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

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B r e n t w o o d College M a g a z i n e RUGBY CHARACTERS C. M. B. SYMOXS (Captain, scrum-half) — A clever player behind the scrum, made good use of his kick to save his forwards but overdid it on occasions. A. H. MITCHELL (Forward) — An excellent forward. He made good use of his weight and speed. J. A. IZARD (Forward) — A hard-working forward clever at taking the ball with his feet. R. I. ROSS (Centre Three-Quarter) — F ast and useful in attack once he got hold of the ball but has never learnt to pass accurately. J. W. ASSELSTINE (Forward) — A useful all-round forward who always follows the ball closely. Too frequently offside due to excessive zeal. T. R. BASSETT (Wing Three-Quarter) — Hardly fast enough in this position but a determined runner and a certain tackle. R. C. FIELD (Centre Three-Quarter) — Fast, and with plenty of thrust. Inclined to wait too long before passing. W. D. C. HOLMES (Forward) — Always to be counted on to back up. He has become a valuable forward. A. P. IZARD (F orward) — Rather light. Has a very fair knowledge of the game. A. K. JOHNSTON (Stand-Off Half)— Clever open-field runner with good hands. Weak in defence. J. A. M. WELLS (Three-Quarter) — F ast, and very determined. Unfortunately could not finish out the season. F. ANGUS (Wing Three-Quarter) — Lacking in experience. B. HARVEY (Full-Back) — Rather too light for this position but shows promise for the future. K. C. COOKE (Forward) — Inexperienced forward who became too easily confused. W. L. DRURY (Forward) — Strong and hard-working forward, rather slow. J. F. RYAN (Wing Three-Quarter) — Lacked experience and so was often out of position. Page Thirteen

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Brentwood College Magazine Mitchell, Asselstine, Symons, Wells and Ross in the first half. In the second half Field closed the scoring with a very nice drop goal from a difficult angle; and this made the score at the end of the game 25-0 in our favour. BRENTWOOD COLLEGE vs. SHAWNIGAN November 21st. Result: Lost 19-0. Referee M. H. Ellis Although in this game Brentwood went down to defeat, the College team gave a very much better exhibition of rugby than it had done in the last game against Shawnigan. Thanks to some useful pointers given us by Captain Levien our attack was stronger, and our defense not so weak as usual. In the first half the Brentwood line was crossed twice, and in the second half three times ; the first two tries were converted. BRENTWOOD COLLEGE vs. THE 16TH CANADIAN SCOTTISH November 28th. Result: Lost 6-3. Referee A. C. Privett In this game the school was assisted in the forwards by Mr. Taylor and in the three-quarters by Mr. Osier. The Scottish were a heavier team than we were but we had the advantage of them in skill. Symons scored the school ' s lone try in the first half; Johnston failed to convert. The Scottish evened the score with a try just befo re the half time whistle. In the second half the game was quite even although just before the final whistle the 16th pushed through to make a try at the corner flag. This brought the final score to 6-3 against us. BRENTWOOD COLLEGE vs. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL December 12th. Result: Lost 11-3. Referee A. C. Privett Played on a very wet ground this game was a battle of weight. Brent- wood started out well and did some very good work as long as the ball re- mained in a condition which allowed handling. Soon, though, the ball became so wet that handling was impossible ; the game became strictly a forward one. In the second half University played a harder game, and soon had equalled the score which Symons had made just before the half-time whistle. From then on the match was even but University managed to break through our defence twice. In the last ten minutes Brentwood concentrated all its strength in the forwards in an attempt to break through our opponent ' s defense, but we were unsuccessful ' and the score at the end of the game was 11-3. HOUSE MATCH March 16th. Result: Upper House Won 19-3 Unfortunately, the epidemic of measles which was rampant in the school during the Easter term prevented any first team matches taking place. On March 16th however, everybody had sufficiently recovered to allow the play- ing ofif of the House Match. This was the first time that we saw any Juniors playing in a senior game and they showed considerable promise for the future. Clist is to be especially congratulated on the game he played. The Lower House put up a hard struggle but the superior rugby of the Upper House won out in the end. Page Twelve

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Brentwood College Magazine JUNIOR RUGBY TEAM The Juniors were fortunate this season in securing quite a number of matches in spite of the impossible weather conditions and the measles epidemic which made football impracticable during most of the Easter term. Their experience in match play should prove of value to them in the future. Their chief failing lay in the fact that they were an unbalanced side. There were five or six players of real promise, but the remainder consisted of boys who had to be included, because there was no choice. In spite of this, the side improved through the season both in enthusiasm and in knowledge of the game, finishing up with two really good matches against the Cowichan Juniors, and an excellent game with Fairbridge. Among the forwards, Clist and Hinton always worked hard; Hay always set an example to the side by his tackling at full back ; Sunderland, Rogers, Mackenzie and Dunlop showed promise for next season. Matches Avere played against teams from University School, Shawnigan, St. Michaels, St. Georges, Fairbridge and Cowichan. Basketball The first team did well this year in winning seven out of the nine matches played. A great deal of improvement was shown during the latter part of the season. GAMES PLAYED Brentwood College vs. Staff Team — Won 37-30. Brentwood College vs. West )Rioad — Lost 23-32. Brentwood College vs. St. George ' s — Won 48-11. Brentwood College vs. Old Boys — Won 27-14. Brentwood College vs. West Road — Lost 20-25. Brentwood College vs. West Road — Won 25-22. Brentwood College vs. Oak Bay — Won 37-22. Two other games were played, on April 10th and 11th, against the men of H.M.C.S. Armentiers, both of which were won by the school. In the house match the Upper House was the Victor, the final score being 33-25. CHARACTERS FIELD — A fast forward on the attack, but a little weak in the defence. SYMONS — A quickly moving forward, having a very accurate shot. MITCHELL — A strong defence with a fast accurate pass. ASSELSTINE — A good shot but inclined to dribble too much. ROSS — Inexperienced, but has played hard and well. HARVEY — Small, but is a very promising shot. Page Fourteen