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

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won the day. Schaefer, too, played with greater ability than he had hitherto shown. and Chambers I tackled courageously. Realizing that our strength lay in the forwards, Little continually turned back the ball to them, and very intelligently did they play. 7 Fairbourn and W hidden were very noticeable in the loose, and they were ably led by Sanders. who was in fine form. Sanders made our only try, picking up a rolling ball with amazing' ease, St. George's were bound to score if their backs were served, as they were bigger boys and difficult to hold on the slippery surface. Two runaway breaks came their way and they made certain of their chances, the School eventually losing' 6-3. PS. JUNIOR RUGBY On the whole this Uroyed to be a most successful season. Our only defeat, in the second of three matches against 'Shawniganf was avenged by a subsequent 6-O victory. and the team finished in a blaze of glory with a 27-O win against St. George's on the home ground. This was the only occasion on which the Side showed its true worth: perhaps the many easy victories early in the season produced a com- placent attitude that was only to be discarded in defeat. The organized league of local teams gradually disintegrated. At the time of its inglorious demise we were leading comfortably on points. The main criticism to be made of the Team is that it was composed of many excellent individuals who rarely succeeded in suppressing their natural ambitions in the interests of constructive Rugger. Determination throughout the game and constructive play as a team were the two virtues most conspicuously lacking. If these can be acquired next season the School will have the foundation of an extremely powerful side for years to come. C.B. 26

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johaneson and Kissinger were working hard in the pack and we eventually emerged victorious by six points to nil. Cn December ltli the Colts lost to St. George's at Vancouver by I2 points to three. The game was comparatively uninteresting and was marred by spoiling tactics on both sides. lN'e unfortunately tried to meet strength with strength. but their scrum was better than ours. lasted the pace and deserved to earn victory. Inexperience caused Ross II to part with the ball on two occasions when further penetration would likely have brought scores. Pollard H was very slow and was not proving a good kick at stand off half. lncidcntally. he preferred to pass before drawing his man. Little. with the forwards. worked hard all the time and Sanders was prominent. Coleman did much intelligent defensive covering. while Johaneson broke quickly and was a good spoiler. Three tries and a penalty were the St. Gcorge's share. while Little forced his way over for our solitary try. Coleman failing narrowly to convert from a difficult angle. An under 16 match v. Esquimalt High. on january 19th. turned out to be a very scrappy meeting. with plenty of heavy tackling-not always low. Neither side looked a scoring team. but our players. with their wider experience. managed to carry us to victory. For us this was the first game played under the new rules and. since our opponents too lacked knowledge. chiefly of the advantage rule. much hesitant play ensued. Had we opened up the score might have been doubled. As it was-Fisher was fearless. and brought off some fair saving tackles: Cotton was quite a success at stand off half. and Swangard was well up with the play all the time. In a return game. on january 26th. Esquimalt showed great improvement. They ran with determination and. on the play. deserved to win. Our tackling was high and our passing very inaccurate. Little and Johaneson were comparatively good in defence. but Cotton only ran at half speed and Fisher dropped many passes. Rooney I tried very hard on the wing and tackled soundly. but the high packing of the forwards produced sluggish heeling and we were deservedly beaten 5-0. On january 29th the Colts had an easy 429-Ui win over Shawni- gan. and then came their last game. against St. George's at home. The match had been postponed two weeks and by that time the School team had been badly riddled by the prevailing 'flu. Five of the backs and two of the forwards were unable to turn out. and it is greatly to the credit of the '105 lb., replacements that we were able to do so well and by no means to disgrace ourselves. In any case it served a useful purpose that the newcomers should be blooded', under very adverse conditions which included hail and sleet. liVe had come to expect whole-hearted efforts from Little both personally and as Captain. and it was his drive and spirit that nearly 25

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CRICKET With experienced leadership in S. Moffat 1Capt. i and S. S. R. Queale 1Vice-Captm a good season was anticipated. The side started well with yery creditable draws against Cowichan and the L'niyersity School lncogs. They followed with a win against Shawnigan Lake School. and were also successful against Mr. R. lVenman's XI and a very weak side from H.lNI.C.S. Venture. Defeat was conceded to Shawnigan Lake School in the return game. and also to St. George's School. when the game was thrown away in the field. The bowling was adequate. Four boys. Shanks. Greenhouse. Molifat and Stamer. took oyer ten wickets each. Greenhouse, with thirteen wickets for sixty-three runs. had the best ayerage. while Shanks. with sixteen for 145. took the most wickets and was fully as promising. The batting was far too dependent on Btloffat. who scored 199 runs in seyen innings. for an ayerage of twenty-eight. Queale averaged fourteen. but both he and Gerry. the other recog- nized batsman, failed in all three matches against other Schools and both were disappointing. The fielding was not up to standard. Queale kept wicket adequately, lNIoffat was brilliant in any position and Little was also excellent, but none of the others was consistently good. and certain of them were consistently bad. There was a merciful reyiyal of the Clayton Cup Competition this year, and Moffat's XI were successful in winning the Cup in competition with teams captained by Queale. Higgs I and Gerry. The House Matcli was won by Founders. but Brentwood House. the underdogs, put up a very good fight. The bat presented by the L'niyersity School Incogs. to the best all-round Cricketer in the School was won by Nloffat. lV.R.G.XY. FIRST ELEVEN MATCHES SCHOQL V. COWICHAN. CC. Without Queale the School total of 95 was respectable. KIoffat hit three sixes in his 42. He tried six bowlers and the School out cricket was promising. Cowichan had lost 8 wickets for 74 runs at the close and the game was drawn. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL COWICI-IAN C.C. Gerry. run out .................................. 12 Howarth. ct. Moffat b. Shanks ........ 9 Greenhouse, b. Moffat ......... .... 8 Milne. b. Moffat ........................ ..... 1 Shanks, b. Shaw .......................... ...... C 1 Yan Zizl, b. Higgs I .......................... 2 Moffat, b. Shaw ................................ +2 Shaw. P.. not out .............................. 34 Higgs I, ct. Moffat b. Haynes ........ 4 Moffat, et. Higgs I b, Moffat .......... ll Pollard I. ct. Shaw b. Zizl .............. 0 Anderson, c. K b. Moffat ................ 4 Stamer. b. Mustas ............................ 15 Haynes. b. Gerry ................... ..... 1 Little, not out .................................... l Tibbles. b. Stamer .................... ..... -l Coleman, ct. Shaw b. Mustas ...,...... l Reid, ct. Shanks b. Stamer ...... ..... 5 Pollard II, b. Mustas ................. .... f J Shaw, R., not out ................... ..... 0 McLeod II. b. Shaw ................ .... 6 Mustas. did not bat ............ ..... 0 Extras .......................... .... 6 Extras .................................. ........ I 5 Totals ....... 95 Total Ifor 8 wicketsm ..... ....... . 7-I 27