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

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Merritt. Forward. Has learnt the game very quickly and developed into a real good forward, a good hooker and place kick, also good in the line-out. Harcourt. Fullback. A very brave player, but is rather in- clined to get out of position. Quite a good kick. Mackedie. Forward. On his day is a very good winger, must, however, remember to push in the scrum. Good hands and kick. Lake I. Forward. A good, honest, hard worker, rather clumsy with his feet in the scrum. Poor pair of hands. pflv V ' f $ $■ ■ ? ' • ' ta jjp, 7 FIRST XV. 1928-1929 Stewart II. Forward. A very vigorous player, must learn to use his brains to better effect. Poor in the line out. Playfair. Forward. Rather slow-thinking, must make up his mind what he wants to do, and do it, whether it is right or wrong. Poor hands, good kick. Bazett. Forward. Rather variable, takes an enormous amount of exercise, but not to the best advantage. Poor in the line out. Taylor I. Stand-off half. Quite a clever half, is inclined to be far too selfish, must get off the mark quicker. Poor tackle, good kick. Ames. Five-eighths. When he learns more about this rather difficult position, should be very useful. Good kick.

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE wwfBmM pm IT IS hard to realize how difficult it is to change from one game of football to another, but the great keenness shown by the whole school greatly minimised this. Although the standard was not in any way high, the energy shown rather flossed over the lack of cleverness. Onlv the most elementarv phases of the game could be tackled, and before the end of the season there seemed to be some sun showing through the clouds. Low tackling and going down on the ball were sadly lack- ing. It must be remembered that these two are the first essen- tials of the game, attack and defense play can come later. Larsen, as captain, was well supported by Slater and Merritt. Lest this should sound as if there was no hope for the fu- ture, let us hasten to add that such is not the case. Starting practically where we left off last year and with nearly the whole XV still with us, we should soon be able to say that we can- turn out a Rugger XV of the same quality as our old Soccer XI ' s, and this would be no mean standard either. Larsen. (Captain). Wing three-quarter. A very strong and fast runner who did not quite realize his own speed. Inclined to get rather rattled in a tight corner. Good kick, fair hands. Slater. Scrum half. A clever player, but must not attempt too much on his own, also be more determined in his tackling. Good pair of hands. 5

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE The following played for the First XV, but were not awarded colours. Hunter. Centre-three-quarter. Has the makings of a very good player, had the misfortune to get injured early on in the season. A good tackle, uses his brains. Barclay I. Centre-three-quarter. Rather slow-brained, does not seem able to learn more than one thing at a time and then overdoes it. Must learn to be less selfish and remember there are 14 other members of the side who would like to see the ball occasionally. Stewart. Forward. A good honest player, but slow in real- izing what is going to happen next. Quite a good kick. Branson I. Forward. Quite a useful player in many places. Very inclined to have a day off and then forget all he has ever been taught. Good kick, but rather apt to forget that he can. Martin II. Forward. An energetic player, at times. Must try and keep going in all games and not slack. Has the mak- ings of a good hooker. RUGGER FIXTURES — 1929 1st XV. Date Opponents Where Played Result Nov. 9 Staff Shawnigan Won 14-0 Nov. 11 Old Boys Shawnigan Won 14-8 Nov. 23 Brentwood Shawnigan Lost 0-11 Dec. 7 Victoria College Shawnigan Lost 3-11 COLTS Nov. 23 Brentwood Brentwood Lost 12-13 Dec. 14 LTniversity School ...