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

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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 ...

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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 SCHOOL vs. OLD BOYS Won by the School 14-8 This match was played on Monday, November 11th at 11:45. At first the School side was obviously nervous; the forwards scrummaged badly and the three-quarters could not hold their passes. After a number of scrums in the School twenty-five, Merritt got in a good kick, which took the ball into the Old Boys ' half of the field. There followed an orgy of kicking on both sides. Merritt showed up well in the line outs, with the result that the School gradually gained ground. They should have scored from a 5 yards ' scrum, 15 minutes after the start, but the Old Boys managed to touchdown. For the next five minutes ' play was mostly in midfield, until the School three-quarters at last got away. Walker was held up on the Old Boys ' line, but from a loose scrum that followed, Macaulay scored. The kick failed. (3-0). After the kick off, the School pressed again, until Phillips kicked far up the field from his own twenty-five. Macrae failed to gather the ball, and Phillips, following up fast, scored a clever try, which was not converted (3-3). Just before half- time Merritt scored again for the School, after a forward rush (6-3), so that they crossed over with a lead of 3 points. In the second half the School had the better of the game, chiefly owing to the fact that Hunter was now holding on to his passes and making some openings for the three-quarters. The forwards attacked strongly, until they kicked too far ahead, and the Old Boys ' three-quarters made a nice run to the half-way line. A little later the School three-quarters were set going, and Davidson scored far out. Merritt converted with a very good kick (11-3). The next incident was another try for the Old Boys as a result of some loose kicking between the full-backs. Walker fumbled one of these kicks, and Edmonds picked up and scored between the posts. Ferguson converted (11-8). The School then attacked again. From a 5-yard scrum Ames scored the last try of the game, which was not con- verted. When the whistle blew the School were left winners by 14 points to 8.