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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine standing player and he can seldom have played better, while Mackie was also prominent. The University School forwards worked hard all the time and broke through quickly, Teagle being untiring in his efforts, but it was impossible to gauge the capabilities 6? their back division in attack as they were given no opportunities. The School were almost continually on the attack in the first half. Mcintosh opened the scoring after three minutes ' play, and shortly after Gardner almost added another try, only being held up when over the line. After quarter of an hour Whittle scored a try, having first tried to drop a goal. This was one of only three tries converted out of ten. Newton then made two vain efforts to drop a goal. University School carried play to the other end as the result of an interception, but before half time the School scored again twice through Mackie. There might have been other tries had Moore run straight. At the beginning of the second half Mackie made a fine individual run from the halfway line to start the scoring. University School then took up the attack, but Newton broke away and Smith scored after a good three-quarter run. A certain try was lost soon after by Whittle knocking on. At this point Torland was hurt and had to go off, but with Whittle working the scrum three more tries came in quick succession as the result of good three-quarter movements, in two of which the forwards joined. The final score came from Whittle, who slipped over after a five-yard scrum. It is a pity that the School, when watching, have become so apathetic. Apart from one spectator, who is an ardent soccer enthusiast, the School had no vocal support the whole afternoon. Shawnigan Lake School: Niven i; Moore, Smith i, Mackie, Mcintosh; Whittle, Newton; Torland; Reynolds i, Tupper i, Wilson i, Smith ii, Gardner, Budd, Cooper. Shawnigan Lake School vs. Brentwood College — Won 19-8 The return match between the School and Brentwood was played at Shawnigan on December 7th. A good, hard-fought game resulted, with Shawnigan winning by almost the identical score of the first game. As in the match against University School the previous week, the School ' s success was due to the precision with which the forwards heeled the ball. The good play of Brentwood ' s wing forwards and the marking up of their outsides prevented the School backs having things all their own way. They made many good runs, however, with Whittle and Mackie often cutting through the middle dan- gerously, and Burchard with his strong running on the wing being a constant menace to the opposing defence. Niven played a very steady game at full back. The forwards all worked hard and it would be invidious to pick out anyone rbove the others. Brentwood were unfortunately without two of their best outsides and had the further misfortune of having to play the whole of the second half without Field. Their forwards played a spirited game and wisely kept the ball close, relying on foot rushes to carry the ball down the field. Rhodes, Ray and Izard were particularly prominent in the scrum. Behind the scrum Symons played a very sound game and was well backed up by Edge, whilst the defensive work of the whole team was good. The first half started with Shawnigan attacking, and at the end of twelve

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine The second half was very much a repetition of the first, the Wanderers putting on a goal and two tries, though the School put up a good fight all the way. Shawnigan Lake School: Niven i; Hicks, Smith i, Mackie, Burchard; Whittle, Newton; Budd; Wilson i, Tupper i, Mcintosh, Gardner, Smith ii, Oakes, Gregory. Shawnigan Lake School vs. University School — Won 3 6-0 On November 3 0th the School beat University School at Shawnigan on a day ideal for rugger. The foundation of the School ' s victory lay in the machine- like heeling of the forwards, who gave their outsides every opportunity. They were nearly as good in the line-out where Wilson ' s height was a great asset. Outside the scrum Torland replaced Budd at half and Mcintosh was played on the wing in place of Burchard, who was crocked. In the first half the handling of the outsides was uncertain, but in the second half there was a great improvement and their combination was very good. Newton was the out- vL ?• ' U jL ' f b I f ; 1 1 8 i: 1st RUGBY FIFTEEN 1934-35 Back Row: J. F. Mcintosh, J. D. Seaton, A. C. Campbell, T. A. Wilson, G. C. H. Tupper, J. G. Niven, D. G. Harris. Middle Row: J. S. Humphreys, G. W. Reed, D. A. Dawson, J. C. Whittle, A. T. Rogers. Front Row: G. F. Mackie, V. G. Motherwell, J. W. Reynolds. — 12 —

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine minutes they were eight points up through tries by Wilson and Whittle. Brentwood then fought back well and play was even until in the closing minutes of the half Mackie scored an unconverted try. At the beginning of the second half Burchard scored two quick tries close to the corner flag by determined running, Reynolds converting one with a good kick. The attack then veered from one end of the ground to the other, in the course of which the Shawnigan outsides carried out one magnificent movement. Their attack then faded away, and Brentwood, playing with great determination for the last ten minutes, scored two tries through Allan and Mitchell, the first of which was converted. Shawnigan Lake School: Niven i; Burchard, Smith i, Mackie, Moore; Whittle, Newton; Budd; Reynolds i, Tupper i, Wilson i, Mackintosh, Smith ii, Gardner, Oakes. Shawnigan Lake School 2nd XV vs. Brentwood College 2nd XV — Draw, 6-6 The match was played at Brentwood on Saturday, November 30th, and resulted in an even draw 6-6. To begin with, play was almost confined to the School ' s 2 5, and Brentwood several times nearly scored, but sound tackling kept them out. After that play evened out, and from a passing movement in mid-field Hicks ran over for an unconverted try. At half-time the School was leading 3-0. Early in the second half the Brentwood right wing just got over in the corner, though half-tackled, and with the score level play moved quickly from one end to the other. Eventually Hicks was given the ball from a loose scrum and ran round the defence to score in the corner; this again was not converted. Brentwood tried hard to equalise, and at last after a forward rush down to our line, our forwards got off-side en masse, and Brentwood kicked a goal with the last kick of the game. The main feature of the game was the excellent tackling. Shawnigan Lake School: Fleck; Rhodes, Murphy, Hicks, Paterson; Hay ward, Milne; Day ii; Davis i, Hartnell, Littlewood, Taylor, Kerr, Mat- thews i, Oakes. Shawnigan Lake School 2nd XV vs. Brentwood 2nd XV On December 1 1th Shawnigan 2nd XV played a return match with Brent- wood at Shawnigan and won by 19 points to nil. The first half was fairly even; although Shawnigan were getting the ball from most of the scrums and line out, good tackling by Brentwood prevented the three-quarters from making much headway. The only score was a try by Hicks which was not converted. In the second half the Shawnigan forwards took charge of the game and gave their backs many opportunities. After a good three-quarter movement Griffiths scored. Good tackling prevented the Brentwood backs from ever becoming dangerous when they got the ball and most of the play was in the Brentwood half. Holland cut through the centre well to score Shawnigan ' s third try, and with Brentwood tiring, further tries were scored before the end by Hicks and Cooper. These last two were both converted by Hayward. Shawnigan Lake School: Fleck; Hicks, Murphy, Holland, Griffiths; Milne, Hayward; Day; Davis, Cooper, Gregory, Kerr, Hartnell, Taylor and Rhodes.