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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine The fielding improved towards the end of the season, but we were sadly handicapped in the lack of any suitable place for fielding practice. This will be remedied, we hope, next year, when we get our own field into play. We congratulate Groves on the success of his team in all its matches. Date May May May June June June June June 13, 15, 29. 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 1926. 1926 1926. 1926 1926. 1926 1926 1926. Opponents . vs. Cowichan 2nd XI. vs. The Fathers s. Old Boys .vs. Capt. Noble ' s XI. .vs. Cowichan 2nd XI. vs. St. Michael ' s vs. Salt Spring vs. Old Boys Grounds Result Duncan Won Shawnigan Won Shawnigan Won Victoria Lost Duncan Won Shawnigan Won Shawnigan Won Shawnigan Won School vs. Cowichan 2nd XI. The first match of the season was something in the nature of a red letter day for our bowlers. We won the toss and put Cowichan in first, whereupon wickets began to fall like ninepins, the score at one time standing at 1 run for 7 wickets. Haddon ' s performance was especially noteworthy; in one over he took 4 wickets for no runs. Groves also bowled very well, and the whole side was out for 14. Cowichan were very weak in the bowling and Rochfort i and Best i made a first wicket stand of 43 before they were separated. Gillatt made a very useful 18, and the School inn- ings closed for 95. COWICHAN First Innings Col. Hodding, b. Groves Hawkins, b. Haddon Kirkham, b. Groves Drayton, b. Haddon James, c. Lacon. b. Haddon... Second Innings 1 not out b. Haddon 7 b. Groves 1 c. and b. Gillatt 2 :. - b. Gillatt 4 King, b. Haddon b. Groves .. Neel, c. and b. Haddon Hope, b. Groves 1 Crane, b. Best 2 did not bat. Scott, c. Ferguson, b. Cotton 9 did not bat. Corbishley, not out 1 not out 6 Extras Extras 4 c. Gillatt, b Groves b. Ellissen 1 Total 1 4 Total . 27 Page Twelve

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Cricket THE standard of Cricket is certainly much higher than ever before, and 1926 may safely be taken as our most successful season so far. We only lost one match, and that by the small margin of one run. The bowling was our strongest point, and we were for- tunate in having a fair number of change bowlers. Haddon should develop into a really useful left-hander; he has still to realise that length is the essence of all bowling, and that a bowler should not lose heart if wickets do not come as soon as he expects them. 1 - : W f% t « f3 1 . V --Jh J] am M n 1 ' r r m jm Jmmmm Our batsmen, while showing considerably more style than formerly, did not, on the average, make as many runs as might have been expected of them. Best i developed into a useful hitter, and of Robertson we hope to hear more in 1927. The latter is a good illustration of the point we brought up at the beginning of the season: the absolute importance of each boy having his own bat, and that bat one which both suits and fits him. Page. Eleven

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine THE SCHOOL Rochfort i. b. James Best i, b. Crane Groves, b. James Ferguson, b. James Robertson, b. James 19 30 10 1 Gillatt. b. Scott 1 Cotton i, b. Scott 4 Haddon, c. King, b. Neel 3 Lacon, b. Scott 2 Wallbridge, c. King, b. James M. A. Ellissen, not out 4 Extras 4 Total 95 School vs. The Fathers In spite of the fact that every parent vowed he had not played cricket for the last hundred years, we were able to arrange a very enjoyable match on May 15. Bowling was the chief difficulty, but here The Fathers had a tower of strength in Mr. Gooch, who, while bowling un- changed throughout the innings, demonstrated that he had not lost the art of making the ball break both ways, at the same time keeping a perfect length. He took 8 wickets for 1 8 runs, and the only one of our batsmen who played him with any confidence was Slater. THE FATHERS P. T. Skrimshire, b Groves 3 P. Gooch, b. Groves 4 Dr. Stanier, b. Haddon 1 Capt. Groves, c. Best, b. Haddon 1 G. Haddon, b. Groves 4 E. M. Neel, b. Groves 8 N. Best. b. Cotton 1 A. P. Musgrave, b. Cotton Sir Richard Lake, run out 9 Maj. Piddington, b. Cotton 2 O. J. Rochfort, not out 3 Extras 4 Total 40 THE SCHOOL Rochfort i, b. Gooch 2 Best i, b. Gooch 1 Ferguson, b. Gooch 5 Groves, c. and b. Gooch 12 Cotton i, b. Groves 15 Robertson, b. Gooch 8 Gillatt. c. Skrimshire, b. Groves 3 Haddon, c. and b. Gooch 8 Lacon, l.b.w. Gooch 1 Wallbridge, b. Gooch Slater, not out 8 Extras 9 Total 72 School vs. Capt. Noble ' s XI. One of the most enjoyable day ' s cricket we had was in the match against the Noble Farm, played on July 5. The game was played in the best spirit of country house cricket, and provided an exciting finish, as the issue was left in doubt to the last minute; in fact it needed a recount on the part of the scorers to decide the matter. Pag? Thirteen