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

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Shawn igan Lake School Magazine kick. St. George ' s fought back and for a few minutes looked likely to score. Good tackling, however, kept them out, and suddenly from a movement starting a few yards from the Shawnigan line Day broke through the centre and, running almost the whole length of the field, scored between the posts for Fleck to convert. For the remainder of the half play was in the Shawnigan 25. The defence, however, was very safe and the line was never in danger. The second half was a repetition of the first. The St. George ' s forwards Avere holding their own, and kept play largely in the Shaw- nigan half. But their backs were unable to make any headway against close marking and resolute tackling. Shawnigan ' s three-quarters always looked dangerous when they got the ball. Tries were scored by Burchard, Day and Hicks, all from good passing movements. Fleck ami Day each converted one. The School team are to be congratulated on the fast open game which they played in conditions which Avere all against good football. They returned to Shawnigan with two par- ticularly pleasant memories — the excellent refereeing of Mr. Wood- ward and the large and enthusiastic collection of Old Boys Avho turned out to see the match. After the game, Fleck, Milne, Hicks and Derby Avere aAvarded their colours. Shawnigan : Pearce ; Burchard, Fix, Day i, Hicks ; Fleck, NeAvton ; Day ii; Gardner, Hartnell, Cooper, Milne, Derby, RideAvood, Mc- Creerv. SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL COLTS XV. vs. ST. GEORGE ' S, VANCOUVER, COLTS XV FROM the kick-off St. George ' s pressed hard, a f orAvard rush taking the ball almost to ShaAvnigan ' s goal line. Reynolds brought oft a good tackle when a score seemed inevitable, and a fomvard pass by St. George ' s spoilt another dangerous-looking movement almost im- mediately afterAvards. They continued to press but missed with a free kick. A forAvard rush then took the ball over the Shawnigan line near the corner flag. The kick Avas unsuccessful. The Shawnigan pack was being beaten in the scrummages ; consequently, the outsides Avere mostly on the defensive. Their tackling and going doAvn to the ball Avere both very good, but little headAvay could be made. A forAvard rush by St. George ' s, again near the corned flag, brought them another unconverted try and a penalty goal soon after Avards gave them a 9-0 lead at half time. ShaAvnigan attacked and Avere given a free kick. The ball, Iioav- eA r er, Avent straight into the hands of a St. George ' s player, avIio started a movement which Avas only checked on the Shawnigan goal line. They continued to press hard and eventually got over to score a third unconverted try. Livingston broke away, but a good tackle by the St. George ' s full-back put an end to his spectacular run. ShaAV- nigan played better and a promising movement Avas ruined by a for- — 25 —

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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 —

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Shawnigan Lake School Magazine ward pass. Near the end Burns got away, but again was Avell tackled by the opposing full-back. Apart from Reynolds, who was outstanding, and Livingston, the Shawnigan pack was disappointingly slow. Of the outsides, Burns played well, and Nixon went down to the ball and tackled pluckily. Charleson spoilt his occasional good work by hanging on to the ball too long — a criticism that might be levelled at most of the side. Result : Shawnigan Lake Colts, nil ; St. George ' s Colts, 3 tries, 1 penalty goal (12 points). SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL vs. BRENTWOOD COLLEGE Won 27-0 The Brentwood XV visited Shawnigan on Saturday, November 27th, and the home team won by three goals and four tries to nil. The game was keenly contested, and for the first few minutes was quite even. Shawnigan relied on the open game, even with the greasy ball and a wet field, but Brentwood adopted the kick and follow-up style. About seven minutes from the start Burchard forced his way over from a scrum near the Brentwood line, and Day i converted with a very good kick. A Brentwood man was hurt and had to retire almost immediately afterwards, and Shawnigan were definitely on top for the rest of the game. After a very few minutes Day i, with no one in the clear to pass to, kicked ahead and beat the Brentwood fullback in the race for the ball. Then from a combined passing movement Bur- chard crossed again, and scored behind the posts. Fleck converted. Shawnigan kept the ball in the Brentwood twenty-five almost all the time ; Newton tried a drop at goal which went wide, and Day i, following up amazingly fast, scored another try. Brentwood were tackling desperately, and occasionally got the ball into Shawnigan ter- ritory by kicking to touch, but the Shawnigan forwards were quicker on the ball, and gained possession most of the time. Day ii got the ball away quite well, Newton opened up the game for the three-quarters, and ShaAvnigan were constantly attacking with good combined move- ments. Burchard scored from two of these, running for the line with great determination, and before the end, Day i went through for one of the prettiest tries imaginable. He sold the dummy about thirty yards out, cut through fast, and using his pace and swerve went right through and scored under the posts for Fleck to convert. The whole Shawnigan team played well, with Gardner and Ride- wood being most prominent in the scrum. Cooper hooked quite well, and the whole pack showed improvement. Hartnell at full-back had not a great deal to do, but caught and kicked the ball very soundly. Newton, Day i and Burchard were the best of the outsides, giving a really good exhibition of Rugby football. J. Grant of Victoria Avas the referee. — 26 —