St Michaels University School - Black Red and Blue Yearbook (Victoria, British Columbia Canada)

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SVJORDER-QCentre Threefquarterj. A clever and constructive centre who played unselfish football throughout the season. A hard man to stop but despite his big weight advantage he proved to be far less dangerous on his own than was expected Far too hesitant when faced with forward rushes but his tackling was keen and sure. FIELD-fWing Threefquarterj. New to the game but had shown great improvement by the end of the season. A good handler and a fair tackle but he lacked speed and a sense of position. Should be very useful next year. BERRY-fCentre Threefquarterj. Far less selfish than formerly he com- bined well and supplied great punch to the attack. His rare pace and cut through brought him many a try and he was once again the most dangerous attacker on the side. A splendid tackle but still hesitant when called upon to fall on the ball. A safe handler and a very fair kick. TEAGLE-fWii1g Three-quarterl. A most determined attacker who com' bined well and had a splendid sense of position. A safe handler and his defense, formerly weak, has greatly improved, his tackling being sure and his kicking accurate. Possessed boundless enthusiasm and played his football in a ine spirit. DOWREY-fFull Backj. New to this diihcult position. Uncertain in his handling and too slow to gather and get his kick away. Tackled quite well on occasion. Nervous, and his play often suffered on this account. SPEERS-Not brilliant in any department but an honest worker. Rather awkward in the tight and slow in the loose but quite effective in the line'out. Much improved in defence and played some ine games at the end of the season. GALLOYVAY-A most useful hook and the best of the forwards. A robust player who made his weight felt. Rather slow in the loose, but was very prominent in the linefout, the tight scrum and in defence. CHETTLEBURGH-Useful in the tight scrum but his weight was never fully used. Slow in the loose and never in condition to play the game at the pace it should be played. ADAMS II-An improved forward who shone in the loose and in the line' out lnclined to break too fast and must remember that a forward's first duty is to push. WALKEBJ--A useful forward. Weak in the line-out, but very fair in the loose and an excellent tackle. DOUGLAS-An extremely hard working forward but possessed little foot- ball sense. Did good work in the loose but was weak in the line out and was a poor handler and kick. GORDON-An improved forward. Awkward in the tight and slow in the loose , but quite useful in the line-out and u fair tacklej. HENDERSON-A keen and aggressive forward who always gave of his best. Also did well as a scrum half on occasion. Shows definite promise and should be very useful next season.

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Many of the new members did well however, in spite of a large weight disadvantage, Huff and Smith being quite prominent, and MRSSYI doing some very good tackling. Of the old members Specrs did fine work in the scrums and was excellent in the linefout. Field, playing fullfback for the first time was a distinct success, and Henderson did well behind the scrum. Gee and Teagle were magnificent throughout, being fearless in def fence and when the opportunity presented itself, thrustful in attack Though frequently dangerous the School were unable to score while Brentwood, who had a decided advantage in the first half, scored three unconverted tries and won 9fO. iw.. SCHGGL vs. BRENTWOCJD CGLLEGE A very even game on the School ground resulted in a win for Brentwood by two tries and a dropped goal Q10 pointsj to two tries Q6 pointsj. The first half was very even, but Brentwood, owing to their superiority in the scrums had more opportunity in attack and they soon opened the scoring with an unconverted try. The School soon evened up, however, when Teagle broke away on the right wing, cut in and gave to Gee who crossed the line far out. The try was not converted. After half time Brentwood attacked strongly and an error of judgement by Sworder resulted in a try near the posts which was not converted. A little later the Brentwood fly half dropped a clever goal and his side led 1Of3. Shortly before the end Teagle, who was magnificent throughout, broke away again and scored at the flag. Gee failed to improve. CHARACTERS OF THE FIRST FIFTEEN ADAMS I-fCaptain and Scrum Halfj. Invariably played a most plucky game behind the scrum and was seen at his best under pressure with his forwards beaten. Served his backs effectively and developed a good understanding with his outside half. Enthusiastic to a degree and cap' tained his side well. GEE-'fVicefCaptainJ. A clever stand-off half with a good sense of position and a safe pair of hands. Excellent in attack and was an infinitely strong- er and more thrustful player than he was last year. In defence his kicking had length and accuracy and in attack he used the short kicks ahead with effect. An excellent tackle.

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Cross Country Run The third Annual Cross Country Run, to the winner of which goes the cup presented by the Old Boys, took place under splendid weather conditions on March 21st, The winner, A. R. Speers, assumed the lead at the half way mark and maintained it to win in 36 minutes though hard pressed by Sworder who finished 15' seconds later. Field was third, 2 minutes behind the winner. Members of the Staff supervised the run and were assisted by the following Old Boys: A. B. Miller, H. W. H. Walker and A. M. McPherson. A Hockey Trip to Germany All in ze coupe. The all referred to our hockey bags which were placed in the corridor of the ElushingfHamburg express and which became constantly mixed up with the legs of the loyal subjects of the Fatherland. Needless to say, the bags were soon out again in the corridor. The countryside was flat and uninteresting through Northern Germany and some of the younger members of the team amused themselves by shouting out at intervals Hell Dunkel Beachtung which sounded full of blasphemous fury to their own ears: but only meant light dark and notice'l in the tongue of the country. The passengers nudged one another and remarked More mad English. In the diningfcar there happened to be no bread on the table at which I was seatedg so, noticing a wellffilled breadfbasket across the gangway, I rose and with a word of apology to the German who was sitting at the well-equipped table, ventured to take a couple of pieces of bread. Ach! You shall not haff. I call it dommed cheek. With these words Mein Herr spread both arms across the basket and glared at me. On arriving at Hamburg we were met by the Uhlenhorster Club representatives, interviewed by the police and sent on our way to the Moser Hotel and portioned off among our hosts. We played a series of games during Easter Week. In the match vs. Bremen we were greatly struck by the manner in which their goal keeper stopped shot after shot with his chest. Cur admiration, how' ever, was somewhat diminished when, after the game, he pulled out from under his shirt a miniature feather mattress. The Qld Rossalians, another hockey team, were in Hamburg at the same time and we played an Exhibition game between the two teams from England. Vxfe were entertained royally and our hosts provided a dinner on Easter Sunday at which eightyfthree persons were present. Sigma