing. .-X worker always. Played his wing well, and centred accurately. H. PEER : l.eft Back. :X strong kick and a very hard worker. lnvaluahle in defence. ll. Binks 1 Right Wing. :X diminutive hut plucky wing. .-Xlways went hard no matter what the size of his opponents. Srrxaxns: Right Half. Stuck doggedly to his opponents and fed his forwards well. .-X great loss to the team when he was unahle to play. IHI

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1930 , 1931 Ashbury had a much heavier team but the School forwards combined well. and it was only the consistently good clearing of the Ashbury backs, Beauclerk and Vickers, which prevented the School from scoring. Ashbury scored twice, the first a lucky goal : Bishop attempted to clear, but the ball hit an .Ashbury forward and rebounded into the net. The second goal was the result of good combination by the Ashbury forwards. A fast evenly contested game. On Thursday, Oct. l3rd. a return game was played with L.C.C. on the H.A.A.A. grounds. The game, which the School should have won had the forwards followed up with more determination, ended in a scoreless draw. Saturday, Oct. 25th. the School team went to Ottawa for the return match with Ashbury College. The XI ,with several supporters, left Montreal by the 9 o'clock train on which the C.P.R., had given us a private car. On arriving in Ottawa a bus met us and took us out to Ashbury by way of Parliament Buildings and Rockcliffe Parkin order to prove to the incredulous that Ottawa has a real excuse for its existence. Ashbury entertained us to lunch before the game and to a very good tea afterwards. The ground was in excellent condition for football but there was a very strong wind blowing down the field. Ashbury kicked off with the wind, and kept Selwyn House in their own half for the first fifteen minutes of play 3 from a corner kick Graham beat Bishop for the only goal of the game. After this reverse Selwyn House improved, and owing to good com- bination by the forwards did far more attacking than their opponents. ln the second half, had the visitors' forwards received any adequate support from their backs they should have won, as they played much better football than the home team, but with the exception of Starnes the Selwyn House backs failed to take advantage of the wind and allowed Ashbury several chances which only good work by Bishop saved from being goals. On Tuesday October the 23th. another drawn game was played with l..C.C. L.C.C. opened the scoring and Kerr equalised for the schoolg this ended the scoring. On Saturday Nov. lst. the School played St. Alban's School on the Lower Canada grounds which had been kindly lent by Dr. Fosbery. Lyman won the toss and chose to play with the wind which was very strong. Two minutes after the kick-off McCourt took the ball through and passed to Lyman in front of the St. Alban's goal. Lyman shot but the goal-keeper made a good save and cleared to the wing, the ball fell at the feet of Birks, who made no mistake with a fast cross shot into the far corner. The school pressed for the remainder of the half but owing to the diihculty of keeping the ball under control the shooting was erratic, and no further goals were scored. The second half produced very good football, St. Alban's might well have scored several goals but for the work of Peck and Miller who worked indefatigably and cleared well with low, well placed kicks into the wind. The School forwards played a strong l13l

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FOR THE SCI-IOOI. YF.-XR 1930- 1931 CAXNELI.: Centre I-Ialf. Always tried. Covered his opponents well and fed his forwards with well placed passes. KIcCoI'R'r : Inside Right. Fast with very good hall control. Must follow up harder and make opportunities, rather than expect opportunities to come to him. PoR'rEoI's : Left Half. A very good half-back when he chose to he. Must rememher that he is a member of a team and work all the time. INIILLERZ Right Back. Played Iirilliantly on occasions, very erratic. Must practice kicking in any position and work harder. BISHOP : Goal. Not sufficiently active. SHARP: Goal. I'nfortunately came into the side late. Yery cool and shows great promise. ci.-XLI.OXYAY : Inside Left. Did not use either his speed or weight to full advantage. SMITH : Centre Half. IYorked very hard but his efforts were often discounted by lack of judgemen t. RUSSEI. : Outside Right. :X conscientious trier always. MILLER: Shows great promise either as back or half.lwack. :X hard worker always, and in any position. S I X It S The teams for the Sixes were as follows : HSIXIQSU 1930 S. I.yman. H. Kerr. I-I. Peck. Galloway. Cannell. Bishop. Burke II. NIcNutt. Burke Bourne. Locke Spielman. 'I'etrault. Cassils. Peck Penlield. Pollack. Locke B. Porteous. G. Miller. DI. Starnes. Stewart. Powell. Schlemm. Leslie. Iikers. Hay. Lyman. Miller Lundon. Morin. Goodfellow McDougall de Grey. I-Iingston. Gowdey. F. McCourt. D. Birks. Russell. Smith. Sharp. Kemp. Molson. Tirbutt. Little. Byers. Banks. Ross. ll5l