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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine ments, many came from clever individual openings, intelligent backing up and determined running. The actual tries were scored by Day I and Smith ( 3 ) , Torland and Hay ward ( 2 ) , Burchard I, Mcintosh and Moore ( 1 ) . Much praise was due to the Shawnigan forwards who gave their outsides such a lion ' s share of the ball, and were not afraid to make passing movements of their own. They were particularly effective in the loose scrums, in which they worked as a unit and not as seven individuals. St. George ' s never gave up and played a losing game well. They were unlucky to lose a three-quarter injured in the second half of the game. Several of their forwards were good individually, and some of the outsides tackled well, but the pace at which the game was played and of the School outsides was too fast for them. Shawnigan Lake School 2nd XV vs. University School 2nd XV Won 3 3-0 In the 2nd XV match, which was played before the 1st, Shawnigan won 33-0, after a game in which the whole side showed very promising form. Tries were scored by Milne ( 3 ) , Niven and Hicks (2 ) , McPherson and Taylor ( 1 ) . Niven converted three, and also placed a penalty goal. Shawnigan Lake School Colts XV vs. Brentwood College Colts XV Won 30-6 At Brentwood, Shawnigan Colts defeated Brentwood Colts by 30-6. Shawnigan pressed from the start and after five minutes McPherson scored an unconverted try from a scrum on the Brentwood line. Almost immediately Butts scored a second try after a good three-quarter movement. For some time after play was in midfield with the Brentwood forwards controlling the game. Further tries were scored before half time by Butts and Niven, neither of which were converted. After the interval Brentwood improved and taking the ball to the Shawnigan line by a series of forward rushes, Hinton scored in the corner. Shawnigan came back and Butts scored, Fleck converting. The Brent- wood forwards, however, were now playing very strongly and after some good spoiling scored a second try through Quist. Some good kicking by Fleck then took the ball to the Brentwood 2 5 and with Brentwood backs tiring, further tries were added for Shawnigan by Barker (2) and McPherson. Fleck con- verted two of these. Shawnigan won mainly owing to the superior handling of their outsides and better hooking in the set scrums. The Brentwood forwards were better in the line outs and loose scrums, but their backs failed to make the best of their opportunities. Shawnigan Lake School Colts vs. Brentwood College Colts — Won 51-0 This match played at Shawnigan on November 21st was too one-sided to be of any interest. In Niven 2 the School had a player who was too good for this type of football, as Jie was able to run through the opposition almost at will. Tries were scored with monotonous regularity by either Niven or McPher- son, except when Matthews 2 on one occasion ran through the entire oppo- sition from a kick off, and when Spencer showed that the younger members of the team also could score tries, if the ball was passed out to them. As Niven failed to convert nine successive tries in the second half, it would have relieved the monotony if he had let other members of the side see what they could do. Brentwood never gave up trying, and when they did get the ball they showed a readiness to throw it about, while Rogers did some well-judged kicking for them. — 20 —