Gryphon 1957 - Adm.monash.edu.au

CAUTEC . . . .SPOA RESUME OF THE YEAR'S ACTIVITIESTSENIOR FOOTBALLD. Gresswe ll, L. Peak e, S. Sassed , J. Clements, I. Sweatman, J. Na tion , D. Clarke,W . Probst , J . Adamson (Capt .), W . Neef, B. Munce, W. W yatt.• SENIOR FOOTBALLThis year's fo otball season was on e ofthe best ever for the Caulfield team. Inprevious years Coulfield has not beenvery succe ssful on the football field,winning only one game lost year andlos ing eve ry match in 1955. However,this year there was a big improvement.At the beginning fo the season therewere severa l practice matches in whichwe were beaten by Toorak Teachers'College twice and narrowly beaten bySwin burn e; but we soundly defeatedBurwood Teachers' College and, in thelast practice game, completely overwhelmedUniversity High School.In the f irst pennant match of theyea r we played Footscray on their home43ground. Footscroy produced some brilliantfootball in the fi rst half wh ich wecould not counter. However, in t he secondhalf, we settled down and playedconsiderably better, but Footscraymaintained their big lead and went onto win quite comfortably. The next gamewas Geelong at Geelong, where we againfound th e home side t oo strong. Afteran excellent lunch we ran out on to therain sodden Kardinia Park Oval w iththe ra in showi ng no sign of ea sing. Geelong,adapting themselves to the wetcond it ions, had established a handylead by half time. However, in the secondholf, Caulfield played much betterbut we cou ld not bridge the gap andGeelong won quite convincinqly.For the third game, when we were