BASKETBALL

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27150, 21 September 1953, Page 12

BASKETBALL

AUCKLAND CATHOLIC TOURNAMENT

(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, Sept. 20. Auckland I, the North Island Catholic champion team, won the senior A championship yesterday in the first day’s play at the Auckland Catholic Basketball Association’s annual tournament, the biggest of its kind ever to be held in New Zealand.

Timaru, the South Canterbury champion and South Island Catholic champion, finished in second place, one point behind Auckland I.

A total of 140 teams, comprising 1260 players from many parts of the Dominion, were divided into five senior grades, four secondary school grades, and one grade for primary schools.

TOURNAMENT AT GERALDINE Teams from various parts of Canterbury played in the tournament held at Geraldine on Saturday by the Geraldine Basketball Sub-association. The A grade was won by Technical Old Girls. In the B grade, section A winners were Kakatahi, who beat the winners of the B section, Fairlie B. The C grade was also played in two sections. Kiwi (Fairlie), winners of the A section, beating St. Peter’s (Temuka), the winner of the B section. Results:— A Grade St. Mary’s B 7, St. Andrew’s C 1; School C 6, Rata 4; Kiwi 7, Kakat&hi 2; School C 7. St. Andrew’s 0; St. Mary’s B 7, Rata 4; Kiwi 8. Sumner A 1; Kiwi 7, St. Mary’s B 3; School C 4, Kakatahi 3; Kiwi 11, St. Andrew’s C 1; Kakatahi 6, St. Mary’s B 5; School C 6, Sumner A 2; Kakatahi 9, St. Andrew’s C 0; Kiwi 9, Rata 3; Sumner 8. St. Andrew’s 0; Kakatahi 10, Rata 4; Kiwi 12, School C 1; Rata 8. St. Andrew’s 4; St. Mary’s 3, School C 3; Kakatahi 6. Sumner 3. Total points: Kiwi (Fairlie) 12, School C 9, St. Mary’s 7, Kakatahi 4, Sumner A 2. St. Andrew’s 0, Rata 0. B Grade Section A: School B 6, St. Andrew’s 0; Kiwi 2, Sumner 1; McKenzies 5, Kakatahi 0; Kiwi 2, St. Andrew’s 1: Kakatahi 8, School B 2; Sumner 3, McKenzies 2; Kakatahi 9, Kiwi 1; St. Andrew’s B 3, Sumner 2; School B 4, McKenzies 0; Kakatahi 9. Sumner 4; St. Andrew’s 2, McKenzies 2; School B 5, Kiwi 3; Kakatahi 9, St. Andrew’s 2; School B 4, Sumner 2; McKenzies 3, Kiwi 2. Total points: Kakatahi 10, School B 8, Kiwi 4, St. Andrew’s 3, McKenzies 1. Section B: United 11. St. Mary’s 1; Washdyke 5, Fairlie -A 0; Fairlie B 7, Hinds 2; United 5, Fairlie A 5; Fairlie B 11, St. Mary’s 1; Washdyke 8, Hinds 3; Fair lie B 2, Fairlie A 1; United 8. Washdyke 7; Hinds 8. St. Mary’s 0; Fairlie B 5. Washdyke 3; Hinds 6. United 5: Fairlie A 4, St. Mary’s 1; Fairlie B 8, United 1; Washdyke 3. St. Mary’s 1; Hinds 5, Fairlie A 2. Total points: Fairlie B 10, Hinds 6, Washdyke 6, United 5, Fairlie A 3, St. Mary’s 0.

C Grade Section A.—St. Mary’s 2, St. Andrews 1; School C 6, Rata 4; Kiwi (Fairlie) 7, Kakatahi A 2; School C 7. St. Andrews 0; St. Mary’s 7, Rata 4; Kiwi 8, Sumner 1; Kiwi 7, St. Mary’s 3; School C .4. Kakatahi A 3; Sumner A 3, Rata 2; Kiwi 11, St. Andrew’s C 1; Kakatahi A 6, St. Mary’s 5; School C 6, Sumner A 2; Kakatahi 9. St. Andrews C 0; St. Mary’s 4, Sumner A 1; Kiwi 9, Rata 3; Sumner A 8, St. Andrews C 0; Kiwi 12. School C 1: Kakatahi A 10, Rata 4; Rata 8, St. Andrew's C 4; St. Mary’s 3, School C 3; Kakatahi 6, Sumner A 3. Total points: Kiwi 12, School C 9. St. Mary’s 7, Kakatahi A 4, Sumner A 2, Rata 0, St. Andrews C 0. Section B.—Earangi 5, St. Bernadette 1; Rivals 8, Kakatahi B 0; Red Shields 3, Sumner B 3; St. Peter’s 8, School D 1; Rivals 7, Earangi 2; St. Bernadette 6, Kakatahi B 1; St. Peter’s 6, Sumner B 1; Red Shield 4, School D 0; School D 5, Earangi 2; St. Bernadette 2. Sumner B 1; Red Shields 7, Rivals 2; St. Peter’s 10, Kakatahi B 1; Earangi 4, Sumner 1; Red Shields 9, St. Bernadette 2; St. Peter's 7, Rivals 4; School B 4, Kakatahi 3; Red Shields 7, Earangi 2; St. Peter’s 8, St. Bernadette 3; Rivals 8, School D 1; Kakatahi B 1, Sumner B 0; St. Peter’s ti, Earangi 3; St. Bernadette 6, School D 5; Rivals 5, Sumner B 2: Red Shields 7, Kakatahi 4; Earangi 5, Kakatahi 3; Rivals 5, St. Bernadette 2; St. Peter’s 5, Red Shields 4: School D 4, Sumner B 3. Total points: St. Peter’s 14, Red Shields 12, Rivals 10, St. Bernadette 6. School D 6. Earangi 2, Sumner B 0, Kakatahi B 0.