Basketball SACRED HEART BEATEN

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28927, 22 June 1959, Page 13

Basketball SACRED HEART BEATEN

Fine Display By Kakatai

By beating Sacred Heart decisively , on Saturday, Kakatai ensured that this year's senior competition will be closely contested In this game, played in ideal conditions. Sacred Heart suffered its first defeat of the season, and this loss places it on an equal footing with Technical and Kakatai. Technical's victory over St. Nicholas was not nearly as conclusive as the score would indicate, and Teachers’ College, though hold-’ ing an eight-goal lead at half-time, was lucky to draw with Digby's. West A beat West B by two goals. Competition points at the end of the first complete round of games are as follows:—Sacred Heart 12. Kakatai 12. Technical 12. West A 8. West B 6. Digby’s 3. Teachers' ColI lege 3. St. Nicholas 0. i Results of Saturday's games'! were:— Kakatai 34, Sacred Heart 22. West A 28. West B 26. Technical 25, St. Nicholas 16. I Teachers’ College 27. Digby's 27. j KAKATAI v. SACRED HEART | Kakc.tai’s superiority was evident I in the first minutes. Sacred Heart's I first shot from the throw-off failed, land Kakatai took play to the for-i . ward third, where L. Price goaled ■Kakatai goaled again from the throw-off and from this point domj inated the game in al! thirds. The inability of the Sacred Heart centres ' to time their centre to forward pass I allowed the capable Kakatai de- ' fence, F. Fletcher, ample onporI [unity for her skilful interceptions I land inability to rectify this fault as .the spell progressed. permitted Kakatai Io monopolise possession I for long periods. In addition, excellent combination and accurate shoofI ing by forwards L. Price and J Dunlop completely demoralised I Sacred Heart’s defence, who could offer no counter to well-timed passes and fine positional play

Kakatai led by 13 goals to 4 and; maintained this nine-goal lead until iJ. half-time. ! D The Kakatai centres. E Kirk- 1 J. wood. G. Forward, and H. Price, at-Hl tacked strongly when play resumed B and their excellent support of Price IJand Dunlop gave Sacred Heart no L respite. Kakatai increased its lead <1 its superiority at no time being 1! seriously challenged. Sacred Heart Joccasionally gave glimpses of better J form, in this second spell, but its play was far from competent. The final score was Kakatai 34. Sacred *’ Heart 22. Referee: Mrs D. Hughes. / I TECHN’ICAL V. ST. NICHOLAS h Technical's careless play in thelc early stages gave St. Nicholas, i: much-needed opportunities. and | H throughout this spell St. Nicholas) y offered Technical’s strong combina- J tion serious opposition. Excellent E defence by E. Woods and G. Lethaby E denied good shooting positions to F the Technical forwards and their I ( failure to goal allowed St. Nicholas I to lead by 4 goals to 1. Steady play by the Technical centre, P. Edmonds, who was ably supported by L. Konradie, gave Technical the initiative, and the scores were evened at 5-all. Tech- ® nieal led by 7 goals to 5. but frequent infringements affected the £ trend of play and Technical was y forced to exert every skill to sub- ■> due the lively St. Nicholas attack. ' £ Just before half-time, the Technical - defence. C. Brown and S. Lightfoot, combining well, effectively broke up y several St Nicholas moves and H

from these interceptions .1. Fuller • and P. Dorward goaled well. Technical attacked immediately ! in the second spell, but injury to 1 its capable captain. J. Fuller, necessitated a five minute stoppage, and • her replacement by the former representative, S. Fisher, tempor- 1 arily reduced the effectiveness of 1 Technical's combination. St. Nicholas had a golden opportunity during this stage to bridge, the gap ' in the score, but careless infringement of the stepping rule and reckless centre passing nullified many ■ promising movements. In the final stages Technical was seen to advantage as P. Dorward eluded the St. Nicholas defence to goal frequently and well, and Technical won by the safe margin of 25 goals to 16. For St. Nicholas defence G Lethabv and E. Woods stuck to their task well, and the forwards. .1 i Fraser and A. Cotter, handled! Technical's strong defence with sur-1 prising ease. Technical was given; splendid support by P. Edmonds and; M. Fisher. I The referee was Mr R. Overend I DIGBYS v. TEACHERS’ COLLEGE! Teachers’ College held an early; advantage over Digbys, and good I shooting by A. Humphries and C. Clapham enabled the side to hold; a slight lead. Digbys found form.! and scores were evened at 3-all There was little between the teams until mid-wav through tnis spell The Digbys forwards found difficulty in countering the deiensive play of M. Tuuta and A. Stewart, and from gains in this sphere of play, the Teachers’ College forwards were given scoring chances. Excellent teamwork and capable ball handling by its centres gave College frequent possession, and by half-time Teachers' College led by 17 goals to 9. With admirable determination Digbvs made a strong bid to avert defeat, and its careful play in this spell was most effective. Careless passing bv College centres gave Digbvs scoring opportunities, and as Digbvs reduced t’le lead College s attack deteriorated badly. Scores were even at 25-all. and Digbvs oained a one-goal lead from an excellent shot by A. Hughes, but College made a desperate lastminute attack, and the final whistle sounded with the scores even at The referee was Mrs F. Gough WEST A WINS In a close game which indicated the strength of both teams. West A beat the club's B team, 28-26 After leading in the early stages. West B found the superiority 01 the opposing forwards. L. Duff ana I Telfer too much, and the A team went into the lead. The B team s defence of M. Islip and B. Mollrnson placed well, however, and with some good interceptions by the forwards. C. McMasters and J. Laneford. kept the side in the game. Earlv in the second spell, the 13 team 'tightened its play and drew level at 19-all. Repeated misses of goals bv both teams cost many points. The finish was an extremely interesting one. and it was only by some resourceful play that the A team managed to save itself from defeat

SEMOR TRIALS

1 The foliowine players will coni tinue to attend senior represent-i- -| >ive trials:— 1.. Price (Kakatai). J. Dunlop ■ C. McMaster iWc-t R> ; M. Murray 'Sacred Heart). Pat ForIward (T'chnicall. .lean Fuller (Tech•■'cali. A. Blair (Teachers’ College'. :B Roberts iDigbys). P. Edmonds ) (Technical f. M. Fisher (Technical, iE. Back (Sacred Heart). C. Brown I 'Technical). M. Dwan (Sacred ■ Heart'. H. Arthur <Di«bvs). S Lieht- • loot <Ter-'micali. M. Neiman (Kaka»ai>. F Fletcber (Kakatai), and L. i Price (Kakatai).

i Sub-Associations' Team The foliowine players have been 'I selected tn represent Canterbury ' 1 sub-associatio'-s at the New Zea- ' land tournament to be held at i tnvercareill: — .; June Pest-m. Jill Lindsay. Low , n owring. Nraire Smith. Judith ‘■Hudson ’(North Canterbury); Mars->la-et Francis. Maureen Harding ll(Hurunui). P.at Partridge. Jeane’te .'(“usden (Banks Peninsula): Ri‘a J Pickering. Mrs F. Ford (Lincoln) 11 will be manager. i The selectors were Mrs G. ShanIl nahan. Miss B. Stone, and Miss H. ( Yates.