Shawnigan Lake School - Yearbook (Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia Canada)

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The Fixture Card was : Date Opponents Ground Restlu Nov. 1, 1924 St. Michael ' s. Home Won 1-0 Nov. 1, 1924 ...St. Michael ' s 3rd XI... Home Won 1-0 Nov. 5, 1924 Duncan High School Duncan Won 2-1 Nov. 8, 1924 St. Aidan ' s Victoria Won 6-1 Nov. 8, 1924 Foul Bav Victoria Lost 0-2 Nov. 19, 1924 Oak Bav High Victoria Lost 1-2 Nov. 22, 1924 Collegiate Victoria Won 3-0 Nov. 26, 1924 Duncan Men Home Lost 0-5 Nov. 29, 1924 St. Aidan ' s Home Won 3-0 Dec. 6, 1924 ...... St. Michael ' s Victoria Won 1-0 Lent Term, 1925 March 5, 1925.... Duncan Men Duncan Lost 1-3 March 14, 1925 Cranleigh House Home Won 6-2 March 21, 1925... Duncan Schools Duncan Won 2-0 Dcnotes Cup Match. SCHOOL vs. DUNCAN HIGH SCHOOL. Played on November 5, at Duncan, resulting in a win for the School, 2—1. Duncan were the first to score and things looked danger- ous until after half-time. The School team then pulled them- selves together and, after some useful combination on the part of the halves and forwards, equalized the score. The issue remained in doubt until a few minutes before time, when Musgrave, making full use of his speed, ran through and won the match with a well placed shot. School — Wallbridge ; Halley, Roaf ii ; Haddon, Best i. Hodgson ; Macdonald i, Melrose, Groves, Musgrave, Bastin. SCHOOL vs. ST. MICHAEL ' S Played in Victoria on December 6th. This was one of the best matches played by our cup-team and they had to work hard to get the one goal which won the match. Added interest was given to the game, it being in the nature of a cup final. The School had won every cup match

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FOOTBALL SEASON, 1924-25. For the third year we were successful in winning the Wilson Cup, for teams under 15; and the Duncan Business Men ' s Cup, for teams under 16. Instead of playing for the Wilson Cup in a knock-out Tour- nament, a league was formed amongst all the competing schools, each team playing every one of its opponents in ' home ' and ' away ' fixtures. This was a great improvement and caused much greater interest than under the old system. Our first eleven was quite a useful team ; Best i was always a tower of strength at centre-half, and towards the end of the season the forwards began really to play together ; their shoot- ing improved, and from a collection of moderately useful players they developed into a really dangerous combination. In our Cup-team, the defence was the strong point, the backs and goal-keeper were always good, but the weakness in front of goal was very marked amongst the forwards.

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played so far, and a win against St. Michael ' s meant winning the Cup for the third year running. Our defence was good, Reaf ii again showed his excellent control of the ball, his cool and accurate passing being well worthy of mention. Haddon played well at centre-half, and was responsible for the only goal scored. School — Wallbridge ; Roaf ii (Capt.), Best ii ; Ripley Haddon, Mcintosh ; Walkem, Macdonald i, Rochfort, Bastin, Lacon. SCHOOL vs. DUNCAN— (Cup Match) Played at Duncan on March 21st, 1925. The final score was 2 — ; Shawnigan thus winning the Cup for the third year running. For the School, Best i played a fine game. The forwards, though weak in front of goal, combined well together. School — Wallbridge; Roaf ii., Best ii ; Ripley, Best i (capt.) Ferguson; Bastin, Hodgson, Groves, Macdonald i, Walkem. CRICKET Although not up to the standard of our football, cricket certainly has improved. The team was much stronger in bowling than in batting, though towards the end of the season one or two people began to see the advantages of playing with a straight bat. The first XI did not do well against University School, mainly owing to the painful attacks of nerves which seemed to seize each batsman in turn as he approached the wicket. We were successful in both matches against Cowichan 2nd XI, also against the Shawnigan Lake team. School vs. University School Played at Shawnigan on May 16th Uni- versity School batted first and were soon out for 24. Our bowl-