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

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The visit to St. George's produced the best performance of the season, and the team was widely congratulated on its speed, vigour and skill. The scrum played a good, fast game and the three-quarters were handling with unaccustomed sureness. The score was 22-3 and included two excellent tries-one scored by Forrester as the result of a close forward rush half the length of the field, and the other the outcome of a fine opening by Qgle, who sent the ball quickly down the line to Eves on the wing. At Shawnigan the opposition was stronger and the team suffered from a malaise that could not be attributed to the increase in altitude. The game was won by eight points to six. The excitement and suspense were altogether too prolonged for comfort. However, the standard of football was nowhere near as high as it had been the previous week. The scrum was slow on the loose ball. passes were dropped or went astray and tackles were missed. Grubb, at full back, frequently re- covered the mistakes of others, and without his steady tackling and kicking the matter would have ended otherwise. He had his reward when he kicked the winning goal. The Easter term was marred by the eccentricity of the weather. The only two matches were played in the last week of the term. Both of them were adequate victories against St. George's and Shawnigan, although all the teams were depleted through illness. The final game clashed with the Drama Festival and found three members of the team promoted to the Senate. 'An extra game was played against Qualicum, which provided an opportunity for those who had never appeared in a school match before, The Qualicum side was strengthened with some of their senior players and they won the game by a margin of six points. The exper- ience was valuable to those who would not otherwise have had a game. Several newcomers were on the team: Bird, Brown IH, Mont- gomery, Simpson H and Cree all came as novices and earned their places by enthusiasm and consistent practice. Montgomery has a natural stride and variation of pace, which give him fine possibilities as a centre. Brown supplied the answer to the lengthy search for a quick scrum half. reliable in defence as well as attack. Ogle and Grubb had previous experience which both of them used to considerable effect. They lent a restraint and sanity to their more hot-headed companions behind the scrum. Among those who survived from previous seasons. Eves I has fulfilled his promise and added good handling and an elusive quality to his natural speed. He is one of the best offensive three-quarters in the School. In the scrum Bernard re- turned to captain the side and lead the forwards: his excellent example was vigorously followed by Godfrey I, Forrester, Schmidt and Cohen. Lahey, though absent for a considerable time through illness, proved to be the only reliable hooker. Allen and Wenman, both experienced at scrum half. used their knowledge to good effect as break forwards, frequently supporting their outsides in attack and especially success- ful in gaining control of the loose ball. Peters, Glark I, Stephen, Wil- son II and Godfrey II also played on the side during the season. Apart from all these, there were many others who could be relied upon 26

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THE COLTS Grubb. R. Schmidt Clark, G, Cohen Bird Brown, D. Montgomery Eyes. L. Lahey Bernard CCapt.l Godfrey, C. Forrester Allen Henman Ogle COLTS RUGBY The year on the Rugby Field was rightly dominated by the successful performances of the lst XV. In justice this record of the Colts season should begin by stating that this team also was never defeated and. of greater importance. that it saw the appearance of a number of players whose promise for the future raises high hopes that the current run of success will be a long one. A member of the visiting Barbarians team and a well-known coach stated that he would never be satisfied with fewer than three ninety-minute practice periods each week. excluding games. For various reasons it has never been possible to maintain such a schedule. However. the team this season was prepared to go out on to the field just to practise. and to keep practising. The reward for such enterprise should come in the week-end game. but the weather. sickness and lack of available opposition reduced the seasonal total of matches to six. The filst two games were played against Qualicum College. who were returning to Rugby after several years of absence and were not the equal of a more experienced side. Both scores ran to more than 50 points in the School's favour, This provided useful attacking prac- tice for the three-quarters and served to introduce newcomers to the game. but it tended towards a complacency in the team which was hardly justified. 25

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to take an interest in the games, and those who gained their places in this team had to do so in the face of competition. Throughout the season both games and practices were conducted with enthusiasin and energy. If such spirit and acquired skill suryiye. the Schoolis Rugby has a bright future. C. li. i i lst XI Henman Wilson. A. Beban, D. BIcClaskey Dalziel Ode Pollard Coleman Getz lCapt.J Cuppage Fulton CRICKET The 1957 season was extremely short but yery successful. Only five matches were played but all five were won. the School games very comfortably. R. B. Getz and E. Coleman led the team as Captain and Vice- Captain respectively. and they had four other members of the 1956 Xl to assist them. The season was a triumph for the Captain. who scored 215 runs with only three of his fiye innings completed. His 20 wickets cost him 67 runs. so. with a batting ayerage of 71.6 and a bowling average of 3.35. he dominated schoolboy cricket in Victoria, The main batting' support came from Fulton. a most successful hitter. who made 103 runs for an average of 25.7. With the ball Cuppage was an outstand- ing performer. his 17 wickets costing him el.-ll runs each. Other mem- bers of the side were rather overshadowed. but there were players of all-round promise among them. whose day is coming, 27