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

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE G. F. McAulay. Forward. A good fast forward, always well up with the ball though inclined to hang about outside a loose scrum, when he should get his head down. Good in the line-out. E. G. Hunter. Centre three-quarter. Has the makings of a really good outside, but seemed to be always thinking of something else during a game. His hands were rather poor at times, also his kicking. J. Piddington. Forward. A hard worker, has the makings of a good front row forward, good dribbler, with a poor pair of hands ; tackling much improved. H. Housser. Forward. A very energetic player ; rather inclined to lose his head : Must try and learn the rules. Poor hands. G. R. M. Marshall. Wing three-quarter. Rather disinclined to go all out. Must try and improve his tackling. Quite a use- ful kick. The following played for the First XV but were not awarded their colours : W. F. S. Walker, J. Redden, J. R. Matthews, R. P. Douty. vJkjfcA «3l A Otrvvvx- - »x£L - - o A 19

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Shawnigan: Nixon i, Robinson i, Dawson, Pearce i, Homer-Dixon, Barker (captain), Taylor, Bates, Hyde i, Shannon i, Tryon i, Innes, Stirling, Savage, Dyke. Characters E. M. Slater (Captain). Stand off half. Has a very quick brain for an opening, but must learn not to overdo the dummy. His kicking has greatly improved, but he is inclined to overdo this and starve his three-quarters in conse- quence. His tackling, too, which was, until this year, rather sketchy, improved. Has captained the side very well. J. F. Lake (Vice-captain). Forward. A real honest hard worker, always well up both in attack and defence. His hands and kicking are still rather poor, but are improving. Has led the forwards well. D. E. Bradford. Scrum half. A very sound and greatly improved player. Good both in attack and defence. Must try and learn to get the ball out a little quicker. A good kick. G. F. Dyson. Centre three-quarter. Rather on the slow side, but makes up for it by using his brains ; has a very deceptive run ; very good in defence ; fair kick. D. A. Ames. Wing forward. Rather disappointing. He does not seem to grasp what is happening quickly enough. Started the season quite well but faded away. Good place kick. Fair pair of hands. D. Macrae. Full back. Much improved in his tackling and kicking, rather inclined to delay his kick too long and get himself tackled with the ball. Positions himself well. A. G. Stewart. Forward. Has hooked quite well, but would have done better if he had paid more attention to what was told him. Always a hard worker, but must try and re- member that there are fourteen other players on the side.

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE 1931 THE standard of cricket all through the School showed a marked improvement. The 1st XI were more self-reliant than in previous years. The fielding was for the most part very good, especially in the Cowichan match at Duncan. Ames was ably assisted by Dyson in keeping the side on its toes. Although the side lacked change bowlers, it should never be forgotten by a good captain that it is the ability to use the material at his disposal to the best advantage and at the psychological moment which often puts a different com- plexion on the state of a match. Too often Marshall and Dyson had to bear the brunt of the bowling when they might have been rested for a while. Dyson, Bradford and Macrae often showed how many runs could be made by good backing up and sound calling. SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL vs. COWICHAN CRICKET CLUB May 2nd, 1931, at Shawnigan Drawn Cowichan Jobling-, c Robertson, b Marshall 4 Leader, lbw, b Marshall Garrard, c Douty, b Marshall 1 Hoey, b Fox Craig, b Marshall 22 Copeman, b Marshall 17 Appleby, b Marshall ... 8 Cole, b Marshall 2 Matthews, not out 23 Barkley, b Marshall..— 21 Shaw, c Marshall, b Dyson Extras ... 2 Total .100 Shawnig-an Lake School Marshall, not out Robertson, not out.... 1 Dyson Hunter Ames Douty.. Bradford Fox McAulay Malkin Davidson Extras did not bat Total 3 20