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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine on the offensive. This ended in Dawson scoring in a favourable position, but in spite of this his attempt at converting failed, as had his other two. University began the second half with great eclat, Berry scoring after a great run and Gee adding the extra points. Almost immediately afterwards they were again attacking strongly as the result of an intercepted pass. Relief eventually came when Dawson found touch near the corner flag from a free kick. A certain score was thrown away by a fumble, but Harris scored almost at once, Dawson being successful with the kick. The next try was also scored by the same player after a good round of passing. Shawnigan continued to press but could not score again in spite of a series of five-yard scrums. The Uni- versity forwards then carried play to the other end and set up a strong attack which ended with Berry again scoring after a strong run, Gee converting. Time came shortly afterwards but not before there had been a good bout of passing between Harris and Rogers. Shawnigan Lake School: R. M. Day, G. F. Mackie, D. G. Harris, J. D. Seaton, A. T. Rogers, D. A. Dawson, G. W. Reed, J. C. Whittle, D. Wood- ward, J. S. Humphreys, J. W. Reynolds, T. A. Wilson, V. G. Motherwell, A. C. Campbell, G. C. H. Tupper. ! ' 1Mfe„ AaeflwM ii • ' J9 ' i • ■ i w$. , J9 1H| ' s tuL £ 3Sp : 5Jl m [£•, vl ' 9H I Bfc ' m- ir f f f | y f y + 1st RUGBY FIFTEEN 1933-34 Back Row: A. T. Rogers, J. C. Campbell, A. Wilson, J. R. Maybee, J. D. Rochfort, J. S. Humphreys, W. D. Woodward. Middle Row: J. I. Bird, G. S. Covernton, J. F. Mackie (Captain), R. E. Homer-Dixon, D. A. Dawson. Sitting: P. F. Pullen, J. C. Whittle, G. W. Reed. 17

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « FOOTBALL » Shawnigan Lake School vs. Brentwood — Won 50-0 The School started its list of fixtures with a match against Brentwood, played on the School ground, on November 3rd. Continuous and heavy rain made the surface slippery and the ball difficult to hold. Shawnigan was the heavier and much the faster team of the two, and their outsides combined well. Tries were scored at regular intervals during the first half, usually the result of good passing movements. Harris ran particularly strongly, selling the dummy on several occasions, whilst Whittle played a good game at scrum half. Had Brentwood gone more often for the man with the ball instead of trying to intercept the pass they might well have kept the score lower. At half time the score was 31-0. In the second half Brentwood, mainly owing to the efforts of the forwards, put up a considerably stronger resistance and managed to have almost as much of the game as the School. Their marking and tackling was also better. In spite of this the School scored five more tries, two very soon after the resump- tion of play and two shortly before the final whistle. Those who scored for Shawnigan were Rogers (3) , Reed, Harris, Dawson and Campbell (2) , Tryon ( 1 ) . Dawson ' s place kicking was good, as he converted six tries, some of them not by any means from easy angles. Motherwell also converted one. Shawnigan Lake School: Mackie; Rogers, Seaton, Harris, Tryon; Dawson, Reed, Whittle; Humphreys, Woodward, Tupper i, Reynolds, Wilson i, Campbell, Motherwell. Shawnigan Lake School vs. University School — Won 17-10 A very evenly contested game between the two schools, played under per- fect conditions on November 10th, resulted in a win for Shawnigan by one goal and four tries to two goals. The School forwards beat the University scrum for possession of the ball on the majority of occasions, so that the outsides had plenty of opportunities and there were many good passing move- ments, but the tackling of the University outsides was excellent and made scoring difficult. The University outsides on the comparatively few occasions on which they got the ball from their forwards showed what a dangerous attacking force they were, outstanding among them being Berry, who in addi- tion to plenty of football ability has a great turn of speed. Dawson played a good game for Shawnigan both in attack and defence, his kicking on several occasions being invaluable. The forwards worked well together, Woodward, Humphreys and Campbell often being prominent. Quite early in the game Dawson went very close with a drop at goal and shortly after Mackie rounded off a good three-quarter movement to score the first try. He also scored the second try after fifteen minutes play after a similar attack. University School then began to attack and it was not until after a dropout following an unsuccessful attempt at a drop goal that Shawnigan were again 16

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Shawnigan Lake School vs. Lord Byng High School, Vancouver — Lost 32-3 On the School ground on November 17th, the School suffered a rather severe defeat at the hands of Lord Byng High School by five goals, a dropped goal and a try to a try. Though Lord Byng were the heavier and faster also, they were undoubtedly the better team. The School outsides had their fair share of the ball but their movements lacked the thrust of the Lord Byng outsides, and there was too much running across the fields. The forwards, though rather outweighted, held their own in the set scrums and in the line out. The School touch finding was weak and it would have been better to sacrifice length to greater accuracy. Lord Byng was almost as weak in this respect, but having found out the weakness of the School fullback they were not slow to exploit it with long kicks down the middle of the field and quick following up. The School forwards started with a rush which carried the ball into their opponent ' s twenty-five and had all the game for the first ten minutes. Lord Byng then began to get together and from a go od three-quarter run Tremblay broke away and scored, Holman, whose excellent place kicking was a feature of the game, converting. There was then some rather muddled play with neither side gaining any great advantage, until a movement by the Shawnigan threes carried play to the Lord Byng line. At this point a pass was intercepted by Tremblay, who ran more than half the length of the field to score between the posts. Almost immediately after, weak tackling let Williams through for a try, making the score at half time 13-0. The second half was all Lord Byng ' s, who kept Shawnigan penned in their own half of the field. The saving feature of the School ' s display was the mag- nificent work of Reed, who seemed ubiquitous in his tackling and saving. He was very well backed up by Whittle, Humphreys, and Woodward, who led the forwards extremely well. Dawson occasionally relieved the pressure with hi s kicking, which on more than one occasion was lucky rather than well judged. Holman dropped a very good goal, Tremblay scored two tries and Williams one, Holman converting all three during this period. In the last few minutes Shawnigan made a last desperate effort. A breakaway by Campbell followed up by a clever piece of play between Reed and Dawson with Reynolds up in the right place for the pass led to a try by Humphreys in the last minute. The conversion failed and the game was over. Shawnigan Lake School vs. University School — Won 15-10 Played in Victoria on Saturday, December 1st. Shawnigan won by 1 5 points (5 tries) to 10 points (2 goals). This match was played on the University School ground under perfect weather conditions. University School kicked off and set up a strong attack, which Shawnigan did well to resist, but after some ten minutes of continued pressure, Berry scored a try, which was converted. Shawnigan, now having warmed up, made several attacks, both by good forward dribbles and three- quarter movements, scoring two tries, by Rogers and Humphreys, both kicks failing. University School started the long kicking game and Shawnigan had to touch down; again the forwards relieved the pressure. Half time came with Shawnigan pressing again. During the second half Shawnigan pressed fairly continuously, University 18