BASKETBALL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 206, 31 August 1936, Page 14

BASKETBALL.

TOUR OF AUSTRALIA. NEW ZEALAND TEAM CHOSEN. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCIIURCH, Sunday. Tlie New Zealand basketball team to tour Australia has been announced as follows: Forwards: B. Gluestein (Canterbury), J. Glasgow (Wanganui), E. H< )Wlu 'd L. Mehaffy, .T. Tyrrell (Southland), B. Tong (Hawke's Bay), -T. Wilson (\\ellin>, ton) Centre: A. Mnlthus (South Canterbury), M. Martin (Auoldand), E. Neaine '{Southland). E. Rosevearc (Otago), SoH (Wellington), M. Southon (Canterbury) G. Symes (Hawke s Ba>). Defence: M. Blake, M Wilson (Wellington) J. Kelly (Southland), M. Matan„l (Auckland), E. Sinclaire, G. Thompson (Otago), R. Stevenson (Canterbury). WIN FOR SOUTH ISLAND. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) « CHRISTCIIURCH, Saturday. A basketball match between teams representing the North and South Islands w*s plaved to-day, the latter winning by 8 goals to 7. The match, which attracted a large attendance, was easily the best and brightest of the tourney. The play was very even throughout, Miss Meliaffy, Southland, winning the game for the South Island by scoring a few seconds before the linish. DOMINION TOURNAMENT. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCIIURCH. Sunday. Matches played in the basketball tournament in Christchurch for the Annie Brown , Cup resulted as follows : —Auckland 17, v. • Canterbury 13: Wellington 16, v,» Otago <• I The final positions of the senior teams are as follows: —Southland, 11 points; i ~nd, 0; Wellington, S: Canterbury. Otago, G; Hawke's Bay, 2 ; Waikato, 0. AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION. Senior Grade. —Grammar 10, beat Kilarua 6. Senior Reserve. —Rovers bent Edendale by default. Senior Reserve. —Western Suburbs 7, beat Seddon 2; St. Peter's 7, beat 'Varsity (i; Rovers 8, beata Suburbs 0: Mount Eden .Tuis 0, beat Suburbs 1: Surrey Hills 12, ■ beat Kilarua 1: Surrey Hills 17. boat Arahi I 2: Western Suburbs beat Edendale by ' default; Mount Eden Tuis 10, beat Seddon 3. I Senior Grade B.—Bridgens 5, beat Epsom i O.G. 0 : Woolworths 24, beat Suburbs 0 ; i Y.W.C.A. 1, beat Arahi 0. Second Grade A. —Amblers 11, brat I Arahi 2; Kilarua 7, beat Burns, Co. 4; | St. Peter's 7. beat Technical 0; Rovers 7, | beat Seddon 0. I Second Grade B.—Point Chevalier 0, '■ beat Edendale 2: Y.W.C.A. 13, beat Grammar 8; Waitemata 1, beat Woolworths 0. Intermediate Grade. —Greer's l(i, beat Suburbs 0 ; New Zealand Dry Cleaning 6, beat Adams Bruce 4 : Western Suburbs 10, bent Richmond 0; .Tolin Court's (i, beat Kowhai 0 : Technical beat Kowhai toy defeat; L.vnndale 0, beat Mount Eden Tuis 3; (ireer's 9, beat New Zealand Dry Cleaning 0. Third Grade A.—New Zealand Milk Products 10, beat Seddon 3: Cleaners 8, beat Hoards 1 ; Seddon 1, beat Y.W.C.A. 0; Macky, Logan beat Y.W.C.A. by default; North Shore 12, beat Langton 7. Third Grade B.—Grammar 18, beat Kilarua 1; Kowhai 1, beat St. George's Comrades 0, beat Amblers 3 ; Span 10, Y.W.C.A. 10. Fourth Grade.—Greer's 15, beat St. j George's 0; John Court 5, beat Kowhai 1 ; I Langton 7, boat St. George's's ; Turners 7, boat Edendale 2; Langton 3, beat ComJrades 1; Turners 6, beat Greer's 5; John Court 7, beat Edendale 5.