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

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Brentwood College Magazine and planted the ball near the posts. Symons converted. Farrer scored two more tries before time, one of which was converted by Symons. Their lone try came as the result of a fine run by Macmurchie, who scored wide out. When the final whistle blew, the score stood at 25-3. Line-up: Bryden, Farrer, Smith, Wolfe, Simpson, McLachlan, Symons, Redpath, Coleman ii, Coleman i, Curtis, Johnson, de Pencier, Field, Ker. Brentwood vs. Victoria College (16-0) City Intermediate League Played away, October 31st. This game was most spectacular and both sides did themselves justice. Only good tackling by the Victoria team, however, kept the score as low as it was. We broke through their defence twice during the first half. Smith, profiting by a pass from Mr. Grant, made a breakaway and touched down the first try between the posts. Symons converted. To Farrer belongs the honour of scoring the next try. He ran practically the whole length of the field, and, after outwitting their best tacklers and fastest runners, reached the try line. Symons again added the extra points. Just before half-time, Johnson was unfortunately injured and had to be removed from the field. In the second half, Ker took his place, thus bring- ing our scrum back to its original strength. J. Coleman next scored, planting the ball between the posts after some good forward work. The attempt at converting failed. Soon afterwards, Farrer made another of his spectacular runs and touched down near the flag. Again the try was not converted. Our opponents were held scoreless, due chiefly to the fine tackling of Bryden. Line-up: Bryden, Farrer, Smith, Wolfe, Simpson, Mr. Grant, Symons, Redpath, Coleman ii, Coleman i, Curtis, Johnson, de Pencier, Field, Hope. Brentwood vs. Cowichan (8-3) City Intermediate League Played at home, November 14th. This was a very hard-fought game and Brentwood rightly deserved the victory. The field was muddy from recent rains, making the ball slippery, and, consequently, our passing was not as good as usual. During the first half, play was even, each side scoring one try. The College touched down first when Smith went over after a passing movement in front of their goal-mouth. Farrer failed to convert, the ball unfortunately hitting the crossbar. One of the Cowichan players next scored near the flag and the attempt at converting again failed. Farrer was closely marked throughout the game and scarcely ever was given an opportunity to score. In the second half we were pressing our opponents hard continually, and were able to confine the ball to their twenty-five , due to the co-operation of our forwards. Owing to this, Simpson was able to score after making an exception- ally fine run. Farrer converted. Shortly afterwards, Hope was unfortunate in missing a penalty drop, the ball falling only two feet from its mark. Line-up: Bryden, Farrer, Smith, Hope, Wolfe, Simpson, Mr. Grant, Symons, Redpath, Hope, Coleman ii, Coleman i, de Pencier, Field, Curtis, Ker. Page Thirteen

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Brentwood College Magazine THE Season 1925-26 was a great one for us and our hard work and conscientious training were well rewarded. We succeeded in winning the Senior School League, the Victoria Intermediate League and the Inter- mediate Provincial Championship, for which accomplishment all players justly deserve the congratulations of the school. The Second XV, no less than the First, deserve to be congratulated, for they emerged from hard-fought games victorious in their League and won The Hodgins Cup , and at times we drew from their ranks to fill vacancies in the First XV. They contributed in great measure to the success of the First XV by providing very stiff opposition in practice games, and cheerfully bore the many hard knocks this entailed. We found great difficulty in getting games for the Third XV, but the Midgets XV were more fortunate and came through the season with an unbeaten record. Brkntwood vs. Victoria High School (25-3) Senior School League Played at home, October 24th. The first game of the season in the Senior School League was played with the field in excellent condition. In the first half, three tries were scored by us, none of which were converted. The first came as the result of a good run by Ker, who passed out to Simpson, and the latter scored. Smith touched down the second between the posts after a fine run. Farrer was responsible for the next try after one of his splendid runs. Throughout the game our forwards showed a marked superiority over theirs and the latter very seldom got the ball out of the scrum. The second half was a series of three-quarter runs in which we went over the line four times. Farrer scored first in characteristic fashion, but failed to convert his own try. F. Coleman went over next at the head of a forward rush Page Twelve

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Brentwood College Magazine; Brentwood vs. Normal School (12-0) City Intermediate League Played November 21st. The College completely outmatched the Normal School in this game and our back line was seldom in danger. Two tries were scored during the first half. McLachlan obtained the first after a pretty run and touched down wide out. Farrer scored next at the flag after a brilliant run. Although we pressed our opponents hard, we were unable to record any more points before half-time. In the second half we played a purely offensive game. After a few minutes ' play, Wolfe made a particularly fine run, after which F. Coleman scored at the head of a forward rush. The last points were scored by Farrer, who made a good run and again scored wide out. None of the tries were converted. Line-up: Bryden, Farrer, Smith, Wolfe, Simpson, Campbell, McLachlan, Redpath, Hope, Coleman ii, Coleman i, de Pencier, Johnson, Curtis, Ker. Brentwood vs. University School (3-0) City Intermediate League Played away, November 28th. This was a very keenly contested game, as the score indicates, and only one try was recorded. In the first half we took the offensive and nearly scored on several occasions. Good rushes were made by Coleman i, Coleman ii, de Pencier and Field, while Farrer starred for the backs. The lone try was scored by Farrer, twenty minutes after the play commenced. He made a fine run and was fortunate in scoring at the flag, as he was continually in danger of being forced out . Hope made a good attempt at converting from the awkward angle, and the ball fell two feet from the bar. During the remainder of the half, we made repeated efforts to duplicate the score, and only the numerous twenty-five kicks of our opponents saved them from defeat. In the second half, play was more even and several times the University School were within an ace of equalling our score. However, we did not let them go over. Line-up: Bryden, Farrer, Smith, Wolfe, Simpson, Symons, McLachlan, Redpath, Hope, Coleman ii, Coleman i, Johnson, de Pencier, Field, Ker. Brentwood vs. J. B. A. A. (18-0) City Intermediate League Played at home, December 5th. This was one of the easiest victories of the season and the field w T as in fairly good condition. Good three-quarter runs and solo rushes were features of the game. Only two tries were scored in the first half — by Hope and Field. They touched down in comparatively easy manner, but neither try was converted. In the second half, Simpson in particular and Farrer also played a spectacular game. Symons scored a penalty drop a few minutes after play recommenced. Before time, three more tries were recorded, the first being scored by de Pencier and the last two by Simpson, who scored on both occasions by individual rushes. All attempts at converting failed. Line-up: Bryden, Farrer, Smith, Wolfe, Simpson, Symons, McLachlan, Redpath, Coleman ii, Coleman i, de Pencier, Field, Curtis, Ker, Hope. Page Fourteen