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

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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

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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 Football, 1927-28 SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL VS. THE OLD BOYS Played on November 5, at Shawnigan THE School took a short time to settle down to some form of combination, and had a good chance of scoring through Best, but the shot went wide. The Old Boys were now beginning to find their feet and gave the School some anxious moments, but Rochfort and Larsen did good work in keeping them out, and with some good work by Slater again took the play to the Old Boys ' goal. However, J. Roaf soon cleared. Our g ' oal was again attacked, W. Roaf scoring. The play was pretty even until half-time. On re- suming the Old Boys took the offensive. Again Rochfort and Larsen kept them away, but soon after this the School had a bad period and had three goals scored against them in quick succession by Musgrave, W. Roaf and Bastin. The School now bucked up and Best had a good shot, well saved by Wallbridge, but the Old Boys ' speed and weight was starting to assert itself, also they were now combining well, and two goals were scored in quick succession by Musgrave and Bastin. The School took the ball to the other end but failed to do anything with it. A quick dash by the Old Boys again saw our goal in danger and a melee in front enabled Bastin to score again. Just before the end the School at- tacked and good work by Best nearly resulted in a goal, but again Walbridge saved. Time came with the Old Boys win- ners by 7-0. Slater, Malkin and Barclay were awarded their 1st XI Colours after the match. School: Goal: Macrae; backs: Larsen (captain), Play- fair ; half-backs : Malkin, Rochfort, Barclay ; forwards : Skrim- shire, Slater, Best, Robertson, Harcourt. Old Boys: Goal: L. Wallbridge: backs: J. Roaf, L. Neel ; half-backs : E. Boyle, G. Officer, A. Bastin ; forwards : T. Golby, K. Osier, E. Musgrave, W. Roaf, W. Leckie. 12