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

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Maclnnes, 2 for 0, took bowling honours for the School, although Loughary, 3 for 23, and Randal l, 3 for 22, also did good work. On May 6th, the 1st XI played the Masters and again failed badly at bat. The score was Masters 45, Boys 11. Captain Palin bowled for the Masters with terrific effect, coming out with the amazing analysis of 7 for 0. The Masters were also greatly aided by Mr. Larsen, who scored 29 quick runs, including one six, before being caught by Loughary off Randall. Loughary, with 6 for 26, bowled well. On May 8 th, Canon Michael Coleman brought a team to play the School, defeating us 91 to 62. Parkes I, 15, and Walters, 10, were the only double- figure scorers for the School. Canon Coleman, 23, and Captain Palin, 25, did the damage for our opponents. Maclnnes bowled very well for the School, taking 7 for 24. On May 15th, the School played Mr. Vaughan ' s Team, again losing, this time, 84 to 40. Randall ' s 5 for 24 was the only performance of our team worth mentioning. May 23rd, saw the Old Boys ' Match, which was lost 59 to 28. However, if it had not been for Mr. Larsen who scored 46 for the Old Boys, it might have been a different story. Loughary, with 4 for 20, bowled well. On June 2nd, at Fairbridge Farm School, Cowichan Cricket Club again defeated us, this time 60 to 49. Randall, with 19 runs, and 6 wickets for 32 runs, did very well, but received little help from his team mates, who failed miserably before the speed bowling of Cowichan ' s young Don Codville. The final match of the season was played away on June 12th against University School. Our winless record was kept intact as we came out on the bottom end of a 94 to 40 score. Burr, 17, and Loughary, 5 for 28, however, played well and saved us from an even greater, more humiliating defeat. Our wicket-keeper, Bill Day, although lacking some of the qualities of a firs: class wicket keeper, certainly did not lack the quality of courage, and throughout the season, did his job quietly and efficiently. 1949 Based on results, the season was not a successful one. However, when looked at from the improvement point of view, it looks very satisfactory. Only four matches were played, of which three were lost, and one was drawn. Never- theless, in spite of this rather dismal effort, there were signs that things could well be vastly different next year. We started the season off without a wicket keeper. However, Johnson soon showed us that he was our man and he improved steadily with every game. He has great potentialities and could become really excellent. Burr, a good batsman, deserves credit for the way in which he persevered as a bowler until he became very useful as one of the team ' s bowlers. The first match against Canon Coleman ' s team was lost after a most enjoy- able game. The School went in first and Butt was bowled first ball; however, Maclnnes I joined Chadwick, and they carried the score to 3 8 before Chadwick was stumped. Burr stayed briefly with Maclnnes, but he was the only one who did, and the side declared with 73 runs for 9 wickets. Maclnnes ran himself out after making 3 3 runs. The School bowling was not good enough to dismiss School Magazine Page 31

