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

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Of the five games played, only one was lost and that against University School , 5-0 for them. This was due quite a bit to the fact that we had had no practice due to snow and were missing some men. All in all, however, the team as a whole played well, with several exceptional players — Burgess, whose excellent hooking helped very much; Smith I, who led many forward rushes; Smith II for his tackling; Greenwood played an excellent game as last man; Svendsen I, whose play as scrum half was exceptional; Cuppage ' s excellent running and tackling helped us very much; Vandersluys, for his beautiful place kicking and play as full back; and behind us all the time, a wonderful coach. Altogether it was a very good season. Back Row: Ford, Armstrong II, Angus, Jackson, Young, Mitche ' .l, Mcintosh II, McKenzie. Front Row: Witt, Miilner, Mcintosh I, Janke (Capt.), Mc Alpine, White, McLean. JUNIOR XV NOTES Thanks to the enterprise of rugger enthusiasts in Victoria, a new, under 100 lb. juni or league was started last Lent Term, with teams from Oak Bay, Glen Lyon School, St. Michael ' s School, University School, and Shawnigan competing. The new venture has already proved an outstanding success. It was most heartening to see the enthusiasm with which such young boys took to the great winter game en the soft, springy turf of our Island fields. The Shawnigan Junior XV was ably captained by Peter Janke, with Peter Mcintosh giving fine support as Vice-Captain. Front row forwards were Mcintosh I, McLean and Young, with McLean hooking; Second row, Mcintosh II and Jackson; breaks, MacKenzie and Mitchell, and last man, Angus. The two halves were Ford and Armstrong II: centre three-quarters, Janke and Miilner; wing three-quarters, McAlpine and White, and full- back Witt. Others who played for the team during the season were George I, Yorath, Mercer, Maclaren and Moss. Good wins were recorded against Glen Lyon School and Oak Bay (twice). The match with University School was played in very wet weather, with great spirit being shown by both sides. At half-time the score was 6-0 for University School, but in the second half Shawnigan came back strongly, scoring one try and pressing hard until the final whistle, when University were stoutly defending only a few yards from the try line. The final score was 6 - 3 against us, but it had been a great game. The return match at Shawnigan was unfortunately cancelled because of schedule disruption due to bad weather, and transportation difficulties of the visiting team. Page Thirty

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Shawnigan vs. University School Our first match of the season against University School was played away from Shawnigan. Once more a heavier side with greater experience proved more than a match for our XV, despite much enthusiasm and hard work. A heavy ground and high wind made conditions difficult for the lighter side, who were unable to penetrate the University School defense. Final score, 0-17. The return game at Shawnigan Lake later in the season found two sides more evenly matched. University School had definitely the better of the first half and had a useful lead when the teams changed ends. In the second half Shawnigan attacked strongly and almost wiped out University ' s lead of 11 points. The final score of 9-11 showed that the Shawnigan side had improved well throughout the season, and showed much promise for the following season with many members of the side returning to the School. Back Row: McRechnie, De Coteau II, Kenney, Smith II, Armstrong I, Robertson I, Vandersluys, Poole. Front Row: Burgess, Madden, Svendsen I, Williams (Capt.), Cuppage, Smith I, Greenwood. RESULTS OF COLTS XV MATCHES v. University School Away Won 11-5 v. University School Home Won 6-0 v. University School Away Lost 0-5 v. St. George ' s School Way Won 13 - 12 v. St. George ' s School Home Won 16-9 Summary: Won 4; lost 1; drawn 0. Points for, 46. Points against, 31. Contrary to the Colts ' past record, this season proved to be a very successful one. The team, although smaller than usual, possessed a very essential drive — SPIRIT — this was most evident in the game against St. George ' s in Vancouver. Although obviously the underdogs, the team fought all the way, holding them back off their line time after time, keeping the score at 9 - 3 against at half-time. In the last quarter, however, we were pressing them hard and finally scored two tries, which were both converted, while they scored only one try, leaving the score at 13-12 for us. However, given more time, and some of the members we had off, the score might have been higher. This spirit was evident all through the season except not quite so much in our last game, the second against St. George ' s. In this game the team depended too much on one member of the team, and that left the score at 16 - 9, whereas it should have been higher. Page Twenty-Nine

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Cricket Season, 1954 THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME Cricket is, in a sense, warfare in miniature and a cricket match should be fought out by both sides with all the resources of spirit and technique at their command. At the same t ime it should always be a recreation, a game to be played not only according to written laws but in harmony with an unwritten code of chivalry and good temper. A cricket team should feel that they are playing with, as well as against, their opponents. The home side should remember that they are hosts, the visitors that they are guests, and both should realize that the true greatness of the game lies in combat and comradeship combined. Pursued in such a spirit, victory, and nothing short of victory, should be the object of both teams from the first over of the match. The bowlers and fielders of the one, the batsmen of the other, should go on to the field determined to attack and to go on attacking until they are really forced to fall back on defence, and even then to resume the offensive directly the balance of the game permits. In no other game perhaps is the individual and his team so closely integrated. One man can virtually win a match, not necessarily by technical skill, but by intelligence, concentration and character; one man can lose it by a failure in those qualities. Con- versely the morale of each member of an eleven can be largely built up and sustained by the atmosphere of the whole. Unity of purpose and belief in each other is a tremendous asset in cricket, and it is usually possible to sense it by watching a team take the field or listening to them talk as they sit and watch the game from the pavilion. It was not by hazard that one of the most famous of amateur cricket clubs called itself The Band of Brothers. Nor does any other game expose a player to a more varied or exacting trial. It can be a lonely and formidable experience to walk out, perhaps after an agonizing wait, to bat at the crisis of a school match, possibly to face a fast bowler on a fiery pitch, or a spinner on a sticky one; formidable too to stand under a high catch knowing that to miss it may cost the game. Bowler and fielder alike may often towards the end of a hard day have to force their heart and nerve and sinew to serve their turn long after they are gone. There are also the less obvious but more insidious trials of failure and success; the greatest players will have spells when nothing will go right: then comes the test of still keeping cheerful and finding some consolation in the success of others; and if fortune smiles for a time and the game seems easy and all men speak well of him, the true cricketer will remember to keep a modest mind as well as a straight bat. Back Row: Svendsen I , Smith I, Coates, McGavin I, Cuppage, Jones. Front Row: Reid II, Simson, Kaye I (Capt.), Douglas I, Brooks. Page Thirty-One