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WILL LOVELL:
A WORTHY
WINNER OF THE
H I COHEN TROPHY
Will Lovell (Year 12), who led from the front as Captain
of the 1st XI which took out the 2018/19 APS cricket
premiership, has won the 2019 H I Cohen Trophy.
The trophy is awarded annually to the ‘best all-rounder’
in the 1st XI. Will has added his signature to a page in a
beautifully bound book which records the names of all
H I Cohen Trophy winners since 1921.
For the season, Will made 295 runs at an average of
33, and took 28 wickets at 13.07. His standout bowling
performances were 5 for 37 against Haileybury and 6
for 50 (from 24 overs) against St Kevin’s. Will’s excellent
performances led to his selection in the APS cricket team
which competed against the AGS in Term 1. He captained
the team.
The Cohen Trophy is named in honour of a great Old
Scotch Collegian, Henry Isaac Cohen, who attended
Scotch from 1885 to 1889. He was a keen cricketer
and excellent student, and went on to build up a very
successful legal practice, and to be elected to the Victorian
Legislative Council in the early 1920s. He held several
ministerial portfolios.
He was also a loyal and energetic supporter of Scotch
all his life, a foundation member of OSCA, its President in
1921 and 1922, and a senior patron and strong supporter
of the Old Scotch Football Club.
Henry Cohen presented the ‘trophy’ in 1921, which is a
book in which the winner’s name is inscribed each year, and
which each winner signs in the presence of his team-mates.
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Boarding
OUR
BOARDERS –
WELL PLACED
TO ADAPT TO A
CHANGING WORLD
Scotch boarders often have a unique perspective on the changing
world. Hailing from various parts of Australia and the world, they
bring not only their understanding of the physical environment from
where they live, but also an appreciation of how change is affecting
livelihoods and the corresponding need for adaptation.
Two such examples are Will MacKenzie and Henry Wilcox, Year 10
Boarders. Will’s home is in Echuca, and Will and his brother Lachlan
are boarders in McMeckan House. With the Murray River on his
doorstep, Will is very conscious of the changing environment and
the impact drought has had on his region. Henry, also boarding in
McMeckan House, is from Mount Macedon and teamed up with Will in
their Scotch Enterprise Project, where they developed a prototype for
a water harvester.
Their design, inspired by a growing awareness of water scarcity,
involves capturing clean water from household waste water based
on its level of conductivity and pH levels. One of the elements of the
Scotch Enterprise Project is to make a ‘pitch’ to an industry expert.
At the conclusion of the boys’ presentation, it was noted that similar