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

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RUGBY FCOTBALL FIRST FIFTEEN The 1963-64 season ended with a memorable and successful tour of England and VVales. Season 1964-65 Could not offer such an incentive, and finished with a crushing defeat at the hands of Shawnigan Lake. This season was, perhaps, something of an anti-climax, and it was frustrating to have a good back division left over from the previous year together with only two forwards. Simonson, Drum, Taylor and Crofton proved very hard to replace, and the season was really one long struggle for our pack, which lacked experience, height and weight. Holm and Price I were moved into the lst. XV forwards from the 2nd. XV backs- a very difficult adjustmentg and they must be con- gratulated. Barker I was a great asset, as usual, but the forwards only enabled him to be a very good scrum half, and he could have been even better with more protection. Lack of height in the forwards caused difficulty in the line-out, and we were seldom able to dominate in this phase. These remarks are not particularly complimentary to the for- wards, and it must be recorded that they showed plenty of endeavour and always tried hard. Macdonald I had another steady year, and Hunter maintained his improvement from the previous season. Finally, Kjekstad deserves special mention. Lack of weight made his task difficult, but he played extremely well throughout. In the back division there were fewer problems. Barker I and Rleyer were playing together at half-back for a second year. Meyer improved steadily, but the new rules brought out a weakness in his defence. Wilde was forced to play in the centre for the first half of the season, and he did a good job, but after Christmas he moved to full back, where he was happier. Scholefield enjoyed a very good season, scoring 14 tries. Stephenson must be congratulated on his place kicking. As a centre he was not very thrustful, but as a place-kicker he was a match- winner. During the season he scored 99 points, 87 coming from his right boot. Hardy II played full back before Christmas and looked quite promis- ing. McCullough won his first team place after Christmas, and he, also, played quite well. Both Hardy II and McCullough gained valuable experience, and much will be expected of them this coming season, for 13 of this last team were in Grade XII. Barker I was a very quiet Captain, but f'Dog's philosophy has al- ways been that action speaks stronger than words. Despite these criticisms, it must be noted that only Shawnigan Lake could beat us, and a 9-2 record is a good achievement. Shawnigan proved to be the best of the Independent Schools, and by their victory over us on their home ground they were most worthy winners of the Independent Schools' Trophy. YNe were at our best in the away game against St. Georges when our forwards gave their best display of the season to enable us to score 32 points. All three games against Brent- wood College were closely contested, and they should be very hard to beat in 1965-66. 27

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- v- :- . A ' -3 Q- . any SECOND XV Front Row: H. Brooke, A. Zedick, C. Dykes. R. Bapty fCapt.j, Graham, T. Inglis, M. Seeger. Back Row: L. Langdon, R. Liscz. N. Vallance. C. Peyton. R. Fish, C. lNIere-dith, B. Ridgway. Payne, R. Bapty. THIRD XV Front Row: W. Olafson. NV. Fowler. D. Spccrs. A. Timmis CCapt.D, E. Hardy, B. Thomas, C. Lcppniann. Bark Row: A. Peyton, A. Young. Garrigues, C. Willis, C. Penn, D. Von Dehn, J. Brinkley, Wcnrnan.