BASKETBALL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 280, 9 September 1935, Page 3

BASKETBALL.

ASHBURTON SENIOR! FINAL.

A DRAWN MATCH. Three teams tied for first place in the Ashburton Basketball Association’s senior grfl.de competition and the title was decided on Saturday afternoon when Tinwald and Technical Old Girls A drew in the final, and it was agreed that each should hold the banner for six months. With the sun shining brightly, conditions were hot and the footing was The semi-final saw Tinwald defeat |St. Stephen’s by lo goals to 12 after extra time had been played. Tinwald was leading 6-5 at half-time. Play was not spectacular, both teams displaying a weakness in shooting, although the defence' and centres were good. The teams were very evenly matched and

when time was called the score was 12-12 and an extra live minutes was agreed upon. In this spell, Tinwald van all round the opposition and pjled up three extra scores. j After an interval, Tinwald met Technical Old Girls A in the final and this match was played at a somewhat faster pace, though it was devoid of incident. The Tinwalcl defenders were again too strong for the forwards and at halftime Tinwald led by 4 goals to 3. Ihe second half was a great struggle, the Technical defence succeeding in keeping goals down. Mrs Holland evened to make the figure 4 all and it gradually rcaehel 6 all when time was signalled. It was then decided to call the match a draw. The referees were Mrs K. Cowan and Mr S. G. Macfarlane. The teams in the final were as follow : Tinwald—Forwards, Misses M. McGee, M. Forsyth and C. Hewson; centres, Misses L. Wilson, H. Grice and B. Bell; defence, Misses T. Stalker (captain), P. Miles and H. Roulston, Technical Old Girls—Forwards, Mrs R. Holland (captain), Misses R. Coldicott andi J. Meeking; centres, Misses A. Hawkes, A. Wells and I. Stringer; defence, Misses I. McLennan, J. Knight and T. Harper. „ The outstanding players 0111 the day were Misses McLennan, Miles and Forsytli. ' , , n , It was decided that the season should conclude with a dance on October 1, when trophies will he presented/ and the Hayhurst Cup, won at the Dominion tournament, will be handed over.