Gryphon 1962 - Adm.monash.edu.au

FOOTBAL L TEAMBack 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 playMel bourne T ech . twenty eager pl ayers bou ndedfrom the bu s and we bid it goodbye till fouro'clo ck, th en-a-th e in evitabl e happen ed. Melbou rn estra ng ely eno ug h h ad a team , b u t no gro u nd-itwas bei ng used by another school. T he result wasno m at ch a nd postpon em ent for a fortni gh t. Mu chlat er it was a ve ry happy bunch of ch aps thatjourneyed bac k to Ca u lfied in th e bu s. W e gotou 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 foundwe wer e mi stak en. In th e first quarter we we r eun abl e to capitalize on the ad vantage of th ebr eeze, ou r forwa rds fumbling many op po rt u n itiesa 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 thirdq uarters Mel bourne, with a certa in bi g chapplayin g well, p eppered th e goal in the la st quarterand ran o u t victo rs b y seven points. The finalsco res were Melbourne 6 goa ls 10 p IS., Ca ulfield4 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 wasnever di sgraced whe n beaten , every match beingfou 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 eservices of Ca p ta in Peter Michael th rough a kn eeillj 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 inhelping m ake th e season a success .CRICKETT he senior cric ke t team had a season of mixedfortunes th is year defeating Prest on , Melbournea nd Foorscray Techs, on Jy to be beat en by Swinburne. Fortunately , Swin bu rne also lost one gamefor th e season, th at being to Preston, so in thethi rd term Caulfield p roposes to pl a y off withSwin b urne for the Cricket Shi eld.T his ma tch should be very inter esting as the lasttim e th e two sides met, Caulfield wer e un able toproduce their best form owing to bad runningbetween wicket s. All in a ll we should ha ve not rouble in d efeating Swinburne next term, and soob 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 gposition havin g made 4 for I IO a nd dimissed 7Foot scray wickets for only 65 runs. T h is aven gedCaulfield 's defeat la st year at the h ands of Footscrayfor th e Cricket Sh ield . Fo r Ca u lfield Tony Wilsonret ire d a t 26 , a me ritorious in n ings b y T on y as hehad only r eco vere d from H epatitis th e week priorto 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, thematch tak in g pl ace at t he Gl en ferrie Ov al. U n­for tuna tely Caulfield were bundled ou t on a ver yfast wi cket b y th e poor Swi nb u rne attack for 54runs. In repl y Swinb u rne wer e 4 [or 67 at SLUmps.The R .M.I.T . (Melbo urne Tech .) as usu al gaveus litt le trouble. Ca u lfield 's opening bo wler Nei lDix on was t he ma in w rec ke r ta king 7 wicket s for14 r uns, R.M .LT . bein g d ismi ssed for 31. In replyCa u lfield wer e 8 [or 109 a t st umps. After Ne ilDixon 's ex trerne lv goo d bowling p erforman ce PhilSm it h (24) and john Gil bert (28) ga ve th e ba tt ingso me sta biJity.T he final game was pl ayed against Preston, whowere ha vin g their first year in th e com pe t ition, andonc e aga in Ca ulfield (the home sid e) had li ttl et rouble in d efeating th eir op po ne nts. With som egoo d bowl ing b y Co lin Co u nsell (3 [o r 5), Graem eWatson (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 performancesena bling Caulfield to reach 7/76 at the endof tim e.With regard to th e match agai nst th e staff, th eless said th e better. But fo r th e br illiant ba tti ngperform ance o f Les H yd e (50), th e st uden ts wou ldnever have rea ched 50. As it was t hey were 90runs, not enough to defea t the sta lT. T he chiefwreckers 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 wasca 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 suspectth e staff of some skullduggery as th ey held all thetrump ca rds, inc ludin g an out-of-shape ball (p ressedout of shape th e m orn ing of th e match).O f the pl ayers the followin g stood out duringthe year. Les H yd e proved to be o ur best ba t andfirst-yea r player. His forc eful opening battinge na bled Ca u lfield to build up reason able totals onnumerous occasio ns.Ably su p po rt ing L es was Tony W ilson who , wi thhis 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, provedhi s worth with som e dynamic battin g during theseason . He also bowled ex tre me ly well, a nd hisfielding left nothin g to be d esired.51