COUNTY SPORTS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 262, 17 August 1938, Page 2

COUNTY SPORTS.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ MATCHES

FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL. Sevon-a««side football and basketball matches were played in the Ashburton Domain yesterday by teams taking part in the Ashburton County Schools Sports’ Association, tournament . FOOTBALL. A total of 48 primary school football teams took part in the Rugby football tournament. Fast, open foot ball was seen in all grades. A well-matched combination, Borough A. wen the town senior ■ grade. The winning team was A. Clarke, ,/P. Anderson, JL. Miles, E. Stills, N. Coldicott, R. Holloway, and R. Thomas. Allenton won the town junior grade The team comprised L. Grant, A. Sparrow, F. Hill, W. Tonks, G. (Plunkett*, D. Gourdie, R. Robinson, The Borough School team, which, won the town midget section, was one of the fastest to compete at Ashburton for many years, and completely outwitted its opponents. The team was M. (Dallison, M. Thomas, B. Osborne, M. Angus, A. Dobson W. Daniels, and W. Lindsay. A particularly good type of football was seen in the country senior competition, which was won by Lyndhurst, represented by C. Body, J. Dwyer, J. Mangin, J. Ayers, W. Thompson, W. Bland, and N. Buick. The, Eiffelton team was by far the best in the country midget’s competition, and won by a substantial margin in the final. The winning team comprised Iv. Prendergast, C. Robertson, J. Read, K. Read, R. McKibbon, O. Emery, and C. White. ' Results other than appeared yesterday wei'e: — Town Section. Junior Grade —Final: Allenton 5, Mothvien 0. Midget Grade. —Second round : Borough A 3, Ashburton East A 0; Ashburton. East B 15, Borough E 0 ; Tinwald A D 0; Allenton A 18, Borough D 0. 'Semi-final: Borough A f), Ashburton East B 0 ; Allenton A 12, Tinwald A 0. Final—Borough A 12, Allenton A 0. Country Section. Senior Grade —Final: Lyndhurst 3, Lauriston 0. Midget Grade. Final: Eiffelton 17, Mayfield. 0. BASKETBALL. Keen competition and a good standard of play were seen throughout the annual seveu-a-side tournament conducted by the basketball section of the Ashburton County Schools’ Sports Association at the Ashburton Domain yesterday afternoon. A total of 22 town teams, 12 in the senior grade and 10 in the junior, and 12 teams in open ' country section, took part. Methven, entering a strong team, won the town senior grade, and Tinwald the town junior grade. The highest class of play w’as seen in the country section, where in the final Lauriston Lent Rokoby in a fast and scientific game,