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

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE the game was a good one, and we can only say that our Old Boys are stronger than ever. The following colours have been awarded : Larsen (cap- tain), Best I, Rochfort I, Slater, Malkin I, Barclay I. FOOTBALL FIXTURES, 1926 Date Teams Ground Result Oct. 30 — Cup Team vs. St. Michael ' s Shawnigan Won 5-0 Nov. 27 — Cup Team vs. Cowichan Public Shawnigan Won 2-0 Nov. 27 — 1st XI. vs. Esquimalt High Victoria Lost 0-6 Dec. 4 — Cup Team vs. St. Aidan ' s... Shawnigan Won 6-0 March 15 — Cup Team vs. St. Aidan ' s.... Victoria Drawn 2-2 March 19 — 3rd XI. vs. Ganges Prep Victoria Won 10-0 March 23 — A Team vs. Cranleigh House.... Victoria Won 9-2 March 30 — A Team vs. Cranleigh House... .Victoria Won 3-1 The Playing Fields SCHOOL VS. ESQUIMALT HIGH SCHOOL 1926 Played on November 27, in Victoria. Lost, 0-6 This was a very good game in spite of the score. Esqui- malt forwards, playing a very sound combination game, proved too strong for our weakened defence (Haddon being absent 10

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE THE Football Season, from the match point of view, was almost non-existent. Owing to isolation precautions we were able to play only one 1st XI match before the fire. Although football was played at Cadboro Bay, the field was very small and the difficulties of bringing down the seniors to practise with the rest of the school were too great to merit our arranging any fixtures for the 1st XI. The XI was much handicapped by the absence of Haddon, the captain, who had to have an operation early in the season. The only really strong point in the team was Rochfort I in goal, but as he had to play out in place of Haddon in the only match, we did not derive much benefit from this. The age of the Cup Team was altered this year from under 15 to under 13, in compliance with the suggestions of other schools. Robertson is to be congratulated on the suc- cess of his team in winning the Wilson Cup for us again. The earlier two matches in the Christmas Term were won without much difficulty, but against St. Aidan ' s in March we felt the lack of a full sized ground for practice, and were only able to draw. Two A Team matches were arranged with Cranleigh House for the Cadboro Bay end of the School and both re- sulted in wins for the School. This season we are fortunate in having the majority of last year ' s XI with us. Only one match has been played so far, against the Old Boys, and though we lost rather heavily,

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE and Rochfort therefore out of goal). For the School, Ripley was the outstanding man. He managed to mark his own wing and yet find time to assist the centre-half in moments of stress. Larsen and Merritt both played well at full-back. The inside forwards were rather dwarfed by the opposition and our outsides found great difficulty in centring with a slippery ball. In the second half we had a very fair share of the game, but were never able to score. Team: Johnston (goal), Larsen, Merritt (full-backs), Ripley, Rochfort I, Parr (half-backs), Maxwell I, Harcourt, Best, Slater, Skrimshire (forwards). CUP TEAM VS. ST. MICHAEL ' S 1926 Played on October 30, at Shawnigan. Won, 5-0. For the first few minutes of the game it looked as if we should have our work cut out to hold our own, but the School team soon settled down and after the first nervous- ness had worn off, St. Michael ' s were on the defensive for the whole time, except for occasional rushes. Deming scored first from the left wing, off a good pass from Lake. Cooke scored twice more during the game, first from a pass by Robertson and later from Deming. For Shawnigan, Bradford II played extremely well at left-half. The backs were both sound, Bradford I ' s kicking being very good. The forwards combined well together, the most notable feature being the exceedingly unselfish play of Robertson. His passes to both wings were well timed and placed; he was well supported by Lake II at centre-half. Team : Cotton, Bradford I, Hilton, Barker, Lake II, Bradford II, Rochfort II, Barclay I, Robertson (captain), Cooke, Deming. 11