Brentwood College School - Brentonian Yearbook (Mill Bay, British Columbia Canada)

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Brentwood College Magazine CREER: Rather slow in thought, but has improved considerably and did well for his side at the end of the season. An unreliable kick; should practise. COLEMAN mi.: A new player who has done very well and on several occasions rilled a vacancy on the 1st XV. FARRER: A very sound wing thre e-quarter; is equally good in attack and defence. HALL: Worked hard and did well in spite of a lame foot — seemed to lose keenness as the season advanced. HASKAMP: A young player of all-round ability; played a hard, steady game through- out the season. HENDERSON: His first year ' s rugger, but he has been remarkably quick to learn and is now a valuable inside three-quarter — kicking is as yet very weak. HOPE: A sound, hard-working forward, and one of our few good kicks. Has also proved to be a reliable full back. LECKIE: Uses his weight to advantage in the scrum and dribbles well. His game will improve if he will tackle low and learn to kick. MONEY: A forward whose hard work has been rewarded by a marked improvement in his game; has shown flashes of brilliancy in taking the ball down the field at his feet. MORSE: A very fast wing three-quarter; must learn to take a pass when going at top speed — he will then be a difficult man to stop. A good full back, kicks and tackles well. PLAYFAIR: An inside three-quarter, excellent in defence; also gets away very well and is fast, but is sometimes weak in taking and giving passes. REDPATH: A persistently hard-working forward and one of our best men in the line out — must learn to kick. STIRLING: A steady player who knows the game well and follows up hard — lacks weight and speed. TAYLOR: A fast and capable stand-off half or three-quarter, very strong in attack, and if he will improve his kicking will be equally strong in defence. We are glad to observe that he is dropping the bad habit of running across. WILSON ma.: A good all-round forward, but owing to his youth lacks staying power. We look for improvement next season. Page Eighteen

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Brentwood College Magazine converted well by Hope. Then the Cowichan team worked their way into our twenty-five, and their forwards rushed over our line, and fell on the ball in a heap. A try was awarded, but the kick missed. The rest of the play was mostly in the centre of the field. Brentwood College vs. Oak Bay High School. (30-0) On Saturday, March 22nd, the Oak Bay High School played us on our own ground. We were only once held in our half, and then only for a few minutes. Taylor scored our first try, by making a very good run down the touch line. About five minutes later, Redpath broke away and scored another, which was followed shortly afterwards by a good try by Farrer. The last two of these were converted. The whistle went for half-time with the score 13-0. In the second half our opponents made an effort to score, but, though they twice got inside our twenty-five yard line they could not cross the goal line. On the other hand, our team played well together and scored five tries, only one of which was converted. Redpath, from line-outs, scored two tries. Farrer scored one by making a good run up the touch line, and Taylor scored tw T o, both of which were the results of beautiful runs from about the half-way line. Brentwood College vs. Monterey. (6-0) On Saturday, March 22nd, our second XV played the Monterey School XV This game was in some respects the reverse of that between our 1st XV and Oak Bay High School, because we had the weight and speed, but lacked combination, and Monterey had the team work, but lacked the weight and speed to score. In the first half we managed to score two unconverted tries, one by Clist, who picked up in the loose, and the other by Smith, as the result of a three-quarter run. But after that, though both teams came very near the goal lines, no one could score. The rest of the game in the first half was mostly in our favour, and time and again one of our three-quarters would break away, only to be brought down by the full back. In the second half our forwards seemed unable to pack properly, and several times we were pushed by the Monterey scrum, which could not have weighed nearly as much as ours. Smith broke clean away about half a dozen times, but had not the dodging ability to pass their midget full back. For the last quarter of an hour ' s play we were held in our twenty-five, and sometimes forced right back to our own line. We were lucky to hold them till the whistle went for time. Notes on Players 1st XV. S COTT-MONCRIEFF ma. (Captain): A very hard-working and fast stand-off half. Tackles well and is a good kick. He has carried out his responsibilities as Captain with great zeal, and is largely responsible for the excellent spirit of the XV. ADAMSON: Knows the game well and uses his head. Owing to illness was not able to finish the season, and was a great loss to the side. BRINDLEY: An energetic scrum half who has played very well, but should pass more often and bear in mind that Silence is Golden. Page Seventeen

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Brentwood College Magazine Boxing S the long evenings and wet winter days set in, boxing was resorted to at the College as being the ideal sport to keep us physically fit and to afford in the future an unlimited amount of fun to performers and onlookers. As was to be expected, as soon as the word was mentioned, practically every boy in the school enlisted as a prospective boxer. As we only possessed one vol- unteer instructor, it looked as if he was going to have a fairly hard time. How- ever, after a couple of initial lessons, the mass of the unwary beginners who had rushed in with the hope of stepping straight into the ring and slogging at one another soon discovered that there is much to be learnt before mastering the noble art and that boxing is a sport in which the inexperienced are quickly and unmer- cifully punished for their rashness. The boxing lessons were regularly attended by some twenty boys who were given individual instruction in the various moves. As practically all the boys were beginners, progress was naturally slow, but by the end of Lent Term quite a num- ber of the best pupils had reached the stage where they were ready to meet op- ponents of their class. Among our most promising candidates for the ring we may mention Curtis, Miller, Wilson mi., de Pencier, Roome, Coleman ma., Coleman mi., Field, Clist, Bell, Scott-Moncrieff, Forsyth and Williams. With the advent of the Fall Term we hope to be able to stage periodical bouts and give our beginners a chance of displaying their fighting qualities. Our newly formed pupils will also be valuable in training and imparting a taste of this noble art to a probable host of new comers. Page Nineteen