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

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Because of the brief time at our disposal it was unfortunate that we were not able to concentrate too fully on the correct use of the bat. Few batsmen played with a straight bat and defence, therefore, left something to be desired, and few batsmen made runs consistently. The bowling improved in the latter half of the term and our policy of concentrating on good fielding paid dividends. The lst. XI played Glenlyon and Shawnigan Lake twice and one game against St. Michael's School. We beat Shawnigan Lake twice and on both occasions the wins were most convincing. Glenlyon, a well-coached side with some good batsmen, gained one win against us and had slightly the better of a drawn game. We drew against St. Michael's School, but the scores were very much in our favour. Barker I hit the ball very hard and made two scores of over 30 and, against Shawnigan, a very good 55. Berard had a well-hit 47 Cretiredj and Wenman a good 30 against Shawnigan Lalze. Wenman is potentially the best batsman but as yet is rather small in stature and tries to hit the ball too hard, thus lifting his head. In the bowling department Wenman and Walton were the most successful. Walton had a good action and could develop into a promising fast bowler, The fielding was good and there were some well-taken catches, while nearly all the boys threw well. Seeger developed into a very good Wicket-Keeper. The Group B XI played two games, losing to Glenlyon but beating St. Michael's School. Hollick batted and bowled well and eventually gained a place in the House lst. XI. Other promising performers were Barker II, Timmis II and Hardy II. The keenness was such that every spare moment was taken up in practice, especially amongst Boarders: in fact disciplinary action was necessary, for boys were caught playing at seven o'clock one morning, and on one evening a game was in progress in pitch dark, with the participants wearing pyjamas! Inter-Dormitory six-a-side games were played in the evenings and these were very popular and a tremendous success. The nets, also, were put to good use. R. W. W. 29

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STEPHEN-Disappointing with the bat. He can drive the over-pitched ball but his defence is weak. In the field his hands are not safe. Always ex- tremely keen, TASSIN-He hit the ball hard on occasion but his defence is inadequate. Useful in the field, where his throwing was very good and his hands fairly safe. W. R. G. W. SECOND XI CRICKET The 2nd. XI has had a successful season. Our first match was against Shawnigan at home, and, although we batted first, they bowled us out for a low total, mainly as a result of timid batting on the part of our early batsmen. In future games, however, this point improved considerably, and generally we produced a reasonable total, to which Webb, with a good eye but poor style, and Hawkesworth II, with good style, contributed many of the runs. Others who produced runs in- cluded Gadban, Gage, Clark and Geissler. From the point of view of the bowling-Webb and Symons have frequently opened the attack with some effect, but too often the balls have been wide of the wicket. The change bowlers have been Gad- ban, bowling a good length at a slow pace, Grubb II and Clark, while at the end of the season Gage showed that he could turn the ball sharply from leg and should be useful in the future. The fielding has been slow on the whole, since few people have had the instinct to move quickly to the ball. In the last match, however, when we registered a good win at Shawnigan, six very good catches were held, which were decisive in our victory by four wickets. Hawkesworth has been an able wicket keeper, but at present is too inclined to snatch at the ball so that he drops it too many times. Both Clark and Webb have captained the side, but neither has had the experience to control a team with any subtlety. On the whole, then, 1960 has been a good and encouraging year. N. C. B. C. I JUNIOR CRICKET From the Cricket point of view the term was too short. The majority of boys had never been exposed to the game, but fortunately the keen- ness was such that considerable progress was achieved. Boys who had been brought up to play Baseball adapted themselves to Cricket and really enjoyed themselves. There were two Groups arranged essentially for Cricket. From Group A was picked the Junior House XI, made up of boys in Grades VII and VIII, under the supervision of Mr. Wil- son. Mr. Orr was in charge of Group B, which consisted of boys from Grades IV, V and VI. Group C boys, although they concentrated mainly on Athletics, enjoyed their occasional games. 28

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1960 TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONS D. Chapman flntermediatel, R. Milner CSeniorJ, Bolli I. Uuniorl. ATHLETICS Triangular Meeting v. Shawnigan Lake and St. George's A small group of volunteers and willing conscripts began training at the beginning of term with this meeting in mind. Although training is hard work and at times boring it was well worth-while when the School won the meeting for the first time. It was not a victory owed to a few individuals Q although Milner won the Hurdles and the Hop, Step as well as placing third in the 100 and 2201 but a team victory. Almost every member of the team was placed somewhere. F argher gave the School a great fillip by winning the Mile impressively in his personal best time of 4m. 57s. Van Scholten, who had surprised every- one in the School heats a few days before, ran well into fourth place. This was followed shortly by the 100, where Milner came a very close third to the two St. George's sprinters. He repeated this performance in the 220. Meanwhile Clark was winning the High Jump with a leap of 5' 2 , Beban the Discus with a record throw of 132' 8 and Wittke the Javelin with 144' 3 3 all these were fine performances. Two other good performances were made by Keble, who ran as well as he has ever run coming second in the 440, and by Wittke, who came second in the Long Jump. 30