Gryphon 1962 - Adm.monash.edu

FOOTBAL L TEAM
Back row: David Ritterman, Nei l Dixon, Alan ~1 cK c n zic, R obin Andrew, Gracrne Addison, Geoff Pet hc ridge, Peter Agcr,
John Bush , Bru ce K em p,
Fron t row : Stuart Moor e, Ca ry M offatt , Ray Boyd, Darral Adams, Peter Mi ch aels (Cap tai n }, John Cooke, Lcs Hyde.
T he fina l pen na n t match was qu ite interesting.
Afte r journeyin g out to Royal Park to play
Mel bourne T ech . twenty eager pl ayers bou nded
from the bu s and we bid it goodbye till four
o'clo ck, th en-a-th e in evitabl e happen ed. Melbou rn e
stra ng ely eno ug h h ad a team , b u t no gro u nd-it
was bei ng used by another school. T he result was
no m at ch a nd postpon em ent for a fortni gh t. Mu ch
lat er it was a ve ry happy bunch of ch aps that
journeyed bac k to Ca u lfied in th e bu s. W e got
ou r two bobs back.
Two weeks later we pl ayed Melbourne a t Ca ulfield.
W e expect ed a ver y easy ma tch but found
we wer e mi stak en. In th e first quarter we we r e
un abl e to capitalize on the ad vantage of th e
br eeze, ou r forwa rds fumbling many op po rt u n ities
a nd kickin g ma n y points-nin e in a ll to Mel ­
bourne's one goa l one . After even seco nd and third
q uarters Mel bourne, with a certa in bi g chap
playin g well, p eppered th e goal in the la st quarter
and ran o u t victo rs b y seven points. The final
sco res were Melbourne 6 goa ls 10 p IS., Ca ulfield
4 goals 15 pts.
Rest : Boyd, Mackenzie, Faulkne r, Dixon , Aga r,
Cook , Bmh, Moffat , D. Adams.
Apa rt from th e Footscray match th e team was
never di sgraced whe n beaten , every match being
fou ght out to th e lin ish in typ ical Ca u lfie ld sty le.
Du ring th e seaso n we unfortunat el y lost th e
services of Ca p ta in Peter Michael th rough a kn ee
illj ury received in the G eelong m a tch.
The team would lik e to sincere ly tha n k Mr.
Ma rsh all for hi s assist ance and en thus iasm in
helping m ake th e season a success .
CRICKET
T he senior cric ke t team had a season of mixed
fortunes th is year defeating Prest on , Melbourne
a nd Foorscray Techs, on Jy to be beat en by Swinbu
rne. Fortunately , Swin bu rne also lost one game
for th e season, th at being to Preston, so in the
thi rd term Caulfield p roposes to pl a y off with
Swin b urne for the Cricket Shi eld.
T his ma tch should be very inter esting as the last
tim e th e two sides met, Caulfield wer e un able to
produce their best form owing to bad running
between wicket s. All in a ll we should ha ve no
t rouble in d efeating Swinburne next term, and so
ob tai n the Cri cket Shield .
T he first m atch this year was aga ins t Footscray.
At the end of time Caulfield had a commandin g
position havin g made 4 for I IO a nd dimissed 7
Foot scray wickets for only 65 runs. T h is aven ged
Caulfield 's defeat la st year at the h ands of Footscray
for th e Cricket Sh ield . Fo r Ca u lfield Tony Wilson
ret ire d a t 26 , a me ritorious in n ings b y T on y as he
had only r eco vere d from H epatitis th e week prior
to I his match, Graeme Wat son bla sted 36 iuns
(7 fo urs) a n d Ian Bull took 4 for 13.
Swinburne wer e Ca ulfiikl's next op po ne ms, the
match tak in g pl ace at t he Gl en ferrie Ov al. U n­
for tuna tely Caulfield were bundled ou t on a ver y
fast wi cket b y th e poor Swi nb u rne attack for 54
runs. In repl y Swinb u rne wer e 4 [or 67 at SLUmps.
The R .M.I.T . (Melbo urne Tech .) as usu al gave
us litt le trouble. Ca u lfield 's opening bo wler Nei l
Dix on was t he ma in w rec ke r ta king 7 wicket s for
14 r uns, R.M .LT . bein g d ismi ssed for 31. In reply
Ca u lfield wer e 8 [or 109 a t st umps. After Ne il
Dixon 's ex trerne lv goo d bowling p erforman ce Phil
Sm it h (24) and john Gil bert (28) ga ve th e ba tt ing
so me sta biJity.
T he final game was pl ayed against Preston, who
were ha vin g their first year in th e com pe t ition, and
onc e aga in Ca ulfield (the home sid e) had li ttl e
t rouble in d efeating th eir op po ne nts. With som e
goo d bowl ing b y Co lin Co u nsell (3 [o r 5), Graem e
Watson (2 for II) a nd Ne il Di xon (2 for 17)
Caulfield di smi ssed Preston for 57 runs. Les H yde,
28, an d Tony Wil son gave so lid batting performances
ena bling Caulfield to reach 7/76 at the end
of tim e.
With regard to th e match agai nst th e staff, th e
less said th e better. But fo r th e br illiant ba tti ng
perform ance o f Les H yd e (50), th e st uden ts wou ld
never have rea ched 50. As it was t hey were 90
runs, not enough to defea t the sta lT. T he chief
wreckers for th e staff were Mr. Cowry 4/ 17, Mr.
Davi s 2/25, and )\·1 1'. Roach 2/ 1I.
In reply the st aff were 6/92 when the game was
ca lled to a hal t. Best sco res were Mr. Roa ch 20 ,
Mr. W illiams 19, a nd Mr. Ma rsh all i s .
With resp ect to th is match, th e stude n ts suspect
th e staff of some skullduggery as th ey held all the
trump ca rds, inc ludin g an out-of-shape ball (p ressed
out of shape th e m orn ing of th e match).
O f the pl ayers the followin g stood out during
the year. Les H yd e proved to be o ur best ba t and
first-yea r player. His forc eful opening batting
e na bled Ca u lfield to build up reason able totals on
numerous occasio ns.
Ably su p po rt ing L es was Tony W ilson who , wi th
his solid batting, proved to be a very goo d pa rtner.
Craerne W at son , ou r re cruit o f th e yea r, proved
hi s worth with som e dynamic battin g during the
season . He also bowled ex tre me ly well, a nd his
fielding left nothin g to be d esired.
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