N.Z. TOURNAMENT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 269, 26 August 1949, Page 5

N.Z. TOURNAMENT

BASKETBALL

Canterbury Leading (P.A. DUNEDIN, August 25. After two days’ play in the Dominion women’s basketball tournament at St. Kilda, Canterbury has a lead of one point from Auckland in tlie first grade competition for the New Zealand Cup. Canterbury has won all its matches to date. In the second grade competition Taranaki is leading with 12 points from Waikato, 10 points. In the third grade, Marlborough leads with 12 points from North Otago, 10 points. The day’s results were:

First Grade.—Hawke’s Bay 21, Manawatu 12; Southland 12, Wanganui 5; Canterbury 19, Wellington 7; Auckland 18, Otago 17; Southland 14, Wellington 10:* Manawatu 14, Auckland 14; Canterbury 21, Wanganui 9; Otago 21, Hawke’s Bay 17.

Second Grade. —Tauranga 17, Poverty Bay 5; South Canterbury 11, Hutt Vailey 8; Tauranga 16, Horowhenua 5; Nelson 14, Wairoa 2; Waikato 9, West Coast S: Matamata 17, Nelson 9; Nelson 16, Southland Minor 5; Waikato 14, Ilutt Valley 7; Waikato 10, Poverty Bay 10; Taranaki 11, West Coast 10; Poverty Bay 16, Southland Minor 13; Taranaki 22, Horowhenua 5; Matamata 14, Wairoa 6; Taranaki 12, South Canterbury 5; Matamata 13, West Coast 8; Horowhenua 20, Wairoa 9; Hutt Valley 19, Southland Minor 10. Third Grade. —Kaikoura 15, Otago Minor 2; Manawatu Minor 12, Putaruru 4; Marlborough 21, Hawke’s Bay Minor 5; Manawatu Minor 13, Waikato Minor 11; Marlborough 7, Te Kawau 5; Manawatu Minor 16, Temuka 1.1; Marlborough 10, North Otago 7; Wairarapa 10, Waikato Minor 10; Temuka S, # Te Kawau 8; Canterbury Minor 10, Wairarapa 10; North Otago 13, Hawke’s Bay Minor S; Otago Minor 7, Canterbury Minor 7; Canterbury Minor 22, Temuka 10; Kaikoura 9, Waikato Minor 8; North Otago 10, Wairarapa 6; Putaruru 10, Hawke’s Bay Minor 9; Otago Minor 7, Te Kawau 7.