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

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attributable to poor play by the Navy, though Boate and Gagnon deserve credit for being on hand to take full advantage and score. After half time the School went further ahead when Maureri scored a good forward try, a just reward for consistently fine play in the loose Huff failed to convert. The Navy scored their first try when shocking defensive play by the School centres resulted in a try being scored under the posts. The kick was charged down. Huff then put the School further ahead when he dodged through following a scrum on the Navy line. He converted his own try. The final score came when a poor pass by a School centre was intercepted and a try was scored between the posts. It was not converted. Massy i, Pott, Massy ii and Maureri were outstanding. .TOT SCHOOL vs. SHAVJNIGAN LAKE SCHOGL This magnificent match was won after a bitter struggle by Shawn' igan Lake by a goal, a penalty goal and a try fl lptsj, to a goal and a try Q8 ptsj The School opened with rare dash and almost immediately car' ried play to the Shawnigan twentyffive where the forwards exerted relentless pressure. After some time Shawnigan effected a partial clearance but a little later Huff trying to make touch near the Shaw' nigan line kicked over the goal line and Thorne, following up fast and assisted by the bounce of the ball and the slow work of the op' posing full back, was successful in scoring a try which Huff failed to improve. Continuing to attack strongly the School might easily have added to their score but Huff's scoring pass to Everett went astray. Shawnigan were given little respite however as the School pack were magnificent in the loose and gave little away in the linefout and the tight . The Shawnigan backs looked far more dangerous than the School outsides but the marking was too close and the tackling too keen for much headway to be made. The School pack made a fine though abortive effort to force a try by concerted push on the Shawnigan line, and shortly after from a scrum fifteen yards from the line, the ball came out to Huff and he dodged through to score near the posts. He converted his own try and the School led 8fO. Some midfield play then took place and the Shawnigan backs were seen to advantage and only a magnificent tackle by Boate saved the School on one occasion. just before half time Shawnigan carried play to the School line where from a line out one of their forwards went through backwards to score a clever try which was not converted. -12-

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After half time the School played up well and should have opened the scoring but Field missed a fairly easy penalty. About ten minutes from the end the High School outside half made a nice opening and a try was obtained on the left wing. It was unconverted. Field then came into the outside half position and from then on it was all School. Field was brought down a foot from the line on one occasion and a little later the same player missed a ridiculously easy penalty kick but no further score resulted. The backs played much better on the whole but were not conf vincing especially in defence. Massyi was the pick of the forwards who as a group did very well indeed. LO... SCHOOL vs. OAK BAY HIGH SCHOOL The Oak Bay forwards proved too heavy, fast and aggressive for the School and won 21f8. I In the first half Oak Bay scored three tries, two of which were magnificently goaled from the worst of positions by Grogan, their full back. After the restart the School improved somewhat and Field forced himself over following a scrum near the Oak Bay goal line. Huff failed to convert. Almost immediately the High School retaliated with a try on the left wing. It was converted and Oak Bay led 186. The School then pressed strongly and Field and Spencer only just failed with separate efforts. They added to their score, how' ever, when Field, tackled near the line, slipped a pass to Huff who ran over between the posts. He converted his own try. An unconf verted try by the High School ended the scoring. The School forwards played fairly well, Maureri and Massyi being splendid and receiving good support from Massy ii and Spencer. The backs were weak, but Field showed form on occasion. .TO.... SCHOOL vs. THE NAVY This was a very rugged game and was won by the School by two goals and two tries Q16 ptsj to two tries Q6 ptsj The Navy, one of the weaker teams of the City Intermediate League, completely controlled the tight serums and also showed to advantage in the line out, but the School forwards were superior in the loose,'. The School scored two tries in the first half one of which was converted by Huff. Both tries were lucky ones and were largely -11-

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After the restart the School continued to have a decided ad' vantage territorially, the forwards playing with magnificent dash and harrying the opposing backs to the limit. Cn several occasions Shaw' nigan were forced to touch down but no score resulted and Shawnif gan gradually relieved the pressure. After some ten minutes play Shawnigan were awarded a penalty dead in front and about thirty yards out and a goal was kicked. With the score 816 in favour of the School play continued ex' tremely fast, the tackling being keen in the extreme. Much bitter forward play took place but for some time neither line was seriously threatened. Five minutes from the end the Shawnigan rightfwing was given the ball well inside his own twentyffive and though he was tackled once and down, he was not properly held, and with a fine determined effort he put himself in the clear and started a move' ment that resulted in a try between the posts which was converted. The School with their undoubted superiority in the scrum and their weakness behind it were wise to make the game a forward one, and they were indeed unfortunate to lose a game throughout which they had maintained such a decided territorial advantage, in the closing minutes. A large number of spectators were on hand to witness a game which made up for what it lacked in cleverness by the speed and intense keenness in which it was played. A fine match nobly won and grandly lost. 101. SCHCDOL vs. BRENTWOOD CCLLEGE The worst possible weather conditions made threefquarter work an impossibility in this game which was played at Brentwood and won by the School by a goal and two tries Q1 lptsj, to a try C3 ptsj. Brentwood opened strongly and for ten minutes were all over the School whose centres tackled atrociously. Only one try was obtained however, though but for Boate who twice came from no' where to save the situation with magnificent tackles, three might well have been scored. Play continued to be fairly even for some time but finally the forwards having worked the ball into the Brentwood twentyffive, Huff sei:ed a loose ball and nipped around the blind side to score a good try. Field failed to add the extra points. lvlaintaining pressure the School went into the lead when following some fine play by Ivlassy ii, Maureri obtained an excellent forward try near the posts. Huff converted. f For some time after the restart Brentwood attacked strongly and the School were hard pressed but finally the forwards, led by the -13,-