Scotch College

Old Scotch Football Club

The Old Scotch Football club is looking to start the 2005 season with a bang. For seasons on end now the club has experienced poor starts, which has proved costly come finals time in September. To help overcome this problem, the coaching staff have been putting the players through a rigorous pre-season training schedule which has yielded results. The 1sts won all three practice matches and approach round one with confidence.

Along with the hard grind on the track, the club has bolstered it ranks with some new recruits to ensure its success for the up-coming season. Old boy Cameron McKenzie-McHarg (’98) is a welcome addition to the club, as well as ex-Box Hill Hawk’s captain and former Collingwood player Andrew Pugsley, who will both add height to the team and assist veteran ruckman Andrew Crow. Colin Phillips also returns and will add valuable experience to the lineup. The real improvement will come from the younger players at the Club – Charles Tallent, Andrew Quail, Will Lewis, Rob Josephs, Tim Hosking, Adam Routledge and Tim Aural-Smith to name a few.

Dale Tapping will coach the seniors with assistance from Andrew Smith and, after finishing runners-up the Grand Final last season, Serge D’Angelo will again coach the reserves. Bruce Armstrong will go into his second season as coach of the Under 19s, which will be accompanied by a second Under 19 team this year, coached by Ian Leith.

Andrew Millar will coach the third XVIII and Sandy Robertson will once again head up the Cardinals.

Up-coming events include the pre-match luncheon before the Old Melburnians game on Saturday, 7 May at Camberwell Sports Ground as well as the Old Xaverians match on 21 of May at Xavier College where the boys will be playing for the Russell–Burns trophy. For a full draw please see the club’s website at www.oldscotchfc.com.au.

The Old Boys team that played the first XI for the Hec Ingram trophy – and lost!

Rear: James Simon, James Sinclair, Ben Milliken, Paddy McKenna, Dylan Best and Andrew McCann

Back: Hamish Dick, Tim Strapp, James Barton, Mar Simpsion, Simon Dick and Richard McCann

School first XI Captain George Dick with the Hec Ingram Trophy

Hendry-Prior Cup

The Hendry-Prior Cup was contested for the tenth year on the Main Oval at Scotch College in February. Batting first the Old Geelong Grammarians made 210 and the Old Scotch representative team were never in the hunt, losing 5 for 60 to be all out for 170.

Answer: They all played with or against Peter Ashton (even though they don’t know it!).

Hendry-Prior Cup Old Scotch team

Rear: Sam Lilley, Adam Routledge, Angus Elliott, Ben Milliken, Rob Ashton, Liam McDonnell, Paddy McKenna

Front: John Kerr, Tim Shearer (with Nick and Amanda), Will Elliott, John Ross and Rory Stewart