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

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though by no means a batsman. and hit at everything lustily to be rewarded with an undefeated 34 runs at the overdue declaration of 155 for seven wickets. These were not good tactics by the Shawnigan captain and it left just under one hundred minutes either to get the runs or play for a draw. From the outset of our innings it became obvious that we had insufficient time to get these runs. After jones left Queale, with only three for one wicket. it looked very safe in the hands of Moffat and Queale to play out the remaining hour and force a draw. This was a new role for Moffat to play and he played it with patience and allowed Queale the strike as often as it was possible. but it was all too short-lived. Rooper came in-was nearly stumped the first ball, was dropped the second by square leg and utterly bowled the third! Higgs I and Stamer did not alter the situation greatly while Queale batted on with complete mastery. Gerry, who had been held back in the order for such a situation as this. blossomed forth with some well placed runs and everything appeared under control. Gerry then pushed one to cover and moved forward calling WVait -eQueale was backing up too well and realizing he could not turn back was run out rather unnecessarily. Gerry was next to go. for a valuable twenty runs, which brought Hibbard to the wicket-one mishit and he was gone. Now we had Barker and Walton and much peering at watches and breathless silence. Each ball was studied carefully. Barker had seen out one over and sensibly refused to change ends though he struck one which would have enabled him to do so. Walton knew that time was all that mattered and with quiet concentration he played each one as it came. The fielders came as close as the rule allowed but their grasp was to remain empty. The last ball! It was over! Queale will not forget this model innings nor will those who watched him. SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL Jones, b, Rooper .............................. 14 Jones, b. Douglas ........ 'K' Douglas, ht. wkt. INalton ...... ....... 3 Queale. run out .......... Simson, c. Moffat ............... ....... M offat. b. Svendsen .... Kaye I, b. Moffat ............ ....... Cuppage, run out ....... .... Fox, ct.8Lb. Kaye I .... Rooper. b. Kaye I ...... Reid II, c. Rooper ....... ....... H iggs. ct.LQb. Kaye I.. Brooks, not out .......... Stamer, b. Cuppage .... Coates, b. Gerry .............................. Gerry, ct.8cb. Douglas Kaye II, not out .............................. Barker, not out ............ Smith, Svendsen, did not bat ........ Extras .............................................. Hibbard, ct. Douglas Walton. not out .......... Extras .......................... Total for 7 wkts. declared .... 155 fM Total for 9 wkts ....... ,,....,, 7 6 BOWLING ANALYSIS Moffat 2 for 19 Douglas 3 for 28 VValton 1 for -ll Svendsen 1 for 18 Gerry 2 for 27 Kaye I l for 21 Rooper 1 for 9 Cuppage 1 for 7 Queale l for 19 Higgs, I O for 2 Fox 0 for 10 Stamer 0 for 19 29

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Kaye. was unlucky to hit his wicket and the rest offered little resistance. WValton kept his length sufficiently to gain an analysis of five for fifteen which was a workmanlike effort. Our innings opened patiently. Gerry. using his feet, played some delightful drives through the off side field for singles and Queale took care of anything required of him. Thirty-seven seemed to be well within the grasp of these two but Queale mistimed a half-volley and lifted a very simple catch to mid-off standing in close. Nloffat called Gerry for a short but possible run but Gerry hesitated and did not accelerate sufficiently to reach the other end in time. Fox, an uncertain starter. was out as soon as he was in and it was left to Nloffat and his captain Rooper to pass their total and in doing so they played some nice strokes and ran between the wickets well. After we had won the remaining time was split equally and much enjoyment ensued. SHANYNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL Do-uglas, e. Hibbard b. Walton ...... 0 Reid I, b. Moffat ...............,............ O Simson. b. Walton .......,.................. 12 Kaye I, ht. wkt ........... ..... -l Cuppage, b. Halton ....... ..... 0 Coates, c.8:b. Moffat ........ ........ L I Brookes, b, Gerry ........,..... ........ l 0 Reid II, run out ......,............ ..... 6 Jones. played on Walton ........ .. 2 Smith I, b. Moffat ............... ..... 2 Svendsen, not out ........ O 1 Extras ....................... ..... Total ...... .............. 3 7 UNIVERSITY SCHOOL Gerry, run out ..........,..................... 8 Queale. ct. Kaye I b. Svendsen .... 5 Fox. ct. Smith b. Douglas .............. 5 Moffat, b. Svendsen .........,...,.....,.... 13 Rooper, not out ................. ...,.., 4 Higgs I. not out ........ ,... 0 Extras ....... - ............................ .... 3 Total for four wickets ......,..... 38 Jones, Barker. Walton. Hibbard and Stamer did not bat. BOWLING ANALYSIS lN'alton 5 for I5 Moffat 3 for 14 Gerry 1 for 0 Svendsen 2 for 7 Douglas I for '28 lst Xl v. SHAXVNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL Saturday. june 12 at Shawnigan Lake School Result: Draw Rooper won the toss and asked them to bat. It was a sound idea and automatically would determine how many runs his side would be called upon to make to be certain of victory. The previous meeting Shawnigan had only managed to gather together thirty- seven runs but on this occasion our bowlers lacked both hostility and determination with the result that runs were piled on by a partnership between Simson and Kaye I which yielded over fifty most valuable runs. A fair judgment of the bowling may be deter- mined by the fact that six wide balls were sent down, and many balls which pitched half way to the batsman. Indeed it was tragic to see Kaye I depart to an off break on the second bounce which bowled him from Moffat. but it was indicative of the sort of fare that was on offei. The incoming Brooks went to work right away, 28

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CRICKET THE c:oLTs xi The Colts did not have a very successful season. This was due, perhaps, to the brevity of the term and the many other activities. Their batting strength lay in the efforts of Shanks, Coleman and Knoop, and on occasions Crosskleg and Vfenman, and when these were dismissed cheaply the side struggled for runs. Shanks, the captain. was our stock bowler and while he frequently bowled well at his normal pace he too often forsook length for hostility with detrimental results. but he is a future bowler of some promise. The fielding was generally sound but there were too many runs given away by careless backing up. lN'inning three and losing three games was a fair indication of their merit. Clenlyon was their victim twice in low scoring matchesg Shawnigan beat them twice i rather more easily the second at home gamer and they broke even with St. lX1ichael's. The following represented the Colts during the term: Shanks, Knoop, Wfenrnan, Coleman, Beban I. Grosskleg. Connorton, Storr. Bennett, WVhittaker. Lahey, Nlarinker, Schaefer. PS. FIRST ELEVEN CHARACTERS ROOPER CCaptainJ-A forcing. quick scorer in attack whose back play is rather wide open. A safe field and useful medium pace bowler. His captaincy was firm but quiet. FGX lYice-Captainl+Commences an innings shakily but with patience. Hits the bad ball very hard when set and shows brilliant anticipation in the field and running between wickets. MOFFATW-An efficient run getter-all action but often loses added power by not placing foot to pitch of the ball. His great accuracy in out field returns to the wicket and ability to impart much turn when bowling slow medium makes him the teanfs most useful player. QUE.-XLE !Wicket Keeper-J-A very steady all round performer. maturing into a hard driving batsman showing pronounced ability on the leg side. A bowler of merit if required. HIGGS I-A hostile bowler lacking accuracy of length. Much improved in the field: his batting should benefit when he realizes not every ball can be struck for six! BARKER-A good close-in fielder who has not had much luck with the bat this season JONES-A left hander with some good off-side ground strokes. Safe in the field-possessox of an accurate throw. GERRYP-Endowed with all the natural ability he may require to bat, field and bowl with ever increasing success in the future. 30