Gryphon 1962 - Adm.monash.edu.au

John. His fast acc urate throws across to secondba se we re a deligh t to see.f irst Base was ag ai n occupied by th at im rnovableforce , Al an L yne, wh o a t lo ng last fou nd hi sballing st re ng th in school match es. T he reco rdsho ws that Ala n has had very few errors accordedto him in hi s fou r yea rs of baseb all a t the Co llege.A fine effo rt , Alan.Crae me Carroll occ upie d second ba se again thisyear an d was furtunate e nough [0 be el ect ed ascaptain of th is team.Mauri Pa rke r pl ayed short sto p a nd , [or a firstyear pl ayer performed very well , mak in g [ell'errors during the season.Fo r mos t of th e yea r Bob Som erville played third ,his good a ll round stre ng th adding bil e to theinfield .By far o ur best bat was left- handed GraemeT ay lo r. who , together with his goo d field ing atcen tre fie ld was a n ins piration to a ll the pl ayer saro u nd h im.D a vid Co lli nso n a nd Ken Leve rson were ou reme rgency p itchers a nd duri ng the yea r a blysu ppor ted J ohn Gil bert. T hey al so performedwell in th e outfiel d.Al so in th e o u tfield was Pet er Litchfield, wh o,with hi s consisten t batting a nd good fielding, addedstre ug th to the sid e.For keenness and e n th usiasm Iv or Preston wa sunsurpasssed , It was a p leasu re to h ave him inou r sid e and the pl ayers as a who le benefited fr omhi s presen ce, I vor is a good outfi eld er a nd ba t.In ronclusiou, I would lik e to thank Me Da viesfor hi s assistance in scoring and umpiring throu gh .out th e sea son , 'Ve wou ld have been lost witho uthim.With p robabl y only three of the a bove pl a yer slea vin g this year Ca ulfield wi ll still be able La fielda stro ng side next year , a nd sho uld h a ve notr ouble in ret aining th e shield a n d main ta in in gCa ulfield 's undefeated r ecord .BASEBALL TEAMStanding : Mauri Parker, David Col linso n, Ross T'harl e (Vice -Onpra io ) , Grae me Carroll {Cap lainL Alan Lvne, K en Lcvesou.K nee ling: I vor Prcaton , Peter L itchfield . John Gilbert."dru bbing" against Footscra y. Playin g with mo reFOOTBALLp urpose and better team work th an P reston we ranThis year was reaso na bly succe ssful for th e ou t victors b y th ree goals.football tea m . We won two matches and lost three. Best: Mich ael, Cook, P ark es, Macken zie, Addison ,The seaso n opened with a practi ce match against Petherbridge, D, Ad am s, Di xon, Moffa t, Bush .Burwood Teac he rs' College pl ay ed a t Burwood. For th e nert m atch we journeyed to Gee lo ngAft er a poor first qu arter we sta r ted to [uncti on where we pl ayed th e " Go rdon " at Kardinia Pa rk.and at th e br eak trailed by th ree goa ls, T he last (Geelong bea t Melb ourne th e week before athal f was p rac tica lly all Ca u lfie ld but owing tosho ckingly inaccurate kicking we went down byrh ree points,Best : Ma ckenzi e, Mi chael, Bush, Wills, H yd e,P et herbridge, Di xon , Moore,In the opening p ennant match for t he seaso nwe pl a yed Foo tscray at hom e. After a fa irl y eve nMel bourne b y twenty goa ls.) Aft e r a hi gh sta nd a rdfirst half there was little in the scores at the break.Geelong's overall fitness showed in th e final st agesof the match a nd th ey slo wly forged a head to winby n in e points.Best: Coo k, W atson , Moff a t, Mackenzie, P a rkes,Ager, Bush, Zach , Hyde, Faulkner.first half Footscray, playin g with much better Swin burne we r... our next op po nen ts, the matchteamwork forged a head in the seco nd half and being played at Ca u lfield. Faster to th e ball ,ra n ou t comfortable win ne rs b y some eig h t goa ls. s tro nger in th e a ir, a nd with a more det erminedBest : M. Adams, Di xon , Ma ckenzie, Sill , Co unci l, backline, we ran ou t winners ' by nearly threeMich ael, Andrew , Moffat.goal s,P reston at home was th e next ma tch and he re Best : Di xon, Ma ckenzie, Andrew. Moffat, D.we rega ined some of th e confidence lost after the Ad ams, Petherbrid ge, Bo yd, Coo k, Bush,30