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

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and the team spirit was noticeable. All members worked hard for their positions, and they had four close, hard-fought games, three of which went in their favour. Biaclean II proved himself to be a good leader and is to be congratulated on the keenness of all concerned. Brentwood, St. Georges and Shawnigan were beaten at home, and Brentwood away. The away match against St. Georges was lost. Points for were 63. against 18. The team was composed of Maclean II QCaptainl, Code I, WVatkins I. Wise. Watt, Smith I, Bett, lNIcLean I. de Rosenroll, Fraser, Andrade, Weaver. Maxfield, Harrison and Macdonald. N. C. B. C. COLTS FIFTEEN .X light scrum and slowish outsides are seldom conducive to success- ful rugby, and this season was no exception, all our six games being lost. Stelck, at hooker, together with Sime and Kelly in the line-out provided more than an average supply of the ball from set pieces, but for some reason the backs preferred running towards touch rather than the try-line. Moreover, lack of weight and experience led to the pack's inability to dominate in the vital department of loose play. On the credit side, however, this was a young and raw team with plenty of enthusiasm and intelligence. That these are not enough the side has now painfully and fully realized: but they should take heart from their great improvement towards the end of the season, and understand also that they do have the potential to be a good and winning team. The side was composed of Timmis Captainl , Angus, Wlalsh, VVilson, jenkins I, VValdron, Vlatson, lN'ilder, Stelck I, Gillespie, Sime, Kelly, Payne, Brock and Strander. R. A. N. JUNIOR COLTS The junior Colts had a busy and, on the whole, a successful season. They were, however, an extremely light side, and under the rules in force this season, where age, not weight, was the guiding factor, they were always at a great disadvantage. They were defeated twice by Shawnigan and once by Brentwood, while winning once against St. Ceorge's and playing to a draw against Brentwood. Conduit I, the Captain, played spirited football, and most of the backs were promising. The forwards were slow, but were well served by Chapman, Grumbach II and Kyle. As a side their main weakness was in tackling and falling. W. R. G. W. 28

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SECOND FIFTEEN The 2nd, XV closely resembled the lst. XV where its fortunes were concerned. The Hrst term saw a row of defeats, while the second found them capturing their form. They were, as usual, heavily handicapped by calls from the senior side. RESULTS NOVEMBER 6 School v. Brentwood College, lost 6-32 20 School v. St. George's School, lost 6-12 27 School v. Shawnigan Lake School, lost 8-12 FEBRVARY 26 School V. Brentwood College, lost 8-16 MARCH 5 School v. St. Georges School, drawn 6-6 12 School v. Shawnigan Lake School, won 19-9 A. H. A. O. THIRD FIFTEEN The 3rd. XV had quite a good season under the capable captaincy of Scott. All home games were won, but both away games were lost. The side improved steadily throughout the year and showed that it could operate as a team rather than relying upon a few individuals. The three-quarter line was well fed with the ball, and Stubbs showed that he was a penetrating runner when on the attack. The combination of Scott and Clark frequently caused anxiety among the opposing teams as a result of hard running and useful kicking, but much credit for this aspect of the play must go to the scrum, where Houston, Wolfe and Adams in the front row were a good combination. They were ably assisted by Woodcock, Hughes and Fortune elsewhere. The weaknesses in the team were poor tackling generally Cparticu- larly on the part of the centre three-quartersl , and slow heeling from the loose scrums. However, special mention must be made of Helm, whose play at full back was good and whose tackling was deadly. Home games against Brentwood and St. Georges were won, away games lost: Shawnigan was beaten in two home games. Points for were 65, against 12. The team was composed of Scott CCaptainl, Helm, Paul, Russell, Stubbs, Petley-Jones, Clark, Adams, VVolfe H, Houston, Fortune, Douglas, Hughes, Dickens and Wloodcock. N. C. B. C. FOURTH FIFTEEN The -lth. XV had a good record this year. losing only one game. They played with commendable spirit and at times showed that they were not lacking in skill. No one player contributed more than the others 27

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I I 3 A V S is ' om 'gi I i 1 'gs X - I I X i F, X x, 'N-fn I A -1- r P-- 4 X , ' 4 li' N 1 fy TX A 2 -, A l ,rift .L ' f 5 2 fr J iw 4, .4 i .- If It T, . I ya UN7' i A . I . J '. if-'i:'H - . 3553 3-.- .1 -'il A 'N' M -' - ' . ,,- 4 'ga' .. 'D vii J .. ,. V K., J.. r . CRICKET FIRST XI Front Row: C. Penn. R. Barker, NVenman QCapt.J, E. Hardy, S. Timmis. Back Row: H. Maxheld, J. Payne, A. Peyton, G. Featherstone, S. Bett. S. Taylor. CRICKET In spite of the fact that the Summer term was much longer than usual only five matches were played. Of these, two were won, two lost and one drawn. To our keen disappointment the away match with Shawnigan Lake was cancelled. Mitcli was expected from Barker and Tinnnis this year, but the unfortunate loss of form of the former and the frequent inability of the latter to turn out seriously weakened the batting and threw too big a load on Wlenman. Of the others, Featherstone. Payne and Taylor were distinctly promising. The bowling was shared by Hardy I fayerage - 5.45 and XVCIHHHII faverage- 5.85 , with Payne and Bett assisting. The fielding, Wlenman excepted, was only average. Hlenman was the outstanding Cricketer. and won the bat presented by the Uniyersity School Incogs. For the second successive year VVenman's XI won the Clayton Cup, and Winslow the Holms Cup for inter-House competition. The XI was composed of Wlenman lxCTaptainl, Barker. Hardy I, Tnnmis, Payne, Featherstone, Taylor, Peyton. Bott, Penn and hlaxlield. Colours were awarded to Hardy I. 29