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Harrison 2. Green and Maclnnes tied for first place, and the former won the dive off. Parkinson was the winner in the Junior Diving. We experimented this year with a water Tug O ' War, which proved to be more tiring than suc- cessful, the pull between Groves ' and Ripley ' s lasting some minutes and ending in a stale-mate, although Groves ' were awarded the decision. The standard of swimming in the School is not high, the boys far prefer- ring to bathe and to frolic than to swim lengths in a serious effort to get into training. However, the competition amongst themselves is keen and there are many boys who swim well and only need coaching to become good. Groves ' Ripley ' s Lake ' s 50 yard Relay 1 3 2 50 yard Board Relay 2 1 3 250 yards Open j 1 3 2 Diving 2 13 Tug O ' War 2 1 3 50 yard Relay 3 2 1 50 yard Board Relay 2 3 1 Diving 3 2 1 Total : 16 16 16 Position 1st 1st 1st t + + Cricket Notes 1948 The cricket fortunes of Shawnigan Lake School were at a low ebb during 1948. However, although the 1st XI never won a match, and the Colts won only one, some promising young cricketers were revealed, raising our hopes for the future. During the early part of the term, practice was greatly hampered by bad weather, but once the summer days arrived, the nets were continually busy, and the sounds of bat on ball echoed pleasantly about our fields. Cricketing interest was greatly heightened by the arrival of three new members of the staff — real cricket enthusiasts all. These three, Mr. C. E. Lonsdale, Mr. E. R. Larsen and Mr. E. L. Bullen were able to give valuable aid to Mr. Twite, who has for so long carried on the coaching duties unaided, and with such tireless energy. By the end of the term, many boys who had at first rather looked down on cricket, were finding great enjoyment in the game, and were beginning to appreciate its true beauty and greatness; its moments of pure thrill, its sights and sounds and smells, and its wonderful tradition of sports- manship and fair play. FIRST XI — The First XI were very unfortunate in losing their Captain, Pearkes, who was put out of commission with a broken collar-bone sustained in the Gym towards the end of the Lent Term. Clive Randall was chosen as Captain in his stead, and did a creditable job throughout a difficult season. The first match of the season was played on May 1st, against the Cowichan Cricket Club. A very close game it was — 50-56 for Cowichan. Shawnigan ' s batting was woefully weak, Parke II being top scorer with 2. Butt, 2 for 3, and Page 30 Shawnigan Lake

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Canon Coleman ' s side which easily knocked off die runs for the loss of seven wickets. The following Saturday we went to Victoria to play the University School. Putting us in first, the University School dismissed us cheaply for 3 8 runs. They had two good spin bowlers and our bats were too nervous to cope with them, after three quick wickets. We then put them in and, due to two very snappy run outs by Patrick and Green, we dismissed two of their best bats in the first over. Prospects became brighter. However, Calton came in to play a sound innings and, together with Shipley ' s lusty clouting, they soon passed our meagre total. The next match was against the Masters XI, on Ascension Day. The School batted first with Chadwick nervously facing the Head ' s devastating bowling. However, he quickly snicked a single and passed the onus on to Bellm ' s shoulders. No one seemed capable of staying in for any length of time with the exception of Butt who made 17 runs. The School was out for a total of 74 runs. Mr. Duxbury and Mr. James opened the batting for the Masters and proved to be a veritable Hobbs and Sutcliffe by reaching a (quarter) cen- tury partnership before Mr. James was dismissed by a good ball from Burr. -With his partner in crime gone, Mr. Duxbury seemed to lose heart and got out trying to leg glide a full toss outside his off stump. Burr was expensive but got the wickets taking 4 for 45 runs. The Masters XI made the score for only four wickets with Mr. C. E. Lonsdale and Mr. Larsen making 23 and 22 not out respectively, in quick time. Happily the School saved their best effort until the last when we played University School at Shawnigan. We put our visitors in first; this looked like a mistake since Clifford and Colquohoun seemed very comfortable and had made 41 before Colquhoun was run out. Wickets fell quickly until Calton came in and once more proved troublesome. University School declared with 89 for 6 wickets. Maclnnes had the best bowling average taking 3 wickets for 20 runs. Butt and Bellm I opened for the School and seemed to be in for a good innings together when Bellm was out l.b.w. with the score at 18. The next four wickets fell quickly and, with the score at 23 for 6, things looked very black. However, we were in for a pleasant surprise — we had a wagging tail ! Green and Johnson stayed together and put on 26 useful runs to give us a fighting chance. With twenty minutes remaining and 29 runs to make, Cowell and Loughary joined for what proved to be a good last wicket stand. They did not make the runs but they managed to stay in until the time was up and, as a result, the match ended in a draw. The results were not too good but prospects for the next few years seem excellent. Only two of our present team will not be with us next year and some of the boys, who are staying, show very definite promise. PEARKES (Captain). He is a good batter and a very useful bowler, who certainly could have done wonders this season if he had half a chance. JOHNSON. He proved to be a real find as a wicket keeper and he set a good example by his enthusiasm behind the stumps. BURR. He is a very keen player and worked extremely hard with his bowling. He can play all the fundamental strokes as a batsman, and will make a great many runs when he can learn to watch the ball. Page 32 ShawniganLake