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

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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

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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 Yes, yes ; that ' s right, that ' s where I was working. The instructor continued, Out in India . . . I went away leaving them to exchange their wondrous tales in peace. — D. F. R. INTER-HOUSE FOURS, 1932 THE first round of the inter-house fours was rowed on June 16th at 4:30 p.m. Conditions were good : smooth water and a light following wind. In the first heat Copeman ' s beat Ripley ' s by two lengths in 2 mins., 51 sees. In the second heat Lake ' s beat Groves ' by three lengths in 2 mins., 48 sees. Both the losing crews were handicapped by the absence of their strokes during part of practice, but, quite apart from this, they were not of the same calibre as the winners. Covernton shewed promise in Ripley ' s boat, though he is a slow learner ; while Adams was outstanding for Groves ' . Final Heat Wednesday, June 22nd Lake ' s beat Copeman ' s in the final by three-quarters of a length in the fast time of 2 mins., 41 3-5 sees. Both crews got away very fast at the start, Copeman ' s rowed 11, 20 and 38 and Lake ' s a stroke a minute slower. At the end of the first minute the crews appeared to be dead level. Lake ' s were swinging the steadier of the two, and, taking every advantage of the strong following wind, they began to go away a little after the first minute, rowing 34 to Copeman ' s 35. Cautley kept his crew going well, spurt- ing strongly in the last three-quarters of a minute, but Lake ' s were good enough to beat off his challenge, crossing the line three-quarters of a length to the good. 2S