<|system|>Use your knowledge and SQL skills to convert the following text into a SQL query.
Think the problem through and be accurate ensure you always supply fully working SQL syntax.

SQL Statments should be wrapped in <codestart type="sql"> and </codeend> tags.

Example output:
<codestart type="sql">SELECT * FROM table_name;</codeend>
<codestart type="sql">SELECT column_name FROM table_name WHERE column_name = 'value';</codeend><|end|><|user|>What's the total losses for the vancouver burrards in the 1947 season with fewer than 24 games?

SQL Table Create Statement:
CREATE TABLE table_name_8 (losses VARCHAR, games VARCHAR, team_name VARCHAR, season VARCHAR)<|end|><|assistant|><codestart type="sql">SELECT COUNT(losses) FROM table_name_8 WHERE team_name = "vancouver burrards" AND season = "1947" AND games < 24</codeend><|end|>