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

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RUGBY 3rd XV Standing, Left to Right: R. Hood, H. Chan, D. Buchan, P. Dickinson, R. Scrimes, Antfiick, K. Hoyer, C. Lai, C. Sun. Seated: D. Chapman, M. Lougheed, A. Souza, D. Herrmann, P. Chapman, M. Chan, D. McClean. R THIRD FIFTEEN The Team's general lack of ability for and knowledge of the game were the fundamental weaknesses which made the side have such a purely disastrous season. All games against other Independent Schools were lost, some by very large margins. Spirit and determination, how- ever, the main ingredients, were always noticeably present when faced by stronger and more experienced rivals. Thanks are definitely in order to D. Herrmann, the Captain, who always kept the spirit up, to the Team generally and to those Masters involved. Duncan A. Chapman 31

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i ..- -.t K'-'I -... - .-.. ,.,. I 'Zi'.5i' if S? L RUGBY 2nd XV Standing, Left to Right: J. Spalding, M. McLennan, S. Shanaman, P. Dickinson, P. VVu, T. Banks, S. Wiley, R. Gaither. Seated: G. Niofford, P. Chapman, Stelck, G. Powell, G. Lokken, G. Copeland, B. Barker. SECOND FIFTEEN In a season where experience and talent were limited the Second Fifteen were seldom able to Held their strongest team. Injuries were more prevalent than usual and the loss of several players to the First Fifteen left the remainder with a daunting task. Despite such tribulations and the unimpressive record, there were a number of individual performances worth mention. Lokken used his height to advantage in the line-out, Stelck, Shanaman and Hancock were prominent in the loose, and McLennan proved himself a useful hooker. The latteris hooking improved rapidly once he had dispensed with his fool-proof signalling system, which the opposition and his own scrum half both found equally baffling. Gaither combined well with Powell. but a general reluctance amongst the backs where tackling was concerned was never overcome, and this fault alone was the cause of several defeats. M.A.W. 30

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RUGBY SENIOR COLTS XV Standing, Left to Right: D. Dalziel, B. Considine, J. Cambridge, J. Robertson, T. Norris, D. Colter, D. Dennis, D. Venables. Seated: M. Burrows, A. Bigliardi, A. Howard, B. Wick, C. Postle. Front: R. Britten, P. Finamore. SENIOR COLTS FIFTEEN In view of the fact that only one of the games against the Indepen- dent Schools was won, the Colts' record appears to be poor. Actually this was not the case, as the the side was badly beaten only once, and the margin in the other games was never greater than five points. In three games they suffered injuries to key players early in the first half, and the remaining fourteen men were never quite good enough. In addition to this, three of those qualified to play never appeared, as their services were required by the First XV. Howard made an enthusiastic Captain, and was the most improved player on the side. Wick, the outside half, came on well too, and was the most gifted and promising. Among the forwards Finamore I was spirited to a degree, and always gave of his best, while Britten, the most diminutive, put others better-endowed physically to shame by his courageous tackling. W.R.G.W. 32