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

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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

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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 Cricket, 1927 OWING to the greater part of the School being at Cad- boro Bay for the early part of the term, there was little or no chance for practice. Thanks to the kind- ness of the Cowichan Cricket Club matches were arranged ; they also allowed us the use of their ground for the Ganges match. Haddon was the most successful bowler, but has a lot to learn, and should not mind if his bowling is hit ; he has a natural swing and can spin the ball, but he must remember that length comes before everything else. Rochfort has the makings of a good bat, at present he is too anxious to score quickly before he has got a good sight of the ball ; he has plenty of reach to make even a good length ball easy to play ; is a good field, and fair change bowler. Best at present rather a clumsy bat ; is learning to make quite a useful stumper. Slater should make a very good bat ; has all the strokes, but is at present rather nervous of trying them in a match ; a good cover. Robertson, with a little coaching, should develop into a good bat ; very slow in the field ; must ginger himself up. Harcourt, a poor bat, with little con- fidence ; a good field. Larsen wishes to remove the cover off the ball every time ; has a good eye ; energetic field in any position. Merritt also played ; he, too, has the idea that the object is to destroy the ball, but with little success ; very slow in the field. The change bowlers were very poor; all thinking that speed gets wickets and disregarding length. During the term Senior and Junior House matches were played and resulted in Lake ' s winning both, mainly due to Haddon and Playfair in the Senior and Cooke in the Junior ; nobody on either side scoring vast numbers of runs. The great thing about these matches was the great keeness with which they were played and they should help a great deal in improv- ing the cricket all through the School. Haddon, Rochfort, Slater, Robertson, Larsen and Best were awarded their 1st XI colours. 14