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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine « FOOTBALL » Shawnigan Lake School 1st XV vs. Brentwood College 1st XV Won 27-0 THE match between Brentwood College and Shawnigan Lake School at Shawnigan on Saturday, November 3rd, ended in a win for Shawnigan by 27-0 after a game that was always interesting and not so one-sided as the score suggests. The Shawnigan forwards were well held in the tight scrums, but they held a decided advantage in the loose; and the outsides were quicker on the ball and combined better than their opposite numbers, who were handicapped by the absence of one of their regular players. The game opened with the ball being rushed down to the Brentwood twenty-five, and almost immediately after three quick loose scrums the ball came out to Smith, who scored in the corner. Play was even for some time after that, and the Brentwood outsides saw a fair amount of the ball, but spoilt their chances by kicking for touch too much instead of going through themselves. At half-time the score was 12-0, Smith having scored three more unconverted tries, one the result of a particularly neat run that caught the opposition on the wrong foot, another after a good cut through by Hayward, who drew the full-back before passing. In the second half the game was less open. Smith scored two more tries, and Day scored twice; three of these were converted by Moore. The game ended with Shawnigan pressing. For the losers, Wells played an exceptionally fine game at full-back; for the winners, in the back division, Torland, Newton, Hayward and Smith were outstanding. Shawnigan Lake School vs. Wanderers — Lost 16-5 A very hard game resulted when the School played the Wanderers on November 14th. The School set a fast pace at the beginning of the match and it was not long before Fleck made a good opening to send Smith in, on a determined run, for the School ' s try which Moore converted. Then, after a period of even play, Murdoch scored an unconverted try for the Wanderers. Within a few minutes the same player scored again by intercepting a pass, Grogan converting the try. An unconverted try by Brown just before half- time left the Wanderers with a six-point lead at the interval. The second half of the match was very evenly fought, but gradually the Wanderers ' heavier pack established an advantage and the School was penned in its own 2 5. Even so, good defensive play prevented a score until Barker intercepted a pass to score a try, which Grogan converted. The School then fought back well, but were unable to score. The principal fault in the School attack was the failure to find a man before letting go of the ball, a good lesson should have been learnt, at least two tries were scored as the result. Both the outsides and forwards did some good things, but they were too far apart to be of any great value. Newton, Torland and Smith were the best of the outsides, Gardner and Mcintosh were outstand- ing among the forwards, who all worked hard, but with little finesse.

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine CRICKET CHARACTERS D. A. C. Newton (Captain) — He captained the side very well, changing his bowling and altering his field with sound judgment. He bowled well, with but little luck. His batting is improving but he lacks patience. Very good field. J. P. Torland (Vice-Captain) — His wicket-keeping reached a very high standard. Batting has improved but he must try to develop his shots on the off-side. Assisted his captain very well in the field. J. G. Niven — He has the makings of a very good bat, but at present he is far too inclined to have a dip before he has got set. Fielding much improved. A. R. Smith — His bowling went off in the early part of the season, but later on he improved. He must be very careful to take infinite trouble with every ball he bowls. Played some good innings but is still weak in judging the length of a ball. Good field. G. F. Mackie — Bowled very well at times, but was too inclined to get dis- heartened if he was hit. His batting improved and he was learning to time the ball more easily. A much improved and energetic field. J. F. Moore — A very useful hitter, who helped the side on many occasions; he should, however, try and pick the right ball to hit, and not have a go at every one. A very good field who throws in extremely well. J. C. Whittle — Was beginning to develop into a useful bat, but had very little luck. A very useful and keen field who saves many runs by intelligent backing up. J. C. Smith — A good hitter, who could have made many more runs if he had been content to wait and pick the right ball. A much improved and energetic field. R. M. Day — Rather a stiff bat, who looked as though he might make runs, but seldom did. Very slow at getting his left foot across. Good, keen deep field. H. G. Niven — He has the ability to make runs, but will fail to do so until he learns that he has not the physique to hit every ball out of the ground. An improved field, but is still too inclined to snatch at the ball. T. A. Wilson — Has the reach and style to make runs, but he was too slow on his feet. A very useful field. 7

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine Shawnigan Lake S chool: J. G. Niven (Captain), J. Moore, R. Day, A. Fleck, A. Smith; R. Hay ward, D. Newton, J. Torland; J. Reynolds, J. Mcintosh, A. Gardner, D. Oakes, D. Burchard, D. Hartnell, W. Cooper. Shawnigan Lake School vs. Brentwood College — Won 19-0 The return match against Brentwood was played at Brentwood on Saturday, November 21st, and resulted in a win for the School by 19-0, after a much closer game than the previous match. The Brentwood outsides in particular put up a much improved show, and showed more readiness to run in attack rather than kick, while their forwards held us easily in the tight. Our outsides seemed to find a very light ball difficult to handle, and only really got going in the second half; the forwards packed too high in the tight, but showed to better advantage in the loose scrums, where they nearly always heeled the ball, though sometimes they allowed the opposing forwards to break through. The scoring started fairly soon, when Day got the ball after a loose scrum and ran round their defence before it had time to line out properly. There was no more scoring till immediately before half-time, when from a scrum on their line Newton went over on his own for a try which Moore converted. After half-time the ball was rushed down to our line, and stayed there for nearly ten t. : i ft m .?■ I £lll r %7j . ., .jjfcjfl $ %y 1st RUGBY FIFTEEN 1935-36 Back Row: J. P. Mcintosh, A. Gardner, J. W. Reynolds, T. A. Wilson, D. W. Burchard, A. R. Smith, J. F. Moore. Middle Row: D. A. C. Newton, J. G. Niven, J. C. Whittle, G. F. Mackie, G. C H. Tupper. Front Row: J. H. Budd, D. P. Oakes, J. C. Smith. — 18 —