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

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POLLARDe-An improved forward. Very slow in the loose. where he has not yet learnt to use his weight to advantage. Yery prominent in the line-out. where his height and excellent hands were well used, A good kick. ROSE-An excellent second row forward. Good in the tight, and though some- what slow in the loose played spirited and determined football. Effective in defence. An honest worker who invariably gave of his best and played the game in the proper spirit. DEARING-Played in the second row and did quite well in the tight. Too slow in the loose, and lacked experience and a sound knowledge of the game. CROFTON-A greatly improved forward especially in the loose, where he was always close to the ball and very robust and determined. Useful in the line-out but rather awkward in the tight. FINDLAY-Lacked experience and a sound knowledge of the game but de- veloped into a fairly useful forward. Defended quite well, but his handling and kicking were weak. DALZIEL-An excellent forward. Handled and kicked badly, but was a tire- less worker in the loose and a magnificent tackle. Played all out from start to finish and was an outstanding member of the side. W.R.G.W. 23

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no time were the School in the picture and Calton, Rooper, Burnett and Duke showed them speed and the art of combination. After the restart the Old Boys continued to dominate. Tries were scored by Rooper. McCallum and Calton, while Shipley added a penalty goal and Fox and Branson were successful with conversions. just before the end I forced himself over for a try for the School, but failed,to add the extra points. and the Qld Boys won 33-3. The School faced superior opposition behind the scrum, but should have had an advantage forward. and, in any case, should never have conceded 33 points to a side who were older and had never played together before. Resolution in defence was noticeably lacking. The Old Boys played attractive. open football and were splendidly served at scrum half by Fox, who gave Higgs H a lesson in this position. VV.R.G.W. FIRST FIFTEEN CHARACTERS LEON lCaptain and Centre Three-QuarterI-Appeared on four occasions only and his almost constant illness was a great disappointment to him , and a tragedy to the side. Showed enough of his past form, both in attack and defence, to make clear the vast difference his fitness would have produced. HIGGS I lYice-Captainl-A capable front row forward who shone in the tight and in the line-out. In the loose he did not use his weight to advan- tage. As a place-kicker he was far above the average, and the side owed much to his skill in this department. MOFFAT lCentre Three-Quarterl-An experienced player who kicked with judgment and handled beautifully. Though his tendency was to try to beat too many men, his clever use of the dummy always gave promise of results. His lack of physique and shakiness in defence were against him. STANIER-Rather variable, but made a promising start both as a centre and a scrum half. His defence is by no means sure, and in attack he lacks thrust as yet. MULDER fXYing Three-Quarterl+His handling was weak and his kicking deplorable. His tackling, however, was keen and sure, and he faced for- wards with the ball at their feet with a courage which few of his fellows could match. YYilling to a degree and always gave of his best, HIGGS H fSrum Halfw-A useful scrum half whose service was quick but not accurate. In defence he was courageous. in attack spirited, but he never reached the heights expected of one of his experience and ability. QUE.-XLE lOutside Half w eExperienced. but too slow for his position. He had good hands and his passing was timely. His kicking was weak. his defence sometimes lacked resolution and he was never sufficiently fit to do himself justice. NfcLEOD Il lFull BackzgYoung and inexperienced but showed considerable promise. Courageous, and tackled fairly well, but was too slow on his feet. WATSONfA useful hook. Played keen and vigorous football in the loose. where he was always close to the ball. lYeak in defence. T7

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COLTS AND '135' RUGBY On October 27th the School 135 lbs.1 was at Home to 'Shawni- gan'. Our team was composed largely of last season,s players at this weight. but we still only averaged 121 lbs. per man and the blow of losing Savale within a quarter of an hour virtually lost us the game. The ground was very hard and the pace consequently fast. The loss of the best tackler on the field made it impossible for us to hold our opponents. Failure at half back to get the line going lost us many scoring chances. though we were infinitely better in the back field. At half time we were leading 5-3. through a quick follow up by NIcLeod I. who converted his own try. Little then took over at scrum half and we began to fight back territorially. Johaneson and Coleman worked hard but lacked the weight to carry them over. Skinner, on the wing. proved dangerous whenever he managed to get the ball. A very late try. against the run of the play. gave Shawnigan victory. At Shawnigan. on November 13th. the Colts f12O lbsm showed themselves an extremely promising side and gained a fully-deserved victory in very wet conditions. If conditions had been the guide this game would' have been purely a forward one. but Little, playing a real Captain's part at scrum half, saw to it that the ball got away quickly and cleanly to Pollard II. who settled immediately into what would appear to be his natural position. Our very sure handling of the greasy ball added to Shawnigan's discomfort. and. after a strong start. their line cracked and allowed Price over for Grosskleg to convert from a not too easy angle. Philipsen dislocated a thumb but was very nearly over before leaving the field for good. Then Coleman. though he had been wandering out of position. was in the right place to gather a rolling ball. score and convert. Some uncertain tackling allowed a Shawnigan score and half time arrived 13-3 in our favour. Cn the resumption Clough and Plant I scored quickly and there came a second Shawnigan try. Before the final whistle Little. Pol- lard II and Johaneson ia menace to the opposing halves through his quick breakingu produced some clever passing, and Little and Pollard were both successful. Prominent also were Sanders. who had been well up with the ball throughout the game. and Kissinger. who had hooked efficiently, The score at the end was 22-6. ln the return match iNovember Qelthw against Shawnigan the Colts got away to a shaky start. Realization of their weakness pro- duced some defensive efforts. but a kicking policy meant that many scoring chances went begging. Pollard Il was unaccountably slow at stand off half and was passing before drawing his man. Ross II eventually demonstrated the virtue of straight running. and it was he who opened our account by evading many would-be tacklers and making a well-judged dive for the line. There was insufficient binding when heeling the ball. and though Little got it away smartly the line was not driving through. as the centres were trying to beat their men on the inside Coleman being the chief culpritv. However, Sanders. 24