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FROM LEFT:
HENRY BROWN,
REEF MCINESS,
JAMARA UGLE-
HAGAN, MAURICE
RIOLI, WILL KELLY,
SCOTT BEILBY,
JAGGA SMITH
SEVEN SCOTCH BOYS IN
REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS
Scotch has had its fair share of AFL football
representation in 2018, with six boys selected
in ‘Big V’ Victorian teams and one in a Northern
Territory team.
Jagga Smith (Year 7) was named Vice
Captain of the under 12 Victorian team and
will head to Canberra in the coming weeks,
while Henry Brown and Scott Beilby (both Year
9) were members of the successful under 15
Victorian secondary schoolboy team which won
the national title in Adelaide in late July.
Reef McIness, Jamarra Ugle-Hagan and
Maurice Rioli (all Year 10) all participated in the
under 16 national championships, representing
Vic Metro, Vic Country and the Northern
Territory respectively. Will Kelly (Year 12) played
with great distinction as a key defender in the
Vic Metro under 18 team, often playing on the
opposition’s best player. Will’s form has certainly
attracted a lot of attention from AFL clubs,
and we are hopeful he will be rewarded with
selection in this year’s national draft.
With so many boys participating in state
football representative teams, we are hopeful
this bodes well for the future of Scotch football.
STUART POWELL — DIRECTOR OF SPORT
A ‘passionate cricketer and dedicated
sportsman’ wins the Cohen Trophy
James Gray (Year 12) has won the 2018 H
I Cohen Trophy, awarded annually to the ‘best
all-rounder’ in the 1st XI, based on a system
under which runs, catches, wickets and the like
earn points for each player. James has signed
his name in a beautifully bound book which
records the names of all H I Cohen Trophy
winners since 1921.
James’ 1st XI Coach, Robert Blackmore,
described James as ‘a passionate cricketer and
a dedicated sportsman’, who led by example.
‘He set a high standard as Vice Captain, and
always played the game hard but fair,’ Mr
Blackmore said. ‘James’ positive approach to
the game, along with a strong work ethic and
willingness to learn, made it possible for him to
grow as a cricketer and leader of the team.’
James averaged 40 runs with the bat, and
played a particularly good innings against
Wesley College where he scored a century.
He bowled 61 overs throughout the season,
taking six wickets at an average of 28 runs per
wicket, making him one of the most valuable
and reliable bowlers in the team. In the field, he
set himself extremely high standards and was
always aware of the match situation.
The H I Cohen Trophy is named in honour
of a great Old Scotch Collegian, Henry Isaac
Cohen, who attended Scotch from 1885 to
1889. Cohen, who was a loyal and staunch
supporter of the School, and a foundation
member and later twice President of OSCA,
presented the ‘trophy’ in 1921. It is a book in
which the winner’s name is inscribed each year,
and which each winner signs in the presence
of his teammates. Among those who have
signed the book are three who have gone on
to represent Australia – Ben Barnett (’25), Colin
McDonald (‘46) and Bob Cowper (‘58).