St Michaels University School - Black Red and Blue Yearbook (Victoria, British Columbia Canada)

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hind the scrum and, although the forwards played up well. they were lucky not to be deeper in arrears. The School forwards. with Lund. Johnston and liedard in the van. played with great spirit after half time and the School had far more of the game territorially. The Old Boys increased their lead. however. when Barker broke away in midfield and Calton. who was in support. took his pass to score easily. Barker kicked a splendid conversion. The School then replied when the scrum pushed over from a set scrum on the line. Beban was credited with the try, which Lund goaled. Con- tinuing to have the better of the argument the School scored again when Lund was successful with a penalty. In the latter stages the Old Boys were hard pressed and the School were most unlucky not to score when the Referee judged Connorton, who had gathered Wlen- man's nicely-judged kick ahead, off side. The School were not to be denied, howeve1'. a very fine try bringing them level. VVittke. cutting in cleverly. made ground through the middle before giving to Lund. who found Hudson up in support to take a well-judged pass to score. Lund failed to convert and a draw resulted. The School backs. with- out Ogle. were not happy. but the forwards, splendidly led by Lund. were impressive. H. Barker. C. Pollard and R. Calton were impressive for the Old Boys. who included some very fine performers of recent vintage, and others equally talented but of a somewhat more pre- historic era. SCHOOL v. ST. GEORGES SCHOOL Playing away the School were defeated by a goal and a try L8 pts. l to a try t3 pts.l. From the start the School exerted pressure and, with the slope and wind in their favour, kept the ball in their opponents, half, Seldom were St. George's able to relax and much of the time they were fight- ing tenaciously on their own line. On the other hand the School out- sides were not impressive and were too closely marked by faster and stronger men to enable them to finish. It was St. George's who. against the run of the play. opened the scoring. A nice movement developed at midfield and a centre, profiting by some indecisive tackling, easily ran around the School defence to score at the flag. The try was not converted. The School forwards then carried play to the St. George's line, where. after a period of heavy pressure. Allen dodged over to score near the posts. Lund failing to convert from an easy position. St. George,s had had a very lucky first half. They had been forced to touch down again and again and apart from their one try had never seriously threatened. Two things saved them, first their own tackling. which was excellent throughout. and secondly the very large number of penalties given against the School for minor infractions. The School forwards bore the brunt and were superior in every phase of forward play except the tight scrum. where they were held. On even terms at half time. the teams continued the forward battle after the restart. Though not dominating the game to quite the same extent as in the first half, the School had a distinct advanage terri- 25

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effectively. the game was more even. Though definitely the better side. the School were unable to score again and were forced to con- cede a penalty goal. All the outsides played useful games but their reply to some very close marking in the second half was not adequate. The forwards more than held their own. Lund was, as usual, excellent, and Johnston once again caught the eye. SCHOOL v. QUALICIQM COLLEGE This match. the first ever played between the respective First Fifteens, was won by the School by five goals and four tries K37 pts.iW to a goal i5 pts. . The game opened sensationally when, in the first two minutes of play, Wenman's casual pass to Connorton was intercepted just outside the School twenty-five. Bird. the School full back, had no chance and the try was obtained between the posts and the goal kicked. The School opened their account a little later when Ogle put a long rolling kick through the defence. XVittke, alert and full of dash, gathered cleanly and scored a splendid try at the flag. Ogle failed to convert. The second try was also XVittke's when he took a pass from Bedard to score at the flag. Ogle again failed to convert. Connorton then added a try which Lund failed to goal, after which, just before half time. Ogle used his dummy to penetrate the centre and Goodman, in close support, took a pass on the goal line to score a try which Lund improved. The School led 1-l-5 at half time but had been fully held forward by a lighter but very spirited pack. After the restart the School ran away with the match. First Lund scored on his own, and then Ogle added two more, all three being splendidly goaled by Lund. Goodman then scored his second try from a scramble on the line but Allen failed to convert. Wlenman scored the final-try when he put himself through with a dummy and reached the line on his own, Lund again kicked the goal. Against close-marking and quick-breaking opposition the School backs did not look particularly impressive. The forwards, for whom Lund was outstanding and Bedard much improved, got on top in the second half. but their heeling from the loose was far too slow. Lund had a field day with his place kicking. He was successful with five out of six attempts and of these four were magnificent shots. Qualicum were outweighed and outmatched but gave a very plucky and credit- able display. SCHOOL v. THE OLD BOYS This most enjoyable fixture resulted in a draw. the Old Boys obtain- ing a goal and two tries T ll ptsm and the, School a goal, a penalty goal and a try 1 ll pts. T. The Old Boys, with strength behind the scrum, opened strongly and were soon six points ahead through tries scored by Getz. Neither try was converted and the Old Boys led 6-O at half time. The School, who were without Ogle. their outside half, were badly outplayed be- 24

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torially. but despite heroic efforts by their forwards were unable to score. The winning try was a fine individual effort. The School were pressing well inside their opponents' twenty-five when Ogle's pass rolled loose. The St. George's Captain quickly gained possession, made a little ground. kicked ahead over the full back and, the bounce of the ball favouring him. gathered cleanly to outpace the School defenders and score between the posts. The goal was kicked. Play continued very keen and spirited to the end but the marking was too close to give either set of backs much chance. St.George,s looked to be better together behind the scrum. while the School lacked the cleverness and thrust to enable them to profit from the fine play of their forwards. Lund was magnificent in defeat. and Bedard had his best game of the season. Ogle and Allen. the halves. were adequate. while YrVenman was cool under pressure in the centre and had a good match. SCHOOL v. SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL Playing away the School were successful in defeating Shawnigan Lake School by a penalty goal and a try i6 pts.1 to nil. There was snow on the ground in patches but the going was sur- prisingly good. with the ball reasonably dry. The School started slowly and for fifteen minutes Shawnigan were impressive. especially behind the scrum. where there was pace aplenty. Having weathered this period. however, the School. the forwards showing the way, improved steadily. They should have opened the scoring when Ogle, running on the blind side. made much ground on the touch line but was forced out at the flag when he attempted to cross standing up. The School were not to be denied. however. and Lund kicked a good penalty- quite a long shot but dead in front. Neither side was in danger again and a very even half ended with the School leading 3-O. They led because of the very fine play of their bigger forwards, the quick break- ing and close marking of their back row and the very fine all-round play of Ogle. their outside half . Throughout the second half play was largely of a forward nature and territorially the School were the better side. The Shawnigan out- sides did not improve as the game progressed and resorted to kicking as a means of attack. In this they were not successful. Bird. the School full back. finding many kicks directed straight to him. The School outsides were not impressive either: they were never really together and Ogle carried them both in attack and defence. The School pack really called the tune, Splendidly led by Lund they were superior in the line-outs and the loose and fully as good in the tight. The School went further ahead when, from a tight scrum just inside the Shawni- gan twenty-five. Allen. from the base of the scrum, found Ogle with a good pass. and the School Vice-Captain went straight through on his own to score a fine try which Lund failed to goal. There was no further scoring and the School won a very even game 6-O. The back row forwards were most effective, Andrews had a good match and Lund was magnificent. Ogle was outstanding in all departments. '26