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

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RUGBY FOOTBALL B. E. B. Cuppage and F.. Fairbourn were chosen to lead the side as Captain and Vice-Captain respectively. Five other members of the 1956-57 team returned. so prospects were bright. Throughout the Christmas Term all went well. Both St. George-'s School and Shawnigan Lake School were defeated on their own grounds and the only reverse suffered was at the hands of Oak Bay Wanderers. a senior side. The Easter Term opened with injuries to both halves. Cuppage and Pollard. who never turned out again. and then an epidemic of mumps completed the decimation. All subsequent games were lost. and St. George's. quite rightly not wishing to share our mumps. abandoned this important fixture. completing the disap- pointments of the season. In all eleven matches were played. six of which were won and five lost. Colours were awarded to F., Fairbourn. R. L. Pratt. IJ. R. Sleep and I. C. G. Ogle. The full 1957-58 Team was as follows- B. F.. B. Cuppage, E. Fairbourn. W. G. Lund. E. St. Pollard, R. B. Getz, R. L. Pratt. D, R. Sleep. I. C. G. Ogle. F. ll. Eyes. tl, IV. Sey- mour, F. G. Beban. Andrews. E, H. lVoodland. R. R. Fulton and N. I. Bedard. The 2nd XV were not a strong side. and actually between the 2nd. and 3rd, XVs there was little to choose. The matches against Shawnigan Lake School were won but those against St. George's were lost. There was plenty of promise in the 3rd, XV. who won all their games. Clark II, Hudson I. Wittke and Grubb I all showed to advantage. Once again the Colts XV enjoyed an unbeaten season. In Lahey. Y'Venman I and Rigos I they had experienced players. who were well supported both in the scrum and behind it. YV. R. G. IV. FIRST FIFTEEN MATCHES The season opened at Carnarvon Park on October 26th, when the School defeated Victoria College by a goal 15 pointsi to nil. Both sides were very short of practice and play was ragged throughout. The College. with a vast weight superiority forward. had by far the better of the argument in the set scrums with the result that their outsides had many opportunities. They combined poorly. however. and were able to penetrate the School defence on three occasions only. In each case a centre ran straight through and the School were saved only by very creditable tackling by Nlaude I. the full back, who stood up well under severe testing. Cuppage was out- standing behind the scrum for the School, who fought manfully and were still on even terms at half time. After the restart the School showed to better advantage. Their condition was better than that of their opponents and they had a full 25

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share of the game territorially. Still denied the ball from the tight and the line-out they made up for it by lively play in the loose, Toward the close the School gained control and subjected their opponents to severe and constant pressure. Some extremely spirited play took place close to the College line. Cuppage was all but over once after going' on the blind side, and finally, after a pile of players had been sorted out over the College line. Beban I was awarded a try. This was splendidly goalecl by Cuppage and the School won 5-0. SCHOOL v. OAK BAY XVANDERERS lSeniorl At lVindsor Park the School faced very heavy opposition in the Vflanderers senior side and gave a creditable display in losing by four goals and two tries 126 points! to a goal and a try Q8 pointsj. From the start the Wfanclerers showed themselves to be too heavy forward and too fast and experienced behind the scrum for their younger and lighter opponents, The School forwards packed badly and were beaten in every phase of forward play. In consequence the School outsides were hard pressed in defence and in the first twenty minutes were forced to concede two tries. both of which were goaled. Shortly before half time the School were rewarded when, follow- ingsome very good play by Pollard and Beban, Forrester took Beban's pass almost on the line and opened the School,s account. Cuppage failed to convert. Soon after half time the School added to their score when a timely pass by Ogle gave Getz a chance to show his speed and score a fine try which Ogle turned into a goal. to cut the arrears to two points. The NVanderers, however. exerted pressure and soon ran away with the match. adding two goals and two tries to win 26-8. Though outplayed in all departments the School were by no means disgraced. SCHOOL v. OAK BAY HIGH SCHOOL This match was played at Carnarvon Park and resulted in a win for the School by a penalty goal and three tries t 12 pointsl to nil. The School pack opened very strongly. showing to advantage in the tight. where Beban hooked well. The backs were given much of the ball but although Oak Bay were hard pressed no try was scored, and it was left to Cuppage to open the account with a penalty from an easy position. Continuing to press the School all but crossed on several occasions and finally Cuppage deceived the defence, running through on his own to score a try which Fairbourn failed to improve. Ogle had a good first half, his handling of a difficult ball being sure and his passing timely. The High School. beaten forward, had seldom threatened. After the breather the School returned to the attack but rain, which fell throughout the latter stages, made handling very difficult. The School went further ahead, however, when, following a tight scrum in the Oak Bay twenty-five, Cuppage took the ball on the blind side, gathering Pollard's pass brilliantly in full stride, to score a try which he failed to convert. The final try went to Getz, who, following a fine opening by Cuppage. ran forty yards through the 26