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

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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

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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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SCHOOL V. MR. R. WENMAN'S XI The School bowlers came in for punishment, although Moffat took 5 for 38. Gerry and Queale batted well at the beginning of the School innings but lNfIoffat was soon out and. with the others batting poorly. the School was still 38 runs short at the close. and, with only one wicket in hand. were luckv to draw. MR. R. WENM.-XN'S XI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL Goddard. l.b.w. Moffat .................... Queale, ct. Rooper b. Goddard ........ 26 Hendra. b. Shanks ..S....,..i.......w......... Gerry, l.b.w. Fulton ....,.............,....... 21 Calton, st, Queale b. Moffat ..,...,..... 28 Moffat. b. Fulton .............................. 3 Rooper, b, Moffat ............................ - Greenhouse. b. Fulton ...................... O Fulton. b. Moffat ...,......,........ ..... 0 Little. ct. Berrisford b. Fulton .......... 4 Burnett, H. C., run out ......... ..... 2 3 Shanks, b. Goddard ...........,....,......... 2 Berrisford, b. Stamer .,,............. ..... 3 Higgs I, b. Goddard ................. ..... 5 McNeill, run out ....................,........... Coleman. b, Fulton ....... ..... 3 Burnett, H. E., c.8:b. Moffat ............ Stamer. b. Fulton ............ ..... 0 Wenrnan, J.. not out ................ ...., P ollard I. not out ............... ..... 3 Wenman, R., did not bat ....... ..... 0 McLeod II, did not bat ........ ..... 0 Extras ............,..................... ..... 5 Extras ................,.,.......,...... ......... 1 Total ,.......................,............... 106 Total ...................,....... .,,....., 6 8 SCHOOL V. SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL The School won an excellent game at Shawnigan Lake by three runs. Shanks and Greenhouse showed promise with the bat and, with Higgs I and Nfoffat also reaching double figures. the School totalled 70. The School out cricket was quite good. Stamer 15 for 177 and Shanks sl for 42N bowled unchanged. Both Moffat and Little took beautiful catches. ' UNIVERSITY SCHOOL SH.-XWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL Queale, l.b.w. Vandersluis .............,,. jones. ct. Moffat b. Shanks ...,.......... 0 Gerry, l.b.w. Vandersluis ,................. Brooks, b. Stamer ,....,..,......... ..... 7 Greenhouse, ct. Kaye b. Cuppage .... Douglas, b. Shanks ................ ......... 7 Moffat. b. Cuppage .......................... Kaye I. l.b.w. Stamer ........................ 16 Shanks, st. McGavin b. Crisp .......... Read I. ct. Little b. Shanks .............. 24 Higgs I, l.b.w. Crisp .......................... Smith, b. Stamer .................... ..... 0 Little, b. Crisp .................... ..... C uppage, run out ......... ...... 1 Pollard I, not out ................... ..... M cGavin, b. Stamer ........ ...... 3 Coleman, b. Vandersluis ....... ..... C risp, not out ..................... ..... 1 Stamer. b. Crisp ..................... ..... K aye II, b, Stamer ............,... ..... 0 Dayton. ct. Brooks b, Crisp ...... ..... X i'anders1uis. ct. Greenhouse Extras ..................................,.. ..... b . Shanks ............................ ..... 1 - Extras ................................. ..... 7 Total ..... ........ 7 O - Total ..................... ........ 6 7 SCHOOL V. ST. GEORGE'S SCHOOL A close game in Vancouver resulted in the defeat of the School bv three runs. Of the School batsmen only Nfoffat had any success against some mediocre bowling. Greenhouse lwho took six for thirty- ninel bowled well. and seven wickets fell for thirty-eight runs. The St. George's tail played with courage and luck. and the School, who missed vital catches and were sadly lacking in anticipation, allowed a game which thev should have won to slip away from their grasp. 28