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

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RUGBY FIXTURE LIST 1st XV Oct. 15th— Oak Bay Wanderers B (Away) Won 14-13 Oct. 26th— Victoria High School 1st XV (Away) Drew 0- Nov. 2nd — Canadian Services College B ( Home ) Won 6- 3 Nov. 9th — Canadian Services College B (Away) Drew 12-12 Nov. 13th— Old Boys and Staff (Home) Lost 3-11 Nov. 26th— St. George ' s School 1st XV (Home) Lost 0- 3 Dec. 3rd— University School 1st XV (Home) ..... Lost 3- 6 Dec. 7th— Victoria High School 1st XV (Home) Lost 0- 9 2nd XV Nov. 2nd — Canadian Services College C (Home) Lost 0-18 Nov. 5th— St. George ' s School 2nd XV (Away) Lost 5- 6 Nov. 9th — Canadian Services College C (Away) Lost 0-27 Nov. 16th— Qualicum College 1st XV (Home) . Drew 6- 6 Nov. 19th— University School 2nd XV (Away) Drew 3- 3 Dec. 7th— Qualicum College 1st XV (Away) . Won 10- 6 COLTS XV Nov. 5th— University School Colts XV (Away) Lost 0-11 Nov. 26th— St. George ' s School Colts XV (Home) Won 6- Dec. 3rd— University School Colts XV (Home) Lost 3- 6 23

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After the changeover, Lake ' s House began to play really well, their lighter forwards pushing their heavier opponents in every scrum and outplaying them in every department of the game, keeping Groves ' House well penned in inside their own half for the remainder of the game. Things really became hectic when Burr burst from a lineout with the ball, raced 25 yards to the line and dived over for a try. Pearkes missed the kick and the score was tied 6-6. It remained tied until the end of regulation time although there were some hair-raising moments for both teams as first one, then the other, strove for the winning points. At the end of full time it was decided to play a sudden death overtime. With Groves ' pressing, twice Edgett tried to get round the blind side only to be stopped in nis tracks. Finally, on his third attempt, he passed to Patrick who hurled himself over to score in the very corner. Ripley ' s House vs. Groves ' House After the exciting semi-final between Lake ' s House and Groves ' House, this match proved to be an anti-climax. The final score of 25 points to 3 points in Ripley ' s favour was rather flattering to them. In fact, the two sides were very evenly matched except for Butt whose speed and strength enabled him to score 20 of his team ' s points. Also, Groves ' House were without Johnson, the only man on their team capable of marking Butt closely. Ripley ' s got off to a good start and, from that time, never looked in danger of relinquishing their lead. Allan scored their first points by pouncing on a loose ball and diving over the line. Butt missed the easy convert but soon made amends for this relapse by kicking three fine penalty goals. So, after twenty minutes of play, Groves ' House were 12 points in arrears. Loughary reduced the lee-way with a lovely try, running right through the Ripley ' s House team but Butt replied shortly after this with his first try. So, at the half-time, the score was 15-3 in Ripley ' s favour. Groves ' House started off with a bang in the second half and for the first fifteen minutes had a worried Ripley ' s House driven back on its line. Edgett threw away several chances by attempting too much on his own and finally Putnam relieved the pressure with a long kick to touch. Butt was away again and over and, in the very last minute, Allan repeated his earlier try and Butt converted both to make the final score 25-3. Ripley ' s House thoroughly deserved their win and surprised a great number of people by their good effort. Groves ' House too deserved a word of praise for the way that they kept at a thankless task long after it was evident that it was a losing battle. The following boys were awarded their House Rugby Colours after the Matches: Lake ' s — P. H. F. Wright; Ripley ' s — A. D. Waterman, W. J. Flint, D. V. Allan, P. F. Harrison. 22

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BOXING 1950 Groves ' House were once again victorious in the Inter House Boxing Competition. On the basis of awarding two points to the winner of a weight and one to the runner up, Groves ' ended up with 15 points, Ripley ' s next with 10 points while Lake ' s House were a good last with only 2 points. In almost every weight the favourite won, while two boys, McAlpine 1 and Johnson 1, won their own weight and that of the weight above as well. The standard of Boxing has improved throughout but there is still a strong tendency by almost every boy to get very wild when attempting to open out and hit hard. An excellent example of this was Berry who, although very much taller than his opponent Johnson, attempted to slug it out with him, consequently throwing his fight away by his wild and telegraphic tactics. On the other hand, Wilson 1 kept his head when fighting the older and more experienced Loughary and outboxed him by a clear margin. PAPERWEIGHT (under 80 lbs.) Lawson 2 won this weight for the second year in succession. His main opposition was expected to come from McDonagh but McDonagh was surprisingly beaten by Fuller in the semi-finals. In the final, Fuller was bewildered by Lawson ' s furious onslaught early in the first round and did not seem to recover fully. McAlpine 2, beaten earlier by Fuller, and Vandersluys impressed as boys to watch in the future. MOSQUITO WEIGHT (under 90 lbs.) McAlpine 1 ran through his opposition in this weight without being really extended. At all times he boxed coolly and really demon- started how formidable a straight left can be. In the finals he came up against a much smaller and lighter opponent in McDonagh (up from the weight below) who strove manfully to locate McAlpine with wild swings but was not really up to the task physically. Earlier, McAlpine had no difficulty in subduing Bick. FLYWEIGHT (under 100 lbs.) McAlpine, up in this weight too, found it as easy to win as his own. He was hardly extended at all. His opponent in the final ought to have been Burns. However, Burns was well beaten by a less ex- perienced foe in Harrison 2 who, although wild, was at least persistent and had Burns backing away for the whole of the fight. However, Harrison was no match for the skilful McAlpine in the finals although he tried hard until the final bell. BANTAMWEIGHT (under 112 lbs.) There were only four entries in this weight. Wilson 2 beat Ross and Kingscote beat Kaye, so Wilson met Kingscote in the finals in what proved to be one of the best matches of the tournament. Both boys 24