BASKETBALL

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27442, 31 August 1954, Page 5

BASKETBALL

N.Z. THIRD-GRADE TOURNEY (Ntw Zealand Prm Asaoautum) WELLINGTON. Aufiut ** . The fourteenth third grade New Zealand basketball tournament began at the Hataitai courts today. • I ' d '*“* conclude on Wednesday. The **>P*«£™ and officials from all over the Dominion were hampered today by a strong h° r erly that swept diagonally across tne courts. . . „ Because of the record number of entries. the tourney is being played m three sections. The winners of the sec tions will play off in the - b . Last year's winners, Canterbury Sub Associations, were surprisingly held to a draw by Eastern Bay of Plenty. ever, an error favouring Bay of was made in the score, and an official meeting decided that the J" o™® 0 ™® have to be replayed if it affected the chances of either team. Temuka. in the same section as Canterbury, appealed as a strong team. Results today were:— First Section.—Wairoa 23. Hawke s Bay Minor 12; Canterbury Sub-Associations 18, Eastern Bav of Plenty 18; Temuka 14, South Auckland 8; Canterbury Sub-Asso-ciations 14, Auckland Minor 7; Eastern Bay of Plenty 22. Hawke’s Bay Minor 10; Temuka 24, Wairoa 16; Canterbury SubAssociations 19, Hawke’s Bay Minor 11; Eastern Bay of Plenty 18. Auckland Minor 11: South Auckland 22. Wairoa 11. Second Section. —Northland 21.Ka>koura 8: Wellington Minor 23, Waikato Minor 12: Manawatu Minor 20, Poverty Bay-East Coast 12; Northland 18. Thames Valley 15; Waikato Minor 20. Manawatu Minor II; Wellington Minor 21. Poverty Bay 13; Kaikoura 15, Thames Valley 12; Northland 34. Manawatu Minor 10. Third Section.—Te Kawau 19. Wairarapa 15; Central King Country 22. Hokitika 12; Ota'p Minor 23. Putaruru 16; Taranaki Minor 22, Te Kawau 17; Putaruru 18. Hokitika 10; Central King Country 17, Wairarapa 15; Otago Minor 22. Te Kawau 15;' Central King Country 18. Taranaki ; Minor 10; Wairarapa 19. Putaruru 17.