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

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine FOOTBALL » SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL 1st XV vs. THE WANDERERS FOR this match the Wanderers had put on themselves a weight limit of 165 pounds, but in spite of this they were the heavier team, which, in the wet condition of the ground, gave them an ad- vantage. Rain fell heavily for the first ten minutes, and, although it cleared up before half-time, the slippery ball was difficult to handle throughout. Adapting themselves to these conditions, the Wander- ers, by means of quick breaking up, strong dribbling, and long (and sometimes lucky) kicks to touch, kept the School under continual pressure. Their backs never seemed dangerous ; the School backs, on the few occasions when they did get moving, seemed more likely to score. It is significant that while the two tries which the Wanderers scored came from forward dribbles, ending in dives over the line, the one School try Avas the result of good three-quarter play, finishing with the wing scoring close to the corner flag. The School fielding of the ball and kicking for touch Avas shaky. After the forwards, by strenuous efforts, kept the ball near their opponents 1 line for a time and a try seemed imminent, it was disheartening for them to see poor fielding taken advantage of so well by the Wanderers and the ball rushed and kicked to the other end of the field. During the first half, with the School slower to adapt themselves to the slippery conditions, the Wanderers held the territorial advan- tage. Following a scrum, twenty yards from the School line, three Wanderer forwards broke away and, dribbling over the line, fell on the ball for a try. The kick, like the other two goal kicks of the game, was from far out, and failed. After half-time the School forwards played up well. The Wander- ers played a strong game in the loose, but in close work the School were superior and more than held their own ground. Two three- quarter movements had looked dangerous, but mis-timed passes had spoiled the chances. After some fifteen minutes ' play the ball went quickly down the line to Hicks, who, going hard for the corner and evading two tackles, scored a try. The School continued to press until a long kick took play to the other end, from where a quick dribble resulted in the Wanderers ' second try and the score remained at 6-3. Amongst a hard-working pack, Gardner and Cooper deserve spe- cial mention. Of the backs the defence of Newton and Fleck was sound, and Day and Burchard got in strong runs. If School supporters felt that on a dry day the result would have been different, they were not without justification. — 23 —

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine COLTS School vs. Glenlyon, May 29th, at Shawnigan, lost by 3 runs. School, 16. (Rolston 6 for 9.) Glenlyon, 19. (Forrest 6 for 4.) School vs. Brentwood College, June 5th, at Brentwood, lost by 14 runs. Brentwood, 84. (Clark 35, Forrest 6 for 27.) School, 70. (Burchard ii 19, Forrest 18, Rogers 6 for 8.) School vs. Brentwood College, June 12th, at Shawnigan, won by 58 runs. School, 90. (Pearce 46, not out; Burchard ii 18, Rogers 5 for 22.) Brentwood, 32. (Forrest 6 for 8, Pearce 4 for 17.) « FENCING » A LTHOUGH the individual tournament was not held this year, XV interest in Fencing was well maintained. An inter-House foil competition for teams of three was held in March and resulted in a win for Groves ' , who just beat Ripley ' s and Lake ' s, in each case by 4 defeats to 5. We had three entrants in the B. C. Foil Championship, Torland, Bell and Smith, of whom Torland and Bell reached the final pool. Torland, who finished fourth, showed particularly good style, and with more experience should become a finished fencer. BADMINTON Senior Final — Newton beat Smith, 15-4, 15-1. Junior Final — Fleck beat Cavenagh, 15-8, 15-9. No entries to Junior Tournament at Duncan. TENNIS Senior Final— Smith beat Fleck, 6-1, 6-1. Junior Final — Fleck beat Hammond i, 6-0, 6-2. — 22 —

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine SHAWNIGAN 1st XV vs. ST. GEORGE ' S 1st XV SHAWNIGAN visited Vancouver on November 20th and defeated St. George ' s School by 26 points to nil. For our victory Ave were largely indebted to our backs, who, despite a very heavy ground and a greasy ball, combined well and were much surer in their handling. The centres were timing their passes much better and consequently the wings had more room in which to manoeuvre. The forwards worked very hard and were quick on to the ball in the loose, but they were not combining well in the scrums, and slow heeling often made it impossible for their half-back to get the ball away. Shawnigan scored in the first minute, when, from a scrum on St. George ' s 25, the ball passed quickly down the line to the left wing, where Burchard had an easy run in. Day i converted with a good kick. Five minutes later Burchard was brought down near the line after a good three-quarter movement, and from the ensuing scrum the same player scored on the blind side. Day just failed with the - Y $ ft ft ' t ft ft, BP JPP sw Back Row: G. D. Fix, W. E. Ridewood, J. P. Ogilvie, W. B. McCreery, R. Derby, R. H. Milne, J. B. Hicks. Middle Row: W. N. Cooper, R. M. Day, D. A. Newton, A. Gardner, D. W. Burchard, D. M. Hartnell, A. B. Fleck. Front Row: W. T. S. Pearce, C R. Day. — 24 —