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

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GREENHALGH— Wing %. A strong determined runner. However, must learn to go for the corner and to use the cross kick. MARTIN, J.— Centre %. Sound in defence. Must work on his attacking skills, particularly in Setting up the wing. KIRBY — Stand-off. Has matured this season as both a defensive and attacking player. Should give excellent service to the School for the next two seasons. COOKE — Scrum-half. Has also matured and lengthened his pass. Will have more room to exploit his break from the base of the scrum next season. REPPUN— Prop forward. New to the game, but puts much weight and effort into the front row. Showed a surprising turn of speed on occasions. GREEN — Prop forward. A hard worker who needs to think more about the game. SUTHERLAND— Second Row. A late developer who, with more ex- perience, should become a power in the line-out. SEVENSMA— Second Row. A hard worker always on the ball. Must practice his handling the ball. CLARKE — Second Row. Young, big and strong. With more experience will undoubtedly become the backbone of the scrum. POTTSCHMIDT— Wing forward or Wing %. A utility player sound in defence, but with enough pace to score tries on the wing. HOBBS — No. 8. A good ball handler, with a flair for backing up attacking moves. Sound tackier. KEEFE — Prop forward. A hard working player always on the ball. Unfortunately left us at Christmas. CARLSON — Wing forward. A player with fine potential who was able to represent the school on only a few occasions, due to a holiday accident. P. C. Clarke. A. Rees. 2nd XV Despite the disappointing results of the 2nd XV, this team enjoyed their rugby and many occasions came very close to winning many games. The Captain, Killy, had much to do with team morale and was never downhearted in adversity. A number of young players showed them- selves to- be players of promise who will be representing the School 1st XV in future seasons. WON DREW LOST FOR AGAINST 5 2 8 113 124 P. C. Clarke. A. Rees 27

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Date Opponent Venue Result For Against Sat 19th Oct St. George ' s Home Lost Q O 9fi ZD Tues 29th Oct Gowichan H. S. A wav Won ZO Q 0 Sat 2nd Nov Shawnigan L. S. Home Lost Q O 90 ZU Thurs 14th Nov JL 11 LA X } 1 1111 XI V • Victoria H. S. Away Won 1 8 D Moil., 18th Nov. Claremont H. S. Home Won 1 D Mon., 25th Nov. Qualicum College Home Won 9fi ZU Q O Thurs., 28th Nov. Oak Bay H. S. Home Won 1 ft io D Sat., 30th Nov. North Shore Jrs. A wav Won O Sat. ' , 7th Dec. Shawnigan L. S. Awav X X. VV UJ Draw u a u Mon., 10th Feb. Chernainus H. S. Awav Won 1 A 1 1 1 1 Tues 18th Feb Nanaimo H. S. Awav X X vv LA y Draw A U Sat., 22nd Feb. St. George ' s A WAV X x vv la y Lost Q O 1 ft Thurs 27th Feb J- XX LAX k- . y fcJ 1 111 JL V— K- ■ University School A wav x x VV G. y Lost 3 17 Thurs., 5th March Victoria H. S. Home Won 9 6 Mon. 9th March Cowichan H. S. Home Won 14 « u Sat., 14th March Shawnigan L. S. Home Lost o 30 Mon., 16th March Staff XV Home Lost 6 17 WON LOST DREW FOR AGAINST 9 6 2 207 188 SCORERS TRIES PENALTIES DROP G. CONVERSION Evans 12 Greenhalgh 15 Morris 6 18 Pottschmidt 5 Martin, J. 6 Naphtali 2 Kirby 2 Hobbs, Reppun, Carlson, Hutchins, Cooke, Thorns, Killy and Keefe also scored tries. EVANS — Colours. Captain. Wing % or outside centre. A strong runner with the ball and good at taking half chances. Unfortunately injury forced him to miss a number of important games. NAPHTALI— Colours. Vice-Captain. A utility forward who led the pack with vigour. More attention should be paid to covering from the set plays. DAY — Colours, Wing forward. A good destructive wing forward whose attacking potential was not seen to its full advantage. THOMS— Colours. Centre %. A player of intelligence, but lack of pace through the gap often led to his downfall. A player admired by Wing % ' s. HAMILTON— Colours. Hooker. A good striker who fell on the loose ball unflinchingly. More mobility would be of an advantage to him. MORRIS— Colours. Full back. A good kicker of the ball who was responsible, for many points. Prone to injury. 26

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3rd XV There has been considerable improvement in the team ' s performance this year, and it has enjoyed, as a result, a greater measure of success, particularly in its games against Shawnigan. University School, on the otherhand, proved once again to be our strongest opponents and the team lost very heavily in the game in Victoria. There is still an innate desire among the team to run too far with the ball — football fashion — before linking up with other players. They must realize that rugby is at its best when the ball is moved around quickly — and it can be moved much quicker than any one player can run with it. The team showed its real weakness in defence. There is no alternative to a low, hard tackle to stop an opponent in full flight: tackles around the neck are undesirable and mostly ineffective against strong runners. E. J. Dally. 4th XV A record of the games won and lost has little significance with this particular XV. The team was basically a Colts XV but frequently the strength of the opposition necessitated the inclusion of players who were overage or overweight. Hence the nomenclature of 4th XV. The team ' s strength was undoubtedly in the forwards. The pack was never beaten and gained a plentiful supply of the ball. The side ' s captain, Berry, D., and the other back row forwards, Mc Vicar, Jennings, and on occasions, Duncan, were always on the ball. Garbutt and King jumped well and provided the powerhouse, and the front row was Taylor, Srigley and S tot her t, P. The backs provided more of a problem than the forwards and various combinations had to be tried. The halves, White and Moss, played steadily and the wings, Harkema and Craig, ran with great speed and determination. Whiffin and Graham, M., both played well at full back, but were disappointing in the centre. Indeed here was the great weak- ness of the team and no one really claimed this position as his own- Berry, D., and Jennings, although forwards, were played here, as was Gordon, basically a wing three quarter. With good centres, this team could have won all the games. Others who played are Spankie, Dobson, O ' Brien and Stevenson. I. R. Ford. 28