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

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE He has a good style in batting but is rather inclined to play across the ball. D. E. Bradford (Vice-Captain). A first class field. His batting has greatly improved and his forward play is most promising. Needs to develop the cut. J. M. Malkin. Rather a disappointing bat, who never seemed to get set. A very fair field. Should try to control his length more for his slow leg breaks. C. H. Hyde. A batsman with a good off-drive, but no other strokes. A fair field. As a bowler he has a deceptive flight. D. F. Robertson. A very lucky opening batsman, whose off strokes have much improved, but he still has some shots peculiarly his own. A good field and useful change bowler. P. S. Mallam. A very successful first season as a wicket- keeper. I. M. D. Fox. A useful left hand bowler who is less afraid to pitch the ball up than he was. Good field but very poor bat. G. Graburn. A useful left hand change bowler with a natu- ral swing. A very good field but an indifferent bat. J. F. Lake. The iron man of the side, saving many runs by his determined efforts at mid-off. A hard hitting batsman without much style. I. J. Bird. A very good field. A useful bat who did not quite live up to his early promise, chiefly through a desire to pull everything to leg. E. A. Riddell. A useful field and a safe catch, but his batting was rather of the golfing variety. The following also played but were not awarded colours : R. F. Pearce, C. D. Graham, J. W. Bell. 26

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL vs. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL June 11th, 1932, at Victoria Won by 15 Runs University School Shawnig-an Lake School Poyntz, c Riddell, b Dyson..... 15 Robertson, b Mackid 1 Allen, c Riddell, b Graburn 13 Bradford, b Allen 42 Mackid, c Riddell, b Graburn 7 Malkin, b Alexander 1 Leggatt, b Graburn Hyde, b Mackid Alexander, run out 9 Dyson, c and b Allen 20 Smith, run out Graburn, c Alexander, b Allen Coleman, b Graburn Riddell, c Smith, b Allen 4 Rowe, run out 5 Lake, c Smith, b Allen 1 Swan, c Riddell, b Dyson..... 1 Bird, c Mackid, b Allen 3 Mercer, not out 4 Fox, not out Davis, c Malkin, b Dyson 2 Mallam, b Alexander 2 Extras 4 Extras 1 Total 60 Total 75 SECOND XI MATCHES School vs. University School, May 1st, at Victoria, won by 1 run ; Shawnigan 48, University School 47 (Pearce i 7 for 25). School vs. Courtenay, May 28th, at Shawnigan, won by 9 runs; Shawnigan 62 (Bell 16), Courtenay 53 (Graham 5 for 14). School vs. University School, June 11th, at Shawnigan, won by 4 runs; Shawnigan 62 (Bell 17), University School 58 (Pearce i 4 for 10). COLTS MATCH School vs. Duncan Scouts, May 1st, at Duncan, won by 8 runs; Shawnigan 60 (Covernton 30 not out), Duncan Scouts 52 (Maxwell 4 for 12, Aikins 4 for 18). HOUSE MATCHES In the first round Copeman ' s beat Ripley ' s 110 for 5-36; Grove ' s beat Lake ' s 75-65. In the final Copeman ' s beat Grove ' s 55-28. CHARACTERS— FIRST XI G. F. Dyson (Captain). A very hard working captain who set a good example to his side as a fieldsman. He used his head when bowling and usually had the batsmen guessing. 25

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SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL MAGAZINE R. I. P. (With apologies to the Ruthless Rhymster) One day I was playing cricket : Ridewood bowled and hit my wicket. I could not, of course, stand that, So I brained him with my bat. Sentiment, I know, is silly, But I rather miss young Billy. VERY EXPERIENCED MEN One very wet night I wandered into the gym. As usual, one of the instructors was there to see that there were no casualties. On this particular night he was conversing with a very experienced man of the woods. The topic of conversa- tion was the rainfall, which was very heavy at that time. The woodsman was speaking. It ' s raining pretty hard to-night, isn ' t it, Captain? Why, this is nothing, replied the instructor, adopting his most convincing expression. Why, out in Afghanistan the rainfall is very great during a certain period of the year. As it happened we were encamped on the side of a mountain during one of the uprisings there. As it was the beginning of the rainy season we expected the rain any minute. Suddenly the sky became dark and down came the rain. Now there was a small lake which had been dried up by the previous heat. In a very short time it was filled and began to overflow. The torrent thus formed was so great that it washed the mountain right into two parts and carried away five of our tents con- taining fifty men. It was an awful catastrophe. Gee whizz! It must have been, agreed the woodsman. That reminds me of the rains we had on the West Coast when I was first feller in a logging camp there. Were you near Campbell River? It rains very heavily there. 27