WINTER SPORTS

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25581, 24 August 1948, Page 7

WINTER SPORTS

—« — UNIVERSITY » TOURNEY Canterbury University College, with six points, is leading from Victoria College and Otago University (four points each) after the first day's play of the New Zealand University winter tournament, held in Christchurch yesterday. Canterbury was first in the miniature rifle shooting. Victoria was second in the shooting and third in th£ men’s fencing. Otago was third in the shooting, and first in the men’s fencing. Auckland (2 points) was. second in the fencing. Results:— Association Football Victoria beat Otago by 5 goals to 3; Canterbury beat Massey, 6-1; Auckland a bye. Hockey Men’s games.—Massey Agricultural Col-, lege beat Canterbury Agricultural College. Lincoln, by 10 goals to 2; Auckland beat Victoria, 2-1? Canterbury beat Otago, 4-3: Canterbury beat Lincoln, 3-0; Massey beat Auckland, 3-1; Otago beat Victoria, Women’s games.—Massey beat Canterbury B, 4-2; Auckland beat Canterbury A, 6-1; Otago beat Victoria, 6-0; Canterbury A beat Canterbury B, 6-2; Y ictoria bea * Massey, 4-2; Otago beat Auckland, 6-0. Basketball Men’s games.—Auckland beat Canterbury B, 54-31; Ctago beat Massey, 68-14; Victoria beat Canterbury A, 40-35; Canterbury A beat Canterbury B, 51-16; AuckWW Massey. 48-13; Otago beat Victoria. 31-27. • ■ Fencing Otago beat Canterbury by 13 bouts to 3; Auckland beat Victoria, 10-6: Victoria beat Canterbury on points; Otago beat Auckland, 13-3. Auckland beat Canterbury, 11-5; Otago beat Victoria, 0-7. Shooting The Canterbury team won the shooting with a score of 774 out of a possible 800. The runner-up was Victoria, with* 769. The highest scorer was Naylor, of Canterbury; with a score of 195 out of a possible 200 Eight competitors out of the 20 competing gained 193 points or *more. Results:—Canterbury, 774, 1; Victoria 769, 2; Otago 759, 3; Auckland 750, 4; Lincoln 691, 5. Table Tennis Women’s teams knock-out championship.—Canterbury beat Massey, 10-2; Victoria beat Lincoln, 7-5; Auckland and Otago a bye. x In the men’s doubles, the quarter-final-ists are Phillipps and Hollands of Victoria, Algie and Pierce, of Canterbury, Phillipps and Cooney, of Otago, and Johns and Braithwaite, of Auckland. The women's championship doubles quarter finalists are Spencer and Meyrick, of Massey, Davis and Wauchop, of Otago, Packwood and McCulloch, of Canterbury, and Hay and O’Malley, of Lincoln.