MEN’S INDOOR BASKETBALL

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27147, 17 September 1953, Page 11

MEN’S INDOOR BASKETBALL

N.Z. CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, Sept. 16. Otago was still unbeaten at the end of the third day’s play in the New Zealand men’s indoor basketball championships tO The promoted Rotorua side, which caused a sensation by its win over Canterbury on the first day of the tournament, today beat Hamilton, 40-26. Today’s results were:— First Division.—Wellington 77, Wanganui 40; Nelson 59, Rotorua 43; Otago 34, Hamilton 26; Canterbury 51, Wanganui 36; Rotorua 40, Hamilton 26; Otago 53, Palmerston North 41; Wellington 48, Canterbury 37. Second Division A.—Southland 51, Hutt Valley 38; Wellington B 58, Marlborough 32; Gisborne 4s, Horowhenua 24; Marlborough 32, Hawke’s Bay A 22. Second Division B.—Auckland 42, Dunedin Mercantile 22; South Canterbury 40, Hawke's Bay B 26; Wairarapa 42, Wellington Mercantile 32; Hawera 51, South Canterbury 36. Yesterday’s results were as follows: First Division.—Canterbury 48, Nelson 46; Hamilton 43, Palmerston North 40; Wellington A 75. Rotorua 38; Otago 60, Wanganui 34; Hamilton 48, Nelson 34; Otago 45. Rotorua 21; Canterbury 46, Palmerston North 42. Second Division A.—Dunedin Mercantile 51, Wairarapa 26; Wellington B 74, Hawke’s Bay 34; Hawke’s Bay 64, Horowhenua 21; Southland 56, Marlborough 35; Hutt Valley 41, Gisborne 35. * Second Division B.—Hawera 58, Wellington Mercantile 35; Auckland 42, South Canterbury 26; Hawera 68, Hawke’s Bay B 23.