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

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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 —

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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 minutes, though Brentwood never looked particularly likely to score except thanks to our mistakes. Then we broke away, and the side at last started work- ing smoothly; after a number of good movements by Smith, Day and Moore scored tries, one of which Moore converted. For us the outsides as a whole were disappointing; they moved more slowly and their handling was more uncertain than usual. The only exceptions were Day and Torland, both of whom played an extremely good game. All the for- wards played a hard, though sometimes clumsy, game, with Gardner perhaps outstanding. Shawnigan Lake School vs. University School — Won 11-8 In the 1st XV match at University School, Shawnigan won 11-8, after being led 8-0 at one period of the game. The game started at a great pace, University School playing a bustling type of game, their forwards breaking up very quickly, and their outsides lining up straight most of the time, and marking very closely. After about five minutes ' play one of their backs kicked ahead over the goal line, and following up fast scored a rather lucky try. They continued pressing, and after some time Huff dodged through a crowd of players to score another try that was converted. After this our three-quarters began to settle down and shortly before half-time Gardner forced his way over after a touch on their line. After half-time play continued very hard, with University School still in our half most of the time, but they gained ground mainly by forward rushes, and their outsides never looked dangerous or likely to score. Then we rushed the ball up the field, and after a penalty for offside against several of their outsides, Niven dropped a penalty goal. The game remained very even, until Moore got the ball on our twenty-five, and after dodging several opponents handed on to Burchard who drew the full-back before passing to Day, who scored behind the posts: Moore converted. After this we held off any attacks easily, and a very exciting game ended with us pressing hard. Honours went to the forwards, especially Gardner and Mcintosh, who held their own against a very strong pack. The outsides never got going against some very quick and determined tackling, and there was too much wild and lobbed passing, which often lost a lot of ground. The University School pack was always a menace, but their outsides were undistinguished apart from some excellent kicking, and very good tackling. Shawnigan Lake School vs. St. George ' s School, Vancouver — Won 53-0 This match was played at Shawnigan Lake on Saturday, December 5 th, and resulted in a rather one-sided victory for Shawnigan by seven goals and six tries to nothing (5 3-0). The weather was foggy and wet, so that under these con- ditions the handling of the Shawnigan outsides was excellent, and they also had the pace of the opposition. The shades of night were falling fast when the whistle blew for no-side. During the first ten minutes play was very even, St. George ' s packing eight against seven in the scrum, getting a slight advantage. At the end of this period Shawnigan set up their first attack and from the time that Torland slipped over for the first try from a scrum close to the line, tries came at regular intervals. Considering the heavy state of the ball Moore did well to convert seven of the tries, even if some of them were from, easy positions. The outsides played most unselfishly, and while several tries were the result of orthodox passing move- — 19 —