Ranjit Dillon used his remarkable foot speed and outstanding stick skills to emerge as one of the greatest lacrosse players in the history of the sport, not only in Victoria, but B.C. and Canada. His debut as an underage junior call-up was electrifying and he helped lead the Victoria Junior Shamrocks to the 1962 Minto Cup championship. The next year, Ranjit's fleet feet paced the Juniors to the Cup finals again but the Oshawa Green Gaels proved too tough. However, nothing was going to stop Ranjit's skills from carrying him to the platinum level of his sport. Although the Dillon brothers were the shining stars of some struggling Shamrocks teams of the 1960s, it was only as a pickup that Ranjit made it to the Mann Cup national finals with the New Westminster Salmonbellies. However, Ranjit's career ended with a fitting finale, indeed, when he retired in 1979 after the Shamrocks won their first Mann Cup national title in 22 years. What a storybook ending to a storybook career at Memorial Arena! It couldn't have been scripted any better. In a brilliant Western Lacrosse Association career from 1966 to 1979, Ranjit scored 450 goals and amassed 788 assists for 1,238 points in a club record 443 games for the Victoria Shamrocks. He was acclaimed for his achievements by being inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame and now takes his well-deserved place in the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame.

After ending their initial season in third place, the Shamrocks had five first place finishes in the next six seasons. They reached the Mann Cup finals in 1953 but found the Peterborough team too tough. It didn't matter to 5800 Victoria fans who jammed the old Memorial Arena to see the action. That support gained the Rocks national prominence and allowed the club to import eastern players. Again, in 1954, they were unsuccessful in the rain and mud at Peterborough's outdoor box. But in 1955 the Shamrocks found the answer and they defeated their traditional rivals in the national final. The Mann Cup came to Victoria. The winning team included Tom Druce, Jim Bradshaw, Arnie Ferguson, Lew Landess, Bob Dobbie, Archie Browning, Nip O'Hearn, Joe Mitchell, Dean Blackstock, Ed Popham, Al Davies, Dusty Mair, Geordie Johnston, Alan Gill, Ralph Baker, Jack Northup, Jim Hetherington, Larry Booth, Red McMillan, Whitey Severson, Bill Bamford, Harry Irwin, Jack Thompson and Jack Bionda. Pickups included Derry Davies and Jake Proctor.