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

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At the Annual Meeting, at which the Headmaster presided, J. D. Mercer was elected Captain. and A. M. Cupples, VicefCaptain, and the team for the year was as follows: J. D. Mercer fCaptainj, A. M. Cupples fVicefCaptainj, G. D. Corry, J. D. Patterson, C. A. Pike, W. D. Mackay, A. M. Cockeram, J. H. Blyth, A. Moilliet, W. A. Albert, R. S. Williams, M. M. Duke, J. A Gibbs, G R. Leslie, I. K. Dalziel. I Colours were awarded to A. M. Cupples, W. C. Mackay, and J. A. Gibbs. FIRST FIFTEEN MATCHES SCHOOL vs. VICTORI.-X COLLEGE The season opened on October 12, their opposing team being Victoria College, on Victoria High School grounds. During the first part of the game the School was on the defensive, but good tackling prevented the College from crossing the line. The ball became very slippery as the field was quite wet, and consequently the game developed into a forward tussle between the two teams. The first half was scoreless, but good forward work and good tackling by Corry, Cupples and Duke pulled the School out of some trouble. Shortly after the start of the second half, Williams kicked well to touch on the College 'lOfyd. line. From a lflfyd. scrum, Mercer came within inches of scoring. The College then pushed the School to the Zifyd. line from where the forwards scored on a dribble. Duke by following up well, fell on the hall for this try. The kick for goal was blocked. The School then tried several threefquarter runs, but many fumbles occurred due chiefly to a slippery ball. About halffway through the second half, College pressed hard, but good defensive work on the part of Albert and Mackay relieved the pressure. Mercer saved a try by falling on the ball in his own end zone. The School then pushed the College to their Bifyd. line. From here a beautiful threefquarter run followed with the wing man Dalziel scoring near the flag. The attempt of Williams to convert from a diihcult angle failed. Corry, Duke, Williams, Cupples, Mercer and Cockeram played well for the School, Corry's tackling being particularly effective. The final score was University School 6, Victoria College O. SCHOOL vs. VICTORI.-X COLLEGE The return match was played at the School, and won by the home side, on Saturday, October 19. The College forwards showed a great improvement Over their first game. They formed well in the scrums, and were effective in the line outs. 30

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The School was forced into their own territory very often, but managed to hold the College out during the first half. The threefquarters scored a very clever try with all of them handling the ball. Leslie scored in the corner. The attempt to conf vert from a difficult angle failed. College then pressed hard and were prevented from scoring by good forward work against heavier opponents. Corry and Gibbs tackled well here. Willizims, Wade and Gibbs did some good kicking in this half. Near the end of the first half, Willianis broke through the College three'quarters, who, for some reason failed to tackle him. Dalziel followed him up well and with a fine burst of speed scored near the corner. This ended the scoring in the first half. In the second half the College forwards pushed the School into their own territory on many occasions. Two tries were scored by College because the School forwards and backs did not fall on the ball when College broke away on a dribble. The backs did not kick into touch when on the defensive, and this also paved the way for the College tries. Soon after' this, College almost scored again, but Duke fell on the ball in his end zone. The School scored the .winning try about two minutes from the end of the game on another clever threefquarter run. Dalziel scored his second try of the game when all the threefquarters handled well while getting the ball out. The forwards played well against heavier opponents, but were very weak in the line outs. Patterson, Blyth, Moilliet, Albert, Gillespie and Corry played execllently on the attack, but were weak on the defensive. The final score was University School 9, Victoria College 6. SCHOOL vs. CANADIAN SCOTTISH ZND BATTALION On November 6, the School played the Canadian Scottish 2nd Battalion at the School. At the start of the game the Scottish forwards carried the ball near our line. Mercer then saved a try by holding a Scottish man from grounding the ball in our goal area. Gibbs and Leslie made a good run to the Scottish line. Dalziel II carried the ball over the Scottish line, but could not ground it. The Scottish then scored on a threefquarter run and smart backingfup. The kick failed. The Scottish scored again on a break through of the forwards. The kick again failed. Near the end of the half the Scots pushed the School forwards over following a Sfyd. scrum. Half time score was Scottish 9, School O. In the second half the School improved considerably. Leslie scored following a smart threefquarter play. The kick from a difficult angle failed. Near the end of the game, Cupples scored on the smartest threefquarter play of the day. The kick failed. The finaluscore was Scuttish 9, University School 6. 31