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

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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

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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 SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL VS. MR. R. GORE- LANGTON ' S XI Played on November 26, at Shawnigan At first it looked as though the School would score in the first minutes, but lack of combination let them down. They could not settle down to any kind of cohesion. Our opponents, however, soon got together and pressed ; Larsen cleared. The School attacked for a short while but were driven back, and a good movement by the Duncan side finished with a good goal by Forbes which Macrae had little chance of saving. Soon after this they again scored from a free kick, again through Forbes. The School, as a whole, seemed unable to get together, though both Rochfort and Best worked very hard. Half-time came with Duncan pressing again. From the kick-off, Robertson had a good chance of scoring, but put the ball behind. Duncan then pressed for some time and we had some anxious moments, but good work by Larsen got our forwards moving again, and Best had a shot which was well saved by the Duncan goal-keeper. The School had now settled down to play with more combination, and from some good play by Malkin they were attacking again. Best had another shot saved. Malkin then had a long shot, which gave their goal-keeper all his time to save, but the opposition were not to be denied and attacked for some time, when Forbes scored, with a beautiful shot that gave the goal- keeper no chance at all. Some even play ensued, the School then attacked, pressed but were unable to finish. The end came with the School on the defensive, Duncan winning by 3 goals to nil. Shawnigan: Goal, Macrae; backs, Larsen (captain), Playfair ; half-backs, Malkin, Rochfort, Barclay ; forwards,, Skrimshire, Slater, Best, Robertson, Harcourt. 13